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By Charles SercombeIt appears few Michi-

gan communities are“very confident” that theywill get an accurate Cen-sus count.

The national Censushappens once every 10years, and will take placethis March.

According to a Univer-sity of Michigan survey ofofficials from over 1,000municipalities, counties,townships and villages,only 15 percent of themsaid they were “very con-

fident” of getting an ac-curate head count oftheir residents.

However, 64 percent ofthose officials said theywere “somewhat confi-dent” about the count.

In Hamtramck, officialshave organized a Com-plete Count Committee

to make sure the city in-deed gets just aboutevery person counted.

“With this committee,we’re going to work seri-ously in engaging the eth-nic communities,” saidVirginia Skrzyniarz, who isthe chairperson of thecommittee.

Skrzyniarz is the CEOand Co-Founder of thePiast Institute, which con-ducts research on Polishand Polish-American is-sues. The institute, lo-cated on Jos. Campau, is

also a Census Bureau In-formation Center, one ofonly two located in Michi-gan.

She said that, lookingat the 2010 Census, itappears about 30 per-cent of the city’s house-hold did not participate.

“We were probably un-dercounted by 7,000people,” she said.

Back then, there wereno committee or commu-nity organizers pushingthe Census.

By Charles SercombeHamtramck has appar-

ently dodged a financialbullet.

Last week, GM re-versed its recent deci-sion to close thePoletown plant in its ten-tative labor agreementwith the UAW.

Several months ago,GM said it was closingdown four of its plants,including the Poletownplant. Then, when theUAW strike began amonth ago against GM,an offer was made tokeep the Hamtramckplant open.

And then, during thestrike, GM again said itwas going to shut downthe plant.

Confused?Here is how it unfolded

in a nutshell: Poletown will be closed

this January.Strike begins, Poletown

will remain open.Strike continues, Pole-

town will now be closed.Strike reaches tenta-

tive settlement, Poletownwill remain open.

If your head is stillspinning, welcome to theworld of high-stakes cor-porate labor negotiation.

GM also now says itwill invest billions intothe plant, and will be pro-ducing electric-poweredpick-up trucks there.

The only thing thatcould gum up the deal is

Hamtramck gets ready for 2020 Census count

Poletownplantsaved

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— HAMTRAMCK'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD —

Two special events arehappening this week-end.

One has to do with giv-ing closure to RecycledTreasures, and the otherwith disposing of yourunneeded or outdatedprescription drugs.

First, Recycled Treas-urers.

Catrina Stackpoole,who was the main or-ganizer of the now-closed second-handstore, will be hosting a“Sweet Goodbye Cele-bration” tonight, Friday,Oct. 25, at the MooseLodge (located at 9421Conant).

The celebration startsat 7 and runs to 11 p.m.For a $5 donation (moreis also welcomed), you’llget treated to snacks,and a chance to windoor prizes and a 50/50raffle.

Plus, there is a cashbar, just to get you in thegiving mood.

Proceeds will go to-ward the costs of shut-ting down the store.

Recycled Treasureshelped dozens of low-in-come folks by providingthem with householditems and beds.

In the 2010 Censuscount, Hamtramck’s pop-ulation was listed as22,423 – down by about1,000 from the 2000count.

It is believed by somein the community thatthere are upwards of30,000 people who livehere.

Getting an accuratepopulation count in Ham-tramck has always beena challenge.

That’s because a num-ber of immigrants wholive here are reluctant toparticipate for fear ofgovernment reprisal, oreven deportation.

Skrzyniarz is deter-mined to change that byreaching out to the city’sethnic communities andtheir leaders.

“They need to takesome ownership,” shesaid.

Why is the Census im-portant?

Census officials say

that, for each personcounted, it equals$1,800 in federal fund-ing in one form or an-other, which includesgrants for street repairs.

This year’s Census hasalready been dealt a blowwhen the Trump adminis-tration attempted to geta question included thatasked whether one is acitizen or not.

Critics said the ques-tion would likely scare offsome immigrants, whowould fear it will lead todeportation.

That question hassince been struck fromthe Census form, but

there could still be linger-ing doubts for some peo-ple.

“We hope to convincepeople they will not bedeported,” said Skrzy-niarz.

To kick off the upcom-ing census, the commit-tee will host a communityrally in February.

This year’s census willhave only 10 questions.

