LEFT: Brownell Middle School student Jane Hynous holds her winning “I Voted” sticker design as she stands in front of her collection of Pusheen memorabilia. BELOW: Hynous’ werewolf design won first place in the elementary/middle school category and also received the most votes of any sticker entered in any of the categories.
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
FARMS — At a time when political divides are deep and sharp enough to cleave family and friends from one another, one local student has managed to do the impossible: unite both sides. And she isn’t even old enough to vote yet.
An illustration that’s been dubbed the “unhinged werewolf” by Brownell Middle School seventh grader Jane Hynous, of Grosse Pointe Farms, was the winner of a statewide “I Voted” sticker design contest. Nearly 58,000 people voted for their favorite designs from entries in the elementary/middle school, high school and general categories, with Hynous taking top honors in the elemen-
See STICKER on page 22A
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
FARMS — Grosse Pointe Farms officials got a look at what their original, voterapproved 2-mill road levy in 2020 has meant for the city, and what its renewal in November would mean for local road conditions, during a City Council meeting Oct. 14.
“We’ve made some really good progress,” City Manager Shane Reeside said of work accomplished since 2020. “This is a ballot issue for the November election for renewal. … This is a renewal, so it’s not additional tax dollars.”
The current millage expires with the winter tax collection in December. Officials are asking voters to renew the 2 mills for another five years.
Eddie Zmich, one of the city’s engineers with Hubbell, Roth & Clark Inc., said that the focus of the road millage had initially been restoration of main arteries through the Farms, but they now hope to
See ROADS on page 10A
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
PARK — Grosse Pointe Park city officials are considering whether to increase the maximum purchase or contract amount that can be approved by administrators, without needing to come to the City Council first.
The current limit, of $5,000, hasn’t been updated since 1985, making it older than the current city manager.
“It’s been 39 years,” City Manager Nick Sizeland said during a Sept. 9 City Council meeting. “It’s probably time to adjust for inflation.”
Administrators say they’re seeking this change to make it easier for them to conduct everyday business and make needed purchases in a more timely manner.
After reviewing the policies of other metro Detroit cities, Sizeland suggested raising the limit to $20,001. During a first reading of the revised policy Sept. 9, Sizeland said it’s difficult to make many purchases promptly, especially since the council formally switched to one meeting per month a couple of years ago.
See PURCHASING on page 21A
Thank you to everyone in our community for supporting this year’s Take The Helm Gala. Your generous donations – whether through sponsorship support, item donation, ticket purchases or bidding – enable us to continue to provide fun, friendship, lifelong learning and the support older adults need to continue to live their best lives!
BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com
WARREN — Detroit Lions legend and Pro Football League Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson Jr. made his way through the Warren community the past two days.
On Oct. 8, Johnson visited Warren Cousino High School to speak with the freshman, junior varsity and varsity football teams as part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Heart of a Hall of Famer series. The visit also validated almost decadelong rumors of Johnson potentially going to the Patriots.
The 2024 “Pride of the Lions” inductee then took to an even younger audience Oct. 9 at Gardner White’s Warren location, 6500 E. 14 Mile Road, hosting his “Bedtime Sto-
ries” event. Gardner White was named the official furniture and mattress store of the Detroit Lions and hosted the event in conjunction with the Calvin Johnson Jr. Foundation and American Cancer Society.
Johnson was greeted by a lively crowd of children and their parents and kicked right into gear, reading “Bunnies on the Go: Getting from Place to Place” and “All Through the Night: Important Jobs That Get Done at Night.”
Johnson took a crowd vote on which book should kick off the night, and the bunnies were victorious.
After the readings, Johnson took a few minutes to conduct a Q&A with his youthful audience, who came prepared to ask the six-time Pro Bowler some questions:
The Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestra will open its 72nd season with a concert at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 in the ballroom of the Fred M. Alger Center at The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Farms. Under the leadership of conductor and Music Director Joe Striplin, the GPSO will perform Georg Philipp Telemann’s Concerto in E minor for flute and two violins. Jeremy Crosmer, a cellist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 2017, will be the featured soloist for a performance of Camille Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor. Music from Aaron Copland’s ballet, “Billy the Kid,” will also be performed by the GPSO.
A free preconcert talk led by WRCJ-FM host Davis Gloff will take place at 6:15 p.m. and will introduce the music that audiences will hear.
The Family Center of Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods will offer a session of QPR — which stands for question, persuade, refer — from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct 23 at Next Chapter Books, 16555 E. Warren Ave. in Detroit.
Tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, $5 for college students and tickets are free for children from kindergarten through 12th grade. They can be purchased at the door or in advance by visiting gpsymphony.org. Joe Striplin Jeremy Crosmer
QPR is considered CPR for mental health. This program is designed to teach participants to recognize suicide warning signs, start the conversation and provide people in crisis with the resources they need. While the program is free, registration is requested. To register or for more information, email MaryJo@ FamilyCenterHelps.org.
The Hellenic Museum of Michigan, located at 67 E. Kirby St. near the Detroit Institute of Arts, is seeking donations in October in honor of Museum Month. Thanks to a matching gift program, each dollar up to $30,000 will be matched this month.
Grosse Pointe Woods business owner Olga Tecos, volunteer coordinator for the Hellenic Museum of Michigan, said by email that the nonprofit museum needs an elevator, new windows, air conditioning, kitchen and more. The museum honors and preserves Greek heritage and offers exhibitions, education programs and more for the community. To donate, text HMMOCT to 53-555, visit hellenicmi.org or call (313) 871-4100.
In honor of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, employees of Merrill Wealth Management and Bank of America — including offices in the Pointes — are raising money this month to fight the disease as part of the Merrill Wears Pink campaign.
Employees don pink clothing or lapel pins at work and raise money for the American Cancer Society’s work to address breast cancer. The initiative has raised nearly $700,000 since it was started in 2018.
Lisa Campbell, director of talent and culture for the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, has been chosen as one of the 2024 Michigan Human Resource Executives of the Year by the American Society of Employers, or ASE. The honor recognizes the state’s top human resources professionals for “their exceptional leadership, strategic vision, and commitment to advancing the HR field,” according to a press release.
Campbell and other executives will be honored Nov. 7 during ASE’s annual summit at the Detroit Athletic Club.
“Lisa’s passion for people and her expertise in human resources have transformed the employee experience at Ford House,” Ford House President & CEO Mark J. Heppner said in a press release. “She has been a champion for cultural changes at Ford House and has been instrumental in crafting policies that elevate both our staff and our organization, and this honor is a reflection of her dedication and talent.”
BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
ROSEVILLE — John Saylor was a junior high school student living in Roseville when Macomb Mall first opened in 1964 at Gratiot Avenue and Masonic Boulevard.
“We’d never seen anything like it. The mall was brand-new and it was pretty amazing,” Saylor said. “The night the mall opened, my whole family piled up in the car and went to see the new mall. There were hundreds of people doing the same thing we were, just walking around, pointing and looking.”
