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Novi student is 1 of 27 worldwide to get perfect score on AP Seminar exam

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A Novi High School student is one of only 27 in the world to obtain all possible points on the AP Seminar exam.

Saniya Reddy, a senior at Novi High School, recently found out that she not only got a 5 — the top score — on her AP Seminar exam, but she now joins a very select group of kids worldwide who can say they obtained every possible point on the exam.

“It’s definitely a very time-consuming and rigorous course. I spent so many late-nighters and hours preparing for my portfolio. I was excited when I found out that I got a 5 on the exam because it’s pretty hard to do, but I think being one of the 27 people worldwide to get every possible point on the exam is just so cool to think about. The rubrics are tough and ultra-specific, so I didn’t expect it, but I was really proud,” Reddy said.

Reddy said that in spite of all the “all-nighters,” she found the course to be rewarding. She said her success is “definitely a testament” to her instructor, Hattie Maguire, and the school librarian, Bethany Bratney. She said they went out of their way to make sure students had every resource at their disposal.

AP Seminar is the first of two courses that make up the AP Capstone Diploma Program. According to Reddy, it is a university-level course that

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The way both the Novi and Plymouth offenses have played this season, fans were expecting a scoring barrage between the two Kensington Lakes Activities Association West teams, and it was as advertised when the teams faced off Sept. 29 at Novi High School.

So when it became decision time for Novi head coach Jim Sparks with five seconds left at the Plymouth 7-yard line as Novi (5-1) trailed Plymouth (2-4) 45-42, he chose to go for the win instead of the tie.

“If we make that field goal and it goes to overtime, and we hadn’t been able to stop them very

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Novi High School student Saniya Reddy, 17, earned a perfect score while earning all possible points on her AP Seminar exam.

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The student council at Novi High School voted to honor some of the district’s unsung heroes in this year’s homecoming parade, which took place Sept.

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The council selected the employees of the Novi Community School District Maintenance Department to serve as the parade’s grand marshals.

“You don’t get the opportunity to highlight unsung heroes very often in such a public way, so this seems like a really perfect way to do that,” Katie James,

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Detective Shawn Penzak, 49, of Canton, was named the 2023 Novi Police Officer of the Year in May, and he said that he wants the public to see officers as people first, rather than as symbols of authority.

Penzak said that there is nothing special that qualifies him to be Officer of the Year.

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“Everybody here, they work hard,” Penzak said.

“That’s one of the things I like about working here is that I’m not going to have to cover for anybody else not picking up their share. I try to stay positive.

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29, following a short career in the mortgage industry. He said he loved the people he worked with, but the mortgage industry didn’t fit his personality. He heard stories about policing from a friend, and a former colleague’s son, and Penzak said it was far different than what he had imagined police work to be as a kid.

“Had I known what police officers truly did growing up, it probably would have been an avenue that I would have taken right out of college,” Penzak said. “I didn’t know much about (police officers) as a kid, and the only interaction that we would have with them as a kid would be when they would make traffic stops, and I didn’t realize how much more they deal with, how much more they are involved with the community.”

He recalled stopping to play basketball with kids while he was on road patrol, and he said he doesn’t remember that type of interaction with police officers as a kid.

“You see police as authority figures. You don’t see them as people,” he said. “That is what I wanted to kind of change when I got into policing. I want the kids, I want the community, to see that we’re not just the authority — we’re people. We love to laugh.

We love to joke. We love to have normal conversations with people. It doesn’t always have to be that we’re investigating something. We have a general interest in people, in the businesses, in the community. Just because we’re walking in doesn’t mean somebody did something wrong. We may want to see if there is anything we can do to help.

We may be there just to say, ‘We’re here if you need us.’”

He said he just wants to open the lines of communication between the community and the Police Department and for officers to be seen as equals, as people.

Penzak grew up in Fraser and attended Fraser High School. He said Fraser will always be home to him.

He said he earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Madonna University in Livonia, as he wanted to help people. He said he loves talking to people and loves helping them come up with solutions sometimes for their own problems or things that they might be dealing with.

He had never made the connection to his interest in psychology and helping people to how much that ties in with police work, but the stories his friends shared helped him to realize how much psychology and human interaction is involved in policing.

Penzak then put himself through the academy and was offered a job with the Novi Police Department.

“I got lucky. I ended up at a great place,” Penzak said.

Career with Novi PD

He said he started off on the road pa-

trol, as most officers do. He did road patrol for two years but always had a desire to work with the K-9 units, as he loves dogs. He said he approached the department about letting him train a second dog, as the department only had one police dog at the time.

He trained his first dog, Moose, a German shepherd, and worked with him on the force until Moose retired. Moose has since passed away.

