Optimists host breakfast for police, fire departments
BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
The Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores hosted men and women from the St. Clair Shores police and fire departments at their 11th Appreciation & Recognition Breakfast on June 13, at the Assumption Cultural Center.
Other guests included council members, members of the club, sponsors, family and friends, all celebrating the accomplishments of the members of each department. Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham was the keynote speaker.
Wickersham gave a speech about why police officers,
BLOSSOM HEATH PIER GETS
BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
In the presence of council members and other guests, the St. Clair Shores Historical
Commission unveiled a historical marker on the Blossom Heath Pier on June 13.
The new marker, which is positioned about halfway down the pier, tells the story of
Lac Ste. Claire. The history starts from the first Native American people who inhabited the land surrounding the lake to its past and future economic impact on Michigan and the world.
“The lake provides a strong economic influence on the region and its waterborne commerce exceeds 60 million shipping tons
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ABOVE: Amelia Kowalski sings the national anthem for guests as the St. Clair Shores Fire Department Honor Guard stands at attention holding the flags of the United States and the state of Michigan. LEFT: Deputy Police Chief Paul Plaza hands police officer David Ealy a valor award at the appreciation breakfast for the St. Clair Shores Police Department and the St. Clair Shores Fire Department.
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PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT WILLIAM
William was a happy baby who hit all of his milestones on time, however, at around 15 months, he started showing signs of social anxiety, he continued to regress socially, cognitively and lost his ability to speak by 18 months. William also has severe sensory issues, including food aversions. After 11 months of phone calls and waitlists, he now has an official diagnosis of severe autism (level 3) with a global developmental delay and receptive expressive speech disorder (non verbal).
The family has learned of stem cell therapy that shows promising results. Dr. Weiss is located in Florida and has had extreme success with these treatments. This is not a cure, however, studies via Duke University have proven stem cell therapy to be successful in helping children with autism, by reducing inflammation in the brain, therefore improving cognition, restoring speech and improved socialization.
This is a costly treatment, but a promising one. For the best results, William’s family will need to travel with him and be by his side.
Please help give William the chance to live his best life!
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Budget for 2024-25 fiscal year approved in 6-1 vote
BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
On June 17, the St. Clair Shores City Council approved budget amendments in a 7-0 vote, sanitary sewer rates for the coming year in a 7-0 vote, water rates in a 7-0 vote and the fiscal year 2024-2025 budget in a 6-1 vote.
Councilman John Caron cast the lone vote against the budget.
In total, the city of St. Clair Shores will have $46,137,915 budgeted in their general fund for the coming year. Other funds are budgeted at a total of $86,018,514. General fund expenditures are budgeted at $45,624,863, and other fund total expenditures are set at $77,421,862.
The budget originally came before the council for approval on June 3, but action was delayed. The city’s millage rate and storm sewer user charges for the coming year were approved with 7-0 votes on June 3.
In an email, St. Clair Shores Finance Director Renae Warnke said there is a $2,485,583 decrease
OLD COOKBOOKS HOLD RECIPES, MEMORIES
I’ve been interested in the old, interesting and historical all my life. I’ve been to Greenfield Village more times than I can count. I’m always stopping by the plaques around historical sites and my clothing style is much more vintage than the things my sisters or friends wear.
I’ve joked around by lovingly calling myself the young grandma: an old soul, if you will.
My love for cooking and baking goes back as far as my love of history. I remember Saturday mornings spent rolling out biscuit dough on a wooden board called a Nudelbrett, and cold winter days spent inside baking cookies and breads.
Days before Easter, I spent time making Chrusciki, Angel Wings, with my grandparents, with us kids taking on the task of rolling out the dough and my grandpa handling the hot oil. My grandma taught us the correct way to slice the fine dough and if we
Photo by Alyssa Ochss
Cookbooks hold memories and generations of recipes for families and friends to enjoy.
Summer reading programs encourage reading, offer prizes
BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — Summer is in full swing and so is summer reading at local libraries where spending time enjoying a good book could enter you to win prizes.
Natasha Rogers, Sterling Heights Public Library public relations and program coordinator, said in an email that the summer reading program at their library is for all ages.
“We have programs for adults, teens, youth, baby and adaptive needs,” Rogers said in the email.
Readers of all ages can earn prizes as they read. Rogers said in the email children will have a silicone bracelet fixed with holes to put charms in. Adults will receive tickets to enter raffles for a chance to win various prizes.
“Once they register, they can stop by the adult reference desk to collect their raffle tickets and then they can add them into any of the drawings they’d like,” Rogers said in the email.
Teens will also receive tickets and can enter the raffles.
“They can add their tickets to any of the raffle baskets. Their finisher prizes will either be (their choice) a trip to Urban Air or a gift card,” Rogers said in the email.
To register for the programs at the Sterling Heights Public Library, visit a librarian at the library at 40255 Dodge Park Road or download the Beanstalk App. The program started on June 10 and goes to Aug. 10.
In St. Clair Shores, adult patrons have a chance to win gift cards to local businesses.
Kathleen Harville, a St. Clair Shores Public Library online resource and reference librarian, said adults can earn entry forms by completing an e-book, audiobook, physical book or by reading five books to a child.
“Entry forms go into jars on our table,” Harville said. “Each week we do a drawing.”
She also said that there is a book bingo that gives patrons an extra entry form.
“That is your typical bingo, but it’s got different categories of books, or to try one of our databases, that type of thing,” Harville said.
Liz Drewek, a St. Clair Shores Public Library youth services librarian, said for children it’s a little different. Each registered participant receives a reading log or activity
sheet. There are four categories for ages ranging from birth to 18 years old. The categories are: “wee readers,” which has birth to 2 and a half years old; beginning readers, from 2 and a half to around 7 years old; independent readers, from 8-11 years old; and teen readers.
