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Hamtrivia is returning to the Hamtramck Moose Lodge No. 1670, at 9421 Conant. Test your knowledge of useless information at the next installment of Hamtrivia, to be held Saturday, May 14. The fun will run from 7 to 10 p.m. There will be four rounds of ques- tions, including one specifically on Ham- tramck. There will be prizes, of sorts, but the emphasis is on having a good time. The Moose Lodge also has a full bar, which will help ensure that. Light food will be served. Admission is $10, with proceeds going to support the Hamtramck Historical Museum. Come and join the fun. Quote of the week … Free Home Delivery $4.00 • 30 DAY SUPPLY $9.99 • 90 DAY SUPPLY Prescriptions filled in 10 minutes or less Most insurance plan accepted. M-F 9:30am-6:30pm Sat 10am-4pm Sun closed 9834 Conant • Hamtramck • 313-872-0021 Medical Clinic On-Site Continued on page 2 By Charles Sercombe A city contractor’s libel lawsuit against The Re- view Publisher John Ulaj and the newspaper was thrown out twice, once in Wayne County Circuit Court and again recently by a state Appeals Court. The lawsuit was filed by Omar Nakash, the owner of Platinum Land- scaping, Inc., who pro- vides tree cutting service to the city. It was filed in 2013 after Ulaj criticized the company’s billing to the city while he was a can- didate for mayor. At a candidate forum, Ulaj said that Platinum Land- scaping was “ripping off the city,” and he would fire the company if elected. The Review published that remark. Ulaj, who did not win the mayoral election, said he based his re- marks on an audit report by Stout Risius Ross, Inc. (SRR) that was per- formed for the city in 2012. Out of $40,000 worth of invoices submit- ted by Platinum, only about $4,000 could be accounted for, the report found. That means about $36,000 could not be backed up, the re- port said. For a period that Nakash’s company was working for the city, the Director of Public Works was Steve Shaya. Unbe- known to city officials at that time, Shaya was the uncle of Nakash, and it was Shaya’s job to as- sign work to Nakash and oversee his billing. At the time Platinum was doing a wide-variety of work that included cleaning up city lots and snowplowing. During one winter sea- son Platinum was paid $800,000 to plow and salt the city’s major Appeals Court rejects city contractor defamation lawsuit against The Review Continued on page 2 By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s newly renovated Zussman Park will be the backdrop for a major arts celebration this evening, Friday, May 13. Tonight from 6 to 10 p.m. a special free pro- gram called “Art in the Park” will be held at Zussman (which is lo- cated across from city hall). Here is what will be happening: • Artist - Alex Buzalini – Sculpture • Artists - Sanda Cook and Luke MacGilvray will live paint in the park • The Hamtramck Downtown Development Authority (DDA) will pro- vide a children’s art sta- tion staffed by DDA board members (craft project TBA) • The Detroit Institute of Arts will provide an in- formation table about various upcoming DIA programs • Hamtramck Public Schools Student Art Dis- play • PRCUA Gwiazda Dancers, performance at 7 p.m. • Bangla School of Music performance at 7:30 p.m. • “Mean Wienie” Food Truck, • “Whipped” Coffee Cart with other special- ties • Soft Serve Ice Cream (free for all) The Friday event will also feature arts and crafts for kids. On Saturday the fun continues from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Zussman. Something for everyone at Zussman By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck is going to act as a stand in for De- troit in an upcoming major movie production this summer. A portion of Jos. Cam- pau, somewhere between Holbrook and Caniff, will be transformed back to 1967 where scenes of the Detroit riot will be recreated. While Hamtramck was spared from any spillover violence from that inci- dent, the storefronts here still resemble how part of Detroit looked back then. But there will be a lot of cosmetic makeovers to be performed to get the right look for that period. Shooting may begin in July. Before that, though, changes will be made to the street scene and Hollywood once again comes calling for Hamtramck Continued on page 2 SAM’S MARKET 2303 Commor • Hamtramck, Michigan 48212 (313) 365-9693 FOOD STAMPS & WIC Welcome • STORE HOURS: Open Daily 8am-8pm, Sunday 9am-5pm Maxwell House Coffee 44.5 oz. $ 11 99 All Varieties Our Family Milk gallon $ 2 99 Fresh, Tasty Pork Chops $ 1 99 Idaho Potatoes 5 lb. $ 1 99 4-Pack Flower Mix $ 1 25 Hanging Baskets $ 11 99 All Vegetable Plants $ 1 00 Old Milwaukee Best Ice 24 oz. can $ 1 04 All Varieties Faygo 2 liter $ 1 19 Propane Exchange $ 19 99 $ 55 99 lb. + Dep + Dep + tax + tax Sale Dates: May 13-20 We Buy Gift Cards 4 pk. Newport Cigarettes $ 6 32 pk. With drum City contractor Omar Nakash, the owner of Platinum Landscaping, Inc., was un- successful in getting his defamation lawsuit filed against Review Publisher John Ulaj to go to trial. Two courts have rejected his lawsuit. Academy Award-winning movie director Kathryn Bigelow will be filming in Hamtramck this summer about Detroit’s 1967 riots.
