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VOLUME 34 NUMBER 102 WESTLAND, MICHIGAN • 82 PAGES • http://observer eccentric.com SEVENTY- FH/E CENTS C\m HoricTow* CoowiuiiJiaUoM Matworfc, toe IN THE PAPER Clampdown would target rentals
Westland has never had a rental property for deficiencies. budget to be adopted June 7. TODAY During a budget study session Mon inspection program, and some city officials One holdup: City officials would have would like to change that. Improved quality of day; Mayor Robert Thomas said he has to hire more inspectors to tackle rental known of landlords who evicted ten properties. housing is the goal of the program, discussed ants for complaining to city officials Even so, Griffin's proposal drew OPINION during a budget study session Monday. about inferior living conditions. strong support from colleagues who BY DARRELL CLEM 40 percent of all dwellings are rented - "It's terrible," he said. have criticized s.ome landlords - or Get Involved: Cleaning up STAFF WRITER including apartments, duplexes, condos Thomas said such incidents have "slumlords" - for failing to keep up [email protected] the Rouge is a worthwhile and houses. occurred in neighborhoods such as Nor- then* rental properties. effort that takes many After curtailing apartment growth in "There's no question this would wayne - where many duplexes and sin "Frankly it will make the town bet Westland, city officials want to begin a improve the quality of housing," Kilroy gle-family houses are rented in a high ter, so I'm all for it," Councilman hands, We encourage you new inspection program forcing land said Tuesday. ly populated area bound by Palmer, Richard LeBlanc said. to get involved Saturday, lords to keep up their rental properties. Westland has never had a rental Merriman, Glenwood and Wildwood. A decade ago, Mayor Thomas cam The proposal would have far-reach property inspection program, meaning Councilman Charles "Trav" Griffin paigned partly on a platform for curb June 5./A16 ing ramifications in a city where Plan that thousands of tenants live in resi on Monday suggested a rental inspec ing rental property development, and ning Director Tod Kilroy estimates that dences that city inspectors never check tion program, although he conceded it Endorsements: We make isn't likely to happen with a new city Please see RENTALS, A2 our endorsements for the June 14 school board elec Back in business tion in the Wayne-West- Youth land district. /A16
SPORTS Track action: Lutheran Westland girls track team won the Class C regional BY DARRELL CLEM and competed Tuesday in - STAFF WRITEJ, the Metro Conference [email protected] A Westland program that helps championships. /CI youths in trouble has shown remark able success, but officials say its growth is impeded by cramped quar ters and jobs lacking benefits. AT HOME Westland Youth Assistance, started in 1992, has earned a solid reputation by helping 90 percent of its youngsters Inviting interiors: Guest avoid becoming repeat offenders. rooms can say welcome in "I think we have one of the better a variety of stylish programs in the county," Mayor Robert Thomas said Monday during a budget ways./OB study session. Youth Assistance operates on a $120,000 budget, inside a small area of the city's Bailey Recreation .Center. It ENTERTAINMENT places troubled youngsters, with adult mentors, community service programs •'•. PHOTOS BT Prna WHJJAMS and other services amid hopes of Festival: 77«? V98.7 Cause to celebrate: American Power Wash on Wayne Road in Westlohd'ti^lkbtiitifS^i^^^^ improving their behavior. '.'.'•*• Smooth JazzFest, June 4- reopening following a fire last October. Activities May 18-23 had a fire prevention theme. Last year alone, Youth Assistance served' 177 youngsters referred by juve Bat the Village Green in nile court, police officers, educators and the Southfield Civic Cen Crowd scene: Above others. ter, features some of the Not only did the program help steer are owner Dan Green youngsters to better behaviors, it has biggest talents in jazz, (right) and Ohili Joe, made a tangible difference in communi including EarlKlugh and talking with patrons ty service projects such as cleaning the Kimmie Home./El during the reopening. Rouge River and ridding local buildings Chili Joe prepares a of gang graffiti, supporters say. batch of his famous Youths who stay out.of trouble have New exhibit:-This Satur- x earned adult-supervised rewards such day, the Cranbrook Insti chili at left during the as a canoe trip, a shipwreck tour and a event. At right, Green Kmcriciiu^ytny.t ^(fo.cA: V->.\ui>:-:' Cedar Point visit, program Director tute of Science unveils its Auto Appemrmnce C»nt«t Ronaele Bowman said in a new report. (left to right), Julie • - w >*,'< newest exhibit, "Scream Hahn, office manager, Program supporters have long Machines: The Science of daughter Desiree praised Youth Assistance for helping youngsters to improve their behavior Roller Coasters."/EX Lynn, 3, and husband and avoid becoming repeat offenders in Tony Hahn, shop man the juvenile justice system. — ager, . stand out front And supporters say it succeeds REAL ESTATE during the grand despite some constraints. opening. For one, the program is run in a r small Bailey Center area that provides Now what? You just virtually no space for youngsters, par ents and mentors to interact or even moved in, and there's play a board game. work to be done. /Fl 'We don't have any room. They can't even play a game of Monopoly," Bow-' * ~ Please see YOUTH, A2 INDEX • Obkuartes Al^ Pizzeria employee escapes injury in robbery try • Classified Index F5 Real Estate F5 BY DARRELL CLEM No one was injured, and one woman tion seemed suspicious after he pulled report said. Crossword G2 STAFF WRITM walking in the neighborhood told police into a residential driveway and noticed "Both suspects began hitting his [email protected] Jobs G5 that she ran away because she feared there were no lights turned on indoors. vehicle with the wooden sticks," a A pizzeria worker nTaking a front that she would be assaulted. The'employee reported that he went police officer wrote. Home&Service J2 door delivery narrowly escaped two The incident occurred about 10:30 to the front door and knocked, but The delivery driver returned to Automotive J4 masked, stick-wielding teenagers Mon p.m. Monday when a Crazy's Pizza dri returned to his truck and got inside Crazy's Pizza and phoned police, and •JDpirtjon A1647 day night by running to his truck and ver tried to deliver an order that had after he saw two suspicious teens witnesses told police that the attackers driving off, police said. been phoned in for a residence on standing near his vehicle, wielding fled to a field behind Jefferson-Barns Bl B Community Life Two witnesses told Westland police Cheboygan Court near Grand Traverse wooden sticks. Elementary School and then rode off on • Calendar B4 they saw two attackers beating on the - southwest of Palmer and Merriman, One attacker grabbed the driver-side two bicycles. police said. , truck door and opene\l it, btft the owner The phone call to the pizzeria appar- • Real Estate Fl worker's 1989 Nissan pickup as he The Worker told police that the situa pulled it shut as hevdrove oft", a police drove off.. Please see TRY, A2 HOW TO REACH US State school bus inspection shows improvement Newsroom:734-953-210 4 7*4-591-7279 Newsroom Fax: BY JUUK BROWN tus, the highest marking. The district covers more than 2 million bus miles E-mail: bfachimMto*l>ofl>*coflitfl.w. t STArrwart** Mt.— ~~*-,, •" "--"" >_ Some that earned yellow per year, said Superintendent Greg Barney, who • Nightllne/Sports:734**3-216 4 [email protected] >-^ I status were considered safe culled the report "extraordinary." He praised the Reader Comment Upe:734*83404 2 . Wayne-Westland Community Schools officials are IC "*"»'•' for operation but had minor improved morale and spirit of cooperation that made flaws to fix. improvement possible. Classified Advertising:734-591-090 0 pleased with a report from the Michigan State Police on local school bus inspection. "Not one driver or aide In other action, the school board: Display Advertising:734-591-230 0 The district had a 732 percent passing rate this ' had a written mark against • recognized June A as School District Paraprofes-. Home Delivery:734-591-050 0 school year; up from 37 percent in 1997-98 and just them," Davis said. "Their sionals/Teacher Aides/Teacher Assistants Recogni 19 percent the two years before that. This year's buses were spotless." tion Day. Wayne-Westland inspection was held April 29 to The state inspector was • honored art student Jonathan Patterson, a grad May 12 and included 71 buses, eight of them new. strict, but fair, he said. uating John Glenn High School senior who will "I wanted improvement," said Gary Davis, district Davis praised all involved in this year's effort, includ attend the. Center for Creative Studies. He received .transportation director. He told those at Monday ing drivers, aides, mechanics and others. "Every the 13th Congressional District Art Competition night's school board meeting this is the first passing body's a team and we got through it." Award. , inspection for the district since 1987. He'd like to see more improvement. "Where do we This year, 64.8 percent of buses earned green stn- go from here? Wo go forward." rn^^M,A 2 mmem^w ^^^^^^ ^^*m w***^*a^^~m
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man said Monday. "An expanded Griffin staid city officials need to Morieoyer, Councilwoman Jus Youth Assistance employees who That's what I'm talking about," • Youth Assistant* closet is like what we're in, but consider more- space for Youth tine Barns said the city should lack many benefits, such as pen she said Monday. alto receive* soil* we're making do with what we Assistance as they try to reach consider revamping the way the sions, that Westland city Aside from volunteers, Youth have, and our program is doing an accord for renovating munici program and its employees are employees receive. She indicated Assistance also has six other grants from buaJn*$Ms very well." pal buildings or constructing* handled. that officials should consider workers who receive some pay - like Target and North Councilman Charles "Trav" new ones. Youth Assistance isn't a city making the program a city but from Wayne County's budget Brother* Ford. department, Rather, city officials department. rather than local coffers. Those have a contract with Bowman to Barns said it seems unfair include people who oversee "life provide the services. that Youth Assistance workers choice" classes and drug testing, llMtland (SDbswer %. Bowman's budget pays don't receive the same benefits among other programs. (U8P8 M3-S30) '** Youth Assistance also receives Assistance questions without PuMatwd avary Sunday art Thursday by ObMfVtr a Eocarfriee N«w*p«f*rj. 36251 Sctacttrth, Uv«wifa. Ml salaries for herself, a program as hourly union employees in 48150. Pariodfcal poatao* p*M al Uwnla, Ml 48151. Addraaa ll ma* (aubaoljHion, chang* oj addrau. Form Local 1602 of AFSCME (Ameri some grants from businesses like providing any immediate 35«e> 10 P.O. Box 3004, Lfccrta, Ml «151. Tataptana 5*10500. assistant and a clerical worker. Part of the money, also is used can Federation of State, County Target and North Brothers Ford. answers.- questions that they r. r»^ SUBSCRIPTION RATES , ,„ ' indicated will require long-term Carrwr DtJh«ry Mad Ov&very for programs and supplies. and Municipal Employees). In the ehd, city officials Mon Monthly -•>>*•- -- •»,« Or*y«r - $55.00 planning. On»yt*r.,..,...:. fZ._ $47.40 Oo»y«a/{S/.C«u»n)....- $44.00 Barns voiced concern about "It's that kind of fairness. day raised some key Youth Oo« ft (St C*i«o) »8 00 0n« yaa/ (Out o« County}.:.....'. $6500 Na**attnd par copy 75 On« year (Out o« Statu) _ $90.00 Al advwfeing puttafwd In 0w WavKayid Otw*mr la autyact to th« ccotfttooa ttal«4 in m« appfcabta raw card.-
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A "Salute the Stars" dinner was held Rower: Cora Wednesday, May 19, at Liberty Park Hardie, 91, Senior Community in Westland. Hon ored were nine residents who are age receives a rose 90 or older. Entertainment was provid from Dolores ed by vocalist Robin Beck, *Amolsch at the Seniors honored were Verne Keeth, Liberty Park 90, Hilma Delorme, 90, Jewell Motes, Senior Commu 90, Arnold Frisk, 91, Cora Hard«, 91, nity "Salute the Bea Beliger, 91, Ruth Schiller, 92, Mar cel Sosnowski, 93, and Bea Sanders, 95. Stars" dinner. The corporate office, Fourmidable Group, has traditionally honored older seniors, said Keri Anne Franchek, resi' dent manager at Liberty Park. It was difficult for seniors to travel to restau rants and participation was low. "We decided to keep the tradition going." All nine seniors attended the dinner. "It's wonderful," Franchek said of such occasions. "The social interaction is the main reason" for living in such a facility. Liberty Park has a home health care agency, catered meals and housekeep ing service. "We have a wonderful com munity and wonderful staff," she said. STAJT PHOTOS BY TOM HAWUY They're a great bunch of people." Good sounds: Bea Sanders, 95, enjoys the music at the Liberty Park Senior Commu nity "Salute the Stars" dinner at the facility May 19. Music was provided by Robin • Entertainment was provid Beck. At right, Jewell Motes, 90, enjoys the music. ed by vocalist Robin Beck. Adult ed open for Schools.of Choice.
On "May 10, the Wayne-West- land Board of EducHltonautrnr EDUCATION rized participation in an Intra County Schools of Choice plan for the 1999-2000 school year. waiver to extend the deadline Participation in the program is has been requested. limited to 17- to 20-year-old stu • Applicants must be resi dents enrolling in adult educa dents of Wayne County. tion classes at either the Tjn- • No transportation will be kham Adult Education Center or provided. the William D. Ford • Students must not have Career/Technical Center. been expelled from school or sus pended more than six days in Intra County Schools of Choice the last two years. applications will be accepted and students will be placed according Applications may be obtained_ to the following guidelines: in person only from Tmkham Adult Education Center, 450 S. • Applications will be accepted Venoy, Westland 48186, (734) June 1 until July 1, 1999, at 595-2429, or William D. Ford either the Tinkham^Adult Edu Career/Technical Center, 36455 cation Center or the William D. Marquette, Westland 48185, Ford Career/Technical Center. A (734)595-2135. • Participation In the program is limited to 17- to 20-year-old students enrolling In adutt education classes at either the Tinkham Adult Education Center or the William D. Ford Career/Technical Center. Library will close
The William P. Faust Public in effect, through Labor Day, are Library of Westland will be 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday closed Sunday and Monday, May through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 30-31, for the Memorial Day p.m. Thursday through'Satur- observance. day, closed Sunday. For informa tion, call (734) 326-6123. Summer hours for the library,
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Fdjjr %$n00ates are compet In tit* wako of U.S. school- Do you favor a stats co#> Ths district's $14 mHHon wnat ponof njaaa wovni What would bs your top ing for two seats at stake In •heotbHf*} what, If *ny- stfttitional ohangs aHowfn*; surplus cowtparss to a you say Sttpsrintsndant thro* prlorttlss as • school the June 14 election. The tMn^ ahouM bo dono to tax dollars to bo usod as $270,000 doflcH In 1M3- board msmfasr? Irlsfly winners will receive four-yearmak o Wayno-Wosttamf vouchors or tax orodtts by •4. ttvon a history of Hon has sarnsd? What explain. terms. schools Mfor? financial up* and downs, ImprovwwtU, If any, to private and parochial what should bs dons to would you suf^sst? school*? •nsurs tonf-torm stability? lowttt j. •smp" Mown • The misconception that most peo^ • I do not favor allowing tax dollars • Since Proposal A, our district has .• During my work on the Bond • My first priority is to put kids first Monit, 47, of Wayne Is a project pie have is that there ts something to be used as vouchers or tax cred had to operate at a deficit... that Election Committee I was privileged in everything I do. Anything that will manager for Sensormatic * significant that can be done. There its. I believe that public schools are necessitated measures to help to work closely with Supt. Baracy. enhance their education and educa Electronics. Attended Michigan is very little, unless you consider dili the threads that hold democracy defray financial disparity. Good fis He showed me an Immense dedic* tional experience will take prece State; graduated Henry Ford gence, attentiveness and deterrent. tqgethe.r by offering an education to cal management, cutting the fat lion to the students in the district dence over ail else. Secondly, I .Community College with associate If the intent is true, diligence and all people. If tax dollars are allowed and offering early retirement pack and a concern for the welfare of the intend to take a fair and honest degree. Has three school-age chil attentiveness will discover that to be diverted to private/parochial ages (helped) narrow the fiscal gap community. He is extremely approach to every decision and dren with wife Kitty. Helped chair issue that needs my attention. a successful Bond Election i intent. Once the intent is evident institutions, public schools will be ... To ensure stability, the negative approachable and personable. I find Committee for $108 million in school improvements; . deterrent is necessary. With cooper- diluted and lose the ability to give effects of Proposal A need to be his administrative team very capa While that may sound naive, I want now serves on Bond Construction Committee. . ation of parents, students and everyone an equal chance at a quali reversed. To achieve this, the dis ble and helpful. I would give his to make sure that nothing clouds Treasurer of Wayne Baseball Association and mem teachers, students who pose a ty education. trict must be allowed to pass mill- administration the highest of marks. the issue In any instance. Lastly, I ber of Wayne Memorial High band boosters. Coached threat will give off clues that can be ages to create more funds or the As far as improvements at this time, Intend to see the bond project ^ basketball for Westland Youth Athletic Association. detected and the threat defused. state must close the fiscal gap by Lhave none to offer. through to its successful conclu But real threats require punishment. raising the per-student allowance. sion. MARTHA PrrSENBARSER • It's difficult to plan and prepare • I think the Michigan Constitution • We anticipate an $11 million fund • I would give Dr. Baracy and his • 1) Completion of the bond project Pitsenbarger, age not given, us a against a terrorist attack as should be protected. I do not favor a equity at the end of this year due to administration an "A." I feel this on time and under, budget. The pro school board incumbent, Wayne occurred in Colorado. We must con change allowing public tax dollars the fact that our foundation team has been successful in fulfill ject has been going very well and resident and clinical social worker tinue to provide an atmosphere and for private and parochial schools. allowance (per pupil spending) was ing stated goals for our district that our students will benefit greatly by for Value Options. Bachelor's open communication with students Public school funding should not be frozen in 1998-99. We must maintain are benefiting both education and all the Improvements. This will have degree from Eastern Michigan; and parents so they feel comfort reduced to fund private and our district student enrollments and our community. My suggestion a major positive effect on our com master's in social work from able going to the administration parochial schools nor should taxes continue to watch our spending in would be for them to continue their munity and home values. 2) University of Michigan. Has three be raised to support the same. good work, Maintain good financial accountabil grown children - Wayne Memorial and/or local authorities if potential order to save our fund equity. Since Other Questions remain. If you're in Proposal A, our revenue growth is ity of all aspects of school opera High graduates with husband Jack. Facilitates problems arise. We have very good tion. 3) Continue to work hard to group for female offenders at 29th District Court. crisis response programs in place private or parochial schools, are you controlled by the state. It will be Involved in Wayne Playscape. Attends United and many student support programs willing to allow government to con necessary to ensure that expendi raise test scores across the district Methodist Church, Wayne. Former PTO leader. to help diffuse student differences trol your schools? This issue must tures are consistent with the rate of and ensure our curriculum is aligned Parent advisory board at Adams, Franklin schools ... Our relationships with police be answered. revenue growth ... without affecting with various tests and state core agencies are very good. student programs. curriculum. BRENOA SMITH • School should be a stable environ • Vouchers can be Viewed as good B I was a student in the district • it is hard to give a letter grade • My top three priorities are stu Smith, 19, of Wayne is a full-time ment in which all students feel wel or bad. People using vouchers to when the deficit occurred. I have when there is no criteria to go on. I dents, staff and patents. If you keep college student transferring from come ... One way to possibly curb send their children to private or seen what it does to students' believe Greg 8aracy's administration all three in mind when making a Henry Ford Community College to violence involves students making parochial schools can take away morale and school involvement. To has done a good job concerning decision, you will make the best Eastern Michigan to explore a decisions and problem-solving. vital money from the school district. keep this from happening again, the administrative duties. The budget is possible choice on everything. Our career as a high school Including-students on committees However, letting people choose district needs to set long-term goals at a surplus and the board is doing a students are the backbone of the science/journalism teacher. that deal with violence in the class where their children go, and there for the money it receives. Ideally, great job with bond money. But what school district. The staff keeps our Departing editor-in-chief of a col room can alleviate feelings of help fore making school a sort of compet the district should have enough is lacking is just as important as the schools running. Many have dedicat lege newspaper, The Mirror News. administrative side. Public communi ed their lives to making things bet Single with no children. Past president of Westland lessness and teach students that itive business, can increase produc funds set aside to run at 100 per ter. Parents also play a major role in Junior Civitans and lieutenant governor for Michigan everyone can and must play a part tivity. Being on the school board cent for about a year... While keep cation lines with the board have Junior Civit.ans. John Glenn High activities: student in creating safer schools. Parents means being a representative of the ing that much money may not be been closed off more than they students' development... If we do council treasurer 199(6-97, SADD, Quiz Bowl, and citizens should also be allowed district. If citizens see it as some . viable, an amount comparable to should... Board meetings need to be not listen to all three, then we will Science Olympiad. New Adventurers Club. to play a part in returning school thing to be tried, then it should be. that should be set and kept. more publicized with parents, citi not achieve our potential. into a piace erf teaming, — ' looKed into wun greater detail. zens and students being involved. MARSHALL WRIOHT • As a school board candidate.in • Even though parents have the I Currently the $14 million surplus • I have not been involved in the • I would gtoup my priorities under Wright. 51, of Westland is a 1997,1 was the only candidate to right to send their children to any represents only 11 percent of our process that provides directives to one word.; Planning. We must have *fe^ -respond in the Observer that my pn- school ...providing public tax dollars total $95 million general fund bud- anyone in the administration so I well-thought-out plans for 1) safety degree, education, University of ority for our schools would be to to families who choose private or get - below the state-preferred' honestly could not provide an evalu in our schools 2)maintaining a bal Windsor; bachelor's degree, biolo have a secure.learning environment. parochial schools over public healthy fund equity of 15 percent ... ation. As an observer, I would say anced budget and 3) raising acade gy. Central Missouri State. I cannot emphasize enough that our schools shouldn't be the answer. Asa team, 1 feel we can ... 1) Work that our school'district appears to mic MEAP scores, and then these Married, three children. Friends of schools need to be .;. havens of Utilizing tax dollars would increase with legislatures to increase per be heading in a positive direction, plans must be put into action. |; the Westland library secretary. the potential for future tax increas pupil spending. 2)Work with but there is still much more to be Westland Goodfellows, Wayne- learning where our children can Westland Junior Miss,.Westland Playscape learn without fear. I will ensure that es and decrease the potential for Realtors to interest home buyers to done. Committee, Westland Festival volunteer/Friends of a zero tolerance policy to violence, state aide which would further • live in Westland. generating more Sassafras Trails, volunteer coach. Dad's Club, St. drugs and weapons is upheld. I will weaken schools. An idea: identify revenues. 3} Plan for erriployee con Gerard's school board vice president 1980. Wayne- encourage ... early Intervention qualities parents look for in non-pub tracts. 4J Create a rainy day fund 5) Westland extracurricular activities committee. plans, peer mediation and mentor lic schools, strengthen those quali Remain within budget.6}Plan for ing groups, conflict resolution, fac ties in public schools or add them. future costs of maintenance. ulty sponsors, outreach programs ... CITY OF GARDEN CITY whom he has touched, offer Father Prus our sincere best wishes National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING on his retirement. .- every single environmental group who has viewed this issue are AYES: Unanimous. ' "' • ardently opposed to these bills. MAY 10,1999 ABSENT: None NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The Elected and Administrative Item 05-99.219 Officials of the City of Garden City are vehemently opposed to REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Moved by Briscoe; supported by Waynick: RESOLVED: To return to the SB 1256 and HB 1534 and demand that all elected officials reject Present were Mayor Barker, Couneilmembers Dodge, Lynch, Wiacek, Kaledas, Plannirfg Commission the rezoning of 2210 and 2070 Areola due to this bill that would preempt traditional and historic state and Briscoe, and Waynick. Absent none. incomplete information coming to Council. AYES: Unanimous. ABSENT: local land use and zoning authority. Also present were Acting City Manager Kocsis, Treasurer/City Clerk Beftis, None. • " . FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to City Attorney Cummings, Department of Public Services Director Barnes, • Item 05-99-¾¾ the President and Vice President of the United States, all local Acting Police Chief Bertha, and Streets, Sewer & Water Supervisor Morton. Moved by Kaledas; supported by Dodge: RESOLVED: To award the consent Cities, elected State and Federal officials, Michigan Municipal The Mayor announced it was time for Public Discussion for items not agenda bids, Items B-5-a, B-5-c, B-5-d, and B-6: League, Conference of Western Wayne, Michigan Township on the agenda. I. To award the bid for equipment for the new 1999 Ford Crown Victoria Assoc., U. S. Conference of Mayors, and all surrounding communities, and ask they adopt this or similar resolution and • Mike Bachko, of Garden City, asked questions regarding carpeting for Police vehicles to Mobile Communication Services, Inc., in the amount of $20,648.00. sent it to their elected representatives to show support for defeat administration and camera tripods. of these bills. • Charlene Djordjevic, of Garden City, announced the need most homes II. To award the bid for equipment for the Weighmaster Jeep Cherokee, to AYES: Unanimous for exchange students, July 23 to August 2A, 1999. I Mobile Communication-Services, Inc., in the amount of $3,897.00. ABSENT: None • Herman Bersaoo, of Garden City, questioned the appointment of III. To award the bid for equipment for a new 1999 Harley Davidson Police • Item 05.99.228 relatives to the Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Commission, Motorcycle to Mobile Communication Services, Inc., in the amount, and whether or not a conflict of interest exists. Moved by Briscoe; supported by Wiacek: RESOLVED: To award the bid for of $1,531.00. Housing Rehab Case »9808 - Roofing and Gutters to George H. Pastor & • Item 05-99-217 IV. To award the bid for a new computer for the Detective Bureau to Song, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $2,696.00. AYES: Moved by Lynch; supported by Waynick: RESOLVED: To approve the Discount Computer Inc., in the amount of $3,080.90. Unanimous. ABSENT: None. minutes from the meeting of May 3, 1999. AYES: Unanimous. ABSENT: AYES: Unanimous • Item 0S.99.22fl —- None. ABSENT: None Moved by Kaledas; supported' by Dodge: RESOLVED: To award the bid for The Mayor announced it was time to receive, communications from • Item 05.99.221 Housing Rehab Case #9808 - Electrical to A to Z Electrical, the lowest Boards and/or Commissions. Moved by Dodge; supported by Lynch: RESOLVED: To award the bid for responsible bidder, in the amount of $2,640.00. AYES: Unanimous. ABSENT: • Ed Kane, Chairperson of the Planning Commission, discussed removal and installation of equipment for Police Vehicles to Mobile None. rezoning issues. Communication Services, Inc., in the amount of $4,300.00. Mobile • Item ¢¢-99-227, The Council as a Whole discussed the following items: Communications is not the lowest bidder, they are being awarded the bid Moved by Briscoe; supported by Dodge: RESOLVED: To award the. bid for due to: I. Resolution Honoring Father Pms from St. Raphael's Church. Housing Rehab Case #9808 - Windows/Door to Window One, the-lowest 2. Rezoning 2210 & 2070 Areola. a. Existing services with our police equipment. responsible bidder, in the amount of $4,290.00. AYES: Unanimous. ABSENT: 3. Installation^ Rear Drain at 29747 Rush. b. They supply on-site repairs. , None. 4. DeBiasi & Associates, Inc., Payment. c. Having one vendor will minimize blame appropriation, having one • Item 05-99.228 5. Police Department Purchases. vendor blame the other. AYES: Mayor Barker, Couneilmembers Dodge, Moved by Wiacek; supported by Lynch: RESOLVED; To award the bid for a. Equipment for Crown Victoria Police Vehicles. Lynch, Kaledas, Briscoe, and Waynick. NAYS: Councilmember Wiacek. Housing Rehab Case #9808 - Plumbing to George H. Pastor & Sons, the b. Installation and/or removal of Equipment for Police Vehicles. ABSENT: None. Motion passed. lowest responsible, in the amount of $3,883.00. AYES: Unanimous. ABSENT: c. Equipment for Weighmaster Jeep Cherokee. • Item os -99.222 None. d. Equipment of 1999 Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Moved by Lynch; supported by Briscoe: RESOLVED: To award the bid for 6. Computer Acquisition for Detective Bureau. .:' miscellaneous concrete replacement and drive approach installations Moved by Waynick; supported by Dodge: RESOLVED: To award the bid for 7. Miscellaneous Concrete Replacement/Installation. - covering the Mid-Town East and West, Perrin, sidewalk and approach Housing Rehab Case #9808 - Bath Items to George H. Pastor A Sons, the 8. DPS Purchases. projects to Century Cement Co. in the estimated amount of $80,000.00. lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $3,033.00. AYES: Unanimous a. Sod AYES: Unanimous. ABSENT: None. ABSENT: None. b. Black Dirt • Item 0599-223 + j Item 05.99.230 c. Grass Seed Moved by Dodge; supported by Kajedas: RESOLVED: To award the consent | Moved by Dodge; supported by Kaledas: RESOLVED: To award the bid for d. Cold Patch Material agenda bids for DPS purchases, for Items B-8-a to B-8-3: e. Ready Mix Concrete Housing Rehab Case # 9808 - Glass Block to Creative Glass Block, the 9. Resolution Opposing 5B 1256 & HR 1634. , I. To award the annual supply of sod to Huron Sod Farms, Inc. at 0.95 lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $334.43. AYES: Couneilmembers 10. Housing Rehab Case #9808. , per square yard. , Dodge, Lynch, Wiacek, Kaledas, Briscoe, and Waynick. NAYS.: Mayor Barker a. Roofing & Gutters II. To award the annual contract of black dirt to Wolverine Contractors, ABSENT None. Motion passed. b. Electrical Inc. at $7.00 per yard. • it«m ¢¢-99-231 c. Windows/Door HI. To award the annual supply of grass seed to Baradn's Florist Moved by Lynch; supported by Dodge: RESOLVED: To award the bid for d. Plumbing Greenhouse at $1.32 per pound. Housing Rehab Case #9808 - Porch to ISC Service, the lowest responsible e. Bath Items bidder, in the amount of $1,650,00. AYES: Unanimous. ABSENT: None. f. Glass Block IV. To award the annual supply of cold patch material to Barrett Paving Materials Inc. at $37.94 per ton, • Item ¢¢-99-332 g. Porch Moved by Kaledas; supported by Lynch: RESOLVED: To award the bid for h, Driveway V. To award the annual supply of ready mix concrete to National Block Co. Housing Rehab Case #9808 - Driveway to Canton Cement, the lowest II. City Managers Contract. AYES: Unanimous responsible bidder, in the amount of $338.00. AYES: Unanimous. ABSENT: • Item owns ABSENT: None None. + Item M-99-224 Moved by Lynch; supported by Wiacek: • Item ¢¢-99-283 WHEREAS, Father Edward Prus is a true servant of God and in the Moved by Dodge; supported by Waynick: Moved by Dodge; supported by Lynch: RESOLVED: To rescind motion #05- priesthood for 38 years; and . WHEREAS, The US. is currently considering Senate Bill 1256 and the U.S. 99-210, to set a public hearing on May 24, 1999 at 7:15 p.m. regarding the • k House of Representatives H.B. 1534 which imposes new federal WHEREAS, Father Proa has been the parish priest at St. Raphael's Church reronlng of Lots 3921-3926 of Folker's Garden City Acres #23 Sub (west of mandates and far reaching federal preemption of local since 1991; and 29469 Warren) and to return to the Planning Commission the rezoning of government land use and zoning authority; and Lots 3921-3926 of Folker's Garden City Acres #23 Sub from R-l to R-2 due to WHEREAS, his dedication Jo the service\f his parishioner's and the incorrect and incomplete information coming before Council. AYES: community as a whole is unparalleled; and. . WHEREAS, These two Bills would expand litigation and taxpayers liability against cities and towns in Federal court, would remove any Unanimous. ABSENT. None. WHEREAS, ha was very instrumental in renovating St. Raphael's Church; Incentive for a developer to negotiate wjth a community; and • Item ¢¢-99-234 •• and • ' :, WHEREAS, The City of Garden City firmly believes that State and Local Moved by Waynick; supported by Briscoe: RESOLVED: To refer to the WHEREAS, he is a "server" not a "sitter" at the Lenten Fish Fry**; ««d government* are the agencies that must protect the public Planning Commission, the rezoning of Lots 3921-3925 Folker's Garden City WHEREAS, he reaches out to all parishioner's; especially the children, health, safety, welfare and the environment; and Acres #23 Sub (west of 39469 Warren). AYES; Mayor Barker, Couneilmembers Dodge, Lynch, Wiacek, Briscoe, and Waynick. NAY8: making them feel as 100% participant* in parish functions; and WHEREAS, The City of Garden City does not believe the founding fathers Councilmember Kaledas. ABSENT: None. ever intended the federal courts as the place to settle disputes NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City The meeting was then adjourned. of Garden City horiors and pays tribute to Father Edward Prus about property cases and also firmly believes that the bill for his services and dedication to his church and community; and violate* the most basic principles pf federal ism; and ALLYSON M. BETTIS FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED that the good wishes of the City Council of WHEREAS, The National Governor's Association, most State Attorney Treasurer/lCity Clerk the City of Garden City, St. Raphael's Pari|h, and all the people . Generals, the Judicial Conference of the United States, the PuWiih: M*y 27,19W i»»47r The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999 »Af Volunteers needed for river day cleianliif Volunteers can help clean up to increase public awareness shirt. Dan McGuire, (248) 349- Pomona (Beech Daly). Walter the Rouge River on Saturday, about the rivers in southeast ROUGE RIVER SITES 0203 and Joyce Bates at (313) 532- June 5. Michigan. • Oakland Community Col 0250 or Redford Department of 1 Organizers hope western Here is a list of activities at shrub planting, streambank ero 4354 . lege, OrcKard Ridge Campus, Public Works .at (313) 387-2690 Wayne County residents will several Wayne County and other sion prevention/dentorfstration; • Farmington Hills: stream stream cleanup; 27055 Orchard • Southfield, stream cleanups, participate to pull out logjams, nearby sites in the Rouge River Ford Field Chicago Road House cleanup. Jean Barrett, (248) 473- Lake Road. Mike Kadrofske, Beech Woods Park, Beech Road shopping carts, old appliances, watershed with contact people parking lot, north side of Michi 9521 (248) 471-7606 just south of Nine Mile- Brandy tires and other debris from the listed: gan Avenue at Brady. Time • Livonia: stream cleanup, • Plymouth, stream cleanup, Bakita, (248) 354-5344 river during River Day '99. On ~~M Canton Township: storm Supinger, (313) 943-2180 storm drain stenciling, Botsford bike tour. Linda Langmesser, • West land & Holliday Nature that day volunteers from drain stenciling, "aesthetic" • Dearborn Heights: stream Park on Lathers north of 7 Mile. (734)455-9144 Preserve, wetland planning, Friends of the Rouge, the Clin stream survey and stream sur cleanup in Hines Park, Wal- Sharon Sabat, (734) 466-2540 , • Plymouth Township, stream stream ciearfup, storm drain ton Watershed Council, Friends vey at various sites. Meet at laceville area near Beech • Northville: Northville Park cleanup, bike tour, Alan van stenciling, nesting boxes, rear of the Detroit River and the township building, 1150 Canton Daly/Warren Avenue. Kurt cleanup, Main Street and Cen Kerckhove, (734) 455-9144 parking lot, Service Merchan Huron River Watershed Council Center Road. Contact Steve Heise, (313) 277-7413 ter. The first 60 registered vol • Redford Township, stream dise, Central City Parkway and will band together for cleanups, Shaw at (734) 397-5405 • Detroit-Rouge Park, river' unteers will receive a free Rouge cleanups, two sites, register at Nankin Boulevard. Bob Patter tree plantings and garden tours • Dearborn: stream cleanup, cleanup. Larry Truel, (313) 935- Rescue/River Day cleanup T- northwest corner of Puritan and son, (734) 595-0288 ext. 223. Group eyes • petition drive on concealed weapons law BY MIKE MALOTT STAFF WRITER If Michigan lawmakers go ahead with plans to change the state's conceal weapons permit process, it will likely be chal lenged at the ballot box. Carolynne Jarvis, executive director of the Lansing-based Michigan Partnership to Pre vent Gun Violence, said her group in "compiling o list " Please see WEAPONS, A8 Infhe Only 30V, Light, Humidity and Vermin Controlled Vaults In Michigan Niiu I |> l<> S.