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This past academic year, Sanjith Udupa became the third student from Novi High School to earn the coveted FIRST Robotics Dean’s List Award and the only Michigan student to earn the honor in 2023.

“Representing Novi and Michigan at that level is like a really big honor,” said Udupa. “It just means a lot.”

Udupa was presented with the Dean’s List Award trophy during the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in Texas in April. The award is given to students who have demonstrated leadership and commitment to the FIRST core values; who are effective at increasing awareness of FIRST in their schools and communities; who show interest and passion for a long-term commitment to FIRST; who show individual contri-

Sanjith Udupa, of Novi, poses for a picture with Dean Kamen, left, the founder of FIRST, and Chris Moore, FIRST’s CEO, after being named a Dean’s List Award recipient.

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A district court judge recused himself from a case July 12 as a result of the defendant allegedly making threats against him and his family.

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Thousands celebrate Festival of Chariots

BY CHARITY MEIER

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Thousands gathered in Novi July 23 to celebrate the 38th annual Festival of Chariots, a Hindu cultural festival put on by the Iskcon Temple in Detroit.

The festival, which is said to promote love and happiness, honors the Hindu god Krishna. During the festival, Krishna

comes out from the temple in the form of Jagannath along with his brother, Balarama, and sister, Subhadra. The gods are paraded through the city via a 40-foot-tall chariot that is hand-pulled by members of the community in a 2-mile procession that begins at the Novi Civic Center and ends at Fuerst Park.

“We may have all this wealth, this power, this strength, this fame, beauty, in-

telligence, but in the absence of love, all is shallow and empty; thus, the theme of this year’s festival is ‘all we need is love,’” said Namish Patel, of the Iskcon Temple in Detroit.

Prior to the parade, participants worshiped Krishna through song and dance.

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Festivalgoers parade down Taft Road in Novi while pulling a 40-foot-tall chariot carrying the Hindu deities of Jagannath, Balarama and Subhadra during the 38th annual Festival of Chariots July 23.

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Novi resident Don Patterson and Northville resident Cormac Wright competed in the 2023 Irish Open for pickleball June 22-25 in Dublin, Ireland.

Local pickleball duo competes in Irish Open

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Novi and Northville are now home to two internationally renowned pickleball players after they made their mark in overseas play.

For the past year, Novi’s Don Patterson, 65, and Northville’s Cormac Wright, 62, have competed as a strong pickleball doubles team with a special chemistry.

Six days a week at Wildlife Woods Park in Novi, Patterson and Wright, who are both retired, show why they’re the park pros as they compete in pickup games each morning.

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Corvair convertible stays in the cruising lane I

f you’ve ever ventured over to Eddie’s Drive-In, you may have spotted Bill Shuster and his 1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza.

On occasion, the Grosse Pointe Park resident takes the vintage vehicle to the popular Harrison Township eatery, where diners are served by carhops on roller skates.

Cortez silver in color, the Corvair is always a conversation piece. Sometimes Shuster comes across people whose parents or relatives once owned a Corvair. Other times, he’ll meet someone unfamiliar with the car, but intrigued.

The convertible has been in the family since 1970. The evening his father, Stuart Shuster, brought it home for the first time is forever etched in Shuster’s memory.

It was Stuart Shuster’s 31st birthday, and Shuster remembers his dad coming home from work later than usual on that snowy, January evening.

“My father was a designer at General Motors,” Shuster said. “His studio developed the Firebird insignias. He was a really good designer, really talented.”

As Shuster waited for his dad, he

heard a “sort of sputtering rumble” echoing through the Birmingham neighborhood where the family resided. Looking outside, Shuster saw tail lights in the winter air. He didn’t think much of it until the Corvair pulled into the driveway.

Once his dad was inside the house, the reveal of the new family car came as a surprise. While looking at it, Shuster felt the Corvair had “an aura.” It was his dad’s prized possession.

“Nobody drove this car except my father,” Shuster said.

Although the car was in great shape, Stuart Shuster insisted on tinkering with it over the next few months with his oldest son helping him at the age of 5. Shuster also has a younger sister and brother.

“I was out in the garage every weekend,” he said. “A lot of that was holding the flashlight.”

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“The pipes have a nice growl. It has the original fire extinguisher my dad put in,” Shuster said. “It’s all original. I had to replace some parts.”

