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Score!… The DetroitCity Football Club notonly reached but ex-ceeded its fundraisinggoal to restore Key-worth Stadium.The club’s online

fundraising drive raised$741,250. The groupsigned a deal with thePublic School Districtto lease the stadiumand fix it up over thenext several years.The above graphic is

an artist’s rendition ofwhat the future Key-worth Stadium, whichwas built in the 1930s,will look like.Although it’s called

football, it’s really asoccer team. Supportfor the team and itsleague has been grow-ing and growing in re-cent years.Organizers expect

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By Charles SercombeIn an expected move,

former HamtramckSchool BoardmemberMohammad Huda issuing the public schooldistrict to get his jobback.Huda was elected to

the board in 2014, butwas removed severalweeks ago after a major-ity on the board agreedthat he does not live inthe city. Based on anopinion by the state At-torney General’s Office, ifthe board believed therewas evidence to supportthat claim, Huda’s seatwas then automaticallyvacated.Last week the board

voted to replace Hudawith Salah Hadwan, whowill fill the seat for oneyear until the next elec-tion is held.In his lawsuit, Huda in-

sists he is a resident

and that the board over-stepped its authority toremove him.Huda is seeking rein-

statement as well as re-imbursement forattorney fees and “dis-bursement” to himself.Huda did not return

calls for comment. Buthis attorney, MarkBrewer, the former Chair-man of the MichiganDemocratic Party, calledthe board’s action a“coup-d’état.”“The School Board has

no authority to remove

somebody,” Brewer said.“Mr. Huda was voted inby the people.”School Superintendent

Tom Niczay declined tocomment, saying it’s“premature” at thispoint while school attor-

By Charles SercombeAre you one of those

people who finagle yourwater bill to keep it rightbelow the minimumthreshold to avoid ashutoff notice?Well, forget about that

ploy because the city ison to your tricks. And it’sputting a stop to it.Last week a number of

property owners weresurprised, and in somecases outraged, whenthey received a shutoffnotice even though theyowed just a few dollarsor even just a few cents.“Previously, customers

would just pay portionsof their bill and allow itto accumulate until itmet a certain ‘shut off’threshold and then theywould pay another por-tion, never paying theentire bill,” said CityManager Katrina Powell.“Unfortunately, the city

doesn’t get the option ofpaying a portion of itsbill to the Great LakesWater Authority. It mustpay its bill in its entirety,monthly.”So, what that means

is gone are the dayswhen the city wouldallow property owners torun up bills of $1,000before a shutoff noticewas sent out.Powell said the city fur-

ther reduced the thresh-old over the past year to$500, then $200 andonce again to $50. Ineach instance, thethreshold level wasabused by too many cus-tomers.So, now the new

threshold level is $5.

By Greg KowalskiBack in the 1920s

and 1930s, Ham-tramck’s public schoolsystem was growing at afurious rate. Enrollment in the jun-

ior and senior highschools skyrocketedfrom 879 in 1924 to4,225 in 1931. That prompted a flurry

of building new schoolsand expanding pro-grams. We tend to think

today that educationback in those days wasfairly primitive. In fact, itwas remarkably progres-sive, at least in Ham-tramck.You can find great ex-

amples of that in the se-ries of school bulletinsthe district issued peri-odically. Produced by theteachers 10 times ayear and printed in Ham-tramck High School,

The lore of Hamtramck …

School Boardmember is fighting back to regain his seat

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Loopholein waterbills plugged

Lessons from the past

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Former School Boardmember Mohammad Huda is not going away quietly. He hasfiled a lawsuit against the School Board after the Board declared his seat vacant.The Board made that decision because it believes Huda does not live in the city.

