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he Salvation Army’s bell ringers are getting in place throughout the Downriver area for the holiday season. However, anyone planning to donate at least $20 into a local Red Kettle may want to consider Dec, 14 as the day to do it. On that Saturday, every $20 bill donated will be matched by four more $20 bills by members of the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club, turning each $20 donation into $100. The venture is the first for the Wyandotte-based Downriver Salvation Army, which counts on donations throughout the holidays to provide services to the needy all year long. Organizers said that the $20 donations must include $20 bills for the match to take place. The goal is to
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increase funds collected during the Red Kettle Campaign. The Grosse Ile Country Club raised tens of thousands of dollars during a special fundraiser on Nov. 8 to provide funding for the match. The partnership continues a connection between long-time club officer Leo Stevenson and The Salvation Army that has included fundraising, the creation of an endowment fund and the start of a soup kitchen. Stevenson, a Wyandotte native and Grosse Ile resident, is managing director of wealth management at Merrill Lynch’s Wyandotte location. The Salvation Army, founded in 1865 in England, is a faith-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving people in need. During the past year, The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit SEE SALVATION, Page 3
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provided nearly 2.5 million meals and more than 570,000 nights of shelter for the homeless. The agency uses 87 cents of every dollar raised to provide direct services to people in need every day of the year. The Wyandotte community center is located at 1258 Biddle Avenue. The Red Kettle Campaign “is a major fundraiser for us for the season and throughout the year,” said Major Brian Reed, who operates the Wyandotte location with his wife, Major Heidi Reed. Reed said the “local fundraising goal for the Red Kettles is $255,000” and he is hopeful that the Downriver residents will show their support, especially during the $20 challenge on Dec, 14. “I’m praying it’s going to be very successful,” he said. “This is the first time we’re doing it. We’ve heard other Salvation Army officers have had tremendous success. We’re excited about doing it in the Downriver area.” The services provided by The Salvation Army are wide-ranging. Among them: ● The lunchtime soup kitchen feeds about 60 people daily. ● A before- and after-school latchkey program, which serves children attending Wyandotte Public Schools and their families. A bus transports students to and from school as a service to working parents. ● A food pantry ● Assistance with rent, paying utilities and medical and dental care, motor vehicle fuel and bus tickets. ● An archery class teaches the basics of bow-and-arrow use to children and parents, including safety. ● Air-rifle safety. ● Meal sharing starting at noon Tuesdays and Thursdays. ● Senior bingo from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays. ● Youth groups from 4:30 to 6:30 Tuesdays. ● A Christmas Assistance program distributes food to families and gifts to children. Registrations for Christmas help are accepted Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through December 12. Gifts also are delivered to 19 nursing homes in the area. ● Coats were distributed free of charge to people of all ages on November 15. ● Bible study and church services.
Salvation Army Bell Ringer Locations Downriver Big Lots 14155 Eureka Road, Southgate 23351 Eureka Road, Taylor Hobby Lobby 23865 Eureka Road, Taylor JC Penney 23000 Eureka Road, Taylor Kroger 2060 Dix, Lincoln Park 20645 Gibraltar Road, Brownstown 23849 West Road, Brownstown 7000 Monroe, Taylor 8999 Macomb, Grosse Ile 16075 Fort Street, Southgate Macy’s 23000 Eureka Road, Taylor Sam’s Club 15700 Northline Road, Southgate Salvation Army 3004 Van Horn, Trenton Trentwood Farms 11055 Allen Road, Southgate Walgreens 15009 Telegraph Road, Taylor 1700 West Road, Trenton 17071 Fort Street, Riverview 1765 Fort Street, Lincoln Park 20030 Ecorse Road, Taylor 20090 Goddard Road, Taylor 23007 Telegraph Road, Brownstown 3221 Fort Street, Wyandotte 9100 Telegraph Road, Taylor Walmart 14900 Dix Toledo, Southgate 23800 Allen Road, Woodhaven 7555 Telegraph Road, Taylor West Grange Pharmacy 3390 West Road, Trenton There are also dozens of collection sites on counters at places throughout the region. To register as a bell ringer, visit the website registertoring.com
Sunday school takes place at 9:45 a.m. Sundays. Church begins at 11 a.m. Both Reeds are second-generation ordained ministers. For more information about The Salvation Army, call (877) SAL-MICH or visit the website www.salmich.org. The Salvation Army is seeking bell ringers. Anyone ringing a bell during the Red Kettle Campaign can qualify for the “Ring for Bling” promotion. Winners will receive one of six diamond and gold vertical bar pendant necklaces donated by Lucido Fine Jewelers. The promotion is sponsored by iHeartMedia, located in Farmington Hills. To volunteer to become a bell ringer, visit the website registertoring.com.
