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Martin Luther King, Jr.Day is this Monday (Jan.20), and once again theConcerned Women ofHamtramck will holdtheir annual breakfastcelebration.A highlight of the

breakfast is the talentshow the public schoolstudents put on, andbelieve us, these kidshave a lot of talent.There will also be a spe-cial tribute to the lateNelson Mandela.The event is at the

Hamtramck High SchoolCommunity Center,11350 Charest, and itstarts at 9 a.m.Tickets for adults are

$15, and $5 for chil-dren.

By Charles SercombeIn 2012 The Review pub-

lished a portion of billingsfrom the city’s largest con-tractors, except one: City At-torney James Allen.At the time, Allen denied a

Freedom of Information Actrequest from The Review fora copy of his billings to thecity. He denied the request onthe basis that releasing theinformation would violate theattorney-client privilege.“Each of the invoices con-

tains information that per-tains to confidentialcommunications that the CityAttorney and members of hisstaff have with city officials inthe performance of their offi-cial duties,” Allen said in hisletter denying the request.Allen’s tenure as city attor-

ney came to an abrupt halt

when EmergencyManager CathySquare took con-trol of the city onJuly 1. One of herfirst actions was fir-ing Allen’s law firmand hiring a new cityattorney.The Review submit-

ted another FOIA re-quest in December,and this time Allen’sbillings for 2011 and2012 were released.But, Allen was al-

lowed to black out, orredact, billings that hesaid were protected in-formation.Over 1,000 pages of

billings were given to The Re-view, weighing nearly 13

In a second attempt, city attorney’s billings are released

By Tanni DebSpecial to The ReviewA Hamtramck High

School student has someserious bragging rights.And possibly has a bud-

ding career.Mujo Hrnjica, 17, a soph-

omore at Hamtramck HighSchool, won a high schoolposter contest sponsoredby the North American In-ternational Auto Show(NAIAS).Hrnjica was the second

place winner in the 10thgrade category. He re-ceived a cash prize of$250 and a framed certifi-cate. The 26th Annual High

School Poster Contest wasopen to Michigan studentsin 10th through 12thgrades. Among the 989 en-tries from 73 high schools,a total of 16 awards weredistributed. “The record number of

HHS student is drawn to auto show poster contest

By Charles SercombeFor two years at least,

Hamtramck has peaceamong its labor unions.All four city employee

unions, which includes thepolice and fire depart-ments and city hall employ-ees, have signed newcontracts.There are two unions in

the Police Department.The biggest changes

came in the fire and policedepartments. EmergencyManager Cathy Squaresaid she came up with $2million in savings from thetwo departments.Contrary to what some

thought would happen, theFire Department remainsstaffed with all full-timeemployees.It was thought that

Square would reduce thenumber of full-timers andfill out the rest of the de-partment with part-timersor combine the fire and po-lice departments into apublic safety unit.Square said she wasn’t

brought on board to makesuch a huge change.“I didn’t come in to de-

cide whether Hamtramckshould have a Fire Depart-ment,” Square said. “Icame here to get cuts.”The Review will have

more on the specifics ofthe contracts in nextweek’s issue.But for now, the new con-

tracts actually clears theway for the hiring of morefirefighters and police offi-cers.One thing that opened up

that door was the agree-ment to have the Police De-partment take overdispatch service for theFire Department.“Working together with

EM comes upwith laborcontracts

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The Concerned Women of HamtramckPresents their 17th Annual

and Tribute to Nelson Mandela

Monday, January 20th 9:00amCommunity Center • 11350 Charest, Hamtramck

Ticket Prices: Adult $15 • Child $5

Hamtramck High School student Mujo Hrnjica was a winnerof a poster contest sponsored by the North American Inter-national Auto Show.

