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Trenton players react to the overtime goal scored by Hartland in the finals of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state hockey playoffs on March 12. The Trojans were within sniffing distance of the 15th state championship in school history, but the overtime goal by the Eagles ended that dream. The state championship was the third for Hartland.

In all three finals the Eagles have defeated Trenton. Hartland’s other titles came in 2018 and 2019.

Trenton has won the state championship 14 times, the last in 2014, when, coincidentally, the Trojans beat Hartland.

Find much more about Trenton’s playoff run inside this edition.

Photo by Larry Caruso

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Welcome back to your new Trenton Times Hello, Trenton. We are sure glad to be here.

Welcome to the first edition of the new Trenton Times, a community newspaper for Trenton, about Trenton and devoted to this community.

Many of you will recognize the name Trenton Times as a legacy name.

The original Trenton Times began publishing in 1887 and continued through 1987, a full 100 years. That was when Heinz Prechter purchased the paper, along with the News-Herald and Mellus Newspapers and merged them into one Downriverwide publication called The News-Herald.

Thirty-five years later, we are back with a 21st century version of the Trenton Times.

We hope to fill a need for a local publication that thriving communities need.

First a word about our predecessor, the Trenton Trib. The role of community voice was filled the past 13 years by The Trib, which had become beloved by its readers.

Co-publishers Joe Hoshaw and Kathy Kane did a marvelous job of serving Trenton. Their monthly publication was sought out by thousands thirsting for local news coverage that is no longer provided

by the hollowed-out News-Herald newspaper.

Kudos to them and their publication, which was printed for the last time last December. As print journalists we were all saddened by its departure.

The closing of The Trib, however, opened a door for us. We are Go Big Multimedia, a Downriverbased organization that currently publishes monthly news magazines on Grosse Ile, and in Riverview, Southgate and Wyandotte. You can find our office on 18271 Fort Street in Riverview.

Go Big Multimedia began approximately five years ago with the opening of the Grosse Ile Grand.

That was in response to the News-Herald shuttering the venerable Ile Camera newspaper.

The Grand was a hit and it caught the interest of Riverview, which next invited us in. Next into the pool was Wyandotte and then Southgate.

We have great relationships with the schools and city governments in each of our current communities and hope to have the same with all the leaders of Trenton.

As a monthly publication, we focus on entertaining and informing our readers. While time constraints generally keep us from “scooping” anyone, we will fill the pagers with feature stories about the people and places in Trenton and about upcoming programs and events.

If you feel you have something noteworthy to share with your fellow residents, please drop us a line and let us know about it at 734-282-3939.

As we begin this adventure, you will notice a few differences between our publication and The Trib.

First, you will not have to go looking for the Trenton Times. The Times will come to you, once a month in your mailbox. The Trenton Times, just like our other four publications, will be mailed each month to every address – business and residential – in the community.

It will also be available for free at racks throughout the city.

Second, the Times will be printed in full color from front to back on bright, white paper. This may not be the most important factor when discussing a newspaper, but it does make for a vibrant, fun-toread publication and the color photos are perfect for cutting out and putting up on the refrigerator.

For those looking to advertise, the Times is a great buy. A true multimedia publication, the Times is available in print and online and offers a social media presence, as well.

We are the Trenton Times. We are happy to be here. We think you will enjoy what you find on our pages.

Please have a look.

A local newspaper is a great gift to a community FRED MANUEL Trenton Times

What a gift to the community of Trenton to witness the birth of their own local newspaper!

As the former publisher and owner of the Trenton Times which was purchased by Heritage Newspapers (The News Herald Newspapers) in 1986, I couldn’t be happier for the people of Trenton.

My late wife, Barbara Manuel and I purchased The Trenton Times in 1983 which at that time was the oldest continuously published newspaper in the State of Michigan.

We always felt it was an honor to own the Trenton Times and that we did not really own it, but we were privileged to be the caretakers of a truly local newspaper in an outstanding community.

Trenton has always been considered

a rich treasure of the Downriver community by and for all its citizens.

With that in mind, it is again an honor to welcome a new local newspaper into the Trenton Community which we all can be sure will be a welcomed addition to the community at large.

Unfortunately, the life and death of a local newspaper reflects the community it is challenged to serve.

By this we need to understand how easy it is to take a good thing for granted. In other words, when a local newspaper does a good job of serving its readers on a regular basis their specific mission of doing so is more often than not taken for granted. That is to say, its readers pick it up, they read the newspaper, enjoy the experience and assume that it will always be there ready to serve.

What is tragic, is that in recent years we have seen the demise of many local newspapers who have been unable to survive as they have faced the forward march of technology and the preference of many of its citizens

to care little about the communities they live in and forgo local news for national and international sensationalized headlines.

With the birth of this new local newspaper, Trenton’s citizens can defy that notion by simply picking up their local newspaper and patronizing the businesses that support that product with advertising. In a sense, without the symmetry of local businesses and their customers all working in an industrious tandem that helps keep newspapers and the community itself alive and vibrant.

A local newspaper is many things as it serves the community. It records the achievements of its children, adults, parents and senior citizens. It is the encourager of volunteer citizens, honor roll students and yes, even the official reporter of threats to the community such as criminal activity when important to do so.

Finally, it is the watchdog that serves as arbiter of right and wrong among local politicians who may slip into

believing that the community belongs to them rather than the ordinary citizens who do all of the work and pay all the taxes that make the system work.

In short, every citizen who truly cares about their community should see a connection between their interests as a local resident, the high importance of integrating with the advertisers of that same community and developing the vibrant life of their community which together define a socially rich city. The kind of place where every citizen understands the importance of their behavior to the overall wellbeing of their fellow brother and sister citizens who make up what we refer to as “our neighborhood”.

Trenton’s residents have a rich history of understanding these facts and I am confident that understanding will surface again in the city of Trenton, as they will be well rewarded by simply supporting this local newspaper, the new Trenton Times.

