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By Charles Sercombe, Alan Madeleineand Ian PerrottaOnce again, it’s time for our annual

look back over the year 2011. In thisinstallment, we take a trip through thefirst six months of the year. Enjoy!

JANUARYThe first month of the New Year

started off all business-like.City Councilmember Kazi Miah (re-

member him?) called for a town hallmeeting to inform the community oftwo possibilities to deal with the city’sfinancial woes: Apply for a state loanor file for bankruptcy.Whoa!

The public came out in droves, andwere they ever vocal about what direc-tion they want the city to take.Wanna guess it wasn’t to file for

bankruptcy?Here’s what the public had

to say:“I’m not willing to pay any

more taxes.” – Former CityCouncilmember Dr. Abdul Al-gazali, as he denounced thecouncil and accused themof not making necessarycuts and not saving moneyfor a rainy day.

“These are the peoplewho run the city. You work

for us.” – Bill Meyer, Executive Directorof the group OneHamtramck LLC, tothe council, as he motioned to thosesitting in the audience.

The year in review: 2011 was like no other

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Christmaspast muchlike todayBy Greg KowalskiChristmas 75 years ago was

surprisingly similar to Christ-mas today.The world was in a simmer-

ing turmoil, with people lookingat a growing enemy threat over-seas. And, at home, the nationwas slowly crawling out of thedepths of an economic disas-ter.The Great Depression was

worse than anything we haveexperienced today, but somany of the problems of thenstill sound similar: Familieslosing their homes to foreclo-sure, people desperately seek-ing help through publicassistance, and everyonebeing concerned about thehigh costs of just about every-thing.But then, like now, there

were signs of hope. The New Deal newspaper on

Dec. 23, 1936, captured thefeeling well with a front pagestory under a banner headline:"Santa All Ready to Give City aGrand Christmas." The story related: "Greater

Hamtramck had to play thetrue part of the good sport in acouple of lean years of the de-pression. Many of us cheerilywished everyone we met a'Merry Christmas' when weourselves looked forward to adepression Christmas. Now wehave come to a time when ourconfidence has returned, whenwe are all reasonably sure ofthe future."Maybe it was a little too opti-

mistic. In 1936 the Great De-pression was easing, but farfrom over. It wouldn't finally letgo until World War II forciblybrought it to an end.But you could hardly fault the

paper and the people for put-ting on a happy face at Christ-mas. The Great Depression had

been brutal, especially in Ham-tramck. Most city residents atthe time worked at DodgeMain, Ford or at the many fac-tories that fed the auto plants.Those jobs evaporated whenthe auto industry withered inthe Depression. Hamtramck'sunemployment rate in the early

“When I heard the request toskirt state law and requestbankruptcy instead of first sug-gesting an emergency financialmanager, honestly, I thought itwas really arrogant and I wassurprised and upset about that.”– A still-visibly upset Eric Burk-

man, community activist, as hedenounced the policies of thosein charge.“The city of Hamtramck has

not had a sprinkler system forabout 100 years until now, andnow you want us to pay moretaxes?” – Former City Coun-

cilmember Kathy Kristy, on waysthat the city has apparently mis-used discretionary money.“I’ve recorded lots and lots of

code violations to you andyou’ve ignored me. You stoppedreturning my e-mails and I thinkyou’re liars and I don’t trust thatyou’re listening to any of us foranything.” — Ramsey Hussain,irate with the fact that he has in-vested his life savings in hishouse and the city has “crappedon it for the last five years” byallegedly failing to enforce build-ing codes in other structures.“We sued the city to protect

the rights of the bad guys wehad to lock up. There was nobathroom. There was no runningwater. I used to go to my lockerat work and have to jump over apuddle of urine.” – Police OfficerWalter Tripp, explaining the rea-soning behind one of the depart-ment’s lawsuits against the city.He also noted that it was the de-partment’s drug fund that pur-chased new sprinklers for CityHall.“Mr. Cooper, you’ve done a

disservice to our city by goingout and telling the nationalmedia that we need to file forbankruptcy.” – Local residentTim Hanks, on what he believesare the ramifications ofCooper’s letter to the state.“I want to know why is our

overpaid and undereducatedlawyer James Allen not here?” –A soon-to-be corrected TywlaMeyer, who was quickly alertedby shouts from people in thecrowd that the man in questionwas in the back of the gym.“I come from a small farming

community and now it’s one ofthe biggest tourist attractions.America doesn’t have a cross-roads (a destination spot for in-ternational tourists) – what’swrong with this city? We’ve gotto attract people to our city. It’sunique. I think them two girls

who ran the festival should getinvolved. I’ve never seen any-thing like it. They took that festi-val from nothing and put it onthe map.” – A man who lives onSt. Aubin, providing a sugges-tion for a way the city can bringin additional revenue.“If you can survive the city of

Hamtramck, this is the bestboot camp for you to go outthere and be successful and doanything you want to do.” – TahaAlhumdi, program director of theHamtramck branch of the ArabAmerican Chaldean Council(ACC), on what he tells people isone of the benefits Hamtramckhas to offer. “One of the things that con-

cerns me about Hamtramck isthat sometimes we set up ad-versarial relationships in how we

work with each other. Theplaces I see turnarounds hap-pen are places where historicenemies realize they have towork together and become al-lies instead of attacking eachother.” – Rev. Dan Buttry, onways that Hamtramck can worktoward improving not only the

city’s finances but the relation-ship between the governmentand residents.As it turned out, a bare major-

ity on the council rejected apply-ing for a $2.5 million loan. Asyou might imagine, the city’s fi-nances remained in the spot-light in the months to come.While locals were all up in

arms about the city’s future,Mayor Karen Majewski wasfending off more ominous in-quiries. State officials from the

