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ROCHESTER — On Nov. 7, Rochester residents will vote on two ballot proposals relating to the sale of cannabis in the city.

Rochester City Attorney Jeffrey Kragt said that, typically, ordinances and charter amendments are initiated by the City Council, but in this case, the two proposals were initiated via petition — from an advocacy group based in Stockbridge, Michigan, called the “Open Stores In Rochester Committee.”

The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act — which passed in 2018, legalizing the use and possession of recreational marihuana for people over 21 years of age — allows citizens to initiate an ordinance allowing marihuana establishments to be on the

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by Mary Beth Almond services and resources. The agency provides emergency, support and prevention services for survivors of MOUNT CLEMENS — Taking steps this domestic and sexual violence, including an emergenmonth to highlight awareness of sexual assault, Turn- cy shelter, individual and group counseling, advocacy, ing Point Macomb is hosting its sixth annual fundpersonal and a at amended the state constitution to allow for at least nine days andacan then protection insert theirorder ballotassistance directly program, into a tabulator raiser, Stepping Out With the Stars, April 29. forensic nurse examiners program. of early voting before federal and state elections. State of- their early voting site.

Turning Point strives to empower survivors of Seewith TURNING on pageCounty 18A ficials said early voting will be available statewide beginning Rochester Hills has contracted Oakland with the presidential primary in 2024 and every statewide to administer their early voting, which will be held at the and federal election thereafter.

Rochester Hills Public Library, 500 Olde Towne Road. Early Turning Point President CEO Sharman Davenport at the 2021 withconducted Stepping Out However, the Oakland County clerkand — in partnership votingstands in Rochester Hillsevent will be 8:30 a.m.-4:30 with — theisStars emcee Evrod Cassimy, of WDIV-TV. with multiple Oakland County municipalities piloting p.m. from Saturday, Oct. 28 to Sunday, Nov. 5 — with the Photo courtesy of Turning Point early voting for the Nov. 7 local elections.

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Wealthy Oakland County neighborhoods are being targeted by an international crime ring, according the the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

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OAKLAND COUNTY — The county’s affluent neighborhoods have been targeted in what is called a transnational crime ring. Organized and trained thieves have been targeting certain areas of the United States and breaking into homes in search of cash, jewelry, high-end clothing, purses and products.

On Sept. 29, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard shared information and updates on the crime ring at a news conference.

According to Bouchard, these transnational crime groups are made up of individuals from South American

countries.

“They are here to exploit a variety of things, and in our situation as relates to the burglaries, it’s high in homes with high net value within those homes,” Bouchard said.

Oakland County is now on their radar; however, they are traveling throughout the United States to carry out their crimes.

“We estimate there are crews and operations all across the country in a pretty substantial number,” Bouchard said.

Bouchard said they are believed to have entered the country in one of two ways, either illegally across the southern border or through the Visa Waiver Program.

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ROCHESTER HILLS — Voters in Rochester Hills will be asked to renew the millages that fund police service Nov. 7.

In the August 2012 election, Rochester Hills voters approved two police millages to fund police services — Special Police I for 1.1359 mills and Special Police II for 2.3505 mills, which total 3.4864 mills — as part of a special police ballot proposal for a period of 10 years.

The two police millages expire at the end of this year.

The 3.4864-mill proposed renewal, city officials say, is a renewal of the two previously authorized millages for police services, combining them into one millage.

“It’s simply renewing them for another 10 years and combining them both together,” said Joe Snyder, the city’s chief financial officer.

If approved and fully levied, city officials estimate, the renewal would result in the authorization to collect $15.9 million for police services annually for 10 years, through 2034.

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WATCH Drunken driver crashes into tree, light pole

ROCHESTER — An officer was in the area of Walnut and Fourth when they observed a dark colored vehicle leave the parking structure and travel northbound at approximately 12:08 a.m. Sept. 23.

The vehicle left the roadway, striking a tree and light pole. The vehicle then proceeded to reenter the roadway, but it was inoperable.

The officer saw the driver exit the vehicle and stumble around.

The driver failed field sobriety tasks and was given a preliminary breath test, resulting in 0.20% blood alcohol content, and he was arrested.

Driver caught on the road with a revoked license

ROCHESTER — An officer on patrol in the area of Main and Fourth observed a vehicle turn onto southbound Main Street,

which is posted as “no turn between 9A-9P,” at approximately 7:35 p.m. Sept. 26.

The officer conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, who had a revoked license. The driver was placed under arrest, transported to the Rochester Police Department and released with a citation pending a later court date.

Drunken man reportedly harasses customers in parking lot

ROCHESTER — Officers were dispatched to the Rochester Mills Beer Co. for a male driving in the parking lot, yelling at patrons at approximately 10:22 p.m. Oct. 3.

The caller also stated the driver appeared to be intoxicated.

Officers spoke with staff, who stated the driver had been harassing staff inside as well. Officers located the vehicle on East Street and watched the driver fail to stop at the stop sign.

An officer made contact with the driver, observed signs of impairment and conducted field sobriety tasks, which the driver failed.

A preliminary breath test was offered, which yielded a result of a 0.084% blood alcohol content. The driver was placed under

arrest and transported to the Police Department for further processing and lodging. He was lodged until sober and released pending a later court date.

Loud exhaust leads to arrest

ROCHESTER — An officer on patrol in the area of Third and Walnut observed a vehicle with a loud exhaust at 2:13 a.m. Oct. 13.

The officer followed the vehicle northbound and then eastbound on University and saw the vehicle fail to signal a turn.

At a red light at Main and University the officer saw the car drive through the BP parking lot without stopping.

The officer made contact with the driver and observed signs of impairment. Field sobriety tasks were administered, which the driver failed. A preliminary breath test resulted in a 0.13% blood alcohol content. The driver was placed under arrest. Officers located an open container of liquor on the driver’s side floor. At the station, the driver was given a chemical breath test, which resulted in a blood alcohol content of 0.14%. The driver was lodged until sober and released with a citation pending a later court date.

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ballot through a petition.

The first proposal on the Nov. 7 ballot will ask Rochester voters if an ordinance should be passed to allow three adult-use cannabis retail establishments to operate within the city of Rochester.

“This is not something that the City Council is initiating. It is purely by petition,” Kragt explained. “When they have a certain number of people sign the petition, then it becomes something that can move forward.”

Currently, city ordinances — adopted in November 2018 — specifically prohibit any marijuana establishments in the city, Kragt noted.

“What these petitions are trying to do is to undo what is currently on the books,” he said. “It would allow three retail marijuana stores in the city of Rochester, and it would be treated just like regular retail stores in the city. … So essentially, think of wherever retail would be, this would be permitted.”

Under the proposal, licensed commercial cannabis-related commercial activities would be prohibited within an area zoned

exclusively for residential use, as well as within 800 feet of a pre-existing public or private school providing education for kindergarten-grade 12.

“It could, theoretically, be right downtown — three of them right downtown,” Mayor Stuart Bikson added.

The second proposal asks voters if a cannabis licensing charter amendment should be passed to establish an application process, selection criteria, licenses, fees and regulations for three adult-use retail cannabis establishments in the city.

Kragt said the language of the petitions — which was written by the Open Stores in Rochester Committee, not the city — establishes the terms, regulations and qualifications of the proposed ordinance and charter amendment.

“If passed, the language in the petitions would be part of the City’s Charter and Code of Ordinances. There would not be any ongoing involvement of the outside group, other than applying for the licenses that they are trying to get passed, of course.

They are the ones that put the proposed language together that they are asking the voters to adopt. If adopted, then the City would have to implement the language found in the proposals,” Kragt said in an email.

Rochester DDA Chairman Ben Govanelli said the Open Stores in Rochester Committee had to get 360 signatures for the ordinance and 560 for the Charter amendment to be placed on the ballot.

Since then, he said, the group has proceeded to secure site locations, via the signing of leases with property owners for the proposed locations — which in this case, he said, are all within the DDA District.

