SI itfsjMiH&wtT itiv Hometown Life PSO TO HOST CELEBRATE MARDI GRAS SEASON FINALE WITH 'FAT TUESDAY' WOMAN LOCAL NEWS, A3 SUBSCRIBERS - FIND YOUR COPY OF WOMAN WITH TODAY'S NEWSPAPER ALL DAY LONG - FOOD, B7 i THURSDAY March 3,2011 ry iaw aw uia The Observer & Eccentric Newspapers Volume 124 Number 57 bser v er $1.00 O hometownlife fin. com PIPELINE .You balance the City unanim ous on fire despite outcry state budget Think you can manage BY MATTJACHMAN Ambulance, which will pro­ Michigan's public piggy bank OBSERVER STAFF WRITER vide paramedics, who have better than the politicians? training in advanced life Plymouth will get firefight­ support, during medical The Center for Michigan, ing and emergency medical emergencies in Plymouth as an Ann Arbor-based think services from the Northville well as patient transports to tank, lets you take a crack at Fire Department, and reopen hospitals. balancing the state general its closed fire station, begin­ Opponents argued the fund budget. ning in January, under a deal arrangement would put lives Go to www.thecenterfor- approved Monday by the City and property at risk, and michigan.net and play the Commission. urged commissioners to study budget game. The unanimous vote for the the issue further and look for intergovernmental agreement alternatives. Spring rake with the city of Northville, The Plymouth Community which is expected to save SAVINGS CALLED ‘A PITTANCE' United Way has scheduled Plymouth $400,000 or “I truly believe you guys do the "Spring Rake-N-Go" event more annually, came despite not understand public safety, for April 30. Applications are impassioned pleas from and that is what you’re giving now available for residents in people, including many fire­ up for a pittance,” said resi­ Plymouth and Canton. fighters, gathered in a packed dent Kevin Henderson, who Any residents living in commission meeting room. identified himself as a para­ BILL BRESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Plymouth, Plymouth Township Commissioners also medic instructor. The city of Plymouth leadership (from left) Commissioners John Barrett, Ed Hingelberg, David Workman, city attorney or Canton that own their own approved an agreement “I question not your sincer- formalizing relations with Robert Marzano, Mayor Dan Dwyer, City Manager Paul Sincock, Mayor Pro Tern Michael Wright, Commissioners Gerald the nonprofit Huron Valley Please see FIR E, A4 Sabatini and Ronald Loiselle, presided over a crowded city hall meeting about fire services Monday. 3 Tavern gets OK for The Plymouth Community United Way's ‘Spring Rake-N- Go' is scheduled April 30. home, are elderly (over age patio alcohol sale s^ 55) or disabled, need repairs to their yard or landscaping BY MATT JACHMAN March of last year, in which and are unaDle to do these OBSERVER STAFF WRITER the suspects had been drink­ repairs themselves can apply ing at The Roc. for the program. The deadline It’s a little chilly yet, but Mourselas said the restau­ for applications is March 18. Plymouth Roc, a restaurant rant instituted stricter con­ For an application, visit and bar at Ann Arbor Road trols, and officials report The the PCUW website at www. and Harvey, will be expand­ Roc’s record has been clean. plymouthunitedway.org or ing its outdoor alcohol ser­ “They say we did an excel­ visit the office at 960 W. Ann vice area during the warmer lent job. We watch our Arbor Trail, Suite 2. For addi­ months. people, how they behave,” The Roc last week won Mourselas said. “They’re very tional information, contact approval from the Plymouth satisfied.” Krista at kstrobel@ameritech. City Commission to add two The Roc often features live net or (734) 453-6879, Ext. new patios to its outdoor music on weekend nights, 6, or Bobbie Pummillat the BILL BRESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER alcohol service area. One and Mourselas said the Plymouth Community Council patio, on the southwest cor­ menu was changed recently, on Aging at (734) 453-1234, ner of the building, is about with prices slashed. The Ext. 236. Taking the stage 370 square feet, while the restaurant’s three patio areas The Park Players Theatre Company will present Jean Anouilh's “ Antigone" on