^5.25 On Dithiili's 7 Step I in < ;IIV I\HU;I^I- \tifl A'I i < /i < \ Ij'W Garment Itiig So Matter Where You Purchased, bittrichcare meant longer wear! Sony we canl mate pnee adiustmerts lo pf*vwu*ty purchased mwcbandiw , Dtlroll 7.17¾ Third Ave CAU1-*0G^4-*1i5 TO ORDER ANYTIME. STORE HOURS: UurH Par*Pl^opw Sun 12«, Moo-Set 10-9 ^y- (111) 873-R300 • { n.-»" : BtoomfkW Hilts 1515 N \\W BY HEATHER NEEDHAM generally fail," Craig STAFF WRITER ENVIRONMENT said. "(Mitigated wet * lands) generally get A controversy over environmental issues is brewing in Livonia, abandoned. This is a }• stemming from a developer's bid to build a housing and shopping late this summer and fill the space within a couple years. business'friendly state s project at the former George Burns Theater site, which includes a The townhomes are expected to cost in the low- to mid-$ 100,000 (but) as a result, nature •» I fprested wetland. range and offer a variety of floor plans, Craig said. Forum suffers." e Q*** The Phoenix Land Development Corp. in Farmington Hills wants Phoenix is negotiating with potential tenants, which could include The only successful Buns- to build a 9.55-acre retail development and a 11.85-acre residential a coffee service business. He would not disclose any names. MMter wetland replacement bunding townhome development. The site is at Plymouth and Farmington Sidewalks and a park area are among the pedestrian-friendly fea project he could think roads, home of the now-closed theater. tures in the site plan. of was Crosswinds At issue are 6.56-acres of wetlands east of the theater. Phoenix "There should be synergy between the residents and community," Marsh in Sumpter Plymouth wants to build on that piece of land but must get a permit from the Schafer said. Township, in southwest Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. If the DEQ grants He said the Plymouth Road wetland is not like a traditional wet Wayne County south of the permit, the developer must in turn create up to twice the amount land. Belleville. That of the original wetlands into new wetlands elsewhere. "It's not a natural pristine wetland you might see in other areas," Wetland debate replacement was A developer wants to Supporters say the development will revitalize the Plymouth Road he said. The public hearing notice issued by the DEQ described it as required because business corridor and bring additional tax money to the city. They a "disturbed" wetland. build townhouses and Detroit Metro Airport stores on 21 acres, also say the wetland in question is not a natural one. Mike Polsinelli, chairman of the Plymouth Road Development cut into some wetlands. Environmental advocates say creating new wetlands doesn't solve of which almost one- Authority, said the development will be a good fit for Livonia. Crosswinds is a park the problems developments ultimately create. "I'm excited about it," he said. "I think it's an opportunity for rede third is wetland. The DEQ will hold a public hearing 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, in with ponds, walking velopment of the corridor. It offers a type of residence not currently and horse trails, with the Livonia Civic Center Library Meeting Rooms A and B. The available in the city." library is at 32777 Five Mile, just east of Farmington Road. Anyone Wayne County serving The development authority is spending $10 million to revitalize as caretaker. Caring for the mitigated wetland after it is created is may attend. . the corridor with streetscape features such as landscaping, buried Phoenix developer Steven Schafer said the new project will fill an extremely important, he added. But even with Wayne County's back utility lines, improved street lighting and sidewalks. It receives ing, he's still unsure of the marsh's long-term success or even important housing and retail niche in Livonia. money from property tax increases of Plymouth Road businesses, not "I think it will bring additional life to the Plymouth Road corridor,'' whether it is actually working. from taxpayers or the city. "It looks like it's working," he said. "I hope it's working." Schafer said. "I think it offers a great opportunity and new type of "The increased tax dollars (from Phoenix) allows us to do more in hotfsihg within the community." Developers have built in so many wetland areas that it's becoming the corridor," Polsinelli said. increasingly difficult to find suitable mitigation spots, Craig said. It's The development will have 220 townhouses and six separate retail Environmental advocate Bill Craig questioned the effectiveness of buildings. The concept is different from the traditional "strip mall," possible the mitigated land won't even be in Livonia, he said. building over wetlands and replacing them elsewhere. Craig is presi If the DEQ grants the permit, Craig said he hopes the DEQ he added. dent of the Holiday Park Nature Preserve Association. If Phoenix gets the wetland permit, it hopes to start building by requires Phoenix replace the maximum amount of land possible and "When you take out a real wetland and put in a phony one, they that the replaced wetland will be somewhere in the Rouge River watershed. Craig said he knows he's fighting an uphill battle. "Wetlands aren't truly protected in this state," he said. "Developers usually get their way." AIRTOUCH CITY OF WESTLAND NOTICE OP PUBLIC HEARING Now \oil riill. WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.2, Chapter XVI of the Charter-of the City of Westland, a petition has been filed wrth- this Body to absolutely abandon and vacate the following: \ •:••!! I NOW "Vacation arid abandonment of westerly 116'of the Currier Avenue of IIUII right-of way and the westerly 116' of the Hanover Avenue right-of-way, east of Middlebelt Road, north of Van Bom, SW-36" NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that a public hearing be held on Monday, June 7, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. DST in the Council Chambers of EVERYONE GETS Westland City Hall, 36601 Ford Road, Westland, Michigan, to hear any objections thereto. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that true copies of this notice be served, posted and published in accordance with provisions of the City Charter. PATRICIA A. 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("New Media") is the franchise under a Cable Franchise Agreement dated as of October 20, 1997 with the Call or Visit Us Today City of Weatland ("Franchise") pursuant to Chapter 8.6 of the Westland City Code, sometimes referred to as the Cable Television Ordinance, as amended ("Ordinance"); and WHEREAS, New Media is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Ameritech Corporation ("Ameritech"); and WHEREAS, Ameritech and SBC Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, ("SBC") have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated May 10, 1998 pursuant to which Ameritech will become a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SBC; and WHEREAS, after the merger New Media will continue to directly own and operate the cable television system in the City authorized by the Franchise and will continue to be wholly owned by Ameritech, but New Media will be controlled by SBC through its 100% ownership of Ameritech; and " WHEREAS, Ameritech and SBC submitted an Application for Franchise Authority Consent to a transfer of control on FCC Form 394 providing Get connected. certain information with respect to the parties and the proposed transfer; and 1 (800) CELL-MOR WHEREAS, Ameritech and SBC submitted additional information and documents relating to the transaction and its effect on the provision of www.cellmor.com cable television service within the City; and WHEREAS, the City intends to consent to the transfer of control subject to acceptance by Ameritech, SBC and New Media of the terms and conditions set forth in the attached Acceptance Agreement; and WHEREAS, the City has the authority to grant this consent pursuant to CANTON its City Charter by adoption of this Ordinance, NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of 42695 Ford Rd. Westland as follows: in Canton Corners SfidiojoJu The City of Westland does hereby consent to the transfer of control to SBC Communications, Inc. of Ameritech New Media, Inc., subject (734)981-7440 to the execution of an Acceptance Agreement in the form attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit 1.- SfslifiaJL This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its ALSO VISIT CELLULAR & MORS passage, and as provided by law, and shall expire on May 30, 2000 if the INSIDE THESE CAR TUNES LOCATIONS: merger and transfer of control of Ameritech New Media, Inc. is not completed by that date. Section 3. The Mayor, City Clerk, City Attorney and Special Counsel are ALLEN PARK ROSEVILLE BERKLEY WEST LAND hereby authorized and directed to take such actions as may be necessary to implement the proceeding, including signing the Acceptance Agreement Allen Road at SouthfWd Gratiot North of 13 Mile Woodward at 11 Mile Wayne Road at Warren and other appropriate documents. (313)381-1053 (610) 294-8100 (246) 947*4860 (734) 728-9790 .yjketioja. 4, All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict herewith Mire hereby repealed. Adopted this 17th day of MAy, 1999. New actrvations only. Not *m»*bt* In M Kx*fcw». $9.99 Is for nxtt only; r«yert$ to $13.99 aft* initW term; afrttn* is $.» per minute. On 1/1/2000 dttita! access IS $49.99 PATRICIA A. GIBBONS . and regular afrtime ch«ro»s apply. Each plan mdudrt 3 montht.fr* AJrTouon Extra* {« pa<*a9a orTtrtog unHrrrtad ofl-paak hours from Saturday trri.Through Sunday p.m. Weatland City Clerk and 20 minutes of MoWto Mobji* ctMng. $•* product brochurtt for data**). CredKt for AirTouch Extras ippaar on 2nd through 4th Ml and package oorrtlno** thereafter at Adopted: May 17, 1999 . ' $10 99 per month wrtH canceled. AN Included airtme in home caWna area onty. AddRfonel MUme, lono/dWarwe, roaming, to*, and taxes extra. 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Katz expects between (Wayne County) wouldn't settle thiB thing until we Detroit Metro Airport to reimburse Wayne County to send letters this only 11/2 years old?' $380,000 and evaluated it." for refund claims on shuttle van leases, an inde week to county com $6 0 00 Ward reviewed the lease agreements after Dun pendent evaluation by the Wayne County's Prose missioners and the George Ward, °. ' ?- witiiin 30 leavy and his staff estimated the airport could cutor's office is expected to continue this week on county prosecutor's have purchased shuttle vans for less than what the company's vehicle leases. office informing them assistant prosecuting attorney, Wayne County jaya the lease agreement cost. Dunleavy also reported Commission Questions about the leases were first raised by of the settlement. his findings to the county prosecutor's office in Auditor General Brendan D.unleavy in an audit ers set that accordance with the county ethics ordinance. "The commissioners gave us instructions within rangeafter George Ward, chief assistant prosecut report released in December. Dunleavy found a range or $380,000 and $500,000 and the In March Ward said the prosecutors "did not Wayne County could be paying as much as ing attorney for Wayne County, informed Dun $450,000 is within that range," Katz said. leavy that Wayne County is entitled to a $503,647 find reason to suspect that the mistakes made $400,000 too much to APCOA to lease 37 vehicles Since that range was established, county prose locally on these leases reflect a culpability which and discovered the airport could have leased the refund claim on APCOA's 37 lease agreements cutors now believe Wayne County may be owed with lending institutions for shuttle buses. should disqualify the corporation in the current majority of vehicles for an average of about more than $1 million, after they obtained informa bidding." $17,000 each, not approximately $28,000, as was On May 19 the prosecutor's office filed a com tion on more than 100 vehicle leases and title his plaint in Wayne County Circuit Court against "However, the above refund ($503,647) is an the airport's actual reimbursement. tories. obligation of APCOA to Wayne County," Ward APCOA leased the shuttle buses through finan McQ Leasing, the firm renting vans to APCOA, to Monday's settlement also came four days after obtain sales information on lease vehicles. wrote. Ward had suggested if APCOA qualifies as cial agreements with various, lending institutions, county commissioners voted to end the parking the lowest responsible bidder on the pending con then collected reimbursements from Wayne Coun "The question to be confronted is, why did contract unless an agreement was reached with Wayne County pay at or near levels that constitut tract, which it did, commissioners should require ty. APCOA. In late .March commissioners had the refund claim as a contract condition. 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Other types are Type III, valid only for the rental period. Four of the 25 people killed in PWC, or you could be liable. required training. tificates are received after pass which requires a person to tilt "These new state laws were boating accidents during 1998 • Never operated PWC or any AAA Michigan wants to ing a safe boating class. Classes back his or her head to avoid created to help curb the number were on PWCs, compared to only watercraft under the influence of remind people of those rules this are offered by boating organiza being face down in the water; of PWC accidents, injuries and onein 1997. Of 63 accidents alcohol. About half of all fatal week" during National Safe Boat tions, the Red Cross and local and Type IV, a ring or cushion to deaths due to the PWCs rapid reporting more than $100 in boating accidents are alcohol- ing Week. law enforcement. be thrown to an*overboard vic risejn popularity," said Jerry damage to craft or property, 35 related. 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Canton helps lead building boom in '98 Southeast Michigan saw a building boom in 1998, the biggest year for residential con struction in 2fi years. • Some 25,870 buildfng permits were issues in the region's seven 4 Days Only! counties during 1998, according to figures recently released by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments. The last time residential building permits Friday through Monday, May 28 - 31 exceeded the 25,000 mark was in 1973, SEMCOG says. Leading the way were Macomb Township where 1,848 permits were issued, Canton Township (1,279), and Chester field Township (865). Sterling Heights (822), Shelby Township (740), Independence Township (722), Waterford Township 11717), Pittsfield Township (604), Ypsilanti Township (524) and Novi (519) rounded out the top ten. For apartments, Canton topped the list with 398. Inde pendence ranked third with 347. Dearborn (7th, 280), Westland (8th, 266) Auburn Hills (9th, 264) and South Lyon (10th, 238) were the most built in areas. Low mortgage rates, a surging economy and low unemployment were attributed as the causes for the growth. More young cou ples, many with children, seek ing homes in the suburban fringe areas was also given cred it for the growth, according the SEMCOG. The report, "Residential Con struction in Southeast Michi gan, 1998," concludes Oakland and Macomb counties together accounted for more than half of the region's total growth. Macomb Township, Canton and Chesterfield topped the list for residential units for the sec ond year in a row. But Indepen dence had the largest growth in new permits over 1997, seeing 441 more permits issued than last year. Holly and the city of Plymouth reported the largest Receive JCPenney Reward Dollars when you declines. The City of Detroit had the largest percentage gain in purchase any regular-priced & sale-priced issuance of new housing per mits, 232 percent, since new permits reached 316 when only Store and Catalog merchandise. 95 were issued the year before. »••.'... . • Detroit led the region in demoli tions with 5,609 homes being Your Reward Dollars can be used instantly, or torn down. In Livingston County, new single family homes are going on a return visit through June 6, 1999! up fastest in Genoa Township (301), Oceola Township (264), Hamburg Township (259), Hart- land Township (163), Marion Township (149) and Brighton Township (145). When You Spend You Get: In Oakland County, new sin gle family homes are being built most in Waterford (528), West s Bloomfield (425), Independence 100 (375), Novi (348), Rochester Hills (306), Commerce Township s (286), Troy (274), Rochester 150 (239), Orion (225), Oxford (218) s and Oakland Township (216). 200 Other Oakland communities s with more than 100 new homes Over 200 you keep earning were Farmington Hills (193), White Lake Township (193), South Lyon (155), Lyon Town ship (150), Springfield Township (138), Brandon Township (130), For Catalog orders placed May 28-31 and picked up by June 6. your Catalog purchase receipt may be Pontiac (122), Highland Town redeemed for JCPenney Reward Dollars through June 6, 1999. ship (107) and Wixom (103). Swipfy present receipts Wi purchases made May 28 through May 31 lo s designated Reward Dollar Center in the store. You wiB then be issued JCPenney Reward Dollars based on the amount o( In Wayne County, Canton led your total purchases. Your fitward Dollars can be used instantly, or on a return visit through June 6,199* Reward Doflars certificates may be used for discounts on merchandise purchases from the single family home construc JCPenney Stores, Catalog and JCPenney Outiel Stores. Reward Oollari may not be used /or prior purchases. No change will be §rven tion pack with 881 new homes. Then came Brownstown Town ship (293), Plymouth Township ® (233), Northville Township (200), Van Boron Township (142), Livonia (135). Southgate (127) and Westland (116) JCBSYWy 1BC: Mi- 11- www.jcpenney.com J Read At home (?2t»" m MMflaiarik mni JJJJUU'JIWSWJyWCTIlWPi •AWM10A*) TA* Observer & Eccentric /THURSDAY. MAY 27,1999 Tfc NBD HAS CHANGED ITS NAME TO BANK ONE, but you'll find that most nthP, things are pretty much the way they've always been. Except for a few little extras we think you're going to like. BANKS ONE We really like the way things are at the bank and as Bank One, we want to keep most everything just the way it's always been. After all, we're still your bank. Once you get past the new sign. 800-225-5623 www.bankone.com NBD is now Bank One i* I c , 2 ' V u. OQOa-eKiM' \ -J- i:j v,y-}\'', HP^ i^*^**immmmmm **r*^u^^*^*mmm \*\M)n*mm*wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmB*i**mmmmmmmm The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY 27,1999 STORY AND PHOTOS BY RENEE TO PARIS SKOGLUND is such a sleek way to defy gravity. row aisle, Also, the windows, from which Kozma ing to your companion. You turn and it's light, ty for emergency drills and made their facility For the first time in 14 years, the said you can see the Earth's curve, are smaller Then you turn away and* when you look againj available for important functions of U.S. Cus Concorde, the world's only super than those in traditional aircraft. it's dark," said Josiane DeAngelis, an Air France toms; Agriculture, the Weather Bureau, and sonic passenger aircraft, flew into Arnold and Colleen Knopp of Trenton, group employee. Federal Aviation Administration. 'Detroit Metropolitan Airport last leaders for the Friday flight tour, arrived well in "It is like traveling as fast as the clouds," she They have always worked cooperatively with Friday, Saturday and Sunday and whisked away advance of the Concorde's 5:25 p.m. departure. added. airport management, and we are proud to assist 297 excited members of the Nomads Inc., an air They were anxious for the flight to began. - Each Concorde flight carried 99 passengers them with this once-in-a lifetime travel opportu travel club based at the airport. Colleen Knopp briefly described the sensation plus a crew of two pilots, one flight engineer and nity." Their destination was Paris, a mere 3-hour, of accelerating into Mach 2 speed: "It pushes you six cabin attendants. Passengers dined on 45-minute flight from New York. back into your seat. Just before going into Mach Chateaubriand and orange mousse. Several members of the press (not this "This is the ultimate Nomads travel experi 2, it's like going one...two...three...go!" Wayne County Executive Edward McNamara, reporter) flewo n the Concorde from New York to ence," said Jack Kozma, Nomads president. The Concorde cruises at an altitude of almost a Nomads member but.not a Concorde passen Detroit compliments of Air France. Because of The Nomads was founded in 1965 and now has 60,000 feet at a speed of 1,367 miles an hour. ger, said the Nomads have been an "outstand federal regulation* prohibiting sonic booms over 12,000 members, most living within 100 miles of Once in the stratosphere, there is no turbulence. ing^ member of the airport community for 34 land, the 55-minute flight was flown at .98 the airport. For most of its trips, the Nomads Speed is sensed rather than felt. years. • Mach, or just over 600 miles per hour. uses its own Boeing 727-221A aircraft, which is The only time you notice is when you're talk . They have lent their aircraft to Wayne Coun- That's slower than the clouds, but still a thrill. housed in the club's own terminal. "We call it our. Super 727 Clubhouse,""said Kozma. Concord* statistics Rare bird: The Con corde, the world's However, last weekend's Concorde flights were (Them Is s«ne difference between Concordes) a bit more than a trip in a flyingclubhouse . T«k«-0ff •**•*: 201-250mph only supersonic pas On the outside, the aircraft resembles a hori Avwag* ctuWoC *?»4' 1,336 mph; at 55,000 feet senger aircraft, flew zontal rocket, with a long, slim fuselage flaring' MpMRng «p 99'FORD TAURUS SE 99'FORD WINDSTAR •••••....SAFETY RATING SAFETY •••••...SAFETY RATING** A rami)** Awftlii*!. 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Retail lease payments based on average capteKzed cost of, 95.99% of MSRP (Taurus), 93.56% of MSRP .(Windstar) exduang lax, title and special lean termsan d RCL...Cash. , J1OO0 Racashon Windstar and $500 RCL^cash on Taurus,Jus $250 A-pten cash on &, take new fewdeSvefy In Sd^are1rT*o; not at dealers WlKBPrfd modefev ResiderTcy restrictions apply: See for ownpfele detafe: * Lease Renewal Cash T$100 0 on Taurus, $500 on Windstar onr,..y .availabl e to ^. . _lermifiaiif«WrnewRed. Lea* whowd carpet lean mm MI EMM ^M* ***«P*Nv«*«*«mH*«w^«*«*vw^iVi^W*!P^»wp^ mmmm A1KW) The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999 • i Weighty subject: The Garden City and Westland chambers of commerce will co- x OBITUARIES sponsor a nationally recognized businesswoman, Florine Mark, president and CEO of the largest Weight Watchers franchise, at noon Tuesday, June 1, atAmantea's , 79, of Westland were May 26 at \ Restaurant, on the southeast corner of Warren Road and Venoy. The program is pervicw for Agnes M. Bassett, Vermeulen Funeral Home, West- 1% of Westland are today, May land. The Rev. Drex Morton offi open to the public, with reservations due by Friday, May 28. Persons may call the 2% at St. Andrew's Catholic ciated. Westland chamber at 326-7222 or the Garden City chamber at 422-4448, Tickets are C&urch, Erie, Pa. Arrangements Mr. Figley was born March 28, $15 each. wfre by Vermeulen Funeral 1920, in Muskegon and died May H6me, Westland. 22 in Farmington Hills. He was jAn. Bassett was born Jan. 17, a job setter and worked for 27 1920, in Pittsburgh, Pa., and years at Burroughs Corp. in Ply ACHIEVERS difcd May 23 in Saline. She was a mouth. IBIMI •!!•• I I I" • i—»»^———^^M^^^—_, social worker. He is survived by wife Eliza The following students from Westland Scott M. Latham, Melissa A. Lauer- have been named to the dean's list for the She was preceded in death by beth I. Figley of Westland. He graduated from Schoolcraft College at the man, Paula M. Listmantocco, Nicholas winter at Schoolcraft College in Livonia: her parents, William J. and was preceded in death by par May 8 commencement: S. Lombardi, Jeffrey S. Lumetta, Dana Jennifer Marie Amer, Kelsey Rae D^lia Vines. She is survived by ents Guy and Virgie Figley. Mr. E. Mattila, Heather L. McCartney, Barker, Alison? Jean Billings, Carrie he> daughter, Jane Bassett Mil- Sarah C. Abate, John H. Adams, Lisa Figley is also survived by daugh Heather W. McGowaii, Ernest E. Mey Lynn BIythe, Eric* F. Buchanan, Larry lejt of Westland; sisters, Brenda A. Adams, Maureen P. Aird, Amber L. ters Linda J. (Johnnie) Elkins of ers, Cynthia Y. Monkiewicz, Jason T. Allen Byram, Erin Marie Clayton, Ivette Marie, S.S.J., of Erie, Pa., Louise Alexander, Loretta J. Alterman, Jeremy Mesa, Ariz., and Cynthia S. Neece, Maryanne C. Nelson, Michelle M. Quioc David, Rebeka Farah, Jason Dou Forquer of Erie and Grace £. Atherton, Maureen L. Baker, Joan E. Kahler of Westland; sons Dennis Obuchowski, Mary T. Oliverson, Eric S. glas Gagnon, Leila Hajahmad, Wendee O^Rourke of Pittsburgh; and Bassett, Joy M, Beauregard, Kyle D. J. Figley of Howell and David A. Oswandel, Robert A. Owsley, Joseph P. Saran Hernandez, Chera Leeal Hixson, grandson Luke Millett. - Becker, Douglas Bender, Jeffery D. Ben- (Gale) Figley of Moorpark, Calif.; nett, Sheila M. Biglow, Alison J. Pacut, Julie L. Paja, Stephen Dj Patch, Richard Michael-Thomas Hopper, Burial was at Gate of Heaven and brother Melvin Figley of. Billings, Beverly A. Bishop, Steven Gitaben S. Patel, Elizabeth R. Patton, Yvonne L. Houston Cemetery, Erie. Memorials may Ohio City, Ohio. Gloch, Jeffrey J. Bobby, Carlos S. Bonil- Nicholas V. Pavicic, Cynthia A. Pelchat, be made to Hospice of Washte la, Gary A. Brda, Janet C. Brewer, Thomas J. Pientowski, Mia N. Potter Christopher John Jedrzejek, Meghan naw, 806 Airport Blvd., Ann Burial was at Parkview Memo Sharon K. Bright, Michael K. Briscoe, Sandy A. Pizqalla, Lisa M- Robertson, Lea Jones, Ingrid Erin Knoff, Jessica Afbor 48108, or McCarty Cancer rial Cemetery, Livonia. Memori Teri A. Carl, Jennifer K. Cartwright, Jacqueline M. Romej, Jackie A. Ann Koch, Louis Karl Krause, Kurt Foundation, 27387 Woodward als may be made to the Ameri* Scott S. Cavin, Stacy M. Cavin, Christo Schroeder, Ruth A. Serra, James M. James Krist, Melissa L. MaoDonald, Ave., Berkley 48072. can Heart Association, West pher M. Chapman, Karen A. Chuck, Sewruk, Gretchen M. Sexton, Kelly K. William W. McDonald Jr., Cindy L. Mal- JAMCS N. FMLEY Metro Region, P.O. Box 721129, James M. Churches, Lori A. Clark Sexton, Tracey M. Sloan, Larry A, oof, Tatjana Martinovski, Charles Berkley 48072-0129. Services for James H. Figley, Tina M. Dequin, Stephanie I. Dionne, Smith, Melissa B. Spadacini, Lena R. Patrick McDermott Jr., Tracy Dawn Margaret R. Dixon, Erin E. Domras, Spencer, Patricia J. Spurgeon, Cather Mikszewski, Pamela Lorraine Miller, Deborah N. Edwards, Michael S. Ehlers, ine C. Steinbrenner, Matthew G. Cynthia Yvonne Monkiewicz Christopher A. Eichsteadt, Janet R. Stevens, Paula R. Stoll, James E. Read Arts & Leisure every Sunday Elliott, Andrea L. Evans, Kimberly M. Thomas, Jennifer A. Tompkins, Eliza Stacey L. Neece, Gitaben S.'Patel, fields, Kristina M. Garavaglia, Amy M. beth M. Usiondek, Vickey M. Vaclavek, Chad Jordan Pennington, Kelly L. Gauss, Kristen K. Gearns, Leila Hajah- Kimberly A. Valettti, Bridget L. Van Pugh, Amy Renee Rokita, Shauna •SYNOPSIS OF MINUTES mad, Charles G. Hanschu, Carrie A, Delinder, David A. Van Vliet, Michelle I. Rochelle Salin, Pauravi H. Shah, John BOARD OF EDUCATION Heise*r, Michael B. Holbert, Richard M. Voss, Laura M. White, Carol L. Whited, Patrick Shinn, Diana Dawn Silvestri, Livonia Public Schools Hopper, Benjamin A. Howes, Victoria Jonnell A. Whitekus, Allen A. Williams, Lena Renea Spencer, Paula Renae Stoll, 15125 Farmington Road Huzar, Joeah A. Jaco, Rodney S. John Kristy L. Willis, Colin T. Wing, Donna L. Chadi Takach, Crinela Fica Todea, May 3,1999 son, Karen M. Karas, Sheila S. Kimble, Wojcik, Ronald C. Wonsack Jr., Jamie S. Helen Ann Tomlin, Jamie Lynn Walters, *The following is a summary, in synopsis form, of the Board of Education's Cindy D. Klein, Mary A. Kocsis, Brenda Wood and Amber I. Woodruff. Kelli Jaclyn Wills and Beth Kathryn regular meeting of May 3, 1999; the full t«*t of the minutes is on file in the Kolb, Rosanne L. Kraus, Dianne M. Zadorecky. office of the superintendent, 15125 Farmington Road, Livonia, and in the Kritzman, Debra K. Kuehnel The following students from Westland principal's office of each school, and is available on request. Vice President Morgan convened the meeting at 7:00 p.m., in the Board Room, 15125 Farmington Road, Livonia. Present; ^a^V KMn»nflW>g| • Daniel Lessard, Joanne Morgan, Patrick Nailey, Kenneth Timmons, James Watters. Absent* Dianne Nay. "* . Golden Apple Award: Secretary Dan Lessard presented the Golden Apple Award to Broc Batcher, custodian at Nankin Mills Elementary School for his outstanding performance oi his everyday duties. Carli Scholarship Recipients; The James P. Carli Memorial Scholarships ($1,000) were presented to the following 1999 graduates: Kristin Derwich, Churchill High School; David Bownan, Franklin High School; andI Smlta Kacholiya, Stevenson High School. . Recess: Vice President Morgan recessed the meeting at 7:30 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 7:40 p.m. School Employee Recognition Week: Jay Young, director/Community Services, recognized the week of May 3, 1999 as School Employee Recognition Week. Audience Communications,- Jan Strunk, 8100 Hubbard, recognized the achievements at Nankin Mills and thanked Broc Butcher for his 'above and on americasf? beyond" attitude. Karen Zyczynakl, teacher and LEA president, addressed the Board regardingth e important part that teachers play in the education of all children. Hal Downs, 9728 Horton, teacher and single father, addressed the Board regarding the outstanding education his two.children are receiving through the Livonia Public Schools of which the teachers are responsible in part for their success. He also stated that teachers should be rewarded for their work. Consent Agenda: Motion by Kokenakes and Timmons that the Board of Education of the Livonia Public Schools School District approve the following consent agenda items as recommended by the superintendent: IVA Minutes and Synopsis of the Regular Meeting of April 19, 1999. IV.B Minutes of the Closed Session of April 19, 1999. VIA Move that general fund check nos. 315235 through 315940 in the amount of $4,991,471.69 be approved for payment. Also, move that general fund wire transfers in the amount of $1,668,816.70 be approved. VLB Move that the Board of Education of the Livonia Public Schools School District authorize the purchase of replacement cabinets for Washington and Webster Elementary, all middle school art rooms, and Family Life rooms at Holmes and Riley from Faraell Equipment for a total purchase price of $422,350. VI.C Move ' that the Board of Education of the Livonia Public Schools School District \ approve the purchase of paper from Unisource Company for a total price of • $298,061.80. Ayes: Kokenakes, Lessard, Morgan, Nailey, Timmons, Watters. '. Nays: None. ! Gift •Washington PTA: Motion by Watters and Timmons-that the Board •of Education of the Livonia Public Schools School District accept the '. gracious gift of $2,000 from the Washington PTA for the purchase of two • recycled plastic eight-foot picnic tables for their courtyards. In addition, they would like to contribute one-half the cost of a laminating machine. • Ayes: Kokenakes, Lessard, Morgan, Nailey, Timmons, Watters. Nays: None. • Hull SIP Presented: Principal Dick Braun introduced PE teacher ) Jennifer Rivera who. presented a physical education instructional • demonstration and Sue Ward, who introduced other members of the staff ) and community for their School Improvement presentation. ; Ballot Lan^'uage Resolution: Motion by Lessard and Nailey that the . Board of Ed ication adopt the legal resolution establishing the ballot ', language for the election of candidates to fill positions on the Board of . Education. (See Official Minutes for resolution entirety.) Ayes: Kokenakes, ; Lessard, Morgan, Nailey, Timmons, Watters. Nays: None. ] Authorization to Accept Resignations: Motion by Nailey and Timmons ' that the Board of Education of the Livonia Public: Schools School District 'authorize the superintendent or the designee to accept employee • resignations on its behalf for the 1999-2000 school year. Ayes: Kokenakes, •' Lessard, Morgan,Nailey,Timmons,Watters. Nays: None..;..