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As St. Clair Shores resi-dent Donna Kay Scrivo, 60, awaits a preliminary exam on charges related to the dismemberment of her son, Ramsay Scrivo, 32, also of St. Clair Shores, police continue gathering information they think will lead to a murder charge.

Dressed in a Macomb County Sheri f f ’s Department–issued pris-oner uniform, Donna Scrivo was arraigned Monday, Feb. 3, in front of 40th District Court Judge Mark Fratarcangeli on one count of “dead bod-ies-disinterment and mu-tilation” and one count of “removing a dead body without medical examin-er permission.”

The first count is a 10-year felony, the sec-ond, a one-year misde-meanor.

With hands cuffed be-hind her back, Scrivo told Fratarcangeli she “hoped” to hire a private attorney to represent her. With no one standing at her side, the judge ordered a public defender to take her case.

And while St. Clair Shores Det. Margaret Eidt argued for a $500,000 bond, as Scrivo has family living out of state, Frantercangeli ordered a $100,000 cash or surety bond, or $10,000. The

judge also ordered a psy-chiatric evaluation and drug and alcohol testing. However, he did not speci-fy how often the testing is to be conducted.

Detective Lt. David Centella later said order-ing drug and alcohol test-ing is typical protocol for 40th District Court judg-es.

Eidt also told the judge Donna Scrivo admitted to being in the area of

Allington and Fred Moore Highway where St. Clair County Sheriff’s deputies found five bags of body parts, later identified as Ramsay Scrivo.

A preliminary exam is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14.

St. Clair Shores police and representatives from the St. Clair County Sheriff ’s Department held a press conference Monday afternoon where

they rehashed the investi-gation and attempted to answer questions.

Outside of saying they are further investigating the case and possible murder charges, they had few details they were ready to share with the public.

Because police have 72 hours to hold a sus-pect without pressing

By Debra PascoeEditor

Murder charge may be forthcoming

PHOTO BY JOHN MCTAGGART

St. Clair Shores Interim Police Chief Todd Woodcox addresses the media at a press conference Monday afternoon. St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon and St. Clair Shores Det. Sgt. Jay Cohoe also answered questions. Cohoe is the lead investigator in the case.

The investigation leading to the arrest of St. Clair Shores resident Donna Kay Scrivo, for dis-memberment of her son, Ramsay Scrivo, began with a missing persons report she filed about him Sunday, Jan. 26.

According to a press release from the St. Clair Shores police and St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department, six days later, at about 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of dismem-bered human remains found in trash bags in the area of Allington and Fred Moore Highway in China and St. Clair townships.

The remains, left in five separate locations, were processed by the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department with assistance from the Michigan State Police lab in Sterling Heights and identified as Ramsay Scrivo, 32, of St. Clair Shores.

Witness statements given to police by area res-idents following media reports, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department identified a vehicle belonging to Donna Kay Scrivo, 60, of St. Clair Shores, via a surveillance camera near the scene at a local gas station and broadcast as a person of interest.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation compared the fingerprints of the hand found in one of the trash bags and positively identified it as belong-ing to the missing St. Clair Shores man.

On Friday, Jan. 31, Donna Scrivo was taken in-to custody and search warrants issued on her house in the 2200 block of Rosedale and her

The investigationBy Debra PascoeEditor

Clinton Township po-lice are holding a man suspected of stealing plumbing off urinals in the restrooms of area fast food establishments.

The man is suspected of stealing plumbing from a St. Clair Shores Tim Horton’s on Friday, Jan. 24, and at a Burger King Sunday, Jan. 26.

St. Clair Shores Det. Lt. David Centella surmises the thief stole the metal to sell for scrap.

“Depending on how much he got, he could sell

it to a scrap yard for $10 to $15,” he said.

Centella added Clinton Township police nabbed the suspect Thursday, Jan. 30, and are holding him on this and other charges.

The first incident was reported at 11 p.m. Friday, Jan, 24, at the Tim Horton’s in the 23000 block of Harper when an employee reported the plumbing from the urinal in the men’s room was stolen. The employee said the fixture was intact at 5 p.m.

