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New Riverview Land Preserve equipment makes its debut DAVE GORGON

Riverview Register

A massive new refuse compactor has debuted at the Riverview Land Preserve and city officials are excited to show off the equipment to the public.

Members of Riverview Cub Scout Pack 1659 recently received an up-close look at the 123,000-pound BOMAG Refuse Compactor during a tour of the city’s solid waste landfill facility, located at 20863 Grange. The equipment was put into use on the nearby hill, compacting waste materials with its 576-horsepower turbo diesel engine and 17-foot dozer blade.

The facility’s purpose and community’s recycling program were explained to the Scouts by Assistant City Manager Jeff Dobek and other team members. Dobek is spearheading other capital investments in equipment SEE PRESERVE Page 3

Photo by Dave Gorgon

Members of Riverview Cub Scout Pack 1659 stand in from the the Riverview Land Preserve’s new equipment.

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FROM THE DESK OF THE MAYOR

2020 promises to be a busy year in the city The year 2020 promises to be a busy and important year for the City of Riverview. We have so much going on that I need to update you on.

First on the agenda is the up-coming 2020 Census. It is critical that you respond to the census because our federal aid and many other important items are based on our population. Some of ANDREW the health related issues SWIFT the information is used for are, planning for hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and location of health care services. It is also used for planning for future governmental services such as reapportioning seats in the House of Representatives.

This is the first time that you will be able to respond to the census online.

Riverview had roughly a 77 percent response rate by mail for the 2010 Census. We’re hoping with the online option that the mail-in percent will fall considerably. This will then lessen the requirement of a home visit by a census

worker.

For those concerned about privacy, the Census Bureau is required by law to protect any personal information they collect and keep it strictly confidential.

The Census Bureau can only use your answers to produce statistics.

Your answers cannot be used for law enforcement purposes or to determine your personal eligibility for government benefits.

Starting March 1, 2020 you can begin responding online to the 2020 Census at 2020census.gov. You may want to wait until you receive your notice from the Census in the mail. I believe there will be a code in the notification that you will use when you respond online.

We have lots of positive things happening at our Land Preserve. May I suggest you “Like” our new Facebook page? It is called the “Riverview Land Preserve” and it will keep you updated on all the new equipment and methods we are doing to improve this regional resource.

It is full of stats and information on the technology we are now

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at the Riverview Land Preserve (RLP), including a Liebherr Loader and Liebherr Bulldozer to support operations in 2020 and beyond.

Dobek said the Land Preserve takes in 3,000 tons of refuse daily. Each of the two compactors in use process 1,500 tons.

“Having the Scouts and other school groups come to the RLP is really exciting,” Dobek said. “They have unique up-close experiences while learning about recycling and managing waste. I love helping people understand the operations, infrastructure and true engineering marvels of a modern-day landfill.”

The Riverview Land Preserve is a Michigan licensed solid waste landfill facility that has been owned and operated by the city since 1968. City officials said the facility design and operation meet or exceed federal Subtitle D and State of Michigan regulations, making it possible to manage a variety of non-hazardous solid wastes in an environmentally responsible manner.

Riverview’s facilities and services are designed to meet the customized needs of municipal, residential, commercial and industrial clients, including secure disposal, recycling or reuse of residential, construction, demolition, commercial and special wastes.

implementing.

This spring you will see many improvements to our golf course, parking lot and clubhouse. We fully expect that the golf leagues that have left because of the condition will return.

With the improvements already made at the clubhouse and the inside golf practice facility, we are working on providing the best golf experience Downriver.

Plans are progressing nicely on the logistics for the arrival of “The Wall That Heals” on Tuesday, May 26th.

It will be escorted into Young Patriots Park around 5 p.m. The tentative route has the escort coming into Riverview at Sibley and West Jefferson. It will travel west on Sibley and make a right turn onto Quarry Road. The route continues north on Quarry to northbound Fort Street. It then traverses Wyandotte and Lincoln Park. The escort returns to Riverview at Fort Street and Pennsylvania. It will continue south on Fort and turning west on Sibley to Riverview Veterans Memorial Drive.

The final destination is Young Patriots

Park at the lighted ball diamond to the west. The escort will consist of hundreds of motorcycles, police, fire and maybe a military vehicle or two.

Finally we are moving full steam ahead on transitioning our fire department to a combination of full and part-time firefighters.

As I’m sure you are aware this is a costly but necessary move for us.

To help address the additional cost, the city council will start discussions on establishing a “special assessment district.” This district will consist of the entire city.

Along with establishing this district a special assessment will be assigned to this district. I know what you’re thinking: “another tax increase.”

Fortunately for us that’s not true.

We have a sewer debt that will be paid off this year and we’d be looking to re-allocate that same mill rate to the special assessment district.

That way we get a fully staffed fire department made up of paramedics and emergency medical technicians at no additional cost to the taxpayers.

Having the Scouts and other school groups come to the RLP is really exciting. They have unique upclose experiences while learning about recycling and managing waste.

Officials said the Land Preserve also officers the following benefits to Riverview and the surrounding communities: n Secure disposal of household, industrial and commercial solid waste. n Greenhouse gas reduction. n Compressed natural gas (CNG) pump station.

Current price is $2 per gallon. n Clean electricity produced from landfill gas. n Convenient drop-off; load docks with multiple waste dumpsters. n Utility and industry working with the community. n On-site recycling.

Hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Wednesday and 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday. The facility is closed on Sundays.

Joining Dobek for the Scouts’ tour was Mayor Andrew Swift, City Manager Douglas Drysdale and

Environmental Engineer Jennifer Boyer. Dobek said Boyer talked about the importance of recycling and other topics.

“It was great having the Scouts show interest in not only the large dozers at the preserve but also the recycling that happens there, too,” Mayor Swift said.

“The Scouts were amazed to learn about the many different species of animals that make the preserve their home.”

Dobek said it’s important to keep the public informed about the Land Preserve, which he called a “regional resource.”

“We’re trying to show what a modern-day landfill is all about,” he said. “We hope to do more to educate groups and neighboring communities about how it really works… We serve 16 communities.”

Much more information – including a list of recyclable materials – can be found on the website www.riverviewlandpreservc.com. To schedule a group tour, call the main office during business hours at (734) 281-4263, Extension 5928.

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Strides for Adam event spotlights suicide prevention Adam Holten’s family is hoping that a run/walk and nonprofit organization they have established will enhance the lives of local young people while raising awareness of the importance of suicide prevention efforts.

Strides for Adam, a 5K run/walk and 1-mile remembrance walk, will take place at 9 a.m. March 22 at Young Patriots Park, 14133 Civic Center Drive, Riverview. Start and finish is at the park.

Adam lost his battle with depression Dec. 26, 2018, at the age of 16.

“We are not sure for how long he struggled with it,” said Mark Holten of Riverview, Adam’s father.

“We do know that he came to us in January of 2018 to let us know that he was struggling.

“We immediately got him into therapy, and he

was diagnosed as having anxiety and depression.

But even with therapy and later medication, he still struggled more than we knew.”

Mark Holten described his son as “a special kid who didn’t have a mean bone in his body and a talent for lifting people up when they needed it.”

Adam also liked running, bowling, and being involved as a youth leader in Boy Scouts and playing Pathfinder with friends. He ran cross country and track, and Mark Holten said Adam seemed to benefit just as much mentally as physically from the activity of running.

“Running was more of a therapy for him than I even knew, and I was his coach,” Mark Holten said. “His presence is deeply missed, but we are comforted that Adam made a difference in people’s

lives around him.

“We are working to make sure that his memory and his legacy of giving to others lives on.”

The entry fee for the run/walk or virtual run is $30.

Registration can be made at runsignup.com/Race/MI/ Riverview/StridesforAdam.

For more information about the race or to make a donation, go to www.stridesforadam.com. T-shirts are guaranteed with registrations made before March 13. Top qualifiers will receive prizes; custom finisher’s medals will be given to all participants.

Proceeds go to Strides for Adam, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been set up to fund scholarships and to support local athletes and service projects.

15th annual Spring Fling Festival returns May 8-9 PAULA NEUMAN Riverview Register

The very first festival of the season in Wyandotte — the City of Festivals — is the Spring Fling, now in its 15th year, and organizers say it’s going to be better than ever.

The Spring Fling Festival of St. Vincent Pallotti Parish — a merging of Wyandotte’s St. Joseph’s and St. Patrick’s churches and the former St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church — is set from 5 p.m. to midnight Friday May 8 and from noon to midnight Saturday May 9 at Yack Arena, 3131 Third Street. Parking is plentiful and free of charge.

“Be sure to mark your calendar,” said festival Chairman Rick Malechuk, who’s been in charge of the event since its more humble origins as a tent festival for St. Joseph’s more than 30 years ago.

“My wife says I’m nuts and I am,” he said. “I start in September getting ready for it.”

Every year, Malechuk and other hard-working parishioners try to make the already successful Spring Fling even better. The food, the music and the Kid’s Zone have all been tweaked for the 2020 festival.

