Win a health} choppinl?os g spree! Win a healthy Loving care shopping spree at Buscb^with Peter At Angela Hospice, and f'Peter's volunteers provide ies ease respite from the waiting. Page C1 inside today's Observer ge C3. Your hometown newspaper serving Canton for 29 years Hope CANTON October is Breasl Cancer Awareness SUNDAY Month and new pro- October 5,2003 cedures give new 75 cents hope. Health, 06 VOLUME 29 NUMBER www.hometowhlife.com ©20Q3 HOMETOWN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK I New look, expansion coming to Canton 6 BY JACK GLADDEN said Matt Johnson, marketing/training comforting seat cushions and molded Once the present building is redone, a STAFF WRITER manager for Goodrich Quality Theaters lumbar support backs. 5,400-square-foot addition will be con- of Grand Rapids which owns Canton 6. Stadium seating, which consists of structed on the back of the building that If the Canton 7 sounds like a radical "The first will be the remodeling of the concrete risers in every row of seats, will comprise the seventh auditorium. group from the 1960s, it's not. It's the existing building and the second will be allows patrons to have a heads-and- That will be a 312-seat state of the art new name of the Canton 6, the Ford the expansion." shoulders view above people in the row auditorium with a 50-foot wide screen. aise cash Road Theater which will be undergoing All six existing auditoriums will be in front of them. The project follows the announce- grSSgpSi an extensive remodeling and expansion refurbished and equipped with stadium Johnson said the theater will remain ment by Emagine Theaters that it is Tuesday, Oct. 7, is a fund later this year or early next year. seating. New seats will feai open during the projects, with work raising day for Salem Rocks "We looking at a two-phase project," back rockers, lifting arm rests, pressure being done on one auditorium at a time. PLEASE SEE CiNEMA, AS Footbali at Canton Big Boy on Ford Road, across from Meijer. Dine in or carry out - all day 7. a.m. to 11 p.m. Turn in a flyer (available at counter) when you pay your biil and Canton Big Boy will donate a portion of the total sale to the Salem High School Football program. • Get artful More than 70 artists from * Canton and southeastern Michigan have gathered now through Oct 10 for the 11th Annual Canton Fine Arts ; Exhibition at the Summit on BY TONY BRUSCATO the Park, 46000 Summit STAFF WRITER Parkway. Sponsored by Canton With the help of a Schoolcraft Project Arts, the juried show College dean and the Plymouth has grown from a weekend Historical Museum, the Plymouth- Canton school district has been awarded an $807,000 grant from the IIS. Department of Education to help bring American history alive in the classroom. Plymouth High School Assistant Principal Deborah Parizek was offi- event to a weeklong display cially notified this week the district is known for its acclaimed art one of only-114 districts nationwide to receive the Teaching American and high-caliber PAUL HURSCHMANNI STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The exhibition features History Grant. works of art in a variety of Sophomore Alie Saker (left) and the Plymouth Wildcats cheerleaders lead the fans as they cheer for the junior varsity football team against Detroit medium including watercolor, Country Day Thursday night. Please see Sports, B1. PLEASE SEE GRANT, A5 acrylic, oil, mixed media, col- ored pencil, photography, clay and pen-and-ink. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; Mystery Accordion player takes on the world and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. BY JACK GLADDEN Accordion Championships. She sound like a small orchestra second place in the European • Taste the best STAFF WRITER was chosen for the honor after itself. Grand Prix in Switzerland. The Plymouth-Canton winning the 2003 U.S. Junior Her father, Andy, who plays At 12, she competed in the Community Schools' author If the term "accordion" con- National Championship. traditional accordion, bought it Premio Internationale Citta di Educational Excellence jures up images of an oompah for her used a few years ago — Castelfidardo Competition in Foundation will host its sec- band dressed in lederhosen and in her repertoire — it will but it still cost $8,500. A new Italy, placing fourth in her cate- ond Annua! Tastefest for playing the Beer Barrel Polka, purely classical, such as one, he