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BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com

METRO DETROIT — As part of a big donation from the Children’s Miracle Network, Corewell Health Beaumont Children’s received $1.7 million in grants.

According to a press release, the grant funding will go toward pediatric programs at all Beaumont Children’s hospitals, including locations in Dearborn, Farmington Hills, Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak, Trenton, Taylor, Troy and Wayne.

“It’s basically services that support children in the hospital and their families,” said Director of See BEAUMONT on page 9A Photo provided by Corewell Health Beaumont Children’s

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Royal Oak Ice Show makes its way to ‘Toyland’

BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com

ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Ice Show is making its big return for its 43rd annual event next month.

The ice show will be held May 6-7 at the John Lindell Ice Arena, located at 1403 Lexington Blvd. The

show, put on by the New Edge Figure Skating Club, is titled “Toyland,” which will feature performances set to music inspired by toys and games.

Skating, by nature, is an individual sport, Director Marcia Little said, but with these events, it brings skaters together to put on a show as one big ensemble.

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Melaragni, Buca headline OCFC returners for 2023 season Malvin Gblah battles for control of the ball against a Kalamazoo FC player last July.

Gblah is returning to Oakland County FC this season.

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ROYAL OAK — Just a few weeks away from Oakland County Football Club’s opener against Midwest United on May 13, the club has made multiple roster moves as OCFC fans continue to anticipate whether or not certain fan favorites will be back for the 2023 season.

There’s unfinished business after last season, and nobody has more to prove than forward Mike Melaragni, who was sidelined in 2022 due to a hamstring injury.

Now healthy and ready to take the field, the veteran will enter his fifth year with OCFC as one of the staples of the club.

“It’s really exciting to get some of these guys back,” OCFC general manager Vinnie Vasilevski said. “I was pleasantly surprised that we were able to get these guys back for one more season. You know Mike, him and I were talking on the phone the other day, and he said, ‘I owe you this season.’ It’s awesome, man. Really, it just comes down to the culture. Just a really great group of guys last year, and they’re all friends, they all get along, and you get one of them or two of them to start saying they’re going to play, and it’s just a domino effect.”

Alongside Melaragni, midfielder Kevin Buca, a University of Michigan soccer player, will return for

his fifth season after tallying five goals for the club in 2022.

The longest tenured players with the club, alongside midfielder Demetri Pliakos, Buca and Melaragni, a Western Michigan soccer player, will lead a strong veteran group for OCFC this season.

“It’s pivotal because you need to have the experience, but also the leadership as well,” Vasilevski said.

“You know, Mike (Melaragni) and Kevin (Buca) have been great leaders, and I think that’s something that can get overlooked, especially in a summer league.”

Other key returners include goalkeeper Caleb Norris, who plays collegiately at Butler University, and Tiffin University star midfielder Malvin Gblah, who scored five goals for OCFC in 2022.

With 15 returning players from the 2022 squad, OCFC will have a strong start to the offseason before the team takes the field.

Other returners include (with university listed): Gabe Baylon (Oakland), Alek Markovski (Western Michigan commit), Cullen MacNeil (Harvard), Demetri Pliakos (Detroit Mercy), Bobby Harris (Wisconsin), Rocco Galati (Detroit Mercy), Ben Rosenblatt (Elon), Jack Streberger (Butler), Chase Inscho (Michigan State), Zack Babiak (Michigan State) and Daniel Iyok (Detroit Mercy).

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SECOND FRONT PAGE Royal Oak’s Pam Moore earns statewide distinguished service award

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ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak Schools Athletics Coordinator Pam Moore continues to add to her already impressive resume.

With 35 years in athletics and having been named Athletic Director of the Year by the Oakland County Athletic Directors Association back in December, Moore was selected by the Michigan High School Coaches Association for the 2023 MHSCA Jack Johnson Distinguished Service Award.

The honoree is chosen by fellow coaches to recognize someone who has not only made a lasting impact with both coaches and players, but who continues to exemplify efficiency to the fullest extent in day-to-day operations.

While recognized by her peers for the Oakland County award, Moore said the Jack Johnson Distinguished Service Award holds a special place for her.

“This one is probably a little more meaningful because it’s coming from the coaches association, which is what our business is all about: coaches and kids,” Moore said.

Royal Oak Athletic Director Brian Gordon, who has worked alongside Moore since 1990, introduced her at the ceremony when she won her previous award.

Gordon said it was evident there how many people Moore has impacted during her time in athletics.

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LEFT: The Detroit Marching Band leads the Oakland County Earth Day Climate March in downtown Royal Oak. ABOVE: Environmental groups give out information, ask for signatures for petitions and speak about different issues concerning the environment. For more photos, look for a gallery at candgnews.com.

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First Cinco de Mayo event to be held in Ferndale

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FERNDALE — A first of its kind event in Ferndale will be held to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

The Cinco de Mayo Ferndale Festival will be held across two days at the beginning of next month. It will take place 5-10 p.m. Friday, May 5, and noon-11 p.m. Saturday, May 6, on East Nine Mile Road between Woodward Avenue and Bermuda Street.

The festival will be organized by Mezcal Mexican Bar and Kitchen, a restaurant that opened last year at 201 E. Nine Mile Road. It will feature live music, including a mariachi band, taco trucks, margaritas, dancers and luchadors.

“There hasn’t been a Cinco de Mayo festival in Ferndale. So we wanted to be the first one and bring the culture and food culture to the Ferndale area,” co-owner Sandra Haro said.

“We’re gonna have different vendors, there’s gonna be some other restaurants that are going to be there. … They’re going to be selling earrings or stuff like that, too. We’re gonna have vendors for food, clothes or little things to buy.”

