Cable Talk of The

Cable Talk of The

Teen driver to stand trial in fatal crash. A4 HomeTown * **MMVi%H'A l.t.UNH NtjTHOMK" Thursday September 25, 1997 Ue0tlan6 (Dbserwr $ Putting You In Touch With Your World MSSil^slSllWB^^fe^j^k^ d-^ffMVM^ SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS O 1997 HomeTown Communication! Network, Inc. t , •: •••--•:•?.•.••. •.•'?;-:-.•• •. .••-.rt'* • -.^.- '-V- .--4.- *;j-.v'W» ! ^IN THE PAPER Remembering Cable Back to normal: Victims of a Friday night fire in talk of Westland are starting to get their lives back in order. /A3 the day • The cable competition in Westland is heating up, Good for customers: Cable with the possibility of a contract with Ameritech's competition is coming to cable TV service being rati­ Westland, and that's fied as early as Oct. 20. bound to be good news for MediaOne is currently the the city's cable sub­ sole provider of cable TV scribers./AXB • service in the city. By DARRELL CLEM STAFF WRITER Westland City Special folks: Jerry and Council members Dee Webster proudly tell may ratify a contract with Ameritech's you they're foster parents, cable TV service, but instead of children, SiAFf PHOTO K BRYAN Mmmix Americast, as early as Oct. 20. the couple is caring for Comrades: Veterans at the POW-MIA ceremony last Friday in Westland remembered prisoners Even so, subscribers who want to of war and those missing in action. Speakers urged government action to account for missing switch to Americast from MediaOne - two capuchin monkeys now Westland's sole cable provider - that one day will be service personnel. For more coverage, please see J*age A3. will likely face a minimum 18-month helpers for the dis- wait, officials said. Council members may approve a 15- abled./Bl year franchise agreement with Americ­ ast as early as Oct. 20, although a yet- to-be-scheduled public hearing may be held prior to then. w^mmmmm Schools seeking bond issue Council members also are expected to pass a new ordinance Oct. 20 to spur Hot stuff: Keep the home BY DARRELL CLEM the cable changes, after introducing fires burning in a special STAFF WRITER WAYNE-WESTLAND the new measures at an Oct. 6 session. Americast sought quick votes on a way: with a portable Wayne-Westland school district voters will soon have to franchise agreement and ordinance "campfire," one of the decide whether they are willing to pay more money to repair tee," Sherman said. changes in return for promising to products featured at the aging school buildings and improve classroom technology. Committee members also toured facilities in other school launch work in Westland next fall. Voters will likely face a ballot proposal by late winter or districts. ' "The longer we wait without competi­ Novi Fall Remodeling early spring after a study committee issues a long-awaited The committee, Sherman said, was composed of parents, tion, the worse it is for our citizens," Show that's opening recommendation in October, school officials said. district employees representing four unions, senior citizens, Mayor Robert Thomas said during a The 43-member committee is expected to recommend a administration officials and school board members David Monday evening study session. today./04 specific bond issue proposal to repair dilapidated buildings Cox and Robin Moore. Americast expects to begin providing and buy new classroom computers and other technology. Ultimately, however, a bond issue proposal will rest with in-home service to some Westland cus­ A specific plan is expected to be submitted to the Wayne- the full seven-member board, which will then face a poten­ tomers by spring 1999, amid hopes of Westland school board within a month, prescribing a way to tially difficult task of convincing district voters to approve being available citywide one year later. correct problems that the committee studied for one year. the plan. "Everybody will have the cable pass­ "We'd like to come to a recommendation by mid- to late Wayne-Westland district voters have a long history of ing by their front door," said attorney Community theater: Trini­ October," Charlotte Sherman, assistant superintendent of refusing to approve ballot proposals seeking more money. John Pestle, hired by the city to negoti­ ty House Theatre opens general administration, said Tuesday. However, homeowners are paying much less in school taxes ate with Americast. its season Friday with Committee members have toured all 17 elementaries, four than they did before Michigan residents approved a tax- "Citizens will have a choice," he said, middle schools, two high schools and other district-owned slashing plan, Proposal A, in March of 1994. rather than facing a "monopoly" by "An Inspector Calls." Cur­ buildings to survey structural and technological needs. tain time is 8p.m. Friday "Every building was toured by somebody on the commit- Please see BOND, A2 Please see CABLE, A2 