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ST. CLAIR SHORES — A request for a special land use and site plan approval for a 40-unit, five-story condominium development by Jefferson Plaza LLC was tabled by

the St. Clair Shores City Council on March 20 after a 5-2 vote.

Councilwoman Candice Rusie and Councilman John Caron voted no to table it.

According to the Planning Commission’s agenda from the previous meeting, the condominium, proposed to be at 24101 Jef-

ferson Ave., north of Nine Mile Road, is not within zoning standards — hence, the need for the special land use request.

At the City Council meeting, 19 residents voiced their concerns about the proposed condominium with many more of their neighbors in attendance. Only two ap-

proved of the new structure while the others spoke out against it.

Those who spoke brought up various points, ranging from potential disruptions and unsightliness to lack of space and increased traffic.

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Governor joins Lake Shore school’s roundtable discussion

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ST. CLAIR SHORES — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer came to Rodgers Elementary in the Lake Shore Public Schools district for a roundtable discussion with students, teachers and parents on March 21.

She was greeted by students and teachers from all around the district including the marching band and cheerleading team as well as a few students dressed as the district and school mascots.

Superintendent Joseph DiPonio led the discusSee ROUDNTABLE on page 10A Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

Lake Shore welcomed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to Rodgers Elementary by lining the hallways on the way to the media center.

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SECOND FRONT PAGE St. Isaac Jogues teacher wins Amazing Catholic Educator award

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ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Isaac Jogues fourth grade teacher Linda Blackburn recently won the Amazing Catholic Educator award, and the students and staff couldn’t be more excited.

Blackburn, who has been teaching

going on 30 years, said the nomination and the award came as a complete surprise to her.

“Even the day that I actually won the award, they kept it a big secret,” Blackburn said. “And so we watched, it was on Zoom, and we watched and I really had no idea that I was going to be called out.”

After the virtual meeting, Blackburn said they took her to the gym where the entire student body was there waiting to celebrate her and the award.

The students were given potato chips as a celebration snack, and they spoke about what they liked about Blackburn.

Some had banners in her honor.

Blackburn wanted to mention that

though she won the award, she knows there are so many Catholic educators within the Archdiocese of Detroit who deserved the award as well.

“Although I was nominated and I won this award, there are so many excellent Catholic educators that are out in the AOD that it was, it was very kind See TEACHER on page 16A

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Army engineers, county join forces to fight shoreline muck

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HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Green, stinky and ruining whatever it touches: That has been the calling card of the algae terror of Lake St. Clair, known so far only as Lyngbya.

The lake muck showed up around 10 years ago and has plagued communities from Harrison Township to St. Clair Shores ever since.

“Lifestyles have changed because of this,” Macomb County Commissioner Barbara Zinner said. “People come here for the water, they love the water, and you can be 200 feet out and the Lyngbya has changed their lifestyle.

“It is taking over our lake. It’s taking over our lives,” Zinner added.

Soon, it might be the muck that needs to change.

The Macomb County Department of Public Works has entered into a partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study Lyngbya. Taking place

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources had to close the boat launch in Harrison Township for repairs and reconfiguration due to algae growths.

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BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores Lake Shore boys swim and dive has been continuously progressing each year, and their 2023 campaign brought home an achievement that has never been done in the program’s history.

On Feb. 24 at Lake Shore High School, Lake Shore earned first place in the Macomb Area Conference-Silver league meet by 14.5 points.

Lake Shore was a perfect 4-0 this season in league play to tally the school’s first outright league-winning season in school history.

“It was just a smile for everyone,” senior Ryan Peters said. “Our coach was more than happy about it, and we just took in every moment with it as far as pride goes.”

Sophomore Arber Buzi was electric at the MAC-Silver meet, tallying two firstplace finishes in the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly.

Buzi, who lost only one race this season, led Lake Shore in points this year and will be a force in the MAC the next two years.

“He’s a phenomenal swimmer,” Lake Shore coach Robert Couck said. “He’s on pace to have a real shot at our records when he’s a senior.”

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CRIME WATCH

Vehicle theft reported on Nine Mile Road

At 11:59 a.m. on March 22, a report was made about a vehicle theft that happened in the 19000 block of Nine Mile Road on March 17.

The victim, a 45-year-old man, said at around 5 p.m., he parked at a gas station. He left the vehicle running and unlocked with the keys inside as he went into the gas station for two minutes. During that time, he saw someone drive away in his vehicle. He was unable to find the correct paperwork to report the theft, hence the delay.

Police entered the vehicle into a database as stolen.

Vehicle taken from home on Harmon Street

At 7:15 a.m. on March 18, a report was made about a vehicle theft that happened in the 26000 block of Harmon Street between March 17 and March 18.

Officers spoke with a 48-year-old man who said he asked his son, 23, why the garage door was open. When his son went to check, he saw that his vehicle was stolen and his father’s vehicle had its passenger side window broken out.

The vehicle was last seen by the son at approximately 11:30 p.m. the previous night. A handgun was also in one of the compartments in the car. The son didn’t know who would steal the vehicle and the

father said they lost the remote for the garage door, which could be how the suspects got in.

The last ping of the vehicle’s locator showed it was in Highland Park. Officers spoke with a neighbor, a 42-year-old woman, who said she saw the garage door open at approximately 4:30 a.m. when she let her dog out.

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Burglary reported on Gary Lane

At 8:37 p.m. on March 17, a report was made about a burglary that happened in the 22000 block of Gary Lane between March 16 and March 17.

Upon arrival, an officer spoke to the victim, a 41-year-old man, who said his wallet and keys were stolen from his home.

He reportedly got home at around 8 p.m. on March 16 and set his wallet and his keys on his China cabinet. When he woke up the next day, both were missing. He said that both his windows and doors were locked during the night.

The man said his wallet had $138 and three forms of identification in it.

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Correction

In the March 22 St. Clair Shores Sentinel, the date for the Easter egg hunt hosted by the St. Clair Shores Fire Department, in collaboration with St. Clair Shores Parks and Recreation, should have been listed as Saturday, April 8.

Annual Public Notice of Career and Technical Education Opportunities

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Shores resident reflects on family’s roots in history backyard to the factory that day.

“So, I was at the factory as a little kid and I virtually lived there probably three days out of the five when I was going to school because my elementary school was right across the street from the factory,” Deacon said.

The company started off as a haberdashery owned by his grandfather and his grandfather’s brother, who is Deacon’s greatuncle, Fred S. Deacon, in the late 1800s, Deacon said. They made custom shirts for men who wanted a shirt they could do yard work and other activities in.

“Back then, the men wore a dress shirt with a stiff attached collar,” Deacon said.

“So, somebody came in one day and said, ‘I don’t like this shirt with the high collar. You got something that I can wear for cutting the grass on Saturday and, you know, working outside?’”

