SOUTHFIELD — On the hot and sunny morning of Aug. 1, officials gathered at Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve, 27225 10 Mile Road, for the park’s grand reopening.
Thanks to a $600,000 Michigan Economic Development Corp. grant secured by state Sen. Jeremy Moss, the park closed July 31, 2023, for improvements.
Work began with the removal of the existing parking lot and entry road. The expansion was laid out, and paving began in the late fall of 2023. The nature shelter was
placed in December 2023, and the restroom facilities were completed by mid-spring 2024. The new improvements include the renovation and expansion of the parking lot and entry road. The new layout includes seven parking spaces, including three accessible spaces, and parking for two school buses, with Americans with Disabilities Act-acces-
Carpenter Lake reopens with new improvements
sible curb ramps and a marked crosswalk from the Boulder Garden to the restroom/ shelter area.
A 256-square-foot, all-season restroom with three unisex stalls and a drinking fountain on the outside of the building is also new.
Wallace Mackie, 4, enjoys the Boulder Garden at Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve.
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Blake wins Oakland County treasurer primary, Tlaib to face Hooper in November
Weiss takes lead in state House 5
BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
OAKLAND COUNTY — According to a press release from the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office, more than 1.2 million Michigan voters cast early or absentee ballots. Once the unofficial results are released, bipartisan boards of county canvassers will canvas the results for accuracy and correct any clerical mistakes. After the Board of State Canvassers certifies, the primary election results will be official and final.
“First, I want to congratulate all voters for participating in the Primary Election,” stated Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in a press release. “Secondly, I want to assure them that the counting and canvassing processes will be carried out in accordance with the law, every ballot will be counted fairly and accurately, and the election’s outcome will reflect their will.”
Oakland County Treasurer
Three Republicans ran for their party’s nomination to compete for one four-year term in November. Democrat Robert Wittenberg ran unopposed.
Donna Blake received 45.04% of the vote, for a total of 33,307 votes. Her opponent, Susan Kuhn, followed, with 39.27%, for a total of 29,038 votes. Isaiah Hellner received 15.38%, for a total of 11,373 votes.
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More than 1.2 million Michigan voters cast early or absentee ballots, according to a press release from the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office.
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LTU receives $1.7M grant to improve health care in rural Michigan
BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
SOUTHFIELD — Lawrence Technological University said it will use a $1.7 million federal grant to bridge the gap for rural areas’ access to health care.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration grant will help place students in their second year in of a master’s-level physician assistant studies program in hospitals and clinics throughout midMichigan and the thumb area, including Huron, Lapeer, Ogemaw, Sanilac, Shiawasse and Tuscola counties.
Partners such as Aspire Rural Health System in Marlette, MyMichigan Health in Midland and Memorial Hospital System in Owosso will take the LTU physician assistant students on rotation.
Charles Regan, the director of LTU’s physician assistant program, explained that the grant addresses a public health need to increase access to health care providers for patients in rural areas.
“Those in need are the vulnerable populations in underserved areas, especially those with behavioral medicine and medical needs,” he said.
Regan reflected back to when he was a student in physician assistant school around 15 years ago,
MENTAL HEALTH NONPROFIT
FINDS NEW, LARGER HOME
BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
SOUTHFIELD — After more than 10 years of operations, the Lois and Milton Zussman Center, operated by Gesher Human Services, has moved to a new facility nearly double the size of the former location.
The new 8,676-square-foot space is located within the Vanguard Center, 23800 W. 10 Mile Road, and welcomes people with mental health diagnoses to recreate, engage with others, and explore educational and vocational paths. The move happened in mid-May, but the open house for the new facility was held on Aug. 8.
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Paul J. Blatt, CEO of Gesher Human Services, attends the open house with Clubhouse member Sharon Glazer Aug. 8 for the new 8,676-square-foot Lois and Milton Zussman Center in the Vanguard Center.
NEWS & NOTES
More gun buybacks planned
METRO DETROIT — A gun buyback event was held Aug. 3 at Nativity Episcopal Church in West Bloomfield in honor of Alex Verner, one of the students murdered in the Michigan State University shooting in 2023.
“These events not only meet important social needs like safety and community building,” stated Ted Verner, Alex’s father, in a press release, “but the act of transforming weapons used for harm into something beautiful testifies to our ability to change and transform our societies.”
The event was hosted in partnership with St. David’s Episcopal Church in Southfield and took in a total of 54 weapons, including long guns and pistols. Donors received artwork, Tshirts, and gift cards from Kroger or Meijer as a thank-you for turning their unwanted weapons in. The event was also sponsored by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, who recently allocated an additional $10,000 to support continued gun buybacks and transformation events in Oakland County. University of Michigan researchers were onsite as part of their ongoing research into unwanted weapons in the U.S.
More gun buyback events will be held later this year:
• 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 24 at Church of the Messiah, 231 E Grand Blvd. in Detroit.
• 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 28 at All Saints Pontiac, 71 W. Pike St. in Pontiac.
• 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 5 at St. Andrew’s, 5301 Hatchery Road in Waterford.
• 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 9 at St. Aidan’s, 1679 Broadway in Ann Arbor. For more information, visit stdavidssf.org.
SENIOR EXPO TO RETURN TO SOUTHFIELD PAVILION
SOUTHFIELD — Seniors and their caregivers are invited to attend the Southfield Senior Expo 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Southfield Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen Road.
The free event features over 50 organizations specializing in assistance and care for seniors. There will also be a variety of free health screenings for attendees, hourly prize drawings, giveaways and complimentary refreshments. For more information or to register, visit www.seniorexpousa.com/2024-southfield-attendee.
The 11th annual event gives away 2,000 backpacks
SOUTHFIELD — The 11th annual Mike Morse Project Backpack giveaway took place Aug. 11 in the parking lot of the law firm, 24901 Northwestern Highway.
They gave away over 2,000 backpacks at this year’s event, adding to the 300,000 southeast Michigan K-5 students who’ve been provided with school supplies since the project started in 2013. The backpacks are stuffed with back-to-school essentials. The event also featured free Kona Ice, snacks, spray tattoos and inflatable games, as well as raffles with prizes: a signed Donovan Edwards football, a bicycle, Air Jordan shoes, an iPad, a computer, a Nintendo Switch, a $100 gift card and more. For more information, visit www.855mikewins.com.
LTU receives $26,355 from the Bosch for
summer STEM series
SOUTHFIELD — Lawrence Technological University announced Aug. 8 that a Bosch Community Fund $26,355 grant will support its Summer STEM Series for middle schoolers.
