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Long Lake Road closes for culvert replacement

BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Long Lake Road, between Eastways and Squirrel roads in Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township, is closed through Aug. 15.

Craig Bryson, of the Road Commission for Oakland County, said the closure is necessary for the replacement of a 70-year-old culvert under the road that carries a tributary to the Rouge River.

The project will replace the existing culvert with a precast concrete culvert, including the installation of new culvert wing walls, and adding new signs, guardrails and asphalt paving in the area.

During the closure, the detour route is Long Lake Road to Squirrel Road to East Square Lake Road to Eastways Road, back to Long Lake Road, and vice versa.

Access to homes and businesses within the closed section of Long Lake Road will be

See LONG LAKE on page 15A

COUNTRY DAY GRAD CONTINUES HOCKEY CAREER

IN PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S HOCKEY LEAGUE

BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com

BEVERLY HILLS — Elle Hartje made sure everyone knew where she was from June 10 as the 2024 Professional Women’s Hockey League Draft took place at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Minnesota.

A four-year starter and captain for Yale University’s women’s hockey team, Hartje, a 2019 Detroit Country Day High School graduate, repped a Detroit Lions jacket as she was selected in the fifth round of the PWHL Draft by PWHL New York.

“She takes a lot of pride being from Detroit, and it’s pretty unique, because she was the only one in the draft from Detroit,

HARTJE on page 22A

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Detroit native and Detroit Country Day graduate Elle Hartje wore a throwback Detroit Lions jacket in her first-ever PWHL Draft photo.

Photo provided by Nicole Hartje

ROUGE RIVER OIL SPILL COULD IMPACT 30 MILES OF WATERWAY

BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com

METRO DETROIT — Oil spilled into the Rouge River through a storm drain last month, sparking conversations about how to keep the waterway clean.

The event happened at the Downs development site in Northville, formerly the Northville Downs Race Track, located at 301 South Center St.

According to a statement released by the city of Northville, a demolition crew’s machinery pierced several old drums holding an unknown amount of petroleum while tearing down a building on the site, causing oil and kerosene to leak onto the asphalt and enter a storm drain about 100 feet away, which then entered the Rouge River.

The historic Northville Downs closed in February 2024 after 80 years of horse racing and was the final horse racing track to close in Michigan. The groundbreaking for the 48-acre property’s mixed-use redevelopment took place May 13. Hunter Pasteur Northville LLC is the developer of the $248 million project, which will transform the former race track into 443 units of single and attached homes, apartments, luxury condominiums, parks and retail/restaurants/office spaces. Hunter Pasteur Northville LLC did not respond for comment by press time.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy released a statement following the oil spill: “On June 21 late afternoon, we were contacted by Western Wayne Co. Hazmat Team about drums inside a building that was in the process of being demolished. As of today (6/24/24) 8 drums that had residual amounts of material and a poly-tote have been the focus of the emergency response work. The barrels released a minimal amount of products — oil-based material that has been sampled (but no results yet). The bulk of the material came from the tote. Material released to the environment is, at most, 8085 gallons. EGLE, the Hazmat Team and Northville Fire Department responded initially, with a clean-up contractor completing the clean-up and removal of contaminated materials.”

See OIL SPILL on page 6A

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LEFT: Sally Petrella expressed concern for Johnson Creek, a coldwater tributary just upstream from where the oil spill occurred. Petrella mentioned that Johnson Creek is one of the healthiest parts of the Rouge River. She shared that the monitoring team had recently discovered a sensitive minnow species in Johnson Creek called the redside dace, which is endangered in Michigan.

ABOVE: Pictured is the middle Rouge River in Hines Park. Sally Petrella, a monitoring manager for the Friends of the Rouge, explained that an exciting part of the Downs project is the daylighting of a quarter-mile of the River Rouge that was re-routed into a concrete culvert and buried in the 1960s.

Photos by Patricia O’Blenes

Popularity of PGA event sparking change at Detroit Golf Club

BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com

DETROIT — When the gates open at Detroit Golf Club for the 2025 Rocket Mortgage Classic on June 23, spectators should make an effort to walk around each hole and take a different approach on how they view it this time.

They should inspect the greens, take note of the surrounding trees, and most importantly, just take inventory of how the course is laid out, because when the 2026 RMC rolls around, everything they had noticed in 2025 will have been significantly altered.

Detroit Golf Club, specifically the North Course that holds 17 of the 18 holes at the RMC, has been in the public eye for the last six years, as it’s been the home of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, and with that came self-reflection as to what the club needs to improve on as the host of a PGA Tour event.

“Golf has sort of exploded in the last several years, so we’re benefiting a lot from what other people are benefiting from,” club President Michael Pricer said. “There’s no question that the PGA’s RMC event has created a lot of local and national exposure, which has significantly, I think, helped. Our member levels, up until last year, were at the highest or equal to the highest they’ve ever been. We had a little bit of changes this year with economic things, like we have a lot of mortgage people at the club and with interest rates and things, we’ve had some minor adjustments, but nothing material. I think we’re still over 740 members. It’s a big number.”

Once the final putt falls into the cup and another champion is crowned in 2025, it will be all systems go as the club begins phase one of its $16.1 million renovation, beginning with the North Course and with the South Course following after its completion.

See GOLF on page 18A

Oil spill

Additionally, EGLE reported that some oil was captured by a boom placed in the Rouge River, but since then, no oil has been observed. EGLE’s other responses to the incident included using a Vactor truck to remove any standing liquid from the ground surface and to remove any liquid from four covered catch basins on the property; jetting and flushing the sewer lines, which are going to be removed; and placing containment hard boom and absorbent booms in the Rouge River near the north side of Seven Mile Road, between Northville Road and Hines Drive, as a precautionary measure.

Northville Mayor Brian Turnbull explained that all of the samples taken from the Rouge River for testing have been cleared.

“I was extremely proud of the first responders, and we had the county in and EGLE, and it got cleared within the week or week and a half,” he said.

“The good news was, geez, within 1520 minutes we had called everybody. Hazmat was there, all the fire folks, and we contained everything. So, pretty proud of all the first responders, and we didn’t really have to do that, but we are so on edge to make sure everything is done right, and even, like, all the particulates in the air,” Turnbull said. “Asbestos, we’re about a 10th of what you can be, about 20 monitors around that, but because we’re right in the middle of town — towns on one side, there’s a sub on the other side — so, with the asbestos and dust we have to be very protective. We put down for dust calcium chloride. We have three water trucks going around there, water cannons, and we even have a dust bath that trucks come out of there and we have a cleaner going up and down.”

On June 26, the Friends of the Rouge, a nonprofit founded in 1986 to protect and restore the Rouge River, addressed Turnbull in a letter.

“This oil spill threatens the Rouge River and surrounding watershed for 30 miles downstream of the site,” states the letter. “Toxic to aquatic life, the introduction of petroleum based products into the ecosystem can lead to long-term ecological challenges,” Jessica Eiland Anders, the president of the board of directors of the Friends, stated. “This spill also poses a threat to the habitat improvement projects downstream. Millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent to restore Newburgh and Nankin Lakes and have included an accessible fishing pier and kayak launch. How will anglers and boaters who are now using these lakes respond to oil in the water and decline of the ecosystem? How will this spill affect Wilcox and Phoenix

Lakes that are currently being restored as well as the numerous habitat restoration projects downstream?”

The group asked that the city of Northville investigate the oil spill and determine how it happened and what measures need to be put in place to ensure that a repeat incident does not occur during the demolition and development of the site. The Friends also called for the city to identify areas for improvement, for stricter safety standards to be implemented, and to be part of the review and remediation activities.