The employee notified

another Tim Horton’s to be on the look-out for a man wearing a trench coat.

On Sunday, Jan. 26, the assistant manager of the Burger King in the 3000 block of Harper contact-ed the store manager af-ter a customer reported the main plumbing fix-tures on both the toilet and urinal in the men’s room were missing. He said the plumbing was in-tact when the store was open that morning at 7 a.m. The customer re-ported the damage at about 9 a.m.

Surveillance video re-cording those entering the facilities show a man dressed in blue jeans and a hoodie walking into the side door of the restaurant going immediately into the men’s room at 8:31 a.m. He exited at 8:42 a.m. and appeared to be “cra-dling something in his arms underneath his jack-et,” according to the police report. He headed out the same door to a dark col-ored pick-up truck.

The next person seen entering the restroom was the one who reported the theft.

By Debra PascoeEditor

Police flushed out thief

Each year, schools from all over the county submit works of art from stu-dents with the hope of earning awards and recognition for these tal-ented students.

A bevy of honors, ranging from “Gold Key,” to honorable mentions are up for grabs as a part of the presti-gious Scholastic Arts competition.

At South Lake High School, six stu-dents earned recognition from the competition.

Among them was Gold Key winner Rahma El-Shazly.

“I was shocked,” El-Shazy said, who earned the distinction for mixed media. “I never expected anything like that.”

Sarah Robinson, Liam Steen, Tyler Vitale, Brianna Newsom and Taylor Monreal round out the list of honor-

ees at South Lake.“I think it’s a great honor,” said

Vitale, who earned an honorable mention in digital art. “It surprised me too.”

The Scholastic Art Awards competi-tion is long-running event and fea-tures the work of students from 7th through 12th grade.

South Lake High School honorees works of art, along with more than 500 others from the Michigan Thumb Region, which includes schools in St. Clair Shores and Macomb County, are on display at Macomb Community College and the College for Creative Studies through Sunday, Feb. 9.

Newsom has already been to the ex-hibit and found her watercolor piece.

“It was really cool,” she said. “It made me feel proud of what I had done.”

South Lake artists honoredBy John McTaggartStaff Writer


South Lake High School senior Taylor Monreal works on one of her drawing in the school’s art room. Monreal was one of six artists earning recognition in the Scholastic Arts Awards competition.

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charges, St. Clair Shores Det. Sgt. Jay Cohoe, who is in charge of the inves-

tigation, said based on the evidence at hand, “all we can prove is the two

charges and bring the bigger charges later.”

Officers said informa-tion provided by resi-dents living in the area of Allington and Fred Moore Highway in China and St. Clair townships, where Ramsay Scrivo’s remains were found in garbage bags, was very helpful to their investiga-tion. See related story page 1A.

Both agencies credited each other for collabo-rating on the investiga-tion leading to the cur-rent charges.

“Without great depart-mental and residents’ as-sistance we would not be

here today,” said St. Clair Shores Acting Police Chief Todd Woodcox in

his first press confer-ence in his current posi-tion.

“This is an outstand-ing example of interde-partmental coopera-tion,” added St. Clair County Sher i f f ’ s Department Deputy Steve Campau.

Cohoe said the cause of death is not known, as results of tests — includ-ing toxicology reports — have yet to be completed by the Michigan State Police Crime lab. Without those results, M a c o m b C o u n t y Medical Examiner Daniel Spitz was unwill-ing to offer an opinion, Cohoe said.

Cohoe also could not respond to speculation if more than one person was involved in the death or dismember-ment; if all of Ramsay Scrivo’s body parts have been found; what was used to dismember the body; or the motive be-hind the dismember-ment.

He however, did say Donna Scrivo was at one time a nurse, had been charged with retail fraud and police had been called to the Scrivo resi-dences for loud noise.

“There has never been assaultive behavior be-tween the two,” Cohoe said of documented po-lice reports.

son’s house in the 23000 block of Gary Lane in St. Clair Shores.

According to St. Clair Shores Det. Sgt. Jay Cohoe, Ramsay Scrivo’s blood and bleach were found inside the Gary Lane house Ramsay Scrivo shared with his mother, Donna Kay Scrivo, whose house caught fire last year and is undergoing re-pair. His blood was also found in her SUV.

