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The renovation is set to improve traffic flow for all “ We were being very fru ­ usher in a more patron-friend­ visitors. gal," Davis said. ly, modem, streamlined config­ » New furniture and addi­ The project isn't expected After saving money for a uration that marks the biggest tional seating w ill adorn the to have any major impact on decade and riding out an eco­ project since the library at section where a fireplace is areas where books and other nomic storm, Canton Public 1200 S. Canton Center received located. materials are kept. Moreover, Library officials have revealed an addition in 2001. » The remodeled area w ill the bulk of disruptions are plans fo r the second-biggest “It’s very exciting,” said get new carpet and vinyl plank expected to last no more than a renovation since the building Laurie Golden, marketing and flooring. month. opened in 1988. communications department » The business center fea­ The library, which has been The $361,733 project is ex­ head. “ It's going to be really turing copiers, fax machines hailed as Michigan's busiest pected to force a two-day shut­ nice when it’s done." and printers w ill become more single-branch library, has down Feb. 3-4 while the Ply­ Here's why: accessible by being moved to 90,000 card holders, 65,000 of mouth-based contractor, Li­ » A circular service desk what is now the check-out area. whom live in Canton. It has brary Design Associates, con­ near the front entrance w ill » More self check-out sta­ materials in numerous lan­ ducts interior demolition work. serve patrons, offering check­ tions w ill be added. guages to serve the township’s Afterward, certain sections of out counters, reference help Davis said the remodeling diverse population. the fa cility face temporary and one-on-one assistance with project reflects a supportive For more information about closures and patrons w ill be Kindles and other digital de- library board that has saved the renovations or to see the diverted to alternative en­ money for the last decade to floor plan, go to Eva Davis said the remodeling trances. » The remodeled space, accommodate the changes, www.cantonpl.org. project reflects a supportive "We should be substantially amounting to 7,800 square feet though officials delayed mov­ library board that has saved done by the end of February," o f the 53,000-square-foot build­ ing ahead amid an economic [email protected] money for the last decade to library Director Eva Davis ing, w ill better accommodate recession that hurt tax reve­ 313-222-2238 accommodate the changes, bill said. patrons with disabilities and nues. [email protected] BRESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Local W L B U S Q j leaders split on Snyder’s speech

Gov. Rick Snyder Thursday used his annual State o f the State speech to paint a rosy picture o f a state on the come­ back trail. In the final address o f Sny­ der’s first term, the governor talked - in less specific detail than some observers would have liked - about improve­ ments fo r schools, municipal­ ities, veterans and the environ-

And much of his speech was spent on improvements in the state’s economic status since he was elected in 2010. "We had a broken system in FIRM LOOKS AT DISTRICT Michigan," Snyder said. “We’ve become the comback state, but our work is not done. It's about keeping your foot on the gas." Snyder cited gains in em­ ployment, personal income and TRANSPORTATION ISSUES population growth, among other measures in his hour- Consultants, is expected to [operations. the 2013 bond proceeds, long speech. be on the ground as early as 'We're going to look at ev­ Meissen pointed out. Hiring State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, this week looking at every erything - route locations, the consultant, he said, R-Canton, said the governor's Plymouth-Canton admin­ angle of the district's trans­ the organizational struc­ would help the district fig­ speech "provided clear evi­ istrators have said the dis­ portation operation. ture, the contractor, our ure out how best to make dence" Michigan is on the tric t is responsible for By the time the group is contract. The goal here is to the operation more effec­ comeback trail, after what he transporting more than finished - a final report is create a state-of-the-art, tive. said were “ years of decline 10,000 students some 1 mil­ expected by the end of technologically advanced “The spotlight is on in known as the Tost decade."’ lion miles a year w ith its March - the district could program that’s cost-effec­ that area," Meissen said. “Our residents are now 124-bus fleet. make decisions ranging tive and broadens services." “ (We’re looking) at how can finding more and more well- On TUesday, the Ply­ from changing or eliminat­ Superintendent Dr. M i­ we get kids to and from paying job opportunities.... As mouth-Canton Board of ing bus routes all the way to chael Meissen told board school and other kinds of a result, more o f our family Education approved the finding a new contractor to members transportation expanded services.” members are now staying in spending of some $44,000 to provide transportation ser- was one of the areas looked The firm's first order of Michigan, to the delight of hire a transportation con­ at in the recent systems business, according to K il­ many parents and grandpar­ sultant to come in and help “ They’re going to pro­ analysis that was done in lian, is to help the district ents," Colbeck said. “ Our pop­ district officials figure out vide us some recommenda­ the district. complete a fleet manage­ ulation is finally growing the best way to deliver tions around evaluating our The consultant costs w ill ment review. As part of its again. Property values are up. those services. current operation,” said be paid from the trans­ work, the consultant w ill New home sales are up. Our The consultant, Annapo­ Brodie Killian, the district's portation budget and from spirits are up." lis, Md.-based School Bus deputy superintendent for other money identified in See DISTRICT, Page A2 Among other things, Snyder pledged: » An extra $65 million for the Great Start early childhood education program to elim ­ inate the waiting list fo r low- income kids. Price: Wayne County veers toward EM » Expansion of Meals on Wheels and in-home programs represents Canton, Plymouth Wayne County fo r seniors, w ith more mea­ and Plymouth Township. “ Are Commissioner sures aimed at seniors to be we heading there? Yes. Can Shannon Price announced in a special mes­ Sinking deeper into a $200 we stop it? Possibly.” says the county sage this year. million budget hole, Wayne Wayne County faces a situ­ could be facing » Requiring more financial County is sliding toward state ation sim ilar to Detroit, bar­ an emergency information from local govern­ intervention and likely faces ring a willingness to slash manager, bill ments and school districts as a an emergency manager unless spending, restructure col­ BRESLER | STAFF way of providing early warn­ drastic measures are taken to lective bargaining agreements PHOTOGRAPHER ings of local units heading into shrink spending, a local offi­ and sell o ff assets such as a financial distress. cial said. wastewater plant, Price said - » Funding to fight invasive, “ I think it's going to be very issues that are contentious, at species, particularly the Asian d ifficu lt to stave o ff an emer­ best. long-homed beetle, which is gency manager," said 10th His blunt assessment heading north toward Michi- D istrict Wayne County Com­ missioner Shannon Price, who See COUNTY. Page A2 See SPEECH, Page A2

