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Rocks, Chiefs gird for gridiron - Sports, D1 Partvin' in Pontiac Your hometown newspaper serving Plymouth and Plymouth Arts, Beats and Eats Township for 117 years PLYMOUTH getting bigger and better THURSDAY August 29 2002 ® b 0 0 n r e r 75 cents V o l u m e 117 N u m b e r 1 wwwobserverandeccentric com © 2 0 0 2 H o m e t o w n C ommunications N et w o r k S c h o o l a r r i v e s in ■ Pie eaters Young pie eaters who pride themselves on how fast they P - C s t y l e can scarft it down are going to get a chance to show off their style at the Plymouth BY BRAD KADRICH Fall Festival STAFF WRITER 4 * Fo r nearly tw o years, staffers at the new Plym outh High School have been prepanng for opening day, alm ost like an arm y and its wartim e m a n e u v e r s O n M onday, the games stopped W e re not ‘playing’ school anym ore,” said Barb Zdrodow ski, secretary to Plym outh H igh School Principal M ichael Bee “Today, it’s the real thing ” The Plymouth Observer will A n d if Bee, hired tw o years ago to get the build once again sponsor its pie ing open, w ere to give the first day o f school at the eating contest at 2 p m new high school a report card, he’d probably Saturday Sept 7 in Kellogg grade it out at an A-m m us Park as part of the annual fes Except for a couple o f technological glitches, tivities There will be contests Bee found the day to be a rousing success in each of three different age It w ent w onderfully, as w ell as I could possibly categories with prizes have im agined, Bee said The kids were all (including movie tickets gift upbeat, they knew where they were going, the cards and more) to be handed staff was helpful You expect to have a couple of out to the top three finishers potential nightm ares, especially w ith kids com ing in each age group Contests will be held for PLEASE SEE SCHOOL, A3 children ages 8101113 1416 Celebrity judges will judge the contests Entry is free and open to the first 12 people who sign up the day of the contest For information call the Plymouth Observer office (734) 459 2700 ■ Blood drive The American Red Cross holds a blood dr ve at the Plymouth District I brary from 17pm Tuesday Sept 3 Mathematics teacher Michelle Thews fires up her students PHOTOS BY PAU' HURSCHMANN|OBSERVER m third hour at Plymouth High School on the first day of Amber Lee of Canton 15 center gets some directions from Plymouth High School Principal Michael Bee on the first day of school Monday school Monday Donors should registenn person on the mam floor of Salem still the library between now and Crowded pool schedule draws throng Sept 3 Walk ms are also wei come For information call BY BRAD KADRICH there to urge the board to find a solution Plym outh-Canton Cruisers, a club team (734) 453 0750 Ex 217 m ulling STAFF WRITER to problem s created w ith the opening of that s\vims year-round and helps feed the Plym outh High School district s prep squads ■ Life's laughs Just when you thought there was room The problem ’ The addition of swim W ith the new W ildcats now needing Theater goers have a o v e r J C I to go back in the water, the sw im m ing team s at P H S have already caused sched practice and m eet tim e, the Cruisers were chance to eat drink and be situation in the Plym outh-Canton school uling problem s in the district’s three on the verge o f being the odd m an out merry and benefit a good district has suddenly gotten crowded pools, located at Canton and Salem high before tem porary solutions were found cause at the same time Swim m ers and their supporters filled schools and Central M iddle School Pool “Because o f these crises, the Cruisers The StarFairlane Theater m sw itch the Plym outh-Canton Board of tim e was already precariously balanced Dearborn is hosting Laughs Education m eeting Ibesday night, all because the pools are also used by the PLEASE SEE POOL, A6 for Life II to benefit First BY ANNA TROPPENS Step the western Wayne STAFF WR TER County and downriver project on domestic and sexual vio The IS w ill be dotted and the ts lence The benefit takes place c r o s s e d Sprayscape m ay at 6 p m Friday Sept 20 at Adjourning by their 10 30 p m the Dearborn theater target on Tbesday, Salem Township Guests wili be greeted with Board members decided to continue champagne cheeses and a their review of a proposed rezonm g still hit the heat wide variety of desserts First for Johnson Controls at a Sept 24 Step supporters will then have special m eeting BY BRAD KADRICH M ann had hoped to get the their funny bones tickled w th The third