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By Charles SercombeA city contractor’s libel
lawsuit against The Re-view Publisher John Ulajand the newspaper wasthrown out twice, once inWayne County CircuitCourt and again recentlyby a state Appeals Court.The lawsuit was filed
by Omar Nakash, theowner of Platinum Land-scaping, Inc., who pro-vides tree cutting serviceto the city.It was filed in 2013
after Ulaj criticized thecompany’s billing to thecity while he was a can-didate for mayor. At acandidate forum, Ulajsaid that Platinum Land-scaping was “ripping offthe city,” and he wouldfire the company ifelected.The Review published
that remark.Ulaj, who did not win
the mayoral election,said he based his re-marks on an audit report
by Stout Risius Ross,Inc. (SRR) that was per-formed for the city in2012. Out of $40,000worth of invoices submit-ted by Platinum, onlyabout $4,000 could beaccounted for, the reportfound. That meansabout $36,000 couldnot be backed up, the re-
port said.For a period that
Nakash’s company wasworking for the city, theDirector of Public Workswas Steve Shaya. Unbe-known to city officials atthat time, Shaya was theuncle of Nakash, and itwas Shaya’s job to as-sign work to Nakash and
oversee his billing.At the time Platinum
was doing a wide-varietyof work that includedcleaning up city lots andsnowplowing.During one winter sea-
son Platinum was paid$800,000 to plow andsalt the city’s major
Appeals Court rejects city contractordefamation lawsuit against The Review
Continued on page 2
By Charles SercombeHamtramck’s newly
renovated Zussman Parkwill be the backdrop fora major arts celebrationthis evening, Friday, May13.Tonight from 6 to 10
p.m. a special free pro-gram called “Art in thePark” will be held atZussman (which is lo-cated across from cityhall).Here is what will be
happening:• Artist - Alex Buzalini
– Sculpture • Artists - Sanda Cook
and Luke MacGilvray willlive paint in the park • The Hamtramck
Downtown DevelopmentAuthority (DDA) will pro-vide a children’s art sta-tion staffed by DDAboard members (craftproject TBA)• The Detroit Institute
of Arts will provide an in-formation table aboutvarious upcoming DIAprograms • Hamtramck Public
Schools Student Art Dis-play• PRCUA Gwiazda
Dancers, performance at7 p.m. • Bangla School of
Music performance at7:30 p.m.• “Mean Wienie” Food
Truck,• “Whipped” Coffee
Cart with other special-ties• Soft Serve Ice
Cream (free for all)The Friday event will
also feature arts andcrafts for kids.On Saturday the fun
continues from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. at Zussman.
Somethingfor everyoneat Zussman
By Charles SercombeHamtramck is going to
act as a stand in for De-troit in an upcomingmajor movie productionthis summer.A portion of Jos. Cam-
pau, somewhere betweenHolbrook and Caniff, willbe transformed back to1967 where scenes ofthe Detroit riot will berecreated.While Hamtramck was
spared from any spilloverviolence from that inci-dent, the storefronts herestill resemble how part ofDetroit looked back then.But there will be a lot of
cosmetic makeovers tobe performed to get theright look for that period.Shooting may begin in
July. Before that, though,changes will be made tothe street scene and
Hollywood onceagain comes callingfor Hamtramck
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City contractor Omar Nakash, the owner of Platinum Landscaping, Inc., was un-successful in getting his defamation lawsuit filed against Review Publisher JohnUlaj to go to trial. Two courts have rejected his lawsuit.
Academy Award-winning movie director KathrynBigelow will be filming in Hamtramck this summerabout Detroit’s 1967 riots.
storefronts.The announcement of
the production was madeat Tuesday’s city councilmeeting. A representativefrom the production com-pany, Patrick Mignano,gave a brief overview ofthe production.So far, the title of the
movie has not been cho-sen but it going under themoniker of “Untitled De-troit Project.”The director of the
movie is Kathryn Bigelowwho won an AcademyAward for her movie,“Zero Dark Thirty” –about the hunt for andkilling of Osama binLaden. There is no word yet on
who is starring in the De-troit movie.Some changes for Jos.
Campau may include theremoval of sidewalk“bump outs,” which issomething that City Man-ager Katrina Powell toldThe Review she was coin-cidentally planning to dothis summer.All businesses re-
cruited to be a part of thefilm will be compensatedfor their lost businesswhile the movie is beingshot. The movie company
will also pay to makechanges to the facadesand returning them backto normal.“We’re so excited about
this coming to our town,”Powell told city coun-cilmembers.This isn’t the first time
Hamtramck has hosted amajor movie production. In 2010 a portion of the
movie “Vamps” wasfilmed here, which starredAlicia Silverstone andSigourney Weaver.The year before, a num-
ber of scenes were filmedat Hamtramck HighSchool for “Whip It,” a
movie directed by DrewBarrymore.In the 1990s many
scenes for the movie“Polish Wedding” wereshot here. Hamtramck’slink with Hollywood goesback to the 1980s and1970s when severalmovies were filmed here.In recent years a num-
ber of lesser-known filmshave also been shot hereas well.It’s probably a safe bet
that in many years tocome, Hamtramck will al-ways be ready for itsclose up.
