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Thursday January 20, 2000
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TODAY COMMUNITY LIFE
Bom to sing: Reiser's Lounge offers an after-noon of karaoke fun for children every Sunday, free of charge. Kids of all ages are finding the star within on the stage of the Westland night spot./B1
It's cookie time: Local ~ Girl Scouts are out in droves selling America's favorite treats — Girl Scout cookies./B1
AT HOME
Floor show: Domestic and exotic woods make inter-esting floor styles./D6
ENTERTAINMENT
Music: The Ann Arbor Folk Festival on Jan. 29 features Arlo Guthrie and local performers such as Matt Watroba, a teacher at Plymouth Canton High School. / E l
Dining: There's lots of old-fashioned surf 'n ' turf on the menu at City Limits Grille in Plymouth Town-ship. / E8
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Ready for prime time: Mike LaMasse smiles on campus at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti last week as he anticipates his upcoming trip to California, where he will compete on a college version of thepame show, "Jeopardy!"
Quiz master Salem grad will star on college \Jeopardy!'
BY HEATHER NEEDHAM STAFF WRITER
and Eastern Michigan University student who is getting a chance to test his knowledge on t he "Jeop-ardy? 12th Annual College Champi-onship." * Who is Michael La Masse?
The answer, phrased in. the form of s question is correct, as •Jeop-ardy!" host Alex Trebek might say.
La Masse, an EMU philosophy major, sophomore and Plymouth-Salem graduate, will be among 15
since he was about 11 years old. "1 reacted a lot more coolly than
my mother did," La Masse said of
college s tudents from across t he nation competing on the trivia game show. Taping of all 10 episodes was J a n . 15-16 and the expected a i r dates are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7-11 and Feb. 14-18 on WDIV-TV Channel 4. He said he has watched "Jeopardy!"
contestant. He applied to be a con-testant over the Internet last sum-mer.
The news came j u s t before Thanksgiving - a time when good news was particularly welcome. His fa ther , Brian, 39. died of cancer complications just days before. He worked at Awrey Bakery on Farm-ington in Livonia and drove Michael to a ; Ju ly show audi t ion In Indi-anapolis.
"He was a great influence on my life," Michael said of h is fa ther , whom he described as very intelli-gent.
His mother took a more sentimen-
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High-speed crash kills Canton man
Police are inves t igat ing whether alcohol and marijuana use p layed a role in t h e w e e k e n d crash that ki l led Scott Velasquez, 20, of Can-ton and a fr iend from Westland. Velasquez was a backseat passenger in the car.
BY DARRELL CLEM STAFF WRITER dclemeoe.homecomm.net
Westland police are fnvest igat ing whether marijuana and alcohol played a role in a 91 mph, one-car crash that killed two people, including a 20-year-old Canton man, and injured three oth-ers early Saturday.
The five young men had been to a party, police said.
"There may be some evidence lead-ing toward narcotic use, marijuana in particular," Officer Jack Mcintosh said Tuesday. "The use of narcotics and/or alcohol is being investigated."
However, official autopsy results on driver Brian ODonnell, 18. of West-land. and backseat passenger Scott Velasquez, 20. of--€anton, may not be available for several weeks, Mcintosh said.
The two died from injuries suffered when O'Donnell lost control of a 1997 Escort and slammed sideways into a tree on westbound Cherry Hill Road near Carlson, Sgt. Peter Brokas said.
The accident occurred at 3:07 a.m. Saturday in front of Kirk of Our Savior Presbyterian Church, he said.
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PLYMOUTH-CANTON SCHOOLS BY TONY BHUSCATO STAFF WRITER tbruacatoOoe.homecomm.net
The results weren't pretty, but the scores of the first Michigan Education Assessment Program 11th grade social studies tests were about what everyone expected.
"This was not a basic skills test, it was an advanced skills test," said Bob Hayes , P lymouth -Can ton Schools director of instruction. "This was not a
simple exam." While the scores were low, they were
better than the s ta te averages. And Plymouth-Canton l j t h graders fared better than all but four of the 12 dis-tricts it benchmarks itself against.
Hayes said the district wiH analyze t he data from the t e s t s given last spr ing , and then make cjhanges to teach "what the state wants a t to ."
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Tell us what you think Observer to host advisory panel
In an effort to keep in touch with the people we serve - namely, our readers - the Canton Observer staff is return-ing to a method we hope will help us do just that: citizen advisory panels. •
The panel will consist of approxi-mately eight to 12 members represent-ing a cross-section of citizens from a round t he community. The pane l would meet several times throughout the year, discussing with the editorial staff the content of the paper, what readers would like to see, what the paper is doing right and what it's doing wrong.
What kind of volunteers are we look-ing for? Anyone with an interest in what goes on in their community and how it's reported in the media.
We hope to have the first meeting by the end of February. Meetings would probably be scheduled quarterly, per-haps with more frequent meetings at the beginning of the process.
Anyone interested in serving on such A panel is invited to call the Canton community editor. Tedd Schneider , (734) 459-2700, or e-mail h im at [email protected]
STAFF n u n BY PAVI HISKIMANS
Colorful day: Kelly Zimmerman of Canton, 6, shows how the dye came off on her hand after she rubbed her patm on the giant carved "M" at the corner of Main and Penniman in Kellogg Park at Plymouth's International Ice Spectacular Saturday. For more on the annual event, please turn to Page A3 in today's Observer.
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Ball is centerpiece event for Canton Foundation B Y SCOTT DANIEL STAFF WRITER •danieMta+.homecnmm.nrt
Bigger isn't always better. At least that'4.what organizers of the
Canton Community Foundation Winter Ball are hoping. Invitations are being cut by about 100 thirf year to make the sodal gala a touch more manageable r-
"We want it to be more intimate,"1
sa id Founda t ion P r e s i d e n t J o a n Noricks'who added that fun is t M pri-
mary goal. T h e focus of the winter ball is for people of western Wayne County to socialize and have a wonder fu l time." •
The ball starts a t ,7 p.m. Friday at Livonia's Laurel Manor
It's the foundation's biggest fund-raising event each year. Noricka thinks the ball will net $70,000, which would be at»out a 30 percent increase from last year.
Proceeds are divided equally between
the foundation's operating budget and endowment fund. N'oncks said increas-ing the fund is a major goal
Currently, the endowment stands at $300,000 Noricks would like to get it up to $1.5 million, wkprh would allow the foundation to operate and award grants purely from interest
"Wa're-a Ion*- way off." she comment-ed. "But you have to have a goal We hope to reach our goal in two to three years "
The nonprofit organization works to enhance performing arts, education, human services and Canton itself
Last year, for example, the Canton Communi ty Founda t ion awarded $35,000 in grants Nearly two dozen scholarships were given to local stu-dents while programs such as Charac ter CowM* and i n for received grants, too
"Our grant program is wide and var-
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Crash from page A1 Police: Doughnut shop ;3 j 'Donnel I a t t e n d e d
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;?Br ian was a senior here at Jtikn Glenn, a n d he WM very we l l -known a n d l i k e d in t h e biuilding," Principal Neil Thomas g>id "He had a lot of friends. He
a s a very p e r s o n a b l e young a h n . He was t h e k ind of kid
everybody liked, and we're cfedainly going to miss him." ,'iVDonnell was declared dead
^ a r r i v a l a t Oakwood Hospi-t^VAnnapol ia " in Wayne .
uea survived un t i r Sun-cjay, Brokas said. p o l i c e Off icer Mark Cholak
identified the o ther th ree pas-s ^ a g e r s as T i m o t h y Edwin ' t j u r d o k u s , 20, of Canton; his ifriile, Timothy Andrew Twar-ctefcus, 27, of Detroit; and Don-ald Raymond Woodruff , 23, of
»^Phe y o u n g e r T w a r d o k u s t e&ained in cr i t ical condition Tuesday at University of Michi-gan Hosp i t a l in A n n Arbor , where he was flown by medical helicopter.
"He has a closed-head injury. Ha is unconscious and on life support," Mcintosh said.
The older Twardokus was list-"ed in good condition Tuesday at
U-M Hospital, a spokeswoman said.
Mcintosh said the uncle suf-fered multiple f r ac tu r e s in his left leg and pelvis area.
WoodrufT h a s been released from a local hospital. "He is now at home," Mcintosh said.
Wreaths, balloons and other memen-toes were placed at the crash scene ear-lier this week.
Woodruff was a front-seat pas-senger. The Twardokuses sat in the back, Mcintosh said.
The young men had been to a party near Marquette and Shoe-maker in Wes t l and , Mcintosh said.
One witness told police he saw the Escort stop at a traffic light at Cherry Hill and Wayne roads.
"He said they just took off like a bat out of hell," Brokas said. "He d i d n ' t s e e t h e acc ident because th6y had gotten ahead of him, but he saw the cartage.
"They w e r e doing abou t 91 mph, according to the investiga-tion," Brokas said. "Somewhere prior to Carlson, (ODonnell) kwt control and went up into Kirk of Our Savior (property). He hit a t r e e b roads ide , in the middle part of the driver's side."
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medical h e l p on the scene but had to use "jaws of life" equip-m e n t to remove the car ' s roof and r e a c h some of the young men, said Michael Reddy, emer-gency medical services coordina-tor.
Brokas warned other drivers to beware pf high speeds.
"When you ' re t rave l ing at a-high rate of speed, the car builds up a i r u n d e r i t a n d k ind of hydroplanes itself," he explained. "F r i c t ion w i t h t h e road is r e d u c e d . I t t a k e s ve ry l i t t l e ( m o v e m e n t ) on t h e s t e e r i n g wheel to turn those tires, but the back end of the car wants to keep going in the original direction. Then the r e a r end swings out and slides sideways, in an arc."
The dea ths of O'Donnell and Velasquez marked West land 's first traffic fatalities of the year.
More than $2,000 in cash was stolen from Dunkin' Donuts on M i c h i g a n Avenue S a t u r d a y , a cco rd ing to t o w n s h i p pol ice reports • An assistant manager came in
to open the restaurant and found her office in disarray. Reports said several cash drawers had been emptied.
Canton Police watched a video surveillance tape from the previ-ous n i g h t a n d d iscovered a n employee and ex-employee in the shop for more than an hour af ter close. '•
Police interviewed the employ-ee, a 20-year-old Ypsilanti man. He told police that the 16-year-old ex-employee used a drill to open the manager's locked office.
The 16-year-old, a Canton resi-dent, was subsequently arrested.-More t h a n $2,000 in cash was recovered from his home, reports said.
Bo th he and the Y p s i l a n t i m a n w e r e re l eased p e n d i n g charges.
Officer injured A Can ton Police officer was
injured Friday following a scuf-fle.
Repor ts said the officer had made a traffic stop at Sherwood Mobile Home Park on Michigan
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Avenue. While t h e officer was running a background check, a male occupant of the car fled on foot. A female, who was uniden-tified m^the report, then ran at the officer.
He ordered h e r to s top and a r r e s t ed her . The officer then put the woman in handcuffs, but she fled moments later.
The officer chased and tackled her. A-short scuffle ensued and the officer was bitten on his left thumb.
He w a s able to s u b d u e h e r a f t e r s t r ik ing her in t h e face, r e p o r t s s a id . An a m b u l a n c e t r a n s p o r t e d t h e w o m a n to Annapolis Hospital to check for injur ies . "Reports said she was bleeding from the forehead.
The officer was t a k e n to St . Joseph Mercy Hospital for treat-ment.
B and E About $200 in cash was stolen
f rom a 27-yea r -o ld C a n t o n man's home Sunday.
Police repor t s said t h e man left his home in the 8000 block of Nectar for about an hour Sunday afternoon. When he returned, he found his front door kicked open.
He then discovered the cash missing. Reports said tha t sever-al bed rooms h a d been gone through, but nothing else was missing.
Domestic violence A 36-year-old Canton woman
told police Sunday that she has been t h e v ic t im of d o m e s t i c abuse for more than three years.
Reports said the abuse began just a month after her marriage began. The woman said her hus-band somet imes h i t he r daily a n d t h a t *the l a s t i n c i d e n t occurred Jan. 12.
Reports described her husband as 3 1 years old, 5-feet-7-incbes tall and 180 pounds.
Indecent exposure A Canton teen and her Dear-
born He igh t s boy f r i end w e r e arres ted for indecent exposure Sunday.
Reports said t h e 15-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy were p a r k e d in a car in t h e 43000 block of Ford Road at about 230 p .m. A t o w n s h i p o f f i ce r a p p r o a c h e d t h e veh i c l e and found both teens naked.
Reports said both teens were t a k e n to the C a n t o n Police Department and later released. It was unclear from the report whether charges would be filed.
Numbers C a n t o n Police rece ived 280
calls for service for the Jan . 14-16 weekend period. Among those calls were:
• 32 false alarms • 19 t r a f f i c c r a shes , 3 w i th
injuries • 17 civil/family trouble calls • 14 larcenies • 4MDOP
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International Ice Spectacular packs them in again
BY BRAD KADRICH STAFF WRITER bkadrich9oe.homecomm.net
New c h a l l e n g e s . Old foes . Same success.
That about sums up the week-end for the 1 8 t h - a n n u a l Ply-mouth Ice Sculpture Spectacu-lar. which opened -a day late but was anything but a dollar short af ter another successful run.
E v e n t o r g a n i z e r s b a t t l e d a f a m i l i a r o p p o n e n t . - w a r m weather - when Mother Nature forced the show to be delayed a day. And a new challenger - the Detroit Auto Show - presented a potential obstacle.
Neither did much to keep the spectators away.
"The auto show opened, and S a t u r d a y was s t i l l one of our b e t t e r S a t u r d a y s . " sa id Mike Watts of Watts Up Inc.. the exec-u t ive director of t h e fest ival 's board of directors.
By the t ime t h e w e e k e n d ' s ca rv ing compet i t ions a r r ived , tempera tures had dropped into t h e t e e n s and low 20s - even colder when the wind chill was factored in - and gave carvers
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plenty of opportuni ty to get it done.
D e s p i t e t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l a p p e a l of t h e ice show, local carvers made out the best when it came to competitions. Tajana and Paul Raukar of P lymouth and Ted Wakar of Canton and J im Bur of Sterling Heights took silver medals in the professional
team competition. Wakar also meda led in the
professional individual competi-tion.
The only n o n - A m e r i c a n to medal was M a r k J o h n s t o n of Harrow, Ontario, Canada.
And the carvers got to perform for tens of thousands of specta-tors in tempera tures tha t were cold enough to carve in but not too cold to keep people away.
"That's why we do it,, for the people who come down here," said Bur, who also medaled in the professional individual com-petition. "When I'm carving I have blinders on, but then you take that break and look around at all the people and you think. 'Wow.""
Despite the high numbers of p a r t i c i p a n t s a n d s p e c t a t o r s . Watts was most impressed - as usual - by the a t t i tudes shown by everyone.
"I was a m a z e d , b u t I'm amazed every year," Watts said. "The camaraderie, the politeness the support - it's jus t great the way everyone works together "
And the winners are e e
Winners in the I8th-annual Plymouth Ice Sculpture Spectac-ular competitions included:
Professional Team T a j a n a R a u k a r and P a u l
Raukar, Plymouth, silver medal Ted Wakar, Canton, and Jim
Bur Jr . , Sterling Heights, silver medal
Marvin Purdy. Dearborn M a r k J o h n s t o n , H a r r o w ,
Ontario, Canada John Adamski, Eastpointe Duijon Morris. Detroit
College Individual D a w n m a r i e Chmiel, School-
craft Community CoMege, silver student medal •
medal Mark Bell a n d D a w n m a r i e
Chmiel, Schoolcraft Community College, bronze student medal
David S h e l d o n a n d Karen DeVnea, Grand Rapids Commu-nity College, culinary diploma
High School Individual Marvin C a l h o u n . .Oak land
J.R. Lorentz, Garden City, and M a t t Cooper, F e n t o n . s i lve r medal
Greg Butauski and Eric Pfaff, Columbus, Ohio, silver medal
Professional Individual Ted W a k a r . C a n t o n , s i lve r
medal Roy Calo, Eas tpoin te , si lver
medal John Merucdi. Redford, silver
medal J im Bur, Jr.. Sterling Heights,
silver medal
Amateur Individual
Michael Stump, Grand Rapids Community College, silver stu-dent medal
Ryan J o n e s , Grand R a p i d s Community College, bronze stu-dent medal
Mark Bell. Schoolcraft Com-munity College, bronze s tudent medal
College Team , <• David S t a d l e r a n d J i m
S h i e l d s . Macomb C o m m u n i t y College, silver student medal
Michae l S t u m p and Luba Petrash, Grand Rapids Commu-n i ty Col lege, bronze s t u d e n t
Technical Cen te r , bronze stu-dent medal
Joel Pool , S a n d u s k y High School, bronze student medal
Davis Scott II, Oakland Tech-nj^il Centi r, culinary diploma
Glen Nast II, Oakland Techni-cal Center, culinary diploma
High School Team Glen Nast II and Kris Lutten-
berger, Oakland Technical Cen-ter. bronze student medal
Lakisha Thames and Marvin Ca lhoun , O a k l a n d Technica l Center, culinary diploma
Big crowds: Thousands braved the cold temperatures, and the crowds to view the ice carvings in Kel-logg Park at the 18th Annual Plymouth Inter-nationul Itc • Spectacular Saturday.
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Did you know? • J a n 21 is "Nat ional Hug-
ging Day?" This day should be spent hugging anyone who will accept a hug. especially family and friends
• Canned beer went on sale for the first time in Richmond, Va., on Jan 24. 1935°
• George F Green of Kalama-zoo. Mich . patented the electric dental drill in 1875?
• Michigan became the 26th s ta te on Jan 26. J A37?
• Wednesday J a n 26. is a day le t aside to cm^iliment at least five people Not oTity HTv-rrmTph-ments appreciated by the receiv-e r . t h e y lift t h e s p i r i t of the giver.
M u l t i - m e d i a
H e r e are aome books on t 0 available from the library
• "Be Cool" by E l m o r e -fcprrmmi
• -The Bean Trees" by Bar-bara Kingaolver
• "Body of Evidence" by Pa tn eta D Cornwell
W e b W a t c h Check out these Web sites: • www.aaamich.com
• www.michigan.org • www.geocities.com
B e s t c h i l d r e n ' s b o o k s Here are some top selections
for young readers: • "King of the Wind" by Mar
guerite Henry • "Johnny Tremain" by Esther
Forbes • "The Voyages of Dr Dolittle"
by Hugh Lofting • "Many Moons" by J a m e s
Thurber
Q & A Q: What was the first movie
enter ta inment shown on an air plane? . A: A newsreel and two cartoon comedies were shown on Oct 8. 1929, by t h e Transcon t inen ta l Air Transport company in a Ford transport plane 5,000 feet in the air The projector was installed by J . Frankenberg. its origina-to r . and weighed abou t e i g h t pounds Regular in-flight movie service began on July 19. 1961. on a I M M W "r 11: A;f j tiS flight b e t w e e n New York and Los Ange lea . T h e movie w a s "By Ixive Possessed."
The source for this information
is "Famous First Facts."
L ibra r ians ' c h o i c e Here arf *ome top fiction picks
by librarians'. • "Book Borrower" by Alice
Mattiaon • ' H a r r y P o t t e r and the
C h a m b e r of S e c r e t s " by J K Rowling
• Potter and the Pns on< of Azka ban" by J K Rowl-ing
IT "The H* ir ts Of Soldiers" i>\ Joan Vannor*dall Schroeder
• "Amy and Isabelle" by Eliza be th S t r a i t
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Wayne County officials have given a clean bill of health to the wres t l ing room- at P lymouth Salem High School after a rash of ringworm fungus and impeti-go bacteria was found, infecting most of the wrestling team.
"Heal th officials were he re Monday and Tuesday to take a look at the facility, examine the wrestling mats and went over our cleaning procedures," said John Robinson, Salem athletic director. "We are back in the room with wrestling practice.
our high school wrestling classes and with cheerleading practice."
The wrestling room was shut down for nearly a week when an unusually high number x>f ring-worm cases were" re*pofted. School officials sent wrestlers to their personal physicians to be treated and used bleach to clean mats in an effort to rid the room of the fungus.
"We found that school officials were following all appropriate precautions," said Dr. Donald" Lawrenchuk , Wayne County hea l th d e p a r t m e n t medical director. "There's no need, from a public health perception, to
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have made some changes in how the faci l i ty is being used, in cleaning procedures, and have informed all athletes about per-sonal hygiene precautions.
"We discarded one of the old wrestling mats which had been compromised because of cracks in it," said Robinson. "We are concerned on the wear and tear on the mats. When you do have as much w e a r as we have because of the number of groups that use the facility, it causes some b reaks in the surface . That makes it harder to keep it sanitary."
There were some concerns by wrestling parents that use of the room by the cheerleading squad and other groups was putting too much wear on the mats, allowing for r ingworm to infes t itself beneath the porous surface.
.Robinson said that in order to keep tjhe mats from enduring too . much, a second mat for cheer-leaders wifln>e placed on top of the wrestlffiif mat during cheer-leading practice.
"I think it came down to mis-management of the room," said
*JoDee Dillon, Plymouth Salem vars i ty cheer lead ing coach. "None of t h e 26 varsity cheer-leaders had ringworm. We've followed all the rules pertaining to mopping the area and cleanli-ness.
"We suggested using a second mat for cheerleading practice
. about a year ago," added Dillon. "I hope the si tuation has been cleared and we can move for-ward."
Dillon is hoping the week off from practice doesn't impair "the cheer leading squad, which is slated to participate in national competition next month.
taught the facts and s tudents "regurgitated them," said Hayes. "Under the new model, like the social studies test, students are given the facts and learn to use them to make decisions and take action. It's essential we change the written curriculum in our classes."
That is being done even as the results are being evaluated.
"We've been contacted by Livo-nia school officials about sharing strategies to improve our results for the next test," s'aid Bruce Siegel, assistant principal who oversees the high school social •studies department. "We'll see where we need the most improvement as a department, and do some brainstorming with Livonia to achieve be t t e r results."
Part of the reason for the poor test scores is the simple fact that no one knew exactly wha t to
expect from the first-ever social studies test.
Typically the teachers assess knowledge in their classrooms with tests which are more multi-ple choice in n a t u r e , " said Hayes. "In the MEAP tests, they are assessing knowledge plus students ' ability to think and write.
"It 's not t ha t our s t u d e n t s can't do that, but we have to be able to prepare them for it," said Hayes. > . >
^ Hayes said the low scores on the social studies MEAP tests forced the district to "look at our curriculum, and how we instruct and use methods to help our kids achieve." •
"This is the information age." Hayes said. "It's no longer how much information we can accu-mulate. but how we can use that information."
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"I ts becoming a regional event," said Noricks.
Filet mignon, pjista and an "upgraded" desert highlight the ball's menu this year. While the volume of food will be reduced, qua l i ty will be enhanced ,
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A week a f t e r negot ia t ions between Canton, Plymouth and Northville townships and the Ypsilanti Community Utility Authority appeared dead, signs of life emerged last week. i The Western Townships Utili-t ies Author i ty has been embroiled in a two-year dispute over timing, breadth and control of expansion for Ypsi lant i ' s wastewater treatment plant.
Negotiations appeared stalled after YCUA refused to budge on representation for WTUA on its board and the composting of solids, among other issues.
Exam set in murder BY TONY BRUSCATO STAFF WRITER tbrttecatoOoe.horaecomm.net
Friday's preliminary exam in 35th District Court for Plymouth resident Azizul Islam on charges of first degTee murder and muti-lation of a dead body is expected to last more than a day.
"We've got a good number of witnesses to fill the whole day and then finish on another day," said Mike Lehto, ass i s tan t Wayne County prosecutor. "On the second day we expect to introduce the scientific evidence from DNA f indings and the crime lab."
Lehto said there are nearly a dozen witnesses set to testify, "which will put all the different pieces together"
Islam, 50, is charged with the murder of his estranged wife, Tracy, 35. sometime between
The Ypsilarnti authority also declined "To provide wr i t t en assurance that it wouldn't seek zoning changes for a parcel cur-rently optioned by Canton. The parcel, which is ad jacen t to YCUA"8 plant, would be used for an independent western town-ships' facility.
According to WTUA Opera-tions iManager Tim Faas, negoti-ations improved dramatically last week. »
First, Ypsilanti Township did-n't go forward with zoning changes. Faas.said that move won't be made, if at all, until March.
Secondly, YCUA said it would give Faas its final position on all issues later this week. While he's not sure what those posi-t ions will be, he 's a t l eas t encouraged that the two sides are communicating.
"This whole thing has been a roller coaster ride," FaaB said. "But I'm always opt imist ic . Everything is there to make an agreement, but everyone has to be willing to compromise."
Canton Supervisor Tom Yack was surprised at YCUA's sudden change of heart. But he thinks any agreement with the authori-ty has serious hurdles to clear.
Yack said, for example, tha t Ypsilanti wants to pick its own engineer and architect- for expansion. By contract, WTUA should make those choices, he said.
"I don't think they want us to have control over* design," Yack commented.
Faas will make a recommen-dation to WTUA's board Monday on how it should proceed. Lead-ers must decide now which path to foHow or risk running out of capacity for wastewater flows.
Faas recently outlined what he feels are the authority's three options:
' • Continuing ta'negotiate -with ' YCUA on expansion.
• Force a WTUA only expan-sion.
• WTUA builds its own facili-ty-
Ei ther expansion or a new facility will take at least five years to complete. Faas said the ball needs to start rolling and he hopes the board will move for-ward Monday.
"I want to give them enough information to decide," he added.
WTUA currently sends about nine million gallons of waste water to Ypsilanti. Other flows go to Detroit.
YCUA's plant, located in YpsT lanti Township, has-a .current capacity of 29 million gallons per day. WTUA's flows are expected to rise well beyond that capacity within five years.
The local authority has been left with the options of helping Ypsilanti expand or build its own treatment facility.
In September, WTUA voted for the latter at a cost of about $130 million. But those plans were put on hold for a last-ditch nego-tiation effort with Ypsilanti.
Talks have been ongoing since then, but yielded few results.
Dec. 19 and Dec. 22. Tracy Islam* who left her husband last August and r e tu rned to her native England, was visiting her family in Plymouth a week before C h r i s t m a s . She was reportedly visiting her teenage son and daughter for the holi-days, and seeking an uncontest-ed divorce :———-—
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According to police, the couple had an argument Dec. 19. Tracy was missing Dec. 20 and a friend from England reported her miss-ing Chr is tmas Day when she failed to board a Dec. 24 flight to Great Britain.
An A&W restaurant worker in Dearborn found a plastic bag containing two arms and two legs in a Dumpster on Dec. 22. Police are conducting DNA test-ing to determine if those body parts belong to a torso found in a muddy field in Allen Township, Ohio, Dec. 31. The Islam chil-dren are also undergoing DNA testing to help identify the body remains. The results are expect-ed sometime next month.
—Plymouth pulirf .•iii.v Islam rented a van from Dick Scott Dodge in Plymouth the day after the body par t s were found in Dearborn, and drove it 213 miles before returning the vehicle the same day. Authorities say they l\ave witnesses who saw a man in the Ohio field who fit the description of Islam standing near a light-colored sport utility vehicle.
Allen Township is located in Ottawa County. Ohio, southeast of Toledo.
Sources close to the investiga-tion say mud and other items were found in the van by Michi-gan State Police crime lab inves-tigators. And human traces and blood were reportedly sniffed out by dogs at Islam's Roe Street home during a search Jan 7
Defense a t to rney Michael Schwartz believes that without the scientific evidence identify-ing the body parts as those of Tracy Islam, the prosecution has no case.
"The big thing is the DNA." •aid Schwartz "They need to show the body parts are those of his wife."
Schwartz said he has talked to his client in the Wayne Count^ jail.
"He's depressed , but who wouldn't be s i t t ing in jail charged with a serfims crime." said Schwary "He's in a regular call, but he doesn ' t mingls much*
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"He'll be an angel s i t t ing on h i s shou lde r w h e n he goes," Mike's mother, Sandy, said. Also rooting for Michael will bo his brother Chris, 17, and his sister, Jenn i fe r , 15 - both Plymouth-Salem students.
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He's not trying to bone up on pop culture trivia, however.
"I'm going to focus on cate-gories I 'm s t rong in," he said, adding t h a t he has memorized
world capi tals , leaders and names and dates of battles.
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La Masse's lust for knowledge is what set him apar t from other Quiz Bowl team members.
"I n e v e r had a Qu iz Bowl member who studied as much as he did. He cont inued to t ry to e x p a n d on w h a t he knew. He was a very important member of our team," said Beaman.
There are several books on the market-to help "Jeopardy!" con-tes tants prepare. One was writ-ten by Trebek and some were written by contestants, according to Beaman.
T i n going to be watching it for sure," he said.
L a i n e S u t t e n , p r o m o t i o n s director for the show in Culver City, said 10,000 people try for a spot on the college tournament . From that pool, 1,000 are select-ed for an audition - which con-sists of a "Jeopardy!" simulation on a video monitor. '
Hopefuls are tested on buzzer use , p h r a s i n g a n s w e r s in t h e form of questions and, of course, their knowledge.
" J e o p a r d y ! " looks beyond knowledge of I t a l i a n o p e r a , French novelists, potent potables and world explorers when pick-ing the contestants, however.
"We want people tha t look like they're having ftin." Sut ten said,-adding tha t contes tants should represent a cross section of the United States.
The grand prize w i n n e r will get $50,000, a t rophy , a 2000 Volvo and a spot in the "Jeop-ardy! TournameVit of Champi -ons."
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Earnings of first, second and t h i r d - p l a c e w i n n e r s wil l be matched by Volvo and be ear-marked toward college scholar-ships at their respective schools.
La Masse will join one other * Michiganian on the "Jeopardy!" se t - K u r t M e d l a n d , 20 , of L a p e e r , who will r e p r e s e n t Albion College.
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Showdown? Granholm, Miller share cordial stage BY P A T MU R P H Y STAFT WRIT** pmurphy#oe-homecomin.net » •
If Jennifer Granholm and Can-dice Miller ever run against each ether, the re would be no mud-clinging and no negative cam-paign advertising. { Michigan 's a t to rney genera l and secretary of state each said as m u c h T u e s d a y a f t e r t h e i r j o in t a p p e a r a n c e before t h e Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of {he Society of Professional Jour-n a l i s t s a t t h e O r c h a r d Ridge Campus of Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills, j I t w a s a cordia l encoun te r , jrith Granholm and Miller corn-pit menting each other and talk-ing about shared experiences — fike the sexist comments and let-ters they received early in their ca ree rs as Michigan 's h ighes t ranking female executives.
. Granho lm, a Democrat , and Miller, a Republican, are both Considered r is ing s tars wi thin their respective political parties. In response to questions about their futures.
Granholm — who is eligible to seek another term under Michi-gan's term limit laws — reiterat-ed a s t a t e m e n t she has made many times before. She said she is happy being attorney general «nd w a n t s to continue in t h a t job.
Mi l l e r , who can not seek a n o t h e r t e r m as s e c r e t a r y of »tate, admit ted the prospect of running for governor in 2002 —
as political wags insist she will — is intr iguing. "But I haven't made any decisions," she said.
The governor's race Fol lowing t h e i r two-hour
appearance, the attorney general and secretary of state were each asked aboyt the possibility of a head-to-head Granholm-Miller race, possibly for governor.
"We have far too much respect for each other do anything nega-tive,' sajd Miller. "We would def-initely stick to the issues."
Any campaign between them — which p u n d i t s ins i s t is inevitable — would be charac-terized by civil i ty and honest debate, said Granholm, who had ea r l i e r "said Mi l l e r ' s b iggest s h o r t c o m i n g was "being a Republican."
Both candidates are concerned about campaign financing, indi-viduals' right to privacy and get-ting more people — especially younger people — involved in the political process. "When you talk to young people about (the possibility of their) holding pub-lic office," lamented Miller, "they look at you like you're nuts."
Granholm, who made her first bid for public office in 1998 after i n c u m b e n t F r a n k J . Kelley retired, described the pressure on candidates to raise money is "grotesque" and "obscene."
Miller, who was unsuccessful in her at tempts to end or restrict some forms of soft money contri-butions, said she is pushing for
more disclosure on the pa r t of political candidates.
Shar ing information The secretary of state was par-
ticularly vocal in her opposition to using the office to collect infor-mation that is unrelated to oper-a t ing a motor vehicle — includ-ing a move by tne federal gov-e rnment to require her office to g a r n e r drivers ' Social Securi ty n u m b e r s to help the e f fo r t to trace deadbeat dads.
"I d o n ' t need to know y o u r Social Security number to issue a drivers license," said Miller.
She said she also objects to selling information obtained by her office to various insurance companies or marketing consul-t a n t s — even though her office obtained more than $1 million through the sale of such lists in 1999.
Granholm said her establish-ing a four-member unit to pur-sue In t e rne t crime — and the subsequen t arrest of a man in Colorado and another in Florida for drug dealing — had already put Michigan on the cutting edge of fighting cyber crime.
She referred to gathering data on the Internet as "data mining," and she said the general public h a s a r ight to be grea t ly con-cerned. "It's no longer 'big broth-er' watching," she said, "it's "big browser* watching."
Gender bias B o t h were e m p h a t i c a b o u t
gender bias being on the wane.
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Friendly chat: Secretary of State Candace Miller and Attorney General Jennifer Granholm speak before the formal program begins.
She was never convinced the so-called "glass ceiling" really exist-ed, Miller said. "Gender bias still exists," she said, "but we've come a long way."
G r a n h o l m r e m e m b e r e d a n exchange with a Lansing a rea commentator who early in h e r campaign asked if having three small chi ldren a t home would hamper her efforts. "1 said Gov. Gngler has the same number of smal l ch i l d r en at home," t h e attorney general recalled, "but I don't recall your ever asking him
that question." Oddly enough, their respective
mothers had been cu lpab le in the area of gender stereotyping, Granholm and Miller acknowl-edged.
After an appearance on nation-al television. Granholm recalled, h e r m o t h e r be ing m o r e con-cerned about her m a k e u p and a p p e a r a n c e t h a n t h e i s sue Michigan's new attorney general was discussing.
Miller's mother still urges her to get out of politics and get a real job, said the s ec re t a ry of
state. "She wanted me to get into the mar ina business , like my brother," said Miller, die former Macomb County t reasure r who in 1994 upset popular incumbent Richard Austin.
All things considered, howev-er, Granholm said she is encour-aged by the changing faces with-in the ranks of public officials. "Some of those faces are black and some of t h o s e f a c e s a r e brown," 6he said, "and some of those faces wear lipstick "
The Plymouth-Canton Adul t Education Department will offer a new class called Medical Office Manager/Billing at Starkweath-er Education Center beginning Jan . 31.
The class will teach all aspects of r u n n i n g a m e d i c a l o f f ice . Prospective students need to call (734) 416-4901 to register.
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the Secretary of-State's office, Candice Miller held a press con-ference to support of a bill ban-ning prohibiting such sales.
"I don ' t th ink it 's the r igh t tb-ing for governments to do," Miller said at a Lansing press conference in support of a bill banning the sale of information collected by s t a t e agencies to marketing companies, mortgage companies and other companies who use it to target customers.
Miller had voiced her opposi-tion to selling such lists during her appearance at the Orchard
by se l l ing such i n fo rma t ion . Miller s a id s h e opposed t h e practice as an invasion of per-sonal privacy.
She h a d t r i ed to s top t h e practice. Miller said, but was thwarted by an attorney gener-al's ruling that the secretary of s tate 's office must make such information available.
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Granholm promises to look into movies shown at Maxey center Michigan 's a t to rney genera l The c o m p l a i n t came f r o m training school, complained that ularly in light of Granholm's con-Michigan 's a t to rney genera l
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. to which Nathaniel Abraham — believed to be the youngest per-son in the nation to be convicted of murde r — was assigned last week for rehabilitation.
The c o m p l a i n t came f r o m attorney Evelyn G. Butler of Ply-mouth during the question and a n s w e r per iod fol lowing t h e l • »-• • • • • - 1....... r.. -a p p e a r a n c e trf J e n n i f t Granholm and Secretary of State Candice Miller a t the Oakland Community College campus in Farmington Hills.
Butler, who represents a man whose wife was murdered at the
training school, complained that a state agency — in this case the Family Independence Agency tha t supervises Maxey — rou-t ine ly show* R - r a t c d movies including "Basic Instinct," which depic ts ac t ress S h a r o n S t o n e stabbing her partner with an ice pick af ter a nude a n d graphic love scene.
B u t l e r was a d a m a n t Buch movies are inappropriate, partic-
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•> A joint effort by metro ^•Detroit's four largest road agen-•Jtcies and a suburban bus system '•Jto improve the efficiency of snow > > n d ice removal was unveiled Cftoday, Jan. 20.
Called SEMS1M, for South--jieastern Michigan Snow and Ice ^ 'Management , the new project ^combines high-tech, state-of-the-*.*Mart global-positioning satellite • technology and computer linkups jfwith unprecedented intergovern-Jmental cooperation.
Through constant monitoring sf road crews' whereabouts and fork, crews will be able to be
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*to help, if necessary, according to "John Roach, spokesman for the Wayne County Depar tment Qf Public Services.
"We really think that this is going to be the fu ture of snow removal, not only in Michigan but in all the snowbelt states in
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the Wayne County DPS, the City of Detroit and the Road Commis-sions of Oakland and Macomb Counties - will monitor their respective fleets during storms via on-board telemetry and a radio/computer linkup provided by the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Trans-portation (SMART) bus service.
Satellite-based global position-ing sys tem (OPS) t racking devices and various temperature and other gauges on each vehicle will feed crew location and activ-ities into computers monitored at. the respective road yards.
Then, "if something happens,"" such as increased snowfall in an area or traffic tie-ups, trucks and crews can be red i s t r ibu ted , Roach said. Dispatchers will have to only look at their com-puter screens to respond accord-ingly.
It's possible, Roach said, that plows from one jurisdiction will cross in to t h a t of another -Detroi t ' s , say, into Macomb County's - depending on condi-
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"Sometimes it doesn't make sense to turn around" because of a boundary line, he noted.
Exactly how it will play out is not known. "We're still working out different aspects," Roach said.
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at ion is a f i r s t , according to Roach: "Never before that we're aware of have four road agencies teamed up to work on a snow removal effort," he said. "We wilj be sharing information backhand forth with each other.
"We feel all this will help us manage our fleet at any given point in a storm," said Roach. "We feel we will be able to be a lot more responsive, especially to unforeseen events."
SMART and its riders should benefit , as well, according to spokeswoman Beth Gibbons.
SMART dispatchers will now know bet ter which roads are salted and plowed and therefore onto which roads they can send buses.
"This will provide an impor-tant piece" of information "we don't have right now," she said. "We're really pleased to be a part of this."
