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By Charles SercombeFormer Acting City

Manager Kyle Tertzagwill not be coming backin that role.At a packed monthly

Receivership TransitionAdvisory Board meetingon Tuesday afternoon,the board rejected a citycouncil resolution hiringTertzag to come back asinterim city manager.Without further com-

ment, the board saidsimply that Tertzag was

not qualified, but did notspecify why he was notqualified. The board in-structed the city councilto come back with anappointee who is quali-fied, although it was un-clear what qualificationsthe board is looking for.It is expected that the

decision will be met witha legal challenge.Tertzag lashed out at

the board for not allow-ing him to speak at the

By Charles SercombeIt’s been four years

since a plan was OK’d toremodel a building atJos. Campau and Caniffinto a mosque.Since that time there

has been little progress,with just the inside gut-

ted and redesigned andmodest modificationsmade to the outside.Along the way, in

2015, a former citybuilding official mistak-enly gave permission fora change to the outside.

By Charles SercombeFollowing the rejection

of one interim city man-ager, the city council tookanother stab at makingan appointment.And once again the can-

didate is no stranger tothe city.

City Treasurer JohnGabor was tapped atTuesday’s city councilmeeting to be the actingcity manager starting thisSaturday, July 1. City Manager Katrina

Powell’s employment con-tract expires after June30. A bare majority oncity council, Anam Miah,Abu Musa, Saad Almas-mari and MohammedHassan, rejected extend-ing her contract.

State financial advisory board rejects city manager replacement

Continued on page 2

Mosque organizerscome back for morechanges to building

It’s taketwo for CM hiring

Continued on page 4

Kyle Tertzag (right) held a press interview after astate-appointed financial advisory board rejected aproposal to hire him as interim city manager.

City Treasurer JohnGabor is the latest to betapped as acting citymanager.

Remodeling of a building at Jos. Campau and Caniffto turn it into a mosque has been slow over the pastfour years.

end of the meeting de-spite several commentsmade by the publicabout him and his quali-fications.Board Chairman Debo-

rah Roberts said Tertzaghad a chance to speakat the beginning of themeeting when the publicis allowed to addressthe board.Before the board voted

on Tertzag’s contract,several residents spokeagainst him. One resi-dent and a few non-resi-dents spoke favorably ofTertzag.The meeting on Tues-

day was tense andsweaty, and thosespeaking against Tertzagcited his checkeredrecord as a councilmem-ber in Allen Park and ascity administrator forWoodhaven.Others said the

“process” the councilfollowed in hiring Tertzagwas flawed, and evenpossibly the bare major-ity of councilmemberswho voted to hire himhad violated the state’sOpen Meetings Act.Mark Hausner, a local

attorney and DowntownDevelopment Authoritymember, said the waythe council handled theappointment makes itseem like the city is “onthe verge” of falling into

a financial crisis for athird time.Mayor Karen Majewski

agreed, saying the city isstill “fragile.”Councilmember Ian

Perrotta said that eventhough a bare majorityof councilmembersvoted for Tertzag, thataction “does not reflectthe will of the commu-nity.”Tertzag was appointed

by a slim majority ofcouncilmembers -- AnamMiah, Abu Musa, Mo-hammed Hassan andSaad Almasmari -- in aspecial meeting thatwas called on short no-tice.Perrotta also accused

the council majority be-hind Tertzag’s hiring ofcolluding behind thescenes to hire him, thuslikely violating thestate’s Open MeetingsAct.Bill Meyer came to the

defense of the councilmajority, saying like it ornot, the majority voterules.Immediately after the

meeting Tertzag held apress interview in coun-cil chambers.He said the board’s

decision was “backlash”from the state TreasuryDepartment from thetime he was in Ham-tramck as acting citymanager and brought tothe department’s atten-tion that former Emer-gency Manager CathySquare made “bigoted”

remarks.Square, an African-

American, allegedlyquestioned a city em-ployee of Mexican her-itage if he was a“Mex-i-can or a Mex-i-can’t,” Tertzag said.Tertzag also said that

when he championedputting in bike lanes onsome city streets, shecalled that plan “crazy”because Bengali-Ameri-can drivers “will killsomeone.”She also allegedly

said that Hamtramckcould not work with theCity of Highland Park“because it’s run byblack people.”Despite telling the

state about Square’s al-

leged comments, hewas told by state offi-cials to “let it go.”Square was emer-

gency manager in Ham-tramck for 18 months,and is now city adminis-trator for Highland Park.The Review reached

out to Square for com-ment and she said: “Ideny it all.” She declinedto comment further.Tertzag also accused

the RTAB of violating thestate’s Open MeetingsAct because one mem-ber of the board wastelling the public theweekend before themeeting that a decisionhad already been made.“It was a done deal,”

Tertzag said.

