8/29/24 Rochester Post

If a millage proposal passes, officials said, the county parks department plans to enter into a partnership with Rochester Hills to develop Eugene

Oakland County proposes parks millage hike on November ballot

BY

KATHRYN PENTIUK AND MARY BETH ALMOND kpentiuk@candgnews.com, malmond@candgnews.com

OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland County voters will see an Oakland County Parks millage proposal on the ballot this Nov. 5.

In a bipartisan vote at the July 18 meeting, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted 16-3 to approve a resolution to place a millage proposal on the general

election ballot.

NOWICKI PARK COULD SEE UPGRADES, OFFICIALS SAY

“My reservations are raising the tax 70% and making it a 20-year tax instead of 10 year. I’m absolutely outraged that they would do that. It’s not good government. It’s irresponsible, and if they want to promote that to the public, they need to put in the headline, ‘this is 70% tax increase,’” Oakland County Commissioner Bob Hoffman said of his no vote. Commissioners Michael Spisz and Karen Joliat also

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Sheriff: ‘This is one of the most disturbing sexual predator cases I have seen’

ROCHESTER HILLS DOCTOR CHARGED FOR RECORDING NUDE ADULTS, CHILDREN

BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com

ROCHESTER HILLS — A Rochester Hills doctor has been arrested after authorities discovered thousands of nude photos and videos of children and adults taken while the victims were changing at Goldfish Swim School, in hospitals, in changing areas, and in various other locations over at least the past six years.

“This individual is potentially one of the worst I’ve ever seen, because there is no particular category — it’s not just children. It’s not just women. It’s not just men. It goes from a 2-year-old

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S. Nowicki Park.

Photo by Erin Sanchez

ART AND APPLES

FESTIVAL DRAWS NEAR

BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com

ROCHESTER — Families and friends can enjoy a weekend of fun for all ages during Paint Creek Center for the Arts’ annual Art and Apples Festival.

The festival, now in its 58th year, will return to Rochester Municipal Park Sept. 6-8.

“It’s not only a chance to enjoy the community — and one of the last chances before summer officially comes to a close — but it’s also a chance to see really high-quality artists,” said Shaun Hayes, the executive director of the Paint Creek Center for the Arts, which puts on the show. “A lot of artists go from state to state doing shows, but this one has really built up a following as being one of the best fine art shows in the country, so we draw a lot of artists

who you wouldn’t normally get to see in Michigan.”

The festival — with Genisys Credit Union as the presenting sponsor — is expected to draw a crowd of around 70,000 attendees over the three-day weekend.

The event serves as the PCCA’s signature fundraiser to support the nonprofit organization’s art classes for kids and adults, free art exhibitions, the Art Market exclusively featuring local Michigan artists’ work, summer camps, and community outreach through its Art Anywhere program.

“Paint Creek Center for the Arts is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, and Art and Apples not only serves as an opportunity for everybody in the community to come out to see great artists but also is our largest fundraiser of the year,” Hayes said. “Probably a little

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Court’s ruling on wages and sick time reverberates across region

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DETROIT

— A recent 4-3 ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court affecting the state’s laws governing minimum wage and sick time is sending shockwaves through many businesses, including the restaurant industry.

All workers will receive a pay bump to more than $12 an hour in 2025 with tipped workers gradually reaching $12 in 2029. The final amounts will be determined by the state’s treasurer. The current minimum wage is $10.33 and $3.93 for tipped workers.

All employees, including part-time and temporary workers, are entitled to paid sick leave. Every 30 hours an employee works generates one hour of paid sick leave. Employees get 72 hours paid sick time a year at large companies. However, employers with fewer than 10 employees need to only pay for 40 hours of sick leave a year.

These sweeping changes will go into effect Feb. 21, 2025. For some, it’s a step toward a living wage for workers. For others, it’s a

A member of the waitstaff at Streetside Seafood in Birmingham serves a guest.

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An artist works on a painting in his booth during a past Art and Apples Festival.

Photos by Taleen Markarian, provided by the Paint Creek Center for the Arts

over half of our revenue for the year comes from this event.”

A suggested $5 tax-deductible donation per person will be accepted at each entrance to the festival, with a portion of the donations being shared with the other nonprofits and community groups — including Pawsitive Changes Therapy Dogs, Rochester Community Concert Band, Sparkle Network, Rochester Area Youth Assistance and Disaster Relief at Work— who greet festival goers as they enter the park.

This year was a record year for artist applications to the juried show, according to Hayes, who said the PCCA received 444 applications, compared to last year’s 367, with 76 first-time applications. This year’s festival will welcome approximately 270 artists from across the nation who will display and sell their work in 16 fine art mediums — including ceramics, digital art, drawing, textiles, glass, printmaking, jewelry, metal, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture, wood and more.

“It’s the most we’ve had since before the pandemic, as far as the number of artists that we have coming,” Hayes said.

Rochester Hills-based husband and wife artists Kelly Lyons and John Lucassian, of Lucky Bunny Arts, are returning to Arts and Apples 2024 with their small batch and one-of-a-kind ceramics designed to make people smile.

“We love to do our ‘hometown’ show. It’s great to see friends and neighbors — and meet new people in the community,” Lyons said in a statement.

Ceramic artist Carrie Bladecki, of Rochester, is also returning to the festival this year. Over the last three years, Bladecki said, she has fallen in love with the world of pottery and ceramic art, creating fairies, mermaids and other whimsical figurines, along with functional teapots and mugs.

“One day my husband said, ‘You should do a fairy garden’ — because I’ve always loved arts and crafts … so I decided to make him a fairy garden,” she said. “Three classes into my wheel class at the OPC (Older Persons’ Commission), COVID shut everything down, so I had to either quit or do something at home. So I got a wheel, a kiln and another wheel and created a studio in my basement, and that’s where I’ve been working since.”

The Art and Apples Festival will also feature live stage entertainment from community music and dance groups and local

musicians; food trucks, tents and restaurant pop-ups; the Meijer Kids Art Zone offering children’s art activities; and the Creation Station featuring live art-making demonstrations, including Ervin Glassworks.

The festival wouldn’t be complete without some delicious apple treats for sale — including old fashioned apples, apple pies, apple cider, apple cider doughnuts, apple

strudel, candied apples and more. Art and Apples will be open 2-7 p.m. Friday, Sept, 6; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7; and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, in Rochester Municipal Park. For more information, visit www.pccart.org/festival or call the PCCA at (248) 651-4110.

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

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CAMPING TRAILS FROM THE DUSTY ROADS OF THE SOUTHWEST TO THE ATLANTIC CITY BOARDWALK

In this week’s Behind the Wheel, Staff Writer Maria Allard shares memories of the camping trips across the country she took with her family as a kid. The photos were taken in slide form in 1979 when the family traveled out West.

BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com

METRO DETROIT — It was my first road trip, but I was a baby and don’t remember it.

At 6:15 a.m. on July 26, 1970, my family left our Warren home for a camping trip. The odometer read 40,313 miles and my parents had $497 in cash, plus a credit card. Destination: the California coast.

Every summer my parents, two older brothers and I camped. We’d load up, pile into our Plymouth station wagon and head for the open road with an atlas and state maps guiding us. This was before GPS. Altogether, we camped in 48 states — never made it to Alaska or Hawaii — and parts of Canada.

My dad would have lived in a campground all year if he could. Me, ugh, I hated camping. It was torture: the bugs, no room for my bike, and I missed my friends back home. But the worst part was no TV. That would be equivalent to being without an iPad or cellphone in today’s world.

Each vacation was planned out. We’d go out West, down South or just eastbound and down. We’d drive everywhere: big cities, the country, back roads, major highways. To pass the time, I read Mad Magazine and stayed on the lookout for Volkswagen Beetles.

I might have liked camping if we traveled in a cozy motorhome or shiny Airstream trailer. The first family trailer was basically a box on wheels. By the mid-1970s, my parents purchased a 1972 Apache pop-up trailer. It wasn’t one of those easy ones you crank and all the work is done. This trailer required all five of us to put it up and take it down. We’d all hold different poles and pieces of canvas until it was up. It always took forever.