The June 1931 Hamtramck Public School Bulletin.

neys are still reviewingthe lawsuit.The lawsuit was filed

last Friday, Feb. 12.The school board

began investigatingHuda’s residency statuslast summer following aReview story about himclaiming a 100-percentHomestead property ex-emption for a house inWarren.The district hired a pri-

vate investigator to lookinto the matter. Amongthe findings was that theHamtramck house Hudaclaimed to live in waswithout water service forseveral weeks.The investigator also

encountered Huda’sbrother at the Warrenhouse where he claimeda Homestead exemp-

tion, who — in the pres-ence of a Warren policeofficer — admitted Hudalived in the house.At the time of the en-

counter the investigatorsaw Huda drive by but hedid not stop.In the lawsuit, Brewer

points out that the Sec-retary of State office, theHamtramck City Clerkand the Governor’s Of-fice declined to take ac-tion on removing Hudafrom office.But the governor’s re-

sponse was a little morenuanced. It said thatbased on an opinion bythe state Attorney Gen-eral, there was no needfor the governor to re-move Huda.Instead, the state said

that if the board believed

there was enough evi-dence that indicatedHuda was not a resi-dent, all it had to do wasto declare it vacant.During the period of

the investigation, Hudadid not talk about hisresidency nor put up adefense. He was notpresent at the boardmeeting when his seatwas declared vacant.Brewer said it was not

Huda’s “responsibility todefend himself.”Brewer added that

there might be an issuewith Huda being a Ben-gali and a Muslim.“If the lawsuit goes for-

ward we will investigatethat,” Brewer said.There is one other

Bengali on the boardand there has been aYemeni-American whoserved a partial term be-fore resigning voluntarily.The boardmember ap-

pointed to fill Huda’sseat is a Yemeni-Ameri-can.The issue comes at a

time when the schooldistrict is seeking a mill-age renewal for theRecreation Department.That election is on May3.

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Savory Black HistoryProgram – Tuesday, Febru-ary 23, 4 p.m. -- BetchaCan’t Eat Just One! Co-hosted by H.D.F.C.C. andthe Hamtramck Public Li-brary, learn about GeorgeCrum’s invention of potatochips. Snacks will be pro-vided.

Citizenship Classes –Tuesday, February 23, 5p.m. Hamtramck residentscan get help in preparingfor their citizenship exam.Classes are free. Registra-tion is required.

ESL Class – Wednesday,February 24, 9 a.m. and2:30 p.m. ESL classes arefree to all Hamtramck resi-dents. Registration is re-quired.

Movie Night – Wednes-day, February 24, 6:30 p.m.featuring “Spotlight.”

ESL Class – Friday, Feb26, 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.ESL classes are free to allHamtramck residents.Registration is required.

Black History Month --Art and History Exhibitthrough runs February 28.Sponsored by The CreativeSpirits.

Black History Film festi-val -- Thursdays in Febru-ary. Thursday, Feb. 25:“Selma”; 4:30 p.m. lec-ture before the film. Filmwill begin promptly at 5p.m. Sponsored by theHamtramck NAACP Com-mittee

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Cracking down onwater customers is noth-ing new. Last year thecity was owed $1.1 mil-lion in overdue bills.Shutoff notices went outand property ownershad 10 days to pay up.Dozens of households

and businesses still ig-nored the warning andhad their service cut off. It cost them $50 to

get service restored ontop of whatever wasowed.For those who dare to

restore water service il-legally, there is a $500fee to legally restoreservice.

Loopholein waterbills pluggedCont. from front page

By Charles SercombeA Trowbridge man nar-

rowly escaped seriousinjury -- or worse -- in ahouse fire Wednesdaynight.At about 11:20 p.m.,

Hamtramck firefighters,with the assistance of aDetroit fire crew, wereable to quickly put out afire in a downstairsapartment in a four-dwelling house at 3152Trowbridge.Fire Chief Paul Wilk

said the man who livedin the apartment saidthe fire likely startedfrom a burning cigaretteand possibly burningcandles. The man fellasleep with the cigaretteand candles burning andwoke up to a thicksmoke.He was able to escape

from his apartment withjust some of his hairburned. Wilk said thatbecause firefighterswere able to extinguishthe fire quickly, the other

apartments were sparedserious damage andresidents in them canstill live there.Wilk said that he was

impressed by the out-pouring of concern fromneighbors.“The neighbors were

awesome,” he said.“They asked if everybody

was OK. That’s Ham-tramck.”Wilk added that one

neighbor told a residentin the house that: “Wehave to help each other– it’s 2016.”This was the first sig-

nificant house fire in thecity in the last fewmonths.