The festival will be the first time a Cinco de Mayo event will be put on in Ferndale, said Director of Special Events Michael Lary.

“What makes it more interesting is, because it’s organized by a Mexican restaurant that’s authentic, the event will be a true authentic experience,” he said.

Lary said Mezcal, owned and operated by Haro and her brother, Jose Granados, saw an opportunity in Ferndale to open their business, and now, a year after it opened, they feel they can do more in the city with this event.

“We obviously embrace that idea of being inclusive to everyone and also celebrating a part of the community at large,” he said. “Like we celebrate gay pride, we celebrate Juneteenth, here we have an opportunity to celebrate another part of our community that matters, and it’s not just for Ferndale, but it’s for the entire southeast Michigan region.”

Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that reminds Mexican people of their culture, Haro said.

While it’s not as big as its Independence Day, which falls on Sept. 16 each year, she said, it’s still important to celebrate.

“We are very excited (for the festival),” Haro stated. “We’re honored that the city of Ferndale let us put this together, and hopefully we put it as they wanted us to be so that way we can do it every year.”

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Berkley man, former teacher found guilty in sexual assault of former students

BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com

BERKLEY — A former teacher and Berkley resident has been found guilty of criminal sexual conduct and distributing sexually explicit material to a minor.

Jason Debandt, 44, was found guilty April 21 in the Oakland County Circuit Court of two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of fourthdegree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of distributing sexually explicit material to a minor for actions against two of his former students in his Berkley home.

Debandt will be sentenced at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 6. His attorney, Steven Vitale, could not be reached for comment at press time.

Berkley Public Safety Detective Lt. Andrew Hadfield said the department was happy that the jury came to its verdict and saw, through

the evidence and the testimony of the women, what Debandt was doing. Hadfield also said that he applauded the bravery of the women who came forward to share what happened.

“There’s numerous girls in this case that were able to come forward with the allegations,” he said.

“The two in BerkDebandt ley, we’re just very happy and proud that the jury saw the way we did, and that (the women) were able to convince them.”

An investigation into Debandt began in September 2020 after former students of his at Clarenceville High School in Livonia came forward with allegations of criminal sexual conduct. Two of those students alleged the acts were committed in Debandt’s Berkley home, leading local police to get involved.

The two women involved in this case were 16-17 years old at the time of the incidents, which took place between 2013 and 2016.

Debandt groomed the students, according to police, by buying them gifts and having them run errands.

The situations escalated to at-home visits, exchanging text messages, sharing nude photos and videos, and sexual contact, according to police.

Hadfield also noted that there are similar allegations from seven other women in other jurisdictions.

According to the 3rd Circuit Court website, Debandt has two cases that are still active in Wayne County after they ended in a hung jury; new pretrial hearings are scheduled to be held on May 5. In three other cases in Wayne County that went to the jury, Debandt was acquitted of the charges against him Call Staff Writer Mike Koury at (586) 498-1077.

MSU researchers work to keep Michigan hops healthy

BY ALYSSA OCHSS AND DEAN VAGLIA

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METRO DETROIT — Michigan farms may be known for crops like cherries and corn, but in recent years, a new homegrown crop has taken the state by storm — the humble, hearty hop.

Originally brought to Michigan over 100 years ago during a homesteading boom, the past 20 years have seen a rise in Michigan hops production. And while Michiganders have been able to reap the rewards of this rise, thanks to breweries macro and micro, things have not gone down entirely smoothly at the hops farms.

Michigan hops are uniquely vulnerable to diseases, a problem caused by the high-moisture environment anyone from the Great Lakes State is well aware of.

“A lot of our cultivars that are currently available at commercial levels were bred and developed for growers in other parts of the world where they don’t receive as much rain,” said Erin Lizotte, Integrated Pest Management coordinator and senior statewide educator with the Michigan State University Extension. “We’re kind of fighting an uphill battle because we have much wetter weather here in Michigan, so we need our breeding program to develop cultivars that are more at home in those wetter environments and more disease resistant to those diseases we see in wetter environments.”

This moisture vulnerability has opened the door for a variety of infections to take hold of the state’s hops crops, the two most pressing being downy mildew and halo blight.

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ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Historical Museum will be hosting a second engagement of “Lincoln, The Man” this weekend.

The museum previously held its Abraham Lincoln exhibit in February, but it will be coming back for another engagement from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the museum, located at 1411 Webster Road.

Reenactor Ron Carley will return as Lincoln. Admission to the exhibit costs $10, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call the museum at (248) 439-1501.

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ROYAL OAK — The public is invited to the dedication of the Fred A. Erb Arboretum at 10 a.m. April 27 at the sign for the arboretum that is just south of the Senior Center parking lot at 3500 Marais Ave. Royal Oak Department of Public Service Director Aaron Filipski will provide welcome statements, John Erb and Tom McGannon will be the guest speakers, and Royal Oak High School students will provide music. Light refreshments will follow the dedication.

Citywide garage sale is coming up

HUNTINGTON WOODS — The city of Huntington Woods will be holding its citywide garage sale May 19-21.

The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day throughout the city. The city advised in a new release that the garage sale typically brings with it more traffic than normal, so people should keep an eye out for pedestrians.

For more information, call the nonemergency line at the Department of Public Safety at (248) 541-1180.

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ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Concert Band’s next show, “Music Across Michigan,” will be performed at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the Royal Oak Middle School auditorium, 709 N. Washington Ave. According to a news release, the performance is a salute to Michigan through classic concert band repertoire and features projected scenes from around the state set to music.

The band, directed by Kevin R. Czarnik, will be performing works by Smokey Robinson, the Jackson 5, the Four Tops, Pierre LaPlante, David R. Gillingham and Leonard B. Smith, as well as its traditional set of marches.