Deacon’s history goes farther back with relative Thomas Deacon, who was born in 1756 and died in 1836. Thomas was a quartermaster sergeant major, Deacon said, which is one of the higher enlisted ranks in the military. The Americans drove the British out of New York State and Thomas’s regi-

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ABOVE: David Deacon became a citizen of the United States in 2019. He said he came to the U.S. in 1970. LEFT: An advertisement shows the heated flight suits for Allied aircrews during World War II that Deacon said were invented and manufactured by the Deacon Brothers.

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ST. CLAIR SHORES — During the Feb. 21 St. Clair Shores City Council meeting, Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Chris Vitale spoke about David Deacon during his comments.

Vitale mentioned how Deacon came to meetings regularly and that, during a recent meet-the-neighbor event, Deacon’s family history came up in conversation.

Deacon, 84, moved to St. Clair Shores in 1998 and in 2019 he gained United States citizenship. Before that he lived in Canada, where he grew up with his family and the family business, Deacon Brothers Ltd. His grandfather, William Bleaker Deacon, took him to the factory regularly and he’s been around the factory for as long as he knew anything, Deacon said.

In one memory, his mother had put him in the fenced-in backyard to play.

When she went to check on him and he wasn’t there, she called his father telling him she couldn’t find Deacon. His father told his mother, “Well, he’s right here,” said Deacon.

His grandfather had taken him from the

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ment went across the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of Lake Ontario, Deacon said.

Thomas was then given a land grant since he was an officer in the British army.

“Because he was an officer in the army, in the British army, he was given a land grant to stay there and develop the country so that’s where he ended up in Kingston, Ontario,” Deacon said. “So he had four boys and one of the boys moved to this little town of Bellville, and he had two boys, my father and my uncle.”

Deacon’s father, John William Deacon, born in 1904, started his professional career as a singer in New York City after coming to a crossroads in college.

“He was called in by the dean of the engineering school and said, ‘You’ve got to make up your mind, you’re not doing very well this year,’” Deacon said. “‘Your grades in this engineering class, but I understand you’re a pretty good singer, so you have got to decide, are you going to be an engineer or a singer?’”

After that, his father told his folks and headed off to New York City where he would

eventually meet Deacon’s mother, Mary Ina (nee Conner) Deacon, who was a pianist, organist and composer at the time.

The company was growing rapidly back home and eventually, Deacon’s father was called back to help the family business.

During World War II, the company employed around 250 people.

“In a small town like that they were a major employer. So, yeah, everybody knew about Deacon Brothers,” Deacon said.

An engineer came to Canada from England and came to the company knowing the designer was very, very intelligent, Deacon said. The engineer had the idea that flight suits needed to be heated to allow airmen to go higher than 20,000 feet and out of range of German anti-aircraft fire.

In a later phone call, Deacon said they made flight suits for Canadian and British aircrews.

“So, they came up with this concept of sewing a very fine copper edged wire into the suit then when the airman got into the airplane they would plug into the low volt-

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Roundtable

Rodgers Elementary School social worker Rebecca Asni, center, talks with parent Melissa Florek and Lake Shore Superintendent Joseph DiPonio about the stresses that students face.

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Wilson commended the superintendent for the implementation of social emotional learning.

“I really like what we’ve started here… the last few years, the social emotional learning, because it makes things a lot better,” Wilson said.

He went on to say it helps the students to be aware of themselves and the people around them. He said because of the pandemic, kids missed that interaction between their peers and some of the younger kids missed the introduction to conflict resolution.

Other teachers agreed that social emotional learning has helped the students tremendously with communication and how to express themselves.

Peacock said that they’ve started to check in with the students every day about how they’re feeling and allow them to share maybe why they’re feeling that way. She said it’s been wonderful for them.

“Giving that opportunity to students to acknowledge that and feel OK to express themselves and know that they have a community in their classroom that can (find) support, where maybe some of these children don’t have that element at home or the opportunity to express themselves,” Peacock said.

Asni said the student stress comes out in various forms including more aggressive behaviors, very low tolerance for frustrations and being emotionally detached. It varies from student to student.

“The needs are just, are so high at all grade levels,” Asni said.

DiPonio transitioned the conversation to one-on-one tutoring and asked the roundtable participants what effect it has had on the students.

“It has a really big impact on students because you get the step by step, you have your instructions that you need, you have that safety net of support,” Maciejewski said.

She also said that safety net can grow to help you get back in the game and the teachers are there to help you get back up if you fall.

“It’s great to have these teachers able to do one on one,” Maciejewski said.

Rueger-West is an elementary school music teacher and she said there was a lot of anxiety when it came to performing on stage.

“They wanted to do well but there was this barrier of, ‘I don’t know what to do with all these feelings and emotions, and I’m scared and had to really work hard to talk me through so much,’” Rueger-West said. “And they did, they did it. They did great but it’s different.”

Her fifth graders had a concert in December and it was the first time they’ve been on stage since first grade. She said they’ve missed so much experience.

Lip said he sees the anxiety and depression in his students due to the pandemic.

“One of the worst things that has happened with this whole experience was whether or not you’ve experienced anxiety or depression, you’ve probably experienced it (during the pandemic),” Lip said.

He said the one on one is critical because it helps build relationships between the students and the teachers.

DiPonio said there are job openings within the school,

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attended a roundtable discussion with Lake Shore parents, students, teachers and administrators on March 21. but they aren’t drawing as many as they did before.

He said they want to do their best for the students and that when they have trust between the home and the school that everything is possible.

“I think we’re great people that want to do the very best.

Just like we had teachers that did (that) for us, we want to do the same thing,” DiPonio said. “But it is important that we have good trust with our families, that they believe we have the best intentions.”

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Create seed bombs: For ages 5 and older, 2 and 3 p.m., St. Clair Shores Public Library, 22500 11 Mile Road, registration required, (586) 771-9020, SCSYouth@libcoop.net

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French Canadian Heritage Society: Virtual meeting at 11 a.m., guest speaker is a historic trade preservationist and cordwainer, email information@ habitantheritage.org for Zoom link

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Lakeside Palette Club of St. Clair Shores: Open studio events, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Clair Shores Adult Education Center inside North Lake High School, 23340 Elmira, (586) 944-8253, LPCofSCS@gmail. com, lakesidepaletteclub.org

Fish fries: 4-7 p.m., St. Margaret Men’s Club, 21201 E. 13 Mile Road in St. Clair Shores, dine in and carryout, (586) 293-2240

Yardeners of St. Clair Shores: Learn about ferns, grasses and sedges, 7 p.m., St. Clair Shores Public Library, 22500 11 Mile Road, (586) 415-7110, scsyardeners@gmail.com

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• 4-8 p.m., Cpl. Walter F. Bruce VFW Post 1146, 28404 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, dine in and carry out, cash only (ATM on site), vfw1146brucepost.org Blood drive: Noon-6 p.m., Assumption Cultural Center gym, 21800 Marter Road in St. Clair Shores and Grosse Pointe Woods, walk in or register with sponsor code “assumption” at redcrossblood.org, (586) 634-0228

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‘The Ten Commandments’: Showing of 1923 silent film, bring snacks and beverages, 2 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Church, 30205 E. Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, (586) 294-0470, trinityscsmi.org

St. Clair Shores Community Chorus: Meets 7 p.m.

