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Shelby and Utica put part of water and sewer payments in escrow until state settles debt dispute WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND PROPOSAL PASSES, KEEGO POLICE MILLAGE REJECTED

BY MARK VEST mvest@candgnews.com

On May 2, voters in Keego Harbor and the greater West Bloomfield area had the opportunity to vote on two separate proposals.

One was a $148 million bond proposal being sought by the West Bloomfield School District, and the other was a dedicated police millage in Keego Harbor.

The school bond proposal passed, with 2,568 residents voting for it and 1,871 against it.

Although the majority of voters in West Bloomfield approved the proposal, it was rejected in Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake and Sylvan Lake.

In Keego Harbor, 74.38% voted against it; 65.67% of Orchard Lake residents opposed it, and 77.50% of Sylvan Lake residents voted against it.

More than 20% of eligible residents opted to cast a vote in the bond election.

Of the 4,439 total votes, 2,542 came via absentee ballots, with 1,897 residents showing up for the election.

Aside from releasing a statement, the district declined to comment after the bond vote.

“On behalf of the West Bloomfield School District Board of Education, students, and staff THANK YOU for your support of the 2023 Bond initiative! As a result of its successful passage, the District will be able to focus on

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The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to extend the tenure of West Bloomfield Police Chief Michael Patton April 17.

think you’ve earned Event to raise‘Imoney, the right to stay as long asPoint you want’ awareness for Turning Police chief’s tenure extended

domestic and sexual violence through comprehensive kdemske@candgnews.com MARK provides VEST services and resources. TheBY agency emergenmvest@candgnews.com cy, support and prevention services for survivors of MOUNT CLEMENS — Taking steps this domestic and sexual violence, including an emergenmonth to highlight awareness of sexual assault, Turn- cy shelter, individual WESTand BLOOMFIELD — The contract group counseling, advocacy, ing Point Macomb is hosting its sixth annual fund- a personalofprotection order assistance program, and aPatWest Bloomfield Police Chief Michael raiser, Stepping Out With the Stars, April 29. forensic nurse examiners program.that makes his mandaton includes a provision Turning Point strives to empower survivors of tory retirement age 65.

See TURNING on page 18A Patton is set to turn 65 in June, and with his birthday approaching, after speaking with See VOTES on page 10A spouse, came to Stepping the conclusion Turning Point President and CEO Sharman Davenport stands his at the 2021he event with Out that he is not ready to hang up his badge just yet.

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes with the Stars emcee Evrod Cassimy, of WDIV-TV. However, he is also keenly aware that the On May 2, voters approved a West Bloomfield School District bond proposal and rejected a Photo courtesy of Turning Point decision is not his alone to make.

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MDOT to keep Square Lake ramp to eastbound I-75 in Bloomfield Township

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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP— An outcry of concern from Bloomfield Township residents has prompted the Michigan Department of Transportation to keep the Square Lake Road ramp to the eastbound Interstate 75 business loop.

MDOT’s Oakland Transportation Service Center Manager Lori Swanson said MDOT was originally looking at removing the Square Lake Road ramp to eastbound I-75 business loop due to safety concerns while it works to rebuild the I-75 business loop — which comprises Square Lake Road, from Woodward Avenue to I-75 in Bloomfield Township.

Swanson said there is a big speed differential in the area and short-weave merge lanes.

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For a safe weaving movement, MDOT’s standards say there should be a minimum weaving distance of 1,000 feet, but the existing weaving distance in that location is approximately half of what it should be, Swanson noted.

“The volume of traffic that uses that ramp is also pretty low, so we were thinking maybe we could just remove it — there’s ramps down at Adams and M-59 — but when we went to get some public comments and see what people were thinking, it did not go over well,” she said.

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NAFI, the oldest and largest professional association for flight instructors, requests that applicants meet an extensive list of eligibility requirements in order to earn this accreditation.

Some of these requirements include two years of being a flight instructor, a minimum of 1,000 hours of flight instruction to a student, and involvement and leadership in the local aviation community. The full list of requirements can be found on nafinet.org/eligibility.

“One of the big things that the program has is the longevity of itself. It is internationally recognized as a very difficult program to receive,” said John Niehaus, the NAFI director of program development. “For anybody that is accredited currently or even previously, it is very well known in the industry that this individual is in the upper echelon of what it means to be an instructor.”

While 800 people have received this accreditation, only about 61 are currently active. The accreditation lasts for two years before it has to be renewed.

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The school was recognized due to its focus on relationships and rigorous and relevant academics that impact students, according to a press release from the West Bloomfield School District.

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31st annual Model Schools Conference, which is scheduled for June 25-28 at Orlando World Center in Florida.

“The event provides inspiration to thousands of passionate teachers and leaders, affirms the great work that they do, and challenges them to share replicable and creative strategies that can produce results in any school,” a press release states. “School design, creative programming and student/ staff safety are of utmost importance. The WBMS presentation team will show administrators and teachers around the country how an intentional new school design can facilitate improved safety measures for stu-

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Gear up for spring with 2023 fishing license METRO DETROIT — The new fishing license and regulation season kicked off April 1, so anglers need to be sure they have purchased a new license in order to enjoy Michigan’s fishing opportunities. The 2023 fishing licenses are valid through March 31, 2024.

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Doctor’s carriage restored and on display at the Orchard Lake Museum

ORCHARD LAKE — The Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society recently announced the completion of restoration efforts for its doctor’s carriage.

The carriage is on display outside of the Orchard Lake Museum and can be viewed anytime of the day by visitors.

According to a press release, on April 12, professionals visited the Orchard Lake Museum to reupholster the seat of the carriage.

They discovered that the wood of the seat was in good condition but needed some reinforcements.

Between the springs and old upholstery, they found a burlap bag from a company that imported oil-rich ground nuts from South Africa, the release states.

The restoration was made possible by donations from friends and family of society volunteer Christian Sonneville, in recognition of his birthday.

The doctor’s carriage was donated by Jerome and Gloria Robb in 1988, according to the release.

“In the early 1900s, doctors often made house calls to their patients using carriages like the one on display at the Orchard Lake Museum,” the release states.

“These carriages were designed to hold one person who guided the single horse pulling the carriage. The tall, narrow wheels helped maximize the mobility of the carriages, so that doctors could travel anywhere despite weather or road conditions. At the front of the carriage is a dashboard, which protected the drivers legs from mud.”

The Orchard Lake Museum is located at 3951 Orchard Lake Road in Orchard Lake.

