Your hometown newspaper serving Plymouth and Plymouth Township for 118 Award-winning v k years newspaper V S I f \ 4 PLYMOUTH i n n ) SUNDAY March 14,2004 0 b s m r c r 75 cents Volume 118 Number 58 www.hom etownlife.com © 2004 Hometown Communications Network Win a $ 5 0 0 Fanner Jack W itness pleads guilty to obstruction shopping spree See page B3 for details BYTONYBRUSCATO dog handler that she planted evidence m including obstruction of justice and home Prosecutors in the case didn’t STAFF WRITER his case, among others, will get him a making false statements to federal use the hacksaw blade as evidence n ew trial agents because the blood on it didn’t match the A Plymouth man convicted in the The U S Justice Department In one of those cases, Anderson is blood ofTVacy Islam, som e of which was December 1999 murder and dismember­ announced that Sandra Anderson, 43, of accused of planting a hacksaw blade found by Anderson’s dog Eagle m the ment of his estranged wife is hopeful the Midland pleaded guilty to five o f 10 with blood on it m the basement during Pipeline admission by an internationally known felonies in an August indictment, a search of Azizul Islam’s Roe Street PLEASE SEE W IT N ES S , A 5 42nd Street The Park Players pres­ ent 42nd Street, featur­ Prose lawsuit hits ing a cast of some 60 actors, dancers and singers, March 25-27 in the Gloria Logan audito­ rium in Salem High fed appeals court School. » Performances are at 8 BYTONYBRUSCATO ing at women and children p m March 25-26 and 2 STAFF WRITER Both of the disorderly charges p m. and 8 p m March 27 were eventually dropped, then Tickets are $ 8 for all Four-and-a-half years after reinstated by the prosecutor’s shows declaring he was tired of being office For more information, “bullied” by former P lym o u th In the lawsuit filed Sept. 18, call (734) 416 7854 C o m m u n ity C n e r publisher 1999, Prose claimed his civil W Edward Wendover and rights were violated when Youth wishes Plymouth city officials, the Wendover, city officials and The Plymouth $100 million federal lawsuit city police conspired to file Community Youth filed by Plymouth business­ charges of disorderly conduct Advisory Committee man Tom Prose will be headed Along with Wendover, the law­ wants to know what to the U S Sixth Circuit Court suit names as defendants his teens in the Plymouth o f Appeals in Cincinnati wife, Sally Repeck, former community want to do “I think our chances are very Plymouth police chief Bob for fun good,” Prose said this week, Scoggins, Lt Ed Ochal, former The youth group has citing some lower court rul­ C n er employee Mike Came, commissioned a survey ings in his favor former Plymouth mayors Don asking teens what kinds The hearing is scheduled for Dismuke and Joe Koch and of activities they would 1 p m Tuesday Each side will former city manager Steve like to participate in. be given 15 minutes to argue W alters "It’s a way for kids their position, and possibly In his March 2002 ruling, around Plymouth to have take questions from the panel U S District Court Judge John a say in what we do, and Artist Sharon Dillenbeck talks with Katherine Lou of Plymouth about the painting she is working on at the D&M Studios Lou The judges could rule on the Corbett O’Meara ruled what's going on in their is recreating a master's work spot, but the most likely sce­ Plymouth police officers acted community,' said Chelsea nario is a written ruling sever­ properly when they arrested Darouie, chair of the al months after the hearing Prose However, Prose asked group "That way, we can “The sad thing here is how for a reconsideration of the base our activities on All for love many people have lost hun­ ruling, and four months later what they want dreds of thousands of dollars O’Meara affirmed his decision ' We'd like to start look­ in legal fees, time, stock value to grant all the defendants j ing for things to do in the and other things because of summary judgment, which I L. summer from some of , Artist shares gift with community through her studio this guy’s (Prose’s) frivolous cleared them of any charges { the suggestions we get lawsuits,” said Wendover Attorney Gus M om s of Cox, from the survey," she BY JOANNE MALISZEWSKI g|ftaijti Hallmark wanted her she they wanted me to sell,” “Theres no legal issue here” Hodgman & Giarmarco of added STAFF WRITER tutiled the first job down But Dillenbeck said, And sell she did The troubles began when TYoy, who is representing the Teens from Plymouth yptfoPhifa 'n- Hallmark didn’t offer ajob * ’When she