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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2 0 1 3 • h o m e to w n life .c o m
Canton expects to
drop pit bull label
Supervisor Phil LaJoy in­
Township board expected to amend dog ordinance
that currently singles out specific breed as ‘vicious’
By Darrell Clem
P it bull te rrie rs apparently
will no longer be singled out in
Canton’s vicious dogs ordinance
a fte r a local couple lobbied
township officials to revise
the language.
AT WO
dicated the township board
could vote as early as January
to am end the ordinance to
rem ove breed-specific language
pertaining to pit bulls.
Township A ttorney Kristin
Kolb, who is revising the ordinance,
said dog ow ners still
could be held responsible if
their pet - regardless of breed
- attacks another pet, child or
adult.
Jessica and M arcin Kowa-
lew ski had feared the vicious
dogs ordinance could place
their 4-year-old Loki a t greater
risk sim ply because he is a pit
bull and Am erican bull dog
mix. They said he could be
confiscated and destroyed
even if another dog attacked
him.
See PIT BULL, Page A2
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Jessica and Marcin
Kowalewski are
encouraged their
dog Loki, a pit bull
and American bull
dog mix, could no
longer be considered
viciOUS. KATEMCGIISKY
Board vote
clears way
for PARC
proposal
School officials give tacit
approval to rec plan
By Brad Kadrich
Staff Writer
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Debbie Leach packs gift bags for larger families, photos by bill bresler | staff i
G o o d f e l l o w s m
Canton Goodfellows volunte
e r K athe Robinson held a
child’s w ish list in her hands
as helpers Ginny G arner and
B arb Steiner sifted through a
gift bag fo r The Vampire
Diaries book collection.
They found it, then began
their quest to find w inter
clothing for th e sam e child.
“We’re elves,” Robinson
said, smiling.
It was a scene repeated all
week as untiring Goodfellows
volunteers bustled around the
e e t C h r i s t m a s w i s h e s
lower level of the Canton
A dm inistration Building to
assem ble gift bags for 407
children from 157 families.
Robinson has no children
of her own, y et she volunteered
her tim e to help Goodfellows.
“W hat goes around, comes
around,” she said. “We’ve got
to help each other."
Canton Goodfellows President
John Spencer said the
organization would finish its
w ork before Saturday, when
local fam ilies in need arrive
See ELVES. Page A3
Gloria Cifaldi moves bags that are prepared for children.
Though no one is officially
endorsing the plan to turn
Central Middle School into a
com m unity arts/recreation
complex, a vote Tuesday by the
Plymouth-Canton Community
Schools Board of Education
certainly seem ed to clear the
path for such a project.
The board voted 6-0 (Secreta
ry A drienne Davis was absent)
in favor of a resolution
for the disposition of Central
Middle School, which the district
will close following the
2014-15 school year. The resolution
a s passed m eans the board
will seek fair m arket value for
th e property in a deal that
keeps the property as one entity,
rath e r than splitting or
dividing it “in any fashion.”
Superintendent Michael
M eissen said estim ates of the
fair m arket value for the property
fall betw een $3 million
and $4 million. The district will
hire a real estate consultant
and appraiser to determ ine the
actual value.
"(The resolution) says, ‘Let’s
keep the property together’
and expresses an intent to look
at fair m arket value,” Meissen
said. “The board would be
See BOARD, Page A2
Canton police nab alleged prostitute, client at local motel
Kentucky man was in town to attend hockey
tournament with 16-year-old daughter
By Darrell Clem
Staff Writer
A 62-year-old Kentucky man
and a female companion half
his age have been cited for
prostitution afte r Canton police
investigated an incident at
the Days Inn near Michigan
Avenue and Lotz Road.
The male suspect from
Louisville adm itted hiring the
31-year-old South Lyon woman
Saturday night while he was in
Canton w ith his daughter, 16,
who w as involved in a hockey
tournam ent, according to police
reports. H e allegedly told
authorities he found the companion
through a website,
backpage.com.
The fem ale suspect told
police the K entucky man was
h er second client of the day
and that she had earlier
smoked crack cocaine, according
to the report.
Police said she claim ed her
clients hire her because they
are n 't sexually satisfied at
home - and she said some of
them ask her to dress up like a
young girl.
Canton D etective Sgt. Chad
Baugh said local authorities
have taken a tough stand
against prostitution.
“We have taken a very
proactive stance,” he said.
“O ur shift lieutenants have
engaged our police officers to
w ork undercover. We have
prosecuted people for pandering
and forfeited their property.”
Baugh said Canton police
hope to send a message that
prostitution and other illegal
behavior associated w ith it will
not be tolerated here.
The case unfolded as Canton
police patrolling the area
around 9 p.m. Saturday noticed
suspicious activity a fte r a
silver Dodge Caravan pulled
up to a Days Inn room, but no
one w ent inside o r cam e out.
The police report indicated
th ere had been crim es such as
m otor vehicle theft and fuel
See PROSTITUTE, Page A2
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L o c a l d r i v e b o o s t s T o y s f o r T o t s
Tbys for Tots got a
boost Saturday afternoon
as volunteers collected
an estim ated $1,000 in
toys, games, books and
gift cards during a cam ­
paign inside the Canton
Public Library.
Tbys fo r Tots coordinator
Rebecca Yarborough
stopped by with
other volunteers to collect
donations from the
drive organized by Bob
and Natalie Mosher of
Canton.
E arlier Saturday, the
Tbys for Tots organizers
collected an estim ated
$700 during a drive at
Leo’s Coney Island in
Belleville.
Marine Sqt
Tarek Aljida
conversation
with Toys for
“It w _
N atalie M osher said.
The Tbys for Tots
drive was among others
happening across the
area to help during the
holidays.
Marine Sgt. Tbrek
A ljida stopped at the
Canton site to help out,
joining volunteers such
as Bob Mosher, who also
served in the Marines.
The McDonald's restaurant
on Ford Road in
Canton donated to the
cause and also offered
hot chocolate.
A tchinson Ford
brought donations including
footballs and Hot
Wheels.
Bob Mosher,
Volunteers pack donations from a Toys for Tots drive at the Canton Public Library.
BOARD
Continued from Page A1
interested in determ ining
the viability of a
plan for a community
ered nine options, none
m ore prom inent than
the one presented by the
Plym outh A rts and Recreation
Complex comm
ittee. That PARC
group, a coalition of
individuals, cultural
organizations and athletics
groups, is working
on purchasing Central
Middle School once it
closes afte r the 2014-15
school year and transform
ing it into a cultural
and recreation center.
The PARC facility
could include sports
fields, a gymnasium, a
swimm ing pool, a fitness
center, an auditorium
and a rt studio
and m eeting space.
While Tbesday's vote
w asn’t a direct endorsem
ent of the PARC project,
PARC steering
com m ittee m em ber Don
Soenen was pleased with
the resolution.
“I w ant to th a n k ... all
those who’ve worked
w ith PARC," Soenen told
board m em bers a t Tbes-
day’s meeting. “The
project is coming along
extrem ely well. We’ve
been rather tenacious
and we’ll be ju st as passionate
about seeing this
p roject through.”
The resolution’s key
points:
» The property will
not be split o r divided in
any fashion, “but rather
it shall be owned, operated
and controlled by a
single entity.”
» The board “recognizes
the desirability of
having the CMS property
utilized for community
or other purposes
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subsequent to the cessation
of its public educational
use as a middle
school."
T he PARC plan already
has the endorsem
ent of the Plymouth
City Commission, which
voted to support it last
week.
Board of Education
P resident John B arrett
stressed Tbesday’s vote
doesn’t go as far as endorsing
the PARC plan
and that the board
would be willing to listen
to other options. He
does, however, like the
PARC plan.
“The resolution just
m eans w e’re open to
working w ith (PARC)
and hearing their complete
plan,” B arrett said.
"I think the PARC plan
is an outstanding design.
I f they can get the re ­
sources for it, it would
be a great addition to
the community.”
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PIT BULL
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A fter addressing the
township board Tbesday
night, Jessica Kowalewski
welcomed LaJoy’s
rem arks that changes in
the vicious dogs ordinance
appear imminent.
“I’m very excited,
very happy, ecstatic," she
said. “I’m just glad the
township is moving forward
w ith this.”
An e arlier story in the
Observer detailing the
couple’s concerns revealed
how divisive the
issue has become, with
readers posting sharply
opposing comments on
www.hometownlife.com.
Some supported the Kow
alewslos, while others
said they believe pit bulls
are inherently m ore dangerous
than other dogs.
Township TVeasurer
M elissa McLaughlin said
the ordinance was adopted
nearly 20 years ago, at
a tim e when some communities
had an outright
ban on pit bulls. She said
the controversy has persisted
partly due to
“atrocities" such as a
PROSTITUTE
Continued from Page A1
theft a t area hotels.
Police approached a
49-year-old Southfield
man in the Dodge Caravan,
who said he had
been staying a t the inn
and had driven to a gas
station even though he
adm itted he didn’t have a
driver’s license, according
to authorities. Police
learned he was the boyfriend
of the accused
prostitute.
While police were
talking w ith him, the
“I ’m very excited,
very happy,
ecstatic. I ’m just
glad the township
is moving
forward with
this.”
dog-fighting conviction
against NFL sta r Michael
Vick and others “who do
these horrible things to
dogs.”
McLaughlin also said
pit bulls are harder to
shake loose, com pared to
most dogs, during an
attack. She said the intent
of the ordinance was
to become proactive and
reduce potential risks
associated with pit bulls.
“T here’s a risk percentage
involved there,"
she said.
M arcin Kowalewski
has called Loki “a 100-
pound puppy" who is
more concerned about
getting his next treat
than attacking another
62-year-old suspect
walked out of the room
and was then questioned,
allegedly telling authorities
he was in Canton
with his teenage daughte
r for a hockey tournam
ent and had found an
advertisem ent on backpage.com
fo r a massage.
According to the police
report, the massage
led to the accused prostitute
fondling the male
suspect. H e told police he
paid $100.
Police confiscated the
money, took the three
suspects into custody and
issued citations for them
to appear in 35th D istrict
dog o r a person. Loki,
obtained through the
Buster Foundation rescue
organization, has
attended obedience classes
and has an implanted
microchip to help in locating
him if he ever gets
lost.
Canton requires owners
to place dogs on
leashes in public places,
though the township has
an off-leash dog park.
Jessica Kowalewski
said a dog’s aggressive
behavior is often linked
to its ow ner’s actions.
Moreover, she said
breed-neutral language
in dog ordinances is supported
by the American
V eterinary M edical Association,
the American
Kennel Club, th e National
Animal Control Association
and the National
Canine Research Council,
am ong other groups.
La Joy said th e tow n­
ship board is expected to
a ct on revisions to Canton’s
vicious dogs ordinance
as early as Jan. 14,
a fte r Kolb finishes
am ending the language.
LaJoy confirm ed he expects
specific references
to pit bull te rrie rs will be
removed.
Court.
The accused prostitute
and the 62-year-old
m an w ere cited for misdem
eanor charges of
prostitution. She also was
ticketed for possession of
marijuana.
H er alleged boyfriend
was cited for not having
a driver’s license.
All three defendants
have been ordered to
appear in 35th D istrict
Court to answ er the
charges against them .
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Man taken into custody after police find
$25,000 worth of American Express cards
Canton police seized
stolen Am erican Express
gift cards w orth an estim
ated $25,000 and arrested
a suspect during a
traffic stop early Monday
morning, Detective
Sgt. Chad Baugh said.
Police recovered num
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n ear Belleville Road,
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point because of the
fraud,” he said.
Police took a 27-year-
old man into custody as
the investigation was
unfolding.
Police stopped the
m an's car am id reports
of "someone acting suspicious”
along Michigan
Avenue. A police dog was
brought to the scene, but
Baugh said no drugs
w ere found.
However, police found
the stolen American
Express cards, which
Baugh said apparently
had been bundled in
packs o f eight to 12.
It w asn’t immediately
known w here the cards
had been stolen, Baugh
said, though Canton authorities
w ere continuing
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Keeping it all organized is a big job. Kar Theisen (from left), Natalie Anderson-Theisen and Mary Jo Raeck figure it out.
ELVES
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a t township hall to learn
that they, indeed, will
have a C hristm as because
th e ir community
cares.
“We’ll have everything
ready w hen they
get here,” Spencer said.
Goodfellows donors
gave dolls, games, winter
coats, books, boots, toy
trucks, bicycles, other
gifts and money so volunteers
could dash out to
buy last-m inute presents
they still needed.
V olunteer Ruth Wiles,
crocheting a baby’s blanket,
said she has been a
Goodfellows helper since
the effort began in the
1940s.
“I feel like it’s a whole
lot of working together
and I like that,” she said.
“The main reason I do it
is because it’s such a
good cause. T here are so
m any kids who a re suffering.”
Goodfellows board
m em ber N atalie Anderson-Theisen
said this
year’s cam paign, like the
others before it, was
falling into place.
“I think it’s going pretty
smoothly,” she said.
Fam ilies also receive
gift cards for food at
H oliday M arket, K roger
and M eijer. Spencer said
dozens of local senior
citizens at Canton Place
and Sum m it on the Park
also will receive gifts and
food.
Paula Kosbe, Canton’s
volunteer coordinator,
said an estim ated 150
people volunteer their
tim e fo r Goodfellows.
She said another SO or so
are involved in a food
drive a t the Canton-based
Holiday M arket.
In the end, Goodfellows
volunteers can close
out another year knowing
they - and local donors -
fulfilled their mission of
No Child W ithout a
Christm as.
“We really get a big
turnout from the community,”
Kosbe said. “It’s
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Fire prevention poster
contest winners announced
The Canton Fire D epartm
ent honored local children
Tuesday night during a cerem
ony honoring the w inners of
this year’s Fire Prevention
Poster Contest.
The cerem ony at the Canton
Adm inistration Building
honored local elem entary
school children who entered
the contest sponsored in conjunction
w ith Fire Prevention
Week.
The contest is intended to
educate children on fire prevention
aw areness. This
year's posters followed the
National Fire Prevention
Week them e “Stay Fire Sm art
- D on't Get Burned."
Posters w ere judged in two
categories, first through third
grade and fourth through
sixth.
This year's w inners from
the earlier grades are first
place, Hiba Ghias, third
grade, Achieve Charter Academy;
second place, Angelina
H orral, third grade, Plymouth
Christian Academy; third
place, Kayla Joy Powell, third
grade, Plym outh Christian
Academy; and honorable mention,
Ryan McCaig, first
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This year's winners (front row, from left) are Kayla Powell, Gloria
Ravuri, Arulvel Rajeswaran, Dillion St. Ledger, Isabel Mossel and
Angelina Horral. Standing behind them (from left) are Fire Inspector
Nichole Hamilton, Fire Chief Josh Meier, Chamber President Thomas
Paden and Deputy Fire Chief Chris Stoecklein. canton fire department
grade, All Saints Catholic
School.
W inners from grades four
through six are first place,
G loria Ravuri, sixth grade,
Plym outh Christian Academy;
second place, Dillon St. Ledger,
sixth grade, Plymouth
Christian Academy; third
place, Arulvel Rajesw aran,
fifth grade, Dodson Elementary
School; and honorable
m ention, Isabel Mossel, sixth
grade, Plymouth Christian
Academy.
This year’s event was sponsored
by the Canton Cham ber
of Com merce.
D river c ite d
C A N TO N CRIM E W A TC H
An alert w itness trailed a
hit-and-run driver and then
notified Canton police of his
whereabouts, resulting in the
suspect being cited for leaving
the scene of a property
dam age accident, a police
report said.
The incident started
around 6 p.m. Dec. 4 near
H aggerty and Palmer, when
the 40-year-old suspect was
seen striking another car and
then fleeing the scene, the
report said.
The witness, exiting the
Meadowoods Townhomes
complex, trailed the suspect
to another nearby neighborhood,
confronted him and
asked him why he didn’t stop
a t the accident, the police
report said.
The suspect reportedly
said he was late for work.
Police indicated the driver
show ed no signs of using
alcohol or narcotics. H e was
issued a citation for leaving
the scene.
F elo n a p p r e h e n d e d
Canton police arrested a
50-year-old man who was
wanted fo r a felony parole
violation out of M issouri, a
police report said.
Police patrolling on Ford
Road near Canton Center
noticed the man walk across
bustling Ford even though he
w asn't in a crossw alk, the
report said. The m an proceeded
to the M eijer parking
lot, w here police caught up
with him.
It was learned he was
wanted for a felony out of
Missouri, though the police
report didn’t indicate what
type of crim e. Canton police
notified M issouri authorities,
who asked that he be held
until they could seek extradi-
H it-and -run
A 35-year-old woman from
E) Paso, Texas, notified Canton
police afte r she said her
2010 Honda Odyssey was
struck from behind by a man
who fled the scene in a 2007
C hrysler Sebring, a police
report said.
The incident happened
about 8 p.m. M onday on westbound
Ford at H aggerty - one
of M ichigan’s highest-crash
intersections.
The woman had stopped
for the traffic light w hen the
incident occurred.
Both drivers got out of
their cars, she inform ed the
other driver she was calling
the police and the two made
arrangem ents to pull into a
gas station, the police report
said.
The woman pulled over;
the other driver fled.