The wee readers have certain activities such as singing your ABCs. The two middle age groups focus on minutes to read per day and teenagers have a lot of self-directed activities Drewek said.
“We don’t tell them what to read. They See READING on page 11A
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Summer reading programs are starting at libraries throughout the Metro Detroit area.
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,”
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Michigan Air National Guard Maj. Jason Holm stands on the steps outside of an A-10 Thunderbolt II on June 13. See PILOT on page 24A
BEHIND THE WHEEL
CAR NEVER MISSES HUNTINGTON WOODS’ FOURTH OF JULY PARADE
BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
Bob Weltman hasn’t missed the Huntington Woods Fourth of July parade since 1986. He has driven his 1978 Volkswagen Beetle in the annual event for 38 years.
You can’t miss the tomato-red car. Bob decorates the Beetle with American flags and other trimmings of red, white and blue to celebrate the holiday. He is always the caboose of the parade.
“I’m the last one,” said Bob, who resides in Huntington Woods with his wife, Robyn. “It’s fun. It’s my contribution to the community. I get a kick out of doing it.”
Bob said the parade lasts about an hour. It is always held right on July 4.
“The Fourth Of July parade is huge here. It’s a wild parade,” Bob said. “It’s an old-fashioned, 1950s parade.
It’s a throwback to another era. Half of the community is in it and half is watching. It’s so popular.”
The fun of participating in the Fourth of July procession started when a former City Council member asked if Bob could drive him in the convertible during the parade. Bob enjoyed the patriotic experience so much that he’s geared up ever since, becoming a piece of Huntington Woods history.
“There’s a little trick to it,” Bob said of driving in the parade. “You’re on your clutch a lot and your foot hurts because there are cars in front of you stopping.”
Over the years, Bob, daughter Karlie and sons Peter and Trevor have appeared in the parade, as has Trevor’s wife, Van. This year’s parade will start another tradition: there are plans for the Weltmans’ two granddaughters, Dolly, 8, and Lana, 6, to ride in the procession for the first time.
Not only do local residents know Bob from behind
See BEETLE on page 26A
TOP LEFT: Bob and Robyn Weltman pose with their 1978 Volkswagen Beetle. The Beetle again will be in the annual Fourth of July parade in Huntington Woods on July 4.
TOP RIGHT: The Weltmans purchased the tomato-red Volkswagen Beetle in 1985.
LEFT: The 1978 Volkswagen Beetle’s engine is in the rear and the trunk is located at the front of the car.
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per year,” the marker reads. “Nearly 40 million tons
Historical Commission Chair Gerald Sielagoski presented the plaque with Councilman John Caron standing next to him at the podium. Sielagoski introduced the Historical Commission members, members of council and city staff in attendance.
“The St. Clair Shores Historical Commission is very proud to be able to celebrate our local history by promoting recognition of historical sites throughout our city and raising public awareness of their significance and importance,” Sielagoski said.
Kathleen Campbell, the St. Clair Shores Historical Commission’s secretary, said they started the process of getting the marker around a year ago.
“Jerry writes the information and then we had to worry about photos,” Campbell said. “And the city provided the photos taken by the drone, the Communications Department did, and then just coming up with the art that would include everything that we wanted to encompass about Lake St. Clair.”
Campbell said that Sielagoski decided what history to include on the marker.
Mr.
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Library Director Stephanie Fair, Historical Commission Treasurer Dawn Zifilippo, Historical Commission Chair Gerald Sielagoski, Councilman John Caron and Historical Commission Secretary Kathleen Campbell stand near the newly dedicated marker at the Blossom Heath Pier.
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Fraud report made
At 6:35 p.m. on June 18, a report was made about a case of fraud that occurred in the 20000 block of Beaconsfield Avenue.
A 68-year-old man came into the police station stating that he was a victim of fraud. He reached out to Amazon Prime Video to watch a soccer game. The representative stated that he must buy three gift cards in the amount of $250 each to verify he was a real person. The man bought the gift cards and sent pictures of them to the suspect.
Vehicle theft report made
At 8:36 a.m. on June 18, a report was made about a vehicle theft that occurred the same day at 5:09 a.m. in the 19000 block of 10 Mile Road.
A 47-year-old woman stated she left the residence with her husband at around 3:40 a.m. to deliver Amazon packages. When she arrived back at around 8:40 a.m., she saw the passenger window to her vehicle broken out. The minimal video footage she had showed a vehicle at her residence at approximately 5:09 a.m. The officer was unable to figure out what kind of vehicle it was.
When he arrived, the officer observed that the passenger window was broken and
that the lower dashboard on the passenger side was removed with some electrical hanging out.
Fleeing and eluding report made
Police reported a case of fleeing and eluding at 2:12 a.m. on June 12 at Harper Avenue and Nine Mile Road.
An officer saw a vehicle at a gas station that was wanted for fleeing previously and also a felony assault of a police officer in Warren. When it left the station, it started at a high rate of speed and increased its speed when the officer put on the patrol vehicle’s emergency lights. A pursuit ensued and ended when the suspect, an 18-year-old man, stopped on Violet Street and fled on foot. The suspect reportedly ran through a couple of nearby properties and caused damage before he surrendered.
The man was handcuffed and patted down before being secured in a scout car without incident. The passenger, a 21-yearold man, stayed in the vehicle and was ordered out, patted down and taken into custody without incident. The driver admitted to stealing the vehicle out of Port Huron but did not say anything else. The passenger was released from custody at the St. Clair Shores Police Department pending investigation and the driver was transported to the Macomb County Jail for lodging.