CULINARY CAPERS EVELYN CAIRNES Southgate Star
If you like easy recipes, you will LOVE the two shared by Joni Bologna of Allen Park and Melva Bonis of Grosse Ile. Joni’s Fresh Cranberry Relish is not only super simple to make, but it also keeps refrigerated for two months, so it can be served on Thanksgiving and at other holiday meals ... if it’s not gobbled up before then. The Allen Parker has been making the relish for over 30 years and advises against using a substitute for the most important ingredient: Grand Marnier, because nothing can replace the French liqueur, she said. Instead of paying $30 or more for a bottle of the liqueur, though, consider instead buying an airline-size mini (minis are hard to find, but are available at Discount Drinks for about $3.50). And since you will need only two teaspoons, you may not want to invest in a large bottle. Otherwise, search the internet for Grand Marnier substitutes, which include frozen orange-juice concentrate. JONI’S DELECTABLE CRANBERRY RELISH 1 package (12 ounces) fresh cranberries 2 medium-sized Pippin or Granny Smith apples, peeled, quartered and cored (I used Granny Smith) ¾ cup sugar ½ cup orange marmalade 2 teaspoons lemon juice 2 teaspoons Grand Marnier 1½ cups chopped walnuts ½ teaspoon cinnamon Wash and dry the cranberries, then chop in a food processor. Turn the cranberries into a large bowl, then chop the apples in the food processor and add to the cranberries. Stir in the sugar, marmalade, lemon juice, Grand Marnier, chopped walnuts and cinnamon. That’s it. Cover the bowl tightly and refrigerate overnight. The relish will keep for 2 months refrigerated. Always stir before serving. ••• Melva’s Awesome Red Grape Salad is so special that even people who don’t
like grapes love it, Melva said. She got the recipe from her son-in-law’s mother, Beryl O’Dea of Oxford. After making the recipe myself, I know why it has become a favorite wherever Melva takes it. For Christmas, you might consider substituting green seedless grapes for half of the red. MELVA’S AWESOME RED GRAPE SALAD 3 pounds red grapes, washed, dried well and set aside 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup chopped pecans 8 ounces cream cheese, softened ½ cup granulated sugar 1 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla ¼ cup light brown sugar Melt the butter on a dinner plate or shallow dish in the microwave oven. Remove the plate from the oven and add the pecans, tossing until combined. Return to the oven and microwave for 1 minute. Remove the plate and toss the pecans again. Return to the oven and microwave an additional 1 minute, then set aside to cool. Meanwhile, place the cream cheese, granulated sugar, sour cream and vanilla in a large mixing bowl and beat until well combined. Fold in the grapes and turn the mixture into a serving dish. Sprinkle evenly with the brown sugar and the chopped pecans. Refrigerate and enjoy! Reader likes Sugar-Free Triple-Chocolate Cake EVELYN: I made the Sugar-free Triple-Chocolate Bundt Cake yesterday for my son’s birthday. He is disabled and diabetic. The cake came out fantastic. I had to use two Bundt pans because one was not large enough. Not a problem because then we can keep some here, and I am taking the other to my son’s today. Keep up the good work — Chris Jakubek of Grosse Ile. Hi, Chris: Thanks for writing and including your telephone number. We agree that the cake is surprisingly delicious for being sugar-free. When I baked it, I used a 10-inch Bundt pan, which was just right, but I like your idea of using the two smaller ones. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Contact me at evycairns@aol.com
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Southgate Education Foundation awards $20,000 in grants Jill Pastor Southgate Star
The Southgate Education Foundation recently proudly awarded 22 grants for a total of $20,000. The selection committee consisted of: Dr. Darlene Pomponio, Kim Kuspa, Georganne Miller, Phil Rauch and Elizabeth Mullins. This group of volunteers spent hours reading the grant applications before making the final decision. Some members of the selection committee were also able to help award the grants. The grant options included: individual, collaborative, building-wide and Titan-Pride grants. The grants represent all grade levels. The grant components include: murals, flexible seating, safety t-shirts, plant light stand, science models, books, Empowered Kids, radios, microscopes, bottle filling station, Operation Workout, staff rewards program, engineering kit, Osmonauts, therapeutic space and literacy listeners. The Southgate Education Foundation will also be awarding two scholarships to Southgate Anderson’s seniors in the spring. The Southgate Education Foundation Inaugural Event held on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Crystal Gardens in Southgate. Please help us raise more money for more grants and more student scholarships and plan to attend our next event.