- By Darrell Clem
L ev el lif t e d
A m an described as a repeat
shoplifter stole a laser leveling
device, priced at $199.99, F riday
afternoon from the Home
D epot on Five Mile a t Beck,
police said.
The th ie f eluded a store
security w orker who tried to
confront him, a Plymouth
Tbwnship Police D epartm ent
report said, and drove north on
Beck in a gray Ford F-150 pickup
truck with a plow.
The security w orker told
police he had seen the man
take the anti-theft sensor from
the level and conceal the level
in his jacket. H e told police the
man was suspected of stealing
from the store previously and
that he had been trying to
catch him for months.
C red it-card fr a u d
A township man reported
Dec. 3 that $3,000 in unauthorized
charges had been made
in N ovem ber on two store
credit cards belonging to him.
The victim told police he
learned of the fraud Nov. 17
when he was contacted by the
credit-card departm ent at each
store and asked to verify the
charges. Both charges, one for
$777.75 and another for
P LY M O U TH CRIM E W ATCH
$2,223.11, had been made at
stores in California, a police
report said.
The credit accounts were
canceled.
Car lo o t e d
Cash, credit cards, a cellphone
and a lunchbox were
reported stolen Saturday from
a car parked at Atlas Tbbe, on
Eckles north of Plymouth
Road.
T he victim, an employee,
told police he had left the
lunchbox in his Pontiac Firebird
about 9:30 p.m. Friday and
w ent back to the factory to
finish his shift. He returned to
the car about midnight, he
said, to find the item s missing
from the car.
The victim w as uncertain if
he had locked the Firebird
upon leaving it earlier; police
found no signs of forced entry.
V a n d a lism
Garage doors and a house
w ere spray-painted and a car
was egged one night last week
in an outbreak of vandalism in
the area of Ann A rbor Road
and Sheldon.
Police responded Friday
morning to a report th a t a Ford
Flex parked in the drivew ay of
a house on T brtlehead Court
had been egged and the garage
door spray-painted w ith the
w ords “pun-day” in brown
paint, a police report said.
While there, officers noticed
vandalism at a neighboring
house, this one on Tbrtlehead
Drive, the report said.
There, the main garage door
and a living room window had
been spray-painted with words
and another garage door had
also been painted: the door’s
windows had been painted
over and the door handle was
covered w ith brown paint,
police said.
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House bills begin attack on trafficking
By Brad Kadrich
Staff Writer
State Rep. K urt Heise
has said one of the biggest
problem s the Michigan
Commission on H u­
man TVafficking faces is
defining the depth and
breadth of the problem
and figuring out w hether
‘‘w e’re inventing a crisis
w here none really ex-
Now that the commission
has produced its
2013 report to the governor
and Legislature,
commission m em bers
have a b etter idea of the
enorm ity of th e problem
facing them - and they’re
pretty sure it's a big one.
"It told us a lot about
ourselves as a state,” said
Heise, R-Plymouth Ibwn-
ship. “The problem is
real.”
According to the re ­
port, an estim ated 20.9
million men, women and
children a re trafficked
for com m ercial sex or
forced labor worldwide.
Approxim ately 75 percent
of the victim s are
women, while 27 percent
a re children.
A 76-city FBI raid in
July led to the a rrest of
18 pim ps in the Detroit
area, m ore than any othe
r city, and recovered 10
children. Only San Francisco
(12) had more.
Tak in g a c tio n
"The FBI raid in Detroit
confirm ed our beliefs,”
H eise said. “The
report is the m ost comprehensive
of the crisis
and w hat to do about it.”
Now the Legislature is
doing something about it.
The Michigan House
passed legislation to
strengthen protections
for human trafficking
victim s. Thking its cue
from the M ichigan Comm
ission on H um an TVafficking,
the House included
a Safe H arbor
provision that will treat
children as victims, not
crim inals.
HB 5012, introduced
by Rep. Eileen Kowall,
R-White Lake, creates a
presum ption that a minor
found engaging in prostitution
is a victim of human
trafficking and man-
Heise
Kowall
dates law enforcem ent
refer the m inor victim s
fo r appropriate trea t­
m ent within the D epartm
ent of H um an Services.
HB 5026, introduced
by Heise, provides m inor
sex trafficking victims
Safe H arbor by ensuring
the M ichigan D epartm
ent of H um an Services
has the jurisdiction to
trea t m inors as victims
and not delinquents when
they are in danger of
substantial physical or
psychological harm . HB
5026 and HB 5012 were
tie-barred together.
The House also passed
a resolution to am end the
Federal Communications
D ecency Act to prohibit
hum an traffickers from
exploiting victims
through online classified
ad sites, another recom ­
mendation of th e M ichigan
Commission on Human
TVafficking.
G o o d sta r t
Kowall w orked heavily
with the Safe H arbor
provisions and thinks the
H ouse cam e up w ith solid
legislation.
“This Safe H arbor
legislation is nothing
short of a sea change as
to how we view those
caught up in hum an trafficking,”
Kowall said.
“These bills will provide
victim s with the tools to
begin rebuilding their
lives and hope for a
brig h ter future.”
Michigan Attorney
G eneral Bill Schuette
praised the House for the
actions.
“A child forced to
have sex is a victim, not a
crim inal," Schuette said.
“This victim -centered
Safe H arbor legislation
ensures young survivors
a re treated w ith care — a
key recom m endation
from the M ichigan Comm
ission on H um an TVafficking."
D espite the arrests in
the FB I raid, both H eise
and Kowall believe it's
going to take a holistic
approach to attack the
problem . It can’t ju st be a
law -enforcem ent problem,
H eise said. O ther
agencies — the governor’s
office, the Legislature
and social service
organizations — will
have to work cooperatively.
C o lle c tin g d a ta
According to the re ­
port, the FBI in 2011
opened 183 hum an trafficking
investigations,
made 187 a rrests and got
79 convictions in the
U nited States. In addition,
352 cases were
opened by the FBI on
m atters related to the
com m ercial sexual exploitation
of m inors —
cases that m ay have also
been related to human
trafficking. In those 352
cases, the FB I obtained
196 convictions. Those
are national num bers; the
FBI doesn’t have Michigan-specific
data.
B etter num bers are
w hat the L egislature is
going to need going forward.
"The problem is obviously
very real,” H eise
said. “B ut I w ant to get
even b etter data. I want
m ore accurate num bers
so we can get a better
handle on it.”
While the report was
about w hat they expected,
both H eise and Kowall
w ere a little su r­
prised a t the breadth of
the problem .
“I think during the
whole process I was
shocked and appalled at
how far and wide this
problem is, that it’s going
on right under our noses,”
Kowall said. “It’s like
the second-largest organized
crim e in the world
right now.
"Sometim es I ask
m yself if hum an beings
as a species have evolved
one nano-second,” she
added. “You can get real
depressed, but then you
realize you have to get
out and do something
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Twitter: @bkadrich
P-CEP National Honor Society seeks annual SJ5K nominations
T he Plymouth-Canton
Educational Park Nationa
l Honor Society host its
fourth annual 5K a t the
beginning of May on the
high school campus.
The event w as created
in 2011 in honor of 16-
year-old P-CEP student
Jesse Lindlbauer, when a
sinus infection turned
into an abscess which
ruptured, causing a traum
atic brain injury. The
SJ5K run was created in
order to bring the comm
unity support to the
fam ily and raise money
to help defray medical
expenses.
A fter the success of
the SJ5K the first year,
N ational Honor Society
decided to make the
SJ5K an annual event.
O ver the last two years,
it has continued to provide
support fo r local
fam ilies. Last year, the
event brought the comm
unity together to support
Salem High School’s
Max M erget, Plymouth
High School’s Erinne
W illiams and Jayden
Gohl.
Jayden was bom with
hydrocephalus, a rare
m edical condition in
which fluid builds up in
the brain. H e wasn’t
expected to live past six
months, but he beat the
odds and is now 4 years
old. Jayden has been
through seven brain
surgeries and countless
doctor appointments.
Jayden needs to be
w atched around the clock
and his m other Lauren
faces challenges providing
for Jayden since she
cannot have a full-time
job.
W illiams is a 15-yearold
student who has lived
w ith spinal muscular
atrophy, a m otor neuron
disease sim ilar to ALS
(Lou Gehrig’s disease)
since before her first
birthday. Since her diagnosis,
Williams has been
through 19 pneumonias,
11 surgeries and 21 hospitalizations.
She is confined
to a wheelchair and
forced to use a breathing
machine.
M erget is a senior at
Salem who has battled
b rain cancer since he
w as 3. In January 2013,
M erget was diagnosed
w ith cancer fo r the
fourth tim e. The previous
th ree tim es M erget
beat the cancer and he is
optim istic about beating
the cancer for a fourth
tim e.
M erget has created a
nonprofit foundation
called m axyourbrain in
conjunction w ith the
U niversity of Michigan
to help raise money for
c ancer research.
The group’s goal is to
select a local fam ily or
individual (defined as
living within the bounda
ries of the Plymouth-
Canton Community
School d istrict) who, as a
result of unforeseen
life-altering circum ­
stances, finds them selves
w ith a specific need (outside
of norm al living
expenses) w hich could
not be attained without
G r a n d
O p e n in g
N ominations will be
considered by the SJ5K
Committee. The nomination
form and other inform
ation regarding the
race can be found at
SJ5K.org.
T he nominations form
m ust be returned by Jan.
21 either to beth.savalox@pccsmail.net
or
mailed to SJ5K Review
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Savalox, Plym outh High
School, 8400 Beck Rd.,
Canton, MI 48187.
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Fidler signs the song "Calling All Angels" by Train during Sunda/s ceremony, bill bresler | staff photographer
honors
those gone too soon
Compassionate Friends organizes annual local
event to remember children who've died
By MattJachman
They came to mourn,
to shed te ars and to share
laughs over those gone
too soon.
The Compassionate
Friends’ candle-lighting
service Sunday evening
in Plym outh drew dozens
of people to Kellogg
Park, w here, with poetry,
song and a “circle of
light” echoed around the
world, they rem em bered
relatives and friends who
died before th e ir tim e.
"T here are several
tim es a year I try to
m ake it his day,” said
Kevin Moss, who lost son
Wiley Moss, 22, in 2010.
Wiley was happy, generous
and "the best kid
ever,” said his father,
who attended w ith a fam ­
ily friend.
“I m iss him every
day,” K athy Rambo said
of h er son Jason, who
died in 2001 a t age 19.
Moss, of Novi, and
Rambo, a Canton Township
resident who read a
poem, Candles in the
Dark, during the ceremony,
were two of those
who raised candles and
braved bitter cold to
honor their loved ones
Sunday.
It was The Compassionate
Friends’ 17th
annual worldwide candle
lighting and also the 17th
event in Plymouth.
'T his h e lp s m e ’
The event included
the reading of three poem
s, recorded m usic -
Calling A ll Angels by the
pop group TVain, I Light
This Candle by Alan
Pederson and To Where
You Are by Josh Groban
- and the reading of nearly
400 nam es of the deceased,
who w ere also
rem em bered on ornam
ents that decorated
TCF-sponsored Christmas
trees in the park.
“You never get over
the loss of a child. This
helps me through the
grieving process, to help
others,” said Rambo, a
co-leader of the w estern
Wayne County TCF chapter.
T here w ere sim ilar
events Sunday, organizers
said, at 7 p.m. local
tim e in every tim e zone
across the globe, adding
up to a rotating 24-hour
vigil.
Kevin M oss, attending
his fourth Kellogg Park
TCF ceremony, said it
w as an opportunity to
rem em ber his son and be
sad and happy a t the
sam e tim e. H is ex-wife,
Lisa M oss, had gotten
him involved w ith The
Com passionate Friends,
he said, and is still involved
herself.
W iley was “crazy in a
good way,” “awesome”
and “looked a fte r everybody,”
he said.
Moss recalled that
when W iley was on his
high school’s homecoming
court as a sophomore,
an overw eight girl had
also been elected to the
c ourt as a prank, but that
his son w ent out of his
w ay to dance w ith her,
make her feel com fortable
and help her get the
m ost out of the event. “I
got this,” Wiley told his
father a t the tim e.
W iley was the life of
the party, Moss and his
friend agreed. "H e’s got
them laughing up there,”
M oss said.
P a y in g fo r w a r d
Jason Rambo was
“energetic” and “full of
life,” his m other said.
"In those 19 years, he
ju st loved life,” she said.
Gail Lafferty, an event
organizer, agreed with
Rambo that reaching out
to others who a re grieving
helps them with their
own mourning. Lafferty
lost son Max, 18, the day
a fte r Christm as in 1995.
"The holidays are
hard for us,” Lafferty
said. "People w ere there
for m e .... This is kind of
paying it forw ard.”
The western Wayne County
chapter of The Compassionate
Friends meets at 7p.m. the first
Thursday of each month at St.
Timothy Presbyterian Church,
16700 Newburgh, Livonia. The
group's phone number is
734-778-0800 and its website is
www.tcflivonia.org.
miachman@hometownlife.co,,. ---------------------
313-222-2405 An ornament on a tree m Kellogg Park was dedicated
Twitter. @mattjachman
Sarah Biniarzi, holding son Bradley, and Aaron Biniarzi at Sunday's vigil in memory of Bradley's tv
family is from Woodhaven. bill bresler | staff photographer
Andrew Myska. bill bresler | staff photographer
Antoinette Biniarzi attended the ceremony to honor
grandson Anthony Biniarzi. bill bresler | staff photographer
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The Rima Designs team didn't let temperatures in the 20s stop them Saturday from
helping Humble Design. Rima volunteers manned their Penniman Avenue station to
collect pieces of furniture, bed linens, TVs, DVD players and the like for Humble Design,
a metro Detroit charity that partners with local homeless and abuse shelters. Pictured
are Rima volunteers Batoul Ayoub of Dearborn, Andrea Skupski of Plymouth, Rima
Belau of Plymouth, Jurate Barry of Toronto, Ontario, Dawn Gallagher of Northville and
Alicia Jonik of Grand Rapids.
S p o t lig h t o n y o u t h
Location: Biltmore Studio in
the Village Theater at Cherry
Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill in Can-
Details: Spotlight on Youth
presents A Wonderful Worldful
of Christmas. The show is
approximately an hour in
length, plus an intermission,
perfect for little ones who can't
sit still long. The story involves
Billy: who believes in Santa
Claus but her sister doesn't.
When a mysterious, magical
postman shows up to personally
deliver Billy's letter to the
North Pole, he invites the
siblings to go with him - although
he has a few stops
along the way in other countries.
Tickets are $10 each and
are available by phone at the
Village Theater Box Office at
734-394-5300 or 734-394-5460
Contact: For more information
email soy0mi.rr.com or call
248-719-3637
L iv in g n a t iv ity
Date/Time: Saturday, Dec. 21,
6-8 p.m.
Location: Lake Pointe Bible
Church, 42150 Schoolcraft Road
in Plymouth.
Details: Lake Pointe Bible
M e d ic a r e /M e d ic a id
c o u n s e lin g
Date/Time: Jan. 8,2014,1-3
p.m.
Location: United Home Health
Services.2200 N. Canton Center
Road, Ste 250. Canton
Details: United Home Health
Services offers free individual
counseling with a certified
MMAP counselor. The counselor
can help you: understand
your Medicare/Medicaid eligibility
and the various plans,
apply for Medicaid, research
and enroll in Medicare Part D
Drug Insurance, understand
Medicare supplemental plans,
find pharmaceutical assistance
programs, identify and report
Medicare/Medicaid fraud and
Contact- United Home Health
Services at 734-981-8820 or visit
the MMAP website at
www.mmapinc.org/pages/
C o lb e c k b r e a k fa s t
Date/Time: Friday, Dec. 13,
Coney Isl
id Haggerty)
in Northvil
Details: Sen. Patrick Colbeck,
R-Canton, announced that a
breakfast with the senator has
been scheduled for the 7th
Senate District. Constituents
will also have the opportunity
to meet with the senator or a
member of his staff to address
issues related to state government.
No appointment is
necessary.
Contact: For more information
or to contact Colbeck, visit
www.senatorpatrickcolbeck-
.com or call 517-373-5713.
Kiwanis Club set for
annual bell ringing
Kiwanis Club of Colonial
Plym outh is once
again lending its efforts
to the Plymouth Salvation
Arm y’s Red K ettle Campaign,
which kicked off
last month and runs
through Dec. 24.
All m onies collected
are put to use in th e Plym
outh community.
"The Salvation Army
is a fundam ental p a rt of
our Kiwanis Club because
every penny collected
goes to meeting
the needs of those fam ­
ilies requiring assistance
in the Plym outh Community,”
said Frank Sinagra,
Kiwanis Club of Colonial
Plym outh president.
The Salvation Arm y
Red K ettle Campaign is
the most visible and most
im portant fundraiser of
the year. “It sets the tone
for our program efforts
for the following year
and w hat we a re able to
do until October 2014,”
said Maj. K eith Bailey,
th e corps officer a t the
Plym outh Salvation
Army. “Our needs are
still drastically up. Many
in th e com m unity have
returned to work, but still
a re in need of assistance,
while giving has gone
down in recent years."
The Plym outh Salvation
A rm y projects the
need will be ju st as high
as last year w ithin the
community. Some folks
that have helped raise
money in the past are
now seeking assistance.