“This year, because we’re growing so well, we’ve pulled Izbicki’s Catering into our food area,” he said.

“And by changing our floor plan, food serving will be at least five times faster.”

The food — always a popular part of the festival — will include the favorite stuffed cabbage and pork chop combo plate, but much more will be available for discerning diners.

Firehouse Pub & Grill of Wyandotte is providing triple cheese mac and cheese and pulled pork. My Place Bar & Grill of Wyandotte is providing chicken fingers. Srodek’s of Hamtramck is providing pierogi, potato pancakes and kielbasa. And from Hungarian Rhapsody Restaurant of Southgate, diners can feast on chicken paprikash and dumplings.

Kid-friendly mainstays, including hot dogs, chili dogs, French fries and chili fries, will be available, too. A separate snack booth run by parishioners will offer those, as well as popcorn, soft drinks, walking tacos, hot pretzels, nachos, cotton candy and more.

McCaffery’s Bar of Lincoln Park, a generous sponsor of the fundraising festival, will offer loaded baked potato soup, but also is handling a new threesection bar for adult beverages.

“We’re calling it the mega bar,” Malehcuk said. “We’ll have two beer trailers and a mixed drink section with frozen drinks such as strawberry daiquiris. They’re professional bartenders.”

The parish also has added a coupon for $1 off any beverage — hard or soft —from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday to its festival advertising. Check this news magazine for a coupon.

The Spring Fling’s service changes this year mean festival goers won’t have to wait long for food and beverages, and also mean more fun for children and music lovers.

“Consolidating our bars to one wall opened up more space for the kids, and for the customers sitting and watching the music,” Malechuk said.

The festival’s Kid Zone offering all sorts of games, rides and entertainment is a full third of the arena space, he said. And it’s all inside, so weather won’t be a factor.

“There will be face painting, and Detroit sports team mascots will make an appearance on Saturday afternoon,” Malechuk said. “This a great picturetaking opportunity. The kids love this family cost-friendly area.

To make it even more cost-friendly, parents can buy 10 ride tickets and get five more for free on Saturday, he said.

Another Spring Fling big draw is the live bands that perform, and Malechuk is excited about what’s on tap this year. Your Generation In Concert will play both nights starting at 8 p.m.

“Your Generation is not just a band; they are a multimedia show,” he said.

“Featuring five decades of pop, rock, dance and R&B hits, this eight-piece band is the world’s finest tribute show and will be introducing some new originals for one of the first times in public during the first set Saturday night. You need to be there! We’re

lucky we’ve had them 13 of the 15 years of the festival. They just like coming to our event.”

Popular local band Wisteria will perform at 5:30 p.m. Friday.

“They will begin with a mix including Irish music and then a fantastic set of classic rock,” Malechuk said.

At 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Benny & the Jets will entertain, and Benny plans special guest songs with Your Generation in Concert and The Phoenix Theory, a band that will take the festival stage at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Malechuk said he is delighted to have added The Phoenix Theory to the Spring Fling lineup.

The festival also features a bake sale; a room full of books, CDs and DVDs for sale; and raffles galore.

“Our Grand Raffle has a first prize of $10,000 and an additional $3,000 in prizes,” Malechuk said.

The Prizes Aplenty raffle features all sorts of prizes to win, including a lawnmower, barbecue grill, bicycle, Detroit Tigers tickets and more.

Dozens of themed prize baskets also will be raffled. And hourly 50-50 drawings will take place throughout the festival.

Money raised from the Spring Fling goes to fund a number of parish expenses, such as new roofs and windows, and also for St. Vincent Pallotti’s many charitable endeavors, Malechuk said.

RIVERVIEW SCHOOLS

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Seitz Middle School facelifts are well underway Seitz Middle school is undergoing some major renovations. Some of the construction is done, some is ongoing and some is still to come.

Here is an update on what has happened and what is coming.

Already completed at the school are the installation of a new security system, a new dishwasher aad ovens in the kitchen, restroom valve replacement and new water fountains with water bottle fill stations.

Work is well under way on renovating the school’s pool and you can see updates via a link on the school’s website.

Still to come are office renovations, a cafeteria sound system, new signage on the auditorium entrance and a lighting LED upgrade.

New outdoor patio sun sails will be installed in the summer and the resurfacing of the science lab floor has yet to be scheduled.

When the work is completed, Seitz students will have a newer, brighter up-to-date place in which to learn.

KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP Riverview’s Annual Kindergarten Round up will be April 29.

You and your kindergartener are invited to attend Kindergarten Roundup! Children must be 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2020. The children will meet the teachers and enjoy activities in the kindergarten classroom.

The times are: Forest Elementary 9 a.m. or 6:30 p.m.; Memorial Elementary 10:30 a.m. or 6 p.m.; and Huntington Elementary 1 p.m. or 5:30 p.m Please arrive early to register. The program lasts 90 minutes.

Riverview Community Schools offer: Technology in the classroom, services for special needs students, school assemblies and field trips, STEM activities, Active Parent Clubs, all day kindergarten, developmental kindergarten accredited

by AdvancED, Computer access, library services, creative arts, gym Champions before and after school care, bus service and a safe and respectful learning environment Prospective school of choice families are welcome to attend our Roundup. Enrollment will be based upon availability and subject to the Michigan Department of Education’s rules and regulations.

Visit our website for more information, www. riverviewschools.com.

RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL DOES GOOD WORK Riverview Community High School students and staff showed their generosity during our Winter Spirit Week Feb. 10-14 by raising money for Enchanted Makeovers, which is a non-profit organization that creates environments and programs for women and children in shelters.

Student Council and Key Club members sold candy, Student Council sold spirit week buttons and

the biggest fundraiser was Delay the Day on Friday.

Throughout the week, students brought in coins to put in their first-hour teacher’s collection can.

On Friday, first hour classes could not couldn’t start until the teacher counted all of the coins.

For additional monetary donations, students could purchase challenges for their teacher to delay class even longer, such as requiring the teacher to count the coins with his/her non-dominant hand.

Delay the Day was a huge success with some classrooms raising over $150 in coins!

With all of these exciting fundraisers combined, we surpassed our goal of raising $2,000 for Enchanted Makeovers!

COME SEE THE RCHS PLAY MARCH 26-27 Riverview Community High School’s Drama Club is producing The Diviners by Jim Leonard, Jr. Set in the Great Depression, The Diviners has so much to offer.

This play is a luminous story of religion and magic, faith and doubt, love and grief. The comedic drama features a strong group of well-rounded friends and neighbors, the well-intentioned residents of a small town in search of it’s past, and uncertain of its future (stageagent.com).

The play features eleven of our members in an ensemble cast and will be performed on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Tickets are $7.

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Huntington students jump rope, enjoy own Youtube channel The month of February was Jump Rope for Hearts month for the Riverview schools Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) group.

This was near and dear to Riverview teacher Bob Lothian, who lost his father 18 years ago to heart disease.

The senior Lotina Lothian was a Trenton police officer and he was only 47.

At the PBIS assembly we pass out our sign, which is actually aa award. The award (sign) goes to the student who best exemplifies that months PBIS characteristic trait -for example, courage, enthusiasm, patience, etc.

The students are then profiled on our Youtube Channel ‘Friday With Mr Ls’, which is a weekly show that Lothian and Mr. Laginess have been doing for more than two years, or 160 videos.

Last year, prior to the Thanksgiving

Huntington Elementary School students are recognized as members of the “Kind Squad.”

break, for the minimum donation of $1 a student could give a shoutout and explain what they were thankful for or talk about what was special to them.

The money raised went to a student in the district who is battling cancer.

We raised over $1,500 in five days.

It was a very special time for our school to come together. Over 130 students participated, which shows the true character of Huntington and the Riverview district as a whole.

We are truly grateful for the schools participation, along with the teachers

Thinking about the number 100 Huntington Elementary students celebrated the 100th day of school on Feb. 11. A lot of counting (for the lower grades) was done and crafts were made. Some students had to write a short essay on what they think they will be doing when they’re 100 years old.

district-wide, who follow and watch our show.

Every Huntington teacher has their Friday routines, and I consider it a blessing when I walk down the halls during the day and I hear our intro, or some type of song or skit that Mr. Laginess and myself had created that week.

Several middle school writing classes watch the show and write a summary composition weekly about what took place. Each episode has several recurring skits and new content along with the huge smash success of the “Kind Squad,” where one student from the school is chosen for a “Random Act Of Kindness” and are profiled on the show, get their picture in the showcase and earn their class an extra gym.

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Huntinton students brighten Valentine’s Day for seniors Huntington Elementary students made valentine cards for the residents at Belle Fountain Nursing and Rehab Center in Riverview.

Secretary, Diana Alexander, was accompanied by some of Huntington’s Parent Club Board (Tracy Kuderik and Holly Bunch) along with their children to deliver them in person.

The residents were thrilled at receiving a special Valentine and we spent some time talking with some; as many don’t even get visitors.

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Environmental town hall helps residents connect with officials PAULA NEUMAN

Riverview Register

Enhanced lines of communication were created at the Feb. 20 Environmental Town Hall in Trenton.

