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Photos By Jordan Hancock

Cabrini fresh-man Joshua Hancock has much to smile about. His positive attitude is one of his

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strong attributes.He hopes to have

the honor of attending the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

“I enjoy World Ge-ography and World

History the most,” Hancock said. “There are many inspirational historical figures I look up to as role models, like Winston Chur-chill.”

Some of his favor-ite teachers are Mr. Kurt Doelle and Mr. Josh Jablonski. They are enthusiastic about teaching me and my peers, and inspire me by their example to en-joy life.

He plays football and bowls. “My goal is to net a well-paying career, like in engi-neering or science, and make lots of money to support myself, my family, and help oth-ers,” he said. “I’ve al-ways wanted to travel, especially around the US and to Europe. I want to innovate and be a pioneer in whatev-er career I choose.”

Advice for other students is strong.

“If you ever feel like your work is too hard, and you feel like giv-ing up, just remember how awesome it would be to succeed and keep pushing through it.”

He has one brother, Aidan. He is a kind and caring person who al-ways cheers me on. His

Pictured is owner of Calavera Rose, Sonia Rose Alvarado. Calavera Rose will be opening Saturday May 8. Photo By Jim Jacek.

Story on page 2.

New to Allen Park: Calavera Rose

Cabrini Prom King and Queen 2021: Queen Wyndhem Reid and King Steven Boscheratto.

Cabrini Traditions honored at Prom Alternative

St. Frances Cabrini High School holds Roostertail Senior

Final Farewell Night

A pandemic did not stop Cabrini High School's 50-year-old tradition of sending their seniors off in style at the Roost-ertail Banquet Cen-ter in Detroit. Covid

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Savings in the Guardian

By Jim Jacek“The minute I

drove down Park Ave-nue and saw this space, I knew it was going to be perfect.” says Sonia Rose Alvarado, owner of the much anticipat-ed Calavera Rose, lo-cated at 6800 Park Av-enue in Allen Park.

Calavera Rose is Downriver’s newest metaphysical shop that brings a unique blend of tools for custom-ers seeking spiritual

New to Allen Park: Calavera Rose

connection, energy healing, and ritual de-velopment using tra-ditional and Latin folk magic practices. It is a collective of local crafters, healers, arti-sans and fine artists. Their services include tarot readings, divina-tion, reiki, hypnosis, and spiritual cleans-ings known in Spanish as limpias. They also carry a wide variety of crystals, candles, in-cense, plants, altar sup-

plies and much more. It is truly an experience like no other.

The shop opens this Saturday, May 8th with a kick-off celebra-tion from 2 to 8pm.

The Allen Park Chamber of Com-merce will host the official ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, May 27th at 6pm.

All are welcome to join both events!


Allen Park Police Department Weekly

SummaryOPERATING WHILE INTOXICATEDDate: 05/02/2021

Location: ROGER/HANOVER, ALLEN PARKTime: 03:18 AM

2021-00911OWI05/02/21 at 0318 hrsTarget Vehicle: white Chevy Volt bearing MI license plateOn 05/02/21 at ap-proximately 0318 hrs, while I was traveling south on M-39 near Allen Rd.The Officer observed a white passenger car ahead of him trav-eling in the far left lane that was unable to maintain its lane of travel by crossing over the white line on both sides of the lane. The vehicle then made a Michigan U-Turn at Riopelle and began traveling northbound M39, making a right turn onto Roger. The Officer observed the vehicle then stop af-ter the stop sign with-in the intersection at Roger/Horger.At this time the Of-ficer initiated a traf-fic stop by activating the overhead lights. The vehicle, a white Chevy Volt bearing MI license plate, then stopped on Roger near Hanover.The Officer then made contact with the driv-er. The driver had the window partially rolled down and re-fused to roll it down any further. The male handed me his MI drivers license and proof of insurance. The male was identi-fied. Upon speaking with him the Officer could smell the odor of an alcoholic bev-erage coming from his breath and also observed him to have glossy bloodshot eyes.The Officer then asked how much he has had to drink. He refused to answer and refused to answer any of the other questions. The Officer advised him he could smell the odor of alcohol and asked if he has any medical conditions he needs to know about. He stated no and continued to refuse to cooperate.The Officer then ad-vised him to step out of his vehicle to speak with me. He refused and stated "I know my rights" and then rolled up the win-dow. He continued to refuse to speak with the Officer or listen to any of his direc-tions. At this time in order not to escalate the situation the Offi-cer walked back to his vehicle and contacted Sgt. regarding the sit-

