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EASTPOINTE — On Wednesday, March 29, Mack Howell stood at a podium in the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office in Mount Clemens surrounded by family, members of the media, attorneys and several others.

He tapped his hands on the sides of the podium, answering questions softly, occasionally biting his lip to keep from becoming emotional. After several questions, he couldn’t contain his emotions anymore, and his family came to comfort him as he dabbed at tears with a tissue.

Howell was recently exonerated of a crime in Eastpointe in 2014. He See EXONERATE on page 9A

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Mack Howell stands at the podium during a press conference Wednesday, March 29, at the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office in Mount Clemens. Howell was convicted of a 2014 armed robbery in Eastpointe but was exonerated after an investigation by the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office Conviction Integrity Unit.

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ROSEVILLE — When Ross Collette looked out of his residence in the Roseville Theatre March 24, he saw and smelled smoke coming from his office in another part of the building.

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Roseville school board approves sale of series two bond

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ROSEVILLE — Next month, Roseville Community Schools officials plan to sell series two of its $58.9 million bond issue that passed in 2018.

At the March 20 Board of Education

meeting, the school board voted 6-0 to approve a resolution for the sale of the series two bond.

Board member Michael Anderson was absent.

The bond issue was divided into three series: one at $39.8 million, two at about $9 million and three at $10 million.

“The resolution is to move forward with series two bonds,” District Superintendent

Mark Blaszkowski said. “We are doing this so that we have a seamless transaction between our first series to our second series. This gives us time to get things in order.”

At the meeting, Executive Director of Business & Finance Rayetta Ashbaugh confirmed the outside sources that will assist with the process.

“We are going to use the same people that we’ve used in the past for the bond,” Ashbaugh said. “Our bond underwriter will be Stifel, our bond counsel will be Miller Canfield, and our financial adviser will be PFM.” The bonds will be sold on the market May 9. Series two of the bond will primarSee BOND SALES on page 15A

A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER

RIGHT: Eastpointe resident James Shanahan holds up documents that date back to 1972, when he first joined the Knights of Columbus.

Eastpointe resident celebrates 50 years with Knights of Columbus

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BELOW: Linda Accettola, of Warren, secures the 50-year Knights of Columbus pin on Shanahan’s collar. His dad, grandfather and uncle were all active in the charitable organization.

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efore their monthly meeting March 28, members of the Knights of Columbus Holy Innocents-Saint Barnabas No. 14213 Catholic Community recited the rosary.

“We’re going to pray for the kids and adults that were killed in (the) Nashville (shooting), the unborn and our members that are in the hospital,” Grand Knight Lou Carver said.

The Knights of Columbus is a fraternity of men promoting their faith, supporting their local parish, priest and community. According to Carver, St. Barnabas and Holy Innocents combined Knights Councils when St. Barnabas Catholic Church in Eastpointe closed.

The Knights meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at Holy Innocents-St. Barnabas in Roseville. The group organizes various events, including community dinners, food drives and family activities.

One popular event is the monthly potluck euchre tournament held at 6 p.m. on the first Friday of the month at the church’s social hall, located at 16359 Frazho Road in Roseville. The cost is $5 per person, plus a dish to pass.

Among the Knights members at last week’s meeting was Eastpointe resident James Shanahan, who recently celebrated a milestone: 50 years as a Knight. For the achievement, Shanahan received recognition and a special pin, which his friend Linda Accettola, of Warren, pinned on him to make his anniversary official.

“When I got the pin, it really hit me,” Shanahan, 69, said. “It’s just a great feeling.”

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Father, son arrested, charged after Eastpointe shooting EASTPOINTE — A father and son are facing charges after Eastpointe police found a man with gunshot wounds.

On March 15, Eastpointe officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 16800 block of Toepfer Drive. When officers arrived, they located a 19-year-old man in a vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds, according to a press release from the department.

The man was transported to a local medical facility and was reported to be in stable condition. Several large-caliber shell casing were located at the scene, the department said in the release.

Police said an investigation revealed that there was a prior altercation in Roseville between the victim and two Roseville residents — Carlos Allan Edwards, 39, and his son, Carlos Toure Leondre Edwards, 18.

“We believe that the shooting was a result of retaliation,” the press release states.

The suspects were located and arrested without incident in Ferndale the next morning. They were arraigned in the 38th District Court in Eastpointe.

Carlos Allan Edwards is facing charges of assault with intent to murder, a felony punishable by any number of years up to life in prison; felony firearm, a two-year felony; carrying a concealed weapon, a five-year felony; possession of a firearm by a felon, a five-year felony; and possession of ammunition by a felon, also a five-year felony. He was given a $1 million cash or surety bond.

