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City Department Contacts 27th District Court Chief District Judge, The Honorable Elizabeth L. DiSanto Phone: 734-324-4475 Email: 27DC@wyandottemi.gov Animal Control Department Phone: 734-246-1328 Assessor Ted Galeski, City Assessor Phone: 734-324-4510 Email: assessor@wyan.org City Clerk Lawrence S. Stec, City Clerk Phone: 734-324-4560 Email: clerk@wyandottemi.gov Community Development The Community Development Office Phone: 734-324-4566 Email: tdrysdale@wyandottemi.gov

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Municipal Services Paul LaManes, General Manager Phone: 734-324-7100 Email: talk2wms@wyandottemi.gov Police Department Chief Brian Zalewski, Chief of Police Phone: 734-324-4405 For Emergencies call 911 Email: bzalewski@wyandottemi.gov Recreation, Leisure and Culture Department Justin Lanagan, Superintendent of Recreation Phone: 734-324-7295 Email: recreation@wyandottemi.gov Treasury Todd Browning, City Treasurer Phone: 734-324-4570 Email: treasurer@wyan.org

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Downriver Families Against Narcotics fundraiser

Successful FAN event will provide needed funding to keep clients safe

By Dave Gorgon

Organizers of a first-time fundraiser for a group designed to keep individuals safe and away from narcotics say the event was a success.

The Sweet Recovery Fundraiser was presented by the Downriver chapter of FAN – Families Against Narcotics – which supports individuals and families fighting addiction.

Attendees of the April 28 event at the Bentley Banquet Center in Wyandotte learned how FAN got started from the founder, Macomb County Judge Linda Davis; heard praise for addicts who have followed the path to becoming sober; and provided funding that will give hope to those entering the program.

“It was very encouraging that there were so many community leaders in attendance, which demonstrates their support,” said 25th District Court Judge Greg Clifton of Lincoln Park, president of Downriver FAN. “I was very proud and pleased from the turnout and the generosity of people who donated to what I think is a critical cause. The addiction issue is not going away; it’s getting worse. Last year, over 100,000 people died from overdose. In the Downriver area, specifically, we’ve had numerous deaths in the last six months. The only way to address it is to find ways to help people and their families that are struggling with addiction.

It’s not just the person, it’s the family.”

Judge Clifton said one of the “primary goals of Downriver FAN is to make those resources

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The four district court judges who run treatment programs at the courthouses: Judge Victoria Shackelford (left) of Taylor, Judge Elizabeth DiSanto of Wyandotte, Judge Greg Clifton of Lincoln Park and Judge Elisabeth Mullins of Southgate. Judge Clifton is president of the Downriver chapter of FAN.

available, including basic necessities such as food, clothing and housing, as well as more essential resources such as counseling, in-patient treatment and working with peer recovery coaches to mentor them.”

Downriver FAN holds inperson meetings once a month – on the third Thursday of each month, starting at 6 p.m. at the Turning Point Clubhouse in Lincoln Park. Judge Clifton said members of the public are invited to attend.

“Typical meeting attendance is between 50 and 100 people a month,” Clifton said. “There’s a lot more people and we’re continuing to reach out.”

A monthly flier encourages attendance.

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recognizing you have a problem and a willingness to do something about it,” the Judge said. “As I’ve said a million times to people, ‘I can’t make you. You have to want it.’”

The fundraiser gave Clifton and fellow district court judges Elizabeth DiSanto of Wyandotte, Elisabeth Mullins of Southgate and Victoria Shackelford of Taylor the opportunity to present Hero Awards to “champions” who are successfully navigating their respective programs. Judge DiSanto oversees the mental health court. Judge Mullins is in charge of veterans court and Shackelford runs drug and alcohol court.

DiSanto said participants in her program are accepted from

all courts in the Downriver area and even residents in other counties. She said the mental health court currently has 21 participants.