Bailey hopes those in the
Plym outh community
who a re able to assist will
"step up” and give generously
when they walk by
one of the area kettles.
Coins, paper money
and checks are welcomed.
Bailey urges that
people put th e ir donation
in the kettles in Plymouth
area so the money will be
directed to the needs in
the local community.
Monies collected d uring
the cam paign are
used to help fam ilies in
need w ith assistance for
The Plymouth Kiwanis clubs are set to ring bells for the
Salvation Army at five locations Friday and Saturday.
utility bills, food and
clothing. E ven in a com ­
m unity as affluent as
Plymouth, th ere a re fam ­
ilies that been struck
with unfortunate circum ­
stances.
The Kiwanis Clubs in
Plym outh will be out
ringing bells Friday, Dec.
13, and Saturday, Dec. 14,
for th e Salvation Arm y
Red K ettle Campaign on
a t five Plym outh locations:
H iller's at Five
Mile and Haggerty;
B usch’s at Sheldon and
Five Mile; K m art at Ann
A rbor Road and H aggerty;
G reek Islands at Pennim
an and Main; and
K roger at Ann Arbor
Road and Sheldon.
Bailey said that without
the help of th e two
Kiwanis Clubs in Plymouth
and the Plymouth
R otary Club the collection
efforts would not be
as successful. People
respond better to giving
when they see th e ir local
m erchants, business
people, bankers, attorneys
and civil servants
out helping w ith th e collection
efforts, he said.
Also th e students from
Plymouth-Canton Educational
Park K ey Club
(m ore than 200 students
this year) help attract
other students and their
fam ilies to the giving
efforts.
“Instead of looking
away when passing the
Red Kettle, people tend
to come over to visit with
the bell ringer they know
and contribute what financial
donation they
can,” Bailey said.
The Plym outh Salvation
A rm y serv sth e
Belleville, Canton, N orthville
and Plym outh communities.
Each community
has Red K ettl: bell
ringers throughout their
com m unity until Christm
as Eve.
The Kiwanis Clubs in
Plym outh include the
Kiwanis Club of Colonial
Plym outh and Plymouth
Kiwanis Club (Evening).
T heP-C E PK ey Club (the
high school equivalent to
a Kiwanis Club) will also
be participating in this
year’s bell ringing efforts.
In 2012, th e friendly
contest betw een the
Kiwanis and the Rotary
resulted in the Kiwanis
raising the m ost money
in the bell ringing effort
during their respective
two days they each assist
w ith the Red K ettle Cam-
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Date/Time: Sunday, Dec. 15,2
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Library
Details: The Canton Public
Library hosts The Gratitude
Steel Band presenting "A
Holiday in the Islands" concert.
Visitors will enjoy classics
celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah
and Kwanza with what
library officials call "a tropical
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admission is free.
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PLY M O U T H -C A N T O N B U SIN E SS BRIEFS
H o lid a y h e lp
Dearborn Jew elers of
Plym outh will be donating
$3 of every w atch
battery sold during the
m onth of D ecem ber to
the Plym outh Salvation
Arm y “doing the most
good” for those in need,
according to Plymouth
Downtown Developm
ent Authority offi-
D earborn Jew elers of
Plymouth has also extended
holiday hours for
shopping convenience.
The store is open from
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday
through Friday, from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
and from noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday.
The store will also be
open from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. C hristm as Eve.
R ed R yder
Visitors can celebrate
the holidays a t the Plymouth
H istorical Museum
with the new exhibit
“A Red Ryder
C hristm as Story.” The
exhibit is based on the
C hristm as movie, A
Christm as Story, as well
as the original story by
Jean Shepherd from
w hich the movie is
based.
The m useum will be
filled w ith vignettes of
scenes from the movie,
including the infamous
leg lamp and Flick's
tongue getting stuck to
the lamp pole. The
movie and stories are
nostalgic of the late
depression era and early
years of W orld W ar II,
which the exhibit seeks
to capture by incorporating
item s from the
tim e period.
Since Red R yder BB
guns w ere originally
sold by Daisy Manufacturing
Co. of Plymouth,
the story of Ral-
phie’s quest for this
particular BB gun is
significant to Plym
outh’s history. “A Red
The Z Spot Fitness Studio held a ribbon cutting in
November at its location at 1472 Sheldon in the CVS
plaza. The Z Spot is a fitness center for women of all
activity levels and ages that offers more than 14 types of
fitness classes and personal training. Cutting the ribbon
are business manager Gail Grieger and fitness manager
Marsha Kreza. They are joined by a multitude of women
who have experienced their classes and other supportive
community members.
R yder C hristm as Story”
runs through Jan. 19.
Also, Santa Claus will
be present at the museum
for visiting children
every Saturday
before Christm as. Adm
ission is $5 for adults
and $2 for students 6-17.
The Plym outh H istorical
Museum is located at
155 S. Main Street. Visit
its w ebsite o r call 734-
455-8940 fo r m ore information.
T oys f o r Tots
» Coldwell Banker
W eir Manuel announce
its annual Toys for Tbts
collection drive has
begun. Each of the 16
Coldwell B anker Weir
Manuel offices, including
the Plymouth-Can-
ton branch, will be a
local toy drop-off location.
The Plymouth/Canton
branch is located a t 177
N. M ain in Plymouth.
Call 888-819-0691.
The U. S. M arine
Corps Reserve Toys for
Tots Program collects
new, unw rapped toys
• during N ovem ber and
D ecem ber each year
and distributes these
toys a s Christm as gifts
to less fortunate children
w ithin the community.
Coldwell Banker
Weir Manuel has a long
history of being involved
with this program
and a s the company
grows through the
years, it is able to provide
m ore physical locations
as official drop-off
sites.
» Victory Lane Quick
Oil Change of Plymouth
is supporting the local
Toys for Tots chapter
this holiday season.
Donations will be accepted
until Dec. 18,
when all will be collected.
Victory Lane has
consistently been a supporter
of local organizations
that help strengthen
the community.
As a p a rt of the program
, Toys for Tots
collects new, unwrapped
toys during the months
of N ovem ber and Decem
ber in collection
bins throughout the
community.
Anyone wishing to
support Victory Lane
can stop in and drop off
an unw rapped toy in the
collection bin. Those
who would rath e r support
Tbys for Tbts financially
can do so by
visiting www.toysfortot-
s.org. For m ore inform a­
tion on store locations
and hours, please visit
w w w.victorylane.het or
call 734-667-4304.
Victory Lane Quick
Oil Change is located at
903 Ann A rbor Road in
Plymouth.
Rick and Pat Ruhland are opening their second All American Pet Resort in Canton next
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Owners open location in Canton as place
where pet owners can have peace of mind
As Rick Ruhland sees
it, if it’s good for the east
side, it’s good for the
w est side. That’s why he
and his wife P a t are
opening th e ir second All
American Pet Resort in
Canton next week.
It m akes sense for the
G arden City couple who
also own the All American
Pet Resort on Comillie
D rive in Roseville.
"We live on this side of
town,” Ruhland said.
"Our son runs th e one in
Roseville, but we said
let’s put one in closer to
home. We decided that if
it’s good for that side of
town, let’s do it on this
side of town."
The Ruhlands will be
holding an open house 1-4
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at
the new facility, located
at 7320 Haggerty, north
of W arren Road, in Canton.
It will be the only
tim e pet ow ners will get
a chance to see the entire
facility. Once it’s open,
the only view of the accommodations
will be
through a window on the
observation deck.
The 6,000-square-foot
facility has suites for 78
dogs, ranging in size
from sm all to extra large.
It has a rubber-coated
indoor play yard and four
artificial turf-covered
outdoor exercise a reas —
one for a group and three
for those dogs that "don’t
play well w ith others.”
Cl im a te -c o n tr o l le d
It is com pletely cagefree,
100-percent climatecontrolled
with a complete
air exchange every
20 minutes and interiors
covered with the same
antim icrobial coating
used in hospital operating
rooms. It also offers
24/7 staffing, checkins
and checkouts, doggie
day care, overnight
boarding and grooming.
While it’s closed to the
public on the six national
holidays, there is staff on
T here also will be TVs
and classical m usic, as
well as 24-hour webcams
with audio and video
capability, so clients who
can check in w ith their
pooches from any sm art
device using any browser.
“I t’s also fully fire
protected," Ruhland said.
“It wasn’t required, but
it’s ju st as im portant for
our clients and employees
to put in fire protection.
The fire m arshal
was im pressed w e did
that.”
The Ruhlands got into
the dog boarding business
afte r Rick retired
from G eneral Motors in
2009. With a sister involved
in the franchise
business and dog lovers
them selves, they decided
to open their first resort
in Roseville four years
ago. When they decided
to add a second resort on
th e w est side, they looked
around the area and settled
on the Canton location,
which has easy access
to 1-275 and good
visibility.
“We didn’t w ant to be a
destination, we w anted to
be a location,” Ruhland
said. “We didn’t w ant to
have people driving
around to find us, we
w anted to be a location
w here you drive by and
see us.”
The Ruhlands “tore
the whole place apart" to
transform the industrial
building into the resort.
The only thing left of the
original building is the
outside shell. Even the
concrete floor was removed
to install 78 floor
drains.
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"I know every inch of
this place. The contractor,
Kemp, did a wonderful
job," Ruhland said,
adding that Canton Tbwnship
officials also were
“m arvelous to work
“Chris Thom as in
Economic D evelopment
has been fantastic in
helping us get organized
and in bringing a new
business to Canton,” he
added.
Ruhland plans to develop
connections with
v eterinary facilities in
the Plymouth-Canton
area, but if a dog req
uires em ergency care
and the fam ily vet is in
the area and available,
they will take the animal
to there for treatm ent.
While the resort officially
opens Monday,
Dec. 16, the Ruhlands
have already started
taking reservations for
the Christm as holidays.
“We’ve had dogs all
our lives, we’re dog lovers,”
Ruhland said. “It
made sense to do this.”
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Livonia woman, 108,
chalked longevity
up to ‘dean living’
M ary M otsinger of
Livonia celebrated her
108th birthday earlier
this month, surrounded
by family m em bers and
friends.
W ednesday, those
and was very proud of
the fact that she still had
all her teeth, her daughte
r said.
M otsinger was born
Nov. 16,1905, in Dickson,
Tenn., the oldest of three
children of Thomas Dallas
Sugg, a farm er, and
his wife Jessie. She m arried
Harold M otsinger ir
about 1925. H e had lived
across the pasture from
her childhood home in
Lew isburg, Ky„ w here
she moved when she was
fam ily m em bers and
friends rem em bered her
sparkling blue eyes,
beautiful smile and loving
heart a s they attended
her funeral at Plym
outh Church of Christ.
M otsinger died
T he M otsingers
Saturday, three
w ere m arried in
w eeks a fte r turning
108.
H arold had moved
Detroit, w here
“We’re grateful
to find work. They
we had her for so
returned to Kentucky
during the
long,” said daughte
r N ancy Banks,
Depression, but
78, of Ashville, Ala. Motsinger then moved back
T he fam ily held
again in 1935 to
the birthday p arty for her D etroit^w here Harold
two w eeks ago at M ary- was able to find work as
wood Nursing Care Cente
r in Livonia, where selling everything from
postm an and a salesman
M otsinger lived for 2)4 insurance and cars to real
years.
estate.
“She thought it was They raised three
w onderful; she got to see daughters. M otsinger
h er old church friends,” w orked tw ice outside the
B anks said.
H er m other will be
said, adding she made an
im pression on everyone
she m et: “She w as an
extraordinary m other
and woman.”
a dored her mother, who
participated in activities
a t the care center up until
the very end.
B anks said her m other
a ttributed her long life to
"clean living” - literally.
“She alw ays told us to
w ash our pretty little
hands,” Banks said, commenting
that frequent
hand washing is what
health professionals advocate
today to keep
illness at bay. “She was
w ay ahead of h er tim e.”
She also brushed her
teeth a fte r every meal
home, in a plant m aking
p a rts for the m ilitary
em ployee for a departm
ent store in Northville.
Harold died in 1964
and M otsinger w ent to
live w ith her daughter
M artha Bouman, 75, of
Canton.
She is survived by
seven grandchildren, 15
great-grandchildren and
eight great-great-grandchildren.
She outlived
both h er younger sister
and her younger brother,
who lived to be 96 and
about 78, respectively.
M emorial contributions
m ay be made to
Church of Christ-Care
Center, 2357515 Mile
Road, Clinton Township,
MI 48035 o r to a charity
of the giver’s choice.
What to do with a maturing annuity
At a recent library
talk, I was asked
about annuities.
One attendee has a fixed
annuity that was m aturing
and asked m y advice.
I have not w ritten
about annuities in a
while, so I thought it
would be a good idea to
discuss the topic.
Like all situations
regarding one’s money
and investm ents, I alw
ays sta rt w ith the basics
- goals and objectives.
In addition, I also
w ant to know w hat sort
o f risk someone is willing
to accept.
I do not assum e just
because someone purchased
an annuity in the
p ast that they should
autom atically buy anothe
r annuity. To m e, every
tim e you invest money,
you should ask the imp
ortant questions that
deal w ith goals, objectives
and risk tolerance.
Typically w hen an
annuity m atures, you
have a variety of different
options. The first is
to cash it in. T he only
issue for those over age
59)4 with reg a rd to cashing
out would be tax
qualified account like an
IRA, your tax consequence
is the difference
betw een what you invested
in the annuity
and w hat you receive
w hen you cash it out.
The difference is taxable
income. Although
no one likes to pay taxes,
this is not a bad option,
particularly for longterm
grow th investors.
A nother option w ith a
m aturing annuity is a
1035 exchange, w here
you tran sfe r money
from one annuity to
another. T here are no
ta x consequences and
the money can continue
to grow on a tax-deferred
basis.
The downside of this
transaction is th a t since
w e a re in a low interest
rate environm ent, your
retu rn s will be low. Also,
if you use an annuity
that has back-end penalties,
you are locking
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situations
regarding one’s
money and
investments, I
always start with
the basics - goals
and objectives.
your money up for another
period of time.
One way to avoid this is
to use an annuity without
any back-end penalties.
Com panies like
Fidelity, Vanguard and
Charles Schwab all offer
annuities a t very low
cost w ith no back-end
penalties.
Another option is to
convert into an im m ediate
annuity, one that
would begin to pay you
income on a regular
basis throughout your
lifetim e. The downside
of this strategy is that,
once you’re in an imm e­
diate annuity, you cannot
reverse the transaction.
If four years from now
you decide that the im ­
m ediate annuity is not
for you, you have no
options as you cannot
cancel the annuity.
If you have an annuity
that is maturing,
don't autom atically roll
it into another annuity,
no m atter w hat the
salesperson tells you.
The key is to review
your goals and objectives,
as well as your
risk tolerance level, and
then make a decision.
The advice I gave the
the gentlem en at my
speech was to cash out
the annuity, pay the
taxes and use the proceeds
to pay off his
m ortgage. H e had a
5-percent non-tax deductible
m ortgage and
the guaranteed interest
on the annuity was only
a little over 1 percent.
W henever the interest
you pay on your debt is
m ore than you’re earning
on your investments,
it certainly looks good to
pay off that debt.
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financial adviser. His website is
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your questions, email
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Ford Motor Co. volunteers treat
area seniors to holiday lunch
Company employees devote community
service hours to annual event
When Santa asked if
she had been good this
year, M ary Lamontagne
made sure she answered
“of course.” Usually the
guest of honor at the
holidays, Santa was playing
second fiddle to more
than 120 seniors like
Lam ontagne, who were
treated Friday to a holiday
lunch a t the Wayne-
W estland Salvation Army
Community Center.
Seniors from Wayne,
W estland, Romulus and
Inkster attended the
luncheon, prepared and
served by 15 Ford Motor
Co. employees.
“We do it from sta rt to
finish,” said team leader
Linda Isakson of Canton,
who works in the Ford
Product Division. “We
have one team that chops
and preps the food and
another sets up the tables.
Then w e serve
them .”
As p a rt of th e ir job,
salaried employees are
required to do 16 hours of
community service each
year. Employees select
w here they w ant to donate
their tim e from a
w ebsite that maintains a
constantly changing list
of volunteer opportunities.
On Friday, a Ford
A ccelerated Action Day,
m ore than 600 Ford em ­
ployees w ere cooking
and serving meals, sorting
food and stocking
A u s t
shelves and m aking deliveries
to feed adults
and children in need.
Ford volunteers have
team ed with nonprofit
partners a t food banks,
shelters and care cen-
“Ford and its employees
are com m itted to
building stronger comm
unities and one of the
m ost im portant w ays we
do that is by helping
m eet some of the most
basic needs of our neighbors,"
said Jim Vella,
president, Ford Motor
Co. Fund and Community
Services. “We a re very
thankful for all we have
and it ju st comes naturally
to share some of our
good fortune with the
less fortunate in our
communities.”
"Ford has a culture of
caring th a t spans generations,”
said Janet Lawson,
director, Ford Volunte
er Corps. “Go fu rth er is
not ju st a slogan. It is
how we work together
w ith our partners to m eet
the challenges of c re ­
ating a better world."
H o lid a y lu n c h e o n
T he Salvation Arm y
has been doing the holiday
luncheons for seniors
for years. Capt. Joanna
Rose did the planning
for 120 seniors,
while the Ford employees
"m ade it happen.”