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By Evan MajorThe following informa-

tion was presented at themonthly Hamtramck Pub-lic School Board meeting,held on June 14:The financial health of

the district is strong. Wehave continued to stew-ard the public's re-sources in a responsiblemanner and finished theyear with an operatingsurplus of $2,903,739and a general fund bal-ance of $9,828,6643.The largest reasons for

this are:• A trend of growing

enrollment at every levelin the system• The recent Wayne

County enhancement

millage success • Continued responsi-

ble and conservativebudgeting• The sinking fund

passed by the commit-ted voters of Hamtramck• The staff sacrifices

in the previous deficit re-duction planAll of this enabled

Hamtramck PublicSchools to accomplishthe following in the2016/17 school year:• Give all staff ex-

tremely deserved raisesat a time when teachersare under constant at-tack• Overhaul and dra-

matically expand theEnglish Language Learn-

ing (ELL) department tomeet the needs of ourmany language learners• Build a new and ex-

panded state-of-the-artkitchen at DickinsonWest Elementary andKosciuszko MiddleSchool• Completely replace

the aging roof at Dickin-son East Elementary• Assess our needs

and begin to overhaulour technology and cur-riculum to match the21st century demands... and more This puts us in a posi-

tion to be able to do thefollowing for the2017/18 school year:• Replace the aging

roof at Hamtramck HighSchool • Build a new and ex-

panded state-of-the-artkitchen at DickinsonEast Elementary• Continue to reward

our staff for their service• Roll out a new and

aggressive district widecurriculum • Continue hiring more

teachers for targetedprograms … and more

Thank you to the fami-lies and staff of Ham-tramck Public Schoolsfor your never endingsupport, and please stay

engaged as we move for-ward. I'll end the updatewith a relevant actionitem:In their ongoing at-

tempt to privatize publicassets, the Michigan leg-islature voted last weekto send a bill to GovernorRick Snyder that wouldeliminate the notion of asecure retirement for anynew educator in Michi-gan. In doing so, they have

also made it more diffi-cult for local school dis-tricts to budgetresponsibly. Because inthat bill, in addition tothe massive up-frontcosts it will take toswitch over from the lia-bility-free plan, it will re-quire public schooldistricts to contribute tothose new retirement ac-counts while leaving pri-vate charter schools tomake no contributionswhatsoever. Call the governor (517)

373-3400 to tell himHamtramck PublicSchools already hasenough budgeting chal-lenges without making itharder to recruit teach-ers to our state becauseof backwards thinkinglike this pension reformbill.

School Board News …

H.O.P.E. Learning CenterDickinson East H.O.P.E

Program studentspainted their raised gar-den beds that are nowhome to several vegeta-bles and herbs. KMS H.O.P.E. recently

attended the 2017 Ham-tramck Community Initia-tive (HCI) Spring Fling,where we were honoredby HCI, Wayne CountyCommission, and theState of Michigan, andU.S. House of Represen-tatives. Our awards werepresented in respect toour 3C7 Anti-LitteringProject from Summer2016.For Mother’s Day, KMS

H.O.P.E students com-bined chemistry andkitchen science to makescented candles for thewomen in their lives. HHS HOPE students

took an end of the yearfield trip to Greenfield Vil-lage.Tuesday, June 27, our

students enjoyed a tripto Splash Universe inDundee. Students en-joyed floating and swim-ming in their lazy river,water slides, and playingin the arcade.

