January 19, 2012 (Wgc) A5 Rachel Graduates, As Family and Friends Cheer
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"WT SLOW COOK CHECKOUT YOUR WAY„ MORE THAN TO THE TABLE ..JM*!** 7,000 DOGS FOOD, B7' WESTLAND A GANNETT COMPANY PRICE: $1 ••'.'• ; THURSDAY, JANUARY 19/2012 • hometownlife.com Auction items Organizers are look ing for businesses or . individuals interested , in donating goods or • services for the live and silent auctions at Wayne Memorial High School's eighth annual Zebra Safari Fundrais- Wild's goals for 2012 ing Dinner. The event will be • By LeAnne Rogers be open. There will be grass but ' work at Central City Park and - be used for a variety of commu-' Friday, March 30, and Observer Staff Writer probably not for soccer.". tying it in with nearby H20 Zone nity events. feature dinner catered The 33-acre park, formerly spray park and Tartan Park. As part of the National Air by the William D. Ford Looking ahead to 2012, one of leased from Wayne County, is . "We'll tie the walking paths port property remediation proj Career Technical Center Westland Mayor William Wild's now owned by the city. Wayne together, we'll add decorative ect settlement, Ford Motor Com culinary arts staff, en top goals is probably shared by a County is funding the remedia- • fencing and other finishing \; pany and 3M Corporation are tertainment, silent and lot of residents — the reopening tion of lead and other contami- i. touches," Wild said. "The next donating $390,000 earmarked for live auctions and door of Central City Park. .,: nation in the eastern section of .'. big thing for Central City Park is recreational use. The city plans prizes. Contact Prin "A goal in the spring is getting the park, which has been closed we hope to get the Farmers Mar to use that money to build the cipal Val Orr at (734) the finishing touches on Cen since 2006. ket pavilion installed." ' new pavilion and do decorative 419-2206 or by e-mail tral City Park and to get it open In the next couple of months, Although it's referred to as the work around Central City Park. at [email protected]. to the public," Wild said. "The Wild said he expects to meet Farmers" Market pavilion, Wild . us about donating. parking lot and walking path will with council about completing .said the structure could actually Please see GOALS, A2 All donations are tax deductible, and the money raised benefits students. Last year's dinner raised $10,000. Tickets cost $30 each on or $200 for a table of eight and are avail- • able in the main office of the high school at power-shoppers Fourth Street and Glen- wood. r**i ^ •** . By LeAnne Rogers / ";• •' Observer Staff Writer Westland Policcare look- ' Green Award ing for a man and woman who Westland Mayor allegedly spent more than William Wild presented $6,000 in under 30 minutes U.S. Senator Carl Levin, . using a stolen credit card. D-Michigan, with the A Livonia woman told police city's Green Leadership Dec. 30 her purse was stolen ; , Award. Dec. 20 from a Weight Watch Levin supports many ers meeting in Farmington s green initiatives includ >"Hills. The woman had filed a ,\.r ing Cash for Clunkers — ,theft report and came to West- ' -'i. ; a program that replaced -land to file a second report older vehicles with more based on the credit card use by fuel-efficient vehicles . the suspects.' ' -; — and the Great Lakes On Dec. 21, purchases were Police are looking for this couple Restoration Project. He made at Best Buy, 35100 Cen-. who allegedly used a stolen also called for increased tral City Parkway; Macy's, . credit card to make $6,000 in pur production of electric 35000 Warren Road; and Tar- , chases at three Westland stores. • vehicles and expansion ; get, 35401 Warren Road. The of the electric vehicle purchases — which included an Police have released photos tax credit. Apple laptop computer, a Dys of the suspects taken from sur "This award was on vacuum cleaner and fra veillance video and are seeking developed to inspire, grances — all were made from x: information. educate and recognize 7:32-7:56p.m. '^" • • "We've received some tips those in the community Two trips were made to . since we released the pho who are taking steps Macy's, although the couple tos. Nothing to hang my hat on to protect the environ stopped at five different cash but some leads to follow up," ment. It was my honor registers to make purchas Wojciksaid. to present Senator es, Westland Police Sgt. Kevin Anyone with information Levin this award as he Wojciksaid. is asked to contact Westland • continues to exemplify "They stole the wallet in - Police at (734) 722-9600. outstanding environ Farmington Hills but had a mental leadership in spending spree in Westland," , _ lrogersehometownlife.com Washington, D.C.," Wild he said. ,<' . ....