During his senior year of high school, Saylor, now 73, of Clinton Township, worked as a stock boy at Sears, which has since closed.
“All of the guys working there, we had a lot of fun,” he said.
Macomb Mall will celebrate its 60-year anniversary from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Oct. 26. The Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce will make an appearance, and the Recreation Authority of Roseville and Eastpointe will set up arts and crafts.
At 1 p.m., things will disappear with a show from magician Cameron Zvara. At 2 p.m., enjoy a Cyr wheel performance by Spinnovation Detroit. There will be cake and goodie bags. Mall staff members look forward to celebrating the mall’s longevity in the community.
“We are the main shopping hub here in southeastern Detroit,” Macomb Mall Marketing Coordinator Elaishia Outley said. “We have stores tailor-made for everyone in the family. Every month we host events and we like to be part of the community.”
The mall currently has about 50 stores, including Kohl’s, Sephora, Dick’s, Hobby Lobby
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BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
WOODS — The Grosse PointesClinton Refuse Disposal Authority has the distinction of being the last audit performed by Rochester Hills-based Ramie Phillips Jr., PC, CPA.
CPA Lynn Gromaski, who handles the finances for the GPCRDA, said Phillips’ audit of the GPCRDA’s finances for the 2023 to 2024 fiscal year — which ended June 30 — marked Phillips’ final audit before he retired.
The GPCRDA once again passed muster with flying colors.
“It’s a clean opinion — no management items,” Gromaski told the GPCRDA Board at a meeting Sept. 10 in Grosse Pointe Woods.
That’s an assertion confirmed in Phillips’ own words.
“In my opinion, the financial statements … present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities, the businesstype activities, and each major fund, of the Authority, as of June 30, 2024, and the respective changes in the financial position for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America,” Phillips wrote in a letter to the board.
One of the main differences between the 2024 audit and the 2023 audit was the fact that the GPCRDA’s net position rose from $1.445 million last year to $1.724 million this year. Gromaski said that was due to an increase of nearly $280,000 in the net pension asset. By contrast, the net pension asset declined almost $300,000 in the prior fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2023.
“We were very similar to the prior year,” Gromaski said.
GPCRDA officials praised Gromaski for her maintenance of the financial records.
“This is really a job well done,” GPCRDA Attorney John Gillooly said. “It’s great for all of the Grosse Pointe communities to participate in this.”
The five Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods make up the member communities of the GPCRDA, which handle trash disposal for the six cities.
“I think the $3 administrative fee is (serving) us well,” Gromaski said. “It’s covering (our costs).”
On July 1, 2017, a higher administra-
tive fee — which rose from $1 per ton of trash to $3 per ton, for a $2 per ton increase — went into effect for the member communities, because the old fee was no longer covering expenses such as insurance and contributions to the pension system. Member communities have been paying the $3 per ton fee ever since.
Phillips has been doing audits for the GPCRDA since 2014. Prior to that, Plante Moran audited the GPCRDA’s books for many years. The GPCRDA Board voted in 2014 to switch auditors because, while their finances had gotten simpler since shuttering their incinerator in 1999, auditing costs remained higher than they felt they should be, and Phillips’ bid was about 40% cheaper than what they had been paying Plante Moran. They said then the decision to change auditors was based on cost, noting that they had been happy with the work done by Plante Moran.
Phillips’ retirement means the GPCRDA will need to find a new auditor. It wasn’t known at press time when they might be seeking auditing bids.
At the September meeting, the GPCRDA Board also learned that they needed to make a small payment toward their pension, which covers employees who used to work at the incinerator. The board budgeted about $30,000 toward a possible pension payment in the 2024 to 2025 fiscal year, but Gromaski said they only had to make a payment of $7,704 to the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System, or MERS, which manages the pension. The GPCRDA Board doesn’t find out whether a payment will be needed or not until around July each year — after they’ve already approved a budget for the new fiscal year, which starts July 1. Typically, if the GPCRDA budgets more than is necessary for a pension payment, the remaining money is set aside in the rainy day fund.
The GPCRDA Board voted unanimously in favor of the pension payment as part of bill approval Sept. 10.
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focus dollars on more local roads.
“Since (2020), there has been a substantial amount of work done in the city,” Zmich told the council.
That’s in spite of material and labor costs that have risen sharply in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic appeared in the U.S. in 2020.
Roads repaired in whole or in part since 2020 include Kercheval Avenue and Kerby, Ridge and Fisher roads. This year, Chalfonte Avenue and Calvin Road were among the streets where work was done. Zmich said crews will continue to do roadwork, weather-permitting, this fall.
Streets are evaluated on a scale of 1 to 10 using the PASER rating system, with good meaning a rating of 8 to 10, fair meaning a rating of 5 to 7, and poor meaning a rating of 1 to 4. PASER stands for Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating.
Zmich said a road at a 10 would be a new road.
“If you’re at a (PASER rating of) No. 1, that’s a complete reconstruction,” Zmich said.
When the millage was approved in 2020, Zmich said, the average PASER rating of roads in the Farms was 3.6. Now, he said it’s 4.2. If the millage is renewed, engineers estimate the average road rating in five years will increase to 5.
Zmich likened roadwork to car maintenance. Keeping up with it and making smaller repairs on a routine basis staves off more major and expensive fixes down the line.
Zmich said they want to do that road
maintenance “to make the roads last longer.”
“More work still needs to be done,” Zmich said. “More roads are going to deteriorate” in the coming years.
The PASER ratings are one of the primary factors officials take into account when deciding which roads to work on next, although other considerations also come into play, including the cost of repair and how much money is available in a given year.
The city’s roads are rated every three years, with the most recent study being con-
ducted in 2022. The condition of the city’s roads will be reevaluated next year.
“We’ll go out in the spring and recalibrate all of your ratings,” Zmich said.
City Councilman Lev Wood is among the officials who hopes voters will approve the millage renewal this fall.
“The message to voters is … this fiveyear (road) program that we’ve had has been successful. … Safety has been another benefit,” Wood said.
The millage would generate an estimated $2,069,200 in the first year — the December 2025 winter tax collection — if approved by voters. Reeside said the renewal wouldn’t overlap with the existing millage, as the renewal wouldn’t take effect until next year.
If approved by voters, the millage is expected to raise nearly $11 million for roadwork between 2025 and 2029.
Absentee voting was underway at press time. Early voting in the Farms starts Oct. 26 and will take place at Farms City Hall.
As of Oct. 15, Zmich’s PowerPoint road presentation was posted on the city website, grossepointefarms.org.
Call Staff Writer K. Michelle Moran at (586) 498-1047.
Balanced the Budget! Without Reducing Student Offerings. After years of fnancial losses in excess of $9 million.
Student enrollment UP year-over-year for the frst time in OVER A DECADE.
A new Superintendent UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED by the Board, who has already proven herself to be an extraordinarily effective and collaborative leader.
