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Doheny sentenced in killing of brother
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
DETROIT — Through unimaginable tragedy, the Doheny family remained united as Edmond Bronner Doheny, 29, of Grosse Pointe Woods, learned his fate for what he has maintained from the start was the accidental killing of his younger brother, Dennis Doheny, last year.
Doheny and his defense attorney, Robert Ihrie, appeared for a sentencing hearing June 27 in front of 3rd Circuit Judge Kevin Cox in Detroit. Ihrie said Cox sentenced his client in accordance with his previously agreed upon Cobbs plea to three years of probation for involuntary manslaughter and two years in a Michigan Department of Corrections prison for felony firearm, with 24 days’ credit for time already served.
Doheny, 29, was accused of killing his brother, Dennis Doheny, 19, at the Grosse Pointe Woods home they shared with their maternal grandmother at around 12:43 a.m. Oct. 6, 2023, by firing a single shot that hit the younger Doheny in the head. Edmond Doheny told police he was just trying to show his brother the gun. Following the shooting, Doheny called 911 and carried his brother downstairs, and he was trying to staunch the bleeding from his brother’s wound when first responders arrived.
Ihrie said Cox “very competently” understood the nuances of this case, as did the prosecutor.
“(They) worked with me to fashion the appropriate outcome for this unfortunate tragedy,” Ihrie said.
Through all the court hearings, multiple members of the Doheny
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Next generation of artists have work in DIA’s high school show
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
DETROIT — Students at schools in the Grosse Pointes are once again getting a chance to showcase their artistic skills at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The third annual Wayne County High School Art Exhibition opened June 21 and will be on view until July 21 at the DIA. Of
more than 200 submissions from students at 70 high schools across the county, 81 works were chosen for the exhibition — 15 of which came from students who attend schools in the Pointes.
“This exhibition is getting better every year,” DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons said while addressing students and their families at the opening. “It really is an honor to wel-
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Recent Grosse Pointe South graduate Cassidy Woolums stands next to her mixed media piece, “Dumpster Fire,” which is now on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Photo by K. Michelle Moran
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FARMS TO SEEK ROAD MILLAGE RENEWAL
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
FARMS — Voters in Grosse Pointe Farms will be deciding this fall whether to continue the city’s dedicated road millage for another five years.
The 2-mill levy, which was approved by voters in November 2020, expires with the 2024 winter tax collection in December. City officials hope to see a renewal of this millage in November 2024.
“These are not additional dollars,” City Manager Shane Reeside said during a June 10 Farms City Council meeting. “These are a continuation of an existing millage.”
Reeside said that while many repairs have been made, the city would benefit with an improvement in road conditions overall by continuing the millage.
“Based upon need, we feel that it is necessary that the millage be continued,” Reeside said.
The millage would generate an estimated $2,069,200 in the first year — the December 2025 winter tax collection — if approved by voters. Reeside said the renewal wouldn’t overlap with the existing millage, as the renewal
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WOODS OFFICERS HONORED FOR SAVING LIVES, ARRESTING DANGEROUS SUSPECTS
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
WOODS — Grosse Pointe Woods has many reasons to be grateful for its Public Safety Department, but on May 20, department and city officials recognized at least three instances in which officers exceeded the high expectations set for them.
In front of the Woods City Council, Public Safety Director John Kosanke distributed awards to five officers for going above and beyond the call of duty in 2022 and 2023.
Mayor Arthur Bryant called it “a very happy event” as city leaders, family and friends of the officers got to see them recognized publicly.
Sgt. Walter Galat was given a lifesaving award for responding to The Rivers — an independent and assisted senior living complex — on Feb. 24, 2022, to attend to a 78-yearold man who wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse. Galat was on the scene with officers David Empson, Martin Mitchell and Jarod Smith, Kosanke said. The officers im-
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ABOVE: At left, Grosse Pointe Woods Public Safety officer Dennis Walker and Sgt. Joseph Provost and, at right, Detective Ryan Schroerlucke, listen as Woods Public Safety Director John Kosanke, center, discusses their award for apprehending a couple of bank robbers.
TOP: At right, Grosse Pointe Woods Public Safety Director John Kosanke presents officer Eugene Gunnery, left, with an award for saving a newborn’s life.
Photos by K. Michelle Moran
Riding in style
TOP LEFT: Larry Krzesowski, of Grosse Pointe Woods, and Rick Jarosz, of Riverview, take a closer look at a 1964 Ferrari 250 Berlinetta Lusso on display as part of EyesOn Design June 16 at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores. ABOVE RIGHT: Christine Reed Nicholson and her dad, Stewart Reed, longtime chair of the Transportation Design Department at ArtCenter College of Design, pose with the 1939 Bugatti Type 64 that he helped bring to life. BOTTOM LEFT: Karsten Klimek, of Grosse Pointe Shores, checks out a 1995 Chrysler Atlantic at EyesOn Design.
Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety officer Veronica
BELOW: As Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Director John Hutchins, at left, looks on, new Farms Lt. Frank Zielinski has his badge pinned onto his uniform by his wife, Rita.
Farms officers ascend the ranks
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
FARMS — Two decorated members of the Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department have new titles.
Officer Veronica Cashion is now a sergeant, while Sgt. Frank Zielinski is now a lieutenant.
Their promotions were acknowledged publicly during an April 8 Grosse Pointe Farms City Council meeting.
Mayor Louis Theros said the promotions represented “the top item of the day” in terms of city business.
Public Safety Director John Hutchins said the promotion process “is very challenging” and requires months of study prior to a written exam. Those who pass the written exam are interviewed by a panel of department chiefs outside of the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods, who ask the candidates about legal issues, hypothetical scenarios and more.
“If this phase of the process is passed, the officer receives promotional rankings
from each supervisor within our department, and the scores from all three phases comprise a final score,” Hutchins explained.
Prior to becoming a member of the Farms Public Safety Department in 2000, Hutchins said, Zielinski worked for the Hamtramck Police Department and the Wayne County Jail.
Hutchins said Zielinski has had many responsibilities within the department, including serving as a field training officer and field training officer supervisor, vehicle maintenance officer, bike officer and commander of the Special Response Team, or SRT, which is like a SWAT team and includes officers from the other Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods. He was won numerous awards during his career. He was promoted to sergeant in 2019.
Zielinski’s wife, Rita, pinned on his lieutenant badge.
Cashion joined the Farms Public Safety Department in 2012, after previously working for the Detroit and Harper Woods police departments. Hutchins said she was hon-
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Cashion’s new sergeant badge is pinned on her uniform by her husband, Jim, a lieutenant in the Detroit Police Department.
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mediately started CPR on the victim; CPR was continued by paramedics from Medstar upon their arrival.
“After 20 minutes of lifesaving efforts by both teams, the patient regained his pulse and was able to breathe on his own,” Kosanke said. “Upon arrival at Ascension St. John Hospital, the patient was conscious and alert.”