pounds in total.A number of line items were

indeed blacked out, but thevast majority of the billings

were untouched.Allen did not return a call to

comment on why so many ofthe billings were notredacted.In his initial letter denying

the FOIA request, Allen saidmany of the billings are morethan just an explanation ofwhat is being billed.Instead, he characterized

them as “mental impressionsand work product of mem-bers of the city’s law firm.”In a review of the billings, it

was not immediately clear

where such impressionswere. Instead, the billings re-counted mostly mundanechores, such as who hetalked on the phone with andwho he emailed.No task was too small to

bill. Read and answer anemail? He billed the city $30for that in one instance.Attend a four-hour council

meeting? That cost nearly$600.Much of the billings were to

justify the city’s retainer fee of$6,500 a month. But therewas plenty of work done out-side the duties of the re-tainer, which ended upcosting over $300,000 ayear.Some of the billings ap-

peared to deal with issuesnot directly involving Ham-tramck, such as one for Nov.10, 2011 in which one of theattorneys in Allen’s law firmspent time on “extensive re-search” on the resignation ofState Rep. Tim Melton andhow it was “accepted” by theHouse of Representatives.Melton was a Democratic

lawmaker from Auburn Hillsand resigned to take a job inCalifornia.That research cost the city

$107.96.The issue of withholding

the billings had been some-thing former City Coun-cilmember Cathy Gordonbrought up at meetings. Shedidn’t buy Allen’s claim of at-torney-client privilege.“The people are the client

and they have a right toknow,” Gordon said in a tele-phone interview with The Re-view.Gordon, who was a fre-

quent critic of Allen, saidAllen’s stance had more todo with what role he thoughthe played in the city.“I think he used his power

as city attorney to give what-ever line of crap knowing thecouncil would go with it,” shesaid.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Cel-ebration - Monday, January 20at 9 a.m. The library will beclosed on Monday in honor ofDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cel-ebrations will be held in theHamtramck Community Cen-ter, sponsored by the Con-cerned Women ofHamtramck.

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Family Story Time for Chil-dren - Thursday, January 23,at 6 p.m. Join your friends atthe library for a reading of astory book for children. Thisweek’s theme is "No TwoAlike."

ESL "News for You" Class -Thursday, January 24 at 12noon. ESL reading and writingclasses, conducted by Ms.Latisha, are free to Ham-tramck residents. Registra-tion is required.

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Make & Take Workshop -Thursday, January 30 at 4p.m. The theme this week is"Chinese New Year."

Free Income Tax Service -Monday, February 3 from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. If your annualincome is less than $50,000,the Wayne MetropolitanAgency will help you prepareyour 2013 taxes at nocharge. For appointments call734-284-6999. Walk-ins willbe served on first come firstserve basis.

Meeting of the LibraryBoard - Thursday, February 13at 6 p.m. Regular meeting ofthe Library Board will be heldin the auditorium. Open to thepublic.

Friends of the LibraryMeeting - Thursday, February20 at 6 p.m. FHPL PresidentKathy Kristy and TreasurerGeorge Gorday invite all mem-bers and volunteers to partic-ipate in the regular monthlymeeting.

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of entries at 1:30 pm. Public is invited. Winners will be announced in the

Hamtramck Review in its March 7th edition.

In a second attempt, city attorney’sbillings are releasedContinued from front page

Jim Allen

By Charles SercombeHere are the events going

on in Hamtramck PublicSchools for the week ofJan. 20-25.• Monday, Jan. 20 - No

school in observance of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Day.• Thursday, Jan. 23 -- Se-

mester exams forKosciuszko Middle School,Hamtramck High Schooland Horizon Alternative Ed-ucation. These studentshave a half day. Elementarystudents have a full day ofschool.• Friday, Jan. 24 -- Se-

mester exams forKosciuszko Middle School,Hamtramck High Schooland Horizon Alternative Ed-ucation. All schools halfday for all students.

Upcoming Events• Thursday, Jan. 30 –

Half day for all studentsdue to Parent Teacher Con-ferences. Report cardsdistributed at ParentTeacher Conferences from12:30- 3 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.• Friday, Jan. 31 -- Hol-

brook Elementary PTSA(Parent Teacher School As-sociation) meeting at 3:45p.m.

Athletic Events • Friday, Jan. 17 -- High

School Girls’ Varsity Bas-ketball game Michigan Col-legiate, Away at 5:30p.m.• Saturday, Jan. 18 --

High School Boys’ VarsityWrestling Lincoln Park Or-

ange and Blue Classic Indi-vidual Tournament, Away at9 a.m.• Monday, Jan. 20 -- High

School Girls’ Varsity Bas-ketball game vs. SouthfieldLathrup, Away at 12:30p.m.• Monday, Jan. 20 -- High

School Boys’ Varsity Bas-ketball game vs. SouthfieldLathrup, Away at 2 p.m.• Monday, Jan. 20 -- High