• • Middle School Principal Appolntaaent: Motion by Watters and J Kokenakes that the Board of Education of the Livonia Public Schools ' School District accept the recommendation of the superintendent and Our customers agree - americast offers the best in cable TV ! appoint R. Joseph Anderson to the position of middle school principal I beginning May 3, 1999. Ayes: Kokenakes, Lessard, Morgan, Nailey, Timmons, Watters. Nays: None. with more entertainment variety, easier viewing control and Teachers for Approval: Motion by Lessard and Nailey that the Board of Education of the Livonia Public Schools School District accept the reliable service from Ameritech. recommendation of the superintendent and offer employment for the 1998- 99 school year to: Allison yanDover and Kir* Myer. Ayes: Kokenakes, Lessard, Morgan, Nailey, Timmoris, Watters. Nays: None. 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Order americast today and get up to 1-888-325-8093 • stated that bur thoughts and prayers go to the students, and families of 24 hours a day, 7 days a w«*k Columbine High School in Colorado and in lieu of this catastrophe, he \ was sending a letter to all student households to inform everyone of the steps and strategies we are placing in each of our schools to secure '100 in FREE groceries safety for all; • read a letter from Dan Freeman who commended Boy Scout Troop 734 <*^f^fitech. who were involved in a cleanup project at FHS; from your local MEIJER. • commended Jack KaJousefc, student activities director at FHS, who is being nominated by Gleaners for their Golden Rule Award for his work (Sec details bclpw.) presents , In the community; r • recognized Susan McAmmoMl and five of her tth grade students for Get $50 in FREE groceries by signing up for performing the water test* from the River Rouge project; and our expanded basic service, mrteucost's premiercasi? • introduced the video presentation of the Tyler musical titled It's a Beautiful hand We Share) ft special visit from the Music Lady at (Grocery certificates arc sent out ovef 6 months.) Jackson Center; and a short clip from Elaine Koon's The First Years Last Pkmver, \ And get another '5Q in FREE groceries by signing up for Hearing frosa Board Members: The Board congratulated Ron Van any americast rtdiflnrdge"'premiumchanne l package. Hot a upon his retirement; eztended congratulations to the. Carli (AiUitional certificate* ate sent after \l miHiths of service.) ' recipients; congratulated the GoWen Apple Award recipient BVoe Batcher; enjoyed the Hull School Improvement presentation; attended the MPT A Convention and was proud of all the awards that were given to the students and community of Livonia Public Schools; attended the MASB Awards Ceremony where we received an award for our Board having the majority of members that have earned keys to the Better Boardsmanehip Awards; and congratulated Dan lessard for his award of merit. Astyonrnsaoar- Motion by Timmons and Lessard that the regular meeting Offer wlid for wstdnwfi w^ subscribe aftw 4/1/99 in tpvcifwd aress oiy ond tnn cuitomerj lot at l«tt 12 conwtutiv? months. NM VWid for beskssr only cu$tcr*» $?0 totertifiwt« »e of May ft, 1999 be adjourned. Ayes: Kokenakes, Lessard, Morgan, Nailey, n»[W vvlA'd 6 wwts after rVisiallstioo. $30 in c»rttfc»t« wiH b» swrt yyrrriiri 6 months iftw |«i»)l«tkia Addrrjowl $50 in gift wrtfiwtes for nAvibjw s^rvici ortJer j v^fl be sent *Wtn 1? Timmons, Watters, Nays: None, AMM ' mooths after installation Musi maintain at least in^iat lew) of **rvi« end account cannot be past dot to recarve certifieahj. Gift cwtrficata* cannol be raplacad if ten or siolen Set tee bwi President Nay adjourned the meeting ** 9:06 p.m. * $19ft americati and.rerrwte crjntrof reqoirwJ for certain features. Installation charges may appry.Offar valid through 6/3C/M Not valid With en* other offer. 0*e» rawktiom may eiv*v ruMi»h:M«y37. !«•• W in ' /l . .N •*•' ' w^mfMpm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 8C<0F)(*13A) The Observer & Eccentric/THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999 •-Vx***.'-*;..;-• tt»v"..j:.. • It A/Bght Be Visaed To Believe, But These Chevrolet® Offers Cavalier Choose From These GMAC SmartLease* Offers. •® 8 Blazers-Door TrackerVDoor 4WD Cavaliefx oupe Malibu • Powerful V6 Engine • Shift-on-the-fly Four-Wheel Drive Best-Selling Smai] Car In 1999? • Up To 100,000 Miles Before First Scheduled Spark Plug Replacement** • Standard Four-wheel • Rugged And Durable Futl-Length • Standard Four-Wheel • Features People Want For Less Antilock Disc Brakes Ladder-Type Frame Antilock Brakes Than Camry, Accord And Altimatt $299 a month $199 a month $198 a month S219 a month 36-Month Lease 36-Month Lease 3 6-Month Lease 3 6-Month Lease s999 Down Payment s875 Down Payment s825 Down Payment sl,275 Down Payment s299 1st Month Payment s199 1st Month Payment s198 IsrMonth Payment s219 1st Month Payment s325 Security Deposit s225 Security Deposit s225 Security Deposit s250 Security Deposit 1,623 Due at Lease Signing '1,299 Due at Lease Signing 1,248 Due at Lease Signing s 1,744 Due at Lease Signing (TAX, TITLE, LICENSE AND REGISTRATION ARE EXTRA.) See your local ChevyM Dealer today! 'Blazer payments based on 1999 Chevrolet 4-door, 4WD Blazer with MSRP of $28,295; 36 monthly payments total $10,764 Tracker payments based on 1999 Chevrolet 4-door. 4WD Tracker with MSRP ol $17,230; 36 monthly payments total $7,164. Cavalier payments based on 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier Coupe -and MSRP of $13,871; 36 monthly payments total $7,128 Malibu payments based on 1999 ' Chevrolet Malibu and MSRP of $17,455: 36 monlhly payments total $7,884. Option to,purchase, at lease end for_,an amount to bo determined at lease signing. GMAC must approve lease. You must take retail delivery from participating dealer stock by 7/1/99. Mileage charge of $.20 per mile over 36,000 miles. Lessee pays for excess wear Lessee is responsible for early termination of the lease. Payments may be higher in some states. Not Available with customer cash offers fBased on Ward's Automotive Reports 1999 U.S. sales calendar year to date. tfMSRP comparison based on comparably equipped Malibu. Camry CE. Accord LX. and Altima XG • "Maintenance needs vary with different uses and driving conditions. Soo the owner's manual for more information • ©1999 GM Corp Buckle up. America! 14A(W,0) The Observer A Eccentric/THVRSDAV, MAY 27,1999 -4" W ¢1^ OF WESTLAND Administer General Rehabilitation Program, Emergency Repair, Barrier- Set-Aside to $206,300* Homeownership ims Free and Rental Rehabilitation Programs. Repair substandard units to meet Non-Profit Housing Organization Assistance (Special City codes and eliminate health and safety hazards.. (Peoples' Community Sub recipient) Final Statement for the Housing Rehab. $125,000 Low/Mod. Rehab. 1 _ 1 A Hope for Homes, Inc.) (PCHFH) t. Housing and Community Development (99-03) Single Unit Resid. (99-H03) • • t Consolidated Plan Strategy and a Fund loans, grants, and deferred loans to provide financing to complete Existing non-profit housing organization has been designed by the City of Westland to conduct affordable housing projects and programs to initiate a One-Year Action Plan for Fiscal rograms listed under Item #2. Proposed funding could be used to assist (7) Someowners for General Rehabilitations and assist (15) homeowners with revitalization of the Carver Subdivision, a distressed residential 1999/2000 Including Proposed emergency repairs or barrier-free access improvements. Low-interest home neighborhood. Planned activities include infill housing on existing tots. Housing and Community Development rehabilitation loans^are served by NBD (Bank One). The processing fees for Another program includes the acquisition, rehabilitation, and resale of Goals, Strategies and Proposed Use of Funds for the new program year will be $5.00 to set up each loan, and $6.00 monthly homes that are Currently vacant. No displacement, of low income families to service each loan. The fee is deducted from interested earned by the City, will be permitted. PCHFA will use a 100% recapture of grant funds Program Year XXV provision for properties sold before the end of the HOME affordability (07-01-1999/06^303000) therefore, homeowners will not pay any fee directly. Senior Programs $178,500 Low/Mod. Public 1 3,4 A.B period. PCHFH haB an approved Neighborhood Preservation Plan through the State of Michigan which will provide funding for the Carver Subdivision (99 04) Service/Seniors : Revitation for (2) to (3) new in-fill housing projects. BACKGROUND Operate Senior Center on Newburgh Road. Provide services including Administrative/operating costs will be allocated at $20,350 and the As required by U.S. Congressional Statutes, the City of Westland has telecare, home- bound meals, congregate site lunch, emergency . ! remaining funds, $145,950 must be used for project costs. prepared a Five Year Consolidated Plan Strategy for the period July 1, 1995 transportation home chores, funding for Operation Breadbasket ($18,900) - June 30,2000 as a prerequisite to receiving funds from a variety of Federal and Senior Nutrition Program included in amount above. The Senior •Funding consists of $166,300 of 1999 HOME funds and $40,000 of and State sources including Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Resources Department may utilize grant funding and resources from other reprogrammed HOME funds listed below: Homeless Assistance Programs, the HOME Program, and certain other County, State, and Federal sources in addition to Block Grant funds Federal Programs, including Section 8 Housing Assistance./in addition, the N.S.A. Trans- $7,000 Low/Mod. Public 1 4 D,J,K REPROfiftAMMINfi Of HOME FUNDS City prepares an annual Consolidated Plan Action Plan with funding poration (99-05) Service/Trans. requests for project and programs for the upcoming fiscal period. Increase Decrease Provide essential transportation services, via cab, to low income families at Set-Aside to Non-Profit The Five Year Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan are designed to be subsidized cost in Norwayne and Carver/Van Born Subdivisions only. integrated documents for identifying and meeting the needs for Community Housing Organization- Restricted service destinations. (CT 5685, 5680 and 5689) The fare basis Development and Affordable Housing within the City of Westland. Further, Peoples' Community will be increased from $2.00 per ride to $3.00 per ride for.eligible residents. they include a review of the total resources expected to be available to assist Hope for Homes, Inc. * in the provision of Community Development and Affordable Housing needs. The City subsidy will also be increased from $3.00 to $4.00 per ride. The (PCHFH) $40,000 This potential includes public and private resources, non-profit housing and total cost per ride will be a $7.00 flat fare for all service. Special HOME Project community development organizations, financial institutions, state housing Community Com- $24,680 Low/Mod. Public 1 4,6 A.E (Senior Housing) 97-H04 $40,000 organizations, social service agencies, and others. The Five Year and Annual sion on Drug Abuse/Hegira Consolidated Plan Strategy process is, intended to produce a Five-Year Programs 99-06) Service/Substance Abuse TOTAL PROPOSED CDBT, BUDOET- $1,332,000 Strategy and Annual Action Plan to begin closing the gap between the Provide substance abuse counseling services to individuals and groups and Regular Block Grant Allocation: $1,086,000 quantity of decent housing which is affordable to individuals and families prescribe treatment programs. CCODA has become incorporated into Hegira •Program Income: $246,000 with low or moderate incomes and the need for such housing and to restore Programs. ' the community with CDBG funded capital outlay projects and public First Step $19,700 Low/od. Public 1 4,6 A,G TOTAL PROPOSED HOME BUDGET- $407,000 services. Domestic Violence and Service/Battered Spouses* U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development $407,000 (99-07) Program to reduce incidence of spouse abuse and sexual assault; counseling, 1999/2000 CONSOLIDATED PLAN ACTION PLAN NARRATIVE education, outreach, transportation, and emergency shelter. •The above amount includes $176,636 in program income received in the prior fiscal period 7/1/87-6/30/98 and the current fiscal period, 7/1/98-6/30/99 The 1999/2000 Consolidated Plan Action Plan will provide information Child & Family $19,700 Low/Mod. Public 1 4,6 D,C regarding the financial resources which are expected to be available in returned to the City from loan and grant repayments from the Housing Neighborhood Service/Youth Rehabilitation Revolving Fund. Total program income received during the Federal fiscal year 1999 for Community Development and affordable Program (99-08) housing programs including new construction, rehabilitation, rental 7/1/97-6/30/98 fiscal period was $176,636. We anticipate receiving $170,000 Provides parenting education and skills workshops, training sessions and to $190,000 in program income for the fiscal period which runs July 1, 1998- assistance, homeless programs, etc. The Consolidated Plan reviews various counseling for low/mod. income parents in Westland. Referrals made by Jurie 30, 1999 and receiving $80,000-$100,000 for the Year XXV CDBG Federal, State, Country, and local resources as well as those of the private schools, court, police, and fire department; also sponsors child abuse Fiscal Period which runs July 1,1999-June 30, 2000. and non-profit sector. prevention programs. LOCATIONS: The Consolidated Plan Action Plan also discusses implementation for the Youth Assistance $14,500 Low/Mod. Public 1 4 A City fiscal year 1999/2000 (7/1/1999-6/30/2000) in terms of the number of Program (99-09) Service/Youth A. City-wide impact for low-moderate income persons households to be assisted by Federal, State or Local programs and which Partially fund Youth Assistance Program, a juvenile counseling and B. 1119 N. Newburgh Road between Ford and Marquette family types the assistance will be targeted to. For fiscal 1999/2000, the City mentoring program for disturbed delinquent youth, 7-16 years of age. C. 32715 Dorsey Road (Norwayne), Westland, MI 48186-4755 D. Census Tract 5685 (Norwayne) - Wildwood, Palmer, Glenwood, and anticipates programs and projects which were already projected under the Friendship Center $171,000 Low/Mod. Public 1 3,4 B 1998/99 Consolidated Plan Action Plan. The 1998/99 Consolidated Plan Merriman Building Expansion, Phase III Improvement/Senior E. 8623 N. Wayne Rd„ Suit 156, Westland, MI 48185 Action Plan provided a mixture of housing programs to serve very low and Loan Payment (99-10) Centers lower income families; owners and renters; elderly, small family and large F. Civic Complex at 36601 Ford Road, Westland, MI 48186 Construct additional space at the Westland Friendship Center due to the G. 44567 Pinetree Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170 family commensurate to the amount of Federal State assistance provided to increasing number of seniors participating in daily activities at the Center. A the City. .'•-'' H. City-wide impact for handicapped/disabled persons total of 4,620 sq. ft. addition was installed on the east side of the existing I. Community Development target area's exceeding HUD low-mod Housing rehabilitation for owners; rehabilitation of rental property in the assembly hall. The addition houses (4) new activity rooms with folding threshold. Norwayne and Carver Subdivisions; and the provision of Section 8 rent partition walls. The total project cost was $863,48.7 (excluding interest on subsidies to all family types will continue at levels provided during the five- racT5~690 (Annapolis, Inkster, Van Born, Middlebelt). the project financing). A primary loan was obtainej_Jrjinv4ttJ&-vta-iri K. Census Tret 5689 (Annapolis, Van Bom Middlebelt and Henry Ruff). year period issu-iyyyo. Ihe JJity has begun a demonstration Home Buyers Section 08 loan program in the amount of $5307000 and $100,000 was L. Census Tract 5690, Carver Subdivision. (Annapolis, Harrison, Van Bom, Program in both the Norwayne and Carver Subdivisions to encourage a budgeted for the project in the fiscal 1997/98 Consolidated Plan Action Plan. and Middlebelt) greater interest in homeownership amongst families who currently rent. The Repayment will be made in five years for the first loan. The difference Westland Housing Commission will continue to operate its Family Self- between the revised project cost and the allocated funding was met by the Sufficiency Program for up to as many as (50) interested families who are City obtaining a second, concurrent 108 loan in the amount of $300,000 with ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN FOR FISCAL 1999/2000 (07/01/99-6/30/00) currently receiving Section 8 Housing Assistance benefits. The program a term of ten (10) years. The $171,000 in funding represents a scheduled Listed below Is the Total Anticipated Funding to Be Received by the City of encourages families to either work or obtain an education and become loan repayment. Westland from Federal and State sources: independent of government assistance. Rehab. Code $10,000 Low/Mod Public 1 1 I 1. Community Development Block Grant - Estimated The City will continue with the implementation of its Carver Subdivision Enforcement Improvement ** funding to be received by City of ... . • " $1,086,000 Revitalization Plan starting with the designation of a non-profit housing (99-11) v Westland from HUD Time Period for'Expenditures (12 provider, People's Community Hope .for Homes, to start affordable housing Manpower allocation for inspection work for rehabilitation projects citing Months) initiatives including in»fill housing on vacant, tax reverted lots and an code violations and work write-ups for single and multi-family unit 2. Program Income Allocated to New CDBG Projects and acquisition, rehabilitation and resale program for vacant homes. PCHFHhas rehabilitation projects. Also, the Building and Police Departments will Programs. $246,000 Time Period for <• prepared a Neighborhood Preservation Program application that has been assign officers in target areas to cite building code violations and Expenditure^ 12) Months. submitted to the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. MSHDA hazard/nuisance conditions including junk vehicles. 3. Participating Jurisdiction'HOME Funds received has reviewed and approved this plan. Request for Proposals were received Construct approximately 200-250 sq. ft. of new office space at the rear of the directly from HUD. $407,000 from developers in regard to constructing one or more new subdivision Dorsey Center for a non-profit counseling agency. Family Neighborhood This funding will be utilized to fund the following streets in the Carver Subdivision south of Powers St. New subdivision Services (FNS) provides no cost or low cost counseling services for Westland program: A $166,300 set-aside to Peoples' Community development should begin in the upcoming fiscal period since a developer residents who do not have access to other counseling options. This space will. Hope for Homes, Inc. A non-profit housing organization; has been given a designated developer status with the City. be used to replace office space taken away from FNS during the past several HOME Rental Rehabilitation Program (Norwayne and Homeless shelter programs will continue as is, with Wayne County and local years due to growth in the City's own Housing and Community Development Carver Subdivision) at $200,000; and $40,700 for governments needing to plan for transitional and permanent housing for the Programs. Thcfunding will also be used to integrate existing office space at Administration. Time Period for Expenditures - (24) homeless, Supportive housing programs for special needs individuals will the rear of the building (barrier free access compliance, ingress/egress) with Months continue to be provided by county-wide non-profit organizations who may the new addition. possjbly be subject to budget cutbacks. It is assumed that Wayne County will 'CarverSubdivision $451,445* Low/Mod. 1 . 2,9 J 3a.Michigan State Housing Development Authority continue to support the operation of the Wayne County Family Center which Allocation from Housing Resource $166,500 provides (23)'units of emergency shelter. The shelter is operated through a (Currier St.,) Public Improvement Fund to supplement City's own HOME Rental contract with Lutheran Social Services of Michigan. Infrastructure Phase IV Rehabilitation Program. (99-13) 4. Annual Contract Authority from HUD for 118 Section 8 The Westland Department Housing and Community Development will 4 Install 8" concrete road and curb/gutter, 10" sanitary and storm sewers; and Housing Certificates for $603,724 (Est.) monitor the progress and implementation of the Consolidated Plan and make minor upgrades to existing watermain for Currier Street, and platted existing, participating famifies or those on official provide reports to various commissions, HUD, and the local legislative body subdivision road that has not yet been built. Install a boulevard entrance waiting list at 506 of median income or below, Section 8 on a regular basis. and extend Irene Street to connect Currier at its eastern extremity. The road funding is being-cut back as new project contracts are will be installed as a catalyst for development of approximately (320 new approved on an annual basis. homes on 60'xl2' lots to be built by a private developer. The total project cost ADOPTED YEAR XXXV COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK Time Period for Expenditure - (12) Months is estimated at $950,000. Additional financing will be provided by the City's GRANT AND HOME PROGRAM general fund ($200,000) which will be added to three prior years $125,000 5. Annual Contract Authority from HUD for 265 Section The City of Westland anticipated receiving approximately $1,086,000 in funding increments. The City will request in it's CPAP application to HUD 8 Housing Vouchers for existing, participating families Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the Year for reimbursement of the $200,000 of pre-award costs as provided for the or those on the official waiting list at 50% of median XXV Program which hegins July 1, 1999, from the Department of Housing block grant regulations at {24 CFR 570.200 (g), March 1996). The advanced income or below. Section 8 funding is being cut back as and Urban Development. It is proposed to utilize $246,000 in program funds from the City will be repaid with CDBG funds over a two year period. new project contracts are approved on an annual income returned to the City from loart and-grant departments from the /Total funds budgeted for this project is $1,026,445. basis. $l,417,643*(Est.) CDBG funded Housing Rehabilitation Program to provide an increased level • Carver Subdivision. Section 108 Low/Mod Public 1 2,6 V J Time-Period for Expenditure -.(12) Months of capital improvements and public service activities in the Year XXXV Fire/Police Station, Loan Improvement 6. Annual Contract Authority from HUD for Section 8 Program. The City also anticipates receiving a slight increase in the amount Family Self-Suficiency Coordinator. Wages and salary of HOME funds as received in the prior fiscal period from both Federal and Phase II (99-14) < , only. Contracted out; no new permanent staffing. Time State resources. The total expected HOME funding is $407,000. To complete Provide for the engineering, architectural design, development costs, site- Period for Expenditure-(12) Months $28,840 two major projects in one year, the City will apply for a Section 108 Loan in work etc. to construct a Fire/Police Station, No, 5, in the Carver Subdivision 7. Funding for New Section 8 Preservation Vouchers at the the amount of $700,000 to construct the Carver Subdivision Fire/Police (CT5690) at the southeast comer of Annapolis and Irene Roads. The station Pointe West Apartment Complex in Westland. WHC will . Station, No. 5.: would be built on city-qwhed, tax reverted property.,The fire/police station obtain funding.for 220-230 housing vouchers to be used would be manned full-time and the apparatus room would have a specially for existing eligible residents. $1,015,242 equipped mini-pumper/ALS Rescue vehicle to be purchased at a future date. NATIONAL OBJECTIVES An office will be constructed or Community Policing and this will be manned Time Period for Expenditure - (12) Months on a part-time basis. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $870,388 The CDBG program.was enacted by Congress in 1974 to address the 8. Section 108 Loan for the Carver Subdivision Fire/Police to be funded as follows: a total o $150,000 in Year 1998 CDBG funds; Station, No."5 $700,000* (Est.) problem of deteriorating cities and neighborhoods. In order to achieve this $168,943 of 1998 reprogrammed funds (remaining fund balances from prior goal of revitalizing the nation's communities, the federal government •Indicates potential funding not yet approved by Congress or the State of years activities). The City will apply for a $700,000 Section 108 Loan Michigan. established three broad national objectives to whichHhe City of Westland concurrent with its 1999/2000 CPAP application. This financing would be has certified it will give maximum feasible priority. These objectives include: paid back over a ten-year period. Total funds budgeted for this project is 1. Activities which benefit low and moderate income families. $1,018,943.' DISPLACEMENT^. 2. Activities which aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight. i 3. Activities which address an urgent threat to the health or safety of the •Funding consists of $356,920 Year 1999 CDBG funds and $94,525 of No displacement is anticipated for any Year XXV proposed project or community.. Reprogrammed CDBG funds listed below. program. Consistent with the historical use of CDBG funds and the » proposed projects listed above, the City of Westland will not allocate monies where it would result in the involuntary and permanent displacement of T.OOAI. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES REPROGRAMMING OF CDBG FUNDS: residents. However, if displacement should unexpectedly occur, the city is 1. Preserve and/or expand the existing housing stock through housing Increase Decrease prepared to assist residents so displaced in any of the following ways: rehabilitation and code enforcement programs. Fire/Police Station, No. 5, $94,525 2. Conserve and upgrade the neighborhoods of low/moderate income Carver Subdivision (99-14) 1. Payment for replacement housing; families through capital improvements and the installation of new public (See prior activity description for 99-14) 2. Paymentof reasonable moving expenses; infrastructure. Decrease: 3. Payment of reasonable cost of rental housing; 3. Improve and expand the recreational facilities for low/moderate income 96-19 Jefferson-Bams Drop-Off Zone $7,932 4. Referrals to housing agencies; families, including senior citizen and the handicapped. 97-02 Rehabilitation Administration $6,593 5. Benefits and procedures for displacement will be carried out in 4. Provide for, and expansion of, a varied program of social and community 97-12 Van Born Watermain, Phase II $40,000 accordance with the Uniform-Relocation Act. services to low/moderate income persons including senior citizens. 98-12 Norwayne Easement Removal Phase II $40.000 A complete statement of the City's Displacement Plan is on file in the 5. Provide for the expansion of job opportunities for low/moderate income SUBTOTAL: I $94,526 . Community Development Department at the Dorsey Community Center, persons. HOME Rental Rehab- $200^000 Rehab. Multi-Unit 1 1,9 D,J 32715 Dorsey Road, for citizen review during normal business hours M-F, 6. Alleviate conditions which are detrimental to the health and safety of the , imitation Program Residential 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. residents. (Norwayne and Carver Subdivisions) (99-HOl) 7. Undertake planning studies for the future provision of capital CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN improvements and expansion of social and community services. Funding to be used to continue existing HOME Rental Rehabilitation is 8. Barrier-free accessibility projects for physically handicapped and targeted neighborhoods. Anticipate (8) projects with (20) dwelling units for The Westland City Council received public comments at a public hearing on disabled persons. - • renter at 60% of median income. Must.bring entire unit up to currently April 19, 1999, at 7:00 p.m. on the One^Year Action Plan for Fiscal Year 9. Expand housing opportunities for low income families' with special adopted BOCA existing housing.code, both interior and exterior. Program 1999/2000. Citizen review and comments were also taken at the April initiatives including new construction single family homes, home buyer provides 60% of total project cost up to a maximum of $10,000 for one or two meetings of the Westland Community Development Citizen Advisory . program with incentives for hew and existing housing and ln-f>ll housing bedroom units and up to $12,000 per Unit for apartments with three or more Committee (CDCAC), Westland Rehabilitation Review Board, and Westland bedrooms. Owner provides the remaining project funds from non for vacantiots in existing neighborhoods along with an acquisition, Housing Commission, as listed above. Anyone who was unable to attend the governmental sources. Rents are restricted for a five-year period. No official public hearings and wished to comment or make suggestions can do rehabilitation and resale program. displacement of families permitted under program. (CT 5685 an CT 5690). so by submitting their comments in writing to the Department of Housing The City has also received a $166,600 grant from MSHDA in the 1998-99 and Community Development at 32713 Dorsey Rd., Westland, MI 48186. l^flttOOQ PROPOSED USE OF COMMUNITY DEVKLQPMENT BLOCK program year which can be used in conjunction with the City's HOME funds Technical assistance will be provided on a limited, aa needed basis to low, •-QBAOTFUNDg- : ••••:/,; :":•>; • -,- .,' ,,-:7 - '. to support Rental Rehabilitation, These funds carry over to the 1999/2000 very low and extremely low income resident groups that require assistance Consistent with the above-stated objectives, the Administration is proposing Annual Plan Program. . *V. ' • in developing proposals for eligible programs, approved by the City under the following list of projects/programs for the City's Year XXV Community Horne Funds . $40,700 Administration/ 1 1 N/A the consolidated submission. A full copy of the revised Citizen participation Development Block Grant) Pnjpum. . \. Administration Planning Plan SB oil the file in the Housing and Community Development Department Project Funding Classification Objectives Location (99-H02) ' nt 32716 Dorsey Rd,, Westland, MI. during normal business hours, Monday _ ___^„__7Jir»Bl_ _. -.,.^--.. National Lncal - —-,_ In conformance with Federal Home Program regulations, utilize 10% of through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. CD Administration $240,000 Program Admin. 1 1-9 A.C allocated HOME funds for reimbursement to the City for eligible (99-01)-: , •• -..7: . • • . , administrative, and planning costs. No new personnel will be hired. Use to Adraiftia^w Community Development Block Grant program, federal offset additional staff requirements to develop HOME programs as well as ROBERT J.THOMAS, Mayor i C|allsiet^Milsjwwtee monitoring, housing assistance and state housing consultant-fees, contractor costs; and other knticipnted fees and expenses City of Westland ^'t^P1 operate Dorsey Community Center and contract assistance (i.e. appraisal, legal, engineering, environmental, titlework, planning, to ihe ramify Re^uVce Center at Lincoln Elementary School. banking, architectural) necessary to implement'and administer the various F\jb)i«h: Mi> 27. 1P95 Rehab. Admin, $115,000 Ixw/Mod. Rehab. 1 ' 1 A,C City of Westland HOME programs. (99-03) Admin. The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999 kA*# Roadwork comes to a halt for holiday weekend BY KEN ABRAMCZYK news Wednesday when Gov. will be suspended, along with will drive more than 100 miles the holiday weekend, but in Michigan, an increase from the STAFF WRITER John Engler announced that work on 1-96 between Kent Lake and half will be headed out of Oakland County two. left lanes of 16 killed in 14 crashes in 1997< [email protected] most construction on Michigan and Novi roads. Southbound I- state, according to an Auto Club the southbound Southfield over Alcohol was a factor in three of freeways and highway* will be 275 traffic will continue its survey. M-10 and Nine Mile are closed With nearly) 300 construction the fatal crashes, while 47 per* suspended from 3 p.m. Friday crossover to the northbound Vacation travelers leaving until late August. Also closed is projects in progress across the cent of the 1998 victims were no* through 6 a.m. Tuesday so that lanes through July while the before Friday have pretty good the ramp from southbound M-10 state, motorists will need to wearing seat belts. * motorists will have an easier new southbound lanes are odds that they will-be driving to southbound M-39. The right allow for extra time if they leave This weekend will also see time reaching their destinations. repaved. through construction zones. two lanes of northbound South- before this holiday weekend. field are closed at Nine Mile, as resumption of AAA Michigan's That means construction on I- The Michigan Department of Once the weekend begins, traffic J But travelers received good is the ramp from northbound "Bring Em Back Alive!" broad 75 and U.S. 23 in the Flint area Transportation will continue may flow easier through con Northwestern Highway to north casts to more than 100 radio sta roadwork with some traffic struction zones where construc bound Southfield until late June. tions throughout the state to restrictions on only 33 projects tion cones are expected to be alert motorists to traffic prob during this period. removed. Lanes will be closed this week Nankin Mills hosts day camp lems. Signs will be posted at "We are focusing our invest With the increased traffic, end on Telegraph between 10,- ments, fixing our worst roads motorists should prepare for and 12 Mile roads. dozens of Operation Care rest Fun and nature go hand in fied. first and applying a mix of fixes their trips to take longer. On 1-275, construction crews areas statewide, where compli hand this summer at the Nankin Parents can call (734) 261- that will, give motorists good are expected to pour new con mentary coffee and refreshments Mills Interpretive Center Day 1990 for detailed session infor "Leave (yourself) a lot of time roads for years to come," said for travel," said Debbie Pearson, crete during the first week of will be served. Camp. Open to children of vari mation and registration fees. .Gov. John Engler in a prepared broadcast supervisor for AAA June, if the weather cooperates For detour information, ous ages, the six week-long ses Registration fees range from $40 statement. "As residents and vis Michigan. "(The state) is taking through the end of this week. motorists should call 1-800-AAA- sions start the week of June 28 to $100 depending on the grade itors from other states kick off down a lot of construction cones, and end the week of July 26. level and length of the session. 1-275 h'as been reduced from MICH to receive traffic report* the summer travel season, we and in some years, they take four lanes to three during this that will be updated hourly. Each session will focus on vari Here is the day camp schedule: want them traveling." down as many as half of them. Motorists also can click on the ous topics during the day such as Fifth and sixth grades, June 28- year's $49 million resurfacing : . AAA Michigan estimates that "It depends how far they are mammals, insects, birds, reptiles July 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; preschool, project. Michigan Department of Trans nearly 2 million Michigan into the project." and amphibians and pond life. ages 3 and 4, July 6-9, 9:30 a.m.- During Memorial Day week portation Web Site at motorists will hit the highways AAA reports that MDOT is not Pioneer history and Native noon; kindergarten, July 12-16, 9 end in 1998, 17 people were www.mdot.state.mi.us/index.htm this weekend. expected to close the Southfield American history will be high a'.