For their work pursuing and apprehending two armed robbery suspects, Sgt. Joseph Provost, Detective Ryan Schroerlucke and officer Dennis Walker received a department commendation. Police responded to a report of a bank robbery the afternoon
of March 3, 2023, Kosanke said. He said the suspects ignored stop signs as they sped through residential areas in Harper Woods and Detroit. Working with neighboring departments, Grosse Pointe Woods officers were able to arrest the suspects without incident, Kosanke said.
“It was determined after the arrests that the two suspects were also involved in three other bank robberies in the area,” Kosanke said. “Your actions showed courage in a dangerous situation.”
He said the suspects were charged with multiple felonies, including bank robbery and carrying concealed weapons.
Officer Eugene Gunnery was honored with a lifesaving award for saving the life of a newborn. In the early morning hours of Oct. 1, 2023, Gunnery, Galat and Smith
were called to a home where a woman in her third trimester of pregnancy was said to be vomiting, bleeding and going into cold sweats. The woman’s husband led Gunnery to the bedroom, where the woman told Gunnery the baby was coming. Before Gunnery could prepare, the baby was born on a towel on the floor. Gunnery took a second towel from a nearby bathroom to wrap the infant, but he then noticed that the newborn wasn’t moving or breathing and was starting to turn blue. Kosanke said Gunnery rubbed the infant’s chest to try to get the infant to breathe. He asked Smith to look for something that could be used to suction fluids away from the infant’s mouth and Smith found a turkey baster that Gunnery was able to use. Medstar then arrived and took over medical care before taking the
mother and her baby to the hospital, both of whom are now fine.
“The baby is home and doing well,” Kosanke said.
City Councilwoman Vicki Granger said the funding for the Public Safety Department is a prime example of how important the budget is, noting the lifesaving event involving the baby.
“We save lives from birth to septuagenarians and beyond,” Granger said.
Kosanke said other officers in the department are slated to receive awards at a later date; they weren’t able to attend the May 20 meeting. The date for the additional awards ceremony hadn’t been set at press time.
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LEFT: After being sworn in, new Grosse Pointe Shores Public Safety officer Sean Frontiera’s badge is pinned to his uniform by his wife, Katy.
BELOW: New Grosse Pointe Shores Public Safety Officer Sean Frontiera is sworn in by Mayor Ted Kedzierski as the council looks on.
NEW SHORES OFFICER HAS FIREFIGHTING, EMERGENCY MEDICAL BACKGROUND
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
SHORES — Grosse Pointe Shores’ newest public safety officer comes to the community with a stamp of approval from one of the department’s respected veterans.
Sean Frontiera — who was sworn into office by Mayor Ted Kedzierski at a May 21 Shores City Council meeting — worked alongside Shores Lt. Tony Spina from 2020 to 2024 in Ira Township, where both are firefighters. When the Shores Public Safety Department was looking to fill a vacancy and came across Frontiera, Public Safety Director Ken Werenski said Spina told him, “‘This is what we’re looking for as far as an employee.’”
Werenski was impressed enough himself with Frontiera that he offered him a job in the Shores.
“It’s a huge compliment when we can hire such a good guy,” Werenski said of Frontiera, who also worked as a paramedic for Tri-County Medical Center from 2022 to 2024. “I’m real excited.”
Frontiera, 27, grew up in New Baltimore and lives in Ira Township with his wife and son. He graduated from the Macomb Community College Police Academy May 10, 2024.
“It’s the best part of my job,” Kedzierski said of swearing in the new officer.
Werenski said Frontiera — who joined the department in May — quickly began making friends.
Frontiera said he was happy to still be working with Spina.
“Lt. Spina shaped me and mentored me along the way,” Frontiera said. “I love it here (in the Shores). I feel super blessed to be here.”
Public safety is a big part of the Frontiera family. Sean Frontiera said his wife, Katy, is a firefighter and medic in Fraser.
Frontiera’s emergency medical background is one of the reasons why the Shores wanted to hire him. All officers in the Shores are triple-trained — besides being police and firefighters, they’re all also either emergency medical technicians or paramedics.
The Shores is one of the few departments that still operates its own ambulance, a service that has resulted in countless lives being saved because officers can be on the scene of an emergency so quickly in the small community and they have the medical training to start treating someone immediately.
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Photos by K. Michelle Moran
ABOVE: Miles Fradeneck’s drawing, “Marlboro Man,” was one in a series of works he created about real cowboys of the old west, who often broke with stereotypical portrayals in movies and pop culture.
Anna Burlaka’s digital photo, “Contemplations,” was inspired by the work of
“A lot of Hollywood movies were based on stories about Black cowboys, but they were whitewashed,” Fradeneck said.
come all of you here… We are committed to fostering artistic expression and providing a platform for young artists to show their work.”
DIA educators went through the submissions to select which ones would be part of the exhibition.
“Our jury panel had very difficult decisions to make,” DIA Community Engagement Programs Manager Ani Garabedian said.
Miles Fradeneck, of Grosse Pointe Park, a Grosse Pointe South High School senior who just graduated, said he created the graphite and charcoal drawing, “Marlboro Man,” for an Advanced Placement portfolio “about how us as a society view cowboys as hypermasculine.” Fradeneck’s series explores how real cowboys included many Black and indigenous people, as well as gay individuals who were fleeing persecution and discrimination.
Jack Webber, of Grosse Pointe Farms, another South senior who graduated in June, made the highly detailed large-scale drawing, “USS MacArthur Aircraft Carrier.” He said he created the drawing — which shows the inner workings and parts of a massive ship — on separate, smaller pieces of paper that he then taped together, working on it in class when he was done with his other work.
“I’ve not really taken any (art) since middle school,” said Webber, who will be studying nuclear engineering at Penn State University this fall.
South junior Felix Grousta’s digital and mixed media work, “Connected,” was chosen for the show. Grousta, of Grosse Pointe Park, used a photo of a friend as the basis for the piece, which the artist said was “definitely very experimental” and has a textural appearance.
Grousta’s mother, Chelsea Grousta, credited the teachers at South for helping
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famed photographer Gregory Crewdson.
Photo by K. Michelle Moran
NEWS & NOTES
LIVE MUSIC MAKES A RETURN
The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Farms, announced the return of its free summer concert series, SummerFest.
Concerts will start at 7:30 p.m. and will feature the following artists: multi-genre artist Dave Bennett on July 10, party band Cancel Monday on July 24, Detroit’s own “Queen of the Blues” Thornetta Davis on Aug. 7 and Jimmy Buffet tribute band Air Margaritaville on Aug. 21. Attendees can bring a lawn chair or blanket Concerts will be held rain or shine. In case of inclement weather, they’ll be moved into the ballroom of the Fred M. Alger Center at The War Memorial.
Those who’d like to support The War Memorial’s efforts to provide free and low-cost family programming can purchase a VIP ticket to any concert for $40. VIP tickets include reserved seats on the balcony or near the stage, a private cash bar and one complimentary beverage. For more information or to register for a concert, visit warmemorial.org.
ALUMNI WELCOMED BACK
University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe Woods recognized architect and urban farming visionary Nona Yehia — Class of 1989 — as its Distinguished Alumna during the school’s Distinguished Alumni Weekend May 17 and 18.
