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• Martha WashingtonTheatre was demolishedin 1984. A sad end tothe golden age of Ham-tramck’s nightlife.

• A Memorial Masswas held in 1966 forVietnam War casualties.

• Hamtramck’s oldestresident Elizabeth Pyzikdied in 1975 at the ageof 105.

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Town hallmeeting todispel rumors

Money, it's a gas Grab that cash with both

hands And make a stash — Pink Floyd, “Money”

By Charles SercombeHamtramck officials took

the city’s financial woes tothe people Thursday evening.A town hall meeting was

held after we went to pressThursday. From what we heardon the streets, it was likelythat the meeting was packedwith residents curious andworried about what is going tohappen to Hamtramck.The meeting was suggested

by first-term City Councilmem-ber Kazi Miah, who hadstressed in his campaign foroffice to make the communitymore involved in decision-making.City Manager Bill Cooper

has been warning anyone whowill listen – but more point-edly toward the city’s laborunions – that the city will bebroke by March. That meansthere will be no money for em-ployee payroll or to pay bills.But before that happens,

Should Hamtramckeven exist? A question for someBy Charles SercombeWhat’s one question that

rattles Mayor Karen Majewskithese days?Try this one: “Why should

Hamtramck exist?”That’s the question she’s

been asked by the editorialboards of the Free Press andDetroit News, as well as bystate treasury officials. Theyask that question in the con-text of Hamtramck’s financialcrisis and plea to file forbankruptcy.“How do you answer that?”

said Majewski, who is knownto be able to articulate a goodsentence on the fly.It’s not so much as a loss

for words but a reaction tohow anyone can think that.For Hamtramckans, there aretoo many reasons to exist asa separate city. Our long andrich legacy for one.But to some, Hamtramck as

a separate municipality does-n’t make sense. The unspo-ken thing is why not mergeHamtramck – and presumablyneighboring Highland Park,which is financially unstable –

By Charles SercombeOnce again, rumors have

spread through town in thepast few weeks that one ofHamtramck’s oldest busi-nesses – if not the oldest – ispulling the plug on its famousneon sign and is relocating.As it turns out, there is a

kernel of truth that the Kowal-ski Sausage Co. has madeovertures to relocate to a va-cant building in MadisonHeights, according to a recentC&J news report.City officials also said they

recently met with the head ofthe company, Mike Kowalski,to see what it would take tokeep the business located inHamtramck. Kowalski did notreturn a call for comment and

By Charles SercombeWe don’t know about you,

but for many folks the year2010 just flat out sucked.The economy was still in

the crapper, more peoplelost their jobs or homes, welost too many good friendsand if summer got just a de-gree hotter it would havemade Hades look like a va-cation.Can we collectively say

“Good Riddance” to the last12 months?Unfortunately, the year

2011 isn’t looking like animprovement, but we aregoing to remain optimistic.At least until the end of nextweek.So with that in mind, let’s

see what’s “IN” and what’s“OUT” for the coming 12months. And remember weare totally being a smart ass.

“IN”The Hamtramck Labor Day

Festival rocks with local, vol-unteer organizers and widecommunity support.“OUT”Those same local volun-

teers after being dissed byCity Councilmember CathieGordon. Uh … anyone outthere who wants to work

endless hours and all LaborDay weekend long for nopay? The line forms over ..oh never mind.

“IN”Hamtramck’s good old po-

litical in-fighting that has en-dured despite endlesspromises from elected offi-cials to “work together” andother clichés too numerousto mention.“OUT”Those gushy and over-the-

top promises of “working to-gether” and being there forthe people from some – andwe mean just some – of thefolks holding elected office.C’mon, who were you kid-ding?

“IN”That steady drum beat of

fiscal doom beating everlouder for the publicschools. Will the leadershipof the teachers’ union wakeup and accept contract con-cessions? Will the so-calledleader(s) even tell his/theirmembership what is beingoffered?“OUT”Teachers and other em-

ployees who will be out of a

Once again, rumors fly aboutKowalski Co. moving out

What’s ‘IN’ and ‘OUT’ thisyear? Read on

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Above: Last year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival was a smashingsuccess, thanks to local volunteers. That job may be open this yearthanks to some dissing from City Councilmember Cathie Gordon.Below: The good news is that another round of a major housing con-struction/rehab is underway. The bad news is the housing marketis still in the dumps.

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This week at the library...ESL Class for Beginners - Saturday, Jan-

uary 8 at 10:30 a.m. Christine Templin isthe instructor for the ESL class for begin-ners. Everyone is invited. Free to the pub-lic.Storytime for Children - Saturday, Janu-

ary 8 at noon. All children are invited tostorytime featuring, "Wild About Books" byJudy Sierra. Afterwards, we will show youhow be an author too.Computer Classes for Beginners - Tues-

day, January 11 at 11:30 a.m. Basic in-structions on computer use for beginnerswill be held on Tuesdays. Number of par-ticipants is limited to available computers.Reading and Conversation for ESL Stu-

dents - Tuesday, January 11 at 5:30 p.m.Jide Aje is the instructor for the readingand conversation ESL classes.Math Club Meeting - Tuesday, January

11 at 4 p.m. Mr. Nuo is the instructor forthe math club and math tutoring.Movie Wednesday - Wednesday, January

12 at 3:30 p.m. Every Wednesday is movieday at the library. Come and enjoy our fea-ture presentation, which includes free pop-corn and snacks.Computer Classes for Intermediate

Users - Thursday, January 13 at 11:30 a.m.