The series is for students entering seventh, eighth and ninth grades. The curriculum consists of interactive science, technology engineering and math activities, with a focus on problem-solving and teamwork. The program takes place in LTU’s engineering, environmental and biological laboratories, and in the wetlands and rainwater gardens on campus.
For more information, call (248) 204-2663 or email marburgerstemcenter@ltu.edu.
CRIME WATCH
Appliances stolen from apartment after eviction
SOUTHFIELD — Between 8 a.m. July 22 and 4:30 p.m. July 23, an apartment complex in the 27000 block of Franklin Road had a microwave, an oven and a refrigerator stolen from the premises after the tenant was evicted.
Items missing after carpet cleaning company visit
SOUTHFIELD — A woman reported to Southfield police that several rings were missing from her home after she had her carpet professionally cleaned between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. July 22 in the 27000 block of Harvard Road.
At 2:52 p.m. July 25, a similar crime occurred at a home located in the 26000 block of West 12 Mile Road. The victim noticed that shortly after her carpets were cleaned, money was discovered missing from her bedroom.
Laptop stolen from hotel room
SOUTHFIELD — Between 6 p.m. July 25 and noon July 26, a man’s laptop was stolen from his room at a hotel in the 1000 Town Center, according to a police report.
Key fob dropped on the dance floor leads to stolen vehicle
SOUTHFIELD — A woman told police she dropped the key fob to her 2014 Lincoln MKZ on the dance floor at a business between Beech and Nine Mile roads at 12:46 p.m. Aug. 3.
When she realized her keys were gone, she went outside to find that her vehicle was missing from the parking lot.
Firearm stolen from vehicle
SOUTHFIELD — At 6:56 p.m. Aug. 4, a victim reported that a firearm had been stolen overnight from a vehicle parked in the 16000 block of Carriage Lamp Court.
Bicycle stolen from garage
SOUTHFIELD — A resident was in his backyard doing yard work in the 18000 block of Westhaven Avenue between 5:20 and 5:40 p.m. Aug. 4 when someone stole his bike from inside the opened garage.
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Despite being a facility for individuals with mental health diagnoses, there are no mental health services at the Zussman Center.
Paul Blatt, the CEO of Gesher Human Services, emphasized the importance of the members living a normal life.
“One of the duties of the program is that there is zero actual mental health services. This is about them having the most normalized life, and one of the requirements is that we don’t have counseling on-site. All of the folks are connected to lots of services, but when they’re there, they’re just part of the community.”
Blatt added that the goal of the Zussman Center is to positively impact the lives of individuals with mental illness diagnoses by creating a safe space for them to create, learn and explore their interests in a community setting using two programs, the Clubhouse for the Common Good and Creative Expressions.
“They all accept each other as they are,” he said. “When you’re at the clubhouse, you don’t know which folks are our staff and which folks are the members. Everybody just has a role there.”
The Clubhouse for the Common Good welcomes individuals with mental health conditions such as severe depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to engage in employment opportunities, educational classes, culinary and horticultural experiences, wellness and fitness opportunities, and social and cultural activities.
Clubhouse Director Mike Lancaster explained that the clubhouse model is based on shared work.
“Members come in to provide the needs of the clubhouse. Right now, our clubhouse is broken into two main units. We have culinary and horticulture, and the business unit, so members would choose which unit to par-
ticipate in, depending on their interests and their existing skills, and they have ways to contribute to the clubhouse through those units,” Lancaster said.
Lancaster added that members can choose their interaction with the units each day, meaning they aren’t bound to one area of the clubhouse and are welcome to explore other pathways.
The Creative Expressions program offers programs to individuals with mental health diagnoses as well as those with in-
tellectual or developmental disabilities and provides attendees with artistic enrichment programming, which includes photography, painting, sculpture, music, dance, singing classes and creative writing. With more than 120 club members ranging from ages 20 to 60 from all across metro Detroit, the move to a larger space allows for expansion as well as a new art studio for the Creative Expressions program.
“The clubhouse model is very much about the person and the people. So it’s about
getting to know individual people who come in and about that strength of community. All of our decisions are made by committee or by consensus. So it’s a place where people get to, essentially, forget their diagnosis for a while. There are people here who I don’t even know what their diagnosis is. It’s not relevant to what we’re offering,” Lancaster said, adding that following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Zussman Center’s role in members’ lives became even more sacred.
See GESHER on page 12A
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Rene Dell, Molisia Young and Clifton Phillips in the kitchen area at the new Zussman Center.
The salary for the position is $170,761 annually.
U.S. House of Representatives District 12
Democrat Rashida Tlaib and two Republicans were on the ballot for their party’s nominations to compete for one two-year term in November. Ryan Foster was disqualified from the Democratic primary ballot and said he was running as a write-in candidate.
Republican James D. Hooper garnered 60.74% of the vote, for a total of 10,784 votes, against his party opponent, Linda
Sawyer, who followed with 39.26%, for a total of 6,970 votes.
The salary for the position is $174,000.
State House of Representatives District 5
Four Democrats ran for their party’s nomination to compete for one two-year term in November. Republican Will Sears ran unopposed for State House of Representatives District 5. The salary for the position is $71,685.
Regina Weiss took the lead, pulling 43.80% of the vote with a total of 4,278 votes, followed by Crystal Bailey, who accounted for 41.57% of the vote with a total of 4,061 votes. Other Democrat candidates on the ballot included Eric Love with 7.56% and Kevin Keys III with 7.07%.
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when there were only six such programs throughout the state. Now there are 10, and the hardest part remains being able to offer students a variety of clinical rotations, he said.
“Some of the newer programs are Lawrence Tech, Michigan State, University of Michigan and Concordia,” he said. “Those are programs that have not been around for longer than five years. With having these new programs and more students, there’s more need to fill those spots in the clinical practice, and that’s their second year of their education. It’s kind of a win-win. Even if we didn’t get the grant, we would still be seeking opportunities for students to get those experiences and to bridge that gap for access to care.”
On Aug. 3, LTU’s inaugural physicians assistant cohort, the graduating Class of 2024, received their white coats.
Regan explained that the first class to partake in this grant will be the Class of 2025, and it will start with nine students. The number of students will gradually rise every year of the grant, which extends through 2029 to 21 students.
Funding for the first year of the grant is $259,701, and that will gradually rise to $414,389 by the final year of the program, which will include a stipend for living expenses away from home, conferences, additional courses in counseling for students, exam preparation costs, and administrative expenses.
Lara Nassar is a physicians assistant student at LTU entering her second year and will be one of the nine students sent to a clinic in rural Michigan for three months starting the week of Sept. 2.
Nassar explained that she will not know the clinic’s location until the week before she is sent there, but she knows that it will be in family medicine.
