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Quote of the week …Who said this, and what is itabout? You can find thequote and the story it be-longs to somewhere in thepages of this issue.
“Everybody Do theLadeedah”
Quote of the week …
By Alan MadlanePizza lovers, assem-
ble.The fun folks at
Small’s Bar are onceagain teaming up withJet’s Pizza to put on Piz-zaCon, the 2019 versionthis time.
Tonight, Friday, Sept. 6,from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.,Jet’s will be supplying asteady stream of free --that’s right -- free pizzaslices during an artshow.
A pizza-themed artshow, no less, withdozens of artists’ workson the walls, and livepainting going on be-sides.
A multimedia show willonly enhance it all, likefine pepperoni.
Best of all, there’s nocover either.
Art andpepperoni,please
By Charles SercombeWell, that was a long
weekend.And a little wet, too,
but all in all, the annualHamtramck Labor DayFestival looked like an-other success.
This year was a littlemore special, since itwas the 40th anniver-sary that Hamtramckhas hosted the littleparty for several thou-sand of its best friends.
Once again, it was themusic that put the city’sfestival over the top.Some of the area’s bestbands gave stellar per-formances.
This year also saw thereturn of wrestling, heldon Sunday afternoon,which attracted a large(and weird) crowd. Asyou would expect, thewrestlers provided plentyof antics and spurredlots of audience partici-pation (in the form ofshouting insults).
Festivalgoers got ataste of the city, food-wise, as well as enjoyedart booths, vintage cloth-ing sales and even somepolitics with the WorldWorker Party, or some-thing like that, offeringtheir take on things.
The rain threatened tocrash Sunday, but theskies cleared up in time.But on Monday, a couple
of hours after the PolishDay Parade, a stormwhipped in like some-thing out of “The Wizardof Oz.”
Rain pelted down, lead-ing one festivalgoer to re-mark: “That went fromzero to 100 fast.”
And then, just asquickly as it started, thestorm passed and all ofthose who scurried awaycame right back.
The highlight of week-end was the canoe race.
Let’s just say this out-right (with a nod to themovie “Jaws”): It lookslike we’re going to needa bigger street.
Why?Well, with the expan-
sion of allowing bars out-side the city to alsoparticipate, this thingwas jam-packed with on-lookers, many armedwith a truckload of waterballoons.
If you came needing ashower, chances are youleft pretty much havinghad one. The water bal-loons and soaker gunswere non-stop (much tothe annoyance of a cer-tain photographer).
Perhaps summing up
By Charles SercombeHamtramck is not
alone when it comes tothe marijuana sales de-bate.
According to a recentstudy by the SoutheastMichigan Council of Gov-ernments, and its partnerorganization the Metro-politan Affairs Coalition(MAC), city officialsstatewide are divided onthe issue.
Surprisingly, though,city officials are less infavor of allowing thesales of recreational mar-ijuana than their con-stituents.
According to the survey,27 percent of the city of-ficials said they were“very concerned” aboutthe issue, while only 13percent of residents saidthey had concerns.
Hamtramck officialshave been up and downon this issue.
Several years ago, thecity council agreed tohave the city attorneydraft an ordinance thatwould designate wheredispensaries can be lo-cated, and also wheregrow and testing facilitiescould operate.
At no time did anyoneon the council say theywere opposed.
The proposal fadedaway as new city coun-cilmembers came onboard and a new citymanager took over.
Hamtramck knows how to celebrate the end of summer
Clashingsides inpot debate
Continued on page 4
Scenes from last week-end’s Hamtramck LaborDay Festival.
The issue came backinto play about two yearsago. At the time, thecouncil was on the vergeof voting on a proposedzoning law, which wouldhave allowed retail out-lets, grow and testing fa-cilities.
Out of nowhere, dozensof residents, mostly fromthe Bangladeshi andYemeni communities,came out in force,strongly objecting to al-lowing medical marijuanabusinesses to operatehere.
A town hall meetingalso brought out more op-position on the matter.
That was before recre-ational use of marijuanawas approved by voters.
That statewide pro-posal was actually re-jected by Hamtramckvoters, although voterspreviously approved med-ical marijuana.
It appears public outcryhas suddenly made someon city council opposedto marijuana sales andother related issues.
The main objectionsare much like those thatwere reported in theSEMCOG survey: “Im-
paired driving, crime, ex-posure to children, andunderage access to mari-juana.”
Despite the objectionsraised, there has been noformal vote by city councilto have the city opt out --or opt in -- on the matter.