For more information, call (248) 757-2451, send an email to contact@gwbhs. org or visit gwbhs.org.

Zekelman Holocaust Center receives $1M grant

FARMINGTON HILLS — The Zekelman Holocaust Center has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, according to a press release.

The money will go toward fabrication expenses of the Zekelman Holocaust’s Center core exhibit, which is set to be undergoing a complete renovation, beginning in June.

“The update will be the first since the Center moved to its permanent home in Farmington Hills in 2004,” the release states. “The new exhibit will center Michigan survivor voices in its telling of one of the most horrific events in world history, utilizing updated historical information, cutting-edge technology and modern museum design, media and lighting. Tours will align with best practices in museum and Holocaust education. Visitors will learn about pre-war Jewish life, the onset of World War II, and the liberation of the concentration camps through information, testimonies and artifacts that summon inquiry and contemplation, to help guests draw meaning from their visit.”

While construction is taking place the Zekelman Holocaust Center will remain open for events, programs and a temporary exhibit. The new core exhibit is set to debut next January.

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MAY 11-13

Scrapbook convention: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. May 11, 9 a.m.-midnight May 12 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 13, Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi, suburbancollectionshowplace.com, greatlakesscrapbookevents.com/events/glmm

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MAY 16

Family caregivers support: Hospice 101, hosted by Gesher Human Services, Jewish Family Service and Jewish Senior Life, 2-3 p.m., Zoom, (248) 970-2779, https://bit.ly/CGaT2022 Talkin’ Broadway: Bi-monthly playreading and discussion group, topic is musical comedy “Sister Act,” 6:30-8 p.m., West Bloomfield Township Public Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Road, (248) 682-2120

MAY 18

Digging into the Past: Archaeology and Oakland County Parks: Virtual presentation by historian Carol Bacak-Egbo, 7-8 p.m., facebook.com/ocparks

MAY 18-20

MAY 14

Orchard Lake Museum open house: 1-4 p.m., 3951 Orchard Lake Road, (248) 757-2451, gwbhs.org/ museum

‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’: 8 p.m., The Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 W. 12 Mile Road in Farmington Hills, (248) 553-2955, farmingtonplayers.org

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MAY 19-21

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training: Two-day interactive workshop, open to ages 16 and older, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple Road in West Bloomfield, register at jlive.app/ events/3724

Motor City Comic Con: Invited guests include Christopher LLoyd, Carl Weathers, Jason Isaacs, Christina Ricci and Tony Danza, noon-7 p.m. May 19, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. May 20 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 21, Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi,

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Memorial Day parade: 11 a.m., 850 Ladd Road to 1499. E. West Maple Road in Walled Lake, walledlake. us

Lakes Area Amputee Support Group: Meets 6:30 p.m. every second Tuesday of month, virtual and in person Ropp Clinic, 2075 E. West Maple Road, Suite B-207, in Commerce Township, registration required, (248) 669-9222 Chronic pain workshop: Free Zoom program for adults and caregivers, 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays through May 30, registration required, (248) 392-0767, jfsdetroit. org

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Art on the Grand: Free juried fine arts and crafts show, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. June 3 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Health and wellness fair: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 4550 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, (248) 626-3636, wbloomfieldchamber@gmail.com

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Walled Lake Farmers Market: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays May-October, Public Safety Campus, 1499 E. West Maple Road, walledlake.us Farmington Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays until Nov. 4, Riley Park, 33113 Grand River Ave., farmingtonfarmersmarket.com Lupus support groups: 10 a.m. every second Tuesday of month, 7 p.m. every last Wednesday of month, Zoom, milupus.org/support-groups

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FRANKLIN — Franklin resident Mindy Eisenberg is the founder of Yoga Moves MS and the author of “Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body.”

Yoga Moves MS will be holding a Holistic Health and Wellness Forum at 4 p.m.

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METRO DETROIT HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS RESPOND TO NATIONWIDE EMPLOYEE SHORTAGE ‘THERE’S A LARGE DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WILLING TO INVEST THE TIME AND MONEY IT TAKES TO GO TO COLLEGE’

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tatistics across the country are showing a decreasing number of professionals in the health care field, particularly among nurses and general practitioner physicians.

This shortage has some worried that patient care is being negatively affected and that those working in health care are getting stretched thin, even now that the pandemic is over.

“It’s really important to address this problem because, when you have nursing shortages, you have high stress and burnout among nurses,” said professor Suha Kridli, the interim chair of the Oakland University nursing program. “This leads to higher turnover, which leads to even fewer nurses. This all affects patient care. As a patient, you want a nurse that has a healthy workload so they are able to deliver quality patient care.”

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WEST BLOOMFIELD — The Road Commission for Oakland County reported that a street sign at Harris Lane and Doherty Drive was spray-painted between midnight April 23 and 10 a.m. April 24.

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building a brighter future for our students,” the statement reads. “This bond funding will allow the District to enhance elementary programming, create dedicated early childhood spaces, improve our STEAM/CTE spaces at the high school and improve overall efficiency and safety. The West Bloomfield School District (WBSD) is known across the state for having a strong history of well-supported ballot initiatives and we are grateful for your continued support and partnership.

We will continue to demonstrate fiscal responsibility and accountability as these projects move forward. WBSD has established a Bond Community Engagement Committee.

As we continue the academic work and focus on successful student outcomes, we welcome you to continue your engagement in making this school system fantastic. If you are interested in serving on the Bond Community Engagement Committee, please email james. stottlemyer@wbsd.org.”

Some Keego residents were opposed to the bond proposal after the district decided not to fix the aging Roosevelt Elementary School with previous bond money.

Since a ceiling in a room at the school collapsed last year, students have been attending what was previously Abbott Middle School.

Keego resident David Emerling, who is part of Keego’s Planning Commission, reacted to the passage of the proposal.

“The district spent $75,000-plus dollars blanketing all kinds of campaigns, whether it was robocalls, mailers and all kinds of things,” he said. “We didn’t have a budget, so we did the best we could. … It’s on the district now to do the right thing of what they’re gonna do with the Keego students. … Hopefully, they decide to keep Abbott as the new Roosevelt. They have money in the bond to do something to that school.”

Emerling added that he was “disappointed” that more Keego residents didn’t vote on the proposal.

There were a total of 402 votes from Keego residents. In Orchard Lake, 300 residents cast votes, with 40 doing so in Sylvan Lake.

Keego Harbor dedicated police millage

In 2026, a supplemental police millage of 4 mills, which is $4 per $1,000 of a home’s taxable value, is set to expire.

