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FERNDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SEEKS TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF KULICK COMMUNITY CENTER TO CITY
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — The former site of the Kulick Community Center might be finding its way back to the city of Ferndale.
In an announcement made on social
media Aug. 26, Ferndale Public Schools said it would look to transfer the ownership of the Kulick Community Center property, located at 1201 Livernois St., to the city.
“Our school district recognizes the historical and cultural importance of the community center,” Ferndale Public Schools
Superintendent Camille Hibbler said in a prepared statement. “For generations, this building has been more than just a structure, it’s been a gathering place, a home for celebrations, a hub for programs and a cornerstone of our community’s story. While it hasn’t been in use for the past several years
due to infrastructure needs, we are committed to ensuring that it is preserved as a valuable resource in the years to come.”
“We believe this will help preserve the center’s role in the community while opening new opportunities for growth and use,”
Planning Commission recommends denial of proposed Ferndale car wash
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — The development of a proposed car wash in Ferndale has hit a snag.
At its Aug. 20 meeting, the Planning Commission reviewed the special land use application and site plan for the development of an El Car Wash at 22230 Woodward Ave.
The proposed project would see the demolition of the existing building, which previously was the location of a Tim Hortons and Cold Stone Creamery, and follow with the construction of a 3,623-square-foot car wash. It also would include a 1,373-square-foot second-floor office area and 8,603-square-foot enclosed vacuuming area.
If the transfer goes through, it would allow the city to make investments and improvements into the
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Hibbler’s statement continued. “A final agreement has not yet been reached, however, we are encouraged by the progress being made and remain dedicated to seeing this process through. As discussions move forward, we promise to keep you informed every step of the way.”
If the deal can be made, the city and school district would swap pieces of land. The city would receive the community center, while the school district would get land owned by the city south of Ferndale High School near the tennis courts.
Ferndale’s history with the 100-year-old Kulick Community Center building started in 2000 when a 25-year lease was agreed upon between the city and the school district. The city would lease the former Washington Elementary School as the community center for $1 each year.
The Kulick Community Center operated for the next 20 years in the building until the COVID-19 pandemic, which along with infrastructure failures and budget challenges forced its closure. The lease agreement between the school district and city was terminated in 2022.
Ferndale has been without a permanent community center during the past five years, though it has looked into different avenues for a new facility.
Council member Laura Mikulski was not expecting the announcement by the school district, but it’s one she was excited to hear about.
“There has been discussion of a land
swap since before that divestment happened back in 2022. And recently, with the previous Headlee override that failed last year in 2024, we realized that we weren’t going to be situated so that we could build a new community center,” she said. “We finally are having good, earnest discussions with the school and I am very hopeful that we will have an agreement sometime soon.”
Mikulski also credited the work of resident Eddie Sabatini and the petition drive he started with his Kulick Coalition group to get a conversation started on revisiting the community center.
If the city were to have ownership of the Kulick Community Center land, this would mean Ferndale can invest taxpayer dollars into the building, Mikulski said.
“If you’re renting your apartment, are you going to invest a lot of your income in fixing it up and renovating it and turning it into your dream place when you don’t own it?” she said. “Owning it allows us to get more creative with the way that we finance things. It gets us to a point where we can be creative with potential partnerships, like nonprofits. They could come in and help augment our funding so that we can afford to do something beautiful with the building. It’s a much stronger financial position for us, because with that ownership we can be more calculated about decisions.”
Mikulski hopes that the city and school district can make an agreement by the end of the year, though it will require the will of the school board and City Council to do so, with approvals needed from both bodies.
“I feel like we are all in agreement that there’s positive momentum and we’re happy to see it,” she said.
ABOVE: Ferndale Public Schools announced that it would be seeking to transfer the ownership rights of the Kulick Community Center to the city of Ferndale.
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
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community center building with taxpayer dollars, according to Laura Mikulski.
Photo provided by Laura Mikulski
The city of Huntington Woods is looking into the issue of rear-yard flooding and what steps the municipality can take to address the problem. Engineers attribute the flooding due to a number of problems, namely the existing grading in the flooded areas and soil conditions.
Huntington Woods looking into solutions for yard flooding issues
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
HUNTINGTON WOODS — There has been flooding in Huntington Woods residents’ yards, which led to an investigation on how to potentially solve the issue.
At its Aug. 19 meeting, the City Commission received a presentation on yard flooding from its consulting city engineer, Brad Brickel, of Nowak & Fraus.