Despite the uncertainty, Nassar is excited to embark on this next chapter of her education.
“I just feel it’s going to make me, like, a better provider overall when I go up there and I learn how to talk to the people up there, and the compassion and the patience that they’re going to teach me, and just overall, like the difference in health care and patient care out there.”
Nassar explained that growing up as a child of Lebanese immigrants, she’d often face anxiety and was met with frustration by health care providers due to her having to translate back and forth between her parents and the provider. It wasn’t until a life-changing en-
is a physicians assistant student at LTU
her second year and will be one of the nine students sent to a clinic in rural Michigan for three months starting the week of Sept. 2.
counter with a physicians assistant that she considered going into health care.
“There was an incident when it was taking a while. They (health care providers) couldn’t understand what was going on, and we were being discriminated against in the hospital. Then, at the end, a PA came to us and was able to help us, because they themselves were Arab, and they knew exactly what situation we were going through, and they were able to translate. They made us feel so comfortable. And that was my first experience of PA and what they did. After that, it piqued my interest, and I really admired that PA and what they stood for and how they really changed the definition of health care for me and my whole family.”
For more information, visit www.ltu.edu. Call Staff Writer Kathryn Pentiuk at (586) 498-1070.
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The work includes the addition of a 16-by-20-foot open-air shelter, eight picnic tables and one accessible picnic table and bike racks, though bikes are not allowed on the trails. The project includes 100 tons of small stones placed throughout the Boulder Garden paths. The motorized gate at the park entrance was repaired, and additional trees and signage will be added soon.
“If you would have told me that my legacy was going to be the Jeremy Moss bathrooms at Carpenter Lake … ” Moss joked at the reopening ceremony. “My very first City Council meeting when I was elected in 2011 had to do with Carpenter Lake. There were plans at the time to create what was an intrusive and overburdensome facility here that some people championed as ‘the vision for an educational opportunity.’ But we had a debate on council, and including members of the community who came out and told us, ‘Let Carpenter Lake be Carpenter Lake.’”
Moss said he and Mayor Ken Siver voted against those plans, but it passed through the council. However, the Southfield mayor at the time, Brenda Lawrence, vetoed the
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at Carpenter
Sen. Jeremy Moss.
C & G projects standings for OAA, CHSL
BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com
Home to two state champions last year — Southfield A&T and Harper Woods — the Oakland Activities Association is propping itself up to be the conference to beat this year.
Below is C & G Newspapers’ projected standings for the 2024-2025 OAA football season. Regular season and division records from last year are in parenthesis.
OAA Red Division
• West Bloomfield (10-3, 3-2)
• Lake Orion (10-1, 5-0)
• Clarkston (6-6, 4-1)
• Rochester Adams (6-4, 2-3)
• Oxford (4-6, 1-4)
Heading into the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 state tournament last year, the OAA Red was home to three potential Division 1 state championship-caliber teams in West Bloomfield, Clarkston and Lake Orion.
That was until the league beat up on itself, and Clarkston, who finished second in the league, earned some revenge by eliminating Lake Orion, who won the league, from the playoffs.
West Bloomfield then eliminated Clarkston before coming up a game short of the Division 1 championship game, falling to OAA White’s Southfield A&T in the semifinals.
The top three teams are interchangeable, so the standings could shake out either way. For the sake of having a league champion, our projections favor West Bloomfield because of its returning cast of Kamren Flowers (WR), Elisha Durham (WR), Jay Gardenhire (OT), and Josh Tate (RB), but the Lakers matchup against Clarkston Sept. 27 will be one to watch.
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BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com
The Catholic High School League is shaping up to have a memorable season on its hands with a slew of teams fighting for the top spot in the Central Division and movement between Intersectional 1 and Intersectional 2 teams shaking up the divisions.
Below is C & G Newspapers’ projected standings for the 2024-2025 CHSL football season. Regular season and division records from last year are in parenthesis.
CHSL Central Division
• Warren De La Salle Collegiate (11-3, 5-1)
• Toledo Catholic Central (16-0, 6-0)
• Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (3-6, 3-3)
• Detroit Catholic Central (8-3, 4-2)
• Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (0-9, 0-6)
• Toledo St. John’s Jesuit (4-7, 2-4)
Similar to how the Macomb Area Conference Red or Oakland Activities Association Red operate, the CHSL Central Division is truly a dogfight each week, and expected improvements from Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice and Orchard Lake St. Mary’s only makes it more of a gauntlet.
Warren De La Salle Collegiate, which lost to Muskegon in the Division 2 state finals, and Toledo Central Catholic, which won its sixth Ohio state title last year, are the two heavyweights hoping one of its league counterparts can do some dirty work and give one of the top teams a loss before DLS and Central Catholic meet up on Sept. 20.
Central Catholic won the first meeting between the two schools 28-23 on their turf, but DLS will have the home field advantage this time around.
It’s always been about retooling a graduating
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Troy senior Noah Oury carries the ball. For football players to watch in the OAA, see page 11A. For CHSL standouts, visit candgnews.com/news/sports.
West Bloomfield head coach Zach Hilbers looks on before a game last year.
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PLAYERS TO WATCH IN THE OAA FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com
Here are C & G Newspapers’ football players to watch in the Oakland Activities Association.
Jordan Melton, Southfield A&T
There’s a lot of question marks surrounding Southfield A&T and its flurry of losses, from graduation to head coach Aaron Marshall now manning the sidelines for Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, but the Southfield A&T defense should still be strong, courtesy of safety Melton.
A key member of the state championship-winning defensive unit in 2023, Melton led a defense that held one of the most prolific offenses in Michigan high school football, Belleville, to only 10 points at halftime to help win the school’s first-ever state title.
Melton has a natural nose for the ball and can drop back in coverage, which is a necessity for an OAA White league that can be pass-heavy.
From a leadership standpoint, Melton learned from guys like Dorian Freeman and Reggie Gardner on the defensive side, so he knows what is expected for this unit to click in 2024.
With Melton anchoring the defense along with some key returners, expect the Southfield A&T defense to hold its own.
Melton currently has offers from Wayne State University and Lawrence Technological University.
Elisha Durham, West Bloomfield
A 50/50 ball is more like a 90/10 when it’s in the vicinity of Durham.
As a junior in 2023, Durham had a breakout campaign for the Lakers, racking up 41 receptions for 1,124 reception yards and 11 TDs.
West Bloomfield had an array of receivers with 2024 senior Nigel Dunton, 2025 senior Kamren Flowers and Durham all sharing the receptions, but Durham still found a way to separate himself.