My least favorite campgrounds were the primitive ones. But there were plenty of campgrounds we stayed at that had it all: a pool, game room, movie night, snack bar, laundromat, and gift shop. The KOA’s were always nice. Sometimes we’d end up at a state park.

With each camping trip — from the mid-1960s through the late 1980s — my parents kept a journal, which I still have. They jotted down the date, mileage, which city and state we were in, the weather, what time we awoke, and people we met. My parents also wrote brief paragraphs about the places we visited. For instance, during our 1974 trip to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon, we ran into boxing legend Joe Louis at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

“He said ‘I want to shake hands with these little ones,’” Mom wrote. “When we told him we were from Detroit, he said, ‘Say hello to Detroit for me.’ He looks good.”

Even though camping wasn’t my thing, I loved traveling. The trips that really came alive for me were California in ’77 and ’79, Virginia Beach in ’78, and our 1980 journey through Toronto, Montreal, upstate New York, New York City and Atlantic City.

TOP: One of our stops on our way to California.

ABOVE LEFT: The 1972 Apache pop-up trailer was how we saw the country many times.

ABOVE RIGHT: I believe this is Newport Beach, California. I loved the beach and still do.

LEFT: My family spent a day in Tijuana, Mexico. We drove from our camping site in southern California.

Photos provided by Maria Allard

boy to a grown woman,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said. “The victimization is so broad and the perversion so great that we’re just beginning to wrap our arms around it.”

Authorities were alerted Aug. 7 of potential criminal activity of Dr. Oumair Aejaz, 40 — a citizen of India, a physician, a married man and a father of two young children.

“The allegations were that he was engaged in activity, including but not limited to placing hidden cameras in changing rooms, video recording young children, as young as 2 years of age, all the way up to grown adults in different settings,” Bouchard said.

“The defendant’s wife produced materials that were concerning,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald added. “The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office immediately executed a search warrant and confiscated more devices and has sifted through really jarring, alarming images, and they’re still doing that.”

Authorities say Aejaz recorded sexual encounters he had with numerous women, with hospital patients who were either asleep or unconscious, and recorded relatives and strangers in the bathroom or while changing clothes.

Aejaz was arrested Aug. 8 at his Rochester Hills home and was arraigned Aug. 13 in 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills. He is charged with one count of child sexually abusive activity, four counts of capturing an image of an unclothed person and five counts of using a computer to commit a crime. At press time, he was being held in the Oakland County Jail on a $2 million bond.

The current charges, McDonald said, stem from incidents at Goldfish Swim School in Rochester, where Aejaz is alleged to have filmed two women and two children,

ages 2 and 4, in a changing area. Investigators believe the victims were filmed from a nearby changing stall. The child sexually abusive activity charge, according to authorities, involves an unidentified minor and is not related to the swim school incidents.

“He was not caught there. The victims were unaware. This was discovered on the hard drives that we were investigating,” Bouchard said. “The camera looks like it’s looking underneath into their changing room.”

In a statement posted on its social media page Aug. 20, Goldfish Swim School of Rochester said its staff was “shocked, angered and saddened to recently learn of the criminal activity of former member Oumair Aejaz within our school, along with many other locations in the greater community. To think that anyone would violate the privacy and trust of others, particularly vulnerable children, is inconceivable. While Aejaz has not been in our facility for months, we will do everything in our power to continue to cooperate with law enforcement as they, along with other public safety partners, hold him fully accountable for his actions. The safety of our students, families and team members are our top priority — this is not negotiable. We will continue to work with those affected to provide them the support needed during this time. If you, or anyone you know, has any information about Mr. Aejaz and any peculiar behavior, please reach out to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department at ocsosiu@oakgov.com. As this is an ongoing criminal investigation, we cannot elaborate further, in order to preserve the integrity of the investigation.”

Goldfish staff said families who are involved will be notified by law enforcement upon identification, adding that those identified have already been notified.

“We have unfortunately seen a lot of inaccurate reporting about the horrible situation involving the arrest of Oumair Aejaz, a

CRIME WATCH

Email threatening school harm investigated

ROCHESTER HILLS — A school resource officer was made aware of a threat directed at North Hill Elementary School at 10:41 a.m. July 22. The information given to the school resource officer was an email sent to multiple government agencies in Michigan.

The email, according to reports, stated that “explosive devices were placed at the school and the suspect was hiding in a classroom with a knife.” The suspect reportedly stated he would “trigger a device every 12 hours until Joe Biden goes on national television and denounces the illegitimate state of Israel.” The school resource officer found the email was sent from a Dark Net Email Exchange with an anonymous email.

The school resource officer checked the elementary school, with negative results. No children were present in the school as the building was under extensive construction for the summer months. Police said this is a repeat email sent to various schools. The Rochester Schools security liaison was updated on the incident.

Teens taken into custody after stealing from Lululemon

ROCHESTER HILLS — Deputies responded to the Lululemon store at 252 N. Adams Road for multiple subjects committing retail fraud at 7:15 p.m. July 26.

Upon arrival, a deputy met with store employees, who stated that the multiple subjects — who were known to them from prior retail frauds at the store — were seen grabbing items quickly and fleeing the store in a known vehicle.

A deputy in the area observed the vehicle driving away from the store and initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle, which accelerated away at a high rate of speed. The patrol vehicle made contact with the suspects’ vehicle and disabled it. A 17-year-old male passenger from Southfield exited the vehicle, and, after a brief struggle, was taken into custody. The other three suspects — an 18-year-old male from Southfield, a 16-yearold male from Dearborn Heights and a 15-year-old female from Detroit — were taken into custody without incident. The stolen items were recovered from the vehicle.

The Prosecutor’s Office is reviewing the case for possible charges.

Teens arrested with gun

ROCHESTER HILLS — Deputies were dispatched to a disabled car in the roadway on Rochester Road, near Drexelgate Parkway, at 1:10 a.m. July 26.

Upon arrival, they discovered the driver was unlicensed. A Glock handgun was found in the vehicle. Further investigation determined the handgun had been in the possession of the 18-year-old male occupant from Detroit. Deputies took custody of the occupants of the vehicle and the firearm.

The 18-year-old resident of Detroit was lodged in the Oakland County Jail for carrying a concealed weapon. The 17-year-old resident of Detroit was turned over to his mother, who picked him up at the Roches-

ter Hills Substation. The firearm was placed into the OCSO Property Room.

During the investigation it was discovered that the two individuals may have been involved in a larceny from automobile incident in Auburn Hills the prior night, where several individuals fled on foot. Auburn Hills was notified and was given the assistance they needed for their investigation.

Parents arrested for carrying concealed weapons

ROCHESTER HILLS — A deputy observed a man with a pistol inside his pants pocket walking into a gas station at 8:52 p.m. July 25.

The deputy made a stop on the vehicle, which was occupied by a 32-year-old man from Nevada, a 30-year-old woman from Nevada and an 8-year-old girl. Upon investigation, two pistols were recovered that were not registered to either adult occupant. According to reports, one firearm was hidden under the child. Deputies took custody of the adults and the firearms. Both adults were lodged at the Oakland County Jail. The child was turned over to her grandmother, who responded to the scene.

Police nab drunken driver with expired license plate

ROCHESTER — An officer on patrol in the area of Main and Romeo discovered the license plate of the vehicle traveling in front of the officer had expired Aug. 9.

The officer conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, observing signs of impairment. The driver failed field sobriety tasks and took a preliminary breath

test, with a result of a 0.17% blood alcohol content. The driver was lodged until sober and released pending the results of a blood test.

Customer caught stealing from store

ROCHESTER — An officer was dispatched to a local business for retail fraud that had occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m. Aug. 10. The business reported an item had been stolen by a customer who concealed it on their person. The officer made contact with the suspect, who returned the item. The suspect was issued a citation for a court date after the business indicated they wish to pursue criminal charges.