uation.A short time later Sgt. arrived and spoke with him who then complied and stepped out of the vehicle. The Officer asked if he would complete field sobriety tests. He agreed.The Officer then asked him if he is taking any medications. He stated no. The Officer also asked if he has any head injuries or any other injuries. He stated yes and that he injured his left knee and that he has trou-ble walking because of it.The Officer then con-ducted the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test. The Officer explained the test to him and checked for equal pupil size and equal tracking. After com-pleting the test the Of-ficer observed a lack of smooth pursuit in both eyes, distinct and sustained nystag-mus at maximum de-viation in both eyes and onset nystagmus prior to 45 degrees in both eyes. The Officer scored a six out of six for this test.Due to stating his left knee is injured and for his safety the Of-ficer did not complete the other tests.The Officer then ad-vised of his PBT rights and asked if he would be willing to take the PBT. He refused.Based on the list-ed statements/ob-servations the Of-ficer placed under arrest for OWI plac-ing handcuffs on him checking them for tightness and double locking them. He was then secured into my patrol vehicle.Due to the vehicle be-ing towed a vehicle inventory search was conducted by the Of-ficer.He was very upset about this stating "it is illegal". The Officer attempted to explain to him that we need to check the vehicle for any valuables that need to be document-ed he refused to listen and continued to state it was an illegal search under the constitu-tion.The white 2017 Chevy Volt was towed and impounded to the Al-len Park impound lot. He was then trans-ported to the Allen Park Police Depart-ment. Once at the station the Officer

read him his chemi-cal breath test rights verbatim from the DI-177 form. He refused at approximately 0406 hrs. After he was pro-cessed and booked, the Officer completed a search warrant for his blood.The Officer then made several attempts to get a hold of Judges leav-ing messages for both but was unsuccessful. Due to not being able to get a hold of eitherJudge the Officer made contact with Magistrate via phone. The Officer advised him he attempted to contact both Judges but was unsuccessful. Magistrate requested they faxed the war-rant to him. Once he received the fax he called me and after swearing under oath the Officer gave him his probable cause. Magistrate then ad-vised he would sign the warrant and fax it back.Once the search war-rant was signed and faxed back. Officers transported him to Beaumont in Dear-born to have his blood drawn. The Officer then provided Nurse with a MSP blood kit. She was then success-fully able to draw two vials of blood that was provided from the MSP blood kit. The first one at 0618 hrs and the second oneat 0619 hrs. The Of-ficer completed all the necessary forms inside of the box and then placed the blood samples along with the required paper-work back into the box. The box was then sealed and was ini-tialed by the nurse and the Officer. He was then transported back to the Allen Park Police Department.A short time later he was released on a per-sonal recognizance (PR) bond.The warrant return was filled out and placed into the court mailbox.A copy of the warrant was given to him.The DI-93 refusal form was entered into LEIN by the Sgt. An OWI cost sheet was completed and provided to him.The blood kit was mailed to MSP lab.Citation number for OWI was issued and given to him.