Skrzyniarz said there isstill plenty of room on thecommittee for those in-terested in spreading theword on the census.

For more information,call Skrzyniarz at (313)733-4535.

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Hamtramck gets ready for 2020Census count Continued from front page

if UAW workers vote to re-ject the proposed laborcontract. That vote wasexpected this week afterThe Review went topress.

Keeping the plant openis good news for Ham-tramck. The city hasbeen receiving $800,000a year from GM in lieu ofproperty taxes. A portionof the plant is on theHamtramck side of the

Detroit border.With a yearly budget of

$16 million, the loss ofthat GM revenue wouldhave been a catastrophicfinancial hit for the city.It’s assumed that dealwill continue.

But can city officialsbreathe easy now?

City Manager Kathy An-gerer declined to com-ment on the matter untilthe UAW-GM contract is

signed.But she did say that

GM’s proposed invest-ment in the plant is goodnews.

“General Motors’ multi-billion-dollar investmentinto production of theelectric truck and jobs forthe Detroit-Hamtramckfacility will certainly be abenefit to the city formany years to come,” An-gerer said.

Poletown plant savedContinued from front page

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Celebrating 97 Years of Traditional, Catholic, and Democratic Church

October 28 – Mass for people on ourPrayer List – 7 pm

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Bring Bob Back

My priorities are steps to initiate the following: Restore a clean city reputation.Increase police, police presence to protect our community as

well as our police.Restore the city Economic Development Department to

retain and encourage new businesses.Importantly, also maintain oversight of city responsibilities

and fiscal prudence.Strongly, and aggressively, promote a very successful

2020 Census count for significant additional revenues forthe City of Hamtramck and schools.

Finally, with you and others, I will continue to represent the entire community – not just certain segments of Hamtramck.

To the Hamtramck Community, I am asking you the following request to rehire me as your Councilman in this current November 5th city election.As your former City Clerk, Councilman and co-author of our current City Charter, I am qualified and prepared for the responsibilities of Hamtramck City Council.

I Love Hamtramck — Robert A. ZwolakCandidate for Hamtramck City Council • (313) 434-3090

Career DayMore than 100 Ham-

tramck High School stu-dents recently attended aDTE-sponsored “Careers inEnergy Week” at theTrombly Service Center.

State Rep. Isaac Robin-son (D-Detroit), whose dis-trict includes Hamtramck,was also on hand to en-courage the students.

Robinson had reachedout to Hamtramck Superin-tendent Jaleelah Ahmed toget students involved, andto consider career opportu-nities in the energy field.

In a press release issuedby Robinson, he said:

“I was pleased that somany of our students par-ticipated in the Careers inEnergy Week tour at theTrombly Service Center.

“As we move toward amore sustainable and re-newable energy economy,skilled workers will be evenmore invaluable than theyare now. That’s why I wasso excited to participate in,and accompany, some ofour students to this event.Careers in Energy is a greatway to learn about possiblefuture professions for ouryoung people.

“I am committed to con-tinuing promoting and in-creasing access to theskilled trades to our stu-dents and other Michigan-ders looking to changeindustries.”

Ahmed said she plans tocontinue the district’s rela-tionship with DTE.

“We are excited to haveour students participate inthe DTE Energy CareerAwareness Week,” Ahmedsaid.

“We will be seeking longterm partnerships with DTEto grow a pool of skilledworkers to join DTE in thefuture. Knowing the short-age of skilled workers thatare in the workforce, stu-dents have the option tolearn more about energy-re-lated jobs.

“This exposure will havea positive impact on ourstudents as they make de-cisions to join the work-force, to ensure that thesehigh demand jobs haveskilled workers, and the in-dustry doesn’t face a majorshortage.”Early Childhood Elementary

Hamtramck's police offi-cers joined students ontheir walk to school, andfirefighters hosted tours atthe fire station.

Recently, students hadthe opportunity to walk toschool with Hamtramck po-lice officers. Students werebeaming as theywalked  with officers.

Officers left a great im-pression with many stu-dents, as somewere heard

saying, “When I grow up, Iwant to be a police officer!”

This week, as part of FirePrevention Month, stu-dents, teachers and par-ents walked to the firestation to learn about firesafety and the operationsof the fire department.

Firefighters  asked thestudents questions aboutwho to call in an emer-gency, and how important itis to know their home ad-dress to tell the dispatcher.