“It was very troubling to us that this was allowed to happen, that any amount of oil was allowed to spill, and they said it was a mix of oil and kerosene,” Sally Petrella, the monitoring manager for the Friends, said. “I’m sure there were other chemicals in there, too, because these were 55-gallon drums that had been stored at the site for who knows how long. So, I don’t know if there were any other hazardous materials. Now we’ve been told that it’s all being cleaned up and that they’re doing monitoring to test for water quality, but who knows what went into the river prior to them discovering it, and who knows what the impact for this will be long term.”

Petrella added that a big concern is that this time of year, many aquatic insects are hatching. She explained that due to their sensitivity, they might not survive the contamination, and since they’re at the bottom of the food chain, the fish will have less to eat, and what they do have to eat could be contaminated.

Petrella added that although the Friends have not received a response from Northville, the Wayne County Commission reached out. They assured the Friends that they would make sure that it was properly cleaned up and that there was no threat to human life.

“The one exciting thing about the development at Northville Downs is that they agreed to daylight the river, because the river goes underneath Northville Downs, which is terrible for the river. So it’s going to be a great project to daylight it, but we were just so surprised that now we have this damage before they even started the process,” Petrella said.

In April, the first Rouge River Watershed Report Card prepared by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences stated that the Rouge River has a D+ (36%) grade. The report card measures six different values in the watershed: water, economy, ecosystem, human health, infrastructure and recreation.

According to the Friends, they were informed about the oil spill by a Northville resident of 33 years and a Friend of the Rouge, Jeff Snyder, on June 22, who witnessed a boom placed downstream from the Downs to contain the oil. He explained that he was aware

that there had been an oil spill the day before.

“I was headed out for a bike ride and I just happened to get a text from a friend that indicated someone was at the bridge outside of the site in Hines Park, and there was a boom set in there, just a small one, and that was backed up with oil. It’s no further than the next several hundred feet from my home, so I went over and looked. Sure enough, it was backed up with oil,” he said. Snyder and his friend watched as two firefighters pulled up and began examining the river. “They could see that oil had built up. Unfortunately, you could see that one side of the boom wasn’t down flat in the water, so oil was leaking around to the east side, continuing down the river.” He added that he alerted them to that situation. He said that the night before, his friend had driven by the site and witnessed the river being pumped. His friend approached with his camera, but was told not to photograph the river and that what was going on was none of his business, Snyder said.

On July 17, Snyder and other Northville residents filed a lawsuit against the city of Northville, Hunter Pasteur Northville LLC and Toll Northeast V Corp. in Wayne County Circuit Court for environmental and health concerns.

“Hunter Pasteur and the city of North-

ville have ignored all those requirements and statutes that require them to maintain all the dust on-site. And when I say it’s dust, it is billowing like a desert sandstorm into adjacent neighborhoods, and we don’t know what’s in it. These vehicles are driving all over these known contaminated zones, kicking up dust day in and day out,” Snyder said. “All we’re asking from them, from the city and Hunter Pasteur, is to adhere to the law. Just follow the law””

Northville City Manager George Lahanas issued a statement on the lawsuit.

“City administration has reviewed the lawsuit and is confident that our oversight of the Downs construction site is consistent with law, policy and best practices,” he stated. “The City always prioritizes the health, safety and welfare of our residents and will continue to do so. Further, the City Attorney will defend this matter vigorously. We will be offering no further comments on this item as it is pending litigation.”

For more information on the Downs Development in Northville, visit www. ci.northville.mi.us or northvilledowns.info.

For more information on the Friends of the Rouge, visit therouge.org.

To view the Rouge River’s Report Card, visit an.umces.edu/publications/rouge-riverwatershed-report-card.

NEWS & NOTES

Franklin School Reunion to be held Sept. 1

FRANKLIN — For all who remember Franklin School — whether they attended, have siblings who attended or had friends who attended —  they can reconnect, reminisce and celebrate their childhood years at the Franklin School Reunion Sunday, Sept. 1.

The Franklin Historic Museum, 26165 13 Mile Road, will be open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. for people to explore. The Franklin School will then have an open house, where guests can explore the school 2-4 p.m. A happy hour will be held 4-6 p.m. on the Franklin Community Association Park, near the gazebo, with food and drinks. In case of rain, the Kreger House and barn will be available. An RSVP is required by noon Aug. 31 to attend the happy hour. To RSVP for The Franklin School Happy Hour, visit www.fcamichigan.org/ form/m/284879.

AUGUST BOOK SALE PLANNED

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Friends of Bloomfield Township Public Library will hold their Second Saturday Book Sale 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 10.

Friends members can shop the sale early, 10-11 a.m., and memberships can be purchased at the door on the day of the sale.

The sale takes place on the lower level of the library and includes thousands of books and audiovisual materials for all ages, sorted into more than 50 categories. Highlights of the sale, organizers say, include children’s multicultural fiction and nonfiction with a mini feature of children’s classics. Debit cards can be used for any amount, and credit card purchases may be used with a $5 minimum purchase.

Since 1995, purchases made at the Second Saturday Sales have allowed the Friends to donate over $1.85 million to support the library beyond its operating budget, donating over $105,000 last year alone. Donations have paid for artwork and sculptures around the library, gardens, programs and events for adults and children, and additions to library collections. For more information, call the library at (248) 642-5800 or visit www.btpl.org.

CELEBRITY PICKLEBALL EVENT SCHEDULED

WEST BLOOMFIELD — The Sports Club of West Bloomfield is slated to host “Pickleball for Friendship” Aug. 4. The event is scheduled to take place 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Participants will have an opportunity to play pickleball with local celebrities, including former Detroit Red Wings player Kris Draper, former Detroit Lions player Scott Kowalkowski, radio personality Holly Hutton, and former television reporter Lila Lazarus.

According to a press release, all levels are welcome to participate in the “friendly competition,” with 100% of the funds raised going to support the Friendship Circle, which provides programs and services for individuals with special needs and their families. The entry fee is $100 per player and $40 for spectators. Fruit, coffee and pastries will be included, according to the release. The Sports Club of West Bloomfield is located at 6343 Farmington Road. For more information or to register, visit friendshipcircle.org/Pickleball2024.

NEW PICKLEBALL CLUB SET TO HAVE GRAND OPENING

WEST BLOOMFIELD — A new pickleball club is slated to be coming to West Bloomfield.

PickleRage is scheduled to have its grand opening 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 3, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony set to take place at 11:30 a.m.

According to a press release, PickleRage is an indoor pickleball club franchise that was founded in 2023 and offers novice and advanced players an opportunity to play year-round.

“We are excited to finally welcome the West Bloomfield community into our club,” David Smith, the COO of PickleRage, stated in the release.

For more information, visit picklerage.com.

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Oakland pitcher Brandon Decker selected by New York Yankees in 19th round of MLB Draft

BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com

ROCHESTER HILLS/FARMINGTON HILLS — Oakland University right-handed pitcher Brandon Decker’s Instagram post, “Official,” said it all.

Decker repped the pinstripes and iconic New York Yankees hat to celebrate his draft selection in the 19th round (571 overall) in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.

A 2020 North Farmington High School graduate, Decker was dominant for the Golden Grizzlies, earning Reliever of the Year in 2023 and Pitcher of the Year in 2024 while earning first team All-Conference honors both seasons.

Decker is the first Oakland pitcher to receive Pitcher of the Year honors since the university joined the Horizon League in 2013 and was also the first player in Horizon League history to ever win Reliever and Pitcher of the Year in back-to-back seasons.

