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May 29, 2020
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Past due for a haircut?Well, unless you know
how to cut your own hair,or have a household fam-ily member who does, youare out of luck.
There has been noword as to when hair sa-lons and barbershopscan re-open.
If a coalition of hairshop businesses hadtheir way, we could getour needed haircuts nowin a controlled eight-stepmethod.
That proposal was sub-mitted to Gov. GretchenWhitmer, who has beenreceptive to suggestionson how to safely open ourbusinesses.
Here is a breakdown ofthe methods:
• Administrative con-trols for workers, includ-ing daily screening forworkers to ensure they’rehealthy before startingeach shift, requiring work-ers to stay home if sick,maintaining appointmentand walk-in records in-cluding date and time ofservice, name and con-tact information to assistin contract tracing ifneeded, and more.
• Access control forcustomers and guests,
By Charles SercombeHow the city survives fi-
nancially now depends onvoters.
Acting on a suggestionby the city administration,the city council last weekagreed to ask for voter-approval of a millage tocover the cost of the po-lice and fire pensions.
The city currently col-lects a half mill for thecost, but that raises onlya little over $103,000 ayear.
The city’s actual cost isover $2.2 million a year,which comes out of thecity’s general budget.
To cover the actualcost, the city wants tolevy up to 10.5 mills,which could be adjusteddown if pension costs de-crease, or if another rev-enue stream is found.
The city is aiming to getwording for the ballot pro-posal approved and readyto be on the August Pri-mary Election.
For the average home-owner, the millage in-crease would cost anextra $300 to $400 ayear in property taxes.The new millage would ex-pire in 20 years.
As it stands now, thecity is projecting about a$2 million budget deficitfor the new fiscal year,which starts on July 1.
By Alan MadlaneCOVID-19, you are a
harsh mistress.The nefarious disease
has claimed another in itslong list of victims, thisone a 40-plus-year tradi-tion.
That is to say, the Ham-tramck Labor Day Festivalshall not be. Not this year.
No wacky dry-land boatrace. No midway teemingwith happy humanity.
No cotton candy, no ele-phant ears, no PolishMuslims (the long-stand-ing parody band) perform-ing on Sunday evening, nofun of any kind.
And while it hasn’t for-mally been announced,you can probably goahead and bet a dollar
that the Labor Day Paradewill follow suit and cancel.No good way to ensureappropriate social dis-tancing for that, so out it
will surely go.Oh 2021, you can’t
come fast enough. This2020 is an evil beast.
This is only the second
time the festival has beencanceled since it startedin 1980. The only othertime was in 2001, when a
Hamtramck’s end-of-summerparty will have to wait
Continued on page 2
City seeksa millagethis year
By Walter WasaczSafe social distancing
during the now over threemonths-long global pan-demic need not be boring.
I have averaged 5-6miles a day walking in and
around Hamtramck in self-isolation since mid-March.I have hiked through lush,green alleys in Banglatown- between Carpenter andDavison - and over and
Quarantine adventuresfar from home
Continued on page 8
Summer won’t the same this year in Hamtramck now that the annual Labor DayFestival has been canceled. Hamtramck is not alone. Many other cities havebeen forced to cancel events because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Quarantining in the vastness of the Grand Canyon.
state-appointed emer-gency manager thought itwould be prudent (consid-ering the city’s then-seri-ous financial crisis.)
Many other cities havealready canceled theirmain summer attractionsas well, including Detroit’s
Electronic Music Festivalthat was to have hap-pened this past weekendat Hart Plaza and other lo-cales.
Gone are the Ann ArborArt Fair, the Traverse CityCherry Festival, the Elec-tric Forest Festival in
Rothbury, the HollandTulip Festival, and many,many others. Fourth ofJuly fireworks will pop infront of empty lots andfields, if they pop at all.
Like your summer filledwith quiet reflection?You’re in for a treat,
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ma’am or sir.Like one with a lot of ex-
citement? Then not somuch.
Festival co-founder Kon-rad Maziarz lamented thedecision he couldn’t not-make.
