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Awaits Next Court Date , According to a Front Beach Road, Killing Was Alone in the Jeep About That. Viewers just can't get Spring enough of 'American Idol' salad FILTER-INSERTED SECTION hometownLIFE - SECTION D View daily updates of photos, news and sports online at www.hometownlifexom READY REFERENCE Newspaper classified sections are available at the Reference i" APPROVED APR 2 7 Desk THURSDAY Your hometown newspaper serving Westland for 41 years mimm p. FAUST 75 cents WINNERS OF OVER 100 STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS SINCE 2001 www.hometownlife.com awaits next court date , According to a Front Beach Road, killing was alone in the Jeep about that." Bay County Colleen Martin and injuring her Commander. He was arrested Peer, a Franklin football tight Teen faces 2 felony charges Court clerk, husband, Montey. early Tuesday after an alert end, basketball player and track Jeremy Peer left "We're asking for prayers for motel manager, who had heard athlete, has been described by jail after Jeremy, and we're asking for of the accident, saw the dam­ football coach Chris Kelbert as„a arrangements prayers for Colleen Martin's aged vehicle and notified police, model student and "outetanding ** * were made with BY DARRELL CLEM husband. family/' Janet Peer said Monday. Humphreys said. leader" who has a 4.3 grade- a surety compa­ STAFF WRITER The accident happened about Humphreys has said it could point average. As he awaits a May 18 court ny to secure his date in Panama City Beach, Peer Jeremy Peer ,4a* on 10 p.m> April 17 during Panama be weeks - even months - Peer is charged with leaving Westland teen Jeremy Peer resumed his senior year after his City Beach's bustling spring before authorities will have lab the scene of an accident involv­ returned to his Livonia Franklin parents arranged for his release bonds totaling $175,000. break season. Deputy Police results indicating whether alco­ ing a death and with leaving the High School classes Monday, from jail. Peer, a star athlete who had Chief David Humphreys has hol was a factor in the accident. scene of an accident causing an one week after Florida authori­ "He got home Friday" his earned an academic scholarship said the Martins, a Pennsylvania However, Janet Peer said injury. If convicted, he could ties said he drove off of a Florida mother, Janet Peer, said. "He's to Adrian College, is accused of couple, were walking alongside emphatically Monday that face penalties ranging up to 15 road and killed a 33-year-old doing the only thing that he can fleeing the scene after driving a the road near a Wal-Mart store. "there was no drinking involved. woman as she walked with her do right now, and that's wait." 2006 Jeep Commander off of Authorities believe that Peer There was never any question PLEASE SEE ACCIDENT, A5 JT***" ' Developers drop STAFF WRITER ike any other high school senior, Michelle Ellswood has been bitten by senioritis. Ask her Labout graduation and a wide grin spreads across BY DARRELL CLEM Earlier plans called for redistrib­ her face. Ask her about the last day of school, May 245 STAFF WRITER uting the contaminated soil, leav­ and she yells yippee, ing it on the property and cap­ Her excitement about completing high school is Plans to redevelop tiie old ping it. Officials hope, to remove matched with the thrill of going on to study at the soil this summer and haul it Madonna University in the fall. been revised yet again, but offi­ to a landfill while school is not in "She deserves a party," said her proud father cials are hopeful that cleanup session at the nearby, newer Richard. "She's surpassed what even the doctors efforts will be done this summer Cooper School, said Jack Kirksey,> thought. She grew more than they thought, she on the former landfill site. former Livonia mayor and a proj­ walked better than they thought. She's constantly And, in what would be a mile­ ect consultant hired by Livonia wanting to learn. She's a go-getter. If she doesn't stone, the Westland City Council Public Schools. Fresh soil will be learn, she gets mad." could vote as early as June to brought in. Ellswood was born with cerebral palsy and a mild approve a preliminary site plan The latest requirements by form of epilepsy. With the help of the special educa­ allowing developers to move for­ MDEQ will result in higher tion, program in tjhe.Wayhe-Westland Community ward. ;'-* cle^ug.