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can choose for themselves is kind of how we work it,” Drewek said. “Just like they do on the adult side it’s, whatever, a self-directed choice.”
Drewek said the kids get entry forms for grand prizes when they register and that they get an entry form when they return the reading logs.
“We try to emphasize the reading as the more important part of it, but you know a little incentive doesn’t hurt,” Drewek said.
Harville said they gained a lot of support from the local businesses in the area. Adult prize winners are drawn weekly on Monday mornings and a few of the gift card prizes include Modern Cone, Buffalo Wild Wings, Brunch with Me and more. For children, Drewek said they have prizes from Whistle Stop, Modern Cone and others.
“Our programming is supported by the Friends of the St. Clair Shores Public Library,” Drewek said. “They do the adult summer reading as well. And then for youth services the Shorewood Kiwanis gave us a monetary donation to support all of the programming that we do for the summer.”
The summer reading program for adults has been around since the early 2000s and Harville said they were one of the first libraries in the area to host it. Drewek said the kids program has been there since around the 90s and usually planning starts in January.
“For the kids, it’s our biggest undertaking of the year,” Drewek said.
Drewek also said each year, the collaborative summer reading program gives out a theme. This year, the theme is “Adventure begins at your library.” Drewek made decorations for the kids’ area for the theme and patrons are excited to see what she’s put together.
They also have presenters and other events.
Harville said the adult summer reading program is not as involved. They have around four to five librarians working on the project.
“A lot of it is we just rehash parts of what we did the year before,” Harville said. “And the biggest part is just doing our decorations and reaching out to local businesses to get donations or to purchase gifts.”
Proof of residency is not needed to sign up for the programs.
Both the adult and child summer reading programs at the St. Clair Shores Public Library started on June 18. Registration goes until July 26 and can be done in person at the library, located 22500 East 11 Mile Road. The children’s program ends with a touch-atruck event on Aug. 6. The last day to enter
for the adult program raffle is Aug. 2 and the last drawing is on Aug. 5.
Jason Novetsky, a Roseville Public Library community relations and marketing librarian, said their summer reading program is for all ages.
“You can sign up online and use the READsquared app, which you can download, or you can sign up in person at the library,” Novetsky said.
He went on to say that each person who signs up gets a bag with a reading log and other information.
“For every book they read they earn points,” Novetsky said. “There’s also points for attending library programs or completing a number of challenges that we have listed in here.”
Patrons can keep track in a booklet given to them in the bag or in the app he mentioned.
Prizes for kids and adults are given out at the end of July.
Novetsky said he thinks people have fun at their events. They had a kickoff event and they will have a finale that is Olympicsthemed.
Patrons are not limited as to what books they read.
“Whatever you want to read. We don’t say you have to read a certain kind of book,” Novetsky said.
Novetsky said they have had summer reading programs for a long time.
“The details of it has changed over the years but we’ve always had one,” Novetsky said.
“At least for decades we’ve had one.”
Those who live outside the Roseville area can join, but prizes are limited to those who have a Roseville library card.
The Roseville Public Library programming started on June 14 and goes until July 26.
Drewek, Harville and Novetsky said there are summer reading programs at other libraries.
“Every summer reading program is unique, so check out the other local libraries to see what they have to offer!” Rogers said in the email.
All libraries listed are part of the Suburban Library Cooperative which has more than 27 libraries under its umbrella. The reading programs vary by library, so check out their websites for more information.
For more about the St. Clair Shores Public Library, go to scslibrary.org.
For more about the Sterling Heights Public Library, go to sterlingheights.gov under the Community tab.
For more about the Roseville library, go to rosevillelibrary.org.
Call Staff Writer Alyssa Ochss at (586) 498-1103.
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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.”
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SPOTLIGHT ON family
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.
It was Charlotte and Gil Demers who more than 45 years ago created the family-owned business C & G Newspapers, which is still standing today.
In the early days, the husband-and-wife team ran the company from their home in St. Clair Shores 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 Demers definitely found his calling selling advertisements to local businesses, which included restaurants, mom-and-pop shops, car dealerships, medical offices, educational institutions and much more.
“He was a very personable guy,” daughter Karen Bozimowski said. “He knew everybody. He talked to everybody. He could talk to anybody.”
Gil wanted his family to be part of the business. Eventually the Demers’ five children — Bozimowski, Jeff Demers, Gregg Demers, Keith Demers and Suzanne Badalamenti — came to work for the family business. They all started “on the road” selling advertising to neighborhood retailers, securing their own accounts with local establishments that trusted them. By watching their parents, the kids learned the value of hard work, the importance of helping their customers, and the ropes of running a successful family-owned business. Gil
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It’s still the Blue Goose Inn, but the venerable bar/restaurant on Jefferson Avenue in St. Clair Shores looks a bit more modern these days. Purchased by new ownership nearly three years ago, the Blue Goose Inn reopened in October with an updated look but a menu and clientele that partially resembled “the good old days.”
Today, the atmosphere of the Blue Goose Inn is upbeat and relaxed, especially during the week. Families commonly dine there for lunch and dinner, and classic rock, blues and
other live music performances are held four days a week. Plus, there’s now a free trivia contest on Thursdays with prizes for the top three teams. Essentially, the place livens up quickly any day of the week, manager Nina Tringali said.
“The (entertainment) we have brings in a lot of traffic,” Tringali said. “We are open to having any type of band play here and encourage the customers to dance in the space provided for them!*
Customers frequently
Some of the regulars from the pre-COVID days mix in with newer customers at the Blue Goose Inn to enjoy happy hour drink and food specials weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Patrons can enjoy one of our specialty cocktails, six beers on tap including 3 rotating crafts, along with the tried- andtrue domestic favorites and a reliable and extensive whiskey list. Food is moderately priced with large portions.