“It pains me to writethese next few lines,” hesaid, in announcing thefestival’s temporary de-mise.
“At this time, it doesn’tseem feasible to ensurethe safety of the atten-dees or the community,”he went on, before jokingabout keeping up the tra-dition of doing himself ac-cidental injury.
Mickey Lyons, a festivalcommittee member,chimed in.
“We’ll be dreaming andscheming and planningan even better festival forthe future,” he avowed.
We certainly hope hiswords bear a prophecy.
In the meantime, you’lljust have to fire off thosewater balloons some-place else.
That’s because revenuecollection has dried upsince most businesseswere shut down due tothe coronavirus pan-demic.
People in Michigan havealso been ordered by thegovernor to self-quaran-tine at home unless theywere involved in essentialwork, or had to performessential chores.
That projected deficit ison top of the $1.8 millionbudget deficit the city isrunning in the currentbudget year.
The city had a $5 mil-lion budget surplus a cou-ple of years ago to dipinto, but that will be wipedclean in another year if fi-nances don’t take anuptick.
That appears unlikely.The state is also losingbillions of dollars in rev-enue, which will likely leadto a 25 percent cut instate revenue sharing,the funds the stateshares with communities.
The police and fire mill-age will likely face an up-hill battle as manyhomeowners are also hithard financially.
Some may even belooking at foreclosure inthe coming year.
Not all city councilmem-bers were on board withthe millage. Councilmem-ber Mohammad Hassan,who is running for countycommissioner this year,said the police and firepension plan is “luxuri-ous.”
“Hamtramck has al-ready given enough,” Has-san said about theirpensions.
Councilmember Ian Per-rotta said the millage atleast allows the city to“put out all on the op-tions.”
City Manager Kathy An-gerer said she cut asdeeply as she could intothe city’s budget, withouthaving to seek changes tounion employee con-tracts.
She has taken a 10-per-cent pay cut herself andordered a 5-percent paycut to department heads.
Another proposal is toend the city’s $134 amonth contribution to allretirees for their healthplans.
City seeks a millagethis year Cont. from front page
By Charles SercombeThe city council met on
April 28, and all coun-cilmembers were present.
Councilmember AndreaKarpinski noted thedeaths of Isaac Robinsonand Darla Swint, who bothdied of COVID-19.
Robinson was in hisfirst term as a state rep-resentative, whose dis-trict included Hamtramck.
Swint was a communityactivist.
“They were definitelytwo people who fought forour community,” Karpinskisaid. “They will be sorelymissed.”
Regarding the ongoingUS Census count, CityManager Kathy Angerersaid that most Ham-tramck householdsshould have received theircensus form in the mail.
Angerer noted thatHamtramck is trendingbelow the state averagefor responding to the cen-sus form. She said lessthan 50 percent of thecity’s households haveparticipated in the censusso far, which she wants tosee increase in the com-ing weeks.
(The percentage hassince increased to 51 per-cent.)
A discussion was heldabout a proposed devel-opment at 9350 Jos.Campau. Developerswant to convert the cur-rently vacant building intoa brewery and “tastingroom.”
The developers areseeking the council’s sup-port for their applicationto the state, to get a li-cense to make and sellbeer.
Angerer said the pro-posed business is accept-
able in accordance to adevelopment plan for Jos.Campau.
“I’m looking to setdeeper roots here,” saidone of the investors.
There will also be aspace set aside for com-munity events, such asfundraisers and meet-ings.
Councilmember Nay-eem Choudhury ques-tioned what benefits thisdevelopment would bringto the city.
It was explained thatthe business would be hir-ing people from the areaand bringing in added taxrevenue to the city, as wellas developing a vacantbuilding.
Councilmember Karpin-ski encouraged this pro-posal, and stressed thatthe council “shouldn’tdeter” any business.
Councilmember Ian Per-rotta echoed that senti-ment, saying, “It’s a reallycool idea.”
He added: “I’m very ex-cited for this being part ofthe community.”
