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Students from Jefferson Middle Schools

Friends of Rachel Club gathered in the office

last Thursday evening and prepared for what

has become an annual event Caroling for

Cans.

Along with JMS teachers Leslie Bice and

Kim Heiss, and Assistant Principal Jason

Townsend, the group of about 10 students be-

gan knocking on doors, offering a holiday

song in exchange for a canned good that

would be donated to a local food panty.Its something fun and something that can

get the kids involved, Bice said. Thats im-

portant.

As the students made their way up and down the

street surrounding the school, many residents were re-

ceptive, greeting the group of FOR Club carolers with a

smile and a donation as the students sang one of several

songs on their song sheet.

Every so often along the route, a door would close be-

fore the group started their song, or a door wouldnt be

answered at all.

You dont see carolers much anymore, Bice said.

So maybe people arent expecting that and dont really

know what to do. Either way, well keep going and try-

ing to get more donations.

After nearly an hour, and after the sun had set that

evening, the group sang more than a dozen songs and

collected dozens of cans for the food pantry.

ST. CLAIR SHORES, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013VOL. 2 NO. 52, 12 PAGES

PHOTO BY JOHN MCTAGGART

Students from Jefferson Middle Schools FOR Club spent last Thursday evening caroling to nearby residents in ex-change for a canned good donation. Resident Shelia Cuthbert is all smiles as the students sing.

By John McTaggartStaff Writer

More than two dozen

residents and animal

rights activists gathered at

city hall Monday, Dec. 16,

to express outrage at the

shooting of Lexie, a pit

bull mix, by police Nov. 22

in the 27000 block of

Princeton.

The group, many wear-

ing white Justice for

Lexie T-shirts, asked for a

formal investigation by a

third-party as well as a re-

view and possible revamp

of the departmental poli-cies and procedures re-

garding aggressive ani-

mals.

Many were also dis-

pleased with the bullet-

riddled dog being dragged

across the yard and pave-

ment and tossed into the

citys animal control vehi-

cle, activity depicted in a

video filmed by neighbors.

A subsequent necropsy

indicates the dog bled to

death.

Evidence captured in

that video raised the ire of

Councilman Chris Vitale.

I would expect the ani-

mal control officer to be

the most well-versed of

any of the officers on the

scene about state guide-

lines and the euthanasia

of animals, Vitale said

during the council com-

ments portion of the meet-ing. Now, Im told by an-

other citys animal control

officer that a bullet is con-

sidered an acceptable

means of euthanasia in

the field. At this point, we

knew the dog had at least

four bullets in it. We were

already past the idea that

we are going to save this

dog.

What I dont under-

stand is, at that point, why

did we just drag this dog

into the animal control

truck? Why wasnt it euth-

anized in the field?

Vitales comment

brought a flurry of ap-

plause from the crowd,

applause he quickly

quelled.

Please, please, he in-

terrupted. I really dont

want that. I really just

want to finish the ques-tionIf thats maybe an

issue of training, and we

have to bring all of the of-

ficers up to speed, than

thats what we have to do.

Residents Keith

Bammell and Chuck Hall

agreed.

I hereby call upon St.

Clair Shores public offi-

cials to deem necessary a

third-party investigation

and a subsequent review

of the police departments

policy regarding animal

control, Hall said. If

there ever was a time to

show the residents of this

city what power a council

has over the governance

of policy in this city, its

right now, ladies and gen-

tlemen.

Discrepancies in the po-

lice report and necropsy,

including the number ofentry wounds found in the

dog were also questioned.

Im here to address two

things tonight, Mr. Mayor,

policy change and ac-

countability, Bammel

By John McTaggart

Staff Writer

Residents express outrage

At city councils Dec. 16 meeting, residents and

animal rights activists called into question the

policies and procedures used by the St. Clair

Shores Police Department in regard to aggres-

sive/loose animals.

Many called for third-party investigations, re-

views and subsequent revamping of the current

policy, a request supported by council. (See relat-

ed story page 1A.)

Deputy Chief Todd Woodcox said there are de-

fined policy and procedures in place when han-

dling loose animals.

Officers first try and locate the dog and if

the dog is just wandering the neighborhood, but

not menacing anyone they do what they can totry and identify the dog and get it quickly back to

the rightful owner, he said.

The next step, if the officer is unable to identify

or corral the dog, is to report that to headquarters

and animal control is notified.