Students viewed a videowith Sparky the FirefighterDog, toured the station in-side and out, and weretreated to a bagful of firesafety books from the fire-fighters.

It was a wonderful way toget to know our local policeofficers and firefighters.Thank you to the Ham-tramck police and firefight-ers!

Upcoming events• November 1 -- End of

1st quarter.• November 1 -- Half Day

for Horizon High School,final exams.

• November 5 -- Noschool for students.

• November 7 -- ReportCard #1 distributed.

• November 7 -- Half Dayfor Elementary/MiddleSchool Students- ParentTeacher Conferences,12:30-3 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.All grades except the highschool.

• November 8 -- Half Dayfor students.

Recreation DepartmentNews

For information aboutrecreation activities, giveus a call at (313) 892-2635. Follow us on Face-book for the mostup-to-date information:

www.Facebook.com/HamtramckRecreationDepart-mentCompiled by Janice Gandelman     

Above: Scenes from Hamtramck High School’s careerday sponsored by DTE Energy. State Rep. IsaacRobinson joined the students. Below: ECE studentsvisit with Hamtramck firefighters and police officers.

By Alan MadlaneHamtramck has a new

book club, organizedthrough (but independentfrom) the HamtramckPublic Library by AdelaGarcia, a library em-ployee, and MargeCzarnik.

We came up with a fewquestions for Adela, andshe was kind enough totake time out of herschedule to send us herresponses.

Review: How did theplan for this book clubcome together? Have yourun, or presumably atleast, been in, one ormore clubs before this? Ifso, where and when(briefly)?

Adela Garcia: I was justhired at the library re-cently, and was asked ifI’d like to be involved. Ienthusiastically said yes.

I’m currently in a bookclub that has been ongo-ing for the past threeyears. We are a group ofwomen who love to read,and have read a variety ofbooks.

Review: You’ve just setup the rules in a meetingyou had recently. Can you

tell us a bit about thatprocess? What rules didyou decide on that wouldbe important for some-one to know about be-forehand, if any? Mostimportantly, perhaps, whowill get to choose what toread?

Garcia: We all hadideas about rules, basedon our different experi-ences, and agreed readilyon what seemed to in-clude everyone, make allmembers comfortable,and enhance the bestchance for the successof the book club.

For the first two orthree meetings, the coor-dinators will choose thebooks, until the membersfeel comfortable enoughto make suggestions.

We will be as fair andas democratic as possi-ble, as we want all ourmembers to feel in-cluded.

Review: Hamtramck isan exceptionally diversecommunity, especiallygiven its relatively tinyphysical size. What, ifany, provisions have youmade or discussed, re-lated to inclusion and di-versity of readingmaterials?

Garcia: We are open toany suggestions from ourmembers that will enableus all to learn about themany cultures here inHamtramck. I personallyhope that we will soonhave members who arelearning English and whofeel comfortable enoughto join our discussions.

We don’t intend to readanything difficult thatwould frustrate any mem-bers. I think we will tendtoward books where wecan all identify with theemotions of the protago-nist. Happiness, love,loss, frustration, etc., are

all emotions that humanshave in common.

Review: What types ofbooks do you gravitate to,or do you have multiplereading interests? Fa-vorite fiction, short fic-tion, poetry, non-fictionauthors, or biographicalor other subjects?

Garcia: I read a lot offiction, and tend towardwomen writers, especiallyBritish writers: KateAtkinson, (Jane) Austen,(George) Eliot, HillaryMandel, Dorothy Sayers,Margery Allingham, Mar-garet Drabble, PenelopeLively, Muriel Spark, etc.

I love poetry, and readit whenever I feel fraz-zled. With Wordsworth(and many other poets), Ifeel very peaceful when Ican “see into the life ofthings.” I also enjoy his-tory and biographies.

I will read anything thatis well-written. If the writ-ing is not good, I can’tread it.

Review: Feel free toadd anything else youwould like to at this pointabout the club, or your-self. Where you wereborn, home life if youchoose, etc.

Garcia: I think the li-brary book club has anobligation to serve thecommunity and to includeeveryone. That is, I think,the goal that shouldguide us.

I really love living inHamtramck. I walk allover with my dog, Sammy,and have met with gen-uine friendliness. I’m anative Detroiter, and loveDetroit and its spirit.

