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C & G’s Community Calendar is sponsored by the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts. To view more events or to submit your own, visit candgnews.com/calendar. To advertise an event, call (586) 498-8000.

Ongoing

St. Clair Shores Community Chorus: Meets 7 p.m. Mondays, Triumphant Cross Lutheran Church, 22360 13 Mile Road, scscommunitychorus.org

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

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

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

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

Easter egg hunt planned

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.

Egg hunt: Also photo station and prizes, 12:30 p.m. April 9, St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church, 21100 Madison St. in St. Clair Shores, (586) 778-5100

Easter Bunny photos: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. through April 8, South Court at Macomb Mall, 32233 Gratiot Ave. in Roseville, shopmacombmall.com

Muck

from page 3A 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? Is it the zebra mussels?” Miller said. “Is it combined sewer overflows that are coming down the Clinton River or the spillways feeding this organically? We really don’t know.”

The true cost of Lyngbya has been seen through lower property values, expanding shorelines and smellier summers by the water. One major cost was the closure and reconfiguration of the Clinton River Cut-Off Boat Launch in Harrison Township. 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.

Call Staff Writer Dean Vaglia at (586) 498-1043.

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