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Wow! Finally, a good news story for 2020! And, it’s been a long time comin’.

Beginning Oct. 1, 2020 the Detroit River International Refuge Gateway and portions of the Humbug Marsh Unit, located at 5475 W. Jefferson Trenton, MI 48183 will be open to the public every Thursday through Sunday, for limited daytime use.

The announcement came in conjunction with Urban National Wildlife Refuge Day, Sept. 29, the date designated by the Secretary of Interior recognizing the special importance of urban refuges enhancing the quality of life in their local communities.

Of the 568 wildlife refuges in the United States, 101 of them are urban refuges, which includes the Detroit River International Refuge Gateway and Humbug Marsh Unit.

The Refuge Gateway area was owned by Chrysler Corporation and operated as an automotive brake pad adhesive and paint facility from 1946 to 1990.

The plant was closed in 1990 and remediated to the State of Michigan industrial/commercial standards. It lay in decommissioned status until 2002, when Wayne County purchased the 44 acre parcel with the vision of restoring the area to its natural state, and making it accessible for public use.

In a unique partnership, most of the Gateway is still owned by Wayne County, which administers it as a part of its Parks and Recreation Division of Public Services, while the federal government, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service owns the Dingell Visitor Center. The county and federal government work collaboratively to manage the site.

Together, with citizens, nongovernmental organizations, businesses, and local communities—all entities seek to build and sustain the capacity of the Refuge.

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans said, “Wayne County residents have unparalleled access to a diversity of parks and recreational activities outdoors. The Detroit River

International Wildlife Refuge is an important addition to the cultural, environmental, and educational attributes of the Downriver area.”

Susan White, Refuge Gateway Manager, expresses a collective excitement, “It’s been a long time coming, and we are indebted to and appreciate the work, support and patience of our partners and our communities to make this controlled opening happen.

“We can’t wait to see you here enjoying your public lands, and enjoying the great outdoors that this

In order to expand the recreational opportunities and expedite greater access, visitors are encouraged to adhere to Centers of Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 guidelines throughout the Gateway and Humbug Marsh sites.

Areas open to the public include parking area for 120 vehicles; biking and walking pathways from the Downriver Linked Greenways Trails to paved trails within the Gateway (bikes are not allowed in the Humbug Marsh Unit); the stunning 700-foot fishing pier—architecturally rendered to be a

special place has to offer. Due to the concerns related to public safety and COVID-19, we are not having a ‘grand opening’ that would bring a large crowd gathering. Nor are we conducting educational programming at this time.

“The John D. Dingell, Jr. Visitor Center is still under construction and remains closed at this time.” said White.

“The original opening was scheduled for May 9, and we said, ‘Come hell or high water, we would be opening.’ At the end of March, our staff said, ‘we have high water.’ And as April, then May approached, hell also was here.

“We are so happy to welcome folks to the Refuge Gateway and Humbug Marsh!”

Visitors are able to enjoy self-guided hiking, fishing, bird-watching, or simply basking in all the physical or mental health benefits of being close to nature and out-of-doors.

treefall in the river with “dragonfly” canopies: the Monguagon Boardwalk around the pond closest to Jefferson Avenue; native flora and fauna; reclaimed industrial brownfields which now offer commanding vistas of the river, islands, and marshland.

When you stand on the hill overlooking the river, a mystic sense of nature’s power and awe overcomes you.

You instantly realize this place is good for your mind and body, heart and soul.

Southward, a footbridge provides access to the adjacent Humbug Marsh Unit, a 410-acre preserve that contains the last mile of natural shoreline along the U.S. portion of the Detroit River.

Humbug Marsh was designated as Michigan’s first “Wetlands of International Importance” by the Ramsar Convention in 2010. It contains a vast biodiversity of habitats, and is a significant stopover for many migratory birds, and a great hotspot

for thriving fish populations. Portions of the Orange Trail, near the river are closed due to flooding. The western Green Trail is open for travel.

In late July, the Director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Aurelia Skipwith, visited the Refuge Gateway and Humbug Unit. She, along with a Congressional delegation, which included Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) toured the progress made on reclaiming the former industrial brownfield site.

