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Success in bowl games isn’t limited to football at Southgate Anderson High School these days.

Its quiz bowl team is unbeaten in 2019-20 with a 9-0 overall record in Southern Wayne Quiz Bowl play, with seven of those wins coming against Tan Division opponents. That gives them a first-round bye in the league tournament,

which begins Feb. 3.

Not a bad first year for Coach Rich Konarski, who took over when the previous coach left to take a principal job in Monroe. But expectations were high, as last year marked the first time Southgate Anderson went to state-level completion. That team finished 7-3.

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QUIZ BOWL Continued from page 1 previously3served as the Titans’ head football coach — said the quiz bowl team has done pretty well the last four years, despite taking a year off when the school didn’t field a team.

This year’s team has been ahead in every match, and against Woodhaven answered 70 of 80 questions.

“That really impressed the people who were running the match,” Konarski said. “If you have 20 percent of the questions answered between both teams, that’s a lot, but in the fourth quarter, we really took over.

“But they’re a tough team. That was their only loss, and they went 6-1 for the year. We beat them by 200, but it did not feel like that. There were 620 points scored between the two teams. We just got on roll toward the end.”

Riverview and Wyandotte Roosevelt also proved tough opponents this year, he said.

For those who are unfamiliar with how quiz bowl works, matches feature questions from difficult subject areas that require specialized types of knowledge from players.

“You really gotta know a lot of stuff,” Konarski said, “Things like history, authors, generals, arts, autobiography, math and opera, which very few get.

You really need a person who knows those kinds of things.”

He wishes, however, that matches would feature more pop culture and sports questions.

“It’s way harder than Jeopardy,” he said. “There, they give you clues.”

Matches consist of four quarters (see sidebar), the last of which doubles point totals for answers, so teams want

Southern Wayne Quiz Bowl, explained Southern Wayne Quiz Bowl exists to give public high school students the opportunity to compete on an academic level. In a fast-paced, televised format, students answer questions relating to a broad variety of subjects, with high school teams facing their peers from neighboring school districts.

General knowledge, accuracy and speed can entitle a team to win its division, allowing it to proceed to conference playoffs, and ultimately to the State of Michigan High School Quiz Bowl Championship, held each April in East Lansing, Mich.

Games are divided into four quarters. The first is 12 toss-up questions worth 10 points each. The second has eight toss-up questions, each of which leads to a four-part bonus set. The third is a lightning round, consisting of 10 rapid-fire questions in 60 seconds. The fourth features 15 toss-up questions worth 20 points each.

The goal of Southern Wayne Quiz Bowl is to provide a showcase for the academic talents of its participants in an atmosphere both challenging and enjoyable. Many high school quiz bowl players go on to participate in college bowl as they pursue their higher educations. ~ Courtesy of Southern Wayne Quiz Bowl website

Tan Division — Southgate Anderson, Lincoln Park, Redford Union, Riverview, Romulus, Wyandotte Roosevelt, Trenton, Woodhaven Green Division — Annapolis, Gibraltar Carlson, Dearborn Heights Crestwood, Dearborn, Flat Rock, Huron, Taylor to have their best players in the final stanza. At Southgate Anderson, that’s senior Ben Altizer, who Konarski calls his “ringer.”

He’s helped, however, by some of the players who are back from last year’s team, including some of the best Southgate Anderson has ever had.

Only four can play at a time, and teams rotate people in and out in each quarter.

Seven underclassmen and four seniors comprise this year’s team, making its unbeaten record all the more impressive, Konarski said.

“It’s harder for underclassmen,” he said. “They just haven’t been exposed

to as much knowledge as the older students, so what ours have been able to do is pretty special.”

Konarski will call on his recruiting skills in his current coaching position in almost the same way he did coaching football. Some of the players and potential players he knows from his stats classes, and he plans to ask teachers which students can recall quick information.

“I’m going to put that to the test in the off season,” he said. “Maybe that’s the football coach in me, but I used to go to gym teachers and ask which students were the best athletes, and I think the

SOUTHGATE ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL 2019-20 QUIZ BOWL TEAM Zach Altizer Ben Altizer Cameron Wolske Megan Mearnic Jacob Stacey Marisa Keysaer Grazrella Ferrante Adam Manick Anna Pochini Kaiden Koweck same principle can apply here.”

For the upcoming tournament, Konarski has researched a national quiz bowl website and pulled questions for his team to practice on. They’re also working on answering on first instinct and not worrying about being wrong, and having each player answer two or three questions in practices.

“Some entire teams have only answered three questions all game,” Konarski said. “Once you get up there, it’s crazy. Sometimes they freeze, and we’re trying to make sure we don’t do that.

“Hopefully things go well and we can go a couple of rounds and get to states.”

Though it’s kind of an under-theradar activity, Konarski said quiz bowl is a great way to get academically oriented students involved in school life.

“They take it pretty seriously and prepare well in advance. It’s great to see. It’s fun, it’s laid back. Everyone’s excited.”

