FIRST OPTOMETRY OPENS IN WALLED LAKE! PROPOSALS page 22 Proposal B, if passed, would prohibit the use of bait and dogs require trial court, Appeals Court to hunt bears at any time. It and Supreme Court candidates would prohibit bear hunting dur- to have practiced law for a min- ing open season for deer, bobcat imum of five years. A grandfa- and raccoon if baiting or hunting ther clause in the proposition with dogs is permitted during would protect those elected or ap- those seasons. It also creates pointed to the bench prior to its penalties for violations and al- enactment. lows individuals to sue for dam- The State Bar of Michigan is unaware of any groups taking a position on the pro- posal. Proposal C would JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER constitutionally estab- lish the Michigan Vet- Proponents of a millage renewal for West erans' Trust Fund and Bloomfield parks want the township's vot- a board of trustees to ers to know that supporting the renewal administer the funds. will best serve the area's children. It would require the That is the pitch being given to voters, transfer of all funds in who on Nov. 5 will be asked to decide on a the existing Michigan 10-year millage renewal for West Bloom- Veterans' Trust Fund field parks and recreation. to a constitutionally es- Approval of the millage renewal would tablished fund. allow the township to spend more than It would authorize $500,000 on park improvements. The bulk the state treasurer to of those funds would go toward phase two direct all investments. of the Drake Road Park, south of Maple For: Hubert Hess, Road. The park, currently under the first phase of construc- tion, will include several baseball di- amonds, soccer fields and a play- ground area. Mon- ey from the renewal would al- low the township to build an additional soccer field, picnic pavilion, basketball courts, tennis courts, and expand Ron Wolfe wants to see the playground. West Bloomfield parks "I remember growing up in Oak Park flooded with kids. and spending summers at the Oak Park playgrounds," said Ron Wolfe, now a West Bloomfield resident and proponent of the a state adjutant for the millage renewal. It was what brought us American Legion of together. Our kids should be able to have Michigan and treasur- similar experiences. " er of the group's com- Overall, the millage renewal would bring mittee for Proposal C, in $932,961 in 1998, when millage collec- said the measure cod- tion would begin. ifies in the state con- Ballot language specifies the use of funds stitution what is for "the acquisition, preservation, en- already specified in hancement and maintenance of land for state law. Mr. Hess parks and recreational purposes." said the proposal is If the .4111-mil renewal fails, township necessary to prevent officials say some parks will face closure the Legislature from while others will see their hours of opera- liquidating the en- tion cut. Ball-field maintenance and recre dowment as it did ational programming will be reduced, twice in the fund's 50- future development will be halted and the year history (most re- township will not acquire any new parks. cently in 1976) due to Last August, township voters rejected a economic downturns. p arks millage renewal by about 700 votes. While the state repaid "We won [with the voters] at the polls," those liquidations, Mr. s aid Sally Slater Pierce, the director of the Hess said the organi- West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation zation's position is that c ommission. "We lost because of the high if the funds are left n umber of absentee ballots cast against us." alone, then taxpayers Ms. Pierce believes the millage renew- won't be burdened by al has a better chance this time because of supporting the fund e fforts to educate voters on the proposition. with additional 'The West Bloomfield Board of Trustees monies. approved our budget earlier this week. Now Against: There is it 's up to the voters," she said. The parks no state-registered op- c ommission submitted two budgets to the position to the ballot b c and — one assuming the millage renew- proposal. al passes and the other in case it fails. LI Proposal D would Paying For Parks ALL SEASON PRESCRIPTION SUNGLASSES VALUABLE r:OUPON! 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