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TODAY 7 City Council included apparent agreement Richard LeBlanc questioned whether "It Is one of the worst," .Mayor Robert on the heed to improve neighborhood the city has a street-needs priority list. Thomas said of Spring Valley's condi­ lie raised his concern during talks tion. streets. Officials aim to compile a priority about resurfacing Spring Valley in the list for resurfacing work. Dittmar said the Spring Valley iiiuw ilolfiday Park Townhouses neighbor­ asphalt resurfacing will cost about BY DARRELL CLEM ride will eventually get better. hood, on Westland's north side. $65,000 and could start as early as One goodkick:Tracey STAFF WRITER Administration officials and council ' LeBlanc said he'd like to see roads June. <[email protected] Weber says it's the most members appeared to agree during a rated and placed on a list for improve­ Councilman Glenn Anderson ques­ Westland city officials have no long- Tuesday Study session that Westland ments. tioned why the project couldn't be bid addictive 'workout to hit range"priority list for resurfacing should survey its street-repair needs Council President Sandra Cicirelli this fall to allow work to begin earlier, the fitness field in years. neighborhood streets* even though they and develop a priority list, agreed and said such a list should but administration officials said they According to the physical concede that motorists face some "Currently there is no survey done include cost estimates. believed the latest decision would satis­ bumpy rides. for Westland," Public Services Director Council members reached a consen­ fy Hoi lid ay Park residents. fitness instructor of 22 But drivers dodging'the next pothole Richard Dittmar said. "We just go out sus to seek bids next spring for Spring "I think the people will be happy if years, once people try tae- could have reason to hope that their and drive around and say this area Valley's resurfacing, even before the bo, they're hooked for should be done next," project officially gets placed in the city Please see REPAIRS, A4 life./Bl Lots of laughs: Ron and Sue Kardynski weren't clowning around when they said, "I do." They ' were dead serious about safety of project their wedding vows and their mutual love of clowning./Bl gets nod BY JULIE BROWN BY DARRELL CLEM STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER [email protected] [email protected] eachers are certainly essential Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. to good education, but they're plans to serve up some fast redevelop­ Charming environment: A Tnot the only school professionals ment on a dilapidated Westland corner. residence featured on the who help children. The company intends to open a new "They're vital," Madison Elemen­ restaurant by year's end on the north­ Birmingham House Tour tary Principal Mary Goedert said of east corner of Wayne and Palmer roads offers a warm welcome school crossing guards. ''They are just - after demolishing a boarded-up bank with style./DQ so important to the safety of the and an existing McDonald's. school." The guards work with the student safety patrol, she said, and help con­ • The company plans to tear trol traffic, reminding motorists that children are crossing. down a former NBD building Dance: "Riverdance" The guards are the "eyes and ears" and an older McDonald's on returns to the Masonic of the school, Goedert said, recalling a 1.7-acre site, replacing a former crossing guard who helped them with a new restaurant. Temple Theatre Sept. 16- out when a child fell last year. "He 19, bringing the best of told me what happened and I was A portion of land north of Irish dance to Detroit able to communicate with the moth­ the new McDonald's will be er" of the child, now fine. landscaped but will remain audiences. /El The Livonia Public School district pays its crossing guards^ said Sgt. vacant until a new business Peter Brokas of the Westland Police chooses to locate there. Music: KoKo Taylor, the Department. In the rest of Westland, reigning Queen of Blues,. the paid guards work for the city. "They're all trained by us and willset the pace'for tfte • equipped by us," Brokas said. Drivers : ; 'Company officials announced,'the AnnArborBluesand'••':•• are bound" by the stop signs held by' time' lijne Tuesday after uecei'viivg v Jazz Festival, Sept. 17-19. guards.aTid there have been a few •' . " . ''•'..,' ' .;.. STAFF PHOTO BY TOM JUULEY sweepi ng-.' approva'\ from West land C i ty Taylor and Buddy Guy : incidents in Westland of drivers. Caring: Trainee crossing guard Ethel Kozlowski'holds the stop .Council members to move ahead, ignoring4he signs. sign high on the first day:pf-s\choqTfoi\stu4ehts :to.cros^ at the . Councilman Charles "Trav" Griffin will kick off the festival 8 ."And we prosecute these;people," : ;said the- plan will mark -"a dramatic : iiitei)$ectioiiofAvohdcdeaiidCxirlson, Stiin]ent$ iveteori their p.m. Fiiday, Sept, 17,; at '.."