American Association of University Women gather, welcome new members The Wyandotte-Downriver branch of the American Association of University Women gathered recently to mark the holiday season at the Salute Special Event banquet hall in Flat Rock.

New members Nancy Rouble, Marsha Bardoni, Ann Richardson, Barb Duran, and Barb Conroy were welcomed and those celebrating 50 years of membership, including Donna McLaughlin-Shuereb, Ruth Briggs and Corinne

Worden, were honored.

Not in attendance were new members Karla Krahnke and Jeanine Little, and 50-year member Lucille Dokken.

Featured were a buffet dinner, a silent auction and a collection of an impressive assortment of personal hygiene items to donate to Mimi’s Mission, this being a tradition since 2016, when its founder, Lisa Vilella, was recognized by the Branch as Woman of the Year.

Barb Duran (Wyandotte), Sheila Blair (Southgate), Lynn Strain (Grosse Ile), Diana Mente

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What exactly is the multiplier effect?

As an owner of two retail businesses here in Wyandotte, getting more people to reconnect to how our economy works is “kind of” important.

As a citizen of the region, my efforts are far more extensive and far more representative of why I write; of the message I’m trying so hard to communicate.

If all I was talking about in these columns was, “Buy From mr! Buy From me,!” I never could have written even a single column.

Having come PETER through the holiday ROSE season many people Southgate Star told me in various ways as they shopped in my stores that they read my columns and appreciate the messages.

Clearly, the people that do value local and need no reminders. \ I need not preach to the choir. Then again, perhaps there is no better army to mobilize than the people that understand the value of directing discretionary dollars to local and independent businesses.

I’m quite certain that few out there are very interested in challenging their friends, but man, I sure wish for that - the more voices, the better!

Because it matters so much. It is not about any specific store, friends. I can’t stress that enough.

While my stores do benefit from any shift away from national or internet, it is the economy in which we participate that benefits.

Try this: My personal boats rise with the rest of the boats on the water that rises by the efforts of a community. So, sure, I like that for me, but that improved water level benefits everyone that uses these waters.

This happens because of what we refer to as a multiplier effect. Three and a half times more money stays local with purchases at local and independent operations because resources used to run national chains do not reside locally.

The services that businesses use to make their own businesses work are not local, so most of that benefit (and it is substantial) leaves the region, leaves the state.

Further, all profitability leaves the region as well.

It goes to the shareholders and is not distributed locally. This is true of any business sector. Menswear, hardware, lighting stores, gift shops, restaurants there are choices you make every day.

Local choices, national choices. Local redeploys, keeps your spending contribution percolating all around you. National decisions direct most of that benefit away from where you live and work and play.

From where you own a home, the value of which is impacted by the degree of vibrancy of your local economy, which is impacted positively or negatively by your spending decisions.

I often feel that I should pull my punches a bit, here. I don’t want to sound too militant, too aggressive. But if you actually do believe that this is for the greater good, not my own direct, personal gain, then the way I say these things should not be taken in any other way than the championing of common sense for the common good. And that means I’m not being assertive enough.

I’ve been waving this banner since 2007 when I finally realized what was happening to local economies across America through this one phenomenon alone.

When you see distraught communities, it is because money has been siphoned away, and not by other local businesses.

Too few see it happening, let alone make deliberate choices to change that reality for the sake of the entire communities that are distressed. We used to all be

connected - it’s what made communities!

Now a huge percentage of the spending decisions are made from a purely unilateral, unconnected perspective. We get what we want, direct to our doors, or by shopping national, diminishing the dollars deployed locally. We simply don’t think of the effect of talking those dollars out of the network that feeds us back in a very direct way.

There are levels of impact in any spending scenario.

Direct Impact is spending by a business in the local economy to operate the business.

Indirect Impact happens as dollars the local business spends at other area businesses, recirculating.

Induced Impact refers to the additional consumer spending that happens as employees, business owners and others spend their income in the local economy.

When I relay the results of studies done by telling you about 3½ times more money staying here, it’s more effective for you if you put dollar signs on that equation.

If $1,000,000 stays local with national chain spending, $3,500,000 stays local by shopping at locally owned and independent choices. Employing people, being spent repeatedly.

This is fact.

Make a difference! Spread the urgency of thinking local, Going local by intention, on purpose, with every purchase. Ask “Can I Get it Locally?” Every time.

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Happy New Year!

If any readers are like I am, they start the new year with all kinds of good intentions. We will finish projects and not start a new project until all others are finished.

And the best way to get and stay organized is PSA. PSA in this case

stands for “Put Stuff Away.” It is a rule I - and others - need to follow more closely.

I live alone and I truly like for my condo to be orderly. I don’t want to waste time searching for the special scissors when I am minutes away from finishing my project.

Where is that special recipe that I intend to take to the senior meeting and try to make people think I know

how to cook? How can I have so many recipes and still eat the same bland menu day after day?