Drive caught on the road with suspended license

ROCHESTER — An officer on patrol in the area of Main and University observed a vehicle with a passenger side taillight out at approximately 2:18 a.m. Aug. 14. The officer conducted a traffic stop, and the driver did not have a license on them. The driver provided a name and date of birth, and a search indicated the driver had a suspended license. The driver was placed under arrest and was transported to the Rochester Police Department for processing. The driver was released with a citation.

— Mary Beth Almond

former member who has been charged with horrendous crimes spanning multiple facilities, cities, possibly states and countries. We want to clarify and reiterate that within the Goldfish facility, there was never a camera hidden affixed to any structures, restrooms or changing areas, or left behind. What we understand from law enforcement is this was not a case where cameras were affixed to or hidden in the Goldfish facility, but rather recordings were made by hidden recording equipment on the suspect’s person, and/or his belongings that he brought in and out of the facility when he came into our school for lessons. Unfortunately, no one would have known unless the suspect was physically searched,” the company stated. “Law enforcement has done a thorough sweep of our school to assure that there are no cameras hidden or affixed, and we continue to prioritize the safety and privacy of our members, team and guests with continuous facility checks, as we always have. We remain incredibly angered and saddened, not just for the Goldfish community but for everyone who this predator victimized over many

years in a multitude of jurisdictions.”

Bouchard said Aejaz had obviously been examining and researching cameras to a variety of surreptitious activity.

“It looks like he is using a variety of camera options, including something that may be accessible, maybe even controlled by a device, and some things may have been just his cellphone. That’s still a work in progress. There’s sometimes opportunistic moments when he does it, and other times when it looks like he has intentionally planned the moment.”

Investigators have confiscated six computers, four cellphones and 15 external storage devices, and they believe there are many other victims, who they are seeking to identify.

“Just one of the hard drives has 13,000 videos, so each one of them will have to be gone through to see if there is criminality or potential criminality in those videos, and the prosecution will determine if there is criminal activity, the charges in those. This could take as long as six months just to get through what we already have, so our computer crimes unit is deeply engaged in this and has put tons of hours into this already,” Bouchard explained. “The other potential is there also might be cloud storage, so we’re trying

to run that down. Due to the lengthy time that he’s been involved in this activity and the large amounts of storage that we have in our possession, we believe there is obviously a lot more to be uncovered.”

Aejaz, a citizen of India, has been working in the United States on a visa. He came to the United States around 2011, completed his residency at Detroit Sinai Grace Hospital and then moved to Dawson, Alabama. Aejaz returned to Oakland County to continue his practice in internal medicine in 2018 and had privileges at Ascension Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc Township and Henry Ford Macomb in Clinton Township but was not on staff.

“He was, apparently, an individual, a contracted physician, that went to different locations for a company, rather than having his own specific practice, so we still don’t know the scope of how many facilities or venues he may have visited in that regard. It is a very active investigation,” Bouchard said.

Bouchard said he expects the geograph-

ic scope of the investigation to increase beyond Genesee and Macomb counties, where the hospitals are located, and may include other states or countries, depending on where Aejaz worked.

“When you think about the incredible perversion and destructive activity of Nassar, he had a much smaller group of victims in terms of potential,” Bouchard said of Larry Nassar, a Michigan State University and Olympic physician, and a serial child rapist. “There’s no limit to this individual in terms of his perversion,” Bouchard said of Aejaz. “So we’re going to need the public’s help and victims’ help, because a lot of these we may not even be able to identify because we have so many victims, so many videos of people. We have no idea who they are and sometimes, what the venue is,” said Bouchard.

Aejaz’s attorney, Mariell Lehman, could not be reached for comment at press time.

Anyone who believes they were a victim of Aejaz can contact detectives at OCSO SIU@oakgov.com.

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Troy police arrest five suspected of connections to international crime ring

SUSPECTS REPORTEDLY FROM COLUMBIA AND MEXICO

BY SARAH WRIGHT swright@candgnews.com

TROY — Five suspects have been apprehended and arraigned after a home on Millay Drive was illegally entered.

On Aug. 1 at approximately 12:45 p.m., Troy police dispatch received a call from a resident on Millay Drive who stated that there was an unknown person inside their home. The resident, who was at work, was watching the intruder via a camera inside the home. The suspect turned the interior camera towards a wall.

Ultimately, it was determined there were multiple suspects involved, including 25-year-old Owen Jean Cortes, 39-year-old Michel Leandro Alba Rincon, 48-year-old Omar Giovvany Rodriguez-Aponte, 27-yearold Geovanny Enreque Castellanos-Forero and 43-year-old Luis Felipe Camargo.

Officers arrived in the area and ob-

served a suspect they identified as Cortes running west through the Pro Car Wash parking lot, away from the general direction of the home. A foot pursuit ensued as the suspect ran west across Rochester Road, jumping a cement wall. He was taken into custody in the area of Hidden Ridge Drive and Colebrook Avenue.

Officers observed a second suspect, who they identified as Rincon, walking slowly southbound on the east sidewalk of Rochester Road. They said he appeared to be filming the foot pursuit with a cellphone. He was observed walking into Noni’s Restaurant, and officers took him into custody.

Detectives observed a third suspect, who they said was Rodriguez-Aponte, walking southbound on the west sidewalk of Rochester Road toward east Big Beaver Road. Surveillance of that suspect was maintained, and he was observed getting into a silver Honda Odyssey with a Virginia license plate.

A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle, and three additional suspects were taken into custody. Rodriguez-Aponte as a

passenger, Castellanos-Forero as a passenger, and Camargo as the driver.

On Saturday, Aug. 3, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald charged five defendants related to an alleged trans-national theft ring. Cortes was charged with second-degree home invasion and possession of burglary tools. Camargo was charged with second-degree home invasion and driving with a suspended or revoked license. Rincon, Rodriguez-Aponte, and Castellanos-Forero were all charged with second-degree home invasion.

Second-degree home invasion is a felony punishable by up to 15 years imprisonment and/or a fine up to $3,000. Possession of burglar’s tools is a felony punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment. Driving with suspended, revoked or denied license is a misdemeanor punishable by 93 days jail time and/ or a fine up to $500.

“Breaking into a home is a serious crime. It threatens our personal security in the place we should feel most safe. Because of the quick action of this homeowner and the Troy Police, these defendants are locked

up, and my office will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law,” McDonald said in a press release. “Theft rings have become a major contributor to crime in our community, and I am committed to continued collaboration with law enforcement to keep these dangerous criminals off of the street.”

The defendants were arraigned Aug. 4 in 52-4 District Court before Magistrate Robert Morad. Bond was set at $1 million no 10%. All five defendants remain in custody at the Oakland County Jail. A probable cause conference was set for Aug.15. Attorneys for the suspects could not be reached for comment by press time.

“We commend our Road Patrol Officers, Detectives, and Special Investigations Unit on a tremendous collaborative effort resulting in the arrest of five suspects who are likely connected to an International crime ring,” a press release from the Troy Police Department states.

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12A/ ROCHESTER POST • AUGUST 29, 2024

AUTHOR TO DISCUSS LOCAL HISTORY

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Rochester-Avon Historical Society will welcome local author Gerald Van Dusen at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Rochester Hills Museum on Van Hoosen Farm, 1005 Van Hoosen Road, in Rochester Hills.

Learn how Van Dusen, author of “Detroit’s Birwood Wall, Sojourner Truth Housing Riots” and “Detroit’s Lost Stove Industry” has dug up some of Michigan’s more interesting historical tales.

The event is free for RAHS members. Nonmembers are asked to consider a $5 suggested donation at the door. Registration is at https://www.rochesteravonhistoricalsociety.org/events/, send an email to rahsupdates@gmail.com or call (248) 266-5440 and leave a detailed message.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT CLINTON CLEAN-UP EVENT

ROCHESTER — Join the community effort to keep the Rochester Municipal Park and Paint Creek Trail clean by volunteering 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21. Email Jason Dickinson at jdickinson@rochestermi.org with questions or to register.

