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2 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
By Carolyn Marnon
ldquoThe Nutcrackerrdquo is a familyfriendly production which incorpo-rates music and dance and is the fallplay at Wayne Memorial High SchoolldquoI chose lsquoThe Nutcrackerrsquo as our fallproduction because the theme forthe 201516 show season is lsquofamilyfriendly theaterrsquo This is the first hol-iday-based play that I have producedat Wayne Memorialrdquo stated KatieSullivan drama director and in her12th year at Wayne Memorial
The production follows Clara animaginative young girl as she experi-ences the magic of Christmas andthe joy that comes with believingShe receives a wooden Nutcracker asa gift from her godfather When shefinds herself in a time of need theNutcracker comes to life and Clarahelps him on his quest to take backhis crown and rule as Prince ofCandy Land
The cast rehearses an average offour days each week for the sixweeks leading up to the productionWhen the curtain opens on the firstshow the cast will have rehearsedfor almost 100 hours There are 35student cast members and about 20student crew members that areworking to make this production asuccess
Crew members are just as impor-tant as cast members They are re-sponsible for creating the set
running lighting and sound for theshow as well as numerous otherbackstage responsibilities Ms Sul-livan has two student Assistant Di-rectors Alicia Highland and KaitlynFrawley These young women assistwith running rehearsals fundraisingpublicity and maintaining accept-able grades with the cast There isalso a student in charge of Educa-tional Outreach Hannah Hamiltonwho has been assisting with creatinga production guide including activi-ties for young audience members
Others involved in the productioninclude technical directors JustinMonit and Tim Sullivan who lead thecrew efforts Alumni crew memberRevah Herman works directly withthe technical directors and crewAlumni choreographer Erika Culeyhas been responsible for teachingthe dances that the cast perform
ldquoWe create a world on stage thatis meant to be magical for our audi-ence If we want the audience to be-lieve in the magic we need to believein it toordquo enthused Ms Sullivan
Performances take place atWayne Memorial High School on No-vember 19 20 and 21 at 700pmeach evening Tickets are $5 for stu-dents and children and $8 for adults
As a side note mark your calen-dar now for the spring show beingheld April 28-30 2016mdashldquoThe LittleMermaidrdquo
Wayne Memorial studentsto perfom ldquoThe Nutcrackerrdquo
Front left to right Malachi Sauls and Joesph Wise Back Aliyyah Spencer Orlando
Simpson Ryan Wells Casey Grauzer Alicia Highland Jessica Boyce and Alex Sam-
brone will performing in ldquoThe Nutcrackerrdquo at Wayne Memorial High School November
19th trough the 21st Photo by John P Rhaesa
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 3
Hersquos known as a husband to hiswife Sue dad to his three childrenand to the residents of Wayne he haslong been known as councilman
ldquoSome people call me Al butthose close to me know that I preferAlbertrdquo says Albert Damitio whoafter 22 years of service has retiredfrom the Wayne City Council
But few may know that Damitioalso answers to a less suspectingmoniker
ldquoChipsrdquo Damitio confesses of thenickname he acquired during hisearly years as a member of theWayne Jaycees ldquoBecause I love po-tato chipsrdquo
But as much as he loves snackfood he loves the City of Waynemore
Born on the east side of Detroitnear Detroit City Airport ndash and hav-ing grown up in that area too ndash 43years ago Damitio married a womanfrom Wayne named Sue and the twohave remained here ever since
ldquoShe would never leaverdquo saysDamitio with kind-hearted laughter
The couple did much more thanpurchase their first home in WayneThey laid down roots becoming theproud parents of two daughters andone son ndash Amy 41 Carey 39 andDavid 35 ndash who have produced ninegrandchildren between them
Damitio who earned degreesfrom the University of Detroit WayneState University Michigan State Uni-versity and a masters in mechanicalengineering from University of Michi-gan-Dearborn first delved into thewaters of civic leadership as a mem-ber and president of the WayneJaycees and still fondly recalls thewide array of projects he is pleasedto have been a part of
ldquoThe Christmas parade thehaunted house we did at the commu-nity center bike safety initiativeshelliprdquoDamitio remembers ldquoAfter being in-volved with all those projects it wassort of natural to seek electionrdquo
An appointment to the WaynePlanning Commission followed andthen Damitio began his tenure as aWayne councilman after first becom-
ing elected in 1983 He served 12consecutive years before yielding toan entirely different ball game
Puck game actuallyldquoOur kids were growing up in
high school and such and my wifeand I were busy with a lot of activi-ties ndash and one of them includedhockeyrdquo says Damitio who coachedfor 12 years in several communitiesincluding Garden City and AllenPark in addition to Wayne ldquoI donrsquotknow if you know about hockey butit gets to be quite consumingrdquo
Damitio returned to the council
after becoming appointed in 2005 toreplace the seat that had been va-cated by Don Hartford and Damitiosays that his financial concernsabout the city are what lured himback to serve He went on to experi-ence two successful elections in2007 and 2011
He cites two deeds in particularwith eliciting within him the mostpride the construction of the WaynePublic Library and his involvementin the Dangerous Building Commis-sion
ldquoWhen we built the library it was
fully paid forrdquo Damitio recallsldquoWhen we were discussing locationand how to pay for it I suggestedthat we use DDA (Downtown Devel-opment Authority) funds because itis located in the downtown areaAnd today I think itrsquos such a greatfacility ndash my grandkids my wife andI use it all the timerdquo
And while Damitiorsquos role as oneof the founding members of the cityrsquosDangerous Building Commissiontook place between his terms on thecouncil his involvement with thecommission ranks high on his list ofpolitical achievements
Says Damitio who was elected bycommission members to serve aschairman ldquoThe procedure to takedown a building that had not beenkept up properly would literally take10 years or more ndash and sometimeslegally nothing could be done TheDangerous Building Commission en-abled us to expedite the process byreviewing inspections of the buildingand gave owners time to fix up thebuilding and if they couldnrsquot thebuilding would be removed ndashwhether it is a business or a houseNo one wants to be a neighbor tothat rdquo
The councilrsquos effort to create sep-arate storm and drain water systemsndash which according to Damitiobrought about ldquoa night and day dif-ferencerdquo regarding the condition ofthe Rouge River ndash is also somethinghersquos thankful to have been a part of
Today Damitio maintains thatWayne still needs a balanced budgetas well as a fully-staffed police de-partment He says ldquoWe are too shortof police officers to be able to ade-quately serve the citizens We stillhave work to dordquo
Yet Damitio must respectfullyleave those changes for the nextchapter of the cityrsquos civic leadershipBecause the City of Wayne passed aterm limit provision which prohibitsan elected official from serving morethan 16 years as a councilpersonmayor or any combination of the
Councilman Albert ldquoChipsrdquo Damitio celebrates retirement with his favorite snack
Living for this CityHe may be retiring from the Wayne City Council after 22 years but Albert Damitio
will continue to serve as a champion of the city he loves and the place he calls home
ldquoWhen we were discussing location and how to pay for it
I suggested that we use DDA (Downtown Development
Authority) funds because it is located in the downtown area
And today I think itrsquos such a great facility ndash
my grandkids my wife and I use it all the timerdquo
Councilman Albert Damitio
See Damitio page 10
4 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Unofficial Election Results Mayor
Susan M Rowe 960Bob Boertje 796Lenard Fisher 38City Council At-Large
Anthony Miller 1149Lucietta A Miles 360City Council Ward 1
Christopher Sanders 794Allen J Shuh 544Alfred Brock 199City Council Ward 2
John P Rhaesa 1192City Council Ward 3
Tom Porter 1097Lorne Monit 554
City Manager hiredThe City Council unanimously ap-
proved Lisa Nocerini as City Man-ager at the council meeting heldOctober 6 Ms Nocerini was servingas Interim City Manager during thecouncilrsquos search for a new city man-ager after the resignation of David MMurphy last spring
Community coffee
meeting with directorsThe next Community MeetingCof-
fee Hour will take place on MondayNovember 23rd from 900-1000am at the Wayne City Hall located at3355 South Wayne Road Thesemeetings are being held to provideresidents and businesses in Waynewith an opportunity to engage withthe City Manager and the Depart-ment Directors on issues that are im-portant to you
Helium Studio
Grand OpeningAfter months of updating the
building painting installing newfloors and lighting decorating andstocking the displays Helium Studio(3127 S Wayne Rd) looks forward towelcoming friends neighbors andartists to their grand opening on Fri-day November 13 from 11 am to 8pm Be the first to see the renovatedspace and shop handmade goodsfrom more than 50 Michigan artistsand makers across all media At 6pm they will host a reception withsnacks and beverages Come showyour support for another businessthat has made their home in Wayne
Cookbooks Available
for Christmas GiftsThe Wayne Garden Club has
cookbooks available for $10 eachThe cookbooks could be the perfectChristmas gift for that special some-one on your gift-giving list ContactAlicia Marnon at 734-595-4217 tomake arrangements
Scarecrow ContestThe 2015 scarecrow winners
were announced at the close of theScarecrow Reception held at theWayne Farmerrsquos Market on October14 The Judgersquos Choice went toBrook Wess and her girls Verity andTemperance Gorman for theirScarerdquocrowrdquo Peoplersquos Choice wentto American Jetway for their TinMan ldquoWe really enjoy partaking inthis fun community event each yearrdquo
stated Brook on the Wayne MainStreet facebook page Kurtrsquos Caps ofWayne donated the prizes
Make a Difference DaySaturday October 24 was Na-
tional Make a Difference Day a dayof community service ldquoPenniesfrom Heavenrdquo debuted in Wayne forthe first time Members of the Good-fellows collected spare change andmonetary donations at the site of theformer Frankrsquos Furniture Store onWayne Road This will go towardshelping ensure that every child inWayne has a Christmas
Holiday Window ContestWayne Main Street announces
their 2nd annual Holiday WindowDisplay Contest for businesses lo-cated in the Main Street District Ifyou have a business in the districtput up lights and decorate your win-dows for the winter holidays Therewill be two awards given PeoplersquosChoice to the window that gets the
most likes on facebook duringWayne Main Streetrsquos voting periodand Judgersquos Choice to the window asmall group of Main Street volun-teers choose Last year 10 busi-nesses participated and it is hopedthat more will join in this year Evenif you are not within the Main StreetDistrict it is hoped you will decorateand light up your store windows andhelp Wayne glow for the holidays
Healthy Wayne CoalitionThe next meeting of the Healthy
Wayne Coalition is Thursday Novem-ber 19 at 830 am to 1000 am atHYPE Athletics in Wayne Comeenjoy a healthy breakfast while giv-ing your input on how to makeWayne a healthier place HealthyWayne is sponsored by BeaumontHospital Wayne is one of 4 cities inthis special program Healthy Wayneis in its early stages of planning andcan use input from more communitymembers
And the winners areCouncilman Anthony Miller Councilman John Rhaesa Mayor Susan Rowe Council-
man Christopher Sanders and Councilman Tom Porter at the Avenue Downtown
Wayne after learning they had won seats on the City Council Photo by Mike Londeau
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 5
By Carolyn Marnon
1084 That was the number tobeat set by a group in RichmondCalifornia on August 15 of this yearto take back the Guinness WorldRecord title for largest gathering ofRosie the Riveters The Willow RunBomber Plant surpassed that num-ber with 2096 Rosiersquos on October24th
They came from all over Michiganto be part of this moment 16 statesand Canada were representedThere were 44 ldquoreal Rosiesrdquo from theWorld War II era that were also partof the festivities
Rosie the Riveter became theiconic image associated with recruit-ing female workers for the munitionsindustry during World War II Thebandana clad Rosie was a fictitiouscharacter based on a real-life muni-tions worker The Rosie the Rivetergovernment campaign stressed thepatriotic need for women to enter thework force With men away at warmanufacturers and the governmentwere desperate for workers Thesewomen proved that women could domenrsquos jobs and do it well At WillowRun women were paid 75 cents anhour the same as men This wasconsidered good pay at that timeAfter the war many women left thefactories to focus on raising theirfamilies or to do more traditionalldquowomenrsquosrdquo jobs but there were alsomany who stayed within the indus-trial workforce
Wayne resident Brenda Ozog saysshe first felt a call in March 2014 tohelp save the historic Willow Runbomber plant She joined 776 otherwomen for the first Guinness WorldRecord attempt at that time ldquoWemade it happenrdquo she says After theevent she called her grandfatherJohn Sheneman to talk about theevent She learned that her greatgrandfather was a veteran of WorldWar I and would travel from Topin-abee MI to work with the women atthe bomber plant In 1942 a callwent out for all able bodied men tocome work at the plants so hergrandfather worked at the Box Plantwhere they put engines on the skidsfor the airplane engines
Brenda never got to meet hergreat grandfather Her mother even-tually gave her his wallet to scan thephotos he carried in his wallet
Brenda discovered his BomberUnion Card and has since learnedfrom the Yankee Air Museum thatthey have not yet acquired one fortheir museum and would be inter-ested in it if she ever decides to do-nate it
When Richmond beat WillowRunrsquos record in August Brenda feltthat with her new-found family con-nection she had a mission to helpsave the bomber plant
When she arrived at the record-breaking event she had a copy of hergreat grandfatherrsquos Bomber Unioncard pinned to her shirt ldquoIt was anamazing experience and it made meproud to know I had someone hereback then I hope my grandfatherwas looking down at me with satis-faction and knowing I was proud ofhim and his efforts in World War IIMy mother grandfather and I pur-chased a brick in his honor for theWWII monument in Royal Oak say-ing John Sheneman Topinabee MIYpsi Bomber Plantrdquo
Trying to get the word out aroundWayne before the event was residentRobert Webb He even created aRosie scarecrow for Wayne MainStreetrsquos scarecrow display down-town Robertrsquos 95 year old motheris a WWII Rosie from the Willow RunBomber Assembly Plant She was ariveter rivet inspector and a rivetgun trainer during the time theywere building the big bombers Shestarted at the beginning of produc-tion and stayed until the last B-24left Willow Run
Robert and his mother are both
members of the ARRA (AmericanRosie the Riveter Association) Theyvolunteer to help save the bomberplant His momrsquos great granddaugh-ters won 3rd place in theWayneWestland Memorial Day Pa-rade in May for their ldquoWillow RunRose Budsrdquo wagon float they pulledin the parade A Rosie descendant iscalled a Rose Bud
While at a USO dance a few yearsago long before the Yankee Air Mu-seum was trying to save the WillowRun hangars Robertrsquos mom wastalking to a lady who told her theywere planning on tearing down Wil-low Run ldquoI remember mom sayingto me lsquoTherersquos too much history be-hind those walls to let them tear itdownrsquo Since then wersquove worked ontrying to save some of ithellipand so farthey have saved a small section of itfor the new museumrdquo
There were several improve-ments at this recent event that werenot available at the March 2014event Several food trucks were keptbusy feeding hungry Rosies Therewas occasional entertainment tobreak up the stretch of time fromwhen the registration tables openedat 10am until the official Rosie gath-ering at 2pm
There was an area for children tocolor or read stories about Rosie theRiveter For $195 and up you couldtake a ride in a bi-plane There wasa long lineup of silent auction itemsto bid on Sales were brisk at themuseum table-the We Can Do It tote-bags sold out quickly Other itemsavailable included books about the
plant and about Rosies playingcards die-cast planes and decalsThe WWII Rosies had a special areawhere they could relax before the of-ficial count
My mother-in-law Alicia Marnon(a Wayne resident) and I attended theevent We wore our official Rosie cos-tumes adhering to the strict guide-lines set by Guinness A Rosie hadto wear either dark blue workers cov-eralls with long sleeves or a long-sleeved dark blue collared shirt anddark blue pants or very dark bluejeans black or dark brown low heelwork boots or work shoes red knee-socks with pants rolled up to showthem and a red with large whitepolka dots bandanna tied at the topof the head As we entered we weregiven a schedule of events and askedto choose a tag representing a realRosie from the past that we couldwear around our necksFor a $5 do-nation Rosies could tour the BoeingB17G ldquoYankee Ladyrdquo This planehad a walkway in the middle of itthat was very narrow You stood onit and looked down to see the opensky below One would hope thecrewmembers were wearing para-chutes in case they suffered a mis-step
When the time came the Rosieswere called to start lining up to gothrough the turnstiles into the stag-ing area Men volunteers were hold-ing signs that displayed incrementsof 50 1-50 51-100 etc All the wayup to 2000 The Rosies werecounted as they entered and as-signed to a ldquosignrdquo Chants of ldquoRosieRosierdquo were led several times Whenthe last Rosies were counted theoriginal WWII Rosies were broughtinto the area and seated at the frontTo be considered for the worldrecord the Rosies had to stand to-gether for 5 minutes During thattime they recited The Pledge of Alle-giance and sang the National An-them Amazing Grace and Americathe Beautiful
It was announced that the worldrecord wasldquounofficiallyrdquo 2096Cheers went up from the crowd Thebig doors to the hangar which wasthe staging area rose up and theRosies spilled out into the cool fallair Laughter was heard as thecrowd started to disperse What arecord-setting day
Rosie the Riveters take back World Record
The Willow Run Bomber Plant now holds the Guinness World Record title for largest
gathering of Rosie the Riveters with 2096
By Carolyn Marnon
The Wayne Police Department isbudgeted for 24 police officers andcurrently has 22 There are 3 antic-ipated retirements before July 2016which could bring that numberdown further The training processfor an officer is approximately 4months and hopefully the depart-ment will find candidates to fill someof those roles
The video arraignment equip-ment has now been installed and isworking great The officers have re-cently undergone training in suchareas as felony stops legal updatesfirearms and defensive tactics
Crime numbers for the pastmonth 15 larcenies 1 residentialbreaking and entering 2 ldquootherrdquobreaking and entering 3 stolen vehi-cles 0 arsons 45 assaults 25 trafficcrashes 15 damage to property and1 homicide Crime trends beingnoted are damaged vehicles (such asslashed tires) teens throwing thingsoff the parking structure at vehiclesbelow 7-Eleven robberies and theIRS phone scam With the holidayseason it is expected that there willbe incidents of UPS and FedEx pack-ages being stolen off doorstepsChief Maciag and Sgt Spunar sug-gest that if you arenrsquot going to behome when a package is being deliv-ered to have it sent to a neighborwho is home during the day or elsesent to a UPSFedEx drop spotwhere you can later pick up yourpackage Criminals like easy oppor-tunities and the easier you make itfor them the more likely they willtarget you
Sgt Spunar spoke about the In-vestigations Bureau within the de-partment The number of officers inthe bureau has dropped drasticallyover the years to the two currently init Sgt Spunar is the officer-in-charge he has one detective workingwith him There are no longer offi-cers in the schools Investigationshandles all crimes in the city that areclassified as a felony Misdemeanorsare handled by the patrol officersOther duties of the investigations bu-reau include maintaining the sex of-fender registry (on average about 80offenders) works with the prosec-tory on court cases does gun per-mits FOIA requests and discoveryorders handles the traffic bureauand takes care of the property room
