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BELOW: Guy Copland will be driving in his 1982 Chrysler LeBaron convertible with his grandchildren, Nora Sumrall, 7, and Eli Sumrall, 10, during the Berkley CruiseFest Classic Car Parade on 12 Mile Road Aug. 18. LEFT: The interior of Copland’s 1982 Chrysler LeBaron convertible brings back memories of driving in the 1980s.

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stations and a showing of the movie “Ghostbusters” at 7:30 p.m. in front of The Neighbor’s Shoppe, 2833 12 Mile Road.

Berkley Parks and Recreation Director Theresa McArleton said it’s always great seeing people come out for CruiseFest, whether they’re diehard car enthusiasts or casual fans who attend each year. It all results in a lot of energy, she said.

“You can feel it the whole night,” McArleton said.

Guy Copland, of Berkley, has been in every CruiseFest since its inception. This year, he’ll be driving his 1982 Chrysler LeBaron con-

FERNDALE — The Woodward Dream Cruise is ready to return home again to Ferndale to celebrate its 28th year.

The city of Ferndale’s Dream Cruise festivities will be held in the downtown Aug. 18-19 on both sides of Nine Mile Road.

As always, the Ferndale Dream Cruise will be highlighted by the Ford Mustang Alley from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18.

Event Director Michael Lary started organizing Mustang Alley in January, and more than 700 mustangs preregistered for the show by July 31. Lary said it never fails to surprise him how invested people are to participate in the alley and Dream Cruise each year, and that the term “car enthusiast” is a bigger concept than the words.

“People really have a huge passion for what they do,” he said.

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HUNDREDS OF CARS EXPECTED AT BERKLEY CRUISEFEST BERKLEY — Hundreds of vehicles will be hitting the road in Berkley in honor of the return of the city’s car parade.

The 27th annual Berkley CruiseFest Classic Car Parade will take place starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, on 12 Mile Road from Woodward Avenue to Greenfield Road.

The city is expecting more than 300 vehicles to participate in the parade. In addition, the event will feature live music, all-ages gaming

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Bell Biv DeVoe, Joan Jett to headline Arts, Beats & Eats

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ROYAL OAK — At a special press conference July 25, organizers for Arts, Beats & Eats announced this year’s headliners for the festival.

Taking over the Jim Beam National Stage Sept 1-4 during Arts, Beats & Eats will be Bell Biv DeVoe, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Halestorm, Collective Soul, Russell Dickerson and Randy Houser.

The headliners will be joining more than 200 musical acts who will be performing across nine stages in Royal Oak. Event Producer Jon Witz said Arts, Beats & Eats has a great team that reviews all the musical applicants in order to create a diverse lineup.

“We’re really excited about the national music lineup,” he said. “It’s just one of the best in our history. Certainly the most we’ve invested in.”

“There’s just a great review process and consideration to bring talented creators of arts and culture to the event,” he continued.

Witz noted the months of work it takes to organize the event, and he said that entering the final month before Arts, Beats & Eats takes place is beyond exciting.

“We just got to be at our best and ready to deliver a great show and have a little fortune, too,” he said.

During the press conference, organizers randomly selected two musical acts that will perform on the national stage at next year’s Arts, Beats & Eats event. The two selected were Roots Vibrations and Ensemble Hanabi.

Tsubasa Okada, the president of the Ensemble Hanabi club, was shocked by the selection.

“We just got chosen out of nowhere,” he said. “I was surprised. … It’s a big step up. It’s an experience for sure. I’m just astonished right now.”

Ensemble Hanabi will be performing this year from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, on the Flagstar Bank International Stage. The group performs a variety of percussion-based

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Okada, 19, said most of the group is from middle and high school, though it is not school-based and is a private ensemble. They formed in 2020 and have performed throughout Michigan — mainly at local events — making Arts, Beats & Eats the first big stage they will be playing.

“It’s the first time coming to Arts, Beats & Eats and it’s the first time playing at such a big event,” he said. “We’re very excited.”

At a previous press conference in June, it was mentioned that the event was working on getting approval for the sales and consumption of cannabis at an area on the festival grounds.

Chief Corporate Operations and General Counsel for House of Dank Mike DiLaura officially announced the approval was obtained and cannabis will be available at Arts, Beats & Eats.

“This is going to be the single largest festival in the history of the world to introduce legalized cannabis,” he said.

DiLaura stated that people will be able to purchase and consume cannabis products at DankLand, which will be located near Seventh Street.

“We’re going to have one discrete place where you’re going to be able to do this,” he said. “We understand that we’re pioneers right now in bringing cannabis use in a legal way to festivals like this, and we’re respectful of that. So we’re gonna do it the right way.”

Witz said cannabis will not be at every corner of the festival and that it will be understated.

“It’s going to start breaking the ground for the presence of the cannabis industry at major events,” he said.

Advance tickets to the festival cost $7 up until the week before Arts, Beats & Eats takes place. The festival also revealed the participating eateries and information on its juried art show at the press conference. For more information and tickets, visit artsbeatseats.com.

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The American Baseball Coaches Association recognized Berkley High School’s baseball team with the Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2022-23 season after the team held a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher throughout the academic year.