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m.; first and killed in 15 fatal crashes in About 80 percent of travelers Freeway in Wayne County on lighted. second grades, July 19-23, 9 Each day camp session is a.m.»3 p.m., and third and fourth designed for a different age level. grades, July 26-30, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Participants should have com Nankin Mills is located on HURRY...FINA1. DAYS! pleted the grades listed for each Hines Drive just east of Ann session, unless otherwise speci Arbor Trail in Westland. 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Monit, Pitsenbarger top picks Francis Donnelly to demon strate the department's pro ayne-Westland Community Schools fixed, or are in the process of tective gear. The Livonia voters are fortunate that all four can being fixed," she said in her department held demonstra Wdidates in the Monday, June 14, recent Observer interview. tions of SWAT and K-9 school board election are dedicated, sincere Monit said a potential move teams at a recent open house. people who care about the quality of educa to the school board would be "a We applaud such efforts of tion. natural progression." He sees police officials to work with The four are: Lome J.- "Skip" Monit of the school board post as a way Wayne, employed by Sensormatic Electronics to continue the work he's begun. the community and its as a project manager; Martha Pitsenbarger of "If I don't do a good job, then my youngest residents. Wayne, a clinical social worker/therapist with kids are going to suffer," he said Value Options; firenda Smith of Westland, a of the three school-age children student transferring from Henry Ford Com that he and his wife have in munity College to Eastern Michigan Universi Wayne-Westland, one at each ty; and Marshall Wright of Westland, a school level. licensed social worker. | PItMnbafgcr Brenda Smith graduated Pitsenbarger is an incumbent who has from Glenn in 1997, and plans to become a STAFF PHOTO BY TOM HAWLEY served on the school board since 1995. I teacher. We admire her views and enthusi- Although a challenger, Monit also has school • asm, and hesitate to bring up her youth. district ties. He was tri-chairman of the Bond I Youth is often an asset, but experience must LETTERS Election Committee which led a successful be considered as well, and the experience of $108 million bond issue for school improve Monit and Pitsenbarger outweighs that of touch with their constituents and real life out ment. He serves on the Bond Construction Smith. Let people speak side Mount Olympus (called D.C.) And what is Committee which oversees construction. Wright has good ideas, too, including mak- estland residents need to have a say in unfolding in 1999 related to planless and None of the four interviewed last week by i ing schools safe and improving MEAP scores. Wthe recreational facility that is being thoughtless wars and their inevitable body the Observer indicated an interest in moving : We'd like to see him present his ideas more talked about. The phone survey that reached bags demands people who will serve the peo from the school board to other political offices. [ effectively. 600 residents isn't enough. ple insteadjof self-service. Moving on or up isn't necessarily a bad thing, ; Both Pitsenbarger and Monit have ties to It needs to be put to a vote. What is Mayor Beatrice Scalise but it's good to see their interests are close to the current school board and administration. (Robert) Thomas worried about? Why doesn't Westland home. ——— — That's not all bad, but we would strongly urge he want it to be voted on? I always thought ' r s Our endorsement choices for the .June 14 them to SPI-VP as inrlppnnrlpnt i&-ft>F4he-people-by-the peo school board election are Lorne J. "Skip" senting the best interests of the students and pie, not because a mayor wanted something. If Put kids first Monit and Martha Pitsenbarger. others of the Wayne-Westland Community Mayor Thomas is successful in suppressing Pitsenbarger demonstrated during an inter Schools. this on the November ballot, I can also •lily recent letter concerning the breakdown view that she has become knowledgeable of All four candidates are out and about, try promise that I won't vote for him in the next IVI of the traditional American family school issues during her first term, and she ing to reach voters through door-to-door cam election. because mommy drops the little ones off at deserves another. With school building reno paigning and other means. Consider our day care seems to have struck some nerves. vations moving ahead, she cites as her No. 1 views, but make the decision for yourself. And, Judi Comfoot I'm glad it did. priority "the challenge to improve the MEAP please, do remember to vote June 14 for the . Westland I was strongly ridiculed with the proverbial scores." She aims to continue to align the local two candidates of your choice. We recommend cop-out, "It can't be done today," which I've core curriculum with the state's. Pitsenbarger and Monit. heard for years along with "Single income "I think a lot of the other things have been Expand term limits families can't make it in today's economy." Hogwash! sing its typical form of political correctness It can be done because I did it and others I Uto interpret laws, the U.S. Supreme Court know have done it, too. * ' denied the voters of Michigan the right to set First, parents must have a "conviction" of Honor heroes with actions term limits for our legislators on the. federal family rearing. Most people today don't have level. any convictions. By this I mean what Webster ittleton, Colorado. Conyers, Georgia. Port considerable detail about how one should Term limits continue to be criticized as not uses as one of the word's definitions: An over LHuron, Michigan. Trench-coat Mafia. Copy behave when stopped for a traffic violation, being democratic. I ask then what is the whelming strong persuasion or belief. cats. Bomb threats. Armed police patrolling the release adds: democratic process? Voters are denied partici If two adults have a conviction to raise their the halls of suburban high schools. "The National Motorists Association goes to pation in democracy,because powerful politi children at home while daddy works, they can On Belle Isle, a high school "senior skip great lengths to help its members fight traffic cians hold control over parties and the eventu do it. » day" turns deadly when an "attack" by a high- tickets, It takes time and effort to successfully al outcomes of elections. This is not due to This involves two very important aspects. powered water squirt gun is answered by fire challenge a traffic ticket, but the rewards are term limits, but rather the following: No. 1, Priorities - If your priorities are to from a 9-mm semiautomatic. many." - • the power of an incumbency accumulate all the material possessions you With construction projects across the state In this setting, Americans prepare to cele • votes bought through PAGs can, forget it,.you can't do it and won't. And causing traffic to back up and tempers to grow brate Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor • alliances and allegiances between and you will likely reap the benefits that we see in short, police warn drivers to try to keep calm, American soldiers who died in wars to keep among politicians and treaties today's youth. Just let mommy drop little worrying about more violent instances of this country "safe for democracy." • power to control who is nominated Johnny and Susie off at day care, let a com "road rage," We don't mean to be negative, but we won • name recognition plete stranger be their caretaker, and scram A press release from a group calling itself der what those fallen heroes would think • lack of campaign finance reform ble off to pursue your cherished career. No. 2, the National Motorists Association carries the about school bomb threats, drive-by shootings,, • salary increases in exchange for votes Sacrifice - If you want to raise your children "warning": "Memorial Day travelers beware: road rage and armed police in school hallways. • benefits added in exchange for votes the correct way at home, major sacrifices are Police are preparing their ticket books!" After Is this what they were fighting for? Dying for? • lobbyists (often previous politicians) inevitable. For example: I worked two jobs for • payoffs of any type over 10 years, had one auto (a VW), took no • exchange of favors between and among vacations and homeschooled. politicians So it can't be done, the yuppies bemoan! • power of the pulpit The fact is they don't want to do it. They Rouge cleanup effort critical • less trust in government and politics have no convictions, priorities and won't make throughout the sacrifice! he annual cleanup of the Rouge River has This year's cleanup is different because it • fewer participants in the voting process, If you believe this is hot air from a man Tcome a long way in the last 14 years and so represents an effort to focus greater attention especially the young who lives in a dream world, check out these has the river. •'••>•• on the plight of rivers in southeastern Michi • lack of public policies Web sites and their links to the facts: Thanks to lots of federal money, persistent gan. Volunteers from Friends of the Rouge, • nepotism, cronyism www.family.com and www.stretcher.com. and visionary county, state and local leaders the Clinton Watershed Council, Friends of the • career politicians Or crank up your search engine, type in and many dedicated volunteers, one only has Detroit River, and the Huron River Watershed • unethical and immoral behavior of some "single family income" and check it out. to drive throughout western Wayne County to Council will band together for River Day '99. politicians and bureaucrats « Or is this a sacrifice you can't endure? witness a changed waterway. The core will be the 14th annual Rouge • racism and ethnocentrism By the way, day care is not defined in my Saturday, June 5, Friends of the Rouge Rescue river cleanup. Local sites, including • media discrimination 1968 Webster's dictionary. Odd? needs some 2,500 volunteers to remove log Holliday Park Nature Preserve, need help. • franking Can you imagine Mrs. Cleaver, Mrs. Nelson • etc. jams and debris from the Rouge and stencil } For more information or to sign up, call or Mrs. Anderson looking in the Yellow Pages storm drains at 20 area work sites. Friends of the Rouge at (313) 792-9627. Term limits should be expanded to the fed for "child care"? I can't. eral level so that democracy may be reinstated The Voice of Reason to all political seats in the country. 1998 dis „Steve Jeffers played the ineptitude and ineffectiveness Westland COMMUNITY VOICE caused by career politicians who have lost QUESTION: Who drives' Itestlani ©baeruer better, men BETH SUNDRLA JACHMAN, COMMUNITY EDITOR, 734-9532122, [email protected] or women? SUSAN R0SKK, MANAGING EDITOR, 734-953-2149. [email protected] HUGH GALLAOHER, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR, 734-953-2118, [email protected] PEG KNOESm, ADVERTISING MANAGER, 734-i 63-2177, [email protected] \m JMUMCRSON, PUBUSHER, 734-953-2100, [email protected] STEVEN K. POPE, VICE-PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER, 734-953-2252, [email protected]" MARK WARREN, CIRCULATION DIRECTOR, 734-953-2117, [email protected] RLCK RCORCUJ, MARKETING DIRECTOR, 734-955-PI50, [email protected] "I'd have to say "Of course I'm "On the whole, I "It depends oh HOMETOWN^^ coMMyNicATioNS NKTWORK, INC. going to say what age they We asked this men. If you've think women are PHILIP POWER, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD JEANNE TOWAR, VICE PRESIDENT/EDITORIAL RICHARD AWNIAN, PRESIDENT women, \ think safer drivers. "• are. In my opin question at the seen my wife dri ving, it Would be we're more care ion, I drive some William P. Carol twkey OUR MISSION: "Because we publish community newspapers, we think about community journalism pretty conclu ful, especially ..- what better than Faust Public Livonia in a fundamentally different way than our bigger competition. They consider themselves to be sive/ slnce we usually she (his sister) Library of West- drive the chil does." ' independent from the stories and cotnmunilies they cover, swooping in to write the unusual or land. Scott Sfebwt dren," sensational and then dashing off to cover something else. We regard ourselves as both accurate Livonia Mike Vertieulo ArmC«nzoner1 Westland journalists and~as caring citizens of the communities whete we work." Westland — Philip Power • mt«i* BIHEI^J—^^^ /-^y—-•' The ObserverA Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999 (WOc)A17 POINTS OF VIEW Sobering message Tragedy of drunken driving deaths reminder to us all t was great to meet Christine Byn- one of the first stories I did for the The death of Ciryn Casaz is more das and her family. I just wish it • Drinking and driving, liow- Farmington Observer as a reporter , recent, but I'm sure her loved ones could have been under other cir ever, Is anotner story arto- I just a couple years out of school. often pause to think how old she cumstances. gether. I n reminded of the The pain of the Carioni family was Carionis, who never got to would be and where life-would have Byndas, of Milford, was at the May palpable. I remember later when the taken her. Many w6re at the MADD 15 Mothers Against Drunk Driving girls' mother called to tell me the case see their daughters marry, event in Westland that Saturday, and Run/ Walk From the Heart in Hines was wrapping up in court. I don't pursue careers or become it was difficult to find words to Park. Her parents, Mary and Victor recall the sentence, but it couldn't mothers. Mary Casaz spoke express sympathy. Casaz of Tinley Park, 111., came to the have been too harsh when compared of her daughter's 'spirit, her I think what most of them would annual event as well, with family _. to what that faaiily went through. zest for life, her love of man, want is for all of us to refrain from members. My late grandmother belonged to JULIE BROWN her smile, her sense of drinking and driving and to use a des Their daughter and Christine's sis the Woman's Christian Temperance humor.' ignated driver if necessary. This is a ter, Caryn Casaz, was killed by a Union and, for years, encouraged me her zest for life, her love of man, her season of graduations, weddings and drunken driver while running in the to join, along with my sister. We smile, her sense of humor." tance seemed greater. other happy times; let's make sure park Sept. 13, 1995. Many others who never did, and most in our generation Their father, Juan, was a physi that happiness isn't destroyed at the have lost loved ones in drunken dri didn't adopt such a hard-line stance Casaz Was a University of Illinois cian, and I remember thinking how hands of a driver who's had one too ving crashes were at the MADD on drinking. graduate with a bachelor's degree who worked a| an engineer for the Ford painful it must be to have all that many. event, which was a fund-raiser. Drinking and driving, however, is Motor Co. She was 24 when she died. training and knowledge, and yet have I remembered Vanessa and Lara another story altogether. I'm remind Sometimes I think of how old the Car two beautiful daughters die in an Julie Brown of Plymouth Township Carioni, sisters from West Bloomfield ed of the Carionis, who nevergot to ioni sisters would be had they lived; instant in an auto wreck. A police is interim editor of the Westland and students at Mercy High School in see their daughters marry, pursue they really weren't all that much visit in the middle of the night is Observer. She may be reached via e- Farmington Hills. They were killed by careers or become mothers. Mary younger than I was, although the dis- every parent's nightmare. mailat jbrown@ oe.homecomm.net or a drunken driver in 1985. That was Casaz spoke of her daughter's "spirit, by phone at (734) 953-2126. Uniforms offer a security blanket for timid youth quid I have acquired more Easy." (Sister Mary Janine did not humorous or brave enough to fold for love." detention slips during my approve.) beanie3 in half could remain safely Bold proclamations for a .Catholic M years at Ladywood High But most of the time, I was just anonymous until their shining, if mis girls' school in trie 1960s. I don't think •—School in Livonia from 1959-1963 if I part of a blur of navy and white, * guided, moment came. they would have drawn the gasps and hadn't been in uniform? defined mainly by my seat position in Their uniform was a security blan giggles had they been said out of uni Contrary to popular belief, I don't class. I was row 6, seat 2, just one of ket. form. think so. the girls. Thank God. They could wait, like Christine And if there were no shining I think the day-after-day anonymi My friend and former classmate, Roperti did, until a warm summer moments, we were all part of the col ty of that navy skirt and white blouse Alyce (Graye) Humphrey of Plymouth day during junior year when our prin lective groan when some nun burst made me bolder. It allowed my tender Township, feels the same way. cipal, Sister Mary Benigna, asked us into our class unannounced for a hen) "individuality" to percolate behind the "I actually liked the uniform to line up "four abreast" while waiting length check. scenes and emerge at just the right because it relieved me of being cool. I RENEE SKOGLUND to exit for the bus. We were equals. moments - like wearing my beanie wasn't cool anyway. The uniform "But I only have two," dared Roper As my friend Alyce said, "Uhiform1-- folded in half on my head during meant I didn't have to say, 'How memorable because it belonged to ti. were a life-sirhplifier. Mass on the first Friday of each many times have I worn this before?'" someone clad head to foot in boring They could wait, like Janie Dudek , Renee Skoglund is a staff writer at month. she said. navy blue and white. did, until the end of their senior year ' the Observer Newspapers. She lives in . Or suggesting my senior class Eng Although quiet, Humphrey had a We saw her humor, not her clothes. to announce in religion class that they Canton Township. lish club should be named "Speak skewed sense of humor made more Those of us who weren't very were going to "marry for money, not School woes don't justify MEMORIAL DAY SALE! DeVos' sneaky voucher plan * > • .!• »• ake no mistake about it. A carefully planned, well-financed plot to use pub M lic tax dollars to finance private or reli gious schools is under way. Kids First! Yes!, an outfit based in Midland and financed by multimillionaire Dick DeVos, has launched a drive to force a statewide vote that would allow public money to be spent on vouchers for tuition at private or parochial schools. If the necessary 302,000 valid signatures from registered voters are filed with the Secre tary of State, Michigan voters will vote in PHILIP POWER November 2000 whether to approve changes in the Constitution that would: plot. Having repealed the constitutional ban on • Repeal the ban on vouchers, tax credits or public funding for private schools, advocates for other public funding for nonpublic schools that parochiaid plan on turning to the legislature, was adopted statewide by voters in 1972. where a law enabling universal tax credits for • Limit school vouchers "to about half state private school tuition can be passed with just 20 and local per-pupil spending in public schools - votes in the Senate and 56 in the House. currently about $6,000. Any extra costs for pri Now I. get as frustrated as anyone at the slow Twill Silk Crested vate schools would have to come from parents, and uncertain pace of reform in the public churches and other groups. schools. The extreme measure of replacing the • Require vouchers to be offered in 38 "fail entire elected school board in Detroit shows just SHORTS SEPARATES T-SHIRTS ing" school districts, such as Detroit and Ponti- how entrenched petty school boards and power Buy 1, Get r .Buy 1. Get 1' ac, where graduation rates are extra low. ful unions are in resisting efforts to improve M Allow voters or local school boards in other public K-12 performance. That's why I think communities to decide whether they want to use charter schools are a worthwhile experiment vouchers. and a way to keep the pressure on for school J\)o& 5Uoff DeVos, president of Amway Corp. and a for reform. Now $17.49 to $20.99 1st Short $18.99. 2nd $9.49 1st T-Shirt $12.99, 2nd $6.49 mer member of the State Board of Education, But, mark my words. If we pass a wholesale BRINC; IN THIS COl'PON AND RECEIYK says Kids First! Yes! will spend $5 million "and voucher plan, it will siphon off public tax dollars go north from there" in the drive. Teachers to fund private and religious schools in Michi | An An unions and other education groups will mount gan and weaken the public schools as a whole. O/ >' i fierce opposition. The result: "This might be the It's a reform strategy akin to the doctrine from i Additional most expensive ballot campaign in Michigan the war in Vietnam that we had "to destroy the i O Single Item i history," according to Bill Ballenger, editor of village in order to save it." DRESS BARN I Inside Michigan Politics. Sure, parents now choosing to pay the tuition l DRESS BARN WOMAN ! The Kids First! Yes! spin strategy is to pre bill for their kids to attend religious or elite pri I sent the measure as a perfectly reasonable way vate schools would welcome a publicly funded i V * sxVJ irt W^rf] rtvrv H*f«W («w< he iicVwvd »vh am .T^K* ./kr • * v*v* *T M>* n.« fx h »-.w\1 .v, • I prr^>v» fwrxtusr* f;A *.rriA-jrr» i* fxv* IT (MKl«A^R,WfO) The Observer & Eccentric /THURSDAY, May 27,1999 BERKLEY KWW LIVONIA Woodward Ave. Middlebelt Between 5 Mile Between x and 11 & 12 Mile Schoolcraft Prices good thru June 2,1999 T QCQOTTO ftsaaSd ---1¾¾¾^^ • -.^¾¾¾ mm Sspss S^ Super Sweef ^IP^iife "' rr.V.y^p--^^-^ ."•!;'.»•! Vs.* .tt.vtf&S GRAPES ,--:-.¾ PEACHE •*v«i ^..:'W* P&^-'r mm S.D.A. Choice -i •J POTATO SALAD Red Skin or Regular P^RKLEY Woodward Ave. Lays 3 I Between 11 & 12 Mile LIVONIA POTATO CHIPS Middlebelt Between 5 Mile & Schoolcraft BUY ONE, GET ONE Sfuctal I i i>Y\\« 16 oz. Chip Dip.. ...99C ANY 48-Count FLAT! exP. 6-2-99 [ M.-•" ^-^:- •».— — — — — — — — — J wmmm wmmjmmmmmmmmM ShedDfcemrer WGPag* Siif Miison. Editor 734 953-2131, smason'" oe.homrcomm.net on the web: http -observer eccentric com Thursday. May 27. 1999 l-l JACK GLADDEN Who's to blame hkiw look: Red Mot Chili Peppers' for problems lead singer'Anthony>KUjiislOiis bare ly recogmzable when he step with our kids? stagewiihhis newty shorn platinum- WITH 89X, C H 111 P EP PE RS dyedhdin^utton-doihn shirt, tie'and ££ 1 A fhat's the problem with black parity/ m/m# these kids, anyway?. W W What's the matter with their parents? Kids have no respect. B* CHBisrofrFuoco Parents don't take responsibility. STAFF VKnwt • Kids don't take responsibility. Moth cfuoco9oeJbomecoaun.net ers should stay home and raise their ecorated with multiple pierc children instead of sending them off ings; and tattooi, Danna Lbren- to day care. Teenagers need to devel zetti knows what it's like to'be op tougher skin. It's the fault of the D .different; .•,. guns. Guns don't kill people, people "Every day I get stared at for what kill people. It's television. And video I wear, who I am, and what I have to games. MTV. Rock and Rap. The [ say," the brigHt-eyed, outgoing Livo^ Internet." nia Stevenson High School senior ^yprynnp h^Q ¢, rnmTTiant nr an "Said. "I mean, everyone is going to opinion. Everyone wants to place get made fun of once in their life, blame, even if they don't know where whether it i« right Or nnL-How ynuj to place it. And quite Honestly I'm ~ react is what makes you or breaks tired of listening to it. • youv/ ..'••:•••'....'•';- '.;.-' I don't know what happened in Lit "I.have always been extremely tleton. I don't know what happened in accepting of everyone.,.I always have Georgia. I don't know What happened been friends with a large variety of in Port Huron. I don't know what people. I feel that not closiiig yourself happened in our local schools. Why do <^:a^^ kids (or adults) make bomb threats, assuming things about them could be write but hit lists, put up posters the smartest thing you will iever do." warning that these people or those Lorenzetti was one of 500 area stu people are going to die? dents chosen to attend a privateism- Why do they do it? I don't know. eert with the Red Hot Chili Peppers What I do know is that there are no ; at Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac Tuesday simple answers. And that's what most night. The students were chosen by people seem to be looking for. Windsor, Ontario, radio station "Just talk to your kids," one pundit CIMX-FM, 89Xi based on their ideas writes. "Listen-to them. Do things on how to combat hate in high together. Spend some time at a family schools. cottage." The contest was a learning expert* B star PHOTO? n PAO, BUMCBMANN Uh.huh. Andjustsay"No. ,; ence as weU.Wirinera packed up their "We have to toughen up on gun >? tickets (fairing a piooic at Royal .QakV ' ito iw jp^ laws," a politician pontificates. "Make Cornmotf'Ground SanettiAry, a tran it harder to get guns. Get rid of the sitional living center for troubled derits had better relationships with adults, incidents of hate would decrease. guns." teens. ••..:,- "No," a second-amendment advo Krysta Thomas, a 16-year-old Troy cate proclaims. "We have a constitu Athens High School student, saidshe white button-down dress shirt; and Columbine High School in Littleton, Central High School student, agreed. tional right to bear arms. Guns don't didn't enter the contest necessarily, black pants. Colo. "People act violently and mali kill ..r"And soon. for the tickets, Early in the show, Kiedis tore off Lorenzetti said that her high ciously because they lack attention, "What are the schools teaching "Inever win anything; I never even his shirt and tie before ripping into school is finally acknowledging kids love, and predominately tolerance," these kids anyway? And where are thought I would win. I thought it was "Give It Away," one of only two hits who are a little different. Recently, she said. "They need at least one their parents?" That's from the "I- just cool'that someqne was reaching the Chili Peppers played. (The other she-won the senior prize for "Most mentoror person they trust to direct don't-have-a-ciue-what's-going-on" out to high school kids," she said. "I was the singralong "Under the Creative Wardrobe" for her baggy them away from hate. Thatis why types "but-that-doesn't-stop-me-from- just think kids need to be aware. If Bridge.") Crowd-surfing teens flew - pants, piercings and tattoos. Irve chosen to help out younger kids having-an-opinion." they think someone, is unstable, they through the air or slam-danced to "I thought it was cool because I got and act as a mentor in my communi- Now, as the parent of a 15-year-old shouldn't be afraid to tell someone, I "Give It Away," a song that many of noticed for being myself, not neces ty-\ ••• daughter AND a 25-year-old son, I've think that's really what needs to be the kids heard for the first time sarily having thie prettiest eyes, Rose said school administrators got some pretty strong opinions about . said." when the Chili Peppers were on nicest dress or best car," Lorenzetti should take a stronger stance against what's wrong with the public school "Sesame Street." .said.-'. violence. system. I could do a whole series of Toning it down The concert focused on songs from ' - She and fellow ticket winner Brian "Public school teachers can't get columns just listing the problems. But Known for their overt sexuality, "Californication," the Chili Peppers' 'Rose, a student at Lutheran High involved in anything," he said. "If the schools aren't to blame for Little and partial on-stage nudity, the Chili album due out Tuesday, June 8, and School West in Westland, said that if two kids are "fighting, they can't ton. Peppers kept the hour-long show to deep cuts from "What Hits!" and . kids, teachers and administration break it up. In our school, there's no I've got some equally strong views PG-13. Bassist Flea (Michael "Blood Sugar Sex Magik." To preview had abetter rapport, the incidents of tolerance for that." about What's wrong with parents Balzary) hit the stage shirtless, while "Californication," visit http:// www. hate would decrease. As a testament Rose described a recent incident in today. I could do a series on that, too . sticking up his middle finger at the redhotchilipeppers.com after June 4. to that, Lorenzefti took her art which a student was suspended for (with at least two columns devoted to crowd. Flea and lead singer Anthony The, concert was the fourth of five teacher, Heidi Bloom, to the concert making a bomb threat, parenting mistakes Fve made). But Kiedis, a Grind Rapids nativet trad in the United States designed to pro-, with her. the parents aren't to blame for Little ed barbs about se^ acts and home mote teea tolerance; Initially, the "A lot of people, if they had better -They got involved. They heard ton. work.. Drummer. Chad Smith,, who tour Was dubbed "High School Spirit" relationships with adults and teach something was going on and they grew- up in Birmingham, kept a in which the biggest fan would win a ers they would realize it's really not took action on it." Who's to blame? strong backbeat. V,. private sho^ir at a club for his or her OK to do that," she said about mak- The welt-mannered and well-spo- Guns delivered the lethal bullets,, Kiedis was barely recognizable high school. That plan was revised, ing fun of other students. but the people with the guns pulled with his short platinum-dyed hair, a however, after the shootings at Jeanne Hargreaves, a Walled Lake Please see CONCERT, B2 the triggers. Obviously, the shooters are to blame, but what kind of society produced such actions? Maybe society is to blame. Now that's an old cop-out going back to the Hippies of the 4960s or even the Lost Generation of World Flower power War I. Society was at fault for their misery. •' \ I never bought into that. I was one of those "you take responsibility for Her grateful gardens say thanks for help your own actions" kind of guys. I still believe that to be true. But we are products of ourculture, our environ BY SUB MASON A show Of ment, our sociefr. And what kind of STAFF WRITER [email protected] thanks: society are we raising our children in? When Erica Consider, for example: Erica Fenn fondly remembers those days when she Fenn wanted • Video games. We've come a long and her husband Gary would drift on their boat, fish way from "Pong,' that little square ing for pike off Bois Blanc Island. to say cursor bouncing off computer generat Gary loved to fish and Fenn believes they caught thanks for ed walls on your TV screen. If you've more pike than any other person on the island where the help she ever played (or seen) games like they have had a summer home since the mid-1970s. received, she "Doom* or "Castle Wolfenstein," you So, her choice of containers for her late husband's decided to know there is violence in them. remains, while odd, is quite appropriate. create Blowing someone away on a com "It was my son Gary's idea, he said why not a bait grateful puter screen isn't the same as doing it box," said the Livonia resident with a chuckle. "So in a school library. But if your kid my husband is in a bait box from Meijer ... it was gardens, grows up with those games, it isn't either that or a golf bag." pots filled beyond belief that the experience •• It also fits with his final resting place on Bois with lessens the horror of the real things Blanc, situated in Lake Huron near Mackinac Island. pansies, that with'real gims, real bullets and real On July 31, in a ceremony that will involve residents she put at people. of the island, sho will say good-bye and lay him to ; her church M The Internet. It's a marvelous rest. ij and her new medium. Ybu can send messages "I don't know why I waited so long; 1 guess I didn't to relatives next door or overseas, buy want to say good-bye," she said. "My good-bye will be doct airline tickets inline, do research for his eulogy." offii a tefrh paper ofiget the recipe for Fenn talks easily about her husband, the former assistant dean and professor of pharmacy at Wayne , rfCwiw^ HC© 4UMM2 ~" Please see OftATEFUL, B7 ftTAlT P80TOBY BUT AN MlTvOTU. "^•^^^W^F" mmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmB B2(W«) 7%* Obterver A Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY 27,19.99 , •>;•;•>-•% -:« - . \ - ••.. - ' -. •. • - '' .\--r - UIIIOOwlwm^WB^I^BHl itfrom l/ffP i/vw nrtcrBlC UJL . . 'ir-~-;-rr"XT"^''" :-T •"•'•••'•'"• biaWfasf • *ip« bomb. You can Welby into your living rooms episodes of Jenny Jones, Jerry some hard proof, they will con happens to be pregnant by this mercials, ads for ^feminine take * virtual tour of the Smith now brings in MTV, Jerry Springer or Ricki Lake (which tinue to believe their lover is woman's brother, that her man hygiene" products anq sexy lin sonian or download hard-core Springer, "Beverly Hills 90210," teenagers do) and you have to innocent. Leave it to these guests has been cheating." gerie. The message? Sex is OK so pornography. It's whatever you "Married With Children" and wonder. Consider this promo for - friends and family -r to deliver And don't forget that Jenny long as you don't mave a want it to be. other uplifting dramas. - a recent Ricki Lake show:. the proof and it's in the form.of Jones trial, in which a jury found cigarette afterwards. • the show guilty— to the tune of • TelevUion. That same tube Sure, there's lota of good stuff "The guests on toddy's 'Ricki' videotape catching these mates in Sex sells. That's been'\ truism ihe-jact. One-ivomati-isLJiere to~ $50 million - for contributing to _jn the_adygr_iigirtgl world Tor that brought The Beaver and on TV, especially some of the refuse to believe their mqte is ""the murder oFScott Amedure. 7 - cable channels. But watch a few cheating. In fact, unless they see1 show her best friend, who just years. So does violence ". Just look Walter Cronkite and Marcus ( Even the trial, which was tele at the popularity of tho^e "Die vised live on Court-TV, was Hard" movies. ^. "great television.'' Cigarettes. Guns. Alcohol. We know they're bad fp*. U«,: ^uit we Underlying message still buy them. And-as Ung as . The underlying message of there is a market, producers are these talk shows is clear: going to produce them and ridicule, humiliation, cheating, advertisers are going to adver ' hostility, even violence are all tise them. But shouldn't corpora normal parts of life. tions have a social conscience? Even reasonably well-pro Shouldn't they worry; *bout duced shows like "902 It)" portray harmful products or the mes young people focused (obsessed) sages sent by the TV shows they on love, sex and relationships. sponsor? School is a place to hook up with romantic partners, not to go to In an ideal world, yes. But in a class, get good grades and learn world in which "downsizing* and something in the process. What "layoffs" are part of doing busi kind of message are teens get ness, it's hard to find much evi ting from these shows? dence of a conscience, social or You can figure that out your otherwise. Iiv a world in which self, but are the shows complete something called a "hostile ly to blame? In part, but there is takeover" is considered normal obviously a market (i.e., a view business practice, can we expect ing audience) for them. If there our teenagers to.be like some were no audience there'd be no thing out of "Father Knows advertisers, and if there were no Best"? advertisers, there'd be no shows. "What's the problem with So everyone (producers, adver these kids, anyway?" tisers, viewers) is culpable for We are. All of us. Parents. the message being delivered. Teachers. Business people. Which brings me to another Entertainers. influence: We have met the enemy, and • The business world. We they is us. finally got rid of cigarette ads Jack Gladden is a copy editor and liquor ads on TV. They've for The Observer Newspapers. He been replaced with condom com lives in Canton Township. Concert from page £1 ken teen further said that stu fidence, stuff that regular high dents could learn to respect school classes can't teach you." adults by taking courses like the Thomas,-aaid the solution to Junior Reserve Officers Training hate is simple. - Course, which he attends. "Kids nee^i to understand it's "It's a class sponsored by the not cool to make kids' lives mis Army. They teach you about ide erable," she said. "It doesn't als of life and how to be a good make them any more of a per leader and how to go through , son. It doesn't make them any life," Rose said. "It teaches you better, if they make fun of peo respect and gives yo\i lots of con ple." CITY OP GARDEN CITY REGULAR SqHOOL PRECINCT NO. 17A NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION ELECTION Voting Place: Holmes Middle School, 16200 Newbtirgh, Livonia, Michigan. PRECINCT NO. 17B On Tuesday, June 8, 1999, the Garden City Police Department will conduct Voting Place; Hoover School, 15900 Levan, Livonia, Michigan. a public auction of impounded, abandoned vehicles. The auction will begin NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION OF THE ELECTORS promptly at 9:00 a.m. at Westland Car Care Towing, 6375 Hix Rd., OF LIVONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL DISTRICT PRECINCT NO. 18A Westland, MU8185. Voting Place: Holmes Middle School, 16200 Newburgh, Livonia, Michigan. WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN Bidding on all vehicles will start at the amount due for towing and storage. TO BE HELD JUNE 14,1999 PRECINCT NO. 19A Voting Place: Randolph School, 14470 Norman, Livonia, Michigan. YEAR A MAKE STYLE ViN # 1988 DODGE SW 2B4FK21K6JR641741 TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT: PRECINCT NO. 19B Voting Place: Webster School, 37855 Lyndon, Livonia, Michigan. 