If I spent less time searching for items, I would have more time to call or write to a homebound friend that I no longer can visit.

One recent day, I put all items that needed to be put away in a big roaster pan and at the end of the day before I sat down to crochet sleeping mats for

the homeless and watch TV. I walked around and put the items from the pan where they belonged.

I felt more relaxed knowing all items were where they were meant to be … at least on that evening.

It is as easy as PSA

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School district asking for zero-tax-rate increase JILL PASTOR

Special to Southgate Star

Each day at Southgate Community Schools, nearly 3,500 students walk through the doors of our buildings.

We understand that the whole child shows up to learn, meaning their education is just as important to us as the many aspects that make up who they are as individuals and what they need to find success.

On March 10, 2020, the district will be asking the community to vote on a zero-tax-rate increase, $59,475,000 proposal which will provide significant funding for the district’s infrastructure needs.

The district has conducted regular maintenance for our buildings and has addressed issues along the way, but the time has come that major renovations are needed that our regular budget cannot support. Just like your home, every component of building infrastructure has a limited useful life before it needs to be replaced.

Part of our decision to propose a bond program to the community was to address educational experience equity. It’s important that the students in our district remain competitive as they move through their educational journeys, including their time after they graduate from Southgate Community Schools.

As local school districts continue to carry out bond programs, enriching the educational experience of their students, our proposed bond would help Southgate Community Schools

students keep pace with their peers and prepare them for lifelong learning.

Southgate Community Schools currently levies 5.85 mills against taxpayers within the district. We will be asking the community to maintain the current millage rate by voting on new bond program which would support the continuing needs of the district.

This bond would help the district protect the investment the community made with the 2015 bond and support our next round of much-needed capital projects without raising the current tax rate.

To clarify, this new bond program is not an increase in the current tax rate. This means that the 5.85 mills the district is currently levying is not expected to change.

YOUNG 5S GETS KIDS OFF TO GOOD START The Young 5’s program is a happy and successful experience for our students who need a gift of a year.

We believe that a good beginning is one of the best ways to ensure continued school success.

The Young 5’s classroom setting allows children to learn to work and play with others, along with taking part in group activities. Children gain a sense of self-awareness and selfassurance.

Students will have learning opportunities in literacy, mathematics, handwriting, science, social studies and social skills/work habits.

Fairy Tale Daddy - Daughter Dance is Feb. 1 The Southgate Recreation Department, in conjunction with the Southgate Historical Foundation, will host a Fairy Tale Daddy-Daughter Dance Saturday, Feb. 1 at The Parkside Garden Hall, adjacent to the Southgate ice rink, 14700 Reaume Parkway.

There will be two events, one from 2-4 p.m. and one from 6-8 p.m. to help accommodate all dads.

Each daughter will get a favor and a keepsake 5x7 photo, there will be mac and cheese stations, music and dancing. The cost is $30 per couple and $15 for an additional daughter.

Register at the Southgate Recreation Department or online at southgaterec. com.

Space is limited and there will be no ticket sales at the door.

Holiday helpers

You no doubt saw the Salvation Army’s Bell Ringers throughout the area during the Christamas season. Some Anderson Interact Club members were Bell Ringers at the Southgate Walmart

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Four Boy Scouts took action recently to create bat houses in a cemetery, an outdoor learning area at a school, and food drives for two local charities.

Those community service projects, along with years of Scouting achievements, advanced the teens — Ben Altizer of Southgate, brothers Charles and Nathan Jerore of Wyandotte, and Nicklas Slone of Wyandotte — to Eagle status, the highest rank attainable in Boy Scouts of America.

Nathan Jerore

According to BSA, only 4 percent of Scouts ever earn the rank.

Requirements include earnng at least 21 merit badges; demonstating leadership within a troop; and planning, developing and leading a service project.

Ben and Nicklas are in Southgate Troop 1795 under the leadership of Scoutmaster Kevin Bowbly. The Jerore brothers are in Wyandotte Troop 1777 under the leadership of Scoutmaster Rob Smith.

Ben, son of Ken and Elizabeth Altizer, is 17 and a senior at Southgate Anderson High School. His Eagle project took place at Grogan Elementary School in Southgate.

“My mom’s a teacher, so I wanted to give back somehow to the school district,” Ben said.

After months of planning the project, Ben and fellow Scouts helped landscape behind the school. They cleaned up dilapidated flower boxes in an area with some trees.

“It was all overgrown and the wood was falling apart. We put in new wood, more stakes, cleaned up the overgrowth and mulched it,” he said.

Ben and his crew also added wood chips around three existing benches

in the area, and then added a box of weather equipment students can use.

“Now it’s an outdoor learning environment so they can learn about outside,” he said.

Ben has been a Scout since he was in first grade.

“I had a great support network,” he said. “My dad was an assistant scoutmaster. He’s always been heavily involved. And I had some great leadership from the troop.”