DAMAGE TO PROPERTYDate: 05/01/2021

Location: ENTERPRISE DR, ALLEN PARKTime: 11:47 PM

2021-00909Officer5/2/21Damage to Property/ Possible Attempt B&ELocation: 4500 Enterprise Dr (Baker College)Property:-SD Card (Photos)-Wire CuttersDamaged Property:-Wires cut on South/East sides-Damaged metal sidingDetails:On today's date, an Of-ficer was dispatched to Baker College on report of an MDOP report. Upon arrival, the Officer spoke with

Allen Park DPS.They stated that they got an alarm at a City Building behind Bak-er College. The build-ing is a power source that helps with flood-ing in the surround-ing area. The Officer stated that once he arrived on scene, he observed the metal siding on the build-ing to be damaged. As he walked around to the south side of the building, he observed wires on the ground that have been cut. The wires control the power to the build-ing. As he walked around the east side

of the building, more wires were seen on the ground. He also observed the listed wire cutters that were left behind by the un-known suspect.No access was gained to the inside of the building. It is un-known if the suspect was attempting to en-ter the building, or steal the copper wires. The wire cutters were taken and tagged into evidence locker #10Pictures were taken and the SD card was also placed into evi-dence.

LARCENY - OTHERDate: 04/30/2021

Location: FORDLINE ST APT, ALLEN PARKTime: 09:47 PM

RPT#2021-00903Stolen PropertyOfc.04/30/2021Victim:Property: Fed Ex PackageContents: Diabetic SuppliesDetails:On 04/30/2021, the victim arrived at the Allen Park Police De-partment to make a report for stolen/missing property.He stated that he re-ceived a notification on his door today from Fed Ex stat-ing "sorry we missed you". He provided

door tag# from Fed Ex. he stated this con-cerned him because he received a notifica-tion on his email in-dicating the package had been delivered at 11:53am today via Tracking#. Corre-sponding notes in the tracking number state the package was left at the front door, no sig-nature required.He advised he con-tacted Fed Ex to clar-ify if the package was delivered, and they confirmed it was left at his door. He does not know what hap-pened to the package.

He does not have a confirmation number for the investigation Fed.Ex stated they would complete on this matter.He noted that approx-imately one month ago a Fed.Ex driv-er was blocking his driveway, and they exchanged words. He does not know if the same driver would have maliciously tam-pered with his pack-age. He stated neither he nor his neighbors have cameras that he is aware of.

FRAUD - IMPERSONATIONDate: 04/30/2021

Location: ROOSEVELT AVE, ALLEN PARKTime: 04:26 PM

2021-0090104/30/2021OfficerFraud/ Phone ScamSOURCE: DispatchSTOLEN ITEM:Eight MoneyPak prepaid cars for a value of $500.00 each totaling $4,000.00Copies of the cards and receipts placed in the DB boxCIRCUMSTANCE:AGEOn 04/30/21, at approximately 1626 hours, I, OfficerPolice Lobby on report of fraud., responded to the Allen ParkOFFICERS INVESTIGATION:Upon arrival, the Offi-cer spoke with a wom-an, who stated that on 4/30/21, at approxi-mately 1300 hours, an unknown suspect(s) called her stating that they were the Lt. from the Allen Park Police

Department. She stat-ed that the unknown suspect(s) identify-ing themselves as Lt. stated that she missed her court date today and that a failure to appear warrant has been issued for her arrest. The unknown suspect(s) advised her to go to the store and buy eight MoneyPak Prepaid money cards for a value of $500.00 each.Once she purchased them, they would call her back and for her to give them the card numbers over the phone so they could "freeze" the warrant for her arrest. She stated that she did give the numbers to them over the phone and the cards totaled $4,000.00.They advised her af-ter she gave them the card numbers to take the cards to the US

Post Office and mail the cards to them. They gave her the mailing address of US DOT, Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washing-ton, DC 20220. She did not mail the cards to them. She stated that the number the unknown suspect(s) called her from was the Allen Park PoliceDepartment phone number.The Officer made cop-ies of the MoneyPak Prepaid cards and the receipts from the purchases. The Offi-cer placed the copies in the DB box. The Officer advised her a report would be made and for her to attempt to get a hold of the MoneyPak fraud de-partment so she could attempt to stop the transactions.


