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HomeTown COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK |% m outh © bscruer Your hometown newspaper serving Plymouth and Plymouth Township for 116 years Sunday, January 6, 2002 w w w .observerandeccentric.com 7 5 ( 5 Volume 116 Number 38 Plymouth Michigan ©2002 HomeTown Communications Network™ Drug tests help worried parents There s still time b y B rad kadrich Fla Lab technicians analyze the sample, enter our “Lessons Staff Writer then send the confidential results back to in Love contest [email protected] net parents Just describe your Parents who suspect their children may Wendy Wagenheim, a spokesperson for idea of a be using drugs are about to get some help the American Civil Liberties Union of romantic evening finding out for sure Michigan, said the tests don’t present any for two in 10 0 Plymouth Township police are making constitutional dilemmas, though she wor words or less The available drug testing kits parents can use ries it might cause trust issues between winner receives at home to test their children for drug use parent and child a night out The tests are being provided free of charge “As a parent, I would be concerned about on the town __ in partnership with Drug Free America, the trust issue,” she said “But there really Friday Feb 8 Inc aren’t any Fourth Amendment problems that includes two Red Wing tickets dinner “We obviously don’t have a senous drug The difference is these would be parents for two at Cafe Cortina limousine service problem m the community, but it’s another who would be administering the tests not candy and flowers tool parents can use,” said Plymouth Town the police ’ To enter you must be at least 18 years ship Police Chief Tom Tidenngton “This is While some might express concerns old and very romantic We must receive designed for parents who have legitimate about privacy issues, Tidenngton said he your entry by Jan 25 The wmner will be concerns with what their kids are doing isn’t womed about it announced Jan 31 Send entries to This gives parents another method to par “Are there pnvacy issues between a 16- Cathy Young e n t” year-old and parents who think he or she Lessons in Love Contest The kit includes a drug screen intended might be involved with drugs9 I don’t think Observer Newspapers to detect the use of amphetamines, barbitu there are too many,” said Tidenngton, who 36251 Schoolcraft Livonia Ml 48150 rates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, marijuana, has two children “A 16- or 17-year-old can phone (734) 953 2155 fax (734) 953- methadone, methqualone, opiates, phency make many decisions, but he still needs clidine or propozyphene STAFF PHOTO BY BRYAN MITCHELL 2232, e-mail, cyoung@oe homecpmm net guidance and direction ” Parenting tool: Plymouth Township Community Resource n ^ V, ^-ir, ^ ,vrr^ The test doesn’t even have to reveal the The chief pointed out the kits are intend name of the person being screened Parents ed as a parenting tool, not an investigative Officer Jamie Senkbeil holds up the drug test for that collect a urine specimen from the child, comes with the kit. Plymouth Township police are offering then send it to a laboratory m Ft Myers, the drug screening kit to parents at no charge. T H E WEEK! Please see DRUG, A2 AHEAD Olympic effort City set to Getting ready: This reindeer ice sculp MONDAY ture was spotted look at recently along Junc Goal setting: The Ply tion Street near I mouth City Commission downtown Ply 2002 goals sits down to its first goal mouth It took Ply mouth carver b y T ony bruscato setting session at 6p.m. staff Writer l Tajana Raukar tbruscato@oe homecormn.net at the Plymouth Cultural about six blocks of For the first time in recent memory, Center, 525 Farmer. The ice to get “Reindeer” the Plymouth city commission on Mon meeting replaces the regu finished Raukar, a day will hold a goal setting session at larly scheduled city com perennial winner at the beginning of a commission term the Plymouth Inter By doing so, commissioners and city mission meeting. administrators will have an opportuni national Ice Sculp ty to discuss incorporating some of the ture Spectacular, is goals in upcoming budget discussions also getting ready For first-year Mayor Bill Graham for the 2002 Winter it’s a chance to put the ship on a direct Olympics m Salt course “Goal setting is very important, oth Township meets: The Ply Lake City, Utah, erwise you end up having a ship with where ice carving out much direction,” he said “It’s mouth Township Board of will be a demon important to understand what fellow Trustees meets for the stration sport commissioners and the city administra first time m the New Year, She’ll prepare by tion think are important issues Other wise, you don’t have long-range objec with a 7p.m. session at carving at the 2002 tives, you’re just