Shuster kept track of the car’s history.

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butions to their teams; who have technical expertise and passion; who show entrepreneurship and creativity; and who have an ability to motivate and lead their team members. “FIRST” is an acronym derived from “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.”

“It would be like the Heisman award for robotics, but it’s only (high school) juniors,” said George Sipple, supervisor of communications and community engagement for the Novi Community School District.

The award announcement itself was a bit of a nail-biter for Udupa. He said it was nerve-wracking, as the winners were called in no particular order and were announced by state or country and then city before stating the person’s name. He said he was the seventh winner to be announced. He said he knew he won as soon as he heard “Novi,” as there were several candidates for the award from Michigan, but he was the only candidate from Novi.

“Not only is he a technical geek, but he is a presenter — he’s a polished individual,” said Chris Huang, a coach of the Novi High School robotics team known as Frog Force 503. “Not only is he a very smart kid, but he is very modest and polite to his mentors and his peers. At the same time, he has the grasp of the technology knowledge at the tip of his fingers, and he is not afraid to go and experiment and try it out until it works. He will spend hours until he gets it right. He doesn’t give up easily … so he definitely sets himself apart in that way.”

Udupa said he was never officially told what gave him the edge over the other candidates; however, during his interview to become a semifinalist, he said, they cited his work helping to encourage youth in Detroit to go into robotics. Udupa is one of the founders of the Motor City Alliance, which has now started over 75 elementary and middle school robotics teams in Detroit.

Motor City Alliance began five years ago, when Udupa was in sixth grade. The organization partners with Detroit Public Schools Community District, universities and other local community organizations to help fund and mentor the teams. Since it was founded in 2018, Novi students have provided mentorship and technical advice, as well as helped to orchestrate robotics tournaments in the DPSCD. “Sanjith’s work on the team was crucial there,” Huang said. “He would go twice a week and recruit kids to be part of FIRST. So that was a huge undertaking, and then he would get on workshops (online) to rural

cities in China where FIRST was first introduced. … We try to reach out wide and deep, and Sanjith has played a key role in that.”

“There’s a lot more to gain from (robotics) than what you see at the surface level,” Udupa said. “Obviously, anyone that’s doing robotics is going to learn a lot about STEM and, like, science, but the advantage is more than that — you are also gaining communication skills, working with people on a team.

It’s effectively like doing a sport, but there’s different disciplines. You don’t just have to be good at catching a ball or something. You can be good at coding. You can be good at building things. You can be good at marketing. There’s so many different options for someone on a robotics team that, like, anyone could do it. You don’t have to specifically be good at one thing.”

Udupa’s job on the Frog Force 503 robotics team is to write the robot’s code. Essentially, everything the robot is able to do is found in its code. Udupa said robotics is an extension of what he learns in school. He said that he has learned something in his physics class and then implemented it in a robot’s code a couple of days later.

“It makes what we’re doing in school make a lot more sense, because I can see the physical applications of it,” Udupa said.

Huang said that the robotics program gives students an advantage over those who are not in the program. He said students are exposed to coding at a younger age through the program and find themselves at a higher level than other students who had not participated in a robotics program.

Along with a trophy and a T-shirt, Udupa and the other nine Dean’s List awardees were given a trip to the FIRST Robotics Headquarters in New Hampshire. During the trip, students will be given the opportunity to connect with representatives from several companies that partner with FIRST Robotics and tour the home of Dean Kamen, the founder of FIRST Robotics, and his company, DEKA. “His home is kind of a museum of its own with all of the technology, gadgets in his basement,” said Huang.

Udupa said the award will give him an edge when applying to colleges and universities, and it gives him the opportunity to apply for some scholarships. According to Huang, many schools, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have students who earned this distinction on their radar.

“It’s a real good thing to have, going forward,” said Udupa.

Since the award was founded in 2010, only 14 students from Michigan have been See AWARD on page 8A

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Active Mobility Plan available for review The city of Novi is asking for the public’s input on its preliminary Active Mobility Plan.

The plan is designed to promote active modes of transportation in the community. The plan and a survey about it can be found at WalkBike.

Info/Novi. If you have a suggestion for a public sidewalk or pathway, email Barbara McBeth in the Community Development Department at bmcbeth@cityofnovi.org.

