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ENTERPRISE Romulus council sets new water rates
THE BELLEVILLE
ENTERPRISE

Vol. 134, No. 27 Scott Spielman ter how much water we use.”
Voters will see no tax Special Writer ” The new rates will go into
increase with the approval of The fixed amount is the amount effect on July 5. Residents will
a $35,490,000 bond issue pro- Members of the Romulus City we are forced to pay by be billed bi-monthly, too, instead
posed by the Van Buren Council set water and sewer of every three months as in past
Public Schools for the rates for the coming year the Great Lakes Water Authority. years. That was initiated to help
November ballot. Monday night, but the impact on residents budget their water
See page 2. homeowners will vary, depend- fixed costs,” said Abbie Akins, with a 1.5-inch meter will see bills better, and find any leaks
ing on the type of meters they assistant director of Financial their monthly fixed rate cost more quickly, before they can
have and the amount water they Services for the city. “It's a 100 increase from $39.49 per month cause a spike in their bills.
THE CANTON use. percent pass through.” to $47.18 per month. Sewer rates Councilwoman Virginia
EAGLE The rates are a bit of a mixed The overall water consump- will remain the same as last year. Williams offered a motion to
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Vol. 72, No. 27 bag for residents and businesses. tion rate declined from $3.066 “The fixed amount is the reject the proposed rates, but it
Although the overall usage rate per unit to $2.737 per unit. amount we are forced to pay by died for lack of support.
Jade Smith, current city declined slightly, the fixed rates Residents with a 1-inch water the Great Lakes Water Williams said she didn't want to
administrator in Milan, was from the Great Lakes Water meter will see their monthly Authority,” Akins said. “That's inflict further hardship on resi-
chosen from a field of 19 Authority increased. fixed rate increase from $17.32 to exactly what they charge us. We
applicants as the new “There is no mark-up on the $20.69 per month. Residents have to pay that amount, no mat- See Rates, page 3
Canton Township Municipal
Services director.
Welcome to America
See page 5.

THE INKSTER Aspiring Haitian chef interns
LEDGER STAR
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Vol. 72, No. 27 at local Plymouth restaurant
A mother and her 10-year-
old son were killed in a colli- One young visitor to His mother, a restaurant
sion with an Inkster police America has never seen any- cook prior to her death,
vehicle last week. The crash thing quite like the celebra- prompted Keven's interest in
remains under investigation tions of Independence Day everything culinary which
by Michigan State Police. that continue across the coun- never faltered even in the dis-
See page 4. try this week. aster of the 2010 earthquake
But then, at 18, Kervens which killed an estimated
Pierre saw his first a movie 230,000 people in Haiti. The
THE NORTHVILLE only two months ago at about nearly complete devastation
EAGLE the same time he first visited a of the country left the orphan-
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Vol. 19, No. 27 MacDonald's. age facing closure, which
Up to now, Kervens' life in a
would have added the mission
Brian Samulski has been Haitian orphanage included children to the thousands of
named as the new Northville very few of the everyday expe- homeless earthquake victims
Public Schools Athletic riences and freedoms fighting to survive on the
Director succeeding Bryan Americans enjoy until his cur- streets.
Masi who will be retiring in rent trip to the U.S. on a Award-winning Free Press
November. work/study visit. He and his columnist and best-selling
See page 2. older brother, Emmanuel, author Mitch Albom traveled
have been residents of the to Haiti to attempt to help vic-
Have Faith Haiti mission tims and his A Hole In The
THE PLYMOUTH since he was 4 and Roof Foundation assumed
EAGLE Emmanuel, 7. operations at the mission. The
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Vol. 19, No. 27 Emmanuel is taking classes foundation and Albom have
at Madonna University while continued to support and edu-
The long-awaited arrival Kervens is learning more cate the mission children and
of the Chesapeake and Ohio about his life goal of becoming Albom was instrumental in
Railroad caboose at the a chef working in the kitchen bringing Kervens and his
Plymouth Historical at E. G. Nick's in Plymouth brother here to work and
Museum took place last under the watchful eye of study.
weekend when it was deliv- Chef Frank Agostini. Following a mountain of
ered by flat-bed truck. Kervens has been cooking red tape and bureaucratic
See page 5. for more than half his 18 requirements, the boys were
years. At the age of 9, difficult granted brief work study visas
times at the orphanage thrust to visit here, under some strict
THE ROMULUS him into the mission kitchen conditions.
ROMAN
ROMAN where he became the primary “His hours here cannot
Vol. 134, No. 27 cook for the 70 or so children take any hours from an Haitian culinary student Kervens Pierre, left, is learning the fine
and the few adults who shared American worker, that's one of points of food preparation from chef Frank Agostini during a
Twelve people, nine juve- the home. the specifications,” Agostini, a
niles and three adults, were “I would make breakfast, friend of Albom's for 30 years, work/study internship. Photo by Dave Willett
taken into police custody at lunch and dinner for every- said. “Everything he does “He has caught on really staff just embraced him.
the Romulus Community one, he said. “Just me, we had here is in addition to our regu- quickly and the staff here has “He had many of the basics,
Fireworks display last no help.” lar staffing,” really helped. They just took which we are now refining
Thursday. It was hard work, he said, Agostini said he was sur- him into the family. I think and teaching him how restau-
See page 3.
but even at 9, he knew this prised at Kervens' culinary that may be part of why he has
was what he loved to do. ability and talent. done so well here. The whole See Student, page 5
THE WAYNE
EAGLE New Westland chamber president/CEO is named
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The teen who fatally shot Julie Brown and business marketing is an thing. I'm excited,” Heinicke
asset, as is her most recent posi-
said.
a man outside the HYPE Staff Writer tion at Madonna University in She's meeting people from
Athletics complex in Wayne The new president/CEO of Livonia as an admissions officer. businesses and local organiza-
last November has pleaded the Westland Chamber of “Learning everything,” she tions, and working with them.
guilty to second-degree mur- Commerce is already very famil- said from the Westland Heinicke succeeds former
der and a felony weapons. iar with the community. Chamber office on Ford Road director Brookellen Swope, now
See page 3.
Gretchen Heinicke, 31, who east of Newburgh Road. “It's dif- working for a local chiropractor.
began her new job June 3, was ferent (from her previous job) Heinicke, a Detroit Red
raised in Westland and is a grad- but I can use the same skills. I Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins
THE WESTLAND uate of John Glenn High School. can take some of those skills and fan, is proud of her Westland
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EAGLE “I love it,” said Heinicke, “It's apply them to this position.” roots, with both parents still liv-
She and Mary Vellardita,
Vol. 72, No. 27 definitely a challenge. I'm excit- Westland Chamber of ing in the city. The Chamber
Farmers & Artisans Market's is
ed for the future. Getting more
The Westland Community involved with the city, and being Commerce membership and now in full swing Thursdays,
Foundation awarded $15,000 able to give back.” marketing staffer, comprise the and Heinicke attends each
in scholarships to 15 stu- She's a 2006 John Glenn grad- staff, and both work full time. week.
dents during ceremonies at uate who holds a bachelor of “Probably just the biggest “I love Westland's business
the Inspire Theatre last business administration degree challenge now is learning about community,” she said, noting the
month. from Western Michigan the chamber, the events that number of retail, restaurants
See page 3. Gretchen Heinicke University. Her degree in sales happen. Just learning every- “and so much more.”

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