He plans to go to college after high school graduation and study political science to work with communities, he said.

Charles Jerore Jr. is 17 and a senior at Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte. His parents are Chuck Jerore and Lisa Rader.

For his project, which took many months of planning, Charles collected food and returnable cans for Taylorbased Penrickton Center for Blind Children.

“We returned the cans and gave the proceeds (about $400) to Penrickton,” Charles said.

He and his crew left Scouting for Food collection bags at many doorsteps, and then collected the filled bags some days later. The canned goods he collected for Penrickton filled half a truck bed, he said.

Ben Altizer and Nicklas Slone

Charles has been in Scouting since he was in first grade, and he set his sights on earning Eagle status at a young age.

“Once I figured out about Eagle, I decided to keep going for it,” he said.

“It was something big to get.”

He’s already been accepted to Wayne State University, which offered him a generous scholarship, and plans to study biochemistry.

Nathan Jerore is the 15-year-old brother of Charles, and is a sophomore at Roosevelt.

He collected food and returnable bottles for the Salvation Army in Wyandotte. Planning the Eagle project took some time, and then he enlisted fellow troop members to help.

“We picked streets to go up and down and left fliers,” Nathan said. “A few days later, we went and picked stuff up. It was a lot of food. It filled our van pretty well.”

His returnable bottles netted about $300 for the Salvation Army, as well.

Nathan has been in Scouting since a young age, and stayed with it because he liked the people in the troop and he liked how he was able to help others through Scouting.

In the future, he’d like to be a collegiate wrestler and keep going to the Olympic level of the sport. He

Charles Jerore Jr

plans to study kinesiology.

Nicklas, son of Matt and Tylene Farkas and Jerry Slone, is 17 and a senior at Roosevelt.

His project — building 13 bat houses for 290-acre Michigan Memorial Cemetery Park in Flat Rock — took many months of planning. It came about when park groundskeeper John Fenech reached out to an adult involved with the troop.

“The houses were beneficial to the cemetery and park for two reasons: Bats reduce the population of mosquitoes and flies, and bats were moving into the crypts,” Nicklas said.

“They’re very interesting animals.”

He researched, and then gathered the materials, including cedar planks and netting, to build the houses. First, Nicklas and his crew built a prototype house, and then they went to work to make more. Each bat house can be a home for five to 10 animals, he said.

Nicklas has been in Scouting since he was in the first grade.

“I continued because I wanted to be able to say I was one of the few,” he said.

After graduation, he plans to attend Wayne State University to study computer programming.

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Laughing has been proven to be beneficial to your health.

It’s that time again - the beginning of the New Year when resolutions are in full swing. We wish you a healthy and happy New Year.

Here are a few suggestions to help keep you and your spine functioning optimally this year: Exercise daily. Get moving. As little as 30 minutes of exercise a day isn’t just good for your spine, it’s great for your entire body.

Laugh often. Did you know that laughter can stimulate your muscles, lungs and heart? It’s also a great stress reliever. When you’re experiencing

less stress, you have a better chance of experiencing whole body wellness.

Forgive others. Physical well being starts with emotional well being.

Forgive everyone for everything.

(Including yourself!).

Get adjusted. Many of our regulars report that they don’t seem to get the bugs that are always going around.

Remember, it’s easier to stay well than to get well.

ADJUSTING CAUSE, NOT EFFECT You may notice that your adjustments aren’t delivered where your symptoms

seem to be originating. How come?

Chiropractors see the spine as an integrated whole. By doing so, we often see a problem in one area is being offset by a problem in another. We call these compensation reactions.

For example. Someone complaining of low back pain often has a compensatory issue going on in his or her upper neck. Their lower back problem may be a reaction to what’s going on in their neck. As we adjust their upper spine (where there are no symptoms) it can better support the weight of the body. And voilà! Their low back pain resolves. Or vice versa.

So, while adjustments are specific and precise, our focus is on the integrity of your entire spine, not merely the area exhibiting symptoms. It’s one more reason why you can’t judge your health by how you feel.

FOUR FOODS TO HELP YOU FEEL YOUNGER You’re never too old to start eating right and taking care of your body. The easiest place to start is with the foods

you eat. Try to incorporate these into your diet to reduce inflammation and feel younger: 1. Apples — it’s true. They can help keep the doctor away. Plus, they can help keep your digestive system going strong.

2. Ginger — for aches and pains, ginger is packed with powerful antioxidants to help fight inflammation and calm aching muscles.

3. Cherry juice — it’s best to sleep on our side during our golden years. If you’re having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, opt for cherry juice in the evening as it contains melatonin.

4. Spinach — full of magnesium, spinach can help maintain nerve function and regulate blood sugar.

Wondering what else you can do to keep your body feeling young? Naturally our first recommendation is calming your nervous system with regular chiropractic care. ~ Cousineau Chiropractic

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Fitness Marathon schedule to benefit cancer victim DAVE GORGON Southgate Star

When word got out that Dawn Buzzell of Wyandotte was undergoing treatment for breast cancer, the fitness community was quick to respond.