streets and emergencylanes.Several weeks after
Shaya admitted he wasrelated to Nakash, for-mer Hamtramck Emer-gency Manager CathySquare fired him. Shayahas since filed five law-suits against the city,one of which alleges cityemployees called himethnic slurs.Shaya is a Chaldean-
American.Nakash sued Ulaj
claiming his commentswere defamatory andhad harmed him and hiscompany. Nakash’s com-pany never lost its con-tract with the city afterthe SRR report was re-leased nor after Ulaj’scomment.In 2015 Wayne County
Circuit Court JudgeDaniel Ryan ruled thatthe lawsuit was withoutbasis.“This is a clear at-
tempt to silence … to in-
timidate these people,”said James Raftery, theattorney at the time forUlaj, about Nakash’s law-suit.In the same vein,
Judge Ryan said it is law-suits like Nakash’s thatcreate a “chilling effect”on a newspaper’s abilityto report the news.Nakash challenged
that ruling and appealedwith the State Court ofAppeals.The panel of three
judges didn’t buyNakash’s challenge ei-ther, saying he failed toprove he was harmed inany way by the comment.The court also ac-
knowledged that Ulaj’scomment was protectedspeech.The deadline for
Nakash to appeal to theState Supreme Courthas expired.Ulaj applauded the rul-
ing, saying it was a “vic-tory for the public.”“It is not only a victory
for free speech, it’s a vic-tory for the city taxpay-ers who have to livewithin their means,” Ulajsaid. “That’s why thisnewspaper will continueto be a watchdog on howthe public’s money isspent.”
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The public will be able toview masterpiece recre-ations in a special De-troit Institute of Artsmobile display.Kathy Angerer, the Di-
rector of Community &Economic Development,said the events are away to showcase thenewly renovated Zuss-man Park.“This is to show how
the public can use thepark,” she said.
Somethingfor everyoneat ZussmanCont. from front page
Hollywood once again comescalling for HamtramckContinued from front page
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May 29 - Sunday of Corpus ChristiMay 30 - Memorial Day Mass at Forest
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OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONGRASS AND WEEDS
To all property owners, agents and occupants, notice is hereby given to all persons own-ing or occupying property within the City of Hamtramck, pursuant to City Ordinance itshall be the duty of the owners or occupants to keep all grass, weeds and vegetation cutbelow a height of five (5) inches on properties and free from noxious weeds, trees and
other nuisance vegetation.
City Ordinance Title IX Chap. 93.037(b) states that the owner, occupant or responsibleagent, “shall not permit or maintain on the property growth of noxious weeds, tall grassor rank vegetation to a height greater than 5 inches.” (c) Owners are responsible to keepfences, sidewalk, walkways & alleyways adjacent to their property free of weeds, trees
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If the provisions of this ordinance are not complied with, the enforcement officer mayissue a municipal civil infraction citation.
Property owners, agents and occupants, please be advised that this official notificationserves as legal notice for Ordinance Title IX Chap. 93.037(b).
Published May 13, 2016
By Charles SercombeYou can continue to go
to “Disneyland” here inHamtramck without actu-ally leaving the city formany years to come.A group of investors
have purchased the twohouses on Klinger thathave long been the homeof the folk art creationcalled “Hamtramck Dis-neyland.”The massive collection
of whirligigs, knickknacks and other whim-sical items, are spreadout on the top of twoneighboring houses onceowned by the creator ofthe piece, Dmytro Szylak.Szylak died last year at
the age of 92, but hisfamily did not wish to
continue owning theproperties.There was concern
among artists and resi-
dents that the piecewould be dismantled andremoved, or worse, justrot away.But there is still a ways
to go to fully secure theproperty.Hatch, a Hamtramck
art collective, will have torepay the investors. Todo so, the group willstart up an onlinefundraiser. That will beno small achievement.The purchase price forthe houses was$100,000. Chris Schneider, of
Hatch, said the purchasewas something that tooka few months to come
together. He said the im-mediate plan is to “re-store the installation andalso create a new oppor-tunity.”That includes a novel
way to bring in funding inan ongoing basis.“With the four apart-
ment units, we would liketo rent three of them topeople who appreciatethe artwork, and thenuse the final unit to inviteartists from all over theworld who specialize ininstallations to live andwork,” Schneider said.“Their work would alsobe open to the public toview.”Hatch is a non-profit or-
ganization and is nostranger to rehabbingproperties. The art col-lective’s home is the for-mer Hamtramck policestation across from cityhall. That building hadbeen left empty and un-used for several yearsand needed a massiveamount of work to bringit back to life.Anyone who would like to
help with the new projectcan email Schneider [email protected].