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BERKLEY — After a historic season on the field, Berkley High School baseball ended its 2023 campaign with a prominent award in the classroom.

The American Baseball Coaches Association recognized the Bears with the Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2022-23 season, which requires a team to hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher throughout the academic year.

Berkley tallied a 3.25 cumulative GPA with senior Landon Pugh (4.37), senior Davis O’Donnell

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(4.33) and junior Dane Benner (4.00) all earning Division 1 academic all-state honors this year. Pugh and O’Donnell are slated to attend the University of Michigan in the fall.

Berkley coach Matthew Rawlik said the upperclassmen play a pivotal role in setting the standard in the classroom.

“We value it,” Rawlik said. “We think it’s important to be well-rounded. You’re a student-athlete, and student comes first. I think when you have kids — and we’ve had kids who are academic all-state every year, with one who’s had a 4.0 or better — who

BY BILL SHEA, BRIDGE MICHIGAN OAKLAND COUNTY — After seven years of orange barrels and traffic-snarling lane closures, 18 miles of Michigan’s busiest highway in Oakland County should be fully open next month — but work will continue far underground on a tunnel project in Madison Heights that narrowly avoided catastrophe.

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vertible that he’s owned for about a decade.

“It’s something I do with my grandchildren,” he said. “They are now 10 and 7, and it’s something that we’ve been doing the last five years. It’s a tradition. It’s something that we do and we have a lot of fun with it.”

Copland previously owned a 1984 LeBaron in the mid 1990s that he used in the early Berkley parades. He found his current car in Grand Rapids and took a bus for three hours in order to drive it home.

“It’s got a real classic look to it, and it’s

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have upperclassmen that are seniors that are accomplishing that while also being multisport athletes, it kind of sets a standard for the underclassmen.”

Talk about setting a standard: the Bears ended a 15-year drought this season by securing the team’s first district title in baseball since 2008. The school now has six district titles to its name.

It was as brutal of a start to a season as a team can have, losing six consecutive games

to start the year before rattling off an impressive finish to win the district.

Like the performances in the classroom, Rawlik said it was his guys’ determination that led them to success.

“These guys bought in,” Rawlik said.

“They worked hard every day, and they never got too high and they never got too low.

There were some low moments, especially early on when we were trying to find our footing, but they never got too down and they trusted the process.”

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

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a real smooth ride. It’s a luxury car in a compact vehicle. It’s great,” he said.

Of her favorite aspects of the event, McArleton said she loves getting to see all the interesting colors of cars that take part in the parade.

“Like the corals and the turquoise and the teal. Love the convertible. Those are always really fun and I feel like the bright colors always stand out to people,” she said.

For more information on CruiseFest, visit berkleymich.org/departments/parks_ and_recreation/cruisefest.php.

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Woodward Avenue construction on hold OAKLAND COUNTY — Construction on Woodward Avenue will be put on hold during the Dream Cruise festivities. Ferndale’s events will take place Aug. 18-19.

“Construction along Woodward Avenue from 8 Mile to Oakridge Street will completely pause during the cruise this year and all four lanes in both directions of Woodward will be open and accessible,” a news release states.

“Woodward Moves was designed to increase Ferndale’s safety, inclusivity and economic prosperity by making the avenue more accessible to all travelers,” the release states. “The project is nearing completion, and the City of Ferndale team is growing increasingly excited to welcome a new and improved Woodward Avenue later this fall.”

‘Boogie Woogie Kid’ to perform at library HUNTINGTON WOODS — The Huntington Woods Public Library will be hosting Matthew Ball for a performance at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17.

Known as “The Boogie Woogie Kid,” Ball’s skills on the piano have amassed him more than 5 million views on YouTube during his career. He will be performing New Orleans-style tunes, including “When the Saints Go Marching In,” “Basin Street Blues” and “On the Sunny Side of the Street.”

The library is located at 26415 Scotia Road. For more information, call (248) 543-9720.

Sing Out Detroit to hold auditions

ROYAL OAK — Sing Out Detroit will be hosting auditions for its fall season on two days during the month of August.

The auditions will be held 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 22 and Aug. 29 at Royal Oak First, a United Methodist Church, located at 320 W. Seventh St. “A local, diverse, inclusive chorus that provides a supportive environment for LGBT people and allies is looking for new members to share the joy of musical performance,” a press release states.

“Auditions include performing a few, basic musical exercises to test for voice part and range. Ability to read music is not required.”

Rehearsals will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays starting Sept. 5 at the church, and the season will end Dec. 17 with a performance at Ferndale High School. For more information, visit singoutde troit.org, email singoutdetroit@gmail.com or call (248) 943-2411.

The Aug. 9 edition of the Woodward Talk went to press before the Aug. 8 primary election.

Please check candgnews.com and the Aug. 23 issue for coverage.

Clarification:

The story “Berkley council moves to ban retail pet sales, ‘phase out’ existing business” from the July 26 issue of the Woodward Talk has been clarified online with information pertaining to the communication between the city of Berkley and Puppygram CEO Miles Handy, as well as the length of time that the building Puppygram now occupies was vacant.