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Not really retirement, but it’s enjoyable nonetheless Joe Hoshaw Jr. Trenton Times Editor-At-Large

“So, how do you like retirement?” ... ... Said about 100 people to me since I and partner Kathy Kane ceased operating the Trenton Trib and Island Beacon at the end of last year.”

In the final column I wrote for the Trib’s December, I thought I was wording it carefully to explain that, while the paper’s closing was a huge step toward retirement, I would continue on with work I do in a separate publications services company I have operated for more than two decades for at least the immediate future. It’s a much lighter load, for sure, but I don’t consider myself fully retired — and maybe never will.

Initially, I tried explaining all that when someone asked me, but after the 36th or 37th time, I changed my answer.

“Retirement is FANTASTIC! Thanks for asking!!”

Because, as I am learning, retirement — and what people do in retirement — is a highly subjective, always evolving topic. It seems as if it is becoming a more complicated, less precise process as well, especially in today’s virtual world where work and play are more easily intertwined.

The challenge for all of us is finding a healthy combination of the two.

So, the simple, most accurate answer is, “It’s a work in progress.”

One of the things I’ve done for my own health these past three months is up my walking routine from one or two miles “whenever I can” to a daily ritual of about three to four miles.” No offense to Devin Scillian

or Lester Holt, the optimum time to walk always seems to be the nightly news hour — so there have been an unexpected corresponding mental health benefit as well.

This is not to ignore the critical issues of our times, but negative news can become overwhelming if you let it. And it is far more unrelenting today than it was when I started in the news business more than 40 years ago.

When we started the Trib, one of our main missions was to offer news junkies a safe haven with an abundance of good news aimed at counteracting some of the negativity.

So, I am very appreciative of the fact that Sherry and Will Evans are willing to step up and help fill that local good news void with the launch (rebirth?) of the Trenton Times. The old Trenton Times, which was absorbed by Heinz Prechter’s Heritage Media in the late 1980s, was a long-standing community tradition.

Most Trenton residents over the age of 40 very likely remember the Times, and many people, myself included, saved clippings from when they or family members got their name or their photo published within its pages.

The new Trenton Times will undoubtedly help continue the tradition of preserving family memories in print, which was another favorite aspect of what we were able to do at the Trib.

As for me, you may see my byline pop up on an article in these pages from time to time. Otherwise, I’m just going to keep working on that retirement thing.

Editor-At-Large Joe Hoshaw Jr. is a lifelong Downriver resident, including more than 45 years living in Trenton. Email him at joehoshaw@ gmail.com.

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The new owners did a major remodel and upgraded the equipment and had the place really humming before the shutdowns.

Those shutdowns took a toll, as it did on all businesses, but Rob said business these days is just about back to pre-pandemic levels.

Bruner said the business has been helped greatly by “a really awesome staff.” That staff numbers around 15 and some of them have worked at Mr. Nick’s for decades.

Bruner said that because of the bar’s Irish roots, the corned beef sandwiches have alway been a favorite at the bar and the upgraded menu now includes fresh-from-the-lake perch and prime rib on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Trenton Times front page from Oct. 6, 1916 Courtesy of Trenton Historical Society

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Trenton Times front page from April 1, 1932

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Growing aspirations

State-of-the-art THS greenhouse to host plant sales Sheila R. McAfee Trenton Times

Spring is sprung at Trenton High School, where horticultural students are ready to sell the plants, flowers and vegetables they’ve been growing in their new greenhouse.

Vincas and marigolds, patio pots and hanging baskets, along with succulents and houseplants, have all been tended with care for months in anticipation of the sale being held May 7, 14 and 21.

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The state-of-the-art greenhouse was added to the high school complex in the spring of 2021 as part of the $57.1 million bond for school improvements that voters approved in the 2018 election.

The 30X60 foot space was one of the final projects at the high school, which

included renovations of the athletic complex, a new natatorium, technology infrastructure and the auto body shop.

THS biology teacher Meghan Potter has been involved in the greenhouse project since it was a proposed part of the bond.

She and THS assistant principal Peter Youngblood, a fellow biology teacher and head of the school’s Science Department, gathered ideas for the system during tours of horticulture programs at schools across Michigan. The closest program is at Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, although it focuses on cut flowers and arrangements.

“The greenhouse is way better than we anticipated and is full of potential for students and community engagement,” she said.

SEE ASPIRATIONS, Page 11

< Trenton High School biology teacher Meghan Potter has been involved in the greenhouse project since it was a proposed part of the bond.

Photos by Dave Chapman

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ASPIRATIONS Continued from page 10

Presently, the greenhouse is being used for THS science classes covering plant biology and propagation, horticultural practices and landscape design.

Students have been actively engaged in the greenhouse from the start, giving input about the placement of planting/growing benches, what to grow and maintenance.

For the best results, they have studied Ph levels in dirt and conducted experiments on plant growth.

“The hands-on experiences are a valuable companion to the bookwork,” said Potter.

An added bonus is her first-hand farming experience. Tuckers Farm in Bedford has been operated by Potter’s family for 103 years; she is the fourth generation to be involved in growing vegetables and flowers.

Eventually, said Potter, students from the nine districts that make up the Downriver Career and Technical Consortium will have the opportunity to enroll in a THS course that will prepare them for careers in horticulture and landscaping.

The DCTC was started in 1965, offering students career and technical education

in preparation for college and/or a highly skilled career. Students are bussed from the home schools to the schools where the courses are held.

With the approach of spring, THS students are working on designs to beautify two outdoor courtyard spaces at the high school that are used for lunch as well as classes, weather permitting.

Ultimately, Potter would like to provide students with a farm-to-table experience.

“It would be great to take them full circle so they can eat the food they have grown,” she said.

Trenton residents got a peek at the greenhouse last fall when the district held a community open house. Visitors were bussed between the elementary, middle and high schools to see the improvements tax dollars are providing for generations of students.

The renovations transformed the schools and proved to be helpful during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing administrators to safely plan social distancing protocols to maintain in-person learning.

Get to the greenhouse at the Trenton High School entrance off West Road between Westfield and Edsel.