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Lakeshore Ukulele Strummers: Jam sessions for all levels, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Lakeshore Presbyterian Church, 27801 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, (586) 321-9535

Senior Expo: Free admission, health screenings, refreshments and more, 9 a.m.-noon, Century Banquet Center, 33204 Maple Lane in Sterling Heights, seniorexpousa. com

St. Gertrude Senior’s Club: Meets 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Mondays, St. Margaret of Scotland, 21201 13 Mile Road in St. Clair Shores, (586) 777-4674

Build and Protect Your Credit: Virtual workshop hosted by MSU Extension, 6 p.m., register at canr. msu.edu/events/adulting-101-4-12-23

APRIL 16

‘Beatles Forever: A Short Story with Music’: Comedic performance by poet M. L. Liebler and musicians about growing up in St. Clair Shores during British invasion, 2 p.m., Blossom Heath Bath House, 24800 Jefferson Ave., (586) 445-5350

Overeaters Anonymous: Meetings at 10 a.m. Saturdays, St. Margaret of Scotland (room 302), 21201 E. 13 Mile Road in St. Clair Shores, (586) 293-0814 ‘Creative Michigan: Making The Mitten Modern’: Photos, artifacts, clothing and more celebrating state’s role in evolution of modern architecture and design history, on display until April 29, Lorenzo Cultural Center, Macomb Community College - Center Campus, 44575 Garfield Road in Clinton Township, (586) 4457348

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St. Clair Shores firefighters, in collaboration with St. Clair Shores Parks and Recreation Department, will host their annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday April 8, 2023. The event will be held at Blossom Heath Park and begins promptly at noon. Children are asked to bring baskets to hold the goodies they find.

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over two years, the study will consist of taking field samples of Lyngbya, identifying and studying Lyngbya hotspots around Lake St. Clair, and developing a management plan to control the spread and growth of the algae.

The partnership will cost $400,000 over the two years, with the Macomb County Board of Commissioners committing half of the funds as part of a recent allocation to the Lake St. Clair Clean Water Initiative drainage board.

Despite being in the lake for a decade, county and local officials have been unable to determine exactly what Lyngbya is and the risks it could pose for wildlife, infrastructure and people living along and interacting with the river. Results and preliminary findings from the partnership will be shared so all stakeholders can learn what researchers do about the algae and its effects.

“What’s causing it? Is it climate change?

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So much Lyngbya formed where the launch ramp was that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources closed the site in 2022 to build a new launch ramp.

A statement from the county mentions the concerns that officials have about the toxicity of organisms caught in Lyngbya mats, though Miller does not believe Lyngbya itself is toxic to humans.

As things stand, there is little that governments, businesses or lakeside residents can do about the Lyngbya mats. Harrison Township Supervisor Ken Verkest said residents have been able to move the algae, but none of the solutions have been long-term or solved the problem of Lyngbya growth.

“We’ve heard of anything from paying a company to dredge it and haul it away (and) I’ve talked to a resident that said he took a 14-foot aluminum boat with an outboard, chucked a couple of rakes with ropes tied to it into the whole mat and then just dragged it out into the lake, but (that’s) obviously not a sustainable solution,” Verkest said.

Verkest was excited by the partnership and stated Miller’s role as public works commissioner is a big factor in its formation.

“This is just an example of how important it is to have solid representation,” Verkest said.

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age of the car. Kind of like you plug in your charger for your cell phone. It’s very little voltage, but it’s enough to warm the whole suit,” Deacon said.

After the idea came about, one of the brothers went to the Canadian capital, Ottawa.

“The uncle went to the government in the capital, the allied forces department, said, ‘Hey, we got an idea.

What do you think?’ (They said), ‘make it and we’ll try it out,’” Deacon said. “It evolved very quickly.”

He said it started in the middle of 1939 and in a matter of weeks almost they had this concept and a prototype manufactured.

Deacon said he worked in the factory from 1958 to 1962. In 1962, his father sold his interest in the business to Deacon’s cousin, relinquishing both his own job and Deacon’s job. The cousin ran the business from then until 1984, when it went out of business.

“But before the business was sold I was the factory manager, right,” Deacon said. “I did everything. I determined what we made, how we made it and when we made it. I was in charge of everything going on in the building.”

The building still stands today, Deacon said. However, he doesn’t know who owns it.

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but there’s other ones that are just as deserving or more than me,” Blackburn said.

Sister Maria Guadalupe, principal at St. Isaac Jogues, said the Catholic Foundation of Michigan offers the awards.

“They begin notifying us I would say at the start of the school year that if there were any Amazing Catholic Educators that we wanted to nominate,” Sister Maria Guadalupe said. “So, each parish or school could nominate one teacher.”

Sister Maria Guadalupe went on to say she started thinking about all of her amazing teachers. She was helped by a few of them who said Blackburn should be nominated for the award.

“I said ‘OK, that confirms it. I’m going to nominate — there’s the one I’m picking for this year is Mrs. Blackburn,’” Sister Maria Guadalupe said.

It was a secret to Blackburn, as Sister Maria Guadalupe said she told the whole school and the parents of Blackburn’s fourth grade class in order to organize the celebration for her.

“We wanted to prepare a worthy celebration for her, so we needed everybody’s involvement, so we kept a pretty good surprise from her, I think,” Sister Maria Guadalupe said.

A chance to nominate teachers for the award was given to all the schools within the Archdiocese of Detroit, an area Sister Maria Guadalupe said stretches approximately from the Ohio border to a little bit north of Port Huron. She said

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she thinks there’s around 60 to 70 schools within this area.

A total of 12 teachers were given the award in the area which came with a monetary award of $1,000 and a night’s stay at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, now the Saint John’s Resort.

Blackburn said some alumni have sent her congratulations, mostly through Facebook. Some of these alumni have children at the school now.

“I’ve taught their children now so I’ve taught their mothers and fathers and now I have their children in my class,” Blackburn said.

Both Blackburn and Sister Maria Guadalupe said there were other teachers who were nominated and a few won the awards. In 2020 or 2021, Sister Maria Guadalupe said, their language arts teacher won the award.