Penzak said he trained Moose from the time he was 8 weeks old to be a K-9 officer and said it was a great experience. However, today he said the majority of the K-9 dogs are pretrained and then matched with a police handler.

Penzak also trained another dog named Roque, a Dutch shepherd, and worked with him until the marijuana law passed. This caused Roque to go into retirement early, after just five years of service, as he was a drug dog who, as part of his training, would sniff out marijuana.

Penzak took on his current role of detective five years ago. He said he has loved every role he has worked with Novi.

“I loved it all. The road patrol gave me contact with the citizens, the business owners. The dog gave me a chance even more so to talk to people, because everybody wants to know about the dogs. So I got just a great opportunity, because (the dog’s) an icebreaker in so many situations, because people want to hear about it. So having the dog was the next step after road patrol that just enhanced me being involved with the community and people,” Penzak said.

“Now the detective bureau, I don’t get to see it firsthand, but for all the road work you do and for all the dog work that you do, you kind of hand things off from there to the detectives. So now I get to see the back end of it. All the cases that they get to start, now I get to see how they finish. So I’m loving that too,” Penzak said.

He said the greatest lesson he has learned over the years is that you do make a lot of mistakes and that it is OK to make mistakes as long as you learn from them. He said that he has learned how to build a rapport and a foundation with people so that they will open up to him.

“A lot of times the media is not our friend,” Penzak said of how police officers tend to be portrayed in the news. He said the good side of policing needs to be acknowledged.

“Whether it is helping somebody that locked their keys in their car or administering Narcan to somebody that overdosed and saving them, (or) handling somebody that is upset after a traffic crash. We see people usually not at their best. We see them at their worst, and it’s different, but you have to deal with that and you have to help them to make the best of it too,” he said.

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focuses on developing academic research skills rather than “learning content” as you would in a regular AP course. She said the class is “pretty much impossible to study for” because it assesses a student’s writing skills and ability to support an argument, along with collaboration and presentation skills, rather than knowledge retention.

“AP Seminar is definitely a marathon, not a sprint, because there’s multiple facets that go into your overall score,” said Reddy, using an analogy fitting for a varsity cross country captain.

She said that the score is derived from points on the AP

said. “When I read articles and research now, I’m humbled by the amount of information I don’t know and am eager to learn more, and in Seminar, we were able to hone in on that.”

Maguire said that this was the first time in her more than 20 years of teaching that she has ever had a student get all possible points on the exam.

“When I got the email, I gasped out loud, and my family said, ‘What’s wrong?’” Maguire said. “I probably shouldn’t have been so surprised, though, because Saniya was everything I look for in an AP Seminar student. She’s legitimately curious about the world around her. She’s a careful, thoughtful researcher, and she’s an incredibly hard worker.”

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test, but it is also based on two performance tasks. One of the tasks analyzes an issue; the other requires an evidence-based argument. The tasks required her to write an essay, give a presentation and provide a spoken defense of her research and conclusions. For her first performance task, Reddy said she focused on the government response to hurricane-related damage in the United States. For the second performance task, she said she researched the impact of pollution on minority communities due to environmental racism.

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313 Presents, a local event promotion and production company, is seeking local choir groups to perform on certain dates during the 2023-2024 Fox Theatre holiday show schedule.

Selected choirs will have the opportunity to perform their own a capella holiday set atop the Fox Theatre’s grand staircase approximately one hour before one of the following shows: • Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (Nov. 8-12).

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Farewell celebration planned for Mayor Bob Gatt

RIGHT: Greg Nurth, of Allen Park, has his rescue dog, Reese, demonstrate a trick during the Pawject Runway show at the Michigan Women’s Expo, which took place at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi Sept. 30.

A thank-you and farewell celebration for Mayor Bob Gatt, who is retiring after 20 years of service to the city of Novi, will take place from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Suburban Collection Showplace.

Tickets cost $25 and include hors d’oeuvres and drinks. To purchase tickets or for more information, go to cityofnovi.org.

Genealogical society seeks members

ABOVE: Guardian Angels Animal Rescue volunteers Cristal Smith, left, who was named Ms. Great Lakes Elite at the expo, and Staci DodsonBeurei, who was named Ms. Great Lakes Legend, walked the Pawject Runway show in crowns and sashes with their rescue dogs, Scarlett, who was born with three legs, and Ginger, right, who is currently available for adoption. Smith adopted Scarlett.

The Northville Genealogical Society comprises members from both Novi and Northville. The society meets on the second Sunday of each month from September through November and then will resume meetings from January through June. As some of its members are from Novi, the group also hosts a genealogical assistance event on the fourth Monday of each month at the Novi Public Library. The program is led

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The nonprofit group has struggled with membership in the aftermath of the pandemic, despite trying several alternative meeting styles, and it is actively seeking new members, as well as a speaker for its May meeting. For more information, contact Ann Wizinsky, vice president of NGS, at (248) 933-0127.