The city provided the Talk with an email that it sent on July 11 to info@puppygram.com attempting to notify Handy of the ordinance and meeting. Handy stated the business went through the emails to the address, which he said was a customer service email address, and that the emails didn’t include a correspondence from the city on that date.

The building that Puppygram now occupies had been vacant since Feb. 1, 2019, according to the city.

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FERNDALE — The Go Comedy! Improv Theater is celebrating 15 years with a special Homecoming Week Aug. 9-13.

According to a press release, Go Comedy! will be welcoming native Detroiters for shows during Homecoming Week. Performers will include Maribeth Monroe, Jamie Moyer, James Quesada, Julia Schroeder and Nicole Pascaretta.

Go Comedy! also announced that it was launching a public capital campaign to ensure “Go Comedy! continues its legacy as a home for Improv Comedy and Improvisers in Metro Detroit. Through several programs, the for-profit theater is turning to the community for additional support during a time when many local and small theater companies are also struggling,” the release states.

“Our community in Ferndale, and throughout metro Detroit has been really terrific in supporting us for nearly 15 years,” Go Comedy co-founder and director Tommy LeRoy said in the release. “Since our return to live audiences, we’ve honestly struggled to return to pre-pandemic levels, so we’re giving our community additional ways to help us continue being a place to laugh, see a show, learn to improvise and have a really great time.”

Programs being offered include the ability to “adopt a seat” in the theater with a sponsorship or memorial tag and silent auctions during Homecoming Week events. For tickets and more information, visit www.gocomedy.net.

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Police departments struggle with lower recruitment numbers

BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI • blosinski@candgnews.com With Ron French, Bridge Michigan METRO DETROIT — Police controversies, recent retirements and less robust retirement plans are causing a reduction in those entering the law enforcement field — and some departments are struggling to prevent this from affecting their communities.

Worker shortages are common across many fields in Michigan. With a current unemployment rate of 3.6% — the lowest in the state in 23 years — private businesses and public agencies alike are having trouble finding qualified job candidates, yet law enforcement has been particularly affected.

Police departments across Michigan are struggling to fill positions, with the number of law enforcement officers statewide shrinking more than 4,500 since 2001, which is a decline of 19%. Recruitment is down about 900 in just the past three years. Law enforcement officials pointed to several reasons why these shortages

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are now occurring.

“In the old days, police and fire departments had pensions,” said Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard. “There were bad hours and pay might not be great, but they knew there was a good retirement opportunity at the end.”

“We’ve seen an increase in retirements the last few years,” added Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham. “Ours were mainly due to having hired a lot of staff between 1986 and 1988, when the tower of the jail was opened.

All of those department members who were hired then have been eligible for retirement in recent years. We have had an increase of individuals who start here and then go to other departments or other jobs. We also have had an increase in requests for services for our contracted communities.”

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about 65 people. The Macomb County Sheriff ’s Department said that it had 40 of its 230 deputy positions open recently, but a recruiting class has recently dropped the shortfall to about 20.

Both said that one of the key issues is the perception of law enforcement and how this is causing many to not go into law enforcement as a career. High profile controversies, such as the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers, has lowered the opinion of law enforcement in the eyes of a significant number of people.

“The perception of police on the national stage also has been horrible. Any officer who has acted inappropriately should, obviously, be held accountable, but this is a small number of officers, but that impression has washed over all officers. People are asking why they would want to go into a field where they would have to deal with this perception,” said Bouchard. “I see it similar to the Vietnam vets, who came home after serving and were demonized. I have seen businesses and restaurants that refuse to serve cops. … I want people to know that the person who hates a bad cop the most is a good cop.”

“Some of the factors I believe are responsible have to do with the negative press regarding law enforcement,” Wickersham agreed. “There are also a lot of jobs in the private sector where people can make more money. The work-from-home component is very popular with the younger generation.

The job itself has danger and liability.”

Bouchard thinks one of the reasons law enforcement is so acutely affected by recruitment shortages is that a police department cannot reduce the area it is responsible for policing.

“If you can’t hire enough servers at a restaurant, you can close that area of the restaurant or that location,” he explained. “Police departments can never not patrol part of the community. We have to work double shifts, and it has been like this for years. This creates very strong potential for burnout, which causes people to quit, which exacerbates the problem.”

Bouchard went on to say that while some communities aren’t seeing the effects of this officer shortage, other communities are seeing very real effects, ranging from fewer school resource officers to fewer detectives being available to investigate major crimes.

“The community hasn’t seen a lot of effects because we are filling the gaps with double shifts and people working overtime and stretching ourselves thin,” he said. He added that some Oakland County communities haven’t been affected, “but a lot of places,

especially in larger cities, are seeing the largest crime increase in decades. Some cities are seeing unchecked violence because there simply aren’t enough police officers out there.”

Wickersham agreed, saying that he has seen many departments suffering from significant burnout. Additional overtime also adds up and can increase a department’s budget.

“Even when you have shortages, you have a lot of forced overtime,” he said. “When people take a sick day or have a training day, you have to move someone over from another shift. Doing that too often leads to burnout.

Some people want the overtime, but when it happens too often, people just can’t handle it.”