Federal Director Skipwith, a native of Indianapolis, was most impressed with the restoration work of the Refuge Gateway, and the history behind Saving Humbug Marsh.

“It is exciting the progress that has been made to get us to this point,” she said. “This urban refuge is truly a little oasis where people will be able to take part in local outdoor activities that will bring them closer to nature.”

In the controlled opening of the Refuge Gateway and Humbug Marsh, Skipwith asserted, “After careful analysis, every decision we make is based on sound science, the rule of law, and common sense.”

Joann Van Aken, Executive Director of the International Wildlife Refuge Alliance concurred.

“This is the realization of a dream held by many people for a long time,” she said. “Thanks are given to the more than 300 partnerships and the hundreds of people who have worked and supported the vision of restoring an industrial brownfield to a public green space, offering recreational and educational access in an urban setting.”

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (DMI) said, “I’m thrilled the day is here and now the whole community can take advantage of this very special place.

“The Refuge is a critical service to the Downriver community and a place for all to appreciate the outdoors.

This refuge was John’s dream and his footprints are all over. After decades, and the incredibly hard work of many, his vision is now reality and a place to gather, learn, and protect the wildlife and natural resources that make our region unique.”

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An eye-popping place The John Dingell Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is finally open. The site, just across the Trenton Channel from Grosse Ile, is home to nature trails through the Humbug Marsh as well as a 700-foot fishing pier out into the Detroit River near the mouth of Lake Erie. This is the only International Wildlife Refuge in North America.

Although the interpretive center and indoor bathrooms remain closed because of the pandemic, Humbug Marsh Orange and Green Trails, the Humbug Observation deck, the Monguagon Boardwalk, picnic tables, bike trails and porta potties are available to visitors. Downriver residesident are invited to come out and enjoy nature.

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Trip to Refuge sparks fond John Dingell memory LARRY CARUSO

greeted me story. with a box of I used to Whitman’s photograph chocolates in Dingell at least hand and asked a dozen times me if I wanted a year. Once I some. We was assigned then sat down to meet up in his office, with the which was Congressman decorated with at his Dearborn hunting related headquarters items such and take a few Photo by Mark Messer as a moose’s photos for a Debbie and John Dingell head mounted story on his on the wall, lifelong service a stuffed pheasant and other hunting in Congress. He was in Congress for memorabilia. years and was highly connected in We were talking about hunting for a D.C. while when there was a knock on the It was a Thursday morning and earlier that week at a cocktail party in door. It was his secretary who said, “Excuse me,” to me and then looked Washington, Dingell had fainted and at Congressman Dingell and said: was rushed to the hospital. He was “Congressman, the Vice President’s on treated overnight and released.

Anyway, the Congressman was back the phone.”

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I went recently and took some photos at the newly opened International Wildlife Refuge.

It’s a great place to get with nature.

Right on the Detroit River just south of the Trenton Edison plant on Jefferson.

There are lots of trails and fishing!

As I was leaving, a young lady conservationist who works there was walking on the same trail that I was on and we stopped to chat for about half an hour.

I told her I remember shooting the groundbreaking for the site and was glad the Refuge was finally finished.

I mentioned I talked to the late Congressman John Dingell before the groundbreaking ceremonies began.

The very nice young lady looked at me with surprise and said: “You talked to John Dingell?”

She was surprised that I had talked to the legendary Congressman, who in her eyes was a rock star.

“Yes,” I said, and that leads me to a

I asked if I could stay and take some shots during the phone call and he laughed and said “Sure.”

He picked up the phone, leaned back on his reclining chair, put his feet up on the desk and said, “Hello Al.” I started taking photos while trying not to be intrusive as Dingell went about his phone call. He told the Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, that he was feeling better and wouldn’t have fainted if he had only drunk a few more champagnes.

After 10 minutes or so, Congressman Dingell finished the phone call by telling the Vice President, “I hope to be calling you Mr. President soon.”

