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BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI blosinski@candgnews.com

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The Michigan Department of Transportation will host an open house meeting to discuss the results of a sound study of Interstate 75 in Troy April 11.

The results of a long-awaited sound study by the Michigan Department of Transportation will be shared and public feedback will be gathered at an upcoming open house.

MDOT will host the open house at the Troy Community Center, located at 3179 Livernois Road, in rooms 302 and 303 at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11.

“There will be presentations.

There will be an open house format as well,” said Rob Morosi, a spokesperson for MDOT. “We will talk about the methodology of the noise study and the preliminary results. Those in attendance can See NOISE on page 16A

GOLF COURSES WELCOME PLAYERS BACK FOR 2023 SEASON April has arrived, and golf courses around metro Detroit are welcoming

golfers back to the links.

The Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission opened its five courses April 1 and April 2, reporting relatively slow business due to weather

conditions on April 1. Despite this, they are anticipating a busy season.

“Golf is coming back at the Oakland County parks. All five opened (that) weekend,” said Matt Pardy, the supervi-

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He said that courses around the area See GOLF on page 30A

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Troy Community Coalition steps up efforts as spring arrives

Barnard Elementary gets new ‘book vending machine’

BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI blosinski@candgnews.com

The Troy Community Coalition is back offering in-person events to help combat substance abuse among local youth and is reminding families that it has a variety of programs in place to serve Troy area residents.

Nancy Morrison, the executive director of the Troy Community Coalition, said that they are working in several ways to educate and prepare families for the challenges related to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in teens.

“We utilize those in recovery to speak to students in Troy’s (public high schools).

We address issues like fentanyl, vaping and alcohol as part of our prevention programs.

In our addiction awareness program, we are invited into the high school’s health classes to talk about these issues. We also have the Choose Wisely program for fourth graders in the Troy School District grade schools,” she said. “We have our Tar Wars anti-tobacco program, too, which we do along with Corewell Health in the elementary schools in the fifth grade classes.”

The coalition will be hosting its first inperson event since the COVID-19 pandemic to educate parents and caregivers about the dangers and risks of marijuana and vaping.

They will have a marijuana and vaping presentation at 7 p.m. April 12 at the Troy Community Coalition offices, 4420 Livernois Road.

“We’re partnering with Troy Youth AsSee COALITION on page 8A

BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI blosinski@candgnews.com

Photo provided by Nancy Morrison

Troy Community Coalition Executive Director Nancy Morrison regularly heads out into the community to foster a positive relationship with liquor and tobacco retailers to encourage them to always ensure they are not selling to minors.

On March 22, Barnard Elementary School became home to an unusual vending machine: one that dispenses books.

The school hosted a special ribbon cutting to celebrate the installation of the Troy School District’s first book vending machine.

Much like a traditional vending machine that dispenses snacks or beverages, the book vending machine allows students to select a book that is then dropped into a drawer where it can be retrieved.

Barnard Principal Melanie Morey said that the goal was to not only provide more literacy opportunities to students, but to also help them grow their collection of physical books when it is often easier to get access to literature through e-readers.

“I think there are many ways for kids to have access to nonprint books, like tablets,” she said. “We want to make sure they have access to physical books as well. Many families have home libraries, and we wanted our students to be able to add to them. We also believe in providing a variety of books so children have choices and can enjoy a variety of genres.”

The vending machine was entirely paid for by the parent-teacher organization at a cost of $6,500, with an additional cost of See BOOKS on page 6A

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Barnard Elementary Principal Melanie Morey shows several of her students the new book vending machine the school had installed March 22.

Photo provided by Patrice Rowbal

a year’s worth of books, which was $2,500.

The cost of adding new books will be included in the PTO’s yearly line item budget to replace those selected by the students each year.

Barnard’s reading specialists brought this idea up as a potential addition to the school prior to COVID. This year, the school’s PTO was looking for some new capital projects to invest in the school long term and thought this would make a great addition to encourage literacy and love of reading within the school. This is the first of its kind in the entire Troy School District.

“We were thrilled to finally receive the machine this month and be able to install and dedicate it appropriately during March is Reading Month,” said PTO President Brian Smiatacz.

“Typically, the PTO provides resources above and beyond our budget, extra toys for the playground or murals to highlight our core values, for instance,” added Morey.

“This time, we met with our literacy team, and we agreed to do something creative by purchasing this book vending machine.”

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The Troy Community Coalition will once again be inviting local children to its annual summer camp program July 11-Aug. 3.

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sistance and the school district on the marijuana and vaping presentation,” added Marianne Wiwel, the business coordinator for the Troy Community Coalition. “We do a lot with the school district in mind, since they are our audience for much of what we do.”

Among their other upcoming programs is a summer camp.

“Our summer camps are coming up … for third through eighth graders,” said Wiwel. “It’s a four-week camp that runs three days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays July 11 through Aug. 3. We enroll about 50 kids. If they live in an area near certain areas, we do provide transportation to the camp. The camp is located at Smith

Middle School. It has a variety of activities to go along with our prevention programming.

We do wellness like yoga. We offer field trips to places like the aquatic center. There’s arts and crafts. There’s sports and athletics, and so forth. It’s $200 to attend the whole fourweek program.”

The organization also is attempting to provide more opioid overdose reversal drug kits for residents, which can be administered to counter the effects of an opioid overdose.