Review: Adela, thankyou for spending sometime with us, and best ofluck with the club!Anyone interested in the

book club can contactAdela or Marge by email(amgarcia525@gmail.comor margeczarnik@com-cast.net) or try reachingAdela at the HamtramckLibrary during their busi-ness hours (313-733-6822). The library islocated at 2360 Caniff.

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By Charles SercombeThe city’s new market-

ing study on housing,which we reported on inlast week’s issue, also in-cludes a look at the Bel-mont building.

It has stood vacant formany years now, and thelatest we had reportedwas that the owner of thebuilding, Dennis Kefalli-nos, was trying to sell it.

But now, there is a huge“for lease” sign on thefront window of the build-ing.

According to DetroitCraiglist, an online classi-fied outlet, the groundfloor is now open forlease at $3,000 a month.

The Belmont, as it is in-formally known, is thecity’s tallest commercialbuilding, standing at fourstories. It is located atJos. Campau and Bel-mont, across the streetfrom Pope Park.

There has been talk foryears about turning theupper levels into lofts, butno action has been taken.

According to the hous-ing and land use market-ing study performed byLandUse USA, similarplans for the building are

being presented.In the plan’s design, the

ground floor would be re-served for office space orretail.

The upper floors wouldeach have five apart-ments, ranging in sizefrom 380-square feet to800-square feet.

What are the chancesof this development everhappening?

Given Kefallinos’ repu-tation for sitting on vacantbuildings for years, proba-bly not much.

Kefallinos has been try-ing to sell the building fora few years. He bought itin 2014 from the city fora steal, at $85,000 andhas been trying to sell it

for over $800,000.The city sold the build-

ing through an auction. Atfirst, there was an initialburst of work done, butsoon renovationsstopped. At one point thesidewalk in front of thebuilding had to be fencedoff because part of thebrick façade began fallingoff.

Since work stopped, Ke-fallinos pays a nominal$300 yearly fee to the cityfor keeping the buildingvacant.

The Review has at-tempted several times inthe past to contact Kefalli-nos, but no calls were re-turned.

There is a plan for the Belmontbuilding, but will the owner budge?

Library is starting up a bookclub and is seeking members

On Saturday (Oct. 26),the good folks at thePiast Institute (located at11633 Joseph Campau)will be participating inthe National PrescriptionDrug Take Back Day pro-gram.

Instead of there beinga box at CVS Pharmacy,you can drop off your oldprescription drugs rightin front of the Piast of-fice.

Volunteers will be onhand to accept them.They will be there from10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Belmont building, as it is known locally, is stillstanding vacant. At one time the owner of the build-ing attempted to sell it. Now, it’s up for lease.

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In Our Opinion

There was good newsfor striking UAW workersand for Hamtramck lastweek.

For the workers, itlooks like their month-long strike may be over(with a tentative laboragreement on thetable).

We won’t know forsure until UAW mem-bers vote on the pro-posed contract, but atthis point it will likely beratified.

In Hamtramck, GMnow says it will keep thePoletown plant open.

Had GM followedthough with shuttingdown the plant, which itthreatened to do sev-

eral months ago, Ham-tramck would no longerreceive $800,000 ayear in lieu of propertytaxes.

That financial agree-ment apparently will re-main in place, sinceproduction will con-tinue.

Since GM announcedthat the Poletown plantwould close, city offi-cials have been scram-bling to figure out howto keep paying the billsonce that revenuestream dried up.

While it appears thecity no longer faces animmediate financial cri-sis, there are plenty ofother budget shortfalls

lurking – such as risinghealth care costs forcity employees, as wellas a pension obligationfor 200-plus retirees.

Financially-speaking,Hamtramck still faceshuge challenges.

Word is that there willbe some upcoming deci-sions made that mayupset some folks.Those who have tomake hard decisionsusually face backlash ofsome sort – but seldomdoes anyone offer con-structive advice.

Hard times call forhard decisions to bemade.

Despite good news from GMstrike, city faces challenges

The Hamtramck ReviewPublished every Friday

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Donation drive… Thegood folks at PLAV Post 10are hosting a donationdrive for a Hamtramck fam-ily who recently lost theirpossessions in a housefire.

The family includes twoyoung children.