said, would go for gory. At 13, she performed with Education 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, to clue talk to Canton resident Andrea Capriccio by A. Repnikov. $16,000. the Plymouth Symphony Oct. 13 at the Cherry Hill Caruso. And the faayan accordion she Andrea has been playing Orchestra, one of the youngest Village subdivision in Canton. The 16-year-old junior at plays is not just another accordion since she was 5 years accordionists ever to perform "Patrons may stroll through Canton High School is heading squeezebox. The classical accor- old and has already amassed a with a symphony orchestra. model homes where Plymouth Oct 17 for Hungary to repre- dion uses buttons instead of the string ofhonors, including U.S. She, with her father, is a you in typical piano-type keyboard Virtuoso Champion, Junior and Canton restaurants will sent the United States in the be posted to offer a taste of Junior Coupe Mondiale World . and has a range that makes it U.S. Virtuoso Champion and PLEASE SEE CARUSO, A5 their cuisine. Last year's event BY JACK GLADDEN I more than $6,000 to STAFF WRITER 1EEF Summer Academy, a program to help If you're a mystery buff, like elementary school-aged chil- detective thrillers and would like Safe and dren achieve grade-level skills to discuss it all with a real life in reading and/or math. author, be at the Canton Public Tickets are $15 each and ; Library at 7 p.m. Marine is home available for purchase from Monday, Oct. 6. the Board of Education office, "IHjl M. Diane Vogt, 454 S. Harvey in downtown * ^ author of a series BY JACK GLADDEN Plymouth or the EEF office at of mystery novels STAFF WRITER the Tanger Center, 40260 Five featuring Judge Mile, at the intersection of ! Wilhelmina "I guess we can take the yellow ribbons down now." Five Mile and Haggerty. Carson, will dis- That was the reaction of Canton resident Bob Paszko, Tickets are limited. Advance cuss her new whose oldest son Jeff, 24, returned home from Iraq purchase is recommended. book, Six Bills, Thursday night. Call the EEF at (734) 420-7010. M. Diane Vogt and will have But Friday afternoon the yellow ribbons were still in copies of that and place on their street, along with American flags and a • Lemonade her earlier books available for sale large sign reading "Welcome Home LCPL Jeffrey A. Lemonade, which airs on and for signing. Paszko." JIM JAGOFELD | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER 88.1 FM, will feature a special To register for the discussion, Paszko is a Marine Reserve with the Weapons interview with jazz legend Canton residents Bob and Sherry , and their son, Jeff, who just returned Maynard Ferguson at 10:30 PLEASE SEE MYSTERY, A5 PLEASE SEE MARINE, A4 from a tour of duty in Kuwait and a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8. Lemonade is hosted by Plymouth resident Betty Smith and airs at 10:30 a.m. RECEPTIONIST/FRONT DESK 1 1 1 r__ LOOKING AHEAD every Wednesday. 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Health C6 Sports B1 •njp in-stock Packages Bringing friends & family together a to Observers Eccentric | Sunday, October5;2003 LOCAL NEWS wtcwJiometownlife.com District seeks Mary Kay sales Joyce Sullivan of Canton is Independent Sales Directors heading down the road to earn the use of Mary Kay success in a new Pontiac career cars through out- volunteers for Grand Prix thanks to her outstanding personal sales building. Sullivan began her and team building efforts Maxy Kay career as an housing committee through Mary Kay. Independent Beauty As an Independent Senior Consultant in 1998 and as a Plymouth-Canton The committee meets Community Schools offi- Sales Director, Sullivan direct result of sales and regularly throughout the earned the use of the new team-building accomplish- cials are seeking commu- school year and brings nity members for the dis- 2004 MK Signature plat- ments, became an special reports to the inum Pontiac Grand Prix. Independent Sales Director trict's Housing and Board of Education on "The career car program in 2001. Facilities Committee. pertinent topics and provides the independent The Board of Education As an Independent Sales issues. sales force the opportunity to will select new committee Director, she provides educa- Individuals interested in earn the use of a visible sym- members at its regular tion, leadership and motiva- serving on this committee bol of success," said Tom meeting on Oct.