After a s torm, all recorded data will be able to be played back and analyzed to improve response, Roach said.
Eventually, he said. SEMS1M will have a computer program able to redesign snow and salt routes to meet "whatever the sit-uation is," he said.
Any cross-jurisdictional ser-vice will be charged back to the agency receiving the help: Taxes from one agency "would not be used to subs id ize" another .
Ready t o g o : When Wayne County snow-plows go out this year, they'll be using a new system to get them where they're need-ed.
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Save money? Will SEMSIM save money? "We do believe this will result
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But "even if it doesn't result in a dollar savings, it will result in increased level of service," he said.
Phase One of SEMSIM was unveiled Thursday at the Wayne County DPS Wyoming St ree t Garage. It encompasses the area around the intersection of Eight Mile Road and Dequindre where all four agencies' jurisdictions meet.
Some 40 fully equipped trucks - 10 from each jurisdiction - will be linked together via SMART in Phase One.
T h i s is just the first phase." said Roach. "Over the next four or five years, we expect to have
500 vehicles totally equipped." Roach said Wayne County
DPS "pioneered this technology" last year with both the GPS and the data-gathering.
"We'had just got it up and run-ning" prior to the January 1999 blizzard.
However, the storm prevented the DPS from learning as much
as it could "because everything was so crazy," Roach said. "But now well be able to move to the next stage."
Much of the funding for SEM-SIM comes from the federal gov-ernment , according to Roach, who credited both U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-Mich.) and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kil-patrick with securing it.
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Selling on-line A Canton collectibles store is a showcase for e-business
BY HEATHER NEEDHAM STAFF WRITER
The foot traffic Reme Tillman's collectibles store has generated over the past 11 years of business in Canton l i a s been
j nice. But t h e sales
to cus tomers in Singapore, Aus-t r a l i a , England and S p a i n ha s m a d e b u s i n e s s
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i tems a r e going to t h e h i g h e s t
. b i d d e r s — who s o m e t i m e s bid a s m u c h as 17 t i m e s h i g h e r than the original retail price. The s t o r e se l l s col-lectible dolls, fig-
; u r i n e s and stuffed animals,
as well as various porcelain and crystal items. Tillman is one of many retailers looking beyond
the walls of traditional stores and creating 'virtual stores for global customers. Tillman began auction-ing her store's merchandise* on the Internet auc-
- tion house eBay in May, 1999. It was a big step for '. the technology-shy store owner, but she said it's
* paid off. "I do more business on-line," said Tillman, a
native of Spain and an Ypsilanti resident. "It helps a lot. You reach more people. I can reach people
! that I cannot reach from the store." She said foreign customers have been eagerly
grabbing up discontinued "American History Bar-bie" dolls, dressed in different historical costumes. One customer paid $53 for a "Civil War Barbie" tha t retailed for $24.95. Auction customers also have to pay shipping — $5 domestically, more for
All dolled up: Several varieties of Barbies are some of Rente's best-sellers on the Internet. She places many items for auction on eBay.
"596R55T 7— The biggest profit she ever saw was from a tiny
porcelain cucumber, called a "kiddie cucumber." It retailed for $9 and sold to On eBay customer for $153.
"The more people you have bidding on an item, I t h e m o r e you
make," she said. "We try to get as close to or a little bit more than we do in t h e s tore . We s e t a mini-m u m ( a u c t i o n price) of $20."
O n - l i n e bus i -n e s s cos ts i n c l u d e p a y i n g p e r c e n t a g e -based commis-s ions to eBay , technology costs and s t a f f i n g . A part- t ime staffer comes in twice weekly to handle most of the eBay t r a n s a c t i o n s . S h i p p i n g . and b o o k k e e p i n g t a k e u p a good deal of Tillman's time as well.
Her eBay ra t ing is 600, which represen ts the number of customers who have successfully done b u s i n e s s w i t h Reme Col lec t ib les . I t does not include customers who weren't the highest bid-ders. • " .
Tha t n u m b e r is a vote of confidence, Tillman said.
"Six hundred people can't be wrong." Some customers who failed to make the highest
bids have approached Tillman directly about pur-chasing particular items, adding to her customer base, she said.
Selling pieces on-line has its own challenges. Since the customer doesn't have the advantage of being able to see items up close and touch them, on-line retailers like Tillman quickly learn the art of descriptive writing.
"If you are a good writer, you can sd l f on-line l,'
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Branching out: Reme Tillman shows off a snowman figurine, one of the popular items she sells on eBay, an online auction. The items are also available at her Ford. Road Reme's Collectibles store. ;
The Latin phrase "caveat emptoror "let the buyer beware" need not be uttered^wbeh buying from Tillman on-line.
"We guarantee our pieces," Tillman said. "If (cus-tomers) don't like it, they can send it back."
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Tillman said, adding that her part-time assistant handles the writing.
State Rep has district office hours on Monday State Rep. Bruce Patterson, R-
Canton, has scheduled district office hours 4-6 p.m. Monday, Jan . 24 at the Canton adminis-t r a t i o n bu i ld ing , lower level Room 2.
"As S t a t e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e I w a n t to con t inue to be open , accountable and accessible to all of my neighbors,: said Patterson, whose 21s t D i s t r i c t i n c l u d e s C a n t o n , Van B u r e n a n d
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PAUL 0. LUCAS JR.
Service? for Paul G. Lucas Jr.,. 71 of Plymouth, were held J a n T held 12 at Kenwood Church of C h r i s t in Livonia, w i t h Mike Hazelton officiating. "Burial was in Glen Eden Cemetery, Livonia.
He was born Oct. 22, 1928, in Lexington, Ky., and died Jan . 9 La Botsford Hospital. He was an apartment manager. He did tow-ing. for Farmington and F a r m -i n g t o n Hi l l s Police t h r o u g h L u c a s ' T o w i n g Se rv i ce a n d eryoyed hunting and golf.
He was preceded in dea th by r-in-law, Howard Legg
s i s te r , Lanora Merr i -Survivors include his wife,
M^- lene ; one son, P a u l <Bar-baifc) Lucas III of Livonia; one daSghter, Lori (Kirk) Schultz of. Mw>rd; one sister, Mary Legg; on^brother-in-law, Irving Merri-he^r; and five grandchildren.
' Memor ia l s may be m a d e . t o Kenwood Church of Christ, Livo-n i a
Isocal a r r a n g e m e n t s w e r e made by Thayer-Rock Fyne ra l Hoane, Farmington.
TT*MAS FREDERICK FRIDAY
Services for Thomas Frederick F r i d a y , 65, of P lymouth were held J a n . 10 at the Vermeulen Funeral Home, Plymouth, with th J j i ev . Drex Morton officiating.
fte was born Nov. 11, 1934, in Gobies, Mich. He died Jan . 6 in Plymouth. He was a laborer. He s e f v e d in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s Army.
was preceded in death by his parents, Frederick and Eve-lyn Friday. Survivors include his daughter , Pamela (John) Sit ler of Livonia; one son, J im (Jean) Friday of Westland; two sisters, Gail (Tom) Labadie, Irene (Don) Schuberg; and four g randch i l -dren.
Memorials may be made to the dofeor of your choice.
PHYLLIS JEAN MAURER '
g e m t e s fui Phvllih Jean Mau-rer, 73, of Canton were held Jan . 13* at t h e Vermeu len F u n e r a l
Home, Plymouth, with the Rev. L e l a n d F l a h e r t y o f f i c i a t i n g . Burial was in United Memorial Gardens, Plymouth.
She was bom Jan . 4, 1927. in Pontiac. She died Jan. 9 in Dear born. She was a sales associate in fi retail store.
Survivors include her daugh-ter, Leah (Robert) Hintz of Gar-den City; one b ro the r , Donald (Vivian) Markle of Zepher Hills, Fla.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association Michigan Aff i l ia te Inc. , 23100 Providence Dr ive , S u i t e 400, Southfield, MI 48075-3680.
Services for Virginia Bielak, 78, of Canton were held Jan. 4 at Our Lady of Good C o u n s e l Catholic Church with the Rev. J o h n J . S u l l i v a n o f f i c i a t i n g . Burial was in St. Hedwig Ceme-tery, Dearborn Heights.
She was born July 30, 1921 in De t ro i t . She d ied Dec. 31 in Westland. She was a homemak-er.
She was preceded in death by her parents , Joseph and Stella Filipkowski. Survivors include her husband, Charles Bielak of Can ton ; two sons , C h a r l e s R. (Barbara) Bielak of Plymouth , C h e s t e r ( J o a n n e ) B i e l a k of Riverview, Mich. ; one s i s t e r , Helen Zaucha; four grandsons. J e f f r ey Bielak, J a m e s Bielak, Glen Bielak and Robert Bielak; and five granddaughters, Melis-sa McCla-in, A d r i a n n e Bielak, Jenni fer Bielak, Cheryl Bielak and Julie Bielak.
Memor ia l s may be m a d e in Mass cards.
Local a r r a n g e m e n t s were made by V e r m e u l e n F u n e r a l Home, Plymouth.
JAMES DONALD HINZMAN
Serv ices for J a m e s Dona ld Hinzman, 43, of Canton Town-ship were held J a n . 8 in the L.J. Griffin Funeral Hnmp Westland. wi th Fr . Alberto Bondy of St. Michael Church officiating.
He was born 19, 1956, in D e a r b o r n a n d d ied Jan.- 5 in
a s s e m b l y l ine w o r k e r for an automotive company.
Su rv ivo r s i n c l u d e h i s wife, Pam; one son, Scott; one daugh-t e r , J e n n i f e r ; m o t h e r , Mary (Chris) Seward; one brother, Ken (Sylvia); and two sisters, Diane (Gilbert). Sehumake r and Lisa Dunn.
CHARLES HENRI PNANEUF
Serv ices for C h a r l e s H e n r i Phaneuf, 73, of Bloomfield Hills ( formerly of Royal Oak) were held Jan. 10 at the Church of St. Owen.
He was born April 25, 1926. in New Bedford, Mass. , and died Jan. 7 in Wm. Beaumont Hospi-tal, Royal Oak. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and World War II. He retired after 36 years as a designer with Ford Motor Co. He was a m e m b e r of t h e EAP ( E x p e r i m e n t a l A i r c r a f t Association) and the AOPA (Air-craft Owners & Pilots Associa-tion) and also enjoyed boating.
Surv ivors i nc lude his wife, Karolyn; three daughters, Pene-lope Cruse of Canton, Michelle (Michael) Haggerson of Bloom-field Hills and Amy S. (Mark) Trump of Rochester; and three sons, Charles (Vicki) Phaneuf of Ra le igh , N.C. , C h r i s ( P a u l a ) Phaneuf of Commerce Township and Marc (Christine) Phaneuf of Royal Oak.
Memor i a l s may be made to Hospice of S.E. Michigan or to Capuchin Soup Kitchen.
Local a r r a n g e m e n t s were made by the A.J . Desmond & Sons Funeral Home, Royal Oak.
RUTH C. KIRKPATRICK
Serv ices for R u t h C. Ki rk -patrick, 91, of Canton were held Jan. 13 at the L.J. Griffin Funer-al Home, Canton, with the Pas-tor Jerry A. Yarnell officiating.
She was born Oct. 27, 1908, in Belleville. She died Jan. 10. She was a homemaker. .
S u r v i v o r s i n c l u d e her hus -
band, John P.; one son, John R. fLinda); one daughter . Joan E.
i; one sister. Merle Curtis: seven g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; and 1.1 great-grandchildren.
ALMA J. MAQOARD
Services for Alma J. Maggard. 78, of Canton were Jan. 17 at the L.J. Griffin Funeral Home, Can-ton, with the Rev. Drexel Morton of St. Michael Lutheran Church officiating.
She was born Oct. 25, 1921 in Whitesburg, Ky. She died Jkn. 14. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edvar L; and one daughter, Mildred Wilcox. Sur-vivors include her son, Ronnie ( C h a r l o t t e ) ; one d a u g h t e r , Marva Joanne Maggard; one sis-ter, one brother; eight grandchil-dren ; and 13 grea t -grandchi l -dren.
HELEN M. MEYERS
Services for Helen M. Meyers, 81, of Fairview, Mich, (formerly of Ypsilanti) were Jan. 15 at Orr Funeral Home. Mio, Mich, with the Rev. Elmer Wall officiating. Burial was in Fairview Ceme-tery.
She died Jan . 14 in Fairview. Mich. S h e a t t e n d e d t h e Fa i rv iew M e n n o n i t e - C h u r c h . She served as county clerk for Washtenaw County for several years. She donated hand-knit-ted newborn layettes to Beyer, S t . J o s e p h a n d Unive r s i ty of Michigan h o s p i t a l s for many years.
She was preceded in death by her parents. Howard and Hazel Tripp; and one brother. Howard Tr ipp. Su rv ivo r s include her daughter. Shirley (David) Asmus of M a s s a c h u s e t t s ; two sons . James (Nancy ! Meyers of Idaho. Richard Meyers of Idaho; nieces and nephews, Dan (Kim) Tripp, Glenn Tripp of Plymouth, John (Debbie) Tripp. Douglas (Nancy) Tripp and Teressa Ward.
NANCY E. JONES
Private services were held for Nancy E. Jones, 65. of Plymouth.
She was born Feb. 9", 1934 in N i a g a r a ' F a l l s , N.Y. She died Jan. 11 tn Ann Arbor. Sh» mm* to the Plymouth community in 1984 from New York She loved h e r pet c a t . Rasca l , and she enjoyed watching TV.
Survivors include her sister, B a r b a r a J e f f r i e s of Plymouth; nieces and nephews, Linda (Guy) j J e f f r i e s - E l m e n d o r f of G r a n d J u n c t i o n , Colo., S u s a n (Bill) M o r r i s of P l y m o u t h . Rober t (Michele) Jeffries of White Lake, Jonathan Jeffries of Canton; six grand nephews; and three great-great nijsces.
Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Cardiac Care Unit.
Local a r r a n g e m e n t s were made by the Schrader-Howell Funeral Home.
SAMUEL 0. OOUSMA
Services for Samuel O. Odusi-na. 75, of Canada were Jan. 15 a t t h e G e n e v a P r e s b y t e r i a n Church in Canton with the Rev. Bryan Smith officiating. Burial was in Salem Bapt i s t Church Cemetery. Modakeke, Nigeria.
He was born J a n . 1, 1925 in Nigeria, Africa. He died Jan. 5 in Ann Arbor. He was a retired teacher from Nigeria.
S u r v i v o r s include his wrfe-r
g r a d u a t i n g from the Read ing Hospital Nursing School (Pa.) in 1945 She wurked ns n cadnt n u r s e a t the Memphis, Tenn ! Veterans Administration Hospi-tal. She moved to Ann Arbor in
Rebecca Odusina of Nigeria; two daughters, Elizabeth Owolabi of Canada , Gbemisola (Matthew) Aduke Adedeji of Canton Town-ship; six grandchildren; -and one | brother.
, Local a r r a n g e m e n t s were j made by the Schrader-Howell { Funeral Home. Plymouth.
HELEN LOUISE COLLINS
Serv i ce s for Helen Louise Collins. 75, of Ann Arbor will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan . 21 at Nie Funeral Home. Ann Arbor, with
ler offi. v at*Bei
hem Cemetery She was born July 27, 1924 in
Pottstown , Pa. She died Jan. 18 a t St. Joseph Mercy Hospital . She was a r e g i s t e r e d n u r s e .
the Rev. Eric Hammer officiat-ing. Burial will follow at*Bethle-
1946 to work at the University of Michigan Hospital. She retired f rom t h e St . J o s e p h Mercy Health Hospital in 1986 after 23 years of service. Her pride and joy were her children and grand-c h i l d r e n . She loved to m a k e crafts, play Scrabble, participate in church activities and t ravel w i th ' t he senior citizens on day trips.
• She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Collins. Survivors include her four chil-d r e n , Karen (Ron) P a s s i a k of Ann A r b o r , Andffea (Vic tor ) M c G u i r e of C a n t o n . D e n n i s (Dee^ Collins of Rochester, N.Y., Linda Willard (Robert Grant) of Ann Arbor; seven grandchildren, L a u r a Pass iak , Amy P a s s i a k , N i c h o l a s Pas s i ak , V ic to r i a H c G o j r e , S tephanie McGuire , Jess ica Collins, J a r a d Collins; one sister, Lola Mae Berriker of Douglassville, Pa.; two brothers, William Berriker of Pottstown, Pa., Rodney Berriker of High-l a n d He igh t s , Ohio; s e v e r a l nieces and nephews.
Memor i a l s may be made to West S ide Uni ted M e t h o d i s t Church. Envelopes are available at the Nie Funeral Home. Ann Arbor.
SCON M. VELASQUEZ
S e r v i c e s for Sco t t M. Velasquez. 20. of Canton were Jan. 19 aLSanteiu Chapel with the Rev. Suzanne Walls of Christ United Methodist Church offici-ating. Burial was in Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia.
He was born Aug. 12. 1979 in Dearborn. He died J a n . 16 in Ann Arbor. He was a painter.
S u r v i v o r s include h i s s o n , A u s t i n ; mother . D e b o r a h V e l a s q u e z ; f a t h e r . Maclov io Velasquez; one s i s te r , S h a r o n Velasquez; two grandmothers , Dorothy Pitchford and Consuelo Velasquez.
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j -DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM
Brandy Dunlap , d a u g h t e r of Trine Hnpgnn »nH Ronald Dun-lap, enlisted in the Air Force's
ayed Entry Program October 19ftft. Dunlap. a 1998 g /aduate ofiJLincoln H i g h School , w a s 8cl£Mluled for enl is tment in the Regular Air Force on J a n . 13. U M n graduat ion from t h e Air' Foi te ' s six-week basic t r a in ing c o f r s e in San Antonio, Texas ,
she is scheduled to receive tech-nical training Aerospace Propul-sion Apprentice. She will earn c red i t s t o w a r d an a s s o c i a t e ' s deg ree in a p p l i e d sc i ences through the Community College of the Air Force while attending bas ic a n d t e c h n i c a l t r a i n i n g schools.
A l e j a n d r o K n e e l a n d , son of David a n d Conn ie K n e e l a n d , e n l i s t e d in t h e Air Force ' s rtelflypd Entry Program October 1999. Kneeland, a 1999 gradu-ate of Eastern Michigan Univer-sity, is scheduled for enlistment in the Regular Air Force on Jan. 27. Upon graduat ion from the Air Force's six-week basic train-
ing c o u r s e in S a n Anton io , Texas, he is scheduled to receive technical training Aircraft Com-munication and Navigation Sys-tems Apprentice. He will earn c red i t s t o w a r d an assoc ia te ' s deg ree in a p p l i e d sc iences through the Community College of the Air Force while attending baa ic a n d t e c h n i c a l t r a i n i n g schools.
Johnathon Huber, son of Ray-mond and Elsa Huber,.enlisted in the Air Force October 1999. Upon successful ly complet ing the Air Force's six-week basic mi l i tary t r a i n i n g at Lackland
Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas , he w a s s chedu led to r ece ive t e c h n i c a l t r a i n i n g in Aerospace Maintenance Appren-tice. Huber. a 1998 graduate of J a q u e s Dalcroze High School,
E c u a d o r , will e a r r j c r e d i t s toward an associate's degree in app l i ed sc ience t h r o u g h t h e Communi ty College of the Air Force while attending basic and technical training schools.
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Environmentalists warn about dangers of sprawl BYMIKEMALOTT HOMETOWN NEWS SERVICE iiiiiialutietiumpcomm.aet
R e s i d e n t s new and old will "urbanize" 1.4 to 2 million more acres of land in Michigan in the next 20 years - that's an amount equal to the total land that had been developed up to apd through the 1970s, according to t h e - M i c h i g a n E n v i r o n m e n t a l Council.
There are a number of reasons for t h i s accelera t ion of u rban sp rawl , sa id Ju l i e S t o n e m a n , lands program director for the Michigan Environmental Coun-cil. One is population growth. In the past , Michigan's population h a s l a rge ly r e m a i n e d unchanged. But. Stoneman said, the Michigan Society of Planning Off ic ia ls now is projec t ing an 11 8-percent growth in popula-tion for the s t a t e by the year 2020.
On top of that, the number of residents per household is drop-ping. down from 3.5 persons per household in 1960 to 2.8 in 1980. It will likely drop further, to 2.5 persons per house by 2020, the planning officials estimate.
And each house is taking up more land. Older cities could put 5.5 houses on an acre. Develop-ment of the '60s typically put 3.8 homes on an acre. In the' '80s. the density was 2.6.
But over the next 20 yea rs . S toneman said, the figure will likely drop to 1.3 homes per acre.
Large lots People like living on large lots.
A study conducted by Public Sec-tor Consultants showed tha t 49 percent of residents would like to live on a large rural lot. Just 19 percent said they would like to live in an established neighbor-hood. Fifteen percent wanted to buy into a new subdivision.
S toneman, along with Michi-gan E n v i r o n m e n t a l Counci l P r e s + d e n t L a n a Po l l ack and MEC Policy Specia l i s t Conan Smi th , gave this prediction of fu tu re sprawl to edi tors of the
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tr ibute to it. "People have no other choke"
t h a n buy ing t h e e x p e n s i v e homes on large lots that builders have concentrated on in recent years , she said. "If the options were available to them and they still did not buy, fine, you could say it was market driven. But right now, they don't have other options " , r—
number of senous effects for the r eg ion . S m i t h s a id . For one . according the figures offered by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, commute times for t h e a v e r a g e d r ive r h a v e increased 30 percent,, an average of 15 minutes, jus t in the last few years.
Thirty percent of Detroit resi-dents don't own
for them to get to work , or to Had employmen t in t h e first place.
"They say the road to hell is paved wi th good i n t e n t i o n s , " Smi th said. "The dev i l would say. 'Use bi tuminous concrete.' I'd say t h a t if you bu i l t mass t r a n s i t , you could ge t people there a lot faster."
Use Panel to study urban' sprawl a n d r e c o m m e n d po l ic ies f o r addressing it. Cha i red by Rep. Gene DeRossett, R-Manchester, the panel was named in the fall and is just beginning its work. '
The MEC is one of 14 groups that has been asked io provide it with information. Stoneman and
Lana Pollack: Michigan Environmental Council.
HomeTown C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Network - Observer & Eccentric NewsftoperWomeTown Newspa-pers . Mir ror Newspapers and Corrimunity Newspapers - in a meeting Thursday, Jan. 13.
Pollack, a former state sena-tor. said her organization is cam-paigning for changes in s t a t e policy t h a t e x a c e r b a t e and encourage sprawl. MEC is urg-ing the' state government to cre-a t e a ".vision" for land use s ta tewide, incorporat ing goals and sound planning principles to end sprawl. MEC is asking the state to create a planning "tool-box" for communit ies to use in reaching those goals and create incent ives for communi t ies to avoid sprawl. MEC is also look-ing for the s t a t e to review its own investments, such as money for road projects, to look for side e f fec t s t h a t encourage u r b a n sprawl. The s ta te now does not consider s ide ef fec ts before it determines where to spend road money. Stoneman explained.
Urban sp iawl is not entirely market dr iven. Pollack argues Rather , the re a re a number of government policies tha t con-
Sprawl encouraged A m o n g t h e pol ic ies t h a t
encourage sprawl are laws such as Michigan's Land Division Act, w h i c h a l lows d e v e l o p e r s to divide large parcels into lots of 10 acres or larger without hav-ing to plat their developments as a subdivision.
Another contributor is the vast number of local governments in Michigan. 83 counties and 1,800 municipalities - cities, township and villages - all of which a re responsible for the i r own land use planning.
Rather than override local con-trol of land use, Stoneman said, MEC is advocating that the state a d o p t a " smar t g rowth" p lan , such as the onirlh use in Mary-land. There, local communit ies decida-crfixheir 0wn where their g r o w t h a r e a s s h o u l d be a n d w h e r e they should a t t e m p t to p r e se rve land. Then t h e s t a t e targets its financial assistance to encourage development tor rede-velopment) inside those growth a reas . But the s ta te wi thholds assistance when developers seek to b u i l d in a r e a s m a r k e d for preservation, she explained.
Transit needs Smith argued that the lack of
mass t ransi t is one of the lead-ing contributors to. as well as a r e s u l t of. u r b a n s p r a w l . T h e s t a t e c o n s t i t u t i o n c a p s t h e m o n e y spen t in Mich igan on mass transi t at 10 percent of the s t a t e t r anspo r t a t i on f u n d . He noted tha t the state is spending
of mass transit makes it difficult sentat ives ha s created a Land sentations to its members.
The people you need will be there, will
jus t 8.3 percent on mass transit . T h e De t ro i t a r e a ' s h e a v y
re l i ance on automobiles ha s a
Ford resurfacing will begin in spring
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BY RICHARD PEARL STAFF WRITER rpearl0oe.homecomin.net •
The $1.4-million resurfac ing and repair of a 1.36-mile section of Ford Road (M-153) between Wayne and Venoy roads in West-l a n d wil l begin t h i s s p r i n g , a c c o r d i n g to t h e Mich igan Depar tmen t uf Transput tatiun (MDOT).
The completion date of the pro-jec t , wh ich will inc lude cold-milling. resurfacing and concrete pavement and repair, is expected
to be August. Ajax Paving is the contractor.
The p ro jec t is one of t h r e e a f f e c t i n g O b s e r v e r r e a d e r s announced by Gov, John Engler Jan . 13 as par t of Build Michi-gan II. MDOTs $1.4-billion road and bridge program for 2000
Also a n n o u n c e d for s p r i n g :Uart up* art* work on Grand River in Redford Township; on Ford Roac] in Dea rborn , and under Ecorse Road at 1-275.
The Redford project will involve $5,000 worth of curb and
gut ter construction along Grand River at Vassar Road. However, the bid has not been awarded as yet.
The Dearborn project involves b r i d g e r epa i r on F o r d / M - 1 5 3 w e s t b o u n d over Hines Drive . T h e $274,000 project is to be completed by J. Slagter & Son by Jum-
T h e Ecorse Road o v e r p a s s repair, a $333,000 project award-ed to WW A Inc., is to be complet-ed by October
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sharpshooters bait and kill more than half of the park ' s famed deer herd before March 1.
"I don't know, maybe it's too l a te . But we still have some hope," said council p res iden t Judy Brock, as motorists drove
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resident Rosita Smith visits the park several times a year. When her daughter and granddaighter visit from Colorado, Kensington Park is always first on the agen-da.
"I know of nowhere else in the world like it-," Smith said. "But if
they'll ruin everything." Protesters had harsh words
for the Huron-Cl in ton Metropark Authority, the state Depa r tmen t of Na tu ra l Resources and Gov. John Engler.
"Metroparks are a sanctuary for these deer and other wildlife," said Lou Nantais, who lives next door to the park on Eas t Buno Road. "This i sn ' t about saving vegeta t ion and wildlife. This is about making the hunters happy."
Nantais disputes deer popula-tion estimates.
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reduction in the deer I see," he said.
Last year , it was estimated that 528 deer lived in the park. Tha t n u m b e r dropped to 454 based on aerial infrared counts done two weeks ago. But Nan-ta i s wonde r s why the Metroparks used deer living out-side the park when figuring pop-ulation-density. •
"They're t rying to skew the numbers," he charged.
N a n t a i s and many o the r protesters said the authority is fudging wi th the numbers to gain more support for hunting plans.
P r o t e s t e r s say t h a t spo r t hunting organizations have been lobbying t h e Metroparks for hunting since 1995.
"Why a re there representa-tives from hunting groups on the Met ropa rk Wildlife Advisory Committee?" Brock asked.
In 1995, a Gov. Engler-initiat-ed task force on the issue recom-mended t h a t urban parks and
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recreation areas be opened to hunting and fishing.
While park rangers are per-fo rming t h e culls th i s year , ; protesters say that hunters will soon be clamoring to get into ; Kensington. <
P r o t e s t e r s also decried Metroparks ' lack of foresight. Many biologists say that hunted deer populations have a repro-duction rate which doubles that of non-hunted deer. Hunted does a re nea r ly th ree t imes more likely to have twins than other does, and they begin reproduc-ing at a younger age. Critics charge hunting is just a form of harvesting the next year's crop.
The New Jersey Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife stktes that "the deer resource has been managed primarily for the pur-pose of sport hunting."
Protesters also said that the deer population is not signifi-cantly damaging the park's veg-etation as the Metroparks pur-port. "Np baseline study was ever done On Kensington Park's vegetation," Brock sfcid.
According to a permit received from the s ta te Department of Natural Resources, the cull can take place anytime now through March 1. Park off icials say rangers, who will kill the deer at n igh t , a re s t i l l in t r a i n i n g . Spokesman Dave Moilanen refused to say when the cull will start.
Foster care board needs volunteers
The State Court Administra-tive Office of the Michigan Supreme Court is seeking volun-t ee r s to serve on the Wayne County Foster Care Review Board.
The Michigan Legisiatui e e s tab l i shed the Fos ter Care Review Board Program in 1984 in an effort to improve children's foster, care programs through the s ta te ut i l izing citizen review boards.
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plui'i fos te r care due to abuse of neglect. At these reviews, board members interview parents, fos-ter parents, caseworkers, attor-neys and other interested parties who may be involved in plan-ning for the ward. Advisory rec-ommendations are formulated and mailed to the court, child wel fa re agency, prosecut ing a n a r m
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The Foster Care Review Boards are comprised of citizens who reflect a broad cross section of their communities. Minorities and men are especially encour-aged to apply. The program is seeking volunteers who have demons t r a t ed l eadersh ip in other settings. Employees of the Family Independence Agency, family court, or private child placement agencies are prohibit-ed by law to serve on the Foster Care Review Boards.
Each volunteer who is selected must attend a two-day orienta-tion training in Lansing March 9-10. This training is a require-ment to serve en a board Also,
training which is held in differ-ent locations th roughout the state, and expenses for training are reimbursed
Citizens interested in volun-teering for the Wayne County Foster Care Review Board should call <617)373-1966 for an ipplisafcian- T^eTes^TTi receiving applications is Jan 31, 2000, and in terv iews with prospective candidates will take phree m February 1000
Chamber will oppose property tax lawsuIT
(PRNewswire) - Attorneys r ep resen t ing t h e Michigan Chamber of Commerce will file a request to submit an amicus brief in opposition to a lawsuit eight units of local government (Wayne County, Detroit, Qak-Tand 'County, MacornlTCounty, Livonia, Taylor , and Van Buren Charter Township) have filed against the State of Michi-gan.
The request was to be filed Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court.
The local government law-suit seeks to prevent the Michi-gan S t a t e Tax Commission from implementing new per-sonal property tax depreciation tables for electric and gas utili-ty company transmission and distribution systems.
The new depreciation tables are part of a multi-year effort by the State Tax Commission (STC) to increase the fairness and improve administration of the personal property tax.
In Michigan the personal
local government officials from Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties launched a false and misleading public relat ions campaign attacking businesses that exercised their right under the law to appeal unfair prop-
property tax is only levied on business equipment, machin-ery and furnishings.
"This effort by local govern-ments to undermine personal property tax reform must be stopped now," said Michigan Chamber president and CEO Jim Barrett in announcing the
action. 'Earlier this month several
er ty t ax assessments . Now this same group has filed a fr ivolous l awsu i t asking a Wayne County court to prevent the S t a t e Tax Commission from continuing to move for-ward on personal property tax reform," explained Barrett.
"For' 106 years. Section 114 of the General Property Tax Act of 1893 has clearly and simply stated, 'No injunction shall issue to stay the proceed-ings for the assessment or col-lection of taxes under this act.' This wasteful lawsuit is a clas-sic example of taxpayer funded lawsuit abuse and a sad reflec-tion of our litigation culture. It is apparen t t ha t these local politicians are more concerned about maintaining current lev-el s_of government spending
than complying with the stan-dards for property taxat ion contained in the State Consti-tut ion and the property tax law," Barrett concluded.
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce is a statewide busi-ness organization representing approximately .7,000 employ-ers, t r a d e associat ions and local chambers of commerce.
United Way seeks volunteer nominations: Thw L'ntUd Way &etnrounUy UM
Services is accepting nomina-t ions for several volunteer
rarda. The awards will be prt-sented at the Celebrate Volun-teers Luncheon that will be held on Wednesday, April 12, during National Volunteer Week. All nominations muBt be received at United Way Community Ser-vices by Feb. 7.
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• Cheer Award, sponsored by the Southeast Michigan Corpo-rate Volunteer Council and Unit-ed Way Community Services, is presented annually to one excep-tional employee nominated by his/her employer as an outstand-ing communi ty volunteer . In addition, a $1,000 gift will be awarded to the non-profit orga-nization where the winner per-forms most of his/her volunteer work.
• Heart of Gold Award, spon-sored by United Way Communi-ty Services, honors individuals whose dedication, time, commit-ment. program participation and persona l cont r ibut ions have made a significant difference in
u n t e e r effor ts exemplify the highest standards of excellence and generosity of service focused in the city of Detroit. The award is intended to promote volun-teerism among-our retired popu-lation as an mcentrwe to continue "working for Detroit* in a volun-
tie" of Detroit will mofce'a $1,000 donation to a winner selects. •-
• Young Met te Volunteer Award , sponsore4~by Un i t ed •Way Community Serv ices , acknowledges and-honors the ef for ts of s tudent vefunteers. ages 12 to 21. who sfiow excep-tional leadership, eosimitment and character in service to the community.
• Governor's Honor Roll, spon-sored by The Junior League of Birmingham with Support from the governor's office, recognizes volunteers for their outstanding community service. A proclama-tion will be initiated to note the names and organizational affilia-tions of all candidates..
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Star gazers meet at Nankin Stargazers can learn to identi-
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Best, the planetarium demon-strator of the Vollbrecht Plane-tarium in Southfield. has been an as t ronomy e n t h u s i a s t for more than 50 years. Participants can expect an in format ive evening beginning wi th an indoor slide presentation "Win-ter Skies and Space Update" fol-lowed by a discussion and out-door star viewing, weather per-
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Lost in all the hoopla over the presidential candidates is the fact t ha t it 's a local elec-tion year, too. All seven sea ts on the Can-
ton Township Board of Trus tees - full-time supervisor, clerk and t r easu re r along with four, part-time t rus tees - will be on the ballot next fall. So will all six members of the Can-ton Public Library Board of Trustees.
So why are we bo ther ing t o even mention th is four months before t h e May 16 filing deadline? Well, Canton doesn' t exactly have a reputat ion as being a hotbed for local politics - and that 's too bad. In fact, the last t ime the board was up for election in 1996 not a single challenger filed. Tha t ' s h a r d to swallow in a growing community t h a t will count 75,000 res-idents by the t ime election day rolls around.
Canton Supervisor Tom Yack, who will seek
to her seat in 1995. Of the th ree full-time officials, Yack was
elected irt 1988, Treasurer Elaine Kirchgat ter in 1992 and Clerk Terry Bennet t appointed in 1995 to replace her husband, Loren, following his election to the state Senate .
To date, all seven incumbents say they plan to seek re-election.
To run for a seat on the township board, which is a par t i san governing board, you mus t be a registered voter and Canton res ident . You mus t file a petition with the townsh ip clerk's office by 4 p.m. May 16. If you file before March 10, the petition m u s t contain s ignatures of 154-307 registered Can ton vot-ers (for Republicans) and 45-87 s igna tu re s (for Democrats). After March 10, the requi red pnmfruar jj<$ 1
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his fourth term in November, will tell you res-iden ts like the direction in which the township is going, are strongly behind his adminis t ra-t ion's efforts and see li t t le reason to seek al ternatives. While the re is some t ru th to those assertions, life in Canton isn' t perfect. And there a re local issues - -like development a n d roads - t ha t deserve a counterpoint t h a t a more diverse selection of candidates would be able to provide.
While not criticizing individual perfor-mances, the Observer believes the township only stands to gain from some fresh view-points on its board, par t icular ly on the four par t - t ime seats. Trus tees Bob Shefferly and Phil LaJoy have been on the board since 1988; J o h n Burdziak was appointed to h is seat in 1990; and Melissa McLaughlin was appointed
To run for a seat on the non-par t i san Can-ton Library Board of Trustees, you need a t least 158 valid signatures before March 10 and an as-yet-to-be-determined n u m b e r af te r March 19.
Candida te k i t s with these and o ther detai ls are available from the township clerk's office, (734) 397-5366.
The Observer urges any qualified res ident with an in teres t to get involved in t h e process. A good first s t ep is at tending township board or l ibrary board meetings, which a r e open to the public. T h e township board mee t s a t 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the administrat ion building, 1150 S. Canton Center . The library board mee t s a t
. 7:30 p.m. on t h e third Wednesday of each month at the l ibrary, 1200 S. Canton Center .
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Mass transit still needed here This is the week tha t the world comes to
Detroit. The North American International Auto
Show at Cobo Center is the showcase for all the shiny, new automobiles offered for the coming yea r and a dazzling display of concept cars tha t may never be marketed bu t st imulate thinking about transportation design.
We are still the auto capital of the world, and this is our week to boast.
The automobile changed history and the way we live our lives for good and bad. It tempted us From our small towns and from our congested cities. Ribbons of highway were built to allow the automobile and t rucks to move across coun-try and, more significantly, across ever expand-ing urban areas.
The suburbs grew with the automobile and the roads built to accommodate it.
We had suburbs before t h e automobile, con-nected by electric s t ree tcars tha t ran from the center of Detroit, west to Ann Arbor and north
that will also require repair. We consume fuel . at unacceptable levels. Our major roads and freeways are frequently clogged to a standstill dur ing rush hour.
In affluent Oakland County, 91 percent of commuters drive alone to work.
By design and practice, Detroit ha s o n e of— the worst mass transi t systems in the United States. The Michigan Constitution manda tes that not less than 90 percent of fuel taxes go toward building and maintaining roads, leaving a paltry 10 percent for alternatives like rail and bus systems, and even this is not current ly allo-cated.
We understand how important the automo-bile is to the economic life of metropolitan Detroit, but we also know t h a t t ime has come to rethink our transportation needs locally, regionally and nationally.
The Michigan Environmental Council, a coalition of environmental and public heal th organizations, is offering some al ternative
Fair treatment wanted
With the success tha t the Canton and Salem gymnast ics a t Plymouth-Canton
Educat ional Park have had, you'd think t h a t they should be congratulated and rewarded by the i r schools. Unfortunately , it seems like j u s t the opposite ha s happened.
Recently, the P.E. depar tment decided tha t they were going to allow a lot more s tuden t s t h a n before into one power t ra in ing class at Phase III. In order to do this they needed more space. So. What did they do? They took advan tage of the team that ' s a l ready used to it and decided to use the gymnast ics room. Although the weight equipment only t akes u p one-fourth of the room, they still see this as, the "best" solution.