The concert also will have a set by the Woodward Avenue Jazz Orchestra.

Admission costs $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, and is free for children ages 12 and younger. Tickets will be available at the door or online at www.royaloakconcertband.org.

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ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak will be holding a master plan public engagement process May 15-20.

In what the city called a weeklong charrette, the engagement will be held at 205 W. Second St., which is the first floor of the Center Street Garage across from the post office.

The opening presentation will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 15. The following sessions will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. May 16-18 each day, and the closing presentation will be 3-5 p.m. May 20.

“Charrettes are workshops that consist of intense design and public engagement, during which future plans are drafted with stakeholder input and review,” a city posting states. “The master plan process thus far has consisted of listening to stakeholders, analyzing current conditions, and studying previous planning efforts. The charrette is the first step in creating plans for the future, in partnership with the community.”

Residents can visit planroyaloak.com for details on the scheduled public presentations and stakeholder meetings. For accommodation requests or more information, call (248) 246-3285.

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nwanted noise can come from all different directions, whether it is from the road, airplanes or neighbors’ parties.

If your home is located somewhere with bothersome noise, there are several ways to reduce it through natural and man-made products.

Richard A. Kolano, P.E, the principal consultant at Kolano & Saha Engineers, said the length of a sound barrier is important while attempting to reduce noise, especially from a road.

“The sound barrier has to be generally quite long,” Kolano said. “If you have a 50-foot wide lot that backs up against the roadway, unless your neighbors also have a sound barrier that connects to yours and extends along the length of that roadway, your 50-foot length of wall alone is not going to do all that much. That’s why when you see highway road noise barriers there they tend to be fairly long.”

Kolano said the noise-reduction strategy for a yard depends on the geometry of the home relative to the noise source.

“Generally with a sound barrier, there’s an acoustic shadow zone, and the farther out you are from that barrier, the less benefit the barrier provides,” Kolano said. “You need to be in that shadow zone to receive the most benefit.”

Natural barriers

Cameron Judge, the owner of Detroit Landscaping Co., said he tends to prefer

natural solutions to remedy noise issues in a yard.

“I, personally, think the more plant life, the better. It looks better, in my opinion,” Judge said.

One natural solution that landscapers often recommend to reduce noise and provide privacy is planting arborvitaes.

“Arborvitaes are probably the best for that, and they do look really good because they get to a decent size, and it is like a natural wall around your property,” Judge said.

Brianna Carrier, a landscape designer for Visionary Landscaping, said people often plant spruce trees and arborvitaes to reduce noise.

“Spruce trees and arborvitaes grow larger and are denser compared to deciduous shrubs that will lose their leaves in the fall,” Carrier said.

Since dirt is a good sound barrier, Kolano suggested people look into living walls, also known as green walls and vertical gardens. Kolano said these are popular in Europe.

“A living wall is essentially a pile of dirt that is stacked up vertically and has plant materials that grow on both sides of it, so the root structure helps to contain the dirt within that wall,” Kolano said. “The plants don’t do much from an acoustic standpoint.

It’s the dirt that is providing the sound barrier. The plants make it look attractive.”

Local Acre and Vertical Earth Detroit owner Mark Hanford specializes in the design and installation of living walls.

“What I have noticed is, every time that you have a living wall, it has a definite muting (quality),” Hanford said. “It kind of

BELOW: Experts say arborvitae can help reduce noise pollution in yards.

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holds the sound close, and it takes that reflective sound away.”

Fences

Due to the materials, height and density of many fences, they are not as highly recommended by Kolano.

“It’s limited as to when that can be a benefit, because it depends upon the geometry of the home relative to the noise sources, such as the road traffic,” Kolano said. “A fence, per se, isn’t going to do very much. It needs a sound barrier wall, which means it needs to have a significant amount of mass to it that is without penetrations, without separations between boards, for example, that you would have in a fence.”

However, they can provide some benefit,

and if one would like to purchase a fence for the benefits they may be able to provide in reducing noise, there are certain things to keep in mind.

Randy Huyck, the general manager at Action Fence of Michigan, said the best fencing material to reduce noise is stone; however, he said it is expensive, and many communities do not allow it. Other options include wood and vinyl fences.

Huyck said it is best to look for the densest materials available. He also recommends planting things around the fence to help absorb sound.

Renee Hannaford, the office manager of Mr. Fence Inc., and Kevin Temerowski, the owner of Michigan Fence Solutions, both recommended a 6-foot-tall vinyl fence to absorb noise.

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Children’s Miracle Network for Beaumont Children’s Charlotte Alex. “None of it is covered by insurance, so CMN donors fully fund that program.”

Alex stated that every dollar donated to CMN in southeast Michigan will go back into Beaumont pediatric programs, services and equipment. She continued to say CMN has been supporting Beaumont for almost 40 years and that the southeast Michigan community has raised more than $80 million for Beaumont Children’s.

“All local dollars stay local to help local children and their families in their most dire need,” she said. “Child Life Services provides animal-assisted therapy and art therapy, music therapy. They are professionally trained … child-life specialists who come into the room and bring sunshine, they bring smiles and laughs, they help a child cope with an upcoming procedure.”

Dr. Matthew Denenberg, the chair of pediatrics at Corewell Health East, said the grant funding allows the hospitals to continue to develop the cancer center, neurosciences program, neonatology units and intensive care unit so they can continue to provide care to children without having to leave the area.

“The whole goal is to —and that’s why Children’s Miracle Network exists — is to raise funds so that children can be treated locally,” he said. “They can be treated appropriately and expertly locally. And that’s been the benefit. We’ve been able to develop these services over the years right here in southeast Michigan so patients don’t have to leave the area.”

