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TJ r- • .y mm mm ^^FP»P IV! DONT BLAME CARRIER Republicans increase presence on county commission, A7 FOR LATH D£LIVERY • i TM)«/tM*Mrt<yl*.ne<** ' \ hull dywOb««Y«f art*. Out to Itrtnfc* ttftMM, wt, Mr* ur*t*l to g* w ntwtppm «« en tin*, Honielbwn _ CjyHmihK^TIIIWH Nlt^OHfC* Putt Nig you fn touch Thursday with your worM / March 19,1998 Serving the Westland Community for 33 years VOIUMt 33 NUMBER 82 WESTLAND, MICHIGAN • 72 PAGES • http://observerecccntric.com v SFS/fNfY FIVE CENTS O IMS HO»»TOWB C«««i*nkMi<HU N«twoi*. loc-' *• i 1 THE PAPER Driver's ed tuition gets study 5*1 Effective April 1, all Michigan school districts road programs cost $350. Baracy said charge tuition for their driving pra-^v TODAY will have the option of continuing driving pro the' state's per-student contribution is grams forthe1998-99 school year. Pfe approximately $60, with the district mouth-Canton. is charging $1604; grams. Wayne-Westland Community Schools matching that amount, The differential (including the textbook) for its prograiftt- will decide within the next 30-45 days whether, comes from the district's general fund. this summer, and Redford Union >^ COUNTY NEWS the district will charge tuition for driver's ed. Baracy estimated that an equal num charging $60. Livonia will offer, its prd/ij' BYRENKESKOGLUND Greg Baracy said. ber of students take driver's training gram for free for the 1998-99 scho^ft Fun(d)-ralslng: Wayne STAFF WRITER Baracy said the program costs the privately due to scheduling. > year and then reconsider dropping i|& : district $160,000 a year and involves Modern School of Privingi whiph/ Effective April 1, all Michigan scho^jft County Executive Ed Wayne-Westland Community teaches between 8004,000 students a districts will have the option of contiii4- > Schools will decide within the next 30- approximately 480 students from John •)>: McNamara hosted his Glenn and Wayne Memorial high year, offers classes at the Bailey Center^ uing the driving progr'ams, which pr^-. [- 45 days whether the district will and charges $259 for a three-week prb^ viously had/been state-mandated. In> annual St. Patrick's Day charge tuition for its driver's education schools. In the past, the district has conducted both range and road pro gram. City Wide Driving School, which the recently settled Diirant lawsuit; [• Party and fund-raiser last program. also teaches in Westland, charges districts sued the state for failing tb> . "If we have a tuition program, it has grams. r/: Saturday in Livonia's Range programs, which are conduct $255. /¾ ; .;.-•...,.':..;/ reimburse hundreds of millions of dol- to be affordable to the kids or we won't Baracy said a survey of comparable Laurel Manor. Partygoers run the program," Superintendent ed on a contained track, cost the dis and supporters from trict $250 per student. The traditional school districts indicated most will v Please see MOVER, A? throughout western Wayne County turned out D.A.R.E. affair to enjoy Irish music and lots of political converse •Uo^/M^y..^^--{.;.y^ COMMUNITY LIFE Her Inspiration: A "60 ; Minutes* report on Birch Family Camp for families withHIVandAIDS served as the inspiration forLoisdnn Arnold to form the RaiHboiv Alliance Inc. and its Camp Rainbearfor chiU dren./Bl AT HOME! -.-7 At the fair! A Gardener's '? t Fair is ite name of this year'sAtm Arbor\ Flower &Gdriien$ to™MlW$£W& nU>reJhah affiirambii&tf the) variety of things to do ••<. r>. andsee:/OB ^ ENTERTAINMENT Music: Joshua Redman is touring with a quartet STAFf PHOTOSVI TOM HAWttT Family fun: Above, Capt Tom and stopping at the Ark Lochinskiof the Westland police ih Ann Arbor Saturday, signs autographs for the kids providing a rare chance attending the D.A.R.K hockey game. to see this performer in a At far left, Alexandra Kanelas, 9 of small club setting./El Westland shoots the puck and scores to win a D.A.R.E. jacket and a signed hockey puck. Angela Cetrone, 10 of Westland (left) and Stephanie REAL ESTATE Corcoran, 6, of Jfoh Arbor won D.A.R.E. hockey jerseys. At left, team a trade: Good Kathy Angetosanto, wife of Officer qdviceyifyoUwantio. Greg Angelqsanto, sells bakedgoods make good tnohey meeting to Don Clendening of Westland. For the demand for homes in f- more, please see A3. southeast Michigan:/?! INDEX • Obituaries A4 wins • Classified Index F6 Real Estate Fl BY BBtH SUNDRLA JACHMAN ./ *Tm still in the clouds," Wayne-West and a silver medallion. She won the 8TAPFWRrreR land Junior Miss Scholarship program spirit award, presence and composure Crossword •:'..'