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Primary election results 2020 slate in a primary election that saw a voter turnout of 52.5 percent.

In the race for township supervisor, current two-term trustee, James Budny defeated incumbent Supervisor Brian Loftus who had held the office since 2008, by a total of 1,736 to 1,411. Budny and the Grosse Ile 2020 slate campaigned on a platform of policy and program priorities which included: 1. Well-maintained roads, bridges, and other public infrastructure

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The Grosse Ile tallies of the statewide Primary Election held August 4, 2020 are in, with the hottest races reported on the local level. The results: there’s gonna be some changes at Township Hall that include a new township supervisor, a new treasurer, and three new trustees on the Township Board.

Voters chose all but two members of the Grosse Ile

2. Outstanding public safety 3. Responsible Township budgets, spending and financial management 4. Protection and preservation of the natural character of the Island and surrounding waterways.

5. Citizen demand-driven recreational opportunities for all ages year-round.

In a three-way race for township clerk, longtime SEE PRIMARY, Page 3

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In 2020 Leo Stevenson has been recognized by: Forbes: “Best-in-State Wealth Advisors” Barron’s: “Top 1,200 Financial Advisors” list Forbes: “America’s Top 250 Wealth Advisors” list

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Continued from page 1 Clerk Ute O’Connor maintained her position besting the field of newcomer Mark Lane, and current trustee Thomas Malvesto.

O’Connor garnered 1,235 votes, with Lane coming in with 937, and Malvesto 890.

Grosse Ile 2020 member and challenger David Nadeau defeated Treasurer Ted Van Os, 1,565 to 1,303.

For the office of township trustee, there are some familiar faces that will represent the people of Grosse Ile as trustees on the Township Board. Four of the field of eight will go on to the general election on Nov. 3, 2020.

Former Township Chief of Police Joseph Porcarelli led the way with 1,873 votes, followed closely by Michael Jurecki, 1,846, Jamison Yager 1,543, with incumbent Carl Bloetscher III keeping his seat on the Board with 1,172 votes.

Other candidates for Township Board included Linda Stanko with 1,159, Mark Mills 1057, Chad Linn 1,023, and Jim Nelson with 930 votes.

For all intents and purposes, since all the candidates in the local Grosse Ile primary registered as Republicans and were unopposed by Democratic candidates in their respective races, the candidates who won on Aug. 4 will be the duly elected officials, come November.

In other local ballot proposals, voters overwhelmingly supported the Grosse Ile Township Schools operating millage renewal by a vote of 3,227 to 1,378.

Additionally, voters supported two separate Wayne County propositions for operating millage renewal and county parks millage renewal.

Prop O saw a vote of 2,932 to 1,472, while Prop P passed by a vote of 3,110 to 1,449.

In the race for Judge of the

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3rd Circuit Court, Grosse Ile resident and former Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, Mary Beth Kelly took the top spot with 2,166 votes and bested the field with 97,690 countywide.

Deputy Clerk Bryan Friel, said, “We had a great voter turnout for a primary election. Of 9,247 registered voters, 4,857 voted Aug. 4.

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, we sent out 3,723 absentee ballots upon voter application and request. Of those, 3321 were returned.

Absentee ballots accounted for 68.4 percent of the total votes cast.

“It was a bit challenging and it took us a little longer to finalize the vote, but we were able to conduct a safe, secure and free election,” he said. “I want to thank all the precinct workers and election inspectors for doing a great job under our new normal.

“We look forward to success in the November election.”

As a reminder for the November general election, under Michigan law (MCL 168.492) , “any qualified elector of Grosse Ile Township who is not already registered, may register to vote at the Office of the Township Clerk; the Office of the County Clerk; a Secretary of State branch office, or other designated state agency. Registration forms can be obtained at mi.gov/vote and mailed to the Township Clerk.”

Voters who are already registered may update their registration at www. expressSOS.com. The last day to register in any manner other than in person with the local clerk is Oct. 4, 2020.

Further, since the passage of the statewide ballot proposal 18-3, all eligible and registered voters in Michigan may now request an absentee voter ballot without providing a reason.

According to the Office of the Michigan Secretary

of State, “If you’re already registered at your current address, you can request an absent voter ballot in person at your clerk’s office anytime up to 4 p.m. on the day prior to the election.

If you’re registering to

voter registration record before a ballot is issued. You must be a registered voter to receive an absent voter ballot, but you can register and apply for an absent voter ballot at the same time. Requests for absent voter ballots are

return envelope and matches your signature on file. If you received assistance voting the ballot, then the signature of the person who helped you must also be on the return envelope.

Only you, a family member

vote or updating your address by appearing at your clerk’s office on Election Day, you can request an absent voter ballot at the same time you register. If you request your AV ballot the day before the election or on Election Day, you must vote the ballot in the clerk’s office.

“Once your request is received by the local clerk, your signature on the request will be checked against your

processed immediately.

Absent voter ballots may be issued to you at your home address or any address outside of your city or township of residence.”

Additionally, “after receiving your absent voter ballot, you have until 8 p.m. on Election Day to complete the ballot and return it to the clerk’s office. Your ballot will not be counted unless your signature is on the

or person residing in your household, a mail carrier, or election official is authorized to deliver your signed absent voter ballot to your clerk’s office.”

Whatever the case, when we vote in November, may we remember the words of Abraham Lincoln that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

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VOTE FOR JOHN POE November 3rd, 2020 Your Republican Candidate for State Representative Standing Strong for the 23rd District A little bit about me. I am a husband, father, first responder, hunter, firearms instructor, animal conservationist, Christian, Constitutionalist, business owner Public School educated union man.

John was born in 1968 in Middletown Ohio. He graduated High School in Monroe Ohio and currently lives in the wonderful community of New Boston with his wife of 30 years and his twin children who are 22 years old.

The first stop in John’s career was that of an Auxiliary Police Officer after which he worked as a Park Police Officer. In 1993 John was hired in full time with the River Rouge Police Department. Throughout his career John has reached many milestones. Holding nearly every rank John rose from Patrolman to Corporal to Sergeant to Detective Sergeant to Lieutenant which is the rank he held when he finally retired. John was the originating officer in one of the first convictions of the Internet Predators Act. He has dedicated his adult life to public service and a run for State Representative is another example.

Another passion of John’s is his love of reptiles. John lays claim to the fact that he is the founder of the Southeast Michigan reptile rescue. As an Internationally recognized expert on the handling of reptiles John has made several appearances on Animal Planet. This unique ability has prompted John to hold training classes for Local, State and Federal animal control officers. Some people purchase “dangerous” reptiles and release them once they become too much to handle. Currently Michigan has no laws preventing this.

