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THE BELLEVILLE Wayne hires DeHart as interim clerk
ENTERPRISE
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Sherri Kolade That is, seemingly, a common
Advance tickets are now Staff Writer thread in DeHart's life: being in
on sale for the Belleville the right place at the right time -
Area Women's Club annual Eileen DeHart has a heart for and having experience and the
Spring Fashion Show which public service. wherewithal to see the job
will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, The acting City Clerk in through.
April 9 at Wayne Tree Manor. Wayne has a lot of experience “I have had wonderful expe-
See page 5. serving local communities in riences in my life, they are part-
one of the oldest public service ly because of where I was at,”
positions. she said. “Where you are at and
DeHart, who took over the who you are at makes all the dif-
THE CANTON position as interim city clerk in ference.”
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Vol. 72, No. 06 ment on Dec. 31, 2015. her friend asked her to work for
her in Lansing, which led to her
Before that, she worked as
Canton Public Library is the Westland City Clerk for 12 in 1997 becoming a state repre-
hosting a celebration of all years. sentative for the then-18th dis-
things Harry Potter with live DeHart said that her brother, trict, which was part of the city Eileen DeHart
music, games, treats and Westland Councilman Bill of Westland and Canton of the House - they were put on “I'm a firm believer that whether
crafts this Saturday, Feb. 9. Johnson, sent out a group text Township. the other side of the gavel. you are elected or appointed
See page 3. message last December asking if “With redistricting they “(I) would hit that gavel and you are a public servant, and
anyone knew of someone who changed everything,” she said, their microphone would be you are there to serve the public
could fill the position of former adding that in her position she turned off,” she said, adding that and help them in any way you
THE INKSTER clerk Matt Miller who resigned was “lucky enough” run meet- her peers at first chuckled at her can.”
LEDGER STAR to take a job in Garden City. ings in the political realm with actions. “Then they realized that quality to DeHart.
LEDGER STAR
Honesty is another important
“I was lucky enough to get a
I followed the rules. It is what it
her peers.
Vol. 72, No. 06 new position,” DeHart said in “So I ran the meetings proba- is.” “You need to to tell people
her office surrounded by histori- bly 80 percent of the time,” she She added that her political straight up who you are, what
Dispelling the Myth of
Alzheimer's will be the topic cal pictures of downtown said. experience lent itself to her you stand for - don't deviate from
Wayne, along with rolled up city
DeHart said when people
appointed-turned elected posi-
that,” she said. “Go by the book.
at a Health Ministries maps, along with others framed were out of order - regardless if tion as Westland City Clerk. In that respect, Wayne and
Sabbath set for 11 a.m. and prominently displayed they were Republican or “I ran for that position and I
Saturday, Feb. 23. behind her. Democrat, or even the Speaker was fortunate to win,” she said. See DeHart, page 2
See page 2.
THE NORTHVILLE 90 and counting
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Vol. 19, No. 06 Former mayor, activist and businessman marks milestone
Laura Mancini has been
appointed as the director of Julie Brown from 1967-1969. ”
the Northville District Staff Writer Jabara's early years were Jim is a real icon in Plymouth.
Library and she began her spent in Mancelona, in the
new job Jan. 14. Jim Jabara, who recently northern Lower Peninsula. We've known each other
See page 3. celebrated his 90th birthday, is “I had a good education at for a long time.
equally proud of his heritage, home with my parents. They
his family, and his town. complemented each other,” he
Jabara has called Plymouth said. “My mother and dad both When he first arrived in the “I was Jim's paper boy. He's
THE PLYMOUTH home for nearly 60 years, and came from Lebanon. My dad area, he and his brother, Kal as great now as he was then. A
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Vol. 19, No. 06 Commission and as mayor worked in a tannery, he noted. fabricating company near the Chermside is CEO and presi-
dent of Resinate Materials
former Plymouth Township
Jabara enrolled at
Members of the Plymouth Michigan Technological Hall on Ann Arbor Road near Group in Plymouth. Lorenz'
Township Board of Trustees University, graduating in civil Lilley Road. “It was small family operated the
are hoping to score a little engineering. town. It didn't take long to get Mayflower Hotel in Plymouth
more “green” with a new “I've used that background acquainted with a lot of peo- in years past, and he now
management firm at Hilltop all my life,” he said of his col- ple.” works in public relations for
Golf Course. lege studies, agreeing the Jabara started Kiwanis in book clients and others.
See page 4. snowfall in the U.P. far Plymouth, and remains active Jabara was first married to
exceeds that in metro Detroit. with the Kiwanis Club of the late Jean Jabara, and has
“There's 4 and 5 feet on the Colonial Plymouth, which been married to Anita Jabara
THE ROMULUS ground all the time. You can't meets at noon Thursdays. for 22 years.
ROMAN
ROMAN see the fence post,” he said. “I love the guy,” said Daniel His two sons are grown,
Snow had fallen hard and
Vol. 134, No. 06 fast on a recent Tuesday Smith, a local mortgage and Jabara has three grand-
banker while Scott Lorenz
children: “Two of them are
Members of the Romulus around the downtown added, “Jim is a real icon in adopted Lebanese orphans,”
Community School District Plymouth Panera Bread, Plymouth. We've known each he noted. The children, now
were honored with a major where Jabara meets weekday other for a long time.” 32, were from separate fami-
energy award from the mornings with longtime Brian Chermside, is anoth-
Energy Services Coalition Jim Jabara friends. er long time friend. See Jabara, page 4
back in November.
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Underground Railroad sites featured on tour

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THE WAYNE Stops on the Underground moving north through songs and
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This activity is funded in part
Vol. 72, No. 06 5th Annual Romulus Black of walkers. It was a cold morning, by the Michigan Council for Arts
History Bus Tour set for 10 a.m.
Commencement at Wayne Saturday, Feb. 23. and Cultural Affairs and the
Memorial High School this Tour-goers will make stops but there were a lot of Michigan Humanities Council.
year will include the tradi- around the city, highlighting the people who wanted to walk. All ages are welcome and no
tion of awarding a rich history of Romulus includ- sign-up is required. For more
Distinguished Alumni medal ing sites that were locations for information, visit or call the
to a former graduate. the Underground Railroad and visiting the office of Mayor Leroy Folktales with African library at (734) 942-7589.
See page 2. others that were important to Burcroff. There is a $2 per per- Instruments” presented by The events come on the heels
the civil rights movement within son fee with children 12 and Rosie Chapman, a.k.a. Miz Rosie, of another successful celebra-
the city. under admitted at no cost. Seats a teacher, performing artist, tion of Martin Luther King Day,
THE WESTLAND The tour will begin with are limited to a first-come, first- author and school social worker when more than 100 people
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Vol. 72, No. 06 Romulus City Hall parking lot sell-out event. For those not able with storytelling. Her interactive attended the program, entitled
to attend, a narrated video of the
performances are truly educa-
and should last approximately 2
Defending Democracy, at the
A 23-year-old Westland hours. tour is available on the city tional and entertaining, organiz- high school. That event featured
man will spend 18-60 years Anyone with special histori- YouTube channel and local ers said. performers from the school dis-
in prison for the brutal stab- cal information or stories that Comcast Cable. Miz Rosie will perform at the trict, speakers, and a surprise
bing death of his mother in should be included in the tour is In another event marking Romulus Public Library at 6:30 intro-via video-from Gov.
December of 2017. asked to call (734) 941-8665. Black History Month, a program p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 to share
See page 2. Reservations are required by for children “African-American the story of African-Americans See Tour, page 5

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