SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN IN BUSINESS 12A
Martinez to join City Council as voters retain incumbents
BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
Attorney Aaron Martinez will provide a new voice on the Novi City Council when he is sworn in, alongside incumbent candidate-elects Brian Smith and Priya Gurumurthy and Mayor Justin Fischer on Nov. 17.
Martinez, a lifelong resident of Novi, first made political headlines when he ran against Fischer in the 2023 election.
Although he lost that election, Martinez, a civil and criminal lawyer, with a practice based in Southfield, has stayed interested in holding public office in Novi.
“We’ve done the work. I’ve had a lot of really good conversations with residents over the last couple of years, and you know, being out there at the polling places, you get a snapshot, but you never want to take it for granted,” Martinez said.
MOTOR CITY COMIC CON OFFERS FANS THE ENTIRE PACKAGE
BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
Attendees of Motor City Comic Con this weekend can meet multiple cast members of some of their favorite movies and TV shows.
The biannual pop culture convention will be offering fans the chance to have a package deal this weekend, as several cast members from films such as “Twilight” and the original “Scream” are set to converge Nov. 14-16 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.
know, an individual from a show. It’s got more groupings,” said Beth Burland, show manager.
“With our celebrities, we are doing a lot more of what I call groups, versus, you
Along with groups of actors who portrayed characters in the “Twilight” saga and
ABOVE: Novi’s newest City Council member is Aaron Martinez, center.
Photo provided by Aaron Martinez
FAR LEFT: Priya Gurumurthy campaigns outside the Novi Civic Center on Nov. 4 with her friend Jaya Natrajan, left, and a supporter.
Photo by Charity Meier
NEAR LEFT: Councilman Brian Smith, right, poses for a picture with Karla Halvangis during an adopt-aroad cleanup event in Novi.
Photo provided by Brian Smith
Fischer
See MC3 on page 11A
Voters pass $425M school bond
BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
Novi voters approved a $425 million bond Nov. 4 to further enhance the Novi Community School District.
“Yesterday was a historic day for our school district,” Superintendent Ben Mainka said in an email to district families.
“This will bring world-class facilities and opportunities to our children and help us continue our positive momentum,” Mainka said in the email.
The bond funds will be used to “improve and reimagine” district facilities, including the high school and all elementary school playgrounds.
The district highlighted the following projects that will be paid for through the bond:
Novi High School
• A new academic innovation hub and updated learning spaces.
• Safety, parking lot, circulation and wayfinding improvements.
• A performing arts lobby addition and an extensive auditorium remodel.
• An expansion and remodel of the black box theater and band/orchestra rooms.
• A new activity center to support school and community programs, including new multisport courts, an indoor track, a turf field, a natatorium, and a competition gym.
• A new main entry and improved building navigation with natural light.
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OCC’s presentation of ‘Parade’ examines history, bias and division
BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
Over the next two weeks, “Parade” will be marching across the Smith Theatre stage at Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills with a poignant reminder that history often repeats itself and that people should look past their differences.
Set in Marietta, Georgia, the play tells the story of the life and trial of Leo Frank, an affluent, Jewish man from New York, who was accused of killing a 13-year-old girl who worked at his pencil factory in 1913.
“It’s a story of injustice and a man being wrongfully convicted, tried, convicted, tried, and eventually lynched over labels, like being Jewish, being a Northerner, being an outsider. Essentially, in terms of the South, sort of an immigrant, right? But you know that’s the way they saw him, being from the South, and we’re in the Jim Crow law era, right after the (American) Civil War. A Northern Jew was the last thing anyone in Marietta, Georgia, wanted to see. Especially when they’re sending their kids to work and this
Rendering provided by the Novi Community School District
An indoor track and turf field are planned with the bond funds approved by voters Nov. 4.
Photo by Keith Tolman
Antonio Hood performs as Jim Conley in “Parade” alongside American Sign Language shadow actor Sav Szewczul.
See PARADE on page 8A
See SCHOOL BOND on page 10A
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Light the Lights
The annual Light the Lights celebration to welcome in the holiday season in Novi is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 21 at Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk, 44175 W. 12 Mile Road. The celebration will feature the annual tree lighting ceremony with a speech by Mayor Justin Fischer at 7 p.m., which will be followed by fireworks. Children will be able to visit with Santa Claus throughout the event, and there will be live character visits as well.
Road Commission to hold open house on 12 Mile Road projects
The Road Commission for Oakland County will hold a public meeting on 12 Mile Road construction projects in Novi and Farmington Hills from 4 to 7 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Harrison Hall meeting room at the Hawk, 29995 W. 12 Mile Road in Farmington Hills. The meeting will be an open house with no formal presentation, but anyone interested can stop by and review the plans, ask questions and discuss the projects with RCOC staff. The areas to be worked on include from Novi Road to Farmington Road in 2026 and 2027 in both communities, and from east of Orchard Lake Road to Autumn Ridge Road in Farmington Hills in 2026.