On May 2, voters were given the opportunity to decide if they wanted to increase the levy to 7 mills from 2023 to 2029.

The voters rejected the proposal, with 229 voting against it and 173 voting in favor of it.

A police millage also failed when it was placed on ballots at the general election last November.

After the votes were tallied, Police Chief John Fitzgerald released a statement.

“On behalf of the Keego Harbor Police Department, I would like to thank all the voters who came out to vote,” the statement reads.

“I thank those that voted yes for the millage in support of the police department and those who contemplated the matter, looked into the facts, considered their own personal reasons and decided the millage wasn’t for them so they voted no.

I want to let all residents and visitors to Keego Harbor know that we are still your local police department. You know your officers, you see them patrolling your neighborhoods and responding to your calls for service. You can still call the department and get a return call from the chief (me), that’s if I don’t answer the phone myself — though, for an emergency or incident in progress, dial 9-1-1.

We will continue to Serve and Protect everyone in Keego Harbor. We will continue to try to enforce the laws and ordinances equally.

We will continue to use proper discretion, empathy and compassion where it is appropriate.

We will continue our service as best as possible with the resources we have available to us. These services will still be provided equally to all. We have a great little city here with an extremely low serious crime rate. We will continue to work to keep that rate down and we appreciate all the help we can get from you to keep it that way.

Our officers will continue to give you their best efforts. They often go over and above for the people of this city and will continue to do so. We know that most of you appreciate us and our efforts from the numerous times you go out of your way to say ‘thank you.’ Whether it is stopping in the station, by our table at a restaurant or just taking time to greet us when you see us somewhere, we do appreciate that.”

In a February edition of the Beacon, Keego Mayor Rob Kalman acknowledged that there have been discussions in the past about outsourcing for police services.

“We’ve talked to Oakland County; we’ve talked to West Bloomfield. Each time we do that, residents are pretty clear — they want to have their own local police department,” he said. “They just have to understand that there’s an expense to having your own police department, and it keeps going up.”

When speaking earlier this year, Kalman did make it clear that if a dedicated police millage was to fail for a second consecutive time, it wouldn’t necessarily mean that Keego will definitely choose to outsource for police services.

“I don’t want that coming across, but if it fails, we’re gonna have to look and explore what our options are, in terms of how we’re going to function with our own Police Department,” he said.

An email from Keego City Manager/City Clerk Tammy Neeb earlier this year stated that the 2022-23 police budget is $921,939.

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in the health care field is seeing staffing shortages.

“We are proud of the recruitment and retention efforts we have in place at Corewell Health in southeastern Michigan to combat the looming national physician shortage,” he said in an email. “Our continued retention of medical students, residents and fellows at Corewell Health is critically important to our success. Additionally, we are expanding existing Graduate Medical Education training programs to serve as a pipeline for much-needed specialties. We are working hard to align physician expertise with the needs of the communities we serve.”

Melanie Stosik, McLaren Health Care’s director of provider recruitment, stressed that this is an issue that most in the health care field are dealing with and said that the Detroit area remains an attractive region for employees.

“Though the current and forecasted physician shortage is affecting other regions of Michigan, and efforts are focused in those areas, metro Detroit remains a prominent and favorable market to practice medicine, attracting many physicians and limiting the current risk of a shortage,” she said in an email. “For several reasons, metro Detroit has long been a popular region for physicians to practice and establish their careers. Robust graduate medical education programs at our McLaren Macomb and McLaren Oakland hospitals provide those organizations with direct access to residents and fellows

to discuss and offer career opportunities with their respective medical staffs.”

Kridli said that, while there are likely several factors causing this problem, one of the key factors — particularly in the nursing field — is that there are not enough students entering the field to replace those who are retiring.

“It’s not one factor. There is an aging population of nurses. We were not prepared for so many nurses to retire at around the same time. … COVID is part of the retiring trend, in that people reflected on their lives and career choices and were just burned out, but it’s more about not having enough graduating nurses to replace them in the workforce,” she said. “The number of students going into nursing as a career is not sufficient to keep up with the number of those retiring. There is a large decline in the number of high school graduates willing to invest the time and money it takes to go to college. In addition, there is a significant decline in the number of high school students enrolling in college directly after they finish high school. Recently published data indicated that only 54% of 2021 high school grads in Michigan went straight to college. … There is also public skepticism about the value of a college degree. People are now questioning if a degree is worth the cost.”

This is not a local problem.

“It’s nationwide. Just this morning, I received a press release from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

It said that the number of students in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs decreased by 1.4% last year. This translates to a drop of 3,519 fewer students from the 2021 and 2022 school year. The decline in student enrollment isn’t just

at the entry-level baccalaureate; we are seeing it at all levels,” said Kridli. “Nationwide, at the master’s level, enrollment dropped 9.4%. This is close to 14,000 nursing students. At the Ph.D. level, enrollment dropped by 4.1% (183 nursing students). This translates to a decline in the number of nursing faculty and advanced practice nurses, which means that there are fewer educators to educate and train future nurses.”

Solutions to the issue will likely take time and include growing the number of those entering the health care field from the ground up.

“In my role as an interim dean, I meet with representatives from different health care systems and hospitals. We frequently discuss potential solutions. We think collaboratively and innovatively,” said Kridli. “For example, we recently developed an agreement with Corewell Health, The Corewell Health Nurse Scholars Program, which is a grant from Corewell Health for $20.7 million to increase the number of students in our pre-licensure baccalaureate program.

Through our Corewell Health Nurse Scholars Program, nursing students can receive up to $20,000 per recipient of grant funding. This funding is available to Accelerated Second-Degree BSN or Basic BSN students admitted to our School of Nursing. The students would have to commit to work for Corewell Health for two years upon graduation. … We also recently got approved by the Michigan Board of Nursing to expand our program. … We can now accept 99 additional students per year.”

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MHSAA and Kimberly Anne Gillary Foundation team up for Cardiac Awareness Month METRO DETROIT — Kimberly Anne Gillary was well on her way to an exciting athletic career at Troy Athens High School in 2000, earning a varsity letter in both swimming and water polo in her freshman year.

Wes Leonard was an athletic icon at Fennville High School in 2011 beGillary tween his impact on the football field and on the basketball court.

Most recently, in 2023, Cartier Woods deserved more time on the basketball court to play the game he loved for Detroit Collegiate Preparatory Academy at Northwestern.