Treasury Department, as well asthe Detroit Free Press editorialboard, were asking her: Is thereany reason why Hamtramckshould continue to exist as anindependent city?“How do you answer that?”

said Majewski, who is known tobe able to articulate a good sen-tence on the fly.It wasn’t so much a loss for

words but a reaction like, howcould anyone think that? ForHamtramckans, there are toomany reasons to exist as a sep-arate city. Our long and richlegacy, for one.But to some, Hamtramck as a

separate municipality doesn’tmake sense. The unspokenthinking is: Why not merge Ham-tramck – and presumably neigh-boring Highland Park, which isfinancially unstable – with De-troit?It’s a concept that has been

raised before – and feared byboth city officials and residents.But, in the past, Hamtramck hasalways been able to pull out ofits financial crises. Every few years, it seems, a

rumor floats around that Kowal-ski Sausage, the city’s oldestemployer, is thinking about relo-cating out of town.This time, however it was no

mere rumor. The company wasseriously thinking of purchasinga vacant Sam’s Club in MadisonHeights and moving its opera-tion there.

2 Hamtramck Review Phone (313) 874-2100 Friday, December 23, 2011

This week at the library...Inaugural Ceremonies - Sunday, January 1 at

1:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to the InauguralCeremonies of the newly elected members ofthe Common Council.

ESL Class with Christine Templing - Saturday,January 7 at noon. Intermediate ESL classconducted by Christine Templin, free to thepublic.

Computer Classes for Advanced Users -Tuesday, December 27 at noon. Adults withbasic computer skills can enhance their com-puter literacy each Tuesday at the library. Num-ber of participants is limited to availablecomputers.

Math Club Meeting - Tuesday, December 27at 3:30 p.m. Mr. Nuo is the instructor for themath club and math tutoring program.

ESL Conversation Group - Tuesday, Decem-ber 27 at 4:30 p.m. Conversation sessionswith Ms. Trisa for advanced ESL students arefree of charge to Hamtramck residents.

ESL Class with Ms. Templin - Wednesday, De-cember 28 at noon. Christine Templin is the in-structor for the ESL class for beginners.Everyone is invited. Free to the public.

Movies and Popcorn at the Library - Wednes-day, December 28 at 3:30 p.m. Bring the familyfor a night at the movies, including free pop-corn.

Computer Classes for Beginners - Thursday,December 29 at noon and 1 p.m. Basic in-structions on computer use for beginners willbe held on Thursdays. Number of participantsis limited to available computers.

Family Game Night - Thursday, December 29,at 5 p.m. Join your friends and family mem-bers in friendly skill and knowledge games.This month the featured game is BINGO.

ESL News for You - Friday, December 30 at3:30 p.m. ESL reading and discussion classwith Latisha Edge. Free to the public.

Financial Activists Club - Friday, December30 at 3:30 p.m. If you want to expand yourknowledge of budgeting and investing, play fi-nancial literacy games and learn how to growyour money. Join the club. It is free of charge.

Teen Club Activity - Monday, January 9 at3:30 p.m. Teens and tweens are invited to joinus in a program celebrating the holidays.

Meeting of the Library Board - Thursday, Jan-uary 12 at 6 p.m. Regular meeting of the Li-brary Board will be held in the auditorium.Open to the public.

Friends of the Library Meeting - Thursday,January 19 at 6 p.m. FHPL President KathyKristy and Treasurer George Gorday invite allmembers and volunteers to participate in theregular monthly meeting.

Special Thanks to R. Burbach for books;Shantell Williams for books; Patricia Muszyn-ski for books; Jacob Plante for books; JosephSernick for children's books; Jennifer Kuzielfor books, printer cartridges & CD's; HelenWesolowski for books; Margaret Czarnik forbooks and magazines; Norm Andresen for vin-tage magazines; Joan Barrio for books;Lawrence Geromin for books; Chris & ShannonLowell for Christmas decorations.

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1930s was somewhere near60 percent.By Christmas 1936, there

were signs that the situationwas improving.Auto production was up.

Stores were reporting in-creased sales, and in a back-wards way even the crime rateshowed things were gettingbetter. In mid-December, thepolice announced they wereassigning a dozen extra offi-cers to patrol Jos. Campau toprotect against shoplifters andthieves who stole merchandisefrom inside parked cars.The bottom line was that

people were spending moneyagain.

And giving.Hamtramck had a long repu-

tation for being a caring com-munity. This was shown againthat year with the annual Good-fellows newspaper drive. Then,as now, the Goodfellows soldnewspapers to raise money tobuy gifts for children at Christ-mas. The 1936 Goodfellow drive

saw 15,000 copies sold andraised $4,500. That wasenough to provide 1,000 giftsfor poor kidsThat total included $1,024

in sales generated by MayorRudolph Tenerowicz. Tenerowicz, by the way, was

Christmas past much like todayContinued from front page

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The Kowalski Sausage Co. threatened to close down andmove its operations to Madison Heights. That plan never ma-terialized, and city officials are still trying to help the plantrelocate here in Hamtramck instead.