More than 300 Downriver residents raised a number of local environmental concerns, and their voices were heard by dozens of federal, state and local experts. At the end of the two-hour event, many residents and government officials exchanged contact information, talked one-on-one and learned from one another.

The town hall was presented by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, who moderated the two-hour event, and also talked about her own concerns for the Downriver environment and beyond.

“We’re all here to listen and to try to figure out what’s going on,” she said. “We’re all here because a lot of people have been having a lot of conversations about a lot of different projects Downriver. We want this to be an opportunity for you to talk to the experts.”

WATER LEVELS High water level was one of the concerns raised by Liesl Clark, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (often called EaGLE), who brought with her to the town hall five or six agency experts in a variety of fields.

“We’re all dealing across the state with the challenge of high water,” Clark said. “We’re anticipating this to continue going up. Our ground water is totally saturated. Regular storms are really challenging right now because there’s nowhere for the water to go.”

Record storms are going to bring record challenges, she said.

Nick Zager, chief of planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a Wyandotte resident, agreed.

“We’re responsible for forecasting those water levels,” he said. “They’re on the rise. They’re already the highest they’ve ever been and unfortunately, it’s not looking like it’s going to be coming down any time soon.”

Andy Hartz, district supervisor of EGLE’s Water Resources Unit in

Warren, invited residents to come talk to him and his staff members who were there about their specific high water issues.

MCLOUTH CLEANUP Brian Kelly, EPA Region 5 Emergency Response on-scene coordinator and a Wyandotte resident, brought up the McLouth Steel cleanup, and explained its progress so far.

“I’m the point person on the McLouth Steel cleanup,” he said. “It’s a very long process.”

The first phase of the Trenton cleanup, involving the demolition of the plant’s buildings and the drying up of the site’s polluted ponds, is underway and should be completed this summer, he said. Then EPA Superfund experts will assess the hazards that are left and come up with a remedial plan. That cleanup work should start in the summer of 2021.

The federal Superfund National Priorities List administered by the EPA was created to clean up some of the nation’s most contaminated lands and to respond to environmental emergencies, oil spills and natural disasters. The Trenton McLouth complex sits on about 200 acres directly across the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River from Grosse Ile. Wayne County foreclosed on the dilapidated site in 2017, leading to its purchase by billionaire Manuel Moroun’s family company Crown Enterprises Inc., and MSC Land Co. LLC, also a Moroun business. MSC signed on to the Superfund cleanup agreement. Moroun’s companies have proposed to redevelop the property, once the cleanup is complete, for an industrial project described in Wayne County documents as an intermodal shipping port.

Residents at the town hall meeting raised the issue of the projected redevelopment plan, stating opposition to any industrial use there.

Superfund Remedial Project Manager Nabil Fayoumi addressed the concern, and told the residents that any zoning and redevelopment of the McLouth site ultimately will be up to the community and the plant’s owner as long as environmental restrictions are observed.

And until the Superfund assessment and remediation takes place, no one can say for sure what is possible for the land’s

future.

Former long-time McLouth employee Lou Wilson spoke from the audience about how contaminated the site is.

“I’ve worked in every hole there, every department there,” Wilson said. “It all had asbestos in it. We had 350 companies that supplied us with asbestos products that we used daily in the plant.”

He also talked about the plant’s “miles of pipe and sluiceways” — all contaminated — and offered the cleanup officials whatever information and help he could provide.

EGLE’s asbestos inspector for the McLouth site talked about violations issued, the most recent of which was three months ago when demolition of a large industrial oven containing asbestos resulted in a visible cloud of dust. Two more ovens have yet to come down.

“They’re trying to come up with a new game plan on how to get those demolished and still stay within the asbestos standards,” the state inspector said. “We’ve gone back and forth on the plan.”

Former Riverview Councilman Elmer Trombley and a former McLouth employee also talked about McLouth cleanup issues, brought up the former Atofina chemical plant site and also how the EPA’s Grosse Ile office was recently moved to Ann Arbor, which he called “a shame.”

Dingell agreed with Trombley about that, and said she is still “fighting” that move by adding the issue to an appropriations bill.

PFAS POLLUTION The congresswoman also brought up PFAs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a group of man-made chemical contaminants used globally in many consumer products and by many industries.

“These chemicals are persistent in the environment and in the human body — meaning they don’t break down and they can accumulate over time,” according to the EGLE website.

“In recent years, experts have become increasingly concerned by the potential effects of high concentrations of PFAs on human health.”

State bills to regulate PFAs in drinking water were introduced last year in Lansing, but failed to gain Republican support. So in October, Michigan Gov.

Gretchen Whitmer directed EGLE to establish drinking water standards for PFAs. Residents at the town hall meeting asked about the progress of that effort and expressed concern over airborne PFAs. Clark said EGLE has received “2,000 comments on the regulatory process,” which is proceeding, and that she shares residents’ concerns.

“The governor is trying to do everything she can,” Clark said. “PFAs is huge. I sense your urgency and I don’t want you to feel that we don’t have a sense of urgency, too. We’re trying to do everything we can with the powers we’ve got.”

Dingell is still hoping a bill she introduced in Congress to create federal standards for PFAs in water systems will become law. The bill passed the House in January with bipartisan support, but is stalled now waiting for approval from the Senate, and President Donald Trump has threatened to veto it. Without legislation, the EPA has no authority to regulate PFAs. Dingell shared her frustration with that, and with the recent federal rollback of water standards in general.

“We should be concerned,” she said, adding that “Michigan is testing for PFAs more than any other state in the country.”

Clark said: “Every state has got PFAs. They just don’t know they have it yet.

Our focus immediately was drinking water, and we’ve got a group looking at air and thinking about how to amp up that component of our PFAs work.”

River sediment dredging Wyandotte Councilman Rob DeSana brought up the proposed Army Corps dredging of contaminated sediment in the upper Trenton Channel of the Detroit River directly adjoining south Wyandotte and north Riverview. He said disturbing the sediment might not be a good thing.

Zager said 215 cubic yards of contaminated sediment have to be removed, and that cleaning it up is important to the river’s ecosystem, including its fish, which are eaten by residents.

“We do not have a time frame on when that’s going to occur,” he said.

“It’s a bit of a complicated project.”

Part of the solution

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Friends of the Detroit River plan special events BILL STEVENSON

Riverview Register

Over the years, the slogans have become somewhat nostalgic, almost funny and quaint.

“Draft beer, not boys.”

“More kooks, less nukes.”

“Save the whales.” “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute.” But as a half a century had passed, what was old had become new again. Since the 1990s, the Friends of the Detroit River have embraced the belief that “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.”

And, as part of the solution, the Friends of the Detroit River invite interested and concerned citizens to join them in two outstanding events.

On Saturday, March 28, 2020, the annual Riverkeeper Dinner will be held at the Wyandotte Boat Club, 1 Pine Street, one block off Biddle Avenue.

The dinner has become one of the main fundraisers for the Detroit Riverkeeper program, established in 2002, to “protect the interests of the river and the citizens of the surrounding communities.”

Robert Burns, a lifelong Downriver resident, has been the first and only Riverkeeper.

He acts as the environmental watchdog, protecting the Detroit River’s water quality and its natural ecosystems.

Most of his daily work is done patrolling the river in the FDR supported Detroit Riverkeeper boat. The dinner helps raise funds to keep the boat afloat.

The Riverkeeper dinner starts at 7 p.m. with a themed repast catered by the Truago restaurant. The evening

includes live entertainment, a cash bar, with a raffle, door prizes, and a silent auction.

After dinner there will be a special presentation by Burns on the Habitat Restoration projects ongoing throughout the river.

Presenting sponsors are ECT-Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. and the SMITHGROUP, design professionals.

The cost of the ticket to the Riverkeeper Dinner is $50.

Advanced reservation form can be found online, and returned with checks payable to the Friends of the Detroit River 20600 Eureka Rd. Suite 250 Taylor, MI 48180.

The second FDR event is the annual Spring 2020 Detroit River Clean-up.

This year’s event, held in

honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, will be on Saturday, April 25 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. debarking from Rotary Park in Trenton. A picnic lunch will be provided after the good work is done.

The Friends of the Detroit River will be joining other non-profit organizations on both sides of the river to coordinate riverbank cleanups that day. Participating groups include Canadian Essex Region Conservation Authority, the Detroit River Canadian Clean-up, the DNR Outdoor Adventure Center, the Belle Isle Conservancy, the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, Friends of the Rouge River, Green Living Science, and Milliken State Park. The

clean-up is sponsored by DTE and EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC. Volunteers that day can participate with or without small outboard boats. Anyone interested in helping to clean-up litter and trash along the river, are asked to dress for the weather with gloves, boots, and extra lifejackets.

The Trenton boat launch at the foot of Harrison Street, east of West Jefferson can be used for launching boats on trailers. An orientation meeting will be held at 9 a.m. at the Rotary Park pavilion. Anyone who plans to bring their boat, should call 734.676.4626 to register for the event.