In 2022, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced $30 million in grants to help departments pay for police academy recruits, and in April, the Legislature passed a bill that allows departments to recoup all or some training costs from recruits if they leave for another department within four years.

The U.S. Senate recently unanimously passed bipartisan legislation authored by Michigan Sen. Gary Peters that aims to strengthen relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve by incentivizing recruits to work in the communities where they live. “The Strong Communities Act” would provide federal grants for local law enforcement recruits who agree to attend school or academy and then serve in a law enforcement agency in their respective communities.

Both sheriffs said that numerous departments are now stepping up their efforts to recruit new officers through measures such as community outreach, paying for training and signing bonuses. Yet both said that the process of refilling their numbers is a slow one and that there is no telling how these shortages will continue to affect communities in the meantime.

“You’ve got to go out into the community and engage with residents. Talk with people, talk with kids and give them insight into what you get out of the job,” said Wickersham. “Like any job, there will be days you will have bad days, but there are a lot of rewarding aspects to it too. We particularly want to get into the high schools and job fairs. We have a recruiting team doing that right now. We are paying for training, in a lot of cases. Some departments are using signing bonuses, but we have not done that.”

Bouchard said they are expanding their outreach.

“We worked with the county to create incentives like signing bonuses,” Bouchard said. “We are doing everything we can to fill those holes because we have no other choice.

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‘Lewiston’ play reading: Conducted by actors from Ringwald Theatre, 2-3 p.m., Ferndale Area District Library, 222 E. Nine Mile Road, fadl.org/ringwald

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‘Boogie Woogie Kid’: Hear pianist/singer Matthew Ball, 7-8 p.m., Huntington Woods Public Library, 26415 Scotia Road, registration required, (248) 543-9720

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CruiseFest: Classic car parade, kids activities and live music, 6:30 p.m., downtown Berkley, downtown berkley.com/cruisefest

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Ferndale Dream Cruise: Ferndale Emergency Vehicle Show, Lights & Sirens Cruise, Quarter Midget Racing and more Aug. 18, Mustang Alley Show Aug. 19, and live music and kids events both days, various locations, ferndaledreamcruise.com

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Theatre Bizarre Orchestra: 6:30 p.m., courtyard at Ferndale Area District Library, 222 E. Nine Mile, fadl.org

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Nine on Nine Concert Series: 4-5 p.m. Aug. 13 (The-

BandMint ), Aug. 20 (Nina Soulfia), Aug. 27 (Cabaret Boreale) and Sept. 3 (Sax Maniacs), Schiffer Park in Ferndale, downtownferndale.com/events/category/ events

Thursday of month) and board game club (second Thursday) for middle schoolers, 6 p.m., also tabletop RPG group (monthly) for adults, 1-4 p.m., Ferndale Area District Library, 222 E. Nine Mile Road, fadl.org

Berkley Beats: 7 p.m. Aug. 9 (Harmonic Swell and the Bridge of Reverberation) and Aug. 30 (Lisa Mary Band), Oxford Park, 2100 Bacon Ave., berkleymich. org/berkleybeats

Photography exhibit: “Flora of North America” by Bryce Denison on display until Aug. 31, Woods Gallery, lower level of the Huntington Woods Library, 26415 Scotia Road, woodsgallery.org

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Thursdays until Oct. 26, 12 Mile Road at South Robina, berkleyfarmersmarket.com, (248) 658-3353

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“Just to be at the Dream Cruise and have our club represented is an amazing opportunity in general,” she said. “We are extremely excited about the opportunity and are forever grateful. This is our first time doing it with them, and to be able to exhibit and have the amount of space that’s been provided — we have 391 feet of exhibit space — is incredible.”

On both days, the Dream Cruise also will feature a kids play zone, a merchandise tent, food trucks and merchant vendors onsite.

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“There are specific cars — especially sports cars — that people really love. And when you have a car like the Mustang that’s been around since 1964, you have … different body shapes. So even though there’s similarities, there’s a different look and people just, I think, a lot of people just like that history.

“Then you have people who customize their vehicles, or there are older cars that are rare that people restore,” he continued. “So people who are really into cars will know, and I just think that the greatest story of any vehicle, especially the classics, is when you see somebody who is an owner that takes enormous pride in having that car.”

As the Dream Cruise gets closer, while he understands people might not like the festival, he hopes those who don’t let the people who do like it enjoy the cruise.

“Respect the fact that other people have a right to enjoy what they feel that is their right to enjoy, and when you are in the Motor City, southeast Michigan, you know, the automotive industry is a really big thing,” he said. “That’s why we do the Woodward Dream Cruise, is to celebrate all things au-

tomotive.”

The event will be bringing back its Emergency Vehicle Show, which will take place 1-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, on East Nine Mile. At 5 p.m., the ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held, also on East Nine Mile. The Lights & Sirens Cruise will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Woodward and Nine Mile. It will travel to 11 Mile Road before coming back.

New to Ferndale’s Dream Cruise events is an exhibit from the Michigan Motorsports Racing Association from noon to 8 p.m. on West Nine Mile.