Friday, December 23, 2011 Hamtramck Review Phone (313) 874-2100 3

Just think about that: Good-bye glorious and iconic Kowalskineon sign!City officials met with Kowal-

ski but the company insisted itneeded a bigger space to con-solidate its operation.But, the deal fell through after

Madison Heights officials de-clined to offer the company atax incentive. Hamtramck offi-

cials, on the other hand, saidthey would work with state offi-cials to come up with a develop-ment plan to help Kowalskirelocate somewhere in town.Flash forward to the end of

the year, and we have no ideawhere this is heading. Kowalskiofficials have not returnedphone calls for several yearsnow. But hey, no sore feelingsover here. You guys still makeone of the best factory-producedsausages around.Walking down the city’s

streets became a little safer. After the final installation of

new traffic lights on Caniff wasdelayed for months due to a dis-pute between contractors, thegaping holes left in the wake ofthe disagreement were filled.However, the work wasn’t fin-ished just yet.Because of the winter

weather, the dangerously large –and deep – holes were filledwith a material called coldpatch, which is an asphalt-likematerial that is used when tem-peratures are too low to allowconcrete to dry. When warmer weather re-

turned, the holes were patchedup with concrete.For about the third time, the

Detroit-based television drama“Detroit 1-8-7” set up camerashere in Hamtramck.The production crew for the

ABC show shot scenes at theShadow Bar and, during thenight, more scenes outside onJos. Campau.In previous shoots here,

scenes were shot at Three StarBar-B-Cue and at other locationsalong Jos. Campau.It’s unclear whether any Ham-

tramckans were picked to be ex-tras. There was some spilloverfor Maria’s Comida Mex-AsianFusion, which was right next-door to the action.Actors Michael Imperioli and

Jon Michael Hall ate dinnerthere, despite having access tofree catered food. Co-owner

Marie Pronko said they stayedfor over an hour and talked withthe staff, customers and evenMayor Karen Majewski who justhappened to be there for a busi-ness meeting.“They were a great group. We

were thrilled,” Pronko said.Pronko was especially, ah,

thrilled about hunky, tough guyMichael Imperioli stopping by.

“I hoped I would get to seehim. That was a real treat,” shesaid.And in gossipy celebrity re-

porting tradition, here’s whatMichael had to eat: The vegetar-ian quesadillas. Huh? A vegetarian dish? Who

knew?Hall had the marinated

chicken tacos.Sadly, the TV series failed to

attract a sizeable audience, andABC went on to pull the plug.Dang, just when we were

ready for our close up.The jury may still be out on

how good of a councilmemberMohammed Hassan is, but if hewere ever to become a barowner, he would be awful.Hamtramck police officers, re-

sponding to a break-in, met upwith an upset Hassan whoquestioned why the officers tookso long to respond.He was told officers were tied

up at the Shadow Bar becauseof a disturbance there.Hassan’s response: “Let

them die. Let them die.”That statement was recorded

by police officers.We tried to get a comment

from Hassan but instead, had apretty weird encounter.A Review reporter went to

Hassan’s house at 3423 Neibel

for a comment. No one an-swered the door, and the houseappeared to be vacant, with ad-vertising circulars stuffed intothe fence and strewn on thewalk leading to the door.However, Hassan pulled up

near the house, and immedi-ately asked what business TheReview reporter had. Askedabout the break-in, Hassan or-dered the reporter to stop ask-ing questions, and said that hewould not comment.He confronted the same re-

porter over why he was beingphotographed.“Do you have a problem?” he

asked the reporter.The reporter: “No, do you?”The city’s financial woes took

yet another turn by the end ofthe month. City officials wereconsidering whether to “out-source” police and fire servicesas a way to balance the budget.“We are running out of

choices,” said Mayoral Pro TemCatrina Stackpoole about herproposal to have the city man-ager look into the matter.She said this was the last op-

tion left for the city to considerbecause a majority of her col-leagues on council refused toraise the property tax rate to thelegal limit or apply for an emer-gency state loan.Stackpoole also pointed out

that the city’s unions have re-fused to agree to major contractconcessions.The city was facing a $3.5 mil-

lion deficit, and City Manager BillCooper had warned that the citywould be broke by mid-March.

FEBRUARYYou know what the funny thing

about winter is here in Michi-gan? It acts like winter. As insnowstorms.

Tell that to the TV weather-casters. The month started offwith a dumping of five inches ofsnow. By all the hysteria fromTV weathercasters, you’d thinkwe suffered a major blizzard.Here’s a prediction for this

year: TV weather people will con-tinue to hyperventilate over win-ter storms.Hamtramck drivers, could

ease up … a little.A backlog of traffic tickets led

to putting the brakes on the Po-lice Department’s overtime traf-fic patrol program.City Councilmember Tom

Jankowski called for a suspen-sion of the program until theHamtramck 31st District Courtcaught up with tickets that werepending.According to the court, tickets

issued in February wouldn’t heheard until May or June.The city had a new weapon in

its fight against crime – the Ham-tramck Neighborhood Patrol. Volunteers from the commu-

nity were preparing to patrol thecity in an endeavor to preventcrimes before they happen. Tomaximize their effort, the organ-ization – which has a mission“to ensure the safety and secu-rity of Hamtramck residents,their property and their homes”– will be in constant radio con-tact with the police.The baseball stadium at Vet-

erans Park is seeking approval,and so far it’s getting it. In late December, the commit-

tee working to save the stadiumreceived word from the StateHistoric Preservation Office thatthe preliminary application forhistorical designation of the sta-dium was approved. It’s nowworking to complete the final ap-plication and hopes to have itcompleted by the September re-view board.Though it was just the first

step toward getting the stadiumlisted on the National Registerof Historic Places, committeemember and historical preserva-tionist Rebecca Binno Savagesaid that the preliminary appli-cation was crucial in determin-ing whether or not the processwould go further. “What that means is that the

stadium is eligible for nationaldesignation,” she said. “The

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the year occurred in what you’dthink would be the most unlikelyplace: The Hamtramck SeniorPlaza apartments.Police say 27-year-old Ben-

jamin Jarvis beat to death Na-talie Ward, 40, when sherefused to give him money so hecould buy drugs.Jarvis took her money and her

car, but returned a day later andleft an apology letter. Policewere able to identify Jarvisthanks to security cameras.Detroit was not exactly whip-

ping out a checkbook, but therewas a good sign that Ham-tramck’s tax dispute with thecity would be settled in the nearfuture.Hamtramck was suing Detroit

for property tax revenue itshares from the GM Poletownplant, which straddles bothcities. Detroit said it had over-paid Hamtramck $7 million overseveral years.