Almost every year Salem and/or Canton gymnast ics h a s sen t the i r team or individuals to the s t a t e competition. Salem alone has been e i ther s t a t e champions or runners -up
• three timoc t and Canton onco. These ara
in a certain order, pu t back in every day. Now equipment se tup is more difficult and takes about twice as long. If th is isn't enough of an inconvenience, the two t eams are being sent to practice one to two t imes a week at a gym in Westland where t h r ee o ther groups a l ready practice. It's a practice facility tha t doesn't have any t ra iners or individuals who would be able to take care of injur ies , placing our a th-letes at risk.
tfo mat te r wha t t h e circumstances, no one would ever make Sa lem or Canton football or basketball t eams pract ice with each other -being arch-rivals - a t a field or court 15 miles away.
Education does come before sports, bu t isn't there some other way to solve this small prob-lem without penalizing some hardworking girls tha t already had enough challenges in the first place, and h a d nothing to do wi th the school's problem? T h e r e must be some tempo-rary solution to this unfa i r t rea tment for now. When the now uehool ie built at Beck and .Jov.
to Pontiac. But the subs didn't really grow until the freeways allowed people to drive their own cars from home into t h e city. Inevitably, the suburbs, themselves, became places where industry and commerce followed the people.
The center city lost its prominence as retail shopping, enter ta inment venues and office and factory jobs moved out to t h e suburbs.
We love our cars and t h e independence they us. But that independence has come a t a
price. The racial divide haa been exasperated by the outward movement and the lack of t rans-portation for the poor who remain in the center city. We've destroyed viable neighborhoods to put-in- freeways. We've devoured thouaanda of
thinking about a system for "moving people not cars."
They are asking that we limit construction of new roads, allocate the maximum allowable 10 percent fuel tax to mass transi t and programs to mitigate congestion, require the Michigan Department of Transportation to plan road pro-jects tha t complement local master p lans and allow communities to disapprove construction p i a n a i f a r o i m t i r n i n r a n ' t bo r p w r h o H i n t h r * e
years. Other cities such as Washington, D.C.,
Chicago, Boston and Toronto have efficient, well-used mass transit systems and programs that Hinronrapp waitpfnl driving prarti i
acr te of farm, forest and park land to build housing along the freeways.
We spend large amoun t s of our s tate budget on continuous road repai r and build new roads
We can still have our personal automobiles, but it is past t ime to also have a good mass transi t system in Detroit.
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grea t accomplishments and much more than m a n y t eams at P.C.E.P. can say. Neverthe-less, ever since there ha s been a gymnast ics program here , both Salem and Canton have been inconvenienced.
F i rs t of all, the room that they did have wasn ' t even big enough to set up all of t h e equipment , so every day they spent a total of an hour se t t ing u p and put t ing away equip-ment tha t sunn1 bUiuulw am abli to k c t p .set up in a room all year. Secondly, they've never had enough t ime or space, in the west gym, on practice days to set up the floor, which is one of four events t h a t t ake place a t a competition. Therefore, t hey haven ' t been as prepared as they should have been for tha t event. Thirdly, the days t h a t the men's basketball games or volleyball matches have taken place, they've had to shorten the i r practice t ime even more. Last but not least, they have always ahared~a room and equipment and have had to figure out how to split the gym time.
Without consul t ing the gymnastics coaches, the athlet ic director and the P.E. depa r tmen t spread t h e gymnast ics equipment throughout Phase III. Since then , the 15 percent of equip-m e n t t h a t had to be left in the new weight room, d u e to lack of space elsewhere, ha s been abused by s tuden t s and its being their ha s been complained about by the teachers. The o ther 85 percent is j ammed into the P.E; office and haa to carefully taken out had perfectly,
this problem should definitely be fixed. There's no doubt t h a t our teams deserve an ent i re gymnastics facility where they can^set and leave up all of the i r equipment . If they haven't already, the a thle t ic directors should s ta r t pursuing this wi th the school board now.
The gymnast ics t e a m s have already begun their seasons. Good luck to them; it leoks like they're going to need it.
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I am a taxpayer who is pleased to know tha t this officer is a le r t to both the law regard-ing minora in possession of tobacco and t h e law regarding the sale of tobacco products to minors, and is willing to follow through to the point of a ticket being issued. I am also curi-ous, were the minors ticketed as well under the current s ta te law?
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P O I N T S OF V I E W
Home rule takes some unprecedented hits in Lansing H
e r e ' 8 a c iv ics qu i7 t ha t most folks flunk.
Q. True or.false: The U.S. Constitu-tion provides for th ree levels of gov-e rnmen t — federal, s t a t e and local.
A. False. The Consti tut ion men-tions only the federal government and
i. Local governments are crea tures of their s ta te . Local units h&ve only the powers the state consti-tution and laws give them. The text-books say tha t one s t a t e even abol-ished all its counties.
Michigan alwayB h a s been strong for municipal home rule, local options and grass-roots power. The state only occasionally t r ims the wings of its local units , as when it abolished local gun control ordinances. But in 1999 t h e Legislature and governor t n m r a d the wings of local un i t s three times.
Here a re the la tes t chapters: Schools - At Gov. John Engler's
insistence, the Legis la ture wiped out the Detroi t school district 's board of education, giving the city's mayor power to appoint a.new school board.
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The dras t ic act shocked even many suburban school boards; "If Engler elm do it to Detroit , he can do it to us." Butythe bills passed with biparti-
n Cit ies -r After 35 or so years of agita-tion, the s ta te took away cities' power to impose resi-dency men t s of less than 20 miles on municipal employees. Some 80 uni ts are affect-ed, b u t making the most noise was Detroit , which can tax the incomes of res idents a t 3 percent but of non-resi-dent employees only 1.5 percent. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Loren Ben-net t , R-Canton.
In recent decades, as Detroit 's eth-nic composition turned more than 80 percent black, politicians wanted to see blacks in city jobs. But in modern Michigan, a s pointed out by former Sen. Dave Honigman, R-West Bloom-field, both husbands and wives hold jobs, and often for different uni ts of government . If both employers have residency rules, ma in ta in one fictional residence, or one spouse must give up a job. Public employees' unions joined the agitation
f n r a c h a n g e
"This bill is about personal freedom for those who put their lives on the line," Engler said to applause as he signed the bill. "It's about the freedom for our law enforcement officers and firefighters to choose where they want to" live."
44. The Sena te vote was 27-9 with suburban Democrats Gary Peters of Bloomfield Township and J o h n Cher-ry of Clio joining Republicans in sup-port.
The Michigan Municipal League is livid. Spokesman Dan Gilmart in J r . says the league of 534 cities and vil-lages will mount a petition drive ei ther to repeal the law or amend the s ta te constitution to allow residency ru les for employees.
• Townships - Republicans mainly pushed the bill to curb townships ' power to regulate nuisances caused by farms. SB 205 was passed 23-13 on Oct. 7 on a largely party-line vote - 22 Republicans and one Democrat voting yes, 13 Democrats voting no. Sen.
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The House passed it 61-48 on Dec. ; aa Sierra Club said state Agriculture
chair of the renamed Agribusiness Committee, guided the bill, calling it a measure to protect farming.
9, the last day of session. Signed late in the month by the
governor, i t will prohibit a local unit from enacting or enforcing any regula-tion tha t conflicts with the s ta te Right to Farm Act and the Agriculture Com-mission's list of generally accepted practice8>The argument was tha t i f — every township were allowed to regu-late farms, 1,400 sets of regulations would govern f a r m s with 1,000 ani-mal units .
Democrats complained tha t the GOP was le t t ing "corporate" and "fac-tory" f a r m s run roughshod over the environment.
Opponents came from two corners. First, t h e Michigan Townships
Association saw it as an infr ingement on local powers, though it hasn ' t announced what it will do next. Politi-cally, it w a s a dangerous bill for House members because the lower chamber ha s been called "the Retired Supervisors Club," meaning tha t many s t a t e reps come from township government. If township officials a re angry enough, many rural Republican lawmakers could find themselves in primary challenges next August .
Second, environmental groups such
and Depar tment of Environmental .« Quality regulations of f a rms a re too lax. Sierra even proposed t h a t the fed-eral Environmental Protection Agency s tr ip Engler's administrat ion of its ; regulatory powers.
. Local government won-a bjg victory uTthe Supreme Court, "however. Tbe T court in June said Burt Lake Town-ship could regulate zoning of (read: • block) a s tate public boat launch. ;
When Michigan was admit ted to ; the Union, there was a tug of war between s ta te and local uni t s . Dur ing , the Grea t Depression, Ihere was s t ug ! of war between s ta te and local uni ts . '• When the current consti tution was ; draf ted in the 1960s, there was a t ug ; of war between the s ta te a n d local uni ts The tug of war continues today. J
Prediction for the 21st century: There will be a t ug of war between the state and local units. The conflict will « never be 100 percent rpaolved. Tha t ' s why we don't have revolutions.
Tim Richard is retired from this. !~ newspaper to the land of Kabibonok- ) ka, the north wind. His e-mail address < is [email protected]
LETTERS
Don't tolerate prejudice
Ihave been following t h e recent outbreak of prejudice that has
s t ruck Plymouth-Canton As a fu tu re teacher I am outraged
tha t children's rights can be violated so easily because of the fear of a small group of people. As teachers and com-munity members , we should all be irate. I t is a teacher ' s job to protect the r ights of ALL s tudents . It is not relevant if you approve morally of a s tudent ' s choice.
It is a teacher 's job to create a safe environment where all s tudents "can
learn and succeed." Yes, this means African American,
Asian. Catholic, Jewish, gay or s t ra igh t .
In a public school especially, it is impor tan t to support diversity. We do not ha v e t o teach "gay" issues to let s t u d e n t s know that school is a safe place.
Do we not know tha t intolerance breeds intolerance? Are we not aware tha t all s tudents deserve, have the right, to express themselves? Teach-ers. you a re bound to protect all stu-dents . If a student walked into your room and called a black s tuden t a
racial s lur , the child calling names would be disciplined, even suspended.
Why do we tolerate gender or sexu-al orientation bashing? Do we think this is OK? Obviously, l isten to how many t imes your s tudents say, -That ' s gay" or "faggot" in one day, -not to mention other insults .
This prejudice is here because we • allow it, tolerate it (and if Mr. Walcott had stayed on) endorsed it. To ignore tha t kind of behavior is to endorse it. Do not fool yourself, you a re a part of the problem if you ignoYe it in your home or classroom.
Stand up for the rights of children,
all children, it is your job, no. your duty to encourage diversity. You don't have to teach anything but tol-erance.
It only t akes a few pe6ple to not tolerate prejudice, to not live in the fear and to encourage the rights of children to express themselves freely to change the social consciousness of the world. Let it s tar t here.
S h e e n a H a r r i s F o r m e r P l y m o u t h - C a n t o n
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Never happened
We stocked our pantries, fridges, freezers.
filled up every water jug. bought more firewood, filled our
gas tanks; braced for the "Y2K bug " With the dawning of 2000. everything worked just the same -jus t another Happy New Year -dreaded glitches never came!
Bea S c a g l i o n e Farmington Hi l l s
Lesson in sprawl is real eye-opener
Headlines like these are increasingly appear ing in this newspaper:
• Lbcal citizens gruup fights s t n p mall development
M 400 acre cenU nmai I.trm -l.tifd for subdivi-s i o n
V • County road congestion makes commuting tough
• Michigan to lose millions of acres of farm-land . j.
• Citizens group charged with NIMBY i not in my back yard) th ink ing
• Another s tore closes, down tow n catted "n wasteland" •
Lurking behind each of these stone.- are inter-connected pia t ters of development, zoning, land use planning and environmental preservation. Put them all together and what you get is some-thing called "sprawl." •j The Michigan Society of Planning Officials
has produced a pret ty good definition of sprawl: "a low density pa t t e rn of development ... ( that is ' j automobile dependent , energy and land con-sumptive, and requires a very high ratio of road surface to development served Anybody who lives in suburban. iMirinin nr rural Michigan has plenty of concrete examples to go with tha t ra ther abstract definition.
Sprawl is the most common form of growth in Michigan today."And Pm pretty sure the n u m b e r ^ and intensity of local conflicts that tract- their origin back to sprawl are only going to increase as t ime goes on. Here's why.
Assuming the economy stays reasonably healthy, Michigan's 9.2 million population is expected to grow by 1.1 million people by 2020 If development continues at the current low densi-ty levels, those 1.1 people will urbanize as much l and as was urbanized by the first 9.2 million, consuming nearly 2 million acres of rural land That 's space equivalent to four or five counties '
;"Because sprawl affects the lives of nearly everybody who reads this newspaper. I invited Lana Pollack, president of the Michigan Envi-ronmental Council, and two of her colleagues to meet wi th our editorial board last week Pollack served a s a s ta te senator for 12 years before s tar t ing her own statewide newspaper. Michigan Monthly Cast ing around for something construc-
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tory to sale, the Legislature enacted laws tha t allowed property to be divided up into parcels of 10 acres or more for sale without being formally platted. -
The net result? Lots and lots of 10-acre lots sold. And a s t h e s a y i n g goes, 10 acres is "too small to farm and too large to mow." Building one single family home on a 10-acre lot is a great way to convert a lot of formerly rural land into exurb.
.Another topic: The overwhelming preference of folks in Michigan is to live on a large lot in a rural setting That ' s low density development and that contributes to sprawl So you might conclude the Environmental Council is jus t a bunch of anti-growth social engineers trying to deny folks what they want.
Not so. says Pollack Well-designed develop-ments - by clustering homes close together and preserving common ground as open space, for example - can provide people with a home in a rural setting, often at less cost to developers and their customers than traditional design In fact. Pollack says her organization isn't anti-growth Instead. MEC favors "smart growth." which includes well-designed cluster housing and downtown redevelopment
I pricked my ears up at "downtown redevelop ment," as it's always seemed to me that the dete-rioration of traditional downtowns is one of the inevitable consequences of sprawl developments such as s t n p shopping centers and big box stores b u i l t o n p r u v u . i m . l v p r o d u c t i v e l a r m l a n i l
In keeping with the complexity of the subject , _ ou r conversation covered a lot of ground ^ ' One clear cone I us ion <>ne of the biggest rnn
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Thanks to our conversation, I'm better — informed than I was. and I believe our editor* and reporters are, too You'll be seeing sprawl and what to do about it as an important part of this newspaper 's coverage in the weeks U> come
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JACK GLADDEN
Musings about the millennium i l l t's not only a new year, it's a new
• century." That's the first sen-• tence in a story in a certain com-
munity newspaper dated Jan. 13, 2000. Two weeks into the new YEAR and we
Btill can't get it right. The new CENTU-RY and the new MILLENNIUM do -not begin until Jan. 1, 2001. That's not an opinion, that's a fact.
Yet everyone from heads of state to television network anchors to community newspaper reporters have been propa-gating the false information that the stroke of midnight. Dec. 31, 1999, would usher in the 21st century, the third mil-lennium. The question is: Why the plethora of misinformation?
Mass ignorance comes to mind as one possible answer. A cynical view, perhaps, but no more so than that expressed by the venerable Times of London on Dec. 26:
"We have uniformly rejected all letters and declined all discussion upon the question of when the present century ends, as it is one of the most ahsurd that can engage the public attention, and we are astonished to find it has been the subject of so much dispute, since it appears plain. The present century will not terminate till January 1, 1801, unless it can be made out that 99 are 100. It is a silly, childish discussion, and only exposes the want of brains of those who maintain a contrary opinion to that we have stated."
Pretty strong stuff. And by the way, that date of "1801" is not a typo. This statement was published in the Times on Dec. 26. 1799!
The Feminist has a theory that the combination of changing centuries, changing millennia and the infamous and over-hyped "Y2K" computer glitch got people confused. She probably has a point.
I've read stories and listened to broad-casts where people used the terms "mil-lennium" and "Y2K" interchangeably, as though they mean the same thing. If Y2K were something to worry about when the calendar changed from 1999 to 2000, it must have something to do with the new millennium.
An Internet acquaintance of mine, who put up a Web site devoted to this subject, has a less-benevolent theory. He thinks it was all about money. If there was money to be made selling Y2K survival inefehaMUfl, UlftM U>a.s ALso to be made with millennium celebrations, mil-lennium sales, millennium memorabilia, and so on.
'You can check out his Web site at wAvw.geocities.com/ heartland/Plains/ 1638/millennium.html)
Personally. 1 still hold to the theory of mass ignorance, fostered by governments perpetuating another Big Lie. Case in point:
When Lord Mcintosh of Haringey, the British government's deputy Chief Whip, was asked why "for official purposes" the start of the 21st century was being cele-brated a.year early, he replied:
"The government has always recog-
l January 2001. But many people wish to celebrate during the year 2000."
So? They're wrong. • That didn't bother President Bill Clin-
ton when he was asked in a radio inter-view if he and Hillary were gisilty of propagating the myth" that the new millennium would start in 2000 instead of 2001. His answer:
"Yes. I mean, I think basically, by com-mon consent, everybody decided that we ought to celebrate the millennium on January the 1st, 2000, even though most of the strict correctionists say that it's January 1st, 2001."
Asked if the strict correctionists weren't right, he replied: '
"Well, apparently, that was the pre-vailing view among the experts, but the people have expressed a different wish. so we're going with the folks. We'vr got a democracy here, and that's the way we're
That's just great Government of the ignorant, by the ignorant, for .the igno-rant. Now that's a Y2K bug to* worry about
Jack Oladden is a copy editor for the Observer Newspapers. He lives in Canton
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BY STEPHANIE ANGEL YN CAS0LA STAFF WRJTER [email protected]
It only takes one time in the spotlight and they're
hooked. At least that 's what Danny Harrington, owner
of Reiser's Keyboard Lounge, thinks about coupling kids with a Karaoke machine and microphone.
At the Westland lounge, he's established a weekly karaoke night especially for kids. And it's become quite popular for children of all ages, from shy little girls and boys to their parents.
"We started it a*>out two months ago," said Har-rington of the Sunday night activity. "I usually do karaoke Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights. Kids
, always want to come up and do it. Ever since it started, it's been-building up More-kids come."
One of those "regulars" on stage Sunday nights is 13-year-old Melanie Topasch of West-land.
"I like to sing," she said. "I have nothing else to d6. I like it because I can get away from my parents and my brother."
It's not unusual to see "Mel" belt-ing out tunes by Dixie Chicks, TLC
or Mariah Carey. She said soifteday singing might ling she'd like to do professionally.
For now. it's just a fun way to spend a Sunday with her friends and neighbors - like Donovan and Samantha Liddell, ages 9 and 11, respectively. Donovan's favorite songs to sing include Will
. Smith's "Wild Wild West" and hits by N"Sync. Making her third trip to the lounge, Samantha
said she'd tell other kids her age to try it out because it's fun to get a chance to sing.
Calming influence Occasionally, nerves get the better of the young-
sters. That's when Jennifer Hall "sings" into action. As hostess, and Danny Harrington's daughter, she coordinates the singers, announces their names and songs and helps them get over the jitters.
"Ill sing with them or sit on stage with them," said Hall who enjoys running the activity. "Kids
. usually don't have anywhere to go." For Melanie. Reiser's is the place to be Sunday
Natural: Tonia Cole-man, a 16-yea^old Westland resident, wows the crowd with her voice during Kid's Karaoke.
evenings. She said sometimes when people come in while she singing, she gets a little nervous and thinks "they •• might not like my voice." But now she's more comfortable with the mike. And it's all in the name of fun, anyway, •
"Mainly, they have a day with fami-ly," said Harrington. "Nobody offers this. It's a good thing, a more controlled atmosphere. The activity at tracts ages 8 to 20, and everyone gets to know each other.
"I've seen strangers, kids go up there who don't even know each other. They can come down here and sing all they want for free "
The atmosphere on Sunday nights is relaxed, not raucous. Parents watch proudly as their children take to the stage with courage. Participants really listen to one another, and clap af ter each song.
They are free to bring in their own karaoke-coded CDs or to choose from the available selections. Songs by Cher, Shania Twain, Dixie Chicks and Bette Midler were popular among the ama-teur voices recently.
'Pret ty good* "The kids are pretty good." said Kim Pak-
cyk of Westland who has been helping out with the Sunday night activity for the past few weeks. "I think they get some fun out of it. It's like a hobby."
Pakcyk accompanied niece Samantha on stage for a duo later in the evening, prodding the shy girl to sing - and laughing together all along.
"I think they enjoy themselves," she added. "It's a good experience for them."
Robert McGeogh of Westland said the activi-ty gives kids in the area something to do in their spare time. , f
"It keeps them out of trouble," he said, "and makes them more outgoing."
Tonia Coleman can attest to that . The 16-year-old said she comes to the lounge to "be the center of attention." She doesn't hesitate to take her mother on stage with her for a duet to "Believe" by Cher. ,
"It's a lot of fun," said Coleman. "Once you get up there, you don't remember {there are people watching). You're kind of just singing by yourself."
Reiser's Keyboard Lounge, Wayne Road just south of Palmer Road in Westland, offers Kid's Karaoke 5-8:30p.m. Sundays and also books birthday parties. Call <734) 728-9330 for more information.
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Belt It out: Top, young singers watch the mon-itors when they take the karaoke stage. Above, Rebecca Kalnasy looks over karaoke song choices with her son. Kory.
Smart cookies: Girl Scouts continue tradition BY STEPHANIE ANGEL YN CASOLA STAFF WKJTKR
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O f a l l t h p i i n p T p r r i p r l v i s i t o r s w h n may appear on one's doorstep, none is more welcome than a young girl sport-ing a brown, green, or blue sash polite-ly asking. "Would you like to buy some Girl Scout cookies?"
I t ' s an a n n u a l t r a d i t i o n in some households, a time of year cookie-lovers anticipate. And it all goes back to the 1920s when Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low taught troops how to raise money to reach the i r goals . Cookie sales became a national f ranchise in 1936. Now, more than 300 councils par-ticipate in it.
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America ' s Best Cookies who makeB those treasures we know as Thin Mints ( the most popular var ie ty) , Caramel DeLites and Peanu t Bu t t e r Pa t t ies , and the newest cookie in the batch. Animal Treasures — a fudge-dipped shortbread cookie.
For 14-year-old KaiUyn Christenson, . lemon pastry cremea are the preferred treat . She's been involved in Scouting for 10 years and is now a member of Cadette Senior Troop 900 in Canton.
Kaitlyn said the best part of Scouting is going on camping excurs ions and taking trips to Cedar Pointe, Niagara Fal ls and Sleeping Bear Dunel . But when it comes to cookies, Kai t lyn 's days of ringing doorbells and selling them at store fronts have taught her a few things — like it's a good idea to hreak up a few mnkiea and let
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PEANUT BUTTER PATT*S C«spy vanilla cookies layered wflh peanut butter and coated m chocolate
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Big seller: Junior Girl Scouts Alyssa Heller, 10, and friend Sha-ron Shokar, 10, represent Troop 643 of Canton. They are.expect-ing the newest cookie, Animal Treasures, to be a big hit this year.
people taste them M
"Eve ryone who t r i ed i t , bough t some," added Dawn Christenson. troop leader, adminis t ra t ive volunteer and KaiUyn's mother.
Cookie sales are important to Scout-ing because more than two- th i rds of proceeds benefit projects for financial aid, leadership and c i tuensh ip train
math, science and technology training, career awareness a n d j o b preparation. The money a l so goes to Girl Scout t r ips , service projects and camping activities.
C a m p i n g is a pe rk for 9-year-old Brownie Kari Theisen, of Troop 429 in Canton Kari and her fnend Julia Mol-nar have been Scouts for four years and said they like delivering the cook-ies even more than taking the orders.
"Most of the kids have been together for four years," said Natalie Anderson-T h e i s e n . K a r i ' s m o t h e r and trOop leader. They ' r e good friends "
Make new friend* Eleven-year-old Hannah Cavicchio is
all smiles and giggles upon mention of the Girl Scouts. The Canton resident srnd member of Junior Troop 639 said she would definitely encourage other girls to join. She insists that it's about friends and fun "A lot nf my friends
ing, lacility and property maintenance, are in <*irl Scouts," she sairl
One best buddy, Clare Baptist, said she sticks with Girl Scouts because of the craf ts , horseback riding and Mall Madness — a change for Jun io r and Cadette Scouts to spend a whole night shopping, watching movies and scam-pering about Southland Mall.
Linda Cavicchio. Hannah ' s mother and t roop leader, said the activities give her the change to spend time with her d a u g h t e r a r d the f r i e n d s she ' s
1 made in Girl Scouts. "I see a lot of ben-e f i t s to being involved w i t h Girl ScoutB." said Cavicchio.
"I just like being with the girls." she a d d e d . " I t ' s a lot of work , bu t i t ' s rewarding. It's a good way to help kids with leadership skills. Jt gives them more confidence
Making the Ra le Katy Thompson, 13. is practically an
exper t in cookie sales. "I've learned h o w t o in h n v i n p cOuk
tea," she said
CARAMEL OCUTCS Vamlla cookies covered in cara*r>e" toasted coconut'and dnwied with choco-late
URSJOE-OOWNS Frosted Oatmeal cookies covered with a. sugar frosting on one side.
LEMON PASTRY CREMES Reduced fat treats with lemon creme ar>a a pastry cookie
SHORTBREAD Buttery l.gnt cookie that bears the Girl Scout symtxX
PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH Smooth peanut butter m the m»ddie of twefoatmeal cookies
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Making sales occasionally gets more difficult as Scouts grow older and buy-e r s s o m e t i m e s tel l C a d e t t e Scouts they ' re w»tt+»g to pu rchase cookuMi from the younger girls, like Brownies
H a n n a h Cavicchio conf i rmed tha t yes. sometimes they get turned down — and it can be a little depressing Hut Scouting is about more than just the
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B2(CP) The Observer A Eccentric/ THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2000 1 .. • •••» 1 • IBB I . . I . i i . i .
Birthday parties are popular celebratory events for parents, children alike —Planning a birthday party for ytxur—straighten tha hnuee M i l flM t l m l iMl i l l l o f t l n m be d a n k kids' party themes," grave ngftr hunt for JL party. — chjld? You r® not alone. • Party bancs: The'second most fre- .. . ' • "* „ " Tha moat popular themes are avail- "It was such a hit that my daughters
Planning a birthday party for ytxur •Ajld? You're not alone. A c c o r d i n g to American Greet ings
95 percent of children under 10 had some type of celebration for
birthday, and, the moat frequent for the celebration was a home,
tfie parents' home (66 percent) or some-ope else's home (12 percent).
American Greetings party planning experts and experienced moms have a few tips to guarantee birthday par ty
' • Planned by kids for kids: The No. 1 party tip several American Greetings parents recommended was involving the children in party planning and prepara-tion.
Si i rpr tami a r o fiin bv t lrirln lilro tn
get involved in planning and this is a time when the kids are mbtivated to be especially helpful. -Le t them plan the theme, location,
list, menu, games, etc. They can _ite invitations or create them on the
<Mnputer .with fun computer paper, fill loot bags, blow up balloons, decorate, even help "childproof," "crowdproof" or
The second most fre-quently mentioned tip from eaperiencad. party moms is to make the party man-ageable. It 's t empt ing to invite the
noon, butyou'lHikely Tegrrtrt^" Children's party planning standards,
such as the old rule of inviting the same number of young guests aa your child's age, have been passed along by experi-enced moms for a reason. The compa-ny's research indicates on average chil-dren's birthday part ies had included .fight other rhildren,
As for the length of time, one hour is more than enough time &r a toddler or preschool party. For elder children'two
• Popular themes: According to com-pany research, one third of kids' parties have a theme. Amer ican Greet ings DesignWare company advises t h a t many of the most popular themes are kids' favorite characters from the enter-tainment world.
For the past three years, one of the most popular party themes has been
o n t h o y r i i w o r t t h a n enough t i m e f o r a todd le r or p r e schoo l par ty . For older chi ldren t w o t o t h r e e hour s i s r e c o m m e n d e d .
"Rugrats." "Pok6mon" is a new favorite. For the younger set, "Bear in the Big
Blue House," "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "The Busy World of Rkhard Scarry" and "Paddington Bear" are favorites loved by parents and kids alike.
Other trendy themes are space and aliens, said Amy Bergstresser, Design-Ware brand manager.
"Retro themes from the '60s and '70s are trendy now with all ages and they're fun for parents who remember smiley faces and tie-dying from thei^ child-hood," she said. "These themes make for fun hippie costume parties, and moms and dads can play their old records. Sports and dinosaurs also continue to
The most popular themes are avail-able ineTpansively in discount, party or toy stores. You can purchase all the trappings, including themed games, decorations, balloons, s t ickers and favors, or theme with a few bask store-bought items, such as disposable plates, cups, table covers, loot bags and nap-kins and make your own accessories.
• Keep them busy: Another top tip was keep them busy.
"Both of my sons have summer birth-days, so we have always had backyard parties," said Jill Hooley, marketing
sravenger hunt for a party. "It was such a hit that my daughters
requested scavenger hunt birthday par-ties for several years following," she said. "As they got older, we made the hunt more challenging and expanded
director for American Greetings educa-tional products subsidiary Learning Horizons. "I've found that it's best to plan plenty of activities to keep them busy."
One sure h i t was a wacky re lay . Teams compete in relays that include putting on dress-up clothing and hats. Another version has teams compete in stuffing balloons into extra large cloth-ing.
Chris Mahon, human resources train-ing coordinator, planned a backyard
beyond our. yard to the neighborhood^ • Plan B: Michele Vrooman Kennett,
a card wri ter /edi tor for kids cards, learned the hard way to always have back up plans, like rainy day alterna-tive location and activities for a party in the yard.
• Beware of sleep-overs: Sleep-overs are a challenge.
Cookies from page B1
sweet side of life. It's also about helping oth-ers. 1 Katy Thompson's most memorable experi-ences have included her troops involvement ^rith Wayne County Family Center . The Cadette seniors hosted parties for the chil-dren there as part of a 30-hour community service project. Katy particularly liked work-ing with the younger Scouts during these activities.
Kaitlyn Christenson said, "You feel like your making a difference in people's lives."
To be a Girl Scoot Girl Scouts are dedicated to fostering lead-
ership and develops character among girls ages 5-17. But those involved said Scouting is more than the motto, "Where girls grow strong."
Linda Cavicchio believes that Scouting teaches girls skills relating to crafts, art, theater, the outdoors, and even mechanics. The possibilities are up to the troop, which
chooses which badges they will aim for and Completes activities in order to do so. "They learn how to set a goal and take the next step toward that goal," she said.
It's just something to remember when you see those smiling faces in the community next month.
The Girl Scouts will be setting up cookie booths at area stores beginning Saturday, Feb. 19.
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON NOTICE TO BIDDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, Canton, Michigan will accept sealed bids at the Office of.the Clerk up-to 10:00 a.m., February 3,2000 for the following: PURCHASE OP CARPETING FOR FELLOWS CREEK GOLF CLUB
Specifications are available in the Finance and Budget Dept. All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the bid name, company name, address and telephone number and data and time of bid opening. The Township reserves he right to reject any or all bids. The Township does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services
' TERRY G BENNETT. Clark :
PaMtafc Janar; 30. 3000 • ' ,
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON NOTICE TO BIDDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, Canton Michigan will accept sealed bids at the Office of the Clerk up to 10:00 a.m., February 3,2000 for the following:
SUSPENDED CEILING AT FIRE STATION 2
Specifications are available in the Finance and Budget Dept. All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the bid name, company name, address and telephone number and date and time >of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to reject any or all. bids. The Ibwnahip does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, •ex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.
TERRY G. BENNETT. Clerk PUBHAB. JANUARY 20. 3000
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For those under age 10, carefully con-sider the viability of making it through the evening without midnight calls to "pick me up, I want to come home."
For pre-teens (but not their parents), sleep-overs seem to have become the party of choice. Sleep-over tips included being in touch with the guests' parents and being specific about sleep time rules, or they never will. Older children may enjoy a summertime tent camp-out party in the back yard.
Dedicated troops. Girl Scouts (back row) Katy Thompson (left) and Kaitlyn Christenson; (mid-dle) Clare Baptist, Hannah Cavicchio and Julie Molnas; and (front) Kari Theisen are eager to get out and start sell-ing cookies for the upcoming fund-rais-ing season. The girls say customers love to sample "American's Best" cookies before making up their minds.
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON BOARD PROCEEDINGS
JANUARY 11, 2000 A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of Canton was held Tuesday. January 11, 2000 at 1150 South Canton Center Road.' Supervisor Yack called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. and led the pledge of allegiance to the flag. Members Present: Bennett, Burdziak, Kirchgatter, La Joy, McLaughlin,
Shefferly, Yack Motion by Bennett, supported by Kirchgatter, to adopt the Agenda as amended to delete Item Gl-Consider Commendation to Sidewalk Committee, Acceptance of Missing Sidewalk Section List and Identification of Funds for the Next Budget; Item G-20 Purchase of Greens Aerator for Fellows Creak Golf Club; and Item G-25 Letter of Intent From Regency Realty to Purchase Canton Township Property. All ayes. Motion by Bennett, supported by LaJoy, to approve the minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township of Canton of December 14, 1999 Ayes: Bennett, Burdziak, Kirchgatter, LaJoy, McLaughlin, Yack Abstain: Shefferly Motion by Kirchgatter, supported by Shefferly, to approve payment of the hilts as presented. All ayea.
inuary 11. General Fund Fire Fund , Police Fund Summit Operating Golf Course Fund Cable TV Fund Federal Grant Funds Post Employment Benefits Building Auth Debt Fund Bldg Auth. Construction Fund Water h Sewer Trust & Agency
Total - All Funds
General Fund Fire Fund Police Fund , Community Center Fund Golf Course Fund Street Lighting Fund Cable TV Fund Community Improvement Fund E-911 Emergency Funds Special Investigative Fund Federal Grant Funds Stata Prcjgcti'ynnii
101 206 207
1208~ 211 230 274 296 369 469 592 701
$ 277,397.63 35.109.68
114,082.90 22,581.88 1,670.42
947.28 11,449.46 9,505.16
400.00 346,431.26 106,627.41
1,106.80 $ 925.309.38
101 t 345,667.45 206 39,896.91 207 69,761.56 208 97,089.27 211 18,261.73 219 16,695.63 230 1,063.45 244 154,820.93 261 • 744. IS 267 >. 467.50 274 364 58 289 91.231 02 294 32,054.82 * 296 381-69 403 17222.50 469 18.916.72 592 987,9*7 38 702 8350.fl0
$1310^07.79
the Prelim in wry Site Plan For Deer Creek Condominiums. All ayes. Motion by Bennett, supported by McLaughlin, to approve the creation and filling of the position of Neighborhood Coordinator for the Dept. of Municipal Services. All ayes. Motion by Bennett, supported by McLaughlin, to approve the following budget amendment in the General Fund to appropriate funds for design for the Lotz Road Paving and Drainage Special Assessment District 1999-1, Michigan Avenue to Van Born Road: Increase Rgyenufin Appropriation fro® Fund Balance #101-000-699-0000 $114.850.00 T Tlgm» Appropriations Engineering Fees #101-441-803-0000 $114,850.00 This budget amendment increases the Public Works Division budget from $438,500.00 to $553,350.00, and the General Fund Budget from $17,634,920 00 to $17,749,770.00. Bonds are typically sold to fund special assessment projects. All ayes present. • Motion by Bennett, supported McLaughlin, to award the design of the Lotz Road and Drainage Special Assessment District to Ayres, Lewis. Noma A May, Inc. for $104,408.00 plus a 10* contingency for a total of $114,850.00. All ayes. Motion by Bennett, supported by LaJoy, to approve the attendance of Mike Egelton at the VBITS conference and training sessions in San Francisco, CA from February 12, 2000 through February 18, 2000 for a cost not to exceed $4,300.00. All ayes. Motion by Bennett, supported by LaJoy; to approve the signing of a contractual agreement with Pbst Control for the removing of nufiaric* animals which are in violation of the ordinances of the Township and/or pose a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of Township residents, for a flat annual fee of $30,000.00 All ayes. Motion by Bennett, supported by McLaughlin, to approve the awarding of a one-year extension of the radio systems maintenance agreement to Mobile Communications Sales & Service, Inc., 34411 Industrial Road, Livonia for a total cost not to exceed $15,804.00. All ayes. Motion by Bennett^ supported by LaJoy, to approve the purchase of a Hackney heavy rescue vehicle from Hackney Emergency Vehicles, Washington, NC, at a cost not to exceed $173,731.00. All ayes Motion by Bennett, supported by Shefferly, to approve the purchase of »x (6) Pord Crown Victoria patrol units from Jorgansen Ford, Detroit, Ml 48210, using the State of Michigan Bid/Contract, the vehicles not to exceed $124,000 00. All ayes. Motiofe by Bennett, supported by Kirchgatter, to approve the creation and filling of the positions of Operations Coordinator and Sports Specialist at the Canton Softball Center. All ayes. Trustee McLaughlin left the meeting at 8:05 P.M. Motion by Bennett, supported by Shefferly, to approve the purchase of a 2000 GMC Jimmy for the Canton Senior Citizen Program through the Oakland County Cooperative Purchasing Program for a total cost of $23,748 00. All
Downtown Development Auth. Retiree Benefits Cap Project-Road Paving Fund Bldg Auth. Construction Fund Water A Sewer Fund Construction Escrow
Total -All Funds Supervisor Yack opened the public bearing to consider the Weatfisid Subdivision Street Light Special Assessment District at 7:03 PM. Motion by Bennett, supported by LaJoy, to close the public tearing at 7^0 PM. AH ayes. ^ Motion by Bennett, supported by McLaughlin, to approve the request of the Petitioners to create the Westfield Estates Subdivision Streetlighting Special
tyl*Kghe»«t • District for the purpose of installing two (2) Acorn style I the Westfield Boulevard entrance of the subdivision with a oae-tisa* installation charge of $1170 plus $7.50/yr per lot annual maintenanos charge to be bitted on the winter tax statement. All ayee. Motion by Bennett, supported by LaJoy to approve the transfer of funds from ABC Paving, Inc purchase order 417707 in the amount of $15,000,00 to Dietrich-Bailey and Associates, PC. purchase order #15168 in order Wt additional inspection charges All ayee.
by Bennett, supported by LSJoy. to approvt the minutes of the Commission dated January 4, 2000 and further to attach Utotit to the
rsguler minutes of the Board ofTrustees of January 1L 2000. All ayes. Motion by Bennett, supported by LaJoy to spprove the increase of purchase order #17*20 by $1,360.00 for the shipping eoets of the Csnton Softball Center's pitching machines All syse. Motion by Bennett, supported by McLaughlin, to adept a resolution to grant tentative approval of the Preliminary Plat for CabWssWM Wdgs MsMMut No. 4 All ayes. Motion by Bennett, supported by McLaughlin. to adopt s resolution spprovag the Site Plan for Sleep Inn Hotel. All eyes Motion by Bennett, supported by McLaughlin, to adopt a raeohition approving the Prebmmary Site Plan for Oxford Pent Site Condominiiaos All ayes.