“On the surface, he’s got a great size, great frame, and he’s got a very versatile arm, but he’s got great stuff,” Oakland head coach Brian Nelson said. “Stuff is not the question. The thing that makes Brandon Decker so enticing, especially at the next level, is all the intangibles. Him between the ears is as good as anybody out there. He knows himself better than

Oakland University right-handed pitcher Brandon Decker throws a pitch during a game. Decker was selected in the 19th round by the New York Yankees. Photo courtesy of Clarence Round, Oakland University Athletics

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anybody else out there. He has an unbelievable work ethic.”

From 2022-2024, Decker compiled a 19-13 record with a 4.97 ERA and 219 strikeouts in 222.2 innings of work. His arsenal consists of a mid-to-low 90s fastball, a changeup, a cutter, a curveball and a slider.

Decker’s best statistical season came in 2023, when he tallied an 8-3 record with 71 strikeouts in 69.2 innings of work for the right-hander.

Collecting 16 saves in three years, Decker’s versatility was vital to Oakland’s pitching staff, utilizing him as a starter, a reliever and a closer throughout the season.

“That’s what makes Brandon Decker so enticing in the big leagues, is that he can fit in multiple roles,” Nelson said. “He’s just like a utility position player. I’m not sure where he fits, but he’s got a lot of options. If it doesn’t work out here, he can go over

here. I think that’s what’s special about Brandon, with how he could legitimately have a career path as a starting pitcher, a long reliever, a short guy, or a back end guy because of just having that mentality of wanting to be on the mound with the ball in his hand is just so important to him.”

The Yankees’ strong suit for the past several years has been its bullpen, and versatility such as Decker’s would fit well.

It’s a grueling journey to the MLB stage, but Nelson said he believes Decker still has yet to reach his full potential.

“I think the things that will help Brandon Decker continue to climb the ladder will be physical development and maturation of his body,” Nelson said. “He’s still a young man with great physical skills, but as he continues to get older and his body continues to mature I think you’ll see another significant increase in stuff with Brandon Decker. By stuff I mean more break, more spin, more explosion and more velocity. I think a lot of that is coming.”

Green Lantern Pizza in Bloomfield Hills opens Green Lantern Pizza in Bloomfield Hills is open in the Woodward Square strip mall, at Square Lake and Woodward.

This is the local pizza chain’s 14th location that offers a full carryout menu for pickup or delivery. Playing off of the flagship original location in Madison Heights, Green Lantern Pizza offers thick-cut, cupped pepperoni, cheesy Lantern bread and original Italian subs. For more information, call (248) 724-5300 or visit greenlanternpizza.com.

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“After suffering through severe menopausal symptoms myself, this therapy has given me my life back,” Dr. Wadle said.

Dr. Rona Wadle, D.O., doesn’t hold back when talking about the life-changing bioidentical hormone replacement therapy that she received - and now offers to others at RenewMyWellness in downtown Birmingham.

Dr. Rona Wadle, D.O., doesn’t hold back when talking about the life-changing bioidentical hormone replacement therapy that she received - and now ofers to others at Renew My Wellness located in Birmingham.

Since the 1930’s patients throughout Europe, Japan and the United States have successfully used bio-identical hormones. Many studies show that when prescribed and administered correctly, bio-identical hormone pellets can help a variety of conditions and symptoms. They don’t present the potential hazards that many synthetic medications do.

“Afer sufering through severe menopausal symptoms myself, this therapy has given me my life back,” Dr. Wadle said.

As a registered nurse who later went to medical school and became board certified in emergency medicine, Dr. Wadle owned and operated an urgent care center in Birmingham. Based on her own medical journey and personal experience with hormone depletion, she founded RenewMyWellness.

“After suffering through severe menopausal symptoms myself, this therapy has given me my life back,” Dr. Wadle said.

As a registered nurse who later went to medical school and became board certified in emergency medicine, Dr. Wadle owned and operated an urgent care center in Birmingham. Based on her own medical journey and personal experience with hormone depletion, she founded RenewMyWellness.

As a registered nurse who later went to medical school and became board certifed in emergency medicine, Dr. Wadle owned and operated an urgent care center in Birmingham. Based on her own medical journey and personal experience with hormone depletion, she founded Renew My Wellness.

For men and women dealing with fatigue, depression, apathy, anxiety, weight gain, decreased libido, decreased exercise endurance and muscle mass there is a bioidentical way to improve these symptoms. “What we’re offering is hormone replacement therapy in the form of testosterone and estradiol pellets for both women and men,” Dr. Wadle explains.“Pellets provide a delivery system that mimics the human body so that even improved physiologic levels can be achieved.”

For men and women dealing with fatigue, depression, apathy, anxiety, weight gain, decreased libido, decreased exercise endurance and muscle mass there is a bioidentical way to improve these symptoms. “What we’re offering is hormone replacement therapy in the form of testosterone and estradiol pellets for both women and men,” Dr. Wadle explains.“Pellets provide a delivery system that mimics the human body so that even improved physiologic levels can be achieved.”

For men and women dealing with fatigue, depression, apathy, anxiety, weight gain, decreased libido, decreased exercise endurance and muscle mass there is a bioidentical way to improve these symptoms. “What we’re ofering is hormone replacement therapy in the form of testosterone and estradiol pellets for both women and men,” Dr. Wadle explains. “Pellets provide a delivery system that mimics the human body so that even improved physiologic levels can be achieved.”

Since the 1930’s patients throughout Europe, Japan and

the United States have successfully used bio-identical hormones. Many studies show that when prescribed and administered correctly, bio-identical hormone pellets can help a variety of conditions and symptoms. They don’t present the potential hazards that many synthetic medications do.

Since the 1930’s patients throughout Europe, Japan and the United States have successfully used bio-identical hormones. Many studies show that when prescribed and administered correctly, bio-identical hormone pellets can help a variety of conditions and symptoms. They don’t present the potential hazards that many synthetic medications do.

RenewMyWellness also offers testosterone injections for men and a prescription weight loss program for both men and women that is monitored to ensure it is safe and effective.

RenewMyWellness also offers testosterone injections for men and a prescription weight loss program for both men and women that is monitored to ensure it is safe and effective. Dr. Wadle said she founded RenewMyWellness to promote wellness through a holistically-integrative approach to patient care that combines conventional and functional medicine. The results leave patients with improved confidence and a whole-body sense of well-being.

Renew My Wellness also ofers testosterone injections for men and a prescription weight loss program for both men and women that is monitored to ensure it is safe and efective.

Dr. Wadle said she founded RenewMyWellness to promote wellness through a holistically-integrative approach to patient care that combines conventional and functional medicine. The results leave patients with improved confidence and a whole-body sense of well-being.

RenewMyWellness is located at 33466 Woodward Ave., in downtown Birmingham. To schedule a consultation or for more information, call 248-602-3177.

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HULK HOGAN DROPS IN TO TOAST NEW BEER

BEVERLY HILLS — As WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan toured Michigan promoting a new brew, called Real American Beer, he stopped by the Beverage Warehouse in Beverly Hills July 24.

The 6-foot-7 wrestler greeted fans and posed for pictures in towns across metro Detroit to promote the new beverage, which therealamerican.com describes as a “crisp, refreshing taste of a premium American tradition with our handcrafted light lager, proudly brewed in the USA.”

Hogan’s career highlights include titles such as WWE Champion, WCW Champion, World Tag Team Champion, two-time Royal Rumble Match winner and 2005 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee, according to www.wwe.com. His fans know him as the Hulkster, and “millions of children listened intently as their hero urged them to ‘say their prayers and eat their vitamins,’” the website states.

The Beverage Warehouse in Beverly Hills has been in operation for around 35 years, according to its website, https://bever agewarehousemi.com.

Summer is in full swing and the mercury is rising.