The greenhouse is way better than we anticipated and is full of potential for students and community engagement. ~ Meghan Potter

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Sports

Hello Hartland, my old friend

State runner-up Trojans fall again in finals to familiar foe Samantha Elliott

Trenton scored twice in the state title game against Hartland, but the Eagles netted three.

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At the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state hockey finals, the scene has been almost predictable for the better part of the last decade. The 2022 finals were no exception.

Jerseys of blue, gold and white, Trenton players with bleached-out hair and the same two opponents fighting for the state title.

On March 11, Trenton took on familiar foe Hartland in the state championship game for the fourth time since the two first met in the finals in 2014.

Unfortunately for the Trojans, it was Hartland on the winning end of a 3-2 overtime score.

It was the third time in the last five seasons that the Trojans finished as D2 runners-up.

While they went home without a state championship, the team had much to be proud of during their postseason run, knocking off big names en route to the state title game.

In the championship game, it was Hayden Oboza who kept Trenton’s season alive and forced overtime.

Down 2-1 after a Hartland shorthanded goal, Trenton went on the power play and pulled goalie Noah Miklos for a 6-4 advantage.

A quick shot from Oboza and it was evened up at two goals each.

Carter Allen had put the Trojans on the board late in the opening period with his power play goal. The lead was short lived as the Eagles struck back just 28 seconds later.

In overtime, Hartland freshman Ian Kastamo knocked in a rebound just 3:22 into the extra period and the game was over.

Trenton goalie Miklos made 31 saves, including a huge one late in the game on a Hartland player who found himself alone in front of the net with the puck.

To get to the state finals, Trenton outscored its opponents 22-6, knocking

Photo by Larry Caruso

off several teams they had previously lost to earlier this fall.

The playoffs opened on Feb. 26 where the team knocked off Woodwaven, 9-1.

“Going in there and beating them 9-1 was a breath of fresh air,” Coach Chad Clements said. “We saw we can do this, let’s just take care of business.

“It was a nice first win to get us rolling.”

Several days later, the team hoisted their fifth straight regional title trophy in front of the home crowd after shutting out Saline 4-0.

A big test came in the quarterfinals against a Canton team, which had stunned Livonia Stevenson earlier in the week to advance.

“We didn’t know a lot about them,” Clements said. “But they (beat) Stevenson, so we knew our hands were full.”

Trenton got past Canton 5-3 to keep the playoff march going.

After winning the quarterfinals, the

Trojans took a week to practice before facing Birmingham Brother Rice at USA Arena in Plymouth.

The game turned out completely opposite from a 5-2 loss Trenton went through earlier in the season.

An early goal put the Trojans up and set the tone.

Matthew Krueger scored just 4:12 into the opening period and, outside of the game being tied for less than a minute in the third period, the Trojans never let up.

Almost a full period after Kruegar’s goal, Xaver Gradinscak’s netted one on the power play. A wrister that he let fly from the point, found its way through traffic and it was 2-0, Trenton.

Brother Rice finally got on board just two minutes later and evened it up late in the third period with a power play goal on the glove side.

Then, as he did many times this season, Oboza came to the rescue.

With 2:53 to play in the final period, Brother Rice’s goalie seemed to come

out of his net to play the puck and Oboza capitalized for what would be the winning goal.

With just under a minute to go, Brother Rice pulled its goalie, but Oboza struck again after he grabbed a loose puck and fired away the empty net with 30 seconds to go.

“Brother Rice beat us earlier in the season and we just went in there and battled,” Clements said. “They have a Mr. Hockey candidate and I thought we did a great job of keeping him at bay.”

Getting ahead early seemed to be key for the Trojans who, after a rocky start to the season, scored the first goal though the playoffs.

“It’s easier playing with the lead and it helped our players believe that we could compete with some of the top teams,” Clements said. “That was important for us and one of our game plans.”

Believing in themselves helped Trenton to turn around a struggling start to the season.

After a particularly rough couple of weeks, the team went into the annual MIHL showcase and played two really tough games with big wins that Clements said put the spark in the team.

“It really kind of ignited our team and started to make our guys believe,” he said.

While the team had eight seniors, it also had six sophomores and a freshman and finding where everyone fit was a process through the season.

“We were just kind of playing everything throughout the season to see what guys could do and where they fit in the puzzle,” Clements said. “We had a lot of guys playing forward and D and switching them back and forth.

“Our whole year was a kind of trial process and a giant jigsaw puzzle.”

In the playoffs, the captains really stepped it up and helped to put a solid SEE TROJANS, Page 16

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OT a heartbreaker for Trenton The Trenton hockey team had its 2021-22 playoff run and season ended on March 12 when the Trojans fell to Hartland 3-2 in overtime in the finals of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state tournament. The Trojans had beaten Woodhaven, Saline, Canton and Birmingham Brother Rice to reach the championship game at USA Arena in Plymouth, but for the third straight time Hartland prevented the Trojans from raising another banner to the roof of Kennedy Arena. The Eagles, who lost to Trenton in the 2014 state finals, beat the Trojans in the finals in 2018, 2019 and 2022. The Trojans will graduate eight seniors, but more than half the team, including goalie Noah Miklos, who had 31 saves in the championship game, returns in 2022-23.

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Photos by Larry Caruso

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Trenton in the hockey finals: Some things never change

T

HANK MINCKIEWICZ Trenton Times

here was a certain symmetry to me returning to the pages of a Trenton publication this month.

When I began my journalism career waaaay back in 1982, one of the first big events I covered for the News-Herald was Trenton’s run to the state hockey championship.

When I left the Sports Editor’s position in 2014, the very last event I ever covered for that paper was Trenton’s run to a state hockey championship.

Now, in March 2022, I am back in this city with a new paper and one of the first stories we are running is Trenton’s (almost) run to a state championship.

My journalistic career spans 40 years and almost every step of the way, the Trenton hockey team was at my side. The players, of course, change, the coaches change, but the program marches on.

