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Meridian’s Garza is ‘Principle of the Year’ At their annual national awards ceremony, held September 15, 2021, Meridian Elementary Principal Nicole Garza was named the “Principal of the Year” by the American Heart Association for her outstanding work with the Kids Heart Challenge and the American Heart Challenge. BILL Chosen among STEVENSON thousands of principals Grosse Ile Grand nationwide, Garza has led the AHA charge for several years at both Parke Lane and Meridian schools. Students in physical education classes have participated in the Jump Rope for Heart, now expanded to the multi-levelled Kids Heart Challenge to learn about the physiology of their hearts, to raise awareness about heart disease, and to help raise money for the American Heart Association. In 2019, Parke Lane Elementary students (grades Young 5 to 2nd grade) raised $24,061, making them the top school in Wayne County and fourth in the state. That same year Meridian Elementary students raised $6,178.87. Last year Meridian students doubled their effort and raised $12,586.35 without even going through their physical education program. American Heart Association spokesperson Chelsea Lehmann commented on Garza’s leadership, “Nicole is an incredible ambassador of the American Heart Association. This past school year, like most of us, her school was virtual, which left no point person to run the Kids Heart Challenge. But she was determined to continue the tradition to her students and the mission of the AHA, Nicole put together a team of people in her school and they raised more than double what they raised the previous year while inspiring physical and mental well-being with Kids Heart Challenge Program resources. Nicole has spoken at numerous AHA events sharing her story. She’s an advocate for us and other community principals. We are so thankful for her support and passion.” While her commitment and dedication for educat-

ing young people runs deep, the Heart Challenge and its cause became personal for her. “On October 3, 2018, one month after the start of a new school year, my life changed forever,” Garza said. “My husband, the love of my life, suddenly passed away. After taking time off work, all that was shared with the community was that he passed due to a heart attack. However, as the Kids Heart Challenge approached, I found my courage and voice. “On October 3rd, my husband, Noe` Garza, left the house before work with our dog to go on a little over a two mile run. At 46 years old, he had just signed up to complete his second Ironman Triathlon which was in Traverse City that upcoming August. He completed his first Ironman, which consists of a grueling 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bicycle ride, and 26 mile run, when he was 40. “He also has 26 other medals from various runs, marathons, and triathlons he accomplished all in the latter part of his life. Fitness and health was a priority for Noe`, including an extremely healthy diet. He was proud of the fact that he got his wife and two of his teenagers to join him at Crossfit! “However, even with his healthy lifestyle, he was still told by his doctor that he had high blood pressure. Together we were monitoring it and finding natural, healthy ways of trying to control it. Noe` ate very healthy, exercised more than most, and was still young, so what was there to worry about? “ On that early fall morning, Noe` never made it home. “The American Heart Association is accurate when it states that most Americans have many misunderstandings about heart disease, because we didn’t understand Hypertensive Heart Disease. I now know exactly what this can do to a family. “Each year our students at Parke Lane and Meridian go above and beyond with their participation

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Here is how we account for Grosse Ile Township funds Hello, Grosse Ile! My name is Ann Darzniek and I am the Finance Director for the Township of Grosse Ile. I want to review the impact of COVID-19 on Township finances and provide an overview of how we account for Township funds. It has been well over a year since the Covid-19 pandemic upended our Ann lives. Small businesses Darzniek and communities are Grosse Ile Finance Director still feeling its impact in different ways. You may have wondered how it has affected Grosse Ile Township as a whole. Where do I begin? I have been doing a lot of thinking about what we do as a local government entity. I realized that we provide essential services to the residents of Grosse Ile. Actually, that is our primary purpose. Just imagine what your world would look like without police and fire protection, running water, sanitary disposal, and some may even argue, recreation. Although during isolation, outside recreation was the only activity that people could do, all recreation adds to the quality of life on the island. Township employees who aren’t directly involved

with providing those essential services are there to help administer them. Township offices were limited to foot traffic in the beginning, but the everyday work load continued to be processed to maintain the services Grosse Ile residents expect. Drop boxes were installed and emptied several times a day to facilitate the collections and to continue to process payments on a timely basis. I am going to be a little biased toward the finances of the Township because I have been the Finance Director for over 25 years. Covid-19 has had little to no effect on the overall Township’s financial condition. You ask, how is that possible? Let me explain. The Township’s books are kept on a Fund Accounting approach. Fund accounting is an accounting system for recording resources whose use has been limited by the governing agency, taxpayers or by law. It emphasizes accountability rather than profitability. It consists of keeping a full set of accounting books for each purpose. In simple terms, the Township’s finance department is responsible for the accounting of 32 separate businesses. The majority of resources to fund the Township come from the residents’ approval of a millage

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GIHS junior is five-time equestrian national champion “She is a perfectionist, and coming in second place made her mad,” Lind said. “She knew she could have done better. She worked extra hard all year for this competition.” Working with Mikey is always a pleasure for Cecilia, but there’s nothing easy about it. “Cecilia is there (at the stable) three to five days a week for two to three hours depending on her schedule,” her mother said. “Her time at the stable includes her lesson time with Rob and caring for her horse. She grooms Mikey – brushes him and picks his hooves – before lessons. She bathes him, braids his tail and puts it up so he does not step on it or get it full of urine and poop. Mikey is on a special diet, so she helps put together his food. “During show season – April through August – she practices with him five days a week. There are several shows, including regionals in Lexington, Ky., we go to in order to prepare for and qualify for nationals.” Sometimes Cecilia helps out at the Luton stable with the facility’s horse camp or teaching occasional lessons, but this year, she was practicing to make it onto the varsity basketball team at Grosse Ile High School, where she is a junior. She also competes on the GIHS Varsity Equestrian Team, which is coached by Rob and Ricki Luton. Cecilia rides leased horses – not Mikey – for team competition, however. He’s too big to easily work the required patterns in those contests, and too talented and valuable to risk on what might be unpredictable, muddy surfaces in those arenas. “I’m pretty sure he’s the best horse in the country,” Luton said. “I think he’s a once-in-alifetime horse.”