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t tinue to own its buses, “The biggest $44,000 cost o f the con­ COUNTY DISTRICT K illian said the consult­ sultant can be more than ant w ill also evaluate the things we're justified - and more than Continued from Page A1 Continued from Page A1 current delivery model, interested in are off-set - by the potential up to and including the savings that could be comes midway through evaluate enrollment quality o f the contractor, s a f e ty included in the final his firs t two-year com­ trends and route loca­ Michigan Educational c o m p o n e n t s ...” analysis. mission term. Price, tions and help the district Transportation Services. With a transportation R-Canton, shared his evaluate the type of tech­ The district has had budget of some $6.5 m il­ • views with the Observ­ nology it wants to have some problems with the lion, each of the district’s er during an interview on the buses. company since it priva­ 124 routes costs some at the Canton Coney "The biggest things tized a few years ago, tors is made, K illian said, $53,000, according to Island. we're interested in are including a recent dearth a premium w ill be estab­ Killian. Price said efforts to safety components, but of drivers. lished on keeping Ply- "We want to strive for make the Detroit Water Wayne County we also want to make "Part o f their evalua­ mouth-Canton bus d riv­ a better, safer and more- and Sewerage Depart­ Commissioner Shannon sure we get the right tion is going to be is the ers on their routes, with efficient system and that ment more account­ Price says the county video and global posi­ current delivery model whatever vendor has the alone justifies the expen­ able, partly by creating could be facing state tioning systems," Killian o f an outsourced driver contract. diture," he said. "(But) a new three-county intervention, bill bbesler | said. the right one or is there a “ A big part w ill be the considering declining authority, could begin STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “ Maybe w i-fi makes better model out there?" whole delivery model enrollment, shifting pop­ to reel in spending. sense as we move toward Killian said. “ We believe and in that is an evalua­ ulation and what we hope "I think the new ments from doing their that digital era, but it it's time to re-evaluate. tion of METS," K illian are efficiencies, normal­ authority w ill help jobs. Price disagreed: may be cost-prohibitive. It’s beyond just the con­ added. “It is possible ly you’d find some sort of stabilize rates and give “ It’s one way to try to We w ill be exploring all tractor. ... Is our routing METS won't be w ith us. (bus route) consolidation. more representation to reel in spending that is new technologies." software up to date? Is Our bus drivers are well­ I f we save one route, the suburban communi­ out of control.” The move does not our technology in the bus valued and provide a relationship pays for ties," he said. » Price vowed to mean the district w ill garage up to date? Is the critical service. Any itself." Price also said halt­ push for a larger share change its policy o f p ri­ utilization of GPS and driver who is truly com­ ing a county jail pro­ o f parks millage dol­ vatizing its transporta­ cameras and other new mitted w ill be able to [email protected] ject amid spiraling lars fo r local communi­ tion system. While the technologies? stay with us." 313-222-8899 costs - and finding an ties, saying the 10th district w ill likely con­ I f a change in contrac- Killian said the Twitter: @bkadrich alternative plan - D istrict gets only should help. $192,000 a year, or 15 Price’s forecast percent of the taxes it demonstrated that the wasn't entirely gloomy. pays. He has chosen to SPEECH days o f responsible gov­ He said strides have divide the money pro­ ernance in our republic been made to improve portionately among Continued from Page A1 are not gone," Colbeck financial transparency, Canton, Plymouth and said. return mpre parks Plymouth Township, gan and threatens the “ Our state govern­ millage dollars to local allowing local officials state's hardwood trees. ment consistently bal­ communities, force to choose projects Those are all part of ances our budgets in a county elected leaders rather than having him what state Rep. Kurt timely manner. We con­ I to become more frugal pick “ winners and Heise, R-Plymouth Town­ sistently demonstrate and secure much-need­ losers." ship, called a "very up­ relentless positive action ed money fo r 10th Dis­ » Price said he beat, positive speech." on behalf of those we tric t road improve­ fought to restore "(Snyder) has a great represent.” ments. $75,000 a year fo r a record to talk about... A t the start of his On the campaign Wayne County thera­ frankly I think he could speech, Snyder called for trail. Price had pushed peutic recreation pro­ have done even more to more civ ility and recog­ for a spotlight on gram that serves dis­ talk about Michigan’s nition that "differences Wayne County spend­ abled residents from 11 turnaround,” Heise said. are a positive." Although ing. He said strides communities at Can­ "There’s a really positive he didn’t use his name, have been made by ton’s Summit on the story to be told, and I Snyder was apparently placing much financial Park. Canton Tbwnship think the governor told talking about recent data on TYeasurer Melissa most o f it tonight. anti-gay and anti-Muslim www.waynecounty.com McLaughlin has called He also renewed his remarks made by Repub­ , prompting Sunshine it "a very effective call for more than $1 State Rep. Dian Slavens, D-Canton, poses with Canton lican National Commit­ Review, a nonprofit program." billion o f additional annu­ resident Sommer Foster before Gov. Rick Snyder's State of teeman Dave Agema. pro-transparency » Price, working al spending on the state’s the State speech Thursday. Snyder said Michigan group, to raise the w ith local officials, said roads. residents should "work to county’s letter grade funding has been se­ Snyder's officials said more detail. State officials have bring people together, from D-minus to B. cured fo r road pro­ two o f the five items on “ I t ’s nice to hear he stressed that two-thirds not divide them." “We’re not where we jects, including the his “Michigan Dash­ wants to focus on public of Michigan’s $971 m il­ Slavens thought it was need to be, but to go widening o f Beck Road board" fo r which the education, roads and lion budget surplus is important for Snyder to from failing to a B is a to three lanes between state is moving in the jobs,” Slavens said. one-time money that make the point. huge accomplishment," Warren and Ann Arbor wrong direction are c riti­ “Those are his main can’t be built into any “We all were very Price said. Road in 2015, a tra ffic cal bridges and roads. goals, but he didn’t get ongoing program such as happy he talked about On other issues: signal this year at Beck "But it wasn’t all just specific about it. I t ’s one staying positive and be­ » Despite criticism and Saltz and the im ­ positive,” Heise added. thing to say, T believe we Colbeck the state’s ing kind to one another," from officials such as pending widening of " It was also laying out a need to fund our schools,’ performance over the Slavens said. Wayne County Prose­ Cherry H ill west of continuing vision for because everyone agrees last year years shows cutor Kym Worthy, Canton Center to ac­ helping children, for we need to fund schools. responsible government new state legislation commodate two new reducing crime, for im­ But how’s he going to do in action. hailed by Price means schools. proving the job market, it?” "Over the past three Worthy and other offi­ Price also pledged fo r making sure we have With nearly a $1 billion years, the partnership bkadrich@hometowr cials would have to file he is working with early childhood educa- surplus, Snyder talked between the governor 313-222-8899 lawsuits demanding county officials to try about limited tax relief and the Legislature has Twitter @bkadrich more funding through to improve road-clear- But State Rep. 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ON CAMPUS Canton senior wins STARS award M a rq u e tte U n iv e rs ity Jessie Ronayneo f Ply­ By Brad Kadrich mouth has been named to the Dean’s List fo r the fa ll 2013 semester at Marquette Uni­ Canton High School senior Claudia versity in Milwaukee, Wis. Montgomery just wanted to help people. Ronayne is pursuing a Needing a community service project bachelor of science degree in for her National Honor Society program, speech pathology and audiol- Montgomery found a perfect partner and ogy. a satisfying way to help. Marquette University is a Montgomery used her winter break to Catholic, Jesuit university that collect coats, hats, boots and other items draws its more than 11,500 and worked w ith PBJ Outreach, a metro students from all 50 states and Detroit outreach program, to get those more than 75 different coun­ items delivered to homeless people in tries. Find out more about Detroit, where PBJ does a lot of work. Marquette at marquette.edu. For her efforts, Montgomery, daughter of Colleen and Tom Montgomery o f Ply­ Canton High School senior Claudia Montgomery was recognized Tuesday by the school boar, B a ld w in W a lla ce mouth, was honored Tbesday by the Ply- surrounded by (from left) board President Judy Mardigian, mom Colleen Montgomery, PBJ U n iv e rs ity mouth-Canton Board of Education w ith its spokesperson Fran Crowe and dad Tom Montgomery, piymouth -canton community schools Kayla Eysterof Canton has Students w ith Tenacity Achieving and been named to the Dean's List Reaching Success award. and services to provide food, clothing and fo r the fa ll semester 2013 at "PBJ goes to Detroit and gives people basic social services to homeless people “ She blew me away," Crowe said. Baldwin Wallace University, food, clothing and a smile," Montgomery as well as those who are below the pover­ “ When she pulled up with four carloads of according to Stephen D. Stahl, said. " I really enjoyed seeing how much ty level, livin g in the depressed and im­ items, I almost fell over." provost. they appreciated it." poverished areas of metropolitan Detroit. Board members were suitably im- Students who receive at Soliciting other NHS members for PBJ Outreach goes every Saturday least a 3.6 GPA fo r seven or donations and distributing some 250 fliers morning to provide food, cold and hot T am in awe," new board President more graded hours in a single asking fo r help, Montgomery managed to drinks and clothing to approximately Judy Mardigian said. "They say it takes a semester are named to the collect, among other things, 103 winter 250-350 homeless people. village, but sometimes it takes one per­ Dean’s List. coats, 143 pairs of boots, 35 wind break­ PBJ spokesperson Fran Crowe told son. This was amazing." Baldwin Wallace Univer­ ers, 54 pair of pants, 30 hats, 20 pairs of board members Thesday she was sity, founded in 1845, is an gloves, a dozen sweaters and 42 tops. "wowed” by Montgomery’s effort. Crowe [email protected] independent, co-educational She donated it to PBJ, an ecumenical called Montgomery’s donation was “ the 313-222-8899 university o f 4,500 students in group of people volunteering their time largest student donation ever done for Twitter. @bkadrich Berea, Ohio. 17 vie for Distinguished Young Woman honor A group o f women from self-expression. Contestants Jordyn Boitos and Hailey Dot- throughout Michigan w ill be in are also evaluated based on to r from Wayne-Westland; Saline this week to compete in academic scholastics and in­ Kayla Fryz and Chineze Mba- the 56th annual Distinguished terviews. nugo from Plymouth-Canton; Young Women of Michigan A final performance by the Tori Hubbell, Alysha Ausmus Scholarship Program. current Distinguished Young and Carly Petersen from Irish The program w ill be at 6 Women o f Michigan, Anna Dai, Hills; Cassidy Nugent from p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Sa­ also w ill be part o f the event. Washtenaw County; Karyna line High School. The 17 con­ Dai was selected as the top Smith from Inkster; CaiUin testants w ill compete fo r more five talent and scholastic win­ Borke from Alpena; Akshaya than $8,000 in college schol­ ner at the Distinguished Young Rajkumar from Oakland Coun­ Distinguished Young Women of Michigan's Class of 2014 include arships and the chance to rep­ Woman o f America national ty; Claire M artin from Huron Cassidy Nugent (back row, from left), Kayla Fryz, Mianna Gonczar, resent Michigan at local events program in last year’s national County; Ashley Peper from Hailey Dottor, Caitlin Borke, Jordyn Boitos, Chineze Mbanugo, Alysse throughout the state and at the program. Northville; Alysse Blight from Blight and Stephanie Robinson and (seated, from left), Ashley Peper, national finals in Mobile, Ala., “This is one of the largest Wyandotte; Mianna Gonczar Claire Martin, Alysha Ausmus, Tori Hubbell and Cionna Orr. Not in June. The scholarship pro­ and most talented group of from Romeo; Cionna O rr from pictured are Carly Petersen, Akshaya Rajkumar and Karyna Smith. gram is based on academic contestants that we have had Flint; and Stephanie Robinson scholastics, leadership, phys­ and we are so excited fo r the from Detroit. dyw.org. A ll proceeds go to- school seniors in the country, ical fitness and talent. public to come and support Tickets are $18 and can be ward scholarship awards. Since it began in 1958, more A t the state program, con­ these accomplished young purchased at Saline High The Michigan State Pro- than $90 m illion in college testants w ill perform an open­ women" said Angela Bobo, School the day of the event or gram is part of the Distin- scholarships have been award- ing number and compete in a Distinguished Young Women by contacting the Michigan guished Young Women of ed. For more information on performing arts talent routine, of Michigan state director. 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By Darrell Clem fixing streets, officials said. sign a petition not knowing from the township's bond coun­ district, or SAD, before the Road projects already are what the cost w ill be," Faas sel, finance staff, treasurer's process can begin. moving ahead in the Wethers­ said. "This takes some o f the office and assessor. Faas said the bulk of SADs Canton residents who pet­ field condominium complex, uncertainty out of it." Supervisor Phil LaJoy said pertain to street repairs, espe­ ition the township to create southwest of Palmer and Hag­ » Canton could initiate road the last policy was adopted in cially in aging subdivisions. special assessment districts gerty, and in Lexington Square, projects after receiving pet­ 2008, but talks about revisions However, residents also may fo r street repairs are expected a subdivision southeast of itions fo r $500,000 in work emerged last year as the Weth­ petition the township fo r pro­ to have better cost estimates - Cherry Hill. rather than $1 m illion. That is ersfield and Lexington Square jects such as water mains and and a potentially longer pay­ Municipal Services Director expected to result in a shorter projects came to the forefront. sewers. ment plan to ease their finan­ Tim Faas said the revised pol­ wait fo r subdivision street Faas said the aim is to help The township is expected to cial burden - under new rules icy contains the following com­ repairs due to the lesser subdivisions have a better revise pamphlets that are giv­ adopted by township officials. ponents: amount fo r bonds. handle on their expenses prior en to subdivisions and resi­ The changes, approved » Subdivisions would pay a » Subdivisions could have a to circulating petitions. That dents seeking a special assess­ TUesday by the Canton Tbwn- $2,500 engineering fee to ob­ 15-year payment schedule, way, he said, residents could ment district, so they w ill bet­ ship Board of TYustees, come tain a more precise estimate of rather than 10 years, if the make more informed decisions ter understand the process as four more subdivisions - costs before they begin to cir­ amount they owe for work about supporting or opposing going into it. Bi-Parkview Estates, Carriage culate petitions, rather than exceeds $10,000 per property projects. Park condominiums, Windsor after. owner. A majority of property own­ [email protected] Park and Meadowbrook - have “ That's always been a con­ » The new policy adds more ers has to sign petitions sup­ 313-222-2238 indicated a possible interest in cern when you ask someone to involvement in the process porting a special assessment Twitter; @CantonObserver Hopeful hosts forum Woman killed in one-car freeway crash

vestigation. al times. on 7th Senate district The crash occurred just “ She wasn’t belted in at the before noon on eastbound time, so she was ejected from ston County and vice presi­ An Ann Arbor woman died M-14, just west o f Sheldon, the vehicle,” Shaw said. dent of the Citizens Against Thursday from injuries suf­ Shaw said. There were no passengers Government Overreach. fered in a one-car crash on The subsequent investiga­ in the Prius and no other vehi­ Plymouth attorney John Stewart said he invited M-14 in Plymouth Tbwnship. tion and crash reconstruction cles were involved in the Stewart, who spent six years Colbeck and Canton Democrat Kim berly Bauer, 53, was closed a stretch o f the free­ crash, he said. in the state House o f Repre­ Dian Slavens, the current pronounced dead at Botsford way until about 3 p.m. There were no preliminary sentatives representing the state representative fo r the Hospital in Farmington H ills Bauer, Shaw said, was driv­ indications that drugs or alco­ 20th D istrict, feels as though 21st D istrict who has an­ after being rushed there ing a Toyota Prius and was hol played a role in the crash, not enough voters have nounced she’ll also seek the Thursday, said Lt. M ike Shaw, apparently going too fast for Shaw said. enough information about the 7th Senate seat. a Michigan State Police road conditions when she lost newly redrawn boundaries of The state Senate 7th Dis­ spokesman. Police are await­ control. The car went into the [email protected] the state Senate 7th D istrict. tric t has included, until now, ing autopsy results and a final ditch in the freeway median, 313222-2405 This dearth o f information the cities of Belleville, Flai report on the accident in­ he said, and rolled over sever­ Twitter: @mattjachman is of particular importance to Rock, Gibraltar, part o f North- Stewart, who plans to run for ville, Plymouth, Rockwood, the 7th Senate seat this fall TYenton and Woodhaven, along (he’ll have to get through an with Brownstown, Canton, W-W trustees pick Walker to lead school board August prim ary first). The Grosse lie, Huron, Northville, seat is currently held by Re­ Plymouth, Sumpter and Van Middel, who TYustee Charles "TYav” publican P atrick Colbeck of Buren townships. had indicated at G rffin, who opted not to seek Canton. The district has since been the board's De­ a board office, congratulated So Stewart, term-limited redrawn to include the Ply- The Wayne-Westland cember meeting the new leadership team, out o f the state House in 2006, mouths, Canton, part of North­ Board of Education has that she would telling officers that he looked has organized a community ville, Northville Tbwnship and picked Shawna Walker to not seek a third forward to working with forum later this month at the the cities o f Wayne and Livo­ serve as its president fo r 2014. term as presi­ them. Plymouth D istrict Library. nia. A member o f the board Walker dent, replaces “ We're here to work togeth­ The forum is scheduled fo r 5-6 Slavens said Thursday she since 2008, Walker replaces John Goci as er, we're here to do that," he p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, at the was forced to decline Stew­ Carol Middel, who decided to secretary. said. “ I ’m look forward to library, 223 S. Main. art's invitation because o f a step down. Walker moves up "I served 2Vi years as presi­ working w ith the board and "It's just an informational previous commitment. Col­ from the job of treasurer, dent, some days were dia­ school officers fo r the better­ meeting on the new 7th state beck said he’s heavily in­ which she had held fo r two monds, some days were ment of this district." Senate D istrict," said Stewart, volved in budget work. years. rocks," the Canton resident Goci also offered his con­ who ran fo r the seat as an "I'm focused on problem­ “This is a new seat fo r me. said in vacating the presi­ gratulations to the new o ffi­ independent in 2010 and lost to solving, not politicking right I'm sure I ’ll make some mis­ dent's seat. "However, more cers, telling them, "You have Colbeck. now," he said. takes along the way," the days were diamonds." a huge task ahead of you." “ It’s not a debate, it's an Westland resident said during The board also decided to Obviously disappointed after informational meeting.” [email protected] the board's organizational keep Thomas Buckalew of fa iling to win the president’s The meeting w ill be moder­ 313-222-8899 meeting last week. "Thank Wayne as vice president and seat, he and TYustee Sally ated by John Creasy, a public Twitter: @bkadrich you fo r trusting me to lead tapped Frederick Weaver of Madison had cast dissenting school teacher from Living­ you." Westland as treasurer. votes fo r the four nominees.