Councilmember Mo-hammad Hassan, how-ever, said there are “morethan enough” of this typeof business in the city –apparently referring tobars.
To that, Karpinski sar-castically suggested thatHassan should purchasethe building and bring indevelopment.
The council, except forHassan, agreed to sup-port the project.
The council also votedfor a resolution to cleanup property titles for sev-eral vacant lots the cityowns.
The lots are earmarkedto be sold to those willing
to develop them, such asby building multiple hous-ing units. Angerer saidthere is a city-wide needfor apartments and du-plexes.
Some 18 city-ownedlots will eventually be of-fered for sale.
A plan to help alleviatethe cost of paying for cityemployee retiree pen-sions was OK’d. The city’sfinancial obligation is in-creasing by an extra$400,000 per year.
A lengthy discussionwas held on the city’s fi-nancial situation. Angerersaid that the city, by char-ter requirement, mustadopt a budget for the up-coming fiscal year by thisJune.
The new fiscal yearstarts on July 1.
Angerer said she andher staff had earlier pre-pared a budget for coun-cil’s approval, but “thisCOVID emergencychanged everything.”
“We have a huge rev-enue problem,” Angerersaid.
She said there are sev-eral areas where pro-jected revenue streamshave now dried up, caus-ing a looming financial cri-sis in the months tocome.
One unknown change iswhat all cities will receivefrom the state in the formof state revenue sharing.The state is now facing amulti-billion-dollar deficitof its own, and that willmean far less money toshare with cities and pub-lic school districts.
(School district fundingwill be reduced by 25 per-cent, according to mediareports.)
Even fines collected bythe Hamtramck 31st Dis-trict Court have beengreatly reduced, partly be-cause police officers arenot issuing many traffictickets in order to mini-mize their contact withpeople and so avoid be-coming infected with thecoronavirus.
In all, Angerer projectsthis year’s budget willamount to a $3 millionspending deficit.
Angerer said the citymight have to reduce cityemployees and mergesome departments to ab-sorb the workload.
Another cost-savingmove would be to ask vot-ers to approve raising anexisting millage that onlypartially covers the costof pensions for police andfire retirees.
(That is an action thecouncil eventually agreedto do.)
A last resort, Angerersaid, is to ask for a stateloan.
Councilmember Karpin-ski said that, in order toavoid a “screamingmatch,” the council needs
all of the suggestions andproposals in writing thatAngerer just went over.
Mayor Karen Majewskiagreed, saying “It’s a lotto digest.”
“Any discussion rightnow is premature. … Weneed time to workthrough” the recommen-dations, she added.
Councilmember Hassanasked for several budgetsuggestions. He warnedthat, if the city doesn’tcome up with a workableplan, the state will onceagain intervene and ap-point an emergency man-ager.
Hassan lamented thatthe previous emergencymanagers the state ap-pointed only “put Band-Aids on things.”
He said that withoutmaking cuts to thebudget, “We’re goingnowhere.”
He suggested consider-ing combining the policeand fire departments,which is commonly re-ferred to as a publicsafety department.
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By Charles SercombeAs you have probably
heard, we all have to sittight at home for anothertwo weeks.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmerextended her “stayhome, stay safe” orderuntil June 12.
It was set to expire May28.
Michigan’s COVID-19cases have been de-creasing in recent weeks,but Whitmer said "we arenot out of the woodsyet."
Although the homequarantine is still in ef-fect for “non-essential”workers, Whitmer is al-lowing gatherings athome of up to 10 people,
as long as they practicesocial distancing.
Recreational activitiesoutside are still allowed,which includes boating.
Retail stores can alsoresume operation, but byappointment only.
There has been no an-nouncement when barsand restaurants in the
metro area can go backto business.
Those businesses havebeen allowed to re-openin the upper peninsulaand parts of northernMichigan, including Tra-verse City, but customersthere must maintain asocial distance of atleast 6 feet apart.