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Cecilia “Cece” Lind, who just turned 16, and her horse, HS Majestic (called Mikey), brought a national championship home to Grosse Ile this summer. It’s hard to say who likes equestrian competition more, the girl or the horse – a large, muscular, chestnut-colored half-Arabian with white socks and a white blaze. “He loves competing,” Cecilia said. “You can tell when he’s ready to go into the arena. My dad and I always say he’s in his game mode. You can just tell he’s focused and he’s ready. He’s really good at his job and he likes it a lot.” Cecilia’s coach and Mikey’s trainer, Rob Luton of Grosse Ile’s Luton Performance Horses, also competes riding Mikey. And he, too, said the horse just loves to compete. “He gets excited,” Luton said. “He kind of puffs up his chest and he gets a fancy look to him. He picks up his whole body. He just stands out so much.” Cecilia and Mikey took first in the country in their riding discipline, hunter pleasure, for half-Arabian horses and riders ages 15-19, and the Arabian Horse Foundation also awarded Cecilia a $1,000 college scholarship. A few days after her win in Oklahoma this summer, Luton, riding Mikey, went on to win the national championship in the pro class for hunter pleasure. This year’s win makes Cecilia a five-time national winner and Mikey a 12-time winner between national and reserve national (runner-up) titles. Cecilia, who has been riding since the age of 6 and competing at the national level since 2016, was reserve national champion last year. Finishing second lit a fire under her, said her mother, Shereen Lind.

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Continued from page 8 “Because Mikey is so accomplished, we have had multiple very generous offers to buy him,” Cecelia’s mother said. “Yes, the money would be great and we could probably buy two horses from the sale of him, but we could never replace the bond he and Cecilia share. He truly is one of a kind.” The girl first met the horse shortly after he came to the Luton stables. She was 10 and Mikey was 8. “One of my friends in Florida sent me a picture of a horse they had on sale,” Luton said. That was in 2015. Mikey’s owner in Florida couldn’t

afford to keep a horse anymore, and put him on the market. Luton liked the look of the horse, which had been trained for saddle seat riding discipline, and had him shipped to Grosse Ile. “In the beginning, he wasn’t used to the cold weather,” he said. “We had to double-blanket him and put extra sheets on him. But he was easy to deal with and such a kind horse, and he really took to my training style. He liked a nice easy hand and our work ethic. He likes people. He likes being handled and petted. Some horses just like people and attention. Those are the kinds of horses that train well. “My philosophy is that you don’t force a horse to do anything. You create a desire to want to please. You reward them. You pet them and tell them ‘good boy.’

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They love that. Repetition and reward. They figure it out pretty quickly.” Luton, who has more than 30 years of experience with horses, quickly decided that the hunter riding discipline was a better fit for Mikey than saddle seat. “He didn’t like to keep his neck high,” Cecilia said, “but he can step really high, which makes him a fancy and pretty hunter horse. I remember Mikey came to the barn around Christmas time, and Rob had me get on him and I rode him a few times. He told my parents we had a really good connection. When I started riding Mikey, I really liked him and he really liked me. I could just tell.” So could Luton, who is known in horse training circles as being able to make good matches between horses and riders. “Mikey had never had a small rider on him before,” Luton said. “Cecilia was so tiny. He had to get used to a little kid. Her legs weren’t long enough (to direct the horse the usual way), so he had to get used to her voice. We had to teach him voice commands. He had to get used to her. She was real green, but she knew how to post and stay up and get her hands right. She had to get used to managing this thousand-pound animal, how to raise his speed and keep him in a straight line. He was a faster horse than she was used to.” But from the start, there was a definite connection between Cecilia and Mikey. “He liked that little girl on top of him,” Luton said, “and he tried real hard for her. Cece is a real even-keeled kid. She’s got an easy-going personality. Nothing rattles her and she’s always in a good mood. When you have a horse that’s kind of a high-energy horse, you couldn’t put a very hyper kid on it. Too much energy there. She’s a calming influence on him and always has been. He doesn’t get any mixed signals. That’s what gives horses a hard time. They can read us.” And now, six years later, the girl and the horse are a dynamic duo. “They both get better every year,” Luton said. “As she’s grown, she’s more confident and more riding savvy.” “I love Mikey,” Cecilia said. “He’s a really sweet horse. He’s super gentle and super loving. And he’s funny about things. He doesn’t like puddles. He doesn’t like to get his feet wet. And he doesn’t like anything out of place. If there’s an orange cone set up for a pattern practice, for instance, he doesn’t like it. It’s so funny. He’ll stop or veer away from it or look at it sideways and go the other way. “He has a lot of allergies and a sensitive stomach, so we make his food. We get a supplement shipped in. We have grain and pellets made out of timothy hay and in the supplement are different minerals and stuff to keep his allergies down and help his iron level. And dust irritates him.” Cecilia first became acquainted with horses when she went to a friend’s birthday party when she was 5. The party had pony rides. “Cecilia was instantly hooked,” her mother said. “She asked me when she could start riding lessons. I

told her when she was 6, thinking she would forget about it. At 6 ½, she asked when I was going to get those riding lessons I had promised her.” And so it began. She had lessons at another facility, and then tried Luton’s when she was 7 because her mom had a Groupon. After that discount lesson, Cecilia decided to keep going there for her lessons. “From the first lesson, we kind of all knew it was a good spot for her,” Luton said. “She liked my style of teaching, just like the horse.” “We lived in Dearborn at the time and made the 45-minute drive to Grosse Ile each way several times a week,” Cecilia’s mother said. “We moved to Grosse Ile in 2019. She was going into the ninth grade so she could compete on the GIHS Equestrian Team. We

are not the only family that has moved to Grosse Ile for Rob and Luton Performance Horses. Our small township has an incredible horse trainer in Rob Luton. Cecilia could not get where she is today without him. He’s not only her trainer but her coach, cheerleader and mentor.” “Cece had never ridden in a horse show before she came to us,” Luton said. “She’d had a few lessons.” It’s been almost 10 years now, and he still laughs about her first coming to him because of a Groupon. “We are so thankful she has found her sport and has the best trainer to walk alongside her to make her dreams come true,” Cecilia mother said.

