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Volume 3 No. 50December 16, 2011
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Next Tuesday (Dec. 20,at sundown) the Jewishcommunity begins thecelebration of Hanukkah,also known as the Festi-val of Lights. The celebration goes
on for eight nights anddays. Hanukkah, by theway, is a celebration ofwhen the Jews regainedcontrol of Jerusalem inthe second century BCE.Remember to light a
candle in celebration ofour Jewish friends.
Who said this, and what isit about? You can find thequote and the story it be-longs to somewhere in thepages of this issue.
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By Charles SercombeJust because John Hyp-
narowicz retired last yearfrom his job as a bus driverfor the public schools,doesn’t mean he retired froma very special interest hehas.Whether he wants to or not.For the last umpteen years
Hypnarowicz, known as“Hippo” to his friends, drovespecial needs children to andfrom school. As you mightguess, Hippo became at-tached to his kids, and kidscertainly became attached toHippo, who is about as big asthe name suggests, but notin an unhealthy way.Trust us on that.So, Hippo and his wife,
Mary, as well as a small armyof volunteers, started up anannual Christmas party forthe kids, complete with pres-ents and food for their fami-lies, many of whom strugglefinancially.The amount of love that
filled up the various hallswhere Hippo and friends held
these get-togethers wasgreater than the size ofSanta’s bag of toys.But all good things must
eventually come to an end …right?Hippo announced last year
that he was stepping asidefrom the annual dinners be-cause he had reached theend of the road in his careeras a bus driver for theschools, and he kind of ranout of gas organizing the par-ties for the kids.Hey, everyone gets to retire,
right?Well, maybe.Hippo’s core groups of vol-
unteers and supportersweren’t ready to call it quits.“People kept sending me
money,” Hippo told us.He said that with a deep
rumble of a belly laugh.Hmmmm.Come last Friday, he had
collected enough money topurchase a little over 60frozen turkeys and trimmingsto make a nice holiday meal
Motor CitybreakdownBy Charles SercombeFor Hamtramck residents
like Charles Clanton who de-pend on the SMART shuttlethere is only one word for theend of that bus service.“Awful.”“It’s going to be a terrible
inconvenience,” he added.For Clanton, 61, and at
least a dozen or so otherseniors living at the Ham-
tramck Senior Plaza, theshuttle helped them getaround town to do groceryshopping, go to the new So-cial Security office in High-land Park, and get to doctor’sappointments.On Monday, the shuttle
service came to an abruptend because of a massivebudget shortfall.In all, 15 routes were elim-
inated. It’s unknown how many
Hamtramck residents usedthe shuttle on a weeklybasis.Jason Friedmann, the city’s
director of Community & Eco-nomic Development, said he
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By Alan MadeleineWho he is: Mike Boulan
is one of two owners and op-erators of Mo’ Sound Studio,as well as the No Cover Pro-ductions record label, alongwith his business partner,“Lightshow Bob” (nice Simp-sons reference, by the way).In honor of their new recordlabel Mo’ Sound & Light, weinterviewed Boulan by e-mailthis week.
It appears that your firstmusical love was the blues –
true? Or was there musicthat influenced you, or thatyou enjoyed, even beforethat? What were your earliestmusic-related memories?And how did you come to theblues, ultimately – it’s notlike it gets played on theradio much, other than occa-sionally on the college sta-tions or Sirius?Boulan: I grew up listening
to what is now called classicrock -- Jimi Hendrix, theDoors, Cream, Aerosmith
Hamtown’s movers and shakers...
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That’s John “Hippo” Hypnarowicz second from left posing with hisbuddies from the Warren Alhambra organization. They helped Hippogather up over 60 frozen turkeys and trimmings for Hippo’s specialneeds kids he used to bus to and from school.
The SMART bus no longerstops at the Senior Plazaapartments or anywhere elsein town because of a budgetdeficit.
will meet with SMART officialsnext week, or as soon as pos-sible, to look over those num-bers and see if there isjustification to end the serv-ice.He said it is possible that
Hamtramck can fund its ownshuttle, using a tax creditthat’s paid into the SMARTservice.Friedmann said he’s hoping
to team up with the Ham-tramck Housing Commission
to use its buses.The elimination of bus
routes comes at a time, iron-ically, when regional officialsare in the midst of planningto expand public transit. Italso comes at a time whengovernment officials, includ-ing Gov. Rick Snyder, are try-ing to convince young adultsto stay in Michigan and notflee to cities like Chicago.The mixed message was
not lost on Friedmann.
“This is the opposite ofwhat we should be doing,”Friedmann said of the shuttleloss. “We should be invest-ing.”SMART’s pulling out of
Hamtramck is another blowto the city. Several weeksago, the Hamtramck branchoffice for Social Security wasclosed and moved to an of-fice in Highland Park.And as we went to press,
yet another setback was an-nounced about regional tran-sit. For the past year, or so,there has been much talk andballyhoo about constructing alight rail system along Wood-ward, from downtown to 8Mile – the first stretch in asystem of rail service con-necting the metro area.Well, scratch that plan.Gov. Snyder and federal of-
ficials announced on Wednes-day that the light rail systemis dead in its tracks. Instead,it will be replaced with high-speed buses.