‘Twilight’ stars to host Q & A at Emagine Theater for fans attending MC3
Stars from the “Twilight” saga movies will host an exclusive movie screening of their 2008 film “Twilight” at Emagine Novi, for fans who attend the Motor City Comic Con, on both Friday, Nov. 14, and Saturday, Nov. 15. Stars Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Jackson
Rathbone and Peter Facinelli will hold a questionand-answer segment prior to each screening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the Q&A cost $40, and this is in addition to the cost of admission to the comic convention. Screening attendees are required to attend MC3. For more information, visit motorcitycomiccon.com.
Blood drive
Michigan Blood Collection in Novi will have a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 17. Blood donated to MBC supports research that helps scientists develop treatments and diagnostic methods for various diseases. All donors will be compensated for their time with a $50 gift card. MBC is located at 46430 Peary Court. For more information, visit michiganbloodcollection.com.
Anti-bullying programming contest underway
METRO DETROIT — Detroit-area Planet Fitness franchisees, EPIC Fitness Group and Impact Fitness Group, and the Detroit Red Wings have again teamed up for its third annual Shut Out Bullying contest, offering one school or youth organization $10,000 in funding for anti-bullying programming.
The contest opened Nov. 2 and concludes at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 21. Educational institutions and youth organizations throughout Michigan serving students in grades K-12 are invited to apply by completing a short entry form and answering questions about their current or proposed bullying prevention initiatives.
The 2026 winner will be honored during a special on-ice presentation on Jan. 18, 2026, prior to the Red Wings vs. Ottawa Senators game at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. For full contest details, eligibility requirements, and the application form, visit DetroitRedWings.com under the Fans contest page. A direct link to the contest page can also be found here: DetroitRedWings.com/ShutOutBullyingContest.
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LEARN HISTORY TO A ‘T’ WITH EASTPOINTE’S ANTIQUE 1921 FIRE TRUCK
BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
Anyone who visits the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum in Detroit will see an important piece of Eastpointe history.
Eastpointe’s first-ever fire truck is among the many antique vehicles on display. The 1921 Ford Model T was purchased a little more than 100 years ago when Eastpointe was known as Erin Township.
A group of business owners pooled their money to buy the chemical fire truck. They were concerned about fires as the township grew and felt the horse and wagon used in town to douse flames wasn’t enough. The proprietors wanted a truck to carry more water and also allow for the pumping of water.
For the next five years, the red 1921 model will remain at the museum for public viewing. At the Aug. 19 Eastpointe City Council meeting, the council voted 4-0 to approve the automobile loan agreement between Eastpointe and the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum for five years, beginning Aug. 1, 2025, and expiring Aug. 1, 2030. Council member Rob Baker was absent.
Eastpointe Fire Chief Jason Clark volved in the loan agreement, just that the second five-year cycle for a loan agree-
Eastpointe Fire Chief Jason Clark said there was no exchange of money involved in the loan agreement, just that the museum will house and maintain the fire truck for the next five years. This is the second five-year cycle for a loan agreement.
“It’s still looking good,” Clark said. “They seem like they’re doing a good job taking care of it.”
Clark, retired Eastpointe Fire Chief Danny
On the late morning of Oct. 31, Clark, retired Eastpointe Fire Chief Danny Hagen, retired Fire Capt. Don Schmidt
TOP: Samantha Wilkinson, Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum operations manager left; retired Eastpointe Fire Chief Danny Hagen, center; and Eastpointe Fire Chief Jason Clark discuss Eastpointe’s 1921 Model T chemical fire truck. ABOVE: Eastpointe’s first-ever fire truck — a 1921 Model T — had 20 horsepower and weighed 1,439 pounds. LEFT: Kim Schmidt, left, holds a photo of her husband, Donald Schmidt, a retired Eastpointe Fire Department captain, as he drives the fire truck in a Memorial Day parade.
Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
THE HIDDEN RESILIENCE OF THE WILD RABBIT
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — They are small, brown and everywhere, and boy, do they hop.
Rabbits do not need much more of an introduction. Anyone who has spent time in southeastern Michigan has seen their share and more of wild rabbits — particularly, the widely abundant eastern cottontail — but aside from a jump scare while driving or a fleeting critter spotted while out and about, the actual role and purpose of rabbits tends to go unknown to the average Michigander.
Which begs the question: What even is a rabbit?