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CULINARY CAPERS If you think pumpkin is a vegetable, you may be surprised to learn it’s a fruit that can grow to an incredible size — one in Germany tipped the scales at 2,600 pounds! Not only is a carved and candle- lighted pumpkin Jack-o’-lantern a favorite Halloween decoration, but pumpkin pie ranks as America’s EVELYN second-favorite pie CAIRNS Grosse Ile (apple is No. 1). In Grand addition, the fruit is a low-calorie nutritional powerhouse of vitamins A, B12, C and E, potassium, copper, manganese and iron, with only 50 calories in 1 cup. Back in 1981, when I was writing my Kitchen Korner column for the News-Herald Newspapers, a teacher at West Mound Nursery School in Taylor sent me a recipe for Praise the Lord Muffins, which her pupils had baked for a pre-Thanksgiving feast at the school. I made them, and thought they were delicious, but the recipe was for 4 dozen — too many for the average family. While scouring the internet and my cookbooks for a smaller similar recipe, I found one with exactly the same ingredients and a yield of only 2½ dozen. I made them and thought they were definitely praiseworthy (all of my tasters loved them, too). Another pumpkin treat from 1981 is a cookie recipe loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts. This cakey delectable is easy to put together and can be whipped up with just a spoon if you like. Should you happen to run out of pumpkin and find your local grocery stores are completely sold out, you can made the rice-cereal recipe I’m including for a candy-corn-decorated decadent dessert with pumpkin pie spice. PRAISE THE LORD PUMPKIN MUFFINS 2 cups sugar ½ cup cooking oil 3 large eggs 1 ½ cups canned pumpkin ½ cup water 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon cloves ¾ teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon salt 1 ½ cups raisins 1 cup chopped walnuts In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs, pumpkin and water. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, spices and salt. Add to pumpkin mixture, blending well. Fold in raisins and walnuts. Spoon into greased muffin tins, filling ¾ full. Bake at 400 degrees 15 minutes or until toothpick tests clean. PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 1 cup canned pumpkin 1 cup sugar, granulated or brown 1/2 cup cooking oil 1 egg 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in 1 teaspoon milk 1 ½ cups chocolate chips 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup chopped nuts Combine pumpkin, sugar, oil and egg. Blend well. Mix together, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add to pumpkin mixture. Add combined baking soda and milk. Add chocolate chips, vanilla and nuts. Drop dough on parchment-lined or lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees about 10 to 12 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen small or 2-3 dozen large cookies. PUMPKIN-SPICED RICE KRISPIES TREATS 4 ounces salted butter 16 ounces mini marshmallows 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice ½ teaspoon vanilla 7 ½ cups Rice Krispies ½ cup candy corn (optional) In a 4-quart pan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until melted, then blend in pumpkin pie spice and vanilla. When the mixture is smooth and creamy, turn off the heat and quickly fold in the cereal. Pour the mixture onto a sheet pan or 9x13-inch baking dish lined with parchment paper or buttered or lightly sprayed. Spread quickly and evenly with a buttered spatula, then place the candy corn evenly over the top. (Contact me at EvyCairns@aol.com.)

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Send us your photos It’s a well-known fact that Grosse Ile is home to some of the cutest ghosts, goblins, fairy princesses and superheroes. We also know that Halloween is the perfect time for these little ones to prowl our streets. If you’ve got photos of your cute Halloween trick or treater, we’d love to see them and publish them in our November edition. Pop a pic of you child or grandchild or niece or nephew and send it to us here at the Grosse Ile Grand. Because of tight deadlines, we will need the photo by Tuesday, Nov. 2. Send the photos, along with the child’s name to Sherry@gobigmultimedia.com and we’ll take it from there.

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Grosse Ile’s National Champion

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A Grosse Ile sailor and his crew competed in the 75th annual Thistle National Championship Regatta, held July 31-Aug. 6, 2021, hosted by the Cleveland Yachting Club. When the final race was over, Jonathan Duffett, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Sailing Team, Grosse Ile High School Varsity Sailing Team and Grosse Ile Yacht Club Junior Race team alumnus, and former Coast Guard Academy Sailing team members, Sam Ingham and Tanya Cuprak raced to victory, besting a field of 96 vessels from all over the United States. Heading into the last day of racing, the sailors were second overall in the standings. After a week of weather that ebbed and flowed, Lake Erie delivered its most challenging churn. Will Weible, official blogger of the Cleveland Yachting Club, gave an onboard analysis. “Sailors woke to very different conditions this morning as a southerly breeze built overnight and was pumping 10-12 as the sun came up. In Cleveland and Lake Erie, that means flat water and fast sailing. You couldn’t ask for better conditions. “The only thing was, the conditions didn’t hold, and instead, built to a solid 13-15 by the time the first races kicked off. “A big right shift came in near the top mark on the course, and the fleet enjoyed a nice run downwind on the first lap of the windward-leewardtriangle,” Weible continued. “But the real fun began on the second lap as we had a huge breeze and some phenomenal planning trips on our way down. “The wind built for the second race and after a general recall the fleet got off the line under a Z flag (a particular false start penalty rule). The first lap of the course played out similarly to the first race, but things went up a notch on the reaching legs. We saw a boat in the leading pack capsize at the jibe mark and I witnessed a middle crew on another boat get ejected head over heels backward into the water as a puff hit, followed by that boat going

over as well. “Skillfully maneuvering the course and conditions, Skipper Sam Ingham and his crew, Jonathan Duffett and

Tanya Cuprak, overcame a nine point deficit to take the championship. “Ingham and crew picked up right where they left off on