by Bennett, supported by LaJoy, to award the bid for the purdiase of" thirty-six (36) sety of bleachers to the low bidder Jennings of Michigan, Inc. in the amount of $62,399.00. All ayes Trustee McLaughlin returned to the meeting at 8:15 PM. Motion by Bennett, supported by Shefferly, to award the bid for twenty (20) picnic tables to the low bidder, Michigan Playgrouqd and Recreation Equipment, Inc. in the amount of $7,160.00. All ayes Motion by Bennett, supported by Shefferly. to award the bid for the purchase 0 i thirty (30) trash receptacles to Jennings of Michigan, Inc. in the amount of $6,689 00. All ayee ! Motion by Bennett, supported by Burdziak. to approve Yellow Pagae advertising in the Weet/Northwest and DoWnrrver directors for Summit on the Park in an amount not to exceed $11,000 to Ameritech Publishing, Inc. of Livonia. All ayee. Motion by Bennett, supported by Kirchgatter, to award the contract for professional architectural services for Summit on the Park expansion to TMP Aasooatea. Inc. for 7% of the conatruction cost currently estimated to be $106,777.00 All ayes. Motion by Bennett, supported by Burdziak, to award the contract for professional architect ~aiid engineering sen new fui the Canton Softball Oenter pevihon/reatroom/landscaping project to Cityscape Architects, Inc. in the lump etus of amount of $31,000 00. All ayea. Motion by BennAt, supported by LaJoy, to inereeae Purchase Order #16874 to GriasiWMeU for professional architectural engineering services for Griffin Perk parking lot and path se^hait renovation by $6,000.00. AH ayee. Motion by Bennett, supported by Burdziak, to approve the solicitation of bids for the .sale of excess equipment consisting of one (I) Kvenheat fUn and furniture kit with a minimum acceptable bid of $650.00. All ayea Motion by Bennett, supported LaJoy, to adjourn the meeting at 6:40 PM All
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The above is a synopsis of actions taken at the Regular Board meeting held on January 11, 2000 The full text of the approved mmutee will be available following the next regular meeting of the Board on January 26, 2000. A copy of the minntee of the Election Commiasion of Jan. 4.2000 will be attached to the full text of the approved imputes
by McLaughlin, to adopt a resolution approving
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be accepted at the Office of the clerk until 10:00 a m , February 3,2000 for the fallowing:
PURCHASE OF MEDIC JACKETS Bid specifications are available in the Finance and Budget Dept. All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the bid name, company name, address and telephone number and date and time of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The Township does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services
TERRY BENNETT. Clerk PuMufe January 30, 2000
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PURSUANT TO STATE LAW 267.262, THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES) WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE AT MAYFLOWER AUTO TRANSPORT, 1179 STARKWEATHER RD., PLYMOUTH. MICHIGAN. ON THE DATE AND TIME LISTED BELOW
January 28, 2000 10:00 a m < r p i n n P/Q\ : VLnlLLL(ol, YEAR/MAKE/STYLE/VEH1CI.E
1981 FORD . SW BRONCO 1987 CHEV. 1987 OLDS. 1987 DODGE 1987 CHEV. 1985 OLDS 1979 OLDS 1986 FORD 1989 DODGE 1979 LINCOLN 4D 1992 SATURN 4D
VAN VAN 4D 98
4D 2D
ID NUMBER CASE NUMBER
1FMDU15E1BLA57658 99-11400 1GCGG35K0H7129106 IG3CW5130H1319163 JB3BA24KQHU108301 1G1BN81Y2H9124543 1G3AM19E5FD445073 3R47A9R476286 1 FTC A14A2GZA45868 2B7FB11Y9KK313502 9Y82S727663 IG8ZH5490NZ167106
SW COLT SW CAPRICE
CUTLASS CUTtASS
VAN AEROSTAR VAN RAM 150
TOWN CAR SL1
INQUIRIES REGARDING THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO OFFICER AL COX, CITY OF PLYMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT. AT 453-8600
LINDA J LANGMESSER. CMC/AAE Pubbah January 30. 3000 CHJ Clerk
99-11754 99-11430 99-12307 99-13489 99-13684 99-14650 99-14498 99-14497 99-14686 99-14496
CANTON TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF CLOSE OF REGISTRATION FOR
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2000
To the Qualified Electore of CANTON TOWNSHIP - WAYNE COUNTY Notice is hereby given that Monday, J a n u a r y 24, 3000 is the last day to register to vote or change your address for the above stated election If you are not currently registered to vote br have changed your address in the above-stated jurisdiction in which you live you may do so at the following locations and times listed in this notice IN PERSON
• At your city or township clerk's office or st the office of any county clerk during normal business hours
• At any of the Secretary of State branch offices located throughout the state during normal business hours
• At the specified agency for clients receiving services through the
^iini!eirtfnir^nShHiin i iff iT^inhii ^ • m n i s s i s l fm | ^ < ^ h , |
M l c h l g ' ' n J o h * • At the military recruitment offices for persons enlisting in the armed
BY MAIL • By obtaining and completing a Mail Voter Registration Application
and forward to the election official aa directed en the application by the cloea of regietration deadline Mail voter registration applications may be obtained by contacting*
TERRY HfEMNkTT, CANTON TOWNSHIP CLERK 1150 3 CANTON CENTER ROAD CANtON. MICHIGAN 48188 7 Phone 734-397-6462
NOTE A person who registers to vote by emil is required to vote in person unless they havs previously voted in person in the aty/township where they live or are at least sixty (00) years of a g t e r are handicapped
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The Observer & Eccentric! THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 0 , 2 0 0 0
E N G A G E M E N T S & W E D D I N G S
D r u m m -
Cunningham Ryan John Drumm and Lisa
Michele Cunninght I E
.. ^am were mar-ried Oct. 16 at New burg Church at Greenmead in Livonia by the Rev. Suzanne Paul.
The bride is the daughter of David and Pat Cunningham of South Lyon and Gary and Susan Koch of Plymouth and Tony and Sophia Mod^lski of Rochester
•Casey and Diane Drumm of Detroit. L
The bride currently a t tends the Universi ty of Michigan-Dearborn and will graduate the summer of 2000. She is employed at Bosch Braking Sys-tems in Farmington Hills as a Human Resources Administra-tor.
The groom is cu r ren t ly employed at Link Engineering Company in Plymouth as a industrial electrician.
The bride asked Amanda Koch
Bricker-Kolb Gerald and Linda Bricker of
Northville announce the engage-ment of their daughter, Kristin Lorraine, to Kevin Michael Kolb.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Southf ie ld L a t h r u p High School, Alma College and the University of Detroit-Mercy's School of Law and G r a d u a t e Business. She is a member of the Michigan Bar Association and works as an attorney with Ange-lo P lakas and Associates in
• Westland. Her fiance, the son of Kenneth
Kolb of Taylor and Mary Ann Kolb of Dearborn, is a graduate of St. F ranc i s Cabrini High School, Wayne State University and the University of Detroit-Mercy G r a d u a t e Bus iness School. He is chief financial offi-cer for Great Lakes Rehabilita-
te serve as m a t r o n of honor. -Scott Bahnke served as best man.
The couple received guests at a reception at Laurel Manor in Livonia. Following a trip to Walt Disney World and a cruise, the couple made their home in Can-ton.
Zybtowsk i -Be lveat Suaan Bellomo of Bel lev
announces the marriage of her daughter, Jennifer Sue, to Scott ~ oward Bel veal of Bnghtnn
The bride, also the daughter of the late David Zybtowski, is a graduate of Michigan State Uni-versity and the University of Michigan. She works as a litiga-tion a t t o rney for Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn.
Her husband, son of William
Janet Schultz of Swartz Creek, is a graduate of General Motors Institute and Ashland Universi-ty. He works as an engineering supervisor for Ford Motor Com-pany.
A wedding was planned for
Roggendorf -Budai Robert and Patricia Roggen-
dorf announce the engagement of their daughter, Kerry Amber, to Robert Stephen Budai.
The bride-to-be is a 1995 grad-uate of Michigan State Universi-ty. She is currently working on her master's degree at MSU and works as a second grade teacher at Hayes Elementary in Livonia.
Her fiance, son of Andrew and Barbara Budai and Anne Budai of West Bloomfield, is a 1995 graduate of Michigan State I 'm varsity and obtained his master's degree from University of Michi-gan-Flint in 1999. He works as a physical t h e r a p i s t at Excel Rehabi l i ta t ion in Bloomfield Hills.
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Nov. 14, 1999 a t Kaanapal i Beach, Maui, Hawaii. The cou-ple now resides in Canton.
The wedding is planned for February at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield.
S c h u n d e r - W a i t e p«nl and Merit SrhiinrW nf
Canton announce the engage-ment of their daughter, Loreen
son of Del and Shirley Warte of Big Rapids, Mich.
The bride-to-be is a 1995 graduate of Central Michigan Univers i ty with a degree in H e a l t h Education. She is employed as a health educator for the Muskegon County
Her fiance is a 1990 graduate of Central Michigan University with a teaching degree He is a teacher and basketball coach for
Dorchy-Oarby Robert and Aggie Dorchy of
Novi announce the marriage of their daughter, Amy Jo, to Greg Darby on Sept. 4.
The bride is a graduate1 of the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit and works as a designer for DaimlerChrysler in Auburn Hills Her husband, son of Larry and Marge Darby, is also a grad-uate of the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit and works as a designer for Sundberg-Ferar in Commerce Township.
The couple were married at The Shrine of The Little Flower in Royal Oak before the Rev. Joseph Horn. The Darbys received guests at Meadowbrook
Ravenna Jr. Hi^i School ^ A summer 2000 wedd ing^s
planned in Muskegon. - , s
Country Club and took a ding trip to St. Lucia.
wad.
N E W V O I C E S
tion Hospital in Southfield. A wedding is planned for May
2000 and will be followed by a honeymoon in Greece. The cou-ple will reside in Allen Park.
Online engagement, wedding forms Engaged9 Just home from your honeymoon and you'd like to
announce your recent marriage? You can now find engagement and wedding forms on our Web site at http://observer-eccen-tric.com
Click on the "Features" link on the home page and you'll find the form under Suburban Living. Print the form from your screen and mail it in at your convenience or e-mail the infor-mation to [email protected]
• Kristi Duarard and (ircg K a r k o s k a of Garden City announce the birth of Anna Jor-dan Duarard-Karkoska Sept 28 at Garden City Hospital in Gar-den City. Grandparents are Gary and Ruth Duarard of Livonia and Rose Karkoska of Garden City.
• F r a n k and Tina Lipke of Westland announce the birth of Shelby Malynn Dec. 2 at Gar-den City Hospital in Garden City. She joins brother Daniel. 5, and Johnny., 3. Grandparents are Terry and Denise Wells and Frank and Sharon Lipke ail of Westland.
• Greg P o k o r n y and Kelly Jackson of Wayne announce the birth of Cassie Noelle Dec. 3 at Garden City Hospital in Garden City. She joins brother Cristofer Klosner, 2. Grandparents are Nancy Fisher and James and Lynne Courlas of Wayne.
• C h u c k and J e n n i f e r M o r n i n g s t a r of Livonia announce the birth of J o s e p h Tyler on Dec. 9 at Beaumont Hospital. He joins Jacob, 5, and Joshua, 20 months. Grandpar-ents are Bob and Karen Chartier
of Westland and Charlie and Pat Morn ings ta r of Livonia His g rea t -g randmothe r is Bet ty Morningstar of Bovnton Beach. Fla.
• Kevin and Tanyea J o h n -son of Inkster announce t h e
• birth of their daughter Ce Ante L a ' M a e Dec. 11 at Oakwood Hospital in Wayne. Ce Ante joins siblings Syven, Marissa. Arkalah and Oshae Grandparents are Kathy, Bessie Mae, Laurie and Rita Johnson of Inkster
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e r of Westland announce th«£ birth of P a t r i c k E d w a r d Dec* 15 at Garden City Hospital ir> Garden City. He joins siblinga Kim. 25. Jamey. 23. Ashley. 10^ Brittany, 9. Bridget. 9. Chelsea^ 7 and Penny. 2. Penny Coffey of Westland is his grandmother
• J ake and Sandy Tan ana of Canton announce the bir th of K a s s a n d r a E la ine Dec 18 a t Oakwood-Hospital in Dearborn/ Grandparents are Jim and Con-!
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AROUND TOWN RACQUETBALL LEAGUE • Canton Parks and Recre-ation sponsors a men's win-ter racquetball league at Body Rocks Racquetball of Livonia. Players will be divided into divisions based on ability. Court times are 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Cost is $100 per person. No residency requirements. Call (734> 397-5110.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY WEEK . • Evola Music hosts "Friends and Family Week," through Saturday, Jan . 22. a t 7170 N. Hagger-ty in Canton. Visit a group class for free during the open house week. For more information, call (734) 455-4677 for a listing of classes and times. Now taking reg-istrations for group classes in Kindermusik, piano, vio-lin. and organ. Winter/ spring session begins Jan. 30.
REVIEW • The Princeton Review holds free practice full-length DAT. GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT tests 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Jan . 22. a t The Princeton Review, 1220 S. University, Suite 209, Ann Arbor. Call (800) 2-REVIEW, or (734) . 663-2163 to register. STORYTELLING FESTIVAL • Canton Project Arts will hold its second annual fam-ily storytelling festival. "Storytelling Through the AggsJ* from 1-2 JO p.m. and a family concert from 7-9 p.m. Saturday. Jan . 22, at the Summit on the Park. The event will provide hands-on workshops-and concerts for children and adults. Mother Goose will delight young children with a visit. Magician and folk-lorist Marc LeJarett will perform dazzling magic tricks. Storybook character "Madeline" will also be pre-sent. Award-winning story-teller Debra Christian will conduct a workshop for children on Creating Creepy Tales. Adult work-shops will also be held. Individual tickets for the entire day and evening event are $5 or $15 for a family of three or more. For advanced tickets reserva-tions or information, call (734) 397-6450. SUPPORT GROUP MEETING • Vermeulen Funeral Home offers a free monthly grief aftercare support group meeting for thcjse #
who have recently expteri-enced the death of a famify member ot close friend. The next meeting begins at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan . 23. Each meeting is led by Wes Baldwin of Pointe Care Counseling. All meetings are held at the Plymouth location on West Ann Arbor Road, between Sheldon and Beck. CalH734) 459-2250. YMCA
• The 38th annual meeting of the Plymouth Communi-ty Family YMCA begins at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan . 26, at Ernesto's Restaurant, 41661 Plymouth Road, Ply-mouth. The purpose of the meeting is to renew terms for board members, elect officers and conduct other
business tha t may come before the members, including a proposal to con-vert the Plymouth Commu-nity Family YMCA from a membership basis to a directorship basis. SEMINARS • Plymouth Independence Village hosts a free semi-nar beginning 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan . 25. Hoppy Hanson and Alan D. Marx of All America Financial will discuss long-term-care insurance and senior estate planning. Call Bryan Neal a t (734) 453-2600. BOOK REVIEW • Adoption Book Review Group, sponsored by Hands Across the Water, will be from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan . 25. Do you have a stack of books on your nightstand jus t waiting to be read? This group is for you. Join the group to read and discuss adoption-relat-ed books. For more infor-mation or to register, call (734)913-0831. The group is free.
EXHIBIT • The Plymouth Communi-ty Arts Council features "Spirit Earth." the recent watercolors of Todd Marsee, through Jan. 26 at the J W H Center for the Arts, 774 N. Sheldon, Ply-mouth. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Tues-day and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Friday and weekends by appointment. Call (734) 207-3918.
SPRING SPORTS • Registration for the spring 2000 baseball, soft-ball and T-ball season for all Canton and Plymouth residents from ages 5-18 years, will be 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29. For more information, call (734)453-2040 or (734) 981-S170.
SESAME STREET LIVE • Canton Parks and Recre-ation Services is sponsor-ing a family trip to "Sesame Street Live: When I Grow Up" show on Satur-day, J a n . 2a, at the Fox Theater . Come and join a fun-filled family show with no worries of driving, as at tendees will ride a chart-ed bus to the Fox Theater.
•The bus leaves Summit on the Park parking lot a t 12:30 p.m. and returns at approximately at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person (any child who has cele-brated his first birthday must have a ticket). Regis-
• tration ends Friday, Jan . 28. For more information, call 397-5110.
ALTERNATIVE EDUC ATION • The Starkweather Edu-cation Center/ Alternative Education will offer in the second semester, beginning Jan . 31, "School of Choice." Any Wayne County resi-dent who was 16 by Sept. 1,1999, may apply to enrdll i« t h e h»gh-school-completion program at Starkweather . Interested s tudents should call (734) 416-4901 to make an appointment to register.
WORKSHOPS • Financial consultant Paul Leduc presents a free "Advanced Living Trust Workshop* 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, a t the
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New scholarship: Chico Rodriguez, manager of the Westland Sam's Club, and Darren Silvester, a Plymouth Salem High School teach-er, stand in front of Silvester's Advanced-Placement Government class at the high school recently. Rodriguez presented a check to Silvester as a donation for Silvester's newly-created scholarship fund. *Silvy's Scramblin' for the Kids" scholarship fund will pre-sent two scholarships to needy kids based on several academic fac-tors, acceptance to a four-year university and an essay. Recipients will receive either a $2,000 scholarship or a $500 scholarship. Interested students can visit the Salem Guidance Office for an application. Deadline for applications is March 10.
Northville Public Library, 212 W. Cady, Northville. Call (248) 540-8710. INFORMATION MEETING
n Hands Across the Water, a licensed adoption agency, is holding a free informa-tion meeting 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9. Come learn about the options available to you in interna-tional adoption. Hands Across the Water is a t 2300 Washtenaw, Suite. 103B, Ann Arbor. For more infor-mation or to register, call (734)913-0831. DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE • Celebrate Valentine's Day by attending the Can-ton Knights of Columbus ninth annual "Daddy-Daughter Valentines Dance. The dance will be 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, at the St. Thojnas a'Becket Family Life Center, 555 Lilley, Canton. This night will feature danceable music, a flower corsage, refreshments and a gift so dad and his date will remember the evening. If dad hsrs more than one date, how about inviting an older brother, uncle or
grandpa, so each girl will have a partner? Girls 3-l3 may celebrate this memo-rable evening. Tickets will be available after all Mass-es at St. Thomas a'Becket or by calling Ralph at (248) 344-1956 or Marv at (734) 397-1359. Tickets are $12 per couple and $16 for dad and two dates. Space is limited.
CARP TAX-AIDE • The AARP is sponsoring free federal and Michigan income tax preparation for elderly persons at the loca-tions listed below. Work is performed by counselors qualified by the IRS. An appointment is required. Assistance is available 9 a.m. until noon and 1-4 p.m. on Tuesdays at Can-ton Recreation Center, 4600 Summit Parkway, Canton, by appointment at (734) 397-5444; from 9 a.m. until noon and 1-4 p.m. on Tuesdays a t Northville Senior Center, 2l5~W. Cady, Northville, by appointment at (248) 349-4140; and from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Plymouth
District Library. 233 S. Main St.. Plymouth, by appointment at (734) 453-1234. , SERVICE CENTER • The Michigan Works Service Center provides the Employer/ Employee Con-nection for Washtenaw County. Job-seeking assis-tance is provided daily from 8,a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Face-to-face job fairs with instant interviews are held from • 9:30 a.m. until noon, Thursday mornings. Free services include distribu-tion of job position informa-tion, candidate referrals, resume preparation, inter-viewing assistance along with Internet access, com-puter use and free faxing. For more information, Call (734) 481-2517 CENSUS 2000 • The U.S. Census Bureau
•is hiring enumerators for the 2000 ceiisus. Enumera-tors spend <nost of their time locating addresses and conducting door-to:
door interviews. They work evenings and weekends. This temporary job will last
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MOPS MEETING • The Plymouth Baptist Church holds mothers of preschoolers meetings 9:15-11:30 a.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Mothers with their children, kindergarten-age and younger, may attend for a time of fellowship and fun with other mothers. Childcare is provided. The church is a t 42021 Ann Arbor Trail in Plymouth. Call ( 734) 453-5534. M.O.M. MEETING • Meet Other Mothers (M.O.M.) presents guest speakers and discussion 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. the sec-ond and fourth Fridays of the month. Baby-sitting is provided. Call Kim at (734) 459-7035 or Shannon at (734)354-0191. KIWANIS BREAKFAST CLUB • The Plymouth-Canton -Kiwanis Breakfast Club meets 7 a.m. every Tues-day at the Plymouth Cul-tural Center, 525 Farmer, Plymouth. Guests are wel-come. Call Charr Briggs at (810)406-8489. DINNER/AUCTION
• The Plymouth Communi-ty Arts Council's annual dinner/ auction, "Escape To The Caribbean," begins 6 p.m. Saturday, March 11. in the Mayflower Meeting House. Plymouth. Auction items include trips, din-ners. clothing, furniture and art. Dance music will be provided by the Couri-ers. Entrees include beef tenderloin, stuffed chicken and orange roughy. Tickets are $55. Call (734) 416-4278. KIWANIS CLUB • The Plymouth Kiwanis Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays a t the new City Limits Bar & Grill on Ann Arbor Road. Call Charlene Miller at (734) 455-4782. NURSERY SCHOOL
OPENINGS • Garfield Co-op has open-ings in programs for chil-dren 18 months to 5 years. The school is in Livonia at Cass Elementary, 34633 Munger, south of Six Mile and west of Farmington Road. For more informa-tion, call (734) 462-0135. • Plymouth Children's Nursery Co-op has open-ings left in its 3- and 4-year-old classes. Call (734) 455-6250. • First Baptist Church of Plymouth-Canton Kinder-musik has openings for its winter session enrollment. Call (734) 354-9109. • Garfield Co-op has open-ings for people age 18 months to 5 years. Garfield Co-op is at Case Elemen-tary, 34633 Munger, south of Six Mile and west of Farmington .Road i n l a v t t nia. Call (734) 462-0135. • The Salvation Army Tmy Tots Preschool has open-ings for its 3 year old pro-gram from 9:30-11:20 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The school is on Main Street in Plymouth. For . more information, call Peggy Blaisdell at (734) 453-5464.
VILLAGE MUSK
ing students for Kinder-musik classes beginning the week of Jan . 24. Kin-dermusik is music educa-tion and joyful learning for the whole family, not just for young children. Call now for classes for people up to age 7, Call Norma Atwood at (734) 354-9825.
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SUPPORT GROUPS STARTING OVER . • Starting Over is a group for widowed men and women younger than 45. Meetings are held the first and third Tuesday of the month at Plymouth Church of Christ. Call (734)662-5999. ARBOR HOSPICE • Arbor Hospice sponsors grief support programs. To sign up, call 1734) 662-5999. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS • Community Hospice and Home Care Services has a drop-in grief-support group that meets 6:30-8 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month. Call Becky Roi at (7341 522-4244 COUNTERPOINT
• Counterpoint Shelter ant} Crisis Center offers free counseling and respite services for people age 10-17 and their families. Call (734 >563-5005. ANGELA HOSPICE • Angela Hospice offers free monthly grief support groups for people who have experienced the loss of a loved one. AH groups meet at the Angela Hospice Cqre Center in Livonia. For meeting dates and times, call Ruth Favor, (734) 464-7810.
VOLUNTEER WORK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED • Plymouth-Canton Head Start, in .Central Middle School, is looking for volun-teers to help in the class-room with large-group a c t i v i t i e s b a s s i s t children during recess, participate in the l ea rn ing Centers and assist during meal times. If you have a morn-ing or afternoon free Mon -day through Thursday, call 416-6196 • Angel Care, a volunteer organization, is looking for volunteers to sew, crochet, knit, etc., blankets and burial gowns to donate to local hospitals for infants
| who have died. Contact Mary Piontek for patterns and information, (313)534-6496. • Hospices of Henry Ford Health System needs vol-unteers in Canton and Ply-mouth. Volunteers can help by visiting patients, either at their home or a nursing home, to offer emotional support, companionship and comfort. Call (313) 582-2382. • William Beaumont Hos-pital Hospice is looking for volunteers to support the care of people with termi-nal illnesses and their fam-ilies. Call (248)853-8931
C A M P U S NOTES
54 years later, Weimer thanks veterans for sparing town
REUNIONS
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To submit your academic honor or graduation announcement to Campus Notes, send the material, printed or typewritten to: Campus Notes, Ply-mouth-Canton Observer, 794 S Mam, Plymouth, MI 48170 ' . ,
mumsm Chun-Mei Lee of Canton and Mat thew Rich of
Plymouth have been awarded Ph.D. degree* from Eastern Michigan University
Laura L. Standen of Plymouth received her
Jason --Degree in religion and Asian studies from Western
Michigan University. He is the son of Richard and Rebecca Danely of Canton.
Daniel .B. Holland of Canton was accepted this fall in to the Honprs Program at Albion College. Holland is a first-year s tudent a t Albion College He ia the son of Brian P. and Carol L Holland of Canton. He ia a graduate of Canton High School.
Dand E. Lobelle was accepted this fall into the Honors Program a t Albion College. Lobelle ia a first-year s tudent a t Albion College. She is t h e
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KAPPA DELTA PI Jamie Spaulding of Canton was inducted into
the fall initiation ceremony for Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education. To be a member of this honor society, a student must have an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better; at Uaat 12 semester hours of course work in educa-t ion; and wor thy educa t ion ideals , l e a d e r s h i p potential-commitment to education and desirable personal qualities CHANCELLOR'S MEDALLION
Mary Stewart of Canton ha* received the Chan-riMKvr's MPdalHon Mr 6umnndlnn amiTrmn achievement. The University presented the award
to five g r a d u a t e s at commencement . ; S t ewar t earned a bachelor's degree in business administra-t ion from the University of Michigan-Dearboro School of Management with a concentrat ion in accounting, and graduated with high distinction. She received UM-Dearborn Honors twice* the Undergraduate Excellence Award twice and place-ment on the dean's list one semester . She was named the 1999 UM-Dearborn Honors Scholar for accounting and received four scholarships while attending the university. Stewart is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma t h e honor society of t h e AAOiH t'if iiiM'i I! HI'PM.m ,•! M'
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Some veterans made their way ! back to t h e b a t t l e g r o u n d s of t h e i r y o u t h w h e n t h e wor ld paused to remember D-Day on its 50th anniversary.
B u t a s m a l l g r o u p of m e n , members of t h e 317 th , 318 th and 319th In fan t ry of the 3rd Army's 80th Division made the journey four years la te r a t the r e q u e s t of t h e r e s i d e n t s of Weimer, Germany.
"The citizens of Weimer want-ed the soldiers to come back and thank them for sparing the town
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FARMINGTON Class of 1950 Sept. 15-17, with a dinner at Vladimir's on Sept. 16. (248) 474-7822
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In good shape. Fifty-four years ago, Cliff Hooker was a private first class in the U.S. Army. Now 82 years old, the Livonia resident still has the uniform he wore as part of the 318th Infantry.
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nie Hejka of Westland and Geof-f r e y and H e l e n a T a n a n a of Westland. Grea t -g randpa ren t s are Peter Galda of Detroit, Mary Hejka of Detroit, .Wanda Tanana of Westland and David and Glo-ria Abraham of Detroit.
• C h r i s and S u z a n n e Kwas-n i e w i c z of Novi announce the b i r t h of M a c k e n z i e A n n Dec. 19 a t Providence Hosp i t a l in Sou th f i e ld . She jo ins b r o t h e r Cole. Grandparents are Ronald and Rose Kwasniewicz of Livo-n i a and T h o m a s and Caro l Hooks of Farmington Hills.
• Michael and Amy Monte -f u s c o of F a r m i n g t o n H i l l s a n n o u n c e t h e b i r t h of J a s o n M i c h a e l Dec. 20 at W i l l i a m Beaumont Hospital. Jason joins brother Matthew. Grandparents are Wallace and Betty Sutton of Boynton Beach, Fla. and Eliza-beth Montefusco of Poughkeep-sie, N.Y.
• Steve and Lisa S t e p h a n of Walled Lake annoifhce the birth of J o e y L y n n Dec. ?8 at Bots-ford Hospi ta l in F a r m i n g t o n . Grandparen t* are Howard and Shirley Stephan of Livonia and C h a r l e s and t h e l a t e Bern ice Gin-bach of Riverview.
• J i m and T a n y a F r e d e r i c k of Livonia announce the birth of H a l e y N i c o l e Dec. 28 a t S t . M a r y ' s H o s p i t a l in L i v o n i a . Haley joins sister Christina Lee. G r a n d p a r e n t s a r e ( t h e l a t e ) Kroum and Lillian Gregoroff of Livonia , Diane B u t k a of Ply-mouth and Charles Frederick of Canton. Roxann Por terf ie ld of Florida is her great-grandmoth-er.
• D e n i s J o s e p h and T r a c y L e e M a c c o u x of D e a r b o r n Heights announce the b i r th of B r i a n n a Mary Dec. 30 at Oak-wood Hospital in Wayne. Grand-parents are Carol Hill of Canton and Larry and Karen Maccoux of Green Bay, Wise.
• Wa l t e r M i h a l i k and J e n -n i f e r W i l s o n of W e s t l a n d announce the birth of their son, J e r e m y D., Dec. 31 at Oakwood Hospital in Wayne. He joins sib-lings Gunnar Smith and Sabnna Miha l i k . G r a n d p a r e n t s a r e Richard Smith of Westland and Walter and Kathleen Mihalik of Canton.
• Ricky and D a w n S p e n c e of Westland announce the birth of Lexi R e n e e J a n . 1 at Oak-wood Hospi ta l in Wayne. She joins sibling Brent . Grandpar -ents are Dave and Karen Brown of Wayne and Cheryl W a t k i n s and Dave Spence of Westland
• J a m e s and T r i c h a S t r o n g of Westland announce the birth of E m i l y S u z a n n e J a n 4 at
Oakwood Hospi ta l in Wayne . She j o i n s s ib l ings C h e l s e a , "Steven and Noah. Grandparents a re J a m e s and S u z a n n e Woodards of W e s t l a n d and J a m e s and K a t h y Stron 'g pf Wayne.
• C h a r l e s and D a w n Hal l -m a n of Wayne a n n o u n c e the birth of Rebecca Jan. 4 at Oak-wood Hospital in Wayne. Grand-p a r e n t s a r e Bob a n d Audrey Savage of Inkster and Don and Phyllis Hall man of Wayne.
• J o h n and Ker ry B r a n n a n of Canton announce the birth of S a r a h K a t h e r i n e J a n . 4 at Oakwood Hospi ta l in Wayne . Grandparents are Susan Bran-nan of Canton, Rick and J e a n Brannan of Northfield Township and Fred and Debbie Slider of Livonia.
• Ca r l and Chr i s sy D e c k e r of Canton announce the birth of Kaelee Ann Jan. 4 at Oakwood Hospi ta l in Wayne. She jo ins siblings Carl and Danny. Grand-parents are Paula Hood of West-land.^Carl and Karen Decker of Southfield and Ernie and Sylvia Earls of Wyandotte.
• R o n a l d and E l i z a b e t h M a c h n i a k of Canton announce the birth of J o n a h A l e x a n d e r Jan. 4 a t Oakwood Hospital in Wayne. Grandparents are Rod-ney and Mary Johnson of West-land and Ronald and Pa t r ic ia Machniak of Livonia.
• M a r k and P a u l a B r u n i of Shelby Township announce the birth of Ange la Kay J a n . 5 at Royal Oak Beaumont . Grand-parents are Frankl in and Kay Bruni of Farmington Hills and Pau l and S u s a n C a s o l a of Rochester Hills.
• M a r c u s and J o a n n York of Romulus announce the birth of M a r c u s Wil l iam J r . Jan 5 at Oakwood Hospital in Wayne. He j o i n s s i s t e r s Ol iv ia and Alyssa. G r a n d p a r e n t s a re Joe
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• S t e v e n and T i f f a n y H a r -vey of West land announce the birth of B r i o n n a L y n n e Jan. 6 at Oakwood Hospital in Wayne. She joins Brendan Eric. Grand-, parents are Wayne and Cheryl Peeler of Westland, Gail Skran-dis of W e s t l a n d a n d Ray and LaRaine Harvey of Westland.
• Dwayne and T a m m y Tay-l o r of L ivonia a n n o u n c e t h e birth of L y d i a R u t h a n n e Oct. 10 at Oakwood Hospital in Dear-born. She joins sisters Susanna. 8; B e t h a n y , 6; a n d b r o t h e r Nathan , 4. G r a n d p a r e n t s are Gloria o i l a r of Redford, Donald and Dorothy Taylor of Bellaire. TX (formerly of Livonia), and Dennis Ollar of Redford. Great grandmothers a re Marion Ollar
' of Livonia and Mildred Curtis of Houston. TX.
nia 48150. Please include the date of the reunion and the first and last name of at least one contact person, and a telephone number.
ALL SAINTS Class of 1950 Is planning a "Millennium
(248) 437-9735'
BERKLEY Class of 1950 Is looking for alumni. (248) 932-1722, (248) 548-5359 or (248) 393-1233 BIRMINGHAM GROVES Class of 1965 Aug. 12 at The Community House in Birmingham. (248) 433-2362 or by e-mail at [email protected] BIRMINGHAM MARIAN/
B R O T H E R R I C E
Class of 1970 A reunion is planned for July 29 (248) 540-2917 or (248) 358-4490 BIRMINGHAM SEAHOLM Class of 1970 A reunion is planned for July 1. (510) 523-0906 or by e-mail at [email protected] BLOOMFIELD HILLS LAHSER Class of 1979 March 4 at the Somerset Inn in Troy. (248) 366-9493, press #2 or by e-mail at reunionsmadeeasy <?ameritech. net BRIGHTON Class of 1980 Aug. 26 at the Novi Hilton Hotel in Novi. (248) 360-7004. press #5 or by e-mail at reunionsmadeeasy @ameritech. net CLARKSTON Class of 1960 A reunion is tentatively planned for August.
Class of 1970 Is planifing a reunion. (313) 277-1316or (248) 426 6888 DETROIT CENTRAL Class of 1960 A reunion is planned for April. (734) 464-1692
Class of 1960 A reunion is planned for April. (734)464-1692 ,
Class of 1950 A reunion is planned for June. (810) 773-4253, (248) 585-2083 or (810) 773-3286 DETROIT FINNEY Classes of 1970-72 A reunion is planned for April 1. (313) 837-5880 DETROIT IVES ELEMENTARY Classes of 1953-55 A reunion is tentatively planned for May. (810) 644-4106. (810) 791-6998, (906)847-3535 or (810) 728-4875 after 6 p.m. DETROIT MACKENZIE Class of 1949-51 July 29 at the Hellenic Cultural Center in Westland. (734) 453 7561
DETROIT PERSHING Class of 1960 A" reunion is planned for Sept. 9. (313) 835-9642, (810) 773-3952, (248) 547-0664 or (734) 595-7508 or at the Web site, www.jmctech.eom /-bjustice / ind ex. htm DETROIT REDFORD Class of 1965 A reunion is planned for July 8. (313) 937-3077 OR (734) 427-6047 DETROIT WESTERN Class of 1966 Is planning a reunion.
Classes of 1929-1958 Oct. 14 at Femdale High School. 726 Pmecrest, Ferndale. (248) 589 2609 or (248) 541-2476 GARDEN CITY HMM SCHOOL Classes of 1952-59 Sept. 15-17 at the Eagle Crest at the Ypsilanti Marriott. (734) 421-0278, (734) 422-0266 or (734) 427-0535 HENRY FORD TRADE Class of 1950 la planning a rpnnmn (248) 618-9865 HIGHLAND PARK January-June classes of 1950-51 Are planning a reunion. Send name, address and tele-phone number to Fred'Kashouty. 21528 Raymond, St. Clair Shores 48082 or call (810) 294-
Janua ry Class of 1950 J u n e 4 at the San Marino Club-house. (313) 345-9104 or (810) 263-8179 LINCOLN PARK J u n e Class of 1965 A reunion is planned for August. (734) 676-9178 or (734) 763-5988 LIVONIA CHURCHILL Class of 1990 Is planning a reunion. Send name, address, telephone • number and e-mail address to CHC Class of *90 Reunion, 6609 Salem Road. Plymouth 48170 or by e-mail to [email protected]
Class of 1950 Is planning a reunion for June (248) 851-7620
NOV! Class of 1980 J u n e 24 at the Holiday Inn West-Livonia. (248, 366 9493. press *1
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10101 W. Ann Arbor Rd., Plymouth 5 Miles W. ol Sheldon Rd.
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5 Blocks E. of Telegraph • <SU> 534-2121
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H0SANNA-TAB0R LUTHERAN CHURCH A SCHOOL 9600 Leveme • So Radio* • 313-837-2424
Rev Lawrence Witto 1 Rev Steve Egpers Sunday Morning Worship S JO A11 ajn.
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OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL 1160 Penniman Ave. Plymouth • 453-0326 Rev. John J. Sullivan
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Worship Service 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Pastor David Marttn Hugh McMarhn. Lay Minttler
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Divine Worship 8 4 11 )0 A.M. Bible Clan 4 SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 AM.
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Nusery ProMdad • 422-0038
20)00 Mlddlrtx* Rd . Uvonu 474- M44
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The Archdiocese of Detroit, in partnership with Catholic Relief Services, is collecting monetary donations for the people of Venezuela, devastated by flood- 1
or homeless. Checks or money .orders should be made payable .to Archdiocese of Detroit-Venezuela Relief and sent to •Christian Service Department. 305 Michigan Avenue (G5), Detroit, MI 48226-2605. For piore information, call (313) 237-4689.
AMJLT MINISTRIES .Talk It Over meets from 7:30-9:30 p.m. on the second Friday of Ithe month in Knox Hall in Ward Church Ministries Showcase 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, Sanctu-ary a t church. Hear Phillips, Craig and Dean, a free concert. Offerings accepted; Single Par-enting Ministry meets 7 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of Ithe month in the parlor, room jC317/C319, at the church. A free meal is served before the meet-ing at 6:15 p.m. Speakers or open discussion in a friendly, supportive and encouraging atmosphere Free child care pro-vided; Lighthouse Cafe, a coffee-house setting, is offered 7-10 p.m. on the fourth Friday of the month in Knox Hall. The cost is $6; all events provided by Ward Presbyterian Church, 40000 Six Mile Road, Northville. Call (248) 374-5920.