Cohoe would not say where inside the house the blood and bleach were found.

Anyone with any information regarding this in-cident is being asked to call the St. Clair Shores Police Department at (586) 445-5300.

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The magazine section has always been a popular destination for many li-brary patrons.

Current titles such as Good Housekeeping, Reader’s Digest and Forbes, for example, are well read at the library.

Now, thanks to technol-ogy, St. Clair Shores Public Library cardholders can access these titles and doz-ens more electronically us-ing Zinio.

This magazine subscrip-tion service is offered by the libary to cardholders and allows them to view and read the magazines online or on a mobile de-vice such as a phone or tablet.

“You have to go to the li-brary’s website and create an account,” library Director Rosemary Orlando said. “Then you go to zinio.com and a cre-ate an account there. The passwords must be the same, however, for both.”

Orlando added that a li-brary card from the library is also required.

After that process is complete, readers can sim-ply check out magazines and view them in their en-tirety.

“It’s really as simple as that,” she said. “It’s a great service and we’re really happy to be able to have it available.”

The Zinio service is all part of the facility’s efforts to stay on the cutting edge of technology, as well as preserve the essence of a traditional library.

“We embrace the tech-nology,” Orlando said. “We are part of a library cooperative with libraries all over the area. They usually take the first step in things like this and then it goes forward from there. That helps us with the costs too because it can be purchased as a group purchase, and it al-lows us to keep up with technology, too. As a member of the co-op,

we’re able to implement a lot things at a great sav-ing, things we probably wouldn’t be able to put through on our own.”

The cooperative in which St. Clair Shores Public Library is a part of is comprised of dozens of l o c a l l i b r a r i e s . Membership in this groups allows for more than just savings on the

cost of technology, it also makes it possible for a St. Clair Shores cardholder to get a book, for example, that is only found in the Romeo library.

“We have a truck that comes every day,” Orlando said. “On that truck are books requested here from libraries all over the area. And, in turn, we send some of our books out to

them too. The cooperative really is a valuable tool for us.”

Orlando added that Zinio magazines, once checked out, have no due date and can be indexed for past issues.

“I’m going to go home and give it a try,” said li-brary patron Corey Nicholson, as he leafed through a magazine at the

library. “That would be a great thing to see the mag-azines I love and be able to get them from my office.”

Orlando said that library staff would be available to help members sign up for Zinio.

“Just come in, our com-puters are set up and con-nected to Zinio here,” she said. “We can show people how to get started.”

By John McTaggartStaff Writer


Library Director Rosemary Orlando shows how the Zinio system works on one of the library’s computers.

When it comes to plan-ning a parade, there’s no clowning around.

It may only be February, but for members of the city’s Memorial Day Parade it’s just another month to make more preparations.

The committee, this year led by Cheryl Furdos — the first woman to do so in the event’s 62 year his-tory — began meeting to plan this year’s festivities shortly after the Department of Public Works finished cleaning up after the last one.

“It seems like for us it’s a continual effort,” Furdos told city council last month of planning activi-ties.

With council’s approval to hold the event at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 25, along Harper beginning at Little Mack, the committee is busy planning fundraisers to cover parade costs. No city funds are used and the committee relies on fundraisers and donations to put on the event, esti-mated to cost about $20,000, according to Furdos.

The committee has al-ready selected this year’s theme, “Honor, Freedom,

Family” and chose the lo-go design created by 16-year-old Lakeview High School student Mia Frank.

This year’s grand mar-shal is Tim Litz, com-mander of the VFW Bruce Post 1146. See related sto-ry, below.

The committee’s mis-sion?

“To provide the Veterans, their families,

and the citizens of St. Clair Shores and beyond, with a family-friendly, in-cident-free event that pays fitting tribute to the mili-tary personnel who have served their country in or-der to provide a safe and free environment for all,” according to its Facebook page.

The first fundraiser on the docket is from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at G.

Willies Bar and Grill, 31230 Harper, St. Clair Shores, to watch the United States play Slovenia in an Olympic hockey game. A portion of all proceeds is being do-nated to the parade fund. Rumor has it, committee members will be servers that day, Furdos said.