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Made-in-America shouldn’t be a political football As debates take place now, consider that neither political party can lay claim to having done the right thing along the way since American economic policy went off the rails.

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HBO did a documentary on the clothing business in this country called “Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags.”

It was focused on the New York garment district over the 50 year span of 1960 through 2010, and it illustrates decline in the only business sector I can really weigh in on with any knowledge. The schmatta business is the rag business, slang for clothing business, which I joined in 1971.

There are many tangents I could explore with that opening paragraph, but the point I wish to amplify today is the statistics that were shared in this documentary, specific to clothing but illustrative of a broader trendline in America: In 1965, 95 percent of all the apparel bought in this country was made in this country. By 2005 - just 40 years - 95 percent had become 5 percent.

That’s impossible, and true.

If you had visited the garment district when I did for the first time (1975), you would still remember the incredible bee hive of activity that defined that area of New York, and the very industry that caused all the action.

In forty years of my life, one industry (mine) was nearly entirely off-shored, virtually eliminating a wellspring of jobs that until that trend developed, never ran dry.

You have to allow yourself to con-

sider all the manufacturing capacity that was shuttered, machinery sold or abandoned, jobs erased in city after city.

These were solid, working class jobs centered squarely in the middle class of America. These companies were nearly all local and independent, family-owned businesses that took pride and pleasure in looking after the “family” of workers that made their “Made-in-America” products that rang the registers of countless independent merchants across the nation.

If this was the only industry that had been abandoned in our country, it would be depressingly devastating, but such is not the case.

When I consider the state of the steel industry here over the same period, or shoes, or electronics, or drugs, or frankly just about everything, my conclusions are not very flattering to the leadership of the United States.

Neither party had any vision whatsoever regarding the unintended consequences of truly unfettered, unregulated market force policy.

I distinctly remember the public debate of “what will WE make, then?”

The shockingly flippant attitude of those in charge was essentially one that said market forces will determine the outcomes, and free market policy was the paramount umbrella under which we all would sink or swim.

I am heartened to hear the senti-

ments being shared about buying American, but the scope of our problem makes those sentiments simply sad whimpers of bewildered loss that could have been avoided completely.

I am not xenophobic by any measure; not even close. But I am also not so stupid as to simply hand over the jobs, boasting that as-yet unknown jobs would arise to replace those lost.

The truth behind this calamitous mis-step in policy regarding the protection of American jobs is not a mystery. I concede that there are more facets of the balance of trade problem than what I am boiling it down to, but I have yet to hear anything, from anyone or any source that convinces me that we were right in actively pursuing this destruction of American industry.

Dereliction of duty is not an overstatement.

Why did it happen? Because we erected virtually no barriers to protect our jobs from the onslaught of world-wide (mainly Asian) suppliers, manufactured by people who got paid far less than American workers.

Obviously, this strategy directed more of the pie to the American companies that built that capacity overseas.

There was no determination to keep American jobs, there were no penalties for pursuing this path. There were no rewards that served as disincentives to abandon those workers and the incomes that fed their families.

My stores buy a great deal of apparel from Canadian makers, mainly Montreal, which still has an absolutely thriving apparel industry, and it is so because Quebec and Canada want it to be so. They have tried far harder to protect that gross national product and the jobs that derive from the manufacture of tangible goods.

I don’t purport to be well versed in import/export policy. When confronted with macro issues like this, I am quickly proven to be decidedly uneducated. But it doesn’t take genius to see what happened right before the eyes of my generation.

As debates take place now, consider that neither political party can lay claim to having done the right thing along the way since American economic policy went off the rails. Both parties have been beholden to forces that bought elections and prevented them from advocating for Americans they serve.

The topic is not so simple as this, but: Blaming China for USA capitalistic endeavors is folly. Capitalists right here in America built that foreign infrastructure that would serve their own aims, raise their share prices, and enrich themselves. It is that brutally simple.

Fixing it, now, is a difficult, daunting hill to climb. Even beginning to think about the scope of the task is headache-inducing.