The police department now has aMajor Crime Team consisting of 6 of-ficers who volunteered to be on-callto help with a major crime sceneThey will talk to witnesses and themedia process the crime scene anddo whatever else is needed
The Wayne Police Departmentthinks the best thing the communitycan do is to continue to be the eyesand ears for the police They canrsquotbe everywhere at once Never feellike you are bothering them to reportsomething
6 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
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October Police Community Meeting
Next Community Police meeting
December 3rd730 pm middot Wayne Police Station
33701 Michigan Ave
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 7
By Carolyn Marnon
Biggby Coffee35545 W Michigan Avenue
Hours 6 am-9 pm
Biggby Coffee is a a LansingMichigan-based company All storesare owned by franchisees there areno corporate stores Derek Shearoperating managerowner of theWayne Biggby has lived in Wayne 2years He was tired of working thecorporate life and had the opportu-nity to invest in a community thatneeded help Biggby in Wayneopened in July 2015 They havehad 60 growth since they openedThey are sponsoring the Wayne Me-morial High School Class of 2017Biggby is involved in the local com-munity They are the kick-off loca-tion for Wayne Main Streetrsquos SmallBusiness Saturday event on Novem-ber 28 They provide the coffee forthe Wayne Chamber of CommerceCoffee Connection Bright Futures atWMHS will have a weekly meeting atBiggby
Everything is made fresh Noneof their drinks are made with pushbuttons All is handcrafted whileyou wait Several drinks unique to
the Wayne store are the Frosted Lep-rechaun and Butterbeer All drinkscan be made hot iced or frozen OnMondays during Happy Hour (2pm-7pm) all drinks are half off OnTuesdays city employees and teach-ers can buy 1 drink and get 1 free orthey can get $1 off
Biggby is open to hosting partiesclubs and events They have freehigh speed wifi Eventually theywould like to set up a music night Ifyou have ideas let Derek know nexttime you stop by
Pizmorsquos Market4308 S Wayne Road
Hours 9 am-7 pm
Pizmorsquos Market has only beenopen a few weeks and already theyare developing a following ToddLaCoe and Matt Toyeas are the own-ers and they want you to know theyare not a party store Pizmorsquos spe-cializes in meats seafood and deliThe selection includes fresh tri-tipssirloin filets different types of ham-
burgers and sausages pork prod-ucts chicken and more The burg-ers sausage chicken salad andcocktail sauce are all made in-houseIf the store doesnrsquot carry what youare looking for they will get it foryou They try to carry stuff no oneelse offers
Along with Todd and Matt thereare two employees in the marketYou can find Blazorsquos pies pumpkinraisin bread and rotisserie chicken(not only the whole chicken but youcan also just buy rotiserried parts)They also have a shelf of seasoningsand spices As they grow they willadd additional items to the storeThe door is open and although atfirst glance you might think they arenot yet open they are Go insidesay hello and grab tonightrsquos dinner
Premier Staff Services35145 E Michigan Avenue
Premier Staff Services is a tempo-rary employment agency They spe-cialize in finding people to staff jobssuch as housekeeping warehousingproduction truck driving and hi looperations Placements are madewith companies all over the Detroitarea It is important to have trans-portation in place before applyingKayode Ayodele an employee at thebusiness advises you bring a re-sume with you when you come in Itmakes finding a placement mucheasier if they have something alreadywritten down to look at They cur-rently advertise immediate job open-ings for warehouse productioncertified Hi-Lo operators tool anddie repair overhead crane operatorselectrician truck drivers shippingand receiving computer repair techsmachine repair control engineersand mechanical maintenance
Helium Studio3127 S Wayne Road
Helium Studiorsquos grand openingwill be November 13 Theyrsquoll be open
11 am -8 pm with a reception forthe public at 6 pm snacks and bev-erages will be provided at the recep-tion Dave Jenkins and KimWhite-Jenkins are jewelry makersand the owners Dave and Kim havebeen selling online at shows and atgalleries for years There will be 50makers and artists showcased in thestore at the opening They expect tohave others joining in as the holidayprogresses and more in the new year
ldquoHelium Studio is an artist mar-ket featuring local handmade artistsand makers as well as collectiblevintage pieces Its an extension ofour Helium Studio jewelry brandwhich represents our line of jewelrythat features hammered metals vin-tage elements and found baublesMany people have asked us what thelsquoHeliumrsquo in our name means We be-lieve that it represents our goals forthe shop and our jewelry to be anuplift to our community and to in-spire and to support our artistsrdquostated Kim
There is a classroom that will beoffering opportunities to learn craftsas well as a place for book clubsknitting groups or othergroupsclubs to gather The goal ofHelium Studio is to be a destinationfor handmade and vintage shoppersfrom inside and outside of our com-munity They would love to grow thearts scene in Wayne and do what-ever they can to help recruit busi-nesses to the area and supportWayne artists This includes Matt Ro-chon recently featured in the WayneDispatch and the artist behind theJohn Wayne signs that have beenseen around Wayne in the past Hewill be doing a special piece to markthe Wayne Rd store entrance andwill have some of his art for sale inthe store
New businesses are opening in town
Matt Toyeas and Todd LaCoe show off
fresh salmon at Prizmorsquos Market
Biggby Coffeersquos Austin Hanner Derek
Shear and Destiny Walker at ready to
serve you a fresh beverage
Dave Jenkins and Kim White-Jenkins will
open Helium Studio in Downtown Wayne
November 13th
Located in the Rite Aid Plaza
8 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
By Carolyn Marnon
Twelve to fourteen young womenfrom Wayne and Westland arepreparing for the annual Distin-guished Young Women awards on De-cember 4 Distinguished YoungWomen is a national scholarship pro-gram that inspires high school girlsto develop their full individual po-tential through a fun transformativeexperience that culminates in a cele-bratory showcase of their accom-plishments This is the 49th year forWayneWestland which happens tobe the largest local program in Michi-gan
The focus on the program is onscholarship rather than beauty Theprogram was previously known asJunior Miss but because they weretrying to disassociate themselveswith being thought of as a beautypageant the name was changed toDistinguished Young Women
The motto is ldquoBe your best selfrdquoThe program tries to help girls be-come their individual best physicallymentally educationally and health-wise
Lauren Perry WayneWestlandJunior Miss 2005 is in her 3rd yearas co-director of the local programalong with Jodi Berry The Distin-guished Young Women organizationis one that continually inspiresyoung women while providing themwith opportunities to learn moreabout themselves and their localcommunities This program is onethat I am incredibly proud to be apart of and I find it to have a posi-tive impact on young ladies One ofour main goals is to provide an av-enue for our participants to supple-ment their college experience viascholarship opportunities and to rec-
ognize their individual strengths andcapabilities
In the fall the program seeks outgirls who are interested in participat-ing An orientation follows to givethe girls more information about theprogram There are five mandatorypractices held through October andNovember each about three hourslong These practices include miniworkshops where girls learn inter-view skills how to dress for an inter-view and other important skills ayoung woman should have Theyalso learn a routine for the physicalfitness part of the program
The program has traditionallybeen for high school senior girlsThe program is transitioning to afocus on high school junior girls sothis year there will be juniors andseniors participating The transitioncame about because it was thoughtthat junior girls were beginning theircollege journey and needed help ear-lier with scholarships A senior girlwill become the 2016 winner whilethe junior girl will be named the2017 winner at this yearrsquos event inDecember
The girls are judged in five cate-gories talent poise scholastic inter-view and fitness Two girls will beawarded scholarship money in eachcategory Scholastic is based ontheir transcript in school Fitness isbased on how well they do in a rou-tine the girls all do together Forpoise the girls answer a question onstage wearing a knee-length dressTalent can be anything the girl isgood at A talent does not have to bedancing or singing This year a girlwill be showcasing her bowling tal-ents and another will be showing offher figure skating talents This isdone by showing videos during theirtalent segment while the girl talksabout her talent andor passion onstage in detail Interview involves a10-minute interview with the girl bythe judges and also how she isdressed for the interview
There is no cost for a girl to par-ticipate in the program The girlsare asked to help sell advertising inthe program (a way to give them ex-perience in new skills) but they arenot required to sell any The moremoney that is brought in through ad-
vertising and donorssponsors themore that goes toward the scholar-ship awards There is no set amountfor each scholarship award Eachyear it is based on how much hasbeen raised for that yearrsquos programThe program recently had afundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings inWestland where 20 percent of thedinerrsquos bill was donated to the pro-gram They will be holding a Poinset-tia Fundraiser November 7-21Prices range from $10-$25 with achoice of red pink or white flowersOrders will then be available for pickup on November 29 If you wouldlike to order poinsettias and help in-crease the scholarship money youcan email Lauren at wayne-west-landdistinguishedyworg
This yearrsquos participants includeJuniors Elaena Wojtowicz
Nicole Duque Kaitlyn Balko EmmaDiamond Hannah Gottman andAntrunika Alonzo
Seniors Kelsie Wysong RianaHardyniec Emily Dietz Brooke Ar-curagi Crystal Pinard Tirzah Aultand Alyssa Brown
The Distinguished Young Womanprogram is being held Friday Decem-ber 4 700 pm at Wayne MemorialHigh Schoolrsquos auditorium Ticketsare $10 if you pre-order them byemailing Lauren at the email listedabove
Tickets are also available thenight of the event for $12 Studenttickets are $8
Everyone is invited to attend Youdo not have to know a girl participat-ing to enjoy the show The 2016 win-ner will go on to the statecompetition held in Saline and thenpossibly to the state competitionheld in Mobile Alabama
Wayne and Westland girls are preparing for the annual Distinguished Young Women
awards on December 4th
Distinguished Young Women awarded next month
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 9
10 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
two Damitio is not able to run again When asked if he would run if he
could he isnrsquot quite sureldquoYou know thatrsquos a good ques-
tionrdquo Damitio begins ldquoI had inten-tions to but I canrsquot say for positivethat I would have I wouldnrsquot haveminded to serve further but at thispoint therersquos no choice reallyrdquo
One thing is for certain howeverThat Damitio is appreciative of theget-well cards prayers and visits hereceived when he was diagnosedwith melanoma cancer in the begin-ning of 2011
ldquoI had a large cyst about the sizeof a fist in my right legrdquo Damitio re-calls ldquoThe morning I dropped off mypetitions to run for council my wifedrove me straight from there to U ofM Hospital for my operation Andthe fact that I received such over-
whelming support from this commu-nity ndash when everyonersquos got their ownproblems ndash makes it even more im-pressiverdquo
To say that Damitio has had agreat run as councilman would be anunderstatement and perhaps thelargest boon is that he continues tolove the City of Wayne
Says Damitio who is also a re-tiree of Chrysler after a 39-year ca-reer as an engineer with thecompany ldquoI love the State WayneTheatre the mural and museumrdquo
With a successful career andtenure as councilman now in hisrearview mirror Damitio and hiswife now look forward to travelingmore The couple has already visitedFrance more than a dozen times andvows to return soon
And just as theyrsquove done in thepast theyrsquoll come right back homehellipto Wayne
The Damitio family Carey Albert Sue David and Amy at the begining of Alberts 22
year council run
Albertrsquos family Connor David Sue Peter Albert Amy and Mike at his last meeting
as councilman in the City of Wayne on November 4 2015
Damitio Continued from page 3
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 3
Hersquos known as a husband to hiswife Sue dad to his three childrenand to the residents of Wayne he haslong been known as councilman
ldquoSome people call me Al butthose close to me know that I preferAlbertrdquo says Albert Damitio whoafter 22 years of service has retiredfrom the Wayne City Council
But few may know that Damitioalso answers to a less suspectingmoniker
ldquoChipsrdquo Damitio confesses of thenickname he acquired during hisearly years as a member of theWayne Jaycees ldquoBecause I love po-tato chipsrdquo
But as much as he loves snackfood he loves the City of Waynemore
Born on the east side of Detroitnear Detroit City Airport ndash and hav-ing grown up in that area too ndash 43years ago Damitio married a womanfrom Wayne named Sue and the twohave remained here ever since
ldquoShe would never leaverdquo saysDamitio with kind-hearted laughter
The couple did much more thanpurchase their first home in WayneThey laid down roots becoming theproud parents of two daughters andone son ndash Amy 41 Carey 39 andDavid 35 ndash who have produced ninegrandchildren between them
Damitio who earned degreesfrom the University of Detroit WayneState University Michigan State Uni-versity and a masters in mechanicalengineering from University of Michi-gan-Dearborn first delved into thewaters of civic leadership as a mem-ber and president of the WayneJaycees and still fondly recalls thewide array of projects he is pleasedto have been a part of
ldquoThe Christmas parade thehaunted house we did at the commu-nity center bike safety initiativeshelliprdquoDamitio remembers ldquoAfter being in-volved with all those projects it wassort of natural to seek electionrdquo
An appointment to the WaynePlanning Commission followed andthen Damitio began his tenure as aWayne councilman after first becom-
ing elected in 1983 He served 12consecutive years before yielding toan entirely different ball game
Puck game actuallyldquoOur kids were growing up in
high school and such and my wifeand I were busy with a lot of activi-ties ndash and one of them includedhockeyrdquo says Damitio who coachedfor 12 years in several communitiesincluding Garden City and AllenPark in addition to Wayne ldquoI donrsquotknow if you know about hockey butit gets to be quite consumingrdquo
Damitio returned to the council
after becoming appointed in 2005 toreplace the seat that had been va-cated by Don Hartford and Damitiosays that his financial concernsabout the city are what lured himback to serve He went on to experi-ence two successful elections in2007 and 2011
He cites two deeds in particularwith eliciting within him the mostpride the construction of the WaynePublic Library and his involvementin the Dangerous Building Commis-sion
ldquoWhen we built the library it was
fully paid forrdquo Damitio recallsldquoWhen we were discussing locationand how to pay for it I suggestedthat we use DDA (Downtown Devel-opment Authority) funds because itis located in the downtown areaAnd today I think itrsquos such a greatfacility ndash my grandkids my wife andI use it all the timerdquo
And while Damitiorsquos role as oneof the founding members of the cityrsquosDangerous Building Commissiontook place between his terms on thecouncil his involvement with thecommission ranks high on his list ofpolitical achievements
Says Damitio who was elected bycommission members to serve aschairman ldquoThe procedure to takedown a building that had not beenkept up properly would literally take10 years or more ndash and sometimeslegally nothing could be done TheDangerous Building Commission en-abled us to expedite the process byreviewing inspections of the buildingand gave owners time to fix up thebuilding and if they couldnrsquot thebuilding would be removed ndashwhether it is a business or a houseNo one wants to be a neighbor tothat rdquo
The councilrsquos effort to create sep-arate storm and drain water systemsndash which according to Damitiobrought about ldquoa night and day dif-ferencerdquo regarding the condition ofthe Rouge River ndash is also somethinghersquos thankful to have been a part of
Today Damitio maintains thatWayne still needs a balanced budgetas well as a fully-staffed police de-partment He says ldquoWe are too shortof police officers to be able to ade-quately serve the citizens We stillhave work to dordquo
Yet Damitio must respectfullyleave those changes for the nextchapter of the cityrsquos civic leadershipBecause the City of Wayne passed aterm limit provision which prohibitsan elected official from serving morethan 16 years as a councilpersonmayor or any combination of the
Councilman Albert ldquoChipsrdquo Damitio celebrates retirement with his favorite snack
Living for this CityHe may be retiring from the Wayne City Council after 22 years but Albert Damitio
will continue to serve as a champion of the city he loves and the place he calls home
ldquoWhen we were discussing location and how to pay for it
I suggested that we use DDA (Downtown Development
Authority) funds because it is located in the downtown area
And today I think itrsquos such a great facility ndash
my grandkids my wife and I use it all the timerdquo
Councilman Albert Damitio
See Damitio page 10
4 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Unofficial Election Results Mayor
Susan M Rowe 960Bob Boertje 796Lenard Fisher 38City Council At-Large
Anthony Miller 1149Lucietta A Miles 360City Council Ward 1
Christopher Sanders 794Allen J Shuh 544Alfred Brock 199City Council Ward 2
John P Rhaesa 1192City Council Ward 3
Tom Porter 1097Lorne Monit 554
City Manager hiredThe City Council unanimously ap-
proved Lisa Nocerini as City Man-ager at the council meeting heldOctober 6 Ms Nocerini was servingas Interim City Manager during thecouncilrsquos search for a new city man-ager after the resignation of David MMurphy last spring
Community coffee
meeting with directorsThe next Community MeetingCof-
fee Hour will take place on MondayNovember 23rd from 900-1000am at the Wayne City Hall located at3355 South Wayne Road Thesemeetings are being held to provideresidents and businesses in Waynewith an opportunity to engage withthe City Manager and the Depart-ment Directors on issues that are im-portant to you
Helium Studio
Grand OpeningAfter months of updating the
building painting installing newfloors and lighting decorating andstocking the displays Helium Studio(3127 S Wayne Rd) looks forward towelcoming friends neighbors andartists to their grand opening on Fri-day November 13 from 11 am to 8pm Be the first to see the renovatedspace and shop handmade goodsfrom more than 50 Michigan artistsand makers across all media At 6pm they will host a reception withsnacks and beverages Come showyour support for another businessthat has made their home in Wayne
Cookbooks Available
for Christmas GiftsThe Wayne Garden Club has
cookbooks available for $10 eachThe cookbooks could be the perfectChristmas gift for that special some-one on your gift-giving list ContactAlicia Marnon at 734-595-4217 tomake arrangements
Scarecrow ContestThe 2015 scarecrow winners
were announced at the close of theScarecrow Reception held at theWayne Farmerrsquos Market on October14 The Judgersquos Choice went toBrook Wess and her girls Verity andTemperance Gorman for theirScarerdquocrowrdquo Peoplersquos Choice wentto American Jetway for their TinMan ldquoWe really enjoy partaking inthis fun community event each yearrdquo
stated Brook on the Wayne MainStreet facebook page Kurtrsquos Caps ofWayne donated the prizes
Make a Difference DaySaturday October 24 was Na-
