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The purchase of a latte, a croissant or anything else on the menu at Cafe 3:16 of Rochester qualifies the purchaser for an entry into downtown Rochester’s Foodie February promotion.

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ROCHESTER — Those desperate to escape the grind of meal prepping this month can head to downtown Rochester for Foodie February.

The promotion, which began Feb. 1 and runs through the end of the month, encourages patrons to dine in or carry out from any downtown Rochester restaurant, saving their receipts for a chance

to win weekly prizes and a grand prize of a $100, $250 or $500 downtown Rochester dining package.

Foodie February allows the community to support the downtown eateries — whether a restaurant, bar, cafe or bakery — and get rewarded in the process, according to Rochester Downtown Development Authority Events Coordinator Jenna O’Dell.

“It originated after COVID in February, when we were finally able to open restaurants, so we were really pushing people to dine See FOODIE on page 22A

Clinton River during a past stonefly search.

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ROCHESTER — The Clinton River Watershed Council is looking for volunteers who MOUNT CLEMENS — Taking steps this aren’t afraid to make a splash in local waterways to help search for stonefly larvae next month. month to highlight The winter stonefly nymph — one of the most sensitive of all aquatic macroinvertebratesawareness of sexual assault, Turning Point Macomb is hosting its sixth annual fundthat lives in local rivers and streams — is most active in January and February. raiser, Stepping Out With the Stars, April 29.

CRWC ecologist Mikela Dean said the presence of stonefly larvae in a stream indicates Turning Point strives to empower survivors of good water quality. The stonefly nymph is most active in the winter, when the water temperature See TURNING on page 18A is very cold and there is still plenty of leafy debris on the river bottom for stoneflies to forage.

“Stoneflies are really good indicators of water quality, and this is because they are very sensitive to environmental conditions, so they are not tolerant of pollution and have specific habitat Turning Point President and CEO Sharman Davenport stands at the 2021 event with Stepping Out requirements, which leads them to be a good indicator of how a water body is doing, in terms with the Stars emcee Evrod Cassimy, of WDIV-TV. of health,” Dean explained.

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The Van Hoosen seventh grade boys basketball team went unbeaten (11-0) this season under first-year coach Fran Scislowicz.

ABOVE: Rochester Adams played host to the Dutton Farm Farmers Feb. 3 at Adams High School as the Highlanders went toe-to-toe with the Farmers in a charity basketball game, raising money for Dutton Farm.

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ROCHESTER HILLS — Every week, the Van Hoosen seventh grade middle school basketball players would get to see a picture of head coach Fran Scislowicz’s 18-month grandson, Stanley.

The light-hearted moments with Scislowicz, in his first year as head coach, made the team feel more personal and comfortable.

Scislowicz took the position at the last minute as a one-year emergency coach for the season, but the longtime Rochester Adams High School girls basketball (1991-2014) and softball coach, entering his 37th season in the dugout, was no stranger to Van Hoosen, a feeder school for Adams.

Scislowicz last coached the boys team in 2005, when they went 11-0, and he coached the seventh grade girls basketball team for 10 years afterward.

But this season was unlike any other for Scislowicz. As the team became more and more familiar with Stanley, the question that rang from the team was, “Why the name Stanley?”

Scislowicz explained to his squad that when he was 16 years old, his brother, Stanley, was killed in a hit-and-run accident at the age of 21.

When Scislowicz’s son was ready to name his now-18-month-old baby boy, he called up his father to let him know that he was going to name him Stanley.

When Van Hoosen needed a name for a baseline out-of-bounds play because the current strategy wasn’t cutting it, the team could only think of one name.

“We put in the new play, and I say, ‘Let’s call this ‘X,’ guys,’” Scislowicz said. “They go, ‘It’s a great play, but we can’t run X.’ I’m thinking they’re beSee VAN HOOSEN on page 24A

ABOVE: A Dutton Farm player dances during the halftime dance competition as Adams players cheer him on.

LEFT: A Dutton Farm player puts up a shot during the 5v5 game between Adams and Dutton Farm, featuring three Farmers and two Highlanders on each team.

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Rochester Hills extends contract with GFL, SOCRRA, Recyclebank CITY OFFICIALS: 5YEAR CONTRACT OFFERS THE SAME SERVICES AT REDUCED RATES

BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com

ROCHESTER HILLS — Residents of Rochester Hills will notice a savings on their trash, recycling and yard waste services bill this spring.

The Rochester Hills City Council unanimously approved five-year contract extensions Jan. 22 with GFL Environmental USA, the Southeast Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority and Recyclebank.

The move, city officials said, keeps the same services residents have come to expect, but at a cheaper price point for the first four years.

“It’s pretty rare in today’s economic climate to see rates for services actually going down,” Mayor Bryan Barnett said in a statement. “I have to give a lot of credit to our finance and purchasing team for its work negotiating these prices, while under-

standing that we could not take a step back in terms of service quality for our residents.

These three organizations have been strong partners with the city for many years, and we are excited to keep the highest level of service for our residents while allowing them to keep a little bit more of their money in their pockets.”

The new contract and pricing start April 1, reducing the quarterly rate from the current $61.79 per residence to $57.90 for 2024-25 — a 6.3% decrease in year one of the contract.

“We came to the final decision that things were going well and that we should continue with our program, so everything remains the same, no changes in services or anything like that … and the good part of that is we’re going to do so at a lesser cost,” said Lisa Cummings, the city’s procurement manager.

In the second year of the contract, the quarterly rate will increase to $59.67 per residence in 2025-26, and then to $61.51 in 2026-27. In year four of the contract, residents will see an increase over what they paid in 2023-24 — with a quarterly rate of $63.40 per residence in 2027-28. Residents will pay

a quarterly rate of $65.36 per residence in 2028-29, the final year of the contract.

“We don’t get to our current rate until year four. … That’s really a 1.2% change in over a five-year period. I don’t think any of us have seen that low of a rate increase,” Cummings said. “I don’t even think that we can go to a grocery store and see that.”

“I’m paying twice as much for eggs as I did last year, so I think this is a great deal for the citizens of Rochester Hills,” Council President Ryan Deel said.

The negotiation process, Barnett explained, was not easy.

“It has taken a long time. … They were tough partners, tough negotiators, but good negotiators in the sense that the contract keeps all of our services the same. We didn’t have to cut any services to save any money,” he said.

Some highlights of the contract extension include: the continuation of weekly curbside trash and recycling removal; weekly bulk pickup of larger items; yard waste pickup starting the last week in March through the second full week of December; Recycling Rewards through RecycleBank, with new local incentives, discounts available to veterans

and senior citizens; a snowbird discount of up to $30 annually; and hazardous waste disposal through SOCRRA for $10 per car and free use of the SOCRRA recycling center — including document shredding.

“This is basically a win-win for Rochester Hills. We get to continue our best-inclass recycling program and our best-in-class services at lower costs,” said Cummings.

The rate schedule works out to a savings of $4.20 over the course of five years.

Councilman David Blair said it’s important to note that the city inspects the trash collection vehicles annually.

“Every year our maintenance garage will inspect the trash collection vehicles, and if you’ve seen a commercial hauler with oil spraying out of it as it lifts a dumpster, this (inspection) is a great move for the environment, because that goes right into storm sewers and pollutes our waterways, so I love that (offering),” said Blair.

