mm >^^ «W«MM am K['" h,<> t ' Beaver Island: Our ®&$!kv*. I Walter's is 'Emerald Isle,' ID Volume £5 Number 13 Monday, July 31, 1989 Westland, Michigan 44 Pages Fifty Cents i/K .:? ri ;•.«_ iM&JJSStitMim&A^^ 0193) Suburtun Ccmntinkalto.%* CCrpor*tto<\. AH Rjjhu RmrwJ. ^i I ,1 w C3i 1¾^ J5P%^P1 1^^^^1 ^^ Ji^jJ %4i3S^y 1 ^^I %M %#^g?B 1 R w?l By Tedd Schneider similar contracts with the Allen showing that we're a member of the Park-Melvindale school districts. school level opens up more spaces at staff writer Park and Northville public school community at large," Ferguson said. The majority of its estimated 1,800 the center for other students. districts. "The center can benefit from those students this fall will come from the Students from two parochial The new agreements mark the outside the Wayne-Westland Com­ Wayne-Westland district. "I don't see where you're going to schools will be using the Ford Voca­ first time the center will be used by munity School District as well as in­ nave a problem with our students Some 166 students from outside getting bumped to make room for tional/Technical Center this fall. private school students. side, and that includes private districts were enrolled at the center places The Wayne-Westland school board Edwin Ferguson, vocational/tech­ schools." outsiders," he said. The contracts in 1988-89, according to fourth Fri- with other schools also stiplulate Monday approved pilot agreements nical center principal, said Friday day attendance figures turned in to and faces to accept tuition students from Lu­ he expects a total of 12-15 students "BESIDES, A number of students that the intent isn't to displace the state. Wayne-Westland students to make theran High School in Westland and from the two private schools will be who attend Lutheran High actually Tom Svitkovich, associate super­ Cabrini High SchooUn Allea Park at enrolled at the center for the fall se­ live in the district," he said. room for students from outside the THE JOHN GLENN high intendent for communications and district. the center on Marquette, east of mester. The center also attracts students finance, told the board Monday that school football stadium will move Newburgh. The board also renewed from the Crestwood and North Allen up a notch this fall, matching the "I think what's important is we're declining enrollment at the high Please turn to Page 2 first-class performance of the team that plays in It. The Wayne-Westland school board last week approved construction of a new press box hop own at Irma Kionka Stadium. Taking the plunge The press box will be built with ¥53,610 in bond issue moneyT(A $12.9 million bond issue for building repairs and equipment Wedding contmu purchases was approved by district voters in January, 1988.) Completion of the project Is to feature expected by Sept. 1 and in case of delays, the current press box for legislation won't be demolished until the new one is finished. swimwear The new press box will feature By Janice Brunson an improved public address -« By Leonard Poger stall writer system, school officials said editor Joe Gagnon, self-dubbed "The Ap­ Monday. :iiv The current PA setup, with two Karen Starr and Kerry Byrd will pliance Doctor," slept poorly last •••*••/ :>.-•>•.• ^¾¾ small speakers on top of the press get into the, swim of things — fig­ week in anticipation of state hear­ ..•0, box, often isn't heard by fans on uratively — when they plan to ings to regulate the appliance repair the far side of the field. marry Saturday morning on the industry, which Gagnon maintains is t'W banks of the Rifle River near "bilking" consumers of some $50 Standish with a "color guard" of million annually. HALFTIME SHOWS at canoes. The hearings, held Tuesday in Glenn, Wayne Memorial and the They will wear specially de­ Lansing by the House Consumer four junior high schools are going signed wedding/bathing suit outfits Committee, are the latest and most to be new and Improved as well. for the ceremony. significant round In a fight started The board also approved the The groom's outfit will consist of four years ago by Gagnon, owner of purchase of $37,952 In band white tails and a top hat along with . Carmack Maytag Appliance Center instruments to be divided among his white bathing suit. on Ford near Venoy. the six schools. His bride-to-be will walk down Gagnon, a Westland resident who New instruments will Include a the'banks of the Rifle River appears on a cable television show to baritone saxophone, a tenor dressed in a white bathing suit, discuss appliance services, said the saxophone, a Violin, viola and bustle and carrying flowers. hearings were successful, "in that several percussion