“At 15, (Kimberly) was more mature than many people I knew at 50, and when I say that, her focus was on other people and not on herself,” said Randy Gillary, Kimberly’s father. “To me, that’s one of the signs of maturity, with realizing it’s about everyone else and not about yourself. She was always focused on her friends, her family and doing what she could do to help other people.”

Besides all being athletes, these young

people had their promising lives cut short due to cardiac arrest during their respective athletic games. Eighty other students have lost their lives to cardiac arrest since 1999, according to the Kimberly Anne Gillary Foundation.

Randy Gillary, founder of the Kimberly Anne Gillary Foundation, has teamed up with the Michigan High School Athletic Association for the second year in a row in honor of Cardiac Awareness Month in April.

“What these foundations do is they provide funding to help schools and organizations get more (automated external defibrillators),” MHSAA Executive Director Mark Uyl said. “It’s easy to partner with our foundation people who are part of that group during this month to increase awareness and really keep the conversation going. Truth be told, our efforts and the megaphone we have are probably improved and enhanced, given what happened with Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills player who had a cardiac arrest in real time on national television. I think the big takeaway is, when you have certified people and you have the proper equipment, like an AED, present, minutes don’t matter — seconds matter.”

Randy Gillary and his wife, Sue Gillary,

whose daughter, Kimberly, died in 2000 during a Troy Athens water polo game at Birmingham Groves High School, created the charitable foundation in honor of their daughter, and they have since made a significant contribution to cardiac awareness within schools.

After Kimberly’s passing, the Gillary family immediately began raising money toward AEDs to donate to schools, and they donated their first pair of AEDs to Troy Athens and Birmingham Groves high schools.

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Patton decided to send an email to Supervisor Steven Kaplan and the township’s Human Resources department about making a request to have his tenure extended and have it placed as an agenda item at a township Board of Trustees meeting.

His request to have his tenure extended beyond the mandatory retirement age of 65 was part of the agenda at a Board of Trustees meeting April 17, and trustees unanimously approved Patton’s request.

“It is my pleasure to move to extend Police Chief Mike Patton … (to) waive the mandatory retirement of age 65,” Trustee Howard Rosenberg said at the meeting. “I’m glad you decided to have us exempt you from your retirement. I’m glad you decided to stay, and I think you’ve earned the right to stay as long as you want.”

Township Clerk Debbie Binder said that she is grateful that Patton is willing to continue his role as the township’s chief of police.

“To receive your letter requesting to stay longer just made me smile,” Binder said at the meeting. “I know the commitment

that you have, not only as a resident, but as the police chief.”

At the meeting, Patton’s comments were primarily directed toward crediting the “tremendous team” that he has to work with.

However, others weren’t as reluctant about giving him credit.

“A symphony playing by itself is a cacophony,” Trustee Jonathan Warshay said.

“It requires a conductor of stature to make them have a good sound, and that’s what you are.”

Treasurer Teri Weingarden referred to Patton as the “gold standard” at the meeting.

“You are what policing should be in the United States of America,” she said. “You’ve really grown a beautiful department. I could not be more proud than to have you as my police chief.”

At the meeting, Kaplan pointed out that Patton hasn’t lost his zeal and that he is still excited about “every aspect of policing.”

“You’ve done a good job, in terms of selecting police officers and PSAs (Police Service Aides) and dispatchers,” Kaplan said.

“The promotions you have made have been well deserved, and that really speaks highly for the township. … The people we have working for us in the Police Department — the 82 officers and 12 dispatchers, and what

do we have, seven PSAs? — they really perform well, and you deserve (the) lion’s share of the credit.”

Patton has spent his entire career, which spans approximately 38 years, with the West Bloomfield Police Department. He was appointed as the chief of police in 2010.

In an interview with the Beacon, he acknowledged the words spoken about him at the Board of Trustees meeting.

“It was a unanimous vote, so I was very pleased with that, and I remain here, in service to the township,” Patton said. “All the board members said very nice things. … It’s always nice to hear.”

Patton’s tenure with the township is now open-ended.

“I serve at the pleasure of the township board,” he said. “They can always, at their will, find that they want a new police chief.

They would just give me notice of that and we would part. … I could decide to leave at any time.”

Patton shared what led him to make the decision to continue his role as West Bloomfield’s police chief.

“I still like what I do for work every day,” he said. “It’s a privilege to work here in this community and to serve as the chief of police. … I just turn the men and women

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At a West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting April 17, Treasurer Teri Weingarden referred to Police Chief Michael Patton as the “gold standard” of what “policing should be in the United States of America.” here loose every day and they go out, and they’re the rock stars. … My job is to get them the training, the equipment, the supervision and the leadership so they go out (and) be those rock stars.”

Patton said that the Police Department is in a good place.

He expressed gratitude for the opportunity to continue to serve in his role.

“It’s about continuing service to this community that’s both where my home is and where my heart is,” he said.

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We have a lot of laughs, which is also to me like another form of medicine.”

— Bloomfield Hills resident Kathy Willoughby “One of the things that I have learned at yoga was how physical therapy complemented my yoga, and vice versa,” Willoughby said.

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Once Willoughby started considering yoga, she found that Yoga Moves MS was an adaptive program that works with a student’s limitations. Through yoga, she was able to work on the very things that initially kept her from trying, such as balance.

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However, many look at such tasks with dread or anxiety and are unsure where to begin.

“I think that it’s a good idea to start in a room that really bothers you on a day-to-day basis,” said Kara Desmond, owner of Utterly Uncluttered. “So if the first room that you see when you walk in the door is cluttered and messy and makes your cortisol spike, I think that might be a good place to start, because it is something that affects you every day.”

According to Desmond, the time necessary for a project depends on the individual and the task. She said that when she is organizing a house for a client, it generally takes several hours to get through a room.

“Most people don’t have that time available. So, therefore, nothing tends to get done because they are strapped for time,” said Desmond. “So, if all you feel you can contribute is five minutes and that is what you can wrap your head around, I think that five minutes is better than nothing, and sometimes that’s really all it takes to start to feel the motivation of getting started, and then magically time just starts to appear after that, because once you’ve started moving and working on it, you tend to keep going.”

She advises taking a couple of deep breaths to calm your heart rate when you enter a disorganized room and then do one thing at a time.

“A lot of times, it feels so much more overwhelming than it actually is,” Desmond said.

To get started cleaning and organizing your home, Desmond recommends setting aside a block of time to work on a specific task. It could be anything from five minutes to a couple of hours or more.

“Set a timer for you to work on something and see how much you can get done in that period of time,” Desmond said. “If you do five minutes a day, you will make progress, but it will be slow. But if you want to get it done, you need to set aside, generally, depending on the room, at least a full day.”

