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(Hamtramck’s historicbaseball stadium was thehome of the Detroit Starsback in the 1930s. Theteam was part of theNegro National BaseballLeague. A number of leg-endary players oncegraced the field, includingNorman “Turkey”Stearnes.)

By Dave MesreySpecial to The Review

Every picture tells astory, and this one is noexception. 

In the summer of 1979,a group of aging African-American ballplayersgathered inGreenup, Kentucky, at thehome of newspaper pub-lisher Tom Stultz for the

first annual NegroLeagues baseball re-union. 

What started out as abirthday party for Clint“The Hawk” Thomasturned into a full-fledgedreunion featuring the likesof  Ray Dandridge,  BuckLeonard, Buck O’Neil, andJudy Johnson. 

Former Detroit Starscenter fielder  Norman“Turkey” Stearnes madethe trip from Detroit, trav-eling by plane for just thesecond time in his life. 

The Nashville native,then 78, had retired toDetroit, where after hisbaseball career he'dworked for nearly 30years in the foundry atthe Ford Motor Com-pany's storied Rougecomplex. 

It was there at theRouge in the 1950s, longbefore there was a Mo-town Records, thatStearnes worked along-side a young BerryGordy. 

Stearnes, a  prolifichome-run hitter  whostarred for the Stars in

the 1920s and '30s(first on the city's eastside at Mack Park, andlater at HamtramckStadium), was a manof few words. 

He let his bat do thetalking.  

Stearnes was “oneof the greatest hitterswe ever had," SatchelPaige once said. "Hewas as good as Josh[Gibson]. He was as goodas anybody who everplayed ball.”

“Turkey Stearnes was afive-tool player and one ofthe greatest powerhitters in baseballhistory  —  not justNegro League his-tory,” says baseballhistorian GaryGillette. “There'sno doubt that hewould have beena superstar inMajor LeagueBaseball if hehad been al-

lowed to cross the colorline. 

“Tragically, he receivedhis due way too late,decades after his death,

Photos of legendary Negro Leaguebaseball player emerge

Continued on page 2

By Charles SercombeThe Holbrook repair

project is back on theroad.

The intersection at Hol-brook and Gallagher isnow closed off, as work-ers begin to tear up thestreet all the way to Co-nant.

At the same time, newsidewalks will also be in-stalled. The work takesup where the project leftoff last fall. The firstphase started last yearat Holbrook and Jos.Campau and stopped atGallagher.

The water lines runningunder the street are alsobeing replaced.

It’s not clear how long itwill take to complete thisleg of the project.

The project was sup-posed to be completedlast year but both unionroad workers (OperatingEngineers Local 324)and the contractors (theMichigan Infrastructure &Transportation Associa-tion) went on strike forthree weeks last sum-mer.

The workers said they

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when he was  inductedinto the Hall of Fame.”

When Detroit FreePress sportswriter Joe La-pointe got home from theNegro Leagues reunion,he and Freep photogra-pher  John Collier invitedStearnes to a photoshoot at Tiger Stadium,where Stearnes wasnever allowed to play be-cause of the color of hisskin.

No one knew it at thetime, but in the summerof '79 Turkey Stearneswas gravely ill. 

“That was the last timewith my dad before hepassed,” said Stearnes'daughter Joyce StearnesThompson. “He looks sofrail, but it was a gloriousmoment — a moment hehad been denied.”

Collier's signaturephoto from that day even-tually made its way toCooperstown, whenStearnes was posthu-mously inducted into theHall of Fame in 2000. 

Taking his stance athome plate, his bat softlycradled in his massive

hands, Stearnes cast hisgaze deep into the out-field, where he sat as aspectator for so manydays in the bleachers inthe 1950s and '60s.

“In his eyes, you cansee the story of the NegroLeagues,” saidGillette, founder and pres-ident of the Friends ofHistoric Hamtramck Sta-dium. “It’s the triumph ofdetermination over dis-crimination, and the tri-umph of dignity overdespair.” 

Standing in the sameleft-handed batter's boxonce occupied by hiswhite crosstown contem-porary Ty Cobb, a dyingStearnes  staresstoically into center field. 

He is the luckiest manon the face of the earth.

“I remember hishands  — he had verylarge hands, and the wayhe gripped the bat, youcould tell he was a pro,"said Lapointe. “I remem-ber he was dressed reallysharp. He still had an ath-letic physique, and hisclothes brought that out.