Wednesday, to climb back into first place,” said Weible. “They posted a 2 and a 5 today to complete a 1-2-2-2-5 score line to claim the championship.” “Not to be outdone, Mike Ingham (Sam’s father) went 6-1 today to move up to second place. President Tom Hubell tells me he believes this is the first time a father and son have gone 1-2 at Nationals. Hats off to the Ingham family for showing us how it’s done in the Thistle Championships.” The Thistle is a highperformance one-design racing sailboat that is generally sailed with a three-person crew. One-design is a form of racing where all boats are virtually identical or similar in design. Class-legal boats race each other without any handicap calculations, start at the same time, and the winner is the first to cross the finish line. Thistles have a main, jib and symmetrical spinnaker sail plan. They’re consistently fast due to the high sail area to weight ratio, quick to plane thanks to the wide, flat stern, and built to slice through waves with the plumb bow. It’s a fun, fast, responsive boat that does well in a wide variety of conditions.Thistles plane easily in 10-12 knots of breeze and glide effortlessly in light air. The Thistle National Championship represents one of North America’s most popular and competitive sailboat races, begun in 1946, with the first regatta held in Maumee Bay at Toledo, Ohio. Jonathan Duffett is currently a Lieutenant Commander stationed at the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, as the Inspection Division Chief. Born into the sailing family of Todd and Patti Duffett, he started sailing at age eight in the Grosse Ile Yacht club’s Learn to Sail program. For a couple of years, he and other GIYUC junior sailors, were coached by Anna Tunnecliffe, who won a Gold Medal in sailing in the 2008 Olympics in China. Congratulations to the 2021 Thistle National Sailing Champion, Jonathan Duffett!

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The Gold Coast is not just for Africa anymore I saw one of those silly Facebook questions that asked us to pick two to get rid of. Apple, Starbucks, Amazon and Facebook. The first comments I saw did not include Amazon. So, I scrolled and saw Peter Rose none. Grosse Ile That tells me that Grand everyone wants Amazon. That tells me that my efforts to educate people are ignored completely. I’ve said it all already, many times. To your probable relief, I will stay off the topic for a while, except to beg you: As you read this, we are in the most critical quarter of the year. October through December, for retailers and restaurants and bars, is so important for the overall health of your local economy that I can’t overstate it. Amazon gained market share in 2020, up huge. They have no intention of giving back that share, but you call the shots, not them. If you don’t shop there, there’s nothing they can do. You have the power. In my first efforts to share the concept of localism, I used the phrase “Think Local First.”. Over the years, for me, that phrase morphed into Think Local Only. Once I learned, it became harder to direct any money to corporate imitation retailers and restaurants. In trying to share that ideal, others have taken up that gauntlet as well. Shop Local, Dine Local, Drink Local, Bank Local … all are being used extensively, and the evidence from this one perspective is that it is working. The comments I get from more and more first-time visitors to our stores is more and more common: “I hate the malls; I hate shopping online.”

I’ve said it before: You can’t get what independents offer at any national chain, of any type. Within that statement are variables, of course. Some are better than others. But you cannot experience what you experience at Glow Fish, or Abundant Living, or Up and Down, or Whiskeys, or Waterfront at any other national copycats that see great ideas and try to steal them. My mission is to push back against the inferior alternatives of corporate invaders. I hope to get more and more people on that mission with me, and it is working. That’s the last I’ll rant on the topic. Try to do your shopping and dining and special ordering where you maximize the power of your dollars this holiday, for your sake as well as the entire local and independent network of businesses that nobody wants to see fail. For the rest of this article, I want to focus on the term “Downriver”; how we see it and how it is perceived by folks from anywhere but here. Candidly, I think that those of upper income tiers feel that if they can afford expensive goods, they should have expensive goods and they believe that in order to get those “better” things, they have to go to Somerset or anywhere else that offers them. In the case of apparel, I do recognize that Zegna, Armani, Tom Ford and many others are cachet brands that carry a lot of social bragging rights, and that by and large, they are very good products (well beyond my own price/value calculus, but not for others). As such, I hope you know, I never ask folks to buy above or below their means, nor does any other local business. I ask folks SEE ROSE, Page 34

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A former Grosse Ile High School soccer standout will soon be inducted into the Central Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame. Shay Mannino, GIHS alum (Class of 2007) continued her academic and athletic prowess throughout her collegiate career, and will be joining the most exclusive group of Chippewa athletes in school history. The 2021 CMU Hall of Fame class, along with the 2020 class will be recognized in the formal induction ceremony which will take place at McGuirk Arena in Mt. Pleasant on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Both Hall of Fame classes will also be honored during Central’s homecoming football game with Toledo, the following day. In addition to Mannino, who dominated the soccer field from 2007-2010, the 2021 inductees include Steve Bograkos (football, 1972-74), Suzy (Bozin) Sebastian (women’s track and field, 19992002), Ian Hearn (wrestling, 1990-95), and Steve Wolf (men’s track and field, 2001-05). According to the official Central Michigan University Athletics press release: “Mannino was named the MAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2009, the first student-athlete in program history to earn the honor … selected to the All-Senior All-American Second Team in 2010 … earned first team All-MAC honors in 2009 and second team recognition in 2008 … garnered second team all-region honors in 2009 … named to the MAC All-Tournament Team in 2009 … selected the MAC Player of the Week three times … ranks third in MAC history in career shutouts and career goals against average … holds the MAC singleseason record with 17 shutouts in 2009 … led the program to MAC regular season and tournament championships in 2009 and 2010 … helped CMU earn an NCAA Tournament bids in 2009 and 2010, winning the first tournament game in program history, a victory over Purdue in 2009 … named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team three times (first team in 2009; second team in 2008; and third team in 2010) … three-time Academic All-MAC selection … named to the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete regional first team and a Scholar All-American in 2009 … graduated with a career 0.70 goals against average, the best in program history … posted 45 wins and 31 shutouts in her career, both of which are CMU records … ranks second in program history with 237 career saves … in 2008, she posted a 0.63 goals against average, which was the third best in program history; recorded 12 win, which was the fourth most; posted 10 shutouts, the second most; and had 72 saves, the sixth most … in 2009, she recorded a goals against average of 0.60, the

second best in program history, while setting season program records for wins (16) and shutouts (17) … made 73 saves, the fifth-highest total in program history, in 2009 … posted 13 of those saves, the third most in a single game in program history, against Eastern Michigan on Oct. 29, 2009 … in 2010, she set the program record with a 0.55 goals against average while recording 13 victories, the second most in a single season for a Chippewa.” Upon learning of her induction to the CMU Hall of Fame, the humble Mannino said, “I look back at all the hard work and fun I had playing soccer and how I got there.