2 Hamtramck Review Phone (313) 874-2100 Friday, December 16, 2011
This week at the library...ESL Class with Christine Templing - Sat-
urday, December 17at noon. IntermediateESL class conducted by Christine Templin,free to the public.
Toddler Time - Monday, December 19 atnoon. Children ages 2 to 5 are invited tojoin us in welcoming the holiday seasonwith a storytime, songs, and an arts andcrafts activities (must be accompanied byan adult).
Computer Classes for Advanced Users -Tuesday, December 20 at noon. Adultswith basic computer skills can enhancetheir computer literacy each Tuesday atthe library. Number of participants is lim-ited to available computers.
Math Club Meeting - Tuesday, December20 at 3:30 p.m. Mr. Nuo is the instructorfor the math club and math tutoring.
ESL Conversation Group - Tuesday, De-cember 20 at 4:30 p.m. Conversation ses-sions with Ms. Trisa for advanced ESLstudents are free of charge to Hamtramckresidents.
ESL Class with Ms. Templin - Wednes-day, December 21 at noon. Christine Tem-plin is the instructor for the ESL class for
beginners. Everyone is invited. Free to thepublic.
Computer Classes for Beginners - Thurs-day, December 20 at noon and 1p.m.Basic instructions on computer use forbeginners will be held on Thursdays. Num-ber of participants is limited to availablecomputers.
Family Game Night - Thursday, Decem-ber 22, at 5 p.m. Join your friends andfamily members in friendly skill and knowl-edge games. This month the featuredgame is BINGO.
Meeting of the Library Board - Thursday,January 12 at 6 p.m. Regular meeting ofthe Library Board will be held in the audi-torium. Open to the public.
Teen Club Activity - Monday, December19 at 3:30 p.m. Teens and tweens are in-vited to join us in a program celebratingthe holidays.
Movies and Popcorn at the Library -Wednesday, December 21 at 3:30 p.m.Join us for the movie, "A Charlie BrownChristmas.”
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etc., before learning theywere all influenced by theblues, which led me downthat path. I remember record-ing my older brother’s bandEquinox in our family’s base-ment, when I was 13 or 14,with an old Sony 2-track reelto reel recorder.Later, I found out that I was
into the blues, but it was in adifferent way: Clark (a friend,who I had not seen in years)and I went to an Alvin Leeconcert. He said, “He playsthat blues you like,” and Ithought, “I don’t like theblues; that’s some old guy ona porch with an acoustic gui-tar.” But later that night,when Alvin said, “This is asong called ‘Slow Blues inC,’” my attention was fo-cused, and when he hit thefirst few notes, I knew myfriend Clark was right allalong!My love of the blues came
full circle when I hit 21 andstarted going to see bluesbands in the clubs, which isthe best place to see blues,in my opinion.
Tell us about how you gotinvolved in creating your ini-tial label that catered only tothe blues in Detroit. How didthis first label take shape –
what motivated you to createit? For others out there con-templating the same thing,how much effort and moneydid it take, and how do youdeal with the realities of thebusiness climate for recordlabels in general, as it standsnowadays?Boulan: I was doing some
amateur taping when it be-came clear to me that thesebands needed better sound.This led to me buying a smallPA system and a few mikes.By this time I had amassed acollection of over 2000recordings, and I realized thatsome of the stuff I was tapingshould be heard by a wideraudience.Things had also evolved to
the point that I was now mak-ing a living as a live sound en-gineer. I went to theRecording Institute of Detroit,and studied under the leg-endary Bob Dennis. My goalwas to go into the studio withsome of the bands I wasdoing live shows with. By theend of school I thought, ‘If Icould build my own place, wecould record a lot moremusic.’So I sold some gear, in-
vested around $10,000 intostudio gear instead (ADAT’s –Alessis Digital Audio Tapes, a
new magnetic format used forsimultaneous multi-trackrecording -- were just becom-ing available then), and setup shop at my home in OakPark in 1995. The businessend of the music industry hasgone through major changessince then, including the ad-vent of CDRs (RecordableCompact Discs), and then thestart of digital downloads, soyou have to change with thetimes.
The new label, Mo’ Sound,and the accompanying studioyou created, came out of ameeting at Kelly’s Bar. Howlong ago was this? Will youstill be working on the blueslabel as well, even as you de-velop this new one too, or doyou see your focus shiftingmore exclusively to this newproject?Boulan: The meeting was in
December of 2010. Light-show Bob set the meeting upwith both me and Kelly’s Barowner Brad Ruff, after I toldBob I was looking for a newstudio location (incidentally,this led to him – LightshowBob -- becoming my partner inthe new studio). The blueslabel, No Cover Productions,will still be active; the new
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KRZEMINSKIAnna Krzeminski, 95, died
December 10, 2011.Mrs. Krzeminski was prede-
ceased by her husband Stan-ley and her son-in-law JeromePokorney. She is survived by her
daughters Lorraine (Frank)Rembisz and Diane Pokorney;five grandchildren and sevengreat-grandchildren. Funeral services were De-
cember 14, at St. Ladislaus
Church with burial at Mt.Olivet Cemetery. Arrange-ments were handled by Ju-rkiewicz and Wilk FuneralHome.
