City Council takes action to ban carnivals after issues at Berkley Days
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
BERKLEY — After two consecutive years of issues pertaining to safety at Berkley Days, the City Council last week passed a resolution
directing city staff to prepare an ordinance to ban carnivals.
At its Sept. 16 meeting, the City Council received an “After Action Report” from the Berkley Public Safety Department that detailed the events of the 2024 edition of Berkley Days May 9-12, as well as
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
BERKLEY — The city of Berkley will be holding a gathering for residents to meet the candidates for city manager.
Berkley will hold a meet and greet with residents from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the Public Safety Department’s garage, 2395 12 Mile Road.
Residents can meet with the four candidates hoping to become Berkley’s next city manager and ask questions about how they would help run the city.
“The main important thing is just this opportunity for our community to come and meet the candidates and hear about their vision and start to get to know them a little bit,” Berkley Director of Communications Caitlin Flora said.
The four candidates are M. Jon Dean, chief of human resources at
The Berkley City Council has taken
the event.
File photo by Donna Dalziel
Funky Ferndale Art, DIY Street fairs pack downtown with visitors
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — Downtown Ferndale was packed with visitors the weekend of Sept. 20-22 for the Funky Ferndale Art Fair and DIY Street Fair.
The Funky Ferndale Art Fair took over a large part of West Nine Mile Road with various vendors and shops selling arts and trinkets.
Megan “Maude” Litts brought her shop, Maude Studios, to the fair for the second time. She has been selling her art professionally for over a decade
Litts’ art is in the style of what she described as “modern impressionism” with a bit of vaporware. She’s made paintings in this style of animals, mushrooms, fairies and video game controllers.
Dorothea Road stub street to close as city looks to activate space
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
BERKLEY — A stub street in Berkley will be closed indefinitely as the city looks to activate it for downtown usage.
At its Sept. 16 meeting, the City Council approved closing Dorothea Road off Coolidge Highway, a street that stubs into a parking area near an open field that many know as the place where the Berkley Bears and Steelers football teams practice.
“It’s kind of a road to nowhere, so it really presents a nice opportunity for us to activate that space, particularly since it’s part of the right of way and we already have jurisdiction over that,” Berkley Community Development Director Kristen Kapelanski said.
Earlier in the meeting, the council approved an item on its consent agenda for a contract with Carlisle Wortman & Associates for a conceptual plan design for an urban plaza/ parklet at the Dorothea Road street stub.
The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments previously had awarded the city $10,000 in the summer to be used to hire a firm for a design.
Kapelanski said that the city will update road signs to not point people to park in the stub while it’s closed.
Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Mike McGuinness said that this closure is an experiment to see what would be the cost incurred for the activation of the area as a public space.
“This is for short-term utilization, especially during the coming holiday seasons, both BOO!kley season and the holiday shopping season that immediately follows after,” he said.
McGuinness said that the DDA would incur the costs when it comes to the staging, lighting, landscaping and seating in regard to the area’s activation.
“The vision is to take it from the stub … to a hub,”
See DOROTHEA ROAD on page 13A
TOP: Anna Teiko displays her clothing from AnnaTeiko Designs at the DIY Street Fair Sept. 21.
ABOVE: Ron and Linda Couch, of Center Line, look over the Vintage Posters Reimagined booth at the DIY Street Fair.
Photos by Donna Dalziel See FAIRS on page 12A
PANCAKE BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER
BERKLEY — A pancake fundraiser is being held to help raise money for the Berkley Cares Food Pantry. The pancake breakfast will take place 8-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Berkley First Church, 2820 12 Mile Road. The pantry is located in the lower level of Berkley First.
Hosted by the Berkley City Council, the breakfast aims to raise awareness and funds for the Berkley Cares Food Pantry. The suggested minimum donation to attend the breakfast is $15 for adults and $10 for children 10 and younger.
Donations can be made at berkleycaresfoodpantry.com/give, and the fundraiser will accept cash at the door. When making a donation online, people are asked to specify “pancake breakfast” and the number of breakfasts they’re paying for in the donation.
BERKLEY TO DO AWAY WITH YARD WASTE TAGS
BERKLEY — Starting Oct. 1, yard waste tags will not be required for residents in the city of Berkley.
A news release stated that yard waste will be picked up normally without tags moving forward. They will be required for any bag or trash can until Sept. 30. On Oct. 1, leaves can be raked directly to the street for collection and all other yard waste should still be placed in bags or cans, but no tags will be required.
“The yard waste tag fee was implemented for the fiscal year that just ended on June 30, 2024, to ensure that operational costs were met in the City’s Solid Waste Fund,” a news release states. “Another measure that was taken was discontinuing our residential chipper service for brush that did not meet our yard waste guidelines.
“However, the yard waste tag fee, along with a new commercial refuse fee, generated much higher revenues than expected,” the release continued. “Our finance department recognized this during the fiscal year-end review and recommended that City Council re-evaluate the yard waste and brush programs. Based on these financial projections, City Council determined that yard waste services can now be offered without requiring tags, and the chipper program can resume in April 2025 for brush pickup services while still maintaining a stable Solid Waste Fund.”
For more information on yard waste, visit berkleymich.org/yardwaste.
FERNDALE FALL FESTIVAL
FERNDALE — The Ferndale Fall Festival is back this weekend at Martin Road Park.
The festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the park, located at 1615 E. Lewiston Ave.
Attendees can look forward to fall-themed activities such as hayrides, pony rides, roller skating, carnival games, prizes, crafts, face painting, pumpkin painting, a trick-ortreat trail and more.
Wristbands cost $8 through Sept. 27 and $10 until Oct. 5. Children ages 1 and younger will get in for free. To register for the festival, visit bit.ly/ferndalefallfestival.
School gets designation
BERKLEY — A Berkley middle school has been designated as a MI HEARTSafe School.
Anderson Middle School received a designation as a MI HEARTSafe School. The school’s nurse, Rose Guglielmetti, was credited with spearheading the initiative to secure the recognition for Anderson.
