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Wa3me-W estland Communi­ty Schools continues to see a decline in its fund equity as it s truggles to rem ain in the b lack financially.

A ccording |o the d istric t auditor, P lan te M oran, i t fin ­ished the 2012-2013 budget y ear w ith a m odest am ount of mon­ey $5.1 m illion— in fund equity. The figure pales in

com parison to th e $21 million the d istric t had saved fo r a ra iny day in 2004.

“The issues facing the dis­tr ic t a re its dependency on the s ta te economy, re tirem en t and health ca re costs, elongated s ta te aid paym ents and student enrollm ent,” auditor Je ffre y H iggins said. “Eighty-six p e r­cen t of your revenue is from foundation allowances. T hat funding is controlled by the w him s of the Lansing. In the

last two years, you’ve been cu t 12 percen t.”

W ayne-W estland received an unqualified, o r clean, audit, the h ighest level of assurance from the auditors.

R e v e n u e so u rc e sB ased on th e aud it report,

the d istric t used $6.6 million of its fund balance to cover e x - ' penditures o f $105.3 million a f te r receiv ing $98.4 million in revenue. I t received $85.4 m il­

lion from the sta te , ju s t $92,900 from the fed e ra l governm ent, and took in ano ther $12.9 m il­lion in o ther s ta te and local revenue.

The largest portion of its expenditures w as fo r salaries and fringe benefits w hich ac­counted fo r 89 p ercen t of its spending.

“In 2004, th e d istric t paid 13 p ercen t (of payroll) to re tire ­m ent, in 2013, it’s now roughly 25 percen t,” quditor N athan

Droyer said. “I t’s ano ther fac­to r th a t is out of the control of th e d istric t.”

Likewise, the sta te ’s budget year, w hich s ta rts O ctll, m eans the d istric t rece ives 18 percen t of its school aid a f te r the end of the fiscal y ea r on Junq 30.

Like m ost d istric t, a y n e - W estland has faced th e chal­lenge of declining enrollm ent and has w orked to attijact stu-

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Junior Girls President Ariel Fretter of Livonia, Senior Vice-President, Rachel Napier ot Waterford and Treasurer Mackenzie Compton ofU vo n ia package a v a rie ty o f^ rassw o rd p u zzles, so ap s, sham poos and hard cand ies fn th e care packages. PHOtos b y tom beaudoin

Junior Girls pack it up for troopsBy Sue M ason

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The holidays will look a little b it b rig h te r fo r U.S. Droops, thanks to ca re pack­ages from the Jun io r G irls of the Bova VFW Post 9885 in W estland.

The girls, ages 6-13, spent severa l hours last w eek packing 17 boxes th a t will be shipped to soldiers whose nam es and addresses w ere provided by friends and fam ily m em bers. The g irls do a shipm ent each y ea r as p a r t of the support o f the m ilitary requ irem en t of the Jun io r G irls program .

“They send boxes to any­one who has an APO o r FPO address, anyone who can’t be hom e fo r Christm as,” said JUl M ikolajczyk, the unit lead er and a tre a su re r o f the Ladies A u x i l i ^ w hich spon­sors Jun io r Girls. “T hey m ail them now so they get them in tim e fo r C hristm as.”

The girls m ade up flie rs th a t w ere pu t up a t posts in the d istric t and on the Dis­tr ic t 4 website, as well as soliciting item s through th e ir schools. The g irls w ere “highly m otivated” to collect the item s and to get cards and le tte rs to pu t in th e box­es, especisdly the latter. I f they didn’t ge t the card s and le tte rs , they had to do 100 push-ups, M ikolajczyk said.

F ille d w ith g o o d ie sThe boxes w ere filled

w ith to iletries like tooth­paste, toothbrushes, tissues, sunscreen and hand sanitiz­er. T here also w ere snacks, and books filled w ith w ord searches and crossw ord puzzles.

Jun io r G irls m em ber A riel F re tte r o f Livonia

See BOXES, Page A2Isabella Schrock o f Plymouth loads shampoo into to the boxes for troops serving our country.

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as w ell as an asso rtm en t of super heroes and priiicesses will descend on W aype fo r two hours of H allow een trick-or- treating .

D estination Waynq and the Wa3me Cham ber of Com m erce will host the th ird annual H al­loWAYNE from 5-7 p[m. Sat­urday, Oct. 26, along w est­bound M ichigan Avenue in the city ’s downtown area.

“I ’m excited about the event and a b it nervous, top,” said organizer Chris Sandjers who is expecting to b rin g a reco rd n um ber people to downtown Wayne fo r the event.!“We need a win fo r the city and Hallo­WAYNE fits perfectly .”

F or a charge of ju s t $1, trick -o r-trea ters will have the opportunity to collect goodies a t 87 stations along M ch ig an Avenue from Seconp S tree t to

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School bpard president demanjds apologyBy Karen Sm ith

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Livonia school b o ^ d P resi­dent M ark Johnson psked Drus- tee E ileen McDonneU a t Mon­day’s school board m eeting to apologize fo r accusing an un­identified employee! o f im prop­

e rly h ^ d l ih g a bid, according to Jotm spn, bu t M cDoimell r e ­fused to.

“N ot a t this tim e,” she said, telling Johnson he needed to review[ the video

of the board ’s Oct. 7 m eeting w hen the alleged accusation took place.

Asked by Johnson if she intended to apologize in the fu tu re , M cDonnell aid, “I’m not sure. At th is point. I’m going to say no.”

“I th ink it’s reprehensib le, M rs. M cDonnell,” Johnson said.

L ater in the m e e ^ g , Dnis- tee Ju lie Robinson jW p e d to M cDonnell’s defense, saying it w as inappropriate rp r Johnson to a sk M cDonnell t6 apologize d in ing a public m eeting. “I fe lt like you w ere a t t a c to g her,” she said, adding it m ade he r upset and angry. “M y feeling

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dents th rough p ro ^ a m s like schools of choice a t a ll g rade levels and a ta len ted and gifted pro­gram . The grow th in c h a rte r schools also has been a challenge forcing d istric ts to com pete fo r

few er students, T toyer said.

B y th e c a le n d a rThe fund balance

rep resen ts 4.92 p ercen t of expenditures and is the equivalent o f oper­ating the d istric t 17 cal­en d ar days o r eight school calendar days, I h iy e r added.

lil^en questioned why

other d istric ts ge t m ore in p e r pupil m oney from the sta te , the auditors explained tha t Proposal A in 1994 was m eant to “a lleviate the funding equity.” R esidents now pay 6 m ills in s ta te edu­cation tax as opposed to the locally levied m illage p rio r to Proposal A.

“We a re one of the la rg est school d istric ts in

the M ichigan and our fim ding is in the lowest 25 percen t,” T rustee C h i l e s “Tl-av” G riffin said. “We’re getting ripped off. In spite of losing $12 million over the las t severa l years, w e’re not in deficit; we don’t have an em ergency m anager. We’re doing a p re tty good job with w hat w e have and th a t’s a

c red it to ou r people in finance.”

Going forw ard, the auditors a re pro jec ting the d istric t finish the c u rren t budget y ea r with a fund balance o f $2.3 million. Staying in the b lack is due in b ig p a rt to the d istric t’s em ployees th a t took pay cuts, pay freezes and increased contributions fo r thhir

health ca re to save the d istric t som e $14 m illion.

“The em ployees stepped up and took the bu llet so w e could stay in the econom ic position w e’re in,” school board P residen t Carol M iddel said.

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EVENTContinued from Page A1

E lizabeth S tree t. M ore th an 100 businesses along th e th o ro u g h fa re and bu sin esses ou tside th e a re a like A m erican Jetw ay, Ja c k D em m er F o rd and M ark Chev­ro le t w ill have s ta tions to d is tr ib u te tre a ts .

P le n ty o f s w e e tsPhoenix T h ea te rs,

w hich is a p rim ary sponsor along w ith M arch C hevro let and th e W ayne exchange, is p rov id ing 20,000 p ieces of candy, and th e G re a te r D ream s C hurch w ill have a tru n k o r tre a t as p a r t of th e event.

“T h ere w ill be tons o f candy, k ids will have su g ar h ighs fo r m onths to com e,” S anders said.

T he ev en t s ta r ts a t V eterans P laza on W ayne Road, sou th of w estbound M ichigan A venue and ends a t the PNC B ank on M ichigan w est o f W ayne Road.

N ew to th e ev en t is a pum pkin ca rv in g con­tes t. P a rtic ip an ts can subm it a c a rv e d pum p­kin fo r ju d g in g and th e opportun ity to win $1,000. A panel of ju d g es w ill se lec t th e w inning pum pkin b ased on overa ll c re ­ativ ity .

The pum pkin m ust b e ca rv e d a t hom e and a candle o r m echan ica l dev ice m u st be ab le to sh ine th ro u g h th e de­sign, S anders said. T hey m u st be tu rn e d in b e tw een 10 a.m . and noon fo r ju d g in g .

S anders is hoping to g e t 100 en tries .

“The reaso n w e’re ch arg ing $1 is to bu ild

th e ev en t,” he said. “I ’d like to b r in g in a p ro ­fessional pum pkin scu lp to r to th e even t. I b e liev e if we g e t th e r ig h t p lay e rs involved w e can tu rn th e pum p­kin carv in g ev en t into som eth ing like the P lym outh ice festiva l. I t w on 't be o v ern ig h t.”

H o p e s f o r a c ro w dD estina tion W ayne

has pro m o ted th e even t th ro u g h m aile rs sen t to ev e ry hom e in th e c ity an d w ith f lie rs d is tr ib ­u ted a t W ayne-W est- land an d G ard en C ity schools. S anders e s ti­m ates 5,000-6,000 peo­p le w ere a t la s t y ea r's ev en t an d hopes to have 10,000 th is year.

“I ’ve been w atch ing th e ex ten d ed fo recasts , ra in could p u t a little b it of a d am p er on th in g s,” he said.

To help m ake it a success, S anders is looking fo r abou t 40 v o lu n tee rs to help m an th e candy sta tions from 4:30-7 p.m . to p ass ou t candy. T he ' p ay will be pizza, p ro ­v ided b y Vizzy’s Pizza, a f te r th e event.

People in te re s te d in vo lu n tee rin g o r fo r m ore in fo rm ation , can caU theH alloW A Y N E hotline a t 734-788-4398 fro m 9 a.m . and 2 p.m . daily o r th e W ayne C ham ber o f C om m erce a t 734-721-0100.

“I th in k th is is going to b e a g re a t ev en t,” S anders said. “I hope w e g e t m o re people from ou tside th e city. T he w hole idea is to ge t people to see som e of th e th in g s w e have in W ayne.”

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Christmas cards were made by students at Farmington 5/6 Campus in Garden City, Johnson Upper Eiementary in Livonia and Guardian Martial Arts and Fitness in Garden City, p h o t o s b y t o m b e a u d o in

BOXESContinued from Page A1

asked h e r sensei a t G uardian M ar­tia l A rts and F itness to donate som ething and took it to h e r a r t teach er a t Farm ington 5/6 Campus, both in G arden City, and got “tons of le tte rs .”

“The a r t teach er w as w onder­ful,” M ikolajczyk said.

Likewise, M ackenzie Compton, also of Livonia, b rought le tte rs from h e r class. The teach er w ent so fa r as to have a group photo taken in fron t of the school to in­clude w ith the notes.

“We’ve gotten card s and le tte rs back from the sold iers,” M ikolajc­zyk said.

The g irls also fundraised to cover th e $206 cost to ship the packages th rough th e U.S. Postal Service. They received donations from VFW Post 2233 in D etroit w hich no t only b rough t in item s fo r the packages, bu t also $20 to help w ith postage. F in an c id sup­p o rt also cam e from th e L eather­necks, B everly Scott and B everly Burton.

T here was a lo t of p reparation fo r the packing. P l a n ^ g sta rted a t a barbecue held fo r the g irls in Ju ly and continued a t the m onthly m eetings a t 6 p tn . the th ird W ednesday of the mondi.

In addition to the boxes, th^ Jim ior G irls do a v a rie ty of activ ­ities under the w atchful eye o ' the

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Monica Rokita o f Plymouth picks out Christmas and thank you cards.

Marissa Smith o f Plymouth and Lerra Garrett o f Westland help the cause.

Ladies Auxiliary. They’ve done flag burn ing cerem onies a t the Bova Post, partic ipa ted in W est­land’s annual POW/MIA cerem ony, taken card s and v isited the D etroit and Ann A rbor VA hospitals and d ressed up as Rosie the R iveter fo r the annual World W ar II v e te ran ’s luncheon held at the post.

“They also w ork w ith o ther com m unity groups,” M ikolajczyk said. “They’ve w orked w ith hockey

groups and the Boy Scouts.”

J u n io rs G ir lsThe Jun io r G irls is open to the

g irls ages 5-16 and the daughter, fo ste r daughter, stepdaughter, granddaughter, sister, fo ste r sister, step s is te r o r ha lf s is te r o f some­one eligible fo r the VFW.

The Bova Jun io r G irls unit is the only one in the VFW D istric t 4 and draw s m em bers from through­out the area. The m em bers come from W estland, G arden City, Livo­nia, P lym outh and even Conunerce Township.

As p a r t of the program , they send care packages to so M ers overseas, volim teer in hospitals and nursing hom es, ra ise funds to figh t cancer, m arch in parades, learn about patrio tism and US history, and help the VFW and Ladies Auxiliary support m ilitary serv ice m em bers and th e ir fam ­ilies.

The g irls also have an opportu­n ity to have fun w ith pool parties, sleepovers and barbecues.

“They bond as a fam ily and lea rn about th e ir country,” Miko­lajczyk said. “A t the end o f the y ea r th ey have an extravaganza or s ta te convention a t Camp 'h o t te r w hich is funded by the VFW and Ladies Auxiliary.”

“They lea rn about God, fam ily and love of country,” she added.

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APOLOGYContinued from Page A1

is, two wrongs don’t m ake a righ t.”

Robinson said she thinks Johnson violated the board ’s code of eth ics hanging up on the wall behind the board table w here they w ere sitting.

B ut Johnson said be­cause the alleged accusa­tions, w hich h e said w ere unfounded, not re ­searched and not fact- based, w ere m ade a t a public m eeting, they needed to be addressed in public. “W hen things like th a t happen a t the tab le in public, I will address them in public,” he said.

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At the Oct. 7 m eeting, M cDonnell said she a t­tended th e Sept. 17 bid opening fo r w aste rem ov­a l services. One bid w as opened, bu t not read . The em ployee who opened it said he didn’t see a re ­quired docum ent am o n g ' the paperw ork. M cDon­nell said w hen she asked a t the bid opening if she could look a t th e unread bid, she w as told no. “Anybody th a t doesn’t

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w ant m e to touch some­thing to review it gives m e an a ir of suspicion,” she said.

A t th a t sam e m eeting. T rustee Randy R oulier said he didn’t th ink M c­Donnell’s claim was fa ir because she couldn’t substan tia te it.

“I w asn’t allowed to see the docum ent, so how I can I substan tia te any­thing?” M cDonnell said, adding she didn’t know if the claim was fa ir either.

“T hat’s the issue I have,” R oulier said.

“I apologize,” M cDon­nell said.

At M onday’s m eeting. Superin tendent Randy Liepa said p roper p roce­dures w ere followed during the bid opening. Lisa Abbey, the d istric t’s d irec to r of business se r­vices, said when bid packages don’t include all the requ ired docu­m ents, they are not read out loud. She said th a t happens occasionally.

Johnson said M cDon­nell had th ree weeks from the b id opening Sept. 17 to the com m ittee of the whole m eeting Oct. 7 to rev iew the b id pack­et, ye t she said she didn’t have an opportunity to do so.

“I th ink th a t board m em ber (McDonnell) owes th a t s ta ff m em ber an apology and I am ask-

^IV h en th in g s lik e th a t h a p p e n a t th e ta b le in p u b lic , I w ill a d d re ss th e m in p u b lic .”MARK JOHNSON,school board president

ing fo r it now,” he said.M cDonnell said she

w as invited to review the bid packet in the board office, bu t when she cam e in a t 4:20 p.m. Oct. 7, no one was in the of­fice so she didn’t have a chance to do so befo re the m eeting.

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At M onday’s m eeting, the board approved 6-1 an agreem ent w ith W aste M anagem ent fo r w aste rem oval services th rough Jim e 30.

M cDonnell c a st the lone no vote, saying the con tract does not comply w ith board policy req u ir­ing contracts to be aw arded to the lowest bidder.

Liepa said the policy doesn’t apply because bids a re not requ ired fo r con tracted serv ices like they a re fo r supplies and m aterials. H e said the

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board w ants to have flex­ibility in choosing con­trac ted services. “I t’s not ju s t about price; it’s about quality of service,” he said.

M cDonnell said the d istric t could have saved

i,600 the f irs t y ea r o r 14,261 through Ju n e 30,

2015, b y contracting with Republic.

Liepa said b idders quoted p rices in th ree categories: aqnual, pe r y a rd and fo r sp ecM pick­up. W aste M anagem ent w as the second low est of four qualified b idders in th e firs t two categories, bu t the low est in the th ird category, he said. Overall, W aste M anage­m en t m ay cost about $5,000 m ore th is school year, he said, bu t adm in­is tra to rs recom m ended using W aste M anage­m ent th rough Ju n e 30 because of its excellent service, the disruption th a t m ay occiu' by chang­ing over to ano ther pro­v ider m id-year and in fa irness to W aste Man­agem ent. H e said the d istric t can req u est new bids in the spring fo r the nex t one to th ree years.

In August, the board ag reed to go out fo r bid fo r w aste rem oval se r­vices a fte r it re jec ted 3-3 the adm inistra tion’s rec ­om m endation to renew th e d istric t’s agreem ent w ith W aste M w agem en t fo r ano ther th ree ye...i-s.

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W aste M anagem ent called fo r a 3-percent increase the firs t year, a 2.5-percent increase the second year and a 2- p e rcen t increase the th ird year. The d istric t paid W aste M anagem ent about $83,009 fo r w aste rem oval serv ices last school year.

A dm inistrators had su rveyed a re a d istric ts to find out w hat they a re paying fo r w aste rem ov­a l While two of the hand­fu l of d istric ts th a t re ­sponded paid less than W aste M anagem ent w anted to c h ^ g e the r e s t w ere higher.Vice P residen t Colleen Burton, Johnson and Trustee Tammy Bonifield voted fo r the motion; Roulier, M cDonnell and Robinson voted against it. B oard S ecre tary D ianne L aura Was ab­sent.

Bonifield said one reason she supported M onday’s m otion m otion to use W aste M anage­m ent th rough Ju n e 30 was th a t its pric ing was u n in te n tio n ^ y m ade public during the August discussion, giving o ther b idders “a ta rg e t to go after.”

“I th ink as a d istric t we need to give them a chance to finish up to the end of the school year,” she said.

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V intage Tech Recy­clers, LG Electronics USA and the City of W estland a re team ing to provide a fre e one- day e-w aste collection even t fo r residen ts of th e City of W estland and surrounding com­m unities.

The electronics­recycling event will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m . Sat­urday, Oct. 26, in the park ing lot o f the f o r - , m e r Service M erchan­dise a t 3S300 Nankin Blvd., no rth of W arren Road.

Vintage Tech sta ff m em bers will be on site to unload m aterials. R esidents a re encoiu*- aged to stay in their vehicles.

Item s will be accept­ed A:ee o f charge in­clude com puters, lap­tops, m onitors, LCDs, cell phones, p rin te rs , scanners, m odem s, drives, cables, key­boards, m ice, televi­sions, VCRs, DVD play­e rs , cam corders, cam ­eras , gam er p layers and joysticks, tele­phones, pagers, an­sw ering m achines, typew riters , calcula­to rs, adding m achines, fax m achines and copi­ers.

“I am alw ays looking fo r innovative ways to prom ote sustainability and encourage West- land residen ts to in­corporate environ- m entally-friendly p rac ­tices into th e ir ^ y

lives,” M ayor William wad said. ‘‘Providing a f re e an d responsible w ay fo r ou r residen ts to dispose of th e ir out­lived electron ics is a w ay to p rac tice w hat we p reach .”

T hanks to rap id ly advancing technology, e lectronics have be­com e one o f th e fastest grow ing “w aste s tream s” o r portions of th e nation’s trash . Do­nating e-products al­lows fo r valuable m a­te ria l to be recovered, and these m ateria ls can b e used to m ake new products.

Also, m ost electron­ics contain hazardous o r toxic m ateria ls, w hich can cause an environm ental prob­lem , if d iscarded in the trash . W ntage Tech R ecyclers is an e-Stew- a rd certified recycling company, ensuring th a t a ll electron ics a re prop­e rly handled, keeping substances like lead and m ercu ry from harm ing th e environ­m e n t

The com pany also provides hm:d drive secu rity w ith com pliant softw are w iping tech­nology a t th e ir facilities nationally.

F o r m ore inform a­tion, call ^% tage Tech a t 630-305-0922. For m ore inform ation about responsible e lectron ic recycling, v isit w w w .vintagetechrecy- clers.com .

Infantiy Capt Doug Nosbisch of Manchester talks about Civil War blacksmith Martin Nemeckay Sr. takes a break the Civil War era and w hat it w as like to live back in the with his dog Rosa after a long day of pounding out steel day. TOM BEAUDOIN for the Civil War community. TOM BEAUDOIN

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A pproxim ately 25 m em bers o f “The Stone­wall R egim ent” p resen t­ed a living history even t a t G reenm ead H istoric Village in Livonia last w eekend to show the public w hat life was like in th e U nited S tates du r­ing the Civil War.

Both civilian and m il­ita ry m em bers of 17th M ichigan Volunteer In­fan try Com pany E Inc., as the un it is officially known, participated . The civilian m em bers dem on­stra ted period cooking, needle pointing, fashions o f the (^y , and pu t on a tem perance m eeting “to cu rb th e excessive use of alcoholic beverages,” said Bill Z iem ba o f West- land, v ice p residen t o f the non-profit education­al organization. T here w as ^ o a session on 19th cen tu ry m oiuning prac-

eiTY OF WAYNE PUBLIC NOTICE

ELECTION NOTICE TO THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF WAYNE COUNTY pF WAYNE MICHIGAN

Absent voter ballots for the City of Wayne General Election of November 4,2013 are available through the Wayne City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3355 South Wayne Road, Wayne, Michigan for those persons who are physically unable to attend the polls or are 60 years of age of older. The voter, before the issuance of a ballot, must complete an application for a ballot. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 2:00p.m. Persons qualified to vote absentee may vote in person in the Wayne City Clerk’s Office until 4:00p.m. on Monday, November 4, 2013

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COUNTY O F WAYNE, M ICH IG A NNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Election will be held in the City of Wayne, County of Wayne, Michigan, on liiesday, November 5, 2013, fiom 7:00 am. until 8:00 p.m., for the purpose of electing a Mayor and three City Council members, and to consider two Charter Amendments for the City of Wayne. The Clerk’s Office will be open on Saturday, November 2, 2013, from 8:00 am. until 2:00 p.m., for the purpose of receiving applications for absentee ballots.All polling locations are accessible to persons with disabilities. Voting instmctions are also available in alternative formats, audio and Braille, at each polling location.'The following Charter Amendments shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Wayne, at the election to be held on Tuesday, November 5 ,2013:

PROPO SAL NO. 1PR O PO SED AM ENDM ENT TO SECTIONS 19.1 AND 19 J O F CH A PTER 19

O F T H E WAYNE CITY CH A RTERShall Chapter 19 of the Charter of the City of Wayne be amended so that police officers and firefighters are excluded from the retirement system established by the City Charter, effective with the 2014,2015 fiscal year, and instead become members of a separate retirement system under 1937 PA 34S, as amended, and that accumulated contributions to the current employee’s retirement system made by or on behalf of such Officers be transferred to the Act 345 retirement system? This charter amendment shall not be effective unless the electors approve the establishment of a separate retirement system under said Act 345.Yes_ No_

P R O P O S A L N O . 2PROPO SAL TO ADOPT AN ACT 345 R E TIR EM EN T SYSTEM FO R

PO L IC E O FFIC ER S AND FIR EFIG H TER SShall the City of Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan, be authorized to establish a separate retirement system pursuant to Act 345 of 1937, as amended, for the benefit of police officers and firefighters employed by the City, create a board of trustees to manage and operate the system, and be authorized to levy a new tax annually in an amount sufficient to fund the system in an actuarially sound maimer, but not to exceed 7.00 mills in any year on each dollar ($7.00 per $1 ,000) of the taxable value of all property in the City, for a 10 year period to fund the system, all contingent upon the approval by the electors of a City Charter amendment authorizing the transfer of police officer and firefighter membem from the current employee's retirement system to the new system created under Act 345?It is expected that approximately 7 mills will be levied in 2014 and will raise the sum of approximately $2,600,000.00.Yes_____ No______Statement as required by Act 278 of Public Acts of 1964 Amending the Ifroperty Tax I .imitation ActI, RAYMOND }. WOJTOWICZ, Treasurer of Wayne County, Michigan, do hereby certify that, as of September 26,2013 the total of all voted increases in excess of the tax rate limitation established by Section 6, Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, as amended, and the years such increases are effective on property in the County of Wayne are as follows:

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W ayne-W estland & hool D istrictTaxing Authorities County of Wayne Wayne County Jail Wayne County Parks Wayne County

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Date of Election November 3,2009 August 7,2012 November 2,2010

Dated: September 26,2013

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20202025 (non-homestead) 2022

Each person voting in the election must be:(a) A citizen of the United States of America over eighteen (18) year of age:(b) A registered elector of the city or township in which he or she resides.

The places of voting are as follows:Precinct 1 and 2 Wayne Senior Activity Center, 35000 Sims Ave.Precinct 4 and 5 Taft-Galloway Elernentary School, 4035 Gloria St.Precinct 6 and 7 Hoover Elementary School, 5400 Fourth StPrecinct 8 Roosevelt-McGrath Elementary School, 36075 Currier St

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tices following a death.’The m ilita ry m em bers

dem onstrated how a typicial Union m ilita ry cam p w as se t up. Camp life was also po rtrayed w ith period food, rations, equipm ent and firearm s of both o fficers and en­listed m en. F iring dem ­onstrations w ere c o n - , ducted to show how w eapons w ere loaded and fired . Dr. (Serald Thrlo of Livonia, the group’s

president, dem onstrated how wounds w ere trea ted and, if necessary, how a lim b w as am putated.

