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Canton Observer for February 1, 2015 LOOK FOR MONEY-SAVING COUPONS INSIDE Courageous Kids group helps families cope with illness COMMUNITY LIFE, B5 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2015 • hometownlife.com Fire chief: B o d y in fata! fire in mobile home was wo m a n By Darrell Clem Meier couldn’t say for cer­ roads. Staff Writer tain if the wo m a n had been Fire investigators learned living in the home. there were no working smoke Canton fire officials con­ “B ut we kn o w that she fre­ detectors in the ho m e - a grim firmed it was a wo m a n who quented the residence,” he said. reminder of the importance of died early Wednesday when Fire investigators haven’t the devices. fire engulfed a residence in the yet determined the cause of the T h e bo d y was burned so Wagon Wheel mobile home fire, but Mei er said foul play badly that fire officials early on CANTON FIRE DEPARTMENT community, but her relatives isn’t suspected. couldn’t determine it wa s a Fire officials are honoring the family's wishes not to identify the wo m a n have asked that her na m e not " W e do not believe it is sus­ w o m a n , though further in­ w h o died in this mobile h o m e fire. be disclosed. picious,” he said. vestigation revealed it was. “H e r identity is not going to T h e wo m a n wa s alone inside In what proved a risky situa­ be released,” Fire Chief Joshua the ho m e that caught fire about tion for firefighters, they en­ h eavy fire and heat forced the debris to find the body, Meier said. “We ’re going to 4 a.m. We d n e s d a y in the Wa g o n tered the rear door and ma d e it t h e m out. respect the family’s privacy W h e e l neighborhood off Mott, midway through the home T h e y fought the fire from [email protected] a nd wishes at this point.” between Ridge and Denton toward the living ro o m before outside and then sifted through Twitter: ©CantonObserver Police n a b suspected pizzeria burglar By Darrell Clem Staff Writer Canton police nabbed a 23-year-old suspect am i d accu­ sations he broke into two piz­ zerias in Canton and Plymouth townships before he was cap­ tured in Canton while allegedly attempting a third burglary. Spencer Jur- cak Hall of Ca n ­ ton wa s arrest­ ed about 4:15 a.m. Monday Hall after police say he tried to flee the scene of an attempted break-in at the Jet’s Pizza near Cherry Hill and Canton Center. His arrest ca m e after police say two other Jet’s Pizza shops already had been broken into after 1 a.m. Monday, one near BRINGING IN THE BARD See BURGLAR, Page A2 Shakespeare Festival makes Canton for Liberty Festival. After meet­ ing with Tobin and other Village Theater Village Theater its second h o m e staffers, MS F folks we r e sold. “A lot of it wa s meeting (Tobin) and By Brad Kadrich the people at the Village Theater,” said Staff Writer Jan Blixt, in her sixth year as M S F ’s Boone and Tooson-Boone artistic director. “It’s about us bringing Jennifer Tobin has been trying for our show to the community of Canton.” years to build a Shakespeare festival at For 21 years, Blixt said, the Michigan the Village Theater at Cherry Hill in o Shakespeare Festival has inspired and Pair avoids jail Canton, with no success. * entertained a diverse audience, further N o w she’s doing the next best thing. developing an appreciation for profes­ Since people wo n ’t co m e to Shakespeare, sional performances of Shakespeare’s for assault she’s bringing Shakespeare to them. w or ks and other classical plays. T h e Michigan Shakespeare Festival, which makes its ho m e at the Ba u g h m a n Best around involving Theatre in Jackson, brings the final S he called M S F the “best theater in three we e k s of its 2015 season to Canton A. •' a " the region and probably in Michigan” gun, chain starting July 29. a nd said no w Canton will benefit from It’s a coup that’s got Tobin crowing. that reputation. By Darrell Clem " Wh at turns me on the most is it ups “Canton is no w hosting the best of the Staff Writer our game," said Tobin, wh o runs the best,” Blixt said. “W e ’re good because Village Theater. “T h e y ’re seasoned ac­ people are enjoying our show. Ou r audi­ A Canton wo m a n has been tors, blended