COAA!ViyftllT¥UFf,«S LOCAL NEWS, A10 FILMMAKERS BRING MESSAGE OF YOUNGSTER BOUNCES BACK HOPE TO LOCAL PEACEM AKERS AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WAYN E-W ESTLAND A GANNETT COMPANY F A L L T V prevIew USAW EEKEilD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 • hometownlife.com City works to resolve complaint^ their fault per se,” said Ventures, the Glen Allen, Va., “We are confident that we problems and our expecta­ 3 0 0 violations at Wayne-Westland Assistant company that purchased West- will have the problems recti­ tions. It’s the brokeU window Fire Chief/Fire M arshal John land Meadows in August 2012. fied within a short tim e,” said syndrome and it’s not accept­ m obile hom e park A dam s. “We reached out to the spokesperson said. a b le .” Complaints from residents CEO. She responded and will An ordinance sweep of the Fausone’s letter requested B y LeA nne Roger prompted the city to look at make the necessary improve­ W estland Meadows resulted in a m eeting to discus^ the issues staff Writer conditions at the mobile home m ents to upgrade Bie proper­ the notice of more than 300 within 21 days of the Aug. 28 park located on Van Bom near ty,’’ said A d ^s. violations for overgrown le tte r. City officials are working M erriman at the south end of weeds and grass, some broken Information provided re­ to resolve more than 300 ordi­ W estlan d . Correct problems windows and damaged skirt­ cently to the W estland City nance violations and a When improvements A spokesperson for Park­ ing on mobile homes. Council included a letter from $150,000 unpaid w ater bill at weren’t made, Adams said a land Ventures said that the “They are on a short string a resident who complained W estland Meadows Mobile meeting was held with West- company had no comment at (for corrective action). We’ve about overgrown conditions in H o m e P a rk . land Mayor Willia m W ild. this tim e except that they already sent crews out to ad­ the park encoimaging insects “We m et with the staff here That meeting prompted a were working to rectify the dress some item s,” said Ad­ and vermin and no j^ te r without any improvement letter from City Attorney problems at W estland Mead­ ams. “They (Parkland Ven­ The reason for that was not James Fausone to Parkland ow s. tures) are full aware of the See VIOLATItiNS, Page A2 Change in attorney hearing Bom b threat case orelim rescheduled for O ct. 10 B y LeA nne Rogers staff Writer The man charged with terrorism and kid­ napping after a bomb threat at Westland City H ^ wanted a new defense attorney causing his prelim inary examination to be delayed a g a in . Helaine Binstock of Canton reacts to spelling "plagiarism" correctly. Binstock finished the competition in second Prior to the prelim inary examination set p l a c e .B i a b r e s l e r j s t a f f photographer ’ for Thursday in W estland 18th D istrict Court, Sean William Quigley, 37, had written a letter to defense at­ torney V^lliam W inters ending his representation. Westland woman spells “I had a discussion with Mr. Quigley regarding how to con­ duct his defense,” W inters said. “I believe we have reached the it out to win senior bee Quigley point of irreconcilal^le differ­ ences on his defense. It is cer­ tainly not personal animosity.” By LeAnne Rogers competition. During the SpeU Off for Sen­ Quigley, who has already been found com­ staff Writer “I was thinking that 60 years iors, W aara was among 18 finalists petent to stand trial, agreed with V oters’ ago in 1953,1 won the district who had spelled their way into the description of the situation. Clinching her title by correctly spelling bee in Detroit. I was 13 final competition. The spelling “It’s not that we don’t like each other. We spelling “catalog” and “catalogue" and in the eighth grade,” said bee was held at the Dozier Recre­ don’t agree on how to move forward on my both ways to be sure, Westland Waara, who was a student at