Ziem ba w as p a rt of the m ilita ry cam p life presentation . “I enjoyed d ressing th e younger specta to rs in m ilitary clothing and equipm ent. I don't th ink th a t m any apprecia ted how m uch tiiie equipm ent th a t a Civil W ar soldier ca rried w eighed until they w ere

outfitted w ith a Cartridge box, bayonet, bdckpack and a rifle ,” Ziem ba said.

Ziem ba said the enthu­siasm of th e pulilic was refresh ing , though only about 50 people attended Saturday because of the cold, ra iny w eather. On Sunday, a sunny day, an estim ated 100 p p p le cam e out to see the en­cam pm ent.

I t w as th e firs t tim e in about 10 y ea rs the unit held a living hisjtory w eekend a t G reenm ead. “The unit thought th a t th is even t w as & v e ry positive experience and th e consensus is th a t we would like to dc it again nex t year.,” Ziem ba said.

The unit has been affiliated fo r alpout a decade w ith G reenm ead, w here it partic ipa tes in the H anging of j the G reens a t C hristm astim e and a t various Cem etery walks.

F or m ore inform ation about the unit, visit http:17micoe.org.

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Tony M assa wants to m ake su re the sacrifices of fallen police offi­ce rs a re not forgotten.

The re tire d M ilford m an is w ork­ing to c rea te a rolling m em orial, w hich he’ll be showing a t c a r shows around town, including B akers of M ilford, as well as in parades and a t o ther events.

M assa becam e involved w ith num erous police agencies across the s ta te a f te r his son, M a rk — then a sen ior a t M ilford H igh School — was

killed by a drunken d riv e r n e a r the fam ily’s home in 1993.

M ark, M assa said, p lanned to be a police o fficer and hoped to patro l the s tre e ts of M ilford.

A fter M ark’s sudden death, M assa began

speaking to high school students around the country about the dan­gers of im paired (Mving. H e also coim sels fam ily m em bers of those killed in ca r accidents.

As a m em ber of the K nights of Columbus, he also serves as a volim- teer, helping out w herever needed, a t funera l serv ices fo r police offi­ce rs killed in the line of duty.

“I w ant to show the o fficers and th e ir fam ilies how m uch we appreci­a te every th ing they do,” M assa said. “They ge t up in the m orning, ea t th e ir b reakfast, kiss th e ir w ives and kids goodbye and don’t know if they ’ll be com ing back again,”

So far, the t r ^ e r , dubbed “O fficer Down M em orial,” lists the nam es of seven M ichigan police o fficers killed in the line of duty since 2000.

M assa p lans to add m ore nam es, as his finances allow, along w ith insignia from num erous police agen­cies. H e’s also planning to install a video sc reen inside th e tra iler, w hich he’ll use to show a film m em orializ­ing the officers.

“I t’s m y w ay of showing m y ap­preciation fo r w hat they do,” M assa said.

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Larceny

A self-propelled law n mower, a M ontgom ery W ard d rill and g en era to r w ere rep o rted sto len from a garage in th e 1400 block of M errim an on Oct. 14.

The ow ner told police the item s w ere taken som etim e betw een 6 p.m . Oct. 11 and 10 a.m . Oct. 12. T here w ere no signs of fo rced entry. The home- ow ner said the g arag e m ay have not been secured.

» An a ir conditioning un it w as re ­po rted stolen from the backyard of a hom e in the 34000 block o f Fem w ood on Oct. 3.

An em ployee of K i C onstruction said he had been doing w ork a t the bank-ow ned foreclosed p ro p erty and d iscovered the un it m issing about 7 a.m.

Larceny from a vehicleA W estland m an told police th a t

som etim e betw een m ididght and 7 a.m. Oct. IS som eone broke into his Buick R endezvous and stole his portab le DVD player. H is w ife’s K ia S pectra also w as b roken into, b u t nothing was taken.

The m an said his vehicle had been locked. B oth ca rs show ed no sign o f . fo rced entry.

LarcenyPolice w ere sum m oned to a hom e in

th e 30000 block o f P a lm er on Oct. 14 a f te r the ow ner d iscovered copper p ipes sto len from t^e basem ent and kitchen.

The hom e w as b^ing repaired , and, the ow ner w as scheduled to m ove in a t the end of the m onth. She had been a t the hom e th e day b efo re while ca rp e t w as being installed. She allowed to c rew to continue w orking and le ft fo r

W ESTLAND COP CALLSw ork. They w ere supposed to secu re the house w hen th ey left.

W hen she re tu rn ed tiie n ex t day ano ther c rew w as w orking in a d iffe r­en t a re a of th e hom e. She d iscovered th a t som eone had pulled down some, ceiling tiles in th e basem ent and cu t approxim ately 15 fe e t o f copper pipe from the ho t w a te r tank. She checked the r e s t of the house and d iscovered 2 fee t o f copper p ipe stolen fro m under th e k itchen sink.

She also checked th e house fo r signs o f fo rced en try and found none. She said only h e rse lf and h e r neighbor had keys to th e hom e. H e had la s t been th e re Oct. 13 to change door locks a t th e ow ner’s su re request.

A p iece o f p ipe w as found on a ba th ­room window sUl and w as checked fo r p rin ts . None w ere found.

» A license p la te w as rep o rted sto­len overn igh t Oct. 15 from a c a r p ark ed in & e drivew ay o f a hom e in th e 38000 b lock o f N orth M iller Circle. T he c a r had been in th e d rivew ay from 8:30 p.m . Oct 15 to noon Oct. 16. Noth­ing e lse w as rep o rted stolen.

» An a ir conditioning unit, law n m ow er and alum inum siding w ere rep o rted sto len Oct. 16 from a hom e in th e 1400 block o f B erksh ire . A f ir s t floor and b asem en t windows w ere also broken.

The ow ner to ld police th a t w hen he checked th e hom e Oct. 8 every th ing w as fine, and then d iscovered the m issing item s Oct. 13.

LarcenyA D earborn res id en t to ld police th a t

h e r pu rse , contain ing $40 in cash , an AT&T cell phone, h e r w allet and a debit ca rd w ere sto le overn ight Oct. 16 while h e r vehicle w as p a rk ed a t A m er­ican H ouse, 1660 S. Venoy.

The cu lp rits gained access to h e r vehicle th rough an unlocked passen g er door.

» A G arm in GPS un it w as stolen from a c a r pa rk ed in th e drivew ay o f a hom e in th e 500 block of B rookfield overn ight Oct. 13,

The ow ner told police she tiiought the c a r had been locked and th a t A e GPS had been in the console. N othing else w as rep o rted stolen.

VandalismA res id en t in the 7500 block of Flo­

ra l Avenue told police th a t som eone cu t th re e TV cable w ires on th e back of h e r hom e betw een 1-7 p.m . 6 c t. 16.

Stolen propertyThe license p late of a ca r w as re ­

po rted sto len b y a res id en t o f th e Tra­fa lg a r S quare A partm en ts on Oct. 17. ,

The w om an told police she parked the c a r backed in p rim arily under­neath a c a rp o rt on the souA side o f the park ing lo t betw een Oct. 15-17. She noticed th e p late m issing w hile she was out d riv ing around.

LarcenyS everal g ift ca rds, $20 in cash and

an Apple iPod w ith rad io ad ap te r w ere stolen from a c a r while it w as parked in th e d rivew ay of a hoine in th e 100 block of S tephanie D rive betw een 9 p.m. Oct. 18 and 7 p.m . Oct. 19.

T he ow ner told police th e vehicle had been locked. T here w ere no signs of fo rced entry.

» A res id en t o f the 6500 B lock of Lakeview rep o rted to police th a t he r daugh ter’s c a r had been ransacked while pa rk ed overn ight Oct. 19. Noth­ing appeared to have been taken, and the w om an said she believed th e ca r hadn’t been locked.

Stolen vehicle

A resident in the 33000 block of Kath­ryn reported at 4:30 a.m. Oct. 22 that someone stole her car in d ie short tim e that she was warming the 2002 Ford Explorer up before work.

The keys w ere in the ignition.She described the car as having tinted

windows and blue tape on the passenger sidetaillight.

FraudA resident came to the police station

about 2:30 p.m. Oct. 20 to report that so m ^ n e m ade nine charges on his debit card account which totaled about $884. All of the charges w ere m ade a t different K roger stores in Ohio.

H e sa id h e s till has possession o f h is

GARDEN CITY COP CALLScredit card and didn’t give anyone per­mission to use the card.

TheftA resident in the 28000 block of Beech-

wood said that a fte r she fcn-got to lock her car before going for a walk about 8 p.m.Oct. 17, she discovered tha t someone had entered h er ca r and stolen h er iPod and Garm in GPS system. About $50 in change was also missing. ,

TheftA trash can was reported stolen Oct. 6

in the 28000 block of Bock. A police re ­port is necessary to obtain a replacem ent.

Property damageA resident in the 32000 block of Brown

rep o rted Oct. 16 th a t som eone smeished

the fron t passenger side window of his 2000 Ford i ^ l o r e r . H e told police he wasn’t having problem s with anyone.

Identity theftA woman in the 31000 block of Alvin

reported Oct. 17 tha t someone comm itted ft*aud by using her personal information.

She said she reahzed there was a prob­lem when she didn’t receive a beneficiary check a fte r h er fa ther died earlie r this year.

She contacted the Detroit Police and Fire system and they told h er tha t a check had been mailed to an address in Warren.

She reported that she doesn’t know anybody who lives a t that address nor did she ever reside a t that address.

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Man’s 'Hobby’ becomes computer gaming gikntByM att Jachman

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B rad W ardell’s “hobby th a t got out of control” has grow n into a m ulti- million-doUar Plym outh Township com pany th a t’s a m ajo r p layer in d ie com puter gam e and com­p u ter softw are m arkets.

W ardell, of Canton Township, founded Star- dock Inc. while a student a t W estern M ichigan U niversity and the com­pany m arked its 20th ann iversary Thesday w ith the release of Galactic Civilizations III, a m ulti­p layer online s tra tegy game. It’s a sequel to the original Galactic Civiliza­tions, w hich W ardell cam e up w ith in 1993.

In addition, Stardock is undergoing a m ajo r ex­pansion a t its headquar­te rs on B eck Road n ear Five Mile, finishing an en tire floor to add a gam e studio and a chic, cafe- style w ork a re a designed to prom ote collaboration in a casual environm ent.

Although most bf Staidodc's products are downloaded, eliminating the box, founder Brad Wardell still keeps copies in his office, b ill bresler | staff pho to grapher

M th about SO em ployees now, W ardell plans to add about 25 softw are engi­neers and gam e design­e rs w ithin two years.

C o lle g e s ta rtu pW ardell s ta rted out

tinkering in his dorm itory room a t W estern— w here he m ajored in electrical eng ineering— building and selling personal com ­p u ters he’d m ade from components. At the tim e, he said, th ey w ere cheap­

e r than the PCs sold by a lim ited num ber of m anu­fac tu re rs. H e then got into softw are and gam e developm ent.

“I s ta rted the com pany as a w ay to pay fo r schoo^” W ardell s a i^ recalling how th e original Galactic Civilizations was m ade fo r a long-ago IBM operating system . “The idea w as I’d graduate from school and ge t a rea l job.”

H e had th a t rea l job

fo r a couple o f m onths, as a consultant fo r the lend­ing a rm of a m ajo r auto­m aker. B ut revenue from softw are he’d previously developed kep t com ing in and w hen W ardell saw the opportunity to grow his company, he took it.

S tardock’s f irs t rea l office w as in Canton and his f ir s t em ployees w ere the b est m an a t h is wed­ding and his w ife’s s is te r — both still w ith th e com­pany. There was a stop in Livonia, too, befo re Star- dock bought th e building it’s now headquartered in nearly a decade ago.

“IT iisw asm y b ig splurge,” W ardell said as he led a M onday to u r of the th ree-sto ry building. The pet-friendly office has a laid-back atm os­p here - em ployees bene­fit from reg u la r visits from a nutrition ist and a personal t ra in e r— but the focus can be intense. One w all consists o f a w hiteboard tagged w ith relevan t advice and apho­rism s from gam ing and

business gurus.

G lo b a l re a chStardock also has con­

tra c t w orkers in several co m ers of the globe and W ardell said the com pany is planning studios in o ther p a rts of th e coun­try.

The com pany special­izes in stra teg y gam es and also m akes desktop enhancem ents, softw are designed to m odify and custom ize com puter desktops to im prove us­e rs ’ ejqieriences.

“That’s w hat we’re in terested in,” ra th e r than role-playing o r first- person shooter gam es, W ardell said. “I don’t w ant to m ake a gam e that som eone else can do be t­ter.”

W ardell c red its tal­en ted em ployees— m any o f whom have been brought in from other p a rts o f the cotm try— for S tardock’s success.

“We’ve ju s t bu ilt up th is netw ork of highly talen ted people who can

ju s t do so m uch,’[ W ardell said.

B rand m anager Adam B iessener is one of S tar­dock’s la test recn iits .H e’s a fo rm er w rite r and ed itor in the ganjing m edia who knevi^ WardeU from stories he’d done and review s of Stardock’s games. Form er!^ of Min­neapolis, he’s been in the a re a less than a month.

“I t’s still cultimally very M idw estern,” and sim ilar to M inneapolis in that way, B iessener said.

W ardell said he likes to providp a p leasant work­ing environm ent, perks and the flexibilitjy to let em ployees m eet their fainily needs, in o rd er to keep tu rnover low.

The personal tta iner, fo r exam ple, is a perk that helps em ployees s tre tch and stay relaxed ' while a t work, an antidote to hours spent a t com put­e r term inals.

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GARDEN CLIPPINGSS p a g h e tt i d in n e r

Good H ope L utheran Church will host its annu­al Spaghetti D inner and Silent Auction from 5-7 p.m . Friday, Oct. 25. T ickets a re $7 fo r adults, $3.50 fo r ch ildren ages4-11 and fre e fo r children age 3 and under.

Good H ope L utheran is a t 28680 C herry Hill, G arden City. F o r m ore inform ation, call the church office a t 734-427- 3660.

F a ll F e s t iv a lG arden City P resby­

terian C hurch wiU hold its annual Fall H arvest Festival from 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, a t the church, 1841 M iddlebelt, one block south of Ford Road.

T here will be gam es, costum e contests, piunp- kin carving, a kiddie

hayride, food and a tru n k o r trea t.

F o r m ore inform ation, call th e church a t 734- 421-7620.

M e e t C a n d id a te sM eet the Candidates

fo r the Nov. 5 G arden City election is being shown on GCTV and is available on Y oulhbe.

The p rogram can be seen on GCTV (Com cast 12, WOW 18 and U -verse 99) from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3 a t 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p .m . ' and 11 p.ni. M eet the Candidates can also be seen a t www.you- tube.com /gctw ideos.

l b ge t A e resu lts f irs t on election n i ^ t , GCTV will be producing its trad itional “Election N ight Live” p rogram hosted by D an York and Susan M cGraw. The show will include in­terv iew s wiHi all of the

candidates and the re ­su lts as soon as th ey a re available. The p rogram will be seen on cable on G ( j r v and live online on ustreanLtv, search yourgctv.

All o f these links can be found th rough the city ’s w ebsite a t w w w .gardencitym i.org/ gctv.

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2014 is holding an Accu­ra te D riv ing ra ffle with the lucky ticke t ho lder w inning a Segm ent One and Segm ent two from A ccurate D riving, a $289 value.

T ickets cost $5. They will be available a t G ar­den City H igh School during paren t-teacher conferences. They also a re available from H eidi W itt a t hijowitt@ya- hoo.com

The ra ff le is going on during October.

Ik u n k o r l^ e a tU nited B aptist C hurch

a re inviting fam ilies in the com m unity to a T hink o r T tea t from 5-7 p.m . Sunday, Oct. 27, a t the church , 236 M iddle- belt, no rth o f C herry Hill.

T here will be f re e hot dogs, chips and drinks, bounce house and o ther activ ities fo r ch ild ren as w ell a s candy. Costum es a re optional fo r the tru n k o r treating .

B St. R aphael will hold a H allow een Thilgate P a rty from 1-2 p.m . Sun­day, Oct. 27, in the school park ing lot, 31500 Beech- wood, W est o f M errim an in G arden City.

Set-up will be a t 12:30 p.m . Cars w ill be lined up in th e park ing lot, and ch ild ren go tru n k to tru n k in th e ir Halloween

costum es to collect their^ trea ts . Children who are trunk-or-treating need to b rin g a can food item fo r a donation to the St. Ra­phael P a rish food bank.

P artic ip an ts can deco­ra te th e ir c a r tru n k and b rin g lots o f tre a ts to hand out. R eserve a spot by calling 734-425-9771. Fam ilies who w ish to tru n k o r tre a t m ust p re ­reg is te r a t the school office by Friday, Oct. 25.

D is tr ic t H o u rsState Sen. G lenn An­

derson will host d istric t coffee hpims Monday, Oct. 28, in Livonia and G arden City. Citizens of the 6th Senate D istric t a re welcom e to attend. No appointm ent is neces­sary.

A nderson will be at the Livonia Civic P a rk Senior Center, 15218 F ar­m ington Road, Livonia,

9-10 a.m. and a t llie M a­plewood C o m m ^ ty Center, 31735 M aple­wood, G arden City 10:30- 11:30 a.m.

Constituents who would like to a d p e s s an issue w ith the Senator bu t a re unable tb attend m ay contact hiih by m ail a t P.O. Box 30036, Lan­sing, M I 48909, by phone a t o r by em ail a t Sena- torAnderson@spn- ate.m ichigan.gov.

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Karen Deschaine and Pam Long, made a trip back to John Glenn High School, b iu bresler | staff pho to grapher

As a commander, Jennifer Sinclair is the director of Performance Technology Center Coast Guard Force Readiness Command.

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2 0 y e a r s l a t e r , t h r e e J o h n G l e n n H i g h S c h o o l g r a d u a t e s a r e g r a t e f u l f o r e x p e r i e n c e s a t m i l i t a r y a c a d e m i e s

By Sue Masonstaff Writer

Jen n ife r B eecher Sinclair couldn’t m ake it hom e fo r h e r 20-year class reunion. The closing on a new hom e was m oved up so she m issed the opportunity to join classm ates Pam Kolon- gowsM Long and K aren D eschaine in walking the halls of John Glenn H igh School.

M em bers of the Class of 1993, the th ree women m ade l^ to r y of so rts tha t y ear b y pursu ing th e ir h igher education a t m il­ita ry academ ies. Long and D eschaine w ent to the U.S. M ilitary Acad­em y in W est Point, N. Y.; Sinclair w ent to the U.S. Coast G uard Academ y in New London, Conn.

D eschaine knew w here she w anted to go and it w as a conversation w ith h e r in h e r jun ior y ea r th a t led Long to give it a try.

“I s ta rted looking a t the W est Point, I never considered the other academ ies,” Long said. “I knew they looked a t aca­dem ics, leadership, phys­ical fitness and m o r^ character. They look fo r well-rounded students. I had the leadership, com ­m unity service, academ ­ics and sports.”

“It w as the opportuni­ty to serve,” D eschaine said. “W est Point is a leadersh ip institution a t its core and it has g rea t academ ics. The reason the A rm y is so good is the ch a rac te r and leadership. W est Point changes who you are. I t’s the experi­ence.”

Sinclair w as looking a t attending H illsdale Col­lege w hen a fam ily friend, R ay Ream e, a Coast G uard A uxihaiist, suggested she apply fo r the A cadem y Introduc­tion M ission program . AIM allows high school seniors to a ttend the Coast G uard Academ y fo r a w eek to determ ine if it’s the b est f it fo r them .

“I w anted to check d iffe ren t options before selecting a college,” she said. “I a ttended the pro­g ram and absolutely fell in love w ith th e Coast G uard and its m issions. The goal of th e academ y is to develop leaders of ch a rac te r who asp ire to selflessly serve our na­tion.”

'Rigorous' processBoth Long and D es­

chaine described the W est Point application

As a cadet, Sinclair served aboard several Coast Guard ships. In fact, after seven w eeks o f Sawb Summer, she spent a w eek on the Barque Eagle, America's three-masted tall ship.

process as “rigorous.” They received nom ina­tions from the late U.S. Rep. William D. Ford. Both found out they had been accepted before being nom inated through the a m eeting of M ichi­gan W est Point P aren ts Society and a phone call from the congressm an

B ut th e rigorousness of adm issions paled in com parison to life a t W est Point.

T he two wom en re ­ported to W est Point a t th e end o f June 1993 fo r basic training. A lot of “w eeding out” takes place during th a t f irs t sununer. A ccording to Deschaine, “25 p ercen t of the class didn’t ^ a d u a te , most leave the first year.”

“1 did p repare , bu t I ’m not su re tiiere is any kind of p repara tion fo r th a t kind of cu ltu re shock,”

she said. “N either of us had a b e tte r a lternative so we stayed. Quitting w as not an option.”

“You’re m uch m ore isolated w hen you’re there ,” Long said. “We le ft our f a n ^ y and our M en d s and we didn’t know w hen we’d ta lk to them . And w hen w e did, we w ere literally stand- injg in line to use a pay phone.”

“They couldn’t call you, you had to m ake friends w ith your class. You had to bond w ith them and dig in. You had to build your own net­work,” she added.

T heir pa ren ts got a few le tte rs th a t w ere “discouraging.” Theyw ere probably sim ilar to those w ritten by o ther soldiers in basic training.

“That w as the w orst sum m er and f irs t year.

and it only got m a r g i i ^ y better,” D eschaine said. “Cadets get a little m ore freedom each year. As seniors, they w ere m ade to feel they have all th is freedom , bu t they don’t. I t’s a v e ry controlling atm osphere, bu t a phe­nom enal experience.”

“You have to buy into it,” Long said. “I told m yself I ’m in th is fo r the long haul. You can quit up to the second year, bu t a f te r the th ird you can’t.”

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G uard A cadem y was ju st as rigorous. A fter the AIM program , S inclair com pleted h e r applica­tion “as quickly as pos­sible.” She qualified fo r the early action p rogram to get a decision by tiie end of D ecem ber and h e r com m itm ent by M ay L

“M y guidance counsel­o r a t John G lenn contact­ed th e adm issions office fo r m e ju s t befo re our Thanksgiving break , and w as inform ed th a t I was accepted ,” she said. “My g u id ^ c e counselor called m e out o f m y phys­ics class to le t m e Imow.”

According to Sinclair, the Coast G uard Acad- . em y is d iffe ren t from the o ther serv ice academieis, one of w hich is the p e r­centage of wom en who choose to a ttend it. H er class w as 30 p ercen t women. In 2012,37 p e r­cen t of the incom ing class was women, and th is y ea r it w as about 36 p e rc e n t— the highest percen tages in the acad­em y’s lUStOry.

The Coast G uard Academ y is also the sm allest, “so you ge t to know your c l^ s m a te s

v ery weU,” she said.“I m et som e am azing

wom en and m en a t the academ y, who becam e m y closest friends,” she said. “These a re the peo­ple who helped m e stay focused on graduating and serving in th e Coast G uard, and the ones who did push-ups w ith me, row ed c rew w ith me, studied w ith m e, and p repared fo r m ilita iy inspections w ith m e.”

She adm its being a t th e academ y a t 17 years old w as tough. W hen she re tu rn ed to school a fte r holiday b reaks, she thought about being a t a traditional college — “sleeping in, w earing sw eat pants to school, popping hom e to have m y paren ts do m y laundry.”> “A fter th a t hom e­sickness passed, howev­er, I could never im agine attendm g any o ther school,” she said. “Get­ting accepted to the acad­em y is incredibly diffi­cult, and ultim ately I w anted to serve m y coun­try as a Coast Guard officer. The thought of m y rew ard upon gradua­tion was enough to get m e through the h ^ d e s t days ... and having m y incred­ibly supportive paren ts and a b ro th e r back in W ayne helped m e stay focused.”

The academ ies a re essentially engineering schools, bu t the th ree wom en pursued d ifferen t studies.

Sinclair m ajo red in governm ent, b u t took a y ea r each of chem istry, physics and calculus. She also row ed on the NCAA division 3 crew team fo r fo u r y ears and com peted on th e f irs t wom en’s swim team a t the acad­emy. D uring h e r tim e there , it only fielded a wom en’s swim club. Women’s sw im m ing is now a NCAA division 3.

D eschaine, valedic­torian of Glenn’s class of 1993, w ent on to graduate on th e dean’s lis t o f W est Point’s class of 1997 w ith a degree in economics. W hile a t W est Point, she w as a m em ber of the spo rt parachu te team and jum ped th e gam e ball into num erous Arm y football gam es. She also w as nam ed the Overall Novice Cham pion a t the 1994 N ational Collegiate Skydiving Champion­ships.

Long, who worked at M ickeYs D airy TWist on W ayne Road befo re be-

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K a re n D e sch a in e an d Pam Lo ng w a lk e d d o w n th e m ain h a llw a y o f Jo h n G le n n H ig h Sch o o l d u rin g a re tu rn v is it e a r lie r th is m o n th , s ia bresler | staff pho to grapher

In 1993 , The O bserver to o k a p h o to o f th e th re e w o m e n - Je n n ife r B e e ch e r (fro m le ft ) Pam K o lo n g o w sk i an d K a re n D e s^ a in e b e fo re th e y had th e ir lo n g h a ir c u t.

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com ing a cadet, m ajored in psychology and earned an A m y M aster F itness qualification and A m y A irborne qualification.She g raduated in 1997 as a D istinguished Cadet w ith high g rades in aca­dem ics, n d l i t a ^ skills and physical fitness.

A f t e r t h e a c a d e m ie sA fter graduation, she

w as com m issioned as an o fficer in the M edical Service Corps, and sta­tioned a t Ft. Hood, Texas.M th in a few m onths of graduating she was on h e r w ay to Bosnia as p a rt o f a NATO peacekeeping task force.