and Saturday; call (313) 464-6302. /El Dance: "Bring in 'da Graceful skaters meet at arena in Westland Noise, Bring in 'da Funk" BY JULIE BROWN land Sports Arena. Graceful: is a celebration of the beat STAFF WRITER "We have a lot of little girls who Kimberly and the African-American Those who want to learn to skate, want to be Tara Lipinski and Michelle Jean, 9, they often find their way to the West- Kwan," said Tammy Hombirg, arena tap dance. /El manager. "Those are the two most pop­ practices ular skaters here." her skat­ The arena is owned by the city of ing mm^m T*'ANV<» vi 1 ilii^^i Westland and operated by the Munici­ moves at REAL ESTATE ^l^p^ pal Service Bureau, a nonprofit man­ agement company. This past Monday the West- bmg^MM, afternoon, freestyle skating for ages 5 land Keeping them home: through adult was being offered. At 5 Sports Apartment tenants are a p.m. Monday, it was time for Learn To Arena. Ice Skate classes for ages 3 to adult. valuable commodity, espe­ Several of those classes meet at one cially if they stay for a time. long time. Telling the "I started when I was 3," said Jen­ nifer Goen, 13, of Westland, while wait­ truth helps retain ing to take to the ice. The eighth-grad­ tenants. /Fl er at Stevenson Middle School com­ petes as an intermediate skater. r She skates Monday through Satur­ "3tS\''y i':'/' v'.•'• :'-i *Tx day, and does so "because I like it." INDEX Kelly Fryzel, 16, of Livonia competes as an open juvenile skater. Both • Obituaries A4 Fryzel, an llth-grader at Livonia Stevenson High School, and Goen. are • Classified Index F6 members of the Westland Figure Skat­ Real Estate F6 Hard at work: Jennifer Goen, ing Club. Crossword F7 13, follows a Monday through Fryzel started skating at age 5. Jobs G6 Saturday schedule. Home & Service 118 Please sec SKATERS, A3 STAFT PHOTOS BY JIM JAGWXID Atitos J3 • Opinion A18-17 LIVONIA REDFORO • Sports Cl PLYMOUTH 5The dDbsenrer WESTLAND Open house on tap for • Calendar C6 NEWSPAPERS CANTON 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia, Ml 48150 GARDEN CITY • Real Estate Fl Open house registration form Name Nov. 1 at Observer office HOW TO REACH US Street address newspaper operates is invited to City, state and ZIP The Observer Newspapers editorial staff is having an open house - and attend. Newsroom:313-953-210 4 Home phone you're invited. Our open house will include intro­ Newsroom Fax313-591-727 9 Work phone _, , The open house will be from 10 n.m. ductions to the editorial staff members E-mail: newsroom €oeonllne.co m to noon on Saturday, Nov. 1, at the of the Livonia, Plymouth, Canton, Red- Nighlllne/Sports*. 313-953-2104 Community involvement ___ Obsorvor Newspapers building. 362f>l ford, Westland and Garden City Observer newspapers. Reader Comment Line:313-953-204 2 Number of people attending open house Schoolcraft Road, Livonia. Return this coupon by Oct. 22. Anyone interested in learning more "We're certainly looking forward to Classified Advertising: 313-591-090 0 about how to submit news items to the meeting with our readers and helping Display Advertising:313-591-230 0 Send it to: Beth Sundrla Jachman, 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia Ml 48150 newspaper, how to get an event cov­ them to work with us effectively," said Or fax it to: (313) 591-7279. Questions? Call (313) 953-2122. ered by the news staff and just how a Home Delivery.313-591-050 0 PIo" RRC SCO ON TAP, AS wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm POP A2(W) The 06seri;ci7THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1997 *J- tfiu^&y' ~r!>" •;" •*••!•:&•'*+«. PUCES & FACES ^^:¾¾¾¾ $eneffl reception operations officer of a success­ ful local business." *- The Friends of Nankin Mills McDonald's manageae are j$i\\ hold the ninth annual wine trained in every aspect of gen­ ^md cheese reception 5-8 p.m. eral business management ^Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Nankin including customer service, :Mill8,33175 Ann Arbor Trail, personnel practices, quality •Westland. assurance, equipment funda­ * * The annual event is held to mentals, accounting and mar­ jraise funds for the interpretive keting. joeriter to be established inside the Nankin Mills in the future, 4i> educate the public about the Health screening organization and to encourage The Medical Team, in cooper­ membership growth. The ation with the Senior ;evening will include quiet Resources Department (Friend­ inusic and tours of the mill. ship Center), is providing • l Light refreshments will be health screening and testing to served. The new naturalist for people age 60 or older who live ^faayne County Parks will give in southern and western >brief presentation. Price is Wayne County. *$20 per person. For tickets, call Screening will be 9 a.m. to *(813) 224-0902 or (313) 261- noon Wednesday, Oct.

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