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The city is trying to eliminate any unnecessary contact for the safety of its employees, residents and visitors.

Appointments will be necessary to visit City Hall.

The city wants to continue to serve the public the best way possible through the pandemic. All departments will continue to work a full schedule and will be available through phone or email. A drop-box is located outside the main entrance to City Hall for weather bills and other forms of payment.

To visit City Hall, you must make an appointment before arrival. Failure to do so may result in a delay in service. If you have questions or would like to make an appointment, please call 734-258-3022.

If you are ill, or your appointment can wait, we encourage you to delay your visit.

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Davidson Middle School makes great advances in football, cheerleading

The future looks bright dave gorgon Southgate Star

One of the highlights in local youth sports during the COVID-19 global pandemic has been the success of the Davidson Middle School football team and sideline cheerleading.

Both programs grew dramatically in 2020.

The seventh- and eighthgrade Titans expanded to include 31 players, went 5-1 and shared a football league championship. The cheerleaders team grew to 27 participants. Both units have high hopes for future growth.

“I cannot say enough about these boys and our cheerleaders,” said Shawn Sage, a football team coach and parent of one of the players and two of the cheerleaders. “I am beyond proud of what these kids are doing. The future is bright for Southgate football and cheer.”

Like some other sports, football had a slow start due to the coronavirus. But

players and cheerleaders organized optional practices.

They got to know each other better and the efforts led to a successful season.

“We had a really, really nice group of kids,” said Coach Tom Mulraney, a physical education and health teacher at the school who has been guiding football teams for three decades. “Many of them started coming in the summer when they didn’t even think they might have football for training and conditioning.

When it was shut down for a short time, the kids were still coming just to train. When we got the go-ahead for football, it was just great for the kids.”

As part of the team’s daily COVID-19 protocol, each athlete was screened, temperatures were taken, masks were worn and coaches did the best they could to monitor social distancing, said Coach Sage, who is a member of the Southgate Board of Education.

When the Southgate Vikings youth program and the rest of the Downriver Junior Football League was cancelled due to COVID, the

Davidson Middle School Football Team 2020 1 – Nick Ennis 3 – Noah Schmitt 5 – Noah Siebert 7 – Jackson Sage (Capt.)

12 – Seth Bodary 13 – Zayne Whitson 16 – Ryan Lawyer 17 – Sam Cowan 21 – Isiah Daviston 22 – Sean King (Capt) 24 – Jordan Honaker 27 – Conner Taurence 34 – Jaydyn Johnson 42 – Cooper Randall 45 – Conner Ensign (Capt.)

47 – Adonnis Golidy 50 – Julian Crites 51 – Avery Crites 55 – Eduardo Obeso 58 – Logan Randall 60 – Johnathan Hankin 61 – Joe Dietrich 62 – Devon Strong 64 – Mark Brandin 65 – Thomas Peters 69 – Weston Hartley 75 – Logan Thomasik 77 – Carter Cochran 79 – Drayden Long (Capt.)

82 – Nathan Grigsby 95 – Jose Rosas

players were able to be part of their school team at Davidson, which grew to 31 boys.

About half of the players had

never competed in organized football. Coaches said the goals for the season were for the kids to learn and have fun.

The results of the workouts, practices and “positive attitude” – including a pep rally – were immediate.

Davidson rolled to a 35-0 victory over Taylor Hoover in the season-opener. It was the first of three wins in a row with the next two coming over Grosse Ile, 27-23, and Lincoln Park, 18-0.

The Titans fell short against Allen Park, 26-16, but rebounded to defeat Monroe Catholic, 28-6, and finished the season with a 30-19 win over Taylor West.

The 5-1 mark was a dramatic turnaround from the 0-6 season a year earlier.

A year before that, there was

Coaches Tom Mulraney Terry Hayden Shawn Sage Scott Ensign Mark Taurence

no team at Davidson due to a lack of enough players.

“We had a lot of talented kids,” Coach Mulraney said. “Tackle to tackle, I had probably my biggest line in a very long time. Add that in with the influx of skilled players and it worked out really nice.”

Jackson Sage, Sean King, Connor Ensign and Drayden Long were team captains.