For more information about trash, recycling and yard waste services in the city of Rochester Hills, visit rochesterhills.org/ trash.

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ROCHESTER HILLS — Deputies responded to a grocery store in the 3100 block of South Rochester Road for a retail fraud in progress at 8:59 p.m. Jan. 14. The complainant reported that a 29-year-old woman from Pontiac and two children had pushed several carts of merchandise into the parking lot and were loading the items into their vehicle.

Upon arrival, deputies saw the vehicle leaving the property and tried to initiate a traffic stop. The vehicle accelerated away at a high rate of speed, and deputies initiated a pursuit, which was terminated without results.

Deputies then pursued the Cadillac westbound on M-59 to Adams Road, then onto Hamlin Road eastbound, where the pursuit was terminated. The Cadillac continued eastbound on Hamlin. Deputies returned to the Meijer to complete their theft investigation. The merchandise recovered from the four carts totaled $3,762.20.

A deputy later saw the vehicle used in the retail fraud at a gas station in Pontiac at 10:20 p.m., initiated a traffic stop and attempted to box it in without results, then pursued it. The pursuit was terminated again.

At 3:31 a.m., deputies responded to a motel in the 2500 block of Crooks Road for a larceny complaint. They met with the complainant, who stated that the hotel had taken some of her belongings. The deputy recognized the vehicle she was in as the vehicle wanted in the earlier retail fraud and took the 29-year-old woman into custody without incident. Her two children, who were inside the car at the time of the investigation, were turned over to a family member. Stolen merchandise was recovered. The woman was lodged in the Oakland County Jail pending the issuance of charges.

Woman loitering in driveway arrested with loaded semi-automatic gun

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Deputies responded to the 2000 block of Victoria Hill in reference to a suspicious vehicle in a driveway at 2:28 p.m. Jan. 28. The complainant stated a neighbor had informed him that a white Toyota had been parked in his drive-

way for 45 minutes.

Upon arrival, deputies found the vehicle with a female occupant, a 46-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio. She first claimed to be waiting for a real estate agent to show her an outbuilding on the property.

When she was informed that there was no outbuilding, she claimed to be from a secret government agency. A loaded semi-automatic handgun was discovered on the passenger seat. Police said she had no valid permit to carry the weapon.

The woman was arrested and was lodged at the Oakland County Jail for a concealed weapons violation. The vehicle was impounded.

Loud muffler leads to suspended license citation

ROCHESTER — An officer on patrol on Main Street, near North Lane, noticed a car with a loud, defective muffler at approximately 10 a.m. Jan. 29. The officer conducted a search of the license plate, which revealed the owner to have a suspended license. The officer conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, who was issued a citation for driving with a suspended license.

Woman caught driving drunk

ROCHESTER — An officer on patrol in the area of University Drive and Walnut Street followed a vehicle that failed to signal as it turned on eastbound University at approximately 1:24 a.m. Jan. 30. The vehicle, which was following too closely to the vehicle in front of it, struck the curb on Main Street.

The officer conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, who showed signs of impairment. The driver admitted to drinking alcohol prior to driving and she failed all field sobriety tasks. The driver was offered a preliminary breath test, which resulted in a 0.089% blood alcohol content.

She was placed under arrest and transported to the station for a chemical breath test, which yielded a 0.106% blood alcohol content. The driver was lodged until sober and released pending a court case.

Police recover suspected heroin in traffic stop

ROCHESTER HILLS — A deputy initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle on Rolling Green, near Raintree, due to the vehicle having an invalid license plate at 2:49 a.m.

Jan. 18.

The deputy later discovered the driver had a suspended license, and the driver was taken into custody.

The passenger was asked to step out of the vehicle for deputies to complete an inventory search. During the search, suspected narcotics were located by the passenger seat. The passenger later admitted to the substance being heroin. Both subjects, a 45-year-old Pontiac woman and a 61-yearold Pontiac man, were released pending further investigation.

Car damaged in parking lot

ROCHESTER HILLS — A 23-yearold Rochester Hills resident parked his 2016 Kia Forte in the parking lot of his apartment complex in the 400 block of Kensington at 10:40 p.m. Jan. 18. When he returned at 6:15 a.m. Jan. 19, he discovered the rear window on the driver’s side had been broken, as well as the vehicle’s steering column.

Stolen car reported

Hills resident went to the front desk at the police substation to report an attempted fraud at 3:35 p.m. Jan. 19.

The resident indicated that a popup message had appeared on his computer indicating a trojan horse virus. The popup stated the computer was locked and provided a phone number for the resident to call.

The resident called the number, and he was instructed to log into his bank account and provide his Social Security number. He was instructed to withdraw $30,000 and convert it at a bitcoin ATM in Auburn Hills.

The resident suspected this was a scam and hung up the phone after he was instructed to convert the money to bitcoin.

The victim did not lose any money but did provide his Social Security number and is concerned about additional fraud. He was instructed to place a freeze on his credit account. Police are investigating.

ROCHESTER HILLS — A car dealership contacted the Sheriff ’s Office to report a stolen car from the storage lot at 1:11 p.m.

Jan. 19. The manager stated a customer had wanted to test drive a 2023 Dodge Durango, and the Durango was now missing. The manager indicated that the dealership has possession of both sets of keys and searched the lot, but they are unable to locate the Durango. Police are investigating.

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Rochester Hills Fire Department requested the assistance of the Oakland County Sheriff ’s Office Fire Investigations Unit for a residential structure fire in the 2000 block of Eastern Avenue at 6:40 p.m. Jan. 19. There were no injuries reported. The incident remains under investigation.

Customer allegedly exposes himself to UberEats driver

Arrest made after man hit on head with crowbar

ROCHESTER HILLS — Deputies were dispatched to the 3900 block of Rochester Road for an indecent exposure complaint at 4:42 p.m. Jan. 19. An UberEats driver making a delivery from Chili’s to the Fairfield Inn went to the hotel room, and an older man answered the door. The man took the food, and then told the driver, 45, to wait as he went to get a tip.

The suspect then opened the door, revealing that he was naked from the waist down. The suspect did not say anything and acted like everything was normal.

The incident occurred on Jan. 12 and was reported Jan. 19. The hotel clerk was unable to provide the information for the person renting the room and stated the manager should be able to provide that information later. Police are investigating.

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OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Deputies responded to a domestic violence incident at 4:57 a.m. Jan. 28. The complainant stated her brother and boyfriend had been in an altercation.

Upon arrival, deputies met with the complainant, who stated her brother was upstairs and was injured. According to reports, a 40-year-old man from Oakland Township was found with “significant injuries to his head, with bleeding.” The victim stated the suspect, his sister’s boyfriend, had entered his room and hit him multiple times with a crowbar.

The victim was transported to Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital by the Oakland Township Fire Department. The suspect, a 49-year-old man from Oakland Township, was arrested and lodged at the Oakland County Jail.

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ROCHESTER — Residents of the Rochester Community Schools district will vote on a possible renewal of the school operating millage Feb. 27.

RCS voters last approved a levy for 19.9307 mills on non-homestead property over a 10-year period in 2014. Since then, the millage has been eroded by the Headlee Amendment, and it now stands at 18.5004 mills.