THE OATHERIfM OF THE EAQLES ; CONFERENCE flTie Detroit Chapter of the Min-istry of the Watchman Interna-tional hosts this fourth annual jevent dedicated to renewing the •strength of the people of God, 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Jan. 28-30 a t VanDyke Park Hotel and Con-ference Center in Warren. Speakers include Barbara Williams, president of the Min-istry, and Allen Wilson of Eagles Nest Church in Calif. Reserva-tions are $100 per person, $15 jfor lunch. Call (800) 560-9240 to make reservations or obtain a complete schedule.
U T S TALK Interfaith Connection is sponsor-ing this three-part series for interfaith couples where one pa r tne r is Jewish. Sessions are held 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday Jan.* 127, and Feb. 3 at the Agency for Jewish Education, 21550 W. Twelve Mile Road in Southfield. Hie cost is $5 per session and •childcare is available. Call ( 248) )354-1050 for information or to ^register. TAJ CM CLASSES The Taoist Tai Chi Society, a •nonprofit organization, is form-ing new, beginner Tai Chi class-es, at 38121 Ann Arbor Road, Livonia. St. Paul United
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If you would like to announce an upcoming craft show,
;bazaar. or arts boutique items can be s e n t to: Crafts Calendar. 36251 Schoolcraft Road, Livo-nia. Ml, 48150 or e-mail [email protected] ST. JOHNS' ARTS/CRAFT SALE .St. Johns' Episcopal Church in Westland is hosting an arts and crafts sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
]**^T*>h-2S a t the church t555 S. Wayne Road) Vendors are need-ad. To reserve a table call (734) 729-1605. Hot dogs, chips, pop, etc. will be sold.
C M M C M L L PL'SA CRAFT S N O W
Churchill High School PTSA is currently accepting applications ,fbr their 12th Annual Spring | Craft Show which will be held ;from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. March 11. We are located" at 8900 Newburg Road, just north of Joy Road $1 admission If you would like an application or information, please contact us at
^734) 523-0022 TCROOICFTAFT COLLESa CRAFTS Crafters are being sought for the Spring Craft Show at Schoolcraft College Saturday. March 11. 150 crafters at tract crowds of more than 2,000 The •how ia juried and a limited number of exhibitors are accept ed in each category. All typaa of crafts are featured including pottery, jewelry, textiles, pho-tography and more For infer-
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Methodist Church in Bloomfield and Nardin Park United — Methodist Church in Farming-ton Hills. Observers welcome. For more information, call the Taoist Tai Chi Society at (248) 332-1281. Tai Chi is a complete and inte-grated exercise which works all of the body's systems deeply and gently, making it an exercise suitable for persons of all ages and conditions of health. NEWSERKS Canton Friendship Church is
ence," a series on World Reli-gions in the light of Christianity, 10:30 a.m. Sundays in January. Topics are "Unity and New Age in the Light of Christianity" Jan. 23 and "Secular Humanism in the Light of Christianity" Jan. 30. Call (734) 451-2100.
WOMEN'S RETREAT Calvary Baptist Church will have a women's retreat, "Choos-ing to Be God's Woman," Friday-Saturday, Feb. 4-5, at the church, 43065 Joy Road, Canton. Sessiohs include "Choosing to Be God's Woman," "Choosing to Trust," "Choosing to Be What God Wants Me to Be" and "Shar-ing Christ in Familiar Places." The retreat will be held 7-9:15
p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday- The >20 ticket price includes all of the seminar sessions, snack, continental. breakfast and a boxed lunch. To register, call (734) 455-0022
rary worship service at 9:15 a.m. tha second and fourth Sundays of the month at the church, 1841 Middlebelt Road, between Ford and Cherry Hill roads, Garden City. The contemporary service offers ui
offers a free, confidential and anunymouw Christian telephone
Worldwide Marriage Encounter offers a weekend experience for married couples to improve their communication skills, learn the value of intimacy and renew their love for each Feb. 11-Feb. 13 and March 10-12 at the St. John's Family Life Center, 44011 Five Mile, Plymouth -Township. The registration fee is $50. Call BUI and Carol a t (248) 528-2512 or Dan and Debbie at (810) 286-5524 or visit this Web site: wMrw.re.net/detroit/wwme.
mal atmosphere.
CHURCN Clarenceville United Methodist Church is selling Entertainment passbooks to raise money for the church. The coupon books cost $40 and are available by calling Jim Robinson a t (248) 347-1535
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Hie Church of the Risen Lord presents a healing service at 7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the church, 821 N. Newburgh Road, south of Ford Road, Westland. The service, led by the Rev. Gary Seymour, is part of the series of healing ser-vices, "Rise and Come Forward." For more information, call the church office at (734) 397-7132. CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP Garden City Presbyterian Church is offering a contempo-
The Remarried Ministries-of Ward Presbyterian Church in Northville offers an informal, drop-in support group for those struggling with the issues of a blended family. The group is hosted by the Rev. Paul Clough and meets 7-8:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month in Room C309 of the church, 40000 Six Mile Road at Haggerty Road. There is no cost and-registration isn't necessary. For more infor-mation, call Stacy Cole at (248) 374-5912.
CONFBENTIAL HELP Have a problem? Need to talk? Life Care Ministries of Livonia
listening service 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call (734) 427-LIFE.
First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth, has opened a new location at 494 N. Mill St., one block north of Plymouth Road, Plymouth. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. For more infor-
459-1250 or e-mail the church at fpcp9juno.com. RITE OF RNTIATWN Adults interested in joining the Catholic church are invited to "inquire" at the ongoing Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults a t 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Theodore of Canterbury Church, 8200 N. Wayne Road. Westland. The process is open to any inter-ested adult including baptized Catholics who have not complet-ed their initiation with First Communion and/or Confirma-tion. For more information, call Lorraine Short, pastoral minis-ter, at (734) 425-4421.
' EARLY CHRJMOOO Christ Our Savior Lutheran
Church offers an early childhood program, a day care progm™ f n r
toddlers age 18 months to 3 years. The program is available full of half days Monday through Friday. Children have organized and spontaneous activities - all
or. ,ir.<l in te rac t ive The program is state-certified and offered at the church. Farming-ton Road, north of 1-275. For v_ more information, call (734) 513-8413.
The Hispanic Pentecostal
vices at 2 p.m. Sundays at the Open Door Churchy 33105 W. Seven Mile, Livonia. The Rev. G. Diaz officiates. For more infor-mation, call (248) 471-5282. LfTUMY ONTAPC The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysoetom is available on videotape for $18 from Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church, 36075 W. Seven Mile. Livonia 48152.
An open invitation is extended to anyone i ^ u i r i n g about member-ship in the Catholic church by St Richard's Church, 35637 Cherry Hill, Westland. For more information, call Claudia at (734) 729-4411.
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ot bloodshed," said Cliff Hooker of Livonia "They were «ao glad to see us. They got a hold of a stone cutter to £oake a plaque to the 80th for liberating the city, so we laid flowers on a plaque at a memorial on the 54th anniversary of Weimer's liberation."
The 82-year-old Livonia resident was among 17 veter-ans and relatives who returned to the city of Johann Goethe and Fredrich Schiller in April for a 10-day visit.
• The group toured historical landmarks, including the Buchenwald concentration camp and as honored guests signed the guest book in the town hall. • "They provided the hotel accommodations, breAkfast and dinner and where ever we went, they had a lunch waiting for us." Hooker said. •
Fateful decision ^ The 80th Division was part of Gen. George S. Patton's "3rd Army that arrived on a hill overlooking Weimer on April 12, 1945. The commander, Col. N.O.. Costello, issued an ultimatum to the townspeople: Fly the white' flag and spare the city.
That evening, the white flag flew over Weimer, saving it from the fate of neighboring Erfurt, where tanks were sent in first to dislodge German soldiers and destroy potential sniper sites.
It was the first time Hooker had been back to Europe since the war ... and his first ever visit to Weimer. A pri-vate first class and assistant squad leader. Hooker was wounded in Erfur t three days before the assault on Weimer. %
"At Erfurt, the tanks went through and the Germans came back to wait for us; we were the cleanup crew," Hooker said. "When we looked around a corner, we saw they hadn't taken out the church steeple. There was a sniper with a machine gun and the bullets hit at our
.• . . • for three months," he said. "J ended up
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Burrows, returned to Erfurt and with some searching -"We had to come into to town from the east" - found the corner almost 54 years to the day where his short stint in the Army came to an end.
Bob had been a part of setting up the Weimer visit with veteran Sid Haley and had asked Hooker if he wanted to go.
"My daughter-in-law got after me to go," said Hooker, whose wife Alice died last year.
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Tall and short of It: Veteran Don Davis (left) towers over fellow veteran Cliff Hooker, at 5 feet 2 inches. They were among the veterans who laid flowers at a memorial to the 80th Division.
feet. I said, This is gonna be a hard one.'-" Hooker was the old man at age 26 and had three new
kids in his squad. He told them to go around the corner and duck into the first doorway they saw.
"I was the last one and when I went around the cor-ner, a sniper shot me in my left shoulder and my arm
HookerTiad a good paying jo"6 u t the Willow Run bomber plant, working up to 16 hours a day. Because of his father's paralysis, he was the sole support of his family and had a deferment.
He decided to enlist on June 5, 1944, after the fami-ly's neighbor lost two sons in the war.
"I couldn't stay home any longer," he said. "I didn't tell my mom or dad. I went down to Royal Oak to enlist and asked them to make it look like I was drafted."
He was on his way overseas by November 1944 and celebrated Thanksgiving on board the transport ship. He disembarked at LeHarve and rode by truck to southern France where he was assigned to the 318th infantry.
Offered a chance for leave in Paris in December, it was cancelled when the Battle of the-Bulge erupted.
"If you were on the line for five months, you were lucky," said Hooker. "You were lucky to get a clean shirt. You'd wear the same shirt for a month at a time. The good Lord was with me all the way. When the bul-let hit me, it was only missed my heart by 4- 5 inches."
"Jan. 28 "Dolls from Arouud the World," will be presented by Rigmor Cuolahan, a Scandina-vian native and Northville resi-dent. She will present a variety of dolls from her vast collection. .
Feb. 25 "The Daybreak Gray and Dim," will f ea tu re Ellen Oliver Smith, dean of Science at Madonna University speaking on the Civil War and 19th cen-tury medical practices. Her'pre-sentation will include visuals.
April 7 "Museums, Past and Present and their Role in Soci-ety."presented by Mary Louise Majewski, former director of the Spirit of Ford automotive muse-um. •Lunch is offered from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $14. Call (734)462-4443 to register.
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CCJBSA registration The C a n t o n C o m m u n i t y J u n i o r
Baseball and Softball Association will have registration for all of its summer seasons from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Summit in Canton.
R e g i s t r a t i o n will be for p l aye r s between four and 18 years old, both girls and boys, baseball and softball — including travel teams. Fees must be jteid at t ime of registration; they range from $65-$95 (additional fees for travel teams).
Birth cert i f icates are required for first-time CCJBSA players.
For information, call 453-2040.
Directors wanted T h e C a n t o n C o m m u n i t y J u n i o r
Baseball and Softball Association is searching for league directors for its girls Instruct ional League (7-8 year olds) and Junior League (11-13 years old).
Duties include arranging playing schedules, appointing managers and seeing to it t h a t part icipants enjoy the season.
For more information and benefits, call Ray Barnes at (734) 981-5170.
Softball coaching clinic A coaching school/clinic, conducted
by the Amateur Softball Association's national office, is scheduled for Feb. 12-13 in Howell.
What's different in this clinic is the emphasis — it's on you, with hands-on ins t ruct ion tha t puts you in the position of the player, teaching you efficient techniques in breaking down skills and developing players.
Those conduct ing the clinic have nat ional r e p u t a t i o n s and are well-versed in playing and teaching soft-ball.
Cost is $40 if paid before Feb. 1, $45 after. For more information, call Dennis Troshak at (517) 546-0693.
Ten Star hoop camp Application^ are being evaluated for
t h e T e n S t a r A l l -S t a r B a s k e t b a l l camps for boys and girls (ages 7-19).
Nearby camp locations include Fort Wayne , I n d . , C a n t o n , Ohio, a n d Georgetown, Ky. For an evaluation form, call (704) 372-8610.
Soccer registration The city of Plymouth's Recreation
Department is currently taking regis-tration for youth soccer from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at its offices, located at the P l y m o u t h C u l t u r a l C e n t e r , 525 Farmer = — : *
Cost for six-year-old, seven-year-old and eight-year-old players living in the city of Plymouth-is $45; the fee for non-residents in those age divisions is $65. For all other age divisions, the fee for city res idents is $50 and for non-residents it's $80.
All registrations require a birth cer-tificate. For more information, call the Recreation Department at (734) 455-6620.
Skate with Warriors A chance to skate with the Wayne
State women's hockey team is here. Following the Lady Warriors ' game against Mercyhurst College, which is 7 p.m. Sa tu rday , everyone in at ten-dance can s k a t e with the team. All you need is your own pair of skates.
In addition, anyone wearing a hock-ey jersey (any team) will be admitted free. Without a jersey, admission is $4.
Also: 1,000 women's media guides will be distr ibuted to the first 1,000 kids (age 17 and under) a t tending , and the t e a m will be ava i l ab l e to autograph them. Team members will also be available for photos.
For information, call 1-877-WSU-GOAL
Coaching vacancies Livonia^ Ladywood High School has
coaching positions open in track (JV, s p r i n t a n d j u m p coaches) ; soccer ( f r e s h m a n a n d JV) ; f ie ld hockey (freshman and JV); girls Softball (JV ass i s t an t a n d f r e shman ass i s tan t ) ; a n d golf ( JV) .
For more in format ion , call Lady-wood athlet ic director Sal Malek at (734) 591-2323. .
Any on* interested in submit tint *<> Sports Scone ot Sports Roonaup may send
'•I i w — j I.. • Scfieotcreft. Livonia, Ml, 48150, or may FAX them to (734, 5917279.
Chiefs fall' to Hartland When, you go up against the defend-
ing state champion, expectations often obscure reality. . -
Plymouth Canton's gymnastics team d i d n ' t a c t u a l l y expec t to b e a t t h e Eagles, but they were hoping to put orf a good show. And for two events, the Chiefs did just that.
Bu t t h e n t h a t old bugaboo t h a t ' s been bothering them all season cropped up again, as Hartland pulled away for a 135.4-131.05 victory in this Western Lakes Activities Association dual Tues-day at Canton.
"It was an improvement," said Can-ton coach John Cunningham. "We had two good events. Vault and floor (exer-cise) wfint well.
"The falls on (uneven parallel) bars and (balance) beam continue to plague us. But things are looking up."
Amy Driscoll finished with Canton's top all-around score (33.9), jus t ahead of Liz Fitzgerald (33.85). Driscoll tied for first in floor (9.0"), placed second in the bars (8.55), tied for fifth in vault (8.6) and scored 7.75 in beam.
Fitzgerald tied for second in vaul t (8.75), took third in both floor (8.75) and beam (8.35), and tied for fifth in bars (8.0).
O t h e r top scores fo r C a n t o n were posted by Maggie Bett, who tied for fourth in beam (7.9); Jackie Benning-ton, sixth in beam (7.85); and Kristen Schilk, sixth in-floor (8.45).
Last Saturday, the Chiefs put togeth-er a solid performance in placing sev-enth out of 15 teams at the Rockford Invitational. Canton scored 130.65, just 1.45 points out of four th place. Ply-mouth Salem was ninth with 129.00.
East Kentwood won the Invite, scor-ing 145 20. Holland was second with 141.85.
"Falls and the lack of a spring floor were again a problem," said Cunning-ham. Canton was without Driscoll for the vault due to a minor knee injury.
"Liz Fitzgerald had an even bet ter meet than indicated," theCanton coach added. "Her routine on bars was a first-place routine."
Fitzgerald was first in t h e Ditf sion II all-around with a 34.65 total, winning the beam (9-(|6>i t ak ing f i f th tn the v a u l t (8.7), s ix th in b a r s (8.3) a n d eighth in floor (8.6).
Other top-10 marks wpre posted by Driscoll, fifth in the Division II ba r s (8.35), seventh in the beam (8.7) and
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A solid showing: Canton's Kristen Schilk put together back-to-back good performances on the beam. She scored 7.85 Monday against Hartland (above) and 8.25 Saturday at Rockford.
Salem's Suder makes choice B Y C J . R I S A K SPORTS EDITOR c j r i sak0oe .homecomm.net
J u s t where Amanda Suder ends up on the scale of top players signed by Madonna University volleyball toach J e r r y Abraham can't be decided yet. Heck, she isn't even halfway through her senior season at Plymouth Salem yet.
Btit this must ra te as one of Abra-ham's easiest recruitments.
Suder , who signed wi th Madonna Monday, has literally been a part of the program since she was in fifth grade, when she was "a Little Lady Crusad-er." And she's been in the Madonna AAU Crusader Juniors volleyball pro-gram for several years.
"I wasn ' t really looking to go any-where else," said Suder. "I've known a lot of the girls who have gone through
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there." So it couldn't have been too tough for
A b r a h a m t o conv ince he r . "Oh, one other th ing t h a t might have helped: He's her uncle.
This , however , ha s no th ing to do wi th n e p o t i s m . A b r a h a m has been recruiting Suder since "last year." she said. "He was ta lk ing to me about it then."
He was also the one who introduced the sport to her when she was still in grade school. A b r a h a m watched and helped his niece develop into a top-level player, and knew she'd be a top recruit.
There was a good reason. Suder has been starting at Salem since her sopho-more year, which is not easy to do. The
Rocks were 95-17 during the past two seasons and reached the state quarter-finals last year.
A 5-fcofc-8~outfiide hitter. Suder was leading Salem 'which was 18-6-1 over-all and 2-0 in the Western Lakes Activ-ities Association through Monday) in kills with 116. service aces with 52-and d i g s wi th 110, and was second in ass is ts to kills wi th 86 (through last Saturday's Comstock Invitational).
"She's just a real gutsy player with excellent all-around skills," said Abra-ham. "She's a very strong passer and defensive player And she has a high desire to play at a higher level.
"I feel we got one of the area's best players."
It's a subject Abraham's well versed in. He's coached at Madonna for 13 sea-sons. and he's never had a losing sea-
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Agape unable to keep pace with Eagles BY ED WRIGHT STAFF WRITER
Plymouth Chr i s t i an Academy discovered a cure for i t s "third-quarter blues" Tuesday night.
Unfortunately for 'Agape, PCA got well at its expense.
PCA, which h a s s t r u g g l e d , mightily this season immediately af ter the half-time intermission, s tunned t h e Wolver ines with a jarring 16-0 run to s ta r t the sec-ond half, "and wen t on to post a convincing 75-51 victory.
When t h e t h i r d q u a r t e r was . over, the Eagles led 59-33, thanks largely to red-hot 13-of-17 shoot-. ing effort
The win improved PCA's record to 3-4 and pu t t h e sk ids on its two-game losing s t r e a k . Agape fell to 4-3.
"(Plymouth Chr i s t i an) has big k ids who a r e f a s t a n d w e l l - r
coached ," Agape coach Ke i th Anleitner said, analyzing the pri-m a r y r e a s o n s f o r h i s t e a m ' s ; demise T u e s d a y n i g h t . "We've been able to keep up with them ^ • little better in past years, but this is the best team I th ink they've ever had. They ' re very deep —* they can go eight or nine deep — -which gives them a big advantage on most teams."
More t h a n once t h i s s ea son , ; PCA coach Doug Taylor has seen sizeable half-time leads shrink in a matter of minutes. Don't think he didn't remind his team of this fact dur ing T u e s d a y ' s h a l f t i m e ' break, at which point the Eagles led. 33-20.
"Oh yeah, we talked about it,", Taylor said, smiling. "I tpld them t h a t the first th ree m i n u t e s (of the second half) were the key, I* n r n a n M i i f ) AC n * n t i i i tA mn n * was proud of the way we came out": and put a run together.
"Hopefully, we 've t u r n e d the--corner now as f a r a s t h e th i rd quarter is concerned I t ' s a mental:
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New Crusader: Amanda Suder ; will take her multiple skills to : Madonna in the fall. She leads Salem in kills, digs and aces.
SC outlasts Mott, 78-74
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It was more than a battle of the monster dunks It was a game of two semi-tractor trailers colliding head on.
First place was at stake and the lead in the Eastern Conference of the Michigan Community College Athlet-ic Association in this rematch of last year's MCCAA playoff championship final.
When the dust finally cleared Monday night, host Schoolcraft College emerged the winner with a hard-fought 78-74 men's basketball victory over Flint Mott CC
Behind Robert Brown's game-high 25 point* and 16 rebounds, SC is now 12-4 overall and 5-0 in the confer-ence. Mott falls to 13-3 and 5-1
"It was like a prize fight — honestly," SC third-year coach Carlos Bhggs said "It was a game of spurts. The last team with the ball was going to win We were for-tunate the ball rolled our way at the end But give our kids credit, they never quit fighting "
Brown, an Oak Park High product who spent last year at Central Michigan before transferring to School-craft. measures only 6 feet, 4 inches, but lu» scoring and presence on the backboards made him loom as large as a 7-footer.
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His rebound basket off a Brian Williams drive to the hoop and miss with 28 seconds left proved to be the game-winning basket. -
"Robert came up big with his offensive rebounding down the stretch." Bnggs said "He played all 40 min-utes because when your play that well and hard you want to keep him on the floor "
Mott then called timeout with 15 seconds to play to set up the potential game-tying shot to force overtime or perhaps even go for the jugular with a three-pointor.
But SC's de fense held its g round as Josh Key's jumper from the w ing, with just si* seconds to go. Was slightly off the mark
A mad scramble for the rebound ensued as Gilbert Mitchell (18 points) slapped the ball ahead up-court to Brown, who put an exclamation point on the win with a breakaway dunk with just 1.48 left on on the clock
"We had a lot of goed looks at the basket tonight." Mott conch Steve Schmidt mud. "The last ptpy we dia-grammed. coming out of the t imeout — you couldn't linn. U.i n.i.rM iii.... ;ii4i I U .UIM
good looks on a couple of possessions before that, but
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The Whalers spotted B r a m p t o n a ur-go&J lead by the time the seconc
period was two minutes old — far too m u c h a def ic i t tq overcome a s t h e Whalers lost 5-3.
The defeat , P lymouth ' s second in t h r e e g a m e s a f t e r w i n n i n g s e v e n s t r a i g h t , le f t the W h a l e r s in t h i rd place in the Ontario Hockey League's Wes t Division, a point b e h i n d t h e Windsor Spitfires.
The B a t t a l i o n were f i r s t in t h e OHL's Midwest Division with an 18-18-7 lecord through Sunday.
Brampton's offense was sparked by Raffi Torres, who assisted on three of h i s t e a m ' s f i r s t t h r e e goals . Rich Kearns scored twice in the opening 1:40 of the second period to double the Battalion's lead to 4-0. Lucas Havel added two assists on those first four goals-
wi th Rob McBride scor ing midway through the second period and Steve Weiss narrowing the gap to 4-2 with a power-play goal with 7:07 left ip the second.
But the Battalion pushed their lead back to three goals when Scott Thomp-son scored at 6:54 of the third. Just in Williams' goal 19 seconds later , his
second point of the game, narrowed the deficit but didn't change the quf-
'Sunday over the Rochester J r . Ameri cans at Compuware Arena.
The two wins hoosted the Ambas Scott Dellavedova made 30 stops in
goal for Brampton. Rob Zepp and Bill Ruggiero spl i t t ime in goal for t h e Whalers, combining to make 17 saves.
The Whalers have a tough double this weekend, traveling to play a 7:30 p.m. game Friday in Sault Ste. Marie a g a i n s t t h e d iv is ion- leading Grgy-hounds, then reiurntiiij to Plymouth to take on the Owen-Sound r l a t e r s a t 7:30 p.m. Saturday. "
Ambassadors rebound After suffering a frustrating 2-1 loss
to the Cleveland Barons, last Friday at Cleveland's Barons Arena, the Com-puware Ambassadors rebounded with a pair of lopsided wins Saturday and
sadors back in to f i r s t place in the North American Hockey League's East Division with a 23-11-2 record and 48 points, one more than the second place Soo Kewadin Casino Indians.
In all three games, NAHL all-star goalie Craig Kowalski was superlative. He made 40 saves in the loss at Cleve-
birthday) in the Friday night win over • the Jr . Americans. He followed tha t up with a 37-save performance Saturday. #
Six different players scored in the Ambassadors' win Friday, and in Sat-urday's victory there were eight differ-ent goal-scorers.
The NAHL All-Star game is 7 p.m. Saturday in Geneva, 111.
Well, so far so good.
In fact, a t present a Plymouth Salem t e a m s o m e w h a t dependent upon a n influx of younger swimmers is doing doggone well. The Rocks followed up a third-place finish at their Rock Invita-t ional S a t u r d a y by sweeping Livonia Churchill Tuesday at Churchill.
The victory, by a 136-47 score, kept Salem's dual-meet record in the West-ern Lakes Activities Association perfect at 2-0; the Rocks are 5-0 overall.
SWIMMING Salem took all 12 first-place finishes.
including n i n e s e p a r a t e , ind iv idua l -event winners.
Jim Ross started the sweep in individ-ual events with a win in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.66). He was followed by Ben Drialo in the 200 individual medley (2:14.76); Ryan Kappler in the 50 free
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Shelton, Dzialo, Eric Lynn and Mike Johnson combined to win the 200 med-ley relay (1:47«95>; Dan Jones, Shelton, Kory Pund and Kappler teammed for a
p o i n t s — 100 more t h a n r u n n e r - u p Rockford. Salem was third with 213, fol-lowed by Livonia Stevenson with 162, Plymouth Canton with 125 and Birm-ingham Seaholm with 56.
The meet has a unique set-up, with
four races in each event, each scoring the same. Neither a Salem nor a Can tori swimmer was first any event.
broke the Pioneers' stranglehold, win» n ing t h e 200 IM a n d 100 back (see results).
The Rocks swim at Livonia Stevenson at 7 p.m. tonight in a key WLAA dual meet. .*•
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After bat t l ing Novi to a 4-4, come-from-beh ind d r a w Fr iday , t h e Ch ie f s took on Western Lakes Activities Association rival Livonia Stevenson Sa turday . Both games were at the Plymouth Cultural Center.
Can ton t rai led Stevenson 3-0 a f t e r two periods, then surrendered four third-period goals in falling. 7-0.
Mark Blazok scored two goals for the Spar-tans, and Alex Piotrowski and Mark Nebus added a goal and an ass i s t apiece. Mike Peraino, Chris Wrigley and Mike Majkowski got one goal each, while Matt Calus, Josh L a t z m a n - a n d Eric Mink had two a s s i s t s
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Kevin Marlowe was in goal for the shutout for S t e v e n s o n . B r a d Arsnov (five goa ls allowed) and Charles Kemp (two goals) split time in the net for Canton.
Friday's game was a dramat ic one, with Mike Carson scoring a power-play goal with just 38 seconds left in the game to salvage the t ie for the Chiefs. John Bockstanz and Brad Wolfe assisted.
Carson's goal capped a wild third period. Canton trailed 2-1 after two periods, Brian Marsh giving the Chiefs a 1-0 lead after one period (Jack Ware assisted), but Brad Zarem
— who had a hattrick in the game — putting Novi ahead with two second-period scores.
Bockstanz and Wolfe regained the lead for the Chiefs with third-period goals (assists went to Sean Depp and Rick Lashbrook on Bocks t anz ' s goal, and to Eric Mayer on Wolfe's t, but the Wildcats rallied with two goals in a span of 1:01. by Travis Malott and Zarem.
Which set the stage for Carson's clutch, game-tying goal. Ryan Zielinski was in goal for Canton; Brandau and Jeremy Goodman split time in the net for Novi.
The weekend results left the Chiefs with a 7-5-1 overall record-; they a re 4-4-1 in the WLAA. Stevenson is 9-3 overall, 7-1 in the WLAA.
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213; 4 Livonia Stevenson. 162. 5 Plymouth
Canton. 125 ; 6 . Birmingham Seaholm. 56
Event resul ts
200-yard medley relay: Heat C — 1. Pio-
neer. 1 4 9 68 : 2. Salem. 1:53.02, 3 RocK
ford. 1:55 81 . 4 Stevenson. 2:01 79. 5 . Carv
ton. 2 :15 .50
Heat • — 1 Pioneer. 1 4 7 12: 2 ROCK
Salem, I 5 0 17; 5 Canton. 2:00 90
Heat A — 1 P.oneer. 1:40 68; 2. Steven
son. 1 :42.67. 3 Salem. 1:45 27, 4. Rockford.
1 45 4 9 ; 5 Can ton . 1:50 60; 6 Seaho lm.
1:52.50.
200-yard freeetyta: Heal 0 — 1 . Morgan
D«al>e (AAP), 1 :57 .55 ; 2 Garret Denotf <R|.
2 :01 98. 3 Steve Rue (PC). 2 03 59; 4. Adam
Sonnanstine IPS) . 2^08 03: V Mike Mtgano
(BS). 2 :27 3 6 ; 6 Ryan Pratt ( IS) . 2 :33 47 .
H a s t C — 1. B rad G r e g r o k a ( A A P ) .
1 :51 98 : 2 Mark Witthoff (PS). 1 56 51 : 3 .
Matt Leskovar (R j , 2 0 0 20. 4 Pat Ridemeyer
(LSI. 2 :01 .29 ; 5 Ryan Ahem (PCI. 2 :02 33 .
6 Dan Lafsve CSS). 2:26.92.
Heal B — 1 Steve Hill ( M P ) . 1:49.15: 2.
Jim Ross (PS l . 1 :56.12: 3 Jerrard Reickard
( R ) . 1 : 5 6 . 1 4 : 4 M a t t Wlsn iewsfc l I P C ) .
1:57 49 ; 5 RoO CamDndge ILS). 1 ' 58 11; 6
Ntck Diguiseppe (BS). 2 0 4 57.
Heat A — 1. Graham t a y l o r ( A A P ) .
1 4 9 . 5 7 ; 2. Mat t Zolmerek l f l | , 1:52 31 : 3
Brian Mer tens (PS?. 1 56 90: 4 Brad N.i#on.
(PC). 1 :56 42 . 5 . Rot) Parker (BS). 1 56 44
6. Justin Ket tenet . ILS). 1:57 23 .
200-yard Individual medley: Heat D — 1
B rendan W h e l a n (AAP) . 2 15 6 2 ; 2 Eric
Dabkowshi (LSI . 2 :16.59: 3 Adam Maioney
<R|. 2 : 2 2 . 8 2 : 4 >eff Nevi IPS). 2 :25 .22 : 5.
Shawn Bernard iPC). 2 36 64
Heat C — 1. Kyle Cannon <R). 2 0 1 61 . 2
Griffin Meyers (AAP). 2 11 94 3. Geofl Lowes
(LSI. 2 :12 8 8 4 Hugo Alvarei (PS). 2 23 29
5 Brett Retdsma iPCl . 2 34 88
Heat B — 1 W i l l W a k e f i e l d i A A P :
2;Q4 5 1 . 2 M i k e Nemer ( IS ) . 2 0 9 11. 3
Adam Ke i th (R) . 2 10 29 » Aaron ShelTon
( P S ) . 2 : 1 0 4 7 ; 5 B rad H e r b e c k CPC).
2 34 50
Heat A - 1 Joe Bubiitz (LSI. 1 : W > Q : 2
V ic to r Stover (AAP). 2 : 0 4 15: 3 . Enc Lyi
(PS). 2 :06 48. 4. Ross Perry (R». 2 : 1 3 1 0 ; 5.
Jon Heiss (PC). 2:22 20
50yard freestyle: Heat 0 — 1. Jay Far*one
(AAP). 2 3 8 4 ; 2. Ryan Kappler (PS). 24 .51: 3.
Ben Zotmerek (R). 23.59; 4 yahes Uno (PC).
26 .53 : 5 Ryan Pratt (LSI. 29 63 ; 6. Kory Lon
don IBS). 35 46
Heat C — 1. Taylor Jackson (AAP). 23 .65:
2 . B r a d M c M a h o n ( B S ) . 2 3 . 6 8 ; 3 . J a s o n
Rebarchik ,PS). 24 50. 4 . Kyle Veithouse (R).
74 : 5 B r a f i U w r T r w - o t t 1 L S ) r 2 4 . 9 8 : 6
Trey Gercak (PC). 25 .18
Heat B — 1. John Stover (AAP). 22.94: 2
Dan Jones (PS). 23 .80: 3. Tom Parker (BS).
24 04 ; 4 Mike Dallas (R). 24 .23: 5 . George
Earhart (LS). 25.02; 6 M a t t Schacht (PC).
2 6 . 2 1
Heat A — 1. WiH Mac Donald (AAP). 22 .15 :
2 Chris Moyer (BS). 23 .50; 3. M ike Johnson
IPS) . 23 67 . 4 Brad Buckler ILS), 24 .04; 5
Dan Schresser (R). 24 5 6 : 6 . Eddie LirxJow
(PC). 25 68
D M n * Heat 0 — 1 . John Wright (AAP)
2 7 2 0 5 p o i n t s : 2 . T o m M o r b i t z e r ( P C ) .
199.55 .
Heat C — 1 Chad Zll l 'Ch (AAP). 374 35.
2 Dan Nagy R). 372 8 0 . 3 . Gerald Bennett
( P C ) . 2 1 7 . 0 0 : 4 A n d r e w B n s e t t e ( L S ) .
162.05
Heat B — 1. Enc DeMarco (AAP). 362 65 .
2 Dust in Lautenback ( R i . 3 4 1 35 . 3 Ryan
Henery (PCl. 215.70: 4 Matt Schenkei IPS).
141 .35
H e a t A — 1. A n d r e w S i v u l k a ( A A P ) .
4 8 8 10; 2 . Ben Chapman ( R ) . 357 4 0 , 3
Maimers McGillrvery (BS) . 2 8 2 . 3 5 . 4 Blake
Brunner (PC). 268.15; 5 Greg Kubitskl (PS).
2 4 1 1 0 : 6 Jason Zykowsk. ILS). 206 60
100-yard butterfly Meat 0 — 1 Rich Magn
er iAAP). 1:02.76: 2. Kevin Schopieray |PS).
1 0 5 40: 3 Jon Burmiester (LS). 1:07 21 : 4
Steve Workman <R). 1.08.58. 5 Brett Reids
m a i P C ) . 1 11 32
Heat C — 1 Andrew Caliam (AAP). 59 0 3 ;
2 Geoff Lowes iLSi . 1:01 46. 3 Mtke Morgan
^ iPS), 1 0 3 9 9 , 4 Adam Maioney (Rl . 1 :06 18:
5 Btad Herbeck (PCI, 1 13 2 6
Heat B — 1 Btandon Truscott I S ; 58 69:
i Adara Keith (R). 5 8 . 9 0 : 31 Steve Buster
{ A A P ) . 1 < 0 0 . 0 1 : 4 Dave C a r s o n ( P S ) ,
1:05 58; 5. Yahes Uno (PC). 1 :06.07.
Heat A — 1. John Stover (AAP), 54 64 . 2.
Ben Dzialo (PS). 56 .22 ; 3 Rob Cambr idge
(LSi: 59.49. 4. Aaron Reeder (PC). 1:03,37;
Chrts Sullivan iR). DQ
lOOyard freeetyle. Heat 0 — 1. Tom Park
er OS 5 2 7 2 : " 2 Taylor Jackson (AAP)
53.31; 3. Ryan Kappler (PS). 54 701 4. Scott
V o i l z ( R ) . 5 4 9 4 ; 5 . B e n n e t t Ty le r ( L S ) .
1 04 24. 6 Scott Franke (PC), 1 :06 16
Heat C — 1 Mike Johnson (PS). 52 .09: 2.
Jerrard Reickard (R). 5 2 8 7 ; 3. Brian Welch
(AAP), 53 06 : 4 Rob Parker (BS), 54.34: 5.
George Earhart (LS). 56 22: 6 . Shawn Bernard
(PC). 1:03.13.
Heat B — 1 Kevin Hyd« ( R l . 4 9 . 8 3 : 2 .
Brad Gregroka (AAP). 52.29: 3 . Brad McMa-
hon (BS). 52 90; 4 Dan Jones (PS). 53 .00: 5
Kevin VanTiem (LS) . 5 3 . 5 3 : 6 . S teve Van
Proven IPC), 1:00.03.
Heat A — 1. Wil l Mac Donald (AAPi. 49 86;
2 Matt Zolmerek (R). 50-16: 3 Mark Wit
thoff (PS). 5 1 60 ; 4 . Chns Moyer (BS>. 51.79;
5. Brad Buckler (LS), 52.81: 6 . D e r m * Speck
IPC). 59 2 6
SOO-yard treeatyle: Heat 0 — 1. Andy
Schwenk CAAP). 5 : 2 9 . 2 8 ; 2. M i k e Morgan
IPS). .5:29 39. 3 Gaftett Denotf (R>. 5 :39 51.
4 Andrew Kocrtnrk (LS). 5 .49 .28 : 5. John Cur
r ie(PC). 6 23 45
Heat C — 1 J im floss (PS). 5 14 74, 2
Morgan OaKe (AAP). 5 :15.92: 3 Mat t Le^ko
var (R). 5 3 1 4 3 4. Steve Rue (PC). 5 :35 08:
5 Kevm Dalessandro ILS). 6 :22 .82
Heat B — 1 Steve Mill 'AAP) . 5 :00 88: 2
Ben Dzialo (PS). 5 0 4 - 2 0 ; 3 ToOd Vanderwail
(R). 5 19 66 : 4 Pat RKJemeyer |LS). 5:30.70.
5 . Ryan AhemtPC) . 5 :32.17.
Heat A — 1. G r a h a m T a y l o r ( A A P ) ,
4:57 76: 2 Bnan Mertens (PS). 5 0 3 17; 3
Ross. Perry (R) , 5 :10 .00 , 4 Justm Ket tenei
(LS) . 5 1 3 . 2 2 : 5 . M a t t W i s n i e w s k i (PC) .
5 41 .63
200yard freestyte relay: Heat C — 1. PiO
neer 1 3 7 . 3 5 ; 2 . R o c k f o r d 1 : 4 1 5 3 ' 3
Salem. 1 43.29: 4 Canton. 1 48 41
Heat B — 1 P.oneer 1 :35 15. 2 Rock
ford. 1 38.57: 3 Salem 1:39 55 4 Canton
1.43 14, 5 Stevenson. 1 43 79
Heat A — 1 Pioneer 1 3 0 46 2 Salem,
1 31 89 3. Rockford, 1 35 8 5 ; 4 Seaholm.
1 : 3 6 32; 5. Stevenson. 1 3 6 - 4 7 ; 6 . Canton.
1:36 .52 .
