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FALLEN GIs REMEMBERED AN OCEAN AWAY

BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com

METRO DETROIT — Each time Bart van der Sterren visits the Netherlands American Cemetery, he places a bouquet of fresh flowers at the Wall of the Missing.

The heartfelt gesture honors the memory of U.S. soldier Cliffe Hamilton Wolfe, a Detroit native who went missing in November 1944 during World War II. His remains have never been found.

Van der Sterren, a resident of Schinveld, Netherlands, is among many volunteers who have adopted American GIs buried at the cemetery, located in the European town of Margraten, Netherlands.

Approximately 8,300 U.S. military service members killed in combat during Operation Market Garden and the Allied push into Nazi Germany are laid to rest there. Also remembered are the 1,700 soldiers whose names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, including Wolfe’s. The cemetery was built on land where the U.S. Army’s

DETROIT SOLDIER’S REMAINS STILL MISSING

Fire millage renewal to appear on Aug. 6 ballot

BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — With a short agenda to work with, the Macomb Township Board of Trustees had a relatively quick meeting on the evening of May 8.

Trustees approved the placement of a Fire Department millage renewal question on the Aug. 6 ballot. The current millage, originally approved at 2 mills and currently set at 1.9 mills, is due to expire in March 2025.

“We have to put on the ballot a mechanism to fund the Fire Department when the current (millage) expires,” Macomb Township Treasurer Leon Drolet said. “We’re proposing to put 1.9 mills on the ballot. Essentially, it won’t cost the residents any more than they’re paying now. It would be the same rate.”

Though the millage voted on will be 2 mills, the township will only be allowed to levy up to 1.9 mills. The remaining 0.1 mills will only be levied in order to restore lost revenues due to Headlee amendment rate reductions. The millage, if approved by voters, would last for 10 years.

Broughton Development agreement amended

Trustees also approved amendments to a consent agreement with Broughton Development LLC regarding its project planned for the land south of the Macomb Township municipal area.

“(Broughton Development) had some delays relating to

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Photo by Brian Louwers

Photo provided by Bart van der Sterren

LEFT: The Netherlands American Cemetery was built on land where the U.S. 30th Infantry Division liberated the Dutch citizens in September 1944. RIGHT: Bart van der Sterren, a resident of Schinveld, Netherlands, has adopted two soldiers, including Cliffe Hamilton Wolfe, of Detroit. Pictured here van der Sterren stands below Wolfe’s name at the Wall of the Missing.

REPEAT

BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — For the second straight year, Macomb Dakota girls tennis sits atop the Macomb Area Conference White division.

The Cougars earned the clean sweep last year with the dual meet and divisional meet championship, but a tie with Utica Ford II at the divisional meet would keep the thought of back-to-back sweeps shelved.

Dakota has had a firm grasp on the league since Grosse Pointe North — which

MAC WHITE BELONGS TO DAKOTA TENNIS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON

won three straight league titles from 2019 to 2022 (2020 was the COVID-19 year) — moved up to the MAC Red, but this year was arguably Dakota’s toughest test.

With first-year head coach Hayden Carey at the helm and a slew of players shuffling to different flights, it was intriguing to see how the new-look Dakota tennis team would operate.

For Carey, who played tennis at Mt. Pleasant High School, it was taking on the pressure of being a head coach of a Dakota athletic program.

Photographers capture township’s culture

BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Beauty can be found in everything; it just needs someone to capture it.

Over the winter and early spring of 2024, Macomb Township tasked residents with finding the beauty in their local community. Residents answered the call to join the township’s first-ever photo contest, and the final three winners were announced at the May 8 Board of Trustees meeting.

Justin Vollbach took the top prize with a photo of a creek near the Township Hall campus. Tyler Bucholtz and Brittney Reno rounded out the podium positions.

“It was actually a blizzard that day,” Vollbach said. “It was around 5 p.m. (in) early January. It was close to my home so I thought, ‘Let’s go out and have some fun.’ … The creek photo was one of the

last photos I took.”

The idea for the contest came from Township Supervisor Frank Viviano as a way of developing a community culture.

“Over the last few years, we’ve been trying to identify what our culture is and what our character is for the community,” Viviano said. “We are a large bedroom community. We don’t have a lakefront, for example. We don’t have any large inland lakes like some communities have. Just in the course of discussing things like that, I thought it would be nice if we highlighted what natural beauty we have in the township, and the idea of getting a photo contest so we could collect some of that from the residents would be a good idea.”

Running the contest came down to Grace Lovins, township community relations liaison, who took the initial concept and paired it with the winter season.

Brittney Reno, foreground left, Tyler Bucholtz and Justin Vollbach pose with the Macomb Township Board of Trustees and their winning photos from the township’s winter 2024 photo contest on May 8.

Photo by Erin Sanchez

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Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

Macomb Dakota senior Ashley Gottschling returns the ball during a team practice.

Bird-watching teaches patience, offers relaxation

BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com

METRO DETROIT — Bird-watching takes patience and precision, but it pays off in the end for those looking to learn more about the magnificent creatures that fly and capture the perfect shot.