nicely with you ng actors. ences are being ma d e ‘happy’ by our placed on probation for three It’s like the ingredients in a good meal. shows. So m e of the folks, especially years for brandishing a ha n d ­ These are incredible actors, directed MSF s o m e of the men, are being dragged in, gun and threatening another and designed by professionals. It’s excit­ David Blixt played Macbeth during the 2014 but once they see it, they’re the first w o m a n outside the Mc D o n ­ ing to bring half their season to Canton." Michigan Shakespeare Festival, a play directed ones in line for season passes.” ald’s restaurant on Michigan b y his wife Jan. Th e tw o me t doing a It’s not the first time MS F has moved. A v e n u e near Lotz. Sold on Canton production of "Taming of the Shrew." T h e theater tried going off-site back in Antoinette Ho p e Boone, 37, According to Tbbin, the pairing ca m e 2007, Blixt said, but it didn’t wo r k out averted a prison term Tbesday out of conversations between folks affil­ well and theater officials hadn’t consid­ during her sentencing in iated with the Village Theater and so m e O n e thing led to another and officials ering mo v i n g it again. W a y n e County Circuit Court people in the dr a m a pro g r a m at Eastern from the Michigan Shakespeare Festival after she pleaded guilty to Michigan University. were making the trip from Jackson to See THEATER, Page A2 See ASSAULT. Page A2 O b s e r v e r & E c c e n t r i c © The Observer 6 Eccentric INDEX hom.lownllt..con* MEDIA Volume 40 • Number 65 Community Life. ... B5 H o m e s ...... .. C2 Services... C2 AOANNUT COMMHY Crossword Puzzle.. ...C3 Jobs........ ... Cl Sports.... B1 - -------------------- -----— --------- —- Education...... A 4 Obituaries... B7 W h e e l s ... C3 PRICE. Si Home Delivery: (S66) 887-2737 | Return Address: 29725 Hudson Dr. Novi Ml 48377 Health........ ... B8 P A R C efforts to purchase Central site continue By Matt Jachman $4 million. A proposed Plymouth-Plymouth w or ks for all parties ” Staff Writer purchase agreement is Township public taxing on the agenda for the authority that would Behind schedule Despite a delay in Tuesday, Feb. 10, Board raise mo n e y to remodel Soenen said the pro­ their timetable of a year of Education meeting. and rebuild the complex ject’s time line is at least or more, backers of the “W e believe we are and run it as a recreation 12 months behind what proposed Plymouth Arts very close to reaching an and arts center for both w a s originally proposed. and Recreation Complex agreement with the communities. If the purchase of Ce n ­ have high hopes for the school board,” Do n Soe- tral is successful, he project. nen, one of the chief Taxing authority? said, the group would P A R C , envisioned as a P A R C organizers, wrote “This is a once-in-a- seek more community venue for athletics, con­ in an email. “It will be lifetime opportunity to input, develop a business certs, classes and other purchased with private develop this historic site plan and an economic cultural and co m m u n i t y funds and operated in its for the ma x i m u m benefit COURTESY OF D O N SOENEN impact study and mov e events, is planned for a present condition for the of the entire Plymouth A n artist's rendering of the front of wh a t is no w Central to the design phase. Co n ­ refurbished and re-pur- benefit of the Steelers community,” Soenen Middle School, re-purposed as the Plymouth Arts and struction could start in posed Central Middle (youth football), Cruisers said. Recreation Complex, or PARC. 2017, he said, and be School, which is closing (youth swimming), other However, proponents competed in 2018 or 2019. after the current school current user groups and face a roadblock in that Central is the former year. Space at PA R C n e w users and tenants.” the Plymouth Township city ow e s the township site, would approach the Plymouth High School would be used by groups T h e Michigan Phil­ Board of IVustees voted $3.8 million in pension township board again and parts of the building that no w use Central harmonic, of which Soe- in January 2014 to not a nd retiree health care a nd that city and to w n ­ date from the 1920s.
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