According to Brickel, the issues with flooding are due to the existing grading in
those areas, as well as soil conditions. The investigators also found that flooding issues were more prevalent on the west side of the city, where clay soil doesn’t allow for proper infiltration.
“Typically more east of Huntington (Road), more on the hill, it’s a sandier material, which promotes infiltration of groundwater,” he said. “The other problem that you run into in these backyards, it tends to be more the low yard of that block, right? A lot of these subdivisions were installed, you
Music filLs Pleasant Ridge
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ABOVE: The Devil Bats, a horror punk band, performs on the porch at 32 Oakland Park in Pleasant Ridge for the third annual Porch Sessions on Aug. 23. Nine homes offered up their porches as musical stages for the third annual Porch Sessions festival in Pleasant Ridge.
ABOVE: Bluesdad takes the stage, or porch, at 26 Oakland Park for this year’s Porch Sessions festival.
LEFT: Sweet Crystal, a faithbased rock band, sings to attendees at 16 Millington for the Porch Sessions festival.
Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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Gabe Schuchman, a member of the development team, said the project would revitalize a property that has remained vacant and blighted for years, since it was last active in 2019.
“We believe it’s going to improve neighborhood safety and current aesthetics with a use that benefits the community,” he said.
“We believe there’s an obvious service gap here. There’s a scarcity of car washes in Ferndale. … Available statistical data indicates that of approximately 10,000 homes, the average household owns two cars; an increased demand for a state-ofthe-art auto wash that is committed to investing in the latest technologies and innovations in the industry, using environmentally safe detergents and employing state-of-the-art water regulating reclamation systems; and also we believe we’re producing immediate sustainable economic and community impact. It has the potential to attract new business activity and opportunities for employment.”
After a lengthy meeting where the majority of the residents who spoke during the public hearing voiced their disapproval of the project, the commission voted to recommend that City Council deny the special land use application.
Council member and Planning Commissioner Greg Pawlica, who serves as council liaison, said the project presents an attractive building and has a well-thought-out plan, but he voted for a denial. As a member of both the City Council and the Planning Commission, Pawlica stated he has obligations to the residents and business owners who live and work in Ferndale today, and an obligation to the future residents and businesses
to ensure that they have a vibrant and active community.
“The other obligation the commission and members have is to follow the, and obey the, laws and ordinances of the city and the state of Michigan, and sometimes they may conflict with the other two obligations. It’s a very difficult line to walk,” he said. “Even when many of the criteria are met for a project, a special land use allows the controlling body to determine if this type of special land use aligns and supports the master plan and the direction … the community wants the city to advance forward. I’m not opposed to this type of development or this company. I believe this is a project that will have a significant impact on the neighborhood and the type of development the community desires on Woodward. I would very much encourage the developers to consider a location in Ferndale that would be better suited for this type of use.”
The commission voted 6-1 to deny, with one commissioner abstaining. Commissioner Thomas Newman was the lone no vote, and Chairperson Michelle Foster chose to abstain. Both declined to comment on their choices via email. One commissioner was absent.
While ultimately the special land use decision will reside with the City Council at a future meeting, the Planning Commission also had to choose whether to approve or deny the project’s site plan. After voting to recommend a denial to council, the commission decided to table a vote on the site plan to allow the development team to make any revisions to its proposal.
Residents have been concerned the project would increase traffic along College and University streets, create noise pollution or create issues due to the substances used to wash cars.
Ross Hoekstra, who lives nearby on University Street, felt
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ABOVE: El Car Wash — its Madison Heights location on 14 Mile Road seen here — is seeking to construct a 3,623-square-foot car wash that also would include a second-floor office area and enclosed vacuuming area.
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TOP: The proposed El Car Wash would be located at a former Tim Hortons and Cold Stone Creamery at 22230 Woodward Ave.
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the proposed project did not complement and was not harmonious with the neighborhood.
“You look at that car wash, it looks like every other El Car Wash in Florida,” he said. “They have done nothing to try and merge their brand with this city or what we’re about, and to me it’s not harmonious in any way, shape or form. So on that simple standard, it really fails.”
Hoekstra also said the development makes the site more auto-oriented and less pedestrian-oriented, and he has issues with the “mixed-use” addition.
“If you were to even think about Tim Hortons when it was functioning, there was a front door, there was an actual pedestrian entrance. This has no pedestrian entrance. I’ve got a car wash to look at. They say they have a mixed-use component. I can’t get to
Flooding
know, a long time ago and stormwater wasn’t really looked at as an option or an issue back then. I will say that nowadays it is looked at as an issue with new developments and things like that in communities. So, that’s generally where you see it is at the low points in the rear yards.”