If you’re stuck in a hot car without air conditioning, head over to B&R Auto Repairs and Towing in Birmingham. Owner Ray Bazzi can get you cooled off for a price that won’t put you in a cold sweat.

Bazzi and his cer tifed mechanics can take care of your AC problems along with any other automotive repair you might need to get you back on the road in no time. Plus, if car trouble strikes when you least expect it, B&R’s towing team will be there to bring your vehicle in quickly and safely.

“Ray and Mike at B&R are the only mechanics

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With a quaint shop in Birmingham’s popular Rail District, B&R Auto and Towing doesn’t have a lot of fashy signage or television commercials.

But what they do have in droves are positive reviews and word-of-mouth recommendations from neighbors who have used and loved Bazzi for nearly 30 years.

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The back-to-school season is just around the corner, so don’t wait to get your vehicle accurately assessed with computeraided engine diagnostics to make sure you’re running safely and on time when the bell rings this fall. And if your family had a little too much fun during this summer break, B&R does body and paint repairs too.

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LEFT: Hulk Hogan signs 12 packs of his new “Real American Beer” with fans Lisa and Marc Ludeman of Royal Oak at the Beverage Warehouse in Beverly Hills July 24. BELOW: Hulk Hogan greets fans at the Beverage Warehouse. Photos by Donna Dalziel

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Animal welfare group voices concerns with local shelter

BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — An animal welfare group is protesting after a local shelter cat, Cleo went missing.

Beth Frank, the president and founder of Community Cats United Inc., said her organization became involved with the Facebook group “Team Cleo” after someone in Florida saw a social media post and alerted her of a missing shelter cat named Cleoand three kittens unrelated to Cleo.

Frank alleges that a Bloomfield Township animal welfare officer dumped four center cats outside last November.

“All four of them were dumped outside Nov. 29 of 2023 in the cold, harsh Michigan conditions,” she said.

None of the animals, according to Frank, possessed the ability to survive outside on their own.

Cleo, a 19-year-old cat and a longtime resident of the center, was known to greet people at the front desk. She had dental disease, and her front paws were declawed. The remaining kittens were about 6 months old and reportedly were infected with ringworm.

Despite numerous searches conducted by township staff and, separately, by activists, the cats had yet to be found at press time.

Frank, along with other members of “Team Cleo,” said the center must be held accountable for “their actions of animal cruelty and neglect.”

While activists argue that the incident was intentional, Bloomfield Township Police Chief James Gallagher said it was simply an unfortunate mistake.

“I’m not firing someone for a mistake, with no prior disciplinary actions,” he said.

Gallagher confirmed that the township picked up four stray feral cats last July, one of which, he said, ended up passing away while being neutered by the county in October.

The cats, he said, were held in the township’s animal center for “way too long.”

“We’re an animal control center. We’re not an animal rescue, and we’re not an animal shelter,” he said.

After five months in the center, with no one wanting to adopt them, Gallagher said, he discussed with staff that they needed to get rid of the three remaining feral cats. Unfortunately, he said, his words were taken literally.

“I was hoping they were going to give

Cleo, a 19-year-old cat, was a longtime resident of the Bloomfield Township Animal Shelter. She was known to greet visitors of the shelter at the front desk. Cleo was released from the Bloomfield Township Animal Shelter into the wild last November.

them to a barn or something,” Gallagher said. “We try to adopt out every cat we get. ... We usually give them to barns, but no one wanted to adopt them. No barns wanted them.”

Soon after, he learned an animal welfare officer had captured the animals from the center’s cat room and released them Nov. 29 in the township’s Department of Public Works Pontiac Annex, a piece of property near Telegraph and Golf.

The animal welfare officer reportedly used a live trap to catch two of the feral cats in the center’s cat room. But in the process, Gallagher said, unbeknownst to the animal welfare officer, Cleo entered the cat room through an open door and later made her way into the live trap.

Because all of the cats are black, Gallagher said, the animal welfare officer simply saw three black cats were captured and didn’t realize Cleo was in the trap when the trap was released.

The animal welfare officer only realized what happened after a volunteer asked where Cleo was, the officer and immediately reported it to a supervisor. The third feral cat

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Shelter

was released separately at the same location the same day, Gallagher said.

“We sent (the officer) back up there to try to find them, and, unfortunately, (staff) can’t,” Gallagher said. “So we tried to feed them all winter long, per the law.”

Township officials also reported the incident to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, which handles the township’s licensing, and spoke to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for guidance.

“When we called the DNR and MDARD, they actually told us, ‘Those cats were your property, and you can release them if you want, as long as during the lean months you provide food and water.’ Again, that’s not what our plan was. It was a terrible decision. (The animal welfare officer) should have run it by us, but didn’t.”

After conducting an investigation, Gallagher said the animal welfare officer was disciplined, ordered to complete additional training and was written up.

He said the release of the cats was “a bad

judgment call” made by a “good employee.”

“Let me be clear. It’s not a mistake that should have happened. I understand how it happened, but it shouldn’t have happened,” he said. “Unfortunately, (the staff member) made a big mistake, and we did an investigation. We held (the staff member) responsible for it and did as much as we could internally. … At some point, we just have to move on and make sure these mistakes don’t happen again.”

Since then, Gallagher said, they have stopped taking in feral cats.

“Per DNR rules and laws, cats born in the wild are wild animals, so if they are a nuisance for a homeowner or a neighborhood, we will help them and guide them on what to do, but we stopped taking them in,” he said. “My cat shelter, at one point, was overflowing.”

The township has also tightened up the shelter’s policies in response to the incident and had its employees undergo more training.

“We have to go backwards from the outcome to see how to fix it. Following our policy is how we fix it, and making sure that when we know we have these animals in our shelter for too long, there has to be a plan …

Now, if we don’t have an animal relocated in 14 days, the supervisors in charge of the shelter need to know about it, and, at that point, we have to make a decision on what to do with it,” whether that is someone to adopt it, a barn to release to, or put it down. He said it all depends on the circumstances, the animal, etc.

Gallagher said his staff makes “every effort” to get the animals in the shelter adopted.

The Bloomfield Township Animal

Shelter is staffed 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week. The shelter can be reached directly at (248) 433-7757 or email animalshelter@ bloomfieldtwp.org.

To report a lost or found pet, for animal complaints about domestic animals or wildlife, or to report a deceased animal, call the Bloomfield Township Police Department 24/7 via the non-emergency line, (248) 4337755.

Call Staff Writer Mary Beth Almond at (586) 498-1060.

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Birmingham Family YMCA

Evolving to Better Serve the Community

Understanding that change is constant; the Birmingham Family YMCA is proactively pursuing a partnership with the City of Birmingham and Birmingham Next to remain relevant and adapt its legacy of providing programs that enrich the lives of all ages, from cradle through career through retirement years to meet 21stcentury human needs in new ways and improved environments. What that looks like is still developing. “We look forward to working with the city ofcials and the Birmingham community to create this future together as we navigate the transformation of our current home located at 400 E. Lincoln St., said Kelly Stubbe, Executive Director of the Birmingham Family YMCA.

Stubbe shared a few YMCA program highlights. The Y’s signature summer camp is in full operation, helping stop the summer learning slide by incorporating math and reading in fun ways into campers’ daily schedules,” Stubbe said, adding, “We see 150 kids weekly and about 300 individual campers throughout the summer. “

Stubbe also shared that group exercise classes, including popular Les Mills classes like Body Pump, are free with a YMCA membership. Members enjoy over 30 diferent classes weekly, from Yoga to Swimming. In addition, the wellness center is outftted with equipment for every muscle group.