KUPRASZEWICZCzeslawa C. Kupraszewicz,
86, died December 10, 2011.Mrs. Kupraszewicz was a
homemaker, member of theLadies Auxiliary P.A.V. Post 7,the Filarets, and P.N.A. Coun-cil 122. She was prede-
ceased by her husbandZenon (2010) and her sonGeorge (2009). She is survived by her
daughters Monica (Gregory)Biestek, Christine (Wally)Zarichney and her sons An-drew (Terry Lynn Kennedy)and Michael. She is also sur-vived by her sister Lillian (Ger-ard) Michon; eightgrandchildren and one great-grandchild. Her funeral was held De-
cember 13 at St. Hyacinthwith burial at Mt. Olivet Ceme-tery. Arrangements were en-trusted to Krot Funeral Home.
SKIBAAnna Skiba, 96, died De-
cember 13, 2011.Mrs. Skiba was prede-
ceased by her husband Ste-fan, her son Eugene and herson-in-law Walter Bielecki. She is survived by her
daughter Donna Bielecki;daughter-in-law Monica Skiba;grandchildren Mark, Andrew,
Jeremy, Elizabeth andMatthew and six great-grand-children. Visitation is Friday, Decem-
ber 16, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.with a prayer service at 5p.m. at Jurkiewicz and WilkFuneral Home. Funeral Mass is Saturday,
December 17, at 11 a.m. atSt. Florian Church, in state at10:30 a.m. until the time ofthe Mass. Interment will beat Mt. Olivet Cemetery in De-troit.
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By Charles SercombeIn the coming months, Ham-
tramck officials will be lookingfor ways to save money.Although city finances are in
good shape now, sometime inthe next six months a$300,000 budget deficit mayemerge, said City ManagerBill Cooper. One place that city officials
can cut from is electioncosts.Right now, the city has
seven voting precincts, whichrequires city workers to workovertime to set up and take
down each precinct, and alsorequires dozens of electionworkers to man the precincts.A Hamtramck election typi-
cally costs $15,000.That figure could be re-
duced if the city were to hostthe bare minimum number ofprecincts allowed by law forthe number of registered vot-ers we have. There are about11,000 registered votershere.According to state election
law, the city needs oneprecinct for every 2,999 vot-ers.
So, by dividing 11,000 by2,999, the city could squeezedown to four precincts.City Clerk Ed Norris told The
Review it’s an idea he’s willingto explore.“I’ll take a look at it,” he
said.If the city were to reduce to
four precincts, the earliestthat could happen is the Au-gust Primary.The city has a February
Presidential Primary Electioncoming up, but that’s toosoon, according to state elec-tion law, to change the num-
ber of precincts.In other election news,
Precinct 2, which had been lo-cated in City Hall and wasmoved recently to KosciuszkoMiddle School, will be movingyet again.City Clerk Norris said
Kosciuszko didn’t work outbecause it wasn’t “suitablefor handicapped voters.”The new location will be in
the Hamtramck High SchoolCommunity Center onCharest.
Voting precincts are on the budgetchopping block – maybe
ZAJACJennie Zajac (nee
Kozlowski), 97, diedDecember 12, 2011.
Jennie was bornOctober 23, 1914and raised in Detroit
and Hamtramck until the age of 10.Her family moved to Richmond, MIwhere she worked on the family farmand at the New Haven Foundry.
After marrying Michael Zajac on June1, 1940, she found her way back toHamtramck where they became busi-ness owners of a confectionary storeand a restaurant, both on ConantStreet.
Jennie enjoyed playing the violin inher younger years. Later in life, sheloved to play cards with family and
friends and worked countless hours onword search puzzles. Most of all, Jenniewas very proud of her family and herPolish culture.
She was the beloved wife of the lateMichael; loving mother of Lillian(Lester) Strzyzewski, Delphine (Ray-mond) Sullivan, Michael (Cheryl) Zajac,Donald Zajac, and Karen Gadzinski.Dear grandmother of 10 and greatgrandmother of 9. Visitation Friday 3- 9p.m. with prayers at 6 p.m. at Kaul Fu-neral Home, 27830 Gratiot Ave., Ro-seville.
She will be In State Saturday (Dec. 17)at 9:30 a.m. until the time of the FuneralMass at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Polish Na-tional Catholic Church, 2311 Pulaski,Hamtramck. Interment will follow in Mt.Olivet Cemetery. Please share a memoryat www.kaulfuneralhome.com.
By Charles SercombeThe city council met on Dec.
13, and the meeting ran forone-and-a-half-hours. All coun-cilmembers were in atten-dance.Well the meeting had all the
ingredients to be a night of fire-works. Instead, it wentPffffftttt.Not that we are complaining.