Brickel presented some pros and cons of installing rear yard drainage systems. Pros include reduced ponding, the alleviation of stress on structure foundations and improved yard aesthetics and functional concerns
“In some of these situations that we’ve encountered, these rear yards are so flooded over a certain period of time that they’re not able to be utilized for normal hanging out or having functions in their rear yards,” he said.
The cons, according to Brickel, are that the drains wouldn’t completely solve the issue; there are maintenance concerns such as sinkhole issues and sediment infiltration; and the biggest concern he’s heard from other communities is increased sewer demand.
“What that means is essentially for however many years you’re looking at, up to 100 years the city’s been here, there’s never been a storm collection system in the rear yards,” he said. “And so you’re taking a combined sewer system (a single pipe for wastewater and stormwater) and you’re adding additional drainage that never went to it.”
Potential strategies introduced by Brickel include the installation of catch basins, French drains and leaching basins.
it from the street. … It really feels like a token being thrown out to try and say this is mixed-use,” Hoekstra said.
Not every resident spoke out against the car wash. Ray Crucet, who has lived on Pearson Street for 30 years, said Ferndale has zero drive-thru car washes and believed the business would serve the community.
“I hear a lot of pushback from the local residents. … I just don’t believe that you can buy a house right on the edge of Woodward with a reasonable expectation of quiet and lack of fumes,” he said. “I am worried about many empty buildings along Woodward, and I’ve watched all of them … over the years the number of empty buildings, and this is one of the first decent-sized constructions I’ve seen in a while, and I think that a bunch of empty buildings signals that Ferndale’s closed, closed for business.”
Call Staff Writer Mike Koury at (586) 498-1077.
There’s also an option to allow residents to tap into the sewer lines to drain their yards, which Huntington Woods’ current ordinance does not allow.
The city would have to look into that issue, interim City Manager Andrew Pazuchowski said, and determine if there’s any liability on the city’s part or a chance that the tapping could lead to basement flooding.
“That, to me, is my biggest concern,” he said. “I know a lot of other communities have done that. And listening to the engineer, he feels that in an event like the 100year flood that we had, that could cause that to occur, but in a general rainfall or heavy rainfall, it appears that most of the other cities that have allowed this have not seen an issue with it.”
“Whether it’s a French drain or other drains that’ll just drain out towards the street and enter the regular catch basin, which already has a restrictor on it, which would then just flood the street, my personal opinion, that’s my concern,” he continued. “I’d be concerned that the last thing I would like to see is that water in a backyard flood somebody’s basement.”
Any home that would look to tap into the sewer line would have to cover the costs, which Pazuchowski estimated to be between $10,000 and $15,000. The line also would have a restrictor on it, which restricts how quickly the water can enter the sewer.
To view the entire presentation, view the Aug. 19 City Commission meeting on the city of Huntington Woods’ YouTube page.
Call Staff Writer Mike Koury at (586) 498-1077.
Jerry Naumann, of Berkley, brought his backwards trailer to this year’s Woodward Dream Cruise Aug. 16 and the Berkley CruiseFest Classic Car Parade Aug. 15. Naumann’s camper looks like it rides backward while pulling a 1985 Ford Ranger pickup truck.
Setting up ‘camp’ in a custom-made caravan that cruises in reverse
BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — When it comes to car cruises, Jerry Naumann knows how to make a grand entrance. For many years, the car enthusiast drove an upsidedown GMC 1984 Rally van that attracted crowds from St. Clair Shores to downriver communities. After owning it for several years, he sold the vehicle to a gentleman in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where the upside-down van currently rests.
But the wheels behind Naumann’s cruising days are still spinning. A couple of years ago, he purchased another offbeat vehicle that looks like a camper riding backward while connected to a 1985 Ford Ranger pickup truck. Naumann drove the memorable trailer in this year’s Woodward Dream Cruise Aug. 16 and made an appearance at the Berkley CruiseFest Classic Car Parade Aug. 15 where he “had a blast.”
Here’s the twist: the trailer isn’t really a camper but is
Classic Cars for the Cure Sept. 20
DETROIT/CLAWSON — The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute will hold its third annual Classic Cars for the Cure from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at a private garage at 1330 N. Crooks Road in Clawson. Funds raised will support cancer research at Karmanos in Detroit.