1985 MERCURY 4 DR 2MEBP75X5FB649074 Please Take Notice that the regular election of the school district wilt be held PRECINCT NO. 20A PoWUh: M»y tf, 1999 on Monday, June 14,1999. Voting Place: Hull School, 34715 Lyndon, Livonia, Michigan. THE POLLS OF ELECTION WILL OPEN AT 7 O'CLOCK IN THE PRECINCT NO. 21A MORNING AND CLOSE AT 8 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. Voting Place: Hull School, 34715 Lyndon, Livonia, Michigan. At the regular school election there will be elected two (2> members to the PRECINCT NO. 22A CITY OF WESTLAND board of education of the district for full terms of four (4) years ending in 2003. Voting Place: Bentley Center, 15100 Hubbard, Livonia, Michigan. NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO FILL PRECINCT NO, 22B Voting Place: Kennedy School, 14201 Hubbard, Livonia, Michigan. On Tuesday, June 1, 1999, the Westland Police Department will conduct a SUCH VACANCIES: Public Auction of impounded, abandoned vehicles. The auction will begin Karen Duff Egan Larry Naser PRECINCT NO. 23A promptly at 11:00 AM at Westland Car Care, 6375 Hix Road, Westland, MI, Kristen Galka Kevin Whitehead Voting Place: Roosevelt School, 30200 Lyndon, Livonia, Michigan. County of Wayne, where the following vehicles will be offered for sale to the Frank Kokenakes PRECINCT NO. 23B highest bidder: Write-in candidates must file a Declaration of Intent on or before 4 p.m. Voting Place: Roosevelt School, 30200 Lyndon, Livonia, Michigan. XEA]B MAKE BODY STYLE COU>lt yjjt PRECINCT NO. 24A Friday, June 11,1999. 83 FORD aDR. ESCORT RED 1FABP0447DW253736 Voting Place: Adams School, 28201 Lyndon, Livonia, Michigan. GMC SCHOOLCRAFT COMMUNITY COLLEGE 89 PU RED/BLUE 1GTDT19Z3K2528588 PRECINCT NO. 24B FORD REGULAR BD2NNIAL ELECTION 91 2DRRANGER MAROON 1FTCR10U3MUC09579 Voting Place: -Adams School, 28201 Lyndon, Livonia, Michigan. 89 EAGLE 4DR MEDALLION GRAY VF1EF45H6K2068923 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that th : Regular Biennial Election of PRECINCT^NO, 25A 83 OLDS 2DR CUTLASS BROWN 1G3AR47A8DM368896 Schoolcraft Community College, Michigan, will *e held at the same time and at Voting Place: Emerson Middle School, 29100 W. Chicago, Livonia, Michigan. 92 CHEV VAN BURGY 1GCDM15Z7NB142277 the same voting places as the regular school election on Monday, June 14,1999, PRECINCT NO. 31A 87 CHEV 4DR CELEBRITY BLACK 1G1AW51R2H6233344 and will be conducted by the same school ' rtkials for those electors of the Voting Place: Washington School, 9449 Hix, Livonia, Michigan. 92 CHRYS CONVT/LEBARON WHITE 1C3XU4530NF267984 Community College District residing in this school district. PRECINCT NO. 3IB All vehicles are sold in "as is" condition. Bidding on all vehicles will start at At the Regular Biennial Election there will be elected two (2) members for Voting Place: Washington School, 9449 Hix, Livonia, Michigan. the amount due for towing and storage. Vehicles may be deleted from this list at any time prior to the start of the auction. the office of Community College District Trustee for full terms of six (6) years PRECINCT NO. 32A ending June 30,2005. Voting Place: ' Garfield School, l02lfrArthur, Livonia, Michigan. PuWiihi M»y 27,1999 THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO FILL SUCH PRECINCT NO. 33A VACANCIES: - Voting Place:. Garfield School, 10218 Arthur, Livonia, Michigan. SKYEARTERMS PRECINCT NO. 34A Voting Place: Rosedale School, 9825 Cranston, Livonia, Michigan. (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN 2) PRECINCT NO. 34B WESTLAND CITY COUNCIL Michael Novak . Gregory Stempien Voting Place: Grant School, 9300 Hubbard, Livonia, Michigan. SYNOPSIS OF MINUTES Richard Resume Patricia L. Watson PRECINCT NO. S4C MTG. NO. 10-5717/99 Write-in candidates must file a- Declaration of Intent on or before 4 p.m. Voting Place: Grant School, 9300 Hubbard, Livonia, Michigan. Presiding: Council Present Cicirelli -^.- Friday, June 11,1999. " PRECINCT NO. 35A Present: Anderson, Bams, LeBtanc, Scott THE VOTING PLACES ARE AS FOLLOWS: Voting Place: Jefferson School, 9501 Henry Ruff, Livonia, Michigan. Absent: Griffin PRECINCT NO. 33B 108: Approved: minutes of regular mtg. held 5/3/99 (Abstain: Barns & PRECINCT NO. 2A Voting Place: McKinley School, 9101 Hillcrest, Livonia, Michigan. Scott) Voting Place: Coolidge School, 30500 Curtis; Livonia, Michigan. PRECINCT WO. 3«A - Approved request for P.D. Graham Elementary School 'Neighborhood PRECINCT NO. 3A Voting Place; Emerson Middle School, 29100 W. Chicago, Livonia, Michigan. • Walk" on 6/17/99 at 12:30 p.m. in school neighborhood to celebrate Voting Place: Tyler School, 32401 Pembroke, Livonia, Michigan. PRECINCT NO. 36B accelerated reader program achievement ~^l PRECINCTN0.3B Voting Place: Cleveland School, 28030 Cathedral, Livonia, Michigan. - Adopted Ordinance #223-A-3, consenting to transfer of control of Cable Voting Place: Tyler School, 32401 Pembroke j»ivonia, Michigan. PRECINCT NO. W12 Television Franchise from Arneritech New Media, Inc. to SBC -PRECINCT NO. 4A Voting Place: Cooper School, 28550 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland, Michigan. Communications, Inc., subject to terms and conditions - Adopted Budget Amendment 99-21, Purchase of stove for Bailey Center Voting Place: Tyler School, 32401 Pembroke, Livonia, Michigan. PRECINCT NO. WIS - Approved Design and Environmental Consultant for Public Education ;v-PRECINCT;NQ/7V • Voting Place: Greenwood Villa, 7600 Nankin. Court, Westland, Michigan. Plan of Rouge Project General Permit to LaLaonde & Co., arat. not to Voting Place: Taylor School, 36611 Curtis, Uvorria, Michigan. ;•'>••.• PRECINCT NO. W16 exceed $17,146 -,••••. PRECINCT Nd.8A'' Voting Place; Holliday Park Club House, 34850 Fountain, Westland, Michigan. - Approved bid for Fire Dept. Rescue Vehicle to Goggan & Associates, amt Voting Place: Taylor School, 36611 Cartis, Livonia, Michigan. PRECINCT NO, W21 $91,526 ./>.• r:-,.-.v. PRECINCTNO.BB Voting Place: Lowell Junior High School, 8400 Hix, Westland, Michigan. * - Adopted Joint Resolution in celebration of 100* Anniversary of Michigan Municipal League Voting Place; Taylor School, 36611 Curtii, Urooi*, MkWffja. PRECINCT NO. W3« FWPClNCTNO.tA 110: Approved.Interlocal Agreement and By-Laws of Western Wayne 800 Voting Place:. Cooper School, 28550 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland, Michigan. MHt Digital Communication* Association •• Voting Place: Marshall School, 33901 Curtis, Livonia, Michigan. • PRECINCT NO. W»7 111: Confirmed reappointment of R. Curry to Local Development Finance PMCWCTNCieA Voting Place: Perrinville SchooK33344 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland^ Michigan. Authority for 4 yr. term, expiree 4/4/2003 VotingPhtce: Bryant Sdwol, 18000 M«ni»*ft, Lhwci*, HTcWfW. PRECINCT NO. W30 112: Granted request from Gueet Planning Services, Inc. transfer ownership PIPCWCTNailA Votin* Place; Haye* School, 30600 Louise,Westland, Michigan. of 1»8 CI«M C licensed bueiness, 35000 W. Warre*rWe«tland Center Voting Place: Coolidf Sehool, 30600 Cwrtto, t>»HR Mttfcsfrn PRECINCT NO. WS6 from Jonathan B Pub |l, • "mcMomaisA , :• Voting Place; Cooper School, 26650 Ann Arbor Trail, Weatlaad, Michigan. 114: Granted request from S. Brown to split Lota41-45,Carver Voting Place: CooM* School 30609 Curtis, Ltanta, IBd**** V PRECINCT NO. WW Subdivision " '.•'•. mBctHctwxiMA - Voting Place: Nankin Mill* School, 8100 Hubbard, Westland, Michigan. 115: Granted request from Cullen Duboee extend final rite plan for 1 yr„ ..- Voting rW~ R.leyMkio^8cb^JS6Wrl«iry««atU»«i«,»ehigan. PRECINCT NO. W40 Green Brook Condominiums PMCINCTN0.14A Voting PUee: Divine Saviour, 39375 Joy Road, Westland, Michigan. 116 ft 117: Introduced, waive procedure and grant Final Draft Of HUD Voting Ptacs: Riley MMdls Mw«t 18666 H«n»7 »osXL**«ta. MkhifML PRECINCT NO. W41 Mandated 1 yr. Consolidated attion Plan for Fiscal 1999/200Q-Year ...... „_..._ ^^ jfjA Votintf PlM: GweawoodVUU, 7600 Nankin Court, Westland, Michigan. ' XXV Community Development Block Grant & HOME Program Budgets Voting n*«: BwaliMiw iehooL 16400 ftabkmAU^^l 118: Approved Check List-1598,488.30 * Prepaid-$3,354,838.18 Ail tcboof elector* who are registered with the city or township clerk of the Mtg. adjourned at 8:25 p.m. -; 'sy , FHWMPT160.MA dty or towaahtp to which they reside are eligible to vote at this election. Minute* available in City Cork's Office Votiaw mm ^ Mill •<•• ii, MM» Mm**, 11 ill, 1**H • This Notie* is firm by order of the board of education, SANDRA A. CrCIRELLl PATRICIA A. GIBBONS V rmcmcnm.il* .. DANIELP.LESSARD Council President City Clerk .Secretary, Board of Education PsWirfi: Mxy 47, >*»• m^rttmUmm^mt •" • ' • ' ' - '" •• ' •" • " '"•' """' .i ' •—«, ^U. • \ ) :- mmmm mm The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999 *M WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS Cowden-Artuso Kirchner-Johnston Spence-Shorkey April Anne Artuso and Daniel Robert and Katherine Kirchn- Jan and Lowell Spence of Tra Joseph Cowden were married er of Livonia announce the verse City, formerly of Livonia, Jan. 23 at St. Hugo of the Hills engagement of their daughter, announce the engagement of Catholic Church in Bloomfield Julie Renee, to Philip Thomas their daughter, Tracy, to Brian Hills by Msgr. Anthony Tocco, Johnston, the son of Thomas and Shorkey, the son of Louis and the Rev. Joseph Mindling and Phyllis Johnston of Northville. -Madeline Skorkay .of-Harhor - the Rev. Daniel Mindling. ~ The bride-to-be is a 1990 grad Beach. The bride is the daughter of uate of Livonia Stevenson High The bride-to-be is a 1988 grad Muno Artuso of Pinckney and School. She is employed as a uate of Livonia Stevenson High Robert and Sheena Kliza of Livo sales manager at the Radisson School. She is employed as a nia. The groom is the son of John Suites Hotel in Farmington fifth-grade teacher at Grant Ele and Patricia Cowden of Colum Hills. v mentary School in Livonia. bia, Mo., formerly of Bloomfield Her fiance is a 1990 graduate Her fiance is a 1982 graduate Hills. of Northville High School and of Cousino High School in War The bride is a 1990 graduate of has a bachelor's degree in busi ren. He is self-employed. Livonia Franklin High School, a ness management from Eastern A June wedding is planned at 1994 graduate of Michigan State Michigan University. He is St. Timothy Presbyterian University with a bachelor of employed as a headlines manag Church in Livonia. arts degree in audiology and er at Dick's Sporting Goods. speech pathology and a 1996 A June wedding in Livonia is being planned. graduate of Wayne State Univer Garry-Bianchi sity with a master of arts degree Glen and Part Garry of Gar in speech pathology. She is Bachert-Rooke den City announce the engage employed as a speech-language ment of their daughter, Holly pathologist at Audian Medical Amy FitzGerald, Catherine Fox Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bachert of Michele, to Steven S. Bianchi, Center in Missouri. and Christine Cowden as brides Bloomfield, N.M., announce the engagement of their daughter the son of Sabatino and Wanda The groom is a 1989 graduate maids. Abigail and Mavis Orrick Sharon Joy Bachert of Farming- Bianchi of Bloomfield Hills. of Brother Rice High School, a and Alexiss McKinney were ton Hills to David Thomas Rooke „ The bride-to-be is a graduate 1993 graduate of Michigan State flower girls. of Westland, the son of Mr. and of Garden City High School and University with a bachelor of The groom asked Robert Mrs, Norbert Rooke of Elk is currently attending the Uni arts degree in economics and a Lalain to serve as best man with versity of Michigan. She is 1998 graduate of the Wayne Rapids. Matthew Moore, Kayle Green, The bride-to-be is a 1989 grad employed in network and com State University School of Medi Michael Cowden, Thomas Cow puter operations at the Ford cine. He currently is a surgical uate of Bloomfield High School den, J. David. Cowden, Gregory and a 1995 graduate of Western Motor Co. resident at the University of Her fiance is a graduate of Missouri Hospitals and plans to Fox and William Cowden as New Mexico University. She is groomsmen currently employed as a comput Bloomfield Hills Lahser High continue at the University of School and Central Michigan Arizona in Tucson in two The couple received guests at er instructor with New Horizons the Orchard Lake Country Club Computer Learning Center. University. He is employed in months. product development/finance at in Orchard Lake before leaving Her fiance is a 1992 graduate The bride asked Karalee Kliza the Ford Motor Co. St. Hugo fif the Hills Church in on a honeymoon trip to St. Mar of Michigan Technological Uni to serve as her maid of honor A July wedding is planned at Bloomfield Hills. with Teri Brown as matron of tin. They are making their home versity. He is currently honor and Leslie Mannelli, in Columbia, Mo., before moving employed as a customer service Kristin Kegg. Kristen Hughes, to Tucson later this year. representative with Philip Ser vices Petro-Chem Processing A June wedding is being Demaine-Cuevas Group in Detroit. planned in Farmington, N.M. Peter and Phyllis Demaine of Dupuis-Stachura Canton announce the engage Gloria NPII Stnrhnrn anH ment of their daughter. Jennifer Christopher Scott Dupuis were lark-Harden Leigh, to Daniel A. Cuevas. the married in April 17 Renaissance- Kenneth and Denise Clark of son of Miguel and Patricia style wedding at the Excalibur Livonia announce the engage Cuevas, also of Canton. * Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. ment of their daughter, Angela The bride-to-be is a 1992 grad The bride is the daughter of Marie, to Matthew Jon Harden, uate of Plymouth Salem High Stephen and Virginia Stachura the son of Robert and Deborah School and a 1996 graduate of of Canton. The groom is the son Harden, also of Livonia. Michigan State University with of Daniel and Georgianne The bride-to-be is a 1995 grad a bachelor of arts degree in com Dupuis of Plymouth. uate of Livonia Stevenson High munication. She is pursuing a The bride is a 1992 graduate of School and a 1999 graduate of master of business administra tion degree" at Eastern Michigan Plymouth Salem High School. Alma College with a bachelor Qf University. She is employed as a She is employed by Citizens arts degree in education. project administrator at HoMe- Insurance and Way land Inc. Her fiance also is a 1995 grad dics in Keego Harbor. The groom is a 1989 graduate uate of Livonia Stevenson High Her fiance is a 1992 graduate of Plymouth Canton High School and a 1998 graduate of M&& of Plymouth Salem High School School. He is employed "by the Michigan Technological Univer sity with a bachelor of science and is working on his bachelor of Ford Motor Co. in Livonia. - mmm degree in mechanical engineer arts degree at Eastern Michigan The bride asked Kristina A July wedding is planned at dants. ing. He is employed by Honda. University. He is employed by Grady, Kimberly Comai and Lisa The groom asked Eric Dupuis, A June wedding is planned at Plymouth Construction Equip the First Presbyterian Church in Vonholten to serve as her atten- Fred Comai and Paul Dupuis to Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Livonia. ment in Canton. Northville. serve as his attendants. The couple and their guests enjoyed dinner and a show at the Excalibur. They are making their home in Westland. Good food, great recipes ... read Taste on Sunday BASKETBALL AMERICA One week session} for SUMMER Basketball and Roller BASKETBALL SUMMER CAMPS Blades Hockey Camps • T-shirts • Baslietbaljs • prizes 'Awards Ages 6 16 CAMPS 257 W. Clarkston Rd.. 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Summer • T« t inllt* ri*inflInu M 6My • fU«b-w cirt Dt bwvn USA MICHIGAN VOLltYRALL The bride-to-be a 1999 gradu • Hunt t*c* M 0* l*tl 4*t g< CMV ate of Schoolcraft College with thousands 3 TwoWe.k Sessions SUMMER CAMPS 4 One-Week Sessions an associate in applied science - . June-A\)guti 9:30-3:30 p.m Wide Variety of Camps Available! t*4 ***r+ MMMUtMfl A lirWlttv* degree. She is employed as; a of children 'Evening Speciality Camps Gr 9-12 '£res^mar™ 0->\ Camr 6' 9 (810)752-9520/(810)752-6020 1 data entry clerk in the Staples 4i* aea«r **W» r+fiairHC+n *V*c**»( June 28-July V July 12-15. July 19-22 (AtiacKiagi June 28-Jtiivi Ji;'v ! 2 n Business Advantage regional look %*, 4 & July 26-29 I Setting) July 19-22 or JtA 26-29 sales office. "All Day SHili Camps Gr 9-12 'You!>">-Evem.na Camps G' 5-8 Her fiance also is a 1996 grad forward to June 28-Juty 1 July 6-9 or July 19-22 June 28-Ju'v 6-9 O' Ju\ '9-22 uate of Garden City High School. 'Summer Elite Training Gr 9-^2 He attended Schoolcraft College Ccllll I > Weekends July 10 11-July 3rAug 1 and studied the tool and die camp ••• Sites in Birmingham, Rochester Hills and Northville trade. He is employed by the <§> Call 616/342-0029 For Registration Info! K! U.S. Postal Service. Mtthigan*MIT*Stanford A June wedding is planned at American CYSTIC FIBROSIS: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES the First Baptist Church of Ply Give them the- opportunity \4 Computer mouth. to experience yours with an ** Experience FIRST ANNUAL ONKOI BENEK FAMILY RETREAT advertisement in our 1999 •C M(W) The Observer^Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY27,1999 tmimmmmmmm \ ^^11¾¾^^^^^^¾ FIOAJRE SKATING and Cherry Hill. Call (734) mat are suggested. Robert The Westland Figure Skat 326-1110,. Cassidy is the certified UPCOMING ing Club formed an adult FRIENDS MEET Jazzercise instructor. Sign EVENTS introductory precision up at the front desk at the team. The team is for those Wheels: Bailey Friends of the Westland IN TOWN Historical Museum meets 7 Westland Friendship Cen Weight Watchers CEO and who want to have fun with Brock, 2, (left) ter or call (734) 722-7632. other skating adults and p.m. on the second Tues President Florine Mark of Wayne tries days of January, March, TRAVEL QROUP will speak at a luncheon get exercise. Practices are to push her 6-6:50 a.m. Saturdays. All May, July, September and The Travel Group meets noon Tuesday, June 1, at sister Destiney, November at the Westland 12:45 p.m. every Friday in Amantea's Restaurant, levels are welcome. Call (734} 722-1091. 4\ in a car at Meeting House, 37091 the Westland Friendship 32777 Warren Road in the annual Marquette, between New- Center, 1119 N. Newburgh, Westland. The meeting is BAILEY CENTER POOL Community burgh and Wayne roads. unless a trip or program is hosted jointly by the West- The pool at Westland's Bai Call President Jim planned. Programs include land and Garden City ley Center will open Memo Garage Sale Franklin at (734) 721-0136. speakers, films, celebration chambers of commerce. rial Day weekend. Hours outside the Everyone is welcome. of birthdays and weekly Tickets are available by will be noon to 3:30 p.m. Bailey Center door prizes. There is a $3 calling (734) 326-7222 or and 4:30-7:30 p.m. Satur in Westland membership fee for resi (734) 422-4448. day through Monday, May May 15. FOR SENIORS dents, $12.50 for nonresi MEDICARE AGENCY ACCESS 29-31. The center is on dents. Call (734) 722-7632. Ford at Carlson. HEARING CHECKS U.S. Rep. Lynn Rivers is Every third Tuesday of CARD GROUP sponsoring a Medicare Hours will be 4:30-7:30 p.m. only June 1-4. Hours each month, a representa The Friday Variety Card Agency Access in Westland. tive from Personalized Group at the Westland All residents of the 13th will be noon to 3:30 p.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m. June 5- Hearing Care of Westland Friendship Center meets 2 Congressional District are will check and clean hear p.m. People play euchre, invited to meet with Medi 6 and 4:30-7:30 p.m. June 7-11. Hours will be noon to ing aids free from 2-3 p.m. pinochle, bridge, Uno, care Beneficiary Outreach by appointment only. Call rummy and poker. Light staff 1:30-3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m. June 12-13, then the (734) 722-7632 for more refreshments are served. Wednesday, June 9, at the information. Call (734) 722-7632 for American House Senior pool will open for the sea son for regular hours of information or just show up Resident Complex, 39201 DEPRESSION SEMINAR to play cards. The Friend Joy, Westland. The infor noon to 3:30 p.m. and 4:30- Learn to recognize the dif 7:30 p.m. daily. The out ship Center is at 1119 N. mational meeting will Seeking treasure: At left, Lori ference in the symptoms Newburgh. include a question-and- door pool is heated. Siferd of Lima, Ohio, visiting between-sadness and answer session. The meet There is a waterslide and a the area, takes a look at clothes. depression at a seminar at MONTHLY MEAL/DANCE ing will provide informa- baby pool for kids age 3 Above, Jessica Vtltri,d;ofWe8t the Westland Friendship The Wayne Ford Civic tion on Medicare choices, and younger. There are Center 1-2:15 p.m. Friday, League schedules its senior mm rnoToe wTO* mmm—land looks at a necklaces at the meal fur people 50 and fraud and abuse. For infor hirthday packages at $7 May 2». Lignt refresh- per person, including pizza, garage sale. ments will be served. older 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. mation, call Deborah John on the first Sunday of each son or Nancy Graham in pop, pool admission, TWER GAMES games, and a T-shirt for month at the league hall, Rivers' office at (734) 485- The Senior Resources on Wayne Road two blocks 3741. the birthday person. year class on Monday, and afternoon classes for seeking members. Member Department Friendship Teen/Middle School Night Wednesday and Friday both 3- and 4-year-olds. ship is open to those who south of Ford. Cost is $5 for FUN RUN/WALK Center is offering three members and $7 for non- is 8-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, afternoons. Classes run Registration has begun. care about the schools and trips to Tiger games this The North Brothers Ford witl\,a.disc jockey, pizza from September to May. Call (313) 274-6270. community. Members need members. The meal and the city of Westland year: .Tigers vs. St. Louis includes beer, beverages, and pop. Admission is $1. Parents are required to YWCA READINESS not have a student in the Friday, June 4; Tigers vs. 5KFun Run/Walk is set Swim lessons will start the help out at the school. All school. Price is $3 for stu dancing to Big Band music for 9 a.m. Saturday, June The YWCA of Western Yankees, Thursday, July 8; and door prizes. Call (734) week of June 21 and will be classes are in the Newburg Wayne County Early dents, $5 for adults. Tigers vs. Angels, Friday, 12. Race starts at the Bai 9 a.m. to noon Monday United Methodist Church Checks should be made 728-5010. ley Recreation Center, Childhood School Readi Aug. 13. Cost is $25 a per^ through Friday. These are on Ann Arbor Trail ness Program is available payable to Franklin PTSA son a game. Leave from the WORK REFERRAL 36651 Ford? Registration is two-week sessions; for between Wayne and New- and sent to 31000 Joy in Information Center Inc. at 8 a.m. Cost is $10 for 18 to 4 and 5 year old chil Friendship Center at 5 information, call (734) 722- burgh. For more informa dren. The YWCA is at Livonia 4815&. p.m. Games begin at 7:05 refers workers to elderly and under, $12 for prereg- 7620. tion, call April at (734) 522- people who need help. The istration fee for adults and 26279 Michigan in Inkster. TUTORIAL PROGRAM p.m. Return to the center 8469. Call (313) 561-4110. A free tutoring program for between 11 and 11:30 p.m. program is for people inter $15 late registration after ested in providing trans June 4. Preregister at PRESCHOOL PROGRAM CHARTER SCHOOL students is offered at the Sign up at the front desk. VOLUNTEERS The Wayne-Westland Com The Academy of Detroit- Salvation Army Wayne- First 23 seniors to register. portation, .yard work, North- Brothers Ford cus housework, etc. Workers munity School District has Westland, an W4estland Corps Communi tomer care department. ASSISTED LIVING FRIENDSHIP PICNIC can specify the type of work Registration includes Marquette House assisted ongoing registration for the entrepreneurial and busi ty Center, 2300 Venoy in A Friendship Center Sum preschool programs at Stot- ness charter school, serves Westland. The program, 4- they are willing to do and prizes for the top five male living facility, 36000 Cam mer Picnic will be noon to 4 the communities they want and female race winners, pus Drive, Westland, seeks tlemyer Early Childhood kindergarten through sev 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and p.m. Friday, June 11, at and Family Development enth grade. The school Thursday, is for students to work ip. Call (734) 422- T-shirts for all partici volunteers to spend time Coburn Park behind the 1052. pants, race refreshments, with residents to provide Center, on Marquette emphasizes a basic educa ages 9 and older in Wayne, Westland Friendship Cen water and snacks. All pro an activity or a one-on-one between Wayne and Wild- tion with business and Westland and Romulus. ter. The picnic is open to DYER CENTER ceeds benefit Race for the visit Call Peggy in the wood. Programs include an entrepreneurial skills. The For information on partici Friendship Center mem The Wayne-Westland Cure and go locally to the activities department, early intervention pro school offers a foreign lan pating or volunteering, call bers and Westland resi School District's Dyer Barbara Karmanos Cancer (734)326-6537. gram, Head Start, Kids/ guage class, music and art, Leau'Rette Douglas, (734) dents only. No tickets will Senior Adult Center has Institute. Plus Preschool, a pre-pri- a dress code and a comput 722-3660. be sold after Friday, June activities Monday through HOSPICE mary impaired program Thursday at the center, on er lab with access to the MOM'S MORNING OUT 4. Cost is $6 for Friendship Community Hospice & and Sparkey Preschool. Internet. Call (734) 722- Marquette between Wayne Home Care Services will Children, ages newborn to members and $9 for non- Registration is 8 a.m. to 1465 or (248) 569-7787. member Westland senior and Newburgh roads. Mon AT THE hold a volunteer training 4:30 p.m. Call (734)595- 6, and their mothers are days, Senior Chorus at 1:30 program for eight weeks, 6- LITTLE PEOPLES invited to a Mom's Morning citizens. 2660. Out 9-11:30 a.m. every p.m.; Tuesdays, arts, crafts LIBRARY 9 p.m. Thursday, June 24 Livonia Little Peoples Co WINDSOR RACEWAY TRIP and needlework at 9:30 CHURCH PRESCHOOL Thursday at Newburg FMENDS OF LIBRARY through Aug. 12, at 32932 op Preschool is now A trip to Windsor Raceway a.m.; Wednesdays, Kitchen The Friends of the William Warren Road at Venoy, The Westland Free enrolling for the fall in pro United Methodist Church, Mothodiot Preschool hao is set for Wednesday, Aug. .Band, 1 Q.a ,m.,_binga at 1 P. Faust Public Library Suite 100, Westland. Vol- grams for 3- and 4-year- on Ann Arbor Trail - 4. Cost is $25. Leave p.m.; Thursdays, ceramics, meets at 7 p.m. the second unteers are needed to help openings for 3- and 4-year- olds. For more information, between Wayne and New- Friendship Center at 5 arts, crafts at 9:30 a.m.; a Tuesday of each month at with general office duties, olds in the morning and call (734) 422-1176. burgh, Livonia. Children p.m., dinner is served at . Hawaiian dance exercise afternoon sessions. The are grouped together by theiibrary, 6123 Central fund-raising, marketing, UTTLE LAMBS 6:30 p.m., post time is 7:30 class will be 1 p.m. every City Parkway. Call (734) bereavement, direct younger pupils attend ages in rooms with two p.m., with faces over at Wednesday in the Senior Tuesdays and Thursdays, Little Lambs Preschool, on caregivers per room. This 326-6123. Meetings last patient care and compan Farmington Road south of about 10:45 p.m. Return to Resources Department about one hour and are ionship. Training is free. other pupils on Mondays program is an optional co center about midnight. Call (Friendship Center), 1119 and Wednesdays. A Friday . West Chicago in Livonia, is op, with parents working open to the public. The For information or to regis accepting registration for (734) 722-7632. Newburgh, Hair A. Instruc Friends also hold a book ter, call Pat Garland, vol enrichment class is also once each month. Call (734) tor is Kammo Oris. Sign up available. The preschool is the school year. Classes 422-0149. DINNER AND SHOW sale during regular library unteer director, (734) 522- meet Slonday-Wednesday- A trip to dinner and the at the front desk or call hours at the library. ,4244, on or before Monday, at 1421 S. Venoy, West- (734)722-7632. . land. Call (734) 728-3559. Friday afternoons and play Titanic" is scheduled rJune2l. Tuesday-Thursday morn for Thursday, Sept. 23. GARDEN CITY COOP ings for 3- to 5-year-olds. HISTORIC Cost is $85. Arrive at the WESTLAND The Garden City Co-op Little Lambs is a nonprofit, PERRINSVILLE Friendship Center at 4 CLUBS IN nursery has openings for nondiscriminatory The historic Perrinsville p.m., eat at Three Brothers CENTER SCHOOLS preschool classes for ages SCHOLARSHIP preschool. Call (248) 471- one-room school opens to Restaurant at 5 p.m., ACTION WALKERS MEET 18 months through 4 years. 2077. the public 1-4 p.m. on the arrive at Detroit Opera The Wayne Business and • Tots class meets on WESTLAND ROTARY The Westland Walkers Professional Women's Club GARFIELD CO-OP last Sunday of each month House^at 7:30 p.m. Play The Westland Rotary Club meet the second Wednes Wednesday mornings; and through September. People starts at 8 p.m. Return to is accepting applications 3- and 4-year*olds meet Garfield Cooperative meets 12:15 p.m. Thurs day of each month, except for a career development Preschool offers programs are welcome to come and center at 11:30 p.m. Call days at Joy Manor, 28999 during the summer. West- Mondays and Thursdays. visit the renovated 1856 (734) 722-7632. scholarship. The purpose is Parental involvement is for children 18 months to 5 Joy, east of Middlebelt in land Center opens its doors to recognize and support years. It is at Cass Elemen schpolhouse at Warren and Westland. required. Call Kelli at (734) Cowan roads, west of Mer- SENIOR CHOIR to walkers beginning at 7 - women entering or re tary, 34633 Munger, south A Friendship senior choir, a.m. at Arcade 2 by Olga's 513-7708. riman in Westland. SWEET ADELINES entering the work force/ of Six Mile and west of under the direction of The County Connection Kitchen. Mall walking ends Candidates must: demon ST. MEL PRESCHOOL Farmington Road in Livo WESTLAND MUSEUM at 10 a.m. Robert Cassidy, has been Chorus of Sweet Adelines strate financial need; live St. Mel Preschool, 7506 nia. Call (734) 462-0135. The Westland Historical started. The choir meets 9 Inkster Road, north of International is looking for and/or work in Wayne or FRANKLIN PTSA Museum is open 1-4 p.m. a.m. Thursdays at the women who love to sing. Westland; be accepted into Warren Avenue in Dear Saturdays at 857 N. Wayne Westland Senior Resources born Heights, has morning The Franklin High PTSA is The group sings a cappella AT THE a college or vocational/ Road, between Marquette Department Friendship music in barbershop style. technical program; and Center, 1119 N. Newburgh, Rehearsals are 7 p.m. CHAMBER have a minimum 2.8 grade Westland. Anyone who Tuesdays at UAW Local GOLF CLASSIC point, if already enrolled. enjoys singing may join. 898 at 8975 Textile Road, Those interested should The 19th annual Westland EXERCISE Ypsilanti. For more infor Chamber Golf Classic at send a stamped, self- mation, call Paula at (734) addressed envelope to: Tip Observer Newtpapen welcome Calendar items. Items should be from non-profit community Musical Chairs is a new Pheasant Run Golf Club is program from Jazzercise 995-4110. planned for Tuesday, June Wayne Business and Pro groups or individuals announcing a community program or event. Please type or print the infor fessional Women's Club, mation below and ma\l your item to The Calendar, West'land Observer, 36251 Schoolcraft, * designed for exercisers CHADD 22. Reservations for four older than 40. The program somes are being taken at Career Development Schol Livonia; Ml. 48160, or by fax to 734-59X-7279. Deadline for Calendar items is noon Friday CHADD of Northwest arship Committee, 3088 for tk following Thursdays paper. Call 953-2104 if you have any questions. provides a low to moderate Wayne County meets the the chamber office, (734) workout geared Tor the 326-7222. Riversedge Drive North* first Thursday of the Wayne 48184. Postmark ' ffW»f,'' ';•••' older adult. The exercise month throughout the deadline for completed improves strength, flexibil school year at the Livonia applications is June 15. Data and Ihm: ity, balance,"posture, coor Civic Center Library, REATfON dination and cardiovascu Location: 32777 Five Mile. CHADD MCfVATIQft AND FUN SUtUffSAN CHILDREN'S lar endurance. It incorpo is a nonprofit, parent- A recreational get-together Suburban Children's Co-op rates resistance exercises based, volunteer organiza Nursery has openings in its using rubber tubing and . tion whose aim is to better for teens and adults who liiJMIiml '-'•*- are disabled is the second 2-year toddler-parent class WRInm INIVII light weights with walking the lives of individuals Friday of each month at on Friday mornings; 3-year and jogging patterns. Wear with attention difficulties. the Westland Bailey Cen class Monday and Wednes loose-fitting clothing and Call (313) 438-3099. ter. Call (734) 722-7620. day mornings; and the 4- U$k additional shett iffltcmary comfortable shoes. Light weights and an exercise The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999 *M Annual event helps state'Parade into 21st Geritury' Spectacular was the word for was made re-form mounted unit. sage riders was Karen Hopkins recent Michigan Parades into Slater and Veal own their own of Durand, riding her .25-year- the 21st Century, the 10th annu mounts and cover all expenses to old registered Half Arabian geld al parade, hosted by the state's make mounted presentation. The ing, "Spirit of Freedom," which capital city, Lansing. unit is accepting donations of competes in Dressage and Class Part of the series of 11 annual horses and equipment to help A Arabian shows. He also is statewide parades, it celebrated develop it. used to-educate children about the last 100 years in the state This year's equestrian grand horses. and the arrival of 21st century in marshal was the MSU Spartan The historical black Buffalo the year 2000. Chariot, pulled by a team of Soldiers 10th Cavalry Calico "What an extravaganza this white Arabian geldings and driv Troops who fought to settle tthe parade is to help us all remem en by Mike Hall of HJH McCoy Western Frontier were repre ber Michigan's great history," Arabians'of Traverse City. sented by horses and costumed said Gov. John Engler. "This riders led by. Jimmy Buchanan parade has"become a spectacle Costumed units of Detroit. for the entire state to appreciate Ethnic equine units included Several members of the and enjoy!" Harmoiiy Acre Arabians, owned Michigan Horse-Drawn Vehicle. The parades was made up of by parade equine chair Nancy Association displayed a variety entries from many of the 83 Harm. Harm's Arabian geldings, of horse breeds and equipment. Michigan counties and salute a "Harmony Diamond" and "Har Lucille Jenson of Morris drove different decade of American his mony Tarifa," were ridden by her Arab Welch pony "Rainbow," tory each year. This year's Harm and Laura Roberts of pulling a 1908 Sears Runabout . parade featured the 1990s and Salem. « Carriage decorated with silk PSOTO ir Km Dcsorm recognized Michigan State Uni The horses and riders were flowers. On the move: Wearing authentic costumes from Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Nancy versity's championship basket attired in authentic imported Jackie Fleming of Bridgeport Harm rode "Harmony Tarifa" and Laura Roberts of Salem rode "Harmony Dia ball and hockey teams and their tack and costumes from Saudi drove her imported Clydesdale coaches. Arabia and Egypt. This year the gelding, "Scotty," pulling a sur mond." Also a part of the unit were Mary O'Connor of Livonia (from left), U.S. Rep . In addition, 21 bands, includ Arabian horses were escorted by rey used in the early 1900s to Debbie Stabenow, who coordinated the Salute to Michigan Mothers, Chelsea Clark ing a contingent from Garden three Saluki dogs whose origins take visitors around Bell Isle in of South Lyon with "Adytha," Andy Kron ofSou^h Lyon, Carmela Kudyba of City High School, military and are from Egypt and Saudi Ara Detroit. Linda Aloya drove Northville, Karis Welty of Ann Arbor with "Emir," Marie Clark of South Lyon with veteran units, fraternal and ser bia. another Clydesdale owned by "Jordan" and Kathleen O'Connor of Livonia. vice clubs, historical units, Eight Peruvian Paso Horses Fleming, pulling a surrey made floats, festival queens, antique from the Lagos Grandes Paso at the Lansing Wagon Works. farm tractors and equipment Horse Club, organized by presi Dade Schultz of Charlotte and clowns added to the fun and dent Connie Hydel of Redford, brought his familiar 4-hitch excitement. demonstrated the smooth ride of matched bay mules, pulling a REDEFINING RETIREMENT LIVING This 2 1/2-hour parade is one the only non-trotting equing red show wagon. This award- of the largest in the Midwest breed on earth. The Peruvian winning hitch has won numer with more 200 units, involving Paso horses and riders were in ous awards at the Great Lakes more than 4,500 people from authentic tack and costumes International, Michigan and more than 100 Michigan commu consisting of white shirhand Ohio state fairs. nities participating. pants, ponchos and hats. The popular award winning In the parade this year were The Michigan Paso Fino Club, Polkadot Precision Drill Team, 25 animal units - horses, canine led by Diane Hunt of Adrian, led by Mary Pino of Laingsburg, heroes representing Leader Dogs demonstrated the horse's smooth was represented by eight women ¥ALTON¥ODD for the Blind, camels, zoo ani gate with eight horses in English riders in hot pink and silver mals and others. •* Tack and riders in black Spanish sequined outfits, performing drill Redefining Retirement Living This ye&r's equine paradp uxedo outfits with flat hats. The formations throughout—th-e_ entrants represented some of the ibu r beat lateral gait is a reason parade. best and rarest horses in the the breed is becoming so popular The Michigan Posse, led by . country and the world. Leading with older and physically chal this year's equine division was lenged riders. Please see PARADE, B7 Your Choice for today.. ; . , r . the newly formed Michigan New td this year's parade was 1,..