Incumbents Dominate City Race
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*^^~wrnmmnmmm*wmw*i—* ^^mn^^^m *m*m Carrier of the Year honored, A2 rk>niei<Aw :»MM!JH:.<|MIHW W.HT»^»t*' Putting you In touch Thursday wtth your wortd November 4t 1999 Serving the WestlandCommunity for 35 years ---0-. • VOLUME 35 NUIWBFR 44 WtsriAND. MICHIGAN • 80 PAGES • http://observer-eccentric.coni SEVtMV-FlVt CtNTS C lit* HoaaTown UwuintcathKM TMwcHk, lae. On edge: Family mem WOTUMD cm Cowca .Vot«r« chow four CartcMdwtM out attt^n. TJ» bers of victor top thre* votfrfattw* won kmfyen terms, th« Charles fourth woo a twttytM ttm. liTravn Grif fin await IfW wKmfWk ^HmMfetwQ b #p9W election results Tues • Dorothy &Wth-: 3,07 7 day. They are • Micft^t Ketyw - 2,992 (from left) • James Godbout - 2,950 Griffin's sis • Michael Rintz-2,245 ter Edith UN OFFICIAL VOTE TOTALS Clayton, wife Margaret . and son Bill, Below is elec IN THE PAPER tion victor David James, a newcomer to I Vlrfl I the Westland Citv Council: COMMUNITY LIFE Celebration: The Felician Sisters of the Livonia province are preparing to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the reli gious order's continuous service to the people of T\Jnr^b Amprinrt /R1 AT HOME Arranging inspiration: Cre ativity by area decorators will adorn a variety of Incumbents dominate city race housing styles on a Northville home tour./OB Glenn Anderson, Charles *Travw Griffin, Encouraged: David James and David Cox were the win Election win ners in Tuesday's Westland City Council ner Glenn ENTERTAINMENT election. Eight candidates sought four seats Anderson (lefti on the council. visits with Mike Ran .son Theater: Trinity House BY DARRELL CLEM progress, not politics," J;imi's, a 41- STAFF WRITER year-old real estate broker, said alter at the Wctyne* Theatre in Livonia opens dclenit9oeJiomecomm.net winning his first council r;.ue Ford Cirit- its season Nov. 5 with Westland absent*?** voters flexed .James, a foiniir Way ne-We->t land League Tues Jack Neary's "To Forgive, their.political muscle Tuesday, sway school board member, celebrated with day night. Divine.''/El ing last-minute results in a city coun running mates (iriffm and Cox amid cil election won by incumbents Glenn some 200 cheerful supporter;- at the u Anderson and Charles "Tray" Griffin, VFVV Bova Post on. Hix Knud_ Popular music: Park: A appointee David Cox and newcomer "There couldn't bti a clearer man 1 Rock Band," whose mem David James. date from the people,' Cox,'the 41- "I think it's important that we have bers include Chuck Bar- Please see INCUMBENTS, A3 tels, formerly of Garden City, is set to tour, release an album, and star in a film./El es BY DARRELL CLEM the reputation .of the. Westland Jaycee, name in the the $500 limit tor Westland council i k-t'c uuis. hut REAL ESTATE STA**-WRITER eyes of the community," Strebbing said during n Kehrer remedied the situation by reiurning $501 of dclentfoe.homecomm.net council meeting. the money, A Westland Jaycees official Monday accused city Barn* refused to apologize for her criticism and Weeks, after Kehrer returned the money. Barns Where'd It go? Can you 1 Councilwoman Justine Barns of slandering the in. * is ted- that the Jaycees "deserve, to apologize" for raised the issue publicly and criticized the .Jaycees?. depend on getting what organization and jeopardizing its ability to raise a council campaign flap Strebbing on Monday questioned why Barns you expect when you buy nney for community projects. Barns last month lashed out at the JayYees for "would deliberately defile an organization that does a new home?/Fl auycees Treasurer. Michael Strebbing asked making a $1,000 campaign contribution to the so much good Cr 'he cotninvmitv and its members-" Barns to publicly apologize for issuing a statement group's longtime.supporter, Michael Kehri.T - one The J;'iy cees is a leadership tcainint;' group .is hose criticizing the group in October. • of eight council candidates in Tuesday's election. members are age- 21 to .'5y. Jts projects include "We believe it was done to permanently damage Jaycees official* said they mistakenly gave twice INDEX Please Nee APOLOGY, A3 • At Home D fl Classified Index F7 Autos J4 Home & Service H8 Pallottine Order planning a visit to Westland Jobt G6 Rentals G4 Westland will be one of five cities WestUirid Fire Department, p.m. 1'roviding entertainment will lie termer Wayne i"\unity prosecutor The the All Ireland Champion "Gruppa Rev' Stephen Keough leati^ the Michi • Community Life Bl hosting the dignitaries from the Pallot Visiting'Westland, Milwaukee', St tine Order of Priests when the Irish Louis, 'Reno and Dallas will he the Rev, Cool" Children's Orchestra and gan Pallottine Fathers I