NOVI POLICE TO TAKE PART IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT The Novi Police Department will host a National Night Out event at Lakeshore Park 6-8 p.m. Aug. 1. The event is part of a national campaign to promote police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie, according to NATW.org.

Remember to vote Aug. 8

NOVI — Residents who live within the Novi Community School District have an operating millage proposal and a millage renewal proposal on the Aug. 8 ballot. For the Novi Note’s coverage of the proposals, visit candgnews.com/news/elections.

Parks Foundation annual fundraiser to help support Jessica Starr Splash pad The Novi Parks Foundation is hosting its annual Pour on the Shore fundraiser this Friday, July 28, at Pavilion Shore Park, with a percentage of the funds to go toward the construction of the Jessica Starr Splash Pad. Along with the splash pad, the proceeds from the event will help to fund various activities and construction projects at city parks. The event will feature live music by Vinyl Underground.

Admission costs $50 per person and includes eight drink samples and one food truck tasting. Attendees will be shuttled to the event from the Emagine parking lot via a limo bus. The event will be held rain or shine.

There is no parking at Lakeshore Park. Tickets can be purchased online at noviparksfoundation.org until 11 p.m. July 27 or at the gate.

Novi police dog dies of medical complication

The Novi Police Department is grieving the loss of one of its own. K-9 Diesel, a decorated three-year veteran of the Novi Police Department, died at home July 20 after suffering an undisclosed medical complication.

“Officer Michael Daisley, Diesel’s handler, and the entire department are deeply saddened by Diesel’s sudden departure. For three years, Diesel stood as more than just a police dog; he was an irreplaceable partner, a committed companion, and an unwavering source of courage,” Assistant Novi Police Chief Scott Baetens said in a press release. “Through thick and thin, Diesel and Officer Daisley were a team. The unspoken bond they shared was profound, spanning beyond the borders of mere duty. They stood together in the face of danger, shared in moments of triumph, and above all, built an understanding and mutual respect that epitomized the relationship between a handler and their K9 partner.”

Diesel was trained in narcotics detection and tracking. During his tenure at the Novi Police Department, Diesel won Novi police Officer Mike Daisley, with K-9 several awards for his work partner Diesel, speaks to the students in in crime prevention and Novi’s Police and Fire Youth Leadership public service at community Academy in July 2022. events.

File photo by Patricia O’Blenes According to Baetens, police dogs provide a “valuable resource” for police departments and serve as a “beacon to bridge the relationship between police and the community.”

“Diesel’s legacy within our department is one marked by valor and relentless dedication to ensuring the safety of our community. His contribution to public safety and his unique ability in crime detection has left a lasting impact, a testament to the important role our K9 officers play,” Baetens said.

In a tweet announcing his death, the city of Novi thanked Diesel for his service and said he will “forever be remembered as a true hero.”

A memorial service will be held at a later date to honor Diesel and commemorate his service to the Novi Police Department and the community.

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WATCH Ex-girlfriend takes Tesla charger, leaves chewing gum as evidence

A resident called police July 13 after he returned home and found his garage open and his Tesla charger missing. The culprit reportedly had left pieces of chewing gum on the front door and on the door inside the garage.

The man said that when he left his home at 9 a.m., his garage door was down.

Upon returning home at 7 p.m., he found the door open. He explained that he does not live with anyone, so no one else should have had access to his home. He said the only thing missing was the Tesla charging box, valued at $200, which had been plugged into an outlet on the east wall inside the garage.

He also pointed out that there was now chewing gum on the keyhole of the doorknob on the door inside the garage that leads into the house. There was also chewing gum on the doorknob on the front of the house, according to the report.

The man told police that some of his family members, as well as his ex-girlfriend, have the code for the garage. The man said he recently broke up with his now ex-girlfriend and believes that she might have stolen the charger. Since he broke up with her two weeks earlier, he said that he has had to block her on all social media, as well as his

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given this designation, three of whom are from Novi High School. The other Novi winners were Arseniy Ilinich in 2021 and Mitchel Huang in 2016. Six other students from NHS were finalists for the award. Two of the six finalists were the brothers of Udupa and Huang — Joshua Huang in 2020 and Ankith Udupa in 2019. Other finalists include Kirsten Anderson in 2018, Bryce Paputa in 2013, and two finalists in 2010, Tim Vello and Tom Pawlicki. Chris Huang is the father of Joshua and Mitchel.