tional Make a Difference Day a dayof community service ldquoPenniesfrom Heavenrdquo debuted in Wayne forthe first time Members of the Good-fellows collected spare change andmonetary donations at the site of theformer Frankrsquos Furniture Store onWayne Road This will go towardshelping ensure that every child inWayne has a Christmas
Holiday Window ContestWayne Main Street announces
their 2nd annual Holiday WindowDisplay Contest for businesses lo-cated in the Main Street District Ifyou have a business in the districtput up lights and decorate your win-dows for the winter holidays Therewill be two awards given PeoplersquosChoice to the window that gets the
most likes on facebook duringWayne Main Streetrsquos voting periodand Judgersquos Choice to the window asmall group of Main Street volun-teers choose Last year 10 busi-nesses participated and it is hopedthat more will join in this year Evenif you are not within the Main StreetDistrict it is hoped you will decorateand light up your store windows andhelp Wayne glow for the holidays
Healthy Wayne CoalitionThe next meeting of the Healthy
Wayne Coalition is Thursday Novem-ber 19 at 830 am to 1000 am atHYPE Athletics in Wayne Comeenjoy a healthy breakfast while giv-ing your input on how to makeWayne a healthier place HealthyWayne is sponsored by BeaumontHospital Wayne is one of 4 cities inthis special program Healthy Wayneis in its early stages of planning andcan use input from more communitymembers
And the winners areCouncilman Anthony Miller Councilman John Rhaesa Mayor Susan Rowe Council-
man Christopher Sanders and Councilman Tom Porter at the Avenue Downtown
Wayne after learning they had won seats on the City Council Photo by Mike Londeau
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 5
By Carolyn Marnon
1084 That was the number tobeat set by a group in RichmondCalifornia on August 15 of this yearto take back the Guinness WorldRecord title for largest gathering ofRosie the Riveters The Willow RunBomber Plant surpassed that num-ber with 2096 Rosiersquos on October24th
They came from all over Michiganto be part of this moment 16 statesand Canada were representedThere were 44 ldquoreal Rosiesrdquo from theWorld War II era that were also partof the festivities
Rosie the Riveter became theiconic image associated with recruit-ing female workers for the munitionsindustry during World War II Thebandana clad Rosie was a fictitiouscharacter based on a real-life muni-tions worker The Rosie the Rivetergovernment campaign stressed thepatriotic need for women to enter thework force With men away at warmanufacturers and the governmentwere desperate for workers Thesewomen proved that women could domenrsquos jobs and do it well At WillowRun women were paid 75 cents anhour the same as men This wasconsidered good pay at that timeAfter the war many women left thefactories to focus on raising theirfamilies or to do more traditionalldquowomenrsquosrdquo jobs but there were alsomany who stayed within the indus-trial workforce
Wayne resident Brenda Ozog saysshe first felt a call in March 2014 tohelp save the historic Willow Runbomber plant She joined 776 otherwomen for the first Guinness WorldRecord attempt at that time ldquoWemade it happenrdquo she says After theevent she called her grandfatherJohn Sheneman to talk about theevent She learned that her greatgrandfather was a veteran of WorldWar I and would travel from Topin-abee MI to work with the women atthe bomber plant In 1942 a callwent out for all able bodied men tocome work at the plants so hergrandfather worked at the Box Plantwhere they put engines on the skidsfor the airplane engines
Brenda never got to meet hergreat grandfather Her mother even-tually gave her his wallet to scan thephotos he carried in his wallet
Brenda discovered his BomberUnion Card and has since learnedfrom the Yankee Air Museum thatthey have not yet acquired one fortheir museum and would be inter-ested in it if she ever decides to do-nate it
When Richmond beat WillowRunrsquos record in August Brenda feltthat with her new-found family con-nection she had a mission to helpsave the bomber plant
When she arrived at the record-breaking event she had a copy of hergreat grandfatherrsquos Bomber Unioncard pinned to her shirt ldquoIt was anamazing experience and it made meproud to know I had someone hereback then I hope my grandfatherwas looking down at me with satis-faction and knowing I was proud ofhim and his efforts in World War IIMy mother grandfather and I pur-chased a brick in his honor for theWWII monument in Royal Oak say-ing John Sheneman Topinabee MIYpsi Bomber Plantrdquo
Trying to get the word out aroundWayne before the event was residentRobert Webb He even created aRosie scarecrow for Wayne MainStreetrsquos scarecrow display down-town Robertrsquos 95 year old motheris a WWII Rosie from the Willow RunBomber Assembly Plant She was ariveter rivet inspector and a rivetgun trainer during the time theywere building the big bombers Shestarted at the beginning of produc-tion and stayed until the last B-24left Willow Run
Robert and his mother are both
members of the ARRA (AmericanRosie the Riveter Association) Theyvolunteer to help save the bomberplant His momrsquos great granddaugh-ters won 3rd place in theWayneWestland Memorial Day Pa-rade in May for their ldquoWillow RunRose Budsrdquo wagon float they pulledin the parade A Rosie descendant iscalled a Rose Bud
While at a USO dance a few yearsago long before the Yankee Air Mu-seum was trying to save the WillowRun hangars Robertrsquos mom wastalking to a lady who told her theywere planning on tearing down Wil-low Run ldquoI remember mom sayingto me lsquoTherersquos too much history be-hind those walls to let them tear itdownrsquo Since then wersquove worked ontrying to save some of ithellipand so farthey have saved a small section of itfor the new museumrdquo
There were several improve-ments at this recent event that werenot available at the March 2014event Several food trucks were keptbusy feeding hungry Rosies Therewas occasional entertainment tobreak up the stretch of time fromwhen the registration tables openedat 10am until the official Rosie gath-ering at 2pm
There was an area for children tocolor or read stories about Rosie theRiveter For $195 and up you couldtake a ride in a bi-plane There wasa long lineup of silent auction itemsto bid on Sales were brisk at themuseum table-the We Can Do It tote-bags sold out quickly Other itemsavailable included books about the
plant and about Rosies playingcards die-cast planes and decalsThe WWII Rosies had a special areawhere they could relax before the of-ficial count
My mother-in-law Alicia Marnon(a Wayne resident) and I attended theevent We wore our official Rosie cos-tumes adhering to the strict guide-lines set by Guinness A Rosie hadto wear either dark blue workers cov-eralls with long sleeves or a long-sleeved dark blue collared shirt anddark blue pants or very dark bluejeans black or dark brown low heelwork boots or work shoes red knee-socks with pants rolled up to showthem and a red with large whitepolka dots bandanna tied at the topof the head As we entered we weregiven a schedule of events and askedto choose a tag representing a realRosie from the past that we couldwear around our necksFor a $5 do-nation Rosies could tour the BoeingB17G ldquoYankee Ladyrdquo This planehad a walkway in the middle of itthat was very narrow You stood onit and looked down to see the opensky below One would hope thecrewmembers were wearing para-chutes in case they suffered a mis-step
When the time came the Rosieswere called to start lining up to gothrough the turnstiles into the stag-ing area Men volunteers were hold-ing signs that displayed incrementsof 50 1-50 51-100 etc All the wayup to 2000 The Rosies werecounted as they entered and as-signed to a ldquosignrdquo Chants of ldquoRosieRosierdquo were led several times Whenthe last Rosies were counted theoriginal WWII Rosies were broughtinto the area and seated at the frontTo be considered for the worldrecord the Rosies had to stand to-gether for 5 minutes During thattime they recited The Pledge of Alle-giance and sang the National An-them Amazing Grace and Americathe Beautiful
It was announced that the worldrecord wasldquounofficiallyrdquo 2096Cheers went up from the crowd Thebig doors to the hangar which wasthe staging area rose up and theRosies spilled out into the cool fallair Laughter was heard as thecrowd started to disperse What arecord-setting day
Rosie the Riveters take back World Record
The Willow Run Bomber Plant now holds the Guinness World Record title for largest
gathering of Rosie the Riveters with 2096
By Carolyn Marnon
The Wayne Police Department isbudgeted for 24 police officers andcurrently has 22 There are 3 antic-ipated retirements before July 2016which could bring that numberdown further The training processfor an officer is approximately 4months and hopefully the depart-ment will find candidates to fill someof those roles
The video arraignment equip-ment has now been installed and isworking great The officers have re-cently undergone training in suchareas as felony stops legal updatesfirearms and defensive tactics
Crime numbers for the pastmonth 15 larcenies 1 residentialbreaking and entering 2 ldquootherrdquobreaking and entering 3 stolen vehi-cles 0 arsons 45 assaults 25 trafficcrashes 15 damage to property and1 homicide Crime trends beingnoted are damaged vehicles (such asslashed tires) teens throwing thingsoff the parking structure at vehiclesbelow 7-Eleven robberies and theIRS phone scam With the holidayseason it is expected that there willbe incidents of UPS and FedEx pack-ages being stolen off doorstepsChief Maciag and Sgt Spunar sug-gest that if you arenrsquot going to behome when a package is being deliv-ered to have it sent to a neighborwho is home during the day or elsesent to a UPSFedEx drop spotwhere you can later pick up yourpackage Criminals like easy oppor-tunities and the easier you make itfor them the more likely they willtarget you
Sgt Spunar spoke about the In-vestigations Bureau within the de-partment The number of officers inthe bureau has dropped drasticallyover the years to the two currently init Sgt Spunar is the officer-in-charge he has one detective workingwith him There are no longer offi-cers in the schools Investigationshandles all crimes in the city that areclassified as a felony Misdemeanorsare handled by the patrol officersOther duties of the investigations bu-reau include maintaining the sex of-fender registry (on average about 80offenders) works with the prosec-tory on court cases does gun per-mits FOIA requests and discoveryorders handles the traffic bureauand takes care of the property room
The police department now has aMajor Crime Team consisting of 6 of-ficers who volunteered to be on-callto help with a major crime sceneThey will talk to witnesses and themedia process the crime scene anddo whatever else is needed
The Wayne Police Departmentthinks the best thing the communitycan do is to continue to be the eyesand ears for the police They canrsquotbe everywhere at once Never feellike you are bothering them to reportsomething
6 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
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December 3rd730 pm middot Wayne Police Station
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The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 7
By Carolyn Marnon
Biggby Coffee35545 W Michigan Avenue
Hours 6 am-9 pm
Biggby Coffee is a a LansingMichigan-based company All storesare owned by franchisees there areno corporate stores Derek Shearoperating managerowner of theWayne Biggby has lived in Wayne 2years He was tired of working thecorporate life and had the opportu-nity to invest in a community thatneeded help Biggby in Wayneopened in July 2015 They havehad 60 growth since they openedThey are sponsoring the Wayne Me-morial High School Class of 2017Biggby is involved in the local com-munity They are the kick-off loca-tion for Wayne Main Streetrsquos SmallBusiness Saturday event on Novem-ber 28 They provide the coffee forthe Wayne Chamber of CommerceCoffee Connection Bright Futures atWMHS will have a weekly meeting atBiggby
Everything is made fresh Noneof their drinks are made with pushbuttons All is handcrafted whileyou wait Several drinks unique to
the Wayne store are the Frosted Lep-rechaun and Butterbeer All drinkscan be made hot iced or frozen OnMondays during Happy Hour (2pm-7pm) all drinks are half off OnTuesdays city employees and teach-ers can buy 1 drink and get 1 free orthey can get $1 off
Biggby is open to hosting partiesclubs and events They have freehigh speed wifi Eventually theywould like to set up a music night Ifyou have ideas let Derek know nexttime you stop by
Pizmorsquos Market4308 S Wayne Road
Hours 9 am-7 pm
Pizmorsquos Market has only beenopen a few weeks and already theyare developing a following ToddLaCoe and Matt Toyeas are the own-ers and they want you to know theyare not a party store Pizmorsquos spe-cializes in meats seafood and deliThe selection includes fresh tri-tipssirloin filets different types of ham-
burgers and sausages pork prod-ucts chicken and more The burg-ers sausage chicken salad andcocktail sauce are all made in-houseIf the store doesnrsquot carry what youare looking for they will get it foryou They try to carry stuff no oneelse offers
Along with Todd and Matt thereare two employees in the marketYou can find Blazorsquos pies pumpkinraisin bread and rotisserie chicken(not only the whole chicken but youcan also just buy rotiserried parts)They also have a shelf of seasoningsand spices As they grow they willadd additional items to the storeThe door is open and although atfirst glance you might think they arenot yet open they are Go insidesay hello and grab tonightrsquos dinner
Premier Staff Services35145 E Michigan Avenue
Premier Staff Services is a tempo-rary employment agency They spe-cialize in finding people to staff jobssuch as housekeeping warehousingproduction truck driving and hi looperations Placements are madewith companies all over the Detroitarea It is important to have trans-portation in place before applyingKayode Ayodele an employee at thebusiness advises you bring a re-sume with you when you come in Itmakes finding a placement mucheasier if they have something alreadywritten down to look at They cur-rently advertise immediate job open-ings for warehouse productioncertified Hi-Lo operators tool anddie repair overhead crane operatorselectrician truck drivers shippingand receiving computer repair techsmachine repair control engineersand mechanical maintenance
Helium Studio3127 S Wayne Road
Helium Studiorsquos grand openingwill be November 13 Theyrsquoll be open
11 am -8 pm with a reception forthe public at 6 pm snacks and bev-erages will be provided at the recep-tion Dave Jenkins and KimWhite-Jenkins are jewelry makersand the owners Dave and Kim havebeen selling online at shows and atgalleries for years There will be 50makers and artists showcased in thestore at the opening They expect tohave others joining in as the holidayprogresses and more in the new year
ldquoHelium Studio is an artist mar-ket featuring local handmade artistsand makers as well as collectiblevintage pieces Its an extension ofour Helium Studio jewelry brandwhich represents our line of jewelrythat features hammered metals vin-tage elements and found baublesMany people have asked us what thelsquoHeliumrsquo in our name means We be-lieve that it represents our goals forthe shop and our jewelry to be anuplift to our community and to in-spire and to support our artistsrdquostated Kim
There is a classroom that will beoffering opportunities to learn craftsas well as a place for book clubsknitting groups or othergroupsclubs to gather The goal ofHelium Studio is to be a destinationfor handmade and vintage shoppersfrom inside and outside of our com-munity They would love to grow thearts scene in Wayne and do what-ever they can to help recruit busi-nesses to the area and supportWayne artists This includes Matt Ro-chon recently featured in the WayneDispatch and the artist behind theJohn Wayne signs that have beenseen around Wayne in the past Hewill be doing a special piece to markthe Wayne Rd store entrance andwill have some of his art for sale inthe store
New businesses are opening in town
Matt Toyeas and Todd LaCoe show off
fresh salmon at Prizmorsquos Market
Biggby Coffeersquos Austin Hanner Derek
Shear and Destiny Walker at ready to
serve you a fresh beverage
Dave Jenkins and Kim White-Jenkins will
open Helium Studio in Downtown Wayne
November 13th
Located in the Rite Aid Plaza
8 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
By Carolyn Marnon
Twelve to fourteen young womenfrom Wayne and Westland arepreparing for the annual Distin-guished Young Women awards on De-cember 4 Distinguished YoungWomen is a national scholarship pro-gram that inspires high school girlsto develop their full individual po-tential through a fun transformativeexperience that culminates in a cele-bratory showcase of their accom-plishments This is the 49th year forWayneWestland which happens tobe the largest local program in Michi-gan
The focus on the program is onscholarship rather than beauty Theprogram was previously known asJunior Miss but because they weretrying to disassociate themselveswith being thought of as a beautypageant the name was changed toDistinguished Young Women
The motto is ldquoBe your best selfrdquoThe program tries to help girls be-come their individual best physicallymentally educationally and health-wise
Lauren Perry WayneWestlandJunior Miss 2005 is in her 3rd yearas co-director of the local programalong with Jodi Berry The Distin-guished Young Women organizationis one that continually inspiresyoung women while providing themwith opportunities to learn moreabout themselves and their localcommunities This program is onethat I am incredibly proud to be apart of and I find it to have a posi-tive impact on young ladies One ofour main goals is to provide an av-enue for our participants to supple-ment their college experience viascholarship opportunities and to rec-
ognize their individual strengths andcapabilities
In the fall the program seeks outgirls who are interested in participat-ing An orientation follows to givethe girls more information about theprogram There are five mandatorypractices held through October andNovember each about three hourslong These practices include miniworkshops where girls learn inter-view skills how to dress for an inter-view and other important skills ayoung woman should have Theyalso learn a routine for the physicalfitness part of the program
The program has traditionallybeen for high school senior girlsThe program is transitioning to afocus on high school junior girls sothis year there will be juniors andseniors participating The transitioncame about because it was thoughtthat junior girls were beginning theircollege journey and needed help ear-lier with scholarships A senior girlwill become the 2016 winner whilethe junior girl will be named the2017 winner at this yearrsquos event inDecember
The girls are judged in five cate-gories talent poise scholastic inter-view and fitness Two girls will beawarded scholarship money in eachcategory Scholastic is based ontheir transcript in school Fitness isbased on how well they do in a rou-tine the girls all do together Forpoise the girls answer a question onstage wearing a knee-length dressTalent can be anything the girl isgood at A talent does not have to bedancing or singing This year a girlwill be showcasing her bowling tal-ents and another will be showing offher figure skating talents This isdone by showing videos during theirtalent segment while the girl talksabout her talent andor passion onstage in detail Interview involves a10-minute interview with the girl bythe judges and also how she isdressed for the interview
There is no cost for a girl to par-ticipate in the program The girlsare asked to help sell advertising inthe program (a way to give them ex-perience in new skills) but they arenot required to sell any The moremoney that is brought in through ad-
vertising and donorssponsors themore that goes toward the scholar-ship awards There is no set amountfor each scholarship award Eachyear it is based on how much hasbeen raised for that yearrsquos programThe program recently had afundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings inWestland where 20 percent of thedinerrsquos bill was donated to the pro-gram They will be holding a Poinset-tia Fundraiser November 7-21Prices range from $10-$25 with achoice of red pink or white flowersOrders will then be available for pickup on November 29 If you wouldlike to order poinsettias and help in-crease the scholarship money youcan email Lauren at wayne-west-landdistinguishedyworg
This yearrsquos participants includeJuniors Elaena Wojtowicz
Nicole Duque Kaitlyn Balko EmmaDiamond Hannah Gottman andAntrunika Alonzo