Burning cigarette and candleslikely cause of apartment fire

Firefighters were able to quickly put out this housefire on Trowbridge thanks to a helping hand from aDetroit fire crew.

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By Charles SercombeHamtramck’s newest

Public School Board-member has planteddeep roots in the com-munity.Last week the School

Board appointed SalahHadwan to the seat va-cated by MohammadHuda, although Huda’sremoval is now beingchallenged in court.Hadwan was one of

seven candidates vyingfor the seat, which in-cluded former MayorTom Jankowski.Boardmember Dennis

Lukas said it took theboard a while to decidewho to choose.“But we kept coming

around to Salah,” hesaid. “He was one of thefirst people we thoughtof.”Hadwan’s background

is certainly impressive.He attended Ham-

tramck Public Schoolsfrom kindergartenthrough high school, andthen went on to becomea registered nurse at St.

John’s Hospital.Hadwan said he con-

sidered moving out ofthe city but decided tostay here.“I love the city,” he

said. “I’ve had so manyexperiences given tome.”He is 26 years old and

is married with six chil-dren. All of his childrenattend the publicschools. Hadwan said

he has convinced hisbrothers and sisters toremain in Hamtramckand if they had any kidsin the charter schools totransfer to the PublicSchools.“The charter schools

are not giving students afull understanding,”Hadwan said.He said many of the

charter schools lack cer-tified teachers and lack

quality education.Hadwan has further

cemented his relation-ship with the city bybuilding a large houseon Lumpkin in thesouthend. It is possiblythe largest single-familyhouse in the city.Hadwan is the second

Yemeni-American toserve on the board. Heis a member of theYemeni American Lead-ership Association.His term will only be

for a year until the nextschool board electiontakes place to finish outthe term. Huda waselected in 2014 to a six-year term.Hadwan said he will

run for the seat in theelection.

School Board fills vacancy with alongtime supporter of the district

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these were sophisti-cated mini-magazines.The June 1931 issue

is typical. On the cover is a cute

photo of kids at Hol-brook ElementarySchool participating in awedding, complete withbride and groom, brides-maid, best man and amini-priest. It carries thecaption, “June comes tothe Holbrook Schoolkindergarten in an at-mosphere of brides androses.”Inside, the content

varies from whimsical toserious. Much of it isfascinating, especiallytoday.There is a long piece

by legendary coach HalShields on “Senior HighSchool Health Educa-tion.” It opens with the im-

pressive statement:“Health Education, withits present outlook andaspirations, as an inte-gral phase of generaleducation, is defined asthe contribution made tothe complete educationof the child by the basicpsychomotor activitiesor the big brain-musclemovements.”It goes on to outline

the physical educationprogram offered by theschool.

There’s another exten-sive piece on “Just Whatis a Visiting Teacher?”These were essentiallyschool social workerswho helped studentsdeal with a spectrum ofproblems, including ab-senteeism, health is-sues and poverty.Another article looks

deeply into the physicalproblems that childrenfaced at that time andhow the schools dealtwith that. In those days, the

schools often offeredthe only contact kidswould have with doctorsand provided treatmentfor a variety of prob-lems. This included con-ditions that are raretoday, such as tubercu-losis and polio. In those days, the

schools had clinics anddental offices to servethe kids.The bulletin also has

an impressive piece onthe then-new Coperni-cus Junior High School,which was under con-struction and nearlycomplete.And there was much

more: A review of thedistrict’s spellingclasses (spelling wasimportant back then);the school clerks’ bas-ketball team and a sec-

tion on “It Is Interestingto Know,” listing a col-lection of short itemssuch as: “Mr. F.H. Kin-ney resumed his dutiesas Principal of the Play-fair School May 5, afteran absence of twoweeks, caused by an at-tack of the mumps.”There’s also a fasci-

nating item about Mrs.Carol Sage of DickinsonSchool, who made anappearance on televi-sion in New York. Thiswas about 15 years be-fore network TV wasborn, and televisionswere almost unknown.She paid a visit to the

Bell Telephone Labora-tory where she sat in asmall booth and sawand heard the image ofanother person “two-and-one-half milesaway.”In all, the public

school bulletin remainsan impressive achieve-ment even by today’sstandards. In some re-spects it is even supe-rior. The grammar,spelling, and design areimpeccable. That’s oftennot the case on many In-ternet websites we seetoday.Those educators so

long ago truly were pro-fessionals.You can learn more

about the Hamtramckschools at the Ham-tramck Historical Mu-seum, 9525 Jos.Campau. Hours are 11a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdayand Sunday and by ap-pointment. Call (313)893-5027.