According to the organization’s website, a HEARTSafe designation “recognizes a school’s efforts to prevent sudden cardiac death of the young, or SCDY, by preparing for a cardiac emergency. Members of this school community know how to recognize the signs of a sudden cardiac arrest and respond quickly by calling 9-1-1 and using CPR and an automated external defibrillator, or AED, until EMS arrives.”
For more information, visit migrc.org/ patients-families/mi-heartsafe-schools/mi-heartsafe-school-award-program.
MOVIE IN THE PARK
BERKLEY — The Berkley Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a seasonal movie in the park.
The department will be hosting a showing of “Halloweentown” on Thursday, Oct. 10, at Oxford Park, located at Oxford Road and Bacon Avenue.
The event will start at 5 p.m. and have cider, doughnuts and treats on hand for attendees before the movie begins at 5:45 p.m.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket or chair to watch the movie. The department also will have a Halloween-inspired story from the Berkley Public Library located on parts of the walkway at the park.
The book is “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything,” by Linda Williams, and it can be read anytime during the month, as well as during the movie night Oct. 10.
File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Pleasant Ridge makes change for parking on Sylvan Avenue
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
PLEASANT RIDGE — Pleasant Ridge’s City Commission approved a permanent change for two-sided parking on Sylvan Avenue.
At its Sept. 10 meeting, the commission officially decided to keep parking on Sylvan Avenue between Woodward and Indiana avenues two-sided.
According to the city, two-sided parking was requested by residents of Sylvan Avenue in December 2022. The change was made on a trial basis in September 2023, and Pleasant Ridge began evaluating traffic and speed data during that time.
From the data collected, the average traffic speed was down from 24.9 miles per hour before the change to 24.1 mph after, and the percentage of speeding vehicles was reduced from 43.2% to 34.3%.
Approximately a year has passed since the change, and City Manager James Breuckman said the city didn’t hear much from residents after the change was made.
“That’s usually a sign that things are going OK,” he said.
Commissioner Ann Perry said that Sylvan’s traffic flows well with two-sided parking and that there hasn’t been any outcry from people online about the change.
“It seems to flow really nicely and it does give a lot of the residents who have younger kids … they like the buffer with their front yard, too” she said.
Residents were surveyed on if they wished to keep two-sided parking. Nine homes were in favor and four were against, with another home unsure.
The commission voted unanimously to approve the traffic control order to make the two-sided parking permanent. However, if there was ever a time where they wished to reverse their decision, Breuckman said that change can be easily made.
“Those who were in favor of going back to one-side parking … they seem to not like the fact that this created friction in terms of a driver having to stop or sometimes a driver who had to stop would be angry or honk their horn or speed away once they had the stop,” he said. “That’s unfortunate, that’s people, and you will have that with some
small percentage of drivers, but that friction is exactly what creates the slower traffic speeds and the traffic calming. … That’s all
part of the package of if you want change on the street. … It’s a trade-off.”
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
After a trial basis, the city of Pleasant Ridge has decided to permanently move forward with two-side parking on Sylvan Avenue.
SPOTLIGHT ON SENIOR LIVING
MOVING INTO THE MULTIGENERATIONAL-LIVING ERA
BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN tchristensen@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — Multigenerational housing is making a comeback.
Studies by the Pew Research Center indicate that the concept has grown for the past five decades, and there is no sign of peaking.
According to the Pew Research Center, the number of people living in multigenerational homes quadrupled since 1971, reaching 59.7 million in March 2021.
Shaun Shaya, of Shaya Realty in Birmingham, works closely with the senior community, helping them sell their homes or move into assisted living arrangements. He said moving into a multigenerational household can provide plenty of emotional benefits for the older generation.
Having a senior move into a home with their adult children or grandchildren means more accessibility to caregiving and a sense of social inclusivity. But the change between living on their own and moving in with family can be difficult.
“I think they are in a place where they have a lot of stress in their life. It is stressful because it is change. They have lived in their home for a long time,” he said. “But on the other side, you know that it is easier.”
Shaya has seen first hand the positive impact living with other
See HOUSING on page 7A
ABOVE: Jennifer Tommajin, of Real Estate One in Troy, designed this home that showcases the amount of space and functionality a multigenerational home could use. The 6,938-square-foot home includes five bedrooms, four full baths, and one half bath.
Photo by Brian Kurtz LEFT: One of the benefits of extended families living together is strengthening bonds between generations. Shutterstock image
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Veterinary United; Mohamed “Moe” Ayoub, planning director for the city of Westland; Khalfani Stephens, deputy mayor for the city of Pontiac; and Crystal VanVleck, deputy city manager of community services for Oak Park.
According to a news release, Berkley conducted a survey with community members to identify the “desired qualities” of its next city manager. Those qualities included strong leadership; being an effective communicator; financial acumen; being community oriented; and innovative and forward thinking.
“I’m anticipating that since residents all spoke to wanting all of (these qualities) in the candidates, they’ll be asking questions that kind of relate to that,” Flora said. “I think some big questions will come around the financial acumen portion. I think people will be really interested to learn what the candidate’s financial experience is.”
Following the meet and greet, a special
Housing
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people has on the senior community while helping seniors move into assisted living homes.
Seniors in assisted living homes experience more social interaction and less stress of taking care of themselves. Shaya said multigenerational housing provides the same effect.
“The key is the emotional well-being of the seniors that choose to live in multigenerational housing,” he said. “As you get older, it becomes very isolating, and socializing becomes more of a challenge.”
Jennifer Toomajian, of Real Estate One in Troy, said she sees a lot of multigenerational living situations in Troy and the surrounding areas of metro Detroit.
“Multigenerational homes are huge in areas that have diverse populations,” she said. “I think our population is different today, so you have people that live in the areas that are culturally used to taking care of their grandparents or their parents.”
To accommodate the current wants or needs for multigenerational homes, Toomajian said that the housing market is beginning to build homes specifically for multigenerational housing.
City Council meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 3338 Coolidge Highway, where individual interviews will be conducted with the candidates.