“Nona’s important work as CEO of Vertical Harvest — a company she founded in 2016 — is a shining example of how caring for community, and creating a culture of respect and empathy can work in concert to create a massively successful and vital organization that positively impacts the lives of hundreds of people every day and enables one to live a life of purpose each and every day,” ULS Head of School Tom Sheppard said in a press release.
Buy fresh produce
The Helm at the Boll Life Center, 158 Ridge Road in Grosse Pointe Farms, is again teaming up with the Full Circle Foundation to sell fresh produce, herbs and flowers from Full Circle’s garden from 11 a.m. to noon on Thursdays starting July 11.
Eastern Market will also be coming to The Helm to sell fresh produce between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. July 2, 16 and 30, and Aug. 13 and 27.
The public is welcome to stop by during these events and shop. The sales will take place on The Helm’s back patio. For more information, visit HelmLife.org or call (313) 882-9600.
Yehia designed a vertical greenhouse for Vertical Harvest, the company she co-founded. The company’s Jackson Hole, Wyoming, three-story greenhouse sits on a tenth of an acre but can grow as much produce as five acres of conventional farmland.
Earlier this year, Vertical Harvest announced plans to team with Bedrock to build a 60,000-square-foot, 74-foot-tall facility in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood that’s expected to open in 2025 and will be able to grow an estimated 2.2 million pounds of vegetables and greens year-round while using 95% less water than traditional farms. ULS officials said 75% of that produce will be distributed within 100 miles of Detroit, going to hospitals, schools, restaurants and local grocery stores.
Questions sought for candidate forum
The League of Women Voters of Grosse Pointe and the League of Women Voters of Detroit will hold a virtual candidate forum for the 13th District U.S. House of Representatives race July 9 that is slated to include appearances by the following candidates: Republican Martell D. Bivings and Democrats Shakira Lynn Hawkins, Shri Thanedar and Mary Waters. The virtual forum isn’t open to the public but will be recorded and posted to the League’s YouTube channel on or after July 10.
Questions from the public for the candidates are welcome and can be submitted by filling out a form on the League’s website, lwvgrossepointe.org. The deadline to submit questions is noon July 8. Because of time limitations, questions may be prioritized or combined based on general interest or to avoid redundancy.
Information about other candidates can be found as part of the League of Women Voters’ voter guide on the website Vote411.org.
Student film honored
University Liggett School middle school students Sophia Carson and Amelie Duhaime’s short film, “Starry Night,” was shown at the Detroit Institute of Arts June 1. The film was chosen as Best of Show at the Digital Arts, Film and Television’s 56th Michigan Student Film Festival. “Starry Night” shares a tale of friendship.
Have heirlooms evaluated
It might have sentimental value, but is that locket or sculpture from your great-grandmother worth a lot of money as well? Find out during a free appraisal event conducted by DuMouchelles from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 10 at the Helm at the Boll Life Center, 158 Ridge Road in Grosse Pointe Farms. Collectable glass, ceramics, art, china, small furniture, jewelry and more are welcome, but no guns will be allowed. Each participant can bring up to three items for appraisal. Participants must be able to carry whatever items they’d like to have examined. Registration is required and must be made by July 8 by visiting HelmLife.org or calling (313) 882-9600.
PLAY A GAME
Bocce and Ping-Pong will be offered this summer at The Helm at the Boll Life Center, 158 Ridge Road in Grosse Pointe Farms. The Helm will make pizza available to players, but players will need to bring their own beverages. Starting July 2, Ping-Pong will be offered on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Bocce will be available on Thursdays starting July 11 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Registration is required for all activities and can be made by visiting HelmLife.org or calling (313) 882-9600.
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family have been on hand to show their support for Edmond Doheny.
In her victim impact statement, Elizabeth Doheny — mother of Edmond and Dennis — shared a defense of Edmond.
“I am very proud of my son,” she said. “I have watched him grow from a sweet, loving, funny child into an intelligent, witty, loyal, hardworking and selfless young man.”
When the family lost Peter Doheny — Elizabeth’s husband of more than 30 years and the father of their four boys — on Oct. 8, 2022, Elizabeth said Edmond “stepped up for me and the rest of our family. In the middle of
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wouldn’t take effect until next year.
“This is to be for (work) mainly on local roads,” City Councilman Lev Wood said of the millage renewal, which would target local rather than major roads.
Reeside acknowledged that was the case. While main roads such as Grosse Pointe Boulevard and the remainder of Kercheval Avenue still need to be done, “most of these funds would be (used) for local, interior roads,” Reeside said of what dollars from the
Officers
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ored with a community service award for her Shop with a Cop program, which raised money for families in need and paired public safety officers with families to shop for Christmas gifts for them.
Cashion was on her way to a stellar career when she was badly hurt after a truck struck her as she was exiting her gym in 2017.
“She suffered debilitating injuries which required shoulder surgery, staples in her head and extensive damage to her neck, spine and pelvis,” Hutchins said. “The extent of her injuries prevented her from returning to work and she was forced to leave in 2018.”
Cashion didn’t let those injuries stop
his own anguish, he has been our rock.”
She said Edmond had voluntarily moved into his 91-year-old grandmother’s home a few years earlier so that she wouldn’t be alone, though he had been living independently for years. When he saw his youngest brother struggling to live in his family home after his father’s death, Elizabeth Doheny said Edmond suggested Dennis come live with him in the upstairs portion of their grandma’s home.
“Edmond took his baby brother under his wing and always reassured me he was keeping an eye on him,” Elizabeth Doheny said. “I know my sons were a great comfort to one another, and they loved each other deeply. Almost a year to the day of their dad’s death, this current tragedy forever changed
millage renewal would be focused on.
He said work on major roads would continue as well.
“The city has traditionally contributed (budget funds) to roadwork,” Farms resident Andrew Dervan said. “Will that continue?”
Reeside said the city “intends to continue to do that.”
The council unanimously approved the millage renewal and ballot language.
For someone whose home has a market value of $300,000 and a taxable value of $150,000, 2 mills amounts to $300 per year.
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her, though. She returned to the department in 2019 as a part-time emergency dispatcher while she continued to work on her rehabilitation. With hard work, determination and support from her husband, Jim Cashion, a Detroit Police Department lieutenant, she defied the doctors who said she’d never be a police officer again and was rehired by the Farms in 2021. She also became a field training officer for the department.
“We recognize Veronica’s promotion to the rank of public safety sergeant this evening, as well as being one of the best comeback stories we have seen in our profession,” Hutchins said.
Her husband pinned her new badge to her uniform.
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our lives again. When speaking of Edmond after his irrevocable mistake, I can tell you that ‘remorse’ is not a strong enough word. I can see it on my son’s face and in his actions, and I hear it in his words. … I hope my much-loved son can find it in his heart to forgive himself, as myself and his loving family and friends have done. I know his baby brother, Denny, would be running to the front of the line to come to his defense and tell him how much he loves him.”
Ihrie said Doheny addressed the court as well.
“With a contrite heart, (he) apologized to his family for the heartache this whole incident has caused,” Ihrie said.
Ihrie echoed Elizabeth Doheny in his observations of Edmond Doheny.