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According to James, the students look for someone who supports the community, especially at the high school. They also look at the city and the district as a whole. This was the first time they selected an entire department to be the grand marshals rather than one specific person.

“This year, when we think of the construction that’s been happening and how many major changes are happening to district buildings, the people we thought would really deserve a moment in the spotlight is the maintenance department,” James said.

Mike Dragoo, director of the NCSD Maintenance Department, said that the department has definitely been receiving a lot more kudos lately. He recalled that the Board of Education acknowledged the department publicly last year and even threw the employees a pizza party. He said the district has been “pretty fair in spreading the love.”

He said he was surprised when he was asked about the maintenance department being the grand marshal, and initially he was going to say no, as it’s not his style, but his

wife convinced him otherwise. “‘When have you been asked to be a grand marshal? When would you ever get this opportunity again?’” he said his wife asked him. And he also thought it would be disrespectful to decline, so he accepted.

“It’s a neat opportunity. So, I thought, ‘Let’s just do this,’” Dragoo said.

Dragoo said his department consists of 12 men who wear many hats and often work long hours to accomplish things, as many necessary repairs or treatments cannot be done when students are on campus.

He said they are responsible for fixing pipes that break in the middle of the night, and they have to shovel the snow at 2 a.m. so that school can open on time. They are based on a 40-hour workweek, but according to Dragoo, his men put in a lot of overtime and average more than 52 hours a week.

“We have a real good crew who are super dedicated,” said Dragoo. “They are really excited. They get a kick out of stuff like this.”

Participating in the parade were Jim Fular, the grounds manager; Bob Coolman, an electrician; Ted Mech, a senior maintenance technician; Russ Nesmith, Eric Hettel, the assistant director of maintenance and operations; Dragoo; and Chris Jordan, a heating, ventilating and air conditioning technician.

The maintenance department chose to

drive several different pieces of equipment in the parade and tossed candy to the children.

The equipment included a frontloader, a John Deere Gator, and a maintenance truck.

“We said, ‘What can we do to be creative?’ And we said, ‘We got all sorts of cool vehicles,’” Dragoo said.

James said the students were excited to have an entire department as grand marshals rather than a single person. She said it made it more entertaining.

“The parade is all about community

engagement, and what little kid doesn’t want to see a big bulldozer in the middle of a parade?” James said. “It added an extra fun element to the parade, and our high school students loved that, and they loved seeing all the kids in the parade route smile.”

James said the kids loved it so much that they are thinking about having the maintenance department participate in the parade every year.

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Novi running back Logan Ellison lowers his shoulder to the Plymouth defense during Novi’s 48-45 win over Plymouth Sept.

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well, I’d have second-guessed myself on that one,” Sparks said. “I figured if we were going to go down, we were going to go down swinging.”

Sparks put the game in the hands of his senior quarterback, Caleb Walker, who’s been sensational this season for the Wildcats, and he delivered as he connected with senior Thad Lawler for the game-winning touchdown.

Plymouth had taken the lead late on a field goal after Novi fumbled a kickoff return following a Plymouth score, so with just over three minutes left in the matchup, Novi’s offense was staring down a 71-yard drive.

Converting a pair of fourth downs, including a pass interference call on Plymouth to set up shop for Novi at the 7-yard line, Novi’s offensive unit overcame all obstacles to earn the victory.

Adversity has been nothing new for Novi this season after suffering a loss in its season opener and trailing in most of its matchups this season, but senior lineman Nathan Ponos said that trust has played a key role in the team’s ability to overcome obstacles.

“The improvement has been trusting the guy next to us to do their job,” Ponos said. “I think that the trust carried through the whole team, that no matter who’s in or what position, we trust that they will do their job.”

Walker threw for 383 yards and five touchdowns on 48 passing attempts, connecting with senior wideout Boden Fernsler six times for 110 yards and two touchdowns.

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93 yards and two touchdowns while also hauling in a touchdown grab. Plymouth’s star senior running back, Jaxon McCaig, rushed for 324 yards and four touchdowns in the loss.

Walker and Fernsler seemed to be on the same page all night, and from how they play on the field, their longstanding friendship shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.

“We’ve been playing in the backyard together for a long time and have been friends since first playing hoops together in fifth grade,” Fernsler said. “We’ve been on the same team in all three sports (football, basketball and baseball) for a long time now, so I think that’s where the chemistry comes from.”