Please mark your calendar for Thursday, April 30, 2020. The event will once again be at Crystal Gardens. Tickets will be on sale beginning in January. Please call 734-246-4600 for any questions. Third Grade Literacy Dance Party In 2016, the Michigan Legislature passed the “Read by Grade Three Law.” This law requires schools to identify students who are struggling to meet grade level standards in reading and writing. The law states that third graders may repeat third grade if they are more than one grade level behind. Each district is required to have an assessment system with at least one initial and one extensive assessment from the Michigan Department of Education’s approved assessment list. This assessment must be administered at least three times a year and be able to be used to help monitor student progress. Students who are identified as having any reading deficiencies must have an Individual Reading Improvement Plan or IRIP. This plan is development with the help of teachers, the principal, parent or legal guardian. This plan also has a “Read at Home” component to develop efforts to support children at home. Resources/activities are provided to families. Third grade students who score a 1252 or below
on the spring M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) will receive a letter from CEPI (Center for Educational Performance and Information). If parents do not agree with the decision to retain their third-grade child they have to ability to file a Good Cause Exemption within 30 days of receiving this notice of a potential retention. The Southgate Community School District hosted a 3rd grade information night for our Southgate families to learn more about this legislation. At the end of the presentation there were raffles of book series to help promote the love of reading. During the informational meeting the 3rd grade students were treated to a Dance Party, complete with a volunteer DJ. While the parents left with some “Read at Home” resources, the students left happy and tired from dancing. All third-grade families received a book, a bookmark with reading prompts/questions, an information sheet and a sample letter to request a good cause exemption. Good cause exemptions for students may include: an IEP (individualized Education Plan), a 504 plan, limited English Proficient, or received intensive reading intervention for two or more years, but still demonstrates a reading deficiency and was previously retained in kindergarten, grade one, grade two or grade 3.
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Looking to have a little fun? Try playing the harmonica GAIL ALBIN Southgate Star
More than twenty years ago, we lived in Troy. We lived close to the very active Troy Community Center and Recreation Department. We had several great summer concerts that I enjoyed. I envied the ability of many harmonica players and was becoming interested in learning how to play the harmonica. I went to a few Harmonica Club meetings and then we moved to Grosse Ile, to be closer to our daughter and son in law. I don’t consider myself musical by any standard, but when I love a song or an instrument, I love it fully. After months of thinking about it, I bought a harmonica and it came with a starter guide and the music notes for many well-known songs. Every day, I would study and practice. I got better each month, never reaching the ability that I hoped I would reach. There are so many positives to owning and playing a harmonica. They
are not expensive by musical instrument standards. They fit nicely in a pocket or a purse. I imagine playing a wind instrument is good for the lungs. The computer has lots of information and videos of people playing very well. My late husband encouraged me to keep up my practicing. I did notice that he closed his office door when I started. He probably didn’t want the ringing of a phone to distract me. I went to an evening harmonica club in a fairly close suburb. I was the only woman there that night and had the least ability. I never went back. I keep my harmonica near my bed. If I have trouble sleeping, I reach for it and play some songs I have memorized through the years. I would not be able to write down the notes from memory, but the notes come to me when I play a song that I have practiced and played dozens of times. It has brought me a lot of joy, also envy of other harmonica players who have natural ability. It is a wonderful hobby/pastime.