Art collective will now be incharge of ‘Hamtramck Disneyland’
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The two Klinger houses that host the folk art collec-tion known as “Hamtramck Disneyland” have beenpurchased by local investors and turned over to thecity’s art collective, Hatch.
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Kosciuszko MiddleSchool ReunionFundraiserKosciuszko Middle
School is holding a re-union fundraiser to bene-fit KMS students. The fundraiser will be
held on Saturday, May 21at Kosciuszko MiddleSchool from 5 to 10p.m. Current and formerKMS and HamtramckPublic School Employeeswill be in attendance. Kosciuszko Middle
School Alumni, over theage of 21, are invited tocome and take a walkdown memory lane. Par-ticipants can relive theirKosciuszko experience bywalking the halls and vis-iting classrooms in addi-tion to reminiscing withformer teachers, staff andemployees. Some current and for-
mer employees that willbe in attendance are Mr.Niczay, Mr. Ivezaj, Mr. Zyg-montowicz (Mr. Z), Ms.Cathy Krukowski, Ms.Denise Rubaga, Ms.Renee Savage, Ms.Vanessa Gray, Ms.Cookie, Mr. Radwanski,Mr. Prychitko, Mr. Trawickand Mr. Nalepa to namejust a few. Many other current and
former employees will bein attendance too. Thereis a $20 donation fee or$30 per couple. A varietyof refreshments and horsd’oeuvres will be served. For tickets please call
the KMS office at (313)365-4625 or if you are un-able to attend but wouldstill like to make a dona-tion, please make yourchecks payable to eitherMichael Zygmontowicz orCathy Krukowski andsend them to KosciuszkoMiddle School, 2333Burger, Hamtramck, MI48212. Hope to see everyone
on May 21 for a nightdown memory lane.
Hamtramck High SchoolNewsThe year 2016 marks
the 20th anniversary of
Team 123, HamtramckHigh School’s FIRST Ro-botics team, during whichthe Cosmos proved them-selves among the ranksof the top contenders ofthe season. They competed at two
district competitions,Southfield and CenterLine, where they rankedamong the top ten teamswith the highest qualifyingpoints. At Southfield, the Cos-
mos were named DistrictEvent Finalists finishing insecond place and at Cen-ter Line; they advanced tothe semifinals and wonthe Innovation in ControlAward sponsored by Rock-well Automation. This award recognizes
teams with an impressivecontrol system or applica-tion of control compo-nents that lent to theirrobot’s unique functions. The Cosmos continued
their journey to the FIRSTMichigan District Champi-onship in Grand Rapids,where their performanceearned them a spot tocompete at the FIRSTWorld Championship inSt. Louis, Missouri. This was the second
time that 123 has beenable to compete at theWorld Championshipsince 2007, and they fin-ished the season strong
by ranking 18th out of 75teams in their division. Team 123 is not merely
a robotics team of highschool students. With thecontinued support of itssponsors: General MotorsFoundation, Ford MotorCompany, Design Sys-tems, Wayne Metro Com-munity Action Agency,Wayne State UniversityFormula SAE, FDR Phar-macy, Mocha Café, DeliteDeli, Café 1923, Al-Haramine InternationalInc., Basha Diagnostics,Carpenter Pharmacy, Chil-dren's Clinic of Michigan,Comprehensive Therapy,Global Information Tech-nology, The HamtramckReview, Infinity DrugsPharmacy, Jim's CollisionShop, Maine StreetRestaurant, Mostek Paint& Glass Co., QureshiWholesale Inc., Auto-mated Security Enter-prises, Hughes and LynnBuilding and Renovationsand The HamtramckKnights of Columbus. The Cosmos Team 123
has grown into a commu-nity of people who sup-port the FIRST mission ofspreading STEM educa-tion and resources amongthe local community’syouth. Ten Hamtramck High
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By Charles SercombeThe city council met on
April 26, and all coun-cilmembers were present.Before the regular meetingthe council met in a worksession. During that meet-ing a discussion was heldon replacing the city’swater meters in resi-dences and businesses.Councilmember Anam
Miah said he will support acouncil resolution thatgives support to the recre-ation department millage,which was passed by cityvoters on May 3.“The recreation millage
is for the kids,” Miah said.On another topic, Miah
said he wants to add asecond time slot that thepublic can address thecouncil during the regularmeetings. Currently thepublic comment section isat the beginning of themeeting. Miah wanted toallow the public to com-ment again at the end ofthe meeting.He said this will allow
those who came late tothe meeting a chance tospeak out.Also, in some cases
“people might not havesomething to say until theend.”Mayor Karen Majewski
said one opportunity tospeak is enough. Coun-
cilmember Ian Perrottasaid it would lead to peo-ple “nitpicking” the coun-cil.In a discussion about
legal fees for a lawsuitfiled by the police and fire-fighters’ unions, it wasnoted $155,000 has beenspent so far.City Attorney Travis Mihe-
lick said the case is nowwaiting for a decision bythe judge overseeing thecase. City Manager KatrinaPowell said that six citiesare facing similar lawsuitsfiled in response to pastactions taken by state-ap-pointed emergency man-agers.Powell said the lawsuit
against Hamtramck has todo with a change in healthinsurance coverage.Councilmember Miah
questioned the payment of$28,000 for someone toobserve work being doneto replace part of the city’ssewer system for just onemonth.Powell said Wayne
County requires someoneto supervise the project tomake sure it meets allcodes.In another matter, Miah
said he has received com-plaints from residentsabout the behavior and at-titude of some city code in-spectors. He said some
inspectors are demeaningresidents.Kathy Angerer, the Direc-
tor of Community & Eco-nomic Development, saidshe would look into thematter. She said she doesnot tolerate that kind of be-havior among her employ-ees and contractors.Councilmember Saad Al-
masmari said he has alsoheard complaints thatsome city employees don’tsmile.Powell said there will be
a study of the police de-partment, which is one re-quirement the formeremergency manager man-dated. The study will lookinto how the departmentfunctions. The study willcost $30,000. The statewill pay for most of it, andthe city will pay $9,000plus travel costs for thoseperforming the study.During the regular meet-
ing, Kathy Angerer talkedabout an upcoming artsprogram at Zussman Park,May 12-14.The council supported a
project by the publicschool district to undergotraining in cases of anarmed intruder entering aschool. Also, the councilunanimously supportedthe school district’s up-coming recreation millagerenewal.