Police to review policy

and proceduresBy John McTaggartStaff Writer

See POLICE, page 2A

See LEXI, page 2A

PHOTOS BY JOHN MCTAGGART

The manhole vault at

the intersection of Harper

and Bon Brae is the source

of polychlorinated biphe-

nyls found in the Lange

and Revere canals,

Environmental Protection

Agency representatives

recently told residents.Colleen Moynihan, EPA

remedial project manager

and Patricia Krause, EPA

community involvement

coordinator, were in town

Dec. 12 to explain four in-

terim cleanup options and

answer questions about

the site, now on the EPAs

National Priority List.

During the visit, resi-

dents were invited to share

their opinions which will

be considered by the EPA

before making its final re-

mediation plans.

Moynihan gave a brief

rundown of the EPA and

the MDEQs efforts to

clean up the contamina-tion first noted in 2001

during a routine sediment

dredging operation.

Despite the installation of

a 1,200 foot liner in the 10

Mile drain at Harper, plac-

ing mop-like oil snares in-

EPA considers

alternativesfor PCB removalBy Debra PascoeEditor

See EPA, page 2A

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both teams which combined to go 58-1 over the two

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side manholes and con-structing several metalhalf-moon shaped weirs totrap and prevent contami-nants from entering thecanals, oil is still being de-tected.

We have been, onmonthly basis, removingand monitoring oil fromthe system, Moynihansaid, adding 12 50-gallondrums containing saturat-ed snares and sedimenthave been removed fromthe site.

This past summer andfall, the EPA conductedsite-wide testing in the

Lange and Revere canalsand tested soil samplestaken from the backyardsof residents living onLange, Revere, Bon Braeand Lakeland.

Moynihan said results ofthe study indicate thesource of the PCBs is themanhole vaults and sur-rounding soils at the inter-section of Bon Brae andHarper. The sediment, shesaid, is traveling down a

series of vaulted manholeswith four in successioncarrying the highest con-centration of the chemical.

We want to tackle thesource before we clean upthe sediment, she said,adding the first objective isto address those four

vaults. The sediment, shesaid, will be tackled in thefinal phase of the cleanup

plan.Moynihan explained themanhole vaults are de-signed with access for re-pairs, which causes a de-pression in the trench sys-tem. Water goes into thecatch basin and then intothe vault drain, which shesaid was constructed inlate 50s and set into nativeclay soil she described asvery dense oil and wa-ter cannot penetrate it.Moynihan explained theold vaults were not sealedand being constructed ofcement, water is able toenter the vault.

When the manhole wasplaced 15 feet into theground, fill dirt containingPCBs was used duringconstruction.

The water main andsanitary utility trench arenot the cause, she said.

Of the four options,Moynihan said at thistime, the EPA is recom-mending alternative 7 excavation, removal, andreplacement of two vault-

ed manholes at the eastand west intersection ofBon Brae and Harper.

(See information box,above, for details and oth-er alternatives offered bythe EPA.)

Moynihan said whencomparing cleanup alter-natives, the EPA consid-ered if the plan protectshuman health and the en-

vironment, complies withfederal and state laws,long-term effectiveness,implement-ability and

community acceptance (tobe determined based onpublic comment.)

Alternate 7, Moynihansaid, represents the bestbalance, is cost effectiveand expected to meet thecleanup objectives, whichis stopping the mobility ofPCBs.

The target is to have thehighest concentration ofPCBs removed, she said.(Removing the two man-hole vaults) will have amajor impact on removingthe source they are thecause of why the othersare being contaminated.

The next step for theEPA is evaluating publiccomment, writing a clean-up plan and requestingfunding from the govern-ment.

If funding is approved,Moynihan said workshould begin in 2015.

Resident comments arebeing accepted by the EPAthrough Jan. 6. To file viae-mail, visit epa.gov/re-gion5/cleanup/tenmiled-

rain/feedback.

We would make an en-try into the dog book atthe front counter, hesaid. We have a book

where we document any-one that calls that saysthey have lost their dog,has anyone found it. Or ifanyone finds a dog, weenter that into that book

as well. That way, even ifsomeone calls and saysIve lost my dog we cansay that we dont have it,but this is where it waslast seen.

In the Lexie case, offi-cers knew where the dog

was and it was showingsigns of aggressive behav-ior toward residents andofficers, the report said.