taking care of daily township hall, located at Ice Festival, which business ” A n n Arbor and Lilley starts Jan 16m High on Graham’s list of goals is downtown Ply additional downtown parking to accom Roads. Tentatively on the mouth modate new development agenda is a closed session “We ought to be doing *prelimmary analysis for a second parking structure to discuss contract issues downtown,” said Graham ‘We need to between the township and be looking at it now, so it’s m place m a its firefighters. year or two ” Also high on Graham’s goals list ongoing infrastructure improvements, including streets, water and sewer, and renovations at City Hall INDEX “City Hall looks good from the out side, but once you walk mside it’s easy f ‘ $ to see it needs work,” he said “We Apartm ents/E5 M a l l s / C 4 keep deferring improvements because A r t s / B 4 M ovie G uide/B5 * of the lack of funding sources It’s time Autom otive/D 3 New H om es/El «. i ^ we found the money ” C lassified /C ,D ,E 0bituaries/A 5 Commissioner Hon Lorselle said he’d C lassified Jndex/E3 Real Estate/El like to see the city upgrade street light Cop C a!ls/A 5 S p o r t s / C l ing along Mam Street and Ann Arbor Crossw ord/E4 T a s t e / B l Road “I would like to see a similar lighting J o b s / C 7 T r a v e l / B 6 STAFF PHOTO BY BRYAN MITCHELL Please see GOALS, A2 O w ners brin gin g one-stop shopping to P lym outh B y He a t h e r N eedham it will emphasize customer service The Staff writer Quaker State oil change will have [email protected] net greeters who will offer customers cof Busy commuters will soon have a fee, newspapers and even coloring place m Plymouth where they can get books for children All oil change bays an oil change, fuel up the car, grab a will be able to provide tire rotation ser bite to eat, get the car washed and vice, unlike some oil change businesses detailed and even pick up a greeting that only have one bay for such ser card vices And they’ll be able to do it all m one Drew Wolford, vice president of Ply place mouth Super Center Inc , said the busi An “automotive supercenter” devel ness will be a good fit for Plymouth opment hailed as bemg one-stop shop “I think the people m Plymouth want ping for busy commuters and errand something that gives them a little bet runners is expected to open its doors by ter service,” Wolford said “It’s kind of late February However, all parts of like one-stop shopping for people who the business may not be open by then X - 8 0 are busy ” The complex, located on the north An interior waiting room will provide side of Ann Arbor Road between Mam cookies, coffee, newspapers and a tele and Lilley, will feature a gas sta vision to watch tion, 180-foot long automated car wash, Food vendors will provide munchies oil change, auto detailing center, conve such a& hot dogs, pizza and doughnuts nience store with a “mini food court,” Deals with specific vendors have not card shop and shipping/packaging cen STAFF PHOTO BY BRYAN MITCHELL yet been inked One-stop: Things are moving along at the construction site of the ter Project Manager Bob Turner said Developers are hailing the business Plymouth Auto Super Center along Ann Arbor Road just west of 6 53174 10008 complex as being upscale and say that Please see SHOPPING, A7 Lilley To place a classified ad: 1-800-579-SELL Newsroom : 734-459-2700 Home Delivery: 734-591-0500 A 2(P ) The Observer & Eccentric/ SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2002 Sim ow ski m oves up in prosecutor’s office PLYMOUTH PIPELINE Plymouth resident Kevin Detroit and Wayne County and minating in the shooting death Simowski is making his way up Kevin will do a fine job to help of Detroit Police Officer Shawn Greek honors the ladder in the Wayne County make this community a safer Bandy and the wounding of Plymouth resident Kathryn Niran Luick was honored as Michigan Prosecutor’s Office place,” Duggan said three other police officers Simowski was promoted earli Prior to Simowski’s position as State University’s Greek Community’s Academic Woman of the Year According to prosecutor’s office 2001 er this month to chief of opera chief of warrants and District officials, Simowski has devel The award was presented at the first Green Excellence Awards tions m Mike Duggan’s office Courts, he worked as director of oped training programs and has Gala in Lansmg, where more than 300 fraternity and sorority mem Prior to the promotion, Simowski the homicide unit at the Wayne lectured extensively to law bers gathered to witness the honors held the position of chief of war County Prosecutor’s Office enforcement agencies, the As the 2000-2001 chapter president of Sigma Kappa Sorority, rants and Distnct Courts, where Under Simowski’s direction the defense bar, prosecuting attor Luick worked to improve recruitment,

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