A School Resource Officer in each High School resulting from a Board-initiated partnership with local law enforcement to keep our kids safe.
New two year contract with teachers overwhelmingly passed by an approval of 97%
Teacher separations DOWN 35% over 2 years.
Over $1 million added to the district’s fund balance o o o o o o o
The Wonk. The Numbers Guy. Every great Board needs one— Grosse Pointe has Terry.
Terry played a pivotal role in steering our District toward fnancial stability. In 2023, he offcially became Trustee Collins and took on the critical role of Treasurer. His partnership with Board leadership and the Administration was essential in guiding the District to a balanced budget.
Without Terry’s strong dose of fnancial reality, our District was on a path toward major cuts to both our dedicated staff and cherished student programs. We can thank Terry for avoiding that outcome.
In his day job, it’s no surprise that Terry is a fnancial supervisor, overseeing teams that ensure every dollar is spent wisely. Accountability is his cornerstone, and he’s committed to making sure our District’s funds go where they matter most.
Terry isn’t just about numbers. He’s also a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Two of his grandchildren are proud Ferry Falcons! To Terry, and his wife Jessie, kids always come frst.
Terry has called Grosse Pointe home for 23 years, and his dedication to this community runs deep.
Let’s keep Terry Collins on the Board—his numbers don’t lie!
Smart. Independent. Driven.
Melissa has been part of the fabric of Grosse Pointe for the past 17 years. She and her husband Jay are proud parents of two South students.
Melissa has devoted her career to fnancial management and in particular helping women after divorce. She also started a women’s networking group to empower women who own their own businesses.
Melissa’s diverse clientele has equipped her well for listening to and understanding different opinions and perspectives. She knows how to build bridges and reach consensus on tough issues.
Melissa already serves the Board as a productive member of two committees. This has given her invaluable insights into how our district’s funding works and will allow her to hit the ground running as a trustee. Her fnancial acumen will be a great asset to the Board.
But for Melissa, it’s not just about balancing a budget; it’s about making sure our kids have every opportunity to succeed. She will work tirelessly to ensure we achieve that goal through mutual respect and collaboration.
Melissa’s platform is clear and straightforward: Fiscal Responsibility, Academic Excellence, and Collaboration
Kate is a pillar of Grosse Pointe. A lifelong resident, well known across the area, she is a proud South grad.
Her husband Pat is a proud Norseman, and their two kids also graduated from our public schools.
Kate earned a Bachelor’s degree in English from Hillsdale College. That was followed by a 25-year, award-winning career in communications-proof that she knows how to deliver results.
On top of a busy career and raising a family, Kate always fnds time to give back. She’s held prominent roles with multiple local charities, including the Sigma Gamma Association.
Always striving to make a positive impact, Kate already serves our schools as an active member of the Community Engagement Ad Hoc Committee. Further proof she’ll be ready to hit the ground running as a Board Trustee.
Kate is committed to:
1) Academic Excellence
2) Fiscal responsibility
3) Community Engagement
She understands that in order to keep our community safe, strong and vibrant, our schools must thrive.
Her dedication to Grosse Pointe is unwavering.
Heath is a family man. He and his wife Lindsay, along with their three kids, have called Grosse Pointe Park home for the last fve years. Like their Dad before them, the Roberts’ kids go to public schools.
Heath and his family moved to Grosse Pointe for the great schools, the walkable neighborhoods, and the close-knit communities. Heath wants to preserve those great qualities, and he believes they are worth fghting for.
Heath’s career is all about kids. He’s helped run some of the top children’s hospitals in the Midwest. Right now, he’s leading as Chief Administrative Offcer for Population Health Services at Henry Ford Health. With dual degrees in management and fnance and an MBA on top of that, Heath will be an outstanding steward of our tax dollars. He also knows about selfessness, being a proud Army veteran, who served honorably in the 101st Airborne Division.
Heath is ready to bring his commitment and experience to the Grosse Pointe Public School System. His approach is straightforward:
1) Academic excellence
3) Clear policy guidance
2) Budget accountability
Heath knows how to lead, how to balance large budgets, and how to effectively run large entities dedicated to children’s wellbeing.
BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — While vaping was originally marketed to replace cigarettes and some teens say it helps them with stress, health officials say the opposite is true.
Alliance for Coalitions for Community Health Prevention Outreach Specialist Justen Daniels said a lot of health complications come with vaping, including damage to the lungs, heart problems, gastrointestinal issues and more.
He said vape cartridges are filled with hundreds of cancer-causing chemicals.
“The majority of vape pens or vape products are going to contain nicotine, and they’re going to contain a lot of it — a lot of potency,” Daniels said.
He said Stanford’s Reach Lab shared a study that one type of vape pen, which has around 5,000 puffs, has the nicotine equivalent of around 590 cigarettes.
“I don’t think folks are realizing how much nicotine is in there and how addictive that nicotine is,” Daniels said.
Youth are more susceptible to nicotine or THC — a cannabinoid found in marijuana — dependence because their bodies and brains are still developing, Daniels said. The youngest he’s seen or heard of a person having a vape pen is around 8-years-old.
He said that though he doesn’t have a definitive answer of whether cigarettes or vape pens are more harmful, they are both very addictive.
Megan Phillips, Oakland Community Health Network’s director of substance use and disorder services, gathered information about the dangers of vaping.
A document from the organization states that nicotine addiction can cause harm to a person’s mental health, but more research is needed to understand the connection between vaping and mental health. It also states that studies show those who quit smoking experience lower anxiety, stress and depression, and experience a better mood and quality of life.
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“Oakland Community Health Network, alongside our prevention partners, The Alliance, and Oakland County Health Division, work tirelessly to educate community members on the dangers of vaping,” Phillips said in email.
Vaping products can affect brain development, memory, attention, learning, mood and mental health, the Health Division states.
“Additionally, vaping devices may produce vapor containing lead, which can cause brain damage,” the Health Division states.
The age to purchase vape products is 21 years old in both Michigan and nationally, though kids still manage to get these products by employees not age checking IDs, connections with older friends and sharing or by fake IDs Daniels said.
“Because technology has gotten so sophisticated, so a lot of times it’s easy to pick up on a fake ID, so a lot of times they will take an older sibling’s ID,” Daniels said.
“The most common reason middle and high school students give for currently using e-cigarettes is, ‘I am feeling anxious, stressed,
or depressed,’” the document from OCHN said.
The document went on to say, though, that vaping can actually increase these feelings.
Daniels said that if an underage person looks enough like their older sibling, a quick glance will not give away that they are underage. These IDs will not trip the scanners because they are legal IDs.
Underage people who are caught with vaping can face consequences.
Daniels said in the worst case scenario underage people could face a misdemeanor. They can also face detention, suspension and expulsion at school.
“We are seeing so many of our schools take an interest in restorative programming and alternatives to suspension programming,” Daniels said.