Rosann Kovalcik, a bird-watcher and birding expert from Grosse Pointe Woods, said a high school biology teacher at Lake Shore High School started a bird-watching club. A member of that club lived down the street from her and they enjoyed the hobby together. She was 16 years old at the time and now she is going to be 70.

One of the things she loves most about birding is the diversity she sees in the birds she encounters.

“Not only different species but within the species you can see how there’s the differences between how males and females act and the different habitats that they favor based upon what their food sources are and their nesting habits,” Kovalcik said. “So yeah, I really love the diversity of it.”

She also loves how she can enjoy the

hobby anywhere she goes.

“You can be anyplace in the world and there’s going to be birds there to watch, pretty much,” Kovalcik said.

Kovalcik has seen around 4,000 birds over her years of bird-watching. Though most of the time she watches birds in her backyard, Kovalcik also leads bird walks at the Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, and she visits her cottage near the Sleeping Bear Dunes as well.

Kovalcik said she recommends others get involved in bird-watching.

“It’s known to lower your blood pressure, calm you down, put you in touch with the important elements of the out of doors that just make you (a) more peaceful and calm person,” Kovalcik said.

She added that bird-watching also keeps a person sharp.

“As we age and we want to do something that keeps our brains fired, it’s a good one,” Kovalcik said. “You know you get your binoculars out, you’re looking at something, what is this, what clues am I looking for. It’s like a great game.”

Kovalcik said she saw the popularity

of bird-watching increase during the COVID-19 pandemic and most of the people who got into it stayed with the hobby.

“Many people took up birding and being out of doors, so it happened both at homes and on the trails,” Kovalcik said. “It’s hugely popular now. There’s many Facebook pages that are devoted to it. It’s definitely seen a big uptick.”

Jack Padley, a bird-watcher and photographer from New Hudson, said he tries to photograph as many birds as he can in a year.

“And then my sister and I look at the photos and the ones that I don’t know what they are, she’s always there to tell me what they are,” Padley said. “I just love being able to go out into nature and walking around and finding birds.”

Padley has filmed and photographed different birds in their natural habitats such as woodpeckers pecking at trees and herons when they’re fishing. He also said he has seen birds when they are born in the spring and has watched them grow up over the course of the season.

“So I’m more into the photography bit of it than actually knowing what each bird is,” Padley said.

Padley started photographing birds in 2018 when he retired from C & G Newspapers. He uses his cellphone to take photos which he says takes quality pictures.

“My sister kind of got me into it and I started going out and, you know, taking photos while I was walking around in Kensington Metropark and other places,” Padley said.

Padley was able to keep up his birdwatching hobby during the pandemic since it was out in nature. He said there weren’t many people around and he didn’t have to wear his mask. His favorite place to go birdwatching is Kensington Metropark.

“The other parks are good places too, but Kensington is my favorite,” Padley said. “They have nature trails. They have one that’s called Wildwings and there are plenty of birds out there. And the birds are so used to the humans that they’ll land on your hands and eat bird seed right out of your hands and stuff.”

Padley added the birds will chirp at birdwatchers to feed them. He takes his grandSee BIRDS on page 10A

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• Masters Degree in Finance

• Vice Chair of Macomb Township Board of Ethics

• U.S. Army and Michigan National GuardVeteran of the Gulf War

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• 25+ years of IT systems, project, and risk management

• 25+ year resident of Macomb Township

I’Il work towards

• Restoring integrity, ethics, and transparency to the Board

• Lobbying for and improving our roads, sidewalks, parks, and other amenities

• Promoting responsible development

• Maintaining fiscal responsibility

• Actively listening to the concerns of the residents of our township

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“It took a little bit of planning because we wanted to do a theme or season, so we decided that after the new year picks up to do a winter-themed photo contest,” Lovins said. “We put together the rules and made a webpage for it on our website. The biggest part was pushing it on social media and getting it out there that we were doing something like this because it was our first time.”

Once the contest was closed to submissions, the Board of Trustees was tasked with whittling down the field of 40 to 10 finalists that residents would pick the ulti-

mate winner from. Final polls were cast online at one vote per resident. Photos were able to be seen online or in person at the township hall, the recreation center and the North Branch of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library.

“We didn’t put any specific parameters on the board when they were examining which 10 were the best,” Viviano said. “There was a set of rules for submitting, but once the submissions were through and cleared, I told the board (to) pick the 10 photos you feel are the most appealing, the prettiest.”

Viviano believes the event was a success, both in its operation and in meeting the goals of building a Macomb Township

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Photo provided by Justin Vollbach

Justin Vollbach took the winning photo in the Macomb Township 2024 winter photo contest. The photo was taken of a creek on the Macomb Township municipal campus.

OLD JAIL OPENED FOR TOURS

BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com

MACOMB COUNTY — Historically, there have been two ways to go to the county jail: getting arrested or working in corrections.