As of press time, thenumber of HamtramckCOVID-19 cases was167, and there havebeen 20 deaths herefrom the disease. Thosenumbers were up onlyslightly from last week.
Virus update:
By Charles SercombeA retired Hamtramck de-
tective has found himselfon the other side of thelaw.
Michael Szymanski, 56,was arrested by MacombCounty sheriffs last Sun-day morning, after gettinginto an apparent argu-ment with his 30-year-oldson, Steven Szymanski,and shooting him in thestomach, according tomedia reports.
The son, Steven, is re-ported to be recovering.
At press time, it was un-known if Szymanski wasarraigned on charges. Hewas released the sameday he was questioned bysheriffs.
According to a source,that could be a signal thatthere might be mitigatingfactors regarding the rea-
son Szymanski allegedlyshot his son.
Szymanski started outas a patrol officer here inHamtramck, and spenthis last several years inthe department as a de-tective. After retiring, Szy-manski went on to work inthe security field.
He is now Deputy Direc-tor of North American op-erations for a securitycompany called Constel-
lis.News of Szymanski’s ar-
rest prompted heated ex-changes on a Facebookpage called “I love Ham-tramck.”
A number of commenta-tors had critical things tosay about Szymanski’s ca-reer in the police depart-ment. Those commentswill not be reprinted inThe Review.
Retired Hamtramck detective under investigation for shooting
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Review: Opinion PageIn Our Opinion
We don’t get it.There are certain city
officials who think noth-ing of rejecting certainbusinesses.
First, there waswhether to allow mari-juana facilities to oper-ate here, and now,whether to allow a brew-ery to open.
Hamtramck needsbusinesses, and both ofthese types of opera-tions are legal. Ham-tramck desperatelyneeds to expand its taxbase.
And now that it ap-pears we are tail-spin-ning into a nationalrecession --- or worse –the city can ill afford tobe so picky. By the timewe come out of this pan-demic quarantine, we’regoing to be lucky if any
business is able to sur-vive.
Don’t be surprised tosee a number of our in-dependent businessesclose up permanently.
We are in a serious fi-nancial decline becauseof the pandemic, and byall accounts, it appearsthe virus sweeping theglobe is not yet done.
You may not agreethat allowing the sale ofalcohol and marijuanaare desirable, but youdo not have the right toprevent others from en-joying those legal prod-ucts.
If you don’t like alco-hol or marijuana, thendon’t consume it.
It appears a proposedbrewery to be located ina now-vacant buildingon Jos. Campau will go
forward in its licensingprocess. It was embar-rassing to hear one citycouncilmember rejectthe proposal on thegrounds that the cityhas enough of those“types” of operations.
Breweries are a popu-lar business in themetro region, and hav-ing one locate in Ham-tramck will help expandour dining and entertain-ment offerings.
In other words, it’ssomething that will at-tract visitors who willcome here and spendmoney.
It also means that avacant building in thecity’s main shopping dis-trict will get put backinto use.
That’s a win for every-body.
Hamtramck can’t affordto turn off businesses
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Condolences… Thisweek we heard sometragic news about a resi-dent who was well knownin the metro area: JohnLopez.
John died this pastweek, from causes not yetknown.
John was a key moverand shaker in the restau-rant service industry, andwas instrumental in creat-ing a number of success-ful eateries in Detroit.
Until the coronaviruspandemic shut downrestaurants and bars, hehad been hosting occa-sional pop-ups at Suzy’sBar here in Hamtramck.
At press time, there wasno information about fu-neral services or a memo-
rial gathering.
Coming soon… Thereare few details on thisone, but media reportssay a Bangladeshi com-
pany, Beximco Group, willbe opening a plant some-where in Detroit for theproduction of N-95 facemasks.
This will be a point ofpride for many in our Ben-gali community.
Although the location inDetroit isn’t yet known,wouldn’t it be great ifHamtramck could per-suade the company,which is based in Dhaka,to locate here?
Let’s hope our localBangladeshi political lead-ers get on this one. Cer-tainly someone in city hallneeds to get on top ofthis as well.