the ation Complex in Inkster, with defense,” said Quigley, who has been in cus­ resident Linda W aara is Wayne now-closed Volney-Smith SchooL Inkster Mayor Hilliard Hampton tody williout bond since his arrest on May 13. County’s top senior citizen speller. “It was the (whole) district - it giving the contestants their After being appointed to take pver repre­ It isn’t the first time the retired was a pretty big deal. Time really sentation of Quigley, attorney Da^id Lank- teacher has topped a spelling flie s .” See SPELUNG, Page A2 See DELAY, Page A2 Starfish honors Jack Dempier for his many contributions By Sue Mason into a smile. “I’ve been with Starfish Staff Wrrter “There may have been almost since it staged,” said some beer, too,” he said. Demmer. “I bought Jack Dem­ Jack Demmer remembers The Dearborn resident was m er Ford in Wayn^ in August the weekend he and a few of the guest of honor at Starfish’s 1963 and soon after someone his fellow Kiwanians painted 50th annual meeting on Thurs­ asked me if I’d likP to be part the form er school gym at Star­ day. He was there with his of an organization that helps fish Family Services in Ink­ wife M argaret, daughter Mar­ children and low-income fam­ ster. They tackled the job with ianne Nelson of Novi and ilies. 1 said absolutely, I can’t paint brushes and rollers. granddaughter Jackie Dem­ turn them down. Jackie Demmer (from right) joins Jack and Margaret Demmer and aunt Sitting in that same gym m e r o f P l3fmouth to unveil a “I was veryiry happynappy I became Marianne Neison at the unveiiing of a plaque at Starfish Family more th ^ 20 years later, Dem­ plague recognizing his contri­ Services annual honoring her grandfather. m er looked around and broke butions to the organization. !DEMN|ERS, PageA2 O bserver & E ( x:entric © The Observer & Eccentric INDEX ho’metownlife com Volume 49 • Number 34 Community Life.__ ...B6 Homes..................... a Services... a II A GANNETT COMPANY Crossword Puzzle.... a Inhx ... B6 Sports..... ..B1 ^^8 H ealth..................... ...B8 O bituaries..................B7 VVheels.... .C4 PRICE: $1 Home Delivery: (866) 887-2737 | Ftetum Address: 41304 Concept Dr., Plymouth Ml 48170 F -------------------------- ^ N O I N S U R A N C E 1 FIRST DENTAL N O P R O B L E M T R E A T M E N T Over $200 in Savings! ! 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Simon and Center in W estland is Jude Catholic Parish. holding its first monthly C h u rc h m e m b e rs a r e spaghetti dinner of the selling flower bulbs that fall from 4-6 p.m. Fri­ can be planted before day, Sept. 27. Cost; $6. the snow arrives. The Dyer Center is Place an individual at 36745 M arquette, o r d e r o f ^ 0 o r m o re east of Newburgh, in / and receive 8 TSte-h- Westland. For more TSte Daffodils fdr free. information, call 734- Orders will be taken 419-2020. until Sept. 21-22 and delivery will be in Octo­ F io w e rs a ie b e r. With summer dwin­ For more informa­ dling down, w inter is tion, visit www.flower- right behind. But before I>owerfundraising.com/ Old Man \^^ter comes, campaign?cam- why not take a moment paign_id=16623. It's down to two contestants, Unda Waara of Westland and Helalne Binstock of Canton. Inkster Mayor Hilliard Hampton “There was a tim e gives the words for the final rounds, biu bresler | staff photographer VIOLATIONS w h e n W e stla n d M ead ­ ows was really well until she successfully challenged Norm Kotarsh. Continued from Page A1 kept,” said \Wld. “The SPELLING it. A fter a dictionary was constilted The Spell Off for Seniors is part owner lost it to fore­ and she was proved right, Waara o f Wa3me Coimty’s services to snow plowing along closure. Since the new Continued from Page A1 was back in die competition. seniors that also includes the Sen­ with the removal of a owner has taken over, “It was exciting to win this year. ior Olympics events, senior picnics long-standing manned the conditions have w o rd s.