At press time, Rochester City Manager Nik Banda said the city had received four letters for three locations — one had two letters for the same address, Bangkok Cuisine, 727 N Main St. The other two proposed locations, Banda explained, include The Sound Advantage building at 908 N. Main and Rochester Chiropractic Clinic at 900 N. Main.

While Giovanelli said the DDA will not take any position on the cannabis issue per se, as that issue has already been decided by voters statewide, he said the DDA has concerns about the proposals.

“Our concern as advocates for the Downtown, the customers, merchants and property owners in the district is two-fold.

Our primary concern is a widely agreed upon and undeniable massive uptick in traffic counts in the area that follows these fa-

cilities. The other is any effect on property values, demand and rents in general in the district these may bring,” he said in a statement posted on the DDA’s website.

The city, he said, would receive approximately $60,000 per year in tax revenue per location, so the three proposed locations equate to $180,000 — which he noted is approximately 1% of the Rochester city general fund and DDA combined budget this year of $17.5 million.

A grassroots committee of concerned city residents and business owners, called the No Pot On Main Street Committee, said that while they are not against the use of marijuana, they are against the two ballot proposals.

“It’s not an objection to the use or ability for someone to buy marijuana in Rochester. Rather, this is an objection to the location and having three dispensaries in the principal shopping district. It’s really no more than that,” said Christian Hauser, a member of the No Pot on Main Street Committee. “And it’s also a function of an outside group coming in and dictating to the city how and when and where these stores are going to be located, versus the city — and See CANNABIS on page 8A

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more importantly, the constituents — determining where these dispensaries should be located.”

Hauser, who sits on the city’s Planning Commission, said members of No Pot on Main Street are concerned with the number of proposed retail stores, the locations, the increase in the traffic, the burden on the infrastructure and the spillover to the adjacent neighborhoods.

“The city, the residents, the owners, the police, zoning people, planning, should all have a seat at the table when it comes to any type of business in the city of Rochester — and in particular, a dispensary, or dispensaries, if we are going to have more than one. That simply hasn’t happened here,” he said. “The bigger objection I have is that an outside group has crafted an ordinance that specifically benefits them, at the expense of other potential dispensary owners. The first ballot proposal would lift the prohibition, and then the second one provides how the licensing would take effect, and if you read that, it only benefits the group who put the proposal on the ballot, and it’s detrimental to anyone else.”

Rochester resident and attorney Noah Harfouch is in favor of the proposal.

“As an attorney deeply involved in the cannabis industry, I’ve had the opportunity to work and collaborate with various municipalities across the state of Michigan.

Over time, I’ve witnessed a shift in their views on cannabis business — from skepticism to recognition that it operates under a regulatory framework that brings substantial benefits to both local economies and communities at large. Retail cannabis establishments are not just businesses; they’re potential catalysts for positive change. They create meaningful high-paying job opportunities and contribute to the community’s prosperity by generating tax revenue that can fund essential public services and projects,” Harfouch said in an email.

Looking ahead, Harfouch said it’s evident that cannabis businesses are on a trajectory to becoming as commonplace as any other retail venture.

“It’s in the best interest of municipalities to embrace this shift, acknowledging the notable financial benefits that come with it.

Based on my professional experience, communities that have welcomed these businesses have cultivated dedicated community partners and haven’t expressed regret for establishing a process that facilitates their

operations. The decision-making power now rests with the voters in Rochester — a fundamental aspect of our democratic process. I strongly encourage all eligible voters to participate and contribute to the ongoing growth and development within the community through their vote,” Harfouch said in an email.

A representative from the Open Stores in Rochester Committee did not return calls

for comment by press time.

The full text of the ordinance and charter amendment is available on the city of Rochester’s website at www.rochestermi. org/CityClerk/elections. For a complete list of candidates and ballot issues, visit the Oakland County Clerk’s election page.

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VOTERS TO DECIDE LOCAL RACES

In the Post’s coverage area, voters will decide various local races and ballot proposals Nov. 7. Below are the ballot language and profiles of the candidates, who were asked, in 75 words or fewer, to state their top goals if elected. If a candidate went over the word limit, (…) replaces the rest of the answer. The answers are printed verbatim. An (I) indicates the candidate is an incumbent. Profile forms were not sent to candidates who are running unopposed.

Rochester City Council

Six candidates are vying for four seats on council. The three highest vote-getters will earn four-year terms, and the fourth highest vote-getter will earn a two-year term.

David A. Berletich

Age: 62 Occupation: Retired, formerly Global IT Account Executive Municipality of residence: Rochester For how long: 27 Years in Rochester Area Online campaign information: davidberletich.weebly.com Education: BS MA/CS Lawrence Technological University, Southfield MI Previously and currently held elected offices: None Top goals: Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability; Focus on Reasonable Berletich Economic Growth; Keep It Rochester: I will strive to maintain the high quality of city services provided with our effective tax rate. I will also protect and enhance our green spaces to provide residents with adequate recreational space. I will always promote and protect our local businesses. Let’s Keep it Rochester, a great place to live and work for generations to come.

Douglas Gould (I)

Age: 54 Occupation: Professor and Department Chair at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Municipality of residence: Rochester For how long: 12 years Online campaign information: www.facebook.com/douglasgouldforcouncil Education: BS from Michigan State University; PhD from Wayne State University Previously and currently held elected offices: Current: Rochester City Council Member Gould Top goals: Our highly approachable Main St. must be maintained; we continue to enjoy a high occupancy rate and mix of businesses that needs to be thoughtfully managed. There is no place on

Main St. for marijuana dispensaries; I feel such businesses will lead to overcrowding, increased traffic and will change the complexion of our downtown. While, public transportation, implemented appropriately, promises to help our citizens move about the city and holds the potential to lessen traffic.

there is a balance to be achieved between preserving and growing; I pledge to strike this balance with a keen eye toward fiscal responsibility. I support the police and fire departments to continue to have safe neighborhoods and a thriving downtown. I will focus on infrastructure and protect green space and the city’s walkability.

J. Christian Hauser

Ann Peterson (I)

Age: 50 Occupation: Attorney Municipality of residence: Rochester For how long: 21 years Online campaign information: voteforhauser@gmail.com Education: De La Salle Collegiate High School, Aquinas College (Bachelor of Science – Business Administration), University of Detroit School of Law (Juris Doctor).

Previously and currently held elected offices: N/A Top goals: I am focused on Hauser maintaining our quality life, supporting our public safety officers, and encouraging sustainable growth in our City.

As Vice-Chairperson of the Planning Commission, I am well-equipped to properly manage the concerns of developers, City administration and most importantly, our residents. I am also committed to preserving the quaintness of our City by strongly opposing the two ballot proposals that, if passed, would permit three marijuana dispensaries on Main Street and downtown.

Debbie Jones

Age: 67 Occupation: Sales Consultant Municipality of residence: Rochester For how long: 32 yrs Online campaign information: Facebook page: Debbie Jones for Rochester City Council Education: Bachelors—Human Resource Development (O.U.) Previously and currently Jones held elected offices: None Top goals: I want to help preserve what we love most about Rochester--while encouraging growth in business/retail/dining. I know

Age: 58 Occupation: Real Estate Broker /Mortgage Loan Officer Municipality of residence: Rochester For how long: 34+ yrs.

Online campaign information: N/A Education: No answer given.

Previously and currently held elected offices: Rochester City Council since 2015, serving my 3rd term (8 years) Top goals: My Top prioriPeterson ties will be to address the protection of private property rights, the pressing needs of our community which are the importance of accessible and affordable water systems which is a fundamental right, traffic and pedestrian safety is another critical concern also reliable electricity which is vital for our daily lives and economic growth, profitable development is one key to our town’s fiscal strength and bringing awareness to human trafficking.