“I ’d ju s t gotten m ar­r ied and less than a y ea r a f te r graduating I had to te ll m y husband who had w aited fo r fou r years, see you,” she said.

A fter Bosnia, she w as able to “hom e stay.”

As a f irs t lieutenant, she w as selected fo r the com m ander position of a MEDEVAC headquar­te rs . As a captain, she earned the Em ergency M edical Technician (EM T) certification and s e rv e d a s a n a s s is ta n t B rigade ’G aining O fficer fo r A m y m edics. She also earned a m aste r’s deg ree in educational psychology and becam e an applied behavioral therap ist.

Long served five y ears o f active duty, now she is active reserve . T here a re ce rta in specialties th a t don’t have a re lease from serv ice and have to be certified every year. She has one o f them .

“9/11 changed every­thing, now the m ilitary relies on the rese rv es and has to call back soldiers,” she said. “In post 9/11,1 saw the w orld’s largest open post becom e A e In g e s t closed post.”

Long fin ished her com m itm ent, bu t without the support netw ork, it w as getting stressfu l, ra ising children and se rv ­ing h e r country.

“I didn’t t h i ^ I could m aintain it long t e r n ,” she said. “I loved being in the A m y , it w as a g rea t experience. You work h a rd to get prom oted and you get prom oted. But th a t’s also your family.The m iU taty is a fam ily cu lture.”

She and h e r husband Ryan, h e r high school sw eetheart and “Stick M an,’ th e cartoonist fo r th e school newspaper, now live in Colorado w here she w orks w ith ch ildren w ith behavioral, language, social and de­velopm ental challenges associated w ith the au­tism spectrum .

D eschaine also has left th e A m y a f te r serving seven years. A fter g radu­ating from W est Point, she served in num erous ro les as an officer in the U.S. A m y ’s Finance Corps. She le ft the A m y in 2004 as a captain. She com m anded two compa­nies, including an a ir­borne finance conipany a t F o rt Bragg, N.C. She earned a m aste r of busi­ness adm inistration de­g ree in finance from A uburn U niversity and a law degree w ith a spe­cialization in business law from the U niversity

**rd j u s t g o tte n m a r r ie d a n d less th a n a y e a r a fte r g fa d d a tin g I had, to te ll m y h u sb a n d w ho h a d w a ite d fo r fo u r yea rs , see y o u .”PJUM LONG

of California.“M y husband and I

w ere bo th w orking too m uch, we struggled w ith who should get out,” she said. “The A m y sen t us both to Los A ngeles and I got into a rea lly good law schoo l I t w as & e righ t tim e and I w as in the r ig h t place.”

F or Deschaine, leav­ing the A m y was a life­sty le cho ice— two chil­dren , ages 1 and 3, vs. the active duty.

“I t w as a choice,” she said. “I didn’t w ant to get to th e b reak ing point. I t becam e a b igger deal w hen m y son w as b o m in 2001. M y ex-husband was deployed to A fghanistan in D ecem ber 2001. T here w as a rea l possibility th a t we both could go. Once I becam e a paren t, m y p rio rities changed.”

She now lives in San Diego w ith h e r 12-year- old son D akota and 10- year-old daughter, Jen n a Rain, and w orks as a co rporate attorney.

Of the th re e women, S inclair is the only one has rem ained in th e m il­itary. A fter graduating in 1997, she se rv ed as a deck w atch o fficer aboard USCGC SENECA and a t various positions a t the Coast G uard Academy, a t A ctivities (now Sector) New York in the Re­sponse D epartm ent and the Com m and C enter Emd as com m anding o fficer of Personnel Services and Support U nit H eadquar­te rs and as the Personnel Support D epartm ent H ead a t Base N ational Capital Region. She cu r­ren tly is a com m ander, assigned to the P e rfo r­m ance Technology Cen­te r in Yorktown.

Along th e way, she has earned a m aste r o f sci­ence deg ree in in struc­tional and p e rfo m a n c e

technology from Boise S tate U niversity. She m et h e r husband Mfke Sin­c la ir a t th e Academy, and they m arried a f te r their, , f ir s t tour. A lieutenant com m ander, he w orks a t the Legal Service Com­m and. They have a 6- year-old son. A rcher, and a new born daughter. Piper.

“M y husband w as a ship d riv e r and ship cap­ta in fo r six years and a ttended Coast Guard- sponsored law school a t Item ple U niversity du r­ing m y to u r a t Cape May,” she said. “H e now serves as a Coast G uard a tto rney in Norfolk. Throughout our dating and m arried life, w e’ve w orked closely w ith oiu* assignm ent o fficers to find challenging, high v isibility jobs w here we can live together w ithin a reasonable com m uting distance. I ’m so fo rtunate to be p a rt o f an organiza­tion th a t tru ly values w ork life balance.”

G r a t e f u l t o s e r v eAll th re e wom en a re

g rate fu l fo r the education Siey received and the opportunity to se rv e th e ir country. D eschaine and Long adm it they m iss the m ilita ry.

“W est Point teaches you th a t you have a life­tim e com m itm ent to your nation. How you fulfill th a t w hen you’re not in the A rm y ... I’m still t ry ­ing to figu re tha t out,” Long said.

“I love m y career, I ’m successfu l a t w hat I do, bu t I still m iss the Army,” D eschaine said. “I fee l I w as b o m to be a soldier. F o r women, I th ink it’s a g rea t p lace to build a career.”

And it’s th a t sense of serv ice th a t keeps them connected.

“The academ y was absolutely one o f the best experiences of m y life, and it w as the m ost c h ^ - lenging fou r y ears o f m y life, bu t I learned so m uch about leadership, friendship and p rofes­sional developm ent,” S inclair said.

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COMMUNITY CALENDARListings for the Community Calendar can be submitted by e-mail at smason@hometown- life.com. They also can be mailed to Sue Mason at 615 W. Lafayette - Second Level, De­troit, Ml 48226, or faxed to her attention at 313-223-3318. For more information, call 313-222- 6751.

UPCOMINGEVENTSA PPRA ISAL CLIN ICTim e/Date: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2.Location: Octagon House at the Westland Historic Village Park, 857 Wayne Road, Westland. D etails; DuMouchelle Galleries w ill be conducting an appraisal clinic at the Octagon House. The fee ls $10 per item for verbal apfvaisals, with a maximum of three items per person. Apprais­al items must be able to be brought inside the building. Contact: Call 734-522-3918 to let organizers know how many items you have to appraise and to obtain an estimated time slot for your appraisal.

CELIA C SUPPORTTlm e/Date: Monday, Nov. 11. Lo d tlo n : First Presbyterian Church, 26165 Farmington Road, Farmington.D eta ils: The next Tri-County Celiac Support Group general meeting w ill have Dr. Brandon Dorsey Ross w ill speak on “What's the Problem: Celiac Disease, Food Allergies, Food Intolerance.* Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

COM M UNITYRECEPTIONTlm e/Date: 3-4:30 p.m. Sat­urday, Oct. 26.W here: Hangar 1 on the west side of W illow Run Airport D etails: The community is invited to a reception and celebration of the fomner \ft/il- low Run Powertrain Plant hosted by the Yankee A ir Mu­seum. Those attending can step inside the formet bomber plant as it currently is configured for the final time. Light refresh­ments w ill be served.

CRAFTERS DAYHme/ D ay: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9.Location: St. Damian Parish, 29891 Joy, west of Middlebelt Westland.D etails: Calling all scrapbook- ers, card makers, jewelry makers and crafters. The fee for the day is $35, half day is $20, which includes a light breakfast lunch, dinner, snacks, friendship and

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FOR YOUR HEALTHSA FE PLACETlm e/date: 7 p.m. Thursdays. Location: Fellowship Hall at Merriman Road Baptist Church, 2055 Merriman, Garden City. D etails; A Safe Place is based on the Alcoholics for Christ pro­gram.Contact: Russ Weathers at 734-422-1995.

ADULT DAY SERVICESTlm e/Date: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays.Location; 570 S. Main S t, Plymouth.D eta il: A structured weekday alternative for adults in need of

supervision. Program provides activities and discussions to meet social, recreational and personal needs unique to dependent individuals.C ontact Laurie Krause at laurie.lrfecareads@gmail.com and 734-956-2600.

M ETRO HBROM YALGIATlm e/date: 1-3 p.m. Second and fourth Thursday of each month. Location; Merriman Road Baptist Church, 2055 Merriman, just w ^ of Ford in Garden City. D etails: The first meeting has a speaker, the second meeting Is open to discuss living w ith our fibromyalgia.C o n tact Ruthann at 734-981- 2519.

M ENOPAUSE & M ORETlm e/date: 7-9 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month. Location: Classroom 2 of the west addition of the Marian Women Center of St. Mary Mercy Hospital, 36475 Five Mile, Livonia.D etails: A support group for women, no registration is neces­sary, and the group is free of charge.C ontact 734-655-1100.

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TOUGHLOVETlm e/date: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays.Location: Northwest Wayne Skill Center, Ann Arbor Trail between Merriman and Far­mington, Livonia.D etails: Support group, new­comers welcome.C ontact 734-261-7880 or 248- 380-7748.U FEC A R ETim e/Date: 7- 9:15 p.m. Thurs­day.Location; 570 S. Main St., Plymouth.D etails: LifeCare is a care/ support/recovery groups for everyone fadng life's challenges. C ontact Lillian Easterly-Smith at info.lifecarecc@gmail.com or 734-956-2109.

EDUCATIONW ILLOW CR EEKLocation; 36660 Cherry Hill in Westland.D eta ils: W illow Creek Coopera­tive Preschool offers a Parent/ ' Tot, Young 3's, 3-year and 4-year programs.Contact; 734-326-0078.

ST. DAM IANLocation: 29891 Joy, Westland. D eta ils: St. Damian Catholic School offers preschool for 3-4-year-olds and fu ll day kin­dergarten through grade 8. Contact: 734-427-1680, www.stdamian.com.YWCA PRESCH O O L D etails: The YWCA of Western Wayne County’s Education Department offers quality preschool programs for ages 2-5 at no cost to most families.There are many locations avail­able throughout the communi­ty. Home-based programs are also available.C o n tact 313-561-4110, Ext. 10

ST. M ARYLocation: S t Mary Catholic School, 34516 Michigan Ave., Wayne.D eta ils: St. Mary School offers pre-K 3 and 4 and kindergarten- eighth-grade. St. Mary has been recognized as a School of Dis­tinction.C o n tact For more Information, call the school office at 734-721- 1240.

ORGANIZATIONSFRIEN DS OF ELO ISEHm e/date: 7 p.m. third Tuesday of the months of February, April, June, September and November. Location: Collins House in the Westland Historic Village Park, 857 N. Wayne Road between Marquette and Cherry Hill, Westland.C o n tact Pat Ibbotson at 734- 331-9291 or by e-mail at pibbot-

so@aol.com or Jo Johnson 734-522-3918.

W ESTLAND ROTARYHm e/Date: 12:15 p.m. Thurs­days.Location : Joy Manor, 28999 Joy, east of Middlebelt, Westland. D eta ils: Com m unity Service programs and planning. Catered lunch; visitors welcome. Visit www.westlandrotary.com for more information about meet­ings, programs and events. C o n tact Jeff at 734-261-5010.

FAM ILY CA REG IVERSTim e/Date: 7 p.m. first Monday of the month.Location: Plymouth District Library, 223 S. Main, Plymouth. D eta ils: For residents of south­ern and western Wayne County who are caring for fam ily mem­bers and/or friends age 60 and older, or who are over age 60 themselves. Offered by Adult Well-Being Services through The Senior Alliance. Funded by The Senior Alliance and United Way. C o n tact Helen Streett at 734- 629-5004. Call to confirm time and date, if coming for the first time.

C A R EG IV ER S- SPOUSESTim e/Date: 1 p.m. second Tuesday of the month.Location: Plymouth District Library, 223 S. Main, Plymouth. D eta ils: For residents of south­ern and western Wayne County who are caring for a spouse age 60 and older, or who are over age 60 themselves. Offered by Adult Well-Being Services through The Senior Alliance. Funded by The Senior Alliance and United Way.C o n tact Helen Street at 734- 629-5004. Call to confirm time and date, if coming for the first time.

C A R EG IV ER S- W ESTLANDTim e/Date; 7 p.m. the third Thursday of the month. Location: American House III, 35700 Hunter, Westland. D eta ils: For residents of south­ern and western Wayne County who are caring for fam ily mem­bers and/or friends age 60 and older, or who are over age 60 themselves. Offered by Adult Well-Being Services through The Senior Alliance. Funded by The Senior Alliance and United Way. C o n tact Helen Street at 734- 629-5004. Call to confirm time and date, if coming for the first time.

W IDOW ED MENTim e/Date: 9 a.m. Thursdays. Location: Steve's Family Restau­rant, 15800 Middlebelt, Livonia. D etails: Widowed Friends, a peer group of the Archdiocese of Detroit, invites widowed men to meet with other widowed men for breakfast at 9 a.m. at Steve's Family Restaurant on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. Many topics are discussed including those that may be pertinent to your own situation. Also, ideas are pre­sented to help you become involved in the activities of Widowed Friends.C o n tact For more Information, call Dick at 313-534-0399.

BURROUGHS OLD TIM ERSTim e/Date: 11:30 a.m. on the last Friday of the month. Location: Plym outh Elks Club, 41700 Ann Arbor Road, Ply­mouth.D eta ils; Any former employees of Burroughs/Unisys are wel­come to join us to socialize or renew acquaintances. There is no cost to join or to attend. A cash bar and a fish buffet are available but not mandatory. C o n tact John Kusch 734-751- 9765 or kuschjt@yahoo.com.

LIONS CLUBTim e/Date: 11:45 a.m. the second Monday of the month and at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month. Location: Big Boy Restaurant at Wayne Road and Hunter in Westland.

D etails: The Westland Lions Club holds lunch and dinner meetings on Mondays.C o n tact For more information, call 734-721-4216.

TOASTM ASTERSTim e/Date: 7-8:30 p.m. every Thursday.Location: Warriors 3 Comics & Games, 35613 Michigan Ave., Wayne. Enter from parking lot entrance.D eta ils: Wayne-Westland Easytalkers Toastmasters Club provides a supportive environ­ment where members can overcome the fear of speaking in public The membership is a diverse group from different walks of life.co n ta c t For more information, call Curt at 734-525-8445, Luddie at 734-414-0034 or visit west- landeasytalkers.toastmaster- sclubs.org.

FISH DIAL-A-RIDED etails: Fish Dial-A-Ride of Western Wayne County is seek­ing volunteer drivers and phone messengers. Volunteer drivers, using their own vehicles, desig­nate days, times, and areas they are willing to drive. Volunteer phone messengers arrange client rides with our volunteer drivers one day each week from the comfort of their home. Fish Dial-A-Ride of Western Wayne County is a not-for-profit com­munity service that provides free door-to-door rides to non­emergency medical and other necessary appointments for senior and disabled residents of Garden City, Livonia, and West- land who are unable to drive and have no alternative trans­portation.Contact: For more information, call 888-660-2007 and leave a message.

EARTH AN GELSD etails: Earth Angels, a chil­dren's entertainment/perfor- mance non-profit group com­posed of kids ages 9-16 years old, is looking to fill spots. There are openings for girls ages 9-11 with at least two years of dance experience and boys ages 9-12 with no experience needed just an interest In performing. The group delivers a high energy show made up of choreo­graphed dance routines spiced with theatrics and lip-synching to the great Oldies music of the '50s and ‘60s as well as some current fare.C ontact www.earthangelson- tour.org or by e-mail to ean- gel1986@comcastnet.

CITIZENS FOR PEA CETlm e/date; 7 p.m. on the sec­ond Tuesday of each month. Location: Unity of Livonia Church on Five Mile, between Middlebelt and In k ier, Livonia. D etails: The group is dedicated to working for creation of a U.S. Department of Peace. All are welcome.C ontact Colleen Mills at 734- 425-0079.

SILVER STRINGS DULCIM ERTlm e/date: 7-9 p.m. the first and third Thursday of the month.Location; Good Hope Lutheran Church, 28680 Cherry Hill, Garden City.D eta ils: Musicians and listeners are welcome to stop by and visit a traditional music jam. Acoustic instruments include hammered and mountain dulcimer, guitar, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, con­certina, autoharp, recorder, pennywhistle, ukulele and upright bass.C o n tact 734-482-2902, httpV/ geocities.com/ssdsociety.

GARDEN CITY KIW ANISTlm e/date: 12:15 p.m. Thurs­days.Location: Amantea Restaurant, 32777 Warren Road, Garden City.D eta ils: Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to bettering the world one child and one com­munity at a time. Guests and potential new members are welcome.

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Atlas Oil Company names Evans president and COO

M ich ae lEvans

Sam Simon, chairm an and CEO of Atlas Oil Company, announced the prom otion of M ichael Evans of Wayne to the newly c rea ted position of_______ p resident

and chief operating officer. Evans was executive vice-presi­dent. R eal E state and Business Develop­

m ent.W ith th is move, Simon

will transition to a m ore v i s i o n ^ ro le fo r Atlas Oil while shifting the day to day execution of the business to Evans. The change is effective inune- diately and will fully transition by Jan . 1,2014.

“We a re charting a pa th to m ove Atlas Oil Company forw ard to becom e the best in our industry,” Simon said. “A fter 28 years of being involved in the day to day leadership o f Atlas, I will now m ove to a m ore s tra ­teg ic and visionary role wMch is critical to our com pany’s growth. Mi­chael and I have been p a rtn e rs and business associates fo r the p ast 17 years. I have com plete confidence in his, ability to take over the reins as p residen t and guide us into the exciting years

ahead.”Evans joined Atlas in

the fall o f 1996. Since then, he has held a num ­b er of executive posi­tions, including heading up rea l esta te develop­m ent and sales, serving as com m ercial and indus­tria l sales m anager and as ch ief developm ent o fficer of A tlas Oil Com­pany. H e has also been instrum ental in com plet­ing several acquisitions fo r the company.

“I am honored to be nam ed to th is new ro le as p resident and COO of Atlas Oil,” Evans said. “U nder Sam’s leadership, I have had the opportuni­ty to develop m y deep knowledge of the busi­ness. I look forw ard to helping us m ove forw ard as both a com pany and a respected corporate citi­zen in the com m unities and businesses we serve.”

Evans’ business career spans m ore than 24 years, including eight years w ith E lectronic D ata System s (EDS) w here he began as a financial ana­lyst supporting G eneral M otors E xecutive S taff business units. H e was selected fo r m any signifi­cant M&A opportunities culm inating in the lead financial role fo r the negotiating team on EDS’s spin o ff from Gen­e ra l M otors (GM) in 1996.

Evans attended West­e rn M ichigan U niversity and graduated w ith hon­ors w ith a bachelor of business adm inistration degree in finance and accounting. H e is active in several professional organizations, including the Society o f Indepen­dent Gasoline M arketers of A m erica, National Association of Conve­nience Stores and the M ichigan Petroleum Association.

H e also served on the State o f M ichigan D epart­m ent o f Environm ental Quality’s U nderground Storage Ih n k System Q eanup Advisory Board. Evans has also been ac­tive in conununity organi­zations, including the H arvest Temple Cass C orridor O utreach group, a feeding p rogram fo r the hom eless and the World Vision Organization.

H eadquartered in Taylor, Michigan, Atlas m aintains operational cen te rs in Thylor and Niles, Mich.; Hammond,

. Ind.; Toledo, Ohio; La Feria, Texas; M onahans, Texas; Odessa, Texas; Victoria, Texas; Albu­querque, N.M.; Orlando, Fla. and Charlotte, N.C., and has satellite offices in Houston, Texas; Scotts­dale, Ariz. and Minneapo­lis, Minn.

F or m ore inform ation, visit www.atlasoiLcom

BUSINESS NEW SMAKERSC o - O p h o s t s

H a llo w e e n p a r t y

Rock S tar Savers, the m ascot fo r Co-op Ser­vices C redit Union’s youth program s, invites fam ilies to join him fo r a Halloween P arty and Parade a t the W estland Shopping Center, 35000 W arren Road in Westland, Saturday, O c t 26.

The cred it union has team ed up w ith the Radio D isney Jr. Road Crew Show to sponsor the fam ­ily fim event from noon to 2 p.m. in the Rock S tar P lay A rea, n ear the J.C. Penney departm ent store.

Children a re encour­aged to w ear th e ir H al­loween costum es and participate in the Cos­tum e Parade. There will be two parades to accom ­m odate fam ily schedules, w ith the f irs t to begin a t 12:15 p.m. and the second a t 1:15 p.m. during tihe activity-filled event.

“We look forw ard to everyone having a g rea t tim e and giving aw ay a lot o f fun prizes,” said l i s a Faw cett, Co-op Services’ vice president o f m arket­ing. “We’ve enjoyed our longtim e partnersh ip w il£ the folks a t W estland Shopping Center, which provides a wonderful venue fo r fam ily events like this.”

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R o ck S ta r S a v e rs is th e m asco t fo r C o-op S e rv ice s C re d it U n io n 's y o u th p ro g ram s.

Livonia, Co-op Services C redit Union has m ore than 50,000 m em bers and m aintains e ight full-ser­vice b ranch offices in the D etroit m etro area. M em ­bers also have access to m ore than 3,000 shared branches and 28,000 ATMs nationwide.

V illa g e P e o p le re a ch m ile s to n e

Ju ly 2 w as a big day fo r the five-year-old BNI Group Village People.

The business netw ork­ing group reached $1,000,000 in a rolling 12-month to tal fo r re ­fe rra ls passed to one another, according to Kelly M. Perkins, past p resident o f the group.

“This is a huge achievem ent fo r the Vil­lage People, w hich is a group w ith approxim ate­ly 30 active m em bers, rep resen ting th irty d e ­fe ren t businesses,” P e r­

kins said. “The Village People have m ade a com­m itm ent to helping one another succeed.”

U nder the direction of BNI (Business Network­ing Inteniational), the Village People m eet weeWy to provide re ­fe rra ls to one another, educate each other re ­garding th e ir individual businesses and to support chap ter m em bers in de­veloping th e ir businesses.

W hile the Village Peo­ple a re a local group, BNI has chap ters n a tio n ^ y and internationally.

“T hirty sm all busi­nesses generating $1 million w orth of business in a y ea r is outstanding,” Perk ins said. “The Village People a re a very active BNI C hapter locally. I am proud to be associated w ith such professional, hard w o r l^ g people.”

Perkins, ow ner and senior ch ief instructo r of G uardian M artial A rts and F itness in G arden City, served a y ear as p residen t o f the chap ter and has been a five-year m em ber.

F o r m ore inform ation about m em bership in the Village People, contact Jack W alterscheid a t 734-678-1785. W alter- scheid, of Renaissance Roofing, began his tenure as chap ter president on O ct.l.

F u n is g o o d a n d good fo r businessW hen was the las t

tim e you had fun conducting

business som ew here or w ith someone? H opefully it w as quite recently!

And chances are you’re m ore likely to do business again with the organization o r indiitid- ual who provided the positive experience. T hat’s accord ing to the R etail M arketing In­stitu te , whose study of custom er reten tion re ­po rts th a t 70 percen t of custom ers would go som eplace else if it w ere “m ore fun” to do busi­ness elsew here.

Fun is good — and good fo r business.

M ore specifically, ftm is one of the keys to re ­tain ing custom ers. Sales and serv ice expert Scott M cKain addressed th is topic in his Yes! N etw ork sem inar titled “All Busi­ness is Show Business: How to Consistently C reate O utstanding Cus-

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tom er E xperiences.”“The ‘fun ’ s ta tis tic

doesn’t m ean people w ant a standup com e­dian; it m eans they’re looking fo r som ettiing d ifferen t, som ething exciting o r enjoyable. In o ther w ords, custom ers w ant an experience,” Scott M c C ^ said.

I f instead of providing the experience custom ­e rs w ant we ju s t “sa tis­fy” them , w e risk a stag­gering loss o f custom er retention . A ccording to a X erox su rvey of rep ea t business, only 6 percen t o f “satisfied” custom ers re tu rned . On the o ther hand, 66 p e rcen t of “highly” o r “ex trem ely” sa tisfied custom ers re ­turned .. “W hat these sta ts

show,” said Scott M c C ^ , “is th a t trym g to ‘sa tisfy ’ custom ers is not se tting the b a r high enough. We have to ra ise the b a r if we a re going to get th e rep ea t business th a t every com paity is a fter.”

Let’s have some fun — and a sunny day!

C la r ityP.S. ‘T eop le ra re ly

succeed unless they have fun in w hat they a re doing.”

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Clarity Patton Newhouse is president o f Sunny Media Group In c , located at 39209 Six M ile, Suite 165, Livonia. She w rites °A Sunny N ote" to brighten the day w ilb encouraging insights fo r business and life . "A Sunny Note ° also is published online atASunnyNote.com fo r readers across America and beyond. To reach her, call 734-855-4728 or find her on Faceboofc at www.facebook.com l sunnynotes.

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G e n e ra l m an ag e r Jo e B a u e r m an s th e sc isso rs to c u t th e rib b o n s ig n ify in g co m p le tio n o f a rem o d e lin g o f th e Red Lo b ste r R e sta u ra n t in W e stla n d .

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shows off makeoverM em bers of M ayor

W illiam V ^ d ’s s ta ff and rep resen ta tiv es o f the W estland C ham ber of Com m erce joined gener­al m anager Joe B auer in a ribbon cu tting cere ­m ony las t w eek to cele­b ra te the new ly rem od­eled Red L obster R es­tau ran t in W estland.

A p a rt of the West- land com m unity fo r 38 years, the restau ran t, located on W ayne Road, no rth of Ford Road, underw ent m ore than $200,000 in in te rio r and ex te rio r renovations.

The res tau ran t re ­m odel is p a rt of R ed L obster’s b ro ad er b rand re fresh , w hich also in­cludes the introduction of wood-fire grills in the restau ran ts , an expan­sion of its fre sh fish m enu and non-seafood options and the la rg est core m enu transfo rm a­tion in the b ran d ’s histo­ry.

