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Police arrest rape suspect BY s c o r r DANIEL STAFF WRITER sdanieKfoe.homecomm.net

Canton police Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the rape of a 23-year-old Livonia woman l a s t December.

The man, who police have described as being in his 30s, about 6 feet tall, 170 pounds with reddish-blond hair , faces arraignment today at 35th Dis-trict Court in Plymouth.

The victim, a Realtor, was working in a model home in the 1900 block of Woodbine in Canton at the Woodwind s u b d i v i s i o n when t h e i n c i d e n t occurred Dec. 23, according to police reports. .

The suspect's name and the circum-stances surrounding his arrest were w i t h h e l d by police p e n d i n g h i s arraignment.

He will likely be charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Can-ton Pol ice Off icer Leonard S c h e -manske said.

" T h i s w a s n ' t the work of o n e department," he said of the arrest

Sources said Livonia police and at least one other agency were involved

According to Canton police reports, a man entered the model home and began ques t ioning the woman . He t h e n g r a b b e d her and s e x u a l l y assau l ted her in a bedroom, police said,

The woman suffered minor injuries trying to get away from the man She was t r e a t e d and released f rom S t . Mary Hospital in Livonia

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Annual dance: Jessica Lang-don, 6, gets a kiss from her father, J e f f , who holds her while dancing to a slow song at the annual Valen-tine's Day Daddy-Daughter dance at the Summit in Canton Friday. At right, proud papas Bill Brother-ton (left) and Greg Cameron videotape their daughters Allison and Rene, both 4, dancing on the gym floor. For more photos, please turn to Page A4 in today's Observer.

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Canton mulls lawsuit move • The township board is : looking at re inst i tut ing a s idewalk replacement pro-gram. Changes in the law have increased the number of slip-and-fall suits f i led against Canton.

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S i d e w a l k s l i p - a n d - f a l l l a w s u i t s against Canton have become common in recent years.

"We have three or four going at any one time," said Canton Supervisor Tom Yack.

The a v e r a g e p a y o u t for each is $30,000 to $40,000. he added. Canton has paid out hundreds "of thousands of dollars in claims the last few years, Yack said.

In an effort to stop the flood of law-s u i t s , t h e t o w n s h i p is cons ide r ing adopting a sidewalk ordinance. Can-ton's Board of Trustees looked at a pro-posed ordinance Tuesday night in a study session.

No formal action was taken by the board.

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Morton Taylor work to begin in summer BY SCOTT DANIEL STAFF WRITER sdanieKfoe.homecomm .net

After y e a r s of de l ays , i t a p p e a r s work on an extension of Morton Taylor Road will finally begin this summer.

Mo to r i s t s will be ab le to t r a v e l between Warren and Ford roads on the north/south artery by the end of this year - if all goes well. Wayne County is in the process of finalizing plans and acquiring rights of way.

The $3.1 million project has been on the books for three years. Wetland and right of way issues have stalled con-s t r u c t i o n , W a y n e C o u n t y Roads Depar tment spokesman John Roach said.

"It's longer than usual," Roach said of the delay, "but it's not way out of the norm, especially when you're doing a new road. This has been one of our most challenging projects."

The Federal Highway Administra-tion will pick up 80 percent of the $3.1 million price tag. The county is respon-sible for the other portion.

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Rights of way on three parcels held the project up for several years. But Roach said the county now has verbal price agreements on two of the parcels and a formal agreement on the other.

The project is scheduled to go out for bid in early May. Roach said construc-t ion wou ld t h e n begin in J u l y or August.

Canton Supervisor Tom Yack doubts that would leave enough time to finish the extension before next winter.

"It won ' t be open for service," he said. "It ' l l be the same s i tuat ion as Canton Center."

The county began widening that road last fall and completed the southbound lane. W i n t e r hal ted construct ion of northbound lanes.

It has created t r a f f i ^ a c k u p s and a dangerous intersection ,S^hd Yack. He sees the Morton Taylor extension as a

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Residents still irked by golf course plan BY LILLY A. EVANS STAFF WRITER

The battle of the encroaching golf course continues as some homeown-ers in the Pheasant View subdivi-sion seek to keep proposed addition-al Pheasant Run holes a long chip shot away.

Bob Boucher, a Stonebridge Way Court res iden t , s p e a r h e a d e d the homeowners' group and represented members at Monday's Canton Plan-ning Commission meeting.

The commission gave a recom-m e n d a t i o n for a p p r o v a l for a planned development district for the Links of Pheasant Run West condo-miniums. The request now goes to the C a n t o n T o w n s h i p Board of Trustees for final approval.

As part of the dea l , developers will deed about 13 acres back to the t ownsh ip as publ ic r e c r e a t i o n a l space for the golf course expansion.

"We met with golf course planners

and the residents went out on the land and found a distance we were all comfortable with," Boucher said.

The res idents agreed tha t they needed to s t a r t 300 feet back to keep their wooded views.

However, the golf course planner said 150 feet is more reasonable.

"We only gained 50 feet from the original plans, we are still opposed to the golf course, because we paid premium for lots that backed up on p ro t ec t ed w e t l a n d s . " Boucher explained.

Another homeowner, Tim Marsh, said "Three hundred feet is some-thing we have to have, any closer and it takes away from the wooded effect."

Dan Durack, Canton administra-tive and community services direc-tor. said plans have been sent back to the golf course architect "to see what they can do with 150 feet "

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Mentally, Sarah Palk of Plymouth is smar t and quick. But, he r cerebral palsy isn't a good vehicle for expressing her intelligence. Palk communicates with a Dynavox computer and sign lan-guage. She will never be able to dnve. Her mom has to gof everywhere with her.

Recently. Palk has found some free-dom th rough the teen group at the Summit.

Lu Roeder, therapeutic recreational director at the Canton Summit, makes it possible for developmental!*- dis-abled teens and young adults like 14-year-old Palk to go out on Saturday night During Christmas. Palk. who is an e igh th -grader at Pioneer Middle School in Plymouth Township, went with peers to dinner, shopping and to the C h r i s t m a s l i g h t s a t Domino ' s Farms in Ann Arbor.

For Valentine's Day the Canton Civi-tan'Club donated to fund their Valen-tine's Day Dance. Roeder is renting a roon\ at the Summit, decorating, hiring a D J . , providing d inne r and small gifts

Another mother, Jackie Foust of Ply-mouth. parent of David Foust. 21, who a t t e n d s the Special Skill Cen te r in Wfstland. said the group gives her son some independence.

"Kids in special ed can't drive they have to h a v e a p a r e n t d r i v e t h e m around eve rywhere . This is a good a l t e r n a t i v e to going with p a r e n t s . Foust said

The S u m m i t , in conjunction with Canton Parks and Recreation, offers two age groups, the Teen Club, ages 13 to 17. and the Young Adult Club, ages I t to 26. The groups meet twice a month on Saturday They congregate at the Summit , then Roeder and her staff load up two vans and they hit the town They do a vanety of activities including shopping, dinner and movies and special events at holidays

Roeder said she likes to give t h e group the opportunity to socialize with peers and learn skills to function out in the world

In addition. Roeder runs a swim club for the development ally disabled on Friday night during open swim

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P a r t y t i m e Teen Club member Michael puts his best foot forward while dancing to some Disco hits at the Valentine's Day dance held by the club Saturdax at the Summit

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Police: Canton travel agency victimized in ticket scheme By S c o t t Daniel STAFF WRITER sdanieldoe.homecomm.net

A C a n t o n t r a v e l agency w a s recently used to purchase f r aud -u len t vacation tripe, according to township police reports.

Police suspec t t h a t a De t ro i t m a n used stolen credit ca rds to p u r c h a s e m o r e t h a n $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 wor th of a irplane t ickets.

R e p o r t s show t h a t m u l t i p l e t ickets were purchased for seven s e p a r a t e t r i p s to L a s V e g a s , M o n t e g o B a y , J a m a i c a , a n d M i a m i . T h e t r i p s w e r e booked for l a te December t h r o u g h t h e end of J anua ry through Canton-based Home Travel Consul t ing.

All but one of the flights were t h r o u g h N o r t h w e s t A i r l i n e s , t ravel agency owner Chr is topher H o m e said. The o ther r e se rva -t ion was made via C o n t i n e n t a l Airlines.

T h e bogus c h a r g e s w e r e dis-covered by the credit cacd hold-e r , a U n i o n t o w n , P a . , m a n ,

r e p o r t s s h o w e d . H e n o t i f i e d H o m e of t h e c h a r g e s a n d said the t r ip s w e r e booked w i t h o u t his knowledge or approval .

Home believes the Pennsylva-nia man is in on the scam, how-ever.

Because t h e m a n not i f ied h is credit card company the charges weren' t his, h e won't be respon-sible for paying, H o m e said. He a d d e d t h a t t h e a i r l i n e s wi l l eventually hold the t ravel agen-cy responsible.

"I 've been in t h e t r ave l busi-ness for 10 years ," said H o m e . "This is the first t i m e t h i s h a s ever happened."

He said he h a s heard of these t y p e s of s c a m s h a p p e n i n g to other agencies.

"But I never thought i t would happen to me," H o m e said.

He r e p o r t e d t h e f r a u d u l e n t charges to township police Tues-d a y . H e t o l d p o l i c e t h a t t h e D e t r o i t m a n h a d b o o k e d t h e tr ips over t h e phone.

H o m e said the m a n refused to give h is phone n u m b e r and pro-vided no other information about h imse l f . The agency h a s s ince c h a n g e d i t s p o l i c y a n d n o w r e q u i r e s t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n f rom customers.

One se t of t i c k e t s , va lued a t a b o u t $3,200, w a s de l ivered to the Detroi t m a n a t Tiger Stadi-u m by a c o m p a n y d r ive r , s a id Home. The m a n picked up other t ickets a t the airport , h e added.

Trips included: • F rom Detroi t to Las Vegas,

Dec. 31 t h r o u g h J a n . 4 for t h e Detroit man and two women.

• F r o m D e t r o i t t o M o n t e g o Bay, l eav ing J a n . 8 for a m a n and woman.

• From Detroi t to Las Vegas, leaving J a n . 7 for two men.

• From Detroi t to Las Vegas, l eav ing J a n . 15 for t h e Detroi t man a n d three o ther men.

• From Detroi t to Las Vegas, l eav ing J a n . 15 for the Det ro i t man and th ree other men.

• From Detroi t to Las Vegas, leaving J a n . 15 for one man.

• F r o m D e t r o i t t o M i a m i , leaving J a n . 29 for the Det ro i t m a n and two women.

Combined charges for the tick-eta came to $10,500, Home said.

No t a l l of t h e t i c k e t s w e r e u sed . H o m e t h i n k s t h e s c a m -m e r s p u r c h a s e d ou tbound a n d i n b o u n d t i c k e t s on t h e s a m e days to keep au thor i t i e s guess-i n g a b o u t t h e i r e x a c t w h e r e -abouts.

C a n t o n po l ice a r e c u r r e n t l y invest igat ing t h e case. |

H o m e sa id h e contac ted the U.S. Secre t Service because the c r imes w e r e c o m m i t t e d ac ross s t a t e lines. H e said he received little to no he lp from the federal agency.

" N o b o d y h a s m a d e a n y a t t empt to ge t these guys." said H o m e . " T h e y w a n t m e to do everything."

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dropped sodium chloride into a book r e t u r n box. T h e i nc iden t appa ren t ly took place very la te S a t u r d a y n i g h t or in t h e ea r ly morning hours of Sunday.

" I t w a s n ' t a n y t h i n g we h a d o u t , " L i b r a r y D i r e c t o r J e a n Tabor said. "Our supply is locked up."

S o d i u m c h l o r i d e , or s a l t , is u s e d to m e l t s n o w a n d ice on roads and walkways .

Tabor said a l ibrary page dis-covered the mess Sunday morn-ing. She th inks all of the materi-als a re salvageable, however.

"We h a v e h a d ve ry few inci-d e n t s of v a n d a l i s m , " T a b o r

added. "The police keep an eye on us."

The l ib ra ry is adjacent to the township police station.

Tabor said it 's the worst case of vandal i sm the library has suf-f e r ed . S o a p d i s p e n s e r d a m a g e and lipstick marks on bathroom mir rors a r e general ly the types of v a n d a l i s m t h e l ib ra ry dea l s with, she added.

"But the re ' s always the poten-t i a l w i t h b o o k d r o p s , " T a b o r said.

S h e t h i n k s v a n d a l s b r o u g h t the sa l t w i t h them. Police cur-rently have no suspects.

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High jump: Kathy Mount reacts as her apricot poodle, Bambi, clears a yardstick while performing for ailing children at Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor last Thursday during her annual Valentine's Day visit. Patient Sarah Hughes, 9, of Gladstone, Mich., holds the other end of the yardstick at right.

Bowing out Children's Hospital show is finale for Bambi, owner

Vfet donations sought Tfce Canton Firefighters Chari ty Foundat ion,

along wi th t h e Canton Crossings a p a r t m e n t com-plex, is collecting i tems to help the vict ims of the J a n . 29 Are t h a t left t enan t s in si* a p a r t m e n t s temporari ly homeless

The foundation is in the process of collecting clothing, food, toys, household i tems and money. Seven children, ranging in age from 1 to 15, were affected by the fire.

Donations may be dropped off a t Fire Sta t ion No. 1 on Her i tage Drive (Proctor) or at t h e com-plex office on Joy near 1-275.

The foundation and Canton police have donat-ed some $43,000 over the past th ree yea r s to sim-ilar efforts.

Drive carefully There is now a four-way stop a t the intersec-

tion of Cherry Hill and Beck roads. The signs will be in place throughout the

spring as improvements are made a t the inter-section. They will eventually be replaced by a traffic signal.

Grand opening General Nutr i t ion Center has opened a new

store in the Coventry Commons Shopping Cen te r at the corner of Joy and Morton Taylor roads.

The GNC store is open seven days a week a n d offers special discounts on Super Tuesdays. For information, call the store, 354-6505.

Sates award J o h n Mistak a t Walter 's Home Appliance in

Canton recently won a $50,000 prixe from Ken-wood USA. Mistak was randomly selected a s a representa t ive from one of Kenwood's top home audio dealerships.

Completes basic training Navy Airman Apprentice Maarla K Denhani ,

daughter of Hollis C. and Tryntje A Denhani of Canton, recently completed U.S. Navy basic t ra in ing a t Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. 111.

She is a 1996 gradua te of Plymouth Salem High School.

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spending nearly 10 hours a t Mot t C h i l d r e n ' s H o s p i t a l T h u r s d a y n i g h t a n d wel l into Fr iday morning.

It was the annua l Valen-t ine ' s p a r t y as Moun t a n d her poodle, Bambi. put on a show for the children, many who h a v e l i f e - t h r e a t e n i n g il lnesses. And when every-one w a s done e a t i n g c a k e and ice cream, and ge t t ing their faces painted wi th the h e l p of n u m e r o u s v o l u n -t e e r s , t h e r e w e r e t r i p s to e a c h a n d e v e r y f l o o r to make cer tain those too ill to a t tend got their goodie bags filled wxth s tuffed an ima l s , B a m b i T - s h i r t s , c r a y o n s and o ther items.

"Fm still h igh as a k i te ," s a i d M o u n t , w h o w a s u p a f t e r o n l y f o u r h o u r s of s l e e p . MI w a n t to s e e t h e s p i r i t of g i v i n g c o n t i n u e , t h a t t h e vision is fu l f i l led . But how am I going to slow down?"

Mount , who has been vol-u n t e e r i n g a t M o t t C h i l -dren's Hospital for 22 years, quietly let it be known t h a t she p r o b a b l y won ' t be o r g a n i z i n g fu tu re fund-ra is ing events at the hospital .

"My hea l th won't allow me to do it a n y m o r e , " said M o u n t . "I may s t i l l do some s h o w s w i t h Bambi for the kids, but not like these."

Moun t doesn ' t l ike to d i scuss it, but hear t problems and a bout w i t h c a n c e r a r e w e a r i n g h e r d o w n . A n d f r e q u e n t m i g r a i n e h e a d a c h e s s o m e t i m e s m a k e daily life a chore.

"It 's h a r d to m a k e changes in your life," she said. "Some people don't know what it means to me to be able to help the children."

Major effort Mount, with her two dogs, first

B r a n d y a n d t h e n B a m b i , h a s been put t ing smiles on the faces

In the audience: Patient Sarah Hughes, & x)f Gladstone, Mich, watches as Kathy Mount and her apricot poodle, Bambi, perform Thursday.

Dozens of volunteers from P l y m o u t h a n d C a n t o n , i n c l u d i n g m a n y C e n t r a l

. M i d d l e S c h o o l a n d P l y -m o u t h - C a n t o n h igh school s t uden t s , helped make su re the night was a success.

"An e x p e r i e n c e l ike t h i s shows how we t ake so much f o r g r a n t e d , " s a i d S a r a h A n d e r s o n , 18, of C a n t o n . 'After everything these kids have gone through, it really shows their s t rength."

"When the k ids smi le , i t m a k e s you feel good," added D a v e H s n n o n , 13, e f P ly -m o u t h , w h o w a s p a i n t i n g faces.

A n d t h e r e w a s a hat of f e e l i n g good , a s c h i l d r e n w e r e w a l k i n g a r o u n d w i t h smiles, forgetting f t* a short t ime th«y w«rs mck. - / «

" I l i k e d w h e n B a m b i j umped through the hoops," s a i d J o s h u a L s y r t f r , 7 , « f S a g i n a w , wbf l h a » c a n c e r a n d h a s t o s p e n d a w e e k e a c h m o n t h a t M o t t f o r t r ea tmen t .

of t h e k ids a t Mot t s ince 1991 wi th t r icks a n d beds ide act ivi-t i e s . D u r i n g t h a t s p a n , s h e ' s helped raise nearly $200,000 for books , c o l o r i n g b o o k s , v i d e o games, and jus t abou t any th ing else tha t ' s needed to bring a lit-tle joy into the lives of the chil-dren and their famil ies .

"I th ink the fami l ies appreci-a t e the e f for t . I t ' s an i s land of relief for them," said Mount. "It's a joy to see a chi ld smile , a n d maybe even laugh."

There are m a n y a t Mott who are hoping someone will fill t he void left by Mount .

"The kids t a lk about the par ty and Bambi all week," said There-sa Foster , a child life specialist at Mott. "Kathy is j u s t an amaz-ing w o m a n T h e p a r t i e s a r e a culmination of all t he hard work that goes into it."

Smiles for lbds M a n y , i n c l a d i n g ac t i v i t y

t h e r a p i s t D o n e v a n B o w e r -b a n k , M o u n t ' s tonftime friend and biggest- suppor te r a t Mott, don't wan t to t h ink

about her leaving.

"I don ' t know if we can allow Kathy to retire," said Bowerbank wi th a smile. "We're going to see if she l l reconsider. A lot of k ids w a n t to see this continu®.

" T h e s e a c t i v i t i e s h e l p t h e m forget they're in the hospital." he added. "Look a t all t he anaies."

N o t e v e n M o u n t ' s ferusband Bob r e a l l y be l ieves s h e T l s t e p her efforts.

"HI believe it whan I s«e it," h e said. "It's t ime for Kathy M d o w d o w n , b u t I d o n ' t k n o w h « w she'll live without it."

Mount is hoping someone will t a k e u p the torch a n d con t inue the t radi t ions a t Mott tha t she 's begun.

"The people in the P lyn jon th a rea have been so wonder fu l in suppor t ing me and Mott."

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"It's as important to Canton as the Beck Road paving from Ford to Cherry Hill," Yack added. "It will relieve pressure on Ford big-time as well as Sheldon and Lilley ."

Roach disagreed about the time-line. The lack of ut i l i t ies in t h e construct ion area and absence of t raff ic should t ranslate to speedy work.

"Construction should go pre t ty smoothly," said Roach. -

T h e project ' s unce r t a in ty h a s hur t some homeowners. Mike Cun-ningham, who lives near the inter-s ec t i on of Hanfo rd a n d Morton Taylor roads, has been t ry ing to

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Cunn ingham owns a four-bed-room, 2.5-bath home wi th more t h a n 2,000 square feet. He's ask-ing a little more than $180,000.

"There's a house down the street with 500 square feet less tha t sold for more than our asking price," Cunningham said.

Remerica Hometown III Realtor Nick Kulka said similar homes in Cunningham's a rea are going for $175,000 and up. The agent, who is working for Cunningham, said t a lk of the Morton Taylor exten-

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T h a t ' s the biggest drawback we have," Ku lka said. "That ' s wha t clients are telling u s "

He t h i n k s the e x t e n s i o n will eventually help property values , however.

"When i t ' s done," sa id Kulka , "itll be easier to sell a house. But (now) people don ' t l ike change . That's what it is."

About four-lOtbs of an acre of wet lands exists in the extension construction area. The county will mitigate its loss by building a one-acre wet land area a t the n o r t h -west corner of War ren a n d Hag-gerty roads.

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Engler wants to end college tuition tax credit f BY KEN ABRAMCZYK ST AIT WRJTEK kabramczyk9oe.homecomm.net

Gov. J o h n E n g l e r w a n t s to e l imina te the Michigan college tu i t ion t a x c red i t for f a m i l i e s , i n s t e a d u s i n g t h a t m o n e y to i n c r e a s e f u n d s to u n i v e r s i t i e s and community colleges through t u i t i o n r e s t r a i n t i n c e n t i v e grants .

Engler proposed the repeal in his $9 billion general f u n d bud-get, which was discussed Thurs-d a y d u r i n g a m e e t i n g of t h e House a n d S e n a t e A p p r o p r i a -tions subcommittee. The credit 's e l iminat ion would add $34 mil-lion revenue to t h e s t a t e ' s cof-fers.

Engler proposed $293 million for community colleges, a 4 per-cent increase. An addit ional $4.2

million is provided in the budget for " tui t ion r e s t r a i n t " incentive g r a n t s to c o m m u n i t y co l leges which limit tui t ion increases to 3 p e r c e n t or l e s s t h i s y e a r , b u t t h a t money is con t i ngen t upon the tuition credit repeal by s ta te lawmakers .

Schoolcraf t College Pres iden t Richard McDowell bel ieves the incent ive g r a n t s will he lp keep tuit ion increases down.

McDowel l ca l l ed t h e t u i t i o n tax c red i t "min imal" to School-c r a f t s t u d e n t s , b e c a u s e m a n y s t u d e n t s a r e p a r t t i m e a n d Schoolcraft usually only increas-es tu i t ion $1 per c red i t hour a yea r .

Communi ty colleges are fund-ed w i t h p r o p e r t y t a x e s f r o m the i r d i s t r ic t , s t a t e money and s tuden t tui t ion. Wi th increased

• State Sen. Loren Bennett, R-Canton, who Intro-duced and championed the tax credit only two years ago, said he was disappointed with the pro-posal and wondered whether it would lead to 6-or 8-percent tuition increases again.

f u n d i n g f r o m t h e s t a t e , t h a t should keep, in theory, college t u i t i o n h i k e s down, McDowell said.

"If he h a s incen t ives to keep tui t ion increases down, the stu-d e n t s w i l l g e t t h e s a m e increase," McDowell said. "They j u s t won' t go th rough the s t a t e to get it."

Bennett disappointed S t a t e Sen. Loren Bennet t , R-

C a n t o n , w h o i n t r o d u c e d a n d

championed the .tax credit only two yea r s ago, said he was dis-appointed with the proposal and wondered whether it would lead to 6 or 8 percent tuition increas-es again. "To me, it's t an t amoun t to a t ax increase," Bennet t said.

"We h a d a n o p p o r t u n i t y to look a t it in-depth, and you can see a l inkage between the credit and ( the colleges and univers i -ties) keeping increases down."

B e n n e t t s a id h e w a n t e d to e x a m i n e t h e b u d g e t a n d t h e

incentive grants Engler had pro-posed. bu t p lanned to f ight for the tax credit if no other propos-als or incentives were enacted to curb tuit ion increases.

Engler 's budget overview indi-cated the t iming is "optimal" to repeal the credit.

"Fi rs t , it is unlikely t h a t a n y university would be able to qual-ify for the upcoming school y e a r because of the r e m a r k a b l y low inf lat ion rate," Engler s ta ted in t h e o v e r v i e w . " S e c o n d l y , t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of t h e Mich igan Meri t Award (a scholarship pro-g ram for s tudents who pass t h e M i c h i g a n Educa t i ona l A s s e s s -m e n t P rog ram tes t s ) will con-t r i b u t e greatly towards m a k i n g c o l l e g e m o r e a f f o r d a b l e f o r everyone.

"Finally, the tuit ion tax credit

a, h a s had only l imited success ih res t ra ining tuit ion increases." _

C o m m u n i t y c o l l e g e s w i l l receive a 2.5 percent increase i$ funds for operations. Half of that i n c r e a s e wi l l be d i s t r i b u t e ^ a c r o s s t h e b o a r d , w i t h t h e r e m a i n i n g d i s t r i b u t e d u s i n g fc formula t h a t accounts for enroll-ment changes and tax bases.

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McDowel l e x p e c t s to t e l l a House subcommittee on commu-nity colleges th is week t h a t he fe pleased with tha t increase S ta t e l awmakers still need to discuss t h e b u d g e t , i n c l u d i n g c a p i t a l o u t l a y f u n d s . S c h o o l c r a f t offi-cials hope l a w m a k e r s e a r m a r k money for a proposed technic*! center during budget hear ings .

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Dems want tobacco money for health programs BY KEN ABRAMCZYK Staff w r i t e r k a b r a m c z y k @ o o . h o m e c o m m . n e t

Gov. John Engler wan t s to use $9 bi l l ion r e a c h e d in a se t t l e -ment with tobacco companies to establish a scholarship program for s t u d e n t s w h o p a s s t e s t s a d m i n i s t e r e d u n d e r t h e Michi-g a n E d u c a t i o n a l A s s e s s m e n t Program

B u t s o m e D e m o c r a t s s a i d some of tha t money should go to hea l th p rograms , such a s those a i m e d a t c u r b i n g s m o k i n g among young people. The schol-a r s h i p s w e r e d i scussed T h u r s -day du r ing a meet ing of a sub-committee of House and Sena te Appropriations members .

U n d e r E n g l e r ' s M i c h i g a n Mer i t A w a r d , h igh school s tu-d e n t s w h o p a s s t h e r e a d i n g , writ ing, m a t h and science com-p o n e n t s of t h e M E A P h i g h school t e s t s w o u l d r e c e i v e a $2,500 scho la r sh ip t h a t can be dedicated to college or technical t ra ining at a Michigan school of their choice. Beginning with the 1999-2000 school year , a $500 al locat ion will be set a s ide for middle school s tuden t s who pass

STATE LEGISLATURE

the MEAP tests . S t u d e n t s in the c lass of 2004

could conceivably be eligible for a $3,000 scholarship.

The award would be supported by proceeds from the set t lement of a lawsuit be tween the s ta tes and t h e tobacco i n d u s t r y . T h e s t a t e is e x p e c t e d to rece ive a

payment of $289 million in 2000. a n d a n n u a l p a y m e n t s r a n g i n g from $320 to $400 million, with the balance paid over 26 years.

T h e U . S . D e p a r t m e n t of H e a l t h a n d H u m a n S e r v i c e s wan t s to collect a portion of the s e t t l e m e n t a s r e p a y m e n t fo r t h e i r s h a r e of Medica id cos t s .

which could reduce Michigan 's port ion of the total s e t t l e m e n t up to 55 percent . Engler called t h a t " u n j u s t i f i a b l e " s i n c e 40 s ta tes litigated suits against the tobacco industry without federal assis tance.

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Most area reps support bill to drug test welfare recipients B Y T I M R I C H A R D

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Welfare recipients would have to be tested for drugs under two controversial state House-passed bills now before the Senate.

Final roll call was 69-36 with Republicans and some crossover Democrats supporting the mea-sures Feb. 9.

"House Republicans demand that public assistance be used to feed childi en and not an adult's drug habit," said Speaker Chuck Perricone. R-Kalamazoo.

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" U n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l . " repl ied Rep. Tom Kelly, D-Wayne. "The Fourth Amendment declares the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable s e a r c h e s a n d s e i z u r e s . To r equ i r e t e s t i n g w i t h o u t j u s t cause violates this right.

'All parents would be tested, not just those exhibiting signs of a substance abuse problem. It's a shame," Kelly said during a five-hour debate.

House Bills 4090 and 4091 give the s ta te Family Indepen-dence Agency author i ty to run

three pilot si tes to test welfare recipients for drug use. One test area would be u r b a n , another rural, the third in Wayne Coun-ty

"If the a s sessment shows an addiction, then the recipient will be offered state-paid treatment," said the sponsor, Rep. Lauren Hagerk R-Port Huron. "However, if the recipient refuses treatment or refuses to take the initial test, sanct ions could be imposed to take away welfare benefits.

"It's tough love, and it's com-passion in its purest form," said Hager. a former teacher serving

his first House term. Rep. R u t h Ann Jamnick , D-

Ypsilanti, criticized the majority for rejecting an amendment tha t would have required legislators and B t a t e officials to be tested, too. She said the test picks on the poor "and may only serve to push them down further."

The House Fiscal Agency said 175,000 t e s t s a year would be given, and F1A estimated 15 per-cent of c l i e n t s would r e q u i r e treatment. At an average cost of $3,000, t r e a t m e n t would to ta l $78.7 m i l l i o n . FIA sa id i t ' s unclear whether Medicaid would

reimburse the state. In an un reco rded vote, t h e

House gave two-thirds approval (74 votes> to immediate effect, meaning the bills would become law as soon as they are signed by the governor

Here's how Observer area rep-resentatives voted:

Yea - Bob Brown. D-Dearborn Heights . Gerald Law. R-Ply-mouth. Bruce Patterson, R-Can-ton , Andrew Raczkowski , R-Farmington Hills, Laura Toy. R-Livonia.

N o - Tom Kelly. D-Wayne. A b s e n t - Eileen DeHar t , D-

Westland. Gov. John Engler cal led fo t

passage of the bills a year ago, and the Republican-controlled Sena t e replied, but the Hous4 balked This year the bills ar< likely to be enacted

Opposing the bills were th4 C e n t e r for Civil J u s t i c e , t h 4 National Council on Alcoholisn< a n d D r u g D e p e n d e n c e , thd American Civil Liberties UniotJ and the Michigan County Social Services Association.

State Sen. Robert Emerson, D-Flint, said the s ta te was doing little in terms of smoking pre-vention.

"I'm appalled that we're now taking 100 percent of the tobac-co money and pu t t i ng it in to s c h o l a r s h i p s , when we sued because they were des t roying the health of the citizens of our state." Emerson said.

Budget Director Mary Lan-noye responded that Engler sup-ported the cigarette tax. which now placed Michigan among the leaders in that tax. "One of the a d v a n t a g e s (of t h e t ax) is it d e t e r s smoking in ch i ld ren . " Lannoye said.

S ta te Rep Pmil Tesanovich. D-L'Anse. who believed it should go to educating children about the d a n g e r s of smoking , said Engler's proposal was "disturb-ing" and "unacceptable." Lan-noye said Engler was open to discussions on prevention pro-grams

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University changes Engler also wants to revise the

funding system for universities, proposing $58 million for univer-sities, a 4 percent increase. The first $21.6 million will be dis-tributed across the board, while an additional $14.5 million will be given to univers i t ies whose current s ta te funding is below other universities offering simi-lar degrees and programs.

The remaining $'22 million is contingent on the s ta te House and Senate's repeal of the exist-ing tax credit, and will be dis-tributed to each university that r es t ra ins u n d e r g r a d u a t e resi-dent tuition growth at or below 3 percent for the 1999-2000 school year.

Engler also proposed $1.7 bil-lion for universities, a 4.2 per-cent increase. For corrections, he proposed $ 1 6 billion, an 8.65 percent increase

That fact was not lost on some sUite lawmakers.

State Sen. John Schwarz, R-Battle Creek, said the 15 univer-sity presidents walk into meet-ings with pie c h a r t s and bar graphs, saying that their tniver-sity "was the most poorest fund-ed of all the universities

"One of the most s ignif icant points of difference is how can you justify an 8 percent increase for corrections and only half that for some schoo l s ' " S c h w a r z asked.

With 265.000 students on cam-pus, Michigan is known for its university system, he added "1 don ' t wan t Mich igan to be known to have the highest popu-lation of inmates I would rather be known as the state with the highest number of college gradu-ates "

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The Observer & Eccentric! THURSDAY, F E B R U A R Y 1 8 , 1 9 9 9 *Af

Bridges nominated for place on national preservation list

BY KEN A B R A M C Z Y K STAFF WRITER kabramczyk9oe.homecomm.net

Two b r i d g e s in w e s t e r n Wayne County were nominat-ed Feb. 5 with 124 other sites in M i c h i g a n by the S t a t e Historic Preservation Review Board to be placed on a national list of properties to encourage their preservation. ,

The H i n e s Drive b r idge over Ann Arbor Road in Livo-nia, the Lilley Road bridge over the lower branch of the Rouge River in Canton and 14 other b r idges in Wayne County will be considered by the National Register of His-toric Places to be placed on an official list of properties con-sidered wor thy of preserva-tion because of their impor-tance in A m e r i c a n h i s to ry and culture.

The register is part of the National Parks Service under the U.S. Department of Inte-rior. It is expected to resppnd in about 45 days , or about mid-April, to the nomination, sa id R o b e r t C h r i s t e n s e n , national register coordinator of the State Historical Preser-vation Office.

Normal ly , those nomina-tions are approved by the reg-ister, Chris tensen said. ' I t ' s ha rd to env i s ion tha t they would not."

Federal "enhancement" dol-lars are available for historic preservation projects.

State historic preservation

officials are considering the Hines Drive bridge because c o n s u l t a n t s h i red by t h e M i c h i g a n D e p a r t m e n t of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n found t h e bridge was in good condition and represented a rigid frame construction bridge, common-ly used over freeways and in Wayne County.

TTie Lilley Road bridge over t h e Rouge River ' s lower branch in Canton was cited for its "pony-truss" construc-t ion. It was originally con-structed on Telegraph Road over the Rouge River in the 1920s , bu t i t was s t u r d y e n o u g h to be r e loca ted to Canton in 1933.

The regis ter ' s cr i ter ia for evaluation include the struc-ture or site's quality of signif-icance in American history, a r c h i t e c t u r e , a rchaeology , e n g i n e e r i n g and c u l t u r e . Structures reflect integrity of location, design setting, mate-rials and workmanship.

MDOT began a b r idge assessment and inventory of potential historical structures in 1994, updating an earlier 1985 s u r v e y , accord ing to Margaret Barondess, cultural resource coordinator with the M i c h i g a n D e p a r t m e n t of Transportation.

MDOT hired two consulting, f i r m s to su rvey Michigan bridges for possible participa-tion in the National Historic Places program. That recog-nition is limited to structures tha t are 50 years old.

Expansion at Metro Competition expected to benefit customers

B Y K E N ABKAMCZYK STAFF WRITER kabramczy kOoe.homecomm.net

Officials at Detroit Metro Air-po r t hope six new g a t e s will increase the presence of two air-lines there and eventually result in more airline competition and lower fares for travelers.

W a y n e Coun ty , S o u t h w e s t Airlines and Spirit Airlines have reached an agreement to expand the concourse A area near the Smith Terminal, county and air-line officials announced Monday at a press conference.

Construction will begin next month on the $11 million pro-ject. Since that area is occupied by those two gates, the airport will ac tual ly experience a ne t ga in of f o u r ga t e s when t h e y open in August. Once completed, Detroit Metro will house 103 air-craft gates and allow Spirit, cur-rently operating on three differ-e n t c o n c o u r s e s at bo r rowed gates , to consolidate i ts opera-tions.

Southwest will operate four of t h e six new gates , Spir i t will operate two.

C o u n t y Execu t ive E d w a r d M c N a m a r a said many people bel ieve Nor thwes t d o m i n a t e s Metro because it flies 70 percent of the passengers, but actually evriry ma jo r U.S. ca r r i e r pro-vides service there.

thwest ? f o r t h wes t ha s 70 p e r c e n t

because theyfiandle virtually all

• 'We believe in offer ing choices to the pub-lic. ... It's important because of what it will do for competition and what It would do foe" low fares.'

Dave Katz

of the connecting traffic," McNa-mara said. "Our research indi-

cates that 55 percent of the local traffic - tha t would be all pas-s e n g e r s b e g i n n i n g or e n d i n g their trip in Detroit - fly carriers other than Northwest.

"We have always been inter-ested in providing facilities for any airline wishing to provide service at Detroit Metro."

David Katz, airport director, said the expansion plan did not evolve from the customer com-plaints and dissatisfaction due to Northwest Airlines' long flight delays during the snowstorm in early January . Northwest uses Detroit as a hub.

"We worked on negotiat ions for the past eight months," Katz s a id . "We bel ieve in o f f e r i n g choices to the public." Katz said coun ty o f f ic ia l s s u c c e s s f u l l y negot ia ted wi th N o r t h w e s t to use holding room spac i r in ' ttre gate expansion area.

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could not be reached for com-ment for this story.

Katz compared the expansion to adding a "Flint Bishop Air-port" in concourse A, as the two airl ines now could conceivably add 40 new flights a day.

"It's important because of what it will do for compet i t ion and what it would do for low fares."

Carrier expand Southwest Airlines will act as

the construction manager. Spirit will make payments to South-west for its share of construction costs. Wayne County will reim-burse the airlines with revenue from passenger facility charges. Eventually, Wayne County will own the gates, and the airlines will lease the gates from Wayne County.

Bob Montgomery, director of proper t ies for Sou thwes t Air-lines, said that airline was "not

prepared" to add f l ights . "The project will give us flexibility," Montgomery said.

"Since most of our flights are 'O and D' (origination and desti' nation), I don't see us making a connec t ing f l i g h t a t Met ro ," Montgomery said. "I think you will see us t r y i n g s o m e t h i n g with the timing of flights." Stud-ies show the number of passen-gers var ies d e p e n d i n g on t h e time of the flight, which will give Southwest s o m e t h i n g to work with, Montgomery said.

Ned Homfeld, pres ident and founder of Spir i t Airlines, said the company plans to add more routes in 1999. "We've been uti-lizing gates by other concourses. That limits our ability to expand. • "If other carriers get out late, it hurts our Reliability." .

The expansion should be seen as "not only a victory for Detroit, but a victory for the flying pub-lic," Homfeld said.

Spirit has not owned a perma-nent gate since it inaugurated serv ice f rom M e t r o in 1992, instead leasing it from other car-riers. Spirit currently flies to 13 c i t ies f rom M e t r o , i nc lud ing Atlantic City, Boston, Cleveland, Newark and New York City and several Florida cities.

Sou thwes t f l ies to Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis, and has additional direct or connecting service to 37 cities.

Barton Malow of Detroit will be the bu i lde r , whi le Giffels . Hoyem and Basso of Troy wiH be the a r ch i t ec tu r a l firm for the project.

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Good time: Lauren, a club member, throws her arms up while dancing to the song, "Y.M.C.Aby the Village People.

Teen Club from page Al

Churchill High junior John Chest-nut, 16, said she has a lot of confi-dence in Roeder and her staff.

"Lu and her staff<#re enthusias-tic. They get in the pool with the kids, they don't stand on the side," Chestnut said.

She also said she is t h a n k f u l John has somewhere fun to go.

"John was born special and he

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Works Engineer Susan Folsom, w h o p r e s e n t e d t h e p r o p o s e d ord inance to the board.

M i c h i g a n ' s S u p r e m e C o u r t opened the door to sl ip-and-fall l awsu i t s in 1997.

P r i o r to t h e n , t o w n s h i p s c o u l d n ' t be he ld l iable in sl ip-a n d - f a l l acc idents . T h e c o u r t s ' rul ing, which came as the resul t of a c a s e a g a i n s t C a n t o n , changed that .

C a n t o n h a d a s i d e w a l k pro-g r a m from 1990-94, but dropped i t because of l i t igat ion, Folsom s a i d . T h e h i g h c o u r t ' s r u l i n g m a d e i t a necessity to come up wi th a new ordinance and side-walk plan, she said.

"Our at torneys said we needed to do it to reduce our l iabili ty," Folsom said.

U n d e r the proposed plan. Can-ton would be divided into 10 sec-t i o n s . T o w n s h i p - p a i d c o n s u l -t a n t s would t h e n i n s p e c t o n e sec t ion per yea r and m a r k a n y s i d e w a l k in need of r e p a i r or replacement .

R e p a i r s and /o r r e p l a c e m e n t s would be paid for by each prop-e r t y o w n e r . R e s i d e n t s wi l l be r e s p o n s i b l e fo r s i d e w a l k s in the i r f ront and side yards .

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According to Folsom, new side-w a l k s cost a b o u t $15 per foot . S idewalks a r e typically divided into 5-foot sections, mak ing t h e cos t of r e p l a c i n g o n e s q u a r e about $75.

B e s i d e s a d o p t i n g t h e o r d i -nance, Folsom said the township should he lp p u r s u e l eg i s l a t i on a g a i n s t s l i p -and- fa l l l a w s u i t s . S t a t e Rep . G e r r y L a w , R-P ly -mouth, recently introduced such a measure, she told t rus tees .

As for Canton 's sidewalk ordi-nance, Yack th inks it 's unlikely

Fix-up: The ridge between sidewalk sections in front of this home on Arling-ton means replace-rrient is likely.

PHOTO BY PAUL HLISCHMANN t h a t most homeown-ers will need extensive sidewalk repairs. Even s idewalks in Can-ton's older neighborhoods are in relatively good shape, h e added.

U n d e r t h e o r d i n a n c e , t h e township would notify t h e home-o w n e r of a n y n e e d e d r e p a i r s . Fo l som sa id t h e y w o u l d t h e n have 90 days to m a k e repairs on t h e i r own or le t t h e t o w n s h i p contract the work.

In most ins tances , s h e added, the township would be able to do the work a t a cheaper ra te .

In t e r m s of c r i t e r i a for side-

walk repa i r s a n d rep lacements , t h e t o w n s h i p h a s n i n e . T h e y include:

• Sidewalk t h a t h a s a rise or drop of more t h a n three- four ths of an inch between any two five-Toot s q u a r e a t t h e c o n n e c t i o n joint.

• If t h e s i d e w a l k h a s m o r e than two cracks of one-fourth of an inch in width or more in any two feet of s idewalk section.

• If the s idewalk h a s a crack more t h a n t h r e e - f o u r t h s of a n inch in width.

• If t h e s i d e w a l k is t i l t e d toward t h e home ins tead of the street .

• If any s idewalk square has more than 50 percent of i ts sur-face scaled off to a depth of one-four th inch or grea te r .

V i o l a t i o n of t h e o r d i n a n c e , which Folsom said would more l i k e l y come f r o m h o m e o w n e r s not removing snow and ice from s i d e w a l k s in a t ime ly f a sh ion , would carry a possible $500 fine and/or 90 days in jai l . It would be classified a s a misdemeanor.

T o main ta in the quali ty of the n e i g h b o r h o o d , " s a i d Y a c k , "you've got to do it."

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N O T I C E T O B I D D E R S C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N

The Charter Township of Canton will accept sealed bids at the Office of the Clerk. 1150 S. Canton Center Rd.. Canton, MI 48188 until 10:00 a m on March 11. 1999, for the following:

RENTAL O F LIBERTY F E S T TENTS, TABLES AND CHAIRS Bid specifications are available in the Finance and Budget Dept. The Township reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The Township does not discriminate on tbe basis of race, color, national origin, sex. religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.

TERRY G BENNETT. Clerk

S H U R G A R D O F CANTON 41889 J O Y ROAD

CANTON. MI 48187

Nol ioe t* h e r e b y g i v e n t i n t t h e e n t i r e c o n t e n u of t h e following s t o r a g e u n i t s will b e ( o l d to t h e

h i g h e s t b i d d e r by • • • of a n o p e n bid o n M A R 25, 1999 i t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 9 0 © a m a t S h u r g a r d

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P u b l i s h F e b r u a r y 18 a n d 2 5 , 1 9 9 9 B a o . . .

SHURGARD O F CANTON 2101 HAGGERTY

CANTON, MI 48187

Not ice » h e r e b y g i v e n t h a t t h e e n t i r e c o n t e n t s of t h e following a t o r a g e u n i t s wi l l b e sold t o t h e

h i g h « t b i d d e r by w a y of a n o p e n b i d o n M A R 2S, 1999 a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 9 0 0 a m a t S h u r g a r d

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T T O B I D D E R S C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tha t the Charter Tbwnship of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S., Canton, Michigan will accept sealed bids at the Office of the Clerk up to 10:00 a m. on March 4, 1999 for the following BUILD AND INSTALL CUPOLA AND INSTALL NEW CEDAR R O O F

f o r t h e CANTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM 1022 CANTON C E N T E R RD., CANTON, MICHIGAN

Bid specifications are available in the Finance and Budget Dept The Township reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The Township does nor discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services. #

TERRY G BENNETT, Clerk

P u b l i s h F e b r u a r y 18 . 1999 '

C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N N O T I C E O F H E A R I N G

A S S E S S M E N T B O A R D O F R E V I E W

Notice is hereby given that the Canton Township March Board of Review will meet on the following dates and times: #

Hearings are by appointment, call <7341 397-6831 between 8:30 a m and 5:00 p.m. for appointments from February 22,1999 thru February 28. 1999. T u e s d a y March 2, 1999 ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING ONLY

1:00 P.M.

HEARING DATES BY A P P O I N T M E N T ONLY M o n d a y March 8, 1999 1:00 p .m. to 5KM) p.m.

6:00 p.m. to &00 p.m.

T u e s d a y March 9, 1999 9:00 a .m. to 12:00 p .m. 1:00 p .m. to 5:00 p.m.

HEARING DATES ON A F I R S T C O M E BASIS (WALK INS)

S a t u r d a y M a r c h 13, 1999 fcOO a .m. to 12:00 p.m. You may call (743) 397-6831 for fur ther information on the hearings, dates, and times. P u b l i s h : F e b r u a r y 11 18 a n d 2 5 , 1 9 9 9

C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F P L Y M O U T H N O T I C E O F H E A R I N G

A S S E S S M E N T B O A R D O F R E V I E W NOTICE OF HEARING given tha t the Plymouth Township Board will meet on the following dates and times:

Tuesday , M a r c h 2 9 a-m.-Noon O r g a n i z a t i o n a l M e e t i n g 2 p.m.-fl p .m.

Monday , M a r c h 8

T u e s d a y , M a r c h 9

2 p.m.-5 p.m. 6 p.m.-9 p.m. •

9 a-m.-Noon 2 p.m.-5 p.m.

H e a r i n g s by A p p o i n t m e n t H e a r i n g s by A p p o i n t m e n t

H e a r i n g s by A p p o i n t m e n t H e a r i n g s by A p p o i n t m e n t

S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 20 9 a . m . 1 1 a.m. F i r s t C o m e - F i r s t S e r v e d

Other hearing dates and times may be scheduled as needed. All persona protesting their assessment must complete petitions prior to appearing before the Board A personal appearance is not required Appeals by mail will be accepted if received by March 20, 1999 The Board of Review will be held in the Board Meeting Room of Plymouth Township Hall, 42350 Ann Arbor Road. Plymouth, MI 48170. Please come prepared as a ten < 10) minute time Umit before the Board of Review will be strictly adhered to. P u b l i s h . F e b r u a r y 11, 14 a n d 18, 1999

C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N

S U P P L E M E N T A R Y N O T I C E A D O P T I O N O F U N I F O R M T R A F F I C C O D E F O R

C I T I E S , T O W N S H I P S A N D V I L L A G E S O R D I N A N C E N O . 6 6 A M E N D M E N T

Notice is hereby given tha t pursuant to the provisions of Act 62 of the Public Acts of 1956, State of Michigan, the Uniform Traffic Code for cities, townships and villages was adopted by reference by the Board o fTrus tees of the Charter Township of Canton on the 9th day of February. 1999

The purpose of such Code is to regulate the operation of vehicles, to provide for the regulation and use of streets, highways and alleys and other public and semi-public places within the Cha r t e r Township of Canton and to provide penaltiesTor the violation of said Code.

A complete copy of the Uniform Traffic Code is available at the office of the Township Clerk for inspection by the public at all times

TERRY BENNETT. Clerk P u b l i s h F e b r u a r y 18, 1999

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C A N T O N T O W N S H I P P L A N N I N G C O M M I S S I O N C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N

N O T I C E O F P U B L I C H E A R I N G

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Monday. March 1, 1999 a t 7:00 P.M. in the First Floor Meeting Room of the Administration Building, 1150 S. Canton Center Road to consider a request for the following special land use as provided in Section 27.03 of the C anion Township Zoning Ordinance.

CANTON C H A R T E R ACADEMY SPECIAL LAND USE - CONSIDER REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LAND USE APPROVAL FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY AS REQUIRED IN SECTION 11.02B 4 FOR PARCEL NOS 029-99-0007-002. 029-99-007-003, AND 029-99-0007-004 Property is located on the west side of Beck Road between Warren and Hanford Roads

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Written comments addressed to the Planning Commission should be received at tKe above address prior to Thursday, February 25, 1999 in order to be included in the mater ials submitted for review.

VIC GUSTAFSON, Chairman P u b l i s h F e b r u a r y 18, 1 9 9 9 "

C A N T O N T O W N S H I P P L A N N I N G C O M M I S S I O N C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N

N O T I C E O F P U B L I C H E A R I N G

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON. WAYNE COUNTY. MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Act 184 of the Public Acts of 1943 of the State of Michigan, as amended, and pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance of the Charter Township of Canton that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Canton will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, March 1, 1999 in the First Floor Meeting Room of the Administration Building, 1150 S Canton Center Road at 7:00 p m on the fblkiwiiiK piupowed amendment to the Zoning l>rd

u n o n i a Bg-yiSvTNr. - CONSIDER REQUEST TO REZONE PARCEL NO. 100 99 0001 000 FROM R-2, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, TO C-», R E G I O N A L COMMERCIAL. Property u located on the north side of Michigan Avenue between Hannan and Low Roads (This r e q u e s t h a s b e e n a m e n d e d by t h e p e t i t i o n e r , a n d r e s c h e d u l e d f r o m F e b r u a r y 1, 1999.) Written comments addressed to the Planning Commission will be received at the above address up to the time of the hearing.

VIC GUSTAFSON. Chairman

C A N T O N T O W N S H I P P L A N N I N G C O M M I S S I O N C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N

N O T I C E O F P U B L I C H E A R I N G

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON. WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Act 184 of the Public Acts of 1943 of the State of Michigan, as amended, and pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance of the Char ter Township of Canton tha t the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Canton will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, March 1, 1999 in the First Floor Meeting Room of the Administration Building, 1150 S Canton Center Road a l 7:00 p.m. on the fnllnii/infl amendment Ui the Zoning < Irdinnnce

CONSIDER REQUEST TO REZONE PARCEL NO 062 99 0026 000 FROM RR. RURAL RESIDENTIAL. TO R-3, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL Property is located on the northeast corner of Beck and Saltz Roads Written comments addressed to the Planning Commission will be received at the above address up to the time of the hearing

MM VIC GUSTAFSON, Cha i rman

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C A N T O N T O W N S H I P P L A N N I N G C O M M I S S I O N C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N

N O T I C E O F P U B L I C H E A R I N G

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP O F CANTON, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Act 184 of the Public Acts of 1943 of the State of Michigan, as amended, and pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance of the Char ter Township of Canton tua t the Planning Commission of the Char ter Township of Canton will hold a Public Hearing on Monday. March 1, 1999 in the First Floor Meeting Room of the Administration Building, 1150 S. Canton Center Road at 7:00 p.m on the following proposed amendment lo the Zoning Ordinance:

. CONSIDER REQUEST TO REZONE PARCEL NO 063 99 0003 000 FROM RR, RURAL RESIDENTIAL, TO R-3, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL Property is located on the southeast corner of Beck and Sal t i Roads Written comments addressed to the Planning Commission will be received at the above address up to the time of the hearing

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The Observer & Eccentric! THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 8 , 1 9 9 9 • A l l

Madonna to offer new MBA program star t ing fall term A mas t e r of business adminis-

t r a t i o n ( M B A ) d e g r e e , w h i c h a w a r d s certificates in functional , c u s t o m e r - d r i v e n areaB, will b e of fered by Madonna Un ive r s i ty beginning the fall 1999 term.