For starters, a rabbit is not a rodent — it’s an entirely different animal altogether.
“(Rabbits) are within the order Lagomorpha, taxonomically,” said KR Vedolich, a naturalist with the Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center in Shelby Township. “They are genetically distinct from a lot of different kinds of animals … and this is the group that contains rabbits and hares and pikas. They are separate rodents and rodents are in their own taxonomic order, Rodentia.”
The eastern cottontail rabbit is native to Michigan, having been in the eastern part
of North America for millions of years. For all of that time rabbits have played a key role in how the natural environment of the region has functioned, even if most of what they do is hidden from the surface view.
“They’re a good herbivore to clean up our forest floor to help control plant populations,” Vedolich said. “After a rabbit eats it has to digest that food and then poop it out. That poop provides important resources for other animals in the area. Think of dung beetles or any other kind of insect that might relish those nutrients (in the poop) and break those down further to help fertilize the soil. There’s multiple steps of moving energy around the ecosystem.”
Another step in the energy-moving process is the rabbit’s role as a prey animal that is eaten by other animals within the environment, therefore passing energy along the food chain. Beyond moving energy, rabbits also move plenty of dirt by building underground tunnels — and not just for rabbits.
“They build really extensive burrow systems which are actually quite sophisticated,” Vedolich said. “They can have dozens, even over 100 different entrances into a single burrow system … But those burrows are not only important for the rabbit itself to find shelter from predators. Those kinds
of borrow systems that rabbits build are also important for other types of wildlife as well. Animals like snakes may take advantage of the additional shelter. Skunks might also use rabbit burrows. Things like groundhogs, chipmunks, even turtles can find their way (into burrows). It’s a really cool thing. They provide a lot of services to the environment.”
Rabbits and humans have always had an interesting relationship. Along with being a prey animal hunted for fur and food for centuries, more recent development patterns in the region have seen wild rabbits go through a cyclical relationship with the lands they live on.
“In the original forest there may have been a very healthy population of rabbits that, with initial urban development, was probably pushed out by all of the noise, changing structures (and) heavy equipment,” Vedolich said. “But as time goes on, let’s say that (a) subdivision is now established. The ground is settling, homes are settling, you may have more people in an area which is a deterrent for rabbits to be nearby — but it also might mean that their predators may not be around. When it comes to rabbits in an urban landscape, there’s a benefit of being around because they have more ornamental plants they can eat and there’s potentially less
predation pressure on those animals within an urban environment.”
But for all their interactions with humans and the world built by humans, wild rabbits like the eastern cottontail are an entirely separate species from the domestic rabbits that make up one of the county’s most popular — and most abandoned — pets. While eastern cottontails are a local species, domestic rabbits have a lineage of Iberian rabbits bred by Romans for the purpose of harvesting meat and furs.
“When that wild-type rabbit was domesticated, all its fearful traits were bred See RABBITS on page 14A
Photo by Dean Vaglia
An eastern cottontail rabbit looks off into the distance while on a lawn. Eastern cottontail rabbits are a species of wild rabbit native to Michigan.
story comes out,” said Cooper Miller, who portrays Frank in the OCC presentation. “So, it’s an important story with what’s going on in today’s political climate about how we treat people who are different from us and how our prejudices, our biases, can get the better of us when a tragedy occurs and people are looking for someone to blame.”
Frank was one of three suspects in the killing of Mary Phagan. The other two suspects, Jim Conley and Newt Lee, were African Americans from the South, and therefore looked upon more favorably than someone from the North.
Conley, an escaped convict, was encouraged to put the blame on Frank in exchange for his freedom. His words were valued more despite his criminal past because he was from the South.
“What drew me to do this show is there’s a lot of bad things happening in the world, politically or not, even just politically, but there’s human rights that are being taken away, and I think this is a good piece to portray right now,” said Antonio Hood, who portrays Conley in the production.
Miller said that Frank was not liked in the South simply because he practiced Judaism, was wealthy, and originated from the Northern part of the country. He said the story provides an interesting perspective on our country’s division following the Civil War.
“Conley was a Black janitor who had been in and out of the jail system, and Leo
was an educated white man coming from a nice family and upbringing, and yet even in the Jim Crow era of the South, they trusted him over Leo,” Miller said. “It is an interesting look at the tensions of the Civil War and the North vs. South and how even though Jim Conley was Black, he was seen as one of them (a Southerner), rather than Leo. So racism and prejudice can blossom in so many ways; it goes beyond the color of your skin, and that kind of gets explored in the show.”
According to Hood, the man who prosecuted the case was antisemitic. Hood said the prosecutor wanted Frank dead, simply because of his religious stance.