Adults with basic computer skills can en-hance their computer literacy each Thurs-day at the library. Number of participantsis limited to available computers. Winter Teen Club - Thursday, January 13

at 5 p.m. Members of the Teen Club willbe making their own photo memory boxesto save all the good memories from 2010.Everyone is invited to join.Jeopardy at the Library - Thursday, Janu-

ary 13 at 4 p.m. Sign up and participatein Jeopardy games held on Thursdays atthe library. Compete against friends, winprizes and have fun developing your knowl-edge skills.Meeting of the Library Board - Tuesday,

January 13 at 6 p.m. Regular meeting ofthe Library Board will be held in the audi-torium. Open to the public.Friends of the Library Meeting - Thurs-

day, January 20 at 6:30 p.m. FHPL Presi-dent Kathy Kristy and Treasurer GeorgeGorday, invite all members and volunteersto participate in the regular monthly meet-ing and election meeting of the FHPL.Special Thanks for donations: Rahiel

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Cooper and city officialshave been asking state offi-cials to allow the city to filefor bankruptcy. So far, stateofficials have denied that re-quest and have instead of-fered the city four loanoptions.Cooper has declined a

loan, saying it will delay hav-ing to deal with the city’s un-derlying financial problemsas well as add more debt tothe city.But that reply from the

state was when Gov.Granholm was still in office.With Gov. Rick Snyder nowin charge, it’s anyone’sguess what option will beavailable to the city. Cooper said he will ask for

a meeting with the new ad-ministration within a week.In the meantime, it was

hoped that Thursday’s meet-ing with residents wouldclear the air for some, andalso give city officials a bet-ter idea of what the publicwants.

Mayor Karen Majewskisaid one reason to also holdthe meeting was to dispelrumors and misinformationgoing around. “We want people to know

here are the facts, here arethe options,” she said.One person spreading a

sensational take on thingscame from former city ap-pointee Bill Meyer.Meyer was once the head

of the city’s Human Rela-tions Commisison. He isnow the executive director ofa group called OneHam-tramck. In an email he sentout on Wednesday urgingpeople to attend Thursday’smeeting, he started out say-ing: “The drastic attempt tobankrupt the city hasbrought national attention toHamtramck and promptedthe state to urge an emer-gency loan.”Contrary to Meyer’s claim,

city officials are trying to filefor bankruptcy protection toallow city employee con-

tracts to be re-negotiated.Cooper said he needs theunions, particularly the po-lice and fire unions, to allowhim to purchase a less ex-pensive health insuranceplan.He said health insurance

costs have risen each year,the last shooting up by 40percent.Hamtramck’s financial

health seemed to be in fineshape over a year ago. Butthen the City of Detroitstarted to withhold tax rev-enues from the GM Pole-town plant. Since the plantstraddles both Hamtramckand Detroit, Hamtramck re-ceives a portion of the prop-erty taxes. Detroit is claiming it has

overpaid Hamtramck for thepast several years by over$7 million. Hamtramck hassince sued Detroit for pay-ment. The case, however,could drag on for years, andthere is no guarantee Ham-tramck will prevail.

Town hall meeting todispel rumors Continued from front page

with Detroit?It’s a concept that has

been raised before – andfeared by city officials andresidents. But, in thepast, Hamtramck has al-ways been able to pull outof its financial crises. Thistime, though, it’s lookingpretty dicey, consideringthat the whole region andstate are facing grim fi-nancial times.And to top it off, there’s

a new governor now whohas been quoted sayingcities and public schooldistricts need to mergeservices.Gov. Rick Snyder is also

going after the pay andbenefit packages of publicemployees on the state,county and city levels. Al-though he’s not talkingspecifics, it may be safeto assume the worse.Consider, too, he’s Re-

publican, from Ann Arbor

and not part of the politi-cal machine in Lansing.Does Rick Snyder care allthat much about Ham-tramck? Has he ever vis-ited here?With Detroit facing an ir-

reparable multi-million dol-lar deficit, it might bebetter for the state to dealwith that city by also merg-ing Hamtramck and High-land Park into one bigproblem.But how the state could

possibly do this raises anumber of legal ques-tions, namely does thestate even have the au-thority to make such abold move?So what can Hamtramck

do to stave off this possi-bility of a merger?Hamtramck is facing a

$3 million deficit comethe end of January. Thecity has to find ways toboth cut expenses and

raise revenue. It can doboth.Cutting expenses would

require city employees –including police officersand firefighters – to agreeto contract concessions.On the revenue side, the

City Council would have togather the political will toraise the city’s propertytax rate to the legal limit.Voters may even have toagree to an additional taxhike to cover costs.Had enough with taxes?