“Like I said, I never expected any of this because as a Catholic educator we don’t come into this for the monetary awards, let’s put it that way. My award every day is going home and saying what they learned today,” Blackburn said.

Sister Maria Guadalupe said Blackburn was an easy pick for this award due to the way she lives and what she teaches her students.

“One of our mottos here at St. Isaac’s is that we say we are St. Isaac Jogues, where Christ is our teacher,” Sister Maria Guadalupe said. “And in my nomination of her, I said that she does an amazing job of living that and teaching the children that. She brings the faith into everything that she’s doing, and so when the award was for an Amazing Catholic Educator, she was an easy pick for me.”

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Since the first official meeting in March 1973, the group has held meetings at locations including the Blossom Heath Inn and the St. Clair Shores Banquet Club, now known as Barrister Gardens. Since 2015, the group has held its meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Assumption Cultural Center.

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ST. CLAIR SHORES — The Youth Services Department at the St. Clair Shores Library has announced new storytime sessions starting the week of April 24 and running until the week of May 22.

Morning Storytime available for children of all ages will take place on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.

Evening Storytime available for children of all ages will take place on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Baby Storytime available for children ages 0-18 months will only take place on Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.

Toddler Storytime available for children 18-30 months will take place on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.

Registration is required to attend and will begin on Monday, April 10. Registration can be done in person, by phone at (586) 771-9020 or by email at SCSYouth@libcoop. net.

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METRO DETROIT — Spring is here, and prom and graduation season are just around the corner.

Getting an outfit for these big events can be daunting. Dresses, shoes, wraps and accessories can quickly become a costly expense for teens and even cost prohibitive for some.

Don’t be dismayed. Comerica Bank is launching their fifth annual Prom Dress Drive around metro Detroit. Individuals and local businesses — including bridal shops, dress stores and shoe salons — are able to donate dresses and accessories to the effort at various locations around metro Detroit, including spots in Bloomfield Hills, Grosse Pointe and Novi.

Donation collections will begin Monday, April 3, and run through Friday, April 21. Once all the donations are collected and sorted, dates will be determined for teens to select items.

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“For the past several years, our colleagues, customers and communities have come together with tremendous generosity during our previous prom dress drives to support local teens,” said Linda Nosegbe, Comerica Bank’s national community impact manager. “As the interest in contributing to this great cause remains strong, our new partnership with Jackets for Jobs allows us to continue connecting to the community through an outstanding community organization driven to help others to thrive and succeed.”

Water tower demolition postponed

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Due to the presence of a great horned owl, the water tower demolition at the St. Clair Shores Golf Club has been postponed until the bird and its young are out of the nest.

During the March 6 City Council Meeting, City Manager Dustin Lent said the presence of the bird and its federal protection was confirmed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“Currently, it is the owl’s nesting season,” Lent said. “Generally, babies are born in March and learn to fly in approximately 10 weeks. After the babies have left the nest, the adults will then find another location to nest.”

Lent said the company that was awarded the bid to demolish the Photo provided by the city of St. Clair Shores tower has agreed to hold their prices until after the birds have left the nest.

He also said they will test and remove “any soil that could potentially be found that could contain lead.”

SAILOR CELEBRATES WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Petty Officer 2nd Class John Sullivan, a St. Clair Shores native, remembered and reflected on what women have contributed to the military during Women’s History Month.

Women’s History Month is celebrated from March 1 to March 31 and the celebration began in 1987 in the United States.

“Women’s History Month is important to me because the most important people in my life are women,” Sullivan said in a media release from the U.S. Navy.

According to the release, Sullivan serves as an aviation electronics technician aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier operating out of Norfolk, Virginia.

Sullivan This year marks the 50th anniversary of women’s Naval aviation. Women started flying in 1973 when the first eight women began flight school in Pensacola, Florida. A year later, six of those aviators, known as “The First Six,” earned their “Wings of Gold,” according to the press release.

SEMCOG Regional Showcase Award nominations sought SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments is accepting nominations for its Regional Showcase Award.

Eligible applicants include SEMCOG member counties, cities, villages, townships, intermediate school districts and community colleges in the sevencounty southeast Michigan region: Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne.

The Regional Showcase Award highlights a project or initiative that has made a significant contribution to the vision of a connected, thriving region of small towns; dynamic urban centers; active waterfronts; diverse neighborhoods; agricultural land; and parks, trails and natural areas.

Apply at www.semcog.org before May 1. The award conferral is scheduled for the June 22 SEMCOG general assembly meeting.

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DETROIT — At press time, the Salvation Army Southeast Michigan Adult Rehabilitation Center was preparing to relocate its Detroit thrift store April 1.

The new, nonprofit boutique thrift Sally’s on Fort will be located at 1627 W. Fort St. in Detroit. Sally’s on Fort shares the same building as the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center and will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Donations will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sally’s on Fort will be fully stocked with new and gently used clothing, shoes, handbags, housewares, furniture, collectibles and more. The Salvation Army thrift stores — including the Center Line location at 25152 Van Dyke Ave. — offer discounted, gently used clothing, accessories, housewares, linens, furniture and more.

Proceeds from all 29 Salvation Army thrift stores fully fund the Adult Rehabilitation Center. The Adult Rehabilitation Center provides substance-abuse rehabilitation, nutritious meals, leisure activities, individual counseling and spiritual direction, along with resources to develop life skills.

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PanCAN PurpleStride scheduled for April 29

DETROIT — The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and the Michigan affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network — known as PanCAN — have partnered together to host the PanCAN Purple Stride fundraiser/awareness walk to be held April 29 at Milliken State Park.

PanCAN Purple Stride is a national movement that funds programs and services for pancreatic cancer patients and their families. PanCAN Purple Stride is one of 60 events that will be held nationwide April 29.

According to a PanCAN Purple Stride press release, the five-year survival rate of pancreatic cancer is 12%, and it is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. At Karmanos, pancreatic cancer patients receive treatment from fellowship-trained oncologists who are part of the gastrointestinal and neuroendocrine oncology multidisciplinary team.

To register or learn more about PanCAN Purple Stride, visit www.purplestride.org/Michigan. For more information on the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, visit www.karmanos.org. Milliken State Park is located at 1900 Atwater St., along the Detroit River.

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Page Designer Jason Clancy won second place in the Best Page or Pages Design for “Oscar Mayer Wienermobile rolls into town” in the West Bloomfield Beacon.

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile story was part

of C & G’s ongoing feature called “Behind the Wheel,” which profiles people and the special vehicles they drive. Allard is the writer of “Behind the Wheel.”

Additionally, Staff Writer Alyssa Ochss, who joined C & G Newspapers in January from The Alpena News, won third place in the Daily C Best Columnist category for her work with The Alpena News. Ochss is now writing for the St. Clair Shores Sentinel.