In one form or another John has volunteered his time to his community for the better part of four decades. John has served on the Library Commission for 10 years, Goodfellows and Autism Awareness Associations. He was a founding member of the River Rouge Civic League as well as a founding member of a Downriver No Child Without a Christmas Chapter. John continues to work for breast cancer awareness and will soon launch a cooperative to help fight child trafficking.

John’s life experiences have led him to the decision to run to represent the 23rd District in the Michigan House of Representatives. His core values and willingness to serve make him an attractive candidate for this position. For more information on John or his campaign please visit www.poefor23.com or look him up on Facebook @johnpoeformi.

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Editor’s Note: Due to the volatile nature of the response to the global pandemic as it affects Michigan schools, the information provided in this article was current as of Aug. 1, 2020 and submitted before our deadline.

Proposed back-to-school plan to follow guidelines It’s the not knowing that is unnerving. And frustrating and downright scary. And, in this Age of Anxiety, knowing that life as we know it, has and will continue to change.

But, as our dear old assistant superintendent Vince Pizzimenti, always reminded us, that whatever may happen, “There will be school in September.”

It’s just what it will look like that has us BILL uneasy.

STEVENSON Grosse Ile Grand Based on the tireless work of the Grosse Ile Township Schools Safe Reopening Task Force, parent, teacher, and other stakeholders’ input through surveys, and the requirements of Governor Whitmer’s Roadmap return plan for safe reopening.

The following is a proposed learning plan to be reviewed by the Board of Education on August 4, 2020, and perhaps, approved at a Board of Education Work Session on Aug. 11, 2020.

Grosse Ile Township Schools will return to school on September 8, 2020. The plan for reopening will feature in-person instruction as long as Wayne County remains in MI Safe State Phase 4.

Elementary (Y’5’s – 5th grade) students will be in person all day, 5 days a week. To accommodate larger learning spaces the following schools will house the following grades.

Y5’s – 2nd 2nd – 4th 5th

Parke Lane Meridian.

Middle School

Online virtual option for elementary families is also available.

Young 5’s – 5th grade students will wear masks when entering the school, out of the classroom, and when exiting the building. The first 14 days (September 8 – 21) students will be required to wear a mask while in the classroom. It will be reevaluated after 14 days if there has been no COVID exposure or a diagnosis of COVID among staff and students.

Secondary (6th – 12th grade) students will be following a hybrid model attending in-person and remotely.

Week #1 Gray Team In-person Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and remote Thursday, Friday Red Team Remote Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and in-person Thursday, Friday Week #2 Teams alternate in-person and remote learning schedule

Online Option for secondary families is also available through Michigan Virtual.

6th – 12th grade students are required to wear masks while in school Superintendent Joanne Lelekatch expressed her concerns, “We have been working around the clock since May, meeting with teachers, parents, administrators, and Wayne County health officials to prepare contingency plans for the safe reopening of our schools. All Wayne County superintendents developed a toolkit to address the concerns and questions regarding the reopening of schools. At that time the task force was put together with more than 50 participants, 12 of which are employees and/ or parents of our district.”

“We surveyed all departments and schools, including all staff and parents. 90% of our staff responded. About 80% of our parents responded to two separate surveys helping to inform our decisionmaking.”

Lelekatch continued, “The decision to reopen school around the State has become both emotional and political for everyone. But, with the Governor’s

Roadmap as guidance, and specific requirements that must be implemented in the reopening plan, we can give parents the option to send their children back to school or to participate in a virtual model.

We are going beyond the required health and safety requirements and also implementing things that are highly recommended. With social distancing, facial coverings, daily temperature checks, and an increased cleaning plan, we can keep staff and students as safe as possible while in our buildings.

“Our paramount concern, as always, is the health, safety, and welfare of our students and staff.”

With such a moving target, patience, flexibility, and perseverance are the required order of the day, because the situation with the global pandemic can change, literally, overnight.

There many times are more questions than there are answers. The “what ifs” can be overwhelming.

In these perilous times, the bond between the homeschool-community needs to be stronger than ever.

Our children’s future depends on it.

There will be school in September. It’s just a question of what it will look like.

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Residents join together in trying to influence McLouth zoning

Voicing an opinion, strongly described a legal “taking” — the seizure of private property or substantial impact on the right to its free use caused by government action and for which just compensation to the owner must be given, according to the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

“We must keep in mind that we cannot zone property however we want when it’s owned by others,” Tallerico said. “They have rights.”

The property in question is 197 waterfront acres named to the U.S.

ment cell.

Actual Superfund work on the McLouth site hasn’t begun yet. The owner is removing buildings and PCBpolluted subsurface structures now.

Then Superfund experts will assess the hazards that are left and come up with a remedial plan. That cleanup work could start by the summer of 2021 — and is expected to continue through 2033.

Even after the cleanup, the land likely won’t be suitable for residential or park use, according to the EPA.

zoning.

Trenton Mayor Steven Rzeppa commented after the meeting about some of the misconceptions he heard about the PAULA NEUMAN site’s current zoning: Grosse Ile Grand “While most of the discussion has Seemingly no one Downriver centered around the mixed use portion wants to see the contaminated former of the site, something like one-third of McLouth Steel property in Trenton the McLouth site, including half the wadeveloped into an intermodal shipping terfront, is actually zoned as I-3, which port. includes some of the most intense uses That was brought out overwhelmimaginable on the site and really worries ingly during a four-hour online-only me. Most folks do not realize this and public hearing held think the entire site is July 22 by Trenton’s mixed use. Current Planning Commisallowable uses on the sion about updates to I-3 portion include the citywide zoning fireworks factories, ordinances. slaughterhouses, oil More than 325 processing facilipeople joined the ties, and other heavy ZOOM meeting. Not industry that could be one person spoke in very detrimental to favor of the shipping our environment and port. The Planning quality of life.

Commission also re“The entirety of the ceived more than 150 Riverview portion of written communicathe site is zoned this tions in the same vein, same way (I-3). The said Chairman Aaron current I-W proposal Castle. eliminates so many of People’s concerns these intense uses — include declining that again are already property values as allowed under the well as the traffic, current zoning map inconvenience and — and we need to do environmental impact what we can to shore to the area caused by these things up sooner an intermodal port rather than later. bringing in more “I also want to Photo Larry Caruso ships, trains and assure residents that The buildings on the McLouth Steel property in Trenton and Riverview, some of which had stood for nearly trucks. we are going to do ev80 years, have nearly all been removed from the former steel mill site. Residents have voiced their concerns After the hearing, erything in our power about what will next happen to the waterfront site.