Stephanie Wierzbicki, an event coordinator with the MMRA, stated that it will be exhibiting how kids can get interested in racing and the evolution of racing from a young age to adulthood. There will be displays of different types of race cars.

“The majority of the space we have … will have our cars on display, we will have what’s called a ‘dad’s garage’ showing the public basically how to work on cars, what goes into it,” she said. “We’re really providing the public an idea of how a young kid can get involved all the way through adults.”

This will be the first time the MMRA will be featured at the Dream Cruise. Wierzbicki said it will be an honor to show people the sport they love.

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What’s less visible is a massive stormwater tunnel system that’s been built concurrently with the freeway reconstruction and is already partially in operation. It is part of the state’s effort to stave off flooding in that stretch of Oakland County that’s been plagued by high water for decades, most infamously in August 2014.

But a large tunnel boring machine got stuck underground for six months as it carved out a 4-mile-long tunnel 100 feet below the northbound service drive.

The German-made machine was inching along between 11 Mile Road and Gardenia Avenue in Madison Heights July 30, 2021, when it struck a pocket of silt that triggered a sinkhole about 4 feet deep on the surface. The highway was closed for a few days, but the service drive was closed for much longer. A recovery shaft had to be dug to haul out the multi-million-dollar machine and repair and replace portions of it.

No one was injured during the sinkhole incident, which the boring machines are designed to handle. Officials said workers in the tunnel at the time were able to exit because of built-in safety technology and protocols.

“It worked,” MDOT spokesperson Robert Morosi said of the escape operation.

“When it hit that silt or whatever it hit, no one was injured and all the workers were available to evacuate.”

It’s unclear how much the delay and repairs added to the project cost, but only a sliver of that is being footed by taxpayers, Morosi said. The final phase of the highway

project, which includes the tunnel work, was handled through a public-private partnership, with contractors paying the up-front construction costs via loans, bonds and private equity investments.

Much of the $1.4 billion will be paid

by MDOT to the consortium over 25 years, an arrangement that shaved a decade of work off the overall I-75 project, which originally was set to end in the early 2030s.

The consortium building the project, called Oakland Corridor Partners, will get what’s known as availability payments through 2048 as part of the deal’s requirement that partnership perform preventative maintenance on the freeway and tunnel, according to MDOT. See MACHINE on page 17A

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Officials said that even with the sinkhole and boring incident, the overall project is on time and additional costs will be largely covered by partnership and its insurers.

“We are reaching substantial completion on schedule,” said David Nachman, the CEO of Oakland Corridor Partners and the CEO of British infrastructure investor and management firm John Laing, which is overseeing the I-75 project.

While motorists will enjoy the smooth, wider finished highway with sound barriers and carpool lanes, the new stormwater collection system is intended to keep I-75 free from impassable water. It also will help prevent bigger floods, such as the 2014 storm that overwhelmed the highway and local sewers and caused water damage to more than 100,000 homes across metro Detroit.

The new system can hold up to 25 million gallons that are now separate from the area’s municipal water collection that drains to the same treatment plant. Seven large shafts along that portion of I-75 will collect the storm runoff. The tunnel will store and lift that water to the treatment plant in

Madison Heights to prevent it from being overwhelmed and causing floods, according to MDOT. The automated tunnel boring machine was initially deployed three years ago into a 60-foot-wide vertical tunnel near the I-696 interchange in Madison Heights. Once underground, it went to work drilling a hole 14.5 feet in diameter.

When the TBM struck the silt pocket two years ago, it immediately halted work.

After nine months of recovery, repair and preparation work, the machine restarted digging last summer and completed the northbound tunnel portion last October. In June, it reached the southern terminus and was brought up.

Nachman said the new pump station is still being finished, and the tunnel system should be fully online early next year.

While stuck boring machines may not be common, unexpected incidents that add to costs and delays are common for large, complicated engineering projects.

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The full 18 miles of highway work stretches between Detroit’s northern border of Eight Mile Road and M-59 in Auburn Hills. The first two phases of the project were wrapped up between 2016 and 2020.

The entire 18-mile project will have cost $1.75 billion, per MDOT, including $368 million for the first two phases.

tractor team. The nearly finished infrastructure of the Segment 3/ I-75 Modernization Project is a part of making our freeway system better for all.”

It’s unclear how the insurance claims will work, except to note that taxpayers will pay only a small fraction of the added cost, MDOT said.

The $1.4 billion final phase of the I-75 project includes highway reconstruction and widening, the addition of carpool lanes, replacement of numerous vehicle and pedestrian bridges, and installation of sound walls

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On Thursday, Oct. 19, members and supporters of the organization will gather at Adat Shalom Synagogue, in Farmington Hills, for the Women of Vision event.

Women of Vision started in the fall of 2009 as an annual benefit to support NCJW|MI programs.

According to the organization, “The Woman of Vision Award is given annually to a member of the community who is a champion of ideals and is passionate about her convictions. She is dedicated to a particular belief or cause that greatly impacts society as a whole.”

This year’s Woman of Vision honoree is Rachel Stewart, president of Gardner White.

“She is active in community work in Detroit and the surrounding areas. She’s got a lot going on,” said Sallyjo Levine, president of the NCJW|MI. “She’s very big in promoting the city as well as the area around it, and trying to make it a much better place for people to live.”