«)sts. The s^ajte already ; Schools, she wni'receive' a certificate of completion "We've made a lot of progress;% hM,applo^diM ;i; million grant from John Glenn High School. and we're ready to get moving on for the school district and a $1 She has maintained a 4.0 grade point average dur­ this," Westland Mayor Sandra million loan for the city of ing her senior year and passed all the necessary 'Cicirelli said Monday. Westland. requirements to receive her high school diploma. She Her remarks came during a Now, with cleanup costs poten­ decided to accept the certificate which will ensure the 90-minute meeting with council tially reaching the $3 million assistance she has received since she was nine months members, developers, environ­ mark, local officials have asked old will be with her through age 26. mental consultants and Cooper MDEQ, to provide an additional "Once you get a diploma, you're out of the system area residents. $700,000. Cicirelli indicated that and oh your own," said her mother Connie. 'With a The latest plan calls for four she is "pretty confident" that the, certificate, she gets her education through age 26." single-story, 12,350-square-foot money will be approved. medical office buildings and a Some nearby residents, wel­ SCHOOLDAYS four-floor, 136-unit, independent comed news that old municipal She took political science in 11th grade because "it TOM HAWLEVI STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER living facility for senior citizens. waste will be hauled away. was interesting," she said, and favors fiction over non- John Glenn High School senior Michelle Ellswood which achieve a milestone next month Developers have dropped plans "Removing it to a landfill - when she graduates. Born with cerebral palsy, the honor student will receive a for a golf driving range on the 37- that's good news to me," resident. PLEASE SEE GRADUATE, A6 certificate of completion at the June 3 commencement ceremony. acre site. .Ruth Dale said. Cooper School, on Ann Arbor Moreover, developers would Trail east of Middlebelt, opened leave in place a monitoring sys­ in 1965 by Livonia Public Schools tem, including underground but was closed and fenced off in pipes, to keep any potential 1991 amid concerns for student methane from getting into build­ safety. The building was demol­ ings. As a precaution, the build­ Polich" for her volunteerism ished last July. ings would be equipped with New environmental tests have alarm systems to warn against BY DARRELL CLEM Festival; the city Zoning Board of Citizen in 1998 in a com­ found municipal-type waste and any dangerous levels of methane. STAFF WRITER Appeals; the Relay for Life cancer-fight­ petition sponsored by the related methane gas, but nothing One of the developers, David ing fund-raiser; Rouge River rescue Westland Observer and that officials believe would pose N^jnai indicated that officials When the Wayne County Commission efforts; the civic group Women of j the Westland Chamber of any health risks or block redevel­ hope to start construction in recently bestowed its Unsung Hero Westland; the Westland Civitan Club, Commerce. opment efforts. spring of next year. The project Awards, veteran member Kay Beard which helps the disabled; Kicks 4 Kids, Polich also takes her Even so, Councilwoman Cheryl would start with two medical decided to honor Westland community which is raising money for soccer fields; I volunteer work outside of Graunstadt, whose children office buildings off of Aim Arbor volunteer Barb Polich. and Special Olympics - to name just a ' Westland. During this attended Cooper School, indicat­ Trail. Two similar iacilities would "She's one of those people who's kind few organizations. Polich year's Super Bowl in ed concerns Monday over the be built during a second phase,' of involved behind the scenes," Beard, D- "I enjoy it," Polich said Thursday. "I Detroit, she helped out with a variety of finding of methane. and the senior housing during a Westland, said. "I thought it was time like to make a difference in some tiny lit­ events downtown, including the , "Now, to hear mat there's third phase. that we gaye her some recognition." tle way. I don't really need a pat on the Motown Winter Blast. methane concerns me because In all, the project would take! Polich, 69, is involved with the back." A native of Boyne City, Polich has : my kids were there," she said. several years to complete. Westland Historical Commission; a Even so, she said she was appreciative lived in Westland since 1971- She has no In another development, the The Westland City Council is ' group called Fun For All that gives of the Unsung Hero Award. plans to stop volunteering anytime soon. Michigan Department of expected to schedule a public scholarships to low-income youths; a "I thought it was really nice," she said. "I haven't learned how to say 'no' yet," Environmental Quality has told hearing on June 5 to hear com­ committee called SPARK that's dedicat­ It isn't the first time Polich has she said. But, more important, "I just developers mat they will have to ments from citizens. That would ed to raising money for youth recreation received awards for her community vol­ like to see people smile." remove waste from the site where be followed on June 19 by the programs; the Westland Summer unteer work.
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