The new degree was approved at a recent meet ing of the Uni-vers i ty 's board of t rustees .

" T h i s n e w MBA d e g r e e wi l l enab le s tuden t s to develop a phi-l o sophy a n d vis ion w i t h i n t h e context of a global economy, so t h e y m a y t a k e leadersh ip roles in t h e i r o r g a n i z a t i o n s , " s a i d

CAPITOL CAPSULES

Health actions The s t a te Depar tment of Con-

s u m e r & Indus t ry Services' dis-c i p l i n a r y office r epo r t ed t h e s e a c t i o n s a f f e c t i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l l icenses for the first half of J a n -uary :

N e m e r E. Hanna , 51. M.D., of Bloomfield Hills - l icense s u m -mar i ly suspended due to inabili-ty to practice.

Michael D. Ward, 48, M.D., of Novi - l icense s u m m a r i l y s u s -pended due to inability to prac- -tice.

Mar l ene Chester , 47, R.N., of R o c h e s t e r Hil ls - l icense s u m -mari ly suspended due to techni-cal violation of the Public Hea l th Code.

Rosalind C. Johnson. 46, R.N., C.R.N.A., of Farmington Hills -C R N A ce r t i f i ca t ion s u s p e n d e d for 30 days and fine of $500 for f a i l u re to meet cont inuing edu-cation requirements .

J o a n n e M. Nichols, 38, R.N., of Orion - license suspended for six m o n t h s diffe t o "negligence/incompetence.™

J a c q u e l i n e E. R o g g i n , 5 7 , R.Ph. , West Bloomfield - repr i -m a n d fo r v io l a t ion of g e n e r a l du ty .

Michael S. Kahan, 33, D.V.M., of Farmington Hills - r ep r imand a n d f i n e of $500 for t e c h n i c a l v io l a t i on of t h e Publ ic H e a l t h Code.

Arab advice Gov. Engler has appointed 25

pe r sons to a new "Arab-Ameri-can Advisory Board" which wil l " e n h a n c e t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n t h e A r a b - A m e r i c a n c o m m u n i t y and t h e E x e c u t i v e Office."

Area appointees include: Abe Munfakh . Plymouth, pres-

ident of an architecture firm.

J o h n Sennet t , cha i rman of Sen-n e t t S t e e l C o r p . in M a d i s o n Heights , who serves as Madon-na ' s board cha i rman.

"The program combines sound bus ine s s theory wi th p rac t i ca l ski l ls , giving s t u d e n t s a broad u n d e r s t a n d i n g of b u s i n e s s a n d how it relates to the social, polit-ical and economic forces facing today's managers ," s ta ted Tar ik D a o u d , p r e s i d e n t of Al L o n g Ford in W a r r e n , a n d M a d o n n a t rustee .

Designed for both working pro-

f e s s iona l s and those who h a v e r e c e n t l y e a r n e d a b a c h e l o r ' s d e g r e e , t h e 4 0 - s e m e B t e r h o u r program covers all the funct ion-al a r eas of business.

Classes will be offered in t h e evenings and on weekends, with some courses del ivered on-l ine. I nc luded in t h e MBA p r o g r a m a re cert if icates of complet ion in g e n e r a l b u s i n e s s , n o n p r o f i t adminis t ra t ion and two in quali-ty management .

"While the MBA is a gene ra l b u s i n e s s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n p ro -

gram, we have incorporated the c e r t i f i c a t e s of c o m p l e t i o n to allow s t u d e n t s t h e opportuni ty to specialize in an a r ea pertinent to the i r ca reers , " explained Dr. S tua r t A r e n d s , d e a n of Madon-na's School of Business.

Unique in i ts connection to an MBA d e g r e e is t h e n o n p r o f i t leadership certificate.

n o n p r o f i t c o u r s e s focuB on a r e a s s u c h a s d e v e l o p i n g a n d deploying vo lun tee r s , establish-ing p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h b o a r d members , a s well a s managing.

f u n d i n g a n d e v a l u a t i n g p r o -grams.

One of the two quali ty certifi-cates awarded in the MBA pro-gram is offered jointly with the Association for Quali ty and Par-ticipation <AQP). Along with the MBA degree, s tuden t s will ea rn an AQP certificate. The founda-tions and implementat ion of the qua l i ty improvement process is covered in second quality certifi-cate.

The genera l bus ine s s cer t i f i -cate allows s tuden t s to develop a

specialization by tak ing courses in a specific business a rea such; a s i n t e r n a t i o n a l b u s i n e s s , -h u m a n resource adminis t ra t ion, a c c o u n t i n g a n d f i n a n c e , a n d market ing.

F o r i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e m a s t e r of bus iness a d m i n i s t r a -tion program, contact the School of B u s i n e s s a t (734) 432-5356. For an appl ica t ion , contac t the Of f i ce of G r a d u a t e S t u d i e s a t (734) 432-5667 or e-mail muin-fosmtp. mune t . edu

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Overcome your fears of comput-ers in a relaxed, non th rea t en ing e n v i r o n m e n t while slowly ge t -t i n g to know w h a t c o m p u t e r s a re about. The four-week class, which uses Windows 95 applica-t ions, meets at 6 p.m. Wednes -day, March 3. The fee is $108.

• Floral Design I - This eight-week c lass will p r epa re you to* m a k e b e a u t i f u l f loral a r r a n g e -m e n t s with spring and s u m m e r blooms. It is des igned for t h e beginner who wants to learn t h e m e c h a n i c s of w i r i n g , f l o w e r a r r a n g i n g , d e s i g n , c o r s a g e s , d i s h g a r d e n s a n d s p e c i a l t y a r r a n g e m e n t s . The e ight -week class meets 12:30 p.m Wednes-day, March 3, wi th a r e p e a t e d «t>*su>n at 6:30 p m . The fee is

$128. • Exploring the Art of Cook-

ing II - Learn techniques to pre-p a r e m o r e a d v a n c e d s o u p s , appet izers , entrees and in te rna-tional cuisine

B e g i n n e r s a n d e x p e r i e n c e d cooks welcome, but should pos-sess a basic knowledge of cook ing Certif ied Master Chef Jef f Gabr i e l will sha re h is rec ipes . The three-week class meets a t 6 p m a n d b e g i n s T h u r s d a y , March 4 Fee is $132

• For information on these or other CES classes, call 734-462-4 4 4 8 S c h o o l c r a f t C o l l e g e is located at 18600 Haggerty Road, b e t w e e n Six Mile a n d S e v e n Mile, jus t west of 1-275

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OBITUARIES

THOMAS * WMItM Services for Thomas E. Win-

ters, 86, of Canton were Feb. 12 in the L.J . Gr i f f in Funera l Home, Canton , with the Rev. Alexander K u r a s officiating.

He was born Nov. 16,1912, in , Detroit . He d ied Feb. 10 in Oak-

wood Hospital/Annapolis Center-Wayne. He w a s a main tenance m a n for the city of Detroit.

He was preceded in dea th by his wife, Clar issa P.

• Survivors include sons Harold T. (Maria), Donald H.; and two sisters, R u t h Falkiewicz and Elsie Hill.

HENRY WCSSEL Services for Henry Wessel, 93,

were Feb. 17 a t Phillips Funera l Home in South Lyon. In t e rmen t was a t Wash tenong Memorial Park .

Mr. Wessel was born Feb. 13, 1906, to Fred and Frieda (Bern-hard t ) Wessel in Salem Town-ship. He died Feb. 14.

He marr ied Hilda Heller in 1929.

He w a s a member of the F a r m B u r e a u a n d a former square dance caller.

H e w a s the loving fa ther of Louis (Yetiva) Wessel of Pitts-ford, Nad ine (Jay) Bun-ess of Wes t land and M a r t h a (Clyde) Brashe r of Manitou Beach, b ro ther of Leroy ( Jean) Wessel a n d E l m e r (Annie) Wessel.

Mr. Wessel is survived by 10 grandchi ldren a n d seven great-grandchi ldren.

He was preceded in dea th by h is wife, Hilda Wessel, in 1993, h is son, Clare Wessel, daughter Louise Wessel, th ree sisters and one brother .

Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Washtenaw, 806 Air-port Blvd., Ann Arbor 48108, or to Bethlehem United Church Radio Fund , 423 S. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor 48104.

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F e b r u a r y 25, 1999

Notice is hereby given t ha t t he re will be a mee t ing of the Zoning Board of Appea l s THURSDAY, F E B R U A R Y 26 , 1999 A T 7:30 PM. T h e meet ing wi l l be h e l d in t h e F i r s t Floor M e e t i n g Room in t h e Township Admin i s t r a t i on Building located a t 1150 S. C A N T O N C E N T E R ROAD. T h e following Agenda will be discusaed: P ledge of Allegiance to the F lag Roll Call : Cisek. Demopoulos, Johnson . Redfern , Accep tance of Agenda '

7 D e n n i s O'Beirne . A1A f o r St . T h o m a s Bui ld ing C o m m i t t e e . 267 Kingsway, C a n t o n Ml 4 8 1 8 8 r e p r e s e n t i n g S t T h o m a s a 'Becket C h u r c h , 555 S. Lilley Road, Can ton MI 48188 appea l ing 6.02 I T (Site D e v e l o p m e n t S t a n d a r d s for N o n - R e s i d e n t i a l use - Re l ig ious In s t i t u t i ons ) set back va r i ance from 50' to 25' to bu i ld ing to mech. equip. Screen; 26.02 He igh t va r i ance f r o m 25' to 75'. Parcel #089-99-0011-000 and 089-99-0008-002 i P lann ing)

8. Denn i s Kreatel . 24350 Orcha rd Lake Rd. S te , 101, Fa rming ton Hills, MI 4 8 3 3 6 r e p r e s e n t i n g Mike Brow, W h i t e Lake, MI for p rope r ty located a t 8121, 8 1 0 1 , 8 0 1 1 , 8 0 4 1 . 8061, & 8081 Lilley Road Appealing Z o n i n g Ord inance Article 6.03E<5> M i n i m u m Floor Area /Un i t for Single-Occupancy Un i t s in a n Adul t Foster Ca re Facility, reques t ing a v a r i a n c e in order to cons t ruc t a n a d u l t ass i s ted living un i t s wi thout k i t c h e n s Parcel #006-99-0015-702 (Planning) .

TERRY G. BENNETT, Clerk Putoi-h February 14, 1998 -

C A N T O N T O W N S H I P P L A N N I N G C O M M I S S I O N C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N

N O T I C E O F P U B L I C H E A R I N G

N O T I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN t h a t a public h e a r i n g will be held on Monday, March I 1999 at 7:00 P.M. in the F i r s t Floor Meeting Room of the Admin i s t r a t i on Building. 1150 S. C a n t o n C e n t e r Road to consider a request ft., . k . . p ~ n « l land use as provided in Section 27.03 of the Canton

Growth Works says 'thank you' BY JULIE BROWN STAFF WRITER jbrown9oe.homeconim.net

G r o w t h Works ex i s t s to h e l p young people in the communi ty , a n d does t h a t th rough t h e t i re-l e s s e f f o r t s of s t a f f a n d v o l u n -teers . Some of those people were honored Feb. 4, dur ing the agen-cy's nrmiml recognition d i n n e r a t Ernesto 's in Plymouth.

"Jack is very near and d e a r in my hear t , " Dale Yagiela, execu-tive director, said in in t roducing t h e f i rs t honoree, Jack Bologna. Bologna, who recently re t i red as a professor of business manage -m e n t a t Siena Heights College, h a s served on the Growth Works board since 1973.

T h e a g e n c y w o u l d n ' t e x i s t w i t h o u t Bologna, Yagie la s a i d . "Jack's kept us in his hea r t over t h e y e a r s . " Y a g i e l a r e c e n t l y a t t e n d e d Bologna's 70 th b i r t h -d a y p a r t y and me t h i s f a m i l y . " T h e y ' r e l ike J a c k . T h e y h a v e t h a t s a m e k i n d of g i v i n g t o them."

B o l o g n a w a s p r e v i o u s l y employed as a managemen t con-su l t an t in the computer secur i ty and strategic planning fields. He w a s c i t ed a t t h e d i n n e r f o r encouraging development of pro-fessional management skil ls a n d processes.

Board member Dan L e B l o n d w a s the next honoree. "Dan is no s t r a n g e r to community service," said Scott Levely, admin i s t r a t ive d i r e c t o r fo r G r o w t h W o r k s .

LeBlond, who h a s been on t h e a g e n c y b o a r d s i n c e 1978 , i s retired from Ford Motor Co. and continues to serve as a member of t h e V i s t e o n S h e l d o n R o a d P l a n t - C o m m u n i t y R e l a t i o n s Committee for Ford.

"He has involvement with a lot of d i f ferent agencies in the com-munity," said Levely, ci t ing the P l y m o u t h C o m m u n i t y U n i t e d Way and the P lymouth Histori-cal Society, of which LeBlond is president. Lately, he's been help-i n g a t G r o w t h W o r k s w i t h a database for donat ions and mail-ing.

Helping out Board P r e s i d e n t Don Morgan

introduced honoree Carol Davis, who h a s b e e n p r e s i d e n t of t h e Plymouth-Canton Board of Edu-cation and of the Plymouth Dis-t r i c t L i b r a r y Board . Davis h a s been on the Growth Works board since 1985.

"She also is a past president of Growth W o r k s , " M o r g a n sa id . "She has sha red he r ta lents and they a r e i n t e r e s t i n g t a l e n t s . " Davis is an effect ive p e r s u a d e r in a nice way, h e said. At Growth W o r k s , s h e w a s i n v o l v e d in preparat ion for accreditat ion by the Join t Commission on Accred-itation of Hea l th Care Organiza-t ions and as a Pe r sonne l Com-mittee member .

Volunteer mentor Joe Gilmore was introduced for his honors by Sue Davis, who heads up Growth

Works juvenile jus t ice programs. "Joe has been real act ive in the Plymouth community," she said. "Now h e e v e n k n o w s h o w to dr ive to Canton ." Gi lmore , who came to Growth Works in 1996, h e l p e d a y o u n g m a n g e t h i s GED. T h e Ford Motor Co. recent re t i ree also serves on the library board in Plymouth.

Levely i n t r o d u c e d co l l eague Tom A r b a n a s , w h o s t a r t e d to w o r k w i t h G r o w t h W o r k s in 1989 . At t h a t t i m e , h e w a s responsib le for t h e C o m m u n i t y E m p l o y m e n t S e r v i c e . H e now has other dut ies as well and car-r i e s o u t m a n y a d m i n i s t r a t i v e funct ions, including accounting, b o o k k e e p i n g a n d p e r s o n n e l tasks.

Arbanas , who wi th wife, Lau-r i e , h a s a d a u g h t e r , K a t i e , 4, en joys f ixing t h i n g s u p a round t h e h o u s e . H e h e l p e d w i t h Growth Works ' P l y m o u t h reno-vation last year; the agency has offices on Main in downtown Ply-mouth and a t Michigan Avenue and Sheldon in Canton .

Board member Ann O'Flaherty i n t r o d u c e d Levely , w h o ' s been wi th Growth Works s ince 1974 when he was a s tuden t . "He pays the bills," she said. "He worries abou t mee t ing payro l l . " Levely also helped wi th t h e P lymou th renovation.

I'm glad I have been here this long, Levely sa id . "I t h i n k the r e a s o n why is t h e peop le I 've worked with over the years."

Busy year Yagiela, the executive director,

gave a brief overview of 1998 at G r o w t h W o r k s . T h e P l y m o u t h renovation was a major effort, he s a id , a s w a s a n a c c r e d i t a t i o n v i s i t fo r p r o g r a m s o t h e r t h a n s u b s t a n c e a b u s e ; t h a t p rogram was a l ready accredited.

"We m a d e some renovations to the s t ruc tu re of the Youth Assis-t a n c e p r o g r a m , " which is-now a c c r e d i t e d , h e s a i d . T h a t pro-g r a m is b a s e d a t t h e C a n t o n facility, which opened in 1997.

Y a g i e l a d i s c u s s e d t h e " w r a p a r o u n d " concept to serve the Canton community, working with other agencies and to meet needs . T h e agency works wi th Canton police to serve those liv-ing a long t h e Michigan. Avenue corridor.

"Th i s n e x t y e a r shou ld be a real in te res t ing one," he said In 1998, the agency began t rea t ing s ix h e r o i n u s e r s . In t h e p a s t , d rug a b u s e h a d been pr imar i ly a l coho l a n d m a r i j u a n a . "Now we're beginning to see a new and s i g n i f i c a n t c o n c e r n , " Y a g i e l a said.

County money through the jail tax has been helpful, he said, cit-i n g h o p e s to e x p a n d t h o s e efforts. Yagiela 's skeptical about drug prevent ion efforts, but citi d a r e s e a r c h - b a s e d i n t e r v e n t i o n program t h a t h a s merit .

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C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F C A N T O N B O A R D P R O C E E D I N G S

A regular meet ing of the Board of T rus t ee s of the C h a r t e r Townsh ip of Can ton was held Tuesday, Feb rua ry 9, 1999 at 1150 South C a n t o n C e n t e r Road Motion by LaJoy, suppor ted by Bennet t , to move from a n open session to a cloaed sess ion at 6:35 P.M. to d i scuss sa le of property. All Ayes.

R O L L C A L L • C M ) H K D Sf i f i f i lOM Members Present : Bennet t , B u r d z i a k . Kirchgat ter , LaJoy, M c L a u g h l i n ,

Shefferly, Yack Members Absen t None Staf f Present : Durack, Minghine

Motion by Benne t t , suppor ted by McLaughl in , to r e t u r n to an open sess ion a t 7:07 P.M. All Ayes. Superv isor Yack called t h e meet ing to o rder a n d led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

Members Presen t : Bennet t , B u r d z i a k . Kirchgat ter , LaJoy, M c L a u g h l i n , Shefferly, Yack

Members Absent : None Staf f Present . Durack, Machnik , Minghine. San tomauro , Voyles Also Present : Senator Thaddeux McCotter

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Genera l C a l e n d a r I tem 4, P u r c h a s e of 1999 Pont iac G r a n d Pr ix S E was deleted from the agenda. Gene ra l C a l e n d a r Item 6, Amend Recreat ion Mas te r P l a n was moved to the Publ ic H e a r i n g C a l e n d a r as prev ious ly rev ised on February 8 , 1 9 9 9

Motion by B e n n e t t , s u p p o r t e d by Kirchgat ter . to a d o p t t h e a g e n d a a s amended All Ayes

Motion of Benne t t , suppor ted by LaJoy, to approve t h e Minu t e s of J a n u a r y 26, 1999 as presented . All Ayes.

PAYMENT OF BlM.fi Motion by Kirchgatter , suppor ted by Shefferly. to pay t h e bills a s p r e sen t ed . All Ayes.

Expenditure Recap General Fund Fire Fund Police Fund Communi ty C e n t e r Fund Golf Course F u n d Cable TV Fund Communi ty Improvement E-911 Emergency Funds Special Invest igat ive F u n d s S ta t e Projects Fund Bid Auth . Construct ion F u n d Water & Sewer Fund T r u s t & Agency (Trailer Fees ' Construct ion Escrow

Total-All Funds

RECOGNITION Motion by B e n n e t t , s u p p o r t e d by Kirchgat ter . to a d o p t t h e r e s o l u t i o n s recognizing J a m e s L T a t u m J r . Patr ick Bailey a n d David Alan S l a t e r for t h e i r a s s i s t a n c e in t h e a p p r e h e n s i o n of a s u b j e c t e n g a g e d in a p u r s e snatching. All Ayes P1JB1.1C H E A R I N G

TO CANTON TOWNSHIP BECREAHQN

Supervisor Yack declared t h e publ ic hea r ing to consider t h e a m e n d m e n t to the Can ton Township Recrea t ion M a s t e r Plan open a t 7:30 P.M. Discuss ion occurred r e g a r d i n g the g r a n t process and the a m e n d m e n t s to t h e m a s t e r plan. Upon h e a r i n g no response to h i s request for public c o m m e n t s . Mr. Yack asked for a motion to close the public hear ing. Motion by Benne t t , suppor t ed bv LaJoy. to close t h e public h e a r i n g a t 7:25 P M All Ayes

Motion by Benne t t , s u p p o r t by McLaugh l in , to approve t h e a m e n d m e n t s to the Recreation Mas te r P l a n which adds an Appendix F and Append ix G and also iden t i f i es t h e expans ion of t h e S u m m i t on t h e P a r k ' s f i t n e s s center , locker rooms a n d mee t ing / ac t i v i t y rooms as the top p r io r i ty for C a p i t a l Improvements Projects and Schedules. All Ayes.

Senator Thaddeus McCotter - F a r n u m Building, Room 320, Lans ing . Michigan, 48909 - in t roduced himself to t h e Board Senator McCot te r sa id t h a t his jurisdiction includes nor thern Can ton . He offered his ass is tance to t h e Canton Community. Senator McCotter can be reached at <517) 373-1707

C O N S E N T C A L E N D A R Motion by B e n n e t t , s u p p o r t e d by LaJoy. to app rove t h e fo l lowing b u d g e t a m e n d m e n t in t h e Cable Fund : to inc rease Conference and S e m i n a r s Account by 43,200 for Marke t ing /Sa les t r a i n i n g program as well as C a p i t a l O u t l a y -Equipment by $32,000 for t h e p u r c h a s e of the Avid Worksta t ion .

101 $422,241 17 206 28,324 72 207 60,640 89 208 23.992 93 211 7.132 82 230 458.64 246 32.157.70 261 81.82 267 104 96 289 123 78 469 2.902 51 592 489,557 10 701 6,666.00 702 4.760.83

$1,079,145.87

Capi ta l Out lay Conference & Semina r s Transfe r to F u n d Balance

Total

#230-250-977-0000 $32,000 •230-250-951-0000 3,200 #230-250-999-0000 '37 .200;

S O All Ayes

Motion by Benne t t , suppor t ed by LaJoy, to set the public h e a r i n g for Friday 23. 1999 to consider the i ndus t r i a l facil i t ies exempt ion appl ica t ion of Baron Drawn Stee l Corp for t h e i r new facil i ty located a t 7505 Baron Dr ive All Ayes.

Motion bv Benne t t , s u p p o r t e d by LaJoy. to app rove the p rope r ty spl i t for parcel 042-02-0197-002 as r e q u e s t e d by Mr B r y a n A m a n n r e p r e s e n t i n g George Asker /Manor Ca re All Ayes

Motion by Bennet t , suppor ted by LaJoy, to appoint the Tow nship Clerk as the des ignated officer, to execu te t h e 1999 Annual Permi t and o the r p e r m i t s for U n d e r g r o u n d Ut i l i ty O p e r a t i o n s w i t h i n the M i c h i g a n D e p a r t m e n t of Transpor ta t ion right-of-way All Ayes

Motion by Benne t t , suppor t ed hy LaJoy. tha t the r eques t f rom LAWMARK. INC. to t r a n s f e r o w n e r s h i p of 1998 Class C l icensed b u s i n e s s w i t h Dance Permi t located a t 43711 Michigan. Can ton , ML -48188. C a n t o n Township, Wayne County, from STU-BUC ENTERPRISES . INC. ' S t e p IIIi be considered for APPROVAL; it is t h e c o n s e n s u s of th i s l e g i s l a t i v e body t h a t t h e application be recommended for i s suance All Ayes

Motion by Bennet t , suppor t ed hy LaJoy, to remove from the t ab le a n d public in the C a n t o n Obse rve r t h e Second Reading of t h e A m e n d m e n t s to the Misdemeanor Ord No 81ig> - Minor Possessing Alcohol (not in a motor vehicle! to become effective upon t h a t publication on Feb rua ry 18, 1999 All Ayes

S E C O N D READING SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 81 MINOR POSSESSING ALCOHOL NOT IN A MOTOR V E H I C L E )

AN O R D I N A N C E A M E N D I N G M I S D E M E A N O R O R D I N A N C E 81 PROVIDING FOR T H E P R O H I B I T I O N AGAINST P E R S O N S U N D E R 21 PURCHASING. C O N S U M I N G O R P O S S E S S I N G A L C O H O L I C LIQUOR PROVIDING FOR A R R E S T BASED UPON RESULTS OF PRELIMINARY CHEMICAL BREATH ANALYSIS PROVIDING FOR L I M I T A T I O N S UPON PARTICIPATION IN U N D E R C O V E R PROGRAMS; P R O V I D I N G FOR P R O H I B I T I O N O F F U R N I S H I N G OR U S I N G F R A U D U L E N T IDENTIFICATION, P R O V I D I N G FOR S C R E E N I N G A N D A S S E S S M E N T AND COURT O R D E R E D DRIVER'S 1 ICKS'SF SANCTIONS, PROVIDING

lb I For two or more pr ior convictions, the Cour t shal l o rder the suspens ion of t h e dr iv ing privileges for not less t h a n ISO days or more t h a n one year The Cour t may order the Secre ta ry of S t a t e to issue a res t r ic ted license af te r the

' f irst 60 days. 15) The Cour t may order a restr icted l icense for ha rdsh ip reasons to include

<a) Driving to and from t h e persons residence a n d work location

i b) Dr iving in the course of the persons employment or occupation. (c) Dr iv ing to and f r o m t h e pe r sons re s idence a n d a n alcohol or d r u g educat ion or t r e a t m e n t p rog ram as ordered by the Court (d) Dr iv ing to a n d f r o m t h e pe r sons re s idence a n d t h e C o u r t probat ion d e p a r t m e n t , or a court-ordered communi ty service program, or both. (e) Dr iv ing to a n d f r o m t h e p e r s o n s r e s i d e n c e a n d a n e d u c a t i o n a l ins t i tu t ion a t which the person is enrolled a s a s t u d e n t (6) If l icense s anc t i ons a r e impoeed. t h e C o u r t shal l o rder t h e DRIVER'S license s u r r e n d e r e d The Cour t shall notify the Secretary of S t a t e 17) A peace officer m a y use a p re l iminary b rea th lest for purposes of a r res t The resu l t s of a p re l iminary chemical b r e a t h test a re admiss ib le in a criminal prosecution (8) The p a r e n t s or g u a r d i a n s of a person viola t ing th i s Ord inance shal l be notified. (9) Th i s Section does not prohibi t a pe r son less t h a n 21 y e a r s of age from possessing alcoholic l iquor as p a r t of employment . t 10) Th i s Section sha l l not be cons t rued to l imit the civil or cr iminal liability of t h e vendor or t h e vendor ' s clerk, s e rvan t , a g e n t or employee for a violation of th is ac t 111) T h e consumpt ion of alcoholic l iquor by a person less t h a n 21 years of age who is en ro l l ed in a c o u r s e o f f e red by a n a c c r e d i t e d pos t s econda ry educa t iona l ins t i tu t ion in an academic bui ld ing of the ins t i tu t ion under the supervis ion of a faculty m e m b e r is not prohibi ted by th is ac t if the purpose of the consumpt ion is solely educa t iona l a n d is a necessa ry ingredient of the course. (12) T h e consumpt ion by a person less t h a n 2 1 yea r s of age of sac ramen ta l wine in connection wi th religious services a t a church, synagogue, or temple is not prohibi ted by th i s act. (13) Subsec t ion (1) does not apply to a p e r s o n less t h a n 21 years of age par t i c ipa t ing in e i ther : (a) An unde rcove r ope ra t ion u n d e r the direct ion of t h e P l y m o u t h Township Police D e p a r t m e n t , the S t a t e Police, or the Liquor Control Commission.

(14) "Hiis Section def ines:

(a) P roba te C o u r t disposi t ion

<b> Work locaUon.

S E C T I O N 2. PENALTY This Section provides t ha t violation of th i s Ord inance shall be a misdemeanor and provides for pena l ty for any violation of th is Ord inance

S E C T I O N 3 R E P E A L

This Section provides for the repeal of all conflict ing Ord inances

SECTION 4 SEVERABILITY

This Section provides t h a t t h e O r d i n a n c e is severable , a n d if a n y portion of th is Ord inance is declared invalid for any reason, the r e m a i n i n g provisions of th is Ord inance shall r e m a i n valid.

SECTION 5 SAVINGS CLAUSE. This Section provides t h a t the adoption of t h e Ord inance does not abrogate or affect a n y of fense or a c t commi t ted or done , or a n y r i gh t e s tab l i shed or occurr ing prior to t h e effective da te of th i s Ord inance

S E C T I O N 6 E F F E C T I V E DATE This Section provides t h a t the Ord inance shal l t ake full force and effect upon publication in t h e C a n t o n Observer. Feb rua ry 18 .1999

Cert i f icat ion

This O r d i n a n c e was du ly adopted by t h e Township Board of T r u s t e e of the C h a r t e r Township of C a n t o n a t its r egu la r meet ing called a n d held on the 9 th day of February , 1999 a n d was ordered given publ icat ion in t h e m a n n e r given by law. Copies of t h e complete Ord inance a re avai lable for inspection from the Township Clerk at C a n t o n Township Hall . 1150 Sou th C a n t o n Center Road. Canton , Michigan

Ter ry G. Bennet t . Clerk

Motion by Bennet t , suppor ted by LaJoy, to remove f rom t h e tab le and publish in t h e C a n t o n O b s e r v e r t h e Second Read ing of t h e A m e n d m e n t s to t h e U n i f o r m T r a f f i c Code O r d No 66<h>, to become e f f e c t i v e upon t h a t publ icat ion on February 18. 1999. All Ayes

S E C O N D READING SUMMARY OF O R D I N A N C E NO 66h U N I F O R M T R A F F I C CODE FOR C I T I E S T O W N S H I P S A N D VILLAGES

AN O R D I N A N C E ADOPTING BY R E F E R E N C E T H E U N I F O R M TRAFFIC C O D E F O R C I T I E S , TOWNSHIPS , A N D VILLAGES P R O V I D I N G FOR A M E N D M E N T S TO T H E U N I F O R M T R A F F I C C O D E . PROVIDING FOR T H E R E G U L A T I O N O F T H E O P E R A T I O N OF V E H I C L E S ; PROVIDING KO& T H E R E G U L A T I O N AND U S E O F S T R E E T S . HIGHWAYS. AND A L L E Y S A N D O T H E R P U B L I C A N D S E M I - P U B L I C P L A C E S WTTHIN T H E C H A R T E R T O W N S H I P O F CANTON; P R O V I D I N G FOR THE R E P E A L O F ALL O T H E R O R D I N A N C E S I N C O N S I S T E N T WITH T H I S ORDINANCE; P R O V I D I N G F O R T H E S E V E R A B I L I T Y O F THIS O R D I N A N C E A N D T H E P R E S E R V A T I O N O F ALL P E N D I N G P R O S E C U T I O N S . P R O V I D I N G FOR PENALTIES, PUBLICATION, AND E F F E C T I V E DATE

T H E CHARTER T O W N S H I P OF CANTON ORDAINS:

S E C T I O N 1. A D O P T I O N OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC C O D E

The Uniform Traff ic Code for Cities. Townships , a n d Vil lages promulgated b> the Director of S t a t e Police and publ ished in the 1979 edi t ion of the Michigan A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Code , a n d a m e n d m e n t * as p u b l i s h e d in Q u a r t e r | > Supp lemen t No 5 to t h e 1979 edition of the Admin i s t ra t ive Code are adopted by reference as the Uni form Traffic Code for the C h a r t e r Township of Canton

S E C T I O N 2. A M E N D M E N T S The fol lowing sec t i ons a m e n d i n g the U n i f o r m T r a f f i c Code a r e adopted Sect ion 2 17c Th i s sect ion conta ins t h e procedure upon a r r e s t for ce r t a in offenses Sec t ions 2 .5 and 2 .5a t h r o u g h 2.5g These sect ions con ta in the provisions dea l ing w i t h r epo r t s of s tolen a n d recovered vehicle,-, a b a n d o n e d vehicle procedures, a b a n d o n e d s c r a p vehicle p rocedures , vehic les removed from p r i v a t e proper ty , veh i c l e s r emoved by police, a b a n d o n e d vehic les a n d jur isdic t ion of the court , dut ies of t h e court and public sale Sect ions 5 9 th rough 5 10 These sect ions provide for and regu la te the speed of vehicles. Sect ion 5 .15 and Sec t ion 5.15a t h r o u g h 5.15'n T h e s e sect ions provide for prohibit ion aga ins t pe r sons opera t ing a motor vehicle u n d e r the influence of i n tox i ca t i ng l iquor o r a cont ro l led s u b s t a n c e or a combina t ion thereof , p u n i s h m e n t s , p r io r convic t ions , p a y m e n t s of cos!, plea ba rga ins , special verdicts; w a r r a n t l e s s a r r e s t s , p r e l i m i n a r y c h e m i c a l b r e a t h a n a l y s i s : admin i s t r a t i on , e v i d e n c e ; p r e s u m p t i o n s , m i s d e m e a n o r v i o l a t i o n s , a r r a i g n m e n t , p re t r i a l a n d ad jud i ca t i on t ime l imits , advice ol r ights before plea, s c r een ing a n d a s s e s s m e n t , s e n t e n c i n g a n d l icense sanc t ions , implied consent ; chemica l t e s t s , r e fusa l , r epor t to s e c r e t a r y of s t a t e notice a n d hear ing ; s u s p e n s i o n : conf isca t ion of l icense, t e m p o r a r y license, repor t in s ec re t a ry of s t a t e a n d blood tests , p reven t ion equ ipmen t a n d t r a in ing tunds . a n n u a l s l a t e pol ice d r u n k d r i v i n g a u d i t s , i gn i t ion in te r lock device, commercial motor vehicle opera tors a n d forfei ture of vehicles Section 5 16a This section prohibi ts possession or t r a n s p o r t a t i o n of alcohol by a minor (a person less t h a n 21 years of age in -i motor vehicle

ISh Th i s "minim- . LHI'M •-•III'II Ml i r ' in I Seel t lo ft T T T W r m ? racunn pru!lllm> IT iriifi con ta ine r s of alcoholic liquor in a motor vehicle Section 5 62a Th i s section prohibits driving on a suspended or revoked h i . ris. and provides pena l t i e s and secretary of s t a t e license act ions Section j 62b This section provides for impoundmen t of a \ chicle driven bv -» suspended dr iver Section 5.67 This section provides for g r a d u a t e d l icensing provision- level, res t r ic t ions, p rov is iona l period, specia l provis ional c a r d s a n d val id i ty of opera tor ' s or c h a u f f e u r s license Sec t ion 5 70b T h i s sect ion p roh ib i t s o p e r a t i n g a fno tor vehicle wi thou t evidence of i n su rance a n d operat ing without insu rance and opera t ing without insu rance and pena l t ies and violaticihs there for Section 5.97 This sect ion prohibits ove r t ak ing school bus se s when emergency f lashing red lights a r e activ ted Section 9 3 This section provide for mi sdemeanor pena l t ies

Section 9 3a This section provides for civil infraction pena l t ies

Section 9 4 This section provides for nolo contendere pleas and t rea tment a-guilty pleas Sec t ion 11 Th i s sec t ion p rov ides for the r e q u i r e m e n t of child re -ura in l sys tems and penal t ies for violation thereof Sect ion 12 This section provides for safel* hell usage, enforcement , and th» ev idence of negligence for fai lure of the use thereof

SECTION 3 NOTICE TO BF P U B L I S H E D

This section provides for publication of th is < Ordinance

SECTION 4 C O N F L I C T I N G ORDIN ANCES R E P E A L E D

This section provide* tha t all Ord inance* or par t* of Ord inance* in conflict wi th the prov is ions of the O r d i n a n c e a re repealed to t h e extent of such

conflict

S E C T I O N 5. SEVERABILITY This section prov ides tha t any unenforceable « v t i o r in he . . vered froir the

r ema inde r of the Ord inance

S E C T I O N 6 SAVIN*IS CLAUSE Th i s section p rov ides t ha t the adop t ing of th is O r d i n a n c e does not affect proceedings or p m e e c u t m n s for violat ions of the law* pena l t i e s and m a t u r e d r ights and dut iea in effect before the effective da te of th i s Ord inance

S E C T I O N 7 E F F E C T I V E DATE Th i s sec t ion p rov ides t h a t t h i s O r d i n a n c e s h a l l become e f fec t ive upon d *

publ icat ion in t h e Canton Observer on Feb 18, 1999

Cer t i f ica t ion This O r d i n a n c e was duly adop ted by the T o w n s h i p Board of T r u s t e e s of t h e C h a r t e r T o w n s h i p of Canton a t i ts r egu la r m e e t i n g called a n d held on the 9 t h day of February , 1999 and was ordered given publ icat ion in t h e m a n n e r given by law Copies of t h e complete O r d i n a n c e a r e ava i l ab le for inspec t ion from the Townsh ip C l e r k a t C a n t o n T o w n s h i p Hal l . 1150 S o u t h C a n t o n C e n t e r Road Canton , Michigan.

Terry G B e n n e t t . Clerk

Motion by B e n n e t t , supported by LaJoy. to t r a n s f e r $11,130.00 f r o m Purchase O r d e r # 8 9 1 1 for Wate r l and Trucking , Inc . to P u r c h a a e O r d e r #412:6 for Finkbeiner . P e t t i s & S t r o u t , Inc . i n o r d e r to p a y t h e m for d e s i g n a n d cons t ruc t ion follow up of w a t e r main rep lacement a t Lot t a n d Michigan Avenue All Ayes

Motion by B e n n e t t , suppor ted by LaJoy, to a u t h o r i z e the Townsh ip Superv isor and C l e r k to execu te the Resolut ion for r e q u e s t to rescind t h e S a n i t a r y Sewer Service A g r e e m e n t between the C h a r t e r T o w n s h i p of C a n t o n a n d P lymou th T o w n s h i p for aewer service no longer r equ i red by t h e Mi t che l l a t 48575 Joy Road. Parcel ID 71-018-99-0003-000. All Ayes

G E N E R A L C A L E N D A R Motion by B e n n e t t , supported by Kirchgat ter . to adopt the resolut ion to approve the specia l l a n d use for t h e p roposed P l y m o u t h C a n t o n Middle School to be located on Hanfo rd Road e a s t of C a n t o n C e n t e r Road - Tax ID No 039-99-0001-704 Ayes All.

Motion by B e n n e t t , supported by McLaughl in , to adopt the reso lu t ion approve site p lan for t h e proposed site p lan for Wendy 's R e s t a u r a n t , condi t ioned upon receipt of a n access e a s e m e n t a g r e e m e n t b e t w e e n the s i t e a n d ad jo in ing proper t ies iTax ID No 129-99-0008-706). All Ayes

Motion by Benne t t , supported by Kirchgat ter . to adop t the reso lu t ion to rezone cer ta in p roper tv identified as Parcel No. 020-99-0005-000 a n d t h e sou th 396 feet of Parcel No 020-99 0004-000 from RR. Rura l Res ident ia l to R-2. Single-Family Residential Distr ict All Ayes

Motion by B e n n e t t , suppor ted by McLaughl in , to award t h e c o n t r a c t in the a m o u n t of $33,580 including a 10 percent contingency) to Jacob* Excavat ing for a foundat ion rep lacement u n d e r the housing rehabi l i ta t ion p rogram. Ayes All

Motion by B e n n e t t , suppor ted by Kirchgat ter , to accept t h e J J R Incorpora ted proposal to moni tor the Morton Taylor Road w e t l a n d mit igat ion for an a m o u n t not to exceed $12,800.00 ph i s a 10 percent contingency for a to ta l of $14,080.00 All Ayes

Motion by Benne t t , supported by McLaughl in , to au thor ize t h e Township Clark to execute a conservation e a s e m e n t with t h e S ta t e of Michigan on t h e portioa td Township proper ty at Warren and Hagger ty 1 sidwell #71-046-99-0003-713 > t h a t will be mi t iga t ed wet lands All Ayes «.

Motion by Benne t t , supported by Burdz iak . to approve the sa le of parcel #004-99-0025-000 to the highest bidder. Ronald Borkowski . in the a m o u n t of $22,090 Motion w a s amended and seconded to r e a d as follows Motion by Benne t t , suppor t ed by Burdziak . to approve the sa l e of parcel #004-99-0025-000 to t h e h ighes t Jj idder. Ronald Borkowski . in t h e a m o u n t of $22 ,000 . Motion was a m e n d e d a n d seconded to read as follows Motion by B e n n e t t , suppor t ed V ' Burdz iak . to approve the sa le of Parcel #004-99-0025-000 to the highest bidder. Ronald Borkowski . in t h e a m o u n t of $22 ,000 . cond i t i oned upon a deed res t r ic t ion t h a t the property may be used only for s ingle-family residence and prohibi t h o m e occupational and a n y o ther accessory use t h a t is not residential regardless of w h a t the zoning dis t r ic t may permi t All Ayes

Motion by Benne t t , supported by Kirchgat ter . t ha t the Board of Trus tee* of the • C h a r t e r T o w n s h i p of C a n t o n h a s reel'I veil t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s ol t h e

Dangerous Buildings Hea r ing Officer and concurs with the finds of t h e hear ing officer in r e g a r d s to a d a n g e r o u s bu i ld ing a l 6934 Can ton C e n t e r Road I t hereby o r d e r e d , based in p a r t on the findings of t h e h e a r i n g officer t ha t t£e bui lding s t r u c t u r e at 6934 Can ton Cen te r Road be removed/demolished with t i t following t i m e l i ne : . " .

1 The p rope r ty owner Mr Joseph T e r n o m u s t comply wi th the order wi th in 60 d a y s of this da t e . •

2) An addi t ional twenty-one (211 days shall apply if t h e o rder is not met, t h e r e a f t e r the s t ruc ture will be removed a n d the costs of such removal placed as a hen aga ins t t h e property All Ayes

Motion by Benne t t , supported by McLaughl in , to introduce the Firs t Reading of the Telecommunicat ions Ord inance No 143 ' a ' All Aye*

Motion by Benne t t , suppor ted by McLaughl in , to tab le the Firs t Reading of the

Te l ecommunica t i ons O r d i n a n c e No 143»a f o r pub l i ca t ion in t h e Can tew

Obse rve r on February 18. 1999

CHARTER T O W N S H I P OF ( ANTON

SUMMARY O F REVISION T O T E L E C O M M U N I C A T I O N S ORDINANCE >

O R D I N A N C E N O 143A AN O R D I N A N C E A M E N D I N G S E C T I O N I , A R T I C L E i l l , P E R M I T S . S E C T I O N 10. ANNUAL P E R M I T F E E S . S U B S E C T I O N 2. O F T H E T E L E C O M M U N I C A T I O N S O R D I N A N C E . O R D I N A N C E 143 . AN O R D I N A N C E PROVIDING FOR T H E REGULATION O F T H E ACCESS TO AND O N G O I N G USE O F PUBLIC UTILITY E A S E M E N T S AND RIGHTS-OP-WAY BY T E L E C O M M U N I C A T I O N S P R O V I D E R S P R O V I D I N G FOR A P E R M I T A N D P E R M I T F E E S . PROV IDING F O R A RESERVATION O F RIGHTS PROVIDING FOR D E F I N I T I O N S . P R O V I D I N G FX)R A PERMIT APPLICATION P R O C E D U R E PROVIDING F O R ANNUAL P E R M I T FEES, PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIC E A S E M E N T S AND. . .RIGHTS-OF-WAY BY ,\ P E R M I T T E E P R O V I D I N G FOR INSTALLATION C O N S T R I C T I O N AND OR R E L O C A T I O N O F TELECOMMUNICATIONS P R O V I D E R S FACILITIES. PROVIDING FOR LIABILITY A N D INSURANCE P R O H I B I T I N G THE A S S I G N M E N T O F A P E R M I T P R O V I D I N G F O R REVOCATION AND R E M O V A L O F FACILITIES. P R O V I D I N G F O B PENALTIES P R O V I D I N G F O R R E P E A L O F I N C O N S I S T E N T O R D I N A N C E S PROVIDING F O R SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR P U B L I C A T I O N AND E F F E C T I V E D A T E H E R E O F T H E C H A R T E R T<)WNSHIP O F CANTC>N <)RDAINS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

ARTICLE III PERM1TS

S E C T I O N 1 The p u r p . o f th. Ord inance i - to a m e n d the a n n u a l permi t fee section of the Ord inance to regulate the access to and ongoing use of Public Uti l i ty E a s e m e n t and Rights-of-Way h\ te lecommunicat ions providers Sect ion 10 Annua l Permi t Fees This section provides for t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t opt ion a n d paymen t o: an a n n u a l p e r m i t fee in a l t e r n a t i v e fo rms and t h e recorct.- a t t e n d a n t there to It provides for t h e Township Board, by Ord inance or resolut ion. In es tabl ish permit fees inc luding a m i n i m u m fee for Permittee*-elect ing t h e IS of annua l Gross Revenues option SECTION 2 SEVERABILITY

This Section provides tha t the Ord inance is severable, and if any port ion of th i s Ord inance is declared invalid for any reason the r ema in ing provis ions of th i s

Ord inance -ha l l remain valid

S E C T I O N 3 REPEAL

This Sect; >n provides for the repeal of all conflicting Ord inances

SECTION ! SAVINGS C I A U S E rh i - -or;>'in provides t ha t the repeal a n d a m e n d m e n t provided for herein shall not ab roga t e -r affect anv a r t s commi t ted or done, or anv pena l ty or forfei ture incurred l , r any pending l i t igat ion or p rosecut ion or anv r ight es tab l i shed or i* i . i r r i r i t prn.r to the effective d a l e of th is Ord inance

Townsh ip Zoning O r d i n a n c e D I C K S C O T T KIA A 1 | T ^ a A l g * ? S P E C LAI. L A N D U S E - CONSIDER R E Q U E S T TOR SPEC1AL ^ N ^ U S E APPROV'AL FOR A NEW AND U S E D AUTOMOBILE SALES. S E R V I C E A N D RENTAL FACILITY AS R E Q U I R E D IN SECTION 17 02B.4 F O R PARCEL NO. 137-99-0018-703^ P rope r ty is located on the n o r t h side of Michigan Avenue between Lilley a n d H a g g e r t y Road*

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FOR NOTIFICATION O F P A R E N T S OR GUARDIANS; P R O V I D I N G FOR PENALTY FOR VIOLATION O F T H E ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE R E P E A L O F C O N F L I C T I N G PROVISIONS. P R O V I D I N G F O R SEVERABILITY. P R O V I D I N G F O R T H E SAVINGS O F ALL P E N D I N G MATTERS AND THE E F F E C T I V E DATE HEREOF THE CHARTER T O W N S H I P O F CANTON ORDAINS SECTION 1 A M E N D M E N T S A N D ADDITIONS TO T H E C O D E Ord inance 81 of the C h a r t e r Townsh ip of Canton is hereby a m e n d e d to read as follows

Section 48 Persons Under 21. Un lawfu l Purchase. Consumpt ion or Possession of Alcohol Liquor, Arrest Based Upon Reasonable C a u s e O r Upon Resul ts Of P r e l i m i n a r y C h e m i c a l B r e a t h Analysis. P a r t i c i p a t i o n In U n d e r c o v e r Proirrams (IV This Sec t ion p roh ib i t s t h e pu rchase possess ion or c o n s u m p t i o n of alcohol by a person less t h a n 21 years of ae& ia> The first violation is a f ine of more than J100 00 and/or s u b s t a n c e abuse t r ea tmen t and/or communi ty service

<hi A second violation is a f ine of not move t h a n $200 00 and /o r subs tance abuse t r e a t m e n t and/or c o m m u n i t y service The person is a l so sub jec t to DRIVERS license sanct ions if i A th i rd or subsequent violat ion is a fine of not more t h a n S5O0 00 and/ or subs tance abuse t r e a t m e n t and/or community service The person is also subject to DRIVER'S license sanc t ions i2 ' This Section prohibi t* f u r n i s h i n g f raudulen t ident i f ica t ion to a person less t h a n 21 years of age a n d p roh ib i t s a minor f rom us ing f r a u d u l e n t identif icat ion to purchase alcoholic liquor The penalty includes suspens ion of driving privileges

The C o u r t is au thor i sed lo requ i re the de fendan t lo u n d e r g o screening waessment for suhs tance a b u s e For a violation, t h e C o u r t *hall consider prior convict ions, a n d impoae

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S E C T I O N "» EFFECTIVE DATE Th i s Sec t ion provides- tha t the Ord inance shall t ake full force a n d effect upon publ icat ion

Motion l>% Benne t t s u p p o r t e d bv I a Jo> . to approve the t r a n s f e r of $250,000 f rom t h e C o m m u n i t y I m p r o v e m e n t F u n d lo the G e n e r a l F u n d for t h e renova t ions at the Canton S . r tba l l i en te r All Aves

Motion bv Benne t t s u p p o r t e d h\ LaJoy. to approve t h e fol lowing budge t a m e n d m e n t s to prov ,.ie funds for this t r a n s f e r a n d the C a n t o n Softbal l Cen te r renova t ions

G E N E R A L FUND.

IncxtiLcv. i t e v f o u e a T r a n s f e r fn>m Community Impr l*ur.<i *101 00l>-ti96-24t>0 $250,000 .Appropriation from F u n d Balance 101 -OOO ^WMKiOi' 254L1JQU Revenu. Total $500 000

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Increase H e v c n u w Appropr ia t ion from Fund Balance

Increase .-Vw>r>.>pr.au -as T r a n s f e r I© ( lenera l Fund

• 2 4 8 000-699-0000 $250 000

•248-960-965-1010 $250,000

the following sanct ions

ia> With one prior convic t ion , t h e d e f e n d a n t

Thi« budget amendmen t increase* the C o m m u n i t y improvement Fund budget from $2. i85,000 to 5^.635.000 All Ayes

Mot ton bv Bennet t suppor ted bv McL-iughhn lo r e t u r n t o a cloaed session at m 17 I ' M tor fu r the r discuss r> th< sale .? property All Ayea

ADJOURN Motion bv B»-nnett supjs r t f l bv Shefferly lo r e t u r n to ar. open session for t h e pu rpose of ad journmen t at *> Sv PM All Ayes

,ri>p»i« of u t ions tafcrn at the Regular Board meeting held <*i i- full t e t i of ibt approved minu te* »i l l he avai lable following meeting I the Board n Feb 23. 1999

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suspended for not less t h a n 90 d a y s or more than 1*0 days The Cour t mav order the Secre ta ry of S t a t e lo i ssue a res t r ic ted l icense a f t e r t h e first 30 day*

T H O M A S J YACK. Superv isor TERRY G BENNETT Clerk

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Post office Poor timing for branch closure

The U.S. P o s t a l Service lost publ ic r e l a -t ions p o i n t s recen t ly w h e n i t c losed t h e postal se rv ice cen te r in t h e H a r v a r d

S q u a r e S h o p p i n g C e n t e r on Sheldon, n o r t h of Ford Road.

With a b r a n d n e w $4 million fu l l - se rv ice (with t h e except ion of bulk mai l ) post off ice opening l a s t S e p t e m b e r on C a n t o n C e n t e r Road, we rea l ize t h e days were n u m b e r e d for t h e H a r v a r d S q u a r e b ranch . "We o p e n e d ( t h e new post office) w i t h t h e idea t h a t t h e S h e l d o n facili ty would close. There ' s no b u d g e t to s u p -port it," sa id s p o k e s w o m a n D i a n e P r i t c h a r d .

Hours h a v e been expanded a t t h e n e w b r a n c h to m a k e u p for the closing, P r i t c h a r d said. Full serv ice h o u r s a re 8 a .m. to 5 p . m . M o n d a y - F r i d a y a n d 9 a .m. to 1 p.m. S a t u r -days . TTie lobby is open 6 a.m. to 6 p .m. Mon-d a y - S a t u r d a y .

It 's t h e t i m i n g of t h e decision to close t h e H a r v a r d S q u a r e b r a n c h t h a t we w o n d e r a b o u t though .

Cons t ruc t ion to widen C a n t o n C e n t e r Road makes g e t t i n g in a n d out of the new faci l i ty a chore. T h e W a y n e Coun ty Roads D e p a r t m e n t h a d to s u s p e n d w o r k on the project for t h e win te r , b u t i t s comple t ion is set for n e x t spring. So-why no t keep the Sheldon se rv ice center open a few more mon ths? T h e l e a s e Was a l r eady e x t e n d e d th rough the D e c e m b e r holidays a s a convenience to cus tomers , P r i t cha rd sa id .

