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Hail to the new chief BOSTOCK TO LEAD GROSSE POINTE PARK PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
PARK — Two decades after he started serving the residents of Grosse Pointe Park in the Public Safety Department, James Bostock has been chosen to lead that same department. Bostock, who spent two years as deputy public safety director under former Public Safety Director Bryan Jarrell, was sworn in as Jarrell’s replacement during a ceremony June 16 in the public safety fire bay attended by city leaders and public safety officials from the Park and other communities. “Jim, today we celebrate you … and your ability to deliver on the most important promise (of any municipality), which is to protect the community,” Mayor Michele Hodges said. She added that Bostock is “smart, respected … already showing real leadership.” Bostock’s contract with the city was unanimously approved by the Park City Council June 12. As a cost-cutting measure, the city has eliminated the deputy public safety director position. See CHIEF on page 4A
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GROSSE POINTE SOUTH STUDENTS CLAIM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN ROWING BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — The Grosse Pointe culture of athletic success isn’t just limited to on-land sports. Any sport Grosse Pointe students can get their hands on seems to turn into a successful venture, and Grosse Pointe South High School students Olivia Bachert (senior), Ava Sjogren (senior), Ryleigh O’Donoghue (senior), Carly Brown (junior) and Cassie Summerfield (freshman) proved rowing was no different. On June 11 at the 2023 USRowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, South’s five students competed for the Detroit Boat Club, earning the national championship in the Women’s Youth 4+ by five seconds in a field of 32 boats. South’s Brennan Supino and Sam Belishi, Grosse Pointe North’s Michael Roustemis, and Detroit Cass Tech’s Ethan Kent took eighth at nationals in the Men’s U17 Quad. “It was really surreal,” Bachert said. “It didn’t set in for a minute. We were on the water, and we were celebrating. You get off the water, and everybody is just cheering.” Bachert, a Syracuse University commit, is one of See ROWING on page 5A
On June 11 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, Grosse Pointe South students Olivia Bachert, Ava Sjogren, Ryleigh O’Donoghue, Carly Brown and Cassie Summerfield were crowned USRowing Youth National Champions in the Women’s Youth 4+. Photo provided by Michael Gentile
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