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February 5, 2006 WILUMM r. rftuST Public Library of WesfclaiK Pa. transplants whoop Joe Montana recalls Notre Locals help it up for their team Dame days salute Detroit LOCAL NEWS-PAGE 3 SPORTS- SECTION B COMMUNITY LIFE-SECTION C E-mail us your Super Bowl XL party photos. Please send jpegs to [email protected]. Your hometown newspaper February 5,2006 serving Westland for 41 years 75 cents WINNERS OF OVER 100 STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS SINCE 2001 www.hometownlife.com sWwp-^ - Seahawks best Steelers in shop's Cookie Bowl BY DARRELL CLEM don't spur any unrest," Pfannes STAFF WRITER said. Then, Pfannes, of all people, Long before today's Super Bowl issued a statement that had the XL kickoff in Detroit, the Seattle potential to create trouble. "Go Seahawks had taken a decisive Pittsburgh," he said. lead over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tb be fair to Denning, she was ' The credit - or blame - goes to selling the cookies of both teams ; Mary Denning's Cake Shoppe in at $1.50 each. She also tried to Westland. distance herself from the rivalry Amid the Super Bowl hoopla, by saying, "I'm not much of a the cake shop started selling but­ football fan." ^ ter cookies, decorated with the Pfannes admitted being sur- 0 logos and colors of the Seahawks prised that working-class and Steelers. Westland would side with trendy "We're keeping track to see Seattle over blue-collar \ which cookie sells the most," Pittsburgh. Denning said. "If you'd have asked me, I The score as of Friday after­ would have said that Westland noon: Seattle, 30, Pittsburgh, 15. would go for Pittsburgh," he said. There wasn't enough sugar in "Pittsburgh is an all-American the cake shop to cover up the sour town in a region that I think we competition between true fans of identify with. It's similar to us." Seattle and Pittsburgh. Still, It was unclear whether TOM HAWLEYI STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Police Chief Daniel Pfannes said Pittsburgh would mount a come­ Warming up with the Chicken Dance, Madison fifth-graders Steven Storni (left) and Henry Pavlich dance with Roary, the Detroit Lions mascot as part of the it didn't appear that Denning, a back with Saturday's cookie sales. Friday at Canton's Super Bowl. Garden City resident, had incited But anyone hoping to change the any riots. course of Super Bowl history by "Up until this point, we buying up cookies today - game thought we had things under day - is out of luck. control. We're just hoping that The cake shop is closed. the activities at the cake shop [email protected] I (734) 953-2110 BY SUE MASON "I woke up excited," said Keonte. "I've at Madison Elementary to one with It's not a scientific STAFF WRITER been bowling before and I do pretty good, youngsters from the Detroit Public 1 process, but Mary but I've never been bowling like this." Schools. Denning of Mary Keonte Mitchell woke up Friday morn­ Further down the lanes at Super Bowl "I was ecstatic, he was ecstatic," said Denning's Cake ing and was excited. After a roller coaster lanes in Canton, Kameron Caldwell was Andrea of the opportunity to bowl with , Shoppe in week, his fifth-grade class was going taking aim on the pins. A quick approach the likes of Elliss, T.J. Duckett of the Westland has been bowling. and release and his ball was Atlanta Falcons and Tyrone Wheatley of keeping track of Not just any kind of bowl­ hurtling down the lane on its the Oakland Raiders. how many of her; ing, but bowling with the way to a strike, his first of the "This is about what we do in the NFL," Seattle. Seahawks likes of Denver Broncos day. said Elliss. "This is about giving back to and Pittsburgh defensive tackle Luther "Kameron loves to bowl," the kids, encouraging them to keep Steelers cookies EllissandNFLHallof said his mother Andrea. "He focused and stay in school so they can be have been sold. If Famer Jim Taylor of the bowls every week on a league able to do what we do someday." sales are any ^ v very first Super Bowl cham­ at Wayne Bowl." "I've been doing this ever since I retired indication, the Steelers may need pion Green Bay Packers. 