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mm mm VWP IP •^^^n^p^ I' MediaOne shows its colors in West I and, A3 tionteftivvn SL'.ituni.^jv.'T'ff'ffr' tvti•' Tvrwa, Putt kig you In touch Sunday wHJi your world 10,1999 Serving the Westland .Community(for 35 years £5- VOLUME 35 NUMBER 37 WtSTLAfvD, MICHIGAN * 60 PAGE:S • http://obscrverGccentric.com SEVENTV-FIVE CENTS e IfVt HWuTomCMMiukatkiti Network, Imc- I . L. I Festivities Census Entlr* MHithbouml — you 1-276 ftopww Motorists traveling on southbouod t- 275 can expect alt four lane* to be reopened to traffic by Mondery morniog. Contractors are expected, to complete lane striping and removal of the barrier matter wall by Sunday, according to Robin Pan- necouk, spokeswoman for the Michigan • Local officials are Department of Transportation. Crews encouraging Westland resi have reduced traffic to two lanes for the wait removal and three lanes for the strip- dents to fill out their Cen ..tog: sus 2000 forms when they The Six Mile Road interchange ramps arrive in the mail. to exit and access the northbound side of 1-275 w;ll be closed for several more BY JULIE BROWN days, probably through next weekend. STAFF WRITER Entrance and exit ramps at Seven Mile jbrown4foc.homecomm.oet and Eight Mile interchanges can be used as afterpates while Six Mile is closed. Census 2000 mean:-; a frreat deal ta When those ramps're-open, so will the Westland officials, and they're hoping circle ramps Sevgn Mile and Eight Mile you'll' firfcTtfte time to fill' out your roads. The Six Mile circle ramo to south Times to remember: Glenn's homecoming queen, Krysten Giachino, has her crown adjusted form. bound traffic is open. "We count on various dollar.-- from The Six Mile interchange repairs are during Friday's activities. At right, Dan Smitherman of tlie Rockets, wide receiver, grapples for various areas," said Mayor Robert the last repairs to be completed that the ball with a Rocks defender. require detours. Most of l-275's $49 mil Thomas during a Tuesday. .Oct. 5, lion reconstruction project has been com meeting at-Joy Manor in Westland. r pleted, Paonecouk said. "The census count is vital to that., The census, done every 10 years, impacts statt'-shared revenues..he said, along with Housing and I'rban Devel Homecoming's opment dollars-, road money' and other THE WEEK or noopia funding. "Everybody means additional rev enues," Thomas said. "It really is an for Rockets extremely important number for anv m^kWmmmmmmw' Glenn community. It's nut :>oii'ietlYing yon can rhiinpe even,- yp;ir " Br JCUE BROWN STAFF WETTER Tuesday's lunchtime meriting was lot: jbrowndoe.homecomm.net local officials, representatives <){' lh<- MONDAY l.'.S. ('cnstis Bureau and others to d:.s- Krysten Giachino was crowned cuss the upcoming census. Topic* env- John Glenn High School's homecom ereti ranged from job t^-qcttrvnu-:it.* d<i Closed: Westland city ing queen Friday night. She and her enumerators to ways to pet the wurd offices and the 18th Dis court had plenty of company. out on the census. trict Court will be closed The football game against the Ply- —Scott-Voldhuin. Wetland'.-- ri-unumic mouth Salem Ftocifot "attracattractet ecdT an development director. discusst-d tin- < for Columbus Day. Emer- enthusiastic crowd. There wag no Local Update of Cen-'n Ad,i:e,*fl.cf "- -gmcy'police, fim and ". pTlJWfbr traveling tne greatest dis- That wa.s cru.Sfi-referenced w irh geo medical service won't be tance to attend,'but Arniand and Lisa graphical information to provide accu Doin of Albany$X-f. W.9J&14 probably rate data on West land's population. affected. The Westland Veldhuis .said that Uiurh building library will be open. The Doins, with children Emmie, has taken place, and then- :tre an OM i 10, and Alexis, 7, have a family con matfd i.-jS.Oi'K) hou^iii,t units to noint nection to the Rockets. "My brother for the year 2000 ",l! mu-t iJ<: habitac-ie THURSDAY plays and he's a senior this year," to he counted," lit- added, noting build' said Lisa Doin. "We promised we'd mgs under construction itri-n't mcluu- come to see him." Her brother is Gary ed. _. ,- Family time: The fifth Finkle, No. 5. Rachel Camper a .partnership spe annual "Turn Off the Vio She wasn't sure she'd win the cialist with the I'S. (.'en-^.1 s BVir'ciu. 19 greatest distance prize, but agreed it said she was impressed witn .--. .