100-yard backatroke: Heat 0 — 1 Rot)
K i n g ( A A P ) . 1 : 0 3 . 7 3 : 2 . Je f f Nev. ( P S ) ,
1:05 .29 : 3. Andy Fowle (P). 1.-06.93. 4 . Kns
Kinsuatel (LS). 1 : 1 0 . 3 6 : 5. Steve VanProyen
(PCj. 1 : 1 3 1 8 .
Heat C — 1 Scott Vol tz (R) , 1 . 0 2 90; 2 .
Brendan Whelan (AAP). 1 0 3 . 8 2 ; 3. Trey Ger
cak (PC) . 1 : 0 4 5 2 : 4 B r i«n Dorogt ( P S ) ^
1:04 .93: 5 , Jon BUTT.®iter (LSI. 1 0 5 9 5
Heat • — 1 Aaron Shelton (PS). 5 9 70: 2 .
Todd Vanderwail (R). 1 : 0 0 . 8 8 ; 3 Aaron ReeO
er (PC). 1 : 0 0 - 5 4 ; 4 . Chns Dmrg i l i o (AAP),
1:00 .98 : 5 . Andrew Koci tnlk (LS). 1 :06 .15 . 6
DenlaFave (BS). 1 : 1 3 . 4 1 .
Heat A — 1. Joe BuMitz (LS) . 5 5 . 2 8 2
Kevin Hyde ( R ) . 57 0 5 : 3 . t r « Lynn (PS) .
57 .43: 4 Brad Nrtson (PC). 5 8 56 . 5 Grrfftn
Meyers (AAP). 1 :02 .00 : 6 Nick DiGusaCpe
1.BSl. 1:10.14.
l O O y w d h i e — t a t i u l u : Heat 0 — 1- Sear
St al "ings (AAP). 1 :10 .21 ; 2 . Ben ZointeweK
( R l , 1 : 1 2 . 4 0 ; 3 A d a m Sonnans t ine (PS>,
1:14.65: 4 . Kevin D A iesaar t to (LS). 1:21.8»;
Dennis Speck (PC). DQ
Heat C — 1. Jay Faotone (AAP). 1:08.44.
2 , Andy S c h u i l l m g ( R ) . 1 1 0 8 0 3. M a t t
Schacht (PC) . 1 : 1 1 . 7 8 : 4. Enc DaOkowski
( L S i . 1 : 1 2 2 3 ; 5 . M a t t S h o w a i t e r ( P S ) .
1 : 1 2 - 6 2 .
Heat B — 1 Kevm VanTiem (LS). 1 .05 .1A
2. Kyle Cannon (R). 1:06.05: 3. Victor S*over
( A A P ) . 1 : 0 6 3 5 : 4 . Edd ie L indow ( P C ) .
1 0 6 8 7 ; 5 Hugo Alvarez TPS), 1 :14.54; e
Kory London IBS). 1:33.32 " " '
Mea t A — 1
1 : 0 5 . 3 1 ; 2. M i k e Nemer (LS). 1 :05 .57 ; 3
Mike Danaa (6 ) . 1 . 0 b « 7 ; 4 Jon Heia* (PC).
l O B 71; 5 JMon RaParcmk (PS)! 1 :11 6 1 6
Mike M « a n o (BS). 1:16.71.
400-yard t reeaty le relay: Heat C — 1.
Rockford. 3 : 4 0 . 0 5 ; 2. Pioneer. 3 :40 .32 : 3
Salem. 3 : 5 3 . 3 0 , 4 . Stevenson. 4 : 1 8 . 1 * ; 5-
Canton. 4 42 9 0
Meat • — 1. Rockford. 3 :36 73 : 2 Pio-
neer. 3:37.5®; 3. Satam. 3:37.70: 4 Steveo
son. 3 :49.71; 5> Cantori. 4 :02 9 1
Heat A — 1. Pioneer. 3 : 2 3 M : 2 Rocktord,
3 24 14 ; 3 , Saiem. 3 :26 .22 ; 4 Stevenson.
3 5 7 . 7 7 5. Canton. 3 4 3 6 9
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15-11, 15-12, in a Western Lakes Ac t iv i t i e s A s s o c i a t i o n m a t c h played at Salem. .
The win boos ted t h e Rocks ' record to 18-6-1 overall, 2-0 in the WLAA.
"I t was an i m p o r t a n t win , " said Salem coach Tom Teeters. "Thoy ' ro one o~f t h ^ to i i ^hor teams in the conference. It was-n' t our best game — we d idn ' t serve that well. When we did, we took advan t age of t he i r weak serve reception."
Amanda Suder led the at tack wi th 10 kills; she also had 12 digs .Ttf ichel le G i n t h e r a d d e d four kills with a team-best .500 kill percentage, and Kelly Jaskot turned in a solid all-around per-formance with six kills and 11 digs.
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first match 16-12, 13-16. East Kentwood, however, was
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kills, Phillips also getting three service aces and Dombrowski adding 12 digs.
Sa lem, r a n k e d a i x t h in t h e s t a t e , h o s t s W e s t l a n d J o h n Glenn a t 7 p.m. Monday, then t rave l s to Fa rming ton for a 7 p.m. match Wednesday. Both are WLAA events.
Rocks reach final Only one thing stood between
Plymouth Salem and the cham-pionship of the Comstock Invita-tional Saturday.
East Kentwood. The Rocks beat everyone else
they faced at the t o u r n a m e n t , defeating Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 15-6, 15-1; Livonia Ladywood 9-15, 15-8, 15-5; Portage Centra l 15-12, 15-6; and Allegan 15-10, 15-1, a team they tied in the i r
beat Salem 15-10, lb-8 m t h e i r first meeting in the tournament, then did it again in the finals, 15-7, 15-1.
The 4-2-1 tournament left the Rocks w i t h a 17-6-1 overa l l record.
In the final against East Kent-m a n a g p f t
six kills and Kelly Jasko t had five, bu t the t e a m totaled jus t 18. J a s k o t added 11 digs and Suder had 10, whi le Jill Dom-browski collected 16 assis ts to kills.
.For the tournament, Suder led Salem with 56 kills; she also had a team-high 47 digs and five ser-vice aces . S a r a h J e n s e n , who didn't play in the final against East Kentwood, finished with 32 kills; Dombrowski had 18 kills, five aces, 105 assists to kills, and 25 digs
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Of c o u r s e , t h e r e a r e Other qua l i t i e s Sude r b r i n g s to t h e team. "She hits well for her size, and she's got a good jump serve," said Abraham. "She's been get-ting excellent coaching at Salem (under Tom Teeters).
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points, but it wasn't enough as Schoolcraft College fell Monday night at home to Flint Mott CC, 81-62.
Mot t , led by T y r a Gay 's 20 po in t s , improved to 13-0 overall and 6-0 in the East-ern Conference of the Michigan Community College Athletic Association.
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Carissa Gizicki missed all eight of her floor shots in the game, but she converted 3-of-4 free throws in the final 42 seconds.
—The senior guard hit 4-of-l in scoring a game-high 18 points; she also grabbed f ive rebounds , d i shed out t h r ee assists and made six steals to pace Madonna.
Her performance, combined wi th the 16 points she scored in an 81-70 victory over Indiana Tech, earned Dietrich WHAC player of t h e week hono r s . She a v e r a g e d 17.5 points, five rebounds and 3.5 s teals in the
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and 3-2 in the conference. Blakely, a 6-foot-1 center from Detroit Ket-
t e r i n g , a l so paced Schoo lc r a f t w i t h 17 rebounds.
Antone Watson (Detroit Henry Ford) and Carla Saxton (Southfield-Lathrup) each con-tributed 11 points for the Lady Ocelots. Wat-son dished out nine assists and grabbed five boards; Saxton had si* rebounds and hit three triples.
Madonna 61, Spring Arbor 57: What it came down to was performance in crunch time Madonna made the shots when it had
And Kris t i Fiorenzi (Plymouth Canton) made just 3-of-9 free throws overall,-but she got two with 1:45 left to put Madonna ahead for good.
The combination helped Madonna even its overall record at 8-8 and made the Lady Cru-saders 2-2 in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. Spring Arbor is 10-7 overall, 1-3 in the WHAC.
As impor tan t as Gizicki's ( three points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals) and Fiorenz i ' s (11 points) p e r f o r m a n c e s were, it was Chris Dietrich that got the Cru-saders there.
two triumphs, Michelle Miela scored 13 points and Lori
Enfield added eight for Madonna. The Cougars got 16 points ft-om Andrea
VanderHorst and 14 from Pftrtia FteHly Spring Arbor outrebounded Madonna, 38-
33, and outshot the Crusaders from the floor, making 23-of-50 (46 percent) to their 20-of-57 (35.1 percent).
But Madonna forced 27 Cougar turnovers (while making 20) and was 7-of-20 on three-pointers (35 percent) to Spring Arbor's 2-of-8 (25 percent).
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Schoolcraft basketball from, page CI
that's the way the ball bounces." W i t h a l a r g e r t h a n no rma l
crowd in the Schoolcraft gym, the f a n s were t rea ted to some entertaining and intense action on both ends.
"The game played as adver-t i s ed , " Schmid t sa id . "People who pa id t h r e e do l l a r s got a steal. They were treated to some quality basketball."
Mot t led 19-12 midway the open ing ha l f , but t h e Ocelots scored eight points in a row just before intermission to take a 43-35 advantage.
"We kept changing our defens-es from a 2-3, to a 1-3-1 and a man-to-man Briggs said. "We knew they like to slash and get to the basket. We wanted to keep them off-balance, especially at the beginning of the game. Then we'd go into a zone later in the game."
The Bears pulled even at 49-all in t h e second half only to have Schoolcraft answer with a 20-10 run to go up 6§-59 with just under 10 minutes to play
Mott, stepping up its man-to-man defensive pressure, forged ahead 72-70 wi th jus t under to three minutes to go on a hoop by Gary Solomon.
Second-year forward Lamar Bigby (15 points) answered with a short banker to tie the game at 72-72. Freshman Mike Williams then hi t a pa i r of free throws with 1:15 remaining to knot the score again , 74-all. se t t ing up Brown's heroics.
"We just gave up too many sec-ond and third shots ," Schmidt said. "Defensive rebounding hurt us.
"But Schoolcraft did a lot of things that forced us to play ten-tative. In the first half we were out-Competed, but in the second ha l f we compe ted and I was proud 'of the way our guys hung in there "
The Schoocraft-Mott game has become a rivalry of sorts Mott won botb regular season meet-ings en route to conference title last season. But SC turned the tables on Mott in the MCCAA playoff championship, capturing its first-ever state crown.
"It's always a rivalry when you have two of the best areas of tal-ent in the s ta te — Detroit and Flint — competing against each other and now it's been taken to the JUCO level," Schmidt said "This yea r ou r confe rence is probably not as strong as it has been from top-to-bottom, but it's g r e a t t h a t Schoo lc ra f t ha s become so competit ive. I'd say right now they're in the driver's s e a t "
Briggs, who drew a technical foul with just over five minutes to go, was glad to get out of his own gym with a win.
"Mot t never q u i t , " he sa id . "Hiey play hard for 40 minutes.
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D w i g h t Windom and Mike Williams came off the bench to combine for 16 points — eight e ach . Po in t g u a r d s Br ian Williams (Wayne Memonal) and Reggie Kirkland combined for only one pnjnt, but they kept the S c h o o l c r a f t o f f e n s e r u n n i n g smoothly throughout the night.
"Dwight and Williams gave us t h e s p u r t we needed off t h e bench." Bnggs said "And Reggie and Brian did a good job under
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Spring Arbor 66, Madonna 53: A first-half game.
Madonna University t raveled to Spring Arbor for a Wolverine-Hoosier Ath le t i c C o n f e r e n c e game Saturday tha t was decided by halftime. The host Cougars built a 38-25 lead by the inter-mission and utilized their inside power to handle the Crusaders.
The loss left Madonna at 0-4 in the WHAC, 2-15 overall. Spring Arbor is 2-2 in the conference, 10-12 overall.
Madonna shot well in the first half , convert ing 12-of-24 from the floor (50 percent). Problem was. Spring Arbor shot even bet-ter , h i t t ing 16-of-26 (61.5 per-cent).
More re levan t : The Cougars hit 5-of-9 three-pointers in the first half (55.6 percent); the Cru-saders were l-of-6 (16.7 percent).
While t h a t factor gave them their lead, the Cougars' rebound-ing a l lowed t h e m to k e e p i t . They overpowered Madonna on the boards,"44-21.
Top scorer for the Crusaders was J a s o n Skoezyla* wi th 14 points; he also led them with six rebounds, and he added three assists.
Aa ron Cox c o n t r i b u t e d 10 p o i n t s and f o u r s t e a l s ; Mike H a s s e y had e i g h t p o i n t s and four steals; and Dan Kort i f t^t is chipped in with mx points and four assists.
Spring Arbor was led by Mike Burde's 20 points; Jordash Harp-e r added* 15 p o i n t s , e igh t
rebounds and eight assists, and Derek Anspaugh finished with 11 points and 11 boards.
SC 1 2 5 , Wayne CCC .70: Schoolcraft College rolled to a 76-34 half t ime lead and coasted f rom t h e r e S a t u r d a y in a MCCAA E a s t e r n C o n f e r e n c e game played at River Rouge HS.
The O c e l o t s d o m i n a t e d in every phase of the game. They made 54-of-93 floor shots (58 percent ) whi le Wayne County
•CC was 27-of-79 (34 percent i. SC
also hi t 12-of-34 three-pointers (35 percent) and outrebounded their opponents. 57-30.
Quentin Mitchell 's 35 points, including nine triples, paced the Ocelots. Lamar Bigby added 16 poin ts and 13 rebounds . Tony J a n c e v s k i ( f rom P l y m o u t h Salem < had 16 points, and Brian Williams (Wayne Memorial) con-tr ibuted 13 assists and did not make a turnover.
T h e loss le f t Wayne a t 5-8 overall, 0-5 in the conference.
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• Notre Dame at Mercy, 6:30p.m.
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MtMrtay. Jan. 22 East Kentwood Toumey. 8 a.m.
Saginaw Valley Toumey. 8:30 a.m.
Clarkston Tournament, 9 a.m.
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Stevenson vs. W.L. Western
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Aquinas at Madonna. 3 p.m.
Deft a College at Schoolcraft. 3 p.m.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Saturday. Jan. 22
Madonna at Aquinas. 1 p.m.
Delta CC at Schoolcraft. 1 p.m.
Hoops from page CI
thing, so I hope it's behind us. We n e e d e d a g a m e l i k e . t h i s -beeau6e we were - able to re iax and have fun in the second half. I t waa alao nice because every-body got a chance to play*
P C A ' B scoring ledger was bal-anced. Senior Derric Isensee and Mike Huntsman each net ted 18 points while junior Davjd Carty chipped in with 16. IsenBee, a t h i r d - t e a m All-State se lect ion l a s t year , also con t r ibu ted 12 rebounds, five assists, four steals and two blocked shots.
Agape's usually potent guard combinat ion of Ju l i an Wet t l in (13 points) and Paul Anle i tner (19 ppints) combined for almost two-thirds of their team's points. H o w e v e r , the d u o s u f f e r e d through a rough shooting night, connecting on ju s t 13 of the 48 shots they fired up.
PCA's ball-hawking guards — J a m e s B a u s l a u g h , C a r t y a n d K u r t S l a g e n w h i t e — d e s e r v e most of the credit for Wett l in 's and Anieitner's troubles. It was
a rare site to see an Agape play-er take a shot wi thou t a hand positioned s t ra teg ica l ly in his face.
"I was very pleased with our defense tonight ," Taylor said. "Our half-court t rap looked good and we played rone a lot for the first time this season."
Agape shot just 29 percent (22-of-74) from the floor and 25 per-cent (2-of-8) from the free-throw line. The Wolverines also turned the ball over 22'tirhes.
quarter with a momentum-grab-bing 13-3 run to put the game
The taller, quicker Eagles took advantage of several uncontest-ed lay-up opportunities and hit 52 percent of their shots (34-of-65). PCA h i t only 7-of-14 free throws, but it didn't matter .
PCA e s t a b l i s h e d i t s i n s ide game early and ran out to an 18-11 f i r s t - q u a r t e r l ead beh ind Huntsman's eight points.
A n i e i t n e r ' s c a m e o u t and buried two long three-point shots to start the second quarter, cut-ting the Wolverines' deficit to 20-17. But the Eagles closed out the
away. " PCA's largest lead — 67-35 —
came at t h e 5:30 m a r k of the fourth quarter when Huntsman tipped in a missed shot.
Jus t over a minute later, Carty b rough t the f a n s to the i r feet when he went high to grab and lay in a back-door, alley-oop pass from Isensee.
The taller Eagles out-rebound-ed Agape. 41-32 . H u n t s m a n nabbed 11 missed shots.
N a t h a n i e l J o n e s paced t h e Wolverines ' r ebound ing effort with seven boards. He also had eight points and a blocked shot.
T h i n g s w e r e n ' t all rosy for PCA in the second half. During a t ime-out wi th 1:46 lef t in the game, its mascot — a giant eagle —' b r u i s e d i t s b e a k w h e n it leaned against a wheeled basket-ball cart and slid to the court. The eagle is listed as "probable" f o r F r i d a y n i g h t ' s g a m e a t Bloomfield Hills Roe per.
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'n inthrin floor (8.55); and Bennington, 10th in the bars (8.0). - Schilk turned in a solid meet as well, staring 8.25 in beam, 8.15 in vault, 7.95 in floor and 7.4 in bars for a 31.75 all-around.
The Chiefs travel to the Holland Invi-tational Saturday.
Salem, Farmington t ie How of ten does t h i s h a p p e n ? The
answer: not very. P lymouth Salem's gymnastics team
t r a v e l e d to t ake on t h e F a r m i n g t o n
evening of competition -- nothing was decided.
Final score: Salem .132.35, Farmipg-ton 132.35.
The tie left the Rocks with a 2-0-1 reeord in Wes te rn i^akea Act ivi t ies Association dual meets. It also left them with a problem, albeit a good one.
As Salem coach Melissa Hopson put it, "I was proud of our score, I was hop-ing we could reach 132 by season's end
. now we'll have to change our goal for the season."
Bethany Bartlett, a freshman, paced
and compiling the top All-Atfouiid Bar t le t t won the balance beam (9.15) and vault (8.95), tied for second in the uneven para l le l bars with t e a m m a t e April Aquinto (8.6), and finished third in the all-around total was best in the meet.
Aquinto wasn't far behind. She tied for first i n the floor exercise (9.2), tied Bartlett in the bars, and placed third in the vault (8.4) and beam (8.9). She had a 35.1 all-around total.
O t h e r sol id scores for t h e Rocks
sixth In th£ floor at 8.0 and t ied for sixth in beam at 7.65; Kara Dendrmos,. 7.9 in floor and 7.8 in vau l t ; Ashley-Heard, 7.75 in bars, and .7.65 in beam (tied for sixth); AnnMarie Zelinsky, 7.85
vault, "We looked out there," said Hopson.
"Our routines were cleaner Bars is still our weakest event. We've been hitting our beams, which I'm proud of."
As for the tie, Hopson could only say, "Well, I guess it's better than aioss."
Bartlet t and Aquinto at the Rockford Invitational in scoring 129.00 to finish n i n t h . " - * "!•
B a r t l e t t , compe t ing in Division I . placed in the top six in two events: she
beam (8.95k She also scored 8.25 in floor and 8.55 in vault, posting a 34-85 all-around.
Aquinto, compet ing in Division II, won the floor with an 8.8. She was sec-ond in beam (8.95) and scored 8.15 in v a u l t and 7.8 in ba r s ; he r 33.7 al l-around was sixth.
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Any d o u b t s t h a t Redfo rd Catholic Central is a th rea t to win the state high school hockey championship yet one more time were dispelled by Trenton.
' Actually, it wasn't what Tren-ton did, it was what the Trojans didn't do — they didn't beat the Shamrocks.
The top-rated Shamrocks top-pled t h e No. 3 ranked Trojans. 4-2, Saturday night at Redford Ice A r e n a to improve to 9-1 and hand Trenton its first loss in 12 games this season.
"They were r anked th i rd in s t a t e a n d were u n d e f e a t e d . " Ca tho l i c Cent ra l coach Gordie S t . J o h n sa id . " F o r t u n a t e l y . We're ranked first.
"Which, when you look at it. doesn ' t mean a whole lot. The game was hyped a lot."
St. John didn't mind the hype. Jus t like he didn't mind the full h o u s e a t Redford Ice A r e n a , where fans were lined up shortly-after 5 p.m. to buy tickets for the 8 p.m. start time.
"The place was jammed," St. John said. "You couldn't get in it It was a huge crowd, I'd like to have about 10 of those a year."
Catholic Central swept to a 4-0 lead with a pair of goals in the first period then two more in the second before Trenton got on the scoreboard. The Trojans scored their other goal with seven sec-onds left to play in the contest.
"It 's always nice to beat 'em when they're ranked." said St. J o h n , who hasn ' t been on the short end many times in the past few seasons. "It was nice to get away with a win.
"WTe play them at their barn F e b 9
The Shamrocks started a play in their own end to get their first goal. Dave Moss dropped a pass back to defenseman Ryan Yost and he buried the puck into the u p p e r co rne r of t h e ne t . Joe M o r e a u also a s s i s t e d on t h e play.
Brandon Kaleniecki made it 2-He senred
off a 2-on-l break, taking a pass n e a r t h e post f rom Br ian Williams and converting-it into a goal.
Kaleniecki notched his second goal of the game, taking a pass from Mike Ratigan behind net in the second period and just rap-ping it home.
•Rat igan r o u n d e d ou t the Catholic Central scoring with an unassisted goal later in the sec-ond pe r iod . He picked off a turnover in the Trenton defen-sive zone, skated around in front of the ne t ripped in a high shot on the left side.
"It was a hard-fought game. St .Inhn ftairl "Both tva®* skat ed wel l and bo th had t h e i r opportunities We out.shot them by a few shots. 32-27 or some thing like that."
B e d f o r d CC h a s a pa i r of gAmes this weekend, traveling to East Kentwood on Friday night, t h e n r e t u r n i n g to P lymouth ' s Aretk Pond to play the AAA Ice Dogs a t 11:30 a.m Saturday
Churchill 12, W . L . W e s t e r n 4 :
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T h e C h a r g e r s scored four short-handed goals in the win
Other offensive s tandouts (or Churchill included Adam Krug, two goals and two assist*. lorn S h e r m a n , two goa l s and one ass i s t ; Adam Jakubowski , two g o a l s ; J a s o n T u r n and Mike Andes, one tfoal and one assist each: Sean Sxostak and Adam •Wr, • •*
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Canton perfect in dual-meet . On the big guys shoulders goes the credit. Or the blame. • T h a t was t h e m e s s a g e Ply-mouth Canton wrest l ing coach J o h n Demsick w a s t r y i n g to deliver. Dual meets begin with the smaller weight classes; when the outcome is on the line, the bigger guys are up.
For the most part., the Chiefs'
.come t h r o u g h th is year I.a-st 24; Willow Rnn 72-1?; New other team to ohangw the Sa turday at the Ypsilanti Lin-coln I n v i t a t i o n a l , they d idn ' t have to.
In the dual-meet style tourna-ment, Canton came away wi th five dua l vic tor ies , t h a n k s in great par t to the start provided in each by t h e guyB Demsick called his five little Indians,"
u p p e r weight w r e s t l e r s h a v e The Chiefs beat Ypsilanti 54-
Boston Huron 49-24; Carleton Airport 48-21; and host Ypei Lin-coln 48-18. The five wins boosted Canton'B overall dual-meet mark to 10-1.
"If you s tar t a meet being up by -24 or 30 points like-we did a f t e r our. l i g h t w e i g h t s got throuf and it's near impossible for the
tion," said Demsick. "Some of the teams
we w r e s t l e d had some s t a t e qualifiers, but they just couldn't come back from the setback our lightweights gave them.
"Often in dual meets it comes down to the heavyweights. They
grea t -of ou r 'five little Indians' to take tha t pressure off of them for once.
"Those little guys really per-formed well. If they hadn't given us that start , it may have come out differently." ,
Kyle Pi t t (103-pound weight division), Brad Kreger (112), Doy
each es in the tournament.
The Chiefs re turn to Western L a k e s Ac t iv i t i e s Assoc i a t i on action at 6:30 p.m. tonight when they travel to Northville. There's no t o u r n a m e n t fo r t h e m t h i s weekend as they rest and pre-pare for t h e Observerland Invi-
team wins or loses based on how (125) and Greg M u s s e r (130) Churchill?
RANKINGS OBSERVERLAND MAT RANKINGS
TEAM: 1. Redford Catholic Central: 2. Plymouth Salem; 3. Plymouth Canton; 4. Livonia Stevenson; 5. Garden City.
INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT CLASSES 103 pounds: 1. Kyle Pitt (Canton); 2.
Kyle Malo (Churchill); 3. Scott Massey (GC): 4. Harry Leipitz (North Farming-ton}; s . Scott Gotne (Salem).
112: 1. Josh Gunterman (L ivonia Stevenson); 2. Chris O'Hara (Redford CC); 3 , . Dan Tondreau (L ivon ia Clarenceville); 4. Chris Smith (Westland John Glenn); 5. Steve Lenhardt (Livonia Churchill).
119: 1. Ron Thompson (Plymouth Salem); 2. Pat Sayn (GC); 3. >on S im mons (Farming ton) ; 4 . David Teets (John Glenn); 5. Bil l Bullock (Steven-500>-
125: 1. Rob Ash (Plymouth Salem): 2. Jon Gregg (Wayne Memorial); 3. Vinnie Zoccoli (Garden City); 4. Chris Hosey (Canton).
130: 1. Jeff Albrecht (John Glenn); 2. Jesse Stevens (RU); 3. Br ian Marsh
"""{Wayne); 4. Brian Reed (GC); 5. Greg Musser (Canton).
135: 1. Jeff Wheeler (Redford CC); 2. Steve Dendnnos (Salem); 3. Brandon Templelon (GC); 4. Allen Waddell (John Glann); 5. Jeff Murphy (Lutheran West land).
140: 1. Jon Pocock (Canton): 2. Josh Henderson (Salem); 3. Josh Fee (Garden City); 4. Jay Abshire (Redford C O ; 5. Trevor Clark (N. Farmington). * 145:1. Jeff Usher (Redford Thurston); 2. Steve Abar (Chu rch i l l ) ; 3. Chns Cooprider (Stevenson); 4. Matt Barker {>ohn Glenn); 5. Sean Bell (Redford CC).
•152: 1. Mike Carter (Churchil l); 2. Imad Kharbush (Stevenson): 3. Chris Wolfgang (John Glenn); 4. Mark Ostach (Farmington); 5. Scott McKee (Canton).
160: 1. Ryan Rogowski (Redford CC); 2 . Mike Falzon (Stevenson) : 3. Eric Toska (Franklin); 4. Eric Keiley (RU); 5. Brian Jones (Churchill).
171; 1. Mitch Hancocfc fRedford C'C); 2. John Macfarland (Stevenson): 3. Ben Lukas (Farmington); 4 . Craig Medos (GC): 5. James Moinar (Lutheran West-land).
189 : 1. . KaJen McPherson ( C l a r e n c e v i l l e ) : 2 . Er ic Pun inske i.Stevpnson); 1 top Popeney Salem);
4 Matt Conlan (Redford CC); 5. Phil Rothwetl (Canton).
215: 1. Gllie Mu.scarefla (RU): 2. Kyle Domagalski (Farmington); 3. Ozzi Wagn-er ( C a n t o n ) ; 4 . Steve Rotenheber (Elarenceyi l le) ; 5. Tom Vandebosche tphurchil l).
' Heavyweight: 1 Josh Rose (Clarenceville): 2. Aaron Parr (Redford t L ) ; J. Brian brinsden (I-arming ton); 4. Oerek McWatt (Canton); 5. Brad Tinney (PC).
f fo te : The weekly OOsefverlaod wrest l ing
r a n k i n g s are c o m p i l e d by a pane l of f ou r
ooaches including Bob Moreau (Stevenson).
Mar ty Al tounian (Churchi l l ) , Jim Carlm (RU)
«jhd Dave Chiola (GC).
Spartans stall against Pats; Glenn tumbles
Livonia F r a ^ e l i n bea t r ival
t ime in five days wi th a 50-43 boys basketball win Tuesday.
Frankl in, coming off a 54-48 overtime homecourt win Friday over the Spartans, improved to 3 -5 ove ra l l . The loss d rops Stevenson to 3-6.
The third quarter was the dif-ference as Frankl in outscored the Spartans, 16-5, after trailing 27-23 at intermission.
Joe Ruggiero. a junior forward, led the victorious Patriots with a game-high 18 points. Tim Borne contributed eight.
Ryan Drolet a n d J o h n Van Buren scored 15 and 11, respec-tively, for host Stevenson.
H o w a l l 5 9 , J o h n G l e n n B l ;
Andy Gerkin and. Eric Walters got 16 points apiece Tuesday as Howell (4-6 overall) came away with the non-league win at West-land John Glenn (2-6).
Eric Jones led Glenn in scoring w i t h 17 po in t s . B r « n t Bogle added 11.
Tom M u r r a y a d d e d 10 for Hnwril. which nutarnrrri fitonn. 19-12 m the decisive final quar-ter.
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Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon (left) and John Cusack, star in "Cradle Will Rock,"opening today at metro Detroit movie theaters. Based on true events, the film focuses on a group of artists who are deter-mined to mount a musical at the WPA Theatre despite overwhelm-ing odds.
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"Storytelling Through the Ages" at Summit on the Park, 46000 Summit Parkway, Canton, fea-tures workshops by Debra Chris-tian and other storytellers begin-ning at 10 a.m., a children's show 1-2:30 p.m., and 7p.m. family concert. Tickets $5 or $15 per family. Call (734) 397-6450 for workshop schedule and other information.
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Lonnie Volenti-ni of Livonia stars as Jake, and Patti Jones as Edith, in "Jake's Women " presented by the Players Guild of Dear-born 2:30 p.m.— at the theater, 21730 Madi-son, southeast of Monroe at Outer Drive in Dearborn. Tick-ets $11, all seats reserved. Call (313) 561-TKTS. •
Hot Ticket Item: This con-cept beach, vehicle by Rih-speed is among dozens of new vehicles at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit. The show is open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Saturday, Jan. 22, and 10 a.m. to 7pm. Sunday, Jan. 23. Admission is free for people up to age 12 (when accompanied by a parent), $10 for people age 13-64 and $5 for people age 65 and up. Orders of 24 tickets or less may be purchased through Tii'ki'tmiHwr, wn> 645-6666.
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spins tales at folk festival
BY LINDA ANN CHOMIN STAFF WRITER I c h o m i n @ o e . h o m e c o m m . n e t
Arlo Guthrie modestly declines all the credit for his ability to spin spellbinding stories. Guthrie is one of the fea tured performers a t the Ann
Arbor Folk Festival Sat-urday, J a n . 29, in Hill Auditorium.
Even though he grew up s u r r o u n d e d by folk legends such as his father Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie was able to write the anti-war anthem, "Alice's Restau-r a n t Massacree ," not because of some inborn gen ius but because it happened to him. Maybe that's why the 18-minute song about a fellow, dis-missed from the d r a f t and subsequent ly from killing women and chil-dren in Vietnam, remains as popular with the younger crowd as with those who grew up during the late 60's and early 70's. His clever lyrics may sometimes border
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Ann Arbor Folk Festival
WHO: Ario Guthrie. Shawn Colvin, Great Big Sea, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Hot Club •of Cowtown. Anne Hills. Fred Eaglesmith. David Barett. Matt Watroba and Robert Jones.
WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 29.
W H I M : Hill Auditorium. Ann Arbor. TICKETS: $30. $25. Calk (734) 763TKTS Of {248) 645-6666.
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Anything you want: Arlo Guthrie is one of the headliners at the Ann Arbor Folk Fes-tival.
Local musicians support folk festival BY STEPHANIE ANGELYN CASOLA STAFF WRITES
«Falk about irony. Matt Watroba stands before Stu-
dents at Plymouth Canton High School, now teaching in the class-room where he once came to learn.
Watroba is p e r h a p s be t te r -known as host and producer of "Folks Like Us" on WDET-FM. As an English t eacher a t t he high school, he educates s tuden ts on subjects such as English, litera-ture and theater. During his days at classroom, he discovered some-t h i n g which would become his life's passion: Watroba was intro-duced to folk music.
In n in th g r a d e h i s Engl i sh teacher played a record by Tom Pax ton. "Something about t ha t record really spoke to me," he said. "It j u s t s t a r t ed t h e whole ball rolling." By 10th grade, Watroba began frequenting The Ark coffee-house in Ann Arbor, and his inter-est in folk music grew. He wanted to learn all he could about the genre. That expertise lead to his
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See folks like them: Matt Watro-ba and Robert Jones
own rad io show, which has endured 13 years.
Watroba, along with well-known Detroit bluesman Robert Jones, will per form at and emcee the 23rd annual Ann Arbor Folk Festi-val Saturday, Jan. 29 at The Ark. "I don't know if I'd do it by myself," s a i d W a t r o b a .
The two met 13 years ago at the radio station. They host back-to-back Saturday programs. Jones, who hos t s t he award -winn ing "Blues from the Lowlands," is a
will emcee and perform at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival Sat-urday, Jan. 29 atThe Ark.
self-taught musician with a love . for l i s tening tq and performing t r ad i t iona l blues and sp i r i tua l music.
"It's a real honor," said Jones, a Detroit resident. "By no means do you often get an opportunity to be par t of th i s program We're all looking forward to it."
The Ann Arbor Folk Festival is a major fund-raiser for The Ark, a club t h a t J o n e s re fers to as a
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FAMILY FUN mm
Thursday. January 20. 1999
Community bands present joint concert
BY KEELY WYGONK STAFF WRITER kwygonikOoe.faomecomm.net
The Farmington Community Band and Birmingham Concert Band are getting together Sunday to present a joint concert a t Birmingham Groves High School.
Each band will play for a half hour, before joining together as a mass band for a finale under the direction of Dou-glas Bianchi., d i rec tor of bands a t
- Wayne State University. There is no charge for the concert,
but donations will be welcomed and appreciated to help pay concert costs.
Paul Barber, conductor and founder of the Farmington Concert Band, and Grant Hoemke. conductor of the Birm-ingham Concert Band, have selected a variety of music from swing to classics and marches.
For the past 18 years the bands have looked forward to hearing each other play and renewing friendships at the Festival of Bands, formerly held at Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi.
When the festival was discontinued last year, there were a lot of sorry peo-ple in both bands.
"Folks missed it," said Paul Barber, founder and conductor of the Farming-ton Community Band. "Last summer we called each other to discuss the pos-sibility of a joint concert," said Grant Hoemke, conductor of the Birmingham Concert Band.
They both work for the Farmington Public Schools. Barber is music coordi-na tor for t h e school sys tem, and Hoemke an instrumental elementary music instructor. Together they devel-oped a plan to hold one joint coftcert a year, one yea r in Bi rmingham, the other in Farmington.
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Two for One ^ WHAT: The Farmington Community Band joins the Birmingham Concert. Band rn a special concert. WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday. Jan. 23. Groves High School Auditorium. 20500 W. 13 Mile Road. Birmingham A D M I S S I O N : r>4o charge. but donations will be appreciated. For rnore information, call (734) 261-2202. Web sites: Farmington Community Band •www.fcbmusic.org: Birmingnam Concert Band, www.birminghamconceftband.org
Special event: • Valentine Dinner Dance, featuring the Farmington Community Band Jazz/Dance Band - Friday. Feb. 11. at Glen Oaks Court try Club, Farrtungton Hills. Cash bar cock-
- tail'hour begins at 6:30 p-m. followed by buffet dinner at 7":30 p.m. and dancing until midnight. Tickets available by reser vat ion only, individually or in tables of eight. Call (734) 261 2202 tor reserva-tions/information.
To Join the bard: • Farmington Community Band members range in age from 13-78, There are some high school members, but it 's primarily adults. You doo * have to aud«tiof*!o jom. They rehearse 7:309:30 p.m, on Monday at Farmington High School Call (248i 489 3412 for more information about the band, or visit the WeO site
• Birmingham Concert Band members range m age from early 20s to their early 80s. Ho audition is required to join. The " band rehearses 7 3 0 9 45 p.m on Wednes-day at Groves High School in Birmingham For more information, call <248) 4744997. or visit the Web site.
Dancer's days are sunny on Sesame Street BY KEELY WYGONIK
STAFF WRITER kwygonikOoe . faoHiecomm .net
Sesame Street ia a sunny place beca use of people like Gretchen Wol-fanger.
"There's nothing worthier than per-forming for children They're wonderful and adorable and like to be entertained, said Wolfanger who portrays the Count in Sesame Street Live's "When I Grow Up," now playing at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.
Aa the curtain riaes. Prairie Dawn geta her'friends together to stage a pageant about growing up.
In "When I Grow Up," which first opened oa Sept, 17,1980, the Sesame Street Live muppet friends show the audience what they want to be when they grow up.
Telly Monster becomes a baseball player. Oscar a ballet star, and poor
Sesame Street Live WHAT: " W e n I Grow Up*
WHERE: The Fox Theatre. 2211 Woo* mat a Am*., Detroit
Elmo can't make up his mind Like many little girls. Wolfanger
dreamed of becoming a ballerina when she grew up. Traveling with "When 1
i Through Sunday. Jan. 30. Per for mance times vary, call (313) 983-6611 for information, or on The Internet at www.olymptaentertainment.com TICKETS: $25. $16. $14 and $10. avail-able at the bo* office and all Tickelmaster locations Catt 1248) 4331515 to charge tickets.
Grow Up," a musical extravaganza with all the wows of a Broadway show, ia the next best thing
She auditioned for the show after graduating from Hope College in Hol-land. Mich., where she studied dance. Wolfanger joined the tour in February of 1999
When she puts on her costume, which weighs about 30 pounds, the 5-foot 8-inch Wolfanger grows to over six feet tall. "I'm playing a character that the audience knows and loves," she said. "The Uounns T .7T mTITIon years old He helps the other characters decide what they want to be We sing and dance about it. The moral is to try all things to decide what you want to be."
C o s t u m e Performing in costume is not easy, "I
wear a size 8 shoe," said Wolfanger. "The Count is a man's sixe 18 Picture being in a clown costume ora snowmobile suit. The biggest challenge t* that I can't change theCount's face, or make his mouth move You have to find ways to express what you're saying "
Even though you can't see her face, Wolfanger assures. "I'm still smiling in there"
"1 wanted to dance and travel," she •aid. "It's a good job. It's like a Broadway musical, the dancing's the same caliber I'm 24 - you have to start somewhere "
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Careers: Join Big Bird. Ernie and all your Sesame Strict rwniixds they try tufmurv ra 4-
family show that adults and grandpar rots will enjoy as much as kids. The
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what they want to be in Sesame Street Live's musical stage pre sentation "When I Grow l'p."