EnrollmentHamtramck residents

may enroll their childrenin Hamtramck PublicSchools at the HPS Busi-ness Office, 3201 Roo-sevelt. Summerenrollment hours are7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.School of Choice appli-

cations will be acceptedduring the followingdates:Kindergarten: Unlim-

ited, through September8, 2017Grades 1-2: 10 seats

for each 1st & 2ndgrade, through June 29,2017Grades 7-8: 10 seats

for each 7th & 8th grade,through June 29, 2017Grade 9, HHS: Unlim-

ited, through August 4,2017Grades 10-11, HHS:

10 seats for each 10th& 11th grade, throughJune 29, 2017Grades 9-12, Horizon:

Through August 4, 2017Late SOC applications

cannot be accepted.School of Choice Appli-cants may be deniedbased on the student’sattendance and/or disci-pline record.

Compiled by Janice Gandelman

It’s said that whateverhappens to Detroit, sogoes Hamtramck. Ourfriends over at modeldme-dia.com have been report-ing on fascinatingdevelopment projects forthe past several years.With their permission,

here is an edited versionof this week’s story:ornate art deco lobby of

the Fisher Building, abuilding celebrated as amajor work of art by archi-tects and enthusiasts theworld over, stands to at-tract even more peoplecraning their necks as

they take in their sur-roundings.This fall, two noteworthy

businesses are sched-uled to open in the histor-ica Fisher Building, just a10-minute drive fromHamtramck: Yama, thethird women's retail storefrom The Peacock Roomand Frida's Rachel Lutz,and City Bakery, a popularNew York City-based bak-ery and cafe.Lutz's first two stores,

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Hamtramck high School students celebrate graduation

The Class of 2017 grad-uates at Hamtramck HighSchool had plenty to cele-brate this year.Many of the students

will be going on to furthertheir education, and oth-ers will join the workingworld. The graduates havenow experienced a rite ofpassage that so manyother generations have ex-perienced.It was also prom season

for the grads. Hamtramck-based freelance photogra-pher Lauren Montgomerywas there to share in thestudents’ experience.As we say in Ham-

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And then recently,mosque organizers at-tempted to make morechanges, this time with-out city permission.That’s when current

Building Official JackWilliams put his footdown and placed a stop-work order on the build-ing.The mosque recently

received permission formore changes at thebuilding, located at thesouthwest corner ofCampau and Caniff. It isnot known how muchlonger it will take to com-plete renovations.But the delay and

record of changes beingmade without prior city

approval caused MayorKaren Majewski to lashout at a recent PlanCommission meeting.She said the reason

the city put a stop to ren-ovations at the mosqueis because agreed upon“boundaries werepushed and specifica-tions ignored.”“Then it’s up to us to

catch them and createmore publicity.”This stop and go, she

stressed, ends up cost-ing the mosque moremoney, and forces thecity to “discipline” themosque as well.“It’s not fair to us to be

the bad guys,” Majewskisaid.

Ultimately, Majewskisaid, the city andmosque organizers needto “honor each other.”There was initial resist-

ance to allowing amosque to locate at thatsite because it is in theheart of the city’s mainbusiness district. It isalso on the same blockwhere two other Islamiccenters are located.There will now be an

addition constructed inbetween the two othersat the end of the block.That plan was also re-cently permitted by thePlan Commission andcity council.

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Scenes from the Ham-tramck High School grad-uation ceremony andsenior prom.

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In Our Opinion

Hamtramck has an im-portant election comingup on Aug. 8.It’s called a primary

election, and it is onlyfive weeks away. Candi-dates for mayor and citycouncil will likely be theonly two races on the bal-lot. With just localelected positions on theballot, past experiencetells us that voter turnoutwill be low.That’s a shame be-

cause local elections arealways the ones that af-fect us the most. Nextweek we will start pub-lishing candidate surveyswe sent to all candi-dates. As of today, Friday,June 30, only a handfulof candidates re-sponded.That should tell you

something about thosewho declined to partici-pate. They would ratherkeep their thoughts onthe issues of the day tothemselves.

Voters would be wiseto note who didn’t partic-ipate.Hamtramck is at a mo-

ment of transition. Forthe past four years or so,the city has been underthe control of a state-ap-pointed emergency man-ager, for the first 18months, and after thatand to this day under thesupervision of a state-ap-pointed financial advisoryboard.The board has let it be

known that it wants tophase out and allow fulllocal control by electedofficials to return.It is likely whoever is

sitting on city council andin the mayor’s seat willhave their full city charterduties restored.That’s going to be a

huge step for the city.Hamtramck has been inthe unfortunate positionof going through two fi-nancial crises that re-quired the state to step

in and appoint an emer-gency manager.The city cannot afford

to fall into another finan-cial emergency. That’swhy this election is so im-portant. We need to electpeople who have experi-ence.Unfortunately, except

for the incumbents run-ning, none of the candi-dates have anybackground in municipalaffairs.Not even serving on a

city commission.These are not learn-on-

the-job positions. Wedesperately need peoplewho know what is re-quired to run a city and toactually be here to dojust that.Pay close attention to

the upcoming candidatesurveys that begin nextweek. And remember ex-perience counts, and toalso come out and voteon Aug. 8.