But it did have a few bumps,mostly over who would be ap-pointed to the Zoning Board ofAppeals.From the public, council-elect
Robert Zwolak said he wasconcerned about a matter onthe agenda (placed by Coun-cilmember Tom Jankowski) tosuspend City Manager BillCooper for five days withoutpay.He said if the suspension
were to be approved, it wouldresult in a leadership dilemma.But, Zwolak said he was in
favor of the part whereJankowski also suggested arecord of discipline be placedin his employment file for twoyears.Zwolak said he is also con-
cerned about the “enormouslegal fees” the city is payingout to various attorneys (one ofwhom is involved in a 40-yearlong housing discrimination law-suit filed against the city.)Police officer David Cornwell
lashed out at the city’s labor at-torney, saying the city’s law firm“has been dragging its feetwhen it comes to negotia-tions.”Cornwell said the union had
agreed, in principle, to accepta new health care package thatwill save the city $600,000 ayear. The only thing missing,
however, was a letter of intentthe city was supposed to pro-vide to seal the deal.But instead of getting a letter
of intent, negotiations took a“180,” Cornwell said.The city attorney wrote a let-
ter to the union, Cornwell said,accusing the union of "wastingtime” by filing labor grievances.The attorney told the union
that the city will no longer offerpiecemeal deals.The upshot of this is that the
police officers’ union may filean unfair labor practice “for re-fusing to bargain in good faith,”Cornwell said.Here is the complete state-
ment Cornwell read to thecouncil:“On Oct. 25, 2011, during a
negotiations session with CityManager Bill Cooper, Council-woman Gordon and City Attor-ney Chuck Rudy, the cityproposed a new health care in-surance plan to the HFOPLC.We requested more informa-tion, and Mr. Cooper said hewould get me in touch with theinsurance reps for the city.“On Oct. 31, 2011, HFOPLC
met with insurance reps, whoexplained the new plan, differ-ences between the plans, andthe increase in costs to mem-bers, as well as a significantsavings to the city if the newplan was implemented.“At the next negotiations ses-
sion on Nov. 7, we met againwith City Manager Bill Cooper,Councilwoman Gordon and CityAttorney Chuck Rudy. At thismeeting, the HFOLPC agreed inprinciple to the new insuranceplan. Even knowing there wouldbe increased costs to ourmembers with the proposed
plan, it was of significance toour members to know therewould be a greater good, inthat the city would realize animmediate savings of$600,000. “At the conclusion of the
meeting, the city assured us itwould provide a proposed Let-ter of Understanding for ourmembers to review and voteon, to expedite implementa-tion, and to schedule addi-tional negotiations sessionsthereafter.
“For reasons unknown to us,the tenor of the negotiationsabruptly turned confronta-tional. Instead of receiving aLetter of Understanding, or ex-planations why no efforts werebeing exerted by the city tocontinue negotiations, on Dec.5 the city sent our attorney aletter via email.“In the letter, signed by City
Attorney Rudy, the city addedissues to the negotiations thatwere not discussed before. The
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Thursday, December 8 – Immaculate Conception ..................................8:30 am, 7:00 pmSaturday, December 10 – Communal Confessions ..............................................11:00 amHealing Mass - Filarets Female Choir – Dir. Bob Barnhart....................................4:00 pmSaturday, December 24 – Christmas Vigil – Family Mass ……………………………4:00 pmSolemn Midnight Mass ....................................................................................12:00 amCelebrated in English and Polish - (Preceded by the singing of Christmas Carols at 11:30 pm)Sunday, December 25 -- Christmas Day
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Nice work if you can get it… One of Hamtramck’s mostDaliesque artists – at leastin terms of self-promoting --muralist Dennis Orlowski,stopped by the office onWednesday to let us knowthat he’s been working on amural he was commissionedto paint up in Mackinac, onthe ground floor of the Ste.Anne’s Church out on the is-land. Hey, Michelangelo – just be
glad it ain’t the ceiling, atyour age! Ah, we’re just fun-nin’ ya, Dennis. Seriously,though – congrats! By the way -- are they gonna
make you cover up theirnaughty bits?
Recalculating … We wereoff a bit on the cost of themayoral election recountfrom two years ago.We recently revisited that
issue when Abdul Algazalitook over a vacated seat oncouncil. Algazali, you will re-member, was serving oncouncil two years ago whenhe decided to challengeMayor Karen Majewski forher job.Algazali lost by a whopping
margin but he nonethelessdemanded a recount. The re-count, predictably, didn’tchange a thing, nor did it con-firm there was fraud and er-rors, as Algazali alleged.Anyway, we said that re-
count cost the city $2,500,which was the initial esti-
mate given by the City Clerk’sOffice. The true cost is$1,741.We bring this up because
Algazali promised, back in2009, that he would reim-burse the city. As you mightguess, the city is still waitingfor his check.And by the way, this is the
same guy who suggested theconsultant hired to run thePublic Works Department do-nate his time instead ofbeing paid.
Good suggestion … MayorKaren Majewski recentlymade a challenge on herFacebook page for Ham-tramck residents to shoplocal.One of her suggestions
was to put together a food
basket containing items fromall the different ethnic mar-
kets.We’d like to further chal-
lenge our readers to comeup with more local shoppingideas.Here’s ours: Hamtramck is
now heaven for vinyl recordlovers. Over at Record Grave-yard, on Caniff just east ofJos. Campau, most usedrecords are still going forabout $2 as the store pre-pares to relocate.At Detroit Threads, just
around the corner on Jos.Campau near Trowbridge, youcan find some great new re-leases of old school funkand soul, as well as a deepselection of techno. There is also a large selec-
tion of records from a varietyof genres.Just down the street at Bel-
mont, the former HordeHouse, which is now calledsomething else, has many,many records scatteredaround. It’s a crate digger’sdream come true. You neverknow what you’ll find.So, if you have a record col-
lector fellow or gal in yourlife, spend a Saturday after-noon diving through recordshere in Hamtown. You won’tbe disappointed.