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Carlos Toure Leondre Edwards is charged with tampering with evidence, a 10-year felony, and accessory after the fact to a felony, a five-year felony. He was given a $400,000 cash or surety bond.

Both defendants had probable cause hearings March 29, during which both waived their preliminary examinations. Both cases were bound over to Macomb County Circuit Court.

Richard W. Glanda, Carlos Allan Edwards’ attorney, declined to comment. Noel Erinjeri, Carlos Toure Leondre Edwards’ attorney, declined to comment as well.

The press release said that the two defendants might face additional charges in Roseville, though at press time none were listed in court records.

Both suspects were being held in the Macomb County Jail.

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into it,” Shanahan said. “In his heyday, my dad was a police officer in Detroit. He was the sergeant at arms for the (City) Council of Detroit when Jerome Cavanagh was mayor.

“When I first started with the Knights, I was young and impressionable. The first degree of being a Knight is charity,” Shanahan said. “The Knights were very big over the years. It was a fellowship. It was getting to meet new people. Winter, spring, summer and fall, there were always things going on. With the Knights, it’s kind of like family. You help them, they help you.”

When Shanahan first joined Nov. 6, 1972, he was a member of Knights No. 3191, which had a building on Whittier Avenue in Detroit.

“We had a clubhouse and a hall. I was the bartender once or twice a month,” Shanahan said. “One of the first charitable things we did was start a Tootsie Roll drive on Palm Sunday weekend.”

Money raised from selling Tootsie Roll candies each year was donated to help individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Shanahan also recalled days of bowling at Denby Bowling Lanes in Detroit.

“I wasn’t too bad, a 172 average,” he said. “The only thing that ruined me were the No. 7 and No. 10 pins.”

He also played on the Knights’ softball team, which sometimes traveled to Bay City and Saginaw. Shanahan has always

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put his faith in God and celebrated Mass.

“It gives you a good feeling,” he said.

“Going to church, you feel better.”

His faith was present on the frigid winter evening of Feb. 22, 1991, when Shanahan sustained a gunshot wound to his leg during an attack while carrying groceries to his Detroit apartment.

“It hit my mid-thigh area,” Shanahan said. “There was blood all over the place in the snow.”

A neighbor wrapped a towel around the injury until emergency medical services arrived and took Shanahan to a local hospital.

“All I heard were doctors walking around in white coats,” he said. “The following day, I got tubes up and down my legs and my arms. I was on a walker for a year and a half.”

Shanahan became disabled because of the shooting. He said he maintains his health with epidural treatments four times a year, has chiropractor visits and the occasional massage.

“To this day, I’ve been to 13 orthopedic doctors,” Shanahan said.

He said that the suspect has never been caught.

“I’m still waiting for that to happen,” he said.

For a list of upcoming Knights events, visit the website www.hisbparish.us and click on the Knights of Columbus listing.

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

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Eastpointe, Roseville recognize ‘Outstanding Teachers of the Year’

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“When he walked out of the correctional facility (March 20), Mr. Howell immediately said, ‘Is this really happening?’” said David Moran, Howell’s attorney from the University of Michigan’s Innocence Clinic.

Howell’s nephew, Dwayne Howell, said all his uncle wanted to do was see his family.

“We were really excited,” Dwayne Howell said. “We offered him everything that we can offer. We tried to get him to eat meals and he didn’t want to eat; he just wanted to come home and see the rest of the family. …

We always believed his innocence.”

“I’m just happy to be out,” Mack Howell said.

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On April 3, 2014, the 7-Eleven store located at 18700 10 Mile Road in Eastpointe was robbed by a man wearing all black clothing, including a cap and mask that concealed his face, leaving only his eyes visible. The robber was reported to be approximately 6 feet tall with a medium build. There were no injuries during the robbery, and while

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The robber was then seen running from the store, according to the release.

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EASTPOINTE — For William Randazzo, maintaining the Eastpointe Community Garden is about more than just planting and growing things; it’s about increasing food sustainability and helping others learn to grow fruits and vegetables.

“Most of the things we are taught aren’t how to take care of each other or ourselves,” he said in an email. “I’m just trying to change a small piece of my world.”

In its 11 seasons, the garden has seen numerous improvements, such as the replacement of the original 32 wooden gardening boxes with 24 metal beds that can be rented by community members, and a number of “giving garden” beds, which are beds that can be sponsored by people or businesses that offer food for others to take.

Last year, the gardeners grew around 650 pounds of food, Randazzo said, of which 450 pounds were grown on-site and another 200 pounds were donated from a co-gardener’s apple tree.