“In a city manager form of government, which is what we have in Berkley, the city manager is running the departments, that person has seven bosses (on the City Council), if you will. … If you’re looking at a strategic plan, I think it’s critically important to have departments and staff and council moving in the same direction, and then the city manager will be directing from that,” Mayor Bridget Dean said.
Dean spoke about the relationship between the city manager and the mayor.
“I just feel like the mayor and the city manager have to have trust and good communication and to be able to have difficult conversations, and ultimately the goal is what’s best for the city of Berkley, and that’s what I’m looking for,” Dean said.
Berkley is expected to select the next city manager at a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at City Hall.
Call Staff Writer Mike Koury at (586) 498-1077.
“Developers have been adjusting new construction floor plans to accommodate multigenerational families,” she said via email. “Adding first-floor full bathrooms with showers and first-floor flex rooms that have a multi-purpose: guest room, bedroom, playroom, gym, or an office.”
Creating homes that are designed for the purpose of multigenerational family living situations opens up the doors for saving money in other aspects of life, according to Toomajian.
“What ends up happening is today’s home prices are so high that both parents have to work,” she said. “Then if both parents are working, who is home with the kids? Then grandma moves in to help take care of the kids while the parents are working.”
Shaya said that the desire for a single family home and land will never diminish, but multigenerational living is the most attainable option as he believes that housing affordability will not change anytime soon.
“Economics will sort of dictate that a different model will be more efficient and more welcome for a lot of people,” he said. “I think that multigenerational housing is going to be an integral part of that model to help with the housing availability issue that many people face.”
Call Staff Writer Taylor Christensen at (586) 498-1081.
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the changes that had been made after incidents that occurred in 2023.
Detective Lt. Andrew Hadfield reviewed the report for the council. As a longtime resident, he doesn’t believe he’s missed an annual edition of Berkley Days, and during that time, the festival was mainly watched over by two to three officers and problems were minimal. The biggest issues, he said, were parking related.
In 2023, it was around 5 p.m. May 13 when a number of juveniles showed up and wore masks, carried duffel bags and some had BB guns. Eventually, a couple of fights broke out at the carnival.
“Not that you’re not prepared for it, but you’re like, ‘This is different,’” Hadfield said. “This feels different. This hasn’t happened before, and after a couple of the fights, it was, ‘We need to get this under control before it gets dark, before we have bigger issues,’ and so that event was shut down.”
Hadfield said there were issues with traffic as well and trying to get police cars in and out, and a couple of more fights that broke out. There also were people who committed retail fraud in downtown stores as people left the fair, Hadfield said.
For 2024, police wanted to improve upon the safety plan with more security and restrictions on what could be brought into the event. Initially, there were 12 officers ready to serve at the event.
The first two days of Berkley Days went by with minimal issues. On May 11, the crowd started to increase at 6 p.m. and the hired security company notified police that kids were trying to sneak in with masks.
“As much as it kept working with what was going on, we started getting the feeling that we had had in 2023,” Hadfield said. “The groups were congregating, they were not riding rides, they were not getting wristbands.”
After two fights had broken out, the decision was made to shut down the carnival for that day. Hadfield stated that evacuating the fair went better than the previous year, though there were some fights that occurred.
The biggest thing that happened was a gathering of 50 or so juveniles who had masks on at 11 Mile Road and Coolidge Highway.
“There were lots of them that had brought that with intent,” Hadfield said. “They knew they couldn’t get in the carnival with it. They kept them in their pockets. So now we had a big issue with kids running across 11 and Coolidge going into Oak Park,
coming back over, you’d see a skirmish behind an alley and officers trying to get that under control, and most of the kids had no way home. And that was probably one of the biggest problems, was the unsupervised children that were there who had been dropped off by parents or friends and had no way. We had a 10-year-old that sat for almost two hours waiting for a parent from Sterling Heights to come get them.”
A total of 41 officers, including those who came from out of town, responded to close down the carnival. The cost for the public safety response was $13,276.88
In comparing the two years, Hadfield said 2024 was better, but the concern will always be for the next year.
Based on the judgment of the Public Safety Department, the Berkley Days Committee and other staff, interim City Manager Nate Geinzer recommended not holding carnivals in Berkley.
“This is not a dollars and cents thing, this is not an ‘end Berkley Days’ thing,” he said. “This is an event that has outgrown our community from our standpoint. It’s outgrown our public safety resources. It’s outgrown probably the location of this. I’m not sure we have spaces here that are really designed to support a carnival, and that’s what this is about.”
What stood out to Geinzer was that 41 public safety officials responded on May 11. He said such a response causes a lot of stress on the community and its mutual aid partners. He also was concerned that an incident could break out at the fair and, at the same time, another incident could occur, such as a structure fire, that needed public safety attention too.
“These are the types of things that are going through my mind and our staff’s mind as we’re bringing forth a recommendation of this level,” he said.
The council voted 5-1 to approve the ban on carnivals. The council member to vote no, Clarence Black, said during the meeting that this recommendation was tough for him because the “war fighter” in him felt this was akin to “terrorism.” Black has more than a decade of service in the Army Reserve.
“This is just people changing our way of life,” he said, adding that it’s not the city, it’s an “everywhere” issue and that “we need to figure out what’s going on with our kids.”
“My instincts are to just say, ‘Let’s fight and not let them change our way of life.’ I think it’s something that we have to do,” he said.
Mayor Bridget Dean told the Woodward Talk that she felt it was in the city’s best interest to do away with carnivals. She said Berkley Days began more than 100 years ago
as a parade and has changed over time.
“It has evolved and changed as time went on, and this is just a continuation of that evolution and change,” she said. “Nothing stays the same, and I will defer also to public safety. They supported this resolution as well, and given all the information that was taken into account — all of it — I believe that it’s the right way to move forward at this time.”
As the council now has passed the resolution, it has directed the city staff to draft an ordinance that will ban carnivals, which will come back to council for approval at a later date.
Berkley Days Committee Chair Denise Downen said in a prepared statement that the Berkley Days Association fully supported the resolution passed by the City Council.