The magic moment ...was when he picked upthe bat and took hisstance in the batter'sbox. ... He just snappedback into this battingstance, and he lookedlike a power hitter forsure.”

“Dad would always wearclothes that were a littletoo big for him,” saiddaughter Rosilyn Brown.“But we wanted him tolook sharp, so we went toSears and got him some-thing that really fit.

“I let him pick out hisshoes, and he came backwith a pair of houseshoes. I said, 'Dad, youcan't wear house shoesto the reunion!'”

Collier was siftingthrough his photoarchives recently when hemade a remarkable dis-covery: two never-before-seen pictures of TurkeyStearnes from that fatefulday at Tiger Stadium. 

“John Collier was excel-lent,” Lapointe says.“He's very imaginative,and he sees things with agood eye. He's aware of

more than a lot of photog-raphers, and he sees apicture where somedon't.” 

“Dad didn't laugh a lot,”Thompson said, “so thatvisual gives me some clo-sure. It feels good to seemy dad smiling.”

“I loved to see Dadsmile,” says Brown. “Ithink he was smiling be-cause he was happy he fi-nally got a chance toswing his bat at Tiger Sta-dium.”(Dave Mesrey is a local

writer and a huge baseballfan. This story first ap-peared at the blog: ham-tramckstadium.blogspot.comin. That was in 2018. Itis being reprinted herewith his permission.)

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Photos of legendary Negro Leaguebaseball player emerge

Continued from front pagehad been locked out.Then-Gov. Rick Snyderhelped broker a deal toend the labor dispute.

Businesses along theroad will be open duringconstruction, but obvi-ously it will be a chal-lenge for customers toreach them.

The project, costing $1million, is being fundedlargely through the fed-eral government – al-though the city has tokick in 20 percent of thecosts out of its yearlystreet repair fund.

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Blessing of Baskets - 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm; Solemn Vigil Mass of Easter - 7pm (Polish/English), new fire will be kindled and blessed, Liturgy of the Word, Blessing of Water, Liturgy of Baptism/ Renewal of Baptismal Promises, Liturgy of the EucharistEaster Sunday - April 21

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By Alan Madlane“The Vinyl Craze”

sounds like somethingthat would have occurredin the 1960s, and had todo with people who en-joyed their car seatsjust… a … bit … too …much…

It really has to do withthe by-now well-docu-mented revival of interestin record albums, amongboth millennial hipstersand nostalgic fogeysalike.

It’s almost easier thesedays to find music storesselling the vinyl version ofa new release than theCD. Maybe because theytypically charge almosttwice as much for the for-mer.

Somebody swallowed acynical pill today, yousay? Well, mebbe so. Cynis in too, I’d reply.

But to the point: Whichis: Something: RecordStore Day!

There’s a day for every-thing these days, and thisSaturday (April 13) is thatday for those who likedthem good old days.

Remember when youcould grab seeminglyendless copies of Ra-mones albums for threebucks all day long atSam’s Jams? Well, weshoulda.

Now, we have the nos-talgic privilege of spend-

ing $20 a pop for ‘em onDiscogs or Popsike, andthen putting pics of ‘emup on Facebook web-

pages like we just baggeda big stinky fish.

Anyway, it’s the 12th an-nual version of a daymeant to celebrate the in-dependent record storeover the conglomerategiant (note to all: mostconglomerates havedropped or minimizedmusic sales completelybecause your averagedoofuses nowadays pre-fer to pay for thin air, asin, “downloads,” which isthe song with no: coverart, band info, or, youknow, fun.

As the president mightsay: “Sad.” But I supposeit makes perfect sense ifyou’re trading in disposal

teenie pop or bland “numetal,” whatever theheck that is.

This day is the anti-that.

So, head on over to yourlocal shoppes, which areshops spelled like they’relocated in ye olde Eng-lande (okay, England, yougot me). Hamtrammie’sgot a deuce: DetroitThreads on Jos. Campau,and The Record Grave-yard up on Carpenter.