In other words, theissue could still comeback up, and there couldbe a reversal amongsome city councilmem-bers.
But that is mere specu-lation.
What’s at stake,though, is the city’schance to cash in on aspecial tax the state willcollect from licensed mar-ijuana dealers and grow-ers, which will be sharedonly with cities that haveopted in.
With Hamtramck aboutto lose major revenue --$850,000 -- from the GMPoletown closing this Jan-uary, added to the loss ofa federal grant that hadbeen paying for firefight-ers’ salaries, the city isinto deficit spending.
On top of that, it is ex-pected that, once WayneCounty has its new jailbuilt downtown, thecounty will close its jail inHamtramck.
That would mean an-other loss of $1.1 milliona year.
The $6 million budgetsurplus the city now en-joys could be gone inthree years, at the cur-
rent rate of spending. Itdoesn’t appear there isany place left to cut in thecity budget, nor any otherways to raise a significantrevenue.
What all of this comesdown to for city officials isthis: Can the city afford topass up an opportunity tocash in on the burgeon-ing marijuana business?
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Walkers:• Review your family's
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• Walk on the side-walk, if one is available;when on a street with nosidewalk, walk facing thetraffic
• Before you cross thestreet, stop and look left,right and left again tosee if cars are coming
• Make eye contactwith drivers before cross-ing and always crossstreets at crosswalks orintersections
• Stay alert and avoiddistracted walking
Biker riders:• Teach your child the
rules of the road andpractice riding the bikeroute to school with yourchild.
• Ride on the right sideof the road, with traffic,and in a single file
• Come to a completestop before crossing thestreet; walk bikes acrossthe street
• Stay alert and avoiddistracted riding
• Make sure your childalways wears a properlyfitted helmet and brightclothing
Bus riders:Teach your children
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• Go to the bus stopwith your child to teachthem the proper way toget on and off the bus
• Teach your childrento stand 6 feet (or threegiant steps) away fromthe curb
• If your child mustcross the street in frontof the bus, teach him orher to walk on the side ofthe road until they are 10feet ahead of the bus;your child and the busdriver should always beable to see each other
Driving your child toschool:
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• Obey school zonespeed limits and followyour school's drop-offprocedure
• Make eye contactwith children who arecrossing the street
• Never pass a busloading or unloading chil-dren
• The area 10 feetaround a school bus isthe most dangerous forchildren; stop far enoughback to allow them tosafely enter and exit thebus
Teen drivers:Car crashes are the
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• Teens crash becausethey are inexperienced;practice with new drivers
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the good spirits of theweekend was Polish DayParade Grand Marshal,and polka legend, Mar-shall (yes, that’s his firstname) “Big Daddy” Lack-owski, belting out his sig-nature polka tune fromthe parade viewingstage: “Everybody Do theLadeedah” -- with MayorKaren Majewski backinghim up.
After that, it was timefor some beer-barrel fun
(cold Tyskie beer tastesso good on a hot after-noon!).
The only bummer wasthat the festival, at leastsymbolically, signaled theend of another summer.
Can’t wait for nextyear!
Hamtramck knows how to celebrate the endof summer Continued from front page
Far left: Aerial photo byWill Strieff.
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In Our Opinion
Once again, Ham-tramck shined this pastweekend.
The city celebratedthe 40th anniversary ofthe Hamtramck LaborDay Festival.
Thousands of visitorscame to the festivalover the weekend, andenjoyed some of thebest live music Detroitand Hamtramck have tooffer, as well as thecanoe race and PolishDay Parade.
The festival also onceagain raises the issueof who is going to runthis event moving for-ward.
There are currently
two festival organizers,Shannon Lowell andKonrad Maziarz, whoare assisted by severalothers.
They are all volun-teers. Sure, the city’sDowntown DevelopmentAuthority kicks in$10,000 to help withupfront costs, but that’snot enough.
Both Lowell andMaziarz have stronglyhinted that, after 10years of organizing thefestival, they are tiredand are looking to bowout.
A festival of this sizeshould not have to relyon volunteers. Instead,
the city should take overthis responsibility andhire someone to organ-ize it.
Or, perhaps the festi-val at age 40 is some-thing that has run itscourse.
We think there is stillcommunity support forthe festival.
City officials need tostep up and seriouslyconsider the festival’sfuture.
In the meantime, a bigthanks goes out to all ofthose who helped putthis festival togetherand make it a continuedsuccess.