“We’re working with the Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities which is our umbrella coalition to try and get Narcan kits out to the community. We perform Narcan training from time to time, for those who have a loved one who might be suffering from addiction and might need that lifesaving Narcan,” Morrison explained. “We are hoping to help put more of it into the See COALITION on page 19A

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Troy native serves aboard aircraft carrier

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U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class William Sherwood, from Troy, is seen here loading ammunition on an MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

The Nimitz is in the U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations and is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet. It routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region, according to a press release.

Photo provided by Ciara White

Baseball-cricket hybrid tournament to return The RaP7 Ball tournament is returning for its second year at Shelby Township’s Senior Center June 17.

A combination of baseball and cricket, RaP7 Ball was created by Rajan Paul.

“Baseball is America’s pastime and cricket is the second most popular sport in the world,” Paul explained. “RaP7 is played on a customized baseball diamond with a cricket pitch included in the infield. To avoid baseball’s controversial balls and strikes calls, in a RaP7 Ball game, a pylon is used at the home base for the pitcher to use as a target to throw at. Pylons at first, second and home base are used to make the runner out while the player is running to that base to score runs.”

An informational meeting and exhibition game will take place at the Shelby Township Activities Center, 14975 21 Mile Road, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, for those who are interested. Those who want to sign up or seek more information can call (586) 731-0300.

“Baseball and cricket are very popular and are filled with star players and are very hard to participate in as an average league like you and I,” added Paul. “RaP7 is the newest sport in town, and it is very easy to study and become a star player.”

C & G EMPLOYEES WIN BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST AWARDS The Michigan Press Association recently announced the winners of its 2022 Better Newspaper Contest, and members of the C & G Newspapers staff received awards.

C & G Newspapers competes in the category of weekly newspapers with class A circulations, which are the largest circulations among weekly papers.

Staff Writer Maria Allard won first place in the

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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.

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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.”

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Local children can visit Somerset Collection’s Easter bunny, Hester Fairweather, at the mall’s new, Enchanted Greenhouse until April 8.

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Bigelow poses for a photograph with his cake and decorations at his surprise 100th birthday party in Ann Arbor March 16. Bigelow taught at the University of Michigan for 40 years before his retirement in 1993, and he continued with the university as a consultant into his 90s.

An extraordinary ‘ordinary’ life Novi man turns 100, reflects on life, history and shares advice

BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com

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cientists from around the world flocked to Ann Arbor March 16 to honor Novi resident Wilbur Bigelow, a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, with a surprise 100th birthday party.

Bigelow taught at the university for 40 years and then remained active with the university well into his 90s. Many of his former students have gone on to have their own impressive careers. This includes Elizabeth Holm, the department chair of materials science and engineering at U of M. “I had Professor Bigelow back when I was a student here in the 1980s. So, this is pretty amazing to have a 100th birthday celebration for someone that I had in my class, and he hasn’t changed. I mean he’s gotten older, but the attitude is still the same,” said Holm. “He always told it just like it was, and he still does.”

Bigelow greeted his guests with his characteristic “cranky” yet witty attitude, which his former student Cheryl (Christenson) Dalsin, of Tempe, Arizona, described as his “charm.”

When those gathered asked how he was doing, he simply said he was “old and cranky,” and proceeded to shake hands and converse with his guests.

Amy Mercado, of Dayton, Ohio, studied under Bigelow in the late ’80s and early ’90s and said that while he seemingly has a tough exterior, he is very generous and cares deeply for

his students. She said that there was a time during her schooling when he not only helped her to obtain a position at a local lab about 5 miles from campus, but he provided her with a means of transportation to get there.

“He was really into his students. He always said he didn’t like any student to fail, so he would do whatever he could so that nobody would fail,” said Mercado. “He helped me because there was an opening in a lab that was probably 5 miles off campus, and I couldn’t figure out how to get there. I was very grateful that he helped me find this job in the laboratory working with the type of electron microscopes that we used in class or in the labs, but I didn’t know how to get there, so I was kind of in a conundrum, and he told me not to worry about it. He said, ‘What I’m going to do is I’m going to put my car keys on my desk every day that you have to go to work and you take my car and you bring it back and you put my keys right here in the same spot.’ And I was extremely grateful for that.”

She went on to say that when he discovered she was putting gas in the car to supplement her usage, he told her to never do that again. Mercado said she was shocked, but he knew that she didn’t have a lot of money at the time and didn’t want her to spend it on gas.

“That’s the kind of person he is. Even though he seemed to have kind of a crusty exterior, he did that kind of thing for his students,” said Mercado.

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The surprise party featured an introduction by Holm and presentations by three of his See BIGELOW on page 13A

Partners Bring Italian Family Recipes to Mici in Michigan Authentic Italian recipes, passed down through three generations and prepared using only the best ingredients is part of what makes Mici Italian so special.

Now, you can get it in Troy.

“Mici Italian is a family-owned business, founded by Jeff and Michael Miceli in 2004,” said Yousef Mansur, who recently opened Mici Italian on West Maple Road, just east of Coolidge Highway, with his partners, Salem Najjar and Youssef Najjar. “Mici Italian’s passion for authentic Italian recipes using natural, unprocessed ingredients, and clean ingredients led them to create a unique brand offering a menu with various pasta dishes, pizza, salads, and more.”

That commitment to using fresh, high-quality ingredients sets Mici Italian apart in the world of fast-casual dining. “They use nitrate-free pepperoni, fresh mushrooms, family recipe sausage, and hand-rolled meatballs in their dishes,” Mansur said.