Aggression changes therules, Woodcox said.

Theres no particularorder in place for situa-tions like that, he said.Given the circumstancesright now, we are in theprocess of reviewing allour policies dealing withdogs under this type ofcircumstance.

Reviewing and eventu-ally modifying such poli-cies is far from unprece-dented, said Animal LegalDefense Fund attorney,Diane Balkin.

The national organiza-tion, comprised of morethan 100,000 membersand thousands of attor-neys, is a leader in the ad-

vancement of animal pro-tection and rights throughthe legal system, Balkinsaid.

I believe, honestly, thatthere is an increasedawareness about cases

and situations like this,she said. And there is anincreased desire by citi-zens to have better train-ing and better policy inplace for officers. And,should there be a shoot-ing, then there should bea review of that incidentthat is complete.

Policy changes have oc-curred all over the coun-try, Balkin said, at boththe community and statelevel.

The department is opento such changes,

Woodcox said.We are going through

this entire incident with afine-toothed comb to see

what we couldve donebetter or differently, hesaid. Were doing this tofind out what we mightneed to change for the fu-ture.

2A ST. CLAIR SHORES CONNECTION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013

Continued from page 1A

POLICE


LEXI

said. We have four magicbullets. No talk of wherethose other bullets camefrom.

The police report ac-counts for a total of fiveshots fired, four of whichstruck the dog. The nec-ropsy, however, stated thateight shots had enteredthe dogs body.

Mayor Kip Walby as-sured the crowd the city

would seek to answer their

questions. He also calledthe request for third-partyinvestigation reasonable.

We will listen to thesesuggestions and we willtry to make it better. We dohear you. Were not goingto just brush it out. We careabout St. Clair Shores. Wecare about our animals.

We care about our chil-dren. Were here to do

whats right, he said.Were not just thinkingthat this is a one-time dealand we can just wait you

out, he said. We will beback here the next meet-ing. We will talk moreabout it.


EPA

Based on commentsfrom residents attendingthe EnvironmentalProtection Agencys TownHall meeting to discussmeans of clearing the 10Mile drain of PCBs, clean-up should be done in one

fell swoop.Those specifically ad-

dressing the alternativesall chose No. 4, replacingthe four manhole vaults

with the highest concen-tration of PCBs. The EPAis currently opting to re-place two of the four. (Seerelated story page 1A for

more details.)I dont understand why

youd propose fixing twoand not all four, Langeresident Brian Robinsonsaid. It will cost moredown the road.

His neighbor, DerrickDries, agreed and suggest-ed the EPA dig deeper to

install the new vaults andadd a baffle to catch someof the PCBs and a naturalfiltration system along thestorm sewer route to fur-ther contain contami-nants.

If we dont take everystep that we could possiblytake to clean up this messand be done with it, wecould just prolong it, hesaid. Do everything youthink you can.

Councilman RonFrederick also favored re-placing all four vaults, asdid his council cohortsChris Vitale and MayorKip Walby.

My concern is by re-placing that (first) one, are

we actually fixing the

problem of the contamina-tion, he asked. Letsmake sure we take care of

why we have this problemin the first place.

Frederick also suggest-ed the EPA widen itssearch for the presence ofPCBs, a request echoed bytwo other residents livingin the Lange and Reverearea.

Bon Brae resident NickHolland questionedColleen Moynihan, EPAremedial project manag-ers comment the PCBscannot leach into the claysoil commonly found inthe city.

Holland, who lives closeto one of the contaminated

vaults, said several yearsago, PCBs were discov-ered in several leaking un-derground storage tanks

at the corner of Bon Braeand Harper.

Also in that area, anoth-

er resident suggested theEPA check into reports ofa Detroit Edison subcon-tractor working on Langeleft transformers (thatcontain PCBs) lying on theground.

Why no connection ty-ing them to this so theycan participate in thiscleanup? he asked.

Bryan Babcock, thecitys department of public

works director, said even ifall four manhole cover

vaults were removed andcleaned up, the PCB oilsare able to travel outsidethe faults.

The backfill allowsnatural ground water tomove toward the lake andback, he said, adding the

entire drain system mayneed to be removed andreplaced.

By Debra PascoeEditor

Residents share their opinions

Alternative 1: No ActionEPA always includes a no action alternative as a basis for comparison with

other options. The PCB-contaminated bedding and backfill material would re-main inside the pipe trench and PCBs would continue to seep into the systempipe and the Lange and Revere canals.