He went on to say that if a child is kicked out of school for vaping, they are going to go home and vape.
“It defeats the purpose,” Daniels said. “And so we have a lot of folks who are doing friends of the court programs.”
Vaping products like Juul became popular around the late 2010s, and Daniels said he still considers it very new.
“Especially within the grand scheme of, you know, how long it took the cigarette and
everything to come out,” Daneils said. “It took around 100 years for a lot of that information about cigarettes and some of its potential impacts, some of its potential harmful health implications to come out.”
Vape products were originally marketed as a product to help adults stop smoking tobacco, and they were marketed for adults. Daniels said now it’s really hard to identify vape products due to their evolution and how they are made to blend in as electronic cigarettes. Daniels said there are vapes that look like smart watches, key fobs, straws and more.
Parents should educate themselves through education programs and presentations so they can recognize vape products.
“Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know,” Daniels said. “And that’s one of the good things about our organizations with the alliance.”
He went on to say they have programs to educate parents and community members about what vapes look like, the health implications and much more.
Call Staff Writer Alyssa Ochss at (586) 498-1103.
and Old Navy. General Manager Marianne Meyers began working at the mall in 2004. She believes Macomb Mall provides “a great mix of tenants from local, mom and pop stores to international chain stores all within a clean, bright, and modern facility.”
“We continue to strive to make Macomb Mall a great environment to shop. Our staff is invested in the mall and many of us have grown up in the area and continue to create partnerships and camaraderie with tenants, customers and community,” she said via email. “During the course of my tenure here, I have built relationships with our loyal mall walkers, tenants, and corporate entities, but I have built a better understanding of the community we serve at large. And that’s what I enjoy and value the most — the relationships we have built with the community. We are always listening to customers and paying close attention to the market to evaluate the ever-changing landscape of retail and if we are meeting relevancy goals.”
‘They had all the stores I liked’ Through its history, many stores came
and went, including Crowley’s, B. Dalton Bookseller, Harmony House Records and Tapes, Little Caesars Pizza, and an abundance of clothing retailers. The mall became a hangout for teenagers, too, and at one time movie fans could check out the latest flicks at the Silver Cinema.
Jean Wincenciak, who grew up in Roseville, remembers when the mall was built.
“It was so exciting when it first opened,” said Wincenciak, 76, who now resides in Florida. “I used to go when I was single. That was the hot spot.”
Even when she lived in Warren and Royal Oak, she was still a Macomb Mall patron. She liked that it was a smaller size than some of the other malls.
“I would bring my children there. They had all the stores I liked,” she said. “They had a Sears and Winkelman’s. There was a pet store, they had sports stores, and little oddball stores. It was my favorite mall at the time.”
C & G Newspapers also heard from readers via email after a message about the 60-year anniversary was posted on the Roseville Michigan Historical Group Facebook page. The mall was a big part of Paula C. Laroway’s life. When attending Eastland Junior High School, she and her brother Hugh
often walked to the mall.
“I probably went there thousands of times over the years, and at 72, I still pop in to see how the mall is doing,” she said via email. “Winkelman’s was a weekly favorite, they had all the styles, and I shopped diligently for low priced high fashion sales.”
One of her “most precious finds” was a black full-length wool coat cape with a large black tassel hanging from the hood. The cape’s shoulder was clasped by a large Chinese knot frog. With a $40 price tag, Laroway used up most of her babysitting money for the purchase.
“But I had also bought a pair of knee high black boots that laced up the front,” she said. “I called it my ‘Black Sabbath’ outfit. Definitely kept miniskirted legs cozy on a winter day.”
Another tie to the mall were the years Laroway worked at the Kresge’s counter. She was pregnant with her second child, and sometimes her boss gave her jobs so she could sit down.
“I made a lot of milkshakes while working the counter, and taking orders,” she recalled. “In the morning I made egg salad and tunafish salad sandwiches, wrapping them in cellophane that I sealed on a heated pad.”
One of Sharon Nummer’s earliest rec-
ollections in the mid-1970s was telling Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, at age 5 or 6, what she wanted for Christmas: a Neil Diamond album. Another highlight was the Roseville High School Rock-A-Thon fundraiser in which students rocked in rocking chairs for 24 hours straight.
And four generations of the family all found jobs at the mall. Nummer’s grandmother worked in the Sears cafeteria in the 1960s and ’70s, her mom worked as parttime seasonal help at Kohl’s in the 1990s, and Nummer, now of Clinton Township, got her first job at the Gap in 1988. Her son got his first job in 2021 working at the Del Taco in the mall’s parking lot.
Some of Pat Craik’s happiest times at the mall were seeing “2001: A Space Odyssey” with his dad and “Westworld” with a group of friends at the movie theater. Macomb Mall also came in handy when Craik needed a sports jacket for formal events. He wasn’t sure where to get started, so he headed for Hughes & Hatcher.
“Mr. Lang fixed me up perfectly with a complete suit,” Craik emailed. “I got several compliments. Pretty cool experience.”
Macomb Mall is located at 32233 Gratiot Ave. in Roseville. Call (586) 293-7800 for more information.
BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
NOVI — The Motor City Comic Con, which is set to take over the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi Nov. 8-10, has a reputation for bringing in phenomenal celebrity guests, and the lineup for the third annual fall convention does not cease to amaze.
This year’s lineup includes: Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund; Wayne Knight, better known as Newman from the TV sitcom “Seinfeld”; Priscilla Presley; the voice actors behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Barry Gordon and Rob Paulsen; Star Trek’s George Takei; and Alan Ruck, who is known for his role as Cameron Frye in the cult classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
“A lot of the times we will try and look at anniversaries that are happening,” Sam Yankee, show manager of MC3, said of the guest selection process. “We have Ray Park, and it’s the 25th anniversary, I believe, of (‘Star Wars: Episode I — The) Phantom Menace’ coming up, and then, I believe, we also have the anniversary of the Ninja
Turtles. But that is a really good indicator. … Yeah, people like to celebrate those big events.”
Yankee said that original actors for the various fandoms are always going to be popular because they started it all.
“I also think that with some of the original actors and the original voice actors from movies, you are hitting different generations,” said Beth Burland, MC3 show manager. “So, maybe you watched it with your parents and now you’re showing that to your children. So it just carries on.”
Yankee said they also like to ‘gear a little bit more towards horror” for the fall show and bring in guests who are known for their roles in horror films, such as Englund.
“Horror icons are what we try to get as well,” she said.
This year the show will be presenting two off-site movie events at the Emagine Theatre in Novi with celebrity guest Q&A sessions. Knight will host a screening of “Jurassic Park” on Nov. 8, and Englund will host a presentation of “Nightmare on Elm Street” on Nov. 9. Tickets for Englund’s presentation have already sold out, but there are still some seats available for Knight’s. Tick-
ets run $40, which is in addition to the cost of MC3 admission. Both tickets must be purchased to attend the screening.