Castle joined other to explore all legal commissioners in a 5-4 vote to approve Environmental Protection Agency’s Many people commented during and planning-based opinions to see what the zoning updates, which include a Superfund National Priorities List. The the Trenton hearing about wanting the options we have with this matter. This is change for the McLouth property to a list comprises some of the nation’s most McLouth site to remain with its current a huge decision for our community and newly created category — waterfront contaminated lands. Past Superfund mixed-use zoning status, although some we will leave no stone unturned.” industrial —designed to put some cleanups have included the Exxon of that land also has heavy industrial During the hearing, some residents restraints on development while not Valdez oil spill in 1989, the 2010 BP oil (I-3) zoning. also expressed concern about the making it impossible and subjecting the spill off the coast of Louisiana, and the The city proposes giving the site — reputation and past practices of the site’s town’s taxpayers to expensive litigation. 2009 cleanup of a Florida wood treating and that of DTE’s Trenton Channel owner. Wayne County foreclosed on the The zoning change still has to go to company where 400 households had to Power Plant, which is expected to be dilapidated McLouth site in 2017, then the City Council to be decided. be permanently relocated and more than closed next year —a new zoning classold it to billionaire Manuel Moroun’s City Planning Consultant Benjamin a half million cubic yards of contamisification called Industrial Waterfront Tallerico spoke early in the hearing. He nated soil had to be buried in a contain(I-W), which is more restrictive than I-3 SEE VOICING, Page 8

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Continued from page 7 family company Crown Enterprises Inc., and MSC Land Co. LLC, also a Moroun business. MSC signed on to the Superfund cleanup agreement.

Grosse Ile resident Patty Trevino said during the hearing that she grew up in Detroit by the Ambassador Bridge — also owned by the Moroun family — and has witnessed what happened to her former neighborhood.

“That company does what they want,” Trevino said. “We’re talking about a family worth a billion dollars.

I don’t know how you’re going to regulate that company. They can pay whatever fine you give them. Please look at the history.”

And other commenters suggested that a final decision on the zoning change should wait until an actual in-person hearing can take place without the current covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings.

“I’m of the opinion that this rezoning is being rushed in the midst of a pandemic,” said Ryan Stewart of Trenton, who added that many of the city’s senior citizens don’t have the ability to comment online.

Robert Johnson of Trenton said, “I see no rush to rezone it without more study and input. The testing for contamination is just about to begin.”

William Heil, president of the Grosse Ile Civic Association, also said the decision shouldn’t be rushed, especially because the Superfund assessment of hazards hasn’t yet begun.

Rzeppa said after the hearing: “The zoning ordinance updates began in 2016; it has not been a rushed process.

In fact, most of us have argued that it has taken too long. This started before McLouth went into foreclosure and before Crown was even in the picture.

We’d be having this conversation no matter who owned the site or even if it was sitting totally vacant.”

After the hearing, both outgoing Grosse Ile Supervisor Brian Loftus and

Riverview Mayor Andrew Swift said that Trenton officials are in a tough spot when it comes to somehow balancing the legalities of zoning, the city’s need for tax base and the loud and clear opposition of residents to the intermodal shipping port proposal.

“I wouldn’t want to trade places with them (Trenton officials),” Loftus said.

“The big picture must include the fact that Trenton has lost a tremendous portion of its tax base with this site lying fallow and the city will lose even more when the DTE plant is shuttered. This redevelopment will certainly help with a financial recovery so that the city can continue to provide the services the residents expect. To attempt to deny the property owner a legitimate use of his property could become a form of condemnation and would be very expensive to take to court with little chance of prevailing.

“I can’t speak for the entire Board of Trustees, but I would negotiate with the developer to voluntarily add setbacks, berms, landscaping and buffers, which could be included in a zoning ordinance.”

Said Swift: “Action could be taken to reduce or eliminate the use of those unsightly storage containers. But we’d also consider that the Moroun businesses have a reputation Downriver. We all know that the likelihood of litigation would occur. It would cost the city millions of dollars and years of lost opportunity to oppose the redevelopment.

We would do what we can to maybe not change the course of development but influence and reduce the environmental impact while improving the financial stability of the city.”

Stephanie Tucker of Riverview, commenting during the hearing, urged residents to contact their members of Congress and get them involved.

“It’s going to take all of us to galvanize and keep this from happening,” she said.

Trenton resident Jennifer Knight had this message for city officials during the hearing: “This will be your legacy.”

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This is a honey of a story

Bees move in … and right back out again PAULA NEUMAN Grosse Ile Grand

The honey bee swarm swooped into our lives on a Friday afternoon.

We didn’t see it arrive. Our neighbors across the street did. They told us about a huge swarm of bees, first massing around my car in the driveway, then having a big old jamboree under our air conditioner.

One neighbor was so amazed he came over and took pictures.

So on Saturday my husband and I went out to see what was going on. We saw dozens of bees buzzing in and out of an opening in between some siding slats and right under an air conditioner, sheltered by a bush. We had no idea there was an opening before this.

The swarm — and we’re talking tens of thousands of bees — had moved in and set up shop that fast.

We never felt particularly threatened by these bees.

They obviously weren’t aggressive like yellow jackets — the nastiest little jerks of the insect world. Our honey bees just went about their business, even when we got close to them. And they weren’t in a spot that was going to be an issue for anyone trying to hang out in the front or back yard.

Even so, we were a little concerned. I mean, maybe having a swarm of bees living in the walls of your house could cause a problem of some sort, right? So we tried to find somebody who knew something about our uninvited new house guests. Of course, neither my husband nor I had a handy beekeeper listed among the contacts in our phones.

So my husband contacted someone he thought might know somebody else who could help. That somebody else recommended another somebody, who then recommended another somebody…. It took quite a few calls to find Romulus beekeeper James Lee. It was worth it.

We talked to him over the phone, and he popped over on Sunday, two days after the swarm had moved into our wall.

We were lucky to stumble onto James, who is a clinical social worker at Reliance Counseling LLC in his day job. Bees are his hobby and his passion.

He tends a handful of hives and has a Facebook page called Bee Benevolent Swarm Removal. Feel free to check it out.

James had a look at our bees, and was pleased with them — lovely, docile honey bees, the beasties who are super pollinators of flowers and vegetables and fruit and thus essential to our food supply. He wanted to take them home.