It happens, but pointing fingers across the aisle and blaming opponents is embarrassingly specious and frankly stupid. Serious minds need to dig into this and figure out how to dig America out of this hole.

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In fact, the Covid-19 pandemic has inspired her work.

Zemke, who lives in Riverview, has opened a boutique in downtown Wyandotte to share her handmade clothing and accessories, paintings and fabric art even as she continues to offer the costume design, bridal fashion and alterations that — pre-pandemic — she did from her home.

In July, the Washington Post featured Paula Neuman Wyandotte Warrior Zemke’s painting, “Hold Me,” in an article, “The Best Art created by Washington Post readers during the pandemic.” The acrylic painting depicts embracing lovers wearing only masks and gloves and surrounded by virus molecules.

During the strictest part of the Covid lockdown, Zemke couldn’t have customers come into her home. So she devoted her sewing skills, time and energy to make thousands of masks, most of which she donated to health care workers when personal protective gear was in short supply.

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She has a degree in marketing from Lawrence Technological University and a degree in merchandising management from the International Academy of Design Technology. Zemke has won many awards for her fashion design, and in 2014 was named by StyleLine magazine as one of the top 10 “Designers to Watch” in the metropolitan area.

Combining her business savvy and her art has always been a goal.

“When I was in business school, I used to dream up proposals for a fashion boutique,” Zemke said.

“I’ve always wanted to do it.”

Some time ago, she had considered renting a space in the building that once housed the Rialto Theatre (1934-56) in downtown Wyandotte for her boutique, but thought she couldn’t afford it. Then this summer in the midst of pandemic precautions, the landlord called her out of the blue.

“He was willing to divide the space,” Zemke said.

And with that, her dream was off and running.

She and her husband, Martin, spent six weeks of hard work remodeling the Suite 4 space from floor to ceiling. Her before-and-after photos show the transformation to the bright, art-filled space the boutique occupies today.

“I had a vision as soon as I came in here,” Zemke said.

“Now I just look around and imagine how it looked when I first came in.”

Her Oct. 2 grand opening party drew a large crowd of people, who ogled the art and enjoyed music and a fashion show with models wearing her fashions strutting their stuff on Biddle Avenue, even as mask-clad attendees kept appropriate social distance.

Zemke has been an artist as long as she can remember, but she didn’t take an art class until she was in seventh grade. So inspiring youngsters is important to her.

“I just want to encourage kids to do art,” she said.

The boutique is offering “Engaging Imaginations,” a monthly art challenge for children up to age 17. Applicants can pick up a free bag of art supplies — some coloring pages, paper and crayons or colored pencils — to make their creations. Then they can turn their finished artwork in to the boutique by the first of each month to be entered into a contest.

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Roosevelt hosted and won a district, defeating Lincoln Park and Trenton to get to the state finals tournament.

In the district semifinals, Roosevelt bombed Lincoln Park 8-0 and Trenton topped Bedford 5-3. In the finals, Roosevelt prevailed over its Downriver neighbor and league rival 5-3.

Winning for the Bears against Trenton were No. 1 player Zakk Ciravono, No 3 singles Hudson Hill and No, 4 singles player Sammy Oswalt.

The Bears also won at No. 3 and No. 4 doubles, with Aiden Kuzma and Colton Winn winning at No. 3 and Alex Moon and Jack Vaduva winning at No. 4.

Ciravino, Aiden Mendenhall Hill and Oswald were singles winners against Lincoln Park.

In doubles, Jason Johnson and Cole Beaubien, Luke Beaubien and Jason Cuppari, Kuzma and Winn and Moon and Vadura were all winners.

The district win boosted the Bears into the Division 2 state finals where their stay was short.

Roosevelt fell in the first round at the Midland Tennis Center 8-0 to 2019 state champion Forest Hills Northern.

Roosevelt’s singles lineup at the state finals was: Zakk Ciravino (No. 1), Aiden Mendenhall (No. 2), Hudson Hills (No. 3) and Sammy Oswald (No. 4). Playing doubles were: Jason Johnson-

Cole Beaubien (No. 1), Luke Beaubien-Jason Cuppari (No. 2), Aiden Kuzma-Colton Winn (No. 3) and Alex Moon-Jack Vaduva (No. 4).

