Chef adds little heat, lots of Magical carpet designs heart, to spices AT HOME, SECTION B TASTE, PAGEB5 your hometown newspaper serving Plymouth and Plymouth Township for 119 y e a rs THURSDAY I J April 7 2005 75 cents I Volume 119 Number 65 www.hometownlife.com Pope John Paul II-1920-2005 Underpass in Locals trouble - again BY TONY BRUSCATO STAFF WRITER The long-awaited Sheldon Road underpass could soon be .nothing more than a pipe dream join papal Wayne County officials must tell the State of Michigan by the end of May it has all its ducks m a row for the underpass at M-14 and Sheldon Road to qualify for $17 million m funding However, Plymouth and Plymouth Township offi­ cials are in no hurry to sign agreements which will commit either community to the project, putting the reflections state funding in jeopardy And, they aren t alone Neither Detroit Water and Sewer nor CSX Railroad have signed agreements to With funeral Friday, participate m the $12 million underpass project City commissioners Monday night tabled a resolu­ tion introduced by Commissioner Michele Potter that thoughts turn to would have voided a 1999 agreement with the county to pay one-third of the engineering costs The majori­ ty wanted to wait for legal counsel to give them an church's future opinion on the resolution Five years ago, the estimated engineering costs BY TONY BRUSCATO AND JULIE BROWN agreed to by commissioners was nearly $87,000 STAFF WRITERS According to Wayne County officials, engineering costs for the underpass are currently at $810,000, As a Top Gun pilot m Vietnam, Tom Kennedy and could exceed $1 million That would mean the flew 243 combat missions over enemy territory city’s portion would jump more than three times as However, one of the most memorable missions much as originally estimated for the Plymouth Township resident was a two- “Specifically, what has happened to drive those week flight m 1987 design costs up9” Mayor Pro Tem Dan Dwyer asked as an international Hassan Saab, Wayne County’s director of engineer­ HONORING JOHN PAUL II captain for Trans ing, at Monday’s meeting Our Lady of Good Counsel World Airlines When Saab explained the original agreement was I was asked by an estimation of costs to that point, Dwyer calmly i will celebrate a Mass for the company to fly stated, With all due respect, I don't believe you're J ] the Repose of the Soul of Pope John Paul II telling the truth ’ Pope John Paul II during his two The project has $4 7 million m federal funds wait­ weeks in the U S ing to be spent The $17 million from the Michigan W hen:730pm Friday and Canada Department of Transportation is part of federal sur­ April 8 Kennedy said It face transportation funding, which could be rescind­ Where: OLGC North was quite an ed at the end of May •PATRfl_______ CIAI MOMENTS PHOTOGRAPHY Territorial and Beck honor” “If we don’t have an obligation (from the city) by Like people Staffers at St John s Golf & Conference Center drape memorial bunting over a picture of Pope May 31, we might lose the money,” said Saab “We’ll Who: The public is wel­ around the world, John Paul II before a wedding Sunday The pope died April 2 the day before the wedding have to wait until the next Highway Bill extension, come Kennedy took time which could be a year from now” after the pope’s only prayed ’ two-week period, the flight crew Wayne County still doesn’t have a signed agree­ Details: Call (734) 453- Saturday death, at Kennedy, a devout Catholic who attended every event for the pope, ment with Plymouth Township for more than $1 mil­ 0326 age 84, to reflect attends Mass at St John Neumann in many times standing as close to the lion committed by a previous township board on the man chosen Canton Township said the two talked pontiff as the security personnel ‘ The township isn’t as enthusiastic as it was five pope in 1978 for a couple of minutes when the crew Oddly enough, the two week visit to and a half years ago ” said Supervisor Richard At the time was able to meet the pope in a private the U S wasn’t the first time Kennedy Reaume “If we had to take a vote today, I’m not sure Kennedy was asked to fly the pope, TWA was the hangar m L A It was only a couple of encountered Pope John Paul II it would be the same level of support ” exclusive air carrier for the Vatican, flying the minutes, but it seemed like forever,” Several years before, while on a lay­ The municipal governments may watch the dead­ pontiff all over the world remembered Kennedy “We said some over for TWA m Rome, Kennedy went line come, and the overpass go — away — without “He was m first class and they would bring him private words, then we kissed each to St Peter’s Basilica to find holy having to take another political vote on the project his favonte food and wine,” said Kennedy ‘But, other on the cheek It really humbled water from the pope’s font, a request Saab said without the combined $15 million from the unique thing was that during the entire two m e” Plymouth and Plymouth Township, and file $17 million weeks on the plane, he never ate or drank He Kennedy said during the entire PHASE SEE POPE, A6 from the state, ‘ it’s not possible for the county to come up with that kind of money” to construct file underpass Reservations made for downtown diner Hope springs -BY TONY BRUSCATO have plans to open a restaurant 700-square-foot basement r STAFF WRITER “We have no intentions of get­ kitchen of what was once a ting into the restaurant busi­ Kresge store, and now is The downtown Plymouth ness,” said Mucci ‘We re buying Compan s on the Park restau­ eternal landscape has another restau­ the building for investment pur­ rant, on Main Street rant m its future poses and the real estate I ve talked to a few people, Plymouth native Vince Mucci, Mucci declined to reveal how and I think we need a seafood Center hits 5-year mark owner of Mama Mucci s Pasta in much he is paying for the build­ and raw bar restaurant down­ helping people deal with grief Canton Township, is expected to ing, however, he said he expect­ town, said Mucci ‘We’ve had purchase the building where the ed to spend $250,000 to refur­ inquiries for a Coney island, BY BRAD KADRICH former Dartmoor Restaurant bish the roof and outside facade Greek restaurant and Italian ’ STAFF WRITER conducted business on Forest Mucci said it would probably Downtown Plymouth property Street take a tenant another $250,000 owner Jim McKeon said he s Laura Fcasm sat at the railroad tracks, “We plan on having the closing to revamp the inside concerned about the number of counting the cars of the passing tram, by May 2,’ said Mucci We have “The kitchen is m good shape, restaurants opening m thinking about how she used to do that with a lot of people interested in but the decor will most likely Plymouth her mother going in there Since we service have to be redone,’ Mucci said “We seem to be going from When the tram had passed, ll-year-old a lot of restaurants, we’ve had a “But, that’s cheap compared to retail to service, and that both­ Laura continued on her way to her support lot of inquiries already building a restaurant these ers me,” said McKeon “I think group meeting with New Hope Center for i Mucci, who started producing days we're pushing the envelope a lit­ Gnef Support, the grief counseling center in } I fresh and frozen pastas under Mucci is no stranger to down­ tle bit We seem to have more Northville that’s helping her deal with her BILL BRESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER the Mama Mucci s label 1 6 years town Plymouth His father, Pete, niche stores, which are having a mother’s death Susan Ayoub and her children * 9-year-old ago in Plymouth — about a owned Pete’s Shoe Repair on hard time competing with the “I think of my mom a lot, there are cer­ Matthew, ll-year-old Nick, 15-year-old Angela, and block from the building he plans Fleet Street for 40 years And big box and discount stores ” tain things we used to do together,” Laura 13-year-old Jessica - found help 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