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By Don Richter [email protected]

ON THE SIDELINE:MOTHER'S DAY, GOLDFISH, A

SPIRAL STAIRCASE AND LASAGNA

An amazing Mom helped her son carry a couch up a spiral staircase in total darkness at

one o'clock in the morning.

Mom. What is a Mom? What does that

word mean? I think a Mom is

many things to many different people, but I can't think of the word Mom and not think lov-ing, nurturing, protect-ing and supporting.

I guess I could nev-er be a Mom. I can bare-ly love, nurture, protect and support myself, let alone a child or family of my own.

Or a goldfish. A what? A goldfish. I've had two, yes,

count 'em, two, goldfish in my lifetime and sadly both passed away quick-ly under my watch. I know goldfish normally don't last too long, but if I couldn't take care of a goldfish, I'm sure I wouldn't be a very good parent. I know this is a bit of a reach logically, but I've also had gerbils and turtles die while taking care of them. Heck, back when I was younger and living at

A lasagna in a glass dish was carried up an icy driveway by an incredible, multi-tasking

Mom.

home, our neighbors went on vacation. They asked me if I would look after their pet tur-tles until they returned from vacation. I was about 10 years old at the time. Of course, all three turtles died under my "watchful eye." To this day, I don't know what I did wrong. I did everything they told me to do before leaving and followed their written instructions. I guess I just don't have that "Mom nurture gene."

I also don't have the "multi-tasking gene" that all successful Moms seem to possess. I'm constantly amazed by Moms of all ages and their seemingly innate ability to multi-task. I definitely don't have the "multi-tasking Mom gene." I kid you not, I have a pot pie on a plate right now next to me as I'm writing this column. It is now officially "Arctic iceberg cold" because it's been sitting next to me, un-touched for the past 20 minutes as I attempt to finish this column un-der deadline. If I stop for one second to take a bite of my pot pie I'll possibly lose my train of thought and be set back another half-hour or so before getting back into my "writing groove." I can only do ONE THING at a time, if I want to try and do something good or, at

least, somewhat profi-cient. I swear, Moms are multi-tasking ninjas.

True story. I once dated a woman who had two kids -- a girl, 7, and a boy, 4. She came over to my house one winter evening. We were going to a family function/get-togeth-er at my sister's house. She pulled up into my driveway, got out of the car and proceeded to amaze me with her "Olympic gold-medal multi-tasking" perfor-mance. As she walked up my driveway toward my house, she held the 4-year-old boy in one arm, with the 7-year-old girl following be-hind, looking like a U.S. Marine with a giant, over-sized backpack full of supplies and a rolled up sleeping bag draped over her shoul-ders, all the while tug-ging on Mom's coat. If that wasn't enough, in Mom's other hand was a glass dish filled with

lasagna. Since it was winter, my driveway was a bit icy and slip-pery. Of course, that didn't matter to this amazing woman/Mom as she gracefully glid-ed over the ice in her high heels and skirt like Peggy Fleming. To top it off, she squeezed her phone in the crick of her neck as she finished off a somewhat heated conversation with her deadbeat ex-husband. I was never more in love with that woman than that night and at that moment -- it was amaz-ing to watch. I wish I would have taken a vid-eo of it because it was a thing of beauty.

And yes, I did go help her. I didn't just stand there at the door watching her walk up the driveway. I went out and dropped some salt in front of her as she made her way closer to the door. I'm not a total jerk.

I'm kidding. Of course I ran out there grabbed the boy and the lasagna and guided everyone safely up the driveway to the house.

But watching her multi-task like that half-way up the drive-way before help arrived is still a sight I marvel at even today. How did she do that?

I would have been on my hands and knees just struggling to make it up the slippery drive-way with nothing to

carry. But none of the distractions bothered her.

Why?Say it with me ev-

eryone -- because she's a Mom.

Moms are incredi-ble.