“Given the events of the past two years, we believe that proceeding with a midway at this time would pose safety risks and be an irresponsible decision, considering the large crowds it typically draws,” she stated. “This decision was not made lightly, but after careful consideration, we believe it is in the best interest of our community — including its
residents, business owners, and public safety personnel.”
Downen also shared the same sentiment as Dean that the city is not abandoning the vision of celebrating Berkley Days in some form.
“We are actively exploring new ideas and opportunities to reimagine the event for the future,” she said. “Our goal is to create a safe, enjoyable experience that reflects the spirit of our community, and we look forward to sharing more details as discussions progress.”
Dean stated that the Berkley Days Committee will work on how the event will proceed moving forward and present an idea to City Council at a later date.
“People aren’t aware of the time it takes to plan an event this large, and so the fact that they’re contemplating and that the city is giving direction now, I think, is a good thing, because this is an event that they probably use most of the year to plan for the next one,” she said. “This, at least, will give them direction on how we’re going to proceed. … It’s with a heavy heart. This was a time-honored tradition in Berkley.”
THURSDAYS 9AM - 2PM SEPTEMBER 25 - OCTOBER 3
Stink bugs: The bumbling pest
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — As the days get shorter and the air cooler, the telltale signs of fall emerge: cider and donuts, gourds, pumpkin spiced lattes and, of course, the great stink bug hibernation.
Homes throughout metro Detroit will be breached and besieged by the bumbling but harmless brown marmorated stink bug this fall and winter, seeking safe shelter over the darker months.
“When we get about less than 13 hours daylight, there is a chemical change within the stink bug that makes it move from reproducing and feeding to searching for a place to spend the winter,” said David Lowenstien, a Michigan State University Extension consumer horticulture educator. “Naturally, stink bugs will spend the winter in leaf litter or tree bark, but where there’s a lot of homes or barns or sheds, that can be a more protective place to spend the wintertime.”
Making their way inside through the smallest of cracks and crevices, brown marmorated stink bugs choose to spend their time doing as little as possible. The daylightinduced chemical change prohibits them from reproducing, and they cannot find food indoors, so they spend the months doing as much as they can to save their energy.
Brown marmorated stink bugs are an invasive species of stink bug. It was first detected in the United States in 1996 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, possibly arriving stateside by hitching a ride in shipping containers from either China or Japan. They then spread across the eastern U.S.
“Around the 2000s was when the midAtlantic fruit growers really became very alarmed by them and had a lot of fruit damage in their orchards,” said Julianna Wilson, a Michigan State assistant professor of tree fruit entomology.
Brown marmorated stink bugs have a long straw-like mouth, which they use to suck the juices of fruits, vegetables and other plants. This leaves a lumpy, brown and corklike plant drained of its juices, potentially ruining whole crop yields. As the bugs made landfall in Michigan in 2010, finding a way to manage the stink bug was a top priority for agricultural scientists.
Ultimately however, the brown marmorated stink bug never became as much of an agricultural threat as it was on the Atlantic coast. For one, there is a large variety of food sources for stink bugs in Michigan, allowing the bugs to spread out and not target only a select few crops. Parasites have also played a role in managing the brown marmorated stink bug. A microsporidian, or parasitic
fungus, found to infect native stink bugs has made the jump to the brown marmorated stink bug, reducing the bugs ability to lay eggs when populations grow too large.
Another nonnative insect species from Asia, the samurai wasp, has made its way to the U.S. and preys on brown marmorated stink bug populations. The tiny one-eighth of an inch long black wasp specializes in attacking brown marmorated stink bug eggs, using the eggs to lay their own larvae. The samurai wasp is incapable of stinging humans and has not been observed targeting native stink bug eggs.
“(The samurai wasp) came here (and) we haven’t seen any big effects other than with this particular stink bug, which it does really well on in its native host range,” Wilson said. “It has not become the pest that we thought it would become.”
While research into brown marmorated stink bug management is still ongoing, the species has largely found its place in the environment.
“We have the tools we need when they’re needed to be able to combat this pest,” Wilson said. “We’re not in the, ‘Oh no it’s an invasive species’ stage anymore. It’s here and established and we know how to deal with it, so it’s not an emergency or big concern like it was.”
In the home, the biggest threat brown marmorated stink bugs post to humans is increased irritation. A stink bug sighting is commonly marked by the brown guitar pickshaped creature slowly stumbling out from a windowsill or curtain or some other hiding place. Perhaps once disturbed they will take flight, flapping wings and meandering through the air with all the subtlety of a 747. And should you try squishing one, its namesake cilantro-scented pheromone will stink up the air around where it is struck down.
“They’re a moderate garden pest,” Lowenstien said. “The main issue with brown marmorated stink bugs are nuisance issues in the fall when they might congregate inside or outside of people’s homes … The only risk would be squishing them on fabrics; I would not recommend squishing them on furniture or squeezing them indoors, because they will release that smell, and they can stain furniture.”
To get rid of stink bugs indoors, Lowenstien recommends drowning them in soapy water or sucking up stink bugs with a vacuum cleaner. Stink bugs can be trapped into drowning by placing a light over a pan of soapy water; the light will attract the bugs, causing them to fall into the pan.
Keeping stink bugs out of the home, however, is a futile effort. Checking for openings and gaps in walls is the most that
can be done, as stink bugs will get inside though any little crack they can find. Stink bugs may congregate on the west and south sides on the exterior of homes in the fall, and spraying them with water or vacuuming them up is enough to remove them.
“Having them inside of your house doesn’t mean that you have failed to protect your home in any way,” Lowenstien said. “Insects are very smart at finding small gaps and cracks to make their way indoors, because they know that winter is coming, too.”
LEFT: Brown marmorated stink bugs arrived in the United States from Asia in 1996, spreading from Pennsylvania into Michigan in 2010.
Photo by Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org
RIGHT: The samurai wasp uses brown marmorated stink bug eggs to lay its own larvae, providing a check on the brown marmorated stink bug population.
Photo by Guido Bohne, Bugwood.org
ABOVE: This display plaque lists the many local businesses and Roseville police officers that helped restore the 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic on their own time at no cost to the city.