. --/02 : Wayne-Westland's Junior Miss is organizer Pat Hermatfc said, adding award and physical fitnesB award Jobs G6 how Michigan's Junior Miss for 1998. that Mead did a "beautiful," "mar before going on to win the title. The Home A Service H7 Stephanie Mead, 18, of Westland velous" and "outstanding" job. spirit award winner is chosen by the "I thought I was going to go right contestants. Autos J2 won the title in the state program Sat urday in Alpena. Another Westland through the roof," she said. Mead is Another Westland resident, Amy • Opinion A12-13 resident was also a finalist in the com Wayne-Westland's sixth Junior Miss to McKerracher, Nankin Township Junior • Calendar B4 petition. / < win the state program; Terri Clark was Miss, was a finalist in tho state contest and won a $55.0 scholarship. McKer CI "I wasn't expecting to win anything," the last to do it ih 1993. Mead said. "It was a lot of fun - all the Mead, the daughter of Lori and racher, the daughter of Howard and • Real Estate Fl Jason Mead, won a $3,950 scholarship girls were really great." Please see TTTU, A2 Steohanto Mead HOW TO REACH US Advanced Life Support advances to all city Newsroom:7344&210 4 Newsroom Fax: 7I4-M1-7271 BY RKNKB SKOOLUND It's bringing the emergency room to your location," he its firefighters are being trained. Canton firefighters E-mail: mm/mom %rfhiM4^BtJSauat *ut^Ma STAFTWRrrKR said. "We're at the highest level of rescue you can also are receiving ALS training. Plymouth and Ply QvQMfflv.OOfTt mouth Township use Huron Valley Ambulance; hdw- ' NIghtllne/Sports: Advanced Life Support saves lives. have without having a doctor." 71441*2104 Of the department's 66 firefightars, 41 are licensed ever, the Plymouth Community Fire Department," Reader Comment Line: The Westland Fire Department/which now has 714MS-2042 paramedics. Six more are currently being trained. which serves both communities, are first responders: Classified Advertising: Advanced Life Support services available from all 7»44M<0t00 four stations, recently issued a year-end report on the Reddy said eventually all firefighters will have but not paramedics. Garden City has provided ALS Display Advertising, paramedic status. since January. 7M4tl-2300 ALS program, which began Feb. 5,1997. Home Delivery: "Two days within inauguration, we had a life Chief Mark F. Neal provided copies of the report In the report, Neal said: 7344114800 saved. We got to deliver medication we would hot for city council members at their meeting Monday, "A review of the first year's reports shows that we l; have been able to give two days earlier," said Capt. March 16. He told council members that Westland havo at least eight patients who can be clearly identi Michael J. Reddy, the department's EMS coordinator. was the first western Wayne County community to fied as survivors of a certain death incident due sole* Reddy said medical services have been upgraded to offer ALS services. ly to ALS intervention. They include ^ix heart attack paramedic status, allowing firefighters to start IVs, Station No. 4,. located at Palmer and Newburgh victims, one overdose victim, and one young boy who administer Advanced Life Support medications, and Roads, was the last of the four stations to become an accidentally hung himself. If open airways. ALS provider. This happened on Jan. 16. "In each of these cases the patient had no Vital Livonia currently uses a private ALS service while ••3174 10011 6 "We're doing basically what they do at a hospital. ' • - •'•' ' •.• ~ Please see AU, Ai f Vi*« £L -:,I At PP^:-: Tte Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MARCH 19,1998 plans to continue driver's ed Si H^JIt'will be "business as usual" dents just paying a $5 registra* "We can't kill a program of & tjbe driver's ed program run SCHOOLS tionfee. such longstanding nature on a ' t>y^ Livonia Public Schools, at There was no support for a split vote," said trustee Frank (sail for another year. third option, asking students to Kokenakes. :!TJi» Board af Education reimbursement process yet," said pay more than the $5 fee. The compromise was made l recently unofficially agreed to Jay Young, the district's director Trustee Diane Nay, the one even more, appealing because of f^prjtinue driver's ed programs of community education. "It trustee not polled due to her the lack of information about during the 1998-99 school year/ could turn out to be a night ; absence, said she had "mixed, how to handle the rebate from *Tbey will officially vote on the mare." ; emotions" about whether to keep the state, iAeesure next week. The district has been reassess the program. She urged her col ' The district expects to get $76 >{.BjH the same debate that took ing the program not for money leagues to put off making a deck for each student taking driver's Jttce this year - whether to reasons, but because the state sion until next year.