In the movie Field of Dreams the character Archie Graham says: “America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.”

I feel the same way about Trenton hockey.

In 1982, coach Jerry Shields and a team backed by a freshman goalie named Keith Nickrand beat Alpena 4-3 for the title. Four years later, a team led by coach Skip Howey beat Flint Kearsley 14-1 in the most onesided game in state championship history.

A Howey-led team returned to the winner’s circle in 1991, beating Brother Rice 6-3. The Howey era might have included a third title, but the Trojans lost to East Kentwood on a fluke, bad-bounce goal in the 1990 state finals.

Howey then turned things over to the legendary Mike Turner, who had won state titles in 1976, 1979 and 1980, before even I was around.

In 1996, the Trojans produced perhaps the greatest team in school

The 2010 team earned one of Trenton’s 14 state championships Photos by Larry Caruso

history, one that Since they was anointed started having by some in the a state hockey hockey world, tournament as the best high back in 1975, school team in Trenton has the nation that won a title year.

14 times. The That team, led Trojans have

by Chris Turner, been runnercurrent Grosse up nine other Ile coach Jason times. So, of Durbin, current the 46 state Trenton coach titles that have Chad Cements been awarded, and others, were Trenton has Chad Clements played on legendary undefeated and played for it 23 coach Mike Turner’s undefeated 1996 beat Kentwood times. A full 50 team and later was Turner’s assistant 6-3 in the final. percent of the before assuming the reins of the proTo reach those championship gram. finals, Trenton games in state crushed Catholic Central 9-3 in the history have included teams with quarterfinals and beat Grand Blanc 6-0 “Trenton” on the jersey front. in the semis.

They say the winning breeds Turner-coached teams then went on winning and there certainly is truth to win state titles in 2003, 2004, 2008, to that statement, but this seems like 2009, 2010 and 2014. more even than that to me. It’s like Clements, who took over the team the hockey playoffs are a birthright after Turner’s retirement, has yet to in this city, handed down from one hang a state championship banner, but generation to the next. it seems inevitable. He has taken the The program has been blessed team to the championship game three with great coaches. I have enormous times already only to find Hartland respect for Turner, Howey and standing in the way each time.

Clements, but they all seem to have Overall, the Trenton hockey an advantage when the state playoffs team has marked time with 14 state start, something down deep in the championships.

DNA of their players.

Trenton in the finals Tier 1 1976 Trenton 4, Lakeview 2 1977 Marquette 3, Trenton 2 Class A 1979 Trenton 2, Sault Ste.Marie 0 1980 Trenton 6, Marquette 3 1982 Trenton 4, Alpena 2 1985 AA Pioneer 2, Trenton 1 1986 Trenton 14, Flint Kearsley 1 1990 East Kentwood 4, Trenton 3 1991 Trenton 6, Brother Rice 2 1995 Marquette 2, Trenton 0 1996 Trenton 6, East Kentwood 3 1997 Catholic Central 7, Trenton 0 1998 Trenton 3, Grosse Pte. South 2 Division 2 2003 Trenton 4, Davidson 0 2004 Trenton 4, Mona Shores 3 2005 Brother Rice 4, Trenton 3 (OT) 2008 Trenton 3, Midland 0 2009 Trenton 4, Mona Shores 2 2010 Trenton 3, Midland 2 2014 Trenton 8, Hartland 3 2018 Hartland 4, Trenton 2 2019 Hartland 4, Trenton 0

Something seems to happen when the calendar flips over to March and the tournament begins. Trojans players seem to grow bigger, stronger, more determined.

I’ve seen it with my own eyes and it has been my pleasure to mark time with this program through the decades.

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TROJANS

Continued from page 13 run together, Clements said.

“They started to believe and they started to buy in and we got hot,” Clements said. “At this time, playoffs speaking you really rely on your seniors and the eight seniors played vital roles in their playoff run.

“We really depend on our seniors in terms of leadership in the locker room and on the ice, both offensively and defensively.”

The task for next year’s team will be the lack of seniors with a small junior class this year, but Clements is confident that the squad will work it out. “(This year) we just had to find our way,” he said. “I really think that we were searching for identity (and) we were plugging in pieces and seeing where they fit.

“We got healthy and everyone started to see their role a little clearer.”

In every game, the Trojans made one thing for sure; they were not going down without a fight.

“We built our identity off our hard work and determination that we were going to be a tough loss,” Clements said. “Make sure you make the other team work to eliminate you.”

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Three Trojans wrestle at D2 state meet

Three Trenton High School wrestlers reached the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state wrestling finals at Ford Field March 4-5 and one of them – Braylon Hughes – earned all-state recognition.

Hughes, a senior, who was 51-5 this season, finished sixth at 135 pounds.

Hughes, who was a regional champion, beat James Wagner of Lansing Waverly 4-3 to start the state finals. He then beat Zack Gibson of Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg 4-2.

In the semifinals, Hughes lost to eventual state champion Aaron Luclo 11-4.

Luclo would go on to beat James Link of Lowell in the finals and finish the season with a 58-0 record.

Hughes then lost to Gaylord’s Gabe Thompson 5-3 in the match for fifth and sixth place.

Trenton’s other state-meet qualifiers were Peyton Culpepper and Max Rickman.

Rickman, a senior, won one match at the finals. After losing his opening match at 171 pounds, Rickman bounced back to beat Gabe Gair of Sparta 10-7.

He exited the tournament with a 5-3 loss to Nathan Adrina of Edwardsburg.

Rickmanb finished the year with a 49-9 record.

Culpepper, a junior wrestling at 160 pounds, wrestled two matches at the finals, losing by fall to Jacob Gonzalez of Holly and 6-0 to Austin Chivis of Thornapple-Kellogg.

Trojans cagers fall in district opener A bit if a tough season came to a close for the Trenton Trojans on March 7 when they lost their Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 district tournament opener to Grosse Ile 62-50. The losses wrapped up a season that saw the Trojans compile a 6-14 overall record, 6-10 in the Downriver league.