A Fitness Marathon Fundraiser has been organized for Sunday, March 22, at the Copeland Center, 2306 Fourth Street, Wyandotte. All proceeds will benefit Buzzell, who has undergone a double mastectomy and has a lengthy recovery period ahead.

Karen Poljanac, a certified group fitness instructor at Exersthetic Evolution, 1510 Ford, organized the marathon as a way to raise funds for Buzzell, who is one of her students, and as a way for members of the fitness community to come together for one of their own.

All proceeds from the day of fitness will go to Buzzell, a single mother and grandmother, who will be off work until doctors clear her to return.

The day’s agenda will feature three different exercise classes presented by certified instructors, lunch, a silent raffle, a 50/50 raffle, and fruit and water throughout the workouts.

Admission is $25 minimum donation (cash only), whether the participant takes one class or all three classes.

Fundraiser packets will be available in advance from 5:30 to 8 p.m. weekdays at Exersthetic Evolution, which is owned by Peter Haugabook.

Participants are encouraged to seek donations from friends. There is a nonparticipating spectator fee of $10.

Everyone can register the day of the event at the Copeland Center.

Those who want to donate but cannot participate in the event can donate via Paypal.

Bringing yoga mats or towels is suggested.

“This is one way I knew I could help

a friend,” said Poljanac, a Southgate resident who is a well-known and respected 33-year trainer throughout the Downriver area.

“Dawn is an avid fitness person,” she said. “She was diagnosed in 2019 and had the surgery in January, so she hit two years of co-payments. She’s a good person. It’s going to be a struggle for her.”

The event is open to the public, although Poljanac has confidence it will be a success based on the 30 individuals, including extended family members and Buzzell’s friends, who came together at a volunteer meeting.

Poljanac said a fundraiser she held 20 years ago in Taylor for the Leukemia

Dawn Buzzell

get a cold.”

Her cancer was called ductal carsonoma in siu or DCIS. She learned there wasn’t a tumor mass, but calcification in the duct.

After lots of crying and soul searching, Buzzell discussed her situation with her surgeon, Dr. Helen Mabry, out of Beaumont Trenton. She discovered her cancer had been caught early enough, was at “stage zero” and had not spread.

FITNESS MARATHON FUNDRAISER AGENDA Sunday, March 22 at the Copeland Center, 2306 Fourth Street, Wyandotte 11 to 11:45 a.m. – Registration Noon-12:45 p.m. – Get your booty shaken warm-up with non-impact cardio, taught by Mikki Garcia 1 to 1:45 p.m. – Cardio kickboxing, taught by Karen Poljanac 2 to 2:45 p.m. – Low-impact body weight and cool down, taught by Melissa Kokay 2:45 to 4:30 p.m. – Lunch and raffles Fitness Marathon Fundraiser packets are available in advance at Exersthetic Evolution, 1510 Ford, Wyandotte.

For more information, call coordinator Karen Poljanac at (734) 771-8387.

Lymphoma Society raised more than $6,000.

“It’s going to really fly,” she said.

“People are going to help.”

Poljanac said everything will be donated. Buzzell’s bosses at Efficient Hauling Services in Romulus will donate the hall, someone has volunteered to donate the food, there will be a disc jockey and the three instructors are donating their time.

Buzzell, 47, said her prognosis is good. The 47-year-old said she is fortunate to get mammograms yearly at Beaumont Center in Southgate. That led to the early detection and care.

“When I got the results and they said ‘cancer,’ it was like a punch in the gut, for sure,” she said. “I’m always healthy. I’ve never had health problems except for minor surgery; I barely even

“I felt very good,” Buzzell said. “I knew I was going to live. Cancer is a hard pill to swallow, but I knew I’d be around for my kids and grandkids.”

Her choices were lumpectomy or mastectomy and it was “a very hard decision.” She studied her options before choosing a bilateral mastectomy.

The surgery took place January 8. Two days later, the pathology report said six lymph nodes had been removed on her right side.

“They tested the tissue on both of them and everything came back 100 percent – I’m cancer free,” she said.

“It was the best phone call ever. Even though I went through pretty radical surgery, I don’t ever have to worry. If I wouldn’t have had the mastectomy, I always would have wondered.

Reoccurrence would have been a pretty

big possibility. I have no regrets.”

On January 15, she met with her surgeon and was told there would be “no further treatment. No radiation, no chemo, no hormone drugs. I don’t have to meet with the oncologist and I don’t ever have to have any further mammograms.”

Buzzell said she didn’t want anyone to know her situation at first.

“I didn’t want people feeling sorry for me,” she said. “I’m a very independent person. It’s hard for me to have people do things for me. I don’t like people feeling sad for me.”

But she received encouragement from friends and family and positive feedback on social media via Facebook.

