s^i^f- Michigan Jazz Festival Summer lawn care tips AT HOME, SECTION Musicians gather at Schoolcraft FILTER, INSERTED SECTION Chef's work stands test of time - TASTE, PAGE B7 READY REFERENCE Newspaper classified sections are available at the Reference Your hometown newspaper July 14,2005 serving Westiand for' 41 years 75 cents WINNERS OF OVER 100 STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS SINCE 2001 www.hometownlife. com charged in fatal accident at Meijer BY DARRELL CLEM accident tickets. This is a man who disrupted Kosmyna's defense attorney could­ arraignment. He could face penalties STAFF WRITER Kosmyna lost control of his car, the lives of two people and he, just as n't be reached for comment. ranging up to two years in jail and a which police said spun around and any other person, has to be subject to On Tuesday, Kosmyna appeared in $2,000 fine if convicted, although he An 88-year-old Livonia man has struck Gregory of Westiand and being accountable for his actions. front of Westiand 18th District Judge also could receive probation. been charged with negligent homi­ another woman who survived. "He could be the nicest, kindest, Gail McKnight, who ordered Kosmyna has been ordered to reim­ cide for an accident that killed an 82- In charging Kosmyna, the Wayne gentlest person, but he, like everyone Kosmyna to surrender his driver's burse the cost for the city's emergency year-old woman in the Meijer parking County Prosecutor's Office had to else, has to be held accountable for license to police until it is officially response to the accident. He also has lot in Westiand. consider the fallout from the accident, his actions," the chief added. "The revoked. been ordered to bay prosecuting George Gerald Kosmyna faces a authorities said. court, the prosecutor's office and the "The Secretary of State is to revoke costs. Sept. 1 court hearing that will deter­ "I think we need to keep this in per­ police have an obligation to protect his driver's license," said David Gregory died from multiple injuries mine whether he should stand trial spective," Westiand Police Chief the public. We can't lose sight of the Wiacek, court administrator. at the University of Michigan for the death of Josephine Gregory, Daniel Pfannes said. "This isn't a man fact that this isn't just a driver's A not guilty plea was entered for who died nine days after the June 2 who just had one too many speeding license sanctioning issue." Kosmyna after he stood mute at his PLEASE SEE ACCIDENT, A2 Accident seriously \ V injures pedestrian BY DARRELL CLEM Swimming pools and ice STAFF WRITER A Wayne teenager who was struck by a car while crossing Wayne Road at Cherry Hill remained in crit­ cream help beat the heat ical condition Wednesday at the University of Michigan Hospital. Myron Maddox, 17, received multiple broken bones 8Y DARRELL CLEM and a closed head injury during the accident that STAFF WRITER happened about 10;40 p.m. July 7- Maddox will likely never fully recover from the A blistering heat wave this week sent Westiand and injuries, police Officer Jack Mcintosh said. Garden City children on a mission to cool off;. The teenager was walking westbound across What better way to beat oppressive temperatures than by Wayne Road, on the north side of Cherry Hill, when diving into swimming pools and lining up outside of ice he was hit by a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by a cream stands? 37-year-old Belleville resident, police Officer Mark "It's been a really hot sum­ Cholak said. mer," parent Lori Weier said Witnesses told police that the driver had a green Monday afternoon, waiting light while heading southbound on Wayne Road. with 6-year-old daughter The driver isn't expected to face any criminal Cassidy for the Westiand city charges, Cholak said. Neither drugs nor alcohol was a pool to open behind the factor in the accident, he said. Bailey Recreation Center. Westiand paramedics rushed Maddox to Oakwood As temperatures soared Hospital/Annapolis Center in Wayne, then he was past the 90-degree mark, airlifted to U-M Hospital in Ann Arbor. Cassidy couldn't wait to On Wednesday, Mcintosh said Maddox was in an make a splash. intensive care unit of the pediatric, unit. "I like the water slide because you get to go in the [email protected] I (734)953-2110 deep end of the pool" she said. Not to worry that the water was over her head. "She swims like a fish," _ J= her mother said. "She ..« uihHP 6 (front) and his 9-yeaf?