Hamtramck, let’s makethat happen!
By Charles SercombeHamtramck’s govern-
ment financial crisis isn’tall gloom and doom.
Recently, the MichiganState Treasury announcedit is awarding $2.7 millionto 14 cities, in a programcalled the Financially Dis-tressed Cities, Villagesand Townships (FDCVT)Grant Program.
Hamtramck is one ofthose communities. Thecity will receive $231,124that will be used for “Pub-lic Service enhancementthrough upgrades of tech-nology infrastructure,equipment, and soft-ware.”
City Manager Kathy An-gerer said the city appliedfor the grant, and it willuse the funds to modern-ize the city’s computersystem.
“The City applied for,and received, a grant thatwill move our technologyinto the 21st century, toensure that our data issecure, and that we areable to work in a safe andsecure manner,’ Angerersaid. “Many computershaven’t been updated foryears, some are over 10years old, so this will be awelcome improvement.”
Angerer added that thecity keeps applying for var-ious grants, and that an-other one for plantingtrees, and others, is “inthe pipeline.”
The grant comes at atime when city officialsare facing a $2 millionspending deficit for theupcoming fiscal year,which starts on July 1.
The city council ap-proved a budget for thenew year at Tuesday’scouncil meeting.
Because of the deficit,the city may be forced tolay off employees andconsolidate departments.
Appointed departmentheads have taken a 5 per-cent salary cut, and An-gerer took a 10 percent
reduction.Because of the pan-
demic shutdown of busi-nesses, manycommunities and statesare facing a financial cri-sis. It is being hoped thatCongress will allocatefunding in order to helpshore up city, county andstate financial setbacks.
Other communities thatreceived a state grant in-clude:
City of Allen Park -- Pub-lic safety enhancementthrough repair of fire sta-tion roof and purchase ofintegrated police bodyand in-car cameras,$189,194
Township of Arthur --Public service enhance-ment through upgrade oftechnology equipmentand software, $44,106.
City of Benton Harbor --Public safety enhance-ment through replace-ment of self-containedbreathing apparatus forpublic safety officers,$263,973.
City of Harper Woods --Public service enhance-ment through infrastruc-ture replacement at thecity hall building,$202,000.
City of Harper Woods --Water system enhance-ment through replace-ment of water meters,$315,135.
City of Highland Park --Public service enhance-
ment through ADA acces-sibility infrastructure im-provements, $75,000.
City of Inkster -- Publicsafety enhancementthrough installation ofsurveillance cameras,$145,218.
City of Ishpeming --Water system enhance-ment through replace-ment of water meters,$250,000.
City of Lansing -- Publicsafety enhancementthrough replacement offire department equip-ment, $210,000.
City of Lincoln Park --Public service enhance-ment through improvedbackup power source,$175,000.
City of Melvindale -- Pub-lic safety enhancementthrough replacement ofpolice equipment and twopolice vehicles,$139,189.
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including staggered entry,prohibiting the return ofproducts, accepting cus-tomers by appointmentonly where possible, askingclients to wait outside intheir vehicle until their ap-pointment time, and more.
• Social distancing onthe job site for both work-ers and clients, installingbarriers between employ-ees where 6 feet of dis-tance cannot be achievedand more.
• “Next level” best prac-tices to ensure healthy hy-giene on site will includethe laundering of workclothing daily, eye protec-tion for workers, limitingthe personal items clientscan bring with them fortheir appointment andmore.
• Sanitation require-
ments include the cleaningof merchandise beforestocking, constant disinfec-tion of work areas and in-struments, disposal ofsingle-use materials, andmuch more.
• Personal protectiveequipment will be used byall workers, includingmasks. Clients will also beasked to wear masks, andface coverings will be pro-vided upon entry to thosewithout one.
• Should a client latertest positive for COVID-19,our facilities will work withlocal health departmentsto identify potentially in-fected or exposed individu-als to help facilitateeffective contact tracing.