Consider what would hap-pen if we were mergedwith Detroit. You could ex-pect to pay even moretaxes since its rate is 24tax mills higher than Ham-tramck’s.One way or another,

there’s a good chancewe’re going to be payingmore. It’s just a matter ofon whose terms?

Should Hamtramck evenexist? A question for someContinued from front page

By Charles SercombeIn case you haven’t no-

ticed, Hamtramck has beenin the news lately.The city’s attempt to file

for bankruptcy drew the at-tention of the local and na-tional press. The New YorkTimes parachuted a reporterhere, as did the Wall StreetJournal. National TV reportswere also done.The guy who was all over

the news was City ManagerBill Cooper. He may just bethe most famous small towncity manager there is. You’dthink that might be an ego

stroke, but Cooper con-cedes all this attentioncould come back to bitehim.After all, the point of these

stories is that the city hasfailed financially – but notnecessarily because ofCooper. In the long runthough, people might onlyremember Cooper for thebad part.“I’ll either be the hero or

the goat,” Cooper said ofwhat people might think ofhis attempt to seek bank-ruptcy protection before thecity actually goes broke. It’s

an unheard of move by anycity, and it certainly gainedthe media’s attention lickity-split.The common thread of the

media stories is that Ham-tramck is much like thatproverbial canary in a coalmine: What is happening tous is about to happen tomany other cities nationwideas the national economycontinues to slump.People are out of work,

house values have plum-meted and companies con-tinue to go out of business.That all adds up to commu-

nities losing tax revenues,while pension and laborcosts continue to rise.Cooper’s strategy to file

for bankruptcy protection iskey to being able to rip upunion contracts and renego-tiate for more affordablehealth insurance plans andother concessions. Hero or goat.There’s a lot riding on how

this thing will play out. Wehave a feeling the nationalmedia eye is still looking atus very closely.

Hamtramck’s financial woes attract widespread media attention

has ignored past calls forcomment as well.City officials said they

could not talk in detail aboutwhat was discussed withKowalski, but did confirmthat there is a good chancethat tax and development in-centives are on the table.The Kowalski Co. recently

celebrated its 90th anniver-sary. According to its web-

site, over 200 employeeswork at the plant, and 75 dif-ferent food products aresold.In the past, city officials

have said the companyneeds to expand its plant,and consolidate its threeproduction buildings intoone. Hamtramck has vacantland that could be developedwith the use of special

“Brownfield” tax incentivesoffered by the state.Tax-wise, Hamtramck

would suffer a minor loss inrevenue if Kowalski indeedmoves out of the city. Ac-cording to city records, whichare public records, the com-pany paid $24,600 in prop-erty taxes last year and$18,500 from income taxes.

Once again, rumors fly aboutKowalski Co. moving out Cont. from front page

By Charles SercombeFor about the third time, the

Detroit-based televisiondrama “Detroit 1-8-7” set upcameras here in Hamtramck.On Wednesday, the produc-

tion crew for the ABC showshot scenes at the ShadowBar (or is it Ice Bar?) and dur-ing the night more scenesoutside on Jos. Campau.In previous shoots here,

scenes were shot at ThreeStar Bar-B-Cue and also atother locations along Jos.Campau.It’s unclear if any Hamtram-

ckans have been picked to beextras. There was somespillover for Maria’s ComidaMex-Asian Fusion, which wasright next-door to the action.

Actors Michael Imperioliand Jon Michael Hall ate din-ner there, despite having ac-cess to free catered food.Co-owner Marie Pronko saidthey stayed for over an hourand talked with the staff, cus-tomers and even MayorKaren Majewski who just hap-pened to be there for a busi-ness meeting.“They were a great group,

“we were thrilled,” Pronkosaid.Pronko was especially, ah,

thrilled about hunky, toughguy Michael Imperioli stop-ping by. “I hoped I would get to see

him. That was a real treat,”she said.And in gossipy celebrity

news reporting tradition,here’s what Michael Imperiolihad to eat: the vegetarianquesadillas. Huh? A vegetarian dish?

Who knew?Hall had the marinated

chicken tacos.Community Economic & De-

velopment Director JasonFriedmann said the city alsogets to bask in the TV lime-light, by being able to collectpermit fees and tax revenuefrom the visits.He also said that Ham-

tramck has gained a reputa-tion as a city that makes ithassle free to work here – un-like other nearby communi-ties we won’t mention.Unfortunately, it looks like

the show may not see a sec-ond season as its ratingscontinue to go down, accord-ing to those who report onsuch things.Hint to producers: There’s a

certain local newspaper edi-tor just right for this series,and he has plenty of experi-ence playing the role of aboozing, crackpot journo.Just sayin’