“Successfully growing over our goal for what we wanted pound-wise excited us to

build bigger, grow more and help more of the community with as much food as we can grow,” he said.

This year, Randazzo and several others who help maintain and run the garden have a number of improvements planned. They’re looking to add 20 new “giving garden” beds, which will require the ground to be leveled before fill dirt can be added and a watering system can be installed.

All of this, Randazzo said, will help the gardeners reach their goal of growing 600 pounds of food on-site, although he thinks they could easily grow closer to 1,000 pounds.

“We have a strong group of amazing volunteers who do this for the love of nature and helping others,” Randazzo said.

But they can’t do it alone.

On Saturday, April 15, the keepers of the garden are seeking volunteers for a cleanup event at the garden, located at 16425 E. Nine Mile Road in Eastpointe. The event will begin at 10 a.m. and will run until 2 p.m., and according to a Facebook event post, most tools will be provided. Attendees are asked to wear work clothes, waterproof boots or shoes, and to bring their own gloves.

“This event is always a blast and we ac-

Photo provided by John Hofmann

A group of volunteers pose for a photo after a previous cleanup of the Eastpointe Community Garden. complish a lot in a short amount of time. We always have a lot of new residents and families come out,” said John Hofmann, who serves

on the garden’s committee.

Call Staff Writer Brian Wells at (248) 2917637.

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According to district officials, when it was announced via social media that MacDonald was named as an outstanding teacher, “He had dozens of comments from former students remembering their time in his class. At least one of them even said he became a teacher and a coach because of Mr. Mac’s influence.”

Over at Eastpointe High School, health

teacher Belemonti is making an impact as well. According to a district press release, she uses kindness and compassion to make her classroom an inviting and safe space for her students.

She also has a reputation of being “a great listener” and provides students with techniques to help them solve problems, cope with emotions and talk things out.

Outside of the classroom, Belemonti started a yoga club for students and staff and has taken on leadership roles at the high school.

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Roseville Community Schools is also celebrating its Outstanding Teachers of the Year: Karen DeMers at the elementary school level, Evan Leuenberger at the middle school level and Dan Chesher at the high school level.

“We have a lot of really good teachers that care about the kids, which is No. 1,”

Superintendent Mark Blaszkowski said. “A lot of our teachers go above and beyond the four walls of the classroom for students to be successful. These are three examples of that.”

DeMers came to RCS in 1996 and has held different positions throughout her tenure. The tech savvy teacher who is always smiling started in the English department at

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ROSEVILLE/EASTPOINTE — The Recreation Authority of Roseville & Eastpointe has activity scholarships available for Eastpointe and Roseville residents in financial need.

The Roseville Optimist Club provides the funding. Applications are confidential and are available on the RARE website at www.rare-mi.org, and in person at the RARE building, 18185 Sycamore St. For more information, call (586) 445-5480.

EASTPOINTE — Anyone who wants to know more about Faygo Beverages Inc. is invited to a presentation with author Joe Grimm at 6:30 p.m.

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The next Eastpointe Community Schools Board of Education meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 10 at Eastpointe City Hall, 23200 Gratiot Ave. Meeting agendas are available the night of the meeting or on the district’s website at www.eastpointeschools.org. Click on the Board of Education page.

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ROSEVILLE — As part of the “Tuesdays with Roseville” monthly series of daytime programs for adults, Matthew Hackett will present “Detroit Baseball, 1920-1935” at 3 p.m. April 18.

Hackett, of the Troy Historic Village, will discuss how the historical shifts of the Roaring 1920s and the Great Depression coincided with major changes in the sport of baseball and Detroit’s lineup of star players.

The program is free for adults, and registration is not required. The library is located at 29777 Gratiot Ave. For more information, visit rsvlibraryservice@roseville-mi.gov or call (586) 445-5407.

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A screen grab shows Pastor Ross Collette speaking in a video that he posted to social media March 26.

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taller and had a thinner build, and he was reportedly seen running from the scene. However, due to medical conditions, Howell was using a cane at the time of the incident.

It wasn’t until the case had been reviewed for several months that Pamukov and those working with her learned of a serial armed robbery suspect who fit the description of the suspect in the robbery for which Howell was convicted. The serial armed robbery suspect was charged with robbing five 7-Eleven stores in the area at around the time of the incident in Eastpointe.

The serial armed robbery suspect was arrested and pleaded guilty on Aug. 20, 2014. This information was not presented during Howell’s jury trial, which didn’t take place until 2016, Pamukov said.