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Tick, tock… As themetaphorical clock ticksdown the final moments ofCity Manager Katrina Pow-ell’s employment contractwith the city, we’re notalone in thinking, as thesaying goes: “It ain’t overtill it’s over.”And by that we mean

there are some folks whothink Powell may not beleaving after all. The think-ing is the state Treasury De-partment will swoop in atthe last minute and eithergrant her a contract exten-sion, or even, maybe, ap-point her as emergencymanager.Crazy talk? Could likely

be, but the lead up to herdeparture has been soconvoluted and dizzyingour collective heads arespinning.We wish Powell the best

no matter what happens.She accomplished a lot ofgood things in the city andfinancially she helped putthe city back on solid foot-ing.Yes, she did rub some

folks, especially some citycouncilmembers, thewrong way.The main thing to keep

focused on is making surethe city continues on thepath toward stability. Itwould be a shame if thestate stepped in at the lastminute just as it was

hoped the transition tolocal control continued on.But if that is the case,

let’s all learn from this ex-perience.

Breaking news... PoliceChief Anne Moise hasbeen appointed acting citymanager by outgoing CityManager Katrina Powell.That’s the latest we heardbefore going to press.

Art opening… Our fa-vorite art gallery, PublicPool (3309 Caniff), willonce again host a new artexhibit. The opening is onJuly 8 and runs from 7 to11 p.m.The theme is cherries.

We’ll let curator Alice V.Schneider explain, as shedid in a recent email:“More than 20 artists

have been contemplatingand fabricating these suc-culent little innuendos dur-ing the past months. …“Games will be had and

art will be gawked at. …’ CH E R R I E S ! ! ! ! !’ willrun through July 29 withspecial programming Sat-urday, July 15 and 22 dur-ing the gallery hours of12-6 p.m. Perhaps even acherry pie-eating contest,eh? Only time will tell. “Curious how you could

possibly relive this magicalnight, in public or in the pri-vacy of your own home?

Scott Boyink will be print-ing some ‘C H E R R I E S! ! ! ! !’ themed shirts dur-ing the opening reception;if you bring your own shirthe will print it for a mere$5.”Artists include: Adrienne

Looper & KeggerVisee, Alex Buzzalini, AndyThompson, BradTaormina, Brian Krawczyk,Cedric Tai, Claire D'Aoust,Clint Snider, Dalia Reyes,Darcel Deaneu, DavinBrainard, Dylan Spaysky,Jackie Rines, Jane Orr, Jes-sica Frelinghuysen, MaryFortuna, Megan Frye, PDRearick, Sarah Rayburn,Sean Hages, ScottNorthrup, Steven B.Cherry and Alice V. Schnei-der.After the opening, be

sure to head over toBumbo’s for the after-partycelebration.

Celebration… BestDeals Furniture at 10316Jos. Campau is holding a“Grand Re-Opening” thisSaturday, July 1.The celebration starts at

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super affordable prices thestore offers.

By Charles SercombeHamtramck’s famed

1959 Little League base-ball champions will onceagain be honored.The Michigan Baseball

Hall of Fame will be in-ducting the team, alongwith Detroit Tigers legendTy Cobb, on July 15.That’s pretty impressive

company. Cobb is actuallyno stranger to Ham-tramck. The HamtramckHistorical Museum has aglass plate photo of himthrowing out a pitch at thecity’s Negro League sta-dium, which still exists tothis day.Hamtramck’s 1959 Lit-

tle League team is theonly Michigan team to winthe Little League WorldSeries.The team’s victory

caught the attention ofnational media outlets. Athome, the team wasrevered.Many of the players ad-

vanced to win the PonyLeague World Series.Only a handful of the

players survive to thisday. They have been feted

here locally in recentyears.Perhaps the most well-

known player is Art“Pinky” Deras, whopitched 75 scoreless in-nings over 13 games thatled to the series champi-onship.He later played profes-

sionally in the minorleagues for the St. LouisCardinals.A teammate of his in

the Pony League, Tom Pa-ciorek, played 18 yearsfor the Los AngelesDodgers, Atlanta Braves,