Items that will be funded through these grants include bedside monitors, a neonatal intensive care unit milk bank room, surgical camera heads, sleep recliners, pediatric laryngoscopy, an infant phototherapy radiometer, and a bike day, which provides customized adaptive bikes for children who have special needs.

Denenberg also is a practicing physician who works in emergency medicine in Royal Oak. For the Royal Oak Children’s Hospital, he said this latest round of funding will help it with getting critical care monitors.

“This last cycle is helping us with … (the) Child Life Program, which is huge,” he said. “Child Life is such an important part of the work that we do taking care of kids in our emergency department and in our inpatient units when kids are in sick. It’s supporting our operating room, our pediatric or children’s operating rooms to make sure that we have the right equipment and supplies for our, this time around for example, for our (ear, nose and throat) doctors to make sure they’re taking appropriate care of, proper care of children with the ENT problems. So it’s also being used this time around for our oncology program.”

Alex said that without this grant funding, it’s likely that none of these programs would exist, and they didn’t exist before Children’s Miracle Network.

“Most of (the $80 million raised) is $1 at a time through our corporate partners and our event sponsors and our event attendees,” she said. Sponsors include Speedway, Costco, Walmart, Sam’s Club, IHOP and Panda Express.

“That’s where the majority of that money comes from, from our community, and we’re grateful,” she said.

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“Downy mildew has been around since the beginning,” Lizotte said. “I’d say that’s the disease we have spent the most resources and time on tackling, and I think we’ve gotten to a point where growers are able to manage downy mildew effectively on-farm.”

Downy mildew shows up as a fuzzy spore mass on leaves, turning the undersides black. It has proven very resistant to winter conditions, so early-season pruning has proven to be the most effective way of preventing its spread. MSU research has also allowed farmers to begin using plants more resistant to downy mildew infections.

While downy mildew is an old problem for hops growers, halo blight is the new troublesome fungus on the scene. MSU researcher Timothy Miles was the first to take notice of the disease in 2018. It shows up as black splotches on leaves and kills hops flowers in a way that leaves only parts close to the stem untouched — a green halo atop a pale infected cone.

“Since (2018), his lab and crew have been sussing out what (halo blight’s) life cycle looks like, as well as how we can potentially control it in hopyards,” Lizotte said.

While the search for the secret to stopping halo blight is ongoing, MSU researchers have made strides in combating hops-affecting viruses. Carolyn Malmstrom’s work in the field led to her developing hops virus testing protocols, allowing growers to send samples to MSU for testing and diagnosis.

As it stands, the surefire way of fighting disease on hops is by preventing it from taking hold. Farms, nurseries and other growers can keep plants and seeds sanitized, infected leaves and flowers can be pruned away and disposed of, and fungicides can be applied to plants to kill whatever lingering disease remains. But Lizotte said the goal of MSU’s scientists is to have plants become naturally immune to common diseases.

“I don’t want to call it a Band-Aid, what we’re doing now in terms of fungicides and cultural management practices, but we’re also really hopeful that, down the road, we can start to transition to cultivars that are just more at home and happy growing in Michigan,” Lizotte said.

Until then, frequent vegetation management and other prevention methods are the best way of ensuring large, quality crop yields.

Todd Parker, the head brewer at Rochester Mills Beer Co., said they go through Michigan hops providers when they can and that the state of Michigan has a good hop industry.

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Halo blight can be seen on hops cones. The recently discovered fungal disease kills hops crops, leaving a “halo” of green at the top of the cone while the rest dies. portant,” Parker said. “A lot of the suppliers are good about keeping the diseased hops out of the system.”

Jeremey Lewis, the brewer and co-owner of the Copper Hop Brewing Co. in St. Clair Shores, and co-owner Ryan Balicki said in emails that they couldn’t speak about the overall health of hops in the state. But Lewis said they use 45th Parallel as the distributor for their in-state hops — this includes Cascade, Centennial, Mittelfruh and Fuggle varieties — and that they’ve never had a problem.

“I typically order what I need for the coming year in October after the harvest,” Lewis said in an email. “I have never had an issue with being able to get what I need. The quality has been outstanding and year to year very consistent.”

Brian Tennis, owner and founder of Hop Alliance, said it was too early to tell how the crops for this year will do, but that last year was one of their best harvests yet because of good weather and other factors.

He said their hops weren’t affected by diseases last year.

“Fortunately, not for us,” Tennis said.

“We’re up right up in the Leelanau (Peninsula), like right around the 45th Parallel, so we really haven’t seen a lot of the damages that some of the other farmers in the state have.”

Lizotte says MSU researchers have been involved in studying hops since “day one” of the plant’s return to the Mitten State in the 2000s, planting the seeds for what has become a strong partnership between the growing industry and academia.

“The partnership between the university and the industry is really critical to both of us,” Lizotte said. “We really take our lead from the industry on what their priority needs are.

Without the industry of research at MSU, I don’t think we would have a hops industry in Michigan.”