Marilyn Trent (I)

Age: 65 Occupation: Business Owner Municipality of residence: City of Rochester For how long: 33 Years Online campaign information: Website RetainTrent.org Education: Bachelors of Fine Arts Previously and currently held elected offices: None Top goals: My top goals are a balanced budget without imposing new taxes, Trent promoting responsible and intelligent development that aligns with the city’s zoning plans, preserving its aesthetic and mobility, and focusing on conservation and sustainability. I want to foster

economic growth through initiatives like place-making and green space protection in a business-friendly, vibrant Downtown that will ensure the retention of Rochester’s quality of life. I will work to keep Rochester the special place that it is.

Rochester Hills Mayor Two candidates are vying for one four-year term.

Ariane Paviani

Age: 35 Occupation: Self employed Municipality of residence: Rochester Hills For how long: Since the age of 3 Online campaign information: www.arianepaviani.com Education: Bachelor’s degree in political science Previously and currently held elected offices: N/A Top goals: Rochester Hills holds a special place in my heart, but I’ve witnessed changes that worry me.

Overdevelopment and the destruction of our green spaces threaten our city’s character and accessibility.

Paviani My mission is clear: I aim to advocate for smart development that safeguards our city’s distinct character and our way of life, all while preserving our green spaces. My commitment is to ensure Rochester Hills remains a thriving place for people of all generations.

Bryan K. Barnett (I) (Write-In)

Age: 48 Occupation: Mayor, City of Rochester Hills Municipality of residence: City of Rochester Hills For how long: 30 years Online Campaign information: mayorbarnett.net Education: BS Marketing, Oakland University; JFK School of Government, Barnett Harvard University Previously and currently held elected offices: Mayor, City of Rochester Hills, 2006-present; City Councilmember, City of See ELECTION on page 10A

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Rochester Hills, 1999-2006; Top goals: Rochester Hills is consistently ranked one of the best cities in America to live, work and raise your family. We’ve created new parks, like Innovation Hills, added hundreds of acres of green space and been ranked Michigan’s safest city for 7 straight years. The city is in excellent financial shape and we are even lowering your taxes next year. I love serving as your Mayor and I’m running to keep a good thing going!

Rochester Hills City Council District 2

Two candidates are vying for one four-year term.

David J. Blair (I)

Age: 41 Occupation: Managing partner at CV Tech, a managed IT services firm.

Municipality of residence: Rochester Hills, MI For how long: 15 Years Online campaign information: www.facebook.com/blairforrh Education: Masters in Information Technology & Masters in Business Administration, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI. Associate of Science in Digital Media, Full Sail University, Winter Blair Park, FL. Previously and currently held elected offices: Current District 2 Representative, Rochester Hills City Council Top goals: Rochester Hills residents love their city, and all it has to offer. This was underscored by a recent community survey, which showed residents are overwhelmingly satisfied with city services, feel safe in our community, and appreciate the high quality of life afforded by our city’s award-winning amenities. My top goals are maintaining this high level of excellence, continuing to invest in our parks and green spaces, and keeping taxes among the lowest in Oakland County.

Nicholas A. Sahu

Age: 25 Occupation: Contracts Specialist Municipality of residence: Rochester Hills For how long: 25 Years Online campaign information: www.sahu4rh.com

Education: BS Public Administration & Public Policy (Oakland University), Highschool Diploma (Rochester Adams High School) Previously and currently Sahu held elected offices: N/A Top goals: I believe we should rein in excessive development by strictly enforcing our ordinances and zoning. We must also limit conditional use and wetland waivers. By expanding the notification ordinance for planning from the current 350 ft, residents and developers can better align on development matters.

I would also prioritize preservation and expansion of our greenspaces. Our residents need a councilor who will advocate for them — a public servant, not a politician.

Rochester Hills Library Board Member Five candidates are vying for two six-year terms.

Terry Hetrick

Age: 65 Occupation: Paraeducator with RCS for 25 years Municipality of residence: Rochester Hills for 29 years Education: Graduated Pennsylvania State University in 1981 Previously and currently held elected offices: None Top goals: To ensure the RHPL Board of Trustees continues to defend our residents’ right to access information. To support the library’s mission that “emHetrick powers people to explore and create with resources that enlighten, educate, entertain, and inform. To maintain, grow, and keep moving the library forward as one of the preeminent places for the citizens of Rochester, Rochester Hills and Oakland Township to spend time.

Madge Lawson (I)

Age: No answer given.

Occupation: Award-winning published writer and watercolorist Municipality of residence: Resident of Rochester Hills For how long: since 1982 Online campaign information: No answer given.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Michigan; Certificate in Interior Design from the New York

Institute of Interior Design and Art. Previously and currently held elected offices: Currently the President of Rochester Hills Public Library Board of Trustees. Invited to fill a vacancy on the Library Board’s Board in 1996.

Elected to four six-year terms of office.

Top goals: As current president of the Rochester Hills Lawson Public Library Board of Trustees, I am seeking re-election to protect your right to read. I served on the “Friends” board for 14 years and the Library Board of Trustees since 1996. I’m currently acting chair of the library’s centennial celebration in 2024. As board members, we take an oath to defend everyone’s constitutional right to read. Vote for me on November 7th and I will continue to uphold that pledge.

Pamela Olesen

Age: 65 Occupation: Retired AP Science Teacher; Currently volunteering as a Tai Chi instructor.

Municipality of residence: Rochester Hills, MI For how long: since 2006 (17 years) Online campaign information: www.pamelaolesen.com Education: Masters in the Art of TeachingMarygrove College, MI; Bachelor of Arts in Biology - Rutgers University, NJ Previously and currently held elected offices: None Top goals: I am running for the Library Board because I believe our library has Olesen more to offer than you may know. Social media cannot compete with what our library has! I encourage you to come into the library and explore. Have a conversation with me! Join me at one of the many programs. Enjoy family time. Read a book. Try the 3D printer. Be part of the Library experience! I’ll meet you there!

Chuck Stouffer (I)

Did not return questionnaire by press time.

Harper West

Age: 63 Occupation: Psychotherapist Municipality of residence: Rochester Hills For how long: 29 years Online campaign information: www.harperwest.net Education: BA, Michigan State University; MA, Michigan School of Psychology Previously and currently held elected offices: None

Top goals: I oppose book banning, support the First Amendment, and will work to ensure the Freedom to Read for our entire diverse community, without pursuing a political, ideologiWest cal, or religious agenda. I propose adding an environmental sustainability plan to the strategic plan to reduce environmental impacts and save money. I will ensure upcoming capital improvements to the library building are done in a fiscally prudent manner, while planning for flexible use in future years.

Rochester Open Stores Ordinance Summary of Ballot Question:

This proposed ordinance, if adopted, would provide for three retail adult use cannabis retail establishments to be allowed to operate in the city limits. Shall the Proposal be Adopted?

Cannabis Licensing Charter Amendment Summary Ballot Question:

This proposed charter amendment, if adopted, would establish an application process, selection criteria, licenses, fees, and regulations for three adult use retail cannabis establishments in the City. Shall the Proposal be Adopted?

Rochester Hills Renewal of Special Police Millage

The City of Rochester Hills funds police services through two (2) Special Police Millages which total 3.4864 mills [Special Police I = 1.1359 mill and Special Police II = 2.3505 mill]. These Special Police Millages will expire after their final levy this year to provide funding for the City’s Fiscal Year 2024. Shall the City of Rochester Hills be authorized to continue to levy up to a total of 3.4864 mills ($3.4864 per $1,000.00) on the taxable value of property located in the City for ten (10) years, beginning in 2024 (for Fiscal Year 2025) and continuing through 2033 (for Fiscal Year 2034), inclusive, which would raise an estimated $15,916,040.00 in the first year if levied in full, for the purpose of funding and maintaining police protection, services, and operations. If approved, this will renew previously authorized, but expiring, Special Police Millages.

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TRICK-OR-TREATING ON MAIN STREET

ROCHESTER — Watch the streets of Rochester come to life with ghosts, ghouls, superheroes and more as children trick or treat with the downtown merchants 3:30-5 p.m. Oct. 21.