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What a blow to Ham-tramck and the metro re-gion.This week, the folks at the
SMART bus service an-nounced a massive cut inservices and the laying off of123 employees, all becauseof a multi-million dollarbudget deficit.Hamtramck’s shuttle serv-
ice is also included in thecuts, but at least there is aray of hope that the city cancobble together a shuttleservice in the next severalweeks.Restoring the service in
Hamtramck is crucial for thecity to attract young profes-sionals to move here. And itis also crucial to many sen-iors here who rely on theshuttle for an inexpensiveand efficient way to getaround town and do theirshopping.
There is still a plan in theworks to actually expandHamtramck’s shuttle serviceto the Wayne State Univer-sity and midtown areas.SMART’s cutback comes
at a time when regional plan-ners have been talkingabout the need to pump uppublic transit.Gov. Rick Snyder recently
urged young adults to stay inMichigan and not move toChicago. Well, if public trans-portation continues to getaxed, good luck with that.Young people want to live
in a city that has reliablepublic transportation. De-troit is far away from thatgoal.This is a time when state
and federal lawmakers haveto step in and make fundingavailable, not only to keeptransportation up and run-ning, but to also greatly ex-
pand it.To do this will obviously re-
quire money. That’s a touchysubject during these days ofconservative lawmakersclamoring to cut spending.While it may seem counter-intuitive to start spendingmore money during hard fi-nancial times, look no fur-ther than the GreatDepression of the 1930s tosee what should be done.Government spending dur-
ing a financial recession ordepression – whatever youwant to call it – pumpsmoney into the saggingeconomy and helps spur onrecovery.One of the key things this
region needs is an improvedtransportation system.Cutting public transporta-
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label is for music that is“from Detroit.” Some actswill not be related to theblues at all, I expect.
You released well over 100records on the first (blues)label. Anything that was par-ticularly successful in theblues circles? Did you dovideos as well, and if so, areany available where we cansee them, for example onYoutube?Boulan: Motor City Josh &
The Big Three sold thou-sands of CDs, which is likehundreds of thousands for arock band. They have playedall over the world, and have ahuge fan base. I have alsoworked with such notablesas Johnny Bassett, JimmyMcCarty & the Detroit BluesBand, Robert Noll, John Sin-clair, and many others. Thereare videos of live perform-ances by these and other NoCover acts.
Does this new label have aspecific focus to it as well, oris it a more open conceptgeared toward any Detroitrecording? Has anyone who’srecorded there offered any oftheir own ideas about thesetup, or do you feel you hadit pretty well covered fromthe get-go? Anyone wanttheir M&Ms separated intolike colors yet (we’re kid-ding, we think)? What havethey commented on favorablyso far – aside from your ex-pertise at the board, ofcourse?Boulan: There is a specific
focus -- the Detroit Sound!Which covers many genres,as will this label. Only a cou-ple acts have recorded at the
new studio, but so far thefeedback is very positive!The bands like the vibe andcomfort level, things I havealways considered very im-portant. You need to be com-fortable to create the bestmusic.
Do you actually sign theartists or bands exclusivelyto your label, like the olddays, or do they all want tobe free agents nowadays,free to sign with, or recordat, wherever they want,whenever they want to?Boulan: The bands are
signed only to a one-CD deal,and are free to explore otheroptions during that time. Iwould never want to hold any-one back from any opportu-nity. This is the same at NoCover, although most bandshave done more than justone CD, which I think says alot about us.
Lastly – what do you seethe future holding for you?Any other upcoming ven-tures, or is this one enoughfor now? And please, feelfree to take a minute to talk
about, or plug, anything youwant to that I didn’t addressat this time.Boulan: The studio lounge
area is also home to the bud-ding Detroit Blues Museum,and hosts the pictures thatonce adorned the walls ofthe now defunct Attic Bar(which was a blues Mecca inHamtramck, where I watchedmany of Detroit’s blues leg-ends perform). My businesspartner Lightshow Bob wasbartending there when theyclosed, and he saved theseimportant photos.There are also displays
from Don McGhee and Wolf-gang Spider, with moreplanned for the future. TheHeatstock Blues Festival &Pig Roast, which I ran for 16years, seems to be over, so Imay do a Mo’ Sound festivalin Hamtramck. I think thiswill have to wait until 2013 totake shape, but the thoughtis starting to develop!
Mo’ Sound Studio is locatedon the second floor of Kelly’sBar on Holbrook at thenortheast corner of Dubois.