“Oh my God, this is
ju st wonderful,” she said.
"They’re a huge asset. I
couldn’t do it without
(m o o c l u c k m o o )
Linda Isakson of Canton, team leader for the Ford Volunteer Group, distributes drinks to Westland residents Alma
Wideen (from left), Velda Fraley and Elma Newell, as well as Rocky Newell, who is visiting his mother from Dallas, Texas,
for the holidays, kathy hansen
them."
The Ford employees
prepared ham, mostaccioli,
potatoes, salads,
dessert and rolls for the
dinner, although Isakson
had to get help from an
early arrival on setting
up the coffee urn.
"Seniors have a w ealth
of inform ation that w e
i use so m uch,” she
said. “There are life
skills we can learn from
older people that you
don’t learn in school.
They have wisdom.”
Lisa Adcock, a mobility
engineer in Ford's IT
operations, helped with
the potatoes and cake.
H er engineering background
cam e into play
w ith the cake.
“I tried to get them

Louis Sthimmel was financial manager for Pontiac.
Accountability
takes center
stage at Walsh
conference
Walsh College’s conference
on Fiscal Accountability
for Public
Sector L eaders on Dec.
5 gave attendees a look
into w hat m akes a m u­
nicipality successful
financially and w hat
doesn't.
In the past decade,
financial hardship has
hit many municipalities
around the state, and
some have even had to
straighten things out
w ith the help of an
em ergency manager.
The worst-case scenario
for public officials
has been to have
their local governm ent
and services go bankrupt.
The best-case has
been to ride out the
economic recession
and, in some cases,
make things better. Put
in place by th e voters
and using ta x dollars,
these leaders are held
accountable to get it
done or changes will
come.
This was one of the
m ain points of the halfday
session a t Walsh's
Novi campus. Faculty
and governm ent finance
experts discussed
th e ir experiences
and insights under state
law, as em ergency managers,
under municipal
bankruptcy, debt financing,
as well as
those red-flag issues
often ignored in municipal
budgets.
The goal w as to provide
attendees — appointed
and elected
officials, and employees
of public entities including
state and local
governm ents, school
districts, authorities
and com m issions —
resources available to
m unicipalities and critical
strategies to help
them maintain f i s c i
strength.
S u c c e s s s t o r y
The city of Novi is a
shining exam ple with
its multi-year fiscal
planning. Novi City
M anager Clay Pearson
gave basis for what he
and other public officials
have done to m aintain
and improve services
during challenging
times.
“T here a re many
policym akers and staff
such a s Novi that made
adjustm ents to cut costs
during the G reat Recession,
that reduced em ­
ployee headcount and
em ployee benefits,”
said Pearson, who
helped welcome the
attendees to th e confer-
“Novi also made
adjustm ents to how we
delivered services and
focused on getting the
m ost long-term benefit
from public dollars
entrusted to us,” he
added.
In Novi, a lot of well
thought out techniques
have been used to maintain
accountability, but
it’s also owed to what
Pearson calls th e “hard
w ork and focus every
day from our great
talented s ta f f ’ that
helps m ake a public
organization successful.
T r o u b le d a r e a s
Conference speaker
Louis Schim m el said
m any tim es labor and
legacy costs are the
getting a public budget
shaped up. By not addressing
the problem s
imm ediately, some
public officials “kick
the can down th e road,”
leading to bigger issues.
“Cleaning up your
own m ess first,” is
w here it starts, Schimmel
said. Each situation
for him has been different,
but there were
common problem s and
solutions, which include
m aking sacrifices.
H e said the plan they
used in Pontiac was a
good one. Consolidating
services, privatizing
others with Michiganbased
contractors, selling
property, introducing
new economic development,
and financial
restructuring were
some of the tools he
employed.
In places like Detroit,
em ergencies were
declared and mangers
sent in to fix dire financial
situations.
Schimmel, who managed
financial em ergencies
in Ecorse, Hamtram
ck and Pontiac,
said m uch of th e blame
goes to self-serving
politicians who tu rn a
part-tim e public role
into a full-time job with
the perks that can come
w ith that.
“W hat they are doing
is serving them selves
instead of th e community,”
he said of his experiences
over the last
decade.
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Special kids enjoy holiday
party and visit from Santa
The Livonia and Redford
Township Lions
Clubs co-sponsored a
C hristm as party Friday
for 242 students with
special needs a t Cooke
School in Northville.
“I t was ju st awesome
to see our kids so happy
and excited,” Dean Mallory
Carm ack said.
“They ju st got a kick
out of it.”
The students’ favorite
parts w ere visiting with
Santa and eating lunch,
Carm ack said. Each of
the students, who ranged
in age from 3-26, received
a gift from Santa,
picked out especially for
him or her.
O ther activities included
face painting,
caroling and m usical
entertainm ent.
This was the first year
for the party at Cooke
School. Previously, the
Lions Clubs held a Christmas
party for students of
Old Village School a t St.
Edith Church in Livonia.
Also, Cooke School had
its own C hristm as program
, Carm ack said.
B ut the two schools
m erged two years ago, so
it was decided to sta rt a
new tradition and have
one large Christm as
celebration.
Collins said they
served 580 meals to the
students, staff, parents
and siblings. “It was
tw ice as large as last
year’s," he said.
The party was cosponsored
by th e Daniel
C. Lord Council of
K nights of Columbus,
A lhambra and the Mitsubishi
Corp.
“T ogether we team ed
up and threw a great
party,” Collins said.
Collins said the goal of
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a special day. And
th a t goal was achieved
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Think about giving during holiday season
Keep the Christmas spirit alive by
donating to help others in need
For many families in Plymouth and
Canton, the holidays are a tim e of celebration
— a tim e of gift-giving, house
decorating, parties and fun.
For decades, these nonprofits have
been helping those in need. They rely
on our support both financially and in
donations to help the less fortunate.
Instead of dropping $10 to $20 on a
quick dinner out, use it to help someone
in need.
Helping out can be as easy as dropping
money into Salvation Arm y Red
Kettles, putting unw rapped toys in the
U.S. M arine Corps Reserves Toys for
Tbts boxes o r answ ering the call of the
Red K ettle bell.
U se a good deal on food at the grocery
store to buy a few ex tra cans and
donate them to the local food pantries
at the Plymouth Salvation Army, Open
Door M inistry in Canton or any of the
various churches th at collect food
around the holidays.
T here are many people who w ork to
help the needy. In Canton, Natalie
M osher and her husband Bob sponsored
a Toys for Tots drive over the
w eekend. Coldwell B anker W eir Manuel
is also collecting Tbys for Tots at its
Plymouth-Canton office (177 N. M ain in
Plymouth), as is Victory Lane Quick Oil
Change of Plym outh (903 Ann Arbor
Road in Plymouth).
The Kiwanis and Rotary clubs always
have a friendly rivalry ringing
the Red K ettle bells. The Kiwanis Club
of Colonial Plymouth, in fact, will be
ringing Friday and Saturday at five
Plymouth locations: H iller's (Five Mile
and H aggerty), Busch’s (Sheldon and
Five Mile), K m art (Ann A rbor Road and
H aggerty), G reek Islands (Penniman
and Main) and K roger (Ann A rbor Road
and Sheldon).
And it’s alw ays a labor of love for the
Goodfellows in these communities, who
w ork year-round to ensure that there is
No Child without a Christm as. From
bowling and dinner benefits to newspap
er sales, these volunteers work tirelessly
to help make the holidays brighte
r for the less fortunate.
The Plymouth Goodfellows had their
annual newspaper drive over the weekend.
The Canton Goodfellows are w rapping
up their annual giving program
this week, ready to distribute toys and
gifts to the children and families
they've adopted.
And that doesn’t count the various
church groups and other civic organizations
too num erous to mention who are
helping others over the holidays.
T hat’s why, when making your
C hristm as list this year, be sure to include
a line for giving. W hether it’s
food, clothing, toys, money or tim e,
every donation you give will help
brighten the holidays for someone else.
Remember, not everybody in the
com m unity can afford Christm as this
year. I f you’re lucky enough to know
you have a bountiful holiday coming,
find a way to spread that cheer to those
less fortunate. A fter all, that’s what
C hristm as is all about.
Plymouth Goodfellow Cam Miller hit the
streets Saturday for the annual
Goodfellows newspaper sale.
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COMMUNITY VOICE
Do you e x p ect to sp e n d m ore, less o r a b o u t th e
sam e th is holid ay se a so n com p ared to last year?
W e asked this question a t th e C anton Public Library.
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Don't become a victim
to auto-related crimes
The Plymouth-Canton com m unity isn’t
plagued by a rash of auto thefts. But that doesn’t
m ean it can't happen.
H elp Elim inate Auto T hefts, M ichigan’s statewide
auto th e ft prevention program , w arns that
auto theft-related crim es spike during the holiday
season.
“D ecem ber m arks the busiest tim e of year for
m ost consum ers a s they shop and cross item s off
th e ir to-do lists, but don’t let that distract you from
keeping your vehicle and possessions safe,” said
T erri Miller, executive director of H.E.A.T. "The
holiday season is alw ays a special tim e of year, but
many consum ers becom e careless and vulnerable
to theft and holiday crim e. It’s im portant to remain
diligent and be aw are of your surroundings.”
H.E.A.T. offers the following tips to help residents
to be m ore prepared and aw are this holiday
season:
Be alert. As you approach your vehicle, be
aw are of your surroundings. R em em ber w here
your c ar is parked and walk directly to it. Avoid
talking or texting on cellphones, digging for keys
or juggling m ultiple packages as it can be a distraction
and can m ake you an easy targ et to crim i­
nals.
Park in w ell-lit high-traffic areas. TVy to
avoid shopping alone afte r dark, but if you must,
park in a well-lit area with pedestrian traffic or in
a lot with an attendant. If possible, avoid parking
near objects that block your view of the surrounding
area such a s D um psters, bushes, large vans or
trucks and avoid parking next to c ars with dark
tinted windows that you cannot see through.
Ask for help. If you a re alone and don’t feel
com fortable w alking to your car, don’t hesitate to
ask retail security personnel fo r an escort to your
vehicle.
Place valuables and purchases in th e trunk
or out o f sight. Do not leave packages on the seat
of your car, a s it creates a tem ptation for thieves.
If you m ust leave something in your vehicle, lock
it in the trunk o r place item s out of sight.
M ove your car. Move to another area of the
parking lot if you return to your c a r in the middle
of a shopping trip, even if it m eans giving up a
prim e spot. This will deter a thief who may have
been w atching you unload your purchases.
Use com m on sense. N ever leave your c ar unlocked
or your vehicle running unattended, even
if you a re just going into a store for a quick errand.
Unload passengers first w hen arriving
hom e. Crim inals a re getting bolder about approaching
people in their drivew ays. Take children
and elderly relatives into the house first,
then im m ediately unload all purchases from your
car. N ever leave vulnerable loved ones alone in a
vehicle, even if you will only be gone “for a minute.”
If threatened by a carjacker, give up the car.
Most carjackings involve a weapon, so don’t resist
or argue. You are m ore im portant than your vehicle,
purse, w allet o r other valuable. Give them up
and get out of harm 's way.
If you w itness an auto t h e ft carjacking in
progress or anything suspicious, call th e police
im m ediately. If you have any information re ­
garding auto theft, insurance fraud o r carjackings,
call H.E.A.T.’s 24/7 confidential tip rew ard
line at 800-242-H.E.A.T. to register your tip after
you have inform ed local law enforcem ent.
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“Actually we're spending
less because we have our
50th (wedding)
anniversary and we're
taking the whole family
on a trip (to the British
Virgin Islands) for
Christmas.”
Carol Theard
Canton
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
C h a n g in g t h e w o r ld
"The same."
On Sunday, a wonderful thing
happened. Fam ilies and children
gathered a t Genitti’s restauarant
for a very special event.
It started out as a fundraiser
for a program caUed Sprouts
Autism K-5, but it turned into so
m uch more. It was the perfect
exam ple of w hat a community
can do when we all come together.
G enitti’s donated its entire
restau ran t and theater (plus
delicious cocoa and treats); another
volunteer, an eighth-grader,
Nate M ansfield, played
C hristm as carols in the vestibule.
O ther volunteers served as
“E lfs” and helped children get
their photo w ith Santa and
served cocoa and cookies.
A dynamic youth theater
Spotlight on Youth contributed
its tim e and talent to perform a
holiday show and Santa Claus
him self took photos w ith children
before and a fte r the show.
Another Sprouts parent echoed
my feelings (but said it a lot
better):
Thank you to the children of
Plymouth and Canton in Spotlight
on Youth for supporting
Sprouts Autism K-5 recently.
Please support these great kids -
they gave back, so please, comm
unity at-large, give back to
them , by supporting them by
attending th e ir heart-warm ing
show that opens this Thursday,
Dec. 12, at the Village T heater at
Cherry Hill in Canton called “A
W onderful W orldful of Christm
as." T here are shows at 7 p.m.,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday and m atinees at 2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday.
Sprouts’ extraordinarily gifted
teacher, Kate Colaluca, sent
m e a text m essage. It said, “N eve
r doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, com m itted citizens
can change the world; indeed, it's
the only thing that ever has.” I
think that sum s it up perfectly.
Laurie Kondek
proud Sprouts parent
D o n ’t p a y f o r stu d y
I have recently becom e aware
of the plan to study the recreational
needs of the citizens of
Plymouth Township. This proposed
study would cost the taxpayers
of Plymouth Township
Kalena D ow ling
“Less. I don't celebrate
Christmas."
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
R egina Major
Canton
"About the same."
Bill Foder
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$50,000.
I f th e township board wants
to know w hat recreation facilities
the citizens a re interested
in, why not do a survey - a t no
cost to the taxpayers. They could
request em ails to be sent to the
township office or run a survey
in the local paper or organize an
open tow n meeting to get input
from the citizenry - o r try all
th ree approaches.
I think such a survey would
show that the people in the township
want the sam e things that
the people in the city of Plym
outh want. And do w e really
need the cost of a separate facility
to accomplish that? Most of
us go into town all of the tim e; it
is p a rt of our daily lives.
W hy can’t we share a recreation
facility w ith the people in
the city? That would be the logical
and more frugal approach.
Everyone I have spoken to in
the township is vehem ently opposed
to the idea of a $50,000
study. We w ant our tax dollars
spent m ore wisely than that. If
property values have declined in
the township during this recent
recession, it is not for lack of a
recreational facility.
Perhaps it is because we are
not adequately covered for fire
protection. That $50,000 would
be better spent tow ard the salary
of an additional firefighter.
If the township board conducts
a fre e survey, I am sure
that the priorities of township
residents will become obvious.
Jackie Peters
Plymouth
A lo t o f c o in c id e n c e s
It was only a little over a year
ago that a proposal was on the
ballot that Rick Snyder and
right-w ingers w ere fighting
against. They said the Michigan
Constitution should not be altered,
as it was “sacrosanct”
(untouchable).
And it was - until it wasn’t.
A fter Snyder stood next to his
protege Kevin O rr and told the
world that everything was on the
table during D etroit’s bankruptcy,
he threw the retire es into the
hopper. E very dollar he could
take from them was one less
dollar his bond-holding, New
York bankers would have to eat.
Rick Snyder not only failed to
uphold our Constitution, he argued
against it. At the federal
level, this would be nothing short
of treason.
Now that the judge has ruled
in the bankruptcy, I hope the
aggrieved parties will petition
for a grand ju ry to investigate
Snyder for malfeasance, misfeasance
and misconduct in
office.
But whom do they petition? A
m onth ago it probably would
have been in Ingham County.
But our law m akers have recently
stripped that court of hearing
cases because they didn't like
the rulings being handed down.
Coincidence? Maybe our conspiracy
theorist friends have a
point there.
Sure have been a lot of coincidences
since the Tea P arty took
over our state government.
James Huddleston
Canton
P r o b le m s o lv e d
In response to Phil Pow ers’
recent "D ark money" article, I
agree. H ave no cam paign contribution
lim its whatsoever. Put all
the cam paign contributions in a
single pot, evenly distributed
am ongst all the Legislature. You
do not even need public disclosure.
This way donors’ free
speech rights are not violated
and the "retaliation” argum ent is
moot. Problem solved.
Gerald Harbowy
Livonia

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Wildcats crank it up
after sluggish start
Some might argue w hether Plym
outh and Redford Union started
the 2013-14 varsity boys basketball
season on tim e, w hat with the host
W ildcats leading 5-0 a fte r th e first
quarter.
The Panthers did rally a bit during
the second fram e, cutting Plymouth's
lead to 8-7 at one point. But
Plym outh took a 17-12 halftim e edge
and went on to post a 43-22 nonleague
victory.
“We w ere not very good to start
and th e second half was really key
for us,” said Plym outh head coach
M ike Soukup, who once was a JV
coach at RU. "We cam e out w ith a
little m ore energy in the second
half, we got a couple of steals to
sta rt the second half, deflect a few
balls, our defensive energy was
certainly better than it was in the
first half.
“The first half was kind of a
sleepwalk, and I guess that can be
expected by two younger team s
trying to get acclim ated to actually
playing at this level.”
A ccording to Panthers head
coach Randall Taylor, first-gam e
nerves hurt his team — especially
in the first quarter, when RU players
missed a num ber of layups and
open jum pers.