^,,^^.^,=.,Luxurious apartments for activ-e ... and tor tomorrow! Department of State Police Vol the unique and powerful Clydes PRETTY TILE, Independent seniors. Gracious congregate & assisted living untary Mounted Unit, with Insp. dale drill team from Sunnybend for older adults who need assistance with Shelby Slater and Sgt. Lorenzo Farm in Augusta. Shay Weirick UGLY GROUT? personal care. 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Megan, Stanley, Shane and Ford son High School, they They met in 1947 while vaca Anna. exchanged vows on May 10» Jm tioning at Houghton Lake and He^s retired from Burroughs 1974, in Detroit. She is the for •' $vii ^P Y*) \. :.' ' '• .•' ."•?.-: exchanged vows on March 19, Corporation and has worked at mer Denise McGlinch. 1949, in Plymouth. She is the The Flower Shop. She is a volun They have two children - E.J., >•', • '.••.• & '/ former Norma Gates. teer at Garden City Hospital. 21, and Emily, 18. - «'. She is employed as an office *•':• W-^ Sixty-five family members and Their interests include the Elks friends attended the party, given Lodge and golfing and volunteer manager. He is a Wayne'County :'£'-:• •. _i_ f • • • •'' by their three children - Ronald work at the hospital. Sheriffs deputy and enjoys rac- AT&T Stores AT&T Stores open on Memorial Day! Call lor hours. Ann A/bor Lathrup Villigt 926 W. Eiswiho'.ver * 27631 Southfieto Rd. 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The group introduces year-old stallion futurity winner provided lunch and a collectable gan Parade Committee hopes to prised of experienced parade rid inner city youth to the world of who has placed, in 98 percent of embroidered patch for partici make the equine division one of ers who have ridden in the 1993 horses through various projects the horse shows he has entered. pants. Equine entries were the country's top equine parades Presidential Inaugural Parade, in Detroit. The Canine Hero Unit, a big awarded a special' red, white and >and is seeking breeds and other Martin Luther King Holiday hit with spectators young and blue ribbon to wear in the animals and activities not repre Parades and several America's Crowd pleasers old, featured the Leader Dogs for para*de and given a bag of the- Thanksgiving Day-P-arades in Miniature horses, always a the Blind in Rochester which parade's official equine parade sented this year. Detroit. crowd pleaser, were represented brought 20 guide dogs and pup treat, "Buckeye Peppermint The Equestrian Legends Unit Also performing was the by "Soat's General Patton," dri pies in training. The Leader Dog Snacks," provided by Dr. Dan offers an opportunity for parade Michigan Black Horsemen's ven by Lesa Migot, and "dandi Program is unique to Michigan Kapper and John Fischer of riderB with out a group to partic Association, led by Wade Jones fied Milkeeway," driven'by Glo and was started by the Detroit Buckeye Feed Mills Inc. in Dial- ipate and be with other horses. ton, Ohio. Schoolcraft College in Livonia Parade volunteers included also offers classes on parade equine photographers Pam training, drill formations and Grateful from page B2 Cowling of Ionia and Linda costume making through its Phelps of Farmington. COSTCO Equine Certificate Program for of Farmington Hills .also provid State University, a far cry from those who want to prepare and All dressed up. Karen • 'Erica said it's a reminder that God Is always ed one-hour photo processing. participate in parades. the almost two years she has with us and a gift for all the love and kindness.' Sue Shultz and friends from Hopkins ofDurand, who spent coming to grips with his Standish helped distribute food For more information, call graduated from Livonia sudden death on April 5, 1997. Diane Cassidy and "horse snacks as well as Harm at (248) 437-5672 or While she gets ready for the reach her by fax (248)-437-1636. Stevenson High School, Emmanuel Lutheran Church escorted units. The Danville burial service, Fenn also has Wranglers 4-H Club of Ingham Applications are being accepted paraded down Michigan been busy the past month creat County, led by Jean Battin, Sue for the 2000 extravaganza which Avenue in Lansing with ing "Erica's Grateful Gardens" at and he was a professor, working Things to do Emerick and Karen Rulison, pro will be at 11 a.m. May 14, 2000, her Half Arabian gelding, her church, Emmanuel Luther on his doctoral degree. In 1961, These days, she tends to her vided cleanup following the ani in Lansing "Spirit of Freedom." an, and the offices of her doctors, he left the university for work in Timothy Johnson and Michael gardens and plans for the burial Houston. service. A few weeks ago, she Fox. They planned to marry that "I thought flowers would be a bought a grave stone that had a Christmas, but Fenn only made lighthouse on it. She admits it good way to say thanks," said it to October. She flew to Hous Fenn, who bought large planters has only been about six weeks ton and they were married on since she has come to grips with for the cHurch and filled them hi\birthday, Oct. 18. By Christ with pansies. "It took a lot of Gary's death. mas, she was pregnant with Pointing out that she's one to people for me to get back on my their first child. feet, so it's time for paybacks finish what she started, Fenn with my grateful gardens." They lived in Houston for two plans to put hardy mums in the LASIK eye surgery can help reduce or eliminate years before they mo^ed to planters as fall approaches. The . your need for contacts or glasses. . Surprise gift Detroit, where Gary had accept gardens are a prelude to a bigger . Fenn surprised church mem ed a position at Wayne State project. She wants to organize Doctors at the Michigan Eyecare Institute have performed bers witli the 25-inch planters, University. He taught under the building of a quality park for but according to Diane Cassidy, graduate classes for 34 years, children in Ham.tramck. Her over 15,000 refractive procedures and helped thousands the alternative worship leader, retiring in 1996 as the assistant daughter Gretchen and her hus of people improve their vision. We own our FDA-approved they were able to figure out who dean and graduate officer of the band live there, and Fenn has Excimer Lasef and will 'match advertised rates, for near they were from. There was a sign School of Pharmacy. discovered that it is a wonderful sighted LASIK performed in the state of Michigan. saying it wa,s "Erica's Grateful On a •Friday night, Fenn told community. Garden. -him ghe-lwed-hiin when he came "I'm going to do it in the fallp- Call for more information and afroo screening . to bed. She awoke at 6 a.m. to "Erica said it's a reminder that said Fenn with determination. Ad must be presented by the day of surgery, no reimbursements. Dr. Myers & Or. Rubinstein ol the Excimer lose? God is always with us and a gift the sound of his alarm, his "I'm going to meet with the Other discounts and special programs do not appr/. . for all. the love and kindness," reminder to take medication. mayor and I'm going to do this, said Cassidy. "Erica saw God in Gary didn't respond. Sometime no ands, ifs or buts about it." the lives of the people of the during the night, he had died of And "way down the road," MICHIGAN EYECARE INSTITUTE church." heart failure. she'd like to open a shelter for (248) 352-2806 or (800) 676-EYES Website: MiCHEYECARE.com Fenn doesn't de)ye too deeply "I was crazy the first year, I women. In Jhe two years since ^ into what happened during those didn't know where to turn, Gary's death, she has met a lot two years, but credits her thera where to go without this man," of women who have been abused pist, Pat Sweeting of Hegira Pro Fenn said. 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Whivls & Biades I'nitwi Mower Weingartz Am) ivlirn your (il) matures, the ha him')* will ;yil \1\L^ Your Invitation to •v«p»e> Worship ^KfijaW Mail Copy To: OBSERVER & ECCENTRIC NEWSPAPERS • 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia 48150 FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADVERTISING IN THIS DIRECTORY PLEASE CALL RICH VICULIN (734) 953-2069 FOR CHURCH PAGE CHANGES, PLEASE CALL MICHELLE SHERIDAN/JEAN ETHERINGTON (734) 953-2160.THE FRIDAY BEFORE PUBLICATION. BETHEL BAPTIST TEMPLE CHRIST OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH TRINITY ^yflnk|, .yi 29475 W. Six Mile, Livonia Rev. Luther A. Werth, Sr. Pastor PRESBYTERIAN 525-3664 or 261 -9276 Rev. Robert Bayer, Assist. Pastor BBmRD — Two locations to serve you — CHURCH B^HBV^EJTT^BBBBBI t Sunday School 10:00 A.M. • • • lmtttcilht*j»nmCivri I Morning Worship 11:00 A.M. LIVONIA A CANTON "1999'Trlnlty's I Evening Worship 6:00 P.M. 14175 Farmington Rd. M 46001 Warren Road Year of Prayer 40000 Six Mile Road (N. of 1-96) JHf (West of Canton Center) Countdown I Wed. Family Hour .- 7:15 P,M. Sunday Worship 8:30 am & • Sunday Worship 9:30 am 'just wesl ol 1-275' MHaBBBHaBaaMMBiMnMaai****:':-'-.-'- -^3 to "2000" INDEPENDENT BAPTIST 11:00 am • Sunday School 10:45 am Northvillo. Ml Sunday School 9:45 am Y (734)414-7422 BIBLE FELLOWSHIP May 30th 10101 W. Ann Arbor Rd., Plymouth 248-374-7400 (734) 522-6830 visit our Web Site at http^Myvw.ccaaedur- temccs 5 Miles W. of Sheldon Rd. YOUTH AWANA CLUBS 11:00 a.m Guest Speaker From M-14 take Gottfredson Rd. South. Dr. Jamt M. kkQuln, Pastor 6:00 p.m Guest Speaker ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL 734-459-9550 Worship Services, Risen Christ Lutheran Dr. Wm.C. Moore - Pastor Sunday School .'A Church That's Concerned\ About People' 20805 Middlebelt BY KENNETH VOYLES music that tr*n*ceB^^h\ kind SPECIAL WHITER Music counts The band's name might not of modern Christian nw*ic usu- The Beatlea, Fleetwood Mac, count, but the music does. And - ailjr*een in worthip," Hardin Pearl Jam ... Great bands with it's no surprise with the talented .said. "What makes us uriique is equally great names. efforts of so many people on dis the style of music we play. It's At Memorial Church of Christ play each week, serving up songs basically guitar with a heavy in Livonia, great music from a of worship, praise and exalta back beat. great band can be heard each tion. "Worship bands aren't unique, Sunday* morning during the con Beside Hardin, who leads on but they tend to be a lot lighter temporary worship service. -The vocals and plays acoustic guitar, and dominated by keyboards." music is courtesy of... the con the band includes Jay Harnish of Hardin hasn't heard anyone gregation doesn't know its name Livonia as drummer, Steve and attending Memorial say that the band Was instrumental in and neither do, the musicians. Kathy Long of Belleville on elec attracting them to the church, The name isn't important to tric guitar and keyboards, Carly butTie believes it helps people this group of people. The only Folanski of Detroit on tam make a decision to return. thing that matters is enhancing bourine and Grant Reed of Can "When people visit a church the praise portion of Memorial's ton on bass. for the first time, they check two weekly service. For a growing Various trios of Memorial things, the nursery and the number of Reople, the music is a members provide backup vocals bathrooms," he Baid. "People key reason why they are drawn and other backup musicians want to know there is a place for to the Livonia church. include Laurie Hildreth of Novi their children and that the place The six-piece group (not on keyboard and Monica Hoppe is clean. including the backup vocalists) is of Commerce Township and Lori "More and more, though, peo made up of musicians from Martin and Ryan McGilvrey of ple are looking at how your wor throughout the metropolitan Livonia on guitar. ship is presented. Worship is a area. They are led by Les The group formed shortly after two-way street. You get out of it Hardin, a 27-year-old Kentucky Hardin arrived at Memorial what you put in. We want people native with a wry sense of when he hooked up with Reed to worship the Lord and know humor, who came to Livonia and another drummer, Chris it's also OK to have a lot of fun Meyers. They talked about start more than a year ago as Memori doing it." f. al's new associate minister. ing a band and were supported As for the band's name, that's by the church's Worship Com Hardin is in charge of the wor up in the air. One idea the group mittee as it developed plans for a jokes about is Penhaven. ship services, among other contemporary service in the new duties, and takes great pride in Musical enhancement: With more than 200 wor$hippefs, Les Hardin believes his "In practice, we can never find worship center. a pen when we need one to jot the growth of musical praise at "As the band grew, we were band with no name is having on impact on people deciding to return for the Livonia Memorial, something-down," Hardin said. blessed that God sent us the peo church's contemporary service. "So we've come up with 'Pen- "We really don't perform for ple we needed," Hardin said. haven' in anticipation of having the people in the audience or for "We always wanted our core to ed music in its service - with ministry." Having an impact all the pens well ever in' need in ourselves," said Hardin. "We per be around the drums, guitar and members often performing songs It's just another sign that the The band is having an impact. heaven." form for arj audience of one - bass. Grant wanted to be a part of praise to recorded music - but 53-year-old church is trying to Memorial Church of Christ is God. We try to consistently pro of it from the beginning and only since Hardin's arrival and stay fresh and contemporary, Attendance at the 9:30 a.m. ser at 35475 Five Mile Road, Livo vide a quality avenue for people went out and learned the bass in the move to a more contempo said the Rev. Mark McGilvrey, vice has grown to more than 225 nia. For more information, call to express themselves and their little more than three months." rary worship has that effort Memorial's minister for more people each week. the church at (734) 464-6722. worship for the Lord." The church has always includ- taken on the guise of a "music than 2&years. "One of my goals was to have •• ;. * ' ' '• ' RELIGIOUS NEWS Listings for the Religious News Cardinal Adam Maida on Satur of Merriman, Livonia. The pro annual spring flea market 9 a.m. June 6, at the church on and diabetes. Cholesterol screen should be submitted in writing day, May 22, at Blessed Sacra gram is for people suffering as to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 5, at Delaware at the corner of Puri ing and blood pressure checks no later than noon Friday for the ment Cathedral in Detroit. Day the result of the death of a loved the church, 20601 Beech Daly tan in Redford. Cost is $6 for also will be available. The Amer next Thursday's issue. They can will serve as associate pastor of one. There are no fees. Anyone and Eight Mile, Redford. There adults, $5 for seniors and $2.50 ican Red Cross will be on hand be mailed to 36251 Schoolcraft, Divine Child Catholic Church in may attend any or all sessions as will be more than 40 booths, for children underage 12 to eat 3-9 p.m. to accept blood dona Livonia 48150, or by fax at Dearborn, beginning July 1. they feel the need. For more some antiques and bake sale. in or carry out. tions. There also will be food, (734) 591-7279. For more infor information, call the church >' Lunch also will be available. For music and prizes. For more NEW BEQffMirMS HEALTH FAIR information, call 442-8822. mation, call (734} 953-2131. The Rev. Chuck Sonquist will office at (734) 422-6038, Marilyn more information, call Kathi Emmanuel Lutheran Church Wilkinson at (248) 380-7903, or Burger at (810) 977-1674 or the LETS TALK NEW PRIEST speak about "The Grief Process" will have a community health The Interfaith Connection will Jeffrey Day, the son of Dennis when New Beginnings, a grief- Rosemary' Kline at (734) 462- church office at (313) 534-4907. fair 6-9 p.m. Monday, June 7, at 3770. present Let's Talk, a-four-part and Victoria Day of St. Richard support group, meets at 7 p.m. CHICKEN BARBECUE the church 34567 Seven Mile, discussion series for interfaith Catholic Church in Westland, Thursday, June 3, at St. FLEA MARKET Lola Valley United Methodist Livonia. Botsford and St. Man,' couples, 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, was among eight men ordained Matthew's United Methodist Rice Memorial United Church will sponsor a chicken hospitals will have tables at the to the Catholic priesthood by Church, 30900 W. Six Mile, east Methodist Church will have its barbecue 3:30-6:30 p.m. Sunday, fair and seminars on nutrition Please see KEUQtOH, B10 The girl at the beach. The girl at the beach after you have laser vision correction. Laser vision correction. It could change your life. At our slate-of-the-ail facility in Farmington Hills off 1-696. you'll be treated by experienced surgeons using the most advanced technology available. All for just $1000 per eye _ including a pre-operalive consultation, an eye exam, a painless laser procedure and complete follow-up care. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-943-2244. <% #% ocums r N».* .i-i-i virion i- o r i i* i- I i ii n o \m 110* The Observer & Eccentric! THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999 '>J i G l i\ VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLS 'tAgW%m^Mn^ibie will host the "Cross Roads" additional child. To register, call - address). The fee includes a T- Church will have its vacation the church at (734) 459-0013. ^(^mWtiihsikjbmnted in Christian day camp by LORMM (248)442-8822. shirt that children will decorate, Bible school, SonCastle Faire, 9 ST. JAMES PRESBYTERIAN writing no later than noon Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 14-18 at. FArm LUTHERAN materials, daily snacks and gifts a.m. to 12:15 p.m. June 21-25 at St, James Presbyterian Church for the next,.Thursday's issue. the church, 34667 Seven Mile,. Sunday, May 30, is the last day on the last day, For more infor the church, 5835 Sheldon, Can will have its vacation Bible They can be mailed to 36251 Livonia, The camp for children to register for Faith Lutheran mation, call the church at (734) ton. SonCastle Faire will feature school 9 a.m. to noon June 21-15 Schoolcraft, Uvonia 48150, or in kindergarten through the Church's vacation Bible school, 421-7349. songs, skits, crafts, games, Bible at the church, 25350 W. Six sent by fax at (734) 591-7279. sixth grade will feature a weelc, scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon GENEVA PRESBYTERIAN studies and snacks. The closing Mile, Redford. The school is for Foc^more information, call-(734) of games, crafts, water play, June 21-25. The registration fee Children ages 4 through the fifth program will be a musical event children ages 3 through sixth 953*2i31. Bible stories and fun. The cost is is $7 for one child, $12 for two, grade are invited to a castle for the whole family at 7 p.m. grade and costs $5 per child. For PMNAWfL LUTHERAN $36 for the first child, $30 for the $18 for three and $24 for four or adventure set in merry old Eng June 25. The cost is $5. To regis more information, call the 'Emmanuel Lutheran Church second child and $25 for each more children (living at the same land. Geneva Presbyterian ter or for more information, call church at (313) 534-7730. from page B9 'June, 7, 21 and 28, at the Agen- 11-12, at Holy Trinity Lutheran improve their communication sixth graders at the church; nonprofit charitable organiza and 4 year olds. Kindergarten is ;Cy for Jewish Education, 21550 Church, 390.20 Five Mile, Livo skills, learn the value of intima 40Q00 Six Mile, Northville. tion, offers tai chi classes at 7- a full day program three days a ;W. 12 Mile, Southfield. The pro- nia. cy and renew their love for each Activities include Friday "fun" p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays week. All grades have a strong ;iram will focus on identity, tra The free learning event will other June 11-13 and July 16-18 lunches, recreation, stories, at Newburg United Methodist academic, biblically based envi ctions, communications and also include the Total Family at the St. John's Family Life crafts and two weekly field trips Church, 36500 Ann Arbor Trail, ronment. For more information, tkblidays and families. The cost is Sunday School" and "Faith Step Center, 44011 Five Mile, Ply to places like Greenfield Village, Livonia, Nardin Park United call (248) 348-9031. *^6 per adult per session. For ping Stories" concepts. There mouth Township. The registra Ann Arbor Hands-Gn Museum, Methodist Church, 29887 11 • St. Paul's Lutheran Church is more information, call Sue Stet- also will be music, games and tion fee is $50. Call Bill and Maybury State Park, Four Bears Mile, Farmington Hills, and St. accepting applications for enroll tner at (800) 397-4876. creative commercials modeled at Carol at (248) 528-2512 or Dan Waterpark, putt-putt golfing and Paul United Methodist Church, ment is 1999-2000 prekinder- STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL 6:30 p.m. June 11. and Debbie at (810) 286-5524 or a trout pond. 165 E. Square Lake Road, garten program for 4 year olds, Garden Qity Presbyterian-4 To register, call Faith Inkuba at www. re net/ detroit/ wwme The cost is $90 per week. Chil Bloomfield Hills. Tuesday and Thursday morning Church will hold its annual tors at (888) 55-FAITH. MUSICAL CELEBRATION dren can register for one or more Tai chi is a complete and inte and afternoon classes are avail Strawberry Festival 5-9 p.m. Fri WOMEN OF FAITH The Men's Chorus from weeks. To register or for more grated exercise that works all of able at the school, 17810 Farm day, June 11, at the church, Women of Faith is presenting throughout the area will present information, call the Christian the body's systems deeply and ington Road, Livonia. For more .1841 Middlebelt. Garden City. a two-day seminar "Outrageous a musical celebration at 4 p.m. Education Office at (248) 374- gently, making it an exercise information, call (734) 421-9022. ;ijestivities include strawberry Joy," at 7 p.m. Friday, June 11, Sunday, June 13, at St. John's 5977. suitable for people of all ages • Registration is taking place Shortcake, ice cream, hot and and 9 a.m. Saturday, June 12, at Presbyterian Church, 1961 E. FLEA MARKET and conditions of health. For now for kindergarten classes *$sld beverages, baked goods, arts The Palace of Auburn Hills, 2 Lafayette, Detroit. For more Vendors are needed for a flea more information, call the Taoist offered through the Christ Our * and crafts, children's games and Championship Drive (1-75 and information, call the church at market 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur Tai Chi Society at (248) 332- Savior Early Childhood Program more, Lapeer Road), Auburn Hills. (3^3) 567-0213. day, July 10, at Good Shepherd 1281. at Christ Our Savior Lutheran FAITH INKUBATORS Tickets are available only by. DAY CAMP Reformed Church, Wayne at SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Church, 14175 FSrtm«gton Rich Melheim, a Lutheran calling Women of Faith at (888) Ward Evangelical Presbyteri Hunter roads, Westland. Space Northville Christian School is Road, Livonia. The Christian pastor, will present an energetic, 493-2484. an Church will sponsor five costs $20. Applications are avail holding open enrollment for program has a class size of 15-18 insightful new way to do Confir MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER weeks of day camp 8 a.m. to 5 able by calling Ray or Jackie preschool-eighth grade classes at children with two teachers from mation with youth at a Faith Worldwide Marriage p.m. (extended care will be avail Gagnon at (734) 722-7225. the school, 41355 Six Mile, 8:30 a.m. to noon. 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Editor: 734 953 2123. beitions« Of homecmiini net on the web; httpy/observer eccentric.com Thursday. May 27. 1999 OBSERVER SPORTS SCENE State Cup champions The under-14 Michigan Wolves, a Livonia Y Premier League boys soccer: team, captured the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association Cup May 23 in Saginaw with four straight victo ries capped by a 2*1 win over South- field Vardar III in the finals. The under-14 Wolves, coached by Lars Richters, also defeated the Farmington "Fury (7-1), Lansing CA Blast (7-0) and Clarkston Impact (4- 0). Members of the Wolves include: Brady Crosby, Nik Djokic, J.T. Katikos, Charlie Knoll, Livonia; Ryan Busse, Brian Emrick, Brian Popeney, Canton; Danny Lentz, Farmington Hills; Dutch Morrell, Plymouth; John STATT Psora BY Bai BRESLE* Haezebrouck, David Williams, South- field; Josh Churejla, Patrick Kelleher, Title quest: Harrison first baseman Mike Hoad-tries to Novi; Steve Dempsey, Jason Tillman, make the tag on Stevenson's Steve Anderson (leftphoto), Brighton; Mike Borowiak, Fraser; while the Spartans' Roy Rabe (top photo) clubbed a solo Gary Levy, Detroit; Keith Mullins, homer in the sixth to cut the deficit to 3-2. Dearborn Heights. The assistant coach is Kevin Call away, while the team managers are Sandi Popeney and Jan Haezebrouck. Emert leads All-Stars Spartans nipped in WLAA final c Madonna senior forward Scott BY DAN OTViEARA part, he had them off balance. Emert (Walled Lake Central) scored a sixth. Rabe homered and the next bat STAFF WRITER "We played a very solid game. The ter, Steve Anderson, singled. But Har hat trick to lead the Wolverine- domearado6.homecomm.net • PREP BASEBALL Hoosier Athletic Conference All-Stars boys hit the ball well. Harrison is a fine rison executed a 6-4-3 double play, and to a 4-1 win over the eight-school Farmington Harrison, long known team.. They're well coached and we Burton ended the inning with a strike give up a walk while working out of out. Mid-Central College Conference All- for its football prowess, is getting to be some tight spots. knew it would be a battle. I think the Stars in a game played Saturday at just as good at winning Western Lakes 3-2 score is a reflection of the high "The fifth inning was big, and I The Spartans (16-9) scored both of quality of baseball in our league." Goshen College (Ind.). Activities Association baseball champi their runs on leadoff homers by Brad thought we took the momentum away Emert, Madonna's all-time leading onships. Buckler homered in the fifth, and the from them when we turned the double Buckler and Roy Rabe, who also threw play," Herrington said. scorer, also assisted on the WHAC's The Hawks (20-5) won their third a complete .game and pitched well fn a Spartans had a chance to tie the score at 2-2 in that inning. other goal by Crusader teammate title in the last five seasons Wednesday losing cause. The Hawks got their first run when with a suspenseful-to-the-end, 3-2 vic With one out, Dave Stando singled, Boesky scored on a double steal, opting Sam Piraine (Dearborn Heights). "He was due to get a big win," said The WHAC squad, which wo"h for tory over visiting Livonia Stevenson. stole second and went to third on a to go home when the Spartans let.Jthe Herrington of the 6-foot-4 Burton, who throwing error, but the next two bat throw to second go through on Brian first time in three years, was coached "We've had some nice players, some has a 5-4 record. "He's pitched in most by Madonna's Pete Alexander. three-year starters," said Harrison" ters went down with a strikeout and a Nelson's steal. Nelson made it 2-0 on coach John Herrington, who has guided of our toughest games and had been flyout. Kevin McVay's two-out single. the Hawks to 13 WLAA football titles. losing by a run or so. Harrison scored the winning run in Stevenson had the tying run at sec* Collegiate notes "We've had a good run of kids. People "His last three were quality starts, the bottom of the fifth. No. 9 hitter ond with one out in the seventh, but • Although bypassed for the all- like Andy Gutierrez, who has a true and I knew he wasn't going to walk Louie Hadley smashed a leadoff triple Burton duplicated the strikeout-flyout, tournament team, University of passion for the game, have been lead- people. I just had a feeling, but I would to deep center field and gave the combination to end the game. Rabe) Michigan first baseman Bryan ingus. have been confident with Joe (Ghan- Hawks a 3-1 lead on leadoff batter Stando and McVay had two hita apiecei Besco (Westland John Glenn) hit "We don't have as many kids in this nam), too." Blake Boesky's sacrifice fly to left field. "I think we had a pretty good team .500 in the Big Ten baseball tourna school, but the kids we do have come Rabe gave up two runs on two hits "The ball wasn't hit very deep, but effort all the way around," Weingarden ment, going-nine for 18 with four dou out to play. It's a credit to the summer' and two walks in the first inning, but Hadley has good speed and they didn't said. "Three or four weeks ago we bles, one triple, two homers and eight .leagues around here that they're very he held Harrison to just two hits over make a good throw home," Herrington decided we had to win every game, and RBI. fundamentally sound." the last five. He finished with eight said, adding Hadley has been outstand we won eight in a row to win the divi Besco is hitting .299 overall with 23 Stevenson had a 7-4 edge in hits, but strikeouts and five walks. ing at third base. "He was a backup sion. doubles, six homers and 39 RBI. Harrison had an otherwise strong "Roy got through the first inning and shortstop and moving him to third was "We're very proud of that, because Michigan (32-28 overall) won the pitching performance from senior Zach settled down,* Stevenson coach Harvey one of the best moves of the year." it's been a long time since that hap tournament with a 3-1 record, capped Burton, who struck out 11 and didn't Weingarden said, "and, for the most Stevenson threatened again in the pened at Stevenson." by a 12-11 victory in the champi onship final over host Minnesota. UM will-meet top- seed-Galiforma- State-Fullerton (44-11) in the first round of the NCAA regional, 3 p.m. Friday in South Bend, Ind. •Michigan State University sophomore' Paul Terek (Livonia Franklin) finished second in the decathlon (7,225 points) at Lady wood also advances DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER the Big Ten men's track and field champi-$ onships last weekend in Minneapolis. The matchup Livonia Churchill and Livonia 5:30 p.m. Friday at Ladywood. Terek', who bettered his mark by 19 Stevenson wanted, but never got in the regular sea Ladywood is now 5-11-1 overati. points from a year ago, was runner-up to son is here, and there's a much greater prize at Sophomore Stefanie Stachura scored two goals, one unassist the Gophers' Ben Jensen (7,649 points). stake: a district championship. ed, and contributing one goal each were Lauren A/nold. Melissa Terek cleared 6 feet, 3% inches' for a per The two area powers in girls soccer will meet in the Harakas, Megan Sheffetly, Katie Rozum and Andrea Shimmel. sonal best in the high jump. Division I district final at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Livonia Tina Lopez and Jennie Bartkowiak assisted on two goals each Franklin. and Harakas earned one assist. Sophomore goalkeeper Liz Obrecht earned the shutout. St. Damian unbeaten . Their regular season game was rained out and no *My team is^starting four freshmen {Rozum. Bartkowiak. The junior varsity girls Softball make-up could be arranged so this is the first meet Obrecht and Kristin Whalen) and three sophomores (Stachurd. team (grades 5-6) from St. Damian ing of the year for the two „teams.i Harakas and Jenny Drabik) and growing together great." Lady Parish in Westland finished undefeat Churchill earned a befthrin the championship wood first-year coach Jill Logsdon said. "It took us awhile to ed to win the West Division title in game with a 3-0 win over Garden City in Wednes bond and work together as a team. I think we have a good the Catholic Youth Organization's day's district semifinal at Garden City Junior High. chance in the final, definitely.-Now that we have;.a few wins under our belt we're more confident than ever before." West Division. Two-time defending state champion Stevenson .beat visiting Westland John Glenn, 7-0, in the other Thurston bowed out at 5-9-1 overall. Members of the Chargers, coached •JOHN GLENN 9, FRANKLIN 2: Sarah Pack notched a hal trick by Don* Papke, include: Amanda district semifinal on Wednesday. "I'm pretty confident in our offense, but we have to Monday as host Westland John Glenn (7-6-3 overati) opened Drv) Butrey, Julie Collins, Meaghan Gar- sion I state tournament action by beating Livonia Franklin (0-13 butt, Rebecca Garbutt, Karen buckle down defensively," Churchill coach Chad 2 overall) for the second time this season. Hiskett, Rachel Jachym, Monica Juco, Campau said. "The key is to play physical and tough Glenn also had two goals and three "assists each from Katie Morgan Papke, Casey Petras, Chelsea defensively. We'll definitely be ready to play." Krause and Lacey Catarino. Val Kurzynski chipped m with two Ritz, Melissa Russell, Liz Sergison, Churchill senior forward Stacey Supanich scored goals and one assist. Emily Strong, Kelly Williams and two goals,, one on a penalty kick, and assisted on Glenn also won an earlier matchup between the two teams. 