“This is a true story that examines history, bias and how we, as a society, cope with the divisions among us,” said Jennifer Little, OCC theater director and Broadway actress.
“The musical gives our student actors a chance to empathize with people they may not fully understand but can ultimately see are simply human, just like them.”
For the romantics out there, the storyline also includes the romance between Leo and Lucille Frank. The couple’s love story blossoms as Lucille works to support her husband and prove his innocence.
Miller said he is a huge fan of the work of composer Jason Robert Brown, calling him “possibly the greatest composer of our generation” and a “genius.” According to Miller, the score for “Parade,” which was Brown’s first Broadway play, is “filled with so much love.”
Hood said that performing the role of Conley is a dream come true, because the
Photo by Keith Tolman
Cooper Miller, portraying Leo Frank, embraces Shea Giese, portraying Lucille Frank, during a rehearsal of OCC’s presentation of “Parade.”
CALENDAR
NOV. 21
Night Hikes on the Farm: Guided stroll with “Owl Prowl” theme, also light snacks and beverages, 6-7:30 p.m., Michigan State University Extension Tollgate Farm and Education Center, 28115 Meadowbrook Road in Novi, register at canr.msu.edu/tollgate
NOV. 22
Holiday pet photos: Have professional shots taken with Santa, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Premier Pet Supply, 47810 Grand River Ave. in Novi, (248) 773-8592, also 2:30-4:30 p.m., Premier Pet Supply, 19784 Haggerty Road in Northville, (248) 924-3494, all proceeds go to local rescues, premierpetsupply.com/events
ONGOING
NO-VI Chess Club: For ages 5 and older, includes lectures, practice games, analysis and other training, 7-8 p.m., Novi Public Library, 45255 10 Mile Road, registration required, (248) 349-0720, novilibrary.org
Free community lunches: Noon-1 p.m. Thursdays, Salvation Army Farmington Hills Corps Community Center, 27500 Shiawassee Road in Farmington Hills, centralusa.salvationarmy.org/farmingtonhills
The Tears Foundation: Groups for those who lost infant (6:30 p.m. every first and third Thursdays of
month) and child (7:30 p.m. every first and third Wednesdays of month), New Hope Center for Grief Support, 133 W. Main St. (Suite 113) in Northville, newhopecenter.net
Farmers market: 7 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from May-December and Saturdays from January-April, also porch pot class from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 20 and Dec. 4 ,and holiday market from 3-7 p.m. Dec. 3, 2350 Pontiac Lake Road in Waterford Township, ocmarket@oakgov.com, (248) 858-5495, oakgov.com/community/oakland-countyparks/parks-trails/farmers-market
Aurora Winter Wizards: Milelong forest walk filled with lights and holiday sounds, also use wand to unlock hidden magic, open nightly Thursdays-Sundays from Nov. 21-Dec. 28, Glenlore Trails, 3860 Newtown Road in Commerce Township, glenloretrails.com
MI Options Medicare Assistance Program: Get free unbiased counseling during enrollment period (ends Dec. 7), one-on-one appointments available by phone, virtually or in person, (248) 262-0545, find locations at ageways.org/calendar
Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less: Virtual 15-week program presented by AgeWays Nonprofit Senior Services and led by registered dietitian nutritionist, free for first-time participants ages 60 and older, register at (833) 262-2200 or wellnessprograms@ageways. org, tinyurl.com/agewaysworkshops
Fire truck
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and his wife, Kim; and retired firefighter Joe Radzwion III toured Piquette with museum operations manager Samantha Wilkinson. Eastpointe Mayor Pro Tem Cardi DeMonaco Jr. and Eastpointe City Council members Harvey Curley and Baker joined them.
Eastpointe’s first-ever fire truck was used by the city’s firefighters until 1942. Although the vehicle ceased fighting fires, it remained in the city — which for decades was called East Detroit — for parades and other events over the years.
One memorable moment for Hagen came in 1981 when he and his bride, Mary, cruised in the historic truck on their wedding day. They drove from St. Jude Catholic Church, on Seven Mile Road in Detroit, to the Eastpointe Fire Station on Nine Mile Road near Gratiot Avenue, where they switched vehicles for the reception. The newlyweds drew plenty of onlookers.
“We went down Kelly Road and it started to rain. My wife was the best sport in the world,” Hagen remembered. “The people were going bonkers when they saw the truck.”
The museum provides informational signs for all the exhibited cars. According to the Eastpointe sign, the 1921 Model T chemical fire truck had 20 horsepower and weighed 1,439 pounds.