At 40 years old, Labor Day Festival hits a milestone
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By Alan MadlaneIt sounds spud-tacular.Detroit’s and Ham-
tramck’s Irish immigra-tion and assimilation willbe the focus of an up-coming book chat aboutCorktown.
The present-day Ham-tramck connection? Thetalk will be held at theHamtramck HistoricalMuseum.
The date will be thiscoming Thursdayevening, Sept. 12, and itall begins at the museum(9525 Jos. Campau, be-tween Norwalk andPoland) with 5 p.m.doors-open.
An optional cornedbeef sandwich ‘n’ sidesdinner happens at 6 p.m.for $18. Then once theplates are cleared, thetalk itself (free, but theylove donations), by histo-rian Armando Delicato,commences at 7 p.m.
Delicato is the lead co-author of the 2007 “Im-ages of America” seriesbook “Detroit’s Cork-town,” so he undoubtedly
knows a little somethingabout the area.
Detroit’s Irish influxbegan following the po-tato famine of Ireland ofthe 1840s, and within a
short time, the area weknow as Corktown wasfairly flourishing. It alsohad importance to theMaltese, Mexican andGerman communitiesearly on, before thosemostly dispersed else-where.
Come learn about thisfascinating piece of cityhistory in a casualevening at the lovelyHamtramck HistoricalMuseum. Why not enjoythe delicious dinner,while you’re at it?
And consider tossing abuck or three into the do-nation box on your way inor out. It’ll make your day– and theirs.
Historical museum will hostdinner/talk on Corktown
By Alan MadlaneHamtramck’s Ghost
Light Lounge is about toget some space in theirspace.
This Friday, Sept. 6,Ghost Light will host anevening of songs from“Daedalus 2 Mission: ASpace Opera.”
Billed as an “astro-physics-inspired rockconcept album,” theshow has actually playedhere before, for threeweekends, in June of2018. At that time, it was
staged in the larger AntHall as the full-blownhour-and-a-half opera.
In this reprise of a sort,a band of seven local mu-sicians, including one ofthe piece’s co-creators,will play a dozen songsfrom the play (without thefull theatrical element) inthe more intimate GhostLounge setting.
The creators cite glaminfluences such as DavidBowie and Queen.
Paco Higdon, who playsguitar and sings in the
band, will also serve dou-ble duty as the openingact with his own band,along with a third act,Imaginary Islands.
You can purchase tick-ets in advance at:
www.planetant.com/music/d2m for $7.50, orpay $10 at the door.
(The doors will open at7 p.m., the Paco HigdonBand will play at 9:30p.m., Imaginary Islandswill follow at 10:15 p.m.,and then the main eventwill happen at 11 p.m.)
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By Charles SercombeThe city council met on
Aug. 13, and all coun-cilmembers, except FadelAl-Marsoumi, were pres-ent.
A presentation wasmade on the city’s youthinternship program. Asusual, the students per-formed various mainte-nance projects, includingremoving weeds alongthe city’s main businessdistrict, Jos. Campau.
There were 11 internsthis year, and theyworked for eight weeks.
“Thank you, for thecommunity,” said Coun-cilmember AndreaKarpinski.
City Clerk AugustGitschlag gave a round-up of the August PrimaryElection. He said turnout
was “terrible.” Only 17percent of the city’s ap-proximately 9,000 votersparticipated.
There was only oneitem on the ballot, anelection for city council.There were nine candi-dates vying to square offin the November elec-tion. Three candidates,including incumbentsAnam Miah and AbuMusa, were knocked out.
The surviving six candi-dates will face off in No-vember for three seats.
Gitschlag encouragedyoung people to vote, de-spite what some mayperceive as it not beingthe “cool thing” to do.
During the public com-ment portion of the meet-ing, city councilcandidate Carrie Beth
Lasley said the fruit treesthat the city planted inneighborhoods are nowbearing fruit, which isalso attracting rats andflies.
Attorney Mark Koroi,who has representedclients who have suedthe city, said the councilshould provide more in-formation about the pur-pose of closed meetings.
He said that in thecase of discussing law-suits during a closedmeeting, the city shouldat least identify the nameof the lawsuit being dis-cussed.
In another matter, Koroisaid the city attorneyshould provide more in-formation about the legalbills he submits to thecity. He said the bills
should each clearly statetheir purpose.
Robert Zwolak, a for-mer councilmember andcurrent council candi-date, said the city needsto create handicap park-ing spaces on Jos. Cam-pau.
The city’s DowntownDevelopment Authoritygained a new member.The council agreed to ap-point Andrew Kopietz tothe DDA.