After knocking off the Bears, Northern beat Walled Lake Central and Birmingham Seaholm to march into the finals where they dominated Mattawan 7-1 to defend their state championship. Northern lost just five matches in its march to the state crown.

There was no Downriver League meet this season, so the Bears prepped for the district tournament by winning the “B” Division of Trenton’s Honor and Glory Tournament. It was the 74th edition of the Honor and Glory.

The Bears scored 19 points to outdistance second-place Carleton Airport, which had 14.

Dearborn Heights Crestwood was third with eight points and Riverview was fourth with seven.

The Oswalds led the Bears to the victory, each winning three singles matches on the day.

At No. 3 Sammy Oswald beat Ronnie Hebert (Airport), Hussein Fouani (Crestwood) and Brady Hoyt (Riverview).

At No. 4 Emmet Oswald topped Brent Kerley (Riverview), Anas Saleh (Crestwood) and Ethan Lassiter (Airport).

The Bears swept the doubles.

Jason Johnson and Cole Beaubien won three matches at No. 1 doubles, Luke Beaubien and Jason Cuppari won three at No. 2, Aiden Kuzma and Colton Winn won three matches at No. 3 and Alex Moon and Jack Vaduva swept three matches at No. 4.

After two missed games, gridders get back to work Hank Minckiewicz Wyandotte Warrior

defensive weapon for the Bears so far this season. “He is a stud,” said Adams.

But his job has been made easier by a defensive line that has really gotten after people.

“Our line is not real big, but they can really move,” Adams said. “They are quick and athletic and very

Some positive Covid-19 tests blew a two-game hole into the already-shortened regular-season schedule for the Roosevelt football team, but the Bears and their coaches hope it hasn’t blown a hole in the momentum they had built through the first three games.

The Bears opened the season with a huge 17-7 win over defending Downriver League champion Woodhaven.

It was Woodhaven’s first league loss in 15 games, dating back to 2018.

It was the defense that led the way Roosevelt quarterback Jalen Pitchford that night and the defense continued to do disciplined. They clear the the heavy lifting as the Bears way for McGraw to go and then recorded back-to-back make tackles.” shutouts, bouncing Lincoln Some of the other Park 38-0 and Taylor 20-0. defensive players Adams “I still don’t think we’ve singled out were Richard played our best game Clark, Lu Peterson and offensively,” said coach Ron defensive back Camari Adams, “but the defense Garrison has really done a great job.

In the win over Against Taylor, the defense Woodhaven, the Bears had was awesome.” just 126 total yards, but they The Bears held the Griffins used them well. McGraw to minus-30 total yards. The scored on a short run from defenders have also scored his fullback position, Pat three times this year.

Schilk made a 33-yard field Linebacker Logan goal and the defense added McGraw has been a another score.

In the rout of Lincoln Park, quarterback Jalen Pitchford passed for 151 yards and two scores and Pitchford and McGraw scored rushing touchdowns.

Clark and Anthony Peterson were on the receiving end of Pitchford’s TD passes. Schilk chipped in with a 28-year field goal and five PATS and the defense again added a score.

Against Taylor, Wyandotte’s 20 points came on a sevenyard pass from Pitchford to Josh Hudson, a run by Pitchford and a scoopand-score fumble recovery

by Garrison.

The Covid cases cost the Bears games against Allen Park and Southgate and they got back into action against 4-1 Carlson on Oct. 24. The results of that game were not available by the paper’s deadline.

The MHSAA state playoffs start on Oct. 30 with first-round distinct games. The Bears are in an eight-team district filled with unfamiliar faces. Grouped with Roosevelt are: Detroit Renaissance, Detroit U-D Jesuit, Ferndale, Grosse Pointe North, Grosse Pointe South, Lincoln Park and Oak Park.