The event will include a strolling supper by Forte Belanger, live 1950s and ’60s music by Stella and her band Intrigue, a performance and swing dance lessons from the Oakland University Dance Team, and dessert served in a 1950s diner. Guests, too, can learn more about Karmanos’ research.
Attendees are asked to wear cocktail attire or 1950s and 1960s-style flair. Al Trombetta, Classic Cars for the Cure automobile curator, has gathered 25 rare classic cars from museums and top collectors to showcase. The event is personal for Trombetta, whose mother died of lung cancer. Debra Partrich, of Bloomfield Hills, is a member of the Karmanos Cancer Institute Board of Directors and also a cancer survivor who underwent treatment at Karmanos.
“If it weren’t for a doctor doing research to find a cure for the cancer I had, I would not be here today. I would not be able to watch my grandsons grow up, spend more time with my family, enjoy trips with my husband, or be around with my friends,” she said in a prepared statement. “That’s the most important thing. Just to be present. This event is a wonderful evening full of classic cars, dancing, music and just a lot of fun. And we are raising dollars for research. Research that will hopefully someday cure cancer.”
Helping to make Classic Cars for the Cure a success is Franklin resident and event sponsor Jeff Kopelman. His wife, Sandy, was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer but lived for 4 1/2 years because of the cancer treatment she received from Dr. Robert Morris and the Karmanos staff. Tickets cost $250 each at karmanos.org/cars25.
— MARIA ALLARD
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Photos by Liz Carnegie
CRIME WATCH
Expensive watch, wallet taken from vehicle
BERKLEY — A 38-year-old Rochester Hills man reported to the Berkley Public Safety Department that his watch and other items had been taken from his vehicle.
According to the report, the man came to the department on Aug. 2 to report that someone had gone through his black 2025 Ford F-150 pickup truck where he had parked it at 28975 Woodward Ave. the day prior. While working, the man did receive a notification from his credit card company about suspicious activity, but he didn’t think much of it.
When the man later went back to his truck, he found that a Rolex watch he had left inside, valued at $6,000, was missing. Also missing from the truck was a Louis Vuitton wallet valued at $450, which contained his credit cards, and a bottle of cologne valued at $250.
The man checked the security cameras near his business and did find some footage of a suspect.
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manufactured to look like one.
“It’s just vinyl siding and it has a 2-by-2 framework,” Naumann said.
With a 1998 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer floor plan with drivetrain, a front and back seat, and steering wheel, it appears as if the Ford Ranger is backing up with the trailer behind it. But it’s really the trailer driving forward while pulling the Ranger behind it.
“Pretty much the body was removed off the ’98 Chevy Blazer and the seats were left there. The camper is bolted to it. It just drives itself. The Blazer is what pulls the whole framework of the camper,” Naumann said. “You can see the dashboard and the engine is all intact. The four wheels actually propel this camper.”
Naumann said the engine from the Ford Ranger was removed to make the ride lighter. The camper can drive by itself, but Naumann always has the Ranger with it so spectators can get the full illusion.
“The same guy that did the van for me did this,” Naumann said. “I saw this about three years ago up in Flint at Back to the Bricks. Very nice, high-end cars go there.”
While en route, Naumann often keeps the speedometer at 40 mph. There is no radio, and the air conditioner doesn’t work, but the windows bring in fresh air. Naumann attaches a wire between the two vehicles so the Ranger’s taillights and turn signals work.
“That way people see when they’re coming up behind the truck if I’m turning or breaking,” he said.
The camper stands about 7 1/2 feet in height. Naumann gets a kick out of driving the rig around town. When people see him driving by, they pull out their cameras to take photos and videos.
“It’s that shock and awe, I guess,” Naumann said. “When driving down the road, you love to see people, especially little kids, smiling and pointing at it. I just love seeing the expression on their faces and the fact they enjoy it.”
Naumann lives close enough to the Berkley CruiseFest Classic Car Parade on 12 Mile Road that he can see people as they mark their spots with lawn chairs and canopies to get a good view of the event. He loves to see so many spectators come to town, which he said boosts the economy and puts Berkley on the map. The same goes for the Woodward Dream Cruise, which stretches through several communities in Oakland County.
Naumann has always been interested in cars, something that was in the family’s DNA.
“I restored many cars and painted many cars,” he said. “My dad was into cars and my older brother was into cars.”
Along with the backward camper, Naumann owns two Plymouth Prowlers: a 1999 model and a 2001 model. The ’01 Prowler has 130,000 miles on it.