Seattle Mariners, ChicagoWhite Sox, New York Metsand Texas Rangers.In an article written by

Buck Jerzy for Deras' in-duction into the NationalPolish-American SportsHall of Fame, Paciorek re-members his teammateas a “gifted, phenomenaland amazing” player.He went on to say: He

was just so much betterthan the rest of us. At l2years old he was bigger,taller and stronger thanus and the greatest playerever at that age.”

State to induct Hamtramck LittleLeague team into Hall of Fame

Both are located in thePark Shelton building inMidtown.While The Peacock

Room curates a more vin-tage-inspired collection ofwomen's clothing and ac-cessories, and Frida fea-tures casual andbohemian fashion, Lutzsays that Yama will focuson edgy, architecturally-in-spired clothing. Yama isnamed in honor ofrenowned Detroit archi-

tect Minoru Yamasaki."I'm excited at the

thought of joining astrong, veteran retail mixat the Fisher," saysLutz. "I'm joining Galleryof Contemporary Craft,Pure Detroit, the FashionPlace, and Vera Jane.Yama will offer a fresh en-ergy, and we'll bring a lotof destination shoppersto New Center.”With its first location

having opened in New

York City in 1990, and asecond in Japan, the pop-ular City Bakery will opentheir third location in theFisher lobby this fall.Famous for its hot

chocolate, City Bakery isalso a bakery, coffeeshop, cafe, and cateringcompany. Its Annual HotChocolate Festival at-tracts more than 50,000people each February.

By Mike Galbraith

The 1959 Hamtramck Little League team, which wonthat year’s Little League World Series, will be in-ducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.

CHILDERSMary Cyn-

thia Childers(nee Wysocki),died June 28,2017.

Mrs. Childers passedaway after a struggle withcancer. She is survived byher children, Dave (Susie)Harrison, Gregory (Leslie)Childers, Alec Lepper,Clyde (Laura) Harrison III.Mrs. Childers was thefamily matriarch, survivedby grandchildren, JacobSteven Harrison, GabrielleHope Harrison, Nathaniel

Stone Harrison, Sebas-tion Lepper, FletcherChilders, Tristan Childers.Mary was the sister ofJudy Pitford and the lateBarbara Krakus. Manyfriends and additionalfamily members testify toMary’s charm, generosityand warmth.Visitation is Friday, June

30, from 5-9 p.m., withFuneral Service Saturdayat 10 a.m., at Jurkiewicz& Wilk Funeral Home inHamtramck.

Powell has served herefor the past two-and-a-halfyears.The issues of extending

her contract and filling herposition have becomeheated and contentiousfor the past few months.The council has been di-vided on the issue 4-2,with Mayor Karen Majew-ski siding with Coun-cilmembers AndreaKarpinski and Ian Perrottain favor of keeping Powell.The majority of four

councilmembers initiallyappointed Kyle Tertzag asinterim city manager, butthat appointment wasstruck down on Tuesdayby the state-appointed Re-ceivership Transition Advi-sory Board.The board said without

explanation that Tertzagwas not qualified to holdthe position despite hispast history of being anacting city manager inHamtramck for over ayear and a city administra-tor for the downriver com-munity Woodhaven priorto that.Gabor’s appointment

still has to be approved bythe RTAB, but that boarddoesn’t meet until July25.Gabor was placed on

paid leave by Powell threeweeks ago after he spokeout suddenly and criticallyduring a budget work ses-sion with council and Pow-ell.Powell also has the

power by city charter toappoint an acting city

manager to take overafter she leaves the job –subject to council ap-proval. As of Thursday,when The Review went topress, she did not pres-ent an appointment.The Review emailed

