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Speakers to come to Gabriel Richard
By Mary Zotter, GR class of 2022 In the past few weeks, Gabriel Richard has had two different speakers come to the school. The first was Judge Elizabeth DiSanto, of the 27th District Court. She educated GR’s juniors and seniors about their new legal responsibilities when they turn 18. She discussed medical confidentiality as well as warning of some dangers that the students may face when they go to college. At the end of her presentation, Judge DiSanto fielded questions from the students. Gabriel Richard was visited by another speaker, former police officer Captain Scott Frank, who discussed internet safety with the students. In this talk, students were taught various strategies to combat dangerous and unhealthy behavior online. They were also inspired to use their social media platforms to have a positive influence in their communities. Both speakers applauded the GR community for their behavior during their presentation, as well as their open-mindedness to the topics. GR students seem to have appreciated the two presentations, and they look forward to more assemblies in the future.
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A ‘Blue’ snow day Dozens of police officers showed up at the sledding hill at Woodhaven’s Civic Center Park on Jan. 28 for what turned into a Downriver-wide, multiple force sledding challenge. The event started with the Woodhaven Police Department challenging the Allen Park Department to race. Word leaked out and force after force joined the challenge. Eventually the field grew to more than 13 departments, including Wyandotte and Southgate. Also competing werte Brownstown, Trenton, Taylor, Melvindale, Riverview, Lincoln Park, Rockwood, Huron Twp., Dearborn, Romulus, the Michigan State Police and others. The event was originally scheduled to be a one-on-one race between Woodhaven and Allen Park, but so many departments showed up that heats and runoffs were needed to complete the competition. Word spread about the event and more than 200 spectators showed up. Coffee and sliding equipment were provided by local businesses. Woodhaven eventually won the event and the $10,000 that was raised by the race. Woodhave said the money will be donated to the Penrickton Center for the Blind and Downriver for Veterans.
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Officers from Southgate and Wyandotte were among the dozens who competed in the charitable sledding challenge in Woodhaven last month. The event raised more than $10,000 for the Penrickton Center for the Blind and Downriver for Veterans.
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above is included. Where else can you enjoy a social evening of interesting art demonstrations with our local art community? There is something for everyone with a Creative Art Society membership. If you are a new or experienced artist, news of innovative techniques and all the classes and workshops offered will give your ideas of what you can create next. There is always something new to learn. Upcoming events for the Creative Art Society April 29,30 and May 1st – Art Ambience Fine Art Show and Boutique Please check out our new website www. creativeartsociety.org or contact Maureen at 734-777-6109 or mkeast1aol.com or Jackie Walock at 313-570-6919 or walock@sbcglobal. net
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Make chiropractic care your 2022 resolution
Let’s face it, sticking to a resolution can be tough. With the excitement of 2022 upon us, we wanted to offer an idea that your body will thank you for: Getting regular adjustments. Patients who seek care often remark: • Movement comes easier • Injuries become infrequent • Pain that’s plagued them for years improves But that’s not even the best part. Chiropractic care isn’t something you have to do every day, or even every week. We’re happy to design a custom care plan for your needs, and ultimately, you’re the boss of how frequently you visit us. We hope to see more of you and your loved ones in our practice this year. Five factors of knee pain Whether you’re dealing with new knee pain or an ache that’s been bothering your stride for years, one thing is certain—problems in the knee can affect your entire life.
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New year, new affirmations, new me! Like everyone else, we’re leaving 2021 behind and embracing the change that this year is sure to bring. We aim to offer inspiration, hope, and motivation for our patients, and believe that one of the best ways to do that is by helping you invite these things into your life. Try giving these five daily affirmations a try each day to create a healthy, positive new habit. 1. People respect and value my opinions. 2. Each day of my life is filled with love and joy. 3. I make decisions which are in line with my values and goals. 4. I am grateful for my life. 5. I am not controlled by stress, fear, or anxiety. From Cousineau Chiropractic
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Riders back in the saddle again
Some snowmobilers who gave up riding years ago are coming back to the sport John Peoin
infrastructure. With 178,109 registered snowmobiles in 2021, Michigan has dropped from first to third behind Wisconsin and Minnesota, according to the International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association. Though a single death is one too many, the number of fatalities over the past couple of winters is significantly lower when compared with those previous high-fatality winter seasons years ago. Last winter, there were a total of five snowmobile deaths across Michigan and 14 the winter before that. So far this winter, seven people have been killed in snowmobile accidents.