What if we just leave them, I asked. What harm will it do?

Probably none at first, he said, but when they leave or die, your walls will be full of honey. And then they’ll likely be full of ants.

Ants? No way. I already have a small war going with pesky ants periodically invading a bathroom. No ants. The bees had to go.

How will you get the bees out of the wall, I wanted to know. It seemed like a logical question. So he showed me, explaining everything as he went along.

James set up a man-made beehive — a square, wooden box filled with sliding removable frames of hexagonal cells, some already filled with beeswax, some containing nectar and a little honey — in the bush right next to the “doorway” to the swarm’s digs under our siding.

He wore no protective gear while he did this, working inches from our buzzing bee buddies.

He was unworried and never got stung, but we kept a respectable distance away, and not just because of the coronavirus. A bunch of potentially pissed off bees makes social distancing a pretty easy decision.

The bees, he said, might just decide to move out of the space under the siding and into the box. He told us they’d definitely be curious and check it out. We were to watch for activity, and if we saw bees with pollen on them going into the box, we’d know his plan was working.

With the bee box set up to his satisfaction, James got ready to go home, and told us he’d check on the bee box in a few days.

But he called the very next day.

I had an idea last night, he said, and I’d like to come over with a smoker and some other gear. So later that day, James came back. He put some wood chips into

the bottom of a small metal bee smoker — basically a can with a spout — lit them on fire and aimed the smoke at the bees.

The smoke, he said, distracts and calms the bees in case they get agitated. Then he got to work with duct tape, attaching a mesh funnel to their opening between the siding slats. The fat end of the funnel was taped over their “doorway.” They would be able to leave their nest via the hole, but they wouldn’t be able to figure out how to get back in through the skinny end of the funnel, James said.

When enough foraging bees left the hive without coming back with goodies for their queen, she’d come out to see what the heck was going on, and maybe decide the bee box would make a fine alternative home. That was the hope, anyway. James explained everything as he worked. This time, he wore protective gear, but not gloves. He never got stung.

This took a while, and by the time James was done with his work, curious neighbors and a couple of family members were all standing — and social distancing — in the driveway watching.

James, by now a bit of a neighborhood celebrity, went home and said he’d check back in a day or two.

If we had any problems at all, we should call him, he said.

So we watched. By Tuesday afternoon, thousands and thousands of seemingly confused bees were hanging out on the side of the house. They were loudly humming, but still perfectly gentle. We thought they were waiting for the queen to come out so they could all move into their nice new mobile home. We were wrong.

By Wednesday afternoon, they were gone. My neighbors reported seeing the swarm fly through their yard heading to parts unknown.

James never got his new hive, despite his hard work.

He came to get his empty bee box and shrugged. Bees are capricious, he said.

The excitement is over. I didn’t want the bees living in my walls, but I am weirdly sad now that they’re gone. Never once in the six days that we had the swarm did anyone get stung.

Goodbye, bees. Happy trails.

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The old adage in journalism used to be (and perhaps it still is): “If it bleeds, it leads.” Watch any news broadcast and the first stories are always the worst. Why? To get more viewers so that the station can raise advertising rates. It shows us a disproportionate view of the world around us.

I challenged the kids to look for the good things that happen every day to see if they could prove or disprove my hypothesis that evil just gets better press. And, I decided to try it, as well (to make sure that I’m right).

In the last week, this is what I saw: Two fawns playing together while their mom watched with a look on her face that said, “Keep it up, and someone is going to end up crying.”

A dad “racing” his toddler on the bike path. The look of pure joy on her face made me smile. The Dad’s face,

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It’s not always easy, though, to see the good.

I found a bag on the church property this week. I opened it up, and it was full of trash. I admit, my first thought was, “Really?? Come on, people.”

However, I was practicing my sermon at the same time, so I thought, “What’s the good in this?” It took me a minute, but then I realized: the trash was all contained in the bag. None of it had blown out, which made clean up super easy.

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Break the boredom, see some classics at the VFW The car show at the VFW is a good way to get out of the house, enjoy something to eat and see some classic rides. Here are sights from last month’s VFW car show and another will be coming up on Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The July 18 show was a rousing success, according to Commander Barry VanEngelen. VanEngelen said that Fred Watson came to one of their meetings with the idea of a car show and they went along with it. Besides classic cars being on display, there will be food trucks and music to listen to. Initiating the car show was not Watson’s only contribution to the club. Being a fix-it person, he did some needed plumbing and electrical work at the VFW hall and even got a car running that had stalled.

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Mackenzi Barnard, Valeria Blackwelll-Rocha and Maddox Blackwell-Rocha are making and selling rubber band bracelets with the money earned going to benefit T.A.I.L.S.

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Music in the air, thanks to our Island troubadour When you think of Barry VanEngelen, you think of an entertaining music man with a guitar, but he’s more than that!

PAMELA A. Now retired from FRUCCI his job of running a Grosse Ile Grand railroad, this VietNam veteran serves as commander of the VFW and is good at engineering events such as the drive-in car show at the VFW. He also has organized virtual music programs to entertain those homebound due to CODVID-19.

It was even his idea to do outdoor concerts on the lawn of St. James Church, just like he’s done at American House in Riverview where folks sit on lawn chairs or hang out their windows.

In earlier years, Barry was often cast in Islander plays until it folded in 2007. He’s been hired by Greenfield Village to entertain youngsters when waiting to board Thomas the Train.

This talented guy has perfected imitating a train whistle.

My favorite memory of Barry is when I asked him to come to the Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church at Christmas time a few years ago. We

were hosting the Presbyterian Women of Detroit.

He strolled down the aisle in the sanctuary playing the guitar and singing “Silent Night” just like the first time that Christmas carol was performed in Oberndorf, Austria in 1818.

Three enterprising kids raise money for T.A.I.L.S. To fill up their time when off from school, Mackenzi Barnard, 9, shared her skill with friends to assemble rubber bands into colorful bracelets.

She showed her creation to her neighbor Valeria Blackwelll-Rocha, 10 and Valeria’s younger brother Maddox, 6. They’re so good at it, they can create a bracelet in under five minutes.

The kids shopped at Michaels for supplies like colorful beads to make some bracelets more jazzy.Then they went to work. Not ones to stay indoors and watch TV or play video games, they set up a work table.

They sell their bracelets to friends, neighbors, and family for a donation.

What to do with the money they earned? Valeria suggested giving it to T.A.I.L.S. and they all agreed.