Seniors Kelsie Wysong RianaHardyniec Emily Dietz Brooke Ar-curagi Crystal Pinard Tirzah Aultand Alyssa Brown
The Distinguished Young Womanprogram is being held Friday Decem-ber 4 700 pm at Wayne MemorialHigh Schoolrsquos auditorium Ticketsare $10 if you pre-order them byemailing Lauren at the email listedabove
Tickets are also available thenight of the event for $12 Studenttickets are $8
Everyone is invited to attend Youdo not have to know a girl participat-ing to enjoy the show The 2016 win-ner will go on to the statecompetition held in Saline and thenpossibly to the state competitionheld in Mobile Alabama
Wayne and Westland girls are preparing for the annual Distinguished Young Women
awards on December 4th
Distinguished Young Women awarded next month
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 9
10 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
two Damitio is not able to run again When asked if he would run if he
could he isnrsquot quite sureldquoYou know thatrsquos a good ques-
tionrdquo Damitio begins ldquoI had inten-tions to but I canrsquot say for positivethat I would have I wouldnrsquot haveminded to serve further but at thispoint therersquos no choice reallyrdquo
One thing is for certain howeverThat Damitio is appreciative of theget-well cards prayers and visits hereceived when he was diagnosedwith melanoma cancer in the begin-ning of 2011
ldquoI had a large cyst about the sizeof a fist in my right legrdquo Damitio re-calls ldquoThe morning I dropped off mypetitions to run for council my wifedrove me straight from there to U ofM Hospital for my operation Andthe fact that I received such over-
whelming support from this commu-nity ndash when everyonersquos got their ownproblems ndash makes it even more im-pressiverdquo
To say that Damitio has had agreat run as councilman would be anunderstatement and perhaps thelargest boon is that he continues tolove the City of Wayne
Says Damitio who is also a re-tiree of Chrysler after a 39-year ca-reer as an engineer with thecompany ldquoI love the State WayneTheatre the mural and museumrdquo
With a successful career andtenure as councilman now in hisrearview mirror Damitio and hiswife now look forward to travelingmore The couple has already visitedFrance more than a dozen times andvows to return soon
And just as theyrsquove done in thepast theyrsquoll come right back homehellipto Wayne
The Damitio family Carey Albert Sue David and Amy at the begining of Alberts 22
year council run
Albertrsquos family Connor David Sue Peter Albert Amy and Mike at his last meeting
as councilman in the City of Wayne on November 4 2015
Damitio Continued from page 3
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
4 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Unofficial Election Results Mayor
Susan M Rowe 960Bob Boertje 796Lenard Fisher 38City Council At-Large
Anthony Miller 1149Lucietta A Miles 360City Council Ward 1
Christopher Sanders 794Allen J Shuh 544Alfred Brock 199City Council Ward 2
John P Rhaesa 1192City Council Ward 3
Tom Porter 1097Lorne Monit 554
City Manager hiredThe City Council unanimously ap-
proved Lisa Nocerini as City Man-ager at the council meeting heldOctober 6 Ms Nocerini was servingas Interim City Manager during thecouncilrsquos search for a new city man-ager after the resignation of David MMurphy last spring
Community coffee
meeting with directorsThe next Community MeetingCof-
fee Hour will take place on MondayNovember 23rd from 900-1000am at the Wayne City Hall located at3355 South Wayne Road Thesemeetings are being held to provideresidents and businesses in Waynewith an opportunity to engage withthe City Manager and the Depart-ment Directors on issues that are im-portant to you
Helium Studio
Grand OpeningAfter months of updating the
building painting installing newfloors and lighting decorating andstocking the displays Helium Studio(3127 S Wayne Rd) looks forward towelcoming friends neighbors andartists to their grand opening on Fri-day November 13 from 11 am to 8pm Be the first to see the renovatedspace and shop handmade goodsfrom more than 50 Michigan artistsand makers across all media At 6pm they will host a reception withsnacks and beverages Come showyour support for another businessthat has made their home in Wayne
Cookbooks Available
for Christmas GiftsThe Wayne Garden Club has
cookbooks available for $10 eachThe cookbooks could be the perfectChristmas gift for that special some-one on your gift-giving list ContactAlicia Marnon at 734-595-4217 tomake arrangements
Scarecrow ContestThe 2015 scarecrow winners
were announced at the close of theScarecrow Reception held at theWayne Farmerrsquos Market on October14 The Judgersquos Choice went toBrook Wess and her girls Verity andTemperance Gorman for theirScarerdquocrowrdquo Peoplersquos Choice wentto American Jetway for their TinMan ldquoWe really enjoy partaking inthis fun community event each yearrdquo
stated Brook on the Wayne MainStreet facebook page Kurtrsquos Caps ofWayne donated the prizes
Make a Difference DaySaturday October 24 was Na-
tional Make a Difference Day a dayof community service ldquoPenniesfrom Heavenrdquo debuted in Wayne forthe first time Members of the Good-fellows collected spare change andmonetary donations at the site of theformer Frankrsquos Furniture Store onWayne Road This will go towardshelping ensure that every child inWayne has a Christmas
Holiday Window ContestWayne Main Street announces
their 2nd annual Holiday WindowDisplay Contest for businesses lo-cated in the Main Street District Ifyou have a business in the districtput up lights and decorate your win-dows for the winter holidays Therewill be two awards given PeoplersquosChoice to the window that gets the
most likes on facebook duringWayne Main Streetrsquos voting periodand Judgersquos Choice to the window asmall group of Main Street volun-teers choose Last year 10 busi-nesses participated and it is hopedthat more will join in this year Evenif you are not within the Main StreetDistrict it is hoped you will decorateand light up your store windows andhelp Wayne glow for the holidays
Healthy Wayne CoalitionThe next meeting of the Healthy
Wayne Coalition is Thursday Novem-ber 19 at 830 am to 1000 am atHYPE Athletics in Wayne Comeenjoy a healthy breakfast while giv-ing your input on how to makeWayne a healthier place HealthyWayne is sponsored by BeaumontHospital Wayne is one of 4 cities inthis special program Healthy Wayneis in its early stages of planning andcan use input from more communitymembers
And the winners areCouncilman Anthony Miller Councilman John Rhaesa Mayor Susan Rowe Council-
man Christopher Sanders and Councilman Tom Porter at the Avenue Downtown
Wayne after learning they had won seats on the City Council Photo by Mike Londeau
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 5
By Carolyn Marnon
1084 That was the number tobeat set by a group in RichmondCalifornia on August 15 of this yearto take back the Guinness WorldRecord title for largest gathering ofRosie the Riveters The Willow RunBomber Plant surpassed that num-ber with 2096 Rosiersquos on October24th
They came from all over Michiganto be part of this moment 16 statesand Canada were representedThere were 44 ldquoreal Rosiesrdquo from theWorld War II era that were also partof the festivities
Rosie the Riveter became theiconic image associated with recruit-ing female workers for the munitionsindustry during World War II Thebandana clad Rosie was a fictitiouscharacter based on a real-life muni-tions worker The Rosie the Rivetergovernment campaign stressed thepatriotic need for women to enter thework force With men away at warmanufacturers and the governmentwere desperate for workers Thesewomen proved that women could domenrsquos jobs and do it well At WillowRun women were paid 75 cents anhour the same as men This wasconsidered good pay at that timeAfter the war many women left thefactories to focus on raising theirfamilies or to do more traditionalldquowomenrsquosrdquo jobs but there were alsomany who stayed within the indus-trial workforce
Wayne resident Brenda Ozog saysshe first felt a call in March 2014 tohelp save the historic Willow Runbomber plant She joined 776 otherwomen for the first Guinness WorldRecord attempt at that time ldquoWemade it happenrdquo she says After theevent she called her grandfatherJohn Sheneman to talk about theevent She learned that her greatgrandfather was a veteran of WorldWar I and would travel from Topin-abee MI to work with the women atthe bomber plant In 1942 a callwent out for all able bodied men tocome work at the plants so hergrandfather worked at the Box Plantwhere they put engines on the skidsfor the airplane engines
Brenda never got to meet hergreat grandfather Her mother even-tually gave her his wallet to scan thephotos he carried in his wallet
Brenda discovered his BomberUnion Card and has since learnedfrom the Yankee Air Museum thatthey have not yet acquired one fortheir museum and would be inter-ested in it if she ever decides to do-nate it
When Richmond beat WillowRunrsquos record in August Brenda feltthat with her new-found family con-nection she had a mission to helpsave the bomber plant
When she arrived at the record-breaking event she had a copy of hergreat grandfatherrsquos Bomber Unioncard pinned to her shirt ldquoIt was anamazing experience and it made meproud to know I had someone hereback then I hope my grandfatherwas looking down at me with satis-faction and knowing I was proud ofhim and his efforts in World War IIMy mother grandfather and I pur-chased a brick in his honor for theWWII monument in Royal Oak say-ing John Sheneman Topinabee MIYpsi Bomber Plantrdquo
Trying to get the word out aroundWayne before the event was residentRobert Webb He even created aRosie scarecrow for Wayne MainStreetrsquos scarecrow display down-town Robertrsquos 95 year old motheris a WWII Rosie from the Willow RunBomber Assembly Plant She was ariveter rivet inspector and a rivetgun trainer during the time theywere building the big bombers Shestarted at the beginning of produc-tion and stayed until the last B-24left Willow Run
Robert and his mother are both
members of the ARRA (AmericanRosie the Riveter Association) Theyvolunteer to help save the bomberplant His momrsquos great granddaugh-ters won 3rd place in theWayneWestland Memorial Day Pa-rade in May for their ldquoWillow RunRose Budsrdquo wagon float they pulledin the parade A Rosie descendant iscalled a Rose Bud
While at a USO dance a few yearsago long before the Yankee Air Mu-seum was trying to save the WillowRun hangars Robertrsquos mom wastalking to a lady who told her theywere planning on tearing down Wil-low Run ldquoI remember mom sayingto me lsquoTherersquos too much history be-hind those walls to let them tear itdownrsquo Since then wersquove worked ontrying to save some of ithellipand so farthey have saved a small section of itfor the new museumrdquo
There were several improve-ments at this recent event that werenot available at the March 2014event Several food trucks were keptbusy feeding hungry Rosies Therewas occasional entertainment tobreak up the stretch of time fromwhen the registration tables openedat 10am until the official Rosie gath-ering at 2pm
There was an area for children tocolor or read stories about Rosie theRiveter For $195 and up you couldtake a ride in a bi-plane There wasa long lineup of silent auction itemsto bid on Sales were brisk at themuseum table-the We Can Do It tote-bags sold out quickly Other itemsavailable included books about the
plant and about Rosies playingcards die-cast planes and decalsThe WWII Rosies had a special areawhere they could relax before the of-ficial count
My mother-in-law Alicia Marnon(a Wayne resident) and I attended theevent We wore our official Rosie cos-tumes adhering to the strict guide-lines set by Guinness A Rosie hadto wear either dark blue workers cov-eralls with long sleeves or a long-sleeved dark blue collared shirt anddark blue pants or very dark bluejeans black or dark brown low heelwork boots or work shoes red knee-socks with pants rolled up to showthem and a red with large whitepolka dots bandanna tied at the topof the head As we entered we weregiven a schedule of events and askedto choose a tag representing a realRosie from the past that we couldwear around our necksFor a $5 do-nation Rosies could tour the BoeingB17G ldquoYankee Ladyrdquo This planehad a walkway in the middle of itthat was very narrow You stood onit and looked down to see the opensky below One would hope thecrewmembers were wearing para-chutes in case they suffered a mis-step
When the time came the Rosieswere called to start lining up to gothrough the turnstiles into the stag-ing area Men volunteers were hold-ing signs that displayed incrementsof 50 1-50 51-100 etc All the wayup to 2000 The Rosies werecounted as they entered and as-signed to a ldquosignrdquo Chants of ldquoRosieRosierdquo were led several times Whenthe last Rosies were counted theoriginal WWII Rosies were broughtinto the area and seated at the frontTo be considered for the worldrecord the Rosies had to stand to-gether for 5 minutes During thattime they recited The Pledge of Alle-giance and sang the National An-them Amazing Grace and Americathe Beautiful
It was announced that the worldrecord wasldquounofficiallyrdquo 2096Cheers went up from the crowd Thebig doors to the hangar which wasthe staging area rose up and theRosies spilled out into the cool fallair Laughter was heard as thecrowd started to disperse What arecord-setting day
Rosie the Riveters take back World Record
The Willow Run Bomber Plant now holds the Guinness World Record title for largest
gathering of Rosie the Riveters with 2096
By Carolyn Marnon
The Wayne Police Department isbudgeted for 24 police officers andcurrently has 22 There are 3 antic-ipated retirements before July 2016which could bring that numberdown further The training processfor an officer is approximately 4months and hopefully the depart-ment will find candidates to fill someof those roles
The video arraignment equip-ment has now been installed and isworking great The officers have re-cently undergone training in suchareas as felony stops legal updatesfirearms and defensive tactics
Crime numbers for the pastmonth 15 larcenies 1 residentialbreaking and entering 2 ldquootherrdquobreaking and entering 3 stolen vehi-cles 0 arsons 45 assaults 25 trafficcrashes 15 damage to property and1 homicide Crime trends beingnoted are damaged vehicles (such asslashed tires) teens throwing thingsoff the parking structure at vehiclesbelow 7-Eleven robberies and theIRS phone scam With the holidayseason it is expected that there willbe incidents of UPS and FedEx pack-ages being stolen off doorstepsChief Maciag and Sgt Spunar sug-gest that if you arenrsquot going to behome when a package is being deliv-ered to have it sent to a neighborwho is home during the day or elsesent to a UPSFedEx drop spotwhere you can later pick up yourpackage Criminals like easy oppor-tunities and the easier you make itfor them the more likely they willtarget you
Sgt Spunar spoke about the In-vestigations Bureau within the de-partment The number of officers inthe bureau has dropped drasticallyover the years to the two currently init Sgt Spunar is the officer-in-charge he has one detective workingwith him There are no longer offi-cers in the schools Investigationshandles all crimes in the city that areclassified as a felony Misdemeanorsare handled by the patrol officersOther duties of the investigations bu-reau include maintaining the sex of-fender registry (on average about 80offenders) works with the prosec-tory on court cases does gun per-mits FOIA requests and discoveryorders handles the traffic bureauand takes care of the property room
The police department now has aMajor Crime Team consisting of 6 of-ficers who volunteered to be on-callto help with a major crime sceneThey will talk to witnesses and themedia process the crime scene anddo whatever else is needed
The Wayne Police Departmentthinks the best thing the communitycan do is to continue to be the eyesand ears for the police They canrsquotbe everywhere at once Never feellike you are bothering them to reportsomething
6 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
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December 3rd730 pm middot Wayne Police Station
33701 Michigan Ave
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 7
By Carolyn Marnon
Biggby Coffee35545 W Michigan Avenue
Hours 6 am-9 pm
Biggby Coffee is a a LansingMichigan-based company All storesare owned by franchisees there areno corporate stores Derek Shearoperating managerowner of theWayne Biggby has lived in Wayne 2years He was tired of working thecorporate life and had the opportu-nity to invest in a community thatneeded help Biggby in Wayneopened in July 2015 They havehad 60 growth since they openedThey are sponsoring the Wayne Me-morial High School Class of 2017Biggby is involved in the local com-munity They are the kick-off loca-tion for Wayne Main Streetrsquos SmallBusiness Saturday event on Novem-ber 28 They provide the coffee forthe Wayne Chamber of CommerceCoffee Connection Bright Futures atWMHS will have a weekly meeting atBiggby
Everything is made fresh Noneof their drinks are made with pushbuttons All is handcrafted whileyou wait Several drinks unique to
the Wayne store are the Frosted Lep-rechaun and Butterbeer All drinkscan be made hot iced or frozen OnMondays during Happy Hour (2pm-7pm) all drinks are half off OnTuesdays city employees and teach-ers can buy 1 drink and get 1 free orthey can get $1 off
Biggby is open to hosting partiesclubs and events They have freehigh speed wifi Eventually theywould like to set up a music night Ifyou have ideas let Derek know nexttime you stop by
Pizmorsquos Market4308 S Wayne Road
Hours 9 am-7 pm
Pizmorsquos Market has only beenopen a few weeks and already theyare developing a following ToddLaCoe and Matt Toyeas are the own-ers and they want you to know theyare not a party store Pizmorsquos spe-cializes in meats seafood and deliThe selection includes fresh tri-tipssirloin filets different types of ham-
burgers and sausages pork prod-ucts chicken and more The burg-ers sausage chicken salad andcocktail sauce are all made in-houseIf the store doesnrsquot carry what youare looking for they will get it foryou They try to carry stuff no oneelse offers
Along with Todd and Matt thereare two employees in the marketYou can find Blazorsquos pies pumpkinraisin bread and rotisserie chicken(not only the whole chicken but youcan also just buy rotiserried parts)They also have a shelf of seasoningsand spices As they grow they willadd additional items to the storeThe door is open and although atfirst glance you might think they arenot yet open they are Go insidesay hello and grab tonightrsquos dinner
Premier Staff Services35145 E Michigan Avenue
Premier Staff Services is a tempo-rary employment agency They spe-cialize in finding people to staff jobssuch as housekeeping warehousingproduction truck driving and hi looperations Placements are madewith companies all over the Detroitarea It is important to have trans-portation in place before applyingKayode Ayodele an employee at thebusiness advises you bring a re-sume with you when you come in Itmakes finding a placement mucheasier if they have something alreadywritten down to look at They cur-rently advertise immediate job open-ings for warehouse productioncertified Hi-Lo operators tool anddie repair overhead crane operatorselectrician truck drivers shippingand receiving computer repair techsmachine repair control engineersand mechanical maintenance
Helium Studio3127 S Wayne Road
Helium Studiorsquos grand openingwill be November 13 Theyrsquoll be open
11 am -8 pm with a reception forthe public at 6 pm snacks and bev-erages will be provided at the recep-tion Dave Jenkins and KimWhite-Jenkins are jewelry makersand the owners Dave and Kim havebeen selling online at shows and atgalleries for years There will be 50makers and artists showcased in thestore at the opening They expect tohave others joining in as the holidayprogresses and more in the new year
ldquoHelium Studio is an artist mar-ket featuring local handmade artistsand makers as well as collectiblevintage pieces Its an extension ofour Helium Studio jewelry brandwhich represents our line of jewelrythat features hammered metals vin-tage elements and found baublesMany people have asked us what thelsquoHeliumrsquo in our name means We be-lieve that it represents our goals forthe shop and our jewelry to be anuplift to our community and to in-spire and to support our artistsrdquostated Kim