What’s needed are gen-tly used or new clothing,small household items,tooth brushes, soap, giftcards and “think aboutwhat you would really needto replace if you, yourself,had a fire,” the Post said ina flyer.

Boys clothing in size 7 isneeded, as well as girlclothing, in a size 4 or 5,women’s top clothing inlarge or extra large, bot-toms, size 14, shoes size9, men’s large shirts,pants with a waist size of36 and shoes size 10.5 or11.

There is a drop box setup. The Post is located at11824 Jos. Campau.

Congratulations… Com-munity activist and all-around good guy, ArifHuskic, recently becamean ordained Imam. He waspart of a graduating classfrom All Faith Seminary In-ternational.

He celebrated with apotluck gathering at theMuslim Center on Davisonin Detroit.

Pet alert… Halloween is

full of scares.But it can also be full of

scary situations for thefamily pet.

Some of the items wefind oh-so-tasty are oh-so-nasty for Fido and Me-owsers.

Many people are awarethat chocolate isn’t goodfor dogs. It actually ranksas the number one reasonpets get brought to theemergency room aroundHalloween, according toClearwater, Florida-basedveterinarian Kevin Kelley.

Dark or baking chocolateis the worst, as they havehigher concentrations ofcacao. Also note: pets willtry to eat the wrappers thecandy came in, and puttingthe wrappers in a waste-basket at floor level, evenone with a lid, may oftennot be deterrent enough.

Likewise, chocolate leftin the bag or in, for exam-ple, a purse, can often besniffed out by your little ol-factory factory, i.e. yourpet.

Other harms: candy withthe sweetener xylitol (oftenfound in sugarless gums,for one), which can throwan animal into hypo-glycemia and resultantconvulsions within 30 min-utes; raisins (yep,Raisinets are a doublewhammy) or grapes; and,for example in chip dips,onion or garlic – all not

good for the fur babies.The other issues with

the Halloween holiday boildown to those involvingcostumes – theirs, yours,and your door-ringers’ –and the mere act of open-ing the door.

If you must dress yourunfortunate companion an-imal in a costume, makesure they’re loose-fittingand have nothing that canbe toxic or swallowed if bit-ten off. Note that your cos-tume may confuse yourpet; owners have evenbeen attacked by a riled-upanimal protecting their(and your) home or terri-tory. Little kids can be at-tacked by so-inclined dogs,even through screens. Uglylawsuits or worse could fol-low.

The solution? Put yourpet in another room andshut the door. This will alsohelp with another potentialissue – an animal runningout the open door and intothe night, perhaps never tobe found again (and hereis a good place to cham-pion pet microchipping, asafe and inexpensive pro-cedure).

Follow these few com-mon sense tips, and youand your pet will have ahappier, safer, more funHalloween season!

We “scare”-entee it.

NOTICE OF

CITY OF HAMTRAMCK GENERAL ELECTION Tuesday, November 5, 2019

To the Qualified Electors of the

CITY OF HAMTRAMCK - WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a CITY OF HAMTRAMCK PRIMARY ELECTION will be held in the City of Hamtramck, County of Wayne, State of Michigan on Tuesday, November 5, from seven (7) o'clock in the morning until eight (8) o'clock at night (local time) at which time candidates for the following offices listed below will be voted upon.

HAMTRAMCK CITY COUNCIL The City Clerk's office, 3401 Evaline, Hamtramck, Michigan 48212, will be open on Saturday November 2, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. for the issuance and return of Absentee Applications and Absentee Ballots.

HAMTRAMCK PRECINCT LOCATIONS

PCT #1 Housing Admin. Building 12025 Dequindre PCT #2 Community Center 11410 Charest PCT #3 Community Center 11410 Charest PCT #4 Community Center 11410 Charest PCT #5 Senior Plaza 2620 Holbrook PCT #6 Peoples Community Center 8625 Jos Campau PCT #7 Senior Plaza 2620 Holbrook Absentee ballots are available for all elections; registered voters may contact the City Clerk to obtain an application for an absent vothttps://www.michigan.gov/documents/AbsentVoterBallot_105377_7.pdf All polling place locations are handicap accessible. To obtain election instructions in an alternative format (audio or Braille), contact th August R. Gitschlag Hamtramck City Clerk October 2019

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PCT #1 Housing Admin. Building 12025 Dequindre PCT #2 Community Center 11410 Charest PCT #3 Community Center 11410 Charest PCT #4 Community Center 11410 Charest PCT #5 Senior Plaza 2620 Holbrook PCT #6 Peoples Community Center 8625 Jos Campau PCT #7 Senior Plaza 2620 Holbrook

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Szafarczyk(nee Blagec),95, died Oc-tober 20,2019.