According his applica-tion to the city, he is aschool principal and agraphic designer.
For a special event thatwas held on Aug. 17, thecouncil agreed to waivethe city’s $5 bicycle reg-istration fee. That datewas in conjunction with
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covers Aug. 27-Sept.2.
Tuesday, Aug. 27• A Charest St. resident
who overdosed on drugswas revived by officers.
• A resident was ar-rested at Carpenter andMitchell for carrying aconcealed weapon andfor possessing narcotics.
• A resident was takento Detroit Receiving Hos-pital for a mental evalua-tion.
• A resident was ar-rested for driving with asuspended license.
• A resident reportedthat their bicycle wasstolen in the area of Jos.Campau and Roosevelt.Another resident also re-ported the theft of theirbike, but this time in thearea of Conant andEdwin.
• At just before 10p.m., a resident reportedthat, while in the area ofLumpkin and Caniff, threemales stole his cellphoneat gunpoint and then firedshots at him while theyran away. Fifteen minutes
after that incident, sus-pects fired guns in thearea of Circle Dr. andDyar, and then fled thescene in a white Ford Fu-sion.
Wednesday, Aug. 28• At about 3 a.m., a
driver was arrested fordrunk driving.
• A person reportedthat their purse wasstolen in the 2600 blockof Caniff.
• A resident was ar-rested in the 8800 blockof Jos. Campau for beingwanted on a felony war-rant.
• A Detroit resident anda resident of New Yorkwere arrested at Jos.Campau and Denton forgraffiti, possessing anopen intoxicant and fortrespassing.
• A person fled from of-ficers by riding a dirt bikeon sidewalks in the areaof Jos. Campau and Trow-bridge.
• A Detroit resident re-ported that a wheel fromher vehicle was stolen.
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WEDNESDAYS, 7 p.m., every second Wednes-day of the month – The 3C7 and Midtown Blockmeets at 2339 Caniff PCS Senior Day Center.This block club includes all residents and busi-nesses west of Jos. Campau and north of Hol-brook.
SATURDAY, Sept. 7, 4-7 p.m. -- Polish Dinnerwith Mike Zawojsky, accordionist, at Holy CrossP.N.C. Church, 2311 Pulaski at Fleming.
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 4-8 p.m. – All-you-can eattaco buffet to benefit ($7 per person) DetroitFriendship House at the Hamtramck MooseLodge, located at 9421 Conant.
MONDAY, Sept. 23, 9 a.m. – Wayne CountyCommissioner Martha G. Scott hosts a freeCommunity Coffee Hour every fourth Monday ofthe month at Maine Street Restaurant, 11650Jos. Campau.
Coming events
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the Detroit City FootballClub’s Bicycle Day.
According to Chapter74 of the HamtramckCity Code: “Every ownerdesiring to operate a bi-cycle upon the publichighways, streets, side-walks and alleys shallregister their bicycle withthe Chief of Police notlater than 90 days fromthe date of purchase oracquisition of the bicy-
cle.”In another matter, the
council agreed to pur-chase three lots from theMichigan Land Bank FastTrack Authority. In anoverview of the resolu-tion, the city administra-tion said:
“The City of Ham-tramck is required byconsent judgment tocomplete three finalhomes to finalize the
Sarah Garrett vs. City ofHamtramck lawsuit.Council had previouslyacted to accept$300,000 of Neighbor-hood Stabilization Pro-gram funds from WayneCounty in order to con-struct two of thesehouses.
“The City has part-nered with the MichiganLand Bank Fast Track Au-thority to build thesehomes on property cur-rently owned by theMichigan Land Bank. Inorder to accept the NSP
funds, Wayne County re-quires that title to theproperties be held by theCity of Hamtramck. Thisresolution will allow thecity to accept deed to theproperties from theMichigan Land Bank FastTrack Authority.”
Construction of thehomes will begin eitherthis fall or next spring.
During comments fromcity councilmembers,
Anam Miah said therewas “misinformation”about him in the recentelection.
Miah was knocked outof the primary election.He said some of the mis-information was abouthis position on allowingmedical and recreationalsales of marijuana.
He said there was arumor spread that hewas in favor of it.
However, Miah said thecity needs to take advan-tage of “whatever oppor-tunities” come forward.
In the city manager’sreport, Kathy Angerersaid changes are comingas to which streets willbe designated fire lanesand fire routes. She saidthe changes will open upparking in some areas.