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city’s streets has been a littlesafer. After the final installation of

new traffic lights on Caniffwas delayed for months dueto a dispute between contrac-tors, the gaping holes left inthe wake of the disagreementhave finally been filled. How-ever, the work isn’t finishedjust yet.Because of the winter

weather, the dangerouslylarge – and deep – holes werefilled with a material calledcold patch, which is an as-phalt material that is usedwhen temperatures are toolow to allow concrete to dry.When things warm up, work-ers will return to dig up thecold patch and fill the holeswith concrete.The dispute erupted just

before the work was sched-uled to be completed earlierthis year. The company incharge of installing the wire-ing for the lights’ held up con-struction when it hadproblems with its contract.But because the money forthe repair work came fromthe federal government, the

city had no leverage in forcingthe company to finish the job.“They have to butt heads

until somebody gets aheadache,” said Departmentof Public Works DirectorMarty Ladd, “but now it’s

back to work.”In other street-side news,

construction on the sidewalksof Jos. Campau will continuefor another month or so. Theroad is undergoing routinemaintenance work on its gas

lines, which should be com-pleted in a few weeks. Butlike the other repairs happen-ing throughout the city, work-ers will return in the spring togive the holes a more perma-nent concrete finish.

Sidewalk construction mostlyfinished . . . for now

TV series ‘Detroit 1-8-7’ pulls intotown for a quickie

What looks like some actors, or perhaps extras, or maybe justmembers of the production crew, of the TV drama series “De-troit 1-8-7” cross the street from the Shadow Bar wherescenes were shot on Wednesday.

The gaping holes found throughout the city's sidewalks have finally been filled. After a con-tract dispute delayed final work for months, the holes were patched with a substance calledcold patch. Workers will return in the spring to dig up the cold patch and replace it withconcrete.

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Painted Lady: Mondays– $1 beer night w/ Todd.Tuesdays – B-movie Night.Wednesdays – Opium Den;Thursdays – HonkyTonk/Ladies Night, $2wells; 2930 Jacob; (313)874-2991

Paycheck’s Lounge:2932 Caniff, (313) 874-0909 – Live music everyweekend, cheap drinks,open all day.

Small’s: Sundays - Nurseyour weekend hangoverwith Dave and Melody, $1off everything. Acousticperformances on selectnights. Mondays - Karaokewith Squid and Jared! Tues-day - Trivia Night! Gamestarts at 9 p.m. with tonsof great prizes and cheapdrinks; 10339 Conant,(313) 873-1117. FreeWIFI.

7 Brothers Bar: Ham-tramck’s hippest hangoutfor actors, 11831 Jos.Campau; (313) 365-6576.

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City Hall Insider …City Hall Insider …What is our City Council up to these days? We have the scoop and

the highlights – as well as the lowlights – of the latest council meeting.

Believe it or not, the CityCouncil met three daysafter Christmas, on Dec.28, but the meeting lastedfor only 30 minutes. Wewere unable to attend themeeting because our pub-lishing deadline was movedup. But thanks to the folksat Hamtramckstar.com, wewere able to listen to themeeting. However, the qual-ity of the recording was sobad, at least on our end, itwas nearly impossible todecipher what folks had tosay.So … needless to say,

here’s a real short versionof what happened.During the public’s por-

tion to speak, former cityofficial Robert Zwolak, asusual, had something tosay. He questioned the on-

going expenditures the cityis paying to attorneys in-volved in a housing discrim-ination lawsuit that manyfolks think was settled acouple of years ago.He also questioned why

the city is paying City Attor-ney James Allen over$8,000 for the city’s at-tempt to get state approvalto file for bankruptcy.City Attorney James Allen

had plenty to say aboutboth subjects.Allen said that the hous-

ing discrimination lawsuitis not over yet, and that thecity is still required to buildmore housing units. Untilthat task is deemed overby the court overseeing thecase, the beat goes on.And just how long will

that take? City Manager Bill

Cooper said it could betwo-to-three years beforethe matter is settled. Untilthat time, over 100 morehousing units will be builtor refurbished from existinghousing stock.And yes, this couldn’t be

a worse economic climatefor a major housing devel-opment.Fortunately for Ham-

tramck, there are severalstate, county and federalrevenue streams fundingthe project.As for attorney fees for

the city’s attempt to file forbankruptcy, Allen said legalpreparation for the matterwas above and beyondwhat the city retainer pro-vides.Hey, that’s all we have for

this week.

Coming EventsJANUARY 8, Saturday, 2 – 4 p.m. The Monthly Soup Kitchen at HolyCross Parish, located Pulaski at Fleming, is open to the public. All arewelcome.

JANUARY 12, Wed., 11 a.m. – The Daughters of Isabella Mystical RoseCircle 736 will meet at Our Lady Queen of Apostles’ Activity Center,entrance on Harold St.

JANUARY 20, Tuesday, 7 p.m. – Preserve Our Parks meets every thirdTuesday of the month, at the Senior Plaza at 2620 Holbrook. For moreinformation, call Dick Kaleski at (313) 874-2651.