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er asked Jones. “He said if no one knows I’m going to walk the route it will be a surprise.

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girl’s hand. Jones then spotted a man coming towards him carrying two paper bags.

“I notice the bags are stained. As he got a little bit closer, I noticed he had matches and he’s trying to light them, so I hollered his name,” he said. “He looked at me and I dove at him. We’re wrestling around trying to get the gasoline away from him. Finally, we got him handcuffed. Fortunately, he wasn’t able to set himself on fire because I think some people would have gotten seriously injured. I always think back to the lady with the little girl, whether she may have been burned also.”

A decade later, Jones was involved in the planning of Carter’s inauguration in 1977, which set a new precedent for the 1.7mile parade route.

“Most presidents have ridden in a car and gotten out at the Treasury Building and they’ve walked to the White House,” Jones said.

Carter, however, told organizers he wanted to walk the entire route down Pennsylvania Avenue rather than be driven. Security wasn’t crazy about the idea, but Carter’s idea prevailed.

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Robert Kennedy’s assassination in June 1968 was a shock. Jones was off duty when his wife told him the news. Jones shared details of the senator’s funeral train procession from New York City to Washington, D.C. “They put the casket on top of chairs in the train so people could see it,” Jones remembered. “There were all types of people along the route. It was heartening to see the respect they had for the senator.”

Six months later, the senator’s widow, Ethel Kennedy, sent Jones a personal note.

“I got a message (that said), ‘Thank you for all the nice things you’ve done for me,’” Jones said. “These are some of the things you don’t hear about with dignitaries.”

One of Jones’ photos depicted the exact moment in 1975 when Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme tried to shoot Ford in Sacramento, who was swiftly evacuated from the area. “(Fromme) didn’t load the (handgun) properly so it wouldn’t have fired but you don’t know that when it happens,” Jones said.

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Retired Secret Service agent and Lake Orion resident Radford Jones served under six presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. During his presentation March 29 at the Lorenzo Cultural Center in Clinton Township, Jones shared details of a time in which Reagan visited Detroit.

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Jones also protected many foreign heads of state, including the U.K.’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip when they visited in 1976. During the presentation, the guest speaker also talked about the history of presidential train travel, and related security concerns and issues.

Jones retired as a Secret Service agent in 1983. He also retired from Ford Motor Co. as the manager of global security and fire protection, and worked 17 years as instructor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University.

“We’re very glad to have him here,” MORE Adult Education Outreach Program Director Dave Tarrant said. “He has a very distinguished background.”

MORE student Art Rathke described Jones as “good speaker” and thought his presentation was “great.”

“It covered a wide variety of topics and was more interesting than I imagined it would be,” Rathke said.

Rathke, 69, of Sterling Heights, has attended other MORE programs and credits Tarrant for always finding good programs.

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David Maynard, who lives on Ridgeway, said he thinks the parcel of land allotted for the building is not big enough, among other things.

“A lot of other reasons are the products that are being put on the building are not monument-type buildings. This is a building that will be in disrepair within 10 to 15 years,” Maynard said. “I know that the association is supposed to take care of all this, the condo association, who knows how well they’ll do that.”

Steve Tafflinger, a resident of Winwood Pointe, said he has some issues accepting what the business assumptions of the applicant were.

“At the quoted price of $450K for an 1,180-square-foot condo, that’s over $375 a square foot,” Tafflinger said. “Now, if I was in New York in a high rise and I had 48 concierges, maybe I’d pay that amount, but we’re not in that locale.”

He went on to say other condominiums in the area go for around $220 a square foot with better amenities and features.

Other concerns stated at the council

meeting include whether or not contamination from the gas station that was previously there had been removed, and a possible invasion of privacy from the residents in the building.

Caron said even when they’re supposed to consider the special land use, the St. Clair Shores ordinance requires there to be a buffer between the building and other residents.

“Our own ordinance gives us guidance that we look at areas, like, by the lake or by an expressway, which means areas that have buffers,” Caron said. “The properties that do go above three to four stories, you know, Shore Club, Leisure Manor, golf course, there’s large buffers in those areas. That doesn’t exist here.”

Rusie brought up that the traffic study put online for the residents said it was done at Schoenherr Road and 26 Mile Road rather than Jefferson Avenue. Rani Sheena, who was representing the applicant, said that was a typo from another traffic study, but the numbers were accurate to the traffic study that was done on Jefferson.

Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Chris Vitale said he was probably going to be in favor of the building but was put back by the typos in the document.

“Not willing to really accept the idea

that that was a typo,” Vitale said. “This is a pretty important project. I mean, I’d be inclined to just table this and come back.

Because for a multi-million-dollar development, that’s pretty poor.”

Sheena said the numbers in the traffic study are accurate.

“I’ve seen many traffic studies and I understand about the typo and the only thing, the only thing I was looking at, I was concentrating on, is how this would affect the traffic on Jefferson versus another type of development,” Sheena said. “And if you look at

that, that’s basically the whole traffic study.

He did the traffic counts, you know. Those are accurate.”

When it was decided to table the project, a few residents voiced their displeasure of the decision while they left the meeting.

Mayor Kip Walby answered a few of those residents.

“We didn’t vote for it, sir, we tabled it,” Walby said. “We tabled it. The body wants to evaluate it.”

Call Staff Writer Alyssa Ochss at (586) 498-1103.

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Montgomery and Vasili, both students at the International Academy of Macomb, commute to Lake Shore every day during swim season to compete.

Couck said Montgomery, Buzi, and Vasili will look to be the catalysts for Lake Shore swim and dive moving forward.

“Those three kids were really kind of the leaders that led our team to victory in most of the meets,” Couck said.

While the young core were leaders in the pool, Peters and senior Josh Blevins, both team captains, were high-impact players in every aspect for Lake Shore.

Couck said their leadership qualities were a key factor in Lake Shore’s success this season.

“Every day, they were clear about how important it was to be at practice every day and doing all the things that I’m asking because they’ve seen in their three years the progression of kids not knowing what they’re doing to being top swimmers in their division, and even beating kids in higher levels,” Couck said.

It wasn’t an ideal start to the season for

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Once league play opened up, Lake Shore was unstoppable en route to their 5-2 record on the year.

During their stretch of success, Couck said the team had its share of surprises, but none better than the production sophomore Brady Simmons provided.

“He joined this year new, never competitively swam and was one of our best swimmers towards the end of the year,” Couck said.

“I never expect someone new to swim that strong. He was willing to take on every race and swim as best as he could.”

Lake Shore will need all the surprises they can get in 2024 as they are slated to move up to the MAC-Gold division, and also graduate 11 seniors in the process.