9 Rebekah Zurenko. another. 1. Junior midfielder Renee Kashawlic scored a goal On Friday. Glenn tied visiting Belleville. 2 2. as Krause and Assistant coaches include Ron Kurzynski scored goats. Nicote Panyard drew an assist. Butrey and Martha Papke. and Michelle Smith collected an assist for the Charg ers, 9-5-1 overall. On Wednesday, Glenn blanked Watled Lake Western in a After a scoreless first half, the Chargers scored 10 WLAA crossover, 4-0. Catarino ted the way with two goals and AAU Jamboree hoops. minutes into the second half on a goal by Kushawlic, one assist. Krause had one goal and one assist, while Kurrynski tallied The Michigan AAU boys basketball assisted by Supanich. the other goal; • STATT PBOTO BV TOM HAWLTT state final four jamboree weekend The lead grew to 2-0 when Supanich converted a •GARDEN CITY 4, WAYNE 0: Lindsay Kinast tallied a pair Of will start tonight at Schoolcraft Col penalty kick after the hard work by Kersten Conklin, Side-stepping: Wayne Memorials Toni goals Monday to lead the host Cougars (94-3 overall) to the Divi lege auxiliary and main gyms. who was pulled down in the box to earn the Chargers Watson (right) tries to fend off Garden sion I district triumph over Wayne Memorial (7-7-2 overall). In the 17-and-under division, the . a free shot: Dawn Sanders added one goal and one assist. Rose Sanborn Grand Rapids'Storm will play the Supanich finished the scoring with an insurance City's Kristen Hubbard in Monday's 4-0 scored the other Garden City goal, while Kelly Upton contributed Farmington Express and Team Michi goal with eight minutes left, assisted.by Smith. opening-round district loss. two assists. gan Gold will face the Tri-County Goalkeeper Jennifer pabon made three saves for Goalkeeper Jessica Pappas made four saves to notch the Cobras at„t]tie 6 p.m. followed by the the shutout. during a trip May 14-15 to Chicago. She played 10 shutout. "Garden City played with a little more intensity minutes at outside midfield. GC also won an earlier meeting between the two teams. 30, 19-and-under games between Team • LADYWOOO 5, REDFORD UNION 0: Melissa Harakas arid Detroit vs. Michigan Mustangs and than we did in the first half," Campau'said. "We pos "Lindsay should be ready to go," Stevenson coach Jim Kimble said. "She should be about 85 to 90 per Katie Rozum each scored twice Monday, leading Livonia Lady Team Michigan vs. Grand Rapids sessed the ball real wfell, just kind of fell apart when wood (4-11-1 overall) to the Division ll district victory over ho$t Magic. we got in the offensive end. The second half we did a cent. We're pretty healthy all around aside-'from Lindsay." Bedford Union (2-13-3). Action continues, beginning at 7 much better job matching their intensity." Harakas scored the game-winner in the opening half as Lady p.m. Friday; 9 a.m."Saturday and 9 . Stevenson, now'11-^-1 overall, got two goals apiece And'how will tl\e Spartans attack Churchill? wood led 10. Stefane Stachura added a second-half goal. a.m. Sunday, The 14- and 13-and- from Dana White and, Michelle Vettraino, while And\, "It's 119 secret, we'll look for Conklin, she's their go Goalkeeper Liz Obrect recorded her first shutout of the year r»s under age groups also also involved. Sied and Megan Urbf ts also stood out with one goal to player," Kimble said. "The key is our focus, our the Blazers made it two straight victories. and one assist apiece. Beth Poulos also scored a goaV attitude and how we go into the game. Center midfielder Jenny Gartkowink also turned In a stellar pej- To submit items for the Observer while Sarah Wittrock contributed two assists. "It's our prom night and if get any distractions, formance. • '•' •-'•: '••>,• Goalkeepers Lesley Hooker and Kntherine Koch then we'll be in for a dogfight," •Jenny controlled the game at rhldfleW'L'Mywcod firtt-year Sports Scene write to: Brad Emons, coach Jill Logsdon said. 'She won bdls lrV<«e#v)i>S ^p€«»E^ BiaEJtjT J TheOb§erver&.$ccentric/THURSDAY, MAY27, 1999 4 ran Wi-jxK A FIELD PERFORMANCES 1~ ';-.: .MU«i;^i.JW The girls track season just Liggett, 59; Rochester Hills Chelsea Romero, Bekah hurdles,* 17.5; Hughes, 330 hur keeps getting better and better Lutheran Northwest, 36; Harper Hoffmeier, Hana Hughes and dles, 50.2; Jung, 880, 2:38.5. for-Lutheran High Westiand. Woods Lutheran East, 13; Livo Krissy Rose finished first in Thirds were garnered by Carly On the heels of their regional nia Clarenceville, 9; Harper 1:56.7. The mile relay foursome Higgins, discus, 87-3; Hoffmeier. high jump, 4-5; Rolf, 330 hur P!u'rii;:bin;.g & HonMnrj conquest Saturday at Almont, Woods, 6; and Hamtramck, 2. of Jung, Hoffmeier, Rose and the Lady Warriors completed a Tess Kuehne led Lutheran" Hughes was also victorious in dles, 53.5; Rose, 440, 1:06.6. perfect Metro Conference season Westiand with firsts in the mile- 4:30.8. Fourth-place finishers includ BATH and KITCHEN REMODELING by running away from the nine- and two-mile runs with times of The Warriors alsb took a sec ed Anna Schwecke in the discus (84-10) and Romero in the 220 team field Tuesday at home. 5:42.2 and 12:47.8, respectively. ond in the 400 relay with • Licensed (28.7). Lutheran Westiand, winning She also teamed up with Jessica Romero, Sarah Vetting, Karen Master Plumber Among the fifths: Schwecke, three of four relay events, led the Montgomery, Erin Jung and Abramczyk and Anna Rolf were • Ceramic Tile shot put, 30-4/4; Abramczyk, high Aimee Anthony to win the two clocked in 55.7. Installed way with 171 points followed by jump, 4-5; Sales, long jump, 13- Quality Materials runner-up Bloomfield Hills mile relay (11:01.0); Individual seconds went to 7; Melanie Marshall, pole vault. and Workmanship Kingswood with 135. Teammate Jen Dash added a Amand Sales, high jump, 4-7; 6-0; Anthony, 880, 2:50.4; Mont Rounding out the field was first in the discus (106 feet, 11 Rolf, long jump, 14-10%; gomery, two mile, 14:29\2. Macomb Lutheran North, 85; inches). Hoffmeier and Kelly Clark, (tie) Sixth place finishers for the Grosse Pointe Woods Universilv- The 880-yard relay quartet of pole vault, 7-0 each; Rolf, 110 Warriors included: Higgins, shot put, 29-ll'4; Jodi Rolf, long jump. 13-2; Jessica Gomulka, 440. 1:10.1; Mary Ebendick. mile 6:26.4; and Holly Foreman, two FREE ESTIMATES mile, 14:46.2. Visit Our Ful Kitchen and CLASS C REGIONAL Bath Showroom GIRLS TRACK RESULTS May 32 «t Almont TEAM STANDINGS; 1. Lutheran Westl.vxJ. (Sam* location sine* 1975) •108 points; 2. Almont. 77: 3 Southfieid Chris 34224 Michigan Avenue tian. 72: 4. Detroit DePorres. 70. 5. Grosse t~~l Pointe Woods Uniyersity-Llj^ett, 43. 6 Red rwr Wayne, Michigan 48184 ford Bishop Borgess, 42: 7. Detroit Benedic- tine. 39: 8. Detroit Dominican. 18: 9. Detron 2BD <*nmtim*m+r—» fartn* HaMpUn(«N*na)aWV4 \, *et of boy* (MM tejatl UH$ Sale} PVM|Kv to RyoBOaj*»>rnjxt Lutheran High Westland won Andy Moldenhauer and Richard events. He also teamed up with Clarenceville. 1. 880 relty: 2. Lutheran Westlarx), 1:42.3: m*» LrvonjajCJ«re.r«evijle. 0 each. the dual meet season crown, but Wilson combined for a first in NuojTer, Clark and Moldenhauer Lirtheran Westlantf flnisrters r*tay:i: Lutheran Westlarxl (Comfis. Doherty. uiy>eren weeoena leeeners Macomb Lutheran North came the 440 relay. for a state qualifying time of Shot put: 1. Rose. 40 feet, 7 inches; 3. Ra«. Moldenhauer). 3:42.7; 2 mil* relay; 2. (top 2 eeaKfy. tor etate rmet) back Tuesday to steal some of ' The foursome of Justin Combs, 1:33.5 en route to a third-place Fackler. 3S-10: 6. ^ScLaughlin. 36-5: dlwus: Lutheran Westland. 9:04.3. Shot pet: 5. 8rian Rose, 39 feet. 5 inches: • 2. Rose, 118-4; high Jump: 3. Soos. 5-5; 4. the host Warriors' thunder by Nick Doherty, Matt Rae and finish in the 800 relay. CLASS C SOTS TRACK dlecae: 3. Rose. 116-4^ hajti jump: 5; (3-v>a-/ • winning the Metro Conference Moldenhauer added a victory in Other state qualifiers included Wilson. 5-3; 5. Combs. 5-3; long Jump: 1. REOWNAL RESULTS tie-) Brian Soos. 5 7; long Jump: 1. Ryan , boys track meet, 183-177. the mile relay. Jason Davis and Steve Richert Ollinger. 19-8V 3. Moldenhauer. 17-9S; pole May 22 et Almont Ollinger. 19-6: pole veutt: 1. Jason Oavis, 10-"f The two schools will share the Brian Rose tossed the shot put (pole vault) and Matt Rae (800 v»ult: 3. Davis. 10-0: 4. Richert. 10-0; 5. TEAM STANDINOS: 1. Detroit DePorres. 6: 2. Steve Richert. 10-6. lir>met*r bardlee; ; conference title after splitting 40 feet, 7 inches to claim an indi run). Noel. 9-6: 120-Yerti hurdte*: 1. Ollinger. 16.2; Ill points; 2. Lutheran Westland. 87\ 3. 1. Ollinger. 14.4: 300 hurdlei: 1. Ollinger, ' the two portions of the season. vidual title for Lutheran West- METRO CONFERENCE Noel. 16.5: 4. Doherty. 17.5; 3S0 hur**»: 1. Detroit Loyola. 58: 4 Alten Park Cabhni. 51S; 42 3: 5 Davis. 45 7; S00: 1 Matt Rae. Lutheran Westland was led by land. BOYS TRACK MEET Oifmger. 43.0: 3. Doherty. 45.4; 100 de*h: 2. 5. Rec?ford Bishop Borgess. 3&\: 6 Almont. 2:09.7: 3,200: 4. Jason McFall. 11:03.2: 400 '. Ryan Ollinger, who swept the On Saturday, the Warriors May 25 at lirtheran Westland Clark. 1^.0: 4. Nuoffer. 11.3; 220: 2. Cl3rk. 36: 7. Detroit Benedictine. 31: 8 Detroit tMty: 5. Lutheran Westland, 46.3: 800 reter long jump, 120-yard high hur traveled to Almont where they TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Macomb LuthVffn'. 24.0: 4 Ollinger. 24s3: 5. Wilson, 24.6: 6. Communication & Media Arts. 30; 9. Grosse 3 Lutheran Westland (Jake Nuoffer. Mike dles and 330-yard intermediate finished runner-up in the Class 183 points: 2. Lutheran Westland. 177: 3. Ragland (Clarenceville). 25.0: 440: 4. Combs. Pointe Woods University-Lig£ett. 22. 10. Clark. Andy Moldennauer. Otiingeri. 1 33 5 • Bloomfield Hills CranCrook, 64. 4. Grosse 55.3; 880; 6 Voigt. 2:18 0: 2 mile: 6. McFall. Harper woods. 14; 11 itte) Southfieid Chris i SQ : 1,600 relay: 3. Lutheran Westland. hurdles. C regional to Detroit St. Martin Porrtte Woods University Liggett. 40: 5. Harp The Warriors also captured a DePorres, 111-87.3. 11:17.6: 440 relay: 1. Lutheran Westland tian and Detroit Crockett, 12 each; 13. Roya! 3:41.4; 3,200 reley: 4. Lutheran Westland er Woods. 23. 6. (tie! Rochester Hills Luther (Nuoffer. Clark, Moldenhauer. Wilson). 46.5: Oak Snrine. 8: 14. [tiei Detroit Commerce and *:56.0 (SQ): provisior^a) State Qualifying time pair of relays. Ollinger captured both the an Northwest, Harper Woods Lutheran East. Jake Nuoffer, Mike Clark, 110- and 300-meter hurdles W each: 8. Hamuamck. 7; 9. 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And while he's definitely same honors — except he was A Cathettt S* ^S"^^S>piS^^P 9^^^P*S^S^V^r SW, S»B^^» ^p^W^^B aM^^BafS^ *C^^P ^iSj*j|P, f|^B^BaBS^f part of the 'family*, it'll take first-team all-state. • GIRLS SOFTBALL Tkfc ahwayi carefal about streksung,"'Saltoc some long-distance recruiting "He's one of the best, slashers «ft% just one of those thing* Jfeat into a hotbed of collegiate bas ****** we've seen among the high ~\ hall h« hack in a few days.* ketball. Southfield Christian's six-run DIVISION I REGIONAL BOYS TENNIS DIVISION 1 Ben Bartlett (PS), 6-1-. 6-0; Wu def. BOYS TENNIS REGIONAL Ben Luong (LC),6-2, 6-3. May 21 at Ann Arbor Pioneer No. 4: David Atallah (RCC) def. TEAM STANDINGS (top 3 qualify for Alan Chu (AAH), 7-6, 6-1; semifinals: state meet): 1. Ann Arbor Pioneer. 24 Chu def. Mike Lang (B), 6-2, 6-2; Atal points; 2. Ann Arbor Huron, 20; 3. lah def. Julian Darwalt (AAP), 7-6. 7-5. Redford Catholic,Central, 17; 4. Livo No. 1 doubles: J.D. 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'l^jltffHf WWPS ^^Mfaa^ JMaaWJ" events, both by senior thrower 3,200 run (9:51.97) and fourth in ^^•^W^W^^t j Class A regional at Redford Nick Brzexinski, Redford the 1,600 run (4:39.03). pIBfnt M)M#4v^ 9* wt0Qm Mvi^fcA* £iafw>p ' . OWawi ,___, : Union. Catholic Central won its third- Jim Curtiss was added to the ' •"•!»* f»i-*te* fwwNwtafOCKSM; •*.- •%044*, toimimm,„ „ _ ,,„ Also, Alison Fillion was a third straight Catholic League A-B 3,200 meter relay, whidh fin **» M*ft« (Co. so-aV *tUu w«*i«t*y H^4fiCQl ww$ *WmlmtoVmi r place finisher for Churchill in division Boys Track Champi ished second (8:25.17). «$h'4*4fc '4. Man **C<* (PC). 4*4* ». *0A* ' ~V ••• /- ' "" the 3,200-meter run. onship Tuesday at Livonia Lady Jot* K*« (CO, 4740¾ ft. AUtlff Tarry (4rtH. "•^;4mi%i0^., . "It was a total team effort," CC 47-Jfc. • , W^^F^*T» HP^B^ (p^flf^J^iff^n .|P* Sa^K'^—mT_,^ WCSTLAND NBTTER TAKES 1ST hood. coach Tony Magni said. "Two mmmt X. Nte* ft«*Hn*( (CC). 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Earl Klugh, Kimmie Home JAZZY FESTIVALS Tickets $13 to • "V98.7 Smooth JaoFmt" - 3:30 p.m. to 11 $48, call (313) p.m. Friday, June 4,11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Satur 576-5111 or carry on the jazz tradition day, June 5, noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 6, www.detroit- Southfield Civic Center on the Village Green, BY HUGH GALLAGHER players at Northwestern and and that inspired me. I said, 26000 Evergreen Road at Civic Center Road. symphony.com STAFF WRITER Cass Tech, so many good musi That's what 1 want to do." ' MmlMion: Friday performances free for those [email protected] cians and many of them went Klugh and Home join an all- with entrance passes obtained through event on to play professionally," he sponsors. Entrance passes available at ail he Detroit area has always star lineup June 4-6 for the Co/Op Optical stores and participating been fertile ground for said. Y98.7 Smooth Jazz.Fe.st at the Ameritech Cellular locations. developing: musical talent, /For Detroit singer Kimmie Southfield' Civic Center. Home Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday perfor T Home inspiration came in the will perform Friday on a bill and many of those who make it mances are $18 each day, or $28 for both days. late '80s from an established with flutist Alexander Zonjic Saturday and Sunday tickets avaljable at Ticket- to the national stage decide to Detroitjnusic fixture. and guitarist Lee Ritenour. master outlets, or call(248) 645^5666. Fo> stay here and pass the tradition "It started about 10 years Klugh performs Saturday with more Information* call the V98.7 information along. : ago, I went to see a local per Tim Bowman, Diana Krall, Rick line, (248) 855-2400. the event hot line (734) Guitarist Earl Klugh of West former, Norma Jean Bell, and Braun, Peabo Bryson and 453-9157 or http://www.wattsupihc.com "- " Bloomfield remembers when he Keiko Matsui. Sunday features that was the first group I got ...^WM|aHlUE:;:...... ,, was a student at Mu.mford in involved with. After seeing all Syrb Gyra, Larry Carlton and a the late'60s and early 70s. the energy she possessed, I said night time evening of guitars Friday, JUM 4 "There were a. lot of great I want to do that," Home said.. • 3:30 p.m. Gates-ppen , '••'-_ "Also, it was a female doing it • 4:30 p.m. Randy Scott players at my school and great Please «ee SMOOTH, £2 "•• 5:30 p.m. Break • 6 p.m. Kimmie Home • 7 p.m. Break • 7:30 o.m. Alexander Zonjic • 9p.m!8reak Eddie Money (above) and • 9:30 p.m. Lee Ritenour Stewart Francke perform 7:30 • 11p.m. Show ends p.m. at Pine Knob Music The Saturday, Jim* 5 atre, 1-75 and Sashabaw • 11a.m. Gates open Road, Independence Town • Noon Tim Bowman • 1 p.m. Break ship. Tickets $12.50 pavilion, • 1:30 p.m. Diana Krall $7.50 lawn. Call (248) 377- > • 3 p.m. Break 0100 or visit • 3:30 p.m. Rick Braun • 5 p.m. Break Http: 11 www.palacenet.com for • 5:30 p.m. Keiko Matsui more information. • 7 p.m. Break • 7:30 p.m. Earl Klugh • 9 p.m. Break • 9:30 p.m. Peabo Bryson mm •.11p.m. Show ends :/ 'H'i* • Noon Gates open '», , ••' ' '*' \r'" '• •'.';'•" • 1 p.m. Straight Ahead -^4 • 2 p.m. Break 1-, y • 2:30 p.m. Brian Bromberg • 4 p.rru Break • 4:30 p.m. Spyro Gyra Kimmie Home • 6 p.m. Break • 6:30 p.m. Larry Carlton • 8 p.m. Break . . . ' • 8:30 p.m. Evening of Guitars andSaxes • 10 p.m. Show ends • Jazzfvtt '99 - Seventh annual festival 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 5, in the Ferndale High School Courtyard, 881 Pinecrest. All day . admission $5 per adult; $3 seniors/children; . children under age 6 are free. Bring blankets and lawn chairs to sit on. Call (248) 547-1700 Ext. 5115 for information. The pop band P.S. I Love You, Features professional, college, high school and featuring Dave Stroughter of middle school \azz bands including drummer Miguel Guterez with his group, Truth, the Henry Birmingham, performs 9 p.m. Ford Community College Jazz Band. Don Dale's at Memphis Smoke, 100 S. Duet, and the Troy Athens High School jazz Main St., Royal Oak. The band. show is free and open to those • Michigan Jazz Festival - Sunday, July 18. at ages 21 and older. Call (248) Schoolcraft College in Livonia. Father's Day 543-4300 for more informa Brunch with the Larry Nozero Quartet and guest artist Johnny Trudell, noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. tion. June 20. Waterman Center, Schoolcraft Coflege Livonia. Tickets $25 p?r person, proceeds bene fit the Michigan Jazz Festival. Call (248) 474- 2720 or (734) 459-2454 for details, i • Birmingham Jazzfatt - Thursday-Saturday, July 22-24, with performances by Marcus Bel- grave and the Detroit Jazz All Stars, Tim Weis- ADRIEL GIVENS/WARNER BROS. RKORDS berg, Kimmie Home, Randy Scott. Pamela Wise and the Afro Cuban All Stars. Ken Navarro, War Jazz legend;Guitarist EarlKlugh of West Bloomfield is part of an all-star line ren Hill and others, at Shaih Park and various up performing outdoors at the Village on the Green in Southfield during the Birmingham restaurants. For information call three-day, V98.7 Smooth JazzFest. (248) 433-FESJ after July 1. MUSEUMS Cranbrook's virtual roller coaster ride BY FRANK PROVKNZANO ed roller coaster, or those look six distinctive interactive dis STAFF WBITKR ing for a deeper appreciation of plays that examine the scientific WHAT: 'Scream [email protected] Machines: The Sci why roller coasters elicit thrills, and physiological reasons roller ence of Roller Coast Arriving at the apex of any .chills and a modified reassem- coaster riders are filled with ter ers* roller coaster ride, the routine is blage of breakfast, the Cran- ror and joy. WMtN: Saturday, May quite common: Take a deep gulp, brook Institute of Science will "We're looking at roller coast 29 to Monday, Sept. 6 choose your religion, hold unveil this Saturday, "Scream ers as sheer fascination," said WHOM: Cran brook oooooonnnnn and scream for Machines: The Science of Holler Larry Hutchinson, curator of Institute of Science. redemption. Coasters." exhibits. 1221 N. Woodward Or at least scream the name, No barf bags or minimum "There's a lot of science that Ave., Bloomfield Hills of the engineer who hopefully height regulation required. goes into it. You can fool your MOUM; 10 a.m. to 5 took all the necessary safety eyes and ears. From the pure p.m. dally, 10 a.m. to Reasons for the thrill 10 p.m. Friday precautions in designing the science side, you can respect the TICKmt $7/adults; roller coaster upon which you've In the days where virtual physics and physiology." $4/children (age* 3- tossed your fate - and possfhly experiences are becoming indis The exhibit includes: 17) ".. \ Screaming joy: Sheer terror your lunch. tinguishable from the real thing, • A massive roller coaster and fun of roller coaster Or not. the Institute of Science offers a model that simulates* the princi Call toll free 1-(877} For those who've only thought laboratory for vicarious and ver ples of gravity, momentum, 462-7262 Of /, rides is explored at Cran- about coming fnce-to-face with tigo-loving thrill seekers. www.crarrfxoofc.9du brook Institute of Science. the 5Cis oFKing's Islands' invert "Scream Machines" includes Please sco COAtTER, E2 V •t/ «PM wmmm ./•i ••»„•>».. The Observer & Eccentric* THURSDAY, MAY 27,1999 (N INSTITUTE OF IENCE CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCEENCt Free fall: The "G-Force" interactive display provides a first-hand experience for bicy cle riders to feel the pull of gravitational force. Coaster from page El kinetic and potential energy, scream; It's the ultimate con ing a roller coaster ride that God which are theorems considered frontation with self-imposed is a realistic alternative. in the design of loops and drops. fears where terror mingles with Two of the most popular places M Interactive displays to the sheer will power to tran in the Midwest offering roller demonstrate the effect of a roller scend one's fear. coaster thrills are Cedar Point in t, coaster ride on the inner ear and Of course, as people grow Sandusky, OTiio, and King's visual perception. older, they're less likely to seek Island, located outside of Cincin • A video that was filmed from physical thrills like riding a nati. the front cars of what are consid roller coaster, said Hutchinson. Cedar Point has 13 roller ered the worlds' five most "For most people, thrill seeking coasters, including the 24-story thrilling roller coasters. peaks during their late teenage Power Tower, and the Magnum • "G Force," a vertical bike years," he said. XL-200, which has a 205 foot hill loop whereby visitors can experi But "Scream Machines" offers and travels as fast as 72 mph. ence the gravitational pull while an opportunity to get in touch Meanwhile,'at King's Point, riding inside an 18-foot circular -with your daring side, said Face/Off - one of seven roller track. Hutchinson. coaster rides at the amusement "Scream Machine," which As part of the exhibit, a Zu'ck- park - is a descriptive reference arrived from the Ontario Science erman Personality Profile will to how th»-5Gs pull and twist at Centre in Toronto, makes its first provide a quick analysis of your body. The ri.de is attached U.S. appearance at Cranbrook. whether you are a thrill seeker. below the track, and riders sit The exhibit is expected to con While science can determine with their legs dangling in the tinue to travel to* other science the reasons for the thrill and the open air. Thrill seekers! There's a head-spinning, heart pounding institutes around the country. principles on which roller coast Leaving, of course, plenty of " ers are designed, ultimately, the room to scream. And perhaps, reason to make your Ultimate confrontation experience is the thing. unfortunately, more than enough A trip around a roller coaster Just ask any agnostic who room for lunch to be tossed isn't just an inducement to becomes suddenly convinced dur around. BBS Smooth from page El and saxes willi M«iu Alliums, *T would go to~ Baker's" Key- "When I read that I was hon Kirk Whalum, Peter White and board and hang out with Chick ored to be compared to two such Everette Harp. Corea and George Benson. They great people," Home said. "I The Institute of Science is the first U.S. venue for can get you going in a lot of dif strive to doa blend of different EarlKlugh ferent directions," he said. styles of music, their styles and SCREAM MAMIMES: Klugh has said he isn't a "jazz" By the time he was 15, Klugh even Tina Turner. Jazz, r&b and guitarist. He isn't all that com was recording with Yusef Lateef. blues." fortable with labels like New Age In 1973 he began touring with The Redford High School grad TflE SCIENCE OF KOltE* COASTERS or Smooth Jazz either. fellow guitarist Benson and later uate has been well received for "I guess labels, everybody" played briefly with Corea's her high energy singing and It's a hands-on, bod/es-on chance to take a wild ride through needs labels, but there are too Return to Forever. dancing and for her eclectic many," he said. ^1 don't think it Klugh has been a mentor for range. science that ranges from physics to physiology to the defines the music. It's more for others, as well. Redford pianist "The style of music I do goes marketing than for musicians. and composer Darryl Dybka from Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah psychology of thrill seeking. It's something they end up call toured with Klugh before moving Vaughan, music of the '30s and ing what I do, but I do a Wide to Nashville and credits him for '40s to the r&b styles of Stevie range of music and it's called helping him with his career. Wonder, Elvis Presley, Tina everything from fusion to new Klugh introduced Dybka to Chet Turner, Jackie Wilson," she said. Celebrate Friday Nights at Cranbrook Institute of Science and age." Atkins who recorded several of When she was growing up in When Klugh was growing up Dybka's numbers and took him the '80s, Home loved to listen to he heard a wide variety of music oh a sideman. Nat King Cole and Billie Holi Art Museum! Extended hours until 10 pm and discounted that influenced the direction of Klugh has been putting the day. She performed with Norma his playing toward the soft, intri finishing touches on a new CD •Jean Bell for three years and joint admission on Fridays from June 4 -August 13. cate and intimate acoustic sound he started, recording in Novem also sang backup for Anita that has become his trademark. ber. Baker. "My Mom and Dad listened to "For the lack of a better term, She's been performing as a Harry Belafonte, Nat King Cole, it's pop music," he said. solo act since 1994. This year Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sina Singer Roberta Flack makes a she'll sing at several area festi 1221 North Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48303.0801 tra. And my mom was from Mis guest appearance to sing a new vals. sissippi so she also listened to song co-written by Klugh, "Now Two miles north of downtown Birmingham country, Patsy Cline and people & Again." "During the summer, I always like that," Klugh said. Klugh's warm style has get into the summer festivals, For hours and admission call (toll free) In fact it was a musician most., " reached a wide and diverse audi Huntington Woods, Birmingham. associated with country music ence, though, he said, rarely the But I'm really looking forward to who became Klugh's first inapi. 20-somethings. the V98 Smooth Jazz Festival (1-877-462-7262) www:cranbrookedu ration and later a friend, guitar "When I was 23, 24, 25 it used and I was honored to be asked to legend Chet Atkins. to bug me because in my audi be a part of that," she snid* "He was the first person I ence ther* weren't many 20 year "Smooth Jazz is the style of heard who played the instru olds, they were all 30 and up. music I do and they've been very ment as a Soloist. At that time I Now I'm 45 and they're still 30 supportive."* '.. s? a®? was about 13 and it was great to and upVhe said. Home is completing a new CD 'hear someone play that well, I But he said he's encouraged by on her Sepia label set for rek'ase wanted to emulate what he was the swing revival that has drawn #in June. In addition to singing on Brought to you in part by , doing with the melody," Klugh young people into listening to the record, she has also written /said. . • ./ other kinds of music. the songs and co-produced with TH6 At his mother's encourage On June fl, Klugh's band will Jerry Carr. She said she draws ment, Klugh began playing include David Lee on keyboards, from her own life for her songs. dDbsmw ci Eccentric, piano. But, he said, he had want* Lorenzo Brown on percussion, "The first one, .'My Dream ?*»£*/ ed to play guitar from the time Ron Otis on drums, Al Turner of Come True/ well one dream is NEyvswpens he was 7 of 8 years old and. W bass, Al Duncan on keyboards this CD, it's been a goal of mine, heard the sound of Spanish and and Lenny Price on saxophone. co-producing, performing and classical guitar on the television. picking the right musicians for The tmrtfotf is dosed to the public September 7 - October 14,1W9 fdugh used his knowledge of the' music. Another song has the .jpiano to teach himself guitar. Klmmie Home title 'Singing Away" 'and that's for the final phase of buiWing renovations and new exhibit installation. Though he briefly took lessons On the SistaFruit Web site, what I'm doing, all the songs he is mostly self taught. Kimmle Horrie is described as relate to my life," she said. But it was exposure to jazz the spiritual quintessence of He* backup group features musicians that really turned Jackie Wilson and Josephine Leroy Hyter, William Whooten, Klugh into a profeseional musi Baker - a rich combination of Tango, Perry Hughes and Gene cian. '. • high energy and sophistication. Dunlap. «4 The Observer & Eccentric/nm\SDAY, MAY 27, 1999 (N0-0F*)E3 Cast sings Gershwin style Stagecrafters presents the final George and Ira's trunk and be the theatre-owner's daughter The 10 tapping chorus girls Main Stage show of the 1998-99 able to pick and choose from Polly (Tracy Murray) and con certainly qualify as a group co- season, "Crazy for You," featuring such immortals as "Someone to cocts a plan to save the theatre: star. Choreographer Valerie music and lyrics by George and Watch Over Me," "Embraceable "All we have to do is put on a Mould has done it again, infus Ira Gershwin, book by Ken Lud- You,""! Got Rhythm,""Nice Work show — Mickey Rooney does it ing the gypsies with her trade wig, through June 6 at the his If You Can Get It"...oh go ahead all the time!" mark high-octane energy that toric Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. and sing, we'll wait. Standing in his way is evil peaks in "I've Got Rhythm" but Lafayette, Royal Oak. Perfor But right there, that's the landowner Lank (Rob Stalder), is never lacking in that '30s mances 8 p.m. with the exception dilemma. It would have been who vows "I'll stop this show if enthusiasm. The cowboys', too, of 2 p.m. Sunday. \ easy, and maybe better, to let the it's the last thing I ever do!" He are a cut above your typical com Tickets are $12-$14, call (248) songs stand by themselves in a says that. Really. Then there's munity theatre male chorus; 541-6430. A special dinner the review format, Jazz great Louis Bobby's fiancee Irene (Diana they harmonize well and don't ater package is available from Jordan was saluted that way Geralt) and Ziegfeldsian produc look like they had nothing better Illusions Bar & Grill in down with "Five Guys Named Moe." er Bela Zangler (Marc Meyers) to do. town Royal Oak, call (248) 586- Rock 'n roll songsters Lieber and who arrive at just the wrong Priscilla Benson's orchestra 1313. Stoller had their catalog paraded moments. You get the idea. To lends flawless support, with spe Trip to Neverland: Joey Syfcee as Peter and Came BYJONKATZ in "Smokey Joe's Cafe." No book, quote Oscar Hammerstein, "the cial kudos to the pit saloon LaFerle as Wendy lead the cast of "Peter Pan." SPECIAL WRITER no lines, just wonderful songs. corn is as high..." pianist. The "follies" costumes The idea seemed foolproof: But then again, do you feel It's the songs, then, that stand earn their own audience appreci take twenty old Gershwin tunes, shortchanged? the test of time, and this cast ation. In all, director Shar Dou tie them together with a new Instead, we get a Fred does them with verve, sparkle glas offers a well-assembled pro* book by Ken Ludwig ("Lend Me Astaire/Ginger Rogers plot and warmth. Jeff Drewno is duction that is generally tight, A Tenor") and collect your Tony involving inept New York every inch the song-and-dance- often outstanding, and pulled Area universities awards. And that's just about banker's son Bobby (Jeff man his Bobby aspires to be. down only in moments of goofi- how it happened, as "Crazy For Drewno), who has other career "They Can't Take That Away ness like an overly long drunk You" won 1992's Best Musical plans ("I wanna dance. I don't From Me" is one for the highlight scene. honor. care about money.") He's sent film. Tracy Murray is best when offer youth classics Well I like a'Gershwin tune — way out west to Deadrock, Neva the cast clears the stage for her So "who could ask for anything how abput you? And it must da, to foreclose on the town's the to render eloquently winsome more?" Maybe a Mel Brooks have been nirvana to open up ater/post office. There he meets versions of "Someone to Watch book. That's it: "Blazing Gersh Oakland University's Depart Hook), and Laura Moss and falls instantly in love with Over Me" and "But Not For Me." win." ment of Music, Theatre and (Liza/Pirate/Mermaid/Indian). Dance presents "Peter Pan" by The Lost Boys are portrayed J.M. Barrie, in Meadow Brook by Adam Granke, Pat Butcher of Theatre, on the Oakland Univer Rochester, Courtney Presley of sity campus, June 2-5. Oxford, Heather Whitfield, Con- Performances 10 a.m. Wednes cetta LaMacchio of Birmingham, day, June 2-Friday, June 4, 7 and Theresa CataTfio. p.m. Friday, June 4 and 10 a.m. Completing the cast are Cassan and 7 p.m. Saturday, June 5. dra Svacha.(Smee), Scott Daniel Tickets are $10 general, $8 Vance (Starkey) of Rochester seniors and $5 students. Call Hills, Matt Omans (Panther, (248) 370-3300 for reservations, Pirate/Bird), Jessica Elwart (Indi or Ticketmaster (248) 645-6666. an/Pirate/Mermaid) and Heidi For groups of 20 or more, call Marie Brown (Nana the dog/Indi (248) 370-2030. an/Pirate) of Clarkston. "Peter Pan" the fairy-tale by The technical staff includes Sir James Matthew Barrie has students Chuck Charbeneau captivated children and adults (stage manager, assistant direc alike since 1903. tor), Andrea Smith (lighting The title character has become designer) and Corrie Shotwell symbolic for perpetual childhood (prop coordinator). and colorful supporting charac OU staff members Brian Dam- ters like Wendy, Tinkerbell and abacher and Suzanne Hanna are Captain Hook have also become scenic designer andcostume a part of the cultural lexicon. designer. The original play, upon which this production is based, has Pocahontas inspired musical and movie Wayne State University's adaptations that are still popu Department of Theatre is pre lar today. senting "Pocahontas" by Aurand Director Kerro Knox 3, Oak Harris, Thursday, June 24 land University Assistant Pro through Saturday, July 10 at the fessor, took a modern perspective Hilberry Theatre. 4743 Cass in casting by mixing up tradi Ave., Detroit. tional male/female roles. Performances 10:30 a.m. Mon- The Oakland University stu day-Friaay, and Saturday, July dent cast includes Joey Bybee 10; Thursday-Friday, June'24-25; (Peter Pan), Carrie LaFerle and Tuesday, July 6 through Sat (Wendy), Steven Price (John), urday, July 10. No performances Emily Pepper (Michael), Jen Monday-Tuesday, July 4-5. Smith (Tinkerbell), Caitlin Tickets $4 individuals; $3 Burke of Farmington Hills (Mrs. groups of 10 or more (1 compli -Darling/ Tiger Lily/ Pirate) mentary ticket per 10 for chaper- -ehratian-Maurii-e of Bluumfield. one). Call (313) 5W-aaa^4a; Hills (Mr. Darling/ Captain tickets. Church presents original play Mt Zion Church of Clarkston ties of several biblical characters presents "The Alabaster Vial," a including a brother, Lazarus, and musical play by Rick Bruderick of his two sisters, Mary and Lake Orion, a minister at the Martha. church, 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday. The script revolves around June 4-5 and 2 p.m. Saturday, Mary and the tragedy of inno June 5, at the church 4900 Maybee cence lost, but forgiveness and Road. Tickets $3, $10 first and sec mercy found. ond rows, call (248) 391-6166. 'The Alabaster Vial" will feature The three act musical play a large cast of actors, dancers, explores the human relationships, musicians and vocals from the lifestyles and individual personali- 4,000 member congregation. w^rm;^ W-'C^ At Spirit of Ford's Festival of the Future, you and your kids will be serenaded by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies Dazzled by Valentin and Katja from Cirque Du Soleil your rf\/t Mesmerized by a laser show and fireworks Not to mention, you'll be among the first :; ,VAVM«««W«««»^^ to take a peek inside Spirit of Ford, Best of all. your whole family can go for free. Just pick up passes at any Metro Detroit Ford. Lincoln, Mercury. Votvo. Jaguar or Mazda PRIME RIB DINNER dealership or any Farmer Jack's today Please call Spirit of Ford at 313-31 -SPIRIT for riMMMi a-w* r«a> •14,95 more information*. Festivities begin 6 30p m . Friday, May 28. across from Henry Ford SPIRIT Of FORI) |["172"olT^coiMrDiiiTier"l Museum & Greenfield Village' MITCH JWlionyou|mnlia*eanother rvpularlv JHIC^I | || diiiiH-r enlrec of equal or greater value! I IIOl'SKVS \Viil>G>ii|*>itOfIiT('; MMMM mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (tKH)F*)C4 The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MAY, 27,1999 ««£*s^¾¾¾^%¾^:*.