Res iden ts we t a lked to, pa r t i cu la r ly t h o s e living n o r t h of Ford , a r e sorry 10 see t h e ser-

vice cen te r closed. A second facili ty ins ide the Meijer s to re i sn ' t convenien t for quick, in-and-out s tops a n d a lso is pa r t i a l ly af fected by t h e cons t ruc t ion bot t leneck.

Can ton r e s iden t s can ' t he lp b u t t h i n k t h e sho r t s i gh t ednes s is a n o t h e r e x a m p l e of t h e Postal Service no t t a k i n g local needs in to con-s iderat ion w h e n m a k i n g decisions. Unfo r tu -nate ly , t h e r e is a h i s to ry which fue l s t h a t per-ception.

I t took more t h a n a decade of w r a n g l i n g for C a n t o n to get i t s own post office. For yea r s , Can ton r e s iden t s a n d bus inesses were served by the Wes t l and b ranch , wh ich still hand le s bulk mail for t h e townsh ip .

The new pos t office is mode rn , wel l -p lanned and very cus tomer - f r i end ly once you get t h rough t h e f ron t doors. We like i t s b r igh t l ighting, wais t - level counters , rows of s t a m p mach ines a n d m e r c h a n d i s e d isplays . As devel-opment con t inues in t h e s o u t h w e s t port ion of Can ton , t h e post office will even tua l ly be clos-er to the "center" of town t h a n t h e Sheldon Road service cen te r .

Still, i t 's diff icul t to believe t h a t the Pos ta l Service couldn ' t s c rape u p enough money to keep the She ldon Road b ranch open for a few more m o n t h s . We t h o u g h t the "new" Posta l Service was supposed to be in t u n e wi th i ts cus tomers a n d respons ive to t h e public.

And w a s n ' t i t j u s t l a s t month t h a t t h e cost of mai l ing a first-class l e t t e r w e n t u p by a penny?

Tie county raises to inflation It ' s t ime to t a k e a n o t h e r look a t how W a y n e

Coun ty e lec ted officials a re given p a y r a i s e s . C u r r e n t l y , W a y n e Coun ty elected of f ic ia ls

receive pay i n c r e a s e s based on t h e g o v e r n o r ' s sa la ry a n d ac t ions by s t a t e l a w m a k e r s on rec-o m m e n d a t i o n s t h a t come f rom t h e S t a t e Offi-cers C o m p e n s a t i o n Commiss ion . I t ' s a conve-n ien t way to s ides t ep t h e accountabi l i ty t h a t ought to r e s t a t t h e county level.

According to t h e county cha r t e r , t h e coun ty executive rece ives 97 percent of the governor ' s sa lary. T h e prosecu tor , sheriff , c lerk, r e g i s t e r of d e e d s a n d coun ty commiss ioners , in t u r n , receive p e r c e n t a g e s based on the c o u n t y exec-ut ive 's pay .

Those s a l a r i e s a re ad jus t ed on J a n . 1 of each y e a r t h a t t h e governor is g r a n t e d a sa la ry a d j u s t m e n t , un le s s it is re jec ted by a two- th i rds vote of t h e commission.

Coun ty Execu t ive Edward M c N a m a r a will ea rn $134,594 t h i s y e a r and $146,707 in 2000, up from his 1998 sa la ry of $123,481. C o u n t y Prosecutor J o h n O 'Hai r ' s sa l a ry will r ece ive the s ame p e r c e n t a g e increases to $132 ,036 in 2000, a s t h e p rosecu tor ' s sa l a ry is 90 p e r c e n t of the coun ty execut ive. Wayne C o u n t y C le rk Teola H u n t e r , Reg is te r of Deeds F o r e s t Youngblood, She r i f f Rober t Ficano a n d T r e a -su re r R a y m o n d Wojtowicz will receive 7 5 per-cent of M c N a m a r a ' s sa la ry , b r ing ing t h o s e sa lar ies to $110 ,030 in 2000..

These s a l a r i e s a r e slightly h i g h e r b u t over-all c o m p a r a b l e to w h a t elected off icials in Oak land C o u n t y receive.

Wayne C o u n t y commiss ioners will be pa id $53,838 t h i s yea r , a n d $58,682 in 2000 . L a s t year , t h e y w e r e paid a $49,392 s a l a ry , a d j u s t -ed to 40 p e r c e n t of t h e county execu t ive ' s sa lary.

The board c h a i r m a n receives an a d d i t i o n a l $12,000 more per y e a r as the c h a i r m a n , wh i l e two o t h e r s a r e pa id $6,000 more a n n u a l l y in the i r l e a d e r s h i p posit ions.

Six commiss ion c o m m i t t e e cha i r s receive a n addi t iona l $4 ,000 a yea r .

We d o n o t object to p a y inc reases for coun-ty officials, b u t t hey should be t ied to t h e r a t e of inf la t ion a n d not w h a t h a p p e n s to sa la r ies a t t h e s t a t e level.

O n e newly e lected commiss ioner called t h e increases o u t r a g e o u s a n d th i s t ime we agree.

Elected off icials will receive 18 percen t over two y e a r s a f t e r t h e W a y n e Coun ty Commis-sion fai led to re jec t the inc reases .

T h e mot ion to reject t h e r a i s e s failed by one vote on Feb. 4.

T h e mot ion w a s suppor t ed , 9-6. But it fa i led because t h e coun ty c h a r t e r r equ i res a two-th i rd s vote or 10 commiss ione r s to deny t h e ra i ses .

One local commis s ione r s u m m e d u p her s u p p o r t of t h e pay inc reases by no t ing t h a t t h e p e r c e n t a g e s w e r e r e c o m m e n d e d by t h e s t a t e . How conven ien t . B u t don' t expect t h e county boa rd to l i s ten if t h e s t a t e r e c o m m e n d s how W a y n e C o u n t y should spend money in o the r a r e a s .

C o m m i s s i o n e r s who s u p p o r t e d the motion to reject t h e r a i s e s w e r e Lyn B a n k e s , R-Livo-n ia , K a t h l e e n H u s k , R-Redford , a n d J o h n Sul -l ivan, D-Wayne , who a lso r e p r e s e n t s C a n t o n , a long wi th E d n a Bell, D-Detro i t , E d w a r d Boike, D-Taylor , S u s a n H u b b a r d , D-Dearborn , J o e P a l a k a r a , D-Wyando t t e , B e r n a r d P a r k e r , D-Detroi t , a n d J e w e l W a r e , D-Det ro i t .

C o m m i s s i o n e r s w h o opposed t h e motion -a n d s u p p o r t e d t h e r a i ses - w e r e C h a i r m a n Ricardo So lomon, D-Detro i t , Vice C h a i r Kay Beard , D - W e s t l a n d , Rober t Blackwel l , D-Detroi t , C h r i s C a v a n a g h , D-Detroi t , George C u s h i n g b e r r y , D-Det ro i t , a n d I lona Varga , D-

- O e t r o i t .

Two y e a r s ago, a few commiss ioners sough t to t ie t h e commiss ion ' s r a i se to t h e r a t e of inf la t ion. T h e idea d i d n ' t ge t off the ground. I t ' s t ime to t r y a g a i n .

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School planning is a mess

As a m e m b e r of t h e a u d i e n c e a t las t Tues-day 's school board m e e t i n g , I l ea rned

s o m e t h i n g t h a t m a y v e r y well expla in the sad m e s s our c o m m u n i t y is in conce rn ing the pro-posed th i rd h igh school. S ince your n e w s p a p e r did not choose to cover t h e m e e t i n g in any d e p t h a n d since i t is l ikely t h a t t h e facts to wh ich I a m r e f e r r i ng would h a v e been s t r i k ing only to someone very closely connected wi th o u r h igh schools, I t h o u g h t I m i g h t s h a r e my obse rva t ion w i t h your r e a d i n g public.

For t h e pas t t h r e e y e a r s , I h a v e done tny b e s t to be p re sen t a n d involved in every a spec t o f t h e i s sue of t h e n e w h i g h school beg inn ing w i t h t h e ser ies of c o m m u n i t y f o r u m s held in 1996, t h e n wi th t h e n e w h igh school p l a n n i n g c o m m i t t e e in 1997-98, t h e n a t t e n d i n g all b u t one or two r egu la r B o a r d of Educa t ion meet-i n g s for t h e l a s t 11 m o n t h s , a l so a t t end ing a n occasional hous ing c o m m i t t e e mee t ing , a n d p re sen t ly se rv ing as P C E P r e p r e s e n t a t i v e on t h e dis t r ic t ' s l ong - range p l a n n i n g commi t t ee . In all th is , t h e r e w a s one c o m m i t t e e t h a t h a s r e m a i n e d a mys t e ry : t h e bond s t ee r ing com-mi t t e e . Th is w a s t h e g r o u p cha rged wi th for-m u l a t i n g the 1997 bond proposal . My experi-ence in the l a s t 12 m o n t h s h a s clearly t a u g h t m e t h a t desp i te t h e c o m m u n i t y f o r u m s a n d t h e new high school p l a n n i n g commit tee , t h i s w a s t h e only g r o u p t h a t r ea l ly counted . For a long t ime, I h a v e w o n d e r e d who actual ly se rved on th i s c o m m i t t e e a n d how they got t h e i r jobs. At l a s t T u e s d a y ' s mee t ing , I finally found out .

In one por t ion of t h e s u p e r i n t e n d e n t ' s pre-s e n t a t i o n of h i s ve rs ion of t h e h i s to ry of t h e 1997 bond, t h e s t e e r i n g commi t tee ' s m e m b e r s were l isted on t h e sc reen a t t h e f ron t of t h e room. After t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n , Roland T h o m a s asked F rench a n d Assoc ia tes , t h e a rch i t ec tu r -al firm t h a t w a s paid by t h e school dis tr ict to he lp t h e m design t h e 1997 bond proposal , how t h e s t ee r ing c o m m i t t e e w a s selected. The firm's r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a n s w e r e d t h a t the com-mi t t ee r ep re sen t ed v a r i o u s communi ty in t e r -e s t s and t h a t t hey w e r e chosen t h rough "per-sonal contact ."

To t h e credit of w h o m e v e r m a d e those "per-sona l contact" a n d a s s e m b l e d the commit tee , t h e list of m e m b e r s i n c l u d e s civic-minded indi-v idua l s who h a v e an e a r n e s t i n t e r e s t in out schools, a board m e m b e r , a middle school a d m i n i s t r a t o r , some p a r e n t s . However , if one carefu l ly looks a t t h a t l ist of n a m e s a second t ime, one could not h e l p b u t be s t ruck by a se r ious flaw: t h e r e w a s no t one person on t h e commi t tee who was i n t i m a t e l y f ami l i a r w i t h h igh school educa t ion in o u r communi ty . Now, t h e commit tee ' s p l an of bu i ld ing a school locat-ed a t a d i s tance f r o m ' S a l e m a n d C a n t o n h igh schools t h a t would be e q u a l in every way to t h e o ther two a n d accompl i sh ing th i s a t a re la-t ively low cost to t h e t a x p a y e r sounds wonder -

fu l . However , w i thou t someone p r e s e n t to exp la in t h e h igh costs of dup l i ca t i ng a n d tr ip-l i ca t ing p r o g r a m s , the exceedingly complex n a t u r e of our schedul ing , i m p o r t a n t concerns for a l a r g e special educa t ion popu la t ion , a n d e x t r a c u r r i c u l a r needs involving t h o u s a n d s of s t u d e n t s , t h e r e w a s no way t h i s c o m m i t t e e could know t h a t the i r vis ion w a s riddled wi th p rob lems . T h e r e su l t w a s t h a t t h e l a r g e s t s in-gle e x p e n d i t u r e of f u n d s to be m a d e in t h e his-to ry of t h e P l y m o u t h - C a n t o n School Dis t r ic t w a s p l a n n e d by people who h a d no d e e p k n o w l e d g e of t h e subjec t . I do not q u e s t i o n t h e i n t e n t i o n s of t h e c i t izens who se rved . W h a t I do ques t ion , however , is how a n ove r s igh t of t h i s m a g n i t u d e could h a v e occur red a n d who is r e spons ib le .

Let u s hope t h a t o u r p r e s e n t school board will not choose to con t inue to bui ld on pas t m i s t a k e s . Al though it m a y not be a p p a r e n t to t h o s e ou t s ide t h e h igh school e n v i r o n m e n t , the m a j o r i t y of those who work w i t h i n it can a s s u r e you t h a t if t h e d is t r ic t c o n t i n u e s on its p r e s e n t course the d a m a g e done to o u r cur-riculum, t h e loss of equ i ty a m o n g t h e t h r e e schools, a n d t h e e n o r m o u s cost to t h e t axpay-e r s to fix the m i s t a k e s will be obvious wi th in weeks of the new school 's opening. Those who h a v e ded ica ted t h e i r l ives to s e c o n d a r y educa-tion in o u r communi ty , specif ical ly t h e admin-i s t r a t o r s , t eacher s , a n d s u p p o r t s t a f f a t Sa lem a n d C a n t o n h igh schools, shou ld a t long las t be a l lowed to pa r t i c i pa t e in t h e p l a n n i n g of t h e new high school openly a n d w i t h o u t f ea r of r ec r imina t i on . It 's not too l a te .

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Mills I n t e rp r e t i ve C e n t e r . T h e r e a r e m a n y g r e a t p r o g r a m s ava i lab le due to t h e pas s ing of t h e p a r k s mil lage. It is t ru ly w o n d e r f u l to h a v e ava i l ab l e t h e s e p a r k p r o g r a m s . T h e y will en r i ch o u r ch i ldren w i t h t h e w o n d e r s of n a t u r e wi th in our own commun i ty .

My J u n i o r Girl Scout t roop h a s e a r n e d two b a d g e s t h r o u g h w o r k s h o p s a t N a n k i n Mills, a n d w e a r e on t h e c a l e n d a r for two more in t h e ve ry n e a r f u t u r e . D u e to t h e s e w o r k s h o p s a n d t h e Observ er coverage, our t r o o p is not only a b l e to e a r n b a d g e s t h a t a re d i f f icul t to comple te in a shor t period of t ime , b u t the i r f ami l i e s a n d f r i ends now h a v e knowledge of i n t e r e s t i n g t r a i l s to h ike n e a r h o m e . M a n y of our g i r l s have got ten on the m a i l i n g list a n d p a r t i c i p a t e in o the r ac t iv i t ies a t t h e cen te r on t h e i r own . T h a n k you for you r con t inued cov-e r age .

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POINTS OF VIEW

Treatment of mental illness shows great progress It took a n u m b e r of y e a r s for doctors

to d iagnose my m o t h e r as h a v i n g manic -depress ive i l lness. I t took longer for medic ine to come

u p w i t h d rugs like l i t h ium which h a d t h e power to control it .

E v e n then , s h e res i s ted t r e a t m e n t a n d more y e a r s wen t by before we finally found a doctor wi th t h e p a t i e n c e a n d skill t o work success fu l -ly w i t h h e r .

Now, a t the age of 83, s h e h a s been s t ab i l i zed for a b o u t 15 yea r s , f r e e to b e t h e curious, loving person who h a d b e e n camouf laged by t h e t e r r o r a n d s t i g m a of th is powerful i l lness.

B u t even today, she won ' t ful ly acknowledge the d i sease or t h e u p h e a v a l it caused our family .

T h a t ' s why I w a s to ta l ly blown a w a y by the t eno r a n d t u r n o u t of a r e c e n t mee t ing of T h e All iance for t h e

Men ta l l y 111 of O a k l a n d County . More t h a n 250 people came to h e a r

Dr . A lan Roaenbaum, a leading exper t w i t h a pract ice in F a r m i n g t o n Hills, d i scuss " C u r r e n t U s e Of Medicat ion in Manic -Depress ive I l lness "

Moat , i t a p p e a r e d f r o m the ques-t ions a sked , h a d t h e physical ly-based d i sease , also r e f e r r e d to a s bipolar ill-ne s s . O t h e r s h a d r e l a t i v e s they w a n t -ed to he lp . And eve ryone was as open a b o u t it .

T h e y f reely r a i s ed t h e i r h a n d s wi th q u e s t i o n s a s R o s e n b a u m deta i led t h e v a r i e t y of d r u g s - a n d the i r s ide e f fec t s - now ava i l ab l e to t r e a t m a n i c dep re s s ive d i sease , w h i c h he b r eaks down in to Bipolar I a n d Bipolar II.

"I 've been on l i t h i u m since 1989 ..." "My d a u g h t e r is 19, recen t ly diag-nosed ..." "How f a r a r e w e away f rom h a v i n g d iagnos t ic t e s t s to know w h a t

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w o r k s ...?" "How do you find t h e right k ind of doctor ...?"

E v e n R o s e n b a u m a n d Hope C u m -mins , p r e s i d e n t of T h e O a k l a n d AMI, were impres sed . "This is rea l ly a n a w e s o m e t u r n o u t for t h i s mee t i ng . I t ' s the b igges t audience we've ever had , " C u m m i n s said.

"I w a s amazed , " R o s e n b a u m sec-

onded. "I t h i n k th is is a t r e m e n d o u s change . T h e people accept t h a t t hey have a n i l lness and they w a n t to know all t h e y can abou t it . I 've not seen a n aud ience be t h a t open."

R o s e n b a u m h a s been on t h e cu t t i ng edge of t r e a t i n g this, s u b t l e i l lness, whjch w a s only conf i rmed a s physical-ly-based in recent yea r s .

I t is charac te r ized b u t n o t l imited to recurrent episodes of m a n i a , depress ion or both a t t h e s a m e t ime. I t can m a n i f e s t itself in psychotic , paranoid or sch izophren ia - l ike symp-toms, alcohol abuse , p o s t p a r t u m depress ion or even e a t i n g d i so rders .

L i t h i u m , used as a mood s tabi l izer , h a s been jo ined by a v a r i e t y of d rugs , each of wh ich works on a d i f f e ren t a rea of t h e bra in . U n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e r e a re few pa t formulas . R o s e n b a u m acknowledged t h a t people respond

d i f fe ren t ly to bo th the va r ious med- -icat ions a n d t h e dosages. T h a t t r a n s -la tes in to t r i a l a n d er ror .

"If you ' r e a young person," RosenT

b a u m a d d e d , "it can be h a r d to accept t h e d i sease . B u t the longer you go t h e h a r d e r it is t o t r ea t . " Still , " th ings have p r o g r e s s e d amazingly , a s f a r a s I 'm conce rned , " he said. "I u s e d l i thi-u m for t h e first t ime in 1967 .1 had . to talk my p h a r m a c i s t into le t t ing m e have it ."

But t h e b r e a k t h r o u g h s h a v e n ' t al l been on t h e medical side. C r e d i t t h e l eade r sh ip of o rgan iza t ions such a s The AMI of O a k l a n d County .

Judith Doner Berne, a West Bloom field resident, is former managing edi-tor of the Eccentric Newspapers. You can comment by calling (734) 953 2047, Ext. 1997, or in a letter or fax. <734) 591-7279, to the editor.

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Foundation birth recalled

I r e a d wi th in te res t t h e edi tor ia l r e g a r d i n g the coming adolescence

for t h e Can ton C o m m u n i t y F o u n d a -t ion (Can ton Observer , J a n . 21). I t took m e back to J a n u a r y 1989 w h e n T o m Yack , short ly a f t e r I r a n h is c a m p a i g n for superv isor a n d j u s t six y e a r s a f t e r I served as Wayne C o u n t y commiss ione r r e p r e s e n t i n g C a n t o n , ca l led and said "tell me more a b o u t

t h i s idea you keep t a l k i n g abou t of s e t t i n g u p a c o m m u n i t y based founda-t ion ." We, Tom a n d h i s wife. Barb , a n d myself , met a t P l y m o u t h S a l e m H i g h School to w a t c h h i s oldest son w r e s t l e . We too were wres t l ing . Not physica l ly , mind you\ But r a t h e r m e n t a l l y as we grappled wi th t h e con-cep t of k ick-s ta r t ing a c o m m u n i t y a n d a g o v e r n m e n t in o rde r to pool r e sources , both financially a n d intel-lec tua l ly , for the benef i t of t h e f ami -l ies l iving a n d soon to live in C a n t o n .

I lef t the wres t l i ng m a t c h w i t h my m a r c h i n g orders . To c r e a t e a commu-

Tiity-based, ac t iv is t o rgan iza t ion t h a t would ra i se money a n d organize pro-g r a m s to have i m m e d i a t e benef i t . T h a t A u g u s t t h e first board of direc-t o r s mee t ing w a s he ld . And for t h e n e x t five yea r s we w o r k e d to ra ise over $750,000, e s t a b l i s h p rog rams stil l r u n n i n g such as t h e Harold Rosin Scho la r sh ip p rog ram, t h e Can ton Ply-m o u t h P r a y e r B r e a k f a s t , t he a n n u a l d i n n e r dance ( the first i n s t a l lmen t w a s called C e l e b r a t e Can ton) , C a n t o n

F a m i l y Services a n d m a n y o thers . I t is a t r i b u t e to t h e or iginal board

of d i r ec to r s who b o u g h t into being w h a t a t the t ime w a s a radical con-cept . Tom and I u s e to t a lk for hou r s e a c h week a b o u t w h a t needed to be d o n e a n d w h a t p r o b l e m s needed to be solved. And t h e n w e would u s e the f o u n d a t i o n to go o u t a n d see t h a t a p r o g r a m was d e s i g n e d to solve t h a t p rob lem. One of t h e bes t ear ly pro-g r a m s w a s a realization t h a t we need-ed to show real e s t a t e sa les a g e n t s all t h a t C a n t o n h a d to offer a n d all t h a t w a s in the process of be ing developed.

So w e inv i t ed real e s t a t e a g e n t s (mos t of w h o m were P lymou th -based a t t h e t ime) to a p rogram we called C a n t o n Se l l -a -bra t ion . Over 100 a g e n t s me t for b r e a k f a s t , l i s tened to d e p a r t m e n t h e a d s a n d took b u s t o u r s of t h e town-ship.

W a n t i n g to improve t h e image of the c o m m u n i t y in s u r r o u n d i n g towns , we r a n fu l l -page ads te l l ing of all t h a t was h a p p e n i n g in C a n t o n . We hos ted a w e e k l y cable show a n d b lazed t h e

t ra i l for f u t u r e c o m m u n i t y shows. We commiss ioned a scu lp to r to c r e a t e a r t -work for t h e l ibrary. We welcomed new residents to town. And we me t wi th n e w bui lders a n d deve lopers to s ign t h e m u p to become involved.

T h o s e were heady d a y s , of ten run -n i n g f r o m sunr i se to s u n s e t . Tom a n d I m e t w i t h Amer ican Yazak i to m a k e t h e first pi tch for s u b s t a n t i a l dona-t ions , a n d they s t epped u p to t h e p l a t e w i t h a long- term c o m m i t m e n t . Pu l t e H o m e s ag reed to d o n a t e $50 for every h o m e sold. But most of o u r fund- ra i s -e r s w e r e a t Pa le rmo 's hos t i ng 75-100

people for b r e a k f a s t or a cocktail par ty . B u t it all worked a n d somehow we ra ised over $750,000 in those first five yea r s .

I a m proud t h a t t h e C a n t o n Com-muni ty Founda t ion is s t i l l s t rong . Livonia watched our p rogress , visi ted our p r o g r a m s and w e n t o u t a n d s t a r t -ed the i r own. Now Nor thv i l l e a n d Wes t l and a n d other c o m m u n i t i e s real-ize t h e bene f i t s t h a t come f rom pool-ing r e sources in te l lec tual ly and finan-cially. B u t we were rea l ly t h e first.

I a m j u s t a s proud toda j t of the C a n t o n C o m m u n i t y F o u n d a t i o n as 1 was 10 y e a r s ago w h e n T o m took u p my idea a n d said "let 's do i t , let 's build th i s act ivist founda t ion . " I t w a s fun be ing the re at t h e concept ion and t h r o u g h t h e early yea r s . Those foun-da t ion y e a r s a re p a r t a n d parcel of the success be ing enjoyed today . 1 l ea rned a lot while s e r v i n g for six years , he lp ing to build t h e foundat ion and bu i ld ing a c o m m u n i t y a t the s ame t ime . I am pleased t h a t J o a n Noricks, who I h i red a n d t r a ined , h a s

cont inued t h e work s t a r t e d 10 y e a r s ago. I h o p e t h a t 10 yea r s f rom now t h a t t h i s w o r k will live in a n d t h a t m y son a n d e v e n t u a l l y h is ch i ldren will be able to say t h a t the i r d a d a n d g r a n d f a t h e r played a p a r t in t h e deve lopmen t of a great commun i ty .

We e a c h shou ld make s u r e t h a t w e do our p a r t to m a k e our h o m e t o w n a be t t e r p lace to live, work a n d play. Look a r o u n d you and pick a project .

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Spending on prisons defies the logic of crime statistics

If you w a n t to know w h a t a poli t ician 's rea l pr ior i t ies a re , forget t h e window d re s s ing con-t a i n e d in the S t a t e of t h e (you fill in the

b l a n k ) Speech. I n s t e a d , look to t h e budge t w h e n i t ' s finally s u b m i t t e d .

Gov. J o h n Eng le r p rovides a n in s t ruc t ive

e x a m p l e . In h is widely p ra i sed S t a t e of t h e S t a t e

speech a t the end of J a n u a r y , t h e governor m a d e educat ion h i s top pr ior i ty , a r g u i n g t h a t Mich igan had to be a " s m a r t s t a t e " to succeed in t h e economic compet i t ion of t h e f u t u r e a n d p ropos ing all m a n n e r of innova t ions in educa-t i o n .

His budget , unvei led las t week , had a dis-t i nc t l y d i f fe ren t e m p h a s i s . In it, Engler recom-m e n d e d giving s t a t e p r i sons a budge t h i k e nea r -ly f ou r t i m e s bigger t h a n t h e one for public uni-ve r s i t i e s .

Eng le r called on t h e Leg i s l a tu re to inc rease a p p r o p r i a t i o n s to t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Cor rec t ions b y $110 million, more t h a n 8 percent , m u c h of t h e money going to open 4,712 new prison beds . F i f t e e n public un ivers i t i es would be g u a r a n t e e d i n c r e a s e s of $24 million - a 1.5 percent i n c r e a s e - wh i l e ano the r seven schools would divvy u p an e x t r a $14 million f rom a new f u n d i n g f o r m u l a .

If adopted, Engle r ' s proposed budget would p u t total s t a t e s p e n d i n g on p r i sons a t nea r ly $1 .57 billion, near ly equa l to t h e $1.63 billion he w a n t s to spend on h igher educa t ion . If p a s t pri-o r i t i e s a re any gu ide to the f u t u r e , the Lng le r b u d g e t for 2000 will be the first in Michigan his-t o ry to spend more money to w a r e h o u s e cr imi-n a l s t h a n to educa t e young people.

I don' t get it. Or , more accura te ly , I d idn ' t ge t i t un t i l I read a ser ies of a r t i c l e s recently pub-l i shed in the At lan t i c Month ly m a g a z i n e w r i t t e n by Er ic Schlosser .

T a k i n g his text f rom the f a m o u s w a r n i n g a b o u t the " m i l i t a r y - i n d u s t n a l complex" in Presi-d e n t E isenhower ' s 1961 fa rewel l address , Sch losse r sugges t s t h e real reason beh ind the e n o r m o u s increase in pr ison spend ing na t ion w i d e is the work ings of t h e "p r i son- indus t r i a l complex - a set of b u r e a u c r a t i c , political a n d economic in t e r e s t s t h a t e n c o u r a g e increased s p e n d i n g on i m p r i s o n m e n t , r ega rd l e s s of the a c t u a l need " Not a conspi racy, t h e pr ison indus t r i a l complex is "a conf luence of special i n t e r e s t s t h a t h a s given p n s o n cons t ruc t ion in t h e United S t a t e s a seeming ly u n s t o p p a b l e m o m e n t u m "

Schlosser c i tes theae componen t s :

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• Pol i t ic ians , both l iberal a n d conserva t ive , who r egu l a r l y p a n d e r to a public f e a r f u l of c r ime by vot ing for new prisons. If you can get t h e m to s t a n d still for a momen t , a s k you r s t a t e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e and sena to r u n d e r w h a t circum-s t a n c e s t h e y would vote aga ins t p r i son con-s t ruc t ion a n d s t a f f ing a n d for more money for colleges a n d univers i t ies . Don't hold you r b r e a t h .

• Poor ru r a l a reas , whe re p r i sons h a v e become t h e ma in eng ine of economic growth . T h e r e a r e legis la tors f rom n o r t h e r n Michigan a n d t h e U P who never met a p n s o n they - and t h e i r unemployed cons t i tuen t s — d idn t like.

• P r i v a t e companies n d i n g t h e c u r r e n t fad for p r iva t i za t ion , t h a t regard t h e $1 .57 billion s p e n t in Michigan on pr isons not a s a bu rden on our t a x e s b u t as a lucra t ive m a r k e t

• S t a t e government b u r e a u c r a t s , in cha rge of eve r - inc reas ing pots of money a n d power

T h e d a t a a re clear Na t ionwide s ince 1991, t h e r a t e of violent cr ime in Amer ica h a s fallen by a b o u t 2 0 percent , while the n u m b e r of people in p r i son h a s risen by 50 percent

T h e logic is uns toppable . If c r ime is going up. we need to build more pr isons . B u t if c r ime is going down, it 's because we have bui l t more p r i sons And , most cer ta inly , bu i ld ing yet more p r i sons will dr ive the cr ime r a t e down even more

W h e n t h e Legis la ture finally p a s s e s t h e Eng le r budge t , you'll see tha t g r o w t h in s t a t e s p e n d i n g on pr isons easi ly will s u r p a s s spend-ing on colleges a n d un ivers i t i es You m a y not l ike it. b u t a t least you'll u n d e r s t a n d w h y

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HOOKED ON HISTORY

VIRGINIA BAILEY PARKER

America's favorite game with a twist

Remember t h e movie, "A League of Their Own"? It featured the Rockford Peaches, a team in the

All-American Girls Professional Base-ball League lAAGPBL), which operat-ed from 1943-54. Philip Wrigley. the chewing gum magnate and owner of the Chicago Cubs, formed the Mid-western league to temporarily fill the gap in men's ' baseball dur ing World W a r II.

When a par t of history like th is is t aken to the silver screen, events become larger t han life; it seems the stories belong to people far removed from us.

Not so. Recently, I had the pleasure of meet ing Betty Yahr. She played in the league in 1946. I found out about her while s tanding in the ki tchen of fellow Historic District Commissioner Terry Bennet t . Something nestled among family snapshots on her refrig-era tor caught my at tention.

"What 's this?" I asked. "Oh, tha t ' s my Aunt Betty's base-

ball card from when she played for the Rockford Peaches." Bennet t replied nonchalant ly .

The next th ing I knew, Bennet t placed a phone call, and I had an interview a r ranged .

Yahr got into baseball a s a kid. growing up in Ann Arbor. There wasn ' t a school sports p rogram for girls then, so she played sandlot base-ball with the boys.

La te r , she played in a recreation league (her mother lied about Yahr 's age to get her on the team at age 12) and then on major , s ta te-champ, ama-t eu r softball t eams . It was while play-ing for a Flint t e am tha t her talent was noticed and a tryout was ar ranged for the AAGPBL.

Accuracy and movies I was interes ted in finding out wha t

movieland had portrayed accurately, like sliding into home plate in skirts .

"There was some padding in the shor ts unde rnea th , but not much, believe me," Yahr said. "We got a lot of leg b u r n s "

Did t h e players mind having to forgo s t anda rd baseball pants?

"No," she said. "You j u s t wanted to play ball; you didn't care wha t you were wearing."

The women's league began with a fas t version of softball tha t , over the years , developed into a hybrid of soft-and hardbal l . They s tar ted with a s t anda rd softball and gradual ly con-verted to a hardball slightly bigger t h a n the official men's sire. The dia-monds were somewhat smaller , and, in t ime, they added s idearm and over-hand pitches to underhand.

Thei r mi t t s were much smaller , "not like the big leagues today," Yahr said, adding, "If they can't catch them in those, they're not ballplayers, in my opinion!"

Like any ma jo r leaguer, Yahr played double-headers and night games. She also threw right but bat-ted left. "You're closer to first base, and you can beat out a bunt ."

At 75, the mischievous glint of a competi tor still flashes in her eye. And yes, they really did a t tend eti-que t t e classes. They were t augh t how to walk, they couldn't wear slacks, and m a k e u p lessons were par t of the program.

Helena Rubenstein came in person for tha t . • They were also told to wipe off their

s i lverware, "which I still do today. It 's a good leason, in case you wan t to look well someday," Yahr said.

The t e a m s traveled with chaper-ones. "We had to be ladies a t all t imes, even when you were going back from the bal lpark to where you stayed."

Breaking the rules Even though mangers kept tabs on

the players, girls sometimes broke the rules. Yahr recalled how t e a m m a t e s occasionally slipped away to a country ba r outs ide Rockford Those who were caugh t got t h e u l t imatum. Abide by

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Deve lopmen ta l ly d i s ab l ed , f ra i l a n d s u f f e r i n g f r o m c e r e b r a l palsy, Larry Chontos appeared

to most people unable to work. H e c o n t i n u e s to p r o v e e v e r y o n e

w r o n g n e a r l y 10 y e a r s a f t e r h e became involved with Business Ven-tu res Corp., a nonprof i t job t ra in ing and p l acemen t o rgan iza t ion for t h e m e n t a l l y d i s a b l e d . I n f a c t , h e r e m a i n s one of t h e c o m p a n y ' s bes t success stories.

T h e 41-year-old G a r d e n City resi-dent has worked a t Bui lders Square II s tore in Canton for more than six y e a r s . S t o r e m a n a g e r s n o t o n l y depend on h im to show u p everyday and work hard, but they also use him

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as an example of good work ethics for other employees, said Leanne Booth, the a s s i s t an t manager .

As m a i n t e n a n c e superv i sor , over-seeing only h imse l f , Chontos c leans t h e r e s t r o o f t i s a n d b r e a k r o o m s among a var ie ty of other odd jobs a t the Ford a n d Lilley store.

"He will come looking for us to see wha t needs to be done," Booth said. "We don't have to tell him anything. I of ten kid w i t h t h e o ther adu l t s and say. T a k e Larry ' s lead. He comes in every day a n d he knows w h a t to do wi thout being to ld . ' "

T h e r e ' s a n e a s y r a p p o r t b e t w e e n Chontos a n d his co-workers a n d lis-ten ing to b a n t e r among them empha-s i z e s a m u t u a l a f f e c t i o n . In f a c t , C h o n t o s s a i d , t h e bes t p a r t of h i s

Good example: At the Builders Square II store in Canton, Larry Chontos (at left) serves as an example of a good work ethic for other employees. Steve Wood-beck (top photo) hones his work skills while making beds at the Comfort Inn in Livonia.

Handicapped find niche

in workplace M o n d a y - t h r o u g h - F r i d a y job is t h e people.

"I l ike the people I work with," h e said.

Success at work Chontos" story is one of many t h a t

come f rom Business Ventures , a pri-v a t e c o m p a n y t h a t r e n t s s p a c e in B r y a n t C e n t e r in L i v o n i a . E v e r y client comes with different needs and experience. Some have a l ready gone through a special education program and o t h e r s have led she l te red lives, protected by the i r parents , said pro-g r a m d i rec tor George Lyons. Many have Down syndrome, men ta l re tar -da t ion , cerebral palsy or a combina-tion of problems.

J o b coaches work on t h e i r soc ia l

skills, he lp t h e m u n d e r s t a n d what ' s expected f rom an employee , and in some cases, teach appropr ia te public behavior. The crew is t r a ined while cleaning churches and rooms at the C o m f o r t I n n in L ivon ia T r a i n i n g often takes years.

At the Comfor t I n n , coaches like Carol Budzinski not only guide them as t h e y fold bed s h e e t s , b u t more impor tan t ly , show t h e m how to act with other employees and what not to do or say.

"The biggest chal lenge is behavior problems." Budzinski said. "It takes a lot of pa t ience , but it 's g rea t to see" t h e i r a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s , e v e n t h e s m a l l e s t t h i n g s m e a n s a lot . And that 's your reward."

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Venturing into the workforce Bus ines s V e n t u r e s Corp . got i t s

s t a r t in 1986, and its first job t rain-i n g p r o g r a m w a s d e l i v e r i n g t h e Livonia Obse rve r . S ince then , t h e n u m b e r of m e n t a l l y h a n d i c a p p e d people who h a v e been he lped a n d the number of companies that have gotten involved h a s grown.

People h e a r a b o u t t h e p rog ram th rough word-of-mouth or th rough agency referrals.

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Wayne Communi ty Living Services, a coun ty agency t h a t provides for men ta l ly hand icapped people, con-t r a c t s w i t h B u s i n e s s V e n t u r e s for services.

Business Ventures pays the men-tally hand icapped people a t least a min imum wage while they're being t ra ined, while the companies where they work pay Bus ines s V e n t u r e s for t h e work completed du r ing the t r a in ing program.

A f t e r t h e cl ient comple tes t r a i n -ing, t hey a re placed in a job. Once t h e y know t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , the i r affiliation with Business Ven-tu res is phased out. However, if the client needs assis tance in any way, they a re encouraged to call Bus iness Ven tu res for help.

Business Ventures Corp. is based at the Bryant Center, 18000 Merri man, Livonia. For more information, call (734) 422-8130.

On the job: Job coach Carol Budzinski watches as Danielle Gentry of Red ford cleans a bathrrxjm at the Comfort Inn.

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In key: Mike Koontz uses an electronic tuning device to do a final tuning of a Gibson Les Paul Standard Gold Top guitar in his Ferndale shop.

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Shy a n d m o d e s t , g u i t a r r e p a i r m a n M i k e Koontz doesn ' t l ike to b r ag abou t his work Bespectacled and sport ing a mustache. Koontz s tands in his Fernda le shop and shrugs ofT any sort of compliments

Sure, he's worked for a few, you know, sort of we l l -known m u s i c i a n s - Kiss bass i s t Gent-S i m m o n s and Sponge gui ta r i s t Mike Cross but nobody tha t big. he says in his "gee whiz" tone. Amongst a sma t t e r ing of hlack and white autographed band photos lies a glistening gold record awarded to Koontz from Detroit rockers Sponge

"I've been h a v i n g h im work on my g u i t a r s p r e t t y much s ince 1 s t a r t e d work ing in t h e music bus iness 10 yea r s ago." said Cross, an Oakland County res ident "We make it a point to bring all our work to him "

C h n s F lanagan , a Bishop Foley High School g radua te who grew up in Troy, calls Koontz "a magician."

"He ' s a c o n s u m m a t e pe r fec t ion i s t , t h e r e s

nobody be t te r All he > ever done lor me is a fret job and he does it pe r l ec tk e y r y single time." said Flanagan, who co-owns s t ree t Cor ner Music in Beverly Hills, and pi.is- with the local surf band The Volcanos

B u t to K o o n t z . o w n e r of K o o n t z G u i t a r Repa i r in F e r n d a l e . all t hose commen t* ar t unnecessary

"They all lie." Koontz sairi with a sh\ >mile "1 jus t try anil bend over backward anil t r \ and give them what they want I try and do the U>st that I can "

His best has pushed Koontz to the forefront of the t rade

Koontz spent the first 12 years of his life in what was then the "rural area" of Seven Mile and Middlebelt roads in Livonia His family moved to Redford w h e r e he g r a d u a t e d from Thur s ton High School in 196K He honed his gu i t a r chops playing in garage bands du r ing his years at Thurs ton

"It was not very good; the res t of the .guys were better than me." said Koontz. who lives in Warren with his wife and family "The more I

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Guitars from page B1

jlay, the worse I get. I lean more •rd t h e technical a spec t s of

r. Tha t ' s what I do to t ry to up for a lack of ta lent ." couldn' t afford t]he expen-

gui tars so he m a d e due with jwhat h e h a d a n d w o r k e d on ra»m himself. i w a s a l w a y s t r y i n g to ge t •something to play r ight ," he said. , Alt 1 could afford .was j u n k , so I {tried to m a k e it w o r k . E v e n if •there w a s somebody a r o u n d to S i x - t h i n g s , you c o u l d n ' t h a v e a f f o r d e d t h e m a n y h o w - espe-{ciaOy back then as difficult a s it {was jus t to get money for regular whiff."

TTis DIY 'do- i t -yourse l f ) e th ic ,l«a,d to a 20-year career . Koontz's resume includes S a v a n n a h Gui-t a r s and Py ramid G u i t a r s , t h e

g u i t a r a n d D r u m C e n t e r a n d fGus Zoppi Music C e n t e r a t 17 fSflC? a n d D e q u i n d r e r o a d s in i W a J r e n .

J tfjwas at the Gui t a r a n d Drum 'Center tha t he forged a relation-* .-step tha t would last a career . ! HVhen I met him, I was teach-

; g u i t a r t h e r e ; I w a s 18. I ind h im to be t h e mos t thor-

o u g h p e r s o n , " s a i d S p o n g e ' s Cross, whose band is tentat ively s c h e d u l e d to r e l e a s e i ts t h i r d a l b u m on t h e B e y o n d label in early April. "He's t h e best in the business. I t r u s t h im altogether."

S ix y e a r s a g o , h e o p e n e d Koontz Gui t a r Repa i r , where h e repairs gu i t a r s a n d b a s s guitars ,

Koontz is modes t w h e n talking about h is clients. Over his sheiul-d e r i s t h e g o l d r e c o r d t h a t S p o n g e gave h i m . N e a r b y a r e autographed p ic tu res of Country Joe McDonald a n d J a c k Scott.

"I've done work for a lot of peo-ple , b u t m o s t of t h e t i m e t h e roadies end up b r ing ing stuff in so I never h a r d l y m e e t people," he said.

To p i q u e h i s m e m o r y of h i s c l ients , Koontz r e a c h e s into an old g r a y f i l e c a b i n e t . F r o m a s m a l l f i l e , h e p u l l s a r e c e i p t signed by '60s folk s t a r Donovan, and au tographs of Larry McCray a n d F l e e t w o o d M a c m e m b e r John McVie.

"I run into a lot of people, some of t h e people a r e k i n d of note-w o r t h y . I t ' s a l l by word -o f -mouth; everyth ing t h a t I do is by

Not to fret " Koontz G u i t a r Repair is a t 600 Hil ton, a t Jewell Street , eas t

of Woodward Avenue, in Ferndale. T h e phone number is (248) 545-5460.

M i k e K o o n t s , a f o r m e r r e s i d e n t of L ivon ia a n d Bedfo rd , repa i r s gui ta rs , bass gu i t a r s and does minor repairs on banjos and mandol ins . Repairs range in cost from $7.50 to $600.

T h e average turn-around t ime is t h ree to four days, but there may be a five-day or several-week wai t ing period -

word -o f -mou th . J u s t r ecen t ly I w o r k e d on s o m e of G e n e S i m -m o n s ' s t u f f - a c o u p l e of h i s b a s s e s , " s a i d K o o n t z a s h e showed photos of Simmons' bass. "Usually it 's an emergency si tua-tion.

"Genera l ly , you set t h e o the r customers ' s tuff aside and pu t up wi th t h e s c r e a m i n g a n d every-t h i n g else t h a t goes a long wi th t ha t . I t ' s one big g rea t juggl ing act . There ' s a lot of people t h a t play gui tar ."

T h e m o s t c h a l l e n g i n g j o b s , Koontz explained, are paint jobs and s t ruc tu ra l repairs on acous-tic gui tars .

A gratifying job * P e r h a p s t h e mos t g ra t i fy ing ,

however, was repair ing a gu i t a r for t h e family of a musician who had died in a car accident.

" T h e g u i t a r w a s in t h e c a r wi th h i m and t h e gu i t a r was -t h e a c c i d e n t m u s t h a v e b e e n really bad - the gui tar was com-pletely sha t te red , I mean it w a s in pieces," he said. "His pa ren t s and his s is ter bought it for h im. H i s f a m i l y m e m b e r s c a m e in w i t h t h i s g u i t a r . I was able to pu t it together and get it all back p l a y a b l e a n d e v e r y t h i n g , j u s t like i t never happened.

" W h e n t h e y s a w t h a t , t h e y cried. I mean they l i terally cried w h e n t h e y p i cked i t u p . T h a t w a s probably t h e mos t r e w a r d -ing repair IVe ever done."

K o o n t z s t i l l finds t h e m o s t c h a l l e n g i n g a s p e c t of o w n i n g Koontz Gui ta r is mak ing money.

" T h e r e ' s t i m e s t h a t i t ' s l i ke any other service job; it depends on when everybody come in and pick u p repa i r s , " h e sa id . "The n a t u r e of the business is strictly on w h a t type of work comes in and whether it's picked u p quick-ly . S o m e t i m e s , if peop le don ' t pick things up then you can have several bad weeks or several bad months .

" Y o u r c u s t o m e r s a r e y o u r l i feblood. T h a t ' s w h e n t h e jug-gl ing act really s t a r t s to happen . If you get a big job in he re t h a t somebody d o e s n ' t pick u p a n d y o u ' r e e x p e c t i n g t h a t k i n d of money to come in, then you have to hu r ry and scramble a n d do all t h e s e o t h e r l i t t l e t h i n g s a n d m a k e less money *in order to try a n d m a k e u p fo r w h a t w a s n ' t picked up."

I t doesn't m a t t e r if the client is

a professional player or a hobby-is t , Koontz said he m a k e s s u r e the job is top-notch. He h a s one employee, Ramo James , who also works a s a r e p a i r m a n a t Won-de r l and Music in Dearborn . He comes i n a couple t imes a week.

"I'm h e r e sometimes very early i n t o t h e m o r n i n g , " h e s a i d . " S o m e t i m e s I ' l l go h o m e a n d come b a c k a n d be h e r e u n t i l 3:30, 4:30 in the morning; wha t -ever it t akes to get the job done. I've never pu t in a 40-hour week, never."

Some of those late n ights have been spent on the "troublesome" five-string f r e t l e s s b a s s owned by Steve Vilnius of the local pop band Brill iant.

"I didn' t spend my ear ly musi-cal c a r e e r in M i c h i g a n , b u t I quickly found out t h a t if t h e r e was one guy to fix it, one guy to t u r n a s o w ' s e a r i n t o a s i l k purse , i t is Mike Koontz ," sa id Vilnius, whose band will release the single "Tell M e V T h e Weight of Your Words" in ear ly March. "He is o therwise known as God and he is truly the Lord when it comes to str inged ins t ruments . "

CRAFTS CALENDAR

tastings for the Crafts Calendar fshould be. submitted in writing fop later than noon Fsiday for the •rieii Thursday's issue. They can

jbailed to 36251 Schoolcraft, i>nia 48150. or by fax at 11 591-7279. For more infor-

mation, call (734) 953-2131. ^SACRED HEART

'Sacred Hear t Church will have a show 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

"tffrtrch 6 at the church, 29125 W. ^ i x Mile, eas t of Middlebelt, Livonia. There also will be a

sale and light lunch. For 'rmffe information, or table

rental , call J e n n i f e r a t (248) 426-6227.

SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE Schoolcraft College will have i ts spr ing craft show 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 6 in the Physi-cal Education Bui ld ing on cam-pus, 18600 Hagger ty , between Six Mile and Seven Mile, Livo-nia. There will be 150.crafters. re f reshments a n d hourly raffles. Admission will be $1.50 for adul ts and chi ldren 12 years and older, and 50 cen t s for children ages up to age 12 and free for

children unde r age 5. For more information, call the depa r tmen t of marke t ing a n d development a t (734)462-4417

LIVONIA CHURCHILL The Livonia Churchil l High' School PTSA's 11th a n n u a l spr ing a r t s a n d craft show will be 10 a ,m. to 4 p.m. March 13 a t the school, 8900 Newburgh, Livonia. The re will be door prizes, food and beverages. Admission will be $1. Applica-tions a re still being accepted and a re avai lable by calling Diane a t

(734) 422-4507 or (734) 464-7425.

M A D O N N A U N I V E R S I T Y

Madonna University will hold its 14th annua l spr ing ar ts and c ra f t s showcase 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 20 in the Activities Cen te r on campus, Schoolcraft and Levan, Livonia. The show will f ea tu re a variety of hand -made a r t s and crafts , including pottery, jewelry, paint ings, tex- * ti les, woodworking, plastic and cross-stitch. A raffle with a grand prize of $1,000 and five

additional $100 prizes will be held a t 4:30 p.m. Tickets will be available a t $1 each a t the door. Admission will be $2. For more information, call (734) 432-5603.

LFVONIA S T E V E N S O N

The Livonia Stevenson High School Booster Club is accepting applications for i ts a n n u a l spr ing craf t show 10 a.m. _ March 27 a t the high school, 33500 Six Mile, Livonia. More t h a n 100 craf ters are expected to display their work. A single booth space costs $50. A limited

number of spaces with electricity are available a t no ext ra charge For an application form, call (248) 478-2395 or (734) 464-1041.

C L A R E N C E V 1 L L E

The Clarenceville High School Athletic Booster Club will have "A Touch of Spring" c raf t bou-tique 10 a .m. to 4 p.m. March 27

belt. Livonia. There will be more than 150 juried craf ters , raffle and snack bar. Baby-sit t ing will be available. Admission will be $2; no strollers permit ted.

Mystic Creek to host MEDHEALTH classic Parker from page B1

. M E D H E A L T H Wel lness Cen-ters will again team up with the Women's F U T U R E S Profession-

-eWiolf Tour to bring 120 nation-al a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l w o m e n ^l ivers to the Mystic Creek Golf t ^ u b in M i l f o r d f o r t h e

;Ij.£ TURKS Golf Classic Tourna-men t T h u r s d a y - S a t u r d a y , May

27-29. T h e M E D H E A L T H Wel lness

Cen te r F U T U R E S Golf Classic, which includes a pro-am tourna-m e n t on W e d n e s d a y , May 26, will benefit developmental ly dis-ab led w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n a t Our Lady of Providence Cen te r in Northville Township .

Mystic Creek is a 27-hole pub-lic golf course inside Camp Dear-born. It h a s commit ted to host-ing t h e t o u r n a m e n t f o r t h r e e y e a r s , a c c o r d i n g to J a c k F. Moores J r . , p res iden t and CEO of M E D H E A L T H S y s t e m s Cor-p o r a t i o n a n d c h a i r m a n of t h e classic.

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"MEDHEALTH Wellness Cen-t e r s is t h r i l l e d to a g a i n b r i n g t h i s c a l i be r of women ' s golf to s o u t h e a s t M i c h i g a n , " s a i d Moores. "The FUTURES Players we will see in May are poised to b e c o m e t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n of LPGA players.

"Having Michigan on the tour s chedu le under l ines the impor-t a n c e of w o m e n to golf i n o u r s ta te ."

The F U T U R E S Golf Tour is a pr ivately owned women's profes-s i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t a l t o u r . In

d e v e l o p m e n t a l t o u r of t h e LPGA."

M E D H E A L T H also s p o n s o r s S h e l l e y S a n d e r s of S a r a s o t a , Fla . , a n d Abby Pea r son of Flo-r e n c e , S.C. , on t h e F U T U R E S tour . Pearson camp up with two wins in t o u r n a m e n t s las t y e a r , including the MEDHEALTH golf classic

M E D H E A L T H Wel lness Cen-ters , a division of MEDHEALTH Sys tems Corporation, has facili-ties in Plymouth, Riverview and Southgate .

the rules, or you're out! Whi l e t e a m o w n e r s w a n t e d

t h e p layers to look a n d b e h a v e l i k e l a d i e s , t h e y a l s o w a n t e d t h e m to be able to h i t t h e ball l ike pros; the contrast sold tick-ets. In the end, the women were t e r r i f i c b a l l p l a y e r s , a n d t h a t ' s w h a t kept the fans in the s t ands .