Customers frequently make comments about the amount of food they get for such an affordable price, Tringali said. The beerbattered fish and chips and fried perch dinner remain as staples, as do various burgers and other bar food favorites. For those who want to add a little spice to their burgers, try the signature Goose Burger with caramelized onions, jalapeno chutney, fried cream cheese, lettuce, and pickle. Another favorite is the Blue Goose Inn’s famous steak bites with onion, mushroom, Brussel sprouts, sundried tomato, blue cheese, and zip sauce. Reservations are available on weekdays and the newly renovated outdoor patio is open year-round. Sports enthusiasts will have plenty of TVs to watch whether in the dining room area or at the bar, Tringali said. The Blue Goose
Tringali said. The beerbattered and fried perch dinner the
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“The Blue Goose is a Saint Clair Shores treasure. It’s a great place for the community to come and let loose,” Tringali said.
and let loose,”
Learn more by calling (586) 296-0950 or visiting bluegoose.info.
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The Demers Family, from left to right, includes Karen Bozimowski, Suzanne Badalamenti, Gregg Demers, Keith Demers and Jeff Demers.
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Dr. Lawrence Mosurak III moved his chiropractic office from Warren to Grosse Pointe Woods in January and is now offering nonsurgical spinal decompression therapy.
“As residents here, we were eager to establish our office and provide care to our neighbors,” he said. “What makes our chiropractic office unique is that we are among a select handful in the state of Michigan providing DRX9000 treatment. We started incorporating it into our practice last year and saw our success rates go through the roof. Chiropractic care typically yields positive outcomes, but decompression therapy is great. In fact, research linked to the Mayo Clinic, Stanford and Johns Hopkins has shown this method achieves a success rate of 88% to 90% in treating patients. Our goal is to save the disc to the point where spinal surgery is no longer necessary.”
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Demers died in 2019, and Charlotte retired several years ago.
C & G Newspapers serves metro Detroit residents in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties with 19 biweekly publications that reach 45 communities and are delivered to more than 571,000 homes via direct mail. The papers’ source of revenue is advertising. Instead of selling subscriptions, Gil Demers set up the company so each newspaper was distributed by direct mail straight to people’s homes.
“He was very entrepreneurial as far as ideas,” Keith Demers said.
Gil Demers was a natural. The directmail system proved successful right away, not only for him 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. “We mailed it to every home. 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.”
Many advertisers have stayed with the company over the years, 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 back in 1980.
“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 about upcoming events happening in the readerships’ own backyards.
A family affair
After the success of the Warren Weekly, the company expanded to add more newspapers, the next one being the Madison-Park News, which covers Madison Heights and Hazel Park. 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 Ma-
Family care for family with Hackett Homecare
At Hackett Homecare, clients can expect top-notch service, as Hackett has core values of trust, honesty, integrity, experience and compassion. Their slogan, “Our family, caring for yours,” demonstrates the personal touch clients will receive.
Founder and owner John Hackett is a Grosse Pointe Farms native who grew up on the eastside and earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing. After playing professional baseball, he worked in the medical field and sold pharmaceuticals. The business began as he cared for his own parents, who struggled with issues related to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. He decided to create a homecare business for other elderly people.
“I am really blessed to have such a loving, caring, trustworthy and loyal team. They provide superior care for their clients,” Hackett said. “Our caregivers are the heartbeat of the company and embody the company’s core values. They are the reason Hackett Homecare has such a strong reputation.”
“It just kind of hit home,” Hackett said.
Hackett Homecare specializes in companion care, personal care, Alzheimer’s/dementia and Parkinson’s care, and traumatic brain injury, A.L.S. and catastrophic injury care.
Hackett has only praise and appreciation when he speaks about his team, many of whom have been working with him for over 15 years.
comb Township Chronicle and the ShelbyUtica News
Over in Oakland County, the Demers publish the following papers: the Troy Times, the Royal Oak Review, the Rochester Post, the West Bloomfield Beacon, the Southfield Sun, the Birmingham-Bloomfield 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. As the company grew, more space was needed, and in 1997 C & G Newspapers moved to 13650 11 Mile Road in Warren.
Currently there are 65 employees in the company who work in different departments to produce each newspaper. 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, and that keeps them going. There has always been competition and different challenges. To keep the business thriving, each family member has different responsibilities. They also take time to talk to each other and share ideas.
“Each one of us has our own area of
With Hackett Homecare, it’s a family atmosphere and very frequently the caregivers are treated like family with their clients.
“I wouldn’t place a caregiver in a home unless I feel comfortable enough to have them in my own parents’ home,” Hackett said.
His staff consists of registered nurses, certified nursing assistants and companion aids. They provide care from a few hours at a time to around the clock.
For more information, visit Hacketthomecare. com. To schedule a free consultation for service, call John Hackett at (313) 319-8050.
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.
“We have a common goal,” Jeff Demers said. “To be successful.”
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 the internet and 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 also has contests every month where readers can win gift cards
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firefighters, paramedics and others do their jobs. He said common reasons include a desire to help people, family tradition and a “calling.” In his speech, Wickersham said he was going to focus on the public safety aspect of the professions using the Optimist Creed.
“In our profession, we see the good, the bad, the ugly in humankind. We make every interaction start out on a positive basis,” Wickersham said. “You know, that first interaction, we have to be professional. We have to be polite.”
He added they are called to solve the most complex problems and the simplest problems the community can’t solve.
“We must be there. We must be able to help them,” Wickersham said. “That’s what our job is all about.”