After ousting the Trojans, Grosse Ile lasted just one more game in the tournament, falling 46-42 to Huron League champ Flat Rock. Grosse Ile finished the year 8-12.

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Join the ranks: Be a protector of local and independent I began putting my thoughts to words, now, some 57 months ago when I accepted the request to contribute a monthly column about localism to what was then just the Grosse Ile Grand.

All the information and ideas and communications from advocacy organizations, over many years, had educated me, frustrated PETER me, angered me, and ROSE motivated me to work Trenton Times harder to explain local economics to people who would read these columns.

Because I can explain it and express it, I felt it was an absolute responsibility to do so.

Nearly five years later, I feel worse about things, not better, but I’m glad for the writing. It’s cathartic.

If you are reading this in Trenton – welcome to this paper, and to this column!

The Trenton Times is now a part of the audience that reaches every home and business in Grosse Ile, Wyandotte, Riverview, Southgate and Trenton. I am so glad to have the opportunity to write for more and more Downriver residents through these fine publications.

Because my businesses are in Wyandotte, I see these cities as the original Downriver, and absolutely the heart of the clientele I’m grateful to serve. I congratulate Go Big Multimedia, and wish them great success in Trenton as they fill the void left by the Trenton Trib in their own way.

The relentless purpose of my writings is to explain my perceptions about retail.

“Retail” is a broad term, encompassing every niche and means

of distribution. It is just about any item one can buy, from tiny glass frogs to complete furniture sets, through stores or catalogs or the internet.

The stance from which I opine, however, sees every other form of retail besides small, local, and independent as invaders that have become far too dominant, and far too damaging to the businesses that keep money circulating locally.

National is defined by me as being a company that is funded by the stock market or any private equity group.

National retail exploded in the 1980s through the 2000s, eliminating thousands of local retailers across the nation in rapid order.

That centralized management jobs for these companies of endless variety to headquarters that were NOT here in Michigan. That eliminated thousands of local salespeople and jobs for countless vendors that serviced every region, everywhere. That diverted monies that used to be spent at local advertising agencies, or law firms, or any of the things and services that retailers need for operations. Internet businesses took that diversionary practice to a whole new level.

Cities that lost all their retailers to shiny new malls, rendering those towns diminished or even devastated.

Residents of Trenton feel the effect of this unfortunate truth through the demise and loss of Mulias and Elias.

When the mainstay, the anchor of a town goes, it makes it geometrically harder for small shops around that void to be successful. The foot traffic is just plain changed. When a generational company of that size exits for any reason, it will not be replaced. So, what happens to Trenton? It languishes,

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Eventually, smaller businesses with great ambition come to town, like Truago and Provence and The Vintage Mercantile to name a few notables, and we start to be able to breathe again.

It feels great watching operations like that succeed to the point that others want to come, too. We can see the impact that is being made, and we want to support them to fan the flame of rebirth, let alone to buy into those places’ unique offerings.

That’s how businesses grow, and growth in business leads to greater prosperity for the town itself. Believe me, every single purchase, every dollar matters far more than you can imagine.

All the towns that Go Big Multimedia serves are havens for small, local, and independent.

Southgate has quite a few nationals, but they also have many Indies. Go Big Multimediaitself is local; without them, we have no papers. Chelsea and Willow Tree are proud to have made the decision to buy into their contribution for all five papers, adding more to the symbiotic nature of the challenge here Downriver.

I urge all of you reading this to take my message to heart if you haven’t already (and there are a lot of folks who have). In addition to my family businesses in Wyandotte, I am also the fanatical advocate for local and small to strengthen our cities, our region.

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Emily Gail (of Gail’s Office Supply) used to have a store in Detroit, in a time

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A friend of mine that I still miss posted this as his last post on facebook: Be Nice, People (yes, it was Dan Drotar). It’s about as simple and succinct as you can get! It feels so much better to spread good cheer, and to be supportive and grateful for what we have in our towns, serving our needs.

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Soroptimists to hold Human Trafficking Summit Human trafficking affects every community Downriver and throughout the country regardless of income levels, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

FBI intelligence estimated in 2019 that about 35 children are being trafficked on any given day in the Detroit metropolitan area – one of the very worst spots nationwide for PAULA human trafficking.

NEUMAN Human trafficking is the Trenton Times exploitation of a person for commercial sex, labor or other services, and state law considers any minor involved in sex for money as a trafficking victim.

To help residents learn more and help protect their children, Soroptimist International of Trenton and Downriver Area will hold a free Human Trafficking Summit from 9:30 a.m. To 2:30 p.m. April 9 at Summit Academy, 18601 Middlebelt, Romulus.

“Anybody that has anything to do with the lives of children – this summit is for them,” said Soroptimist Janelle Rose, a Grosse Ile resident and co-owner of the Willow Tree in Wyandotte.

Often, human trafficking starts out with a girl having a boyfriend or online contact who grooms her to be trafficked, according to the Michigan Abolitionist Project. Often, those cases are never reported.

The local Soroptimist group’s press release about the upcoming summit states: “Parents, educators, school bus drivers, school counselors, health care workers, law enforcement officers and community

advocates are welcome to learn how traffickers lure victims; how the internet, gaming apps and social media are used in human trafficking; how to recognize victims of trafficking; and how to talk to children about human trafficking.”

The event is free, but limited to 160 attendees.

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Soroptimist International is a volunteer group of women focused on issues impacting women and children. Combating human trafficking is an important one of those issues.

“Millions of women and girls every year are trafficked, and they become victims of this heinous crime due to force, fraud or coercion that is imposed on them to obtain different forms of labor, commercial sex, marriage, organs, etc. They are helplessly placed in situations of exploitation, from which it is almost impossible for them to get out or seek help. Human trafficking today has become the most common form of modern slavery. Soroptimists recognize the gravity of this crime, and call for global action to combat this abhorrent violation of human rights,” states the SI website.

“Trafficking is not just the violation of bodily and sexual rights, but is an atrocity against the very existence and development of a human being.