Detroit Threads, 10238Jos. Campau specifically,plans an eleven-houryelp-a-thon from the mo-ment they open at 11a.m. to the second theyshutter up at 10 p.m.Something ominous theirway shall come, and it’scalled the Techno Mafia,and it’s who they’ll havehosting all day, so come

ready to “rave.”And in this corner we

have The Record Grave-yard, a superior littlestore at 2610 Carpenterthat’s doing … absolutelynothing. The owner, JeffGarbus, generally doesn’tdeal in new vinyl, onlyused, so it don’t pay forhim to play pretend oneday a year.

Check’em out anyway,you’ll be happy.

Venturing fartherashore?

You’ll find plenty ofdisco-tessens scatteredabout, from Ann Arbor toLansing to St. ClairShores. Check out this in-teractive and usefulguide from the folks atCurbed Detroit:

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And don’t say we didn’twarn you how fun it was,and write us and com-plain that you have a fun-hangover, ‘cause we’lljust: Something.

Now get out there andbe consumers!

When it comes to goodfood and great times,Hamtramck has plenty tooffer. In this column, we’lltalk about what’s happen-ing at our bars, restau-rants and at other eventsthroughout the city.

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CITY OF HAMTRAMCK Notice of Public Hearing

The City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2019-20 budget on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 7:00pm in the Hamtramck City Hall, 3401 Evali ne, 2nd floor, City Council Chambers. The proposed budget is available for public inspection between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday, at the office of the City Clerk. The property millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing.

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Sunday English Mass 9 a.m. • Sunday School 10 a.m.Everyone is Welcome to Worship with Us

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Community

Celebrating 97 Years of Traditional, Catholic,and Democratic Church

April 13 - Soup Kitchen 2-4 pm – Everyone WelcomeApril 14 - Palm Sunday Blessing & Distributionof Palms 9 am; PTO Bake & Butter Lamb Sale

after Mass

April 14 – Palm Sunday Blessing & Distribution of Palms 9 am; PTO Bake & Butter Lamb Sale after Mass

April 17 – Wednesday - The Way of the Cross 7 pm

April 18 – Maundy Thursday Holy Mass 7 pm

April 19 – Good Friday The Liturgy of Passion of our Lord 9 am; Adoration of theCross and Scripture Reading at half-hour intervals 12- 3 pm; Private Adoration of the Lord’s Tomb 7- 8 pm

April 20 – Holy Saturday Liturgy with Blessing of Water 9:30 am; Blessing of Food Baskets 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm

April 21 – Easter Sunday Resurrection of our Lord, Procession and Holy Mass 8 am only

April 22 – Easter Monday Holy Mass in Polish – (Msza Sw. w.j. Polskim) 10 am

Early Childhood Elemen-tary School News

Even though “March isReading Month” hascome to an end, it doesn'tmean the students willstop their love for reading.

March was filled with abook give-away,special  dress-up days,Round Robin Reading,guest readers from thestaff, the Hamtramck fire-fighters and even a spe-cial visit from attorneyMike Morse and hisdaughter Lexi. 

We have thoroughly en-joyed the fun times wehad reading to the stu-dents and having the stu-dents read back to us.

Families can keep thatenthusiasm going bygoing to the local libraryon Caniff and checkingout books for all to read.

Dickinson East Elemen-tary School News

Ten students receivedHonor Roll recognition inMs. Rahiel Housey-John-son’s sixth grade class atDickinson East for thethird quarter.

Congratulations to thefollowing students: AbrarAl-Nahari, Alghaida Alghaz-ali, Yasren Alqasemi,Yazmeen Alwaisi, HamzahChowdhury, Jakora Hayes,Fariha Mirza, Alaa Omar,Mahi Rahman, and MahaUddin.

Keep up the good work.

Enrollment InformationHamtramck residents

may enroll their childrenin Hamtramck PublicSchools at the HPS Busi-ness Office, 3201 Roo-sevelt.  School of Choiceapplications will be ac-cepted during the follow-

ing dates:  Kindergarten:Unlimited, March 14through September 5;grades 1st through 12th:Unlimited, March 14through June 28. 

Late school of choiceapplications cannot be ac-cepted. School of choiceapplicants may be deniedbased on the student’s at-tendance and/or disci-pline record. 

You will need to bringwith you: an original birthdocument (raised sealbirth certificate, passport,green card, visa), an up-to-date immunization record,a final 2018-2019 reportcard/transcript, parentalidentification, two currentproofs of residency (utilitybill, mortgage statement,formal signed lease, paystub, etc.) and proof of in-come (required only forpreschool applications).