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It sounds like a long time ago now, but it really wasn’t – just one generation. Back then, Michigan was blinded by snow dust kicked up by a record number of snowmobiles registered across the state, the highest of any other place in the U.S. Those 206,000 machines were only the beginning of a meteoric rise in snowmobiling popularity not seen since the sport’s 1970s heyday. Michigan ranked third highest in trail mileage. “If Michigan’s 4,900 miles of snowmobile trails were laid end to end, they would stretch farther than the distance from Detroit to Panama City in South America,” Jerry Basch, AAA Michigan safety and services manager, told the Battle Creek Enquirer for a story kicking off the sledding season in December 1991. The same article said snowmobilers annually spent between $150 million and $200 million on lodging, gas and oil, equipment, food, clothing and more. Changing conditions Five years later, Basch told the Detroit Free Press, “Snowmobiling is a very important part of our winter wonderland, but it can be dangerous.” His caveat signaled several transitions that had taken place or were then occurring. Among the changes, were those rising numbers of snowmobiles and sledders, many of whom were inexperienced riders. In some places, especially in winters with only limited snowfall, the trails were getting crowded. To help curb hazards on the trail, law enforcement officers mounted educational, safety and regulation enforcement patrols, urging riders to slow down and ride safely. The state Legislature imposed then-new, stricter penalties on drinking and snowmobiling. Another thing influencing the sport was the power of greatly improved snowmobiles. “People think they can just hop on one of these things, figure out how to start and stop it and that’s all there is to it,” Basch told the newspaper, noting that some models can easily exceed 100
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mph. “They get overconfident and go faster and faster, and they suddenly lose control.” These factors coupled with backto-back winters with record snowfall all created a perfect snowstorm that produced some unintended negative consequences. Record fatalities The winter of 1995-96 was the deadliest in state history to that point. A total of 47 snowmobilers were killed amid 700 crashes that occurred in Michigan. A common fatal crash scenario, all too familiar to law enforcement officers, involved riders traveling too fast around corners, going off the trail and striking trees. By early 2001, the number of registered snowmobiles in Michigan had surpassed 357,000 – still the highest in the country then. After the winter of 2002-03, when another 46 snowmobiling deaths occurred, sledding fatalities began to drop for several consecutive winters. In 2010, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported that since the winter of 1992-93, 578 people had died in Michigan snowmobile crashes. There was now a hesitancy out there on the trails. “Many people got out of snowmobiling in the 1990s and 2000s due to rough trails, overcrowding, rowdy riders, unsafe conditions and poor mapping,” said Ron Yesney, DNR Upper Peninsula trails coordinator.
Lasting effects Over the subsequent time that has since passed, snowmobiling in Michigan has changed for the better in several ways. The popularity of side-by-sides and other off-road vehicles has outpaced that of snowmobiles in Michigan. The Great Recession that hit the national economy beginning in 2008-09, and struck Michigan particularly hard, forced many snowmobilers, boaters and recreational vehicle owners to sell their machines. This left a lot of snowmobilers opting to rent a sled rather than own one. In 2017, Bill Manson, then-executive director of the Michigan Snowmobile Association, told the Capital News Service snowmobiling depends on disposable income, which had decreased since the recession. Manson said that in the late 1990s, sales of new snowmobiles in Michigan had been about 20,000 each year, but dropped to roughly 3,000 by 2008, rebounding to 6,000 by 2016. New conditions Today, although Michigan trail mileage has increased to 6,500 miles, the state has slipped to rank sixth nationally in that department. However, while the number of the state’s trail miles has been outpaced by other states, the Michigan DNR and trail groups have worked to improve trail conditions, including bettering grooming efficiency and replacing outdated bridges and other
Results The declines in Michigan’s numbers of sleds, snowmobilers and deaths, along with improved trail availability and riding conditions, have led to a “less is better” circumstance for snowmobiling in Michigan. Many people who previously abandoned their sleds, are now hopping back on. “Now, we have better grooming equipment, more grooming, fewer riders, an aging and maturing riding population, better maps and flat-out better riding,” Yesney said. The International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association has developed a profile of today’s snowmobiler. The average age is 46. Riders spend an average of $2,000 a year on snowmobile-related recreation. Half of snowmobilers trailer their sleds to ride, while the other half ride from their homes or vacation spots where they keep and use their sleds. Combined, snowmobilers raise over $3 million for charity each year. The annual economic impact of snowmobiling in the U.S. is estimated at $26 billion, far beyond that of Canada, Russia and Europe combined, according to the association. For more information on snowmobiling in Michigan, including information on trails, safety requirements, maps, licenses and permits, visit Michigan.gov/ Snowmobiling.
