•pp 1 - "^ ITT • l"-i' J A' *.» ,*-,' *"••*!• » -!.7' •'. I, •!« -T- . <• ip I Healthy bodies at work start with ergonomics, B4 Hc*rK$Ib\vn rtfwrwi*T>*'fl»MK»'rniy- Putting you In touch Sunday wrth your world March 22,1998 Serving the Westland Community for 33 years $ VOLUME 33 NUMBER 83 WESUAND. MICHIGAN • 68 PAGCS • http://nhscrvcr-ftccentric.com SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS O IMS BoaaTewH C<wink>H>M Network, lae«' THE WEEK Hit-and-run suspect released Charged in the hit-and-run accident on Joy tha Kosmyna, was released from Gar­ bond," i8th District Judge Gail McK-j AHEAD Road east of Middlebelt is 26-year-old Sergio den City Hospital two days after the night said, : * • .| 8:20 p.m. March 7 accident, but she She had set the bond after.Escobar ~| Antonio Escobar. He had been released from 1 the county jail before he appeared Thursday has since undergone surgery for a bro^ charged in a third alcohol-related ..drivy' : ken right arm, Gilliam said, ing offense - stood mute March 9 dur- : MONDAY in Westland 18th District Courti "Right noVir she can'tuse her arm, ing his arraignment on^ two charges of BY0ARflEU,CLKM continue to hope for signs that she will and she's having a difficult time emo- bperatirig uhder the influenceof • tionally," Gilliam said, ; liquor/causing a serious injury accident School board: The Wayne-: STAWWlinBR ; : > .. begin to. recover from majorvhead and two charges of leaving the scene. injuries; ,:-: ^',:--;'-/^-:'> ''':K: Charged in the hit-and-run accident Westland board of educa­ A Garden City man, accused of driv­ on Joy Road east of Middlebelt is 26: ing drunk and hitting two Livonia "She's still semi-comatose," Westland 'On a 'tether^-"v ••.•,'•; - '•' • ^¾ tion will meet dt7 pan. police Officer Cathy GUUam said. "Her year-old Sergio Antonio Escobar. He teenage girls as they walked acrosB a had been released from the county jail Escobar, who has been placed on an] Monday at School adtninr Westland road, has been released from eyes are open, but she's not responding electronic tether, waived his ;hearibjp* to anything.";' < / ' v.,/5-' ••''••.'-' before he, appeared Thursdayin West- titration offices, oh Mar­ jail withoutposting his $100,000 cash land 18th District Court for.a prelimi- Thursday and was ordered to standi•' bond, •. •; -n•:/':..y';'•"•.C- ^-- "::;.':'; O'Keefe has laeehAmoved toRoyal trial in Wayne County Circuit Courfr quette eastofNewburgh. Oak Beaumont Hospital from Detroit's , riaryhearing. • ; Meanwhile, family members of one "He walked in the courtroom without All four charges against himcarry pps-l victim, 16-year-old Catherine OTCeefe, Grace HospitaL A second victim, 16-year-old Samah- haying; posted auy of the $100,000 ' fle&BeaeeWWnCJ,^ TUESDAY Top pop DeHart tospeak: State •• i. Rep^EUeehpeHdfiof )• Westland will be the speaker at the Westland Democratic Club meeting beginning at 7p.m. Tues­ day at twRowe Meeting oncriiiie House,37035 Marquette, BY LEANNE ROGERS one block east of 'New- STAFFWRjtTKR A review/of 1997 arrests by the Metro Street Enforcement Team finds suspects apprehended for assaults, Sing with pride: Male drug possession, thefts and one grave singers are invited to robber. •.-••.. attend a guest night for Actually, the official charge oh that last warrant was dead body disinter­ theBarberShopRenais­ ment and the suspect, a 26-year-old sance Chorus 7 p. m> Westiand man, was also charged with a second count of attempting the disin­ Tuesday at Newburg terment of a dead body. United Methodist MSET was asked to apprehend the Church, 36500 Ann Arbor Westland man by Detroit police who obtained a warrant stemming from the Trail, east of Newburgh, break-in at mausoleums' in Woodmere Livonia. For more infor­ Cemetery/y ''.•''"'•::}" mation, call Alex Willox St. Clair Shores police had arrested the man in connection with a bad check at (734) 728-686% case at a Roseville motel when some unexpected evidence turned up. "Searching the motel room, they - *?'•! found ii-skull'anoV decomposed^body • v ..''-yif^&Sffi^^f:^. &*••*-^ ••^T^::•¾,'¾w3 WEDNESDAY parts in a trash bag," said Officer Kevin Nowak of MSET, "They found a femur in a briefcase in a car trunk. Rec meeting: The West- There were sorcery-related items." land Parks and Recre­ With jet black hair and an extremely ation Department and a white complexion, the suspect was consulting firm, the described by Nowak as "one very strange guy." to*.