City Hall Insider …City Hall Insider …What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting.
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Above and below: Hamtramck High School studentsparticipated in the GradNation summit held at WayneState University.
Below: HHS students in the school’s Robotics Teamrecently participated in two district competitions.
By Walter WasaczEarlier this week I did
one of my favorite walks,cutting through the north-east diagonal of thehandsomely renovatedZussman Park to Conantand Prescott, then head-ing east to the Ham-tramck-Detroit Borderwhere Ellery becomesFenelon.Walking north on
Fenelon, I peered intothe grassy alleys on theeast side of the street(there is a mix of con-crete and grass alleys onthe opposite side), a dis-tinct rural-meets-urbanfeature of this neighbor-hood.At Carpenter, I turned
left and walked back to-ward Hamtramck. The T-shaped intersection atConant and Carpenterfeatures a shared politi-cal border: only thesouthwest corner is inHamtramck; the north-west corner and the eastside of Conant are in De-troit. This corner was oneof the staging areas ofthe Porous Borders Festi-val, organized by Ham-tramck and Detroitartists and held aroundthis time last year.Oftentimes I have no
clear destination when Iset out. At minimum I tryto do a two-mile loopeach time. Lately, I havebeen stretching that intothree miles, sometimesfar more, as when Iwalked to meet a friendlast month at the DetroitInstitute of Arts. Thatwas 3.7 miles one way --a healthy 7.4 total miles.But on this day my des-
tination was predeter-mined. At Klinger Iheaded south, and intothe alley between thatstreet and Sobieski. Iwanted to take a goodlook at Hamtramck Dis-neyland, the unique artinstallation that sits atoptwo garages on the eastside of the alley. The property was re-
cently purchased by thenonprofit group HatchArt, which previouslybought and renovated anold hospital building(later converted into theHamtramck Police Sta-tion) on Evaline near CityHall. A news story aboutthe purchase of Ham-tramck Disneyland is intoday's Review.My own history with
the installation goesback to the early 1990s,a few years after DmytroSzylak, the man who builtit, began to use the tops
of his garages, his yardand later the front of hishouses as a canvas forhis transformationalneighborhood art project.It was always more
than about art. Throughthe years HamtramckDisneyland revealed Szy-lak's real life journeyfrom Ukraine to Germandisplacement camps tohis arrival in the U.S. andHamtramck in the mid-1950s. He was one ofthe first (and best) socialengagers among thewave of artists thatbegan making the citytheir home, resulting inan introductory 1992 ex-hibition of sorts at a thenraw space at 2739 Edwinjust west of Jos. Cam-pau.There was a creative
blooming going on hereat that time. ShadowboxCafe, opened the sameyear as the art show, be-came the city's first non-ethnic coffee housesince the post-b e a t n i k / p r e - h i p p i eHouse of Rau openedand closed in the mid- tolate-1960s. HOR was ina small storefront onJos. Campau near Hol-brook, near Ableman'sBooks, where comicbooks, pulp fiction andthe occasional literaryclassic could be found(though if I needed anovel I had to read forone of my junior high orhigh school Englishclasses, I would first tryJeanette's Books, on thewest side of Jos. Cam-pau near Belmont). A year after Shadowbox
opened, Planet Ant
launched as a coffeeshop, later as the liveperformance space it re-mains today.Meanwhile, Szylak's
Disneyland continued toascend. It was champi-oned as a local treasure,a folk-art attraction withbuzz that traveled fastand far: the sign-in bookon the alley side of thepiece showed peoplefrom all over the country,Europe and Japan hadmade their way to Ham-tramck to see it.Szylak was featured in
magazine and newspa-per articles. There wastelevision and later filminterest, including themost recent N'kisi Con-corde documentary thatwas finished shortly be-fore the artist passedaway at age 92 lastspring.The effort to save the
installation came to-gether just a few weeksafter Szylak's death. Igot a Facebook messagetelling me me he'd diedon May 1 from someonewho lived near the instal-lation. I forwarded the in-formation to Mayor KarenMajewski, who began acorrespondence with theheir to the property,Dmytro's stepson. We began to assemble
a team to save the pieceand ensure the legacy ofthe artist. A dialoguewith the heir, whose in-heritance was challengedby Szylak's biologicaldaughters in WayneCounty Probate Court,was started. While thelegal proceedings wenton for the balance of2015, we looked for po-tential buyers and futurestewards for the proper-ties, confident that thecourt would rule in favorof the stepson. When it did, things
began to fall into place,though nothing was as-sured until Hatch went allin. With the aid of private
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In Our Opinion
This is a good week tobe a resident of Ham-tramck – not that thereis really a bad week.We are still in a good
buzz from last week’srecreation millage pro-posal being supportedoverwhelmingly by vot-ers.The millage renewal
will keep recreation pro-grams going for another10 years. Voters de-serve a big pat on theback for believing in theircommunity as well as in-vesting in it. Our recreation pro-
grams, which are admin-istered through thepublic schools, servehundreds of kids andadults.Recreation not only
provides a much neededservice but it also keepsour housing stock valuestable.