instruments Their wedding party will also be the committee had a chance to listen and accessories. The schools are dressed in swim wear, flanked l)y to the pros and cons of the Issue." also getting 180 music chairs and three decorated canoes and 18 Under consideration are House Joe Gagnon 80 orchestra music stands. other canoes on the banks of the Bills 4947 and 4948, introduced by wants regulation river. state Rep. Perry Bullard, D-Ann Ar­ "Small claims court works very THE LIONS are racing bor, requiring the licensing of all The swim wear Is meant to sym­ well. There Is the Better Business ducks. service dealers and repairmen, and bolize Byrd's activities In the Can- establishing registration fees. Bureau and the Attorney General's Got that? Well, let us explain. U-Canoe Club, of.which be has been office" as ways consumers can get The Westland Host Lions Club HB 4947 lists seven conditions un­ the only president In its 12-year der which the state Department of help. will join the Garden City Lions in history. And, he added, "87 percent of all a fund raising "duck race" to Licensing and Regulation might Im­ pose penalties on dealers or service­ consumers are satisfied with the ser­ benefit the children's services They talked about the upcoming men, Including making false or mis­ vice they receive," quoting a recent department at William Beaumont wedding in their Calumet Cour,t leading statements, performing in­ survey conducted by Wayne State Hospital. home in, the Norwayne neighbor­ ART EMANUELE/jUlLphOtogcsphW competent or_jiegligent work and University and the Detroit News. The event is scheduled for 1 • hood of Westland. "The only fraud (in the repair in­ p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 at Elizabeth "willfully departing from or disre­ garding accepted trade standards." dustry) I've ever read about was en­ Park in Trenton. Pre-race_ -•-«IT--WAS-1teitpr,s"rdia~to get Ready to paddle down the aisle are Karen Starr and Kerry Byrd Gagnon Is confident both propos­ gineered by one man and he's the festivities for children begin at 11 married with a canoe theme," said who show off their swimsuit/weddlng outfits. They will be mar­ als will be enacted Into law. only reason this legislation has been a.m. Karen, 37, "I went along with It," ried Saturday morning on the banks of the Rifle River. suggested in the first place," Parry For more Information call Bill adding the type of wedding cere­ RALPH PARRY, owner of Sands said of Gagnon's campaign. Acton of the Westland Host Lions, mony didn't matter to her. State Rep. Nick Ciaramltaro, D- It is the second marriage for Starr, personnel coordinator for Appliance In Farmlngton Hills, Is 326-2607. -- Detroit, who chairs the House Com­ Byrd, 38, said his club has a both. Temporary Resources, has five equally certain there "isn't a mittee on Consumers, said "our pur­ canoeing trip the first weekend of Byrd, a 19¼ year employee at children from her previous mar­ chance" of enactment because such pose is to figure out answers, see If August every year and he wanted the Chevrolet-Pontiac-Cadlllac en­ riage. legislation "Is not needed." there Is a need and what is the most to combine the event and the wed­ gine plant in Romulus, has two The cost of the bride's outfit Is "Michigan has one of the toughest effective approach. what's inside ding into one. children from his first marriage. $240 while the groom's Is $100. consumer protection laws in the country," he said. Please turn to Pago 2 Calendar . 5A Classifieds. .... C.E.F Auto C Employment: F Lions make life easier Index 1F Real estate E Creative living 1E Crossword 3E for asthmatic 6-month-old Entertainment . .50 Obituaries . 5A By Tedd 8chno!dor making each breath the Infant takes back to the hospital for the night. -Sports 1C staff writer less x>f a chore. Schilling 33, is divorced and Street scene 1D "The difference Is unbelievable," unemployed. Caring for Megan and Taste 1B A 6-month-old girl — and her said Robin Schilling, Megan's her two other children takes up most mother — are breathing easier mother. "I don't think we're going to of her time, she said. Newsline ... .591-2300 thanks to the Westland Host Lions be going back to the hospital quite so And she's familiar with the In­ Sportallno. .591*2312 Club. much." fant's dilemma. Her son Erik, 9, also has asthma, Circulation . .591-0500 Megan Schilling, wherhas suffered from acute asthma, bronchitis and * MEGAN HAS been In and out of although not as severe as Megan. Classified . .591-0900 other respiratory problems since Westland Medical Center since she "They (doctors) keep telling me he'll shortly after her birth last winter, was 5 weeks old.