“The responses I got were absolutely unbelievable,” she said. “People were praying and reaching out. It has been very humbling. Even now, I can’t believe the amount of support. People are doing things out of the kindness of their hearts. It’s been a whirlwind, for sure.”

She said her bosses Thomas Hernandez and Thomas Asciutto have been “absolutely wonderful with me, even before the diagnosis. They’re very accommodating.”

Buzzell now encourages others to get mammograms annually.

“The only reason I’m at stage zero is because of early detection,” she said.

“I’m young. I have a lot of life to live.

“I really like exercising. It’s a big part of my life. It’s looking like another six to eight weeks before I can get back into the gym. I miss it and the people.

They’re like family.”

For more information on the Fitness Marathon Fundraiser, call Karen Poljanac at (734) 771-8387.

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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 CenterBrownstown 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 734-246-9822 for details.

SOUTHERN CARE HOSPICE SERVICES Southern Care Hospice Services is seeking Downriver area volunteers to add to the quality of life of patients and their families; opportunities are flexible; for more information, contact Christie Facione at 734-522-0069 or visit southerncarehospice.com; Southern Care Hospice is at 19500 Victor Parkway, Livonia.

AARP Wayne County Heritage Chapter #4676 meets the first Tuesday of the month at Downriver Wayne County Community College, 21000 Northline, Taylor, MI, usually in the Ray Mix Room at 1 p.m. (it may change due to the college schedule).The meetings are open to everyone, regardless if you are an AARP member or not. We offer fellowship & education through our speakers. For more information, call 313-382-1378.

THE SOUTHGATE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB The Southgate Duplicate Bridge Club meets at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, 14680 Dix-Toledo Road. Call director Kono Emanuele at 734-675-3687 for more information.

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.

together, talking about who and where they’ve been, their families, hearing about your day, playing cards, and so much more. Most importantly, we are looking for volunteers to provide their time, talent, and to have compassion and empathy. Heart to Heart serves Allen Park, Canton, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Southgate, Taylor, Westland, Ypsilanti and beyond. Volunteers should contact volunteer coordinator Randi Williams, at 734-282-0209.

HEART TO HEART HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Heart to Heart Hospice is looking for Downriver community members to join the group’s team of volunteers, who will visit with patients on a weekly or bi-weekly basis to help increase their quality of life during their final days. Visits can provide friendship, compassion and distraction from their prognosis.

Activities that clients might enjoy are being read to, watching television

GREAT LAKES STEEL SALARIED RETIREES CLUB Meets every third Monday at Crystal Gardens, 16703 Fort St. Southgate.

Doors open at noon. Lunch promptly at 1 p.m. Cost $12 for members, $13 nonmembers. Door prizes and 50/50 raffles.

Open to any salaried retiree of Great Lakes Steel. For more information, contact Desta Pulter at 313-842-0385..

Local group seek donations to fund free public skate park There’s a new skate park coming to Wyandotte, but private donations are needed to complete the project.

Drop in Downriver, a non-profit organization, received a $250,000 matching grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, along with the Tony Hawk Foundation to build a world class skateboard park, the first of its kind in the area.

With the minimum matching funds, Drop in Downriver will be able to construct a 10,000 sq. ft. cement skate park to be enjoyed for generations to come. Their organization will maintain the skate park, which will be ADA accessible.

Garold Vallie, a lifelong Downriver resident and president of Drop in Downriver, has been involved in the skateboarding culture for over 35 years, with 10 years competing and winning awards on a national level.

“Skateboards, scooters, roller blades, roller skates, BMX bicycles, and even wheelchairs will be welcomed with open arms. Studies have shown that extreme sports parks have helped

people with mental health issues, at risk youth, youngsters within the autism spectrum, and so many others,” said Vallie.

Over the past nine months the group has raised $20,000 but they’re still far from their $250,000 goal.

“The stipulations for the grant state we have one year to raise the matching

funds and one year to build the park.

Our deadline is fast approaching, and we are exhausting all avenues to make this dream a reality,” he said.

The skate park site will border three Downriver communities: Wyandotte, Riverview, and Southgate. The neighboring communities are clean, safe, and offer a one-of-a kind location

less than a mile from the Detroit River.

All donations large and small are welcomed and appreciated. Those wishing to donate or learn more can “like” the Drop in Downriver Facebook. The group can also be reached at dropindownriver@gmail. com.

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DECA Club completes four community projects The Southgate Anderson DECA club was really active this past holiday season, completing numerous community service projects and brightening the season for many people.

DECA purchased Christmas cards and had students write thank you notes inside to the

Southgate Fire and Police Departments. The club also purchased donuts for each department and delivered the donuts with the cards.

The group then collected and cashed in bottles and cans and donated nearly $400 to the Southgate Animal Shelter.

The students also collected dry and canned foods and delivered them to the food pantry at Asher Elementary School.

Finally, the DECA group made 10 twin size tie blankets for the Shriners, which will be given to the sick children.

