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Plymouth District Library 223 S Mam Street Plymouth, Mich, 48170 [omeTown COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Plym outh O bserver Your hom etow n new spaper serving Plym outh and Plym outh Tow nship for 116 years 75c V olu m e 11 6 N um ber 31 Plymouth Michigan ©2001 HomeTown Communications Network™ School seat attracts 9 hopefuls ■ When Steve Guile decided to resign his ship, a project manager/technology con ■ Carol Saunders of Plymouth, for spot on the Plymouth-Canton Board of Edu sultant with Ford Motor Company, mer coordinator of the district's adult cation, nine hopefuls lined up for a shot at ■ Joanne Lamar of Plymouth education program at Starkweather Township, a long-time schools and Education Center, the open seat, and they’ll get a chance to say band booster, ■ Marcy Staley of Canton, a mem why they should be the choice on Monday. ■ Fred Libbing o f Plym outh, a for ber of the district’s Housing and Facili mer high school counselor who ran ties Committee, B y t o n y b r u s c a t o vacancy by Monday, 20 days after the unsuccessfully m the June 2001 school ■ P h illip Sugg of Canton, presi STAFF WRITER resignation of Guile, who is moving the tbruscato@oe homecomm net board election, dent-elect of the Plymouth Community Beaverton, M ich, to become city man ■ Robert Nelson of Canton, co Chamber of Commerce, and ager The Plymouth Canton Schools Board owner of Airflow Sciences Corp m ■ Roland Thomas, former school of Education will interview nine candi Among those who have written let Livonia board trustee ters seeking interest m the position dates Monday night to fill the seat ■ Michele Ruppal of Plymouth, a Whoever is chosen by a vote of the vacated by former trustee Steve Guile are consultant, 11 boys and girls, naughty or The district is required to fill the ■ Cheryl Dove of Plymouth Town Please see SCHOOLS, A 6 nice, know Santa Claus will >n be checking his Christmas list - and checking it twice That Musical madness means Plymouth youngsters need to Township get their letters to the Jolly Old Elf written and headed to the North Pole Once again this year, the Plymouth approves Observer is asking youngsters to send us their letter to Santa along with their school photo to appear m the building Sunday, Dec 23, edition To make sure we have time to forward the let ters to the North Pole, get the letters to us no later than Monday, Dec 17 official Send your letters to Santa, care of the Plymouth Observer 794 South b y B r a d k a d r i c h Main, Plymouth, MI 48170 STAFF WRITER bkadnch@oe homecomm net When Charles Mcllhargey retired suddenly m September, Plymouth Township Trustee Kay Arnold said IN.JHE, P.A P.E'R- the 14 year building official was “irre placeable ’ W hether they’ve replaced Mcll hargey will be known in time, but at TODAY least they ve filled the position Mark Lewis was introduced as the township’s new building official Tues day after a search that took more " I s l F E than two months to complete Lewis had served as the deputy building offi cial m Canton Township since 1998 \)T‘ jHoliday cheer: Members of Supervisor Steve Mann plucked i*V the Livonia Garden Club, Lewis from a field of 15 applicants, four of whom were chosen for inter- jj with the help of members views The board approved Lewis’ 1 from the Angela Hospice Photos bi Donald .J ailly appointment unanimously J teen volunteer program, On stag e: Guitarist Corey Pejza of the band “He was clearly the top applicant,” J Mann said “We were very impressed % are brightening the holi Silent Spent plays at the Penn Theatre on Satur with his knowledge ” \ days for hospice home day in a fundraiser for Afgahn children Most of Lewis brings 12 years of building care families, Read the the bands and audience were Plymouth Salem experience to the table m Plymouth * and Plymouth Canton students Pejza is a senior Before landing m Canton, Lewis t full story on/C S served for a year as the building offi at Plymouth Scflem. The concert was put on as cial in Bn mingham Prior to that, he’d part of a corrknunity outreach project for the been a building inspector in Canton i geography class of fifth-hour geography teacher Lewis has a bachelor’s degree in ? Erin MacGregor Right, Bassist Nate Boos, a business, with a focus on management sophomore at Plymouth Canton High School, of organizational development, from Bring it in: I f you're Spring Arbor College, and a construe- thinking of dragging out performs with his band, Mercury Shoes tion engineering technology degree > from Lawrence Institute of Technolo the same old decorations gy and displaying them the “Other than I think it’s a