The proposal asks voters whether to renew 18.5004 mills and restore 0.5 mill eroded by the Headlee Amendment — for a total of 19.0004 mills — for a period of five years.

Although the Feb. 27 ballot language will ask for a renewal of 18.5004 mills, along with an increase of 0.5 mill, only 18 mills would be levied, according to RCS Interim Superintendent John Silveri. If it’s approved, district officials said, the total 1.0004 mills above 18 mills would be used to offset potential Headlee rollbacks, which can reduce the millage rate to adjust for inflation.

Residents might wonder why the district is also asking for an increase along with the renewal.

“There is something called Headlee erosion, and, over time, it’s an adjustment based on inflation. What we’ve seen when this last passed 10 years ago, originally the voters authorized about 20 mills, but at no time are we able to, even if we wanted to, levy more than 18. The additional mills that are authorized simply account for Headlee erosion. This initiative will be for five years.

It’s a renewal of 18.5 mills for five years, an increase of 0.5 for those five years too. It is just insurance of almost what is certainly going to be some additional Headlee erosion over time,” Silveri said.

Silveri admitted the ballot language can be “a little bit confusing.”

“We tried like the devil to make it a little bit more understandable, and this was the best we could do, so I want to make clear it’s asking for a renewal of the current 18.5 mills that had been authorized by the community and then an increase of 0.5 mills,” he said.

Under the school aid funding formula set by Proposal A in 1994, the state of Michigan assumes that the district collects 18 mills — $18 in taxes for every $1,000 of taxable value — on non-homestead property annually. Non-homestead property includes business real property, rental homes, vacant land,

second homes and commercial personal property, including business equipment and furnishings. The tax is not collected on owned primary residences; however, it is required to be approved by the school district’s voters.

“If you own a (primary residence) home in Rochester or anywhere within the Rochester Schools, you’re not impacted by this in any way, shape or form,” Silveri said. But you are “if you own a second home, a rental home, or a business,” he said.

All school districts in Michigan must levy 18 mills on non-homestead property to receive their full foundation allowance from the state. If the millage rate falls below 18 mills due to the Headlee Amendment, Silveri said, the district would not receive its full foundation allowance.

“This protects us so that over the next five years, if that erosion takes place and that 19 starts to drop, we should be in good shape so that at no time would it drop below 18,” he said.

If the millage does not pass, RCS perpupil revenue would fall from $9,608 to $8,060, which equates to a loss of $24.5 million per year in district funding. The state does not replace the 18 mills if the voters do not approve it, Silveri explained.

“If this were not to pass, that impact on the district would be really, really significant. … It’s really, really critical for us to receive that full foundation allowance and full funding to continue to offer the programs and services and staffing and everything we do now, so it’s absolutely critical for us that the community continues to support us in this matter,” Silveri said.

“We hope all residents vote on Feb. 27. The district’s non-homestead operating millage costs zero dollars for an owned primary residence, yet it would enable our school district to receive its full per-pupil funding if approved. These funds are critical to supporting programs and service in our schools,” RCS Board of Education President Michelle Bueltel said in a statement.

Since the passage of Proposal A in 1994, the district has sought approval of this millage three times, in 1995, 2005 and 2014.

The current 10-year millage was approved by voters in 2014.

Additional information, including a list of frequently asked questions, is available on the district website at www.rochester.k12. mi.us/about-us/millage2024.

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LOOKING BACK: STONEY CREEK VILLAGE ROCHESTER HILLS — The 20th century brought change and growth to Stoney Creek Village. From 1899 to 1931, the Detroit United Railway offered a more convenient mode of transportation from Detroit to Lake Orion, with many stops in between. This photo shows the view looking west down Tienken Road in Stoney Creek Village. The DUR tracks, shown on the left, ran through Stoney Creek, traveling along Tienken Road toward Imlay City. With cars coming almost every hour, village residents could make quick trips into Rochester, Detroit, Lake Orion and many places in between. Accessible transportation led to increased travel for residents and those visiting Stoney Creek Village.

The Roberson/Price family witnessed many of the changes to Stoney Creek Village throughout its history. The early American frame home, shown in the middle, was home to members of the Roberson family and their descendants from 1869 to the late 1960s. The Roberson Grist Mill on the right was built in 1850 and was capable of processing 40,000 bushels of grain a year.

To discover more local history, visit the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm website at http://www.rochesterhills.org/museum and check out the online collection catalog at rochesterhillsmuseum.catalogaccess.com.

— Samantha Lawrence, museum archivist at the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm

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BALDWIN STUDENT TO COMPETE IN STATE FREE-THROW CONTEST ‘A Little More Alive’ to be staged at Meadow Brook Theatre

ROCHESTER — “A Little More Alive” will run Feb. 14-March 10 at Meadow Brook Theatre, on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester Hills. Organizers call the show a heartfelt and original folk-pop musical in which two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home after their mother’s funeral. An unexpected revelation distorts every memory they have, and as they uncover secrets that had been hiding in plain sight their whole lives, Nate and Jeremy find that no one is exempt from the gray area between right and wrong.

“I’m excited to share the Michigan premiere of this musical with our audiences,” Travis Walter, the theater’s artistic director, said in a statement. “So often, we can feel so sure we know what’s going on, but this is one of those situations where just one piece of knowledge can change how you view everything that’s happened, and may change everything to come.”

Liam Fennecken — Broadway’s “CHICAGO,” a TikTok contributor, and an “America’s Got Talent” 2021 quarterfinalist with vocal group T.3 — and Noah Barnes play brothers Nate and Jeremy, with Melanie Frasca, Amber Hurst Martin and Ron Williams rounding out the cast. Tickets range from $37 to $46 and are available by calling the Meadow Brook Theatre box office at (248) 377-3300 or visiting www.ticketmaster.com. Student discounts are available at the box office. Groups of eight or more should call (248) 370-3316 for group pricing.

“A Little More Alive” is made possible through the support of The Michigan Arts and Cultural Council, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and the Meadow Brook Theatre Guild.

Meadow Brook Theatre is a professional theater located on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester. For more information, visit www.mbtheatre.com or call (248) 3773300.

Rochester Community Concert Band presents: ‘Musician’s Favorites’ ROCHESTER HILLS — In its third concert of the season, the Rochester Community Concert Band, conducted by Paul F. DeRubeis, will present “Musician’s Favorites” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in the auditorium of Stoney Creek High School, 6755 Sheldon Road in Rochester Hills. The concert is open to the public, and admission is free. Donations are accepted. For more information, visit www.RochesterCommunityConcertBand.org, email the RCCB at RochesterCommunityConcertBand@gmail.com or call (248) 462-9043.

ROCHESTER — Matthew Sera, a 10-year-old from Baldwin Elementary School, recently won the “Hoop Shoot Contest” at his school. Sera then advanced to the local competition, winning that by making 22 out of 25 free throws, and won districts with 21 out of 25 free throws made.

Sera is headed to the state finals Feb. 10 in Big Rapids. If he wins, he will head to the national competition to compete for a chance to win a $50,000 scholarship and be named in the Elks Hoop Shoot Hall of Fame in Chicago. When asked how he was able to make so many, he said in a statement, “You can just feel it” when you shoot. Sera said he is thankful to God, his local school, and Basketball America in Lake Orion for allowing him to practice.