“No court can punish him harder than he’s punishing himself,” Ihrie said of his client. “And the judge recognized that as well. He’s a very kind young man.”
At press time, it wasn’t yet known where Doheny would be serving his prison term.
Call Staff Writer K. Michelle Moran at (586) 498-1047.
Home Care One Cares For Those In Need
Home Care One Owner Perry Calisi believes in honesty, integrity, and compassion -- and has offered such quality care through his home care business for the past twelve years in Grosse Pointe, St. Clair Shores, and Macomb Township in southeastern Michigan.
Home Care One provides assistance for seniors and patients in their homes, and helps with alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, hospital and nursing home sitting, interim care during hospice, physical and mental disability assistance for children and adults, and people recovering from surgery. Services also include full or part-time and 24hour care services, and daily living activities such as meal preparation, running errands, assistance with bathing, house cleaning, doctor visits and more.
as everything becomes more expensive,” he said. “In my experience, more people have done better living in their home rather than facilities; just by familiarity and independence.”
Perry said he entered the business by hearing that someone needed help.
Perry wants to increase community awareness about how his company offers these personalized services to keep your loved ones living independently at home. Perry added that he and his staff go further than the next by helping clients stay as independent as possible.
“The public should look at home care as a way of staying independent, and in one’s own home --
“I just set up my own business model for what I would want for my own mother,” he said. “I would want someone honest and compassionate in the house.” Perry said he tries to match his roughly 18 employees’ personality types with patients. “It assures that there is going to be an assimilation of getting along,” he said. Betty, a client, said she is “really lucky” to have caregivers take really good care of her. “I get all that pampering,” she said smiling. “They’ve been with me ever since. I haven’t been let down for anything.”
Betty’s caregiver, Theresa, said Perry cares about his clients and he cares about his employees as well. “He is good about matching an employee with a client, which is nice,” she said. “We all work together. He cares all the way around... that is him in general.”
For more information call 313-409-0120 or go to http://www.homecareone.net/.
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SHORES LOWERS MILLAGE RATE FOR NEW FISCAL YEAR
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
SHORES — In an era of ever rising costs, Grosse Pointe Shores has managed to reduce its millage rate for the 2024 to 2025 fiscal year, which starts July 1.
During a meeting May 21, the Shores City Council unanimously approved a new budget and tax rates; the tax rate is declining from 18.0863 mills to 17.8029 mills.
As Finance Officer Dale Krajniak noted, the budget includes money for an additional public safety officer — bringing the total from 15 to 16 — as well as increased pension funding. In addition, roadwork funding is increasing from $325,000 in the 2023 to 2024 fiscal year to $625,000 in the new fiscal year.
“That’s a significant increase from the prior year’s funding,” Krajniak said of the road repair allocation.
The general fund for 2024 to 2025 is just under $7.6 million. Krajniak said reserves — of just over $2.9 million — represent a fund balance of 38%, which exceeds the city’s benchmark of having a fund balance of at least 25%.
“That’s a very healthy fund balance and gives you some latitude” in case of an emergency expenditure, Krajniak said.
And while officials acknowledge Shores residents pay extremely high prices for water and sewage disposal, those rates are dropping a bit in the 2024 to 2025 fiscal year, from the 2023 to 2024 rate of $6.50 per unit of water to $6 per unit of water, and from the 2023 to 2024 rate of $10.04 per unit of sewage to $8.04 per unit of sewage in 2024 to 2025. The council also unanimously approved the new water rates; those take effect July 1.
Krajniak said the rate reduction is “an incremental (change) in the right direction.” He said the flat fee residents pay on the water and sewer bills has fallen in the last few years as well.
“I think our water bills are ridiculous,” Shores resident Dr. Rob Fishman said. “It’s to the point where I don’t water my grass (anymore).”
Fishman said he hasn’t watered his lawn in two years. He said he received a $1,400
water bill one quarter, while one of his neighbors had a $4,000 water bill and another had a water bill for $2,500.
“I think Grosse Pointe Shores is one of the best places to live in the world … but our water rates … are unjustly high,” resident Clyde Sutton said.
Dr. Robert Lee said the city should assemble a group of citizens to look into the water and sewer rate issue, similar to a blueribbon committee that was formed a number of years ago to explore cost-saving measures across the board in the city.
“What they did tonight was just a drop in the bucket,” Lee said after the meeting of the decrease in water and sewerage rates.
City officials say one of the reasons the water and sewerage bills are so high in the Shores is that many other cities include costs to maintain these systems in their general fund, so residents are paying for these services, in part, through their tax bills. In the Shores, the water and sewer fund has to be fully self-sustaining, covering not only water and sewerage usage charges, but also water mains, sewer lines and the like.
City Councilman John Dakmak said the Shores recently completed an $8 million water main project.
“That’s work that had to be done,” Dakmak said. “These were 100-year-old water mains.”
Not only were the mains old and in need of replacement, but Dakmak said they were also too small. Small mains can cause reduced water pressure and make firefighting more difficult.
Krajniak said approximately 80% of the water bill goes toward fixed costs.
The city is trying to lower its costs by making repairs to the system, such as fixing cracks that lead to stormwater or lake water infiltrating sanitary sewer lines.
“I think we’re making improvements,” Mayor Ted Kedzierski said. “We’re making strides. … Everything is being openly and transparently done. There’s no easy solution here. The economies of scale just aren’t there” the way they are in a community with more households.
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their students reach their creative potential.
“They’re so good at what they do,” Chelsea Grousta said.
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans said that art is important to the vitality of the county. He thanked parents and teachers for supporting and nurturing the young artists in their lives.
“There’s been some great work (in the show), and the motivation to do that work comes from teachers and family,” Evans said.
Two pieces of raku pottery by South senior Rei Schoenberg, of Detroit, are on view: “Vince’s Corduroy” and “Deco-Rei.”
“I just started doing ceramics this school year,” said Schoenberg, who hopes to attend the College for Creative Studies in Detroit this fall.
Before that, she said she focused on metals and welding. While Schoenberg’s pieces at the DIA don’t reflect this, the artist said she tries to incorporate other media — especially metals — into her ceramics, and she has also welded elements to pots.
“The style I go for is industrial — trying to make things look like they came from Detroit,” Schoenberg said.
South senior Cassidy Woolums, of Grosse Pointe Park, spent roughly 200 to 300 hours, and about 150 layers of paper, to make the mixed media work, “Dumpster Fire,” for which she used scrap paper, cardboard and colored pencil. The elaborate, layered work is best appreciated in person to see the dimension and detail.
“I was playing around with working with textures and perspective,” Woolums said of “Dumpster Fire,” which started with a photo she had taken of a cluster of newspaper boxes downtown. Woolums then drew the boxes freehand, along with other images in her piece.
“The way things degrade and fall apart is kind of artistic in a way,” Woolums said.
She said she plans to study mechanical engineering this fall in college but hopes to continue her art as well.
“There’s a lot of good pieces from Grosse Pointe,” Woolums said. “The whole exhibit is amazing.”