Founder Jill Davis told the story of her daughter who shocked her by admitting she had drug problems, prompting her to seek help and eventually start FAN, which now has 13 chapters and partners with 112 police departments in Michigan. She said 7,000 people have been placed in treatment through Hope Not Handcuffs.

For more information on Downriver Fan, visit the website familiesagainstnarcotics.org/ downriver, visit the group on Facebook or call 313-757-5836.

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Cops, donuts and a good cause Services by Mimi’s Mission for autistic people gained nearly $11,000 in new funding thanks to Cops & Pastries, an April 24 event that raised smiles as well as dough – as in doughnuts.

The challenge was for police officers – having fun with a stereotype – to eat 12 doughnuts in eight minutes or less. Twenty-two police departments, including Wyandotte and Grosse Ile, sent one cop to coach and one to quickly cram in the calories.

Two hundred spectators, including many families with autistic children, cheered on the competition in the Allen Park Center for the Arts.

Besides funding for programs and resources to help people with autism, the event also brought police officers into the public eye in a positive way, said Lisa Vilella of Wyandotte, founder and executive director of nonprofit Mimi’s Mission.

“They’re real people who live in our neighborhoods,” she said. “It was great to have them out with the kids and shaking hands. It was great to see SEE COPS, PAGE 7

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Continued from page 6 so much support for autistic families and for the police.”

She often works closely with officers, offering through a private company 911 Ready Bags for first responders to carry in case they have dealings with someone with autism. Such a person might become agitated or extremely anxious exposed to sirens and flashing lights, for example. The bags contain items such as noise-reducing headphones and weighted blankets to help calm the autistic person.

Two police officers – Allen Park Det. Jim Thorburn and Brownstown Lt. Andrew Starzec – serve on the Mimi’s Mission board. They came up with the idea for a cops-eating-doughnuts competition. When Vilella said in a meeting she

needed a fundraiser to hold in April, which is Autism Awareness Month, the men brought it up.

“Jim said, ‘We’ve been kicking this idea around for a while,’ and there it started,” Vilella said.

Ann Arbor Officer Jim Boylan downed 12 doughnuts in 7 minutes, 58 seconds, to win the event. Second place went to Brownstown Det. Bryan Ramsey – 10 ½ doughnuts in eight minutes.

In third was Grosse Ile Patrolman Robert Piazza.

“Officer Piazza did make it in for his midnight shift, but passed on lunch,” the Grosse Ile Police Department posted online after the event.

All sorts of generous donors helped out with the event. One “gracious donor” called Vilella to congratulate her after the fun, and kicked in $2,500 extra. And then Eric Sloan of Sloan Environmental Services Inc. of Taylor chipped in another $5,000.

“He’s very generous to us,” Vilella said. “I’m so humbled by the support and donations to help

autistic children and their families.”

Stewart Fox of Sugarr Craft Donuts of Woodhaven made and donated more than 600 doughnuts to be sold to spectators and to be eaten in the competition.

The officers had to devour eight cake-style doughnuts plus four glazed doughnuts decorated with sprinkles and blue frosting created by Sugarr especially to honor the boys in blue.

Kekoa Brew Co. of Gibraltar offered coffee and donated $100, and Buffy’s Mexi-Casian Grill of Southgate brought a food truck and donated part of its proceeds.

Bella Granite & Marble of Southgate donated “a ton of stuff for giveaways,” Vilella said, including balloons to decorate the space and a face-painter for the children on hand.

Will the competition take place again next year?

“Yes!” Vilella said.

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Community Corner Sherry Halko Wyandotte Warrior

The City of Wyandotte has a strong commitment to area youth as did Skip Clack, former Mayor of the City of Wyandotte and dedicated volunteer for many programs and organizations. Mr. Clack was a judge for the fishing derby for many years, talking to children and their families and always willing to dedicate countless hours to our wonderful city. For these and many more wonderful reasons, the Annual Wyandotte Fishing Derby will now be named Skip’s Fishing Derby.