Powell about whether sheplanned to make that ap-pointment but she did notrespond.Gabor’s appointment

was not smooth. The baremajority who voted for himhad to suspend proce-dural rules in the councilmeeting to make the ap-pointment. That suspen-sion of rules may besubject to review and re-versal.Councilmember Perrotta

said he was not againstGabor’s appointment butthought it would be betterto do so in a specialmeeting to avoid violatingany rule on the proceed-ing.Councilmember Karpin-

ski demanded to seeGabor’s resume. He wasin the pool of candidatesfor the city manager’s jobthat was presented over

two years ago. It was thesame pool of candidatesthat included Powell.The emergency man-

ager at the time hiredboth — Powell as citymanager, and Gabor astreasurer.Gabor’s contract as

Treasurer also expireswith Powell’s on June 30.Sources in city hall said

the relationship betweenPowell and Gabor was dis-tant at best.The road to appointing

an acting city managerhas been rocky to say theleast. Tertzag’s appoint-ment came in a specialmeeting that was throwntogether at the lastminute and ignited abacklash from residents.Reached by telephone,

Gabor told The Review:“My intent is to go in asplanned until someonetells me otherwise.”The resolution hiring

Gabor did not include asalary or for what lengthof time. Gabor told thecouncil, however, he canbe here three to fourmonths.

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By Charles SercombeThis week’s Crime Log

covers June 20-26.

Tuesday, June 20• At almost 4 a.m. an

unarmed robbery oc-curred in the area of Com-mor and Gallagher. Thesuspect fled in a grayHonda.• A suspicious situation

involving a gun in the3300 block of Holbrookwas reported.• A resident in the

5100 block of Evaline re-ported a person sheknows cut the electriccords to her fridge and mi-crowave.• An agent from a store

in the 9600 block of Jos.Campau reported a man40-50 years old, bald andwearing all black grabbedan iPhone and ran away.• A Madison Heights

resident reported some-one smashed out the pas-senger side window of hiscar while it was parked inthe 2600 block of Florian.• A Detroit resident

stole two wigs at a storein the 9800 block of Jos.

Campau, shoved an em-ployee aside, unlockedthe front door and ranaway. Officers appre-hended the woman, whostill had the stolen mer-chandise in her posses-sion.• For the third time in a

month, a person entereda pharmacy in the 3300block of Holbrook and cre-ated a disturbance. Theperson came back later inthe week and was re-moved for trespassing.

Wednesday, June 21• A Detroit resident re-

ported the theft of his2004 Dodge Dakotapickup while it wasparked in the 11000block of Jos. Campau. • At about 12:30 a.m.

officers took a reportabout a house in the3200 block of Lehmanbeing damaged.• A resident in the

2300 block of Holmes re-ported someonesmashed out a window athis house.

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Thursday, June 22• A resident reported

someone withdrew moneyfrom her savings accounton three different occa-sions.• Officers took a report

of a family dispute at aresidence in the 3900block of Evaline.• A resident reported

her car was broken intowhile it was in a parkinglot in the 9300 block ofJos. Campau. Her purseand cellphone werestolen.• A Warren resident re-

ported his car was dam-aged while it was parkedin the 2900 block of Ye-mans after someone at-tempted to steal it.• A resident in the

2300 block of Faber re-ported several items werestolen from his porch. Of-ficers later recovered theitems and returned them.

Friday, June 23• At about 1:30 a.m. a

resident reported that hiscar was egged while itwas parked in the TownCenter parking lot.• At about 5:30 a.m. a

resident in the 2700block of Belmont wit-nessed a suspect tryingto remove his catalyticconvertor. When he yelledat the suspect, the sus-pect got in a black LincolnMKZ with no license plateand fled.• A resident in the

11300 block of Dyar re-ported the theft of her1998 Dodge Stratus fromher driveway.• A resident in the

2400 block of Danforthreported the theft of his2017 Dodge Charger fromin front of his residence.• A Yemans resident re-

ported a person theyknow was seen waving agun in the Alpena/Buffaloarea. The suspect drivesa black Envoy.• A McDougall resident

reported someone egged

his car.Saturday, June 24• A Commerce Twp. res-

ident reported the theft ofhis cellphone.• A resident in the

9400 block of Conant re-ported being assaulted bya caretaker.• At almost 3 a.m. offi-

cers responded to gun-shots being fired in thearea of Circle Dr. andDyar. Officers recoveredmultiple shell casings andalso a car that hadcrashed into severalparked cars in the area.• At 4 a.m. a Detroit

resident was arrestedafter a traffic stop for hav-ing open intoxicants andpossessing narcotics.• A Detroit resident re-

ported her wallet wasstolen from her car whileit was parked in a city lotbetweenYemans and Eva-line.• A manager at a store

in the 9600 block of Jos.Campau was assaulted bya customer.• A child was struck by

a car in the 3800 block ofBelmont. The child hadrun into the street without

looking for oncomingcars.• A Sterling Heights res-

ident was arrested fordrunk driving and causingan accident in the 2600block of Casmere.