Another member beneft is that child watch is provided for free, enabling families with young children to participate in the exercise regime of their choice, knowing their children are cared for by qualifed staf.

The YMCA even operates a unique program for cancer survivors: LiveStrong, which will be launched at the Birmingham Y in the fall of 2024. This program provides a free Y membership and guided physical exercise training by certifed ftness instructors. Lastly, one of the most notable YMCA programs is the aquatics program, the home of the nationally recognized Birmingham Blue Dolphins for decades, coached by Kevin Fogarty for 46 years.

Visit the Birmingham YMCA today and mention this article to receive a free guest pass. Just in time for the Olympics, when you join by July 31, you will receive 33% of your frst month to celebrate the XXXIII Summer Olympics.

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maintained east and west of the culvert, but the road is completely closed at the culvert, which is located just east of Eastways Road.

Bryson said the project should be complete and Long Lake Road re-opened by Aug. 16, in time for Dream Cruise weekend.

But the work doesn’t stop there.

Starting around Aug. 19, the Road Commission will close Eastways Road to through traffic from Long Lake Road to Square Lake Road to replace a second 70-year-old culvert under Eastways that also carries the tributary to the Rouge River.

“There is a lifespan on these kinds of culverts — metal culverts — and eventually they rust and deteriorate. We inspect them on a regular basis to monitor that, and recent inspections indicated both of them were starting to deteriorate, which is to be expected when they get beyond 50 years or so. It’s not a surprise that they are at the end of their useful life, and we want to get them replaced before they get to the point where there is any danger of them collapsing — they are not at that point now, but we want to get them before they get to that point,” Bryson said.

During the Eastways Road closure, the detour will be Long Lake Road to Squirrel Road to East Square Lake Road, back to Eastways Road and vice versa. Access to homes will be maintained north and south of the closure.

Both projects are funded by the Road Commission and combined cost approximately $903,000 from the Road Commission’s general operating fund.

“Our general operating funds are generated from the state gas tax and vehicle registration fees, primarily,” Bryson said.

Both culverts are being replaced by DiPonio Contracting Inc. of Shelby Township.

Bryson said this segment of Long Lake Road carries approximately 9,900 vehicles daily, and Eastways Road carries approximately 4,500 vehicles daily.

“It’s a key access point for a lot of neighborhoods both east and west of there,” he explained. “We appreciate the public’s patience while we get this replaced and get a nice new culvert that should last, hopefully, another 70 years.”

For more information on the project, visit the Long Lake Road and Eastways Road culvert replacements, page in the “Road Projects” section of the Road Commission website, www.rcocweb.org, email dcsmail@

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Long Lake Road, between Eastways and Squirrel roads, is closed for construction. During the Eastways Road closure, the detour will be Long Lake Road to Squirrel Road to East Square Lake Road, back to Eastways Road and vice versa.

THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP

DRIVES THIS AUSTIN-HEALEY

BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com

METRO DETROIT — It didn’t take long for David White and Dan Heming to become friends for life.

From the moment they met in 1968 as student naval aviators in the U.S. Navy, they formed an immediate bond when stationed in Pensacola, Florida, and Meridian, Mississippi.

“He was in another squadron. We were flying the same airplane, a T-34. It’s a primary trainer,” White said. “He was going through his battles to get the grades to move forward, and so was I. It’s a pretty rigorous environment.”

White, a Michigan State University graduate, and Heming, a University of Michigan graduate, lost touch for a while after leaving the service, but soon reconnected.

“I was out at the Pontiac Airport after we both left the service, and there he was,” White, of Bloomfield Township, said. “This was about 1972, and the bond was re-created instantly.”

Sadly, Heming died a few years ago at age 76.

“We went through some really tight situations together. He saved me from falling off the side of a mountain one time. We’ve had some really on-the-edge experiences, and it built a bond,” White said. “It’s the purest measure of friendship. When I think of him — a very generous man.”

Over the years, both men married and started families, but they continued their friendship, often cruising in Heming’s 1956 Austin-Healey. The British sports car maker was established in 1952 through a joint venture between the Austin division of the British Motor Corp. and the Donald Healey Motor Co. Many of Heming and White’s leisure drives in the Austin-Healey were in Milford.

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LEFT: David White, of Bloomfield Township, inherited his 1956 Austin-Healey from his friend Dan Heming.

Photos by Erin Sanchez

ABOVE: White, left, was the best man in Dan Heming’s wedding. The two met in 1968 while serving in the U.S. Navy.

LEFT: While holding up his book “Tall Air,” White stands next to the Austin-Healey he inherited from Dan Heming.

up his book “Tall Air,” the Austin-Healey he

Austin-Healey

“We’d just look around, have a coffee, get waves from people,” White said. “Sometimes we’d go out to the state parks. We were bikers and hikers at the time. Two good friends that would just enjoy the day.”

White also remembers traveling to Wisconsin when the car was going through an engine modification.

“We went on the ferry and across the lake. I remember the first test drive we took. The car hadn’t been completed. The guy that was working on it said, ‘Hey, take it for a drive,’” White said. “We’re hauling down the road somewhere in Wisconsin. He was pushing it to the limit and I was going, ‘Whoa, whoa. You’re going a little too fast for me.’ We finally got back to the garage. As he was getting out of the car, he pulled up on the steering wheel and it came right off it. We both went, ‘Holy smokes.’”

Heming owned an Austin-Healey while in college but sold it when he entered the Navy. Years later, he bought the 1956 Austin-Healey, which “brought back memories of his college days and also some of the things that happened in the Navy,” White said.

Heming’s friendship also left an impact on White’s wife of 54 years, Ann White.

“There were a lot of late evenings on the patio in the back and a fair amount of Scotch,” Ann White said of the pair.

“And cigars,” White said.

White is now taking care of the Austin-Healey. When Heming died a few years ago, he willed the car to his Navy pal. It took White some time to get used to the idea of having the car. At first, he didn’t want to drive the convertible because “it was Dan’s car.”

“It sat in his garage for quite a while after he passed away,” Ann White said. “It took Dave a while to make it OK in his head.”

But he has since carried on Heming’s love for the automobile. A novice to the Austin-Healey, White learned everything he could about the car, “from servicing the vehicle to the right fluids you use.” When he first brought it home,

Ann White drove very closely in front of White, who was following in the Austin-Healey.

“I hop in the car, start the car up and I’m driving from Milford to Birmingham,” White said. “And it’s getting dark.”

White then turned on a switch he thought were the headlights, but nothing happened.

“I can’t even turn the headlights on,” he said. “We finally got home. It took me another day to figure out the English have a way of pulling it out and then turning it to the right. I thought I had done that, but I apparently didn’t.”

The restored vehicle is a 100-6 two-seater roadster model. The classic car has a 6-cylinder engine paired with an upgraded 5-speed manual transmission. It is paired in what White calls a “mesmerizing custom green/blue exterior, gleaming chrome with the impeccable condition of luxurious black upholstery interior. A true gem in every sense.”

White often takes the car out for drives on Saturday and Sunday mornings. He’s met up with a local AustinHealey group a few times. He also likes to drive the English car through Bloomfield Hills, sometimes with his wife by his side.

“There are some neat roads that go on forever. I drive it just for the pure pleasure when I can,” said White, who misses his friend. “I thank him every time I drive.”

During his lifetime, Heming became a commercial pilot for USAir. He also flew for Roger Penske. White worked in advertising, started his own marketing company and also is a published author of two books — “Tall Air” and “True Blue” — under the name D Stuart White.

David White did not know how to drive the convertible at first, but has since learned all he can about the car.

Photo by Erin Sanchez

It will be the first major transformation in Detroit Golf Club’s storied history, and the finished product is expected to captivate the 2026 RMC crowd, when the North Course is set to be completed.