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It’s said that whateverhappens to Detroit, sogoes Hamtramck. Ourfriends over at modeld-media.com have been re-porting on fascinatingdevelopment projects forthe past several years.With their permission,

here is an edited versionof this week’s story:A new report released

by the Detroit GreenwaysCoalition highlights fivebike and trail projectsthat the bicycle andpedestrian advocacygroup is most lookingforward to in 2016. According to the DGC,

Detroit will see a num-ber of improvements toits cycling infrastructurein 2016, including theofficial completion of theDequindre Cut, up-graded biking conditionsalong Cass Avenue, andthe introduction of themuch-anticipated publicbike share program. Thereport also hints at anindoor velodrome thatcould be in Detroit's fu-ture.Detroit Greenways

Coalition works withboth public and privateentities, including cityand state governments,and an array of founda-tions, to improve thequality of non-motorizedtransportation and recre-ation in Detroit. ToddScott is the group's ex-ecutive director.Highlights from the

DGC report include thefollowing:• The Link Detroit proj-

ect will officially be com-pleted in 2016. LinkDetroit connects a num-ber of communities,from Hamtramck to Mid-town to Eastern Marketto the Riverfront, througha series of bike lanesand the Dequindre Cut.• Biking from Midtown

to downtown shouldprove easier in 2016 asimproved biking condi-tions along Cass Avenueare completed this year.Upgrades are designed,in part, to discouragebikers from using Wood-ward Avenue and the ac-companying safetyconcerns of the M-1

Rail.• Automated counters

will be installed alongthe Dequindre Cut andCass to provide the DGCwith real-time data asthey look to better un-derstand and utilize bicy-cle and pedestriantrends throughout thosecorridors. • 2016 could also be

the year that a publicbike share program is in-troduced in Detroit.Though nothing is defi-nite, the DGC says theDetroit Downtown Part-nership is hopeful thatthe first phase of theprogram will open thisyear.• Bike lanes along a

four-mile stretch of Liver-nois Avenue are beinginstalled by the city ofDetroit and will run fromGrand River Avenue toW. Vernor Highway. Pop-up bike lanes, intendedfor viability tests, willalso be installed alongLivernois from McNi-chols to 8 Mile Road.

Writer: MJ Galbraith

Metro news …


In Our Opinion

Last week somehome and businessowners received a rudeshock.They were sent water

service shutoff noticesfor owing the citymoney. That’s nothingnew, but there was oneunusual twist. Many ofthe overdue bills werefor very small amountsof money – some a fewcents to a few dollars.That was a glitch on

the city’s part, said CityManager Katrina Pow-ell.But, she warned, the

threshold for the city togenerate an overdue

notice has now beenlowered to $3.Get used to it, folks.The city is no longer

in the business of pay-ing your bill and contin-uing to provide serviceif you are overdue.That’s the reality resi-

dents in other citiesface as well. It just sohappens that here inHamtramck, where weseem to live in a bub-ble all our own, we’vebeen getting away witha lot of sloppy leeway.We’re trying to figure

out why folks wouldshort the city anymoney when it comes

to paying a water bill.The bill is what it is.You can’t pay whateveryou feel like.If your bill is $60.82

you have to pay the fullamount, not a few dol-lars or few cents lessthan that.It may seem like

chump change, butmultiply that by severalthousand accounts andyou can see how a littlehere and a little therequickly adds up for thecity.The lesson here: Pay

your bills in full and ontime.