Both sides had just met inLansing, under the eye of stateTreasury Department officials,who were trying to mediate asettlement. Hamtramck wasabout to run out of money bymid-March if Detroit didn’t beginmaking payments.According to Hamtramck City

Manager Bill Cooper, the meet-ing went well.“We walked away with the feel-

ing that something was going towork out here,” Cooper said.Normally, Hamtramck receives

upwards of $2 million a yearfrom Detroit.Cooper said that even if De-

troit makes a payment soon, it’slikely the city would still need totake an emergency loan fromthe state to meet employee pay-rolls and pay contractors. CityCouncilmembers finally agreedto apply for a $2.6 million loanwith an interest rate of less than1 percent a year.Cooper said the city could im-

mediately pay back the loan ifDetroit came through with a sig-nificant payment.A series of bad loans finally

caught up with Hamtramck’s

last remaining independentbank.Federal regulators closed

down Peoples State Bank andannounced that First Michigan

Bank out of Troy was taking overPeople’s assets and deposits.Peoples, located on Jos. Cam-

pau at Holbrook, had beenstruggling in recent years to stayafloat, and in the past year hadbeen ordered by the FDIC tomerge with another bank. Thosein charge of People’s had toldthis newspaper that a number ofloans had defaulted in recenttimes, causing severe damageto the bank’s assets.As the saga of Peoples wors-

ened in recent months, a num-ber of customers pulled theirmoney from the bank, furthersinking it.Peoples had been in business

for 102 years, starting out herein Hamtramck. The bank fo-cused on the needs of recentimmigrants, and for most of itshistory had only one branch.Months of surveillance paid

off for Hamtramck police inves-tigators – and for residents aswell.In the last three weeks, inves-

tigators busted two break-increws that were believed to beresponsible for dozens of homebreak-ins. All it took was someold school police work and a lit-tle overtime pay.In total, seven men were ar-

rested.

MARCHMarch is usually known for the

annual “Hamtramck Blowout,”but it just so happened thatPaczki Day got thrown into themix as well.Thousands of visitors came to

town, partied hard, and lived totell about it. If there is one thingHamtramck knows how to do,it’s hosting a party.The Republican majority in

Lansing flexed its muscle andapproved new powers for state-appointed emergency financialmanagers. The managers weregiven the authority to rip upunion contracts.That move quickly reverber-

ated around the state amongvoters who all of a sudden ex-pressed buyer’s remorse, so tospeak, about the Republicanmajority they just voted in.As of this writing, the new

powers of emergency managersare being challenged by voters.Here’s a first. In all 27 years

that the TV quiz show, Jeopardy,has been on the air, not oneHamtramckan was on it.

Well, Hamtramck was finallyrepresented with the appear-ance of Harley Savage.“It’s a once-in-a-life time op-

portunity because once you’ve

been on you can’t go back,” Sav-age said about his experience.“It’s almost bittersweet though.It was exciting but I know I won’t

be coming back.”Starting in March, the police

department’s traffic patrol pro-gram was halted because over-time money dried up. Thedepartment had already burnedthrough $250,000.The city council decided to put

the brakes on to the overtimepatrol until a plan for funding theprogram was finalized.Hamtramck’s finances re-

ceived a major boost thismonth.City officials signed off on an

agreement with Detroit to re-solve a dispute over how muchtax revenue should be sharedfrom the GM Poletown plant.The dispute arose two yearsago. Detroit officials abruptlystopped making payments toHamtramck, which severelythreatened the financial sol-vency of the city.Detroit agreed to hand over

$3.2 million and to continue therevenue sharing plan that was

worked out in 1986. Thatmeans Hamtramck will receiveat least $1.4 million a year.Hamtramck, in return, had to

hand over $3.2 million it washolding in escrow in lieu of pay-ing water and sewerage servicefees owed to Detroit until thedispute was settled.If you didn’t know any better,

you might think that the funeralhome business in Hamtramckwas, well, dying.Over the past several years,

some of the well-known funeralhomes in the area had ceasedto exist. Miller, Orlowski andFrontczak are among the promi-nent names no longer operatingin Hamtramck, or at all in thetrade.Mike Wilk, of Jurkiewicz & Wilk

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person in recruitment, examination, appointment, training, promotion, retention, discipline or anyother aspect of personnel administration because of political opinions or affiliation or because ofrace, religion, color, ethnic origin, marital status, height, weight, arrest record, disability or othernonmerit factors discrimination on the basis of age, gender or physical disability is prohibited ex-cept where specific age, gender or physical requirements constitute a bona fide occupation qual-ification necessary to proper and efficient administration or where state or federal law specify aminimum age.