My own Mom once helped me carry a full couch up a spiral stair-case, in a house with no electricity, in com-plete darkness at one o'clock in the morn-ing. She was 64-years-old at the time. It's a long story. I told her I didn't need her help. I told her not to come over. My friend was on his way. The couch was way too heavy and bulky. She wanted none of it. She heard none of it. Tell your friend not to come over, she or-dered. As I waited on my late arriving friend, I made the mistake of sounding frustrated and concerned on the pay phone (kids Goo-gle it) near the house of which I was renting the upper floor. That's all it took -- Mama Bear was on her way. I have no idea how she found the strength to help me

lug that heavy, thick, wooden-handled couch up a spiral staircase, but she did. I'll never forget what she did for me that night. My buddy never showed. He fell asleep at his apartment never answering his phone. Maybe it was "Moth-er's Intuition?" I don't know.

So, what is a Mom? What does that

word mean? To me, to put it sim-

ply, the word "Mom" means everything good in this messed up world. If you're lucky, it also means always hav-ing a soft landing spot even during your dark-est days.

Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing, awesome, powerful, in-spirational and beauti-ful Moms out there. You are all the closest things to angels on earth.

Now about those goldfish.

Could one of you awesome Moms offer up some advice?

How do you keep one alive?

I'm asking for a friend...

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On Tuesday May 4, APHS Lady Jags de-feated Wyandotte Roo-sevelt by a score of 15-0.

Also on Tuesday the APHS Varsity Base-ball Jags defeated Wy-andotte Roosevelt by a score of 5-3. GO JAGS!

ALLEN PARK VARSITY SOFTBALL AND VARSITY

BASEBALL RESULTS

On May 4 votes were cast and count-ed for the Allen Park Schools No Tax Rate In-crease Bond Proposal. The bond proposal will allow the school district to: upgrade the learning environment, upgrade technology equipment and infrastructure, up-grade athletic fields and facilities, upgrade inte-rior and exterior facility infrastructure and pur-chase school buses. The bond passed with 3,221 votes in favor of yes.

Allen Park Schools Bond Proposal

PassesBy Charla Hamilton [email protected]

Jack MackAlexa Velasquez

Megan BudaiEmma KubitzAshley StanleyHailey Geladin

Madison McPhersonOlivia Crawford

Mariel LueckeNikki Hartley

APHS Top 10 2021

Recently Mel-NAP schools approved the purchase of Baker Col-lege Campus for $10 million without public bonds.

By Charla Hamilton [email protected]

Baker College Campus Purchased by Mel-NAP

schoolsThe purchase was

approved by the Board of Education at a spe-cial virtual meeting held on April 22. At the meeting a unanimous vote was made to pur-chase Baker by board

members.They expect this

transition to be com-pleted by the 2022-2023 school year.

The Melvindale High School building will still be used for

athletics and other ex-tracurricular activities.

According to the school district the pur-chase of Baker College is at no cost to resi-dents.

Photos By: Jim Jacek

Photo Courtesy of City of Allen Park




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CABRINI SOFTBALL

parents are wonderful and support him no matter what.

His hobbies in-

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clude sports, video games, hanging with friends, camping, and gardening.

On Monday, April 19th, the Cabrini Golf Team traveled west for a Catholic League Match against division rival Ann Arbor Greenhills. Weather was typical for a Michigan spring (cold, rainy, windy), but that did not de-ter the team from fighting through it in hopes of victo-ry. While the Mon-archs battled hard against Greenhills, lo-cal course knowledge of the historic Washtenaw Country Club proved too much for the Mon-archs as Ann Arbor Greenhills handed Cabrini their first loss of the season.

CABRINI GOLF FALLS

CABRINIGIRLS GOLF

The co-ed Monarchs were led by veterans Senior Chris Courtright and Junior Hayden Kiel-tyka, but also had strong showings from new-comers Juniors Evan Pogorzelski and Ar-eyana Balmaceda and Sophomore Emily Wag-ner.