“It’s pretty amazing. I am honored and grateful for this recognition. I felt a little bit old, as time has flown by. My years at Grosse Ile High School, and Central Michigan are some of my favorite memories. . . memories of my long time best friends, my teammates and coaches. I often think about all the excitement of the big games and successes we have had.as a team.” After graduating from CMU with a degree in elementary education, Mannino coached women’s soccer as an assistant at Alma College. She SEE MANNINO Page 19

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Continued from page 16 then spent a two year stint at Grand Valley State University, coaching the goaltenders. While at GVSU, the Lakers won the NCAA Division II national championship. Now living in Ann Arbor, most recently Mannino has been working with the goaltenders at Pioneer High School, and is the Learning Specialist and Academic Mentor Coordinator at the University of Michigan. Her high school coach at Grosse Ile for all four years, Amy Rossow had high praise for Mannino. “Sometimes, as a coach, you need to take your assets and make sure you have them all,” she said. “If you are a soccer coach, your biggest asset is Shay Mannino. When she walked on the field for the first time, she owned the team. I watched her direct the team from the field, and make, not only a competitive soccer team, but also to positively influence her teammates, in turn creating a positive atmosphere where each girl supported her teammates. The Hall of Fame is where Shay belongs, not only as a soccer player, but a person to have on your side for life. “Congratulations Shay!” We second that affirmation and say, “Go Shay! Fire up Chips!” Congratulations on your induction into the CMU Athletic Hall of Fame.

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“The future is not a gift, it is an achievement.” Robert F. Kennedy With the 2021-2022 school year for Grosse Ile Township Schools happily and successfully underway, there is additional excitement as the District looks to the future. In mid-September, new superintendent Valerie Orr, and the Board of Education announced the launch of the strategic planning process, hoping to involve the entire school community over the course of this school year. To that end, the District hosted a Community Forum on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The Community Forum included a “moderated futurefocused discussion with a diverse panel of individuals, as well as a short presentation on current educational and workforce trends.” Oakland University professors from the Department of Educational Leadership, Dr. Kay Cornell and Dr. Suzanne Klein facilitated the panel presentation, with an overview of district demographic trends and future facilities projections provided by Plante, Moran CRESA. Setting the tone, Dr. Cornell identified some projections and realities that the school community should consider when developing a strategic plan: “Two-thirds of students today will work in jobs that didn’t exist in 2021. Events like the pandemic (unexpected) and global interaction (expected) will require workers who

are resilient and able to adapt to new situations Current kindergarten through second graders have never experienced a “normal” school year. “One size” does not fit all. Education needs to be more personalized focusing on individual abilities, needs, and interests. Emotional health is a key component for all aspects of teaching and learning.” The six-member moderated panel was drawn from professionals working in future-focused careers or organizations, a member of skilled trades, educators, recent Alumni, and representatives from higher education. Grosse Ile residents serving on the panel included current GITS employees, illustrious alumni, and parents of current or former students: Amanda Kerr (health care professional), Martin Woomer (Senior VP Software development), Jay Frucci (tax attorney), Laura McIntyre (GIHS creative arts instructor), Kristen Sitek (Parke Lane Elementary/coach), Emily Schaller (founder of Rock CF). Longtime educator and former superintendent of Grosse Pointe Schools, Dr. Suzanne Klein posed the initial question to the panel: “Based on your experiences and expertise in your line of work, what does a successful workforce member and citizen in the future need to know and be able to do?” The panel discussed accelerating student learning post-COVID, critical thinking, problem solving, and future student programming needs. Repeatedly, the panel emphasized adaptability, resiliency, and

communication as some of the key components of successful individuals. In her letter to the community calling for Community Forum panel members, Superintendent Orr stated, “As your new superintendent, I couldn’t be more excited to join the GITS staff and stakeholders in this dynamic process of sustained improvement. “A strategic plan is the vehicle that allows an organization to look at its future. Through visioning, developing a mission, examining core values, and setting achievable goals, GITS will move forward and improve student outcomes (i.e., graduation rates, state/ national assessment scores, student skill development, college-enrollment rates, societal and life implications). The amount of involvement of our entire school community (students, parents, staff, alumni, island residents, higher education) will have a significant effect on the overall effectiveness of the District’s strategic plan.” Orr further said, “I sincerely hope that our school community will engage with us in this process and provide your invaluable input throughout the journey.” After the Community Forum, the District will be asking for volunteers to serve on the Dynamic Planning Committee. The DPC will consist of 28-30 individuals with a 50-50 mix of members from within the Grosse Ile educational community, and those outside the halls of academia. The hard work of developing a living, breathing strategic plan will take place over the course of the first semester. Dynamic Planning Committee

meetings are scheduled for the following dates: Day One -Oct. 28, 2021: (Overview, Current State of the District, Demographic Trends/Facility Study Results, Accelerating Learning postCOVID). Day Two - Nov. 4, 2021: (New Learning, Reinventing Schools, Model Programs and Practices) Day Three - Nov. 11, 2021: (Goal Setting: What are future-focused goals of the District? What does success look and sound like? How will we measure success? What are the barriers to obtainment?) Day Four - Nov, 18, 2021: (Goal Setting, continued) All meeting times will be from 1 to 7 p.m. On Day Five, scheduled for December 2, 2021 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. the Dynamic Planning Committee will review their work to date, elicit stakeholder feedback, and modify the goals, if necessary. The next steps will be the District Leadership team developing the implementation plan with final approval of the Board of Education. Superintendent Orr encouraged citizens to serve on the Dynamic Planning Committee by applying in-person at the Board of Education Administration Office 23276 East River Road, or on-line at www.gischools.org For further information, please call 734.362.2555. You can also see what’s happening in Grosse Ile Schools by checking out the District Facebook page, or watching #1 Grosse Ile Minute.