Mici Italian offers pizzas with gluten-free crust options to ensure every diner can enjoy their delicious, handcrafted pies. They also offer a range of vegetarian options for both pizza and pasta. House specialties include Spaghetti and Meatballs, Tortellini alla Miceli, Creamy Pesto, and Cortonese — a Tuscan meat sauce served over penne pasta.

The restaurant offers a family-friendly dining experience where kids eat free — and get to play with pizza dough — on Mondays, making for a fun and memorable experience. Mici Italian also hosts birthday parties and offers catering services: an ideal choice for any event, large or small, for work, family or friends.

Mansur said many of the sauces are created in small batches in Colorado, where Mici Italian originated, and they’re shipped here. Not that you’d know it. You’ll taste only fresh, delicious goodness, made with the best ingredients from recipes that are nothing short of family treasures.

“It’s amazing. They’ve rated us the best meatballs in Colorado,” Mansur said.

The quality resonates from Colorado to restaurants in Arizona, Texas and now Michigan, but Mici’s Italian in Troy offers classic tastes sprinkled with local flavor.

“We support the community. We support the schools in Troy and Birmingham,” Mansur said. “Every Tuesday, we choose a school and give 20 percent of our sales to them on that day.”

“There’s something for everyone at Mici Italian,” Mansur said.

Mici Italian in Troy is the first location in Michigan. Mici Italian is located at 2891 W. Maple Road. To connect with the restaurant, visit www.miciitalian.com or call (248) 781-0181.

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WATCH Firefighter Park fields damaged

City employees reported significant damage to the fields at Firefighters Park, 1810 W. Square Lake Road, after an unknown vehicle drove off the road, damaging the grass.

The incident occurred between 9 p.m.

March 10 and 4 a.m. March 13.

Stolen car recovered in Detroit

A 2018 BMW 330 was recovered in Detroit after being stolen from the driveway of its owner’s home in the 5800 block of Colleen Avenue in Troy.

The theft occurred between 1:30 and 5:55 a.m. March 17. It was found by police on the same day as the incident.

The suspect was charged with one count of first-degree retail fraud and one count of receiving and concealing a motor vehicle.

Suspect charged with theft, driving stolen vehicle

I-75 crash results in drunken driving citation

A suspect police say was caught in the act of stealing from the Target store at 1301 Coolidge Highway in Troy also allegedly drove a vehicle reported stolen in Detroit.

The theft allegedly occurred at 2:43 p.m. March 14. Target employees told police that they recognized the suspect, a 24-yearold Detroit man, from previous thefts as he was attempting to leave the store with a cart full of unpaid merchandise. Upon arriving at the scene, Troy police officers apprehended the suspect and discovered the car had been reported stolen.

Troy police officers were dispatched to Interstate 75 at Livernois Road following reports of a single-vehicle crash that occurred at 7:45 a.m. March 12.

Upon arrival, police determined that a silver sedan had veered off the road, struck a sign and crashed into a ditch. The driver was unhurt.

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Troy police officers responded to a single-vehicle crash near the intersection of Big Beaver Road and Rochester Road at 3:57 p.m. March 17.

Police said a driver had driven over the median and crashed. They added that the driver, a 64-year-old Lathrup Village woman, had slurred speech and glassy eyes. The driver told police she had previously been consuming alcohol, and she did poorly on field sobriety tests, according to the police. She later submitted to a blood test with results of a 0.14% blood alcohol level. She was issued a citation for driving while intoxicated.

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former students who are now well known in the field of materials science: Larry Allard, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee; John Mardinly, of Chandler, Arizona; and John Mansfield, of Ann Arbor.

“I think this is an unprecedented event.

I don’t think we have had anyone reach 100 years. A century of contribution, and I do mean contribution. Professor Bigelow has continued to contribute to the department and to science all the way through his life, and we have people here that are still influenced by what he does and did and continues to do,” said Holm.

The men presented highlights and photographs from Bigelow’s career. This included acquiring two up-to-date transmission electron microscopes in 1962 and 1963, and founding the university’s Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory in 1969, which he was director of

until 1987. Bigelow told the Novi Note during a March 9 interview that he considers this to be the crowning achievement of his scientific career. In 1985, he also established the Hanawalt Laboratory for X-ray Diffraction.

“I would have to say his tenacity and determination (are his greatest strengths). Once Dad takes on a project, he will always find a way to see it through, or figure out a solution to a problem, regardless of how long it may take, or what obstacles may arise along the way,” said Andrew Bigelow, Wilbur’s son. “A good example of this was related by Dr. Allard when he described how he and Dad spent almost two years figuring out how to accurately aim the electron beam on one of their microscopes. This is typical of Dad’s tenacity; he would figure out a way to make that machine work, regardless of how long it took.”

In the beginning

Bigelow was born on March 18, 1923,

and grew up in the rural town of Bowman Creek, Pennsylvania, in a house that his father built. He was one of four children. Growing up, he did not have running water and electricity or even a telephone in his home. He said they had to pump water and carry it up to the house.

He recalled having to go to the neighbor’s house to use the telephone, until his father was able to save enough money to have a telephone line put in. However, he said that he was not excited when the telephone was put in, as he couldn’t use it.

“Kids don’t use the telephone,” Bigelow said matter of factly.

He said they had plenty of food, as they raised animals for meat and grew vegetables and fruits in a garden. He said that they weren’t poor during the Great Depression, as they had plenty of food to eat and were able to go to good schools.

“I had a great time as a child,” said Bigelow. “Roamed the hills and swimmed the creeks. It was a great childhood. … We were

never poor. We just didn’t have money.”

