FLAVORFUL, FESTIVE AND FUN 5 f aW'W yard9a'ej Make a good garage sale GREAT ONLINE MAPPING - CALL 1 -8 0 0 -5 7 9 -7 3 5 5 FOOD, B9 THURSDAY 1 May 26,2011 PLYMOUTH P i n k The Observer & Eccentric Newspapers Power Volume 124 MORE THAN 4 0 ,0 0 0 Number 81 O b s e r v e r PARTICIPATE IN ANNUAL EVENT, A8 $1.00 hom etownlife f t c o m a G a n n e t t c o m p a n y PIPELINE Network raffles Board w on't The Plymouth Preservation Network will be holding 50/50 raffles every Tuesday night at Nico & Vali, 744 Wing in Plymouth, through June 28. Tickets are $1 each, buy as many as you wish. Tickets go on sale at 6 p.m. and the close Fiegel drawing of a weekly winner occurs at 7 p.m. sharp. Plymouth Preservation BY BRAD KADRICH and Nancy Eggenberger Network organizers urge visi­ OBSERVER STAFF WRITER voted to keep Fiegel open. tors to "come in for the good They largely echoed con­ food, leave with the jackpot!" For weeks students, par­ cerns voiced by parents and Ticket-holders need not be ents and teachers from Fiegel staff throughout the process present to win. Elementary School have that the decision was being streamed into Plymouth- rushed into without benefit Garage sales Canton Community Schools of any kind of redistricting The City of Plymouth Board of Education meet­ study. Recreation Department will ings, begging trustees not to They voted to keep Fiegel close their school as part of open for at least one more once again be hosting the fixing a projected $18 million year, and asked for a thor­ Community Garage Sale. deficit in the 2011-12 budget. ough redistricting study next Due to high demand, On Tuesday, trustees lis­ year. recreation officials will be tened. “I don’t think we’ve done hosting four separate sales The Board of Education an adequate job of looking June 11, June 25, July 9 and voted 4-3 to remove the clos­ at redistricting,” Simescu July 23, inside the Plymouth ing of Fiegel from its list of said. “Maybe we do need to Ice Arena. Start gathering budget cuts. The closing, close a school, but maybe not all those items that you no announced several weeks this one, until I see a plan, I longer need, use, or want and ago but rumored for months, think we need to do that first PHOTOS BY BILL BRESLER|STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER get a 10-by-10-foot spot inside would have brought some before we decide to make a the Plymouth Cultural Center Lauren Erickson and David Berriman entertain the crowd. $1.4 million in savings to the closure.” Ice Arena to sell everything district. Board President John 5 and free up extra space in the Trustees decided Tuesday Jackson, Vice President house. to look elsewhere for that Dianne Gonzalez and To rent a spot it will cost Businesses put best feet savings. When the vote was Treasurer Judy Mardigian $20, but admission is free for taken, the room full of Fiegel voted to keep the school those coming to shop. Each supporters exploded in closing in the list of cuts, sale runs from 9 a.m. to 2 applause. although all acknowledged p.m. “Who says you can’t fight what a difficult decision it — and food — forw ard city hall?” said a jubilant would be. For more information, contact Lauren Obsniuk at John Nichols, a Fiegel par­ “This is a very tough deci­ BY MATT JACHHAN ent and former school board sion,” said Mardigian, the (734) 455-6620, Ext. 309, or OBSERVER STAFF WRITER candidate. “I’m glad they longest-serving member of register online at www.plym- agreed not to make a rushed the board. “Eighteen million outhwebtrac.net. Rex Tubbs remembers the first Plymouth decision. Fiegel may still is a big number. I feel badly Showcase. close, but let’s look at every­ for the Fiegel family, but I Scout honor It was at the Mayflower Meeting House, thing.” feel we have to support the Girl Scouts Heart of featured about 30 businesses, and atten­ Board Secretary Adrienne administration’s recommen- Michigan recently recognized dance was limited to Plymouth Community Davis and Trustees