Currently tied for first with Northville in the KLAA West at 5-0 in conference play, Novi will travel Oct. 6 to take on Howell before ending conference play Oct. 13 when it hosts Northville.

It’s coming down to the wire for the Wildcats, but with each week and each win, they’re one step closer to completing their objective.

“We have goals we set for ourselves, and each and every week they’re coming clearer and clearer into focus,” Sparks said.

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cross country and track teams, and maintains a part-time job as a clerical assistant in her father’s medical practice.

Reddy said she also credits her support system — not only her teachers, but her parents and sister as well.

“They were always there for me to fall back on junior year when I was in the trenches with all my academic and athletic commitments, and I don’t think I would have been where I am now without their support,” she said. “They’ve never been the type to put any pressure on me to succeed, and I think because of that, I’ve been able to

carve my own path and enjoy the process.”

She is currently taking the second course in the AP Capstone classes, AP Research. In the course, she said, she will have to create a 5,000-word thesis-like paper, present it and defend it. According to Reddy, the course runs similarly to a course someone in graduate school would take.

She said she encourages others to take the course because “at the end of the day, if you put in the work, the results are very fruitful.”

Reddy is pursuing the AP Capstone Diploma and said she hopes to attend the University of Michigan next year. She said she plans to major in either biology or exercise science.

Call Staff Writer Charity Meier at (586) 498-1092.

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NATURE-BASED LEARNING ON THE RISE IN MICHIGAN ‘IT REALLY BUILDS RESILIENCE, AND KIDDOS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE WORLD AROUND THEM’

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onstantly inundated by technology, today’s kids are spending much of their free time hunched over a screen inside instead of playing outdoors.

Parents, on the other hand, are busy looking for experiences that will allow their children to unplug and get active, sparking the demand for nature-based schools and programs across the nation.

The drive to offer kids hands-on learning experiences outdoors — commonly referred to as the forest school or nature school movement — is a trend that’s gaining momentum nationwide, including in Michigan. In these schools and programs, children spend most — or all — of their time outside.

Last year, the Farmington Hills Nature Center at Heritage Park opened a Nature Preschool for children ages 3-5.

“We use the outdoors as our classroom, so we’re really building skills in a real-world learning environment. Skills like resilience, social skills, building a classroom community, and building a respect and curiosity for nature,” said Nature Center Supervisor Ashlie Smith.

Students at the Heritage Park Nature

Preschool — a state licensed child care center with preschool teachers who are Forest School Certified — learn outside every day for the entire half-day class period they sign up for. If severe weather occurs, class activities are moved into a licensed classroom at the Nature Center.

“It’s meant to be very immersive, where children are learning throughout multiple seasons. … They’re here every day, all winter and on rainy days too … so it really builds resilience, and kiddos understand that they are part of the world around them,” said Smith.

To some, it may look like children at the Heritage Park Nature Preschool are simply playing outside for hours each day, but Smith said their time outdoors helps develop valuable skills and fosters traits like resilience, leadership, problem-solving and perseverance.

“Instead of having a classroom that is set up for them with everything perfectly arranged, they are learning that things are dynamic, things change and the seasons change. The classroom is different every time they come in, which really builds their ability to become self-sufficient and empowers them in their learning,” she explained.

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to sit with police officers and really see what police officers do, that more people would pursue the profession. Unfortunately, he said, they see a lot of stuff on TV shows that doesn’t give an accurate portrait of what police officers do day in and day out.

“Most of it is boring, because we are just going out and doing the little things to help people, but you have to be mentally prepared for the big things, and most days it doesn’t come,” he said.

Family life

Through policing he met and later married his wife, Hailey, who is a road patrol officer as well as a psychologist. Together they have a 7-year-old daughter, Avery, who is the light of his life. He said he is interested in whatever his daughter is interested in.

“He is just probably one of the hardest working people I know,” Hailey Penzak said. “He is pretty easygoing, and pretty laidback, but I feel like he works really hard; he goes above and beyond. Especially this past year — he has been working a lot of cases and putting a lot of effort into that, and it paid off for him.”

Hailey Penzak said that her husband

stands out as an officer because he is great at talking to people. She said that by relating to them and empathizing with them, he gets confessions.

“He’s just an overall good person and on top of that he is very attentive to detail,” she said. “So some things that people might overlook he pays attention to.”

Avery said she was “happy” that her dad was named Police Officer of the Year.

The Penzaks are into fitness. Shawn Penzak said he competed in his first Ironman event a little more than a year ago. He said he likes to garden, and he loves sports and played baseball and football growing up and in college. He said he also loves to travel and has traveled internationally. He said the family tries to go to warm places a couple times a year.

“We like warm places. Snow is not my friend,” he said with a laugh.