While works were accepted from students in any high school grade level, the majority of the pieces chosen were from juniors and seniors. One of the exceptions to that was South sophomore Anna Burlaka, of Grosse Pointe Farms, whose digital photo, “Contemplations,” was shot in her neighborhood. She said she drew her influence from
photographer Gregory Crewdson.
“He takes cinematic, surreal photos of psychologically themed subjects, so I emulated him,” Burlaka said. “I try to make something that people can connect with.”
Other South students with work in the show include senior Brody Yeloushan, senior Jacqueline Verhaeghe and junior Lauren Winiarski.
University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe Woods had several students with work chosen as well: senior Leyao Zeng, senior Kelsey Beckett, senior Sana’a Brown and junior Lydia Fedewa Widick.
Evans said the county is looking at ways to possibly expand this exhibition and take it to other venues.
“We think it’s important that people see it,” Evans said.
The DIA is located at 5200 Woodward Ave.. Admission to the student art exhibition is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. For more information, call (313) 833-7900 or visit dia.org.
“Street of Bashi” was created by University Liggett School senior — and recent graduate —
works by Grosse Pointe South junior Lauren Winiarski chosen for the Wayne County High School Art Exhibition at the DIA.
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C & G NEWSPAPERS KEEPS IT IN THE FAMILY
BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
For anyone curious about what the “C” and “G” in C & G Newspapers stands for, here is the answer.
The “C” represents Charlotte, and the “G” is for Gil. Charlotte and Gil Demers 45 years ago created the family-owned business C & G Newspapers.
The husband-and-wife team ran the company from their St. Clair Shores home with two papers: the Shores Shopper, a monthly advertiser first published in December 1977, and the Warren Weekly, with its inaugural issue Aug. 20, 1980.
Gil definitely found his calling selling advertisements to local businesses, which included restaurants, mom-and-pop shops, car dealerships, medical offices, educational institutions and more.
“He was a very personable guy,” daughter Karen Bozimowski said. “He knew everybody. He could talk to anybody.”
Eventually the Demers’ five children — Bozimowski, Jeff Demers, Gregg Demers, Keith Demers and Suzanne Badalamenti — came to work for him. They all started “on the road” selling advertising to neighborhood retailers, securing their own accounts with establishments that trusted them. The kids learned the value of hard work and the importance of helping their customers. Gil died in 2019, and Charlotte retired several years ago.
C & G Newspapers serves metro Detroit residents with 19 biweekly publications delivered to more than 571,000 homes via direct mail. The di-
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Hidden Gem in Grosse Pointe Village!
Licavoli’s Opens New Sub Shop
Just o the main thoroughfare on Kercheval Place which runs behind the Main Street stores and a block south of Trader Joe’s, Licavoli’s Cucina is more than a new lunch spot; it is founded on the same family values as Licavoli’s Market and Villanova Ristorante.
At the end of each shift across all three locations, their hardworking sta , whom they consider family, is personally thanked with a heartfelt hug of appreciation.
Licavoli’s is renowned for its steadfast community support and dedication to creating homemade recipes made fresh to order, a commitment known as Licavoli’s Labor of Love. e family’s catering and dinner services have become staples at local events, enhancing gatherings from picnics to boating excursions.
“We expanded to be closer to many of our regular customers who wished we were nearer this side of Grosse Pointe,” said Jill Licavoli, who owns the business with her husband, Phil.
Customers can enjoy their meals at one of the shop’s four bistro tables or order online for pickup or DoorDash delivery.
Serving as a cornerstone of the family’s presence in the area, Licavoli’s Market recently celebrated its eighth anniversary. e market o ers a wide variety of Italian favorites, from stone oven- red pizzas and handcrafted subs to homemade calzones, stromboli and the famous “Italian Stallion Sangwich,” along with fresh salads, soups, housemade sauces, dressings and more.
Phil Licavoli grew up in his parents’ beloved Italian eatery, Villanova, a renowned Detroit establishment for 30 years that closed in 1991. Following in his father’s footsteps, and fueled by the success of Licavoli’s Market, the couple opened Villanova Ristorante in St. Clair Shores last year.
e Licavoli family — Phil, Jill, Phillip, Dominic and Josie — are grateful and honored to serve their hometown and neighboring communities. “You are the star ingredient for the recipe of our success,” they said. “Continuing to live and work where we grew up and also being able to reopen Villanova is an extra kind of
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
The Demers Family, from left to right, includes Karen Bozimowski, Suzanne Badalamenti, Gregg Demers, Keith Demers and Jeff Demers.
A local family, serving the local community since 1975. Our family has been in the automotive sales and service business in Macomb County for over 40 years. We started as a small used car lot and collision center in Warren, Michigan 1975. From those humble beginnings and Christian values, we have grown into a multi-location dealership group selling and servicing thousands of vehicles yearly.
At Genesis, we believe in creating relationships with our customers. Our philosophy has always been to provide excellent customer service long after all the paperwork is signed. We are here when our customers need service or collision repairs, with convenient hours, valet service, and courtesy transportation. Whether it's an oil change, tire replacement, mechanical repairs, or major collision repairs, we are ready with competitive prices and exceptional service.
rect-mail system, rather than subscriptions, proved successful right away, not only for Gil but for his advertisers.
“He knew they were reading it because the advertisers got great response because we went to every home,” Jeff Demers said. “There wasn’t anything like that in St. Clair Shores.”
“That was the difference. No one else did that,” Gregg Demers said. “The thought was that a small business only could draw from so far. Let’s go to every home right around your store, and that will get them the best response.”
Mr. C’s Deli in St. Clair Shores was their first advertiser. An advertisement for Temrowski & Sons Funeral Home, located at Hoover and Common roads, was in the first-ever Warren Weekly
“He still advertises today, every issue,” Suzanne Badalamenti said.
Gregg Demers, though, felt the publications needed more and came up with the idea to add editorial content with news stories that covered local city government, education, crime, human interest stories, sports and features events happening in the readerships’ own backyards.
A family affair
At one point, the Demers family was able to open up an office located on Nine Mile Road, east of Van Dyke Avenue, in Warren.
Then the family members began adding more newspapers in Macomb County, including the Eastsider, the Fraser-Clinton Chronicle, the St. Clair Shores Sentinel, the Sterling Heights Sentry, the Journal, the Macomb Township Chronicle and the ShelbyUtica News
Over in Oakland County, the Demers publish the following papers: the MadisonPark News, Troy Times, the Royal Oak Review, the Rochester Post, the West Bloomfield Beacon, the Southfield Sun, the BirminghamBloomfield Eagle, the Farmington Press, the Novi Note and the Woodward Talk
The company also has a long-standing Wayne County paper: the Grosse Pointe Times. In 1997 C & G Newspapers moved to 13650 11 Mile Road in Warren.
There are 65 employees in the company who work in different departments. The team consists of salespeople, journalists, editors, graphic designers, photographers and an administrative staff. The newspapers are built right at the C & G office and then are sent to an outside company for printing.
With readers patronizing the advertisers, they are supporting family businesses in
their own communities. To keep the business thriving, each family member has different responsibilities.