The next is one of the committee’s biggest fund-raisers — a spaghetti din-ner prepared by Marchiori’s Catering from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at the Assumption Cultural Center.

The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under.

Tickets are now avail-able at the St. Clair Shores City Hall cashier’s office, by e-mailing [email protected] or any committee member. If available, tickets will also be sold at the door.

The committee meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month in the Geer conference room at city hall.

Parade plans marching along

Timothy Litz, com-mander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bruce Post 1146 has been selected as this year's St. Clair Shores Memorial Day Parade Grand Marshal.

“I’m really surprised. It’s really an honor for me and the Bruce Post,” Litz said at a recent council meet-ing when the announce-ment was made.

“If I ride in the parade, I’ll have to give up a flag or a rifle,” he said, explaining he typically marches along with members of the post in the parade.

Litz served in the United States Marine Corp. from 1962 to 1966 and was sta-tioned in the Da Nang area

of Vietnam with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. He joined the VFW after completing his tour of duty and in 1981 made the Bruce Post his home where he became a lifetime member in 2001.

Litz’s civic involvement

led him to be selected Macomb County Volunteer of the Year in 2012.

He continues to be very active as the firing ser-geant of the Ritual Team and organizing fundrais-ers for the post and com-munity organizations, as-sists with memberships and serves as the post’s service officer, working with veterans in need.

Litz was appointed National Aide-De-Camp for 2013-2014 by the National Commander of the VFW. He currently holds trustee and surgeon positions for the Macomb County Council and the 5th District.

Litz named parade marshal

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The St. Clair Shores Public Library is offering children the chance to craft a Valentine’s Day gift for parents, relatives, friends, whomever be-ginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at the li-brary.

“It’s going to be a fun event,” said Youth Services Librarian Liz Dwerek. “We’ve got craft ideas planned that are going to be great for the

holiday and the kids.”There are a pair of

craft options available to participants, Dwerek said, and are suited for children of all ages.

“The crafts aren’t too difficult,” she said. “And each one is age-appro-priate, meaning they are certainly something younger and older kids can complete and enjoy.”

Dwerek said that no registration is required prior to Saturday, and the event is open to chil-

dren of all ages.“You just have to show

up,” Dwerek said. “There really isn’t much more than that to do. Just show up during the scheduled times and have fun making a craft.”

Saturday’s Valentine craft runs from 10 a.m. to noon, then later that day from 2 to 4 p.m.

For more information, call the St. Clair Shores Public Library at (586) 771-9020.


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By Debra PascoeEditorStudents throughout the city need to sharpen their

pencils, flip on their computer and dig out that ballpoint pen all in an effort to win the Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores’ Essay Contest.

“The contest is open to all students in St. Clair Shores under the age of 19 that have not graduated yet,” said club member Pat Gordon. “If you fit into that criteria you’re eligible to participate.”

The contest consists of a 700-800 word essay, Gordon said.

“What the essay has to be about is, ‘How Dreams Lead to Success’,” she said. “That’s the topic for the contest for us and for other students from all over.”

Gordon said Optimist Club chapters throughout the state are also hosting a contest with all winners moving on to compete for a scholarship.

“The essay that takes first place in St. Clair Shores will receive $100,” Gordon said. “But along with that, they’re also handed off to the district level where their essay competes for a $2,500 scholarship prize.”

A $50 and a $25 prize are given to second and third place local winners, respectively, Gordon added.

Students interested in taking part in the contest need to visit their school principals, she said.

“All the information was sent to the principals,” Gordon said. “And an application has to be filled out, too. That should all be at the schools though.”

The entry deadline is noon, Wednesday, Feb. 12.The contest is a new feature for the club.“We don’t really know what to expect,” Gordon said.

“In the past we had an oratorical contest, which was similar to this, but we came to the conclusion that an-other one of those might not get the response we are hoping for and that an essay contest would be a better option.”

The contest falls perfectly in line with the club’s mis-sion to help children in the city.

“Giving kids opportunities is what it’s all about,” she said. “This is another way to do that and something like this would like really good on a college portfolio.”