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Do yourself and your neighbor a favor, Shop Small Business Saturday Saturday, Nov 30 is an important day. It is a day we can all go out and make our communities a little better, a little stronger by using our economic power. Nov. 30 - the Saturday after Thanksgiving - is Small Business Saturday, a day set aside for people to put off trips to the box stores and online retailers and concentrate on buying things locally, in stores owned and operated by our friends and neighbors. Small Business Saturday is an annual tradition introduced by American Express in 2010. As part of its Shop Small movement, the intent is to strengthen local communities by supporting small businesses within them. There are lots of great reasons to shop at local, independently owned retail outlets. If you read our friend Peter Rose’s column each month, he will explain them all. His main reasoning is that it has been proven that dollars spent at local shops recirculate in the community far, far more than dollars spent at
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Don’t forget Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday PETER ROSE Southgate Star
This is the third time I’ve picked up the gauntlet and accepted the challenge of encouraging the support of small, local and independent in these publications. The weekend that serves as a focal point comes up fast. “Shift your Shopping” weekend this year is Nov. 29-30 and I encourage you to get out and support Downriver’s local and independent businesses. Nov. 29 is Plaid Friday and Nov. 20 is the more well-known Small Business Saturday. I encourage you to participate. While many spread their shopping for gifts out over more time than just the few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, many use the muchhyped Black Friday to kick it off. The weekend after Thanksgiving sees a spike in shopping activity everywhere. Small enjoys the surge as well, but the marketing tsunami from national chains and internet options takes an inordinate amount of the pie as the season gets into higher gear. It takes an enormous amount of money to advertise like that, money that only publicly traded companies can spend. At a time when it matters a great deal, BIG gains huge advantage over SMALL, through the expenditure of surreal monies to buy our business, and in so doing, to divert as many dollars as possible from independent and locally owned businesses everywhere. Independent businesses are benefitted tremendously by the increased traffic that comes at this time of year. The stakes at this time of year cannot be overstated. Every transaction matters a great deal to indies. We all do a great deal of work to prepare and ready ourselves, and as the year rushes to a close, time gets compacted. We run out of year; we run out of time to make the year a winner. Shopping during the holiday season can be exactly as we all remember it, and as it should be - not a ball of stress, not the insane traffic and
crowds and lousy service that the malls promise. Nothing like that at all, as a matter of fact. We simply have to choose the places to shop that offer smiles and warmth and service and uniqueness. While I write from a vantage point of Wyandotte’s independent businesses, the downriver region is loaded with choices that are guaranteed to make you a happier person this holiday season. It is more than safe to say that we can all do with anything at all that makes us happier, less stressed, and more grateful. Independent businesses deliver an experience that is just not available elsewhere. I write these columns to remind of that truth. American Express created Small Business Saturday. We Indies were thrilled to have all that airtime devoted to small, local, independent. Indeed, it worked exactly as American Express planned it for themselves, and it also had a powerfully positive
impact on the awareness of millions that really hadn’t given all that much thought to the options of local as opposed to national or internet. Everyone won. That campaign buttressed the efforts of local-first organizations like Love Wyandotte across the nation, which all strive mightily to provide some wind in the sails for the businesses that comprise their ranks. Organizations that exist not for profit, but for the hopefully increased profit of their membership. For the sole purpose of fostering and catalyzing a more flourishing independent business environment for at least the area in which they operate. Organizations like this also push back as much as possible against the Black Friday scourge, in the creation of versions that are friendlier to local and independent. Hopefully, now, when you see ads and materials that refer to Plaid Friday, you’ll know a bit more what they’re talking about! They’re giving you some good,
solid advice - some words of wisdom that will improve your entire outlook on life, if only you take heed. As you do take the advice and shop local and independent this holiday season, let it sink in I’m actually right - you are happier as a result! There are other crucially important reasons to shop local. Like keeping your dollars local to protect and nurture your own well being. Remember, your community is not made up of totally separate, unrelated sectors like non-profits, residents and businesses. No, your community is all of those and more, all working in miraculous union, just like your own body. Your heart, your limbs, your brain - all working seamlessly to make you what you are. Same with communities. If your business community is compromised, your entire community is lessened. For now, though, let’s focus on the wonder of the holiday season. If all of us experience it with more warmth and joy by just shopping locally, we ‘ll make a huge difference for all of us to enjoy as the Downriver community! Shift Your Shopping: Shop local and independent this season. All any of us would ever ask is that you think local first. During holidays, sure, but all the time!