Shawn Penzak said there are a few ways the community can experience what it is like to be a police officer. He said people are able to go on ride-alongs, and that those who do participate in that will never be intentionally sent in harm’s way. He said they also have a youth academy that helps to illustrate the life of an officer to kids.

Call Staff Writer Charity Meier at (586) 498-1092.

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In 2019, Bailey Lininger opened Firefly Forest School to better connect students with the natural world.

“Both parents and educators want kids to experience an unplugged childhood as much as they can — one where they can dig for worms, balance on fallen tree trunks and splash in puddles,” said Lininger, the director of Firefly Forest School.

Firefly Forest School provides southeast Michigan children ages 3-10 with immersive, nature-based learning through enrichment programming from nature preserves in the metro Detroit area.

“We love being able to complement a more traditional experience at a more traditional school with some time to just run and be free and play and climb and build and dig and do all the things that are a really important part of being a kid,” Lininger said.

Every class is held entirely outdoors every day, rain or shine, even in the chilly winter temperatures.

“We’re not just going outside for 20 minutes to play at recess or only when it’s

nice and sunny and 75 degrees. We really work with our families and our kids to embrace all weather,” Lininger said.

Armed with the proper attire and outdoor gear, students are taught how to embrace the world around them as it is and use it as their classroom.

“The more time for unstructured play that you give kids in the natural world, the more creative they are, the more they learn, the more they deepen their growth and fine motor skills, the more they are able to explore and learn independently instead of just being guided, and the more opportunities they are given to be creative problem solvers, to think critically about things, to learn to be adaptable and flexible,” added Lininger.

Students are free to run, jump, splash and explore and, in the process, they are constantly learning and growing.

“One of the things that we really focus on in our program is instilling a sense of self-efficacy and capability in our kids.

We’re really focused on giving our kids the chance to feel competent and capable — that’s something that we see a ton of growth in,” Lininger said. “We see a lot of confidence too.”

Call Staff Writer Mary Beth Almond at (586) 498-1060.

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Electric guitar goes missing

A Novi man’s electric guitar was stolen shortly after FedEx delivered it to his residence on Borderhill Drive, near 10 Mile and Meadowbrook roads, according to a police report.

The man placed the order for the Fender electric guitar Sept. 17. According to the company’s website, the guitar costs $2,449.99. The man was tracking his package via FedEx, and according to the company’s tracking service, the package was delivered to his home at 4:11 p.m. Sept. 25. Five minutes later, the man’s wife went outside to retrieve the package, and it was nowhere to be found.

According to the report, a video camera faces the south side of the home, with the front porch just out of view. The video did not show anyone coming up to the home or any delivery trucks in the area. The man told police that his camera did not record the FedEx truck coming or leaving from his street.

The man said he inquired with neighbors to the south of his residence, and they reportedly said they did not see anything, nor did they have cameras. The man told police he tried to call FedEx but was unable to get through to anyone. He said he also planned to contact Fender about the incident in hopes of getting the money back.

FexEx provided a photo of the delivered package as part of its tracking service. According to the report, the photo shows a large cardboard package leaning against white siding with gray bricks underneath. The man initially told police that the photo looks like it was placed either on his porch or the side of his home. However, three days later the man told detectives that he noticed it did not look like his home, according to police.

On Sept. 29, detectives spoke with a FedEx truck driver who said that a FedEx truck did not deliver to Border Hill Drive Sept. 25 and that the company would be doing further investigation. The victim told detectives that he had filed a complaint with Fender, who agreed to send a replacement guitar.

it near the rabbits sign, where she had been sitting, in the north central area at approximately 1 p.m. The woman was at the fair to show an animal and was set up in one of the stalls.

When it was her turn to show the animal, she took her fanny pack off and threw it into her stall. When she returned, she put the animal away and then later discovered the fanny pack missing at around 5 p.m.

She said she returned to the area but was unable to locate it. The woman stated that she also checked around her vehicle after leaving the fair and did not find it there either.

Footage of the incident was not available in that area, according to the report. The case was closed pending more information.

Concerned citizen reports domestic incident

A concerned citizen contacted police at 10:05 p.m. Sept. 3 after reportedly witnessing a man pull a woman’s hair during an argument in the Chase Bank parking lot at Grand River Avenue and Beck Road and then get back into a blue Dodge Charger and head westbound on Grand River. Officers located the vehicle at the Sunoco gas station at Grand River and Flint Street.

The woman told police that they had been at the Michigan State Fair. She said that when she went to use the bathroom and tried to squat over the porta potty, she accidentally peed on her shorts, according to the report.

When she told her fiance that she wanted to go home and change her clothes, they reportedly got into a verbal argument in the parking lot.