Hamtown’s movers and shakers...Continued from page 2
CITY OF HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGANSEQ CHAPTER ORDINANCE 2011-7 Ordinance 2011-7, amends the Hamtramck Zoning Ordi-
nance by amending Ordinance 2011-4 being section 13 toarticle IX, General Provision. The ordinance provides regu-lations for the cultivation and processing of medical mari-huana in homes and other structures, establishesregulations for medical marihuana collectives and compas-sion clubs and provides for their location, operating condi-tions and standards.A complete copy of the ordinance is available in the City
Clerk’s office.
Enacted: December 13, 2011 T. Edwin Norris, City Clerk Published:December 16, 2011 Hamtramck, Michigan
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city, through its attorneys, alsoblasted our members for laborissues being pursued by theROA, apparently suggesting theFOP dictates the actions of theROA.“The city, through its attor-
neys, has been dragging itsfeet when it comes to negotia-tions. And please note that,when I say ‘city,’ I am not refer-ring to City Manager Cooper; Iam specifically referring to itslaw firm as the agent that ap-pears to be, ‘wagging the dog,’if you will. “City Manager Bill Cooper
has exhibited a desire to movefor forward, to meet and nego-tiate, and has done so in anadmirable fashion to this point.However, without explanation,and even to the point of beingdisturbing, is the timing of theletter to our attorney – writtenafter the FOP tentatively ac-cepted the city’s health insur-ance proposal. For all intentsand purposes, the city’s attor-neys have done a complete‘180,’ and left in doubt theprospect of future negotia-tions.“I would just like to read an
excerpt of the letter, so you un-derstand the chilling effect theletter from the city’s attorneyshad on our members:‘To be candid, up to this
point City Council has been un-happy with the response fromthe members of the policeunions. Instead of serious dis-cussions or meaningful propos-als, the police union membersseem to be trying to conductbusiness as usual and extractevery last penny from the city’sdepleted coffers. Most outra-geous are the pending griev-ances and ULP chargeconcerning Sgt. Tripp. ‘Instead of spending time at
the negotiation table, yourmembers appear to be intentupon wasting time and moneyin litigation in what appears, tous, to be a thinly veiled effortto delay the inevitable. As longas this behavior continues, thecity will not agree to piecemealimplementation of benefitchanges to the health plan thatwill save money for both thecity and your members.’“Can you imagine how
shocked we were to read this? “Yes, there are games being
played, but it is the City Attor-ney who is dealing the cardshere. He is the one dragginghis feet. As you can see by hisown words, he will not imple-ment the new health care planthat was tentatively agreed toin principal, and which the cityitself asserts will save$600,000 PER YEAR! Our
lodge has not been party to thegrievances or the ULP that at-torney Rudy is speaking of, butthis current communicationfrom him is putting us in a po-sition to file an Unfair LaborPractice for refusing to bargainin good faith.“Unless your honorable body
is saying the city does notneed to save $600,000 imme-diately, we cannot figure outwhat is going on. It boggles themind how a law firm has de-cided to run a city. “When did the council give
absolute power to the AllenBrothers Law Firm, to super-sede the City Manager? Mr.Cooper has been negotiatingwith us fairly and honestly. Thedirty tactics are not from himand, we would hope, not fromyour honorable body. “The tone of Attorney Rudy’s
letter suggests that, if we don’tagree to the total terms of con-cessions he is demanding,then he will hold the city andthe union hostage with respectto the $600,000 savings. Thenotion there are no longer ne-gotiations by definition, butonly simple concessions, is lu-dicrous. “We have been negotiating in
good faith, and are aware ofthe concessions that we need
to make, but we will not throwthe rules, or the spirit of laborunions, out the window, simplybecause the City Attorney isgoing to take his ball home.”There was no response from
the council, but councilmem-bers did meet in closed ses-sion after the regular meetingwith its labor attorney to dis-cuss labor negotiations.Former Councilmember John
Justewicz talked about a vari-ety of issues. He mainly criti-cized the council for not takingmatters seriously. He referredto Councilmember Jankowski,although not directly by name,for being more concernedabout “policy, policy, policy.”On the topic of medical mar-
ijuana, which was on the coun-cil’s agenda, Justewicz said it’sa waste of time. He said adultsand kids are openly smokingmarijuana. He said legalizing “compas-
sion clubs” is ridiculous.“We used to call them dope
dens in the 60s,” saidJustewicz, who is a retiredWayne County Sheriff.And speaking of medical
marijuana, a public hearingwas held on the council’s pro-posed zoning law for where andhow medical marijuana can be
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Taurus (April 20-May 20): "A man," Pam Houston ob-serves, "desires the satisfactionof desire; a woman desires thecondition of desiring." This sim-ple difference keeps Oprah, Dr.Phil, and divorce lawyers in busi-ness. In love matters we want adifferent fantasy fulfilled than apartner does Taurus. That's whyit's best to have two tv's.
Gemini (May 21-June 20):In his new bio, Andre Agassicomplains that ex-wife BrookeShields was more interested in
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Cancer (June 21-July 22): Noticing that his cabin had nocurtains or doormat, a neighborof Thoreau's offered to providethem. He declined, saying noone peeked in his house but sunand moon, and he'd no time toshake a mat. Keeping thingssimple should be our aim thisweek Cancer. Inform the neigh-bors.
Leo (July 22-Aug 23):"What does not benefit thehive," wrote Marcus Aurelius, "isof no benefit to the bee." Seeinganother's needs in a new lightwill reduce confusion on thehome front Leo, and may evenget us out of a sticky situation.