Police Chief Jason Allen and Deputy Police Chief Paul Plaza presented the awards for the Police Department and Fire Chief James Piper presented the awards for the Fire Department.
Allen thanked all the Optimists who helped to put together the breakfast as well as sponsors and the community members for their support. He also thanked the family
members of the officers and firefighters, city staff and officials.
He explained that for the awards, supervisors are encouraged to write reports about
extraordinary actions that take place on duty.
“And then these are reviewed by a committee to see which officers will be given awards,” Allen said.
Piper also thanked the Optimists and those who came to support those recognized.
“The fact that we get to have this recog-
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Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Police officers are recognized for their hard work over the past year and are given the unit citation at the appreciation breakfast for the St. Clair Shores Police Department and the St. Clair Shores Fire Department.
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to the fund balance with the latest budget amendments approved on June 17. At the June 17 meeting, $238,546 was added to the fund balance.
“It was discussed at that time that there would be more amendments at the next meeting, and it was felt they should all be presented at the same time,” correspondence in the agenda packet states. “The General Fund revenue accounts were reviewed and an extra $500,000 of revenue was included that will offset the General Fund Expenditure Budget Amendments that are being presented for approval.”
According to items attached to the meeting’s agenda, city sanitary sewer rates will increase from $69.32 per 1,000 cubic feet of water consumed to $73.60.
“The Readiness to Serve charge will be increased along with the Ordinance Amendment to Water Rates,” the presented documents indicate. “The recommended changes for both water and sewer will increase the bill for the typical user by 3.4%, which is $2.33 per month or $6.99 per quarter.”
The water charges for this year include an increase of 20 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of water consumed, from $62.30 to $62.50, according to the material presented at the meeting and approved by the City Council.
At an April budget meeting, St. Clair Shores Department of Public Works Director Brian Babcock said a cap that limits rate increases by the Great Lakes Water Authority to under 4% each year is expiring in 2025.
“Next year, their rate increases they’re anticipating are going to be like 7.5% for water and 5.5% for sewer,” Babcock said at the meeting.
At the budget hearing, Councilman Dave Rubello said he sympathized with residents who are frustrated over rising water costs.
“We’re paying the same water bills, too,
and it’s incredible,” Rubello said. “This is really one of the most frustrating parts of this city council job.”
At the same meeting, Councilman Chris Vitale also said that relief for water bills may have to come at the state level through residents putting pressure on their state legislators.
“That they were under a 10-year agreement not to go above a 4% rate hike, and it sounds like the first year they’re not under that they’re going to hit it out of the park,” Vitale said.
Caron said he did not receive some of the documents about items in the budget at the June 17 meeting and therefore he voted no. He mentioned the increasing costs of the renovations to the police and fire stations. He also said he had not received some of the numbers via email.
Budgeted items for the St. Clair Shores Police Department and the St. Clair Shores Fire Department included a request for 24 additional body cameras, the addition of See BUDGET on page 22A
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Shores mayor pins badge as son becomes Roseville officer
St Clair Shores Mayor Kip Walby pinned a badge on his son, Thomas Walby, as he became a police officer in Roseville at the Roseville City Council meeting on June 25.
Roseville Police Chief Mitch Berlin said Thomas Walby joined the department as an intern and also went to Ferris State University before that. He was promoted to a public service aid cadet position and became a recruit police officer. He graduated from the Macomb Regional Police Academy in May 2023 and recently completed his probationary period, allowing him to become a Roseville police officer.
“Tommy has excelled on the streets, learning every day and becoming a better officer,” Berlin said. “Tommy just became a member of our evidence technician program and major crimes team, which are both important roles.”
Berlin also said Thomas Walby will also be attending drone school.
“In the short time Tommy has been here, he has proved himself as a team player, a smart, safe young police officer,” Berlin said.
St. Clair Shores Memorial Day Parade awards announced
The awards for the 2024 St. Clair Shores Memorial Day Parade were announced at the City Council meeting on June 17.
This year’s winners are:
• Best Color Guard, United States Border Patrol Detroit Station.
• Best High School Band, Renaissance High School.
• Best Band, The Orbitsuns.
• Best Overall Entry, Stan Yee’s Collision (Pool Party.)
• Parade Committee Chairman’s Choice, American-Polish Century Club.
• Mayor’s Choice, St. Clair Shores Baseball-Arlington and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
• Best Special Entry, Roary the Lions Mascot.
Pamela Mason was also announced as the new St. Clair Shores Memorial Day Chairwoman at this meeting.
Lakeview Public Schools approve original budget
The Lakeview Public Schools Board of Education approved their 2024-2025 original budget appropriations resolution at their meeting on June 18.
The general fund revenue is around $64.2 million with expenses of around $64.1 million, said Eric Lynn, executive director of business services for Lakeview Public Schools.
“There’s many unknowns as we begin 2024-25, including the actual costs to close the year of 2023-24,” Lynn said during the meeting. “However, the outlook does look favorable for the upcoming year even the state of Michigan’s revenue projections are lower than previous estimates.”
The original budget is not the final budget and is calculated based on state revenue assumptions. Lynn also said the state legislators have not yet passed their budgets. He also emphasized that this budget is conservative with an expected increase to the fund balance.
St. Clair Shores Library hosts history walk
Patrons of the St. Clair Shores Public Library are invited to learn about local history while enjoying the garden at the library’s History Walk.
The theme for the walk is “Being young in St. Clair Shores” and the walk shows histories of what it was like to be young from 1903 to 1978.
“See what pastimes, clothes and city locations were like almost 50 to 100 years ago,” a Facebook post by the library reads.
This walk will be available through Aug. 7 and is located on the Jefferson Avenue side of the library. The library is located at 22500 East 11 Mile Road.