The truck was either assembled at the Ford Highland Park Plant or a branch of the plant. The gas-powered truck drove about 25 mph and came with a two-speed transmission. It was equipped with standard pneumatic non-skid tires, and hard rubber tires were optional. Hagen said there was a siren system in town to alert when there was a fire.
“There was one hose and they used axes to open the door and open the roof to let out smoke and gases,” Hagen said, adding that axes also were utilized “for quick entry” into the home or building. Firefighters did not have all the updated equipment and safety gear available now.
“There were no masks, no (compressed) air,” Hagen said. “It wasn’t in existence at the time.”
School bond
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• Interior finishes; heating, ventilating and cooling; and other school infrastructure improvements.
Novi K-8
• A Novi Middle School STEM addition and secure athletic wing entrance.
• A new turf field and concession complex at Novi Middle School.
• Orchard Hills Elementary classroom additions and an extensive remodeling and reconfiguration of the facility, including parking and circulation drives.
• Interior finishes; heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning; site improvements; and playground improvements at elementary school buildings.
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and technology
• Smartboards.
• Classroom & media center furniture.
• Playground equipment.
• New buses.
“We are truly blessed to be part of a community that is united in a vision of educational excellence,” Mainka said in the email.
According to Mainka, every student within the district will benefit from the bond within the first two years of its implementation. He said that he and other district officials and companies involved in the construction have had many
discussions on how to make sure the students continue to have a positive experience at school during the construction process.
“Really, what it’s about is staging and phasing the con-
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struction project so that students have a very positive experience,” Mainka said.
He said the construction project will also provide the
the original “Scream” films, there are also groups of actors from “Starship Troopers,” “Yellowjackets” and “Firefly.”
Burland said that they decided to do groups this year, as it makes it easier for fans.
“A lot of people, they come in and they’re maybe a fan of ‘Twilight’ and they get excited for one person, but then when they get to see all of them, they’re like, ‘Oh, my God, I get to see the whole group!’ So, we’re giving it a try,” she said.
Fans will have the opportunity to purchase a photo with either one celebrity or the entire group from that film or series. Some will do photo ops with costumes from movie scenes they were in together. Two cast members from “Twilight” will wear baseball uniforms in reference to a scene in the first film.
Along with celebrities, the convention will have numerous comic book artists available to showcase their work, and numerous vendors offering fandom-related merchandise from comic books and posters to action figures and everything in between.
“I feel like a lot of comic cons are more pop culture cons these days rather than comic cons, so you get a lot more of your TV ce-
Author Jemima Victor promotes her book, “The Hidden Script: Enter the Kingdom” at last year’s fall Motor City Comic Con.
lebrities than you do your comic guests, and I feel like this show has a really strong comic presence,” said Ryan Hetkowski, owner of State of Comics in Plymouth. “So, I’m very excited about that. They did a really good job compared to previous years with the
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SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN IN BUSINESS
TWO LOCAL WOMEN SHARE THEIR TRIUMPHS, TRIALS IN BUSINESS
BY GENA JOHNSON gjohnson@candgnews.com
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song “That’s What He Said” is one of his favorite songs in all of musical theater. However, Hood said it was also very challenging to learn to perform the vocally demanding song.
He said his other challenge with performing as Conley is just knowing that Conley might very well have been the murderer.
“It’s a struggle to know how to portray that, because if Jim Conley actually did it, of course he would know he done it, but he has to also hide that from the world, while this possibly innocent man is getting blamed for it to possibly be hung, so that is definitely challenging mentally,” Hood said.
“It‘s such a beautiful story, and a real one, and along with one of the better scores that’s been written over the last 30 years,” said Miller.
Miller said he believes that Little has the concept that “art imitates life” in mind when she makes her play selections for the college.
“She finds it important to speak out against what’s going on in the world through theater,” he said. “It’s pretty cool and it’s amazing for just kids like us who are just looking to do a play. Not only do we learn how to be actors, but we learn how to tell a
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story as important as this one, which is not an opportunity you see at very many colleges in general, let alone at community colleges.”
“I really hope people will walk away with more knowledge on history, because to this day, it is unknown who killed Mary Phagan. A lot of people still believe it was Leo Frank. Some people think it was actually Jim Conley,” Hood said. “So, I want people to walk away with their own questions. Walk away, getting their information from the right resources and studying this case. And I want people to realize that things like this are still happening in the world. People are still getting wrongly convicted or mistreated because of who they are.”
“Parade” opens on Nov. 13. Performances will be held on Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. through Nov. 21 at the Smith Theatre, located on the Orchard Ridge OCC campus in Farmington Hills.
As with all of Little’s OCC productions, American Sign Language interpreters will be shadow acting throughout each performance, for the benefit of the deaf and hard of hearing.