Trick-or-treating will be one way only on each side of Main Street. The east side will run north and the west side will run south.

Children can then meet at the corner of East Street and E. University for a costume parade at 5:15 p.m., followed by a Halloween Fest 5-6:30 p.m. in the farmers’ market lot, at the corner of E. Third and Water. There will be Halloween-themed photo opportunities and prizes. The Little Donut Factory will sell hot, fresh doughnuts. There will be a photo opportunity with Ecto 1 and The Metro Detroit Ghostbusters, and The Linda Rea Team will be donating pumpkins to the first 100 trick-or-treaters who stop by their pumpkin patch.

For more information, email jenna@downtownrochestermi.com.

ROCHESTER POSED WINNERS ANNOUNCED ROCHESTER — Downtown Rochester held its 11th annual Rochester Posed event Oct. 5. During the event, 20 participating businesses turned their storefront windows into live mannequin displays. This year’s theme for Rochester Posed was Heroes vs.

Villains. Event attendees were able to cast a vote for their favorite live mannequin displays through phone polling. There was also a selected panel of judges that scored each window for the Judge’s Choice winner.

The top three windows with the most texts for the People’s Choice are, in first place, “Local Heroes”/At Home Furniture; second place, “Mario vs. Bowser”/The Spice & Tea Exchange; and third place, “Mean Girls”/Kimi K Salon & Spa. The top three windows with the most votes from the panel of judges are, in first place, “The Witches of Wizard of Oz”/South Street Skateshop; second place, “Ariel vs. Ursula”/Rochester Bike Shop; and third place, “Alice vs. The Queen of Hearts”/Haig’s of Rochester.

For more information, call the DDA at (248) 656-0060.

FREE TREES OFFERED TO ROCHESTER HILLS RESIDENTS

ROCHESTER HILLS — The city of Rochester Hills is offering its fall 2023 Community Canopy program to promote and guide homeowners in planting trees on their private property to maximize all the benefits that trees offer. The city will provide up to two trees per household this fall. The 1-inch to 3-inch trees will be mailed directly to residents’ doorsteps, and they can then plant them in the location that they identify. The program is made possible by the city of Rochester Hills and the Arbor Day Foundation.

For more information, contact the Rochester Hills Parks and Natural Resources Department at (248) 656-4673.

Museum hosts Halloween Masquerade

ROCHESTER HILLS — Step into a world of glitz, glam and mystique for the Rochester Hills Museum Young Leaders Club Halloween Masquerade at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm.

All guests are asked to don masquerade masks. For those who wear glasses or prefer not to wear a mask, the museum will provide free Venetian-style masks on sticks, available at the check-in counter.

Guests will dance the night away to everything from the Beatles to Whitney Houston performed live by the band Sonic Freeway.

To join in on the fun, you must be 21 or older. Tickets cost $100 per person and can be secured at tinyurl.com/MuseumYL. All tickets will be processed through the Community Foundation of Greater Rochester and will be recognized as a charitable donation.

Guests should expect a follow-up email from the museum team with additional event details and ticket confirmation.

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METRO DETROIT — A dream scenario for a high school athlete is to play on the collegiate level and to continue playing the sport they fell in love with when they were a child.

Unfortunately for some sports, there’s just not enough eyes at each game or meet to help a student-athlete garner collegiate attention, and State Champs!

Sports Network social media manager Danielle Seaman said she faced the same adversity when bowling at New Baltimore Anchor Bay High School.

“As a bowler, you don’t have many options to get recruited or be seen,” Seaman said. “There was one national tournament that I was lucky enough to go to and my family could afford to, so that’s how I got recruited. Some families can’t afford to go to this national tournament because it’s in a different location every year, and you have to qualify for it, which is more money to pay for other tournaments you have to go to qualify.”

Seaman went on to bowl collegiately at Monmouth University from 2018-2022.

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W, a women-only branch of State Champs!

Sports Network — Seaman and a team of all women have created the nation’s first recruiting hub, which launched Sept. 1, made for women by women.

Along with Seaman, Kara Liles, Elizabeth Coon, Amanda Mooradian, Madison Hool and Riley Spurgess, who all played sports in some capacity, helped build the recruiting platform for female athletes in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

State Champs! W, which started in 2021, will offer female athletes the opportunity to create an account on the recruiting

platform, with multiple membership options available.

Recruitment can be difficult for any coach or athlete to handle, so Seaman said the team felt the platform was an essential tool for athletes.

“A lot of programs don’t have funding to go and travel around the country and see athletes, so this makes it easy for them,” Seaman said. “Some athletes just don’t have experience or their coaches don’t know how to get them recruited, so this is a place where they can go, make a profile and possibly get recruited.”

Membership packages range from $9.99-$49.99 a month, with the starter package allowing an athlete to make a profile, insert their stats and add contact information to their profile. Higher price points include the starter items while also notifying athletes when a coach views their profile and allowing athletes the ability to add social media handles and highlight videos, an interview with the State Champs! W team and social media video posts to be sent to coaches’ emails directly. Coaches receive free registration to the recruiting platform.

High school athletics is at its peak with social media usage and allowing athletes to have the ability to brand themselves, and the recruiting platform is another step forward.

The recruiting platform is available for athletes in any sport, with fencing, volleyball, soccer, softball, bowling and others included.

State Champs! W is currently working on another avenue to enhance its website by allowing athletes the ability to see the coaches that have signed up, their team, their school and where the school is located, but it’s only in the developmental stages.

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exception of Thursday, Nov. 2, which will run noon-8 p.m.

“Early voters will be issued a ballot, they will vote their ballot and put it through the tabulator. The tabulator will not be closed out at the end of the night, so no votes will be tallied. … Then, Tuesday evening, election evening, after the polls close at 8 p.m., we will then run the final totals for early voting,” said Rochester Hills City Clerk Leanne Scott.

Scott said she is excited to see how many people opt to vote early this year.

“It’s going to be super exciting,” she said. “I’m just super grateful we can do this and run this pilot, so that we are prepared for next year’s presidential election.”

Oakland Township — which has also partnered with Oakland County and Rochester Hills to host early voting at the library for future elections — does not have an election in 2023.

The city of Rochester has chosen to administer early voting itself, at the Rochester Municipal Building, 400 Sixth St. Early vot-

ing in Rochester will run 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28-Sunday, Nov. 5 — with the exception of Thursday, Nov. 2, which will run noon-8 p.m.

“I am excited to see how the voters utilize this new opportunity for voting, and I am hopeful that it increases voter turnout,” Rochester City Clerk Lee Ann O’Connor said.

All registered voters also have the option of voting by absentee ballot or in-precinct from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at their normal polling location on Election Day. With the extra early voting days added to the schedule, both Rochester and Rochester Hills are still looking for volunteers to help with elections.

“We are always looking for more volunteers,” Scott said.

To volunteer as an election worker or for more information about Rochester Hills’ elections, email elections@rochesterhills.org or call the Rochester Hills City Clerk’s Office at (248) 656-4630.

To volunteer as an election worker or for more information about Rochester elections, visit www.rochestermi.org/elections or call the Rochester City Clerk’s Department at (248) 733-3700.

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Bouchard said that in Oakland County, they typically break in around 5-9 p.m.

He added that preferred targets are homes that are isolated and back up to wooded areas, trails and golf courses.

According to Bouchard, Oakland County has seen between eight and 11 related cases over a year.

“Oftentimes, they make their entry via an upstairs balcony or windows, or, oftentimes, in the back. If they are going to do windows, they do windows in the back,” Bouchard said.

Bouchard encouraged residents to invest in their home security and make sure security measures are on and tested. He suggests good quality cameras and layered systems throughout the house.

He also urges residents to secure all of their valuables in a heavy-duty safe that is anchored.

If anyone sees something suspicious happening in their neighborhood, they are encouraged to reach out to law enforcement.