Long and fellow eighthgraders Logan Thomasek, Joe Dietrich, Weston Hartley SEE FUTURE, Page 4

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Davidson Middle School Cheerleaders 2020 Eighth-Graders Madison Leonardo (Captain) Adelynn Hales (Captain) Brooklyn Sage (Captain) Seventh-Graders Skylar Tunstall Sophia Dupie Lexi Johnson Ariel Worley Lilly Truel Olivia Komosa Khloe Turner Marina Georvassilis Reecie Hughes Riley Janes Brooke Banks Marylou Berner Sixth-Graders Alexia Cain Jazmine Montalvo Nevaeh Hayes Lily Sturgill Ella Doddie Scarlett Sage Makenna Segrest Abigail Morris Maya Blackburn Layla Stovall Julianna Tyra Kaylee Upshaw Coaches Hailey Wright Brittia Pinkowski

FUTURE

Continued from page 3 and Noah Siebert started both ways on the line. Carter Cochran and Johnathan Hankin were part of the mix, nicknamed “the hogs.”

Behind the line, quarterback Jackson Sage was a key to the potent offense attack. He ran for eight touchdowns and passed for seven more. He passed for more than 200 yards in the last game of the season.

Like Sage, tailback King had multiple 100-yard rushing games. He scored four touchdowns on the ground and caught two TD passes. Fullback Ensign ran for three touchdowns.

Tight end Connor Taurence may have been the team’s most sure-handed receiver. He had more than 150 receiving yards in the game vs. West and wound up with four receiving touchdowns on the season. Fellow tight end Mark Brandin also made his mark with eight extra-point kicks with each successful kick counting as two points.

Running backs Cooper Randall and Sam Cowan also scored touchdowns.

On defense, Isiah Daviston was a key to the man-to-man coverage, staying close to the opponents’ wide receivers along with Cowan, cornerback Zane Whitson and safety Ryan Lawyer.

“I cannot say enough about these boys and our cheerleaders. I am beyond proud of what these kids are doing. ~ Shawn Sage, Coach Linebackers Ensign, King and Hankin were other bright spots on defense.

Dedicated coaching, a positive parents group and support from the community are credited with making the season complete. Mulraney and Terry Hayden have coached together for 19 years. A former quarterback at Gabriel Richard and a former pro baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, Hayden is a math teacher at Davidson. They are joined along the sidelines by offensive coordinator Sage, Scott Ensign and Mark Taurence.

“What a good group of kids we had on and off the field,” Mulraney said.

“They’re nice kids.”

At halftime of each game, the players respectfully watched the routines of the cheerleaders, led by coaches Hailey Wright and Brittia Pinkowski and eighthgrade captains Madison Leonardo, Adelynn Hales and Brooklyn Sage.

Wright, who has been a cheerleader since she was in the sixth grade, said the program is in a resurgence and the future looks bright. The 27-member squad includes 24 sixth- and seventhgraders. She expects a majority of the young athletes to take part in competitive

cheering when it gets under way in 2021.

“It’s been outstanding,” said Wright, who attends Wayne State University and works at Beaumont Health Care.

“For a lot of them, it was their first year cheering. I never saw a team come and work so hard. We got shut down for a little bit (due to COVID-19). We had optional practices. A majority of the girls showed up to condition and stay in shape.”

Wright urged girls at Davidson to come out for the team when registration is held.

“They should come out,” she said.

“It’s a great program to be in. The girls develop friendships that last a lifetime. It creates a bond. They become interactive with each other and help each other become better people overall.”

Coach Sage agreed that the Davidson program is a plus for the Southgate community.

“We’re building character and want the kids to follow the right path,” he said.

“We’re building something good. The athlete, parent and coaching involvement was exceptional and it is awesome to be part of such a great community. The future looks bright for Southgate.

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On the rise Photos by Larry Caruso

Davidson Middle School welcomed its biggest football and cheerleading teams in years and it paid off in a league championship. The 2020 Davidson football team went 5-1 and shared a league championship. This season, the young Titans beat Taylor Hoover, Grosse Ile, Lincoln Park, Monroe Catholic and Taylor West.