In just one week, they’ve raised $87

but are aiming for $100. They plan to present the money to T.A.I.L.S. since they’re all animal lovers. The kids hope to surprise them with their donation.

What motivates these young people to care about others like the animal shelter? They told me, “Just for the sake of being kind.”

Keurig Cups are reusable for planting seeds When former neighbors John and Jonnie Roos added solar panels to their roof on Hickory Drive and began to heat their home with wood heat, they qualified for a family which lives close to nature.

John has another hobby he enjoys.

He uses throwaway Keurig cups as plant starters. He said they’re just the right size for a little soil and a plant seed, but he needs a source of getting more of the miniature pods.

Anyone who uses a Keurig for coffee making shouldn’t throw the little cups away but deliver them to John at his home at 24621 Hickory.

(Hickory makes a circle behind Northridge Church on Meridian.)

Other clippings from old Ile Cameras from the 50s When looking through a box of old

Ile Cameras dated in the 50s, I came across this news item. Ernie Gronda’s father was on a hunting trip up north and shot a buck but didn’t kill it, so he lassoed him and brought him down.

Another item involved high school student Jerry Reed, who both played football and was drum major at Grosse Ile High School.

As soon as halftime came in the football game, Jerry left the field.

With his teammates helping him change into his drum major uniform, there was only a slight delay before he returned to the field to lead the band.

Presbyterian Church’s choir director retires Dr. James Parker, who has directed the adult choir at the Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church for 45 years, recently announced that he is retiring.

His long career includes directing vocal music for the Grosse Ile Township schools, many years serving as a judge at vocal music competitions, and leading the Grosse Ile Chorale on summer singing tours of New Zealand, Russia, South Africa and Europe.

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The lifetime barbecue expertise of three brothers has come to Grosse Ile. Marvin, Darrell and Steve Sullivan recently opened Sully’s BBQ at 8537 Macomb, and despite limitations resulting from a worldwide pandemic, islanders are eating it up.

“The community has really welcomed us with open arms,” Darrell said. “Of course, we’ve been backyard barbecue experts all our life, but this is our first restaurant venture.”

It’s a natural evolution, he said, noting that the three have hosted events and private parties featuring their favorite foods.

“Everyone tells you how good it is, and then maybe they ask you to make them sauce,” Darrell said. “One day you just jump in.”

Before that jump, the Sullivans, who all hail from Downriver, toured the area looking for the right place to set up shop.

“Grosse Ile just seemed like the perfect storm,” Darrell said. “It’s a quiet community where I didn’t see anything like what we wanted to do. The location is great. There wasn’t a formula. One day we were just driving and said, ‘Hey, that’s the perfect location.’”

The Sullivans opened just two weeks before the coronavirus situation hit and they had to change their whole menu to accommodate carryout. Because of the newness, however customers didn’t notice it much.

“It wasn’t a big shock for them,” Darrell said. “That worked out in our favor, I believe.”

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Because the batter is very thick, I found it’s best to use a stand mixer to EVELYN CAIRNS mix it. With Michigan Grosse Ile blueberries now in season, Grand it would be unthinkable to make it with any other fruit.

And speaking of blueberries, you may want to try the recipe for Blueberry Bran Muffins, my newest favorite muffin. Orange juice and orange rind add flavor to another delicious breakfast treat.

BLUEBERRY CRUMB CAKE Streusel topping: 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup packed light brown sugar ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup (1 stick ) cold unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons In a medium bowl, mix the flour, sugar and salt. Using your fingers, work in the butter until large, moist crumbs form. (Make sure the crumbs are large so they will form a crisp topping as the cake bakes instead of melting into the batter. Chill the streusel until ready to use.

Batter: 1½ cups all-purpose flour, plus 1 teaspoon for blueberries 1½ teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon allspice 4 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature (see note) ¾ cup sugar 1 large egg ¼ cup buttermilk 1½ cups blueberries, picked over, rinsed and patted dry Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour, or spray with baking spray, a 9-inch square baking pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together the 1½ cups flour,

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The 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk or the 5K race will be run virtually this year, which means you can run or walk the distances on your own schedule, at your own pace, on your own route.

Runners or walkers have until Noon, Aug. 22, 2020 to complete your race and then send your 1 mile or 5 kilometer time to Chronomaster Gary Olsen at gary@racetimeservices.com.

You can also include a picture of your race experience to be posted to memorialize your 2020 Simsonian time.

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Once you register, an email will be sent to you with all of the information you need to upload your results and photos to see how you rank among the other racers.

The 18th Annual Simsonian is held in memory of beloved Grosse Ile High School teacher and coach, Steve Sims, who died unexpectedly of a dissecting aortic aneurysm in 2003.

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Grosse Ile grad Abby Ewbank earns scholarship to College for Creative Studies DAVE GORGON

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A 2020 Grosse Ile High School graduate is one of four recipients of scholarships from the Creative Art Society.

Abby Ewbank, 17, has received a $500 scholarship to put toward her studies at the prestigious College for Creative Studies.

The art society, formed by the combining of the Downriver Arts and Crafts Guild and Art Ambiance, has more than 100 members located throughout the Downriver area. Monthly meetings are scheduled at the Southgate Memorial Library.

To support the scholarship fund, members host juried art shows and sales, offer educational workshops and provide opportunities for member artists to display their works at a variety of venues.

Theresa Moore, scholarship program coordinator for the art society, said the funding is made available through “generous donations and memorials, one honoring long-term active member Iva Turner.”

“Ms. Ewbank received this award based on her application, her artist’s statement and two excellent recommendation letters,” said Moore. “Her application and examples of her art really impressed the independent juror.”

Ewbank has been taking dual enrollment classes at the College of Creative Studies since her junior year at Grosse Ile High School. CCS is a private college in Detroit that enrolls more than 1,400 students and focuses on arts education.

Ewbank will continue attending CCS to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, which she called “the standard undergraduate art degree for completing a professional education in visual, fine or performing arts.”

Upon graduation, she hopes to go into video game design.

Ewbank was born in Bakersfield, Calif., where she lived with her family for two years. She lived in Louisiana for five years before moving Downriver, briefly in Lincoln Park and then Grosse Ile. For the last year, she has lived in Woodhaven.

Ewbank said she has been interested in art for “as long as I can remember.” She said she took all available art classes at Grosse Ile Middle School and Grosse Ile High School, listing middle school art teacher

Casey Irvine and high school art teacher Laura Macintyre as “big sources of encouragement throughout my time in school.”