The Annual Derby is scheduled for June 4 this year. This popular event typically draws over 200 participants for the derby, ranging from 5-13 years of age. Prizes and trophies are awarded for several categories, including longest

fish, smallest fish, most fish caught, and most unusual item caught. In addition, every child receives a gift bag with miscellaneous coupons and gift certificates from local merchants including such things as movie passes and recreational and fast food coupons.

We are pleased to honor Skips and continue this exciting event, which is available free to all children to enjoy a fun experience at Wyandotte’s waterfront jewel – Bishop Park.

To download an application, scan this QR code.

Applications are also available at the Special Events Office at 3200 Biddle Avenue on the Second Floor of City Hall.

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Localism is all about actual people I rave about Wyandotte quite a bit, perhaps you’ve picked up on that.

Since I started writing this column, my Wyandotte-centric orientation has intensified as an astounding explosion of investment on and around Biddle has taken place. I admit to being biased, but even if I had no such slant, what has happened in the last few years is worth marveling at, and we are nowhere near past that investment surge.

But I’m eager to share any Peter enthusiasm that I feel in our Rose region, or anywhere else that inspires me.

Small, medium and larger cities have the capacity to dazzle me, and when they do, I try to learn and share. I am never satisfied, and I never tire of the search for things that ignite my imagination.

For all the buzz of Wyandotte, I see so much that should be, needs to be better. If other cities have lots of plants hanging on the light poles, I covet the vibe they give and want more in my town.

If I see cool murals on the hidden sides and backs of buildings that would otherwise be dreary and run down, I want that too.

Green belts, bike lanes, bike racks, public conversation arrangements of benches…. stuff like that. It’s not a matter of finding fault; it’s all about finding weak links and changing them into something wonderful, or functional, or efficient. All of the above, and more.

But all of that is not what makes me obsess the way I do.

The real inspiration comes from something different, and I think I have yet to name it in all these articles. It’s very simple, very obvious, and very magical: Everything that ignites this imagination - all of it - derives from individual people. Specific, real people, whose unique energies,“insanities” and visions, whose drive,

perseverance and joy are personified in the businesses that they created, and that, together and apart from all the other obsessed business owners around them, make a city compelling and irresistible.

For every single local and independent business of every kind, there is a person, or a few people, which are the business.

Start rattling off the names in your head of all the places you go that exist because of that one person, or few people. Wyandotte happens to enjoy a very concentrated variety of indies, but there are hundreds of businesses in our Downriver area alone

that are all about people that change our world.

They know us when we walk in. Their take on food or drink, or apparel or furniture, on hair cutting or flowers, so unique and special, is irreplaceable, and not duplicatable.

In one of my earliest columns, I called out a trendline in the country, perhaps the world. It’s what I refer to as a pervasive disconnect in so many people’s behaviors when it comes to being aware of the power they wield to make real differences in

how and where they spend.

I find it even more obvious when I replace the idea of a business with the idea of a person.

We all have the ability to make a person’s day, or to not think about it that way, and just get what we want from impersonal websites or fake, replicated mass market choices.

We have real, and powerful abilities to support the personalities that make our communities, or not.

People. How simple. How amazing.

How did that disconnect happen?

Through relentless marketing and power of media of the large and publicly traded businesses that have infested every nook and niche of American commerce. Every single thing we buy from them enriches people that have no interest in the business they’ve created to try to rip off the local businesses that local people built.

CVS has enormous control over where drugs are available. Independent pharmacies are being squeezed out by huge corporations.

Men’s Wearhouse can blitz airwaves and create top of mind awareness, while selling grossly inferior products to people they don’t know or care about – to benefit shareholders and CEOS that are not here.

I’m describing a phenomenon, not criticizing anyone in particular, but rather, bemoaning the truth that we have been, and continue to be duped and robbed of our power. Yet independents still survive, still persevere. And we are the beneficiaries.

Or, we’re disconnected, supporting the very forces that are deliberately, on purpose and by design, trying to divert as much money as they can from our communities we love.