But as the Macomb County Jail gets ready for its upcoming expansion, the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office offered people the opportunity to tour its old maximum security and soon-to-be decommissioned D Block facilities May 15-17.

“All of this is going to be demoed, but what we want to give is an opportunity to the public to tour it, specifically the D Blocks and maximum security,” Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel said. “They’re unique. It’s like something you would see in some movies or television, specifically maximum security.”

Active from 1954 to 2020, the maximum security facility was used to house inmates separate from the jail’s general popu-

lation. Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said inmates who were testifying or felt the need for extra protection could be placed in a maximum security cell, while violent inmates were also moved into the wing.

“It could be the most violent, it could be those that are charged with murder, but it’s also those that don’t behave in the institution,” Wickersham said. “Those that are attacking our staff, attacking other inmates. If their classification goes up, they would end up in here.”

The maximum security facility has 60 cells arranged in an H-shaped pattern, each cell featuring a shelf for a mattress, a small table to sit at and a combined toilet-sink unit. The jail’s construction is reminiscent of an older approach to correctional facility design, with Hackel likening its iron-barred cells and divided catwalks to the infamous Alcatraz prison island.

Basic amenities are lacking. Ventilation

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BELOW: The Macomb County Jail’s old maximum security block was opened for tours May 15-16.

RIGHT: Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel, who previously served as Macomb County’s elected sheriff, guides the media through the jail’s decommissioned maximum security block.

Photos by Dean Vaglia

NEWS & NOTES

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COUNTYWIDE ROAD ADOPTION TAKING PLACE

MACOMB COUNTY — Drivers throughout Macomb County should keep their eyes open for their neighbors this May as volunteers will be out cleaning their adopted county roads.

Supported by 330 registered groups, the Macomb County Adopt-a-Road program’s cleanup period runs from May 1 to Sept. 2.

“Whether people are visiting Macomb County for the first time or driving on our roads daily, the appearance of our roadways matters,” Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel said in a press release. “The Adopt-A-County Road program is a great opportunity for individuals and groups to take an active role in our community while making a positive environmental change.”

Participation in the program is free and materials to facilitate the two required annual cleanups — high-visibility vests, garbage bags and safety information — are provided by the county roads department. Road adopters are recognized with a sign along the adopted road. For more information or to request an adoption application, contact the Macomb County Department of Roads at adopt@rcmcweb.org or (586) 463-8671.

MACOMB COUNTY — As summer draws ever closer, the Macomb County Health Department is cautioning residents about ticks and tick-borne Lyme disease.

“Because we have had a relatively mild winter and spring season, there is an elevated probability of the presence of ticks,” Tom Barnes, division director of the Macomb County Health Department’s Environmental Health Division, said in a press release. “So as we start to spend more and more time outdoors in the spring and summer, we all need to be mindful of the presence of ticks and some of the strategies to avoid tick bites, and potentially, Lyme disease.”

According to the 2022 Michigan Emerging and Zoonotic Disease Surveillance Study, Lyme disease cases have been rising in the state. In 2018 there were 262 cases of Lyme disease, rising to 862 cases in 2022. Macomb County’s case numbers have risen over the past decade from three in 2016 to 15 in 2023. Lyme disease is carried by ticks, which attach to the body and feed on blood. Ticks can be attached for up to 48 hours before Lyme is transmitted. Full-body checks for ticks should be done after spending a prolonged time outdoors. If a tick is found, use tweezers to remove the tick and make sure the tick’s head is removed. A bullseye wound may surround the tick bite.

To avoid tick bites, wear clothing that covers the skin. Insect repellent is effective, both when applied to the body and by treating clothes with products containing 0.5% permethrin.

Golf for homeless youth

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Hearts for Homes is hosting a golf outing on Friday, June 28, at Cracklewood Golf Club to raise funds in support of its mission to provide shelter for the more than 1,500 homeless youth in Macomb County.

Opening at 9:30 a.m. and sending out teams in a shotgun start, tickets for the outing include lunch, three drinks, a steak dinner and a full day of golf. Tickets begin at $125 for a single golfer and $500 for a foursome.

For more information, visit hearts4homes. org/golf-outing or contact Karan Bates-Gasior by calling (586) 709-0159 or emailing karanbg@ hearts4homes.org.

Macomb firefighters climb for cancer research

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Members of the Macomb Township Fire Department donned their gear and took to the steps of Comerica Park on Sunday, May 19, to take part in the American Lung Association’s Fight For Air Climb.

The team — consisting of firefighters Mike Risk, Shawn Diamond, Andy Saucedo, George Marshall and Sgt. Dave McGee, according to a township press release — tackled the steps of Comerica Park in 60 pounds of gear to raise funds for the ALA’s research efforts. Nearly $400 was raised by team members at press time.

DIA SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR DAY OF THE DEAD EXHIBIT

DETROIT — The Detroit Institute of Arts, in partnership with the Mexican Consulate in Detroit, the Southwest Detroit Business Association, and the Mexicantown Community Development Corporation, is seeking submissions for its 12th annual “Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos” exhibition.