Ewbank said she mostly works in traditional mediums, typically ink and colored pencils. Recently, she designed a book cover for Melissa Olson’s book, Born Magic.

“When I do paint, I choose acrylic, but I prefer working with ink,” she said.

Ewbank’s parents are wellknown Downriver. Her father Sean was pastor at St. Thomas Lutheran Church on Grosse Ile and is now working as director of Evangelical mission in the Southeast Michigan Synod.

Mother Kirsta is an actress who runs the Open Book Theatre Company.

Abby, who works as a test SEE ABBY, Page 24

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Continued from page 23 administrator for Pearson Professional Center, said the Creative Art Society scholarship came at the right time.

“I was really stressed while applying for scholarships,” she said, “so it was really rewarding and encouraging when I found out that I was being awarded this scholarship.”

She has received two additional grants to help fund her education: the Nicole Cyderman Scholarship and the Ted Aller Scholarship.

In light of COVID-19, she said “CCS is taking many steps so that we can Ewbank have a close to normal in-person college experience (required testing and required masks). I hope that we will be able to go through with in-person classes, but I won’t be surprised if classes end up being online.”

Ewbank said she plans to enroll in “some extra classes or maybe some summer courses so that I will be able to graduate a year early.”

Graduating seniors from Downriver area high schools and alumni currently pursuing an art degree

are eligible to apply for the Creative Art Society scholarships each spring. For more information, contact Maureen Keast at mkeast1@aol.com or (734) 777-6109.

The other three 2020 scholarship recipients are Jerez Rinehart, a Gibraltar Carlson graduate who will

attend Judson University; Marissa Rubaiai, a Romulus High School graduate who attends Michigan State University; and Juliette Baker, a Carlson grad and Western Michigan University student.

All four recipients will receive membership in the society while they pursue their degrees.

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TELESCOPING THE TOWNSHIP

John Jackson a generous supporter of Nature & Land Conservancy

When the Grosse Ile Nature & Land Conservancy needed a large amount of money to build a retaining wall to prevent erosion at Sunset Park and a photo blind at the quarry on the property the GINLC maintains at the Gibraltar Bay wildlife refuge off of PAMELA A. FRUCCI East River Grosse Ile Grand Road, John Jackson came through with a generous donation.

Jackson, who has lived on Grosse Ile for 44 years and built his home on Hampton, credits his investment in major projects on the Island to his investment in stocks, which he says “worked out well.”

Jackson, now retired from his work with Ford Motor Co., also was the financial supporter Salmon in the Classroom at Grosse Ile High School and the Sturgeon Project at the Shumate Middle School in Gibraltar.

A sight worth seeing is Lotuses bloom in the pond near the second hole at Water’s Edge Golf Course. the pond of lotuses in bloom at Water’s Edge a tree on their front yard that My husband Jack often needed the attention of a tree enjoys a round of golf at company, they thought the Water’s Edge. He told me guy who came would advise about a pond of lotuses at the them to take it down. second hole that I should see.

However, he had a different It was indeed a sight to idea. behold. You don’t have to He said The Chainsaw Men go to the Monroe area to see of Michigan, a company in blooming lotuses.

Sterling Heights, could create I asked Recreation Director a work of art out of their tree Kim O’Farrell if her grounds trunk. Why not call them? crew at Water’s Edge had The results are pelicans planted the pond. She said carved out of the trunk of the lotuses have been there the maple tree right next to naturally since the grounds West River Road. You might were converted into a golf wonder why pelicans and course. not an eagle or other more majestic creature.

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In his career, he directed concerts in Birmingham, was the back-up conductor and lecturer for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and spent a decade directing the local Southern Great Lakes Orchestra that performed in the Flat Rock High School auditorium.

Most appreciated was his “golden” voice when he talked to the audience about each selection the orchestra played.

For many years, he had been a commentator on the former classical music station WQRS until it was

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Growing up in East Lansing, Greenwell’s father was a professor of music at Michigan State University, a good reason Greenwell spent his career in music.

Item in a 1956 Ile Camera about GIHS marching band worth repeating According to an old Ile Camera, back in September 1956 40 band students and six cheerleaders from Grosse Ile High School took a bus to the University of Michigan to perform on Band Day. They joined 12,500 players from 195 other high schools under the baton of Meredith Willson, composer of The Music Man. At half time with a total of 1,076 trombones from all the schools, they performed “76 Trombones.”

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Continuing the good work begun in May with large scale swab testing for the COVID-19 virus, during the month of July, the Grosse Ile Health Organization took it one step further.

On repeated weekends mid-month the GIHO offered FDA approved new fingerpoke antibody tests to determine if one had recently been exposed to the coronavirus in the last two to three weeks, or had been exposed longer, three or more weeks.

One thousand seventythree residents were tested for antibodies, with close to 4,500 people overall tested since May. Dr. Holle Janeski, spearheading the testing campaign said, “The GIHO decided to move forward with the Healgen antibody test, which provides a rapid test result. We have had a great response from Grosse Ile residents. If the finger-poke test shows that you have recently been exposed to COVID-19, we asked patients to do a nasal swab to see if one had an active virus.”

“If the antibody tests show that you have had COVID-19 and recovered, you would be eligible to donate plasma at the American Red Cross to help others seriously afflicted with the disease.”

If people missed the island-wide COVID-19 testing, Dr. Janeski offered testing in her office setting. Three hundred forty-six Grosse Ile residents opted for the inoffice testing. The overall

results of the antibody testing shows of the 1,429 residents tested, two were IgM positive, 11 IgG positive and 19 were both IgM and IgG positive.

According to the CDC, “antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system in response to an infection and are specific to that infection.

“Immunoglobulin G (IgG) develops in most patients around two weeks after infections and remains in the blood after you recover. If this antibody is found in your blood, it indicates that you may have had

COVID-19 in the recent past, and have developed an immune response against the virus.

“Immunoglobulin M (IgM) is found in blood and lymph fluid, and is the first antibody the body makes when it fights a new infection. A positive IgM test indicates that you may have been infected recently and your immune system has started responding to the virus. When IgM is detected, you still may be infected or you may have recently recovered from a COVID-19 infection.”

Trustee Carl Bloetscher has been involved with the Grosse Ile Health Organization from Day One. He has helped coordinate the swab testing for COVID-19 in May, and was instrumental in facilitating the antibody testing just recently. He has worked on the front lines with Dr. Janeski and her medical staff.

“This is not political,” he said.

“It has been a privilege to work with Dr. Janeski and the Worldwide Toxicology lab through all the testing.