• Following facility clo-sure each day, facilities willundergo deep cleaning withdisinfectant cleaners ap-proved by the EPA as effec-tive against humancoronavirus.
Safely re-opening salons,
spas and barber shops isimportant for the health ofworkers and state resi-dents also because theseservices are more safelydelivered in regulated envi-ronments than in placeslike the homes andgarages of their clients.These environments areunregulated and lack pro-fessional sanitation stan-dards and protocols.
“The coalition was grate-ful for the opportunity towork with state regulatorsin developing the plan; We
now ask the Governor to letus implement it,” saidCaileigh Hoff, co-owner ofXclusive Studio inBrighton. “We work safelybecause the health of ourclients and the health ofsalon, spa and barbershopworkers like me are worththe effort. We’re ready toget back to our salons –regulated, sanitary environ-ments – to properly protectourselves and our clients.We’re ready to get back towork.”
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Superintendent Jalee-lah Ahmed recentlyposted this message forstudents and parents:
“I would like to thankour AMAZING HPS par-ents for being excellentpartners and for support-ing our students with thedistance learning.
“We know it hasn'tbeen easy for you and werecognize all that you aredoing. Based on the
teacher and parent sur-veys. Our students aredoing exceptional work.
“We miss our studentsand parents dearly! Stu-dents expect to receivenotice from your buildingprincipals on locker cleanouts and any returns ofschool items. Graduationfor Class of 2020 hasbeen set for July 10.
“It will be an in-persongraduation. More infor-mation to follow.”
By Joe MyrickAs of this writing, there
are over 51,000 reportedcases of coronavirus inMichigan, with 4,891deaths; 159 of whichwere reported in Ham-tramck, with 17 deaths inour city.
You just read past thosenumbers without givingany second thought tothem, didn’t you?
Don’t feel bad. Most ofus have. Most of us do itevery single day. It’s partof “the new normal,”right?
Numbers like thesearen’t quite as alarmingor scary as they werewhen the pandemic firststarted.
Now, numbers likethese just … are. Theyexist. It’s as natural tohear of an increase incases and deaths as it is
to eat a bowl of cereal.We see the number, andthen go about our day asif nothing happened.
But that’s more of aproblem than you may re-alize.
These aren’t just num-bers. These are livestaken from us. Victims ofa “new normal” that thevictims didn’t sign up for.
Many of those whowe’ve lost to the COVID“fire” have, unfortunately,become lost in the shuffleas mere numbers on astat sheet.
Usually, when some-thing out of the ordinaryleads to a string ofdeaths, the names of thevictims continually gethammered into our headsout of respect for the de-ceased.
In 2001, we often heardthe names of the victims
lost to 9/11 and, in somecases, even heard ac-counts from families inmourning.
Even earlier this year,when Kobe Bryant died,every news station madea point to report on hisdeath, but also to pay re-spect to the less famousnames who boarded thehelicopter with him.
Since the pandemicstarted, I legitimately can-not recall a time I wit-nessed a single deceasedname dedicated to even aminute a screentime.
Unless you happen tobe a celebrity, you shouldexpect your name to beerased, and insteadlumped in with the otherhundreds of victimsadded to the stat sheet.
It’s important to reflecton and remember the vic-tims of coronavirus -- even
if we didn’t know thempersonally -- not only outof respect, but to remindourselves of our human-ity; our empathy.
If there’s one thing thatwe cannot lose in themidst of all this, it’s ourability to care for our fel-low man. We cannot loseour ability to sympathizeand grieve, as an utmostbasic example of humandecency.
Even if it’s just a simplepondering or reflection, onthe number, we can’t justlook at stats -- whether asbig as 4,891, or small as17 -- and view them asnumbers to shrug at.
These are more thanjust numbers. These arepeople who are no longerwith us. (Joe Myrick is a Ham-
tramck-based writer.)
COVID-19 deaths are more than just numbers
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Tuesday, May 19• At about midnight, a
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• At 7:45 a.m., a Gal-lagher St. resident re-ported that, while jogging,a motorist verbally threat-ened them.