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APRIL 26

Royal Oak Nature Society fundraiser: Refreshments and nonalcoholic cash bar, silent and live auction, and 50-50 raffle, 7-10 p.m., Royal Oak Farmers Market, 11 Mile Road and Troy Street, romi.gov/463/ Annual-Fundraiser

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Royal Oak Symphony Orchestra: Spring concert, also season finale, 8-10 p.m., Royal Oak Middle School, 709 N. Washington Ave., royaloakorchestra.org, (248) 549-0262

MAY 6

CF Education Day: For caregivers and friends of people with cystic fibrosis, includes lunch, meetups with artists and giveaways, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Bamboo, 220 S. Main St. in Royal Oak, registration required, www.thebonnell foundation.org Spring Wildflower Walk: 2 p.m., Tenhave Woods at Quickstad Park, Normandy Road and Custer Avenue in

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Royal Oak Musicale: Concert at 7:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 814 N. Campbell Road, royaloakmusicale.com

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Car show/fundraiser for Vietnam vets: Also dinner, concessions, raffles and more, 3-7:30 p.m., USMA/ Knights of Columbus, 870 N. Main St. in Clawson

MAY 27

Mushroom Walk: 10 a.m., Tenhave Woods at Quickstad Park, Normandy Road and Custer Avenue in Royal Oak, naturesociety@romi.gov, (248) 246-3380, romi. gov/411/Nature-Walks

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Used book sale is this weekend HUNTINGTON WOODS — The Friends of the Huntington Woods Library are having a used book sale from noon to 4 p.m. April 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 29 and 1-2 p.m. April 30 at the library, 26415 Scotia Road. Adult books cost $1 each and children’s books cost 50 cents apiece. Sunday will be a bag sale. For $3, shoppers will be able to fill up a bag with books that day. All proceeds will support library programs. Call (248) 543-9720 for more information.

Knit Michigan to hold fundraiser CLAWSON — Knit Michigan will be hosting an open house and celebration fundraiser from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Yarn Stop, 25 S. Main St. Knit Michigan is a nonprofit organization “dedicated to supporting cancer patients and their families by making, collecting, and donating comfort items,” a press release states.

The event will feature fundraising opportunities including a silent auction, social knitting and crocheting, a pillow-stuffing table, and various vendors.

“Knit Michigan has donated over 15,000 comfort items, including chemo caps, breast cancer pillows, Knitted Knockers, and blankets used in the infusion rooms. The comfort items are hand-made and have been gifted to cancer centers around the state free of charge,” the release states.

More information on the event can be found at fb.me/e/3x9WPgnB8. games May 20, June 3-10 and July 1, 8 and 16, Royal Oak High School Stadium, 1500 Lexington Blvd., oaklandcountyfc.com Royal Oak Farmers Market: 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, also antiques and collectibles 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays, food truck rally 4-8 p.m. every second Wednesday of month through October (4-9 p.m. May-August), and concerts 4-9 p.m. May 10, June 14, July 12 and Aug. 9, 316 E. 11 Mile Road, ROFM on Facebook, (248) 246-3276 Clawson Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. May 21, June 11 and 25, July 9 and 23, and Aug. 13 and 27, Clawson City Park, 935 N. Custer

Yoga Peer Support Group: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Fridays until Dec. 15, Clawson Hunter Community and Senior Center, 509 Fisher Court, yogisconnect@gmail.com, (248) 733-4599 Widowed Friends breakfasts: 9:30 a.m. every second and fourth Wednesday of month, The Avenue Family Restaurant, 31253 Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak, RSVP to Marilyn at (248) 543-1018 Postpartum support group: For new moms (babies 12 months or less), lap babies welcome, 1-3 p.m.

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ar enthusiasts who have an affection for vintage vehicles might want to race over to Stahls Automotive Collection.

The museum is the creation of businessman Ted Stahl, who — during his childhood — developed an interest in automobiles and who — as an adult — began collecting antique cars. The car buff, whose grandfather once owned a garage, wanted to share his passion with others, so in 2006, he opened Stahls Automotive Collection in St. Clair Shores.

Five years later, the museum relocated to Chesterfield Township to accommodate the growing collection.

“He’s always been drawn to mechanical things and loves the artistry and engineering behind these historical vehicles,” General Manager Terri Coppens said via email. “He wants to keep the history alive.”

The Stahls Automotive Foundation is a nonprofit organization designed to preserve, restore and exhibit specific vintage vehicles of the 20th Century.

Stahls Automotive Collection is open from 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of the month. There is no cost to visit, but donations are welcome. Visitors can tour the exhibit at their own pace. Staff members keep everything running smoothly, and there’s a group of volunteer docents who share interesting details about the vehicles.

Every piece inside Stahls Automotive Collection tells a story: the one-ofa-kind cars, roadside memorabilia, historic gasoline pumps and shiny chrome.

According to Administrative Assistant Chloe Gieraga, there are approximately 220 cars in the collection, but not all are on the floor at the same time.

“Ted is constantly buying more, so the number changes,” Gieraga said.

“We do swap the cars, and some are in storage, so when people come back, they are sure to see some new ones.”

Sometimes, too, the prized possessions are lent out to different car shows.

“Most of the cars do come from auctions, but some come from classic car dealers or even private sellers. Some have been purchased from overseas, but the majority have been in the U.S.,” Coppens said. “For the most part, we look for things that will tell the story of automotive history. Also things that will bring joy to others.”

The temperature and humidity inside the museum are controlled to keep the cars in mint condition.

“Our staff and volunteers do a great job taking care of the cars and making sure they look pristine,” Coppens said.

Early in the tour, visitors view a 1904 Oldsmobile Model 6C CurvedDash Runabout and a 1910 Buick Model F Touring right next to it. In anSee STAHLS on page 15A

Photos by Patricia O’Blenes

The purple-blue 1919 “Fatty” Arbuckle Pierce-Arrow was custom made for silent film actor Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle, known to his fans as “Fatty.”

ABOVE: The Chrysler Turbine, an experimental two-door hardtop coupe powered by a turbine engine, is one of the most-viewed cars at Stahls Automotive Collection in Chesterfield Township.

LEFT: The Tucker sedan had a rear engine, shatterproof glass and independent four-wheel suspension.

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Thief steals glass blowtorch

ROYAL OAK — A complainant reported that between noon March 1 and 5 p.m. April 19, an unknown person entered the complainant’s unlocked garage in the 1600 block of Genesee Avenue, near 14 Mile and North Campbell roads, and stole a glass blowtorch valued at $2,000.