Localism is about protecting and nourishing our communities. On purpose, by design. When we do, we see the magic generated by countless people that insist on prevailing, to give us such better service, variety, and personality.

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Veterans Honor Guard desperate for new members Dave Gorgon

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beloved service for deceased Downriver military veterans is itself dying a slow death.

The Downriver Veterans Honor Guard, which for decades has provided service at funerals, memorials, gravesites and other functions, is down to 16 members and many of them are older and unable to participate much anymore.

Recruitment is under way for younger men and women who served in the military to join their ranks, but it has not been very successful, causing concern among current members, most of whom are in their 70s, 80s and even 90s.

Honor Guard treasurer Frank Mentzer said the group has sent letters to members of area Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and American Legion posts and has advertised on a billboard in a busy intersection.

Members mention the importance of the service to whoever will listen.

At this writing, only two individuals have responded to the call.

Meanwhile, the requests for Honor Guard service seems to grow by the day.

Mentzer, who is in charge of scheduling for the group, said members often provide the military colors at services two or more times a day.

“We have a really big membership drive going on and it’s not been very successful,” said Mentzer, who served in the Air Force from 1961 to 1965 during the Vietnam War era and was stationed in Berlin, Germany, when the wall was installed. “If we don’t get people pretty soon, there’s not going to be an Honor Guard.”

Mentzer, whose son, Douglas, is superintendent of the Trenton School District, said the membership drive is an “act of desperation. We’re really stretched thin.”

Showing up at a loved one’s funeral service or memorial “means so much to the family,” he said. “You put your heart and soul into it. You put yourself in their position.”

Members of the Downriver Honor Guard are former servicemen and servicewomen who are honorably discharged. They come from the VFW, the American Legion, American Veterans (AMVETS) and other organizations.

Larry Dailing, who is a VFW life member and also belongs to the legion and AMVETS, was recognized for his nearly 20 years of service with the Honor Guard during a recent Loyalty Day ceremony at the Southgate Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall. The Southgate VFW is also home to the Honor Guard.

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Wiertalla spent 10 years in the Army – 4 ½ in active duty in the United States and Korea; the rest in the Reserves. At 57 years old, he said he is the youngest of the current Honor Guard members.

A resident of Allen Park, Wiertalla said he joined the Southgate VFW because it merged with the Allen Park VFW years ago and still has many members from Allen Park.

“Veterans, no matter what branch they served in, have a camaraderie,” he said. “We kind of see things differently than someone who hasn’t been in the service.”

sponsored seven families of disabled military veterans at Christmas time and they donate to Veterans Hospitals in Detroit and Ann Arbor.

“Money is not the issue – membership is,” said Mentzer, who went from the military to a 40-year career at Great Lakes Steel.

“When we tell them we’re going to do a funeral, one way or another we’re going to be there,” Mentzer said. “I take all the calls: funerals, parades, wherever they need us… We’ve done funerals in barnyards and memorials in front yards and backyards. There are a lot of cremations due to COVID and people are scheduling memorials

ever done, in my opinion,” Dailing said. “I just wish I had been in it sooner.”

Jeff Wiertalla was one of two Southgate VFW post members to sign up for the Downriver Honor Guard in recent months. He saw the billboard advertisement at Northline and Allen roads, but his affinity for honor guards goes back decades, when veterans presented the colors as a living tribute to him once he came home in 1990 after his Army term ended in

“What we’re doing makes a small difference in a person’s life or a family. It might just be a funeral, but the people we’re doing this for thought their military service was important while they were still alive, and their families knew to get us involved in the service. It’s a small gesture that has a big impact on individuals and the community.”

The Honor Guard is presenting eight $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors in the area, they

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“We care about what we do. It’s that simple. We do whatever it takes to get it done. Anybody who wants to join us will. They become a member of our family on day one. No mistakes about that.”

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Amateur radio ‘Field Day’ is June 25-26 Members of the Motor City Radio Club will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise on Saturday June 25 and Sunday June 26 at Centennial Farms on Grosse Ile. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. This event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.