In 2011, R ed L obster announced a plan to rem odel all of its nearly 700 res tau ran ts across the US and Canada to a design insp ired b y the seafaring village bf B ar H arbor, M aine. The new design, f ir s t developed in 2005, w as selected

a fte r a rigorous, m ulti­y e a r p rocess th a t in­cluded guest focus groups, qualitative su r­veys and m arke t testing.

The new design in­cludes:

» New ex te rio r fea­tu res , such as a stone tow er sim ilar to arch i­tec tu re used throughout New England, ship lan­te rn s to welcom e ^ e s t s a f te r dark, and AcUron- dack-style chairs to encourage conversation and m in g lin g outside.

» Expanded seating fo r large parties and energy-saving u p ^ a d e s such as LED Ughting, c rea ting an inviting a tm osphere foi: guests.

Among the ex te rio r fea tu res a re ship lan­te rn s and window decals th a t spell out th e types of s e ^ o o d guests

R ed Lo b ste r g e n e ra l p ia n a g e r Jo e B au b r accep ts a c e rtific a te o f re co g n itio n fro m W e stla n d M ayo r W illia m w ild fo llo w in g a rib b o n Q Jttin g cerem or^y la s t w e e k a t th e n e w ly rem o d eled re s ta u ra n t

find inside. Also fea­tu red is new sibnage w ith a c o n te m ^ riz e d logo and updated lobster icon and a new m odifier highlighting R e^ Lob­s te r ’s signatu re fresh offerings.

In m aking th e an­nouncem ent, R ed Lob­s te r p residen t Kim Lop- d rup said, “O ur guests a re a t the h e a rt o f ev­ery th ing w e do, and while th e ir love fo r our delicious seafood and friend ly servicb has never been stronger, they ’ve exp ressed a desire fo r a m o te up-to- da te atm osphere. We listened to th e ir feed­back and a re ve ry proud to now offe r guests this beautifu l new se tting in w hich to enjoy a re ­fresh ing seaside dining experience.”

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Helping Goodfellows makes cents

I f a jou rney of a thousand m iles begins w ith ju s t the f irs t step, then surely th e goal o f collecting a million pennies begins with ju s t th e f irs t one. We’re hoping th a t each of our read ers will take th a t f ir s t s tep and contrib- ute^that f ir s t peimy, and if you can, a few m ore to help the Livonia Goodfellows m ake a rea l d ifference in the lives of those they touch.

On Saturday, Oct. 26, th e Observer is joining forces w ith the G arden City Goodfellows in m ark ing M ake A D ifference Day. The goal is to collect p enn ies— and oth­e r m onetary contributions — to help the G arden City

Goodfellows in th e im portan t w ork it does in the community.

^ 1 1 ^ To help, w e a re asking you to b ring your pennies to G arden C ity H igh School, 6500 M iddlebelt, in G arden

j x S City. S ta ff from th e Garden City Ob-(^ 9 1 server will be th e re w ith m em bers of

the Goodfellows from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to receive your donations.

The Goodfellows have a long h istory of serv ing G ar­den City. Although the leadersh ip and m em bersh ip of the Goodfellows have changed in these m any years, the goal o f th is organization has rem ained the sam e — to provide a b it o f holiday ch ee r fo r G arden City’s needy citizens in the a rea of food, toys and clothing.

D uring the 2012 C hristm as season, the G arden City Goodfellows provided C hristm as g ifts and food fo r 141 fam ilies, including 337 children.

The G arden City Goodfellows have developed as an aU-volimteer, S01(CX3) non-profit organization. They w ork to m ake su re th a t every child in the a re a is rem em ­b ered during the holiday season.

B ut th a t will only happen if you decide to jo in us to M ake A D ifference in th e “Pennies from H eaven” cam ­paign.

W hen the m oney ru n s out, so does the help. Your pen­nies can help ensure th a t your neighbors, your friends, the ch ildren down the block all have a b rig h te r holiday season.

B ut it all s ta r ts w ith ju s t th e f ir s t penny. Won’t you m ake it yours?

Look both ways before hikmg state speed limitsLegislation to be in troduced in Lansing th is fa ll to

in crease speed lim its, including to as h igh as 85 m ph on som e sections of expressw ay, should be consid­e red dead on a r r iv a l ... so th a t m ore d riv e rs do not a rr iv e a t the hospital th a t way.

F or y ears , we have been to ld th a t speed kills. I t w as the ju stifica tion fo r a ll those speeding tick e ts wb’ve been handed. I t w as th e ju stifica tio n fo r all those h ikes in insurance ra te s w hen w e ea rn ed points on ou r d riv e r’s licenses.

Now, s ta te Sens. R ick Jones, R -G rand Ledge, and Tom C asperson, R -Escanaba, a re proposing to ra ise speed lim its as a sa fe ty im provem ent.

“F o r decades, it’s been p roven th a t if you post the p ro p er speed lim it, it’s safer, you have few er acci­den ts and have b e tte r tra f f ic flow,” Jon^s said o f his p lan to d ra f t th e b ill fo r law m akers to consider th is fall.

A M ichigan S tate Police spokesm an poin ted ou t th a t in som e sections o f exp ressw ay w here th e speed lim it has been low ered to 55 m ph, those who follow th e lim it “c re a te chaos.”

T hese points m ay be w ell taken , b u t th e m ost ho r­r if ic acciden ts w e ^ i c a l l y see involve expressw ay c rossovers ending in head-on collisions. A t a 70 m ph speed lim it, c a rs on opposite sides o f th e exp ressw ay close b n each o ther a t 140 m ph. A t 85 m ph, th a t d if­fe ren tia l speed would be a m ind-bending 170 m ph.

The b es t a rg iunen t fo r increasing speeds com es from L ivingston Coimty R oad Com m ission M anager M ike C raine, who poin ts ou t th a t d iffe ren t speeds driven by d iffe ren t d riv e rs on th e sam e side of the exp ressw ay causes problem s, including lane changes and weaving.

B ut increasing th e m axim um m ay only in crease th e problem . T here w ill alw ays b e speeders , who th en m ay b e going 90 o r 95 m ph.

And law -abiding d riv e rs will th en be going up to . 85 m ph. B ut w e doubt th a t d riv e rs who now p u tte r along th e expressw ay a t 60 m ph w ill ev e r be con­vinced to d rive a t speeds th ey ’re no t com fortab le with. N or should they.

T hink o f elderly (h iv e rs , new d riv e rs and p a ren ts w ith c a rs fu ll o f kids who ju s t w an t to tak e it easy w hen th ey a re on th e road. Do w e te ll them th ey h av e to zoom along a t 85 m ph, o r s tay off th e expressw ay? A re w e going to post signs on th e en tran ce ram p s th a t say “Speed dem ons only”?

We’d be m ore convinced th is w as rea lly an e ffo rt to im prove safe ty by lim iting th e d e fe re n tia l speed if the proposal was to ra ise th e m inim um from the c u rre n t 55 m ph. Or to rev iew those sections o f road w here the sp eed lim it has been low ered to de te rm ine w hether th a t low ered speed is appropriate .

The sen ato rs a rg u e tiiey w ant to elim inate speed tra p s and increases in in su ran ce ra te s . T hat’s fine, b u t those concerns could be ad d ressed in o th e r w ays.

Some o th er sta tes have in creased speeds, propo­nen ts argue . I t seem s to us th a t law m akers should study how w ell th a t w orks out b e fo re m oving ahead on such a proposal. Do h ig h er speeds im prove safety, o r ju s t th e opposite?

On th is proposal, leg isla to rs should look both w ays and proceed c a u tio u s ly ... ju s t like we should drive.

O b s e r v e rSue M ason,Community Editor Susan Rosiek,Executive Editor

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W hy I won’t be voting fo r the m illage in W ayne th is Novem ­b e r

» In the las t five years, the com pany I w orked a t fo r 14 y ears closed. I had not had a ra ise in four y ea rs and m y 401K tanked. I took a job fo r $20,000 less in spite of m y 23 y ears expe-.' rience.

» The value of m y hom e de­clined. All m y u tilities have gone up; the p rice of gasoline has gone up, and the p rice o f g ro cer­ies has gone up.

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» I’m still driv ing m y 1999 car.» The city of W ayne has, a

new police station, new police ca rs and a K-9 unit, has m erged w ith W estland, w hich w as sup­posed to be a big cost savings, and paid a g ran t w rite r $60,000 to b rin g m oney into the city.

I w as able to survive the re ­cession because I live w ithin m y m eans. \Wien tim es w ere good, we paid off our hom e and put m oney aw ay fo r th e futiu-e. Be­ing lifelong M ichiganders, we didn’t expect them to las t fo rev­er. We a re already paying fo r the people who lost th e ir hom es and the banks and auto com panies who w ere bailed out. E xpecting us to pay even m ore fo r basic c ity serv ices like police and f ire is unreasonable and th rea ten ing us w ith loss of p ro tection every tim e they a re sh o rt o f funds is ju s t wrong. It 's tim e fo r the city to live w i t ^ its m eans like the responsible citizens we have been.

Lori Nelson■ Wayne

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having a chat w ith Kevin Cole­m an who is running fo r W estland City Council. W hat a w onderful young m an he is w ith ideas and som eone vrithout stagnant politi­cal sm iles. H e will add honesty, in teg rity and m ore enthusiasm to th e W estland City Council.

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'This is a nation th a t bases itse lf on the idea of rep resen ta ­tive governm ent. I t is a nation th a t while we all believe could do better, encourages all citizens to cast th e ir votes fo r people to rep resen t them in goverm nent.

Wayne County Com m issioner Laura Cox w rote a le tte r to the ed ito r of the Detroit News say­ing she th inks we need an em er­gency m anager to be appointed to ru n ou r county. I am appalled.

M ichigan vo ters tu rn ed out in droves last year, voting fo r a proposal to overtu rn the em er­gency m anager law, only to find a lopsided p artisan leg isla ture w orking into the w ee hours o f a lam e-duck-session in D ecem ber to ju s t tu rn around and pass ano ther em ergency m anager law assigning even m ore pow er (and salary) over e lected rep resen ta ­tives in M ichigan than even before.

I have attended County Com­m ission m eetings, listened to the talk ing heads on radio, and had to see Com m issioner Cox a t m eetings, hoping I would be able to d e tec t even th e slightest glim ­m er of a profound idea from h e r as a m em ber of th e commission.

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As nearly th e lone Republican on the com m ission, I th ink all I hear is h e r fru stra tio n being unable to advance h e r unproductive agen­da, p resid ing as Vice C hair of the Commission. I w asn 't siu p rised seeing h e r cast h e r vote against th e new County E thics Ordi­nance, saying it didn 't go fa r enough?

I t has been said vo ters have sho rt m em ories. N ot th is one. I am a citizen, living in Wayne County, a v e te ran o f foreign w ars, and a be liever in the con­cep t of rep resen ta tive govern­m ent. I do not believe in one w here appointed "managers" have g rea te r pow ers and au thor­ity than those e lec ted by the people I live w ith in th is comm u­nity. Com m issioner Cox, thank you fo r showing your tru e colors fo r us all, and sta ting fo r u s your stand against a rep resen ta tiv e w ay of governm ent.

R. BurnettLivonia

G re e d a n d lie sI read an in teresting , and

v e ry biased, a rtic le on A e edito­ria l page of one of our daily pa­pers.

T he ed ito r w rote th a t the A ffordable C are A ct will h u rt M ichigan businesses. H e cites two co ipo ra te tycoons — the f irs t said he would fire w orkers and th e second will no t h ire full­tim e em ployees. Now, rem em ­ber, these a re two of the CEOs who w ere given a fortune in your tax dollars b y R ick Snyder and the tea p a rty — $4 billion and counting. Snyder assu red us that due to th is giveaway, we would be in the land of miUt and honey. Surprise!

This did not happen because they pocketed the money, honey. To add insu lt to injury, they a re now planning to pu t the screw s to the ve ry people whose taxes w ere ra ised to pay fo r Snyder’s folly.

G reed, lies and right-w ing ex trem ism — these words should be incorporated in the tea p a rty an them and sung a t the nex t R epublican convention.

James Huddleston Canton

It 's th e la wR epublican Sen. Ted Cruz of

Texas pu t on his ego-driven a rro ­gance and self-cen tered political prom otion fo r 20-plus hours on the Senate floor. Why? Because he is opposed to the Congress- passed and Suprem e Court-up­held A ffordable C are Act (ACA).

H e th rea ten s to shu t down fed era l governm ent in o rd e r to de-fund the ACA. In th is ex er­

cise of anarchy, he rem inds us of a little frigh tened boy throw ing a tem p er tan trum because he cannot get his way.

This is a sk it w orthy o f Sat­urday Night Live, excep t it is costing lives o f A m ericans citi­zens while Cruz and h is tea p a rty follow ers have a hissy fit over ex isting law. The issue fo r R e­publicans is allowing Ted Croz to quote his affection fo r W hite C astle la m b u rg e rs and G reen E ggs and H am , while som e 50 m illinn A m erican citizens do not have health care.

To m y fellow Republicans, get a grip. 'The ACA is th e law of the land. W hat you a re doing unddr th e cover of p a rty p u rity is de­stroy ing th e fu tu re access of health ca re to your fellow citi­zens. This stance has no political, eth ical o r m oral foundation. The recen t an tics of Ted Cruz ju st p roved it.

Gerald M axeyFarmington Hills

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Of course, we all know th e re ’s no way th e GOP will give th is one second of serious thought. B ut thank you fo r breach ing the su b je c t

Since you get to in terv iew potential Republican candidates fo r office, do you th ink you can ask them w here they stand oh th is so it’s on the record? And then be bold enough to caU them out and le t your read ers know w hen th ey don’t keep th e ir word? I ’m willing to b e t they ’ll a ll be fo r it un til th ey ge t in of­fice. Any takers?

Mitch OubanikLivonia

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calls a million cars because of defects, th e general public hard ­ly blinks. I f a pharm aceutical com pany sells a d ru g harm fu l to individual users, th ey reca ll the d rug and continue m aking o ther products. Food p rocessors have inadverten tly poisoned people. Drains and planes can be danger­ous. And the public, un less per- sonaUy affected , yawns.

The F edera l Governm ent rolls out an en te rp rise involving billions of dollars, thousands o f , w orkers, a new ly crea ted elec­tronic netw ork in an effo rt to accom m odate millions o f unin­su red A m ericans b y bringing them together w ith dozens of insurance com panies. The trou­blesom e glitches invariably encountered in any new born innovation a re m inor com pared to vicious effo rts to sabotage the p rq ^ 'a m by propaganda.

The A ffordable H ealth C are A ct was declared a fa ilu re be­fo re its f ir s t day of operation ended. B ut it wfll survive, w ounded and repaired , perhaps, and millions of people enjoy the benefits.

And, when Suprem e Court Ju s tice Antonin Scalia recen tly a rgued th a t a $3.6 m illion politi­cal contribution by a single do­no r is not “a heck of a lot of mon­ey” in today’s political environ- m ent,'he p re tty w ell indicated w here m ost of us stand in the eyes of R epublican leaders.

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side th e ir hom es. We go about o u r daily lives doing rou tine activ ities th a t a re necessa ry fo r th ings to n m smoothly. We a re su rrounded by chem icals and toxins th a t a re th e link behind m ost o f th e sickness and d isease th a t is becom ing so p rev a len t today.

T h irty y ea rs ago it w as r a r e to h e a r of peo­p le having ADD/ADHD, A lzheim er’s, allerg ies, a rth ritis , asthm a, autism , can cer in th e family, d iabetes, digestion p rob­lem s, eczem a, psoriasis, rosacea , fibrom yalgia, lupus, o r m ultip le sclero­sis. These a re a ll d irec tly linked to toxins we a re exposed to day a f te r day. O ver tim e, th ese toxins b rea k down and conipro- m ise o u r im m une, ner-

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vous, and endocrine system s. T hat’s w hen these d iseases begin to em erge. Dr. W alter J Crinnion, E nvironm ental H ealth Specialist, a f­firm s th ese fac ts in his study o f th is re la tion­ship.

We th ink o f ou r hom es a s a safe haven, a p lace w here mu: life happens and our fam ily grows.We go th e re to re s t, re lax and recharge . We n ev er th ink about exposure to p roducts th a t m ake life easie r being laden w ith dangerous toxins. M ost o f these cannot be seen, nor do w e smeU them , b u t ou r bodies re a c t to th em in th e various

fo rm s o f hea lth m aladies lis ted above.

V arious stud ies have been done th a t v e rify our hom e a ir quality is filled w ith dangerous toxic gases fa r g re a te r than th e ou tside air. C onsider th is as you w alk down th e clean ing aisle a t your g rocery store . T h ere is a v e ry s trong p resen ce of chem icals in th e air. T hese a re called out gases com ing from sealed containers.

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M any persona l ca re p roducts a re laden w ith dangerous ingred ien ts, including baby p roducts th a t m ost of us thought w ere sa fe fo r ou r p re ­cious little ones. ‘] ^ e a look a t th e ing red ien t label on yo u r baby sham ­poo. Look them up on the In te rn e t and find out fo r

y o u rse lf how v e ry dan­gerous th ey a re . M ost perso n a l ca re p roducts contain ing red ien ts like fo rm aldehyde (Q-15, o r quatemixun-15).

E very th ing w e com e in con tac t w ith has an e ffec t on o m bodies. W hether we b rea th e it in th ro u g h inhaling, o r abso rb it th ro u g h our sk in w hen in con tac t w ith th e substance, o r ingest it th rough som e­th ing we eat, ou r su r­roundings can e ith e r be vo latile o r friendly.

Education is th e key. We need to be in fo rm ed to p ro te c t our fu tu re h e ^ th and th a t o f our fam ilies. G etting back to n a tu re and m oving aw ay from syn thetics and tox ins will help sa fe ­gu ard o u r futime. I t is w ith in o u r pow er to step aw ay from trad itional w ays o f doing th ings and

to choose b e tte r a lte rn a ­tives.

In som e cases going g reen is a little m ore pricey. B ut th a t doesn’t alw ays have to be the case. By m aking changes in our hom es we can ligh ten the tox ic load on ou r bodies to live a health ie r sa fe r fu tu re .

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na tu ra lly based house­hold p roducts m any have seen incred ib le re su lts in th e ir daily health . M any people w ith a lle rg ies and asthm a issues finally see re lie f and control. Prob­lem s w ith eczem a, pso ri­asis, and ro sacea im ­proved d ram atically by changing to n a tu ra lly based persona l ca re products. Som e have seen d iseases, such as MS or lupus, go into re ­m ission sim ply by m ak­

ing th e ir hom es fre e of chem icals and toxins by going green.

The choice is up to us. O ur fu tu re lives can be f re e o f cripp ling dis­eases, if w e use wisdom in m aking b e tte r choices. O f course, therefs no w ay o f to tally erad ica tin g all c h e m ic ^ s and tqxins in ou r lives, bu t we can m ake sm art choices to im prove th e direction th ings have gone.

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, M th m ore A m ericans working m ore than one job, caring fo r children and aging paren ts, o r ju s t try in g to keep th e ir head above crow ding financial responsibil­ities, m aintain ing a bal­ance betw een w ork and hom e life often seem s impossible.

A ccording to th e Ju ly 2013 B ureau o f Labor S tatistics, A m erican Tim e Use Survey report, “em ployed persons ages 25 to 54, who live in households w ith chil­d ren under 18, spend th e ir tim e on an average w orkday in th e following w a y ... 8.8 hours working o r in w ork-related activ ­ities, 7.6 hoprs sleeping,2.5 hours doing le ism e and sports activities, and 1.2 hours caring fo r o thers, including cM - d ren .” In addition, 33 p e rcen t of single job holders and 57 percen t o f m ultip le job holders w ork weekend days, including holidays.

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Hillsdale linebacker is all businessBy Bi^ad Em ons

staff Writer

As a p re fe rre d walk-on line­b ack er who earned a scholar­ship, H illsdale College’s football p rogram certa in ly has one o f a kind in D evin Moynihan.

The Livonia Chiu:chill H igh grad , now a senior, is one of the b ig reasons w hy th e C hargers (4-3,4-1) a re once again in the th ick of the N orth Division race in th e G reat Lakes A thletic Con­ference heading to Saturday n ight’s showdown against host Saginaw Valley State (6-1,6-0).

The four-year s tarter, a two- tim e honorable m ention GLIAC choice, is enjoying another ban­n e r season as he ranks second on the team in to tal tackles w ith 29 solo and 37 assists (to go ^ o n g w ith 6.5 tack les fo r loss).

M oynihan, who stands S feet, 11 inches and weighs 217 pounds, is com ing off an eight-tackle perfo rm ance in a ^ 3 8 w in las t w eek at F e rris State. H e also

Moynihan

had a season-best 10 solo and seven ^ s i s t s in a 27-17 w in over N orthern M ichigan.

“I ^ w a y s m ake jokes w hen I go back and ta lk to high school tdds

and say, ‘You don’t have to be th e biggest, th e fastest, or s tro n g est guy on the field, but you defin itely have th e m ost h eart,”’ M o y ^ a n said. “I th ink th a t is defin itely p a rt of it. I f you don’t a lo t of h e a r t ... your body can only take so m uch.”

FundamentalsM oynihan, who as a jun io r led

HiUsdale w ith 101 tack les (ninth in th e GLIAC), gets aw ay w ith his lack of size by em ploying sound technique and football aciunen.

“D evin’s an tm dersized kid th a t’s not the fa s te st guy on the field,” said H illsdale head coach K eith O tterbein, whose team is

rid ing a th ree-gam e w inning s tre a L “H e’s got to be a fimda- m entaUy sound guy because of the physical tools tiiat he’s over­coming. H e’s not the b iggest linebacker in th e league and he’s not the fa s te st linebacker in the league, so he’s able to p e rfo rm a t & e level th a t he does based on g rea t technique and th e abil­ity to read fas t and to p lay w ith football speed.”

D espite being a walk-on, M o y n l l^ m ade an im pression as a freshm an finishing w ith 51 tack les in 10 gam es, including 10 stops in a break-out p e rfo r­m ance against Northwood.

Once M oynihan got into th e . lineup, he n ev er cam e out as he parlayed a good freshm an sea­son by m aldng 96 tack les w ith a season-high 13 against Ohio Dom inican during his sopho­m ore year.

H e has also been also a valu­ab le m em ber o f llillsd ale ’s spe-

Linebacker Devin Moynihan is second on the Hillsdaie Coliege team in tackles. Pa tr ick h ec ken liv ely |

See MOYNIHAN, Page B2 Hillsd a le c o u eg e

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

M a d o n n a ’ s F r e e m a n b e c o m e s t e r m i n a t o r

Leads front row attack for No. 4-ranked Crusaders

By Brad Emonsstaff Writer

EmUie F reem an would b e the f irs t to adm it th a t as a young volleyball p layer she had trou ­ble walking and chewing gum a t th e sam e tim e.

B ut the long-legged 6-foot-3 m iddle h itte r fo r the unbeaten M adonna U niversity wom en’s volleyball team has slowly tra n s fo rm e d in to o ne o f th e m ost fea red fro n t row a ttack ers in the NAIA ranks.

The Livonia native and 2009 L utheran H igh W estland g rad cu rren tly leads the 32-0 C rusad­ers, ranked No. 4 nationally, w ith 407 to tal kills (3.84 p e r set) w ith an im pressive .388 h itting percentage.

That’s a f a r c ry from the m ere 13 to tal kills she recorded as a freshm an w hen she was obviously still learn ing the ' ropes.

“I’ve defin ite ly com e a long way,” said F reem an, who also has a team -best 15 solo and 107 block assists. “I ju s t know - and you can ask a lot of people th a t knew m e as an ea rlie r volleyball p layer - 1 had lo t of im prove­m ent to do.”

As a sophomore. F reem an becam e a contribu tor ^ t h 235 to tal kills and a .204 hitting p e r­centage.

Junior successH er bjreakout season, howev­

er, cam e las t y ea r as she fin­ished w ith 385 total kills. While b iunping up h e r h itting p ercen t­age to .339 en rou te to aU-confer- ence honors.

“I t’s th e transition , no doubt,” MU coach J e r ry A braham said. “W hen she cam e up she was v e ry raw , b u t I saw a lot of ta l­en t in her, o f course. I saw a lot of upside, bu t she was ex trem e­ly raw. I t w as the transition and speed of the gam e th a t have

Freeman

grow n by leaps and bounds. And it’s the confidence, too, and playing a t a high level, and being a go-to play­er. T hat’s some­th ing she did not have as a fre sh ­

m an, obviously. B ut she’s rea lly grow n into a v e ry m atu re , sea­soned p layer th a t plays vnth trem endous d rive and passion fo r the gam e.”

Freem an, ironically, lives ju s t five m inutes aw ay from the MU cam pus. She was exposed to M adonna’s volleyball p rogram b y h e r paren ts, K em per and Bim'bara, having a ttended sum ­m er cam ps since age 11.

I t w as a p e rfe c t f it even fo r a L utheran a t a Catholic un iver­sity.

Going to MU“I’m not Catholic, bu t I still

c a rry som e o f the sam e m orals, bu t I obviously cam e herq fo r voUeyball, wM ch is cool because I ’m so close,” F reem an said. “I n ev er saw m yself ending up here , b u t I ’m so happy With how every th ing w orked out.

“I alw ays w anted to go into education so I w as lookhig a t o th er schools in reg a rd s to that, bu t when the thought of p laying volleyball a t the college level cam e about to me, I definitely got m ore in te rested in it and obviously looked a t M adonna.I t ’s close and it has an am azing volleyball p rogram , top of the line. And they also have a g rea t education p rog ram so it was p e rfec t f it fo r m e.”

A t L utheran W estland, F ree ­m an earn ed seven le tte rs while also partic ipa ting in tra c k and basketball.

As a junior, she helped the W arriors to a runner-up fin ish in the s ta te C lass D volleyball fi­nals.