“We’d all like to check out suspicious activity 100 times in case one of those could be something that is valuable and actually something in progress,” Bouchard said. “So don’t feel like you are troubling us. That’s what we do.”

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HANDLING BULLIES AT SCHOOL AS A PARENT

‘THE WEAPONRY TO PERPETRATE BULLYING CUTS A WIDER AND DEEPER SWATH’

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METRO DETROIT — When parents find out that their kid is being bullied, or that their kid is the bully, it can be a shock.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in five high schoolers have reported being bullied at school.

There are signs victims may show that parents should look out

for, as well as strategies to help rebuild their self-confidence.

Jodee Blanco is a survivor-turned activist and the author of the New York Times bestseller “Please stop laughing at me: One woman’s inspirational story.” She recently spoke at Brother Rice High School, and while she was there, she observed the challenging yet nurturing culture that the school has achieved.

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‘MAKING THE PARANORMAL MORE NORMAL’

BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com

ST. CLAIR SHORES — A lot goes into a paranormal investigation, including capturing evidence and listening to recordings. For Jessica Krutell, founder and lead investigator of Mystic Mitten Paranormal, it’s all about “making the paranormal more normal.”

Before an investigation, Krutell chats with the residents or business owners to get background information about what’s going on there.

“Sometimes, there’s natural causes and explanations as to why they might be feeling or experiencing certain things, too,” Krutell said.

“So we try to get all of that sorted out first before actually doing the investigation.”

As soon as she and the others get to the house, they turn on the recorder to capture “electronic voice phenomenon.” Krutell later explained in an email that EVPs are any voices that are captured with an electronic device.

“Electronic voice phenomenons, or EVPS, are something that do happen somewhat often, not like constantly. But the second that we get into a place, we want to have something recording at all times,” Krutell said.

A device Krutell also talked about is the KII meter that detects electromagnetic fields, which is an important part of the process. She said her brother’s aquarium was emitting high amounts of electromagnetic fields at one point.

“If you’re around that constantly, it can cause paranoia. It can cause you to feel uncomfortable and, in some extreme cases, can cause hallucinations,” Krutell said.

Once they arrive, the investigators get to See PARANORMAL on page 19A

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TOP: Employees speak about their paranormal experiences at Dragon’s Landing while Jessica Krutell, center, and Michael Miller, to the right of Krutell, listen in.

ABOVE: Michael Miller watches the cameras during a paranormal investigation at Dragon’s Landing.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — I’ve always believed in the paranormal. Living in a state like Michigan where the lakes are treacherous and ships go missing in the night, it’s hard not to. Ghost stories were passed around by volunteers at lighthouses, sprinkled in with the long history of the guiding lights.

Some of them chilled me to the bone and some of them stick Ochss with me today.

Going into this investigation, I was nervous and a little bit scared. Questions skated around in my mind about what we would actually see and hear that night. What if something comes through that we don’t want to meet? What if something personal comes through speaking to me?

It’s also interesting going into an investigation as a person who doesn’t have any connection to the location and who doesn’t have the knowledge a paranormal investigator would have. I wasn’t someone who experienced paranormal activity daily nor did I have the expertise to tell someone why they were experiencing these phenomena. I was just an observer.

The air in Dragon’s Landing brew pub was hot as I walked in the back door of the kitchen and into the main dining room area. Employees as well as See ASSIGNMENT on page 22A

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Jodee Blanco and Brother Rice High School Principal Ed Okuniewski participated in a seminar on bullying.

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ever had,” she said.

Blanco shared that while bullying has not changed since she was in school, bullies now have new ways to carry out this behavior against their victims. With social media, kids no longer have to spread rumors in person. Now, they can do the damage hiding behind a screen.

“The weaponry to perpetrate bullying cuts a wider and deeper swath, but the impulse of what creates that kind of cruelty remains the same,” Blanco said.

Parenting a victim

Lisa Khoury is a school psychologist in the Grosse Pointe Public School System and is in private practice at Associated Psychologists in St. Clair Shores.

Khoury said that sometimes the first sign parents may notice in their child who is being bullied is social isolation. Changes in friends or social activity may be due to a child wanting to avoid the bullies, or it could be because they were not invited.

Blanco said that it is important to understand that sometimes the more subtle kind of bullying can be the most hurtful.

“Bullying isn’t just the mean things we do. It’s all the kinds of things we never do,” Blanco said.

She explains that bullies can attack in more ways than physical.

“The moment a child starts asking themselves what’s wrong with me is the moment that potential long-term damage from bullying has taken root,” Blanco said. “If you are a parent, you have to be aware that, if your child is lonely or feeling isolated or left out, the potential damage of that can be severe.”

Blanco said the first thing a parent should do to help their child is help them find a brand-new social outlet separate from school. She suggests looking into programs offered by park districts, museums, camps and libraries.

“While you want to work with the school institutionally on the bullying itself,

the first thing you need is to perform triage on your lonely child and give them hope that if they are not fitting in at school, there are still other places where they will fit in and can make friends,” Blanco said.

Khoury said a parent should sit down with their child and talk to them about what is happening. She suggested parents ask their child how they think they can solve this problem, helping them along the way.

“The concept behind that is to empower the students to take charge of the situation,” Khoury said.

Blanco added that working in partnership with the school is essential. She said one of the most common mistakes people tend to make is focusing solely on punishing the bully.

Punishing the bully

When parents find out their child is a bully, Khoury said, they should treat it like a “teachable moment” and practice “restorative justice approaches.” For example, she suggests asking a child who is a bully to write an apology letter to the student they are bullying.

“The most effective way to diminish bullying in a school is to treat the bullies with compassion and engage in restorative practices when it comes to discipline and to help their target to become more socially confident and also to deepen their ability to forgive,” Blanco said.

Blanco said that parents should engage in compassionate forms of discipline if they find out their child is the bully. For example, a bully may benefit from doing random acts of kindness for a different person each day and recording how that person responded to that act and how that response made them feel.

“If you have a kid who’s mean at school, your child is crying out for help,” Blanco said. “Do everything you can to find out what’s causing this hunger and what is causing this cry for help, and work backward from there.”

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tour locations and find any hot spots. The amount of activity experienced varies from house to house, Krutell said. Sometimes, activity starts as soon as they start the investigation; other times, nothing happens.

“I would like to think that the spirits just don’t know us, you know what I mean?

They’re not familiar,” Krutell said. “It would be like somebody just walks into your house and starts asking you all sorts of questions.

You don’t know who they are. You’re not going to want to talk to that person.”

She added she’s a firm believer in being approachable and friendly during investigations instead of yelling orders.

“I wouldn’t listen or respect that,” Krutell said about being aggressive. “But if I see people that are having fun and it’s a good conversation and people are enjoying themselves on that experience, and it’s comfortable and it’s an inviting environment, I would want to be a part of it.”

Michael Miller is a Mystic Mitten Paranormal investigator and technician. He is also Krutell’s husband.

Miller said you can’t say for certain

whether a haunting is residual or intelligent.

He said residual hauntings tend to have spirits who don’t respond when asked and the people who live and work in a space have repetitive experiences with the paranormal.

“Where you can go to a place and there’s reports of someone walking down a hallway,” Miller said. “You go down there (and ask), ‘Can you walk down this hallway for us?’ And it never happens. But then, they call us a week later and they go, ‘Yeah, it happened again and it’s the same exact thing every single time.’ That could be a sign of a residual haunting.”

Miller has been accompanying Krutell on investigations for approximately a year.

He said he got into the paranormal by watching paranormal shows and because of Krutell.

“It was something I didn’t plan on but the more you’re around it, the more you think about it, the more you learn and experience and talk to people who have experiences,” Miller said. “It’s definitely an interesting thing to follow.”

Krutell offers her services for free and a lot of times the residents or business owners join her on an investigation. She said she thinks it works better that way because the spirits are more comfortable with the people

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Krutell helps. People can also feel more comfortable in their own space by participating in the investigation as well.

