I • • • • .... Ill A- > V fib VOLUME 28 NUMBER 2'i MONDAY, AUGUST 31,1992 • WE^T^ND, MICHIOAN «40 PAGES '/ Firry.Ctwrs 4 1¥ft Su6j<*4n Cc*M>yvM;<y*> tvi&rts- IN THE PAPER Teachers to return to schools :r Teachers agreed Monday to return to work white ne­ 3 percent in the first year and 6 pcrient to publicly identify, are a stumbling gotiations continue with the help of a state mediator. in the second year. block to a salary' settlement, not Super­ TODAY The-boardand the teachers union are intendent Larry' Thomas or Bill Taylor, The union's latest bid is for an 8 percent raise in a •in the last year of a three-year agree­ head of the board's negotiatihg team. one-year contract; the school board is offering 3 and 5 ment that provides a wage reopener for . The board is directly involved in ne­ percent raises over two years. the current school yesr. gotiations for the first time in the 18 Another year: St. Matthew Lu­ years Reece ha3 been involved in collec­ BY LEONARD POGEB to work today as scheduled. The first Bill Reece, WWEA president, told tive bargaining, he said. theran School opened a new school EDITOR day for students will be Tuesday. the union membership in Monday's "That is the worst scenario |>ossii>le." year last week, beating the public The association and the board of edu­ meeting in Wayne Memorial High WayneWestland school district he told the membership. teachers agreed this morning to return cation have contacted a mediator from School's Stockmeyer Auditorium that school districts by at least a Reece was critical of that situation, in to work whije negotiations continue on the Michigan Employment Relations the district has a $6.8million fund week. /3A which the board's bargaining team a new salary schedule. Commission to help in the negotiations. equity — unallocated money — and can "can't change one comma, one word. The WayneWestland Education As­ The two teams of negotiators ended afford more than its latest proposal. sociation accepted the recommendation talks Friday after the board's team pro­ Reece also claimed that two board of parents Irked: Stottlemyer School of its officers that the members report posed a two-year contract with raises of education members, whom he declined Sec TEACHERS, 4 A parents are pleased they are being kept up to date about an environ­ mental scare but are upset that they weren't told about the prob­ Suit is lem when it surfaced in early 'spring, W90./2A slapped Second look: Livonia school board members are reviewing a new program that provides coun­ in swap selors for at-risk students in ele­ mentary schools. /3 A SCHOOLS BY MARIK CH'KSTNKY STREET SCENE STA» y WRITKR A 1984 land swap between the city.of Westland and Livonia school district Moved to top: With its unbridled »-has turned out-to be-a-bum <!<?al for-the- pop music filled with expressive district, according.to a-lawsuit filed, by the district against Westland in Wayne hooks and melodies, Charm Farm Circuit Court. has moved to the head of the pack The lawsuit spells out how lx>th par of the burgeoning dance scene ties willingly and innocently agreed t<> ready to sweep this area with swap land of about equal value, onl> u> raves at places like Industry in discover eight years later that one of the STAVT J'JIOTOS HY ART HMAM;ELE parcels contains toxic materials that Pontiuc./7A makes it unfit for development. Getting ieitiy: John Glenn High School pupils lined up last week to register for the new Because both the district and West­ school year, which is scheduled to start Monday for teachers and Tuesday for students. land made a "mutual mistake.'" the TRAVEL lawsuit asks that the swap l>e rescind­ ed, with each party getting back its orig­ inal pica? of larid. Down in Africa: Abidjan, Cote "In order to prevent-injustice and de DTvoire, set astride a lagoon and Schools ready fendant's unjust enrichment, it is ru-v home to about 2 million people, is essary to rescind the exchange agree­ ment and return the parcelf to their for­ among the continent's most popu­ mer owners," the lawsuit states. lar destinations./11A In the swap, the school district gut' for opening bell vacant land on Ann Arlx»r Trail at Hul>- •b'ard,- oppsite Nankin Mills Elementary in Westland. TASTE ayne-Westland school dis­ other related information for parents Earlier this month, city officials said trict students will trade in and students. ' . it will-not return the land it received W sports equipment and One major change for this year is and later developed as Corrado Park. Green tomatoes: Pick tomatoes summer