Crossword • GS community had its annual Pallottine Seam us Freeman, rector general on the Dancers, with music for dancing pro Being honored at the dinner will be • Entertainment El dance to benefit the missionary work of International Pallottine Order, from yided by Brian Bonner and his Arran- Bridie Delanev, KN. who has volun • Obituaries A4 the order Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Hel Rolne, Italy; the Rev John Fitzpatnck, mnre Band teered for more than ',?0 years tor the The Pallottine Fathers provide, Pallottine cause* in Michigan and • Opinion* lenic Cultural Center on Joy Road, just Irish provincial superior, from Dublin. A16-17 west of Wayne Road in Westland Ireland-and the Rev John Kelly, bur worldwide missionary services, They I ex as • Bftftlttatate Fl The guests will receive a local wel sar provincial of the. Interna) innal, are based in Michigan at the Pallottine Tickets are $40 per persen and run • Sport* Cl come from the City of Westland with from" Rome, Italy Hoiise m Wyandotte The-.Pallottine be [thtamed by caHing '-I'M^ "^a-'JtWti. greetings from Mayor Robert Thomas The dinner-dance starts with co«'k- House was donated by the late William Tlve e\eii.t is ti|,»en (e all whii wish to aid and a special flag welcome from the/ tails at 6:30 p.m. .and dinner at 7:,'40 L Cahalati Wavne Circuit iud^e and the Pallottine Father^-iii lh(-i'r storks HOW TO REACH US Newsroom, 730*3.2104 Rotary Toy Show remains favorite for old, young Newsroom Fax 734491,7279 Ern&t-frown* o: hotnft oiwn iftat Toys aren't juat for girls and hoyw year/sard Behinger. ;i Iso West bind huruaimng goes on aitn.inji de.i !< T S Nightjine/Sports 734-M3-2104 AdulU who eolleet t«y» now have an Rota-ry'president-fleet The s*how fea without Rotar>V involve meat Some Reader Comment Urn 734-9R3-2042 event to anticipate, too. ture? different dealers Rotary doesn't \ isit.ors -ell lovh a" well. The < bib goal Ctetsifled Advertising734-SftiOM O Th« Westland Rotary Toy Show will show anything, lx.it organizes and pro is to have (-iO dealers 'by the tune, of the Dtsptey Advertising:7l44tl~236 0 run 10 am. to 3 p m, Sunday, Nov 14, motes the event event «t Joy Manor, on Joy *ast of Middlel>elt "ft can be Star War-1 figures" he ^mri There s a Druji? Abuse Re^i^,io(.. Home Delivery,734-S*W»0 0 in Weetlartd. of the offerings. There eould be obi Fal neat ion table for raffles "Votive l.J.,4 m ,-, .-<M -»*»#, ,<•*• .'ir,.^, ki., W*»rc..»ii n wypTir.il rrif Mr" ,-i* ,>• <\i> ?i f/iH k-* t L Admission is *3, v.'ith kid^ tmdrr a^f T>ai: air -;n«. i T. r- :TI : -. ,u "''-""•'-•--'•'..• - '• '•"•- -K" "•*• 12 admitted fr«v Refreshments will he Whwds or old t»n trucks idrliTig tb.it organizers are grateh.il to available Many itemm have incr-eased m vam,!> e biv Miu'ioi f'oi' donati'in of the- f-iciiil v "We manage to fill the parking lot." since they were made One Wr-tbihd said Ken Belanger, Rotary chaim^an of man brought in a loy tram. an<i i oiii'd Th :;IM'> {c o wiirih'. money r:nseii . i , , th* votMtmftal committee H^ diwertbed it: out iTK»fc»" ejmdidlv *)»HH lite lertMt^d i'«u«it; "PrtoiHr*iv (<t( V-*H *1 i n ilHl » ** t H 11- the venture a« fuieeemsfiil in y*»ftr« past it'-s value - arih»p='"' h? Wol "IT ^:-11(''."**- 1 f \', '' •' 0 • : The club ha« done the shown for 'It's fan in coin'' -'wid --ee I IT ''< ,i"n-: nl i h/i n( ,d^e fond about four yearw. and 'does, two pf*r Vfiur old lovs." Be.jMiiii'er -• o>:t. A l''t ( ! PWMHIHT-^" .:— * Ob$*rver A Eccentric/ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1999 :'•! jLJftir«raity of Michigan-Dear- The Wayne Rotary Club has ]$MFfk student* ar« gaining practi- announced sponsorships for •o-the-job experience during three fttudVnta to attend the Jennifer Turrin of Westland fajl semester in position* anaual Rotary Youth Uaderahip has been named Carrier of the atad to their career goals. Award program. Year for the Wertlaad Observer ay ara participating in the The thro* Wayne Memorial She i* « ninth-grader at Livonia, Cftftwgt of Arta, Sciences and High School students who will Franklin High School, where she L4ttere cooperative education attend are: Andre Brown, corre carnee an A average. JpftgTfUU. sponding secretary of SADD and "She ia an excellent carrier," Westland participants are; a senior class officer; Eric said Jim Hertford, Observer area Emily Kottyan, international Konopka, president of the manager. The whole family is studies* Society of Manufactur National Hispanic Honor Soci involved, he added, which has a ing Engineer*; and Coleen How- ety; and Angela Bradford, ser lot to do with their closeness, eU, chemistry, U-M-Dearborn vice vice president of the Nation Turrin and others were hon Chemistry Department.