12* The Observer & Eccentric/Thursday, January 20, 2000
Guthrie from pageEl
on the ridiculous but always con-tain a glint of t ruth. Guthrie'a sense of humor, political satire and wry delivery make him a storyteller for all time.
playing at a young age on his own and started bothering me to
"show him stuff . Sa rah only became interested three or four years ago because she was hang-
"A lot of it is jus t repeating, like the blind judge who walks in with his aeeing-eye dog or officer Obi©," said Guthrie. "But maybe it was exaggerated a little with the 27 8-by-10 color glossy pho-tographs (with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one). They were really black-and-white. Of course as it went on with the real officer Obie and the blind judge, it gets even more ridiculous. TVuth is stranger than fiction sometimes."
Guthrie is as witty today as in the lyrics for "Coming Into Los Angeles," "The Motorcycle Song" and "The Pause of Mr. Claus (the FBI song)." Asked how his music has changed over the years , Guthrie replies, "It's gotten bet-ter. Anybody who does the same thing for 40 years has to get bet-ter."
Guthrie left Warner Brothers after 15 years to start his own company, Rising Son Records, in
.1986. He spends 10 months a year on the road with son Abe, 30, and d a u g h t e r S a r a h , 20, joining him on stage.
"I didn't encourage or discour-age them," he said. "Abe started
ing around with people who were playing acoustic music. All four of my kids know how to play someth ing , though not all of them pursued it but have gone on to do something else." •
Next stop Proceeds from his performance
at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival will benef i t The Ark in Ann Arbor, one of Guthrie's favorite s tops whenever he's i n the Detroit area. Guthrie began com-ing to the Ark in the late 60s when the venue was too small for him to play. "Alice's Restau-r a n t " pu t Guthr ie in t h e big time. It was not until the late 70s t h a t the places he played became "smaller and smaller."
"I may have not always been famous, but I've continuously been on the road .since the '60s," said Guthrie, who in 1995 pub-lished a children's book, "Mooses Come walking," with Alice Brock (Alice of "Alice's Restaurant").
Undernea th the humor is a man who cares as much about the suf fer ing of other h u m a n beings as he did in those early days of marches and demonstra-
tions for civil rights and the end of the Vietnam War. It was a son Guthrie learned as a child. His mother, Marjorie, and father, Woody, who was in the hospital
ety of community services. ia 1996-et-
Every one of these acta is highly intonating.
from the time Arlo was 7 until'he died from Huntington's disease 13 years later, instilled a sense of responsibility.
"I was brought up that way," said Guthr ie . "Mom and dad were two for whom singing was not enough. You also had to do something and you had to speak up about something. My moth-er's family was wiped out in the Holocaust, and dad had his prob-lems with Wall Street. Their his-tory led them to believe you have to say something and do some-thing .. not just be sensitive to people's lives but participate in them."
Guthrie continues to stand up and be counted through the cen-ter and foundation housed in the Old Trinity Church, the "scene of the crime" in "Alice's Restau-rant." His Guthrie Foundation was recently ins t rumenta l in taking the AIDS quilt to Cape Town, South Africa. The Guthrie Center, a nonprofit interfai th church foundation named for his father, offers art and music pro-grams for children recovering from abuse, supports people with HIV/AIDS and provides a vari-
upda ted version of "Alice's Restaurant" spreads Guthrie 's ant iwar messages to a new gen-
"We try to present a wid£ vari-ety of musical forms," said Siglin. "Hcariliners have to be able to
western swing," said Fremer-man. "I like it because it's happy musie. "It's dance music, so any-one can go and participate. It's not an t iqua ted or a museum
eration. And in between touring and working with the center, Guthrie tries to keep his fingers on the pulse of the folk music scene.
"Folk music today has branched off into a whole indus-try. But for me folk'B always been the music you've learned from other people - by ear or written down. When I grew up, songs were not just for entertainment, something you'd do in the evening. It's only in the last 100 years that we've recorded music. Before that, it was passed down."
23rd Ann Arbor Folk Festival
Over the years, legends such as Donovan, Bonnie Raitt, Chet Atk ins , Don McLean and Guthrie continued the tradition of passing on their par t icular style of music at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival staged by The Ark. This year David Siglin, director of The Ark, has once again scheduled acts so diverse that "if you don't like one of the acts, go out in the lobby for 15 to 20 min-utes. The next act will be on. There 's no t ime to get bored.
knock out 4,100 people and be able to draw. The rest of the peo-ple are the unknowns: Hot Club of Cowtown - they p*ay Texas swing. The work between the guitar and fiddle is amazing. Fred Eaglesmith, they're a road-house band. He's from Canada, but you'd think he's from Texas. They opened for three acts at The Ark and blew them off the stage. Beth Nielsen Chapman is best known as a song writer but is a tremendous performer."
Hot Club of Cowtown This Austin, Texas-based band
swings. Jazz lovers, who attend-ed the Frog Island Festival that The Ark p u t on in June , a re familiar with the sound of the group's first CD "Swingin' Stam-pede." TheyTl find their newest CD, "Tall Tales" even hotter.
Violinist Elana Fremerman grew up playing classical violin, but listeners would never guess that by the fiddlin' she does on "Joe Bob Rag," "Wildcat" and "Draggin' the Bow."
"Some people call it retro. What I call it is hot jazz and
piece. It has to do with Ameri-cana heritage. The music from the '20s and '30s is everybody's heritage."
Fremerman will be joined on stage by Whit Smith, guitar and vocals, and upright bass player Matt Weiner, formerly of The Flying Neutrinos.
Tradition at The Ark The Ark celebrates its 35th
anniversary in 2000. Founded as a coffee house by four churches, this Ann Arbor institution began by showcasing local bands play-ing traditional folk and grass-roots music. Today, musicians ranging from Leon Redbone.to the RFD Boys take to the stage with a wide a r r a y of musical styles.
"With The Ark being open six^ nights a week, you don't present* one kind of music and make money," said Siglin. "A lot of the musicians are just breaking in, and on these nights there might be only 35 to 40 people. So we present everything but straight-ahead rock. The money we make on the folk festival allows us to continue to do that."
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""national treasure" and Watroba calls "the most important club in his life."
"It 's the perfect event for WDET," said Watroba. "The line-up reflects the kind of stuff we play. It's brilliantly booked." The music is planned to attract folk fans young and old, and may even win over some new fans.
Watroba, the fa ther of four, uses his music as a teaching tool. "We ta lk about the history of music in my class. I use music to teach the humanities." One of his goals in the classroom is to help
students open their minds to all styles of music and art.
It 's t ha t same mindset tha t serves him well Sif the air. Folk music, particularly, appeals to Watroba because it touches peo-ple's emotions. "It's real subjects, real people and real situations," he said.
J o n e s loves the immediacy that folk music and traditional blues music have to offer. "You don't need to round up a band in order to play," said Jones. "Early tradit ional blues or black folk music came from people creating
a story and sharing it with oth-ers. As a result of that, the songs also represent in pure form what people had on their minds."
He compared the direct quality found in folk and blues and more-polished music with the difference between drawing and painting. "A painting is a fin-ished product. It 's polished. A drawing sort of has these lines that show where the artist was going"
Watroba also believes in keep-ing the folk tradition alive. "It's a shared community event. I hope
when someone hears one of my (live) shows, they feel like their part of it."
Watroba and Jones invite lis-teners to be part of the festival experience. "Support the a r t s and have a g rea t t ime," said Jones. There's nothing like live music."
Both can be heard on 101.9 WDET-FM. Robert Jones hosts "Blues from the Lowlands" 10 a.m. to noon. Matt Watroba hosts "Folks Like Us," noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.
show is geared to children ages 2 to 5, but Wolfanger says she's seen little babies in the audi-ence, and even teens. It's one-and-a-half hours long. The first half is 45 minutes, and the sec-ond half 30 minutes with a 15 minute intermission.
"There's a lot of music in the show, and adults will recognize some of the songs, too. The show is very bright, there's a lot of light, it's a fun show to look at. My sUter is 26 years old and enjoyed it. It's very interactive, the audience is encouraged to stomp their feet and clap their hands."
Her contract is up at the end of May, but Wolfanger hasn' t decided her next move.
"Right now I'm not sure," she said. "I love the work and I love traveling."
If you'd like to make a move to "Sesame S t r e e t " here ' s your chance. Sesame Street Live is holding auditions for profession-al performers for its national touring stage productions 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, at the Fox The-atre. For more information call (612) 375-9670 (ext. 704) or send a message onl ine at www.sesamestreetlive.com.
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'Art' shows beauty lies in eye of beholder "Art" continues through Sun-
day, Jan. 30 at the Fisher The-atre, 3011 W! Grand Blvd. at Sec-ond, Detroit. Curtain 8p.m. Tues-day-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, and 7 p.m. Sunday. No performances on Mondays. Tick-ets $25-$47.50, available at the box office, and all Ticketmaster outlets. Charge by phone at (248) 645-6666 or call (313) 872-1000 for information.
BY JON KATZ SPECIAL WRITER
Are you the type of person who would buy something because it's in vogue, even at a cost as ridiculous as the item itself? Are you someone who would tell that person what you really think of it? Or are you the peacemaker, always in the middle?
If you fit in there somewhere, you're likely to like "Art." The one-act intermission-less come-
-dy/ drama has been translated into some 30 languages and hon-ored around the world. Winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play, ""Art" is not about art at all. but about the art of friendship. And like most friendships, it's
• Directed by Matthew War chut with sophisticat-ed lighting by Hugh Vanstone and Jazzy musical transitions by Gary Yershon, "Art" Is a 90-minute montage of masculine emotions and motives.
not always a pretty picture. For three middle-aged Ameri-
can men living in Paris, their 15-year camaraderie is put to the test when recently divorced der-matologist Serge (Cotter Smith) buys a 4x5 foot white canvas with barely perceptible white lines and nothing else. Oh yes — he paid 200,000 francs ($40,000) for it.
His older friend Marc (Judd "Taxi" Hirsch) takes one look and calls it something we can't print but can't help agreeing wi th either. In comes meek, chunky Yvan (Jack Willis) to mediate, but in doing so causes t h e emerging rift to grow even wider.
Yvan accepts the avant-garde work "as long as it's not doing harm to anyone else." "It's harm-ing ME!" replies Marc, and
indeed it is, as it threatens to come between them as surely as Yoko broke up the Beatles.
Marc's jealousy towards the canvas by fictional artist Antrios is as curious as Serge's obsession with it, and maybe more under-s tandable . "It 's not j u s t an Antrios," Serge boasts, "it's a 70s Antrios." "Are you having it framed?" Marc asks innocently. "No," Serge explains as if teach-ing a foreign l anguage , "you mustn't interrupt it."
French author/ actress Yasmi-na Reza gets inside these guys and turns them inside out. They are, then, her own pieces of art to admire or scorn but not ignore.
So what is "Art," comedy or drama? Fortunately and very creatively, it's both. Willis (cur-
rently appearing on screen in T h e Talented Mr. -Ripley") gets a gem. of a monologue, r an t ing about his impending wedding and the in-laws and the invita-tions and why-me-I-hate-my-new-job-I-hate-my-life. It 's a hoot.
Hirsch is as welcome as a favori te uncle, and from him even the swearing is almost G-rated. His Marc is a pompous horse's behind, but as a friend, is he worth losing over this piece of — art?
Cotter Smith (TVs "Equal Jus-tice") blends perfectly with Hirsch and Willis; when he picks up the painting and stalks out of the room, i t s like he's defending his child from the school bullies.
Directed by Matthew Warchus with sophisticated lighting by Hugh Vanstone and jazzy musi-cal transitions by Gary YSrshon, "Art" is a 90-minute montage of masculine emotions and motives. For most, it will be like looking at a painting. For some, it will be more like a mirror. It seems that like beauty, "Art" is also in the eye of the beholder.
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On stage: Cotter Smith (left to right), Jack Willis and Judd Hirsch star in "Art. "
Dodworth Saxhorn Band sounds like summertime ^ ADMIT
YOU LOVE T H E A T R E
BACKSTAGE PASS
ANN DEUSI
Okay, it's late January. We've finally accepted the fact t ha t there is going to be a winter, even though your neighbor jus t stopped mowing his lawn ttfo weeks ago.
So, you know the dri l l . There's a ground hog named Phil.
There are boat shows and gar-den shows, suggest ions t ha t you'll simply collapse without a tropical getaway and dozens of other reminders that most of us do not like this season.
Who am I to buck the tide? The winter blues are no match for the Dodworth Saxhorn Band, which produces a sound synony-mous with summer. When film-maker Ken Burns was selecting music for his PBS senes, "Base-ball," he turned to the Dodworth Saxhorn Band to supply three of the nine inrjiasa^There is some-thing abrfljt 19th century brass band music t ha t ce lebra tes
America, our past, and summer. The Michigan-based band has
also performed at the White House for an "Afternoon of Base-ball" event. The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, and The Calumet Theatre. On the next edition of Detroit Public TV's BACKSTAGE PASS, a i r jng at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan.23, the band performs a rousing tribute to Claudio Grafulla, a master composer of this d i s t inc t ive music who preceded John Philip Sousa.
Visitors to Tiger Stadium in the 1970s were treated to a work of art that deserves a spot in Detroit baseball history. You may recall the metal sculpture of a tiger that resided on Trumbuii Avenue during t h a t period, which served as a tribute to the 1968 World Series Champions. It was la ter displayed at t h e Detroit Zoo. Until I saw a seg-ment produced by Todd Hastings on BACKSTAGE PASS, I was unaware of the amazing story of
owner and boxing trainer who has created stunning representa-tions of sports-related figures out
of chrome bumpers and other car parts for the past three decades.
Local t reasure "He's one of our local t rea-
sures, a pure Detroit artist who uses Motor City relics to create his sculptures." says Hastings. "Don is an incredible talent who is somewhat unheralded, even though many have marveled at his work, such as the sculpture of Muhammad All that is exhib-ited in the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History"
Now, it finally seems that Don is getting his due. The Johanson Charles Gallery in Detroit is exhibiting a collection of his sculptures, which are also fea-tured on the Jan . 23rd BACK-STAGE PASS
Where is the tiger now?
"It's in his backyard. I'm sure Don's a bit attached to it because it was his first major piece, and he wants the right situation to come along before he parts with it," says Hastings.
Isn't there a new baseball sta-dium? Some of our best ideas come when we think spring.
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Barber will l ead the Fa rming-t o n C o m m u n i t y B a n d in i t s o p e n i n g "Olympic F a n f a r e , " by J o h n Williams, the t h e m e of the 1984 Olympics Also on t h e pro-g r a m is ' 'Flight of Years." a b rand new piece by Patr ick Burns , and " S a l v a t i o n is C r e a t e d . " by Tschesnokoff. and the technically c h a l l e n g i n g " M a n n i n Veen . " a t o n e poem by B r i t i s h c o m p o s e r H a y d n Wood. T h e t i t l e of t h i s work t r ans l a t e s to "Dear Is le of M a n , " the Br i t i sh i s l and in t h e I r i s h S e a w h e r e Wood s p e n t mos t of his childhood
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T H E A T E R
CENTURY THEATRE "Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back." through Sunday, Feb. 13. 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays. 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays. 8:30 p.m. Fridays. 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturdays, and 5:30 p.m. • Sundays, at the Century Theatre. 333 Madison Avenue. Detroit. $24.50-$34.50. (313) 963-9800/(248) 6456666
DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE •Valley Song/ through Sunday. March 19. 8:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays. 3 p.m, Saturdays, and 2 p.m and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, at the theater, 13103 Woodrow Wilson. Detroit. $15. (313) 8681347
GEM THEATRE "Esc an aba in da Moonlight," a com-edy by Jeff Daniels, through March 26. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesdays. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 3 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays, at the theater. 33 Madison Ave.. Detroit. $24.50-$34.50. (313) 963-9800
JET THEATRE •Prisoner of Second Avenue' show dates Jan. 2023. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Sunday. 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday, in the Aaron DeRoy Theatre, lower level of Jewish Community Center, 6600 W. Maple Road at Drake, West Bloomfield. $15-$25. (248) 7882900
MEADOW BROOK THEATRE "Dangerous 0session." continues to Sunday. Jan. 30, at the theater on the campus of Oakland University, Rochester, $24-$35. ($19.5D$24 previews Wednesday-Friday. Jan. 5 7). (248) 377-3300 -
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OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Baritone Dino Valle and other local artists perform excerpts from "Phantom of the Opera" and other opera greats through Thursday. Jan. 20. at Gratzi, 326 S. Main. Ann Arbor. (734) 663-5555
C O L L E G E
WSU BONSTELLE "Before It Hits Home," explores how people and families change and grow when outside situations hit home. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. Jan. 21-22 and 2829, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Jan. 23 and 30. at 3424 Woodward, Detroit. $8$10. (313) 577 2960
WSU HILBERRY "Our Town" through Saturday, April 15. family night 8 p.m: Saturday, Jan. 29 ($15. $5 children); "Some Americans Abroad," through Saturday. Feb. 5. at the theater 4743 Cass. Detroit. $11-$18. (313)
577-2972
C O M M U N I T Y T H E A T E R
AVON PLAYERS "Made in the USA: Encore." a mufr cial review showcasing the past century of American song and dance, Jan. 21-23 and 27-29. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, at the playhouse; 1185 Tier*en Road, east of Rochester Road. Rochester Hills. $15. stu-dent/senior/group rates available Thursday and Sunday performances. (248) 608-9077
CLARKSTON VILLAGE PLAYERS "Weekend Comedy" by Jeanne and Sam Bobrick, 8 P -m. Friday-Saturday. Jan. 21-22. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 20. at the Depot Theater. 4861 White Lake Road. CI ark st on. $11. (248) 6258811
MT. ZION THEATRE "The Celestial Helix and Other One-Act Plays." 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. Jan. 28*29 and Feb. 4-5 and 11-12, interpretation for the ; deaf Feb. 4. at the Mt. 2ion Center for the Performing Arts, 4453" CHntonville Road. Waterford. $8 advance. $10 8t door, $7 stu-dents/seniors/groups of 20 or
- more. (248) 673-5432 ' PLAYER'S GUILD OF DEARBORN
"Jake's Women," Jan. 21-22. 28-29, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23 . at 21730 Madison, South of Outer Drive and East df Monroe. Dearborn. $11. (313) 561 TKTS
PLOWSHARES THEATRE COMPANY
Thursday. Jan. 20 ($10) and contin-ues through Sunday. Feb. 27. open ing night 6 p.m. Saturday. Jar*. 22, thereafter 7:30 pjn. Thursdays-Friday*. 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 6 p.ro. Sundays, at Datrott s Holistic Development Canter. 17425 Sec on Blvd. near Waat McNichols and Woodward. $15-S18. (313) 872-0279
RIDOEDALE PLAYERS •Deathtrap." Jan. 2 1 2 3 and 28-30, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. 3 p.m. Sundays, at 206 W. Long Lake, between Uvarnols and Crooks. Troy. •11 . »10 seniors/ students. (248) 9 8 * 7 0 4 9
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'Tha Foreigner,' Jan. 27 29, at the tneatar on the campus of Crartxook
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strates how one vehicle can be a convertible, sport coupe and pick-up all-in-one, is among dozens of new vehicles at the North Ameri-can International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit. The show is open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Saturday, Jan. 22, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday; Jan. 23. Admission is free for people up to age 12 (when accompanied by a parent), $10 for people age 13-64 and $5 for people age 65 and up. Orders of 24 tickets or less may be pur-chased through Ticketmaster, (248) 645-6666
Education Community. 1221 N. Woodward. Bloomfield Hills. (248) 644-0527
STAGECRAFTERS "Cinderella." through Feb. 6. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays (except Thursday. Feb. 3). and 2 p.m. Sundays, at the Baldwin Theatre. 415 S. Lafayette. Roysl Oak. $14 $16. (248) 5416430
VILLAGE PLAYERS OF BIRMINGHAM "Oliver." 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. Jan. 21-22, 28-29 and Feb. 4-5. and 2 p.m. Sundays. Jan, 23 and 30. at the theater. 752 Chestnut, south of Maple. Birmingham. $14. $12 students under 18 and under. (248) 644-2075
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BACITHEATRE "Flanagan's Wake.* 8 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, .7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays ($25 Thursdays and Sundays, and $30 Fridays-Saturdays), and *Tony n' Tina's Wedding." 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, 4:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Satijrflays and 2 n nr. and 6:30
p.m. Sundays, at 40 W. Pike. Pontiac. (248) 745-8668/(248) 6456666
FOX LAIR DINNER THEATRE
Presents "Murder at the Howard Johnson's." a hilarious comedy opening Saturday, Jan. 22, Saturday nights only. 6 p.m. cocktails, 7 p.m. dinner (show follows), at Fox Hills
Plymouth. $29.95. (734) 453-7272
Y O U T H P R O D U C T I O N S
ANNIE JR. Runs 2 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 23, 30 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 22. 29, Scottish Rite Cathedral Theatre, Masonic Temple. 500 Temple, Detroit. $5. (313) 5358962
CLARKSTON VILLAGE PLAYERS "Jack and the Beanstalk," a muscial puppet show for children, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Jan. 29-30, at the Depot Theater. 4861 White Lake Road, Clarkston. $5. (248) 6 2 5 8811
JUDY * DAVID — p e r farm 6 : 4 5 p .m. Wednesday , Jan.
26, at Adat Shalom Synagogue. 29901 Middiebelt Road, nO'th of 13 Mile. Farmington Hills. $3. (248) 851-5100
PUPPETART "Close the Window...or Chelm's Law.* 2 p.m Saturdays, Jan. 22 and 29, at the Detroit Puppet Theater, 25 E Grand River. Detroit. $7, $5 children. (313) 961-7777
S P E C I A L E V E N T S
39:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, Jan. 26-28, 11 s.m. to 9:30 p.rrv Saturday. Jan. 29, and 1 1 anv to 6 p.m. Sunday. Jan. 30. at tha Pontiac Silverdome. $6 50. $3 children. (616) 530-1919 or www.ShowSpan.com *
-CLASSICS ON THE LAKE" The series continues with the CutTime Players presenting "Pater and the Wolf" narrated by former Detroit Chief of Police Isaiah McKtnnon. and "Suite tor Flute and Jan Septet" with Alexander Zonjic at guest flutist. 3 p.m Sunday. Jen. 23, in the shrine chapel on the cam-pus of St "Mary's College. 3636
Commerce roeds, $15/ $10 children ages 12 and
(2*8) 683-1750
DAVID COPPER FIELD "Journey of a Lifetime" Tickets on sale now for five magical perfor-mances, March 24-26, Fox Theatre. Detroit. $27.50-$45. Call (248) 6456666
-ON THE ROCKS" ICE FESTIVAL 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 22. in downtown Brighton. (810) 227-5086 <
SESAME STREET UVE "When I Grow Up," Jan. 19-30 at the Fox Theatre. 2211 Woodward, Detroit. $25. $16. $14. $10. (248) 433-1515
STORYTELLING FESTIVAL Canton Project Arts holds its sec ond ahnual storytelling festival Saturday. Jan. 22. "Storytelling Through the Ages" provides hands-on workshops and concerts for chil-dren and adufts throughout the day and evening, children's show takes place 1-2:30 p.m. and a family con-cert 7 9 p.m. at the Summit on the Park Community Center. Canton. Tickets for the entire day and evening event are $5. $15 for a family of three or more. For advanced ticket reservations, call (734) 397-6450'
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FARMINGTON PLAYERS Perform John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" to benefit Capuchin Soup Kitchen 8 p.m. Friday. Feb. 4. $50. includes a theme dinner after the show. (248 ) 553-2955
BIRMINGHAM-BL00MF1ELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
"Millennium Special/Four Centuries of Music," 7 p.m. Sunday. Jan. 23, at Temple Beth El, 14 Mile and Telegraph. Bloomfield Hills. $20, $15. (248) 6452276
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Pianist Stephen Kovacevich per-forms Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday. Jan. 20-21. at Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward. Detroit. $19-$50. (313) 576-5111
KERRYTOWN CLASSICAL SERIES Harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper and pianist Gena Raps perform Ravel's 'Mother Goose Suite" and selec-tions for J.S. Bach's "Well-Tempered Klavier," 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23. a t " the concert house. 415 N. Fourth. Ann Arbor. $25, $15. $10. (734) 769-2999 or kch^ic.net
LIVONIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA With the Madonna University Chorale, Beethoven s "Symphony No. 9* and Richard Strauss' "2001 Space Odyssey." 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 22. at Churchill High
. School Auditorium, 8900 Newburgh, north of Joy Road. Livonia. $15. $10 students. (734) 464-2741/(734)
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YO-YO MA The cellist performs 8 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 20, at Hill
, Auditorium, 825 N. University. Ann Arbor. $55. $45. $35. $20. (734) 764-2538
PLYMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
-No. No Nonet; Is the annual cham-ber orchestra concert 8 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 29. 7 p.m. precorv cart chat with conductor Nan Washburn, in the Plymouth Canton Uttla Thaatre. 8415 N. Canton Center Road. $12. $10 seniors/col-lege students. (734) 451-2112
PRELUDES WEST DSO musicians Greg Staphs
ment of the March from Prokofiev's opera "The Love for Three Oranges." noon Friday. Jan. 21, at Gien Oaks Country Club. 30500 W. 13 Mile. Farmington Hills. $25. $10 children, (313) 576-5154
FLAVIO VARANI The pianist performs French and Russian compositions, 3 p.m. Sunday. Jan. 23, at Grosse Pointe Memonal Church. 16 Lakeshore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms. $15, $10 students/seniors. (313) 882 5330
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JUST FRIENDS ENSEMBLE 8 p.m. Saturday. Jan, 22. at The Ark. 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. $20. (734) 763-TKTS/(248) 645-6666 (classical pop to Broadway)
JIM PARAVANTES & COMPANY "Frank Sinatra Tribute." 8:30 p.m. to midnight, Fridays-Saturdays through November, at Andiamo Italia West, 6676 Telegraph Road at Maple. Bloomfield Hills. (248) 865-9300
ALTURO SHELTON The musical impressionist sings "A Motown Tribute." voices include
', Sail in lit! Davis. Jr.. Redd Fox and Nat King Cole. 9 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, at the
' Ponchatrain Hotel, Washington Blvd. and Jefferson. Detroit. No cover. (313) 9650200/(248) 354-1194
A U D I T I O N S
U n ^ a ^ M a r - H f W perform works by Mozart. Ernest Stocft. Wilkam Kroii, and,s Heifltz arrange
FIRST THEATRE GUILD
Hamelln.* a youth production for school-age children through high school. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 20 and 2 p.m. Sunday. Jan. 23. at First Presbyterian Church. 1669 W. Maple, Birmingham. (248) 644-2087. ext. 151
FREEDOM DANZ: XPRESSIONZ Auditions for hiphop flavored dance comapnies Friday. Jan. 21. ages 6-12 5:30-7 p.m., ages 13 to adult 7:30-10 p.m.. at the studio on the second floor at 229 Gratiot, Detroit.' (313) 964-8497
LIVONIA YOUTH PHILHARMONIC Auditions for the youth orchestra will be held Saturday, Jan. 22. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (734) 591-7649
MARQUIS THEATRE Auditions for boys and girls ages 8-16 for "The Pied Piper of Hamlin." 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, at the the-ater. 135 E. Mam. Northville. For performances March 11 to April 30. (248) 3498110
PARK PLAYERS OF NORTH ROSEDALE PARK
Auditions for all roles for the "Wizard of Oz," 7 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 20 (teens and adults) and 1 p.m. Sunday. Jan. 23 (young chil-dren who can read*,-No«iri Rosedale Park Community House. 18445 Scarsdaie. east of Outer Drive.
north of Grand River, west of Southfield Expressway. Detroit. For performances March 24-26. March 31 April 2. and April 7-8. (313) 5 3 8 2336/(313) 592 4817/(313) 835-1103 t
PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY CHORUS Auditions will be held 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Jan. 25. and Feb. 1 by appoint meht. tenors and basses are especially needed Jay (here are some openings tor sopranos and altos, at
' First United Methodist Church. 45201 N. Territorial, west of She Won. Plymouth. (734) 455-4080
PLYMOUTH ORATORIO SOCIETY
Bruckner. "Magnificat" by J. Rutter and "Coronation Anthems No. 1 and 4 by G. F. Handel. Scores may be purchased at the first rehearsal. No auditions are required, at First United Methodist Church, 45201 N. Territorial, west of Sheldon, Plymouth. (734) 455-8353 RISING STAR SINGERS The youth chorus is seeking a few additional members. Auditions for ages 8-16 will be held 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, the chorus involves chore-ography and movement, and uses all talents of participants including dance and instru-ments. Practices are 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through August. (734) 416-4278/(734) 354-9825
SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE Holds auditions for Abe Burrow's comedy "Cactus Flower" 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, Jan. 25-26 in the Liberal Arts Building Theater on campus, 18600 Haggerty, between Six and Seven Mile, Livonia.
(734) 462-4400, ext. 5270 SESAME STREET UVE
Auditions for actors who can dance and dancers who can act for nation-al touring stage productions. 1 p.m. Friday. Jan4 28, at the Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward. Detroit. (612) 3759670, ext. 704 or www.sesamestreetlive.com
SOLO CONCERTO COMPETITION The Bohemians Club (also known as The Musicians Club of Greater Detroit), hosts its competition for orchestral instruments (high school and college students ages 16-22), must submit performance tape by April 1. For application, e-mail CoufLinks® aol.com
THEATRE GUILD OF UVONIA REDFORD
Is searching for directors, choreog-raphers. musical directors, and ali others Interested in musical comedy
' theater Call (313) 531-0554 for information, or deliver resumes and letters of interest to the Theatre Guild, 15138 Beech Daly, across from the Township Hall in Redford.
VILLAGE PLAYERS OF BIRMINGHAM
Auditions for "Sherlock Holmes" 7:30 p.m. Sunday-Monday. Jan. 23-24. at the theater, on east side of Woodward, south of Maple, Birmingham. For performances March 17 to April 1. (248) 642-5577
VOCAL COMPETITION Verdi Opera Theatre of M ichigan is looking for entrants for its sixth annual Italian Songs and Arias Vocal Competition for Michigan High
—School Students, finalists will be
—froitt Oakland Mali, Madison Hts iA cover. (248) 588-4450
STRAIGHT AHEAD 9 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 22. at Edison's 220 Merrill Street. Birmingham. No cover. (248) 645 2150 •
JANET TENAJ TRIO Featuring Sven Anderson, piano and Kurt Krahnke. bass. 11:30 a.m.^to 3 p.m. Sundays, at Fishbone's Restaurant. 29244 Northwestern Hwy. Southfield. (248) 351-2925
TOTY VIOLA 8 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 20. at Edison's 220 Merrill Street. Birmingham. No cover. (248) 645 2150
ED WELLS The pianist performs 5:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays, at the Century Club Restaurant. 333 Madison Ave., Detroit. (313) 963-9800
W O R L D M U S I C
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selected from cassette audiotape auditions of each contestants singing submitted through their respective high schools, deadline for entry is Saturday. Feb. 19. Each of the 10 finalists perform before a live audience at a concert 4 p.m. Sunday. May 7 at the Italian-American Cultural Center in Warren. (734) 455-8895- —
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-MUSIC FOR MEDITATION" SERIES David Wagner plays the music of J.S. Bach: Trio Sonatas and Individual Works Part II. noon Thursday. Jan. 20. at St. Michael's Church. Livonia, and noon Friday, Jan. 21. at St. Paul's Church, Grosse Pointe Farms. Free.
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Rehearsals began 7 lb p.m Monday. Jan. 10. selected works to be performed are "Te Oeum" by A.
JOHNNY BASSETT A THE BLUES INSURGENTS
8:30 p.m. Friday. Jan 21. at Edison's 220 MernH Street, Birmingham. No cover. (248) 6 4 5
—3150— —.— — BIRD OF PARADISE ORCHESTRA
9:30 p.m, 11 p.m. and 12:30 a.m Saturday-Sunday. January 22 23. at the Bird of Paradise. 207 S. Ashley St.. Ann Arbor $?. (734) 662-8310
TODD CURTIS Thursdays, at Elie's. 263 Pierce Street. Birmingham. (248) 647-2420
FROOE GJERSTAD TRIO Part of the Jazz at the Edge series. 8 p.m. Friday. Jan. 21. at the Kerrytown Concert-Housa, 415 N. Fourth. Ann Arbor. $15. $10. (734) 769-2999 or kchOic net
GEM JAZZ TRIO Performs 7-11 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. at the Century Club Restaurant, 333 Madison Ave., Oetroit. (313) 9639800
RICH K. TRIO 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, at Big Fish. 700 Town Center Dr.. Dearborn. (313) 3 3 * 6 3 5 0
MATT MICHAELS TRIO With saxophonist Chns Collins. 8 p.m. Wednesday. Jan. 26. at Ron's Fireside Inn. 28937 Warren, east of Middlebett Road. Garden City. $5 • cover. Reservations recommended for the Jan Room. (734) 762-7756
FINVARRAS WREN 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Jan. 28 29, at John Cowley & Sons Irish Tavern, 33338 Grand River, Farmington. 1248) 474-5941 (Irish folk music)
MACAOIBH 9:30 p.m. Friday Saturday. Jan. 21 22. at John Cowley & Sons Irish Tavern. 33338 Grand River. Farmington. (248) 474-5941 (Celtic folk music)
F O L K / B L U E G R A S S
ANN ARBOR FOLK FESTIVAL Arlo Guthrie, Shawn Coivin, Great Big Sea. Beth Nielsen Chapman. Hot Club of Cowtown. Anne Hills. Fred Eaglesmith, David Barett. Matt Watroba and Robert Jones. 6 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 29. at Hill Auditorium. Ann Arbor. $30. $25. (734) 763-TKTS or (248) 6456666
RARELY HERD 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, at Oakland Community College. 739 S. Washington on the north side of Lincoln. Royal Oak. $15. (248) 544 4903 (bluegrass)
LEON REDBONE 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20 at The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. $17.50 (734) 763-TKTS/(248) 6456666
RFD BOYS 8 p.m. Fnday. Jan. 21. at The Ark, 316 S. Main. Ann Arbor. $10. $9 members/s tudents/seniors, (734) 763-TKTS/(248) 6 4 ^ 6 6 6 6 (blue g r a s s ) SQUIRREL MOUNTAIN ORCHESTRA
And Jim Roll Band and Brian Lillie join forces for a dual release party. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Jan. 23. at The Ark. 316 S. Main. Ann Arbor. $10. (734) 763-TKTS/(248) 6456666 (folk-rock and country)
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Language and zither lessons. (248) 352-0927/(734) 946-6261
O'HARE'S IRISH DANCERS 8 p.m. Friday. Jan. 21. at Oakland Community College. 27055 Orchard Lake Road, south of 1696. Farmington Hills. $12. (248) 471 7667
POLISH ALLIANCE DANCERS OF DEARBORN
Dance and language classes for ages 3 to adult have begun Saturday mornings at Prince of Peace Church, on Altar Road. Dearborn. (313) 581 3181
•STARDUST BALLROOM "Dance parties 9 p.m. Fridays, lessons also available, at the dance studio. 28651 Northwestern Hwy.. Southfield. $8. (248) 35*5678
C O M E D Y
CHAPLINS EAST Robert Schimmel. 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday Saturday, Jan. 21 22. at 34244 Groesbeck, Warren. $12 Friday 10:30 p.m.. $15 all other shows. (810) 792 1902
ELDORADO COUNTRY CLUB ' Steve Sills with Frank G and Dee
Profitt. 9:30 p.m Friday Saturday. Jan. 21-22. at 2869 N. Pontiac Trail. Commerce twp. (248) 624 1050
JOEY S COMEDY CLUB Mike Green, Wednesday Saturday,
Jan. 19-22, Louis Ramey Wednesday Saturday. Jan. 26-29. at the club above Kicker's All American Grill. 36071 Plymouth Road. Livonia. 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.-Fridays and Saturdays. Third Level Improy and new talent nights. 8 • p.'m. Sundays r$5). (734) 261 0555
JOEY S COMEDY CLUB AT PAISANO'S
John Pinette Friday-Saturday. Jan. 21-22. at the club, 5070 Schaefer Road. Dearborn. (313) 584 8885
MARK RIDLEY'S COMEDY CASTLE Jim David, also Rob Little. Thursday Saturday, Jan. 2022. at the club. 269 E. Fourth. Royal Oak (248) 5429900
SECOND CITY "Phantom Menace to Society" Wednesday-Sunday. 2301 Woodward Ave . Detroit. Mamstage comedy acts: $10 Wednesdays, Thursdays. Sundays. $17.50 on Fridays, and $19.50 on Saturdays. (313) 965 ?222
M U S E U M S A N D T O U R S
Tanglefoot. 8 p.in. Tuesday. Jan. 20 at The Ark, 316 S. Main. Ann Arbor Free. (734) 763-TKTS
P O E T R Y / S P O K E N W O R D
DETROIT ZOO Mosaic Youth Theatre performs works about amphibians 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturdays through March 25 In the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery Theater: the exhibit, "Inside/Outside: The Art of Caring" continues through Jan. 2, in the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery at the zoo, 8450 W. 10 Mile. Royal Oak. $7.50. $5.50 seniors/students. $4,50 ages 2-12. (248) 3980903
DOSSIN GREAT LAKES MUSEUM Visit the newest exhibition "Folk Art of the Great Lakes" or "Racing on the Wind: Sailing on the Great Lakes," also a temporary exhibit on the construction and launch of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, at 100 Strand Drive on Belle Isle. Detroit. Regular admission $2. $1 seniors/children ages 12-18 during the hours of 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. (313) 852-4051
HENRY FORD
MUSEUM/GREENFIELD VILLAGE , at the museum. 20900 Oakwood Blvd.. Dearborn. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. $12.50, $11.50 seniors. $7.50 kids 512. members and children under 5 free. (313) 2711620
MEADOW BROOK HALL Tours of the l lO-room historic man-sion built by Matilda Dodge Wilson, widow of auto pioneer John Dodge and her second husband Alfred G. Wilson. 1:30 p.m. dally and 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Sundays, on the campus of Oakland University, Rochester $8. $6 seniors. $4 chil-dren ages 512. (248) 370-3140
PLYMOUTH HISTORICAL MUSEUM "Celebrate the Century" exhibit con-tinues at the museum. 155 S. Main. Plymouth. $2, $.50 kids, $5 family. (734) 455-8940
ROCHESTER HILLS MUSEUM "A Stitch in Time' quilt exhi i i t con-tinues through Saturday, Jan* 29. at the museum, 1005 Van Hoosen Road at Van Hoosen Farm, east of Rochester Road off Tienken Road, Rochester Hills. (248) 656-4663
SPIRIT OF FORD Interactive automotive science and technology experience with exhibits and theaters for ail ages. NASCAR Pit Stop Challenge. Turbo To«r full-motion simulator ride. 9 a.m, to 5 p.m. daily, at 1151 Village Drive, across from Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. Dearborn. $6, $5 seniors. $4 ages 512. (313) 317-7474
P O P U L A R M U S I C
ALBERTA ADAMS 7 p.m. Fri day-Saturday, Jan. 21-22. Fox and Hounds. 1560 Woodward
COLLOQUIUM POETRY SERIES Ray McNiece. Aurora Harris. Derfhis teichman, and Scott Ktein, at the Scarab Crub, 217 E. Famswomv. behind the Detroit Institute of Arts free. (313) 267-5310. ext. 338 or www.ymcaartsdetroit.org
POETRY SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN Workshop for poets looking for more members, 2-4 p.m. third Tuesday of month, in the Jenkins rooms on the third floor of the Uvonia Civic Center Library, 32777 Five Mite. east of Farmington Road (734) 7627586
WRITER S VOICE 7:30 p.m. Friday. Jan. 21. Fielding Dawson and Christopher T.. island, at the Scarab Qlub, 217 E Farnsworth, behind the-Oetroit Institute of Arts, free (313) 267 5310. ext. 338 or www.ymcaarts detroit.org
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ANN ARBOR HANDSON MUSEUM Offers more than 250 interactive exhibits intended to make science fun. at the museum. 220 E Ann St.. Ann Arbor Hours are 10 a m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday $6. M children/seniors/students (734) 995-5439
"On the Air! Michigan Radio & Television Broadcasting 19202000" exhibit continues through Sunday, April 30: "Frontiers to Factories Detroiters at Work 1701 1901," for merly known as "Furs to Factories." with a new Land Office, a "Wheel of Fortune' style land acquisition inter active, three new video screen inter actives, a documentary video, a new Heavy industry section and a display explaining Detroit's move from "Stove Capital of the World" to the Motor City, automobile capital ;
of the world, at the museum, 5401 Woodw ard Ave i at Kirby). Oetroit Museum hours are 9.30 a m. 5 p.m Wednesday Friday. 10 a.m.-5 p.m Saturday Sunday Free admission Wednesdays $3 for adults. $1.50 ooniQio and triiidrun titled 12 18,
Ave., Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages. (248i 644-4800 (blues).