In 1988, t h e N a t i o n a l Base-b a l l H a l l of F a m e in C o o p e r -stown, N.Y., honored the AAGP-BL by making it pa r t of the per-m a n e n t e x h i b i t , " W o m e n in Baseball."

t h e d i s t i n c t i o n of b e i n g l i s t e d on t h e r o s t e r of women who played in the league. "It is very nea t to see your name in the Hall of Fame," she said.

Y a h r h a s ano the r d is t inct ion. Las t summer , 28 fo rmer league p l a y e r s f r o m M i c h i g a n w e r e invited to a t t end a game a t Tiger Stadium. "We got out on the field before the game, and they intro-duced us. At one point, we had to s i g n a n y t h i n g t h a t a n y b o d y brought - balls, bats , jackets."

It wasn' t j u s t adul ts who were i n t e r e s t e d in m e e t i n g t h e m , e i t h e r . " T h e r e w e r e boys a n d

• 'We got out on the field before the game, and they introduced us. At one point, we had to sign anything that any-body brought - balls, -bate, jackets.'

Betty Yahr -Baseball Hall of Famer

girls of all ages," she said. No problem; these bal lp layers

a r e old h a n d s a t s i g n i n g a u t o -graphs.

Yahr wouldn ' t t r a d e her t ime with the Rockford Peaches.

"I'd go back today," she said. T h a t ' s not s u r p r i s i n g . M a n y

American kids have the d ream of playing pro ball, if only for one s e a s o n . B e t t y Y a h r go t t h a t chance.

Historian and author Virginia Bailey Parker has a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in historic preservation. She lives in Canton Township.

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WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS

Griggs-Sintay Bill a n d Ju l i e Griggs of Napa ,

Calif., announce the engagement of their daughte r , Gina, to Br ian S i n t a y , t h e son of L a r r y a n d Ellen S in tay of Livonia.

T h e b r ide - to -be is a t t e n d i n g t h e U n i v e r s i t y of N e v a d a - L a s Vegas School of Nursing.

H e r fiance is a g r a d u a t e of Michigan S ta t e University. He is employed as a writer by the Walt Disney Co. in Burbank, Calif.

A M a y 2 0 0 0 w e d d i n g is p lanned in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Dr. a n d Mrs. Gary Schwendi-m a n n of H o h e n w a l d , T e n n . , a n n o u n c e t h e e n g a g e m e n t of t h e i r d a u g h t e r , Heidi Jo lee , to Russell Scott Cothran, the son of Connie Mack and Linda Cothran of Livonia.

The bride-to-be is a g r a d u a t e of David Lipscomb Universi ty in N a s h v i l l e , T e n n . S h e is employed in the bus iness office a t Bap t i s t Hospital.

H e r f i a n c e is a g r a d u a t e of Livonia Bentley High School and t h e S p e c s H o w a r d S c h o o l of Broadcast ing. He is employed at Music City Record in Nashvi l le as a promotional director.

A M a r c h wedding is p l a n n e d

Wisnieski-Brown William and Jud i th Wisnieski

of D e a r b o r n Heigh t s a n n o u n c e the e n g a g e m e n t of the i r daugh-ter , M a l i s s a Marie , to Allen K. B r o w n , t h e son of C l a u d e a n d Evelyn Brown of Romulus.

The bride-to-be is a g r a d u a t e of P a r a d i s e Valley High School in S c o t t s d a l e , Ar i z . S h e is employed as an account manag-er.

H e r f i a n c e is a g r a d u a t e of R o m u l u s High School. He is a p ro fess iona l wres t le r who com-p e t e s a t t h e Wayne Ford Civic League in Westland.

A May wedding is planned.

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Long-Mlnard D a n a n d Nancy Long of Red-

ford announce the engagement of t h e i r daughte r , Emily Grace , t o Ma t thew Jamee Minard, the eon. of Don a n d A n n e t t e M i n a r d of Northville.

T h e bride-to-be is a 1996 grad-u a t e of Redford T h u r s t o n H i g h School and is pursuing a degree th rough the honore nurs ing pro-g r a m a t the University of Miehi-g a n " . s r-

Her fiance is a 1996 g r a d u a t e of N o r t h v i l l e H igh School . H e expects to gradua te f rom Univer -s i ty of Michigan in t h e s p r i n g wi th a dua l degree in m a t f e m a t ics a n d English p r io r to e w * l l m e n t in t h e U-M M a s t e r ' s P r o g r am.

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Daniels-RobWns Pete and Jerr i Lynn Daniels of

Br igh ton announce t h e engage -m e n t of their daughter , Kimber-ly Lynn, to Jason Allen Sobieski, t h e son of David a n d P a m e l a Sobieski of Milford.

The bride-to-be is a 1991 grad-u a t e of Garden City High S<3ioel a n d a 1996 graduate of d t e Uni -versi ty of Michigan wi th a bach-e lor of a r t s degree in E n g l i s h . S h e is c u r r e n t l y e m p l o y e d b y Charl ick and Springstead Den ta l Associates in Brighton.

Her fiance is a 1992 g r a d u a t e of Detroit Catholic Centra l H igh School and is a t tending E a s t e r n M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y . H e i s employed by United Parcel Ser-

Sheldon-Smith J a m e s and Claudia Sheldon of

L ivon ia a n n o u n c e t h e e n g a g e -m e n t of the i r d a u g h t e r , D a w n Mar i e , t o Br ian Wa lke r S m i t h , t h e s o n of R o b e r t a n d B e t t y Smi th of South Lyon.

The bride-to-be is a 1993 grad-u a t e of Livonia F r a n k l i n H i g h School . S h e is a t t e n d i n g O a k -land Community College.

Her fiance is a 1989 g r a d u a t e of South Lyon High School. He is employed by Brighton Ford.

An April wedding is p l a n n e d at Firs t Baptist Church in Sou th Lyon.

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A May wedding is p lanned a t ^Ward Evangel ica l P r e s b y t e r i a n Church in Northville.

ANNIVERSARIES

Flamme Albert and Patricia F l a m m e of

L i v o n i a a r e c e l e b r a t i n g t h e i r 40th wedding anniversary.

The couple exchanged vows on Feb. 7, 1959.

The couple has th ree chi ldren - Dennis, Lynda and Lisa - and f ive g r a n d c h i l d r e n - J a c l y n , M a t t h e w , M a r k , M a d i s o n a n d Mason.

H e r e t i r e d from Ford M o t o r Co. a f t e r working for 37 yea r s as an e l ec t r i ca l engineer . He cur-r e n t l y i s e m p l o y e d by V a l e o I n t e r n a t i o n a l . He a lso t a u g h t t r igonometry at Schoolcraft Col-lege for 35 years.

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r e s i g n e d f r o m h e r pos i t ion to raise their three children.

The i r i n t e r e s t s include world t ravel , fine d in ing , t hea t e r and golf.

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celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary oh Feb. 14.

Lifelong r e s i d e n t s of Livo-nia, they renewed the i r vows b e f o r e t h e i r f a m i l y a n d f r iends at St. Edi th C h u r c h , t hen ga thered for b r u n c h a t the Holiday Inn-West.

The couple exchanged vows on Feb. 12, 1949, in Livonia. S h e is t h e f o r m e r E v e l y n Gardner.

They have three chi ldren -Dorothy Sims, Patricia Betan-court and Mary Cover - eight grandchildren and one grea t -grandchild.

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Lawler-Peters Phil and Debbie Lawler of Ply-

m o u t h a n n o u n c e t h e e n g a g e -m e n t of t h e i r d a u g h t e r , Emi ly S u z a n n e , to B r a d l e y J o h n P e t e r s , t h e s o n of L e e a n d Sharon Peters of Newark , N.Y.

The bride-to-be is a 1996 grad-u a t e of Ann A r b o r G r e e n h i l l s School and is pursu ing a bache-lor's degree in m a r k e t i n g a t the Madonna Univers i ty College of Business. She is employed by the City of Plymouth as the election clerk.

Her fiance is a 1994 g radua te of Newark High School and is a culinary ar ts s tuden t a t School-craf t College. He is employed by Too Chez Res taurant in Novi.

A May wedding is p lanned at

Bazakis-Parker Andrew Michael Bazak is and

Chris ty Anne P a r k e r were mar-r ied a t N a t i v i t y of t h e Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Plymouth Township by the Rev. Michael Varlamos.

T h e br ide is t h e d a u g h t e r of S u s a n P a r k e r of C a n t o n a n d D a v i d a n d M a r i l y n P a r k e r of Petersburg, Mich. The groom is t h e son of J a m e s a n d M a r i s a Bazakis of Canton.

The bride is a 1989 graduate of P lymou th C a n t o n H i g h School g r a d u a t e , a 1993 g r a d u a t e of G r a n d Valley S t a t e Univers i ty with a bachelor of science degree in the rapeu t ic recreat ion and a 1997 g r a d u a t e of G r a n d Valley S ta te with a m a s t e r ' s degree in pub l i c a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . She is employed as p rog ram coordina-tor for St. John ' s Adult Day Ser-

vices. The groom is a 1989 graduate

of Plymouth Salem High School, a 1993 graduate of t h e Universi-ty of Michigan with a bachelor of science degree in psychology and a 1997 g r a d u a t e of M i c h i g a n S ta te University with a medical degree. He is a r e s iden t physi-cian in the depa r tmen t of emer-gency medicine of the University of R o c h e s t e r / S t r o n g Memor i a l Hospital in Rochester, N.Y.

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T h e b r i d e a s k e d R e b b e c c a B r u n i n k to s e r v e as m a t r o n of honor with J a m i e Parker as the maid of honor and Christy Chaf-fin a n d C y n t h i a Long a s t h e bridesmaids.

George M e n g a s served as best man with Adam Kettering, Erick Krueger. David Weil and Bryant Pa rke r as groomsmen.

The couple received guests a t a r e c e p t i o n a t L a u r e l M a n o r in Livonia before leaving on a wed-ding t r ip to Ocho Rios. Jamaica They a re m a k i n g their home in Rochester, N.Y.

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C A N T O N U N D Y O U R N T S

WEEKEND EVENTS

• Single Place holds a walk m the park 10 a.m. every Sa tu rday a t Her i t age Park , Farmington Road between 10 Mile and 11 Mile in Farmington Hills. n Single Place holds the ! ollowing social events every Sunday, worship 11 a.jn. a t Firs t Presbyter ian Church Sanctuary; brunch 12:30 p.m. a t Northvil le grossing Res t au ran t ,

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ville; coffee a n d cards i t j j .m . a t Tuscan Cafe, 150 XT Center , Northville. ^ Suburban Singles holds •a single mingle dance 8 •p.m. every Wednesday in •the Bonnie Brook Country ICIub, on Telegraph south of Eight Mile, Redford. Proper a t t i re , no jeans . '•Ages 21 and up. Admission j s $4, $3 before 8:30 p.m. tFor more information, call *313) 842-0443.

Subu rban Singles holds -an af te r -d inner dance 7-11 p.m. every Sunday in the Bonnie Brook Count ry Club, on Telegraph, south of Eight Mile, Redford. P roper a t t i re , no jeans . Ages 21 and up. Admission is $4, $3 before 7:30 p.m. For more informat ion, call

3313) 842-7422.

CAMP FAIR M The a n n u a l C a m p Fai r wil l be 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sa tu rday , Feb. 27, in Car-penter E l emen ta ry School, 4250 Cent ra l Boulevard. Ann Arbor. Meet represen-tat ives of local, nat ional and in terna t ional summer programs in Michigan, nearby s ta tes , and Canada w h o will he lp you choose .the r ight experience for your children ages 5-18. Camps a t t end ing include day, resident , t ravel , sports, science, a r t s , com-puter and o ther s u m m e r programs. Sponsored by Wash tenaw C a m p Place-men t Association. For more informat ion, call (734)971-4537.

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S a t u r d a y s for t h ree weeks s t a r t i ng Feb. 20 on t h e Oak land Universi ty cam-pus in Rochester. Cost is $145. For a brochure or to register, call (248) 370-3125.

NASCAR SHOW • Leadfoot Racing Promo-tions Presen ts a NASCAR Racing Collectible Show from 9 a.m.- 2 p .m.Sunday , Feb. 21, a t the P lymouth Cu l tu ra l Center , 525 Fa rmer , Plymouth (one mile eas t of Sheldon). Admission is $3. All shows, children unde r 12 free. For more informat ion call (734) 484-6214.

Chr is t O u r Savior t h e r a n Church welcomes

Roy Kaiser as a guest speaker for service a t 9:30 a.m. Sunday , Feb. 21, in the church, 46001 Warren Road, one block west of Canton Cen te r in Canton. Kaiser will t a lk about "God's Trans fo rming Power." The public is invited. For more informa-tion, call the church office a t ( 734) 522-6830 or visit Chr is t Our Savior 's Web si te a t www. ccaa. edu/~ lcmcos.

PLYMOUTH SYMPHONY • The P lymouth Symphony League has s ta r ted to col-lect i tems for i ts auction at the Plymouth Symphony Pops Concert, which will be Friday, March 12, in Lau-rel Manor. If you have i tems or know of a business t h a t is willing to donate i tems, call Pa t ty a t (734) 416-5293. For more infor-mation about the concert, call (*34> 451-2112. SAT WORKSHOP n SAT I college en t rance examinat ion workshops are offered by Oak land Univer-sity College of Ar t s and Sci-ences. Workshop meets on

AROUND TOWN YOUTH TEA M T h e S a r a h Ann Cochrane C h a p t e r DAR will meet a t 10 a.m. Sa turday , Feb. 20, in t h e Canton Public Library for i ts a n n u a l Youth Tea-Good Cit izens and American History Con-tes t winners . Gues t speak-er will be S ta te Sen. Loren Bennet t , R-Canton. For more information, call (248) 348-1718.

HEALTHY EATING • Oakwood Heal thcare Sys tems is sponsoring a program called "Heal thy E a t i n g On The Run," 7-9 p.m. Thursday , Feb. 18, a t P lymouth Canton High School, 8415 Canton Cen-ter , Canton. This p rogram explains how to mas t e r the skills needed to ea t well despi te a hectic schedule. I t includes creative sugges-t ions for nutr i t ious , appeal-ing meals away from home, as well as t ime-saving munches and deal ing wi th picky eaters . Cost is $12. For more information, or for registrat ion, call (734) 416-2937.

PARENT-TODDLER CLASSES • Winter Me and My Shad-ow classes begin th is month a t New Morning School in Plymouth Town-ship. The introductory class is for 2- to 4-year-olds a n d the i r pa ren t s . Classes meet once a week. There a re openings in the Mon-day or Wednesday n igh t classes. Classes meet 6-7:15 p.m. This class pro-vides one-on-one t ime for the paren t and child. The pa ren t and child will par-t ic ipate in music and fin-ger-playing activities, a r t and readiness projects, snack and story t ime, all centered around a weekly theme . For more informa-tion or to register , call New Morning School, (734) 420-3331.

OPEN HOUSES • Dixboro Cooperative Preschool will hold an open house 10 a.m.- noon Sa tu r -day, March 6, a t 5221 Church . Children ages 2 1/2 to 5 years old (potty t ra ined) are accepted. Classes are half- day ses-sions, Monday, Wednesday, and Fr iday mornings For more information, call (734) 572-0284. • Lit t le Lambs Chr i s t i an Preschool will hold a preschool regis t ra t ion from 10 a.m.- noon Sa tu rday , March 13, at 45000 N. Ter-ri torial (west of Sheldon). Enro l lment fee is $35.

Rockettes take home top honors

3 m -C h a m p s : Members of the Plymouth Salem High School do pon!dance squad, the Rockettes, were named Circle of Winners Champions in the NCA Danz regional competition held Jan. 30 in Troy. The 25-member team competed in three categories. They won first place in Jazz I Funk, third in Varsity Pom and another first place trophy in Kick Line. The team was recognized as champions by being awarded the Circle of Winners trophy for scoring the highest number of points during this competition. They were also invited to compete in NCA nationals this year in San Diego.

Monthly field t r ips and classroom visitors a re included. There is also an evaluation and pa ren t / teacher conference twice yearly. For more informa-tion, call 414-7792. PRESCHOOL OPENINO • Garfield Co-op still has openings for preschool. Programs for children 18 months to 5 years old. Located in Livonia, a t Cass Elementary, 34633 Munger, south of Six Mile and west of Fa rming ton Road. For more informa-tion, call (734) 462-0135. LENTEN PROGRAM • The Plymouth Ministeri-al Association's 1999 Ecu-menical Lenten Program, T h e Cross: The Gif t of Life," will t ake place in the F i rs t Presbyter ian Church of Plymouth, 701 W. Church, corner of Main. The program will t a k e place on each Wednesday of Lent, through March 24. All the services will t a k e place at First P resby te r ian Church, but var ious mem-ber churches of the associa-tion will be leading t h e noon service, followed by a bread-and-soup lunch pro-vided by ano the r church. Donations to the lunch will be sent to H a b i t a t for Humani ty . Res iden ts of the Plymouth a rea a n d persons employed in P lymouth a re

invited to a t t end . For more information, call 453-0326. PLYMOUTH YMCA • The Plymouth Communi-ty Family YMCA is offering classes for preschool-age children th rough adult . Classes include: Active Older Adults (ages 55 and up) Water Exercise, Youth and Girls' Basketbal l Instruct ional League,

Youth Inst ruct ional Floor Hockey League, Youth Instruct ional Indoor Soccer League for ages 5-12, Bumper Bowling for ages 4-6, Flute Classes for beginning through advanced. Youth Golf Lessons for ages 5-11, Introductory Dance for ages 5-8, Ballet & Jazz Combination, ages 8-10, Kara te for male and female, ages 8 through adult , Driver 's Education, Bumble Bee Indoor Soccer (

for ages 4-5, Y Pucks and Y Hoops for ages 4-5, Yoga classes for teen to adult novice or advanced practi-tioner, Step & Sculpt Fit-ness Class, and Aquatics classes for ages 6 months through 12 years . The YMCA is also offering a Basketball Travel League for ages 8-9, 10-12, and 13-15 years of age plus a Hockey Travel League for ages 9-12. Call Plymouth Community YMCA at (734)

453-2904 for fu r the r infor-mation or to register wi th Visa or MasterCard. • The Plymouth Communi-ty Family YMCA is accept-ing registrations for class-es. The classes are youth travel basketball league for grades three-eight; gir ls ' instruct ional basketbal l league for grades three-six; introductory dance, ages 5-8; creative movement for preschoolers, ages 3-5; active older adul t wa te r exercise, youth travel floor hockey for ages 9-12, and more. For more informa-tion, call the Plymouth YMCA at (734) 453-2904.

NURSING CENTER • The Medilodge G r o u p Inc. has made available to local clubs and organiza-tions a representat ive to discuss topics t h a t include assisted living, long-term care, services available, re imbursement under Medicare only. If interest-ed. call adminis t ra tor or admission director, West Trail Nurs ing Center a t (734) 453-3983.'

LEAGUE • Wide World Sports Cen-te r is accepting regis t ra-tions for i ts Winter Roller Hockey League. Hockey season is Feb. 22-May 2. Deadline to register is Feb. 19. Individual fee is $85 and team fee is $735.

C A L E N D A R F O R M

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Instructional and develop-mental classes offered. For more information, call (734) 913-4625.

SOFTBALL LEAGUES • The city of P lymouth Recreation Division will be running the following Adult Softball Leagues th is spring/ summer: Men's Slow Pitch, Women's Slow Pitch, Co-Ed Slow Pitch and Men's Modified. Regis-trat ion for r e tu rn ing t e a m s will begin March 1. New-teams swill be able to reg-ister s tar t ing March 15. Season s tar ts April 26. For more information, call the city of Plymouth Recre-ation Division a t (734) 455-6620.

ROAD RAGE SEMINAR • AAA Michigan will con-duct statewide seminar , "Preventing Road Rage: Anger Management for Drivers," 2 p.m. a n d 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in the AAA branch office in Can-ton. Space is l imited. For more information for reser-vations, call (734) 844-014a

ment is limited to 110 s tu-dents. For more informa-tion, call Pa t VanDusen a t (734) 416-4927.

HEALTH FACILITIES • The Schoolcraft College Sunday Hea l th Club charges $4 a visit . Individ-ual membership fee is $32. Family membersh ip is $70 for 13 weeks of unst ruc-tured activity in a fully equipped physical educa-tion facility. Club members can use th ree gyms, six rac-quetball courts, weight machines, the pool and the sauna. An adu l t must accompany chi ldren under 16, and nonswimmers must be 45 inches tal l a t the shoulder to use the pool. The Health Club continues until March 28. For more information, call Continu-ing Education Services Physical F i tness a t (734) 462-4413.

ARTS COUNCIL • The Plymouth Communi-ty Arts Council h a s a full winter schedule of classes and workshops for all ages: sculpture, water-color.

KINDERMUSIK • Kindermusik classes will continue through May 8. No class will be held du r -ing Plymouth-Canton Com-munity Schools' midwin te r break (Feb. 22-27) or East-er break (March 29-April 3). Monday day t ime classes a re in the Canton Gym-boree Center, 8016 Sheldon Center, between Sheldon and Canton Center , south of Joy and north of Warren . All other classes, including Monday evening classes, are held in the F i r s t Bap-tist Church of P lymouth . 45000 N. Terr i torial , j u s t west of Sheldon. For more information on classes or registration, call Lori Nel-son a t (734)354-9109. HERBAL CLASS n Learn about he rbs a n d their historical use . T h e class begins a t 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25. at Heal thwrap. Learn how American Ind ians relieved fevers, colic, helped ease the pain of chi ldbir th, and how herbs stopped h e a r t at tacks. The presen ta t ion includes a slide. The pro-gram will be p resen ted by Cindy Klement, certif ied nutr i t ional consul tant . There is a $5 charge. For more information, call (734)455-1440.

TECHNOLOGY CAMP • Techno Mas te rs Technol-ogy Camp '99 Crea t ive Camp activities will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, Feb. 22-26, in Bird and Hoben schools. The program is for s tu -dents in grades one-five. Cost is $170 per s t u d e n t per week, or $34 per day. Each day offers a different interactive experience. Enrol lment is l imited to 24 s tudents per site. For more information, call P a t Van-Dusen at (734) 416-4927. CAMP INVENTION

• Camp Invention is com-ing to Isbister School 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the week of Aug. 2. Join the one-week science and creat ivi ty day camp for children enter ing grades two-six in the fall of 1999 Early regis t ra t ion ra te of $150 m u s t be received by Feb. 28. Enroll-

dance, decorative paint ing, pottery, film appreciat ion, drawing and sketching, children's thea te r , paper ar t , creative writ ing, live model d r awing session. b a t i k a r t lectures, yoga, tai chi. etc. For a complete schedule or for more infor-mation, call (734) 416-4278.

GRIEF RECOVERY • Grief Recovery is a pro-gram designed to help grieving people find hope and heal ing through group interaction. The program is 7-9 p.m. Thursdays , Feb. 18, "25, and March 4, in the Vermeulen Funera l Home, 46401 W. Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth Township. This will be an opportunity to learn the character is t ics of grief, to s h a r e feelings a n d to receive suppor t from oth-

j"ers who l l ave experienced similar losses. A profes-sional faci l i tator will lead the group. Enrol lment is limited to 20 par t ic ipants ; registration is required. The program is open to the community wi thout charge. For more information or registration,

SEMINAR • The "Stay On Track" seminar is a three-hour goal-setting seminar to help you decide what you want out of life. The semi-na r will be 6:30-9:30 p.m Thursday, Feb. 18. For more information, call the Plymouth-Canton Enrich-ment/Leisure Classes a t (734)416-2937.

KfWANIS • Plymouth-Canton Morn-ing Kiwanis h a s 7 a.m Tuesday b reakfas t s a t the Water Club Grill, Ann Arbor Road, e a s t of 1-275 in Plymouth Township For more informat ion, call (734)453-1373.

MEDILOOGE GROUP • The Medilodge Group Inc. has made available to local clubs a n d organiza-tions a representa t ive for assisted living, long-term careand other topics. If interested, call the admin-istrator or admission direc-tor at West Trail Nurs ing Center a t (734) 453-3983

M I L I T A R Y N E W S

To submit your military announcement, aend the material printed or typewritten to: Plymouth Can-ton Observer, 794 S. Main St., Plymouth Ml 48170.

Marine CpL N a t h a n M. B r a n i m son of Debbie J. Lehner of Canton , recently w a s promoted to his prenenl r a n k while serving with 2nd Battal ion, 8 th Marines 2nd Mar ine Division, M a r i n e Corps Base, C a m p Lejeune. N.C. Branim was promoted based on sus t a ined super ior job per fo rmance and profi-ciency in his des igna ted specialty The 1996 grad-u a t e of P l y m o u t h S a l e m High School jo ined t h e Marine Corps in Feb. 1997.

RCCRMT1R OF THE YEAR Air Force Staff Sgt T o d d W. B u i m e r has been

named recruiter of the yea r for the 339th Recruit-ing Squadron s n d top nonprior-service rec ru i t e r . In addit ion, he placed wi thin the 376th Recruit ing G r o u p Top 10 N e t R e s e r v a t i o n s , a n d won t h e Senior Recruiter Award . Selection was based on the individual 's exemplary du ty performance, job knowledge, l eadersh ip qua l i t i e s , s ignif icant self-improvement and o the r accompl i shments He is t h e s o n of T h e l m a B u i m e r of W e s t l a n d . a n d Lawrence J . Buimer of Can ton He is a 1986 grad-u a t e of Garden City High School.

COMMENDATION MEDAL

Army Sgt J a s o n T . D a z i o has been decorated with the Army Commendation Medal. The medal is awarded to those individuals who demons t ra te ou ts tand ing achievement or meri torious service in the pe r fo rmance of the i r du t ies on behalf of the Army. Dazio is a squad leader a s s igned to the 503rd Infant ry Regiment a t Camp Casey, Tongdu-chon-Up, South Korea He is the son of Susan D. Dazio of C a n t o n a n d Nicholas A. Dazio of St . Tempe, Anz. The sergeant is a 1994 gradua te of John Glenn High School

ENLISTMENT T e r e n c e R . Ze lek . son of Joyce and Alan Zelek

of Canton, enlisted in the Air Force Upon success-

fully complet ing the Air Force's six-week basic mil i tary t r a in ing a t Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, he is scheduled to receive technical t ra in ing as an aircrew life suppor t apprentice Ib-is a 1 9 9 5 g r a d u a t e of P l y m o u t h S a l e m High School

DUTY A r m y Pvt S c o t t A. M o w e r y h a s a r r ived for

duty a t Fort Riley, Junction City. Kansas Mowery is a mil i tary police specialist assigned to the 300th Military Police Company. The pr iva te is the son of Deborah J . and David B. Mowery of Plymouth H«-is a 1998 g radua te of Churchill High School, Livo-nia.

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Stand ing a t a cart filled with s h a m p o o s a n d s o a p s , T h e r e s a Butcher carefully chooses before she stocks each room on the sec-ond floor. The worst part about the job, Butcher said, is get t ing up in t h e morning. The best pa r t is t h a t i t gives he r a chance to get away from home for awhile.

C l ien t s like Butcher will s t ay a t th is paid t raining program on a daily basis until the i r coaches believe they are ready for a job, of ten a t grocery stores, fas t food r e s t a u r a n t s a n d a t ca r dea l e r -s h i p s w h e r e t h e y w a s h c a r s . They ' re paid the going ra te .

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Livonia and McDonald 's s t o r e s for placing the most graduates .

"Basically, we're giving them a life," Lyons said. "We try to t a p into the potential of the person. We try to see where their inter-es ts lie."

A n o t h e r B u s i n e s s V e n t u r e s g r a d u a t e , a P lymou th r e s iden t with Down syndrome, was in her 208 a n d lived wi th he r p a r e n t s w h e n she became involved.

"When she came to us, she was v e r y , v e r y s h y a n d b a s h f u l , " Lyons sa id . "She h a d m i n i m a l experience away from mom a n d dad."

Af ter 18 months t ra in ing, the woman landed a job a t McDon-ald 's and has been there for six

years. "She ' s be ing i n t e g r a t e d in to

t h e c o m m u n i t y , " L y o n s s a i d . "Before her life was a t home and now s h e is w i t h o t h e r p e o p l e . This was the next s tep to get out into the world and s t a r t to expe-rience life, like the rest of us.

" T w e n t y y e a r s a g o m a n y of these people would have been in i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d t a k e n c a r e of and tha t was their lives."

Big transformation Karen Ajlouny h a s undergone

an equal ly big t r a n s f o r m a t i o n . Talking with her in~the hal l s a t t h e C o m f o r t I n n , i t ' s h a r d to imagine that th is outgoing, con-g e n i a l w o m a n w a s e x t r e m e l y

Methodist Home Society is looking for volunteers

M e t h o d i s t C h i l d r e n ' s H o m e w i t h c l e r i c a l w o r k , m a n t h e

fear fu l a n d had low self-esteem w h e n s h e began w i t h Bus ines s Ventures .

Tak ing a b r eak f rom wash ing a shower s ta l l , Aj louny gr inned widely as Lyons said, "Now she does very well. She 's come a long way, especially with confidence."

T h e t r e n d f o r t h e l a s t t w o decades h a s been to br ing men-tally disabled people, like Chon-tos, Butcher and Ajlouny, out of t h e h o s p i t a l s e t t i n g a n d i n t o communit ies by placing them in g roup homes a n d f ind ing t h e m jobs. Suddenly, their t remendous potential wag unveiled.

" L i t t l e by l i t t l e , you e x p o s e them to more and more," Lyons said.

However, not everyone placed by Business Ventures is success-ful. Some a re fired a n d "maybe there'll be another job for them," LyonB said. And somet imes the l i k e l i h o o d of k e e p i n g a job is s l im , "because t h e c l i e n t l a c k s skills or motivation. Other times.

t h e r e a r e c h r o n i c b e h a v i o r a l problems t h a t a r e unacceptable in a work se t t i ng , l ike inappro-p r i a t e s t a r i n g o r t e m p e r t an t rums .

While s t r ides have been made in unders tand ing wha t mentally handicapped people a re capable of, r e c e n t p u b l i c f u n d i n g c u t s have put a c r imp in the program, Lyons said. Another big problem for the agency h a s been finding t ranspor ta t ion for the i r clients to a n d f r o m w o r k . B u s e s o f t ^ n aren ' t practical, taxis can be "too e x p e n s i v e , a n d p u b l i c s e r v j c e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , l ike dial-a-r ioe, won ' t go o u t s i d e t h e i r specif ic communit ies .

"A couple of peop le r ecen t l y lost their jobs because of t rans-portation problems," Lyons said. T h e y simply can ' t get to work."

Every client is different - some develop quickly and others take a long t i m e to t r a i n . But , the point, Lyons said, is to give them a chance.

STAFF PHOTO BY BRYAN MITCHELL

Finishing touches: Julie Jure of Garden City finishes putting cases on pillows as part of her job at the Com-fort Inn in Livonia.

Society in Redford is looking for people to help serve famil ies in f o s t e r c a r e a n d a d o p t i o n s e r -vices.

V o l u n t e e r s a r e n e e d e d 8 : 3 0 a .m. to 5 p.m. Monday t h r o u g h Fr iday to t ranspor t children and fami l ies to appoin tments , a ss i s t

switchboard, and help wi th holi-day preparations.

People interested in volunteer-ing can call Elizabeth McCann at (313) 531-9465. Methodis t Chil-dren's Home Society is a t 26645 W, Six Mile, west of Beech Daly, Redford.

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Your Invitation to Worship

Mail Copy. To: OBSERVER & ECCENTRIC NEWSPAPERS - <36251 S c h o o l c r a f t , L ivon i a 4 8 1 5 0

FOR CHURCH PAGE CHANGES. PLEASE CALL MICHELLE ULFIG (734) 953-2160,THE FRIDAY BEFORE PUBLICATION FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADVERTISING IN THIS DIRECTORY PLEASE CALL RICH VICULIN (734) 953-2069

BAPTIST

ii "tMTw J BETHEL BAPTIST TEMPLE

29475 W. Six Mile, Livonia 525-3664 or 261-9276

Sunday School 10:00 A.M. Morning Worship 11:00A.M. Evening Worship 6:00 P.M. Wed. Family Hour 7:15 P.M.

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

VOUTH AWANA CLUBS

Dr. Richard Freeman Interum Pastor

F e b r u a r y 2 1 s t 11:00 a.m Dr. Richard Freeman 6:00 p.m Dr. Richard Freeman

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

VOUTH AWANA CLUBS

Dr. Richard Freeman Interum Pastor •A Church That's Concerned About People'

540J S. W a y n e R d . • W a y n e , M l iBrlnrm MrMfm Ave b V»n Bom H<i >

(734) 728-2180

Virgil Humes. Pastor Sunday Sihool 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 8:00 b 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Praise Service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Children. Youth tr Adull Bible Study 7:00 -8:oo p.m.

N E W H O P E

B A P T I S T

C H U R C H E > vy C H R I S T A D E L P H I A N S

to iaUuca of..

First General Baptist &

42M0 Cherry Hit Wanton. Michigan 'Home al "Omsr jr* Good Srvpftenf UHTwOmCI

Sunday Worship 2KM) p.m. {o\ mo%» tufa***alia* call:

h. M Mac* an . Uata K. Mac* Chare* Plaaaar Caaton School Teach* (2*4) C73-MK (7341M7-47*

ABELPHIANS Sunday Memorial Service 10:0(VA.M.

Sunday School 11:30 A.M.

Bible Class • Wednesdays 7:30 P.M.

36516 Parkdale. Livonia

4 2 5 - 7 6 1 0

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

B r i g h t m o o r T a b e r n a c l e

A s s e m b l i e s of God • Calvin C . Ratz, p a s t o r 265S5 Franklin Rd . Southfiekl. Ml ll-t>% & Teienriph • West <rf Holiday loni • J52-6200

9:15 Family Sunday Schnul Hour ' Wednesday ":00 pm "Family Night"

1 0 : 0 0 a m P a s t o r D o u g R h i n d

6 : 3 0 p m P i a n i s t H u n t l y B r o w n

24-Hanr Prayer Urn* 24S-iV-620f

KNOCK! KNOCK! We haven't been

knocking on your door That's because

we know that you dor.'l want people

coming to your house unannounced We

understand But just because we haven't

come knocking does-n't mean we haven't been thinking about

you We d

love to see you in church this Sunday

B e e o u s e LUe Core .

Trl-Clty C h r i s t i a n c e n t e r Michigan Ave. A Hannon Rd.

3 2 6 - 0 3 3 0 Sunday 9 am. 11 am 6 pm

E P I S C O P A L

ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 16360 Hubbard Road

Livonia, Michigan 48154

421-8451

Mon-Frt 9:30 A M Hoty EuchamK Wecnesaay 6 00 PM. Dinner & CIasses Saturday 5 00 PM Holy Eucnanst Sunday 7 45 i 10 A M. Holy EuchanM

10 00 A M Christian Education tor ail ages Sunday Morning - Nursery Cars Available

The Re*. Robert Clapp, Rector

EVANGELICAL COVENANT

CHURCHES OF THE NAZARENE

P L Y M O U T H C H U R C H O F T H E N A Z A R E N E taeei • Ma no t • t«i» «•»>*»

Sunday School - 946 A M Sunday WorVap - 11 00 A M Sunday Evarang - 6 00 PM

Famrty Night Wad 7.00 PM MCW MOWOONS ron CMUMKN «H-HM

FAITH COVENANT CHURCH 1 I Mile Roadand Drake, Farmmnron Hub

( 2 4 8 ) 6 6 1 - 9 1 9 1

Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

C/uU Can fnmJad all arm> Sunday School for all ages

at 9:50 and 11:00 a.m. Atriviries tor all ages * Wrdneviays at 6:110 p m

Youth Groups » Adult Small Groups

FULL GOSPEL C H U R C H OF PLYMOUTH » 1 E. SPRING ST.

IBMUNOUa* i tac t l i <*Ua

M a i a a t a u m,IM • M U l M t l M t a m OmmtLamm

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NON-DENOMINATIONAL

LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD

C H R I S T O U R S A V I O R L U T H E R A N C H U R C H Rev. Luther A. Werth. Sr. Pastor

Rev. Robert Bayer, Assist. Pastor — Two locations to serve you —

LIVONIA A CANTON 14175 Farmington Rd. • 46001 Warren Road

(N. of I-96) J H T (West of Canton Center) Sunday Worship 8:30 am & • Sunday Worship 9:30 am

11.00 am • Sunday School 10:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am W (313) 414-7422

(313) 522-6830 vtsn our Web Site at htpS/mvw ccaa edu/- icmcos

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45081 Geddes Road, Canton, HI W I N (734) 3*4-0357

New S«rvlcc Times T—iay 111 >l| Wvfcaa - BrOO md 104)0 M L

- Family Nfcht - 7:00 b j l

Agap* Christian Academy - K through 12

ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCH001 20805 Middlebelt icmtrai» Mdrli suidl*e-

Farmington HilU, Mkh. WORSHIP SERVICES

Saturday Evening 6 p.m Sunday Morning 9:15a.m. Bible Class & Sunday School 10:10

Pastor lohn W. Meyer • 474-0675

HOSANNA-TABOR LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL

9600 leverne • So Redtord • 937-2424 Rev Lawrence Wttto

WORSHIP WITH US Sunday Morning Worship 8:30 4 11:00

Sunday School i MM Bibta Cfaaa 9.30 a.m. Thursday Evnlng Worthip 7ti0 p.m.

Christian School: Klndergarten-8th Grade 937-2233

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD

25630 GRAND RNER al BEECH DALY 532-2286 REDFORD TWP.

Worship Service 9:15 411:00 A.M. Sunday School

9:154 11KJ0 AM. Hursery ProMed

ftp*. Tlmomy Hetoom. Aeeoc. Pas>or

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA

T i m o t h y L u t h e r a n C h u r c h 8820 Wayne Rd

f Between Ann Arbor Trail & Joy Road'i Livonia • 427-2290

Rev. Carla Thompson Powell, Pastor 9:00 a.m. Adult & Children's

Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Famify Worship

- j j w :

N e w Li f e L u t h e r a n C h u r c h

Sunday Education - 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m.

(with children's message/nursery) Sunday Fellowship - 11:00 a.m.

Our Lady of Providence Chapel 16115 Beck Rd. (between 5 & 6 Mile Rds.)

Pasiot Ken Roberts lELCA) 734 / 459-8181

CATHOLIC

ST. ANNE'S ROMAN CATHOUC CHURCH Society of St Pius X

Traditional Latin Mass 23)10 Joy R«>ad • Redford. Michigan

5 Block. E of Telegraph • (31 J) 5*4-2121 PhcHf* Phone <810) 784-9511

,Mm Schedule; First Fri. 7:00 p.m. First Sat. 9--S0 a.m. Sun. M u m 7 JO A 8*30 a.m. Confeaaioei Heard Prior to Each Maaa

OUR LADY OF GOOI) COUNSEL 1164) Penniman Ave.

Plymouth • 453-OJ26 Rev. John J. Sullivan

Mu*c* Moo -Fri 9fl0 A.M., Sat. P.M Sunda« 8.-00. 1000 A M und 12-00 PM

•,<#) P M Lrfc Teen « • »

RISUMKCTIOM CATHOLIC CHURCH 44756 Warren Rd Canter Michigan 48187

451-0444 REV RICHARD A PERFETTO

Tuesday * Friday 1:30 *.m Saturday • 4:io p.m

Sunday -1:30 * 10:30 .m.

Hr Htiromr You To Ctkbrtdt Huh t % OUR LADY OF SORROWS PARISH

23A16 Power Rd at Maaraaaaa lUame uo "»•

Ml 44334 •«»***

WttWNO UTUWY KHDUU 4:30 A 6 00 p.m • 00. • *) 11:13 aJ*. LOO 8 1:30 pm

R i s e n C h r i s t L u t h e r a n 46250 Ann Artx>r Road

(1 MMWMlofShsfclon) Plymouth • 453-5252

Worship Service 8:30 4 11:00 a.m. Family Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Paslor David Martin Hugh McMartin. Lay Minister

St. Michael Lutheran Church * School 3003 HUM RD WIJN. 'convw rfOwood a Haaau>

(7341728-1950 Sunday Morning Worship Services

Traditional Services 8 & 11 am Contemporary Service 9:30 am

Kutxlar School It-hildrra * Adult I »-J0 A 11 *m Wednesday Night Service 7 pm

Rev Dt Rolwrt J Schuhl Rev Mori* WeDwu«iiti

ST. MATTHEW LUTHERAN Church & School 5865 Venoy 1 BIK N o( Ford Rd., Westland 425-0260

Divine Worship 8 4 11:00 A.M. Bible Class & SUNOAY SCHOOL 9:30 A.M

Monday Evening Service 7:00 P.M. Gary D HeadapC*. Admmistrativs Pastor

Kjrt E. Lamtort. Assistant Pastor Mlf Burnes. PrWdpall'O C E

REFORMED

Reformed - Adhering lo the Westminster Confession of Faith Presbyterian Free Church 30025 Curtis Ave.. Livonia 48154 o f MiocHeOe/t berweer, Six and Sever We Sunday Services - Hani and 7 pm Wednesday Bible Study - 7pm Pastor • Kenneth \facleod • tel 313-421- 0780

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

NATIVITY LIMITED CHURCH Of CHRIST 9435 Henry Ruff at West Chicago

Livonia 48150 - 4J1-5406 Rev DonaW Unt«4nw«, Pastor

9:15 Adult Class 10:30 a m. Worship Service

and Vouth Classes Hunary Cars Awai<ao>e

-WELCOME-

C O N G R E G A T I O N A L

M t . H o p e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h

JCJ50 Schoolcrtft Livonia • 7S4 425-7280 (8etween Mlddleoeit & Merrimani 9:50 a.m. Sunday School

10:50 a.m. worship Service Murjery Car trainer

The church You've Always longed For •

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

First Church oi Oihu. Soentist. Plymouth ll«M Aan rborTmLPhraouth, .Ml

Sund« VrvKt |0«i» m Sunday School HHlUn.

V«l Eomrnn TfHtmory Mmrnjr Rcadmjc loom t-il S lUrpn. Plymouth

Mnatay-Fnday Sai nim IfMDaai .' l«l p re • Thundn "-9pm

453-1676

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN

T R I N I T Y P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H

"1999"Trinlty's Year of Prayer T ^ - - , ~ Countdown to "2000" !i .

10101 W. Ann Arbor Rd., Plymouth 5 Mites W ot Sheidon Hd.

From M-14 take Gottfredson Hd South

7 3 4 - 4 5 9 - 9 5 5 0 Dr.Wm C Moore - Pastor

8:00 Prayer & Praise Service 9:30

Lifeline Contemporary Service 11:00 Traditional Service

SUNDAY SCHOOL (NURSERY PROVIDED) CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST SERVED

8:00 - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School tor All Ages

W A R D { . V U t a a n r a i C M t

40000 Six Mile Road '/ust west of 1-275"

Northville, Ml

248-374-7400 Dr. Jam** M. McGuin, Paator

Worship SerWeea, Sunday School 8:30.10:00,11:31 A.M.

Contemporary Service 8:50-M5 A.M.

Evening Service 6:00 P.M. in the Chapel

Mureery ProvUtod Senrictt Braaicari • fc30 • 1fc38 A.M.

WMUZ-FM • 113.5

LUTHERAN CHURCH WISCONSIN SYNOD

PRESBYTERIAN (U.SA)

PLACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL

MtSI SunMf SKnNC SamcM

IJCandllttUm SMisr S0BOIIBM QMS »<5 am. Sow GrtOtt • P»Schooi • I

Chuich 4 School oftiea *Z2*»X

*ST. TIMOTHY CHURCH

16700 Newburgh Road Livonia • 464-8844

Sunday School tor AI Ages: 9:30 a.m. Famity Worship 1100 a.m

"The Covenant" An Jansi Noti»-«cftanson

nepj/mm urxlial com'-snimothy

S t . p a u l s e v a n g e l i c a l LutheRan ChuRCh

17810 Farmngkri Road • LM**a • (7341261 -1360 Mar thru Oetobar • Monday NM Ssrvlca • 7:00 p.m. SisvMy School I MSa Qasaas For Al Agss 9:48 sjn.

Swidsy WtonMp Sarvicsa •:30*Jn.* ll.dOam

FIRST CHURCH Main 4 Church • (734) 443-4464

PLYMOUTH Worship Services 9:00 ».m. 4 1100 a.m.

Church School t Nursery 9"00 a.m. 111:00 i.m Or James Sksrsns Senior Minster

Tama ra J Se«Jei Associate Minister

Accessible lo AH

Lola Park Ev. Lutheran Church

14750 Krtoch • Becfcrd Twp.

532-8655 Pastor Gregory Gibbons

Worship Services 8:30 & 11.00 a m Midweek Lenten Services

10:00 a.m. 4 7:30 p.m. #a« iccipUng itpiicitmt lor 19SIH tcAooi ftir. WLQV 1500 SUNDAY 10:30 A .M.

GENEVA PRES8YTER1AN CHURCH (U.SJL) SA35 ShsKJOd RB , Cantor

<313) 464-0013 Sunday Worsiup 4 Church School

MOun. 111:00 am. Education For AM Agss

OMMeara PmOU • Handicappad Accatntua Basourtes tor Haanng sna Sight Imptiraa

Rosedale Gardens Presbyterian Church (USA) 9601 Hubbard al W Cfmcago. Lrvonia, Ml ' Cf1*ca9°

Mammon A FemwuJKXi ftd® i ( 3 1 3 ) 4 2 2 - 0 4 9 4

Worship Service 4 Sunday School

10:30 a.m.

Cmre PrawflM We Welcome You To A Full Program Church

Ke> Ruhanl Pctm. Pimuc Rc Kuih A«w*mu P»»«i«r

>\»ii i H>r H rT>« 44 w knimrt r»«wl4k

UNITED METHODIST

ST. M A T T H E ¥ T S U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T

30900 &I Maa Rd fBet Mammar 1 Wbddlebrt) Chocs Sonqu«< Psstt*

10:00 A.M. Worship 4 Church School 11:15 A.M. Adult Study Classes

Nursary Prowled • 422-4038

CUiencevllle United Methodist 10100 Mktdlebetl Rd • Livonia

474-M44 •ev Jean Love

Worship Services 10:19 AM, 6:00 PM Nunery Pres ided

S u n d a y S c h o o l 9 A M Office Hr«. e-s

N A R D I N P A R K U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H

29887 West Eleven Mile Road Just Wesi of Middlebelt

248-476-8860 Farmington Hil ls

" S a t u r d a y a t t h e P a r k " C o n t e m p o r a r y W o r s h i p

S a t u r d a y a t 6:30 p . m .

Sunday Worship at 9:U and 11 a.m. •choola Church Sell I at 9:15 and 11 a.m.

Asv. Ka»<tesn Orofl ftav Jan* aarquisi

Building Healthy Families... Worship L Sunday School at 9:00 A.m. 4. 11:00 A.m.

Dynamic Youth 4 Children's Programs

Adull Education ^

• Chfld-Care Provided r«a«on D> Dtan Uaanp »ev Tony* Arne*an

first United Methodist Church O - of PI\mouth l! ISiCII \ l> riH.1. 1 ta .» •• V. <H

^ ( 7 3 4 ) 4 5 3 - 5 2 8 0

N E W B U R G U N I T E D

M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H

36500 Ann Arbor Trail between Wayne 4 Newburgh Rds

422-0149 Worship Services A Sunday School

9:15 A 11:00 a.m.

Senea lor Lent Putting Your Lite On The U M

F e b r u a r y S i f t

"ft'M More than A Joy RkhM

Rev ThornM G Ba**i. f»—dh*Q

I M W S u n d a y -

C o n t e m p o r a r y W o r s h i p P r a i a * B a n d - D r a m a

5 : 0 0 p . m .

c. Un i ted M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h 10000 Beech Daly. Redford

Between Ptymouth and W. CfUcepo Bob 4 Diana Ooudle. Co-Pastors

313-837-3170

3 Styles of Creative Worship

•:00 a.m. • Cozy. TtedMon 9 30 ei*». • ConKmporary

11 00 a.m - TrsdHMnal, Fun Choir

9 30-Adults. 11:

'dioM~Sncoun^ra of the JESUS Kind

I Gueaf Speaker Tmety Archembemu Certified Lay Speeker

The Observer & Eccentric! THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 , 1 9 9 9 • ^ r

RELIGIOUS NEWS

Listings for We Religious News should be submitted in writing no later than noon Friday for the next Thursday's issue. They can be mailed to 36251 Schoolcraft. Livonia 48150. or by fax at (734) 591-7279. For more infor-mation. call (734) 953-2131. STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN

The congregation of Merr iman Road Bap t i s t Church is being charged to pray to grow by The Rev. Wayne Parker , pastor. Establ ished in 1953. the church has kicked off its S tewardship Campaign aimed at the expan-sion of i ts facilities at 2055 Mer-riman Road. Garden City. The campaign, which s tar ted a t wor-ghip services on Feb. 7, includes an eight-week emphasis on prayer, vision, faith, hope, mira-cles. giving and commitment. NSH FRY

St. Edi th Parish will have Lenten fish fries 4:30-7 p.m. Fri-days. Feb. 19. March 5. 12. 19 and 26 and April 2, at the church, 15089 Newburgh, Livo-nia. The menu will include baked and fried fish, shrimp, pierogi, f rench fries, macaroni and cheese, salad bar. desserts, coffee, tea and pup For more information, call the church at (734) 464-1222 TLC ST0RYT1ME

For children and their parents, there will be a TLC Storytime on Sa turday , Feb. 20. at Timothy Lu theran Church, 8820 Wayne Road, south of Joy. Livonia. There will be craf ts . Chris t ian stories, snacks and prizes. The books chosen are for children age 3-10. For more information, call the church a t <734> 427-2290. BETHANY SUBURBAN WEST

Bethany Suburban West, a Catholic organization which pio-vides spir i tual , social and sup-port ass is tance for divorced and separa ted Chris t ians, will have a dance 8:30 p.m. Sa turday , Feb. 20. a t St. Kenneth Catholic Church . Haggerty Road south of Plymouth Rxiad. Plymouth Township. The charge will be $8 and will include re f reshments .

It also will offer a divorce recovery" class 7-9 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 21-April 181except Easter), at St . Kenneth 's . The facilitator will be Marie Petricca from Catholic Social Services The charge is $40 for the eight ses-

sions. Preregis t ra t ion and pay-men t a re required Fro more informat ion, call Rose a t (734) 464-3325 or Nita a t (734) 261-9123.

LENTEN RETREAT

M a d o n n a University will hold a Len ten re t reat 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. S a t u r d a y . Feb. 20, a t the c a m p u s Residence Hall and Chapel . Levan nor th of Schoolcraft Road. Livonia. The Rev. F rank Grispino will be the facili tator.

The re t rea t will focus on the t h e m e of "The Millennium Theme: To the Father , Through t h e Son, in the Holy Spirit." Activities will include prayer , conferences, small group shar-ing/quiet reflection, reconcilia-tion a n d a liturgy.

The re t rea t costs $12 and . includes lunch and refresh-ment s . For reservations or more information, call Deacon Gene Des jar la i s in the campus min-istry office a t (734) 432-5419.

Grispino is a member of the universi ty 's religious s tudies a n d c a m p u s ministr ies depa r tmen t s ' faculty. He holds a master of a r t s degree from the Univers i ty of Detroi t and received his mas-te r of divinity degree from Mar is t Seminary.

He h a s t aught a t the Maris t Seminary , served as an advocate for those seeking annu lmen t s , worked as the adminis t ra tor a t a r e t r e a t house in Massachuse t t s , and was a presenter a t m a r r i a g e encounter weekends. He also served a s a chaplain a t the New-m a n Cen te r a t Dar tmouth Col-lege in New Hampshire .

CHURCH MISSION The Catholic Parish of the

Divine Savior. 39375 Joy . West- . land, will have a mission Sa tu r -day-Wednesday. Feb. 20-24. T h e Rev. Daniel Havron. coordinator of Evangelization for the Arch-diocese of Detroit, will conduct the mission.