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Economic concentration is the real life ‘Matrix’ Peter Rose Wyandotte Warrior
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here are a lot of links in this month’s column. Go to the digital version of this article to follow them and learn for yourself. I dare you. Also - and forgive me for being so darned slow to mention it even if you prefer to read my columns in print, you could help me reach a much broader audience by sharing the digital version My immersion into this world came to me when I was president of Wyandotte’s old Business Association, when I read Stacy Mitchell’s book “Big Box Swindle” (don’t buy it through Amazon, get it through IndieBound.com). It changed my life, woke me up, ignited me. In 2006, I realized that I had been a lobster in a pot slowly coming to boil. I jumped out, started trying to push back. I started supporting The Institute for Local Self Reliance (Stacy is a cofounder), and Independent We Stand, founded by Stihl Powersaws. Both are hero organizations. The Chelsea Group became a 23-store chain of apparel stores in metro Detroit, peaking in 1990. The men’s stores were mainly located in malls, the women’s in downtowns like Rochester, Royal Oak, Detroit, Birmingham and Plymouth. Wyandotte was the start of both and Wyandotte is all that survived. In retrospect, the women’s store strategy was the right course, but we couldn’t see what was about to happen, and even as it happened, I didn’t understand it until it was far too late. Developers became bed partners with national chains, which spent far more per foot to create edifices of retail and had the capacity to be tenants in whatever malls they opened. That served to make local businesses far less attractive to developers and they made it clearer and clearer that they didn’t want us. The list of businesses that failed because of this invasion is amazing
and depressing. The phenomenon left us with fake retailers having replaced the genuine thing. Most could not compete with Wall Street money. It was my first awareness of “economic Concentration,” which I only started to comprehend when I read that book. I had no idea of how much worse it was going to get, but I became obsessed with being more and more educated about it. It is far more alarming now. These days, I try to be “local only, not just “local first.” As I learned more and more, I came to realize that, across virtually all industries, publicly traded entities were relentless, voracious destroyers of local economies everywhere. More than three times more money stays in local communities when it is spent with independent and locally owned businesses. It’s not an anecdote, it’s a fact (check CivicEcomomics.com). I realized now what it means in shocking starkness and it became an obsession to scream bloody murder about the Invasion of The Bodysnatchers. It’s true and it’s corollary is therefore also true: Three times less money stays local with every single dollar spent at an out-of-state retailer with locations far and wide. Three times doesn’t even touch it when you talk about internet purchases. The money goes to top brass in the companies, to shareholders, to the market capitalization, to tax havens and yes, to lobbyists and political campaigns. I am accursed, and it’s all the worse for having so few people see what I see. It is too late, frankly, because way too many people don’t want to know. They’ve all eaten the blue pill. You did see “The Matrix,” didn’t you? A perfect, precise, depressing analogy. Wall Street retail is not just related to apparel, of course. Chains like Walmart, Dollar General, CVS, Applebees (and on and on and on) all siphon money out of Michigan and every other state. Amazon is the worst thing that has ever happened to America, but think of all the internet sources and services that steal whatever they can, at the expense of an independent that does it
better, without the tech. Big Pharma, Big Finance, Big Media, Big Agra, Big Chem, Healthcare Insurance, Internet Insurance, and, by the way: How the hell did online gambling get approved? Another BTW: Imagine what television looks like with the removal of online gambling, drug and online insurance advertising. And all of that is just a part of a much scarier story. Movie after movie makes crystal clear that this is not just a retail nightmare. “The Big Short” and “Inside Job” tell about the 2008 financial debacle that destroyed the economic lives of millions of average Americans, with zero repercussions to Wall Street operators or their institutions. The federal government, then led by Barack Obama favored wealth and big, utterly ignored the people that elected them and left them struggling. It spawned another scourge: Thousands and thousands (and growing faster and faster) of homes are now owned by Wall Street firms that outbid individuals, then raise rents to the point beyond affordable for more and more people. It started with the foreclosures in 2009. “Dark Waters” (2010) is about DuPont’s brazen, conscious poisoning of thousands of people while the EPA refused to act. Same for Erin Brokovich with PG&E. No presence of government to prevent it - why? Currently, Crime of the Century is streaming, the true story of the American Opioid Cartel of companies that far outranks the Columbian cartels for damage done, in plain sight, with far-too-little and far-toolate action (the crisis is still in full swing, matter of fact). Gasland and Gasland 2 are documentaries about the fracking industry and the nightmarish destruction of our lands, waters, global warming and people’s lives and livelihoods, with full, unbending support of our leaders. Even worse, “The Panama Papers”, also streaming. Most damning and depressing of all, and not a peep out of any politician except Elizabeth Warren. No Big Media, either - tax havens right here in America, so Big