Kindergarten RoundupDates:

Dickinson East:  April17th  at 3:30 p.m., TauBeta: April 18th  at 1:00p.m.

Upcoming Events:• April 19 -- No school

for students and staff. • May 1 -- End of

Progress Report Period 4.• May 9 -- Progress Re-

port 4 Distributed.• May 24 -- Half day for

students and staff.• May 27 -- No school

for students and staff.Memorial Day.

• May 28 -- School re-sumes.

• May 30 -- Last day forpreschool.

• May 30 -- Last day forHamtramck and HorizonHigh School seniors.

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mtramckRecreationDe-partmentCompiled by Janice Gandelman

Chat time… Onceagain Police Chief AnneMoise is inviting resi-dents to meet with herone-to-one. On Wednes-day, April 24, Moise isholding her “Chat withthe Chief” meeting, from2 to 3 p.m.

You can talk with her inthe first-floor conferenceroom in city hall. No ap-pointment is required,just stop by. Moise wouldlike to hear what yourconcerns are in the com-munity.

Sale away… It’s springcleaning season, andthat includes getting rid

of the junk you’ve col-lected inside your house.

And here’s an offer youcan’t refuse from the cityto help out. On the week-end of April 27-28, thecity is waiving its garagesale license fee and al-lowing residents to hold asale for free.

All you have to do issend the address whereyou will hold a yard saleto the city, and you aregood to go.

How to do that? Callthe City Clerk’s Office at(313) 800-5233, hit ex-tension 5 and then hit ex-tension 7.

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By Walter Wasacz“Well, it’s April,”a friend

wrote me recently in aWhatsApp message fromMunich, “the best monthand the most surprising.You never know what youget, from snow to summerheat. It’s the only monthof the year where you canhave it all.”

She grew up in south-east Germany, not farfrom the Czech and Polishborders, where the pat-terns of weather oftenseem comparable toours. “Der April machtwas er will,” she said hergrandmother told her.“April does what it wants.”

That phrase jumped outat me earlier this week asI was sitting at OlomanCafe thinking about theunpredictability of Ham-tramck city life, how notknowing what comes nextis one of our biggest com-munity assets.

Owner Zlatan Sadikovicsaid I just missed meet-ing a group of about 15Arabic-speaking educa-tors, who were in town toobserve how the commu-nity serves its largeYemeni student popula-tion. “They were fromeverywhere,” Sadikovicsaid, “one of them saidshe was from Qatar.”

I saw a poster on thewindow announcing anupcoming art exhibition atthe cafe, which doublesas a gallery. The show,opening April 20, is called“Proof of Identity” by aBulgarian artist,Dessislava Terzieva.

It reminded me of thekeen attention Sadikovicpays to multicultural pro-

gramming, how artistsfrom Estonia, Montene-gro, France, Germany, Ro-

mania and Poland havebeen featured along withAfrican American localsSheefy McFly and DarrelEllis.

The next day, when sit-ting at a table acrossfrom the coffee bar andwriting, I heard a familiarvoice greeting me frombehind. It was Alex Wilcox,who is in the process ofmoving to Hamtramckfrom Los Angeles. “I thinkI’m closing on the houseon a Monday,” he said.“That’s cool. I’m excited,so ready to leave theAirbnb where I’ve beenstaying for the past twomonths.”

I met Alex, an electronicmusic producer, throughmy cousin Aleksandra, ayoung Polish woman whoattended art college inEngland before landing a

job as a fashion photogra-pher in LA. Like many cre-ative people I’ve met overthe years her friend wasdrawn to Detroit for themusic and the communitylife that surrounds it.

Some people fit in herehand in glove. Alex ap-pears to be one of them.I met him last Novemberat Outer Limits, where Iwas DJing a book-releaseparty for local authorSteve Hughes. I intro-duced him to several peo-ple that night, could tellimmediately he had thesort of character thatdoes well in this environ-ment.

Why is that? What doesit take?

A combination of curios-ity and humility, an intu-itive knack for knowingyou are part of somethingbigger than yourself.

The culture here isabout blending togethernot spotlight-seekingalone. There are opportu-nities to build and growcommunities based ongrounded mutual inter-ests, which might be artand music as much as itcould be friendship andfamily.

All co-exist rather nicelyin the Hamtramck of rightnow, April 2019.