He recalled listening to the radio at his grandfather’s house. He said the family would gather around the Atwater Kent radio and listen to whatever was on.

“It was all noisy, and we had to run the antenna over a tree and over another tree to get a decent signal, and whatever was on we listened to. I didn’t get a choice. The parents decided what we were going to listen to,” he said.

During that era, Bigelow recalled, his father always brewed beer in the basement. However, he said that was not what inspired him to go into science. He said that he attributed his desire to go into science to an agricultural science teacher he had in high school.

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Spring weather is often very wet, both from snow melting and from an increase in rainfall. These wet conditions mean there are several issues that can crop up for homeowners “The biggest problems come from big snow melts or rains that cause backups. Base-

ment flooding is a huge problem around this time of year,” said Frank Winters, the owner of Birmingham Plumbing. “Tree roots can also grow into your sewer line, particularly in old houses that have clay pipes. They can even grow into broken PVC pipes and clog the drain.”

“The biggest risks around this time of year include damage to finished basements,” added Rich Piccirilli, the chief operating officer of the Foundation Authority in Clinton Township. “Any kind of flooding is bad.

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Piccirilli said that homeowners should take this time of year to do a check of their home’s condition as they do their spring cleaning.

“This is the best time of the year to do an exam of their home,” he explained. “Most people in the next 30 days are often outside and doing spring cleaning, so they often notice things. Just look for things; cracks in the brick, windows not closing or opening prop-

erly, walls starting to buckle. The soil can expand from the water and affect your home. … You can smell and see mildew. I would always recommend calling a professional to check it out if you see something. It’s better to be safe.”

There are steps homeowners can take to try to avoid such problems. It can be very important to clean a house’s gutters and ensure the downspouts pour the gutters’ water away from the home properly.

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from the house,” said Piccirilli. “Downspouts are important. Make sure gutters are clean and extended away from the house. If it’s pointed away but the grade pours it back toward the house, it still pools around the structure. You want that water away from the house.”

Winters said that making sure the home has a working sump pump and backups that are designed to mitigate or prevent flooding is something homeowners should be doing at least once a year.

“Usually people start identifying problems when water starts showing up,” he said. “Preemptively, you could look for cracks in your basement walls. Make sure your gutters outside aren’t dumping next to the house. Make sure the sump pump and backups are working so they don’t stick when you need them. The backup might not be used for years, so you want to run it periodically to keep it fresh. You might want to make sure your storm trap is clear and inspected.”

Piccirilli advised homeowners to look out for mold but to be very cautious when dealing with it, as some forms can be hazardous to a person’s health.

“In the case of mold or mildew, you can get some household products to clean some light mildew,” he said. “That white effervescence … you can clean that or have a company like ours take care of it. For full-blown black mold, you need to consult a professional company that knows how to deal with that. It can be dangerous.”

Perhaps most importantly, making sure a home has the proper insurance coverage in the event of flooding could save families thousands of dollars in the event of a severe problem caused by spring weather.

“We had a guy who walked in with a basement that was flooded with 3 feet of water and didn’t have insurance,” said Winters. “You always want to make sure you get that insured.

We had to replace the sump pump and furnace. He lost pretty much everything he had in that basement.”

Piccirilli said that a little prevention can go a long way. For every $1 invested in disaster mitigation, $6 can be saved in damages and repairs.

“A lot of people are almost scared when they see a crack and are afraid it will be a $20,000 repair,” he said. “Often, it’s not — it’s just a $500 repair. If you can spot these issues soon, it can cost you a lot less money.”

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A noise study of I-75 between 13 Mile Road and Adams Road was performed by MDOT after a petition by residents living near the expressway complained about excess noise.

ask questions. We encourage feedback on the process to make sure we didn’t overlook anything.”

The sound study was announced after a significant push from members of the Troy area community living near Interstate 75 near its intersection with Adams Road.

Local residents said that after roadwork was completed on that stretch of the expressway, the noise coming from I-75 was unbearable.

“We got about 1,000 signatures that we sent to the city, to the state, to MDOT and so forth. A lot of people are affected by the noise since the construction on I-75 was completed near Adams Road. Now people to the south are affected too, since more of the expressway has completed more work,” said Gail Morrell, one of the Troy residents who started the petition. “We had some people on the committee we formed who were noise experts for the auto industry who completed their own noise studies, and they got back some very loud results in our area.”

Morosi said that the study is the result of a $300,000 grant awarded to MDOT from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to conduct a traffic noise study on

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I-75 between 13 Mile Road and Adams Road in Oakland County. “$300,000 was appropriated from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to conduct additional traffic noise studies in the city of Troy. We did the study,” he said. “We have a draft report that we want to present to the public on the results.”

However, he stressed that the results had not been completed as of March 30, and they will not be formally released until the meeting. Thus, he added, no decisions on sound walls or other sound mitigation measures have been made yet.

“On April 11, when we have the meeting, there has not been a determination where or if any walls will be built,” said Morosi. “This is just to discuss the draft study. Nothing has been finalized yet.”

Morrell is uncertain about what MDOT will say at the open house; it’s her opinion that MDOT has not been forthcoming in the past.

“We’re not sure the sound study will be in our favor. MDOT hasn’t been great at communicating in the past, but we are hopeful,” she said. “The most concerning thing would be finding money to get noise barriers installed. We hope they stay in contact with us better than they have in the past.”

Morrell encouraged any Troy-area residents affected by the issue to attend the meeting and make their voices heard.