There is also a lot of crossover between the various fandoms and other fields, such as with the multiplatinum rapper Logic, who will also be a celebrity guest this fall. The rapper’s music has been featured in several comic movies and he has recently worked on a movie with cult favorite director Kevin Smith.
“I don’t think we want to limit ourselves in any way,” said Burland. “If we can get a different or interesting celebrity in, then we’re going to do it.”
“A lot of people think comic cons are just comics, and while that is definitely where we started and where the heart of our show is, our slogan is, ‘Pop culture, it’s what we do!’ and we really cover anything that falls into pop culture,” said Yankee.
Aside from the celebrities there are numerous other activities for guests to partake in.
go and learn how to play a different game, or you and your friends can just go in and pick a different game. There are over 75 different games to choose from.”
A schedule for the games, and slots to sign up is posted on the show’s website. The games include Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Catan and more.
There will also be a Magic: The Gathering tournament from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The cost to participate in the tournament is $5, and prizes will be given to the winners. Guests will also have the opportunity to paint figurines from games and make friendship bracelets for no additional cost.
There will also be traditions such as adult and kids cosplay contests, numerous celebrity panels, an escape room, and iCon tournaments featuring Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Cosplay groups Ghostbusters Detroit and the 501st Legion from “Star Wars” will once again be in attendance, along with many other activities.
“When people come, they don’t just stay for an hour or two. They come and they stay the whole day,” said Burland. “A lot of
“One of the things we are doing different this year is that we are having a tabletop gaming room,” Burland said. “Throughout the whole entire show, every hour you can
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PARK — A pair of car thieves wearing masks are said to have stolen a white 2023 Dodge Challenger with blue stripes from a garage in the 1200 block of Whittier Road at around 10 p.m. Oct. 7. According to a police report, the suspects broke into the locked garage and stole the car without keys. The incident was partially captured on surveillance cameras, police said. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
WOODS — An unknown person is said to have stolen a 2017 Chrysler 300 from the Henry Ford Health — formerly Ascension St. John — hospital’s north park-
Curbside loose leaf pickup began Oct. 14 in Grosse Pointe Farms. During an Oct. 14 City Council meeting, City Manager Shane Reeside reminded residents that leaves are collected the day after their normal rubbish day.
Reeside said residents are asked to keep leaves out of the streets for as long as possible to avoid clogging or blocking storm drains.
The earliest leaves can be placed in the street is 5 p.m. the day before they’re picked up by the city. Before that time, leaves can be kept on the grass between the curb and the sidewalk. Leaves should be separated from brush piles.People are asked to avoid parking on the street on leaf collection days, as this will prevent workers from being able to remove the leaf piles.
Non-leaf yard waste should also be left
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people buy a whole weekend pass because it’s just a fun place to be.”
MC3 will be held from noon to 7 pm. Nov. 8, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 9, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 10.
Tickets for the event, movie screenings
ing lot, in the 19000 block of Mack Avenue, between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10. The victim told police that the vehicle was locked and the alarm was activated. Anyone with more information can call (313) 343-2400.
PARK — Police said a surveillance camera at a business in the 14000 block of Charlevoix Avenue captured the moment a suspect who was riding a bike took a bag of charcoal from outside the business at around 8:59 p.m. Oct. 9. The charcoal bags were on a rack, police said. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
PARK — Police are investigating after residents in two different incidents report-
at the curb the day after trash is picked up. Brush can be tied, placed in yard waste bags or left in yard waste containers. Missed collections can be reported by sending an email to rubbish@grossepointefarms.org.
At press time, leaf collection in the Farms was slated to run until Dec. 6.
Health for Her at The Helm, an educational program about medical issues for women of all ages, will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at The Helm at the Boll Life Center, 158 Ridge Road in Grosse Pointe Farms. The first session will focus on sleep, with experts on hand to help attendees get quality sleep and tackle insomnia.
This event is presented jointly with The Family Center and is free. Registration is requested and can be made by visiting helmlife.org or calling (313) 882-9600.
Harper Woods recently appointed Greg Bowens to serve as the city’s representative on
and celebrity autographs can be purchased online at motorcitycomiccon.com. Admission prices range depending on where and when tickets are purchased, as well as the day of the event, and the age of the person. Adult tickets cost $30-$45 or $90 for a weekend pass. Tickets for kids ages 6-12 cost $10 per day or $20 for the weekend pass. Children 5 and under are free. All kids 12 and under are free on Sunday.
ed finding items that had been stolen from them apparently being offered for sale online.
In one incident, a green Razor scooter taken from a home in the 1000 block of Maryland Street between Sept. 13 and 14 was spotted being marketed for sale on Facebook Marketplace. In a second incident, a resident in the 1100 block of Audubon Road contacted police to report that his golf clubs — which vanished from his vehicle between Sept. 23 and Oct. 13 — were being offered for sale on eBay. It wasn’t known at press time whether these crimes were related. Police said their investigation was ongoing at press time. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
PARK — Police responded to a business in the 17000 block of Mack Avenue the afternoon of Oct. 7 after two people were re-
the Grosse Pointe Library Board of Trustees. Bowens was sworn in Sept. 26 during a board meeting at the Woods Branch of the library, which is located in Grosse Pointe Woods. He replaces George LaPastora, who moved out of the city.
Bowens, who served as Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer’s press secretary, is the owner of Bowens & Co. A founder, past president and current executive board member for the Grosse Pointes & Harper Woods NAACP Branch, Bowens is a Navy veteran and former Morehouse College student who graduated from Wayne State University with a bachelor’s degree in English.
“Greg and I have collaborated several times over the past few years,” Library Direc-
portedly intoxicated and causing a commotion. Police said one of the individuals had to be treated by medics for “extreme intoxication,” while the second — a 33-year-old Detroit man — was arrested for disorderly conduct.
CITY — An unknown woman in her 20s is said to have stolen an estimated $1,700 worth of leggings from The Village Lululemon store at around 4:33 p.m. Oct. 8. Police said the suspect was on her phone as she walked out of the store without paying for the merchandise. She was reportedly picked up by a second suspect — for whom no description was available — waiting for her in a black Honda Sonata. Police said the getaway vehicle was last seen headed northbound on St. Clair Avenue. Anyone with more information can call (313) 886-3200.
— K. Michelle Moran
tor Jessica Keyser said in a press release. “I’m looking forward to working with him as a library trustee.”
Library Board members serve four-year terms. Besides a representative from each of the cities the library serves — the five Grosse Pointes and part of Harper Woods — there is an at-large trustee position that rotates among the cities.
The Family Center presents Mens’ Night Out from 7 to 8 p.m. Nov. 6 at The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Farms.
Doctors and therapists will be on hand for a discussion and question-and-answer session on men’s health issues. To register or for more information, visit familycenterhelps.org.