Community members are invited to design and propose altars, known as ofrendas, to honor the memory of departed loved ones. The proposals should express clear intent, embody artistic and creative merit, and resonate with the traditional values associated with Día de Muertos.

An ofrenda is an altar that is presented Nov. 1-2, and sometimes on Oct. 31, to observe the Day of the Dead holiday, which is known as el Día de los Muertos in Spanish. It coincides with the Catholic observances of All Saints Day Nov. 1 and All Souls Day Nov. 2.

Proposals are due by May 24. Forms are available on the DIA’s website at dia.org. Click on “Events & Exhibitions” and then go to the “upcoming” exhibit heading. The application includes information and a list of required materials, available in both English and Spanish. The exhibit is scheduled to open Sept. 28, 2024, and close Nov. 3. Each selected artist or group will be provided a stipend of $500 to support their participation.

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Birds

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children out to the park, and they get a thrill waiting for birds to jump on their hands.

So far, Padley has taken pictures of around 40 species of birds. The bird he would love to take pictures of are wood ducks, but he says he would need a better lens.

“That would be great, I’d love to see their nest up there and baby wood ducks,” Padley said.

Padley said he loves that the hobby teaches him to be patient and that it’s very relaxing. He recommends others get involved in the hobby.

“Our days are, especially when you, are so hustle-bustle that you’re always busy or you’re paying too much attention to your phone or watching too much TV,” Padley said. “And this actually gets you out walking in nature and just seeing the beauty that God created in all these creatures.”

Kovalcik warns people to not disturb bird nests while birding and to respect their dwellings. She also said not to disturb roosting birds such as owls.

“During the daytime, when owls are roosting, because obviously they’re awake

at night, in the daytime is when they’re roosting or sleeping,” Kovalcik said. “You don’t want to approach too closely to disturb them because then their sleep cycle is disturbed. It uses up energy that they wouldn’t need to have used up. And if you flush them on accident, smaller owls can actually get eaten by a larger predator.”

Kovalcik said it’s a good idea for those just getting into bird watching to join field trips through local groups. Macomb Audubon Society, Oakland Audubon Society and the Detroit Bird Alliance offer field trips. She also welcomes beginners at her bird walks at the Ford House.

“It is a good place to get going and to have people explain them to you,” Kovalcik said.

She also recommends folks hang up feeders and watch birds in their yards. Kovalcik personally has seen around 139 species in her yard.

The website for the Oakland Audubon Society is oaklandbirdalliance.org. The website for the Macomb Audubon Society is macombaudubon.net. The website for the Detroit Bird Alliance is detroitbirdalliance.org. The website for the Ford House to find the bird walks is fordhouse. org.

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

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for the longest time was limited to cutouts in the jail’s raised windows, which were so high deputies had to use special equipment to open. Air conditioning was a later addition, with fans being installed for inmates and a wall-mounted air conditioning unit for deputies being installed sometime in the 1990s.

Changes in communication equipment are evident. Phones for visitations are located just behind the watch deputy’s station, but now only mops and brooms are there for would-be inmates to speak with. On the side of the catwalk where cells were located, old phones and more recent video calling equipment show how inmates could communicate with the outside world.

According to Wickersham, the video calling equipment was installed in 2014. Video calls have since become the MCSO’s standard for inmate communications with the outside world while attorney visits, clergy visits and other special exemptions were

made for in-person communications.

An open-air recreation yard with several basketball hoops is just east of the maximum security block. Maximum-security inmates were allowed to use it for one hour each day. Hackel, a former Macomb County deputy and sheriff, mentioned how he used to play against inmates from the neighboring D Block cells.

“D Block used to be part of the actual prisoner population,” Hackel said. “What you would see up in that tower was in the D Block. They were people that had committed minor offenses and had to spend some time, so we would literally play basketball out here.”

The maximum security facility was closed in 2020 with Wickersham citing security issues and a shift toward direct supervision of inmates as the reason. Inmates that would be housed there are currently housed within the jail’s tower.

“You’ve got one individual that sits in a cage that works the controls and one deputy that makes the rounds,” Wickersham said. “It just wasn’t enough. It needed more peo-

ple, so I made that decision.”

D Block is currently housing around 70 inmates, only doing so until renovations to the tower are finished in the fall of 2024. Hackel said plans are being made to allow tours of D Block once the renovations are finished. Both D Block and the old maximum security area, along with the annex and rehabilitation facilities, are slated to be demolished to make way for the new central intake and assessment center project. The four-level, 177,000-square-foot facility aims

to better serve inmates with substance abuse and mental health conditions with a whole floor dedicated to mental health treatment. The facility was designed to capture large amounts of natural light.

As for the old maximum security facility, its days are well numbered. The decommissioned slammer will face demolition this summer with the D Block coming down sometime afterwards.

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

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cultural identity.

“The three finalist photos, they were beautiful,” Viviano said. “They were wonderful examples of what can be found right here in Macomb Township.”

Vollbach, too, believes the photo does a good job of representing the Macomb Township culture.