School Boys’ Junior VarsityBasketball game vs. TaylorPrep, Away at 5:30 p.m.• Wednesday, Jan. 22 --

High School Girls’ VarsityBasketball game vs. Dear-born ATA, Home at 5:30p.m.• Wednesday, Jan. 22 --

High School Boys’ VarsityBasketball game vs. Dear-born ATA, Home at 4 p.m.• Thursday, Jan. 23 --

High School Boys’ VarsityWrestling Hamtramck Tri,Home at 5 p.m.• Friday, Jan. 24 -- JV/Var-

sity Boys’ Basketball gamevs. UPSM, Away at 5:30p.m.• Friday, Jan. 24 -- High

School Girls’ Varsity Bas-ketball game vs. UPSM,Home at 5:30 p.m.• Saturday, Jan. 25 --

High School Boys’ VarsityWrestling Dearborn HeightsAnnapolis, Away at 9 a.m.

Sports update …Hamtramck High School’s

boys varsity basketballteam had a split week.On Jan. 10, they lost 40-

52 to Edsel Ford High

School on the Cosmos’home court. But a stand-out in the game was Cos-mos Aaron Boyer whoracked up an amazing 33points.The team did better on

Jan. 14, beating EcorseHigh School 60-52.Top scorer was once

again Boyer, who scored 15points. Troy Adkisson was-n’t far behind, racking up12 points.

New Boardmember …We didn’t have much

time this week to put to-gether a proper story onnewly-appointed SchoolBoardmember Evan Major.He was among four can-

didates who applied for anopen seat on the board, in-

cluding former City Coun-cilmember Cathy Gordon.Major’s background is

pretty amazing, from whatwe gleaned from his re-sume.

He’s a graduate of U of Mwith a degree in politicalscience, and he is pursuinga Master’s in Teaching atWayne State University.Major, a resident of

Bernard St., works forMichigan United, where heis Interim Director.He has experience in a

number of progressivecauses and issues, and lo-cally, he was varsitywrestling coach for Ham-tramck High School andwas a substitute teacherhere as well.Obviously, Major is no

stranger to Hamtramck stu-dents.

Honored …Dickinson East Elemen-

tary School scienceteacher Eva Klikovac wasawarded Science Teacherof the Year by the Engineer-ing Society of Detroit Affili-ate Council in the tri-countyarea. Ms. Klikovac was se-

lected as an outstandingindividual that promotesscience and engineering to

the Hamtramck Police De-partment for the good ofthe residents of the City ofHamtramck has alwaysbeen my goal. I am proudof our excellent responsetimes. Housing 911 dis-patch within the Police De-partment will allow for evenmore efficiency in providingour emergency services,”said Fire Chief Paul Wilkabout the change in apress release. Wilk said his department

will have a total of 28 fire-fighters. In the Police Department,

there will eventually be afull-time staff of 32 officersand detectives and 9 to 11part-timers.In previous years there

have been as many as 40to 50 officers and detec-tives.Police Chief Max Gar-

barino said although thereare now fewer officers,“We’re going to make thiswork.”All of the contracts expire

in 2016, which presumably

at that time the city will beonce again under local con-

trol with a full-time citymanager in place.

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New boardmember Evan Major.


The City of Hamtramck is seeking sealed bids for property located at:

10201 Joseph Campau Hamtramck, Michigan

Property Description:

Vacant 13,600 sq. foot, 4-story building with mixed use potential Located on .08 acres at the northwest corner of Joseph Campau and

Belmont Avenue, Hamtramck, Michigan Class “C” commercial building built circa 1930 Zoned: CBD, Central Business District

Please visit the City of Hamtramck website at hamtramckcity.com for pictures of the property and for detailed bid instructions.

ADVERTISE DATE: January 17, 2014

PRE-SALE WALK THROUGHS: January 21, 2014 10:30 a.m.