General admission costs $12.51, and senior citizens pay $7.18. There is no cost for OCC students, employees, alumni and retirees.
Call Staff Writer Charity Meier at (586) 498-1092.
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Rabbits
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out,” Vedolich said. “It’s just like how dogs were domesticated from wolves. You breed a litter, you choose the calmest (and) most agreeable ones, you breed those ones so that over generations the rabbits that you find are lacking a lot of the flight and fear responses. Domestication has actually changed the structure of the domesticated rabbit’s brain such that within a domesticated rabbit’s brain, the amygdala (the part responsible for fear) is greatly reduced in comparison to a wild rabbit.”
Given the docility bred into domestic rabbits over so many generations, abandoning one in the wild under the assumption it can survive is essentially giving it a death sentence.
“It would be no different than if you thought of dumping your cat or your dog,” Macomb County Animal Control Director Jeff Randazzo said. “These are animals that have already been acclimated to human interactions, humans feeding them, watering them, all those things and all of a sudden, all of those stop. They do not know how to free graze. And they are susceptible because they weren’t born in the wild, they are not going to — in my opinion — take cover or know that harm is on the way.”
Randazzo recommends that looking to take on a domestic rabbit as a pet should study the way rabbits behave in captivity, seek an animal through a trusted rescue agency and get all the proper vaccines for the rabbit.
While the face and shape of metro Detroit is set to change with new developments and further expansions northward and westward, Vedolich believes the eastern cottontail’s history of resilience will lead to a future where wild rabbits will remain a fixture of the southeastern Michigan ecosystem for decades to come.
“The eastern cottontail rabbit is a very resilient animal,” Vedolich said. “It has the ability to produce multiple litters of rabbits every year. They can go through a lot of change and adapt to it over time, whether that change is because of human development or whether the change is because of overarching continuous dynamics with predator populations as well. Populations can go up and down, but rabbits are very good at compensating for any large hits. They’re really resilient animals. I would say if we start to see more of a public passion for conserving our wild spaces, I think the rabbit has a really good shot of being with us for a long, long time.”
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opportunity for some students interested in architecture, construction trades, or construction management to gain firsthand experience by interning with Christman Construction, the contractor for the project, as well as other companies the district is partnering with for the project.
“One of the other things that we are very excited about is that some of our students who are interested in architecture or construction trades or construction management are going to have the opportunity with our partners to be able to do some internships, to be able to see how some of this stuff works, to get to see firsthand how these trades actually impact the community they are working in. So, that will be a really cool thing as well,” Mainka said.
According to unofficial election results posted on the city’s website, 4,865 voters were in favor of the bond and 2,900 were against it.
Aravind Reddy said he came to vote as it is his responsibility as a citizen.
“If we don’t voice our opinion, our choices, then it is not right,” Reddy said.
Mainka thanked voters for passing the bond and said that the district’s construction, design partners, as well as district staff, are ready to get to work on the project. He said they will be keeping parents and families informed as the plan for construction begins to be executed.
Smaller projects will begin as early as this winter, and groundbreaking on the ma-
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amount of comic artists and writers that they are bringing in. I’m excited for that, always, because meeting writers, artists and stuff is always super exciting.”
MC3’s Artist Alley will include wellknown comic book creators including Mark Brooks, Jae Lee, Mark Waid, Klaus Janson, Denys Cowan and Steve Englehart.
Hetkowski has been a comic vendor at MC3 since 2021. He said that the attraction to comics for people is multifaceted.
“It gives a new meaning to happiness, I guess you could say,” Hetkowski said.
He said that comics and other branches of “the world of entertainment,” such as TV shows, manga, anime and movies, provide a way to escape the harsh realities of life.
“Historically, comics have touched on a ton of different social issues, which has been great, and it relates to the real world,” Hetkowski said. “But I think the most important part is that the stories are a little bit of escapism from the real world, where people can step away and just really enjoy good stories, and that’s super important because reality is pretty harsh sometimes.”
He said that there is a lot more to comics than just art and stories. He said that when you get into the collectible side, you have to look at the science behind what breaks down a comic and how to restore a comic or conserve a comic.
“It’s a vast market and it’s very interesting to me on all sides, not just the stories, but even just down to the science of paper and why older comics have tanning issues with the cover and how it’s not as much of an issue now. It’s just very interesting to me,” Hetkowski said.
Games are another popular attraction at the con. The fall show will offer three different types of gaming: bingo/trivia, tabletop gaming and video game tournaments. A variety of games will be offered in each category. A schedule showing all the different games and the times they are offered is available on the show website.
The show will also feature appearances by professional cosplay actors. The professional cosplay actors will host a panel and have a table to be able to interact with those interested in cosplay.