For over 100 years, Amateur Radio — sometimes called ham radio — has allowed people from all walks of life to experiment with electronics and communications techniques, as well as provide a free public service to their communities during a disaster, all without needing a cell phone or the Internet.

Field Day demonstrates ham radio’s ability to work reliably under any conditions from almost any location and create an independent communications network. Over 35,000 people from thousands of locations participated in Field Day in 2016.

Field Day is the core of emergency preparedness for Amateur Radio. It is a simulation of a situation where all circuits are down, a tornado or other natural disaster has occurred. As if there are no utilities or power.

“What we use is generators, “ said Motor City Radio Club member Bruce Menning. “We run

our radio equipment off emergency power, and communicate with other ham radio operators across North America, also running emergency power”.

The Motor City Radio Club was founded in 1932 by local amateur radio operators and has over 120 members from the metro area. Using Amateur radio, hams can communicate not only down the street, but around the world, sometimes using less power than a flashlight.

Hams can literally throw a wire in a tree for an antenna, connect it to a battery-powered transmitter and communicate halfway around the world. Hams do this by using a layer of Earth’s atmosphere as a sort of mirror for radio waves.

Members of the club train each year as official weather spotters, and report tornadoes and severe weather to the National Weather Service. Some members communicate with other hams by bouncing signals off the moon, using satellites in space and communicating with astronauts on the International Space Station.

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Amateur radio operators set up equipment using emergency power and provided life saving communications for weeks until the island’s public safety and utility radio networks could be rebuilt.

Anyone may become a licensed Amateur Radio operator. There are over 725,000 licensed hams in the United States, as young as 5.

All are welcome to visit Centennial Park for set up on Friday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m. (bring a pair of gloves and we will put you to work) and anytime during the field day on Saturday and Sunday.

The club will also be offering ham radio license exams at the Field Day site on Saturday morning at 10am. Pre-registration is required. Visit w8mrm.net/ education for more information.

Anyone who has an interest in radio theory, radio propagation, construction, practical communications, the Morse code, transmitter hunting, or competitive contesting is welcome to join the Motor City Radio Club.

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Wyandotte-based agency Downriver for Veterans was represented by founder Ann Rudisill and colleagues Matti Scott and Donnie Hanson at the Chamber of Commerce business expo.

“Downriver’s premier business expo” is in the books for 2022. The Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber celebrated its Black Tie Gala and Expo with the business community and friends in May in Crystal Gardens in Southgate. The theme was the Kentucky Derby and black ties were optional. Tom Daldin and Jim Edelman, co-creators of the PBS Michigan travel show “Under the Radar,” were guests of honor. Chamber Executive Director Ron Hinrichs announced a three-year partnership between the chamber and UTR to promote “Destination Downriver” on the show.

Here is a photo gallery of some of the people on hand for this year’s black tie.

Madison Dropp, a high school senior at Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, and teacher Jamie Walters, were displaying plants at the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber black tie gala. Jamie is a certified botanist.

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Did you know that reducing your meat consumption can help the environment, as well as improve your health?

Climate mitigation – what can I possibly do?

Susan Pinkowski What can you do? Plenty, as it turns out!

The first thing is to stop waiting for the government or industry to do it, and to take positive action into your own hands. Another step is to be sure to take actions that give the most bang for your buck.

This may be hard to believe after all the hype, but recycling isn’t one of them. In fact, recycling doesn’t even make the top six!

The most important thing, though, is the recognition and acceptance that we all must work together and do our part, right away, because the future of this beautiful planet absolutely depends on it.

There is no more time to waste.

Once you start on these changes, and become the local trend-setter, your neighbors and family members and friends will likely join in. A local grass-roots effort that spreads rapidly can make all the difference. We can lead the way Downriver!

The top two actions that are available now and at much reduced costs from previous years are (a) turning your home into a solar power station and (b) getting an electric vehicle.