Library presents ‘Looking at Art Through the Eyes of an Artist’

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Hills Public Library said it is welcoming art historian Wendy Evans for a presentation at 7 p.m.

Feb. 27 to explore the world of visual art. Participants will discover how to get a work of art to speak to them and how to make friends with the art they see. The program is presented by Smart Towns, a lifelong learning program led by educational organizations in Rochester, Rochester Hills and Oakland Township. The event is open to the public. Registration is required. To register, visit calendar.rhpl.org or call (248) 656-2900.

Rochester Hills plow tracker allows residents to see whereabouts of snow plows

ROCHESTER HILLS — Residents can see exactly which roads the city snowplows have cleared after a winter storm. The city’s online snowplow tracker is a map that shows the snowplowing activity for the past 24 hours and the location of the snowplows at rochesterhills.org/plowtracker. Residents can also submit information and comments about winter road maintenance to the city of Rochester Hills by calling (248) 656-4685.

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Hear Broadway favorites: Presented by Rochester Community Chorus, 7 p.m., First Congregational Church of Rochester, 1315 N. Pine St., rochcomm chor@gmail.com

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‘Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice’: Watch documentary about state’s Native-American lawyers, tribal judges and more, 7 p.m., Rochester Hills Public Library, 500 Olde Towne Road in Rochester, registration required rhpl.org, (248) 656-2900

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Meadow Brook Garden Club: Learn to plant and cultivate 5-25 backyard grape vines, 10-11:45 a.m., Zoom, send email with phone number to MBGC members@gmail.com by Feb. 21

debut of Aizuri Quartet, 8-9:30 p.m., Varner Recital Hall, 371 Varner Drive in Rochester, www.chamber musicdetroit.org

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Mobile food pantry: 3-4 p.m. every third Saturday of month until April 20, Islamic Association of Greater Detroit, 879 W. Auburn Road in Rochester Hills, iagd. net

Maple Mysteries: Learn history and techniques for tapping maple trees, 1-2:15 p.m. and 2:30-3:45 p.m., Cranberry Lake Farm, 388 W. Predmore Road in Oakland Township, oaklandtownshipparksrec@gmail.com

Rochester Toastmasters: Meets 6:30 p.m. every first and third Thursdays of month, Pixley Memorial Hall, 322 W. University Drive in Rochester, (248) 828-5649, www.4890.toastmastersclubs.org

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Walking group: Hosted by Troy Historic Village, 5 p.m., Innovation Hills Park, 2800 W. Hamlin Road in Rochester Hills, troyhistoricvillage.org/programs/ walking-group, (248) 524-3570

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‘A Little More Alive’: Folk-pop musical about two estranged brothers who reunite at childhood home after mother’s funeral, select dates Feb. 14-March 10, Meadow Brook Theatre on campus of Oakland University, 378 Meadow Brook Road in Rochester, see show times at mbtheatre.com Paint Creek Garden Club: Meets 9:30 a.m.-noon every second Friday of month, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm dairy or calf barn, 1005 Van Hoosen Road, (248) 505-4307 Support groups: Join meetings for alzheimers and dementia caregivers, caring and sharing loss, those with parkinson’s and their care partners, and those who

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Rochester Hills City Clerk Leanne Scott said the township is in dire need of election inspectors for its precincts and the Absentee Ballot Counting Board for the Feb. 27 presidential primary election.

“The presidential primary is always a hard one, because we have a lot of snowbirds, and many people take vacations, so it’s difficult to get workers,” she explained.

Rochester Hills typically hires 300-450 election workers for a presidential cycle, with anywhere from eight to 10 people assigned

to cover each of the city’s 32 precincts, and many others on the Absentee Ballot Counting Board.

“We have some workers right now, but we can always use more. This is a great election to train people for the August and November elections, which will be much busier,” Scott said.

Inspectors will be stationed at one of 32 precincts throughout Rochester Hills and will help prepare the precinct prior to the opening of the polls, help voters through the voting process throughout the day and assist in closing the precinct after the polls close at 8 p.m.

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Senior citizens can find long lost yearbooks online

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METRO DETROIT — Cherished memories come from receiving a yearbook on the last day of school and having friends and teachers sign it with personalized messages. Not only are they personal keepsakes of time spent in school, but they can also act as historical records for decades to come.

Many local libraries and museums have taken the initiative to create online databases of their communities’ digital yearbooks.

Birmingham

Birmingham’s historical yearbook collection is now available online through the Birmingham Museum. Birmingham residents and history buffs can access the 19191929 issues for free.

“People have been waiting to get a peek at our oldest yearbooks. They shed a light on what it was like to live in Birmingham in the early 20th century, and the world of

teenagers back then,” Birmingham Museum Director Leslie Pielack said in an email.

“Flipping through our historic yearbook collection is a delightful glimpse of the young people, their educators, and their hopes and dreams. Especially at this time of year, many of us are reminded of the importance of family and our personal roots.”

The museum’s school yearbook collection has been acquired over the last 50 years, including the first yearbook printed by Birmingham High School, in 1919.

Through yearbooks, valuable information can be gathered by experts, including genealogists and local historians, as well as families conducting research of their own.

“It gives a really good window into how life was back then,” Museum Assistant Justin Koch said. “One thing that I really find fascinating when I was flipping through these was 100 years ago, society was very different than it is today, but at the end of the day, teenagers are kind of the same as they were back then.”

See YEARBOOKS on page 19A

ABOVE: The Rochester High School 1922 yearbook.

ABOVE: A page from a Birmingham High School yearbook.

LEFT: The 2006 edition of the Kimball High School Lancer yearbook.

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AgeWays is Still Your First Stop for Resources for Seniors and Family Caregivers

The Area Agency on Aging 1-B is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new name and a new logo.

The organization is now known as AgeWays Nonprofit Senior Services, or AgeWays for short.

The agency chose AgeWays because it better reflects its mission: Helping older adults age in the ways they choose and giving the tools to

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family caregivers to support those choices. It is also easier to remember and to pronounce.

“I’m hoping our new name opens up a new level of awareness and we draw many more people to our agency looking for services and direction,” says Michael Karson, CEO and President of AgeWays. “We are looking forward to serving older adults and family caregivers with innovative programming and services for the next 50 years.”

AgeWays offers person-centered resources, services, and programs ranging from respite care to homebound meals to transportation and Medicare counseling for residents in Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair and Washtenaw counties. AgeWays’ free classes and seminars support the emotional, physical, and intellectual well-being of older adults and family caregivers where they are.

AgeWays is also a reliable ally on the local, state, and federal levels. Its advocacy team works closely with elected officials and community foundations to bolster home-based services, to boost pay for home health aides, and to support family caregivers.

One of the more pressing national and local issues is the shortage of paid and unpaid caregivers. Using its expertise in helping the most vulnerable populations, AgeWays has added important new initiatives to support family caregivers: The Respite Services Voucher program provides up to $575 per year family to hire a temporary caregiver for their loved one. Trualta is an online educational platform with a treasure trove of content that covers almost every challenge that faces family caregivers.

Area Agencies on Aging were established in the federal Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1973 to help older Americans and their caregivers live quality lives with independence and dignity. AgeWays was formed a year later—in 1974—as the Area Agency on Aging 1-B. Although it now has a new name, AgeWays remains an Area Agency on Aging, drawing its funding from a combination of federal OAA and state Health and Human Services dollars. It is one of 16 in the state and 622 nationwide. It remains the largest such Area Agency on Aging in Michigan.