On th a t team . F reem an played along side B ecca Re-

See FREEMAN, Page B3

Livonia native and Lutheran High Westland grad Emilie Freeman (3) has been a force in the middle this season for Madonna University.TBSPORTPIX.COM

Warriors’ Wisner reigns as MIAC girls champion

Lutheran High Westland sophomore Jenna Wisner w as the MIAC girls individual dtampion In 19:47.9. ann espino za

L utheran H igh W estland’s Jen n a V ^ n e r w as d ie top individual fin ish er in F riday’s M ichigan Independent A thletic C onference g irls cross coun try m eet held a t N ankin Mills.

B ut despite W isneFs first-p lace finish. A uburn h IUs O akland C hristian edged host L u theran H igh W estland fo r the tid e , 44-49.

Rounding out th e six-school field was G rosse Pointe Woods U niversity-L iggett (79), Ann A rbor G reenhills (85), S o u & ie ld C hristian (122) and R ochester H ills Luther­an N orthw est (125).

W isner, a sophom ore, covered th e 5,000- m e te r course in 19 m inutes, 49.7 seconds. P lym outh C hristian sen ior T erra Crown was runner-up in 20:27.6.

O ther L utheran W estland fin ishers in­cluded Alana Hill, n in th (21:58.3); M ichelle G reening, 10th (22:05.7); Allison Johnson, 17th (23:21.5) and Noelle P ierce, 25th (24:02.0).

The W arriors’ non-scorers w ere Annalee K uhr and R achel M g g in s, who took 29th and 30th, respectively, w iA tim es o f 24:34.9 and 24:42.6.

On the boys side, Ann A rbor G reenhills cap tu red th e team tid e w ith 45 points fol­lowed b y R ochester H ills L utheran N orth­w est (65), A uburn H ills Oakland Christian (77), Thylor B aptist P a rk (123), G rosse Pointe Woods U niversity-L iggett (138), Lu­th eran W estland (144), ^ u th f ie ld C hristian (168), B irm ingham R oeper (176) and Sterling H eights Parkw ay Christian (209).

Novi F ranklin Road C hristian sen ior J a ­cob W eaver w as the individual w inner in 17:38.0.

Jun io r H u n te r Roedel was fo u rth overall fo r the W arriors in 18:16.5.

O ther L utheran W estland fin ishers in­cluded Ian O’Banion, 30th (20:13.0); W eslee W arren, 32nd (20;15.4); M atthew P aren t,49th (21:52.0); G a rre tt K em pf, 51st (22:00.1); Owen Tague, 59th (22:46.9); and Josiah Ma- sey, 65th (23:16.0).

Blazers 5th in Catholic LeagueLivonia L a d ^ o o d wound up fif th in Sat-

u rda 3T’s Cathohc League Division 1-2 p irls

See MEET, Page B2

W hite’s 1st N FL catch

M yles W hite (Li­vonia Stevenson), fre sh o ff the p rac tice squad, m ade his| f irs t N i l . catch fo r nine ya rd s Sunday in the host G reen Bay P ack ers’ 31-13 v ic­to ry over th e Cleve­land Brow ns a t Lam- beau Field.

W alker gets MIAA honor

F or the f irs t tim e in h e r career, A drian College senior K risti W alker (Livonia (Churchill) w as nam ed M ichigan In tercollegiate Ath­letic Conference Specialty P layer of th e W eek in wom en’s voUeyball (ending O c t 20). The 5-foot-5 W alker had a to ta l of 59 digs (4.5 p e r iset) in leading th e BuU- dogs (9-14,4-9) to a 2-1 reco rd in MIAA play fo r the week.

Schm id top goalkeeper

F or the f irs t tim e in his career. M adon­na U niversity senior goalkeeper M arcel Schm id (S tuttgart, G erm any) was nam ed W olverine- H oosier Athletib C onference M en’s Soccer D efensive P lay er of the Week (Oct. 14-20).

The C rusaders’ s ta rtin g goalie In aU 13 m atches th is sea­son, Schm id led MU to a 1-0-1 w eek that included a 3-0 shut­out o f WHAC rival M arygi'ove CoUege.

Schm id also m atched his career- h igh with nine saves in th e week’s firs t m atch, a 1-1 tie a t R ochester CoUege, befo re stopping six shots against Ma- ryg rove fo r his fou rth shutout o f the season. H e owns a 0.99 goals against average in 13 m atch­es. !

MU women golf honors

M adonna U niver­s ity jun ior C helsea CoUura (lUverview G abriel R ichard) and freshm an NataUe Blazo (D earborn Divine Child) w ere nam ed to the six- m em ber AU-Wolver- ine-H oosier A thletic C onference firs t team in wom en’s golf.

I t was the th ird s tra ig h t honor fo r CuUura, who had an 80.6 average p e r 18 holes, whUe it was th e second fo r Blazo, who averaged 81.

F reshm anA yla Bogie (CUo) and sophom ore HoUy Laginess (M onroe St. M ary CathoUc Cen­tra l) w ere nam ed honorable m ention AU-WHACteam.

Dynamo 1stThe Livonia

YMCA Dynam o an under-12 g irls soccer team coached by L aura Litfin and Don McDougall, posted a 6-2-0 reco rd to gain f irs t place in the second division of the W estern Sub­u rban Soccer League’s faU season.

Team m em bers include: A ndrea A bram son, Jam ie Colling, Allison Es- ker, Em ily Esker, Alexis Gibbons, Bel­la Jabbour, M andy Laiacono, JuUanna R acette , Sofia R odri­guez, Riley St. Led­ger, Abby Woods and Em ily Woods.

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‘Home’ is where he wants to beFormer MU coach

White takes over for Canton varsity girls

ByTim Sm Itfistaff Writer

As fa r as A1 W hite w as concerned, he w as re tired from coaching softball.

B ut th e re was ju st one job th e longtim e M adonna U niversity wom en’s softball coach

m ight scrap those p lans f o r ­te tak e the helm a t Canton H igh SchooL

“I t defi­n ite ly is

the only job I would have applied for,” said W hite, a Canton residen t since the mid-1970s and w ith th e C rusaders fo r a q u a rte r cen tu ry (firs t as a p itching coach, since 1 ^ 9 as head coach). “T here’s a lot of ta len t th a t goes th rough th a t ared.

“A nd I’ve lived in Canton now fo r alm ost 39 years, and I thought I could give som ething back to those girls, i& d t ry to p rep a re them to p lay a t th e nex t level.”

W hite, who wouldn’t disclose his age only to say coaching keeps him “young a t heart,” will t ^ e over th e p rogram

WhiteFormer Madonna University women's softball coach Al White is now the giris varsity softbali ^oach at Canton High School, m ado n na u n iversity ath letics

from J im Arnold, who w as no t re ta in ed follow­ing the 2013 season.

“I had th e u tm ost re sp ec t fo r J im Arnold,” W hite said. “I thought he w as a fan tastic coach.H e alw ays had his kids p repared . And no m a tte r w hat type of g irls he got, y e a r in and y ea r out (his) w as one of th e b est p rogram s around. No doubt.”

W hite — ow ner of a S13-268 reco rd a t MU, along w ith th re e tr ip s to hationals in th e p as t four y ea rs — said he was w atching his g rand­daugh ters p lay during a tournam ent in Ju ly w hen

a Canton softball p a ren t p lanted the seed about th ere being a coaching vacancy w ith th e soft- ball team .

Someone else called his w ife w ith th e sam e idea. A f te r le tting d ie possibility o f coaching in h is backyard perco­la te fo r a m onth, he decided to apply.

“R eally and tru ly I th ink it is a challenge,” W hite said. “Fm excited about it. As you know, th e re ’s a lot o f ta len t there .

“H e (Arnold) lost six seniors and fou r of them w ere s ta rte rs . We defi­n ite ly got to rep lace

those fou r kids. I ’m ju s t going in th e re w ith & e a ttitude of ju s t being aggressive, p laying hard . Knowing w hat your responsibilities a re .”

H elping on th e (Can­ton sidelines will be fo rm er Chief and E ast­e rn M ichigan U niversity softball p layer L auren Delapaz (who b riefly coached las t season a t Livona Stevenson) and W hite’s son, Salem alum C urt White.

W hite m inced no w ords w hen asked if Delapaz would be groom ed to take over d ie Canton p rog ram in a few years.

“You b e tte r believe it,” W hite said. “T hat’s w hat (co-athletic d irec­to r) Sue (Heinzm an) asked m e, she w anted to know w hat m y plans w ere, w hat I w as going to do w ith Lauren. I said, hopefully, in th re e to fou r y ears she can take th is p rogram and take to th e next step.

“I have a lot o f confi­dence in her. I ’ve known h e r fo r about 10 years. I rec ru ited h e r (fo r M a­donna) w hen she w as in high school bu t I knew she was going to go to E astern .”

B ut firs t, th e re ’s w ork to do getting ready fo r th e 2014 Canton season and Al W hite can’t w ait to ge t s tarted .

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No. 7 Davenpprt escapes MU upset bid in 2 overtimes

PREP FOOTBALL GRID PICKSW eeks Em ons O'M eara Sm itii W right

Last w eek 8-5 7-6 6-7 6-7

O verall 77-25 77-25 62-40 72-30

A ll gam es sta rt a t 7 p jn . u n l^ noted

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Redford Union (1-7) at Thurston (5-3) Thurston Thurston Thurston Thurston

Franklin (3-5) at Garden Gty (4-4) Franklin Franklin Franklin Garden City

Churchill (2-6) at 5tevenson (4-4) Churchill Churchill Stevenson Stevenson

John Glenn (5-3) at A A Huron (1-7) John Glenn John Glenn John Glenn John Glenn

Wayne (0-8) at Belleville (5-3) BellevHle Belleville Belleville Belleville

Bishop Foley (6-2) at Ciarenceville (8-0) Ciarenceville Oarenceville Ciarenceville Ciarenceville

A A Pioneer (3-5) at Canton (7-1) Canton Canton Canton Canton

Plymouth (5-3) at Grarld Blanc (6-2) Grand Blanc Grand Blanc Grand Blanc Grarld Blanc

Royal Oak (4-4) at 5alem (2-6) 5alem Salem Salem Salem

Harrison (7-1) at Stoney Creek (6-2) Harrison Harrison Stoney Creek Harrison

Farmington (1-7) at Pontiac (0-8) Farmington Farmington Farmington Farmington

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Luth. W est (2-6) at Detroit Allen (5-2), 1 p.m. Luth. W stland Allen Allen Allen

The M adonna U niver­sity wom en's soccer team led No. 7-ranked D aven­p o rt fo r nearly 85 m in­u tes on Saturday, bu t a la te goal in reg idation and one in double over­tim e gave the P an th ers a 4-3 com e-from -behind v icto ry in G rand Rapids.

The O u s a d e rs never tra iled in th e m atch until the final goal by D aven­p o rt’s L i ^ e Pau l - p a rt of a ha t tr ic k fo r Paul - cam e in th e 104th m inute o f th e m atch.

D avenport im proves to 13-1 overall and 6-0 in th e W olverine-Hoosier A thletic Conference, while MU falls to 7-7-1 and 3-3.

Ju n io r K atlyn K rysiak got the C rusaders on the board ju s t 1:31 into the m atch w hen h e r shot b ea t M ichelle M arcus in close fo r a 1-0 lead and h e r seventh goal o f the season.

Senior Liliana Serra- tos m ade it 2-0 in favor of M U a t the 15:58 m ark and b ea t M arcus a f te r w eav­ing h e r w ay th rough a host o f D avenport de­fenders fo r h e r th ird goal o f the season.

Paul scored h e r f irs t goal in the 40th m inute a f te r being pers is ten t inside the 18-yard box to m ake it 2-1 a t in term is- ' sion.

K rysiak gave the Cru­sad ers a two-goal lead ju s t over four m inutes (49:03) into th e second h a lf w hen she deflected th e ball o ff o f a clearance and fin ished into a wide open n e t fo r a 3-1 lead.

Paul m ade it a one- goal a ffa ir again ju s t 15 seconds later, t a l ^ g the re s ta r t and beating MU goalkeeper B laire Schm alenberg from 25 yards out to cu t the def­icit to to 3-2.

D avenport tied the m atch, 3-3, in the 87th m inute when Thehna G ylfadottir took advan­tage of a MU m iscue and as Schm alenberg cam e o ff of h e r line. Gylfadot­t ir w as ab le to sim ply tap the ball p ast a p a ir o f MU p layers and the ball ro lled into an open net,.

In overtim e, the Pan­th e rs had a trio of chances in the f irs t ex tra period, bu t one was whis­tled fo r being offsides, while Schm alenberg stopped a p a ir o f shots.

l l i e C rusaders had a chance to w in th e m atch ju s t as th e second OT s ta rted when jun io r Ash­ley P aren t sen t a shot in, bu t M arcus was able to sn are the shot and keep the m atch tied.

Pau l ended th e sus­pense in the 104th minute a f te r h e r initial shot rang o ff the crossbar. The loose ball cam e to Gylfa­dottir, who was able to control the rebound and send th e ball back out to Paul. She fired the ball back in and got the ball p ast Schm alenberg fo r the m atch winner.

The P an thers led 24-6 in to ta l shots and held a 15-5 lead in shots on goal.

M arcus m ade two saves, w hile Schm alen­b e rg m ade a career-high 11 saves in the loss.

THE W EEK AHEADPREP FOOTBALL Friday, O ct 25

Churchill at Stevenson, 7 p.m. Ftanklln at Garden City, 7 p.m.

John Glenn at A A Huron, 7 p,m.Vypyne at Belleville; 7 p.m.

Bishop Foley at Clarenceville; 7 ixm.Sahirday, O ct 26

Liith. Westland at Det Allen, 1 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Thinsday, O ct 24

RU at Clarenceville; 7 p.m. (CHSL A-B Playoffs at Marian)

Ladywood vs A A Richard, 5 p.m.Saturday, O ct 26

Bloom. Hills Tourney, B:30 a.m. KLAA Gold Tournament

at Brighton H.S, 8:30 a.m.KLAA Silver Tournament at Novi H.S, 8:30 a.m.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY (MHSAAReglonals)

Saturday, O ct 26 Division 1,4 at Willow Metro, 10 a.m.

Dhr. 2 at Lake Erie Metropark, 10:45 a.m. GIRLS SVUIMMING Thursday, O ct 24

Northville at Stevenson, 6 p.m. Churchill at Wayne; 6:30 p.m. Franklin at Canton, 6:30 p.m.

Churchill at Plymou^, 6:30 p.m, Ladywood vs. B.H. Cranbrook

at Livonia Comm. Rec Ctr., 7 p,m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Saturday, O ct 26 (MCCAA Tourney at Jackson) Schoolcraft vs. Grand Rapids, 10 a.m.

MCCAA semifinal round, noon. MCCAA championship, 2 p.m. MEN’S COLLEGE SOCOR

Friday, Oct. 25 UM-Dearbom at Madonna, 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 26 lakeland (Ohio) at SchooloafL 1 pm. WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCtXR

Saturday, O ct 26 Cornerstone at Madonna, 2 p.m. TBA - time to be announced.

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cial team s.

V e ry re s p o n s ib le“H e w as alw ays a

p re tty serious kid,” Ot- te rb e in said. “F rom the tim e we got him he has been p re tty down to busi­ness, ju s t rea l serious. You try and ligh ten him up a little bit, b u t he is certa in ly a v e ry serious young m an. F rom the beginning th a t serious a ttitude has dem onstra t­ed a g rea t w ork ethic, personal resp o n sib ility ... a ll the tra its th a t has allowed him to rea lly to grow and blossom as a football player, bu t also the s tu ff he’s doing off the field.”

M oynihan won’t deny th a t he’s s tru c tu red in ^ phases of his life. H e says it ru b s o ff from his paren ts. H is dad Vincent is a long-tim e em ployee a t H enderson G lass in L iv o n ^ w hile h is m other Carol is a den tist who owns h e r .own p rac tice in Belleville.

“I tak e w hat I do v e ry seriously,” said M oyni­han, who is C hurchill’s all-tim e leading tackier.“I th ink if you’re going to do so m eth k g , then you do it to the b est of yom- abilities. I definitely get d ia t from m y paren ts.M y paren ts told m e grow ing up th a t if you’re going to do som ething, do it righ t, and do it rig h t the f irs t tim e.”

O tterbein says Moyni- han’s dem eanor is unique in m any ways.

M a t u r e s i d e“U sually kids th a t age,

th a t college-age kid, they have a tendency to ac t like coUege-age kids w ith fo rgetting s tu ff o r w hat­

Churchill grad Devin Moynihan has been a staiwart at linebacker for Hillsdale College. Pa tr ic k h ec ken u vely |HILLSDALE COLLEGE

ever,” the H illsdale coach said. “H e is a v e ry d iffer­en t type personaUty. Serious is rea lly a te rm describes h im .

“I don’t follow him around cam pus, so I ’m assum ing when he’s ju s t kind of th e re and hang­ing out w ith his buddies th a t he lets his h a ir down a little bit, o r I certa in ly hope th a t he is. B ut it appears he does b y the g rea t relationships tha t he has w ith his team ­m ates. B ut we don’t see th a t side from him very often (laughing), I can te ll you that, l ^ e n he’s around football, he’s p re tty serious.”

M oynihan, an account­ing m ajo r who will g rad­uate th is spring, has his fu tu re aU m apped out. And it’s no su rp rise .

“C urren tly the plan is to becom e a U nited S tates M arine officer, then hopefully m ove intoa government agencylike the FBI o r CIA, or som ething along those lines,” he said. “Probably when I was around 16 years old I decided I

w anted to se rv e m y coun­try and I fe lt I w as called to do that. I also fe lt like I w anted to end up work­ing fo r the governm ent, FB I o r CIA, and th e mil- i t a ^ w as a roo t th a t was going to take m e th a t way. Once I g raduate th a t’s th e p lm and hope- fuUy it w orks out, bu t you n ev er know.”

B ig sh o w d o w nB ut a f te r tak ing a

m id-term exam Thesday, Mo37nihan can tu rn his fuU atten tion to studying film and try in g to stop Saginaw V ^ e y ’s po tent offense. And H illsdale’s im proved p lay o f la te is a good sign.

“Honestly, it’s ju s t guys stepping up,” he said. “We’ve had some in ju ries ea rlie r in the season and bunch of guys stepped up. And a fte r f ir s t couple gam es early on guys decided enough was enough.,Eve^onehas rea lly b ^ n giving it th e ir aU and th a t’s m ade the d ifference.”

And M oynihan, who is in his final season, has

been a cen tra l figime in H illsdale’s defensive success th e past few seasons.

“H e’s one of th ree foiu'-year sta rting line­backers,” O tterbein said. “H e w alked on h e re and earned a scholarship. Il'em endous w ork ethic. W hen we get the rig h t kid, they ju st blossom and th rive in ou r environ­m ent, which is v e ry diffi­cu lt academ ically and the football is a t a very, ve ry high level. T here’s a lot of social responsibility h e re and he is ju s t n ever problem and alw ays excelled in everytiiing he’s done. And t ^ F s p re tty neat.”

A d a p te d q u ic k lyW hile M oynihan didn’t

know w hat to expect com ing in as a freshm an, he’s been able to th riv e in the H illsdale environ­m ent.

“W hen you ge t to col­lege, it’s schoolwork, and football kind of ju st sm acks you in the m outh,” he said. “You have to m ake th e choice early on w hether you’re going to figh t th rough it o r you’re going to le t it defeat you.”

And M oynihan is g rate fu l fo r th e opportu­n ity to p lay a t a high level NCAA Division II p rogram while earn ing a education a t a highly acclaim ed p riva te school.

“H illsdale College is one of those p laces llia t a ttrac ts a d ifferen t kind of person, both m entally and physically,” he said. “The people tha t I ’ve m et here, the coaches and o ther guys, have so m uch character, and they m ake me want to be b e tte r ju s t by w atching them do w hat they do.”

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G IR L S V O L L E Y B A L L

Zebras secure much-needed KLAA triumphI t took awhile, b u t the

Wajme M em orial girls volleyball team finally earned a v icto ry th is season in the KLAA.

On Tliesday, th e host Z ebras defeated South Lyon E ast in a Kensing­ton Conference cross­over, 20-25,25-13,21-25, 25-16,15-12.

D eja Tamlin had 12 kills, foiu* blocks and seven digs, while se tte r Savannah M onette added 31 assist-to-ldlls and eight aces as W ayne im proved to 6-25-5 overall.

“I t took us five sets, bu t we got the job done tonight fo r the las t m atch in our house of the sea­son,” said W ayne coach Sam antha Dye, whose team fin ished 0-10 in the KLAA’s South Division. “All I have to say is it’s about tim e. I am excited th a t the g irls s ta rtin g to figh t and fin ished to­night.

“I was a little nervous w ith going to a fifth se t because IS-point gam es our a re w eakness, b u t the g irls stepped up and took control.”

O ther leaders fo r the v ictorious Zebras in­cluded Danielle Robbins (nine kills, 16 digs, th ree aces); Paige Chalm ers (eight kills, 10 digs); K ar- ley Buford (five blocks,11 kills); and K aitlyn Lees (seven ^ g s , e ight assists, fou r aces).

The loss drops South

Lyon E ast to 6-15-2 over­all.

C la re n c e v ille w in sNicole K urdziel w ent

13-for-13 from the serv ice line and added 33 assists as Livonia C larenceville (14-10-2,9-0) m oved clos­e r to an ou trigh t W estern W ayne A thletic Confer­ence R ed Division cham ­pionship Ih esd ay w ith a 25-21,25-17,25-14 victory a t D earborn Fordson.

Top pe rfo rm ers fo r th e li 'o jan s included A yanna Buckley and E rica Katz, n ine aces apiece; K elsey G riffen, six aces and six digs; and H u n te r luliano, seven kills;

The Ti-ojans can clinch WWAC R ed crow n T hursday a t hom e w ith a v icto ry over R edford Union. (M atch tim e is 7 p.m.)

L io n s d o w n P a tsIn a K ensington Con­

ference crossover Tbes- day. South Lyon (11-15) downed host Livonia F ranklin (15-14-2) in th ree sets, 25-20,25-18, 25-U.

Top p e rfo rm ers fo r the P atrio ts included M ikayla Sienkiewicz, who d only fou r e rro rs in 47 assis t a ttem pts; K elly Newton, 32 pass attem pts; and B reanna H ourigan, th ree kills in 10 a ttacks (w ith two e r ­rors).

Danielle Robbins (10) helped Wayne Memorial break its KLAA losing skid Tuesday night against South Lyon EastDOUGLAS BARGERSTOCK

On Saturday, F ranklin v ers ity of Michigan- w as elim inated by Wyan- D earborn Invitational dotte Roosevelt in the a f te r sw eeping pool play quarte rfina ls of the Uni- foes D earborn Edsel

Ford and M onroe J e f ­ferson tw ice in stra igh t sets.

S p a rta n s b u m p e dK atie Tbmasic and

Am anda H aw kins com ­bined fo r 41 kills and 17 blocks, bu t it w asn’t enough as Livonia Ste­venson (28-10-2) fe ll to host P lym outh (21-7-1) in five sets, 25-27,24-26, 30-28,25-22,16-14.

Tomasic had 25 kills and five blocks, while H aw kins had 16 kills and 12 blocks in the KLAA crossover.

A rryn D ochenetz and Tom asic fin ished w ith 22 and 14 digs, respectively, while C annen D isler and Abigail W hitehead added 23 and 13 assists, re ­spectively.

C h u rc h ill c lip p e dOn Tuesday, North-

ville (33-10-10) upended host Livonia Churchill (29-11-3) in a K ensington C onference b a ttle of second-place divisional team s, 25-19,25-19,25-21.

Kills leaders fo r the C hargers included M ac­kenzie H am ill (nine). G abby Beck (seven) and Fiona Zobel (three), whUe se tte r R ayna Yetts dished out 20 assists.

L auren Fallu added nine digs, while M egan Dam ico and Annie Yost chipped in w ith four and th ree , respectively.

W a rr io rs g o 2 | l

Leah R efenes had a to ta l of 31 kills, 27 digs and 25 assists on the n ight as L utheran H igh W estland (13-17-4) cap­tu re d two of th re e m atch­es in Tuesday’s W estland H uron Valley L um eran Quad.

The W arriors scored v ictories over G rosse Pointe Woods U niversity- U g g e tt (25-10,25-11) and N ew port L utheran South (17-25,25-14,15-11), while faUing to the host H aw ks (23-25,20-25).

O ther leaders fo r the W arriors included Ju lia Yancy (34 digs); B ethany H oehne (24 assists); AUie Lange (17 kills, Ij. digs), Sabrina M orrisop (20 digs).

“We had an in teresting day today,” L utheran W estland coach Kevin Wade said. “We Started slow against Sopth and had to ba ttle in tha t m atch, bu t w e rebounded nicely in the wip against Liggett.

“A gainst HVll we ju s t m ade too m any m is t^ e s , both fo rced by HVL and unforced. And against a good team like t ^ t we rea lly have to mjinimize our m istakes if we a re going to have a Chance. We defin itely learned a lot today and w e a re headed in the rig h t d irec­tion as we m ove tow ard the end of th e season.”

G IR L S V O L L E Y B A L L

Stevenson hangs with state’s elite in Beast of EastThe B east o f the E ast

Tournam ent S atm day in W arren proved to be a tru e tes tin g ground fo r the Livonia Stevenson g irls volleyball team .

The Spartans, now 28-9-2 overall, faced five sta te-ranked team s while going 3-2 befo re being ousted in th e s e m i f in ^ by G rand R apids Chris­tian (No. 3 in Class B), 25-15,26-24.

In pool play Stevenson defeated D earb o rn Di­vine Child (No. 8 Class B), 25-15,26-24); lost to Tem perance B edford

(No. 10 (3ass A), 15-25,24-26); defeated G arden City (26-24,25-15) and N orth B ranch (No. 4 Class B), 25-23,25-22.

In th e quarterfina ls, S tevenson ousted Por­tag e C entral (No. 3 Class A), 25-17,25-23.

K atie Tbmasic, 6- foot-1 sen ior headed to M iam i o f Ohio, w as Ste­venson’s top a tta ck e r on the day wi A 42 totsd kills. She also added 20 digs and seven blocks.