After being in business for 102 years, one too many badloans finally caught up with Peoples State Bank. The bankclosed down and was taken over by another financial insti-tution. It is now named Talmer Bank and Trust.

in the midst of a personalscandal, and the New Dealissue that carried the report ofhis stellar Goodfellow perform-ance also carried the lurid de-tails of his messy andscandalous divorce.But this was the season of

giving, not gossip, and most at-tention was focused on theholidays. The New Deal itself was

bursting with Christmas ads.Brawer's dime store adver-tised "Gifts for Women"(sheepskin slippers - $1.98);"Gifts for Men" (genuineleather belts - 50 cents); "Giftsfor Home" (bathroom scales -$2.50); "Gifts for Boys" (cow-boy suit with genuine leatherchaps - $1.98); "Gifts for Girls(manicure sets - 25 cents);"Gifts for Girlfriend" (5-poundbox of chocolates - 97 cents);"Gifts for Boyfriend (spats - 79cents).Incidentally, dill pickles were

13 cents a jar.All over town, clubs and

groups were holding parties.The Junior Study Club, the Met-ropolitan Ladies Auxiliary, TauBeta and many other organiza-tions were getting into theChristmas spirit with parties,usually held to raise money forthe needy.Most folks went to midnight

Mass on Christmas Eve, or toservices on Christmas Day.After that, they spent the daypretty much as we will thisyear.Leona Pilaski's "Across the

Table" social column relatedthat "Mr. and Mrs. WilliamBeltz will spend the day at their

own home on Hewitt Ave., play-ing Santa to their two sons,Freddie and Billy. Not that ei-ther of them believe in him.Later in the day they will visitMrs. Beltz's mother."Sound familiar?

Enjoy your Christmas today -- just like they did then.

Greg Kowalski is chairman ofthe Hamtramck Historical Com-mission.

The Michigan Legislaturepassed a bill concerning bullyingbehavior in Michigan schools.

Consistent with this bill, we areasking that parents/ guardians im-mediately inform school personnel(e.g., your child’s teacher, adminis-trator) of suspected bullying be-havior directed against your childor another child. The bill defines “bullying” as any

repeated overt acts by a studentor group of students directedagainst another student with theintent to ridicule, humiliate, harassor intimidate the other studentwhile on school grounds (includingon transportation vehicles) or atschool activities. You may formally notify the

school personnel (in writing) orfeel free to call either your child’s

teacher or administrator. It is also important for you to

know that, consistent with this billyour child may anonymously reportacts of bullying to our teachers,other educational personnel (e.g.,school social worker, RestorativePractices Coordinator) and/or ad-ministrators. When possible, please encour-

age your son/daughter to makesuch reports if they have been bul-lied or if they have witnessed an-other student being bullied.Bullying behavior is prohibited byour student discipline code of con-duct and may lead to disciplinaryaction, including suspension fromschool (or in more severe cases,expulsion by your child’s schooldistrict). We are aware that incidents of

bullying are rarely committed inview of supervising adults. Victims are most vulnerable in

situations beyond the eyes ofstaff, such as the playground,buses, restrooms, and bus stops.The most likely adult to be in-formed by a victim is the parent.Parents are often reluctant to in-form the school due to the stu-dent’s fear of repercussions. Without parent input, the school

personnel will be uninformed andunable to intervene to stop thisbehavior. It is vital that school staff and

parents continue to work togetherto protect the safe environment ofour school programs.

Tom Niczay, SuperintendentHamtramck Public Schools

Good job … A big tip ofthe hat goes out to theHamtramck police force fortheir generosity this holidayseason.Officers and detectives

handed out free sand-wiches at the Col. Ham-tramck Housing project lastweek to needy families.Also pitching in for the do-nation was Hamtramck’s18th Street Deli.On Wednesday, the de-

partment distributed foodbaskets to more needyfolks here in town.There are still many other

residents who could use ahelping hand. We shouldall take a cue from our

men and women in blueand help out a neighbor ortwo who are experiencing

hard times.Remember, this is the

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Letter from the

PublisherBy John Ulaj

Review: Opinion PageLetters • Letters

This is a week to count ourblessings, and Hamtramckcertainly has a lot to bethankful for.We are a city that is still

surviving, and despite agrowing rift in City Hall, ourfuture remains optimistic.But it’s going to take a lot

of work in the coming year.We wish the new City Coun-cil good luck in 2012 be-cause one of its immediatechores is to figure out howto avoid going into deficit

spending.Without a doubt, the com-

ing year is going to be atremendous challenge. Many residents here have

also been struggling tomake ends meet. The econ-omy has been stubbornly re-sisted turning around. Yetwe hang on.We wonder, as a city and a

nation, how much longer canpeople hold out? More andmore folks are losing theirhomes in the metro region,

and more and more familiesare finding themselveshomeless.Our heart goes out to

those who are facing hard-ship. This may not be the best

Christmas season for many,but we have faith in Ham-tramck residents being therefor each other.Let’s all say a little prayer

for a better new year.

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It is vital that parents become involvedin stopping bullying

What an intriguing year thishas been!I wanted to thank all the

wonderful folks of Ham-tramck for their generoussupport of, and loyalty to, TheReview newspapers, and forhelping us through to anothersuccessful year.Thanks also to everyone

who attended The ReviewChristmas party. What a greattime we had! While many peo-ple mentioned the warm andfestive ambience, in truth, itwas these wonderful peoplethemselves that made thisoccasion as special as itwas: an event of fellowshipand good cheer.Afterwards, however, as I

drove past City Hall, to my as-tonishment, there was no dis-play of Christmas lightsanywhere to be seen.Let’s give the administra-

tion the benefit of the doubt.Perhaps this is an oversight,or maybe political correct-ness plays a role. Or maybethey are pleading poverty –certainly, a common theme intown lately. As the publisher of The Re-

view, I will always emphasize– especially during the Christ-mas season – the impor-tance of Christmas, andGod’s love for the world, as