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Schools Wayne-Westland offers in-district search for Schools of Choice alumni for 2014-15 M i c h i g a n Wayne-Westland Community Schools w ill o ffer district residents a nominations Schools o f Choice program for the read 2014-15 year fo r students in kinder­ Wayne-Westland’s John Glenn garten through 12th grade. and Wayne Memorial high schools The Schools of Choice program H V N A N m iS are putting out a call for nomina­ provides parents the opportunity to tions fo r their respective alumni COUNCIL move their child from one school to awards. another within the boundaries of the The Faculty Council at John Exploring our history, school district provided there is room Glenn is seeking nominations for available in the school. TVansporta- the recipient o f the Distinguished our pr*s«nt and our tion to and from the school o f choice Alumnus Award. The graduation Steve Luxenberg, the author of "Annie's Ghosts," will be at Schoolcraft College on must be provided by the parent or ceremony now includes the presen­ Thursday, Jan. 30, as part of the Great Michigan Read, oavetrumpie legal guardian. tation o f the award to a graduate School district residents who who has gone on to achieve excel­ would like their child to attend an lence. elementary, middle or high school People can nominate a John Schoolcraft’s Pageturners other than their school of residency Glenn graduate who has earned must submit a 2014-15 Schools of distinction in their field o f endeav­ Choice application, which w ill be or following graduation by contact­ host author Steve Luxenberg available in every Wayne-Westland ing Karen Duhl, counseling secre­ school by Friday, Jan. 31. The applica­ tary at John Glenn High School, in Pageturners, School­ Annie's Ghosts is a and events w ill focus i tions w ill be accepted in the Pupil w riting at 36105 Marquette, West­ craft College's book dis­ story about fam ily se­ The Great Gatsby in Feb­ Accounting Office at the Board of land, M l 48185 or by phone at 734- cussion club, w ill host a crets, personal journeys, ruary and Picking Cotton Education, 36745 Marquette, West­ 419-2332. The deadline is Feb. 21. special Meet the Author genealogy, mental dis­ in March. A ll Pagetur­ land, between Jan. 31 and March 3. The Faculty Council w ill review event, featuring the au­ ability and illness, pover­ ners events and activities Applications received according to all applications and select the nomi­ thor of Annie's Ghosts: A ty and immigration. I t is are free and open to the the tim e lines w ill permit, i f space is nee to be honored with this year’s Journey into a Family a story of re-framing public. Copies o f the available, selected students to begin commencement ceremony May 31. Secret, the book selected one’s self-understanding selected books are avail­ the 2014-15 year in their school of Wayne Memorial also is looking fo r the 2013-14 Great once a fam ily secret is able at the Schoolcraft choice. I f more students apply fo r a fo r nominations fo r its Distin­ Michigan Read project. revealed, providing in­ College bookstore at a grade/building than there are open­ guished Alumni Medal. Detroit native and sight into how our identi­ discounted price. ings, a random selection process w ill “ We have had many outstanding associate editor o f the ties are shaped by learn­ For more information be used to select students. The names people graduate from Wayne Me­ Washington Post, Steve ing something shockingly about Pageturners, go o f students not selected w ill be morial,” Principal Kevin Weber Luxenberg, w ill discuss new about our history. online to sites.goo- placed on a waiting list fo r 2014-15. said. "Many have contributed sig­ Annie's Ghosts, what TWo additional stu­ gle.com/site/scpage- Current Schools of Choice stu­ nificantly to the betterment of soci­ inspired the book and his dent-led book discussions tumers/. dents must reapply to remain eligible ety on a local, state, national or insights into the w riting w ill be held at 4 p.m. The Great Michigan fo r the program next year. international level. The Distin­ process w ith students, Monday, Jan. 27, and at Read is a biennial pro­ A fter the deadlines, Schools of guished Alumni Award is our way faculty, staff and the 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. gram o f the Michigan Choice applications w ill be accepted of honoring an outstanding gradu­ ing his 28, in the Bradner L i­ Humanities Council that until Aug. 28 at the elementary or ate on an annual basis.” Thurs- brary on the main cam­ creates partnerships middle school the parent/guardian This award also has become a 30, at the VisTa- pus. Pageturners also with schools, libraries, would like the child to attend. These part o f the annual commencement i the col- w ill host a movie screen­ museums, religious or­ names w ill be added to the 2014-15 ceremony of Wayne Memorial High mpus on ing o f Stories We Tell at ganizations and other school year waiting lists on a first- School. Each winner is awarded a Haggerty, north of Six 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, organizations in M ichi­ come, first-served basis. Building medal with the school seal. M ile, in Livonia. Jan. 29, in Liberal Arts on gan fo r a statewide read­ principals w ill use the waiting lists to “This is an opporttmity fo r our Annie’s Ghosts is part the main campus. ing discussion, focusing notify qualified students of an open­ current graduating class to hear memoir, part detective Stories We Tell is a on a single literary title. ing. Building principals w ill be al­ first-hand from a form er alumnus story and part history. As documentary by Sarah The program is in­ lowed to place Schools o f Choice who has made his/her mark on soci­ the author tries to un­ Policy that explores her tended fo r young adults students only through Sept. 19. No ety,” Weber said. derstand his mother's family’s secrets - in­ to senior citizens w ith a Schools o f Choice placements w ill be Nominations can be sent to P reasons fo r hiding her cluding one related to broad goal o f making made after this date. Rawson, secretary to the princi; incipal, sister’s existence, Luxen­ Polley’s own identity - literature more acces­ A Schools o f Choice student can be at Wayne Memorial High Schoo:hool, berg takes readers on a and looks at the relation­ sible and appealing while moved back to his/her home school if 3001 Fourth St., Wayne, M I 4818448184 or journey into his mother’s ship between Polley’s also encouraging resi­ an overcrowding situation occurs by phone at 734-419-2206. world o f the 1930s and parents, including the dents to learn more about within the firs t 10 weeks of the school An announcement of the winr 1940s, where he explores revelation that the film ­ the state of Michigan, its year. A fter 10 weeks, the student will w ill be made in mid-May and the how a poor immigrant maker was the product of history and future. Visit be permitted to remain in the school recipient w ill then be honored at fa m ily manages life with an extramarital affair. michiganhumanities.org/ fo r the remainder o f the school year, commencement May 31. Nomina a child who has special Upcoming Pagetur­ programs/tgmr/ fo r more provided all other conditions con­ tions are due by Feb. 24. ners book discussions information. tinue to be satisfied.