Capital cost: $0; Operation and maintenance: $0.Alternative 2: The backfill materials at each of the four vaulted manholes is

solidified by grouting. A liner is installed and prior to installation, the drainwould be dewatered and storm water temporarily rerouted.

Estimated capital cost: $1.8 million; estimated annual operation and mainte-nance cost: $111,504; estimated construction time: three weeks.

Alternative 4: All four manhole vaults are removed along with the surround-ing backfill materials and replaced and a flexible synthetic liner on the openexcavation surface and each vault added. Excavated impacted soils are treatedby mixing cement kiln dust to convert sludge to a granular solid. Estimatedcapital cost: $3.6 million; estimated annual operation and maintenance:$93,150; estimated construction: eight weeks.

Alternative 7: Same as 4, except only two manhole vaults are addressed.Estimated capital cost: $2.6 million; estimated annual operation and mainte-nance: $76,866; estimated construction time: six weeks.

Each cleanup alternative, except 1, requires the backfill materials at eachvault to be solidified by grouting.

Source, EPA

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Businesses not con-

forming to the city con-

crete wall ordinance

have about a year to get

the work done.

After a lengthy discus-

sion at its Dec. 9 study

session, council agreed

to lift the moratorium in

place since July of 2010

designed to give busi-

nesses time to conform.

The city currently re-

quires a 6 foot high

brick, stone, poured in

place concrete or pre-

cast construction wall

on properties bordering

residential neighbor-

hoods. Businesses af-

fected are located along

Greater Mack, Harper

and Little Mack.

Rather than renewing

the moratorium for a

third time, council

agreed to set a

November deadline al-

lowing businesses to

schedule construction

and/or go before the

Zoning Board of

Appeals or Fence

Arbitration Board if they

seek a variance to the or-

dinance.

City Manager Phil

Ludos said his goal is to

get businesses in com-

pliance. He further

asked council to consid-

er offering qualified

businesses a no interest

construction loan with a

one-year deadline to

construct the wall and

pay back that loan.

Youve given pretty

adequate opportunities

some of them have given

no efforts, Ludos said.

Lets get this done.

At an Oct. 7 regular

council meeting, mem-

bers deliberated on ex-

tending the moratorium,

revising the ordinance

requiring the wall or

placing the decision of

what type of wall will be

needed in the hands of

the citys fence arbitra-

tion board and allowing

residents abutting busi-

nesses to have a say in

what type of wall or bar-

rier is placed on their

property line.

C o u n c i l w o m a n

Candice Rusie said one

reason why the morato-

rium was put in place

was to allow businesses

to make renovations

without having to worry

about the cost of the

wall. But, according to

City Planner Liz Koto,

that failed to be con-

veyed. She said a few

business owners plan-

ning exterior upgrades

did not follow through

because they didnt want

to bear the additional

cost of the wall.

At this time, 31 busi-

nesses are in violation of

the ordinance with 13

percent having chain

link fences bordering

their property. A total of

more than 20 miles of

concrete wall is needed,

a c c o r d i n g t o

C o m m u n i t y

Development and

Inspection Director

Chris Rayes. Most areas

are between 40 and 104

feet, with 40 to 80 feet

being the average, he

said.

Under the current or-

dinance, Rayes said

when new businesses

come in, they are alerted

the wall needs to be re-

placed or repaired if the

damaged wall consti-

tutes 60 percent of its

value.

Rayes department

identifies the properties

that need repair.

Of contention among

council is the require-

ment a nonconforming

wall needs to be re-

placed if the business

does exterior upgrades.

The remodeling thing

doesnt make sense at

all, Councilman Pete

Rubino said. We could

have a new building and

an old wall or an old

building and a new wall.

I dont think remodel-

ing should affect the

wall, he said, suggest-

ing if the majority of the

property changes handsthen require the wall.

Councilman Tony

Tiseo agreed, suggest-

ing the provision be de-

leted from the ordi-

nance.

Other changes include

allowing certain busi-

nesses to construct the

fencing of materials oth-

er than concrete based

on their operation. For

example, a dentists of-

fice may be allowed to

use vinyl.

In some circumstanc-es residents may be giv-

en a voice as to what ma-

terial will be used and

have the option of a gate.