“My slogan is ‘making the paranormal more normal’ because I want people to feel comfortable with these spirits and kind of live side by side with them rather than just assuming that it’s something maleficent and evil, dark and scary. Because usually, like 9.99 times out of 10, it’s not scary,” Krutell said.

Krutell tries not to research any history about a location before going into an investigation. If they get any paranormal activity, they start to find the history tied to the location.

“I try to do the research after the fact just because I don’t want to go in anticipating to hear from ‘Sandra, Sally’ or whoever,” Krutell said.

Miller said he and Krutell have never had any experiences that made them feel they were in danger.

“Never been in danger,” Miller said.

“Never felt like I was in danger.”

Krutell said a person doesn’t have to be of a certain religion to be a paranormal investigator. Sometimes, people involved in the paranormal field are religious and use various religious practices and tools to bless

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the house or pray over the area they are investigating.

Krutell said she doesn’t associate with any religion and doesn’t see anything wrong with it either way.

“I don’t think that you have to have, you know, some sort of belief in a higher power to understand that energy is still energy,” Krutell said. “There’s definitely science behind it all.”

She went on to explain that people have their physical forms, and they also have personalities, opinions and other things that are a part of the spirit and soul.

“Your spirit and your soul is the energy behind our body which is just a vessel,” Krutell said. “So when our bodies pass, our bodies just, you know, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Our bodies are just empty vessels at that point, but energy never dies. It just transfers.”

When it comes to TV shows, Krutell said for the investigators to get enough material to fill a full run time, it would take multiple nights of investigating.

“A lot of times, (on) the TV shows, they’re actually going to be wearing the same clothes and they’re going to be pretending like it’s the same day when it actually isn’t,”

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Krutell said.

She also said it depends on the show how dramatized it is for TV. Krutell has met some TV investigators in person and she said it’s easy to tell whether they’re an honest person or not just by talking with them.

“I would say there’s a good portion that’s dramatized,” Krutell said. “Sometimes, they just have to make it entertaining. Sometimes, they just have to capture the audience.”

The network running the TV show often has full say, Krutell said.

“The network has control and sometimes that leads to a lot of disruptions in paranormal TV because it goes against what that paranormal investigator feels is right,” Krutell said.

It’s important to go into an investigation with a good, clean headspace, Krutell said. She added that if you’re negative, it’s go-

ing to be easier for something to latch onto you.

“You attract more flies with honey if you’re sweeter and you’re kinder,” Krutell said. “And if you have, you know, a better head on your shoulders, I think you’re going to be safer going into those investigations.”

Miller said it’s important for those who are afraid of their residence or business being haunted to remember that whatever else is there is probably also afraid.

“Sometimes it’s just best to speak to it with an open mind and be welcoming and sometimes you might feel a change and a change in that environment,” Miller said.

For those wishing to venture into the paranormal field, Miller said to find a professional and get information and advice from them on how to start.

“Every single person in this field wants nothing more than to have other people have a better understanding of it and acceptance of it,” Miller said. “It doesn’t matter who it is. If you ask them for help into understand-

ing how to go about doing things and how to get started, every paranormal investigator will always be 100% (supportive) in helping that person understand and get started.”

Miller said you don’t need anything special but a cellphone and a free voice recording app.

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the owner greeted me, welcoming me to the place where they work every day.

Jessica Krutell, founder and lead investigator of Mystic Mitten Paranormal, and Mystic Mitten Paranormal investigator and technician Michael Miller arrived shortly afterward. The investigation and the interviews officially started when she placed her recorder in the center of a chair in the middle of our circle.

The owner, Spencer Channel, told a little bit about the history of the building and how it used to be an old social club. A lot of people died here, he said.

Maybe the folks that used to enjoy the building back when it was a social club still enjoy it to this day?

The employees shared their experiences, with some overall similar experiences between those that were there and others that seemed specific to a couple of people. One of the shared experiences was seeing a tall, dark, shadowy figure somewhere near the back storage rooms.

When I first got a look at the storage room, it felt a little eerie, but I didn’t know whether it was because my nerves were kicking in or if it really was as creepy as it sounded.

The most shocking thing was when a bartender and manager, Gary Elson, said he and another employee heard Elson’s name called in the restaurant. He dubbed the spirit that he thinks follows him from job to job “Frank.”

I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be in a mostly empty building and hear my name called by someone who was not there.

What would I do? Words would come out of my mouth not suitable for publication, that’s for sure.

I have had haunted experiences before and all I did was give the area I saw something in a blank stare and stand there frozen to my spot; a deer in the headlights, if you will. I would definitely die first in a horror film.

Cortez Sealie, a cook, said he’s been dealing with the paranormal throughout his whole life. He said he can see the spirits and hear the disembodied voices. He also said he knew there was the presence of a little girl and a woman in the building.

Multiple employees said they’ve never tried to call out the spirits or have conversations with them for fear of opening “Pandora’s Box.” That’s what we were going to do that night.

The first part of the investigation was held at the bar using a device called a KII

meter. This device detects electromagnetic fields, according to an email by Krutell.

It lights up whenever it detects a change in fields. The recorder was still going and Krutell asked multiple questions as we went.

Long periods of silence passed after each question to allow any spirits to speak if they wanted to. With every passing moment, I was getting more comfortable in the space we were in. I stopped breathing so hard, and I felt more relaxed than I did when we started.

We moved into the main dining room, being careful not to trip over any of the wiring set up for the cameras. Krutell moved the KII meter and another device, a REM pod, closer to us. A REM pod, Krutell said in an email, was invented for paranormal investigations. The device emits an energy field and will alert if anything enters that space. It also detects temperature changes.

Again, Krutell asked questions and we waited patiently for responses. Then Krutell brought out a device called a spirit box. This device sweeps rapidly through multiple different radio stations, Krutell said in an email, and it’s believed spirits can control these devices to put together audible responses.

Words came through the spirit box, including some names like “Dylan.” But the one we held onto and the one that seemed to garner the most responses from the spirits was “Emily.” I didn’t know if Emily was a person who partook in the social club or from somewhere else. Was the little girl spoken about earlier Emily?

Krutell then asked Emily to speak to us through the recorder and to touch the areas around the KII meter and REM pod. Something did happen to the KII meter where it lit up, but I had my head turned when it happened, and I couldn’t quite find the device in the darkness. The gasps from the rest of those with me alerted me to what was going on and I finally found where the device was.

The green light on the device was slowly blinking and Krutell asked the spirit to activate the red light on it with little to no response.

One of the funnier responses we thought we heard from the spirit box was “pound it.” Was there something residual at the restaurant of previous patrons and guests drinking merrily with each other? It was interesting and felt like we were getting a small glimpse of a conversation from decades ago.

Before we left the area, Krutell told the spirits multiple times that we were leaving.

They seemed to encourage us to move to another area by saying “go for it” through the spirit box.

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METRO DETROIT — You don’t have to look out the window to know that the seasons are changing. But as the days gradually grow darker and colder, sometimes it’s easy to feel that change if chilly drafts sneak through a home’s doors and windows.

Shlome BenEzra, vice president of WeatherGard, said drafts can cause several problems to a home. While they can affect a resident’s comfort level, they also can open a path for bugs or even small rodents to enter.

And then there is the energy inefficiency.

“It definitely has a pretty drastic effect on heating costs,” BenEzra added.

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Some window frame types or materials, such as vinyl, are also more draft-prone, Pilarski said.

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ployees said, especially in the dark. A red light in one of the rooms gave it an eerie vibe and the pitch blackness made things such as a blinking soap dispenser seem creepier.

Krutell set the REM pod down in the back room where Elson and Sealie stood in the far back in the darkness. The rest of us stood in the conjoining hallway in front of another one of the storage rooms. There was one thing I was certain of: It was hot in that back area.

Multiple times, the REM pod went off, indicating temperature fluctuations. Krutell used a thermometer to read the temperatures in real time. The people in that small hallway could see as it went from 82 degrees Fahrenheit to 79 degrees and back up again. It was amazing and kind of thrilling to see the evidence right before my eyes.