March 3-5, with performances each second, attached to an estab­ can now accommodate more Tribute show day at 7 p.m. and a special matinee performance at 2 p.m. March 5. All performances are located at the Allen lished patio where alcohol than 80 people, he said. Rod Stewart tribute artist DuBois Little Theatre at Canton High School and tickets are $10. Seating is limited so arrive early. Box office sales are already permitted, Moviegoers have a chance Danny D along with special opens one hour before show time. More photos and details can be found by turning to page A8. is about 185 square feet. to see The Roc in a new film guest Cara Lundgren as Stevie “We try to get a little more Cedar Rapids, that opened Nicks perform the classic hits life to the border of our recently. The R-rated com­ of two rock icons Thursday. city,” said John Mourselas, a edy about a naive insurance March 10, at 336 Main Piano partner at The Roc, formerly salesman stars Ed Helms, Bar in downtown Plymouth. Boulders. It’s different from John C. Reilly, Anne Heche the al fresco dining opportu­ Doors open at 8 p.m. and Rising gas prices frustrate drivers and Sigourney Weaver. showtime is at 9 p.m. nities available in downtown The film was shot mainly Plymouth, but “in the sum­ 336 Main Piano Bar is locat­ in Ann Arbor in 2009, but BYBRADKADRICH mer, people love to go out The Roc is the setting for ed at 336 Main. For more infor­ OBSERVER STAFF WRITER there,” he added. a bar scene that Mourselas mation, call (734) 454-6524 or The commission’s vote said ended up being about 20 visit www.336main.com. Cathie Kuchenberg watched as the pump at the had been put on hold for minutes long. Marathon gas station located at the Plymouth Super six months after city offi­ “When they go to the Mother knows best Center on Ann Arbor Road just kept climbing. cials expressed concern movie, they’re going to see Local women and girls It went past $20, past $30 and past $40, about in September about three our bar,” he said. are invited to send us (in 50 the point where the tank on her Ford Taurus would drunken driving arrests, words or less) the best advice have been filled a month or so ago. The pump final­ between September and [email protected] | (313) 222-2405 you received from your mom. ly came to rest at $55.55, at fewer than 17 gallons. Include a photo of your She put the nozzle away and shook her head. mom or better yet you and “It’s very frustrating,” said Kuchenberg, a your mom. E-mail your best Plymouth resident. “That’s a good $10 more than it submission and photo (jpg would have been a month ago. It affects everything Re-finance Your format only) to bkadrich® ... the price of groceries, everything is constantly hometownlife.com. going up. It’s going to affect everyone, because the Include your first and cost of living is just going to keep going up.” High Rate Debt last name and hometown While the cost of living may be going up, the cost of gasoline is definitely rising. On Monday, accord­ and identify your mother ing to AAA’s daily fuel gauge, the average price of (first and last name, please). a n d S a v e ! unleaded regular gas in the metro Detroit area rose Include a daytime phone to $3.44 per gallon. That price largely mirrored what number or cell phone where prices looked like around Plymouth and Canton, you can be reached during where most prices were in the $3.99-$3.45 area business hours. The photos (although some stations had it as low as $3.29). and advice will appear in the Unrest in the Middle East was largely perceived, ; 5 5 f V Thursday, May 5, Salute To at least locally, as the cause of the spike in gas pric­ BILL BRESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Women edition of Hometown es. First it was the protests in Egypt; more recently, Mazan Rahal manages the Marathon station at PLYMOUTH CANTON NORTHVILLE NOVI Life Woman. Deadline to sub­ it’s the unrest in Libya. News reports had leaders in Mill and Main. He tries to keep his gas prices 3 mit advice and photo is 5 p.m. Saudi Arabia pledging to make up for production cents above wholesale. He counts on other sales Friday, April 15. to make a living. 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