“Each one of us has our own area of responsibility,” Jeff Demers said. “Then we meet regularly. We talk about ‘what’s going on in each area.”
The Demers said the best aspect of running the family business is working together. They also appreciate the dedication of their staff members.
“The employees are just great,” Gregg Demers said.
“That’s the bottom line,” Keith Demers said.
While many newspaper entities have ceased to exist because of digital media, C & G Newspapers still continues publishing print editions.
“That comes down to the mail,” Keith Demers said. “We don’t rely on subscriptions.”
“And it’s local stories,” Suzanne Badalamenti said.
“We still believe in our product as a direct-mail community newspaper going to every home,” Gregg Demers said.
C & G Newspapers also evolved electronically with its website, www.candgnews. com, and a social media presence on Facebook and X. The company has contests every month where readers can win gift cards
and other prizes from local advertisers. The family is always looking for new opportunities.
“As far as the future, we’d like to open a new paper,” Suzanne Badalamenti said.
‘The Demers were always kind and fair people to me’
The brothers and sisters want to give their employees a sense of family so staff members feel welcome coming to work each day. They, too, know the importance of providing their workforce with the supplies they need to get their jobs done, including everything from office equipment to moral support to the occasional social event.
A majority of staff has remained with the company 10, 20 or 30 years.
“What has always mattered to me the most about C & G is that they are unbiased. … We don’t have an agenda of any kind. We just want to be as factual and fair as possible,” said editor Annie Bates, who began wit h the company 25 years ago. “In our little corner, the Demers want us to do it right. In the beginning of my career, everyone asked me what my next step was. It was assumed you wanted a bigger outlet,” but that wasn’t what appealed to Bates. “C & G … remem-
New restaurant to bring Italian cuisine to Village
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
CITY — Out of the ashes of Koi Nu Asian in The Village — which was badly damaged in an arson fire in 2021 and never reopened — a new eatery is looking to fill that space at 17043 Kercheval Ave.
The Italian pasta restaurant Pastaio — whose name means “pasta maker” — is coming soon to the corner spot. Owner Pasquale Lamarra, who said he’s been in the family restaurant business since he was a child, appeared in front of the Grosse Pointe City Council June 17 seeking approval for façade improvements and a liquor license transfer.
While façade improvements can usually be handled administratively, this one needed the green light from the council — sitting as the Planning Commission for the vote — because of Lamarra’s proposal to whitewash the brick and paint the building’s wood trim black.
“We generally discourage painting natural brick because it tends to be a long-term maintenance problem,” City Planner John Jackson, of McKenna Associates, said.
He said the city also encourages the use of darker brick and natural colors in the design guidelines for The Village.
Jackson said other businesses in that block of The Village are a mix of brick colors.
Family
bers the goal a lot of media outlets seemed to have forgotten, which is to listen and be as fair as you can.”
Graphic designer Kathy Calvisi is a loyal employee who found her niche when she was hired in 1990. Working in the company’s art room designing ads gives her the chance to be creative.
“It’s held my interest,” Calvisi said. “It’s something different every day.”
The Demers accommodated Calvisi when she needed to tend to her family, such as picking up her children from school when they were growing up.
“With a flexible schedule I have the ability to take care of my family,” Calvisi said. “They’re fun people and they treat us good.”
In 1986, sales representative David Ru-
City Councilman Seth Krupp said there are many homes in the community with whitewashed brick.
“It doesn’t look out of character to me,” Krupp said.
City Councilman Christopher Walsh said the renderings “look nice,” and some others on council agreed.
“The level of effort is very high,” City Councilman Dave Fries said of the many exterior and interior renovations.
Because the whitewashing is more of a stain than a paint, Jackson said it would likely be easier to maintain.
Mayor Sheila Tomkowiak confirmed with Jackson that the natural stone at the base of the building would remain unpainted.
“It’s going to be lovely,” Tomkowiak said.
The council voted unanimously in favor of the façade changes. The council also voted unanimously in favor of the liquor license transfer, which now needs to get state approval.
Pastaio has locations in Royal Oak and Port St. Lucie, Florida. However, Lamarra said they won’t be able to offer their pizzas at the Grosse Pointe City location.
Lamarra said he hoped to open the restaurant the first week in July.
Call Staff Writer K. Michelle Moran at (586) 498-1047.
bello joined C & G Newspapers.
“The Demers were always kind and fair people to me. That’s what gave me my drive to keep up my good work,” Rubello said. “I’ve been here for almost 40 years. If they weren’t good to me there’s no way I could have stayed that long.”
Rubello likes the idea of working for a family-run business.
“You’re not just a number. They get to know you,” he said. “It’s not like you’re working for a really big business where there’s just a lot of faces and no names.”
He also credits the Demers for helping other family businesses stay afloat.
“They have impacted this community in so many positive ways, from promoting people’s businesses with advertising to having stories about people and their great accomplishments,” Rubello said. “This would all go silent if there weren’t community papers like ours.”
CRIME WATCH
Stolen car tracked
PARK — A 2017 Chevrolet Impala was stolen from a driveway in the 1200 block of Three Mile Road between the hours of 10 p.m. June 18 and 6 a.m. June 19. Police said the owner had the keys at the time. Police were able to use a tracking system on the vehicle to find its location on Haverhill Street in Detroit, where they recovered it. Police said it appears the Impala was stolen by being pushed by another vehicle. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
Suspects sought in clothing theft
CITY — Two unknown suspects reportedly stole $1,078 worth of clothing from The Village Lululemon store in the 17000 block of Kercheval Avenue at around 5:07 p.m. June 23.
Police said the suspects ran from the store with the stolen goods and were last seen heading westbound on Kercheval in a red Chevy Cruze. Anyone with more information can call (313) 886-3200.
Vehicle stolen from business
CITY — An unlocked 1995 Mercedes was stolen from behind a gas station in the 17000 block of Mack Avenue at around 3 a.m. June 10, according to a recently filed police report. Anyone with more information can call (313) 886-3200.
Vehicle theft under investigation
PARK — A white 2020 Chevrolet Impala was reported stolen from the driveway of a home in the 1300 block of Whittier Road between the hours of 10:30 p.m. June 23 and 7:30 a.m. June 24. Police said the vehicle was locked at the time and the victim had the keys. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
Stolen vehicle recovered
FARMS — A 39-year-old Highland Park woman learned from the Farms Public Safety Department that the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer she had bought for $1,550 from a man through Facebook Marketplace was a vehicle that had been reported stolen. The woman who bought the vehicle came to the Farms because she had been unable to get the vehicle title from the seller; she said when she tried to register the vehicle with the Secretary of State’s Office, she was told she would need a vehicle information number inspection/verification to acquire the title, which is why she brought it to the Farms.
Police said the VIN plate was scratched and had the wrong type of rivets, and the federal label, tire label and service parts label were all missing. However, police could see a different VIN number underneath some adhesive. The hidden VIN number came back to a 2003 Trailblazer that had been stolen out of Waterford Township on June 4, 2024. Police said the suspect who sold the vehicle to the woman had been arrested multiple times before for motor vehicle theft. The suspect is a 33-year-old Detroit man.