does not pay taxes, forcing small to carry the load. Rivers of money, circulating the globe, out of sight, and not to be talked about. ICIJ is the source of this information and should be being cited by everyone, and the powers that be make sure it isn’t. To be clear, it’s a world-wide matter, but that makes it even worse, doesn’t it? With this context in mind regarding Localism, perhaps you’ll truly believe that protecting my businesses is way down the list of my concerns. The assault on localism, and encouraging folks to recognize it, is just one element of a far bigger problem that is affecting everything. Knowing these truths is torture. Are you good with not knowing it? I can’t see it any other way than a collusive assault on America, over the last 40 years. The side of the aisle doesn’t matter. Taken together, these examples I gave are just that: examples. The reality is far bigger, bigger than any of us can imagine. Economic Concentration is what is happening in virtually every sector of American business, by design, and with help. It funnels more and more to the top one percent around the world, which owns more than the rest of us in the 99 percent, and writes all the bills and rules for governments to rubber stamp. I’m writing this and realizing how insane I sound, but the insanity is that it’s true. I can’t - we can’t - afford to be despairing about it all. We have to be educated and aware and focused. It makes me feel better thinking that there are a lot of people that already know all of this, but so far, not so. So let me know if any of this stuff matters to you. You know where to find me.Trust me, I know how alarmist this all sounds, but, well, the red pill doesn’t make you happy, at all. It destroys our feelings of firm footing, of reality in which we can feel something close to safe and secure. But it sure does make sense of that which can’t be, but is all true.
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Soroptimists to hold Human Trafficking Summit Human trafficking affects every community Downriver and throughout the country regardless of income levels, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. FBI Paula Neuman Wyandotte Warrior intelligence estimated in 2019 that about 35 children are being trafficked on any given day in the Detroit metropolitan area – one of the very worst spots nationwide for human trafficking. Human trafficking is the exploitation of a person for commercial sex, labor or other services, and state law considers any minor involved in sex for money as a trafficking victim. To help residents learn more and help protect their children, Soroptimist International of Trenton and Downriver Area will hold a free Human Trafficking Summit from 9:30 a.m. To 2:30 p.m. April 9 at Summit Academy, 18601 Middlebelt, Romulus. “Anybody that has anything to do with the lives of children – this summit is for them,” said Soroptimist Janelle Rose, a Grosse Ile resident and co-owner of the Willow Tree in Wyandotte. Often, human trafficking starts out with a girl having a boyfriend or online contact who grooms her to be trafficked, according to the Michigan Abolitionist Project. Often, those cases are never reported. The local Soroptimist group’s press release about the upcoming summit states: “Parents, educators, school bus drivers, school counselors, health care
workers, law enforcement officers and community advocates are welcome to learn how traffickers lure victims; how the internet, gaming apps and social media are used in human trafficking; how to recognize victims of trafficking; and how to talk to children about human trafficking.” The event is free, but limited to 160 attendees. Coffee, doughnuts and a boxed lunch are included. Registration is required. Register at f8s. co/27sk. Soroptimist International is a volunteer group of women focused on issues impacting women and children. Combating human trafficking is an important one of those issues. “Millions of women and girls every year are trafficked, and they become victims of this heinous crime due to force, fraud or coercion that is imposed on them to obtain different forms of labor, commercial sex, marriage, organs, etc. They are helplessly placed in situations of exploitation, from which it is almost impossible for them to get out or seek help. Human trafficking today has become the most common form of modern slavery. Soroptimists recognize the gravity of this crime, and call for global action to combat this abhorrent violation of human
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Bears cagers having a wild 2021-22 season It’s been a wild year for the Roosevelt boys basketball team. The Bears have an unglamorous record. They’ve won three Downriver League games and through the first 15 contests, they were 4-11 overall. But a deeper drive into those games reveals what a weird season it has been. The season started with that wild come-from-behind win over Grosse Ile that ended on a Roosevelt three-point shot at the buzzer. There have only been three wins since then, but two of them have come against Woodhaven and Lincoln Park, the two teams that share the lead in the Downriver League standings. Through the first three-quarters of the season, Woodhaven was 11-4 and Lincoln Park 10-3. Of the Bears’ 11 losses, eight have been by eight points or fewer, including three-point losses to Dearborn Edsel Ford and Taylor and four-point losses to Allen Park and Trenton.