Winning the dual-meet league championship for three-straight years in the MACSilver, including a three-way tie for first in 2021, Lake Shore will look to continue its success behind a slew of talented underclassmen.

“I’m just hoping we can go for four years in a row here, but it’s going to be a challenge,” Couck said. “You never know what’s going to happen.”

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

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Permanent full-time Senior Staff Secretary position $41,122 - $49,817 (40 Hours per week) includes benefit package. Successful completion of Civil Service Examination is required, and applicants must meet all requirements set forth in the Employees Civil Service Ordinance. Pre-employment background investigation and substance abuse testing is required. Interested, applicants must submit application to the Clinton Township Employees Civil Service Commission, 40700 Romeo Plank Rd., Clinton Township, MI 48038 on or before the close of business, Monday, April 17, 2023. The Charter Township of Clinton is an Equal Opportunity Employer, applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or disability. For further information pertaining to this position or to download employment application please refer to www.clintontownship. com, click on Employment.

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4 days a week.

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Help Wanted General EXPERIENCED, Full-Time, Gardening/Landscaping Help Needed to Plant, Weed, and Maintain Flower Gardens.

Work runs March-Dec, Wages based upon exp.

Monday-Friday

Jodi/586-596-5270

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ST. CLAIR SHORES SENTINEL, April 5, 2023 - 3B

CASTLE ELECTRIC

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MASONRY & CONCRETE REPAIR WATERPROOFING SPECIALISTS SPECIALIZING IN: DISCOUNTS Tuckpointing On ALL Brick Replacement Waterproofing Concrete Repair Jobs Chimney Repair Porch Repair | Waterproofi E FRE ES Glass Block Installments ng ESTIMAT 586-213-2729 Ask for Joe

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Cement

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ROZE CEMENT LLC

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Residential & Commercial

Cleaning Service

Driveway Experts

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0025-2242

VETERAN OWNED

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ccarpetrepair.com

Brick Work MOUTON'S MASONRY

Any & all masonry repairs.

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25-yrs experience.

Free-estimates.

References/Insured.

248-252-5331 AA4DABLE MASONRY

586-822-5100

Chimneys, Porches, Steps, Flat-Work, Residential/Commercial/ Tuck-Pointing, Cultured-Stone, Brick-and-Any-Masonry Repairs/Needs.

Accept all major credit cards.

SPRING SPECIALS up-to-30%-off!

Senior-Discounts Free-Estimates!

30yrs-Experience

ABOVE & BEYOND CONTRACTING LLC. -Masonry Specialist-

SPRING SPECIALS ON Brick Pavers, Roof Repairs & Complete Roof Installs.

All-Brick-Repairs/&-Stone, Chimneys/Porches, Tuck-Pointing, Fully-Insured 10%-Senior/Veteran-Disc.

586-443-3362 Give us a Call!

CLEANING LADY

with 10-yr experience is looking for work. Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly Excellent references.

Flexible hours.

Bonded & insured.

Decks/Patios Cement

ALLEN CEMENT

a.k.a "The Driveway Guy"

Established 1999 Driveways/Garage Floors/Patios, etc.

Licensed/Insured Check out Allen Cement on Facebook!

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586-457-1300 586-781-4868

M & M CEMENT CONTRACTING "All Types of Concrete Work"

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Affordable pricing.

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10% OFF ORDERS BEFORE APRIL 15th!

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COMPLETE DECK MAINTENANCE

Our 30th Year!

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586-463-9564

marathonpowerwash.com

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586-260-5218 Drywall

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Professional Drywall, Hanging, Taping.

W/35yrs. experience.

Free-estimates.

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586-925-8764

Free-Estimates, Great Prices, Senior Discounts!

Lic./Insured Master Electrician Specializing in All Residential Services.

Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed!

Lic#-6113148

BEST-Price-Period Licensed/Insured.

30-yrs.-experience.

Call for free-estimates.

Open 7-days a week 24/hrs-day.

10%-Off For Cash Now Accepting All Major Credit Cards.

586-843-8543

A-D MASONRY LLC. All Masonry Work Bricks, Stones, Pavers, Blocks, Porches, Chimneys. Tuckpointing.

26-yrs experience Insured, Free Estimates.

Hotchkiss Electric

586-291-3143 Lic.#6211028

586-873-8210 Filip

586-755-3636

AAA BROOKSIDE

586-944-3669

The Only Master-Certified!

Multi-Service-House Cleaning-Specialist!

28th-year/experience more services offered.

Wall/washing/windows/up holstery/carpets/strip wax/grout.

Clean/Trustworthy Registered/Insured NOW HIRING!!!

248-890-8830

ELITE RENOVATIONS, LLC.

Porches, Steps, Chimney's, Tuck-pointing, Cultured Stone, Preventative Maintenance, Concrete, Custom Mortar Matching, Free-Estimates, Senior Discounts, 37 years exp.

AAA Susie Q's Cleaning & Restoration

Father & Son

DRD CONCRETE

Patios, Driveways, Walkways, Steps, Bricks, Tuckpointing.

25 years experience.

Ph # 586-746-8439

Master Electricians

Dr. Electric

Same-Day-Service!

All-Residential-Wiring, Change Fuse Box to Circuit Breaker Panel, Troubleshooting, Electric Vehicle Chargers, Backup Generator Transfer Switch, License# 6109094 Senior/Discounts!

Visa/MC /Lic./Insured

586-634-1152

Handyman Services

Plumbing

Motor City Plumbing & Drain

YOUR HANDYMEN INC.

Repairs & Installation Master Plumber • Fully Licensed & Insured Senior Citizen & Military Discounts 100% Guarantee

(direct cell phone #) Panel upgrades, generators, hot tubs, 220 lines.

ALL SERVICE Licensed & Insured Dependable, quality work!

License#-6111359

VETERAN OWNED No Job Too Small!

Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing.

Licensed & Insured yourhandymeninc.com

586-447-2044

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Fence Service

Hauling & Waste Removal

*

ELEGANT FENCE & SUPPLY

248-254-2027

Serving Macomb/Oakland Residential/Commercial All Types of Fence Insured-Free Estimates Senior/Veterans Discount

Gutters *”STEVE'S SEAMLESS GUTTERS”. Made & installed on the spot.

5”&6” Gutter Cleaning.

Tree trimming, exterior painting, power washing.

586-778-3393 586-531-2111

A1 GUTTER PROTECTION

Since 1999 TOP QUALITY mesh guards.

NO BIG BOX PRICES! CONTRACTOR DIRECT TO CUSTOMER !! WARRANTY!!

FREE ESTIMATES

248.242.1511

ELIMINATE gutter cleaning forever!

LeafFilter, the most advanced debris-blocking gutter protection.