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Chamber honors four women of achievement Each year, the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce presents its Women of Achievement Awards to Downriver residents who are affiliated with a nonprofit organization or a business that belongs to the chamber. And sometimes the honorees are both businesswomen and nonprofit volunteers. Winners were chosen by a chamber selection committee from member nominations and were judged solely on content with names removed from the forms. Sarah Kew of Southgate is this year’s winner of the chamber’s Unsung Heroine Award. She’s devoted to Kiwanis, a global nonprofit group of volunteers who provide community service in many forms, focusing particularly — but not exclusively — on the needs of children. Kew isn’t just involved with Kiwanis, she is governor of the group for the entire state of Michigan. She leads 160 clubs and their 4,500 members. She also works from home for online retailer Ruby Ribbon and, with her husband, cares for her 5-yearold son Maxwell. “I love volunteering and helping to make the world a better place,” Kew said in her award speech. “My biggest motivation is my son.” Creating a better future for children like Maxell inspires her in all that she does, she said. She also volunteers with the Kiwanis Key Leader program, which offers activities and workshops for teenagers, and with the Michigan Young Professionals group. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell offered a special Congressional recognition for Kew on Oct. 18. The formal recognition talked of Kew “working quietly behind the scenes” to ensure that Kiwanis continues its work for children and the community. “Known amongst her peers and colleagues for her high degree of professionalism, compassion and ambition, she is well-loved and cherished by so many within the Kiwanis organization and beyond,” the Congressional Record states. “Sarah truly embodies all the qualities of an admirable leader. She humbly strives for excellence without seeking
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Sarah Kew, Kimberly Kramer, Anita Twardesky and Ann Rudisill were award winners at the SWCRC Women of Achievement Awards last month. They were joined on stage by SWCRC chief Ron Hinrichs.
praise or recognition for any of her significant accomplishments.” Kimberly Kramer of Lincoln Park, founder of Your Look Logos LLC, was honored with the chamber’s Entrepreneur Award. Kramer’s company, based in Lincoln Park, offers promotional products— everything from pens to leather-bound journals — imprinted with brand names, and also prints T-shirts. She helps the chamber with networking events, and is an active volunteer with the Downriver West Kiwanis Club and Mimi’s Mission. Kramer said, “I’m grateful to do what I love every day and this recognition is very appreciated!” Ann Rudisill of Wyandotte, founder of nonprofit Downriver for Veterans, was awarded the chamber’s Inspiring Achievement Award. In 2018, Rudisill and her enterprise were featured on the Facebook-based reality show “Returning the Favor”
featuring TV personality Mike Rowe. The episode has been viewed millions of times, and inspired donations for Downriver for Veterans and raised awareness for those in need of its help. Rudisill, a Vietnam-era Air Force veteran, was serving in the Downriver Regional Veterans Treatment Court in Southgate a few years ago when she realized that many Downriver veterans were without basic needs — food, clothing and more —and had no way to get to Detroit for VA services. She formed DFV in 2017, and it’s been going strong ever since. Rowe donated $30,000 to the group, which enable it to purchase a handicap accessible van to get veterans in wheelchairs to medical appointments or where they need to go. The DFV warehouse in Wyandotte is stocked with food, clothing, furniture and hygiene products, and Rudisill and her volunteers box up food and other sundries to make
regular deliveries to veterans in need to can’t get there. DFV also help veterans with housing, transportation and paperwork. “Everything we do here is out of the heart,” Rudisill said during the awards ceremony. “How do you not help somebody that helped our country?” Members of DFV’s advisory board include Dingell and Wyandotte Mayor Joe Person, a Vietnam veteran. Rudisill is known as a “spitfire” who never takes no for an answer. If a veteran has a problem, she will work until she finds a way to solve it. Anita Twardesky of Trenton, community outreach and public relations manager for Wyandottebased Riverside Kayak Connection LLC and president of Downriver Linked Greenways was honored with the chamber’s Leadership Award. Twardesky, who also serves on SEE WOMEN, Page 15
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Continued from page 14 the Healthy Trenton Coalition, has been a leader in the fields of outdoor recreation and economic development Downriver for many years. She is a founding member of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Alliance, led the development of Huron River Trail Town and founded Destination Downriver. For Twardesky, it’s all about bringing people and communities together to get more people Downriver outside for recreation, education and exercise — and promoting the area in the process. She’s an active chamber member, and has served as parks and recreation director for the cities of Woodhaven and Flat Rock. She chairs the Trails Committee for the Michigan Recreation and Parks Association, and is a member of the State Wide Advisory Group Michigan Water Trails. “We have a great community Downriver and are very fortunate to
have so many parks, hiking and biking trails, rivers, and other waterways,” Twardesky said. “Access to our natural resources is key to our region for both economic development benefits and recreation use.” In 2013, the chamber honored her with its Image Award in recognition of her promotion of the Downriver area. Winning the Leadership Award this year prompted this Facebook comment from her: “Thank you seems hardly enough. Congratulations to all the women who were honored! You all are amazing women doing amazing work in our community. What an inspiration! Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber —thank you for making this an unforgettable experience from start to finish!” The Women of Achievement Awards were presented during an Oct. 18 luncheon at Crystal Gardens in Southgate. Women’s health care advocate and philanthropist Karen Colina Wilson Smithbauer, a Trenton native who now lives in Monroe, served as guest speaker. Christy McDonald of Detroit Public TV served as master of ceremonies.