Vehicles, items stolen on Midtown Circle

ROYAL OAK — A complainant reported that between 10 p.m. April 17 and 11:35 a.m. April 18 in the 1700 block of Midtown Circle, near 14 Mile and North Campbell roads, an unknown person stole the complainant’s unlocked 2016 Jeep Cherokee, which had the keys inside it.

A complainant reported that between 6 p.m. and 9:57 p.m. April 18 in the 1700 block of Midtown Circle, an unknown person stole his locked 2021 Ford Explorer.

And a complainant reported that between 7 p.m. April 17 and 12:08 a.m.

April 18 in the 1700 block of Midtown Circle, an unknown person stole the complainant’s umbrella, tracksuit, key fob and

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backpack from one unlocked vehicle, and miscellaneous paperwork from the complainant’s other unlocked vehicle.

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Laptop stolen

ROYAL OAK — A complainant reported that between 9:34 p.m. April 17 and 7:20 a.m. April 18 in the 1800 block of West 14 Mile Road, an unknown person stole the complainant’s laptop and duffel bag from the complainant’s unlocked vehicle.

Thief takes leaf blower

ROYAL OAK — A complainant reported that between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. April 20 in the 11000 block of North Campbell Road, an unknown person stole a leaf blower while the complainant was working on a property.

Vehicle vandalized

ROYAL OAK — A complainant reported that between 5:30 p.m. April 13 and 5:30 p.m. April 14 in the 2400 block of North Vermont Avenue, near North Campbell and 12 Mile roads, an unknown person poured a tar-like substance on their vehicle.

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Royal Oak’s Pamela Moore and Brian Gordon celebrate Moore being named Oakland County Athletic Director of the year Dec. 15 at Oakland County’s Holiday Party and Awards Ceremony. Moore recently was named the 2023 Michigan High School Coaches Association Jack Johnson Distinguished Service Award winner.

“As a person, she’s a phenomenal individual who truly cares about people,” Gordon said. “She has a servant leadership mindset. At the Oakland County AD ceremony when she was announced, I had the privilege of introducing her, and the number of people she has impacted, and I had them stand up in the room, and there was nobody sitting in a chair.”

Moore will be honored for her Michigan High School Coaches Association award Sept.

17 at the annual MHSCA Hall of Fame banquet, which will be held at the Bovee Center at Central Michigan University.

Gordon said Moore is a staple of Royal Oak athletics.

“It’s scary to think about the day when she walks out the door because she retires,” Gordon said.

“She’s irreplaceable, no doubt.”

Call Staff Writer Jonathan Szczepaniak at (586) 498-1090.

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Ice show

A group of kids work together during a rehearsal April 21 for the annual Royal Oak Ice Show.

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Photo by Donna Dalziel

“We’re moving to the process of making sure we have all our props in order. We did the walkthrough at the rink as far as where the curtains are going and our lighting and all our kind of backstage stuff, because you have to have that for it to be successful. So we’re on top to have a good, successful show this season,” she said.

The ice show will take place at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7. Tickets, which can be purchased at the arena, cost $12 for people ages 13 and up, $10 for ages 6-12 and free for children under the age of 6.

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together as a group to be able to rehearse and feel comfortable in front of that audience,” she said of the rehearsal process. “The rest of the majority of skaters are individual skaters.

So this gives everybody that opportunity to get comfortable with everybody on the ice.”

The show features about 90 skaters, ranging from kids as young as 4 to graduating high schoolers and adults.

One of those skaters is Ruby Dingman, an 18-year-old senior from Royal Oak High School who’s been a member of the skating club for about five years. She skated a bit as a child, but got back into the sport after going to an open skate with some friends five years ago, when she realized she missed skating.

Dingman called shows like “Toyland” a lot of fun because it’s a social event for the skaters, as opposed to competitive skating events, which are more solitary.

“It’s a lot of work,” she said. “We’re in the rink every day for the ice show rehearsals.

They’re super fun. I mean, I don’t think anybody ever really has nerves about (the show).

It’s just more of like a fun thing for all of us to do together.”

Dingman’s roles in “Toyland” will be as one of the skaters featured in a superhero-inspired performance, and she will have a solo performance as a ballerina. Three other graduating seniors, Shayley Bammel, of Ferndale; Grace Garska, of Berkley; and Grace Liu, of Troy, will have solo performances.

Based on rehearsals, everything has been going really well, Dingman said.

“Every show is a little bit different,” she stated. “I think all the themes require a little bit of creativity to make it match, but this one in particular has been pretty open-ended as to what our costumes are. So I think we’ve all had a lot of fun picking them out, figuring out what we’re going to do.”

Little concurred, saying the skaters are good to go and they’re moving on to making sure that the other aspects of the show are ready.

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other spot rests a 1919 Pierce-Arrow Model 66 A-4 Tourer, and spectators also can check out a 1935 Brewster Town Car. As for Coppens, her favorite car is the 1931 Cord LeGrande Speedster.

“Most people know it because it has a bar in the door,” she said.

Currently, the museum only has a few muscle cars, but plans are in the works to add more.

“We are slowly trying to for the car buffs who like those cars,” Gieraga said.

Staff is trying to add more kid-friendly interactive activities. One example was the Halloween Trunk-Or-Treat last fall.

The building also has a room dedicated to vintage organs — another of Stahls first loves — that play music periodically throughout the day.

‘It was fit for a king.’

Other treasures that really attract visitors are the 1948 Tucker sedan and the 1963 Chrysler Turbine car. The Turbine was an experimental two-door hardtop coupe powered by a turbine engine that didn’t catch on in the industry.