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City Committee to host Wine on the Water
The St. Clair Shores Cool City Committee is hosting a new event called Wine on the Water where eventgoers can enjoy the views while enjoying dinner.
Wine on the Water will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on July 20 and costs $35 per person. Eventgoers will get to sit on the patio of the beach house at Blossom Heath and enjoy wine tastings, dinner, live music and more, Councilwoman Linda Bertges said in an email.
The event is for those 21 and older and tickets are limited. Tickets can be purchased at the Parks and Recreation Department, located inside of the Civic Ice Arena at 20000 Stephens Road.
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It should have come as no surprise to anyone in my family when I started frequenting estate sales, I started collecting recipe boxes and vintage cookbooks. What started as four or five recipe boxes from an estate sale near Alpena turned into a hobby of collecting the old spiral-bound cookbooks from churches, cultural centers and other clubs.
I love seeing the recipes made with love and hard work by grandparents, new moms, husbands of the ladies of the groups and even pastors printed in the books. Depending on what year they were made, the words were either typed by typewriter or on a computer.
It’s interesting to see how times have changed and how trends have come and gone, how society learned through the ages and the new knowledge found every decade was depicted in their recipes. The oldest cookbook I have is a University of Michigan alumni cookbook from 1938. The recipes called for lard and liver — items rarely used in my own kitchen.
But the reason I love collecting cookbooks are the memories attached to them.
I’ve been going to St. Blase Catholic Church ever since I was young. I started singing in the choir as a young tween and eventually graduated to the older choirs where I more often than not played my flute in the back with my fellow flutists or by myself.
At an estate sale I visited in the spring, I found a cookbook from the parish. I interviewed Mary Dumm, pastoral associate, about the cookbook from spring of 2000. She said that she and the Rev. Randall Philipps, known as Father Randy throughout the parish, were not yet at the church when the cookbook was created, but they were there for the second cookbook in 2006.
When she opened the cookbook, she immediately recognized many of the names
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including one parish member who she calls one the biggest bakers.
“She brings us stuff every weekend,” Dumm said.
Dumm said the cookbooks are printed as fundraisers and the parish doesn’t host a lot of fundraisers by itself.
“(The year) 2000 was a big year so they collected the people’s recipes. For 2006, we were going to Rome,” Dumm said. “And so, to offset the cost for choirs to go sing for the Holy Father, one of the fundraisers they did was a cookbook.”
Dumm also said there were a lot of the same people who contributed to both cookbooks. She sees some of the same people who contributed around the parish.
“Obviously, they’ve aged 23 years since they did it,” Dumm said. “But a lot of them are still here and some have passed and some, I know, have moved on in life. You know, they’ve moved north, they moved away for work.”
Before my family came to St. Blase, when I was around 12 or 13 years old, my dad’s family went to the parish when he was a kid. My family’s name is on one of the windows enclosing a small courtyard saying that they contributed to the church.
Dumm said it’s been interesting to see families grow up over the 21 years she’s been there. She said that they started marrying those they’ve baptized.
“It’s kind of fun to watch it all transition from one piece of life to the other,” Dumm said.
Dumm said there are a few recipes that have carried over from the 2000 cookbook to the one printed in 2006.
“What’s interesting as I look through these recipes is how they present an era or a way of cooking,” Dumm said. “There are things in here that I would never think to make in a certain way.”
Dumm said they would absolutely put out another cookbook if the times called for it.
“I watched how they did in 2006, it’s a lot of work to put it together,” Dumm said. “It would have to be an event that would be worthy of it.”
Flock Safety cameras and the Fire Department’s plans to create their own master plan.
Sgt. Heather Campbell of the St. Clair Shores Police Department said the additional body cameras would make it possible for all on-duty officers to have body cameras at the same time during large events. The department first deployed body cameras in April 2023.
“That will get us up to, pretty much, 60 body cameras,” Campbell said. “That’ll give us a few extra ones because sometimes they do go down. That way, we have backups on hand, but every officer should be able to be equipped with one here in, hopefully, the next year.”
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Around the same time I joined the kid’s choir at St. Blase, I joined the Carpathia Club’s Kindergruppe, a German folk dance group for kids, celebrating the heritage of club’s members. Through this group I’ve met many lifelong friends, and we grew up together.
I’ve known Monica Forest, a club member, and her daughters since I joined the group and Forest knew my dad long before that. My dad grew up dancing in the club’s groups for kids and teens, which was different from many of his peers growing up in the 80s.
The Carpathia Club also published cookbooks: one in 2001 that’s been on a shelf in my basement for a very long time, and one in the 1980s that Forest let me borrow. They were both created and published by the club’s Frauengruppe headed by Ierene Dietz, the current group leader.
Forest is a new member of the group, and she said the club relied on the ladies.
“They did all of the Kipful baking for festivals and all the strudel baking for events,” Forest said. “If we had a banquet, the ladies were the ones that baked the torten that were served.”
Forest said she guesses that the cookbooks were printed because they got so many requests for the recipes served at events. She recalled a walnut torte served that had a walnut sponge cake and chocolate mocha buttercream.
“It’s famous, right? So tell me how many thousands of times they got requested for that recipe?” Forest said. “So it’s in here.”
The recipes are passed down through generations of families.
“People who don’t even know their history of that region say, ‘Oh, my gosh. My grandmother made that cookie. We called it a Kipful,’” Forest said.
She went on to explain that when she heard the word Kipful she pictured a savory bread roll shaped like a crescent, but the person was talking about a nut cookie. She said a friend of the family said that her grandmother used to make the cookies.
“It was from her oma, right, and they
didn’t even realize it’s such a cultural, regional recipe,” Forest said.