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Letters • Letters

Now that we’re into anew year, city officialsshould take a step backand make plans for thecoming 12 months.On top of that list of

things to plan for is whereexactly does Hamtramckwant to go, financially-speaking? Should we stillgo into bankruptcy or ac-cept a loan from thestate? If we seek a loan,will the new Gov. Snyderadministration even agreeto one?There are some tough

questions facing city offi-cials. What’s frustrating,however, is the utter lack

of specifics coming fromSnyder. We know he has alot on his plate, and hehas to first flesh out hisadministration.But on the other hand,

he’s had enough time al-ready during his transitionperiod to come up with aplan about Hamtramck. Orat least a response.There is a lot of bi-parti-

san hope that Snyder (aRepublican) will succeed.We couldn’t be moreagreement in with that be-cause many issues facingthe state of Michigan tran-scend party politics – atleast to a point.

In our view, Snyder got afree pass during this pastelection. While he may in-deed have good ideas, heshared precious few ofthem. He spoke mostly ingeneralities during theelection, and he stillhasn’t talked about whatexactly he plans to do.Hamtramck is running

out of time. In severalweeks it will be broke andunable to meet employeepayroll or pay its bills.Here’s hoping that Snyderwill take action well beforethat happens.

Hamtramck is running out oftime for Gov. Snyder to decide

Hamtramck is a walkingcity. Many people, young andold, walk for enjoyment or ne-cessity. People walk their pets. Peo-

ple walk to the store, to doc-tor appointments, to school,to church, to the bars, etc.It's much more difficult towalk, however, when the side-walks are snowy and/or icy.Usually, the ice is a result ofthe thawing and refreezing ofthe uncleared snow. And the Safe Routes to

School Program doesn'tmean anything when the side-walks are treacherous. All

that money and all those re-pairs -- wasted.As I'm writing this, the side-

walks are clear and the sun ispeeking out. Therefore, thenext time it snows, it wouldbe much easier to keep yoursidewalk clear. The next timeit snows, please go out andsweep or shovel if you areable. If your neighbor is unable to

sweep or shovel due to age orhealth, how about lending ahelping hand? If you have asnowblower, would it be thatmuch more difficult to clearthe sidewalk from corner to

corner of your street?People that do not keep

their sidewalks clear just donot care about their own prop-erty or the safety ofothers. So, if you don't careabout your own property, whyshould I? Here's my proposal: If your

sidewalk isn't clear, Iwill make or leave my dog's"deposits" on your property.Deal?

Christine KomisarzHamtramck

Deal or no deal? Keep your sidewalks clear, or else

Update … We recently re-ceived an email from MikeDobbyn who runs the Robot-oics program for the publicschools. Here’s an updatefrom Mike on what’s hap-pening with his studentsthis year:“This year in Southern

Michigan nearly 500 teamstook part in the FIRST LegoLeague Robotics Challenge.In December KMS's TeamSWATT (Students With Ac-cess To Technology) com-peted at the StateChampionship in White Lakeagainst 47 of the bestteams in the State (6 fromTroy, 6 from Northville,3from Novi, 3 from BloomfieldHills, 4 from SterlingHeights, Rochester,Rochester Hills, Plymouth,Canton, Ann Arbor, just toname a few). “Although the team's

robot did not perform as wellas expected (they had ascore of 305 which waseighth overall) the team didan awesome job in all of theother aspects of the compe-tition. “They brought home the

second place trophy for ‘Gra-cious Professionalism.’ Thisis a term that FIRST actuallyhas a registered trademarkon. Gracious Professional-ism is the cornerstone ofthe FIRST program. It is kindof difficult to define the termin just a sentence or two,but basically it means thatyou show respect for all

(yourselves, teammates,other teams, judges , etc.),you demonstrate goodsportsmanship, and leaveothers feeling valued. “I am so proud of the fact

that our kids were recog-nized by the judges (many ofwhom are managers and su-pervisors with GM and manyof the automobile suppliers)for exhibiting these finequalities. I think that thisPROVES that we as an edu-cational community aredoing a great job with ourkids, and I feel that the com-munity as a whole deservesa pat on the back. “We should all be ex-

tremely proud of this groupof children and how they rep-resented not only the Ham-tramck Public Schoolsystem, but the City of Ham-tramck as well. It is really re-warding knowing that othersnow get to see what I'veknown for years, that Ham-tramck teachers are doing agreat job not only educatingthe children of Hamtramck,but helping to raise them tobe fine, productive, re-spectable members of soci-ety. “These are the kind things

that no standardized testcould ever measure. Hatsoff to all who have played arole in shaping these youngpeople's lives. “Please be sure to con-

gratulate the following stu-dents; Almin Bilalovic,Zachery McIntosh Young,

Muhammad Harris, Ian Pre-ston, Jenny Ghose, TaziaMiah, Tapia Miah, RafiaQuazi, Susmetha Baidya,Shakeela Khanam and twooutstanding mentors IqraNasir and Abraham Aiyash. “Finally, I would like to

thank Mr. Ivezaj and the en-tire KMS staff for all of theirpatience and support duringthe past several weeks.”

Condolences … Detroit'srock and roll community haslost another brother. Stanley“The Mad Hatter” recentlydied at the age of 62 ofprostate cancer after suffer-ing from the disease for thepast several months.His passing sucks on

many levels: one, is that hewas genuinely a nice guywho was passionate aboutmusic and the people wholoved music.Second, his passing un-

derscores the need forAmericans to have afford-able health care. There arepowerful forces in congressand in the health insuranceindustry who are working tomake sure this never hap-pens.Get involved people be-

cause your life is literally onthe line in this national de-bate.As for Stan, his real name

was Stanley Zillifro and getthis, he grew up in Ham-tramck. Rock on Stan, rockon. The world needs morelike you.