The Grosse Ile Health Organization and the Township Board are here to make a difference. Grosse Ile citizens are doing a good job in their response to this eradicating this pandemic.”

If people missed the fingerpoke antibody test, Dr. Janeski said, “There are new tests coming out. Labs are developing a saliva test, which could yield results in 30 minutes. We would like to do antibody testing once a month going forward.

Right now Grosse Ile is at 2.5 percent positives for COVID-19.”

People should consider themselves exposed to the virus, if they are in an enclosed area, less than six feet apart, for a period more than 15 minutes.

People shouldn’t freak out. They need to get tested.”

The Grosse Ile Health Organization may offer antibody testing the weekend of August 22, 2020, at Township Hall.

Check their home page on Facebook for future testing information, appointment times (if necessary), insurance information, and COVID-19 testing forms: Grosse Ile Health Organization/GIHO

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There are plenty of good opportunities on the horizon Let me begin with the caveat that I am writing this immediately prior to the Aug. 4 primary election. As the primary usually sets the outcome of the general election in November, the result of the primary will decide part of my future. And yours.

I will say that this campaign for the supervisor position has been very civil (unlike 2008), focused on differing means to attain brian the same end, a better loftus community.

I have previously written about “picking up the pieces” or how we, as a community, are expected to recover to some degree of normalcy after this pandemic passes. To begin with, I am no longer confident that I, or anyone else, can define what normal will look like.

Let’s begin at the national level where what used to be referred to as “riots” – stores and shops looted, buildings burned, innocent people being killed, law enforcement under physical attack, etc. – are now referred to as “mostly peaceful protests.”

At the state level, our governor continues to generate executive orders (now almost 170 this year) and threatens any who choose not to abide with criminal enforcement. While most of these orders are administrative and logical, her statutory authority is questionable and will be tested in the Michigan Supreme Court in September.

Many law enforcement agencies have decided not to enforce the orders because they may become irrelevant in a month or two. Who would waste prosecution time, funding, and community relations on cases that may have no legal foundation?

Due to the campaigns for the election the local situation has become combative.

Few of my fellow Board members follow government commentary on social media, and again I envy them, but as the Township’s Chief Executive I have a responsibility to defend our employees and our government from unsubstantiated attacks by

residents and non-residents alike.

The willingness to display fact-free animosity continues to amaze me.

Since Building 39, also referred to as the Drill Hall or more recently the Tennis Center, has become an item of unnecessary controversy, I will provide you with as much information as I have and let you decide.

Building 39 was originally built as a Drill Hall for the Navy when the base was under expansion and we have several photographs of close order formations for military ceremonies being held there. In those photographs the basketball hoops are also visible, so it served as a recreation facility from the very beginning.

During the war years, aircraft maintenance became a priority and airplanes were soon being repaired within the building. Dripping oil was destroying the polished oak flooring so the floor was replaced with poured concrete. The concrete floor that remains today.

Eventually military activity diminished on Grosse Ile and the base was determined to be surplus.

On Dec. 3 1970, the General Services Administration did “remise, release and forever quitclaim” the entire “former Naval Air Station Grosse Ile” to Grosse Ile Township.

The Township has maintained ownership since 1970 and the building was originally managed by the Airport Commission and later the Airport/ Commerce Park Commission (ACPC).

Leased as an indoor tennis center by several operators for the past several decades, most recently by Mr. John Shade, also known as Michigan’s winningest High School Tennis Coach and winner of several Hall of Fame positions (he never seemed to get the recognition he deserves), time was beginning to take a toll on the building.

The ACPC decided to evaluate the maintenance that the building would need in the next several years and began taking the steps to generate the funds needed. Mr. Shade was not interested in renewing his lease, SEE LOFTUS, Page 31

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Continued from page 30 particularly at a higher rate, so the ACPC had to evaluate its options: 1. Find a new operator willing to lease at a higher rate 2. Operate the building as a community or recreation center 3. Demolish the building As the ACPC could find no one interested in leasing the building and acknowledged that recreation was not within their purview, they considered leasing the building to the Community Recreation Department.

The Community Recreation director, along with members of the Community Recreation Commission (CRC) began the study of a recreation center, measured the 44,000 square feet available for a variety of activities and had an inspection by the Township engineer who determined the building to be structurally sound.

The Army Corps of Engineers had previously done an environmental study and Building 39 was not an “area of concern.”

Director O’Farrell ran a revenue and cost analysis, sought input from the residents and began planning for this addition to the Township’s recreational offerings.

On Feb. 27 the CRC unanimously approved the acquisition of the tennis center from the ACPC. Then the outside experts began to weigh in with a series of questions and comments that clearly revealed nothing would meet their standards.

They began by lamenting the loss of the old community center on Meridian Road (gone for decades due to lack of interest) and followed with a

laundry list of questions that would be appropriate in a purchasing situation, but we already owned the building.

Any shortcoming was already our problem regardless of who operated the building!

On March 9 the Board of Trustees approved the operating agreement that would allow the CRC to operate the building as a recreation center.

I wanted to review this (what I consider) election-year controversy to advise everyone that, regardless who is supervisor in November, the potential Recreation Center will be part of his “picking up the pieces” because all the plans for the center are on indefinite hold due to COVID. Your opportunity is the Recreation Master Plan – it is up for renewal.

The CRC and Director O’Farrell will be seeking your inputs on what you, the residents, want for your community. I have always felt that local recreational offerings can really distinguish a community, and we now have an opportunity to expand our offerings, particularly our winter activities. Please make your wants and needs known to the CRC. That opportunity – increased recreation offerings - will help get us over this temporary pandemic condition. I hope you will continue to participate in our community’s future through recreation and by having confidence in your Township’s staff and all that Grosse Ile has to offer.

We all chose to live here, let’s work together for continuous improvement – making Grosse Ile a better place to live, work and play!

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Extraordinary event benefits businesses, graduating seniors Peter Rose

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This column is all about shopping locally; about all the good it does when we do, all that is lost when we don’t.

As the third-generation owner of Chelsea Menswear and Willow Tree in Wyandotte, my sharing for the last three years has been based on my very subjective point of view.

I have watched our entire economy shift from “local” to “national” during my life.

I don’t see the tide turning, but I surely do see incredible examples of the community-building power of localism, and that’s what I want to share with you today.

Back in June, a remarkable project was revealed. I got to watch it happen and simply wouldn’t trade the warmth of that experience.

A lot of work came to a head at our portion of the event created by Mr. John Garvie, a retired Roosevelt High School teacher and coach.