Receiving the Josephine S. Weiner Award for “individuals or an organization in the greater Detroit area whose work benefits the community, serves as an inspiration to others and reflects the mission statement of the NCJW|MI are Denise Kalt, Mindy Salzberg-Siegel and Barbara Wallace, of the “Kneaded With Love” fresh bread outreach for local shelters.

“They’re three women who decided over COVID that people needed food, so they started this. They’ve done an absolutely amazing job!”

Levine said.

The keynote speaker for the event will be ABC News journalist John Quiñones.

“He’s an amazing guy,” Levine said. “He spends his life working with people and helping them improve their lives. He will be a great speaker. We’re very excited to have him.”

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ABOVE: Robin Heller sits inside her 1918 Detroit Electric. The vintage vehicle is often displayed at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum in Detroit.

Behind her is Bill Heller’s 1930 Hupmobile Cabriolet convertible. RIGHT: Robin and Bill Heller, of Grosse Pointe Farms, love to share details about their vintage vehicles: her 1918 Detroit Electric and his 1930 Hupmobile Cabriolet.

ABOVE: Modern batteries power the 1918 Detroit Electric. RIGHT: The 1918 Detroit Electric is designed like a carriage and has a parlor feel.

METRO DETROIT — Many years ago, when their kids were younger, Bill and Robin Heller were out with the family at Greenfield Village, in Dearborn, for the Old Car Festival.

The annual event gives antique car owners — from across the country — the opportunity to display their vehicles and drive around the property.

“We were walking past this one area,” Bill said. “There was an elderly couple, sitting in their lawn chairs, underneath this big, beautiful oak tree. They both had books in their hands and they were sound asleep. It looked so peaceful.”

That image was one of the reasons Bill and Robin became interested in antique cars. The Grosse Pointe Farms couple owns two vintage vehicles: a 1930 Hupmobile Cabriolet, which is the one that Bill drives, and Robin’s 1918 Detroit Electric built by the Anderson Electric Car Co. Bill’s desire to drive a Hupmobile also stems from his upbringing.

“My dad, being a journeyman and tool and die maker, fixed everything around our house. He had a workshop down in the basement,” Bill said. “Being the eldest son, it was my responsibility to stand there and watch him. There was a picture of him in his Hupmobile when he was a young man. It was the first car he was able to buy.”

When it came time for his parents to move out of Bill’s childhood home and into a condominium, his dad was going to toss out the photo of him in the Hupmobile, but Bill stopped him.

“I want this picture,” he told his dad. “I stared at it all those years while all my friends were out playing. So when we got interested in cars, Robin enrolled me in the Hupmobile Club.”

Bill’s Hupmobile is the same model his dad owned but with some different features. Bill found the car after his father died.

“It’s the only convertible I’ve ever had. It’s reminiscent for me of my dad,” Bill said. “When the top is down, you get the wind in your hair. It’s unique. It’s different. It’s fun.”

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The Hellers are members of the Antique Electric Club, which is part of the Antique Automobile Club of America based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Both the Hupmobile and the Detroit Electric have been displayed at various events, including the Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, the Concours d’Elegance in Grosse Pointe Farms, and the EyesOn Design at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores.

During the weekend of July 28-30, Bill and Robin displayed the 1918 Detroit Electric in the “EVs: Then and Now” exhibit at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum, located at 461 Piquette Ave. in Detroit.

This year’s Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village is set for Sept. 9-10. For more information, visit thehenryford.org.

‘It can feel like a living room’

Robin and Bill both have researched the history of the Detroit Electric.

“As modes of transportation were shifting away from the horse, they opted more

towards electric,” Robin said.

Vehicles at the time also were powered by steam or gasoline.

“The Detroit Electric was very popular,” Robin said. “It’s a unique kind of thing to drive. It’s very easy to stop and start. There is no cranking. The design of it is almost like a carriage. It’s almost a Cinderella kind of feeling because you’re up high.”

The window area of the 1918 model is known as the “greenhouse.”

“The doors go up to a certain level, and then you’ve got windows that go above it. So you got your side windows and your windshield. That’s called the ‘greenhouse,’” Robin said. “The visibility is great. You can see all around.”

The vehicle’s interior is referred to as “parlor seating.”

“The driver actually drives from the back seat. You’ve got a friend sitting next to you. In front, I’ve got one chair that swings around so that it can face you on the passenger side,” Robin said. “Directly in front of me is a small jump seat. You can have four people comfortably sitting in there, all facing each other talking. That’s the parlor aspect of it. It can feel like a living room.”

Because it’s electric, there is no gas ped-

al. Instead of a steering wheel, tillers are used to maneuver the car. A tiller provides leverage in the form of torque to turn the device that changes the direction of the vehicle.

“There’s a tiller for steering where I push to the left to go left or I would pull towards me to go right,” Robin said. “There’s a second one that is shorter that is used for the throttle. Those are my five speeds.”

With her sailing background, Robin was a natural at using the tillers. The 1918 Detroit Electric can drive as fast as 22 mph.