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Live theater is back with a Christmas-themed performance

After a period of planning meetings since December 2020, a core group of Grosse Ile residents have been meeting monthly to bring back live theater on the Island. There hasn’t been an established organization performing live theater since the former Islanders dissolved in 2007. At that time, they were the second oldest community theater in Michigan. Under the chairmanship of Linda Stanko, the core group is bringing back live theater. At their Sept. 28 PAMELA A. meeting, a future play was decided FRUCCI upon, the director introduced, and Grosse Ile Grand dates set for auditions for roles and for the performance. The play will be a narrated version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with seven roles to be cast. Auditions for the parts will be at the VFW on Macomb Street from 1-4 p.m.on Sun., Oct. 10. The performance will be at 7 p.m. on Dec. 4, the place to be determined. Roles to be cast are a male 18-30, male 30-60, male 40-60 and a male to play Scrooge. Other roles to be cast are a female 18-30, and a female 40-60. The part of the narrator can be either male or female at an age of 40-plus. To be cast in the play, the performers must be available for rehearsals. Anyone interested in working behind the scenes should sign up between 1-4 p.m. on Sun., Oct. 10 at the VFW, the same date and time as auditions are held. The core group is grateful to local attorney Jeffrey Forrester who attended the Sept. 28 meeting and will work with them to establish a non-profit organization. Kim Savage Eberly opens music studio on Macomb Street When Kim Savage Eberly moved back to Grosse Ile with her husband Hunter and their two kids Archer and Bella, she wanted to offer her services as a music teacher to young people on a variety of instruments. It was in the trumpet section of Grand Valley State University that she met her husband Hunter, first chair trumpet player with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. After a stint living and playing with the orchestra in Jacksonville, FL, they moved back to Michigan. Hunter recently was a member of the brass quintet from the DSO that performed at the last Concert on the Commons on Aug, 29. Now living in their home on Voigt, Kim not only works with the brass section of the GIHS band, but also with the Gabriel Richard band. Since she announced the opening of her studio at Victorian Place on Macomb, she was flooded with 35 students and so many more on a waiting list, that she hired Katie Baynes, the current GIHS band director, to help with the added students. To contact Kim, her email address is islandmusicllc@gmail.com.

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A big hand to Grosse Ile Township Schools for their recycling effort As an advocate for recycling way back in the days before it really caught on, the senior Frucci household has been collecting scrap paper and magazines for several years and dropping a recycling bin full of paper at the Grosse Ile Schools’ large recycling bins in their parking lots. When I talked to the schools’ business office, they didn’t want me to encourage other families to add any more recycled paper to the bins! The word is that they get enough paper from the various schools to fill the bins and to handle more would cost them money to pay the company that services them to come more often. It was encouraging to learn that each school which maintains those large recycling bins in their parking lot decides what to do with the money they generate. It goes to either help a student in need or a good cause worth funding that would help the school. My proposal to CVS to address obesity goes no place -- yet! Some time ago I came up with a means to address obesity that I wanted to share with CVS stores nationwide. When I read that CVS, in the interest of promoting

‘Digging Up An Island’s Past’ wins best children’s book by the Michigan Historical Society In a Zoom meeting called by the Michigan Historical Society, Grosse Ile Historical Society board members Jeaanne Krukowski and Karin Cozzi were honored as authors of the best children’s history book. Copies of the book “Digging Up An Island’s Past” have been donated to our two elementary schools and are available for sale when the museum is open at the foot of Parkway every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. The authors of all the books receiving honors from the Michigan Historical Society were given a minute to give an acceptance speech. Grosse Ile then and now book is a useful selfguided tour of the island Former and new residents of Grosse Ile will find a useful tool in the book Grosse Ile Then & Now. The book includes 50 double pages and a pull-out map in the back with each site noted by number and its location on the map of the Island. The left side of the page is a sketch of an historic site by artist Tommy Woodward and a write-up by his wife Barbara that appeared in the old Ile Camera. The right side of the page is an updated (2010) version of the site. Several copies of the book were bought by members of the Class of ’71 which celebrated their 50-year reunion the weekend of Sept. 18. The map in the back of the book makes a handy tool as a self-guided tour of the Island.

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Meyer were very active in the community and donated the money to build the gazebo in the Commons on the corner of Macomb and Meridian, an often used facility and especially during the summer Concerts on the Commons. The Meyer daughters don’t often get back to their home town and wanted me to show them the natural areas on the Island maintained by the Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy which they support financially. Another 1971 graduate of GIHS, who flew here from his home in California, was Rich Winnie. I was a good friend of his mother Melissa Winnie and his sister Jane Barnes is a board member of the Grosse Ile Historical Society, although she lives in Taylor. She threw a welcome back to Michigan party for Rich at her son’s home in Gibraltar during Rich’s stay on the Island. Rich was active in theater when in high school, graduated from Oakland University where he performed in plays, and headed for California in 1976 to try his luck in theater there. He met his wife, also an actress, and worked as an actor or as a stage manager of Broadway shows on the road, and did various other nonacting jobs such as working for NBC Studios. His present job is vicepresident of post production with the Universal Studios Group. Rich straightened me out on a story I heard from my friend Melissa that her son Rich, when he was with the youth group planning a Sunday service at the Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church, rode a motorcycle down the aisle. Rich said it wasn’t a motorcycle. He portrayed the role of Jesus and rode a bicycle down the aisle!