Havron will speak a t the weekend liturgies and a t a Ves-pers service at 7:30 p.m. S u n d a y , Feb. 21. The theme will be "God Fi rs t Loved Us." At 7:30 p.m. Monday. Feb. 22. the topic will be "Our Response to God's Love." while the topic will be "Repen-tance and Changing Our Lives" 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Feb. '23. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24. t he re will be a Eucharist ic l i tur-gy and a message of "Go a n d

Missionary to speak at Christ Our Savior

Chr i s t O u r Savior Lu the r -an Church will have Dr. Roy K a i s e r s p e a k o n " G o d ' s Transforming Power" a t wor-sh ip s e r v i c e s S u n d a y , F e b . 21, a t i ts Livonia a n d Canton campuses.

Kaiser will speak 8:30 a n d 11 a.m. a t Chr i s t Our Savior-Livonia , 14175 F a r m i n g t o n Road, and 9:30 a.m. a t Chr is t O u r S a v i o r - C a n t o n , 4 6 0 0 1 Warren Road.

Kaiser and his wife. Eileen, se rved a s E n g l i s h t e a c h i n g missionaries a t the Concordia Gospel M i n i s t r y C e n t e r in Thai land . He is a nat ional ly recognized school p r i n c i p a l who h a s b e e n i n v o l v e d in education in the Detroit a rea since 1955.

The Kaisers will set u p dis-play in t h e church lobbies to famil iar ize the congregations with their work in Thai land.

A nurse ry will be available for young children dur ing the service a t the Canton church. S u n d a y S c h o o l a n d a d u l t Bible c l a s s wil l be a t 10:45

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a.m. A staffed nurse ry will be a v a i l a b l e for b o t h s e r v i c e s a n d t h e 9:45 a .m. educa t ion hour a t the Livonia church.

For more in fo rmat ion , call t h e church office a t (734) 522-6830 or the Chris t Our Savior Lu theran Church Web site a t www.ccaa.edu/-lcrncos.

Make Disciples." Baby-sitting will be available and coffee and tea will be served after the services. For more information, call the church, a t (734 ) 455-3620.

LENTEN PROGRAM

Newburgh United Methodist Church will have a Lenten din-ner and program Sunday . Feb. 21, at the church. 36500 Ann Arbor Trail . Livonia. The potluck turkey dinner ( there is a small cost for meat , coffee and milk I will be 6 p.m.. followed by a per-formance by the Universi ty of Michigan Choral Ensemble a t 7:15 p.m. For more information, call the church a t (734) 422-0149.

LENTEN SERVICES Lola Park Lu theran Church

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14750 Kinloch, Redford. The Rev. Gregory Gibbons will preach on the general theme of "Only Jesus." Each service will be followed by a fellowship time, fea tur ing light re f reshments . For more information, call t h e church at (313) 532-8655. REDFORD CLERGY

The Redford Clergy Associa-tion will have its quar te r ly meet-ing Thursday, Feb. 25. in the R.C.D. Center of the Presbyteri-a n Village Redford, 17383 Garfield, off Six Mile, Redford. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., followed by the meeting. Reservations can be made by calling Alexandra at < 313 > 541-6487.

SPAGHETTI DINNER

Good Hope Lu theran Church will have a spaghet t i dinner and silent auction 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, a t t h e church, 28680 Cherry Hill Road, Garden City. Cost is $5 for adu l t s and $3 for children 3-10 yea r s of age. Pro-ceeds will fund repair of the church carillon. Lutheran Broth-erhood of Wes te rn Wayne Coun-ty Branch 8197 will match up to $450. For more information, call the church a t (734) 427-3660 Y2K AMO JOSEPH PROJECT

A daylong conference that dis-cusses the facts and implications of the Year 2000 problem and offer solutions for the Christ ian community will be held Satur-day, Feb. 27, a t the First Baptis t Church of Northville, 217 N. Wing St., Northville.

The conference will begin with registration a t 8 a.m. It will include workshops and discus-sions - "Biblical and Moral Per-spectives of Preparedness" with Wade W a t e r m a n and "The Joseph Project: Beyond Personal Preparedness" with Michael Balon.

The Joseph Project is aimed at helping prepare the community for potential difficulties the Y2K problem poses. Seating is limited and preregistrat ion is recom-mended. The cost is $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Pizza and dr inks will be avail-able for a charge. For more infor-mation, call 1248 * 348-1020. PRAISE AND WORSHIP

Dan Bergen and his son and daughter . Nicholas and Alicia, will minister in a program of praise and worship, featuring vocal, piano, saxophone, violin and d rama. 6 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 28. at Calvary Bapt is t Church. 43065 Joy. Can ton .

Bergen has been in concert and church ministry for more than 20 years . He blends con-temporary worsh ip song with great h y m n s of fai th to draw part icipants closer to the Lord. A free will offering will be accept-ed. For more information, call the church a t < 734) 455-0022. NEW BEGINNING

Warren Gilbert will discuss "Managing Memories" when New Beginnings, a grief support

group, meets 7 p.m. Thursday, March 4, a t S t Mat thew s Unit-ed Methodis t Church , 30900 W. Six Mile, eas t of Merr iman, Livo-nia. T h e program is for people suf fer ing as the resul t of the dea th of a loved one. There are no fees. Anyone may a t t end any or all sessions. For more infor-mat ion, call t h e church office a t (7341 422-6038, Mari lyn Wilkin-son a t .248) 380-7903, or Rose mary Kline a t (734) 462-3770 .^

Church Women Uni ted Subur-ban Detroit-West will have their World Day of Prayer 12:45 p.m. Friday, March 5, a t the Rosedale Ga rdens Presbyter ian Church, 9601 Hubbard , a t Weet Chicago. Livonia. Par t ic ipants are asked to br ing donat ions of hygiene products. Reservations for child care can be made by calling -Norma Roberta a t (734) 591-2127. :

MOM TO MOM SALE Table space is avai lable for the

Mom to Mom sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sa tu rday , March 6. at New-burg United Methodist Church,; 36500 Ann Arbor Trail , Livonia. Donations of toys and clothes are welcome. Proceeds will be donat-ed to the Mom-Tot group. For more information, call Vicki at (734) 513-0167 or Kayla a t (734) 595-6712.

M Sacred Hear t Church will have a Mom to Mom sale 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sa tu rday . March 20. at the church, 29125 W. Six Mile, eas t of Middlebelt. Livonia. Sec-ond-hand children's clothes (newborn and up), baby furni-tu re and matern i ty i tems will be sold. Admission will be $1. For j

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SPORTS SCENE

Canton tops Trojans A shor t -handed Plymouth Canton

gymnastics squad still had too much for Traverse City Cen t r a l in a dual meet Saturday in Trarverse City. The Chiefs.prevailed, 126.35-122.90 in the non-league confrontation.

Again, Liz Fi tzgerald led Canton, finishing first in th ree of the individu-al events and second in the fourth to score a mee t -bes t 33 .60 in the all-a r o u n d . F i t z g e r a l d won t h e v a u l t (8.45), the uneven parallel bars (8.15) and the balance beam (8.7); she was second in the floor exercise (8.3).

Maggie Bett also had a strong meet, tying for second in the vau l t (8.15) and t ak ing th i rd in both t h e beam (8.3) and floor (8.1). She was fifth in bars (7.65), and her 32.20 all-around total was third best. .

Other top-six placers in the meet for Canton were Kristen Schilk, who tied for fourth in the vault (8.05), was fifth in floor (7.9) and sixth in bars (7 .5) and scored 3 0 . 4 5 in t h e al l-a round ; Jes s i ca K r u e g e r , who was fifth in beam (7.55); and Jill Rakovi-tis, who was sixth in floor (7,8).

Canton competes a t Brighton at 7 p .m. t o n i g h t in a W e s t e r n L a k e s

Madonna sweeps Madonna U n i v e r s i t y came away

with top grades las t week, capturing Wolverine-Hoosier Athlet ic Confer-ence Player of t h e Week honors in both men's and women's basketball.

Kathy Panganis , a sophomore for-w a r d f r o m Al l en P a r k , h a s led a recent Lady Crusader resurgence that h a s seen t h e m win t h r e e - s t r a i g h t WHAC g a m e s . S h e a v e r a g e d 20 points and eight rebounds last week in wins over T r i -S t a t e and Indiana Tech; she currently leads the confer-ence in scoring (WHAC games only) with a 19.6 average. For the season, she is averaging lis.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game while connecting on 51 .5 p e r c e n t of h e r f loor sho t s (including 49.4 percent of her three-pointers).

Mike Maryanski , a senior forward from Pleasant Ridge, scored 27 points in M a d o n n a ' s 92 -88 t r i u m p h over Ind iana Tech S a t u r d a y . Maryansk i a v e r a g e d 18.3 p o i n t s a n d e i g h t rebounds for the Crusaders last week, during which they won twice. For the season, he is ave rag ing 14.8 points and seven rebounds a game.

Bowlathon The Independent Order of Foresters

are sponsoring the Bowling for Mira-cles family bowla thon noon to 4:30 Sunday at Taylor Lanes. The benefits from this fund-raiser go to the Chil-dren's Miracle Network, a non-profit organization whose mission is to raise funds and awareness for hospitalized children.

Cour Benevolence #1136, the IOF c h a p t e r sponsor ing t h e event , will

• have t h e en t i r e bowling center set aside for Sunday's benefit, which will a lso include a r a f f l e f e a t u r i n g 150 i t ems and a s i l en t auct ion offer ing another 40. Last year, the IOF bowl-a- thon raised $9,000 for CMN; the goal this year is $15,000.

More than 12 million children are t r ea t ed annua l ly a t over 170 CMN hospitals across North America. The local CMN hosp i t a l is the Will iam Beaumont Children's Center.

For fu r the r in format ion , call IOF publ ic r e l a t i o n s o f f i c e r R a y m o n d Klieber at (7341 425-0106

Junior 3-on-3 The Milford Police Athletic League

will sponsor i ts lOth-annual 3-on-3 Junior Shootout for boys aad girls in grades 4-12 March 19-21. Entry fee is $60 per team (of four players).

In addition, there will be a three-point shootout in each division to win a pai r of $100 Converse basketbal l shoes.

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Adult softball The city of P l y m o u t h Recreat ion

Divis ion is r u n n i n g a d u l t s o f t b a l l ' leagues t h i l sp r ing and summer in men's slow pitch, women's slow pitch, co-ed slow pitch and men's modified R e g i s t r a t i o n for r e t u r n i n g t e a m s begins March 1; new teams can regis-te r s t a r t i ng M a r c h 15. Play begins April 26.

For more information, call the Ply-mouth Recreat ion Division a t (734) 455-6620

It's Salem's time Rocks take advantage of Canton's bad stretches

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J u s t 32 seconds into the final quar ter of Tuesday 's Plymouth Salem-vs.-Ply-mouth Can ton showdown a t Can ton , Nick Cabauatan scored his first basket of the game — an important one, or so it seemed. It brought his Canton team to within three points of Salem.

The sophomore guard got a second basket 4 1/2 minutes later, but this one didn' t have nearly the impact. That ' s because t h e Chiefs failed to score a point be tween C a b a u a t a n ' s two bas-kets , a span dur ing which the Rocks put nine points on the board.

And tha t was the eventual difference in the game: Salem 58, Canton 49.

Salem improved to 14-2 overall, 8-2 in the Western Lakes Activities Associ-ation. Canton lost its second s t raight , fa l l ing to ,9-7 overall and 7-3 in t h e WLAA.

"We p r e p a r e d rea l ly well ," S a l e m coach Bob Brodie said afterward. "But in this game, once the ball goes up you can throw tha t out the window."

er's ahili-ty to h a n d l e emot iona l p r e s s u r e a s m u c h a s a n y t h i n g . C a n t o n , a t e a m with j u s t two senior s tar ters and four on i t s 11 -man r o s t e r ( c o m p a r e d to Salem, with seven seniors — including all five s tar ters) , had a difficult t ime doing what it wanted to do.

Finding a way: Both Aaron Ryp-kowski (with ball) and Joe Cortellini found ways to put points on the board, scoring 15 and 14 respectively — but it didn't come easily.

"We weren't consistent tonight in our flow offensively," explained Canton coach Dan Young. 1 did-n't th ink we were pa t i en t offen-sively. We shot the ball a little too quick."

Tha t hu r t , "along wi th us not making our free throws," Young s a i d . I n d e e d , poor f r e e t h r o w shooting was the Chiefs biggest problem: They converted jus t 10-of-22 from the line (45 percent) . Salem was 21-of-28 (75 percent).

"That pretty much says it," said Young of the er rant str ipe work. "That and we d idn ' t t a k e g rea t shots."

Certainly, the Rocks had some-thing to say about that . Since suf-fering those back-to-back losses to Northvi l le and Nor th F a r m i n g -ton. they have gone full bore with t h e i r p r e s s u r e d e f e n s e . W h i l e t h a t d i d n ' t r e s u l t in m e g a -t u r n o v e r s by C a n t o n (18, com-pared to Salem's 16), it did make a difference in the tempo of the game.

Three t imes during tha t score-less stretch in the final quar te r , the Chiefs forced up off-balance t h r e e - p o i n t e r s f rom long r ange that missed badly.

If there was a time tha t Salem's defense did dominate, it was dur-ing the first five minu tes of the second q u a r t e r . T h e Rocks ou t sco red C a n t o n 13-2 d u r i n g tha t span , forcing six tu rnover s while taking a 28-15 lead.

So did tha t make Brodie feel a b i t m o r e a t e a s e ? "No," he answered. T h e r e was no point in the game tha t I thought we were in control. This was just a mat ter of two heavyweights s lugging it out."

The C a n t o n " h e a v y w e i g h t s " that concerned Brodie most were senior sha rpshoo t ing g u a r d Joe Cor te l l in i , j u n i o r c e n t e r J a s o n W a i d m a n n a n d j u n i o r g u a r d Mike Major. "Cortellini's always a t h r e a t , " t h e Sa l em coach sa id . "Waidmann ' s tough ins ide , and Major's so quick he can take you to the basket and h u r t you like tha t . They're all tough players."

Those three ignited the Chiefs in the last three minutes of the second quar-ter, scoring all 11 points in an 11-2 run tha t t r immed Salem's half t ime lead to 30-26. C o r t e l l i n i n a i l e d two t h r e e -pointers, one of them from nearly 25 feet.

The heavyweights spa r red through the third quarter , Salem extending its lead no fur ther than six in thp period b u t C a n t o n g e t t i n g no c loser t h a n three. The Rocks led 41-36 entering the fourth.

Whilie Cortellini put 11 points on the b o a r d in t h e f i r s t h a l f ( w i t h t h r e e three-pointers) , he managed jus t one

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Tough inside: Canton's Jason Waidmann (15) and Nate Rau made it tough inside for Salem's Tohy Jancevski. Still, the Rocks' center man-aged to score 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.

basket in the second half — a triple in the first minute of the third qua r t e r He f i n i s h e d w i t h 14 po in t s ; M a j o r added 10 and Waidmann had eight.

Aaron Rypkowski, who scored five of Salem's 13 points in its second-quarter surge , n e t t e d a game-high 15. Tony J a n c e v s k i , a fo rce o f f e n s i v e l y a n d de fens ive ly , collected 10 poin ts , 14 rebounds and four blocked shots, while Adam Wilson and Rob Jones contribut-ed nine points apiece.

PC A 60. Roeper 43: Plymouth Chris-tian Academy moved a s tep closer to perfect ion in t h e Michigan Indepen-dent Athle t ic Conference with Tues-day's lopsided win over visiting Bloom-field Hills Roeper.

PCA is 16-1 overall. 9-0 in the MIAC; Roeper fell to 9-7 overall . 4-5 in t h e MIAC.

The Eagles led 30-17 at the half and, af ter the Roughriders closed to within nine (44-35) af ter three quarters, they went on a 16-8 run in the fourth quar-ter.

D e r r i c I s e n s e e ' s 16 p o i n t s p a c e d PCA. Mike Huntsman added 14 points and nine rebounds , and Dave Ca r ty had nine points and three steals.

Roeper got 13 points apiece from Neil Ashmon and Laddie Andahzy.

"We're playing real well," said Eagle coach Doug Taylor. "Overall, it was a good game. We pressed t h e m in t h e second quarter and that got us going."

Changes help Rocks to a 2nd place The tournament field was challenging. And Ply-

mouth Salem met it. The Rocks came up with some impressive victo-

ries a t last Saturday's Temperance Bedford Invita-t i ona l , inc luding two wins ovef Wes t e rn Lakes Activities Association volleyball rival Walled Lake Central , in reaching the tournament finals.

"We made some changes t h a t helped out," said Salem coach Tom Teeters, his team now 37-8 over-all.

The biggest wasn't something Teeters wanted to do, but had to do. Amanda Prue t t was ill and could-n ' t play, so Teeters inserted Michelle Ginther into

Pruet t ' s spot at outside hitter. While not the offensive force Prue t t is, Ginther is

an adept defender — and tha t made a difference "Michelle Ginther was back in the l ineup and tha t helped out tremendously defensively," said Teeters.

Indeed, improved defense was a key factor for the Rocks , w h o d e f e a t e d A ^ r ' a n 8 -15 , 15-9, 15-8; Macomb Dakota 9-15, 15-$, 15-10; and Ann Arbor Pioneer 15-4, 15-8 in pool play.

That put them in the top power pool with Central

a n c j Bedford, who were also unbeaten in pool play.

VOLLEYBALL Salem defea ted Centra l 15-11, 15-12 in t h e f i rs t power play match, then lost to Bedford 15-13, 15-9 in the second.

In the elimination round, the Rocks faced Centra l again in the semifinals — and once again they won, 15-8, 15-11. "I t h ink we gained some confidence from the first match," explained Teeters

Against t h e s ta te- ranked Kicking Mules in the final, Salem played better but still lost, 9-15, 15-10, 15-8.

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Northville. boasting four individual winners , repeated Sa turday as West-e r n L a k e s A c t i v i t i e s A s s o c i a t i o n w r e s t l i n g champion a t Walled Lake Centra l .

The Mus tangs scored 254.5 poin ts w i t h P l y m o u t h S a l e m a n d L ivon ia S t e v e n s o n t a k i n g second and t h i r d , respectively, with 181.5 and 164.5. See complete results.

The Rocks had two individual weight c lass champions : J o h n Mervyn bea t Northville's Matt Tarrow handily. 21-4.

WRESTLING

in t h e 1 1 2 - p o u n d f i n a l , and Ron Thompson edged the Mustangs" Kevin Arbuckle 5-3 at 119.

Two other Salem wrest lers reached their division finals, but lost. Charlie Hambl in was bea t en by Northvi l le ' s Ted Boweraox irt the heavyweight title

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Milestone reached: Kevin Stone (top) accomplished something few Canton wrestlers have done over the years, winning his 75th career match during the WLAA Tournament.

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Lost weekend: Whalers lose a pair I n a s e a s o n t h a t

s p a n s 67 g a m e s (no t i n c l u d i n g p l a y o f f s ) , t h e r e ' s b o u n d t o b e p a r t s p l a y e r s w o u l d l i k e to f o r g e t . T h e

object is to keep those forget tables to as few as possible.

T h e Plymouth Whalers haven ' t had too many down pa r t s to the i r cu r r en t s e a s o n , wh ich wi l l f e a t u r e i t s 5 6 t h game tonight. Last weekend, however, would qualify as one.

A f t e r w inn ing f ive -s t ra igh t g a m e s , t h e Whalers let down the i r gua rd and were victimized on consecutive n ights by t h e London Kn igh t s a n d O s h a w a Generals . The Knights really brough> t h e high-flying Whalers back to e a r t h Fr iday with a four-goal second period t h a t led to a 6-2 t r iumph in London, Ont .

More d i s appo in tmen t would follow for Plymouth Sa turday — this t ime on

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John Kozoriz scored th ree goals for the visit ing Genera l s , one of them shor t -handed, in a 4-3 win over the Whalers.

The two losses lef t Plymouth with a 41-11-3 record a n d 8 5 points , which ties it for second in t h e Ontar io Hock-ey League ' s overa l l po in t s race w i t h the Barr ie Colts, four behind league-leader Ot tawa. London is currently 26-26-3 a n d r id ing a s ix -game w i n n i n g s t reak , while O s h a w a is 29-22-4 a n d has four-straight wins .

One s ta t i s t ic t h a t separa ted Sa tu r -day's game agains t Oshawa with near-ly every other Whale r s ' game this sea-son was shots on goal. For one of the very few t imes t h i s season, Plymouth was outshot by t h e Generals , 28-23.

Kozoriz scored goals in each period, ge t t i ng h is s h o r t h a n d e d goal (unas -sisted* at the 13:18 m a r k of the second period and the game-winner a t 9:08 of t h e t h i r d . A n d r e w P e t e r s h a d t w o ass i s t s for O s h a w a ; Br ian P a s s m o r e also had a goal.

The loss o v e r s h a d o w e d a two-goal p e r f o r m a n c e by P l y m o u t h ' s E r i c

Gooldy, one in each of t h e f i r s t two p e r i o d s . S h a u n F i s h e r s c o r e d t h e W h a l e r s ' t h i r d goa l a t 17:51 of t h e t h i r d , n a r r o w i n g t h e d e f i c i t to 4-3 . David Legwand had two assists.

Robb Zepp had 24 saves in goal for Plymouth; Derek Dolson made 20 for Oshawa .

On F r i d a y a t London, it wasn ' t a s d rama t i c . The f irst of Randy Fitzger-ald's two goals in the game, a t 15:51 of the f i rs t period, tied the game a t least t empora r i ly a t 1-1, bu t t h r e e power-play m a r k e r s in a 2:16 span of the sec-ond per iod gave t h e K n i g h t s all t h e cushion they would need.

Richard Pit irr i scored twice for Lon-d o n ; h e a l s o toad o n e a s s i s t . T o m Kostopoulos and Jay Legault added a goal a n d an assis t apiece, with addi-t i o n a l s c o r e s c o m i n g f r o m J o e l Scherban and Krys Barch.

Fi tzgerald 's second goal, a t 16:42 of the f inal period, was h is 10th of t h e season.

Compuware drops 2 The Compuware Ambassadors regis-

te red a 6-1 victory over t h e Cleveland B a r o n s Fr iday a t C o m p u w a r e Arena in P l y m o u t h , b u t on S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y in S a u l t S t e M a r i e t h e Soo K e w a d i n C a s i n o I n d i a n s c o l l e c t e d b a c k - t o - b a c k v i c t o r i e s , b e a t i n g t h e A m b a s s a d o r s 3 - 2 i n a n o v e r t i m e shootout Saturday and 2-0 Sunday .

T h e 1-2 weekend l e f t C o m p u w a r e wi th a 28-10-5 record; the Ind ians are 28-13 and Cleveland is 18-23-3 in the Nor th American Hockey League.

In the win over the Barons Friday, J . J . S w i s t a k scored tw ice a n d Nick Schrader and John Shouneyia added a g o a l a n d an a s s i s t f o r t h e A m b a s -sadors. Craig Kowalski was in goal for t h e win.

On Saturday, Compuware rallied to force over t ime wi th two th i rd-per iod goals scored with t h e i r goal ie pulled for an extra at tacker. Mark Mink and S h o u n e y i a n e t t e d t h e g o a l s fo r t h e Ambassadors.

Shamrocks recovering, rout Rice A f t e r a h o r r i f i c i n j u r y to a

T r e n t o n hockey p l aye r in l a s t Wednesday ' s game against Red-ford Ca tho l i c C e n t r a l , t h e las t p lace s o m e of t h e CC p l a y e r s wanted to be 24 hours later w a s on the ice.

They m a y have needed a day or two a w a y a f t e r seeing Tren-ton 's K u r t L a T a r t e near ly lose his l ife a f t e r being accidental ly s lashed by a s k a t e blade in the neck in a 4-4 t i e a t T r e n t o n ' s Kennedy Arena

T u r n s o u t T h u r s d a y was t h e S h a m r o c k s ' day to work out a t P o w e r h o u s e Gym in L i v o n i a , u n d e r t h e d i rect ion of persona l t r a iner Ed Karana .

An hour workout with Karana never fel t so good.

S t a r t i ng last summer , most of the Shamrocks have met once a week wi th K a r a n a . who gu ides t hem th rough a rigorous hour of c a l i s t h e n i c s , r u n n i n g d r i l l s , s q u a t s a n d u p p e r - b o d y d r i l l s such as push-ups.

"This guy ' s t h e best, t r e m e n -dous for a cardiovascular work-ou t , " sa id CC coach Gordie St . J o h n , w h o s e t e a m p a y s fo r

• PREP HOCKEY

K a r a n a ' s services th rough fund-ra i se rs within the school's hock-ey budget.

K a r a n a ' s spo r t is soccer . He n e v e r p l a y e d h o c k e y , b u t t h e dr i l ls he teaches are sure to help the Shamrocks ' conditioning.

K a r a n a doesn't believe in qui t-t ing , even if the p layer is cora-plaining-of cramps. If one p a r t of t h e body is a c h i n g , w o r k o u t wi th another par t , he says.

" T h e r e ' s no s u c h t h i n g a s a c r a m p , " he said. "If you h a v e a h a m s t r i n g pul l , work out w i t h y o u r u p p e r body . If t h e y q u i t they can't come back to class."

K a r a n a r a r e l y a t t e n d s a CC g a m e but gets upda tes f rom St . J o h n .

"If we didn't play well or prac-t i c e d h a r d we k n o w E d d i e a l r e a d y h e a r d a b o u t i t , " C C s e n i o r d e f e n s e m a n M a t t V a n H e e s t sa id . "I t ' s l ike a r e g u l a r p rac t i ce . If you ' re not w o r k i n g h a r d h e ' s g o i n g to p u s h you harder . "

Since ska t i ng is so i m p o r t a n t to hockey players, he s t resses leg drills wi th them.

"The s t ronger your lower ha l f the more you can handle in t h e upper body," Karana said.

If one of the Shamrocks is l a te to a w o r k o u t h e " m a k e s a n example of them."

"If t h e y ' r e 10 m i n u t e s l a t e , t hey ' r e do ing p u s h u p s b e c a u s e t h e h a r d e s t t h i n g to do is pushups," Karana said.

The inside winter drills can be d e m a n d i n g bu t none can be a s tough as the one in the s u m m e r w h e n K a r a n a h a s t h e m d o i n g push-ups on the hot asphal t .

" I t ' s t o u g h b u t we n e e d i t , " CC's Pa t O'Dea said. "We're defi-nitely a third period t eam. All of us push each other and ourselves and do every th ing we can to be u p for the s t a t e finals."

" I t ' s t o u g h e r t h a n p r a c t i c e , " CC j u n i o r d e f e n s e m a n J o h n Bowers said.

The se r iousness wi th K a r a n a s tays in the workout room. He's j ov i a l a w a y f r o m t h e r e a n d i t shows the way he re la tes to t h e players a f te rward .

"At the end of t h e yea r I've got a n indoor socce r g a m e s e t u p with them," he said.

The Shamrocks" condi t ion ing appa ren t ly he lped on S a t u r d a y w h e n they h o s t e d B i r m i n g h a m B r o t h e r R ice a t R e d f o r d Ice Arena.

• REDFORD CC 6 . BROTHER RICE 1:

Todd Bent ley scored th ree goals t o lea0

CC ( 1 9 - 1 - 1 ) , t h e s t a t e s t o p - r a n k e d

t eam in Class A. t o a M i c h i g a n Met ro

High School H o c k e y League w in over

Rice.

Derek Genrich. David Moss and O'Dea

a lso added goa l s for t h e S h a m r o c k s ,

who led 1-0 a f te r one pe r iod and 2-1

after 30 minutes.

Genrich. Jim Sp iew^k and M a t t Van

Heest con t r ibu ted t w o ass i s t s apiece,

w h i l e K e i t h R o w e . R y a n Y o s t . Sean

M c G o w a n a n d Joe M o r e a u h a d one

each.

Pat Mo t r i n t a l l i e d t h e lone goal for

the Warriors.

"Rice ran out of s t eam, they had one

their guys hur t , w e j u s t k i c k e d It into

gear , " St. John said. "We played a good

th i rd penod The f i rst t w o weren ' t thai

g r e a t . "

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A I S ChurchMt at Franklin, 7 p.m

FrtSay. Fat. I t Clarencevltt* al Luth. W'sid. 7 p.m, Stavenson at N. Farmington 7 p.m

Joftn Glenn at Salem. 7 p.m. Canton at Northville. 7 p.m.

Harrison at W. l Western. 7 p m. W.L. Central at Farmingum. 7 p.m

Inkster at Wayne, 7 p.m. Wyandotte at Thurston. 7 p.m.

Redford Union at Garden City, 7 p.m Cardinal Mooney at St. Agatha. 7 p.m

Agape at Greater U«e. 7:30 p.m. PCA at Oakland Christian. 7:30 p.m.

Huron Valley vs. Mount Carmei at Marshall Middle School, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday. Feb. 20

(CentralAA PtayeBt at Schoetnaft) DePorre* vs. Brother Rice. noon.

O.L St Mary vs. W> Jesuit. 1:45 p.m Redford CC vs. Aquinas. 3:30 p.m Notre Deme vs. Divine Chi id, 5 d m

MEN'S COUJEOC BASKETBALL

Satareay. Fa*. 20 Madonna at Siena Heights. TBA

Schoolcraft v». Wayne Co. CC at River Roife H.S.. 3 p.m.

WOMEN'S COLLEOE BASKETBALL

Thursday. Feb. I S Madonna at Spring Arbor. 7 p.m.

Saturday. Fab. 20 Siena Heights at Madonna. 1 p.m.

Schoolcraft vs. Wayne Co. CC at River Rouge H.S.. 1 p.m.

Rochester at OCC-High. Lakes. 2 p.m. ONT AMO HOCKEY LEAQUE

Thursday, Feb. I S Whalers at Toronto Maiors. 7 35 p.m.

Saturday. Fa*. 20 Ply Whalers vs. Erie Otters

at Compuware Arena. 7:30 pm. Sundey. Fab. 21

Ply. Whalers London Knights at Compuware Arena. 6:30 p.m.

PREP HOCKEY Thursday. Feb. I S

Redford CC vs. A A . Huron at Ann Arbor Ice Cube. 8 pm.

Friday. Fab. LB Franklin vs. Stevenson at Edgar Arena, 6 p.m. Farm. Unified vs. Novi

at Farm. Hills Ice Arena. 8 p.m. Saturday. Fab. 20

ChorcWH at Troy Unified 7:30 p jn . Redlord CC ve Cranbrook

at Redford ice Arena. 8 p m>

(URLS VOLLEYBALL Thursday. Feb. I S

PCA at Oakland Christian. 7 p.m. Huron Valley at Baptist Parti. 7 p jn . ClarencevlUe at Luth. North. 7 p m

Canton at Churchill. T p.m (CHSL Fhiats at Shrine vs. St Clement. 5 p.m. Ladywood vs. Mercy. 7 p.m.

Friday. Feb. IS Agape at Greater Life. 5 p.m

Saturday. Feb. 20 Ladywood Invitational, TBA

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WLAA wrestling from page Cl

m a t c h , 6-0 , a n d Rob Ash w a s p i n n e d by W a l l e d L a k e West -ern ' s in 2:38 in the 125 final.

C a n t o n p l a c e d s i x t h in t h e meet with 121.5 points.

F o u r Ch ie f s w e r e winne r s in the consolation f inals and placed t h i r d : Kyle P i t t a t 103, wi th a 10-1 d e c i s i o n o v e r L i v o n i a Churchill 's Steve Lenhardt ; Greg Musser at 125, with a 5-3 victory over N o r t h v i l l e ' s Ben Ashbey; Kevin S tone a t 145, wi th a 5-1 t r i u m p h o v e r W e s t e r n ' s J o s h B a g a l a y ; a n d Rob Dems ick a t 160, with an 8-4 win over Livo-

nia Frankl in ' s Eric Toska.

Salem had two third-place fin-ishers in Josh Henderson a t 135, 3-2 over Stevenson's Imad Khar-b u s h a n d Greg E i z a n s a t 152, w i t h a p i n of W e s t e r n ' s J o e Weather ly in :49.

"It was a real improvement to go f r o m l a s t year 's n i n t h p lace wi th one th i rd-p lace win u p to sixth place with five third-place wins , " said Can ton coach J o h n Demsick.

" E v e n w i t h t h e d i s a p p o i n t -

ments, we are still excited about o u r t e a m a n d w h e r e we a r e headed."

Two Chiefs reached milestones d u r i n g the t o u r n a m e n t . S t o n e recorded his 75th career victory, a n d J o h n Pocock , who p l a c e d fifth at 135, got h is 50th ca ree r win.

Stevenson had one individual c h a m p i o n , 1 0 3 - p o u n d e r J o e Moreau who scored three pins en route to the tit le. Moreau is 38-2 overall.

WESTERN LAKES

ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION

WRESTUNC TOURNAMENT

Feb. 13 at Wailed Lake Central

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Northville. 254 5, 2.

TTymourn Salem. 181.5: 3. Livonia Stevenson.

164 5. 4 Walled Lake Western. 136: 5

walled Lake Central. 133.5: 6 Plymouth Can

ton. 121 5; 7. Livonia Churchill. 115.5: 8

Farmington. 111.5: 9. Westland John Glenn.

101; 10. Uvonia Franklin. 66: 11. Farmington

Hills Harrison, 38: 12. North Farmington. 36

FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Heavyweight: Ted Bower * * |N) dec Char

lie HamMm (PS). frO; consolation final: Tony

Henry |WLW> p Paul Lindsay (WLC). 0:28:

5<tv6th: Brian 8rinsden (F) p Derek McWatt

IPC;, 0:21: 7thStH: Mike Graffke iLC) won by

injury default over Josh Si«ora INF).

103: >oe Moreau (LSI p Jeremy Carter |IM),

A 41 consolation: Kyle Pitt (PC) dec Steve

Leriharat (LC). 10-1. 5th-6th: Larry Leipsitz

NF) dec Matt Frendeway (WLC). 7-3. 7th-

8th: Jeff Bennett (PS) p Robert Easterday

IF). 2:28.

112; John Mervyn (PS) dec. Matt Tarrow

(N). 21-4. u a i m l U m : Josh Gunterman (LSI

dec Ryan Beech IWLW). 5-2: M h d t t Dale

Czamick (WLC) dec Dan Demsick (PC). 7-2;

7th-8th: Jesse Purdon (WJG) p Ramis Bairami

INF), 1:12.

1 1 8 : Ron Thompson (PS) dec Kevin

Arbuckle (N). 5-3: consolation: Steve vas.loft

(LC) dec Zack Yaffai (LS). 87 : Stt^Sth: John

Simmons (F) dec. Lee Warren (IF). 13-2: 7th-

8th: Steve Sargol (FHH) p. Chr.s Smith (WJG).

3:2S

128: Jacob Pattenaude (WLW) p. Rob Ash

IPS). 2 :38 consolation: Greg Musser (PC)

dec. Ben Ashbey IN). 5 3. 5th-«th: Caleb

Smith (FHH) p. Artk Wicketts (LF), 2:51: 7th-

•th: Aaron Turk (F| p. Eric Letvln (WLC),

2:13.

1 3 0 : Reggie Torrence (N) dec. Jeff

Albrecht (WJG). 13-2; consolation Tony Lema

(F) p. Justin Shafer (FHH). 0:30; SthSth: C.J.

Rasch (WLW) p. Steve Dendrinos (PS). 1:53;

7th-8th: Chns Cooprider l LS) p Scott Elstone

(LC). 1:20

13S: Scott Aubry iWLC) p. Anant Saran

(N). 3.35: consolation: Josh Henderson (PS)

dec. imad Kharbush (LS). 3-2: 5tl»-6th: John

Pocock tPCi dec Geoff Ziian. WLWj. 5-2. Tth-

8th: Derek Auoparfli (LF) p. Eric McMichael

(WJGi. 4 ^ i .

140: Chad Neumann (N) dec Mike Fairon

(LS). 4-0: consolation: John O'Brien (WLC)

dec Jim She I ton (PC). 9-7 5th-6th: Tom

Marion (F) p. Greg Petrovlch (PS). 2:35: 7th-

8th: Ernie Guerra (WJG) won by injury default

over Frrti Schuttes (NF)

14S: Mike Carter (LC) dec Dan Scappatic-

ci IN). 104: consolation: Kevin Stone (PC)

oec Josh B^alay (WLW). 5-1 Sth-6th: Allen

Duff (LF) dec. Chris Wolfgang IWJG). 7-5: 7th-

8th: Joe Jamieson (LS) dec. Ian Huff (WLC). 3-

1S2: Brandon LaPointe ILC) dec. Mark

Ostach (F). »3; consolation: Greg Eizans (PS)

p Joe Weatherly (WLW). 0:49; 9th-6th: Jeff

Beliaire (PC) p Justin Wozmak (WLC). 3:50;

7th-Sth: Brian Walker (LF) dec Devin Hall

(WJG), 12 11.

160: Pete Langer (WJG1 dec Brian Barker

(LS). 10-6: consolat ion: Rob Demsick (PC)

dec. Eric Toska (LF). 8 4 : 5th-6th: John Re*

oumis (Ms dec J.D. Ziarkowskl (VNLC). 7 0:

7 t h S t h : Mike Murt land (F) p Trent Jones

Churchill , seventh in the team standings, took two ti t les. Jun ior Mike Car te r (145) won his 31st-s t r a i g h t m a t c h w i t h o u t a loss w h e n he decis ioned D a n Scap-paticci of Nor thvi l le , 10-4, and senior Brandon LaPo in t e (152) beat Mark Ostach of Farmington to run his season m a r k to 32-5.

G l e n n , n i n t h i n t h e t e a m s t a n d i n g s , w a s led by 160-pounder Pete Langer . who took first. Frankl in 's Steve Myslinski, a s e n i o r , won t h e 1 8 9 - p o u n d class wi th a 7-2 win over Ryan Giles of Northville.

(PS). 1:13.

171: Ryan McCracken (N) won by injury

default over Norm Wrobiewski (WLW): conso-

lation: Mike Radiey (LS) dec Daryt Hilyard

(WLC:. 2-1: 5th-6th: Steve Brown (LC) dec

Jason Bedoun (PS). 2-1: 7 th-8th: Sheheim

Ra)aee (PC) won by Injury defau l t over

Dominic Carducci I FHH)

189: Steve Myslinski (LF; dec Ryan Giles

(N). 7 2; consolat ion: Andy Wood :F) dec.

Geoff Bennett (PS). 6-5: 5 t h - 6 t h : Javonn

Perkins (WJG) oec John Mac Far land (LS). 8

6: 7 th-8th: Mike Stein (NF> p JOe Hartley

(WLC). 1:12.

2 1 5 : Joe Higgins (WLC) p. Joe Rumbley

(N). 1:24 consolation: Eric Puninske (LS) p

Neil Ratherford (WLW). 1 46 5«tv6th Jeff Sin

nlng (LC) won by injury default over A.J. Mai

on t PC i. 7th-8th: Blake Beisk, F i p Pat

0 Connor i PS) 0 30

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S a l e m is idle u n t i l Monday, when they host P lymouth Can-ton a t 7 p.m.

Pats pound Canton Two-peat was swee t Monday

fo r L i v o n i a F r a n k l i n , w h i c h w r a p p e d up t h e Wes te rn Divi-sion title in the WLAA with a 15-12, 15-1 w i n M o n d a y a t P ly-mouth Canton.

Frankl in is now 28-10-1 over-all and 8-1 in the WLAA.

" I t ' s a n i c e f e e l i n g , " s a i d Frankl in 's Mary Helen Diegel, in her first varsity season as coach s ince r ep lac ing Ann Hu tch in s . "We played our en t i re lineup and finished the match strong -

F r a n k l i n u s e d a b a l a n c e d attack to upend the Chiefs

Sophomore Ker s t in Marsha l l was six of seven hi t t ing with five

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Alex i s B o w m a n led w i t h aix digs, while s e t t e r Lyndsay Sopko went 23-for-23 with 11 assis ts .

Ladywood reaches final J e n n y Young had seven ki l ls

and four aceo Sa turday , leading Livonia Ladywood (25-15-1 over-all) to a Catholic League playoff victory over Birmingham Marian in a semifinal match a t Madison Heights Bishop Foley.

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O the r s t andou t s for the Blaz-ers against M a n a n included Jes-sica Ti l l son , two kills a n d five a c e s ; P a t t y H o r a l , f o u r k i l l s ; Tracey DeWitt . four kills with 8 90 percent serve percentage; and Erin Bar tee , 17 ass is ts and two blocks.

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show fea tures all types of 1999 recreational vehicles including folding campers, motor homes, travel trailers, t ruck campers , fifth wheels. Over 300 models will be on display rang ing in price from $3,000 to over $200,000. There will also be RV and campground informat ion, family en te r ta inment , family en te r t a inment a n d more. Show hours a re 2-9 p.m. weekdays, noon to 9 p.m. Sa turdays , and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays . Admis-sion is $6.50 for adu l t s and chil-dren under 12 will be admi t ted free. Two-for-one coupons a re available at par t ic ipat ing RV dealers. Call (517) 349-8881 for more information.

BOAT, SPORT AND FISHING

_ The 16th annual Pont iac Silver--dtome Boat, Sport & Fish ing ' Show will be th rough Feb. 21 at "; the Silverdome. The show fea-^ t u r e s fishing seminars , outfi t-- t e r s . 100 merchandise booths, -ove r 400 trai lerable boats and ' m u c h more. Show hours a re 3-' 6 : 3 0 p.m. Thursday , Feb. 18; 11 ^a .m. to 9:30 p.m. Fr iday, Feb. 19; ' X 0 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sa tu rday , T f e b . 20; and 10 a .m. to 6 p.m. ! .Sunday, Feb. 21. Admission is

$6.50 for adul ts a n d $3 for chil-dren. Children ages five and under will be admi t ted free. Dis-count t ickets are avai lable a t par t ic ipat ing Mara thon Sta t ions and Elias Brothers Res tau ran t s .

The la te crow season r u n s th rough March 31 in the Lower Peninsula.

COYOTI

Coyote season r u n s th rough Apii l 16 statewide.

Gray a n d red fox season runs through March 1 statewide.

RABBIT/HARE

Rabbi t /hare season run through March 31 s ta tewide .

STUROEON

Sturgeon s p e a r i n g season runs through Feb. 28.

CLUBS SOLAR

The School for Outdoor Leader-ship, Adven tu re a n d Recreation (SOLAR), a non-profi t organiza-tion in te res ted in promoting the appreciat ion of outdoor activi- . ties, meets a t 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the Colony Hal l in Southfield. Call (248) 988-6658 for more information.

METRO-WEST STEELHEADERS

Metro-West S tee lheaders meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each m o n t h in the cafeteria a t Garden City High School. Call Dominic Liparoto a t (248) 476-5027 for more information.

MICHTTTAN FLY FISHING

The Michigan Fly Fishing Club meets a t 7 p .m. the first and third Wednesdays of each month at Livonia Clarencevil le Junior High School. Call (810) 478-1494 for more informat ion .

FOUR SEASONS

The Four Seasons Fish ing Club mee t s 7:30-9:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month a t the Civic Pa rk Senior Center , 15218 Fa rming ton Road, in Livonia, Visi tors a re invited and refresh-m e n t s will be served. Call J i m Kudej a t (734) 591-0843 for more information.

HURON VAUEY STEELHEAOERS

The Huron Valley Steelheaders meets the th i rd Thursday of each month a t the Knigh ts of Colum-b u s Hall, 27600 Hall Road, Flat Rock. Call Carroll Whi te at (734) 285-0843 for more informa-tion.

BASS ASSOCIATION

The Downriver Bass Association, a non- tournament bass club, meets a t 6:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Gande r Mounta in in Taylor. Call (734) 676-2863 for more informa-tion.

JUNIOR ARCHERS

A weekly program for junior a rchers begins a t 9 a.m. Satur-days a t Detroit Archers in West Bloomfield. Call (248) 661-9610 or (313) 835-2110 for more infor-mation.

METROPARKS METROPARK REQUIREMENTS

Most Metropark programs are free while some requi re a nomi-nal fee. Advanced registrat ion

a n d a motor vehicle permit a re required for all programs. Call the respective parks toll free a t the following numbers: Stony Creek, (800) 477-7756; Indian Spr ings , (800) 477-3192; Kens-ington, (800) 477-3178.

I B M PERMITS

The 1999 Huron-Clinton Met roparks annua l vehicle ent ry pe rmi t s a n d boat launching per-mits a re on sale at all Metropark offices. Vehicle entry permits a re $15 ($8 for senior citizens). The a n n u a l boat launching perm its a re $18 ($9 for senior citizens). Call 1-800-47-PARKS for more informat ion.

OAKLAND COUNTY PARKS COUNTY PARK REQUIREMENTS

Advanced registration is requi red for all na ture programs a t Oak land County Parks. Call (810) 625-6473 to register or for more information.

SCIENCE MAGIC

Ages 6-8 will experiment with the "magic" of science and pre-sen t a magic show for pa ren t s and care givers during th is pro-gram, which begins at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 17-18, a t Independence Oaks .

WINTER STAR PARTY

View t h e night sky through the

Na tu re Center 's S t a r l ab and use t h e Oakland Astronomy Club's telescope dur ing th is program, whi th begins a t 8 p.m. Sa turday , Feb. 20. a t Independence Oaks.

STATE PARKS . STATE PARK REQUIREMENTS

Maybury S ta te Pa rk , Proud Lake Recreation Area. Bald Mountain Recreation Area, Highland Recreation Area, and Island Lake Recreation Area offer na ture in terpret ive pro-g rams throughout t h e year . A s ta te park motor vehicle permit is required for en t ry into all s ta te parks and s t a te recreation areas . For registrat ion and addi-tional information on the pro-g rams a t Maybury. call (810) 349-8390. For programs a t Bald Mountain, call (810) 693-6767. For programs a t Proud Lake and Highland, call (810) 685-2433. For programs a t Is land Lake.

call (810) 229-7067.

WINGING FT IN WINTER

A two-hour walk in search of winter resident birds begins a t 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27. at Highland.

(To submit i tems for considera-tion in the Obsen>er & Eccentric's Outdoor Calendar send informa-tion to: Outdoors, 805 E. Maple, Birmingham, MI 48009; fax information to (248) 644-1314 or send E-mail to

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We'll hold a fishing t r iv ia contest each Thursday in the O b s e r v e r & E c c e n t r i c through Feb. 25. Answer the week ly t r i v i a q u e s t i o n cor-rectly a n d have a chance to win four t ickets to t h e Sport-f i s h i n g a n d T r a v e l E x p o , March 4-7, a t t h e Pa l ace of Auburn Hills.

One weekly winner will be r a n d o m l y se lec ted f r o m all t h e c o r r e c t a n s w e r s w e receive. All e n t r i e s for t h i s w e e k ' s q u e s t i o n m u s t be pos tmarked by Monday, Feb. 22.

W a l l e y e f i B h i n g i n t h e G r e a t L a k e s c o n n e c t i n g w a t e r s ( L a k e S t . C l a i r and t h e D e t r o i t a n d S t . C l a i r r i v e r s ) i n S o u t h e a s t e r n Michigan is noth ing shor t of p h e n o m e n a l - A c c o r d i n g to t h e 1998 Mich igan F i s h i n g Gu ide , w h a t i s t h e c u r r e n t s t a t e record for walleye?

Send in the correct answer to: F i s h i n g T r i v i a C o n t e s t , 805 E. Maple , B i r m i n g h a m , MI 4 8 0 0 9 . R e m e m b e r , a l l en t r i e s m u s t be pos tmarked by Monday, Feb. 15.

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The 10th annual G r e a t e r Detroit Sportf ishing and Travel Expo will be March 4-7 a t the Palace of Auburn Hills. The show will fea ture a special appea rance by nat ional walleye angl ing cham-pion Ted Takasaki on Fr iday. March 5. Other speakers of nat ional renown scheduled to speak a t the show include wall-eye pros Mike McClelland and Keith Kavajecz, bowhunt ing expert Chuck Adams, In-Fisher-m a n Magazine edi tors Dave Csanda and Mat t S t r aw , and Michigan's own Tom Huggler .

OUTDOORAMA

Outdoorama "99 Spor t and Trav-el Show will be Feb. 26-March 7 a t the Novi Expo Center , (800) 777-6720. The show includes nearly 450 exhibits f ea tu r ing the la tes t in fishing, h u n t i n g a n d camping equipment ; recreat ional vehicles; boats; conservat ion clubs; and travel a n d outf i t t ing des t inat ions th roughout Nor th America. There will also be a repti le and amphibian display, live animals , a t rout fishing pond, musical a n d var ie ty acts, an archery range, h u n t i n g and fishing seminars , and much more. Show hours are 4-9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, Monday and Tuesday. March 1-2, a n d Thu r sday and Friday, March 4-5; 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sa tu rday , Feb. 27 and March 6; 10 a .m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 28; noon to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday , March 7. Admission is $6.50 adul t , $3 for chi ldren ages 6-12 and children 5 and unde r will be admi t ted free.

ACTIVITIES BIKE MAINTENANCE 101

Get your bike ready for spr ing dur ing th is ins t ruct ional clinic.

; which begins a t 11 a .m. Sa tu r -• day, Feb. 27, a t REI in : Northville. Call (248) 347-2100 I for more information.

SEASON/DATES BOBCAT

Bobcat season r u n s th rough Feb. 16 in Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco. Kalkaska. Missaukee , Ogemaw. Osceola, Roscommon and Wexford count ies and in Arenac County west of 1-75 a n d nor th of M-61. T h e season r u n s th rough March 1 in t h e Upper Peninsula and in Akona , Alpe-na, Antr im. Charlevoix, Cheboy-gan, Emmet . Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego, and Presque Isle count ies in the n o r t h e r n Lower Peninsula .

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Widowed WF, 60, 51", btondeblue, MS sooai drinker, financially emotionally secure, enjoys drtng avout, theater, golf, playing cards. Seeking honest man. 58-64. wim good sense of humor, to share the golden years wWh 92500

MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

DWF. 44, financially secure, professional musician sexy, classy. btondatHue. romantic Seeking an outgoing, secure, college-educated St)WM, 35-50. passion lor Me. tor a po«u-

Me LTR. 91660 HUGGABLE * LOVABLE

Attractive SF. 44, 5'3". btonde/Wue. medium build, with passion for Me, seeks kind-hearted SWPM. 40-55. with good sense of humor, wtio » ready to enjoys Me 92412

HELLO. FRIEND I'm pretty, slender, tall very intelligent refined, fun, smon-er. 52 Seeking intelligent, tall articulate classy, confident, gentleman, 52-65. wanting someone lor cozy dinner dates laced with good conver-sation 92320

IN SYNCH Pretty, slender, warm-hearted, humorous sales professions! 11 Tibs, auburrvtorown, seeks educated, tan. sincere, secure guy, 45-57, H/W proportion-ate wim vaned interests, who believes in honest communi-cator! No baggage 92639

FROM THE HEART

Attractive kind, affectionate down-to-earth DWF, 36 57". 12810s, bionde-'green. N/S, one child, enjoys running, warm weather, music, biking Seeking nice, financially secure SWM, 40-55, N/S, to enjoy Me together 92629

BEST FRIEND Attractive, easygoing slender SWF, 42, 57". l3£Jbs. seeks educated, secure, humorous WM. 38-45. N/S, tor Me S adventures North Oakland couity 92S94

LEGGY. SLENDER. * STYLISH

Blue-eyed, honey blonde. 40s. 5 6". active, independent Birmingham resident, looks 30s. intelligent, attractive, seeks professional, witty. It. handsome, unencumbered, male counterpart, 6'» tor romawca. atfrenture 92538

SEEKS CONHOEMT. SECURE MAN

Preoy. daaey. Mm M a n open, hip a * Sr. no chidren. seeks SWPM averagwaaracnie. trust-wormy. emceonany huroeHy statue li*i. htp guy <6-52 5T-5 '11" No games Vou wonl be

flaappnraarl. 92457 YOU-Vt GOT MAIL

Chemetry-aeekng, sttrartve famdy-onentad, emowmalfy' financiaay secure blonde SPF. 40. s r . WIT notional values, good moral. *>oy i ragMs Out. quel everangs at home Seekng SM tor fnend-sNp. possible LTR 9 2 4 H

BLUE EYED BLONDE

Fun loving DWF 44, btondefekj*. curvy s<ze 14, enjoys movies d rmg di mg music Seeking CWM 56 1

so-nrue^ PMBSOPF.