moved to Michigan, Prose and Wendover argued city, said he expects the law­ land Plymouth Township T he love o f art*, an d sharing it, “I got so frustrated I thought^ * slic worked for ^Tepnsylvatua over an easement on Fleet suit to be dismissed by the fed­ can participate in the ls^o much what Sharon maybe I wash’t as good as I Company and thenfor Hudson’s Street, which belonged to eral appeals court survey, which is on the Dillenbeck is about you have to thought I was,” said Dillenbeck, as an area sales manager Her Prose, but was used by “We expect the judges will Plymouth Web site at wonder if she was bom with a who owns D&M Studios - Once goal was to become a buyer and Wendover as a loading dock affirm the decision o f Judge httpV/wwwcl ply- paint brush in her mouth and Upon an Easel - m the Golden importer, which she did “I love to for the newspaper O’Meara,” said M om s, “and mouth.mi us palette in her hand Gate Shopping Center travel and I appreciated the art However, that issue became file a written opinion within “I thought I was a hot-shot That did it Dillenbeck and craftwork.” somewhat secondary as Prose 6 0 days” Cops battle Lions artist,’’ said Dillenbeck about the switched her career to retail while In Michigan, Dillenbeck mar­ was upset by two charges of There is a state portion of Plymouth police offi­ moment she graduated from the still m Pennsylvania. Her thought ried Larry, who works in catastro­ disorderly conduct filed the lawsuit, which is pending, cers will battle the Art Institute of Pittsburgh was to get into window dressing phe insurance With her sister, against him The first resulted that also asks for $100 million Detrpit Lions in a basket- Hallmark was her target Her first stop was Saks 5th Donna, the studio is basically a m Prose being detained by m damages It’s currently on bail iame fund-raiser at ^ American Greetings offered her a Avenue police In the second incident hold by Wayne County Circuit Central MiddlerSchool job nght away But she was so “Instead of doing windows, PLEASE SEE A R T IS T , A 6 Prose was ticketed for swear­ Court Judge W illiam Giovan Jennifer Dergis, presi­ dent of the Plymouth Police Officers Association, said money raised at the game will be # used to purchase equip­ Education is not just about the money ment for the department, Today's Lesson is a such as night vision gpg- continuing senes gles and equipment for \ BY SANDRA ARMBRUSTER parental involvement said The result is that each of the focusing on public the bicycle patrol \ STAFF WRITER reinforced during a tour western Wayne County high schools m education The game is scheduled of a school in Detroit his district — Plymouth Salem, for 7 30 p.m Thursday, Successfully educating children is The school’s families Plymouth Canton and Northville —■ May 6, in the Central much like baking a cake, according to were largely headed by has large numbers of merit award win­ Coming Thursday, a Middle School gym, 650 state Rep Ruth Johnson single parents and 77 ners program at UM W Church S t in “It doesn’t take any one thm g It’s like percent of the children Other legislators and educators cited Dearborn helps new Plymouth Tickets are the recipe, it takes all the ingredients,” qualified for free break­ additional factors that produce well- board members learn $20 each, $35 per cou­ sh e said fasts, due to the poverty educated children, outside of the bot­ the ropes ple, and $60 for a family But the Republican legislator, whose Johnson of the families But tom dollar W hile acknowledging the pass to admit up to six district mcludes’Onon and Oxford scores on the Michigan need for additional funding from the people Tickets can be townships, said there is one ingredient Education Assessment Program tests state, officials say that’s not all it takes WHAT MONEY BUYS purchased in advance by that stands out from her days as a were “way over” the state average to educate our kids calling a special hotline teacher in the Clarkston district The success, Johnson said, was due to For his district, Stewart said, the Money is not at the top of that list, and (734) 453-7476 “Tfre single biggest ingredient is involvement, “lots of love and guided hard work ethic sends most students may not have to be With a relatively The Detroit Lions who parental involvement That’s the flour of discipline” on to prestigious colleges within a 24- high per-pupil expenditure of $9,035, participate will sign auto­ the fecipe,” she said mile radius the Troy district is still outspent by the graphs at halftime.