Globally, only 0.04 percent of the vast majority of cases are detected and very few victims are able to access protection.

These glaring statistics seem to be suggestive of the scant awareness on this problem, the existing legal and law enforcement loopholes and low rates of conviction of criminals.”

Presentations during the summit will explore how traffickers lure victims; how social media and gaming sites are used in human trafficking, how to talk to children, how to recognize victims and what to do if you suspect human trafficking.

Speakers will include specialists from the FBI, Michigan Abolitionist Project, Truckers Against Trafficking, Sparrow Freedom Project, Avalon Healing Center, Michigan State Police and survivors of trafficking.

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Rose Koval named ‘Agent of the Year’

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The recently retired Rose Koval won Agent of the Year honors again and another Centurion Award from Century 21.

E. Ann Redfield, Broker/Owner of Century 21 Riverpointe, recently announced the 2021 award-winning agents at the company’s annual Awards Breakfast held at Grosse Ile Golf &

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Agent Rose Koval was again recognized as a Centurion Producer and Agent Of The Year by Redfield.

Rose Koval retired at the end of 2021 and did so with a bang after achieving a coveted award from Mike Miedler, Chief Executive Officer of Century 21 Real Estate LLC, for achieving the Centurion award for more than 21 consecutive years. This is an accomplishment that very few Realtors achieve.

“The power of the CENTURY 21 brand rests on the shoulders of the relentless sales professionals like Rose Koval who always elevate and give 121 percent to their clients throughout the entire client relationship,” said Miedler. “So, as we celebrate their accomplishments, we understand that delivering extraordinary experiences is what homebuyers, sellers and investors deserve, and they should be demanding from their real estate company and agent of choice.”

After more than 35 years of being a Grosse Ile real estate icon and having such an impact on her clients and fellow Realtors alike, Koval will be sorely missed.

According to Redfield, “Rose has been a leader and innovator in delivering powerful home buying and selling choices to her clients because of her expertise in the industry, the service she has always provided and knowing the communities she serves. She has been a trusted real estate resource not only for Grosse Ile, but for the entire Downriver Detroit area and a major contributor to the overall success of Century 21 Riverpointe.”

Jennifer Kish of Century 21 Riverpointe is proud and honored to continue serving the needs of Koval’s clients, as she has been Rose’s friend and Mentee for over 20 years.

Other production awards presented at the Awards Breakfast were the Platinum Awards received by Kish and Niki Grigg; Gold Award Winners: Judy

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Redfield said she was also very happy to report Century 21 Riverpointe again earned the 2021 Quality Service Pinnacle Award and that a record number of her team earned the 2021 Quality Service Producer Award.

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Individual agents who maintained their excellent client reviews and obtained the award were Rose Koval, Jennifer Kish, Niki Grigg, Judy Cemer, Tom Medick, Lorie Polgar, Linda Ann Halford, Maria Chirco and Tim Wojtala.

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Lenten fish fries are back at Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart Knights of Columbus will once again this year offer its Friday Fish Fries during Lent.

Sacred Heart is known as “Home of Downriver’s famous fish Fries,” and this year the tasty dinners will be offered from 4-7 p.m. on Fridays between March 4 and April 15.

Sacred Heart Church is located at 21599 Parke Lane.

You can eat in and enjoy live music and camaraderie or get meals to go and enjoy them in the quiet of your own home.

The choice of fish dinners are broiled cod, fried cod, fried lake perch, fried shrimp or broiled grouper. Dinners cost between $12.95 and $16.95 and include baked potato or French fries, coleslaw and a roll.

Separately sold sides are French fries, perogies, jumbo shrimp and baked potatoes.

There is also a child’s menu that includes pizza, macaroni and cheese or pizza and macaroni and cheese.

Children’s dinners are $4.95.

Gluten-free items are also available.

In addition to the fish, Sacred Heart is known for its homemade soups. The soups vary weekly.

Beverages, including beer and wine are available, as are desserts, including cherry and apple strudel, hot fudge sundaes with strawberries, root beer floats and Boston coolers.

Certified chief George Honer oversees all the food preparation and soup chief Terry Eifert has long-standing experience in soup preparation.

Sacred Heart upgraded its kitchen several years ago, allowing the Knights of Columbus to offer a more and more extensive menu.

Money generated from the fish fries support various programs at Sacred Heart like: • Youth programs: Sponsorship of Cedar Point and Tigers Baseball trips.

• Facilities Upgrades: Kitchen and parish hall.

• Improvement of service: Payment by credit card implemented several years ago. Use of digital technology (TVs menu and info display).

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badly injured 1-yearold dog was found – unable to walk and panting in pain – in September by the side of the road. He had been hit by a car and left to die.

Twelve hours later, the tiny dog -- named Marshmallow -- was turned over to Pound Pals Downriver, a nonprofit group that helps local shelters and shelter animals in need.

The dog’s pelvis and both of his back legs were broken.

“Pound Pals Downriver stepped up to fund the immediate medical care he needed,” said Thomas Abraham of Riverview, director of the group, which was founded in 2006.

Marshmallow first got emergency veterinary care and then endured a complicated surgery by an orthopedic veterinary specialist. The cost was $8,000 – more than the group, funded by donations, has ever spent before on one of the hundreds of pets it cares for each year.

Then Pound Pals found a foster home to oversee the dog’s months of recuperation.

The pup, now fully recovered, was adopted recently by a Trenton family that has another rescue dog, who’d also been found with a broken leg.

“Our role is to support the city shelter and make sure the animals get the care they need to be adopted,” Abraham said. “The need is pretty steady. We raise and spend about $50,000 a year on veterinary care for the homeless animals at the shelter.

This covers pretty much everything from simple antibiotics to major surgeries.”

The shelter he’s talking about is the Downriver Central Animal Control intake shelter, 14300 Reaume Parkway, Southgate. DCAC is a consolidation of four cities’ animal control departments, serving Wyandotte, Southgate, Riverview and Allen Park. Once the

pets there are treated for what ails them – everything from parasites to injuries as extensive as Marshmallow’s – and spayed or neutered and brought up to date on vaccines, the animals go to the Wyandotte Animal Adoption Center, 1170 Grove, where volunteers assist in

daily care and the adoption process.