Areas of focus for the club are upgrades to its 30-year-old irrigation system, reshaping and rebuilding greens, adding bunkers and tees, removing trees, and improvements to the club’s drainage, which has been a massive area of concern. Pricer said the club’s future was potentially in jeopardy without the passing of the project.

“I think it would be really hard to maintain this course in the next three to five years,” Pricer said. “What that looks like is just more time that the course is closed because we can’t get it in a place to be able to play. Do I believe that there could come a point where we would have failure of systems? Yes. On the irrigation side, the irrigation is 30 years old. We’re buying parts off-market because you can’t buy these parts anymore direct from the dealers. There’s kind of an end of life situation we have to look around and say, while not every aspect of the golf course is at the end of life, there’s enough parts that show that if we don’t do something, that we’re going to have some serious trouble.”

The iconic pond in front of the 14th green with the RMC sponsor signage is also expected to be removed and replaced by two large bunkers.

Over the RMC’s tenure at Detroit Golf Club, weather delays have been a consistent issue for the course, but it extends far beyond the weeklong PGA tournament.

In comparison to how an Oakland Hills Country Club can drain water at nearly 20 inches an hour, Detroit Golf Club sits more near 6-7 inches an hour of drainage. According to Pricer, the ongoing issue became too significant to be overlooked.

“We’ve been sort of piecemealing the problem for at least five or six years,” Pricer said. “Strategically and as club fiduciaries, we realize that having weather events is going to greatly decrease our ability to provide the club to our memberships as they expect it.

very well, especially when the change is hitting their pocketbook,” Pricer said. “I think it’s normal for some percentage of people to say they don’t want it, but there’s a broad base of support for the project. I’ve had members that voted no come up to me since the vote, and they literally apologized to me on the driving range, and they told me that they totally understand now why we need to do this project. I’m not saying that it’s 20 people, but it’s been a handful of people. If five or six people are telling me that, and I’m just one person of many at the club, I would bet others are hearing it from other friends of friends who are in the club that were mostly against the project.”

When that golf course shuts down, we lose revenue.”

Leading the renovation project is Philidelphia-based architect Tyler Rae, who specializes in restoring Donald Ross-designed golf courses like Detroit Golf Club.

In 2023, Rae won Golf Digest’s 2023 Restoration of the Year award for his work on the Lookout Mountain Club in Georgia and received third for his restoration of the Wampanoag Country Club in Connecticut, a Donald Ross course.

“Tyler specializes in restorations of Ross courses, and a huge part of the emphasis was restoring it back to a lot of the original Ross design,” Pricer said. “Everyone asks us if we’re going to take all the trees out like Oakland (Hills), and the answer is no. We’re going to take trees out, but we’re also going to plant trees. One of the things that I really didn’t understand until I became immersed in this project was when you put fertilizer down on a golf course, trees grow faster than they’re expected to, and they grow in ways that you didn’t expect them to grow. They start impeding on the course, and one would say that trees are pretty. Yes, they are, but it creates issues for growing grass.”

Regardless of how well someone’s work speaks for themselves in Rae’s case, bringing on a different look can be tough for members to accept, as is being unable to play the course for two weeks because of the RMC tournament.

Bloomfeld Township Public Library

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Bloomfeld Township Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a Public Hearing on the preliminary 2025/2026 budget at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at the Bloomfeld Township Public Library, 1099 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfeld Township, Michigan. Copies of the preliminary budget may be obtained at the Bloomfeld Township Public Library on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Dani Gillman, President Bloomfeld Township Public Library Board of Trustees

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The Detroit Golf Club realized this when member voting concluded for the renovation project on March 16, leaving the approval rating at 57 percent.

Funding via membership is based on an equity assessment with full Class A members paying the full $5,760 assessment and a monthly dues of $170 and seniors, juniors and immediate or social members paying based on membership details.

“A lot of people don’t deal with change

From the perspective of El Ryans, who’s been a member of the club since 2011, the project became more of a necessity than a burden to members.

“It’s a lot in terms of expense, but infrastructure is so important,” Ryans said. “I don’t care what it is, whether it’s your city, your state, your country, or your golf club, you got to have infrastructure, because without infrastructure, it just collapses and gets worse.”

Ryans and his wife were often visitors to East Lake Golf Club, located in Atlanta

See GOLF on page 23A

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD

SUMMARY OF JULY 2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETINGS

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD

The Bloom eld Township Board of Trustees held two regular meetings on Monday, July 8th and Monday, July 22nd at 7:00 p.m.

SUMMARY OF JULY2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETINGS

The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees held two regular meetings on Monday, July 8th and Monday, July 22nd at 7:00 p.m.

A full synopsis of each meeting is posted and available on the Legal Notices webpage on the Township website and in the Clerk’s Of ce for public viewing. Meetings are also televised live by Bloom eld Community Television (“BCTV”) on Comcast’s channel fteen for Bloom eld Township and Bloom eld Hills residents. Recordings can be viewed on BCTV’s YouTube account.

A full synopsis of each meeting is posted and available on the Legal Notices webpage on the Township website and in the Clerk’s Office for public viewing. Meetings are also televised live by Bloomfield Community Television (“BCTV”) on Comcast’s channel fifteenfor Bloomfield Township and Bloomfield Hills residents. Recordings can be viewed on BCTV’s YouTube account.

The Quick Response (“QR”) codes can be utilized to view the Board meetings and supporting documents, or visit the Township website at www.bloom eldtwp.org. Please call the Clerk’s Of ce at 248-433-7702 if you have any questions.

The Quick Response (“QR”) codescan be utilized to view the Board meetings and supporting documents, or visit the Township website at www.bloomfieldtwp.org Please call the Clerk’s Office at 248-433-7702 if you have any questions

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Photo provided by Detroit Golf Club

This rendering shows an overview of what the 14th hole at Detroit Golf Club is projected to look like after the 2025 renovation and restoration led by architect Tyler Rae.

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RECYCLING COMMON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS MIGHT HELP YOUR GARDEN FLOURISH

BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com

METRO DETROIT — Did you just move and have an excessive number of cardboard boxes around?

Rather than putting the boxes in the recycling bin, you can put them to good use in your own backyard. If you’re a gardener, many common household recyclable items have uses. From pie pans to cardboard boxes, repurposing these items can save you a trip to the store and help you recycle in a more direct way.

Cardboard can be an easy way to create a weed barrier that allows moisture to get in. To do this, flatten the boxes in the area you want to make a garden bed. Put water on the cardboard and put topsoil over it. Once this is set, start planting.

“Cardboard suppresses weeds by blocking sunlight and helps retain moisture in the soil, reducing the need for frequent watering,” Brian McDaid, of Eagle Dumpster Rental, said in a press release. “It breaks down naturally over time, enriching the soil with organic matter and improving its structure. This method also recycles cardboard that might otherwise end up in a landfill.”

Newspapers can serve a similar purpose. If you’re reading a paper copy of this story, we recommend you finish before you try out this method. Much like cardboard, newspaper can be used as a biodegradable weed barrier. Make sure the newspaper isn’t glossy and is free of any heavy inks. For instance, this paper would be just fine to use. You’ll need five layers to make this work, according to McDaid. Then lightly dampen the layers and add a covering of topsoil.

Caitlin Splawski, Michigan State University Extension consumer horticulture educator, cautioned those using newspaper and cardboard. For cardboard in particular, she said not to use pieces with a glossy finish and to remove all tape. She said opinions are split about using the materials, since it can cause a spike of carbon in the soil that may need to be balanced by adding nitrogen. Though, she said this lacks definitive research.

