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Canton Observer for November 16, 2003 ".'T~ h ie for the books nt in 11-103 liday staffer has volumes of ed in lerience. Observer Life, CI jobs and taxes. Your hometown newspaper serving Canton for 29 years 6 Star struck Check put your horoscope with Dennis Fairchild SUNDAY in Observer Life. November 16,2003 75 cents ©2003 HOMETOWN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK VOLUME 29 NUMBER 39 www.hometownlife.com SIM mark It was appropriate that That was a major achievement for the community. We need individuals to take 1989, the same year that then-President arrived just before Community 14-year-old organization, which serves ownership of the foundation for their Foundation Week got under way on residents of Canton and Plymouth, kids and grandkids." Community Foundation Week. The according to foundation president Joan Of that $1 million, Noricks said, week, which this year runs from Nov. 12- With the arrival of the $110,000 Noricks. $800,000 is endowed in an investment 18, was established to raise awareness of Give it a try part of Michigan's share of tobacco se "This is huge," she said. "We've been account and growing. community foundations' charitable services. Spotlight Players, for- tiement money - the Canton supported in the past so much by devel- "That money is really community capi- merly the Plymouth Community Foundation hit the $1 mil- opers. Now our future is in the hands of tal," she said. "It will be there forever." PLEASE SEE FOUNDATION, AB Theatre Guild, will hold lion mark in assets last week. local individuals who care about the The Canton foundation was started in auditions for the drama Steel Magnolias by Robert Marling at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15 and Tuesday, Dec. 16 In the Arts 1 Room in Bus is a the Summit, 46000 Summit Parkway, west of Canton Center Road, south of Cherry Hill. The play features roles for six women ages 20 •••11 and older. For more infor- mation, call the director at For 94-year-old Canton resident (248) 701-1780. All shows Helen Forsythe, Canton's Community will be dinner theater per- Mobility Transportation Service is a formances in February, godsend: 2004. Also, log on to the "I use it for everything," she said Web site: www.spotllght- • recently, after being dropped off at players.net ' Meijer to do some grocery shopping. A Canton resident since 1971 when she moved here from Minneapolis The Canton Fire after her husband died, Forsythe lives Department recently with her daughter in a condominium received a grant from Wal- complex. Mart for the Safe Neighborhood Heroes pro- "We used to use Nankin TYansit gram. before it stopped serving Canton," she' said. "Now we use this service to go to The check was present- the doctor, shopping, to get to the ^! ed to Fire Chief Mike bank. We go together. We don't have a Rorabacher at the Wal- car." Mart store on Ford Road. She said she uses the service at least Rorabacher said the once a week to go shopping at Meijer. money will be used to fund The service is a partnership many areas of fire preven- between Canton Township and Huron tion education, such as Valley Ambulance. Administered by the down unit, fire extin- m the Canton Community Foundation, ; guishers classes and the the service operates Monday through fire safety house. "It's good to have a Ninety-four-year-old Helen Forsythe of Canton is thankful for Canton's Community Mobility Transportation Service, whose bus takes her where she needs PLEASE SEE BUS, A8 partner in the communi- to go, including Meijer. ty/' Rorabacher said. Memorial Service The L.J. Griffin Funeral Home in Canton will host its annual Memorial Local Service at 7 p,m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at the biggest one will be: the budget. With many public libraries depend- funeral home, 42600 BY BRAD KADRICH chosen to lead STAFF WRITER As it stands now, Michigan libraries ing on both state and federal aid, plus Ford. This nine-year tradi- rank 17th in the nation ($1.71) in per- penal fines, for their funding, trouble tion provides an evening capita operating income, and with the •is brewing. of remembrance for fami- Elaine Didier knows her new job as chairman of the Library of Michigan state trying to figure out how to fix a "The budget issue is critical in lies who have experienced state board $900 million deficit, the kind.of state Michigan," said Didier, dean of the Board of Trustees comes with its own a loss. funds that help subsidize libraries are The funeral home will set of challenges. going to trickle in even slower, if at all. / PLEASE SEE LIBRARY, A7 also offer a bereavement BY BRAD KADRICH She also knows full well what the workshop following the SWF WRITER