There is a classroom that will beoffering opportunities to learn craftsas well as a place for book clubsknitting groups or othergroupsclubs to gather The goal ofHelium Studio is to be a destinationfor handmade and vintage shoppersfrom inside and outside of our com-munity They would love to grow thearts scene in Wayne and do what-ever they can to help recruit busi-nesses to the area and supportWayne artists This includes Matt Ro-chon recently featured in the WayneDispatch and the artist behind theJohn Wayne signs that have beenseen around Wayne in the past Hewill be doing a special piece to markthe Wayne Rd store entrance andwill have some of his art for sale inthe store
New businesses are opening in town
Matt Toyeas and Todd LaCoe show off
fresh salmon at Prizmorsquos Market
Biggby Coffeersquos Austin Hanner Derek
Shear and Destiny Walker at ready to
serve you a fresh beverage
Dave Jenkins and Kim White-Jenkins will
open Helium Studio in Downtown Wayne
November 13th
Located in the Rite Aid Plaza
8 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
By Carolyn Marnon
Twelve to fourteen young womenfrom Wayne and Westland arepreparing for the annual Distin-guished Young Women awards on De-cember 4 Distinguished YoungWomen is a national scholarship pro-gram that inspires high school girlsto develop their full individual po-tential through a fun transformativeexperience that culminates in a cele-bratory showcase of their accom-plishments This is the 49th year forWayneWestland which happens tobe the largest local program in Michi-gan
The focus on the program is onscholarship rather than beauty Theprogram was previously known asJunior Miss but because they weretrying to disassociate themselveswith being thought of as a beautypageant the name was changed toDistinguished Young Women
The motto is ldquoBe your best selfrdquoThe program tries to help girls be-come their individual best physicallymentally educationally and health-wise
Lauren Perry WayneWestlandJunior Miss 2005 is in her 3rd yearas co-director of the local programalong with Jodi Berry The Distin-guished Young Women organizationis one that continually inspiresyoung women while providing themwith opportunities to learn moreabout themselves and their localcommunities This program is onethat I am incredibly proud to be apart of and I find it to have a posi-tive impact on young ladies One ofour main goals is to provide an av-enue for our participants to supple-ment their college experience viascholarship opportunities and to rec-
ognize their individual strengths andcapabilities
In the fall the program seeks outgirls who are interested in participat-ing An orientation follows to givethe girls more information about theprogram There are five mandatorypractices held through October andNovember each about three hourslong These practices include miniworkshops where girls learn inter-view skills how to dress for an inter-view and other important skills ayoung woman should have Theyalso learn a routine for the physicalfitness part of the program
The program has traditionallybeen for high school senior girlsThe program is transitioning to afocus on high school junior girls sothis year there will be juniors andseniors participating The transitioncame about because it was thoughtthat junior girls were beginning theircollege journey and needed help ear-lier with scholarships A senior girlwill become the 2016 winner whilethe junior girl will be named the2017 winner at this yearrsquos event inDecember
The girls are judged in five cate-gories talent poise scholastic inter-view and fitness Two girls will beawarded scholarship money in eachcategory Scholastic is based ontheir transcript in school Fitness isbased on how well they do in a rou-tine the girls all do together Forpoise the girls answer a question onstage wearing a knee-length dressTalent can be anything the girl isgood at A talent does not have to bedancing or singing This year a girlwill be showcasing her bowling tal-ents and another will be showing offher figure skating talents This isdone by showing videos during theirtalent segment while the girl talksabout her talent andor passion onstage in detail Interview involves a10-minute interview with the girl bythe judges and also how she isdressed for the interview
There is no cost for a girl to par-ticipate in the program The girlsare asked to help sell advertising inthe program (a way to give them ex-perience in new skills) but they arenot required to sell any The moremoney that is brought in through ad-
vertising and donorssponsors themore that goes toward the scholar-ship awards There is no set amountfor each scholarship award Eachyear it is based on how much hasbeen raised for that yearrsquos programThe program recently had afundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings inWestland where 20 percent of thedinerrsquos bill was donated to the pro-gram They will be holding a Poinset-tia Fundraiser November 7-21Prices range from $10-$25 with achoice of red pink or white flowersOrders will then be available for pickup on November 29 If you wouldlike to order poinsettias and help in-crease the scholarship money youcan email Lauren at wayne-west-landdistinguishedyworg
This yearrsquos participants includeJuniors Elaena Wojtowicz
Nicole Duque Kaitlyn Balko EmmaDiamond Hannah Gottman andAntrunika Alonzo
Seniors Kelsie Wysong RianaHardyniec Emily Dietz Brooke Ar-curagi Crystal Pinard Tirzah Aultand Alyssa Brown
The Distinguished Young Womanprogram is being held Friday Decem-ber 4 700 pm at Wayne MemorialHigh Schoolrsquos auditorium Ticketsare $10 if you pre-order them byemailing Lauren at the email listedabove
Tickets are also available thenight of the event for $12 Studenttickets are $8
Everyone is invited to attend Youdo not have to know a girl participat-ing to enjoy the show The 2016 win-ner will go on to the statecompetition held in Saline and thenpossibly to the state competitionheld in Mobile Alabama
Wayne and Westland girls are preparing for the annual Distinguished Young Women
awards on December 4th
Distinguished Young Women awarded next month
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 9
10 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
two Damitio is not able to run again When asked if he would run if he
could he isnrsquot quite sureldquoYou know thatrsquos a good ques-
tionrdquo Damitio begins ldquoI had inten-tions to but I canrsquot say for positivethat I would have I wouldnrsquot haveminded to serve further but at thispoint therersquos no choice reallyrdquo
One thing is for certain howeverThat Damitio is appreciative of theget-well cards prayers and visits hereceived when he was diagnosedwith melanoma cancer in the begin-ning of 2011
ldquoI had a large cyst about the sizeof a fist in my right legrdquo Damitio re-calls ldquoThe morning I dropped off mypetitions to run for council my wifedrove me straight from there to U ofM Hospital for my operation Andthe fact that I received such over-
whelming support from this commu-nity ndash when everyonersquos got their ownproblems ndash makes it even more im-pressiverdquo
To say that Damitio has had agreat run as councilman would be anunderstatement and perhaps thelargest boon is that he continues tolove the City of Wayne
Says Damitio who is also a re-tiree of Chrysler after a 39-year ca-reer as an engineer with thecompany ldquoI love the State WayneTheatre the mural and museumrdquo
With a successful career andtenure as councilman now in hisrearview mirror Damitio and hiswife now look forward to travelingmore The couple has already visitedFrance more than a dozen times andvows to return soon
And just as theyrsquove done in thepast theyrsquoll come right back homehellipto Wayne
The Damitio family Carey Albert Sue David and Amy at the begining of Alberts 22
year council run
Albertrsquos family Connor David Sue Peter Albert Amy and Mike at his last meeting
as councilman in the City of Wayne on November 4 2015
Damitio Continued from page 3
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 5
By Carolyn Marnon
1084 That was the number tobeat set by a group in RichmondCalifornia on August 15 of this yearto take back the Guinness WorldRecord title for largest gathering ofRosie the Riveters The Willow RunBomber Plant surpassed that num-ber with 2096 Rosiersquos on October24th
They came from all over Michiganto be part of this moment 16 statesand Canada were representedThere were 44 ldquoreal Rosiesrdquo from theWorld War II era that were also partof the festivities
Rosie the Riveter became theiconic image associated with recruit-ing female workers for the munitionsindustry during World War II Thebandana clad Rosie was a fictitiouscharacter based on a real-life muni-tions worker The Rosie the Rivetergovernment campaign stressed thepatriotic need for women to enter thework force With men away at warmanufacturers and the governmentwere desperate for workers Thesewomen proved that women could domenrsquos jobs and do it well At WillowRun women were paid 75 cents anhour the same as men This wasconsidered good pay at that timeAfter the war many women left thefactories to focus on raising theirfamilies or to do more traditionalldquowomenrsquosrdquo jobs but there were alsomany who stayed within the indus-trial workforce
Wayne resident Brenda Ozog saysshe first felt a call in March 2014 tohelp save the historic Willow Runbomber plant She joined 776 otherwomen for the first Guinness WorldRecord attempt at that time ldquoWemade it happenrdquo she says After theevent she called her grandfatherJohn Sheneman to talk about theevent She learned that her greatgrandfather was a veteran of WorldWar I and would travel from Topin-abee MI to work with the women atthe bomber plant In 1942 a callwent out for all able bodied men tocome work at the plants so hergrandfather worked at the Box Plantwhere they put engines on the skidsfor the airplane engines
Brenda never got to meet hergreat grandfather Her mother even-tually gave her his wallet to scan thephotos he carried in his wallet
Brenda discovered his BomberUnion Card and has since learnedfrom the Yankee Air Museum thatthey have not yet acquired one fortheir museum and would be inter-ested in it if she ever decides to do-nate it
When Richmond beat WillowRunrsquos record in August Brenda feltthat with her new-found family con-nection she had a mission to helpsave the bomber plant
When she arrived at the record-breaking event she had a copy of hergreat grandfatherrsquos Bomber Unioncard pinned to her shirt ldquoIt was anamazing experience and it made meproud to know I had someone hereback then I hope my grandfatherwas looking down at me with satis-faction and knowing I was proud ofhim and his efforts in World War IIMy mother grandfather and I pur-chased a brick in his honor for theWWII monument in Royal Oak say-ing John Sheneman Topinabee MIYpsi Bomber Plantrdquo
Trying to get the word out aroundWayne before the event was residentRobert Webb He even created aRosie scarecrow for Wayne MainStreetrsquos scarecrow display down-town Robertrsquos 95 year old motheris a WWII Rosie from the Willow RunBomber Assembly Plant She was ariveter rivet inspector and a rivetgun trainer during the time theywere building the big bombers Shestarted at the beginning of produc-tion and stayed until the last B-24left Willow Run
Robert and his mother are both
members of the ARRA (AmericanRosie the Riveter Association) Theyvolunteer to help save the bomberplant His momrsquos great granddaugh-ters won 3rd place in theWayneWestland Memorial Day Pa-rade in May for their ldquoWillow RunRose Budsrdquo wagon float they pulledin the parade A Rosie descendant iscalled a Rose Bud
While at a USO dance a few yearsago long before the Yankee Air Mu-seum was trying to save the WillowRun hangars Robertrsquos mom wastalking to a lady who told her theywere planning on tearing down Wil-low Run ldquoI remember mom sayingto me lsquoTherersquos too much history be-hind those walls to let them tear itdownrsquo Since then wersquove worked ontrying to save some of ithellipand so farthey have saved a small section of itfor the new museumrdquo
There were several improve-ments at this recent event that werenot available at the March 2014event Several food trucks were keptbusy feeding hungry Rosies Therewas occasional entertainment tobreak up the stretch of time fromwhen the registration tables openedat 10am until the official Rosie gath-ering at 2pm
There was an area for children tocolor or read stories about Rosie theRiveter For $195 and up you couldtake a ride in a bi-plane There wasa long lineup of silent auction itemsto bid on Sales were brisk at themuseum table-the We Can Do It tote-bags sold out quickly Other itemsavailable included books about the
plant and about Rosies playingcards die-cast planes and decalsThe WWII Rosies had a special areawhere they could relax before the of-ficial count
My mother-in-law Alicia Marnon(a Wayne resident) and I attended theevent We wore our official Rosie cos-tumes adhering to the strict guide-lines set by Guinness A Rosie hadto wear either dark blue workers cov-eralls with long sleeves or a long-sleeved dark blue collared shirt anddark blue pants or very dark bluejeans black or dark brown low heelwork boots or work shoes red knee-socks with pants rolled up to showthem and a red with large whitepolka dots bandanna tied at the topof the head As we entered we weregiven a schedule of events and askedto choose a tag representing a realRosie from the past that we couldwear around our necksFor a $5 do-nation Rosies could tour the BoeingB17G ldquoYankee Ladyrdquo This planehad a walkway in the middle of itthat was very narrow You stood onit and looked down to see the opensky below One would hope thecrewmembers were wearing para-chutes in case they suffered a mis-step
When the time came the Rosieswere called to start lining up to gothrough the turnstiles into the stag-ing area Men volunteers were hold-ing signs that displayed incrementsof 50 1-50 51-100 etc All the wayup to 2000 The Rosies werecounted as they entered and as-signed to a ldquosignrdquo Chants of ldquoRosieRosierdquo were led several times Whenthe last Rosies were counted theoriginal WWII Rosies were broughtinto the area and seated at the frontTo be considered for the worldrecord the Rosies had to stand to-gether for 5 minutes During thattime they recited The Pledge of Alle-giance and sang the National An-them Amazing Grace and Americathe Beautiful
It was announced that the worldrecord wasldquounofficiallyrdquo 2096Cheers went up from the crowd Thebig doors to the hangar which wasthe staging area rose up and theRosies spilled out into the cool fallair Laughter was heard as thecrowd started to disperse What arecord-setting day
Rosie the Riveters take back World Record
The Willow Run Bomber Plant now holds the Guinness World Record title for largest
gathering of Rosie the Riveters with 2096
By Carolyn Marnon
The Wayne Police Department isbudgeted for 24 police officers andcurrently has 22 There are 3 antic-ipated retirements before July 2016which could bring that numberdown further The training processfor an officer is approximately 4months and hopefully the depart-ment will find candidates to fill someof those roles
The video arraignment equip-ment has now been installed and isworking great The officers have re-cently undergone training in suchareas as felony stops legal updatesfirearms and defensive tactics
Crime numbers for the pastmonth 15 larcenies 1 residentialbreaking and entering 2 ldquootherrdquobreaking and entering 3 stolen vehi-cles 0 arsons 45 assaults 25 trafficcrashes 15 damage to property and1 homicide Crime trends beingnoted are damaged vehicles (such asslashed tires) teens throwing thingsoff the parking structure at vehiclesbelow 7-Eleven robberies and theIRS phone scam With the holidayseason it is expected that there willbe incidents of UPS and FedEx pack-ages being stolen off doorstepsChief Maciag and Sgt Spunar sug-gest that if you arenrsquot going to behome when a package is being deliv-ered to have it sent to a neighborwho is home during the day or elsesent to a UPSFedEx drop spotwhere you can later pick up yourpackage Criminals like easy oppor-tunities and the easier you make itfor them the more likely they willtarget you
Sgt Spunar spoke about the In-vestigations Bureau within the de-partment The number of officers inthe bureau has dropped drasticallyover the years to the two currently init Sgt Spunar is the officer-in-charge he has one detective workingwith him There are no longer offi-cers in the schools Investigationshandles all crimes in the city that areclassified as a felony Misdemeanorsare handled by the patrol officersOther duties of the investigations bu-reau include maintaining the sex of-fender registry (on average about 80offenders) works with the prosec-tory on court cases does gun per-mits FOIA requests and discoveryorders handles the traffic bureauand takes care of the property room
The police department now has aMajor Crime Team consisting of 6 of-ficers who volunteered to be on-callto help with a major crime sceneThey will talk to witnesses and themedia process the crime scene anddo whatever else is needed
The Wayne Police Departmentthinks the best thing the communitycan do is to continue to be the eyesand ears for the police They canrsquotbe everywhere at once Never feellike you are bothering them to reportsomething
6 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
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October Police Community Meeting
Next Community Police meeting
December 3rd730 pm middot Wayne Police Station
33701 Michigan Ave
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 7
By Carolyn Marnon
Biggby Coffee35545 W Michigan Avenue
Hours 6 am-9 pm
Biggby Coffee is a a LansingMichigan-based company All storesare owned by franchisees there areno corporate stores Derek Shearoperating managerowner of theWayne Biggby has lived in Wayne 2years He was tired of working thecorporate life and had the opportu-nity to invest in a community thatneeded help Biggby in Wayneopened in July 2015 They havehad 60 growth since they openedThey are sponsoring the Wayne Me-morial High School Class of 2017Biggby is involved in the local com-munity They are the kick-off loca-tion for Wayne Main Streetrsquos SmallBusiness Saturday event on Novem-ber 28 They provide the coffee forthe Wayne Chamber of CommerceCoffee Connection Bright Futures atWMHS will have a weekly meeting atBiggby
Everything is made fresh Noneof their drinks are made with pushbuttons All is handcrafted whileyou wait Several drinks unique to
the Wayne store are the Frosted Lep-rechaun and Butterbeer All drinkscan be made hot iced or frozen OnMondays during Happy Hour (2pm-7pm) all drinks are half off OnTuesdays city employees and teach-ers can buy 1 drink and get 1 free orthey can get $1 off
Biggby is open to hosting partiesclubs and events They have freehigh speed wifi Eventually theywould like to set up a music night Ifyou have ideas let Derek know nexttime you stop by
Pizmorsquos Market4308 S Wayne Road
Hours 9 am-7 pm
Pizmorsquos Market has only beenopen a few weeks and already theyare developing a following ToddLaCoe and Matt Toyeas are the own-ers and they want you to know theyare not a party store Pizmorsquos spe-cializes in meats seafood and deliThe selection includes fresh tri-tipssirloin filets different types of ham-
burgers and sausages pork prod-ucts chicken and more The burg-ers sausage chicken salad andcocktail sauce are all made in-houseIf the store doesnrsquot carry what youare looking for they will get it foryou They try to carry stuff no oneelse offers
Along with Todd and Matt thereare two employees in the marketYou can find Blazorsquos pies pumpkinraisin bread and rotisserie chicken(not only the whole chicken but youcan also just buy rotiserried parts)They also have a shelf of seasoningsand spices As they grow they willadd additional items to the storeThe door is open and although atfirst glance you might think they arenot yet open they are Go insidesay hello and grab tonightrsquos dinner
Premier Staff Services35145 E Michigan Avenue
Premier Staff Services is a tempo-rary employment agency They spe-cialize in finding people to staff jobssuch as housekeeping warehousingproduction truck driving and hi looperations Placements are madewith companies all over the Detroitarea It is important to have trans-portation in place before applyingKayode Ayodele an employee at thebusiness advises you bring a re-sume with you when you come in Itmakes finding a placement mucheasier if they have something alreadywritten down to look at They cur-rently advertise immediate job open-ings for warehouse productioncertified Hi-Lo operators tool anddie repair overhead crane operatorselectrician truck drivers shippingand receiving computer repair techsmachine repair control engineersand mechanical maintenance
Helium Studio3127 S Wayne Road
Helium Studiorsquos grand openingwill be November 13 Theyrsquoll be open