“We would like as many people who can attend to attend so we have a good number to show that there are a lot of people who are upset,” she remarked. “We’re still here. We’re still fighting even after several years of this. We just want to see some action taken. We haven’t given up.”

Morosi said that anyone who cannot attend the open house can still ask questions or send comments to MDOT for two weeks after it.

“If you cannot attend the event on April 11, a presentation will be available on the city of Troy’s website after the meeting. People can contact us after the fact to comment until April 25. We always take two weeks after a public meeting like this for comments.”

The Troy city website is www.troymi.gov. MDOT can be contacted by going to www. michigan.gov/mdot/projects-studies and searching for the I-75 project noise study.

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People can get updates on this program and the coalition’s other programs by signing up for its newsletter from its website, www. troy.k12.mi.us/community-links/tccoalition. Those interested also can call them at (248) 823-5088.

Now that spring has arrived, Morrison said the coalition also is once more doing its Parents Who Host program.

“We do a Parents Who Host program, which is about the social hosting laws,” she said. “It’s a reminder to parents not to serve children under the age of 21 alcohol. We send out emails and notifications. It’s the time of year to remind people about this, since prom and graduation is coming up.”

Morrison said that maintaining a strong relationship with local retailers to encourage them to sell responsibly is a key part of what they do.

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The coalition and its partner organizations still put local retailers to the test each year.

“Our umbrella coalition goes out in June, and they do undercover buys for alcohol and tobacco,” Wiwel said. “We don’t know who is ‘targeted’ or where they will try to make the purchases, but it is countywide.

They handle that aspect, because there’s a lot of training the youth who partake in it have to go through.”

Both Morrison and Wiwel hope that by reaching out to the community they can make a positive difference in the lives of local youths.

“We are here to prevent substance abuse in our community and we are always looking at public safety, health and wellness in the community,” remarked Morrison. “We try to stress the consequences of behavior, who is affected by your behavior, and so forth.”

“We emphasize that, especially with kids, to think about who that one person is who they can trust and talk to when something arises,” Wiwel added. “We want them to think about that person now, so that when the need arises, they already have someone in mind.”

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in a cool, dark location, they can remain viable for many years. If stored in an airtight container in a freezer, they might be able to last for decades at a time. Cohen does specify that there is an exception to this rule: Seeds for parsnips, spinach and most onion varieties tend to lose their viability after the first year.

Every year, the Michigan Seed Library Network showcases a different seed with Michigan roots through their “One Seed, One State” initiative.

One Seed, One State unites seed libraries across the state under one common goal to grow the same plant. This year’s seed is Grand Rapids lettuce, which is described as an easyto-grow frilly, non-bitter leaf lettuce that can be eaten as early as 28 days after planting. The “father of forced lettuce,” Eugene Davis, developed Grand Rapids lettuce in the late 1800s.

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Local libraries encourage the public to get their hands dirty and start a garden this season by offering seed libraries.

There are currently 130 active seed libraries in Michigan and around 600 nationwide, according to Bevin Cohen, who created the Michigan Seed Library Network as a connection tool to promote and develop seed libraries.

Cohen is a Michigan-based author specializing in herbalism, seed saving and sustainability practices through the homestead project he and his wife own, called Small House Farm in Sanford.

Though each seed library differs slightly from the next, the general model allows librarygoers to “check out” seed packets of different plant varieties such as vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers and even Michigan native plants, which attract vital pollinators like bees and butterflies.

Typically, libraries limit how many seed packets can be checked out at a time and encourage seed saving so that they can replenish their supply.

Professional seed saver Cohen explains that the process isn’t as complicated as it may seem.

“It’s pretty simple. The first detail is learning how to identify when the seeds are ready to be harvested, which varies from one crop to the next,” Cohen said.

Cohen said that knowing where the seeds are and when they’ll be ready is crucial in seed saving.

“With things that (are) easy to grow, like beans and peas, we’re harvesting the seeds themselves, so those are really easy to identify.

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Lisa Martin, the branch librarian at the Warren Civic Center Library, is excited to announce the arrival of seed libraries at all four Warren libraries this April and that they will be participating in this year’s One Seed, One State project. Currently, the Civic and the Burnette Branch libraries are collecting seed donations of leftover seed packets (unopened or partial packets) to start their seed library. All donations must be labeled and placed in sealed bags, packets or envelopes. If you write your name on your donations, you’ll be entered in a draw-

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Martin said that much of the inspiration for Warren’s seed libraries came from the Ferndale Area District Library’s impressive seed library model. Adult services librarians Sarah Bowman and Michelle Williamson have been running the seed library in Ferndale for three years now. Williamson explained that the Ferndale Garden Club initiated the founding of the seed library just a year or so prior to her involvement and still plays an active role in educating library-goers on sustainable garden practices.

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She advises new gardeners to throw out that native plant gardens can still be manicured. With help from Mulberry Hill Wildlife, everything they’ve learned about gardening Quesenberry worked to redesign her yard to and not to take themselves too seriously, as target different species. Now her yard is home gardening is a fun experiment of trial and erto a bird-friendly garden, a bumblebee garden ror.

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He said his college degree was funded by raising and selling chickens. Bigelow said the family would raise and sell around 200 chickens each year, and the funds paid for his education. He said he spent $525.77 per year for his bachelor’s degree.

“The cost has gone up remarkably over the years, but I graduated before that happened,” said Bigelow.

Upon graduation, he was offered a commission in the United States Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., which he gladly accepted. He then worked his way up the ranks by “cheating a little” and taking correspondence courses to finish his military career as a lieutenant commander. He said his military service was focused on solving the Navy’s lubrication and corrosion issues. There he worked with W. A. Zisman, a famous surface chemist.