Prizes are to be awarded at the Optimist Club’s March meeting.

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No justice for LexieTo the Editor:

Everyone who does wrong hates the light ...they don’t want their actions exposed.

— John 3:20

Not many are aware of what the St. Clair Shores government has done to protect those who brutal-ly and inhumanely mur-dered Lexie, a labrador retriever-mix and family pet, Nov. 22, 2013.

Even after 50-plus sup-

porters stormed several council meetings to help get justice for Lexie and her family, government staff, police and council avoided any accountabil-ity or moral culpability.

The St. Clair Shores Police Department

turned a deaf ear and a cold heart to the desper-ate pleas of many resi-dent’s asking them to re-view and change their policies when dealing with our pets.

They hid the truth; even when neighbors

captured secret video of Lexie being dragged into the animal control truck after she was shot at least five times.

She was limping, cry-ing out in pain, and then was left to bleed to death as witnesses said the of-

ficers stood around talk-ing about hunting.

F r e e d o m o f Information Act requests were denied, internal in-vestigative information was inaccurately report-ed to the public by the now retired police chief, city council meeting r u l e s w e r e changed without a vote of council when updates were requested, and vid-eo evidence was partially destroyed.

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But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in (and be judged by) God.

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OPINION

CorrectionIn the Jan. 23 issue of

the Connection under the headline, “Rusie makes History” an error occurred. Former Mayor Pro Tem Erin Stahl said she was the first woman in city history to hold the gavel. During her ten-ure, Stahl ran a com-plete meeting when then Mayor Robert Hison was not available.

Stahl was also the first female pro tem in the city.

Also in the Jan. 23 edi-t ion, the wrong Facebook page was sit-ed. It is 4 Paws one Heart. The organiza-tion’s website is 4paw-s1heart.org.

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The harsh winter weather and dangerously low temperatures have done more than keep children home from school. It’s also left local school districts with a di-lemma.

According to state law, districts can cancel school six times due to in-clement weather.

Both Lake Shore and South Lake school dis-tricts currently have can-celled classes seven times and they must make up that lost classroom in-struction.

State law requires 1,098 hours of instruction time, or at least 170 days. Failure to reach this mark could lead to a reduction in state aid.

A bill recently signed by Gov. Rick Synder now gives schools options on how to make up that lost time.

Although adding days on to the end of the school year has been the conventional method, districts can now tack time onto the remaining school days to make up the lost instruction time.

“I would rather see that,” said Lake Shore p a r e n t T h o m a s Covington. “I think mak-ing the kids go more in the summer isn’t the way to go. How much will they really be learning if all they’re thinking about is that they should be on va-cation. Adding an hour or something like that to the day would be way better.”

Just what Lake Shore

and South Lake, for that matter, plan to do is still up in the air.

“It’s premature to make that decision right now,” L a k e S h o r e Superintendent Chris Loria said. “I think that most districts are still waiting to make that deci-

sion at this point.“Honestly, we still don’t

know just how many days we may be dealing with here. It’s still winter and this hasn’t been typical weather at all. I really can’t remember being up against that six-day limit in a very long time.”

“The important thing is that we give students the best education possible,” Loria said.

S o u t h L a k e Superintendent Pamela Balint, said no decision has been made at this time in her district either.

“There is no formal

plan in place for us right now,” she said. “It’s some-thing we will probably wait until April to figure out, and I would image the MDE (Michigan D e p a r t m e n t o f Education) will offer some direction in that at that time too. We’ll see.”

It’s a Coney-dog lov-ers delight at Jefferson Middle School cafeteria beginning at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12.

For $6, patrons can get a pair of hot dogs (chili optional), tortilla chips and cheese, water and an ice cream.

Plus, a slush machine, photo booth, 50/50 raf-fle and DJ are also part of the evening’s festivi-ties.

It’s all part of the school’s annual Coney Night celebration.

“Coney Night is an op-portunity for Jefferson Middle School students to gather with other community members to enjoy a meal, music and raise money for the Hope Fund,” said teach-er Leslie Bice, one of the event’s organizers.