Abraham’s wife, Alyssa Stafford, is that shelter’s manager, a paid position, although she also works as a volunteer.

The couple has two children, three small dogs and two cats of their own, and the family also fosters animals in

need.

“We (at the Wyandotte center) adopt out usually between 400-500 pets a year,” Abraham said. “We at Pound Pals Downriver are a separate nonprofit organization that supports the shelters and the pets at the shelters.”

Years ago, it was common practice for some animal shelters to routinely euthanize stray pets that came in with infections or injuries.

“Now, with Pound Pals Downriver, so many animals are spared suffering or worse,” said Eve Howell of Riverview. “I volunteer at the Wyandotte shelter and I can attest to the cleanliness, efficiency and warmth this place has.

Prior to Pound Pals Downriver, if someone wanted to make a donation to the shelter, it went directly to the city fund.”

There was no guarantee that donated money would find its way to the shelter. But now donations can be made to Pound Pals Downriver, and the money goes directly to help shelter animals in need.

Donations and volunteers are always welcome, but another way people can help, wherever they live, is to support their cities’ animal shelters.

“The best message we can send is to support the shelters,” Abraham said.

“They’re working hard doing good work and need continued support.”

To apply to adopt a pet through the Wyandotte center, applications can be filled out online at www.wacshelter. com. The center uses a short survey to better match pets with the right homes. Pets available for adoption can be found on the Facebook pages of Downriver Central Animal Control and Wyandotte Animal Shelter, or through the websites of Petfinder.com and AdoptAPet.com.

To volunteer for Downriver Central Animal Control, send email to dcacvolunteers1@gmail.com.

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The Friends of the Detroit River Riverkeeper Dinner is April 2 On Saturday, April 2, the Friends of the Detroit River (FDR) will hold its annual “Keep-the BoatAfloat” fundraising dinner at the Wyandotte Boat Club, sponsored by Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc. and SmithGroup.

This event is held each year to support the work done by the Detroit Riverkeeper and FDR. The Riverkeeper is responsible for patrolling the river by boat, looking for water pollution and other related problems affecting the river and its habitats.

The Riverkeeper and FDR are also working with the Detroit River Public Advisory Council, a group established to address Beneficial Use Impairments (BUIs) to the Detroit River. Two of these BUIs are related to the loss of fish and wildlife populations and the loss of wildlife habitat.

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Artists sought for Art Ambiance Show and Sale After a two-year Covid absence, The Art Ambiance Show and Sale is back and we are ready to have a wonderful show!

If you are an artist, you are invited to participate.

Our fall show, “Fall Festival of the Arts” was a big success and we anticipate this to be our largest show ever!

The Art Ambiance Show and Sale is April 29-May 1 and it highlights only the Downriver artists.

This is a Juried Fine Art Show & Sale and a nonjuried Miniature Show and Sale.

Last year there were more than 150 pieces of original artwork on display. Cash Awards are over $800. The Fine Art section will be juried by a qualified artist who resides outside the Downriver area. This art exhibit show and sale will be held at the beautiful Woodhaven Community Center 23101 Hall Road.

There will be a lovely opening reception with light refreshments, entertainment and a short award ceremony.

Each artist will be able to submit three fine art entries (160 “ in circumference or less) to be juried and five non-juried miniature pieces of art (24” in circumference or less).

Artists 18 years and older, residing in one of the Downriver communities of Allen Park, Belleville, Brownstown Twp., Carleton, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Grosse lle Twp., Huron Twp., Lincoln Park,

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The first-place prize is $300, second place is $200, third Place is $100 and Honorable Mention Awards receive $30. The Artists’ Choice Award is $100.

The event begins April 29 with a reception from 6-9 p.m.

On April 30 and May 1, art is exhibited from noon-5 p.m. each day and there are art demonstrations from

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Application fee is $35 for non-members and $25 for members in good standing standing Questions can be answered by Maureen Keast 734777-6109 (mkeast1@aol.com), or Jackie Walock at 313-570-6919 (walock@sbcglobal.net).

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Friends of the Detroit River to hold Lower Detroit River Cleanup event The Friends of the Detroit River group is hard at work planning for this year’s annual spring cleanup, which will be in celebration of Earth Day and the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act. On April 23 from 9 a.m. until noon, FDR staff, board and volunteers will gather at Trenton Rotary Park to clean up litter and debris that has accumulated over the winter months around lower Detroit River’s shoreline parks and islands.

Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the park for an orientation then be split up into cleanup groups to go out in boats on the river. For the folks that would prefer to stay on the mainland, don’t fear, there’s still plenty of impact to be made by helping to clean up onshore areas!

We hope that these two important events will encourage volunteers to show their appreciation for our precious natural resources by celebrating Earth Day with us and

Volunteers boat out to Celeron Island to help pick up litter and debris off the island’s beach areas during a previous FDR clean-up event.

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If you, or someone you know, would like to volunteer please head to, bit.ly/FDR-Cleanup.

If you have a motorized boat and would like to bring and or launch at the park to participate in the cleanup,

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This cleanup event will be held in partnership with the Detroit River Coalition (DRC) and the Great Lakes CleanUP. The Detroit River Coalition members will be kicking off Earth

Day with an art exhibition at the Belle Isle Aquarium, local artists will be featured in the exhibition and the art will follow an environmental conservation theme. The exhibition will be made available to the public from April 22-24.

Along with the art exhibition, the DRC will host seven cleanups on April 23. The DRC’s Canadian members will be hosting a cleanup on April 9 and a Tree Planting event on April 24. If you would like more information on DRC events, head to detroitrivercoalition.com.

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Mermaid Day art show is slated for March 28 The UpnDown store in Wyandotte will host a specially curated, multiartist, multi-medium art show and opening-night event celebrating International Mermaid Day on Tuesday, March 29.