End of Watch
BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
ROSEVILLE — Car buffs who attend this year’s Jammin’ at the Junction will have the opportunity to pay their respects to four Roseville police officers who died in the line of duty.
CHEVY CAPRICE CLASSIC PAYS TRIBUTE TO FALLEN ROSEVILLE OFFICERS
The annual car show will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 on Utica Road between Gratiot Avenue and 12 Mile Road in Roseville. The event is open to the public and free to spectators.
During the day, car owners will display their soupedup muscle cars, classic models, coupes, convertibles and more. The festivities also will include live music, food ven-
dors and awards.
One car that will catch the public’s attention is a 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic, which Roseville City Manager and Police Commissioner Ryan Monroe owns and maintains. He purchased the vehicle with his own money a few years ago to honor the dedicated Roseville patrolmen who
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LEFT: This 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic is scheduled to be on display at Jammin’ at the Junction from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 on Utica Road, between Gratiot Avenue and 12 Mile Road, in Roseville. The car pays tribute to four Roseville police officers who died in the line of duty.
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Photo by Maria Allard
died while serving and protecting the residents of the city.
“I plan to have the car there,” said Monroe, a former police officer. “When you work the road, that is your office. It’s a nice thing for the department and community to have the police vehicle at Jammin’ at the Junction. People like it.”
When shopping around for a commemorative car, Monroe “looked at all kinds of vehicles.” While the ’77 model was never a police car, Monroe felt the spacious and comfortable sedan was the best representation for the officers who lost their lives.
The honored patrolmen are: Albert O. DeSmet, Robert Alfred Young, William Oliver and Lawrence Cooney. All four men are remembered on the Officer Down Memorial Page website at odmp.org. The website tells brief stories of the law enforcement officers and the circumstances in which they died.
DeSmet was killed when his patrol car was struck during a high-speed pursuit Nov. 5, 1987. DeSmet, 44, was survived by his wife, son and two daughters.
According to the website, Clinton Township police were pursuing a vehicle traveling into Roseville after the driver had rammed and hit two vehicles. DeSmet and his partner, James Edwards, activated their emergency lights and pulled onto the southbound lanes of Gratiot Avenue when the vehicle struck them from behind.
DeSmet’s patrol car slid into the median and he was killed while Edwards was reportedly injured. The driver continued on until he crashed at an intersection. As time went on, the driver of the vehicle was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He was committed to a state hospital for four years and released.
Young’s “End of Watch” occurred Feb. 18, 1978, when he suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after pursuing a suspect on foot. The 51-year-old officer was assisting an ambulance crew that was having trouble restraining a man. The suspect then broke free and ran from the scene.
Young chased after him, tackled and handcuffed him and returned him to the ambulance. After a few minutes, the patrolman collapsed. The married father of three was transported to a local hospital where he died.
The Officer Down Memorial Page states that Oliver and Cooney — on duty together June 15, 1937 — died by gunfire after they apprehended a youth who was under arrest for burglarizing a local gas station.
The suspect and a second juvenile were handcuffed and being placed into a patrol car when one of them grabbed Oliver’s handgun and shot him. When Cooney heard the gunshots, he rushed to the scene and was shot at by the suspects.
“He began to chase the suspects and as he rounded the corner he was shot several times,” the website states. “Although wounded, he continued to fire at the suspects.”
Cooney drove himself to the police station and collapsed. A milkman passing by took him to a local hospital, but he did not survive his injuries, leaving behind his wife and two sons. Oliver succumbed to his wounds about one month later on July 12. He was survived by his wife and four children.
The 19-year-old suspect in the shootout was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page website, he was paroled Jan. 25, 1963.
“I wanted to acknowledge those officers and draw attention to the police and city,” Monroe said. “I think it’s so important to remember their sacrifices.”
Many local organizations have offered their time to help restore the Chevy without any cost to the city of Roseville or the Police Department, as no city funds were used for the project.
“The Roseville Auto Shop was generous to give it a good tune-up and make it road ready,” Monroe said. “Lafata Auto Body helped with some of the body work.”
Other contributors listed on a display plaque include Automotive Color Supply Inc., in Roseville; Van’s Towing & Transport in Roseville; US Farathane, of Sterling Heights; ABS Storage Products in Detroit;
Majik Graphics in Clinton Township; and Roseville officers Brian Dobrzycki, David Lukasavage, Matthew Lesperance and his dad, Dennis Lesperance. The police officers volunteered on their own time.
The Caprice Classic is stored in a city building and taken out on occasion for events, including parades.
“It’s a pet project of mine,” Monroe said. “It’s more for the police and the city of Roseville.”
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Litts said she fell in love with this art style, as it gave her a feeling of nostalgia for her childhood.
“It was really hard for me to pinpoint for a while where I was getting these colors and these vibes from,” she said. “Then my husband and I were sitting at a bar up in Grand Rapids, and they were playing old ’90s cartoons, and the colors from the cartoons and some of the themes, not even just in the cartoons but in the commercials from old Cartoon Network and old Nickelodeon, I was looking at them like, ‘Oh my gosh, I paint this stuff all the time.’ I get it now. That’s where it’s all coming from. So a lot of my work, people look at it and think it’s made for kids, but I think it’s really made for adults, but for your inner child.”
Participating in art fairs is Litts’ fulltime job and her time at this year’s Funky Ferndale Art Fair had been successful.
“Last year when I came, I had no idea what to expect, but it’s a very good show for me, so I’ll be coming to it every year,” she said. “(This) 1,000% is the way I pay my bills, is coming out to the art fairs. It’s one way I get my art in the hands of people, one of the best ways I have. And as far as getting my name out there, sometimes online it feels impossible. You know, it seems like you put your head up amongst the crowd, but here people physically can see your work in person. I think it has a different impact.”
On the opposite side of Woodward Avenue, the DIY Street Fair parked itself on East Nine Mile Road and portions of nearby city parking lots.
The DIY Street Fair housed various vendors selling art in forms including unique movie posters, Detroit-branded clothing and, in the case of Annie Johnson, handknitted items.
Johnson is the owner of the Knitted
Home, where she makes knitted and crocheted headbands, beanies, scarves, mittens, pumpkins, hats and more.
“I also started doing kits where it’s allinclusive kits,” she said. “So it comes with the knitting needles, the crochet hook, the yarn, the stitch markers, the pattern. And I’m slowly working on video tutorials.”
Johnson even took time to knit while working at her stand. It takes her around 90 minutes to make one of her knitted items. This was her third year participating at DIY, and she said this has been one of her best years at the fair.
“I really like the different people,” she said. “I get to meet a lot of people, and I learn a lot. Like, I actually had two different people come in to tell me they also grow loofahs. So it’s really fun to share information about how to grow them and stuff like that. I’ve met a lot of knitters and crocheters and we’ll swap stories or tips and tricks.”
Call Staff Writer Mike Koury at (586) 498-1077.
ABOVE: Megan “Maude” Litts, of Maude Studios, shows some of her artwork at the Funky Ferndale Art Fair.
Photo by Mike Koury
TOP RIGHT: Trish Griesbeck and her daughter, Trish Gajos, showcase their knitted pieces from their business, Velte Sisters. BOTTOM RIGHT: Lori Weeks, of Ferndale, enjoys the Funky Ferndale Art Fair with her artist-designed hat.
Photos by Donna Dalziel
Dorothea Road
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he continued. “The downtown master plan calls for specifically this location to be activated as a public space, and really what we’re trying to do is respond to the organic use that has already been unfolding. With new businesses (and) restaurants, establishments and more pedestrian activity during that lunch hour for the (Berkley High School) students, those families interacting with football practice, those increased customers, we have
Dorothea Road off Coolidge Highway will be indefinitely closed as the city of Berkley looks to activate the downtown space.
CRIME WATCH
Political signs stolen
BERKLEY — A 65-year-old Berkley man reported that someone had stolen political signs from his yard.
The resident reported to police that at 8:20 p.m. Sept. 11 in the 3000 block of Robina Avenue, a red van pulled up in front of his home and took two Harris/Walz signs from his front yard.
The man also found an American flag that he had taped to the signs on the ground.
Driver found with fake grenade but real guns during arrest
reached out to the surrounding businesses in part, so that way it is a public-private collaboration.”
McGuinness also stated that he would like to move a MoGo bike sharing station to the Dorothea hub area as well.
“It’s not getting well utilized because the Coolidge station is tucked behind Vibe Credit Union at Earlmont (Road),” he said. “If the municipal government is cool with it, we would be interested in moving — at least temporarily — (to) see how it goes, (if it) increases ridership and access, to connect us to this regional bike share network.”
BERKLEY — Police arrested a driver for felon in possession of a weapon at 11:20 a.m. Sept. 18 near Greenfield Road and Edwards Avenue.
According to the Public Safety Department, officers pulled over a 32-year-old Detroit man, as the vehicle he was driving had an expired plate and no insurance. The driver stated that the vehicle was not his.
The man was placed in handcuffs and when asked if there was anything illegal in the vehicle, he said there was a grenade. A grenade-type object was found in the glovebox. Michigan State Police advised that, based on a photo, the grenade-type object did not have an explosive charge but contained rubber BBs and was not illegal to possess. The driver said it was for paintball.
Police said they did find multiple firearms in both the glovebox and center console with rounds inside. The driver reportedly had stated that there were no firearms inside the vehicle.
— Mike Koury
File photo by Mike Koury
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BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
DETROIT — “Forming Function” is “a design podcast for everyone.”
On the Detroit-based podcast, co-hosts Brian Moore and Sam Malott Brown cover everything from barber poles to Prince to toilets. Pairing history with architecture, the duo set out to uncover the origins and meaning behind everyday design in each episode using Moore’s background as an architect and Malott Brown’s education in anthropology and historic preservation, which is only fitting considering that the pair met while working at an architectural firm in Detroit.
The podcasters share a charisma and curiosity that allows for easy listening as they delve into their biweekly design fascination.
“I have a running Google sheet that I’m just continuously adding ideas to every time I’m out in the world, and I’m like, ‘Wonder what that’s about. Let’s add it to the list,’” Moore said.
“I feel like I come at it almost from a backward perspective of Brian, where he’s like, ‘OK, here’s the problem. What is the design solution that can resolve that issue?’ Whereas I’m like, ‘Oh, here’s the solution that they came up with. What was this used for? What was the problem?’” Malott Brown said.
Moore explained that he had wanted to do a podcast since 2015, but nothing came to fruition until COVID-19 hit and he was hosting a “quarantined lawn happy hour” at his house.
“I don’t even remember how the topic came up, but I started talking about how I wanted to do this. I actually think someone brought up barber poles at the happy hour. I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve been wanting to do a podcast episode about this.’ Sam’s husband, Jeff, said, ‘Oh, well, Sam’s been wanting to do a design podcast too. You guys should do something together,’” Moore said.
“Jeff kind of pawned me off on Brian,” Malott Brown joked.
She explained that at one point, she tried to convince her husband to do a podcast with her because she wanted to do something creative during the pandemic.
After discussing the plan for about a year, Moore and Malott Brown picked a
WHERE TO FIND FORMING FUNCTION:
Forming Function can be streamed on “any podcasting platform,” including Spotify, Apple, iHeartPodcast Network, Castbox and more. For more information on the Forming Function podcast, visit its Facebook page at facebook. com/FormingFunctionPodcast or check out their Instagram, @formingfunctionpodcast.
name and secured the Michigan Architectural Foundation’s Damian Farrell Architectural Awareness grant. The grant provides “financial assistance to organizations and individuals that organize, sponsor and promote events, lectures, publications and experiences that increase awareness of architecture.”
In 2024, the MAF Damian Farrell Architecture Awareness Grants Committee and the MAF Board of Trustees approved a total of $15,000 to be awarded to architectural awareness efforts like the Forming Function podcast. Moore and Malott Brown did not disclose the amount of the grant since it is a competitive application process. They explained that they were not profiting from the grant and that it helped them purchase equipment to streamline the editing process. Under the grant agreement, they did eight episodes in the first season and agreed to do 12 episodes this season.
“One of the requirements we made with them on the funding was that every season we would have at least one episode about Michigan architecture. And so, in the first season, we had an episode about the GM Tech Center. This season, we’ll have Northland Shopping Center, which is a very significant work that contributed to architectural movements across the country as a whole,” Moore said.
In April 2023, Moore and Malott Brown launched their first episode, “What’s White and Red All Over?” which focused on the gruesome history of barber poles. Moore said that becoming a podcaster made him adjust to explaining topics in more detail.
“I was giving someone a preview of the story. I talked about bloodletting and moved on. And they were like, ‘Whoa, wait. What’s,
what is bloodletting?’ I just assumed people knew what this was. So I went and rewrote my whole story, and there’s now a 10-minute segment about what that is and why they did it. And that actually became kind of the crux of the story.” he said.
Malott Brown explained her process for storytelling on the podcast.
“If the structure is always the same, it gets a little bit stale. So, trying to figure out how to tell the same story in a way that people will get something out of it, but in maybe new ways, with different perspectives and different angles, that keeps it fresh,” she said.
Lindsay Hansmann is a former coworker turned friend of Moore and Malott Brown. Hansmann has done photography for the podcast and appeared in the second episode of season two, “Potty Language,” which discusses the history of toilets and the evolution of sanitation systems.
Hansmann remembered when they asked her to do the episode.
“I was very honored. I showed up to record, and I was telling Brian how nervous I was,” Hansmann said.
Hansmann said that Moore reassured her.
“What I didn’t say out loud back to him, but what I thought was, ‘No, I’m nervous that it’s just not going to be as good as when it’s you two.’ Because they just have such a great flow. Thankfully, they are exactly who they are. And he was correct. Within a few minutes, we were talking like we would if we were out to grab a bite.”
In addition to Hansmann’s appearance in episode two of season two, listeners can look forward to topics such as the designs behind footballs, tarot cards, witches and Northland Mall. Malott Brown encouraged listeners to share their curiosities with them at formingfunctionpodcast@gmail.com.
“We do like to answer people’s questions,” she said. “So, if there’s anything that people are curious about, we definitely want them to send that to us so that we can answer those questions. Because we’re only two people, our curiosity can only expand so far. So, if there is anything that people are wondering about, we definitely want to help satisfy that for them.”
Sam Malott Brown and Brian Moore record a “Forming Function” podcast episode Sept. 17 on the design behind footballs.
Photo by Erin Sanchez
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OF THE WEEK • CRIME OF THE WEEK • CRIME OF THE WEEK
Fake ID leads to real suspect
BERKLEY — A 20-year-old Bloomfield Hills woman was caught attempting to use fake identification at 12:06 p.m. Aug. 18 at 3916 W. 11 Mile Road.
Police were called to Quality Roots for a report of a woman attempting to use a fake ID to buy marijuana. When the fake ID was caught by the store, the woman left the scene before police arrived.
While the ID was fake, police said that it did list the woman’s real address. Police were able to track down the woman and called her to the Public Safety Department, where she was issued a citation.
Police arrest motorcyclist
BERKLEY — A 35-year-old Rochester Hills man was arrested for fleeing and eluding and possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime at 9:39 p.m. Aug. 17 near Woodward Avenue and West 12 Mile Road.
According to the Berkley Public Safety Department, a patrol vehicle on Woodward became aware of a situation where a driver on a red motorcycle with a passenger began speeding away from a Berkley police officer at a gas station.
Police stated the driver was seen disobeying road closures and driving around the cones placed on Coolidge Highway.
The patrol vehicle attempted to stop the motorcyclist, but the motorcyclist reportedly did not stop. The officer followed the motorcycle, which was traveling between 70 and 80 mph, according to the report.
The motorcycle ended up in an area of Woodward that was congested with traffic due to the Dream Cruise. The motorcyclist attempted to hide behind a building, but police were pointed to its location by witnesses, the report states.
Police were able to arrest the driver, who according to the report told authorities that he had a gun on his person. The passenger was able to contact someone for a ride from the scene.
Incense starts fire in empty apartment
FARMINGTON — Public safety officers responded to Chatham Hills Apartments on a smoke investigation around 8:35 p.m. Aug. 26.
When officers arrived they detected smoke coming from underneath the door to a second story apartment. The apartment was unattended and locked.
The officers forced entry and found an active fire within.
Officers extinguished the fire, the origin of which was determined to be unattended incense placed near an apartment wall.
Driver fails to stop for police
FARMINGTON — An officer attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding at Grand River and Power Aug.
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and siren, the vehicle continued westbound on Grand River to Shiawassee, where it stopped for a red light. The officer attempted to get the driver’s attention, with negative results. The vehicle was eventually boxed in at Grand River and Drake. The 49-year-old driver was arrested and cited for failing to stop for a police officer’s signal.
Someone steals purse at hospital
ROYAL OAK — A complainant reported that between 11 and 11:30 a.m. Aug. 26, an unknown person stole the complainant’s purse from Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital at 3601 W. 13 Mile Road.
Police catch suspected mail thief
NOVI — A police officer reported seeing a man with a backpack standing in the middle of West Park Drive near Humboldt Drive at 2:29 a.m. Sept. 3.
The man was swaying back and forth with his head down, according to the police report. The man had no reaction when the officer pulled up directly behind him with his lights on.
When the officer got out of his car and called out to the man, the man responded by walking toward the sidewalk, according to the report. The officer then placed the man in handcuffs and asked to search his bag. Inside the bag, the officer reportedly found 22 pieces of mail that belonged to nearby small businesses. The man was then arrested and taken to the Novi Police Department. The mail was returned to the businesses, who police said chose to press charges against the man.
Surfboard goes missing
WEST BLOOMFIELD — A complainant went to the Police Department Aug. 29 to report that their surfboard was taken from their boat at the West Acres Marina.
No suspects were reported.
Sports cards reported missing
WEST BLOOMFIELD — An officer took a report of stolen baseball and basketball cards from a residence in the Aldingbrooke complex Aug. 31.
The reporting party explained that they had placed a box of cards on top of their water heater in March, and when they went to retrieve them Aug. 17, the cards were gone.
No suspects were reported.
Motorcyclist punches woman’s side mirror
BIRMINGHAM — A 51-year-old Royal Oak woman
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Avenue, she encountered a group of motorcyclists traveling at a high rate of speed who were visibly angry with motorists who were not getting out of their way.
One of the motorcyclists intentionally smashed the victim’s side mirror with their fist. An investigation was ongoing.
Police break up fight at restaurant
BIRMINGHAM — Officers on patrol were at a restaurant in the 200 block of South Old Woodward around 1 a.m. Sept. 1 when a fight broke out between several men.
One, a 28-year-old Sterling Heights man, resisted officers’ attempts to stop the fight and continued to behave aggressively. As officers attempted to subdue him, another man, a 35-year-old Macomb resident, grabbed one officer’s shoulder and pulled him backwards. Both suspects were arrested, with the Sterling Heights man charged with disturbing the peace and obstruction of justice, and the Macomb man charged with obstruction of justice.
Police arrest speeding drunk driver
ROCHESTER — A Rochester officer performing stationary radar in the area of Main and Romeo saw a vehicle traveling at 52 mph in a 25 mph zone at approximately 3 a.m. Aug. 24. The officer conducted a traffic stop and also observed the vehicle to have an expired plate.
The driver failed all field sobriety tasks and submitted to a preliminary breath test, which resulted in a blood alcohol content of 0.15%. The driver was placed under arrest, was lodged until sober and released, pending a later court date.
Woman arrested for being drunk and disorderly
ROCHESTER — Rochester officers were dispatched to an apartment complex pool for a disturbance at approximately 5 p.m. Aug. 28.
The caller indicated there was a group of individuals drinking, and the one female kept falling into the pool due to her intoxication.
Officers arrived and spoke with management, who confiscated the alcoholic beverages. Officers attempted to speak with the female who was causing the main disturbance, but she continued to cause a disturbance. At that point, she was placed under arrest, was lodged until sober and was released with a citation.
Man reports assault after going home with stranger
SOUTHFIELD — At 12:16 a.m. Aug. 19, a man met a woman and went back to her home, where they
OCT. 5
Ferndale Fall Festival: Hayrides, pony rides, roller skating, carnival games, prizes, crafts, face painting, pumpkin painting, trick-or-treat trail and more, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Detroit Curling Club in Martin Road Park, 1615 E. Lewiston Ave., bit.ly/ferndalefallfestival
Pots, Prints, & Pints Market: Featuring all Michigan artists, plus food trucks, noon-7 p.m., Urbanrest Brewery, 2615 Walcott St. in Ferndale, (248) 854-0492, peninsularprintmakerfair@gmail.com
Fall Festival: Pumpkin picking, wagon rides, animal visits, horse rides, live music, performances, axe throwing, food, straw tower, crafts, games, beer garden and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Bowers School Farm, 1219 E. Square Lake Road in Bloomfield Hills, (248) 341-6475, bowersfarm@bloomfield.org, schoolfarm.org/fall-fest-2024
OCT. 21
Pumpkin painting: Decorate a mini gourd and enjoy treats, 6:30-7 p.m., Berkley Public Library, 3155 Coolidge Highway, RSVP starting Oct. 2, berkleymich.org/libraryevents
OCT. 22
Royal Oak/Ferndale Senior Expo: Connect with dozens of organizations specializing in assistance and care, also free health screenings, prizes, giveaways and refreshments, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Royal Oak Farmers Market, 316 E. 11 Mile Road, seniorexpousa.com
ONGOING
Farmers markets: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays until Oct. 31, South Robina Avenue at 12 Mile Road in Berkley, berkleyfarmersmarket.com, (248) 658-3353
• 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, also antiques and collectibles 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays, 316 E. 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak, (248) 2463276, more on Facebook
Downtown BOO!kley: Fall-themed events include Zombie Crawl & Restaurant Weekend (Sept. 26-29), Skeleton Decorating Party (Sept. 29), Witches Night Out (Oct. 10), Ghost Chase (Oct. 18), Trick-or-Treat Stroll & Monster Mash (Oct. 26) and Vampire Blood Drive (Oct. 29), various locations in Berkley, facebook.com/DowntownBerkley, (248) 658-3300
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and assaulted him, according to a police report.
Art exhibits: “Center,” fiber art by Rachel Brunhild,
Oct.
26415 Scotia Road, woodsgallery.org
• “Painted Reflections” by Kathie Troshynski and Diane Matz,
also “Fiber Fest,” on
Oct. 2-25 with receptions from 2-4:30 p.m. Oct. 6 and 20, Lawrence Street Gallery, 22620 Woodward Ave. (Suite A) in Ferndale, (248) 544-0394, lawrencestreetgallery.com
Encore Men’s Chorus: Meets 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Zion Lutheran Church, 143 Albany St. in Ferndale, holiday concert scheduled for Dec. 14, info@encoremenschorus.org, facebook.com/encoremenschorus Monthly book clubs: Find meetups for kids, science fiction, graphic novels and more, virtual and in person, Ferndale Area District Library, 222 E. Nine Mile Road, also groups which meet off site, see full list at fadl.org/upcoming-events
• Meets 3 p.m. every second Saturday, Roseland Cemetery, 29001 N. Woodward Ave. in Berkley, roselandparkmi.com, (248) 541-1154 (ext. 2520)
Birmingham & Ferndale Stamp Club: Meets 6-8 p.m. every first and third Tuesday of month, fellowship at 5:30 p.m., NEXT Senior Center, 2121 Midvale St. in Birmingham, birminghamstamp.club
Ferndale Senior Group: Meets 11 a.m. every second and fourth Wednesday of month, Hazel Park Community Center, 620 W. Woodward Heights, (248) 506-7389 SEE OUR HALLOWEEN & FALL FUN EVENTS