The Hope Fund is a JMS program that offers financial assistance to those in the community who might be in need of some help, she said, and it helps to perpetuate one of the school’s core beliefs — community.

“Bringing together our community is an impor-tant piece of the JMS puzzle,” she said. “This event offers that oppor-tunity.”


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“I do enjoy it a lot,” she said. “And to see it there makes me feel like I’m kind of good at it.

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El-Shazy said that the honor was even more surprising to her given her experience in mixed media art.

“I never did anything like this before,” she said. “In fact, when I first got into art class I was trying to get out of it. But, I stayed and I’m glad I did.”

The sentiment among each honoree was simi-lar to El-Shazy.

“I’m really glad I got involved in art class,” said Vitale.

“It’s something I really like to do now, and I don’t think I would’ve ever known that without it.”

Monreal, who re-ceived an honorable mention for her draw-ing, said she has always loved the medium and plans to pursue her in-terest in art beyond the walls of South Lake High School and make it her career.

“I want to be an illus-trator,” Monreal said. “I’m getting my portfolio ready for CCS right now and want to go there. So earning this honor is a really nice thing for me, for everyone involved.”



Snow days have officials at South Lake Schools, and Lake Shore as well, facing a decision as to how to make up the time.

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South Lake High School parent Carrie Boileau is joining forces with several other par-ents at the school with the hopes of raising money for the Drama Club.

“South Lake’s Drama Club isn’t sponsored by the school at all,” she said. “So that means the students, with some help from volunteers and parents, have to raise all the money themselves.”

How much depends on the play the club chooses to produce each spring and the co-costumes needed, but this figure can reach in-to the thousands.

“It goes to pay for the rights to put on the

play,” Boileau said. “And then props, cos-tumes and anything and everything else that might be needed to put on the play.”

Boileau pointed that many parents volunteer their time, talents and —in many cases — money to make the an-nual spring play a reali-ty at the school.

“My daughter, Olivia, is a sophomore and this will be her second year in the drama club,” she said. “She really enjoys it.”

Without money, there would be no spring mu-sical, she said.

The club’s big fund-raiser, a spaghetti din-ner, is slated for 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the cafeteria at South Lake High School. The din-

ner will wrap up about 7 p.m., Boileau said.

“The kids will be serv-ing,” she said. “And there will be the oppor-tunity to buy raffle tick-ets for the baskets that we are raffling off, too. It’s going to be a fun night and it’s going to really help bring this spring play to life.”

As in years past, the school’s spring play is a community affair.

“It’s not only the high school kids involved in the play,” Boileau said.

“There’s also kids from the middle school and the elementary school in the play. That’s important to have everyone included because this really is a community play.”

Tickets for the spa-ghetti dinner are $10

for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens and can be purchased at the door. For more informa-tion, call (586) 435-1400.

Commercial or no?The topic of home

businesses created a handful of complaints from residents being ticketed for parking their heavy duty vehi-cles on their property.

City Manager Phil Ludos recently told council he’s been re-viewing state statutes regarding the definition of a commercial vehicle.

“I’m not real comfort-able that qualifies as a commercial vehicle,” he said, after reviewing a resident’s complaint about a neighbor’s plow truck the owner drives for his personal use.

“My review of motor vehicle code leaves quite a bit of doubt in my mind if that’s an ap-propriate interpretation of the ordinance con-veyed to (the resident), “

he added.Discussion will ensue.

Recycle bins“It looks like that

should be done by the end of February,” City Manager Phil Ludos said of progress being made by Rizzo Disposal on delivering new recy-cle bins.

Due to overwhelming response from St. Clair Shores residents want-ing the larger, wheeled bins, Rizzo has had to reorder a few times, thus delaying delivery.

More recyclingExecutive Secretary

Natalie Turner is work-ing with Rizzo Disposal to make available monthly reports on trash and recycling ton-nage collected in the city for council.

Several months ago,

Councilman John Caron asked City Manager Phil Ludos to supply council with the num-bers to determine if the increased recycling is reducing the city’s land-fill costs and how much residents are recycling.

He also wants to know how many customer service calls — both positive and negative — have been phoned in to Rizzo.