O ther standouts fo r the Spartans included Am anda H aw kins (19

kills, nine blocks); Taylor M cLaud (10 blocks); Abigail l ^ t e h e a d (16 kills, five blocks, 10 digs); A rry n D ochenetz (29 digs); C arm en D isler (30 assist-to-kills); and S arah Soave (28 assists).

C h u rc h ill ru n n e r-u pLivonia Churchill

m ade it aU the w ay to the finals Saturday o f the U niversity of M ichigan- D earbom before Aim A rbor H uron spoiled the C hargers’ cham pionship p lans w ith a 25-19,25-19 win.

Churchill, now 29-10-3 overall, reached the fi­nals w ith elim ination round wins over Tl-enton (25-17,25-16) and Brown- stow n W oodhaven (25-9,25-14).

In pool play, the Char­g ers downed D etroit R enaissance (25-9,25-6), Taylor K ennedy (25-11, 25-13) and St. C lair Shores Lakeview (25-10, 25-13).

M ackenzie H am ill was C hurchill’s top h itte r on the day w ith 40 total kills, while L auren FaUu paced the defense w ith

42 digs.Sophom ore se tte r

Rajm a Yetts collected 98 assists on th e day.

W a rrio rs s p litL utheran H igh West-

land had m ixed resu lts in th e Saturday’s Bloom­field H ills R oeper Tour­nam ent.

The W arriors, now11-16-4 overall, split w ith riv a l W estland H uron Valley L utheran (21-25, 25=21), lost to host Bloom field H ills Cran- brook tw ice (22-25,18-25 and 16-25,21-25), and

defeated Bloom field H ills Academ y of the Sacred H ea rt (25-16, 25-17) and SoutM ield C hristian (25-23r2522).

Leah Refene^ w as the L utheran W estland’s top p lay e r on the day w ith 22 kills, 31 assists m d 22 digs.

O ther contributions cam e from Ju lid Yancy (62 digs), Sabrina M orri­son (34 ^ g s ) ; A ^ e Lange (22 kills); M ackenzie York (10 kills); tie th an y H oehne (26 assists); and Vivian Q uitm eyer (11 digs).

SPORTS ROUNDUPL iv o n ia T u rk e y T ro t

The eighth annual Livonia Tbrkey TVot will be a t 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, a t Livonia’s B icen­tennial P ark , located a t Seven M ile and Wayne roads.

R egistration s ta r ts a t 9 a.m. The en try fee is $10 p e r person (includes T-shirt, if reg is te red by

Oct. 23, snacks and re ­freshm ents).

All canned food dona­tions will be given to the Livonia Gooc&ellows, w hich will provide needy fam ilies C hristm as din­ners.

Any p artic ipan t th a t b rings in a non-perish- bale food item re ­ceive a ticke t to be en­te re d in a ra ffle fo r p riz­

es donated by local busi­nesses.

F o r m ore inform ation, call 734-166-2410.

M e n 's h o o p m e e tin gA m anagers’ m eeting

fo r new team s in the 2014 Livonia P arks and R ecre­ation M en’s VTnter B as­ketball League will be a t 7 p.m . Monday, Nov. 4, a t the Livonia Com m unity

R ecreation Center, 15100 H ubbard (at Five Mile).

R etu rn ing team s-m ust reg is te r by 4:30 p.m . Friday, Oct. 25. The fee is $400 p e r team (plus non­residen t and officials fee of $28 p e r game).

The pro jec ted league s ta rtin g date is w eek of Jan . 6,2014. Among the leagues o ffered include Class B (Tuesday nights);

Open (W ednesday nights); and Class C (T hursday nights).

F or m ore f o r m a t io n , caU 734466-2410.

C h u rc h ill F a m ily 5 KThe second annual

Churchill A thletic P a tri­ots Fam ily 5K fun ru n is 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov.9, a t the high school, 8900 N ew burgh.

P re reg istra tio n costs a re $12 (ages 13fl8) and $15 (adiUts). R ace day fees a re $15 and $20, respectively.

E ach p artic ipan t will receive a D ry F it tech shirt.

T here will also be a fun ru n fo r those 10-and- under.

To reg ister, v isit chs- cap.com /funnm .htm . ,

FREEMANContinued from Page B1

fenes, a 6-1 A ll-Stater who w ent on to play foim seasons a t the U niversity of Cincinnati.

R o le m o d e l“She definitely

brought a lot to our team ,” F reem an said of R efenes. “I was hitting below her, m ost of the p layers w ere, bu t she w as ou r go-to girl. Ju s t the en thusiasm she brought to the cou rt and h e r sty le of p lay in g ... she w as ju s t relen tless. She would do anything it would take to get th a t e v e ^ single point. She is obviously one of the g rea tes t p layers I ’ve e v e r seen o r played with. She defin itely showed m e a lot. I t was cool play behind h e r and go back the nex t y ea r as a senior to have th a t ro le model still in th e back of m y m ind to be ju s t like her.”

D uring h e r senior y ea r F reem an, coached by K evin Wade, earned first-tea in AU-()bserver and second-team Class D All-State honors.

B ut she w as fa r from being a polished player.

“J e ^ saw a lot of potential in m e as a freshm an, bu t m y skills back th en w ere honestly not ve ry good,” F reem an said. “I tim ik over these

p ast fou r y ears I’ve done a lot of w ork w ith m y team m ates th a t w ere above m e ... th ey ju s t showed m e a lot and helped m e a lot.

“I know K arie (Alt­m an) and N astija (Bara- novska), th e p ast two m iddles, w ere huge in­spirations and huge hard w orkers. They ju st showed m e w hat it takes to be a lead m iddle hitter. I ju s t looked up to them and w orked m y b u tt off th rough a lot of rep s .”

P a tie n c e p a y s o f fA braham showed

patience as F reem an slowly m atu red into a fo rce a t the net.

“She’s kind of unique because o f h e r size and h e r position,” said A bra­ham , the NAIA’s win- n ingest coach in his 27th season. “She w as ju s t untapped, ju s t a g irl th a t had a volleyball body and ju s t trem endous upside, who I th ink showed a lot of prom ise, bu t you knew it was going to t ^ e som e tim e.

“We sta rted h e r not in th e m iddle. We s ta rted h e r on the rig h t side and outside, then we tran s­form ed h e r to the middle. I knew she w as going to develop, bu t I didn’t knpw how m uch tim e it w as going to take. She doesn’t rem ind m e of too m any o ther p layers I ’ve had. She’s kind of unique in h e r own way.”

Madonna University's 6-foot-3 middle hitter Emiiie Freeman leads the Crusaders in kills with 407.TBSPOKTPIX.COM

W hen she graduates from MU, Freem an would like to teach a t the elem entary school level.She is cu rren tly m ajor­ing in language a r ts with m inors in e lem entary education and m ath.

Away from volleyball.F reem an enjoys photog­rap h y and spending tim e

w ith h e r g irls youth group a t Life Church in Canton.

“She’s ju s t a w onder­fu l person to be around,” A braham said. “She’s ju st v e ry w ell liked by every ­body and respected by everybody. She’s a p e r­fec t candidate fo r a (WHAC) Champion of

C haracter. She a lw a y s . ca res about o ther people, does a lot of serv ice s tu ff fo r o ther people, volun­te e r stuff. She’s a very kind and courteous, re ­sponsible young lady.”

M o re se a s o n |Going into W ednes­

day’s encotm ter against N orthw estern Ohio, Ma- donna'needed to w in ju st two of its final th ree gam es to clinch the Wol- verine-H oosier A thletic C onference title.

B ut the C rusaders also have set th e ir sights down the road fo r a re ­tu rn trip to the NAIA N atio n d Tournam ent.

And F reem an believes h e r team has all the in­tangibles to m ake a strong run.

“We w ork well togeth­er,” F reem an said. “We know our goals. We know w hat we w ant to accom ­plish. We’re all rea lly close friends and you have to have th a t tight- bond to do well anyw here on the court. O ur coaches have rea lly tried to instill in us th a t to w ork as hard as possible from th e very beginning, and as you go along use your experi­ence to help you. And w e’ve defin itely done that. B ut we do realize we don’t get a day or p rac tice off. We w ork h a rd every second w e’re on the court and th a t’s definitely w hy w e’ve done so w ell so far.”

And accord ihg to A braham , Frepjnan is one of the big reasons w hy the team has en­joyed such im nlense success.

B e in g a le a d e r“This y e a r she is a

cap tain o f the team and she’s a serious go-to play­e r day-in and day-out,” he said. “She accep ted th a t ro le rig h t from th e sta rt. She’s taken it and ju st ru n w ith it. Notjv we count on h e r nightly. She’s re ­sponded consistently all year, bu t she’s played the b es t against the best team s w e’ve played, w hich is a r e ^ good sign.

“She’s p laying w ith a lot o f confidence and she’s a term inating h itte r as you know.” I

F reem an believes she is still a w ork iii pro­gress, b u t she’s com ­pletely com fortable in h e r own skin When she tdkes the floor.]

“B ack th en I w as not a good player,” F reem an adm its. “I w as com plete­ly u n c o o rd in a t^ , ju st tall, didn’t know w hat to do w ith m y body, very aw kw ard. Going into it all and have h i ^ (Abra­ham ) see the potential in m e i n ... th a t is rea lly cool.”

She can w alk and chew gum a t tbe sam e tim e ^ t e r all.

bemons@hometoWnHfe.cow 313-222-6851

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D1 GIRLS GOLF FINALS

B ack-to-back crowns fo r Plym outh girlsWildcats celebrate another Division 1

state championshipBy Tim Sm|th

staff Writer

N othing could stop P ly­m outh Saturday from w inning a second consecutive Division 1 g irls golf cham pionship.

The battle-tested W ildcats — led by th re e re tu rn ees from the 2012 title squad — re ­m ained a t the top of the ch a rts w ith a two-day tally o f 706, four strokes ^ e a d of Roches­te r HiUs Stoney Creek.

P lym outh got it done, in sp ite of s trong com petition, soaking ra in and the always- challqnging F orest Akers (West Course) a t M ichigan S tate University.

“We had a m eeting (Friday) las t night, w e pu t ou r gam e plan together, w hat w e 're going to focus on,” said M id ca ts coach D an Young, capping off an obviously successfu l second season a t the helm . “W hat we can control, w hat we can 't control. And we w ere read y to go w hen it cam e to not only w eather bu t how we w ere go­ing to stay focused on us, and w hat we do.”

Young said tem p era tu res w ere in the 40s w hen the team began hitting the driv ing range befo re the second round s ta r t­ed Satimday and the ra in didn’t stop until about th e halfw ay point of the day.

“It's a v e ry d ifficult course, it w as p laying alm ost 5,800 yards w hich is longer than w hat we norm ally play,” Young

said. “And the fac t that, it's ju s t a tough course. T here 's a few holes w here you ge t into w hat's called la te ra l hazards. T hey 're all along a couple holes. Ib u g h holes to get through.

“I would say, ju s t try in g to hang in th e re m entally w hen it com es to the b iggest day o f the season, in th e w orst conditions o f th e season, and getting it done (is) a cred it to the Idds.”

E x p e r ie n c e fa c to rPlym outh found things

cram ped a t the top o f the standings following F riday’s 18 holes w ith a 358, followed by G rosse Pointe South and Aim A rbor P ioneer (360 each) and 'n-oy(361).

■We shot a 358 yesterday, and seven team s w ere w i t ^ 10 strokes of each other, five w ere w ithin four strokes of each other,” Young said. “So com ing in today it w as any­body's gam e.”

Plym outh (358-348-706) led the 15-team field, followed by R ochester H ills Stoney Creek (362-348-710), ll-oy (361-350- 711), G rosse Pointe South (360- 366-726), Ann A rbor Pioneer (360-368-728), E ast Kentwood (369-360-729), N orth Farm ing- ton (373-358-731), Saline (371- 361-732) and Novi (381-365- 746).

'The W ildcats did not fa lte r during the second round o f the finals, perhaps because of the confidence instilled by co­captains Sydney M urphy, Kay­la W hatley and sophom ore K atie Chipm an, the th re e golf­e rs from last season’s team .

M urphy followed up h e r 86 w ith a spark ling 77 and fin­

The Plymouth girls golf team celebrates after winning the Division 1 state championship.

ished n in th overall w ith a 163.“She had an unbelievable

round fo r us, she w as in the top 10,” The P lym outh coach said.

A ll c h ip p in g inW hatley (96-89-185) and

Chipm an (84-82-166) each knocked o ff strokes over the opening day, while Alaina S trzalka (92-100-192) and Ari- ana S trzalka (112-103-215) also cam e up big w hen needed.

“Sydney M urphy, Kayla W hatley and K atie Chipm an played as our 3-4-5 a y e a r ago and a re now our 1-2-3,” Young noted. “So absolutely it (expe­

rience) did (helped). And that ca rried over and helped the o th er kids the las t couple weeks.

“Those th ree w ere calm , th ey had confidence about them selves and th a t ju s t tr ick ­led down to th e re s t of the g irls.”

Young said W hatley “gutted out an 89, she was ju s t trem en ­dous (and) had som e b ig putts. And K atie Chipm an shot an 84 yeste rday and an 82 today.”

Course conditions, along w ith the elem ents, resu lted in scores being h igher across-the- board, Young explained.

“B ut it w as a cred it to the kids, they ju s t pu t th e ir gam e face on,” he added. “You know how h ard golf is.

“ And to pe rfo rm under p ressu re , in the b iggest m atch of the y e a r is ju s t a cred it to th e g irls and our program .

“I t w as ju s t a team effo rt and I ’m ju s t very, ve ry proud of them .”

Individual qualifier K elsey M cDougall of Canton earned all-state honors by finishing fifth overall, w ith scores of 81-79-160.

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BOYS TENNIS

Stevenson nets 1 point in MHSAA Division 1 finalsPoints w ere hard to com e by

fo r Livonia Stevenson in the las t w eekend’s MHSAA Divi­sion 1 Boys Tennis Finals.

The Spartans, reg ional ru n ­ners-up, tallied d ie ir lone point a t No. 2 doubles when C h ^ e Tinham and M att Lackey de­fea ted Blake G roulx and M itchell Ensz of M idland, 6-3,7-5.

Jason Chen and A ustin Luk- e r of s ta te cham pion Ann Ar­

b o r H uron then ousted the S tevenson duo, 6-1,6-0.

H uron cap tu red the team title edging Novi by a single point, 30-29, while B irm ingham B ro ther R ice w as a close th ird w ith 28.

A t No. 1 singles, S tevenson’s Chad N orthey was ousted by A lex M atisse o f C larkston, 6-4,6-3, while Livonia Churchill’s Jonathan M artin , an individual qualifier, fell to N icholas Pao-

lucci o f G rosse Pointe South,6-0,6-1.

Novi-Detroit Catholic Cen­tra l’s M ichael Dube, a Livonia native, reached the sem ifinals a t No. 1 singles befo re falling to N orthville’s Connor John­ston in th ree sets, 4-6,7-5,. 7-6 (7-4). Johnston then lost to t o p . seed Tim W ang o f Novi in the finals, 6-1,6-3.

D ube won his f irs t two rounds defeating Paolucci, 6-4,

6-1, and Ja ck P e tersen H uron,6-3,6-1.

S tevenson’s Sam Tabor (No. 2 singles) fell to M idland’s Jonathan H entschel, 6-1,6-3, while Jason WysocM (No. 3 singles) lost to Zack Rieb- scM eger, 6-1,6-3. IT averse City C entral’s N ick Yergens (No. 4) downed the Spartans’ J e f f F rederick , 6-1,6-1.

A t No. 1 doubles, CC’s David Killian and M att Wolfe downed

Stevenson’s Tom Cwiek and N eal Adam s, 6-2 6-4, w hile a t No. 3 doubles, Stevenson’s B rendan P a rk e r and A ndrew Dziobak lost to C larkston’s Dan Agnew and E ric M at3mowski, 6-2,6-1.

TToy A thens’ Shivam Vyas and A ditya M ukundan downed Stevenson’s David Ajluni and B rad W eiand in the opening round a t No. 4 doubles, 6-0,6-1.

C IT Y O F W A Y N E N O 'n C E O F P U B L I C H E A R I N G

The Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Wayne, Michigan, will hold Public Hearings on Thursday, November 14, 2013 a t 7;30p.m., in the Council Chambers of Wayne City HaU, 3356 South Wayne Road, to consider two requests:

1. Cal Sign has applied for the property owner a t 35830Van Bom Road, for permission to replace an existing pole sign. The property is located in the lND-1, lig h t Industrial Zoning District. Section 1280.08 (d)(1) of the Planning and Zoning Code does not allow pole signs in this zoning district.

2. Carlos A. Davila, on behalf of Wayne Exchange, has applied as the property owner a t 32413 Michigan Avenue, to establish a regulated use, a money services business and pawnshop. The property is located in an IND-B, Industrial Business Zoning District. Section 1234.12 (d)(7) of the Planning and Zoning Code requires a waiver from the Zoning Board of Appeals due to the proximity of residential districts, which is dependent upon the presentation to the Board of a validated petition with signatures as specified in Section 1234.12 (d)(7).

The text and any maps may be examined or written comments may be submitted a t the City Clerk’s Office dining business hours (10:00a.m. to 4:30p.m.) Members of the public may appear at the public hearing in person or by counsel. At the conclusion of the Public Hearing, the Zoning Board will consider, and may act upon, this matter.

Matthew K. Miller City Clerk

Publish: October 24,2013 LO>0000162QS-3b4

C IT Y O F W E S T L A N DG E N E R A L E L E C T I O N

N o v e m b e r 5 ,2 0 1 3

TO THE QUALIFIED ELE(3TORS OF THE CITY OF WESTLAND, County ofWayne: Noticeis hereby given that a General Election will be held in the City of Westland on Tuesday,November 5, 2013 from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. at which time the following items will bevoted upon: Mayor (vote for not more than one) and City CouncU (vote for not more than 4).

The places of voting for the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, willbe as follows:

Precincts Locations1,13,18 & 19 Schweitzer School, 2601 Treadwell2,11,23 & 32 Elliott School, 30800 Bennington3 & 7 Stottlemyer School, 34801 Marquette4 ,5 ,8 & 2 9 Edison School, 34505 Hunter6 ,9 & 10 Adams Middle School, 33475 Palmer12,25 & 35 Cooper School, 28550 Aim Arbor Trail14 Marshall Middle School, 35100 Bayview15 Greenwood Villa, 7600 Nankin Ct16 Holliday Park Club House, 34850 Fountain Blvd.17&37 P. D. Graham School, 1255 S. John Hix20 Wildwood School, 500 N. Wildwood21& 42 Johnson School, 8400 Hix22 Westland Meadows Club House, 30600 Van Bom24 Westland Cable Television Office, 33466 Warren26& 33 Hamilton School, 1031 Schuman27& 36 Western Wayne Skill Center, 8075 Ritz28 Church of Christ — Annapolis Park, 30366 Annapolis30& 31 Hayes School, 30600 Louise St.34& 38 Dyer Social Service Center, Senior Wing — 36746 Marquette39 Landings Apartment Club House, 70UO Lakeview40& 41 Hellenic Cultural Center a t St. Constantine Church, 36376 Joy

The poUs for said election will be ojien a t 7:00 a.m. and wHI remain open until 8:00 p.m. onsaid day of election. Every quaUfled elector present and in line a t the hour prescribed for theclosing thereof shall be allowed to vote. Voting sites are ADA compliant.

Eileen DeHart, CMCWestland C!ity Clerk

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Miller recalls the Golden EraBy Ed Wright

staff Writer

H e m ay be 87 y ea rs old, bu t Bob M iller’s recollection of the Phila­delphia Phillies’ 1950 run to the W orld Series is as sharp as an A1 A lburquer- que slider.

M iller, a longtim e residen t of R edford and fo rm er hall o f fam e coach fo r the U niversity o f D etro it’s now-shut­te re d baseball program , w as a 24-year-old rookie right-handed p itch e r fo r the Phillies, who held off a la te charge by the Jack ­ie Robinson-led Brooklyn D odgers to w in the Na­t io n ^ League pennant.

“I t w as the bottom of the n in th of a 1-1 gam e against Brooklyn w ith the pennant rid ing on the gam e,” M iller said re ­cently during lunch a t a Novi res tau ran t. “Robin R oberts w as pitching w ith n m n ers on second and th ird and two outs. O ur m anager, Eddie Saw­yer, goes out to the m ound and eisks Robin, ‘Would you ra th e r p itch to Gil H odges pr Jack ie Robinson?’ Robin says, ‘I don’t give a dam n.’ So Saw yer says, ‘Well, I don‘t give a dam n e ith e r’ and he w alked back to the bench.”

R oberts re tired Hodg­es, the Phillies won the gam e and advanced to the W orld Series, w here they w ere sw ept by the New York Yankees.

“A fter we beat the D odgers to win the pen­nant, we w ent back to the locker room, hugged each other then had a b e e r - th a t w as it. No cham pagne, no big cele­bration.

“The o ther day, I was w atching a gam e and a team clinched, and they w ere oompa, oompa-ing around on the m ound l&e they w ere getting ready

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WRIGHT

Pictured is a 1950s-era Bob Miller baseball card.

to ea t somebody. I tu rned it off.”

Miller, who was am ong the m ajo r leagues’ m ost-ac­com plished rookie p itchers in 1950, said tim es have definitely changed since he and histeam m ates w ore th e ir wool uniform s on the diam onds - bu t not al­w ays fo r the better.

One m odern-day oc­cu rren ce th a t he said wouldn’t cu t it back in the day is th e em phasis on p itch e r’s p itch coimts. The only m unbers he cared about, M iller said, w ere the num ber of runs each team had pu t up on the scoreboard.

And w hen M iller p itched in 1950, th ere w eren’t many.

“One tim e I p itched a12-inning gam e in Mil­w aukee and it w as noth­ing-nothing befo re it got rained out,” M iller said, smiling. “I had no idea how m any pitches I had throw n; I didn’t care.

“And w hen I w ent to the locker room a f te r the gam e to take a shower, I ran hot w ate r on m y arm .

w hich is against a ll p rin ­ciples today. Today, they use a lot o f ice. Like they said back then , the only ice I use is in m y cock­tails.”

M iller said cu rren t- day fans would m arvel a t the w orkhorse effo rts of m ost of the elite pitchers he played with.

“One year, Robin Rob­e r ts th rew 28 consec­u tive com plete gam es,” M iller said. “And he nev­e r had a sore arm , never had Tommy John su r­gery.

“I th ink the big con­tra c ts they ’re g i ^ g out today is one reason the p itchers a re n ’t allowed to throw m any pitches. I don’t like the pitch-count th ing a t all.”

M iller said he relied heavily on two pitches: a sinker and a curve.

“One th ing I w ish w e’d had back then w as some­body who could teach us how to throw a change- up,” M iller said. “I think th a t’s the b e s t p itch going today. My changeup back w hen I p itched was an off-speed curve .”

IVUller said he enjoyed reasonable success against som e of the gam e’s m ost-heralded h itters: H ank A aron and Eddie M athew s, to nam e two.

“B ut D uke Snider w ore m e out,” he said, chuckling. “H e was rea l­ly rough on m e.”

M iller said he can re la te to the p ressu re today’s p layers face in m ust-w in gam es.

“I t was a p re tty in­tense atm osphere fo r us w hen we played in the W orld Series against the Yankees,” he said. “We had eight to ilets in the locker room and before the gam e they w ere all being used.”

ewright@ hometowniife.com

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RELIGION CALENDARO C T O B E RPUMPiUNSTim e/Date: 10 a.m.-dusk, through O ct 31 'Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 39020 Five Mile, Livonia D eta ils: The church is seiiing pumpkins from Blake Farms ini Armada. Half o f all proceeds benefit the Livonia Cares Assis­tance Program, which offers help to the poor and vulnerable in LivoniaC o ntact 734-464-0211SPAGHETTI DINNERnm e/Date: 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct 25Location: 6ood Hope Lutheran Church, 28680 Cherry Hill Road, Garden CityD etails: Includes a silent auc­tion. Dinner pricK are $7 for adults, $3.50 for children, 4-11 and free for children, 3 and underC ontact 734427-3660TRUNK 'N TREATnm e/Date: 5-7 p.m. Saturday, O ct 26D etails: Children can trick or treat from car trunk to trunk for goodies and paint and take home a pumpkin for $1. Young­sters, 5-8, also can make crafts. Bak^ goods w ill be sold and free coffee, cider and hot choco­late w ill be served C o ntact Mary at 248-471-1322 TRUNK OR TREATHm e/Date: 5:-630 pm, Sunday, O ct 27Location: St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, 30900 W. Six Mile, LivoniaD eta ils: Children wear cos­tumes and trick or treat in the. parking lot' also includes dinner, aa fts and activities C o n tact (734) 422-6038W OM EN ON FAITHTim e/Date: 7 p.m. T u ^ a y , OcL 29Location: Congregation B'nai Moshe sodal hall, 6800 Drake, Viltst Bloomfield D eta ils: Five g u ^ speakers from Women's Interfaith Solu­tions fqF Dialogue and Outreach in Metro Detroit (WISDOM) w ill share personal stories of differ­ent faith traditions — B aha'i, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh. No charge fo r B'nai Moshe Sisterhood members; donations accepted from guests. Reservations by Friday, OcL 25 C ontact 248-760-6416; sis- terhoodcbm1@gmail.corn

N O V E M B E RCONCERTTim e/Date: 6-8:30 p.m ., Sunday, Nov. 10Location: S t Matthew's United Methodist Church, 30900 Sbc Mile, Livonia ' - - ' ■ ” '''■ *’■■ D etails: “PraisefesL” vvill in­clude performances by five praise bands, with free w ill donations to help three local charitiesC o ntact 734422-6038

CONCERTHm e/Date: 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 17Location: Congregation Shaa- rey Zedek, 27375 Bell,’Southfield

D eta ils: Laurie Berkner w ill bring her “The You & Me Tour" to the congregation. Tickets range from $18-$118 per person. C ontact 248-357-5544; shaarey- zedek.org/education/laurle- berknerCRAFT SHOWHm e/Date: 10 a .m .4 p.m. Oct.26Location: Knights o f Columbus Hall, 19801 Farmington Road, Livonia ^D eta ils: Flea market and .arts and craft items; vendor table proceeds help Knights of Colum­bus fill Christmas baskets for the needyC ontact Denise'Book at 248- 4744162FILM PREM IEREHm e/Date: 7 p.m., Friday, Nov.1Location; In the activity center in the Basiiica 6f S t Mary, 18200 Merriman, Livonia D ete lls: Itaiian director Yasmine Perri w ill talk about her experi­ence creating the film , “The Stones Cry O ut" a film about Palestinian Christians. Admission is freeC o ntact George Khoury at 248-214-75%M ARRIAGECON FEREN CETim e/Date: 8:30 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Nov. 2 Location: S t Michael the /Vrchangel Church, 11441 Hub­bard, just south of Plymouth Road, LivoniaD eta ils: "Beyond the Hon­eymoon," a marriage confer­ence focused on the practical and spiritual aspects of Christian marriage and family life. Speak­ers include Bishop Michael Byrnes of the /Vrchdiocese of Detroit and the Rev. William H. Tindall, pastor at S t Michael.Cost is $15 per person or $25 per couple. R^ rvations are re­quiredC ontact 734-261-1455, Ext 200 or 207; www.livoniastmichae- l.orgSQUARE DANCETbne/Date: 6:30-10 p.m. Sat­urday, Nov. 2L o a tio n : Livonia YMCA, 14255 Stark, LivoniaD eta ils: St. Michael the Archan­gel and Christiari Singles Com­munity co-sponsor an adult singles square dance. Cost is $12. No dance experience required. RSVP to cathoiicsinglK@iivo- niastmichaei.org C o n tact 734-261-14S5, ext 200

O N G O IN GCLA SSES^ TU D YM en's B ib le study Hm e/Date: Breakfast at 7 a.m. and study at 8 a.m.