Paying your water billmeans just that: pay up

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School is proud to an-nounce 2nd quarterHonor Roll students.These students earnedall A’s and B’s and 1’sand 2’s on citizenshipmarks. The 7th grade Honor

Roll students are: AliAhmed, Nuha Ahmed,Haris Ahmic, AmdadurAhsan, Hadiel Alashwal,Khawlah Algehaim,Malak Ali, Deanna Al-maisari, Amir Alreyashi,Ali Alsidi, Nadija Basic,Lejla Begulic, EmranaBegum, Ismat Begum,Jahera Begum, Musma-mat Begum, ShuhenaBegum, Tahmina Begum,Alec Cathy, Adila Choud-hury, Atef Choudhury,Larry Gill, Justyce Hamil-ton, Dowlah Hasan, AjsaHasanspahic, KhadijaHelal, Asha Hossain,Anisul Hoque, KamranHussain, Zeshan Imran,Soha Irfan, Muaz Islam,Shubaita Islam, BesmirJahaj, Norman Jobah,Abid Khan, ShammiKhan, Faiza Laskar, ZohaM a hmo o d , C h a r b e lMoubarak, Hana Mozeb,Raghda Mozeb, GeorgesNemer, Samiha Rah-man, Ahana Roy, Mo-hamed Saleh, NeyraSalkic, AnnaBella Shalaj,Stefan Sidorowicz, Miko-laj Sobiesiuk, MarufaTanni and Habiba Yas-min. The 8th grade Honor

Roll students are:Dahika Ahmed, NelufaAhmed, ShazminaAhmed, Zakaria Al-Aswar, Zacaria Alasad,Huda Alashwal, AmeerAlfakeeh, Moneer Al-gazali, Hifa Almardahi,Finoon Almauliki, AkramAlzendani, Rudra Barua,Nazira Begum, RumanaBegum, SharminBegum, ThahsinaBegum, Habiba Chowd-hury, Nahyan Chowdhury,Prince Chowdhury, Tas-nia Chowdhury, Elma Du-rakovic, MohamedElhady, Tahmin Fathmee,MD Hamja, Mizanul

Haque, Sanjida Hussain,Shahariar Hussain,Saarah Iqbal, ZulfiquerJuber, MujaheulislamKhan, Rounaq Khan,Fahmida Khanom, AlMamoun Mashrah,Waale Mohamed, MelisaMusic, Maria Nemer,Fardeen Nur, Ajla Pezer,Mohammed Rahman,Abdul Repon, RakibRoby, Abdul Samee,Mirela Ruznic, AshnahSarfraz, Suria Tarver andArif Uddin.

n• Thursday, February 25

-- KMS’ Got Talent Showat 4 p.m. The Hamtramckcommunity is invited tobe part of the audienceand there will be a $2 ad-mission fee. All proceedswill go towards fundingstudent council initiativesthroughout the year.There will be prizes for1st, 2nd and 3rd placewinners. We hope to seeeveryone there!In an effort to improve

system practices,Kosciuszko MiddleSchool is conducting acommunity survey. Wevalue your opinion andask that you take thetime to complete this sur-vey. In order to complete

the survey, please go to:h t t p : / / a d v a n c -ed.org/survey/public/4516783. Please be assured

that your responses tothis survey will be anony-mous. Your honest opin-ion is appreciated.Thank you in advance foryour time and attention.

Holbrook ElementarySchool NewsHolbrook school an-

nounces that each quar-ter students have theopportunity to earn thestatus of being on thePrincipal’s List or HonorRoll based on gradesand citizenship marks. To be on the Principal’s

List students earned allA’s and 1’s in citizenshipmarks. To be on theHonor Roll studentsearned all A’s and B’sand received 1’s and 2’sin citizenship marks.

In the 2nd quarter ofthe 2015-2016 schoolyear, 57 students ingrades kindergartenthrough fifth grade madethese lists. There werefour kindergarten stu-dents who had outstand-ing achievement, 10students on the Princi-pal’s List and 43 stu-dents on the Honor Roll. Kindergarten students

who earned outstandingachievement are: RiyanAl-Shauweyh, WissamAlkasem, Wassem Alka-sem and Ghida Elgarde. First Grade- Principal’s