I walked from the cafesouth on Jos. Campau toCVS, where I looked for abirthday card for a friend.There were dozens anddozens but none matchedwhat I had in mind, decid-ing instead to use a blankcard I have at home andwrite my own message.

I continued east downthe alley until I reachedHolbrook Market, where Igot a box of yellow rice tomix with the dinner Iwould prepare later, pan-fried ocean perch andsteamed broccoli I boughtwhile shopping at Bozek'sa few days earlier. I also

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Recently, a good friendof Hamtramck, journalistMichael Jackman,posted on his Facebookpage an article he wrotea couple of years agothat got us thinking.

Jackman is a formereditor for the MetroTimes, and is a formerresident of the city.

In 2017, he wrote ahumorous column onarea city mottos. Theyranged from regal, tobland, to ripe for ridicule(most of them in the lat-ter category).

(Note to Metro Timespublisher: What in theworld were you thinkingof letting such a talentedwriter go? Someone outthere in the publishingworld, give Jackman aplace to call home.)

Hamtramck’s currentmotto was credited forbeing inclusive. It is:“The World in 2 SquareMiles.”

Several years ago, thecity’s Downtown Devel-opment Authority hadsponsored a contest, tocome up with a newmotto to replace the for-mer one: “A Touch of Eu-

rope in America.”The thinking was that

the 1980s-inspiredmotto excluded manynew residents who camefrom, for example,Bangladesh and Yemen.

The new motto, by theway, was the brainchildof former resident Chris-tine Komisarz, who actu-ally came up with thesaying in 2008 when theformer Citizen newspa-per held its own contest.

That had us wonderingjust what is the actual,official, motto.

According to the De-troit Historical Society,it’s: “A League of Na-tions.”

There is one problemwith that, though. Noone has ever heard of it.

Greg Kowalski, theChairman of the city’sHistorical Commissionand director of the His-torical Museum, con-firmed that the motto issuspect for us.

We put a call in to themedia representativewith the Society, andthat person confirmedthat the source of thatsaying cannot be inde-

pendently verified.Well, no matter.The point of all this is

that compared to othercities, Hamtramck maybe a small town, sure.But, it’s not small-townminded. Its inhabitantshave always had a sensethat the world is a muchbigger place than justthis city.

It’s no accident thatHamtramck High Schoolsports teams are knownas “The Cosmos.” That’sCosmos, as in, Cos-mopolitans.

The team name sug-gests that we are notonly residents of thegreat city of Hamtramck,but citizen members ofthe entire globe.

One of our favoriteHHS cheer leader fightteam chants includesthe refrain: “You couldhave been a Cosmo.”

For those not luckyenough to have grown uphere, dang, that has anice ring.

Don’t we all wish wecould have been aCosmo?

Hamtramck might be small,but it’s not small-town minded

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By Alan MadlaneThe offers are rolling in.Wheelhouse Detroit

(and Hamtramck!) hasrolled out their 12th sea-son’s schedule of guidedcity bike tours, and it’spumped all full of cool.

They’ve also got a sortof bicycle version ofUber/Lyft going on againfor certain local warmerweather events. And lotsmore. But let’s put in it re-verse for a moment.

Wheelhouse Detroit hasbeen in our pages a lot re-cently. That’s becausethey’re very active in boththe immediate Ham-tramck community andbeyond, and becausethey’re always adding newideas and concepts totheir basic one.

Independently- and fe-male-owned and operatedby Kelli Kavanaugh,they’ve been named oneof America’s Best BikeShops for four years in arow by the National Bicy-cle Dealers Association.

Their original Detroit lo-cation came to be in2008, and the Ham-tramck one opened in

2016. They also have aseasonal riverfront loca-tion that opens today,April 5.

The 2019 bike toursbegin on April 15, and in-clude dozens of locations.

To summarize: the toursbegin on April 15; occurexclusively on Saturdaysand Sundays with just acouple of exceptions; aremostly morning and after-noon affairs, again with acouple of exceptions; andcost $30 to $40 ($10more if you want to rentone of their bikes for thejourney).

No-doubt popularshould be the HauntedDetroit tours in October,including on Devil’s Nightand Halloween; EasternMarket; Belle Isle; PalmerPark; the Music Heritageand Sports Heritagetours; and ones focusedon architecture, churchesor cemeteries. New forthis season are “HeadsUp!” a look at easy-to-miss architecture on June22 and July 6; and a tourof, and fundraiser for, theJoe Louis Greenway, onAug. 24 and Sept. 28.