“I stayed on as long as I could. I liked the Navy uniforms. It was the first time I ever had a suit of clothes that fit me,” Bigelow said. “Because all I got were hand-me-down clothes from my uncles. I got to go into a tailor shop and got fitted for two uniforms, and they fit nicely and they looked good. I hated to get out of the Navy

because I had to give up those clothes. … You get to keep it but you can’t wear it.”

He left the military in 1946 and then earned his master’s in chemistry in 1948 and his doctorate from the University of Michigan in physical chemistry in 1952. Bigelow said he chose to come to Michigan because a man he worked with in the Navy was well acquainted with U of M and sent him to the university on a teaching fellowship with Dr. Lawrence Brockway.

“That was a real good thing to do, because Dr. Brockway was a world-famous man and he trained me well in chemistry and everything,” he said. “(I learned) everything (from Brockway); he was more like a father than my father.

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truck, so he’s prepared to go fishing whenever the mood strikes. Fishing has been a lifelong hobby for Jankowski, and part of the fun for him is saving some of what he catches to have a fish fry with his friends and family.

“Seeing how many lakes have been poisoned with this stuff, even the lakes we thought would be clean or have minimal levels was heartbreaking, and looking at the data, it’s very eye-opening,” Jankowski stated.

PFAS stands for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which the Ecology Center describes as “a class of thousands of toxic chemicals widely used in manufacturing and consumer products.”

PFAS is used to make products resistant to water, oil and stains. However, the danger of PFAS is that it does not break down in the environment, meaning that PFAS pollution in bodies of water leads to contamination of fish, which is especially dangerous for subsistence anglers who consume what they catch. PFAS chemicals are linked to certain types of cancers, reproductive issues and reduced vaccine effectiveness.

Using a community-based science model, the project approached six anglers who went through a training session to learn how to properly package the fish they caught without contaminating the samples. The anglers took part in designing the research questions, collecting samples, processing the fish, and discussing the results and education strategies for fellow anglers.

From April to June, the anglers were given a choice of 15 locations to fish around the Rouge River and Huron River. Over 100 fish of 12 different species — such as bluegill, pumpkinseed, rock bass and catfish — were tested for 40 different PFAS chemicals. The fish were put into a freezer and transported to Envirolab in Oscoda, Michigan, where they were blended together so that scientists could test the entire fish, rather than just the fillet, which was the previous protocol used in 2018 when the Huron River was contaminated by a chrome plating facility that manufactures shiny coatings on car parts.

The results were devastating.

PFAS chemicals were found in every single fish tested from both rivers.

Fourteen different types of PFAS chemicals were detected in the study, with each fish containing at least one of the 14 chemicals.

Of these 14 chemicals, only two are regulated in Michigan. Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, or PFOS, is one of the few regulated PFAS chemicals widely found because it doesn’t break down. PFOS was found in 58% of the Huron fish and in 46% of the Rouge fish. The range of PFAS found in the whole fish was 11 to 59 parts per billion (nine fish) in the Rouge River and 12 to 133 parts per billion (11 fish) in the

Huron River. The estimated highest filet concentrations were 47 ppb for the Huron and 12 ppb for the Rouge.

Though these results yielded lower levels of PFAS in Huron River fish than in the 2018 testing, these levels are above what the state of Michigan advises, limiting consumption to two Huron and 12 Rouge meals per month. Currently, the state has issued a “Do Not Eat” advisory if PFOS is found at greater than 300 ppb in fish.

“We got this survey started, and halfway through, the Health Department issued a ‘Do Not Eat’ advisory because we found some really high levels,” said Sally Petrella, the monitoring manager at Friends of the Rouge who worked closely on the study. “It really hit home for me that we had these anglers out here collecting fish to be tested, and we’re already getting a fish consumption advisory showing us how important it is to be collecting this information and understand how deep the problem is so we can work to fix it.”

Petrella stated that the EPA recently proposed the first-ever national drinking water standard, the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, which would require the public water systems to monitor, notify the public of the levels and reduce the levels in drinking water if they exceed the proposed standards of six types of PFAS: • perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).

• perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS).

• perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA).

• hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA).

• perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS).

• perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS).

The EPA aims to finalize the regulation by the end of 2023. If fully implemented, the EPA estimates “the rule will prevent thousands of deaths and reduce tens of thousands of serious PFAS-attributable illnesses.”

Another angler involved in the study, Bill Bialkowski, of Dearborn, is a retired accountant who took up fishing as a hobby because it was a way for him to connect with nature and other anglers. Bialkowski found himself involved in the study when he ran into Petrella at the 2022 End of Winter Paddle. He approached Petrella and asked if there were any upcoming projects that he’d be able to participate in. A few weeks later, she contacted him about the upcoming PFAS study seeking local anglers to participate.

“I quite enjoyed it, because I fish for fun anyways,” Bialkowski said. “He explained that throughout the study, he began to read up on PFAS chemicals so that he could educate anyone who asked him about his involvement in the study.

“I’m not any kind of a true scientist, but this role as ‘Citizen Scientist,’ I really liked it, and it’s become one of my hobbies starting this year.”

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Despite rainy weather the day before, many players hit the links at Red Oaks Golf Course April 2.

have experienced a lot of business in the last few years since COVID-19.

“We definitely have been seeing a jump since COVID,” said Pardy. “Once people were able to get outside, golf has been very popular. We’ve seen that stick the last couple of years since then. It’s a good outdoor sport that keeps you away from people. We’re hoping that continues.”