If you meet certain conditions (one is lots of sun!), you can now obtain a solar system for no money down. Your monthly bill can be less than what you pay DTE right now for electrical power. More information on this was in a previous issue of this publication so you should be able to get it online. As you drive around town, please check out all the solar arrays popping up – there must be a good reason!

An electric vehicle will be able to plug into that free power that you’ll have at your house once you go solar. It won’t matter to you when gas hits $5 a gallon.

There are a wide range of vehicles available but note that as the mileage range of the vehicle goes up, so does the price. If you only need a vehicle for short city trips, you can get an EV for not much more than a normal car.

Our country consumes more refined petroleum than any place else in the world, so of course our emissions are off the charts.

As more power companies switch to greener sources, those emissions will decrease, and as the sale of EVs grows, further reductions will be realized.

In addition to going solar and getting an EV, there are a few more things that will have a big impact.

Reducing air travel goes a long way towards emission reductions, even though only 1 percent of the people fly frequently. The amount of emissions per passenger-hour is up to 47 times that of traveling by car.

It may be impossible to never fly again, but significantly reducing the number of trips per year is a step in the right direction. If you do have to fly, you may purchase carbon credits to offset the emissions. This process directs money to another way of lowering emissions so that your trip is a wash and your guilt is assuaged! If you take this route, be sure to get verified carbon credits or it will all be for naught. Any carbon question, just go to https://www. carbonfootprint.com/ and all will be explained.

This next idea can easily be done in stages.

In this country, we eat four times the amount of beef

that other countries eat and the emissions from meat production are enormous. Starting off with one day out of seven designated meatless will help you lower your share of those emissions, plus your health will likely improve.

Another way is to avoid meat at breakfast and lunch, and only have meat at dinner.

Eventually you can add another meat-free day or even embrace vegetarianism. It will make an impact on both the climate and your health. There are lots of other proteins to explore!

While we are talking about food, we must reconsider the amount of food we waste. The average estimated food waste per person in the U.S. is about 400 pounds per year.

If you eat low on the food chain (fruits, veggies, grains and beans) the emissions are much, much lower. Even better is growing your own kitchen garden or joining a food cooperative/farm in your area where you’ll receive local, seasonal produce yearround. If you’re out to eat and you know you won’t eat everything that comes with the meal, ask the server to hold, or skip it. All of this can add up to less waste.

Our society has devolved into a throw-away one, where repairs don’t exist and buying newer, bigger, better is a way of life. As part of our efforts to save this planet, we need to reduce our consumption, our consumerism and adopt some of the methods that were instituted years ago when our country needed its people to pull together.

We have to repair or fix things if/when they break, not buy new ones. If we need to purchase clothes (note SEE CLIMATE, PAGE 23

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that was ‘need’, not ‘want’), we should buy good quality clothes that last and won’t wind up in the landfill after a couple cycles of washing and wearing.

We need to visit our local resale shops, our vintage stores and our boutiques so we can get a second life out of clothes that are probably put together better than a lot of the ones on the retail racks now.

There is a lot you can do around the house as well.

Depending on your city’s ordinances, having native plants instead of a lawn will save energy and water. Here in the United States, we dump 8 billion gallons of water on lawns every day!

Native plants aren’t that thirsty. You can also start a compost bin of your kitchen scraps (avoid meat and bones) to supplement the soil in your kitchen garden and flower beds.

Plant more trees as they are great at capturing carbon in the air. Instead of buying hedge trimmers, borrow your neighbor’s. It’s services we really want, not the product and the energy that goes along with it so think outside the box and don’t have your first reaction be ‘buy!’.

While recycling isn’t the holy grail we were all led to believe, it does keep a significant amount of trash off the roads and there are an increasing number of products made from recycled plastic bottles, so it does have its advantages.

Scientists are working steadily to find new ways to get plastic to decompose quickly, but we’re still a long way off. Instead of buying cases of bottled water, switching to an easily refillable BPA-free bottle will save you time, money and expose you to less toxins.