THE ALLIGATORS 9 p.m. Friday, Feb 4, Ford Road Bar and Grill. 35505 Ford Road, Westland. Free 21 and over (blues)
LORI AMEY 8 p.m Friday. Feb. 4, Borders Books and Music. 45290 Utica Park Blvd. in Utica. (810i 726-8555; 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17. Borders Books and Music. 612 E. Liberty. Ann Arbor < 734) 668-7652; 8 p.m. Friday, March 3. Borders BOOKS and Music. 43075 Crescent. Novi. (248) 347 0780.
ANN ARBOR FOLK FESTIVAL Featuring Shawn Coivin, Arlo Guthrie. Great Big Sea. Matt Watroba and more. 6 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 29. Hili Auditorium. 825 N. University. Ann Arbor. Tickets $30. $25. (248) 645 6666
MARC ANTHONY 7 30 p.m. Wednesday. Feb, 16, State Theatre, Detroit All ages Ticket price to be announced
ANTHRJUC "Attack Of the Killer A s Tour." Thursday, Jan. 27, Harpo's, Detroit.
3 6 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 22. at Steak and Ale. 32750 Concord, acrosa
ADVANCED CONTRA DANCE 8 p.m. Friday. Jan. 28, at the Pittsljpld Grange. 3337 Ann Arbor Saline Road, south of I 94, Ann Arbor. $8 (734) 6658863
BALLROOM DANCING 9 p.m. Saturdays, at the Dance Scene. 25333 Van Dyke. Center line $6. Also swing and Latin classes (810) 757 6300
BIG BAND DANCING 811 p.m. every Friday, free dance lesson 7 8 p.m.. at The Amber House, 7012 E. Nine Mile. west.of VanDyke. Warren $5 (810) 754 3434
COUNTRY LINE DANCING Lessons, dining and dancing 5 9 pjn. Saturday. Jen. 22. in the Food Court at Wonderland Mall. Plymouth Road and Middiebe+t, Livonia (734) 522-4100
GROSSE POINTE THEATRE Hosts West S*de Story Dance Workshops, learn actual choreogra phy to be taught from the dance numbers in the theater companies _ sp*ng production. 7:30 p.m Tuesdays. Jan. 11, 18. 25 and Feb
—1 and B fti tnr- ihaninr IT. i.wu, Road. Grosse Point*. (248) 594
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free for children ages 11 and younger Thursdays Sundays (313) 8331805 or http / /www detroithis torical.org
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS Mexican artist Alejandro Garcia Nelo creates a largescaie paper altar in Rivera Court using the Tradi Itonai Mexican folk art of paoel pic ado. to Sunday. Feb 23. 2 p m Sunday, Jan 23 Garcia Nelo will give a demonstration of papel pica
^ ~ - - — — .-w« i «» m . . f fli i n t . . « OO TRCNRIIQUC" NT-RRTR» RW R . 5200 Woodward Avenue Free * - th recommended museum admsssiOn of $4. $1 children ( 3 l 3 i 833 790(5
DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER IMAX movie* include Tropical Rainforest' at 10 a m Mondays Fridays. 'Thnll Ride The Science of Fun' at 1 p.m Mondays Fndays. and "Everest' and Whales' mu<ti
' pie showings seven days a wee*, at the center noon. 2 p.m and 4 p.m. Monday vThursdays and 7 p.m Fridays Saturday s and 2 p.m. arid 4 p m Sondes, at 5020 John R (at Warren). Detroit Admission to ExhiO't Ha s $3 for adults $2 'or children ages 315 and adults ages 60 and older, free tor children ages
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BROTHERS GROOVE 10 p.m. Tuesdays in January. Fifth Avenue, 25750 Novi Road. Novi. (248) 735-4011: 9:30 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 3. Karl's Cabin. 9779 Gotfredson Road. Plymouth. (734) 4558450.
BUMP N' UGUES CD RELEASE With Teenage Frames. Gutterpunx, The Outsiders, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29. St. Andrews Hail. 431 E. Congress. Detroit. All ages. $5 advance/$7 day of fehow. (313) 961-MELT.
SCOTT CAMPBELL Will host an acoustic open mikejam every Thursday at 8 p.m. beginning Jan. 20 at Carbon. Joseph Campau just north of Caniff in Hamtramck. Free admission, free parking, 18 and over. (313) 366-9278 or www.scottcampbell.net.
CHEF CHRIS BLUES BAND 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 27, Karl's Cabin. 9779 Gotfredson Road, Plymouth. (734) 4558450.
CHISEL BROTHERS FEATURING CHEF CHRIS
9 p.m. Friday. Jan. 28. Ford Road Bar and Grill, 35505 Ford Road. Westland. Free. 21 and over (blues).
CITY LIMITS BLUES BAND Friday-Saturday. Jan. 2829, Be ale Street Blues. 8 N. Saginaw Street, Pontiac. (248) 334^7900.
BRUCE COCKBURN 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, Royal Oak Music Theatre. $26.50. (248) 6456666.
COWBOY JUNKIES 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Feb. 2. Michigan Theater. Ann Arbor. Tickets $20. $25 on sale Jan. 31 (248) 6456666.
THE C R O M AGS With All Out War and Shutdown. 6 p.m. Friday. Feb. 4. St. Andrews Hall. 431 E. Congress. Detroit. AH ages. $10. (313) 961-MELT.
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG
8 p.m. Monday. Jan. 24. The Palace of Auburn Hills. Tickets $76. $51. and $40.50 reserved. Eight ticket limit per person. (248) 645-6666 or (248) 377-0100
CUBAN ISMO 7:30 p.m Monday. April 10. The Ark. Ann Arbor. $25 advance {248; 6456666.
THORNETTA DAVIS Friday Saturday Jan. 2829. Fox and Hounds, 1560 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages. (248) 644-4800 (Glues).
DETROIT BLUES: THE DELTA MEETS DETROIT
Featuring The Butler Twins. BB Queen and more. 2-4:30 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 22, The Scarab Club. 217 Farnsworth. Detroit. Free. (313) 831-1250.
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Will host "Global Beach Party" Friday. Feb 4. at La Boom teen nightclub. 1172 N. Pontiac Trail. Walled Lake. (248) 962-1000
DOMESTIC PROBLEMS With Cloud Nine. 9:30 p.m.
Saturday. Jan. 29. Blind Pig, 208 S First Street, Ann Arbor. $5. (734) 99^8555. www blindpigmusic.com.
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With Catch 22. 8 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 28, The Shelter. 431 E. Congress, Detroit $6. All ages (313) 961 MELT.
FACTORY 8 1 With Pooch and Mad Hops, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan 21, 7th House. 7 N Saginaw. Pontiac. $7 advance. All ages. (248) 6456666.
FAT WRECK CHORDS TOUR With No Use For A Name. Mad Caddies. Frenzal Bomb, Consumed, 4: 30 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 12.
Clutch Cargo, Pontiac. $10 advance. $12 day of show AH ages (313) 961 MELT.
FENIX TX 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan 23. The Shelter, 431 E Congress, Detroit. $7 All ages. (313) 961 MELT
COREY HARRIS 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, The Ark, Ann Arbor. $12 advance. (248) 645 6666.
ROY HAMILTON JR. ft THE GOLDEN BOYS
7 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 20. 27, .Feb. 3 Fox and Hounds. 1560 Woodwarft Ave,, Bloomfield Hills. Free." All ages. (248) 644-4800 (blues).
WAYNE -THE TRAIN" HANCOCK With Big Barn Combo and
- Driftweed, 9 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 26. Maiestic Theatre. Detroit. $12.50 cover. (313) 833^9700.
JEFF HEALEY BAND 8 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 22. Magic Stick. Detroit. Tickets $12.50 on sale now. (248) 64S6666.
AL HILL AND THE LOVE BUTLERS 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, Arbor Brewing Company. Ann Arbor. No cover. (734) 213-1393
IMMIGRANT SUNS 9 p.m. Friday. Jan. 28. Majestic Theatre. Detroit. $7 cover, (313) 833-9700.
INSIDE 5 MINUTES With Few 8nd Far Between, Broca's Area. 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28. 313.JAC. upstairs from Jacoby's, 624 Brush. Detroit. (313) 962 7067.
ALAN JACKSON With Lonestar. 8 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 5. The Palace of Auburn Hills. Tickets $32.50 and $25.50. (248) 6456666.
JAH RULE AND THE MURDERERS 9 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 20. St. Andrews Hall, 431 E Congress. Detroit. All ages. $15 advance. (313) 961-MELT.
THE JAZZ MANDOLIN BAND Featuring Jamie Masefieid and Jon
Fishman, 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb, 17, 7th House. 7 N. Saginaw Street. Pontiac $15. (248) 6456666
JAZZHEAD 9:30 p.m. Mondays m January, Fifth Avenue 8illiards. 215 W. Fifth Street. Royal Oak, (248) 542 9922.
JIANTS
With Warmth and Soul 360. 9:30 p,m Wednesday. Jan. 26, Blind Pig. 208 S. First Street. Ann Arbor $3 I 734) 996-8555, www blindpigmu-sic.com.
JIMMIE S CHICKEN SHACK With Joy Drop and Sumac. 8 p.m. Wednesday. Jan 26. The Shelter, 431 E. Congress, Detroit All ages $8 advance. $10 day of show. (313) 961-MELT.
JO NAB 9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21. Fifth Avenue Billiards. 215 W. Fifth Street. Royal Oak. (248i 542 9922.
THE JUDDS With Jo Dee Messina, 8 p.m. Saturday Sunday, March 18-19, The Palace of Auburn Hills. Ticxets on sale for $65, $32.50 and $25
MASQUERADE . Thursday-Saturday. Jan. 20-22. 27-29. Wagon Wheel Tavern. 102 S. Broadway. Lake Orion. (248) 6 9 3 6789 STONCY MAZAAR AMD THE WESTS40ERST hursday, Jan. 20. Memphis Smoke. 100 S. Main _ Street. Royal Oak. (248) 543^300: 9 p.m. Fnday. Jan. 28, Lowertown Gofl. 195 W. Liberty. Plymouth. (734) 451-1213.
LARRY MCCRAY 10 p.m. Friday. Jan. 21, Fifth Avenue, 25750 Novi Road, Novi. (248) 7354011; 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 22. Fifth Avenue Billiards. 215 W. Fifth Street, Royal Oak. (248) 542 9922.
JIM MCCARTY AND MYSTERY TRAIN
9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21. Ford Road Bar and Grrtl. 35505 Ford Road. Westland. Free. 21 and over (blues); 10 p.m. Friday. Jan. 28. Fifth Avenue. 25750 Novi Road. Novi. (248) 735-4011: 9.30 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 29.. Fifth Avenue Billiards. 215 W. Fifth Street. Royal Oak. (248) 542 9922.
BRIAN MCKNIGHT With Eric Benet. 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, Fox Theatre. Detroit. Tickets $47.50 and $40. (248) 6456666 or www.ticketmaster.com.
JAMES MCMURTRY 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, 7th House. 7 N. Saginaw. Pontiac. All ages. $12 advance. (248) 6456666
PAT METHENY TRW With Larry Grenadier and Bill Stewart. 8 p.m. Thursday. March 23. Royal Oak Music Theatre. $37.50. (248) 645-6666.
MOLOKO PLUS With Gutter Punx. Capture the Flag. Clone Defects. Telegraph, Whoremoans. Broadzrlia. 7 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 22, St. Andrews Hall. 431 E Congress, Detroit $8. All ages (248) 6456666.
MOTOR CITY SHIEKS ELECTRIC BLUES
9 p.m Thursday. Feb 3. Arbor Brewing Company. 114 E. Washington. Ann Arbor, Free 21 and over. (734) 213^1393.
MOXY FRUVOUS 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Feb. 15. Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor Tickets $19, $24 ( 248) 6456666
STEVE NARDELLA BLUES BAND 9 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 24, Arbor Brewing Company. 114 E. Washington, Ann Arbor. Free. 21 and over. (734) 213-1393
ORIGINAL BROTHERS AND . SISTERS OF LOVE
9 p.m. Sunday, Feb 27. Arbor Brewing Company. 114 E Washington. Ann Arbor. Free 21 and over. (734i 2131393.
ORIGINAL HITS
KRISTYN SMYTH 10 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 3. Fifth Avenue, 25750 Novi Road. Novi. (248) 7354011
SNO CORE 2 0 0 0 Featuring Mr. Bungle. System of a Down. Incubus. Tuesday, Feb 8, State Theatre. Detrort. (248) 645 oooo.
BRITNEY SPEARS With LFO. Bosson, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. March 14. The Palace of Auburn Hills. Tickets $34.50. (248) 6456666 or www.tlcketmaster.com.
SUN MESSENGERS 10 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 22,'FMIh Avenue. 25750 Novi Road, Novi. (248) 735-4011.
THE STILL With 3 Speed. 9:30 p.m. Fnday. Jan. 21. Blind Pig. 208 S. First Street. Ann Arbor. $5. (734) 9968555 www.blindpigmuSic.com; 9:30 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 10. Karl's Cabin. 9779 Gotfredson Road. Plymouth. (734) 4558450.
SOUL 3 6 0 5 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 29. Griff's Grill. Pontiac. (248) 334-9292
TANGERINE TROUSERS 9 p.m. Sunday. Feb 13, Arbor Brewing Company. 114 E. Washington. Ann Arbor. Free 21 and over (734j 2131393
TEABAG Friday, Jan. 28. Hamlin Pub. Rochester: Saturday. Feb. 26. O'Grady's. Big Beaver Road Troy
THE TEMPTATIONS
7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Jan 20-22. Andiamo Italia Ceiebrrty Showroom, Warren Tickets $29 50 and up. Call (810) 266 3200 for reservations. Group pec Mages avail abte.
TMK AND GIT 'UR 'F IX With Capstone Tempered and Flow mind. 5 p.m Saturday. Feb 19. The Shelter. 431 E Congress
^Detroit All ages $8 i 248: 645 6666
DEREK TRUCKS BAND 8 p m Thursday. Jan 27, Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave.. Femdaie .$10 advance 248' 544 3030.
THE TURNAROUNDS Friday Saturday. Jan 21 22. The Alibi, Farmington. CD Release Party for "Are You Ready" 9 5.m. Saturday. Jan 29. Lowertown Grill, 195 W. Liberty. Plymouth. (734) 4511213.
TURNTABLE LOUNGE With Knstiva-DJ Dusty Fingers poets. 10 p.m. Friday. Feb 11. 313.JAC. upstairs from Jacoby s. 624 Brush- Detroit. (313) 962 7067
TWISTIN TARANTULAS
Group discount available for March 19. Call (248) 6456666 or (248) 371-2055 for group tickets.
JUMP LITTLE CHILDREN With Sugar Pill. 9:30 p.m. Friday. Jan. 28. Blind Pig. 208 S. First Street, Ann Arbor. $8 advance. $10 at door. 21 and older (734) 996 8555 or www.biindpigmusic .com. .
JUST THE SAX
7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24. 31, Fox and Hounds. 1560 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills. Free All ages (2481 6444800 i blues) *
PLANET OF FUN Thursday Saturday. FeO 3-5. 1012. Wagon Wheel Tavern. 102 S Broadway. Lake Onon i248r 69S 6789
THE PRETENDERS
9:30 p.m. Sundays in January, also Thursday, Jan. 20. Frfth Avenue Billiards. 215 W. Fifth Street. Royal Oak. (248* 542-9922
U-ZIQ Luke Vibert. also known as DJ Wagon Chnst. 8 p.m. Friday. Feb- 4. Shelter. 431 E Congress Detroit $12. 18 and older (248 6456666
VAR1AC
ASTRAL PROJECT 8 30 and 11 p m Friday Saturday, March 17 18. Bird of Paradise. 207 S Ashley Street. Ann Arbor $15 advance 1734) 662 8310.
THE BACON BROTHERS Starring Kev-n and Michael Bacon, with Jeffrey Games 8 p.m Wednesday Feb 23. Royal Oak Music Theatre $20 (248) 645 6666
BECK 7 30 Thursday Feb 3. Hill Audftwum. 825 N university Ave m Ann Arbor Ail ages $22 50 Can
(248) 6456666 or \734) 763 TKTS
BLUE RAYS 9 p.m Jhursday. Feb. 17. Arbo» Brewing Company, 114 E Washington. Ann Arbor, Free 21 and over (734) 2131393
THE BROTHERS CREEGAN Features current and former mem bers of Barenaked Ladies. 8 p.m. Saturday. March 11. 7th House 7 N Saginaw. Pontiac All ages $10 (2481 6456666
BOY SETS FIRE With Reach the S*y."6 p m
. .. fchw.tn. .1.; t Congress Detroit"**" ages Tickets $7 <313) 961 MELT
FINVARRAS WREN featuring Jim Perkins, 9 30 p fn. Fnday Saturday. Jan 2829. Cowiey 's. Grand R'ver at Farm<ngton Road, Farmington <248i 474 5941
THE FLATLANDERS Featuring Joe Ely. Jimrme Date Giimore. Butch Hancock, 7 p m Tuesday. March 7. The Art*. Ann Artw $20 advance i 248i 6 4 5 6666
FREED ] 5 p.m Saturday. Jan. 22. Gri f fs
Grill. Pontiac (248) 334 9292 GRAYLING
CD Release Party with Cromwei! and The Lantemjack 8 p m . Saturday, Feb 12. The Shelter 431 E Congress Detroit AH ages $5 (313) 961 MELT
THE GREENHORNS With Come-ons. 8abykiHer* 9 p m Saturday. Jan 29 Majestic Theatre Detroit. $7 cover (313) 833-9700,
GORDON BENNETT 10 p m Fnday. Jan 28 Fifth Avenue B>li>ards. 215 w Fifth Sl'eet. Royal Oak (2481 542 9922
HARRINGTON BROTHERS
7 p m Tuesday. Jan 25. Feb 1 Pox ana Hounds, 1560 Woodward Ave | I I~ I I- I I> I | |
Featuring Paul Taylor. Gerald Albright, Marion Meadows and Kim Waters. 8 p.m. Fnday. Feb. 11. Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak. $36.50 ( 248) 6456666
KNEE DEEP SHAG With Park. 9:30 p.m Saturday. J8n 22. Blind Pig. 208 S F.rst Street, Ann Arbor $5 (734j 996 8555 www.biindpigmusac Com
KORN With Stamd. 7:30 p.m Monday. April 3. The Palace of Auburn Hills. $29 5>0, reserved or general admis-sion. (248) 645 6666
DONNA KRALL 8 p.m. Friday. April 14 Michigan Theater Ann Artxy $35 $25 (248i 6456666
KRESCENT 4 With MuJ/ie. 9 30 p ~ i nj'saay. ~ Jan 20. Blind P g, 208 S F fs? Street, Ann Arbor. $4 (734i 996 8555. www blindpigmusic com
STEVE LACY A ROSWELL RUDD QUARTET
8 30 and 11 p m Friday'Saturday. March 31 Apni 1. B.rd of Paradise 207 S Ashley Street Ann Artxx $20 advance
SHEILA LANDIS AND RICK MATLE 8 p.m. Fnday. Feb 11 Borders Books and Music. Rochester Hiiis. 1122 S Rochester Road~Fre* <248i 652 0558 See them ever* othe' Wednesday at Woodruff s Supper Club. 212 W Sixth Street Royai Oak Free Call 248- S86 1519 +o> details
LFO 7 30 p m Friday. FeO 18 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak An ages Tickets $19 31 on sa«e now «248) 6456666
LORDS OF ACIO With Genocide 2. 9 p.m. Friday, leb 11. Clutch Cargo. Pont ac $17 -advance $19 day o' show All ages 1248i 6456666
MACY GRAY 8 p.m Tuesday Feb 8 St Andrews urtii.A.ai .( i iVifc.TS't
7:30 p m Tuesday. Feb 29. The State Theatre. Detroit All ages. Ticket pnee to be announced
RACHEL AND KAPP 7 p.m wedeesday. Jar 26, Fee 2. Fox and Hounds, 1560 Woodward Ave . Bloomfield Hills F-ee All ages l248i 6444800 (blues
RADIUM 10 p.m Saturday. Jan 22, 313 JAC. upstairs from Jacody s. 624 Brusn. Detroit (313) 9627067
THE REEFERMEN 9 3 0 p m Thursday. Jan 20. Karl's Cab>n. 9779 Gotfredson Road. Plymouth (734) 4558450. 1 0 p m ' Thursday Jan. 27 Saturday. Jan. 29. Fifth Avenue. 25750 Novi Road NOvi 1248- 7354011, Tuesdays in January aiso Fnday, Feb 4. Fifth
-Avenue 215 W. Fifth Street. Roya' Oak <248i 542 9922
ROLLINS BANO 6 p.m f'-day March 31 St Andrews Hail. 431 E Congress Detroit 248; 6456666
ROOT DOCTOR 10 p m Thursday. Jar. 20 Fifth Avenue. 25750 Novi Road Novi (248' 7354011
ROTATION With Thik Flow mind. Loco Tribe and Aound, 5 p m. Saturday Feb 19. TnrSnerter 43vt~Congress Detroit $8 313- 961 MELT
THE RUINERS With The Knnkles Driftweed. 10 p m Saturday Feb 5. 313 JAC. upstairs from jacoOy sv 624 8rush Detroit. (313) 962-7067
THE SAMPLES 8 p m Saturday, "Feb 5. 7th House 7 N. Saginaw Pontiac 18 ano oKje-$15 ( 248) 6456666
SIMPLE NEPTUNE 5 p m Frtday Jan 21. Gr i f fs Grill. Pontiac 248 334 9292
SMALL BROWN BIKE W th Quixote and Capture the Flag 9 3 0 p m Thursday Jan 27 Blind Pg. 208 S First Street. Ann Arbor $4 i 734 996 8555 www NrndCg
10 p.m. Saturday Jan 29, 313.JAC upstairs from Jacoby s, 624 Brush, Detroit. 313j 962 7067
BROOKS WILLIAMS 8 p.m Saturday. FeO 12 Trinity House Theatre 38840 W S<« M>ie Road Livonia $10. w>lh piscount tor members >734, 4646302
THE W VIBE With Baka. Mommy Aon t Wa»e Up. 10 p.m Friday'. Jan. 21. 313.JAC. upstairs from Jacoby s, 624 B'usn, Detroit.'(313) 962 7067
WILLHAVEN Featuring Turmoil. Haste Himsa. 5 0 m Fnday. Feb 18. The Shelter 431 E Congress Oevo't Aft ages $8 advance 1 248 6456666
JOHNNY WINTER 8 p.m Friday. Jan. 21. Maiesr.c
[ Detroit Tickets $20 advance ;248-6456666
YO LA TENGO With Lambchoo 8 p m Fnday Ma'Ch 3 Majest c Theatre. Det'O-v $12 (3131 8339700 or mtcde t ro't ©ear yrv.nk. net
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It all begins with a wea ther report — the forecast is part ly cloudy with an 82 percent chance of rain.
B u t t h e s h o w e r s pou r ing through scenes of Paul Thomas A n d e r s o n ' s " M a g n o l i a " wash together the lives of 12 people one random day in California. As the skies grow darker, the plot e sca la tes and t h e lives of t h e charac ters a r e forever al tered. Some are left wounded, some are healed. All are connected in some manner. And it takes place some-where along a main thorough-fare called Magnolia.
The opening scenes play out in hurried fashion, from one char-acter's life to the next, set oh-so-appropriately to the tune of "One is the Loneliest Number."
Loneliness, isolation and inse-curity plague the characters in the film, but no one more than t h e f o r m e r Quiz Kid Donnie Smith (William H. Macy). Smith comes to the realization in his adul t life t h a t knowing all the answers doesn't solve all of life's d i f f icul t ies . He's s t ruggl ing to survive and ease his loneliness. He dec la res : "I really do have love to give; I j u s t don' t know where to put i t "
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p redecessor . S tan ley is a boy genius, on the verge of setting a record on the same quiz show ' tha t made Donnie a child s tar . He has all the answers but can't seem to win the love of his own fa ther , a s t ruggling actor por-trayed coldly by Michael Bowen.
While Stanley's father isn't the ideal parent, he'B got nothing on the quiz show's celebri ty hos t J i m m y Gator . On s c r e e n , Jimmy's the perfect family man. Pi t t ing kids against parents to see who's smarter, he's got a quip for the audience after every com-mercial break. But off camera he's drowning himself in alcohol.
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The d im-wi t ted of f icer f a l l s quickly in love wi th C l a u d i a , w i t h o u t no t i c i ng a n y of h e r habits. It's almost as easy to feel for Off icer J i m as i t is Ph i l P a r m a (Phi l ip Seymour Hoff-m a n ) , a n u r s e c a r i n g fo r t h e dy ing E a r l P a r t r i d g e ( J a s o n Robards), who incidentally is the producer of the quiz show and a dead-beat dad himself.
Phil is t h e r e to e a s e E a r l ' s pa in while h i s young, second wife runs frantically about town f i l l ing p r e s c r i p t i o n s for mor-phine. TTie unfaithful Linda Par-t r idge ( J u l i a n n e Moore) can ' t stand to watch him die.
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tion worse in her mind is getting Earl 's son involved. F r a n k T.J. Mackey stopped t a l k i n g to his father at age 14 when Earl aban-doned him and his mother, who later died.
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HOW TO STEAL A MILLION Starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toote, will be shown at the Historic Redford Theatre. Call <313) 537-2560 or chech the Web at th.eatreorgans.com/mi/r edf or d.
ANGELA'S ASHES Based on Frank McCourt s best-selling novel, the film depicts his memoirs of growing up in a struggling Irish family. His depressed mother tries to keep the children in moldy bread and hand-me-downs. while his father drinks away the money he earns. Stars Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle.
CRADLE WILL ROCK
Revisit the year 1937 and Orson Welles' attempt to mount the production of a musical of the same title, which made it to Broadway even after the U.S. Govern-ment shut it down. Stars Hank Araria. Ruben Blades, John and Joan Cusack.
DOWN TO YOU A romantic comedy set among college students in New York City. Directed by Kris Isaacson. Stars Freddie Prinze Jr.. Selma Blair and Henry Winkler.
PLAY IT TO THE BONE This offbeat adventure centers on two friends who journey to Las Vegas in v
hopes of resurrecting their failing boxing careers, only to end up in a battle for the belt. Stars Woody H arret son and Antonio Banderas
who has renounced his past dis-covers - as the narrator pifts it -"The past isn't done with us."
All the regrets, uncovered lies and desperate pleas culminate in ironic circumstances and some-thing that can only be described as heavy weather . Rain cannot wash away the past.
Paul T h o m a s Anderson and director of photography Robert Elswit weave an unforgettable story of life, death, love, honesty, infidelity and forgiveness which is unlike any other.
Scheduled to open Friday. Jan. 28 THINGS YOU CAN JUST TELL 1Y.„ Contemporary drama takes a behind-the-scenes look at aspects of people s lives you can t see by looking at them, and the difficulty people have in making emotional connections. Stars Glenn Close. Catista Flockhart. Holly Hunter and Cameron Diaz.
Scheduled to open Friday, Feb 4 THE BM TEASE Kevin Allen directs a comedy film about the wortd of celebrity hairdressing. When a gay. Scottish hairdresser travels to Los Angeles for the Super bowl of hairstylrng competition, he finds that luck, charm, guts and a really good hairdryer are the keys to success. Stars Craig Ferguson, and Frances Fisher
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B o o k u n c o v e r s t h e sec re t s o f t h e m u s i e i n d u s t r y
STEPHANIE A. CASOLA
You don't have to twiat my arm to get me to a d m i t I 've a lways been intrigued by the music business. There is no Cin-d e r e l l a s to ry s w e e t e r t h a n those which star
— — — — an up-and-com-ing t a l en t who
breakB into the radio or video charts with a new sound, a new style.
But t h e i n d u s t r y i t s e l f demands so much more than tal-en t and t h e will to succeed to c r e a t e a s t a r . G l a s s s l i p p e r s aren't fit for just anyone. That's what makes the voices we hear on t h e r ad io a n d TV so much more interesting.
My interest in the behind-the-scenes side of this industry start-ed at age 11. My best friend had cable TV, you see. And for kids in the '80s, cable meant one thing — MTV. There was nothing else l ike i t , 24 h o u r s of popu la r music. Forget the "Real World' mara thons you see today. MTV was "Rock Blocks," hip veejays, and game shows like "Remote Control" tha t rewarded viewers for possessing useless knowledge
STAY TUNED...
T h e T h r e e T e n o r s rule. At least that's what Pollstar maga-zine decided. The July 17 concert a t T i g e r S t a d i u m r a n k e d fourth of the "Top 200 Concert Grosses." Olympia E n t e r t a i n -ment, Ford Motor Co. and The Michigan Opera Theatre spon-sored the show which grossed $6,092,944
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• With 170 pages and two supplementary CDs, Eric Kline covers interviews with those in-the-know.
— this was a kid's dream. After a good amoun t of beg-
ging I convinced my parents we needed cable. The d a y i t was ins ta l led , ironically enough , I came home f rom v i s i t i n g an MTV even t , "The M u s e u m of Unna tu ra l History," a t Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi. I turned on the TV and there it was — music you could see.
The obsession began. I wanted to know how musicians rise to success; what it t akes to get a record deal, what kind of lives these rock heroes lead. I bought so m a n y m a g a z i n e s a n d cas-settes my mother cringed at the sight of my growing collection. Meanwhile, a man named Eric Kline sought all those answers.
Kline, who grew up in the sub-urbs of Boston, became senior producer for the Box Music Net-work where he l e a r n e d all aspects of the music business. With more than 350 commer-cials, documentaries and televi-sions to his credit, Kline sought
to teach f u t u r e genera t ions of musicians and industry moguls what he found out.
With the help of per formers like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Ice Cube, and those on the flip-side like Tony Bongiovi, record p r o d u c e r and- e n g i n e e r , and Larry Flick, talent editor a t Bill-board Magazine, Kline has put together a def in i t ive guide for musicians and music fans with 'Inside the Music Business: The Power P layers . " _ —
With 170 pages and two sup-plementary CDs, Kline covers in te rv iews wi th those in-the-know. Learn about the produc-tion costs of making music, hints on self promotion, what to know about the music video business, as well as what to look for in an agent, a personal and a business manager . T h e i n t e r v i e w s a re filled with insight on how to suc-ceed and how popular music has evolved.
Here's a peek a t some of the pearls of wisdom Kline uncov-ered;
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val and several B r u c e S p r i n g -s teen dates in New Jersey and Philadelphia.
Jus t another example of how Internet users can stay on the cutting edge of new music, surf to w w w . d e f t o n e s . c o m for an exclusive in-s tudio v ideo and new music f rom D e f t o n e s ' upcoming Maverick album. "The White Pony," set for release this Spring.
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The mushroom appetizer was just what I needed on the cold, overcast win te r afternoon I visit-ed the City Limits Grille on Ann Arbor Road in Plymouth Town-ship.
I t was a h u g e P o r t a b e l l o s tuffed with sh r imp , crab and mozzarella. I t came nestled in the just right amount of creamy lobster sauce and was baked to perfection. If they serve food in h e a v e n , i t ' s g o i n g to be t h a t stuffed mushroom.
"On a F r i d a y or S a t u r d a y n igh t , we ' l l s e l l 50 or 60 of those," said owner Al Balooley.
Ci ty L i m i t s G r i l l e , wh ich opened in September , occupies t h e p r e m i s e s of the. f o r m e r Water Club Grill. Balooley has not c h a n g e d t h e i n t e r i o r -although he ha s plans to do so -but his menu offers more grilled meat i tems t h a n t h e previous owner's. There's lots of old-fash-ioned surf 'n tur f combinations, like the steak and lobster dinner at $17.95.
While Balooley wants to add a few more seafood selections, his menu a l ready includes s tuffed wh i t e fish, b r o i l e d wa l l eye , saute&i perch, lobster tails and crab legs. "We're selling so many lobster ta i l s it 's unbelievable," he said.
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City Umtta Grille Where: 39500 Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth Township, (734) 454-0666 Open: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fri-day; 4-11 pjn. Saturday; Noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. Menu: A variety of American fare, including grilled meats, seafood and surf 'n turf. Some chicken and pasta. Appetizers, salads and hearty luncheon sandwiches. Great French onion soup au gratin. Co»t: Lunch, sandwiches and entrees, $6.95-$12.95; dinner, $9.95-$17.95. All major credit cards accepted. ' ' Atmosphere: Comfortable for after-work dining, Low lighting adds to privacy. Separate combination bar and dining area. Extras: Two large downstairs banquet rooms. Carry outs available. Reservations: Recommended on weekends.
you're in luck. Balooley features them for both lunch and dinner. They're a customer favorite, he said- "I d idn ' t think.. they were • t h a t sca rce . Being Lebanese , t h a t ' s a l l I e a t . We u s e Aus-t r a l i a n a n d A m e r i c a n l a m b . America produces the best lamb and veal in the world."
Another popular item is The City Limits Special, a 12-ounce ce r t i f i ed Black Angus s i r lo in steak. "There's no fat. The flavor is wonder fu l . I t ' s very tender . You can ea t i t w i th a b u t t e r knife. It 's our best seller," said restaurant manager Dana John-son.
Lunch The lunch menu features lots
of hear ty sandwiches served in generous portions. The Ruben, a m o u n t a i n of corned beef wi th
sauerkraut and Swiss cheese, is stacked high enough to dislocate your jaws. You could easily split one wi th a f r iend, especially if ordering soup.
Ba lob ley is no t new to t h e r e s t au ran t business. He's been at it for 35 years. In the '70s and '80s he owned the once popular Topinka ' s Count ry House and T o p i n k a ' s on t h e B o u l e v a r d , which was located across from the Fisher Building. Whepever t h e a c t o r Zero Moste l w a s appearing at the Fisher Theatre he call Balooley for an order of stewed chicken.
"That was the love of my life," s a i d Balooley of h is T o p i n k a days. "It was just a good time of my life."
T h i s is a lso a good t ime for Balooley. His restaurant is well-located and usually filled on the
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Great chops: Chef Troy Barnes (right), and owner Al Balooley present one of City Limit Grille's most popular dishes, grilled lamb chops.
weekends. He's looking to add a new chef, one who isn't a "prima donna ." Cus tomers need to be served exactly wha t they want and h'ow they want it, he said.
He's fussy about what goes on in his kitchen, especially when it
comes to the house salad dress-ing,- wh ich is m a d e f r o m a beloved family recipe. No o n e . makes the dressing but Balooley, not even his nephew, who is one^ of his chefs. "I won't let anybody have the recipe. I make at least
25 ga l lons e v e r y w e e k to 10 days."
Balooley's fuss iness is paying off. The food is delicious, the ser-vice good and, most of all, the customers are happy.
WHAT'S COOKING
Send dinner specials, menu changes, restaurant renovations, and other items for consideration in What's Cooking to Keely Wygo-ntk, Assistant Managing Editor Features Group, Observer News-papers, 36251 Schoolcraft, Livo-nia, Ml 48150. To fax, (734) 591-7279 or e-niail kwygonik@ oe.homecomm.net. Let us know about your Chinese New Year
and Valentine's Day dinners. This week's items contributed by Eleanor Heald, special writer.
• F i v e Lakes Grill — 424 N o r t h Ma in S t . , Mi l fo rd , (248)684-7455, Food & Wine of Spain Dinner, 6:45 p.m., Tues-day, Jan . 25, $45 per person plus tax and gratuity.
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begin the evening with t apas -atyle appe t izers followed by a s ix -course S inner . Sommel ie r Ron Edwards has prepared wine matches with each course.
• Fox Lair Dinner Theatre — P r e s e n t s " M u r d e r a t t h e Howard Johnson's," a hi larious comedy opening Saturday, J a n . 22, Saturday nights only, 6 p.m.
cocktails, 7 p.m. dinner (show fol-lowsl, a t Fox Hills Golf Club . 8768 N. Terr i tor ia l Road, Ply-mouth. $29.95, call (734) 453-7272
• Valent ine ' s D a y D i n n e r D a n c e — Sa tu rday , Feb. 12, Waterman Center a t Schoolcraft College in Livonia. The evening begins 7 p.m. wi th d i n n e r — tomato bisque, salad, rock Cor-
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away to t h e m u s i c of Johnny Trudell. Tickets are $37.50 per person, call (734) 462-4417 for reservations.
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Maurice Ravel: Sonata
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