QUESTION DEADLINE: February 11, 2014 (Questions regarding this sale should be submitted in writing to: [email protected])

SEALED BID & BOND DUE DATE: February 12, 2014 3:00 p.m. City of Hamtramck Office of the City Clerk 3401 Evaline Street Hamtramck, MI 48212

PUBLIC RECORDING: February 13, 2014, 10 a.m. To be held in the Hamtramck City Hall

City Council Chambers, 2nd Floor 3401 Evaline Street Hamtramck, MI 48212

The sealed envelope shall be labeled with the property address along with the name and address of the person submitting the bid. Every bidder must submit either a bid bond or certified check in an amount equaling 10% of their bid. Minimum bid $75,000. Bid bond and/or certified checks will be refunded to unsuccessful bidders and forfeited for those bids that are accepted but fail to close in the required timeframe. The bidder must also submit contact information (mailing address, phone numbers, e-mail address). If two or more bids are received as the highest bid for the above property, the tied bidders will be contacted and asked to submit another sealed bid. The bidders must respond to the new deadline. After the highest qualified bidder has been determined, the City will set a bid closing date. Sealed bid payments will be due in full at the time of closing. The City will issue a Quit-Claim Deed to the buyer. In the event that payment is not made, it will be considered a forfeiture of the bid and bid bond. The property will be awarded to the next highest qualified bidder who shall have ten (10) business days to respond. Closing payment must be made with cash or a certified check payable to the Treasurer, City of Hamtramck. No personal or corporate checks will be accepted.

THE CITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT ANY BID.

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City Hall Insider …City Hall Insider …What is our City Council up to these days? We have the highlights of the latest council meeting.

By Charles SercombeThe city council met on

Jan. 14, and all councilmem-bers were present. Councilmember Andrea

Karpinski welcomed two po-lice officers and a firefighterwho were recently hired. Thefollowing were recentlysworn in as new police offi-cers: Luigi Gjokaj and AdamParys.The new firefighter hired is

Vincent Caporuscio.A woman who lives in the

Hamtramck Senior Apart-ments complained about abedbug infestation. She saidshe is paying extra to haveher apartment sprayed.The infestation is so bad,

she said, the bugs are “eat-ing me alive.”Mayor Karen Majewski,

who appoints all of the com-missioners to the HousingCommission, said she willcontact the executive direc-tor.The council was intro-

duced to the city’s new ChiefBuilding Official, Frank Hey-wood, who is a contractorworking for Safebuilt. In-spectors hired by Safebuiltwill now make building in-spections.The company will be paid

70 percent of the inspectionfee, with the city collectingthe remainder.The council also OK’d a

site plan for an expansionproject at GM’s Poletownplant. The expansion willtake place on the Ham-tramck and Detroit side of

the plant.It was not immediately

known if the expansion willresult in more property taxrevenue for the city.GM is building what it is

calling a “Logistics Center”to make car production moreefficient.Councilmember Robert

Zwolak questioned if it’sknown what the plans arefor the upcoming Paczki Day,Metro Times Blowout andthe Hamtramck Labor DayFestival.Mayor Majewski said there

is a private committee work-ing on Paczki Day festivityplans and assumed every-thing was going accordingly.Deputy City Clerk AugustGitschlag said he expects aresolution to be submittedby the committee planningthe Labor Day Festival by nolater than spring. (The reso-lution would ask for permis-sion to hold the festival onJos. Campau.)As for the Blowout,

Gitschlag said that theMetro Times was recentlysold and that it is unknownwhat is going to happen withthe festival this year.(The Metro Times has said

the festival is taking place,but no details have been re-leased. The festival was ex-panded to two weekends lastyear, with one weekend inHamtramck and another inFerndale.)Councilmember Zwolak

also inquired about futureplans to continue the auc-

tioning of city-owned lots.Kathy Angerer, the Director

of Community & EconomicDevelopment, said she wasinstructed by the emergencymanager to hold off untilspring to continue the lotauction.The thinking, Angerer said,

is that more people will havedevelopment on their mindin spring.In the meantime, the city

will entertain bids on lots aslong as a professional ap-praisal of the lot is done.Angerer also said that the

city-owned building on Jos.Campau and Belmont will beput up for bid. She said apublic notice announcing theauction will be in this week’sissue of The Review.She said sealed bids will

be required in this auction.The minimum sale price forthe building is $75,000.In another inquiry, Coun-

cilmember Zwolak asked ifthere has been a change innotifying residents of codeviolations in light of an eld-erly man being threatenedwith a fine and jail for notclearing snow from his side-walk folllowing last week’ssnowstorm.Angerer defended the

city’s action, saying the FOX2 news report on the matterwas “sensationalism.” Shesaid the letter was not aticket, as reported by thenews station, and that thecity has no way of knowingthe age of residents.