“Each day they will have a different cosplay outfit on and they’ll be talking to people about what it’s like to do cosplay and how to put together a costume and how to get started in it, if you’re interested,” Burland said.
Guests attending the show often partake in cosplay, but costumes are not required.
“I think that Motor City Comic Con, in
particular, it’s a place where people feel welcomed and they can come with their friends in costume and feel comfortable there,” Burland said.
“It’s just a very welcoming environment that we provide for not just adults, but for families,” Burland said. “Our fans, our guests, attendees come in the morning, and they stay all day long because we provide them so many different things to do. It’s not just, ‘I’m going to come and I’m going to see the celebrities’ or I’m going to come and I’m going to see the comic guests.’ There’s just so many things for them to do that we provide and make it an overall experience for them,” said Burland.
Hetkowski said there is so much involved in comics that he is constantly learning from his customers.
“We are always looking forward to meeting new people and learning what they love and just connecting with them and nerding out, no matter what their age is or what they want to talk about,” Hetkowski said. “You can not only come in and talk about Demon Hunter, but you can come in and talk about X-Men. We geek out about all things pop culture.”
The Motor City Comic Con will run Nov. 14-16 at the Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi. Friday show hours will be noon to 7 p.m. On Saturday, the show will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Sunday, the show will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission ticket prices vary from $35 to $45 for adults depending on the day, and they increase by $5 at the door. Tickets for children ages 6-12 cost $5 on Friday, $10 on Saturday and they will
get in for free on Sunday. There is no charge for kids ages 5 and younger. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. There are other ticket packages, and photo opportunities and autographs with celebrities can be purchased through the website. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to www. motorcitycomiccon.com.
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Fire truck
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While on the tour, a group of local students crossed paths with the firefighters, who shared their experiences with the fire truck.
“Driving it is like driving a go-kart in the wind. It’s a big open vehicle,” Radzwion III said. “It was like an icon in every Memorial Day parade. It was awesome. You felt so proud.”
“I was one of the few that drove it,” Schmidt said of those fun city events through the decades. “It brings back so many memories.”
According to its history, the Eastpointe Fire Department and the East Detroit Historical Society together restored the truck and won awards at the 2008 Detroit Autorama. In 2009, the Michigan Historical Commission presented the Michigan Week Gov. John B. Swainson award to Hagen for his “outstanding contribution to the preservation of Michigan history.”
The Halfway Model T chemical fire truck contains a plaque dedicated to the founding members of the department in 1921: Fire Chief Lorenz Rein, and firefighters Cyril Derdaele, Ray Woodcock, Frank Schustler, August Zado, Fred Rader, Jess Hamner, WM Yuckey, Gottfried Eschmann and Richard Paetsch.
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum is a Michigan historic site. Piquette was the first factory Ford Motor Co. built, and where models B, C, F, K, N, R, S and T were manufactured. Visitors can view antique cars that are from private collections or that the museum has purchased, including a 1903 Ford Model A Tonneau, a 1911 Hupmobile model 20 C, and a 1916 Studebaker.
The museum also has a replica of Henry Ford’s office, including a safe used to hide blueprints so corporate spies would not find them and a telescope for bird-watching. Ford, however, didn’t spend much time in his office, as he preferred to be on the assembly floor.
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum is located at 461 Piquette Ave. in Detroit. Free parking is available in the paved courtyard lot next to the building, and in the gravel lot directly across from the museum on Piquette Avenue. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. It is closed on holidays. For more information, go to fordpiquetteplant.org.
Business
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Hughes credits Toastmasters for helping her to find her voice.
She was inspired to start her own business when she and a broker where she worked attended a real estate event.
“When it was time for me to be introduced at the event, I was left out,” Hughes said. “I cannot be left out when I am doing all the work. So I started my own business and could no longer be a secret agent.”
She left that real estate office and has continued to prosper even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hughes is a proponent of the power and support of women’s groups in business.
She is currently on the board of directors of the National Entrepreneurs Association and was named one of Career Masters’ 2025 Women to Watch.
“It’s a new day when it comes to women in business,” Hughes said. “Women’s groups help to empower them.”
Hughes also believes in the art of pivoting.
The holiday months are slow for real estate housing sales. As a result, she started a real estate holdings company, where she holds real estate licenses for those agents not making money from real estate currently but want to hold onto their license.
She pays all the yearly fees they would incur and negotiates sales on their behalf, sharing a portion of the commission with them.
“When I saw the help was needed, I started the holdings company,” Hughes said.
In business, Hughes said, “Women have to yell louder, fight harder and stand taller.”