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We con­ the software,” Peterson one to discover sometime in the llth-grade awards. gratulate the winning said. in the future when paper “ I was very happy artists.” Her winning poster money may be obsolete." w ith the entries we sub­ has a contrasting color Paulsen has had his mitted this year,” in­ ‘V is u a lly p leasing' scheme against the black students enter the con­ structor Steve Paulsen Tigani’s first-place background, making it test pretty much from said. “We submitted poster poster displays attractive to the eye. It when it started. He has about 25 posters, all of the likeness of the auto was created in Adobe described it as the best which were well-de­ show in a "colorful and Illustrator and is com­ contest there is fo r stu­ signed and could have simplistic yet visually pletely vector art. dents o f their age. been winners. Many of pleasing way." The Westland resident “The prize money is the posters were also “ The winning poster is hoping to attend a visu­ very generous and the entered in Scholastic Art was really fun to create al arts college fo r tradi­ recognition the students Awards and I'm sure w ith the colors and align­ tional illustration and receive is a real ego- they w ill do well as a ment," the Westland graphic design "to help booster," he said. “ I real­ Veronica Peterson's Ron Malmsten's poster strong addition to stu­ resident said. “It took my talents grow and ly want to express my winning posterhas a plays off the numbers 2 and dents’ portfolios.” some time to perfect the flourish." gratitude to the Detroit contrasting color scheme 5 for the auto show's 25th The NAIAS 2014 chair­ idea I was trying to por­ " I want to be success­ Auto Dealers Association against a black background. year and the NAIAS logo. It man Bob Shuman, a Gen­ tray, but w ith a lot of fu l in the future while fo r sponsoring the con- It was created in Adobe placed third in the eral Motors automotive work, the end result was s till doing what I love," Illustrator and is completely 12th-grade awards. designer, a College for very satisfying.” she said, adding that she Creative Studies instruc­ With the second post­ plans to give a portion of tor and a State Farm er, Tigani wanted to do her prize money to her Insurance representative something different from fam ily and put the rest in judged the posters. A ll the “ sleek and clean auto­ her college fund. winning entries are post­ motive posters” she has ed on the official NAIAS seen in the past. She Play o n n um bers website, naias.com, and decided to create a post­ Malmsten’s poster are on display at the auto er with a “real grungy played o ff the numbers 2 show at Cobo Hall in look.” and 5 for the 25th annual S hort Sale in D etroit now through Jan. Tigani plans to pursue NAIAS and was paired 26. a career as professional with the show’s logo. It The prizes ranged graphic designer and was created using Adobe from $1,000 fo r the Chair­ illustrator. She plans to Illustrator and Photosh­ men's Award, which went apply to the College for op. I grouped together Past 4 to Lindsey Simon, a 12th- Creative Studies in De­ the 2 and the 5. grade student at Romeo troit, as well as various “ I used two raster Engineering and Technol­ other art and design technical drawings of an ogy Center in Washing­ schools. engine to add some detail ton, to $100 honorable " I want to work to in the background," the mentions at the 10th-, improve m y skills," she Belleville resident said. Uth- and 12th-grade lev­ said. " I want to do some­ " I went through at least els. There also were thing great with my art five different color stud­ awards fo r Designer's and be happy doing it.” ies and used the selected Best o f Show-Digital, As fo r the prize mon­ one out of popular out­ U iiif Designer’s Best of Show- ey, she plans to use it to sider opinions.” Traditional, Most Cre­ either buy a better com­ He added that Paulsen ative, Best Use of Color puter to do more graphic provided a reference and Best Theme awards. design work and digital image that he used for Shuman selected the a rt or add it to her col­ inspiration. winning entry, which is lege fund. Malmsten hopes to in the official NAIAS Paulsen works with start his own design and program. students, making sugges­ printing business. He "The record number tions to improve their wants to make and sell o f entries speaks vol­ entries. 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200 technicians that are staged out Joique Bell wows the o f the building. Comcast also re­ cently opened a retail store in M obility is king when it comes Plymouth where customers can fans at auto show to communications, and nobody check out the latest gadgets. knows that better than Comcast. “ This gives our customers a By Jay Grossman “ We're growing tremendously hands-on experience with our and we’re really expanding the latest products," said Collins. product set, both from a voice “ These are things people want to With apologies to Joe perspective and from a data per­ see and feel - they’re not going to Biden, it was Detroit spective," said Jim Tyrrell, exec­ make a decision over the phone." Lions running back utive director of voice product Joique Bell who stole management fo r Comcast. “ We’re The fu tu re is here the spotlight at the building out a complete Wi-Fi net­ "B y the end of the year there North American Inter­ work -having fast Internet speed are going to be more mobile de­ national Auto Show on in an office is great, but again a lot vices than there are people in the Thursday. of people are going to be mobile." Jim Tyrrell, executive director of Voice world," said Tyrrell. “I've heard Appearing at a Com­ Comcast hosted several recep­ Product Management for Comcast, from some analysts there are actu­ cast business reception, tions at the North American Inter­ talks about the cable industry at the ally more mobile devices connect­ Bell signed autographs national Auto Show throughout Detroit auto show. ed to the Internet than there are fo r a crowd o f fans, Industry Week to tout its ever­ toothbrushes in the world.” took photographs and growing presence in the business Consider these three markets As fo r the future, Tyrrell be­ talked about his future community. Comcast Business that Comcast is targeting: lieves the data bandwidth is "going w ith the team. Lions running back Joique reported about $2.4 billion in reve­ » The automotive industry, to continue to explode." He antici­ “ I'm a hometown guy Bell hopes to return with nue last year, up from $256 million which Collins describes as incred­ pates there w ill be a lot more con­ and I love playing in the team in 2014. in 2006. ibly “ data-centric" in how it oper­ nectivity from machine-to-ma- Detroit. I think we have “Comcast Business has over ates. “ The industry is a very com­ chine, especially w ith cars. the best fans around in hard-nosed player on 5,000 employees today. We grew in plex network o f manufacturers, He also believes there w ill the league,” said Bell, the field, but a regular seven years from nothing to 5,000 designers, vendors and dealer­ much more targeted advertising in who played his college guy when the game is workers - that’s a pretty big com­ ships - there’s a lot o f linkage to­ the future, where customers w ill ball at Wayne State over. On Thursday, he mitment to the business segment," gether and data is what links it all walk into stores and products w ill University and bounced was joking w ith the said Tyrrell, who flew in Thursday together. That’s really the key.” "recognize" them based on their around the NFL fo r fans and practically from Philadelphia to spend the day » Governmental, universities mobile device. several years before begging them to ask at the auto show and meet with and colleges: "Again, generally Collins said the company sees joining the Lions in him more questions. customers. far-flung facilities that they need itself as "standing between the 2012. He’s looking forward to stitch together w ith data pipes intersection of media and technol­ He’s now one o f the to the upcoming season F a ste r speeds, and video services.” ogy ... and it’s dramatically chang­ top production players and is fam iliar with new m o re d a ta » The medical industry: “ Every ing the way we communicate and on the team. Heading Lions coach Jim Cald­ Tim Collins is the senior vice hospital has doctor offices all relate to each other.” into restricted free well, having played for president of the company’s Heart­ over,” said Collins. "And now He also said companies need to agency, Bell said it's his him in Indianapolis. land Region that serves 1.7 m illion they’re getting into remote medi­ understand the difference be­ desire to stay w ith the His least favorite customers in Michigan, Indiana, cine where an X-ray diagnostic tween one generation and the next. Lions. place to play is Green Kentucky and Arkansas. The head­ technician might be sitting in New “ Consider the M illennial gener­ "We really have Bay, and he’s picking quarters are in Plymouth. York somewhere. You have an ation," he said. "Ten years ago if some talent on the ros­ Seattle over Denver to “Comcast Business is the focal intense image that you need to you saw someone in an office ter. I think we can go a win the Super Bowl this point of our presence here at the send." wearing headphones and listening long way,” he said, add­ year. auto show,” said Collins, a form er Along those same lines, there’s to music while they were working, ing the team needs to He thinks the team's Northville resident who now lives the Affordable Care Act which has you'd throw them out of the office. cut down on penalties if secondary w ill play in Birmingham. “ It’s the fastest- a mountain of requirements for You try doing that today and it wants to take that much better next year, growing party o f Comcast, yet doctors in terms of record-keep­ you’re going to lose every M illen­ next step into the play­ providing the players most people just consider us a ing. nial you have in the building.” offs. can stay healthy. His residential TV company. We're so The Plymouth headquarters has Bell, 27, who was all-time favorite run­ much more than that." around 550 employees and another [email protected] born in Benton Harbor, ning back is the legend­ was signed by the B uf­ ary Walter Payton. falo B ills as an undraft­ Bell said he’ll always ed free agent in 2010. appreciate form er Denso plans $10M expansion to Southfield headquarters While in college, he coach Jim Schwartz for earned extra money believing in him and the world," said Terry "The city of Southfield AgeLab and Touchstone working as a security giving him a chance to Helgesen, senior vice has gone through some Evaluations to "develop guard fo r the Lions. run the ball. president of industry and difficu lt economic times new perspectives and “ I ’d watch the other “It’s an emotional Japanese automotive government affairs for in the last five years, methodologies fo r a ho­ players coming into time seeing him go supplier Denso con­ Denso. "No one would however, we are begin­ listic approach to mea­ practice and told my­ because he’s the one firmed its commitment have said this five years ning to see some positive sure driver demand," self one day that’s going who brought me in," he to North America with ago, but it is a great time indicators of a strong said Justin McBride, to be me,” he said. “ And said. “ But he wished us the announcement Tues­ to be in the automotive economic comeback,” senior manager of body here I am." the best and said he’ll day at the North Amer­ industry.” said Mayor Brenda Law­ control systems. That rags-to-football be cheering fo r us - ican International Auto It is apparently a rence. Initial partners in­ story had a positive unless he's across the Show of a $10 million great time to be Denso as "We are so pleased clude Honda and Subaru impact on Bell. He’s a sidelines." expansion to its North well, as they are exceed­ that Denso has their research and develop­ American headquarters ing expectations when it North American head­ ment, and Jaguar Land in Southfield. comes to the four-year quarters in Southfield, as Rover. The investment, which plan o f investing $1 b il­ they continue to grow Addressing safety Time-traveling DeLorean also calls fo r the creation lion and creating 2,000 with a $10 million in­ issues as it pertains to o f 176 new jobs, includes jobs in North America, vestment and expansion teenage drivers is one of the purchase of an including 1,200 in the in the city. Denso’s top priorities. on display at auto show 81 ,000-square-foot office United States. “ As we celebrate the And instead o f just building on its current In fact, they have auto industry resurgence asking drivers, they are Film buffs heading campus that w ill increase already created more and the 2014 North Amer­ studying them. to the North American the company's research than 1,100 of the 1,200 ican International Auto “We watch their eyes, International Auto and development opera­ jobs with 425 o f them in Show, I am so very we measure their heart Show w ill want to check tions. Michigan. proud, excited and ener­ rate, we measure their out the iconic 1981 De­ It was just last year The Southfield expan­ gized by Denso’s con­ skin conductance and Lorean DMC-12 that that Denso used the sion w ill help with the tinued growth which w ill then we build a model was used in the movies North American Interna­ development of next- help to fuel the economic around that understand­ Back to the Future and tional Auto Show to an­ generation technologies comeback of the entire ing," he said. Russell Brand's Arthur. nounce plans to invest focused on improving region.” The ultimate goal is to The car is complete­ more than $150 m illion in fuel economy and safety, create a Human Machine ly restored and on loan facilities and add more and w ill also support the M a k in g cars s a fe r Interface that w ill "man­ from Universal Studios. than 400 new jobs to the development of compo­ The company also has age and connect all the I t ’s making a firs t nents fo r electric hybrid formed the Advanced sensors and hardware in appearance at an auto Fans w ill want look “ As you can see, we vehicles, gasoline direct Human Factors Evalua­ the vehicle while know show and is located at fo r the famous “ flux are committed to the injection systems, high tor fo r Automotive Dis­ what impacts the driver the Covisint display capacitor” on the car, North American market, output alternators and traction consortium with inside and outside the along the front lobby of which we now know is the most competitive and infotainment and connec­ the Massachusetts In­ vehicle.” Cobo Hall. the key to time travel. challenging market in tivity products. stitute o f Technology Bells and whistles: Luxury rides rule at the Detroit auto show

ost people go to M auto shows to look at vehicles they might be inclined to buy one day. Not me. I like to sit in cars I can't afford. And that’s exactly what I did Wednesday while walk­ ing around the North Amer­ ican Interna­ tional

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The only The 20-minute film problem was, it was the Chosen, by Shared same day it was deter­ Hope International, is mined the D IA could be appropriate fo r those forced to sell some of its age 13 years and up. It collection to help pay w ill be shown at 7 p.m. Detroit's debt as a result in Room A o f the Civic o f the city’s bankruptcy Center Library, 32777 filing. Five M ile Road. “ The day that it was Chosen tells the sto­ announced that the col­ ry of two teenage girls lection was under threat The crowd listens to DIA Director Graham Beal at Livonia Town Hall. PHOTOGRAPHER deceived into tra ffick­ because of the bankrupt­ ing. Eighteen-year-old cy, we had some new gether teams, drawn much o f its state aid was Brianna was an honor- digital photography and from across the whole cut. It was decided to ask ro ll student and cheer­ some new equipment,” staff and fo r 18 months, metro Detroit voters for leader and worked at a he said. "People said, ‘Oh in addition to their days a millage to support the local cafe. Thirteen- my goodness, they’re jobs, people from PR DIA. The millage was year-old Lacy was a already selling (the development worked approved in 2012 by member of her youth art).” ’ with curators and educa­ citizens in Wayne, Oak­ group and a volunteer Beal spoke to several tors to learn about each land and Macomb coun- in her community. hundred people as a part collection and to draw That millage pro- Both were manip­ o f the Livonia Town Hall it the stories of interest vides roughly $23 million ulated. Both were ex­ series at St. M ary’s Or­ a year to the institution ploited. Both were cho- thodox Church. It was fo r operational costs. the third forum fo r the “That makes us sta­ January is National series, which brings in Hearing more about ble," Beal said. “ Most Slavery & Human Traf­ prominent speakers to the museum re-inforced American museums get ficking Prevention talk about issues. Pat Gransee’s feelings that much from their Month. In addition to touch­ that the D IA is a very own unrestricted endow­ Each year in the ing on the issues the DIA important part of south­ ment and that’s what United States, more has had w ith the bank­ east Michigan and we're aiming for.” than 100,000 children ruptcy case, Beal spoke should be kept around no Beal, who came to the are exploited in the about the efforts the matter what happens DIA in 1999 after serving commercial sex indus­ museum has made to with the bankruptcy case at other museum in Los try (National Center make the fa cility more in Detroit. Angeles, San Francisco For Missing and Ex­ friendly to those who are The Novi resident and Omaha, said he ploited Children). Be­ not as well-versed in art. said she had confidence wanted to get patrons out DIA Director Graham Beal speaks. Behind him is a slide of cause sex trafficking is One effort, Beal said area residents w ill rally o f the habit of something ‘The Wedding Dance" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, bill an issue rarely discuss­ he employed, was to get behind the museum and he calls "gliding," some­ 8RESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ed at home, in school or more than just the cura­ do what they can to pro- thing museum visitors in church, parents and tors involved in placing do that gets them actually likely experi- description o f the mu­ children are often un­ artwork around the mu­ “ I think people w ill be through the museum but enced any sort o f impor- seum shuffle, because aware of the dangers seum to provide a diffe r­ in uproar,” she said. “ I only touches on the art- ...... that’s always been the that face America’s ent perspective. think people w ill come work’s surface. way it’s been fo r n: ” youth. “Rather than opening back to support it.” “ A fter 45 minutes, en Galindo said she could she said. “ For the firs t MAP invites the doors fo r people, we The museum began you basically have ‘done’ identify w ith Beal’s de- time, I was just able to community to learn were actually putting up scription of how patrons sit and enjoy certain what they can do to a screen fo r most peo­ protect youth and to ple," he said. “ I put to- several years ago after anything. You haven't prevent human traf­ visited the museum, ficking. Accredited by MANS 1 however, she was unable To learn more about • to walk as much, allow­ MAP Emd find addition­ ing her to take in more of al venues fo r the film the artwork on a detailed dveselenak@ screenings, visit the St. Damian Catholic School level that she hadn’t hometownlife.com MAP website at before. 313-222-5379 http'y/www.michigan Now Enrolling Preschool 3 6. 4 yrs. thru 8th Grade “ I was laughing at his Twitter: @DavidVeselenak abolitionistproject.org/.