Riding on that goodnews is a major culturalevent residents canenjoy this Friday, May 13.The city’s newly-remod-
eled Zussman Park,which is still a work inmotion, will host a first-ever “Art in the Park.”With the help of the
Detroit Institute of Arts,the public will be treatedto a number of activitiesin the park this evening,starting at 6 p.m. Therewill be artists working onprojects as well as artsand crafts for kids andadults.Also, live music will be
provided, and a numberof food trucks will be onhand to add to the festiv-ities.Along those lines, we
can breathe a sigh of re-lief now that the “Ham-tramck Disneyland” artproject is in safe hands.
You can read more aboutthat in this week’s issueof the paper.The collection of folk
art, created by DmytroSzylak over a number ofyears, was purchased bya group of investors.Hatch, the city’s art col-lective, will be responsi-ble for paying back theinvestors and securingthe two houses that sup-port the creation.“Hamtramck Disney-
land” has attracted visi-tors from all over themetro area as well asthe world.Szylak died last year
and it is deeply satisfy-ing that generations tocome will enjoy his work.If you have never seenthis masterpiece ofwhimsy, be sure to getover to Klinger St. justsouth of Carpenter to ex-perience the wonder.
This week Hamtramck hasmuch to celebrate and enjoy
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Coming eventsSATURDAY, May 14, 9-3 p.m. – Hamtramck’s Recy-
cle Center is open at Caniff and McDougall. Drop ofyour recyclables for free.
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 7 p.m. -- The HamtramckMidtown Block Club will meet in St. Florian's Convent,2626 Florian. Join us as we discuss our citywide flyerproject, community concerns such as public safety,upcoming special events, and anything else that con-cerns us as residents. Speakers are featured andlight refreshments will be served. Please enter theconvent by the side entrance and thank you for yoursupport of our club.
SATURDAY, May 21, 9 a.m. – Join other volunteersin famed writer/radio host Mitch Albom and his “Atime to help” project. Volunteers will be working onseveral projects throughout the city. More informationto follow. To help out, call Kathy Angerer, Director ofCommunity & Economic Development, at (313) 876-7700, extension 326.
WEDNESDAY, May 25, noon – The Daughters of Is-abella Mystical Rose Circle 736 will hold a Card &Bunco Social, featuring a raffle, share the wealth,door prizes and table prizes, luncheon, admission $7,at Our Lady Queen of Apostles Activity Center, en-trance on Harold, fenced-in parking.
MONDAY, May 30, 10 a.m. – The Hamtramck AlliedVeterans Council will host Memorial Day services atOur Lady Queen of Apostles Church, 3851 Prescott.A veterans ceremony will be held after Mass at PLAVPost 10 hall.
Art, the social engager
On display… Ham-tramck-based artist NancyMichnick is currently hav-ing a showing of her in-credible paintings at theMOCAD gallery in mid-town Detroit.This is a show not to be
missed. Several pieces ofher Detroit series are alsoon display. The series fo-cuses on the unexpectedbeauty one can find in themany abandoned and de-caying houses.Trust us, they are really
breathtaking. The exhibitruns until July 31.MOCAD (Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit)is located at 4454 Wood-ward.
Celebration… St. Flo-rian Parish held its annual
Strawberry Festival lastweekend, breaking fromtradition in which the fes-tival is usually held on thefirst weekend of May.The parish decided to
switch to the secondweekend of May and didso with mixed results.Saturday was packed but
Sunday, Mother’s Day, thecrowd thinned out.No matter. The home-
cooked Polish dinnerswere tasty as usual andthe music was toe-tap-ping.We can’t wait until next
year.