“As far as a geographical standpoint, (the creek) is a really nice place to just go and think if you ever just need to have some time alone to yourself,” Vollbach said. “We don’t live in a very mountainous

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area, specifically the Macomb Township area … Overall, I think I really nailed it.”

With the contest deemed a success, Viviano says the idea of further contests is under consideration.

“We haven’t finalized it yet, but we are thinking of maybe a fall contest, maybe followed up by a spring contest next year,” Viviano said. “We are going to keep casting the seasons and highlighting the beautiful aspects of our township.”

Vollbach, Bucholtz and Reno received gift cards from Testa Barrá Kitchen & Cocktails and now have their work on display at Township Hall.

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

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TOWNSHIP CHRONICLE • MAY 23, 2024

Do you own a vehicle with an interesting history?

Contact Staff Writer Maria Allard at allard@candgnews.com or at (586) 498-1045, and you could be featured in an upcoming Behind the Wheel. For more stories, visit candgnews.com/news/auto or use the QR code.

Dodge Super Bee 1970 creates a buzZ

BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com

METRO DETROIT — If you were to dig into Mike Mazelis’ vehicle history, you’d find someone who, at one time, had an interest in off-road trucks.

“I was always going out into the mud and mud-bogging and things like that,” he said. “I was always breaking the truck. Every time I’d come back, I’d have to fix something new.”

Eventually, the Warren resident switched gears and found a new pastime: muscle cars. In 2008, while perusing Craigslist, Mazelis found out about a 1970 Dodge Super Bee for sale in Hazel Park. He decided to check out the car, but when he did, it didn’t look like much.

“It was just a shell. There’s nothing on it but wheels. There’s no interior, there’s no engine,” he said. “The engine, transmission and all these boxes were just next to the car.”

Even though he “didn’t have any tools or knowledge” of restoring the car, he purchased the vehicle anyway.

“Everybody’s like, ‘How are you going to do this?” Mazelis, 51, said. “‘How are you even going to put this car together?’”

Mazelis learned from friends, watched YouTube videos and did plenty of reading to learn how to build the Super Bee.

“I spent almost every day of two years to get the car on the road, learning as I went, buying tools as I went,” Mazelis said. “A lot of trial and error.”

He made the car his own, including the sublime green paint job and addition of comfortable seats.

“It’s got a five-speed manual transmission in there. It had an automatic before. I

When Warren resident Mike Mazelis found his 1970 Dodge Super Bee in 2008, “It was just a shell.” Mazelis created the Detroit Area Only Twisted Axle Car Club on social media. The club meets at 7 p.m. every Friday at Gratiot Coney Island, 28560 Gratiot Ave. in Roseville.

Photos by Maria Allard

Super Bee

added the wheels that I wanted. I added some suspension upgrades. That’s a custom hood that’s on there. It’s a steel hood with a fiberglass scoop,” he said. “I’m still modifying, adding parts, doing things to the car. People that have classic cars, they always say they’re never done because they’re always fixing things.”

One change Mazelis recently made was the engine.

“The car had a 440 six pack in it. That was getting pretty tiring,” Mazelis said. “I recently put a 512 cubic inch stroker engine in there, so it makes 650 horse (power). At least 600.”

Mazelis’ main goal was to drive the car as much as possible. During the summer, most Sundays are spent cruising Lake Shore Drive with his wife, Stacy; daughter Alaina, 15; and son Evan, 11. They’ll stop for lunch somewhere or grab an ice cream.

“It’s a special thing. It’s just quality time,” Mazelis said. “I like being able to share it with my family, driving around and going places.”

The eye-catching vehicle has been fea-

tured in many shows, including Detroit Autorama. The farthest trip he’s taken in the Super Bee was an 11-hour drive to Wisconsin for a car show.

Looking to connect with other car buffs, Mazelis created the Twisted Axle Car Club on Facebook and Instagram in 2013. At first, 30 people joined the group, and then 70 car enthusiasts came aboard. After a while, the pages went global as they reached car owners in Germany, Australia and Canada.

“Now it’s 50,000 people,” Mazelis said.

From that, Mazelis started the Detroit Area Only Twisted Axle Car Club on social media. He also has a presence on social media with Dynamic Detroit Mopars on Facebook.

“A lot of these people became my best friends. The car community’s just great, always trying to help each other out,” Mazelis said. “Metro Detroit is very diverse. You have all different kinds of cars, all cars that span decades. It’s just a very rich culture that we have here.”

The Detroit Area Only Twisted Axle Car Club meets at 7 p.m. every Friday at Gratiot Coney Island, 28560 Gratiot Ave. in Roseville. All are welcome. Car enthusiasts are also encouraged to check out the website twistedaxlemotorsports.com.

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30th Infantry Division liberated Dutch citizens in September 1944.

Rows of crosses — each etched with a deceased soldier’s name, rank, unit, hometown and date of death — line the cemetery’s open fields. Each headstone, along with displayed flags of America and the Netherlands, pay tribute to the U.S. service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. The Dutch people constructed the cemetery to show their gratitude to the U.S. troops who liberated their country during wartime. The cemetery officially opened July 7, 1960.