“A little sloppiness, some tu rn ­
overs, a lot of m issed shots, nerves,
things of that sort,” said Thylor,
asked w hat he saw from his group
in the contest. “We had a lot of
nerves, we couldn’t m ake shots. A
lot of things we w ent over in the
scouting report this w eek we just
couldn’t execute in the game."
S p u t t e r in g e a r ly
N ot th a t th e W ildcats did either,
a t least in the first quarter or so.
It was only a 5-0 lead a fte r one,
w ith junior forw ard D eji Adebiyi
See WILDCATS, Page B3
Pesky Rocks
top Skyline
By Tim Smith
Staff Writer
Ann A rbor Skyline had the tallest players on
th e basketball court Tuesday night, but Salem’s
grit and energy brought them down a s the
Rocks earned a 66-52 victory.
For Salem, sparking the win on opening night
was senior forw ard Alec Winfrey, w ith 18 points.
Contributing 14 points was junior forw ard
A llante W heeler while senior guards Connor
Cole (11 points, six rebounds, six assists) and
Brady Cole (10 points) also had strong showings.
Leading the Rocks in rebounds with seven
was 6-3 junior forw ard Tyler Brooks.
For Skyline, Jonathon Muir-Cotton tallied 17
points while 6-8 senior forw ard Tristan Wilson
and 6-5 senior forw ard Chris Spaly scored 11
and eight points, respectively.
“Skyline, th a t’s a good basketball team ,” Salem
head coach Bob Brodie said. “They’re going
to win a lot of gam es this year. You can see the
weapons they have, they’re quick and fast.
“T hey have a 6-foot-8 guy. T hey’re a tough
team and I’m happy to come out of there with a
victory.”
Brodie's squad led 16-15 afte r one qu a rte r and
ratcheted things up in the second with a 19-10
edge to lead 35-25 at halftime.
But Brodie didn’t see the second qu a rte r as
the turning point. H e thought his team played a
solid gam e from sta rt to finish.
“We just played well pretty much the whole
game, we didn't falter too much,” Brodie said.
“We w eathered the storm , so to speak. They
fired at us and w e answ ered the call.
“We shot th e ball extrem ely well tonight and
th a t was good to see.”
See BOYS HOOPS, Page B3
Going up for a rebound Tuesday is Salem junior
forward Tyler Brooks (No. 44). chris guddeck
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wilson, Cheston
spark Rocks, ’Cats
Led by Jam yra Wilson’s 23 points, visiting
Salem defeated Dearborn Divine Child 40-29
Monday night in a nonleague varsity girls basketball
game.
“She really did a great job of getting to the
free throw line," said Rocks head coach Fred
Thomann, about Wilson. “She was able to split
their defense and get to the basket.”
Wilson, a junior guard, sank seven of 11 free
throw s, augmenting that w ith eight field goals
as Salem im proved to 2-1.
The Rocks also received solid perform ances
from senior forw ard Kelly W halen (five points,
seven rebounds) and junior forw ard Shara Long
(three points, seven boards) as Salem built a
19-15 halftim e lead and coasted from there.
“We had some really, really good opportunities
to score even more but we couldn’t finish,”
Thomann said. “But w e’re getting there. The
girls played really, really hard tonight.”
Divine Child’s record dipped to 2-1. Meanwhile,
Salem was slated to host Brighton on
W ednesday night.
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Jada Woody knew last
year w here she w anted to
play college basketball.
The Plymouth High
School senior wing recently
m ade it official,
signing h er national lette
r of intent to play for
the U niversity of Tbledo.
"I had a really good
recruiting experience
and I'm really excited
about Toledo,” said the
17-year-old Woody, about
her full-ride scholarship
at the Division I university.
She’ll either play on
the wing or at shooting
guard w ith Toledo, said
Woody, noting that she
also received offers from
W estern Michigan University
and Bradley University
(located in Wisconsin).
Ultim ately, the fact
Toledo could offer her
with the m ajor she w anted
proved to be the tipping
point.
“They have academ i­
cally the specific major
I’m most interested in,
which is neurology,”
Woody noted. "And none
of the other schools (she
was recruited by) has
that specific major.”
T here is another plus
for Woody, who carries a
lofty 3.8 grade point
average.
"Toledo is only an hour
away from home, so that
w as really nice,” said
Woody, who lives in Canton
with mom Julie Tank
ard and stepdad Ray
Tankard. “I wouldn’t
have to be too far away
from home."
H er biological father
is Cornelius Woody.
Signing for college
seem s to have helped
Woody get off to a good
sta rt in her high school
sw an song, too.
On Monday against
N orth Farm ington, she
scored 16 points (10 in the
second half) and pulled
down nine rebounds as
the W ildcats earned their
second win in two games.
"Jada really shined
tonight, I thought she
was so focused and so
ready to play right from
the opening tip,” said
Plymouth head coach
Nick Brandon.
“It’s probably the best
gam e I have ever seen
her play because of the
aggressiveness and confidence
that she played
"I told h er all week
that she would have a
m atchup that allowed her
to make plays and be
outstanding and she did
ju st that. I think this was
a super im portant night
for her to show that she
is capable of playing at
an elite level.”
Of course, that’s something
Toledo coaches
already w ere pretty c ertain
of.
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ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
Hard-shooting Storm
pummel Whalers, 5-2
On a night when fans pelted the
Compuware A rena ice w ith teddy
bears, the Guelph Storm pelted Plym
outh W halers goalie Alex Nedeljkovic
w ith pucks — 57 of them.
The netm inder hung in there as
long as he could, but ultim ately four of
those shots eluded him and the Whale
rs fell 5-2 in an Ontario Hockey
League contest before ju st over 2,000
fans.
Nedeljkovic stopped all 17 shots in
the first period and faced 26 Guelph
attem pts in the middle stanza. He
stopped all but two of them , w ith Scott
K osmachuk (at 6:44) and Tyler Bertuzzi
(at 11:07) finding the back o f the
Plymouth cage.
I t was 3-0 early in the third when
Robby Fabbri scored on the pow er
play.
T he W halers' Josh Wesley finally
solved G uelph goalie M atthew Mancina
(33 saves) at 1:18, ju st 15 seconds
a fte r Fabbri’s marker.
Tallying his 14th of the season at
16:28 was Plymouth’s Zach Lorentz to
briefly give Com puware fans hope.
Setting up the goal w ere Connor Chatham
and Yannick Rathgeb.
B ut Guelph answ ered at 17:05 when
Zack M itchell scored. M itchell then
added an em pty netter at 18:42.
Plymouth dropped to 11-17-0-3 w ith
the loss while Guelph im proved to
22-6-2-1.
S aturday was the W halers’ 14th
annual Teddy B ear Ibss. Fans threw
th e ir stuffed anim als onto the ice im ­
m ediately following Plym outh’s first
goal. The toys w ere collected and will
be distributed to homes by Plymouth
Com munity United Way.
H o u n d s n ip W h a ler s
The Plym outh W halers fell behind
3-0 Friday night against Sault Ste.
M arie a t Com puware A rena and could
not com plete a com eback attem pt,
dropping a 4-3 O ntario H ockey League
contest.
Scoring tw ice for the W halers was
Zach Lorentz, who netted his 12th and
13th goals of the season in the second
period to cut the gap to 3-2 against the
W est Division leaders.
But Ja re d McCann tallied a goal on
the pow er play at 4:49 of the third
period and that proved to b e the eventual
winning goal.
G etting the W halers (11-16-0-3) a bit
closer, but to no avail, was Mathieu
H enderson. He scored at 15:16 of the
third, from Ryan H artm an (two assists)
and Danny Vanderwiel.
O ther Plym outh players to pick up
assists included Connor Chatham,
M itch Jones (R ochester H ills) and
Yannick Rathgeb.
Stopping 33 of 37 shots was Plym
outh goalie Alex Nedeljkovic.
For the G reyhounds (20-6-0-3), netm
inder Brandon H alverson turned
aside 36 Plym outh shots.
The gam e was played in front of
2,097 fans.
H IG H SC H O O L HOCK EY
Rocks pound
Pats in KLAA
South tilt
Noah W ilier and Nick Danis each
tallied a pair of goals Saturday, leading
Salem to a 6-1 KLAA South Division win
over Livonia Franklin at the Plymouth
Cultural Center.
Wilier scored on a pow er play from
w ith 4:44 left in the first period from
Jack Driscoll and Jake Sealy, but
Franklin's Josh Dudek tied it up w ith an
unassisted goal just 12 seconds into the
period.
Salem (2-1,2-1) then scored five
unansw ered goals including th ree in
the second period — Richie Corso
(from Noah Saad at 5:43); Jason Newell
on a pow er play (from W ilier and Sealy
a t 8:57); followed by Danis on a power
play (from Corso 9:58).
The Rocks put it away w ith two
m ore in the final period — Danis from
Nick Sm ith at 1:19) and W ilier on a powe
r play (from Sealy a t (8:17).
Salem goaltender Parker Godfrey
stopped 24-of-25 shots, while Franklin’s
M att Monendo had 24 saves fo r the
P atriots (2-3,1-2).
CRANBROOK7, LADYWOOD 1: On Monday, Katie Hayward
had the lone goal fromJackie Kristofik as host Livonia Ladywood
(0-5,0-5) fell to Bloomfield Hills Cranbtook (3 0,3-0) in a Michigan
Metro Girts High School Hockey League Division 1 game played at
Cranbrook led 2-1 after one period and 5-1 after two periods
Sophomore Michaela Warner made 32 saves in goal for the
Van Busurk each tallied three goals and lour assists leading host
Churchill (1-4-1) in a game played Saturday night al McMotran
^Brendan Shagena added two goals for the Huskies, who led 2-0
Churchill’s David Turel and Chris Adams split time in goal each
allowing four while faring a total of 34 shots, while Trevor Mamps
'We pride ourselves on a tough schedule and we’re going
guys,^Churchilkoach Jason^nolds said. 'We gave themtoo
BOYS HOOPS
Continued from Page B1
W infrey was on ta rg e t m ost
of the night and also did th e job
in other facets of the game.
"He (Winfrey) did a nice
job,” Brodie said. “I like the
way he took care of the basketball.
“A couple tim es he made
some m istakes but that’s going
to happen, especially when
you’re going as fast as you’re
going.”
Salem will visit Canton 7
p.m. Friday.
CANTON 61, PIONEER 58:
V isiting Canton’s balanced
attack enabled the Chiefs to
defeat Ann A rbor Pioneer in
Tuesday's season opener.
Leading Canton w ith 19
points was Davon Taylor, while
Jord an Nobles and Logan Ryan
GIRLS HOOPS
Continued from Page B1
over visiting N orth Farm ington.
Also coming up big for the
2-0 W ildcats w ere senior wing
Jada Woody (16 points, nine
boards) and senior point guard
Kylie Robb (10 points).
The top scorer for North
(2-1) was junior guard Megan
C arter, w ith 16 points.
“Our girls deserve a tre ­
mendous amount of credit for
an excellent week of preparation,"
Plymouth head coach
N ick Brandon said. “We gameplanned
for this game very
hard and w orked a lot in practice
on the various ways that
N orth Farm ington puts pressure
on th e ir opponents defensively.
“N orth Farm ington is a very
chipped in w ith 16 and 10
points, respectively.
The Chiefs trailed by 10
points w ith five m inutes rem
aining before staging a gutsy
com eback to close out the victory.
“We didn’t do a great job of
executing tonight,” Canton
head coach Jim m y Reddy said.
“B ut we played hard and did a
great job on the boards.
“I am proud of the guys for
the way they finished the
game, especially since they
could have folded being down
double digits late in the gam e.”
OUR LADY OF LAKES 59,
PCA 50: Plym outh Christian
Academ y lost Tuesday’s opening
game to W aterford Our
Lady of the Lakes despite 23
points and 12 rebounds from
Daniel dipping.
Chipping in w ith 11 points
and 10 boards w as Michael
Slater.
well-coached team and they
give you all sorts of problem s
w ith their pressing and halfcourt
trapping, but w e were
absolutely ready for it."
Plymouth will next host
Grosse Pointe N orth at 7 p.m.
Thursday.
E a g le s w in a g a in
Behind a 20-point e ffort by
Rachel Smith. Plymouth Christian
Academy defeated Lenawee
Christian 45-32 Saturday
at PCA.
Sm ith connected on three
3-balls to help the Eagles (2-0)
build leads of 11-7 a fte r one
quarter and 27-14 at half time.
She also helped the cause with
seven rebounds.
Also stellar for PCA were
Rachael Fuller (18 points, seven
rebounds, five steals) and
Jen Malcolm (six points, nine
rebounds, four assists).
WILDCATS
Continued from Page B1
and Khalil New ell combining
for all five points.
Nailing a tre y from beyond
the top o f the a rc to open the
second qu a rte r was Plym
outh’s Caden Farrugia as
the Wildcats made it an 8-0
advantage.
B ut the Panthers cam e to
life, with a banker by junior
forw ard Jerrim e K oger (six
points) finally putting RU on
the board w ith about 6:30 to
go in the first half.
RU’s 6-5 senior forw ard
Jacob McKiddle followed that
up w ith a three-point play and
K oger scored on a putback of
his own miss midway through
the quarte r to slice the Plym
outh lead to 8-7.
The Panthers then could
have taken th e lead fo r the
first tim e, but could not connect
and Plym outh junior
guard Josh Reynolds (a gamehigh
13 points and eight re ­
bounds) gave the home team a
bit of breathing room when he
nailed a triple from the left
corner with 3:30 rem aining.
Shortly thereafter, K oger
scored on a nifty finger roll to
slice the Plym outh lead to
11-9, but the W ildcats answ
ered w ith back-to-back
buckets by Randall Aikins (10
points) and D eji A debiyi (11
points, four rebounds).
A high-glasser a t the buzze
r by Aikins padded Plym
outh’s halftim e lead to 17-12
and the W ildcats took control
of m atters w ith a 10-0 run to
open the second half.
Plym outh's lead was down
to 29-20 early in the fourth
following a basket by McKiddle
(seven points, three
boards).
Then cam e Reynolds,
draining successive treys
from the le ft wing to open up
a 35-20 edge with 5:30 rem aining.
Aikins then cam e strong to
,the rack for a layup and the
W ildcats w ere in cruise control.
Soukup pointed to Reynolds,
A debiyi and Aikins for
m aking the shots when they
w ere needed. They will have
to keep doing th a t for the
Wildcats to compete, he em-
“We'll lean on those three
guys heavily,” Soukup said.
“Those are the three guys
who know w hat it takes to
play a t this level and they
w ere able to get it done tonight
a little bit."
H e did cite the hard-nosed
defense of Jon Schum aker
and Kevin Justice (four re ­
bounds).
“Jonny Shu did some good
things, he was a sta r in his
role," Soukup said. "He did a
lot of things you probably
wouldn't see on the stat sheet.
H e ran the ball well, he defended
extrem ely well and
gave us a good lift off the
bench.”
N o t t h a t e a s y
Soukup blam ed inexperience
for nearly letting RU up
off the mat. "We thought ‘This
is going to come easy to us'
and then we relaxed in the
second quarter. That wasn’t
the case and it’s never the
case a t this level, everyone
here is very equal and is going
to com pete and that's the
expectation.
“I think for the m ost p a rt it
was the nerves fo r the iuds,”
he said. “F irst game on the
road, a pretty inexperienced
team for the most part, inexperienced
a t the guards.
Hopefully, we can get some
execution going.”
Taking the ball inside for
Plymouth is Deji Adebiyi (No. 5),
while Bedford Union's Braxton
Cannon (No. 31) tries to stop
him. CHRIS GUODECK

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Big opening day for ’Cats, Rocks
The opening w eekend of
the boys high school w restling
season couldn't have
gone much better for the
Plymouth and Salem squads.
Plym outh won all five dual
m eets at Saturday’s Todd
Schoenhide Challenge at
Northville to capture first
place overall.
The highlight of the day
for the Wildcats was senior
Jon Conn’s 100th career win,
w ith a third period fall in his
145-pound bout in the opening
dual against Madison H eights
L am phere (won 56-6 by the
Wildcats).
The W ildcats w ere dominant
throughout the lineup,
losing just 11 m atches all day
w ith no weight class ending
w ith a losing record. Undefeated
for Plymouth were
Conn, junior Brandon H arris
(112), Spencer Schiftar (125),
senior Daniel A hearn (135),
Joey Shaver, H ussein Youssef
and Tarek Tbmimi.
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“We entered the tournam
ent as the returning
cham ps and expected a tough
dual in our pool from Lamphere
and either Caro or Saline
in the finals," Plymouth head
coach Quinn Guernsey said.
"With it being the first competition
of the season it is
alw ays hard to determ ine
w here your team stands in
com parison to (other teams).
“W hat was nice over the
day was how we won m atches.
G etting bonus points in
matches we win and not giving
them up in matches we
lose had been a point of em ­
phasis for the team all week.”
Plym outh’s comfortable
m argins of victory against all
of the opponents indicated
that G uernsey's team followed
that gam e plan. The
W ildcats followed up the win
over Lam phere w ith lopsided
victories of 81-0 over Dearborn
H eights Crestwood, 72-4
over Ann A rbor H uron, 56-21
over L apeer E ast and (in the
final) 47-16 over Caro (No. 3
in Division 3).