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Southgate once again celebrated Halloween in festive fashion. The city’s Cultural, Arts, and Special Events Commission recently announced the winners of its annual Halloween Decorating Contest, in which residents can nominate their own house, a neighbor’s, or a seasonally decorated house they love in the community. Once the submission deadline passes, a group of dedicated C.A.S.E. volunteers drive around the city looking at all submitted houses and vote on the winners. The Bucia family took first place for 2019, with second place going to the Klotz family and third place going to the Hall family.
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Titans win league cross country championship at the Downriver Gabriel Richard meet and helped the Titans finish second to Dearborn, a squad that qualified for the The Downriver League champion Division 1 finals. Southgate Anderson boys cross country He was then third at Oct. 17 team capped a sensational season by Downriver League Meet back at Lake qualifying a runner for the Division 1 Erie. That effort helped the Titans win state championship meet at Michigan the meet and claim the league crown. International Speedway in Brooklyn on But his best day of the year was Nov. 2. clearly at regionals where he ran Senior Brendan Buckner ran 16:34.5 with the best D1 runners in Southeast to finish 10th at the 114-runner regional Michigan. race hosted by Lake Erie Metropark, According to coach Sam Childs, Buckner’s run was good enough to Buckner told him that mentally he qualify him as an individual for the state found a different level at regionals. finals. The time “I think you was just eight have to look seconds shy of farther back than Juan Villarreal’s just this fall,” said school record. Childs. “Brendan As a team, has been training the Titans were very consistently a solid fifth in for over a year the 16-team now. He has race. Ann Arbor stayed healthy, Pioneer was the seemingly took meet champion good care of with 40 points, himself in terms Anderson cross country coach Sam Childs (left), Brendan Buckner and followed b y of diet and sleep. assistant coach Gary Glitz celebrate Saline with “He has been Buckner’s regional run, which earned 43. Next came hitting his goal him a spot in the MHSAA Division 1 Dearborn and times in workouts state meet at Michigan International Bedford before 99 percent of Speedway. the Titans scored. the time, doesn’t In addition to have bad days Buckner, TJ Towell was 19th (16:55), and, basically, always comes to practice Steven Porter was 30th (17:16), Roger prepared to work.” Putnam was 57th (18:20), Connor At the league meet, Anderson dusted Eccleton was 68th (18:46), Joe Roosevekt, which had won one of the Rodriguez was 69th (18:47) and Connor two previous league jamborees. Augenstein was 72nd (18:50). The Titans, who got a second-, The Anderson girls, who were 12th third-, eighth-place finish out of Towell, at regionals, were led by freshman Lena Buckner and Porter, scored 54 points Hales, who ran 21:47 and finished 41st. and beat out the runner-up Bears by At the huge Division 1 state final eight. Allen Park was third with 80, race (245 runners) run on a cold day at followed by Woodhaven, Carlson, cavernous MIS, Buckner was 197th in Trenton and Lincoln Park. 17:22. Towell ran 17:05 and finished behind Buckner entered the season as one only league champ Luc Stackpoole of of Anderson’s top three runners, but he Trenton. He was followed by Buckner seemed to grow stronger and stronger as (17:06), Porter (17:34), Eccleton (19th, the season progressed. He was seventh 21:18) and Putnam (21st, 18:29). Hank Minckiewicz Southgate Star
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The Anderson varsity boys cross country team won won a Downriver League jamboree, finished second in another and won the league championship by winning the league meet The Titans are, back row, from left: coach Nichole Lapkewych, junior Kirk Phillips, junior Noah Packwood, junior Ezekiel Centeno, junior Connor Eccleton, sophomore Alex Jewell, coach Sam Childs, senior Roger Putnam, Jr., sophomore John Manor, sophomore Joe Rodriguez, sophomore Cameron Jewell, junior Steven Porter and coach Lisa Fast. Front row, from left: sophomore Kaydin Snyder, junior Connor Augenstein, senior TJ Towell, sophomore Ian Simons, senior Brendan Buckner, junior Miguel Fernandez and sophomore Tyler Fantow.