11 am -8 pm with a reception forthe public at 6 pm snacks and bev-erages will be provided at the recep-tion Dave Jenkins and KimWhite-Jenkins are jewelry makersand the owners Dave and Kim havebeen selling online at shows and atgalleries for years There will be 50makers and artists showcased in thestore at the opening They expect tohave others joining in as the holidayprogresses and more in the new year
ldquoHelium Studio is an artist mar-ket featuring local handmade artistsand makers as well as collectiblevintage pieces Its an extension ofour Helium Studio jewelry brandwhich represents our line of jewelrythat features hammered metals vin-tage elements and found baublesMany people have asked us what thelsquoHeliumrsquo in our name means We be-lieve that it represents our goals forthe shop and our jewelry to be anuplift to our community and to in-spire and to support our artistsrdquostated Kim
There is a classroom that will beoffering opportunities to learn craftsas well as a place for book clubsknitting groups or othergroupsclubs to gather The goal ofHelium Studio is to be a destinationfor handmade and vintage shoppersfrom inside and outside of our com-munity They would love to grow thearts scene in Wayne and do what-ever they can to help recruit busi-nesses to the area and supportWayne artists This includes Matt Ro-chon recently featured in the WayneDispatch and the artist behind theJohn Wayne signs that have beenseen around Wayne in the past Hewill be doing a special piece to markthe Wayne Rd store entrance andwill have some of his art for sale inthe store
New businesses are opening in town
Matt Toyeas and Todd LaCoe show off
fresh salmon at Prizmorsquos Market
Biggby Coffeersquos Austin Hanner Derek
Shear and Destiny Walker at ready to
serve you a fresh beverage
Dave Jenkins and Kim White-Jenkins will
open Helium Studio in Downtown Wayne
November 13th
Located in the Rite Aid Plaza
8 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
By Carolyn Marnon
Twelve to fourteen young womenfrom Wayne and Westland arepreparing for the annual Distin-guished Young Women awards on De-cember 4 Distinguished YoungWomen is a national scholarship pro-gram that inspires high school girlsto develop their full individual po-tential through a fun transformativeexperience that culminates in a cele-bratory showcase of their accom-plishments This is the 49th year forWayneWestland which happens tobe the largest local program in Michi-gan
The focus on the program is onscholarship rather than beauty Theprogram was previously known asJunior Miss but because they weretrying to disassociate themselveswith being thought of as a beautypageant the name was changed toDistinguished Young Women
The motto is ldquoBe your best selfrdquoThe program tries to help girls be-come their individual best physicallymentally educationally and health-wise
Lauren Perry WayneWestlandJunior Miss 2005 is in her 3rd yearas co-director of the local programalong with Jodi Berry The Distin-guished Young Women organizationis one that continually inspiresyoung women while providing themwith opportunities to learn moreabout themselves and their localcommunities This program is onethat I am incredibly proud to be apart of and I find it to have a posi-tive impact on young ladies One ofour main goals is to provide an av-enue for our participants to supple-ment their college experience viascholarship opportunities and to rec-
ognize their individual strengths andcapabilities
In the fall the program seeks outgirls who are interested in participat-ing An orientation follows to givethe girls more information about theprogram There are five mandatorypractices held through October andNovember each about three hourslong These practices include miniworkshops where girls learn inter-view skills how to dress for an inter-view and other important skills ayoung woman should have Theyalso learn a routine for the physicalfitness part of the program
The program has traditionallybeen for high school senior girlsThe program is transitioning to afocus on high school junior girls sothis year there will be juniors andseniors participating The transitioncame about because it was thoughtthat junior girls were beginning theircollege journey and needed help ear-lier with scholarships A senior girlwill become the 2016 winner whilethe junior girl will be named the2017 winner at this yearrsquos event inDecember
The girls are judged in five cate-gories talent poise scholastic inter-view and fitness Two girls will beawarded scholarship money in eachcategory Scholastic is based ontheir transcript in school Fitness isbased on how well they do in a rou-tine the girls all do together Forpoise the girls answer a question onstage wearing a knee-length dressTalent can be anything the girl isgood at A talent does not have to bedancing or singing This year a girlwill be showcasing her bowling tal-ents and another will be showing offher figure skating talents This isdone by showing videos during theirtalent segment while the girl talksabout her talent andor passion onstage in detail Interview involves a10-minute interview with the girl bythe judges and also how she isdressed for the interview
There is no cost for a girl to par-ticipate in the program The girlsare asked to help sell advertising inthe program (a way to give them ex-perience in new skills) but they arenot required to sell any The moremoney that is brought in through ad-
vertising and donorssponsors themore that goes toward the scholar-ship awards There is no set amountfor each scholarship award Eachyear it is based on how much hasbeen raised for that yearrsquos programThe program recently had afundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings inWestland where 20 percent of thedinerrsquos bill was donated to the pro-gram They will be holding a Poinset-tia Fundraiser November 7-21Prices range from $10-$25 with achoice of red pink or white flowersOrders will then be available for pickup on November 29 If you wouldlike to order poinsettias and help in-crease the scholarship money youcan email Lauren at wayne-west-landdistinguishedyworg
This yearrsquos participants includeJuniors Elaena Wojtowicz
Nicole Duque Kaitlyn Balko EmmaDiamond Hannah Gottman andAntrunika Alonzo
Seniors Kelsie Wysong RianaHardyniec Emily Dietz Brooke Ar-curagi Crystal Pinard Tirzah Aultand Alyssa Brown
The Distinguished Young Womanprogram is being held Friday Decem-ber 4 700 pm at Wayne MemorialHigh Schoolrsquos auditorium Ticketsare $10 if you pre-order them byemailing Lauren at the email listedabove
Tickets are also available thenight of the event for $12 Studenttickets are $8
Everyone is invited to attend Youdo not have to know a girl participat-ing to enjoy the show The 2016 win-ner will go on to the statecompetition held in Saline and thenpossibly to the state competitionheld in Mobile Alabama
Wayne and Westland girls are preparing for the annual Distinguished Young Women
awards on December 4th
Distinguished Young Women awarded next month
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 9
10 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
two Damitio is not able to run again When asked if he would run if he
could he isnrsquot quite sureldquoYou know thatrsquos a good ques-
tionrdquo Damitio begins ldquoI had inten-tions to but I canrsquot say for positivethat I would have I wouldnrsquot haveminded to serve further but at thispoint therersquos no choice reallyrdquo
One thing is for certain howeverThat Damitio is appreciative of theget-well cards prayers and visits hereceived when he was diagnosedwith melanoma cancer in the begin-ning of 2011
ldquoI had a large cyst about the sizeof a fist in my right legrdquo Damitio re-calls ldquoThe morning I dropped off mypetitions to run for council my wifedrove me straight from there to U ofM Hospital for my operation Andthe fact that I received such over-
whelming support from this commu-nity ndash when everyonersquos got their ownproblems ndash makes it even more im-pressiverdquo
To say that Damitio has had agreat run as councilman would be anunderstatement and perhaps thelargest boon is that he continues tolove the City of Wayne
Says Damitio who is also a re-tiree of Chrysler after a 39-year ca-reer as an engineer with thecompany ldquoI love the State WayneTheatre the mural and museumrdquo
With a successful career andtenure as councilman now in hisrearview mirror Damitio and hiswife now look forward to travelingmore The couple has already visitedFrance more than a dozen times andvows to return soon
And just as theyrsquove done in thepast theyrsquoll come right back homehellipto Wayne
The Damitio family Carey Albert Sue David and Amy at the begining of Alberts 22
year council run
Albertrsquos family Connor David Sue Peter Albert Amy and Mike at his last meeting
as councilman in the City of Wayne on November 4 2015
Damitio Continued from page 3
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
By Carolyn Marnon
The Wayne Police Department isbudgeted for 24 police officers andcurrently has 22 There are 3 antic-ipated retirements before July 2016which could bring that numberdown further The training processfor an officer is approximately 4months and hopefully the depart-ment will find candidates to fill someof those roles
The video arraignment equip-ment has now been installed and isworking great The officers have re-cently undergone training in suchareas as felony stops legal updatesfirearms and defensive tactics
Crime numbers for the pastmonth 15 larcenies 1 residentialbreaking and entering 2 ldquootherrdquobreaking and entering 3 stolen vehi-cles 0 arsons 45 assaults 25 trafficcrashes 15 damage to property and1 homicide Crime trends beingnoted are damaged vehicles (such asslashed tires) teens throwing thingsoff the parking structure at vehiclesbelow 7-Eleven robberies and theIRS phone scam With the holidayseason it is expected that there willbe incidents of UPS and FedEx pack-ages being stolen off doorstepsChief Maciag and Sgt Spunar sug-gest that if you arenrsquot going to behome when a package is being deliv-ered to have it sent to a neighborwho is home during the day or elsesent to a UPSFedEx drop spotwhere you can later pick up yourpackage Criminals like easy oppor-tunities and the easier you make itfor them the more likely they willtarget you
Sgt Spunar spoke about the In-vestigations Bureau within the de-partment The number of officers inthe bureau has dropped drasticallyover the years to the two currently init Sgt Spunar is the officer-in-charge he has one detective workingwith him There are no longer offi-cers in the schools Investigationshandles all crimes in the city that areclassified as a felony Misdemeanorsare handled by the patrol officersOther duties of the investigations bu-reau include maintaining the sex of-fender registry (on average about 80offenders) works with the prosec-tory on court cases does gun per-mits FOIA requests and discoveryorders handles the traffic bureauand takes care of the property room
The police department now has aMajor Crime Team consisting of 6 of-ficers who volunteered to be on-callto help with a major crime sceneThey will talk to witnesses and themedia process the crime scene anddo whatever else is needed
The Wayne Police Departmentthinks the best thing the communitycan do is to continue to be the eyesand ears for the police They canrsquotbe everywhere at once Never feellike you are bothering them to reportsomething
6 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
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October Police Community Meeting
Next Community Police meeting
December 3rd730 pm middot Wayne Police Station
33701 Michigan Ave
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 7
By Carolyn Marnon
Biggby Coffee35545 W Michigan Avenue
Hours 6 am-9 pm
Biggby Coffee is a a LansingMichigan-based company All storesare owned by franchisees there areno corporate stores Derek Shearoperating managerowner of theWayne Biggby has lived in Wayne 2years He was tired of working thecorporate life and had the opportu-nity to invest in a community thatneeded help Biggby in Wayneopened in July 2015 They havehad 60 growth since they openedThey are sponsoring the Wayne Me-morial High School Class of 2017Biggby is involved in the local com-munity They are the kick-off loca-tion for Wayne Main Streetrsquos SmallBusiness Saturday event on Novem-ber 28 They provide the coffee forthe Wayne Chamber of CommerceCoffee Connection Bright Futures atWMHS will have a weekly meeting atBiggby
Everything is made fresh Noneof their drinks are made with pushbuttons All is handcrafted whileyou wait Several drinks unique to
the Wayne store are the Frosted Lep-rechaun and Butterbeer All drinkscan be made hot iced or frozen OnMondays during Happy Hour (2pm-7pm) all drinks are half off OnTuesdays city employees and teach-ers can buy 1 drink and get 1 free orthey can get $1 off
Biggby is open to hosting partiesclubs and events They have freehigh speed wifi Eventually theywould like to set up a music night Ifyou have ideas let Derek know nexttime you stop by
Pizmorsquos Market4308 S Wayne Road
Hours 9 am-7 pm
Pizmorsquos Market has only beenopen a few weeks and already theyare developing a following ToddLaCoe and Matt Toyeas are the own-ers and they want you to know theyare not a party store Pizmorsquos spe-cializes in meats seafood and deliThe selection includes fresh tri-tipssirloin filets different types of ham-
burgers and sausages pork prod-ucts chicken and more The burg-ers sausage chicken salad andcocktail sauce are all made in-houseIf the store doesnrsquot carry what youare looking for they will get it foryou They try to carry stuff no oneelse offers
Along with Todd and Matt thereare two employees in the marketYou can find Blazorsquos pies pumpkinraisin bread and rotisserie chicken(not only the whole chicken but youcan also just buy rotiserried parts)They also have a shelf of seasoningsand spices As they grow they willadd additional items to the storeThe door is open and although atfirst glance you might think they arenot yet open they are Go insidesay hello and grab tonightrsquos dinner
Premier Staff Services35145 E Michigan Avenue
Premier Staff Services is a tempo-rary employment agency They spe-cialize in finding people to staff jobssuch as housekeeping warehousingproduction truck driving and hi looperations Placements are madewith companies all over the Detroitarea It is important to have trans-portation in place before applyingKayode Ayodele an employee at thebusiness advises you bring a re-sume with you when you come in Itmakes finding a placement mucheasier if they have something alreadywritten down to look at They cur-rently advertise immediate job open-ings for warehouse productioncertified Hi-Lo operators tool anddie repair overhead crane operatorselectrician truck drivers shippingand receiving computer repair techsmachine repair control engineersand mechanical maintenance
Helium Studio3127 S Wayne Road
Helium Studiorsquos grand openingwill be November 13 Theyrsquoll be open
11 am -8 pm with a reception forthe public at 6 pm snacks and bev-erages will be provided at the recep-tion Dave Jenkins and KimWhite-Jenkins are jewelry makersand the owners Dave and Kim havebeen selling online at shows and atgalleries for years There will be 50makers and artists showcased in thestore at the opening They expect tohave others joining in as the holidayprogresses and more in the new year
ldquoHelium Studio is an artist mar-ket featuring local handmade artistsand makers as well as collectiblevintage pieces Its an extension ofour Helium Studio jewelry brandwhich represents our line of jewelrythat features hammered metals vin-tage elements and found baublesMany people have asked us what thelsquoHeliumrsquo in our name means We be-lieve that it represents our goals forthe shop and our jewelry to be anuplift to our community and to in-spire and to support our artistsrdquostated Kim
There is a classroom that will beoffering opportunities to learn craftsas well as a place for book clubsknitting groups or othergroupsclubs to gather The goal ofHelium Studio is to be a destinationfor handmade and vintage shoppersfrom inside and outside of our com-munity They would love to grow thearts scene in Wayne and do what-ever they can to help recruit busi-nesses to the area and supportWayne artists This includes Matt Ro-chon recently featured in the WayneDispatch and the artist behind theJohn Wayne signs that have beenseen around Wayne in the past Hewill be doing a special piece to markthe Wayne Rd store entrance andwill have some of his art for sale inthe store
New businesses are opening in town
Matt Toyeas and Todd LaCoe show off
fresh salmon at Prizmorsquos Market
Biggby Coffeersquos Austin Hanner Derek
Shear and Destiny Walker at ready to
serve you a fresh beverage
Dave Jenkins and Kim White-Jenkins will
open Helium Studio in Downtown Wayne
November 13th
Located in the Rite Aid Plaza
8 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
By Carolyn Marnon
Twelve to fourteen young womenfrom Wayne and Westland arepreparing for the annual Distin-guished Young Women awards on De-cember 4 Distinguished YoungWomen is a national scholarship pro-gram that inspires high school girlsto develop their full individual po-tential through a fun transformativeexperience that culminates in a cele-bratory showcase of their accom-plishments This is the 49th year forWayneWestland which happens tobe the largest local program in Michi-gan
The focus on the program is onscholarship rather than beauty Theprogram was previously known asJunior Miss but because they weretrying to disassociate themselveswith being thought of as a beautypageant the name was changed toDistinguished Young Women
The motto is ldquoBe your best selfrdquoThe program tries to help girls be-come their individual best physicallymentally educationally and health-wise
Lauren Perry WayneWestlandJunior Miss 2005 is in her 3rd yearas co-director of the local programalong with Jodi Berry The Distin-guished Young Women organizationis one that continually inspiresyoung women while providing themwith opportunities to learn moreabout themselves and their localcommunities This program is onethat I am incredibly proud to be apart of and I find it to have a posi-tive impact on young ladies One ofour main goals is to provide an av-enue for our participants to supple-ment their college experience viascholarship opportunities and to rec-
ognize their individual strengths andcapabilities
In the fall the program seeks outgirls who are interested in participat-ing An orientation follows to givethe girls more information about theprogram There are five mandatorypractices held through October andNovember each about three hourslong These practices include miniworkshops where girls learn inter-view skills how to dress for an inter-view and other important skills ayoung woman should have Theyalso learn a routine for the physicalfitness part of the program
The program has traditionallybeen for high school senior girlsThe program is transitioning to afocus on high school junior girls sothis year there will be juniors andseniors participating The transitioncame about because it was thoughtthat junior girls were beginning theircollege journey and needed help ear-lier with scholarships A senior girlwill become the 2016 winner whilethe junior girl will be named the2017 winner at this yearrsquos event inDecember
The girls are judged in five cate-gories talent poise scholastic inter-view and fitness Two girls will beawarded scholarship money in eachcategory Scholastic is based ontheir transcript in school Fitness isbased on how well they do in a rou-tine the girls all do together Forpoise the girls answer a question onstage wearing a knee-length dressTalent can be anything the girl isgood at A talent does not have to bedancing or singing This year a girlwill be showcasing her bowling tal-ents and another will be showing offher figure skating talents This isdone by showing videos during theirtalent segment while the girl talksabout her talent andor passion onstage in detail Interview involves a10-minute interview with the girl bythe judges and also how she isdressed for the interview
There is no cost for a girl to par-ticipate in the program The girlsare asked to help sell advertising inthe program (a way to give them ex-perience in new skills) but they arenot required to sell any The moremoney that is brought in through ad-
vertising and donorssponsors themore that goes toward the scholar-ship awards There is no set amountfor each scholarship award Eachyear it is based on how much hasbeen raised for that yearrsquos programThe program recently had afundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings inWestland where 20 percent of thedinerrsquos bill was donated to the pro-gram They will be holding a Poinset-tia Fundraiser November 7-21Prices range from $10-$25 with achoice of red pink or white flowersOrders will then be available for pickup on November 29 If you wouldlike to order poinsettias and help in-crease the scholarship money youcan email Lauren at wayne-west-landdistinguishedyworg