OU NURSING DEAN HONORED BY NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION

ROCHESTER — Jonas Nursing, a leading supporter of doctoral nursing education in the U.S., and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, announced that Lindsay Colby, a Ph.D. in nursing student at Oakland University, has been selected as a Jonas Scholar for the program’s 2024-2026 cohort.

The program aims to improve health care by expanding the pool of Ph.D. and DNP-prepared nurses needed to educate the next generation of nurse leaders. Colby joins 63 of the nation’s promising doctoral nursing students. As a Jonas Scholar, Colby will receive financial support, mentorship and a curriculum tailored to providing students with the learning experiences they need to successfully transition into a faculty role.

Dr. Christopher Coleman, dean of OU’s School of Nursing, said in a press release that “she will be engaged in leadership development and nationwide networking aimed at expanding the pipeline of future nursing faculty and researchers.”

Colby’s research area is health policy with a particular focus on health system transformation, health information technology, and care coordination. Specifically, her research explores how nurses providing care within hybrid virtual nursing models express care to their patients, the potential impacts of nursing care omissions (e.g. delays or missed care), and overall nurse well-being under the direction of Dr. Ronald Piscotty.

“Being named a Jonas Scholar representing Oakland University is the most significant and outstanding honor of my career.”

Coleman, the dean of Oakland University’s School of Nursing, was recently honored with the National Black Nurses Association Trailblazer Award at the 52nd annual NBNA Institute and Conference in San Francisco.

The award recognizes an individual whose character places them in a position of leadership and who leads their community, state and the nation in nursing, business, philanthropy, communications, government, education or the arts.

“Your exemplary contributions in nursing have had a profound impact,” Sheldon D. Fields, Ph.D., president and CEO of the National Black Nurses Association, wrote in a letter to Coleman. Additionally, at the conference, Coleman was inducted as a Luminary Fellow to the inaugural class of the newly established Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing.

Coleman, in a statement, said, “I am honored to receive this remarkable recognition from the National Black Nurses Association and to join the ranks of other outstanding nurse leaders who have left an indelible legacy on this nation.”

For more information about OU’s School of Nursing, visit oakland.edu/nursing.

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hit to businesses across the state and possibly tipped workers.

Business owners, associations react

Many business owners and associations have decried the decision.

Bill Roberts, the owner and president of Roberts Restaurant Group, is skeptical of the changes. Roberts Restaurant Group owns Streetside Seafood in Birmingham, Cafe ML in Bloomfield Township, Roadside B&G in Bloomfield Township, and Bill’s in Bloomfield Hills.

“It will not be good for the customers, nor the staff, nor the restaurant owners. … Ultimately, it’s going to increase prices to the guests significantly,” he said. “It’s hard to project that far out, but I was playing with numbers, and my four restaurants, in 2028, it would cost us probably another $400,000-$500,000 in payroll and taxes — and you know where that comes from. We have to raise prices. We feel like prices are already high as we are coming out of COVID. Wages have gone up, inflation has

caused food prices to go up, and shoot, every time the plumber or electrician walks in the door they’re charging practically double what they did four or five years ago, so it’s putting a hurt on our industry.”

Roberts is also concerned that the price increases he says will be needed to sustain the mandated changes will deter customers from dining out.

“If a burger goes from $18 to $20 right now at an upscale restaurant, it will be $24 or $25 in several years. We’d rather not be increasing our pricing, frankly. At what point does someone not go out as often? We’re seeing it already. We’re seeing guests splitting some items or ordering the lower priced items on a menu, or not getting the big bottles of wine they had been, so we are already seeing some fallout from the inflation that’s been rampant over the last several years. … Though we’re doing business and it appears like things are fantastic, they really aren’t on the bottom line. Our industry is struggling and we’re working hard to make some of these changes more palatable.”

The Michigan Retailers Association released a statement in the wake of the news.

“Bedrock principles of capitalism and a competitive labor market are thwarted by

extending the paid leave law to employers with only one employee, dramatically altering the paid leave requirements for those with 50 or more employees, and mandating substantial changes to the minimum wage,” the association stated in a press release.

Patti Eisenbraun, who owns Brown Iron Brewhouse in Washington Township and Royal Oak, with offices in Rochester, is on the Rochester Principal Shopping District board. She said she’s taking the cautious route and waiting for more details before forming an opinion on the changes.

“I’m pretty neutral on it right now,” she said.

Eisenbraun, who also serves on the board of directors for the Small Business Association of Michigan, said she is wellversed on the changes and feels there are a lot of unanswered questions.

“I’m concerned with what will be lost — and what I’m referring to is the flexibility of using time off and benefits that might have to be lost, because I can only charge so much for a burger. Currently, I pay health insurance for my full-time staff, but that’s rising, I’m just concerned,” Eisenbraun said. “As a business owner, it’s just hard to prepare. Ultimately, the consumer

will probably have to pay more for goods and services.”

A ‘landmark victory’

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel praised the ruling.

“This is a landmark victory for Michigan voters and a resounding affirmation of the power of direct democracy,” Nessel is quoted as saying in a press release. “The Legislature cannot manipulate its power to undermine the will of the people. This ruling sends a clear message that elected officials cannot disregard the voices of their constituents. I am glad to see the Court recognize and respect that the people reserved for themselves the power of initiative, a crucial tool meant to shape the laws that govern them.”

The Restaurant Opportunities Center called the day of the ruling “an important day to remember,” calling the decision a win for working families and democracy.]

“This ruling is the answer to economic opportunities and job protections that every worker, every voter and every person— Black, white, Latino, Asian, gay and straight, binary and non-binary, Democrat and Republican, immigrants and Native Ameri-

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cans, young and senior—deserves,” Chris White, director, ROC Michigan, is quoted as saying in a statement.

“Together with our coalition partners and allies, I am proud of what we have accomplished!”

The Michigan AFL-CIO also commended the ruling.

“We commend the Court for ruling what we all clearly witnessed back in 2018,” Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber said in a press release. “The Republicancontrolled legislature’s flagrant disregard for the citizen initiative process has robbed Michigan workers of wages and sick leave for the past five years. Republicans in the legislature quite literally stole out of the pockets of Michigan workers and today’s ruling by the Supreme Court is the first step in righting this wrong and making workers whole.”

How this happened?

This ruling was years in the making. It’s the result of wrangling to keep the issue off the ballot in Michigan by legislators against the changes.

It started with two petitions in 2018 that received the required number of signatures to potentially appear on the ballot.

One petition would have given workers gradual wage increases until the minimum wage became $12 in 2022. After 2022, the wage would be increased each year, as determined by the state, according to inflation. The minimum-wage gap between tipped workers and all other workers, 38% in 2018, would be eventually closed by 2024.

The other petition required employers to give employees one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked per week.

The Legislature adopted the unaltered initiatives in September 2018. This kept them off the ballot and allowed lawmakers to alter them.

They did this in two bills. One caused the minimum wage increases to not exceed $12 until 2030 and removed the increases for tipped workers. It also removed increases to the wage based on inflation. The second made changes to sick time. It exempted employers with under 50 employees from providing paid sick time. It reduced the amount of paid sick time hours for larger businesses from 72 hours to 40.

48 in the Michigan House of Representatives and 26-12 in the state Senate in a lame duck session in December 2018. They were signed by then-Gov. Rick Snyder and went into effect March 29, 2019.

The changes, led by Republicans, were approved along party lines by margins of 60-

“We hold that this decision to adopt the initiatives and then later amend them in the same legislative session (what has been referred to as ‘adopt-and-amend’) violated the people’s constitutionally guaranteed right to propose and enact laws through the initiative process,” the majority opinion states.

In the Michigan Court of Claims, it was determined that the Amended Wage Act and the Amended Earned Sick Time Act were unconstitutional on July 19, 2022. This was reversed by the Michigan Court of Appeals, but was ultimately upheld by Michigan Supreme Court’s July 31, 2024, ruling.