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While Detroit area professional and college football teams probably have gotten most of local fans’ attention despite their limited success, Southgaters can take pride in what their younger teams have achieved in the 2019 season. The Southgate Junior Football Association’s freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams all made it to the postseason this year in Downriver Junior Football League play. The JV team fared best, capturing the championship in the Peanut Bowl, while the varsity made it to the playoffs. The freshman Vikings lost their Peanut Bowl contest. The JV Vikings beat the Dearborn Heights Raiders 12-0 in the title game after defeating the Ypsilantibased Lincoln Railsplitters 26-20 in the playoffs, which SJFA President Jeffrey Webb said was impressive considering the Vikings had lost to both teams in the regular season. “(The JV Vikings) were just a more physical team (than Lincoln)” Webb said. “They put it all together at the right time, and they got better throughout the season.”
It was a grind-it-out kind of game without star performances, he said, noting that “there were no big plays, just more of a team effort,” The Carleton-based No. 1 seed Huron River Yellow Jackets took care of the freshmen Vikes 6-0 in dramatic fashion in their Peanut Bowl, with the only score coming on one long play with 1:14 to go in the game. “Quarterback run to the outside,” Webb said. “They just kept running the same play over and over again. It was an off-tackle run, and we just couldn’t stop it. Their running back also had a great game.” He believes the weather may have been a factor. “It was a cold day,” Webb said, “and they’re 8 to 9 years old and not used to it yet.” The varsity Vikings lost 31-27 to the Melvindale Cardinals in the playoffs, despite shutting out the Cards 20-0 in the regular season. Even though only one SJFA team finished on top, Webb said it’s been a great fall because all three teams made the playoffs and two made it to the title game. “I’ve never had that;” Webb said. “I’ve been in the organization eight years and never seen all three teams make it at one time.”
He credits a focus on building a family atmosphere with the program’s success. “We care about all the kids,” Webb said. “People get in it for all the right reasons instead of pushing their agenda and their kids. “A lot of our coaches don’t even have kids. There’s no agenda, just how the kids can get better and how the organization can improve. “We’re trying to get the kids to succeed not just in our program, but in middle school and high school too. Webb says the SJFA is a more community-focused organization these days, and held practices at Southgate Anderson High School this year with the idea that some SJFA players may go on to one day join that team. A season highlight was a picnic with Vikings players and cheerleaders and high school players and cheerleaders. Speaking of cheerleaders, the varsity and freshman cheer squads finished first in the league, and the JV girls finished second. (See related story.) “With the teams’ success and the success we had at the cheer competition, altogether it was a very special season.”
What’s happening, Southgate ... Class reunion Schafer High School Class of 1979 40th Reunion will be Nov. 30 in Wyandotte. Cost is $20 per person. For more information, email shs7940reunion@gmail.com. Or respond to the event page on Facebook (SHS Class of 1979 40th Reunion).