City Attorney Robert

Ihrie said residents al-

ready have that option

by asking the Zoning

Board of Appeals for a

waiver.

Councilman Ron

Frederick also asked ad-

equate room be left for

residents abutting a wall

to easily access their ve-

hicles.

These and other relat-

ed issues are to be re-

searched and brought

back for council review.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013 ST. CLAIR SHORES CONNECTION 3A

The flurry of complaints

registered to the city and

on its Facebook page

started way before the last

flake fell on a recent

Sunday afternoon.

Why isnt my street

plowed yet, residents

complained one after the

other.

City Manager Phil

Ludos came in the morn-

ing of Monday, Dec. 16, to

find a rather vulgar

message on his machine

left early Sunday morning

from a resident complain-

ing his street still wasnt

plowed.

Ludos told council he

tried to return the call, but

the residents answering

machine was not set up to

accept messages.

He further explained

the department of public

works sent the plows out

Sunday morning at 7 a.m.

to tackle the side streets,

about one and a half hours

prior to the callers com-

plaint.

They were still going at

2 a.m., Ludos said. Our

goal was to have the side

s t r e e t s d o n e

by Monday morning.

My hats off to them for

getting the snow plowed

over the weekend, he

said of the Department of

Public Works employees.

Ludos explained the

city did call a snow eventbecause it wanted to get

the snow off the sidewalks

and vehicles off the

streets.

We try to use a bit of

common sense. It was still

snowing Sunday morn-

ing, he said, adding, We

dont want to have a snow

event on top of a snow

event. We cannot get to all

streets immediately.

Ludos explained, dur-

ing a major snowfall, it

takes about five hours of

plowing to get from the

north to the south end of

the city.

And not helping matters

were residents who didnt

move their vehicles, a

condition of the proclama-

tion of a snow emergency.

They had to stop the

plow truck, sound the

horn and wait for people

to move their vehicles,

Ludos said of plow driv-

ers. He added he plans to

talk to Bryan Babcock,

DPW director and Police

Chief Mike Walleman

about enforcing that rule

through ticketing and as alast resort, impounding

offending vehicles.

The DPW is not being

able to get their jobs do-

ne, Ludos said. We need

to get those vehicles out of

the roadway so the plow

vehicles can get through.

Mayor Kip Walby, who

about one year ago was

taken to task for not call-

ing a snow emergency,

said it takes about 16

hours to plow the entire

city.

To get the entire city

done with this amount of

snow; it was a big project,

he said.

Residents plow city with complaintsBy Debra PascoeEditor

In addition to com-

plaints from residents not

getting a recycle cart,

others are coming infrom those receiving

more than one.

Councilman Chris

Vitale recently reported

hes received two and

asked for clarification of

the process in which the

carts are being delivered.

City Manager Phil

Ludos said the city cur-

rently has a list of 42 resi-

dents that have received

two sometimes three

bins. Each cart is cod-

ed with a serial number

that coincides with an ad-

dress disrupting

Vitales plan to give his

duplicate cart to

Councilman Ron

Frederick who has yet to

receive one.

Councilman John

Caron has received three.

Ludos explained his

executive assistant,

Natalie Turner, has talk-

ed with representative

from Rizzo Disposal, the

citys waste management

contractor, about the is-

sue.

Turner was told thecarts are being delivered

by another company and

she has supplied a list of

addresses where dupli-

cate carts have been de-

livered.

Rizzo has dedicated a

crew to pick up those

carts, however exactly

when and how residents

can assist with the collec-

tion is still being worked

out.

Ludos said Rizzo re-

ported it is about halfway

through the delivery pro-cess. As of Nov. 4, 8,000

carts had been ordered,

5,000 delivered and an

additional 3,600 are on

back order and antici-

pates delivery within the

next two months.

The 96-gallon trash

cans are on-site and the

Department of Public

Works is in the process of

delivering them to resi-

dents.

Residents who have re-

ceived more than one re-

ceptacle are being asked

to call the department of

public works at (586)

445-5363 or city hall at

(586) 447-3311.

Recycle

carts on

the wayBy Debra PascoeEditor

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Wall moratorium tumbling down

Dwayne Michno, a member of the citys Zoning

Board of Appeals, Fence Arbitration Board and the

Harper Avenue Corridor Improvement Authority,

knows the rules.

And speaking for himself, he believes those

committees are well versed in their duties and can

lend the city and businesses a hand with the wall

ordinance.