Award: Shorok Gobah,Reham Hafeed, JaylenBrown. Honor Roll:Salsabel Algahim, ZhraaAldhabiana, MohamedAlgahim, Munaggir Lone,Zainab Mozab and Ab-dullah Omer. Second Grade- Princi-

pal’s Award: MahinAhmed, Maram Alawdi,Zeenah Alrefai, HusamAlriyami. Honor Roll:Abubakr Algahim,Alanood Alwdy, AhmedDhifullah, Al-AnoodMaazab, AdamMuthana. Third Grade- Honor

Roll: Maram AlSalme,Ayhem Aldalaly, HadeelAlgohim, Laith Alhad-wan, Hiba Alnagar, MekoBarbee and Diea El-garde. Fourth Grade- Honor

Roll: Asman Al-Madrahi,Thuraiya Al-Zaida, RanyaAldalaly, Sara Algahim,Amirah Ali, Raghad Alo-mari, Raha Alsalme, Ghi-dan Daifallah, RiamHamid, Aliya Juwair, Mo-hammed Kaid, SalmanMozep, Maymoona Nagi,Raad Omer, GhadaSaleh, Shanzida Salehand Asem Waheeb. Fifth Grade- Principal’s

Award: Gehan AlQosimi,Arwa Alshwal, Duaa Alre-fai. Honor Roll: Ghader

Alqusaimi, Thyab Al-shuweyh, Dina Hadwan,Baraah Haimed, ReemHujran, Mahliah Obaid,Douah Saleh andShetha Saleh. Great job, Holbrook

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Grand opening… It tooka little while, but US Fish& Chicken on Jos. Cam-pau was finally able to cel-ebrate its grand openinglast Friday. City officialsand others stopped by fora ribbon cutting, and thenenjoyed a sampling of thefood.We’re pleased to say

that the fried chicken issuperb. The site was for-merly a Wendy’s, and newowners Shabul Miah andhis wife, Lucky, have donea great job cleaning it up.

Auto Show… Last weekwe didn’t have space fortwo photos that were sup-posed to go along with astory about the recent In-ternational Auto Show.Reporter John Kovach,

who wrote the story andis a Hamtramck resident,said the Chevy Cruze andBuick Avista were two ofthe standout domesticcars.

Up for sale… Word isthat the two houses onKlinger that support theHamtramck Disneylandcreation will be going upfor sale next week.We’re not sure what the

details are, but real es-tate agent Richard Lan-duyt said the owner islooking for someone whowill keep the folk art in-stallment in place.Landuyt works for Cold-

well Banker and can bereached at (313) 407-9654.

The creator of thepiece, Dmytro Szylak, diedlast year at the age of 92.There was hope some-

one or some organizationwould remove and savethe artwork but that ap-parently fell through.We’ll have more on this

next week.

Public safety… Gov.Rick Snyder has beencoming under a lot of heatrecently for the mishan-dling of the Flint water

switchover, but there wasone recent bright spot forhis administration.Snyder recently an-

nounced he will expand aprogram called “SecureCities,” which will divertmore money to severalmore cities, includingHamtramck, to boost pub-lic safety.Details of the program’s

spending were not re-leased but we’ll be return-ing to this in the nearfuture.

City officials and others pose for a ribbon cutting cer-emony at the newly-opened US Fish & Chicken at theformer Wendy’s site.

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In Loving Memory

James JenningsFeb. 14, 1967 ~ Feb. 16, 2014

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By Charles SercombeThe city council met on

Jan. 25. CouncilmembersAbu Musa and Saad Al-masmari were absent.Before the regular coun-

cil meeting took place awork session was held.During that meeting Coun-cilmember Ian Perrottacommented on the costof removing illegallydumped tires.“We seem to be having

a problem,” he said.City Manager Katrina

Powell said it’s been anongoing problem.On a resolution that

many communities areconsidering, Powell spokein support of requiringemployers with 10 ormore employees and apayroll of at least$500,000 be required to

withhold local communityincome taxes.Powell said this would

save the city money bynot having to track downwho works here but failsto file an income tax.On another resolution,

Powell said many commu-nities are urging the stateto abolish a new law pro-hibiting government offi-cials from talking aboutballot proposal twomonths leading up toelection day.“This is not a good

thing for us,” Powell said.“We’ll have to police whatyou’re saying.”City Clerk August