Nothing But Education in West Bloomfield was created to change the lives of children and inspire them by providing strategic thought, collaborative partnerships, industry best practices and resource sharing to school districts across the country and internationally in 2019.
Founder Jennifer Taylor Boykins is a former Detroit Public Schools teacher and vice president at Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, according to the company’s website, where she worked for more than 20 years.
Less than a year after launching her business, the pandemic hit.
When that happened, people weren’t talking as much and when they did it wasn’t an inperson meeting but by telephone. By the time she had the opportunity to use her marketing materials, they were out of date.
“From the early point of business, I learned you have to be able to pivot,” Taylor Boykins said. “What you think may be ideal in the marketplace, the marketplace can change…. Pivot is the name of the game when you are in business for yourself.”
That prompted Taylor Boykin and her team to develop materials that would promote continuous education while students were out of school during the pandemic or on summer vacation. It includes books, worksheets and journals.
The books are designed to engage the students. The worksheets are created to promote a deeper dive into the materials they read, and the journals prompt further reflection on what the student has read.
“Things to help them really think about what they are reading and why it is important,” Taylor Boykins said. “They received it (the materials) with open arms and joy.”
This program was first implemented in some of the Los Angeles area school districts four years ago and has been implemented every summer vacation since.
It was a huge, hard-fought project, and a major triumph for Nothing But Education. Being in contact with the students in their space “is the best part of the business,” she said. “The tales are always around the lives that you change, the lives that you touch.”
That led to her nonprofit, Bravehearts, which funds scholarships for high school seniors who are aging out of the foster care system. Students from school districts across the country have received scholarships. One student studied to be a graphic artist in Japan. Some go to college, attending top-tier schools, while others have gone to trade school, including the field of cosmetology.
To date, Bravehearts has funded around 40 scholarships.
Taylor Boykins says a lot is put on women in business.
“They keep piling it up, she said. But sometimes you have to say, ‘Yes, I can do that for you but not now.’”
Taylor Boykins is also on the West Bloomfield Planning Commission and sits on the West Bloomfield Library’s Board of Directors.
Call Staff Writer Gena Johnson at (586) 498-1069.
Election
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He said that although he had many voters tell him they were going to vote for him and that they appreciated him, it still felt surreal when he realized he had actually won a seat on the council.
“Then, as the numbers came in, obviously as they did, I think it just showed that we really kept true to our promise that we were going to touch every corner of the city, we wanted to reach out to as many voters as we possibly could, bring people into the picture that maybe haven’t historically participated in a local election, and I think the school bond really helped with bringing some of those people out to the polls as well,” Martinez said. “It could be any number of those things, but I am just happy the residents gave me the opportunity and they placed their trust in me to have their interest moving forward.”
Martinez said he has already had some conversations with some of the other City Council members and is excited to join them. He said he feels the council will collaborate well with each other on various projects and issues to improve the city.
“On the campaign trail, I spoke a lot about wanting to really open up City Hall to the residents again. You know, I really want to make them as much a part of these processes as we possibly can,” Martinez said.
He said he plans to reach out to every neighborhood and wants to hear directly from voters and meet them where they are.
“I’m going to let them tell me what they expect from this council and how to best bring their voice into the picture,” Martinez said.
Smith said he has known Martinez for quite some time, as Martinez went to school with his daughter.
“I think that he is a super sharp guy, great to work with. He’s going to bring some
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Smith said he plans to continue projects that he has been working on in his previous term. This includes the sustainability committee — focusing on the master plan and getting residents more engaged — the public utilities committee, which he said is looking at bringing more high-speed fiber internet connections to residents, working with DTE about power issues, and working with the Great Lakes Water Authority about the water main issues around 14 Mile Road. Smith said he is also part of the Mobility Committee, where he is working on the Active Mobility Plan. He said they are looking at things such as various types of transit, such as the 9 Line, Oakland County’s nonmotorized pathway through the Nine Mile Road corridor from east to west, and with Northville to make it easy for Novi residents to get to the Northville Riverwalk.
“You know, between our efforts and the interest in the school bond, the message got across to people that this was an election that it was important to be a part of,” Martinez said.
“In general, exercising your right to vote in the United States of America is a privilege and people should take advantage of it,” Gabrielle Claypool said. “It is a blessing that we get to vote for who we want in office, and I will always exercise my right to vote because my parents have instilled that in me.”
She said the most important issue for her this election was to consider where the tax dollars are going.
The city will host a welcome reception, with light refreshments, to honor the candidates-elect in the Novi Civic Center atrium at 6 p.m. Nov. 17. The candidates-elect will be sworn in at 6:45 p.m., with the regular City Council meeting to follow at 7 p.m.
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AMISH FURNITURE
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