Last week the Monarchs made a strong showing in the annual Murdock Invitational hosted by Ida High School. While the field was still left anticipating when spring weather would get here, Cabrini braved the elements and rolled to an 8th place finish out of the 15 schools represented.

On Monday, April 20th, the Cabrini soft-ball team travelled to Plymouth to face Plymouth Christian in a non-league game.

CABRINI SOFTBALL IS HOTThe Monarchs kept up their winning ways with a 16-0 victory in a game called after mer-cy rule.

Once again the Monarchs received strong pitching from

Senior Macken-zie Noah and Fresh-man Briann Manning. The two combined to no hit Plymouth Chris-tian and strike out sev-en of the nine batters they faced, an abbrevi-

ated, but perfect game.On the offensive

side, Senior Wyndem Reid led the Cabri-ni going 2 for 3 with 4 RBI's and scored 3 runs. Junior Ella Nowc went 2 for 2 with 2

RBI's, Manning 2 for 3 with 3 RBI's and Soph-omore Mary Schantz 2 for 2. Noah, who was walked twice, scored 3 runs.

Coach Debbie Norman said that

despite this being a young team, the senior leadership has struck a chord of hard work and a willingness to work with them in an effort to have a success-ful season.

From: Steve DoluntOn Tuesday, April,

27th, the Cabrini soft-ball team hosted Ann Arbor Fr. Gabriel Rich-ard/Greenhills in a non-league game. In an exciting pitcher's duel, the Monarchs came out on top 2-1. Senior Mackenzie Noah stuck out 18, in a 3 hit perfor-mance. She was totally dominating. Offensive-ly, the Monarchs were only able to scrape to-gether 5 hits.

Senior Wyndem

LADY MONARCHS

DEFEAT GABRIEL RICHARD

Reid went 2 for 3 with a double and a tri-ple. Sophomore Mary Schantz stole the show though going 2 for 3 with a double, driving in the first run for the Monarchs. In the sev-enth inning, with the scored tied at 1,she led off with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch, stole third base and then scored on the overthrow by the catcher to win the game.

From: Steve DoluntOn Wednesday,

April 28th. the Cabri-ni softball team hosted Birmingham Detroit Country Day in a non-league contest. The Monarchs came away with a 4-3 victory. Se-nior pitcher Macken-

CABRINI WINS AGAINST DETROIT COUNTRY DAY

zie Noah struck out 6 Yellow Jackets and limited them to 6 hits. She also drove in one of the four Monarch runs.

Fellow Senior Wyndem Reid went 2-3, scored 2 runs and also had an RBI.

Freshman Brainna Manning went 2-3, had 1 RBI and scored a run. Sophomore Mary Schantz though had an even bigger day. She went 2-3, had 1 RBI, one of her hits was a double. In the sixth in-ning, she singled, and

CABRINI GIRLS SOCCER

went to second on a passed ball. Schantz then attempted to steal third. The throw from the catcher sailed into left field and she scampered home with the eventu-al winning run.

SUCCESS FOR CABRINI GIRLS SOCCER TEAM

By Steve DoluntThe Cabrini Girls

Soccer team has had a very successful week. Beginning with an away match at Ponti-ac's Wisner Stadium

where they faced Wa-terford Our Lady of the Lakes. The Mon-archs won that game 3-1. Junior Riley Leb-ioda pitched a shut-out until the closing

minutes, when Act-ing Head Coach Nick Ilderton, filling in for an ill head coach, emptied the bench to allow the whole team to participate in the

victory. Sophomore Elaine Teed scored Cabrini's first goal, as-sisted by fellow sopho-more Kriast Mantlow with 10 minutes left continued on page 8



From: City of Allen Park

At Tuesday April 27th’s City Council Meeting, the Council approved the appoint-ments of five residents to the Beautification

Allen Park City Council Approves Appointments

Commission and a business representative to the Downtown De-velopment Authority (DDA).