••1¾¾^ • ?• •. ^^1¾¾¾ ^ •' A Guide to entertainment in the Metro Detroit area THEATER Sunday; May 30, Fifth Avenue 29, John Cowley & Sons Irish Tavern. Ballroom, 25750 Novi Road, Novi. 33338 Grand River, Farmington, $5 THE CENTURY THEATRE Free. 21 and older. (248) 735-4011 cover, call for reservations (248). ".Forbidden Hollywood," runs through SHEILA LANDIS TRIO 474-5941 Sunday, June 27, at the theater in the 7-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, June 4-5, JO NAB Gem/Century building, 333 Madison Tres Vite, 2203Woodward Ave., 9 p.m. Friday, June 4, The Deck Ave., Detroit. 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 Detroit. Free- All ages. (313) 471- above. The Second City, 2301 p.m. Wednesdays ($29.50), 7:30 3500 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Cover p.m. Thursdays ($29.50), 8:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE'S FAMILY charge. 21 and older. (313) 965- Fridays ($34.50), 6:30 p.m.~and 9:30 9500 (reggae) AFFAIR p.m. Saturdays ($34.50), i:30 p.m. SONS OF SEPHARAD 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 3, The Ark. Sundays ($29.50), and 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Thursday, May 27, joined by 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. $15 in Sundays ($24.50). (313) 962-2913 choir of third and fourth graders from advance. All ages. (734) 761-1800 DETROIT REPERTORY THEATER Adat Shalom's Beth Achim Religious (Jazz/funk) "Angelique," the story of the stave W'-il t ••* • ' ! •.••'* -.Ty k •* (• '-' 'JttJ^ 4^-4-^:¾^ &•" ^¾¾¾ Making contact: Please submit popular music items for publication to Christina Fuoco; all others to Linda Chomin, two weeks in advance to the'Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia'48150 or by fax (734) 591-7279 Continued from previous page Cherry Poppin' Daddies and acrobats pop) 9 p.m. Friday, June 4, Memphis ROYCE C JL. TJ Valentin and Katja pf Cirque du Solell, RONNIE DAWSON 5924/(734) 422-3415 Smoke, 100 S. Main St., Royal Oak. 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 3, Oxford NIGH T S at the center across from Henry Ford Celebrates release of CD with party Free. 21 and older. (248) 543-4300 Inn, 43317 E. Grand River Ave., Novi. Museum & Greenfield Village, 1151 and .performance, 8 p.m. Thursday, (blues) Free. 21 and older. (248) 305-5856 ALVIN'S COMEDY Village Road, Dearborn. Free, but June 3, Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward LEFTOVER SALMON (pop/rock) The Hush Party with resident DJs tickets required for admittance. Ave., Ferndale. $8 in advance. 18 and With Blueground Undergrass, 8 p.m. ^^^T»^% ^¾^^p^KM^P Melvin Hill and. Cent, 10 p.m. JOEY'S COMEDY CLUB (313) 317-7474 older. (248) 544-3030 or Sunday, May 30. Majestic, 4140 Mondays; and Club Color, featuring Ron Morey, 8 p.m. Thursday, May 20 8 p.m. Thursdays, Ma/ 27 and June CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM OF http://www.themaglcbag.com (rock Woodward Ave., Detroit. $15 in funk and disco. 8 p.m. Wednesdays ($5), and 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. 3, Fox and Hounds, 1560 Woodward AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY abilly) advance. 18 and older. (313) 833- (free before 10 p.m.), at the club. Friday-Saturday, May 21-22 ($12), at Ave.. Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages. Free concerts celebrate Black Music THE DETERANTS 9700 (jam rock/Cajun/bluegrass) '5756 Cass Ave., Detroit. $5. 18 and ! the club above Kicker's All American (248) 644-4800 (blues) Month 6-8 p.m. Fridays, June 4, With Jill Jack and Big Sam, 9:30 p.m. LES INCAPABLES older. (313) 832-2355 or Grill, 36071 Plymouth Road, Livonia. KRISTIN SAYER 111,18 and 25 on the museum's Friday, June 4, Blind Pig, 206-208 S. With Greenhorns,-9 p.m. Saturday, 1 http://www.alWflft.xtcom.com j Third Level Improv and new talent 9:30 p.m. Friday-SaJ.urday, May 28 lawn; "Discover Greatness: An FirsUSt., Ann Arbor. $5. 19 and older. May 29, Gold Dollar, 3129 Cass Ave., ARBOR BREWING COMPANY nights, 8 p.m. Sundays ($5). (734) 29. Mr. B's Farm, 24555 Novi Road, Illustrated History of Negro Leagues (734) 996-8555 (rock) Detroit. Cover charge. 21 and older. Latin dance night, 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 261-0555 Novi. Free. 21 and older. (248) 349- Baseball," a touring Negro League DIAMOND RIO (313) 833-6873 (French Canadian 7038 (funk/Motown) a.m. Tuesdays in June, at the restau JOEY'S COMEDY CLUB AT exhibit comprised of 90 black and With The Clark Experience, 8 p.m. garage band) JOHN SINCLAIR AND HIS BLUES rant/bar. 114 E. Washington St.. Ann PAISANO'S white photos, 10 oversized prints, Thursday, June 3, Clio Area JASON MAQEE SCHOLARS Arbor. Free. 21 and older. (734) 213-' Ruben-Ruben, 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and memorabilia such as pennants, Amphitheater, 301 Rogers Lodge Dr., 8 p.m. Friday, June 4, Borders Books 9 p.m. Thursday, May 27, Music 1393 or http:// www. May 28-29 ($10, $22.95 dinner show uniforms, and game-day posters, Clio. $26 reserved, $21 bleachers. and Music, 1122 S. Rochester Road, Menu, 511 Monroe St., Detroit's arborbrewing.com package); Walt Willey, who plays through Sunday, June 13, at the (810) 687-7611 or Rochester. Free. All ages. (248) 652- Greektown. Cover charge. 21 and BUND PIG, Jackson Montgomery on "All My museum, 315 E. Warren Ave., http://www.clioamp.org (country) 0558 (solo guitar) "Swing-a-billy" night with dance .Children," 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. older. (313) 964-6368 (blues) Detroit. $5, $3 for children ages 17 DOQSTAR MAGGIE, PIERCE AND EJ lessons and dancing. 8 p.m. Sundays^ Saturday, June 5 ($15, $27.95 dinner SLEATER-KINNEY and younger. (313)494-5800 Featuring bassist Keanu Reeves. 8 9 p.m. Friday, May 28, Gold Dollar, with DJ Del Villarreal, at the club, show package), at the club, 5070 With Versus, 9 p.m. Friday, June 4. YANKEE AIR MUSEUM p.m. Thursday, May 27, St. Andrew's 3129 Cass Ave., Detroit. Cover 206-208 S. First St., Ann Arbor. $5: Schaefer Road, Dearborn. (313) 584- Magic Stick in the Majestic, 4140 Memorial Day Observance offers Hall, 431 E. Congress, Detroit. $15 in charge. 21 and older. (313) 832- "Solar" spin off featuring Visionear, 8885 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $7 in museum tours, displays, used-book advance. All ages. (313) 961-MELT or 6873 or http://www.golddollar.com advance. 18 and older. (313) 833- Josh Mannis, Gustav Brown and DJ MARK RIDLEY'S COMEDY CASTLE sales, photographs and airplane http://www.96lmelt.com (rock) (eclectic rock) 9700 or http://www.99mustc.com Marathon, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Leo DuFour and Alyce Faye, Thursday- tours, 8 a.m. to 4 ptm. Monday, May DOMESTIC PROBLEMS MASCHINA (rock) June 2. $6. 18 and older. (734) 996-. Sunday, May 26-30: Kevin McPeek 31, at the museum. Beck Road, With Hello Dave, 9:30 p.m. Friday, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 29. Blind SPLENOER 8555 or http://www.Hntuit-solar.com and Jr. ftemick. Wednesday-Sunday, south of Ecorse Road, Gate 1 on the May 28, Blind Pig, 206-208 S. First Pig, 206-208 S. First St., Ann Arbor. With Shooter, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 1. CLUTCH CARGO'S/MILL STREET - June 2-6, at the club. 269 E. Fourth east side of Willow Run Airport. Free. St., Ann Arbor. $5. 19 and older. $5. 19 fend older. (734) 996-8555^ The Shelter below St. Andrew's Hall, •Flashback" night with "The Planet' St., Royal Oak. 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays $4, $2 children for pancake breakfast (734) 996-8555 (rock) (rock) 431 E. Congress, Detroit. $5. All WPLT on level two (Clutch Cargo's). - ($5), 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays- 8 a.m. to noon. (734) 483-4030 EKOOSTIK HOOKAH MINE ages. (313) 961:MELT or old school funk on level three, and Thursdays ($6), 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 8 p.m. Friday. June 4, Magic Bag. With Ridgemonte and The http://www.961melt.com (power techno and house on level four. 8:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays ($12), and 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. $10* Whoremoans, 10 p.m. Saturday, May roc*) p.m. Saturdays, at the club, 65 E. 7:30 p.m. Sundays ($6). Prices sub POPULAR in advance. 18 and older. (248} 544- 29, The Shelter below St. Andrew's SPATI Huron, Pontiac. Free before 9 p.m. 21 ject to change. (248) 542-9900 or TVl TJ S I Q 3030 or hup:// www. themagicbag. Hall. 431 E. Congress, Detroit. $5. With Church of the Open Bottle. and older; Alternative dance night. 8 http://www.comedycastle.com ALBERTA ADAMS ~~ com (jam rock) 18 and older. (313) 961-MELT or Twitch and Bent, 9 p.m. Wednesday, p.m. Wednesdays in Clutch Cargo's. CHRtS ROCK 9 p.m. Thursday, June 3. Music Menu, ELTOPO http://www.961melt.com (rock) June 2, On the Rocks, 16117 Mack . 18 and older. (248) 333-2362 or 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 29, Fox 511 Monroe St.. Detroit's Greektown. Celebrates release of CD with party EDDIE MONEY Ave., Grosse Pointe Park. Free. 21 http://www.961melt.com Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Cover charge. 21 and older. (313) and performance, with special guests With Stewart Francke. 7:30 p.m. and older. (313) 882-6440 (variety) GOLD DOLLAR Detroit. $75, $37.50 and $45. All 964-6368 (blues) Taproot and Crack Abraham, 9:30 Saturday, May 29, Pine Knob Music STRUNG OUT Hip-hop and dancehall reggae dance ages. (248) 433-1515 THE ALLIGATORS p.m. Thursday, May 27, Blind Pig, Theatre, 1-75 and Sashabaw Road, With Hot Water Music, Leatherface night with OJ Chino. 8 p.m. SECOND CITY 9 p.m. Friday, May 28,.The Lower 206-208 S. First St.. Ann Arbor. $4. independence Township. $12.50 and 6 Going on 7, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Wednesdays at the club, 3129 Cass 'Impeachment and Cream," through Town Grill, 195 W. Liberty St.. 19 and older. (734) 996-8555 (rock) pavilion. $7.50 lawn. All ages. (248) June 4, the Shelter below St. Ave., Detroit. Cover charge. 21 and May, at the club, 2301 Woodward Plymouth. Cover charge. 21 and EVEN KEEL 377-0100 or Andrew's Hall, 431 E. Congress. older. (313) 833-6873 or Ave., Detroit. 8 p.m. Wednesdays- older. (734) 451-1213 (blues) 8 p.m. Friday, May 28, Borders Books http://www.palacenet.com (rock) Detroit. $8 in advance, $10 day of http://www.golddollar.com Sundays, a/id 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. AVAIL and Music, 1122 S. Rochester Road, MUDPUPPY show. Ad ages. (313) 961-MELT or THE GROOVE ROOM Fridays-Saturdays. $10 Wednesdays, With By All Means and Boy Sets Fire. Rochester. Free. All ages. (248) 652 -Celebrates release of CD "One Night http://www.961melt.com (rock) Funk, hip-hop and top 40 with DJ Mac Thursdays, Sundays, $17.50 on 6 p.m. Friday, May 28, St. Andrew's 0558 (pop/folk) Only," 9 p.m. Thursday, May 27, Fifth SUGARFOOT D. Thursdays. Women admitted free: Fridays, and $19.50 on Saturdays; Mall. 431 E. Congress, Detroit. $8 in THE REV. MARC FALCONBERRY Avenue Ballroom, 25750 Novi Road, 9 p.m. Sunday, May 30, Music Menu. "Love Factory" alternative dance "Alternative Mondays* with "Funny advance.'AII ages. (313) 961-MELT or 6:30"p.m. Saturday, May 29, Van Novi. Free. 21 and older. (248J 735- 511 Monroe St.. Detroit's Greektown. night Fridays: Alternative dance wi'th Like Cancer," 8 p.m. Mondays http://www.961melt.com (punk) Gogh's Starry Night Lounge, 27909 4011; 9 p.m. Saturday/May 29. Cover charge. 21 and older. (313) Di Matt Saturdays: Alternative dance through June. $8; Improv Jammers, JOCELYN B. Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. Rochester Mills Beer Co.. 400 Water Tuesdays: gothic. industrial and retro 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. $5. (313) 965- 964-6368 (funk) 10 p.m, Friday-Saturday. June 4-5, Free. 21 and older. (248) 324-0400 St.. Rochester. Free. 21 and older. with DJ Paul Wednesdays. Free, at 2222 SUN MESSSENGERS Oxford Inn, 43317 E. Grand River the club. 1815 N Main St. (at 12 THE GHETTO BILUES (248) 650-5060 (blues) 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 27, Oxford ; Ave.. Novi. $5. 21 and oider. (248) Mtle Road) Royal Oak. Free before With Tayacan, 8 p.m. Saturday. May MYSTERY TRAIN WITH JIM Inn Tavern. 43317 E. Grand River MUSEUMS AND 305-5856 (blues) MCCARTY 10 p.m. nightly. 21 and otder. (248) 29. Magic 8ag, 22920 Woodward Ave.. Novi. Free. 21 and older. (248) TOURS BARE JR. 589-3344 or http.Z/www.thegroove- Ave.. Ferndale. $5. 18 and older. 9 p.m. Friday. June 4, Lower Town 305-5856; 9 p.m. Friday. May 28. The With Old Pike. 9 p.m. Thursday, May room.com CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF - Grill, 195 W. Liberty St.. Plymouth. Alley behind Main Street Billiards. 27, 7th House, 7 N. Saginaw. (248) 544-3030 or SCIENCE AND ART MUSEUM Cover charge. 21 and older. (734) 215 S. Main St. Rochester. Free. 21 LA BOOM TEEN NIGHTCLUB Pontiac. $6 in advance. $7 day of http://www.themagicbag.com (funny 451-1213 (R&B) and older. (248) 652-8441 (R&B) Dance night for teens ages 15-19, 8 Extends their Friday evening hours 5- show. 18 and older. (248) 335-8100 rock) STEVE NARDELLA JIMMY THACKERY AND THE p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays 10 p.m. from June 4 to Aug. 13 with or http://www.96lmelt.com (rock) GRR 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 28-29, DRIVERS , at the club, 1172 N. Pontiac Trail. a discounted joint admission, at the BUCK BEAUTY 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. June 2, Oxford Fox and Hounds, 1560 Woodward 8 p.m. Saturday. May 29, The Ark. Walled Lake. Ages 15-19. '248) 926- art museum visit "Contemporary Art 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 28, Rochester Inn. 43317 E. Grand River Ave., Novi. Ave., Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages. 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. $12.50. 9960 from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Mills Beer Co.. 400 Water St., Free. 21 and older. (248) 305-5856 (248) 644-4800 (rockabilly) ' All ages. (734) 761-1451 or MAJESTIC THEATRE CENTER Utopian Island, (248) 645-3361. at Rochester, Free. 21 and older. (248) [rock) 19 WHEELS http://www.a2ark.org (blues) 'Good Sounds." with music Dy The the institute take a wild ride through 650-5060; With Tfiornetta Davis, 9 THE GRUESOMES 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, The Alley THOUGHTS OF IONESC0 Tonehead Collective and images by science in "Scream Machines: The p.m. Wednesdays, Music Menu, 511 With Soot and Lord Mudd, 9:30 p.m. behind Main Street Billiards. 215 S. With Madison and Malakhai. 5 p.m. Thomas Video. 9 p.m. Fridays at Science of Roller Coasters," also per Monroe St.. Detroit's Greektown. Thursday. June 3. Blind Pig, 206-208 Main St., Rochester. Free. 21 and Saturday. May 29. The Shelter below Magic Stick. 18 and older. Free: manent exhibit "Our Dynamic Earth," Cover charge. 21 and older. (313) S. First St.. Ann Arbor. $4. 19 and older. (248) 652-8441 {roots rock) St. Andrew's Hall. 431 E. Congress. "Work Release,"'Rock n Bowl happy and also planetarium and lasera pro 964-6368 (rockabilly) older. (734) 9963555 (rock) grams, 1221 N. Woodward, HARRINGTON BROTHERS OPEN SPACES Detroit. $5. All ages. (313) 961-ME.LT hour with bowling, music and compli- >ZAREV1EW: / Bfoomfieid HiflsTT8y7r4"62-726T 9 p.m.'thursdav.*Mav" 27, Fifth ]rqrJ?ltP\ /WMuwJaJaji^lt^fytLJii».ikt I rtw^aryftyyl^frnm-thp MaygSttt Cdfc With My Brother's Dream. Goat, 8 pm. Tuesday,.June 1. Fox and ACUAIV ri*irti/*r /^rfciTUP Avenue, 215 W, Fifth Ave.. Royal THREE FISH 5-8 p.m. Fridays at Garden Bowl. $6. DETROIT' SCrcnut CcNTcn Jessica Kamara, Kas Serenity, Miyon Hounds, 1560 Woodward Ave., 5 Oak. Free. 21 and Older. (248) 542- Featuring members of Pearl Jam. with 18 and older: *Rock 'n' Bowl* with DJ "More than Meets the Eye," an inter- Traymayne and City Slickers, 8 p.m. BloomfieJd Hills. Free. All ages. (248) 9922 (blues) David Garza. 6 p.m. Friday, June 4, Del Villareal, 9 p.m. Fridays and DJ active exhibit from the Smithsonian Friday, May 28: and Rachid. Sheila 644-4800 (blues) JEFFREY OSBORNE The Shelter below St. Andrew's Hall, Gutterball. 9 p.m. Saturdays at institution takes visitors through Home, ON-XYZ, The Young and The HASTINGS STREET BLUES BAND 431 E. Congress. Detroit. $10 in > Garden Bowl Free. 18 and older; some of the daily experiences of blind Restless. F.F.O.C. and Magdalen 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 28-29. 7 p.m. Thursday, May 27, State advance. $13 day of show. All ages. "The Bird's Nest.* punk rock night and visually impaired people, contin Hsu-Li. 8 p.m. Saturday. May 29, Music Menu, 511 Monroe St., Theatre, 2115 Woodward Ave.. (313) 961-MELT or with live performances. 9 p.m ues through Aug. 29, (313) 577- Alvin's. 5756 Cass Ave.. Detroit. $7. Detroit's Greektown. Cover charge. Detroit. $10 and $15, reserved http://www.961melt.com (rock) Mondays at Magic Stick. Free. 18 8400, ext. 417; IMAX movies include 21 and older. (313) 832-2355 (vari 21 and older. (313) 964-6368 (blues) cabaret seating. 21 and older. (313) VAL VENTRO and older; "Soul-Shakedown' with DJ 'Tropical Rainforest" at 10 a.m. ety) AL HILL AND THE LOVE BUTLERS 961-5451 or http://www.statethe- 9 p.m. Saturday. May 29. Jimmy's. Big Andy. 9 p.m. Tuesdays at Magic Mondays-Fridays. "Thrill Ride" at 11 "BUND PIG SHOWCASE" 10 p.m. Thursday, May 27, The atre.com (R&B) 123 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms. Stick. Free 21 and older. <3l3i 833- a.m. and 12:10 p.m. Mondays- With Lost Dog. Huddle, Blue Tuesday Cavern Club, 210 S. First St., Ann JIM PARAVANTES WITH MERIDIAN Free. All ages. (313) 886-8101 9700 Fridays, and "Everest" multiple and Warmth, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June Arbor. Cover charge. 21 and older. Perform a Frank Sinatra tribute. 8:30 (blues) MOTOR LOUNGE showings seven days a week at the 1, Blind Pig, 206-208 S. First St., (734) 332-9900; 9 p.m. Thursday, p.m. to midnight Fridays and "Back Room Mondays." service center, 5020 John R (at Warren), Ann Arbor. Free. 19 and alder. (734) June 3, Arbor Brewing Company, 116 Saturdays in June. Andiamo Italia VISIONEAR industries employee appreciation Detroit. Admission to Exhibit Hall is 996-8555 (variety) E. Washington St., Ann Arbor. Free. West, 6676 Telegraph Road, at Maple 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, Gallery night. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Mondays. $3 for adult-s, $2 for children ages 3- BLUE ROSE 21 and older. (734) 213-1393 or Road, Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages. Function Art, 21 N. Saginaw St.. 15,and adults ages 60 and ofder, free (248) 865-9300 (pop) Pontfac. (248) 333-0333 or Free. 21 and older; "Community 9 p.m. Thursdaj^May 27, 4-M http://www.arborbrewing.com; 9:30 for children ages 2 and younger. KENNY PARKER http://www.instacom.com/visionear Presents" with resident DJs, 9 p.m Lounge, 15500 t!*Eight Mile Road, p.m. Friday. June 4. Soup Kitchen, IMAX films are additional $4. (313) (electronical to 2 a.m. Tuesdays. $3. 18 and oioer Detroit. Free. 21 and older. (313) 1585 Franklin St., (at Orleans 8 p.m. Friday. June 4, Fox and 577-8400 RANDY VOUN AND THE SONIC "Maximum Overload," 9 p.m Fridays ; 521-9059; 9 p.m. Thursday, June 3, Street), Detroit. Cover charge. 21 Hounds. 1560 Woodward Ave.. $6. 18 and older; "Divine* with DJs HENRY FORD ESTATE- FAIR LANE Cavern Club, 210.S. First St., Ann and older. (313) 259-1374 Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages. (248) BLUES Mike Clark, Mark Flash and Brian Estate tours include the restored Arbor. Cover charge. 21 and older. (blues/honky-tonk) 644-4800 (blues) 9 p.m. Saturday. May 29, Ford Road Gillespie. .9 p.m. to 2 a.m Saturdays riverside powerhouse, Henry Ford's (734) 332-9900 or THE HOPE ORCHESTRA POISON Bar and Grill. 35505 Ford Road. S6- 21 and older, all at the dub. personal garage and cars, giant gen http://www.bluerose.iuma.com 9:30 p.m. Thursday, May 27, The With Ratt. Great White and LA. Westland. Free. 21 and older. (734; 3515 Caniff. Hamtramck. i 313> 39C> erators placed by Ford and Thomas (blues) Alley, 215 S. Main St., Rochester. Guns, 6 p.m. Sunday. May 30. Pine 721-8609 or http://www.rockindad- 0080 or http://www. Edison that still operate, and the tun BLUE SHAKERS Free. 21 and qlder. (248) 652-8441; Knob Music Theatre. I 75 and dys.com iblues) motordetroit.com nel to the 56-room mansion with elab 8 p.m, Friday, May 28, Borders Books Sashabaw Road.Independence 9 p.m. Friday, May 28, Ford Road Bar ST. ANDREWS/THE SHELTER orate carved woodwork and personal and Music, 5601 Mercury Dr., Township. $20 pavilion. $12.50 lawn. "VOLUNTEER JAM TOUR 1999" and Grill. 35505 Ford Road. "Three Floors of Fun." 9 p.m Fndavs artifacts, at 4901 Evergreen Road. Dearborn. Free/All ages. (313) 271 All ages. (248) 377 0100 or Featuring Hank Williams Jr.. The Westland. Free. 21 and older. (248) $3 before 11 p.m.. $5 afterward IS Dearborn. (313) 593-5590 4441 or http://www.palacenet.com (rock) Charlie Daniels Band. The Marshall 644-4800; 9 p.m. Saturday, May 29. and older: X2K dance night. 10 p n- HENRY FORD http://www.concentric.net/~hope- POUND Tucker Band and Molly Hatchet. 6 Lower Town Grill, 195 W. Liberty St.. Saturdays: 'Incinerator.' 9 p m. MUSEUM/GREENFIELD VILLAGE orch (pop) 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 29. as part p.m. Friday. May 28. Pine Knob Music Plymouth. Cover charge. 21 and Wednesdays in The Shelter $6 21 Civil War Remembrance featuring tra USA HUNTER of Ignition night at the State Theatre. Theatre. I 75 and Sashabaw Road. older. (734) 451-1213 (blues) and older. St. Andrew s and The ditions, fashions and music from the 6 p.m. Friday. June 4. Borders Books. 2115 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. Free Independence Township. $28 50 BONNE TEMPS ROULLE Shelter are at 431 E Congress era, Sunday-Monday May 30-31; The Oakland Mall, Troy. Free. All ages. 18 and older. (313) 961 5451 or pavilion. $15 lawn. All ages, i 248) 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday. June 4-5. De-roil. (313) 961-MELT or village is celebrating its 70th season (248) 585-6029; 9 p.m. Friday. June http://wwsv.statethea1er.coni frock) 377 0100 or http://www. Music Menu, 511 Monroe St., http;/, www 961 melt com with a host of activities including 4. Lonestar Coffee House. 207 S. Old REEFERMEN palacenet.com icountry) Detroit's Greektown. Cover charge. STATE THEATRE Abraham Lincoln's assassination Woodward Ave.. Birmingham, Free. 9:30 p.m. Thursday. May 27. 21 and older. (313) 964 6368 (R&B) "Ignition" dance night 9 p.m. chair and a life mask made 60 days All ages. (248) 642-2233 or Rochester Mills Beer Co.. 400 Water VUDU HIPPIES CALOBO Saturdays at the club. 2115 before his assassination, at the muse http://www.lb.com/onemanclap- St.. Rochester. Free. 21 and older. 9 p.m Friday. May 28, Griff's Grill, 49 With Big Sam, 8 p.m. Friday, May 28. Woodward Ave.. Detroit. Cove' um, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn. ping/lisa.htm (pop) (248) 650 5060: 9 p.m. Tuesday, N. Saginaw St.. Pontiac. Cover Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave.. charge 18 and older i 313) 961 Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. KANSAS June 1. Fifth Avenue. 215 W. Fifth charge. 21 and older. (248) 334 FerndaJc. $6 in advance. 18 and 5451 or $12.50, $11.50 seniors. $7.50 kids older. (248) 544-3030 or 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 4, Pine Knob Ave., Royal Oak. Free. 21 and older. 9292 or http:/ /www vuduhippies.com 5-12, members and children under 5 http://www.themagicbag.com (rock) Music Theatre, 1-75 and Sashabaw (248) 542-9922 (blues) ; laltemapop) http://www.stalethenter.com free. (313) 271-1620 CHISEL BROS. WITH CHEF CHRIS Road. Independence Township. RHYTHM HOUSE 24 KARAT CLUB ROCHESTER HILLS MUSEUM 9 p.m. Friday. Juno 4, Ford Road Bar $22.50 pavilion. $12.50 lawn. All 9 p.m. Friday Saturday. May 28 29. WILD WOODYS "Cruise Night" with hot rods. Harievs •Something Old, Something New: and Grill. 35505 Ford Road, ages. (248) 377 0100 or Lucky 13, 21350 Van Born Road, 7 p.m Thursday. May 27, Gameworks and live bands, 8 p.m Thursdays, Wedding Gowns of the 19th and 20th Westland. Free. 21 and older. (734) http://www.palacenet.com (rock) Dearborn Heights Free. 21 and older mstde Great Lakes Crossing. 4316 Latin/House dance night. 9 p.m. Centuries," on display 1-4 p.m. 721-8609 (blues) KUNG FU DIESEL (313) 274 6066 (R&B) Baldwin Road. Auburn Hills. Free 21 Sundays: intermediate swing lessons. Wednesdays-Saturdays through Sept. CHROME LOCUST 9 p.m. Saturday. May 29. Griff's Grill, ROOSTER and older. (248) 745 9675; 10 p.m 9 p.m. Tuesdays; and beginner swing 25, at the museum on Van Hoosen With 4 Percent and Strut. 9 p.m. 49 N. Saginaw St., Pontiac. Cover Friday Saturday, May 28 29. Woody s. lessons. 9 p.m Wednesdays, at the Farm, 1005 Van Hoosen Road, one Thursday, May 27. Gold Dollar, 3129 charge. 21.and older. (248) 334 With Knee Deep Shag. 9 p.m. Friday, 208 W. Fifth Ave.. Roy^al Oak. Free club. 28949 Joy Road (two blocks mile east of Rochester Road off Cass Ave.. Detroit. Cover charge. 21 9292 (rockabilly) iune 4, The Alley behind Mam Street 21 and older (248) 5436911 (rocka east of Middlobelt Road). Westland, Tienken Road, Rochester Hills. $3, and older. (313) 833 6873 or SLEEPY LA BEEF Billiards. 215 S. Mam St.. Rochester billy) Cover charge. 21 and otder. (734) $2 seniors an.d students. (248) 656 http://www.golddollar.com (noise 8 p.m. Thursday, May 27. Magic Bag. Free. 21 and older i 248) 652 8441 ZEBRAHEAD 513-5030 .,. 4663 rock) 22920 Woodward Ave.. Ferndale. $10 (funk/rock) Wtth The Ernies. 8 p.m. Wednesday. VELVET LOUNGE SPIRIT OF FORD DANNY COX in advance. 18 ana older. (248) 544- ROXANNE June 2. The Shelter below St. "Viva La Noche Latinal* with dance A grand opening for the Interactive 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 28. Van Gogh's 3030 or 10 p.m. Saturday. 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(248) 334- 28, entertainment by swing band and older. »2481 324 0400 (acoustic LADY SUNSHINE AND THE X BAND 393 2337 (acoustic rock) 7411 t«(NO-OF*) The Observer & Eccentric/THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1999 %f>X.'"-? <-!.•% :-., t .'>-• - Charming'Love Letter' has romantic appeal BY VICTORIA DIAZ from start to finish in tliis-fun- decides that a young employee of local cop {Bill Buell), Helen's SPECIAL WRITER to-watch movie flavored with hers wrote it, although she'll . glamorous mother (Blythe Dan- If you enjoy charming sum touches of mystery and wit. have second thoughts about this ner), plus a cutely-aging eccen- mertime romances, set in charm Though the film is more light later. " trie and arm-wrestler extraordi ing New England villages, you'll comedy than whodunit, much of In the meantime, the employee naire named Miss Scattergoods probably find The Love Letter" the fun lies in trying to identify (Tom Everett Scott) finds the let (Geraldiite McEwan). to your liking. From the recent who wrote the rather oddly- ter himself and is, in turn, con All of the above may sound a novel by Cathleen Schine, the worded missive that turns up vinced that Helen has written ii bit like a cast of characters in a slightly-cluttered story is a bit one day in the village of Loblolly for him. Also in the meantime, hokey high school play, but don't reminiscent of last year's "You've by the Sea, and to whom. another employee (played by despair; most-every performer Got Mail," Joseph Mankiewicz's "Dearest," it begins. "Do you Ellen DeGeneres) comes across brings style and zing to their "A Letter to Three Wives," of a,. know how in love with you I am? the letter, and assumes it is role, making them into some half-centur^ ago, and the Bard's ...I have fallen in love without meant for her — only she thing we enjoy watching, and 16th century hit, "A Midsummer taking step." believes that its source is a guy lifting everything out of the Night's Dream." Kate Capshaw plays Helen named George (Tom Selleck), realm of cardboard. The letter of the title is defi MacFarquhar, a rather uptight who she's had a crush on "since Kate Capshaw's Helen is both nitely snail-mail, but Hong Kong and persnickety bookshop owner high school, and for wham she flawed and likable at once. She's director Peter Ho-sun Chan, who discovers the letter first. still carries a hefty torch. fussy and maybe even a little making his American debut, Soon, she's made up her mind Also figuring into the hodge priggish at first, but still we can keeps things snappy and pace that the iinaddressed note is podge \s another bookstore sense a certain passion and lust UMMt'KEN intended just for her. She also employee (Julianne Nicholson), a for life just beneath her no-frills Romantic comedy: Janet (Ellen DeGeneres) flirts with. surface. She's a character who George (Tom Selleck), wondering whether he might be looks lived-in, maybe even a lit the author of the mysterious love letter she thinks was tle frowzy around the edges, but intended for her in "The Love Letter." 0 5 S E \ V E I E f f E \ T R I f she's attractive, nonetheless, and it's no stretch to go along with the idea that a much younger man would find himself smitten t with her image. notions. anybody bothered to bring hor Tom Selleck, playing a smol into the action at all. Perhaps " MOVIES As her cohort, Ellen dering fireman in the village (his DeGeneres once again proves some significant parts of her.,, most recent heroics involved a character remain on a cutting that she's more than a stand-up toaster oven fire), brings to the HarjcfthfkW Unttri Artists Commme Box Office opens at 4:00 pm room floor somewhere? .,,".,, National Airaiscnienb comic, more than the main play role a kind of sweet, almost- mm (own urns M) ms 12 M3e between Telegraph and TowmhlpU Monday Friday only er in a sometimes flat sitcom. A musical track of everything Showcase Cinemts avuncular bemusement. {None of North«stefr\ Off 1-696 ' Located Ac^xerrt to Home Depot She may, in fact, be the best from Satchmo's version of "I'm' Vn |ust North of the intersectjon of T4 (MKKwmumsMm that frowny stuff recently wit 24M5J-$TA* thing about this movie; Her act the Mood for Love" to Roy Orbi- Showtaw Mile & Haggerty Rd. nessed on the Rosie O'Donnell ShojKtg No one under age 6 admitted !w PC! 3 ing at times seems so artless son's "Only the Lonely" to selec Auburn HifeM4 mmm &R rated films after 6pm 24S-9&5801 show). tions from "Tosca" and "La 2)5<3N.OpdyteRd •/JStatfum Seating Main Art Theatre I that you can't quite figure if 6800 Wayne HI, she's performing extremely well, Tom Everett Scott makes an Boheme" punctuates "The Lqve^ 8etweenUwfl*& Walton 8M OrebikS.o/WronM. 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NP10VELETTEX(PC]3) NP THE LOVE LETTER (PC13) ENTRAPMENT (K13)NV cw far town isia w w DrTRAPMENT(PC13) Chldren Under 6 NotWmitted NPTtE)U(JES(K) A WALK ON THE MOON (R) MOO THEMATRU(R) WAIiDSUMMEXNKHrS AM05UMMERNKHTS ANALYZE THS(R) COMINGS ATTRACTIONS TrfMATRU(R) SHAKESPEARE KIOVE(II) Dt£AM(PC13) DREAM (PCI3) ELECTION (I) Scheduled to open Friday, May 28 atrist who analyzes an anthropologist an ensemble cat in this coming-of-age HACK MASK (X) COOWE'S FORTUNE (PCI 3) MapieArtClnMMW "Homm HILL* who's accused of a murderous attack. comedy about a group of friends at the TWIN (It) MATRIX (R) mwtcoumnusTKswms on Wi r ^ • «f-; '• •.•''' '"';>. BY MARY QUINLEY SPECIAL WRITER U Shjeh Sometimes when Janet Buck Where: 1699 Canton Center Road at Ford Road, Canton, craves a veggie-friendly meal, (734)983-9006" she opts to dine at one of her Hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 10 a.m. to midnight favorite eateries, La Shish. Friday-Saturday. Qn a recent Sunday evening, Menu: Middle Eastern cuisine, raw juice and Buck of Livonia, visited the beverage bar, salads, appetizers, sandwiches and traditional Canton restaurant, th* newest Lebanese entrees served/ Vegetarian-friendly, juice and La Shish location to open. liquor bar. She was impressed. Non-smoking area: 80 percent "The food is excellent," said Cost: Entrees range In price from $3.99 to $14.99 Buck. "The staff makes you feel Reservations: La Shish maintains a "call ahead" policy, very welcome. The night we ate especially on the weekends there, the service went beyond Credit cards: VISA and MasterCard excellent." Other locations: La.Shish East, 12918 Michigan Ave., Her server, Rania; patiently Dearborn, (313) 584-4477; La Shish West, 22039 W. Michigan explained menu items and Ave., Dearborn, (313) 562-7200; Talal's, 22041 Michigan Ave'., offered helpful suggestions. Dearborn, (313) 565-5500; La Shish, 32401 Van Dyke, Warren, After dinner, busboy Rabih, (810) 977-2177; La Shish, 37610 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, demonstrated a technique for (248) 553-0700; La Shish. 6303 Orchard Lake, West Bloomfieid, baking pita bread in an igloo- (248) 538-0800 shaped oven. Restaurant scheduled to open In July: La Shish, 37367 Buck describes the 140-seat Six Mile Road, Livonia. ~- . . eatery as "spacious, light, airy and comfortable." Once inside, you'll "be greeted by a friendly bread that is baked until it is grilled eggplant blended with staff, lively Arabic music, daz crispy. Other starter choices tahini sauce, olive oil, garlic and zling chandeliers and a potpour include kibbee (anything with lemon juice. Hommus works ri of tantalizing aromas seeping cracked wheat), stuffed grape- well as an appetizer, however, from the kitchen. leaves (veggie or lamb filled), combined with lamb, chicken, The Canton La Shish opened spinach pies and Mediterranean beef or vegetables, it satisfies in mid-Aprili the seventh chicken wings. heartier appetites. restaurant owned by a Lebanese Most popular entree? "The Save some space for desserts. immigrant named Talal chicken kabob with rice and "The baklava was the best I have Chahine. salad," says Hice Sleiman, Can ever tasted," commented Buck. "I In January, 1989, he opened ton manager. You'll find seafood don't know what they did to it. I his first La Shish (the skewer), dishes (shrimp, red snapper and would order it again." in East Dearborn. . salmon), an assortment of lamb, Other sweet options include Buck's choice of a dinner beef and chicken entrees, salads creme caramel (custard), rice drink was a mango smoothie, a (spinach, Greek and fattoush), pudding and Lebanese ice tasty concoction of fresh straw soups and sandwiches. "Fattou- cream (the chocolate is berries,-banana, mango and osh is our house salad," said yummy!). If it's your birthday, honey. Other juice smoothies Sleiman. "We add toasted pita dessert is on the house. And, an include fresh apples, oranges, bread and parsley ito the extra special bonus — the wait papayas or carrots. romaine." staff sings "Happy Birthday" in Order some, warm pita It's okay to bring the kids," he English and-Arabic. STAFF PHOTO BY PALI HI-RSCHMANN rounds. Break them apart and said. "We usually serve kids a "The La Shish owner always At your service: Chef Mahmoud Hachem invites diners to try a taste of the Middle then cover them with heaping lamb burger or chicken strips." wants everything to be the portions of hummus, a smooth Share an entree with your best," said Jamil Eid, corporate East at the newly opened La Shish in Canton. appetizer of pureed chickpeas, meal partner - it's a great solu executive chef. "The quality is tahini (sesame seed) sauce and tion to taste testing unfamiliar number one. preparation is done at the food between the food at the differ "Hopefully, in July, we will a hint of fresh garlic. Or, try foods. One of Buck's favorite "In order to maintain this quality control center in Dear ent locations. From Dearborn open another La Shish in Livo saaj, a traditional Lebanese flat dishes is baba ghannooj, char high quality," said Eid, "all the born. There is no difference we deliver to all the locations." nia," says Eid. 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