There are no blinkers, so Robin uses hand signals when turning left or right. The Hellers make sure to charge the car on a regular

basis.

“Nowadays, we carry our own charger with us,” Bill said. “It’s built into the car. If you deplete the battery, it takes about eight hours to charge.”

Robin likes to ride around the Grosse Pointes and in rural areas with the Detroit Electric. It often draws attention from other drivers, as was the case when she recently took it for a drive over to a friend’s house.

While stopped at a red light, the driver next to her wanted to know what kind of car she was driving.

“A Detroit Electric,” she told him a couple of times before the light turned green.

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FOOD TRUCK TUESDAYS RETURN

WEST BLOOMFIELD — A variety of food options will be available for local residents on Tuesdays through Sept. 26.

Food Truck Tuesdays are scheduled for 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the tent between the West Bloomfield Township Public Library and the Recreation Activities Centre, at 4640 Walnut Lake Road.

According to West Bloomfield Township’s website, it is an event series organized by West Bloomfield Township, the West Bloomfield Township Public Library, the West Bloomfield Police Department and the parks department.

MARISSA CARSON OF HIGHLAND IS THE NEW MISS OAKLAND COUNTY ROCHESTER HILLS – Marissa Maxine Carson, 20, of Highland Township was crowned Miss Oakland County 2023 at the annual competition July 15 at Oakland University.

The theater major at Oakland Community College won $1,850 in education scholarships, as well as several other prizes and gifts.

Carson won scholarships of $1,200 for winning Miss Oakland County and $200 for the Vivian Zhong Best Talent Award for her rendition of “Wishing You Were Here Again,” from “The Phantom of the Opera.” She also earned scholarships of $250 for the Aldo Vagnozzi Community Service Award and $200 for the JoAnn Lingenfelter Spirit of Miss America Award.

Carson, who plans to obtain a bachelor’s in musical theater, will represent Oakland County at the 2024 Miss Michigan competition in Muskegon next June. Her community service

Large sum raised to benefit foster care, adoption, mentoring services

METRO DETROIT — Child Safe Michigan, an affiliate of the Judson Center, a human services agency, raised nearly $350,000 at its 2023 Legends of Tomorrow gala June 9 at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, according to a release.

The fundraiser benefits Child Safe Michigan’s foster care, adoption and mentoring services for neglected and abused children in Southeast Michigan.

“Child Safe Michigan is an award-winning agency that has made a difference in hundreds of young lives,” Judson Center President and CEO Lenora Hardy-Foster stated in the release. “We are committed to improving the lives of children and families in our community, and providing a safe, nurturing home environment is extremely important to a child’s growth and successful transition into adulthood.”

For more information, visit childsafemichigan.org or judsoncenter.org.

Food and fashion SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Samaritan House will

CYCLE TRACK PROJECT TO CONTINUE INTO NOVEMBER

PLEASANT RIDGE — At the end of June, construction began on the city’s Woodward Avenue streetscape and cycle track project. It’s expected to be completed by mid-November.

According to a news release, on-street parking temporarily will not be available during the project. Public parking will be available in the public parking lots at Wellesley Drive and Fairwood Boulevard, and on side streets where allowed. One or two lanes will be closed on Woodward and Main Street between Sylvan Avenue and Interstate 696 during the length of the project. The primary contractor for the project is Merlo Construction.

The news release also said that 11 honey locust trees have to be removed, but most of the existing trees will be preserved and 24 new trees will be planted, resulting in a net increase of 13 trees. For more information on the project, visit cityofpleasantridge.org/woodward.

hold Food & Fashion at the Palazzo Grande at 54660 Van Dyke Ave. in Shelby Township from 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 21. Tickets cost $50 and must be bought in advance. There will be a buffet dinner, beer, wine and nonalcoholic drinks, a fashion show, raffles, door prizes, vendor booths and more. For more information, call (586) 336-9956 or email shevents@att.net.

FRUITS & VEGETABLES ACROSS 1. Itsy Bitsy Spider’s tunnel 6. Operations, as in military 9. Carpenter’s joint 13. Book, in Paris 14. Coach’s talk 15. Long-necked wader 16. Did not go out to eat (2 words) 17. Chi preceder 18. Top scout 19. *’90s children’s series “____ in Pyjamas” 21. *Alternative to stick 23. T-cell killer, acr.

24. Show worry 25. Knee-related acronym 28. Sushi restaurant’s boozy offering 30. *Grilled cheese and ____ soup 35. Mouse to a snake 37. In ____, or together 39. Convicted one 40. *Pear or quince, botanically speaking 41. California and Nevada lake 43. Raja’s daughter 44. Uncouth ones 46. Of two minds 47. RenÈ Descartes’ “therefore” 48. Make wealthy 50. Use a surgical beam 52. Gingerbread creation 53. *When fruit is ready 55. Red-white-and-blue inits.

57. *”Hot” vegetable-shaped toy 60. *L in BLT 64. 3-D picture in a book 65. U.N. workers’ grp.

67. Owned house or car, e.g.

68. Item on a cell phone bill 69. What’s old is new again, prefix 70. Popular electric car 71. Hair styling products 72. Scottish cap 73. British peers DOWN 1. Block of concrete, e.g.