— K. Michelle Moran
Q. Do you know how many touchdowns you scored in your whole career?
A. Eighty-three. I got robbed of a couple, but 83.
Q. Who is the toughest cornerback you ever went up against?
A. I’ll give you two names. Al Harris, he was the first one. Patrick Peterson was the second.
Q. Who is the toughest team you ever went against?
A. That’s tough. You know what’s tough? It’s really tough playing when it’s really cold outside because your fingers and feet hurt. When we’re playing in Green Bay and it’s zero degrees outside, that’s pretty tough.
Q. How hard does Jared Goff throw the ball?
A. Quarterbacks can throw the ball really hard. You see my finger here? See how that finger here is messed up and a little shorter, that’s how hard they throw. They mess up your fingers.
Q. How many receiving yards did you have in your career?
A. Eleven thousand and something, I forget exactly how much it was (11,619).
Q. How fast could you run?
A. When I was running at my peak, I was running a 4.35 if that means anything to you.
Q. Why do they call you “Megatron”?
A. They call me “Megatron” because when I was first playing football in 2007, that’s when the “Transformers” movie came out. Everybody just started calling me “Megatron” and it caught on.
Q. How many points did you have?
A. I guess you would have to multiply 83 by six. I can’t do that off the top of my head. (According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and pro-football-reference.com, Johnson had 508 career points. He had one rushing touchdown and two two-point conversions in addition to his 83 receiving touchdowns.)
Q. That call you got when they put you in the (Pro Football) Hall of Fame, what was that feeling like? (A father asked this question.)
A. That was a rush of emotions. You think about all the things you did in your career. It was just a rush of all my teammates, all the experiences, and all the different emotions I had from 0-16 to when we made the playoffs. It was all that in one moment. It was a happy moment to say the least.
Q. Did you play with Barry Sanders?
A. I did not play with Barry Sanders. I really wish I did, but he was a little bit older than me. It would’ve been very cool to play with Barry.
Q. Who is your favorite Lions player right now?
A. That’s tough. I love Jared (Goff). He’s a solid dude. I love Amon-Ra (St. Brown). There’s so many guys on the team, but those are my top two.
As proposed, the policy would allow Sizeland to make purchases of $5,001 to $20,001 without prior council approval. City department heads would be permitted to make purchases of $5,000 or less. Purchases of $5,001 to $20,000 would require the purchaser to get at least three quotes.
Department division supervisors would be able to make purchases of $2,500 or less. Examples of department divisions supervisors would be an electrical or pump station manager or a recreation specialist.
“We have internal controls in here,” Sizeland said.
A couple of council members concurred.
“There are more restrictions in this (policy) than what we have today,” City Councilman Brent Dreaver said.
City Councilman Tim Kolar said purchasing controls and documentation requirements gave him comfort.
“There’s layers of sign-offs there,” Kolar said.
Sizeland said administrators were working on a qualified vendor list for these purchases. He also said staff and others would
need to be trained on the policy.
City Councilman Max Wiener said making this change would “streamline things” for the city.
“Without question, I would vote to increase it,” Wiener said of the spending cap. “It’s long overdue.”
When adjusted for inflation, Wiener said the $5,000 limit would equate to roughly $15,250 today.
Dreaver agreed that administrators need a higher maximum.
“I definitely want to see that threshold increased,” Dreaver said.
However, he felt the policy “needs a lot of refinement” first, to make sure that it’s clear to everyone.
“I think it’s a great start,” Dreaver said.
Sizeland said Finance Director/Treasurer Ginger Moriarity had sought a purchasing cap of $25,000.
City Councilman Marty McMillan said he’d be willing to approve a $25,000 limit if Moriarity thought that would be better, but not everyone agreed.
“There’s no reason why we shouldn’t stay in line with what our counterparts are doing,” City Councilwoman Christine Gallagher said. “I don’t think $20,000 is an appropriate amount of money.”
Of the five Grosse Pointes, Grosse Pointe Woods has made the most recent update to its purchasing policy, increasing it to $10,000 in 2022. In 2008, Grosse Pointe Shores also increased its purchasing cap to $10,000. Grosse Pointe Farms, which updated its purchasing policy in 2011, has an $11,000 limit, while Grosse Pointe City’s policy — which dates to 1980 — only allows for purchases of $5,000 or less.
Rochester, which updated its policy in 2017, has a $15,000 cap, while Bloomfield Township — which updated its policy in 2023 — has a $35,000 cap.
The council directed administrators to make some adjustments to the proposal. Sept. 9 constituted a first reading of the policy, so, as Mayor Michele Hodges noted at the outset of the discussion, it wasn’t up for a vote that night.
At press time, a revised policy hadn’t come to the council yet for a final vote. It wasn’t known when the council might be considering the purchasing policy again. The issue did not appear on the council’s Oct. 7 agenda.
Call Staff Writer K. Michelle Moran at (586) 498-1047.
tary/middle school category. With an American flag in the background, her werewolf claws off his shirt and howls triumphantly, with a declaration of “I Voted” above him.
“I think Michiganders find the shirtripping werewolf as the perfect metaphor for the raw emotions that often drive us to vote,” Farms City Clerk Derrick Kozicki said in an email interview.
But Michiganders aren’t the only ones. Encapsulating perhaps the intensity with which people have voted in recent election cycles, Hynous’ sticker has gone viral, attracting attention across the country.
As of early September, Hynous’ drawing had roughly 2.4 million views on X — formerly Twitter — according to Brownell Principal Roger Hunwick. Hunwick said Hynous was inspiring adults and kids alike.
“What I find incredible about Jane is she’s humble, she’s modest, she’s thankful,” Hunwick said at a Sept. 10 Grosse Pointe Board of Education meeting. “When I exercise that right (to vote) Nov. 5, I’m going to put that (sticker) on my chest with pride. The Grosse Pointe community is unhinged
with joy that you have (put) us in such a favorable light.”
Hynous has been featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post, and earned herself a mention on John Oliver’s show on HBO and “CBS Mornings.” It’s been a shock for Hynous, the younger of Amy and Emmett Hynous’ two children, and for her parents.
“I was naive about the attention this would get beyond state attention,” Emmett Hynous said. “We’ve never had anyone in our family go viral. The only word I can say is, I think it’s ‘wild.’”
The accolades haven’t gone to Jane’s head, though.
“She’s very humble about it, which I think is amazing,” Emmett said.
Jane said she wanted to do something unexpected, which is why she avoided more conventional imagery.
“I wanted something that wasn’t going to be like everyone else’s (design),” she said.
She said she did her drawing in class, while they were watching a movie.
“Voting is such a serious thing. … I wanted to make something that would be fun to wear,” Jane told the Board of Education last month.
Her mom was struck by the fact that
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her daughter had limited materials at her disposal — mostly markers and colored pencils — when she created her design.
“I think what I really liked hearing is she just used what was in her pencil case that day,” Amy Hynous said.
Brownell social studies teacher Bess Johnston — who was Hynous’ teacher last year, when she created her drawing — was the one who notified the family that she had won.