Virgo (Aug 23-Sept 22): "It's a strange world of lan-guage," said Franklin Jones, "inwhich skating on thin ice can getyou into hot water." Taking a vowof silence would be a good ideathis week Virgo, except that textmessaging is the thing thatseems to get people in the mosttrouble these days.
Libra (Sept 22-Oct 23): "Exploitation," say the Ferengi,Star-Trek's race of über-capital-ist aliens, "begins at home."That'll change as soon as Green-peace gets there. We're the signof fair play Libra; remember thatwhen the week brings a chanceto prove it.
Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 22):"Children are unpredictable,"notes Franklin Jones. "You neverknow what inconsistency they'regoing to catch you in next." Inseeking new directions Scorpio,make sure we've no hiddenagendas. If we do, the kids aresure to notice. We hate it whenthe toddler makes us fess up.
Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21):"Not heaven itself upon the pasthas power," penned Dryden. Ifheaven can't change the past,why are we trying to Sadge? Pay-ing more attention to the presenthelps create a past that requiresno tweaking. Arriving wherewe're going, rather than wherewe've been, is less disorientinganyway.
Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 19):"You are never given a wish,"wrote Richard Bach, "withoutalso being given the power tomake it true." If this sounds liketypical New Age nonsenseCappy, take comfort in knowingBach adds, "We may have towork for it however." Now thatwe know the catch we can stopworrying that the New Agersknow something we don't--atleast this week, anyway.
Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 20):If Shakespeare had used Twit-ter, Romeo & Juliet might haveconsisted of one sentence: Twoteenagers fall in love, and thenthey die. This certainly avoids allthe messy complexities of theactual play. Avoiding messy com-plexities is our desire too, Aquar-ius. Unfortunately our life isn't aTwitter tweet either, so goodluck with that.
Pisces (Feb 19-March 20):The map is not the territory, AlKarzybski famously told us. Newdirections in realms of love orprofession would be easier tolaunch if we weren't still con-fused about the old directionsPisces. Did Davy Crockett havethese problems?
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Do you constantly find yourself wantingwhat others have? Do you struggle withenvy or jealousy? Wanting what we do notpossess is as old as the Garden of Eden. Ofall the fruit in the garden Eve could choose,she desired the only forbidden fruit. Unfor-tunately things have not changed muchsince that time. As sons and daughters ofAdam and Eve we are constantly longing forwhat is not ours. We use the expression,“The grass is always greener on the otherside.”
We also like to use the expression “greenwith envy” (supposedly coined by WilliamShakespeare in his play Othello) to describea person who wants desperately what an-other possesses, so much so that they aresick, or “green” over it. Envy and jealousyare, for the most part, synonyms, howeverthere is a difference. According to Websterenvy is “the painful or resentful awarenessof an advantage enjoyed by another joinedwith a desire to possess the same advan-tage.” Jealousy takes envy a step farther byadding a degree of hostility toward the onewho possesses what you want. Jealousy notonly says, “I want what they have.” In itsdarkest form jealously screams, “I don’twant them to have what I don’t have.”
The depth to which jealousy will sink isillustrated in a story found in 1 Kings 3.Solomon, the wisest king who ever lived,was approached by two ladies who were
fighting over the same baby. One of theladies had accidentally rolled over on herinfant in the middle of the night causing thechild to suffocate. Realizing what had hap-pened she secretly switched her child forthe baby belonging to a friend who wasstaying with her. When the mother of the liv-ing child awoke she immediately realizedwhat had happened and asked for her childback. The other woman refused. The disputewas so severe that the matter was taken be-fore King Solomon. Solomon’s solution wasto have the baby cut in half so that eachmother could have a share. While the falsemother was satisfied with the Kings re-sponse, the true mother was not. To savethe life of the child she quickly agreed to re-linquish possession of her baby to the otherwoman. Recognizing the love of the truemother Solomon granted her the child.
Envy and jealousy are destructive en-emies which must be guarded against. Theaforementioned King Solomon penned thefollowing, “Wrath is a fierce and anger is aflood, but who can stand against jealousy.”One can easily see why a prohibitionagainst jealousy is included in Paul’s de-scription of love—“Love is patient, love iskind, and is not jealous…” (1 Corinthians13:4).
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The loss was perhaps thelow point of an otherwise ter-rific season. The varsity teamfinished with an impressive 8-6-1 record, scoring 53 goalsto their opponents’ 26 -- notbad for a group of kids barelyold enough to drive. Top goalscorer Awad Almaisari con-tributed 23 goals and rackedup a hat trick in two games.While the Cosmos played
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By Ian PerrottaWho is he?After working with non-profit
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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
have for their own lives.”
What kind of an impact doesthat have on the community?