Thursday, Aug. 29• Officers discovered an
open door at a businessin the 8700 block of Jos.Campau. The owner wasnotified.
• A resident was as-saulted while in the 2200block of Holbrook.
• Two Detroit residentstrespassed at a businessin the area of Jos. Cam-pau and Carpenter.
• A resident reportedthat a person they knowentered their residencewithout permission.
• A business owner inthe area of Caniff and Gal-lagher reported thatsomeone illegally dumpeditems in their garbagecan.
• A resident reportedthat two masked sus-pects attempted to kick inthe back door of their res-idence in the area ofGoodson and Jos. Cam-pau. The suspects werenot able to gain entry.
Friday, Aug. 30• At 11 p.m., a resident
reported that someonethrew an object at thefront window of their resi-dence in the area of
Whalen and Mackay.• At 11:30 p.m., a resi-
dent was arrested for as-sault, and anotherresident was arrested fordrunk driving after officersobserved them fighting inthe area of Caniff andCharest.
• A resident was ar-rested in the area of Cas-mere and Mitchell fordomestic assault.
• A resident was re-ported as missing afterfailing to show up forwork.
• A resident reportedthat two children weremissing. The childrenwere found an hour laterand returned to their fam-ily.
Saturday, Aug. 31• At 2 a.m., two resi-
dents dropped off a brownpit bull at the police sta-tion. They found the dogin the area of Prescottand Ellery.
• A hit-and-run accidentoccurred at Mitchell andCaniff.
• At 8 p.m., a residentwas arrested in the areaof Jos. Campau and Cas-mere for theft and as-
sault.• At 10 p.m., a purse
was found at Caniff andMackay, and thendropped off at the policestation.
Sunday, Sept. 1• At 1:30 a.m., a driver
was arrested for fleeingand eluding officers, pos-sessing narcotics and formultiple traffic offenses.
• At almost 3 a.m., aresident reported a suspi-cious situation while heradult son was visiting ather residence on Caniff.
• At a little after 3:30a.m., a person reportedthat their blue 2019Dodge Challenger wasstolen while it was parkedon Jacob St. The ownerreported that a persondriving a black DodgeChallenger pushed theirvehicle away.
• A Lumpkin St. resi-dent reported an incidentof fraud.
• A Caniff resident re-ported a theft.
Monday, Sept. 2• A person was ar-
rested at the HamtramckLabor Day Festivalgrounds for being disor-derly. Another person wasarrested in the area ofJos. Campau and Cas-mere for assault.
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Sunday, Sept. 8
Mass 10:30 in the Church followed by an afternoon of Fun and Food in the Social HallMound Road at Luce • Guarded Parking
Call 313-305-7394 for more info
POLISH KITCHEN
DINNERS
FOOD
BOOTH WITH
PIEROGI AND
POTATO
PANCAKES
BEER &
WINE BAR Main Raffle top prize $1,000! Drawing 4pm
DANCE TO LIVE MUSIC
FUN BOOTHSAND GAMES OFCHANCE
WAWELDANCERSPERFORMAT 1PM
every week, before andafter they get their li-cense
• Set a good example;drive the way you wantyour teen to drive
• Sign the New DriverDeal, an agreement thathelps define expecta-tions for parents andteens
Early Childhood Elementary
The Early Childhood El-ementary gym had a fullhouse filled with smilesand enthusiasm as the2019-2020 school yearbegan.
Principal ColleenStevens introduced thestaff to the families. Stu-dents were ready to learnwith their new backpacksfilled with supplies.
Students will be learn-ing phonics, science,
math and reading onlinethrough the use ofChromebooks. The newscience curriculum, Mys-tery Science, will chal-lenge the students’thinking.
In the upcoming weeks,the students will betested on what they havelearned the year before.It is very important thestudents get enoughsleep, eat nutritionallyand attend school daily.
Enrollment InformationHamtramck residents
may enroll their childrenin Hamtramck PublicSchools at the HPS Busi-ness Office, 3201 Roo-sevelt.
You will need to bringwith you: an original birthdocument (raised sealbirth certificate, pass-port, green card, visa), an
up-to-date immunizationrecord, a final 2018-2019 report card/tran-script, parentalidentification, two currentproofs of residency (util-ity bill, mortgage state-ment, formal signedlease, pay stub, etc.) andproof of income (requiredonly for preschool appli-cations).
Recreation DepartmentNews
For information aboutrecreation activities, giveus a call at (313) 892-2635. Follow us on Face-book for the mostup-to-date information:
