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TELESCOPING THE TOWNSHIP EVER HEARD OF GEOCACHE? THE G. I. HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS JOINED THIS WORLDWIDE ORGANIZATION Up until April of this year, the Grosse Ile Historical Society wasn’t aware of a worldwide organization called Geocache. That changed when Trenton resident and charter member Stan Briggs presented a powerpoint to the board. They enthusiastically decided to become members.

Briggs explained that Geocache began in Portland, OR in 2000 when a couple of guys

By Pamela A. Frucci took advantage of an executive order by then President Bill Clinton to release to the public a secret held by the Dept. of Defense.

This made available their GPS system to locate specific places around the world by using longitude and latitude. These two guys started up Geocache back then like a treasure hunt to find hidden boxes in various locations. Geocache grew fast. There are over 3 million members worldwide. Now there are no more hidden boxes but interesting locations around the world.

Briggs was driving around Grosse Ile and spotted the museum and Customs House. He thought these would be interesting locations to add as a Geocache (named as a combination of GPS and the French word for hidden.) The Historical Society agreed to be part of this organization and Briggs provided a token called “pathtag.” It’s a small medal with the image of the museum on it. When Geocachers visit the museum, they sign a log book, get a pathtag, and have to answer three questions about their visit online to prove they were actually on site.

(This makes it impossible for sneaky Geocachers to go to their computer to locate a site just by using their GPS.) Working at the museum on Sun., June 22, I had a couple of Geocachers come by. Briggs told me this couple from South Lyons had visited sites in all of Michigan’s counties and several states. They’ve logged in at 20,609 sites.

Briggs, whose career was in

electronics and physics and now does consulting, told me that people interested in joining Geocache can register for free in all the states in the U.S. and 90 countries. To sign up, go to geocaching.com.

PING PONG PLAYERS CHANGE TO SUMMER HOURS Ping pong, a popular sport played at the Centennial Farm, has changed its play time this summer to 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Those who signed up for the Senior Olympics should plan on practicing prior to the Olympics since the site of the ping pong competition will be at the Centennial Farm on Grosse Ile at 2 p.m. on July 24.

OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE ADDS NEW MEMBER When I received a call from John Mayer, who owns a home on Horsemill surrounded by open space, that he would like to know more about the property around him and across the street designated as open space, I loaned him my open space file. Since I am a member of the committee, I had all the documents he wanted to copy and look over at that time. As a fairly newcomer to the Island, he liked the fact that the community wanted to preserve our wooded areas never to be developed.

In fact, we have almost 600 acres set aside as open space. Because of his interest, I asked him if he’d consider becoming a member of the Open

Space Committee which was looking for a new member. He agreed, filled out the application he picked up at the township hall, was interviewed by the committee, and this June was officially appointed to the Open Space Committee.

I like to see residents step forward to serve on township commissions and committees. It’s like “paying your dues” to be part of this fine community.

G.I. GARDEN CLUB DOES A REMAKE OF THEIR SE CORNER A whole gang of Grosse Ile Garden Club members turned out this June to remake their SE corner of Four Corners. Thanks to their current president Barbara Carroll, she was able to convince the Michigan Garden Club to cover the expense of a new addition to the garden. Following a work party to plant colorful flowers and bushes--all labeled with their names---a charming statue of a little girl with a watering can watering the flowers was placed amidst the flower bed.

This was because Mrs. Carroll wrote the state club requesting that the statue might be paid for out of a $60,000 bequest to them from Anne Javoroski, now deceased, who was an active member of the Grosse Ile Garden Club, and who had served the state. They agreed to the request and covered the expense of the statue.

The G.I. Garden Club plans to name the newly planted bed in honor of Anne Javoroski.

All the beds at each corner of Four Corners are maintained by two Island organizations. The Garden Club cares for the SE corner and the Island Beautification Committee plants and maintains the other three corners.

SMALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY COMMITTEE IN PROCESS OF MAKING MINOR CHANGES TO: GROSSE ILE THEN AND NOW The Grosse Ile Historical Society has sold out their popular booklet: Grosse Ile Then and Now…An Island Sketchbook and Tour Guide.

It was first published in 2010, but in order to re-publish the booklet, some minor corrections needed to be made. Working on making those changes are Jo-Anne Gronlund, secretary of the Historical Society, and Pam Frucci and Meren James, who worked on the 2010 version.

Since the booklet contained sketches of 50 locations around the Island that appeared in the old Ile Camera in 1948-53 by artist Tommy Woodward, along with a 2010 photo and interview of the current owner, it sold well as both a comprehensive view of the Island as well as a self guide to ride around Grosse Ile and actually see the sites.

It is hoped the revised booklet will be available for sale by the end of this summer with a more complete revision of the booklet in 2020.

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By Cameron Colwell The Ford Yacht Club hosted the 30th Annual Opening of the Island Ceremony on Saturday, June 16. This year the event was chaired by Russ Vaughn, a Past Commodore of FYC. The ceremony saw 150 visiting commodores, past commodores, and officers. In total, well over 300 people attended the event Saturday morning.

The ceremony was comprised of several traditions and began with an announcer recognizing each of

the officers as they entered the courtyard situated behind the Yacht Club and open to the Detroit River.

Once each individual had made their way into the courtyard, there was a flag raising ceremony for both the Canadian and American flags. The Royal Canadian Navy Association of Windsor had three representative raise the Canadian flag. The American Flag was raised by two members of the United States Army and one member of the Marine Corps. Karen Newman, our local anthem singer for the Detroit Red

Wings, performed both national anthems leaving the courtyard in awe and silence.

Followed by the traditions held on land, there was the routine parade down to the Macomb County Bridge and back. The parade was comprised of twenty-two dignitary boats. Each boat was blessed, one by one, as they passed through the parade.

Afterward, the different crews make their way back to FYC for the evening festivities.

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By Darrin Moore My mission is to vastly improve our papers’ content by offering more riveting writing in more interesting articles on more intriguing topics. Our papers are already a diamond in the rough. My mission is to cut and polish those diamonds.

As a philosopher, economic theorist, aesthete, social critic, bookman, botanist, belletrist, and one-man rock band, I aim to explore in this monthly column the essence of the subjects of place, home, community, culture, and the Good Life. I hope to make a valuable contribution to our readership’s understanding of the infinite meanings of life and our purposes in it. I earnestly endeavor to enhance our social and cultural inheritance, and I look forward to working alongside you to increasing our island’s loveliness.

I have lived on the island for fourteen years but it never fully felt like home until last year. It’s funny how that happens sometimes.

Although I had put tremendous effort into making my house a home, I never really felt like I was putting down roots. Always in the back of my mind were the offers to write in NYC or work in a think tank in DC, and I seriously entertained fantasies of moving back to my beloved KC or even to Prague in the Czech Republic where my old soul felt so at home.

As wonderful as I found Grosse Ile, it seemed like a temporary residence.

Living a small, relatively hermitic life, I tended the mossy little Japanese garden that envelopes my home, scavenged local garage and estate sales to assemble a world-class library and a mediocre art collection, read thousands of books, wrote countless essays, lectures, and radio

OUR PAPERS ARE ALREADY A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. MY MISSION IS TO CUT AND POLISH THOSE DIAMONDS.

shows, cut hundreds of educational videos, wrote a dozen unfinished books, and, oh yeah, learned to play the drums. Although I have a modicum of renown online and can throw parties that are well attended by scholarly and political leaders in the area, I permitted precious few friends to draw close to me. I was a lonesome solitaire, but I wasn’t lonely.

Contentedly happy between the covers of my books, communing with civilization’s greatest thinkers or learning to cover my favorite songs behind my drums, if anyone in town knew me, they probably knew me as the dude on the deck at what is now Smokies on the Water sitting alone with his feet up reading a book at sunset. But despite having a place to eat where all the staff knew my name and a house that visitors said felt perfectly embodied the man who lives within it, I didn’t feel rooted to the place in which I found myself.

The books and art could all be packed up and taken with me if ever I left.

Then about a year and a half ago I answered a note on Match.com from a lady who lives only eight thousand feet due east of me right here on Grosse Ile. We met at Smokies for a friendly drink and within a few hours we both just kind of knew that she was the angel God has set aside for me. And while she might prefer to move to the Florida Keys to live the life of a writer’s wife, the only home her thirteen year-old son has ever known is Grosse Ile. Fortunately, I quickly came to love him too and soon found out that I make a darn good dad. -As well a decent coach, catechist, chief cook and bottle washer. Funny thing about love; it makes it easier to do things for your beloveds than for yourself. -And it can deeply root you to the place where you find yourself. Sometimes home isn’t so much a place as a person.

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I want to begin by thanking Cameron, your editor, for his patience.

Every month he saves me some column space as I never publish early. Or on time, either, but as I want to provide my readers with timely information, much of my material is last minute stuff; including this column.

I am writing

By Brian Loftus on 26 June, late in the evening. This afternoon was spent on a conference call with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, and officials from Trenton and Riverview. Topic was the former McLouth/DSC property, the environmental mess we have watched deteriorate for decades.

As many of you are aware, a purchase offer on the property has been made, part of a very convoluted process. As you are also aware, there is significant contamination on the property that will have to be remediated before any development can occur. Thus the topic of today’s conference.

I’ll do my best to keep this understandable. There are numerous governmental agencies involved, after the EPA and MDEQ our US Department of Justice, Wayne County Land Bank, the Cities of Trenton and Riverview, and (mostly as a courtesy) Grosse Ile Township. The former McLouth/DSC property is actually being addressed as two parcels, basically north and south. The north parcel is owned by the Riverview Trenton Rail Road (RTRR) and is overseen by MDEQ for environmental remediation, while the larger south parcel, involved in the purchase offer, is under the jurisdiction of the US EPA. The potential purchaser of the south parcel is MSC Holdings, a subsidiary of Crown Enterprises, part of the Maroun holdings (as is the RTRR). Realistically, before ANYONE would purchase a contaminated property, an agreement would have to be established as to the level of remediation expected of the purchasers, and that is where we are (as of today) in the process.

As the negotiations were taking longer than expected, the City of Trenton requested support for a 120 day extension in order to reach a Settlement Agreement. As this potential purchase was the ONLY realistic means to any improvements on the property, I provided a letter of support for the extension. A Settlement Agreement is expected on/about 9 July, when it will be published in the Federal Register.

This is where you can get involved.

Once published, a 30 day public comment period begins, and a public hearing is held. As an agreement is anticipated, a Public Hearing has been scheduled for 25 July 2018, 5 PM at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Trenton.

This is your opportunity to voice your opinion and concerns regarding the level of environmental remediation of the properties, both south and north.

(MDEQ will also be present.)

The Public Hearing will not be a forum for inputs on future uses of the properties, although remediation and future development are certainly related. After the hearing and comment period ends, both EPA and MDEQ will consider the inputs received and will act on any that have merit.

Once all are resolved, MSC will take ownership from Wayne County Land Bank. The cleanup will begin, starting with demolition and removal of all 43 structures - these should be gone within the next 24 months.

At some point after taking possession of the property, MSC will present their proposal for development and future use to the City of Trenton, where it will most likely be considered by the Planning Commission. These will be open meetings and your inputs will be welcome.

I hope this article helps explain where we are in this very complicated process, a process that should lead to at least an environmentally improved riverfront - the river we share. Expect mailings and push notifications regarding the Public Comment period and the Public Hearing, we will get the information to you using every means available. I’ll do my best to keep everyone informed of developments as they occur. Please do your best to ignore the flood of rumors that are sure to begin.

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By Pamela A. Frucci (Note: I talked to Keith Fusinki, a representative of the American Federation of Government Employees and a resident of Grosse Ile, about the proposed move transplanting the work of 17 workers including Keith who handle emergency response, from Grosse Ile to Ann Arbor. Fusinski has worked at the EPA on the Island for ten years).

According to Keith, the EPA owns their own buildings at the airport and the workers here got word that since the Trump government was trying to “decrease the federal footprint,” they were to leave their post on Grosse Ile and move their operations to Ann Arbor where they would work out of trailers in a warehouse. The move was first set for March, changed to June, then to August, and now it’s scheduled for January or February.

Those concerned about the move cite several reasons why moving emergency response from Downriver to Ann Arbor is not logical thinking.

They would have to lease the building in Ann Arbor whereas they own the building on Grosse Ile. Most of the EPA’s work is in this industrial area where brownfields are located, the I-75 corridor is where chemicals are transported, and there’ve been problems along the Detroit River. In fact 65% of their work is in this area. And being close to the Detroit River and located at an airport, they have access to boats and planes.

The move is not solid yet and it’s hoped that the Federal government will have a change of heart. Several years ago when a move was considered, EPA headquarters made the decision that the EPA located on Grosse Ile was a “strategic asset.”

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By Evelyn Cairns Labor Day. n Every year, Americans eat an average of 60 hot dogs each. n Mustard is the Number 1 condiment on hot dogs, and ketchup No. 2.

Delish.com offers a list of toppings representing all 50 states, some a little weird (the toppings, not the states).

The list included peanuts for Alabama; Spam and pineapple, Hawaii; popcorn, Kansas; mashed potatoes, Idaho; French fries, brown gravy and cheese, New Hampshire; pine nuts, Nevada; cubed ham, Virginia; pickle and maple syrup, Vermont. No thanks!

Or consider avocado and bacon, California; Boston baked beans, Massachusetts; pork sausage, melted Swiss cheese and sauerkraut, Missouri; hot dog baked in pizza dough, Nebraska; chili, Frito chips, sour cream and cheese, New Mexico; chili, coleslaw and onions, North Carolina. Yum! Michigan’s topping on the list is chili (with no beans), mustard and onions, and as every metropolitan Detroiter knows, the ultimate hot dog is served at Lafayette Coney Island.

According to Amazing Ribs, the Detroit Coney Dog was created by a Greek sheepherder, Constantine “Gust” Keros in 1917 after he came to America and tasted a hot dog on Coney Island. The typical Detroit Coney Dog is first topped with mustard, then chili and then chopped onions; never with ketchup, and never with cheese.

Now overcome with a yen for a Coney Island, I satisfied my craving by combining and adapting recipes of Lafayette Coney Island, Rachael Ray, Taste of Home and Taste and Tell. You might want to check out a few sauce recipes, too, and do the

same, or adapt my adaptation.

ADAPTED CONEY ISLAND SAUCE ½ pound ground beef ¼ cup chopped onion 8-ounce can tomato sauce 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon chili powder ½ teaspoon cumin ½ teaspoon dry mustard ¼ teaspoon salt Cook the beef and onion over medium heat, breaking up the meat with a potato masher until cooked through, then drain. Add tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, cumin, mustard and salt. Bring to a boil, then simmer, uncovered about 20 minutes, or until sauce thickens, stirring often. Add a bit of water if too thick.

SHARES RECIPE Sandra Karmazin of Parke Lane shares a family-favorite corn pudding recipe that would be a perfect side dish for a barbecue or indoor dinner.

She said she’s been making the casserole for many years, usually mixing the cheese in the batter, but sometimes sprinkling the cheese on top instead. I’ve made the pudding three times already and enjoyed every bite.

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, stir together the two cans of corn, the corn muffin mix, sour cream, melted butter and shredded cheese. Pour into a greased 9x13-inch casserole dish. Bake for about 50 minutes or until golden brown.

HAPPY HOT DOG MONTH!

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GROSSE ILE GIRL SCOUT TROOP 325 SEEK SILVER AWARD

By David L. Dyer The Silver Award is the second highest award of the Girl Scouts of the USA, and the highest award that a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. Three Grosse Ile 8th grade cadettes from Troop 325 are working on a project to revitalize the landscaping in front of the VFW Post 7310 to earn their Silver Award.

Master Gardener and Landscape Designer, Heather Lakotosh, donated Cadets: L -R Kayt Lamothe, Katie White and her time and talents to Emma Trombley display projected landscape create a new landscape design with David Dyer design with shrubs and perennials that are not only low maintenance, but also deer resistant.

In addition to updating the landscaping, the girls also plan to paint the flagpole, replace the tattered American Flag, repair the existing sign and add memorial bricks to the garden for members who have already passed.

The estimated cost for this project is $1,200.00. If you would like to support this effort, please visit: gofundme.com/girl-scout-project. Or send a donation directly to the VFW with a memo “Girl Scout Project.”

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Change in Watch for Grosse Ile Rotory On June 14, the Rotary Club gathered on the back deck of the Portofino’s restaurant in Wyandotte, for a special night. The night included the changing of leadership, a new theme, and a keynote speaker.\ The Rotary Club’s past president, Matt Honkala, started off the night with an introduction and his concluding speech in reference to his year as president before passing the podium over to Rotarian, Jill

By Sarah Hemsworth Ryan. Ryan talked about the past years theme before revealing the new theme. “Be the inspiration,” as Ryan described how each Rotarian can use this message throughout their day. Ryan then pinned Honkala and presented him a plaque, honoring his year as president.

Chuck Moyer then took the podium to present this years Rotary Club president, John Burgon. After being sworn in, Burgon began his speech. Burgon talked about the things he looks forward to and why he is proud to be a Rotarian at Grosse Ile. Burgon then gave a big thank you, to his mother and father. Burgon recognized them for being there for his first hockey game, when his band played all over, as he was sworn into the police academy, and for their 65 years of being happily married.

After Burgon’s speech, the attention was turned toward the nights keynote speaker, Michael Angelo

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Swinging the Season to an End

By Sarah Hemsworth The GIYRA baseball and softball season is coming to an end. The Grosse Ile Youth Recreation Association delivered the news of the rescheduled, and cancelled, opening day on May 12 and 19. The rainy start to the season may have stopped opening day, but it did not alter the spirits of the players and their fans. There are six age related teams this season: T-ball, 8-U, 10-U, 12-U, 14-U and 18-U. T-ball teams are named Blue Jays, Brewers, Giants, A’s, Nationals, Orioles, Pirates, and Rockies. The 8 and under teams were named off the pro’s, like the Cubs, Cardinals, Yankees, Angels, Tigers, and Red Sox. This years 18-U Baseball team will have their final game on July 18. There are two 14-U Baseball teams and two 12-U Baseball as well as three 12-U Softball teams. There were four 10-U softball teams, and four 10-U Baseball teams.

“I love playing baseball! All of my friends were on my team and we played a lot together. And my coach was really cool!” said Nathan Howes, Tigers 8-U. The season for the 8-U and T-ball ended June 25. 10-U and 12-U have their last games on July 11. Playoffs for 14-U and 18-U are on July 16 through July 29.

“I have been playing baseball for as long as I can remember. I started off playing on the Yankees team when I was 7 and continued playing in the summer

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All coaches and referees are men and women who volunteer to help throughout the season. This years sponsors include Custard Corner, Veterans Fence Company, Alta Equipment Company, Cakes By Sweetypants, Island Jumpers Bounce House Rentals, Sav’s Welding Service, INC, Gorno Ford, Public Service Credit Union, C-Mac Transportation and the Armed Group LLC, and a big thank you to the Berwald family.

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It is a fact that all national or cultural mythic beginnings are infused with more than a dollop of fantasy.

And yet as any good public relations practitioner knows, sometimes it is necessary to send out a bit of idealized hyperbole which in turn may be followed and realized as truth.

By Mark McPherson That is a sort of practice which has lingered as long as stories of the Bible, fabled Troy, or even legendary Camelot have abided.

If not the saga of our own “U.S.A.” Simply put, sometimes we become better than we are. Or not.

Not of course to suggest that what we’ve traditionally deemed as virtuous or sacred or “inalienable” are not precepts worth defending, or even, perishing to protect. Contrarily however, there may be more virtue at present in finding a truth worth living, rather than dying for. For it is the living who will make the difference. In my dotage, I also confess that the number of causes or beliefs worth sacrificing one’s self for can be counted on one hand with numerous digits removed.

But I fervently believe that today and on the two hundredth and forty second occasion of celebrating our homeland’s liberty, that we need to do more than watch fireworks. Instead of that, we need to focus our sights on what the past, be it ancient or recent, has taught us. If we do so, we often find that the lessons to be (re)learned often concern not blind acceptance or veneration, but discussion and dissent, protest and even rebellion, if and whenever necessary. This is peculiarly apt when something tyrannous raises its ugly head in our house. Failure to ignore it can’t help but to evoke the examples of the excesses of Rome, the twisted horrors of the German Reich, the duplicities of the Russian state, or even closer to home, the contemporary specters of curtailed liberties, abused legalities, divisive rhetoric, uncivil, misogynistic, prejudicial, pandering and despotical spoutings, as well as the comparably worse notion of a quivering minority willing to compromise common sense, decency and diplomacy in order to say “oh yeah?” to its foes.

Fortunately, perhaps, there were and still are certain truths which seem to remain “self evident.” These, according to our American Genesis, have always regarded our rights as citizens within this republic as special. To disregard that notion, to flaunt it, or even to treat such long standing foundational truths as options, rather than anchor-points, is just damned wrong. And that is what is becoming obvious every day, unless you’ve abstained from looking around you. Seemingly, this sea-change has much to do with an ungrudging acceptance that vile incivility, brutal inferences, and fascist ramblings in the vein of “we’re greater than you are” are somehow worthy of becoming our new mantras.

Perhaps, (and this is merely this writer’s opinion) we need to acknowledge July Fourth, 2018 for what it is: not as another virtual, Disney-esque fun-filled holiday, but as the prospective expiration date for much that our fathers, mothers, forefathers and foremothers once trusted. To do otherwise is, ironically, to ignore the blatant lessons of history, which in the customary sense is what this holiday has been about.

I suppose It ultimately goes back to that idea of “where we came from.”

For indeed, a closer examination of where we are in this instant, and where we are going tomorrow, is worth a good deal more than patriotic toasting, colorful bunting, firecrackers, or even red baseball caps asserting a new empirical anthem.

Contrarily, my friends, our real greatness exists not in our alternatively vain, antagonistic or overly timid leadership, or even at the poetical extreme, in our stars. For like our faults, our virtues are still to be found in ourselves, as Shakespeare pointed out four centuries ago. It comes from the wellspring of our hearts, our minds, and our souls. Those are the true tools we’ve been given, if not ordained to use. They are also, I believe, the only elements which can make America, or ourselves as nominal Americans, “great,” dependent upon your definition of the term. And it’s also a bit of True North to help us find our ways back, even as we voyage into the uncertain future that awaits us.

Happy Birthday, America.

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SUNDAY, JULY 8 Concert on the Commons, At 7:00pm Side by Side Troupe of Banjoes will be playing under the gazebo at the corner of Meridian and Macomb Street. In case of rain go to St. Thomas Lutheran Church.

TUESDAY, JULY 10 We Kayak, 2018 will mark the 6th Season of WE Kayak Grosse Ile. This weekly paddle leaves from the soft kayak launch at Water’s Edge Marina on Grosse Ile. The route on the Detroit River and the canals of Grosse Ile will be dependent on the group and conditions. WE Kayak Grosse Ile is an adult oriented paddle, participants must be 16 or older. All participants under the age of 18 are required to have an adult present on the paddle.

FRIDAY, JULY 13 - SUNDAY, JULY 15 Elbamar Days, Join Elbamar Boat Club for a weekend full of fun for everyone. There will a night full of events and music for the adults Friday and Saturday. Sunday will feature a kids and family day. For more information contact EMBC at (734) 671-6707.

FRIDAY, JULY 13 Traveling Choral Concert, At 7:00pm

the Grosse Ile Traveling Chorale will give a farewell concert prior to its South Africa tour. The concert will be held at the Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church. The church is located at 7925 Horsemill, Grosse Ile. SATURDAY, JULY 14 Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, At 7:00 pm, Join the GINLC for a relaxing evening hike around the Gibraltar Bay area – a great time to observe wildlife before the night sets in. We will also take a look at what makes this wetland habitat great for so many wildlife species.

All ages are welcome to this familyfriendly program.

SUNDAY, JULY 15 Concert on the Commons, At 7:00pm Sheila Landis will be playing under the gazebo at the corner of Meridian and Macomb Street. In case of rain go to St. Thomas Lutheran Church.

SUNDAY, JULY 15 Gibraltar Bay Nature Area Open House, From 1:00pm until 4:00pm every Sunday, come out and enjoy your own nature walk hosted by the Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy. For more information, or to volunteer as a host, contact them at info@ginlc.org

MONDAY, JULY 16 - FRIDAY, JULY 20 Camp RidgeKids, Activities will run from 6:30pm - 8:30pm each day.

Camp RidgeKids Grosse Ile 2018 is going to be “electrifyingly” fun!

We don’t know if that’s a real word, but we do know that kids are going to have an extremely awesome week learning about why God wants each of us to be overloaded with confidence. Kids will experience extreme team challenges and meaningful small group times full of fun, laughter, and a lot of God’s Word! Meant for children 3 years of age to 5th grade.

TUESDAY, JULY 17 We Kayak, 2018 will mark the 6th Season of WE Kayak Grosse Ile. This weekly paddle leaves from the soft kayak launch at Water’s Edge Marina on Grosse Ile. The route on the Detroit River and the canals of Grosse Ile will be dependent on the group and conditions. WE Kayak Grosse Ile is an adult oriented paddle, participants must be 16 or older. All participants under the age of 18 are required to have an adult present on the paddle.

THURSDAY, JULY 19 Wayne County Bridge Closure, The Wayne County Bridge will be

closed from 9:00am to 3:00pm for inspection. Date and time are subject to change by Wayne County.

SUNDAY, JULY 22 Concert on the Commons, At 7:00pm Sheila Landis will be playing under the gazebo at the corner of Meridian and Macomb Street. In case of rain go to St. Thomas Lutheran Church.

SUNDAY, JULY 22 Sacred Heart Parish Blood Drive, From 8:00am - 1:45pm Sacred Heart Parish will be running a blood drive in cooperation with the American Red Cross. The event needs any and all support. Sign up online at www. redcrossblood.org using the sponsor code “SacredHeart” or call 734-6924255.

TUESDAY, JULY 24 We Kayak, 2018 will mark the 6th Season of WE Kayak Grosse Ile. This weekly paddle leaves from the soft kayak launch at Water’s Edge Marina on Grosse Ile. The route on the Detroit River and the canals of Grosse Ile will be dependent on the group and conditions. WE Kayak Grosse Ile is an adult oriented paddle, participants must be 16 or older. All participants under the age of 18 are required to have an adult present on the paddle.

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Furever Soulmates “The animals posses a soul and men must love and feel solidarity with our small brethren. All animals are fruit of the creative action of the Holy Spirit and merit respect and they are as near to God as men are.” ~Pope Frances It was lovely hearing confirmation for what I already believed from the Pope. He even goes on to say: “One day we will see our animals again in the eternity of Christ.

Paradise is open to all of God’s creatures.”

I knew that. I anticipate reuniting with many of my furbabies at the rainbow bridge.

Losing someone you love is one of the toughest times in our lives. With me, it’s my cats. They’re

By Susan Palmer my family. ’Nuff said. Hard to type with watery eyes….

I have cohabitated with many cats throughout my life. All of them cherished and much loved and very missed. Bother, whom I have mentioned before, was my first cat.

He was the quintessential cat. He was a beautiful brown with white, Maine Coon mix; fuzzy toes and all. We went everywhere together; all over Michigan, Florida and all the states in between. Our favorite spot was Root Beer Falls in the U.P. He helped me through my terrible twenty’s. OK …’Nuff said.

When Mr. B died, I wanted to die, too. It took a while to get my breath back. I rescued another couple of cats and all was well. Then I rescued Izzy-Pooh. He and his littermates were being shot at and needed help. I brought them home. I saw something familiar in his eyes. But it wasn’t until I brought him in the house that it all came together. He had the same odd habits and talents as did Mr.B. One was that he would only drink water with both his front feet in the bowlreally silly and they both loved to play fetch. When Izzy died…. ‘Nuff…

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I am a Gnostic Christian and embrace God and His son, Jesus. As people, one thing that makes us each unique is that we each have our own individual soul, as well as a communal consciousness.

Carl Jung said, “The collective unconscious comprises in itself the psychic life of all our ancestors, right back to the earliest beginnings.”

With animals there is a communal soul. There is a “cat” soul, a “dog” soul. Every species has their own communal soul. Each cats’ experiences during its life -purrs and hisses- join in the collective, joint soul. This explains how fast animals are able to learn, and, given the chance, how much. All cats afterward learn faster, instincts are sharper, their ability to love even deeper. I have found great joy in reuniting with past loves. I see my Muggins McGuffin, a bright and sassy feline from my past, in my companion cat, Jazzpurr. His attention and lovins’ rumble through my soul and brighten my dark days. After generations of reincarnating, it is not odd to experience love at first sight. It’s just a recognition of finding each other again.

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ROCKER CONTINUED from page 1 If the collection of awards and the size of the crowds are any indication, he might just be the finest restaurateur in Downriver. He might also just be the hottest rock star to come out of Downriver since Bob Seger. That is a pretty tall order, but fulfilling orders is something that runs in the Piunti family.

In 1944 Nick’s grandfather Sam purchased Sibley Gardens restaurant which was moved to its present location on West Jefferson Road in Trenton five years later. The Piunti family has been searing prime cuts of steak for three generations and the gem of a restaurant is now in Nick’s capable hands. Jem Records is primed to release Nick’s Photos by: Erick Buchholz fourth solo album in six years,Temporary High, on July 20th. no sense of The melodic, high energy, riff-centric community like songs seem like they could have been there is in the sired by Tom Petty, Bryan Adams, Midwest.” or Cheap Trick, but Nick’s distinct His first “power pop” sound was in utero long solo album, before those granddaddies of rock Cold Cruel birthed their biggest hits.

World, hit Although he lives on Grosse Ile record stores in now, Nick grew up in Riverview, and 1988, and after started showing musical promise in taking a hiatus sixth grade when his band named from music Dwarf played in his school’s 1972 to marry and talent show. Three years later Dwarf start a family, would release their first single. After Nick was back making music together for fourteen in the studio years, Dwarf changed their name to in 2002 to cut The Take and took off for California his self-titled to stake their claim. “We got to play at second solo some really cool places like Troubaalbum. Nick dour, Madame Wong’s, Club Lingethen formed rie, and The Central,” Nick explains a new band, fondly, “but our sound didn’t really The Respectables, which released its connect with what the L.A. scene eponymous album in 2005 and a folwanted at the time. Glam rock had low up album named Sibley Gardens become the dominating force.” in 2008 which earned national acclaim Even though the power pop genre and a place on the soundtrack of both has far outlasted the sound of the big a movie and a television show. The hair bands, Nick’s band was in the Respectables would continue gigging wrong place at the wrong time, and and making music for a few more after two years in La-La Land, The years, releasing their third and final Take disbanded and returned home. album, ‘3’, in 2010.

“What we got most out of our time in Piunti then began collaborating California was a greater appreciation with Ryan Allen, a Detroit songwriter for Michigan. Everybody out there is and guitarist who helped Nick astrying to make it on their own. There’s semble three successful albums, 13

in My Head in 2013, Beyond the Static in 2015, and Piunti’s first Jem Records release, Trust Your Instincts in 2016 which landed on a dozen Best of 2016 critics’ lists. Now Nick is blending the ingredients of his vast musical experience and serving up his greatest delicacy to date. The album, Temporary High, was produced in the studio at Big Sky Recording in Ann Arbor by Piunti and Geoff Michael who among the preeminent producers in the state and, Nick asserts, “is super easy to work with, but he has a way of getting the best performance out of everyone!”

A team of seasoned artists have returned to work with Nick in making this album; the drummer from The Verve Pipe, Donny Brown, who has been on Nick’s last four albums, and Andy Reed, who has played bass and B3 organ on Nick’s last three. Also

returning to backup Nick on guitar is the aforementioned Ryan Allen, who co-wrote two of the new tunes and performs live with Nick.

Ryan’s energetic, entertaining stage presence adds a punky edge to the show and a complex but harmonious sound to the songs’ composition. The album’s ten songs are “wrapped in alternating crunchy and jangly guitars that lay the groundwork for the melodic storytelling Nick is known for.”

“It takes a lot of time to make an album. In an age where people have come to expect that music is basically free, only the people whose hearts are in it are producing new music. They are not in it for the money.”

That means it is much harder to be a sell-out, and that Nick and his band better not quit their day jobs. “For ten bucks a month you can listen to anything on Spotify, but for fifteen dollars you can own a piece of an independent artist’s music that will mean a lot more to you, and it means a lot to the independent artist also.”

Hope and deeper meaning is at the heart of Nick’s work and they radiate through in his songs. “I try to write about things that mean a lot to me, and although many people like my music for the riffs and melodies, I hope my lyrics will mean something more to most of the listeners. But it’s different writing songs as you get older. When you’re young you write about trying to get that girl, but perhaps you are also more superficial when you are younger. You don’t really appreciate the best things in life the way you do once you’ve matured. Now I sometimes try to write through my kids’ eyes, looking out at the world as they do, but I try to add a wiser take on it, hoping maybe they’ll see it more deeply.”

Nick’s music masterfully makes what is old new again, and this tense paradox of young and old is presciently apparent in his new album’s title track Temporary High, which launches the album with these piercing lyrics sung with Piunti’s still-youthfully SEE ROCKER on page 23

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CONTINUED from page 22 energetic and liberating voice: Never heard the word ‘no’ as a kid So you did what you did.

But life isn’t fair, and nobody cares ‘Bout the corner you painted yourself in your whole life You’re the last in the line but first with your hands out More than your share but you scream and you shout It’s not worth the trouble, not worth the struggle and strife To rebel against the thoughtlessly rebellious is nowadays its own rebellion. In the song, Nick frets about how today’s kids don’t see the really real, and “won’t go for anything that money just can’t buy” but instead prefer the fleeting and vacuous “temporary high” which to him “seems so low.” This is not your grandson’s power pop. As with his edgy guitar riffs, Nick isn’t afraid to be provocative. “I try to engage the listener with the first line but then keep them musically interested throughout the song.

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the song first. I try to write identifiable riffs, so that it is catchy without being kitschy or cheesy. And then I write the lyrics that come from the heart.”

All of that conscientiousness probably explains why Nick is no one-hit wonder. He seems to have the Midas touch for turning out a string of successful albums the way his restaurant consistently turns out superior food.

to hear those recognizable songs when they’re out. That’s why cover bands are so popular. But to be open enough to listen to original and independent music is tougher. It requires an active rather than a passive listener. We are really playing for the tastemakers.”

But don’t expect to get a taste of Piunti on tour any time soon. His band is playing mostly private gigs and

I try to write identifiable riffs, so that the song is catchy without being kitschy or cheesy. And then I write the lyrics that come from the heart.

Nick humbly explains, “I try to take what I’ve learned at Sibley Gardens and apply it to my approach to music.

We try to ensure our food is consistently good, and I want to do the same with all the songs on my albums.

It takes a lot of extra effort, but it’s worth it.”

“It’s not for everybody,” Nick explains about his music. “I think people fall in love with a certain kind of music when they’re younger and when they get older they tend to want

special events and won’t even star at an album release party until a month after it drops. “Probably after Labor Day. We’re not going to start playing the clubs every week. As big of a Tom Petty fan as I am, if he were alive and only playing clubs around Detroit, I’d still only go to see him once in a while. Besides, I think the club scene is a little backwards and outdated nowadays. Nobody wants to be driving home at 2 a.m. anymore.” That means that if you’re lucky enough to

catch Nick in concert, you’re going to be able to make it to work in the morning.

That doesn’t mean his band will put you to sleep. They are as highenergy as his melodies are. “I have to hand it to the guys who play live with me. They are interpreting what I’ve recorded and putting their own spin on it. It’s all very intuitive. These guys (Ryan Allen on guitar, Jeffery Hupp on bass, and Ron Vensko on the drums) are really talented. I give them free rein to play their parts. They know I am probably going to like the personal touches they add.”

It is just that kind of reciprocal respect and collaboration between Nick, his musicians, and his fans that makes his music such magic and provides his listeners such an everlasting high.

Check out his thrilling, vertiginous album, Temporary High, at nickpiunti.com and preorder it on Amazon, iTunes, or at your local record store as an LP, CD or a downloadable MP3.

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‘LISTENING IN ON THE ISLAND’ LUCKY TO GET AUTOGRAPHED H.C.L. JACKSON BOOK While working as a volunteer for the G.I. Historical Society last week, our Museum Committee was deciding what to do with three donated H.C.L. Jackson books. One was autographed by the guy who lived on Grosse Ile and wrote a column for the Detroit News called “Listening in on Detroit” back in the 40s and 50s.

By Pamela A. Frucci As an admirer, I adopted my column “Listening in on the Island” patterned after his writing.

It turned out that the museum had another copy of his book so luckily I could take Longs and Shorts home and add it to my private collection.

3 GIHS CLASS OF ’50 GRADUATES CELEBRATE A MINI-REUNION It’s been 68 years since I graduated from GIHS in the now-demolished 1911 building. Since then, the Class of ’50 has celebrated reunions every five years until our 60th and decided that would be our last. There are two graduates who live on Grosse Ile — Dolores Dorr, myself and Dorothy Galloway Crooks who lives in Trenton. We held a mini-reunion at the Promenade Restaurant in Trenton, June 26. What a difference in 68 years! There were 27 graduating seniors in 1950. As grandparents, my husband Jack and I attended the 2018 commencement to see our granddaughter Libby graduate. The gym was packed and graduates got their diplomas.

I LIKE TO HEAR FEEDBACK ON MY COLUMNS IN THE GRAND I got a note from Tim Ponta who wrote: “It’s your 1999 Lincoln with 177,000 driven miles, and not the fictitious story about Allen Swift’s 1928 Rolls Royce that deserves the glory!” I had written in my April column that Swift had driven his car for 82 years and had logged l, 070,000 miles. “That email you got about that Roll Royce was fantasy

and not fact,” wrote Tim. “Odometers in those old cars often didn’t function and didn’t register mileage past five digits when they were functioning.

Its true mileage was 170,000 and he owned it for 77 years.”

Then I heard from an Island resident commenting on an item in the June G.I. Grand about the good and bad situations with our deer population. She sent me a photo by email of 15 deer in her daughter’s yard---a pretty large number of Grosse Ile’s deer herd!

CLASSMATE DOLORES DORR CALLS WITH A TIP ABOUT TV You may not remember a TV series back in the 80’s called Barney Miller but there was a character on the show played by Max Gail. Max grew up on Grosse Ile and had a twin sister Mary along with a single brother John and two other sets of twin sisters.

His dad Max owned Gail Office Supply in Detroit and in Wyandotte.

Dolores Dorr called and said to watch Channel 286 on Tuesdays at 9 and 9:30 p.m.

OLDTIMER ISLANDERS WRITTEN UP IN CULINARY NEWSLETTER I connected with food writer Robin Watson from Taylor whose interest in the culinary arts has dominated her whole career. She is writing an article for a quarterly newsletter called Repast, published by the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor of which she is a member. In their next edition, she’s contributing an article about two books by Lucy & Sid Corbett that fit into the theme: “On the Trail of Jacques Marquette: French Foodways of the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes.” The Corbetts lived and wrote out of their home at 25630 East River, built in 1832 and the second oldest home on Grosse Ile. She’s relying on two books by the Corbetts: Pot Shots from a Grosse Ile Kitchen and French Cooking in Detroit Since 1701 for her article. She’s also working on a novel about Grosse Ile. Go to culinaryhistoriansannarbor .org to connect with this organization.

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By Gail Albin It is easy to imagine that many older people yearned to be athletic at some time earlier in their life. Who would not want to have their team win the Stanley Cup for best in ice hockey. Many tall and athletic men may have visualized winning a very important basketball game in a sold out stadium with fans cheering. It is not too late for some senior citizens to take home a trophy for winning in Senior Olympics.

I picked up a registration form at the Grosse Ile Community Center. In addition to sports, they have contests in a few card games, baking, ballroom dancing contest and too many other to mention here. The Downriver Senior Olympics will be held in Flat Rock, MI. The dates are July 23 through July 27. You will have plenty of time to get ready physically and mentally for next year because the expiration date to sign up was June 30, 2018 without exception. Hopefully those who are repeat Senior Olympic athletes have already signed up and have reminded

others.

Martha Butler is well known on Grosse Ile as a great cook, volunteer, and for helping people. She has won many medals for her baking entries, and she has participated in the Senior Olympics many times. Here is what she had to say. “I like the competition and I enjoy watching the sports. The contests have four different age groups.

The Downriver Olympics are well organized and fun. It is a good way to meet new people and make friends. The entire experience is enjoyable. There is a nice patriotic feel to the games.”

I regret that I did not send this information out last month. I would suggest that you pick up a 2018 Senior Olympic schedule at your community center if they have some left. It could be helpful to prepare for next year. There would be all the information needed on the Downriver Senior Olympics computer site. Start preparing well ahead of time and take home a trophy or two next year.

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Downriver has an exciting attraction across the bridge, it is the Trapped Escape room in Trenton. The first room opened in 2016, and a new room was opened in November of 2017. Each room has their own story and clues, the new room is The Asylum. Before entering the room, the group is briefed on what they are about to face. A background story about a doctor who tried to help children with psychiatric issues in an unusual way, ended in the entrapment of employees and children. The mission of the group is to investigate the asylum for signs of hauntings and life.

The point of any escape room is to find clues and piece them together to complete the mission. Trapped Downriver Escape

By Sarah Hemsworth Room is geared for everyone, no need for a mathematician, or genius, just an observation, energy and motivation will work. The most important rule of each escape room is to have fun. An employee stands in character with the group to oversee no rules are broken and to guide the group when needed, providing a fun experience and leaving no unanswered questions. A group who recently used the Asylum room enjoyed every minute.

“We had a great time, we thought we would get done a lot faster than we did.” said Gina Norton, Trenton resident. “We will come back for sure,” said Sarah Moore.

“This is the best thing to do downriver.” said Chuck Norton.

Trapped Downriver Escape Room often hosts corporate team building events, fundraisers, bachelor and bachelorette parties, and birthday parties, while working on a singles night. Each group gets 60 minutes to uncover the code to get out of the room with obstacles only the group can face. Each escape room has two rooms inside, unlocking one room may contain clues needed for the other. There is always something to be uncovered, a strong energy and positivity from the group go a long way. Co-owner, and Grosse Ile resident Dan McLaughlin said, “it’s important

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for a group to stay positive throughout the hour. It’s not fun for them or us, when they aren’t constantly moving around and searching for clues. It’s very possible to complete these rooms within the time as long as you are observant and look everywhere.”

This is a family run business where McLaughlin works with his two sisters, Wendy and Carrie, brother-in-law Chris and nephews. McLaughlin’s father made the games and puzzles inside the rooms. Anywhere from four to ten people can be in a group.

When inside, be sure to look at every possible place, even if you think you already have, the answer is in the room. Be sure to grab your friends and family and see how fast your team can get out. Do you have what it takes to escape?

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Jason Kopp, son of COL Jeffrey and Denise Kopp, has received University Honors in the College of Literature, Sciences, and Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor for both Fall and Winter semesters. To be considered for this honor, the student must carry a minimum of 14 credit hours and receive a 3.50 or higher for the semester. His major is Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience.

Kopp has also completed his first year of Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps). During the school year, he participated with the Wolverine Battalion Ranger Challenge Team winning both MVP for his team and the coveted Ranger Tab at the Brigade finals at Ft. Knox, KY. Cadet Kopp also had the opportunity to participate in the Color Guard

presenting flags at the University of Michigan v. UCLA men’s basketball game. This spring, Kopp earned the distinguished German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency. This is one of only a handful of foreign awards that a U.S. Service member is authorized to wear on their uniform.

Along with his academic and military commitments, Jason also participated in the university’s Mentorship Program, Pre-PA Club, and Ambassador Program. In April, he was awarded the American Legion Scholastic Excellence Award. It recognizes a cadet or midshipmen from all three services who displays outstanding scholastic abilities and qualities of military leadership.

Kopp graduated in 2017 from Grosse Ile High School and will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army upon graduation from the University of Michigan in May 2021.

OPENING CONTINUED from page 4 A total of eight clubs come together each year to make the Opening of the Island happen. The original three to start the event were Ford Yacht Club, Elbamar Boat Club, and Grosse Ile Yacht Club. Over time, other local boating and yacht clubs began to participate in the event and its planning. Those include Great Lakes Steel Boat Club, Seaway Boat Club, Sunseeker Boat Club, West River Yacht Club, and Wyandotte Yacht Club. The 150 attending officers come from several different clubs that run throughout Michigan, Ohio, and Southwest Ontario.

“I think this year went really smoothly, despite it being the first time we have ever had a weather delay,” said Chairman Russ Vaughn, “The board that runs the event is a standing board and does not see a whole lot of change, which gives us the ability to really improve from year to year.”

What a lot of people don’t know, is that this is really a three day event. The WYC host an excellent fish-fry on Friday night to start the weekend. Saturday then opens up with breakfast at FYC, followed by the ceremony itself, and a night of fun. Then on Sunday, Seaway Boat Club host an afternoon survivors party. This is where many of the board members for the event come together to assess the weekend, and begin thinking about how next year could be improved.

Sims Run Sharing Legacy Island Tradition Still Running After All These Years The 16th Annual Simsonian 5K Kick-Off Classic will be held on Saturday August 18, 2018 at Grosse Ile High School, 7800 Grays Drive.

The annual classic was created to honor the life, spirit, and legacy of beloved teacher and coach, Steve Sims, who died unexpectedly in 2003 of a dissecting aortic aneurysm. The race is the sole (no pun intended) fundraiser for the Steve Sims Leadership Scholarship, given annually to an outstanding female scholar/athlete at Grosse Ile High School. To date, more than $36,000 has been awarded in scholarships.

A one mile Fun Run/Walk is set for 8:30 a.m. with the R.D. Geist Co. certified 5K at 9:00 a.m. The course is fast and flat, and winds through sights of the Detroit River and local neighborhoods.

Register On-Line @ www.Active. com or pick up applications at Grosse Ile High School, Grosse Ile Recreation Department, or Island

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Awards are: 5K first male/ female champion overall; Gold, Silver, Bronze each male/female age groups—12 & under, 13-16, 1720, 21-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 & over. Coveted commemorative T-shirts, refreshments at after race party, raffle prizes to registered runners or walkers. (Must be present to win).

The prices are lower for early registration, as it’s always been: Students 18 & under $15, Adults, $20.

After August 11th or Race Day Entries: Students $20, Adults $25.

The 5K race is timed by Gary Olsen, who ably times the Island Road Runners’ Memorial Race. DJ Mix-master Mike Pehote will keep the party hoppin’. Good times and an even greater cause.

Any questions? Please call Race Directors Bill Stevenson, Jim Okler, or Ray Geist at 734.692.3849.

All-State Honors

By Sarah Hemsworth James Gedris is one of Grosse Ile’s most familiar and inspiring people. He can often be seen determinedly running alongside the roads of our beautiful island in the burning heat or frigid cold, in the sun, rain, sleet, and snow. All his effort has paid off; On June 2nd, he finished second in the Division 2 State Final 3200m with a time of 9:11:35, and he’s only a junior! In June he finished 8th in the New Balance Nationals in North Carolina to the cheering support of his loving family.

Seven other Grosse Ile High School athletes qualified for the State Finals.

Junior Jacob Gaudette James Gedris with the support of his two sisters, finished 18th in the and parents who are all wearing matching shirts shot put with a score that said James. of (44-01.00). The Women’s 4x800 relay team, comprised of Junior Marissa Swick, Junior Alisa Erickson, Sophomore Meghan Dieball, and Sophomore Hannah Fulmer, placed 23rd with a time, (10:07.51). In the 800m, Swick placed 23rd with a time, (2:27.60). Senior Libby Frucci came 24th in the discus with a distance of (8701). Senior, Haley Swamy also competed in the High Jump. Congratulations and great job, Grosse Ile track stars!

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Head Girls Soccer Coach Amy Rossow Retires After 23 Seasons

Signing to the Saints Graduated Senior, Collin Bammer, signed to play baseball at Siena Heights University. Bammer will continue his baseball career at the Adrian campus starting this Fall. The SHU Baseball team is a fivestar member of the NAIA’s Championship of Character program.

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Coaching legend Amy Rossow has announced that after twentythree years as the varsity girls soccer coach and nine years as the boys varsity soccer coach, she is retiring.

Since 1996, Coach Rossow has guided the girls soccer program to seventeen league championships.

Among her girls teams’ postseason accomplishments were twelve MHSAA District championships, one MHSAA Regional Championships and a record of 335-76-8. As the head coach of the boys soccer team, her teams triumphed in six Huron League championships; six MHSAA District championships, one MHSAA Regional championship, and assembled a record of 115-30-2.

She led the 2002 team to a MHSAA Division 3 State Championship.

Coach Rossow has earned many coaching accolades for both boys and girls soccer. As the coach of the girls team Coach Rossow was named the Downriver Coach of the Year twelve times, fourteens years she was the Huron League Coach of the year, twelve years the District Coach of the Year, and twice the Regional Coach of the Year. As the coach for the boys team, she was named as the Downriver Coach of the Year four years, three times she was awarded the Huron League Coach of the Year, twice the District Coach of the Year, twice the Regional Coach of the Year, and once she was named not only the State Coach of the Year, but the D3 Coach of the Year, and the Detroit Free Press Coach of the Year.

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ethic and contagious enthusiasm, Coach Rossow has demonstrated commitment to her goals and loyal dedication to Grosse Ile High School while developing diverse experience in extracurricular activities. She is also a language and speech teacher at Grosse Ile High School.

Mr. Mike Kiselis, speaking for the entire Downriver Soccer Referee Association, “Amy has always been a professional toward her teams, referees, and fans. We want to wish Amy a great retirement and we will miss her on the pitch. Coaches like Amy do not come along that often, from her management of a soccer team, a strong desire to win and extending the teaching mentality toward sports. Best wishes in your retirement Amy.” Grosse Ile salutes you, Coach Rossow, and thanks you for a job done superbly well.

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Getting and Keeping Fit With Gardening Are you having a hard time making it to the gym three to five times a week? You tell yourself there is just not enough time in the day with all those kid activities, family events, things on the honey-do-list, not to mention the yard work that was not an issue until just recently. You may

By Dr. Michael Concessi, not have time to go a Grosse Ile resident to the gym; but you can still be physically active and boost your metabolism by being creative with your time.

Let’s take one thing on the list, such as yard work and gardening. It is estimated that one hour of general gardening can burn between 250300 calories per hour. This can be even more if you are doing major landscaping renovations, such as shoveling dirt or gravel, planting bushes or laying patio blocks. As you continue to garden, you are exercising and toning all major muscle groups, such as your core, back, shoulders, arms, and legs.

In addition to burning calories, gardening helps to relieve stress, which can lower blood pressure. Most of us know that there is not a lot of planning or brain power that goes into cutting and edging our lawns. I mean really, walking back and forth on autopilot with music playing in your ears from your smartphone, and the occasional emptying of the grass clipping bag is not mentally stressful. Then there is that feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction after finishing the job and knowing just a short time ago that your castle was lost in the middle of a jungle known as a lawn.

Another benefit of gardening as a form of exercise is that it doesn’t require a gym membership or expensive equipment. A decent shovel, yard rake, weeding tools, and gloves are pretty much all you need for your gardening gym.

While gardening does not totally replace your gym workout, heavy yard work is a great way to add variation to your regular exercise program or routine, while light gardening can

Another benefit of gardening as a form of exercise is that it doesn’t require a gym membership or expensive equipment. be great for exercise beginners. If you do yard work as a way to burn calories, consider these tips to take full advantage of your outdoors workout: n Like any workout, always warm up first. Take a short walk around your yard or down the block to get the blood flowing to your muscles.

Then try some light stretches for your arms, legs and lower back.

Also remember to take a few breaks throughout the day, and keep hydrated with extra water. n Use a push mower instead of a riding tractor. This adds intensity, so that you’re working harder, elevating that heart rate, and burning more calories. As your mower bag fills, the heavier it becomes and the harder it is to push, thus, the more calories you burn. n If you are raking, change the movement and direction to make full use of your shoulder and arm muscles.

Rake in front of your body to target your shoulders. Rake both right to left and left to right to work both arms. n If you’re using a wheelbarrow to haul rocks, soil, or mulch, take the longer path through your yard before you set your load down. n When digging, switch back and forth between hands so that you are utilizing both arms. n When watering, drag a heavy hose around the yard with you. You’ll also have to use those muscles again to put it away and wind it up when you’re done.

By using the yard as your own personal gym, you will take in the benefits of transforming your yard into something beautiful, while at the same time giving yourself a leaner and better fit body. Plus, as an added benefit, that free sunshine helps boost Vitamin D production, which aids in the absorption of calcium to help keep those bones of yours strong.

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Ever see The Today Show’s weekly segment called Jill’s Steals and Deals?

Jill shares “incredible bargains” that are simply too good to be true!

The truth is, they are too good to be true.

This illustrates the egregious assault on our sense of right and wrong, truth and lie, and is a key reason why I utterly reject Big Business’s sales strategy; they simply lie, and they do it consistently across all manner of media. Soon, we believe.

Jill is simply lying when she asserts that the products she’s pitching have MSRPs that are three times the sale price. It’s complicit

By Peter Rose deceit when a news show tells you the product being pitched is worth more than it is.

They’re implying that the vendors are getting stolen from. And people love it! But the product is actually only worth the price which we are being asked to steal it for.

You’d rather pay a sale price of $75 than a regular price of $99, so stores just lie and tell you the regular price was $150. JCPenney learned that people insist on being deceived because when they tried to be more honest about the real value, their sales tanked.

The only time JoS. A. Bank ever did any business was when they ran their Buy 1/Get 3 (or 4, or 5) FREE. People seemed to like buying five crappy suits because they believed the hype and lies that they were getting a better deal. Truth is; the suits were only worth exactly what they paid, We believe that Outlet Centers offer better value than department stores or independent shops. It doesn’t occur to us that it’s impossible for them to sell us the same products at lower prices. Outlet stores sell products that are made to look like the real stuff sold at department stores, but much of the quality has removed from the garment.

I came across an organization called Independent We Stand (Google it!) at a conference for local and independent business organizations for which IWS exclusively advocates.

We think they’re great, especially because IWS was launched and is operated by STIHL Chain Saws.

STIHL is an independent organization themselves that refuses to sell to the big box stores.

STIHL refuses to sell to the big box stores because they all have adopted the strategy introduced by the nation’s biggest big box retailer to destroy the integrity of their suppliers and degrade their brands while duping the public. The big boys insist on a better price than the wholesale price vendors charge their regular distributors. They lure vendors into their system by showing them how much volume they can do, then once they’re in, they tell the vendor that if they want to stay on the shelves, they must cut their prices. In STIHL’s case, their prices are fair and legitimate, so cutting their prices means cutting their quality and undermining their reputation for high quality among their loyal customers.

These strategies are foisted upon us by big, publicly-traded businesses.

Quality must be reduced to mass produce for the masses. There is no way for these behemoth companies to maintain high quality and still employ enough people per store to match what we used to get at smaller, local companies who are genuinely connected to their community.

I am a ferocious defender of capitalism. But not corporatocracy and not corporatism which are predatory and counterproductive to the greater good. The only winners of such schemes are those at the top.

Shareholders rest easy, knowing that their rising share prices are the direct result of practices that cause losses for others and absurdly reduces the quality of service and products delivered.

Recently a loyal customer requested that I stock a particular product at my store. I took it as a great compliment and was struck by how that it is precisely the reason why am so passionate about being a retailer; the win-win personal relationship that develops between customers and store owners.

That is the capitalism I choose to believe in, and to practice, until I absolutely can’t. That’s my America.

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If you could take a guest anywhere on the Island, where would you take them?

I’d start with my home Chateau Elba “Old’s Mansion” with 12 house guests coming this week.

Chad Novak

I would show them Centennial Farm.

Hunter Bye

I like watching the animals, deer, rabbits, water birds and many others. I like meeting friends at the Grosse Ile Bakery.

Martha Butler

I would show them the entire island.

Myrna Walters

Enjoy one of our fun parades. It is always a special celebration, small town America at its best.

Molly Mech

I like it right here at my gas station, Richardson’s Gas Station on Macomb St. Ron Zazadny

Scenic views around the island like at Sunset Park.

Maddy Jarnot

First place to show my friends would be Sunrise Park. A great place to talk about history and wildlife.

John Leon

I like the coming on to Grosse Ile, the quiet peaceful feeling. We like to sit on the back deck. We like to take guests to the Yacht Club for lunch.

Dorothy McDermott

On a bike ride on the bike path to the airport.

Malayna Jarnot

My niece was here from North Carolina and we went to eat at Smokey’s on the water and boat ride around the island.

Danny Trondle

I like to take my visitors for a sightseeing tour with stops at Westcroft Gardens, the Alpaca Farm, and give a little history as we traveled.

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