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voted no. “I support the parks,” Hoffman said. “I’ve always voted for every Oakland County Parks and Rec millage, but this one I will not vote for. This is outrageous and an insult to the taxpayers.”

The new millage would replace Oakland County Parks’ current 0.35-mill levy set to expire in 2029 with a new tax rate of 0.65 mills that would expire in 2043. If approved, the 0.3-mill increased rate would generate $24 million annually for investment in parks, trails, recreation programs and conservation. For a home with a taxable value of $133,000 — taxable value being generally half of a home’s market value — the 0.3-mill increase would equal around an additional $40 per year on top of the current cost for the same home of around $30 annually. The 0.65 mill is equal to 65 cents per $1,000 of taxable value. According to Oakland County Parks, if the millage is approved, it would generate around $52 million in 2024.

“I think everyone in Oakland County has a great appreciation for our county park system. It’s one of the most robust park systems in the entire state, and I would even go as far as across the country. This millage proposal really puts us on a course to make the needed investments today to maintain and preserve the enjoyment for folks today and long into the future,” Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairman David Woodward, D-Royal Oak, said. “For me, it really comes down to three things. This millage is going to allow for better access for everyone to our county parks. It’s going to create new recreation opportunities for all, and it’s also going to lead to more nature preservation for today and future generations.”

Woodward added that if the millage passes in November, Oakland County residents will have free entry into Oakland County parks and dog parks, excluding payto-play attractions, such as golf courses, waterparks, campgrounds and off-road vehicle activities.

There will also be more opportunities for recreational use of major rivers, support for larger participation in school field trips to nature and farm education centers, expanded enrichment programs for park-goers of all ages, investment in equipment and facilities designed to be accessible for all regardless of age and ability, new and expanded regional trails and improved maintenance of existing trails, and the preservation and protection of natural habitats, wetlands and green spaces.

Oakland County Parks Director Chris Ward said that the current millage was ap-

proved for renewal in 2020 to address ongoing budget constraints that led to disinvestment in the county park system.

“Things were getting older and deteriorating,” he said. “In some cases, we had to remove certain amenities. So we were in a bit of a downward spiral there that as we disinvested in things, they were less attractive for people to come to. We had less sales, which then led to greater budget constraints. We had more than $20 million in deferred maintenance projects or existing park facilities and infrastructure.”

Ward said that the increase and renewal in 2020 allowed the department to “climb out of that hole” and more than double the amount of money spent per year on maintaining existing assets.

Ward said that Oakland County received $244 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan. Oakland County Parks put together a proposal for $15 million that the Board of Commissioners approved that was centered on urban recreation and the revitalization of urban recreation spaces, which included agreements with local governments where OCP took over operating and managing existing city parklands that were underutilized because of lack of investment, as well as providing grants to Oakland County governments.

“For instance, we built a playground for Royal Oak Township,” he said. “Built a playground in Hazel Park as well. Southfield’s using some of the money to create some improvements at Beech Woods Park. Oak Park’s building a farmer’s market. So it was a combination of things, but it was all pretty much centered in the urban population centers of the county.”

The potential $100 million investment from the new millage would bring major capital improvements to improve the recreational use of all 15 parks, trails, recreational attractions and the Oakland County Farmers Market, officials said.

“What we’ve looked at here is a combination of not only maintenance but creating a system-wide update to our park system, which is going to be 60 years old in two years. We do have some major projects that need to be done to refresh those spaces to create amenities and features that are more responsive to the current needs of the public and make those spaces more attractive for people to come and enjoy.” Ward added.

He explained that the goal is to continue to partner with local governments. The Oakland County parks system will expand from 15 parks to 19 in the next two or three years with the addition of the Southfield Woods Nature Preserve at the existing Beech Woods Park; Oak Park Woods, which

will take a portion of Shepherd Park; Turtle Woods in Troy; and the 100 acres south of the courthouse in Pontiac that Oakland County transferred to the park system.

“About 55% of the county right now lives within a 10-minute drive of one of our parks,” Ward said. “This partnership model, where we work together with local governments, we think has tremendous potential for us to move the dial on that from 55% to 90% in a few years by acquiring and developing new properties together.”

He added that if the millage is approved, the county parks department plans to enter into a partnership with West Bloomfield Township to collaborate on the development of Pine Lake Park and a partnership with Rochester Hills to develop Nowicki Park.

Ken Elwert, the director of parks and forestry for Rochester Hills, said the city is happy to potentially partner with anyone that’s interested in supporting its parks.

“They’ve reached out to us. … They’ve really recognized there is no more big land to purchase over here, so they can’t really fulfill a county role right here. The closest park that they have is Addison Oaks,” he explained.

The Oakland County Board of Com-

missioners and the county’s Parks and Recreation Department have already provided the city with $500,000 to build restrooms at Innovation Hills, and Elwert said they hope to continue supporting the city’s park system if the millage is approved.

“They are looking for a bigger partnership in the future, if that’s what the public wants and supports in a millage request they are bringing forward in November,” said Elwert. “We haven’t fleshed out the details of the partnership just yet, because it depends on what the public wants to do, but we have met and discussed it, and Nowicki Park is definitely the focus.”

Eugene S. Nowicki Park, which includes 35 acres of property in an area across from Adams High School and north of the Village of Rochester Hills, is currently a blank canvas that city officials are hoping more residents will begin to use after it’s reimagined.

“In the previous year, year and a half, we have done site plans for the various parks — Nowicki being one of them — and got a ton of input from the public as to what they were looking for. We have a draft site plan for Nowicki that has a lot of trails, a pretty nice

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playground and a dog park, while keeping it not really developed — lots of trails, lots of natural features, a dog park in the front, a nice playground and nice year-round restrooms. … That is the current discussion.”

Officials say the park could be home to the city’s first dog park.

“Oakland County are experts in the dog park field, having several, so we’ve already been in discussions with them about the do’s and don’ts, and their ideas about making it better, especially if the public wants this type of partnership,” Elwert added.

Ward mentioned Turtle Woods in Troy as an example of the challenges the county park system faces when acquiring new properties for nature preserves and parks. He said that currently, OCP is in the process of reapplying for a grant from the Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund, and if denied again, the millage would allow them to move forward with work at the site regardless of whether that grant is obtained. Ward also mentioned that the unpaved parking lot at Catalpa Oaks in Southfield is another great

example of a major improvement needed at an existing park. Red Oaks Waterpark in Madison Heights needs more than $10 million in investments to update outdated and deteriorating facilities. He explained that the cost of public water supply for the irrigation of the Red Oaks Golf Course is more than $100,000 annually. Oakland County Parks is working to address this issue by developing a system to utilize and recycle stormwater for irrigation and aims to address the lack of sufficient parking at the park.

Since its inception in 1966 with one park of 190 acres, the Oakland County parks system has expanded to 15 parks, with more on the way. The department has more than 7,000 acres, 80 miles of trails and nearly 2 million visitors annually.

“We are always looking for new opportunities, new things that we could do to reach more people and provide a chance for people to have fun, get active and enjoy the outdoors,” Ward said.

For more information about the proposed millage, visit OaklandCountyParks. com and select the tab labeled “2024 Millage.” Residents can share their feedback by emailing info@OaklandCountyParks.com.

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EAST OAKLAND COUNTY FOOTBALL PREVIEW

SOUTHFIELD A&T RETURNS AS DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS

BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com

We’re back in full swing with gridiron action at the high school level. Here are previews for all teams in the C & G Newspapers coverage area in eastern Oakland County.

Berkley

Last season’s record: 0-9.

League: Oakland Activities Association Gold Division. First game: at Walled Lake Central, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

It’s all about having an elephant’s memory for Berkley.

Going winless in 2023, the Bears hope for a stronger showing in 2024 behind veteran-heavy defense led by junior Eli Khoury (DB), junior Ben Bullock (LB), junior Collin Richardson (DL), junior Jack Rittenbery (DL), senior Caleb Collins (LB), senior Blake Bridges (DB), senior Anthony Anderson (LB) and senior Parker Hadfield (DL).