Some of the employees standing around me as well as myself felt small cold spots around us and rushes of cold air pass by as if someone was walking in and out of the area.

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After a while, we left the area to go back to the front by the bar.

So far, I thought the investigation was going well and my nerves had completely left my body. I was enjoying seeing all the evidence we were documenting. In the bar area, one of the employees poured a beer to see if that would encourage the spirits to speak to us or move something.

The last investigation device Krutell pulled out were dowsing rods. In her email, she said these items have a deep-rooted history where people would use a Y shaped tree branch to search for water.

Modern day dowsing rods are made of copper and often have free-floating handles so they can’t be controlled unconsciously by the user, the email said. The person holding them also has to stay as still as possible and really concentrate. Krutell said in the email these are best used for yes and no questions.

Three different people used the dowsing rods and each time the rods moved in response to questions or commands issued by the user or Krutell.

At the end of the investigation, we filed into the dining room to talk about our findings.

I went home tired and very hungry, but also excited for more. It left me wondering when I can do this again.

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According to Red Cross officials, in order for the blood supply to recover, the nonprofit organization must collect 10,000 additional blood products each week over the next month to meet the needs of hospitals and patients in Michigan and across the country.

Barry Siegfried, M.D., medical director of the Red Cross Michigan Region, said donors of all blood types are urgently needed, especially platelet donors and Type O blood donors.

“When blood and platelet supplies drop to critical levels, it makes hospitals and their patients vulnerable, especially if there is a major accident or an emergency medical procedure that requires large quantities of blood,” Siegfried said in a prepared statement. “We’re asking donors across Michigan to help us keep hospital shelves stocked with blood products and help ensure patients have access to the timely care they deserve.”

To encourage members of the public to donate blood, incentives are being offered.

Those who donate by Oct. 20 will receive a $15 Amazon.com gift card by email. Details are available at RedCrossBlood.org/ Together.

Donors who give blood between Oct.

21 and Nov. 9 will receive a $10 e-gift card to a restaurant merchant of their choice.

They also will be entered to win a $5,000 gift card in which three winners will be chosen. For more information, visit RedCrossBlood.org/lunch.

The Red Cross offers three ways to make an appointment to donate. Donors can download the Red Cross blood donor app on their cellphones, apply at RedCrossBlood.org, or call 800-RED CROSS, which in numeral form is 800-733-2767.

According to the news release, the Red Cross national blood supply dropped by approximately 25% “on the heels of one of the busiest travel seasons and the beginning of back-to-school activities.”

Another challenge for the Red Cross is that since many employees continue to work from home or in a hybrid capacity since the COVID-19 pandemic, that reduces the number of opportunities to give blood at business-sponsored blood drives.

“These factors, coupled with an active disaster season, are creating a perfect ‘storm’ and challenging the organization’s ability to collect a sufficient amount of blood products to meet the needs of hospitals and patients,” the news release states.

There are eligibility requirements to donate blood. Donors must be at least 16 years old in most states, must be in good health and feeling well, and must weigh at least 110 pounds. Blood can be donated every 56 days.

The donated blood is used in a variety of ways, including for accident and burn victims, and for trauma, heart surgery, organ transplant and cancer patients. Patients with chronic diseases also receive blood when needed.

Call Staff Writer Maria Allard at (586) 498-1045.

The American Red Cross is offering incentives to recruit donors to combat the current national blood shortage.

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ACROSS 1. *Bow Wow Wow’s “I ____ Candy” 5. Money source 8. *____’s Root Beer 11. Pelvic parts 12. Start of something big?

13. Round openings 15. RPM gauge 16. Cantina cooker 17. Car sound, to a toddler 18. *Ninepins namesake 20. Kiln for drying hops 21. They had 22. Division, abbr.

23. Informal wear 26. “Tail” on letter C 30. Kamakawiwo’ole’s strings 31. Real estate sale agreement 34. Denials 35. 9 a.m. prayer 37. Even, to a poet 38. *Desert plant harvested for sweet syrup 39. Forbidden 40. Quickly or slowly, e.g.

42. *Sweet ____ brew 43. Breathe in 45. Westernmost city in Germany 47. Soldier’s bed 48. Mensch, alt. sp.

50. Italian car brand 52. *Jolly livestock raisers?

55. Russia’s hard liquor 56. Ctrl + Z 57. Consumes food 59. Checks out 60. Famous French couturier (1905-1957) 61. Heavy Metal’s Quiet ____ 62. Caustic soda 63. Newsman Rather 64. Kill, as in dragon DOWN 1. Clever humor 2. Unfortunately, exclamation 3. Actor Nolte 4. Island in French Polynesia 5. *Donut filler 6. Checked out 7. Bleats 8. Rocky & Bullwinkle and Mary Kate & Ashley, pl.

9. To a very great

degree (2 words) 10. Not bright 12. Sacred choral compositions 13. Roundish 14. *Sweet tooth, technically 19. *___ Musketeers, spelled out 22. Drops at dawn 23. *____-Frutti 24. Highlander’s dagger 25. Sage and rosemary 26. *Scoop holder 27. Averse 28. “Drove my chevy to the ____” 29. Southeast Asian org.

32. Relinquish, as in property 33. Clergyman’s title, abbr.

36. *Single serving treat 38. Embarrass 40. Arthur, to friends

41. Hard feelings 44. I to Greeks, pl.

46. TV’s “Where everybody knows your name” 48. Opposite of depression 49. “____ ____ a high note”

50. Same as fogey 51. Inactive 52. “Ant-Man” leading actor 53. Not top-shelf in a bar 54. Greek portico 55. Radio knob, abbr.

58. Farm pen

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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OCT. 21

Tour of Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal: Learn history by vehicle and foot, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., starts at Old Clinton Township Hall south of Clinton-Macomb Public Library - Main Branch, 40700 Romeo Plank Road in Clinton Township, ends in Rochester, register at (248) 656-4663

OCT. 26

Widowed Friends lunch: 11 a.m., Recipes Rochester, 134 W. University Drive, RSVP to Esther at (586) 2641939 by Oct. 20

OCT. 15

Chamber Music Detroit: Concert featuring soprano Karen Slack, 3-4:30 p.m., Varner Recital Hall, 371 Varner Drive in Rochester, chambermusicdetroit.org/ season80

Oktoberfest: Live entertainment, games, giveaways, food and beverages, and beer and pretzels to take home, 3-5 p.m., Anthology of Rochester Hills, 1775 S. Rochester Road, RSVP to (248) 841-4210 Lost Lake Nature Park: Open houses with themed activities every second Saturday and fourth Sunday of month, includes skulls (Oct. 14), skeletons (Oct. 22), two-part event about life in the 1890s (Nov. 11 and 26), ice (Dec. 9) and snow (Dec. 17), noon-3 p.m., 846 Lost Lake Trail in Oakland Township, (248) 656-0999

Shred polio: Bring up to five boxes or bags for $10, 9 a.m.-noon, Bordine’s parking lot, 1835 S. Rochester Road in Rochester Hills, (248) 408-9868 Walking group: Free weekly event held in various communities, 6 p.m., Borden Park, 1400 E. Hamlin Road in Rochester Hills, (248) 524-3570 Photo provided by Sean Carter Photography

‘Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure’: Select dates until Oct. 29, Meadow Brook Theatre on campus of Oakland University, 378 Meadow Brook Road in Rochester, mbtheatre.com Widowed Friends Dinner Club: 5 p.m. every third Wednesday of month, Oceania Inn, 37 S. Livernois Road in Rochester, RSVP to Sharry at (248) 840-0063 five days in advance Downtown Rochester Farmers’ Market: 8 a.m.-1