The organization’s website address is now AgeWays.org. You can learn more about the organization’s new name at AgeWays.org/NewName.

To learn more about AgeWays’ programs, call 800-852-7795, a number that remains as a trusted source of information for older adults and caregivers.

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With 15 licensed funeral directors, totaling 350 years of combined experience, Wujek-Calcaterra & Sons is uniquely qualified to bring peace and comfort to grieving families in their time of need. And these aren’t ordinary funeral directors. Each one was specifically sought out by the Wujek and Calcaterra families based on their individual talents and expertise.

Licensed funeral director Dominick Astorino, managing director at Wujek-Calcaterra & Sons, is honored to be a part of this exceptional team. “My colleagues and I are career professionals,” stated Astorino.

“Most of us have been with Wujek-Calcaterra for over 20 years. We are dedicated to our career in a long-standing way.

“We also have an excellent collection of younger funeral directors.

As the embalming professor at Wayne State University School of Mortuary Science, I have taught many of them. I see their potential from the first day I meet them and watch them develop.”

These devoted individuals represent a variety of religious and cultural backgrounds. They have formed enduring relationships with local families and the community. They are familiar with the neighborhood churches and have worked alongside their pastors.

This allows them to connect with all types of families, putting them at

ease at a most difficult and overwhelming time.

Furthermore, their compassion isn’t strictly confined to business hours. Wujek-Calcaterra & Sons is one of the few funeral homes in the area where there is someone present 24/7.

According to Astorino, “We have never taken a day off since opening our original location in Detroit back in 1913. Christmas, holidays, brownouts, the worst snow storms – there has always been someone here to pick up the phone. We treat our families the way we would like to be treated. They never have to talk to an answering machine, and they know their loved one is never left unattended.”

In addition to the 15 funeral directors, there is a support staff of 35 capable and compassionate individuals to complete the team at Wujek-Cacaterra & Sons. “We can serve all of our families, giving them everything they need – much like a personalized concierge.”

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Yearbooks from page 15A

To make it easier on people looking for specific family members, the yearbook collection is searchable. Someone could type in their families name and be brought to the page where that name is listed.

The museum’s collection is only missing a few issues from the early 20th century to the 1980s. Koch said he hopes that at some point they will be able to acquire the editions they are missing from the collection.

Rochester Hills

The Rochester Hills Public Library has a digital collection of resources for the community to browse through.

“It gives us a snapshot of the history of our community,” said Hilary Maurin, the adult services librarian at Rochester Hills Public Library. “Our community, specifically, has always been very focused on education. So, especially those older yearbooks going back to the 1920s, it is so great to see the legacy of 100 years now that’s been going on with Rochester High School.”

Maurin added that the digital versions make it easier to keep copies safe. They have had some celebrities come through the school system, so digital copies keep these photos preserved. For example, Madonna is featured in one of the yearbooks from her time in Rochester Hills, but it is no longer available because someone cut her photo out of the physical edition.

Royal Oak

The Royal Oak Public Library has a digital library of historical Kimball High School Lancer yearbooks from 1958-2006. With each vibrant cover on display, the books are easy to navigate and are full-text searchable.

Yearbooks can also be downloaded for offline access.

Susan Sheiner, the adult services librarian at the Royal Oak Public Library, said she has often found people looking for old classmates in these yearbooks, as well as relatives, to see what life was like when they graduated from high school.

“I think it’s a way for people to connect with parts of their family history and do research on various historical moments,” Sheiner said.

A page from the 1942 Palladium, which shows the Northville High School students who were serving in the armed forces.

Laura Mancini, the director of the Northville District Library, said these yearbooks are a great way to see what the city and the people living in the city were like during specific moments in time.

“Northville is a town that, you know, has a lot of local history to it. It’s a historic town, and people are very proud of their history and very interested in it. So we do have folks that regularly research Northville history, and we want to be a resource for them,” Mancini said.

In addition to the libraries listed, there are several communities that have also offer these resources. Check your local library or historical society to find out.

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Northville District Library has a large collection of yearbooks available online in a searchable format. They have historic yearbooks available for both high school and middle school.

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Six arrested in Sterling Heights following jewelry store robberies

BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI blosinski@candgnews.com

STERLING HEIGHTS — Six suspects are in custody following a string of jewelry store robberies at southeast Michigan malls.

The first known location that police believe the suspects targeted was the Helzberg Diamonds store inside the Great Lakes Crossing Mall in Auburn Hills Jan. 13. Investigators said three suspects wearing hoodies and surgical masks entered the store, smashed out cases and stole several thousand dollars worth of jewelry.

A suspect vehicle was identified that was registered to a rental company. Subsequently, the renter also was identified. A short time later, that vehicle was returned to a Lansing rental location, and a new vehicle was rented.

On Jan. 22, the Kay Jewelers inside Lansing Mall reported a smash and grab.

The Eaton County Sheriff ’s Department determined the getaway vehicle from the theft was the newly rented vehicle identified following the Jan. 13 incident. Eaton County

Sheriff ’s Department officials believe this same group was responsible for a total of six robberies in Michigan and Ohio.

Law enforcement officers located the suspect’s rental vehicle and initiated surveillance. The vehicle traveled to Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights, at which point Sterling Heights police, Shelby Township police, and Troy police personnel were dispatched to the scene.

The vehicle was seen circling the mall’s parking lot alongside another vehicle that had been stolen in Harper Woods Jan. 16.

At approximately 2 p.m., four suspects got out of the rental vehicle and went inside the mall wearing hoodies and surgical masks.

Police said the suspects were observed scouting the mall and then entered the Sparkles Jewelry Store and smashing out several cases of merchandise.

The four suspects then fled on foot in various directions carrying a large amount of jewelry taken from the store, according to police. Officers moved in and apprehended the four suspects, as well as two others in the vehicles outside. Officers recovered approximately $170,000 worth of merchandise.

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This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of not to exceed 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its full revenue per pupil foundation allowance and restores millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963. Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Rochester Community School District, Oakland and Macomb Counties, Michigan, be renewed by 18.5004 mills ($18.5004 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2025 to 2029, inclusive, and also be increased by .5000 mill ($0.5000 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2025 to 2029, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 18 mills are levied in 2025 is approximately $24,568,063 (this is a renewal of millage that will expire with the 2024 levy and a restoration of millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the “Headlee” amendment to the Michigan Constitution of 1963)? □ Yes □ No Full text of the ballot proposals may be obtained at the Rochester City Clerk’s Office, 400 Sixth Street, Rochester MI, 48307, at www.rochestermi.org, or by telephone 248-651-9061 or 248-733-3700. A sample ballot may be viewed at mi.gov/vote Absentee ballots are available for all elections; registered voters may contact the local clerk to obtain an application for absent voter ballot.

To comply with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), voting instructions will be available in audio format and in Braille.

Arrangements for obtaining the instructions in these alternative formats can be made by contacting the City Clerk in advance of the election. All polling locations are accessible for voters with disabilities.