“It is important that people around the world, especially America, read that these young heroes did not die in vain, but for our freedom more than over 78 years ago,” van der Sterren, a World War II buff, said via email.

Through the Margraten Adoption Graves Foundation, volunteers can adopt an American soldier. Currently, all the graves and names of the Wall of the Missing have been adopted. Because so many people want to pay tribute to the soldiers, sometimes there is a waiting list to adopt. Volunteers bring flowers to remember the service mem-

bers and also conduct research on their own to learn more about their lives. Van der Sterren said a visitors center was built recently, which he described as “beautiful” and “worth a visit.”

Van der Sterren, 58, who speaks Dutch, German and English, lives about 40 minutes from the cemetery. He visits it four times a year. Each year, a ceremony in honor of the U.S. Memorial Day is held. This year’s event is scheduled for May 26, one day before the official holiday.

This past winter, van der Sterren contacted C & G Newspapers after an article appeared in the Eastsider about someone with a last name that is similar to a soldier buried at the cemetery. He wanted to know if there was a connection, but there wasn’t.

However, there was a local tie from across the Atlantic Ocean because one of the soldiers van der Sterren adopted — Cliffe Hamilton Wolfe — hailed from Detroit. In an email interview, van der Sterren shared details about the service member and the efforts to find his remains, which so far have been unsuccessful.

Wolfe, born in 1913, was a technical sergeant with the 28th Infantry Division, 109th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion Company A. He was last seen Nov. 17, 1944, in a forest near the town of Hürtgen,

Germany. He is still listed as missing in action.

Going through the proper procedures, van der Sterren obtained Wolfe’s Individual Deceased Personnel File. Inside the file was a map the captain of Wolfe’s troop drew, indicating his last known whereabouts. It is highly suspected that Wolfe lost his life near the village of Hürtgen, southeast of Aachen, Germany.

Wolfe, 31, “died in his own foxhole during combat. Due to the rapid advance of the Germans, Wolfe and others were buried quickly on the spot,” according to van der Sterren’s research. “At the end of the Second World War, there was heavy fighting here, a battle that was given the name ‘death factory.’ The conditions in this period were extremely miserable due to violent enemy artillery fire that sowed death and destruction.”

With the help of various organizations, including the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, van der Sterren tried to find the missing soldier through aerial photographs, metal detectors and ground-penetrating radar.

“After a week of digging in Hürtgen (in 2018) and finding several hidden foxholes containing ammunition, bullets, mortars, hand grenades and personal military items, we were unable to find Cliffe H. Wolfe,” van der Sterren said.

‘I think it’s so nice to have Cliffe’s memory being honored.’

Wolfe’s family members, including nieces Susan (Wolfe) Miller and Nancy (Wolfe) Jordan, found out about the cemetery through van der Sterren. Their dad (Wolfe’s older brother) was Charles Wolfe, who served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, Charles, his wife Margaret and their daughters lived in Detroit for many years. At one time, Charles served as See SOLDIERS on page 19A

Detroit native Cliffe Hamilton Wolfe, who has been missing in action since November 1944, is among the U.S. soldiers remembered at the Netherlands American Cemetery.

Photo provided by Susan Miller

outside agencies that I believe, just this week, they started getting some of those approvals,” Macomb Township Planning Director Josh Bocks said. “That being said, they would like an amendment. We’ve reviewed it internally. Like we said, this is largely dealing with some of the delays but also with some of the signage that was required as part of the agreement and

relocating that to a different location.”

The mixed-use development, which consists of townhouses and commercial space, will no longer feature a plaza in the commercial section. The amended language also states the developers will construct the foundational aspects of the township sign while the township is responsible for installing the sign and any necessary electrical connections.

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

The Macomb Township Board of Trustees meets on May 8.

Photo by Erin Sanchez

Tennis

“It (the pressure) was motivating to me too because these girls are out here and they want to learn and they want to improve, and everybody is clamoring for a spot on varsity when I only have three available,” Carey said. “It was nerve-wracking for me because I heard how intense the season can be, but when I saw at every practice that they’re out here trying and wanting to improve and working on doubles drills, and all the girls were giving me wonderful feedback saying, ‘Oh, we like the drills we’re doing, we feel like we’re actually improving,’ that was reassuring to me. I feel like we fed off of each other’s energy very well.”

Before the season began, Carey, who also coaches the Dakota boys tennis team, did what any coach unfamiliar with his team would do — run challenge matches for singles.

Senior Ashley Gottschling, who was the No. 3 singles player last year, came out on top and anchored the singles Flight 1 for the entirety of the season.

It was a massive jump in competition in only a year, but Carey said he knew she was ready for the challenge.

“She’s wise beyond her years,” Carey said. “She’s so mature and so poised. The emotions always get her a little bit on the court, but it’s because she expects so much out of herself. She’s not a hothead by any means, but she just knows when she’s playing down to her opponent’s level that she needs to pick it up and play her game. If there’s a real challenge there, she always gives credit to her opponents.”

