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Thursday, July 28, 1977 (C) 3A<br />
CUT-THROAT CAPITALISTS<br />
Fortunes won and lost by toss of the dice<br />
By DENNIS O'CONNOR<br />
Some liked the "yellow" properties,<br />
some liked the "red." and others<br />
were content to raise money on the<br />
railroads and utilites.<br />
But whatever strategy prevailed,<br />
everyone agreed that the first annual<br />
Monopoly tournament in the<br />
Plymouth-<strong>Canton</strong> community was<br />
nothing but fun<br />
"We set up the tournament so<br />
adults and children could have some<br />
fun playing Monopoly," said Ken<br />
Bjornbak of the Family Emporium<br />
Staff photos<br />
by<br />
Gary Caskey<br />
"We called Parker Brothers, distributors<br />
of the game, and they told us<br />
about the sanctioned tournament they<br />
have around the country.<br />
"We didn't even know about a national<br />
tournament."<br />
Bjornbak hosted the district tourney<br />
at the Penniman Avenue game store<br />
last Saturday And for a first-year<br />
event. Bjornbak could not have been<br />
more pleased, since nearly 60 Monopo<br />
ly players, the majority of which<br />
were children, came to compete<br />
Jerry Geretschlager. 17, a German<br />
foreign exchange student living with<br />
the Scott family of Amhurst Court in<br />
Plvmouth. won the championship and<br />
a brand-new 50 Monopoly board<br />
Geretschlager also won the right to<br />
compete in the resional tourney in<br />
Houston next month but won't play<br />
since he returned to his homeland earlier<br />
tlis week<br />
After landing on an opponent's property, Mark Pinto pays up. John Mester, 13, reaches for a Chance card.<br />
Fire tax is reduced<br />
<strong>Canton</strong> taxpayers will<br />
y one-fourtn of a mill<br />
ess for fire protection<br />
this year<br />
Township board members<br />
Tuesday slashed a<br />
quarter mill (25 cents<br />
per $1,000 state equalized<br />
value) from last<br />
year's township-wide tax<br />
levy of 1 1 2 mills for fire<br />
protection<br />
Under the 1977-78 tax<br />
levy of 1'4 mills, owners<br />
of a $40,000 home will<br />
spend $25 to support the<br />
fire department—$5 less<br />
than they paid last year<br />
<strong>Canton</strong> deputy treasurer<br />
Mike Gorman said<br />
the reduction was made<br />
possible by an expected<br />
decrease in the fire department'sexpenditures<br />
Although the reduction<br />
of a quarter mill means<br />
$56,750 less revenue, Gorman<br />
savs the 1977-78 fire<br />
budget of $283,750 should<br />
allow township officials<br />
to make up almost<br />
$100,000 of the $116,714<br />
deficit the fire depart<br />
ment incurred last year<br />
The fire department's<br />
1978-79 budget will have<br />
to compensate for the remaining<br />
deficit of almost<br />
$17,000<br />
According to Gorman,<br />
the deficit in the fire department's<br />
1976-77 budget<br />
resulted from construction<br />
of the township's<br />
second fire station<br />
Completion of the<br />
station allows for the<br />
millage reduction<br />
"I believe by keeping<br />
expenditures down, we<br />
can make up the small<br />
deficit and save the taxpavers<br />
some money."<br />
Supervisor Harold Stein<br />
2 women hurt in crash<br />
A head-on two-car collision on Warren<br />
west of Cowan in Westland Monday<br />
afternoon hospitalized one <strong>Canton</strong><br />
woman and injured another<br />
Susan Desmyter. 17. of 8307 Orhan.<br />
in <strong>Canton</strong> is listed in good condition in<br />
Wayne County General Hospital<br />
Sherry Pinko. 20. of 8188 Fawn, in <strong>Canton</strong><br />
also was treated and released<br />
There were no other passengers and<br />
no witnesses, according to Westland<br />
police, who said Ms. Desmyter was issued<br />
a ticket for drivine " ' 'iR : left lef of cen<br />
ter<br />
"She was injured tne most and<br />
we didn't<br />
Westland olice Officer Walter<br />
Rozen. Police have dropped further investigation<br />
According to Rozen. a 1969 Chevrolet<br />
driven westbound on Warren by<br />
Ms. Desmyter crossed the center line<br />
and collided with a 1970 Monte Carlo<br />
driven eastbound on Warren by Ms<br />
Pinko. Both cars were demolished in<br />
the accident<br />
Police statistics show the accident<br />
rate in Westland is up somewhat for<br />
the first six months of this year compared<br />
with last year From January<br />
through June, police in Westland recorded<br />
1.318 accidents, up from the<br />
figure of 1.164 recorded for the same<br />
six-month period in 1976<br />
'Dream House 9 hopes<br />
turn into legal nightmare<br />
(Continued from page 1A)<br />
is! justified, the <strong>builder</strong> must repair<br />
the defect in five days. If he does not.<br />
a complaint will be forwarded to the<br />
Michigan Department of Licensing<br />