•"". : • (313)222-5428 '• said. Wild presented the award to Levin during A presenter at the Henry Ford, Anthony Lucas provided an historical per a visit to the Westland spective speaking as Martin Luther King, Jr. Colonial Village Apart i i ments, the first loca He's with God tion in metro Detroit to install an electric vehicle charging station (Family plans in January 2011. ,- gs woras come "Westland values being 'green' and the memorial to honor installation of this elec trical vehicle charging to life in Westland : missing son station was just another By LeAnne Rogers , boycotting the city buses for 381 example of our commit Observer Staff Writer , days was described by King as By Sue Mason ment to make Westland one of the most amazing things » Observer Staff Writer. Michigan's greenest The words of Dr. Martin Luther he had ever seen. city," Wild said. King Jr. came alive during West- ' "After that, white people in A week since her son, 27- land's annual MLK tribute cere Montgomery knew we meant .'; • •. year-old Kent Morton, fell into mony, thanks to Anthony Lucas, business. They started doing nas- the Detroit River, Fawn Salva- a Henry Ford historical present , ty things," said Lucas as King. tore still calls him onliis cell INDEX er. .': . ;•; .../ .- "There were calls to my house phone. It rings and goes into Business ...A9 threatening my children. I took it voicemail and she tells him, "I Crossword Puzzle ....B10 As part of the program held . Entertainment B5; Monday at the Friendship Cen strongly at first." love you, I love you." Food B7 ter, Lucas re-created excerpts Late one night, King remem- , She knows he will never hear Homes B10 of well-known speeches but also bered receiving a telephone call . her words again. She has come Jobs B11 provided a dramatic presenta threatening to blow up his home to grips with the fact that while Obituaries ....B4 tion of King's recollections of and shoot him —' a call that par he survived a 150-foot fall from Opinion.. A10 his early Civil Rights struggles ticularly disturbed him. His first the Ambassador Bridge where Services... B11 in Montgomery, Ala., and the he had been working, he suc Sports.. B1 child was a newborn and concern J Kent Morton was with his daugh Wheels..: B12 . strength he found in his religious about losing his wife and child cumbed to the river's chilly- ter Makayla when she competed faith. , or them losing him weighed on water and seven mph current. in a cheer competition in Macomb © The Observer & Eccentric King recalled that things went King. \ He was last seen near the Bob- . County earlier this month. Volume 47 • Number 69 well during the first year after "I was weak; I prayed over my Lo docks south of the bridge, he was called to be pastor of a ,.' cup of coffee. I heard a voice. It and the search for his body' •; - up. I know he did that for his Home Delivery: small church in Montgomery. A said stand up for justice. I will ••'•=' continues on downriver.' daughter Makayla." (866) 887-2737 year later, a woman named Rosa be with you until the end of the "You know how they say peo ', Known as Mdrty to his Parks decided not to give up her world," said Lucas as King. "I ple never survive the fall, I friends, Morton will be remem Return Address . seat on a bus and move to the heard the voice of Jesus saying think I know why he survived," bered at a memorial gather-' 41304 Concept Dr. l 1 Plymouth HI 48170 back. , .,<..'<.. 'Fight on.'" • , the Garden City resident said ing Sunday afternoon at the The unity displayed by the during an interview Tuesday. - African American community in Please see KING, A2 "He swam and put his hand Please see M'ORTON, A3 re?IW g . »',.) . A2 (W) Observer & Eccentric | Thursday, January 19,2012 LOCAL NEWS online at hometownlife.com GOALS Continued .from page A1 Balancing budget "If that's not enough • will be big money, we'll partner with the Downtown Develop ment Authority," Wild project for city said. Additionally, the city By LeAnne Rogers made in the existing saved what was known as Observer Staff Writer operations. the Lions Pavilion during As work begins on the the remediation work. As has been the case proposed 2012-13 bud-' "We will refurbish it. in recent years, devel get, Wild noted the pro It will go back towards oping a balanced jected deficit is at $6 the pond. It will serve the municipal budget will million —- considerably Veterans Memorial Gar be a big project for less than projected ear- den when it opens plus Westland Mayor Wil • lier, thanks to early the soccer association," liam Wild and his staff retirements and other Wild said.