This yearrsquos participants includeJuniors Elaena Wojtowicz
Nicole Duque Kaitlyn Balko EmmaDiamond Hannah Gottman andAntrunika Alonzo
Seniors Kelsie Wysong RianaHardyniec Emily Dietz Brooke Ar-curagi Crystal Pinard Tirzah Aultand Alyssa Brown
The Distinguished Young Womanprogram is being held Friday Decem-ber 4 700 pm at Wayne MemorialHigh Schoolrsquos auditorium Ticketsare $10 if you pre-order them byemailing Lauren at the email listedabove
Tickets are also available thenight of the event for $12 Studenttickets are $8
Everyone is invited to attend Youdo not have to know a girl participat-ing to enjoy the show The 2016 win-ner will go on to the statecompetition held in Saline and thenpossibly to the state competitionheld in Mobile Alabama
Wayne and Westland girls are preparing for the annual Distinguished Young Women
awards on December 4th
Distinguished Young Women awarded next month
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 9
10 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
two Damitio is not able to run again When asked if he would run if he
could he isnrsquot quite sureldquoYou know thatrsquos a good ques-
tionrdquo Damitio begins ldquoI had inten-tions to but I canrsquot say for positivethat I would have I wouldnrsquot haveminded to serve further but at thispoint therersquos no choice reallyrdquo
One thing is for certain howeverThat Damitio is appreciative of theget-well cards prayers and visits hereceived when he was diagnosedwith melanoma cancer in the begin-ning of 2011
ldquoI had a large cyst about the sizeof a fist in my right legrdquo Damitio re-calls ldquoThe morning I dropped off mypetitions to run for council my wifedrove me straight from there to U ofM Hospital for my operation Andthe fact that I received such over-
whelming support from this commu-nity ndash when everyonersquos got their ownproblems ndash makes it even more im-pressiverdquo
To say that Damitio has had agreat run as councilman would be anunderstatement and perhaps thelargest boon is that he continues tolove the City of Wayne
Says Damitio who is also a re-tiree of Chrysler after a 39-year ca-reer as an engineer with thecompany ldquoI love the State WayneTheatre the mural and museumrdquo
With a successful career andtenure as councilman now in hisrearview mirror Damitio and hiswife now look forward to travelingmore The couple has already visitedFrance more than a dozen times andvows to return soon
And just as theyrsquove done in thepast theyrsquoll come right back homehellipto Wayne
The Damitio family Carey Albert Sue David and Amy at the begining of Alberts 22
year council run
Albertrsquos family Connor David Sue Peter Albert Amy and Mike at his last meeting
as councilman in the City of Wayne on November 4 2015
Damitio Continued from page 3
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 7
By Carolyn Marnon
Biggby Coffee35545 W Michigan Avenue
Hours 6 am-9 pm
Biggby Coffee is a a LansingMichigan-based company All storesare owned by franchisees there areno corporate stores Derek Shearoperating managerowner of theWayne Biggby has lived in Wayne 2years He was tired of working thecorporate life and had the opportu-nity to invest in a community thatneeded help Biggby in Wayneopened in July 2015 They havehad 60 growth since they openedThey are sponsoring the Wayne Me-morial High School Class of 2017Biggby is involved in the local com-munity They are the kick-off loca-tion for Wayne Main Streetrsquos SmallBusiness Saturday event on Novem-ber 28 They provide the coffee forthe Wayne Chamber of CommerceCoffee Connection Bright Futures atWMHS will have a weekly meeting atBiggby
Everything is made fresh Noneof their drinks are made with pushbuttons All is handcrafted whileyou wait Several drinks unique to
the Wayne store are the Frosted Lep-rechaun and Butterbeer All drinkscan be made hot iced or frozen OnMondays during Happy Hour (2pm-7pm) all drinks are half off OnTuesdays city employees and teach-ers can buy 1 drink and get 1 free orthey can get $1 off
Biggby is open to hosting partiesclubs and events They have freehigh speed wifi Eventually theywould like to set up a music night Ifyou have ideas let Derek know nexttime you stop by
Pizmorsquos Market4308 S Wayne Road
Hours 9 am-7 pm
Pizmorsquos Market has only beenopen a few weeks and already theyare developing a following ToddLaCoe and Matt Toyeas are the own-ers and they want you to know theyare not a party store Pizmorsquos spe-cializes in meats seafood and deliThe selection includes fresh tri-tipssirloin filets different types of ham-
burgers and sausages pork prod-ucts chicken and more The burg-ers sausage chicken salad andcocktail sauce are all made in-houseIf the store doesnrsquot carry what youare looking for they will get it foryou They try to carry stuff no oneelse offers
Along with Todd and Matt thereare two employees in the marketYou can find Blazorsquos pies pumpkinraisin bread and rotisserie chicken(not only the whole chicken but youcan also just buy rotiserried parts)They also have a shelf of seasoningsand spices As they grow they willadd additional items to the storeThe door is open and although atfirst glance you might think they arenot yet open they are Go insidesay hello and grab tonightrsquos dinner
Premier Staff Services35145 E Michigan Avenue
Premier Staff Services is a tempo-rary employment agency They spe-cialize in finding people to staff jobssuch as housekeeping warehousingproduction truck driving and hi looperations Placements are madewith companies all over the Detroitarea It is important to have trans-portation in place before applyingKayode Ayodele an employee at thebusiness advises you bring a re-sume with you when you come in Itmakes finding a placement mucheasier if they have something alreadywritten down to look at They cur-rently advertise immediate job open-ings for warehouse productioncertified Hi-Lo operators tool anddie repair overhead crane operatorselectrician truck drivers shippingand receiving computer repair techsmachine repair control engineersand mechanical maintenance
Helium Studio3127 S Wayne Road
Helium Studiorsquos grand openingwill be November 13 Theyrsquoll be open
11 am -8 pm with a reception forthe public at 6 pm snacks and bev-erages will be provided at the recep-tion Dave Jenkins and KimWhite-Jenkins are jewelry makersand the owners Dave and Kim havebeen selling online at shows and atgalleries for years There will be 50makers and artists showcased in thestore at the opening They expect tohave others joining in as the holidayprogresses and more in the new year
ldquoHelium Studio is an artist mar-ket featuring local handmade artistsand makers as well as collectiblevintage pieces Its an extension ofour Helium Studio jewelry brandwhich represents our line of jewelrythat features hammered metals vin-tage elements and found baublesMany people have asked us what thelsquoHeliumrsquo in our name means We be-lieve that it represents our goals forthe shop and our jewelry to be anuplift to our community and to in-spire and to support our artistsrdquostated Kim
There is a classroom that will beoffering opportunities to learn craftsas well as a place for book clubsknitting groups or othergroupsclubs to gather The goal ofHelium Studio is to be a destinationfor handmade and vintage shoppersfrom inside and outside of our com-munity They would love to grow thearts scene in Wayne and do what-ever they can to help recruit busi-nesses to the area and supportWayne artists This includes Matt Ro-chon recently featured in the WayneDispatch and the artist behind theJohn Wayne signs that have beenseen around Wayne in the past Hewill be doing a special piece to markthe Wayne Rd store entrance andwill have some of his art for sale inthe store
New businesses are opening in town
Matt Toyeas and Todd LaCoe show off
fresh salmon at Prizmorsquos Market
Biggby Coffeersquos Austin Hanner Derek
Shear and Destiny Walker at ready to
serve you a fresh beverage
Dave Jenkins and Kim White-Jenkins will
open Helium Studio in Downtown Wayne
November 13th
Located in the Rite Aid Plaza
8 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
By Carolyn Marnon
Twelve to fourteen young womenfrom Wayne and Westland arepreparing for the annual Distin-guished Young Women awards on De-cember 4 Distinguished YoungWomen is a national scholarship pro-gram that inspires high school girlsto develop their full individual po-tential through a fun transformativeexperience that culminates in a cele-bratory showcase of their accom-plishments This is the 49th year forWayneWestland which happens tobe the largest local program in Michi-gan
The focus on the program is onscholarship rather than beauty Theprogram was previously known asJunior Miss but because they weretrying to disassociate themselveswith being thought of as a beautypageant the name was changed toDistinguished Young Women
The motto is ldquoBe your best selfrdquoThe program tries to help girls be-come their individual best physicallymentally educationally and health-wise
Lauren Perry WayneWestlandJunior Miss 2005 is in her 3rd yearas co-director of the local programalong with Jodi Berry The Distin-guished Young Women organizationis one that continually inspiresyoung women while providing themwith opportunities to learn moreabout themselves and their localcommunities This program is onethat I am incredibly proud to be apart of and I find it to have a posi-tive impact on young ladies One ofour main goals is to provide an av-enue for our participants to supple-ment their college experience viascholarship opportunities and to rec-
ognize their individual strengths andcapabilities
In the fall the program seeks outgirls who are interested in participat-ing An orientation follows to givethe girls more information about theprogram There are five mandatorypractices held through October andNovember each about three hourslong These practices include miniworkshops where girls learn inter-view skills how to dress for an inter-view and other important skills ayoung woman should have Theyalso learn a routine for the physicalfitness part of the program
The program has traditionallybeen for high school senior girlsThe program is transitioning to afocus on high school junior girls sothis year there will be juniors andseniors participating The transitioncame about because it was thoughtthat junior girls were beginning theircollege journey and needed help ear-lier with scholarships A senior girlwill become the 2016 winner whilethe junior girl will be named the2017 winner at this yearrsquos event inDecember
The girls are judged in five cate-gories talent poise scholastic inter-view and fitness Two girls will beawarded scholarship money in eachcategory Scholastic is based ontheir transcript in school Fitness isbased on how well they do in a rou-tine the girls all do together Forpoise the girls answer a question onstage wearing a knee-length dressTalent can be anything the girl isgood at A talent does not have to bedancing or singing This year a girlwill be showcasing her bowling tal-ents and another will be showing offher figure skating talents This isdone by showing videos during theirtalent segment while the girl talksabout her talent andor passion onstage in detail Interview involves a10-minute interview with the girl bythe judges and also how she isdressed for the interview
There is no cost for a girl to par-ticipate in the program The girlsare asked to help sell advertising inthe program (a way to give them ex-perience in new skills) but they arenot required to sell any The moremoney that is brought in through ad-
vertising and donorssponsors themore that goes toward the scholar-ship awards There is no set amountfor each scholarship award Eachyear it is based on how much hasbeen raised for that yearrsquos programThe program recently had afundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings inWestland where 20 percent of thedinerrsquos bill was donated to the pro-gram They will be holding a Poinset-tia Fundraiser November 7-21Prices range from $10-$25 with achoice of red pink or white flowersOrders will then be available for pickup on November 29 If you wouldlike to order poinsettias and help in-crease the scholarship money youcan email Lauren at wayne-west-landdistinguishedyworg
This yearrsquos participants includeJuniors Elaena Wojtowicz
Nicole Duque Kaitlyn Balko EmmaDiamond Hannah Gottman andAntrunika Alonzo
Seniors Kelsie Wysong RianaHardyniec Emily Dietz Brooke Ar-curagi Crystal Pinard Tirzah Aultand Alyssa Brown
The Distinguished Young Womanprogram is being held Friday Decem-ber 4 700 pm at Wayne MemorialHigh Schoolrsquos auditorium Ticketsare $10 if you pre-order them byemailing Lauren at the email listedabove
Tickets are also available thenight of the event for $12 Studenttickets are $8
Everyone is invited to attend Youdo not have to know a girl participat-ing to enjoy the show The 2016 win-ner will go on to the statecompetition held in Saline and thenpossibly to the state competitionheld in Mobile Alabama
Wayne and Westland girls are preparing for the annual Distinguished Young Women
awards on December 4th
Distinguished Young Women awarded next month
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 9
10 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
two Damitio is not able to run again When asked if he would run if he
could he isnrsquot quite sureldquoYou know thatrsquos a good ques-
tionrdquo Damitio begins ldquoI had inten-tions to but I canrsquot say for positivethat I would have I wouldnrsquot haveminded to serve further but at thispoint therersquos no choice reallyrdquo
One thing is for certain howeverThat Damitio is appreciative of theget-well cards prayers and visits hereceived when he was diagnosedwith melanoma cancer in the begin-ning of 2011
ldquoI had a large cyst about the sizeof a fist in my right legrdquo Damitio re-calls ldquoThe morning I dropped off mypetitions to run for council my wifedrove me straight from there to U ofM Hospital for my operation Andthe fact that I received such over-
whelming support from this commu-nity ndash when everyonersquos got their ownproblems ndash makes it even more im-pressiverdquo
To say that Damitio has had agreat run as councilman would be anunderstatement and perhaps thelargest boon is that he continues tolove the City of Wayne
Says Damitio who is also a re-tiree of Chrysler after a 39-year ca-reer as an engineer with thecompany ldquoI love the State WayneTheatre the mural and museumrdquo
With a successful career andtenure as councilman now in hisrearview mirror Damitio and hiswife now look forward to travelingmore The couple has already visitedFrance more than a dozen times andvows to return soon
And just as theyrsquove done in thepast theyrsquoll come right back homehellipto Wayne
The Damitio family Carey Albert Sue David and Amy at the begining of Alberts 22
year council run
Albertrsquos family Connor David Sue Peter Albert Amy and Mike at his last meeting
as councilman in the City of Wayne on November 4 2015
Damitio Continued from page 3
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
8 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
By Carolyn Marnon
Twelve to fourteen young womenfrom Wayne and Westland arepreparing for the annual Distin-guished Young Women awards on De-cember 4 Distinguished YoungWomen is a national scholarship pro-gram that inspires high school girlsto develop their full individual po-tential through a fun transformativeexperience that culminates in a cele-bratory showcase of their accom-plishments This is the 49th year forWayneWestland which happens tobe the largest local program in Michi-gan
The focus on the program is onscholarship rather than beauty Theprogram was previously known asJunior Miss but because they weretrying to disassociate themselveswith being thought of as a beautypageant the name was changed toDistinguished Young Women
The motto is ldquoBe your best selfrdquoThe program tries to help girls be-come their individual best physicallymentally educationally and health-wise
Lauren Perry WayneWestlandJunior Miss 2005 is in her 3rd yearas co-director of the local programalong with Jodi Berry The Distin-guished Young Women organizationis one that continually inspiresyoung women while providing themwith opportunities to learn moreabout themselves and their localcommunities This program is onethat I am incredibly proud to be apart of and I find it to have a posi-tive impact on young ladies One ofour main goals is to provide an av-enue for our participants to supple-ment their college experience viascholarship opportunities and to rec-
ognize their individual strengths andcapabilities
In the fall the program seeks outgirls who are interested in participat-ing An orientation follows to givethe girls more information about theprogram There are five mandatorypractices held through October andNovember each about three hourslong These practices include miniworkshops where girls learn inter-view skills how to dress for an inter-view and other important skills ayoung woman should have Theyalso learn a routine for the physicalfitness part of the program
The program has traditionallybeen for high school senior girlsThe program is transitioning to afocus on high school junior girls sothis year there will be juniors andseniors participating The transitioncame about because it was thoughtthat junior girls were beginning theircollege journey and needed help ear-lier with scholarships A senior girlwill become the 2016 winner whilethe junior girl will be named the2017 winner at this yearrsquos event inDecember
The girls are judged in five cate-gories talent poise scholastic inter-view and fitness Two girls will beawarded scholarship money in eachcategory Scholastic is based ontheir transcript in school Fitness isbased on how well they do in a rou-tine the girls all do together Forpoise the girls answer a question onstage wearing a knee-length dressTalent can be anything the girl isgood at A talent does not have to bedancing or singing This year a girlwill be showcasing her bowling tal-ents and another will be showing offher figure skating talents This isdone by showing videos during theirtalent segment while the girl talksabout her talent andor passion onstage in detail Interview involves a10-minute interview with the girl bythe judges and also how she isdressed for the interview
There is no cost for a girl to par-ticipate in the program The girlsare asked to help sell advertising inthe program (a way to give them ex-perience in new skills) but they arenot required to sell any The moremoney that is brought in through ad-
vertising and donorssponsors themore that goes toward the scholar-ship awards There is no set amountfor each scholarship award Eachyear it is based on how much hasbeen raised for that yearrsquos programThe program recently had afundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings inWestland where 20 percent of thedinerrsquos bill was donated to the pro-gram They will be holding a Poinset-tia Fundraiser November 7-21Prices range from $10-$25 with achoice of red pink or white flowersOrders will then be available for pickup on November 29 If you wouldlike to order poinsettias and help in-crease the scholarship money youcan email Lauren at wayne-west-landdistinguishedyworg
This yearrsquos participants includeJuniors Elaena Wojtowicz
Nicole Duque Kaitlyn Balko EmmaDiamond Hannah Gottman andAntrunika Alonzo
Seniors Kelsie Wysong RianaHardyniec Emily Dietz Brooke Ar-curagi Crystal Pinard Tirzah Aultand Alyssa Brown
The Distinguished Young Womanprogram is being held Friday Decem-ber 4 700 pm at Wayne MemorialHigh Schoolrsquos auditorium Ticketsare $10 if you pre-order them byemailing Lauren at the email listedabove
Tickets are also available thenight of the event for $12 Studenttickets are $8
Everyone is invited to attend Youdo not have to know a girl participat-ing to enjoy the show The 2016 win-ner will go on to the statecompetition held in Saline and thenpossibly to the state competitionheld in Mobile Alabama
Wayne and Westland girls are preparing for the annual Distinguished Young Women
awards on December 4th
Distinguished Young Women awarded next month
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 9
10 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
two Damitio is not able to run again When asked if he would run if he
could he isnrsquot quite sureldquoYou know thatrsquos a good ques-
tionrdquo Damitio begins ldquoI had inten-tions to but I canrsquot say for positivethat I would have I wouldnrsquot haveminded to serve further but at thispoint therersquos no choice reallyrdquo