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CULINARY CAPERS Did you know that Michigan is third in the production of apples in the United States? According to the Michigan Apple Committee, not only is our state third in apple production, but it also is known for 13 varieties. Check out the committee’s website, www.michiganapples. com, for a guide to the EVELYN best apples for CAIRNES eating fresh and Southgate Star cooking, plus fascinating facts about the fruit. In addition, the website contains dozens of mouth-watering recipes for beverages, salads, main dishes and desserts.

Speaking of apple recipes, I recently received the following email: Hi, Evelyn, I’m a longtime fan of yours! Every Wednesday, my dad would pick up the Mellus and the News Herald. We would spend the evening reading the papers cover to cover. I loved your recipe column and I may be mistaken, but do you remember an apple cake by the name of Mrs. Dula’s Apple Cake? Or very similar? If you have this gem of a recipe (I believe it called for a cup of oil, had walnuts and raw apples), could you republish it or send it to me? Thank you for so many fond memories! ~ Susan Brown Hi, Susan, Mrs. Eleanor Dula’s Raw Apple Cake, from the 1970s, was the all-time most popular recipe ever published in my Kitchen Korner column in the Mellus (and is one of my own favorites). You are not mistaken — the original recipe called for a cup of oil, but I revised it a bit in 2017, when it appeared in my Grosse Ile Grand Culinary Capers column. I had reduced the oil to ¾ cup and added ½ cup golden raisins.

I’ve made this one-bowl wonder both ways, and with other variations, as readers have as well, but I like Mrs. Dula’s original recipe the best, especially with golden raisins. I use a stand mixer for the batter, which is thick and hard to mix with a wooden spoon.

MRS. DULA’S ORIGINAL RAW APPLE CAKE 1¾ cups sugar 1 cup cooking oil 3 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 or 5 apples, thinly sliced, McIntosh or Jonathon 1 cup chopped nuts (divided) ½ cup golden raisins (not in the original) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add sugar, oil, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla to a large bowl and beat with a wooden spoon (I used a stand mixer) until well blended. Fold in apples, ½ of the nuts (and all of the raisins, if using). Turn the batter into a greased and floured (or Pam-sprayed) 9x13 (or 15) baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining nuts and bake about 45 minutes, or until a toothpick tests clean.

And speaking of favorites, I’m sharing the following recipe for another favorite of mine and my tasters for an incredibly simple, addictively delicious zucchini cookie that also appeared in the Grosse Ile Grand in 2017. I am republishing it so readers of our sister publications, the Riverview Register, Wyandotte Warrior and Southgate Star, which were not in existence then, can enjoy it, too.

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Mix together well the beaten egg, zucchini, baking soda, sugar and butter or oil. Combine the flour, cinnamon, cloves and salt and stir into first mixture. Stir in the nuts and raisins.

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In time of need, local businesses need your support From Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber The calendar year 2020 has been a hard year for everyone, especially small business owners, entrepreneurs, and our regional workforce.

The Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce (SWCRC) has worked tirelessly to bring critical information and resources to Downriver’s job providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The SWCRC is tackling the biggest challenges businesses continue to face, such as

Development (LEO) is offering Weatherization Grants for qualified small business owners who have needed to invest in temporary structures to promote social distancing with outdoor equipment such as extra tables and chairs, portable heaters, igloos and tents and more. Applications may be made for expenses purchased between Aug. 1, 2020 and Dec. 30, 2020.

Small businesses can be awarded grants between $1,000 to $10,000. Commercial property owners and municipalities will be considered for grants of up to $15,000.

understanding rapidly changing guidelines and governmental orders, moving traditional office jobs to remote platforms, and helping business owners find the latest loan and grant opportunities.

Small businesses had numerous unexpected expenses running their businesses this year that was not in their budget. Many small business employers previously did not have to provide personal protective equipment for themselves and their employees until this year.

To protect our entire community, employers have spent thousands of dollars on masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer to safely and responsibly operate their businesses during the ongoing crisis. Many business owners also needed to invest in new equipment to expand their business to accommodate social distancing guidelines and indoor capacity restrictions.

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Loan and grant opportunities are vital to support small business owners, but they are not enough to keep businesses afloat.