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First Thursdays, 4 Cs NeighborhoodWatch (if you live or have a business be-tween Carpenter, Conant, Caniff, and Cam-pau), 7 p.m. Hamtramck RecreationCenter, 1135 Charest, lower level Second Mondays, Eastside Block Club (if

you live or have a business East of Conant)7 p.m. Our Lady Queen of Apostles Church,Activity Center, entrance on Harold Street Second Wednesdays, 3 C7 Neighborhood

Watch (if you live or have a business be-tween Carpenter, Campau, Caniff, and I-75)People's community Services Senior Centeron Caniff, across from the Public LibraryThird Wednesdays, Midtown Neighbor-

hood Watch (if you live or have a businessbetween Caniff, Campau, Holbrook and I-75) 6:30 p.m. in the Convent of St. Flo-rian's Church, on Florian StreetFourth Thursdays, Southend Neighbor-

hood Watch 6:30 p.m. in the People's Com-munity Center on Joseph Campau andDanforth, for all residents and businessessouth of Holbrook.

The Central Neighborhood Watch (thearea bounded by Caniff, Conant, Holbrookand Jos. Campau) will meet the firstWednesday of each month, 7 p.m., at theHATCH building, 3456 Evaline. For more in-formation, go online [email protected]. Facebook:Hamtramck Central Block Club group page.The Hamtramck Housing Commission

Neighborhood Watch is now called the W75and it meets the second Wednesday ofevery month at 12025 Dequindre (housingcommission activities center) at 1:30 pm.

Neighborhood Watch meetings are opento the public and all are welcome to at-tend. If additional information is neededcontact the Weed and Seed office at (313)281-8150.

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Street Life‘Joe’s Army’ onthe march tosave a buddy (Editor-at-Large Walter

Wasacz writes a weekly col-umn on life in Hamtramck.)

By Walter Wasacz When miracles come -- and

they still do -- they best comeduring the holidays.Hamtramckan Vladimir

"Joe" Vujic was waiting forone since late August, whenhe was hospitalized aftermonths of severe shortnessof breath and a cough thatwouldn't go away.After several weeks of

tests, including a biopsy, doc-tors diagnosed the conditionas interstitial pneumonia, apulmonary disease character-ized by a scarring of bothlungs. The disease has nocure and leads to rapid dete-rioration of the lungs. The out-look for longterm survival isbleak: few stricken with UIPlast more than 3-4 years.Vujic was transferred from

St. John Oakland to HenryFord Hospital, where a med-ical team evaluated him for apossible transplant. He wasplaced at the top of the listfor a lung transplant -- thenspent the next two months inthe hospital's intensive careunit. Vujic had to fight off in-fections, was treated withchemotherapy and was foundto have a low antibody profilein his blood serum.The complications meant

that a donor match would beeven harder to attain. Thetransplant team decided thatVujic's best chance was to in-crease the potential pool ofdonors by moving him to a na-tional transplant center at

Duke University in North Car-olina.Back in Hamtramck, an-

other team was assembled, asupport group called Joe'sArmy. The group set up a web-site in late December to up-date family and friends aboutVujic's condition.Members of Joe's Army

went several steps further.They organized smaller teamsto go to Duke to spend timewith Vujic, talk to medical per-sonnel there whenever possi-

ble and report on his condi-tion and prospects for atransplant.On Dec. 20, Josh Saganski

wrote that Vujic was undergo-ing treatments and exercisingvigorously per doctors' or-

ders."Yesterday he was able to

walk two entire miles, a signif-icant improvement over themeager 90 feet or so he wasable to manage before he ar-rived in North Carolina,"Saganski wrote. "This posi-tive development bodes wellfor his rate of recovery posttransplant. Dr. Zaas said thathe is pleased with Joe’s ef-fort and rate of physical im-provement."Continued on page 7

This past Christmas, Joe Vujic had plenty to be thankful for:a new lung and a network of friends who have supported himfor the past several months.

A few days later, on Dec.24, Vujic himself reportedthat waiting for a lung trans-plant was like "someonepushed a giant pause but-ton." But he also said he wasprepared for the moment thatthe transplant team wouldcome in to shave his chestand wheel him into surgery.To his supporters in Joe's

Army, he wrote: "It's Christ-mas Eve already and mythoughts refuse to go any-where else but with you. Ithink about all the work andsacrifice done on my behalfand I feel truly blessed andhumbled. I miss you all somuch this holiday season andI hope and anticipate beingwith you on the next. Godbless all your big warm fuzzyhearts."Later that night, Gary

Saganski (Josh's father) sentout this update: "Tonight at9:30 p.m. we were called by(Saganski's son) Noah whosaid that he had just heardfrom Joe. This may be thevery call he described in hisChristmas note. Unbelieve-able! Joe was told that theywere sending a surgical teamto assess/harvest a possibledonor's lungs. They will knowby 3 or 4 a.m. ChristmasMorning. Stay tuned."But the match didn't come.