Schedule a FREE LeafFilter estimate today.

15% off Entire Purchase. 10% Senior & Military Discounts.

Call 1-866-495-1709

GUTTERS & WINDOW CLEANING INSURED TOM MICOLI

313-656-9402 Handyman Services A#1 SERVICES:

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248-892-1927 AA4DABLE HANDYMAN

Home Improvement, Tile, Hardwood-Floors, Kitchen/Bath Remodeling, Plumbing, Electrical, Painting, Hauling, Clean-outs, Any Home Repairs, Free Estimates, 30% Discount, Accept All Major Credit Cards

586-822-5100

BOBʼS HANDYMAN Contractor. Plumbing, Carpentry, Electrical, Drywall, Painting, Roofing. Free-Estimates.

No Job Too Small.

Senior Discount. Honest, Licensed/insured

586-296-0887 HANDYMAN FOR HIRE

From A-Z Projects 20 Years Experience Very Reasonable Prices Free Estimates Senior Discounts

586-563-4660

Financing Available

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586-258-6672 Home Improvement

586-422-2648

Painting Interior/Exterior Remodeling Kitchens, Bathrooms, Finish Basement, Tiles, Drywall, Repairs, Remove Wallpaper, Free Estimates.

M.D.A Pro

Home Improvement LLC Kitchens/Baths, Flooring, Tiles, Electrical, Plumbing, Siding/alm.trim, Decks, Painting Int./Ext.

FREE Camera with Drain Cleaning Restriction May Apply

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$50 OFF Sump Pump Installation * $30 OFF Any Plumbing Service

888.572.0928 586.585.1862

**CLUTTER GUY'S**

Removal-Experts Residential/Commercial Houses/Offices Garage/Storage-Areas Efficient Courteous Workers Reasonable-Rates Free-Estimates NEED CLUTTER REMOVED? LET US DO THE WORK!

Family Owned & Operated

0355-2235

Electrical

www.MotorCityPlumber.com

Lawn Maintenance

Painting

2 BROTHERS PAINTING

Our Name Says It All...

Complete Interior/Exterior

FIRST CLASS LAWN A FULL SERVICE LANDSCAPE COMPANY

• Wood Repair • Power Wash • Free-Estimates

REFERENCES AVAILABLE

Not Happy With Your Current Service?

Call Frank 248-303-5897

We Are Lawn Cutting Specialists!

Plumbing

LET US HELP YOU!

• Senior Discounts • All Credit Cards Accepted

FREE Estimates

Call Today!

586-825-3333

586-604-2524

0325-2302

Cement

0036-2308

Basement Waterproofing

Master Plumber, Licenced and Insured for all of your Plumbing Needs • ASSE Certified Backflow Testing • Backwater Valves- Prevent Flooding • Drain and Sewer Cleaning with Camera • Water Heater Repair or Replacement • Sump Pumps Repair or Replacement Servicing the Tri- County area for over 30 years *Senior/Military discounts available

0378-2314

www.candgnews.com

1 2/1/23 2:45 PM Call Us Today for your Free Estimate Kitchens/ 0036-2308.indd GRASS CUTTING Cabinets/ No Large Riding (248) 740-7643 or 1(800)441-0525 Mowers Used. www.capitalplumbingmi.com Countertops

MR. BACKSPLASH ·CUSTOM BACKSPLASHES ·CUSTOM CABINETS ·COUNTERTOPS *Granite*Quartz* ·LVT FLOORING ·FIREPLACE TILES *Ceramic*Glass *Stone*

586-552-5416

mrbacksplash.com

Landscaping & Water Gardens DOLL'S LANDSCAPING

SPRING CLEAN-UPS! Shrub & Tree-Trimming, Planting, Removal.

Mulch, Sod Installation, Pavers, Garden/ Retainer Walls, Porch Steps, Raise Backyards/Drain Tiles, Powerwashing/ Sealing, Power rake, Aeration, Seeding, Debris Removal

586-634-0033 ALLTIMATE OUTDOOR SERVICES

Drainage System Professionals Beat The Spring Rush, SIGN-UP-EARLY! New-Construction, Yard-Drainage, Grading, Sod/Seed, Retaining Walls/Walkways/Patios, Senior/Military-Discounts Credit-Cards-Accepted

Free-Estimates

586-719-1202 Lawn Maintenance

2023 SPRING 586-260-5218

Commercial/Residential *Landscaping *Decks *Spring Clean-Ups *Lawn Cutting *Licensed Fertilization *Aerating & Thatching

Visit Facebook:

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586-489-9226 Donʼs Lawn Service -Lawn Cutting -Edging -Aerating -Power Raking -Bush & Tree Trimming -Sod Since 1979!

ACORN LANDSCAPING

586-770-5030

Weekly Lawn Cutting Includes Cutting, Trimming & Edging.

Average Price- $25.00 Shrub Trimming Free Estimates

Kathy-586-770-5030 BELLEAIR LAWN CARE

Now Accepting New Clients in Macomb and Oakland County!

Immediate Response Times!

Please Call or Text Alex For Instant Quote.

586-557-4613 belleairlawncare@ gmail.com

Cut, Edge, Trim, Clean-up.

Prices Starting at $20.00 week.

Free-Estimates Senior Discounts

586-563-4660

ABKE'S LAWN SERVICE Scheduling Now Spring Cleanups Lawn Maintenance Gutter Cleaning Power Washing and More..

586-277-5918 Free Estimates

SPRING CLEANUP SPECIALS! -Weekly Lawn Cutting-Core Aeration w/Overseeding-Shrub, Bush and Tree Trimming-Flowerbed Retaining Walls10% Off All Landscaping Jobs www.neighborsenvy lawn.com

586-557-3270 Painting

586-792-3117

PETE'S PAINTING SPRING SPECIAL! 10% OFF Specializing in Great Rooms, Special Pricing For Decks, Interior/Exterior, Residential/Commercial.

Special pricing for vacant homes.

Senior discount, Free-Estimates, Insured.

PAINTING by-GPC

MASTER-PAINTER DRYWALL/PLASTER •Restoration/Repairs •Painting! •Painting!

•Interior/Exterior •Wallpaper Hanging •Wallpaper Removal Senior-Rates We-Do-It-All! B.B.B/A+Rating 30-yrs, Licensed/Insured Free-Estimates Owner-Robert

586.899.3555 (Direct) 248.566.6460 (Office)

(586)229-4267 American Painting

•Residential •Commercial.

•Interior & Exterior •Power Washing •Insurance, •Drywall, •Plaster Repair, •Senior-discounts.

•Guaranteed-work.

•25-yrs experience.

ANDERSON Painting & Carpentry Complete Interior/Exterior Services Plaster/Drywall & Water Damage Repairs.

Wood-Staining.