“It is a trend we'll need to
keep up if we want to beat
some of the upcoming team s
in our season,” he added.
» Salem w ent 4-1 at the
W aterford Mott Duals, also on
Saturday. The Rocks dropped to
the consolation pool a fte r going
2-1 in the opening portion of the
tourney, and wound up fifth overall.
Salem head coach Pete Israel
noted that “even though we took
fifth, not many team s that go 4-1
place that low."
The Rocks defeated Bloomfield
(41-33), Pontiac (40-37), Capec
(65-12) and Lakeview (52-24)
and only lost to L’Anse Cruse
(25-37).
Undefeated for the Rocks were
Russell Gaubatz, Ahmad Abed
and M itchell Gross while Israel
cited strong showings by varsity
newcom ers Akash Rai, Bruce
H aslitt and P eter Bushaw.
O ther notable perform ances
for Salem, the coach added, were
turned in by Connor Thornbury
and Roy Foster.
Israel said Thornbury faced
"probably the toughest opponents
of the day, b u t kept scores close.
Connor w restled with grit and I
w as happy to see him take his
w restling to a higher level.”
Foster only dropped one bout
during the tournam ent.
John Glenn girls earn Early Bird Invitational title
W estland John Glenn is off
to a fast start in girls bowling.
The Lady Rockets earned a
first-place finish with a total
pin count of 3,939 in Saturday’s
E arly Bird Invitational held at
D rakeshire Lanes in Farm ington
Ḟarm ington H arrison and
Walled Lake Central finished
second and third with 3,737
and 3,620, respectively.
Glenn fired a 1,253 during
-Mymouth
shown from
bolster the
lineup again
this year.
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BOWLING
Continued from Page B1
» Canton’s boys team also
had plenty of success in 2012-
13 with a record of 8-4 in the
KLAA Central (trailing cochampions
Salem and Westland
John G lenn) and 11-4 overall.
More good things are predicted
by Chiefs head coach
K arl Brubaker.
“T his year’s team looks to
be very competitive w ith four
of the six bow lers th a t bowled
varsity last year coming back,”
B rubaker noted. “The Canton
boys are th e only Division 1
team to make the Elite 8 at the
state finals two straight years
and will be looking to head
back to the finale that will be
at Sunnybrook Lanes in Sterling
Heights.
“I know this is a great group
of kids that will be in the running
for the division and regional
titles.”
Key returnees include seniors
Josh Pozan, M ichael Richards,
junior A aron Madsen and
sophomore M itchell Zelenak.
The Canton lineup will feature
newcom ers such as sophom
ores Kyle Ceci, Andrew Pascualpleny,
freshm en Andrew
Nosay, Dominic Dimaya, Mat
Mondro, A ndrew Rizk, David
H ess and Brendan Kacic.
B rubaker added that a
strong junior varsity team will
include bow lers pushing for
the varsity lineup.
Those include senior Nick
Blain, juniors Jacob Peltz,
TTent Montgomery, Josh Cris-
centi, Teddy Lang and sophom
ore Tyler Pozan.
» A fter a season in which
the B aker set, while averaging
a 208 fo r the six games. H arrison
and Farm ington Hills M ercy
placed second and third in
the Bakers w ith totals of 994
and 990, respectively, as the
Rockets opened up a 259-pin
advantage heading into the
regular games.
Leading Glenn was Julia
H uren, who posted a 610 series
en route to all-tournam ent honors.
She w as followed by team ­
m ates Olivia Cabildo (552),
Jessica Pate (538), Emily Dietz
LIVONIA CLARENCEVILLE8
Plym outh finished fifth in the
division (4-8) and seventh in
the regionals, head coach Tamm
y Thompson is enthusiastic
that a solid nucleus can help
the boys move up the standings
Key returnees include
fourth-year senior Charlie
A nderson, junior Jordan Orzech
(entering his third season)
and sophomores Donald
Blevins and Nicholas Ray.
New to the squad are sophom
ores Steven Hill, Lucas
M eiers, N athan Stoeckle and
freshm en Matthew Arm strong,
B ryce Smith, Tyler Schlee and
Justin Kapke.
“As you can see with a lot of
new players on the roster we
are in the process of rebuilding
the team ," Thompson explained.
“We have lost a lot of
varsity players in the last two
years.
“I am excited about the
players that we have picked
up. We have a lot of hard work
ahead of us.”
G irls p r e v ie w
Salem’s varsity girls bowling
team is shaping up nicely
as far as H ahn is concerned
with four returnees.
"Salem girls are going to do
am azing things this year,"
Hahn noted.
Back from 2012-13 — when
Salem w ent 13-2 overall and
10-2 in the KLAA Central to
win a share of the title — are
senior Rachel Boucha and
sophomores K atherine Kehoe,
Rachel Lopez and Brynna Samuels.
Boucha’s sister, freshm an
Leah Boucha, also is showing
plenty of promise.
“We only have five girls (on
varsity) so the p ressure is on
BOYS DUAL RESULTS
TAYLORKENNEDY 28
LIVONIA CLARENCEVILLE 2
in Klayton Vfilliams, 200-225-42
Salem’s boys bowling team lost
several top performers to
graduation, including Kevin
Williams (above), bill bresler | staff
PHOTOGRAPHER
for all of them ,” H ahn said.
“But (assistant coach) Crystal
Webb and m yself know they
can do it. They are all strong
bowlers.”
» At Plymouth, coach
Thompson will be looking to
fill the void left by the departure
of Caitlyn Webb (first at
regionals last season and in the
top 16 at states).
Veterans who will be called
upon include junior Lauryn
Vincent and sophomore Jessica
Joppich.
New to the squad are sophom
ores M arissa Holmes, Imani
M arable, Zharae Spratt and
freshm an Elizabeth Nicholson.
"I am expecting a very fun
season this year and I think the
players will im prove trem endously
this season,” Thompson
said.
Last winter, the Wildcats
w ent 6-9 overall and 4-8 in the
(Inform ation about Canton’s
girls team was not available as
of press tim e but will be included
in a future edition of
the Observer.)
TS INFORMATION
Kim ble g o e s
o u t in s ty le
Anchors stingy
Grand Valley defense to
NCAA Division II title
The script couldn’t have
been w ritten any b etter for
K ayla Kimble.
The 5-foot-3 defensive
dynamo for the Grand Valley
State U niversity women’s
soccer team started her caree
r on an NCAA Division II
National championship team
and ended her career Saturday
in the same fashion as
the Lakers blanked West
Florida, 2-0, for the coveted
title in Evans Park, Ga.
As a center back, the 2010
Livonia Stevenson High grad
anchored the nation’s stingiest
defense which recorded
21 shutouts en route to a 24-
0-1 record.
Kimble, the 2013 Dak-
tronics Midwest Region Player
of the Year, also learned
Monday that she had been a
first-team All-America along
with Lakers senior goalkeepe
r Abbey Miller.
All told, Kimble was a part
of two national titles and four
straight trips to the NCAA
Division II Final Four while
playing for G rand Valley.
“It’s been an amazing career,"
Kimble said. “Honestly,
I couldn’t ask for a better
senior year going undefeated
throughout th e season and
winning the national cham pionship.
Overall, I’ve had a
great experience w ith the
program . I m et and made a
lot of new friends that I now
call family. I’ve learned a lot
of new things and overall it’s
been a really, really great
experience to be here at
G rand Valley."
A ll-A m erica
Kimble anchored a defense
that allowed ju st four
goals all season.
“This year there was no
doubt she was leader our
back line,” said Grand Valley
coach Dave Dilanni, who has
guided the Lakers to three
national titles in five years.
“She’s the leader on the field
as a player as well as a coach
on the field. She's an All-
American, no doubt about it.”
Dilanni didn't hesitate to
put Kimble at the center of
the L akers’ defense during
her senior season.
“She becam e a player who
was going to give everything
she had for h er senior year to
win a national championship,”
he said. “Not only for
herself - and to end her caree
r on a high note - but also
for the team . She became
m ore of a vocal leader, which
is not her forte. We needed
her to do that.
“W hat separates her as a
center-back... she’s a competitor.
She has a competitive
spirit. She shut down two
All-Americans, neither which
scored during the Final Four.
She’s an All-American as well
and in my opinion m akes her
the (NCAA Division II) Playe
r of the Year.”
Kimble alw ays accepted
the challenge of taking on the
opponents’ top goal scorers in
a one-on-one matchup, but
C o a c h in g v a c a n c ie s
M ark in g b ack
“O ver the last two years,
that’s been m y main role in
games, especially when
there’s a strong forw ard up
top,” she said.
Kimble also provided the
Lakers some offense of her
own when she drilled home a
penalty kick in Thursday’s
national semifinal win over
Am erican International. The
PK gave Grand Valley a twogoal
advantage and eventually
a 4-1 victory.
It was her second PK goal
of the season.
But the old adage “Defense
w ins championships"
certainly applied to Kimble
more than anything else.
“We’re the oldest (back)
line, but w e had a lot o f freshm
an playing a lot of m inutes
this year and people coming
off the bench who w ere very
adept,” Kimble said. “We’ve
been playing together so long
and I think it played a lot into
our success because we know
each other inside-and-out.
Being the oldest and strongest
line back th ere helped us
out a lot. I think overall we
played a lot of defense, just
not the back line. It w as all
over the field. I think that
played a lot into our success
S P O R T S BRIEF
as well."
As a freshm an, Kimble
played in 21 gam es (454 minutes)
w ith one sta rt on the
Lakers’ national championship
team.
D uring her sophomore
year, she started 21 games on
a defense that allowed just 10
goals and posted 16 shutouts,
while earning second-team
All-Midwest Region honors.
M ore e x p e r ie n c e
A fter battling an earlyseason
injury in 2012, Kimble
returned to sta rt in 16 m atches
while earning second-team
All-Midwest Region and firstteam
All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference
accolades as the Lakers'
defense topped the nation in
shutout percentage and a
second-place goals-against
average (0.429).
“As a player she was instrum
ental in a lot of things
we’ve done,” Dilanni said.
"She book-ended her career
w ith national championships.
She played d ifferent roles
during those years.
“She was injured quite a
bit her freshm an year, but
played off the bench and
played a key p a rt to w hat we
w ere trying to do as a central
m idfielder.”
Kimble's father Jim , is
also Stevenson grad who
played soccer at Central
Michigan University. He
coached the Stevenson girls
to back-to-back state titles
(1997 and 1998) and was a
m em ber of Stevenson’s boys
state championship team s
during the 1980s.
So needless to say, Kayla's
fundam entals have been
strong from the start.
Kimble is scheduled to
graduate in April with a degree
in business/m arketing.
The Salem girls track and field team is looking for two assistant
coaches for the 2014 season.
Coaches should have a background in sprints, relays, hurdles,
high jum p o r long jump.
If interested, contact the Salem athletic departm ent at 734-
416-7774 or head coach Dave G erlach at 734-416-7708.

DECEM BER
ADVENT SERVICES
Time/Date: 7 p.m. Dec. 18
Location: Lola Park Lutheran
Church, 14750 Kinloch, Redford
Details: The theme for meditations
is "Waiting for the
Savior."
Contact: 313-532-8655 or 734-
968-3523
BREAKFAST
Time/Date: 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Sunday, Dec 15
Location: St. Theodore Social
Hall. 8200 N, Wayne, Westland
Details: French toast, pancakes,
ham, sausage, applesauce,
coffee, tea, juice, milk; S3 for
adults and $1.50 for children,
2-10. Santa Claus will visit and
there will be live musical enter-
Contact: 734-425-4421
CANDLELIGHT NIGHT
Time/Date: 5-9 p.m. Saturday,
Hills
Details: Reception starts at 5
p.m., followed by evening
ceremony at 6 p.m. Potluck
dinner after the ceremony. Bring
a vegetarian dish with no garlic
Contact: RSVP to michigantemple@yahoo.com
CHRISTMAS EVE
WORSHIP
Location: Good Hope Lutheran
Church, 28680 Cherry Hill Road,
Garden City.
Details: Late night worship is
candlelight service
Contact: 734-427-3660
CONCERT
Time/Date: 7 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 14
Location: St. Timothy Presbyterian
Church, 16700 Newburgh,
Details: Christmas Cantata will
include secular and religious
music and will include handbells.
Freewill offering
Contact: 734-464-8844; sttimothypcusa.org
FILM
Time/Date: 7 p.m. Friday. Dec.
Location: Prince of Peace
Lutheran Church, 28000 New
Market Road, Farmington Hills
Details: The Muppet Christmas
Carol; free and includes potluck
Location: Lake Pointe Bible
CHurch, 42150 Schoolcraft
Plymouth
Details: Living Nativity
Contact: 734-420-0515
JANUARY 2 014
YOUNG FIVES
PROGRAM
Time/Date: Jan. 6.2014
Location: St. Paul's Preschool
and Day Care, 20805 Middlebelt
Farmington Hills
RELIGION CALEN DAR
Details: New Young Fives
program begins. Preschool/day
care runs 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m.Monday-Friday
for ages 2 Vi-S.
Contact: Karen or Robin at
248-474-2488
O N G O IN G
CLASSES/STUDY
Men's Bible study
Time/Date: Breakfast at 7 a.m.
and study at 8 a.m.
Location: Kirby's Coney Island,
21200 Haggerty, Northville
Township
Contact: John Shulenberger at
734-464-9491
New Life Community Church
Time/Date: Jobs seminar, 8-9
am. Fridays; reading program
for students in grades K-12 and
martial arts instruction, both at
10 a.m. Sundays.
Location: 42200 Tyler, Belleville
Contact 734-846-4615
Our Lady of Loretto
Time/Date: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Monday
Location: Six Mile and Beech
Daly. Redford
Details: Scripture study
Contact 313-534-9000
St Michael the Archangel
Time/Date: 7-8:30 p.m. the
second and fourth Thursday.
Location: School library, 11441
Hubbard, just south of Plymouth
Road, Livonia
Details: Catholic author and
Bible scholar, Gary Michuta,
leads the study of Acts of the
Apostles.
Contact 734-261-1455, Ext 200,
or www.livoniastmichael.org
Ward Presbyterian
Time/Date: 7 p.m. Mondays
Location: Room A101,40000 W.
Six Mile, Northville
Details: Learner's Bible study is
Contact: 248-374-5920
FAMILY COMMUNITY
MEAL
Time/Date: 5-6 p.m. every
Thursday
Location: The Salvation Army,
27500 Shiawassee, Farmington
Details: Free meal
Contact 248-477-1153, Ext 12
FOOD BANK
New Hope Church
Time/Date: 5-7 p.m., every
Friday by appointment only
Location: 44815 Cherry Hill,
Canton
Contact: Call pastor Ranay
Brown to schedule an appointment
at 734-270-2528.
MOMS
Christ Our Savior Lutheran
Church
Time/Date: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
second Tuesday, September-May
Location: 14175 Farmington
Road, Livonia
Details: Mothers of Preschoolers
(MOPS) is aimed at mothers
of infants through kindergart-
Contact: Ethanie Defoe at
248-227-6617 and Jody Fleszar at
734-658-2463
Dunning Park Bible Chapel
Time/Date: 9:30-11:30 a.m. first
and third Tuesdays
Location: 24800 W.Chii
Road, Redford
Details: MOPS is a place
Id friendsl
receive mothering support,
practical help and spiritual hope.
Contact: Amy at 313-937-3084
or Kristen at 734-542-0767
PET-FRIENDLY SERVICE
Time/Date: 1 p.m. Sunday
Location: Dunk N Dogs, 27911
Five Mile, Livonia
Details: All Creatures ULC
sponsors the service, which is
conducted in an informal setting.
Pet blessings are available
after the service.
Contact: 313-563-0162
PRAYER
Nardin Park United Methodist
Church
Time/Date: 7 p.m. Wednesday
Location: 29887 W. 11 Mile.
Farmington Hills
Details: Participate in an open
time of praying silently and
aloud together as well as responding
to personal requests.
Contact: 248-476-8860
St. Edith Church
' Time/Date: 7 p.m. Thursday
Location: 15089 Newburgh,
Livonia. Enter through the back
Details: Music, singing, prayer
Contact Grace at 734-464-1896,
Shirley at 734-464-3656 or Geri
at 734-464-8906
St Michael Lutheran Church
Time/Date: 6-7 a.m. Monday-
Time/Date: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday
Location: 7000 N. Sheldon,
Canton
Details: Praying silently or
aloud together; prayer requests
welcomed.
Contact: 734-459-3333
SINGLES
Detroit World Outreach
Time/Date: 4-6 p.m. Sunday
Location: 23800 W. Chicago,
Redford; Room 304
Details: Divorce Overcomers
group is designed for individuals
going through divorce, those
who are divorced or separated.
Occasionally includes guest
speakers; open to the public and
visitors are welcome.
Contact: The facilitator at
313-283-8200; lef@dwo.org
First Presbyterian Church
Time/Date: 7-7:15 p.m., social
time; 7:30 p.m., announcements;
7:30-8:30 p.m., program; 8:30-9
p.m. ice cream social, Thursdays.