Barry Jean Fitzpatrick of Canton Chamber of Commerce members. The master Simescu, Steven Sneideman Please see FIEGEL, A3 for her dedication to Girl of ceremonies, a noted public speaker, had to Scouting. Fitzpatrick was whistle and shout to grab the attention of a named an "Outstanding noisy crowd. Leader" at the Ann Arbor “He did every trick in the book that (self- Regional Volunteer improvement author) Dale Carnegie has,” said Recognition Ceremony, held Tubbs, who was on the chamber committee that at Grace Bible Church. planned the debut Showcase. “That was almost Fitzpatrick is trained in an impossible task, and he pulled it off.” wilderness first aid and has Fast-forward to Monday and Tubbs, the taken her troop on countless owner of Engraving Connection on Main camping trips. Her nomina­ Street in Plymouth, was participating in his 22nd Showcase, in which nearly 90 business­ tor stated, “Jean is a firm es and organizations, including more than 20 believer in the 'girl-run' troop restaurants and food-service facilities, touted system and goes to great products and services for an estimated 750 to lengths to achieve the right 800 visitors. balance between girl and “This is a fairly good one. There’s a good adult leadership responsibili­ mix,” Tubbs said at The Inn at St. John’s, ties." In addition to her troop where the Showcase and Taste of Plymouth duties, she serves as the reg­ took place. “You really need to make it a istrar for Girl Scout Cadettes, cross-section.” Seniors and Ambassadors in BILLBRESLER|STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Plymouth/Canton. BUSINESS, PLEASURE MIX Kyle Stinar-Eckert, who read a statement from the staff of Fiegel To learn more, call (800) Visitors needed to see Olivia Suppnick if they wanted a “Hopefully, I’ll get a lot of contacts through Elementary School at a recent budget workshop, made another 49-SCOUT or visit www. 50-50 raffle ticket at Monday's Showcase Plymouth at impassioned plea to keep Fiegel open Tuesday. The school board gshom.org. the Inn at St. John's. Please see SHOWCASE, A5 listened, voting 4-3 to keep the school open. Father's Day run Join the Plymouth YMCAas it celebrates its 50th anniver­ sary for a Father's Day tradi­ Downtown summer concert series kicks off Friday Low Rates on tion at the 32nd Fathers Day Run Sunday, June 19. BY MATT JACHMAN with financial support from between Church and Wing Used Car Loans! The Fathers Day Run offers OBSERVER STAFF WRITER area businesses, are 7 p.m. was expected to be completed an event for every age. Kids in Kellogg Park each Friday in time for Friday’s kickoff quarter-mile Fun Runs, 7:30 a m ; The 2011 Music in the Air through Sept. 2, with the show, Tony Bruscato, DDA one-mile walk, one-mile run at 8 concert season, which offers a exception of Friday, July 8, operations director, said a.m., 5K Walk, 5K Run, 8:15 a.m., mix of longtime crowd favor­ when the park and surround­ Tuesday). i f ■ 2 7 4 10K, 8:45 a.m. The unique Morse ites and performers making ing streets will be occupied by “The series has grown. We Dental Group, 17th MDG Triple, their first local appearances, the annual Art in the Park. get bigger and bigger crowds,” APR* 10.3 Miles, offers start times to opens Friday evening in The concerts started in the said Bruscato. run all three races. Registration downtown Plymouth with mid-1990s, coinciding with Motor City Soul will be is now open at www.active.com a show by Motor City Soul, the installation of the down­ making its Music in the Air y i m i i t PLYMOUTH CANTON NORTHVILLE NOVI or for a printable registration which will perform soul and town streetscape — which debut, as will Those Delta form and more race informa­ Motown hits. is currently being repaired Rhythm Kings (“jump” tion, visit www.ymcadetroit. The free concerts, spon­ and updated — and a push blues and swing, Aug. 5) and org/plymouth. sored by the Downtown to revive the city center. 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