'Location : k iir^ s Coney Island; “ ' 21200 Haggerty, Northville TownshipContact: John Shulenberger at 734464-9491New L ife Com m unity O iurch Tim e/Date: Join seminar, 8-9 am. Fridays; reading program fo r students in grades K-12 and maiUpl arts instruction, both at 10 a.m. Sundays.Location: 42200Tyler, Belleville

contact 734-8464615 Our Lady o f LorettoHm e/Date: 6:30-7:30 p.m. MondayLocation: Six Mile and Beech Daly, Bedford D eta ils: Saipture study C o n tact 313-534-9000 S t M Id iae l t iie Archqngei Tim e/Date: 7-8:30 p.m. the second an|J fourth Thursday. Location: School library, 11441 Hubbard, just south of Plymouth Road, LivoniaD etails: Catholic author and Bible scholar, Gary Michuta, leads a study of Peter.C ontact 734-261-1455, Ext 200, or www.livoniastmichael.org W ard Pnrabyterlan Thne/Date: 7 p.m. Mondays Location: Room A101,40000 W. Six Miie, Northviile D etails: Learner's Bible study is heldC ontact 248-374-5920FAM ILY COM M UNITY M EA LHm e/Date: 5-6 p.m. every ThursdayLocation: The Salvation /Vrmy, 27500 Shiawassee, Farmington HillsD etails: Free meal C o n tact 248477-1153, E xt 12

FOOD BANK New Hope O iu rd i Hm e/Date: 5-7 p.m., every Friday by appointment only Location: 44815 Cherry Hill, CantonC o ntact Call pastor Ranay Brown to schedule an appoint­ment at 734-270-2528.MOM SO v is t Our Savio r Lutiieran ChurchHm e/Date; 9:30-11:30 a.m. second Tuesday, MOPS; 7-8:30 p.m. first and third Thursday, MOPSnext Both programs run September-May Lo o tio n : 14175 Farmington Road, LivoniaD eta ils: Mothers of Prschool- ers is aimed at mothers of infants through kindergartners; MOPSnext supports mothers of schooi-aged children.C o n tact Rebekah Creeden at 734-522-6830 for MOPS and Susan Magner at 248478-3643 for MOPSnext details.Dunning Park B ib le O iap el Tim e/Date; 9:30-1130 a.m . first and third Tuesdays Location: 24800 W. Chicago Road, BedfordD eta ils: MOPS Is a place where moms can build friendships, receive mothering support, practical help and spiritual hope.

, Cpntact Amy a t 31.3t937t3D84, or Kristen at 734-542-0767PET-FRIENDLY SERV ICETim e/Date: 1 p.m. Sunday Location: Dunk N Dogs, 27911 Five Mile, Livonia D eta ils: A ll O eatur^ ULC sponsors the service, which is conducted in an informal set­ting. Pet blessings are available after the service.C ontact 313-563-0162

Church offers pies, pasties

Andrew and Jill Perez set up the dessert table at Newburg United Methodist Church's annual Thanksgiving Day dinner. Proceeds from the sale of pies — orders will be taken O ct 29 and Nov. 4 — will help pay for the dinner.

N ew burg Unil;ed M ethodist C hurch will tak e o rders Monday,O c t 28 and Nov. 4, fo r its annual fall pasty sale.

The church al^o has added pie to th e ^ e thiB year. P roceeds from th e p ie sale will ^elp fund th e chiurch’ annu- a l Thanksgiving p inner, w hich is open to m e public.

P asties a re $4 each and sides of g ravy a re an additional SO cents. They’ll be available fo r piclm p from 1-5 jn . Nov. 8 and 9, a t 1 church, 36500. b o r T r ^ , Livor a re $10.. P ies ’ baked on Thesday, Nov.26, w ith pickup on Nov.27.

Call 734-122-0^49 to o rd er pies and pasties.

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DOSTA,M A R Y FR A N C ES

Age 70. Benevolent daughter, beloved wife, devoted mother, loving sister and caring grand­mother passed away on Septem­ber 27th, 2013. A memorial serv­ice will be held at Harvest Min­istries Church 23233 Drake Rd

Farmington, MI 4833S on October 26th, 2013 at 5 pm.

HORN,CA RLETTE

She laughe4 she Cried. We laughed, we cried. She ran tike the wind. WeU, maybe not quite. She lived, she died. We will miss her, we love her. N6e Houser, bom 7-2042. Survived by: Mon­roe Horn; Andrea, Jon, Truman, Lia, and Griffin Schroeder; Mon­roe, Gad, Scott and Emily Horn.

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K ELLEY , D.D.S. STEW ART

"R IC H A R D ". Age 87 of Howell, t passed away at his home ’ on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. Bom in Flint on

April 21, 1926, he was the son of Stewart and Luella (Letoumeau) Kelley. Fonnerly of Garden City and a Howell area resident since 1980. Dr. Kelley was a WWn U.S. Navy veteran and graduate of the University Of Detroit School Of Dentistry. He started his own dental office in Garden City in 1960 and practiced imtil his retirement in 2006. Dr. Kel­ley was a member of the Garden City Knights of Columbus and enjoyed gardening, bowling and playing softball. Beloved hus­band of Rose Marie (Herman) Kelley whom he married at St. Michaels Church of Higgins Lake on April 14, 1975. Loving father of Kathleen Kelley of Ho­well, Richard (Allison) Kelley of Howell and Michael (Linda) Kelley of Garden City. Proud arid loving grandfather of Dono­van Kelley of HoweU, Aiden Kelley of Howell and Angela McBride of Hartland. Also sur­vived by several nieces and nephews. He attended St. John Catholic Church, 2099 Hacker

'Tld.‘tSfM-59)‘'lttowell where tbs' fimeial mass will be held at the little church on Friday, October 2Sth at 11:00 a.m. (in state be- giiming 10 ajn.), Father Francis Geoige, Celebrant. Inteiment to follow at Riddle Cemetery. Vis­itation Thursday, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8p.m. (Rosary 7pjn.) at MacDonald’s Funeral Home, Ho­well (517-546-2800). Please sign the frinily’s online guestbook at macdonaldsfnneralhome.com

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Jane Kelly Kosek (left) with actors Andy Gates and Taryn Horacek, and producer-writer-director Leena Pendharkar

Livonia native ‘tells’ stories on film and through the Internet

B y S h a ro n D a rg a ystaff Writer

Jan e Kelly Kosek can pack a lot o f sto ry telling into v ery little tim e.

The Livonia native c rea ted a web comedy, I Love My Annoy­ing Spouse, w hich loo l^ a t how a loving couple handles th e ir spouse’s annoying habits. Each segm ent in the series, which Kosek also directs, runs ju st two and a h a lf to th ree m in­utes.

“ I Love My Annoying Spouse w as m ore o f an experi­m ent fo r m e,” said Kosek, dxuring a phone in terv iew this w eek t,dth the Observer. “I have not d irec ted befo re and I thought I need to sta rt. I m ade it ve ry sim ple so I could really focus on the story telling and directing.

“We’ve kep t it lean and m ean. We’re using all of om- own equipm ent said Kosek, adding th a t he r five-m em ber production team includes the se ries’ two actors.

I Love My Annoying Spouse, which will debut in Novem ber, will show th e couple in vi­gnettes “doing th k g s th a t we natu ra lly do to annoy our spouses.” I t s ta r ts w ith them planning a trip , as they ap­p roach S ie ir five-year ann iver­sary.

“They’ll grow as a couple and face obstacles. I ’m explor­ing th e ir foibles.”

O th e r p ro g ra m sKosek’s f irs t web comedy.

Overly Attached Andy, on which she served as a pro­ducer, ru n s w eekly in two- to th ree-m inute segm ents on So N atu ra l TV,'a YoulUbe chan­nel. She collaborated on the series, w hich p rem iered last week, w ith L eenar Pendharkar, who w rote, d irec ted and co-

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Taryn Horacek and Andy Gates star in the Web series, "Overly Attached Andy."

produced the episodes. “Andy,” is a “h ip ste r w annabe” who is overly a ttached to his ex and fea rs he’ll n ev er find a sim ilar relationship. H e asks a rom an­tically challenged friend to help him find tru e love online.

A lthough I Love My Annoy­ing Spouse and Overly At­tached Andy a re Kosek’s f irs t web series p ro jects, the Ste­venson H igh School graduate has a long lis t of film credits, in both n a rra tiv e and docu­m en tary form ats. The driving fo rce behind M eritage P ic­tu res, K osek produced w riter- d irec to r Leslie Iw erks’ fea­ture-length docum enary Citi­zen Hearst las t y e a r and h er short docum entary. Pipe Dreams, in 2011. She’s cu rren t­ly producing a docum entary about D isney’s “Im agineer- ing.”

H er fictional film stories include The Diary of Preston

Plummer, Take Me Home, Not Since You and Tennessee. She also has produced severa l sho rt fUms. She and h e r hus­band also w rite a w ine blog.

F e a tu re f ilm s , In te rn e t“In m y h ea rt of h ea rts I will

alw ays love fea tu res and the p rocess of getting caught up in the s to r y ... m aking every scene coimt, every hand ges­tu re coimt. But it’s also freeing and d iffe ren t to (tell a story) in a sh o rte r tim e fram e. And it’s a challenge,” she said, com par­ing fea tu re film s and web- based shows.

Kosek encourages indepen­dent film m akers to em brace the In te rn e t and tap into its im m ediate audience. She said In ternet-based shows not only help film m akers build a follow­ing, bu t m ake them “b e tte r s to ry telle rs” in the process.

Kosek, 44, discovered h er

in te res t in storytelling and w riting during h e r jun io r y ear a t OaMand University. She had planned a c a re e r in physical therapy bu t discovered th a t h e r w riting and film courses w ere m ore inspiring and “took 10 English c lasses” W senior year.

A fter graduation, she w orked fo r Gale R esearch as a w rite r and ed ito r fo r four years. A fte r m arry ing h e r husband, Steve, a photogra­pher, the couple m oved to New York, w here she continued w o r l^ g in the publishing in­d ustry fo r ano ther eight years.

“Som ething alw ays spoke to m e in th e visual rea lm and d rew m e to TV and film .”

L e a rn in g th e ro p e sShe le ft the publishing

w orld to becom e an unpaid in te rn on film productions. H er f irs t experience was as a pro-

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duction secretary . She w orked h e r Way up to a paid position as assistan t production coor­dinator. W hen the couple m oved to the Los Angeles area, she assisted producer-w riter Akiva Goldsm an ( A Beautiful Mind) befo re strik ing out on h e r own.

H er advice fo r o ther wan­nabe screenw riters , producers and d irec to rs is to persevere.

“N ever give up. S tay a t it. Even if you have a day job, keep doing it on th e side.”

Kosek said she hopes to produce a film in M ichigan one day. She still keeps in touch w ith friends from Stevenson and said she loved grow ing up in Livonia.

“I still th ink about it a lot.I’d love to m ake a film in Livo­nia. I have a high school com ­edy I ’d like to m ake there .”

F or m ore about Kosek’s p ro jec ts , visit m eritagepictu- res.com . Check out Overly Attached Andy a t sonatural.tv.

GET OUT! CALENDARGALLERY@ VTTime/Date; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday- Friday, during public performances, or by appointment through O ct 28 Location: 50400 Cherry Hill Road, CantonD eta ils; The 21st annual Canton Fine Arts Exhibition includes 47 pieces, including paintings, sculptures, mixed media, charcoal drawing, pastels, ceramics and photography Contact: 734-394-5300, Ext. 8NORTHVILLE A RTH O USETbne/Date: 1-5 p.m. Wednesday- Saturday, through Oct. 26 Location: 215 W. Cady, Northville D eta ils: Terry "Under the (Inspired) Influence" includes works by Anita Andersons, Renee M. Dooley, Mary

Fortuna, Diane Hawkey, Leann Meixner, Juana Moore, Kate Paul, and Mike Sivak. The show w ill offer visitors a glimpse of what inspires the artists and compels them to create Coming up: "Small Works," an all­media juried exhibit, and "Through the Lens: A Northville Camera Club Exhibit" run Nov. 1-Dec 14. The "Small Works" show is "cash and carry," meaning buyers may take the art home with them immediately after purchase. The "Through the Lens" exhibit w ill feature photos of nature, animals, family, culture and architecture. Many of the photos also w ill be for sale.Contact 248-344-0497; httpV/www.northvillearts.org:

UPPER HALL G A LLERYHm e/Date: Through Dec. 7; pub hours are 3 p.m. to midnight Monday-Thurs- day, 3 p.m. to 1 a.m . Friday, 11 a.m. to 1

a.m. Saturday, and noon to midnight SundayLocation: Liberty Street Brew Pub, 149 W. Liberty, Plymouth D eta ils: Amy Lockard exhibits photos of Michigan's Upper Peninsula C o n tact 734-207-9600

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Petsils; The last film of a free fall children's film festival is shown; parents pay $1. Advance tickets are not avail­able, and tickets are disVibuted on a first-come, first served basis until thea­ter is at capacity

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PENN THEATRETim e/Date: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, and 4:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 26-27Location: 760 Penniman Ave., Ply­mouthD eta ils: "Planes," admission $3 Com ing up; "The Butler," 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 1-2,4:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7; "In a W orld," 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 8-9,4:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, and 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 Shock-totor Series: "Abbott & Costel­lo Meet Frankenstein," with Lon Cha­ney Jr. and Bela Lugosi, OcL 24. Shows start at 7 p.m. Admission is $3 C o n tact 734-453-0870; www.penn- theatre.com

REDFORD THEATRETim e/Date; 8 p.m. OcL 25 and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Oct. 26Location: 17360 Lahser, north of Grand River Avenue, Detroit D eta ils: Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," starring Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles, $5Com ing up; "Mister Roberts," starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney and Jack Lemmon, 8 p.m. Nov. 8 and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Nov. 9, tickets $5; Third Classic Animation Festival, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, with rare, classic animated short subjects appropriate for all ages, hosted by Steve Stanchfield, tickets $5C o n tact 313-537-2560

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H IS T O R IC A LHISTORIC HALLOWE'ENHm e/Date: Every half hour from 6-JO79 p.m. Fridays and Saturday, and 6:30-8 p.m. on Sundays, weekends through OctoterLocation: Greenfield Village, 20900 Oakman Bivd., Dearborn D etails: The Halloween event Is modeled aferthe holiday as it was celebrated during the first half of the 20th century and indudes a jack-o-lantem-IIned path, costumed characters, storytelling and 1930s cartoons. Tickets are $12.75 for members and $15 fo r nonmembers, chil­dren under 2 are free C o n tact 313-9872-6001; www.thehentyford.org

PLYMOUTH HISTORICAL MUSEUMIlm e/D ate: 1-4 p.m. Wednesday . and Friday-Sunday Location: 155 S. Main, Plymouth D eta ils: The current exhibit,B4TV, highlights leisure activities that families and individuals engaged in before televisiot]i.The ib it runs through Nov. , 10. Admission $5 for adults and $2 for students 6-17 Tea tim e : The annual Masquer­ade Tea runs 2-4 p jn , Sunday,Nov. 3. Liz Kerstens, museum executive director, w ill portray Maty Seeley Davis, who was a Plymouth resident from the late 1820s-1895.Kerstens also w ill show her exteiisive collection of Victorian mourning items. The event Includes a Victorian-style tea. Tickets are $25 for members and $30 fo r nonmembers. Get tickets at plymouthhistory.org C o n tact www.plymouth- history.org; 734-455-8940

M U S IC BASELINE FOLK SOCIETYTim efDate: 7-9 p.m. the third Saturday of the month through MayLocation: The JWH Center for the Arts, Plymouth Community Arts Council, 774 N. Sheldon, PlymouthD etails: The event include open mic performersand fea­tured musicians. Tickets are $5 at the door. Annual memberships are $25 for individuals and include free admission.

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FARMINGTON PLAYERS BARN THEATERTinie/Date: 730 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9Location: 32332 W . 12 Mile, Farmington Hillsp e tp lls : Magic Busplaysdto iC ..^ rock of the 1960s and 1970s.Tickets are $19 for adults and $17 for students and seniors. Buy them at https://rea’eg.fhgov.com or call 248-473-1848 or buy in person at the Costick Center,28600 W . 11 Mile, Farmington HillsContact 248-473-1856 JAZZ AT THE ELKSTim e/Date: 7-10 p.m. last Tues­day of the month — except DecemberLocation: Plymouth Elks Lodge No. 1780,41700 Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth D eta ils: Johnny Trudell and his quartet perform O ct 29. The band includK Trudell on trum­pet and flugelhom, Ray T?ni on bass, Billy Cairo on drums and Chuck Shemetaro on keyboard. $10 donation at the door which includes hors d'oeuvres. Pro­ceeds go toward special needs and disadvantaged children and veterans.C o n tact 734-453-1780 or email to plymouthelks1780@ya- hoo.comJAZZ CAFETim e/Date: 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 25-26 Location: Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 350 Madi­son, DetroitD eta ils: Jazz trumpeter Russell Gunn and his quartet featuring Grammy-winning vocalist Dionne Farris perform. Tickets are $30 in advance at ticketmas-

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MICHIGANPHILHARMONICHm e/Date: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, OcL26Location: Steppingstone School, 30250 Grand River Ave., south of Nine Mile, between Orchard Lake Road and Middle- belt, Farmington Hills D etails; °The Haunted House at Steppingstone School" w ill feature music by Bach, Grieg, Mussorgsky, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Berlioz, Stephen Schwartz and more. General tickets are $30; seniors, 62 and

. over, pay $25 and students with ID pay $10. Buy them at the Michigan Philharmonic office,774 N. Sheldon, Plymouth, by phone or onlin^ at michigan- phli.org.C ontact 734-451-2112

PLYMOUTH COFFEE BEANHm e/Date: 7:30-10 p.m. every MondayLocation: 884 Penniman, Ply­mouthD eta ils; Open mic for music and poetry; come and show your

A ng ela Easterlin g perfo rm s N ov. 2 a t T rin ity House Theatre in L ivo n ia .

G ab rie lle M irab ella (le ft ), G eorg ia K ate H aege, and C arly Sako love sing th e song s o f A BBA in "M am m a M ia l" on stage N ov. 5-10 a t th e F ish e r Theatre in D e tro it.

D eta ils: Admission is $14 for adults 15-61, $12 for senior citizens 62 and older, and $9 for children ages 2-14; children under 2 are free. Parking for cars and vans is $5. Detroit Zoolog­ical Society members get free admission and parking Zoo Boo; The event featurK a half-mile, trick-or-treat trail, a live mini musical, gam » tent, arts and crafts., pumpkin carving demonstrations and a hay maze. Tickets are $8, ages 2 and up, available at detroitzoo.org/ eventsteoo-boo. Some tickets may be available at the gate for $11. Time slots are every half hour from 6-730 p m Fridays and 5-7:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, weekends in October C o n tact 248-541-5717GHOST STORIESTim e/Date: 6-7:30 p.na. Sunday, O ct 27Location: Summit on the Park's Grand Ballroom, 46000 Summit Parkway, Canton D eta ils: Judge Ronald Lowe w ill tell ghost stories suitable for ages 8 and up. Tickets are $10 per family or $4 per individual and can te purchased at Summit on the Park, on Sundays at the Pole Bam at Canton Farmer's M arket located in PcKervation Park, 500 N. Ridge Road, Can­ton. Proceeds benefit the Can­ton Historical Society. Children must be accompanied by an adultC o n tact cantonhistoricalsocie- ty.org

T H EA TE RFARMINGTON PLAYERSTim e/Date: 8 p.m. Friday- Saturday, O ct 25-26, and Nov.1-2 and Thursday, O ct 31; 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 Location: The Farmington Players Bam, 32332 W. 12 Mile, Farmington Hills D e ta ils John Boufford of Northville Township directs tee new adaptation of tee clasic horrbrtale, °Dracula,° teat he refers to as a "PG-IS" produc­tion. Tickets are $16. Students get a $2 discount on any perfor­mance. Seniors get a $2 discount only on O ct 13. Thrifty Thursday on Halloween offers $2 discount for everyone. Ticket-holders can participate in a costume contest on O ct 31.A u d itio n s Registration starts at 12:30 p.m. and auditions begin at 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 10, for tee musical "Assasins." To get a pdf of tee script or for more information, contact Mike Smith at assassins^armingtonplay- ers.org.C o n tact 248-553-2955; www.farmingtonplayers.org

FISHER THEATREIlm e/D ate; 8 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, and 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 5-10Location: 3011W. Grand Bivd., DetroitD eta ils: "Mamma M ial" is a musical based on tee songs of ABBA Tickets are $36-$76. C o n tact 800-982-2787; www.broadwayindetroitcomSCHOOLCRAFTCOLLEGETim e/Date: Dinner theater, 630 p.m. O ct 25-26 and Nov. 1-2; show only, 8 p.m. Nov. 8-9 Location; 18600 Haggerty, LivoniaD eta ils: "A ll My Sons," by /Lrteur M iller; dinner and show costs $27; show only is $15 C o n tact 734-462-4596

Magic Bus will perform Nov. 9 at the Farmington Players Barn Theater.

creative side.Saturday featured a r t is tDanielle Ate The Sandwich, Oc;t. 25;& azy Wisdom,-Nov. 1. Fea­tured performer concerts start at 8 p.m.C ontact 734-454-0178TRINITY HOUSE THEATRETim e/Date: Most shows start at 8 p.m., doors open at 7:30 p.m. Location: 38840 W. Six Mile, LivoniaD eta ils: Don Henry, O ct 25; The Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society prKents Pino Forastiere, O ct 26; Jeff Arundel with JB Davies, Nov. 1; Nobod/s Darlin with Angela Easterling, Nov. 2; Annie and Rod Capps, Joel Palmer and Seven Bridges, Nov.3. Most shows tickets are $15, and $12 for subscribers. Only cash and checks accepted C o ntact 734-464-6302VIVACE MUSIC SERIESTim e/Date; 8 p.m. Saturday,Nov. 9Location: The Birmingham Temple, 28611W. 12 Mile, Far- min^on HillsD eta ils: Yoonshin Song, con- certmaster of tee Detroit Sym­phony Orchestra, performs on violin with pianist Zhihua Tango. The program includes music by Beethoven, Bartok, Brahms and Tchaikovsl^. General admission is $23. Members, seniors and students under 18 pay $20. Afterglow follows tee concert C ontact Joyce Cheresh at 248-788-9338 or Ann Sipher at 248-661-1348

S O M E T H IN G D IF F E R E N T CEMETERY WALKTim e/Date: Every 15 minutes beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday,Oct 26Location; Riverside Cemetery, located on Plymouth Road, west of Haggerty, behind tee 35te District Courthouse at 660 Plymouth Road.,D etails: Hear the tales of Ply­mouth's ghosts, siich as Civil War soldiers Asa Joy and Ralph Terry, Plymouth's undertaker William Bassett, and Plymouth photogr rapher Romeo Wood, during the Plymouth Characters Cemetery W alk. Walks start at Massey Ball Field parking lot adjacent to tee cemetery. Walks last 60-90 minutes. Tickets are $10 per person. Or buy a Friends of the Plymouth Historical Mutaum membership for $25 and get two free tickets Contact: 734455-8940; ply- moutehistoiy.orgDETROIT ZOOTim e/Date: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through O ct 31 ,Location: 1-696 service drive and Woodward, Royal Oak

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work, and o ther w eekday activ ities often m ake fam ily m ealtim e seem like a th ing o f th e past.

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Enjoying each o ther’s pom pany and a delicious bireakfast is the p e rfec t opportunity fo r your fam ­ily to reconnect. U se th e added tim e weekend m ornings provide to p rep a re a w onderful, w arm m eal fo r your fam ily to s it down and c rea te ^ t i n g m em ories. M ake your m orning m eal a w eekend trad ition the whole fam ily can look fo rw ard to all w eek long.

H ere a re som e easy tip s to help m ake b reak fast a fam ily occasion:

M ake b reak fa st sp ec ia l— E ach week, a sk a fam ily m em ber to choose a fim them e fo r the b reak fast table. From sports team s to m ovie them es to favorite colors — you’ll see th a t the choices a re endless and th ey can insp ire crea tive b reak fast m enus.

F ind som e b reak fast helpers - Let the whole fam ily p rac tice th e ir cooking skills by helping you in the Mtchen. Serve foods th a t a re easy to d ress up.