Just being a finalist is prestigious. There are 476 teams in Michigan, and this year, 13 students were selected to represent the state in the Dean’s List Award finals.

“It definitely makes us proud that we have so many that reach that level,” Chris Huang said.

phone. He told police she might steal the charger just to cause an inconvenience in his life. He told police that his ex is aware of his work hours and when the house would be empty.

Police reportedly were able to locate fingerprints in the gum that had been chewed and pressed into the doorknobs.

The man rescinded his initial request to press charges and asked that police ask his ex-girlfriend if she has the charger and to return it to him.

Police said the ex-girlfriend admitted to taking it and returned it to him July 17.

The case has since been closed.

Bicycles stolen at Twelve Oaks Mall

A couple reported that their bikes were stolen while they dined at Twelve Oaks Mall July 16.

The couple biked to the mall and locked their Trek Verve mountain bikes to a metal pole with a combination lock in an area just northwest of Sedona Taphouse at 7 p.m., according to the police report. They had dinner at the restaurant and then found that their lock had been cut and their bikes were missing at 8:15 p.m.

When police arrived, the couple was speaking with mall security. Mall security advised officers that the bikes had been parked in an area out of view of their closed circuit cameras. Officers canvassed the area and searched an occupied white box truck that was parked near Sears, but there were no bikes in the truck.

On July 17, mall security advised detectives that they had found footage of Mitchel Huang, Novi High School’s first Dean’s List winner, went on to the University of Michigan for a degree in mechanical and computer engineering and now works at SpaceX. Chris Huang coached all three of the Dean’s List winners and most of the finalists.

He said he is just amazed to watch kids rise to the top of the field from their freshman years. He said he volunteers to coach the team to make these kinds of opportunities available to the students and to be able to support them through their journeys.

“It just amazes me to see the students that just love this program that they get so addicted to it that they automatically rise to the top. I, as a coach, don’t have to do much with some of these kids. The program is such that you make it available to them and give them an opportunity and they automatically grasp and rise to the top,” he said. “I wish when I was growing up I had a program like this.”

a male suspect leaving the mall with the bikes. Police were able to acquire the footage, but they were unable to identify the suspect due to the difficult camera angle.

The couple filed an insurance claim for the bikes. The case has been closed pending new information.

Forgotten fanny pack stolen at Chipotle

A woman’s fanny pack was stolen from the Chipotle restaurant on Crescent Boulevard after she accidentally left it there sometime between 1:05 and 1:30 p.m. July 15.

After the woman realized her fanny pack was missing, she went back to the restaurant at 3 p.m. The woman then went to the Police Department to file a report. She told the cadet taking the report that employees at the restaurant did not have the fanny pack and went so far as to comb the trash for it. She said the restaurant employees also checked surveillance footage but could not see who took it.

The woman said she believes that someone stole it, and she would like to prosecute the person responsible, if found.

Inside the black Lululemon fanny pack, valued at $50, was a black Kate Spade wallet with wrist band and key chain valued at $40, her Michigan driver’s license, a pair of Apple AirPods worth $150, her COVID-19 vaccination card, a car insurance card, a AAA card, a library card, three Target gift cards worth $30, and $70 in cash.

The case has been closed pending more information.

— Charity Meier As a reward for having a Dean’s List winner on the team, Frog Force 503 was given a $1,000 grant from FIRST. The team practices year-round to fully engage students in the field.

Call Staff Writer Charity Meier at (586) 498-1092.

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go ahead and do that.’”

So, when the teenager woke up on the last day of school in 1981, he checked the dresser, and saw the keys. He was “shocked” that his dad granted him permission, and after school he rounded up his friend Matt.

They cruised around a bit, making their way over to Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills.

“We were clearly the coolest guys in Birmingham,” Schuster thought.

One stop was a gas station at Maple Road and Woodward Avenue in Birmingham. The gas cap is on the front of the car on the driver’s side.

“As I was backing up, there was a Cadillac Coupe de Ville in front of me,” Shuster said.

That’s when Shuster accidentally bumped something and got a scratch on his dad’s Corvair.

“I just went white,” Shuster said. “It was like waiting for the apocalypse to come home.”