At city councils study session Monday, Dec. 9,

during the residents comment portion of the

agenda, Michno addressed comments made by

council regarding further educating city boards on

ordinances regarding masonry walls and fencing

issues.The intent is to ensure residents appealing waiv-

ers to related ordinances are well heard.

Michno told council when a request is put forth;

he personally visits each site and talks to both the

business owner and affected residents before de-

ciding how to vote.

Most businesses are against (the 6-foot mason-

ry wall requirement) for obvious reasons. It costs

money, Michno said.

Money cannot be a reason to ask for a variance

or for us to give them one, he said, suggesting

council review the ZBAs record.

Were pretty generous and most importantly,

were fair.

But, he said, protecting residents from noise,

bright lights and trash to name a few nuisances

is foremost in the committees mind.

In his experience, residents dont often voice an

opinion at the meetings and he called on them to

do so.

ZBA member

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Four more vacantland parcels are backon the tax roles and twonew houses are expect-ed to be built in the citynext year.

In early December,city council approvedthe sale of 27907 and27909 Elba for $28,517 the highest of threebids submitted for theproperties listed for$22,000 and purchased

through the MacombCounty Tax Foreclosureprogram in 2013 for$3,377.84.

According to the pur-chase offer, the buyerplans to build a 1,700 to1,900 square foot brickhouse with three bed-rooms, two baths, atwo-car garage on abasement on the com-bined 100-by-174 footlot.

Another property at21904 Lakeview, pur-

chased in 2008 throughthe $1 HUD home pro-gram, listed for $11,500

was sold for $5,000 to aneighboring propertyowner.

C o m m u n i t yDevelopment andInspection DirectorChris Rayes said thehouse on the property

was demolished.According to the HUD

program guidelines, theproperty could not besold to an investor.

The new owner plansto add the land to hercurrent property andmentioned no plans tobuild anything on it.

The final propertysold was 22020 Lange,acquired by the city inthe 2012 MacombCounty Tax Foreclosureprogram at an unspeci-fied price. The 50-by-126 foot lot was listedfor $8,900 and sold for$7,000

Rayes said when theproperty was acquiredit contained a house

which has subsequentlybeen demolished. Hesaid the city spent

$17,193.40 and the lossis being covered bygains on other propertysales.

The property was areal disaster and now

were getting a house

with a nice garage onthe property. Its a win,Rayes said, adding the

new owner plans tobuild a 1,200 squarefoot brick house.


s captain of thereinging bi-an-nual dodge ball

tournament champions,Councilman Tony Tiseoplaced the trophy in aspecial place.

It went into the arms ofLakeview High School

J u n io r B r e n da nOsantowski, the teamsmost valuable player.

He was the last manstanding, Tiseo said.

I had a good time, theNational Honor Societymember said, adding ateacher encouraged himto participate.

This being the first timeparticipating in the event,Tiseo gushed about thecitys Youth DiversityCouncil which sponsors the community event.

I was excited that I was invited to play. I was a little nervous, hesaid. I didnt know what to expect and as a one-time athlete, Ididnt know what I had left in the tank.

I just didnt want to get hurt.

What I learned that night was we have something very specialgoing on in our community and something I didnt know about un-til I got to meet some of the young youths in our community. It wasmy first time and it certainly wont be my last.

Its a wonderful organization of men and women; they are ourfuture and some of them may come back to run this place, he said.

Then his competitive spirit took over.We made mincemeat out of the mayors team, Tiseo said, tak-

ing a hard jab at Kip Walby who has a reputation for being a finesportsman.

Councilman Ron Frederick gave Tiseo proper kudos.

We lost every game and were coming back after you, he saidto Tiseo. You picked them off one at a time, I was very im-pressed.

Councilman Pete Rubino, whose team won the last competition,said had he been invited, the results would have been different.

Thats all I have to say.



More vacant city property sold

City auditors Plante & Moran will deliver thisyears audit results on the same day the citys new fi-

nance director, Douglas Haag, takes over.Its anyones guess what the audit will divulge or if

it contains as good news as last year when it was de-termined the city was $2 million more in the blackthan expected.

City Manager Phil Ludos said last week the auditwas due for release at the Dec. 16 council meeting.However, preparing all the necessary paperwork

was delayed, as the city hasnt had a finance directorsince the death of Tim Haney last spring.