2. Pocket bread 3. Baker’s baker 4. Dickens’s Heep 5. Serena’s sport 6. Prefers 7. *Fairytale princess test 8. Virgo’s brightest star

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9. Letter opener 10. Ship to Colchis 11. Airhead 12. The loneliest number?

15. Concerning this 20. Nautical “Stop!”

22. College assessment test, acr.

24. Camera’s tiny aperture 25. *Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter 26. Sing like Tony Bennett 27. Madagascar primate 29. Myanmar currency 31. BÈbÈ’s mother 32. Rooster, in the olden days 33. Polynesian kingdom 34. *Layered bulb 36. Giant Himalayan?

38. Lady Grantham of “Downton Abbey” 42. Follow as a consequence

initiative is “The Importance of Volunteering,” which seeks to bring volunteering opportunities throughout Michigan to people of all ages and abilities.

Milford’s Rebecca Kobylas, a 20-year-old neuroscience and psychology major at Alma College, earned a $700 scholarship as the first runner-up. Kobylas also won the Samantha Steckloff Community Service Award and an additional $150 scholarship.

Claudia Kenny, 16, of Chesaning, became the 2023 Miss Oakland County’s Teen. A junior at Chesaning H.S., Kenny’s community service initiative is “The Big SEE: Skin Cancer is the Cancer You Can See.” She will represent Oakland County at Michigan’s teen competition next June in Muskegon.

The Miss Oakland County Scholarship Program is a preliminary competition to Miss Michigan and Miss America.

45. Claw mark 49. “Battleship” exclamation 51. Heir’s concern 54. *At the end of a hot pepper or many a sweet potato 56. Cruising 57. Prepare to be shot 58. October birthstone

59. What Little Toot does 60. *Fruit of the ____ 61. Brezhnev’s domain 62. Jailbird’s home 63. Airline postings 64. Dog breed from China 66. Grazing ground

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

The man said that when he left his home at 9 a.m., his garage door was down. Upon returning home at 7 p.m., he found the door open. He explained that he does not live with anyone, so no one else should have had access to his home. He said the only thing missing was the Tesla charging box, valued at $200, which had been plugged into an outlet on the east wall inside the garage.

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

The man told police that some of his family members, as well as his ex-girlfriend, have the code for the garage. The man said he recently broke up with his now ex-girlfriend and believes that she might have stolen the charger. Since he broke up with her two weeks earlier, he said that he has had to block her on all social media, as well as his phone. He told police she might steal the charger just to cause an inconvenience in his life. He told police that his ex is aware of his work hours and when the house would be empty.

Police reportedly were able to locate fingerprints in the gum that had been chewed and pressed into the doorknobs. The man rescinded his initial request to press charges and asked that police ask his ex-girlfriend if she has the charger and to return it to him.

Police said the ex-girlfriend admitted to taking it and returned it to him July 17. The case has since been closed.

Photos reportedly used for attempted extortion

WEST BLOOMFIELD — In a report dated July 13, a resident on Northcote Lane stated that an unknown person had possibly used artificial intelligence to produce nude pictures and post them on social media.

The unknown person demanded money in order to stop posting the pictures.

The case was listed as documentation only.

Electronics stolen

HAZEL PARK — According to a police report, a 48-year-old Detroit man was arrested after allegedly stealing a tablet, a phone and some coins from a

home in the 23300 block of Hazelwood Ave. on the morning of July 15.

The homeowner, a 49-year-old Hazel Park man, had allowed the suspect to stay the night. The suspect allegedly left with the items the next day.

Police were investigating.

Business threatened

MADISON HEIGHTS — According to a police report, a business in the 32000 block of Concord Drive received a threat of violence at about 3:30 p.m. on July 15.

Management reportedly notified Troy police, who in turn notified the Madison Heights Police Department. Officers responded to the business, speaking with management, who decided to close for the day.

A 25-year-old male suspect was then taken into custody. Police were investigating.

Gun pointed during dispute

FARMINGTON — Police responded to the Chatham Hills Apartments at 1 a.m. July 5 on a report of a felonious assault where the victim reported a gun was pointed at them during a dispute.

An investigation led to the arrest of a 39-yearold Farmington man.

The suspect was arraigned in 47th District Court and was out on personal bond pending the next court hearing.

Assault reported outside nightclub

BIRMINGHAM — On July 9 at around midnight, officers were dispatched to a local club regarding an assault report.

The officers spoke with two people who were related to the suspect, an unidentified man around 40 years old. They mentioned that they were denied entry to the club with the suspect. The staff members stated the suspect refused to pay the $40 entrance fee for the club and became violent after trying to enter the club and being denied again.

The suspect allegedly punched a 27-year-old man from Grosse Pointe Woods in the throat. An investigation was ongoing.

Stolen vehicle recovered before victim reported it missing

SOUTHFIELD — Police recovered a stolen vehicle that was left running and unattended in a parking lot in the 25000 block of West 12 Mile Road at 7:10 p.m. July 16.

The 2021 Kia Forte’s back driver’s side window was broken out, and there was damage to the ignition. Police contacted the registered owner, who was unaware that the vehicle was missing.