More often than not, when 2024 senior quarterback Reqez Nance found himself in trouble he’d take a deep shot to Durham. Having that kind of trust in a receiver speaks volumes to Durham’s playmaking capability.
Currently a three-star recruit (according to 247sports) with offers from various D1 colleges — such as the University of Wisconsin, the University of Toledo, Central Michigan University and Western Michigan University — another monster year from Durham should only result in more colleges looking his way.
There’s very few wide receivers who possess the type of hands Durham has, which is why he holds the rank as one of the top high school receivers in Michigan.
Matteo Humbert, Rochester Adams
Having a nearly four-minute highlight tape for both offense and defensive plays should tell you all you need to know about Humbert and what he brings to the table.
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Rochester Adams senior Matteo Humbert carries the ball.
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plans, leaving the question, “How can Carpenter Lake draw more people while remaining a nature preserve?”
“When Ken called me years later, I guess 2016, and said, ‘I met this guy named Marshall Lasser,’ I said, ‘Buckle up, because I’ve known Marshall most of my life. His daughter’s my closest friend,’” Moss said. “And it’s true. I mean, Marshall is a visionary and took all of us on this journey with him, but it really kind of was this perfect marriage between Ken and Marshall being unrelenting in trying to make this work. So here we are, all these years later, and what a journey we’ve come from, you know, kind of just a benign facility to really what stays true to the character of what should be a preserve and is also a very exciting opportunity to draw in people here to Carpenter Lake.”
Siver shared some history of the 42acre nature preserve at the reopening ceremony, explaining that the site used to be a dairy farm, and the farmer impounded the Ravines Branch of the Rouge River with a
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“I think that being connected again and being able to be connected in a physical space is extremely valuable.”
He explained that because the members are at-will, and most members come in a few
CHSL
class for DLS, but the Pilots return a healthy amount of all-Region talent in Jacob Hoffman (OL), Damion King IV (WR), Sante Gasperoni (QB), Jacob Tur (DL), Anthony Presnell (DL), Dalton Drogosh (LB) and Isaiah Jones (DB), who are not only motivated to regain control of the Central Division but to take back the D2 state championship.
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (OLSM) and Detroit Catholic Central (DCC) are prime candidates for throwing a wrench in the plans of a DLS or Central Catholic, but the two schools are also geared up for another battle after a 16-14 DCC win over OLSM last year ultimately swung DCC to finish third and OLSM to finish fourth in the league.
dam. When the dairy farm left, various other people owned the property, and at one time, a church owned it.
“Through lots of work and grants, we were able to get 30 acres, and it had a long, narrow driveway to come to the back here,” Silver said. “There were 10 acres up here. That was a horse farm, and that property became available in about 2004. The city bought it. We jumped right on it, and that completed this acquisition. So then we have a dam that’s failing. We have an overrun property. It was pretty much wilderness.”
Siver explained that with various grants from the state and the help of former city employee Mary Carlock, the city dredged Carpenter Lake, rebuilt the dam and reopened the park in 2009. He added that despite these major efforts, more improvements were needed.
In the fall of 2016, Siver was approached by attorney Marshall Lasser, from Bingham Farms, with a proposal to donate a rock garden with various stones from the Great Lakes region to a Southfield park. The work was initially supposed to be installed at Lahser Woods Park, 27577 Lahser Road, but when residents who lived near the park ob-
times a week, they always make sure to check in on members who haven’t come in to make sure that nobody is isolating themselves.
Blatt mentioned that one of the perks of moving from the former location on 12 Mile Road, between Southfield and Greenfield roads, is the addition of windows and more room at the new facility.
“It is totally spacious,” he said. “It has
For Brother Rice, you hope the offseason splash of hiring former Southfield A&T football coach Aaron Marshall motivates the guys this year.
jected to the project, it was dropped, revised and moved to Carpenter Lake. In the fall of 2017, the installation of the Boulder Garden at Carpenter Lake began with boulders and rocks sourced from bedrock of Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin, southeast Ontario and local glacial deposits near Oxford ranging in age from 1 billion to 2.7 billion years old, with QR codes and interpretive signage.
The installation was a labor of love and was made possible thanks to the donation of $1 million worth of boulders by Lasser. The Boulder Garden was constructed by Ray Rogers, of Rockworks LLC. John Zawiskie, of the Cranbrook Institute of Science, was the primary science content resource, and additional scientific editing and input was done by Dr. Andrew Gangidine, of Cranbrook. After traveling all over the Great Lakes Region, Lasser remarked that the biggest source of rocks was right in Oakland County.
“Interestingly, the biggest source of rocks is Oakland County. Who would have known, Oakland County? That’s because 12,000 years ago, and more than that, the glaciers, the Ice Age glaciers, which are 1-
windows, and it is all freshly built out for them. It really adds to their day. I mean, the response I’ve gotten from all the members has been incredible. But it’s a sense of pride. It’s a sense of dignity, the way that they’re coming into this new, fresh space, and the investment made in them and their wellbeing.”
to 2-miles thick, some of them stopped in northern Oakland County, melted, and they deposited their burden of rocks,” he said.
Silver explained that the installation of the Boulder Garden at Carpenter Lake has created a draw to the nature preserve.
“Marshall’s vision was to bring different minerals here, different substances, and so we partnered with Cranbrook,” Silver said. “This isn’t just a walk and a boulder garden. It’s also a science lesson about minerals and where the rocks come from, and how they were formed.”
Lasser added that he hopes people become inspired by geology and that the reason for his donation was “the joy of philanthropy, the joy of giving. And then it’s also the love for rocks and the love for nature. I love rocks. Anybody who’s been to my house knows that I love rocks. A lot of rocks there, and I love nature. And this combines the both. There is also an educational purpose.”
For more information on Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve, visit www.cityofsouthfield.com. To learn more about the Boulder Garden, visit science.cranbrook. edu/discover/glacial-boulder-project.
The Zussman Center is open 8:30 a.m.5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, but Blatt added that members who don’t have family to spend holidays with will often get together with staff and other members at the center.
For more information on the Zussman Center, call (248) 233-4325 or visit Gesher Human Services’ website at geshermi.org.
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This year will be on OLSM’s turf as the Eaglets host DLS and DCC in back-to-back weeks.
Marshall, who led Southfield A&T to its first state title in school history last year, can only improve on a record that saw Brother Rice go winless for the first time since 1963, but his squad will start out with an immediate test in Roseville, which blanked Brother Rice 41-0 to open the 2023 season.
CHSL AA Division
• Jackson Lumen Christi (13-1, 3-0)
• Detroit U of D Jesuit (7-3, 2-1)
• Dearborn Divine Child (6-5, 1-2)
• Toledo St. Francis De Sales (1-9, 1-5 Central)
The CHSL AA Division is really in the hands of Jackson Lumen Christi, which is looking for its third-straight Division 7 state championship.