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Musical — drawing AU audition materials young cast members are available online at from 31 schools who www.fhgov.com/ performed to sold-out youththeatre. audiences — the Far­ Not that anyone in­ mington H ills Youth terested in auditioning Theatre is counting on has to practice in ad­ another Broadway favor­ vance. “They can come in ite to continue riding the blind. There are people wave o f success. who w ill be there to help Auditions fo r Camp the kids," Sheatzley said. Rock are coming up and Mel Sheatzley. youth A fu n s h o w theater director, urges Camp Rock, a Disney kids throughout the area production, is about the to jum p on the bandwag­ adventures of a group of on — as they did fo r TAR- talented kids who had ZAN. planned to spend the Auditions are sched­ summer jamming at the uled fo r noon to 5 p.m. camp. Then they find out Saturday and Sunday, there is actually a newer Jan. 25-26, at the Costick and flashier camp in Center, 2860011 Mile, in town. The focus of the Farmington H ills. musical is how the kids “ The auditions are fight to keep their Camp The Farmington Hills Youth Theatre draws cast members from surrounding communities. In last fall’s 'TARZAN the Stage very comfortable and Rock open. Musical," West Bloomfield resident Joe Rankin played little Tarzan. easy,” said Nancy Cou- Performances of moundouros, Farmington Camp Rock w ill be at 7 opportunity to sing, act As a mom whose two H ills Cultural Arts D ivi­ p.m. Friday, April 25,2 and dance. There are also daughters grew up in sion supervisor. “ We p.m. Saturday, April 26, some roles, such as camp youth theater, Sheatzley were so proud of the and 1p.m. and 5 p.m. counselors, fo r adults. encourages parents to let kids’ performances in Sunday, April 27. The Unlike TARZAN, their kids give theater a TARZAN. The feeling of show w ill run again the which was filled w ith life tiy . It's fun and helps camaraderie w ith the following weekend: 7 messages, Camp Rock kids form long-lasting kids was exceptional." p.m. Saturday, May 3. offers contemporary friendships while learn­ And she wants kids to and 2 p.m. Sunday, May music and dance and is ing an art form, she said. know they don't have to 4. The show w ill be at the more about just having "From my perspective have previous theatrical Costick Center Stage. fun. The set and scenery, as a mom, it really helps experience. The youth Tb give as many kids meanwhile, w ill also be build their confidence theater program is de­ as possible stage time, what Sheatzley called and self-esteem and their signed to be fun. “We Sheatzley w ill have two "upscale” with bleachers ability to talk to anyone. have had kids who never casts fo r Camp Rock. She and the whole area paint­ It’s also a fun experience Costumes play an important role in the Farmington Hills had any experience for plans to cast 60 kids for ed in white. The stage for to meet all kinds of kids Youth Theatre's productions. Hills resident Rachelle Willnus TARZAN and we had each group. Camp Rock also w ill be in all age groups. It is takes charge of all on-stage attire for the shows. some who had." Cou- “ In this show, which is extended some six feet. neat to see the older kids moundouros said. not normal, we have 22 Costumes w ill be mentoring the younger No doubt about it, speaking parts," Sheat­ made by Rachelle Will- kids and the younger Sheatzley said, auditions zley said. "B ut that’s nus, who also worked on kids working to be like are not high pressure: what makes Camp Rock the TARZAN attire. She the older kids.” "We try to make it fun. so much fun." measures the kids fo r the We play w ith the kids Kids w ill have the costumes so they fit. imaliszewsOhometownlife.com PRIVATE & GROUP BUSINESS. 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By Beth Jachman now lives in Los Angeles pursuing his acting ca­ reer. Cicchini has ap­ It was a joyous trip peared in starring, co- down memory lane for starring, or supporting actor Robert Cicchini. roles in more than 25 That’s how the Bed­ feature films. He also ford native describes his appeared in more than 50 work on WaterWalk, a guest-starring or recur­ movie with a distinct ring performances on Michigan and Midwest television series pro­ flavor. grams CSf, CSl NY, Des­ Soon to be released to perate Housewives, video, the movie was NCIS, 24, The Closer, made by actors and crew Without a Trace and Cold- mostly from Michigan case. ranging from Cicchini, His longtime friend who grew up in Redford, Schermer, whom he met to his friend cinematog­ while both were attend­ rapher Bruce Schermer, ing Wayne State, recom­ who graduated from mended him fo r the part nearby Redford High o f laid-off newspaper School in Detroit, to editor Steve Faulkner. Michigan natives pro­ Cicchini also ended up ducer Roger Rapoport directing the film , which and actor Chase Maser. tells the true story of Robert Cicchini and Chase Maser on location for the film "WaterWalk.” “For that reason all Faulkner, who after he the players took a lot of loses his job, goes on a noithern shore, through ly,” Cicchini said. “We pride and joy in shooting 1,000-mile-canoe trip Green Bay, up the Fox had a skeleton crew so this movie,” Cicchini with his 17-year-old son River, down the Wiscon­ everyone had to wear said. “ For me personally, Justin. Based on a book sin River and finally to more than one hat.” it was just kind of a joy­ by Faulkner, the father the Mississippi River. “ It was a d ifficu lt ous trip down memory and son reconnect during The total shooting was process,” said Schermer, lane." the journey. around 30 days, but was who was in town this Cicchini, who attended split up over two sum­ week shooting a commer­ St. H ila ry Elementary R o w in g o n t h e r iv e r mers, Cicchini said. cial for Detroit Mayor and graduated from Red­ Together they travel “ The film was very, Mike Duggan and was on ford Bishop Borgess, along Lake Michigan’s very difficu lt physical- his way to the North American International Auto Show. “ I had done some work on the water before and anything done on the water is difficu lt Y ou’re in vite d to to do,” Schermer said. 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Rocks power past Chiefs Salem’s Jason Newel scores late to spark 4-3 victory By Tim Smith

Power finally was restored fo r Salem's varsity boys hockey team Friday night. In the nick of time, too. The Rocks scored two goals with the extra skater — includ­ ing the winner by senior fo r­ ward Jason Newel with 1:53 remaining — to nip Canton 4-3 at A rctic Edge Arena. Newel, parked in front of Chiefs’ junior goalie Nick Borg, one-timed a centering pass from senior forward Jake Sealy inside the left post fo r the KLAA South Division win. Plymouth's Ben Yang leads the way in the 100-yard butterfly Thursday night against Canton, bill bbesler | staff photographer “ Our power play's been strug­ gling lately, we haven’t scored a lot," said Newel, referring to the Rocks going 0-l2 combined in recent losses to Livonia Steven­ son and Orchard Lake St. Ma­ ry's. “We were trying to stay high in the slot. It worked out D E E P P O O L fo r us. " I t was a perfect pass and the goalie was over just enough to slide it by.” Talent, depth, continuing to spark Wildcats Newel had two goals and an assist for Salem (6-7 overall, 5-3 don Burger (1:04.47) and in the division). His younger freshman Michael Wischer brother, sophomore forward (1:04.69). Evan Newel, also scored a goal. Whoever Kenn Forbes The Wildcats went 1-2 in Salem’s power play goal came inserts into his lineup is the 100 backstroke (sopho­ after the Chiefs were unable to capable of scoring points mores Garrett Beauprez cash in on an extended 5-on-3 fo r Plymouth's varsity boys and Keegan Kendall with power play. swimming and diving team, times o f 1:00.61 and 1:05.23) " I t was a chance to take the which is pretty much what and in the 200IM , with game, definitely take the lead happened Thursday night sophomore Aniketh Visai w ith a few minutes to go in the against Canton. topping the field (2:17.22) third period," Canton head The Wildcats rolled to a followed by sophomore coach Brad Barath said. "But we 120-63 victory in the KLAA teammate Bronson Knowles weren’t able to get it set up the South Division match-up at (2:18.50). way we wanted to and get the Canton High School’s nata- In the 200 free relay, the shot that we wanted. Salem did a torium. quartet of Wischer, Visai, good job o f killing it." “ We had a lot of fun,” junior Burger and senior Canton’s biggest chance dur­ Forbes said. "We swam a lot captain Alex Johnson won in ing the 49-second 5-on-3 was a of off-events, didn’t really 1:39.15. booming slap shot from the left load a lot up, we just wanted Plymouth also came in point by senior defenseman to see what kind of depth we second (1:39.20) fo r another won our ‘B’ 200 relay fo r us In the 100 backstroke, Beau­ Colin Smith that Salem junior had. four points, with the tandem (as anchor). prez got o ff to a fast start goalie Dillon Phillips smothered. “ It turns out we had some o f junior Ryan Heinze, “ And then M att Weiner against the competition and pretty good times, too." Knowles, freshman Matt and Michael Wischer are cruised to a first-place fin ­ Momentum swing Examples of Plymouth’s Weiner and junior Ben freshmen, they’re really ish. “ Anytime you’re able to k ill supreme depth were all Yang. picking it up. A ll the fresh­ Other Plymouth victors o ff a 5-on-3 like that, especially over the score sheet. In the “ Beauprez, he’s solid, men are doing really well, included Heinze (50 free, in that situation within the game 100-yard butterfly, fo r ex­ Heinze, Ben Yang," Forbes actually.” 24.21), junior Thomas really has the tendency to swing ample, junior Ben Yang won said, listing Thursday's Beauprez was stellar Huang (diving, 114.25 the momentum your way," Sa­ w ith a time o f 58.74 seconds. standouts. “ Alex Johnson, throughout, winning the 200 points) and the 400 free lem head coach Ryan Ossen- But right behind in second our senior captain. He free w ith a tim e o f 1:55.65, relay team of Johnson, Bur- macher said. “ That’s a tribute to and third places, respective­ comes out of nowhere all edging Canton sophomore our killers doing a nice job and ly, were teammates Bran­ the time. He's the one that Gerard Niermann (1:55.79). See POOL, Page B2 Dillon standing ta ll in net. “ Once we killed it off, we went back to work, got the pow­ er play, and that's something that’s been letting us down a little bit.” Seniors key Plymouth shutout, set record Jason Newel opened the night’s scoring with an unassist­ overall, 3-0 in the KLAA ed tally just six minutes into the Rocks closing in South) set a school record for contest and that was the score on KLAA Central title dual meet wins by a graduat­ entering the second. ing class. As of Wednesday, He set up senior linemate that number was 76. Jack Driscoll fo r a pretty goal A ll but Campbell got into the dual meet over the Char- See SALEM. Page B2 Plymouth’s varsity wres­ tling team had a perfect night Wednesday. over James Kelly at 135, The Wildcats routed vis­ with Nielson, Shaver and iting Livonia Churchill 72-0 in Youssef all pinning their op­ a KLAA South Division dual ponents. meet and, as a bonus, the Nielson needed 5:56 to record-breaking careers of bring down Chase Gardner in seven standout seniors were a hard-fought bout at 152 to honored. open the meet. In the second Head coach Quinn Guern­ bout of the day, Shaver need­ sey said seniors Daniel ed just 36 seconds to pin Ryan Aheam, Sam Campbell, Jon Delp. Conn, Sofus Nielson, Joey Mohamad Youssef's pin Shaver, Tarek Thmimi and over Spencer Blanchard at 119 Mohamad Youssef w ill finish required 1:26 to complete. ______Salem's Nick Danis (No. 20) and their prep careers having Plymouth's stellar senior cast of wrestlers includes 119-pounder Canton's Kurt Snow battle for the helped the Wildcats (26-2 See SHUTOUT. Page B4 Mohamad Youssef (left), shown from earlier this season, chris guddeck puck. BRIAN QUINTOS