important to me. I will alwaysdeclare the glory of God asevident in Christ Jesus, andthe wondrous grace he hasbestowed upon the Earth.In the Gospel of Luke, there

is mention of a baby“wrapped in swaddlingclothes, and laid… in amanger” (2:7). “Fear not,”the Angel of the Lord said, “Ibring you good tidings ofgreat joy, which shall be to allpeople. For unto you is bornthis day… a Savior, which isChrist the Lord” (2:10-11).“Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace, good willtoward men” (2:14).Many people feel both com-

fort and a kind of youthfulebullience during this sea-son, as it takes us back toour own childhoods.As adults, we can definitely

learn a great deal from chil-dren. When a child makes ir-rational demands, exhibitsirresponsible behavior or thelike, we call them childish. Allthe while, atrocities such aswars, extreme corporategreed, and violent politicalrevolutions continue acrossthe globe. And who are the re-sponsible parties for theseatrocities? ADULTS. Adults,behaving much worse thanmost any child could ever

fathom.Children, left to grow natu-

rally, tend to see the worldwith hope and optimism.Their imaginations know fewbounds. If you observe chil-dren at play, you can oftensee that they don’t care whatcolor or race, creed, national-ity, religion, etc., their play-mates are – unless they’velearned it from being aroundadults. No, in general theysimply want to run, and laugh,and tumble about in theirplay. This is their truest inno-cence. How many of us lovethe classic Peanuts Christ-mas special, with its joyfulmusic and simple message?When Christmas makes

many of us long for childhoodagain, perhaps part of whatwe are really longing for isthis kind of innocence –open, warm and giving heartsfilled with a joy and compas-sion like that of Jesus Christ,and the Lord: “For God soloved the world, that he gavehis only begotten Son, thatwhosoever believeth in himshould not perish, but haveEverlasting Life.” (John 3:16)Merry Christmas, and a

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Hamtramck police officers and detectives handed out foodbaskets to needy residents in town on Wednesday, includingFrances Zajic (right) from the Senior Plaza.

born and raised here in town, hesays the business is muchchanged.“They (people) have a ten-

dency to want different things,”he said, a sentiment that wasechoed virtually across theboard by all the remaining direc-tors.For one, there has been a

strong turn away from sitting fu-nerals and formal body view-ings, to cremations, often on thesame day of death, according toDave Krot, of Krot FuneralHome. He said that a certainsegment of the populationseems to have also, perhaps,

lost a modicum of respect forthe process, as well.As with many professions, and

in so many cities, the animalcalled change keeps the playerson their toes. Even in this case— where those toes may comewith a tag.The housing market may have

been in the toilet, but you would-n’t know it by looking aroundHamtramck.The city began a massive

housing development projectthat will eventually fill up almostevery empty lot as well as refur-bish a number of existinghouses.Thanks to a $15 million grant

from the Obama administration,

Hamtramck was able to fund thebuilding or rehabbing of 104houses. The development is stillgoing full speed ahead.For a brief period, Hamtramck

was without building and housingcode inspectors.Hamtramck’s City Council was

forced to eliminate the budget forinspectors because of the city’sfinancial crisis. But then the city’sCommunity and Economic Devel-opment Department came upwith a way to save the program,and possibly even reinvent it.Thanks to a federal grant the

city receives every year for com-munity development projects, asupervisor and two part-time in-spectors were put back on the

job.Jason Friedmann, the director

of the Economic DevelopmentDepartment, said inspectors willfirst focus on the commercial dis-trict. “We don’t want to give people

tickets, we want them to comply,”Friedmann said.Inspectors also focused on

residential areas, particularly rub-bish in the alleys.While other neighboring com-

munities hemorrhaged people inthe last 10 years, Hamtramck’spopulation remained fairly sta-ble.According to the Census Bu-

reau, Hamtramck’s 2010 popu-lation head count revealed a

loss of a little over 500 peoplesince the last Census count in2000.Compared to Detroit, which

lost 25 percent of its residents,and Highland Park, which re-ported a drop of 29 percent(from 16,746 to 11,776), Ham-tramck weathered a very rocky10-year period.Hamtramck’s official popula-

tion now numbers at 22,423. In 2000, the number of resi-

dents was 22,976. That was aloss of 2.4 percent, which sur-prised some since the CensusBureau had estimated in 2009a loss of almost 3,000 people,based on a sample taken.


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So what exactly is the job de-scription of a Youth Coach?

“The Youth Coach is togather 25 Hamtramck HighSchool youths and to organizethese young people to ad-dress violence amongst youththrough community service

projects. I believe thatone truly effective way to helpyoung people to turn awayfrom delinquent behavior is tohabituate them to think - tothink about the conse-quences of their conduct be-fore they act and to thinkabout their academic and pro-fessional futures.”

That’s a noble task. Do youhave experience doing any-thing similar?

“My experience workingwith teens involves workingwith at-risk youth in Chicagowhere I worked as a Restora-tive Justice coordinator. Ialso worked with Detroit highschoolers during an UpwardBound program where Iserved as a college mentor.”

What types of programs doyou plan to implement here inHamtramck?

“I would like to incorporatesome academic and socialprogramming for youth, in ad-dition to the community serv-ice aspect of the Youth Coachposition. I would like to es-tablish youth driven mentor-ships - where youths mentoreach other. I would also liketo create a Young Profession-als of Hamtramck program,where youths gather to dis-cuss and work on discover-ing or developing their careerplans, college/trade schoolapplications, writing sam-ples, resumes, and othersuch things in preparation forlife after high school.”