The woman said that during the argument, she grabbed his hair and pulled it down toward the ground, according to police. She told police that she dropped all of her body weight down to pull him down due to him being much larger than she is. While she was

pulling his hair, he pushed her to get her off of his hair, she told police. She fell to the ground but was not injured, according to the report.

She stated that nothing further happened.

Police arrested the woman for domestic violence. According to the report, she was very upset and started yelling and thrashing around in the rear of the vehicle. She was jumping up and down and hitting her hands and handcuffs on the back seat and might have tried to hit her face on the divider in the back seat, the report said.

Police said she attempted to pick up her left knee to strike a responding officer and leaned her upper body at him; however, the officer was able to push her knee down and stop her before it happened, the report said.

He informed her that she would be charged if there was any damage to the vehicle and if she hit an officer, and she eventually calmed down, the report said.

During a search of her person, a clump of hair consistent with her fiance’s hair was found in the right front pocket of her shirt.

“That does not look good for me,” she said after police made the discovery, according to the report.

She later said on the phone that officers found hair in her pocket and that they were keeping it on the counter, so they must be using it as evidence, the report said.

Officers also spoke with the man, who

reportedly was screaming at his fiancee, “This is what you wanted.”

When asked what happened, he told police he was trying to put his fiancee in the car because she was “acting manic” when a bystander noticed and called the police. He told police that he did not hit his fiancee.

According to the report, when asked if there was an altercation between them, he said, “She is the one that was pulling my hair,” and he told a similar story to that of his fiancee. He added that an unknown man yelled at him, “Don’t hurt her,” and tackled him to the ground. The incident, happening at the fair, was then de-escalated by Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies and the couple left.

However, they stopped at the bank and his fiancee got out and started “acting crazy,” according to the report. He said he tried to pick her up and put her back in the car. During that time, he heard someone yell, “Leave her alone.” He said he managed to get her in the car, and they drove to the gas station.

Police reported that they noticed a scratch on the left side of his face, which he said was old, and that he was missing strands of hair from his head. He said he did not want to pursue any charges toward his fiancee and refused to write out a statement, police said.

The woman’s mother was called to the scene to pick up the vehicle.

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Fanny pack stolen from animal stall at fair

Police were contacted to come to the Michigan State Fair office at Suburban Collection Showplace Sept. 3 after a woman reported that her black Lululemon fanny pack purse had been stolen the day before.

The fanny pack contained her Kate Spade wallet and her driver’s license, a Michigan State University identification card, Apple AirPods, her car insurance card, a AAA card, a Blue Cross Blue Shield medical insurance card, three gift cards, a Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union debit card and $150 in cash.

The woman told police that she last had

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Custom Deck Building/Repair, Power-Washing, Decks Removed, Composite, Treated & Cedar Materials, Custom Railing Materials, Custom Fence Installation.

586-260-5218 Drywall

LAKESHORE DRYWALL Master Finisher Small and Large Repairs Small Hang Jobs Any Size Finish Jobs Done Perfectly Shon- 586-801-6190

Gutters *”STEVE'S SEAMLESS GUTTERS”. Made & installed on the spot.

5”&6” Gutter Cleaning.

Tree trimming, exterior painting, power washing.

586-778-3393 586-531-2111

A.M.G. Gutters & Downspouts. Owner operated.

Seamless gutter installation and repair specialist. Builders License #2101202369 www.amgapplied services.com Fully Insured

248-828-7998

INSURED TOM MICOLI

A#1 REPAIR SERVICES: GUTTERS Clean/Repair Install Guards SIDING Vinyl-Siding/Alum-Trim Gable/SoffitVents/Shutters ROOF Leaks/Shingles Vents/Caps

248-892-1927

Hauling & Waste Removal ***AAA HAULING*** JUNK REMOVAL

Professional- We Wear Masks! We haul it all!

Demolition Big & Small Residential/Commercial Rubber Wheel Dumpsters10, 15, 20-Yards, Clean-outs, Construction Material, Small-Moving, Appliances, Furniture & More! Lowest Rates!!!

Free-Estimates Senior/Military Discounts

586-360-0681

ucallwehauljunk.com **CLUTTER GUY'S**

Removal-Experts Residential/Commercial Houses/Offices Garage/Storage-Areas Efficient Courteous Workers Reasonable-Rates Free-Estimates NEED CLUTTER REMOVED? LET US DO THE WORK!

586-258-6672

19A

NOVI NOTE • OCTOBER 5, 2023

Call Frank 248-303-5897

248.687.9234 Hauling & Waste Removal

Landscaping & Water Gardens

BURLY GUYS JUNK REMOVAL

DOLL'S LANDSCAPING

removes ANYTHING! Appliances, furniture, basement cleanouts, hoarders all welcome!

