Uafn'W BOBBY INTERACTIVE R E A D Y , SET... G A R D E N ! GARAGE SALE MAP ELAY’S FIND GREAT SALES IN 4 SECRETS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ' FOR GREAT hometownlife.com GRILLIN G Westland^city offices, including the 18th WAYNE-WESTUND A GANNETT COMPANY District Court, will be closed Monday in obsen/ance of the Me­ morial Day holiday. The William P. Faust Public Library also is closed this weekend. When it re-opens on Tuesday, May 28, it will begin PRICE: $1 • SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 • hometownlife.com its summer hours— 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday- Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday-Saturday and closed Sunday. City offices in Wayne will be closed Monday for the holiday. The Judge orders competency Wayne Public Library is closed today (May 26) and Monday as part of iti regular schedule. There will be no hearing in bomb case trash collection on Monday, and pickup By LeAnne Rogers Defense attor­ examination. felonies, including .terrorism and will be delayed one day staff Writer ney \WUiam'Win­ Cicirelli agreed to order the kidnapping, both of which carry for the remainder df ters told Cicirel- referral and adjourned the pre­ a sentence of up to life in prison; the week in both com­ A competency examination has li that he had just liminary examination until making a false report or Uu'eat munities. been ordered for a man charged been retained by Thursday^ Aug. 8, subject to the of terrorism and makipg a false with holding a Westland city Quigley’s family the competency report being com­ report or threat of a bomb/harm- worker hostage in City Hall and previous day. Com­ pleted. ful device, both four-year felo­ claiming to have a bomb. menting that he Q u ig le y Described as homeless but nies. Qineand Sean William Quigley, 37, was had concerns about staying aroimd the Westland A not guilty plea has been scheduled for a preliminary Quigley’s competency and abil­ area, Quigley is being held with­ entered for Quigley who is donate examination Thursday before ity to assist with his defense, out bond and has been in custody charged with claiming to have a • Two businesses are 18th District Court Judge Sandra l i t e r s asked that his client since May 13. holding asking diners CicirellL { be referred for a competency Quigley is charged with.four Please see HEARING, A2 to help raise funds for the family of fallen firefighter Brian Woe- hike. Mr. Mike's Grill a.t 6047 N. Wayne Road is Wayne holding an all-you-can- eat pasta bar and salad bar and silent auction noon to 8 p.m. Tues­ passes day, May 28. Choose your favorite pasta and mix and match with a variety of sauces. The balanced cost is a donation of $10 per person, with 50 percent of all money budget for raised going to the Woehike family. For more informa­ tion, call Mr. Mike's at 2 0 13 -14 (734) 729-6453. And people who can't make Tuesday's By LeAnne Rogers fund-raiser can stop staff Writer by the Country Grill at 501 S^_Wayne Road, A $16.8 million balapced bud­ south of ChefryHill, get for the 2013-14 fiscal year on Thursday, May 30. has been adopted by the Wayne The restaurant will be City Council. donating 10 percent With a 7-miU ballot question of all sales - breakfast, .going before voters in Novem­ lunch and dinner - to ber, having the budget in place the Woehike family. isn’t likely to end debates about the city’s finances. The bud­ get adoption had been Relayed STEPHEN CANTRELL | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER to allow council more time to Garage sale Henry Vincent practices his wave in preparation for the Wayne-Westland Veterans Parade. Vincent will be review the budget document. If you're doing some driving his 1923 Model T in the annual parade right behind the American Legion color guard. “The.budget has been dis­ spring deaning, gather cussed a lot. There have been up those unwanted tough painful decision^,” items for a Community Wayne Mayor A1 Haidous said. Garage Sale 9 a.m. to 2 At 90, Henry Vincent “The .truth is, it (the budget) is p.m. Saturday, June 22, open to too many ameijdments. at the Wayne Commu­ nity Center Ice Arena. Please see BUDGET, A2 Rent a 10-foot by 10-foot knows Westland very well space for $20. Admission for buyers is free. To rent a space, contact Nathan By Sue Mason they leased from Henry Ford, Adams at (734) 721-7400, staff Writer VETERANS who lived across the street R e s id e n t s ext. 1300, or by e-mail at PARADE before moving to Nankin Town­ [email protected]. If you see Henry Vincent at ship. As a child, he walked to the Wayne-Westland Veterans W h a t: The Wayne-Westland Cady School at Wayne Road quiz council Parade today, be sure to wish Veterans Parade and Cherry Hill. Wayne Road him a Happy Birthday. It’s his W h e n : 1 p.m. Sunday, May 26 was a “little paved road,” Ford about plan B INDEX 90th. W h e r e : The parade will Road was two lanes, and there Community Life....r.. Cl Don’t know what H enry Vin­ assemble at the Wayne-Ford was an old gas pump at the cor­ Crossword Puzzle ....CIO cent looks like? No problem. Civic League, head north on ner of Wayne and Ford. By LeAnne Rogers Education................A6 He’s the guy in tho 1923 Mod­ Wayne Road to, Ford, then When it was tim e for high staff Writer j .■ Health..................... B8 el T at the start of the parade, east to Westland City Hal|. It school, he went to Fordson in Homes..................... C9 right behind the American will end with a ceremony at Dearborn and got there either The question of what ^ayne Jobs......................... C8 Legion color guard. It’s a spot by hitchhiking or paying the 5- will do if voters don’t approve a Obituaries................ C4 the memorial located south of Services................... C9 he’s had in the annual parade city hall in front of the closed cent fare to t ^ e a bus from a levy of up to 7 mills for 10 years Sports...................... B1 for many years. station at Henry Ruff and Ford received heated discussion at “I never thought I’d make Bailey Recreation Center. The Wheels.................... CIO ceremony will include the rais­ Road in (harden City. Monday’s council meeting. to 60. It was a tough life and I “Wa3me High didn’t have the What cuts to make wasn’t ing and lowering of the flag worked hard,” the World War II classes I wanted - the construc­ under discussion, it waf| the © The Observer & Eccentric veteran said. “I don’t smoke, I and a placement of wreaths tion, electronics, the skilled question of whether the city wjill Volume 49 • Number 2 guess that’s the reason for my by various veterans units. trades,” he said. “I wanted to make the alternatives public longevity... that and I stayed start out life knowing some­ before the election. Home Detivety: - ° out of greasy spoons.” Vincent children and grew up thing.” Resident Ron Roberts was (8S6) 8B7-2737 A lot of recollections of life in on the family farm on Krauter the first of several residents to Westland and its predecessor at Radcliff right across from The w ar years speak from the podium asking Retim Address: Nankin Township come with what is now Cadillac Memorial A fter graduation in 1943, Vin­ about the so-called plan B for 41304 Concept Dr. those 90 years. Vincent grew Gardens W6st. ' cent worked at Willow Run, the city budget, if the millage Plymouth Ml 48170 up here. Bom in 1923, he was The family lived in a house on j the third youngest of the nine Ford Road and Evergreen that Please see VINCXNT. A2 Please see PLAN A2 NO INSURANCE FIRST DENTAL N O P R O B L E M O ver $200 in Savings! TREATMENT Includes regular cleaning, P a r k s id e d e n t a l t e a m complete exam & x-rays... 36444 W. 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AH of the during the summer. cucumbers and brussels volunteers “lived in the “He literally built his sprouts, and at one time building the B-24 bomb­ neighborhood.” home in Florida block by grew 400 tomato plants ers, before going off to “Wajme would get the ' block, when they were and rented a couple of war.