But his dad remained calm when he learned of the mishap.

“He was pretty mellow about it,” Shuster said. “But he garnered my wages.”

That included what Shuster earned on his paper route and from his job at the local hardware store. Shuster did not get behind the wheel of the Corvair again until four years ago when his dad died.

A couple of years ago, the car was invited to be displayed at the annual EyesOn Design on the grounds of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores. All these years later, there were attendees who remembered the car from its early days with Stuart Shuster.

“It runs really well,” Shuster said. “Driving around, I can feel his spirit.”

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take no further action on it,” Reeds told the court. “Given the serious circumstances and the threats that were made allegedly by Mr. Worrall against myself and my family and the potential that I could be a witness in this case, it’s not even a close call that I need to recuse myself, from an ethical standpoint.”

Worrall allegedly threatened on social media to kill Reeds, as well as his court-appointed attorney with Gracey Law Firm in Keego Harbor, after Worrall skipped his July 5 review hearing. He then allegedly led police on a two-day, multistate manhunt, which resulted in several police chases in Oakland, Lenawee and Monroe counties, as well as over the Ohio border. Ultimately, he was arrested in Brighton by the Oakland County Sheriff ’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Team following a “short struggle” in which the Sheriff ’s Office said he punched a deputy in the face multiple times, breaking facial bones.

As a result of the events July 5-7, Worrall now faces two additional felony charges in 48th District Court in Bloomfield Hills of making a false report or threat of terrorism and using a computer to commit a crime. His preliminary examination on the charges is scheduled for Aug. 3.

On July 24, charges were filed in 52-1 District Court against Worrall for assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer and fourth-degree fleeing from a police officer.

No hearing on the charges had been held as of press time.

According to 52-1 District Court Administrator Alexandra Black, normally, after a judge’s recusal from a case, she would do a blind draw between one of the remaining two judges at the 52-1 District Court. However, she said that in this case, as Reeds is a close colleague of both judges, Judge Robert Bondy and Judge David Law also declined to take the case.

Following the recusal of Bondy and Law, the case was then sent to Judge Joseph Fabrizio, who is the chief justice of the 52nd District Court and who works at the 52-2 District Court in Clarkston, to do a blind draw to reassign the case to one of the remaining seven judges in the district.

The 52nd District comprises 10 judges — three are seated at the 52-1 District Court, two are seated at the 52-2 District Court in Clarkston, three are seated at the 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills, and two are seated at the 52-4 District Court in Troy.

“It’s really just up to the judge (to take or refuse a case).

If there’s an appearance of impropriety or the person can say that they don’t feel like they are being treated fairly or whatever, then it is better to just not have (the case),” Black said.

“You know, nobody is saying they can’t handle them fairly; they’re just saying, for the appearance, it probably is not a good idea.”

Black said they try to move the case along as fast as possible. Black said that all 10 judges in the district recused themselves from the case and it had been removed from the 52nd District Court.

“The disqualification order has gone to the State Court Administrative Office for them to find another court outside the 52nd to take it,” Black told C & G Newspapers.

The State Court Administrative Office reassigned the case to Judge James B. Brady, of the 47th District Court in Farmington Hills, July 13. Brady is now assigned to “serve as a judge of the 52nd District” for the Worrall case, according to the SCAO assignment. This means that the case could still be heard by Brady at the 52nd District Court. However, according to Black, almost always the district court will have the judge handling the case do so in the judge’s own courtroom. So, the case most likely will be heard at the 47th District Court.

During the hearing July 12, Worrall acknowledged that he had waived his right to an in-person hearing in favor of a Zoom hearing. Worrall’s new attorney, Jalal Jamil Dallo, of Dallo Law in Bloomfield Hills, appearing via Zoom, inquired about his client’s competency and asked if he had an exam ordered. Reeds said one was ordered on May 3, which is pending.

“I will ask the clerk to set some sort of a review with regard to the competency proceeding, so that the case is still on track with some sort of review date,” Reeds said.

“We would be grateful,” Dallo said.

Because of the judge’s recusal, no action was taken on the issue of a bond violation. Worrall remains in custody at the Oakland County Jail with a $1 million cash or surety bond.

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ichigan is the fifth state in the nation to agree to provide free breakfast and lunch to all public school students this school year.