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Continued from page 5 There was a decline in some revenues such as activity fees in the recreation department and permit fees in the building department due to lack of activities. However, there were no major revenue streams that were lost due to Covid-19. On the other hand, expenditures continued as well but in some areas at

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of the Township budgets. As stated above, some aspects of Township services were slowed due to Covid-19 restrictions. As a result, spending in these areas were also kept to also slowed minimizing the financial impact in these specific operations. All in all, the Township’s financial condition remained solid despite the difficulties resulting from COVID-19. There are mechanisms in place to guarantee revenue streams to maintain services through trying times. I am happy to report that we ended

with a surplus balance to the General Fund as of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 and maintained an adequate fund balance into the future. The Fiscal Annual Audit will be available online soon. I hope this has been helpful. Please feel free to contact my office is you have any questions or need additional information. I can be reached at annd@grosseile.com.

decision makes a real difference. Trenton, Grosse Ile, and Wyandotte are unique in our Downriver draw. These towns are further from expressways and locales that bring national chains. These three cities are immune to the close proximity of parasitic invaders of the “local business market share” snatchers. We are not immune by any stretch to the devastating loss of working capital to the internet, but that brings me back too close to that thing I said I wouldn’t dwell on. What I want to focus on is the fantastic array of local

and independent businesses of all kinds in this Gold Coast (really not being a snob, just focusing heavily on how good we have it). They all survive and flourish because of the support they get because they are great. Taken together, it is hard to see the grass on the other side of the fence as being greener. They stay great because they own our loyalty. Add the aspect of the greater good, the bigger picture, and you see a thriving region, tucked away, safe and sound and awesome.

I wouldn’t move away from here. But it can always be better. Thousands have never been in our stores, for instance, nor have they eaten at Joe’s Hamburgers or The Iron Gate or The Vault. It takes acting together: Businesses that want to serve residents and residents needing and wanting to shop and eat at places like these, it will just keep accelerating.

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Two-time state champs right back to winning DAVE GORGON • Grosse Ile Grand Grosse Ile High School is seeking a third straight state championship in boys soccer. The team hosts Division 3 district tournament games Oct. 18 and 20. The Red Devils picked up this season right where they left off in

2020. Heading into the second week of October, they were undefeated at 12-0-1, with a 0-0 tie early in the season their only blemish. Grosse Ile had allowed just four goals this year. A championship in the Huron League was looming.

All this has been happening since the graduation of Bosh Tanyi, one of the best players in school history, who was selected Michigan’s Mr. Soccer after last year’s incredible run of 20-11, including a 16-game winning streak to close out the season.

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Last year was the third straight season in which Grosse Ile played in the state finals. The team was one free kick goal away from making it three state titles in a row. While there may not be a Mr. Soccer in the 2021 lineup, Red Devils Coach Jon Evans has had plenty to work with, including a roster full of talented returning players. Evans, who in 2020 was named Coach of the Year for the third straight season by the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association, agreed Grosse Ile is among the teams to beat in the state tournament. “We definitely like our chances,” said Evans, whose teams have gone 127-6-10 during his six years of leading the varsity squad. Evans said filling the hole created by Tanyi’s graduation has required “changing a little how we played – the formation. We changed our style a little bit to lead into our strengths. We found what we feel is the best fit for us and we’ve had good productivity.” Cannon Kawadri, Jon Duke and goalkeeper Hayden Watson all earned first-team all-state honors in 2020. Tyler Garza, Clayton Lafayette Ali Khaled also were all-state. All six are back in the starting lineup with another year of seasoning. Duke, Garza and Lafayette are seniors. Kawadri and Watson are juniors. Khaled is a sopho-

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Spencer Polgar and as many as six underclassmen, including juniors Tyler Slowick, Drake Rossi and Drew Cardinal. Seniors coming off the bench are Krenar Ziberi, Lucas Centlivre, Evan Sawicki and Luke Gilbert. Other 12th-graders on the team are Jordan Keri, Danny Heilman, Alex Slusne, Tommy Drzyzga and Will Lowery. Sophomores Vann Alban and James Duke and freshman Landon Bourdage round out the team. Evans credited goalkeeper Watson and the main defenders of Kawadri, Slowick, John Duke, Lafayette, Garza and Gilbert with being “the rock of the team.” The coach called Polgar, Rossi, Shaheen and Molnar “unsung heroes” on this year’s varsity squad. “These guys didn’t play as much last year, but they’ve really stepped up and made a huge difference,” the coach said. “They’ve been the four main attacking players for us and have been able to create chances and score goals and get assists. Obviously, Bosh did a lot of that last year. These guys and their teammates have collectively slowly but surely filled the hole left by Bosh to the best of our ability.” The state tournament gets under way for Grosse Ile at home on Oct. 18 against Dearborn Heights Star Academy. The winner of that game plays October 20 for the district title against Dearborn Henry Ford, Dearborn Advanced Tech or Detroit Frontier. The regional round will be hosted by Detroit Country Day the week of Oct. 26. The state semifinals and finals are Nov. 3 and 6, respectively.