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By Charles SercombeIt’s Plan B for how to get

rid of a city-owned loft de-velopment.There were no bids sub-

mitted for a two-storybuilding on Jos. Campauand Goodson, said KathyAngerer, the city’s Directorof Community EconomicDevelopment.It’s no wonder, though,

since the starting bidding

price was $145,000,which some thought wasoverpriced.Angerer said the build-

ing will be put up for biddown the road, but alsostressed there is no fixedplan on what to do nextwith it.The building has two fin-

ished lofts on the secondfloor and one on theground floor.

The city took posses-sion of the buildingthrough a county tax fore-closure sale.Hamtramck also owns a

four-story building on Jos.Campau and Belmont.That building is being putup for auction, with bidsdue Feb. 12. Once againthe bids must be sealed.There will be a walk-through of the building onJan. 21 at 10:30 a.m.There is a minimum bid

of $75,000.She noted that the build-

ing is loaded with items,such as furniture, an an-tique stove, musical in-struments and so on,which may be put up forauction before the sale ofthe building.As for the next round of

city lots up for auction, An-gerer said the city will waituntil spring. There areover 200 city-owned lotsthat are waiting to besold.In the meantime, An-

gerer said the city will en-tertain bids on any lot aslong as a professional ap-praisal is done.


City Council missed agolden opportunity lastweek to bridge a culturaldivide here in town.It was sad watching

councilmembers flounderin their attempt to agreeon who to appoint asMayor Pro Tem, the per-son who chairs the meet-ings in the absence of themayor and to fill in for heras requested at specialevents.The non-Bengali coun-

cilmembers voted just forthemselves and the Ben-gali councilmembers alsovoted only for them-selves. Shame on both ofthese camps. The resultwas five straight split

votes.Mayor Karen Majewski

finally broke the tie, andCouncilmember AndreaKarpinski was appointed.Normally the job goes tosomeone who has experi-ence on council. We’resure Karpinski is up forthe position but she isnewly-elected and thatwas her first meeting.The council and mayor

should have appointedone of the Bengali coun-cilmembers. The Bengalicommunity has become apowerful voting bloc, andthey deserve a place atthe table, so to speak.They deserve to have a

member of their commu-

nity take a more promi-nent position on council.It’s unbelievable not one

of the non-Bengali coun-cilmembers refused toreach a hand out in part-nership.This is a terrible way to

begin a new term, and wewouldn’t be surprised ifsome in the Bengali com-munity are deeply of-fended.We hope this bungled

attempt at choosing aMayor Pro Tem does notset the tone for worsethings to come. But wecan’t help but feel thatthis failure to compromisehas created a deep di-vide.

City council splitexposes cultural divide

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Catch a Tiger by the tail …This year’s Tiger baseballWinter Caravan has becomeway cooler, at least in ouropinion.That’s because the team’s

public relations bus trip willmake a stop on Jan. 24 atHamtramck’s very own FireDepartment.The Tigers will hand out

team jerseys to the firefight-ers in celebration of the de-partment’s 100thanniversary. Yes, you readthat right. Hamtramck’s fire-fighters have been bravelyprotecting the city for 100long years.On hand will be Tigers’

brass and players.Unfortunately, the visit is

not open to the public, butwe will have photos of it toshare.

Road hog … Things aren’texactly neighborly in the3400 block of Doremus St.We received a phone call

from a very obviously frus-trated 62-year-old residentwho said she has threeneighbors who illegally claimparking spots in front of theirresidences by plopping downold chairs, crates and cones.That used to be the way

folks saved a parking spaceduring winter months whenyou had to dig out your carafter a snowfall. While allthat labor should be re-warded, it comes down tothis: It’s illegal to put some-thing out on the street tosave your space.You see, the street is pub-

lic property. You do not ownthat parking space. Yeah, itmay seem unfair, but con-sider the case of our caller.Since everything around heris “reserved,” she is oftenforced to park a block away.And she has a heart condi-

tion, but since she just got acar, she has yet to get a

handicap license.Our caller, who wishes to

remain anonymous becauseshe doesn’t want to start awar with her neighbors – andyou know how that can esca-late into the ridiculous – saidshe’s tried to get help fromcity hall.But all she got was a prom-

ise to have a city code in-spector check it out. Well,that was three weeks agoand nothing has changed.So, we humbly ask our

friends in city hall to sendover someone and collectthose old chairs and crates.When Lou Schimmel was

in charge of the city back in

the early 2000s, he orderedcity crews to drive aroundand put and end to this cus-tom.It worked, and for many

years it largely disappeared.