Man arrested for disrobing
CITY — Police took a 26-year-old Detroit man into custody after he was reportedly seen removing his clothing in the 600 block of Cadieux Road at around noon June 20. Police said the suspect — who’s expected to face charges including indecent exposure and disturbing the peace — was also found to be urinating in public. A 28-year-old Detroit man who was with the suspect at the time was arrested as well after police said they discovered that he was driving with a suspended license.
Man facing animal cruelty charges
CITY — After he is alleged to have left his small dog inside a car with the windows closed and the engine off while outdoor temperatures were in the mid-80s, a 28-year-old Detroit man is facing animal cruelty charges.
Police said the man was shopping in The Village Kroger store at around 12:45 p.m. June 21 when he left his dog inside a hot car. Interior vehicle temperatures can soar quickly in hot weather and typically exceed outdoor temperatures.
Vehicle theft thwarted
PARK — Two unknown male suspects are said by police to have been seen in the act of trying to steal a Kia Soul while it was parked on the street in the 1400 block of Wayburn Street at around 11:16 p.m. June 17. According to a police report, the victim saw the suspects break a window on the vehicle and get inside it. The victim told police that she yelled at the suspects, who she said fled on foot. The suspects are said to have damaged the steering column in an attempt to take the Kia. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
Vehicle stolen
FARMS — A black 2021 GMC Yukon was stolen from the parking lot of a private club in the 200 block of Country Club Drive between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. June 15. The victim told police that he had parked toward the south end of the lot. He said he had left the Yukon unlocked with the keys inside. Police checked surveillance
footage of the lot and saw a silver Chevrolet Camaro convertible with no license plate enter the parking lot after the victim. An unknown male suspect exited the Camaro and began checking vehicles in the lot. A second male suspect is said to have also gotten out of the Camaro. Police said that after this happens, the missing Yukon is seen leaving the lot, where it meets up with the Camaro and both vehicles exit together. Anyone with more information can call (313) 885-2100.
Jeeps stolen
PARK — Unknown suspects are said to have stolen two Jeeps during roughly the same time period recently in the Park. In the first incident, a white 2015 Jeep Cherokee was stolen without the keys while it was parked on the street in the 1300 block of Wayburn Street between the hours of 3:49 a.m. and 4:49 a.m. June 20.
A black 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee was stolen without keys from the 15000 block of Charlevoix Avenue between the hours of 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. June 20. Anyone with more information about either of these incidents can call (313) 822-7400.
Suspect steals from store
PARK — An unknown man is said to have stolen two packages of meat and two bottles of wine from a store in the 15000 block of Charlevoix Avenue at around 8:34 p.m. June 19. A store employee told police that the suspect put the merchandise inside his backpack and left without paying. Surveillance footage from the business is said to show the incident. The suspect is described as a 30- to 40-year-old Black man who stands about 5 feet tall and weighs an estimated 120 pounds. The suspect was seen in the footage wearing black shorts and carrying a gray backpack. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
Bicycle getaway fails
CITY — A 34-year-old Detroit man was arrested after he reportedly stole multiple bottles of alcoholic beverages from The Village CVS store at 4:20 p.m. June 20 and fled the scene on a bike. Police arrested the suspect as he was making his getaway. They said he’s facing possible charges including retail fraud and resisting and obstructing police.
Suspect sought in larceny from vehicle
PARK — At around 2:15 a.m. June 15, surveillance footage shows an unknown suspect enter an unlocked vehicle and take the vehicle key and a checkbook while the vehicle was parked in a driveway in the 700 block of Lakepointe Street. Police said both items were found in the area. The suspect is
described as a male wearing a jacket with a checkered pattern, a baseball hat and shorts. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
Purse removed from vehicle
PARK — An unknown person is said by police to have stolen a black purse containing personal items and an estimated $80 from an unlocked vehicle while it was parked on the street in the 600 block of Pemberton Road between the hours of 5 p.m. June 14 and 8 a.m. June 15. Police said they recovered the purse nearby, but the cash was missing. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
Wallet taken from vehicle
PARK — Between the hours of 8:30 p.m. June 19 and 2 p.m. June 20, police said an unknown suspect entered an unlocked vehicle while it was parked on the street in the 1300 block of Maryland Street and stole a wallet with credit cards. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
Camera stolen
PARK — A Canon camera valued at $300 was reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle that was parked on the street in the 1200 block of Maryland Street between the hours of 9 p.m. June 15 and 10 a.m. June 16. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
Larceny from vehicle reported
FARMS — An unknown person is said to have entered an unlocked black Chevrolet Equinox while it was parked in the 300 block of McMillan Road and rummaged through the interior during the early morning hours of June 10. The victim said his glove compartment was open and its contents were thrown on the floor. He said the only thing that appeared to have been taken was his vehicle registration. Anyone with more information can call (313) 885-2100.
Trespasser warned
FARMS — Police were called to the Shell gas station at Mack Avenue and Moross Road at 6:08 p.m. June 17 about a man who had reportedly taken a pop and doughnut and only paid $1.97 in change for $3.97 worth of food. The worker said the business wasn’t seeking retail fraud charges against the suspect — they just wanted him to be told he was trespassing and shouldn’t return. After checking the area, police found the suspect, a 52-year-old Detroit man, eating a doughnut on the front porch of a home in the 400 block of Allard Road. Police said
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the suspect is homeless, has a mental order, was known to be violent and had 19 previous contacts with the Farms Public Safety Department for larceny, trespassing and breaking into a motor vehicle. In addition, police said he’s a suspect in a double homicide in Detroit. The suspect was given a trespassing warning and sent away from the area.
The same suspect was found sitting inside a vehicle in an automotive service business in the 18000 block of Mack at 1:22 p.m. June 15. Because the suspect had been found sleeping inside an unlocked vehicle in that same parking lot June 12, police arrested the man for trespassing June 15.
Change stolen during larcenies
PARK — A police report states that between the hours of 3:30 p.m. June 21 and 7 a.m. June 22, an unknown person entered an unlocked vehicle while it was parked on the street in the 1000 block of Maryland Street and stole about $5 in change. Between the hours of 2:15 p.m. June 22 and 1:04 p.m. June 23, an unknown suspect is said to have gone inside an unlocked vehicle while it was
parked in an alley in the 1300 block of Beaconsfield Avenue and stolen an estimated $3 in change. Anyone with more information about either of these incidents can call (313) 822-7400.
Speeder found to be intoxicated
FARMS — A 22-year-old Chesterfield Township man was arrested after he was found to be intoxicated behind the wheel during a traffic stop in the area of Mack Avenue and Moross Road at 2:05 a.m. June 14. Police said the man initially drew their attention for speeding — traveling 50 mph in a 25 mph zone. They said the driver smelled of alcohol and was slurring his words. He failed field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol level of 0.13% in a preliminary breath test. He was arrested for operating while intoxicated.
Bike taken from porch
PARK — A boys black and silver bike was reported stolen from the front porch of a residence in the 900 block of Nottingham Road. A police report states that the larceny happened between the hours of 1:18 p.m. June 16 and noon June 17. Anyone with more information can call (313) 822-7400.