Free Checking C o m m u n i t y W ith anytime access F i n a n c i a l right here right for you V isit cfcu.org today! Mobile Deposit Direct Deposit Bill Pay (877) 937-2328 Bill Pay Mobile Apps F r e e ATM s Mobile ApPs Visa Check O nline Banking B ill P a y Mobile Deposit visa check Meteyer to head athletics at Plymouth District recasting High School athletic di­ email to the Observer. “ So I'm thrilled to be assistant principals for "Students and sta ff have rector. He begins the job Meteyer, who this year able to work with the activities and athletics at so much enthusiasm re­ duties to include all in late January. has been teaching at Sa­ students and staff at Canton and Salem, re­ garding activities and Official- lem, added that the job’s Plymouth to take our spectively. athletics, it just makes co-curriculars ly, the dis­ duties also include music, activities to the next lev­ Meteyer, Heinzman sense to harness that tric t is call­ drama and other student el. Plus, a lot o f the initia­ and Willette w ill report to energy and see how far ing the clubs. tives I'll be working on Beth Savalox, the newly we can take it. a position “ I was a soccer coach w ill positively impact hired director of activ­ "The goal is to provide r “ assistant at Plymouth from 2005-11, activities campus-wide." ities and athletics fo r the •best-in-class' program­ Kyle Meteyer for­ A. principal so I am familiar with the With Meteyer's hiring, entire district. Savalox ming fo r activities and merly was Salem’s varsi­ fo r activ- black and silver,” Me­ all three high schools at formerly directed the athletics. We already ty boys track and field Meteyer ities and teyer said. “Plymouth has Plymouth-Canton Educa­ National Honor Society at have great participation coach. athletics. an amazing coaching and tional Park w ill have an the Park and was a histo­ rates in these areas, but Now he is a Wildcat, Most basically anything advising staff, with plen­ administrator in charge ry teacher at Plymouth. our goal is to find a place being officially hired involving students after ty o f success in co-curric- of all activities. Longtime "The district re-in­ fo r every student in the Tbesday by the school 2:10 p.m. is included in ular athletics and activ­ co-athletic directors Sue vesting in co-curriculars district." board to the newly cre­ our responsibilities," ities in just its 12 years of Heinzman and Tom Wil- is absolutely invigorating ated position of Plymouth Meteyer wrote in an existence. lette w ill now take over as fo r me,” Meteyer wrote. [email protected]

Canton gymnasts record top score

Chiefs remian lissa Green (35.875) and Stephanie Cox and Hai­ undefeated ley Hodgson (35.475 each). % By Tim Smith Individual firsts were scored by Toal (9.0 on uneven parallel bars, Like a locomotive 9.75 on balance beam, gathering speed, the 9.65 on floor exercise) Canton varsity gymnas­ and Lucas (9.1 on vault). tics team is on the fast Lucas (9.55 on floor), track to what could be a Hodgson (9.05 on vault) very memorable season. and Cox (9.475 on beam Consider Tuesday’s in her best meet) all 145.975-132.025 victory helped Canton’s cause over KLAA Kensington w ith second-place fin­ Division rival Livonia ishes. Red. I t was the Chiefs' Then Thursday, the top team score o f the host Chiefs improved to year and the highest 8-0 overall w ith a 141.05- reported team score in 124.675 victory over the entire state, head Grosse Point? United. coch John Cunningham Cunningham said noted. Canton enters this week­ Making that accom­ end's Caruss Invitational plishment more note­ at White Lake-Lakeland Plymouth sophomore Garrett Beauprez reacts to winning the final heat of the 200-yard freestyle. worthy was Jocelyn as the team favorite. Moraw missing the dual Against Grosse lifetim e best. individual races, working ahead o f two Wildcats — meet due to illness, "so Pointe, Lucas took firsts POOL “ To be in the middle of on the relays, and even Knowles (1:11.93) and the score was even more on vault (9.1) and bal­ the season putting in the though we lost by 60, that sophomore Andrew Lia- impressive. The best ance beam (9.275), with Continued from Page B1 amount of work that final score does not nec­ kos (1:14.68). way to describe the meet other firsts scored by we’re doing and seeing essarily reflect where we is solid, stuck routines Green on floor exercise those types of times are or what we did to­ B a la n c in g a c t on all events,” Cunning­ (9.15) and Tbal on uneven makes you very excited night." According to Forbes, ham said. parallel bars (9.1) and fo r the end o f the sea­ Niermann and senior it is rewarding to see a There were 12 scores all-around (35.45). P rog ress c o u n ts son." Jack Chaney won back- grueling training re­ o f 9.0 or better and five Hodgson came in Despite his team los­ Le emphasized that it’s to-back events fo r the gimen pay off. all-around scores above second on vault (9.1) and ing by a wide margin, not necessarily about Chiefs. “ We train pretty hard, 35.475, led by Maddie floor (9.075) and Cox Canton head coach Dave winning dual meets for In the former, Nier­ we keep the yardage up, Thai's 37.2. tied fo r second on bars Le also was relatively his team, but making mann finished firs t with we do a lot o f strength Also having excellent w ith Green (8.675). pleased w ith what tran­ sure his athletes improve a time o f 53.10 to edge training and keep it bal­ days in all events were spired in the dual meet and are peaking when Plymouth’s Heinze anced," Forbes said. “ I Erica Lucas (36.3), Me­ [email protected] fo r his team (1-5,1-1). tournament tim e rolls (53.91). Chaney's time of just m ix everybody up, “We talked all week around. 6:07.26 in the 500 free they all swim together, I long about focusing on “Dual meets are was only challenged by don’t necessarily have a being competitive and tough. We don’t have any second-place finisher fast lane. racing the guy next to us divers this year, so we Jack Boczar, a freshman “ So it brings all the and that's exactly what start dual meets 13 points who came in at 6:11.43. young guys up with we did,” Le said. “ Almost down," Le said. “Which is Canton senior Alex them. And they show it, everyone on the team a very tough thing to Bourdreau was victo­ they’ve got a lot of that swam tonight had a overcome against a team rious in the 100 breast­ heart.” best time, either a best like Plymouth. stroke, with a time of tim e fo r the season or a “ So we focused on our 1:07.72. He finished [email protected]

Canton senior Alex Bourdreau plows through the water during the 200 IM. photos by bill bresler | staff photographer