“We have a lot of work to do to rebuild the foundation of this program,” first-year head coach Casey Humes said. “We’re trying to get back to the winning ways of the early 2010s and 2015s.”

Clawson

Last season’s record: 7-3.

League: Macomb Area Conference Bronze Division. First game: vs. Perry, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

After finishing 5-5 and second in the league a year prior, Clawson kicked into high gear in 2023 to take the MAC Bronze title home and return to its winning ways.

Now defending league champions, Clawson will battle it out again in a competitive league after graduating a corps of all-league players, but the team does return all-league players Jacob MacCallum (OL/DE) and Shane Dunlap (OL/LB) to keep things going.

Ferndale

Last season’s record: 4-5.

League: Oakland Activities Association Gold Division. First game: vs. Madison Heights Lamphere, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

The 2023 campaign was a minor step back for head coach Eric Royal and company, but Ferndale still found

itself within one game of a shot at the league title.

Unfortunately, a loss to Auburn Hills Avondale slammed the door on its chances, but bringing back nearly all its starters on both sides of the ball has Ferndale poised for a big season.

“We’re not running from last year,” Royal said. “We’re embracing the fact that we felt like we underachieved, and we took that approach right into January. We’ve been going to work really hard with this year’s class, hoping to redeem ourselves and really send this class out on a high note.”

Senior quarterback Cullen Hock commands the huddle with senior Jaden Mills, senior Antonio Jones, senior Khamarey Thomas and sophomore El’yontae London at his disposal on the outside.

Seniors DeKari Smith and Gary Maxwell will handle the bulk of the carries with seniors Dereon Sturkey, Tyler Boyd, Randy Royal and junior Jeremiah Jones anchoring the offensive line.

Mills, Maxwell and Antonio Jones headline the defensive back group with Boyd, Jeremiah Jones, junior Kadynce Williams, senior DeAndre Miller and senior Bryce Ferguson (DL/LB) manning the trenches. Ferguson and junior Leonard Hines will also control the linebacker duties.

Hazel Park

Last season’s record: 4-5.

League: Macomb Area Conference Bronze Division. First game: vs. Imlay City, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

Hazel Park suffered two brutal losses to open its 2023 campaign (outscored 90-0), but quickly rebounded with back-to-back wins and a 4-3 finish to the year.

The Vikings play their league tough and were right there with Warren Lincoln and Clawson, but graduating all five of its all-league players leaves Hazel Park looking toward new players to step up.

Lake Orion

Last season’s record: 10-1. League: Oakland Activities Association Red Division. First game: at Northville, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

It would be impossible to find a team who was more dominant than Lake Orion in 2023.

Coming off a 4-6 season just a year prior, Lake Orion stormed out the gate to a perfect 9-0 regular

TOP: Troy huddles up during a game last season.

ABOVE: First-year Southfield A&T head coach Keith McKenzie speaks at the Oakland Activities Association media day on Aug. 9 at Rochester High School. Photos by Erin Sanchez

ABOVE: First-year Madison Heights Bishop Foley head coach Mike Cuddeback takes part in his first Catholic High School League media day on July 31 at Farmington Hills Mercy High School.

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

RIGHT: Madison Heights Lamphere senior quarterback Aidan Grzesikowski releases a pass during a team ractice this year.

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season record and OAA Red league title, rekindling memories of the Lake Orion teams that dominated in the early 2010s and throughout the 2000s.

With a core group of returners, Lake Orion is hoping to replicate last season’s success behind senior quarterback Tristan Hill.

“Our goal is pretty simple,” head coach Chris Bell said. “With our schedule, our goal is to compete for the OAA Red championship.”

Hill will lead the offensive unit alongside an experienced group of wide receivers in senior Jackson Vasquez, senior Jahmari Cooper and junior Ryan Rocheleau, while the seniorheavy offensive line of Brennen Eliassen, Jacob Escobedo and Landon Morris will keep Hill upright.

Defensively, seniors Trey Pochmara, Austin Cahn and AJ Leitz will man the secondary with senior linebacker Payton McIntyre and senior defensive lineman Brendon Nepjuk complimenting a stout Dragons defense.

Madison Heights Bishop Foley

Last season’s record: 1-8. League: Catholic High School League Intersectional #2.

First game: vs. Madison Heights Madison, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

Everything about last season was out of character for Bishop Foley, who had made the state playoffs and carried a winning record for five straight seasons.

Now under first-year coach Mike Cuddeback, the Ventures hope to return to their winning ways.

“We’ve been trying to get things together as quickly as we can and trying to get to know the kids, and the kids have been doing a great job,” Cuddeback said. “It’s been a pleasant surprise with the numbers we’ve been getting of kids coming out. We can’t complain. The kids are working hard.”

Senior quarterback Tad Dobek will command the huddle with senior Kolbe Martino (WR/RB) and senior running back Mason Kanar as his primary skill weapons.

Veteran mainstay Mitchell Brewer (OL/ DL) will anchor the offensive and defensive line while senior David Malinowski (DB) and Martino headline the secondary.

Madison Heights Lamphere

Last season’s record: 7-3. League: Macomb Area Conference Gold. First game: at Ferndale, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

Madison Heights Lamphere has been a model for consistency the past four seasons,

winning seven or more games and reaching the playoffs each year, but it hasn’t been up to the expectation of head coach Ray Ostrowski.

“My theme for the year is ‘consistency,’” Ostrowski said. “I think that’s been our biggest weakness in the past. For whatever reason, we’ve been inconsistent. I think it’s just harping on that, and make what we identify as a weakness (into) a strength.”

With senior quarterback and three-year starter Aidan Grzesikowski leading the offense alongside three-year starter Amaleki Harris-Ward at running back, Lamphere is poised for another successful year in its jump to the MAC Gold.

Seniors Quincy Twymon Jr. and Julius Gerald, who broke the school track record in the 200-meter, lead the wideout position. The Rams defense will be loaded with talent.

Senior Deandre Verge is the frontman for the defensive line with senior Brennan Zink and junior Mason Maczuga anchoring the linebacker spot.

Sophomore Devin Gardner Jr., Twymon and Grzesikowski keep the secondary steady.

Madison Heights Madison

Last season’s record: 0-9.

League: Macomb Area Conference Bronze. FIrst game: at Madison Heights Bishop Foley, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

Things just haven’t been going in the right direction for Madison Heights Madison football, but hopefully a new season brings some success the Eagles’ way.

In the past four seasons, Madison has tallied only three wins, including two winless seasons in 2020 and 2023.

Rochester

Last season’s record: 3-6.

League: Oakland Activities Association White Division.

First game: vs. Fraser, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

Not many teams faced two state champions last year in the regular season, but Rochester was one of them.

Taking its bumps and bruises, Rochester, who returns nine starters on each side of the ball, is ready for its experience and veteran leadership to shine in 2024.

“Last year, we were really young,’ head coach Erik Vernon said. “The season didn’t go quite the way we wanted it to, but we had to play a lot of the young kids. (The) good news is, coming into this year, we have a lot of experience coming back.”

Senior running back Jack Lower, an allregion selection, will command the bulk of the carries with senior Curtis Adair under

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center and senior Quentin Hatchett as the primary wideout.

A senior-led offensive line of Breandan Roscoe, Anthony Kyritsis and Adam Glinski have Lower poised for another standout season.

Defensively, Lower and senior Zack Davis control the linebacker group with Glinski, senior Antonio Abro and senior Seth Payne in the trenches. Senior Emilio Marquez and junior Devin Grabke command the secondary.

Rochester Adams

Last season’s record: 6-4. League: Oakland Activities Association Red Division.

First game: at Romeo, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

The 2023 campaign was the kind of season Adams hasn’t been accustomed to the past few seasons.

“Our season last year was very disappointing,’ head coach Tony Patritto said. “We had great kids that worked really hard, but we didn’t have the results we wanted to. These guys have worked their butts off to get us back to where we belong.”

Back with a strong core and motivated off last season’s underachievement, Adams hopes to show the OAA Red that it’s back to form.