Michigan’s House and Senate have approved the state’s fiscal year 2024 budget, which was recently signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The budget includes the allocation of $160 million to provide students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade with a free daily school breakfast and lunch for the 2023-24 school year.

Some states have either implemented universal free meals or are considering it following last June’s expiration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture waivers that allowed schools across the nation to offer free meals to students during the height of the pandemic.

Michigan’s new universal free meal program is only budgeted for this year, so to keep it going, state lawmakers would have to provide additional funding.

The Michigan initiative, called “Healthy School Meals for All,” aims to address food insecurity and improve student concentration and performance, state officials said.

“This is something we have wanted to see for the kids of Michigan for years,” said Diane Golzynski, the deputy superintendent for finance and operations for the Michigan Department of Education, which will oversee the program. “It’s going to be a huge win for kids all over the state to be able to go to school and know that there will be meals there if they want to eat them.”

Schools will have to opt in if they want to participate.

“The important message for families is, as long as your school opts in, then you will be able to have free breakfast and lunch at school,” Golzynski added.

Critics of the program say that free and reduced school meals were already offered to students who need them.

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ask for advice, but when we play together, we very seldom get beat,” Patterson said.

The duo took their talents to Grosse Ile and Livonia to compete in tournaments, where they did not make it out of the round robin in Grosse Ile, but then they skipped the nationwide circuit and went straight for international play.

Wright, who is from Ireland, noticed a tournament, the 2023 Irish Open, was taking place in Dublin, Ireland, close to where his family resides, and that was when the plan came to fruition. The Irish Open took place June 22-25.

“We happened to just be looking for tournaments to play in, and I saw this post about this one playing in Dublin, so I looked at Don and said, ‘Hey, you interested?’”

Wright said. “We kind of didn’t take it seriously at first, but then we realized, ‘Why the hell not?’”

Patterson and Wright became crowd favorites early with their humorous on-court personalities, skilled play and even their customized T-shirts.

“We have these shirts that say ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ and Cormac’s of course says ‘no,’” Patterson said. “When he was first starting, he was hitting a few balls into the net and he would always go, ‘No,’ and I would laugh and go, ‘Yes.’ When we go to tournaments, he wears a ‘no’ T-shirt and I have a ‘yes,’ and we get the biggest following of the tournament.”

The ‘yes’ and ‘no’ squad reached the quarterfinals of the open before being eliminated by the eventual winners, facing off against teams from Ecuador, Italy, Ireland and the United Kingdom in the 55-plus age bracket.

Patterson and Wright said it was a thrilling experience — especially for Wright, who was able to have a hometown fan base — to take part in an international tournament after playing in two local tournaments.

While their play was impressive on the court, both men agreed that they showcased their strongest performances throughout the city of Dublin.

“I was there with a tour group in 2019, but it does not compare to being with a local traveling around Dublin,” Patterson said. “We could’ve got a gold medal for drinking Guiness.”

“Let’s say he got to see more of the underbelly,” Wright said.

Although their pickleball partnership has only reached the year benchmark, their friendship has been going on for over 30 years, since Wright first came over from Ireland in 1983.

Wright began working for Ford Motor Co. in 1986, where he met Patterson’s wife, Shelly, and Wright said, “It’s been downhill ever since.” They have played indoor soccer and racquetball together.

Patterson was the first to take on pickleball after having total knee replacement surgery and then looking to get back into something competitive.

“I needed something to get me back in the game quick, so I started playing pickleball and found out that you got to be able to move pretty good in this,” Patterson said. “I get the old man warmup of putting on all the Icy Hot and put on the knee braces, and off you go.”

“He’s like the Six Million Dollar Man by the time he’s finished,” Wright said.

From there, it was all about recruiting Wright to give the game a chance, and it didn’t take long for Wright to become a self-proclaimed “pickleball enthusiast.”

“It’s very forgiving, as it allows for every style of person and every style of athletic ability to get out,” Wright said. “Obviously it’s exercise, so it’s good.”

Patterson competed in the National Senior Games Association Tournament earlier this month in Pittsburgh, but was without Wright.

It’s not the first time the pair split up for a tournament this year, and Wright is always quick to remind Patterson about it.

“For me, I’ve been lucky where I was able to go to Puerto Rico and play in the Puerto Rico Open with another partner without Cormac, who I felt like I was cheating on,” Patterson said.