Gottschling held her own to the tune of a 3-2 league record while senior Reagan Tencza (No. 2 singles), senior McKenna Koneval (No. 3 singles), and senior Summer Nietubicz (No. 4 singles) all went undefeated in league play.

Nietubicz, a Macomb L’Anse Creuse North transfer last year, was dominant for a Cougars singles lineup that was already impressive enough.

The senior crew at the singles spot will be a tough void to fill, but Carey said their leadership will be something that sticks in the program.

“Reagan was gathering the team up after every match and doing our chant, and she’s talking to the new players and making them welcome,” Carey said. “Ashley did as well, but she’s a little more of a reserved person in general. McKenna too. Her and Reagan did really well.”

On the doubles side, which Carey played at Mt. Pleasant, there were moving parts across the flights this season.

Carey said he wanted the team to feel comfortable with the doubles partners and that he wanted each player to find someone they’re

compatible with, so the doubles flights did a complete makeover from 2023.

Juniors Haylee Fitzgerald and Christina Hedrick (No. 1 doubles), seniors Haley Isbell and Mary Varga (No. 2 doubles), seniors Erin VanHowe and Juliana Vidoevski (No. 3 doubles), and senior Isabella Ritter and junior Caroline Genna (No. 4 doubles) all led the doubles group for Dakota. Juniors Dominika Cybart and Gabriella Fuller controlled the doubles Flight 5.

VanHowe and Vidoevski were arguably the most improved doubles group in the MAC, going from the exhibition doubles spot in 2023 to being undefeated in the league as a starting doubles group.

“They just get each other,” Carey said. “They were out there being positive and just smacking the ball. They were great for a (No.) 3 doubles. They could’ve been interchangeable with my 2, if I’m being honest.”

Dakota ended its season on May 15 at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 Region 6 Championship at Utica Eisenhower High School, placing seventh out of a field of nine teams.

Dakota’s region is one of the more stacked local regions you’ll see, featuring Romeo, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek (No. 6 D1), Utica Eisenhower (No. 4 D1), and Port Huron Northern (No. 8 D1), which all qualified for states this year.

“It’s scary, man,” Carey said. “It’s intimidating, for sure. I love my team and I know how much talent we have, but just being up against these teams, I’m like, ‘If we were in a different region, it would be a different story.’”

Dakota will be dealt a poor hand next season with an extensive number of seniors set to graduate, but don’t count them out for making another run at a MAC White title.

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

Detroit Public Schools superintendent. He died in 1990.

Nancy was a toddler when Wolfe went missing and Miller was born in 1947, after the war. When Miller found out about the Netherlands American Cemetery, she put together a book of photos and essays about her uncle for van der Sterren. Although Miller has not visited the cemetery, she stays in touch with van der Sterren.

“I think it’s absolutely wonderful the Dutch people have honored the soldiers all these years. I think it’s so nice to have Cliffe’s memory being honored,” said Miller, who now resides in Rochester, New York. “It was such a lovely thing to know the Dutch country was taking care of our uncle who has never been found, but are honoring his sacrifice.”

Although Miller never knew her uncle, she felt his presence through the many stories her father and grandparents told. He was an educator at the Merrill-Palmer Institute in Detroit when he joined the Army in early 1942.

“Cliffe sounded like a lovely person,” she said. “I had a lot of pictures of my dad

and Cliffe growing up. He was tall and lanky and very handsome.”

Before the Wolfe brothers left for combat, their parents — Miller’s grandparents — moved to a cottage in Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. At Wolfe’s request, his parents lit a lamp every evening at the cottage in the front window until the boys came home.

Wolfe attended Northwestern High School in Detroit and after graduation enrolled at Wayne State University, when it was called Wayne University. According to information Miller obtained from her sister, who lives in Maryland, Wolfe was in a long-term relationship with a young woman in Detroit when he left for the military.

Miller said her uncle had an interest in the Appalachian Mountains and its people. He even built a cabin nestled in Berea, Kentucky. Miller, too, sensed the pain his loss brought to the family.

“The sadness of Cliffe’s death really hung over my childhood,” she said.

‘Now it’s war time.’

As a keepsake, Miller still has the letters Wolfe wrote to his parents while overseas.

“He was a beautiful writer,” Miller said. “His expressiveness was beautiful.”

In one written correspondence dated Dec. 7, 1942 — exactly one year after the Pearl Harbor attack — Wolfe wrote to his parents about the memories he had of opening presents on Christmas Day, including the year the family got its first-ever Victrola.

“Playing that grand music, we were so thrilled,” he wrote, according to Miller. “Now it’s war time. It’s hard to look into the immediate future.”

In another letter entrusted to the keeping of his chaplain, Wolfe wrote, “Dear Mother and Pop: This may reach you if anything happens to me. I hope and pray that when all of this horrible war is over, I’ll be coming home to you. But ahead of me lies a great deal of danger and life is not very highly valued.