Hamtramck artist Nancy Michnick poses in front ofher paintings at an opening for her exhibit at MOCADlast Friday.
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Sunday, June 12th, 11:30 am Vibrant Praise For All.
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pated in the GradNationsummit held at WayneState on May 5. Spon-sored by the United Wayof Southeastern Michi-gan, the event featuredpanels of college stu-dents and speakers shar-ing advice on how tosucceed in college.
Kosciuszko MiddleSchool NewsKMS students were
able to bring beautifulroses home on Friday,May 6 to celebrateMother’s Day. This initia-tive was hosted by KMSStudent Council. Morethan 60 mothers weregreeted by roses as a giftand thank you. KMS stu-dents appreciate all thatmothers do.
Upcoming Events atKMS• 8th Grade Celebration
Dance: Friday May 20, 4-6p.m. This is a time for 8thgrade students to cele-brate their time togetherat Kosciuszko MiddleSchool. • End of the Year Festi-
val: Wednesday May 25,4-6 p.m. We will be provid-ing carnival games forkids of all ages to play.Most games are free,however, if you’d like topie your teacher, you’llhave to pay to play. Therewill also be food, T-shirtsand many games to play.
Kosciuszko MiddleSchool Athletic News• Tuesday, May 17 --
KMS boys’ baseball vs.River Rouge at 4:30 p.m.Home.
Holbrook ElementarySchool News• Tuesday, May 17 and
Wednesday, May 18 --
Bake Sale after school.Please come and make apurchase to help our Par-ent Association.• Wednesday, May 18 --
Career Day.• Thursday, May 19 --
3rd grade field trip toGreenfield Village.• Friday, May 20 --
Kindergarten and 5thgrade trip to the DIA.• Wednesday, May 25 --
3rd and 4th grade tripwith Gleaners
All Schools• May 13 -- End of
Progress Report Period 4.• May 19 -- Progress Re-
port #4 Distributed.Friday, May 27 -- Half
day of school for all stu-dents.• Monday, May 30 -- Me-
morial Day -No school.• Tuesday, May 31 --
School Resumes.
Compiled by Janice Gandelman
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investors and a realtorfriend who negotiatedthe deal, earlier thismonth the group com-pleted the purchase ofthe two properties. Nowit's full speed ahead onraising funds for renova-tion and programming.To be sure some excitingthings will be happeningin the months ahead. It's a story of persever-
ance, of pooling commu-
nity resources for thecommon good. A lot ofpeople quietly came to-gether for this, and madethe right moves to save alocal landmark and keepalive the spirit of itsmaker. I am happy I wasable to play my ownsmall role in it.
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DOUGHERTYD e b r a
M a r i eDougher ty,(nee Whisler),55, died May6, 2016.
Ms. Dougherty was thebeloved mother of Desi(Heather), Vince (Aleksan-dra), Shawn Mendoza;daughter of the late Al-berta Bickes and Ray-mond John Whisler Sr.;stepdaughter of the lateWalter Bickes; sister ofRaylene (Wade) Chandler,Tina Bickes, Suzzanne(Roger Grody) Luton, Ray-mond (Kris) John WhislerJr., Michael (Karen)
Whisler, Anthony (Pauline)Morris, Jeff Morris, thelate Grace Mary Humis-tead. Ms. Dougherty isalso survived by tengrandchildren; 18 niecesand nephews; fiancé, TedGwinn and his daughters,Dakota and Amber.Visitation is Friday, May
13, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.at Jurkiewicz & Wilk Fu-neral Home. Ms.Dougherty will lie in stateMonday, May 16, at 9:30a.m. followed by the fu-neral Mass at St. FlorianCatholic Church, Ham-tramck. Private cremationwill follow.
By Charles SercombeThis week’s Crime Log
covers May 3-9.
Tuesday, May 3• Detroit police recov-
ered a Jeep Liberty thathad been stolen out ofHamtramck.• An agent at a med-
ical clinic in the 9400block of Conant reporteda possible assault.• A Hanley resident re-
ported the theft of a bagfrom his garage contain-ing his family’s pass-ports, Social Securitycards and assorted pa-pers.• A Gallagher resident
was committed at HenryFord Hospital after hewas found wandering infront of a neighbor’shouse making threats.• A Detroit man was
taken to Detroit Receiv-ing Hospital after he wasfound talking to invisiblepeople and carrying alarge knife.• A Gallagher resident
reported someone shotout an upstairs windowwith a BB gun.
Wednesday, May 4• A resident in the
12000 block of Sobieskireported a garage break-in.• A Moran resident re-
ported that a person heknows tried to enter his
residence without per-mission.• A resident on Jacob
reported a burglar in herhouse. Officers foundthe woman’s son hadbroken in.
Thursday, May 5• A Moran resident re-
ported a break-in.• A man reported
someone stole an itemfrom his car while it wasparked at Jos. Campauand Evaline.• A person was ar-
rested for being disor-derly.• A woman reported re-
ceiving harassing phonecalls while at work.• A Detroit resident
was arrested after a traf-fic stop for driving with-out a license and beingwanted on two Ham-tramck warrants.• A Moran resident re-
ported a person heknows tried to break intohis residence.