LOOKING FOR MR. RIGHT

DBCF. 44, looks 28 green eyes, enjoys walking, reading,

to plays dancing and Seeking financially

secure S'DBM under 50, 6» Must have God first Children Ok. 92724

DOCTOR WANTED Very pretty SWF. mental heath care technician, youthful 48 5'6", sUghtty overweight blonde/ blue, seeks attractive SW med-ical doctor. 40-60, tor comparv ionaWp. Ttoy area 92720

BEST FRIENDS Attractive, easygoing, humor-ous DWF. 52. 5'5", medium build, auburn/green. - enjoys nature, walks, movies, dinner, travel, cooking Seeking hon-est. caring, kind SWM 50-60, who is over the past, ready tor possible LTR 92415

INTERESTED IN ART? Pretty SWF earty 40s. seeks sincere, sensitive. art-mcSrved SWM, 40-50. lor possible rela-ttonsNp 92632

IRRESISTIBLE Intriguing, pretty, passionate DWF, 44, seeks handsome, smart, funny, romantic SWM, 38* N/S, tor great, one-on-one relationship Are you ready1 This could be >tl No games, please 92633

52 YEAR-OLD ENTREPRENEUR

Pretty, successful, humorous, charming, interesting, giving female, 52, enjoys movies, plays, concerts, fine dining, cooking, boating, loves peo-ple. Seeking soutmate in a successful, sincere WM. 45-75 Please reply 91162

FABULOUS, FIT ANO FIFTY

Creative, attractive female, sophisticated, yet down-to-earth. engaging personality Seeking degreed professional male. N/S, sense of humor, whos interested in cafturai events, lining, travel, home projects, sports, conversation, and quiet moments 92630

BEAUTIFUL NATURE LOVER

SWF 44, S T . I34ibs. study-alternative medicine, into growth, woods wakir

singing, natural h e a l t h . _ ing, speaking i m t f y j B l spunky, unlqufegij

PRETTY BLONDE LADY

Refined, giving, loving, edu-cated. European-bom young 60tshi. 5'5", good figured, N/S, many interests, seeks gentle-man, 65-72 with sense of humor, caring. Intelligent, secure. N/S. tor lasting rela-tionship. 91297

LOVE IN THE NEW YEAR

Attractive, NnanciaBy/amotion-aHy secure DWF, young 50. 5'4', brown/blue N/S, enjoys movies, dining, sports, travel and romance. Seeking nand-some. sincere, canng. finan-aalfy secure, compassionaie SWM, 45-55, for fnendship. leattnglo LTR 92083

COWBOY WANTED DWF, wants a financially secure cowboy over 50 over 5'9". weight unimportant, smoker, social drinker Must be a two-stepper. 92053

SEEKING SENSE OF HUMOR

DWF. 43, medium buid. N/S. seeks a S/DWM. 43-50. N/S. employed, who Hkes children, outdoors, sports, tor a possi-ble LTR 91996

TALL. ATTRACTIVE

DBF, 39, 5 6'. enjoys dancing, jazz, affection Seeking SBM 40*, 6'». who wants more than just the physical, tor LTR. Serious replies 91996

TEDDY BEAR WANTED

SWF. btonda/green. 5'6". med-ical professional, looking tor teddy bear 45* with good com-munication skills, who is an ath-letic event watcher, enjoys win-ter sports. Good sense of humor a must. 92821

fTALJAN PRINCESS

Fun-toving SWF, 32. 5'8". browrvamber. seeks romantic, energetic, athletic, professional man, 25-35, 5'10"*, tor senous relaaonahip 9245

FIRST TIME AO, Attractive widowed BF, N/S, enjoys

LOOKING FOR BRIGHT EYES

Very caring, attractive, outgo-ing. giving SWM, 46, with a variety of interests loves to be romantic and cook. Seeking same in petite SWF. for fnend-shp. maybe more 99363

GEMINIS ONLY Aquanus DWM. 37 (looks 27), 510", i65ibs hazel eyes seeks beautiful Gemn lady for dating poss&e monoga-mous relationship wim ngh» person 92686 •

CARING*SINCERE SWPM. 36. average build, N/S, enjoys dining-out, movies, outdoors, seeks petite SWF, 30-40. N/S, tor senous LTR 92631

VERY ATTRACTIVE

SWM. 28, 5'11". 175fbs. browrVblue. very outgoing pro-fessionally emptoyed seeks attractive SWE 18-35. HW proportionate Must be oiago-ing and enjoy sports 91904

HAPPY NEW YEAR Attractive SWM. 36, 6, 190IIJS. brown/blue, profes-sionally emptoyed. enjoys fin-ing out, movies, seeks an attractive SWF. lor dating, friendship, possible LTR. Garden 6ty. 91534

~ HAPPY-GOLUCKY Sens«ve, honest, 35 year-old

mg, ikes all outdoor and indoor activities. Seeking StJWF who is also sens«ve and honest, wim similar qualities lor LTR No baggage 92441

GREAT HUGGE MUSSER

Spiritual, tall. dark, handsome DWM, 50. looks younger, 5'H", iSSlbs, hair, mustache, plays tennis, works out, home-owner, seeks honest, fit WF. under 50 92624

A QUALITY GUY Sincere, romantic DWM, 52, 510". seeks honest woman with sense of humor, for dmmg out, fall concerts, dancing, plays, weekend getaways, travel Seeking special tnend to share quality Wnes wim 92260

CHRISTIAN MALE Down-to-earth, secure, wid-owed BCM. 47, 64", 220«», father of twins. ery>ys movies, martial arts, walking Seeking attractive young woman. 36-49 Must have God first m your WE. 9 2 7 1 6

ROMANTIC OUTDOORSMAN

Adventurous humorous, spon-taneous DWM. 41. enjoys <*n-ng out. theater, and evenings on the town. Seeking WF, 30-45. tor poesfcle LTR 9 2 7 1 7

NE W ON THE SCENE

Handsome, spiritual, humor-ous, athletic loving, gentle SWM, 38, 6\ 1851M. never married, seeks attractive woman, with good values, tor dating, friendship, possible LTR . Please cH. 9 2 1 7 8

DOES

DEMURE APPEARANCE mask your kind, sensual souP SWPM. 40. 6"1190«M , ath-letic. sincere, romantic. thoughtful. Seekmg very slim.

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enjoys romantic weekend get-aways. theater, farrMy/lnends. tor possible LTR. 92S01

SEEKING TRUE LOVE

Down-to-earth. Intelligent, passionate, honest, very grv-ing, sincere SWM. 35, extremely fit. knows how to treat a lady, loves kids

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AFFECTIONATE GENTLEMAN

Kind canng, tovmg, easygoing SWM. 31, 58" medium build, dark brown/blue, N/S. social dnnker. whose Interests include bowling, boating, cooking, camping. snowmoM-ing, seeks female 18-35. Kids Ok 92261

MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

Open-minded, warm-hearted, tui-time father of gorgeous lit-tle girl, seeks warm-hearted female, 30ish, with a smile to fM our day, to share lakes, travel, snowmobllmg, and workouts Novi 92360

PEACEFUL WARRIOR

Handsome spiritually evolved. mtelSgent. creative adventur-ous, sensual SWM. passion-ate about Me energized by love, kindness, awareness Seeking woman of substance, beautiful inside and out. tor romantic fatottonihy 92596

DAD SEEKS MOM Active, fit. financially secure clean-cut DWM. 51. 57". 150tbs. father, loves kids, has two. wants lo be part of a fam-ily Seeking mom 92597

HONEST ANO SINCERE

Attractive, fnancially'»rnot»cin-i secure, deoreed. ph'

N/S, social drinker, enjoys moviet, concerts, theater spectator sports phy»cally M SWF 45-social dnnker, tor LTR 92541

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tar rtnw Fiiendarap Nat. poss4*e LTR 92267

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DRAWN Real, pretty, smart, lemale 51, red/M ed. values famify morals, dignity I sports, dining, gai reading, walks Seeking tami-!y-oriented male 92446

DELIGHTFUL AND DOWN-TO-EARTH

Catholic SWF, 38, s r . browrvbrown. smoker sooai drinker, mother of three, enjoys camping, fireplaces, dancing andcfcmng Seeking a Catholic SWM. 38-46, with a love tor farraty Mestyie and partnersh* AO cafts answered 92448

ANSWER MY AD You'l be glad you did Looking tor educated h*vtovmg hap-pening, N/S gent, 53-68. for wonderful times together I'm adventurous, attractive, world-ly. considerate. Nt, smart, sin-cere Please cai 92443

CLASSY LADY Blonde-haired, blue-eyed petite SWF, 43 honest, sm-ears, enjoys dancing, travel-ing, dining, wafts, romantic evenings at home, seeks gen-tleman. 30-50 92322

LITTLE RED Spontaneous SF S T . I30tos redgreen. smoker, looking tor honest retattonsho wim SM who doesn t want to play games Dark eyes and long hair a plus 92323

ARE YOU? I AM... healthy, happy spiritualty fit and emotionally available Very attractive petite SWF 40M*. N/S N/D loves nature, Ihe aria, reading, writing •aug|wv * * having good conversations about 4 92269

LOOKING FOR YOU Easygoing overweight DWF 43 5'1(P, N/S N/Orugs enjoys swimming, walking, bowling, cards pets travekng Seeking honest loyal SWM N/S N/Druga South Lyon area 91713

INCURABLE ROMANTIC

Eneroeec perky, und^aarted DWCF, 43. 5'2". 1254b*

- - >i • • i • a. - - - - - . .1 I. urvwrvurown »nx> tiona»y secure enjoys we* m g tennis cooking dtrang out movies seeks SWPM tate 30s to 40s. tor beet Mend first, LTR 92263

Hard-working SWM, 38, 5'8", t60fbs, homeowner, seeks S/DWF, 20-40, for possible relationship Kids ok Ail calls returned 92871

SINCERE * HONEST MAN

Active, fit DWM 37. 6'0". enjoys tenrw, falung. camp-ing. hockey games Seeking honest sincere SWF 32-38, who toves children animals, outdoor activities, tor LTR. possible marriage 92810

HONOR AND CHERISH

Never married, attractive tall, sensitive committed Christ-ian SWPM. enjoys taking, trav-el sknng adventure, fun Seeking attractive, slender committed never married

SWCF. 30-40. tor tnendefap dekng. poaaibte LTR 92539

FROM THIS MOMENT ON

Honest, loyal and romantic SWM, 55 511", N/S social (tanker, fnanciaty'emotionaty stable, tense of hianor. enjoys nature, vacations tove and you Seekaig female tor possi-ble relationship Dearborn Heights 92781

EONE SPECIAL A 28. 5'11". 200tbs dark

likes long walks cuddling with someone spe-cial Seeking SWF, 23-30, who likes the same and more, tor relationship 92502

VERY PERSISTENT

Attractive, mtetigeffl. financial-ly .'emotionally secure SBM. 37, 62". 2i5lbs, seeks an attrac-tive, emotionally secure, open-minded. and confident SWF. 25*. 55"*. for LTR W2453

ASSERTIVE SWPM, 39, enjoys dining, dancing, movies theater, seeks feminine, passionate SWF 25-45 for fun and adventure 92823

LOOKING FOR FUN Firwiaa#y secure SWPM, 33. 5'8". 16010s enjoys jel-sk«ng, snowmotakng. and beeches Seekmg tfan. trim SWF 23-29. wim whom lo share ton tanes and travel 92636

CANTON WESTLAND AREA

Cute, educated DWM. 46, 6 3" !9CHbs fit enjoys travel art.fun adventure, family Seeking ciM. smcere SWF 35-45 tor friendship, possible LTR 92693

OFFER .Mkamercus. yet intellectual, outgoing, active SWM. 40, 5'10". 190tbs enjoys outdoor activities reading, writing the-ater. and movies Seeking N/S. fnerxfy. outgoing S/DW* 35-45. petite to medium buM. tor posabte relationship 99536

RELATE THAT ITS A DATE

Skm, sensual, spiritual, suc-cessful SJM, 46, 5'9", 162lbs seeks relationship-oriented SF, 30-45, who enjoys Borders, Royal Oak. art films dance dubs, delis to MaMe Eastern cuisine, Jazz, classi-cal, contemporary music

92177 NO CLEVER AO

Outgoing DWM, mid-50s, seeks kind-hearted lady, tor LTR Will answer alt. 92628

TREASURE UNCLAIMED!!!

Canng. playful, exceptional practical, tall, handsome SWPM. 40-ish. dark bioni* •arge btue, seeks attractive skm SWF, under 46. N^ . with simitar qualities who's seri-ously interested m a relation-ship See you soon 99554

NEW TO TWIS Active. ie«-employed, athletic funny SWM 34 seeks ola tionsh« with outgoing, attrac-tive SWF, 27-33. for LTR 92S40

SEEKING MEOtUM-eUILT WOMAN

Saxere canng DWM, 40 S'9". 175tM Seekng medum-bu* loyal, smcere imderstandng S/DWF, 36* NO, senae of

6-.JlPk f ines upe-her Seek

peme-metfu'^ 3F. 4®ls0 toUMMPP P ° m * *

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91548 , v j y HOT COMMODITY

Sponta nous, a«NHf 1WM( 40. com". • m o v i M .

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TIME AO ' i iq, physictfy tit. i guy. 40, seeks

' M W « Cau-jM| lB ' l l * r tner . 30-JraMnafiip intimacy.

SMOKER X - * M i i i r i N G TO QUfT Warm, attractive. attentive. d H ^ c u l , sell -employed

;SWM. 25, 58" I55tt», medi-um burtd browrvt>lue. seeks

•..TSftgNlsV"3 playful warn, attractive, petite W SWF. 23-30. wim career goals,

P h r tor LTR. 92S07 _ _ IN YOUR EYES

I find someone special DWM 41. 190ibs fit, short browrvtirown. mce guy. enjoys bike ridmg. ice skating, humor, music, movies, art Seekmg fit SWF to share experiences 92508

PLAY WITH ME Fyn to play wim, you might become attached, lovable, affectionate DWM, 47, 5'11" You can take me tor walks or show to your Inends College degree, papers available upon request «1107

SINGLE MOM WANTED

SWM, 29, 6". N/S Drug-trse brown/green, medium build enjoys bowling horseback rid-ing Seeking SF. 20-35 N/S for LTR, must kke children 92447

WHERE ARE YOU?

Bright, easygoing, good-look-ing. well established SWM. 44, 5'9". 150lb6 with many interests including music, exercise. o*d movies, out-doors. dancing, seeks mteft-gent good-hearted, relatively slum and attractive SWF Children ok 92450

MOVIE BUFF SWPM, 39 511". N/S with no children, enjoys the arts, len-

r r s IN HIS KISS Nice-looking, intelligent, pas-sionate very financially secure DWM. 40*. 5 9", 165tos, seeks smart, sensu-ous woman, who enjoys spirit-ed conversation, casinos, ocean sunrises Smoker ok. 92352

CAUTION: DONT MISS OUT!

WM. 51. secure, honest, 6", grayiWue, fit. seeks an honest female 38-50, lor a LTR. 91163

TALK TO MY DAD

Warm, kind, sensitive, down-to-earth DWPM. 40. 59", browaVhazei. custodial parent of two, social dnnker, enjoys cookmg. Cedar Point, camp-ing. socializing Seeking DWF, with kids, for companiorwfap. serious relationship. West BloomfieM 92272

SEEKING SOULMATE

SM, 63, seeJiS kmdred soul with SF person attached Me Spanish-speaking intelligent, cultured, sensitive imperfect, attractive, healthy, sensual, agnostic loves music, the arts, hiking, dancing, poetry and romance 92264

RED OR WHITE?

-e<uto executive, 45 wants to send countless roses and lousy composes to a cute. Inm, happy lady with no dependents, and lots ol vases 92722

READY TO GO Sweet, sensitive SWM. 30ish.

! looking tor a lovely female MMri r t to ee skate with and to

.seek out new adventures to .Vfjjpre 92634 _

SMILE WITH ME attentive, friendly,

SWPM dark large gorgeous blue,

• f l a i l , fit, N/S, seeks attractive

rsltm, monogamous SWF. under 46, tor possfcie LTR No Pn ma donnas, please Talk to you soon 92626

HUMOROUS Fun-loving SWM, 42, 6'2", I95lbe, btondtiazei, good lis-tener kkes kids travel, water sports rock muse Seeks 30-45, for relationship 92637

FIRST TIME AD SM 42, 511", 245lbS». blondtnue moustache seeks a woman. 28-42, I00-I60ibs who looks good m jeans or a dress and is hones; Meet me halfway' 92359

COMPANION NEEDED Kind-hearted DWPM, 42, 5 9" I45ibs dad likes hockey, run-ning. race cars, music, tamity. yard sates locking tor active lady who need tender loving care 92355

SJM TEACHER, 43 Canng. fun. intelligent guy. searching tor a long-term re«-Sonsh(> with a bright, warm, attractve woman I enjoy musa:, dancing, readrg. friends, walks, and festivals 92350

FIRST TIME AO SM 45, 6'3 5". wishes to meet lady for friendship, late night dinners, quiet evenings, long walks, movies. special moments, and relationship 92351

Handsome SWM (warn heart-andtoul m "60* spirit m HOc) teaks beautiful free-apmted woman for true friendship romance, spiritual enlighten mew 92870

LOONNG FOR GOOO TIMES

SWM 48 «• good tense of iwtiot. Ihes dnrng out cookmg ftyrig. tenras Seeki«j SWF t im*ne*xn txMd US great sanee ol him** when ready tor good tlmaa. poea«e tlekor-V<J Don! be shy* 928^2

Lets

IN WEST MOE Attractive DWM 46 f t " . I85tos browoWue N«. kght dnnkar. enjoys dancing movies, muaic of «0» Seelung

SWF 36-50 who t emoftonai-fy ready tor LTR 99724

HANDSOME KMOHT SM 40 6 'T 190*M carmg

lata, sensual very r>e>gent. seeks

36-45. tor romance and relationatap must love oommuracMon sharing t non and be physically W tak toon' 92723

LONELYM GARDEN CITY

DWM 26 5 10" 170tos works ful time enjoys bowkng

movies camptng travel Seekmg honest, canng sm-cere romantic S/DWF 18-30 who kkes cuddkng. children ok tor LTR 92721

CAN I HAVE THIS DANCE

•or the -eel of my Me"1 aftrac ttvs SWM 41 never mamed no kids teaks cute SDWF 32-36. tor tnendsrap first, then hopefuly a kfetime 92719

humor, who Mies to MM nee wales M night, streets me oiA doors movies, cooking 91993

FIRST TIME AO Degreed fit. caring. tensWve

indy SWPM 43 handy 511", iSOlbs, Mies the om-doort. dancmg sports, seeks degreed ttonder SWPF 38-43, with similar interests qua*-hes 92354

ROY ROGERS SEEKS DALE EVANS

Horseman seeks horse womer. SWM. 42. 9 . 230lbs. beard vegetanen. N/S loves horses aramaM canoeing

very stir 160lbs

nature poetry cookmg tor snture rm< iopen

humorous, smoere. down-to-earth 92265

TM hnneel i n o r a a finer aety Mbte [ W 54 64" N « s»*v r good phyeuai conAon yikxAJ fee lo meet a Mender lady. 42-50 tor oomparaonthci.

• LTR 99641

ras travel, walking and book-stores Seekmg SWF 32-45 with similar interests 91592

OLD-FASHIONED

down-to-earth, secure wid-owed BCM. 47, 6-4*. 220tos father of twins ekes movies walung. martial arts cookmg. Seekmg an attractive young •emaia 36-49. tor possUe LTR Must have God hrsl 92442

HANDSOME A OUTGOING

Outgoing, charming tonny i attractive SPM 24 510"

seeks tun-loving female m Canton area 92417

SEARCHING FOR THE ONE

Good-toolang. honest nteA-gent SWCM 44 5 10 I65tos btonr^bkje. H S never mar rled. With good sense Ol humor Appreciates class, styte. waAs kra sales muse and t rn t l towns For LTR No games 92367

GOO, NATURE AND MY HARUEY

Care lo join m t ' Attractive III fun, emotionally *naricia»y secure DWM 44 seeks eitrac »ve fit SOF 36-50 tor fnerd-sfkp first and hope»u»y more Bekef m God a must 92363

Seniors

TAKE A CHANCE

French widowed female teaches at home 3 days a week seeks key] widowed or DWM. wim good moral char-acter who kkes to dine out go dancing, for friendship, poss-We relationship 92000

LONELY SENIOR

DWM 68 seeks widowed or divorced WF for companion-Ship Enjoy <*rang out. movies plays concerts Prefer Oakland County 92542

ENJOYS LIFE SWF 64 5"2" blonde serm-'Whred loves lo dance travel movies, dmmg theater cards Seeking SWM 60-70 Musi dance have variety of inter eats sense ot humor be NS 92506

GOOO LOOKING

SF 67, 54" 115*» social dnnker would kke to meet SM tor ckrang out, movies, some gambling, and quiet tanes at home 92356

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2MKYAMD MEDLEY RELAY

(state eMt 1:42.M)

North Farmington 1:42.19

LNoma Stevenson 1:44.30

Plymouth Salem 1:45.23

Plymouth Canton 1.45.60

Redford Catholic Central 1:47.35

200 FREESTYLE

(state cut 1:49.39)

Keith Falk (Stevenson) 1:45.36

Ryan Meek ins (Redford CC) 1:48.51

Joe ButXitz (Stevenson) 1:50 61

Mmes McParttin (John Glenn) 1:50 75

Matt Casiiias (Salem) 1:51.97

Mortis Hornick (Canton) 1:52.49

Don LeClair I Cant on > 1:53.11

Brandon Digia IN Farmington) 1:53 63

Jim Gabnei |N. Farmington) 1:53.78

9m Randall (Churchill) 1:53.94

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

(state cat: 2.-03.99)

Keith Falk (Stevenson) 2:00.50

Me BuWitz (StevensonI 2:00.95

James McPartlin (John Glenn) 2:07 36

Mike Malik (Stevenson) 2:07 50

Paul Perez (Salem) 2:09.59

Brett Mecoms (Redford CC) 2:11.06

Mike Nemer (Stevenson) 2:11.54

Aaron Reeder (Canton) 2:11.63

Aw on Shelton (Salem) 2:12 05

Jim Gabriel (N Farmington) 2:12 20

SO FREESTYLE

(state cut: 22.59)

Matt Zaid (N Farmington! 22 30

Andrew Locke i,Salem) 22.35

James McPartlin (John Glenn) 22.65

Kurtis Hornick (Canton) 22.73

Keith Falk (Stevenson) 22.80

Ryan Meek ins (Redford CC) 22,81

Joe Bubiitz (Stevenson) 22.88

Dan LeClair (Canton) 23.09

Mark Wachsberg i N Farmington) 23.18

Biil Randall (ChurchiH) 23.55

DIVINO

fis Lebovic (N. Farmington) 261.75

& n s McFarland (John Glenn) 257.20

(aieg Braziunas (Redford CC) 256.30

Mike Mat I is t Redford CC) 230 50

AiStm Goodwin (N Farmington) 197 65

a n Kubitskl (Salem) 180.95

Qgke Brunner (Canton) 177.00

•Qry Stevens (Redford CC) 172 10

Kfr- Chase .Salem, 168 95

Jj^on Zykowski (Stevenson) 163.40

100 BUTTERFLY

(state cat: SB.59)

Keith Falk i,Stevensoni 54 00

Jttnes McPartlin (John Glenni 54 55

Joe 8ublitz I Stevenson) 55 45

Blett Meconis (Redford CC) 55 68

Adam Farber (N Farmington) 56.59

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Paul Perez (Salem) 57.13

Kurtis Horrwck (Canton) 57 45

Mark Wachsberg (N. Farmington) 57.84

Bryant Steele (Redford CC) 59.10

Mike Maiik (Stevenson) 59.25

100 FREESTYLE

(state eat: 44.49)

Matt Zald (N. Farmington) 48.17

Keith Faik (Stevenson) 48.92

Ryan Meekms |Redford CC) 48 97

Joe Bubirtz (Stevenson; 49.66

Jim McPartlin (John Glenn) 49.81

Andrew Locke (Salem) 49.95

Don LeClair (Canton) 50 59

Kurtis Hornick (Canton) 50.94

Mark Wachsberg (N. Farmington) 51 04

Bill Randall (ChurcMII) 51.36

BOO FREESTYLE

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Keith Falk (Stevenson) 4:51.40

Brian Mertens (Salem) 5:07 00

Paul Perez (Salem) 5:07,47

Ryan Meekms (Redford CC) 5:07.81

Mike Mai ik (Stevenson) 5:08.46

Justin Ketterer (Stevenson) 5:09.06

Kurtis Hornick (Canton) 5:10.60

Ed Lesnau iRedford CCi 5:12.90

Bryant Steele (Redford CC) 5:18.05

Danny Price (Harrison) 5:20.60

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North Farmington 1:32.37

Plymouth Salem 1:32.51

Plymouth Canton 1.33.38

Lrvonia Stevenson 1:33.78

Redford Catholic Central 1:35.35

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Joe Bubirtz (Stevenson) 55.66

Jim Gabriel (N, Farmingtoni 57.15

Devm Hopper (Farmington) 57.39

Aaron Reeder (Canton) 58.06

James McPartlin (John Glenn) 58.42

Aaron Shelton (Salem) 58.77

Matt Casiiias (Salemi 59.46

Justin Allen (Canton) 59.62

Kerth Falk (Stevenson) 59.69

Brad Neilson (Canton] 1:00 48

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Adam Farber (N. Farmmgtonj 1:02.68

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Kevin VanTlem (Stevenson) 1D5.23

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Mike Nemer (Stevenson) 1:06.06

Sonny Webber (Wayne) 1:06.91

David Hartmann (Farmington) 1:07.04

Mike Kruszewski (Redford CC) 1:07.30

Aaron Shelton I Salem) 1:07,90

Jon Zald (N. Farmington) 1:08.38

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Madonna repels Tech's comeback Too little, too late. Madonna University 's men's basketbal l

team has suffered through all sorts of indig- 1

nities this season of frustration, but it has never surrendered. On Saturday against vis-iting Indiana Tech, the Fighting Crusaders continued to follow that simple precept — all the way to a 92-88 triumph.

It was the second Wolverine-Hoosier Ath-let ic Conference win in t h r ee g a m e s for Madonna, raising its record to 8-20 overall and 4-8 in the conference. Tech fell to 16-8 overall, 6-5 in the WHAC.

Behind the e f for t s of Mike Massey (31 points, eight rebounds and two steals) and Mike Maryanski (27 points, seven boards, four assists and two blocked shots), the Cru-saders scored the game's first six points and never trailed. Their lead by halftime was 43-2 6 .

But it did get interesting down the stretch. With 2:45 left in the game, a Massey free

throw had made it 80-65 — a safe cushion, r i g h t ? Not by War r io r s t a n d a r d s . They nailed seven three-pointers in that last 2:38, five of t h e m by Gordon S t u b b l e f i e l d , in outscoring Madonna 23-12.

But with Trevor Hinshaw converting 7-of-8 free throws in the final 1:26, Tech never got closer than four j o i n t s as the Crusaders held off the charge. Hinshaw, one of five Cru-saders to reach double figures in scoring, fin-ished with 10 points, five rebounds and four assists.

Jason Skoczylas added 13 points and three s teals , and Mark Mitchell had 10 points .

SC was 39-of-83 from the floor (47 per-

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m . 1 cent) and were just 11-of-20 from the line (55 percent).

Five Raiders reached double-f igures in scoring, led by Montez Briggs with 21 points, nine assists and si* rebounds. Albert Jones (from Westland John Glenn) had 19 points, seven boards, six assis ts and three steals; Brad Burlingame scored 18 points; Randy Kelly totaled 17 points; and Aaronde Kemp collected 12 points

SC had seven players in double figure* in scoring: Dashawn Williams with 16 (and 14 rebounds); Mike Murray with 13 (and five boards); Lamar Bigby with 12; Chris Colley with 11; and David McGlown, Derek McK-elvey and David J a r r e t t (West land John Glenn) with 10 apiece.

Madonna enjoyed one of its finest shooting days, hi t t ing 28-of-52 floor shots (53.8 per-cent), 5-of-13 three-pointers (38.5 percent) and 31-of-44 free throws (70.5 percent).

Maryanski was named WHAC player of the week, averaging 18.3 points and eight rebounds in the sevenrday stretch.

S t u b b l e f i e l d ' s 23 poin ts topped Tech. Khalil Hairston and Franklyn Bush added 15 points apiece, and Andre Miles scored 13. Hairston also had nine assists.

Oakland CC 111, SC 92: Schoolcraft Col-lege has h a n d l e d every opponent in the Michigan Community College Athletic Asso-ciation's Eastern Conference, except for con-ference leader Flint Mott CC and — Oakland CC?

The Raiders have hovered at the .500 level all season, but for the second time in a week they looked like champions in completely mas t e r i ng SC. On Feb. 8, they bea t the Ocelots 117-97 at SC.

SC fell to 20-4 overall, 10-4 in the confer-ence. OCC is 12-13 overall, 7-8 in the confer-ence.

Once again, OCC took command early and kep t it , l e a d i n g 59-35 a t the h a l f . T h e Raiders were 34-of-64 from the floor (53.1 percent) and ll-of-21 from three-point range (52.4 percent), and they shot a whopping 41 free throws, making 32 of them (78 percent).

SC 77, Detta 64: The offense wasn't qui*e as productive, but the defense made up for i t as Schoolcraft College won its 20th game of the season Saturday, beating visiting Delta

The loss dropped Delta to 8-16 overall. 4-10 in the Eastern Conference.

The Ocelots, who have s t ruggled at the free-throw line at times this season, didn't in this game. They nailed 14-of-18 from the stripe (77.8 percent); the Pioneers were 9-of-11(81 percent). SC led 32-23 at the half.

Dashawn Williams" 17 point topped th$ Ocelots. David Jarret t (from Westland John Glenn) added 14 and Derek McKelvey scored 12.

Andre Bell led Delta with 22 points.

Madonna gets 3rd-straight win; SC clinches title Turnaround time — and jus t

in time. M a d o n n a U n i v e r s i t y ' s

women ' s b a s k e t b a l l t e a m appeared to be a legitimate chal-lenger for the Wolverine-Hoosier A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e c h a m p i -onship jus t before the s t a r t of league play. Even the loss of star f o r w a r d Mary M u r r a y to a severe knee injury early in the season, while a definite problem, was something they could over-come. They entered the WHAC campaign with an 11-4 record.

Four weeks later, they were at t h e bot tom of t h e confe rence s tandings with a 12-12 overall record and a 1-8 league mark.

They were down, but appar-ently not out. Led by Kathy Pan-ganis, Madonna has now won its last three WHAC games, the lat-est a 79-57 dismantling of Indi-a n a Tech S a t u r d a y in Fo r t Wayne.

The sophomore forward turned

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in yet another superb all-around performance, converting 8-of-13 floor sho t s (.and 2-of-3 t h r ee -pointers) to score a game-high 21 points. She also had 12 rebounds ( f o u r of them o f f e n s i v e ) , six assists and two steals.

Panganis. named WHAC play-er of t h e week for h e r effor ts , leads the conference in scoring with a 19.6 average.

C h r i s Die t r ich a d d e d 17 points, five rebounds and five assis ts ; Lori Enfield scored 10 points and grabbed five boards; Katie Cushman had nine points and six a s s i s t s ; a n d K r i s t i Fiorenzi (from Plymouth Can-

ton) finished with seven points and seven rebounds.

The Lady W a r r i o r s got 10 poin ts ap iece f rom R h o n d a Mehrley, Nichole Meyers and Kelly Hays. Hayes also had 11 rebounds and three steals.

Madonna led 40-33 at the half. The win improved t h e Cru-

saders' record to 15-12 overall. 4-8 in the WHAC. Tech is 7-19 overall. 2-10 in the conference.

SC 53. Oakland CC 41: What-ever it takes.

Tha t ph i lo sophy ca r r i ed Schoolcraft College to its 14th-s t r a igh t win in the Michigan C o m m u n i t y Col lege A th l e t i c Association's Eas t e rn Confer-ence, clinching first place for the

Lady Ocelots. They have won 18-consecutive games and have a 22-3 overall record to go with their 14-0 conference mark.

SC trailed OCC (14-10 overall. 7-8 in the conference) 27-18 ai the half, but l imited the Ladf Raiders to 6-of-34 shooting fro in the floor in the second half (17 6 percent).

Antone ' W a t s o n led t h e Ocelots w i t h 15 p o i n t s , s i t rebounds, five ass i s t s and twQ steals . J ack i e Kncis added 11 points

P a u l a W e s a w a s t h e only Raider to reach double figures in scoring with" 18 points; she also had 16 rebounds and five steals. Allison R i c h a r d s con t r ibu ted nine points.

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Western nips North to forge a tip fnr ton snot in WLAA. BY CHRIS MAYER STAFF WRITER caayerOoe.hamecomm.net

• Walled Lake Wes te rn ' s boys basketball team had its share of lopsided victories ea r l i e r t h i s season. Now the Warr io rs a re finding ways to win close games. • Incredibly, Western endured a third straight one-point game on Tuesday . The r e su l t th i s t ime was a heart-stopping 46-45 victo-ry over visiting North Farming-ton t h a t e n a b l e d W e s t e r n to break the school's single-season record for wins.

"It was a classic defensive bat-t l e b e t w e e n two o u t s t a n d i n g t e a m s , " W e s t e r n coach Rex S t anczak said. "It was one of t h o s e b a c k - a n d - f o r t h g a m e s where North Farmington opened up a six- or eight-point lead and we made a run to tie it. And then we got up six or eight points and (the Raiders) caught a run and tied it."

The victory left the Warriors with a 15-1 overall record - the 15 wins b r e a k s t h e p rev ious record of 14 set during the 1996-97 season when Western reached the Class A regional finals - and a 9-1 mark in t h e W e s t e r n Lakes Activities Association.

Western concludes its regular-season conference schedule Fri-day at home against Farmington H i l l s H a r r i s o n . A win would

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allow the Warriors to clinch the top seed for the upcoming WLAA Tournament. Harrison, inciden-tally, downed Farmington 73-55 on Tuesday.

North Farmington (12-3, 8-1) s u f f e r e d i t s first c o n f e r e n c e defeat. Emir Medunjanin paced the Raiders with 14 points, 10 of which came in the first half.

Ben D e w a r ' s 18 p o i n t s led Western, which lost to Plymouth Salem (47-46) and defeated Ply-mouth Canton (52-51) in its pre-vious two games. Jenero Dawood chipped in 11 points, punctuated by three second-half 3-pointers, and Jeff Mitchell had 10 points. Stanczak also praised the defen-sive efforts of Mitchell, Dewar and Brandon Routhier in limit-ing M e d u n j a n i n to only four points after intermission.

Tied 39-39 af ter th ree quar -ters, Western failed to score dur-ing the first four minutes of the fourth qua r t e r and fell behind 43-39.

The Warriors clawed back in front and th?n survived some frantic final moments in which both teams missed the front end of one-and-one free-throw oppor-tunities two different times. The Raiders also failed to convert a potential game-winning jumper in the waning seconds.

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Soloist Eliza-beth Beeler joins the Detroit Sym-phony Orches-tra, and the Madrigal Chorale of Southfield, for a pops concert featuring music from Broadway, 8:30 p.m. at Orchestra Hall, (313) 576-5111.

SATURDAY

See some of the hottest hot rods and wildest custom cars, trucks, vans and mot-orcycles of the past and present 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Autorama at Cobo Center. Tickets $12 at the gate, children under 12, $5.

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The Long horn World Champi-onship Rodeo comes to The Palace of Auburn Hills, 2 p.m. Tickets $18, $14 and $12, call (248) 645-6666.

r Dance Theatre of Harlem company members worked with students at Plymouth Salem High School as part of its out-reach program. Dance Theatre of Harlem per-forms at Music Hall Cen-ter for the Performing Arts through Sunday, Feb. 21. Tickets are $41.50, $36.50 and $31.50. Call (313) 963-2366 for information.

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Ye a r s a f t e r he left Broadway a s a y o u n g scenic d e s i g n e r because t h e competition was

too c u t t h r o a t , Nei l Goldberg will m a k e h i s r e t u r n to G o t h a m Ci ty this fall.

In b e t w e e n leaving and r e tu rn -ing to Broadway, Goldberg estab-lished himself as one of the indus-t ry ' s m o s t s o u g h t - a f t e r b ig-event p roducers w i t h a couple of S u p e r Bowls a n d Miss America Pageants to his credit , not to mention a few thousand corporate shows.

B u t in t h e e a r l y 1990s, fed u p w i t h w h a t h e ca l l ed "Band-Aid p roduc t ions" a n d "safe" corpora te shows, Goldberg ran off and joined the circus.

A c t u a l l y , h e c r e a t e d a c i r c u s , " C i r q u e i n g e n i e u x , " to b e p e r -f o r m e d T u e s d a y - S u n d a y a t t h e Music Hall Cen te r for the Perform-ing Arts.

The avan t -garde circus is part ly a n o l d - f a s h i o n e d P.T. B a r n u m ext ravaganza , arid partly European e w s t e n t i a Y d r e a m A mix ol" outra-geousness and a bizarre, voyeuris-tic intimacy.

For t h o s e w h o ' v e w a t c h e d "Cirque Ingenieux" on PBS, there 's really only one word t h a t s u m s up the t r oupe of contort ionists , acro-bats , ae r i a l i s t s and i l lusionists — spectacle.

Story of the circus In t h e E u r o p e a n t r a d i t i o n ,

C i rque Ingen i eux relies on a sin-gle-ring circus in an in t imate set-t i n g . n o t a t h r e e - r i n g c i r cus s e t amid a canyon.

U n l i k e t h e m a w k i s h n e s s of a DiBney product ion . Cirque r u s h e s headlong into a wildly imaginative, and, a t t imes, f r ightening universe.

T h e p e c u l i a r spec t ac l e fol lows t h e s t o r y of S a r a h , a y o u n g gir l who becomes enthral led by the cir-cus performers .

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Held up: (Top photo) Circus-like athleticism offers a blend of gymnastics and body sculpture. <Photo above) Cirque Ingenieux offers a contorted view of aesthetic defiance.

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Thursday, February 18, 1999

Black Crowes hold up release BY CHRISTINA Fioco STAFF warm c f u o f o O o e . h o m « * u m m . n e i

S t e v e G o r m a n , d r u m m e r for T h e Black Crowes, knew that as soon as he aAd his b a n d m a t e s wrapped u p work on the i r f i f t h a l b u m . "By Your Side." they would r eg re t t ab ly wr i te a great song.

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WHO: The Black Crowes. and specnH guest Mofca

WHEN: 7:30 p.m Friday. Feb 19 WMUE: State Theatre. 2115 Woodward Ava. Detroit

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and you finish it and you t u rn it in. the next song is always great But it's too l a t e a n d by the t ime you ' re r e a d y to m a k e a new record, you've w r i t t e n a bunch more." he said

And it h a p p e n e d a g a i n B u t t h i s t ime. The Black Crowes had the clout to pu t t h e b r a k e s on t h e S e p t e m b e r r e l e a s e of " S t a n d By Me (American/Columbia >

A f t e r t u r n i n g in t h e a l b u m to t h e r e c o r d c o m p a n y . T h e B lack C r o w e s headed out on a summer t ime club tour which inspired the rollicking "Go Tell the Congregation." and the lazy. New Orleans-inspired "Diamond Ring

W h e n the two aongs s u r f a c e d , t h e band decided to r e t u r n to t h e s t u d i o and revamp the album

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Wartime drama: Sergeant Hor-vath (Tom Sizemore), Corporal Upham (Jeremy Davies), Pri-vate Jackson (Barry Pepper) and Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks, right) are pinned down by an enemy sniper as they try to help a terrified little girl in a scene from "Saving Private Ryan."

W.W. II, 1500s vie for Oscar BY H U G H G A L L A G H E R STAFF WRITER hga l l aghe r@oe .homecomm.ne t

World War II a n d Elizabethan Eng-land dominate th is year 's Oscar compe-tition.

Three Best P ic ture nominated films - " S a v i n g Pr iva te Ryan.""Life is Beau-tiful" and "The Thin Red Line" - exam-ine the devas ta t ing effect of the war on soldiers and ordinary people. "Shake-speare In Love" and "Elizabeth" are. respectively, a costume comedy and a costume d r a m a fea tur ing the old and young Queen Bess.

It's hard to read any deep meaning into this o ther t han coincidence. The biggest surpr i se and disappointment is that "The T r u m a n Show" failed to win a Best Picture nominat ion, though director Peter Weir was nominated. The nominat ing process - in which every-one nominates in the Best Picture cate-gory while o ther nominat ions are made by those in the par t icular craft - makes these contradict ions inevitable, "The Truman Show" might have offended the Hollywood crowd with its cri t ique of media manipu la t ion , or they might jus t be t i red of t h e movie's star, peren-nial adolescent J i m Carrey, who didn't receive a Best Actor Nomination.

I would have easily eliminated "Eliz-abeth," an en t e r t a in ing but not spectac-ular political d r a m a , in favor of "The T r u m a n Show"

Carrey also deserved a nomination for reaching beyond his usual clown personna. The nominated actors - Tom Hanks for "Saving Private Ryan." Ian McKellen for "Gods and Monsters." Roberto Benigni for "Life is Beautiful . Edward Norton for "American History X" and Nick Nolte for "Affliction" - are an ou ts tand ing group Bemgni's warm. Chapl inesque performance shows tha t he also can occasionally rein in a wild comic spir i t .

Tom H a n k s proves again his versatil-ity and his t a l en t for creating believe-able charac ters with small telling ges-tures. McKellen's performance as direc-tor J a m e s Whale has been shar ing crit-ics' honors with my personal choice for best actor. Nick Nolte. Nolte's perfor-mance in "Affliction" is raw, honest and complex and a cap to many years of fine performances .

Best actress In the best ac t ress category, the crit-

ics have chosen Fernanda Montenegro for her performance in the Brazilian film "Central Sta t ion " She is also my choice for playing a part that could have plunged into sent imental i ty at any moment S h e keeps it totally hon-est as a re t i red t eacher who helps a lit-tle boy find his family. Cate Blanrhet t is also excellent a s a headstrong and incisive young Queen Elizabeth and

P l e a s e see OSCAR, E2

Shake your m o n e y m a k e r :

Black Cron e*• — from 'left>, keyboardist Eddie Harst h of Detroit, drummer Steve Gorman, singer Chris Robinson, gut tanst Audle\ Freed, gut tanst I vocalist Rich Robinson, and bassist Sven Pipien.

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Circus from page El

R e t u r n i n g to t h e e m p t y t e n t a f t e r t h e pe r fo rmance , S a r a h ' s world is t r ans fo rmed magical ly as a r i d e on t h e t r a p e z e t a k e s he r in to an Kafkaesque "Alice in W o n d e r l a n d " m e e t s "Wiza rd of Oz" wi th odd cha rac te r s s t r a i g h t f rom t h e "Jerry Spr inge r Show."

It 's a n ex t r avagan t l y s t r a n g e p l a c e of a n E n c h a n t r e s s a n d

whacky tai lors t h a t h a s s t ruck a chord wi th American audiences .

O f t e n , C i r q u e p e r f o r m a n c e s a r e sell-outs. The a t t en t ion a n d t icket sa les du r ing the i r second season of a na t ional tour a p p a r -en t l y p e r s u a d e d inves to r s t h a t t h e u l t i m a t e p r i z e m i g h t b e unde r the Broadway big-top.

"In eas te rn Europe , especially Russia , the circus is like football to New Yorkers," sa id Goldberg.

" W h e n A m e r i c a n s a r e con-f r o n t e d w i t h w h a t w e d o n ' t know, we become more capt ivat -ed."

Contrary to Broadway

For a fraction of t h e $ l l - m i l -lion budge t of " P h a n t o m of the Opera ," C i r q u e h a s t h e logisti-c a l - p u z z l e a p p e a r a n c e of a Broadway show, sa id Goldberg.

B u t any a v a n t - g a r d e produc-tion, let alone a circus, isn't con-s ide red typica l f a r e t h e s e days on B r o a d w a y , w h e r e r e v i v a l s a n d b i g - b u d g e t s h o w s a r e t h e

norm.

C o n t r a r y t o t h e w a y s of Broadway, t h e r e ' s no th ing con-v e n t i o n a l or " s a f e " wi th Gold-berg's l a t es t product ion.

"They couldn ' t pay me enough to do 'Grease ' again," said Gold-berg from his Los Angeles office.

"My d r e a m h a s always been to

w o r k on B r o a d w a y in o r i g i n a l product ions," he said. "The a u r a of l ive t h e a t e r is so appea l ing to me."

Yea r s a f t e r r u n n i n g off wi th t h e c i r c u s , G o l d b e r g a n d i n v e s t o r s a r e b e t t i n g t h a t B r o a d w a y m i g h t b e f i n a l l y r e a d y fo r t h e u l t i m a t e con tor -t ion is t ac t .

Oscar from page El

G w y n e t h Pa l t r ow a g a i n d e f t l y h a n d l e s a comic p a r t in "Shake-spea re in Love." The o ther nomi-nees a r e Meryl S t r e e p in "One T r u e Thing" a n d Emily Watson "Hi lary and Jackie."

Q u e e n Elizabeth is also repre-s e n t e d in t h e b e s t s u p p o r t i n g a c t r e s s c a t e g o r y w i t h J u d i Dench , who p lays t h e queen as an a m u s i n g old lady in "Shake-spea re in Love." My choice here is K a t h y Ba te s ' ab ra s ive , emo-t ional , riveting per fo rmance as a

pol i t ical ope ra t i ve in " P r i m a r y Colors" (a movie t h a t h a s b e e n sadly undervalued because of i ts t i e to r e a l e v e n t s ) . T h e o t h e r n o m i n e e s a r e Rache l G r i f f i t h s fo r " H i l a r y a n d J a c k i e , " L y n n Redgrave for "Gods a n d Mon-s t e r s " a n d B r e n d a B l e t h y n for "Little Voice."

Bill M u r r a y got r o b b e d of a b e s t s u p p o r t i n g actor n o m i n a -tion for "Rushmore." T h e cr i t ics have been more perceptive t h a n H o l l y w o o d . B u t my p e r s o n a l

c h o i c e f o r t h e a w a r d d i d ge t nominated - Robert Duval l once a g a i n p roves t h a t h e is one of t h e f i n e s t a n d m o s t s u b t l e of actors in his work as a n old shoe lawyer in "A Civil Action." I t is also nice to see v e t e r a n J a m e s C o b u r n f ina l ly g e t r ecogn i t ion for h is tough, nas ty performance in "Affliction." T h e o t h e r nomi-nees are Ed Har r i s in "The Tru-m a n Show," G e o f f r e y R u s h in "Shakespeare in Love" a n d Billy B o b T h o r n t o n i n "A S i m p l e

Plan." O s c a r s r a r e l y get passed ou t

simply for a r t i s t ic meri t . Indus-t r y po l i t i c s , n a t i o n a l po l i t i c s , sent imental i ty , Hollywood's infe-riority complex and many other e lements go into who gets these highly coveted bu t totally quirky awards.

W h e n t h e n o m i n a t i o n s w e r e announced, most observers were surpr ised by the absence of "The T r u m a n Show" and the number of nomina t ions for "Shakespeare

in Love." My choice for bes t p ic ture is

the movie t h a t t h e Eas tern crit-ics are enjoying having seconds thoughts about a n d sneering a t as "too conventional." There is a lot t h a t i s c o n v e n t i o n a l a b o u t "Saving Pr iva te Ryan," but there is also a bru ta l i ty , a sweep and an emot ional power t h a t is not a t all convent ional . Needless to say I a l so t h i n k S t even Spiel-b e r g s h o u l d g e t h i s s e c o n d Oscar.

" S h a k e s p e a r e In Love" a n d " L i f e I s B e a u t i f u l " a r e a l s o favor i tes for best film. T h e f irst h a s a wonder fu l ly wi t ty scr ipt , f i n e e n s e m b l e ac t ing a n d h igh p r o d u c t i o n v a l u e s . B e n i g n i ' s " L i f e I s B e a u t i f u l " d o e s t h e s e e m i n g l y impossible by show-ing how h u m o r t r i u m p h s over evil.

O n S u n d a y , M a r c h 2 1 , we ' l l find out how Hollywood voted.

See our Oscar contest ballot on page E6 to cast your vote.

Release from page El

record out. We were wi th a new l a b e l a n d we w e r e l ike , ' L e t ' s j u s t h a n g on a second.' If t hese a r e a s good a s we t h i n k t h e y are , w e owe it to the record to go r e c o r d t h e m a n d see w h a t we th ink ."

O n " D i a m o n d Ring ," R o b i n -s o n ' s v o c a l s a r e s t r i k i n g . H e growls th rough "You're t h e rea-son I wan t to sing/You m a k e me feel l ike a king/I love t h e sun-s h i n e t h a t you br ing/I w a n t to buy you a diamond ring "

" S t a n d By M e " w a s t h e n m o v e d to N o v e m b e r , b u t t o a v o i d g e t t i n g l o s t in t h e a v a l a n c h e of C h r i s t m a s re leas-es, t h e band opted to move it to J a n u a r y .

Stripped down T h e Black Crowes wan ted "By

Your Side" to sound w a r m , not l ike a slick a n d sh iny overpro-

duced a l b u m . So, a c c o r d i n g to Gorman, the band headed in t h e s tudio with "a bunch of gu i ta r s , a bunch of d r u m s , a b u n c h of vocals" and j u s t threw down.

The studio work was the easy par t . The Black Crowes worked out all the k inks in pre-produc-tion, picking a p a r t the 20 songs "like crazy," Gorman expla ined .

"We w e r e very, very focused . We'd t ake each song, play it 50 t imes and pay a t ten t ion to w h a t every single person's p laying so t h a t w h e n y o u c o m e o u t of there , you go into the s tud io %nd j u s t r o l l t a p e . T h e s o n g is a l r e a d y very, v e r y f a m i l i a r . I t was Teally easy to do."

Many of t h e songs t h a t m a d e i t on the a lbum, were first, sec-ond or third take.

T h e B l a c k C r o w e s w e n t th rough a l ineup change before h e a d i n g i n t o t h e s t u d i o . T h e

• The Black Crowes wanted "By Your Side" to sound warm, not like a slick and shiny overpro-duced album.

core m e m b e r s of g u i t a r i s t Rich Rob inson , s i n g e r C h r i s Robin-son, d r u m m e r Gorman , a n d key-b o a r d i s t E d d i e H a r s c h r ema ined . G u i t a r i s t M a r c Ford a n d b a s s i s t J o h n n y C o l t w e r e out; bassis t Sven Pip ien , a long-t ime fr iend of t h e band , was in.

"WTe've k n o w n S v e n forever . T h e f i r s t b a n d I w a s e v e r in , Sven was my b a s s player. We'd a l w a y s s a y w e s h o u l d p l a y toge ther and so w h e n i t finally h a p p e n e d , I d i d n ' t t h i n k i t would be in The Black Crowes."

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Crowes ' sound is Har sch , a 12-y e a r D e t r o i t r e s i d e n t , w h o j o i n e d t h e b a n d in J a n u a r y 1991.

"He's very much a Detroiter," h e sa id . T h e b a n d m e t H a r s c h t h r o u g h m u s i c i a n C h u c k L e a v e l l , w h o p l a y e d w i t h t h e B lack C r o w e s for one show in December 1990.

"Chuck drove u p to play wi th u s l ive to m a k e i t spec ia l a n d d i f f e r e n t . I t w a s j u s t g r e a t to h a v e o r g a n a n d p i a n o l i ve . C h u c k s a i d h e k n e w Ed a n d s a i d h e ' d b e p e r f e c t . H e h a d w o r k e d w i t h a b u n c h of b l u e s

guys out of Chicago. Two weeks la ter w h e n we were going back out in 1991, w e took h im wi th u s "

"We r ehea r sed two songs a n d said j u s t figure t h e res t out. I t was g rea t a t first. Ed was a lot more experienced than we were. We were still in our first year of tour ing a n d h e h a d played wi th J a m e s C o t t o n a n d A l b e r t Collins. H e h a d all these differ-en t exper i ences . He raised t h e bar. He ' s a p h e n o m e n a l mus i -cian. We said we've got to keep up wi th th is guy now," Gorman added.

