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It's the 29th running of Ohscrverl.ind track relays Saturday, CI lOeTbwn COMIUHHJATI.^ NHfWOHK' Putting ymi in touch ( Thursday with your world ' " ••» April 29,1999 Serving the ^stlan Vi*t I.Mi .H Nt \int if 94 WisuANf). MK.'MK.AN • 70 PAGLS • http: . O lftt HOMMTOWB OmmumicmtiMut Network, live. us in rec plans Residents attended a public hearing Tuesday Young people's evening at John Glenn High School to express concerns: their opinions on a proposed $12-million-plus Justin Cqle: A^MAY-ZING recreation center for Westland. The forum was man, 15, and sponsored by the mayor's administration. Jamie Man BY DARRELL CLEM though a survey of Westland residents ning, 16, urge STAFF WRITER city officials to dclemQoe.homecomni.net indicated strong support for a building Moms... they're amazing people. designed with teens in mind. consider the Grunted, they can't leap buildings Westland teenagers Tuesday "We feel very unwanted," 15-year-old •needs of in a single bound or stop,a speeding implored city officials to accommodate skateboarder Justin Coleman said dur teenagers in ing a public hearing in John Glenn train like Superman, but when it skateboarding and outdoor swimming planning a comes to juggling the demands of in any long-term recreation plan. High School's auditorium. work, home and their children ,.. Neither activity appears on a prelim Mayor Robert Thomas' administra new city recre Well, they're just amazing. : inary list of features for a proposed $12 tion sponsored the 21'a-hour hearing - ation center. In recognition of their, amazing million-plus recreation center, even status, the Observer Newspapers is ~~^ Please see RECREATION, A4 STAW PHOTO BY Ton HAWLEY looking for the most "A-May-Zing . Mom "living in Livonia, Plymouth, Plymouth Tbwnship, Canton, Wow a wallaby Red ford, Farmington^Fdrmington City hears Hills, Westland or Garden City. In 50 words or less, tell us why your Mom is so amazing. Be sure to include her name, address, telephone number and a photograph as well call of wild as your name, address and telephone M Entries should be number. sent to $u* Mason, The winner "An A-May-Zlrig willbe - coyotes Mom" contest, announced in 36251 Schoolcraft .the Sunday, May BY DARRELL CLEM Livonia 4S150, by 9, edition of the STAFF WRITER nolater than 6 pmObserver. She [email protected] Friday, April 30. ^ui receive a complete makeover at Gerald's Salon Wild coyotes, possibly uprooted from inNorthville Township, a$2Q0 their natural habitat by a construction ensemble from Bon-Loot in • boom, are seeking refuge in Westland, Norihville and dinner for two (a $50 police say. - value) at Fonte d'Amore Ristprante Residents have reported seeing as in Livonia, many as four coyotes at once near An4'alleiigibU"A-May-ZingMofn* homes and nature areas along Hix nominees will be recognized irLthe Road, from Joy as far south as .Cherry May Sedition. Hill. Police are advising residents not to panic. These clever coyotes apparently aren't as aggressive as the Wile E. Coy* o'te that chased cartoon land's Road- runner. "Nobody has been bitten as far as I know," Police Chief Emery Price said. ~~~"" Please see COYOTES, A2 COMMUNITY LIFE 'V A trend: Pokemon, a Bnir namw TOM HAWLET to market Japanese cartoon show i&iwll4fyc$ted"R^ for SPARK Day last weeklStu- with an American wer0 able to touch the Australian animal brought in by the Living Sojtewe Foundation. makeover, is becoming the DBA area latest craze among kids wha watch it on the WB, BY DARRELL CLEM "WKIliJT play its*card games and [email protected] • - •**> collect its stuffed toys./BX ^.yision-is-ensergtng for transTofrning mmtw&j Westland*s aging commercial ^corridors into bustling, pedestrian-friendly .areas — - BY HKATBERiTOEDHAM where people can shop, dine and live, ENTERTAINMENT \9^WKttn'.;::^i)\)^^.::;: officials say. ;It's one thing to read about wallabies hopping around One proposal centers on trying to the Australian Outback; Wit's another to watch one hop market several properties to one major Theater: "Fame" is what ArptuidftcUssro^^'-:-P;;;^vv^.'-' ••..:'- ' developer amid hopes of spawning University of Michigan ; Madison Elementary students in Westland got a close- Nankin Town Center - touted as a up look at a wallaby, an alligator, an exotic tropical bird, potential rebirth for the southwest cor graduate Gavin Creel pre- ner of Ford and Wayne roads. a six-foot-long snake and the power of electricity Friday -The plan could fuel even more rede pared-forrNowhe's learn at Madison's "gPAftK Day,* which wfeauda for-Sctertw velopment along Wayne Road from ing what's it's really Please see WARK, AS For the bird: Merlin the cockatoo shows off. like. /El Please see DDA, A6 INDEX Register for Your own Web site? 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TlfUftSDAY, APRIL 29,1990 ^-L frdmpageAl But he did suggest that resi- hit one coyote with a tranquiliz jfenta take precautions.