Experienced guideslead the tours, andyou’re also accompaniedby a “sweeper” who’sthere to help with anymechanical repair is-sues. For the full sched-ule of dates, times andprices, see their website:wheelhousedetroit.com.

The ride service takesfolks to and back from avariety of events as di-verse as Detroit City Foot-ball Club games, theRouge-a-Thlon, and theRide of Silence. Again,refer to the website(www.for more details.

Other things to mentionare that they’re workingwith HPS and the DetroitRiver Conservancy to putup repair stands and airpumps around the area;that they house First Fri-day Happy Hour benefitsat their 9401 Jos. Cam-pau location (at the NEcorner of Florian); andthat they are now a De-troit Football Club retailoutlet for tickets, scarvesand t-shirts.

We love ‘em!

Wheelhouse Detroit celebratesits 12th anniversary and gears up for tours

April does want it wants

Bulgarian artist DessislavaTerzieva will have an exhibitstarting April 20 at OlomanCafé on Jos. Campau.

By Charles SercombeThe city council met on

Jan. 22, and all coun-cilmembers were present.

A resident who lives nearthe New Head Coach Baron Carpenter complainedthat the bar has been stay-ing open until 4 a.m., andhas allowed garbage to ac-cumulate around the build-ing.

The resident also saidthere are loud noises com-ing from the bar.

In another issue, a resi-dent said he supports acouncil proposal to prohibitthe sales of recreationalmarijuana in the city.

“If other cities haveopted out, why can’t we doit?” he said.

The resident noted thata majority of Hamtramckvoters opposed the No-vember state ballot pro-posal to legalize the

recreational use of mari-juana.

(State voters, however,approved the ballot pro-posal.)

Another resident spokeagainst banning legal mar-ijuana sales.

“It’s an economic mis-take,” he said.

Later in the meeting, abare majority of coun-cilmembers approved aresolution directing the cityattorney to draft an ordi-nance prohibiting the saleof marijuana citywide.

Councilmembers Ian Per-rotta and Andrea Karpinskivoted against the resolu-tion. Karpinski said the citywill miss out on an oppor-tunity to bring in tax rev-enue.

“We’re dropping the ballin bringing money into thecity,” she said.

She said having the city

opt out on sales is “irre-sponsible.”

Councilmember Perrottaargued that the councilneeded more time to con-sider the proposal and itsimpact on the city.

“We are being capriciousand short-sighted,” hesaid.

Councilmember AnamMiah, who voted for theresolution, said this wasjust the first step in consid-ering whether to opt out.

“It’s not a cut-and-donedeal at this time,” Miahsaid.

Mayor Karen Majewski,who does not get to voteon such resolutions, saidpreventing the sale of med-ical and recreational mari-juana “stigmatizes” thosewho use it.

Plus, she said, the city

will miss out on collectingtax revenue.

“We have an opportunityhere,” Majewski said.

In another controversialresolution, several resi-dents spoke out againstcensoring CouncilmemberPerrotta.

The resolution accusedPerrotta of making cultur-ally insensitive remarks,assaulting a fellow coun-cilmember and using “abu-sive language” against afemale city employee, andthus “potentially” creatinga “hostile work environ-ment.”

Susan Dunn took issuewith the resolution, sayingit should not be allowed onthe agenda. Dunn alsoquestioned why Mayor Ma-jewski had not commentedon the matter, saying hersilence is “completely un-acceptable.”

Majewski later did com-ment on the resolution atlength. She took issue withthe wording of the resolu-

tion, and said it takes com-ments Perrotta made atone time “woefully” out ofcontext.

She also said she sawno assault that allegedlyhappened in a closed-doormeeting that she at-tended.

Majewski said, though,comments made at thatclosed-door meeting were“disturbing and shockingfrom all sides.”

She added that Per-rotta’s conduct was “inap-propriate and aggressive… and appeared, to me,purposely provocative.”

Perrotta read from a pre-pared statement that wenton for 20 minutes.

He denied the allega-tions and said he was ba-sically being blackmailed.He added that passing theresolution could jeopardizea possible multi-million dol-lar grant to renovate thecity’s historic baseball sta-dium and Veterans Park.