LEE ANN O’CONNOR CITY CLERK CITY OF ROCHESTER 400 SIXTH STREET ROCHESTER, MI 48307 248-651-9061 www.rochestermi.org Published: 02/08/2024 Rochester Post

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Peek Inside Your Health: Full Body MRI Screenings Unveil Silent Issues Before Symptoms Arise SOUTHFIELD- Full body MRI clinics have gained national attention lately, as TV personalities publicly share their personal full body scan experiences. One actress credits the scan for saving her life after doctors dismissed her unexplained pain for months. After various tests, including a CT scan, had “unremarkable” results, the pregnant actress became her own advocate, searched out a full body MRI clinic and discovered she had pancreatic cancer. Thanks to early detection the tumor was removed successfully.

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ORDINANCE NO. 2024-01 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 54, UTILITIES, ARTICLE IV, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, TO REVISE SECTION 54-410, STANDARDS FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROVAL AS REQUIRED BY EGLE AS PART OF THE CITY’S MS4 PERMIT RENEWAL.

Downtown eateries participating in Foodie February include: 423 Bar Grill & Rooftop The Backdoor Taco & Tequila BakeHouse 46 Bangkok Cuisine BAUS Bar Bean and Leaf Café Bitter Tom’s Tasting Room Bologna Via Cucina Café 3:16 of Rochester The Cheese Lady Chicken Shack Chomp Deli Dessert Oasis Dino’s Cookie Dough Bar D’Marco’s Italian Restaurant Domino’s Pizza Downtown Café The Flavor Lab Catering Co. Georgio’s Pizza & Pasta Give Thanks Bakery Grant’s Pizza House The Hemmingway Room Hibachi House Bar & Grill Holy Cannoli’s The Home Bakery Hungry Howie’s Knapp’s Donut Shop

Kruse & Muer on Main Kruse’s Paint Creek Tavern Lettuce Lipuma’s Coney Island Main Street Billiards Main Street Deli The Meeting House O’Connor’s Public House Park 600 Paul’s on Main Penn Station East Coast Subs Pure Green Recipes Red Knapp’s Dairy Bar Rochester Bistro Rochester Brunch House Rochester Chop House & Kabin Krusers Rochester Corner Bar Sanders Saint 1881 Side Dish Silver Spoon Ristorante The Spice & Tea Exchange Sumo Sushi Tonia’s Victorian Rose Too Ra Loo

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in,” she said. “It makes sense to support local and have a great meal and maybe have an opportunity to win a big prize.”

Throughout the month of February, patrons can purchase an item, a meal or carryout order from any of the participating restaurants for a chance to win a number of prizes.

“I believe it was last year, or the year before, and we had someone who made a little less than a $5 purchase at Dessert Oasis and won a $500 dining package to use downtown. So you could definitely get lucky and just grab a cookie to win the grand prize,” said O’Dell.

Cafe 3:16 of Rochester is one of many downtown eateries participating in the promotion.

Named after the Bible verse John 3:16, the cafe opened in November and offers coffee, pastries and other baked goods.

Owner Sam Yokhana, who is a Rochester resident, said some of the cafe’s most popular items include its lattes, croissants and heart-shaped macarons, and every purchase is eligible for a contest entry.

He encourages everyone to dine in or carry out at the downtown eateries this month.

“Come out for Foodie February to have a good time,” Yokhana said.

Receipts from any of the participating restaurants can be brought to the Downtown Collaboration Studio, 431 S. Main St., through Feb. 29. Diners can also text “FOODIE” to (866) 603-4005 and be prompted to send in a picture of their receipt.

Each receipt will receive one entry, eligible for both the weekly and grand prize drawings. Three grand prize winners will be announced and contacted Friday, March 1.

Foodie February, O’Dell said, is also a great way to try out some of Rochester’s newest eateries, including Cafe 3:16, Bitter Tom’s Tasting Room, Saint 1881 and 423 Bar Grill & Rooftop, which is under new ownership.

Foodie February is presented by Love Local Rochester and the Rochester DDA. For more information, contact the Rochester DDA at (248) 656-0060 or downtownrochestermi. com.

Call Staff Writer Mary Beth Almond at (586) 498-1060.

THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDAINS: Section 1. Chapter 54, Utilities, of the Rochester Code shall be amended as follows: Sec. 54-410. - Standards for stormwater management plan approval.

All developments and redevelopments requiring a stormwater plan shall be designed, constructed, and maintained to prevent flooding, minimize stream channel impacts, protect water quality, and achieve the purposes of this ordinance, as stated above. The city has adopted performance standards to meet the objectives of managing the quantity and quality of stormwater runoff from a site as detailed below.

Designers may select any combination of stormwater BMPs which meet the performance standards provided the selections: (1) Comply with the requirements identified in this ordinance; (2) Comply with other local, county 100-year floodplain, state, or federal requirements; and (3) Do not conflict with the existing local stormwater management and watershed plans.

The particular facilities and measures required on-site shall take into consideration the natural features, upland areas, wetlands, and watercourses on the site; the potential for on-site and off-site adverse stormwater impacts, water pollution, and erosion; and the size of the site. (a) On-site stormwater management.

(1) – (3) Unchanged.

(4) The following volume/channel protection criteria shall be met. No net increase in runoff from storm events up to the two-year, 24-hour event from conditions as of the date of the adoption of this ordinance, unless local information and analysis is available such that the city may determine that less than two-year is adequate. a. This volume shall be retained on-site through infiltration within 72 hours, through storage and reuse, through evapotranspiration or a combination. This does not preclude the use of off-site volume controls in accordance with section 54-413 to achieve volume control for storm events that are the same or greater.

(Waivers to this requirement can be found in subsection (c) below.) b. Those granted a waiver shall detain the runoff from storm events up to the two-year, 24-hour event and release over 24 to 36 hours.

(5) The following peak rate/flood control criteria shall be met. The peak discharge rate from all storms up to the 100-year, 24-hour event shall not be greater than discharge rates existing at the time of the adoption of this ordinance. Where the runoff volume is not increased from the conditions as of the date of the adoption of this ordinance, the peak rate corresponding to the same storms is considered controlled. a. If specific watershed conditions require additional peak rate control, the community can 1) restrict the peak discharge from the 100-year, 24-hour event to a fixed release rate of 0.2 cfs/acre; or 2) require additional runoff volume reduction up to the two 100-year, 24-hour storms.

(6) The following water quality criteria shall be met. Water quality criteria are met when retaining the volume control criteria. The Water Quality Volume is the runoff volume from a site based on post-development site conditions of a 1.0inch rainfall event. a. For those areas not retaining the volume criteria, the site shall be designed to remove 80 percent of total suspended solids (TSS) from the stormwater runoff through a combination of BMPs. These BMPs include, but are not limited to: 1. Constructed wetlands/wetland forebays.

2. Retention ponds/extended detention ponds.

3. Filters (sand-peat, underground sand, perimeter sand filter, organic sand, pocket sand filter, gravel, others).

4. Grassed/vegetated swales and channels.

5. Vegetated filter strips.6.

6. Other bioretention BMPs. (7) – (9) Unchanged.

(10) Rainfall Frequency Atlas of NOAA Atlas - 14 shall be used for all applicable stormwater calculations. Other rainfall sources are acceptable with the review and approval of the city.

(11) – (12) Unchanged.