Stone Wall Pumpkin Festival: Pumpkin carving, pumpkin bowling, scarecerow display, live entertainment, crafts, food, cider/doughnuts and more, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., also pumpkin lighting, 7-9 p.m., Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, 1005 Van Hoosen Road, rochesterhills.org Trunk or treat: Also free pumpkins, face painting, balloon art and more, 5-7 p.m., BMW of Rochester Hills, 45550 Dequindre Road in Shelby Township

OCT. 20-21 ‘¡Farsa/Farce! (An Affair of International Laughter)’: 8 p.m. Oct. 5-7 and 12-14 and 2 p.m. Oct. 8 and 15, Varner Studio Theatre on campus of Oakland University, 371 Varner Drive in Rochester, www.oakland.edu/smtd/ performances-and-events Story & STEAM: Combines books with science, technology, engineering, art and math concepts, intended for ages 3-5, 10-11 a.m. every fourth Friday of month, Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve, 333 North Hill Circle in Rochester Hills, dinosaurhill.org

Support groups: Join meetings for alzheimers and dementia caregivers, caring and sharing loss, those with parkinson’s and their care partners, and those who are visually impaired, OPC Social and Activity Center, 650 Letica Drive in Rochester, (248) 656-1403

OCT. 19

OCT. 14

OCT. 19

Paint Creek Garden Club: Meets 9:30 a.m.-noon every second Friday of month, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm dairy or calf barn, 1005 Van Hoosen Road, (248) 505-4307

OCT. 16

Celebration of Hope Gala: Benefit for Common Ground, honoring of Oakland County sheriff and longtime volunteer, plus strolling dinner and drinks, raffles and live entertainment, 6-9:30 p.m., Oakland Center at Oakland University, 312 Meadow Brook Road in Rochester, commongroundhelps.org/cohrose

Conservation Campfires: Hear stories about possible extinction of eastern box turtles and blandings turtles (Oct. 11) and gray wolves (Nov. 8), s’mores provided, 6-8 p.m., Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve, 333 North Hill Circle in Rochester, dinosaurhill.org

Live music: 7-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Fork n’ Pint, 51 N. Broadway in Lake Orion, www.forknpint lakeorion.com

South Street Dixie Band: 2 p.m., Rochester Hills Public Library, 500 Olde Towne Road in Rochester, registration required, calendar.rhpl.org, (248) 656-2900

OCT. 20

Nature Tales Classic: Story, snack and craft, intended for ages 3-5, 10-11 a.m. every third Thursday of month, Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve, 333 North Hill Circle in Rochester, dinosaurhill.org

Rochester AAUW: Meeting of American Association of University Women, featuring international security specialist as guest speaker, 7 p.m., Rochester Community House, 816 Ludlow Ave., AAUW@gmail.com

ONGOING

Sips to Benefit Seniors: Wine tasting, charcuterie board and raffles support Next Steps 4 Seniors Foundation, 6-9 p.m., The Social Space, 324 East St. in Rochester, (248) 651-5010

p.m. Saturdays until Oct. 28, corner of East Third and Water streets, downtownrochestermi.com

Hoot N’ Howl Hayride: Search for nocturnal animal activity, also campfire, cider and doughnuts, 7:30 p.m., Thelma Spencer Park, 3701 John R Road in Rochester, more at eventbrite.com Trick or treat: Also games and crafts, Fairy Tales and Folklore theme for friendly (not scary) event, 4-8 p.m. Oct. 20 and noon-3 p.m. Oct. 21, Troy Historic Village, 60 W. Wattles Road, registration ends at noon Oct. 19, troyhistoricvillage.org

OCT. 20-22

Halloween Hoot: Enjoy spooky family fun on the nature trails, 5:40-9:10 p.m., Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve, 333 North Hill Circle in Rochester, register at dinosaurhill.org/hoot

OCT. 21

Halloween activities: Trick-or-treating from 3:305 p.m., costume parade from 5:15-5:25 p.m. and Halloween Fest from 5-6:30 p.m., Main Street and Farmers Market lot in downtown Rochester, www.downtownrochestermi.com/trick-or-treatdowntown

OCT. 22

Rochester Toastmasters: Meets 6:30 p.m. every first and third Thursdays of month, Pixley Funeral Home, 322 W. University Drive in Rochester, (248) 828-5649, 4890. toastmastersclubs.org

Hall-oween: Trick-or-treating, seasonal crafts, cider and doughnuts, stories of Halloween past and more, 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m., Meadow Brook Hall, 350 Estate Drive in Rochester, www. meadowbrookhall.org/halloween

Lupus support groups: 10 a.m. every second Tuesday of month and 7 p.m. every last Wednesday of month, Zoom, milupus.org/support-groups, (248) 901-7299

OCT. 28

Health workshops: For chronic pain, high blood pressure and more, hosted by Corewell Health, free and virtual, beaumonthealth.digitalsignup.com

Howl-O-Ween: Bring dogs to play and show off costumes, also photo opportunities and treats, noon-2 p.m., Daisy Knight Dog Park, 3410 Livernois Road in Troy, register by Oct. 27, troymi.gov

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LIBRARY TO HOST TEEN MONSTER MAKEUP CONTEST ON OCT. 24

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The St. Clair Shores Public Library invites teens to participate in their teen monster makeup contest from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24.

Practice your face painting skills for the spooky season at this fun event. A demonstration will be provided by Grosse Pointe Theatre, then participants can create their own look. Supplies will be provided, or you can bring your own. After practicing your skills, vote on the best looks for a prize.

Pizza will be provided at the end of the program.

Participants must be in grades nine through 12. Registration is required and begins on Monday, Oct. 9. Registration can be done online at scslibrary.org, in person, via phone by calling (586) 771-9020 or via email at SCSYouth@libcoop.net. Space is limited.

STAGECRAFTERS TO PRESENT THE SPITFIRE GRILL’ AT BALDWIN THEATRE ROYAL OAK — Stagecrafters will be showcasing its presentation of “The Spitfire Grill” from Oct. 13 to Oct. 22 at the Stagecrafters 2nd Stage at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette Ave. in Royal Oak. This will be the first show performed on Stagecrafters’ 2nd Stage since 2019. The show is about a woman recently released from prison who looks for a fresh start in a small town. “(The Spitfire Grill) is an award winning heartwarming musical, with gorgeous storytelling songs, beautiful harmonies, remarkable, multi-dimensional characters, and a storyline that will leave the audience pondering long after they leave the theatre,” Director Jennifer Ward said in a prepared statement.

Tickets for shows Thursdays through Sundays cost $25, plus a $3 per ticket fee. For more information, visit stagecrafters.org.

Local Girl Scout chooses Charlotte’s Wings as Gold Award beneficiary ROCHESTER HILLS — When working on her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award that a Girl Scout can attain, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek High School graduate Katelyn Kohn was looking for a project that would provide a real solution to an issue in her community.

Kohn observed that children who are frequently forced to spend time in the hospital don’t get the same normalcy as healthy kids. Even simple things like going to visit the library and find a book that captivates them might not be possible for them.

She explained she “wanted to give children a library experience while in the hospital, allowing them to choose a book safely off portable carts” and “wanted to provide normalcy for children during their stay.”

She worked with Charlotte’s Wings to create five portable libraries for the five floors of the in-patient unit of Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. She worked on gaining sponsors of $500 for each of the five carts, and also raised $300 through fundraising endeavors such as water and snow cone sales.

Founded in March 2008, Charlotte’s Wings has been dedicated to helping children and families throughout Michigan cope with the challenges of serious illness and health crises by donating new books. Charlotte’s Wings has donated over 140,000 books to their partner hospitals and hospices throughout Michigan. With this donation, Charlotte’s Wings was able to create book carts with themes such as princesses and superheroes.

“We were so moved by Katelyn’s connection with our mission and with her project’s ambitions. Her Gold award provided a wonderful opportunity for Katelyn and Charlotte’s Wings to work together to make a real difference to children and their families spending time at Children’s Hospital in Detroit,” Jennifer Buck, the executive director of Charlotte’s Wings, said in a press release. For more information, email charlotteswings@gmail.com.