tremen dous opportunity I don’t know what way you always do, then to say,” said Lewis, who will start the ( take the advice of David new job in January “I think it should McKnight: Bring the out be a pretty exciting job I still think Township squad cars to go to video there’s a lot of growth left over there ” ; doors in. /C l Lewis signed an “at will” contract BY BRAD KADRICH cars The VHS format units are The grant will cover $19,975, the town that starts Jan 1 and runs until ter t S t a f f W r i t e r designed to capture visual evidence at ship will foot the rest of the price tag minated by either party He 11 start at bkadnchOoe homecomm net INDEX traffic stops, accident sites and other ‘ I believe this is a wise purchase for an annual salary of $65,000 He’ll get It might not be on television, but police functions the township at this time,” Smith told 15 days vacation m the first year, Apartments/E6 Home Town Plymouth Township police will soon be The cameras priced at $4,090 the board Tuesday “This equipment is th en 20 days m subsequent years At H o m e /C l Life/C5 conducting their own version of ‘ Can apiece, will be paid for in part through tailor-made for law enforcement ” The contract has a clause that a grant Lt Bob Smith of the Plymouth According to Smith, the cameras Automotive/F6 Jobs/F2 did Camera” during their patrols allows Lewis to terminate with a The Plymouth Township board Tues Township Police Department wrote would be activated every time an offi three week notice If the township ter Classified/E,F 0bftuaries/A4 day night approved the purchase of 10 and was granted through the Michigan cer switched on the overhead lights, minates the agreement, it calls for ^ Classified Opimons/A8-9 m car camera units to be installed m Municipal Risk Management Authori severance pay equal to six months’ lndex/E 4 Real Estate/El the township’s entire fleet of squad ty, the township’s insurance carrier Please see VIDEO, A6 salary f Crossword/E5 Service Guide/F5 Entertainment/Bl S p o rts/D l Stewart to get challenge Holiday fever in 2002 GOP primary By Tony Bruscato Folino said her new job as Technical S t a f f W r i t f r Training Consultant for AAA Auto tbruscato@oe homecomm net Claims will take a lot of her time In somewhat of a political twist, a Even so, Folino added she will contmue Northville woman who recently her position as vice-chair of the 13th announced she was challenging 20th Congressional District Republican District House Representative John C om m ittee Stewart (R Plymouth Township) in This will be Grant’s first attempt at next year’s August primary has seeking public office, though he had dropped out of the race considered a run for Plymouth City And, as quickly as Teresa Folino Commission He plans on forming a declared she was out, Plymouth resi committee m January, and filing his dent Jonathon Grant proclaimed he’s intentions next spring m the Republican primary race against “Sometimes people who have been m Stew art office become jaded,” said Grant “I “I have a job opportunity that’s too believe a fresh perspective can be STAFF PHOTO BY BRYAN MITCHELL good to pass up, and I’m going to with Jiealthy ” draw from the campaign and give my Grant said he disagrees with the vot Decorative display: Twenty-month-old Jacob Vick of Plymouth support to Jonathon Grant,” said Foli mg record of Stewart “Yes, I do My checks out some of the Christmas trees in Kellogg Park deco no “I talked with him (Monday) mom being approached to run is a sense the rated by local schoolchildren The tree is one of nearly four • mg. and all systems are go ” community is looking for effective lead dozen decorated by businesses, school groups, organizations Folino, who lost to Stewart by 81 ership,” he said and families m Kellogg Park as part of the annual Plymouth votes m the August 2000 primary, had On the top of Grant’s list of cam- been campaigning and soliciting contri Community Chamber of Commerce decorating program The Please see STEWART, A6 6 53174 0008 butions for the 2002 race However, trees will be on display through the holiday season A 2(P ) The Observer & Eccentricf THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2001 Tepid economy can’t slow down U nited Way PLYMOUTH PIPELINE B y Tony bruscato In the face of unfavorable eco be a challenge, but everyone had outstanding participation and a S ta f f Wr it e r nomic forecasts at its Aug 28 a positive attitude ” total donation of more than [email protected] net Book signing campaign kickoff, the local Unit $600,000,” said Chuck Harvey, Campaign chairman Harry Little Book Shoppe on the Park m downtown Plymouth wel group vice president of human Despite an.