••ments lence event will beheld was likely, "I think it'll be tough to of the community represented at the 6:30*9:30 p. m. in the Bai beat." The Doins plan to return home meeting. Her job involves meeting with Monday morning. B community headers to spread the o-t'1- ley Center and Central Plenty of Glenn students nackeci, .J* ^l'^A^9!J^J2!Lih^_Glenn side reaches for norfwrnakers "^ORTWOTd. ' • ~~" ~~" " the bleachers City Park, Westland. A night, including ^thrown into the crowd by cheerleaders before the game. Home She said the census is the i-arge>t variety of organizations Jennifer Parker, 13, a freshman, "It's coming fun in Wayne-Westland continues next Friday when peacetime project of the V S. i!iA'eiTi- ment. are participating. The Please see HOOPLA, A6 the Wayne Memorial Zebras take on tm Ypsilanti Braves, ' event is sponsored by the Pleast- see CENSUS, A.i Mayor's Task Force an Faj&UyJ&nrichmen^nd^ - is for students in kinder garten-eighth grade and Garfield"addition, 'annexes' get school board nod their parents or BY MARIE CHESTNEY team practice. the trustees rejected the "smaller-iri- guardians. For informa F-TV** WHITER /This is definitely something we better" view of some neighborhood resi • LIVONIA SCHOOLS tion, call (734) 722-7620. mem , ,[email protected]&ecomm.net need," said trustee Dan Lessard, dents who have protested the project Tw'o major construction projects cost recounting how during Friday's football ever since it was .announced earlier The plan al.S-o' includes erecting ing close to $5 million got the go-ahead game at Franklin he 'had the joy of this year. portable classrooms at Johnson Kle- Monday from the Livonia Board of using the Portajohns in the dark." The addition is part of a broader plan mentary, vvhit-h was dunt- by the W-^;in- Education. The second project approved by the to ease overcrowding in elementary ning of school in -September: ciusing INDEX trustees Monday - a controversial schools in the Nputhw.pst part of the The bulk of the money - about $4 'j.ohntson U' .Tune ,2U0<).. and nioy^n^- millioa -.will p&y-for ttwee-long-await- -$&5Q,Q0& -addition• !«• ^rarfWki- Elemen school district — — — : Johnson staff and student.^ to .i MOWI\ M AH* •:•.••• ~Cl tary had faced opposition, mainly - "There isn't any other way to ed and much welcomed "annexes" that r Opened ...Lowe II EleinentaiA iu Septerri' from area residents who fear a new • Classified Index E3 will be built on the sport? fields of improve the space there," said trustee 1)01-2000. Churchill, Franklin and Stevenson "mega" school would dramatically Joanne Morgan, "They need space for Autos H4 The 4,0(TQ- t'> rS .t-Ji.^'i • ^..i is^i r.'- - ? •>!? t high schools. change the "small town charm"' of the music, art, storage." H3 Garfield addition should I.H- ntii-l^od• hv Rome Jc Service neighborhood in southwest Livonia and Added trustee Frank Knkenakes; The cement block structures, which the beginning of-lul> 2000 Work en Job* Gl will hooae locker rooms, showers, a lead to increased traffic and discipli "TJhis building does need additional nary problems. both projects is expe'Ctrd to <t;»rr i(n- Rental* E9 concession stand, storage apace and classroom space The addition will help week, said Dave \V;i;su'n. dirertor ot • Cro**werd E8 public reatrooms, should be up .and In voting to'build four new class the Garfield community'belter educate running next year, in time for summer rooms onto the north side of Garfield, their kids " .- • Health A Fitness D4 PlraM> Mte NOD, A2 • N«w Hose* El • Obitumrie* AS Talking: Runnel*' • Re*)Ksat« El er Bore man chats m spoil* Bl with htncl mokei' Th Paul Chishoi'm at MTftflt* Dl • Travel C* (he "Empty Bowls'.' at 'Empty Bowls' event luncheon fund raiser More than $1,200 ircis re.i*>y! HOW TO REACH US BY DUNE GAU ANDREAS8I Kroger stores No more than two SWOALWJUTK* vouchers are allowed for each school W'cJrh sdu\ tor the year, said Jacque Martin-Downs*, Wayne- Westland More than $1,200 was raised at an newsroom: 7I44M-2104 W ay ne- West land Family Resource "Empty Bowls" $lO-»-ticket luncheon Food Bank ilwmyj faw$room Fax: 734-W1-T2TI Center director Wednesday for the Wayne-WVstland (he fourth an n.tn;l f•moii.riM>^uf' Uh^B^haffeMBte*| JIMUWHhV ^^m. 19<IW11WmMlv k^^^^^hjUusuAih es^hA t Martin-Down* told the luncheon sup Food Bank, which helps people in west event. porters about A mother of five children . Nightltne/Sports: 7J4-WM104 ern Wayne County who called the food bank a few month* Reader Comment, tine: 7344194042 Everything was donated, from the ago nnd said she needed help paying hand-crafted ceramic bowls that were Classified A*Wi$if*:lumumo for groceries given as gifts to guests to the food and Display Advertising: 734-Stt~WO0 "She lost her job. and her husband the fliers advertising the event at was out of the picturo for whatever rea Home Oeftvery: 7*Wt*W00 William D.