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Bear skaters getting ready for playoffs After suffering a bit of a lull and slumping through the early portion of February, the Roosevelt hockey team seems to be perking up just as the Michigan High School Hockey Association state playoffs are rolling around. The Bears lost three straight games between Feb. 3 and Feb. 9, but snapped the skid with a big win over Detroit Country Day School, one of the top teams in the Michigan Metro League East. The Yellowjackets are tied for second in the Metro East and have twice as many points as the Bears, but Roosevelt beat them 4-2 on home ice on Feb. 12. Four days later, the Bears hung tough with another powerful team before falling 4-2 to Trenton. This was a bit of a rope-a-dope effort as Wyandotte was outshot by a wide margin, but it was quite a showcase for senior goalie Aden Jordan, who faced 47 shots and got 43 of them. Willam Heskett scored both Wyandotte goals and Alex Moon
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Hockey Regionals At Allen Park Feb 21 Wyandotte vs Grosse Ile, 8 p.m. (A) Feb. 22 Carlson vs Riverview, 8 p.m. (B) Feb 23 Allen Park vs SMCC (C) Feb. 24 Winner A vs Winner B, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 Gabriel Richard vs Winner C, 7:30 p.m. March 2 Finals, 7:30 p.m. Regional winner advances to Division 3 regional at Trenton’s Kennedy Arena. Boys basketball Districts At Riverview March 7 Competing teams: Wyandotte, Riverview, Southgate Anderson, Taylor, Lincoln Park and Allen Park. Regionals At River Rouge March 14 District winner will play the winner of the Bedford district (Woodhaven, Carlson, Monroe and Bedford) Girls basketball Districts At Wyandotte Feb. 28 Competing teams: Wyandotte, Southgate Anderson, Riverview, Lincoln Park, Allen Park and Taylor. Regionals At Dearborn March 8 District winner to play the winner of the Monroe district (Monroe, Woodhaven, Carlson, Trenton and Bedford). Bowling Regionals At Skor Lanes in Taylor Feb. 25-26 Competing teams: Wyandotte, Woodhaven, Lincoln Park, Taylor, Birmingham Groves, Dearborn High, Dearborn Edsel Ford, Dearborn Heights Crestwood, U-D Jesuit, Monroe, Royal Oak, Southfield Arts and Technology, St. Clair Shores Lakeview, Temperance Bedford, Warren Cousino, Warren Woods-Tower. State finals Qualifiers go to Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, March 4-5.
Competitive Cheerleading Districts At Sterling Heights Stevenson Feb. 18-19 Competing teams: Wyandotte, Lincoln Park, Sterling Heights Stevenson, Chippewa Valley, Detroit Cass Tech, Fraser, Grosse Pointe South L’Anse Creuse, L’Anse Creuse North, Macomb Dakota, Anchor Bay, Roseville, St. Clair Shores Lakeview, Warren Cousino. Regionals Qualifiers go to Troy Athens, Feb. 26 State Finals Grand Rapids, March 4-5 Swimming Diving Regionals March 3 State finals Qualifiers go to Oakland University March 11-12. Wrestling Individual regionals Feb. 19 at Saline High School Alex Biundo, Christian Byrne, Max Biundo, Lu Peterson, Gabe Gibbons, Desmond King, Xavier Byrne and Michael Stathakis, all top four finishers at districts, competed in Saline. State meet At Ford Field in Detroit March 4-5 Qualifiers from the Feb. 19 regional go to the state finals
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Canvasbacks from the Cove During the winter months our feathered waterfowl friends flock to the Detroit River and Lake Erie by the hundreds of thousands. Join us at Lake Erie Metropark as we head to Cove Point and scan for canvasbacks, redheads, mergansers and more! Discover where these birds come from, why the Lake Erie Metropark area is such an important place for these birds, and how we study these birds to help us learn about the health of our ecosystem. It’s fun for all ages! Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. until noon.The cost is $3 per child, $5 per adult, children under 2 are free. Meet at Lake Erie Metropark, Marshlands Museum Pre-registration is required by 4 p.m. the day before the program. Call the interpretive center at (734) 379-5020.
