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Root out May school elections -Our Opinion, A10 March 27,2008 75 cents WINNERS OF STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE wvAv.hometownlife.com Homeowners hire attorney to force temple changes BY TIFFANY L. PARKS The temple is located just was said to be on vacation, did in order to give Amann time to OBSERVER STAFF WRITER east of Canton Center Road at not return calls for this story. meet with homeowner associa• Should the Hindu Temple offi• 44955 Cherry Hill. Members , In published reports, tions. In the end, the temple Members of the Hindu cials be forced to alter plans have made plans to demol• McGraw has said the commis• agreed to fund traffic improve• ish the current facility near ments and increase storm Temple of Canton are confi• for their property because of sion failed to address whether dent in their plans to huild a the roadway and construct a the new construction would water capacity, but refused complaints from nearby resi• new houseof worship on their 19,669-square-foot building in meet current zoning require• to position the new building dents? Tell us your thoughts by Cherry Hill Road property. the middle of a 5.6-acre parcel. ments. Built in the late '80s, closer to Cherry Hill. e-mailinq editor Kurt Kuban at BILL BRESIERI STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Even so, temple officials Citing the land's narrow the current temple was grand• Amann said there are several requested that their proposal [email protected] or shape and the proposed loca• fathered in when the township reasons, including no access Hindu Temple member Ashwin be removed from the agenda posting a comment on our Web tion of the new building, revamped its zoning regula• to the existing building dur• Asher doesn't take the opposition of Tuesday's township board site at www.hometowniife.com. dozens of residents that live tions. ing construction, that justify personally, and thinks the temple meeting in light of a group of in the homes surrounding the Township planner Jeff it being built in the proposed will expand on the current site. surrounding homeowners get• temple have been critical of the Goulet said because the pro• location. ting an attorney in an effort to rescheduled. project, which was approved posal calls for new construc• Temple member Ashwin plans of relocating to another stop the project. Bryan Amann, the attorney by the planning commission in tion, it meets the township's Asher said he isn't put off by area. "We can't move the tem• "Theyjustwantto explore representing the temple, has February. current requirements. some homeowners getting their ple. We should be over there." it further," township planner expressed his belief that the The attorney representing Before the commission voted own attorney. Angela Wolosiewicz said of the temple will triumph over any the group of dissenting home• on the project, the temple 'It's not personal," he said, Gannett News Service contributed to temple. The item has not been opposition to the plan. owners, Thomas McGraw, who asked that the matter be tabled adding that the temple has no this report. The 'Mocha 'Courageous' Worthy gains favor of locals Moms' Social group for after charging Kwame mothers of color BY TIFFANY L. PARKS dal has brought her favor among starting Canton chapter Wayne County voters that don't OBSERVER STAFF WRITER have a say in whether Kilpatrick BY TIFFANY L. PARKS remains in office. OBSERVER STAFF WRITER - On Friday she was-blasted4br- Worthy; who is up for re-elec• inaction and the presumption tion this year, definitely has the When Gina Taylor was pregnant that she would cave under politi• backing of Canton residents Alex with her first child, the debate over cal pressure. and Annette Kushiski, who, like cloth vs. disposable diapers was the But on Monday, area residents others gathered at the Canton furthermost thing from the minds of praised Kym Worthy as living Public Library on Tuesday, had her closest friends. up to her last name and jokingly some strong opinions about the "I was the first one out of the called for her to run for the U.S. case. group to get pregnant so they ' presidency. T was waiting to observe didn't know everything I was going From one business day to the what she was going to do and I through," said Taylor of Oak Park. next, the Wayne County prosecu• felt great after (her news con• But then, while leafing through tor's announcement of 12 charges ference)," Alex Kusluski said. the pages of a magazine, she learned against Detroit Mayor Kwame "I think she is doing the right of Mocha Moms Inc., a Maryland- Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty, thing." based organization for mothers of his former chief of stafl£ for their color and found out they had chap• roles in the text messaging scan• Please see WORTHY, A3 ters in Michigan. "I went to a meeting and I was in love," said Taylor, who is set to give birth to her third child in April. "I didn't have to apologize for my daughter being there and I didn't have to say 'Excuse me, I need to breast feed.' It was awesome." The support organization, which has chapters in Detroit and Ann Arbor, is looking to start a group in Canton. TOM HAWLEY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER "There are so many groups that Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, shown here at a recent press exist for mothers but they don't .BILL BRESLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER conference, has received praise for her decision to charge Detroit Mayor Please see MOMS, A2 Mocha Moms members Gina Taylor (from left), Dnisha Banks, and Angela Lugo-Thomas. Kwame Kilpatrick. Laurie Martineau, at left, leads Deb Comstock, Carol Miner, Ab Crunch Challenge to raise Gurinder Singh, Kelsey Maley, Belle Kennedy, and Jessica Odegard in one hour ofab crunches. funds for children's hospital If you ask Deb Comstock Challenge at Ladies Workout pating at the Canton club. how many crunches she Express, 6541 Canton Center "They have the opportunity cranked out last year for St. Road. More than 4,000 people to help St. Jude while finding Jude Children's Research across the nation will partici• a great way to get in shape," Hospital, she rolls out the num• pate in the hour-long March said Dan Schwartz of Ladies ber as easily as if you asked her 29 challenge that's being done Workout Express. "It's a double first name: 3,365. at 200 clubs under the Lady bonus." "I would love to beat it this of America brand. Proceeds For more information or to year, but I'm not sure if I will," from the event will benefit the donate, call (734) 254-0030. Comstock said as she trained children's hospital. for this year's Ab Crunch Eleven women are partici• - Tiffany L. Parks BILL BRESLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER '^3 D The Observer INDEX & Eccentric We'll pay you up to Newspapers For Home $50 to open a Green Apartments C2 in Health Delivery call: Automotive C7 Volume 33 Checking Account.. 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Place: Borders, 43425 Ford Road pick-up of residential yard 2008, will compete on April 11 Society Museum at (734) 397- Web site: www.MochaMoms.org waste on April 1 and continue in Las Vegas for the Miss USA 0088 or visit their Web site at always address our needs," A national support group for until November. All yard waste title. An outspoken advocate www.cantonhistoricalsociety. Taylor said of women of color. mothers of color, Mocha Moms is should be placed separate" from for children to eat properly to org. "We have a different set of your trash and recyclables on prevent cancer, Crawford lost issues and concerns." open to all who support its mis• your regular trash day. her mother to cancer while Senior Indian festival The former co-president of sion. The organization's platform Acceptable yard waste items she was attending college at Community members are the Detroit chapter, Angela has seven pillars: non-exclusiv• include: grass clippings, leaves, Texas ASM Kingsville. Shortly encouraged to attend the Lugo-Thomas of Highland ity, community activism, support thereafter she started a yard and garden waste, prun• Canton Senior Center's Visakhi Park, said there became a need for work-at-home mothers, non- ing debris, wood debris, and non-profit cancer awareness Event on Wednesday, April for a chapter in the Canton partisanship, a strong commit• brush. Unacceptable yard organization called Active for 2,2008 from 12:30-2 p.m. area when she realized that ment to marriage, self-care and waste items include: food Life On Cancer. She moved to in the Summit on the Park's many of her 40 members were the education of children. scraps, animal waste, batteries, Michigan in 2005. The 57th Maple Room, located at 46000 traveling from suburban areas.