Junior quarterback Rino Watters will command the offense with senior running back Matteo Humbert, senior Paxton Battershell and senior wideout Lachlan Tillotson as the primary skill players.

Defensively, expect senior Liam Kania (DL/LB) and senior Tommy Offer (DB) to improve the defensive efforts alongside Humbert (LB) and Tillotson (DB).

Rochester Hills Stoney Creek

Last season’s record: 3-6. League: Oakland Activities Association White Division.

First game: at Warren Cousino, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

A trip back down to the OAA White may just be what Stoney Creek needs to get back on top.

When the Cougars were last in the OAA White in 2020, it swept its league opponents and went undefeated in the regular season.

Under first-year head coach Rick Powell, Stoney Creek will look to get back to its winning ways behind a small core of veter-

ans.

Senior all-region defensive back Sam Fogler leads the veteran unit alongside senior offensive lineman Spencer Beckeman, a Western Michigan University commit, senior offensive lineman Noah Gojcaj, senior linebacker Brandon Dobos, senior linebacker Nolan O’Connor and senior defensive lineman Rudy Hernandez.

Fogler will handle the bulk of the carries offensively with senior Asher Lackowski also contributing.

The OAA White, who had two state champions last year, isn’t necessarily a step down from the OAA Red, especially when Stoney Creek has two OAA Red crossovers in Lake Orion and Rochester Adams, but maybe a change in scenery will be the recipe for a successful season.

Royal Oak

Last season’s record: 3-6 League: Oakland Activities Association Gold Division.

First game: vs. Detroit Lincoln-King, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

The record may not reflect it to some, but Royal Oak took massive strides in 2023 with its 3-6 record.

“There’s kind of this realization that with a lot of hard work and preparation, we can compete,” head coach Colin Campbell said. “I think they saw that, but I think they also understood that there was more there. With some additional hard work, additional buy-in, and continued efforts, there’s more on the table. The guys just want to go out and compete and show what Royal Oak is all about.”

Riding the momentum of last year, Royal Oak will look to expand on its win total with seniors Julien Burns (WR) and Ben Machiniak (WR) leading the offense while senior Payden Morrison (LB), senior Blaze Jeffries (DB) and senior Frank Minnick (LB) command the defensive effort.

Royal Oak Shrine Catholic

Last season’s record: 1-8. League: Catholic High School League intersectional #2.

First game: vs. Arts & Technology Academy of Pontiac, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

Returning 10 players on offense and all 11 on defense, there is hope that Shrine Catholic will improve in 2024.

Senior running back Josh Cairo leads the offensive unit while senior linebacker Logan Porada and sophomore linebacker Caleb Widdows will control the defense.

ORDINANCE NO. 2024-04

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 22, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, ARTICLE II, FIRE CODE, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, TO REVISE SECTIONS 22-31 AND 22-33 TO REFLECT THE ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE 2018 EDITION INSTEAD OF THE 2015 EDITION.

THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDAINS:

Section 1. Chapter 22 Fire Prevention and Protection of the Rochester Code shall be amended as follows:

Sec. 22-31. - Adoption of International Fire Code.

A certain document, a copy of which is on le in the of ce of the city clerk, being marked and designated as the International Fire Code, 2018 edition, including appendix chapters as published by the International Code Council, is hereby adopted as the re code of the city regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from re and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said re code on le in the of ce of the city clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this section with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in section 22-33.

Sec. 22-32. - Enforcement agency designated.

The re chief and his department of the city is hereby designated as the enforcement agency to discharge the responsibilities of the city. The city hereby assumes responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the re code as herein adopted by reference throughout its corporate limits.

Sec. 22-33. - Changes in code.

The following sections and subsections of the International Fire Code, 2018 edition, are revised or added as indicated. Subsequent section numbers used in this chapter shall refer to the like-numbered sections of the International Fire Code, 2018 edition:

307.1.1. Outdoor res. No person shall kindle or maintain any outdoor open re or authorize any such re to be kindled or maintained within the city limits without written authorization from the chief of the re department. The use of gas or charcoal grills, for outdoor cookery, manufactured re pits and/or other freestanding containers manufactured for the purpose of maintaining a re including, but not limited to, baskets, bowls, pots, chimineas, or kilns, shall be allowed without written authorization from the re chief. However, these outdoor devices are only permitted to be fueled by wood, charcoal, or commercial re logs. Under no circumstances will any of the above mentioned devices be permitted in the city for the purpose of burning combustibles such as, but not limited to, garbage, paper or leaves. These outdoor devices, other than gas or charcoal grills used for cooking, shall be prohibited upon the premises of any attached multiple dwelling unit, or similar structures, located within the city due to the proximity of adjoining units to one another thereby making such burning hazardous and/or injurious to persons and/or property. Under no circumstances shall grills be left unattended. Further, the re chief may prohibit any outdoor re, including outdoor res maintained in the devices listed above, and including gas or charcoal grills, when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances make such res hazardous. The chief, in exercising the discretion herein delegated to him, shall be guided in each case by the environmental control guidelines applicable to open burning set forth in part 55 of Public Act No. 451 of 1994 (MCL 324.5501 et seq.)

5504.3.1.1. (Geographic limits in which the storage of ammable cryogenic uids in stationary containers is prohibited): Prohibited in all zoning districts within the city except I-1 “Industrial 1 District,” I-2 “Industrial 2 District” and RP “Research Park District.”

5704.2.9.6.1. (Geographic limits in which the storage of class I and class II liquids in aboveground tanks outside of buildings is prohibited): Prohibited in all districts within the city except I-1 “Industrial 1 District,” I-2 “Industrial 2 District” and RP “Research Park District.”

3406.2.4.4. (Geographic limits in which the storage of class I and class II liquids in aboveground tanks is prohibited): Prohibited in all districts within the city except I-1 “Industrial 1 District,” I-2 “Industrial 2 District” and RP “Research Park District.”

6104.2 (Geographic limits in which the storage of lique ed petroleum gas is restricted for the protection of heavily populated or congested areas): Prohibited in all zoning districts within the city except I-1 “Industrial 1 District,” I-2 “Industrial 2 District,” RP “Research Park District,” CBD “Central Business District” and B-1 “General Business District.”

Section 2. SEVERABILITY

If any section, subsection, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent portion of this Ordinance, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.

Section 3. REPEAL

All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con ict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

THIS ORDINANCE shall become effective immediately upon publication.

A true copy of this ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the of ce of the City Clerk at the Rochester Municipal Building, 400 Sixth Street, Rochester, Michigan, 48307, during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, except weekends and holidays.

Made and passed by the City Council of the City of Rochester, State of Michigan, this 12th day of August 2024.

CITY OF ROCHESTER

A Michigan Municipal Corporation By: _________________________________ Stuart Bikson, Mayor By: _________________________________ Lee Ann O’Connor, City Clerk

Published: 08/29/2024 Rochester Post

Southfield A&T

Last season’s record: 13-1. League: Oakland Activities Association White Division.

First game: vs. Flint Beecher, 7 p.m. Aug. 30.

Returning as the defending Division 1 state champions, Southfield A&T brings in an entirely new look, especially with firstyear coach Keith McKenzie.

If you looked at the starting 11 on each side of the ball last year, it’s almost an entirely new group who is still hungry to defend its title.

“I can’t say we have a squad full of seniors right now, but one thing I see in my short time as the head coach is we have a lot of guys committed to the program and they’re excited to learn and eager to get better,” McKenzie said.

Senior wideout Tyjuan Esper returns after a standout season as a junior while senior linebacker Jordan Melton and junior linebacker Kenneth Brooks return as the veteran leaders on the defensive side.

Troy

Last season’s record: 5-4.

Oakland Activities Association Blue Division.

First game: at Bloomfield Hills, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

Troy’s senior veterans are hoping their final year ends with a league title in the school’s grasp.