To begin, Desmond said she likes to remove everything from the room.

If that requires too much space, she recommends tackling the room in sections. After the room or section is emptied, sort items into categories. Desmond said this allows you to see how much you have of each item and to See CLUTTER on page 19A

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Foundation has raised more than $1.72 million, donated more than 850 AEDs to Michigan high schools, and drew up the original cardiac response draft for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Now that the majority of Michigan high schools carry at least one AED, the MHSAA and the Kimberly Anne Gillary Foundation are focused on one particular objective.

“What my goal is, I want every school to be a MI HEARTSafe School, which the cardiac emergency response plan and cardiac emergency response team are part of the requirements to be a MI HEARTSafe School,” Randy Gillary said. “That’s what I’m looking for, is to have all schools become MI HEARTSafe Schools.”

The MI HEARTSafe School program, which is supported by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, was not only designed to raise awareness and help schools prepare for sudden cardiac arrests, but also recognize schools who have met certain criteria to become a MI HEARTSafe School.

In order to be part of the program, schools must have a written cardiac response

plan, a certain percentage of staff and coaches having completed the CPR/AED training, one cardiac response drill per year, a cardiac response team, a sufficient number of routinely inspected AEDs and identified AED locations, and athletic group screenings that are in conjunction with the Michigan high school screening form.

While schools continue to join the program, Uyl said he hopes more schools take part in the program. “(There’s) not enough,” Uyl said. “Of our 748 member high schools, the number right now is a little less than 200. Obviously, the Michigan HEARTSafe schools, those are elementary schools, middle schools and high schools. Most of our attention is at the high school level, and that’s part of our reason for being at the table is that we want to see those numbers go up. There’s still work to be done.

I’m never going to be satisfied because this is an area that, until you have every school that is a part of the program, that’s just not good enough.”

As efforts continue to be made to not only raise awareness, but work together with schools across Michigan to make sure another young life isn’t lost, the Kimberly Anne Gillary Foundation’s donations of AEDs have already been used to save at least nine lives.

In 2021, Evart High School’s Danny

Witbeck suffered a cardiac arrest during a basketball practice, but a quick response from coaches and teammates to grab an AED helped save his life. Today, Witbeck plays baseball at Northwood University.

That’s what cardiac awareness month is all about, and that’s what keeps the Kimberly Anne Gillary Foundation and the MHSAA going with their efforts.

“The best parts of our meetings, when we meet here, is when we get to hear the stories — from a person involved — of another cardiac save from the action plan or AED used, and that’s really what keeps our work going,” Uyl said.

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dents/staff while nurturing a school culture that promotes connectedness, support and innovation in a school community.”

The application criteria included “session description, target audience, session takeaways, District/student statistical information, strategies/best practices for intended audience, (and) an interview process for presenters,” according to a WBSD representative.

According to the press release, the West Bloomfield Middle School presentation team will discuss how the school community sought input from stakeholders and designed new programming and student experiences based on feedback received, and it will show how innovative design features led to systems where students are encouraged to think in complex ways and apply knowledge and skills they have acquired to difficult and new learning.

“The form and functionality of the school have allowed our teachers to be flexible in their instructional practices, provide targeted and timely feedback to our students,

and has provided unique collaboration opportunities for our professional learning communities,” Principal Amy Hughes stated via the release.

Superintendent Dania H. Bazzi also weighed in on the recognition.

“West Bloomfield Middle School’s commitment to innovation and excellence is truly inspiring,” she stated in the release. “Their intentional school design and programming, along with their focus on relationships and high expectations for all students, is a shining example for schools across the country.

Being recognized as a Model School by the International Center for Leadership in Education is a testament to their dedication and hard work, and I have no doubt that their presentation at the Model Schools Conference will inspire and challenge educators to strive for greatness in their own schools.”

According to the release, the ICLE is a private, for-profit education consulting company, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which is a learning technology company.

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pare down what you don’t need.

She said the next step is to find drawer space for each category. For small spaces, she said the best solution is to maximize vertical space in any way possible, such as adding shelving units, tall cabinets or stacking bins.

“I think it’s best to empty out cabinets and drawers entirely and then reorganize them,” Desmond said.

When cleaning, have a garbage bag for trash, a box for items to be discarded and a box for items that don’t belong in that particular room. The latter allows a person to focus on the task rather than run around the house putting things in their designated spots, Desmond said. After the project is done, take the box and put the items where they belong.

Items in good condition that you do not want can be donated or sold at a garage sale.

Desmond said she recommends donating items to a local charity.

“But I only recommend garage sales if you’re the type of person that has the time to commit to doing so,” she said.

For those unsure where to donate items, the Macomb County Habitat for Humanity

ReStore, which has locations in Shelby Township and Warren, recently stated that it is in need of donations.

“There’s a humongous need for appliances, obviously,” said Erica Bartels, COO of Macomb County Habitat for Humanity.

“We don’t typically take dishwashers, but refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves, all of those have become a lot harder to come by.”

The organization also needs gently used furniture, especially bedroom sets and kitchen tables and chairs. Pots and pans and homebuilding supplies are other items in demand.

The store does not accept clothing, bedding, curtains or mattresses.

Habitat for Humanity helps low-income individuals to improve their credit scores and get to a point where they can afford a mortgage. Bartels said the ReStore supports Habitat’s mission because a lot of donors give Habitat money to build homes but don’t give money to operate. The ReStore helps to pay for employee salaries, trucks, overhead and more.

“We are always here and willing to pick up items,” said Bartels. She said they tend to get more donations in the spring thanks to spring cleaning and then again during the holidays.

After disposing of unneeded and un-

wanted items, Desmond said to organize the items being kept. One of the best tools for organizing, Desmond said, is labels.

“Really the goal is to clear out the stuff that doesn’t belong and to create categories for homes for your items, so when new stuff comes in, you know where it is supposed to go,” Desmond said.

When buying storage items such as bins and baskets, Desmond advises to measure the space first to make sure the items will fit.

For those who would rather hire a company to organize their homes, companies such as Utterly Uncluttered, which services Oakland County, not only declutter and organize, but they also can shop for materials and supplies to fit their clients’ homes or use materials and supplies that their clients already own.

When selecting a company, find someone whose style you like, Desmond said, as they all offer similar services and generally comparable rates. Although she does not state her prices online, she said that organization companies generally charge somewhere between $50 and $150 per organizer per hour.

She said she generally sends two to three organizers to a home at a time.