Gitschlag said the “realrub” to the new law isthat it prevents govern-ment officials from ex-plaining what a ballot

proposal means.Powell also talked

about setting up a Beau-tification Commission toaward businesses thatmake improvements totheir building’s appear-ance.She said this has

proven to spur competi-tion among businesses inother communities.“It really did to wonders

for the community I camefrom,” Powell said.Councilmember Andrea

Karpinski said she wouldlike to see the programexpand to involve resi-dences.Powell talked about how

the city had previously re-paired sewer leads in thealleys at no cost to home-owners. She said underher administration that

changed a year ago towhere it is now the home-owner’s responsibility topay for the repair.The average cost to

make the repair is$4,600.She said the city had

been paying $100,000 ayear in making the re-pairs.Powell said there is now

an insurnace program forhomeowners in whichthey pay $7 a month tocover the cost of the re-pair.“We absolutely need

this program,” Powellsaid. “Our residents arestruggling.”It’s a program being of-

fered by the NationalLeague of Cities.During the regular meet-

Happy Birthday JimmyIt’s been two years since you passed, but not a day hasn’t passed that we

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heads. You may not be here on earth withus, but in our hearts you live strong.

Love, Delphine and Donna

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cers found a child walkingalone in the 11600 blockof Jos. Campau. The childwas returned home, andthe father was issued aticket for parental respon-sibility.• A driver of a car was ar-

rested following a trafficstop after officers discov-ered his license plate wasfraudulent.• A business owner on

Jos. Campau found a wal-let and turned it over to thepolice department. Theowner was contacted andshe retrieved her wallet.• A St. Aubin resident re-

ported being assaulted byher live-in boyfriend.• A Mitchell resident was

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rested after causing anauto accident. The driverhad a blood-alcohol levelover twice the legal limitand was also arrested forobstruction.• At 3:30 a.m. a Florian

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ported someone damagedhis front window.• A Detroit resident was

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following a traffic stop forhaving fraudulent proof ofinsurance.• A Gallagher resident

was arrested after shoot-ing a gun while arguing witha man about money.Saturday, February 13• At a little after 3 a.m.

a Dearborn resident re-ported being carjacked atDoremus and Conant. Hewas driving a Chrysler 300.• A Pulaski resident re-

ported the theft of his cell-phone.• A man reported the

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males.• A Winfield resident re-

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Holbrook ElementarySchool has establisheda Parent Teacher Stu-dent Association (PTSA).The PTSA meets on thesecond Wednesday ofevery month at 8:30a.m. The ExecutiveBoard President is Ms.Arwa Obeid. Congratula-tions, Ms. Obeid! Welook forward to manyparents attending themeetings.• ESL classes began

at Holbrook ElementarySchool. Please contactthe school if interestedat (313) 872-3203.

Early Childhood Ele-mentary School NewsAt Early Childhood Ele-

mentary School, stu-dents learned some funfacts about Valentine’sDay. In the UnitedStates, more than $345million of chocolate arebought for the holiday. About 58 million

pounds of chocolatecandy are purchased theweek before Valentine'sDay. The students can

assure you that not thatmuch chocolate waseaten at ECE duringValentine’s Day celebra-tions.

All Schools• Thursday, March 10

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Compiled byJanice Gandelman

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ing, CouncilmemberAnam Miah said therehas been an outpouringfrom Hamtramck to theresidents of Flint in re-gard to that city’s watercrisis.He said he delivered a

truck load of bottledwater.“The people are very

grateful,” he said.Mayor Karen Majewski

said Hamtramck can em-

pathize with those in Flint.“We can understand

what happens under anemergency manager,” shesaid.Kathy Angerer, the Di-

rector of Community &Economic Development,introduced two represen-tatives from FlagstarBank. The bank recentlypartnered with Angerer'sdepartment to take kidsfrom here to Joe Louis

Arena where they skatedand enjoyed other perks.During the public com-

ment portion, attorneyMark Koroi urged thecouncil to forward its per-formance review of CityManager Powell to theTransition Advisory Board.“We want to see what

the city council membersthink of Katrina Powell,”Koroi said.

Continued from page 6

Students at the EarlyChildhood ElementarySchool enjoyed Valen-tine’s Day arts and craftsand friendship.

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