The goal of the annual Detroit River Clean-up is to scour the waterways and

shores of the small islands in the Lower Detroit River to remove as much litter that has accumulated over the course of a year. And so the work continues.

Come join the Friends of the Detroit River in these celebrations of grassroots environmental action, and know that you can make a difference in our own little corner of the world.

“Give Earth a Chance.”

“Save the Planet” “Don’t Be Mean, Be Green.”

Be a Friend of the Detroit River. Peace out.

If you would like further information about the Riverkeeper Dinner, the Spring 2020 River Clean-up, or how to join the Friends of the Detroit River, please visit @ detroitriver.org.

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New bakery has delicious offerings The cakes and cookies and other sweet teats at the new A Serendipity Cakery & Ice Cream Shoppe in Riverview are as tempting and delicious as the bakery’s name is whimsical.

A Serendipity Cakery is owned by Tammie & Alan Bachran, who started the business in her kitchen in 2012. They opened a storefront in Wyandotte in 2015 and recently expanded to a larger facility in Riverview, the new address is 18100 Fort St. The new store offered a chance to expand her business and it also has a separate party room that can accommodate up to 50 people. So now, not only can A Serendipity Cakery bake the cake and treats for your birthday parties, they can host them, too!

Some of the treats that Serendipity offers are cakes, cake drops, cupcakes and chocolate-dipped items. Among the things the bakery has dipped in yummy chocolate are chips, pretzels and rice crispy treats.

While A Serendipity Cakery specializes in fanciful food, this bakery does serious work, too. If you are getting married, don’t choose your cake until you stop in and see what A Serendipity Cakery has to offer. Tammie can also create cakes for anniversaries, graduations, showers, retirement parties and fundraising events. She can even add edible pictures to her creations.

The bakery even has a dedicated gluten-free kitchen open.

So if you have baking needs, take a run over to A Serendipity Cakery and see what they can do for you.

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Regardless of whether you have already celebrated St. Patrick’s Day, or about to (depending on when this publication is delivered to your home), you may want to make Irish Potatoes.

But these are not baked, boiled or fried and contain not a smidgeon of actual potatoes.

According to Wikipedia, Irish Potatoes are a traditional Philadelphia candy combining butter, cream cheese, coconut and confectioners’ sugar, shaped to resemble small potatoes and rolled in cinnamon. When I made the candy, I instead rolled the mixture into balls, and because they are extremely sweet, substituted cocoa powder for half of the cinnamon. If you like Mounds bars, you will love Irish Potatoes, which freeze well and taste great frozen.

IRISH POTATOES (Adapted from Baked Bree.com) ½ stick butter, softened ½ brick (4 ounces) cream cheese, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 cups confectioners’ sugar 2½ cups sweetened flaked coconut 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon cocoa powder Using an electric stand mixer, beat together the butter and cream cheese.

Add the vanilla, then gradually add the confectioners’ sugar until well combined. Slowly add the coconut until well mixed. Chill the mixture about 30 minutes if desired, for easier handling.

Meanwhile, line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Using a small ice-cream scoop or a tablespoon, scoop out portions of the “potato” mixture and roll into balls about 1½ inches in diameter and shape them to resemble small potatoes, making a few little indentations for “eyes,” or just roll the balls in the cinnamon or cinnamon/ cocoa mixture. Place them on the cookie sheet and refrigerate about 30 minutes before serving. They can be refrigerated 7 to 10 days in an airtight container or frozen.

••• While browsing the web for more candy recipes, I came across an

irresistible, easy recipe for homemade PayDay candy bars, and then another and another. Some of the recipes called for dry-roasted instead of salted peanuts (when I made the bars, I mixed 1 cup of dry-roasted peanuts with the salted peanuts because I didn’t have enough of the latter). And when I learned that PayDay, which was introduced in 1932, is ranked the 13th most popular candy and snack brand in the United States by pollsters You Gov and 24/7 Wall Street, I could hardly wait to make the bars. Mine were delicious but thicker than the ones I bought, as I used a 7x11-inch pan. So, I made them again, using a 9x13-inch pan, which resulted in bars that were more like the commercial candy.

KNOCKOFF PAYDAY CANDY BARS (Adapted) 3 cups salted peanuts, divided 3 tablespoons butter 10-ounce package peanut butter chips 2 cups mini marshmallows 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk Pour half of the peanuts into a buttered or sprayed 9x13-inch baking pan, spreading them evenly. In a small saucepan, over medium heat, melt the butter and peanut butter chips and stir to combine. Add the marshmallows and condensed milk and stir until the marshmallows are completely melted.

Pour the hot mixture over the peanuts in the baking pan, then sprinkle with the remaining peanuts, tapping them down lightly with a spoon. Refrigerate for 1 or 2 hours, then cut into bars and enjoy.

••• And if you wondered what the other favorite candy brands of Americans are — according to the poll, Hershey’s Milk Chocolate is No. 1. The other most popular, in descending order, are Reese’s, Snickers, Kit Kat, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way, Hershey’s Cookies ‘N’ Cream, Almond Joy, Dove Chocolate, Ghirardelli, Baby Ruth (named after President Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth, not the baseball player), PayDay, Lindt, and Butterfinger and 100 Grand.

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The history of the Autofina property on Pennsylvania Here is an answer to the question of what happened to the vacant property on Pennsylvania Road just west of the Railroad tracks and east of Reno Street.

The property was purchased by Curtis Longsdorf, (and yes the JERRY street was named after PERRY him) a wealthy real estate Riverview and business man, prior Register to the 1930s.

Mr. Longsdorf purchased the property and put in all the improvements, including the sanitary and storm sewers and did the grading of the area for the future streets.

Timing was bad, however, as the Great Depression set in just as he was about to build houses. The area never was developed any further and eventually was sold to the Sharples Chemical Co., which later placed a fence around the property and used it as a drilling site to extract deep salt deposits.

The method of extracting the salt from the deep was rather simple: They drilled two holes several feet apart and would pump water into the one hole under great pressure and the water would return up the other pipe, along with the water, the salt would come up with it and then was piped over to the processing plant on Jefferson where the salt was separated from the water.

The property has been owned by several companies over the years.

The original chemical company was the Sharples Chemical Co., in the 1930s. It was then bought up by The Pennsylvania Salt Co., then in 1957 by the Penn Walt Co. That company was sold or merged with several other companies over the years to become AtoFina Co., Elf AtoChem, Arkema Co. and Taminco Amines Co. On July 14, 2001 at approximately 4:30 in the morning, an explosion and fire at the AtoFina Chemical plant, left three men dead and nine others injured.

In August of 2001, the plant announced plans to restart the operations not affected by the July explosion and fire. In October of 2004 the AtoFina Co. announced the

creation of a new global Chemical Co. called Arkema.

The Riverview Arkema plant was sold to the Taminco Amines Co. in May of 2007.

In 2009, the Taminco Co, started to phase out production and the subsequent shut down. And now only a cyclone fence surrounds the empty property, including the empty property on the west side of the Railroad Tracks.

LEST WE FORGET FEBRUARY 9, 1968 A SAD DAY As any first responder will tell you, you go into work and most of your shifts start quietly, but can go from 5 miles an hour to 100 miles an hour in an instant.

It was that type of day on Wednesday, February 9 1968.

At around 11 a.m. Trenton policemen Robert Pare and Thomas Vollmerhausen, were both in their patrol cars alone, on routine patrol, when their radios announced, “Bank alarm at Trenton State Bank.”

Both men responded, but only one would live out that day.

City of Trenton police Department Patrolman Robert D. Pare was killed while attempting to apprehend a bank robbery suspect.

Patrolman Pare had stopped the suspect’s vehicle and placed the suspect against the patrol car. The suspect began to struggle, causing Patrolman Pare to slip and fall. The suspect then grabbed Patrolman Pare”s service weapon and fatally shot him.

The suspect fled the scene in Patrolman Pare’s patrol car but was later stopped by Detroit and Lincoln Park police officers after a pursuit on 1-75.

The suspect was convicted of Pare’s murder and sentenced to life in prison in September of 1968 where he later died in prison in August 18, 2003.

Patrolman Pare was 34 years old at the time of his death, a six-year veteran of the Trenton Police Force and was survived by his parents, his wife and five children.

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The Riverview Pack uses this occasion to award rank advancements to the scouts that earned them.

The Kiwanis of Riverview are the chartering organization of Cub Scout Pack 1659.

The banquet began with the presentation of the colors followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. After a few announcements, Boy Scout Donald Spurlock gave the invocation before dinner. All the parents and scouts enjoyed a pasta style dinner prepared by the Riverview Community School District.

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LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF RIVERVIEW, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES HELD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020 The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m.

Presiding: Mayor Swift Present: Councilmembers Blanchette, Norton, ONeil, Towle, Trombley, Workman Also Present: Various Department Heads, Attorney Morgan Approved January 21, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes, by unanimous vote.

Mayor Swift offered Public Comments. No one spoke.