“He was off being unfaithful to me,” Wright said.

When Patterson is being a loyal pickleball partner and the two are competing side by side, they’re a tough team to beat on the court.

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

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Pour on the Shore: Craft beer, wine, vodka and bourbon tastings, food trucks, live music by The Vinyl Underground, dancing, cigar tent, cornhole and more, 6:30-10 p.m., Pavilion Shore Park (park at Emagine Novi in Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk, 44425 W. 12 Mile Road, and take shuttle), visit event page on Eventbrite

JULY 28-30

Motor City Nightmares: Horror expo and film festival, scheduled guests include Bruce Campbell (“Evil Dead”), Kane Hodder (“Friday the 13th”), makeup artist Ve Neill and many more, 5-10 p.m. July 28, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. July 29 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 30, Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel, 21111 Haggerty Road, motorcitynightmares.com

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Orchard Lake Fine Art Show: 120 artists expected, also live music, food trucks and Youth Art Competition, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. July 29 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 30, 6900 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield, $5 admission partially supports Institute for the Arts & Education, hotworks.org

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Duck Race & Family Fun Day: Family activities at 3 p.m., live concert by Miss Paula and the Candy Bandits at 5 p.m. and popular duck race at 6 p.m., Shiawassee Park, 32515 Shiawassee Road in Farmington, caresfh.org/duckrace

AUG. 5

Highland Games: 174th event hosted by St. Andrew’s Society of Detroit, features Highland dancing, piping and drums, heavy athletics competitions, whisky tasting, kids activities and more, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., also live music by Ceilidh 5-11 p.m. Aug. 4, Greenmead

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International Gem & Jewelry Show: Noon-6 p.m. Aug. 4, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 5 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 6, Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi, suburbancollectionshowplace.com

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Woodward Dream Cruise: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. from Ferndale to Pontiac, look for route map and scheule of events at www.woodwarddreamcruise.com

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Novi Taco Fest: Forty taco trucks, lucha libre wrestling, live Latin-style music, traditional Mexican folklorico dance, taco and hot pepper eating contests, handmade margaritas and tequilas, and much more, 5-10 p.m. Aug. 25, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 26 and noon7 p.m. Aug. 27, Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk, 44275 W. 12 Mile Road in Novi, novitacofest.com

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meal program, a previously needs-based program that will instead provide free food even for kids from the wealthiest families when fully phased in,” according to a press release.

Advocates said the Healthy School Meals for All program will eliminate the stigma associated with receiving free and reduced lunch by providing reimbursement from the state for meals served to students who do not qualify for free or reduced-price meals.

Previously, just over half of all students in the state qualified for free or reduced meals through federal programs, based on their family’s income or whether they qualified for SNAP benefits or Medicaid. In 2022, 53.3% of Michigan students qualified for free or reduced-cost lunches.

“The federal reimbursement will come in first, and then (the MDE) will calculate the state reimbursement and provide those resources to the schools that opt in,” Golzynski explained.

The governor’s office said the program will help feed 1.4 million children across the state, which they estimate will save a family $850 over the year. A 2012 study of school lunch costs found that homemade lunches

ranged in cost from around $1.55 to $2.12, and the NSLP lunches came in around $2.15, without giving a dollar amount to the time involved in preparing either, according to schoolnutrition.org, which also found that parents tend to pack more sugary items.

Collin McDonough, director of Michigan government relations at the American Heart Association, said he applauds Whitmer, the state Legislature, the Michigan Department of Education and the AHA’s partner organizations No Kid Hungry Michigan, the School Nutrition Association of Michigan, and the Michigan School Meals Coalition for “their tireless work to take this program from an idea to reality.”

He said Healthy School Meals for All will be “transformational” for Michigan’s students and families.

“Not only will it help students learn — no one can focus on an empty stomach — it will help reduce the risk for chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes,” McDonough said in a statement.

Parent Jessica Kalef, of Rochester, has concerns about the quality of food served.

“While this sounds like a good idea, during COVID, when they were offered free lunch, there was a big difference in the quality of free food, versus paid. During the free

period, we had gotten expired milk and yogurts … and upset stomachs, and were told stuff smelled or wasn’t cooked right,” said Kalef.