Wallpaper-Removal.

Kitchen/Cabinet Refinishing Insured/References.

Free-Estimates

586-354-3032 248-974-4012

Painting

Roofing

PRO TOUCH PAINTING LLC.

AA4DABLE ROOFING

Interior/Exterior 30-yrs-experience, Power-washing, Drywall repairs, Free Estimates.

All Work Guaranteed.

Affordable Prices.

Senior Discount. Insured.

248-495-3512

PEAK PAINTING Custom-Painting, Commercial/Residential, interior/exterior.

Drywall-repair, paper removal, carpentry.

30-yr.-exp. Free estimates, senior discounts, insured.

Credit-cards accepted.

586-722-8381 Now Hiring!!!

Plumbing

MASTER PLUMBER

Hurry-up & Save Big-$$$$!

SPRING-SPECIALSClean-up, Up to 30%-Off!!!

Roofing/Siding/Gutters, All-Leaks/Repairs, Residential/Shingles/ Commercial-FlatRoofs/Torch-downs We accept major credit-cards.

30yrs-Experience

586-822-5100

CHERRY CONSTRUCTION ROOFING Residential/Commercial Free-Estimates Senior Discounts Fast, Reliable, Licensed/Insured Builder, General Contractor Leave Detailed Message

586-291-2647

CITY ROOFING

Sewer & Drain Service.

Remodeling, repairs, new installations.

Free estimates, senior rates.

35+yrs exp.

Call Paul

-Commercial & Residential Roof Repairs -Full Roof Replacement (Shingles) -Flat Roof Replacement -24/7 Emergency Repairs -Eavestroughs (Gutters) and Leaf Guard Installations.

Lic.#8109852

cityroofinginc@gmail.com

586.421.5520 586.524.6752 ANDY'S PLUMBING

LAFAVORITE ROOFING

248-904-5822

25-Years Experience Licensed/Insured Call Us Today For All Your Plumbing Needs!!

Serving The Tri-County-Area

10%/Senior/Military/Discounts

Lic#-8004254

586-757-4715 ABSOLUTE PLUMBING Family Owned Since 1990

Drain Cleaning Special

$75.00 with ad.

Complete Plumbing Repairs Senior Discounts,

Licensed/Insured Lic#-8216443

WATERWORK Plumbing.com •Drain Cleaning •Sewer Camera •Water Heaters •Sump Pumps •Backflow Testing

248-542-8022

Same Day Emergency Service Available Reliable/Experienced License#8003885

Powerwashing AJʼs PRESSURE CLEANING & SEAL COATING •Stamped Concrete (remove milky or cloudy film) •Exposed Aggregate •Brick Pavers (resanding)

586-431-0591

586-733-3004

Construction & Home Remodeling 30 Years Experience We Crush Competitors' Quotes Call Us About Your Roof or Any Home Improvements

586-873-4430 Licensed/Insured

Tree Service BERG BROS. LLC. “Fully insured, highly referred.”

Senior discounts.

Tree-removal, stump grinding, tree-trimming, hedging, shaping, Emergency-Service Residential/Commercial Free estimates!

(586)262-3060

BEST price!

Best service!

M.D.L. Tree Service

Removals/Trimming and Stumps.

"Free stump grinding with all tree removals!"

Senior discounts & fully insured.

586-775-4404 Tree Service DAVE'S TREE & SHRUB

25%-Spring-DISCOUNT Tree-Leaf-Removal/Trimming, Stump Grinding, Gutter-Cleaning, Season-Firewood, Junk/Scrap/Haul Removal, Free-Estimates.

10% Senior-Discounts.

-FREE WOOD CHIPS-

(586)216-0904 www.davestree andshrub.com

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4B - ST. CLAIR SHORES SENTINEL, April 5, 2023

2019 BUICK ENCORE PREFERRED T E STAR REMOT

2021 CHEVROLET TRAX LT T E STAR

17,588

*

2019 CHEVROLET EQUINOX PREMIER

2020 CHEVROLET BLAZER LT POWER

STK# C22266

24,588

$

*

2019 CHEVROLET BLAZER 2LT

T E STAR REMOT

HE ALL W

VE EL DRI

• POWER LIFTGATE • HEATED SEATS • SAFETY PKG. • 22K MILES STK# C21464

26,888

*

2020 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE RS RIOR

R INTE

26,988

2019 GMC CANYON ALL TERRAIN CREW

• 7 PASSENGER SEATING • BOSE AUDIO STK# C22528

32,188

$

*

*

*

32,488

25,288

$

*

T E STAR REMOT

• HEATED SEATS • BEDLINER • 30K MILES

STK# C22274

27,788

$

*

2020 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CUSTOM

*

2022 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LT 4

CAB 4X

• HEATED SEATS • REMOTE START • BEDLINER • 8K MILES

STK# C24145

35,688

$

STK# C24273

31,888

$

CREW

• 4X4 • BEDLINER • ONLY 15K MILES *

STK# C21654

T E STAR REMOT

• V-6 ENGINE • TOW PKG.

$

S

2020 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LT

V-6 EN

STK# C22163

2020 CHEVROLET BLAZER LT

2019 CHEVROLET BLAZER 2LT

GINE

CAB

*

• POWER LIFTGATE • REMOTE START • LOW MILES

• HEATED SEATS • ONLY 11K MILES!

STK# C21972

23,388

$

D SEAT

25,288

$

STK# C23387

HEATE

STK# C22312

• HEATED SEATS • 31K MILES

$

TE LIFTGA

• REMOTE START • HEATED SEATS

2021 CHEVROLET BLAZER LT

E LEATH

21,488

*

• HEATED SEATS • POWER LIFTGATE

23,688

$

STK# C22474

2019 GMC ACADIA SLE-2

• HEATED SEATS • LEATHER INTERIOR *

• HEATED SEATS • ONLY 18K MILES

19,288

REMOT

STK# C22451

T E STAR REMOT

S

$

*

T E STAR

UDIO BOSE A

$

STK# C22586

$

2021 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT

• REMOTE START • POWER LIFTGATE

• ONLY 9K MILES! • CRUISE CONTROL

STK# C22150

$

D SEAT

HEATE

REMOT

• ALLOY WHEELS • CRUISE CONTROL

2020 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

*

STK# C21292

39,688

$

*

*Plus title, tax, plates, doc and CVR fees. Vehicles available at time of printing. No Salvage or branded titles. Certain restrictions may apply, see dealer for details. Limited Powertrain Warranty is on certified vehicles from original in-service date and whichever comes first, time or mileage. 2 years or 24,000 miles of scheduled vehicle maintenance is on certified pre-owned vehicles, includes oil and filter changes, tire rotations and multi-point inspections. Sale ends 4/14/2023.

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