Saganski asked that the army"take a deep breath and keeplooking at the door." NoChristmas miracle material-ized.That came on New Year's

Day, during the first hours of2011, when a match wasfound. It turned out only onelung was transplanted,

though doctors were confi-dent that one good one wasall Vujic needed.Duke's aggressive ap-

proach to organ transplant isto have patients up and ac-tive soon after surgery. Joe'sArmy reported that Vujic wasin some discomfort, but mov-ing around the next day, hisvital signs -- his pulse/oxygenlevels in particular -- back upto near normal.After a week to 10 days of

recovery at Duke, Vujic willmove to a nearby apartmentand receive out-patient follow-up care before returninghome. Joe's Army is seeinghim through the wholeprocess. The website is set up to take

donations as well as report onVujic's progress. For more de-tails, go here: http://vujic-transplantfund.org/We'll keep following this

story of courage, persever-ance and teamwork in StreetLife and report back what welearn. Get well soon, Vladimir.

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his wife, Patricia; sons,Michael (Marie) and Mark(Lisa); brother, Marvin; threegrandchildren and one great-granddaughter.Funeral arrangements were

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daughter, Melissa; son, Timo-thy; aunt, Beatrice as well asister, brothers, cousins,niece and nephew.She will be remembered as

a loving, caring mother andfor her kindness to others.Funeral services were held

on January 4 at St. LadislausChurch. Funeral arrange-ments were made by Ju-rkiewicz & Wilk FuneralHome.

RODGERSTheresa M. Rodgers, 74,

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tramck resident and was re-tired from Michigan Bellwhere she worked for 30years. She also worked many

years at the former WoodyPontiac dealership.She loved to feed the birds,

squirrels and cats, and wasan animal lover.Mrs. Rodgers is survived by

her daughters, Roxanne (Joe)Grucz and Monica (David) Mc-Crary; and her loving partner,Jerry Rodgers.Funeral arrangements were

made by Jurkiewicz & Wilk Fu-neral Home. There were no fu-neral services, and donationin her memory can be madeto the Humane Society.

Street Life Continued from page 6


By Ian PerrottaLet’s hope there are a lot

more meets next year – Cos-mos wrestling is a fan fa-vorite.On Wednesday (Jan. 5),

Hamtramck High hosted itsone-and-only wrestling matchof the year at the CommunityCenter. And much to both theamazement and delight ofHead Coach Adam Mused,the stands were full of cheer-ing students.“This is great,” said Mused.

“To think, we came frombarely having a program tospeak of, wrestling in theupper deck of the gym in frontof no one, to having kidsscreaming at the top of theirlungs for our guys. It’s incred-ible.”The screams weren’t in

vain, either. The Cosmos man-aged to win both matches in

their doubleheader, bringingtheir total win/loss record toan even 4-4. Senior captainsAhmed Fadhel and NorealdanAlkusaimi finish 2-0 on thenight, taking each of their in-dividual records to 12-0 forthe season.As a team, in the first

match of the night Ham-tramck defeated a signifi-cantly outmanned YpsilantiWillow Run team by a score of66-18. The second matchwas decidedly closer, withHamtramck ultimately defeat-ing Romulus Summit Acad-emy 44-36. And with amajority of the varsity teambeing relatively inexperienced,it was an impressive displayof athleticism and a testi-mony to the preparation takenby the team in its daily prac-tices.“Nine of our 14 starters are

underclassmen and that'swhy we prepare even harderat practice,” said Mused. “Im-proving on tonight's dual winsis even more key because thestudents we have in this pro-gram are tough, from firstyear wrestlers all the way upto the few seniors we have.”Though the wins were a good

boost to team morale, Musedsaid there was no time to dwellon them as the Cosmos nextmatches will be at a 10-teamtournament tomorrow (Jan. 8)at East Detroit High School.Mused is confident hiswresters will do well.“I always remind our

wrestlers that the journey hasjust begun, and you chooseyour destiny,” he says. “Be-cause the colors and nameon the front of your singletdoes not make you – you arethe program!”

Dual wins propel Cosmos wrestling intoweekend tournament

Hamtramck High's wrestling team took to the mats on Tuesday's (Jan. 5) dual match-upagainst Ypsilanti Willow Run and Romulus Summit Academy. The Cosmos won both matchesand improved to a record of 4-4. Above: That looks like it hurts.


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who suffered from housingdiscrimination from city offi-cials some 40 years ago.“OUT”The housing market, which

is still sinking. Good luck try-ing to sell those houses.Hamtramck’s hard luck, eh?

“IN”Brand new, hi-tech traffic

lights up and down Caniffthat can time their lightsbased on traffic flow.“OUT”Any hope that this so-

called improvement is goingto make traffic flowsmoother. In fact, it’s worse– especially in front of thefire station.