• A Detroit resident re-ported that their car win-dow was broken out whilein the area of HamtramckDr. and Conant.
• A resident reportedthat their car was dam-aged while it was parkedin the 2200 block ofGoodson St.
• A resident reportedthat their air conditionerwas stolen from their yardin the 3900 block of Ye-mans St.
Wednesday, May 20• At about 3:30 a.m., a
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3400 block of Norwalk St.The resident said thattheir car was pushedaway by a Chevy Impala.The car was later recov-ered in the area of Conantand Comstock.
• A resident of Ken-tucky reported that herpurse was stolen whileshe was moving into ahouse on Belmont St.
• An agent for a Jos.Campau Ave. business re-ported an incident offraud.
• A property managerfor a Caniff Ave. businessreported damage to theirbuilding.
• Two loose dogs werefound in the area of GrandHaven and Commor, andthey were then taken tothe Westland Humane So-ciety.
• A Detroit resident wascited for retail fraud afterstealing items from astore in the 9200 block ofJos. Campau Ave.
• A resident in the11000 block of Dyar St.reported having troublewith a neighbor.Continued on page 8
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under bridges along Mt. El-liott and in MilwaukeeJunction.
Alone. In meditative si-lence. Taking thousands ofphotographs, at last countnearing 30,000.
Earlier this month, I hadthe good fortune to be in-vited to quarantine with afriend on the opposite sideof the country, in California,at the edge of the desertabout 75 miles east of LosAngeles.
We took Robin’s van,which had a cabin largeenough to hold a full-sizedmattress, and began driv-ing south from Ham-tramck, through Ohio,Indiana and Illinois, beforewe stopped several mileseast of the Missouri borderto rest for the night.
A few hours later wewere back on the road,passing through St. Louis(in the rain, unfortunately, Icould only make out thefamed Gateway Arch in thefalling mist), before contin-uing on through Tulsa andOklahoma City, finally land-ing a hotel room in Amar-illo, Texas.
The hotel had publishedinformation on how it waskeeping high social dis-tancing standards, whichmade us feel comfortablestaying there for the night.
It was my first time inTexas, and I was im-pressed immediately by itsbigness in every way I
could imagine: the vast-ness of seemingly endlesshorizons in each direction,the deep blue sky pastedwith clouds that looked likelarge islands floating ongreat seas (one looked thesize and shape of Green-land in my imagination).
The direction of sunlightseemed to change andcome from different anglessoon after we entered NewMexico, allowing the tonesand undertones of earthycolors on the ground totake on different shapesand sizes, smaller andmore distinct, thanseemed visible in Texas.
Arizona was differentstill, more rock, higher ele-vation, more desert sur-rounding mountains in thedistance.
We stopped in Flagstaffto rest for the night, thenset off for the GrandCanyon, my first timethere. Robin had beenthere five times before andwas gracious in sharingwith me memories andstories of those previousvisits.
The park had limitedhours, opening at 4 a.m.and closing the entranceat 10 a.m., to guardagainst overcrowding, andfor allowing appropriatespace for distancing. If youwere already in the park,however you could stay forlonger.
We did just that, arriving
shortly before 10 and stay-ing for another four hours.It was exquisite, the natu-ral and wild flip side of mycoin of urban adventuring.
The jagged rock and highplateaus stretched fartherthan the eye could see,disappearing from viewover more layers of rock.The colors changed withthe light thrown by thebright sun overhead, fromlight brown to dark, fromstubbles of green patch(lichen? moss?) on theflatter surfaces to deep redin higher elevations.
In spots I could see theColorado River, but only asliver of it, as it woundthrough the canyon below.
After exiting this naturalwonder of the world, webegan heading first down-state to Phoenix for gas,then veering west on theroad to California.
Our destination was SanBernardino, where my trav-eling companion has ahouse in need of someyard work and other main-tenance.
In heat reaching the mid-90s each day, we hackedand pulled weeds, mowedlawns and stuffed wastecontainers full of clippingsand other outdoor refuse.