Helping At Christmas The Southgate Goodfellows are accepting applications for families needing assistance during the Christmas holiday. Applications are available at the mayor’s office inside City Hall, as well as at the Police and Fire departments. Those who sign up must be Southgate residents with children up to 16 years
old. The deadline is Nov. 27. Southgate Band Boosters Holiday Craft and Vendor Show: 100+ crafters and direct sales vendors will be at our 2nd annual Holiday Craft and Vendor show taking place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23 at Davidson Middle School, 15800 Trenton Road, Southgate. For more information contact Diane at
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Southgate Viking cheerleaders shine during postseason Tom Tigani Southgate Star
It’s one thing for football teams to succeed, but how about when your cheerleaders are league leaders at the same time? Southgate Junior Football Association varsity and freshman cheerleaders finished first in the 2019 Downriver Junior Football League Cheer Competition, adding a little icing on the cake to the on-field success of the varsity, JV and freshman Vikings. (See related story.) “By far this was our most successful season,” said cheerleading Coach Colette Norscia, who’s been coaching in the city program for the last four years. Cheerleaders in the competition were judged on choreography, particular skills chosen from a list, a certain amount of difficulty for each skill, and crowdline callback (in which cheerleaders try to elicit responses from the crowd). Norscia began her coaching career in 1991 at Christ the Good Shepherd in Lincoln Park moved later to Aquinas High School before ultimately landing at Southgate Anderson High School 1998, where she’s still coaching. As with the SJFA football players, organization members keep an eye toward developing talent for the city’s middle school and high school cheerleading programs “We worked on skills, timing and technique this year,” Norscia said. “What we really wanted was to get this program in gear, so that when they get to middle school and high school, we don’t have to re-teach the basics.” One might think that her day job keeps her busy enough, but she said that transferring her skills to helping younger cheerleaders was a natural progression; her sons, Ian and Isaac, along with her husband, Erik, all have been or still are involved with the SJFA as players or coaches. “I figured I’m there in the stands anyway, so I might as well help,” Colette Norscia said, adding that other association members have been similarly giving with their time and talents.
Back row: Junior Varsity Coach Bre Unis (left), Head Coach Colette Norscia, Paige Kruzak, Lexi Hall, Emi Gardner, Kaileigh Willenbacher, Brinlee Kennedy, Junior Varsity Coach Alexis Newman; center row: Brooklyn Johnson (left), Ariel Worley, Bella Strong, Reecie Hughes, Miranda Wade and Grace Phillips; front row: Mia Szczepanski (left), Lydia Duran, Abigail Morris, Ella Doddie and Alivia Downs
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Continued from page 21 event at Wayne County Community College District Downriver Campus (Heinz C. Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center- Concourse Area), 21000 Northline Rd., Taylor, on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Deadline to apply is Wednesday, Nov. 20. Applications can be found at the Facebook page, downriverartscraftsguild, or at the Downriver Council for the Arts 81, Chestnut Street Wyandotte or by contacting Maureen Keast at 734777-6109 or email mkeast1@aol. com. Flu Shots It’s not too early to prepare for flu season. Walk-in flu shots are offered beginning in the fall during normal business hours at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital and Henry Ford Health Center-Brownstown while supplies last. The $25 cost is covered by Medicare and HAP. Please bring your insurance card and driver’s license. Call the Flu Hotline at 734246-9822 for details. Donation Station Community Sale The Community Sale at Christ the King, scheduled for Nov. 23, at Christ the King Church, 16700 Pennsylvania Road, Southgate has been CANCELED. The Church Donation Station will also be closed until further notice.
Southgate Junior Football Association Junior Varsity Coaches Nadia Redd (back row, left) and Chloe Wolske; Assistant Coach Hailey Wright; Head Coach Tammy Morris; Assistant Coach Sue Patton; Junior Coaches Alexis Morris, Liz LeBeau and Taiya Patton; Athletes Savanna Adkins,Maya Gomez, Elliannah Bermudez, Anna Kapanowski, Lily Cheeney, Makenzi Kuderik, Addison Czentnar, Kendall Loria, Emma Franklin, Cailyn Pattenaude, Sydney Frump, Jurneigh Walerski, Alana Gomez and Peyton Wittenburg.
“It’s fantastic,” she said. “Our whole program is loaded with generous volunteers. Over half of the high school girls are helping coach the junior
(Vikings) team. “This year it’s really about the pride, and about watching the kids succeed, seeing how far they’ve come.”
AAUW scholarships The AAUW Wyandotte-Downriver Branch offers several scholarships annually to female undergraduate students at Baker College, Henry Ford College, Lawrence Technological University and Wayne County Community College District. Interested students can pick up an AAUW application at their school’s counseling office. Candidates must have earned a minimum of 12 credits, be a United States citizen and a resident of the Downriver area. An essay is required. For more information, contact rjhart720@ yahoo.com or visit downriver-mi. aauw.net.
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