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coming soon with 11:43 left in the stanza, making it a 2-0 game. Driscoll, stationed near the right post, slammed in a cross-crease D on't w a it to g e t the help th a t you need! pass. The Chiefs sliced that margin to 2-1 w ith just over 10 minutes to go in the H u n t i n g t o n frame. LE A R N IN G C ENTER Senior forward Christian Flack won a face-off and dropped the pass back to Huntington is your tutoring solution Smith at the left point. His screen shot beat Phillips (14 saves). • Final Exam Prep: Subject Salem went back to work to regain Tutoring-Chemistry, Physics, the twogoal edge and finally managed The equalizer came with 2:16 re­ Biology, Calculus, History and to do so with 4:47 left in the second, maining in the period. Salem failed to striking on the power play. clear the zone and the puck found its Social Studies Evan Newel took a shot from the left way in front of Phillips, where Rice • ACT/SAT/PSAT Exam circle that Borg stopped but could not found the mark. preparations corral. Newel followed his shot and In the third, the Rocks went on the jammed in the rebound. offensive but had trouble beating Borg, • Academic Skills Improvement Earning helpers on the goal were outstanding with 30 stops. in Reading, Writing, Math and senior defenseman Cam Clark and “He’s a workhorse," said Barath, junior forward Rich Corso. about Borg. “ He holds us in games and Study Skills Canton, however, rallied to knot the he wants to win. That's what you need Huntington Learning Center Canton is independently in a goalie.” owned and operated. SAT/PSAT are registered trademarks game on back-to-back goals by junior of College Board; ACT is a registered trademark ol ACT, forward Connor Wherrett (from Smith Ossenmacher said he hoped the two Inc. and both organizations were neither involved In the and junior defenseman Hunter goals on the power play would help his production ol nor endorse this program. Schlampp on the power play) and junior team relax down the stretch on offense. forward Cooper Rice (assisted by Smith 44630 Ford Road, Canton, Ml 48187 and freshman forward Matt Eastman). tsmith@hometov/nlife.com (734)207-7930 Fowler pursues Olympic gold BOYS BASKETBALL Balanced Ducks defenseman we’re happy with where we to play for Team USA “ As fo r my role, the coach­ es have put a lot more re­ in Sochi Games sponsibility on me this year. attack I’ve been able to step up and By Dan O'Meara play well fo r the team, espe­ cially when we had some key injuries early in the year. leads A veteran o f three-plus Now, we're all healthy and it's NHL seasons at age 22, Cam only going to make us better." Fowler's still-burgeoning hockey career has already C a ree r a d v a n c e m e n t Rocks produced its share of high­ Fowler, who was the No. 1 lights, with the promise of draft pick of the Ducks (12th many more to come. overall) in the 2010 NHL Salem stays perfect in KLAA The latest was his selec­ Entry Draft, has four goals tion earlier this month for a and 22 assists this season. In Central with 73-59 win spot on the U.S. Olympic 256 professional games, in­ hockey team that w ill com­ cluding seven in the playoffs, Ten players scored Friday night pete in the 2014 Winter his career totals are 21 and to spark host Salem to a 73-59 Games Feb. 6-24 in Sochi, 92, respectively. KLAA Central Division varsity Russia. “Stepping in at such a boys basketball win over Novi. It w ill be the eighth inter­ young age and playing right The Rocks, 8-2 overall and 4-0 in national competition fo r Fow­ away at 18, there's definitely the division, led 31-27 at halftime ler, who was raised in Far­ a learning curve you go and took control with a 21-point mington H ills and is now a through," Fowler said. third. Sparking that frame with stellar defenseman for the “ You’re always continuing to two triples o ff the bench was ju ­ high-flying Anaheim Ducks. learn and improve as a player nior guard Jake Stropes. “ I wasn't sure how every­ and I think you have to do "We were pretty balanced to­ thing was going to shake Cam Fowler of Farmington Hills has helped the Anaheim Ducks that to be an effective player night," Salem coach Bob Brodie out," Fowler said o f his Olym­ compile an NHL-best record of 35-8-5. Fowler and the Ducks are in this league." said. "There wasn’t any one player pic chances. " I knew I had a undefeated at home (19-0-2). gary a. vasquez | usa today sports images Fowler added this has that caught fire for us. pretty good season so far and been a breakout year fo r him “We just did a nice job overall. had put my name on the ra­ to represent their countries," ing) helped put him on the in terms o f playing a greater Jake Stropes came o ff the bench dar. he said. "We’re all very hap­ team. role fo r the team and having and hit two threes for us in that “While sitting there watch­ py fo r each other. “ I'd like to think they se­ the confidence o f his coaches quarter (third) which was pretty ing TV, I was very anxious to " I think, maybe as it gets lected me to be an offensive and teammates. good." see what the decision was closer, there might be some defenseman and contribute "The biggest thing is the Leading Salem with 12 points going to be. Once I heard my friendly jabs thrown at each that way," he said. “ I know amount of time on the ice," he each were junior forward Allante name called, it was just pure other. Right now, we're just they selected a lot of ’D’ men said. " I played a good number Wheeler and senior guard Connor joy. I'm excited and very focused on our season and who can really skate and (of minutes) when I was Cole. honored to be selected. the Ducks. Obviously, when it jum p in w ith the play, who younger. Still, it got bumped Also helping the cause were “ I was aware that I was gets closer, our attention will can make a good firs t pass to up a bit. junior forward lyier Brooks (10 right on the bubble. I knew a be shifted." get the puck out of our zone. “The other big thing is me points) and senior forwards Alec few guys were locks to make Fowler, who w ill be joined "Whether it’s two minutes and (fellow defenseman Ben W infrey and Michael Hoover the team and I was compet­ on the U.S. team by Red a night or 20, I ’ll be happy to Lovejoy) have been matched (eight and seven points, respec­ ing w ith a few others for the Wings goalie Jimmy Howard do it. I ’ll be happy to be there up against some of the other tively). last spots. I knew I had and Livonia native Ryan and be a part of the experi- teams' top players and been Junior forward Jake Lenders played well and done pretty Kesler of the Vancouver relied upon to shut them was the top rebounder fo r Salem, much all I could to make the Canucks, thinks Team USA Tlie U.S. was the runner- down. w ith eight. team. A t that point, it was a general manager David Poile up to Canada and won the "The other thing is the “I t was pretty much a barn­ waiting game." has put together a solid team. silver medal at the 2010 coaches have used me a lot burner the entire game, it was Fowler, who spent his last “ I know the type of play­ Games in Vancouver and more on the penalty kill. close/’ Brodie said. "They (Wild­ two years of high school in ers they are and their back­ Fowler expects the Amer­ That’s something I did a little cats) didn’t give up, they just kept the USA Hockey Develop­ grounds and I think we have icans to be in contention for when I was younger but defi­ pressuring us full-court and get­ ment Program in Ann Arbor, a really, really good group," the gold medal again this nitely a lot more this year." ting after us playing zone, switch­ won a gold medal in the Inter­ Fowler said. "We have guys time. ing their defenses." national Ice Hockey Feder­ who can do it all - a lot of "Anything short of that C a lifo rn ia d r e a m in ’ Novi dropped to 2-6 overall and ation World Junior and U18 skill guys, guys who can kill would be a disappointment," Fowler, who also played 1-3 in the KLAA Central. World championships in 2010 penalties and shut down the he said. "We’ve talked about one season with the Windsor and 2009. respectively. opponent’s offense. it already and we expect good Spitfires and helped them C a n to n fa lls , 56-44 W ith that background, it “ I'm really excited about things from this group. With win the 2010 OHL champi­ Livonia Churchill made a strong seems Fowler was almost the group we have and ex­ high expectations comes a lot onship and Memorial Cup, statement in Friday’s 56-44 boys destined to end up on the pecting some big things. of responsibility, but we think w ill be staying in Anaheim basketball win over Canton. Olympic team eventually as Hopefully, we can come to­ we have the team to do it." fo r the foreseeable future. Senior guard Donte Jackson the next step in his progres­ gether as group and get ev­ He’s signed through the 2017- scored 14 points and sophomore sion. erything we want accom­ NHL p o w e rh o u s e 18 season. forward Joan Andoni added 13 as “I ’ve been fortunate to plished over there.” Fowler and the Ducks are “ I love everything about the Chargers put themselves right represent my country on the enjoying a great season in the playing in Anaheim," he said. in the thick o f the KLAA South big stage as an amateur,” he Short tim e to prepare NHL. They lead the Western “ Getting to live in California Division race by upending the said. “ To be able to do that The Americans won't have Conference’s Pacific Division certainly has its perks. The Chiefs. gave me a lot of good experi- an opportunity to practice with a league-leading 35-8-5 team we have and the core Churchill, now 4-5 overall and until they get to Russia and record, which includes an group of players we have 3-1 in the division, roared out to a “ Once you've played with they’ll be limited to two or incredible 19-0-2 perfor­ makes it fun to come to the 20-9 firs t quarter lead before Can­ USA Hockey, you’ve worn the three sessions at that. mance on home ice at Honda rin k every day. ton cut the deficit to 20-20 at half- jersey and you've repre­ “Then we jum p right into Center. “ Everyone wants to be on time. sented your country, it goes a the games." Fowler said. “When you’re winning a team w ith a chance to win But the Chargers took control long way in the selection "That’s what makes this ex­ games like we are, it makes it every year and we think we with an 18-7 run and never looked process. perience really unique. very fun to play," Fowler have it here. Hopefully, I’ll be back as junior guard Brett Bon- “ I think I represented my “ You need to have those said. "We know every time here longer after that." arek came through with all 12 of country well and played well practices to jell w ith each we come to the rink, we have Fowler s till wears No. 4 on his points, to go along with five in international tournaments other and get a chemistry a good chance of winning. his jersey - the same as rebounds, in the second half. and I ’d like to think that going. Once you do that, the That translates through the famed Boston Bruins de­ Davon Thylor and Jordan No­ helped me in the end.” tournament starts and you whole locker room. Every­ fenseman Bobby Orr. Fowler bles scored 20 and 13 points, re­ have to figure things out body has a lot o f confidence. grew up hearing stories spectively, for the Chiefs (7-2,2-2) F e llo w O ly m p ia n s quickly." "We’ve won in a variety of about O rr from his father who made 7-of-9 free throws. Fowler is one o f seven The 6-foot-l, 207-pound ways, too. We’ve come back Perry. “ Canton's good and they're go­ Ducks players to be named to Fowler isn't entirely sure quite a few times. We showed When he’s not playing ing to be there at the end of the an Olympic team, but he’ll be what his fu ll role w ill be on last night we can win 1-0 hockey, Fowler loves to play year," Solak said. “ This is a huge the lone Anaheim representa­ the team, but he has a pretty (Sunday against the Red golf in his free time. The win fo r us. All six of our guards tive on the U.S. squad. good idea. Besides his over­ Wings). We s till have a lot of warm California climate stepped up tonight and just got it “ It’s pretty cool to have a seas experience, he thinks his work to do; we're only half­ lends itself well to that pur- done. It was a lot of fun to watch.” few guys on the team be able style of play (speed and pass­ way through the season, but Salem w ill look to keep rolling w ith Hiesday’s 7 p.m. contest at South Lyon. PLYMOUTH 60, WAYNE' Rocks win first for Klemmer Whalers’ o beal Wayne Memoilal 12-7.1 rebounds, helped orchestrate l Big nights on offense for Plymouth, points in each of the firs t three quarters comeback by going S-for-S fro Friday to trounce Wayne Memorial, 87-31. offense Three other riy-noutn player including Randall Aikins (15),! Canton girls basketball teams Everybody played for head coach Nick Reynolds (10). the latter who r Brandon and all but one made the sco- spark Ihe fourth-quarter rally. By Tim Smith resheet. stymied by Wayne got a team-high h6p Staff Writer Leading the charge was senior point guard K ylie Robb, with 13 points (nine in Wayne made 8-of-12 free Its One day after the emotional tribute the first). But she had plenty of help. Sudbury goalie game to the late coach Fred Thomann, Senior post Shelby Cheston and senior Salem's interim coach had a chat w ith her wing Jada Woody each scored 12 points, Nicholas Baptiste’s goal at 7:01 varsity girls basketball team. senior wing Brooke Senkbeil contributed o f the first period was enough for "We had a very long talk Wednesday 10, junior post Patti Begoske added 10 and the Sudbury Wolves to defeat the night and all agreed that this Novi game junior point guard Courtney LaVallee Plymouth Whalers, 1-0, in an Ontar­ (Friday) was the start o f a new season for added seven. io Hockey League game played us," said interim coach Lindsay Klemmer. "It fe lt good to get out and compete Friday evening before 2,596 at The Rocks did turn the page with a after a tough loss earlier in the week (to Compuware Arena. 39-32 win over host Novi, to give Klem­ Canton)," Brandon said. "We shared the Sudbury goaltender Franky mer her firs t win in four tries since taking ball and got everyone involved offensive­ Palazzese stopped all 34 shots he over from Thomann (who passed away ly tonight, and I really like how unselfish faced to record his fifth shutout of Dec. 27). the girls played. the season fo r the Wolves (25-10- “ I'm very proud of the way that every­ "It was excellent to see a few of our 3-4). Nearly as good at the other one stepped up tonight," Klemmer said. key players, particularly Brooke Senkbeil, end was Plymouth goalie Alex "Our defense was very solid, and we were hit some shots in the second half and gain Nedeljkovic, stopping 34-of-35 finally hitting some shots. But I'm more some confidence for the season moving shots. proud o f the heart and effort we showed forward.” The Whalers (16-22-0-5) - cele­ here tonight." Plymouth improved to 8-2 overall and brating M ilitary Appreciation Salem (6-4,1-3 in the KLAA Central) 3-1 in the KLAA South Division while the Weekend - wore specially de­ opened the night scoring on three succes­ Zebras fe ll to 0-8,0-4. signed camouflage jerseys. sive field goals and cranked it up on de­ CHIEFS DOMINATE: Host Canlon completely handled livon.,1 The last 1-0 game played at Churchill Friday, ouucoring the Chargers 35-4 in the first half en route to fense to lead 11-6 after the first. I t was a 54-9 KIAA South Division victoiy. Compuware Arena came on Oct. 16-14 Salem at the break before the Wild­ Natalie Winters led the Chiefs with IS points, creating plenty of her 25, 2008 when the Windsor Spit­ cats rallied to make it 24-all entering the fires defeated Plymouth, 1-0 on a Paige Aresco II? points si* rebounds) and Taylor Hunley 00 points, fourth. nine boards) also had productive nights for Canton (?-3,44)). Taylor Hall goal at 13:10 o f the A big swing took place early in the ‘The girls had a solid defensive effort tonight.' Canlon coach Brian second period. fourth when Shara Long grabbed two Samulslci said. "I thought they did a gteat job of gelling out in the Plymouth was slated to continue offensive rebounds o ff missed free with the M ilita ry Appreciation throws and converted putbacks. Kayla Weekend Saturday against Wind­ Kavulich's steal with seven seconds left sor, with 91-year-old World War II sealed the win. Veteran Frank Rogers of Westland Jamyra Wilson scored 19 points, while dropping the puck in a ceremonial Canton's Jordan Nobles (No. 15) lofts a seven boards) 'played great shutdown defense on Intercity's scorers Long tallied nine rebounds. face-off before the game. shot over a Livonia Churchill defender. PLYMOUTH WINS ROUT: The visiting hartf to get better each day." The Whalers also host Saginaw DOUG BARGERSTOCK Plymouth Wildcats scored at least 25 On Tuesday, PCA won 54-23 over Oakland Christian. Smith scoted 28. 2 p.m. Monday afternoon (CN-900). SHUTOUT MU women fall in Continued from Page B1