B e a u t i f i c a t i o n Commission - Cathy Collier, Dan Smith,

Kyle Waligora, Mau-reen Stauder, and Don Graham.

Downtown Devel-opment Authority - Jeff Holden (Culver’s).

in the first half. Cling-ing to a one goal lead in the second half, Sophomore Isabella Roa scored with an assist by Junior Lau-ren Schulte. Freshman Amy Tran sealed the victory with an assist from sophomore Nia-mh O'Connell with about 5 minutes left in the second half.

Next up was Ches-terfield Township Austin Catholic who were hosted by the Monarchs on Satur-day, May 1st. Coach Taleb Karaouni was back on the sidelines. In that game, with the coaching staff at full strength, the Mon-archs came away with a 4-0 win. Elaine Teed and O' Connell led the

SUCCESS FOR CABRINI GIRLS SOCCER TEAM

team to victory with two goals apiece and Lebioda pitched a shutout.

Finally, on Mon-day, May 3rd, Can-ton Prep came to Al-len Park to face the Monarchs. The Mon-archs dominated a shorthanded Canton Prep team, who were only able to field 11 players. Senior Alli-son Bolinger scored twice with assists by Elaine and Freshman Ava Teed. Senior Is-abella Norscia-Ziem-biec scored with an assist from Dang. Norscia-Ziembic fol-lowed that up by as-sisting on a Schulte goal.

O'Connell tallied a goal with an assist from Freshman Made-

lynn Glazier. Mantlow scored on another as-sist by Dang. The scor-ing ended with Elaine Teed getting her sec-ond goal of the game with an assist from Freshman Amy Tran. She had scored earlier on an assist by O'Con-nell. All in all, six dif-ferent players scored goals and ten players were credited with points.

Not to be outdone, the defense stepped up and held Canton Prep to just one shot on Leb-ioda. Coach Karaouni, was extremely pleased by the entire team ef-fort put forth by his players over the last three games. He also thanked Ilderton for filling in for him during his brief illness.


I am requesting donations for com-munication boards to be installed in our lo-cal community parks. My vision and mis-sion are central to my efforts in generating funds for this com-munication board—and that is inclusion.

A communication board is a device that displays animated photos, which desig-nates or can be used to support what chil-dren naturally say or do in a playground environment. Stated differently, a commu-nication board allows non-verbal children to communicate with peers about how they want to play by mere-ly pointing to a pic-ture. The board will provide non-verbal children the oppor-tunity to have a voice, be heard, and under-stood. Also, a com-munication board will help educate all children at an ear-ly age, whether ver-bal or non-verbal, to recognize and inter-act with non-verbal children properly. A communication board is accessible for kids across all levels; it promotes conver-sation about feelings, playground equip-ment and even pro-vides full-sentence greetings.

As a graduate stu-dent at Eastern Mich-

Letter to the Editor

igan University study-ing speech-language pathology, my goal is to create opportuni-ties for all children. Recently, I was the speech-language pa-thology student in-tern at Lindemann Elementary School in Allen Park. Current-ly, I am completing my last internship of graduate school at St. Vincent Mercy Medi-cal Center in Toledo, OH. I first-hand see the importance of in-clusion for the youth in our city. This com-munication board will be a step in the right direction to pro-mote relationships between verbal and non-verbal students. I wholeheartedly be-lieve that children with special needs de-serve the same access to fun and friendship as their peers.

The donated funds will be used to pur-chase the Talk to Me Technologies com-munication board. It is designed by a team of speech-language pathologists and vo-cabulary design spe-cialists who have over 50 years of combined experience working with augmentative and alternative com-munication (AAC).