“The one thing I can say about the returners is that I have a good group of four or five kids that are at least three-year varsity players, and that experience is invaluable,” head coach Chris Frasier said. “The biggest thing now is teaching those upcoming juniors about what the expectation is, because it isn’t JV football anymore. It’s big time.”

Behind senior quarterback Noah Oury (Grand Valley State University commit), senior wideout Jaielen Peacock (Saginaw Valley State University commit) and senior offensive lineman Lucas Tic, Troy’s offense hopes to continue its success from 2023 while seniors Greg Tester (LB), John Spreitzer (DT) and Jackson Barrett (DB) anchor the defensive unit.

The big question still remains around who will take over the running back duties after mainstay Nolan Block graduated

in 2024, but the Colts have enough talent to challenge their league opponents for the title.

Troy Athens

Last season’s record: 3-6.

League: Oakland Activities Association Blue Division.

First game: at Birmingham Seaholm, 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

The record doesn’t look the best on pa-

per, but Athens fought in nearly every game last season until the very end.

Behind a slew of returners on both sides of the ball and an impressive leadership group, Athens hopes to turn the corner this season.

Senior Anthony Dunlap (RB/LB), junior Cainan Hanbury (RB/LB) and junior Nathan Piggott (WR/DB) are expected to lead Athens on both sides of the ball, while senior defensive back Elliot Booth will also help anchor the defensive efforts.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

22A/ ROCHESTER POST • AUG. 29, 2024

SEPT. 5

Building self esteem: Part of Rochester Area Youth Assistance League’s Family Education Committee Speaker Series, licensed counselor teaches parents how harnessing strengths and pop culture can help, 7 p.m., Rochester Hills Public Library, 500 Olde Towne Road in Rochester, registration required, (248) 6562900, calendar.rhpl.org

Sourcing Local History Topics: How to Find Historical Tales: Presented by Rochester-Avon Historical Society and featuring local author Gerald Van Dusen, 7 p.m., Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, 1005 Van Hoosen Road, registration required, (248) 266-5440, rahsupdates@gmail.com, www.rochester avonhistoricalsociety.org/events

SEPT. 5-8

Art in the Elements: See 20 large-scale outdoor floral displays and several interior displays, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 5 (premiere evening includes cash bar) and 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sept. 6-8, Meadow Brook Hall, 350 Estate Drive in Rochester, admission includes self-guided house and grounds tour, (248) 364-6200, meadowbrookhall.org/artelements

SEPT. 6–8

Art & Apples Festival: 250 artists expected, also live music and dance groups, food trucks and restaurant

Camping

from page 6A

On off-road days we’d go somewhere: a museum, a tour, a hall of fame, a historic site, a landmark, a cathedral or a ballpark. My parents made sure to have one amusement park on the itinerary.

Another great thing was meeting kids from all over. We’d visit each other’s campsites, swim or play pool in the game room. If I had to pick a favorite spot or two, it would be the eastern and western shorelines. There was nothing like being on a Pacific Ocean or Atlantic Ocean beach. I still long for swimming with the waves while smelling saltwater in the air.

The Virginia Beach, Virginia, campground stands out. It was huge with so much activity. Every morning a man drove through yelling “Doughnuts, fresh doughnuts!” from a truck, and every time I went into the game room, Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler would belt out “It’s a Heartache” on the jukebox.

When we experienced car trouble in a small West Virginia town, the only mechanic was out for the day. Stuck, we set up camp somewhere. As dusk fell, the mechanic found out about us and invited my brothers and me back to his house to stay overnight with his

pop-ups, kids art zone, inflatables, oversized games, art demonstrations and more, 2-7 p.m. Sept. 6, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sept. 7 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 8, Rochester Municipal Park, 400 Sixth St., free but donations to help Paint Creek Center for the Arts and other local nonprofits, (248) 651-4110, shaun@PCCArt.org

SEPT. 7

Mom to Mom Sale: 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (early bird 9:30 a.m.), Rochester Avon Recreation Authority, 500 E. Second St., rararecreation.org

SEPT. 15

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 5K: ’80s-themed run/ walksupports Brooklands Splash Pad Resource Fund, 9 a.m., starts at Bloomer Park, 345 John R Road in Rochester, rochesterhills.org/5K

SEPT. 18

Remember Us? Stories of the Forgotten Presidents: Presentation at 7 p.m., Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, 1005 Van Hoosen Road, registration required, (248) 656-4663, rochesterhills.org/ musprograms

SEPT. 19

Nightfall at the Hall: Fundraiser includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, live music and silent auction, 6-9

wife and kids. His large family reminded me of “The Waltons.” They were so kind. We sat around the kitchen table, had snacks and talked. It was the first time I ever had Country Time lemonade.

I always remember where I was Aug. 16, 1977, when news broke that Elvis Presley died at his Graceland mansion in Memphis. We were getting ready to go to the San Diego Zoo while Dad sat at the picnic table listening to his handheld Panasonic radio.

“Elvis died,” he said, looking up at us.

On our way home, we stopped in Memphis. Fans mourning the singer’s death gathered on Elvis Presley Boulevard. Dad picked me up so I could see Graceland. This was before it was open to the public. The house looked big and so far away in the distance.

My parents are no longer living. I am so glad they took us on all those trips. We saw so much: the Liberty Bell, Mount Rushmore, Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, Redwood National Parks, Dealey Plaza in Dallas where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the prairie dogs in Montana, Fisherman’s Wharf, Dollywood, Bob Evans’ original farm in Ohio and more. A neighbor with two kids bought the trailer at my parents’ estate sale. I hope they got out of it as much as I did. I would not trade the experience for anything. I wish I could do it all over again.

To advertise an event, call (586) 498-8000.

p.m., Meadow Brook Hall, 350 Estate Drive in Rochester, (248) 364-6200, meadowbrookhall.org/ nightfallbenefit

SEPT. 20

Rochester Symphony Orchestra: Take musical journey through Italy and Czechoslovakia, 8 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 620 Romeo Road in Rochester, registration required, (248) 651-4181, rochestersymphony.com

SEPT. 28

Hometown Hustle: SupportsRochester Community Schools Foundation, includes 1-mile superhero color run/walk at 8 a.m. and 5K at 8:30 a.m., starts at Chief Financial Credit Union’s corporate headquarters, 200 Diversion St. in Rochester, search for event title at runsignup.com/races

ONGOING

Farmers market: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays until Oct. 26, corner of East Third and Water streets in Rochester, downtownrochestermi.com/farmers-market

Summer in The Village of Rochester Hills: Live music 5-9 p.m. Aug. 28 (UC3 Trio) and Aug. 29 (Highway 23 Band), also 10 a.m. Sept. 4 and 7 (interactive family music class), Festival Park, north of Walton Boulevard and east of Adams Road, thevorh.com

Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve activities: Story & STEAM(ages 3-5, 10-11 a.m. every second and fourth Friday of month) and Nature Tales Classic (story, snack and craft, ages 3-5, 10-11 a.m. every third Thursday of month), 333 N. Hill Circle in Rochester, dinosaurhill.org

Rochester Toastmasters: Meets 6:30 p.m. every first and third Thursday of month, Pixley Memorial Hall, 322 W. University Drive in Rochester, (248) 828-5649, www.4890.toastmastersclubs.org

Live music: Upcoming shows include Sept. 14 (Elektrik Dream), Sept. 15 (ShamRock Jazz Orchestra), Sept. 21 (Kashmir - The Led Zeppelin Show) and Sept. 22 (Ben Sharkey), The Roxy, 401 Walton Blvd. in Rochester Hills, (248) 453-5285, theroxyrochester. com/events

• 7-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Fork n’ Pint, 51 N. Broadway in Lake Orion, forknpintlakeorion.com, (248) 845-4476

Rochester Cancer Support Group: Free nondenominational meetings for patients, survivors, family, friends and caregivers, guest speakers at 7 p.m. and sharing from 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays Sept. 24-Nov. 12 (except Nov. 5), St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 620 Romeo Road, (248) 736-3253, wskihanes@ yahoo.com

August 29, 2024 Rochester Post

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