Section 2. SEVERABILITY If any section, subsection, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent portion of this Ordinance, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.

Section 3. REPEAL All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

THIS ORDINANCE shall become effective immediately after publication.

A true copy of this ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the City Clerk at the Rochester Municipal Building, 400 Sixth Street, Rochester, Michigan, 48307, during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, except weekends and holidays.

Made and passed by the City Council of the City of Rochester, State of Michigan, this 22ND day of January 2024.

CITY OF ROCHESTER A Michigan Municipal Corporation By: _________________________________ Stuart Bikson, Mayor By: _________________________________ Lee Ann O’Connor, City Clerk Published: 02/08/2024 Rochester Post

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ing defiant and that they don’t want to run my play. Three or four of the leaders come over and go, ‘Coach, we love the play, but we have to call it Stanley. We want you to have to say Stanley in the game out loud, because the meaning of your grandson and your brother.’”

For the rest of the season, Scislowicz would call out “Stanley” to his team on the sidelines for Van Hoosen’s play, and while some in attendance may not have understood, the impact it made on Scislowicz was immeasurable.

“The blessings to my heart and the meanings of those kids to think something like that, at that point I figured no matter what else happened in the season, mission complete,” Scislowicz said.

The young Van Hoosen players would also give their coach a perfect 11-0 season, Van Hoosen’s second perfect season at the seventh grade level this year after the girls basketball team went 12-0.

Scislowicz said there was one key aspect of his team he felt made them successful.

“The starters really poured into the third group to really make sure that everyone was on the same page, and I just really liked how much they cared and served one another,” said Scislowicz.

Scislowicz may have taken the job to help young players become better men, but little did he know the impact the team would make on him in such a short time.

The members of the seventh grade boys team are Blake Wozniak, Linus Thalman, Andrew Geottes, Max Durda, Brennan Lindstrom, Michael Drake, Mason Eleczko, Kellen Alexander, Brayden Markey, Evan Kuhlman, AJ Bedricky, Brady Hughes, Jacob Rice, Lucas Budrick and Jeremiah Price.

The members of the seventh grade girls team are Maddie Deering, Abby Deering, Juliana Elston, Evelyn Hoener, Ella Hunnicutt, Maddeline LaBrosse, Emilia Oberdier, Natalie Osburn, Leta Rieck, Priscilla Schloff, Kate Seymour, Jessica Soldan, Josie Tull, Grace Wagner, Kennedy Wilson and Eva Wordell.

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The stonefly search provides the watershed council with long-term data on the health of the Clinton River watershed.

“Stoneflies have a low tolerance for pollutants, so by finding a number of winter stoneflies, we can gauge a river’s health or a tributary’s health,” said CRWC Development and Communications Manager Cole Pachucki. “By finding lots of winter stoneflies, that means that the water is generally a little bit healthier. If none are found, it means that there could be something that we’ve got to follow up on, and that can inform what grants we apply for and what restoration work is needed to help locate sources of pollution.”

For example, at the Wolcott Mill testing site, stonefly numbers decreased from 2018 to 2021, but Dean said they’ve been rebounding since then, trending upward in 2022 and 2023.

To help evaluate the overall health of the Clinton River — which covers 760 square miles through Macomb, Oakland, Lapeer, St. Clair and Wayne counties — the watershed council will host its annual winter stonefly search Saturday, Feb. 17.

The council relies on between 50 and 100 volunteers, who form teams and canvass around 12-20 locations along the Clinton River and its tributaries, including Paint Creek and Stoney Creek.

“Volunteers don’t need to come with any experience,” said Pachucki.

This year, volunteers will all meet at the Clinton River Watershed Council office — 1115 W. Avon Road in Rochester Hills — at 9 a.m. Feb. 17 and, based on previous experience, volunteers will receive a short training or team leader refresher to prepare for the search.

Led by team leaders, volunteers of all ages will then split into teams of five to survey sites throughout the watershed to look for the cold-weather creature.

The search will be held regardless of the weather, so all volunteers are asked to dress warmly. All equipment and supplies will be provided, although volunteers are welcome to bring their own waders.

“It’s a fun way to engage volunteers in the cold winter months, because there is not often a lot going on,” said Dean. “It’s a great way to get outside, get familiar with the watershed and the waterways around you, and it’s exciting to learn more about the insects living in the water that you don’t often appreciate.”

See STONEFLIES on page 27A

TOP: The winter stonefly nymph is one of the most sensitive of all aquatic macroinvertebrates that lives in local rivers and streams.

BOTTOM: The watershed council hosts its annual winter stonefly search to help evaluate the overall health of the Clinton River.

Photos provided by the Clinton River Watershed Council

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The search allows volunteers to learn about the ecology and conditions of local streams while helping add to the council’s Adopt-A-Stream data. The CRWC’s Adopt-A-Stream program is a volunteer-based effort that empowers community members to protect local streams and rivers by monitoring the waterways’ health. The watershed council also hosts a number of Adopt-A-Stream trainings in May and in the fall, where volunteers learn how to search for a variety of macroinvertebrates across the watershed.

“This is a really great opportunity for individuals and families to spend some time outside connected to their green spaces and waterways at a time where most other people aren’t and there’s not a lot of programming. This is just one really cool way people can remain active outside, and they can find a volunteer opportunity that’s really unique,” said Pachucki.

Those interested in volunteering are asked to preregister by calling the watershed council at (248) 601-0606 or visiting www.crwc.org/events.

Call Staff Writer Mary Beth Almond at (586) 498-1060.

Deshawn Hammonds, of Detroit, 20, who was charged with one count of armed robbery; Jasmine Latricia Oneal, of Detroit, 29, who was charged with one count of armed robbery; Eric Lamar LambertBennett, of Detroit, 27, who was charged with one count of armed robbery; Desean Shakari Hall, of Eastpointe, 31, who was charged with one count of armed robbery; Andre Demond Jackson, of Detroit, 21, who was charged with one count of unarmed robbery and one count of resisting and obstructing.

Bond was set at $300,000 cash or surety for Lawrence, $100,000 cash or surety for Hammonds, $100,000 cash or surety for Oneal, $300,000 cash or surety for Lambert-Bennett, $100,000 cash or surety for Hall, and $300,000 cash or surety for Jackson.

The charges were issued in 41-A District Court in Sterling Heights, but Troy police said additional charges may be pending in other districts. Their next court dates are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in 41-A District Court.

None of the suspects had retained or been appointed an attorney prior to press time.

Call Staff Writer Brendan Losinski at (586) 498-1068.

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Each bid proposal must be accompanied by a sworn and notarized statement disclosing any familial relationship that exists between owner or any employee of bidder and any member of board of education or superintendent of Rochester Community Schools. Each bid proposal must also include a signed Iran Economic Sanctions Affidavit. The board of education will not accept a bid proposal that does not include this sworn and notarized disclosure statement or the Iran Economic Sanctions.

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All election inspectors must be at least 18 years old and be a qualified and registered elector of the state of Michigan. Inspectors do not need to be a resident of the municipality they choose to work in, but in order to be considered, they cannot have a felony conviction on their record.

Those who meet these requirements and are interested can download an election inspector application for Rochester Hills at www.rochesterhills.org or Oakland Township at www.oaklandtownship.org. Teens ages 16-17 can also work as precinct inspectors with parental or guardian permission and a state of Michigan work permit.