“That one, I drove all over the country just to events,” said Naumann, who belongs to the online Plymouth Prowler Enthusiasts car club.
This year, the club met up in Hocking Hills, Ohio. Last year, the Prowler peeps got together for camaraderie in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
FAMILY MARKETS, GARDEN CENTERS ROOTED IN HOMETOWNS
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — Creating a lasting business in a community can be quite difficult. Growing that business can be even more stressful.
Some of the longest lasting businesses in metro Detroit are its family markets and garden centers, founded decades ago. Many still can be visited at their original locations. Impressively, there might not be many other businesses that have lasted longer than Kutchey Family Market. It has been part of the fabric of the city of Warren since the early 1800s. The original farm and store were located at 3202 East 10 Mile Road. It was eight years ago when David Kutchey decided to sell
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Standing in front of his produce and previous awards, David Kutchey holds the historical marker for Kutchey Family Market. Kutchey Family Market was founded in Warren in the early 1800s and hasn’t left since. The current location on 27825 Ryan Road was opened eight years ago.
Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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that land and open a market at 27825 Ryan Road to sell produce and an expanded inventory of flowers and gardening supplies. The land was formerly home to Young’s Garden Mart & Christmas Fantasy, another longtime family farm business in Warren.
Kutchey said they always wanted to stay in Warren when looking for a new spot, as the community has always supported the business. They want to support the community, too.
“We just obviously enjoy the community and we’re so well known in the community,” he said. “People know us from being here for the original farm on 10 Mile. Being there for over 170 years, it’s just been a staple in the community … I don’t want to start all over. We have an excellent reputation and people know us and they trust us, and they know they can get good quality produce when it’s in season. So it was the right thing to do to stay here.”
Over in Troy, Uncle Luke’s Feed Store found its home in the city around 100 years ago in the 1920s selling their products to locals in one form or another, originally as Stiles Feed Store. The market operated out of a shed next to the current location as a farm outlet and hardware store.
The market eventually found its current home at 6691 Livernois Road in 1946, opening as “Uncle Luke’s Print Shop.” It has been there in Troy ever since.
Longtime employee Gil Tufts said their longevity in Troy has been due to their loyal customers.
“That’s the secret to our business,” he said. “I’ve got one lady that travels from Petoskey down here, and probably some further. … If you don’t have a loyal customer base and you don’t treat your customers right, you’re not going to be in business and that’s something we always strive to do here.”
Troy also is home to Telly’s Greenhouse & Garden Center at 3301 John R Road, where it was founded in 1978.
Telly’s Greenhouse kind of fell into the family’s lap, according to owner George Papadelis, as they had been neighbors next to an old woman with a greenhouse who then died in 1976. Papadelis’ father, Gust, bought that land in 1977.
Papadelis said the business got its start when, as a kid, it was suggested he and his brother grow plants in the greenhouse and sell them to make money for a family trip to Greece. They then painted a sign and sold flowers from the side of the road, making $1,000.
The business eventually grew and became what it is today, where it took on the name Telly’s, which was the name of Gust Papadelis’ Greek restaurant.
Since its beginnings, Telly’s has grown to include multiple locations in Michigan but currently has its base of operations at its Troy location and in Shelby Township, where they bought several acres of land 15 years ago to grow their flowers and plants. That’s where they do more than 90% of their growing.
That being said, Papadelis said they plan to stay at their Troy home.
“We’re staying here at the Troy location because it’s an excellent location and we’ve developed a property well to accommodate the store and, quite frankly, I feel like we’ve done a lot to promote gardening in the area and sort of get people to appreciate it more and enjoy it more,” he said.
Papadelis said the city of Troy has grown around them, as has the need for plants from a reputable and family-owned garden center.
“We just grew along with that need,” he said. “As the market changed, we adapted to it because the same person that was growing the plants was selling the plants, which is me. So things have changed an awful lot since, of course, we started almost 50 years ago, but we’re still all about plants that we grow, and we love doing that and we’re good at it and we’re very service-oriented. Customers expect to see me here and they expect to get their questions answered accurately and, in most cases, passionately.”
In the case of Kutchey Family Market, the business has made such an impact in Warren that it was designated with a historical marker.
Kutchey said the designation was something that made him proud that he could continue his family’s legacy in Warren.
“It makes me very proud that I can continue on the family legacy that my great grandfather and my grandfather and my father and all them, that when they settled on 10 Mile and that was the original property, and then they started farming, that I can continue that and bring people good quality fruit and vegetables … and continue the legacy and keep supporting the community that supports us,” he said.