Harsch , G o r m a n said, is full of stories.

"He ' s a l i t t l e o lde r t h a n us . He's t h e weird uncle. He played w i t h e v e r y b o d y . He ' s o n e of those people w h e r e his life s tory is going to be p h e n o m e n a l "

If not t h e life story, maybe t h e

V H 1 "Behind the Music" special a b o u t T h e Black Crowes which a i r s th i s spring.

"It'll be good. There 's so much s tuff t h a t we've done. There ' s a lot of unre leased stuff. For about t h r e e y e a r s we didn't real ly talk a b o u t a n y t h i n g . We r e a l l y w e r e n ' t t r y i n g to m a i n t a i n a p r o f i l e . T h e r e ' l l be s o m e l ive footage. That ' l l be good for die-h a r d fans ."

As for the fans, it's u p to t hem to d e c i d e how " S t a n d By Me" c o m p a r e s to previous w o r k s by The Black Crowes.

"All of our a l b u m s a r e ve ry hones t records. It 's cons is ten t in t h a t r ega rd . Ten years from now, i t won ' t be the new a l b u m , it 'll j u s t be t h e f i f th one. We don ' t c o m p e t e wi th our old a l b u m s , e v e r . W e ' r e a l w a y s l o o k i n g a h e a d . T h a t ' s for f a n s to figure out ."

Song for Rosa Parks gains Grammy attention BY CHRISTINA FUOCO S t a f f w r i t e r c f u o c o @ o e . h o m e c o m m . n e t

E s c h e w i n g t h e r a p t r e n d of r e c o r d i n g new l y r i c s over old songs, Outkas t ' s Big Boi and Dre knew they had something special while creat ing the i r la tes t a lbum "Aquemini" (LaFace).

So much so t h a t they penned a s o n g a b o u t i t , " R o s a P a r k s , " l ikening the i r quest for revamp-i n g h i p - h o p to t h e civil r i g h t s heroine's l ife-changing bus ride.

"The lyrics, it's like, we back in the saddle again. The re was a lot of th ings going on in music, the uncrea t ivenesB a n d people j u s t doing t h e s a m e t h i n g over a n d over again," Big £oi said.

" T h e w h o l e t h i n g w a s l i ke Rosa Parks. She refused to go to the back of the bus and made a change for everything, the whole civil rights movement . We refuse to do w h a t everybody else was doing. For 1998-1999, we Rosa Parks . We go a g a i n s t the g ra in like we always do."

A p p a r e n t l y O u t k a s t ' s p e e r s thought it stood out as well. The t rack "Rosa Pa rks" earned Out-k a s t i t s f i r s t G r a m m y nomina-tion. The Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group category pits " R o s a P a r k s ' a g a i n s t " I n t e r -g a l a c t i c " by t h e B e a s t i e Boys, "Money Ain ' t A T h a n g " by J e r -m a i n e D u p r i a n d Jay-Z , "Deja Vu" by L o r d T a r i q a n d P e t e r Gunz, and "Ghetto Supas tar" by P r a s Michel , Ol ' Di r ty B a s t a r d and Mya.

"That 's good. For one thing it's our first t ime be ing nomina ted . Second, the re ' s a b roader audi-ence w h o (wa tches ) t h e G r a m -

mies. It 's a good feeling," said Big Boi.

"Aquemini* is Outkas t ' s th i rd album, all of which hit plat inum status. Big Boi and Dre produced n i n e of t h e 14 t r a c k s on t h e album.

" I t ' s a l l a b o u t g rowing , " h e said. "We s t a r t e d producing on the second a l b u m and felt l ike people apprecia ted what we were doin' so we h a d to crank it u p on this one."

Ou tkas t brought a few fr iends i n t o t h e s t u d i o w i t h t h e m -E r y k a h B a d u , George Cl in ton , R a e k w o n f r o m W u T a n g C l a n , and Goodie Mob.

• Big Boi is the ins t rumenta l i s t of the group while Dre writes the lyrics. The i r musica l bond is so s t r o n g t h a t for t h e t i t le of t h e a l b u m , t h e y b l ended the i r two zodiac signs, Aquarius and Gem-ini, into one word, "Aquemini "

"Balance is key - Balance in the music a n d balance with me and Dre. I'm more street , hard-core h i p - h o p a n d D r e ' s m o r e e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a l . " B u t w h i l e they're in the studio, they work aa a team.

"If we're in the studio - he has a p r e - p r o d u c t i o n s tudio in h i s home and I have one in my home - I'll call h im and say, "Yo, 1 got this beat, ' and he l l say, 'Yo, yo I think th is might be dope for it.*"

The twosome took their phone conversations into the studio and peppered it w i th live musicians.

"It 's way m o r e creat ive t h a n doing jus t the average thing, tak-ing an old song and putt ing new lyrics on it. O u r whole philoso-phy is you have to recreate your-self and t u rn into something else

w h i l e s t a y i n g t r u e to w h o you are," he said.

M u s i c i a n s , spec i f ica l ly a DJ. a c o u s t i c g u i t a r i s t a n d p e r c u s -s ionis t will be apar t of i t s show on Thursday, Feb. 18, opening for mu l t i -Grammy nominee Lauryn Hill a t t h e Fox Theatre .

Big Boi does admit to "creative sampling," but he said, h e t u rns it a round so that nobody will be able to identify the samples.

"Le t ' s say we h a v e a c e r t a i n s a m p l e , we might get d i f f e r e n t sounds and melodies off of tha t We c rea t e the whole t h i n g over and over again. You never know w h e r e i t came from. It 's like so d i f f e r en t . We change it. We flip t h e w h o l e t h i n g a r o u n d We s t r i v e fo r s o m e t h i n g new. You have to s tay f r e s h a n d innova-tive in th i s game."

T h a t wi l l c o n t i n u e on O u t -k a s t ' s f o u r t h a l b u m , on wh ich t h e b a n d h a s a l r e a d y b e g u n working.

"It 's gonna be very di f ferent 1 can ' t l e t It out of the bagrThere ' s a lot of biters out there."

Outkast opens for Lauryn Hill at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18. at the Fox Theatre, 2111 Wooduard Ave., Detroit. Tickets are $38.50 and $46 for the all-ages show. For more information, call '248> 433-1515. Outkast's Web site is http:/1www.outkast.com.

Olympia Entertainment is host ing a Lauryn Hill After Party from 10 p.m. to 2 a m Thursday. Feb 18, at The Second City, 2301 Wood ward Ave., Detroit Tickets are $20. or $15 at the door with a ticket stub For more information, call Second City at <313) 965-2222 or WDTJFM at <313) 871 0590

Silent film series features Chaplin comedy S t a g e c r a f t e r s Si lent Film and

Organ Concer t Ser ies concludes Sa tu rday -Sunday , Feb 20-21 at the historic Baldwin Thea t re in Royal O a k wi th C h a r l i e Chap-l in ' s c lass ic comedy, "The Gold R u s h "

O r g a n i s t L a n c e L u c e wi l l accompany t h e film with an orig-

inal score. The theater is a t 415 S L a f a y e t t e . T i c k e t s a r e $8 . r e s e r v e d , c a l l (248) 541-6430 Pe r fo rmances a re 8 p.m. S a t u r -day, Feb. 20 and 2 p m Sunday. Feb. 21. The ticket office is open 7-9 p m Tuesday and Thursday and 11:30 a .m. to 1:30 p.m. Fri-days.

"The Gold Rush " being shown in h o n o r of the 106th ann ive r -sary of Char l ie Chap l in ' s bir th, c o n t a i n s beaut i ful a n d pathet ic m o m e n t s of p a n t o m i m e , sa t i re , d r a m a and tenderness . In 1925. T h e Gold Rush* was on the New York Times "Tbp 10 Fi lm L i s t "

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Comic has opinions about everything Lewis Black performs at Mark

Ridley's Comedy Castle, 269 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak, Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 18-21. Performances 8:30 p.m. Thursday, 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $6 Thursday & Sunday, $12 Friday-Saturday, call (248) 542-9900 for reservations. Steo'e Bills is also appearing.

BY KEELY WYGOMK S t a f f W r i t e r [email protected]

Sleet a n d snow, ice a n d ra in , Lewis Black has wea the red lots of s t o rms along his r o u t e . He's not the postman, but a comedian who found his audience by tun-ing in the weather channel .

"My breakthrough came when I s t a r t e d t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e w e a t h e r , " s a id B l a c k , now appear ing at Mark Ridley's Com-edy C a s t l e in Royal O a k . "The weather is one of tlje t h ings we can ' t control. We get b a d infor-

mation all the time from the weather guy."

You know, they s a y i t ' s go ing to b e s u n n y , a n d you leave for work wi thou t your u m b r e l -la only to ge t

"caught in the rain.

"Every ci ty h a s s o m e -t h i n g p e o p l e complain about . In Detroit you h a d a major prob-lem with snow removal . There 's always s o m e t h i n g going on. It 's not d i f f i c u l t t o f i n d ou t . 1 say w h a t e v e r y o n e t h i n k s b u t is afraid to say."

He ' s b e e n c a l l e d "Amer ica ' s F o r e m o s t C o m m e n t a t o r on Everything," a n d is a regular on the "Conan O 'Br i en Show," a n d c o m m e n t a t o r o n " T h e D a i l y Show."

Lewis

When Black isn't making peo-p l e l a u g h , h e ' s b u s y w r i t i n g plays, and spends his s u m m e r s a t the Will iamston Theat re Fes-tival in Williamston, Mass., act-ing and teaching.

A g radua t e of the Yale School of Drama, Black got involved in comedy because i t allowed h im to do all the th ings he wanted to do — wri te p lays and act.

"S tand-up is a combination of play wri t ing and acting," he said. "You get a play produced every 140 yea r s . Comedy is a way to keep busy. I t became the way I got in."

Get t ing in means appear ing in such films as "Hannah and Her S i s t e r s , " "Jacob 's Ladder," "The H a r d Way," a n d "The N igh t We Never Met."

An a u t h o r of over 40 p l a y s . B l a c k ' s w o r k s h a v e b e e n pro-d u c e d in t h e a t e r s a c r o s s t h e country.

You m i g h t h a v e c a u g h t a g l i m p s e of h i m on TV. He h a s guest s ta r red on "Homicide" and

"Mad About You." "Once you perform in Toledo to

a group of d runks , going to audi-t i o n s s e e m e d e a s i e r , " h e s a i d e x p l a i n i n g how he w e n t f r o m d r a m a to comedy.

Describing his s tand-up come-dy routine, Black said "it's edgy, the l anguage is harsh , but I don't t h i n k i t 's offensive," he said. "I still love doing it. I'm still grow-ing."

Although he's got a regular TV gig, Black believes it's impor tant to h i t t h e r o a d a n d p e r f o r m before a live audience. "I love Jay Leno," h e said. "He's working 300 n igh ts a year, but spends 65 days in f r o n t of a l i ve a u d i e n c e . The re ' s no th ing t h a t bea t s it, I love a live audience."

He's working on a TV pilot for a sitcom, and continues to write plays . " I 'm very lucky to be on the Daily Show," he said. "If peo-ple haven ' t seen it it's well worth the i r t ime. I also did a special for C o m e d y C e n t r a l . I t w i l l a i r somet ime in February."

Colorful characters 'Light Up The Sky'

Family affair: The Ying Quartet performs Sunday at Cranbrook Art Museum. The quartet is made up of Cel-list David Ying, left, violinist Timothy Ying, violinist Janet Ying, and violist Phillip Ying.

Concerts at Cranbrook feature Ying Quartet

Wayne State University's Hilberry Theatre presents the Moss Hart comedy, "Light Up The Sky," in rotating repertory through April 1. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday with selected 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday matinees. The theater is at Cass and Hancock on the WSU campus. Tickets $10 $ 17, call <313) 577-2972 for ticket information.

BY SUE SUCHYTA SPECIAL WRITER

The Hi lber ry ' s p roduc t i on of Moss Hart ' s "Light Up T h e Sky" is overflowing with colorful char-acters who, unfor tunate ly , don't have much of a s t o r y l i n e wi th which to work. While t h e Hilber-ry company did a marvelous job b r i n g i n g t h e b i g g e r - t h a n - l i f e characters to the stage, they did-n't have much of a plot to enter-t a i n t h e aud ience w i t h d u r i n g

the long three-act play. S e t in t h e 1 9 5 0 s , "Light U p

The Sky" gives a fly-on-the-wall glimpse of a production company before the i r show opens, immedi-ately a f te r the cur ta in falls, and at 3 a .m. w h e n t h e reviews hi t t h e n e w s s t a n d s . T h e s t a g e is filled with neurot ic and egotisti-cal, but u l t imate ly likable char-acters, in a p re -Prozac era who rely on mar t in i s and wit to sur-vive the verbal volleyball.

Gav in L e w i s p l a y s C a r l e t o n Fi tzgerald, a self -absorbed, and laughably in tense director whose whims are ca tered to by a coterie of u n d e r l i n g s . H i s poses a lone evoke gu f f aws a s he pos tu la tes about his a r t a n d the fickleness of the world .

S a r a C a t h e r y n Wolf is del i -riously cagey a s t h e tough a s na i l s s t a g e m o t h e r , Ste l la Liv-i n g s t o n , a M a m i e E i s e n h o w e r look-alike w i t h a m e a n s t r e a k .

H e r d a u g h t e r I rene , the show's ingenue, is por t rayed by blonde a n d leggy H e i d i O l s o n . Whi l e Olson c a p t u r e d t h e vocal confi-dence of the character, he r s tage presence and body language did no t pro jec t t h e s ame e a s e and self-esteem.

Ores tes Arcuni is refreshingly e x u b e r a n t a s t h e na ive y o u n g p l a y w r i g h t P e t e r S l o a n w h o w e a r s h i s h e a r t on h i s s l eeve a n d whose self -worth r ises and fa l l s wi th t h e cha rac t e r s ' care-less cri t iques of his play.

The f inancia l bakers , Frances and Sidney Black, por t rayed by T a n i s h a G o n z a l e z a n d L u c a s Caleb Rooney, a gregarious team, k e e p t h i n g s l ive ly w i t h t h e i r n o v e a u r ich i n t i m a t i o n s a b o u t t h e l u c k y a c q u i s i t i o n of t h e i r weal th. .

Gonzalez and Wolf have some f u n n y r epa r t ee with the i r ongo-ing gin games and clever obser-

v a t i o n s a n d re tor ts . Pe rky a n d precise, they do what they can to shore u p an otherwise slow sto-r y l i n e . T h e S h r i n e r s p rov ided s o m e b a w d y re l ief , e s p e c i a l l y M i k e S c h r a e d e r ' s c h a r m i n g l y b r a s h cameo.

D a v i d E n g e l m a n a s O w e n Turner , an outside observer and ve te ran playwright , oversees the action wi th a relaxed, practiced a i r and a smooth likability. His h u m o r o u s e x p l a n a t i o n s of the-a te r madness to the newer mem-bers of t h e production company he lp the audience cap ture some of t h e h u m o r of the s i t ua t i on ' s drama-direc ted jokes.

Mary Leyendecker 's cos tumes were e legant and sublime, l ight down to t h e per fec t ly pe rched ladies hats , a t r ibute to a bygone fashion era. Larry Kaushansky 's filmy d r a p e s , soar ing co lumns , and sparkl ing chandeliers, creat-ed a splendid setting.

'Rushmore gets to the heart of being young BY H U G H GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER

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Max Fischer is an u n u s u a l kid — he loves his school.

H e ' s t h e p r e s i d e n t of t h e F r e n c h C l u b , t h e B e e k e e p e r s Club , t h e Chora l e , t h e D e b a t e team, the fencing team, etc. He's e v e n a n a l t e r n a t e on t h e wrestl ing team. He'9 the only kid at the private Rushmore Acade-my who wears his blazer.

H e ' s a l s o f l u n k i n g o u t a n d about to lose his scholarship.

T h e mov ie " R u s h m o r e " is a bold, outlandish, endea r ing bit of A m e r i c a n m a g i c r e a l i s m t h a t o f f e r s some r ich i n s i g h t s i n to growing up and growing old.

Director Wes Anderson and co-sc reenwr i te r Owen Wilson con-t inue their unique view of Amer-ican l i fe t h a t b e g a n w i t h t h e

wonderful "Bottle Rocket." Once again the i r s tory is bigger t han l ife, h i l a r i o u s l y i n v e n t i v e a n d incisive.

J a s o n S c h w a r t z m a n is Max Fischer, a jun io r - s i zed Groucho Marx, a budding entrepreneur , a geek with moxie. He wears horn-r immed g la s ses . He gawks b u t he also t a lks . Does he ta lk . He s p i n s a l i n e f o r e v e r y o n e h e meets. He lives large. He writes p l a y s a n d s t a g e s t h e m w i t h Spielbergian dimensions.

Schwar tzman makes an auspi-cious a c t i n g d e b u t as t h e self-deluding Max, a t once admirable and r e p u l s i v e . Max ' s p rob lems begin when he fal ls in love with b e a u t i f u l a n d s e n s i t i v e M i s s Cross (Olivia Williams) and gets expelled for l aunch ing a project to build her an aqua r ium on the baseball field.

A t T i r s t h e seeks he lp in h is project from his idol, Rushmore a lum and tough business tycoon Mr. Blume. Then Mr. Blume falls in love with Miss Cross and the batt le is joined.

At the center of all this is Bill Murray, giving the performance of a lifetime as Mr. Blume. For Mr. Blume is an unhappy man . His marr iage his dead, his twin sons a r e obnoxious je rks , h is money and his work are a grind. In Max he finds the child he left behind

M u r r a y h a s never b e e n t h i s r e s t r a i n e d . H i s m u g g i n g is r e p l a c e d by s m a l l g e s t u r e s , n u a n c e d e x p r e s s i o n s of love.

r e g r e t , d e p r e s s i o n . W h e r e t h e u sua l M u r r a y would go for t h e o b v i o u s T n r g h , "Sere , u n d e r A n d e r s o n ' s d i r e c t i o n . M u r r a y underp lays to perfection. He for-goes t h e laugh for the pain. He h a s been unfairly and incompre-hensibly overlooked for an Oscar n o m i n a t i o n fo l lowing s e v e r a l critic awards.

A n d e r s o n a n d Wi lson h a v e carved out a special territory here. W h e r e t h e movie s c r e e n s a r e f looded w i t h y o u t h - o r i e n t e d movies put together by commit-tees they are making movies that get to the hear t of being young and more than a little crazy.

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BY JILL HOCKMAN STAFF WRITER

T h e s t r i n g m u s i c i a n s w h o make up the Ying Quar te t share m o r e t h a n a m e m b e r s h i p in w h a t ' s been dubbed one of t h e b e s t y o u n g e n s e m b l e s on t h e American music scene.

The group's s ib l ing m e m b e r s — Timothy . J a n e t , P h i l i p a n d David Ying - are also par t of the f a c u l t y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Roches ter ' s E a s t m a n School of Mus i c in New York They wil l p e r f o r m t h i s w e e k e n d a t t h e C r a n b r o o k Ar t M u s e u m in Bloomfield Hills

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T h e q u a r t e t h a s p e r f o r m e d t h r o u g h o u t the world. In addi-tion to North American appear -ances. their tour ing schedule h;u« included Europe. Asia and Aus-tralia. For two years, they partic-ipa ted in t h e R u r a l Res idency I n i t i a t i v e , s e r v i n g a s r e s i d e n t ensemble in Jesup. Iowa, a farm-ing community of 2.000.

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A Guide to entertainment in the.MetrP.PMlQjl..? . T H E A T E R

DETROTT REPERTORY THEATRE "Camp Logan." Celeste Bedford Walker's play about the Houston riot and court mart ials of 1917. through Sunday, March 21. 8:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays. 3 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, at the theater. 13103 Woodrow Wilson. Detroit. $15. (313) 868-1347 FISHER THEATRE •Rob Becker s Defending the Caveman.' through Sunday. Feb. 21, at the theater, in the Fisher Building. Detroit. 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays. $34.50. $38.50 and $44.50. (248) 645-6666/(313) 872-1000 JEWISH ENSEMBLE THEATRE Never the Sinner.' John Logan s

dramatization of the Leopold and Loeb story of the 1924 thrill killing of 14-year otd Bobby Franks, through March 7. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Sunday. 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at the Aaron DeRoy Theatre, lower level of the the Jewish Community Center. 6600 W. Maple Road at Drake. West Bloomfield. Community forums follow Thursday evening and Sunday matinee perfor-mances. Featured speakers include Mort Crim. George Canton, and Clementine Bar field of So Sad. Call for details. $13$23 , discounts for seniors/students. (248) 788-2900 MEADOW BROOK THEATRE •Scotland Road,' Jeffrey Hatcher s thriller about a woman found floating in the Atlantic in 1998 claiming to Be a Titanic survivor, through March 7. at the theater on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester. (248) 377-3300

PLANET ANT THEATRE "Garage.* a hilarious musical comedy written by and starring Detroit Second City mainstage alumni Joshua Funk and Nancy Hayden. chronicles three decades in the life of an ill-fated band formed in the 1970s in a Hamtramck garage, continues through February. 8 p.m. and midnight Thursdays. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturday. 3hd 7 p.m. Sundays, at the theater. 2357 Caniff. Hamtramck. $10. (313) 365-4948 or ht tp: / /www.planetant.com

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EMU THEATRE The Greek tragedy 'Oedipus tne King, ' 8 p.m. Thursday Saturday. Feb. 18-20, and 2 :30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21. in the Quirk Theatre on the Eastern Michigan University campus. Ypsilanti. $12 evenings. $7 Thursday. $10 Sunday. $2 discount for t ickets purchased more than 30 minutes in advance. (734) 487-1221 WSU HILBERRY THEATRE Charles 0»ckens' classic 'A Tate of Two Cit ies." runs in rotating repertory to March 4. Moss Hart 's riotous comedy 'Light Up the Sky" continues in rotating repertory to April 1. at the theater. 4743 Cass Ave.. Detroit. $10-$17. (313) 577 2972 WSU STUDIO THEATRE At hoi Fugard's "The Road to Mecca." a compelling tale of human individuality in a conforrrust society, set in a small vll-lage in Africa in 1974 and based on a real-life South African artist, opens Feb. 25. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 7 at the theater downstairs from the Hilberry. 4743 Cass Avenue at Hancock. Detroit. $6-8. (313) 577-2972

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COMIC OPERA GUILD "Kismet.* a musical Arabian Nights. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Feb. 25-27. and 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Feb. 27-28. at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Ann Arbor. $16. $13 seniors. $7 stu-dents. (734) 9 7 3 3 2 6 4 FARMINGTON PLAYERS "The Fantasticks" by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. 8 p.m. Fndays-Saturdays. Feb. 1 9 2 0 and Feb. 26-27. •n the P l a w s Bam. 32332 W. 12M<te Road. Farmington Hills. $14. (248) 5 5 3 2 9 5 5

PLYMOUTH THEATRE GUILD "The Sound of Music.* 8 p.m. Fridays-Sundays. Feb 19-21. Feb. 26-28. and Friday Saturday. March 5 6 . and 6 p.m. Sunday. Fab. 28. Water Tower Theatre on the campus of Northville Psychiatric Hospital. 41001 W. Seven Mile Road. Northville. $ 1 1 ki advance <* The Penmman Deli. 820 Penniman St.. Plymouth. Gardenview ». 202 W. Mam St.. NorthvWe. and Evola Music. 7170 Naggerty Road North, Canton; $12 at the door. Discounts tor groups of 15 or more. (24S) 3 4 * 7 1 1 0 P.T.D. PRODUCTIONS •The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940." John Bishop s mystery/farce, 8 p.m Feb. 18-20. at the Rivers.de A r t s Center. 76 N Huron St.. Ypailanti. $12 . $9 semora/students (734) 4 8 3 7 3 4 5 TMDEROOX PRODUCTIONS "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim. an aduh prodorUcm «uit-«Me for femihM. 8 p m Saturday., March $ and IS and Friday. March 12. and 2 p a Sunday. March 7. at the Cathedral Theatre in Maaomc Temple, M O Temple Avanue Detroit 112 at the Hoor. $10 advance (813) 536-8962 WAYNE STAAC IV ADULT COMMUNITY

World-class compa-ny: Dance Theatre of Harlem performs through Sunday, Feb. 21 at Music Hall, 350 Madison Avenue, Detroit. Program A — "Alle-gro Brillante" by George Balanchine, "Le Corsaire" by Marius Petipa,"The Joplin Dances' by Robert Garland, and "Firebird" by Jon 7bras will be presented 8 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Pro-gram B —"Bugaku" by George Balan-chine, "South African Suite" by Arthur Mitchell and Levine Naidu, and'Sasanka" by Vincent Mantsoe will be presented 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Satur-day. Tickets $41.50, $36.50 and $31.50, calt (313) 963-2366 or (248) 645-6666.

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DETROIT PUPPET THEATER PuppetART presents "The Firebird" from an old Russian folk tale, noon and 2 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. at the theater, 26 E. Grand River, between Woodward Avenue and Farmer. Detroit. $6.50. $5 children, $20 families of two adutts/two children. Also workshops following 2 p.mTSaturddy performance. (313) 961-7777/(248) 557-8599 WIU> SWAN THEATRE 'The Firebird." 10 a.m.. 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday. Feb. 19, and 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Feb. 20-21. at Washtenaw Community College's Towsley Theater. $8. $6 children. (734) 763TKTS/I734) 995-0530

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p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21. at the Gibraltar Trade Center-Taylor. Eureka and 1-75. (734) 287-2000 UNDERGROUND RAILROAD "Northville's Connection on the Underground Railroad" presented by Julie Fountain and her guitar. 2 p.m. Sunday. Feb, 28. at the Northville District Library. 212 W. Cady Street, south of Main Street, west of Center I Sheldon) Street. Free. (248) 349-3020 -THE 1798 UPRISING" Mike Kerwin. preisdent of the Gaelic

•The Curious Swage. ' a comedy by John Patrick, 7:30 p.m. Friday Saturday. Fab. 1 9 2 0 . al the State Wayne Stage IV Thaatre. on M toNgw Avenue.

BIG KMART AUTORAMA Featunng 800 exhibits of hot rods and custom cars, trucks, vans and motorcy-cles. 4-11 p.m. Friday. Feb. 19. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21. Cobo Hall. Detroit. $10 in advance. $4 for children ages 12 ana younger; $12 at the door, $5 at the door for children ages 12 and younger. (800 i 866-0086 or h t tp : / /www.kmart .com BOAT. SPORT & FISHING SHOW 3-9:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday. Feb. 19. 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21. at the Silver dome, Pontiac $6.50. $3 children ages 814 . (616) 5 3 0 1 9 1 9 CAMPER & RV SHOW Through Feb, 21. 2-9 p.m. weekdays, noon to 9 p.m Saturdays, and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays, at the Novi Expo Center. 43700 Expo Center Dr.. Novi. $6.50. (517) 349-8881 R.G. DEMPSTER & FRIENDS Original, jazz and classical music. 7-10 p.m. Fnday. Feb. 19. at the Coffee Beanery. Birmingham. (248) 646-6022 -DIVAS EXOTICA*

Capitol Records' search for America's ultimate drag Queen, hosted by Drag Queen Amanda Collins, the final round at 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb 21. Menjo's. 928 W. McNichols. Detroit Cover charge, 21 and older (313) 8 6 3 3 9 3 4 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY TAMBU-RfTZANS

A concert by the musicians, dancers and vocalists portraying the cultures of Easter Europe. 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb 28. at Lakeview High School Auditorium. 21100!Eieven Mile. 9 l . Clair Shores $18. $15. (248) 6 4 5 6 6 6 6 E I RECORD ANO CD MUSIC COLLECTIBLES EXPO 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Feb 21. Elks Hall. 1-75 and 11 Mile Road. Royal Oak. $3. (248) 546-4527 -FUR A FINE DINING'

The Farmington Single Professionals meet 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb 25 at Sweet Lorraine s. 29101 Greenfield road, north of 12 Mile. Southfield (248) 851 9909 or visit the weft site at www.ffcp org

GUN A KNIFE SHOW Noon to 9 p.m. Friday. Feb. 19. 10 a.m. to 9 pm. Saturday. Feb 20. until 6

League and the Detroit Ofganrzer for the Irish American Labour Coalition, dis-cusses the uprising. Detroit 's upcoming tri-centenmal celebration and the role of Detroit's Irish community. 2 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. at the Gaelic League/Irish-American Club. 2068 Michigan Ave., west of Tiger Stadium. Free. (248) 879-9352/(248) 478-8496 WORLD AFFAIRS SEMINAR 'Population in the 21st Centrury: How Can We Avoid the Potential Crisis?" explores the ramifications ot the ever-growing problem of overpopulation as well as some possible solutions. 7 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 25. at Cranbrook Schools. Lerchen Hall (Performing Arts Center). 550 Lone Pine Road, between Lahser and Cranbrook road. Bloomfield Hills. Free. (248) 6 4 5 3 0 6 4 / ( 2 4 8 ) 6 4 5 3142

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CIRQUE INGENIEUX Tuesday-Sunday, Feb, 2 3 2 8 , Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts. 350 Madison Ave., Detroit. Tickets at Ticketmaster All ages (248) 6 4 5 6 6 6 6 EVENING VOYAGES: TUNES AND TALES Family program featuring traditional sto-rytelling with story to celebrate African American History Month by Dorothy Baker, geared for listeners age 6 to adult, younger listeners not admitted, 7-7:45 p.m. Monday. Feb 22, in the multi-purpose room at the Ann Artxx Main Library. 343 S. Fifth Ave. Free (734 ) 327-8301 KIDS KONCERT Folk ion st Safiya Tsekani performs music, songs, dances and stones from West African and African-American folk lore. 1 :302:15 p.m Saturday. Feb 20. at the Southfield Centre for the Arts. 24350 Southfield Road, south of 10 Mile. $3.25 ( 248) 424-9022 LONG HORN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROOEO

8 p.m Friday Saturday. Feb 19-20. and 2 p.m Sunday, Feb 21. The Palace of Auburn Hills. 2 Championship Or . Auburn Hills. $12. $14, and $18 Reserved sealing $10 on Feb. 19 Groups o l 15 or more receive $2 off $14 wid $12 t ickets on Feb 20. Groups ol 15 or more recerve $5 off reserved seating on Feb. 21. Children ages 12 and younger, and seniors ages 60 and older receive $4 o « reserved sealing Feb. 21. (248) 377-0100 or http://www .palacenet.com THE MUSIC LADY Presents a unique and excit ing Wend o l music and songs combining charming arrangements ol old tarorites on he* guitar, she bring her dog puppet Zambome and a« the rhythm ins t ru ments she can f ind 2 p m Sunday. Feb 28, at the Livonia CMc Center Library

Auditorium. 32777 Five Mile. $4. (734) 4662410

WINTER FUN DAYS Children ages 3 to 6 can attend a vari-ety of games and activi t ies including face painting. Tennis-On-Wheels, skat-ing and snow sculpting, wildlife track-ing, making coconut turd feeders, story telling and a concert , through Friday, Feb. 19. at the West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Center and Civic Center. Drake Sports Park and Marshbank Park. Free. (248) 738-2500

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MOTOR CITY BRASS BAND 3 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21. at the Southfield Centre for the Arts. 24350 Southfield Road. $15. $10 students/seniors, $25 families. (248) 424-9022/(248) 6 1 6 9 7 2 5

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DETROIT SYMPHONY CIVIC ORCHESTRA Performs Bernstein's Overture to "Candide." Copland's "Rodeo amd Dvorak's Symphony No. 7. 8 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 28. "Civic Family Housr' highlights small ensembles made of orchestra siblings and musical parents beginning at 7 p.m.. at Orchestra Hall. Detroit. $6. (313) 5 7 6 5 1 1 1 YUKI AND TOMOKO MACK Pianists, presented by the Greater Orion Performing Arts Council, perform Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue." 7:30 p.m. Friday. Feb. 26. Lake Orion High School Performing Ar ts Center, 495 E. Scripps Road. Lake Orion. $5 in advance. $6 at the door. (248) 6 9 3 5436

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC

BAWD 'Historical Perspectives." a concert of music selection from more than two centuries of repertoire for winds, brass and percussion. 8 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18. in Varner Recital Hall. Oakland University campus, rochester $10. $8 seniors. $5 students. (248) 3 7 0 3013/(2481 6 4 5 6 6 6 6 PLYMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Featuring guest conductor Anthony Elliott and Tchaikovsky s Symphony No. 5. Ravel s Mother Goose Suite and Shostakovich's Festival Overture. 8 p.m Saturday. Feb. 20. at Plymouth Salem High School Auditorium. Joy and Canton Center roads. $12. $10 seniors/college students (734) 451 2112

LOR! SIMS Pianist performs a solo recital. 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb 18. al the Henry Ford Estate-Fair Lane on the camtwe of the University o l Michigan-Oeerbom. $3. $2 seniors. (313) 5 9 3 5 5 5 5 STRING TWO OF NEW YORK 8 p.m Monday. Feb. 22. Eaetem Michigan University s Pease Auditorium. YpaHantl. (734) 487 1221 JASON VIEAUX

The c leave al gmtanst performs 8 p m . Saturday. March 6 . in Kreege Ha* al Madonna Urwvenrty. 36600 Schoolcraft Road. Livonia. $15. (24B) 9758797

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DETROIT THEATER ORGAN SOCIETY 3 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 2 1 members con-cert . at the Senate Theater. 6424 Michigan Avenue at Uvernois. Detroit. $6. (313) 8 9 4 0 8 5 0 MOTOR CITY THEATRE ORGAN SOCIETY

Winter Movie Series continues with •My Sister Eileen.' 8 p /n . Friday, Feb. 19. and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20 (organ overtures start 30 minutes earlier, guest organists evening Steven Ball, matinee Gil France), at the Historic Redford Theatre. 17360 Lahser Road at Grand River, Detroit. $2.50. (313) 531-4407

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ATOMIC FIREBALLS 9 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. Magic Stick in the Majestic complex. 4140 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $10. 18 and older. (313) 833-9700 (swing) DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA •Broadway Today! The Most Popular Songs From Today s Hottest Shows.' w i th conductor Erich Kunzel, soprano Elizabeth Beeler. baritone Daniel Narducci. Madrigal Chorale of Southfield, Livingston County Chorale, and Cantata Academy. 8 p.m.

Thursday. Feb. 18. 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Feb. 19-20. and 3 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21. Orchestra Hall. 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit, $17 to $45. (313) 576-5111 or http://www.detroitsymphony.com CANTOR DAVID GUTMAN Congregation Beit Kodesh cantor with pianist Emma Maydanchik. 1 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18. Jaffe Hall at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building. A.

Alfred Taubman JCC campus, 15110 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, Free, $2.25 lunch t ickets. (248) 967-4030 STAN KENTON TRIBUTE The Johnny Trudell Big Band honors Kenton's music in a concert present-ed by the Michigan Jazz Festival and the Alumni and Friends of Clarenceville Foundation, featured guests are Kenton alumni Jerry McKenzie (drums). Bob Lymperis (trumpet), and Chuck 'Rhapsody in Blue" Carter (baritone saxophone), 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21. Harrison High Jazz Band warms up the audience at 2:45 p.m.. at Clarenceville High School Auditorium. 20155 Middlebelt Road, between Seven and Eight Mile. Livonia. $15. (248) 474-2720/(248)

437-9468/(248) 4738933 .

RIVERSIDE BIG BAND Joins the Barnhill Concert Band in an evening of American music, 8 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18. at Pease Auditorium, on the Eastern Michigan University campus. Ypsilanti. Free STARLIGHT DRIFTERS 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21. during the Rockers game. Joe Louis Arena. 600 Civic Center Dr.. Detroit. Tickets at Ticketmaster. All ages. (313) 9 8 3 6606: 10 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 25. Gameworks inside Great Lakes Crossing. 4316 Baldwin Road. Auburn Hills. Free. 21 and older. (248) 7 4 5 9675 (western swing)

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Woodward, south of Maple, Birmingham For performances May 11. 1316 . 21-23. and 28-29. (248) 424-5658/ (313) 226-3329

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HARTLAND PLAYERS Open auditions for the comedy "A Thousand Clowns." 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 and 7 p.m. Monday. March 1. at the Hartland Music Hall. 3619 Avon. Hartland. Script available at Cromaine Distnct Library. (810) 220-3521 JAZZ AND SPIRIT DANCE THEATRE OF DETROIT

Auditions for modern and jazz dancers age 18 and up. 6 : 3 0 8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Feb. 18, 23 and 25. at the Northwest Activities Center. 18100 Meyers, between Curtis and McNichols. Detroit. (313) 8620966 / (313 ) 342 1000

PLYMOUTH THEATRE GUILD Auditions for Frederic Knott's "Wait Until Dark* 7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, March 8-9. readings will be done from the script, at the Water Tower Theatre. 41001 W. Seven Mile, between Haggerty and Northville roads. For per-formances May 7-9. 1316. (248) 669-0436 / (734) 52S1206/ (248) 3 4 3 7110 or visit the web site at

www.causeway.com/ptg/ SECOND CITY-DETROIT Rich Goten teaches the basics of impro-visation. 3-6 p.m. Feb. 20 to April 17. at the Performance Network. I l l W. Huron. Ann Arbor. $200; also Improv Headstart classes for kids ages 12-16. teaches fundamentals of teamwork while improvising in group situations. 3 6 p.m. Sundays. Feb. 21 to April 18. at the Second City-Oetroit $150. (313) 964-5821 STAOECRAFTERS

Auditions tor eight men. seven women and a large ensemble chorus tor the musical "Crazy tor You" with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. 7 p.m. Friday. Feb 26 and 3 p.m. Sunday Feb 28. registration begins one hour earlier, at the Baldwin Theatre. 415 S. Lafayette. Royal Oak For performances Mey 14-16. 2 0 6 S 6 2 3 . 2 8 3 0 and June 4 6 . (248) 541-4832 THEATRE GUILD OF LIVONIA

Accepting submiseions tor onginal one-acts by local art ists in play/scnpt tor mat running 15-45 mIntAes each, dead line March 1, send tour copies to the Theatre Guild, c / o Sean Kelley. P.O. Box 51574. Uvoma. Mich.. 48150 (313) 531-0554 M U A O E PLATERS Auditions tor Eugene O'Neill s "Long Day's Journey into Night,* 7:30 p.m Sunday. Feb. 28 and Tuaaday. March 2 a l the theater. 752 CheetmA. at

-PARADE OF HARMONY" The 60th annual event is headlined by "The Gas House Gang' and 'Uptown Sound." 8 p.m. Friday. Feb. 19 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. at Clarenceville High School Auditorium. Middlebelt south of Eight Mile, Livonia. $13 Friday, $15 Saturday, all seats reserved. (248) 559-7082

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MATTHEW PARMELEE/DAVID COCAGNE/MICHAEL BLASKIEWICZ The three guitarists perform solo works by Albeniz. Lauro. Atkins and others, and popular and traditional guitar arrangements by bomposers such as Machado. York and Granados. 4 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21. at the Kerrytown Concert House. 415 N. Fourth Avenue. Ann Arbor. $12. $8. $5 students. (734) 769-2999 or kchdic.net

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GERI ALLEN With vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, bassist Thomas Baramene. drummer All Jackson, and pianist Thierry Eliez, 8 p.m. Fnday. Feb. 26. Orchestra Hall. 3711 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $15$46 (313) 576-5111 or ht tp: / /www.detroi t symphony.com MOSE ALLISON TRIO

p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Feb. 19-20. Bird of Paradise. 207 S. Ashley St.. Ann Arbor. $15 In advance. $20 at the door. 2 1 and older. (734) 662-8310 or ht tp: / /www.99music.com B'JAZZ VESPERS Features James Dapogny and Susan Chastain. 6 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21, First Baptist Church, corner Willits and Bates, Birmingham. Free-will offering is taken for musicians. (248) 644-0550 SANDRA BOMAR TRIO 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. Edison's. 220 Merrill St.. Birmingham Free. 21 and older. (248) 6 4 5 2 1 5 0 (vocal/piano/ bass) MARK BRAUN With bassist Paul Keller and drummer Pete Siers. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. at the Kerrytown Concert House. 415 N. Fourth Avenue. Ann Artxx. $25. $15. $10. (734) 769-2999 or kchdic.net HEIDI HEPLER/MICHELE RAMO/TOOO CURTIS 1 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, at Vic's Market. 42875 Grand River Ave.. Novi (248) 305-7333 "THE JAZZ EXPLOSION" With Will Downing. Gerald Albright, Vesta and Phil Perry. 8 p.m. Fnday. Feb. 26. Fox Theatre. 2211 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $27.50 and $35. (248[ 4 3 3 1515 JAZZ IN THE STREETS" SERIES

Debuts with Marcus Beigrave and Charlie Gabriel. 6-9 p.m. Thursday. Feb 25. at the Detroit Historical Museum. 5401 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $20. ncludes valet parking. (313) 8331805

PAUL KELLER/CARY KOCHER QUARTET 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Feb. 2627 . Bird of Paradise, 207 S. Ashley St., Ann Arbor. $5. 2 1 and older. (734) 662 8310 SHEILA LANDIS With Rick Matle. 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Feb. 20. Jimmy's. 123 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms. Free 21 and older. (313) 8 8 6 8 1 0 1 LARVAL With The Immigrant Sons. 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18. Blind Pig, 206-208 S. First St.. Ann Arbor. Cover charge 19 and older. (734) 996-8555; With Groop Oogdrill and 50 Tons of Black Terror. 9 p.m. Friday. Feb. 26, Magic Stick in the Majestic complex, 4140 Woodward Ave.. Detroit $8. 18 and older. (313) 8 3 3 9 7 0 0 (avant jazz) HAROLD MCKINNEY AND WENDELL HARRISON 9 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, Feb 19-20 and 26-27, at Tom's Oyster Bar. 29106 Franklin Road. Southfield. (248) 356

MATT MICHAELS With Cary Kocher on vibes Thursday. Feb. 18. and Larry Nozero (sax) and Johnny Trudell (trumpet) Thursday Feb 25. at the Botsford Inn. Farmington $5 cover waived with dinner order. (248) 474-4800 MARK MOULTRUP TRIO 8 p.m. to midnight Thursday, Feb 18. Edison's. 220 Merrill St.. Birmingham Free. 21 and older (248) 6 4 5 2150 (piano/bass/drums) SHAHIDA NURULLAH TRIO 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Fndays. Feb 19 and 26. Edison s. 220 Merr.u St Birmingham. Free. 21 and older (248) 6 4 5 2 1 5 0 (vocal/piano/bassi CECIL PAYNE Baritone sax player performs with Marcus Beigrave. trumpet. Marcus Beigrave Jr.. bass. George Devidson drums, and Gary Schur*. piano, 9 p m and 11 :30 p.m. Fndey Saturday. Feb 26-27 ($20) ; The forementioned band along wi th Beans Bowles. Richard Lazon. Larry Nozero and Ben Prmtt also perform dunng the "Sunday Baritone Sax Summit." 6 p.m. and 8 :30 p.m Sunday. Feb. 2 8 ($20) . both at SereNgeti Ballroom. 2957 Woodward Ave , Detroit (313) 8 3 2 3 0 1 0 POIGNANT PLECOSTOMUS 8 p.m. Fndey. Feb. 19. Borders Books and MUSK. 1 1 2 2 S Rochester Road.

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Rochester Hills. Free. All ages i248) 652-0558 KENNY RANKIN 8 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21. Magic Bag. 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. $15 In advance. 18 and older. (248) 544-3030 or http: / /www.themagicbag.com JOHN SCOF1ELD QUARTET 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18. The Ark. 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. $20 in advance. All ages. (734) 761-1800 or ht tp: / /www.99music com STRAIGHT AHEAD TRIO 8 p.m to midnight Thursday. Feb. 25. Edison's. 220 Merrill St., Birmingham. Free. 21 and older. (248) 645-2150 (piano/bass/drums) URSULA WALKER ANO BUDOY BUDSON With Dan Kolton. 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdays at Forte. 201 S. Woodward Ave., Birmingham. Free. 2 1 and older. (248) 594-7300

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GREGORY ISAACS 9 p.m. Friday. Feb. 19. Majestic. 4140 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $20 in advance, 18 and older. (313) 8 3 3 9 7 0 0 (reggae)

SAUF KEITA 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. Eastern Michigan University's Pease Auditorium. Ypsilanti. (734) 487-1221 (African jazz/funk/Europop/R&B)

KODO 8 p.m. Tuesday Thursday. Feb. 2 3 2 5 . Power Center for the Performing Arts. 121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor. $26. $30. $32 and $36. (734) 764-2538 or ht tp: / /www.ums.org

LUCIANO Wrth Mikey General and Dean Fraser. all backed by The Firehouse Crew. 9 p.m. Friday. Feb. 26. The Majestic. 4140 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $15 in advance. 18 and older. (313) 8 3 3 9 7 0 0 I reggae)

TERRANCE SIMIEN With Dave Alvin and The Guilty Men, and The Riptones. 8 p.m. Friday. Feb. 19. Magic Stick in the Majestic. 4140 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $10 in advance. 18 and older. (313) 8 3 3 9 7 0 0 (cajun/Zydeco)

SOLAS 8 p.m. Friday, Feb 19. The Ark. 316 S. Mam St.. Ann Arbor $16 All ages (734| 761 1800 or ht tp: / /www.a2ark.org (Irish)

ALISON YOUNG AND ANA CHAVES Perform music of Argentina. 8-10 p.m. Saturday. Feb 20. Borders Books and Muse. 34300 Woodward Ave.. Birmingham. Free All ages (248) 2 0 3 0005

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JEFF HAAS TRIO 8 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. The Ark. 316 S Main St.. Ann Arbor. $10. All ages. (734) 7 6 1 1 8 0 0 or ht tp: / /www.a2ark.org (Hebrew folk/jazz)

RFD BOYS 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Feb 21. The Ark. 316 S. Main St.. Ann Artxx $10, $9 members, students, seniors. All ages (734) 761-1800 or ht tp: / /www.a2ark.org (bluegrass)

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Building at Henry Ford Community College. 5101 Evergreen, Dearborn. $15. $12 seniors/students. (313) 9 6 5 3544 EISENHOWER DANCE ENSEMBLE 'Carmina Burana." Friday. Feb. 19. at the Macomb Center tor the Performing Arts. Clinton Township. (810) 2862222 ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE Previous experience and partner not required. 7:15-9:45 p.m. Tuesday. Feb. 23. at the Chapel Hill Condominium Clubhouse. 3350 Green Road, north of Plymouth Road, Ann Artxx. $5. (734) 662-5158

MERYL TANKARD AUSTRALIAN DANCE THEATRE "Funoso.* 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Feb. 19-20. Power Center for the Performing Arts, 121 Fletcher St.. Ann Arbor $16. $24. $28. $32. All ages. (734) 764-2538 or ht tp : / /www.ums.org. SINGLE MINGLE DANCE Metropolitan Single Professionals and Farmington Single Professionals host a dance 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday. Feb. 26. in the Main Ballroom of the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel. Novi Road at 1-96. $7. $4 members. [248) 851-9909 or ht tp: / /www.fsp.org

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EUGENE MCCARTHY The 1968 anti-war candidate who ran against President Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic Presidential nomination speaks and reads his poetry following the annual dinner program of Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery. 7 p.m. Friday. Feb 19. at Central United Methodist Church. 23 E, Adams. Detroit. $20. Tickets for a limit ed reception at 5:30 p.m. are $75. $125 couple. (313) 964-4849/(313) 3934060 / (313 ) 9 6 3 7 5 7 5 STORYTELLING WEEKEND With Roslyn Bresnick Perry. Namu Lwanga. David Holt. Jerry Fearst and others. 8 p.m. Friday Saturday. Feb 26 27. and 1 p.m. and 3 p.m Sunday. Feb 28. The Ark. 316 S Main St.. Ann Arbor. 112.5© e.emngs, $6 a f t emoon-All ages 1734) 761 1800 or h t tp : / /www a2ark.org THE WRITER S VOICE Featunr^ Dawn McDuffie and Mary Jo Frith Giiiet with fiction writer Gay Rubin, read 12:30 p m Wednesday Feb 24. room 3234 of the Wayne State University English Department Building. 51 W Warren Avenue, Detroit Free (313) 577-7713/(3131 267 5300. ext 338

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ANDREW "DICE" CLAY 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18, State Theatre. 2115 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $35 and $27.50. All ages. (313) 961-5451

EL DORADO COUNTRY CLUB Norm Stuttz. Friday-Saturday. Feb. 19-20: Joe Dunkle, Friday-Saturday, Feb. 26-27. at the club. 2869 N. Pontiac Trail. Commerce Township. (248) 624-1050

JOEY S COMEDY CLUB Vic Dibitetto. John McDonnell and Rich Higginbottom. Thursday-Saturday. Feb. 18-20 ($12); Darwin Hines. Kevin Zeoii and Rich Higginbottom. Thursday-Saturday. Feb. 2 5 2 7 ($12). at the club above Kicker's All American Grill. 36071 Plymouth Road. Livonia. 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Third Level Improv and new talent nights. 8 p.m. Sundays ($5). (734) 261-0555 • JOEYS COMEDY CLUB AT PA IS ANO S Leo DuFour. 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18 ($6). 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Feb. 19-20 ($12. $24.95 dinner show package), and 7 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 2 1 ($8. $20.95 din-ner show packagei; Vic Dibitteto. 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Fnday. Feb. 26 ($12. $24.95 dinner show package). 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 ($12. $27.95 dinner show package), and 7 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 28 ($12. $22.95 dinner show package), at the club. 5070 Schaefer Road.