You could really help out thecity by doing that. What do youhope to accomplish?

“I hope to encourage theyouth here in Hamtramck tovalue their personal develop-ment through productive andpositive interaction with eachother and with other Ham-tramck community residents.I hope to motivate the youthto think deeply about theirlives beyond high school - tothink about directing their tal-ents and skills toward ca-reers that are fitting for themand to desire to excel atthem. I hope to discourageyouth from engaging in delin-quency by instilling hope inthem and nurturing this posi-tive outlook I want them to

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What kind of an impact doesthat have on the community?

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OLSZEWSKAFranciszka Anna Olszewska,

80, died December 16, 2011.Mrs. Olszewska is survived by

her son, Boguslaw (Bozena) Ol-szewski; daughters, Ursula(Jerry) Czachor, Janina (Angelo)Servin, Jadwiga Olszewska; sis-

ters, Maria, Wladyslawa, Stanis-lawa; brothers, Jan, Jozef andfamily; grandchildren, Maggie,Phillip, Ursula, Maciej, Kasia,Karolina, Michael, Mark,Stephany, Sonya; great-grand-children, David, Vincent, Natalia,Dominik and Julia.Her funeral was December

21, 2011 at St. Florian Churchwith burial at ResurrectionCemetery. Arrangements wereentrusted to Krot Funeral Home.

REESEStephanie A. Reese, 97, died

December 18, 2011.Mrs. Reese was a member of

St. Florian Parish. She was pre-deceased by her husband,Chester and her daughter, Sylvia.She is survived by her daughter,Sandra (Larry) McGuffie; son,Robert (Frances) Reese; niece,Jan; grandchildren, Kimberly,Melissa, Beth, Dana, Kristen,Chip, Lauren, Paris and Fawn;great-grandchildren, Isabella andAnaleeya.Private funeral services were

held with arrangements han-dled by Jurkiewicz & Wilk Fu-neral Home. Memorialdonations can be made to theCapuchin Fathers or St. FlorianChurch.

On the downside of the Cen-sus findings, during the past 10years the city lost 201 housingunits, most likely due to thedemolition of abandonedhouses.A leaky gas line.That’s all it took for a house

on Norwalk St. to suddenly blowup. Fortunately, no one was se-riously injured. Strangely, thiswas the first of two gas explo-sions of the year.The second explosion blew

up a building on Jos. Campau inApril.

APRILIt’s no secret that the gradua-

tion rate for Hamtramck PublicSchools is not great.Officially, it’s 62 percent.But that was about to change

for the better, and in very dra-matic terms.Hamtramck High School was

one of seven schools to receivespecial help from United Wayfor Southeastern Michigan.The program focuses on in-

creasing the graduation rate,and it is being funded by a$27.1 million grant from theGeneral Motors Foundation.The program also set up both

a small learning academy andan early childhood center to aug-ment the district’s normal edu-cation services.Hamtramck School Superin-

tendent Tom Niczay praised theprogram, saying it will give stu-dents an extra edge in an ever-increasing competitive jobmarket.“I’m excited for the kids,”

Niczay said.The city’s new Master Plan

made its debut – all 237 pagesof it.

It was a beautifully com-posed document printed in mul-tiple colors, with photos,blueprint-style sketches, andcharts galore. Almost a work ofart, really.Some of the plan’s highlights

included ways to do a better jobof marketing the city’s variousstrengths, and short-term inex-pensive fixes that could be im-plemented on the quick andcheap.Regarding marketing, Jason

Friedmann, the city’s director ofCommunity & Economic Devel-opment, said the “food culture”of the town was one highlight.Not just the popular Polish

restaurants, he said, but alsothe wide variety of ethnic gro-cery stores and the burgeoningnumber of Bengali eateries areunique to the metro area.Hamtramck Little League

pitcher and legend Art “Pinky”Deras was on a roll during thepast year.Deras was recently the sub-

ject of a documentary on Ham-tramck’s Little League and PonyLeague champs from 1959 and1961 respectively, and in April,he was about to be inductedinto the National Polish-Ameri-

can Sports Hall of Fame.Deras is considered the best

pitcher ever to compete in LittleLeague.Hamtramck’s fire station re-

ceived a facelift of sorts.Thanks to a $400,000 fed-

eral energy grant the city re-ceived to upgrade its buildings,the station replaced its fiveglass doors and were replacedwith energy efficient ones thatsport only two smaller windowson each panel.Besides the new doors, a new

lighting system was installed inthe fire station, as well as in thelibrary.If Hamtramck – and this is a

big “if” – goes broke and is inneed of an emergency financialmanager, the governor won’thave to look far for one.City Councilmember Tom

Jankowski enrolled in state-sponsored training to becomean emergency financial man-ager.Jankowski already has experi-

ence being under the wings ofan EFM. He was elected mayorwhile Hamtramck was under thecontrol of a state-appointedEFM several years ago.Jankowski said his back-

ground in being part of a teamto bring a financially troubledcity back to solvency gives himan edge over others.“It’s the kind of work I enjoy,”

Jankowski said. “I like to takethings that need fixing and fixthem.”