Call Staff Writer Mike Koury at (586) 498-1077.
NEWS & NOTES
Van explosion
PLEASANT RIDGE — A van caught on fire in Pleasant Ridge last week, leading to an explosion.
According to a social media post by the city, the fire occurred at around 4:15 p.m. Aug 26 on southbound Woodward Avenue.The van pulled off Woodward onto Poplar Park Boulevard, which is two blocks south of 10 Mile Road.
“The gas tank ruptured, causing gasoline to run off into the sewer,” the city said in a prepared statement. “Magnesium in the engine block ignited, creating a very high temperature flame that ignited the gasoline. The ignited gasoline stream ran into the sewer and caused a sewer gas explosion.”
No one was harmed during the incident and local authorities were able to extinguish the fire, according to the city.
City Manager James Breuckman said in an email that environmental remediation was completed on Aug. 27 to remove the gasoline that remained in the sewers. The sewer was televised and inspected on Aug. 28, and the explosion was found to have caused no damage, leading to Poplar Park reopening that same day.
Back-to-school safety tips
FERNDALE — Schools are back in session and Ferndale police are offering some advice for parents and students. In a news release, the Police Department said to look both ways before crossing the street; keep your eyes on the road; always stop for school buses, pedestrians, bikes and vehicles; and remember your route to and from home. The department also stated that if you see something unsafe or need immediate help, call 911, and for any nonemergency questions, call (248) 541-3650.
FERNDALE FALL FESTIVAL
FERNDALE — The Ferndale Fall Festival will be back in the city from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, at Martin Road Park, 1615 E. Lewiston Ave.
The festival will feature hayrides, pony rides, roller skating, carnival games, prizes, crafts, face painting, pumpkin painting, a trickor-treat trail, music and more.
Patrons must purchase a wristband to enter the festival, which can be bought at bit.ly/fprfallfestival. Wristbands cost $8 per person by Friday, Sept. 26. Wristbands will cost $10 per person after that date, and children age 1 and younger will be admitted free of charge.
Anyone with questions about the event can contact the Parks and Recreation Department at (248) 544-6767 or recreation@ferndalemi. gov.
ZOO FUNDRAISER RUN ROUTE
HUNTINGTON WOODS — The Run Wild for the Detroit Zoo will take place throughout Huntington Woods this upcoming weekend. The event, which helps raise funds to support veterinary care for the animals at the Detroit Zoo, will be held on Sunday, Sept. 7, with the starting point in the 10 Mile Road parking lot by the zoo. The route recently was released, and the roads where the route will take place will be closed from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Runners can choose to participate in a 5K run/walk for $50, a fun walk for $45 and a virtual 5K run/walk for $45. For more information on the event, visit runsignup. com/runwildforthedetroitzoo.
CITY CELEBRATES RETIRING RECREATION DIRECTOR
HUNTINGTON WOODS — The city of Huntington Woods announced that its recreation director, Tracy Shanley, has retired.
Shanley had been with the department for 25 years, and the city will be hosting a gathering to celebrate her time in Huntington Woods at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in the multipurpose room of the Gillham Recreation Center, 26363 Scotia Road. It will have cake, punch and give those who want to thank her for her service the opportunity to do so.
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“Throughout her career, Tracy oversaw the summer Fruit Camp program, Teen Council, Special Events, Wild Rides, and ultimately served as Director, leaving a lasting impact on our community,” the city said in a prepared statement.
“Her leadership, creativity, and passion have shaped countless memories for residents of all ages. While we will deeply miss her, we wish Tracy all the best as she begins her next adventure!”
The city has begun seeking a new recreation director and accepted applications until Aug. 25.
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Cleaning Service
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Painting
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Plumbing
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Powerwashing
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Thank you, Oakland County, MI for raising a scout.
Scout Motors salutes the towns, cities and neighborhoods that shaped our earliest employees—the places that taught them to lead with grit, to go first and go further. To roll up their sleeves. To get their hands dirty. To break new ground and never forget where they came from. Because of them, we’re well on our way developing the Scout ® Traveler ™ and Scout ® Terra,™ and building a factory in South Carolina that aims to hire 4,000 more bold trailblazers. Because of them, we’re building something that lasts.
So here’s to Neil Sitron , our 20th employee, and Kevin Daniels , our 103rd employee, and to you, for helping them get here.