“I think her sticker is fantastic,” Johnston said in an email interview. “When I saw she was a finalist (in July), I was not surprised because I know Jane to be a very talented artist. The illustration has such a Jane-vibe to it; it’s well-conceived yet unique with a streak of humor.”
She’s not shocked so many people relate to the drawing.
“I think it resonated so well because of how unpredictable this election cycle has been; it’s been a wild ride so far, which may explain why people connected with its ‘unhinged’ nature,” Johnston said. “I also believe people feel empowered by voting and her illustration captured that in a refreshing way.”
Jane said she was at the family cottage in Port Austin, swimming in Lake Huron, when her family got the call from Johnston in Au-
gust. Her mom had just baked brownies.
“It was wonderful to be on summer vacation and to receive that news,” Amy said, adding that her daughter’s design was actually the top vote-getter among all the contest winners.
Jane hopes her win inspires others.
“I’m so young, and there were much older people in the contest,” she said. “No matter what your age is, you can achieve your dreams.”
The Hynous family isn’t politically active but they’re voters who want their children to be informed. Emmett said his kids watched the presidential debate so they could hear from both candidates and form their own opinions.
“We never put signs on the lawn, but I want my kids to know the basics of what’s going on,” he said.
Amy said the attention the family has gotten has “all been positive.”
When she’s not fielding interview requests, Jane has the normal, busy life of a middle schooler. She’s in the school band and is a Girl Scout who enjoys pickleball, boating, paddle boarding and kayaking. She’s also an avid soccer player who has been playing the sport for about five years. She said she
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got interested in soccer because of her older brother, Colin, 16.
Jane said her favorite subject in school is math.
“I guess it’s just a lot more intriguing than a lot of the subjects,” she said.
She also enjoys making art, including jewelry and abstracts.
Jane is a cat lover as well. The family has two feline members — Twila, a calico female, and Mittens, a male gray tabby. Jane’s love of cats is evident in her impressive collection of Pusheen plush animals and memorabilia; Pusheen is a friendly-faced cartoon cat whose popularity rivals that of one of its
predecessors, Hello Kitty.
Jane Hynous was recognized by school district officials during a Sept. 10 Board of Education meeting at Brownell.
Superintendent Andrea Tuttle congratulated Hynous.
“Incredible,” Tuttle said. “This is really cool.”
Board member Ahmed Ismail called Hynous a “total rock star” as he praised her work.
Other board members also celebrated her achievement.
“Thank you for highlighting our district,” Board member Colleen Worden said. “You put us on the map. You are clearly topnotch.”
As the top election official in the Farms, the news that this honor was bestowed upon
a Farms resident made it special for Kozicki, who is also the assistant city manager.
“I am very proud but the Pointes have always had an appreciation of the arts, so I wasn’t surprised a Pointer won,” Kozicki said.
Kozicki said all the city clerks in the Pointes are ordering extra copies of Hynous’ sticker.
“We have all received numerous calls and emails asking when the Hynous piece will become available,” Kozicki said.
At 12, Hynous won’t be able to vote in an election until 2030. But, she’s already made a difference in this one, generating excitement among people on both sides of the aisle — and even folks who might have been indifferent to the election.
fully commits herself to her work, be it drawing a sticker or writing an essay or presenting a project,” Johnston said. “We had several creative assignments throughout the school year and Jane’s work always stood out because of how polished it was. In addition to her work ethic, Jane is a truly funny and thoughtful person. She brought joy to my classroom this year and I look forward to seeing her journey unfold. In the meantime, I will proudly be rocking Jane’s sticker as I exercise my right to vote on November 5.”
Plenty of voters will be sporting Jane’s drawing over the next few weeks, but thankfully, no one needs to fear being confronted by a real werewolf on Election Day.
“Jane is a hardworking student. She
“Don’t worry, unlike November 2022, there will be no full moon on election day,” Kozicki said.
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Through the gates
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — In the early morning hours of Sept. 24, Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to Selfridge Air National Guard Base after an unauthorized SUV drove through the gate. No damage was done to base property, but the SUV was stopped by spike strips.
The driver, a 40-year-old Roseville man, passed field sobriety tests and was negative for alcohol on a breath test. He told deputies that he wanted to go to the pier, that he had not slept for two days and did not remember when he last ate.
The driver agreed to seek medical attention.
Entering without breaking
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — On the morning of Sept. 21, Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a home in the 24600 block of Murray Street for a larceny report.
The caller, a 31-year-old township woman, said she received fraud alerts from her bank about her debit cards. She then noticed someone had broken into her car. Her husband moved the car outside the night before and she believed the car was left unlocked overnight. The purse was left in the car but the cards were taken. The woman told deputies a similar incident occurred in the past and believed it was the same perpetrator.
along 16 Mile, Harper
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 27, Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled over a silver Chevrolet Malibu that failed to stop at the northbound Union Lake Road and 16 Mile Road red light.
Upon stopping, a database search of the license plate reportedly revealed the car was owned by a 20-year-old Detroit man with multiple warrants. The car was also leaving an area where many car-based crimes were reported. Before he could be approached, the man took off from the stop and a pursuit was engaged. The chase moved up and down 16 Mile and Harper Avenue with multiple illegal U-turns being made. The chase went past 15 Mile Road on Harper when it was terminated.
The suspect was last seen turning onto westbound Interstate 94. A state warrant authorization was completed for the car owner.
Security breach
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — In the early morning hours of Sept. 24, Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a break-in at the former St. John Hospital on Ballard Street.
Signs of trespassing were found around the
were out, and plywood normally covering the door was removed. Inside the buildings, wires were cut in two power boxes while various other items — copper wires, pipes, cameras and motion detectors — were damaged and left around the building.
The property owner estimated around $100,000 in damage was inflicted.
Fraudulent lover
MOUNT CLEMENS — On Sept. 27, Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the 120 block of Rathbone Street to speak with the 64-year-old male resident about a computer crimes incident.
The man told deputies he had been speaking with an unnamed woman from Fraser he met over social media, going so far as to send her an explicit image. In response to the image, the man was threatened it would be released unless he sent the recipient a $100 Applebee’s gift card.
Deputies called the number and spoke with a man on the other end who asked when he would get his money. The suspect reportedly reiterated his threat before hanging up.
Stolen car and packages recovered
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — At 2:41 p.m. Sept. 2, police officers from Shelby Township received a Flock camera hit on a reportedly stolen vehicle. Detectives from Shelby Township started working the case and found the vehicle in the area of 22 Mile and Ryan roads.
Officers stopped the vehicle, and the driver and passenger were taken into custody. A search of the vehicle indicated that the occupants were also involved in stealing Amazon packages, police said. The occupants of the vehicle were interviewed by detectives and charged with possessing stolen property and possession of a stolen vehicle.
Knife pulled on manager
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — At 9:41 a.m. Sept. 2, police officers responded to Dequindre Estates, near Dequindre and Hamlin roads, for a threats complaint. Officers investigated and found that a felonious assault had occurred, police said.