Sunday, June 25• A Zinow resident re-

ported someone dam-aged his car.• A Detroit resident was

arrested after he wasseen breaking car win-dows in the 2300 block ofNeibel.• A Holmes resident re-

ported a break-in.• At almost 4 a.m. offi-

cers responded to gun-shots being fired in the12000 block of Selfridge.Officers recovered nineshell casings.• At about 4:30 a.m. a

Detroit resident wasfound lying in a streetnext to a Moped.• At about 2 p.m. a

man was seen walkingaround with a gun and en-tering an establishment inthe 8500 block of Jos.Campau. He was arrestedwithout incident. A loaded.45-caliber handgun was

confiscated.• Six residents in the

2300 block of Geimer re-ported their cars werebroken into.

Monday, June 26• Two males stole sev-

eral items of clothing at astore in the 9600 block ofJos. Campau and thenfled.• At almost 2 a.m. a

break-in was reported inthe 2400 block ofHolmes.• At almost 5 a.m. a

resident in the 3300block of Norwalk reporteda suspect stole his cat-alytic convertor and thenfled in a black sedan.• A Detroit adult struck

two Hamtramck juvenilesin the head with a batonwhile in the area of Car-penter and Mitchell on the

Detroit side. Detroit policewere contacted and ar-rested the suspect.• A resident in the

2300 block of Casmerewas arrested for domesticviolence.• A resident in the

2700 block of Belmont re-ported someone stole hiscatalytic convertor.• A Warren resident re-

ported a male got into hisunlocked Jeep GrandCherokee and started thevehicle with the keys leftin the ignition and droveaway.• A Conant resident re-

ported the theft of her2002 Toyota.• A Norwalk resident re-

ported her ex-boyfriend hither in the mouth with acellphone and took hercar. The vehicle was laterreturned.

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GORKABronislawa

( B e r n i c e )Gorka (neeAnd r z e j ew -ska), 92, died

June 23, 2017.Mrs. Bronislawa died

peacefully. She was thebeloved wife of the lateWladyslaw (Walter). Shewas the loving mother ofUrsula and Irene.Bernice was a Polish

National who spent mostof her life in Germany dur-ing World War II. While liv-ing in a relocation camp,she met her future hus-band Walter, and gavebirth to her first child Ur-sula. With family in theDetroit area, they soonsettled in Hamtramckthen northeast Detroit.She worked at the Univer-sity of Detroit and retiredfrom Holy Cross Hospitalwhere her knowledge ofthe Polish and Germanlanguage was useful toboth the staff and hospi-tal patients. Bernicespent the end of heryears at Medi-Lodge inSterling Heights whereshe had many friends.She loved sharing hermany stories of her Euro-pean experiences withher friends and family.Visitation was held

Thursday at Jurkiewicz &Wilk Funeral Home. Burialwas Friday at Mt. OlivetCemetery.

MANDELLE d w a r d

Mandell, 90,died June 27,2017.Mr. Mandell

was the beloved husbandof Estelle; father of MaryEllen (David) Thompson,Michael (Pamela); grand-father of Michelle Blake,Kim Herron, Michael,Shannon; great-grandfa-ther of four.Edward served in the

United States Navy duringWorld War II. Edward wasa member of many organ-izations including, Knightsof Columbus Fourth De-gree, Polish Legion ofAmerican Veterans, JohnSmith Old Timers, Ameri-can Polish Century Club,Polish Century Club of De-troit to name a few.Visitation was held

Thursday at Bagnasco &Calcaterra Funeral Home.The Funeral Mass is Fri-day at St. Blasé CatholicChurch. Mr. Mandell willbe buried at Great LakesNational Cemetery, HollyMI. The family requestsdonations in Ed’s name toa charity of your choice.Arrnangements weremade by Jurkiewicz & WilkFuneral Home, Ham-tramck, MI.

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