Sometimes, grandparents cook with measurements that aren’t precise. A lot of times it’s “a little bit of this and a little bit of that.” Forest said there is a little bit of that shown in the cookbook.
“Because they’re trying their best, they’ll say, ‘OK, a half a cup plus two tablespoons and a teaspoon,’” Forest said. “Because they’re trying to get it (right).”
She added that the recipes could differ due to humidity and that there are descriptions such as “until it looks like oatmeal” or “until it looks right.” Forest found that they were right as she was making the recipes.
For some people, the recipes are one of the memories they have of their grandparents.
The future generations are carrying on the recipes in the club, Forest said. She also said it’s one of the things that’s hard to do digitally.
“I can look something up on Pinterest and it looks beautiful, and I can try,” Forest said. “But it’s different, then, when you go to an event and a lady brings these fabulous cookies and you talk about it. It’s like, it connects you so much more than a picture and a telephone.”
I think of collecting these recipe books as collecting pieces of the people who created them. I don’t know what their life was like, but I get to see a little slice of it through the recipes they create and the ones they shared so future generations can carry on their traditions.
Cooking is a way I show my love to my friends and family and to have the opportunity to share in their recipes is something I will cherish for the rest of my life.
After the second or third time making Chrusciki with my grandmother, she asked why we needed to cook with her if we already had the recipe. When I heard these words, I thought it wasn’t about the recipe itself, but the time spent with her that truly mattered.
Call Staff Writer Alyssa Ochss at (586) 498-1103.
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nition, it’s very nice. It’s very humbling,” Piper said.
Debbie DePape, president of the Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores, said this is the biggest group they’ve ever had at about 180 guests.
“It’s just our way of giving back to our first responders,” DePape said.
Planning for the breakfast starts in the spring with a meeting of the Optimists and both chiefs. DePape said the rest of it is easy since they’ve done it for so many years.
“Both departments, both chiefs, really appreciate it,” DePape said. “They do.”
DePape said the idea came about because she is the mother of a police officer and the mother-in-law of a former police officer. She also said the idea was planted through the Lakeshore Optimist Club in Grosse Pointe Farms, which has done something similar honoring police officers.
“I always wanted to do something to recognize officers,” DePape said. “Originally, it started out with police, then we incorporated the Fire Department the next year.”
Councilman Ronald Frederick said he thinks the breakfast was awesome.
“When you think about the firefighters and our police, they’re the heartbeat of what’s happening in town, right?” Frederick said. “Anytime we get to honor them for what they do on a regular basis, which is generally extraordinary, we always appreciate the fact that we can do that.”
He also said the Optimists are appreciated as well for setting up the breakfast.
Wickersham said he believes those who protect and serve the community do so because they believe in helping their community.
“We all know there’s going to be good days and bad days,” Wickersham said. “In 39 years at the sheriff’s office, I have had many more good days than I’ve had bad days.”
He added that he has to go home and think about the bad days when they occur.
“You have to process it and you have to move on because tomorrow’s another day and it’s going to be a good day,” Wickersham said.
Call Staff Writer Alyssa Ochss at (586) 498-1103.
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. Call Staff Writer Dean Vaglia at (586) 498-1043.
Michigan Air National Guard Maj. Jason Holm flies a special fullcolor A-10 Thunderbolt II over the English Channel during the 74th anniversary of D-Day in 2018.
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CALENDAR
JULY 12-14
Psychic & Holistic Festival: Aura photos, reiki, energy healers, psychic medium readings, astrology readings, crystals and holistic products, also food trucks, 4-9 p.m. July 12 and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. July 13-14, VFW Bruce Post #1146, 28404 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, rockyourworldevents@gmail.com, rywevents. com
JULY 14
Golf outing: Hosted by Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores, includes 18-hole scramble with cart, continental breakfast, lunch at turn, buffet dinner and goodie bag, also prizes for winners, contests, 50-50 and more, 9 a.m. (8 a.m. registration), St. Clair Shores Golf Club, 22185 Masonic Blvd., (586) 530-4203
JULY 17
Silent Book Group: For ages 18 and older, 7-8 p.m., also Aug. 21, St. Clair Shores Public Library, 22500 11 Mile Road, (586) 771-9020, scslibrary.org
ONGOING
Farmers market: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays and 5-9 p.m. Thursdays July 11 and 28, Aug. 8 and 25, Sept. 22, and Oct. 6, Blossom Heath Park, south of 10 Mile Road on Jefferson Avenue in St. Clair Shores, (586) 445-5350, scsmi.net/307/Events
Music on the Lake: 7-8:30 p.m. July 10 (Rockstar, ’80s rock), July 17 (Kathleen Murray and The Groove Council, Motown/R&B), July 24 (Captain Fantastic, Elton John tribute), July 31 (Family Tradition Band, country), Aug. 7 (Randy Brock Group, classic rock and blues) and Aug. 14 (Sunset BLVD, classic rock), also food trucks, Veterans Memorial Park, 32400 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, (586) 445-5350, scsmi. net/307/Events
St. Clair Shores Downtown Social District: Vendors, food trucks and street games, 5 p.m.-midnight July 13 and 27, Aug. 10 and 24, Sept. 14 and 28, and Oct. 12 and 26, also live music July 13 (Mainstream Drive) and July 27 (Joey Vee), Nine Mile Road and Greater Mack Avenue, www.facebook.com/Downtown StClairShores
Car shows: Also food, DJ, 50-50, door prizes and awards, 4 p.m.-dusk Thursdays until Sept. 26, St. Margaret of Scotland, 21201 E. 13 Mile Road in St. Clair Shores, (586) 909-4700
• Also raffles, DJ and food, 4-7:30 p.m. Fridays, VFW Bruce Post #1146, 28404 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, (586) 524-0449
Activities for seniors: Crafting, movies, knitting and crocheting, dominoes, euchre, pickleball and many more games, St. Clair Shores Senior Center for Active Adults, 20100 Stephens, (586) 445-0996
the steering wheel of his Volkswagen, but also through his career as an associate broker at Real Estate One and Max Broock in Royal Oak.
