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Reindeer daysWhile viewing the animals at the Taylor Petting
Farm during Reindeer Days last weekend, families alsoenjoyed
sipping free hot chocolate and sharing in the face painting
provided by elves. Heritage Parksannual event inside the barn also
featured stocking stuffers and photos with Santa Claus.
By Jim KasubaThe News-Herald
WYANDOTTE A goodSamaritan who found a naked tod-dler running
into the street on a 36-
degree day gathered up the child andcalled police.The
60-year-old woman told police
she was driving on Lincoln, nearBaumey, at about 12:45 p.m. Dec.
11when she saw what police termed a
bizarre incident a little girl wasrunning around the
neighborhoodand into the street, frolicking with asmall dog and
wearing nothing butsocks. Fearing for the childs safety,
the woman put her and the dog inher car, wrapping the child in a
towelshe had in her vehicle.
Officer Devin Geiger said the 2-year-old was shivering and
appearedto be cold, but could not answer ques-
tions about her name or where shelives.
The small girl reached out forme to hold her and appeared as
ifshe needed to be comforted, Geiger
said. The child was completelynaked other than cold, wet and
soiledsocks.
Geiger said he hugged the child
Naked toddler is found wandering instreet; uncle arrested for
child neglect
By Katie HetrickHeritage Media
Immediately after learning the horrific news Fridaythat a lone
gunman had killed 20 elementary students andsix adults at a school
in Newtown, Conn., superintendentsthroughout the Downriver and
Dearborn areas began try-ing to reassure parents that schools
generally are very safe.
In a lot of areas, schools are the safest place for kidsbecause
there are so many adults and security around forthem, Dearborn
Supt. Brian Whiston said.
About 1.5 million children attend school every day inMichigan,
he said. Every day, all of those students returnhome safe.
Schools have safety plans in place and have had sincethe
Columbine High Schoolshooting rampage inColorado in 1999 that left
12students and one teacherdead, Dearborn HeightsDistrict 7 Supt.
Jeffrey
Bartold said.Dearborn, District 7 and
Crestwood all had letters toparents posted on their web-sites.
The letters remindedparents of the safety pre-cautions in place at
schoolsand told parents of elemen-tary children in particularto
limit how much theirchildren heard about theshootings. Children
that ageare too young to understandwhere the incident hap-pened and
how rare suchoccurrences are, accordingto administrators. Seeingthe
same footage over andover may make them think that another incident
is hap-pening.
Bartold said he met with his administrative staffMonday morning
to revisit their emergency managementplans and talk about the
districts crisis management team.
Whiston said Dearborn, too, has plans in place for emer-gencies.
Students at all of the buildings practice emergencydrills, just
like they practice fire drills.
I could never say we are 100 percent safe because thatsjust not
reality, Whiston said.
News reports from Connecticut implied that Sandy HookElementary
School was locked, but the gunman shot hisway in.
A locked building isnt going to stand up against a gun,but, with
that said, our schools are safe, Whiston said.We are concerned
about our children, and we treat themlike our own.
Officials reassurestudents, parentsschools are safe
By Alan BurdziakThe News-Herald
LINCOLN PARK A recent appel-late court ruling could keep a
Walmartstore from occupying the mostly aban-doned Lincoln Park
Shopping Centerat Southfield Road and Dix-Toledo.
The Michigan Court of Appealsissued an opinion Nov. 27 in favor
ofSears, Roebuck and Co. over the use ofeasements that surround
Sears at 1800Dix-Toledo, including one on the westside of the
building that is used fordeliveries, and its east parking lot.
Wayne County Circuit Judge AmyHathaway ruled in January that
Searsownership of the delivery easement
expired in 1986 per the deed on theland. She also ruled that
patrons ofany other businesses on adjacent par-cels of land can use
Sears parking lot.
However, an old lawsuit brought bythe previous owner of the
shoppingcenter and the vacant Farmer Jackstore next to it on
Southfield causedthe Court of Appeals to reverse thatdecision.
What is very, very unusual aboutthis opinion is that the earlier
casethey relied on is a case brought by aformer owner of the
property whochallenged an easement on the prop-erty, said Mark
Granzotto, the attor-ney who represented shopping center
owner Grand Sakwa Properties.The former owner of the land,
PoolTwo, challenged Sears hold on theparking easement, but lost its
lawsuitbefore selling to Grand Sakwa in 2010.In its lawsuit, Grand
Sakwa chal-lenged ownership of the service driveeasement.
In the opinion, appellate JudgesPat Donofrio, Karen Fort Hood
andKirsten Frank Kelly ruled that thelegal reasoning applied in the
PoolTwo lawsuit also applies to GrandSakwa.
The justices also agreed with Sears
Walmart project could fall through
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