Meanwhile, Conn (145) won by fo rfeit and Thmimi shootout, 94-93 (189) earned a 14-11 deci­ sion over Nathan Dedrek. Guernsey said the bout Mann’s double-double that the Chargers had the sparks Lady Ocelots best chance of winning was at 125. Josh Perez, ranked Ulyssia Richmond was on the at 119, faced Plymouth mark Wednesday night. sophomore Spencer Schif- Canton senior 135-pounder Ben Griffin finishes a pin ovt The 5-foot-9 senior guard poured tar. The young Wildcat Wayne Memorial's Bradley Bowles, john kemski | express ph in a game-high 37 points Wednes­ prevailed, 4-1. day night as Indiana Tech out­ “ A few teams have cho­ Jaimes Memorial Tourna­ gunned Madonna University, 94-93, sen to bump up to wrestle ment in Tecumseh before in a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic him instead o f wrestling finishing the divisional Conference women's basketball Mo (Youssef) and fo r the portion of the KLAA next Chiefs fa ll short game. most part Spencer has week against Canton and Canton dropped two Richmond had 20 of her 37 responded with some of his Livonia Franklin. dual meets Wednesday, points during the first half as the best matches," Guernsey The Wildcats and Patri­ falling 43-27 to Wayne Warriors trailed by a point, 52-51. said. "In the last few ots remain undefeated in Memorial and 43-32 to The Temple Hills, Md., native con­ weeks, he's beaten three KLAA South matches. Westland John Glenn. nected on 13-of-16 shots from the ranked wrestlers who have In the Canton-Wayne floor, including 7-of-9 from 3-point chosen to face him instead R ocks f ir s t in C e n tra l match-up, the Chiefs built range. of staying at 119; he's a Salem continued to have an early 21-10 lead, but Senior forward Chelsea Carra- t very dangerous wrestler." an outstanding season, could not hold o ff the Ze­ dine (Redford Thurston) also did Winning by a technical winning 69-4 over South bras. her part w ith 23 points and 12 fa ll fo r Plymouth was 171- Lyon East and 31-28 over Canton (9-6 overall, 0-2 boards. The 5-9 Carradine was pounder Hussein Youssef, South Lyon on Wednesday. in the KLAA South) started 9-of-14 from the field and 5-of-6 who defeated Colin Engle- The Rocks improved to the meet w ith an overtime from the foul line as Indiana Tech hart in 5:39 (16-1). 17-6 overall and 4-0 in the win at 140 by Grant TYot- improved to 10-9 overall and 7-4 in “Also, Collin Reed had K LAA Central, good for man, who earned an 11-9 theWHAC. Schoolcraft College's Tabitha Mann some scary moments in his firs t place. decision over Jordan M ills. Madonna (7-11,5-6) got a team- (No. 20) goes up for two points during 103-pound match against Against the shorthanded TV Jasman and Alec high 27 points from Chelsea W il­ Wednesday's game. Mann is a Josh Massan when he had Cougars, the Rocks won six Pantaleo followed up with liams (Livonia Franklin). The ju­ graduate of Salem High School, iohn to figh t o ff his back in the matches by forfeit. But wins at 145 and 152 to put nior also grabbed nine rebounds. KEMSKI | EXPRESS PHOTO second period, but he re­ Salem had to come up the Chiefs up 12-0, but that Lizzy Otten added 25 points, covered nicely and won clutch to get past the Lions, lead soon withered away. including 6-of-7 from beyond the host Schoolcraft College (6-8,2-2) 11-6,” Guernsey said. who entered the dual meet Jasman earned an 11-3 arc, while Tori D uffey contributed to an MCCAA Eastern Conference Other Wildcats to pre­ w ith a 2-0 m ark in the divi­ major decision over Tim 18 points. victory, 76-52, over Alpena CC (4-7, vail were Ricky Burke at sion. Nicholson, while Pantaleo Rachel Melcher, despite foul 1-3). 215 (pin in 1:52 over Joshua Salem head coach Pete scored a technical fa ll over issues, finished with eight points, Tabitha Mann (Salem) contrib­ Walker), heavyweight Israel said Akash Rai (103), Jamon Higgins (18-3). 13 rebounds and seven assists. uted a double-double with 13 points Michael Jordan (by fo r­ Andrew Lindsay (112) and A t 171, the Chiefs’ Nich­ MU played fo r the final shot and and 11 rebounds. Jessica Parry feit), Brandon Harris at 112 Cameron Shaughnessy olas Durocher won by a the win, but M olly Knoph (Livonia added 10 points and dished out six (15-5 major decision over (119) “ started things o ff 10-5 decision over Damitri- Stevenson) couldn’t convert with assists along w ith teammate Sara Ethan Englehart), Dylan positive w ith wins.” Peter us Fullilove, which gave only four seconds remaining. Gammons. Dwyer at 130 (pin in 1:30 Bushaw (152) also came up Canton a 15-4 lead at that Schoolcraft led 38-29 at halftime over Zachary Smith) and w ith a good win, as well as Schoolcraft rolls and outrebounded the Lady Lum­ 140-pounder Thomas Es- captain Connor Thornbury It was mostly all Zebras Sophomore guard Alexis Smith berjacks, 46-31. chelbach (by forfeit). (160, a pin in 2:58 over Nick the rest of the way, except (Livonia Franklin) scored 21 points Whitney Frazier paced Alpena “ We made a few mis­ Stewart). fo r pins by Canton's K.J. Wednesday night to help power with 17 points and 10 rebounds. takes in some of the indi­ Others with crucial Wooley and Ben G riffin, at vidual matches, but our victories included Roy 215 and 135, respectively. guys continued to wrestle Foster at 171 (8-7 decision Wooley pinned Sam well through them and over Justin Mielke) and Moody in 3:20, while G rif­ Naubert, MU fend off Indiana Tech came back to win,” Guern­ M itchell Gross at 215 (10-6 fin tallied a pin against sey said. “This team is decision over Jameson Bradley Bowles, needing It wasn’t easy, but the Madonna very focused, we have Donahue. "(Donahue) was just 38 seconds to com­ University men’s basketball team some specific goals in one o f South Lyon’s better plete. chalked up another Wolverine- mind and they continue to wrestlers and Mitchell Details o f the Canton- Hoosier Athletic Conference vic­ The 5-foot-10 Naubert made do the things that we need came up strong,” Israel John Glenn match were tory Wednesday night with a hard- 9-of-12 shots from the floor and in order to reach those said. not available as o f press fought 78-73 win over visiting Indi­ 8-of-10 free throws as MU im­ The Rocks w ill look to time. ana Tech. proved to 13-6 overall and 9-2 in the capture the KLAA Central Senior NAIA All-America point WHAC. championship when they [email protected] guard Bobby Naubert (Livonia

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By Sharon Dargay the skins of blue dart tree including landscaping, jack- frogs and acts as a kind of hammer and computer opera­ truth serum. The couples, tor, while also w riting short David MacGregor steadily dressed in costumes, never stories fo r magazines. built his writing career over 36 make it to the party, but reveal " I happened to see an ad for years, working his way up truths as they talk and take a one-act play festival at the from features editor fo r the photos o f each other. Livonia-Redford Theater Bentley High School newspa­ When the Nebraska Reper­ Guild. I thought, I could try per, the Echo, to screenwriter tory Theatre performed the that. I did, and I kept going and producer o f the 2013 fea­ play the following year, it from there." ture film , Vino Veritas. caught the eye of a film direc­ He continued to write plays "W riting is a compulsion. A tor's mother. She sent the fo r festivals and even assem­ lot of times people ask me, 'Do script to her daughter, who in bled a book fo r Arcadia Pub­ you have any advice? 1 want to turn, contacted MacGregor. lishing on a photographic histo­ be a writer.' 1 tell them unless “ I talked to the director ry of Livonia. it's a compulsion, don’t bother (Sarah Knight) and we hit it "There's not a lot of writing. because you need something to off," MacGregor said. He was The books are photocentric. I drive you through, because charged w ith adapting the play scoured the planet for photos, you’ll get a lot o f negativity fo r film , a challenge because posted notices at the senior along the way. the stage version was set in center, went to city hall, to "You put in the tim e and one one room. Greenmead." thing leads to another. It ’s a "What happens is people The book was published in domino effect. W riting is a look at a play and think this is a F ro m w r it e r t o p ro d u c e r platforms, including ITlines, 2005, a year before the Purple solitary profession and you good story w ith good charac­ Dish Network and Xfinity, Rose staged his play The Late want the work to stand on its ters and it w ill be economic to MacGregor served as a among others. Great Henry Boyle. Someone at own. But that is only part of shoot. That’s all a plus but the producer on the film , which Meanwhile, MacGregor is the theater had heard about the the battle. You've got to get it negative is that it's a play and was shot in 12 days in July working on several other pro­ play, after it debuted in Sacra­ in front of people who want to takes place is one location. You 2011. jects, including a film adapta­ mento, Calif. do it. That's where relation­ want to retain everything “When you produce, that tion of his recent holiday play, The Purple Rose produced ships come in.” that’s good as a play, but then puts you in a whole different Scrooge Macbeth, and a col­ three more of MacGregor's The Livonia native, who now there’s s tu ff you have to lose ballpark. Now you're respon­ laboration w ith Knight on a scripts: Vino Veritas in 2008, lives in Hartland with his fam­ and change to make it more sible for the financial side of romantic drama set in Iceland. Gravity in 2010 and Consider ily, found his way into the film - film ic.” the film . It’s a lot of contracts the Oyster in 2011. He accepted making business by way of the He watched movies that and accountants, stu ff I don’t S h o rt s to rie s , p la ys the artist in residence title in stage. MacGregor is the artist were based on plays and asked have to deal with (as a w riter)," MacGregor, who also teach­ 2010. in residence at the Purple Rose fo r photos of the house in Lin­ he said. “ I would do it again. I es at Wayne State University, MacGregor hopes film go­ Theatre in Chelsea, where his coln, Neb., where the film know a lot more than what I has always juggled work and ers w ill see a "a part o f them­ play, Vino Veritas, debuted in shoot was set. did before." w riting projects. selves” in Vino Veritas. 2008. The story focuses on two “ I was able to go through Vino Veritas has screened in He graduated from Bentley “When people saw the play, couples who get together fo r a the play and think how I could numerous festivals since its in 1977 and took film and psy­ and during previews, they said, few drinks before an annual move the characters from premiere last July in Cape Cod, chology classes at Michigan ‘it’s like you were listening at Halloween party. The Peruvian room to room, and out to the Mass. Last week, it became State University. A fter college, the living room window." wine they down is made from front porch.” available on video-on-demand he worked at various jobs,

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