UpnDown is located at 3205 Biddle Ave., in Wyandotte. The event runs from 5 - 9 p.m. and there is no admission charge There will be outstanding original artworks by over a dozen notable local artists including Leon Dickey, Laura Mocnik, Cheryl Zemke, Mary MacDonald Barrett, Joni Cavanaugh, Martina Sanroman, Gena Conti Millinery, Rand’s Jewelry and more.

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A $2 donation to the Lions Club is required for admission.

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Group makes Easter Bunny visits available Do you have a business or group that would like a pre-holiday visit from the world-famous Easter Bunny?

Well, the Downriver West Kiwanis Club can make those dreams come true.

This March and April, the club is having an Easter Bunny fundraiser that will bring the bunny to any school, daycare, community event, business, storefront, church, etc.

The fundraiser runs from March 1- April 9.

All visits are approximately 20-30 minutes in length for a cost of $50 and must be scheduled in advance.

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Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the club’s ongoing projects such as Busy Bags for children, Appreciation Packages for First Responders, our Bring Up Grades (BUG) program in Downriver elementary schools, and our community baby shower, among other service related projects for the Downriver communities we serve.

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Pancakes with the Easter Bunny The annual Pancakes with the Easter Bunny event has returned! Please join the bunny Sunday, April 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the historic downtown fire station, located at 200 Maple. This event continues to be fun for the whole family. Your Trenton Firefighters have a history of cooking you a delicious pancake breakfast! Visit our fire station, tour our fire trucks, eat breakfast, and take a picture with the Easter bunny.

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Present by the Trenton Civic Commission, the hunt is Saturday, April 16 beginning at 10 a.m. at the Westfield Center. There will be refreshments, the Easter Bunny, Goodie Bags and Egg hunts for all ages The free event will take place rain/snow/shine.

Free Shred Day At Genthe Honda, 15100 Eureka Rd, Southgate from 9:30 a.m. to noon. On Saturday, April 23. Permissible Items Include standard office paper, computer print-outs, credit card receipts, envelopes, binders, photocopies, photographs, checks. Not Permissible Items Include books, magazines, x-ray films, computers and accessories. Limit five boxes. For more information, call Fran Waszkiewicz 734- 785-7705 x7153

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Meet your new International Wildlife park rangers Hello, my name is Jazmyn Bernard, the new environmental education park ranger at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge!

I am a passionate anime lover, traveling enthusiast, and strategic planner/organizer. I graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources Ecology and Management.

Despite four years of heavy course loads, I led a research project on Barred Owls (Strix varia) and Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus). In addition to the owl research, I helped plant trees to protect marshes and combat LSU’s

about this community. My goal in life is to use my knowledge and passions to connect the young and old to nature.

To accomplish this goal, I hope to become a “bridge” between science and the public, thus giving the public the knowledge and “tools” they need to become protectors of the environment.

carbon footprint and worked to gather data on the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia).

Along with balancing my rigorous education and research schedule, I managed to watch over 800 hours of anime, travel to Africa for a study abroad program, and buy an unnecessary amount of colored highlighters and planners.

After college, I completed two internships with Minnesota Valley and Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. Through these internships, I found my love for teaching others about the environment.

Following my passion for environmental education, I moved to Michigan to become a park ranger.

Although I am far from home, I am excited to meet new people and learn

Aleigha Alexander Hello, my name is Aleigha Alexander, I am the new GS9 Park Ranger and Volunteer Coordinator at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.

My love for working outdoors and passion to become a park ranger started when I was fifteen working for the Piatt County Forest Preserve Park District in Central Illinois. I obtained my Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University in Park Management and Conversation with an emphasis in Interpretation.

During my college education, I participated in

Todd Weston Hi, I’m Todd Weston, the new volunteer coordinator and one of the park rangers with the awesome job of helping people to realize nature is everywhere and everyone can be a naturalist.

My lifelong passion for sharing science with others, which started where I grew up outside of Kansas City, Missouri, has taken me from coast to coast and now, thankfully, Michigan.

All of my many experiences have given me an endless amount of stories to tell and I am excited to add new pages to this chapter of my life.

In my free time, I enjoy learning more about science and expressing myself artistically through poetry and resin-based art.

I already love taking “Michigan lefts” and am excited for when I can finally see this Upper Peninsula Aleigha Alexander everyone keeps talking about!

two internships. One at the Hatteras Island Jazmyn Bernard Ocean Center a non-profit organization whose goal is to educate the public on the ecosystem of the island as well as maintain tourism year-round.

My second internship was with the National Park Service on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, working at the Cape Hatteras Light Station, the tallest brick lighthouse in North America.

During my internships, I also participated in the Sea Turtle Nest Sitting program where I aided in the release of endangered turtles to the ocean.

Since graduating from college, I have worked as a Park Ranger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Perry Lake in Kansas and Wappapello Lake in I identify closely with Dr. Seuss’s The Missouri. While in these positions I Lorax when he says, “I speak for the have received the Kansas City District trees.” In my free time, I enjoy being Heartland Award, the St. Louis District with my family and friends, adventuring Appreciation Award, and the St. Louis outdoors, and watching K-State football, District Team Award.

Go Cats!

All these experiences have further I am thrilled to be a part of the enhanced my passion for Interpretation, Detroit River International Wildlife desire to provide education about Refuge team, and I am eager to use my nature to the public (or community), knowledge and skills to enhance the and helping to facilitate a connection connection between the community and between nature and people. the Refuge.

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The Wyandotte-Downriver branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is offering a $2,500 scholarship in 2022, through its foundation, for all eligible applicants. The deadline to apply is March 31.

“The intent of this scholarship is to provide financial support, including tuition, fees, books and supplies to a Downriver native who is currently enrolled full-time,” said Sheila Blair of Southgate, the Scholarship Committee Chair for the Foundation. The scholarship is for the Fall Semester of 2022, and will be paid directly to the chosen college or university on behalf of the student.

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