“When youths becomedeeply invested in themselvesand begin to recognize thevalue in personal well-being,they are motivated to flourishsocially and academically -and this has a broader posi-tive impact on the communityin which these young peoplelive. I think one reason whyyoung people engage in delin-quency is because many havescant or no regard for their fu-tures or how their behaviorcan impact their future en-deavors. To address this,I encourage young people to
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for all those kids and theirfamilies.Some of those donations
came from Hippo’s buddies,who are members of the In-ternational Order of the Al-hambra, Sancho Caravan#216, which is based out ofWarren. If you know anything about
Hamtramck, you know that alot of folks who now live inWarren, especially those of acertain age, once lived inHamtramck, and when pushcomes to shove, their heartis still here.Several of the Alhambra
members gathered togetherlast Friday in Hamtramck, inthe school bus garage, tohelp Hippo package up thefood donations.They even brought their
fezzes to wear for a groupphoto.The school district’s bus
drivers later delivered thepackages to the kids’ families.
Hippo and his crew maynot be seeing the kids thisyear, but their spirit of givingand caring is sure making avisit.Or, as Russ Smith of the
Sancho Caravan said, theywere inspired by the Prayerof St. Francis of Assisi, thePatron Saint of the Caravan,which says:“It is in the giving that we
receive.”Let’s break that down for
those of you perhaps read-ing this while e-mailing, tex-ting or tweeting. …“It is …“… in the giving …“… that we receive.”
Besides the Alhambra dona-tion, the following organiza-tions and businesses alsohelped out: Hamtramck Post4162, PLAV Post 10, Cardi-nal Mercier Council 2723,Knights of Columbus andMostek Paint & Glass Co.
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grown.No one spoke at the hearing,
and when a vote was held toadopt the ordinance, no dis-cussion ensued. The ordi-nance passed, althoughCouncilmembers MohammedHassan and Abdul Algazali ob-jected.A proposed policy on releas-
ing information to the mediaand the public, including dailycrime activity, took an unex-pected path.Councilmember Jankowski
said the council did not have acopy of the policy.
(Editor’s note: A summary ofthe policy was given to thecouncil. City Manager Coopersaid that normally the completepolicy is only viewed internally.However, he volunteered to runoff a copy of the complete pol-icy, which he said ran a total ofnine pages. No one on council
took him up on that offer.)That left Jankowski and
Councilmember Cathie Gordonbaffled over what they wouldbe voting to adopt.The upshot was that the mat-
ter was postponed until thenext council meeting, whereinCooper will provide the nine-page policy statement.
(Editor’s note: So much forthe immediate return of the“crime log.”)Hey, did you know there are
only eight shopping days be-fore Christmas (as of today, Fri-day, Dec. 16)? Yikes! We better boogaloo out of
here and hit the local shops intown. And, may we stress,“local” is a key word this year.Yes, go shop, but try to pur-chase as many things as youcan locally here in Hamtown.
By David PiestrzynskiThe Cosmos Girls Varsity
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start under Tony Morgan, whotakes over following a disap-pointing season for the Ham-tramck girls.The team finished 5-15 last
season.Morgan said this year’s goal
is to at least double last sea-son’s win total. His other goalis to change the overall feelof the program, and increasethe interest in the programthroughout the school“We want to create a buzz,”
Morgan said.With only two starters re-
turning from last season,Morgan has been working toraise the team’s overall bas-ketball I.Q.
The Cosmos girls’ team isworking towards these goalsthrough a tight man-to-man,or girl-to-girl, defensivescheme to take advantage ofthe team’s athleticism.“We don‘t have a lot of size,
but we have a lot of scrappyplayers,” Morgan said.Leading the team this sea-
son are senior center ManitraHenderson and sophomoreDominique Davis.These are two of Ham-
tramck’s returning players,and Morgan said he expectsthem to be crucial in the teamreaching its goals.But there are several new
players he expects to con-tribute as the season pro-gresses.“Right now we’re just working
to become more and morecompetitive,” Morgan said. “Weare committed to our goals.”
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improve upon last season’s 9-11 finish with a new scheme,attitude and culture under BillGergosian, the varsity team’snew Head Coach.“We have a great group of
gentlemen,” Gergosian saidof his current roster. “Thereare definitely some playershere.”Despite the team’s 0-2
start to the new season, im-provements are already be-ginning to show.The Cosmos dropped their
season opener to Oxford 56-24.However, the team re-
bounded with a razor-thin losson the road to MadisonHeights Lamphere 29-27.“We had our last shot rim in
and out,” Gergosian said.“But it was the type of gamewe can win. We controlled thetempo.”The system Gergosian is
implementing on offense con-sists of a series of constantcutters toward the basket tocreate lay-ups.He said this system thrives
on execution and hustle.Gergosian said discipline
and hustle are the two maingoals for the Cosmos thisseason.“We ‘re building a founda-
tion,” he said. “And it has tobe solid for us to continuebuilding.”Anchoring this foundation
for Hamtramck are senior
Nadis Ahmic and junior CraigBonner, the team’s pointguard.Ahmic, Gergosian said, is a
jack-of all-trades for the Cos-mos. He can play several dif-ferent positions and handlespressure exceedingly well.Ahmic has also excelled in aleadership role for the Cos-mos, who have several newfaces on the roster.Junior Kevin Bell has also
stepped things up for theCosmos so far this season.Gergosian said that, with
18 more games on theschedule before squaring offwith Ferndale’s powerhouseteam, he expects a lot of hardwork and improvement.“We welcome the commu-
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