C reate b reak fast m enu m agic - The sky is the lim it w hen you have e x tra tim e to c ra ft a h ea rty b reak fast, so se rv e a v a rie ty o f foods your fam ily will love. You can’t go w rong w ith b r e ^ a s t clas­sics — from fre sh veggie and egg dishes to the w arm , flu ffy goodness of a stack o f pancakes. Does your fam ily enjoy crea ting b reak fast m aste r­pieces? l l y these rec ipes fo r a m agical tak e on an o rd inary m eal.

F o r m ore rec ipes and b reak fast tips to b ring fam ilies to g eth er on th e w eekends, v isit www.him- gryjack.com .

UPSIDE-DOWN BREAKFAST STACKSYield: 6 stacks Prep Time; 15 min Cook Time: 15 min

Cooking spray 3 large eggs, lig h tly beaten6 fu lly cooked sausage patties or 6 vegetable sausage

% cup Hungry Jack's Butterm ilk Pancake & W affle M ix '% cup w aterShr^ ded sharp d ieddar o r pepper Jade d ieese (optionaO Pancake o r m aple syrup

;H eat oven to 375°F. Coat 6 m uffin cups or glass custard cups generously w ith no-stick cooking spray.D ivide eggs evenly into prepared m uffin cups. Top With sausage patty. W hisk pancake m ix and w ater together in medium bowl u ritil sm ooth. Pour evenly over sausage.Bake 14 to 16 m inutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out dean . Cool 2 m inutes. Invert onto baking sheet. Sprinkle im m ediately w ith cheese, if desired. Serve warm w ith syrup.

— Courtesy o f Fam ily Fea tures

B IT E -S IZ E D D O U G H N U T S W IT H B A C O N S U G A RYield: 3 dozen Prep Time: 20 m inu tes C ook Time; 10 m inu tes

Ingredients: 'l^ o ip w ater% cup Instant mashed potato flakes 1 large egg yo lk1 tablespoon vegetable o il, plus addlUohai fo r frying 1 tablespoon sugar y» teaspoon van illa extaect 1 K cups plus 1 tablespoon Hungry Jack Complete

Butterm ilk Pancake & W affle M ix (fust add w ater)Bacon sugar coating:%cup sugar4 fu lly cooked bacon sllta s , heated u n til crisp Chocolate glaze (OptipnaQ: l&oip Hungry Jack Original Syrup1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate, coarsely dropped ^ a ip powdered sugar

Combine w ater and instant potato f la k « in large bow l.S tir until m oistened. Add egg yo lk, 1 tablespoon o il, sugar and van illa ; m ix w e ll. G radually stir in 1 % cups pancake m ix. Sprinkle w ork surface w ith rem aining 1 tablespoon pancake m ix. Turn dough out onto w ork surface. Knead dough until w e ll blended, about 1 m inute. Shape into a 4-inch disk. W rap in plastic w rap and chill 1 hour or over­night. 'For Bacon Sugar Coating: m ince cooked bacon in food processor until very fin e . Add sugar; pulse 2 to 3 seconds ju st untii blended.4 . For Optional Chocolate G laze: Place syrup and choco­late in sm all m icrowave-safe bow l. M icrowave on high 30 to 45 seconds. S tir un til m ixture is sm ooth. Stir in powdered sugar. G radually blend in coffee until desired consistency.5. Pour o il into large heavy saucepan to 1-inch depth.Heat o il to 350°F.6 . Roll out dough to a i^ inch thickness on floured sur­face. Cut out sm all rounds using a 1 %-inch round pastry cutter o r cut into 1 inch squares using a sharp knife. W orking in batches, fry dough 30 to 60 seconds o r until puffed and golden brown on a ll sides. Drain on paper tow els. Roll in Bacon Sugar Coating o r dip one side in Choc­olate G laze and then in Bacon Sugar Coating. Serve Warm.

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I trick or treaters are filled up with something other than candy.Serve your ghouls and goblins a sweet, salty and colorful snack with this recipe

for Spooky Snack Mix. Made with peanuts, pretzels, marshmallows and chocolate chips, it’s a perfect after-school snack.

O r f o r a tr ie d -a n d - tru e k id f a v o r i te , s e r v e th e m c la s s ic P e p p e ro n i P izza . I t ’s th e p e r f e c t d in n e r t im e so lu tio n f o r b u s y fa m ilie s w h o c ra v e th e gooey , c h e e s y g o o d ­n e s s o f h o m e m a d e p izza .

For more seasonal recipes and baking tips, visit www.Karosyrup.com and www.Breadworld.com.

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5 cups crisp y co rn cereal sq uares 2 cups cinnam on-flavored bear-shaped

graham crackers 2 cups sa lted peanuts 2 cups tin y tw ist p retzels1 cup sugarl^ p lig h t corn syrup Vi cup b utter o r m argarine2 teasp oo ns pure va n illa extract % teaspoon y e llo w food co loring p lus

H teaspoon red food co loring , or teaspoon orange p aste food co loring

2 cups m ini m arshm allow s 2 cups sm all cand ies such as candy corn,

candy coated chocolate p ieces, etc.V cup w h ite or sem i-sw eet ch oco late ch ips 2 teasp oo ns corn o il

M ix together cereal, crackers, peanuts and pretzels in large bowl sprayed w ith cooking spray.Combine sugar, corn syrup and butter in saucepan over medium-high heat. Stirring frequently, bring to boil and cook fo r 1 m in­ute. Remove from heat and add van illa and food colorings (m ixture w ill bubble). D rizzle glaze over snack mix and toss to coat. Gently stir in marshm allows and candy; im m ediately spread on baking sheet sprayed w ith cooking spray.M elt chocolate chips and oil until smooth. D rizzle over snack m ix and refrigerate fo r 30 m inutes to set chocolate.Store m ix in air-tight container.

P E P P E R O N I P IZ Z AMakes: 1 (12-inch) pizza Prep Time: 15 minutes Bake Time: 12 to 15 minutes

C ru st:1 Vt to 2-V4 cups all-purpose flo u r 1 envelope Fleischm ann's P ia a Crust Yeast

or RapidRIse Yeast 1 l^teaspoons sugar Vt teaspoon saltVi cup very w arm w ater (120°F to 130°F)3 tab lesp o on s com o il Toppings:

to 1 cup pizza sauce Pepperoni slices1 to 2 cups (4 to 8 ounces) shredded

m ozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 425°F.Combine 1 cup flour, undissolved yeast, sugar and salt in large bowl. Add very warm w ater and o il; m ix until w e ll blended, about 1 m inute.G radually add enough rem aining flo u r to m ake so ft dough. Dough should form a ball and w ill be slightly sticky. Knead on floured surface, adding additional flo u r if necessary, until smooth and elastic, about 4 m inutes. (If using RapidRIse Yeast, le t dough rest a t th is point fo r 10 m inutes,)Pat dough w ith floured hands to fill greased pizza pan or baking sheet. Or, ro ll dough on floured counter to 12-inch circle; place in greased pl2za pan or baking sheet. Form rim by pinching edge o f dough.Spread w ith pizza sauce. Top w ith pepper^ oni and sprinkle w ith cheese.Bake on low est oven rack fo r 12 to 15 m inutes, un til cheese is bubbly and crust is browned.Tip : If you don't have a therm om eter, w ater should fee l very w arm to the touch.

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Plymouth’s McCann tapped asstate Realtor of the Year

By Julie Brownstaff Writer

The M ichigan Association of Real­to rs has nam ed Gordon M cCann the 2013 R ealto r o f the Year. M cCann is an associate b ro k er a t Coldwell B anker W eir M anuel of Plym outh.

The R ealto r of Y ear aw ard is thehighest aw ard bestow ed upon a m em ­b e r of the association. I t is given fo r outstanding achievem ents serv ing the MAR, the rea l es ta te profession and the community.

“I ’m r e j^ y honored to be chosen to receive th e aw ard,” said Plym outh Township residen t M cCann. H e noted th e 40 w inners from th e local associa­tions.

“We’re v e ry b ig advocates fo r prop­e rty rig h ts and hom eow nership. We’re ju s t dedicated R ealtors,” M cCann said. “I t’s ju s t a v e ry hum bling and rew ard ­ing honor to receive .”

The aw ard w as p resen ted Sept. 25 during th e annual MAR Expo and Con­vention a t the Soaring Eagle Casino and R esort in M ount Pleasant.

M cCann is a v e te ran R ealtor and has se rved M ichigan’s rea l e s ta te industry in num erous elected and appointed positions. H e was a director, treasu rer, p resident-elect and p resid en t o f the ' W estern W ayne O a l ^ d Coimty Asso­ciation o f R ealtors, as w ell as num er­ous com m ittees. M cCann w as also in strum enta l in th e form ation o f the G rea te r M etropolitan Association of R ealtors by m erg ing th a t association w ith th e M etropolitan Consolidated A ssociation of R ealtors.

In addition, M cCann w as a N ational Association of R ealtors d irec to r from 2007 to the p resen t and a d irec to r in the M ichigan .Association of R ealtors from 2009-12. H e has been on com m ittees in both organizations over the years.

Gordon and Sharon McCann of Plymouth Township enjoy their work together in real estate. He's this year's Realtor of the Year for the Michigan Association of Realtors.

M cCann w orks a t Coldwell B anker w ith w ife Sharon, a Realtor, and is fa th e r o f two grow n children. “She’s been doing it fo r 35 years,” he said of Sharon’s y ears in the field.

“I have had th e good fo rtune of w orking with Gordon since Septem ber of 2005,1 can a tte s t to the countless hours th a t he has dedicated to ou r in­dustry. Gordon's com m itm ent to excel­lence and his passion to our industry a re adm irab le,” said Shawn Riley, m an­aging b ro k er a t the P lym outh office of Coldwell B anker W eir M anuel, in a statem ent.

M cCann is in his 19' ’ y ear selling rea l e s ta te a f te r being involved with sales and m arketing in the health care industry fo r 26 years. M cCann holds a

B.S. in m arketing from F e rris S tate U niversity and an M.B.A in m arketing from M ichigan S tate U niversity’s Eli B road School of M anagem ent. H e con­tinues to sell rea l e s ta te in the P ly­m outh a re a and enjoys golfing and com petitive tim e-trid s in his Corvette.

“I ’m down to th e lonely one,” he said o f his 2000 Corvette, cu rren tly his only classic car. “I used to own severa l be­fore .”

H e and colleagues have seen the Plym outh-Canton-Northville m arke t com ing back gradually. “We all antici­p a te th a t nex t y ear will be b e tte r yet,” M cCann said of recen t y ears im prov­ing.

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HOMES SOLD/REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS-WAYNE COUNTYThese are the area residential 3750 Shepherd Ct $203,000 33822 Sleepy Hollow St $160,000 46534 Burning Tree Ln $40,000real estate closings recorded th e 42285 Trent Dr $250,000 29129 SunnydaleSt $115,000 14960 Dogwood Dr $236,000w eek o f Ju ly 8-12,2013, a t the 42158 Woodcreek Ln $290,000 18148 VacriLn i $223,000 40733 Five Mile Rd $160,000W ayne County Register o f Deeds 6739 Woodmere Dr $252,000 NORTHVILLE 499 N Evergreen 5t $480,000

o ffice . Listed below are cities. GARDEN C ITY 16745 Carriage Way $144,000 303 N Holbrook St $175,000arlHriaccAc and oaloc nrirpc. 7022Bum lySt $41,000 45780 Clement Ct $359,000 40344 Newport Dr $80,000

32234 Cherry H ilIRd $120,000 19410 Clement Rd $340,000 48805 Pinehill Dr $363,000CANTON 30406 Ford Rd $248,000 16284 Country Knoll Dr $280,000 42506 Schoolcraft Rd $155,0007226Cam eliaCt $175,000 629 Lathers St $80,000 17690 Farmcrest Ln $360,000 11721 Sycamore Df $92,00047875 Cardiff Ave $118,000 32924 Pierce St $70,000 17150 Lake View Cir $245,000 RED roRD43836 Cherry Grove C t E $154,000 341W Rose ®/e ' $49,000 41373 L e id e ir r $115,000 25907 Dover $66,00044048 Cranberry Dr $200,000 LIVONIA 16056 Morningside $150,000 19181 Glenmore $54,00046472 Doubletree Rd $225,000 30493 Barkley St $130,000 16908 Niagara Ct $466,000 18684 Indian $19,0008431 Elmhurst St $195,000 14441 Bassett St $148,000 48834 Rainbow Ln N $360,000 26634 Kenneth Ct $61,00050944 Federal Blvd $78,000 32913 Bobrich Ct $210,000 15755 Robinwood Dr $335,000 14252 Marshall Dr $148,00045973 Graystone Ln $193,000 33480 Bobrich St $205,000 42506 Steepleview St $339,000 11416 Norbome $46,0006929 Harvard Ln $35,000 32930 Brier Ct $262,000 41857 Sunnydale Ln $335,000 18261 Norborne $41,0002144 Hogan Way $210,000 32922 Brookside Cir $199,000 18740 Valencia St $352,000 WAYNE1103 Longfellow Dr $196,000 31755 Clarita St $195,000 20138 W Whipple Dr $220,000 5332 Newberry St $42,0002689 Mistwood Ct N $515,000 36508 Dardanella St $155,000 42244 W aterfall Rd $320,000 W ESTLAND325 N Beck Rd $390,000 15617 Edington St $260,000 430 Yerkes St $340,000 36255 Canyon Dr $110,00045657 N Stonewood Rd $146,000 14242 Foch St $134,000 PLYMOUTH 6630 Deerhurst Dr $86,00042307 Old Bridge Rd $160,000 11735 Hunters Park Ct $253,000 11140 Academy Ct $350,000 1267 Michael Dr $153,00047614 Pavilion Rd $300,000 18334 Irving St $78,000 46380 Academy Dr $295,000 571 S Bryar St $85,0006069 Porteridge Ln $195,000 29509 Jacquelyn Dr $135,000 498 Ann St $190,000 1213 Shoemaker Dr $33,000247 Queens Way $140,000 35699 Minton St $121,000 1071 Beech St $316,000 2390 W M iller Cir $125,0008250 Rolling Meadows $450,000 37728 N Laurel Park Dr $155,000 713BlunkSt $480,000Dr 27621 Pickford St $119,000 8919 Briarwood Dr $170,000172 Sheffield Ct $198,000 14539 Ronnie Ln $135,000 46492 Burning Tree Ln $40,000

HOMES SOLD/REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS-OAKLAND COUNTYThese are the area residential real estate closings recorded the w eek o f June 17-21,2013, at the Oakland County Register o f Deeds o ffice . Listed below are cities, addresses, and sales prices.

BEVERLY HILLS15964 Dunblaine Ave $295,00031180 E Rutland St $160,00031280 Pickwick Ln $370,00032095 Spruce Ln $283,000120 Tumberry Ct $555,000BIRMINGHAM1665 Birmingham Blvd $410,000639 Bloomfield Ct $303,000671 Davis Ave $550,0001195 Fairfax St $1,100,0001738FairviewSt $970,0001845 Hazel St $172,000700 Hidden Ravines Dr $507,000808 Madison St $423,000535 N Glenhurst Dr $725,000389 N Old Woodward $295,000Ave1240 Norfolk St $420,0001823 Pembroke Rd $682,0001075 Suffield Ave $579,0001951 Webster St $506,0002761 Windemere Rd $208,000BLOOMIHELD HILLS 3395 Eastpointe Ln $980,000643 Kingsley TrI $320,0004116 Pomona Colony St $269,000569RudgateRd $620,0004565TanbarkSt $475,0006386 Thorncrest Dr $305,0001261 Woodcrest Cir $225,000BLOOM FIELD TOWNSHIP 195 Barrington Rd $135,0002003 Bootmaker Ln $285,0002719CourvilleDr $270,0004805 Dover Rd $405,0001025 E Glengarry Cir $1,470,0001955 Eagle Pointe $188,0007289 Giengrove Dr $245,0004011 Hidden Woods Dr $430,0002688 Lamplighter Ln $342,0004910 Malibu Dr $530,0001020 N Cranbrook Rd $1,200,0001848 Packer Rd $195,0004610 Pickering Rd $231,000

1505 Quarton Ridge Cir $865,000 30715 Hunters Dr $50,000 25726 Groveland $390,000598 Reynard Ct $529,000 33714 Kirby St $152,000 51124 Hailfield St $285,0001227 Romney Rd $299,000 23611 LarkshireSt $120,000 23084 Heatherbrae Way $250,000236 S Cranbrook Rd $139,000 28825 Lorikay St $180,000 23210 Inverness Ct $565,0004774 5toneleigh Rd $2,375,000 28323 Montpelier Ct $139,000 41675 Magnolia Ct $185,0002280 Sudbury Way $485,000 29983 Mullane Dr $230,000 27053 M axwell Ct $237,0001774 Sunset Dr $226,000 30903 Northwestern $1,900,000 51206 M ayfair Ter $270,0004113Telegraph Rd# $54,000 Hwy 22715 Meadowbrook $230,000G-211 30794 Oak Valley Dr $230,000 Rd5060 Van Ness Dr > $600,000 32321 Old Forge Ln $221,000 27980 Middleton Dr $181,0004049 W Maple Rd $50,000 33600 Old Timber Rd $309,000 41829 Mitchell Rd $167,000COMMERCE TOWNSHIP 32068 Olde Franklin Dr $230,000 25038 Newberry Dr $227,0006103 Birchaest Ln $60,000 23600 Paddock Dr $225,000 40646 Rock Hill St $148,0005076 Carinas Way Ct $280,000 28318 Parkhill St $100,000 24593 Simmons Dr $234,0005115 Carinas Way Ct $335,000 27870 Peppermill Rd $135,000 41513 Twain PI $297,0007988 Farrant St $165,000 30113 S Meadowridge $183,000 39803 Village Wood Ln $73,0003343 Ledgewood Ct W $423,000 38174 Saratoga Cir $163,000 22566 W infield Rd $192,0005175 Parkgate Dr $50,000 21794 Sheffield Dr $345,000 SOUTH LYON5176 Parkgate Dr $50,000 32423 Sprucewood St $212,000 59248 Bavernhaus Ct $75,000721 Remington Ct $312,000 36732 Tanglewood Ln $245,000 23664 Copperwobd Dr E $422,0005340 Riverw alkTrl $250,000 31070 Verona St $400,000 51924 Copperwood Dr $375,000200 Robin Rd $85,000 23013 W att Dr $169,000 N1025 Sherbrooke St $283,000 FRANKLIN 649 Covington St $103,0002436 Solace Dr $55,000 30925 Franklin Oaks TrI $650,000 831 Glen Meadows Dr $310,0005053 Surfwood Dr $425,000 27231 W 14 M ile Rd $231,000 54895 Glenwood Ct $361,000FARMINGTON M ILFORD 300 Hampton Ct $80,00036818 Brittany Hill Dr $135,000 269 Dorchester Ct $245,000 607 Lyon Blvd $121,00035225 Drake Heights Dr $216,000 630 Elizabeth St $120,000 23882 Lyon Ridge Dr $333,00032718 Grand River Ave $40,000 1208 Riverside St $265,000 508 N Reese St $145,000U n ite 3290 S Hickory Ridge Rd $50,000 466 Princeton Dr $60,00023057 Hayden $112,000 1311 Yosemite Valley Dr $279,000 157 University Ave $125,00021109 Robinwood St $171,000 1328 Yosemite Valley Dr $292,000 SOUTHFIELD33652 State St $215,000 NORTHVILLE 17030 Crescent Dr $70,000FARMINGTON HILLS 47910 BellagioCt $1,275,000 28770 Fairfax St $57,00030114 Ardmore Dr $160,000 51804 Curtis Ct $434,000 29293 Fairfax St $33,00029196 Arlington W ay Ct $305,000 37688 E Greenwood Dr $260,000 27403 Lexington Pkwy $62,00023128 Ashley St $111,000 47135 Grasmere Rd $212,000 20281 Roseiand St $120,00032741 Balmoral Knis $175,000 22583 Poppleton Dr $413,000 28950 San Carlos St $132,00023372 Barfield St $105,000 1000 Saratoga Ct $129,000 25430 Southfield Rd# $45,00029984 Barwell Rd . $179,000 NOVI A20325814 Beecham Rd $195,000 31023 14 Mile Road $150,000 28686 Spring Arbor Dr $60,00031950 Bella Vista Dr $139,000 27566 Albert St $252,000 28570 Stuart Ave $88,00027845 Berrywood Ln $55,000 24528 Bashian Dr $72,000 29329 W ildbrook Dr $126,000Unit5B 41663 Blair Dr $102,000 30280 Woodgate Dr $75,00027959 Brandywine Rd $195,000 24151 Brentwood Ct $430,000 WHITE LAKE34735 Bridgeman St $83,000 41645 Charleston Ln $191,000 965 Merit St $270,00021228 Cass St $150,000 28351 Clymer Dr $84,000 505 N Ponchartrain St $342,00022706 Elmgrove St $110,000 28381 Clymer Dr $92,000 699W O xhill Dr $125,00021278 Flanders 5t $70,000 28388 Clymer Dr $88,000 1347W averlyDr $170,00029883 Fox Club Dr $335,000 31181 Columbia Dr $170,00028519 Grayling Ave $121,000 51140 E Bourne Ter $291,00026588 Greythorne TrI $205,000 22649 Foxmoor Dr $368,000

RobertMeisner

Structural problem

serious IssueQ: I have a serious s t r u c t^ a l

problem with m y unit and the associ­ation un d er the docum ents is respon­sible fo r tak ing ca re of it. The board says they don’t have th e m oney and has failed to m ake the repairs . They te ll m e th a t I should do it and he ap­p reciative of the fac t th a t I am a m em ber of th e association; w hat do you think?

. The developer has been gone fo r over 12 years.

A; I th ink th a t the board m em bers have b reached th e ir fidu­c iary duty by failing to prom ptly rep a ir structiural problem s particu la rly those th a t cause unit dam age. The board m igh t claim th a t th ey a re ex er­cising “business judgm ent,’t bu t if, in fac t, they a re not exercising due care , they cannot use the b ^ in e s s judgm ent ru le as a shield fo^ th e ir co n d u c t In a recen t case out o f Illi­nois, th e appellate cou rt did find th a t the B oard o f D irec to rs had b reached th e ir fiduciary duty by failing to tim ely take care of structim al de- . fects. Indeed, any liability incu rred because of th e s tru c tu ra l defects m ight not only be the asso c^ tio n ’s responsibility b u t th a t of the careless d irec to rs subsequent to the devel­oper being out o f th e p icture.

Q: I live in a beautifu l subdivision of detached condos, bu t in a recen t notice of th e upcom ing m eeting, we w ere in form ed th a t th e boai'd has decided th a t because a few of the ex te rio r light fix tu res on som e of our neighbor’s hom es a re peeliiig, they w ant to rep lace all the-fix tures a t each hom eow ner’s expense. A vote will be taken on the m a tte r a t the annual m eeting. W hat do yc^u think?

A; I t aU depends upon yoiu* docu­m ents. Presum ably, the b o ^ d can m ake th is m odification if tlje docu­m ents so allow and pass the costs onto th e individual co-owners. On the o ther hand, it depends upon w hether the docum ents req u ire a vote of the co-owners and som etim es s^socia- tions req u est a vote even if it is not requ ired by the documents! which m ay or m ay not be a good idea. G et your neighbors together anp reta in a n a tto m e y to check your righ ts. -

Robert M . M eisner is a iawyer and the author o f " Condo Living 2 : An Authoritative Guide to Buying, Seiiing, and Operating a Condominium. ° It is available fo r $24.95plus $5.55 fo r tax, shipping and handling. “ Condo Uving 2 " is available in both print and e-book editions. The e-book is available h r download through iTunes, Amazon.com, and bamesandnoble.com. Call 248-644-4433 or visitbmeisner@ meisner-law.com. This column shouldn't be construed as legal advice.

REAL ESTATE BRIEFSS h o rt s a le s

I f you owe m ore th an w hat your house is worth, you m ay be in te rest­ed in a f re e inform ational sem inar on short sale procedures. M any sellers a re m isinform ed o r not su fe about how the procedures work. O rga­n izers will also discuss the in ternal w orkings of sho rt sales and th e dif­fe re n t steps, involved.

Bonnie David, broker/ow ner of Quantum Real E state , is thp p resen t­er. I t will be 6-7 p.m . ’Thursdays a t 129 N. L afayette , downtown South Lyon.

Additional park ing across the s tree t in back. P lease call the office a t 248-782-7130 or em ail june.quan- tu m @ ^ a il.c o m fo r your reservation o r adchtional inform ation.

S e m in a r o n T u e sd a y s , T h u is d a y s

A fre e sem inar on governm ent- insured rev e rse m ortgages is offered by Colonial M ortgage Corp. on Hies- days a t 6:30 p.m. and Thiu'^days a t 2 p.m., held a t various locations.

RSVP w ith Colonial M o ^g ag e a t 800-260-5484.

F re e fo re c lo s u re to u rsF ree foreclosure tou rs a re 1 p.m.

every o ther Sunday. M eeting place is P anera B read on the southeast cor­n e r of M iddlebelt and 1-96.

Em ail Georjgia@addedvaluereal- ty.com or v isit FreeForeclosureTbur- .com.

In v e s t o rThe Real E state Investo rs Associ­

ation o f W ayne will have ap open forum . Investo rs will ansv[er ques­tions and o ffe r a m arke t update. M eetings a re a t 7:30 p.m. each f irs t Thesday of the m onth a t the Red L obster on E ureka in Southgate.

M em bers a re free , guests $20, w hich will be applied to th e ir m em ­bership.

Any questions o r concerns, call Wayde K oehler a t 313-277-^68.

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ranch with aD appli, hardwood. floors, sunroom, bsmL garage,

fenced yard, ^95/mo. Immediate Occupancy.

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WAYNE: 3 bdrm, bsmt, 2 car garage, fenced, carpet no

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A-1 HAULINGMove scrap metal, clean base­ments, garagra, stores, etc. Lowest pdees m town. Quick service. Free e s l Wayne/ Oak­land. Central location. 24B-547-2764, 248-559-8138

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QUALITY CLEANING SVC.Commenfial & Residential.

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Moving S to ra g e

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