Location: 200 E. Main St.,
Northville
Details: Single Place Ministry;
cost is S5
Contact: 248-349-0911 or visit
www.singleplace.org
Steve's Family Restaurant
Time/Date: 9 a.m. second and
fourth Thursday
Location: 15800 Middlebelt, V4
Details: Widowed men of all
ages may attend the Widowed
Friends Men's breakfast This is
an informal "peer" group where
men have an opportunity to
1-800-579-73SS • fax 313-496-4968 • oeobits@hometownlife.coi
Deadlines: Friday 4:1 S p.m. for Sunday • Wednesday 9:45 a.m. for Thursday
BECKER, SUZAN
Age 86, passed away peacefully
December 6, 2013. Loving wife
lo Waller for 52 bcautitiil years.
Loving mother to Melissa
Nowak, Matthew Becker and his
wife, Amy. Adored grandmother
to Max, Isabel, Simon, Mason
and Emily. Suzan enjoyed teaching
at the Livonia Senior Center
and creating stained glass.
CZERK A S, ELISSA
(NEE W ITTRY)
of Birmingham. Age 62, passed
away on November 20th after
long battle with cancer. Survived
by loving husband Jan. mother
Joan Roberts, brothers David and
Steven Wittry and nephews
Weston, Addison. Spencer and
pain. May she rest in peace.
Mazza and Tony Mazza, both of
Washington, PA: and seven nie-
Financc at Detroit Country Day
School for 10 years until 2011.
She was Manager of Accounting
at St. Joseph Mercy for eight
years prior. Valeric also worked
at West Penn Hospital, Pitts-
Company, Houston. Texas. She
was a Certified Public Accountant,
a graduate of California Uni-
:r of O Lady o
Good Couru
will be held Wednesday, December
18 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady
Of Good Counsel Church, Plymouth,
MI 48170.
(Broadbent) Ford. Her first husband
Les Mounsey preceded her
in death. On September 26, 1959
she married Francis D. King in
Fcmdalc, Michigan and he pretlie
organ, sewing, painting, knitting,
gardening and was also a
great cook. She volu
throughout
. She
witch
board operator for Hanley Dawson
for years and then went on to
Irene is survived by her children:
Heide (Jerry) Scott, Ron
Mounsey, grandchildren: Bret
(Amy) Scott, Mathew (Sarah)
Scott, Megan Scott, Steve (Glo-
Mounscy, Brian (Patty)
Moui
(Dcbi
Mounsey, Great grandcl
Julia, Joshua and James scon.
She was preceded in death by
one son Brace Alan Mounsey,
daughter-in-law Carol Mounsey,
3 sisters and 2 brothers. Memorial
contributions in Irene's name
may be made to the Alzheimer's
Association with envelopes
available at the funeral home.
M O RTZ, BETTY J.
Age 90. December 7,2013.
Beloved mother of Reginald
(Yvette), Craig (Doreen), and
Bradford (Karel) Moitz. Loving
grandma of Rick, Linda, Craig,
and Brian Mortz. Also leaves 4
grcat-grandchi
flowe
: to the .
VANCE, CONNIE M.
Age 76, Dcccmebr 10, 2013. Beloved
wife of the late Onofrio
"Bebe." Loving mother of Gcr-
'icky (Douglas) Wiley.
grandtr of S
Taryn, Tayla, S
Douglas, Valery, Natalie, Olivia
and the late Vailcy, Beloved
great-grandmother of Kcihana,
Payton, Stephen, Shaun Jr., Adriana
and Heath. Dear sister of
Lenny Kalcdas, Carol (Howard)
, Donn: ) Spitci
(Diane) Kalcdas, Ron (Colleen)
Kaledas, and Rick (Donna)
Kalcdas. She will be dearly
missed by many nieces, ncphfriends.
Visitation Thursday 2-8
p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. followed
the John N. Santciu & Son Funeral
Home, 1139 Inkster Rd.,
Garden City (between Ford and
Cheny Hill).
www.santeiufuneralhome.com
Santeiu Funeral Home
ZYREN, NICHOLAS J.
31, of Farmington, died suddenly
December 9, 2013. Nick is survived
by his loving parents, Jerry
(Barbara) Zyren and Linda
(Ereney) Szechowycz; loving
brother, SFC Nathaniel Charles
Zyren; dear grandmothers, Marie
Zyren and Martha Szechowycz;
and numerous aunts, uncles,
cousins and friends. Sadly, Nick
was preceded in death by grandparents.
Anthony Zyren, and
Charles and Elsie Kowalski. Visitation
Thursday, Dec. 12, from
Heeney-Sundquist Funei
Home, 23720 Farmington iso.,
(btw. 9-10 Mile Rd., just N of
Grand River), downtown Farmington
(248-474-5200). Funeral
Mass Friday, Dec. 13, 10:00 am
(in state 9:30 am) at Our Lady of
Sorrows Catholic Church, 23615
“ower Rd., Farmington,
femorial gifts suggested to
the Epilepsy Foundation,
epilepsyfoundation.org.
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S ’c r a f t m u s i c i a n s j a z z u p s e a s o n
Audience encouraged to
join in during college
performance
By Sharon Dargay
The W inter W onders concert
at Schoolcraft College is
no place for passive listeners.
Riccardo Selva gives audience
m em bers perm ission to
snap th e ir fingers, clap to the
beat and even shout “go go" or
“yeah,” in response if the music
moves them.
“The nature of a jazz conc
ert is participatory,” said
Selva, d irector of the college’s
jazz studies program . “It
comes from the black music
trad itio n ... the preacher says
something and the congregation
answ ers back. T here’s
energy and interaction and
creativity. You don’t ju st sit
and people shush you.
“T here is an energy in the
room that is fun and creative.
It's positive for the p erform ers
— when you hear a good re ­
sponse it encourages you —
and the audience gets the feel
that they are involved. When
the audience ju st sits there
unresponsive, it’s a different
feel.”
Ja z z y a r r a n g e m e n t s
Selva hopes to leave the
audience “w anting m ore” when
he brings the Schoolcraft College
Jazz Ensemble and
Schoolcraft College Im provisation
Combo together for a free
holiday concert a t 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 16, in the Diponio
Room at the V islhTech Center,
on Schoolcraft College’s main
cam pus, 18600 H aggerty, Livonia.
The groups will play a variety
of traditional, contemporary
and holiday jazz arrangem
ents and will feature the
m usic of Stan Kenton, Maynard
Ferguson, Glenn Miller,
Antonio Carlos Jobim , Dave
B rubeck and Vince G uaraldi.
The audience will hear Skating
and Christm astim e Is Here,
Musicians jazz up traditional Christmas
from A Charlie Brown Christmas,
Sleigh Ride, and Good
King Wenceslaus, among others.
The groups also will play a
few nonholiday songs, such as
Straighten Up & Fly Right, and
Fly Me to The Moon.
"One of m y trum pet playe
rs, Dave DeClark, has done an
arrangem ent of N uttin’ For
Christm as. It’s a charm ing
arrangem ent. There’s a little
narrative of dialogue back and
forth. It’s cute and funny,”
Selva said.
U n u s u a l i n s t r u m e n t s
The Ensem ble, the larger of
the tw o groups, plays arranged
and w ritten m usic that "makes
use of beautiful instrum entation,”
Selva explained. The
previous holiday concert.
Combo is sm aller and creates
music "in the moment."
“I’d love to get a few more
unique instrum ents. I have a
couple accordionists, which is
cool,” Selva said. His groups
also include piano, vibes, guita
r and drum s, in addition to
brass instrum ents.
“We’ll even have some
chim es for the holiday
sounds,” he added. “We’ll have
tam bourines, sleigh bells, finger
symbols — a battallion of
percussionists.”
For m ore inform ation about
the concert, call the Schoolc
raft College Music D epartm
ent a t 734-462-4403 or email
Selva at rselva@school-
craft.edu.
Ricardo Selva, Ph.D., director of
the jazz studies program at
Schoolcraft College, takes the
stage during a concert.
Concert
features band,
singers,
synthesizers
M usic students at Schoolcraft
College will be busy
celebrating the season next
week.
In addition to the Winter
W onders Concert by the
Jazz Ensem ble and Jazz
Improvisation Combo on
Monday, Dec. 16, the Wind
Ensemble, Synthesizer Ensemble
and Choral Union
will present Sounds of the
Season, 7:30 p.m. TUesday,
Dec. 17, in the VisTaTech
Center, located on the main
campus, 18600 Haggerty,
Livonia.
T he fre e concert will
include a variety of spirited
seasonal selections.
Jonathan D rake will
d irect the choir; Paul Mi-
chalsen will lead the wind
ensemble, which consists of
brass and woodwind instrum
ents, percussion and
keyboard; and Barton Polot
is in charge of the synthesizer
group.
Patricia Minnick, m usic
activities coordinator at the
college, described the synthesizer
sound as “electronic”
music.
“It’s very unique. The
electronic instrum ents can
do pretty much anything —
horns, percussion parts,
lead instrum ents. The program
s are so amazing,” she
said. “The perform ances
are projected on huge
screens, so th ere’s no way
you can miss any of the
action.”
For m ore about Sounds
of the Season, call the
Schoolcraft College Music
D epartm ent at 734-462-4403
o r visit schoolcraft.edu/
music.
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performances, or by appointment,
through Dec. 28
Location: 50400 Cherry Hill
Road, Canton
Details: Ohio artist Mary Gay-
Contact: 734-394-5300
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ART HOUSE
Time/Date: 1-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday,
through Dec. 14
Location: 215 W. Cady, Northville
Details: Visit two exhibits. Small
Works, an all-media juried
exhibit, and Through the Lens: A
Northville Camera Club Exhibit.
The Small Works show is "cash
and carry,” meaning buyers may
immediately after purchase. The
Through the Lens exhibit will
feature photos of nature, animals.
family, culture and architecture.
Many will be for sale.
Contact: 248-344-0497:
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2014
to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Location: Costick Center, 28600
through Dec. 29
W. 11 Mile, Farmington Hills
Location: Plymouth Community
Arts Council, 774 Sheldon,
Plymouth
Details: "The Gift of Art”
exhibit will include two-dimenwell
as photography. Most will
Contact: Marilyn Meredith at
313-231-3939
UPPER HALL GALLERY
Time/Date: Through J,
2014; p re 3 p.
lidnight Monday-Thursday, 3
a.m. Saturday, and noon to
midnight Sunday
Location: Liberty Street Brew
Pub, 149 W. Liberty, Plymouth
Details: The work of photographer
Shawn Salvaggio
Contact: 734-207-9600
AUDITIONS
FARMINGTON HILLS
YOUTH THEATRE
Time/Date: Noon to 5
Details: Camp Rock - The Musical.
will feature a wide variety
of roles, at all performance
levels. Auditions are on a dropin
basis. Participants should
bring a recent school photo.
Preliminary materials will be
available for review beginning
Jan. 8.2014. at fhgov.com/
YouthTheatre
Contact: 248-473-1859
COMEDY
JOEY'S COMEDY CLUB
Time/Date: 8 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 12, and 8 p.m. and 10:30
p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 13-14
Location: 36071 Plymouth
Details: Eddie Iffit performs;
$12 show only or $22 with
dinner on Thursday and $20
show only or $32 with dinner
Friday-Saturday
Contact: 734-261-0555
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Celebrate a nostalgic Christmas season with the vocal group. Simply Dickens, 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 13, at the Plymouth Historical Museum, 155 S. Main, in downtown Plymouth.
The show will highlight Christmas carols from the 18th and 19th centuries. The
singers incorporate holiday skits into their performance. Tickets are $10 in advance and
$15 at the door, available at www.plymouthhistory.org. Call 734-455-8940 for more
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Kids’ tastes in food are one of life’s great mysteries.
Take green beans, for example. Yesterday
they were the only vegetable your son would eat,
but today, thanks to his new aversion to green
foods, he won’t go near them. If this sounds like
dinnertime at your house, you’re in luck.
Instead of offering vegetables as side dishes,
fold them into the main course, like Chicken
Broccoli Alfredo. Sneak them into a cranberry
sauce-topped, muffin-sized Mini Chicken
and Stuffing Cup or hide them under
a pot pie crust.
For more kid-friendly recipes
and mealtime tips, visit Campbell
Soup Company’s The
Wisest Kid in the Whole
World website at
www.WisestKid.com.including
kidfriendly
mealtime
tips, recipes
and
more.
CHICKEN
BROCCOLI
ALFREDO
8 ounces llngulne (tt of
1-pound package)
1 cup fresh or frozen
broccoli florets
2 tablespoons butter
I V, pounds skinless,
boneless chicken breast
halves, cut into 11/2-inch
pieces
lean (10 V. ounces)
Campbell's Condensed
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Yi cup milk
Vi cup grated Parmesan cheese
V. teaspoon ground black pepper
Prepare linguine according to the package directions in 3-quart saucepan.
Add broccoli during last 4 minutes of cooking time. Drain linguine mixture well in
colander.
Heat butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook
until well browned and cooked through, stirring often.
Stir soup, milk, cheese, black pepper and linguine mixture in skillet and cook
ULTIMATE
CHICKEN POT PIE
1 package (about 14
ounces) refrigerated pie
crust (2 crusts), at room
lean (10 Y. ounces)
Campbell's Condensed
Cream of Chicken Soup
VScup milk
2 cups diced cooked
chicken
1 package (12 ounces)
frozen mixed vegetables,
thawed (about 2 Wcups)
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (about 4 ounces)
Heat the oven to 400°?. Line the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate with 1 pie crust.
Trim any excess.
Stir the soup, milk, chicken and vegetables in a medium bowl. Spoon the
chicken mixture into the pie plate. Sprinkle with VScup cheese. Place the remaining
pie crust over the filling. Trim any excess. Crimp the edges of the top and
bottom crusts together. Using a sharp knife, cut several slits in the top crust
Bake for 35 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. Sprinkle the crust with
the remaining cheese.
MINI TACO
TAMALE PIES
1 pound ground beef
1 can (10 y. ounces)
Campbell's Condensed
Cheddar Cheese Soup
1 cup frozen whole
kernel com
1 can (about 4
ounces) chopped
green chiles,
y. cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Heat the oven to 350°F. Line 12 (2 fc-inch) muffin-pan cups with the baking
cups.
Cook the beef in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until well browned,
stirring often to separate meat. Pour off any fat. Remove the skillet from the
heat. Stir in the soup, com, chiles and taco seasoning.
Mix the corn muffin mix, egg and milk according to the package directions.
Spoon about 1/4 cup beef mixture into each baking cup. Spread about 1 tablespoon
corn muffin batter on each.
Bake for 20 minutes or until the cc n muffin topping is golden brown. Top
each with 1 tablespoon cheese.
Bake for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
MINI CHICKEN
& STUFFING
CUPS
2 cups diced cooked
chicken or turkey
1 VScups uncooked
Pepperidge Farm Herb
Seasoned Stuffing
1 package (10
ounces) frozen
chopped broccoli,
thawed
1 can (10 y. ounces) Campbell's Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
VScup shredded Cheddar cheese
VScup whole berry cranberry sauce
Heat the oven to 350°F. Place paper liners into 12 (2 VS-inch) muffin-pan cups.
Stir the chicken, stuffing, broccoli, soup and cheese in a medium bowl. Spoon
about VScup chicken mixture into each muffin-pan cup. Lightly press the chicken
mixture down so it's level.
Bake for 25 minutes or until the chicken mixture is lightly browned. Top each
with 2 teaspoons cranberry sauce.
V e g e ta r ia n c o o k in g
Farmington Hills Learn how to make Iranian
Lentil Bean Soup and apple pie at Zhong Shu
Temple's vegetarian cooking class, 5:30-7:30
p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, a t the temple, 23845 Middlebelt.
D ildora Damisch will lead the free cooking
class, which gives participants a chance to
help prepare the food in the tem ple's kitchen,
and then share in eating it. They also may stay
afte r dinner to learn m ore about Lao-Zi's words
of wisdom. A study session will be held from
9-11 p.m. RSVP for the cooking class and dinner
to the tem ple at 248-579-4791.
B u b b le s a n d r ed s
Livonia John Sedestrom from Vintage
Wine will lead a tasting of five wines, including
reds and sparkling varieties, 7-9 p.m. Thursday,
CITY BITES
Dec. 19, a t d.vine fine wines, 17386 Haggerty.
The wines will be paired with gourm et cheese.
Cost is $25 for Wine Club m em bers and $30 for
nonmembers. For reservations, call 734-432-
3800.
C u p ca k e D ay
Southeastern Michigan----- Livonia-based Just
Baked will recognize National Cupcake Day on
Sunday, Dec. 15, by donating more than 1,000
cupcakes to several local charities. Also, the
first 50 guests to come into any of the 16 Just
Baked locations throughout M etro D etroit that
day will receive a free “pay it forw ard” twopack
of cupcakes. Among the 16 locations are
41747 Ford Road, Canton; 39765 G rand River
Ave., Novi; 33309 Seven Mile, Livonia; 25198
E vergreen, Southfield; and 32828 Woodward
Ave., Royal Oak.
Get free cupcakes Sunday, Dec. 15, from Just Baked.

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Realtors’ gala has fun,
fellowship, outreach to needy
Tuesday evening, Dec. 3, the G reate
r Metropolitan Association of Realtors
held its annual H oliday Party at
Glen Oaks Country Club in Farm ington
Hills. The GMAR M em ber Services
Com mittee coordinated the
event. O ver 135 m em bers and associates
w ere in attendance, along with
Santa Claus.