Officers met with the caller, a manager of the mobile home park, who stated that he had been notified that one of his tenets was moving out. The caller went to the address to collect unpaid rent and was confronted by the man who was moving out. The caller reportedly stated there was a verbal argument and the man pulled a knife from his pocket and started to approach the caller. The suspect left the area prior to officers’ arrival, police said, and the case was turned over to the detective bureau for follow-up.
K-9 smells illegal drugs in vehicle
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — In the early evening Sept. 15, police officers from Shelby Township conducted a traffic stop in the area of Ryan and Auburn roads. The officers made contact with the driver and his two occupants. During the traffic stop, a Shelby Township police dog was on the scene. The K-9 officer started to do a sniff of the vehicle, and the dog indicated that there were possible illegal drugs in the vehicle.
A search of the vehicle uncovered illegal drugs hidden inside, police said. The driver and occupants were taken to the Shelby Township Police Department for further investigation with the detective bureau.
Two people cited for starting fire
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Police officers from Shelby Township responded to River Bends Park for a female suspect and male suspect in the park causing a disturbance at 7:58 a.m. Sept. 15. Officers saw a small fire in the park with the suspects near the fire. The male suspect advised that he had started the fire to keep warm. The officers on the scene extinguished the fire and then spoke with the suspects. The female suspect reportedly gave a false name to officers and later stated that she lied because she was scared. The suspects were cited for open burning and advised to leave the park.
Wanted suspect arrested
GROSSE POINTE CITY/PARK — A 25-year-old man from Venezuela who was reportedly living in Detroit illegally was arrested by Grosse Pointe Park police Oct. 2. The suspect is said to have committed a home invasion in the Park and stolen a MacBook Air laptop computer from a vehicle while it was parked in the 17000 block of Kercheval Avenue in The Village Sept. 30. A police report states the suspect confessed to both crimes. Police said they recovered the laptop.
Jeep taken
GROSSE POINTE WOODS — An unknown suspect is said to have stolen a 2015 Jeep from the driveway of a home in the 2100 block of Stanhope Street between the hours of 9:30 p.m. Oct. 2 and 4:30 a.m. Oct. 3. The victim said the vehicle was locked and the keys were inside. Evidence found at the scene — including broken glass — confirmed that the suspect had likely smashed a window to make entry. According to a police report, the vehicle was involved in a police pursuit Oct. 6 that ended in the arrest of two suspects by the Eastpointe Police Department.
Suspicious stop MACOMB TOWNSHIP — At around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 1, deputies were called to the 21000 block of Homestead Drive for an auto accident.
OCT. 17
Senior Expo: More than 50 exhibitors with information about healthcare, recreation, self improvement and more, also workshops about elder law, food as medicine and more, keynote by WDIV-TV anchor Devin Scillian, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Greek Assumption Cultural Center, 21800 Marter Road in St. Clair Shores, free shuttle bus from Lake Front Park, 23000 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores
Preparing for the Unexpected: Free program about preparing end-oflife wishes and advanced directives, grieving, securing one’s legacy and protecting loved ones, also dessert and beverages served, 6:30-7:30 p.m., The Helm at the Boll Life Center, 158 Ridge Road in Grosse Pointe Farms, registration required, (313) 882-9600, hello@familycenterhelps.org
OCT. 17-19
‘Our Town’: Performance by Grosse Pointe South Players, 7 p.m., Grosse Pointe South High School, 11 Grosse Pointe Blvd. in Grosse Pointe Farms, demarcd@gpschools.org
OCT. 19
Little Goblins: Treat trail, jack-o’-lantern decorating, miniature corn maze, hayrides, and cider and doughnuts, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores, registration recommended, fordhouse.org
OCT. 22
GPT at SCS library: Grosse Pointe Theatre’s Act II (traveling group of senior actors) presents vignettes, jokes, fairy tales and inspirational thoughts, 6:30 p.m., St. Clair Shores Public Library, 22500 11 Mile Road, scslibrary.org Medicare changes webinar: Hosted by Michigan Medicare Assistance Program and AgeWays, live on facebook.com/agewaysmi from 10-11:30 a.m., call (800) 803-7147
and festive costumes (no masks or overly
lemonade and chips or candy provided (additional
The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, (313) 8817511, warmemorial.org/eventcalendar
OCT. 25
Chamber Music Detroit: Concert featuring piano windtet Ensemble 4.1, 7:30 p.m., Grosse Pointe South High School, 11 Grosse Pointe Blvd. in Grosse Pointe Farms, chambermusicdetroit.org
OCT. 27
Halloween Spooktacular & Trunk or Treat: Features trunk-or-treat trail, touch a truck, crafts, cider and doughnuts, pumpkin decorating, games and petting zoo, noon-4 p.m., The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, RSVP by Oct. 26, warmemorial.org/eventcalendar
Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestra: Concert at 7 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 6:15 p.m.), The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, warmemorial.org/eventcalendar
NOV. 4
Grosse Pointe Senior Expo: Connect with dozens of organizations specializing in assistance and care, also free health screenings, prizes, giveaways and refreshments, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, seniorexpousa.com
ONGOING
Autumn Landscape Guided Tour: 11 a.m. Tuesdays-Sundays until Oct. 31, then 10 a.m. Tuesdays-Sundays until Nov. 10, Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores, fordhouse.org/ events
Nooks & Crannies: Guided tours of private staircases, hidden spaces and more, Tuesdays-Sundays until Dec. 31, Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores, see times at fordhouse.org/ events
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upon arrival, who identified himself as the owner of a black Nissan Maxima he crashed into a parked car. He said he crashed into the car while sneezing. The man told deputies he was at a local sports bar getting a burger prior to the crash. After initially refusing to answer if he had been drinking, he reportedly eventually told deputies that he was drinking “ginger ale.” Deputies suspected the man was intoxicated and administered field sobriety tests and a breath test, which reportedly registered a 0.123 blood alcohol content. The man was arrested. A search of the Nissan led to the discovery of a number of weapons: 14 knives ranging from 6-10 inches, two sets of brass knuckles and a bludgeon. Window broken while woman is driving MACOMB TOWNSHIP — At around 11 p.m. on
‘Rabbit Hole’: Presented by Grosse Pointe Theatre’s Purdon Studio Theatre, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays Oct. 18-20 and 25-27, Grosse Pointe Congregational Church, 240 Chalfonte Ave. in Grosse Pointe Farms, (313)
org/book-clubs
Grosse Pointe Community Chorus: Rehearsals from 7:30-9 p.m. every Tuesday, Grosse Pointe North High School, 707 Vernier Road in Grosse Pointe Woods, holiday concert scheduled for Dec. 8, (313) 580-5965, grossepointecommunitychorus.org Art classes: 10:30 a.m.-noon every first and third Tuesday of month for seniors, 6-8 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday of month for veterans, The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse
(313) 8813454, grossepointeartcenter.org