service. It will provide ideas for coping with loss Elaine Didier can rattle off the and eliminating the stress statistics faster than you can write associated with the holi- them down. days. The 20-minute More children attend library sum- Canton student workshop Is free. For more mer reading pro- information, contact the n grams than play funeral home at (734) Little League base- aces college exam 981-1700. ball. More people visit libraries on a Kirsten Schmitt, a senior at Canton High School, doesn't S weekly basis than consider herself a brainiac. Two ribbon cuttings are r| museums and zoos "I just really like learning," said Schmitt, a Canton scheduled this week for combined. More Township resident. "I enjoy reading, but I don't think I'm businesses in Canton. The people have library any different than anyone else." cards than have Kirsten might not believe so. However, statistics reveal first is at United Home Didier Health Services at 4:30 Visa cards. There otherwise. p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19. are more libraries than there are Out of 1.4 million students who took the SAT college The company is having an McDonald's restaurants. entrance exam, Kirsten is one of only 944 students nation- wide who received a perfect score. And she's one of only 12 1 open house for its 20th . It's this intimate knowledge of, PAUL HURSCHMANN i STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER anniversary from 3 to 6 and love for, libraries that will serve students in Michigan to ace the test. Didier in her new post: chairman of "I was surprised and excited," she said. "I wasn't sure how Kirsten Schmitt smiles following an awards presentation at East Middle p.m. United Home Health School in Plymouth Tuesday night. Schmitt, a Canton High School senior, Services is at 2200 posted a perfect score on her SAT last month. Canton Center Road, Suite PLEASE SEE DIDIER, A5 PLEASE SEE STUDENT, A7 250. The second ceremony is at Rosey's Romper Room at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. RECEPTIONIST/FRONT DESK 5 to 7 years of receptionist/clerical CONTACT US INDEX ' LOOKING AHEAD 20. experience, prior commercial.. m) 459-2700 Apartments E5 Jobs E8 Killer tegs ; Rose's is hosting a rib- Newsroom fax - {734} 459 4224 Automotive F7 Obituaries A3 Classifieds - 1-800-579-SELL* In Thursday's Filter learn some bon cutting in celebration "Things went really well with the ad Observer Life a Home delivery - J-866-88-PAPER Classified D.E.F interesting facts and misnomers of Its new daycare facility, Thanksl"" . P.K., Livonia Hew Homes D1 Classified Index E6 while behind the scenes with § at 8116 Canton Center . 1-800-579-SEL.l- Crossword Puzzle EE Real Estate . D1 local Rockettes. Road, just south of Joy. PUT CUR CLASSIFIEDS TO WORK FOR YOU! Health C6 Sports B1 VERTISERS: Beach 350,000 people in search of PURE ENTERTAINMENT! Make a date with CALL 734-iif^iii .St. * ; wwivJwmetoivnitye.com Observer & Eccentric | Sunday, November 16,2003 LOCAL NEWS Postal scanner goes come PLANNING COMMISSION The Canton Township during mail delivery Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.n^ A suspect was ticketed for Monday, Nov. 17, in the Arts II driving under the influence CRIME NEWS Room in Summit on the Park. and destruction of property will be followed by a program Agenda items include: after a witness said she saw BY JOANNE MALISZEWSKI in English and their native him in the Summit parking lot languages. highlighting Islam and its pri- STAFF WRITER OLD BUSINESS- SITE PLANS driving a Ford F-150 and strik- while she was delivering mail To that end, the library's mary followers. A video titled, in the 41000 block of Old Arabs, Muslims and Islam ing curbs in the lot , They will admit it. collection of foreign language Another witness said he saw Michigan Avenue. publications, books and will be shown, followed by 1. Willow Creek Service & Members of the Canton Retail Developer Instigated the man hit a tree while leaving She said she put the scanner Public Library's Multi- videos is growing. The com- on top of a mailbox while she Also to be celebrated in Revision. Consider request for the St Joseph Medical Center Cultural Initiative want you mittee's goal is to showcase lot and drive over grass in front was distributing mail to other the cultures in Canton. For 2004 is St. Patrick's Day, developer instigated revision to io learn all you can about the Site Plan. Property is located of the Summit boxes. When she finished and diverse cultures that comprise starters, events will be Cineo de Mayo, the American returned to the first box the marked according to the cal- Independence Day, Yom north of Ford between the township's population.
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