Pampered with Mendhi ObSGrVOr Life Forget mud wraps, try an old world custom Section C Your hometown newspaper serving Canton for 29 years 4 CANTON Respiratory syncytial virus is the leading SUNDAY cause of infant January 11,2004 hospitalization. (Dbseruer Health, U 75 cents VOLUME. 29 NUMBER 55 wwwJtometownUfe.com ©2004 HOMETOWN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Memo Incidents prompt look at bike paths Abandoned or waiting for was told to move on and the signs of trauma to the body. Officially, since it parallels the repair? Desolate and danger- camp was torn down. They are awaiting the results freeway, it is the property of ous or peaceful and tranquil? No one was found at the site of toxicology tests. the Michigan Department of Apparently it depends on your of the latest camp, but police Canton Police say they Transportation because it is on Sesame Street Live point of view. suspect the same man. receive very few calls about MDOT right of way. Those were some questions While Canton police don't incidents occurring on the The path is maintained by Bring Sesame Street raised about the bike path that think the man is a threat, path. The discovery of the Wayne County under contract home for your kids with parallels 1-275 after a woman's Canton residents Alfred and 'woman's body was the first with MDOT. Repairs are made the help of Canton Leisure body was found Dec. 29 near Bernadette Brock say it makes "major" incident since a series when MDOT gives the word Services. For $24 per per- the path south of Michigan them feel uncomfortable about of rapes occurred near the and the money to the county. son, Canton Leisure Avenue and, earlier this walking in the area. path in the 1980s. Those were As far as patrolling the path, Services will provide a month, a makeshift "camp" And resident Bob Walker, determined to be the work of that is technically done by main-floor reserved seat was located just off the path who found the body of the one man. Michigan State Police who and bus transportation to north of Ford Road. woman on the rear of his The path was constructed patrol the freeways. While the Feb. 7 performance at A similar camp consisting of property near the bike path, about the same time that 1-275 local police will respond to the Fox Theater. Sesame a large tent was found in the said that portion of the path was built in the 1970s and par- calls involving the path, it is Street's friendly charac- same location last summer. has been abandoned for years. allels the freeway from not patrolled in the same ters will perform 1-2-3 Police discovered the tent was While no cause of death has Monroe County into Oakland sense as local streets. That, in Imagine, described as a being occupied by a Vietnam been determined, police say County. fact, would require bicycle story of adventure and fun The bike path near 1-275 is fenced off, veteran whom they described privately they do not think it For jurisdictional purposes, that teaches children they closed and nearly overgrown by brush. as "homeless by choice." He was a homicide. There were no it's something of an anomaly. PLEASE SEE BIKE PATHS, AS can be anyone, do any- thing and go anywhere with imagination. The bus will leave the , Summit on the Park at 9 a.m.; the show begins at 10:30 a.m. The bus will I return to the Summit at approximately 1:30 p.m. Reservations may be made at the Summit front desk. Euchre it up You're invited to play your hand at a Euchre Party, hosted by the Plymouth-Canton Kiwanis Breakfast Club Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Plymouth Masonic Temple, 730 Penniman in downtown After more than 34 years, Doris Keliey, Plymouth. Canton Township's longtime receptionist, Doors open at 7 p.m. is saying goodbye. and the games begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $20 per couple. The club's first annual Euchre Party is a fund-raiser with prizes. Reserve your seats She wasn't by calling Debby at (734) 453-9904. Good morning sure her job State Rep. Phil LaJoy (R-Canton) will be the guest speaker at Good Spotlight Players (from left) are M'Lynn (Maureen Paraventi), Clairee (Barbara Bloom), Annelle (Salam Fadlallah), Truvy Jones (Kathy Booker), Ouiser would last Morning Canton at 7:30 (Tiffany Mitchenor), and at center Shelby (Laura Jerome) in 'Steel Magnolias,' which debuts Feb. 6 at Summit on the Park. For the story, see page A4. p.m. Thursday at the Summit on the Park. The When Doris Keliey took a job breakfast will be hosted by with Canton Township in 1969, the Canton Chamber of she was a divorced mother of two Commerce and sponsored who needed a job. Her previous this month by Approved Make a 100-dav commitment to health experience had been working for Mortgages. For more infor- her ex-husband's insurance com- mation, contact the pany in Garden City. Canton Chamber of BY JOANNE MAUSZEWSKt options For more details on the 100 Days to $5 for youths, and children She didn't know if it would last Commerce at (734) 453- STAFF WRITER ! you can Health program, see page A4. ages 3 and younger are free. or not. 4040. tap into." "The goal is to create a On Friday, more than 34 years If you're ready to give up on The healthy community? later, the 72-year-old Keliey that New Year's resolution for program Lockmondy said. "Canton is a retired. She is one of the longest Students join the sake of your health^ don't is based health. Last year, the program big family community. We're tenured employees in the town- Two Canton resident are There's help and you don't have on three drew more than 350 partici- finding that the old way of ship, and for the last several years; new members of Albion to go it alone. health areas that are a chal- pants. Lockmondy is hoping to doing things are not good. We has been the familiar voice on the College's Gerald R. Ford The timing couldn't be better lenge for many people: exercise, at least double that this year. pass these habits on to our chil- phone and face in the lobby as she institute for Public Policy for the second annual 100 Days weight management and stress "The goal for Canton is to dren, so it's important to have managed the receptionist and and Service. to Health program designed to management. "These three bring the community together," family education." switchboard desk. The Ford institute is make Canton residents healthi- areas keep popping up," she said. The 100 Days to Health is Philip Dingleday was township designed to give excep- er. Registration is under way Lockmondy said. This year title program, which actually an activity started by supervisor in '69 and Keliey was tional students a chance for the program that will begin Beginning Jan. 17,100 days is co-sponsored by Leisure the St Joseph Mercy advisory one of two women who worked in to broaden their education Saturday, Jan. 17, with a break- of programs, activities, classes Services, St Joseph Mercy committee. the office. Canton was still a rural through concentrated fast at 8 a.m. at Summit on the and special events will be Health Center and the Canton "It was a good program then community with a population of study in areas of govern- Park. offered at the Summit to help Community Foundation, is and we thought it could be 11,000. ment and public service. "Yes, you can change your educate participates on healthy open to non-residents. replicated We are targeting "We did everything," Keliey said Christine M. McKeegan life," said Amy Lockmondy, lifestyle choices. Participants lb join the program, resi- families and individuals. We last week. "Taxes, the tax board, is a sophomore at Albion health and wellness specialist will also learn about which dents will pay $10 for adults are trying to promote healthy the zoning board of appeals, the College. She is the daugh- for Canton Leisure Services. community resources are avail- ages 18 and older, $5 for youths lifestyle changes," said Joan planning commission." ter of Colleen McKeegan "Through this program we able to them and how to have 4 years and older. Non-resi- Noricks, Canton Community make it easy. Tliere are alot of of Canton and a graduate fun while improving your dents will pay $20 for adults, Foundation executive director. PLEASE SEE KELLEY, A5 of Plymouth-Canton High School. 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