Councilmember Saad Al-

masmari said that while itis “unfortunate” the reso-lution is being considered,Perrotta has been “disre-spectful.”

He said the resolution isthe only way for Perrotta tochange his behavior.

“It’s a good lesson forMr. Perrotta to fix his atti-tude,” Almasmari said.

The council passed theresolution 4-2, with Per-rotta and Karpinski votingagainst it.

Later in the meeting, res-ident Carrie Beth Lasleysaid there should be a cen-sure against Almasmari forpast comments he made.

Perrotta’s brother, An-drew, said that passing thecensure resolution will re-sult in a defamation law-suit against the city.

Resident NayeemChoudhury wondered whythere was such divisionamong city councilmem-bers.

“My gosh, what is goingon in this city?” he said.

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• At 5 a.m., a businessin the area of Jos. Cam-pau and Casmere re-ported a break-in. Awitness reported seeing ablack Chevrolet Suburbanflee the area.

• A Detroit resident wasarrested for being wantedon two Hamtramck war-rants.

• A Goodson St. resi-dent reported that hiscity-issued trash can wasstolen.

• At about 3 p.m., aresident reported thatwhile in the area of Gal-lagher and Belmont twosuspects assaulted him.The suspects impliedthey were armed,smashed out his car win-dows, and stole his cell-phone. They fled in aChrysler 300.

• Detroit policedropped off a Detroit res-ident wanted on a Ham-tramck felony warrant.Wednesday, April 3

• At a little after mid-night, a Trowbridge St.

resident reported thatsomeone damaged theircar.

• An Eastpointe resi-dent also reported thatsomeone damaged theircar.

• A resident in the12100 block of LumpkinSt. reported the theft oftheir city-issued trashcan.

• A resident reportedthat their passport wasmissing.

• A hit-and-run accidentthat injured a pedestrianwas reported at Jos.Campau and Edwin.Thursday, April 4

• At 1:30 a.m., officersattempted to pull over aspeeding driver, but thedriver sped off but thencrashed at Dequindresouth of McNichols.

• A Detroit resident wasarrested in the 12000block of Moran for beingdisorderly and for ob-struction.

• Officers responded toa person who had over-dosed in the 2300 blockof Caniff. The person wastreated at Detroit Receiv-

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had fruits from Al-Hara-main to add to the meal ifI chose.

It was warmer hoursearlier, when I started my

walk. Now it was cold. Icarried a pullover cap inmy bag all winter, wasglad it was still therewhen I reached for it.

I put it on. The wind had a bite to it

and snow showers werepredicted for later tonight.It's April, I thought, as Iturned up Gallagher to-wards home, it's best tobe prepared for anything.Hamtramck native Wal-

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ing Hospital.Friday, April 5

• A landlord who ownsa dwelling in the 2100block of Trowbridge St. re-ported a break-in and thetheft of various tools.Saturday, April 6

• A resident in the11500 block of Nagel St.reported that someonedamaged her car window.

• A Warren resident re-ported a break-in at hisproperty in the 2100block of Trowbridge St.

• A hit-and-run accidentwas reported in the 3900block of Caniff.

• Another hit-and-runaccident occurred atChristopher and Conant.

Sunday, April 7• A break-in was re-

ported in the 12000block of Gallagher.

• At about 11:30 p.m.,a Detroit resident re-ported being assaulted inthe 11400 block of Jos.Campau by four malesafter his car was struck bya black Chrysler.

• A loose dog was lo-cated in the 2600 blockof Commor.

• A Norwalk St. residentreported that his car wasstolen.

• A McDougall St. resi-dent was arrested forbeing wanted on a Ham-tramck warrant.

• A hit-and-run accident

was reported at Ellery andBelmont.Monday, April 8

• At 12:40 a.m., a De-troit resident was ar-rested in the area ofCircle Dr. and GrandHaven for being disor-derly.

• At 2:30 a.m., a De-troit resident was ar-rested after a traffic stopfor driving without a li-cense and for possessingan open intoxicant.

• An agent for the De-troit Zen Center reportedthat someone damagedtheir fence.

• A resident dropped offa dog at the police sta-tion. The dog, a brown pitbull/mastiff mix, hadwalked into a bar on Eva-line St. The animal wastaken to the Westland Hu-mane Society.

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