“Between the confession on Aug. 20 (of 2014) of the serial armed robber and the day Mr. Howell started trial in 2016, the serial armed robber’s case was completely closed out,” Pamukov said. “Confession, plea, sentencing. So that case was done and none of that was presented to the jury.”

After 11 months of review, Howell’s conviction was overturned. In a social media post, the Michigan Innocence Clinic

tinguish the fire, his wife called the Roseville Fire Department.

Roseville Fire Marshal William Ciner said his department received the call at approximately 4:28 p.m. March 24. The department was assisted by the St. Clair Shores, Eastpointe and Warren fire departments and the Fraser Department of Public Safety.

Collette was one of three people who were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. In his video, he stated that they were released after about 10 hours.

“Here’s several miracles from this. One is that we’re alive,” he said. “You can’t see my eyes real good, but they’re still red. I still have black soot; when I blow my nose, it comes out. But I’m able to breathe, thank God, even after burn damage all the way down my throat from hot air. Believe me, it’s a horrible thing.”

Collette was told the fire was contained to his office; however, smoke filled the rest of the building. The ice cream room beneath his office was damaged by water.

“The fire marshal said, ‘This is really amazing because the glass door that leads into your residence, there’s no damage beyond that door. The door shut it off,’” Collette said. said Howell’s exoneration was the program’s 41st in its 14-year history. Wolfgang Mueller, Howell’s civil attorney, said his client plans to file for compensation of more than $320,000 under Michigan’s Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act. Mueller added that a civil lawsuit down the road is being investigated.

The county’s Conviction Integrity Unit is one of several such units in the state, with one being operated by the Michigan Department of Attorney General.

Since its inception, Pamukov said, the Conviction Integrity Unit has received more than 50 applications from prisoners asking for their cases to be reviewed.

“These units are the Hail Mary of the criminal justice system, because people come to these units when basically everything else has failed,” Pamukov said.

At the March 29 press conference, Lucido said the serial armed robber had been charged for the other incidents and he was believed to be out of prison now. Lucido said it was unclear if he was going to face further charges.

The Eastpointe Police Department could not be reached for comment. Richard Albright, the city’s attorney, deferred comment to Lucido Call Staff Writer Brian Wells at (248) 291-7637.

“Everything smells like it’s been through the fire,” he added.

The building is home to Deeper Life Ministries, which Collette leads, in addition to a barber shop and two other businesses. The building had been listed on churchrealestatesales.com with an asking price of $1.35 million.

Collette said he lost 60 years’ worth of ministry items, including texts, sermons, songs and a Bible he got when he was 13.

“The Bible I had when I was 13 years old, when I first preached, was right there with all of my notes written in the pages,” he said, getting emotional in the video. “But it’s gone forever now.”

In an email March 29, Ciner said the fire remains under investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which is required to investigate for arson before occupancy can be permitted as part of the Church Arson Prevention Act, which Congress passed in 1996.

Representatives from the ATF’s Detroit Field Division did not return a request for comment.

Collette ended the video by asking for prayers and donations.

Collette also thanked the community for the love and support he’d already received, such as clothing, food and hygiene items, and a new Bible, which he used in the video to read an abbreviated version of the sermon that he’d planned for the day Call Staff Writer Brian Wells at (248) 2917637.

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Roseville High School, teaching the newspaper class and serving as yearbook adviser.

Five years later, she moved to Kaiser Elementary School. After 10 years, DeMers took on a new role as Steenland Elementary School first-grade teacher. She now splits her school day teaching third grade English language arts in the morning at Steenland and serving as an instructional coach in the afternoons at Steenland and Fountain elementary schools.

Leuenberger has been an educator for six years. For the first two years, he taught character education, U.S. history, and world history at both the middle school and high school levels at Bradford Academy in Southfield.

Four years ago, Leuenberger came to Eastland Middle School and is currently teaching sixth grade social studies and Exploring Careers for eighth graders. Knowing some students need a little extra help academically, the middle school teacher tutors

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ily be used for technology updates, including the purchase of new devices that will be ordered in the spring of 2024 for distribution in the 2024-2025 school year.

The new devices will include laptop computers and iPads for students; desktop computers for teachers to be used in labs, teacher stations and offices; new wireless routers in each classroom throughout the district; and additional network infrastructure.

With a bond issue, bonds are sold in the capital markets at a date determined by the district, a financial adviser and an underwriter. Upon closing, funds generated from the bond sale are deposited in the district’s construction fund and are available to spend for completion of the projects contemplated in the bond proposal. The funds are limited in their use to approved projects. Funds, for instance, may not be spent on school employee salaries or benefits.

“You sell the bonds, and the community is paying out for the bonds,” Blaszkowski said. “The public’s tax burden goes to paying off the debt we are in. The taxpayers will pay the bonds over time.”