Approved the Consent Agenda by unanimous vote as follows: Authorize the Solicitation of Bids for Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC) ChangeOut for the leachate pre-treatment building; in concurrence with the Ad Hoc Land Preserve Committee at their January 13, 2020 meeting.

Authorize Solicitation of Proposals from Vendors for the Annual Summerfest Fireworks and for the optional Tree Lighting Low Aerial Fireworks.

Budget Amendment as presented.

Authorized Addendums for three-year contract Civil Engineering Agreement with Charles E. Raines Company, by unanimous vote.

Adjourned into Closed Session for the purpose of discussing Collective Bargaining for Clerical and the Department of Public Works, by unanimous vote.

Adjourned meeting at 7:50 p.m.

DETAILED MINUTES/ORDINANCES AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. Andrew M. Swift, Mayor Cynthia M. Hutchison, City Clerk CITY OF RIVERVIEW CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES HELD ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020, AT 4:00 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM A Special Meeting was called by Mayor Swift for February 13, 2020 at 4:00 p.m., to discuss the following: Fire Department Ambulance Services The meeting was called to order at 4:01 p.m.

Presiding: Mayor Swift Present: Councilmembers Towle, Trombley, Workman Excused: Blanchette (Personal Business), Norton (Personal Business), ONeil (Work) Also Present: City Manager Drysdale, City Clerk Hutchison, Finance/Purchasing Director McMahon, Fire Chief Lammers Mayor Swift offered public comments. No one spoke.

Approved the Proposed Term Sheet for City-Wide Ambulance Services as executed by Rapid Response and Authorized the Mayor and Clerk to execute it. Further, Authorized the City Attorney and City Manager to finalize a contract consistent therewith and for the Mayor and Clerk to execute such contract, by unanimous vote.

The meeting adjourned at 4:09 p.m., by unanimous vote.

Andrew M. Swift, Mayor Cynthia M. Hutchison, City Clerk CITY OF RIVERVIEW, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.

Presiding: Mayor Swift Present: Councilmembers Blanchette, Norton, Towle, Trombley, Workman Excused: Councilmember ONeil Also Present: Various Department Heads, Attorneys Pentiuk and Morgan • Approved February 3, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes, by unanimous vote.

• Mayor Swift offered Public Comments. No one spoke.

• Approved the Consent Agenda by unanimous vote as follows: • Authorize Execution of Addendum Extending Agreement for Gasoline and Diesel Fuel with RKA Petroleum for a (3) three-year period.

• Award Cooperative Bid Purchase of 2020 Ford F250, 4x4 Super Cab Pickup Truck to Gorno Ford in the Amount of $42,560.00 for the Department of Public Works.

• Ratify Emergency Sewage Pump Repair at Longsdorf Lift Station with Kennedy Industries for a total amount of $12,860.00.

• Authorize Solicitation of Bids to Repair Parking Lot and Perimeter Road at the Land Preserve.

• Authorize Solicitation of Bids for Lab Testing and Monitoring at the Land Preserve.

• Authorize Solicitation of Bids for Pump Replacement at the Land Preserve.

• Authorize Solicitation of Bids for Pump Repair at the Land Preserve.

• Authorize Solicitation of Bids for Compressor Maintenance at the Land Preserve.

• Authorize Solicitation of Bids for Temporary Labor Contracts at the Land Preserve.

• Authorize Solicitation of Bids for Calcium Chloride for the Land Preserve and the Department of Public Works.

• Authorize Solicitation of Bids for Recycling at the Land Preserve.

• Budget Amendment as presented.

Authorized Waiving Purchasing Manual Section XIII: “Ethics” to allow Retirement Board Members, Mayor, Council, City Attorney, City Manager and his employee designees to attend the Annual PNC Annual Performance Review Meeting and Dinner, by unanimous vote.

Authorized Conversion from Medicare/Humana/EHIM coverage to Blue Cross Health Care Plan, by unanimous vote.

Adjourned into Closed Session for the purpose of discussing Collective Bargaining for Clerical, Fire and the Department of Public Works, by unanimous vote.

Ratified the Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement between the GELC Clerical Union and the City’s Negotiating Team, by unanimous vote.

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March into reading at the Riverview Library!

The Riverview Veterans Memorial Library is adding almost 350 new books, magazines and DVDs to its collection each month and all you need is your library card to borrow great materials for up to three weeks! We also provide free access to the internet, free community programming and free use of the community room for most groups needing a place to meet. Your public library is a great place to hear about creating a story with a published author or to compete in puzzle competition with friends and family. Our events are always free and only require registration by phone or a quick stop at our circulation desk. Wishing you a wonderful March and we hope to see you soon and often!

Dates and times listed below are subject to change. Please check our Facebook page, website or give us a call for the most up-to-date information.

UPCOMING EVENTS March 13 – Open Mic Night @ 6:30 p.m.

Come & share your one-of-a-kind writing, art, song, or dance with a welcoming audience. Participants & attendees will also enjoy a delish nacho bar. Registration appreciated.

March 14 – Family Puzzle Competition | 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Families have three hours to complete a jigsaw puzzle. The family that finishes their entire puzzle first will win a prize basket! Puzzles and snacks are provided. Limited to 8 teams. Registration is required.

March 16 – An Evening of Jazz with Pam Jaslove @ 6:30 p.m.

Singer/Songwriter Pam Jaslove and her musical partner will perform Jazz inspired by the Great American Songbook. Registration appreciated.

March 24 - Art Night: Button Canvas Art (ages 14+) | 6 p.m.

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March 30 – PBS Documentary Screening: The Gene: An Intimate History | 6:30 p.m.

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April 6 – Monthly Book Club @ 7 p.m.

This month’s book club selection is My Cousin Rachel by Daphne DuMaurier. Plenty of copies are available at the Circulation Desk.

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PAULA NEUMAN Riverview Register

Seventeen Downriver residents have been appointed to a community advisory group — CAG — for the McLouth Steel Superfund cleanup.

The federal Superfund National Priorities List is administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The Superfund was created to clean up some of the nation’s most contaminated lands and to respond to environmental emergencies, oil spills and natural disasters.

Trenton Councilwoman Wendy Pate, a founder of Trenton Visionaries and Stakeholders, is one of those appointed to the McLouth Steel CAG. Members were appointed Feb. 13 at a public meeting in Trenton.

“A CAG is meant to help educate residents about the cleanup, as well as provide feedback to those involved in the cleanup about citizens’ concerns and suggestions, so that better decisions can be made regarding the cleanup process,” she said. “The EPA coordinators took all our suggestions and created the foundation for the CAG.” The group will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month starting in March.

According to EPA Public Affairs Specialist Adrian Palomeque, the appointed members are: • Jim Wagner representing the city of Trenton where he was city administrator • Dean Workman representing the city of Riverview where he is a councilman • Russell Bodrie representing Grosse Ile Township where is assistant fire chief n Brian Webb representing the Riverview Brownfields Authority n Wendy Pate representing Trenton Visionaries and Stakeholders n Doug Thiel representing the Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy n Greg Karmazin representing the Grosse Ile Civic Association n Paul Frost representing the Downriver Waterfront Conservancy n Elmer Trombley representing Past Employees of McLouth Steel n Robert V. Johnson representing abutters (residents or property owners

near the cleanup site) At-large Trenton, Riverview and Grosse Ile residents named to the group are: Ryan Stewart and Edie Traster of Trenton; Dick Whitwam of Rockwood, executive director of the Pointe Mouilee Waterfowl Festival; Grosse Ile residents Larry Ladomer, Judith Maiga and Dennis O’Brien; and Mary Bohling, an educator with Michigan State University Extension’s Michigan Sea Grant and a member of the Detroit River Public Advisory Council More members may be appointed in the future to represent Trenton Brownfields Authority, Friends of the Detroit River, Downriver Walleye Federation and the Trenton Business Association.

The Trenton McLouth complex

convert iron to steel, raising production and creating a superior product to meet the automotive industry’s demands.

For decades, the plant employed thousands of workers, and from miles away, residents could see Downriver’s eastern night skies turn a fiery orange when molten metal was poured.

Imported steel from Japan and Europe, depressed prices, changes in construction materials to plastics, and economic recession all took their toll on McLouth in the early 1980s, and a new owner eventually purchased the once thriving company, which was now in bankruptcy.

In 1995, McLouth filed again for bankruptcy and the property was transferred to multiple owners between 1996 and 2017, when Wayne County

are loud, noisy, dirty and harmful to the environment and roads and lead to a decline in overall quality of life in the surrounding areas.”

A petition opposing the redevelopment plan has more than 1,200 signatures to date.

Signers say they’d rather see a mixed-use redevelopment with some sort of access to the Detroit River.

In May, more than 50 Grosse Ile residents concerned about the redevelopment plan attended a township board meeting, where the board unanimously voted to approve a resolution voicing those concerns.

The resolution was sent to the city of Trenton.

The advisory group’s purview is only the cleanup, not the redevelopment

U.S. Rep Debbie Dingell was present and spoke at a recent EPA community advisory group organizational meeting in Trenton. Seventeen members have been named to the CAG.

is 197 waterfront acres of derelict buildings and 23 heavily polluted subsurface structures, including pits, basements and lagoons directly across the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River from Grosse Ile. The site’s Superfund cleanup is already underway.