Derick Marcum, the general manager of the Sanctuary Lake Golf Course in Troy, confirmed that they have been having above-average business the last few years as well.

“We’ve been seeing an increase since COVID. It got a lot of new people involved in it. We’ve definitely seen it,” he remarked. “We are very busy, even this early in the year. We think it will continue this year. The biggest issue we could run into is Mother Nature.”

The Sanctuary Lake course is in a rare position to judge attendance, since it is open year-round and thus can track the sport’s popularity even in the offseason.

“In terms of a start date, we are a unique course, since we stay open all year round,” said Marcum. “We’ve had games in January and February. Everyone seems really excited for the season and the warm weather. We’re seeing increased rounds.”

Business has been so good that Marcum suggested golfers check with whatever course they want to play at to see if they need to reserve a tee time.

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so I would recommend it. There’s not usually trouble getting a time, but you’ll want to call ahead or go online before playing.”

Pardy said that golf has proven more and more popular since COVID due to its naturally socially distanced nature while allowing people to be active outdoors.

“We’re seeing a lot of newer golfers,” he said. “They are looking for something outside that they can do away from people. They are picking up the sport, and I think it’s catching on stronger than it has in a long time.”

“Golf is a fun, enjoyable experience,” Marcum added. “You’re outside. It can be competitive or noncompetitive. It’s just a great game.”

Pardy encourages those who may have always wanted to try the game but never gotten around to it to consider playing a game or two this season or taking a lesson, adding that many courses — like those run by Oakland County — have differing options depending on who someone wants to play.

“There (were) no events on April 1. We (were) just welcoming people back. Our season lasts until about early November. It depends on the weather, though,” he said. “We have an array of golf options for beginners who want to try it out, all the way up to options for avid golfers. We have a premier course, Lyon Oaks, over in Wixom. Springfield Oaks in Springfield Township has a course Up North feel. Red Oaks is a nine-hole course in the middle of an urbanized area. It’s perfectly located for golfers to sneak out and play a quick nine.”

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For the Rouge River, PFAS testing had been limited up until this point, and prior to this study, PFAS levels in fish were not high enough to warrant any fish consumption advisories.

However, as Petrella mentioned, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued an advisory for certain fish, such as bluegill and sunfish, due to the high levels of PFOS found in them in the lower branch and the main branch, from the Ford Estate dam to the Detroit River. Additionally, unlike the Huron River, a pollution source has not been identified.

The EPA advises that there are no safe levels of PFAS in drinking water, yet Michigan’s fish consumption levels have not been updated to reflect this data. The Ecology Center, the Friends of the Rouge and the Huron River Watershed Council are advocating for stricter advisories and plead for Michigan lawmakers to establish “science-based PFAS maximum contaminant levels for fish and wildlife, increase consumption advisory signage in heavy fishing areas along the Huron and Rouge rivers, include other PFAS chemicals in addition to

PFOS in the Eat Safe Fish Advisory, and take a proactive stance and prevent future pollution in Michigan fisheries, water and wildlife by regulating new chemical threats to ecosystems, prohibit the sale of all PFAS-containing products except when no safer alternative exists and to hold polluters financially responsible for cleaning up PFAS pollution, including mitigation and PFAS destruction.”

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters announcing new bipartisan legislation to help protect consumers from toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances March 16.

The Protecting Consumers from PFAS Act would add the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the list of federal agencies required to participate on the PFAS Interagency Working Group, which Peters helped establish in 2021 to improve coordination between federal agencies to address PFAS contamination, according to a press release. The commission is tasked with protecting the public against injury or harm associated with consumer products, such as water-resistant clothing, nonstick cookware, and other products that may contain PFAS chemicals “which can lead to serious health effects including cancer, low infant birthweight, liver and kidney issues, and reproductive and developmental problems,” the release states.

“Toxic PFAS chemicals have been found in our everyday items from clothing to nonstick cookware to cleaning supplies to dental

Bill Bialkowski poses with Phil, a friend of his who he convinced to join the study, and some of the fish they collected.

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floss,” said Peters. “I’m leading this bipartisan bill to ensure the federal agency responsible for protecting consumers from products that threaten their health and safety has a seat at the table as we work to address and eliminate these dangerous toxins.”

The bill reportedly builds on Peters’ efforts to address PFAS contamination, according to the release. In a funding bill signed into law in December 2022, Peters pushed for continued efforts to address PFAS contamination. The law included $5 million for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support efforts to address PFAS contamination in agriculture, $2.7 million for

the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct research on the transmission of PFAS substances in watersheds and aquifers, and $2 million for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to continue work on PFAS and other contaminants of concern.

To learn more about this study, visit https://www.ecocenter.org/our-work/healthystuff-lab/reports/community-based-study-pfasfish.

For more information regarding the EPA’s National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, visit https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-polyfluoro alkyl-substances-pfas.

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“You be sure to never say a harsh word to your mate. If you start to say something nasty, then you stop and count to five and think of something pleasant to say. It is important to be kind,” said Bigelow.

His son, Douglas, had cerebral palsy and was both physically and mentally disabled. Bigelow cared for his son for 58 years until he died in his sleep.

“He was a cheerful little guy, but he was severely handicapped. All he could do was throw things on the floor and laugh when I had to pick them up,” Bigelow said of his son.