“IN”A first for Hamtramck – its

very own historical museumlocated in the former PLAVPost 1 on Holbrook.“OUT”A few bucks from your

bank account because youcare enough to donate a lit-tle dough to whip this build-ing into proper shape. Comeon folks, let’s see somepride in our rich legacy thatneeds a proper showcasefor the world to see.

“IN”Hamtramck’s new official

population count from theCensus bureau.“OUT”From what we have heard

from the Census people, afew thousand former Ham-tramckans. Yes, the countwill likely reveal we lost peo-ple during the past 10years.Why?

It’s a good guess the 400vacant houses lost to fore-closure in the last few yearsis the main culprit.

“IN”The Bengali voter tiger. In

the last few elections, Ham-tramck’s Bangladeshi com-munity has proven it is nowthe top player when itcomes to determining who’sgoing to win elected office.“OUT”The Bengali voter tiger? As

it turns out, a cross check ofvoters after the 2009 elec-tion with those who filed in-come taxes here has shownhundreds of folks who havefailed to pay taxes.Hamtramck’s next local

election is going to be …let’s say, interesting.

“IN”Continuing property tax re-

ductions because of the on-going slide in housingvalues. Yea!“OUT”Thousands and thousands

of dollars the city annuallycollects and depends on tofunction as a city. Good lucktrying to put out your neigh-bor’s house fire with a gar-den hose.

“IN”A comprehensive study to

determine what the properspeeding limits should be inour city streets – which is re-quired by state law.“OUT”Ha-ha-ha. Although you,

dear readers, are expectedto follow the law, the city hasother plans. If the city didn’thave speed traps, how couldthe city collect hundreds ofthousands of dollars fromtraffic tickets?

“IN”Medical marijuana growing

facilities that will generatethousands of dollars inneeded tax revenues.“OUT”Hamtramck’s silly “mora-

torium” on allowing such fa-cilities. Talk about a buzzkiller.

“IN”A new Review “cover girl”

to replace last year’s reoc-curring Kasia Maziarz. Welost track of how manytimes her photo was takenat various events and conve-niently found their way intoour pages.“OUT”Just kidding. We mean,

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“IN”Continued hope that Amer-

ican Axle & Manufacturingwill restart its plant and hireworkers.“OUT”Hope that those jobs will

ever pay decent wages sincethe company managed toget the UAW to agree to$14-an-hour wages. Heck,you can probably forgetabout those jobs beingunion.

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So what exactly is the job de-scription of a Youth Coach?

“The Youth Coach is togather 25 Hamtramck HighSchool youths and to organizethese young people to ad-dress violence amongst youththrough community service

projects. I believe thatone truly effective way to helpyoung people to turn awayfrom delinquent behavior is tohabituate them to think - tothink about the conse-quences of their conduct be-fore they act and to thinkabout their academic and pro-fessional futures.”

That’s a noble task. Do youhave experience doing any-thing similar?

“My experience workingwith teens involves workingwith at-risk youth in Chicagowhere I worked as a Restora-tive Justice coordinator. Ialso worked with Detroit highschoolers during an UpwardBound program where Iserved as a college mentor.”

What types of programs doyou plan to implement here inHamtramck?

“I would like to incorporatesome academic and socialprogramming for youth, in ad-dition to the community serv-ice aspect of the Youth Coachposition. I would like to es-tablish youth driven mentor-ships - where youths mentoreach other. I would also liketo create a Young Profession-als of Hamtramck program,where youths gather to dis-cuss and work on discover-ing or developing their careerplans, college/trade schoolapplications, writing sam-ples, resumes, and othersuch things in preparation forlife after high school.”

You could really help out thecity by doing that. What do youhope to accomplish?

“I hope to encourage theyouth here in Hamtramck tovalue their personal develop-ment through productive andpositive interaction with eachother and with other Ham-tramck community residents.I hope to motivate the youthto think deeply about theirlives beyond high school - tothink about directing their tal-ents and skills toward ca-reers that are fitting for themand to desire to excel atthem. I hope to discourageyouth from engaging in delin-quency by instilling hope inthem and nurturing this posi-tive outlook I want them to

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What kind of an impact doesthat have on the community?

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The new traffic lights in-stalled last year on Caniffwere supposed to make traf-fic flow smoother. This yearwe can only hope that will ac-tually happen.

Last year the town celebrated the purchase of a building where the city’s historical commis-sion will set up a museum. The cost for the museums remodeling will largely depend on thepublic digging a little bit into their pockets this year.

Teachers in Hamtramck’sPublic Schools may wonderthis year if their union lead-ership actually lets themknow what concessions areneeded to avoid layoffs.

Despite the best efforts of local volunteers to make sure Ham-tramck received an accurate Census count, it looks like thenews this year will be that Hamtramck lost population.

Yes, last year’s “cover girl”Kasia Maziarz” will make areturn.

One can only hope that American Axle & Manufacturing starts backup this year. But you can forget about middle-class paying salaries.

Will medical marijuana grow-ing facilities be “in” thisyear? Only if local officialsstop being buzz killers.

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HAMTRAMCK'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD — Town hall What’s ‘IN ... · the city’s financial woes to the people Thursday evening. A town hall meeting was held after we went to press