• he said; ./'•'' ^ ': ••.- ,. '; "••'• '. : : : improvements for one of•Westiahdls Those who wish to become crossing way to Madison Elementary. ' "'..'" -'" :..''• major intersections. the Michigan Theater,/El guards inusfbe.healthy. They are put The company plans to tear down.a through a background check and a former NBD building and an older harried parents getting kids to school motorists, Brokas said. "They're not : training' program, Both for new and themselves to work in the morn­ going to'be cautious so- it's up to us." McDonald's on a 1.7-acre site, replac guards and a, refresher for veterans. ing them with a new restaurant. ing, he said. '..";. Kids need to avoid walking in the Brokas said there's no upper age "Be Cautious, because they are street, he said, and should look, both A portion of land north of the hew limit. more apt to do these crazy types of ways when crossing streets. Young McDonald's will be landscaped but will Where'd he go? What's a, The sergeant.said it's essential for things." Children are less likely to act people who walk in the street rather remain vacant until a new business motorists "to expect the unexpected" up when they're alone. than on the sidewalk could be issued chooses to locate there, hard-working real estate from students as school starts, "One The. burden of caring for kids a violation and sent to juvenile court. "It'll be quite an improvement on. agent to do about a buyer of them may run out into the street." around school-falls on adult that corner, and we'll be glad to see it It's not a good combination to have who won't sign on the dot­ ~~ ~ Please see PROJECT, A4 ted line?/?! 11, suave rep, snares Kiiowivage wufi isvilivis BY JULIE BROWN around computers," she told the group Kudos: State STAFF WRITER gathered in the dining room. Every­ • Obituaries A2 [email protected] Rep. Eileen day, we use more than 200 microchips, DeHart (left) • Classified Index .'"•• M , State Rep. Eileen DeHart, guest of she said. honor Tuesday morning at Marquette "And we are going to be OK," she gives accolades Real Estate F5 to Marquette .6 F8 House in Westland, diplomatically said. "I'm not here, to a farm you. We're Crossword going to be fine." Smart people are : refrained from criticizing Republican House and its Jobs FIO Gov: John Engler. working on the Y2K problem, DeHart administrator, Horhc& Service G8 Instendj in her visit to the assisted said.' Cindv Jedinah. Automotive G9 living facility near John Glenn High DeHart described herself as a "mod­ School, the Veteran legislator discussed erate Democrat" in response to a ques­ • Opinion A 12.13 such things as the Y2K crisis, "In tion. "You're very lucky because.not all • Calendar B4 another couple of months, we're going seniors have those benefits," she told a • Sports CI to reach a new milestone,".DeHnrt, D- Ford Motor.Go. retiree. • • Real Estate Fl Westland • -said of the year 2000. There The legislator discussed tobacco suit i are concerns about computer readiness. settlement money,Which she advocates "It's amazing how our world revolves SiTAJ » rHiJlU _—_*._. PlenseleFWHART, A2 M TihYAS Mm mil HOW TO REACH US 'Newsroom 73^953-2104 Gas station pump ignites when struck Sunday . Newsroom Fax.-734-591-727 9 £ ma/7;]brown@oe. homecomm.net BY DARRELL CI.KM " 'The.fire.erupted at 7:5() p.m. Sunday at an Amoco ragut by a police officer who saw the getaway truck, STAFF WRITER . Nightlino/Sports; 734-953-2104 .station on (he southeast corner of Wayne and the police report said. [email protected] ecomm.net Palmer. The suspect's sister told ()014111 she was with him Reader Comment Line: 734-953-204 2 A gas pump burst into flames Sunday after a when the accident, occurred - and that they were .
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