Mrs. Szafarczyk wasthe wife of the late Ed-ward. Mildred is survivedby her three sons andtheir families as follows:James (Patricia) Szafar-czyk and their childrenand grandchildren; Paul(Katie), Eleanor, Gabby,and Maxine; Allison(Michael) and Julia,Jacob, and Stella Patter-son; Gina (Tim) andHadley, William, andCharlie Babb. John Scottand his wife, HeidiCousino. Tom (Joan)Scott and their childrenand grandchildren;

Michael (Shanna), Gage,and Chloe Scott; Kristen(John), Johnny, andMatthew Jackman; Jef-frey (Katie), and BrooklynScott; Jennifer Scott.

Visitation was Thurs-day, October 24, at Ju-rkiewicz & Wilk FuneralHome.

Mrs. Szafarczyk will liein state at 11 a.m., untilthe time of the FuneralMass at 11:30 a.m., Fri-day, October 25, 2019 atSaint Florian CatholicChurch. Interment will beat Mount Olivet Cemeteryimmediately followingMass.

By Charles SercombeScores of volunteers

came out on a sunny Sat-urday to help begin shap-ing up the city’s newestpark.

The new park is calledthe Sarah Garrett Memo-rial Park, located on De-quindre -- which is alsoknown as the I-75 servicedrive -- just north of Can-iff.

The park is on the westside of the I-75 divide.

Garrett was the personwhose name was used fora class action lawsuitfiled against the city 50years ago for housing dis-crimination.

Sadly, Garrett never gotto see the outcome ofthat lawsuit, and neitherdid most of those whojoined her. It wasn’t set-tled until recently, after

most of the plaintiffs haddied.

All but three out 200housing units have finallybeen built. The final threewill be built within a year.

Garrett’s role in shapingthe city’s history will nowbe helped to live on.

Volunteers from nearand far away helped plantdozens of bushes andtree seedlings.

One woman came froma community near RogersCity in upper Michigan.She came down to visither son, and to catch aLions game on Sunday.

On Saturday, her sontold her: “Guess what youget to do today.”

There will be more land-scaping and improve-ments made to the parkin the coming year.

Volunteers help plant shrubs andtrees in new city park

Pool party… Public Poolfolks know a good time.

And they know a GoodTyme, as in, their new writ-ers’ buffet.

Always about the printed,spoken or recited word asmuch as the visual art,Public Pool’s Steve Hughes-- who we’ve profiled inthese pages in the past –curates the madness.

For this gig, half a dozenlocal writers, Hughes in-cluded, offer up thoughtson the body, the body whileconsuming pizza, the pizza-eating body blessed orcursed with a Pac-manhead, and other oddballnotions.

There is a tie-in with theart exhibit still in place,that of paintings by Maria(“B.J.”) Prainito.

And – food (and drink).The affair’s billed as apotluck. Bring a potluckdish, and you too will earna two-minute spot on thestage, to deliver your ownmissive.

Featuring, in addition toHughes: Lauren Bickers(Planet Ant improv-er andplaywright), ReynaldoGeorge Hinojosa Jr. (co-“builder” of Bank Sueybook store), Jeff Kass(Winner of IndependentPublishing’s Gold Medalfor Best Short Fiction of2011, and English teacherat Ann Arbor’s PioneerHigh), Lisa Lenzo (Multi-award nominated pub-lished writer and 2015Michigan Notable BookAward winner) and Kath-leen McGookey (poet andrecipient of a French Min-istry of Foreign Affairsgrant).

When? This Saturday,Oct. 26, 7 to 10 p.m. atPublic Pool’s space, 3309Caniff, east of Gallagheron the north side o’ thestreet.

Tell ‘em “Hemingway”sent ya.

They won’t know whatyou’re talking about.

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Above and below: On Saturday, volunteers helpedplant dozens of shrubs and tree seedlings at theSarah Garrett Memorial Park.

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covers Oct. 15-21.Tuesday, Oct. 15

• At a little after 11p.m., a resident was ar-rested in the area of Co-nant and Edwin forassault.