Friday, May 6• At almost 1 a.m. a
resident in the 3900block of Dorothy heardhis car alarm go off, andwhen he went outside hesaw a suspect holding ahand gun that had beenin his car. The residentthen saw the suspectshoot at a black SUV andthen ran away. The driver
of the vehicle also spedoff.• At 2:30 a.m. a resi-
dent was arrested in the2600 block of Norwalkfor possessing an openintoxicant and carrying agun without a permit.• A resident in the
2600 block of Whalen re-ported the theft of their1997 GMC Savanna.• At about 7 a.m. a
Royal Oak resident wasarrested after fleeing thescene of an accident.The driver was arrestedfor fleeing, drunk drivingand obstructing an offi-cer. The driver had ablood alcohol level overtwice the legal limit.• A resident in the
3400 block of Edwin re-ported the theft of theirvan. Shortly after, Detroitpolice recovered it.• A man reported
someone shot his carwith a BB gun while itwas parked on Lumpkin.• A Commor resident
reported being assaultedby her boyfriend.• A Jos. Campau resi-
dent reported someoneentered his car and stoleassorted items.
Saturday, May 7• At 10 p.m. a resident
was arrested for inde-cent exposure while in
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LOST PET
By Charles SercombeIf there was one les-
son students fromKosciuszko MiddleSchool and DickinsonWest Elementary Schoollearned last Friday it wasthis:No matter how hard
you work, no one worksharder than MichiganSupreme Court JusticeRichard Bernstein.While Bernstein was
far from bragging, his in-
spirational talk to agroup of students atKosciuszko’s auditoriumfocused on the lengthsof preparation he had totake to get throughschool as a youngster,then pass law schooland now work on thecourt.Bernstein, a member
of the Bernstein law fam-ily who has long adver-tised their services ontelevision, is the state’s
first blind SupremeCourt justice.Born blind, Bernstein
said growing up was achallenge, and gettingthrough school evenmore so.What took students an
hour to complete inhomework or studying, ittook him at least fourhours to accomplish.“I had to memorize
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an assault victim atHenry Ford Hospital whosaid he had no memoryof how he was injured.• A resident juvenile
was arrested for having areplica firearm while atPulaski Park.
Sunday, May 8• A resident in the
5100 block of Evaline re-ported someone dam-aged their car.• Two men stole sev-
eral items of clothingfrom a store in the 9600block of Jos. Campau.• A woman was ar-
rested after stealing $14from a business in the9100 block of Jos. Cam-pau. The woman alsowas charged with pos-sessing narcotics.
Monday, May 9• A Yemans resident
reported a break-in andthe theft of variousitems.• A resident reported
the theft of their 2009GM Acadia while it wasparked in the 2600 blockof Belmont.• A Dearborn Heights
resident reported beingassaulted in the 9300
block of Jos. Campau.• A resident in the
2400 block of Hewitt re-ported a break-in.• At noon a resident re-
ported being assaultedin the 12000 block ofDyar.• A woman reported
being assaulted by herex-boyfriend in the12000 block of Self-ridge.• A woman said she
was bitten by a dog inthe 11300 block of Gal-lagher.
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everything,” he said.Bernstein spent an
hour fielding a wide-range of questions from
the students. He invitedthe students to ask himanything, especially any-thing personal.For example, he said,
you may wonder if ablind person dreams.He indeed was asked
that, and the answer is:Yes, but not of imagessince people born blindhave never seen any-thing.Instead, he dreams of
shades of darkness andsound.Imagine that.How does he dress
himself?He had to be taught at
an early age how to or-ganize: white shirts gohere on this shelf, blueshirts there, ties here,and on and on.Crossing the street?
You must listen closelyto the sounds of trafficand be able to sensewhen cars going this wayand that come to a stop.If you were to stop
right there to contem-plate how incredibly hardit is just to do the sim-plest things that thosewho can see take forgranted every day, it
would likely overwhelmyou.But that struggle, said
Bernstein, is also an in-spiration.“The blessing that
comes of that is that youexperience life in a com-pletely different way,” hesaid.If you think that
sounds spiritual, it is in-deed. “My life is more excit-
ing,” he said, “It has apurpose and a mission.”But, he stressed, so
does everyone.“Life is an extraordi-
nary thing,” he said.“Celebrate the life youwere given.”This was the second
visit Bernstein has madeto Hamtramck PublicSchools. Before beingelected to the SupremeCourt two years ago, hetalked with high schoolstudents at the Commu-nity Center.
Supreme Court justice doesn’t let handicap get in his way
Get Out on the
Hamtown!
Above: State Supreme Court Judge Richard Bern-stein gives his autograph to a Kosciuszko MiddleSchool student after a talk he gave at the school lastFriday. Below: Bernstein talks about the challengeshe faces as a blind person.