Ludos said the project has been turned over to Turner who is working with Rizzo to tally the information.

Lights outWhy the street lights

are out on 9 Mile is a question Community

Development and Inspection Director Chris Rayes has been charged with answer-ing.

At council’s Jan. 20 meeting, Rayes told Councilman John Caron he’s “still struggling to get (the lights) back on” after this year’s 9 Mile road work was complet-ed.

Caron also said nu-merous lights are also out on 9 Mile where construction did not oc-cur.

Rayes said he’s on the job.

Canal issueMayor Kip Wahby is

still working with Assistant City Manager

Mike Smith and resi-dents living along the Lavon and Alexander canals to determine when dredging work will begin.

“We need to get the bid out and get it taken care of from the drain to the water,” Wahby said. “It’s a court order.”

Harbor committeeWhile further discus-

sion on a plan to im-prove Lac Ste Clair har-bor has not happened yet, the city is going for-ward with plans to res-urrect its Boater ’s Advisory Council.

Parks and Recreation Director Greg Esler is now taking applications from residents interest-ed in being a part of the group charged with ad-dressing concerns from boaters and residents.

In November, Esler presented an overview

of Skipper Marine Development’s harbor site visit in October to evaluate, analyze and offer suggestions to im-prove the facility.

Less expensive up-grades suggested in-clude installing gas grills, power washing the deck and board-walks, painting the top of the seawall and rest-rooms, providing pump outs and hosting a boat-er appreciation night.

While far from inex-pensive, the consultants suggested installing sport ports for docking personal watercraft and updating the power ped-estals. To cover costs, Esler suggested imple-menting an annual user fee like at the golf course.

The issue is expected to be reviewed again by council.

— Debra Pascoe

Mailboxmaliciousness

Someone is either playing mailbox base-ball or snowplow truck drivers aren’t being very careful when clearing snow in the 31000 block of Jefferson.

Several residents re-ported their mailboxes damaged Sunday, Jan. 26.

One resident reported three mailboxes he erected on his Jefferson p r o p e r t i e s w e r e knocked down, causing

about $150 in damage.Similar reports esti-

mated damage between $50 and $100.

Not a convertAn employee of a res-

taurant in the 24000 block of Harper report-ed the catalytic convert-er on his father’s car was stolen while he was at work Saturday, Jan. 25.

The victim said he re-

turned to the vehicle af-ter his shift, started it up and noticed a loud noise coming from the vehi-cle. He contacted his fa-ther, who called police.

Police are attempting to acquire the video sur-veillance footage from a camera located on a nearby business to help identify the thief.

SwipedAll the 28-year owner

of a 1998 Plymouth Breeze found remaining of his vehicle was a pile of broken glass.

The resident of a house in the 2000 block of Shady Lane told po-lice he parked the vehi-cle in front of his house at 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. When he re-turned to it at 6 a.m. the next day to go to work, the vehicle was gone.

Police found shattered glass in the street where he parked the car the night before.

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A larger power moon-roof over the front seats was joined by a smaller, stationary moonroof that gave extra light to the rear seat. The compact profile of this sport coupe was misleading. There not only is a back seat, it is incredi-bly roomy for the two out-board passengers. A third safety belt indicated the possibility of a center pas-senger, but it would be quite uncomfortable for an adult of any size.

We were surprised by the amount of engine noise in fifth and sixth gears at highway speeds, even though the engine was running at around 2,500 rpms.

Fuel economy with the standard 2.5-liter four-cyl-inder engine, with the

manual transmission, is only 23 miles per gallon in city driving and 31 mpg on the highway.

The Scion tC proved it-self worthy in its govern-ment safety ratings, with an overall vehicle score of five stars — top rating; its two four-star grades were for the passenger side in a front crash and in the roll-over test.

The base price of the 2014 Scion tC is $19,210. The test car, with its sever-al options, ran just less than $25,000, including

$755 for delivery.King is an automotive

writer who lives in the City of Grosse Pointe.

By Jenny KingSpecial Writer

PHOTOS BY JENNY KING

Dark-gray 19-inch wheels add to the sport profile of the 2014 Scion tC.

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