Lumen Christi outscored league oppo-
from page 10A See CHSL on page 13A
The appellant, David Kahn, representing Yechivas Darchei Torah, Owner, is requesting the following from the Board: A Temporary Use Permit to allow two temporary modular classroom structures on the property during renovation of the main school building.
The property is located on the north side of Twelve Mile Rd, at the northeast corner of Twelve Mile Rd and Murray Crescent Dr, Sidwell Parcels #2410-376-010 and 2410-376-011, zoned (RE) Single Family Residential and (R-4) Single Family Residential.
This appeal is to Section 5.198, Article 23, Chapter 45 of the Southfeld City Code, more commonly known as the Zoning Ordinance.
This is a public hearing. If interested, you are encouraged to appear in person. You may have a representative (attorney or agent) appear in your presence to make the Board aware of your opinion. When appearing before the Board, please speak slowly and distinctly so that your testimony may be accurately recorded.
Documents regarding this appeal are available for review prior to the public hearing. Written comments, questions and requests to review these materials must be received prior to 4:00 p.m. on the date of the hearing and should be directed to the Zoning Board of Appeals, Department of Building & Safety Engineering, 1st Floor Public Works Building, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld, Michigan, Telephone 248-796-4100.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfeld.
City of Southfeld Zoning Board of Appeals
Individuals with special needs who plan to attend this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Offce at 248-796-5150 (voice) or 354-4831 (TDD) if auxiliary aids or services are needed. Reasonable advance notice is required.
Janet Jackson City Clerk
Published: Southfeld Sun 08/15/2024
CHSL
nents 105-19 en route to an unbeaten league record and 13-1 season.
Toledo St. Francis De Sales will make the jump from the Central Division to the AA, but De Sales hasn’t shown enough to prove it’s a worthy challenger to the Titans.
Until Jesuit or Divine Child steps up, it will more so be about the battle for second as Jesuit and Divine Child continue to put on great matchups.
Our projected standings favor Jesuit this season, which has beaten Divine Child in six-straight matchups and returns a core of all-Region talent in Jacob Bellinger (OL), Elijah Dotson (WR), Zach Green (DL), Kasim Gozic (LB), and DaCari Gilkey (DB).
CHSL Intersectional 1 Division
• Detroit Loyola (4-6, 0-3 AA)
• Riverview Gabriel Richard (8-5, 2-2)
• Macomb Lutheran North (9-3, 4-0)
• Grosse Pointe Woods Universit Liggett (7-3, 4-1 Int 2)
• Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard (8-3, 3-1)
• Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood (2-7, 1-3)
Aside from the Central Division, this may be one of the more fun league title races to watch for the upcoming year.
You could spend hours putting multiple teams in different spots to finish, and the likelihood is it will still be incorrect by the time the season is over.
Detroit Loyola, which is picked to finish in first in the Catholic League’s preseason poll, and Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, which played in Intersectional 2 after leaving Intersectional 1 in 2021, are the two unknowns for this league.
Loyola played one Intersectional 1 opponent last year in Cranbrook Kingswood, and they beat them 59-20, but that’s also a last place Cranbrook Kingswood team.
Liggett, on the other hand, is no stranger to Intersectional 1 play, but it would be better to have an elephant’s memory when trying to think about its tenure in the league.
The Knights were a bottom-half team, but the program is in a much better place than when the division last saw it.
Macomb Lutheran North and Riverview Gabriel Richard both return a core of talent that should have both teams contending again for a league title, but don’t count out Liggett to be a dangerous play each week.
Lutheran North is coming off a season where the program brought home its first district title and the most regular season wins in school history.
Lutheran North will travel to Riverview Gabriel Richard High School on Oct. 11, and Riverview Gabriel Richard has had Lutheran North’s number at home.
Since 2015, Riverview Gabriel Richard has four-straight wins over Lutheran North at home.
CHSL Intersectional 2 Division
• Clarkston Everest Collegiate (9-3, 5-0)
• Marine City Cardinal Mooney (6-5, 3-2)
• Madison Heights Bishop Foley (1-8, 0-4 Int #1)
• Allen Park Cabrini (5-6, 2-3)
• Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (3-6, 1-4)
• Royal Oak Shrine Catholic (1-8, 0-5)
It’s Clarkston Everest Collegiate’s league and everyone else is just playing in it.
Everest Collegiate outscored returning league opponents 147-39 last year en route to an unbeaten record, which didn’t include Everest Collegiate’s second win over Cardinal Mooney in the playoffs.
You could make an argument that Cardinal Mooney gave Everest Collegiate its toughest test in the league, but returning only three players on offense and four on defense leaves a lot of questions that only its play on the field can figure out.
University Liggett was the only team to really make Everest Collegiate sweat in a 31-29 game favoring Everest Collegiate, but the Knights are no longer the concern of any Intersectional 2 teams.
Allen Park Cabrini and Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes hope their returning starters can help improve on last year’s finish with
the CHSL preseason poll picking league newcomer Bishop Foley to finish ahead of both the schools in third while Cardinal Mooney is slated to be in second.
It was a disaster year for Bishop Foley across the board in 2023, but it’s hoping to find its footing in Intersectional 2 play. Even in as tough of a position as Foley was in, it handled Shrine Catholic 33-6 last year, a Shrine Catholic team that had close losses with Cabrini (13-7) and Our Lady of the Lakes (28-21).
Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
From left, Warren De La Salle Collegiate head coach Dan Rohn, Macomb Lutheran North head coach Garrett Wenzelburger and Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice head coach Aaron Marshall attend the Catholic High School League media day on July 31 at Farmington Hills Mercy High School.
OAA
from page 10A
To show how close it’s been, the Lakers are 7-9 against Clarkston since 2010 while posting a much more respectable 9-5 record against Lake Orion.
Adams and Oxford will try to do what they do best: make the top three teams sweat. Adams posted a one-score loss to West Bloomfield during the regular season.
If one thing is for sure, there are no days off in the OAA Red.
OAA White Division
• Birmingham Groves (6-4, 4-1)
• Harper Woods (11-3, 3-2)
• Southfield A&T (13-1, 5-0)
• Rochester (3-6, 2-3)
• Rochester Hills Stoney Creek (3-6, 0-5)
How about two state champions coming out of the OAA White? And they say the OAA Red is the one to beat.
Harper Woods graduated a top D1 college talent in Jacob Oden, a University of Michigan commit, but there’s still plenty of talent from their title-winning season with Dakota Guerrant (WR), Colby Bailey (ATH), Jevon Jones (DL) and Matthew McCraw (ATH) all returning.