Docent Jack Haynes said just 51 Tuckers were made under automobile entrepreneur Preston Tucker and “only 47 survived.”

It also gave the Big Three competition.

“It was recognized as a good car. The car is very sturdy, like a tank,” Haynes said. “It’s a rear engine, very roomy, has shatterproof glass and independent four-wheel suspension. There are all kinds of safety features.”

But one safety feature was left out: seatbelts. As Haynes explained, Tucker was told, “If you put in seatbelts, people are going to think this is dangerous.”

Another slice of nostalgia is the 1965 Kirkham AC Cobra, which docent Duane Sabella is knowledgeable about. One plus to volunteering at the museum is hearing the “very interesting stories” of people visiting the museum.

Trey Brand is the museum’s historian and is always glad to share narratives about each car.

“The higher-end cars were built custom for one person,” Brand said.

The purple-blue 1919 “Fatty” Arbuckle Pierce-Arrow, for instance, is a standout and was custom-made for silent film actor Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle, best known as “Fatty.”

“It was fit for a king,” Brand said. “Like a lot of wealthy people at the time, he had

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The car stayed in top condition. “Because Roscoe lived in Los Angeles, he didn’t have to deal with bad weather,” Brand said.

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Passenger points gun at valet driver

SOUTHFIELD — At 11:55 p.m. April 1, officers were dispatched to a lounge in the 29000 block of Northwestern Highway. The reporting party was a valet driver who was approached by an upset customer complaining about damage done to his driver’s side mirror.

The valet driver snapped the mirror back into place. The driver seemed to be appeased by this action. However, a passenger who was intoxicated was not. He approached the valet driver and demanded money to remedy the situation.

The valet driver explained that he was not the one who had parked the vehicle and advised the suspect to speak with the manager.

The suspect lifted his hoodie to reveal a handgun in his waistband and then proceeded to verbally threaten the valet driver. The valet driver then took an undisclosed amount of money from his pocket and handed it to the suspect. The suspect reached into the victim’s pocket and took the remaining money from his pocket before driving off in the black Mercedes at high speed.

An investigation was ongoing.

Two arrested after reportedly stealing ice cream from gas station

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Bloomfield Township police officers took a report of a retail fraud from a gas station in the 3900 block of Telegraph Road at approximately 4 p.m. April 1.

The gas station reported that a man and a woman had stolen ice cream from the gas station and left in a light-blue SUV. Officers immediately observed the SUV leaving the gas station and driving north on Telegraph Road and initiated a traffic stop, discovering the vehicle had a stolen license plate affixed to it. Both suspects were taken into custody.

During a search of the suspect vehicle, officers found a stolen credit card, narcotics, narcotics equipment and prescription pills that did not belong to either suspect. Police said the stolen credit card

and prescription pills were linked to larcenies from vehicles that had occurred approximately one-hour prior in the area of Maple and Telegraph roads.

Overseas traveler returns to unknown woman in her home

BIRMINGHAM — At approximately 5:20 p.m. April 4, an officer was dispatched to take a larceny report in the 800 block of East 14 Mile Road.

A 32-year-old woman reported that upon returning from a trip, she found her residence occupied by an unknown female.

The unknown subject stated that she had rented the house through a rental website. Upon the unknown subject vacating the residence, the victim advised that her friend lists the residence on multiple rental websites while she is away.

The victim reported that several items were missing from the residence, totaling approximately $6,300. An investigation was ongoing.

Caller impersonates police officer

WEST BLOOMFIELD — On March 31, the West Bloomfield Police Department received several calls from residents stating that they were receiving calls from an individual claiming to be a police officer from the West Bloomfield Police Department.

The caller was attempting to get funds from residents due to their “criminal citations.”

The caller stated that the residents had not shown up for court and that they needed to pay a fine.

Four separate residents reportedly immediately realized that it was a fraud and disconnected the call.

The case was turned over to detectives.

Police make drug arrest

BERKLEY — A 51-year-old Detroit woman was arrested for possession of crack cocaine at 12:19 a.m. April 7 near Catalpa Drive and Gardner Avenue.

According to the report, police observed an unknown person approach a running vehicle at

Catalpa and Coolidge Highway. The encounter was approximately 10-20 seconds, according to the police report. The subject left while the vehicle began traveling on Catalpa. Police believed the vehicle to be the same one in which the driver had been arrested for possession of crack cocaine several weeks prior.

Police pulled over the vehicle. When asked by police, the driver confirmed that her license was suspended. She reportedly said the person she spoke to when police were watching was someone who owed her money. At some point during a search of the vehicle, according to the report, police found a suspected rock of crack cocaine. The woman was placed under arrest.

Police also arrested the woman for driving while her license was suspended and having open intoxicants in a motor vehicle.

Couple arrested for retail fraud, possession of meth, carrying a concealed weapon and child endangerment

ROCHESTER HILLS — Deputies responded to a store in the 2500 block of South Adams Road at 4:35 p.m. March 27 on the report of a retail fraud.

Loss prevention personnel, which had two individuals in their office waiting for deputies to arrive, said they saw a man and a woman taking items offered for sale. The man, a 32-year old from Flint, removed the anti-theft device from a video game and concealed the game, with other items, on his person.

He was also found to be in possession of an Alpha key used to remove anti-theft devices.

The woman, a 31-year-old from Flint, had also concealed items in her purse. Per further investigation, she was found to be in possession of a small vial of suspected methamphetamine. Both were taken into custody without incident.

Both individuals advised that their children were waiting for them in a vehicle in the store parking lot.

The grandparents of the children were contacted and recovered the children.

An inventory search of the vehicle revealed

narcotics paraphernalia and a loaded pistol under the passenger seat.

