www.honietownlife.com COMTE8T flit r Play online and win! January 10, 2008 75 cents WINNERS OF STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE vvTvw.hometowTilife.com principal return BY TONY BRUSCATO STAFF WRITER Salem High School Principal After two decades in office, Canton Township Supervisor Tom Yack will Jerry Ostoin, who has been not seek re-election in the fall. recovering at home from a stroke he suffered Nov. 10, has announced he is stepping down to focus his attention on reha• bilitation. "It was his decision to retire at this time and work toward regaining his health Big shoes to fil and spending time with his family and friends and enjoy retirement," said his wife, Jan Ostoin. "He's currently walking with a quad cane and undergo• Tom Yack to step down after ing home therapy. Our goal is PHOTOS BY BILL BRESLER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER just to get him better and do all two decades as supervisor the things on our plan." Carol Pooie enters the court before jury selection on Monday. Ostoin, 64, began his career BY TIFFANY L PARKS with Plymouth-Canton Schools STAFF WRITER A CAREER OF PUBLIC in 197* as an area coordinator for the Plymouth-Salem Rocks, Tom Yack is ready to leave SERVICE and was appointed principal in the third floor of the admin• Lawyer: Poole lost her'mental Tom Yack has been a public 1986. istration building; servant for nearly 40 years. Ostoin actually retired two The township's longest years ago, but remained princi• serving supervisorhas Here are some of the positions pal at Salem by participating in announced that he's not seek• he has served in during that the emeritus program, which grip' and to ing re-election in November. career: allowed for the district to save Yack, 61, is in his fifth • Supervisor of Canton money by hiring him as a con• BY TIFFANY L PARKS that Poole, a 42-year-old term and said he didn't have Township, 1988 to 2008 tract employee. Superintendent STAFF WRITER management recruiter, is to wrestle with making the • Board member. Canton guilty of felony murder, Jim Ryan said the plan was for decision to spend more time Public Library, 1986-88 Ostoin to be principal at Salem It's not logical, Mark first-degree child abuse and with his wife, Barbara, and through December 2009- Satawa said in his opening involuntary manslaughter. their family. • President, treasurer, "Jerry was a rock at Salem," argument Tuesday. In addition to bringing forth "I love what I do, no ques• Plymouth-Canton Community Ryan said. "He means the "It just doesn't make doctors and employees of the tion, but I'm looking for a Schools Board of Education, world to us in Plymouth- sense," the defense attorney day care Allison attended, little slower pace," he said, 1974-85 Canton because of his loyalty told a Wayne County Circuit Dorsey plans to have jurors adding that as supervisor he • Teacher, learning consul• and his love for students and Court jury. Carol Poole visit the upscale, two-story usually has commitments in tant, and curriculum coordina• could see the "light at the Canton home Poole shared staff. the evening and on weekends. tor, Wayne-Westland Schools, "Nobody gave a better gradu• end of the tunnel" in one day with her husband, Alan. Credited with ushering in ation speech than Jerry when adopting her foster daughter Although he maintained the township's commercial 1969-88 he would raise his fist and say so there is no way she would that Allison's injuries were and upscale housing boom, *You can go forward with con• have assaulted her, he said. the result of child abuse, the former Plymouth-Canton said although he plans to fidence that you are a gradu- - The murder trial of the Dorsey admitted that he school board president was travel, he will still be involved ate of Plymouth Salem High Canton woman accused of isn't going to call any wit• first elected in 1988. locally by diving into the School and the Plymouth- killing 2-year-old Allison ness who saw Poole abuse He joked that his planned Leadership Canton program Canton Educational Park,"' Newman in September 2006 the toddler, but told the departure of his post may and the Spotlight Players the• said Ryan. "The place would began Tuesday in front of a jurors to use their "common give the impression there was ater group. just roar. He really understood jury of 10 women and four sense and reason" when an agreement between him, "If they will have me, I have the beauty of it." men. deliberating the case. Canton Library Director Jean a paint brush," he said with a Staff members were notified In his opening argument, "You are going to hear Tabor and Plymouth-Canton chuckle. of Ostein's retirement Tuesday, Wayne County Assistant Mrs, Poole did a startling Superintendant Jim Ryan, to Yack, who earns $127,000 with teachers making the Prosecutor Jerry Dorsey thing — she started lying," step down around the same a year, will be tough to announcement to students on IVsaid he will take jurors Dorsey said. time. replace, said Trustee Melissa Wednesday. through a "road map" that Carol Poole feactslo seeing her A father of four and Assistant Principal Patrick leads to the conclusion Please see POOLE, A8 husband in the courtroom. grandfather of two, Yack Please see YACK, A4 Fitzpatrick will remain interim principal for the remainder of the school year. Giuliani alters campaign visit BY KURT KUBAN Anthony Rugiero, who owns Congressman Thaddeus to attend. polls show Giuliani run• STAFF WRITER the popular eatery, to inform McCotter, which he said "We had a large show of ning fourth in the state, but him the candidate from raised $50,000. But Rugiero interest, but the Rudy team Rugiero isn't deterred by that. Republican presidential New York will be spending has also held fund-raisers for felt they needed to work the He thinks the former mayor candidate Rudy Giuliani's Monday in Florida trying Democrats, including Wayne Florida thing a little more. of New York City would make planned campaign stop at to drum up support for that County Executive Bob Ficano. Winning Florida is really an excellent president and a Canton restaurant was state's primary election. Monday's fund-raiser for important to them," he will defy the odds. temporarily derailed on "His team in New York Giuliani was to cost attend• said. "I like Giuliani. I like the Wednesday. called, and it looks like we ees $1,000 a head, plus the Rugiero said he is working fact that he put his issues out Giuliani was supposed to will have to reschedule," said chance to pay a little more to with the Giuliani campaign there since day one and has attend a campaign fund- . Rugiero, who has been politi• have their photo taken with team to come up with an not flip flopped like some BILL BRESLERI STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER raiser this coming Monday cally active for many years. the candidate. Rugiero said alternative date, most likely of the other candidates," he sent out 4,000 invita• Rugiero said. Salem High School Principal Jerry afternoon at Antonio's on Rugiero has held other before Tuesday, which is the Canton Center, but his cam• campaign fund-raisers, tions for the event, and was date of Michigan's presiden• "I think he would do a good Ostoin won't return to work following expecting about 300 people tial primary election. 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