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By J. Patrick PepperThe News-Herald

TRENTON The investment at the Trenton EngineComplex is growing.

The City Council recently approved a tax abatement on$40 million in additional upgrades at the complex on VanHorn Road, following approval of abatements on $114 mil-lion of investment at the plant in June.

The Oct. 15 council meeting was the first public mentionof the increased investment.

It will give the plantflexibility in its productionprocess to not only build thePentastar V-6 engine, butalso, under different times,build the Tigershark engine

as well, said Leven Wiess,a senior manager of civicand community relationsat Chrysler. So, it wouldbe a flex line in addition toincreasing the capacity ofour Pentastar engine.

A Chrysler spokeswomandeclined further commentyesterday, but said a formalannouncement should comein the next few weeks.

The Tigershark isChryslers new four-cylin-der engine platform, whichis highlighted by cuttingedge valve-activation tech-nology. It has displacementsof 2.0 liters and 2.4 liters.The engine made its debut in the Dodge Dart C-segment

sedan.The previously announced $114 million investment is

estimated to create 268 new jobs and will be used to repur-pose about one-fifth, or nearly 400,000-square-feet of theTrenton North Engine Plant, which ceased operations inMay 2011, for the production of core components for thePentastar engine produced at its sister plant, Trenton

Chrysler adds toinvestment atVan Horn Complex

By Jim KasubaThe News-Herald

RIVERVIEW At a timewhen private, faith-basedschools are closing due adifficult economic climateand subsequent low enroll-ments, it would seem thisis not the ideal time to bedirector of admissions atGabriel Richard Catholic

High School.Mary

Lehnertdoesnt seeit that way.Lehnert, whotook the jobthis fall, isnta typical director of admis-sions. Her only experiencein admissions is working

for the office of under-graduate admissions at theUniversity of Michigan inAnn Arbor, and runningthe universitys HuetwellVisitors Center there for ashort time.

But what Lehnert saidshe is accustomed to isbeing affiliated with growthand success, something she

hopes to bring to GabrielRichard.

Lehnert has what sherefers to as a unique list ofqualifications for the jobof director of admissions,including a teaching degree,state and federal grantimplementation experience,

Schools new director of admissions is

vocal advocate of faith-based education

Lehnert

PLEASE SEE SCHOOL/2-A

Photo by Dave Chapman

Three-year-old Bailey Judd of Redford picked her pumpkin during the Taylor Fire Departments pumpkin patchevent Saturday. A bouncy house, doughnuts, cupcakes and photo opportunities on the fire engines also wereoffered.

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By Jim KasubaThe News-Herald

WYANDOTTE A knife-wielding masked man triedto pick up three girls ontheir way to Wilson MiddleSchool on the morning ofOct. 22.

An officer was sent tothe school at 1275 15th St. atabout 7:30 a.m. and spoke tothe girls and their father inthe office of Principal JasonKrajewski. The girls, iden-tified by police as sisters,reside in Ecorse. Two are 13and the youngest is 10 yearsold. All three girls gavesimilar accounts of whathappened.

The girls father said

he took a bus with the

girls that morning to theMcDonalds restaurant onFort Street, near GoddardRoad, in Lincoln Park. Hethen continued on the buswith another one of hischildren and the three girlswalked to school from thatlocation.

One of the 13-year-oldstold the officer they werewalking east on Goddardon the north sidewalkand were near the IndianVillage apartment complexat 18th Street when theysaw a car driving east onGoddard coming up frombehind them, with its lightsflashing on and off. Shedescribed the car as a small

black vehicle with four

doors that stopped on theroad near them.

The girl said the driverwas wearing a black skimask pulled down over hisface and a black hoodie. Heasked them to come overto his car. The girl saidthat when they refused, hepulled out and opened a fold-ing knife and held it wherethey could see it, saying,Come here now.

The girls then ran downan alley and kept runninguntil they reached theschool. Police said they hidbehind a tree until someonelet them into the school.The incident occurred atapproximately 6:30 a.m.

Upon further question-

ing, the other 13-year-oldgirl said she recognized themans car, having seen it onOct. 19 as she was walkingin the area of Ninth andOak Street at about 5 or 6p.m. near a place where arelative works. She said thesame car, occupied by some-one wearing a ski mask,followed her. She arrived ather destination and told herrelative, but a police reportwas not made at that time.

The officer asked thegirls father if his familywas experiencing problemswith anyone, or if therewere family issues thatcould be related to this situ-

Masked man approacheschildren, pulls out knife

City approves $40 millionincrease in tax abatements

Photo by E.L. Conley

Trunk-or-treatAriahna Lamoreaux (right) joined Elaine Slingland(left) and Regina and Greg Plank on Friday forsome trunk-or-treating. The Planks organized theannual trunk-or-treat event behind Romulus MiddleSchool. About 200 children participated. A conces-sion stand also raised money for the high schoolsFamily, Career and Community Leaders of Americaprogram.

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