Rochester Hills pays its election inspectors approximately $180-$230 for the day, 6 a.m.-9 p.m., plus $25 for a two-hour training session.

Oakland Township pays its election inspectors approximately $175-$225 a day, 6 a.m.-9 p.m., with a $25 training stipend and a $10 meal stipend provided.

At press time, Rochester Deputy City Clerk Brian D’Annunzio said the city of Rochester has all the election workers it needs for its six precincts.

“We’re pretty lucky, because … a lot of the people have been doing it for years now,” he said.

For more information, call the Rochester Hills City Clerk’s Office at (248) 6564630 or email browns@rochesterhills.org.

The Oakland Township Clerk’s Office can be reached at (248) 651-4440 or elections@ oaklandtownship.org.

Call Staff Writer Mary Beth Almond at (586) 498-1060.

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Clerks in Rochester Hills and Oakland Township are hoping community members will step up to assist this year to make sure precincts and absentee counting boards are adequately staffed.

Oakland Township Clerk Roxanne Thatcher said elections rely on local people being involved.

Oakland Township typically hires around 60-65 election workers for a presidential cycle, with six or seven people assigned to cover each of the township’s eight precincts and at least 10 others on the Absentee Ballot Counting Board.

“Because they put the election in February, some of my snowbirds are still gone … so we are still in need of election workers,” Thatcher said. “I’m probably short around 20 people.”

In the township, inspectors will work with the chairperson, co-chairperson and other inspectors to: set up the precinct on Election Day morning and put everything away at night; have voters fill out an application, check voter ID and direct voters in the precinct; verify voters are eligible to vote and voting in the proper precinct; record voters in the pollbook; assign ballots; help tabulate ballots; and close precincts after voting has ended.

“I’m a true believer in: if you are going to question the process, you should be part of the process. This is a great way to see all of the steps that we follow and all the verifications that we do,” Thatcher said.

NOTICE OF EARLY VOTING FOR THE ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024 ROCHESTER, MICHIGAN TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER: Notice is hereby given that a CITY GENERAL ELELCTION will be held in Rochester on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.

THE EARLY VOTING SITE FOR CITY OF ROCHESTER ELECTORS IS: Municipal Building City Council Chambers 400 Sixth Street Rochester, MI 48307

EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD: Saturday,

2/17

9am to 5pm

Sunday,

2/18

9am to 5pm

Monday,

2/19

9am to 5pm

Tuesday,

2/20

9am to 5pm

Wednesday,

2/21

9am to 5pm

Thursday,

2/22

12 noon to 8pm

Friday,

2/23

9am to 5pm

Saturday,

2/24

9am to 5pm

Sunday,

2/25

9am to 5pm

ELECTION DAY Tuesday,

2/27

7am to 8pm

(Election Day voting will take place at your normal Polling Location) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the City of Rochester will be voting on: • • •

Democratic Party Presidential Primary Republican Party Presidential Primary Local School District Proposal: Rochester Community School District Operating Millage Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of not to exceed 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its full revenue per pupil foundation allowance and restores millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963. Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Rochester Community School District, Oakland and Macomb Counties, Michigan, be renewed by 18.5004 mills ($18.5004 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2025 to 2029, inclusive, and also be increased by .5000 mill ($0.5000 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2025 to 2029, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 18 mills are levied in 2025 is approximately $24,568,063 (this is a renewal of millage that will expire with the 2024 levy and a restoration of millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the “Headlee” amendment to the Michigan Constitution of 1963)? □ Yes □ No Full text of the ballot proposals may be obtained at the Rochester City Clerk’s Office, 400 Sixth Street, Rochester MI, 48307, at www.rochestermi.org, or by telephone 248-651-9061 or 248-733-3700. A sample ballot may be viewed at mi.gov/vote Persons with disabilities needing accommodations should contact the City Clerk’s Office.

Lee Ann O’Connor, City Clerk City of Rochester Michigan

Public Notice Oakland Township Board of Review

Published: 02/08/2024 Rochester Post

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The Oakland Township Board of Review will meet on the following dates for the purpose of reviewing the 2024 property tax assessments.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024 Oakland Township Hall, 4393 Collins Road, Rochester, Michigan 12:00 NOON Organizational Meeting MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2024 Oakland Township Hall, 4393 Collins Road, Rochester, Michigan 1:00 p.m. TO 4:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. TO 9:00 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024 Oakland Township Hall, 4393 Collins Road, Rochester, Michigan 9:00 a.m. TO Noon 1:00 p.m. TO 6:00 p.m.

To schedule an appointment in ADVANCE for the Board of Review, please call Oakland County Equalization at 248-858-0776. The Board of Review will accept written appeals that are received prior to Wednesday, March 13.

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Req’s Bachelor’s in Robotics Eng, Mechanical Eng, Mechanical Eng Technology or closely related fld. Will accept a single degree or any combination of degrees, diplomas, professional credentials or professional exp determined to be equivalent by a qualified evaluation service. Position also req’s 5 yrs exp applying & debugging mach vision & robotics prods & sys in auto env; wkng w/ robotics S/W & ctrls dvlpmt; adjusting robotics function pkgs & grippers; dev’ing hardware & S/W circuitry fr op & sequencing of robots; selecting & validating robotics commctn & ctrls hardware to meet customer specs & prfm criteria; dev’ing testing tools & protocols to eval bld & prfm of circuitry & logic; leading and/or coordinating auto projs and/or prgms involving dvlpmt of adv automation and/or robotics sltns, incl leading and/or coordinating prjct stkhldrs, budgets & scheds, identifying tech risks, & serving as tech interface to customers for rsltn of proj issues; prvdng tech input to sales & mkting stkhldrs for dvlpmt of proposals to auto customers fr advanced automation and/or robotics projs. Up to 10% US travel req’d. Mail resume to Wendy Lauzano-Hertz, FANUC America Corporation, 3900 West Hamlin Rd, Rochester Hills, MI 48309.

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SUPER BOWL ACROSS 1. Desert bloomers 6. Request for tailor 9. Paul Bunyan’s companion 13. Delivered by plane 14. Boiling emotion 15. Match play result?

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71. Modeling material 72. *NFL Honors’ announcement 73. Trento’s Council of ____ DOWN 1. Chlorofluorocarbon, abbr.

2. Alight, past tense 3. Boat mooring spot, e.g.

4. Short for betwixt 5. Wife’s parents 6. Serpentarium noise 7. Time period

8. Hajj destination 9. Hillside, in Scotland 10. “Dream on!” (2 words) 11. Constricting snakes 12. *____ zone 15. Bad blood 20. Post-it user 22. Not miss 24. Street opening 25. *Half-time show entertainer 26. Compass point 27. In spite of the fact, arch.

29. Loads from lodes 31. *CBS announcer and former QB 32. Native American group 33. Famous Bolshevik 34. *Like the Super Bowl players 36. Sonny & Cher, e.g.

38. Ditto 42. Neutral shade 45. With mature appearance 49. Bamboozle 51. Learned one 54. Religious song 56. Defier 57. Not top-shelf 58. On the ocean

59. Deviate 60. Type of tide 61. Peace symbol 62. End of grace 63. *49ers’ conference 65. Short for one time around 67. Short for Arthur

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