o f a senes of three meet STAFF WRITER sprayscape open by July, when a live performance by the mgs to date will begin at 7 30 p m at the weafiier was still hot, but comedic troupe Totally the Salem Township Hall 9600 Six Plym outh Township resi he said it sim ply couldn’t be Unrehearsed Theatre They II M ile Road in Salem s ham let dents w ho thought they were d o n e also have a chance to bid on a Tbesdays m eeting was a continua going to have the chance to W e ’d like to have opened it variety of items during a tion o f the board s July 30 gathering frolic in a new sprayscape at as early as we could, M ann silent auction A private movie also dedicated m ainly to the board s tow nship park m ay still get said ‘ But given the condi screening complete with pop review of the proposed rezonm g to their chance tions out there, it’s som ething corn and pop brings the research applications The $300,000 project is we had to wait for” TOM HAWLEY I OBSERVER evening to a dose Johnson Controls proposes to relo finally nearing com pletion at The problem , according to Medal winner Last years inaugural event cate its Autom otive Sj'stems Group the park, located at A n n M an n , is the saturated nature raised nearly $38000 The corporate headquarters from Arbor Trail and M cClum pha o f the ground in the area, par Gerry Gawura of Canton holds up one of five gold medals she won at money raised from this year s Plym outh Township to 366 acres in Tow nship officials are hoping ticularly during the spnng the 23rd Annual Michigan Senior Olympics, held m Midland Aug 4-8 event will go toward support Sdem bordered by CTotfredson, Joy to have the w ater feature Once the project was bid out, She IS a member of the Michigan Mavericks, a softball team for of the chanty s services and operating by m id-Septem ber women over 70 See Observer Life, page C5 programs First Steps mission PLEASE SEE JC I, AS Ibw nship supervisor Steve PLEASE SEE SPRAYSCAPE, A6 IS to reduce the incidence of domestic and sexual violence LOOKING AHEAD and to provide services to L e B A R O N 1992 Convertible CONTACT US INDEX individuals affected by these 71K miles Kealthy start crimes News 0 0 m (734) 459 2700 Apartments E8 1 Jobs E10 Children and adults should Newsroom fax (734) 459 4224 Automotive F5 Obituaries A7 Tickets for Laughs for Life II Classifieds 1 800 579 SELL begin the day with a meal Read We were able to sell otir car through Classified 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get an early start Jocelm Chang won the grand N o r t h v i l l e Breakfast goers at the annu Township), and State Rep as Solid Rock Bible Church o f pnze, a gift certificate to Tw elve Additional auditions, by ai Kiw anis Club pancake (and state senate candidate) Plym outh kicks off w ith a serv O a k s M a l l appointm ent only, w ill be held breakfast during Plym outh’s Bruce Patterson, (R-Canton) ice at 11 a m Sunday in Kellogg at the sam e location on the fol Fall Festival shouldn t have a The tentative schedule P a r k VETERANS HISTORY low ing three Thesdays — Sept tough tim e recognizing the ■ 8-8 30 a m — Graham The service, w hich w ill last 17 and 24, and Oct 1 folfo doing the flippin ■ 8 30-9 a m — Patterson a b o u t 1 1 5 , is designed to honor The Plym outh Historical For inform ation or to sched Apparently, anyone who s Stewart ■ 9-9 30 a m — Granholm all service people, according to Society M useum and the ule an audition, call (734) 455- anyone (or who want to be ■ 9 30-10 a m — assoaate pastor Brad Cannon Plym outh Com m unity Council 4 0 8 0 elected to be som eone) is going the proceedings, the folks at P o s t h u m u s Honorees include m embers of on Aging announce the to be on hand for the event Cafe Bon Hom m e will supply ■ 10-10 30 a m — State Sen the m ilitary, emergency m ed Veteran’s History Project MUSICAL SHOT Kiwanians have rounded up the chefs hats and jackets Thaddeus M cCotter, (R- ical w orkers, those in other Dan Packer w ill head up the a veritable W hos W ho of ‘ I think it’s going to be a Livom a), a U S congressional areas o f the m edical field, as project by interview ing and The Spotlight Players, for celebrity pancake flippers hoot,” said Kiw anian Fred H ill c a n d i d a t e w ell as fire fighters and police videotaping Am erican veterans m erly the Plym outh Theatre Am ong those scheduled to It’ll be great, especially if ■ 10 30-11 a.m — Stewart officers Th e idea IS to honor and civilians w ho supported the G uild, are holding auditions for take half-hour turns at the everyone gets into the spint o f A t press tim e.