The steel plant site now is owned by billionaire Manuel Moroun’s family company Crown Enterprises Inc., and MSC Land Co. LLC, also a Moroun business.

The Trenton McLouth Steel plant, first opened in 1949, was once celebrated as an industry leader.

The company brought in notable technological advances in its early years.

McLouth was the first plant in North America to use an oxygen process to

foreclosed on the site, leading to its purchase by the Moroun companies, and then to the Superfund cleanup agreement with MSC Land.

Moroun’s companies have proposed to redevelop the waterfront property, once the cleanup is complete, for an industrial project described in Wayne County documents as an intermodal shipping port. Many Downriver residents oppose that plan.

“This type of redevelopment will create a huge negative impact on our roads, air, waters and land that in turn will reduce home values in the region,” states a narrative on actionnetwork. org. “It also creates a safety hazard with frequent bridge closures and heavy truck and freight train traffic. No one wants to live near a shipping port. They

plan.

“While the CAG is not a policymaking body, the CAG can learn about these decisions being made about the levels of cleanup and development,” Pate said.

“With more knowledge about cleanup and the possibilities for moving forward at the old McLouth property, it is my hope that Trenton and the landowners can negotiate a development that benefits both parties by using a sustainability model that incorporates greenspace, community interaction, an eco-friendly footprint that protects our river’s ecosystem, and that provides a high quality place for people to live and work.”

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SIMPLE STRETCHING AND ARM TONING Start your day out right with these simple body stretching and arm exercises.

Gentle, full body stretching exercises using movements that flow smoothly to increase flexibility, decrease muscle tension, develop core strength, improve muscular balance and muscle tone. This class has all the benefits of yoga without all the up and down positions. Great for any age and ability. Please bring a pair of 1 to 5 pound hand weights

7 weeks City Hall Gym S3 Tuesdays April 7 – May 19 9:00-9:45 a.m.

S4 Fridays April 3 – May 29 (No class April 10 or 24) 9:00-9:45 a.m. #6709 1 class per week/7 week session $27.00 #6710 2 classes per week/7 week session $49.00 #6705 Walk in $5.00

30 MINUTE ARMS EXPRESS For those with a busy schedule or those starting off in getting fit, you picked the right class -30 Minute Arms Express Workout! A quick, fun workout targeting the muscles in your arms, chest and back. A great way to tone your muscles, reduce arm flab and improve your flexibility. Please bring 1 to 5 pound weights.

7 weeks City Hall Gym F3 Wednesdays April 1 – May 13 6:00-6:30 p.m.

F4 Fridays April 3 – May 29 (No class April 10 or 24) 6:00-6:30 p.m. #6703 1 class per week/7 week session $25.00 #6704 2 classes per week/7 week session $46.00 #6705 Walk in $5.00

CARDIO DRUMMING Cardio drumming combines easy-to-follow cardio moves with strength training and drumming. This fun, whole body workout is designed to be either low, mid or high impact- you decide how hard you work! This class can also be done seated for those who cannot stand during the workout. Classes include a warm up, cardio workout, toning, and a cool down/stretching session. Please bring your own 65 75 cm stability or yoga ball along with large plastic rope handled bucket for your stability ball to rest in. Bring drumsticks or purchase drumsticks in class.

7 weeks City Hall Gym CD4 Wednesdays April 1 – May 13 6:30-7:30 p.m.

CD5 Fridays April 3 – May 29 (No class April 10 or 24) 10:00-11:00 a.m.

CD6 Fridays April 3 – May 29 (No class April 10 or 24) 6:30-7:30 p.m. #6715 1 class per week/7 week session $28.00 #6716 2 classes per week/7 week session $53.00 #6705 Walk in $5.00

TONE IT UP EXPRESS! Hit up the whole body with this fun, quick workout and tone up those problem areas. Sure to challenge you front to back, top to bottom. This workout will challenge the core with functional exercises that will enhance daily life activities and will make you feel fit by toning major muscle groups and increasing your endurance. Followed up a body relaxing stretch. This class is suited for all fitness levels and abilities. Please bring a pair of one to five pound hand weights and a mat. We have a few to borrow if you don’t.

8 weeks City Hall Gym T2 Thursdays April 2 – May 28 (No class April 23) 6:00-6:30 p.m. #6712 1 class per week/7 week session $28.00 #6705 Walk in $5.00 Riverview Recreation 734-281-4219

Special Assessment District for improved fire operations proposed The Riverview fire department is in the process of transitioning to a combination of full-time and parttime employees following City Council’s approval to hire eight full-time firefighter-paramedics.

Once implemented, the department will be staffed with both full-time and part-time employees.

The City Council is considering a special assessment under Public Act 33 of 1952, as amended, to fund the additional costs for the full-time employees.

The special assessment would be dedicated only to fire department operations, maintenance, and equipment.

The initial step would be to consider the creation of a special assessment district, which would encompass all the real property, land, and parcels located within the City of Riverview. (This, of course, includes homes and businesses.)

On March 16, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. in the city council chambers at 14100 Civic Park Drive in Riverview, the Riverview City Council will hold a public hearing to listen to comments about the creation of a proposed Public Safety Special Assessment District.

Estimates of the additional personnel costs have been prepared and filed with the city clerk and are available for public review.

Additional public hearings will take place to gather input about the distribution of a special assessment levy. This public hearing is tentatively scheduled for the May 4, 2020, City Council meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Notice of this public hearing will be published closer to the meeting date. The amount of the proposed special assessment would offset the previous sewer debt millage, which will be coming off the summer

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Continued from page 17 while enjoying light refreshments and interesting conversation. Registration is appreciated.

April 17 – Open Mic Night @ 6:30 p.m.

Come & share your one-of-a-kind writing, art, song, or dance with a welcoming audience. Participants & attendees will also enjoy a delish nacho bar. Registration appreciated.

April 18 – Drop-In Spring Art Workshop | 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Drop-in to the RVML to create spring-themed works of art. Bright colors, flowers, animals and butterflies will be featured. We provide the space and materials and you bring the creativity. All ages event.

SPRING USED BOOK SALE Friday, April 24 – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 25 – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday, April 26 – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Please join us for our fantastic spring used book sale! All paperbacks and children’s books are 10¢ and hardbacks are 25¢. Cash or check only. Regular Library services will not be available Friday and Sunday. All proceeds benefit Library programs and events.

If you are interested in attending our storytimes or events, please register by stopping in at 14300 Sibley Road or by calling us at 734-283-1250. Information about our programming and links to our online resources can be found on our website riverviewpubliclibrary.com & on our Facebook page. Happy Reading!

The annual Memorial Day Circle of Flags display in Young Patriots Park will have a little more symbolism this year as the event coincides with the city’s hosting of The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Wall That Heals will be displayed in Young Patriots Park from May 27-31. The flags will be on display beginning May 25.

If you will be displaying your previous year’s flag, there will be no charge but it must have the original tag on it and dropped off to Ron Miller at Riverview Towing (734285-4343) for inspection.

The event is co-sponsored by the city of Riverview and American Legion Post 389 and the event committee hopes to have 300 flags flying in the park during the week.

Flags are $20 and lawn signs are $20. The order deadline is May 1.

The flag package includes one 3’x 5’ American flag on a six-foot pole with mounting bracket Make checks payable to: Riverview Fallen Fund.

The Wall will be on display May 28-31, 2020. Volunteers are needed starting Wednesday, May 27.

The Wall That Heals is a three quarter size traveling exact replica of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. The success of The Wall That Heals comes from those who volunteer their time. Please visit our signup genius at signupgenius.com or search dmitchell@cityofriverview. com at signupgenius.com.

You can also check out our event page on Facebook at Riverview Recreation Department for volunteering opportunities.

For more information please contact Todd Dickman at 734-2814219 or email him at tdickman@ cityofriverview.com.

Regular chiropractic visits keep you feeling fine Even with daily brushing and flossing you’ll likely see your dentist on a regular basis. Your teeth and gums will feel fine. Absolutely no pain. Yet no one says, “Once you go to a dentist, you have to go for the rest of your life.”

Similarly, there are those who opt to see a chiropractor on a regular basis.

Even when they’re feeling great. They want to stay that way. They know their spine and nervous system is constantly being stressed.

Consider the emotional stress of our fast-paced lives. The chemical stress of fast-food diets. The physical stress of sitting all day. Not to mention the relentless effect of gravity!

Preventative chiropractic care is an option. As is regular brushing and flossing. Bathing. Getting enough restful sleep. Staying hydrated.

Like your car, regular maintenance extends life.

INTRODUCING THE ATLAS AND AXIS To you, an atlas is probably a map.

And the earth rotates on its axis. But to chiropractors, the atlas and axis are the two uppermost bones of your cervical spine.

They’re so important, they have an extra name other than C1 and C2. The atlas (C1) is the top cervical vertebra on which your skull rests. Below it is the axis (C2).