It is essential that those of us who have a voice speak up and use it to advocate for the youth. Diversity

helps us grow as hu-mans. When we see each other as play-mates, classmates, and colleagues, we realize that we are all human but com-municate in varying ways. I hope this will open even more pos-sibilities for children of all abilities to play and communicate together. This com-munication board is just one more step to making Allen Park a more inclusive place to live, work, and play. A single communi-cation board estimat-ed cost with delivery and installation is $2,200. My hope is that this communi-cation board is the first of many in our community. With your support, I envi-sion multiple boards throughout the city, creating a space for the non-verbal indi-viduals in our com-munity to have a voice. As the Parks and Recreation De-partment has reno-vated many of the city parks, the addition of communication boards will create a more inclusive envi-ronment for children with special needs and their families. On behalf of my su-pervisor, Christine Waldus, and my stu-dents, I thank you in advance for your time and consider-ation in funding my community project. The impact will allow children with special needs a place to play in our community and invite diversity into our local parks. Please feel free to reach out with any questions that you have or if you would like to discuss my vi-sion further. If you are interested in do-nating, please visit the link below or contact me directly.

Link for dona-tions: https://gofund.me/c58af5fc

Thank you, Madison Brithinee


Karaoke at Farmers

Market

Photo By Jim Jacek

By Jim JacekElla Bailey, Class

of 2020 from Allen Park High School, provided karaoke singing at the Farm-ers Market in Allen

Park on April 23rd. The Farmers Market is open on Fridays from 3pm to 7pm, weather permitting.

By Jim JacekThe Allen Park

Chamber of Com-

McTax Professionals

Photo By Jim Jacekmerce business fea-ture this week is Jer-ry McAdams and

McTax Professionals. Allen Park, Mich-igan based McTaX Professionals has the expertise to provide you with the services that you need. Dedi-cated to keeping our tax preparation skills honed with continu-ing education cours-es throughout the year, we are highly qualified to prepare tax returns for all fif-ty states. Our goal is to make the prepara-tion process as easy as possible for you and minimize your tax liability with careful planning. Your tax preparation inter-view can be conduct-ed either in person, by mail, or e-mail - whichever is most convenient for you. Whatever your cir-cumstances may be, we are here to give you the best advice to help you get through life’s challenges.

This office pro-vides many services, including the follow-ing:

• Individual Tax Preparation

• Business Tax Re-turn Preparation

• Gift & Estate Tax Return Preparation

• Partnership & Corporate Tax Prepa-ration

• Estate and Suc-cession Planning

• Tax & Education Planning

• Out-of-State Re-turns

• Business Start-Ups

For additional in-formation, you can reach Jerry at 734-308-1598, or by email at [email protected]. Visit his web-site at www.mctax-pro.com.

By Jim JacekThe amazing team

A Squared Studio Named Finalist in

Best of the Best 2020

Photo By Jim Jacekat A Squared Studio would like to share

with everyone that we were a Finalist in the Detroit Free Press Best of the Best 2020, for Best Manicure!! We are so incredibly grateful for our amaz-ing community of cli-ents and would like to thank everyone that nominated/voted for us. We will continue to go above and be-yond in delivering the best in salon services. A Squared Studio (Pretty Lady Salon) is located at 7840 Allen Road in Allen Park.



Cabrini Traditions honored at Prom

Alternative St. Frances Cabrini High School holds Roostertail Senior Final

Farewell Night

restrictions made a prom impossible, so school administra-tors held a Roostertail Senior Final Fare-well dinner on Mon-day, April 26 instead.

Seniors were able to enjoy many of the traditions of a nor-mal Cabrini prom. Dressed in formal attire, they were able to experience the

traditional pre-event prayer service and picture-taking oppor-tunities. After a wel-come speech from a faculty member, the Senior Farewell Court was introduced, and Queen Wyndhem Reid and King Ste-ven Boscheratto were crowned. A delicious meal was served, fol-lowed by entertain-ment provided by

award-winning magi-cian Chuck King.

St. Frances Cabri-ni Catholic school is a co-educational, K-12, academically excellent school com-mitted to providing an authentic Catholic educational experi-ence that develops the character and poten-tial of every student.

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