Desmond, 33, a married mother of one, founded her company in 2019 after she realized that she enjoys creating organization and

that doing so is very marketable. She said she started by organizing for family and friends, and the business expanded from there.

“I love helping other people and feeling like everything I do daily has a purpose,” said Desmond.

Today, Desmond has six employees and services four to five clients per week.

“It’s a very common need, so there are all varying levels of clutter. Just because somebody doesn’t have a lot of clutter doesn’t mean they are not looking for an organizing service,” Desmond said. “There’s the element to it where we help people go through their belongings and figure out what to keep and what to get rid of, and there’s also that element of taking a space to the next level and making it look really beautifully organized.

So there are all varying levels of need, and it all just really depends on what someone is looking for help with.”

For more information on services provided by Utterly Uncluttered, visit utterlyuncluttered.com or call Desmond at (248) 218-0088. To donate to the Macomb Habitat for Humanity ReStore, call (586) 263-1540, ext. 110, or email info@macombhabitat.org.

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Tupper started flying in 2001, and he became an instructor in 2015, around the time his son was reaching the age where he could solo a glider.

He said he did not start working towards this accreditation until a few years ago, when he realized he was not far from the required instruction hours. Tupper submitted his application with 1,002 hours logged.

Tupper said it feels good to be recognized for the hard work he has put into his application, especially the 1,000 hours requirement, which he said was typically logged in hour or hour-and-a-half increments.

“That really is a commitment over a lot of years, especially when you don’t do it full time,” Tupper said.

In addition to all of his involvement in the aviation community, Tupper is a fulltime attorney.

Tupper holds and has held several titles

and positions in the aviation community.

Currently, he is a CFI in gliders and singleengine airplanes with an instrument airplane rating, a Civil Air Patrol lieutenant colonel, and a check pilot examiner and mission check pilot examiner.

In his position with the Civil Air Patrol, he trains and evaluates pilots and other aircrew in search-and-rescue and other related missions.

For several years, he was the director of the Civil Air Patrol glider program in the Michigan Wing. He has also served as a cadre for its Mission Aircrew School at the National Emergency Services Academy.

Tupper is a judge advocate and on the Civil Air Patrol’s national headquarters operations staff as an aviation-advisor and is one of their primary aviation counsel.

He is involved with air shows in the region. In particular, Tupper is the originator of the Tuskegee Airmen Detroit River Days Airshow. His leadership in this is what met NAFI’s requirement of involvement in the aviation community.

The Tuskegee Airmen Detroit River Days Airshow received its first waiver in 2013 and held shows until 2019. There has not been a show since the pandemic, but they are hoping to begin again in 2024.

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Bloomfield Hills resident and NAFI member Steven Tupper earned his NAFI Master Flight Instructor accreditation.

Airmen National Historical Museum in Detroit. Through the museum, Tupper helps train underrepresented youth to become career pilots.

He said he plans to renew his NAFI Master Flight Instructor accreditation once it expires in two years.

“I am a fan of demonstrating your abili-

ties by objective tests and doing it frequently,” Tupper said.

If anyone is interested in aviation, Tupper said he encourages them to visit a flight school and ask for a discovery flight, which will give a taste of what flying is like.

“If you are curious, don’t wait, go get a discovery flight,” Tupper said.

ARATHAM PLANT-BASED & ORGANIC NOW OPEN IN ORCHARD LAKE

Aratham Plant-Based & Organic Cuisine - a chef-driven Gourmet To Go that focuses on creative gourmet cuisine, hosts the grand opening of its next take away location conveniently located at 4179 Orchard Lake Road. Orchard Lake, MI. 48323. The location is a game-changer in take away meals and will offer high quality, delicious, flavorful plant-based breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, juices, health & wellness products and more…

Aratham officially will be opening its doors to the public on Monday, April 3rd, kicking off at 10:0am with the opportunity to meet the owners - husband and wife team Gabriel and Tiffanie Vera and be the first to purchase its creative grab and go meals. Parking is ample at the location designed to be a friendly, welcoming, neighborhood grab & go market for those who crave delicious, healthy meals – made with love. The location is perfect for quick meals for both residents and the business community. Hours of Operation will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Aratham Gourmet To Go - Organic & PlantBased cuisine was launched in 2019, and prepares thousands of meals every week for individuals and families throughout Michigan, with locations in Troy, Westland, Detroit and soon Orchard Lake.

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Launched together by popular, award winning Chef Gabriel Vera and his wife Tiffanie, most meal delivery services require the purchaser to cook and assemble the meals. Aratham has meals already prepared and ready to Enjoy! Because of public demand, the couple decided to open its fourth location where customers can stop in daily, without pre-ordering, to pickup a great meal for them and their families. Gabriel Vera served as Director of Food and Beverage & Executive Chef at MGM Grand, Joe Vicari Restaurant Group, Mission Point Resort, Hilton and Hyatt. Gold and Silver Medalist of the Culinary World Cup, and the World Culinary Olympics among other accolades.

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JFS offers suicide intervention training

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Jewish Family Service has scheduled a two-day interactive workshop that teaches people how to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide and how to work with them to keep them safe.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training is scheduled to take place 9 a.m.5 p.m. Monday, May 15, and Tuesday, May 16, at Jewish Family Service, which is located at 6555 W. Maple Road in West Bloomfield.

According to a press release from JFS, more than 12.2 million adults consider suicide each year.

The workshop can teach individuals about understanding how personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions, provide guidance to a person at risk in ways that meet their safety needs, and identify key elements of an effective safety plan and how to implement it, according to the release.

The workshop is open to anyone 16 or older.

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For more information, call Trisha Mindel at (248) 763-3809 or send an email to tmindel@jfs.org.

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WEST BLOOMFIELD — According to a press release, S&P Global Ratings has upgraded West Bloomfield Township’s credit

rating from AA+ to AAA, which is the highest rating there is.

The release states that S&P cited consistently strong financial operations guided by effective management, sustained improvement in the township’s debt, long-term liability positions over the last several years, and an affluent and sizable tax base as the reasons for the rating upgrade.

“The improved credit rating was assigned as the Township prepared for the sale of capital improvement bonds,” the release states. “The Township is now one of only 5 Michigan townships with a AAA rating.

There are only 17 local governments (i.e., counties, cities, townships, etc.) in Michigan that hold the prestigious AAA rating.”

Funds raised by the sale of bonds will be used for the modernization of the township Police Department facility as part of

the township’s ongoing capital improvement plan, according to the release.