Special ligaments link these two vertebrae, permitting 80 to 90 degrees of rotation.

These two bones, working in tandem, are what you use to look both ways before crossing the street. Or over your shoulder when changing lanes.

Because your upper cervical spine is so flexible, it’s susceptible to injury.

These two vertebrae are often involved in whiplash cases. Nerve messages, to every organ and tissue below your head pass through this vital area. ~ Cousineau Chiropractic

Gabriel Richard Catholic High School n GR offers more Advanced Placement/Honors level classes than any other area school (28 total) n GR is the only school in the area to offer American Sign Language (ASL) on site n More than $7.3 million awarded in college scholarships for the Class of 2019 (100 students strong) n More than 8000 hours of service to those in need were provided by the Gabriel Richard community in 2018-19 n DECA program n Dynamic ART program with 3 AP classes n 1:1 technology program. Every student has a Chromebook n 2 full-time counselors n 30+ sports teams including lacrosse n Turf athletic field and state-of-the-art gymnasium n Christ-centered academically excellent education to help students unleash their full potential n A community built on faith, service, knowledge and growth n Daily prayer with celebrating Mass every Tuesday n Average class size of 18 students n 100% graduation and college acceptance rate

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City has surplus items and you can access them Have you ever wondered what the City does with any surplus items?

Well the most common thing, is to ask another department if they have any use for the item. But what happens to those items that we no longer have a use for?

We list them on the MITN site (MITN.info). MITN is the Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network.

The site has gone through many upgrades, but one area is still the same. That is the legacy area where municipalities and other organizations list any of their unneeded items.

The city of Riverview has listed computers, laptops, receipt printers, adding machines, copier machines, desks, tables, chairs, cars, bikes, cameras, and other miscellaneous items that departments bring over.

If you have a device that you can access the internet, you can view the items for sale from any participating municipality or organization and bid on the items. Most items need to be picked-up in person.

One way to access the site is to go onto the city site (cityofriverview.com) and click on the purchasing department. From there you can either click on the link under How the City Buys and Sells or click on Purchasing News. Then there is a link for MITN Surplus Auctions that you can click on.

That takes you to the page that you can look at

projects or purchases that organizations are seeking people to bid on or the Legacy Site has all the items on auction that you can bid on.

If you don’t already use the City of Riverview site, you can also go to Legacy.MITN.info to view the items.

The site does not get that much exposure, so we are just trying to make sure that residents know it is out there and you can bid on items.

SEEKING TO DONATE ELECTRONICS, OLD COMPUTERS AND COPIERS The City of Riverview Purchasing Department has listed some old electronic devices, computers, and copiers for auction and have received no bids on the surplus items. *Ithaca Series 150 Receipt Printer *HP Think Center Computer, Windows 7, 4GB Ram, 200GB Hard Drive, DVD Writer *HP Work Station Computer, Windows 7, 8GB Ram, 80GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW *Dell Optiplex Computer, Windows 7, 4GB Ram, 80GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW *HP Compaq DC7600 Computer, Windows XP, 4GB Ram, 160GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW *Unbranded Computer, Linux Open SuseTumbleweed, 8GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, DVD-

Mobile Office is coming to you!

Anyone interested in any of these items can contact our consolidated services at 734-281-4230 and ask to speak to someone in the purchasing department regarding the auction items that are up for donation.

You can also send an email to purchasing@ cityofriverview.com and please note which item(s) you may be interested in obtaining.

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Renew up to six months in advance • No forms needed beforehand • Accessible to people with disabilities The mobile office allows you to: n Renew driver’s licenses and ID cards n Obtain license plates and tabs n Title and register vehicles and watercraft n Register to vote and change your address n Pay with MasterCard, VISA or Discover n And much more

RW *Itronix VR-1/VR-2 Vehicle Dock (new in box) *Lenovo Think Center Computer, Linux Suse, 2GB Ram, 160GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW *Ricoh Lanier LD433B Monochrome Copier (counter: 286,383) *Ricoh Aficio MP4002 Monochrome Copier (counter: 592,742) *HP DC5100SFF Computer, Windows XP, 1GB Ram, 40GB Hard Drive, CD-RW *HP Z40 Work Station Computer, Windows 7, 12GB Ram, 250GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW *HP 6000 Pro Computer, Windows 7, 4GB Ram, 250GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW *Dell Optiplex 360 Computer, Windows Vista 64bit, 3 GB Ram, 80GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW *Unbranded Computer, Windows 7 64-bit, 8GB Ram, 500GB Hard Drive *HP 6200 Pro Computer, Windows 7 64-bit, 8GB Ram, 250GB Hard Drive, DVD-ROM

WHEN: March 23-24 11am to 4pm WHERE: Riverview City Hall 14100 Civic Park Drive Riverview

No matter how you spell it, these melt in your mouth, jam filled cookies are delicious. The cookies originate from Poland, Hungary or Czechoslovakia and are sure to bring back sweet memories. This class includes all supplies and samples to munch on during class, recipe and at least two dozen cookies to take home.

Instructor: Lisa Magyar

Sunday, April 5

6:00-8:00 p.m. • City Hall Activity Room #4801 Class Fee: $10.00 Supply Fee: $6.00, Cash payable to instructor at the class Must preregister for the class by Thurs., April 2 No refunds after this date

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Richard tops Riverview for regional hockey title

Richard goalie Drew Adams had shutouts against Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, Carlson and Riverview during the regional tournament.

HANK MINCKIEWICZ Riverview Register

The battle for the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 regional hockey championship at the Yack Arena on March 4 came down to the battle of Riverview, with Gabriel Richard taking on crosstown rival Riverview.

And it turned out to be Richard’s night as the Pioneers cruised to a 6-0 victory before a big crowd that filled the Yack.

The Pioneers outshot the Pirates in every period and outplayed them. After a scoreless first period, Richard dominated on the scoreboard, too, scoring three times in the second period and three more in the third.

The win handed Richard the regional championship - its third straight - and boosted the team into the D3 state quarterfinals against Chelsea, which won its regional final game 1-0 over Livonia Churchill. The quarterfinal game was played March 7 in Dearborn.

After the regional round the other six teams remaining in the tournament were Midland Dow, Grand Rapids Catholic, Calumet, Gayord, Detroit Country Day and Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett.

Country Day won the Division 3 state title in 2018 and 2019..

The 2020 Division 3 state semifinals are March 13 and the championship game is March 14 at USA Arena in Plymouth.

Last year the Pioneers beat Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard in the quarterfinals and lost to Houghton in the state semifinals; and in 2018 coach Rick DeSana’s team beat Chelsea in the quarterfinals and lost to Churchill In the

Photo by Larry Caruso

semifinals.

The victory over Riverview on March 4 capped a bold and decisive march through the regional tournament for the Pioneers. Gabriel Richard won three games, all by shutout.

The regional championship looked like it was going to be another close one- or two-goal game like most RichardRiverview battles. Richard outshot Riverview 10-6 in the first period, but it was a scoreless game.

That changed early in the second period when the Pioneers swooped into the Riverview zone and freshman James Monks scored his first of two goals with an assist from Nate Palumbo.

A minute later Riverview tried to answer from scramble in front of the Richard net, but goalie Drew Adams Mr. Shutout - calmly made the save. Adams wound up stopping all 22 shots he saw in the game and all 62 he saw in the regional tournament.

Midway through the frame

Richard went on a powerplay, but it was largely ineffective and, as often happens in that case, after the penalty ended Riverview responded by taking control. The Bus carried the play and held the puck in the Richard end for two or three minutes, forcing several icing calls as the Pioneers began to scramble.

But the complexion of the game changed again when defenseman Jake Emery hit Nathan Vazquez with an exit pass. Vazquez entered the Riverview zone and challenged a collapsing Pirate defense.

He dropped a pass to Austin Harrison who beat Riverview goalie Josiah Dembrosky with a high shot.

A minute later, Vazquez set up Richard’s third goal.

He circled near the bueline, cut to the net and fired a shot.

Dembrosky made the save, but Sebastian Potter was there to knock in the rebound.

The goal forced Riverview to call timeout to regroup.

If Riverview had any thought

of a third-period comeback, they were dashed early. Less than three minutes into the final period, Harrison collected a loose puck at center ice and carried over the Riverview blueline. Using the Pirate defensemen as a screen, he snapped a hard shot that beat Dembrosky cleanly.

Riverview’s final two goals came into an empty net because, well, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Riverview pulled Dembrosky with 7:12 to play in the game and two minutes later Palumbo shot the puck the length of the ice into the empty net.

Later in the game, with a Richard player in the penalty box, Riverview pulled the goalie again and this time Monks found the goal from long distance.

Richard reached the regional championship game with a pair of shutouts.

The Pioneers beat Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 4-0 in their first game and dominated Carlson 6-0 in their

regional semifinal. Carlson had reached the semifinal with a 3-2 win over Wyandotte in double overtime.

Richard toyed with Carlson in their semifinal game, outshooting the Marauders 50-14.