MAYThe last days of Dickinson

West Elementary School werewinding down.The school, located in the for-

mer St. Lad’s school building,was about to close for good.The school district no longerneeded the building because ofa growing budget deficit and theability to house the students inother buildings.Hamtramck followed in the

footsteps of a number of subur-ban communities by passing asmall property tax increase.But that decision didn’t come

easy. Councilmembers had aheated discussion on whetherto pass a 2.2 mill tax increase.Councilmembers Mohammed

Hassan and Kazi Miah votedagainst the tax. Hassan in-sisted the city should have firstsought contract concessionsfrom the police and fire unionsbefore resorting to a tax in-crease.Miah said that if the city

raised taxes, residents wouldmove out. (As it turned out,Miah moved out of Hamtramcklater in the year, but not be-cause of the tax.)The tax was expected to gen-

erate $425,000 a year. For theaverage homeowner, the in-crease translates into an extra$50 to $55 a year.Property owners may not

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have approved of a tax hike, butthey had little to complain aboutbecause they enjoyed a taxbreak in recent years. Threeyears ago 11 mills fell off thecity’s tax rolls after a lawsuit set-tlement was paid in full.Students at Dickinson East El-

ementary School had beenlearning a lesson on how easy itis to go green.Students followed a state pro-

gram in which they had toachieve a set of goals. They notonly managed to achieve them,they also exceeded the goals.The Clock was rewound and

began ticking again. That’s theClock restaurant we’re talkingabout. The landmark restauranthad been out of business forthe past few years.New owner Manjola Vuktilaj

spent six months remodelingthe building.“My kids couldn’t stand it

when we first walked in here,”said Vuktilaj. “They made faces.”Asked what hasn’t changed,

Vuktilaj responded, “The name.”The answer seems appropriate,given that it was certainly timeto modernize what she says isthe original Clock Restaurant lo-cation in the area.

JUNEForget about what the calen-

dar says. Summer blasted in afew weeks ahead of schedulewith several days already soar-

ing into the 90s. And guesswhat? The heat wave reallydidn’t stop for the entire sum-

mer.Yeah, we know, it’s hard to

imagine that with winter begin-ning to get a firm grip on things.But back to June. Police de-

tectives started a summer-longseries of sweeps to shut downstreet crimes and drug salesthroughout the city. For many, the party was over.In the first sweep, 13 people

were arrested for a variety of of-fenses, including drug sales,property code violations, squat-ting in homes and not payingcity income taxes.A decades-long tradition in

Hamtramck came to an end.Hamtramck City Hall was off

the list of precinct locations, asmall irony in the sense that CityHall is where elected officials do

their business.City Clerk Ed Norris said City

Hall is inconvenient and duringthe last Presidential Electionsome voters had to wait nearlytwo hours to cast their ballot.In other election news, Coun-

cilmembers Catrina Stackpooleand Shahab Ahmed did what sofew incumbents ever do: Theydecided not to seek re-election,which came as a shock to manyin the community.

For Stackpoole, it was a matterof being able to keep her non-profitagency up and running.“I’ve been neglecting it,” she

said of her resale store “Recy-cled Treasures.”

It’s actually more than just astore. The business also offersfree clothing and other basicitems to those in emergency –and dire — situations.“If it’s going to survive,” Stack-

poole said of her store. “I needto attend to it.”What she really didn’t want to

talk about was her increasingfrustration – a frustration thatshe openly showed at councilmeetings – of the behavior andcomments made by some fellowcouncilmembers.Let’s just say that she was

close to standing on her chair

and yelling out: “Shut up, Shutup, Shut up ...”As for Shahab Ahmed, his

story is worthy of a lengthy NewYork Times magazine piece.

To put it simply, Ahmed is amajor historical figure in Ham-tramck. In 2003, he was thefirst-ever person born inBangladesh to be elected to anAmerican political office.But the last few years have

been a slow decline for Ahmed,in terms of political clout.Some political observers had

said that Ahmed’s chances ofre-election, this time around,were slim to none.Ahmed says he would have

won another term, but he de-cided that his family comes first.“Right now my focus is my

family,” he said.Usually when it comes to

tearing down a house there’snothing really to it.First you disconnect the elec-

tric and gas and then bring in abulldozer. When it’s all knockeddown, you scoop up the debris,haul it off to a dump and dis-pose of it.That could become a thing of

the past, if the folks at HenryFord Community College andZachary & Associates havetheir way. It’s all part of the on-going greening of America andthat movement came to Ham-tramck in a big way at an aban-doned house on Carpenter.The plan was simple: Instead

of throwing away perfectly goodpieces of wood, plumbing,flooring, windows and evenshingles, the material was re-

purposed for other construc-tion projects. “It allows us to reuse a

house instead of throwing itaway,” said Jason Friedmann,Hamtramck’s Director of Eco-nomic & Community Develop-ment.Bowing to a financial crisis in

the Public School District, Ham-tramck teachers agreed to asalary cut and to pay 20 per-cent of their health care costs.Their new contract was rati-

fied by a 2-1 margin.Teachers were also hit with a

pay freeze and a 5 percentsalary cut and another 5 per-cent cut in 2012.The concessions came at a

time when the district was fac-ing a $3 million budget deficit.Schools Superintendent Tom

Niczay said he “appreciated”teachers helping cut costs forthe district.“It’s not an easy thing to do,”

Niczay said in reference to theconcessions. “Unfortunately,it’s the situation we’re in.”The president of the teach-

ers’ union, Michelle Cook, saidteachers realized the district isin a financial jam.“We need to preserve Ham-

tramck Public Schools for fu-ture generations,” Cook said.

All of a sudden, city-issuedgarbage cans became some-thing to keep an eye on.There was a one-year waiting

list to get a new can if yourswent missing.Marty Ladd, the Director of

Public Services, said there wasindeed a shortage of new cansand worse, a shortage of cityfunds to purchase replace-ments.The city’s original plan was to

charge residents $75 for a newcan, but that plan never workedout.“We basically gave them

away,” Ladd said.

(That’s it for the first half of2011. Next week, we take astroll through the last sixmonths of the year.)


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