Call or Text

248-224-2188 Home Repairs EXTERIOR REPAIRS LLC.

Since 1999 Roofing, Siding, Gutters and More!

Reliable Ask, We Might Do It! FREE ESTIMATES

248-242-1511 Kitchens/ Cabinets/ Countertops

KELLY'S KITCHEN DESIGN

Cabinet Painting Custom Cabinets Counter Tops & Everything in Between.

Call/Text Us For Your Kitchen Transformation.

586-343-4005

MR. BACKSPLASH ·CUSTOM BACKSPLASHES ·CUSTOM KITCHENS ·COUNTERTOPS *Granite*Quartz* ·Custom Bathrooms ·FIREPLACE TILE *FREE ESTIMATES*

586-552-5416

mrbacksplash.com

Landscaping & Water Gardens ALLTIMATE OUTDOOR SERVICES

Drainage System Professionals New-Construction, Yard-Drainage, Grading, Sod/Seed, Retaining Walls/Walkways/Patios, Senior/Military-Discounts Credit-Cards-Accepted

Free-Estimates

586-719-1202

Sod Installation, Shrub & Tree-Trimming, Planting, Removal.

Mulch, Garden Retainer Walls, Porch Steps, Raise Backyards/Drain Tiles, Pavers, Powerwashing Sealing, Power rake, Aeration, Seeding, Debris Removal

586-634-0033

TOTAL BRICKPAVING LANDSCAPING PROS

586-420-3531

Brickpaving, Patio, Walkways, Driveways, Porches, Repairs, Powerwash, Rock Installation, Mulch, Sod, Complete Landscape Design.

Lawn Maintenance

2023 SPRING 586-260-5218

Commercial/Residential *Landscaping *Decks *Spring Clean-Ups *Lawn Cutting *Licensed Fertilization *Aerating & Thatching

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Bright Horizon Services Inc.

SUPREME OUTDOOR SPECIALISTS Fall-Clean-ups, Lawn Maintenance, Landscaping, Pavers/Patios, Retaining-Walls, Shrub/Tree-Trimming & Removal, Mulching, Sprinkler Blow-Outs, Gutter-Cleaning, Snow Removal, 35-Years in Business Free-Estimates

586-727-3924

• Wood Repair • Power Wash • Free-Estimates

REFERENCES AVAILABLE

Financing Available

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Painting

Painting

PAINTING

VK PERFECT PAINTING Interior/Exterior Drywall, Plaster, Repair Free-Estimates Dedicated to Quality 25-Yrs Experience Call Bill

by-GPC

MASTER-PAINTER DRYWALL/PLASTER •Restoration/Repairs •Painting! •Painting!

•Interior/Exterior •Wallpaper Hanging •Wallpaper Removal Senior-Rates We-Do-It-All! B.B.B/A+Rating 30-yrs, Licensed/Insured Free-Estimates Owner-Robert

586.899.3555 (Direct) 248.566.6460 (Office) ANDERSON Painting & Carpentry Complete Interior/Exterior Services Plaster/Drywall & Water Damage Repairs.

Wood-Staining.

Wallpaper-Removal.

Kitchen/Cabinet Refinishing Insured/References.

Free-Estimates

586-354-3032 248-974-4012

FARR'S PAINTING

Interior/Exterior Wood & Drywall Repairs Mold Remediation Free Estimates Certified Mold Inspector

248-345-3308

farrsmoldremoval.com

313-433-9400 586-746-9846 www.vkperfect painting.com

WOW PAINTING Residential/Commercial

Interior/Exterior Quality Painting Drywall Repairs, Remove Wallpaper, Exterior Wood Replacement, Epoxy Flooring, Insured Free-Estimates

248-990-5388

wowpaintingmi.com

Plumbing

MASTER PLUMBER

Sewer & Drain Service.

Remodeling, repairs, new installations.

Free estimates, senior rates.

35+yrs exp.

Call Paul

248-904-5822 Lic.#8109852

PEAK PAINTING Custom-Painting, Commercial/Residential, interior/exterior.

Drywall-repair, paper removal, carpentry.

30-yr.-exp. Free estimates, senior discounts, insured.

Credit-cards accepted.

586-722-8381 Now Hiring!!!

GREAT LAKE PLUMBING

Licensed Plumber Re-piping, Water Heaters, Drain Cleaning, Plumbing Repairs, Gas Lines.