Township Treasurer Teri Weingarden and Township Clerk Debbie Binder were part of the team participating in the ratings call and receipt of bids call.

“We were thrilled to receive 10 bids on our proposed bond offer,” the release states.

“The robust response and the favorable interest rate are confirmation of the positive impact of the upgraded AAA bond rating.

This … saves the taxpayers significant costs.”

The capital improvement bonds are expected to close May 16, the release states.

“According to the Township’s financial advisor, PFM Financial Advisors, the rating upgrade will have a positive effect on the cost of borrowing for the Township,” the release states.

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dreds of residents, along with township and state officials, showed up to MDOT’s Feb. 27 public meeting on the project to object to the removal of the ramp.

“People were livid,” Walsh said. “People left, right, center, everybody wants better roads, so if something is going to make our roads worse, they are going to come out in force and tell you to stop.”

Business owners shared how the ramp removal would negatively impact their business, community members argued it would increase traffic in their neighborhoods, and both Bloomfield Township Police Chief James Gallagher and Fire Chief John LeRoy expressed their concerns about the increased response times to incidents and proposed routes that would take public safety 2 miles out of the township’s jurisdiction to get to the highway.

“I said, ‘you may see a tiny little ramp, but this is a major feed for public safety to get access in the area, for buses and for all of the people that moved to that area because of the quick access onto the expressway,” Walsh explained. “We also have new commercial buildings going up in our neighboring com-

munities that are going to bring more traffic to that ramp, and you cannot put that onto our main roads — because a lot of the detour was aiming toward Square Lake, doing large truck u-turns on those Michigan lefts, which of course, Square Lake is already a pretty big delayed area, so we didn’t want to add more trucks because then my public safety would have an even harder time getting to accidents or issues in the area.”

Since then, MDOT has decided to keep the ramp, opting instead to shift it a bit west, according to Swanson.

“People had thought we had already made up our minds that we were going to do this, but we were going out for public comment to find out what the thoughts were, and if they didn’t like it, we would take it back and do exactly what we did and put our thinking caps back on and see how we could make it work. That is what we did.”

The new plan is for MDOT to shift two ramps — the ramp from Square Lake to the I-75 business loop, as well as the ramp from the I-75 business loop to Square Lake — west toward Opdyke to get the optimal 1,000 feet of weave distance under MDOT’s standards.

“All the same movements will be there, they will just be shifted slightly to the west, so, hopefully, everyone will be happy and it

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Walsh said the collaboration shows how residents, municipal leaders, legislators and organizations can work together to make a difference.

“When we do get together to work, we are working together to find a better solution,” she said. “I don’t think MDOT gets enough credit for that. While we are always frustrated when things catch us off guard, the nice thing is they will work with you, and I appreciate that. … They really have stepped up to work with us.”

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The purpose of the hearing is to receive public comments on a request for rezoning submitted by Patrick Lynch of Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors. The applicant is seeking to rezone 2091 Cass Lake Road, at the corner of Cass Lake Road and Berland Street, from C-1 Local Business to C-2 General Business (parcel ID 18-01-303-026).

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will improve the safety out there,” Swanson said.

The project also includes replacing the pavement, and improving storm sewers, the ramp at the Opdyke Road interchange and safety.

Officials said the change in plans will cost MDOT an extra $2 million-$3 million.

“We were able to juggle some things and make it work on our end,” Swanson explained.

MDOT officials said the project is slated to go out for bid in October and construction will likely start in March of 2024.

“Construction will just be one season, so we will be done by November of 2024,” said Swanson.

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Sunday, May 7 • Friday, May 19 • Sunday, June 4 Come see our permanent exhibits at the Orchard Lake Museum that interpret local area history and culture!

Sunday, May 14 Try hand farming tools and activities!

Saturday, June 3 (9 am-12 pm) The Museum will be open during the trail walk in partnership with West Bloomfield Parks & Recreation Commission.

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50th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting Wednesday, May 17 (1:30-2:30 pm) Orchard Lake Museum 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of GWBHS! Help us decide how will we mark the occasion honoring our past! We are looking for volunteers to make and carry out plans for the GWBHS 50th Anniversary Celebration.

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vonia, Wednesdays at Explore Yoga in Troy and Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, and Thursdays at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills.

“Yoga, to me, is like a support group,” Willoughby said. “We have a lot of laughs, which is also, to me, like another form of medicine.”

Yoga Moves MS began offering virtual classes during the pandemic.

Through “Live Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body,” instructors led students through yoga practices. Purely chair yoga classes or a combination of “On-Your-Seat,” “On-YourFeet” and “On-The-Mat” classes are available daily.

Adaptive yoga is also available on demand at yogamovesondemand.org.

Through a Kirk Gibson Foundation grant they received in 2022, Yoga Moves MS is able to build out the on-demand yoga program.

“We feel very fortunate that the Kirk Photo provided by Yoga Moves MS

Kathy Willoughby, a student of Yoga Moves MS, has been attending yoga classes for five years.

Gibson foundation is supporting the on-demand, and it is making adaptive yoga online more accessible and has given us the opportunity to keep introducing new videos to the library,” Eisenberg said.

Yoga Moves MS is able to offer live yoga classes without a set fee, thanks to the help of generous donors. Donations can be made at yogamovesondemand.org/donate.

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$20K in designer clothes stolen from car

TROY — An unknown suspect stole between $15,000 and $20,000 worth of designer clothes from a vehicle parked at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel, located at 1525 E. Maple Road, between 8 p.m. and 10:50 p.m.

April 2.

The passenger-side window of the vehicle had been broken out, and several shopping bags containing the clothes were stolen.

Cash, jewelry stolen from home

TROY — Cash and jewelry were stolen from a home in the 5200 block of Church Hill Drive between 3 p.m. March 25 and 9 p.m. April 5. Police said that an unknown suspect forced entry into the home via a bedroom window while the residents were out of town.

ATV stolen from garage, later recovered

TROY — A four-wheel all-terrain vehicle was stolen from the garage of a home in the 3200 block of Ellenboro Avenue.

The theft occurred between 3 and 6:13 a.m.

April 6. Police said that the vehicle had been recently listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace, and the keys were left with the vehicle. The four-wheeler was later recovered by the Michigan State Police.

Mailbox robbed in Troy

TROY — A resident in the 2700 block of Roundtree Drive notified police that they observed a man standing near a set of multiunit mailboxes and also heard loud noises coming from that direction between 8 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. April 6.

Later that evening, the same resident called the police after seeing a rectangle had been cut into the box and there were metal shavings on the ground.