™ started when she was real W iS¥ both of Canton, enjoy he g„ Reenter-pool in Westiand. Their w|ierbroughther ™J1 Theresa, who once was a daughter and other chil- , ?£S at the pool, is a schoolteacher * t£n ami1P.D Graham elementar.es Elementary School area PHOTOS BY TOM HAWLEY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER r a secon . Vilestland. iof°r a secon<ai daaay ooiwaxef water jacmino can-i. „ „. play.«It'Sjustsohotout,. te~2E J*l^fr^^^^^to P 0ften art,cu| PLEASE SEE HEAT, A2 topping 90 degrees. ' P 3rly with temperatures Man charged with switching gems at jewelry store BYDARRELLCLEM knocked the diamond onto the floor and then Johnson has been accused by store person­ * STAFF WRITER retrieved it," according to a police report. nel as the man who took the diamond, Store workers told police that the man then although he has denied it. The diamond still A Dearborn Heights man is accused of ^ placed a 2.5-karat cubic zirconium gem on hasn't been found, police Sgt. James Dexter going into a Westiand jewelry store and the counter and started to walk away. said. swapping a fake gem for a $5,000 diamond. "The jeweler immediately recognized the Arraigned Sunday, Johnson was released Tracy Johnson, who uses an alias of Tracy scam because he was alerted about a similar after he posted.$1,000, or 10 percent of a t Beavers, was arraigned Sunday on a charge of incident that occurred in Novi," the police $10,000 bond. He has been ordered to TOMtfOBMCTESlSTAfF. fHOTOGRAPHER first-degree retail fraud for an incident that report said. appear in Westiand 18th District Court for a happened Friday at Discount Jewelers, 8339 Police spotted a suspected getaway vehicle July 21 preliminary hearing that will deter­ N. Wayne. on northbound Newburgh, near Warren. mine whether he should stand trial. Make mine mud Store personnel told police that a man After making a stop, officers said that the A not guilty plea has been entered for him. Jaidin Brooks, 3, of Farminqton Hills plays in the came into the store Friday afternoon and driver began to yell, "I didn't do nothing." He could face penalties ranging up to five mud during Mud Day held Tuesday at Hines Park. asked to look at a 1.26-karat diamond. Police searched the vehicle and found years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convict­ For more, see Page A4. "The jeweler placed it on the counter for nothing. The man admitted that he had been ed. Johnson is facing similar charges for an viewing, and the (suspect) intentionally shopping for a diamond for his girlfriend. incident in Novi, Dexter said. J If •*""'<* 3£LV .-•*'•? V^.vV^-t'-j**"!-" i'-.'Y*'^*' "' "'"• .4 ••'•S^.C- >=-V«*WftE © The Observe & Eccentric INDEX loming Sunday For Home Newspapers APARTMENTS F8 Delivery call: AT HOME B1 in the PINK lilt Volume 41 BELIEFS S VALUES B5 (866) 887-2737 Number 14> AUTOMOTIVE G7 Makeup CLASSIFIED INDEX F5 artist CROSSWORD F6 JOBS G2 MOVIES D14 Olive-offers OBITUARIES B5 Celebrity REAL ESTATE F1 SPORTS CI PINK Picks GAN4ETT TASTE B? A2 (w> Observer Slccentric j Thursday, July 14,2005 LOCAL NEWS www.homtOownafe.co, Two men sought in armed robbery HEAT BY DARRELL CLEM The victim confirmed for 20 years old, about 5-foot-6 FROM PAGE A1 STAFF WRITER police that the man was wear­ with an average build and a and this pool is nice and ing a white jail bracelet that shaved head. She said he had a convenient," she said. A Westland woman told had his picture on it. tattoo under his right eye that Nodding his head in police that she was robbed at The woman told police that started with the words "I am." agreement, 8-year-old gunpoint July 8 while walking she gave the robber several The driver also wore a base­ Nick Szankin spoke with out of the Speedway gas station dollars that she had, fearing ball cap, a blue shirt and white authority about his rea­ at Cherry Hill and Newburgh. she would be shot and killed shorts, the victim told police. sons for visiting the pool. The 19-year-old victim, unless she complied with his She described the passenger "It's big, it's deep, and accompanied by a 9-year-old demands. as a white male, about 17 years it's got just enough roam," girl she was babysitting, told The bandit didn't fire any old with a shaved head and he said. "The water slide police that two white males shots and fled southbound on wearing a red shirt and blue is cool, and I like to dive drove up in a car about 11:45 Newburgh after taking the shorts. in and swim around. It's a a.m. and ordered her to give up money, police said. The two men were in an pretty fun pool.