Oh Deer While everyone has a different opinion on White-tailed Deer, we can likely agree on a few things - they are fascinating, plentiful, and troublesome. Join us as we sort it all out. We’ll start off inside where we will learn more about the white-tailed deer and then conclude our program outside with a short hike (weather permitting). Join Lake Erie Metropark naturalists on March 19 from 10 a.m. until noon. The cost is $3 per child, $5 per adult, children under 2 free. Meet at Lake Erie Metropark, Marshlands Museum Pre-registration is required by 4 p.m. the day before the program, Call the interpretive center at (734) 379-5020. Woodland Wander The woodlands of Lake Erie Metropark have many amazing sights and sounds to offer. Join us on March 4 from 2-3 p.m. for a guided walk on the trails as we search
for some interesting wildlife and other sights. The walk will be approximately one mile on mostly flat, unpaved ground. The cost is $3 per child, $5 per adult, children under 2 are free. Meet at Lake Erie Metropark, Marshlands Museum Entrance. Pre-registration is required by 4 p.m. the day before the program. Call the interpretive center at (734) 379-5020. Sunday School St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Youth, 2803 1st Street, Wyandotte, is hosting Sunday school for children grades pre-k through fifth every Sunday at 10 a.m. The Youth Group meets once a month for a community service project and bible lesson for grades sixth through 12th. Face Masks are required until further notice in the St. Stephen’s building. For more information, call 734-284-8777 or email ststepyouth@ gmail.com. Mass and Baked Cod Dinner Our Lady of the Scapular Parish, 2609 10th St., Wyandotte, Ash Wednesday, March 2. Mass at noon and 7 p.m. Dinner from noon to 6 p.m. or sold out. Dinner includes baked cod made with hushpuppy batter, oven-baked parsley potatoes, coleslaw and roll. $10. Carryout only. For more information, call 734-284-9135. Lenten Dinners at Our Lady of the Scapular Parish Every Friday in Lent including Good Friday at 2609 10th St., Wyandotte, from 3-7 p.m. or until sold out. Featuring: Beer-battered cod dinners -$10, $9 and $8, Polish dill pickle soup-$5 and Pierogi-$6 (1/2 dz. uncooked- kraut or potato cheese), For more information, call 734-284-9135.
City clubs team up for chili cook-off competition At the end of this month, several of Wyandotte’s private clubs will go headto-head in The City Club Chili Cookoff. The competition will be judged by local elected officials and community leaders. A people’s choice winner will also be selected by a vote of attendees. The event will be held Sunday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. at P.R.C.U. Hall, 1430 Oak St. Participant Clubs include American Legion 217 Auxiliary Unit, Fraternal Order of Police #111 (FOP), Knights of Columbus Wyandotte Council, Polish Roman Catholic Union Society #162 (PRCU), Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1136 (VFW), and the Wyandotte Boat Club. The Wyandotte Police and Fire Departments will also be represented in the event. Individual clubs held their competitions throughout the fall and winter and will send their top two competitors to the citywide event. This is the first City Club Chili Cookoff, but club presidents are already expressing their hope that it
will become an annual event – and that the collaboration will continue beyond chili. “The City Club Chili Cookoff is an example of all these groups working together for a great cause,” said Stan Pasko, president of PRCU #162. “Working with leaders from all the clubs has been a great experience. We hope this will be the first of many events where this group can come together to do good things for Wyandotte.” Brian Martin, Commander of VFW 1136, echoed Mr. Pasko’s sentiment. “It is the common goal of the non-profit organizations in Wyandotte to show the community that we operate as more than just social clubs. Although we are definitely that, we are so much more. “We have all had to reinvent ourselves a bit due to COVID, both financially and with the lack of steady membership. We hope that by working together as a team, we will have a further reach into our community.” He added, “Personally at the VFW,
our goal is to reach and assist other veterans in our community obtaining benefits and receiving VA care for injuries both physical and mental.” In addition to sampling the competition chili for a $5 spoon fee, the event will feature raffles with top prizes, including a six-burner gas grill and 65-inch smart TV. There will also be to-go food options available. “It’s been incredible to see this event
come together,” said Kelly Stec, a spokesperson for the event. “Everyone came ready to work and to bring their best to the table. After months of planning, we’re all excited to welcome community members, serve them some chili, and see who wins the top prizes… but no matter which club takes home the trophy, we all come out knowing we’re stronger when we work together.”
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