I did a few walks aroundthe neighborhood and tookpictures of cacti and otherplants native to the south-
west, but absent fromMichigan.
One night we were in-vited to do a safe beachwalk in Venice, a popularLos Angeles neighborhoodknown for its over three-mile long boardwalk along
the oceanfront and quirky,colorful characters thatflock there.
My cousin Aleksandra,who invited us, lives ablock from this normally hy-peractive district. But onthis night it was quiet andcalm, a 180-degree turnaway from the packedcrowds I’d seen in Veniceon previous visits.
The people we did seewere mostly masked orkeeping safe distance. Wehad masks of our own andwore them when we werewalking anywhere near oth-
ers, also keeping safespace between us (wewere a party of four; Alek-sandra’s friend Alex walkedwas part of our group).
Our shoes were off aswe walked, our feet in thelapping waves of the Pa-
cific Ocean, the lights ofthe Santa Monica pierglowing eerily in the cloudydistance.
We turned and walkedback in the direction fromwhich we came. On theboardwalk itself, few peo-ple lingered but for an oc-casional skateboarder andseveral blue, rain repellenttents under which many ofLA’s thousands of home-less residents had set uptemporary camps.
It was a stark reminderthat although we enjoyedthe privilege of walking,
talking and connecting inwell-planned safety duringthis pandemic, many didnot possess these sameluxuries.
We returned to Aleksan-dra’s apartment, where wesat drinking tea on theporch, reminiscing abouthow correspondences be-tween her grandmother inPoland and my mother inHamtramck had presentedus the opportunity to meetin 2010, how we hadstayed in communicationwith each other for now 10years, and how we planmore meetings in the fu-ture when wearing maskswould not be necessary.
We talked about familyand friendship and how theworld had turned upsidedown in just a few shortmonths, before Robin andI left the temperate Pacificcoast for drier, hotter landsto the east.
We resumed our quaran-tine together, talking laterof the experience immedi-ately behind us and moreto come ahead.
We are still on the road,deciding where to go next.More safe adventures farfrom home to come in theweeks ahead.Walter Wasacz is a Ham-
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Thursday, May 21• At about 11:30 p.m.,
a resident reported thatfour to five males drivingin a silver Toyota Camrypointed a long gun at himafter getting into an argu-ment in the area of Caniffand McDougall.
• A Trowbridge St. resi-dent reported an incidentof fraud.
• A Detroit resident wasticketed for retail fraud.
• An agent for a ConantAve. business reported atheft.
• A resident was ar-rested in the 2400 blockof Holmes St. for assault.
• A resident reported asuspicious incident in the11600 block of GallagherSt.
Friday, May 22• At a little after 11
p.m., a person was ar-rested in the area of Jos.Campau and Rooseveltfor domestic assault andmalicious destruction ofproperty.
• At 11:30 p.m., a per-son was arrested in thearea of Selfridge and Cir-cle Dr. for possessing anopen intoxicant in publicand for obstruction.
• At a little after 1 a.m.,two people were arrestedin the area of GrandHaven and Circle Dr. forassault and for being dis-orderly.
• A resident reportedbeing the victim of identitytheft.
• A hit-and-run accidentoccurred in the area ofConant and Carpenter.
Saturday, May 23• At a little after 1 a.m.,
a resident reported thetheft of items from theirresidence.
• A resident from AnnArbor reported that twowindows at his rentalproperty in the 2000block of Norwalk St. werebroken out.
• A resident in the3100 block of Jacob St.reported a break-in.
• A resident reportedthat they were assaultedat Conant and Caniff.
• A resident in the2400 block of DanforthSt. reported the theft of apackage from their resi-dence.
Sunday, May 24• At a little after mid-
night, a resident reportedthat someone threw fire-works on their porch,which then started acouch on fire.
Monday, May 25• A resident in the
12000 block of SelfridgeSt. reported that some-one broke a window ather residence.
• A resident reportedthat someone broke awindow on his vehiclewhile it was parked at Co-nant and Oliver.
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