5,2806 It was Andrea's friend, a 40 years ago," added Taylor. "It's really a Eight days after finding member of the Super Bowl delight, it's a pleasure to be a part of this." some of her out his fifth-grade class would be treated XL Host Committee, who arranged for In addition to the NFL members, there cookies to cheer to an NFL experience, he was more than the NFL Experience that went from up. ready for it to happen. being for Kameron and his 30 classmates PLEASE SEE SUPER, A6 TOM HAWLEY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER surplus in tough times Benefit honors late Suess BY DARRELL CLEM is scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. and BY DARRELL CLEM ing expenses. The latest $2.3 mil­ reduce costs by not filling vacant STAFF WRITER from 3-^.p.m. on Sunday^,|eJ|. lj$g STAFF WRITER lion surplus of June 30,2005, com­ personnel positions, monitoring Garden"City Hospital sportsfehi pared to $1.3 million in 2004 and some costs and delaying other In honor of a cancer-stricken, 29- tion center, 35550 Central City Pa^Kw% Despite tough economic times $397,403 in 2003. costs," Plante Moran auditor year-old Westland man, local women west of Wayne Road. and rising costs for everything from The city brought in more rev­ Michael Swartz said in a report. involved in a health-and-wellness com­ All proceeds will go to the Rosemary gasoline to employee health care, enues from taxes related to garbage "The effort will need to continue pany have planned a fund-raiser. Hockney Memorial Foundation, which Westland's city budget continues to disposal and the police and fire for the foreseeable future." Duane Suess, reeling from head and helps families dealing with cancer. improve. retirement fund. Cicirelli's adminis­ Cicirelli agreed that rising costs neck cancer, died Saturday at the "The proceeds will be in honor of the A new audit by an outside firm, tration also saved money by hold­ and uncertainty about state rev­ Karmanos Cancer Institute where he Suess family, but will be directed to the- Plante Moran, showed that the ing off on filling some job vacan­ enue will continue to pose potential was in hospice. A married father of two, Rosemary Hockney Memorial city's $55-million general fund had cies, such as that of economic problems. Suess' story has been detailed in earlier Foundation, which has helped the Suess a $2.3 million surplus - a one-year development director. "I don't see things getting much stories in the Observer. family," Sparks said. increase of nearly $1 million. Moreover, the city planned ahead better in the near future," she said, Suess' condition had deteriorated Organizers have sold 16 of the 32 "We feel great about that," Mayor for rising gasoline costs, reduced its "so we need to continue to be cau­ recently, and he and his family will be appointments available for the event. To Sandra Cicirelli said, after an audit phone-service expenses and pooled tious." honored with a fund-raiser organized sign up or for more information, call session Monday with Plante Moran with other communities on certain Brian Camiller, a certified public by Arbonne International area manager Sparks at (734) 560-4786 or Salter al : and the Westland City Council. purchases, Cicirelli said. accountant for Plante Moran, Wendi Sparks and district manager (734)891-0219. "We've worked hard to get the fund Plante Moran applauded such praised the city for boosting its Kelly Salter. Companies who want to donate or balance to where it is." efforts but warned that officials general fund surplus by nearly $2 For $50, the fund-raiser will include a provide services for the fund-raiser also The budget has remarkably should remain guarded, manicure, a facial, a massage and a may call. endured state revenue cuts and ris­ "The city has worked hard to PLEASE SEE AUDIT, A4 make-over by professionals. The event [email protected] | (734) 953-2110 ) The Observer & Eccentric INDEX Coming Thursday For Home Newspapers Sam's 'Sandwiches APARTMENTS E7 • Homemade Soups AUTOMOTIVE F3 in Filter Delivery call: • Breakfast Served Alt Day (866) 887-2737 Volume 41 1 Daily Homemade Specials CLASSIFIED INDEX D2 Number 73 Coney Island 10% SENIOR DISCOUNT COMMUNITY LIFE CI Jeff Daniels CROSSWORD £6 makes bis HEALTH C6 feelings. 83D1 N. Wayne Road • Westland • 734-522-9963 Joes D2 across from Art Van OBITUARIES C4 known in PERSPECTIVES A7 his new . I I w SERVICE GUIDE D5 play,'Guest SPORTS B1 GANMETT UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP! W^. it- ilr it it Artist' j*a i- ... A2 (w) Observer & Eccentric! Sunday, February 5,2006 LOCAL NEWS www.hometoncnlife.com AROUND WESTLAND Chili cook-off Italian Grille, 6569 N. Wayne Road. Call the chamber at The Westland Democratic (734) 326-7222. Club will hold a chili cook-off fund-raiser 6-9 p.m. Friday, Room rentals Feb. 10, at the Harris-Kehrer Looking for more office VFW Post 3323 in Westland. space? Planning a party? 'There's a $10 fee to enter the Having a meeting? contest and cooks are asked to Look no further than the bring a crockpot of their chili YWCA of Western Wayne forjudging. There's also a $10 County.
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