Researching and teaching at U of M

After graduating from U of M, Bigelow worked for professor J. W. Freeman as a research associate in the U of M Engineering Research Institute studying the development of precipitate phases at high temperatures in several alloys then in use in jet aircraft engines, using the techniques of electron microscopy and electron diffraction, according to his biographical summary. He remained there until 1955, when he became a faculty member of the university.

Bigelow’s scientific work has involved the application of the methods of electron microscopy and X-ray and electron diffraction to the study of structure-property relationships in engineering materials, according to his biographical summary. He has also collaborated in research on surface chemistry and lubrication; scale formation in the conversion of saline to fresh water; the distribution of silica and heavy metals in plant tissues; and indexing methods for X-ray powder diffraction data, according to his biographical summary. Bigelow identified Gamma Prime Ni3AI with electron microscopy in the 1950s.

Dalsin offered a better explanation of material science for those not familiar with it. She explained that it is like making cookies. You can have the same ingredients, but if you cook it less, it is soft, and if you cook it longer, it comes out crispy. The science focuses on how to make materials better acclimated for different purposes.

Bigelow taught many science courses over the years. He said he taught everything from general chemistry to physical chemistry to physical metallurgy, X-ray diffraction, crystallography, electron microscopy and even a statistics course. He said he was told to teach advanced statistics and had to learn it before that fall semester.

“Ignorance to a subject is no excuse for not teaching it,” said Bigelow. “You just have to study faster than the students.”

Following his retirement from the university in 1993, Bigelow remained active as a consultant.

Vitamins and longevity

“My greatest achievement — living to be 100,” Bigelow declared in a March 9 interview with the Novi Note. He said the secret to liv-

ing a long life is “Vitamins. All of them. Take a bunch of vitamins. The most important ones are C and D. I took a bunch of vitamins. I took them almost all my life, and this is the result.”

Debby Bigelow, Wilbur Bigelow’s daughter-in-law, recalled that he would carry a list of all the different vitamins with him.

“He actually used to carry a strip in his wallet with what he took because people would be so amazed at his age, and he would keep a piece of paper with what he took every day,” she said. “And he would share that with people to help them stay healthy.”

Bigelow is a charter member and fellow of the Microbeam Analysis Society, and served as president of the Michigan Chapter in 1979.

According to Allard, Bigelow is the oldest living member. He was named a Fellow of the Society in 2018.

He has also been a member of the Electron Microscopy Society of America since about 1950, having served as national program chairman in 1960, director from 1961 to 1963, president of the Michigan Chapter in 1965, national membership secretary in 1966 and 1967, and national president in 1969. He was named a Fellow of the Society in 2019. He is a longtime member of the American Chemical Society, and has been a member of the Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi academic honors societies for over 70 years.

Fun stuff, giving back and profound thoughts

Bigelow loves football and is a huge fan of the University of Michigan team. He said he went to all the games from the time he was a student through his time as a faculty member.

However, he now watches the games on television. When it comes to professional football, he said he feels obligated to root for the Detroit Lions, but admitted he naps through their games.

He also enjoys music and used to like to go to symphony concerts in Ann Arbor, as well as to the theater. According to Debby Bigelow, his favorite symphony is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

Bigelow pointed out that the University of Michigan is only 200 years old and therefore he has been around for a good percentage of its history.

“I don’t have a favorite memory. I have a hundred years of memories, and I sit and go over it all the time,” said Bigelow. He said he thinks about all the people he knew and all the things he didn’t do.

Bigelow enjoys giving back to the community and helping students pursue their educations. Following the death of his wife, Bigelow established the Carlene Friedley Scholarship with a donation of $20,000. The scholarship is handed out annually to a female student pursuing a degree in chemistry. In the 20102011 school year, the scholarship was awarded to Sushan Yang, of Novi. He also established the Wilbur C. Bigelow Materials Science and Engineering Scholarship Fund with a $25,000 donation in 2019.

“By doing that he has helped a lot of students continue their programs,” said

Debby Bigelow.

Wilbur Bigelow was living on his own until the age of 99 1/2, when an injury following a trip put him at the Novi Lakes Health Campus rehab facility so that he could be near his son, and later his family decided he should remain there for his own safety.

“It’s been a challenge because he is so independent,” said Debby Bigelow.

Andrew Bigelow recalled asking his dad who he thought the greatest president was. He said Wilbur responded “probably FDR.” Andrew said he thought to himself, wow. He’s not just saying that from reading about it. He actually was alive when FDR was president.

“I was like, my gosh, this guy’s talking from personal experience, about the 1930s, the 1940s. I thought that was pretty amazing,” Andrew Bigelow said.

“It’s just an ordinary life,” Wilbur Bigelow told the Novi Note during a March 9 interview, as he didn’t think there was a need to fuss over

him. “I’m unremarkable.”

“Ordinary? That’s not ordinary. After hearing all of this, that’s extraordinary,” said Sarah Wozniak, life enrichment director at the Novi Lakes Health Campus, following the remarks from his former students at the party.

“I am surprised, pleased and honored by this meeting,” Bigelow told the crowd. “I did not expect all this hubbub about my 100th birthday, but it is awful nice, and I appreciate all of your thoughts and wishes and the kind things you say about me. Most of them aren’t true. I’m a grumpy old curmudgeon. You can’t beat that. So I thank you all.”

The Novi Lakes Health Campus worked in conjunction with U of M to honor Bigelow with a surprise 100th birthday party. The event was funded as part of the Trilogy Community Foundation’s Live a Dream Program. The program grants wishes for seniors. The party was the wish of his family for him to see his friends, colleagues and the University once more.

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