As good as Harper Woods has been, the Pioneers are winless against Groves since joining the OAA in 2022, and Groves should only be stronger this year after returning the majority of its offensive and defensive weapons.
Groves, who finished second in the league last season, had its only league loss come at the hands of Southfield A&T, the eventual D1 state champion who had an abundance of D1 college talent.
Graduating the majority of its skill
players on both sides of the ball, Southfield A&T is expected to drop a few spots, but it’s difficult justifying a defending state champion any further than third.
OAA Blue Division
• Birmingham Seaholm (9-2, 4-0)
• Oak Park (3-6, 2-2)
• North Farmington (4-5, 3-1)
• Troy (5-4, 1-3)
• Farmington (2-7, 1-4)
• Bloomfield Hills (1-8, 0-5)
• Troy Athens (3-6, 0-4)
The OAA Blue could inevitably end up being the league with the most movement in the standings, which makes for some great football.
Our projected standings give Seaholm the benefit of the doubt as the two-time league champions (tied for first with Farmington in 2022), but there’s a lot of unknown with the OAA Blue heading into the year.
Seaholm obliterated the OAA Blue last year, outsourcing opponents 189-62 en route to an unbeaten league record, and the hope is that the well-oiled machine continues to run without all-Region talents, such as Granden (RB) and Colton Kinnie (QB) as the skill positions and Blake Baldner (OL) on the line.
Prior to last year, Seaholm was 0-6 against Oak Park since 2010. Oak Park will play host to this year’s matchup on Sept. 20.
North Farmington hopes its 4-2 stretch to end the year continues on this season after handling Troy and Troy Athens by a combined score of 46-13. The Raiders are 4-0 against Troy and Troy Athens since 2022, when the program rejoined the OAA Blue.
OAA Gold Division
• Auburn Hills Avondale (9-2, 4-0)
• Ferndale (4-5, 3-1)
• Royal Oak (3-6, 2-2)
• Pontiac (3-6, 1-3)
• Berkley (0-9, 0-4)
A conference is only top-to-bottom strong if every division can bring something to the table, and the OAA Gold reserved itself a seat last year.
Auburn Hills Avondale made quick work of its league opponents and even crossed over to the Macomb Area Conference Gold to beat Warren Cousino and Warren Fitzgerald.
With the type of showing the Yellow Jackets put on in 2023, it’s impossible to not
have them reclaim the top spot in the league again.
As for Avondale’s league counterparts, Ferndale earned a MAC Gold win of its own by besting St. Clair Shores Lake Shore, and handled league business by beating Royal Oak by 19 points and taking care of Berkley.
Pontiac showed life early in the season and hopes to re-light its flame, but the only movement to potentially foreshadow is Ferndale and Royal Oak in the second and third spots.
Pontiac has suffered eight-straight losses to Royal Oak after beating them in 2011.
Deer Brook condos break ground in Southfield
Southfield Mayor Kenson Siver presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for the Deer Brook Condominium development on July 24.
Deer Brook launched the development that will provide 39 new market rate condos — many with firstfloor masters. Many longtime Southfield residents are looking to downsize and remain in the city they love. These single-family homes are located on Duns Scotus Street off Lahser Road in Southfield.
The Drunken Rooster taco truck and the Here’s the Scoop ice cream truck were also on hand at the event. For more information about Deer Brook condominiums, contact Dana Farrell at D Farrell and Co. at (248) 835-9072 or email her at hello@dfarrellandco.com.
BUSINESS CLIP
West
Bloomfield senior wideout
Elisha Durham attempts to make a grab with two defenders around him.
Photo by Donna Dalziel
Players
from page 11A
Humbert may not have the college offers stacking up for him, but he has the skillset and heart all college coaches are looking for.
Handling the bulk of the carries for the Highlanders offense and anchoring the linebacker core, Humbert does whatever is asked of him, and he does it with extreme efficiency.
He’s a gritty, north-and-south kind of runner with the ball in his hands, and he’s equally as physical when he’s going after a ball carrier, but can also drop back in coverage if needed.
Wherever the football is on the field, you’re guaranteed to see No. 39 right near it. Hopefully, an impressive senior year throws some attention Humbert’s way, because it’s well deserved.
Chris Little, Birmingham Groves What can you say about the Grand Valley State University commit other than he’s an absolute athletic freak?
Against Birmingham Seaholm last year, Little made one of the greatest catches you’ll ever see in a high school football game, run-
ning a fade route towards the corner of the back end zone and reaching up for a onehanded grab over a Seaholm defender.
The best part? That’s not even the position he earned first team all-State honors for. As a defensive back, he tallied seven interceptions to notch his career total at 17 now in only two seasons as a starter.
Little is a natural athlete with elite-level speed and playmaking ability, making him a defensive back with explosive closing speed who can wrap up on a tackle or lockdown any receiver.
On the offensive side, he tallied 620 receiving yards and 4 TDs this year. So whatever side of the ball you’re on, Little can make you pay with his skill-set.
Penn Roberts, Birmingham Seaholm
Roberts simply embodies everything that Seaholm football is about, which is a blue-collar, hard-nosed brand of football.
As a linebacker, Roberts embraces contact and has a natural nose for the ball on the defensive side.
When he’s a running back, the mentality doesn’t change. Roberts can either lay a block on a rushing defender to free up some time for his quarterback or space for his running back, or he can drag three defenders with him as he carries the ball.
OTHER PLAYERS
• Kamren Flowers (WR), West Bloomfield
• Beau Jackson (QB), West Bloomfield
• Tristan Hill (QB), Lake Orion
• Ryan Rocheleau (WR), Lake Orion
• Greyson Clark (ATH), Clarkston
• Lachlan Tillotson (WR), Rochester Adams
• Ryland Watters (QB), Rochester Adams
• Luke Johnson (RB/LB), Oxford
• Spencer Beckeman (OL), Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
• Brandon Dobos Jr. (FB/LB), Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
• Jevon Jones (DL), Harper Woods
• Bryant Weatherspoon (OL/DL), Harper Woods
• Colby Bailey (RB), Harper Woods
• Matthew McCraw (LB), Harper Woods
• Nick Hardy (WR), Birmingham Groves
• Noah Sanders (RB), Birmingham Groves
After graduating a slew of talent on both sides of the ball, especially with lead ball carrier Granden Kinnie graduated, Roberts will be someone Seaholm heavily leans on this year on both sides of the ball.
Noah Oury, Troy
Standing at 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, Oury is a physical quarterback who can showcase just about any ability the position asks for on the football field.