••••-. ••" :• - ••'•^^ 'VI-;••••»\'.V Strader Group, will hear Besides locating and arresting sus­ m'^h* comments during a 7p.m. pects for various law enforcement paid and daughter: Westland's1998 Father of the Year, Terry Papay, was nominated by his meeting Wednesday on :, ' '. Please see CRIME, A3 f the second floor of West- daughter, Paula. Papay was chosenfromamong 226nominees. landtytyHaM. Metro Street Enforcement team (MSET) Arrests and Warrants In 1997 TheWestlarxJ, Gaf<Jen City, Wayne and Ink 6ter police departments each assign an officer to MSET. FRIDAY 150 Key to fto ch*rt Mow «,» Westland. BY DARRELL CLEM teacher and high school senior during the mayor's Spring bath The Westland Detective Bureau STAFF WRITER State of the City address at 7 p.m. April 8 at the search warrant Community Foundation assists ••;,••,'• A well-dressed man tapped on Terry Papay's Hellenic Cultural Center on Joy Road. Paula wanted to nominate her father after hosts its spring ball 100- ft 4 Garden City front door as he sat down for dinner with his wife, Detective Bureau . hearing about the contest from her Kettering Ele- L Gloria, and their 10-ye^rrold daughter, Paula, beginningat6:30 p.m. search warrant . SA LUTE TO mentary teacher, Julie Gordon, who has a split assists • "He was so nicely dressed, we thought it was a EikclLijENCE fourth- sind fifth-grade class. Friday at the Hellenic •V1 IrAster Narcotic Jehovah's Witness," Gloria Papay said. Cultural Center; 36375 .search warrant •''';Wrong.';.-.:,-.'.;. T?aula brought the form home and asked me if I assist. "Or I thought maybe it was someone campaigning for would mind if she nominated her father," Gloria Papay Joy Road, Westland. •i 1 Uvonla votes," Terry Papay said. said. "I thought it was so sweet that she wanted to nomi­ "* surveillance search nate her dad." warrant assist /Wrong; again." -j 1 State police Instead, Deputy Mayor George Gillies came to the fam­ Daughter's view ** search warrant ily's Hazelwood residence to notify Terry Papay that he assist ;•• Paula, sandwiched between her parents during an had been named Westland Father of the Year; INDEX A SI Search warrants interview in the family living room; didn't hesitate when ^ authored by MSET "It came as quite a surprise," the 37-year-old father asked why she nominated her father. I Obituaries A8 »SS Westland said. "I was shocked. I didn't know what to say, I'm really "He's honest, caring and he loves me and my mom," she "Special a humble guy." • said, smiling shyly and tugging at her father's arm. • Classified Index m investigations Unit An 11-member selection committee chose Papay from ;:: search warrant Terry Papay, who makes prototype automobiles at Mil- Real Estate . '" -V:'-:El assists - :, 226 nominees based on an essay that Paula, his only ford Fabricating Co. in Detroit, said he read his daugh­ child, submitted for Mayor Robert Thomas' 1998 Salute Job* HI 10 Consent ter's essay after learning of his selection as Westland's Crottword H3 tidfcheswere to Excellence Awards. cprxftctedtyMser Papay will be honored along with the city's top mother, ••., . ';.:. Please see FATHER, A2 .Autos Jl in 1997 Home A Service J2 • Taste Bl • Health & Fitoew B4 < , • Arts k Leisure ci Students make real winner out of Illusion • Sports A Recreation Di BY BBTH SUNDRU JACHMAN The competition brought together Btudents from STAFF WRrnm across the region. Dexter High School placed first • •' HOW TO REACH US The "Illvision" was more than just an illusion - the and Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township student-designed vehicle won a $2,000 grant for placed third in the competition . Eight Wayne Memorial students ^-two juniors tind 7344U4L04 Wayne Memorial High Scbool. Newsroom: "We were elated," instructor David Bogataj said ' six seniors - put in many hours on the second-place Newsroom Fax:734-691727 9 after Wayne Memorial won a second place Tuesday winning "Illusion," according to Bogataj, drafting- E-mail: iwwiwwnovoniinst i • corn in the Chrysler "Build Your Dream Vehicle" competi­ CAD instructor at Wayne Memorial; The team T»*W3-2i04 tion with a dream vehicle called the "Illusion." includes: Ian G. Gasper, Duncan deBmin, John Nightline/Sports: Haro, Pete Mueller, Alan Kulifay, Johnathan Law- Reader Comment Line:mtit-204 2 "The kids did an excellent job - it was just a super, Buper performance," Bogataj said. son, Julie Przeklasa and Jason Novak. Classified Advertising:7$4-f*JW>tO O Wayne Memorial was one of two teams from the The Wayne Memorial project involved market sur­ \ Display Advertising:714491-230 0 veys, materials research, cost analysis, product if"'' Wayne-Westland schools named among eight final­ r:.! • Home Delivery:734-Btl4«0 0 ist* in the competition. The William D. Ford Career design and advertising. Students did an analysis of Technical Center also made the finals with iU elec­ the market surveys, extensively researched the cost t of materials and designed everything about the prod­ ••:!•-* v '• • •'• tric truck project, which was also honored recently *': * with a Detroit Edison mini-grant. (Related story, A4.) uct from the seats to the exterior, Bogataj said. Students from Wayne Memorial and tho Ford They came up with a car for tho year 2010 - "con­ 8TWT PHOTO BY BRYAN MrTCHtU ), :' Career Technical Center made oral presentations to cept car type of stuff," Bogataj said.