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"It's in com­ And, it appeared council munities all around us." members will reach a consen­ But critics said Godbout's sus on a snow ordinance when plan would cause neighbors to a very hot place — not Hell, snitch on each other and cre­ Mich., either — freezes over. ate more complaints than thdf-v Councilman James Godbout city can enforce. W* alternately received a warm "There are two or three response and a chilly reception (people) on every block that with his proposal to impose are going to ring the phones fines on property owners who dump their snow on city PLEASE SEE SNOW, A5 TOM HAWLEV | S1W PHOTOGRAPHER tnat feii from tne SKY at tiia northwest coiner of Marquette and Carlson tins BY LEANNE ROGERS Robert Petress, 41, of Detroit STAFF WRITER and Redford resident Damon Thomas, 37, were charged Two men were bound over with more than 250 felony for trial on felony charges of counts in a scam that netted fraudulently obtaining new 18 vehicles from dealerships, vehicles after waiving their including what was then-Stu came from wing of Air Alaska cargo plane preliminary examinations in Evans Lincoln Mercury in 21st District Court Monday. Garden City. BY DARRELL CLEM The plane dropped a large metal chunk - tified the plane by Tuesday and picked up Charges against a third The charges against the STAFF WRITER part of a forward-section wing - that meas­ its missing pieces, which had been stored in man were dismissed without men included multiple ured about 4.5 feet by 3 feet. The piece fell a Westland Police Department garage. prejudice and expected to be counts each of conducting a An Air Alaska cargo plane lost part of a near the Marquette-Carlson corner, not far The first report of felling plane parts filed again shortly. continuing criminal enter- wing over central Westland on Saturday from Central City Park. came in about 3:15 p.m. Saturday when an The three men, Richard afternoon, but authorities reported no Two smaller chunks were found on - anonymous caller told police that he saw Mayes, 51, of Southgate, PLEASE SEE SCAM, A5 crashes and no injuries on the ground from Glenn High's front driveway area. One debris falling from the sky near Marquette Ming debris. piece fell adjacent to the main door and and Carlson. Police found a silver, yellow The plane littered metal debris on the another landed on the easternmost parking and black part of a plane. northwest corner of Marquette and lot, according to police reports. Officers checked the area and found the Carlson, on John Glenn High School prop­ Still a fourth small chunk was found m a smaller chunks on Glenn High's property. erty and in a back yard of a home on back yard by a man who lives on residential Ramsden learned from FAA officials on Fischer Drive, near Cherry Hill and Fischer Drive, in the Cherry Oaks subdivi­ Tuesday that the plane already had been. Carlson, police reported. sion south of Cherry Hill and west of repaired. "It was an Air Alaska cargo plane that Carlson. "It has been fixed," he said, "and it's back was landing at Willow Run Airport (in Police checked with Detroit Metro in service." Ypsilanti)," Westland Deputy Chief Alan Airport and the Federal Aviation Ramsden said. 'It landed safely." Administration, and FAA officials had iden­ dc!em@>hometowrife.com I (734) 953-2510 The Observer & Eccentric game of the season). Newspapers is offering boys Each ball boy or ball girl will and girls ages 12-16 a chance to get a chance to rebound with be a ball girl or ball boy at an the team before the game, upcoming Detroit receive Pistons merchandise Pistons home game and have his/her pic­ at The Palace, ture taken with a BY DARRELL CLEM In return, Wayne County prosecutors escaped the fire, which erupted about 11 Go to www.home- player. There's no pur­ STAFF WRITER agreed to drop three charges of assault with a.m. Dec 26 and mostly damaged the front townlife. com and chase necessary. For intent to murder. door area The child was not inside the resi­ tell us who's your entrants under age A Detroit woman who set fire to the front Had she been convicted as charged, dence. favorite Piston. 13, parents will ." door area of a Westland apartment with Coleman could have laced penalties rang­ An occupant and an arriving police offi­ The ball girl or have to fill out the three people inside has pleaded guilty to an ing up to life in prison. cer managed to put out the fire. ball boy — select­ online form. arson charge. She was accused of dousing the front Coleman was ordered to stand trial fol­ ed by random Tickets and other Keli Angelique Coleman, 28, was sen­ door area with gasoline and starting a fire lowing a preliminary hearing in January in drawing — will information will be tenced last Friday to nine months in jail and after mistakenly believing that residents front of Westland 18th District Judge C. receive four tiekets mailed to the win­ three years of probation for a Dec. 26 fire at had taken her 4-year-old daughter, police Charles Bokos. (includes the ners. There's no pur­ Willow Creek Apartments, on Newburgh said. Her defense attorney had argued that she ballperson) to either the chase necessary. 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Directed by Sheri Grove and ^Belinda Walakonis-Semak, -Footloose will be presented at 7 "p.m. today through Saturday at Layanna Young as Ariel argues with her mother Vi, played by Stacey Mayers Cthe high school auditorium. and her father, the Rev. Shaw, played by David Sumlin, in a scene from Tickets are $7 for students and Footloose. $10 for adults and are available -at the door. the worst about the new kid. important message in the show," Z "This is a show the kids are The story that emerges is of a she added. "That's what we want "having the most fon with," Grove father longing for the son he lost to bring out." * said. "There's a chemistry and of a young man aching for Two students, Julie Flacks and -between this cast and they're the father who walked out on Amber Fernitz are serving as Jacob Jefferson as Ren McCormack dances with Kim Schepers (behind), Amanda Sparks and Colette Johnson and other ^connecting with the characters in him. assistant directors. members in a scene from Footloose during dress rehearsal for the John Glenn High School spring musical. ;the show." After several years of doing "I've been in drama for three ; Footloose is the story of Ren revues, the guild changed gears years and watched my friends Amanda Sparks and Colette Callanan, Cady Burns, Mason I've discouraged it. I wanted *and his mother, who move from this year and went with some­ take it one," said Flacks, who also Johnson, while the technical Eubank and an ensemble made thern to discover the character Chicago to a small farming town thing "big" and preparing for plays the role of Ren's mother.