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Grogan Elementary school held something a little different recently - A Paper, Rock, Scissors competition. Each classroom crowned a champion and the class champs competed in a school-wide tournament. At the end of the tournament, Chloe West was crowned Grogan school champ

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The Vietnam Memorial is truely “The wall that heals” DAVID DYER Southgate Star

I was thrilled to hear that the Vietnam Veterans Memorial traveling wall is soon coming to Riverview.

(May 28-31) It is very aptly known as the wall that heals and this is my story of the healing effect it had on me.

I spent the better part of two years in Vietnam. I was assigned to the 71st Evacuation Hospital in Pleiku, located in the central highlands near the Cambodian border.

My duties included the admission and disposition of all patients. I witnessed death and destruction on a daily basis.

After returning from Vietnam, I turned to alcohol to suppress my memories.

I did find some type of solace in alcohol, that being the ability to sleep nights.

I rarely talked about my experiences in Vietnam since there were no pleasant memories.

Thirty seven years after returning from Vietnam, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. This was attributed to a chemical called Agent Orange, which was spread indiscriminately throughout the country.

The medication I was taking did not mix well with my alcohol consumption. There were times when I felt like I was on my deathbed.

Some personal counseling by my late brother Wayne (Dr Wayne Dyer, nationally renowned author/speaker often seen on PBS) brought about a burning desire to visit the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC. While there all the memories came back: The mass casualties, the faces of fear, the DOAs, the blood-soaked floor of the emergency room and the mutilated bodies and, of course, the 22-year-old burn patient who died in my arms, while crying for his mother with his final breath.

There are over 58,000 names on that wall and over 19,000 of them were drafted and taken from their

families, their jobs and whatever else was going on in their lives.

They were given about sixteen weeks of training and then sent to Vietnam and were killed. Yes, over one third of all those killed in Vietnam were drafted.

While on my knees at that wall I felt like I had a moment with God. The revelation of that moment was to do all I could to keep the memories alive of all those who lost their lives to the horrors of that war.

A couple of years ago I wrote my story in poetic form and I’d like to share it.

MY CALLING FROM GOD I collapsed on a treadmill and lost control, and I thought my life was through.

An incurable disease called Parkinsons was the start of something new.

He who knows all knew that I’d, never give up my beer.

Since I was now near seventy, he felt the time was now here.

God reached me through my late brother Wayne, knowing what the outcome would be.

Knowing I had a story to tell, Wayne uttered these words to me, “David don’t give up, you must continue Do not die, with your music still in you.”

Next came a trip to the Vietnam Wall.

That’s when I gave up alcohol.

It took quite a while to understand.

It was God who put that pen in my hand.

There are fifty plus thousands of names on that wall.

God’s calling to me, was remember them all.

I began writing stories, even a book.

My efforts continued, whatever it took.

Eight years have passed, I’m now seventy seven.

I’ve been lifted from hell and I’m halfway to heaven.

I’ll continue to write and take my stand.

Till I can no longer hold a pen in my hand.

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There is no quit in the Anderson girls basketball team

HANK MINCKIEWICZ Southgate Star

The wins have been hard to come by for the Anderson girls basketball this season, but that fact has not dampened the team’s spirit or it’s intensity.

For proof look no farther than the Jan. 17 home game against the Taylor Griffins. Yes, the Titans lost, but they battled tooth and nail all night long and only a small offensive burst by the Griffins in the third and fourth quarters allowed them to escape Southgate with the victory.

The game was tight all the way before the visitors pulled away and posted the 40-32 win.

Taylor led 6-5 at the end of the first period and it was tied at 15-all at halftime. The Griffins led 25-22 at the end of 3 quarters and outscored Southgate 15-10 over the course of the final eight minutes of the game.

The game was a showcase for Anderson senior Courtney Mabery, who scored all five of her team’s first-quarter points and 13 of Anderson’s 15 first-half

points.

The aggressive 12thgrader scored in a multitude of ways, driving to the basket, hitting mid-range jump shots and free throws.

For good measure, she swished a long three-pointer late in the second quarter that drew a rise from the Anderson crowd.

Mabery’s triple was one of three for the Titans, who also got bombs from Ava Peryam and Miranda Graham.

Mabery wound up the game’s leading scorer with 14 points. Peryam added five for the Titans. Taylor had three players with eight or more.

Both teams had trouble scoring, but much of that was because of the other team’s defensive pressure.

Anderson’s 6-foot-2 center Faith Plummer only scored two points in the game, but she was a force under the basket, blocking several Taylor shots and dominating Photos by Larry Caruso the rebounding.

In the game before Taylor, the Titans picked up their first Downriver League win of the season when they knocked off Carlson 38-26 The win was Anderson’s first since the beginning of the season. Early in December the Titans beat Warren Woods-Tower 45-37 before hitting the skids.

The Titans next chance for a win comes Jan. 28 against Allen Park and Jan. 31 when they travel to Wyandotte to face the Roosevelt Bears.