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How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint, by Livia Albeck-Ripka www.nytimes.com/guides/year-ofliving-better/how-to-reduce-yourcarbon-footprint 7 High-Impact Lifestyle Changes to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions,

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The Roosevelt track teams had a good day at the Metro Classic meet at Woodhaven High School on May 16.

The Roosevelt girls ran third behind Woodhaven (280 points) and Allen Park (236) with 176 points. The Bears finished 60 points ahead of fourth-place Carlson The Bear boys were fourth on their side of the meet, finishing with 138 points and behind Woodhaven (228), Riverview (184) and New Boston Huron (154.5).

Individually, the Bears had three meet champions. Taylor Fuller won the pole vault for the girls and Sam Rankine won the 800 meters and Nathanael Gonzalez triumphed in the 300 hurdles for the boys.

Also scoring for the girls were three of the four relay teams.

The 4x800 relay (Samantha Cost, Aubrey Migoski, Stevie Pizzo and Abby Caudill) was second to Woodhaven.

The 4x100 team (Alyssa DeLong, Megan Calahan, Aina Toboy and Taylor Fuller) finished third and the 4x400 team (Lillian Edwards, Rianne Zagor, Meadow McDonald and Nilah Haugabook) finished eighth.

Individually for the girls, Migoski was second in the 800 meters and sixth in the mile, Cost was second in the mile and third in the two-mile, Toboy was second in the discus and fourth in the shot, Maci Krajewski was third in the high jump, Myah Greene was fourth in the pole vault, Leela Hall was fifth in the high jump, Calahan was sixth in the 200 meters, seventh in the 100 and eighth in the long jump, Pizzo was seventh in the 800, Francesca Giammalva was seventh in the shot put and Keeley Theisen was seventh in the long jump.

For the boys, all four relay teams scored points.

The 4x400 relay (Justin Kanaziz, Gonzalez, Blake Roberts and Rankine) was second to Riverview. The 4x800 team (Ethan Johnson, Roberts, Rankine and Emmit Mendenhall was third. The 4x200 team (Mendenhall, Chase Cline, Kanaziz and Gonzalez) was sixth and the 4x100 team of Mendenhall, Joe Rawls, Cline and Kanaziz finished eighth.

Individually for the boys, Rankine was third in the 400 meters, Demarrio

Roetherford was third in the discus, Roberts was fourth in the 800, Cline was sixth in the high hurdles, Connor Haynes was sixth in the shot put, Alexander Emory was sixth in the high jump, Gonzalez was sixth in the long jump and Lukas Ray was seventh in the shot.

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Bears end skid with DH sweep of rival Titans Coach Brian Cotner’s Roosevelt baseball team snapped an eightgame losing skid on May 16 with a doubleheader sweep of neighboring Southgate Anderson.

The Bears cruised to a 5-2 wein in the first game and rallied for an exciting 10-8 win in the nightcap. The victories were Roosevelt’s fifth and sixth of the season.

In the first game, Roosevelt scored two runs in the fourth and single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings and built a 5-0 lead. Anderson scored two runs in its final at-bat, but it was too little, too late.

Jorge Cruz had two hits to pace a seven-hit Bear attack. Pitcher Manny Gutierrez pitched into the sixth inning and got the win.

The second game was limited to just five innings and the Bears won it with three runs on their last at-bat. The big blow came from Jad’n McGowen, who singled in a pair in the bottom of the fifth.

The Bears had eight hits in the game and a big six-run third inning got them back into the game after Anderson had built a 5-1 lead, Jason Pente, Mark Sobush, Robbie Longoria, and Keegan Rose all had RBI during the big third-inning rally.

Anderson retok the lead with foyer runs in the top of the fourth inning, setting the stage for the fifth-inning heroics by Roosevelt.

Gutierrez and Sobush each had two hits to lead the attack for Roosevelt.