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After an opening night victory over Gabriel Richard back in August, the road has gotten a little bumpy for the Grosse Ile football team. Heading into the Oct. 8 game with Flat Rock, the Red Devils had lost five straight and were winless in Huron League play. On the first night of October Grosse Ile fell to New Boston Huron, 39-7. The week before Monroe Jefferson beat the Red Devils 30-15. Also knocking off the home team have been Airport (48-7), Milan (48-7) and Monroe St, Mary Catholic Central (41-6). Grosse Ile’s best effort in those games was the Sept. 17 home game against Jefferson, a game that saw the Red Devils find the end zone twice, Jefferson scored first in the game after the teams traded turnovers. Grosse Ile’s Hunter Proctor halted a Jefferson drive with a pass interception and a 30-yard return. But just four plays into the next Grosse Ile drive, a Jefferson lineman scooped up a Grosse Ile fumble and returned it to the Grosse Ile 7-yard line. Three plays later the Bears scored on a two-yard run. Late in the first quarter, Jefferson intercepted a Travis Symons swing pass and returned it to the Grosse Ile 33. But a few plays later, Jefferson fumbled it back. This time, Grosse Ile took advantage of the gift, marching 94 yards in 11 plays. Tyler Swick had two huge plays on the march, running a sweep for 19 yards and catching a 44-yard pass from Symons. Symons also had a crucial 14yard scramble. Brody Kelems scored the touchdown on a one-yard run. Jefferson got into the end zone on its next possessions and led 14-7 at halftime. The Bears then came out and scored on their first possession of the second half to make it 21-7. The Jefferson defense chipped in with a safety and Monroe lead grew to 23-7. Midway through the fourth quarter, Grosse Ile tried to claw it way back onto the game with a 13-play drive that covered 67 yards.

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Swick caught three passes for 39 yards and after three straight tries, Symons finally scored on a short run. Symons then connected with Proctor on a two-point conversion pass and the Devils drew to within 23-15. But that was the end of the scoring for the night for Grosse Ile and Jefferson tacked on a late score to bring the final total of 30-15. For the night, Symons was 15-for-28 for 156 yards, but he had four passes picked off. Swick was his favorite target, catching eight passes for 121 yards. Proctor made four grabs, good for 20 yards. Kelems, was held under wraps by the Jefferson defense. The junior had just 34 yards on 14 carries. Huron 39, Grosse Ile 6 The continued lack of a ground game

and a pair of pass interceptions proved to be Grosse Ile’s undoing on this night. The Red Devils gained just 19 yards on only eight rushing attempts in the game. Between them, Symons (14) and Proctor (4) completed 18 passes, eight of them to Swick, who gained 123 yards and scored his team;s only touchdown. Colin Howard added four catches and Proctor and Zack Luh had two each. Airport 48, Grosse Ile 7 Proctor scored his team’s only TD in this game on a pass from Symons, who was 18-of-32 for 165 yards. Swick caught another 11 balls for 106 yards, but was kept out of the end zone.

Milan 48, Grosse Ile 7 Symons passed for 207 yards and connected with five different receivers, but it was not nearly enough against the powerful Big Reds. Swick snagged seven passes for 115 yards and had his team’s only touchdown. Also catching passes were Proctor, Kelems, Luke Wisler and Caleb Jones. SMCC 41, Grosse Ile 6 Grosse Ile was limited toi just 144 yards in total offense. Swick caught eight passes, but for only 80 yards. He did score the Red Devils’ only touchdown. Symons passed for 135 yards, but the Devils averaged less than one yard per carry against the Falcon defense.olvin Cupo in Riverview on Oct. 15 and closes the season at nonleague Clintondale on Oct. 22

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Cross country team fighting small numbers Small high school teams have been a thing for quite some time now and the bug has infected the traditionally large Grosse Ile cross country program this season. Coach Larry Swick has a team of just 18 combined runners on the 2021 boys and girls teams. But through numbers high or low, the Red Devil’s fight on. At the first Huron League jamboree of the season at Milan High School on Sept, 28, the Red Devils girls chalked up a fifth-place finish and the boys were seventh. The showing for the girls was low by Grosse Ile standards, but it was also a little misleading. The Red Devils scored 82 points, which was just four points out of fourth place and just 12 out of second. Even meet champ Monroe Jefferson was not out of sight as the Bears scored 50. If past history is any indication, Grosse Ile’s times will improve as will their standing as the season progresses. Anna Malonson was the top Grosse Ile run at the meet, finishing 11th in 21:37. Malonson was followed across the fish line by teammates Michelle Rogue (22:01), Cecilia Vesperman (22:51), Taylor Karasinski (23:00) and Nicole Roque (24:23). For the boys, Joey Gall’s 18:36, 21st-place run was tops. Brenden Kapala, Nicholas Griffin, Sam Vesperman and Ahmed Kanso followed. At League jamboree No. 2, hosted by Monroe Jefferson at Sterling State Park on Oct. 5, the Grosse Ile girls were again fifth and the boys finished sixth. Jefferson was again the girls’ champ with 54 points, followed by SMCC in second (77), Milan was third (84), Airport was fourth (89) and Grosse Ile was fifth with 113. No Red Devils cracked the top 15 in the race, but Malonson was 16th (22:49) and Michelle Roque was 17th (22:57). For the boys, Kapala was 24th (19:19) and Gall was 25th (19:19). Outside of Huron League competition this year, Grosse has run in the Milan Puddle Jumper, The Warrior Classic, The Huron Invitational, The Monroe Jefferson Invitational and the Marauder Invitational. The best finish for the Red Devils was a fourth by the girls at the Sept. 25 Jefferson Invitational run at Sterling State Park. At that meet, the Devils scored 108 points in the Division 2 race and finished behind champ Dearborn Divine Child, Monroe Jefferson and Milan. Malanson again led the way with a 22:09 13th-place showing. Michelle Roque was righ behind in 22:10. Vesperman, Karasinski and Nicole Roque finished the scoring. The scorers that day for the boys, who finished in eighth place were, Gall, Kapala, Vesperman, Griffin and Adam Brooks. Still facing Grosse Ile is the Oct. 16 Gabriel Richard Invitational, The Huron League championship on Oct, 21, The Airport Mark of Excellence Meet ion Oct. 23 and the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 regionals at Lake Erie Metropark on Oct. 30.

2021 Grosse Ile cross country Adam Brooks Avery Brooks Joey Gall Noelle Gall Nicholas Griffin Ahmed Kanso Brenden Kapala Taylor Tarasinski Riley Kerr

Anna Malonson Avi Patel Michelle Roque Nicole Roque Hayden Swan Arnav Verma Cecilia Vesperman Sam Vesperman Ashlyn Weatherly

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