Coach Larry Sakalas’ team is a little more than halfway through the 2019-20 season and it is hopeful it can get on a roll heading onto the Michigan High School Athletic Association state tournament.

This year the Titans will begin play in a district tournament hosted by Downriver neighbor and Huron League rival Riverview. The Pirates are defending district champions, having beaten three Downriver League teams to win the tournament last season.

This year, Riverview will host Anderson, Roosevelt, River Rouge and Lincoln Park in the district tourney.

The district winner will advance to play the winner of the Frodson district in the first round of regionals at Dearborn Edsel Ford High School.

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Anderson junior Faith Plummer had a strong defensive game against the Taylor Griffins on Jan. 17

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Titans have been hot as new decade dawns Hank Minckiewicz Southgate Star

The start of calendar year 2020 has been great for the Anderson basketball team.

The Titans, who started the season 0-4, are undefeated in the new year after toasting Trenton 57-48 in the Trojans’ own gym on Jan. 21.

The Titans broke open a close game early in the second half with some solid threepoint shooting and free-throw shooting.

And, oh yes, some determined defense.

“We played good team defense,” said Coach Gene Kolbusz. “After that 0-4 start we had a “come to Jesus” meeting and we decided that that wasn’t us. We made an effort to play better defense as a team. We are not one or two individuals, we are a team.”

Against Trenton, the Titan defense held the Trojans to just seven points in the third period and just 48 for the game. That final number was a little high by recent Titan standards as Southgate held two of its 2020 victims to just 30 points.

Southgate led the game most of the way, but it did not get comfortable until after halftime. Anderson led 15-12 at the end of the first quarter and 29-23 at halftime.

But in the the third the Titans bumped the lead to double-digits and held it there most of the rest of the way home.

The Titans made eight three-point shots, three by Max Walker, two each by Giovanni Hugan and Cole Hinzmann and one by Aaron Jaciuk.

Seven Titans scored in a balanced attack, led by Walker with 11 points. Jaciuk had 10, Hinzmann had nine and Hugan and Brandon Payne each had eight.

“We’re a very good shooting team and we share the ball well,” said Kolbusz. “I am

happy as could be with where we are.”

The Titans had the better looks in the offensive end for most of the game, but Trenton’s work on the offensive glass and a big edge in free-throw shooting kept the Trojans in the game for a good part of the night.

Anderson went to the freethrow line 11 times, making seven. Trenton, which was in the bonus early, was 13-for-20.

Through the early going of the season, the Downriver League is shaping up as a three team race. Roosevelt is undefeated, having already beaten four-time defending league champ Woodhaven. The Warriors have just one loss and the Titans have just one too.

Anderson and Woodhaven faced Jan. 24 in Southgate.

Andeson came into the Trenton game having won three straight, all against league opponents..

The Titans started the streak with a thrilling 70-68 win over Dearborn Edsel Ford on Jan. 7. In that game the Titans had four players - Jaciuk, Jones, Hugan and Spencer McMahan - scored in double figures.

Hugan and Jaciuk each had 14 and Jones and McMahan each had 13. Jones had nine rebounds to go along with his 13 points and Jaciuk had eight caroms. Walker added seven points.

Following the Edsel Ford game, Anderson had a pair of dominating performances that led to double-digit victories.

On Jan. 10, Anderson crushed Downriver League rival Carlson 50-30 and on Jan. 17, Anderson beat Taylor 46-30.

In the win over Carlson Jaciuk scored 17 points and had eight rebounds. Jones had 12 points and nine rebounds and Walker had eight points, including a pair of triples.

Against Taylor, Jaciuk and Hugan each had 15 points.

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Daveon Jones was among Anderson’s scoring leaders in wins over Edsel Ford, Carlson and Taylor before foul trouble limited him in the game against Trenton.

Twelve of Hugan’s points came on four three-point bombs. Jaciuk also had 10 rebounds and Jones had 10 points and eight rebounds.

Prior to the start of 2020, the Titans had lost all four of their first game, including a league affair against Lincoln Park, but their stock has risen dramatically in the first three weeks of the new year and the team finds itself poised to contend with the league’s best.

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This event is perfect for new members to the SWCRC, current members wanting to maximize their membership benefits, and prospective members interested in learning more about chamber membership.

At our membership orientation, you will learn: How to market your business through the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber Discounts and savings programs Networking opportunities #ItsHappeningDownriver on Social Media!

Advocacy efforts Signature events More information about all And more!

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Chamber events is available at www.swcrc.com.

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18150 Valade Street Riverview

23462 Park N Dr Huron Twp

$132,500

$135,000

$207,500

18551 Country Club Ct. Riverview

18512 Yorkshire Ct Riverview

13900 Sibley Rd. Riverview

$325,000

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$310,000

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Real Estate One

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Southgate, MI 48195

(734) 934-6148

1 Heritage Place