One thing is for certain howeverThat Damitio is appreciative of theget-well cards prayers and visits hereceived when he was diagnosedwith melanoma cancer in the begin-ning of 2011
ldquoI had a large cyst about the sizeof a fist in my right legrdquo Damitio re-calls ldquoThe morning I dropped off mypetitions to run for council my wifedrove me straight from there to U ofM Hospital for my operation Andthe fact that I received such over-
whelming support from this commu-nity ndash when everyonersquos got their ownproblems ndash makes it even more im-pressiverdquo
To say that Damitio has had agreat run as councilman would be anunderstatement and perhaps thelargest boon is that he continues tolove the City of Wayne
Says Damitio who is also a re-tiree of Chrysler after a 39-year ca-reer as an engineer with thecompany ldquoI love the State WayneTheatre the mural and museumrdquo
With a successful career andtenure as councilman now in hisrearview mirror Damitio and hiswife now look forward to travelingmore The couple has already visitedFrance more than a dozen times andvows to return soon
And just as theyrsquove done in thepast theyrsquoll come right back homehellipto Wayne
The Damitio family Carey Albert Sue David and Amy at the begining of Alberts 22
year council run
Albertrsquos family Connor David Sue Peter Albert Amy and Mike at his last meeting
as councilman in the City of Wayne on November 4 2015
Damitio Continued from page 3
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 9
10 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
two Damitio is not able to run again When asked if he would run if he
could he isnrsquot quite sureldquoYou know thatrsquos a good ques-
tionrdquo Damitio begins ldquoI had inten-tions to but I canrsquot say for positivethat I would have I wouldnrsquot haveminded to serve further but at thispoint therersquos no choice reallyrdquo
One thing is for certain howeverThat Damitio is appreciative of theget-well cards prayers and visits hereceived when he was diagnosedwith melanoma cancer in the begin-ning of 2011
ldquoI had a large cyst about the sizeof a fist in my right legrdquo Damitio re-calls ldquoThe morning I dropped off mypetitions to run for council my wifedrove me straight from there to U ofM Hospital for my operation Andthe fact that I received such over-
whelming support from this commu-nity ndash when everyonersquos got their ownproblems ndash makes it even more im-pressiverdquo
To say that Damitio has had agreat run as councilman would be anunderstatement and perhaps thelargest boon is that he continues tolove the City of Wayne
Says Damitio who is also a re-tiree of Chrysler after a 39-year ca-reer as an engineer with thecompany ldquoI love the State WayneTheatre the mural and museumrdquo
With a successful career andtenure as councilman now in hisrearview mirror Damitio and hiswife now look forward to travelingmore The couple has already visitedFrance more than a dozen times andvows to return soon
And just as theyrsquove done in thepast theyrsquoll come right back homehellipto Wayne
The Damitio family Carey Albert Sue David and Amy at the begining of Alberts 22
year council run
Albertrsquos family Connor David Sue Peter Albert Amy and Mike at his last meeting
as councilman in the City of Wayne on November 4 2015
Damitio Continued from page 3
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
10 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
two Damitio is not able to run again When asked if he would run if he
could he isnrsquot quite sureldquoYou know thatrsquos a good ques-
tionrdquo Damitio begins ldquoI had inten-tions to but I canrsquot say for positivethat I would have I wouldnrsquot haveminded to serve further but at thispoint therersquos no choice reallyrdquo
One thing is for certain howeverThat Damitio is appreciative of theget-well cards prayers and visits hereceived when he was diagnosedwith melanoma cancer in the begin-ning of 2011
ldquoI had a large cyst about the sizeof a fist in my right legrdquo Damitio re-calls ldquoThe morning I dropped off mypetitions to run for council my wifedrove me straight from there to U ofM Hospital for my operation Andthe fact that I received such over-
whelming support from this commu-nity ndash when everyonersquos got their ownproblems ndash makes it even more im-pressiverdquo
To say that Damitio has had agreat run as councilman would be anunderstatement and perhaps thelargest boon is that he continues tolove the City of Wayne
Says Damitio who is also a re-tiree of Chrysler after a 39-year ca-reer as an engineer with thecompany ldquoI love the State WayneTheatre the mural and museumrdquo
With a successful career andtenure as councilman now in hisrearview mirror Damitio and hiswife now look forward to travelingmore The couple has already visitedFrance more than a dozen times andvows to return soon
And just as theyrsquove done in thepast theyrsquoll come right back homehellipto Wayne
The Damitio family Carey Albert Sue David and Amy at the begining of Alberts 22
year council run
Albertrsquos family Connor David Sue Peter Albert Amy and Mike at his last meeting
as councilman in the City of Wayne on November 4 2015
Damitio Continued from page 3
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 11
Saturday November 28th 2015
Small Business Saturday is anAmerican shopping holiday held onthe Saturday after US Thanksgivingduring one of the busiest shoppingperiods of the year First observedon November 27 2010 it is a coun-terpart to Black Friday and CyberMonday which feature big box retailand e-commerce stores respectivelyBy contrast Small Business Satur-day encourages holiday shoppers topatronize brick and mortar busi-nesses that are small and localSmall Business Saturday is a regis-tered trademark of American Ex-press corporation
This year our celebration isgoing to be even bigger than lastyear Shop Small Passports a scav-enger hunt carolers multiple doorprize drawings a gift wrapping sta-tion and more ndash you wonrsquot want tomiss the big day1000 am ndash 1200 pm
at Biggby Coffee
Stop into our local Biggby Coffeebetween 10 am and 12 pm to pick
up your FREE shopping bag ShopSmall Passport and event informa-tion Then hit the town to collectstamps on your passport listen tothe sounds of carolers and partici-pate in the Shop Small scavengerhunt all while supporting our localeconomy
1200 pm ndash 300 pm
at Wayne Historical Museum
End the event by stopping intothe Wayne Historical Museum toturn in your Shop Small Passport tobe entered to win one of several doorprizes You can warm up with hotchocolate and get the gifts that youpurchased wrapped at the gift wrap-ping station
Small Business Saturday
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
12 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Our newest Diamond of the Com-munity---Lois Van Stipdonk is awoman of great charm talent anddoer of many good works Wayne isa better place because of Lois She isan officer in our cityrsquos Rotary Club aformer Director of the Wayne Libraryand she and her husband John aremembers of the Detroit ldquoMassMobrdquo It was inspired by BuffalorsquosldquoMass Mobrdquo Movement
On a chosen Sunday everyone at-tends Mass at a specific parish TheMasses have drawn as many as 2000people filling these beautiful oldchurches and providing them withmonetary support To get a scheduleof upcoming Masses and Churchesgoogle ldquoMass Mobrdquo
Lois was honored with dinner atWaynersquos Community Center on 915She received plaques from WaynersquosCommission on Aging and the WayneCounty Commission Thankingeveryone especially her husbandJohn whom she decided to marryafter their 3rd date This yearmarked their 50th Anniversary
After the dinner Lois was pro-claimed this yearrsquos Diamond of theCommunity by the Wayne City Coun-cil
Lois says her service to the Com-munity stems from John FKennedyrsquos speech---ldquoAsk not whatyour Country can do for you butrather what you can do for yourcountryrdquo
Another Garden Club Memberalso took a trip ldquoacross the pondrdquothis summer
Jo Ann Hanson the Clubrsquos formerPresident vacationed in Englandand France
She caught up with friends whomshe knew as a flight attendant withTWA
She flew lsquostand byrsquo from Chicagoso was able to fly first class bothgoing and returning Her first stopwas London where Sue her friend of50 years picked her up
First things first donrsquot you agree---so they immediately went shopping
Next morning they left by ferryfor St Malo France St Malo is inthe cultural Region of Brittany Itrsquosfamous for being a walled fishing vil-lage located on The English Channel
Another village visited was Quim-per which JoAnn describes as beinglike our Maine seacoast with muchmuch seafood It is also renowned asa center for the popular QuimperPottery
The house where they stayed iscalled a Longere Many of thesehomes started out as an enclosurefor farm animals then little by littlethe family built additions as theywere needed These were usuallybuilt at each end of the original struc-ture which ended up as a long thinbuilding
Along with viewing Chateaux andCathedrals good friends came tovisit from Ireland and theCotswoldrsquos And always there wasshopping and enjoying all thatseafood
Arriving when the Camillas werein bloom Jo Ann left when it waslilac time
And we are so glad to have herhome
The newest member of our WayneLibrary is Rachel Ditmore She is apage and we were so pleased to meether at last monthrsquos Board Meeting Asmiling lovely young woman who isthe granddaughter of Patty DitmoreOne cannot live in Wayne without ei-ther meeting Ms Ditmore or at least
talking to her on the phone She hasworked at the Waynersquos Public WorksDepartment for 57 years
Arenrsquot we lucky to have bothGrandmum and Granddaughterworking for our City
Nancy Wojewski Noel Director ofWaynersquos Hype Senior Center tells mehow happy she is with this yearrsquosSenior Olympics Along with 15other Western Wayne County Com-munities our city had a very fineshowing
Of the 37 residents 21 medalswere given out There were 14 goldmedals 4 silver and 3 bronze Thiswas the 11th annual SeniorOlympics and itrsquos open to senior res-idents who are 50 or older
Two of our Garden Club FriendsPhyllis Stein and Jean Radley are onthe mend As is Sharron (Mrs WildBill) Copland
Prayers are still needed forDonna McMurray
The Annual Biddle Street BlockParty was held later than usual thisyear---on September 10 to be exactIt started with the ldquoGeorge WoottonOpenrdquo the yearly golf game that hon-ors the memory of Mr WoottonThis was the 20th year of the ldquoOpenrdquoThere were games for the kids greatrefreshments---and the exciting mo-ment when our Wayne Westland FireDepartment showed up in their hugered truck
More Library news another pageMaggie Wax has been hired She willcover the other page shifts SadlyKim Smith the friendly and helpfulgal behind the circulation desk hasleft after 25 years at the Wayne Li-brary Goodbye Kim---we will missyou
Dee Ryan
Footprints
of Wayne
Van Stipdonk newest diamond of the community
Retired Judge Carolyn A Archbold passed
away on October 26 2015 She served with
distinction as the District Judge for the City
of Wayne from September 23 1985 until her
retirement on November 1 2003 She was
70 years old
According to one of her many friends retired
Judge Milton Mack ldquoCarolyn Archbold was
a champion of the underdog highly intelligent
a great golfer and a fierce competitor She
had extremely high ethical standards and did
not hesitate to stand up for her principlesrdquo
She was a leader among judges serving as
Chief Judge of the 29th District Court for 18
years and as President of the Michigan Dis-
trict Judges Association in 1996 She men-
tored new judges and partnered with the
Third Circuit Court to start a juvenile justice
program at the 29th District Court which
continues to this day She was regarded as
an outstanding jurist by litigants and attor-
neys alike and ldquoa lot of funrdquo by her col-
leagues She was a world traveler but also
enjoyed her homes on Hubbard Lake in north-
ern Michigan and in Palm Springs California
She loved her nieces and was an avid gar-
dener
Judge Laura Mack said ldquoWhen I look at
Judge Archboldrsquos portrait every day in court
I am reminded that I would not be there but
for her When she decided to retire she ac-
tively recruited me and then recommended
my appointment to Governor Granholm I
wish she could have enjoyed a longer retire-
mentrdquo
There was no memorial service but donations
can be made in her name to Hospice of Michi-
gan 989 Spaulding SE Ada MI 49301 May
you rest in peace Judge Archbold knowing
that you made the world a better place
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
By Dave Merchant
The Zebra cross country team al-ways has a tough league to run inand this season was no differentTwo of the top three teams in thestate are in their conference Thenumber two team is Northville andthe number three team is Novi
Boysrsquo cross country Coach TomGibson had his work cut out for himthis season Last year his team hadfour runners who ran a seventeen-minute or better race and one thatbroke 1900 minutes Four of themgot scholarships for cross countrytwo to Madonna University and twoto Lawrence Technological Univer-sity One runner finished in 51st atthe state and the other finished 66th
Last year the team took fifth inthe division He lost nine boys Six tograduation one to injury and tworunners from last year quit Lastyear they were fifth in the divisionand this year they were 12 out of 12
It was a challenge this season towork with an almost totally newteam of runners Dealing with whathe had was a lot of track and base-ball athletes that had never run a 5KSome were distance runners andsome were sprinters
Gibsonrsquos top runner and juniorcaptain was Jamie Carranza
ldquoActually he was our number fiverunner from last yearrdquo Gibson re-marked ldquoThis year he learned howto run in front last year he wasbeing pulled by four seniorsrdquo
The top five runners on the teamthis year were senior Kaleb Allenjuniors Sagib Garcia and Tyler West-fall along with sophomore CodyMacuga
ldquoAll the boys on the team workedreally hardrdquo he said ldquoThe team im-
proved over two and half minutesover the seasonrdquo
The major win for the team wasbeating the John Glenn Rockets inthe dual season At the league meetthe Zebras finished 12 out of 12
They are still looking to improvefor next summer Gibson said it re-ally doesnrsquot matter what other sportsthey play just as long as they com-pete
ldquoWe have swimmers baseballplayers and track runnersrdquo he saidldquoCardio is the biggest thing (for train-ing) I do encourage trackrdquo
He is looking for numbers againnext year and if they could have amuch better year he says that wouldbe a plus
The Wayne boysrsquo cross countryteam competed at the Class A re-gional at Lake Erie Metro Park on
HalloweenThe girlsrsquo cross country team this
season was made up of juniorsNikita Bhangu and Melanie Climersophomores Jessica Leigh and Alli-son Jones and a couple of freshmenMcKaylah Gidner and Faithann Den-nis Girlsrsquo Coach Kathy Hansencouldnrsquot be prouder of her bunch ofharriers
ldquoThis season has been going ex-ceptionally wellrdquo Hansen said ldquoWecame into the season with four re-turning runners who all ran over thesummer They put in some seriousmiles (3 of the 4 ran over 500 milesin 100 days)rdquo
She said it is a testament to howwell they are doing this season
ldquoTheir times significantly im-proved the first meet this seasonand have been dropping steadily eversince (3-5 minutes for each girl)rdquoshe commented (Jessica) Leighbroke the school record October 13when we faced John Glenn Her timewas 2015 which beat the old mark
of 2022 set in 1980 by LauraWeyand
ldquoGidner has also been a standoutrunning times that make her one ofthe fastest freshman in the girlsteam historyrdquo she said ldquoGidner isrunning right up there with our up-perclassmen (Nikita) Bhangu and(Melaina) Climer The leadershipthat the latter two show make thisteam greatrdquo
So far this year the Zebras haveplaced 3rd at the Crestwood Invita-tional 16th at the Wayne CountyChampionship and 10th in theKLAA Conference Meet These arethe highest places the team has got-ten in years according to Hansen
ldquoI am so proud of how the girlshave been running this seasonrdquo shesaid ldquoThe time and effort they putinto practices and meets is tremen-dous and it shows in their timesNext year they look to be even betterrdquo
The girlsrsquo competed on Halloweenand the Class A regional finalsagainst 10-12 teams
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 13
Wayne boyrsquos cross country on a learning curve
From top left Nikita Bhangu Kaleb Allen Trever Lloyd Andrew Winters Coach Tom Gibson Coach Kathy Hansen Jesse Jarvis
Faithann Dennis Middle from left McKaylah Gidner Tyler Westfall Sagib Garcia Jessica Leigh Dennie Williams IV Cody
Macuga Jamie Carranza Jr Bottom from left Alyssa Johnson Joshua Harper Melaina Climer Kolby Hood Austin Bazan
Allison Jones
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
POSTAL CUSTOMER
14 middot November 2015 - The Wayne Dispatch
Monumental experience for grieving parentsBy Carolyn Marnon
Tears fell as family members re-membered their babies at the unveil-ing of the TEARS monument inWayne on October 10 The parkinglot of Harry J Will Funeral Home wascrowded with friends family andothering caring citizens
The ceremony opened with SarahTweet singing ldquoA Motherrsquos PrayerrdquoMichael Majeski led the audience inthe opening prayer followed byBuddy Shuh Michiganrsquos TEARS rep-resentative giving the opening re-marks
He thanked the many supportersincluding Dignity Memorial whoserepresentative Kevin Bullock alsospoke
Sarah Slack the founder ofTEARS told her story of loss andwhat led her to establish the TEARSFoundation Buddy Shuh thenspoke about how he came to be in-volved with the TEARS Foundationafter an appearance on ldquoThe BiggestLoserrdquo
The Shuh family Harry J Will Fu-neral Home representatives Patton
Monument representatives and rep-resentatives from TEARS gatheredaround the new memorial before un-veiling it to the crowd
Sheri Blumberg recited herpoem ldquoAngel of Hoperdquo that was writ-ten for her baby Tessa Joy Blum-berg
As Shelby Shuh read the namesof all the children memorialized on
the monument roses were handedout to the families as they ap-proached the monument so theycould place them in a large vase atthe monument
While Sarah Tweet sang ldquoFlyrdquo awhite dove was released from a bas-ket into the sky
Rev Tyson Noffzinger said theclosing prayer to end the ceremony
Attendees were invited into the fu-neral home for appetizers and bever-ages They were also invited to usepaper and a crayon to make rub-bings from the monument beforeleaving
You can visit the TEARS monu-ment outside the parking lot ofHarry J Will Funeral Home on Michi-gan Avenue
Tears monument unveiled in front of Harry J Will Funeral Home Photo by Kathy Hansen
The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
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The Wayne Dispatch - November 2015 middot 15
Wayne Police Department
recieves grants for radiosThe Citys grant writing team just
received word that the grant theysubmitted to Lowes for police radioshas been awarded to the Wayne Po-lice Department This grant coupledwith a recent grant from the FordFund (with help from the Wayne Ro-tary) will certainly help to keep ourofficers safe Congrats to the WaynePolice Department (Total for radiosto date with grant awards$3195085)
Holiday night
at the museum On Saturday December 5th
from 600-730 pm please join usfor the Christmas Tree Lighting Cer-emony taking place at the Wayne His-torical Museum There will bemusical performances by the WayneMemorial High School band andchoir a visit from Santa Claus activ-ities for the children free coffee hotchocolate and cookies provided by
McDonalds Biggby Coffee BakersAcre and MI Works We want tothank our partners the Wayne Ro-tary Wayne Main Street and theWayne Chamber for their help withthe planning efforts Also thank youto our sponsors for your kind dona-tions
Small Business SaturdayJoin Wayne Main Street and
American Express as they promoteSmall Business Saturday heldyearly on the Saturday after Thanks-giving
The event will kick-off this year at10 am Saturday November 28 atthe new Biggby in Wayne Pick up apassport a totebag and other good-ies and get ready to shop WayneMain Street will be at Biggby from 10am until noon
After you are done shopping andsupporting your local Wayne smallbusinesses you can take your pur-chases to the Historical Museumuntil 3 pm and get them giftwrapped for a small donation
Simply the BestOctober 16 with her parents looking on Samatha Best realizes she has the white
rose and just became Wayne Memorialrsquos Homecoming Queen
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