Mike Massengill went the distance for the Bears and was the winning pitcher.

The victories were Wyandotte’s first since the Bears enjoyed a threegame winning streak back between April 20-27. At that time, the Bears beat Taylor 7-1, Lincoln Park 5-4 and Carlson 9-4.

Gutierrez pitched six innings and struck out 12 in the win over Taylor.

The Bears scored twice in the top of the seventh to snag the win over Lincoln Park. Rose went the distance for the pitching victory.

In the win over Carlson, Pente and McGowen each had two hits and McGowen and Marcos Gonzalez each had two RBIs. Gutierrez was again the winning pitcher, this time fanning eight over seven innings of work.

The regular season wrapped up with league games against Carlson and Woodhaven and a non-leaguer with Livonia Franklin and that will set the stage for the start of the Michigan High School Athletic Association state

tournament.

The Bears will host a district tournament and they drew a May 31 pre-district game against Carlson.

The winning of that pre-district will advance to the district on June 4

for a noon game against Taylor. The 10 a.m. game will pit Woodhaven against Southgate Anderson. The finals are set for 2 p.m.

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The Roosevelt mens and womens rowing teams each captured third place at last month’s Hebda Memorial Challenge Cup Regatta.

The meet, which has been around since 1964, features a 1500-meter course on the Detroit River that runs between the western shore of Grosse Ile and the Wyandotte shore. Races start south of BASF Park and the boats travel north, against the current, with the finish line back at the park. Boats are launched from a dock behind the Wyandotte Boat Club, which sponsors the regatta.

Carlson won the women’s portion of the race and the overall title, a first in each case for the Gibraltar school.

Parkersburg (WV) was second on the girls side and Roosevelt was third. In the men’s competition, Saline won, followed by Riverview and Carlson and Roosevemnt tied for third place.

Roosevelt was also third in the overall standings behind Carlson and Parkersburg.

The Roosevelt women finished second in four different events. The team took silver in the Junior

8, Lightweight 4, Novice 8 and Junior 4. Roosevelt added a third-place finish in the Varsity 4.

Roosevelt’s men won the Junior 4 and finished second in the Varsity 4, Lightweight 4, Junior 8 and Varsity 8. The Bears added thirds in the Novice 8 and the Junior 4.

Joining the Bears at the Hebda were Carlson, Parkersburg, Saline, Riverview, Trenton, Grosse Ile, Southgate Anderson and Dearborn Heights Crestwood.

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The Roosevelt girls tennis team, the defending Downriver League champions, has had another phenomenal season. The Bears had a chance to repeat as champs at the league meet hosted by Carlson on Monday, May 23. Prior to that, the Bears were in a battle for a Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state meet berth at regionals hosted by Temperance-Bedford. The results of the regional and the league meet were unavailable at the Warrior’s press time.

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Roosevelt’s Katrin Caldwell scored on this play against Southgate Anderson in Southgate on May 16, but the Bears dropped a doubleheader to the Titans, falling 4-3 in 10 innings in the first game and 16-4 in the five-inning nightcap. But the twinbill was just a warm-up for the two teams, who will meet again on May 31 in Wyandotte in a pre-district game to start the state tournament. The Titans and Bears will play at 4 p.m. for the right to advance to the district tournament in Wyandotte on June 4. In the district, Taylor will face Carlson at 10 a.m. and the Southgate-Wyandotte winner will face Woodhaven at noon. The championship game is set for 2 p.m. The district winner will advance to regionals at Allen Park to face the winner of the Livonia Franklin district.

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Should that be something that sounds like you would want to do, it can be had every Tuesday night from now until Sept. 27th from 5 until 8 p.m.

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Along with hundreds of vehicles to view and people to talk with there is a D.J. gift cards and a

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With a name like Holy Cow!, you would expect there to be ice cream galore. To go along with that there are Coney Dogs and drinks.

The cruise night is sponsored by the Wanderers Car Club. For further information you may contact Terry Barrett at 734-558-3665

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