Ludos said city controller Larry Claeson has beensitting in and was working hard to get the numbersin order.

It was a long process, Ludos said. Larry Claesonwas in on many Saturdays working on it. We had tomake a 30-40 page adjustment.

Despite the additional work, Ludos said the neces-sary paperwork has been forwarded to the state andauditors.

Im pretty convinced the product will be the samequality product that you have seen recently, Ludossaid of this years audit and presentation.

Haag was to be officially appointed to the post atthe Dec. 2 council meeting but the item was post-poned until the Jan. 6 meeting, his first official dayon the job, according to Ludos.

Council toscrutinize

audit Jan. 6By Debra PascoeEditor

Brendan Osantowski

was given the trophy

earned by Team Tiseo at

the recent St. ClairShores Youth Council

community dodge ball

tourney.

The 26th Annual NorthAmerican InternationalAuto Show 2014 HighSchool Poster Contest

winners include KatelynGalant, a 10th grader atLakeview High School.

Galant was honored the1st Place, 10th Grade

Award with a cash prize of$500.

This years contest drewa record 989 entries from73 high schools.

The purpose of thiscompetition is to allow artstudents in Michiganschools an opportunity tocreate art related to the au-tomotive industry, BobShuman, chairmanNAIAS 2014 said in a pressrelease. We want to show-case their talent at theNAIAS and recognizethem for their efforts and

achievements.Winning posters are dis-

played at NAIAS 2014Saturday, Jan. 18, throughSunday, Jan. 26, and re-produced in the officialNAIAS program. Winningposters may also be dis-played on the officialNAIAS website, naias.com.

Shuman, a GeneralMotors AutomotiveDesigner, a College forCreative Studies instruc-tor, and State Farm

Insurance representativejudged the posters.

What is especially im-portant is these studentsexhibited the creative tal-ent that is so critical to thesuccess of this industry,Shuman said. We con-gratulate the winning art-ists.

NAIAS

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Its a very unique op-portunity, said HealthOccupations teacherDebra Spellicy. We sawthis at a conference ofhealth occupation educa-tion leaders and teachersand I just thought, since

we are a technical healtheducation career centercourse, we are alwayslooking for somethingthat is hands-on. Its hardto do that in medicine. Sothis was the best we coulddo.

Bringing the demon-stration to Lake Shore

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It was more about set-ting up a time that

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Students from the med-ical and dental factions ofthe program were in-

volved, Spellicy said.This was a general

anatomy demonstration,she said. Thats some-thing that applies to allhealth fields. Thats partof what got us so excitedabout this. Everyone canbenefit from it.

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Lake Shore students took part in an online lesson that used a cadaver to illustrate the anatomy of the chest and abdomen.

HoopsLakeviews EvanFennell, above, lets ashot go toward thebasket during thecity championshipboys basketball tour-nament. TheHuskies went on towin the game 55-44.At right, The LakeShore girls basket-ball teams poses fora team shot after

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azdatook alook atits long-running

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over 3,000 at freewayspeeds, creating a lot ofnoise. Mazda said theoriginal 1.6-liter engine inthe 1990 Miata was spe-cially tuned to mimic thesound of a dual-carburat-ed European sports car.

Just turn up the radio,which, thank goodness, isright at hand in the dimin-utive cabin of the MX-5.

Standard equipment isa five-speed manualtransmission with short-throw shifter Sportmodels only. A six-speedmanual is available as is asix-speed automatic. Wefound fifth gear on our

manual transmission a lit-tle weak if reached at alower speed.

The 2014 MX-5 Miatamay provide some chal-lenges climbing in andout of, but it offers a sur-prising amount of stor-age, with center consolecup holders, a hard-plas-tic compartment betweenthe seats with lid that flipsforward from the rearand an area behind thetwo seats. The trunk isnot a golfers delight, butit would hold carefullypacked valises for eagertravelers.

Mazda had the North

American market in mindwhen it designed the MX-5 Miata. The companysaid its Miata has be-come the worlds best-selling two-seat convert-ible. It is offered with achoice of head wraps a standard Z-fold designsoft-top or the power re-

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standard safety and han-dling equipment will beglad to know antilockbrakes, dynamic stabilitycontrol and traction con-trol, front and side airbags and side impactdoor beams are included.

The test MX-5, at$28,665, included thepower hardtop.

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