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In a strange Covid-19 season that has featured oldfashioned dual cross country meets, cancelled invitationals, social distancing rules between boys and girls teams, parents and coaches and a new round of the postseason called a “pre-regional,” the Roosevelt Bears have powered through.

Coach Jordan Thackery’s team capped the regular season with a fourth-place

finish at the Downriver League league meet at Lake Erie Metropark on Oct. 15.

With just a second or so better time, that fourth-place showing could have easily been third or even second.

Woodhaven won the meet easily with 35 points, but Roosevelt engaged in a furious battle with Trenton and Southgate for the next spot. Anderson prevailed with 82 points, Trenton had 85 and

Roosevet had 86. Carlson was fifth with 97 points and Lincoln Park brought up the rear with 133.

With the league-meet finish, Wyandotte finished fourth in the overall league standings.

As he has all season, junior Michael Makuch ran with the leaders. He was edged for the top spot by Woodaven’s Logan Lundgrun, who ran 16:49 to Makuch’s 16:51.

Roosevelt also got a strong run from Sam Rankine, whose 17:07 time was good for third place. But the rest of the Bear pack was not quite fast enough to capitalize on the two-three finish by Makuch and Rankine.

The next Wyandotte runner to cross the finish line was Marcus Monje, who was 24th in 19:03. He was followed home by teammates Riley Greene (27th, 19:21) and Josh Sotomayor (30th, 19:22).

To prepare for the league meet, Roosevelt ran in the competitive Gold Division of the Highlander Invitational hosted by Howell High School.

Although the team finished well back in the pack, Makuch made a statement by running fourth in 16:31.

He beat out another top Downriver runner, Riverview freshman Logan Ruffner, who was fifth in 16:54. Rankine was also a top-10 finisher as he claimed ninth place in 17:12.

Monje, Greene and Lucas Pratt finished the Wyandotte scoring.

The Bears ran in a preregional race at Lake Erie Metropark on Oct. 22, but the results came after the Warrior’s deadline. From that eight-team meet, the top four teams and top seven individuals not affiliated with those teams advanced to the regionals. Regionals will be run on Halloween back at Lake Erie.

Girls second at league meet On the girls’ side of the Downriver League league meet, Roosevelt finished second to league champ Woodhaven with 57 points.

The Warriors scored 21.

With that finish, Roosevelt wrapped up third-place in the overall league standings behind Woodhaven and Carlson.

Roosevelt had a pair of strong finishes with Samantha Cost (20:11) placing third and Aubrey Migoski (20:15) placing fifth.

The rest of the Bears’

scoring five were Myah Greene (22:26) in 14th, Miranda Grant (22:57) in 16th, and Paige Chinavare (23:46) in 22nd.

At the Highlander Invitational, Roosevelt was fourth in the Gold Division, which was won by Vicksburg.

Migoski and Cost were the one-two runners again for the Bears, but they flipped positions with Migoski being first home with a 20:24 sixthplace finish and Cost a 20:25 seventh-place finish. Greene, Grant and Chinavre again finished the scoring.

Soccer season ends with district loss

The Wyandotte soccer team said good-by to the 2020 season with a 6-1 first-round loss to Lincoln Park in the Michigan High School Athletic Association state tournament.

The loss capped a tough two-win season for Coach Mike DeSana’s Bears.

With the win, Lincoln Park moved on to the district semifinal to face Downriver League champ and district host Woodhaven.

On the other side of the bracket, Dearborn Edsel Ford reached the semifinals with a 3-2 win and Monroe got there with a 6-0 win over Bedford.

The Woodhaven district winner will advance to regionals at Dearborn High School, where it will face either Ann Arbor Pioneer, Ann Arbor Skyline Dexter or Saline in a tournament that begins Oct. 27.

Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the falling temperatures or the colorful leaves or just the release of the pent-up need to get back to some semblance of normalcy during this pandemic-ravaged year, but residents seem to have gotten into the Halloween spirit more than even this year. Ghouls, ghosts, skeletons and more fill the neighborhoods throughout Wyandotte. Photographer Larry Caruso took notice and captured some on the sights with his camera.

Photos by Larry Caruso

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