“It can affect gas exchange and water percolation into the soil in the short term,” Splawski said. “In the medium term, it can

add a lot of carbon to the soil. If you don’t have the proper nutrition with fertilizer added in, that can cause some nutrient imbalances if that’s not addressed.”

She advised using more organic material like pine needles, straw and composted wood chips for a flower bed barrier.

Gardener Kelly Colegio, a former Warren City Council member who helped form the city’s community garden, said there are many items you can use to improve your garden.

“Anything you can imagine,” Colegio said.

In the kitchen, she said, old pie pans can be tied to rattle when a critter tries to find a snack from the garden. Pots can be used as a bird bath. Old teacups can be used as bird feeders. Jars can be repurposed for seeds. Old bread ties can be used in place of zip ties. Old plastic tubs can help as a container for picking berries.

Splawski said plastic containers can be used for many purposes but said sanitizing them with dish soap and water before use is important. Reusing potting containers may need more care. Plant diseases and pests can sometimes survive a normal wash, so using a bleach solution may be required. According to an Iowa State University article that Splawski provided, soak the container in a solution made up of one part bleach and nine parts water for 10 minutes and rinse. Be careful to protect your skin and clothes from the solution.

Colegio said she picked up many of these DIY methods from her mother, who passed away in 2019.

“I learned that you don’t have to buy a lot if you can just figure out how to repurpose what you have,” Colegio said.

She traced her mother’s thrifty outlook to her grandmother, who did these things out of necessity during the Great Depression. Some of these methods, like canning, could be utilized now to reduce waste, according to Colegio.

“Their mindset was different,” she said. “Perhaps not because they were looking to go green; they did it out of necessity. If we could go back and look at some of their practices of self-sustainability, a lot of them were green.”

Colegio said old nylons or old strips

of shirts can be used to prop up plants. Old clothes can be put to use on a homemade scarecrow.

Even larger items like an old sink or a washtub can be used as a planter. Colegio uses an old mailbox as storage for gardening tools.

Splawski said old plastic milk containers can be used for winter sowing. She said some plants have a dormancy mechanism. By starting the seeds outside in a jug, it can make the seeds go through their natural cycle and promote growth.

“A lot of folks swear by it as the way to get — especially native plant — seeds started,” Splawski said.

“If you look at something, and you really look at it for a while, you can find a use

for it out in the garden,” Colegio said.

McDaid echoes this idea in the release.

“A home garden is all about sustainability and independence,” McDaid said. “By being sustainable in how you start and maintain your garden by using things that would otherwise be trash, you’ll have a better gardening experience. One that is cheaper, requires less trips to the store, and is genuinely healthy for your plants.”

Composting can also be a good way to recycle, but that could be an article all its own. Splawski recommends that those interested in composting visit canr.msu.edu/resources/ composting_a_smart_gardening_practice_ to_recycle_garden_and_yard_waste.

Call Staff Writer Nick Powers at (586) 498-1059.

TOP: Old teacups can be used as bird feeders. Shutterstock image

ABOVE: In the finished garden, soil covers the cardboard garden bed weed barrier.

LEFT: Cardboard can serve as a garden bed weed barrier.

Photos provided by Kristen Doetzkies

or Michigan, for that matter,” Nicole Hartje, mother of Elle Hartje, said. “She wanted to take a lot of pride in being from Detroit.”

Hartje dominated throughout her tenure with the Bulldogs, breaking the singleseason assist record (35) her sophomore year, rebreaking it with 39 her junior season, and becoming the school’s all-time career assist (116) and points (168) leader.

The accolades quickly added up for Hartje as she was named Ivy League Player of the Year in 2023, two-time All-Ivy and three-time Eastern College Athletic Conference honoree, and the Mandi Schwartz Scholar Athlete Award winner for demonstrating leadership excellence on the ice, in the classroom, and in the community.

You could go on for hours recognizing Hartje for the various achievements she received while at Yale, but none is bigger than being able to pursue a career in the sport she always loved.

“I never thought that I would be here post-college with being able to play hockey and do the thing that I love,” Hartje said. “It means a lot that this is a possibility now for every girl going into college that loves hockey and wants to keep playing.”

A family of Ivy League graduates with her mother (Nicole) and father (Tod) both attending Harvard University, Hartje attended Yale with life after college more focused on her career field than hockey.

Professional women’s hockey has gained significant traction over the years, but the turmoil between the Premier Hockey Federation and the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association seemed to shelve the sport’s popularity at times.

Now under new ownership with the Mark Walter Group, who is part-owner and chairman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the

newly formed Professional Women’s Hockey League, founded in 2023, is hoping to take women’s hockey to the next level.

For Hartje, it was more about seeing someone in a similar position as her take that next step, and the PWHL Montreal forward, who played at Yale, was just the person.

“She (Dalton) was sort of someone that I looked up to and sort of admired and was always close with, so my junior year when she decided to take that route, and now the PHF merged and she’s in the PWHL with Montreal, so I was able to have someone to look up to who was in a similar position as me,” Hartje said.

Things got difficult quickly for Hartje at Yale as a 25-point freshman season ended with the young skater nursing a broken leg.

As she was rehabbing and eager to get back on the ice, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and the hockey season was severely in jeopardy.

So Hartje, whose grandparents are from Slovakia, turned to her roots and joined the European Women’s Hockey League as a member of SKP Bratislava.

“My mom and my grandma and grandpa, who are from Slovakia, sort of tossed that out there as an idea of just going to play there for a year,” Hartje said. “They were huge in facilitating that. I don’t speak Slovak, so my grandma and grandpa reached out to the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation and got the ball rolling on that, and I thought it would be great.”

Hartje’s father, who played in the Soviet Championship League in 1990, was also a shoulder to lean on in regards to what hockey abroad is all about and how to transition.

The 1990 Soviet Union isn’t really a comparison to modern day Slovakia, but it was still the kind of advice Hartje said she needed to hear.

Once she returned her sophomore year,

fresh off a year abroad, Hartje came back stronger, faster, and more determined than ever.

“Hockey-wise, it was huge for my development,” Hartje said. “I got back sophomore year and exploded in the college scene because I did a lot of learning and growth while I was there. There was a time difference, so I wasn’t in contact with my friends here as much. It was a little bit isolating, but I had to become my own advocate and my own coach for my development.”

Hartje’s 51 points her sophomore year were the most points for a Bulldogs player in 38 years while finishing as a finalist for Eastern College Athletic Conference Forward of the Year, leading in the ECAC in points per game.

Yale would reach the Frozen Four in 2022, earning revenge on Colgate after falling to them a week prior and earning a matchup with The Ohio State University.

“We won that game against Colgate in overtime,” Hartje said. “My best friend, Tess Dettling, scored, and she was also my linemate. Colgate had beat us the week before in our barn for the ECAC postseason title in overtime, so the next weekend we went there and beat them in overtime to make the Frozen Four. That was just something where the hockey gods wrote the story, and nobody expected us to make the Frozen Four.”

PWHL New York finished last in the league, which is made up of six teams, but Hartje will have a chance to be a part of the team’s turnaround this year.

Nicole Hartje said she plans on attending as many games as possible this year, but Hartje will also have a massive fanbase watching her at home if the PWHL Draft was any indication as Hartje’s family was there live to cheer on her selection.

“I think on the TV feed you can hear them screaming because they were so excited for her,” Nicole Hartje said. “She had a big fanbase there. It was really fantastic.”

Yale University captain Elle Hartje controls the puck during a game earlier this year.

Photo provided by Nicole Hartje

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and home of the The Tour Championship as part of the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup.