Sprinkler Backflow Testing Fast Friendly Service Lic#8112407

586-823-9744

Family Owned & Operated

Repairs & Installation Master Plumber • Fully Licensed & Insured Senior Citizen & Military Discounts 100% Guarantee

Complete Interior/Exterior

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0325-2302

Tile ◆ Hardwood Floors Painting ◆ Vinyl Flooring

Motor City Plumbing & Drain

2 BROTHERS PAINTING

COMMERCIAL

0393-2302

RESIDENTIAL Let Your Dreams SENIOR DISCOUNTS Be Our Project ...

Plumbing

Painting

greatlakeplumb.com

FREE Camera with Drain Cleaning *

Restriction May Apply

$50 OFF Sump Pump Installation * $30 OFF Any Plumbing Service

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0355-2235

Home Improvement

888.572.0928 586.585.1862 www.MotorCityPlumber.com

Plumbing

Roofing

Roofing

586.421.5520 586.524.6752 ANDY'S PLUMBING

AA4DABLE ROOFING

AAA all star repairs as low as $225.00* Gutter repairs, Flat-roofs, Reroof, New-roof, Residential /Commercial Call Silversmith Maintenance

25-Years Experience Licensed/Insured Call Us Today For All Your Plumbing Needs!!

Serving The Tri-County-Area

10%/Senior/Military/Discounts

Lic#-8004254

WATERWORK Plumbing.com •Drain Cleaning •Sewer Camera •Water Heaters •Sump Pumps •Backflow Testing

248-542-8022

Same Day Emergency Service Available Reliable/Experienced License#8003885

Professional Services MOBILE NOTARY SERVICE Will come to you, Available nights/weekends if needed, Call Kim: 248-961-3144

Roofing CHERRY CONSTRUCTION ROOFING Residential/Commercial Free-Estimates Senior Discounts Fast, Reliable, Licensed/Insured Builder, General Contractor Leave Detailed Message

586-291-2647

Hurry-up & Save Big-$$$$!

FALL-SPECIALSClean-up, Up to 30%-Off!!!

Roofing/Siding/Gutters, All-Leaks/Repairs, Residential/Shingles/ Commercial-FlatRoofs/Torch-downs We accept major credit-cards.

30yrs-Experience

248-707-4851

Accept credit cards Family-owned Over 30 years exp.

586-822-5100

CITY ROOFING

-Commercial & Residential Roof Repairs -Full Roof Replacement (Shingles) -Flat Roof Replacement -24/7 Emergency Repairs -Eavestroughs (Gutters) and Leaf Guard Installations.

586-733-3004

cityroofinginc@gmail.com

MICHAEL NORTON BUILDER

Windows-SidingGutters-Roofing All Phases of Home Renovation $500-Off Any Complete Roof or Siding Job Free-Estimates Licensed/Insured Specializing in Insurance Claims Family Owned/Operated Since 1965

586-436-9600

Tree Service BERG BROS. LLC. “Fully insured, highly referred.”

Senior discounts.

Tree-removal, stump grinding, tree-trimming, hedging, shaping, Emergency-Service Residential/Commercial Free estimates!

(586)262-3060

DAVE'S TREE & SHRUB

30%-FALL-DISCOUNT INSURED, Emergency Storm Damage, Large Tree Removals, Trimming, Stump Grinding, Season-Firewood, Free-Estimates.

10% Senior-Discounts.

-FREE-WOOD-CHIPS-

(586)216-0904

REPLACE your roof with the best looking and longest lasting material ?

Steel from Erie Metal Roofs! Three styles and multiple colors available.

Guaranteed to last a lifetime! Limited Time Offer $500 Discount + Additional 10% off install (for military, health workers & 1st responders.) Call Erie Metal Roofs: 1-866-718-3124

www.davestree andshrub.com

ELITE TREE SERVICE

"Bringing 30 years of experience to your door!"

Tree trimming, removals & stump grinding. Insured & FREE estimates with fair prices!

Firewood For Sale

586-756-0757

NOVI NOTE • OCTOBER 5, 2023

20A

FREE ESTIMATES for Basement Flood Protection System

FINANCING as low as $75.00 per month

TANKLESS COMBINATION BOILER AND WATER HEATER

PIPING REPAIRS

COUPON

$500 OFF Any Complete Heating

COUPON

COUPON

$35 OFF $200 OFF

Package includes Furnace and A/C with UV Air Purifier or Hi-Efficiency Air Cleaner

ANY PLUMBING OR HVAC SERVICES

TANKLESS WATER HEATER

LIMITED TIME OFFER

WITH THIS COUPON EXCLUDES ALL OTHER OFFERS

LIMITED TIME OFFER

WITH THIS COUPON EXCLUDES ALL OTHER OFFERS

& Cooling Package WITH THIS COUPON EXCLUDES ALL OTHER OFFERS

LIMITED TIME OFFER

0194-2340