Officers investigated and confirmed the mailbox had been emptied.

Sisters robbed in the rain

SOUTHFIELD — A woman said that she and her sister were walking out of the east side of an office building in the 23000 block of Greenfield Road to her sister’s Buick Enclave at 4 p.m. April 3, and due to the heavy rainfall at the time, she was using the front side of her jacket to shield her head from the rain.

As they were walking to the vehicle, she heard her sister scream loudly, and she then saw an unknown man in all black snatch her sister’s purse while holding a gun in his hand.

The suspect then fled to a white Ram pickup with tinted windows and chrome wheels.

The sister stated that they had been at a jewelry store prior to the incident getting jewelry cleaned. She reports that while they were walking to her vehicle, an unknown man drove up behind her, got out of his truck and approached her with a handgun. He pointed it at her and took her Gucci purse with cash, a credit union card and a necklace. The surveillance video from the office building confirmed the incident, and the investigation was ongoing.

Stolen vehicle found in ditch

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Sometime between 7 p.m.

April 12 and 5:28 a.m. April 13, a vehicle was reported to be stolen. It was then found in a ditch at Lochaven Road and Odessa Drive.

The stolen vehicle is a white 2018 Subaru Impreza.

The owner of the vehicle reported that she last saw her vehicle in her driveway.

The keys had been left in the vehicle.

The case was turned over to detectives for vehicle processing and review.

Man steals money from juveniles looking to purchase shoes

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Officers were dispatched to a robbery complaint in the 3000 block of West Maple Road at approximately 8:30 p.m. April 11.

According to reports, two juveniles were attempting to purchase a pair of Nike Jordan 1 shoes from an unknown male suspect who had posted the shoes for sale on a popular commerce app.

The juveniles agreed to meet the suspect in a shopping plaza parking lot to complete the transaction.

When they handed the suspect the agreed-upon money, the suspect grabbed the money, ran back to his vehicle and fled the scene. The case is currently under investigation.

Man arraigned after reportedly stealing $600 golf club head

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Officers were dispatched to a store in the 1900 block of South Telegraph Road for a larceny from a building incident that had just occurred April 10.

According to reports, a man was witnessed removing a golf club head from the shaft, concealing it, and stealing it from the business. The club head was valued at $629.99. With the help from the Troy Special Investigations Unit, the man was arrested and taken into custody. A warrant for felony larceny in a building was issued by the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office.

The man was arraigned in 48th District Court and received a $25,000 cash bond. He was lodged at the Oakland County Jail.

Man says he accidentally stole groceries

BIRMINGHAM — Officers were dispatched to a local store on a report of a retail fraud in progress at 5:57 p.m. April 2.

Officers made contact with a 68-year-old Birmingham man who was standing in front of the store with a cart full of un-bagged groceries totaling approximately $288.

Employees reported that they had attempted to confront the individual outside of the store before contacting police.

The suspect confirmed that he did not pay for the items and advised that he was preoccupied while on his phone and did not intend to steal the items.

The individual was issued a citation and was advised to contact the court.

Check altered, cashed in New York

FARMINGTON — An employee of Phoenix Theaters Monroe went into the police station at 2:49 p.m. March 30 to report that a check in the amount of $14,807 had been issued for payment to a business; however, the check never made it to the business and was instead altered and cashed by an unknown suspect in New York.

The investigation was turned over to the Detective Bureau.

Restaurants broken into

FARMINGTON — On April 2, at 4:24 a.m., Farmington Public Safety officers responded to Kyma Greek Grill, located at 34635 Grand River Ave., on a report of a breaking and entering alarm. Officers checked the business, but no signs of forced entry were immediately observed.

At 5:34 a.m., officers were dispatched to the Ram’s Horn restaurant located at 32435 Grand River Ave. on a report of a breaking and entering alarm. Upon arrival, they saw a 48-year-old resident of Farmington Hills attempting to force entry into the business.

The suspect was arrested and is being held, pending charges from the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office.

Further investigation revealed that the same man was responsible for breaking into Kyma approximately one hour prior, police said.

GPS tracks car theft suspect

FARMINGTON — On April 3, a resident went to the front desk of the police station to report that his vehicle had been stolen from the parking lot of a local business.

He said that the stolen vehicle belongs to his business and has GPS tracking.

He told police that he would contact the appropriate agency if he sees the vehicle moving on GPS. After taking the initial report, Livonia police advised

that they had recovered the vehicle and had a suspect in custody.

Intoxicated man reported at drive-thru

HAZEL PARK — According to a police report, a 50-yearold Detroit man driving a silver 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee fell asleep in the drive-thru line at a business in the 300 block of West Nine Mile Road around 3:15 p.m. April 15.

The man allegedly had open alcohol inside the vehicle, and he reportedly failed sobriety tests, with a Breathalyzer result of 0.138% blood alcohol content.

He was arrested and released later when sober.

Two arrested after bar fight

ROCHESTER — Rochester officers were dispatched to a business in the 200 block of South Main Street for a fight in progress at approximately 1:52 a.m. March 25.

An investigation led to the arrest of two people — a 23-year-old man from Shelby Township and a 26-year-old resident of Rochester.

According to reports, both were involved in a fight while at a bar, and they were arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting an officer.

They were taken to the Rochester Police Department, where they were processed and lodged and later released on city ordinance citations.

Deputies recover stolen vehicle, arrest 2 for fleeing and eluding

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Oakland County Sheriff’s Operations Center advised deputies in Rochester Hills of a stolen vehicle traveling on Rochester Road at 5:12 p.m.

April 1.

When deputies arrived in the area, they located the vehicle and tried to initiate a traffic stop, but the vehicle sped away at a high rate of speed.

Deputies initiated a pursuit, which continued until the stolen vehicle left the roadway at Interstate 75 and Wattles Road and came to a rest. The four occupants exited the vehicle and fled on foot into a wooded area. Pontiac deputies, along with officers from the Troy Police Department, arrived at the scene to assist.

Deputies took a 43-year-old man from Waterford Township into custody without incident a short distance from the vehicle.

The driver, a 51-year-old woman from Mount Clemens, was found in a dumpster and was taken into custody without incident.

The two additional subjects were not located.

A vehicle inventory revealed stolen tools, knives, suspected narcotics and paraphernalia, a stun gun, and ammunition. The stolen vehicle was impounded.

The 43-year-old man from Waterford Township was issued citations and was released. The 51-year-old woman from Mount Clemens was lodged at the Oakland County Jail pending the issuance of charges.