“We will be going into a tremendous battle soon and we all know that many will not live through it. If this should reach you because I’ll not be home, you’ll know, my dears, that my love for you continues eternally in whatever place in the universal realm our Lord has chosen to lead me. I do love you so, Cliffe. “

After Wolfe went missing, the family connected with a liaison officer in an attempt to locate his remains.

“My grandmother wrote 75 to 100 letters from 1945-52,” Miller said. “The military looked so hard for Cliffe and the other soldiers. We know they searched and searched and searched.”

After speaking with the DPAA, there could be another attempt next year to locate Wolfe.

“Hopefully in 2025 another search for his remains will take place together with the DPAA and he will be found,” van der Sterren said. “In letters to his mother during the war, he wrote that if he died during the war, he would like to be buried in his hometown.”

Along with Wolfe, van der Sterren, who is married and has two grown sons, adopted another soldier named Hans Bermayr, who was killed in action Feb. 26, 1945. His hometown was Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Van der Sterren does not want the members of the U.S. armed forces at the Netherlands American Cemetery to ever be forgotten.

For more information on the Netherlands American Cemetery, visit abmc.gov/ Netherlands.

Call Staff Writer Maria Allard at (586) 498-1045.

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Suspect vanishes after overpayment

GROSSE POINTE CITY — A 21-year-old Detroit

man is being sought for the crime of larceny by conversion after he reportedly refused to return overpayment after he was accidentally overpaid by a business in the 600 block of St. Clair Avenue.

According to a police report, the suspect was hired to work for $15 an hour at the business, but the payroll company administering the paychecks is said to have paid him $1,500 an hour instead, resulting in him receiving $16,000 for his first paycheck. The business owners called him to fix the error, but they said he stopped returning their calls and didn’t show up for work again. Police said the investigation was ongoing.

Suspects arrested in armed robbery

GROSSE POINTE CITY/PARK — A 22-year-old Detroit man and a 25-year-old Detroit man were arrested in Grosse Pointe Park May 3 after they were reportedly involved in the theft of multiple pieces of lawn equipment from landscaping trailers, including an armed robbery May 1 in Grosse Pointe City that resulted when a worker confronted one of the suspects in the act and the worker said the suspect pulled a gun on him. Police said the suspects committed several larcenies in Grosse Pointe City and Grosse Pointe Park before they were apprehended.

Cat held hostage

GROSSE POINTE PARK — A 62-year-old Grosse Pointe Park man was arrested April 30 after he reportedly found a cat that his neighbor owned and had reported missing, but he refused to return the cat. The suspect reportedly showed the victim that he had the missing feline but wouldn’t give it back. Police went to the suspect’s home but said he wouldn’t turn the cat over to them, either. The suspect was eventually persuaded to turn the cat over to an animal clinic, after which it was reunited with its owner. Police said the suspect was cited for larceny and disorderly conduct.

Sunglasses stolen

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — A woman in her late 20s to early 30s is accused of stealing a $405 pair of Prada sunglasses from a business in the 19000 block of Mack Avenue at around noon April 26. Employees told police the suspect has stolen from the store on three previous occasions.

Fraud reported

ST. CLAIR SHORES — At 3:22 p.m. on April 26, a report was made about an alleged case of fraud that occurred on April 23 in the 22000 block of Revere Street. The victim, a 69-year-old woman, came into the

police station and stated she was defrauded out of $4,000 dollars. She contacted a number on her TV screen who she thought was Hulu. She was reportedly instructed to buy gift cards worth approximately $4,000.

Once the woman had the gift cards, the suspect stated they needed to prove who she was and the woman allowed them to access her phone via an app they told her to download. They helped the woman to create an Apple Pay account where more money was transferred through Zelle.

Police subdue blade wielder outside Fuddruckers

STERLING HEIGHTS — Police said they went to Fuddruckers, 40955 Van Dyke Ave., April 19 after hearing that someone with a hatchet or ax was acting disorderly.

Police said they found the man outside and confronted him, but he allegedly did not follow multiple orders to drop his weapon. The suspect also threatened to harm others and himself, police said.

Police said they subdued the man with a “lessthan-lethal weapon” and then apprehended him.

The Sterling Heights Police Department praised the officers’ performance in a Facebook post.

“The individual who was clearly suffering from mental illness was transported to the hospital for a mental petition,” the department said.

Man evicted from market for insulting, swearing at woman

STERLING HEIGHTS — Police went to a supermarket in the 43000 block of Schoenherr Road April 19 upon hearing that a man allegedly swore at a woman without cause. The man then reportedly followed the woman down an aisle and insulted her and called her an evil woman.

Police said they found the man after he left the store, and he allegedly confirmed that he had used bad language and had a temper. Police said they told the man he couldn’t come back to the store, upon the manager’s request.

Assault reported STERLING HEIGHTS — A witness told police that a “grown man” punched a female victim and grabbed her by her hair April 20 at a gas station in the 36000 block of Van Dyke Avenue, near Metropolitan Parkway.

Police said the witness