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APRIL 19, 2023 • Vol. 42, No. 8
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Police arrest man for allegedly threatening Forest Park Elementary in Eastpointe
The ShamRock Jazz Orchestra will perform a live concert from 7 to 9 p.m. May 19 at the Eastpointe High School auditorium, 15501 Couzens Ave. in Eastpointe. Tickets cost $27 each, and proceeds will benefit the school’s current band program. BOTTOM LEFT: Guitarist Dave Sell, who graduated in 1979, helped to form the ShamRock Jazz Orchestra, whose roots are from East Detroit High School. Photos provided by the ShamRock Jazz Orchestra
BY BRIAN WELLS AND MARIA ALLARD
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EASTPOINTE — Desmond Jamal Parks, 29, of Detroit, was arraigned April 11 in the 38th District Court for allegedly making threats against Forest Park Elementary School. At approximately 8:10 a.m. April 10, Eastpointe police were dispatched to Forest Park Elementary School for a report of death threats being made. According to a press release from the Eastpointe Police Department, Parks allegedly called the school and stated that he Parks was going to “shoot the school up.” Parks also threatened to shoot students if the school didn’t keep them on the bus, according to the press release. At 8:54 a.m., he allegedly called the school again, stating he had shot his girlfriend in Eastpointe. Officers arrived and placed the school into lockdown. They then stood by until parents were able to pick up their children at nearby Eastpointe Middle School.
BY MARIA ALLARD
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group of East Detroit High School graduates have banded together to help carry on the school’s musical legacy. About a year ago, 16 EDHS graduates from various years reconnected to form the ShamRock Jazz Orchestra. They took their name from the school’s mascot, the shamrock. The band came together last year for two reasons. The first is to make music, and the second is to help support the music program at the school, which is now called Eastpointe High School. One way the ShamRock Jazz Orchestra is doing that is by holding an instrument drive from 4 to 8 p.m. April 20 at Infinity Hall, located at 16650 E. 14 Mile Road in Fraser. Anyone who has a used instrument they no longer use or need can drop it off at the hall. The ShamRock Jazz Orchestra members will then donate the instruments to the high school’s music program.
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