The vehicle was impounded. The recovered paraphernalia and a pistol were transported and logged into property. The suspects were transported to the Oakland County Jail for processing and housing.

Suspect allegedly flees from officers

TROY — Troy police officers responded to a possible medical run after a caller reported that a Buick Regal was stopped in the center of the Interstate 75 off-ramp near Rochester Road.

Upon arrival, officers found the vehicle stopped on the exit ramp approximately 200 feet from the intersection, and they knocked on the window to try to wake the driver. He awoke and proceeded to drive away. Officers pursued the vehicle, and he pulled over into a parking lot three-quarters of a mile away.

The driver denied seeing officers on the exit ramp or being stopped with his eyes closed, despite having been spotted by officers minutes before.

The driver was asked to perform several sobriety evaluations, which he performed poorly. He submitted to a preliminary breath test, with a result of a 0.12% blood alcohol content. The driver was arrested and transported to the police lockup, where he refused to take a chemical breath test. A search warrant to complete the blood draw was prepared and granted.

His blood was drawn by medical personnel.

The driver was charged with one count of fleeing and eluding - fourth degree and one count of operating while intoxicated.

Sunglasses stolen from bar urinal

NOVI — A man submitted an online police report after his sunglasses were stolen from a urinal at the Sedona Taphouse, located at 27466 Novi Road in Novi, at 6 p.m. April 7. According to the report, the man put his sunglasses on top of the urinal when he went to use the restroom and forgot to pick them back up. According to the report, when he returned to claim them, the sunglasses were gone. No further information was available.

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NURSE SAVES LIFE DURING ART CLASS

TROY — The quick thinking of a nurse saved the life of a 29-year-old man in Troy March 19.

Lindsay Nagle was attending an art class in the basement of a Troy home when one of the other attendees suffered a sudden heart attack. She administered CPR on him until he was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.

Brighton resident Julie Chapman, the sister of the homeowner, was a witness to the event.

“My youngest son is an art teacher,” she said. “He was doing a painting class and a young man there had a heart attack. One of the girls attending, Lindsey, is an ICU nurse, a friend of my sister, and did CPR and saved his life.”

Chapman said that the art student is now recovering well and that the expertise of Nagle saved his life.

“We just want to thank her and get her some recognition for what she had done,” said Chapman. “It was quite an ordeal. If not for her, this boy would be dead.”

Photo provided by Julie Chapman

HELP PRESERVE LOCAL HISTORY AKA Sorority Inc. to hold community baby shower

NOVI/EASTPOINTE — The Omega Epsilon Omega Chapter in Novi of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. will host a community baby shower at the Novi Civic Center, located at 45175 W. 10 Mile Road, at 2 p.m. April 30. The event will benefit the Gianna House Foundation, which provides shelter and outreach services to at-risk pregnant moms and infants under 1 year of age.

The foundation’s building, located at 21357 Redmond Ave. in Eastpointe, sustained extensive damage Dec. 26, 2022, when the pipes on its old boiler burst, resulting in massive water damage to all four floors of the building. The organization also lost all of its accumulated charitable donations for moms and infants.

To donate, visit the Gianna House Foundation baby registry on Amazon. Monetary donations are also accepted. For more information, call LaRhonda Richardson at (248) 686-8959 or LeKisha Maxwell at (313) 220-0399.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe-area Questers are teaming up with the Grosse Pointe Historical Society to host a spring yard sale with proceeds to benefit preservation and restoration of the interior of the Provencal-Weir House, the oldest house in the Pointes.

The sale will take place on the GPHS campus — which includes the new GPHS administration and archives building and the Provencal-Weir House at 375 and 376 Kercheval Ave., respectively, in Grosse Pointe Farms — from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 29 and noon to 5 p.m. April 30.

Entitled “Je Ne Sais Quoi,” the sale will include vintage and new items.

Photos by Eric Stroh will also be available for purchase.

Community members who’d like to contribute new or used items for the sale can do so by bringing them to the Provencal-Weir House no later than 9:30 a.m. April 29. Items should be priced in advance. Portable tables to display items for the sale are needed as well, if anyone has a table to share with the GPHS for the sale. For more information, visit www.gphistorical.com.

APRIL IS THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed April as the Month of the Military Child, which recognizes the

important role military children play in supporting their families during deployments, relocations and other challenging circumstances.

According to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul D. Rogers, adjutant general and director of the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, there are more than 17,000 children of service members in Michigan who are directly affected by military deployment.

Local communities are encouraged to schedule activities in support of military children. That could include promoting the Month of the Military Child on websites along with links to resources for military families, special announcements at spring sporting events, or military-themed projects and observances at home or in schools.

The DMVA synchronizes strategic, legislative and fiscal initiatives designed to build and sustain military readiness, care and advocacy for veterans and cultivate purposeful partnerships. Branch operations include Michigan Veteran Homes, Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, Army National Guard and Air National Guard which stand in support of the department’s mission to serve every member. For more information, visit michigan.gov/dmva.

BLAIR BAZAAR LOOKING FOR VENDORS CLAWSON — The Blair Memorial Library is seeking vendors to participate in its second annual Blair Bazaar event, which is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 21, at the library, 416 N. Main St. Vendors will be able to sell items ranging from artwork, crafts and collectibles to flea market or estate sale items, perennial plants and baked goods. People can bring a table, tent and chair to set up a booth.

Vendors will be provided with two parking spaces at the event, and spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis until April 30.

People can drop off an application and $40 donation to the Friends of the Blair Memorial Library at the library checkout desk.

The application can be found at the event’s Facebook page. For more information and to ask questions, contact Jeanne Nenadovich at (248) 275-9661.

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