There were a multitude of projects for series one of the bond. Major series one projects from 2018 included the Roseville High School stadium and athletic complex addi-

tion, whiteboards in every classroom, culinary arts updates at Roseville High School, updated infrastructure for technology, janitorial supplies, marching band uniforms and new band equipment for all school buildings.

The series one bond funding also provided for auto shop tools, a new welding class at Roseville High School, copy machines, district phone upgrades, new marquee signs and new playground equipment in every building.

In addition, a number of series one summer projects included health clinic renovations, water bottle fountains, completing the boiler replacement at RHS, the stairway railing installation at RHS and more.

While preparing for the series two bond, school officials found out there was about $2 million left in series one.

“Series one bond has to be fully committed prior to us paying for anything we’re buying in series two,” Ashbaugh said. “It all has to be obligated.”

The $2 million from series one will be allocated across the district for LED light replacements to save the district utility costs in the coming years, additional lighting at the RHS Athletic Complex, interactive television adapter upgrades and two buses to replace older ones.

School officials plan to sell series three of the bond in approximately five years.

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

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after school. And it’s “game on” for Leuenberger, who sponsors a video game club twice a month.

Band students who attended Roseville High School within the last 22 years probably had Chesher as a teacher. Chesher has been the school’s band director during his entire tenure, teaching cadet band, varsity band, symphonic band and jazz band, as well as the extracurricular marching band and jazz ensemble. Chesher’s dedication to the school’s music program has not gone unnoticed.

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4B - EASTSIDER, April 5, 2023

2019 BUICK ENCORE PREFERRED T E STAR REMOT

2021 CHEVROLET TRAX LT T E STAR

17,588

*

2019 CHEVROLET EQUINOX PREMIER

2020 CHEVROLET BLAZER LT POWER

STK# C22266

24,588

$

*

2019 CHEVROLET BLAZER 2LT

T E STAR REMOT

HE ALL W

VE EL DRI

• POWER LIFTGATE • HEATED SEATS • SAFETY PKG. • 22K MILES STK# C21464

26,888

*

2020 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE RS RIOR

R INTE

26,988

2019 GMC CANYON ALL TERRAIN CREW

• 7 PASSENGER SEATING • BOSE AUDIO STK# C22528

32,188

$

*

*

*

32,488

25,288

$

*

T E STAR REMOT

• HEATED SEATS • BEDLINER • 30K MILES

STK# C22274

27,788

$

*

2020 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CUSTOM

*

2022 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LT 4

CAB 4X

• HEATED SEATS • REMOTE START • BEDLINER • 8K MILES

STK# C24145

35,688

$

STK# C24273

31,888

$

CREW

• 4X4 • BEDLINER • ONLY 15K MILES *

STK# C21654

T E STAR REMOT

• V-6 ENGINE • TOW PKG.

$

S

2020 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LT

V-6 EN

STK# C22163

2020 CHEVROLET BLAZER LT

2019 CHEVROLET BLAZER 2LT

GINE

CAB

*

• POWER LIFTGATE • REMOTE START • LOW MILES

• HEATED SEATS • ONLY 11K MILES!

STK# C21972

23,388

$

D SEAT

25,288

$

STK# C23387

HEATE

STK# C22312

• HEATED SEATS • 31K MILES

$

TE LIFTGA

• REMOTE START • HEATED SEATS

2021 CHEVROLET BLAZER LT

E LEATH

21,488

*

• HEATED SEATS • POWER LIFTGATE

23,688

$

STK# C22474

2019 GMC ACADIA SLE-2

• HEATED SEATS • LEATHER INTERIOR *

• HEATED SEATS • ONLY 18K MILES

19,288

REMOT

STK# C22451

T E STAR REMOT

S

$

*

T E STAR

UDIO BOSE A

$

STK# C22586

$

2021 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT

• REMOTE START • POWER LIFTGATE

• ONLY 9K MILES! • CRUISE CONTROL

STK# C22150

$

D SEAT

HEATE

REMOT

• ALLOY WHEELS • CRUISE CONTROL

2020 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

*

STK# C21292

39,688

$

*

*Plus title, tax, plates, doc and CVR fees. Vehicles available at time of printing. No Salvage or branded titles. Certain restrictions may apply, see dealer for details. Limited Powertrain Warranty is on certified vehicles from original in-service date and whichever comes first, time or mileage. 2 years or 24,000 miles of scheduled vehicle maintenance is on certified pre-owned vehicles, includes oil and filter changes, tire rotations and multi-point inspections. Sale ends 4/14/2023.

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