and Regulation for further action<br />
»Tm willing to do everything I can<br />
to, help the homeowner." Stein said.<br />
wouldn't want to be in a box like<br />
9ome residents are now."<br />
kUMMERT. A TANGLEWOOD resident<br />
with a lien on his home, admits<br />
that "box" is not too pleasant.<br />
{Uthouth the Tanglewood Homeowners<br />
Association has filed a suit in<br />
Wlyne County Circuit Court to force<br />
mortgage and title insurance com-<br />
1 pahies to pay the liens and stop foreclosure<br />
proceedings, Kummert admits<br />
homeowners are afraid of losing their<br />
homes.<br />
Residents would lose all or most of<br />
their down payments, he said, if mortgages<br />
are foreclosed and the houses<br />
sold at public auction since ^he mortgages<br />
and liens would be paid off<br />
first.<br />
"As the song goes, no one knows<br />
the troubles I've seen," said Kummert.<br />
"You save money. You build<br />
your dream house Then something<br />
like this happens that certainly takes<br />
the joy out of owning a home."<br />
According to Kummert, one Tanglewood<br />
resident has even suffered a<br />
nervous breakdown over the matter.<br />
"There's certainly been a lot of anxiety<br />
in our subdivision," he said. "If I<br />
had it to do all over again, Pd think<br />
twice before buying a new home."<br />
said at Tuesday's meeting<br />
Board members unanimously<br />
approved the millage<br />
reduction after holding<br />
a public hearing on<br />
the fire budget The few<br />
persons who spoke at<br />
the hearing said they<br />
were in favor of any tax<br />
reduction<br />
All this<br />
and a clean<br />
windshield<br />
loo?<br />
Do you want to cure<br />
baldness'.' Or a cold 7<br />
Make yourself healthy,<br />
courageous or strong?<br />
Cure poison ivy? Keep<br />
your car windshield free<br />
from frost'.'<br />
People have claimed<br />
at one time or another<br />
that onions would do all<br />
of these things.<br />
We aren't making any<br />
such claims for the ordinary<br />
onion, but they are<br />
worth mentioning since<br />
they have been around<br />
for thousands of years.<br />
Historians speculate that<br />
the first onions grew in<br />
the middle Asian countries<br />
and spread both<br />
east and west, finally<br />
coming to the New<br />
World with the Spanish<br />
explorers. Today Americans<br />
eat more than 13<br />
pounds of onions each<br />
year for every man, ,<br />
woman and child in the<br />
country<br />
Onions don't have to<br />
be seasoning all the<br />
time. They make great<br />
vegetables dishes, too.<br />
Creamed, or braised,<br />
baked or French fried,<br />
they are equally delicious.<br />
<strong>Canton</strong><br />
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HOME DELIVERY SERVICE<br />
Newsstand per copy 25'<br />
Carrier monthly $1 00<br />
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Geretschlager is no stranger to the<br />
winner's circle in Monopoly competition<br />
"I've been plaMing this game for<br />
about 13 years," said the German<br />
player "It's mostly luck, but I<br />
haven't lost a game in five years In<br />
Germany, the board is a little different,<br />
but it's basically the same<br />
game."<br />
The final round of four players in<br />
eluded two bankrupts which ended the<br />
competition Bob Mester finished second,<br />
Dorie McCubbrey was third and<br />
John Kummer ended fourth<br />
The first-round included a 90-mmute<br />
short-form of the game The top 12<br />
persons with the most assets advanced<br />
to the second round before the<br />
final four battled for the championship<br />
Most of the children who entered<br />
considered the tourney a fun idea and<br />
something different to do But there<br />
were others who took the game se-<br />
riously—despite admitting lots of luck<br />
was needed to win<br />
In fact. 17-year-old Jeff Ivey<br />
brought a book called "1.000 Ways to<br />
Play Monopoly " He admitted one had<br />
to be "out for blood" in tournament<br />
play<br />
"I've read this book three times."<br />
Ivey said "The best strategy is to<br />
soak up all the houses Your best offense<br />
will be your best defense "<br />
Bnan Flynn, 13. had a different<br />
view of the game.<br />
"I entered because I thought it<br />
would be a fun tournament." Flynn<br />
said "I try to buy the yellow properties<br />
because it's not expensive and<br />
everyone lands on it "<br />
Kummer. 9 was the biggest surprise<br />
as the fourth place finisher<br />
"We always play in my neighborhood."<br />
he said "i like to play this<br />
game "<br />
When asked how long he has played<br />
Monopoly. Kummer calmly said "Oh<br />
for about one month "<br />
A number of competitors gathered for the first annual Plymouth<br />
<strong>Canton</strong> Monopoly Tournament.<br />
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