Over 30 prizes w ere raffled off,
including gift baskets, wine, decorative
holiday pieces and a large flat
screen sm a rt television. All proceeds
from the 50/50 raffle, totaling $524,
w ent to G leaners Com munity Food
Bank of Southeastern Michigan and all
toy donations, totaling $606, w ent to
the Farm ington Area Goodfellows.
C elebrants enjoyed a large buffet
dinner, speeches from GMAR leadership,
m usic from a professional piano
player and a DJ. Women w ere presented
a red rose as they entered and attendees
had a professional picture
taken of them in front of the tree to
com m em orate the occasion. The night
was filled with laughter, dancing and
cam araderie as GMAR ends the year
and looks forw ard to the next. a big hit with the revelers on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
H O M E S S O L D /R E A L ESTATE T R A N S A C T IO N S-W A Y N E C O U N T Y
These are the area residential
real estate closings recorded the
week of Aug. 26-30, 2013, at the
Wayne County Register of Deeds
office. Listed below are cities,
addresses, and sales prices.
CANTON
4015 Berkeley Ave $122,000
556 Buchanan St $307,000
7025 Chadwick Dr $290,000
1048 Chelsea Rd $239,000
410 Cherry Grove Rd $208,000
475 Cherry Orchard Rd $ 160,000
7335 Chichester Rd $235,000
45061 Coachman Ct $151,000
263 Concord Dr $183,000
635 Constitution St $206,000
842 Constitution St $230,000
44765 Danbury Rd $287,000
48211 Deer Trail Dr $350,000
1556 Delaney Cir $450,000
1353 Dundee Dr $250,000
195 Edington Cir $155,000
281 Edington Or $170,000
1693 Fairfax Dr $185,000
45483 Glengarry Blvd $335,000
365 Greenleaf St $190,000
50101 Jackson Ln $245,000
42748 Lilley Pointe Dr $72,000
39815 Lynn St $143,000
6125 Marshall Rd $298,000
41870 Metaline Dr $235,000
4172 Monarch Ave $200,000
1977 Morrison Blvd $175,000
132 N Village Way $148,000
39567 Peters Dr $125,000
48100 PicadillyCt $360,000
4761 Pond Run $243,000
3933 Ravensfield Dr $200,000
50821 Redding Ct $600,000
440 Roosevelt St $226,000
347 S Village Way $160,000
45759 Samantha Dr $ 199,000
721 Scottsdale Ct $175,000
3792 Shepherd Ct $191,000
41507 Simcoe Dr $185,000
2498 The Crossings Ln $80,000
44588 Tillotson Dr $220,000
46876 Torrey Hill Ct $317,000
1590 Tradition Dr $425,000
47837 Vistas Circle Dr 5 $265,000
44630 Whitman Ave $135,000
2545 Woodmont Dr E $195,000
GARDEN CITY
32201 Alvin St $64,000
33603 Alvin St $90,000
29061 Barton St $27,000
28960 Elmwood St $52,000
30520 Florence St $93,000
201 Helen St $82,000
6520 Huntleigh St $50,000
30155 Maplewood St $85,000
33145 Pardo St $55,000
LIVONIA
9076 Adams St $140,000
15862 Alexander St $144,000
19637 Antago St $44,000
13944 Ashurst St $200,000
14034 Ashurst St $275,000
10420 Bassett St $235,000
15875 Blue Skies Dr $280,000
32934 Bobrich Ct $255,000
32267 Bretton St $127,000
32965 Brookside Cir $216,000
29614 Buckingham St $174,000
10015 Camden St $150,000
36253 Club Dr $37,000
14233 Cranston St $174,000
9662 Deering St $130,000
30922 Dorais St $171,000
14323 Ellen Dr $185,000
18150 Fairfield St $155,000
17961 Floral St $108,000
14134 Foch St $160,000
9468 Gillman St $85,000
39220 Grennada St $ 186,000
33718 Grove St $192,000
16860 Hubbard St $260,000
29719 Jacquelyn Dr $180,000
9419 Lathers St $117,000
35259 Leon St $140,000
14182 Loveland St $169,000
34783 Middleboro St $256,000
29471 Morlock St $75,000
32463 Norfolk St $215,000
32511 Norfolk St $254,000
15186 Norman St $172,000
34698 Northland Dr $267,000
35814 Orangelawn St $143,000
34312 Pembroke Ave $295,000
35184 Pembroke Ave $330,000
27707 Perth St $140,000
8846 Saville Row $66,000
19938 Sunbury St $130,000
15500 Surrey St $83,000
31160 Westfield St $130,000
15816 Woodring Dr $220,000
NORTHVILLE
44444 Broadmoor Blvd $490,000
17961 Crestbrook Dr $645,000
42064 Crestview Cir $375,000
47072 Curtis Rd $281,000
39605 Dun Rovin Dr $296,000
49102 Freestone Dr $512,000
39570 Muirfield Ln $280,000
39697 Muirfield Ln $320,000
18169 Shoreline Ct $533,000
20599 Woodcreek Blvd $400,000
PLYMOUTH
15050 Bradner Ave $220,000
235 Burroughs St $200,000
1696 Cassady Place Dr $205,000
44710 Charnwood Dr $353,000
500 Ford St $70,000
444 Jener PI $256,000
590 Jener PI $210,000
10649 Jo Ann Ln $285,000
1410 Junction St $99,000
669 Karmada St $145,000
11636 Morgan Ave $126,000
47623 Norton Ct $400,000
49402 Pine Dr $675,000
49404 Pine Ridge Dr $610,000
9320 Pineview Dr $365,000
234 Pinewood Dr $84,000
49958 Plymouth Way $ 155,000
13381 Portsmouth Xing $377,000
9264 Rocker Ave $223,000
448 Roe St $105,000
101 S Union St $156,000
9187 Tavistock Dr $196,000
BEDFORD
26527 Clarita $70,000
9936 Farley $25,000
13211 Hemingway $74,000
17686 Indian $68,000
26427 Lyndon $50,000
19368 Macarthur $57,000
20569 Macarthur $48,000
11396 Riverdale $27,000
14158 Salem $60,000
26714 W Chicago $30,000
8919 Woodbine $69,000
WAYNE
4090 Second St $30,000
4260 Eastlawn Ave $64,000
4609 Elizabeth St $55,000
5228 Fletcher St $15,000
34920 Glover St $27,000
34869 Winslow St $31,000
34869 Winslow St $59,000
WESTLAND
1600 Ackley Ave $81,000
29101 Brody Ave $113,000
144 Darwin St $95,000
32767 Fairchild St $59,000
33726 Fernwood St $88,000
35703 Florane St $80,000
31703 Glen St $75,000
7966 Hugh St $122,000
8226 Huntington St $30,000
2181 Martin St $110,000
2618 Muirfield Dr $110,000
7909 N Henry Ruff Rd $125,000
37612 NRhead Cir $105,000
443 N Sybald St $95,000
34448 Nancy St $57,000
32237 Palmer Rd $33,000
34000 Pawnee St $57,000
8185 Randy Dr $105,000
8305 Roselawn St $115,000
8349 Roselawn St $122,000
724 S Henry Ruff Rd $40,000
443 S Marie St $115,000
8599 Sanford Dr $108,000
32663 Steinhauer St $92,000
1819 Treadwell St $128,000
35222 Wallace St $30,000
38135 Warner Farms Dr $83,000
39005 Willow Creek $169,000
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39019 Willow Creek $148,000
Pkwy
7385 Woodview St $27,000
6044 Yale St $90,000
H O M E S S O L D /R E A L ESTATE T R A N S A C T IO N S -O A K L A N D C O U N TY
These are the area residential 3237 Pebble Ln $320,000 30400 Ramblewood $210,000 25100 Sullivan Ln $357,000
real estate closings recorded the 570 Provencal PI $940,000 Club Dr 39875 Village Wood Ln $70,000
week of Aug. 5-9,2013, at the 677 Rolling Rock Rd $318,000 21530 Rensselaer St $6,000 23251 Willowbrook $206,000
Oakland County Register of 1743 S Hill Blvd $157,000 28221 Ridgebrook Rd $159,000 45151 Yorkshire Dr $245,000
Deeds office. Listed below are 6604 Spruce Dr $240,000 38459 Saratoga Cir $166,000 45151 Yorkshire Dr $245,000
1935TuckawayDr $350,000 29655 Sierra Point Cir $165,000 SOUTH LYON
1820 W Bend Dr $250,000 21652 Tulane Ave $48,000 59667 Nine Mile Rd $255,000
BEVERLY HILLS 2595 W Hickory Grove $182,000 31291 Verona St $228,000 54125 Birchwood Dr $343,000
17124 Birwood Ave $255,000 Rd 29890 W 12 Mile Rd# $45,000 54839 Brentwood Dr $379,000
18120 Kinross Ave $223,000 3063 Woodcreek Way $581,000 906 54873 Brentwood Dr $332,000
BINGHJVM FARMS COMMERCE TOWNSHIP 25452 Witherspoon St $315,000 24391 Brompton Way $395,000
23700 Overlook Cir $305,000 8519 Buffalo Dr $161,000 FRANKLIN 24518 Brompton Way $392,000
BIRMINGHAM 4454 Darlene Dr $357,000 25870 WoodloreRd $820,000 1125 Chestnut Ln $264,000
1000 Ann St $375,000 5624 Lancaster Ln $345,000 LATHRUP VILLAGE 25745 Coach Ln $375,000
211 Aspen Rd $897,000 8115 Locklin Ln $363,000 18150 Lincoln Dr $135,000 1063 Colt Dr $249,000
652 Bloomfield Ct $320,000 5200 Paula Crest Dr $150,000 MILFORD 26201 Daria Cir E $350,000
1462 Emmons Ave $223,000 2757 Pinto Dr $185,000 925 Byron Dr $160,000 61440 Dean Dr $180,000
1007 Floyd St $609,000 2052 Warbler Ct $318,000 326 Dorchester Way $275,000 1106 Fountain View Cir $110,000
959 Hazel St $735,000 2563 Watonga Dr $365,000 334 Hickory St $224,000 24405 Glenwood Dr $401,000
2009 Hazel St $600,000 8270 Woodspur Dr $230,000 1575 Michael Ct $400,000 61208 Greenwood Dr
955 Humphrey Ave $631,000 FARMINGTON 801 N Garner Rd $310,000 21043 Parkwoods Dr $331,000
1044 Knox St $513,000 21539 Birchwood St $201,000 NORTHVILLE 58640 Swing Beam Ct $80,000
650 Lakeview Ave $720,000 23164 Cass Ave $184,000 51824 Eight Mile Rd $275,000 62016 Tayberry Cir $325,000
1045 N Old Woodward $223,000 23189 Floral St $110,000 1026 Andover Dr $445,000 60635 Trebor Dr $279,000
Ave 23197 Floral St $127,000 48891 Barola Ct $740,000 26710 York Ct $353,000
760 Pleasant St $588,000 33712 Grand River Ave $271,000 770 Bradburn Ct $333,000 SOUTHFIELD
100 Rugby St $203,000 FARMINGTON HILLS 21341 Bridle Run $511,000 20910 Andover Rd $142,000
538 Smith Ave $223,000 22182 Abington Dr $300,000 1182 Concord Ct $168,000 22509 Avon Ln $100,000
600 W Brown St #410 $230,000 23232 Ashley St $126,000 20860 Maybury $670,000 27485 Berkshire Dr $138,000
591 W Frank St $1,118,000 22130 Averhill St $104,000 21910 Parkwood Ln $300,000 28233 Berkshire Dr $89,000
BLOOMFIELD HILLS 37744 Bradley Dr $345,000 20752 Richmond Dr $200,000 19560 Cherry Hill St $160,000
20 Barbour Ln $205,000 31174 Bycroft St $192,000 21254 Woodfarm Dr $255,000 21121 Dartmouth Dr $145,000
5980 Braemoor Rd $280,000 38906 Country Cir $115,000 NOVI 27355 Everett St $70,000
481 Cambridge Way $432,000 29486 Cove Creek Ln $165,000 45291 Bartlett Dr $84,000 17542 Gateway Cir $88,000
1054 Stratford PI $315,000 35294 Edythe Dr $84,000 24425 Christina Ln $210,000 18530 George $37,000
3806 Wedgewood Dr $370,000 30247 Fink Ave $105,000 46270 Cordoba Dr $470,000 Washington Dr
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP 36957 Fox Run $370,000 41487 Cornell Dr $175,000 20310 Lacrosse Ave $63,000
2766 Aldgate Dr $256,000 28547 Green Willow St $125,000 28367 Declaration Rd $87,000 25045 Lathrup St $44,000
750 Ardmoor Dr $650,000 28815 Hidden Trl $344,000 43088 Emerson Way $65,000 17599 Lincoln Dr $141,000
2820 Berkshire Dr $318,000 30249 High Valley Rd $290,000 29723 English Way $270,000 17221 Madison St $164,000
1861 Brookview Cir $249,000 26206 Kiltarton St $185,000 24321 Fairway Hills Dr $185,000 24817 Maryland St $135,000
2717 Colonial Trl $250,000 26297 La Muera St $172,000 47553 Greenwich Dr $390,000 29787 Spring River Dr $70,000
6251 Dakota Cir $547,000 29660 Mayfair Dr $110,000 27891 Hopkins Dr $160,000 WHITE LAKE
3731 Darlington Rd N $363,000 29695 Mayfair Dr $230,000 27991 Hopkins Dr $175,000 946 Cedar Oaks Trl $215,000
7342 EGreenwich Dr $381,000 28299 New Castle Rd $135,000 40678 Lenox Park Dr $270,000 2103 Hampton St $177,000
839 Edgemont Run $290,000 32079 Nottingwood St $186,000 40767 Lenox Park Dr $244,000 8644 Hancock Dr $250,000
239 Eileen Dr $266,000 28144 Peppermill Rd $176,000 24250 N Le Bost $178,000 9095 Huron Bluffs Dr $293,000
4663 Hedgewood Dr $335,000 26004 Power Rd $75,000 24500 Park Ridge Ct $190,000 9587 Portage Trl $55,000
6023 Hickory Tree Trl $330,000 34143 Quaker Valley Ln $363,000 24278 Saybrook Ct $630,000 939 Sloane Ct $165,000
1206 Northover Dr $450,000 41158 Scarborough Ln $400,000
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Q: We are thinking about building
a new apartm ent building in th e Detroit
area, but understand that Chicago
has been avant garde w ith respect
t o high tech high-rises. Do you
have any in form ation about that?
A: Chicago is a hotbed for high tech
high-rises, as w as depicted in a Sunday,
Nov. 17,2013, Chicago Tribune Real
E state article, and my personal observations.
Many of the
apartm ents in Chicago,
particularly along the
Gold Coast, have been
converted to condominiums.
However, with
the influx of young
persons who cannot
afford condominiums, Robert
developers have recognized
the need for
Meisner
apartm ent developm
ent. So called sm art technology is
giving some apartm ent com m unities a
com petitive edge by expediting the
leasing process. Some of the high tech
am enities which Chicago developers
are utilizing a re keyless entries, fobreading
elevators, package tracking, a
distributed antenna system , tracking
workouts, tech gurus acting as concierges,
Bluetooth audio system s and
convenient charging pow er outlets with
USB ports. You are best advised to
consult w ith a rental agent in Chicago
to com pare these apartm ents with
m ore traditional ones.
Q: Could you give m e som e basic
inform ation about th e Biggert Waters
Flood Insurance Reform Act of
2012 (BW Act)?
A: The BW Act requires that most
properties insured through the National
Flood Insurance Program be charged
rates reflecting the full risk of flood
loss. The prem ium increases apply
im m ediately to flood insurance policies
covering businesses and when residential
properties are sold o r a lapsed
policy is renew ed. Additionally, the BW
Act requires that flood insurance rate
m aps be updated on an expedited
schedule. A pparently, due to BW Act
reform s, m any hom eow ners a re facing
significant increases in their flood
insurance prem ium s. It may be that
these increases a re so substantial that
ow ners can no longer afford to maintain
flood insurance coverage. Obviously,
this is a substantial problem for
homeow ners in areas w here flood insurance
coverage is required by federal
law for m ortgaged properties. To
help Congress b etter understand the
im pact of BW A ct reform s, the law
required that FEMA determ ined how
flood insurance rate hikes would affect
homeow ners living in a reas where
flood insurance coverage is mandatory.
The BW Act additionally required that
FEMA study how substantial increases
in flood insurance prem ium s would
a ffect overall participation in the National
Flood Insurance Program . There
is new legislation that has been subm
itted in an effort to set aside substantial
flood insurance rate hikes, but
you are best advised to consult with
your local congressperson or senator as
to how it may im pact you.
Robert M. Meisner is a lawyer and the author
of " Condo Living 2: An Authoritative Guide to
Buying, Selling, and Operating a Condominium."
It is available for $24.95 plus $5.55 for tax,
shipping and handling. “ Condo Living 2" is
available in both print and e book editions. The
e-book is available for download through iTunes,
Amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com. He is
also the author of " Condominium Operation:
Getting Started & Staying on the Right Track, ’
second edition. It is available for $9.95 plus $2.20
for tax, shipping and handling. Call 248-644-4433
or visit bmeisner@meisner-law.com. This column
shouldn't be construed as legal advice.
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