Potter had two goals in the game and four other Pioneers also scored. They were, Harrison, Emery, Vazquez and Gavin Fink.

Four different Richard players scored against SMCC. Potter and Vazquez each had a goal, as did Brebnden Paden and Monks. Harrison and Emery each had a pair of assists.

Adams earned the shutout in each game, stopping 26 shots against SMCC and getting all 14 against Carlson.

Riverview played a pair of close games on its way to the championship contest.

The Pirates beat Temperance-Bedford 2-1 on opening night and held off Grosse ile 4-3 in the semifinals.

Riverview fell behind the Red Devils 1-0, but scored four straight times to take a 4-1 lead into the third period before the Grosse aile team roared back to make a contest of it late in the game.

Luke Lenden, Tom Dunne, Aiden Gazbecki and Gavin Holmes scored for the Pirates.

It was Gazdecki’s goal that stood up as the game-winner.

Both Gazdecki and Holmes had two assists.

Holmes and Jake Geleden were the goal-getters in the win over Bedford.

Dembrosky was the winning goalie each night.

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The Gabriel Richard basketball team beat Marine City Cardinal Mooney 63-56 to win its first Catholic League title since 1999.

Pioneer cagers win first league title of 21st century HANK MINCKIEWICZ

Richard coach Kris Daiek accepts the 2019-20 Catholic League championship trophy.

Riverview Register

It had been two decades since the Gabriel Richard boys basketball team did what it did on the floor of Callahan Hall on the campus of the University of Detroit-Mercy on Feb. 29 -- celebrate a Catholic League championship.

The Pioneers beat Marine City Cardinal Mooney 63-56 to claim the Cardinal Division title. And it was no fluke, the Pioneers beat the Cardinals on three separate occasions this season.

The Pioneers controlled the game from the outset and held a six- to eight-point lead most of the afternoon. The Pioneers even opened the margin to the near-blowout level of 19 points, but the Mariners had a fourthquarter comeback in them.

The Mariners hit virtually every shot from everywhere in the fourth quarter as they rallied. Richard helped out, too, by making just 13-of25 free throws in the fourth quarter. The Mariners hit five

three-point bombs in the fourth quarter alone after only making three in the first 24 minutes of the game.

But Richard’s early lead too was big and when Mike Holdsclaw hit four big free throws in the final two minutes and Nick Szczechowski hit two more, the Pioneers had enough points to earn the right to hang a league championship banner.

Mooney played good games against Richard each of the first two times the teams met, which made the Mariners’ decision to

play a box-in-one defense on Szczechowski a head scratcher.

Box-in-one defenses are great against a team with a star player and a bunch of other role players, but that does not describe Richard.

Szczechowski, Holdsclaw, Robbie Henderson and Mike Calhoun and others are all capable of shouldering the scoring burden.

With a chaser on Szczechowski the other four Mariner defenders backed into a zone and that left plenty of

room for Holdsclaw, who used the opportunity to attack the rim again and again.

Mooney stubbornly refused to abandon the defensive scheme and Holdsclaw wound up burning them for 25 points.

It was likely no coincidence that Mooney’s comeback coincided with a switch to a pressure man-to man defense late in the game.

The unsung Richard hero was Calhoun, who was scoreless in the first half, but dominated the paint after

the intermission. He was unguardable in the third quarter when he scored nine points and he added three more in the fourth quarter. Perhaps more important was his second half rebounding, especially on the offensive end of the floor.

Despite being hounded throughout the game, Szczechowski chipped in with eight points.

The Pioneers reached the CHSL finals by beating Grosse Pointe University Liggett 62-36 and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 75-50.

The win in the championship game was Richard’s 18th of the year. The Pioneers have lost just once, against Flint Powers Catholic.

Next up for the Pioneers is the Michigan High School Athletic Association state tournament and the Pioneers will host a Division 3 district tournament. They played March 11 against Taylor Prep and the championship game is March 13.

The Gabriel Richard girls bowling team finished second at the Division 4 regionals hosted by Ten Pin Alley in Tecumseh Feb. 29.

The Pioneers scored 2841 pins to finish behind only regional champion Clinton, which had 2939. Pittsford (2805) was the third team to qualify from the Tecumseh regional.

By virtue of its runner-up finish, Richard advanced to the D4 finals at Royal Scot Lanes in Lansing on March 6-7.

Richard was led by Chrtistiana Trela, who was the team’s lone individual qualifier. The top 10 individuals qualify for the individual state tournament and Trela, a junior, was fifth with 959 pins. Trela’s high game in the six-game set was a 180 in the first match.

Other bowlers for the Pioneers for the Pioneers were sophomore Lucy Carol (800), senior Alyssa Wladysiak (789), junior Hanna Sauve (784), sophomore Madelyn Frank (746) and

Lydia Soria (723).

Richard’s boys team finished ninth at the 16-team regional with 2823 pins. Richard’s top individual was Matteo Fadele, who missed out on qualifying for the state tournament by four spots. He was 14th with 1012 pins RIVERVIEW QUALIFIES A PAIR Neither Riverview’s boys team nor its girls team made it through to the team state tournament at Division 2 regional at Town and Country Lanes in Westland, but they each did get a bowler through to the individual state tournament.

Individually, senior John Strassner was ninth for Riverview and qualified. His final two games of 230 and 211 wre enough to put him into a qualifying position. For the girls, senior Hannah Epling was also ninth.

Two of her six games also resulted in big scores as she rolled a 232 in game three and a 214 in game four.

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Riverview boys basketball team shares second with SMCC HANK MINCKIEWICZ Riverview Register

After a rocky start to the season - they lost four of their first six games - the Riverview Pirates put together a Huron League basketball season to be proud of.

Coach Marcus Voelz’s team beat every team in the league at least once and finished with a 9-5 record, good for a second place tie with Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central.

Flat Rock won the title with a 10-4 mark.

The Bucs finished the league campaign by winning four of the final six games. Riverview beat Huron 69-55, SMCC 51-47 in overtime, Airport 46-40 and Jefferson 66-57.

“The league was very balanced,” Voelz said. “Every single team had

1one or two really good players.

All teams battled every single night. If you were to look at all of the scores there weren’t too many lopsided games. The majority of the games were down to the wire.”

At the end of the league season, senior Austin Poe and junior M.R.E. Neal were each named to the All-Huron League team. Junior Jimari Moultrie was honorable mention. Kenny Hightower was a Coaches Team pick.

The Bucs will be in the Division 1 district tournament at Lincoln Park, where they drew the host team on March 9.

The winner of that game played Allen Park on March 11.

In the other district semifinal, Downriver League foes Wyandotte and Southgate faced off. The tournament finals are March 13.

Riverview girls continue to dominate Downriver hoop teams If you are a Downriver League girls basketball team the last thing you want to see warming up in the gym across from you is the Riverview basketball team.

Coach Rob Sauter’s club has become something of a Downrivereague-killer in recent years.

It started in districts last year when the Bucs beat three DRL teams, including league champ Allen Park, on the way to the district title. During the regular season this year, the Bucs beat DRL opponents three more times and since the 2020 Michigan High School Athletic Association district tournament has begun, Riverview has clobbered Lincoln Park 68-29 and Wyandotte 78-46.

Those last two victories pushed the Bucs into the district championship against River Rouge in a game that was played March 6.

The district semifinal game against Wyandotte was a scoring festival for the host Pirates as all 14 players on the roster scored, led by Rayah Kolbusz’s 17 points. Riverview had an amazing nine three-point bombs.

The win was also Riverview’s fourth in a row as the Pirates continued an end-of-season hot streak.

The Pirates, who finished third in the Huron League this season, opened the playoffs with the crushing win over Lincoln Park, a team that finished one game out of first place in the DRL. The Rails could not deal with Riverview’s pressure defense and again Riverview’s offense was on fire.

All 14 Riverview girls played again and Elyssa Kincaid led the scoring with 16 points. Shannon McAlinden added 15 points, Kylie Skidmore had 12 points and Kolbusz had 11. The team made seven three-pointers in that game.

GABRIEL RICHARD ADVANCES The Gabriel Richard girls basketball team reached the MHSAA Division 3 district finals at Ecorse with a 36-26 win over archrival Carbini on March 4.

On the other side of the bracket, host Ecorse beat Taylor Prep 67-27 and the two teams met for the district title on March 6.

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SWCRC Black Tie Gala

Business leaders from across the region got together at Crystal Garden in Southgate on March 5 for the annual Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce Black Tie Gala. Business leaders put on their finest attire and rubbed elbows with each other while enjoying fine food and the fellowship of other economic leaders.

Former Riverview Mayor Tim Durand and wife Louann.

Riverview Mayor Andrew Swift, wife Darlene Swift, Gina Norton and husband and Councilman Chuck Norton Alan and Tammie Bachran, owners of A Serendipity Cakery, which recently relocated to Riverview.

Tammie said the community has welcomed them “with open arms.”

They served a number of baked goods during the black tie, including these treats shaped like gambling chips in line with the theme of the night.

Photos by Dave Gorgon

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