With the added regulations that went into place on Nov. 18, 2020, by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, businesses find themselves again having to navigate through difficult closures and restrictions.

Many businesses cannot be converted into a remote platform to perform operations. Retailers are now restricted to 30 percent capacity during the biggest shopping season of the year. Bars and restaurants are now forced to shutter indoor dining services, missing out on the most popular nights of the year when people go out and reconnect with family and friends.

Many people see these businesses struggle and wonder what they can do to help. It’s up to us as the consumer to choose where we spend our money. If

we want to continue to see the Downriver region grow and thrive, it is more critical now more than ever to shop locally.

As it is true that we must all work together to protect our community from this dangerous virus, we must also remember to support our region’s small businesses and job providers, who are hurting significantly and are facing difficult decisions in the days to come.

When you spend money locally, the money stays locally. Small business owners take part in our community not just as an entrepreneur, but as a neighbor, a friend, or a family member.

Let’s continue to grow Downriver into a vibrant community and support those employers that make Downriver and Southern Wayne County such a great place to live, work, and play. I am confident that we can support our region’s businesses safely and responsibly, while also keeping our community safe.

The Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce asks consumers to support your local community this holiday season and beyond.

Instead of buying a new video game, consider platinum membership to Rev’d Up Fun in Woodhaven. Over the next few weeks, support our locally-owned restaurants and order takeout or delivery from eateries like Bierkeller in Taylor. Mask up and shop at retailers like Chelsea’s Menswear and The Willow Tree in Wyandotte, or Kevin James Menswear in Trenton and experience a more personal touch when choosing an outfit.

Take a break from streaming services and engage in a one-on-one virtual theatre performance with Open Book Theatre Company in Trenton.

Purchases like these may be small to you, but they make a huge difference to a small business owner and our local economy.

Let’s come together and continue to build our local economy. When you take part in shopping locally this holiday season and beyond, be sure to post about your adventure on social media and use the hashtag #SupportDownriver.

Visit our website at SWCRC.com/ SupportDownriver to find out more about our Support Downriver campaign and how the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce is committed to coming together and making sure Downriver continues to flourish.

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Jo Brighton grad is winner of statewide pageant Amy Douglas, a graduate of Jo Brighton Skills Center, is the winner of the Michigan Miss Amazing 2020 pageant.

The competition, which took place in September in Novi, is held each year to empower girls with disabilities to “have confidence in their goals and pride in PAULA their abilities.”

NEuMAN Amy, 28, Southgate Star who has Down syndrome, will go on to national competition in Nashville, Tenn., in August. She entered the pageant at the last minute, said her mother, Janet Sides of Brownstown Township.

“We did it for fun,” Janet said.

“We’ve been having some Covid downtime, so we thought we’d do something happy. Amy was very excited.”

Being in the spotlight is something Amy is quite used to.

She has done some modeling and has appeared in a few TV commercials, including one for Delta Air Lines.

“She has always loved the camera,” her mom said. “If you had a camera, she was posing. She just decided one day she wanted to be a model.”

Amy’s natural ease and personal flair has captured the attention of modeling agents and photographers, and she’s now represented by several agencies.

One local photographer, Carol Ann Garrett of Trenton-based Perfectly Timed Photography, donated her services behind the camera recently at Rags to Riches consignment boutique in Brownstown when Amy met Ms. Michigan 2015, Rachael Adams of Lincoln Park.

The meeting was arranged by shop owner Tina Brossia. It was all about one pageant winner encouraging another.

The event was covered by Fox 2 Detroit.

The Miss Amazing pageant judges base their choice of a winner on

applicants’ talent acts and on personal interviews. For her talent act, Amy modeled fall fashions.

“She has quite a talent for putting outfits together,” Janet said. “I think she

won just by her charm and the way she knows how to work a crowd.”

For the state pageant, Amy donned the same dress she wore to the Jo Brighton prom a few years ago. But for the national pageant, a new dress was needed. So she and her mom went to Rags to Riches. The boutique is a place Janet and Amy visit quite often. They

know Tina, and Amy loves to try on beautiful clothes.

“I thought we should put a dress on layaway because Amy has expensive taste,” Janet said with a laugh. “We

glam, and she loves dresses. After we got it on her, we had a heck of a time getting her to take it off.”

What is about the dress she loves so much?

“I like twirling (with the dress on),” Amy said. “I like the sparkle.”

So Janet put a down payment on the dress.

“Tina said even if I couldn’t afford it, she’d let us borrow it,” she said. “My thought was that because Amy was so in love with the dress, there was no borrowing.”

Janet posted about it online, and someone who read about the dress paid it off anonymously for Amy. After learning that the dream dress was truly hers, Amy went to her room, fetched her big, white piggy bank, handed it to her mother and said she wanted to help other girls get a dress, too.

“Amy’s got the biggest heart,” Janet said. “She has literally just given things away because somebody else loved it and it made them happy.”

Tina said: “Amy brought her piggybank in here and asked if she could keep it in the store and ask for donations to help other girls in need of a little extra change to be pretty. That’s how she worded it.”

Amy’s piggy bank is at Rags to Riches, 23549 Telegraph Road, with a flyer she and her mother created asking for donations to help girls short of funds purchase their Amy Douglas own dream dresses. The first recipient of the fund will be Photos by Carol Ann Garrett/Perfectly Timed Photography a girl from Jo Brighton, in started looking at ball gowns, and Amy accordance with Amy’s wishes. She found one she loved — a purple one.” loves Jo Brighton.

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Continued from page 18 Amy, who now attends Paragon Support Systems in Wyandotte, has other charity endeavors, as well.

Last year, Dr. Noel Jackson of Jackson Snider Parker Dentistry in Trenton asked Amy if she’d be an elf at the practice’s annual holiday party.

“Every year, they’ve had a huge Christmas party for kids with presents and Santa and everything,” Janet said.

Clothes-loving Amy actually had an elf costume in her wardrobe, and she put it to good use working as an elf at the charity party.

“She was super excited,” Janet said. “She loves little kids.”

But this year, because of Covid, the party has been canceled. However, Amy still wants to be an elf and help children in some way. So she and her mother have chosen three charities to benefit through an online fundraiser — South Rockwoodbased Children with Hair Loss; Farmington Hillsbased Jay’s Juniors, a program created by radio station WNIC to grant the wishes of chronically or terminally ill children; and the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor where Janet works.

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a child. She was born premature with Down syndrome, and has had a number of major surgeries, including an abdominal operation and an open heart surgery. She has survived two cardiac arrests.

“I like to help babies and kids,” Amy said. “I like to help people with disabilities have a voice.

I like modeling, acting, singing and dancing. I’ve been dancing since I was a little kid. I love going to concerts.”

One memorable concert for Amy and Janet was a few years ago when Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall was performing at a bar in Detroit. Amy and her mother were seated in the very front.

“Of course, Amy had to wear this coat that was total glitter,” Janet said. “All of a sudden, KT came up to her and high-fived her and asked her name.

Amy told her and then she said, ‘Let’s hear it for Amy.’ Everybody in the whole room was chanting ‘Amy, Amy, Amy.’ Her drummer gave Amy the drumsticks at the end of the concert. It was so, so cute. She was dancing right up against the stage.

She’s got such life in her, such a passion for people and showing love.”

Amy has a full, active life. Besides modeling, she sells Avon products, and she has a boyfriend and a group of girlfriends she goes out with, her mother said.

“She has never met a stranger,” Janet said. “She knows no prejudice. Amy is showing the world and advocating for others with disabilities that they can achieve amazing goals for themselves in life.”

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MHSAA suspends fall tournaments, winter sports From the Michigan High School Athletic Association With Governor Whitmer’s announcement of tightening statewide restrictions due to surging COVID-19 cases, all school sports activities (practices and contests) are suspended effective immediately through at least Dec. 8 or until these new orders are amended.

This means the three ongoing fall tournaments, girls swimming & diving, volleyball and football, have been suspended.

The MHSAA will be exploring all options to complete these three remaining Fall tournaments. At this same time, discussions will take place to revise Winter sports plans that will include updated practice and competition calendars.

As we have promised since March, the MHSAA will continue to be transparent and flexible while sharing information and updated timelines once those are set. Our goal since June remains unchanged as we will continue to plan for three sports seasons that can all be completed during the 2020-21 school year.

The MHSAA supports the actions needed by our state government and health department leaders. All of us need to do our part now to reverse the concerning COVID numbers in Michigan to give all of our students the chance to participate, practice and compete again as we have been able to do safely since August.

The only allowed coach-player contact and activities for all sports (fall, winter and spring) is virtual communication and meetings through at least Dec. 8 or until these new orders are amended.

Volleyball is tentatively set to resume on Dec. 15, football on Dec. 15 and swimming on Dec. 22.

Chase Barbosa and the Anderson football team ended the 2020 season with a 42-24 loss to New Boston Huron Oct. 30.

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Titans close out 2020 football season A strange, COVID-dominated football season came to a close for the Anderson Titans with a 42-24 loss to New Boston Huron in the first round of the Michigan High School Athletic Association state playoffs on Oct. 30.

The loss put a cap on a 2-7 season for Coach Mitch Dobek’s squad.

The record included a forfeit win over Downriver League tri-champ Wyandotte, which had to miss the Anderson game because of COVID-19 infections. Wyandotte shared the league crown with Carlson and Woodhaven.

Southgate’s on-field win came on opening night when the Titans knocked off Dearborn Edsel Ford

20-14.

The playoff loss ended Southgate’s campaign, but it marked a seasonhigh in points scored this year for the Titans, who were shutout in two games and held to just one touchdown in two others.

The season was a learning experience for the young Titans, who carried few seniors this year.

The team was keyed by freshman quarterback Chase Barbosa and numerous positions were manned by underclassmen.

Two weeks after Anderson’s season-ending loss, the state playoffs were suspended because of a surge in COVID-19 cases in Michigan and

across the country. All Downriver League teams have been eliminated from the playoffs at this point and the only local teams still alive are Grosse Ile and River Rouge.

The current plan for the football playoff restart would have regional games be played Tuesday, Dec. 15, and Wednesday Dec. 16. The state semifinals would be played Dec. 21-22 and the finals will be played Monday, Dec. 28, and Tuesday Dec. 29 at Ford Field.

When, and if the playoffs resume, Rouge will play Detroit King and Grosse Ile will face Lansing Catholic.

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Mullins to follow Kandrevas on district court bench Southgate voters have chosen Elisabeth Mullins to replace retiring Judge James Kandrevas on the 28th District Court bench. She won over opponent John Graziani, president of the Southgate City Council, by a vote of 8,284 to 5,392.

Mullins, a special assistant Wayne County prosecutor and also a prosecutor for the city of Detroit, will don her judge’s robes at the start of the new year.

Mullins She was voted Detroit’s prosecutor of the year in 2015 and 2016. Before 2011, Mullins was in private practice with a caseload that included criminal defense, civil cases, bankruptcy matters and municipal issues.

The judge-elect earned a degree in political science from Boston College, and a law degree from Suffolk University Law School. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, the Southgate resident has lived in various parts of Latin America including Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil.

Mullins has said she plans to update the court’s website to make it easier for people to look up and track cases, as well as to contest online parking tickets or simple traffic tickets. She also plans to enhance Southgate’s Veterans Treatment Court, which addresses mental health issues, addiction and other issues for Downriver veterans

who come under its jurisdiction.

Rather than add new Southgate alternative courts, which are demanding of time and resources, she plans to take advantage of existing programs in neighboring jurisdictions.

“For example, I would refer individuals with mental health issues to the Wyandotte/Riverview District Court, which is establishing a mental health court and will service all of Downriver, including Southgate,” Mullins said before the Nov. 3 election.

“I would also refer individuals with addiction issues who are high risk and in need of extra monitoring to the Lincoln Park and Taylor district courts, which also have sobriety courts that service all of Downriver, including Southgate.”

The judge-elect said she believes in treatment over jail sentences when it’s practical.

“An example would be a person who is stealing because of a drug addiction,” she said. “Rather than just sentencing the person to jail, I would consider sending the person to in-patient or out-patient treatment, AA or NA, to undergo drug testing and/or perform community service.

“My goal is to adopt a treatmentoriented approach to sentencing as opposed to just punishing people.

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