Food standards, she stressed, need to be upheld for the universal free food program as well.

“We, as parents, can’t be there for lunch, so it was upsetting that they were served this on several occasions,” Kalef added. “I would rather pay for the lunch to be sure it’s hot, fresh and not expired. However, I know that not all families can do that — so then who is responsible for upholding the standards and checking our kids safety?”

The meals offered through the state and federal programs, Golzynski said, are required to meet the dietary guidelines for Americans, which are set at the federal level.

“In order to get the federal reimbursement, those meals have to meet those nutritional values, but the beautiful part of having the additional state reimbursement is the schools will actually now have more money to spend on their food products, so they can get even higher quality food than what they had before,” she said.

Federal requirements include minimum servings for vegetables, fruits, milk, grains and meat or meat-alternate components. Schools must also adhere to require-

ments for calories, trans fat, saturated fat and sodium content.

While meal pattern requirements are set at the federal level, MDE officials said school menus are set at the local school or school district level.

“If there is a food allergy situation, where it is life or death, then the family gets a note from the child’s doctor, and the food service department has to make those accommodations; no matter what those accommodations are, they have to meet that child’s requirement based on what the doctor says,” said Golzynski. “In the case of dietary preference, like for religious reasons, or oftentimes a family eats vegetarian or vegan, then the food service department will do everything they can to meet those but they aren’t required to.”

Rochester Community Schools, along with many other local school districts, works with Chartwells for its food service.

“Universal free meals in Michigan offer a great opportunity for students to eat together in the cafeteria and hopefully make it easier for students and families to confidently check breakfast and lunch off their list. We’re excited to serve even more students in Rochester Community Schools this year, helping to fuel their busy days with faSee MEALS on page 16A

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Madhu Mahadevan, of the temple, said the crowd came in two waves. The first wave started at the beginning of the event and left when the rain came at around 2 p.m. The second wave came after the storm passed and continued to remain steady. This allowed for the festival to remain open until 6 p.m., when it had been scheduled to close at 5 p.m.

“The mood was definitely a lot of joy and happiness, even with the rain,” he said.

Mahadevan said he asked many festivalgoers what brought them to the festival.

He said the answer was predominantly curiosity.

“They see this big, 40-foot-tall chariot, and they want to see what it is all about,” Mahadevan said. “They were kind of intrigued by the clothes people were wearing, the henna tattoos, this type of stuff. I think Indian culture probably grabs, I’d say, half of them, and then probably splits between fun activity for kids and then free food.”

Mahadevan estimated that the festival was attended by more than 12,000 people.

He said that organizers gave out more than 7,000 plates of food this year. He attributed the attendance to the mostly good weather.

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Staudt, City Manager Victor Cardenas, Councilmen Justin Fischer and Brian Smith, state Rep. Kelly Breen and County Commissioner Ajay Raman.

“As the mayor, it has been my wish, it has been my desire that the city of Novi sends love to everybody — to all of our 65,000 people that live here and the millions of people that come to visit Novi,” Gatt told festivalgoers.

Once the parade arrived at the park, the festival offered a vast array of vendors selling Indian clothing, food and other cultural items; cultural dancing shows; henna tattoos; children’s activities; yoga; cooking classes; and the option of worshiping.

There was also a free meal that was available to all.

“While it may not be raining showers from the sky, we can rest assured that it is raining blessings of love from the Lord who is bestowing blessings of love on all of us to enjoy this festival and find what it means to be really happy,” Patel said.

Within a few hours, the skies did burst open with rain and thunder, causing those in attendance to disperse into nearby tents.

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vorite menu items and a variety of delicious new recipes,” Marsha Dziewit, the director of dining services for Rochester Community Schools, said in an email.

Rochester parent Cristina Poma feels the universal free meal program is “a move in the right direction” and said it can always be tweaked in the future to address concerns.

“I’m sure the quality of the food and whatever other gripes people may have can be adjusted as the program grows, but for the children of Michigan, I couldn’t be prouder to be in a state that is taking care of their kids in this manner,” she said.

MDE officials said parents or students can advocate for improved meal quality by first contacting their school’s food service director with concerns.

“Not every family will choose to eat the meals — and that’s always been the case, even during the pandemic, when the meals were free. … But we do expect there to be more children who choose to eat because they are free,” Golzynski stated.

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