A Grand Valley State University commit, Oury has the arm talent that translates
• Mario Campoy-Lovasco (RB), Birmingham Groves
• Avery Gach (OL/DL), Birmingham Groves
• Kenneth Brooks (LB), Southfield A&T
• Jaun Mitchell (WR), Southfield A&T
• Jack Lower (RB/LB), Rochester
• Daniel Vukaj (TE/LB), Farmington
• Payton Parsons (WR/DB), Bloomfield Hills
• Wesley Billings (K), Birmingham Seaholm
• Ron’Dre Austion (DB), Oak Park
• Brendon Rice (DL), North Farmington
• Terrance James (WR), North Farmington
• Jaielen Peacock (WR), Troy
• Nathan Piggott (WR/DB), Troy Athens
• Cooper Voeffray (WR/DB), Auburn Hills Avondale
• Jaden Mills (ATH), Ferndale
• Blaze Jeffries (WR/CB), Royal Oak
• Khanye Donalson (QB), Pontiac
• Benjamin Bullock (LB), Berkley
to the next level, combined with the mobility to evade the pocket and either find an open receiver or run at a defender.
Troy was on the cusp of reaching its fourth-consecutive state playoff last year after starting 3-0, but a rocky finish saw the Colts slip to 5-4, a tough record compared to the 7-3 and 8-2 record the Colts had the two seasons prior.
With Oury under center, Troy is never out of a game as long as the receivers are still running and the offensive line is still standing.
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Woodward Dream Cruise: Officially held 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 17, participating cities along 16-mile radius of M-1 include Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Huntington Woods, Berkley, Royal Oak, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township and Pontiac, more events for both days at woodwarddreamcruise.com
AUG. 19 Health & Housing Summer Fest: Free resources for WIC, home care and nutrition services, dental and vision screenings, lactation consultants, child seat safety demonstrations, and more, plus bounce house, rock-climbing wall, lawn games, yoga/movement activities, raffles and more, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Catalpa Oaks County Park, 27705 Greenfield Road in Southfield, oakgov.com/community/health, RSVP to bit.ly/3YcziJq
AUG. 26-27
‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ auditions: 7-10 p.m., Rosedale Community Players inside Peace Lutheran Church, 17029 W. 13 Mile Road in Southfield, choose slot(s) at rosedalecommunityplayers.com, performances set for Oct. 25-27 and Nov. 1-3 and 8-9
AUG. 29-SEPT. 2
Michigan State Fair: Activities include live music and entertainment, midway rides and games, agriculture and livestock showcases, Shrine Circus, Beginning of Life exhibit, competitions for giant pumpkins, home brewing, baking, singing and more, 5K, racing pigs and Rock-NRoll K-9’s, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 29-30, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sept. 2, Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi, michiganstatefairllc.com
SEPT. 4
Southfield Senior Expo: Connect with dozens of organizations specializing in assistance and care, also free health screenings, prizes, giveaways and refreshments, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., indoor at Southfield Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen Road, (248) 524-4868, seniorexpousa.com
SEPT. 7
Spaulding Scramble: Golf fundraiser supporting Southfield nonprofit Spaulding for Children (child welfare agency), 7:30 a.m. registration
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CLASS REUNIONS
Franklin School - all alumni and family/friends: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 1 at Franklin Historical Museum, 26165 13 Mile Road, open house 2-4 p.m. at former Franklin School (now Huda School & Montessori), 32220 Franklin Road, and happy hour 4-6 p.m. at Franklin Community Association Park, 26495 Carol Ave., RSVP for happy hour by noon Aug. 31 at fcamichigan.org/form/m/284879
Cousino High School Class of 1969: 55-year reunion, classes of 1967-1971 also welcome, 7 p.m. Sept. 6, Roger’s Roost, 33262 Schoenherr Road in Sterling Heights, RSVP to Larry Wilk at lwilk@ comcast.net
Mount Clemens High School — all alumni: Cash food and
and light breakfast, 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. lunch at turn, and 1:30-3 p.m. dinner and awards, Farmington Hills Golf Club, 37777 11 Mile Court, (947) 224-8467, cgist@spaulding. com, events.golfstatus.com/event/2024-spaulding-scramble
SEPT. 12
Eat to the Beat: Hear Kathleen Murray Band, also food trucks on site, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Southfield Municipal Campus front lawn, 26000 Evergreen Road, (248) 796-4620, cityofsouthfield.com
SEPT. 13-15
One Act Fest: See eight performances, 8 p.m. Sept. 13, 2 and 8 p.m. Sept. 14, and 2 p.m. Sept. 15, Rosedale Community Players inside Peace Lutheran Church, 17029 W. 13 Mile Road in Southfield, (313) 532-4010, rcptickets@gmail.com, rosedalecommunityplayers.com
ONGOING
Farmers market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays until Oct. 3, Oak Park Community Center, 14300 Oak Park Blvd., oakparkmi.gov
Outdoor pool: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturdays-Sundays, also food trucks on select dates, Franklin Athletic Club, 29350 Northwestern Highway in Southfield, (248) 352-8000, franklinclub.com
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refreshments, 5 p.m. Sept. 13, Rec Bowl, 40 Crocker Blvd. in Mount Clemens, contact Ron Hiestand at (586) 463-6386 or drron82@ yahoo.com with questions
Osborn High School Class of 1974: 50-year reunion includes dinner and open bar, 6-11 p.m. Sept. 20, Blossom Heath Inn, 24800 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, osborn1974.com
Grosse Pointe North High School Class of 1974: 50-year reunion includes cash bar, food stations, photo booth and GPN gift, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 21, Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, 788 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Shores, also casual gathering 7 p.m. Sept. 20, WaterMark Bar and Grille, 24420 Jefferson Ave. in St. Clair Shores, grossepointenorth1974.com
Optimist Club of Southfield-Lathrup Village: Meets 6:30 p.m. every second Tuesday of month via Zoom, southfield-lathrupvillageoptimists. org, slvoptimist@gmail.com
Real estate exam study group: Free classes 6-8 p.m. Thursdays, Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen Road, (734) 644-3947
Support group for birth moms: For those who relinquished their children for adoption, also light meal, 6:30-8:30 p.m. every second Tuesday of month, Christian Family Services, 17105 W. 12 Mile Road in Southfield, Sarah@CFS-Michigan.org
Michigan Renaissance Festival: New activities include House of Dragons, Barbi Mermaid, and crow’s nest and barrel rides, themed weekends are Pirates & Pups Aug. 17-18, Highland Fling Aug. 24-25, Vikings Invasion Aug. 31-Sept. 2, Wonders of the World Sept. 7-8, Shamrocks & Shenanigans Sept. 14-15, Harvest Huzzah Sept. 21-22, and Festival Friday and Sweet Endings Sept. 27-29, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., 12600 Dixie Highway in Holly, michrenfest.com
ADHD meetings: Hosted by CHADD of Eastern Oakland County, for adults and parents, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Zoom, see schedule on chadd. net/chapter-events/527
Health workshops: Hosted by Corewell Health, free and virtual, beaumonthealth.digitalsignup.com
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SOUTHFIELD — At 1:30 p.m. July 11, a guest heard a knock on the door of her hotel room in the 27000 block of Northwestern Highway.
When the guest opened the door, there was a man with a gun pointing at her.
The guest ran out of the room and to the front desk, and the gunman fled the area. Nothing was taken and no one was injured during the incident.
Guitar stolen from car
SOUTHFIELD — Someone had their guitar stolen from their vehicle between 1:30 and 9:40 a.m. July 8 in the 26000 block of Berg Road, according to a police report.
$1K stolen in home invasion
SOUTHFIELD — Between 9 a.m. and 11:34 p.m. July 13, a resident discovered that her front door had been damaged, according to a police report. Approximately $1,000 in cash was taken from the home, located in the 26000 block of West 12 Mile Road.
Witness reports car stolen
SOUTHFIELD — A caller told Southfield police that they observed four to five males break out of a window of a 2023 Kia Forte at 12:37 a.m. July 14 in the 25000 block of Grodan Drive. The caller said the men started the car and left.
Police apprehend car thief
SOUTHFIELD — A 2021 Mazda CX-9 was stolen from the 28000 block of Franklin Road at 9:38 p.m. July 11. Officers located the stolen vehicle as it was leaving the immediate area, and a chase ensued.
The chase resulted in the suspect exiting the vehicle and fleeing on foot, but officers apprehended him.
Vehicle theft outside restaurant
ROYAL OAK — A complainant reported that between 9 p.m. July 12 and 3 a.m. July 14, an unknown person stole the complainant’s vehicle from his parking spot in the street at Hop Cat at 430 S. Main St.
Intoxicated driver found asleep outside Sunoco TROY — Officers on patrol saw a suspicious vehicle at the Sunoco gas station at 5012 Rochester Road at 3:18 a.m. July 12.
The business was closed and the 2020 Ford
was along
entrance.
and
Officers awoke the driver, a 56-year-old Macomb man. While speaking with him, they noted that his eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his speech was slurred, and there was an odor of intoxicants emitting from his person.
The driver was asked to perform several sobriety evaluations, and the officers noted that he performed poorly. He submitted to a preliminary breath test with a result of a 0.14% blood alcohol content.
He was arrested and transported to the Troy police lockup, where he agreed to submit to a chemical breath test, with a result 0.175%. He was issued a citation for operating with a blood alcohol content of 0.17% or more.
Fraudulent U.S. Immigration letter results in check scam
TROY — In December 2023, a Troy resident reportedly received a letter supposedly from U.S. Immigration, demanding a check payment of $137.20.
The resident sent the check to the address provided, but did not notice it had not been deposited.
In July, the resident was notified by their bank about an overdraft alert. Upon contacting their bank, the resident discovered an unknown suspect had altered the check, changing the payee and increasing the amount to $9,500.
Shoplifting incident reveals possession of illegal substance
TROY — On July 19, at 11:05 a.m., police officers were notified by Kohl’s loss prevention officers of a retail fraud in progress and responded to the store at 500 John R Road.
The suspect, a 42-year-old Detroit man, was observed exiting the store with a duffel bag full of unpaid merchandise. Officers detained him, and he was escorted back to the security office.
Loss prevention officers inventoried the stolen merchandise and found 24 items worth $1.011.24 total. During a pat-down of the man, officers located a glass crack pipe in his pants pocket.
The suspect was arrested and transported to the Troy police lockup facility. During the booking process, lockup staff observed a brown powdery substance in the suspect’s sock. The substance later tested positive for heroin.
The suspect was charged with retail fraud and possession of a controlled substance.
Inebriated driver found slumped over in 7-Eleven parking lot
TROY — Officers were dispatched to the 7-Eleven at 3982 Crooks Road after a caller reported a tan
the driver appeared to be slumped over the center console at 1:41 a.m. July 18.
Upon arrival, officers knocked on the vehicle’s window and awoke the driver. While speaking with her, officers noted a strong odor of intoxicants emanating from the vehicle.
The driver was asked to perform several sobriety evaluations, and the officers noted she performed poorly. She submitted to a preliminary breath test, with a result of a 0.185% blood alcohol content.
The driver, a 47-year-old West Bloomfield woman, was arrested. During the impound of her vehicle, officers noted both the front and rear passenger tires were flat.
The case was turned over to the Detective Bureau for appropriate charges.
Suspect fraudulently orders products using another person’s account
TROY — A resident of Dorchester Road reported July 13 that an unknown suspect gained access to his Amazon account.
The suspect ordered $450 worth of products to be delivered to an address that the resident was unfamiliar with.
The resident became aware of the fraud when he received an email from Amazon notifying him that his purchases had been delivered.
Attempted Vehicle Theft
NOVI — A man parked his rental car in a lot on Haggerty Road at 5 p.m. July 15, and when he returned to the vehicle at 7 a.m. the next day, he found that the rear passenger side window of the Dodge had been broken out and that some of the electrical components under the glove box had been tampered with. When officers arrived, they noted shattered glass inside the vehicle and on the ground. Officers also said in the report that a control module under the glove box had been pulled out and “obviously” tampered with. The center console tray had also been taken. Police searched the area but there were no cameras that would have recorded the incident.
Police make arrests for alleged fraud
NOVI — A man and a woman reportedly were caught making fraudulent transactions at 8:25 p.m. July 18 at Walmart in Novi. The couple was seen at the self-checkout attempting to commit fraud with an exchange of gift cards. In order to prevent the couple from leaving, the police officer handcuffed both of them pending investigation.
After viewing the security footage, police advised the couple that they were under arrest for fraud. They
released with a court date.
Purse snatched
MADISON HEIGHTS — According to a police report, an 85-year-old Troy resident had a purse stolen from a shopping cart in the 32000 block of John R Road between 4 p.m. and midnight July 13. Police were investigating.
AirPods stolen
BERKLEY — A 38-year-old Hazel Park man was suspected of retail fraud July 8 at a cellphone store at 27861 Woodward Ave.
According to the report, police were called to a T-Mobile store at 12:42 p.m. July 9 for a report of a larceny the day before. The manager told police a man came in and purchased items on his T-Mobile account. It was discovered after the man left the store that a