“When I go into people’s homes, there’s pictures of the parade — of Robyn and I — in the car on their wall,” Bob said.
Bob and Robyn, too, have met people when they take the car out for leisurely drives and when they head over to the Woodward Dream Cruise. Last year, for instance, Bob mingled with other Dream Cruise car enthusiasts on Old Woodward in Birmingham.
“This car brings up so much nostalgia for older people. They start crying. You just see it in their face and their eyes — especially our ages. You know, this was the ’60s car,” Bob said. “And younger kids love this car.”
“If we do drive around here, people ask him, ‘Are you going to be in the parade?’” Robyn said. “Some of the kids are now grown and have their own kids, and they remember it. It’s just really being part of the community.”
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“Just so we could kind of give just a little, you know, encapsulated version of how all this came to be,” Campbell said. “So when you’re walking along here you can just get an idea of where this all started and who discovered it.”
Dawn Zifilippo, the treasurer of the St. Clair Shores Historical Commission, said the marker will be a valuable tool for the community.
Bob and Robyn married in 1981, and Bob purchased the Beetle in 1985. After he saw it for sale, he just had to have it. There, however, was one problem. Bob did not know how to drive a stick shift, but he quickly learned by watching Robyn, who could drive a stick.
Bob really wanted a Porsche but settled for the Beetle, as he and Robyn had already started a family and a sports car at the time wasn’t feasible. Bob said his model is considered a Super Beetle and it’s a Karmann Ghia design.
“This is definitely more rounded than the older Volkswagens,” Robyn said.
Bob is the second owner of the Volkswagen, which came with running boards. In addition, the engine is in the rear and the trunk is located at the front of the car. The car is mostly original with a few modifications. The first owner changed the radio. The Weltmans also updated the car’s hubcaps while keeping them in the family.
“My father-in-law had the same car, and he had hubcaps from it that were better than the ones I had that were already aging,” Bob said.
“Because they’ll stop out here,” Zifilippo said. “I’m kind of glad it’s out here.”
Campbell added they try to place the markers in visible pathways and locations so people can read them.
At the end of his speech, Sielagoski said he wanted to emphasize that people should take care of the historical marker.
“The residents take pride in the lake’s rich history and its role as a focal point for recreational and cultural activities,” Sielagoski said.
Call Staff Writer Alyssa Ochss at (586) 498-1103.
The Huntington Woods parade will begin at 10 a.m., July 4, and will be held rain or shine. According to the city’s website at ci.huntington-woods.mi.us, the parade route will begin at the corner of Salem Road and York Street. It will then proceed onto Salem, which turns into Nadine Avenue.
The route will then turn right at Wyoming Road, followed by a left onto Borgman
Avenue. Then it turns left onto Scotia Road and travels until it ends at the corner of Nadine and Scotia at Burton Park, with a hot dog roast and speeches scheduled at 11 a.m. There are several other activities planned for the holiday in Huntington Woods, including fireworks at approximately 10:05 p.m. over Rackham Golf Course, 10100 W. 10 Mile Road. For more details, visit the city’s website.
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“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 get along well with each other while working together. They also want to give their employees that same sense of family so staff members feel welcome coming to work each day.
Not only that, but they 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 with 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 … remembers 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 every day.
“It’s held my interest,” Calvisi said. “It’s something different every day.”
C & G Newspapers also has been a great place to work because the Demers always 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 Rubello joined C & G Newspapers.
“I’ve had a great ride ever since. 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 primarily sells advertising for the St. Clair Shores Sentinel, but also has accounts in surrounding areas. He 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.”
Per the Michigan Marina and Boatyard Storage Lien Act MCL 570.371-9 the following watercraft/trailers are to be auctioned on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM at SHM Jefferson Beach LLC 24400 Jefferson Ave, St Clair Shores, MI 48080 CASH ONLY!!
1988 28’ ChrisCraf MC-0401-NH, Sean Adour, MICHAEL DAVID ROSENICK II
1999 24’ Rinker MC-9857-RL, AHMED JIHAD ASHKAR
1987 30’ SeaRay MC-0197-NF, ROBERT MICHAEL BLUM
2005 SeaDoo MC-5382-SV, Mark Stroh, RAUL JAIME GUERRERO
2005 Karavan Trailer E604146, Mark Stroh, RAUL JAIME GUERRERO
1977 27’ O’Day MC-6715-KT, ANDREW PAUL KOTLARZ
1989 26’ Imperial MC-8996-NN, ERIC THEODORE MCGAUGHY
1969 34’ Ericson MC-0751-UD, Paul Hoehn, CARIE LYNN PEREGORD
1996 44’ Trojan MC-9764-TN, WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS
2001 28’ Bayliner MC-4278-SH, Dominique Barnes, ELEAS TELEGADAS
1979 31’ ChrisCraf MC-5573-TN, Vincent Cameron, ADAM BROOKES WADE
1971 22’ Tanzer MC-9090-JB, PHILIP THOMAS YOUNG
THE ABOVE LISTED ABANDON/TRAILERS WATERCRAFT WILL BE SOLD “AS IS.”
St. Clair Shores Sentinel
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sea bird
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50. Baby’s frst word?
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54. 90-degree pipes, e.g.
55. “Peace Train” singer-songwriter
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