Dearborn. Victoria Jackson's show Friday-Sunday. Feb. 2 6 2 8 . has been cancelled due to a movie deal. (313) 584-8885

MAINSTREET COMEDY SHOWCASE Jim Hamm. 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18 ($8). 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday. Feb. 19 i $10). and 5:45 p.m.. 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20 ($10); Blake Clark, 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 25 j $10). 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday. Feb. 26 ($12). and 5:45 p.m.. 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 27 ($12). at the club. 314 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. (734) 9 9 6 9 0 8 0 MARK RIDLEY'S COMEDY CASTLE Lewis Black and Steve Bills, Thursday-Sunday. Feb. 18-21; Blair Shannon and Gary George. Wednesday-Sunday. Feb. 2 * 2 8 . at tne club. 269 E. Fourth St.. Royal Oak. 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays ($5). 8 30 p.m Wednesdays-Thursdays ($6i 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Fridays Saturdays ($12). and 7:30 p.m. Sundays t $ 6 ) . Prices subject to Change. (248) 542 9900 or h t t p : / /www comedycastie.com SECOND CITY 'Daimlers are a Girl's Best Friend." a fifth anniversary celebration show retro-spective. 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays with additional shows at 10:30 p.m. on Fridays Saturdays through Feb. 7, at the club. 2301 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $10 Wednesdays. Thursdays. Sundays. $17.50 on Fridays, and $19.50 on Saturdays (313) 9 6 5 2 2 2 2

perous era. at the museum, 5401 Woodward Ave. (a l Kirby). Detroit. Museum hours are 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Free admission Wednesdays; $3 for adults. $1.50 seniors and children aged 12-18. free for children ages 1 1 and younger Thursdays-Sundays. (313) 8331805 or ht tp: / /wwwdetro i th is tor ica l .org HENRY FORD MUSEUM/GREENFIELD VILLAGE *

Abraham Lincoln's assassination chair is back on view after a week of conser-vation efforts, also a life mask made 60 days before his assassination; 'Rhythm Rising: Exploring America's Musical Roots' celebrates the contributions of African-American to world music week-ends in February. Will Davidson (spiritu-als) noon and 2 p.m. Feb. 20. 21. 27-28. So Much Fun by Bob St. Thomas (jazz) 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Feb. 20-21 and Perfect Blend (freedom songs) 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Feb. 28-March 1, also cook-ing demonstrations, dramatic presenta-tions of an African tale, historical photo exhibit, and hands-on activities to cre-ate traditional African kufi hats, paper beads, quilt squares, at the museum during regular hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 20900 Oakwood Blvd.. Dearborn. $12.50, $11.50 seniors, $7.50 kids 5 12. members and children under five free. (313) 271-1620 MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

In celebration of Black History Month, the museum presents story theater per-formances 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Feb. 22; historical films noon Saturdays. Feb. 20 and 27; and an African and African American Expo wi th workshops for grades K-12. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 20. 'Hear Our Voice* lecture 1-3 p.m. Saturday Feb. 27 (The Hero with an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa with Dr. Clyde W. Ford), at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. 315 East Warren, at Brush. Detroit. Act ivi t ies free with museum admission $5, $3 ages 17 and under. (313) 494-5800

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BALLET DAY Presented by the Cecchetti Council of America 9 a m Sunday. Fefc 21, in Varner Hell at Oakland University. Rochester. (734) 930-6948 COBBLESTONE FARM DANCERS Peter Baker and Robin Warner can to live music by Joyous Noise all dances te ight . no partner needed 8 p m Saturday. Feb 20 at the Pittsheid Grange 3337 Ann Arbor Sai.ne Road south of I 94. Ann Arbor $8 Open ,am tor stnng band musicians of all levels 4 6 p m (free). ( 734) 6 6 5 8863 734) 4260241 DETROIT DANCE COLLECTIVE A modern dance performance w<th Alan Demeison. dance study director of !he Joae Limon institute in New Yor* City 8 p.m Saturday. Feb 20. m Ihe Adray Theater ol the McKenzie Fine Arts

CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM Weird Science: A Conflat.on of Art and Science." featuring four artists o"> jects representing an ongoing explo-ration of a soecihc area of science, some incorporate specimens from Cranbrook institute of Science, an Eastern Box turt le, satellite broadcast mg prototypes, and a chicken coop, through April 3. lectures by the art ists Fee 25. March 11. at the museum 1221 North Woodward Bloomfield Hills Museum hours are 11 a m to 5 p m Tuesdays-Sundays, until 9 p m Tnursdays $5 $3

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DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM "Frontiers to Factories Detroiters at Work 1701 1901.* formerly Known as •Furs to Factories." with a new land 0ff»ce, a "Wheel of Fortune" style land acouisiiion interactive, three new video screen interactive* a documentary video, a new Heavy Industry section and a disoiay explaining Detroit's move from "Stove Cao-tai of the wond" to the Motor City automobile cap-tai of the world Remembering Downtown Hudson's" e»hi|>t, a nostalgic loc* at what made the Hudson s downtown Detroit store an icon of the ci ty 's pro*

AHADA 9 p.m. Wednesday. Feb 24, Fox and Hounds. 1560 Woodward Ave.. Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages. 1248) 644-4800 (blues) THE ALLIGATORS 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. Lower Town Grill. 195 W. Liberty St.. Plymouth. Free. 2 1 and older. (734) 451-1213 (blues) AZURE 9:30 p.m Saturday. Feb. 20. C.K Diggs. 2010 Auburn Road, Rochester. Free 21 and older. (248) 853-6600 (rock) THE BACK DOORS 8 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. Magic Bag. 22920 Woodward Ave.. Ferndale $10 in advance. 18 and older. (248) 544-3030 or ht tp: / /www.themagicbag.com (Doors tribute band) THE BEACH BUNCH Featuring members of the Wiidbunch playing Beach Boys covers. 10 p.m Sunday. Feb. 21. Garden Bowl inside the Majestic complex, 4140 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. Free 18 and older. (313) 8 3 3 9 7 0 0 (Beach Boys covers) BLACK BEAUTY With Thornetta Davis. 9 p.m Friday, Feb. 19, Fox and Hounds. 1560 Woodward Ave.. Bloomfield Hills Free. All ages. (248) 644-4800; 9 p.m. Friday. Feb. 26. Lower Town Grill. 195 W. Liberty St.. Plymouth. Cover charge. 2 1 and older (734) 451-1213 (rockabil-ly) BLACK CROWES With Moke. 7:30 p jn . Friday. Feb. 19. State Theatre, 2115 Woodward Ave . Detroit. $24.50 All ages. (313) 961 5451 or h t t p : / / w w w 961meit.com (rock) BLACK JACK 9:30 p.m. to 1 3 0 a m Friday, Feb 19. Boulders. 1020 w Ann Arfjor Road. Plymouth Free 21 and older (734

. 4 ^ 4 1 9 0 i b l u e s 1 -BUND PIG SHOWCASE" With Bridgette McCarthy. Spedrock Big Buford and Silly String, 9 30 p m Tuesday. Fee 23. Blind Pig. 206208 S. First St.. Ann Arbor. Free 19 and older (734, 9 9 6 8 5 5 5 (variety) BLUE ROSE 9 p m Saturday. Feb 20. Cavern Dub. 210 S First St . Ann Arbor Cover charge 21 and older 734 332 9900 (bluest BONNE TEMPS ROULLE 9 p.m. Fnday. Feb 19. Lower Town Grill. 195 W Liberty St . Plymouth Cover charge 21 and older 734 451 1213(RAB) BUSTA RHYMES With Next. 8 p m Saturday Feb 20. Fox Theatre. 2211 Woodward Ave Detroit $35 and $27 50 All age* (2481 4 3 3 1515 irap DEEP SPACE SIX With Baked Potato. 9 d m Friday Feo 26 M<*< Bag 22920 woodward Ave Ferndale Cover charge 18 and oidei (248 i 544 3030 or http / /www themag>cbag com i jam rock, funk! TIM O U 2 ANO GARY RASMUSSEN 9 30 p.m. Fndey. Feb 26 5 Hole insK* Second C'ty, 2301 Woodward Ave Detroit Cover charge 21 and older

( 3 l 3 j 4 7 1 3388 acoustic rocki GLEN EDOY 9 p m Fndey. Feb 19, Ford Road Bar

and Grill. 35505 Ford Road. Westland Free. 2 1 and older (734) 721-8609: 9 p.m. Seturday. Feb. 20. Fox and Hounds. 1560 Woodward Ave.. Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages (248) 644-4800 I blues)

ELIZA 9 p.m. Fridays. Feb. 19 and 26. Jimmy's. 123 Kercheval. Grosse Pointe Farms. Free. 2 1 and older. (313) 886 8 1 0 1 (pop rock)

FACE With Fathers of the Id and The Crawling King Snakes. 9 p.m. Friday. Feb. 19. Alvin's. 5756 Cass Ave.. Detroit. $5. 18 and older. (313) 832-2355 (rock)

PETE "BIG DOG" FETTERS 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. Shield s Bar and Pizzeria. 1476 W. Maple Road, Troy. Free. All ^ e s . (248) 637-3131: 9 p.m. Friday. Feb. 26. Muldoon's. 3982 Auburn Road. Rochester Hills. Free. 21 and older. (248) 852-2707 (blues) FOOUSH MORTALS

10 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. Shark Club. 6650 Highland Road. Waterford. Free. 21 and older. (248) 666^1161 (rock) TIM GARRICK

9 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. Jimmy's. 123 Kercheval. Grosse Pointe Farms Free. 21 and older. (313) 886-8101 (acoustic rock)

"GET THE HELL OUT OF HAMTOWN" SOUNDTRACK RELEASE PARTY With Park: A Rock Band, Caelum Bliss. The 19.5 Collective. American Mars. Scott Fab. Atomic Numbers. Piaidypus and Davey and the Debutantes, 8 p.m. Monday. Feb. 22. Motor. 3515 Caniff Road. Hamtramck. $4. 18 and older. (313) 3 6 ^ 0 0 8 0 or ht tp: / /www.plane-tant.com (variety)

THE GHETTOBIUJES Celebrate release of CD with party and performance, with special guest Gravity Well. 9 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. Atvm's. 5756 Cass Ave.. Detroit. $5 18 and older. (313) 832-2355 (rock)

GORE GORE GIRLS With The Numbers, formerly known as Big Block. 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, Alvin's. 5756 Cass Ave.. Detroit. $5. 18 and older. (313) 832-2355 (rock)

GRR 10:30 p.m. Friday. Feb 19. Rochester Mil ls Beer Co.. 400 Water St.. Rochester. Free 2 1 and older. (248,1

650-5060; 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24. Oxford Inn. 43317 Grand River Ave., Novi. Free, 2 1 and older. i248> 3 0 5 5 8 5 6 (rock)

GUYS A DOLLS Fnday-Saturday. Feb 19-20. at D.L. Harrington's Chop House, 2086 Crooks Road at M-59. Rochester Hills. (810) 852-0550

HARBINGER'S MILE 8 p.m. Friday, ff tb. 26. Borders Books and Music. 1122 S. Rochester Road. Rochester Hills. Free. 2 1 and older. (2481 652-0558 (roots rock)

AL HILL AND THE LOVE BUTLERS 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb 18. Arbor Brew ing Company, 116 E Washington St.. Ann Artxx. F'ee 2 1 and older (734. 2131393 i blues;

LAURYN HILL With Outkast. 8 p.m. Thursday. Feb 18. Fox Theatre. 2111 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $38.50 and $46. All ages (248> 4 3 3 1 5 1 5 (hip-hop)

IN ONE WEEK With The NonEiements. formerly the Mike Nolan Group. 10:30 p.m Friday. Feb 19. Rivertown Saloon. 1977 Woodbndge. Detroit. Cover cnarge 21 and older (313) 567-6020 rock)

INNER COURSE With Factory 81, Pm and Fringe, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb 25. The Shelter beiow St Andrew's Hall. 431 E. Congress. Detroit. $6. All ages. (313) 961-MELT or h t t p : / /www 961 melt com (rock i J-TRAIN 10 p.m. Friday. Feb 19. Hamlin Pub. 1988 S Rochester Road, Rocheler Free 21 and older, (248) 6 5 6 7700 (R&B) BILL KAHLER 7 p.m. to midnight Thursday Feb 25, Bouloers. 1020 W Ann Arbor Road. Plymouth. Free An ages 734. 459 4190 i singer) THE KINGSNAKES 10 p.m. Friday, Feb 19. The Library Pub 42100 Grand Rive' Ave . Nov Free 21 and older 248 3499110 or ht tp / / w w w angeifire com "m kmgsna

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STONEY MAZAR AND THE WESTSIDERS 9 p.m. Friday. . ;eb. 26. Fox and Hounds. 1560 Woodward Ave.. Bloomfield Hills. Free. AH * e s . (248) 644-4800 (blues) LARRY MCCRAY

10 p.m Saturday. Feb. 20, Amer s First Street Grill, 102 S. First St.. Ann Arbor. $10 tn advance. $12 at the door. 2 1 and older. (734) 2136000 (blues)

MR. B Blues and boogie-woogie pianist Mark Braun's Birthday Bounce concert. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. at the Kerrytown Concert House. 415 N. Fourth Ave.. Ann Arbor (734) 769-2999 or kch0ic.net MUOHONEY

9:30 p.m. Fnday. Feb. 26. Blind Pig. 2 0 6 2 0 8 S. First St.. Ann Arbor. $12 in advance. 19 and older. (734) 996-8555 or ht tp: / /www.99music.com (alterna-tive rock)

MUDPUPPY 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 18. Cavern Club. 210 S. First St.. Ann Arbor. Cover charge. 2 1 and older. (734) 332-9900 (blues)

MS BR With Princess Dragon Mom and Government Alpha. 9 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 25. Alvin's. 5756 Cass Ave.. Detroit. $5. 18 and older. (313) 832 2355 (experimental rock) MYSTERY TRAIN WITH JIM MCCARTY 9 p.m. Friday. Feb. 26. Ford Road Bar and Grill, 35505 Ford Road. Westland Free. 2 1 and older. (734) 721-8609 (R&B)

OPIE S DREAM With Miraclebernes. 9 p.m. Thursday. Feb 18. Atvm's, 5756 Cass Ave.. Detroit. $5. 18 and older. (313) 832-2355 (rock)

ROBERT PENN 9 p.m. Friday. Feb. 26. Memphis Smoke. 100 S. Mam St.. Royai Oak Free. 2 1 and older. (248) 5430917 (blues)

REEL BIG FISH 7 p.m. Thursday. Feb 23. Clutch Cargo's. 65 E. Huron St.. Pontiac $13 in advance. $15 day of show All ages (248) 3332362 or ht tp: / /www.961mel t .com (pop ska) ROCKELL

11 p.m.. Friday, Feb. 26. La Boom Teen Nightclub, 1172 N. Pontiac Trail. Walled Lake $10 AH ages 1248 926-1000 (R&B)

SAX APPEAL 8 p.m Thursdays. Feb 18 and 25. Fox and Hounds. 1560 Woodward Ave . Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages. (248! 644-4800 (blues)

KRISTIN SAYER 10 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. Woody's. 208 W Fifth Ave , Royal Oak. Free 21 and older (248: 5436911: 9:30 p.m. Friday. Feb 26. C.K. Diggs. 2010 Auburn Road. Rochester F'ee 21 and older. (248) 8 5 3 6 6 0 0 iacoustic R&Bi

9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Fndey. Feb. 19, Copper Canyon Brewery. 27522 Northwestern Highway. Southfield. Free. 21 *kJ older (248) 2 2 3 1 7 0 0 ( « c k )

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ties KUNG FU DIESEL 10 p.m Thursday Fee 18 Hamlm Pub. 1988 S Rochester Road. Rochester Free 21 and older 248 6567700. 9 0 m. Tuesday. Feb 23. Memphis Smoke 100 S Mam St Roy a- Oak Free 21 and older .248 54 34300 frock)

JOHN D LAMB 9 3 0 p m Friday Satu-aay Feb 1213. 3 Hole inside Second City 2301 Woodward Ave Detroit Cover charge 21 and oider 313 471 3388 w-th Sa

0 Agmilo 9 30 p m Thursday Feb 18 Library Pub 42100 Grand Rive' Ave Novi *>ee 21 and aider i248 i 349 9110. 10 p m F^aay Feb 19 Cave'^ Club Ann Arbor Cover c r w g e 21 and O l d e r 7 3 4 : 3 3 2 9 9 0 0 9 3 0 D m

Sunday Feb 21 Memoes Smo*e 100 S Mair St Rovat Oak Free 21 aryj older 248 543 4300 , rock

STEVE LUCKY AND THE RHUMBA

BUMS 8 p m Sunday Feb 21 B'md Pig 206 208 S First 9t Ann Arbor $10 >n advance 19 and o»der 734. 996-8555 1 rock) MASCHINA With Brother R*x>ii» w l Queen Bee 9 3 0 p m Friday Feb 19 B'md P g. 206 208 S First S» Ann Arbor Cover charge 19 and dder 734 9968555 (rock)

With Propeller and Crack Atxanam. 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Feb 20, Blind Pig. 206-208 S. First St. Ann Arbor Cover charge. 19 and older (734) 996-8555 (rock) SPANK 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb 18. Rochester Mills Beer Co.. 400 Water St.. Rochester Free. 21 and older (248 i 650-5060 (roots rock) STACIA 9.30 p.m. Fnday. Feb. 19. C.K D.ggs, 2010 Auburn Road. Rochester Free 2 1 and older (248' 8536600 (rock, SUGAR RAY With Everiast and 2 Skinny J s. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Feb 26. State Theatre. 2115 Woodward Ave . Detroit $20 All ages (313; 961-5451 (rock SUMMER RAIN 9:30 p m. to 1 30 a.m. Friday. Feb 26, Boulders. 1020 W Ann Arbor Road Plymouth. Free 21 and older i734 459-4190 (biues/rock; SUN MESSENGERS 9 p m Thursday. Feb. 25. Karl's. 9779 Old N. Territorial Road, Plymouth Free 21 and older 1734i 4558450 .R&B TANGERINE TROUSERS Celebrate release of "B'owtop" w.tn a party and performance, 8 p m Thursday. Feb 18 Cadieux Cafe 4300 Cad>eu« Road Detroit Free 21 and older 313 882 8560 9 30 p m to

[ i 30 p.m Friday. Feo / 6 . Coooei Canyon Brewer. 27522 Northwestern Highwa> Southf.e'd Free 21 ano otde« [248 2231700 pop TOTAL With 1 1 2 . 8 p m Fnoav Feb 19. Cente- S t ^ e 39940 Ford Road Canton $20 m advance All ages 1 7 3 4 ) 9 8 1 5 1 2 2 , R & B I 2XL 10 30 o m Saturday. Feb 20 and 9 30 p m Thu*scav Feb 25. Rochester Mills Bee- Co 400 wate' St Rochester F 21 and o'der 248 6 5 0 5 0 6 0 i rock) VERSUS With True Love Awavs 8 o m Wednesdav Feb 24 Magic Stick n the Maiesttc 4140 Woodward Ave Detroit $6 m advance 18 and ok>er ,313 8339700 irock, RANDY VOUN AND SONIC BLUES 9 p m Saturdav Feb 20 Ford Roao Bar and Gnu 35505 Ford Road Westland Free 21 and aider 734 7218609 9 p m Friday Feb 26 Bad F'og Tavern 555 woo<*»ard Ave Birmingham Free 21 and older t 2 4 8 642 9400 blues WORKHORSE W'th 'aoroot aod Powe-»ace. 9 3 0 p m Thursday Feb 25 Bund Pig 206 208 S First St Ann Arbor $4 19 anc older 1734i 996-8555 rock

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ALVIN'S The Hush Party with resident DJs Metwn Hill and Cent, 10 p.m. Mondays: and Club Color, featuring funk and disco. 8 p.m. Wednesdays (free before 10 p.m.), at the club. 5756 Cass Ave , Detroit $5 18 and older. 1313) 832 2355 or ht tp: / /www.aivins.xtcom.com BUND PIG

'Swir^-abi l iy" night with dance lessons from 8-9 p.m. Sundays wi th DJ Del Viilarreal. et the club. 2 0 6 2 0 8 S. First St . Ann Arbor. $5. $3 after 9 p.m.: 'Solar* night with Michael Geiger,

Johnny Saco and Craig Gonzalez ($6), 10 p.m, Wednesday. Feb. 17. al the club. $6. 19 end older. (734) 996-8555 CLUTCH C A R G O ' S / M A I STREET -Flashback' night with "The Planet' WPLT on level two (Clutch Cargo s), old school funk on level three, and techno and house on level four. 8:30 p.m. Saturdays, at the club. 65 E. Huron, Pontiac. Free before 9 p.m. 21 and older, Alternative dance night. 8 p.m Wednesdays in Clutch Cargo's 18 and older (248) 3332362 or h t tp : / /www 961melt.com THE GROOVE ROOM Funk, hiphop and top 40 wrth DJ Mac D. Thursdays. Women admitted free. "Love Factory" alternative dance night Fridays; Alternative dance with DJ Matt Saturdays: Alternative dance Tuesdays; gothic. industrial and retro with DJ Paul Wednesdays Free, at the club. 1815 N Main St (at 12 Mile Road). Royal Oak Free before 10 p.m nightly 21 and . older (248l 589-3344 or h t tp : / /www ,t hegrooveroom.com HAYLOFT UQUOR STAND Club Excess with live music, dancing and contests sponsored by WXDG-FM (105.1). 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdays at the club, Mount Clemens Cover charge 18 and older. (810) 468-1010 or http:/ /www.radioedge.com LA BOOM TEEN NIGHTCLUB Dance mght for teens ages 1519 . 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fndays and Saturdays at the club. 1172 N. Pontiac Trail. Waited Lake. $10 Ages 1519 (248) 9 2 6 9960

LIPSTICKS WXDG-FM (105.1) DJ Graeme hosts 'Sonic Sundays," 10 p.m. to 2 a.m Sundays at the club. Groesbeck Highway. Clinton Township. Free 21 and older 1,810) 465-6833 or h t tp : / /www radioedge.com MAJESTIC THEATRE CENTER "Good Sounds." with music by The Tonebead Collective and images by Thomas Video. 9 p.m. Fridays at Magic Stick. 18 and older Free, 'Work Release." Rock "n Bowl happy hour with bowling, music and complimentary food from the Maiestic Cafe. 5-8 p m Fndays at Garden Bowl $6 18 and older: "Rock n" Bowl" with DJ Dei Villareal, 9 p.m. Fridays and DJ Gutterbaii. 9 p.m. Saturdays at Garden Bowl Free 18 and older; *Tne Bird's Nest." punfc rock night with live oerfor mances. 9 p.m. Mondays at Magic Stick. Free 18 and older "Soul Shakedown' with DJ Big Andy. 9 p.m Tuesdays at Magic Stick F-ee. 21 and older (313) 8 3 3 9 7 0 0

MOTOR LOUNGE 'Back Room Mondays." service indus-tries employee appreciation night, 9 0 m. to 2 a m Mondays Free 2 1 and older, •Community Presents" with res dent DJS. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m Tuesdavs $3. 18 and oider "Maximum Overload.' 9 p.m. Fndays $6 18 and oioer 'Divine' with DJs Mike Clark. Mark F'asn and Brian Gillespie. 9 p m to 2 a.m. Saturdays $6 21 and older al at the club. 3515 Caniff Hamtramck ,313 3960080 or

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ONE X •Mer 4 Mer," New York Style dance

Qi ^ Arwiy «[-unninfl ^ energy progressive house 10 p m Fridays: "Family Funktion Internal Groove" DJ Alton Miller 10 p m Saturdays at the dub. 2575 Michigan Ave tn Detroit 's Corktowr area Cover charge 21 and oider 3 l 3 i 964 7040 ST. ANOREW S THE SMELTER 'Three Floors ol Fun " 9 p m Fndavs $3 before H o r n $5 afterward 18 and older x 2k dance n(ght 10 p m Saturdays •incinerator." 9 p m wednesdavs m The Shelter $6 21 and older Si Andrew s and Tie Sheite- are at 431 E Congress Det'Oit 3 l 3 i 961

• MELT or ht tp www 96lmett com STATE THEATRE "Igmtion" dance mgr>t 9 p m Saturday 9 p m to 2 a m Satu'd»i Feb 13 ar the c»ub 2115 Woodward Ave Detroit Cover charge 18 and older (313 961 5451 or http www radioedge com

24 KARAT CLUB 'Latm Dance Night' with DJ Ronrrv

1 Lucas 8 p m to 2 a m Thursdays $3 uve m u K Fridays and Saturdays see popular music calendar Swing lessons •or advanced dancers 8 p m Tuesdays $3 to« 21 and ode* $5 tor 18 and

older', and for beginners fi p m Wednesdays ; $3 tor 21 and older $5 •or 18 and okler). al Ihe club 28949 Joy Road two b*oc»s east of MidcBebeft Roadl. Westland ( 7 3 4 ) 5 1 3 5 0 3 0

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The Observer & ficcen/ric/THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 8 , 1 9 9 9 E M N M F * )

Nick Nolte gives fierce performance in 'Affliction' • . n i j . _ j c : i : « . M , ; » k Ko/«Wa oa a m f f i n v osrre b e a

BY HUGH GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER

A u t h o r Russe l l B a n k s never f l i n c h e s . H e d e a l s w i t h m a l e r age , n u m b i n g sorrow, u n f a t h -omable despair without compro-mise. He delves deeply into the d a r k recesses of the mind.

I t would seem t h a t such per-sonal and agonizing work would be nea r ly u n f i l m a b l e a n d t h a t only in Banks ' novels could his words r e sona te as he intended. Yet, two of the finest films of the l a s t two y e a r s a r e b a s e d on B a n k s ' b l e a k b u t u l t i m a t e l y h u m a n e novels.

A t o m E g o y a n ' s " T h e S w e e t Hereaf ter" was the best movie of 1997, a penetrat ing view of com-

m u n a l sadness and the horr ib le consequences of immoral acts.

_Paul S c h r a d e r ' s new film of •Affliction" deals wi th the s a m e p r o f u n d i t y a n d h u m a n i t y w i t h ma le rage, alcoholism, p a r e n t a l a b u s e a n d a l ife a t i t s f r a y i n g point. At the center of th is chilly, win te r por t ra i t is America's most u n d e r r a t e d and uniquely g i f ted actor, Nick Nolte, r ag ing l ike a wounded bull against a world h e d o e s n ' t u n d e r s t a n d a n d t h a t doesn't unders tand h im.

Nolte* plays Wade Whitehouse , a large, shambl ing bea r i sh m a n for whom life is about to t a k e a d isas t rous tu rn . He's the sher i f f in a ru r a l New Hampshi re coun-ty where he also plows the roads and does whatever else his seem-

ingly easy-going French-Canadi a n boss tells h im to do.

W a d e ' s d i v o r c e d a n d a s t h e m o v i e o p e n s h e ' s t a k i n g h i s d a u g h t e r to a H a l l o w e e n p a r t y when she'd r a t h e r be home wi th h e r mother , f a r a w a y f r o m h e r g ruf f , ob tuse a n d i r r e s p o n s i b l e father .

W a d e i s a t l o o s e e n d s , es t ranged from his daughter , bit-t e r ly a t odds w i t h h i s ex-wife , s t u c k in a s m a l l t o w n w i t h no w h e r e to go a n d d r o w n i n g i n alcohol and anger.

Wade is afflicted wi th a family disease. He's inher i ted male rage f r o m h i s d o m i n e e r i n g , v ic ious , u s u a l l y d r u n k e n f a t h e r . W a d e h a s become his father , while h is brother , who te l l s Wade's story,

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But a t hea r t Wade is not a bad man . I t ' s t h i s t h a t m a k e s Nick Nolte's pe r fo rmance so riveting. No one plays anger a n d violence with qui te the fu ry t h a t Nolte is able to s u m m o n (see h is perfor-m a n c e in " T h i n R e d L i n e " for instance) , bu t h e r e h e also con-v e y s w a r m t h a n d a s i c k e n i n g sense t h a t he is aware of h is own affliction.

Nolte h a s been overlooked so often for great per formances (he w a s n ' t e v e n n o m i n a t e d fo r a n Oscar for "North Dal las Forty"), bu t h e i s f ina l ly g e t t i n g notice fo r t h e d e p t h a n d c o m p l e x i t y tha t he brings to th i s character . His Osca r n o m i n a t i o n is richly deserved.

A h u n t i n g accident in a n early November snow se t s off a chain of events t h a t fuel Wade's para-n o i a a n d e v e n t u a l l y l e adB to u n s p e a k a b l e t r a g e d i e s . As t h e e v e n t s p i l e u p , N o l t e ' s W a d e seems to t u r n on h imse l f a s he slowly dis integrates .

S c h r a d e r i s a s f a m i l i a r w i t h da rk corners as Banks , and it's e a s y to s e e w h y t h e G r a n d Rapids ' n a t i v e w a s a t t r ac t ed to t h i s b e a u t i f u l l y w r i t t e n book. Wade Whi tehouse shares a lot in common wi th T r a v i s Bickle, the r a g i n g v e t e r a n of S c h r a d e r ' s T a x i Dr iver" screenplay. Schad-e r ' s film, w h i c h h e w r o t e a n d d i r ec t ed , s t a y s c lose to B a n k s ' s tory a n d h i s u n f l i n c h i n g real-ism.

It uses t h e s t a r k , cold whi te New H a m p s h i r e l a n d s c a p e as effectively as S h a k e s p e a r e uses t h e s t o r m y woods in "Lear." I t also visually real izes the shabby small town t h a t is so much more typical of New Eng land than the u s u a l p o s t c a r d i m a g e s . P a u l S a r o s s y ' s c a m e r a w o r k is somberly beaut i fu l .

In a d d i t i o n to Nolte 's perfor-m a n c e , S c h r a d e r a l so e l ic i t s a spooky, r a w p e r f o r m a n c e f r o m J a m e s C o b u r n a s Wade's n a s t y f a t h e r , G l e n , s e e n a s a n over -w e i g h t , b i t t e r old m a n a n d in g ra iny home-movie - s ty le f lash-

backs as a r ag ing ogre bea t i ng on his wife a n d children. Coburn h a s a l w a y s b e e n an a p p e a l i n g a c t o r , b u t h e ' s n e v e r b e e n s t r e t ched t h i s f a r or been used th is effectively. His Oscar nomi-n a t i o n is a r ecogn i t i on of j u s t how deep he plunges.

Sissy Spacek again t u r n s in a completely n a t u r a l per formance as Wade's confused and ul t imate-ly defeated girl friend.

Willem DaFoe provides a good na r r a t i on bu t he seems miscast a s the y o u n g e r brother . T h i s is t h e w e a k e s t p a r t of S c h r a d e r ' s a d a p t a t i o n a s w e l l , b e c a u s e B a n k s m a k e s a s h a r p c o n t r a s t be tween t h e b ro ther who rages a n d t h e b r o t h e r who s t i f l e s his rage. H e r e h e is less c e n t r a l to the story. And a younger sister, who h a s r e t r e a t e d in to f u n d a -m e n t a l i s t re l igion, is also mis-played as a minor figure.

But, "Affliction* is a raw, hon-est p o r t r a y a l of a k ind of male m a d n e s s wi th which we a r e all too familiar.

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of our nat ion 's leaders . I t could be the glut of media t h a t exposes u s to c e r t a i n s t o r i e s t h a t we would have p re fe r red not to see or hea r once.

Perhaps what ' s miss ing is per-spective. One of t h e best places to find it is the Detroi t a rea a r t s scene . So le t ' s t a k e a peek a t some a t t rac t ions t h a t will affirm

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a car ing a n d hopeful world. C o n s i d e r t h e a c t i v i t i e s of

M a x i m V e n g e r o v , t h e y o u n g Siber ian viol in is t who has been compared wi th t h e great J a scha Heifetz. Vengerov, in Ann Arbor last S u n d a y for a recital, is the f i r s t c l a s s i c a l m u s i c i a n to be n a m e d as a n o f f i c ia l U N I C E F envoy. He grew u p in an orphan-age managed by his mother and now raises f u n d s and awareness of t h e p l i g h t of d i s a d v a n t a g e d children. .

We a l so g a i n p e r s p e c t i v e by the stories f rom our past, one of which is told in "Camp Logan, a cu r ren t product ion of the Detroit Repertory Thea t r e . The play by Celeste Bedford Walker is based on a t rue World War I incident in Texas in which 19 black soldiers of t h e 24 th I n f a n t r y R e g i m e n t w e r e l y n c h e d f o r r e b e l l i n g a g a i n s t r a c i s t h a r a s s m e n t by

whi te Hous ton locals. The pro-duct ion o f fe r s a s easoned cast , w h o s e m e m b e r s p e r f o r m an excerpt on "Backstage Pass "

The beauty and wonder of our world is evident in the works of C a t h e r i n e Pee t , f e a t u r e d in an exhibit which runs th rough April 11 a t t h e Wildl i fe I n t e r p r e t i v e G a l l e r y a t t h e D e t r o i t Zoo. R a t h e r t h a n use new ma te r i a l s f rom n a t u r e , Peet g a t h e r s dis-carded pieces from old fu rn i tu re to create the works in th i s collec-t i o n , w h i c h c o m p l e m e n t s h e r p e r m a n e n t pieces on exhibi t at the zoo since 1995.

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CHRISTINA FUOCO

T h e G h e t t o B i l l i e s ' d e b u t CD " S o m e Reezev" includes s o n g s a b o u t d r a g q u e e n s , t ruck d r ive r s on d r u g s , a n d p o r n o g r a p h y . A n d i n c a s e y o u ' r e w o n d e r -ing, yes, t hey do

m e a n to o f f e n d listeners.

" T h a t ' s why it 's f u n n y . T h e y can't believe we said some th ing r u d e , " s a id g u i t a r i s t / v o c a l i s t Robb Conaway of Ann Arbor.

" B u t we h a v e c e r t a i n r u l e s about t h e songs t h a t we wr i te . T h e y a r e k i n d of u n s a i d . We don't say anything blatant ly . We don't make any usually s t ra ight-out sexual r e fe rences . I t ' s very rare t h a t we swear in a song. If t h e r e i s s w e a r i n g , , i t ' s v e r y pc ignant and there ' s a point to why we use it."

B u t t h e m e a n i n g s of t h e 13 songs on "Some Rezeev" a re hid-d e n w i t h i n a m a z e of d o u b l e entendres and smar t r emarks .

"We never say anyth ing direct-ly. I t ' s a l w a y s in s o m e t w i s t y kind of way. That ' s where we find the humor. If we're si t t ing there saying, ' I 'm a guy and I like to w e a r ch i cks ' u n d e r w e a r a n d I like to w e a r it. ' I t wou ldn ' t be very funny."

T h e G h e t t o B i l l i e s - w h i c h a l so i n c l u d e s b a s s i s t / v o c a l i s t Jason Church of Fenton and gui-tar is t /vocal is t Derek K r a m e r of Har t land - celebrate the release of "Some Rezeev" a t 9 p.m. Sat-urday, Feb. 20, a t Alvin's, 5756 Cass Ave., Detroit.

In a roundabout way, the Ghet-to Billies h a s been a project in the works since high school. Out of s y m p a t h y , C o n a w a y l e t C h u r c h j o i n h i s h i g h schoo l band.

"De rek w a s t e r r i b l e . H e w a s a w f u l a t e v e r y t h i n g . F i r s t we h a d h im on k e y b o a r d s b u t h e couldn ' t play t h e keyboa rds a t all. Then we had him a s a back-g r o u n d s i n g e r b u t h e cou ldn ' t sing a t all. But he was one of our f r i e n d s . S o m e h o w we h a d t o include him. we couldn't exclude h im so we m a d e h i m a t a m -

bourine player." T h e band broke u p when the

adventurous Conaway moved to Texas to live wi thin an environ-m e n t a l c o m m u n e in 1B92. He realized tha t a cult wasn ' t exact-ly h i s th ing , so h e r e t u r n e d to Michigan and got in touch with K r a m e r . Before long, however , Conaway moved to S a n Miguel, Mexico, to s tudy a r t at The Insti-t u t e De Allende. Upon complet-ing his studies, h e went back to Michigan where Kramer and his roommate Church had a surprise wait ing for him.

"Not only could he ( K r a m e r ! p lay t h e g u i t a r rea l ly well , he h a d a r e a l l y good s e n s e of r h y t h m . He c a n s i n g now. The songs were f u n n y too. When my gi r l f r iend and I broke up, they were my saving grace. I was over t h e r e al l t h e t i m e . " C o n a w a y said.

S t i l l , C o n a w a y m o v e d to D u b l i n , I r e l a n d , f o r t h r e e mon ths but the band stayed on h i s mind.

"While I was t h e r e I decided t h a t w h e n I c a m e back I w a s going to p ropose t h a t all of us

m a k e a s e r ious go at ge t t ing a show. Before we were doing it for the fun of it. I told him about it and they said they were thinking the s ame thing."

Conaway, a comic book ar t is t , is now s tudying art closer to his A n n A r b o r h o m e - E a s t e r n Michigan University. Since t h a t first show in J a n u a r y 1997, t h e Ghet to Billies have made a name f o r t h e m s e l v e s a r o u n d A n n A r b o r a n d D e t r o i t a s t h e p re -miere jokes ter band. The Ghetto Billies describe themselves as a "bluegrass disco humor band."

"As soon a s you do t h a t , t h e look of people's faces is like, 'Oh, O K ' They th ink this can't sound good. It 's a bunch of guys singing a b u n c h of s t u p i d s o n g s w i t h a c o u s t i c g u i t a r s and no d r u m -mer."

Crosby, S t i l l s and N a s h they are not.

Many "serious" bands write-off bands like t h e Ghetto Billies, the Barenaked Ladies, or even Beck, a s b e i n g lazy. C o n a w a y ca l led people like tha t "egotistical "

" T h e r e ' s so m a n y b a n d s ou t

t h e r e t h a t a r e a l l so s e r i o u s They th ink they're so impor tant in w h a t t hey have to say. Like e v e r y b o d y r e a l l y c a r e s a b o u t wha t ' s going on in the i r life or w h a t n o t . T h e y ' r e juBt a rock band. There 's very few bands in t h e wor ld t h a t a r e more t h a n jus t a rock band "

"I t h ink one of t h e main rea-sons why we do songs t h a t a r e funny is jus t to give the audience a n d p e o p l e out t h e r e a b r e a k from all the monotony. When we s t a r t p l a y i n g , you c a n s e e in the i r faces. At first they ' re j u s t looking a t us thinking, what 's up w i t h t h e s e g u y s w i t h t h r e e acoustic gui tars Are they joking0

See, we sing it so serious. A lot of t imes they don't even get it until the end of the second 9ong."

S o m e t i m e s , h e s a i d , b e i n g d u b b e d a "nove l t y ac t " w o r k s against them.

"A lot of places won't t ake us seriously because we're a humor band I th ink that ' s really annoy-ing. I t h i n k t h a t j u s t b e c a u s e you ' re wr i t ing h u m o r o u s songs d o e s n ' t m e a n t h e r e i s n ' t a n y meaning to the songs "

" L i k e , ' S t e v e , ' is a b o u t t r a n s v e s t i t e s and c ros sd re s se r s and the idea tha t a t first the guy is to ta l ly fooled t h e n he f r e a k s out when he real izes it's a guy. T h e n h e says , oh well . T h e r e ' s social commentary hidden in the songs."

The Ghetto Billies, with special guest Gravity Well, celebrate the release of'Some Rezeev' with a party and performance at 9 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 20. at Alvin's. 5756 Cass Ave., Detroit. Cover charge is $5 for the 18 and older show. For more information, call (313) 832-2355 or visit http: f / u'ww.ghettobillies. com

Christina Fuoco is the pop music reporter for The Observer & Eccentric Newspapers. If you have a question or comment for her. vou can leai-e her a message at (734) 953-2047. mailbox No 2130, or write to her at The Observer & Eccentric Neuspa , pers. 36251 Schoolcraft Road. Livonia. Mich.. 48150. or cfuo-co@oe. homecomm. net

'Martian' is lots of fun for Saturday morning set BY JON KATZ SPECIAL WRITER

Except for its ending, Disney's "My Favor i te M a r t i a n " doesn t a t t e m p t to invoke baby boomer n o s t a l g i a f o r t h e o r i g i n a l TV se r i e s . A s m a r t move , i ndeed , c o n s i d e r i n g t h e d i s a s t r o u s a t t emp t s a t b r ing ing "McHale's Navy." "Car 54. Where Are You?" a n d . m o s t n o t a b l y , " T h e Avengers" to the big screen

I n s t e a d , t h e s p e c i a l e f f ec t s -driven comedy goes right for the S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g se t . A wise-rcrarking gpace sui t called,"Zoot,

ry on t h e Red P l a n e t is m o r e t h a n poss ible . Wha t t hey don ' t give us is a reason why one of t h e m c r a s h l a n d s on a b e a c h near S a n t a Barbara.

The alien ship-shrunk down to toy-s ize by i ts i n h a b i t a n t — is found by Tim O 'Hara (our own J e f f Danie l s ) , an a m b i t i o u s TV news r epo r t e r ("I will go to t h e e n d s of t h e e a r t h fo r a g r e a t story"). Tim's been passed over by the stat ion owner i Michael Lern-ert in favor of his airhead daugh-ter Brace (HurleyI. After he gets t h e s h i p home , t h e M a r t i a n

and also has the best lines. The cast has lots of fun cavort-

ing in a Disney flick, but the two or t h r e e big gags a r e r e p e a t e d over and over. . .and over Lloyd does h is bug-eyed t h i n g t h a t s w o r k e d for t w e n t y y e a r s , a n d Daniels is fine a t being flustered Dar ry l H a n n a h as a tomboyish c a m e r a pe r son is s u r p r i s i n g l y m i s u s e d h e r e ; s h e looks a n d

sounds like she h a d the flu for the whole shoot Hurley actual ly carves out the f reshest t e r r i to ry of the bunch, doing an acceptable tu rn as the broadcasting bimbo.

This is one whe re you m i g h t w a n t to drop t h e k ids off a n d catch something else at the mall yourself They'll fill you in on t h e good parts and it'll take a lot less t ime.

AVAILABLE LK.HT L T D .

Intergalactlc comedy: When TV reporter Tim O Hara (Jeff Daniels, left) stumbles upon a real-life Martian (Christopher Lloyd) he thinks he has the most fantastic story of his career in journalism in My Favorite Mar-tian. "

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goofy sight gags and some harm-less potty h u m o r will keep the k ids in teres ted , while Elizabeth Hur l ey ' s w a r d r o b e will do t h e same for the adu l t s (for the men, w h a t s h e ' s w e a r i n g ; for t h e women, why she 's wearing it in this movie).

"My Favorite Mart ian" ran for t h ree s e a s o n s 11963-66) on TV. dur ing the y e a r s when we were s t i l l giddy over t h e exploi ts of Mercury and Gemini as tronauts . The possibility of life in our solar system was qui te real, and Mars h a d held a p a r t i c u l a r a p p e a l going back to Orson Welles' Hal-loween broadcas t of "War of the Worlds" in 1938.

In a clever opening sequence, th i s version zings our zeal over the Mart ian Rover's video trans-mission of a few rocks and gives us reason to believe tha t citizen-

a p p e a r s tn Human form For tu— nately for us they must get "Taxi up there, for whose form does he take but Christopher Lloyd's

Tim senses the story of a life-t ime. but instead commits to hid-ing t h e ident i ty of "L'ncle Mar-t in" so the traveler can repair his sh ip and re turn home. Natural ly the bad government guys, led by Ray Walston fTVs original Uncle Mar t in) and the under ra ted Wal-lace Shawn, are hot on the trail .

S u p e r p o w e r s a b o u n d h e r e . Mar t in can mffke himself invisi-ble. l i tera l ly comes apa r t when he ' s d e p r e s s e d and his f i n g e r s m o r e p o t e n t t h a n S a m a n t h a s nose . He also h a s a p a r t i c u l a r d i s d a i n for us e a r t h l i n g s ("You people still think E=MC2 '. His Zoot s u i t h a s a life of i ts own. w h i c h is s o m e w h e r e b e t w e e n " T h e M a s k " a n d Don R ick l e s .

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Pompano's features a taste of Miami's South Reach BY ELEANOR A RAY HEALD SPECIAL WRITERS

Couldn ' t get away to w a r m e r c l i m e s t h i s m o n t h ? N e w l y -opened Pampano ' s in Farming-ton Hil ls , w i t h i t s seafood a n d Car ibbean-s ty le specialt ies, h a s the t a s t e of Miami's South Beach and might subs t i tu te a t least for a night!

If y o u ' r e no t fond of r e s t a u -r an t s in hotels such as a Holiday Inn , r econs ider . Ramzi N a b e r and his wife Connie have t rans-formed the f o r m e r Brady's and before t h a t M a t t Brady's, basi-cally a burger and bar spot, into a c o m f o r t a b l e d i n i n g a t m o -sphere.

C l u b b y a n d cozy wi th l a r g e c igar- f r iendly cen t r a l bar. Pom-pano ' s s ings a seafood t h e m e . Brightly-colored fish swimming out f rom the walls set a warm-c l i m a t e a t m o s p h e r e . C o r d i a l , o w n e r - o n - p r e m i s e h o s p i t a l i t y speaks a friendly tone.

If you d i n e d a t S o u t h f i e l d ' s Golden Mush room in the ea r ly 1 9 9 0 s . R a m z i N a b e r w a s t h e night manage r . He went on to o the r corpora te r e s t a u r a n t a n d h o s p i t a l i t y a r e n a s in the a r e a and , like many before him. j u s t had to become a restaurateur .

"I have fond memories of days s p e n t in both M i a m i and S a n Francisco, so na tura l ly I chose a s e a f o o d t h e m e , " N a b e r s a i d . "The area at 10 Mile and Grand River needed a r e s t au ran t wi th seafood emphas i s ; the closest is Steve & Rocky's on Grand River in Novi."

A hote l e a t e r y genera l ly h a s bui l t - in d iners weekmgh t s , b u t needs to a t t rac t locals on week-ends. Pompano's is no exception and the deals abound. On Fr i -d a y s , one p o u n d of King C r a b Legs , i n c l u d i n g s a l a d , r e d s k i n garlic mashed potatoes and veg-

Pompano ' s Seafood Grill

Where: 38123 W. 10 Mile Road (at Grand River in the Holiday Inn) Farmington Hills, (248) 478-7780. Hours: Monday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Until midnight Friday and Saturday. Menu: Salads, savory sandwiches and wraps for lunch. Seafood is the specialty with pastas and grilled meats at dinner. Housemade pizza at lunch and dinner. Cost: Lunch $5-14; dinner $13-20. Entertainment: Friday and Saturday 8 p.m. to midnight. Reservations: Recommended Credit cards: All majors accepted. Banquet faculties: 20-350 people

e t ab l e is $19.95. For t h e s a m e price on Saturdays, it's Surf and T u r f (filet mignon a n d l obs t e r tail).

From 8 p.m. un t i l m i d n i g h t both Fr iday and S a t u r d a y , you can l isten to jazz a r t i s t George C o l o v u s or in h i s a b s e n c e , C h a r l e y S a l a z p l a y i n g Caribbean-inspired selections.

Yes. you can get p o m p a n o , a favorite from the sunf ish family, a t Pompano's. But only a t din-ner. An eight-ounce filet of pom-p a n o is s au teed wi th p i s t a c h i o c i t rus butter sauce. Flown f resh to Royal O a k ' s S u p e r i o r F i s h Company, it is delivered to Pom-pano ' s five t i m e s week ly a long with other fresh delicacies f rom the sea.

O the r seafood specia l t ies pre-pared by Chef de Cu i s ine Gary Bradt . a 1991 Oakland Commu-ni ty College cu l inary g r a d who honed his skills a t Chuck Muer 's River Crab a n d the T roy Mar-riott. are: Conch Salad; Scallops McKinnon , l ight ly f l ou red a n d s a u t e e d with D r a m b u i e se rved w i t h s h i i t a k e m u s h r o o m s a n d snow peas; Blackened Yellowfin Tuna with melon salsa; and very Caribbean Coconut Shr imp, but-

terflied, dipped in a beer ba t te r a n d s h r e d d e d coconu t , s e r v e d with a guava/mango sauce.

P a s t a lovers can get fu l l or half orders of Linguine Frui t de Mer ( s h r i m p , c l a m s a n d sca l -lops ) ; S m o k e d c h i c k e n w i t h P e n n e P a s t a o r a V e g e t a r i a n Delight, tri-colored pas ta tossed in tomato broth, f resh vegetables and topped with shaved Romano cheese.

Landlubbers may choose from chophouse fea tu res such as Filet Mignon. six or e ight-ounce por-t ion; L a m b C h o p s se rved wi th black c u r r a n t s a u c e or C i n n a -mon Grilled Pork Chops.

Added to s m a l l e r po r t ions of h o u s e s e a f o o d s p e c i a l t i e s a t lunch, there 's a four ounce Petit Filet Mignon Sandwich (beating most burgers by a mile). Mexican C l u b W r a p or a s i g n i f i c a n t l v -sized salad.

At lunch or dinner. Pompano's p i z z a s a r e m a d e f r o m s c r a t c h f rom f r e s h i n g r e d i e n t s . Orde r the "Four C h e e s e " spec ia l ty or b u i l d y o u r o w n f r o m a w i d e ar ray of toppings.

F u l l b a r s e r v i c e i n c l u d e s a shor t , but well-priced wine list wi th bv - the -g l a s s p o u r s $3.75-

Super seafood: Restaurant owner Ramzi Naber (left) in the dining room of Pom -pano's. Chef de Cuisine Gary Bradt presents Buffalo Rock Shrimp, one of his seafood spe-cialties.

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$5.25 and bottles S17-S38. Spe-cialty d r i n k s and coffees $5.75-$6.75 can accompany a desser t se lec t ion i n c l u d i n g , of cou r se . Key Lime Pie.

S o m e t h i n g e x t r a : P o m p a n o ' s Hall of Fame is looking for din-ers' fishing pictures. If you have more t h a n a fish t a l e , t a k e it a long w h e n you d ine and have

t h a t big one t h a t didn't get away, hung to be noticed by all!

Send items for consideration in What's Cooking to Keely Wvgo-nik, Entertainment Editor, Observer & Eccentric Newspa-pers. Inc., 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia, MI 48150, fax (248) 591-7279, or e-mail [email protected]

THE MOOSE PRESERVE BAR & GRILL 3 Day Beach Bash, Thursday-

S a t u r d a y , Feb. 25-27, 2395 N. Woodward Ave., ( j u s t n o r t h of S q u a r e L a k e Road) Bloomfield Hills . Ca r ibbean food, live Reg-gae bands, sand dance floor, ha i r b r a i d i n g , l i m b o c o n t e s t , a n d o t h e r s u r p r i s e s . Cal l (248> 85-TROUT for details.

THE LARK C a l i f o r n i a - F r e n c h D i n n e r , 7

p.m. Monday or Tuesday, Feb. 22-2 3 . 6 4 3 0 F a r m i n g t o n R o a d ( n o r t h of M a p l e R o a d ) W e s t Bloomfield. Cost $87.50 per per-son not i nc lud ing o ther beve r -ages, tax or gra tu i ty . Call (248) 661-4466 for reservat ions / infor-mat ion.

GOODFELLAS A duel ing piano bar on Hag-

gerty Road (just south of 14 Mile Road) in F a r m i n g t o n Hills fea-tu r e s a bar stocked with domes-

t i c a n d impor ted b e e r s on t a p a n d more t h a n 20 v o d k a s , a s well as 14 wines and two cham-p a g n e s . T h e l i g h t f a r e m e n u includes pizza, portabella mush-room sandwiches, appet izers and desser ts Four piano players t ake t u rn s , two at a t ime, e n t e r t a i n -ing the crowd. Hours a re 5 p.m. to 2 a.m Wednesday-Thursday ; 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday; 6 p.m. to 2 a j n . Saturday; and 5:30 p.m. to midnight Sunday. T h e r e is a $ 5 cover on F r i d a y - S a t u r d a y . C a l l (248) 7 8 8 - 4 4 4 4 f o r m o r e information.

LA SHISH Is celebrating its 10th anniver-

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BUDDY'S Announces the i r n e w e s t "fea-

t u r e " p izza , t h e F i r e - R o a s t e d Veggie Pizza, topped w i t h Wis-consin brick cheese, fire-roasted red a n d g r e e n p e p p e r s , w h i t e on ions , corn , a l a y e r of s w e e t

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tomato basil sauce, and sprinkles of as iago cheese Buddy ' s oper-a t e s six r e s t a u r a n t s , two take-outs, and one take-out /cafe loca-t ion t h r o u g h o u t me t ro Detroit Call your local Buddy's for infor-mation about the i r newest pizza.

PANERA BREAD H a s opened two new bakery-

cafes in Livonia and Troy. The new b a k e r v - c a f e s a n d m e e t i n g places offer more t h a n a dozen v a r i e t i e s of f r e s h - b a k e d bread , a l o n g w i t h b a g e l s , f r u i t - f i l l e d c r o i s s a n t s , c i n n a m o n ro l l s , muf f in s , de s se r t s , p lus hot and cold e s p r e s s o b e v e r a g e s T h e Livonia store is in the Newburgh P laza . 37133 Six Mile road ' a t the i n t e r sec t ion of N e w b u r g h ) . (734) 542-0532. and in Troy at the Troy C o m m o n s , 8 2 3 E Big Beaver Road (on t h e co rne r of Rochester Road», (248) 526-0822. Hours a re 6 a .m. to 9 p.m. Mon-day-Friday, and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. S u n d a y . O t h e r m e t r o - D e t r o i t Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe loca-t ions include 27651 Sou th f i e ld Road. L a t h r u p Village; and 6399 O r c h a r d L a k e R o a d . W e s t Bloomfield.

BOGIE'S AMERICAN GRILL H a s a new m e n u a n d newly-

renovated faci l i t ies T h e res tau-

r a n t loca ted in t h e E v e r g r e e n P l a z a a t 1 9 7 0 1 T w e l v e Mi le R o a d in S o u t h f i e l d f e a t u r e s lavash roll-up*. chicken picata , s e a f o o d j a m b a l a y a . b a r b e c u e beef, baby back ribs, appetizers, s a n d w i c h e s a n d o t h e r e n t r e e s T h e lower level b a n q u e t room h a s been r e m o d e l e d and ^ieats 130 people. The main level seats 2 5 0 p e o p l e a n d o f f e r s a b a r . g a m e s a r e a a n d TV's. Bogie ' s American Grill is open 11 a.m. to 2 a m. Monday-Saturdav, closed Sunday. Call '248- 559-4400 for more information

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