John retired in 2005, and is stillknown well to many. Less so for the graduating class of 2020, because they were just three years old when he retired - but they know who he is now.

Garvie knew and understood the discouraging circumstances of Wyandotte’s 2020 seniors - the on-line classes, the early end, the elimination of a proper graduation ceremony, and the cancellation of the celebration of prom.

Everyone who has graduated ever graduated from high school can feel this on a personal level, but Garvie wanted to do something about it.

What he decided to do is something that might be seen as just “a nice thing,” until it dawns on us that it applies to the entire graduating class - all 298 of them.

“A nice thing” is a bit of an understatement.

John spoke to Wyandotte’s Superintendent of Schools Catherine Cost, sharing his concerns and his wish to create a positive thing in a negative year. He told her what he wanted to do. A stunned Mrs. Cost knew that

Kenneth Bearden was a board member on the Love Wyandotte board of directors (President and founder of this organization is another hat of mine), and she called upon him to relay Garvie’s plan to our board to see if Love Wyandotte could and would like to bring this plan to fruition.

Everyone on our board joined agreed unanimously in the affirmative.

Approximately three months later, it all came together.

Roosevelt High School planned and executed a drive-through event where awards, diplomas, certificates,

$100 worth of gift cards to spend at members of the Love Wyandotte coalition of businesses.

A single man that loves his community wrote a check for $30,000 to buy five $20 gift cards for all of them so that he could do a nice thing for a whole bunch of people that he didn’t know.

Love Wyandotte is a Wyandotte 501c-6 that is in the process of creating a city-wide alliance of businesses, non-profits, residents and schools that all work together as different crucial elements of one thing: The economic

this unprecedented time of financial hardship for the local and independent businesses of Wyandotte.

The gift cards can only be redeemed here in Wyandotte, perfecting and extending this gift. The additional boost to Love Wyandotte itself is something we could never have imagined.

In the dictionary of phrases under “heartwarming events,” you’ll find June 17th, 2020 in the City of Wyandotte, where the name John Garvie is highlighted and italicized and in bold type.

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hot dogs, grab bags and more were handed to every graduating student in their cars!

What a fun thing to be able to watch.

But it got a lot more fun at the very end, when John Garvie got to hand each senior the envelope that Love Wyandotte team members had put together. He got to personally say “congratulations and best wishes” to each of them as he did.

In each of the 298 envelopes was

community of the City of Wyandotte.

Not the taxes and infrastructure matters; our government handles that well with the help of citizens and businesses and nonprofits.

The beauty of this incredible gift to the students had another intent, which is an illustration that all of my words in all of my columns could not as effectively communicate: Cash or Visa cards or many other things could have been given, but his plan was to keep the money in Wyandotte at

in thanks, appreciation, wonder and gratitude.

It makes me smile to see all of the ideals of localism demonstrated simply and magnanimously by one man.

It serves beautifully as an operating manual for successful communities everywhere, no matter the scope of the effort.

Localism works, my friends.

Go local. Be local.

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SPORTS Phased-in approach ... for now

New ‘normal’ for fall sports Just like there are a thousand questions about the safe reopening of schools, there looks like a thousand and one queries about the status of interscholastic sports in the state of Michigan for this coming fall season.

On Wednesday, BILL July 29, 2020, the STEVENSON Michigan High Grosse Ile Grand School Athletic Association announced that Michigan high school sports will be phased in this fall.

What that means is that sports that have a lower risk of physical contact and proximity can begin practicing on Aug. 12, and have competition on their regular start dates of Aug. 19 and Aug. 2t. Such sports include boys’ tennis, girls’ golf, boys’ and girls’ cross country and girls’ swimming and diving.

Phase II or higher risk sports like football, girls’ volleyball and boys’ soccer may begin practicing but cannot compete. Football team practices begin on Aug. 10 with helmets only, and on Aug. 17 may progress to full pads.

The MHSAA also announced that decisions about Phase II, higher risk sports will be made by Aug. 20.

The athletic governing body also made it very clear that there would be no scrimmages allowed all fall season.

Middle school athletics are scheduled to begin, following the same state health and safety protocols on Aug. 24.

In the statement, MHSAA executive director Mark Uyl said, ““The Council, reflecting on the positive impact on their athletes this summer from taking part in offseason training, feels it’s of utmost importance to continue athletic activity moving forward,” He continued, “If we take a month off, our students will find opportunities to compete through non-school entities that may not be as focused on safety. Our athletic directors and coaches can provide the safestpossible environment to return to sports, and this phased-in approach to competition will help schools continue building on progress already made.”

“The Council chose to make these adjustments to help ensure our athletes have a safe regular season this fall. As we continue to solidify the regular season, we can then turn our attention to building a safe postseason for our athletes.”

Grosse Ile Township Schools athletic director Jim Okler is cautiously optimistic about the high school and middle school seasons.

Okler said, “We are just waiting to see. Grosse Ile

athletics are following the established guidelines of the Center for Disease Control, the Michigan Department of Health, and the MHSAA. “The safety and health of our athletes, coaches, and fans are our number one priority.”

While meeting regularly with fellow athletic directors and administrators from the Huron League, Okler added, “We have been analyzing various practicing and playing scenarios, which include social distancing, practicing in pods—staying with your same group of athletes, anaerobic vs. aerobic activities which require no mask or mask. It all depends.”

When it comes to competitions, “Right now, it’s a numbers game,” he said.

“Our current understanding is that the Governor’s order restricts the number of spectators and individuals.

There are currently no indoor competitions allowed.

This impacts volleyball and swimming. For outdoor sports, the maximum number of spectators or individuals is limited to 100. We don’t know if that number includes contest management, school administrators, media and all staff. Or, do you include the number of athletes and coaches in that number?

“We are waiting for clarification, and are planning a variety of responses so that our athletes can play their games, safely and successfully.”

Anxious athletes and coaches, parents and administrators, fans and friends will have to wait to see what the “return to play” pronouncement will be,

but should realize the possibility of changes due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Executive Director Uyl asserts, “The easy way out would be to postpone all activity to next spring, and we are not taking the easy way out. But we will make wise decisions based on medical guidance,” “We will make these difficult decisions quickly and appropriately. If we don’t play this fall, it won’t be because we didn’t make every effort to do so.”

For further guidance and an overview of important “Return to Play” topics, visit: mhsaa.com Outdoor sports such as cross country and soccer have the best chance of getting started this fall. The fate of indoor sports like swimming and volleyball are still up in the air.

Photos by Larry Caruso

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