“I was marveling at the amenities of the club (at East Lake), and this is what my wife said that really put it into perspective, and I think we’d only done three PGA events at the time (at Detroit Golf Club), and she said how these guys (at East Lake) had been doing it for 40-60 (years),” Ryans said. “She was like, ‘If we had 40-60 PGA events, just imagine how our club would look.’ I think what that taught me was that when you can count on revenue from a tournament, you can do a lot more planning and a lot more amenities.”

Courtesy of the RMC and its assistance in helping membership numbers skyrocket, Detroit Golf Club last year concluded a massive in-house renovation to its clubhouse and various amenities.

Amenities currently offered at Detroit Golf Club include tennis courts, pickleball, an adult and child pool, dining experiences, a wine club, and family-oriented activities as well.

“We renovated the Champion’s Grille, which essentially is a gathering place after golf, before golf, and breakfast in the morning,” Pricer said. “It’s a full utility space for our members to enjoy. There’s dining up there. It’s not formal dining, but it’s what I would call limited dining up there. We also finished the women’s locker room. It might be one of the nicest women’s locker rooms in the state of Michigan. We did that for a lot of reasons. People would say, ‘Oh, why would you spend money on that,’ but if you think about the perspective of banquets,

showers and weddings, the product that we have now is very attractive to women who want to get ready up there and prepare for one of their events. The third aspect was fire suppression and safety for the club. We had some things going on with our water pressure, and we recognized that we needed to improve the ability to get the pressure up.”

It was money well spent for Detroit Golf Club, as Pricer said weddings and events have seen an increase over the last year.

“It would be hard for me to quote an exact change, but I do notice when I’m here that they’re busy,” Pricer said. “Our banquet team, who deals with all that stuff, is very busy. I would say it’s been a growing revenue source for us as a club. I think the answer is yes. It doesn’t hurt when you have TV coverage for four or five days straight, and media coverage for a week and a half straight, around the Rocket Mortgage. This is a little gem that’s tucked around Seven Mile and Woodward that people know more about now than they ever knew about it.”

With more renovations and more exposure from the tournament, it wouldn’t be a surprise to anyone if Detroit Golf Club is back at over 800 members fairly soon.

If one thing’s for certain, young golfers are now becoming members, and it’s a welcome change for the club,

“The club was trending in the right direction, but slowly,” Ryans said. “Right when the Rocket Mortgage came in, a lot of real golfers, young guys, have started joining the club, and that’s a good thing. I saw an increase in younger membership and increase in, what I call, real golfers, like people who have played in college. I’d say families as well.”

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

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The caller said the man’s credit card had been used at a Costco in China and that the charges on the card had not been paid. The Troy man stated he had not been to China in years, and the caller told him he needed to make a report with police in China to document the fraud, and the caller transferred him, supposedly to the Chinese police.

The Troy resident then spoke with a man who said a report would be taken via Zoom. The Troy man spoke with a subject wearing a full police uniform who asked him questions about the incident. The subject then told the Troy man he was a suspect in a multi-million dollar theft by an international crime organization involved with the kidnapping of children.

The Troy man was transferred to a “case supervisor,” who contacted him daily. He was asked to transfer $115,000 to a Wells Fargo bank account and then was asked to transfer additional money to hold for his bail during the investigation.

Fake PayPal rep attempts fraudulent transaction

TROY — A resident on Hamman Drive reported June 11 that he received an email that he thought was from PayPal about a recent charge on his account.

He googled a phone number for PayPal and called the number that came up. The victim spoke with an unknown woman, who stated PayPal would give him a refund and to type the amount of $400 into the refund box, but when he did, it turned into $40,000.

The victim was then instructed to go to his bank and complete a wire transfer for the $40,000. When he arrived at his bank, the suspect told him not to tell the bank employees it was for PayPal. The victim realized it was a scam and hung up.

Customer spits at Wendy’s drive-thru

TROY — A customer reportedly caused a disturbance at the Wendy’s at 3995 Rochester Road at 5:14 p.m. June 20 due to some issues with a credit card machine.

Officers found the customer standing at the drive-thru window yelling toward the inside of the building at the employees.

Officers spoke to the customer, a 37-year-old man from Sumter, South Carolina, who initially stated nothing had happened to cause a police response.

subject was upset over the credit card machine being down. They said he eventually approached the drive-thru window on foot and began yelling at the employees before spitting at the employee at the window. The employee closed the window, and the customer allegedly tried to open it and spit again, at which point police arrived.

When asked if he had spit at the employee, the man denied it, but he admitted to spitting at the drive-thru window.

He was arrested and transported to the Troy police lockup, where he was issued a citation for assault and battery.

Obscene images found painted at Troy Athens High School

TROY — A Troy Athens High School employee reported that an unknown suspect spray painted obscene images onto the outside and inside of the girls’ softball dugout and two of the home plates on the field, located at 4333 John R Road. The incident reportedly happened between 2:30 p.m. June 21 and 7:30 a.m. June 25, according to a police report.

Victim reports compromised Social Security account

TROY — A Troy resident reported June 17 that he had failed to receive his expected monthly Social Security check.

He checked online and discovered that the check had been issued and then deposited into a bank account that does not belong to him after someone fraudulently accessed his Social Security account and changed his information.

Hundreds of dollars of Nike items stolen from store

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Police were dispatched to a sporting goods store in the 2100 block of South Telegraph Road for a retail fraud at approximately 7:30 p.m. June 29. Employees stated that at approximately 7 p.m. three females entered the store and placed several Nike apparel items into their shopping cart before walking out without paying for them. Around $400-$600 worth of goods were stolen. Police were investigating.

Facebook marketplace exchange turns into unarmed robbery

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Bloomfield Township Police Department was dispatched to a market in the 1500 block of South Opdyke Road for

imately 11:30 a.m. June 30.

The victim had posted her Apple iPhone 15 for sale on Facebook Marketplace and was supposed to meet the buyer at a grocery store in the area to make the exchange. The buyer arrived and began to bargain the price down. When the victim stated that the price was firm, the buyer allegedly grabbed the phone from the victim’s hand and ran away with it.

The victim and officers canvassed the area but were unable to locate the suspect.

The case was assigned to the Bloomfield Township investigations divisions.

Laundry detergent, diaper stolen from store

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Police were dispatched to a grocery store in the 3600 block of West Maple Road for a retail fraud at approximately 3:30 p.m. June 26. Employees said two men and a woman pushed a shopping cart full of liquid Tide laundry detergent and diapers out of the store without paying for them. It is believed there were approximately 10 containers of detergent and 10 packages of diapers in the cart. The estimated total loss is $500. Police were investigating.

Purse stolen after car accident

SOUTHFIELD — A witness saw two vehicles get into an accident around 3:37 p.m. July 1 in the 20000 block of Southfield Road.

One of the individuals involved in the accident began yelling at the other. The witness then saw one of the parties reach into the other’s vehicle and steal a purse containing an iPhone and wallet.

Officers recover stolen vehicles with the help of trackers

SOUTHFIELD — At 1:42 a.m. July 2, officers arrived at a business in the 20000 block of Telegraph Road after four individuals broke in and stole multiple vehicles. Police recovered all of the vehicles thanks to the owner’s trackers on the cars.

Water gun stolen SOUTHFIELD — At 9:04 p.m. July 7, a complainant reported that his water gun was stolen from his home in the 18000 block of Jeanette Street.

Motorcycle chase terminated due to pedestrian traffic downtown

FARMINGTON — An officer saw a motorcycle

The motorcycle was described as a red and black sports-bike style motorcycle. The case was forwarded to the detective bureau for further investigation.

Man cited for CPL violation at bar FARMINGTON — Police were dispatched to a local bar regarding a man with a firearm on his hip drinking in the business. Officers

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