— K. Michelle Moran
LEGACY SELFRIDGE PILOT TAKES FINAL FLIGHT
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
HARRISON TOWNSHIP/ROCHESTER
— After two decades of service, Rochester resident and Air National Guard Maj. Jason Holm has piloted his final military flight.
Taking place over the course of June 13, Holm flew an A-10 Thunderbolt II along with two other pilots around Michigan. The first stop on the trip was to the Grayling Air Gunnery Range for training, flying back along Lake Michigan on a path that went over Charlevoix, Traverse City and Manistee.
The flight marks the end of a military career that began with his enlistment in 2004. Holm’s father, Keith, flew F-4 Phantom II jets out of Selfridge in the 1980s and 1990s. Holm joined the Air National Guard at Battle Creek while in the Western Michigan University aviation program, getting hired on in 2006.
“I enlisted there to try to help get a pilot spot and help get myself through college with all the benefits you get from that,” Holm said. “While I was there, about a semester before I graduated, I was hired for the A-10s out in Battle Creek.”
That year, the A-10s were moved out to Selfridge as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Act, putting Holm on the path to fly out of the base his father used to. After several years of officer pilot training on T-37 and T-38 jets, Holm went through six months of training on the A-10 and then began going on mission flights.
“I love it,” Holm said of the A-10. “It’s always an Army and Marine favorite. Our job is supporting guys on the ground, so thinking about the 18- or 19-year-old rifleman on the ground and being able to support them. I know multiple people that at some point in their military career, they’ve been saved by an A-10.”
Holm’s career led him to fly the A-10 in a variety of places. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 and 2019, and in Kuwait in 2015, as well as in Europe: in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania. In 2018, he flew in an A-10 painted in World War II invasion markings over Normandy as part of the 74th anniversary remembrance of the landings on June 6, 1944.
“We got to fly out of England and
fly over the whole Normandy route with a bunch of C-130s based out of Europe, so we all got to fly together up and down the coasts and over the cemeteries out there,” Holm said. “I think they were dropping paratroopers, like the reenactment they do every year. It was pretty cool to get to cross the English Channel in a D-Day painted A-10.”
Before touching down for the last time in an A-10, Holm made several passes over the runway for friends and family who came out to witness the occasion. Once he landed, Holm was summarily sprayed with both water and champagne. He shared some words and mementos with the squadron before heading to the American Legion post in Rochester to cap off the night with over 60 family members and friends.
“I’ve been super lucky to be able to get this job and be able to do it for as long as I have; I’ve been extremely lucky with all that,” Holm said. “My parents encouraged me to do this and supported me throughout the whole thing. I’m excited to move on and spend more time with the family. I have two little boys now and I’m excited to spend time with them a little more.”
While his time behind the yoke of an A-10 has come to an end, Holm is not leaving the pilot’s seat anytime soon. After retiring from the Air National Guard later this fall, he will join American Airlines’ roster of 737 pilots, a job Holm was hired for in 2018.
LEFT: Michigan Air National Guard Maj. Jason Holm stands on the steps outside of an A-10 Thunderbolt II on June 13.
Photo provided by 127th Wing
BELOW: Michigan Air National Guard Maj. Jason Holm flies a special full-color A-10 Thunderbolt II over the English Channel during the 74th anniversary of D-Day in 2018.
Photo provided by DVIDS
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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JULY 14
Neighborhood concert series: Detroit Symphony Orchestra plays works by composers Benjamin Britten and Felix Mendelssohn, 3 p.m., Our Lady Star of the Sea, 467 Fairford Road in Grosse Pointe Woods, (313) 576-5111, dso.org
JULY 17
Grosse Pointe Gathering: Benefit for Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital’s spiritual care endowment fund, event includes cocktails, strolling dinner, outdoor activities and live entertainment at private lakeside residence in Grosse Pointe Shores, 5:30-8:30 p.m., beaumont.org/giving/events
JULY 21
Family picnic: Purchase food or bring own dinner, also DJ, lawn games, bounce house and caricatures, free for veterans and active duty military plus three guests, 4-7 p.m., War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, warmemorial.org/eventcalendar
ONGOING
Farmers market: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays until Sept.
Fireworks Spectacular Presented by
Pitch 7:05 p.m.
July 4 Youth T-Shirt Giveaway to first 400 Kids!
14, parking lot on the southeast corner of Kercheval Avenue and Lakepointe Street in Grosse Pointe Park
Summer concerts at Ford House: 7 p.m. July 19 (Killer Flamingos, pop rock), 7 p.m. Aug. 9 (Dave Hamilton Band, Motown tribute) and 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23 (Michigan Philharmonic playing car-inspired songs from movies and television), 1100 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores, (313) 884-4222, fordhouse.org
Summer concerts at War Memorial: 6:30-9 p.m. July 10 (Dave Bennett Band), July 24 (Cancel Monday) and Aug. 7 (Thornetta Davis), and 7:30-9 p.m. Aug. 21 (Air Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet tribute), 32 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, free but registration required, warmemorial.org/summerfest24
Music on the Plaza: Free outdoor concert series, 7-8:30 p.m. July 11 (Detroit Made Band), July 18 (BandWagon) and July 25 (Planet D Nonet), corner of Kercheval and St. Clair avenues in The Village business district in Grosse Pointe City, facebook.com/ thevillagegrossepointe
To view more Community Calendar and to submit your own, use the QR code or visit candgnews.com/calendar. To advertise an event, call (586) 498-8000.
“Gaia Guides the Ship of Earth through the Starry Sea” by Mary Taitt.
Art exhibits: “Ode to Mother Earth” (featuring 61 pieces by 47 artists) and “Curiouser and Curiouser” (solo show by Douglas La Ferle) on display until July 26, Grosse Pointe Artists Association gallery at The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, grossepointeartcenter.org
Teen Leadership Council: Meetings for grades 9-12 every first Wednesday of month, pizza and snacks provided, 6-7 p.m., Grosse Pointe Public LibraryWoods Branch, 20680 Mack Ave., grossepointelibrary. org, (313) 640-4775
Book clubs: Nearly a dozen hosted by Grosse Pointe Public Library at various branches, restaurants and on Zoom, more at grossepointelibrary.org/book-clubs
Art classes: 10:30 a.m.-noon every first and third Tuesday of month for seniors, 6-8 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday of month for veterans, The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, grossepointeartcenter.org, (313) 881-3454
Summer carillon recital series: Hear 45-minute concerts played on set of 48 bells, guests can bring picnic dinner (also ice cream truck on site), 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays in July, Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, 16 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Farms, (313) 882-5330
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Bus Driver
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Starting wage: $17.00 per hour for Lake Front Park weekday daytime route.
$25.00 per hour for Mack Avenue evenings and weekends route. Applicants must be over the age of 18. Applicant must enjoy working with the public.
Complete the General Employment Application available at www.gpwmi.us and mail to:
City of Grosse Pointe Woods Attn: Nicole Gerhart
20025 Mack Plaza Drive, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
The City of Grosse Pointe Woods is an EOE employer. No phone calls please.
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