• At 8:30 a.m., officersfound a man on Caniffwho was laying on theground and unresponsive.Officers administeredCPR and called for an am-bulance.

• A hit-and-run accidentwas reported at Conantand Holbrook.Wednesday, Oct. 16

• A resident of Warrenwas arrested for beingwanted on a Hamtramckfelony warrant.Thursday, Oct. 17

• At 1:30 a.m., two sus-pects wearing dark cloth-ing broke into a businessin the 12000 block of Co-nant. They were also seendriving a white Ford.

• A Detroit resident wasarrested on a warrant fordomestic violence.

• Officers noticed anopen door to a residencein the 11400 block of

Mitchell St. and securedit.

• A suspicious incidentwas reported in the 9000block of Conant.

• A hit-and-run accidenthappened at Mackay andCommor.

• A Detroit resident wasarrested at Carpenter andGallagher, where he wasseen urinating in public,for being disorderly andbeing a parole absconderfor a kidnapping convic-tion.

• A hit-and-run accidenthappened at Carpenterand Conant.

• Detroit police recov-ered a vehicle stolen outof Hamtramck.

• A customer at arestaurant in the 3200block of Caniff becameirate with the staff andbroke out the glass of thefront door. He was seenfleeing in a white Lexus.He appeared to be in his40s.Friday, Oct. 18

• At 3:30 a.m., a resi-dent was arrested after atraffic stop for drivingwithout a license, and for

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being wanted on a Ham-tramck misdemeanor war-rant.

• The owner of a carthat was reported stolensaid he found the car.

• At 12:30 p.m., a De-troit resident was ar-rested at Jos. Campauand Belmont for sexualassault.

• A hit-and-run accidenthappened at Norwalk andJos. Campau.

• A resident from Romu-lus reported losing hiswallet somewhere in thecity, and that later, eightpurchases were made inthe Hamtramck-Detroitarea with their credit card.

• A hit-and-run accidenthappened at Comstockand Conant.

• An agent for a busi-ness in the 10300 blockof Jos. Campau reportedan incident of fraud.

• A restaurant in the

8900 block of Jos. Cam-pau reported an incidentof fraud.Saturday, Oct. 19

• A Detroit resident wasarrested after a trafficstop for driving without alicense, having an im-proper license plate, andfor being wanted on aHamtramck misdemeanorwarrant.

• A resident of MadisonHeights reported beingthe victim of a theft whileat Conant and Jacob.Sunday, Oct. 20

• A resident said herboyfriend assaulted her inthe 11600 block of So-bieski St.

• At 11:45 p.m., a sus-pect was arrested in the3400 block of Edwin St.for domestic assault.

• At 12:35 a.m., a resi-dent of Warren was ar-rested in the 9500 blockof Jos. Campau for being

disorderly.• At a little after 2 a.m.,

a Detroit resident was ar-rested after a traffic stopfor drunk driving.

• A resident in the2400 block of Hewitt St.was arrested for falselysummoning the policeand ambulance service.Monday, Oct. 21

• A Detroit resident re-ported being sexually ha-rassed while in the 3200block of Trowbridge St. bya person they know.

• A hit-and-run accidenthappened at Evaline andMcDougall.

• The city’s Building De-partment reported an inci-dent of fraud.

• A Sobieski St. resi-dent reported a break-in.

• A resident in the2000 block of TrowbridgeSt. reported a break-in.

• A resident was ar-rested for theft while at abusiness in the 9300block of Jos. Campau.

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mural began to takeshape on a recent Satur-day.

• A supply building inVeterans Memorial Parkis the site of a mural thatis being called “We areHamtramck.”

• Two sides of the build-ing were painted a brightyellow, and the public was

invited to paint an inspir-ing word that tells theirHamtramck story.

• Despite a sunny after-noon, only a handful ofpeople came out to par-ticipate.

• No matter, Ham-tramck’s reputation forbeing host to a diverseset of murals continuesto grow.

‘We are Hamtramck’mural hopes to inspire

Lifelong Hamtramck resident and owner of multiple businesses Supports the Hamtramck Fire and Police Departments For improving aesthetics to stimulate business growth In favor of offering incentives to attract new business Former owner/developer of Shopper’s World Promotes strong family values Promotes unity and cooperation within the community

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