jobs for books this week as Larry' Thomas taking over as new su­ Westland got the former. Monroe while they're still green and make they prepare for the of the school year. perintendent July 1. Another Is a school site, demolished the school dm! some folk delicacies like fried Although negotiators for the board changeover of the food services opera­ developed the park south of Joy and green tomatoes and green tomato of education and the Wayne-Westland tion, now being held by a'division of east of M<?rriman in Westland The Education Association were still the Marriott Corp. school has since been demolished. chutney or pickles./IB working toward a wage opener settle­ While negotiations continue, teach­ Say 'Cheese': Rence Morrow- In 1984, both parcels were valued be­ ment Friday afternoon, the adminis­ ers are scheduled to be on the job had her high schogtjdent ifi- tween $90.000- $ 100,000. tration continued with its plans-for Monday morning. For students, there cation photo txiktf)i last After it got the Ann Arbor Trail -ite, El Tesoro: Dis­ the opening.of school. will be half-day sessions Tuesday af- school district attorneys Jon Bathelder week by Scptt*Galbraith at — cover EtTesdfo The administration has mailed to ~teTmSolTa'riinVed n csday morning. Th e~ 7d}uTGle7iri~HigTr$cHoQT~~~ and Eugene "Sin dry said the- district had' e Don Felipe all residents its' back-to-school first full day of school will be Thurs- every intention of-selling the land for Tequila, pro­ newsletter listing bus schedules and day. duced in a fami­ ScTSurT, 2,v ly-owned distil­ lery in Mexico's Los Altos Mountains./IB Man, dog shot in attempted robber^ BY DARREN. Ci KM A 19-year-old lnkster man was hit in One intruder hit the lnkster man in 18 to 21 years old, 5-foot-II and about STAJP WRITER the forehead with a gun and also was the head with a handgun, and another 180 pounds. He was muscular, wore a SPORTS A Westland man and a dog were shot treated and released at the hospital, po­ intruder shot the Westland man in the black hooded sweatshirt and a black last week whenthree armed men broke lice said. A dog in the house survived a leg, the police report said. scarf that partially covered his face. into a house in south Westland, in what gunshot to its chest and was treated by The victims told police the three Amateur boxing: Top.Detroit and police described as an apparent attempt a Iwal veterinarian, Haigh said.. armed intruders wanted money and A second intruder was descrilH'd nf suburban amateur boxers meet to rob two men in the house of money The two men had been sleeping in- drugs, though the victims didn't have IS to 21 years old, 6 feet. 170 pounds and drugs. the house when the lnk§ter man awoke any. » and wearing a black hood and a red Wednesday at the Laurel Manor A 21-year-old Wcstland man received after hearing someone outside the front scarf over his face. a gunshot wound In his right leg during door yelling "police." _ One of the victims told police he had in a fund-raiser to support the re­ A third intruder was described as 18 the 4:57 a.m. Incident,Monday In the formerly sold drugs, but that he had novation of a new boxing gym./1C to 21 years old, 5-feet-Jt. 180 pounds 29000 block of MatthewTftorthwest of The door was thcrt kicked in, and stopped selling them about six months and wearing jeans, a black hood and n Van Born/and Middlebelt roads, But he .three black males entered the, house, ago. • r • • , scarf. ., was treated and released at Annapolis police reports said,. One of them shot The Incident remained ju'nder investi­ INDEX Hospital vin Wayne, Wcstland polfcc the dog when it began barking. A police' gation last week, Haigh saul All three carried handguns, the vic­ Sgt. Donald Haigh said, ' rc|K>rt didn't describe the dog. One of the intruders was described as tims told police. « • Classifieds 8ec8.n,C,n Street 8ccno. 7A Auto ... Sees. C,D Personals . 8A Top cheerleaders Jjappy birthday Crossword . BB Sport* 1C Tnslc. IB '-'?-•'-"A 90th birthday party will be held for Kitty Employment , . .C Two John Glenn High School cheerleaders, Kclli PLACES&FACES Travel I2A McKinhey, longtime community activist, Sunday nf index 4B Tortl and Jackie Oxford, were named to the National Real estate . .Sees. B ternoon, Sept. 20, in the Bailey Recreation Center, on Cheerleaders Association's AH-American team. Thoy Ford easl of Newburgh, directly behind City If alb were plcjced after 160 students took part in a summa­ .Youth Chamber Singers, part of a youth program at ry workshop at Saginaw Valley College.