Well, time has passed andit’s crept back.Come on folks, be nice to

your neighbors. We all haveto get along in this weather.

Welcome aboard … TheHamtramck police and firedepartments had some ex-citement this past couple ofweeks.The Police Department wel-

comed two new officers totheir ranks, Luigi Gjokaj andAdam Parys. Gjokaj is nostranger to Hamtramck, hav-ing grown up here and havingserved in the Hamtramck Po-lice Reserves.Over at the fire station,

new firefighter Vincent Ca-poruscio came all the wayfrom South Carolina to join anew crew.Good luck guys and in-

deed, welcome.

Another city-owned buildingis on auction block

Police officer Adam Parys takes the oath of office fromDeputy City Clerk August Gitschlag in a swearing in ceremonyon Monday. Below, newly-hired firefighter Vincent Caporusciois also sworn in.

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entries speaks volumesabout interest in NAIASand global auto industry,”said NAIAS 2014 Chair-man Bob Shuman. “Whatis especially important isthat these students exhib-ited the creative talent thatis so critical to the successof this industry.” As an art enthusiast, Hrn-

jica said he was eager totake the opportunity toenter the contest. Headded that he was excitedwhen he realized he wasone of the winners. “This is the first time any-

one from my school haswon any place in the con-test,” Hrnjica said. “I can’twait to hopefully make abetter poster next schoolyear.”He also plans to visit the

auto show, which will takeplace from Jan. 13–26.“I've never been there so

this should be a fun expe-rience,” he said.The winning entries are

currently displayed onNAIAS’ website and will beexhibited at the show fromJan. 18-26 at the CoboCenter in Detroit.

HHS student is drawn toauto show poster contestContinued from front page

her students and activelypromotes the Science andEngineering Fair of MetroDetroit. During Engineers Week,

Ms. Klikovac and a guestof her choice will be invitedto attend the ESD GoldAwards banquet/receptionto receive her award. The school district had

this to say about Ms. Kliko-vac:“Ms. Klikovac works with

students throughout thedistrict on her own timetwice each week. She iscommitted to her work andmotivates her students.Students are excited todemonstrate their skills

and each year that theHamtramck Public SchoolDistrict has entered theMetropolitan Science Fairat Cobo Hall our studentshave been recognized withspecial awards.”

Coming eventsSATURDAY, Feb., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. – Drop offyour recyclable items at the recycling centeron Caniff at McDougall, in the city parking lot.

Continued from page 3

Ms. Klikovac

By Charles SercombeThis week’s crime Log cov-

ers Jan. 5-12.Sunday, Jan. 5• At 12:33 a.m. a Lincoln

Park resident was arrestedfor being disorderly while atCampau Tower.• At 4 a.m. a Norwalk St.

resident was arrested for as-saulting a woman.• A Yemans St. woman said

she was assaulted by her live-in boyfriend.• A missing teen from

Southfield was found in thearea of Jos. Campau andRoosevelt. The girl wasturned over to her parents.Monday, Jan. 6• At 5 a.m. a car fire was

reported at Evaline andMitchell streets.• At 9:30 a.m. a Florian St.

resident reported their carwas stolen while it was run-ning but left unattended.• At 9 a.m. a Berger St. res-

ident reported someonebroke into his garage andstole his snow blower.• A Jacob St. resident re-

ported his license plate wasstolen.• A Jos. Campau resident

reported damage to her carand the door to her resi-dence.Tuesday, Jan. 7• At almost midnight, a Ye-

mans St. resident was re-ported missing.Wednesday, Jan. 8• Four car crashes were re-

ported at Faber and Lumpkin,Caniff and Gallagher, Caniffand Mackay and on AndrusSt.• Officers investigated an

open door at a residence inthe 9600 block of Dequindre,but they were unable to se-cure the door.Thursday, Jan. 9No report was available for

this day.Friday, Jan. 10• A Lehman St. resident re-

ported someone kicked in his

back door, broke out windowsand stole several items.• A Norwalk St. resident

said someone called him andattempted to intimidate himinto sending money. Thecaller claimed to be an IRSagent.• A man and a Hamtramck

juvenile were arrested at10:30 p.m. after breakinginto a house in the 3400block of Carpenter. The twosuspects were caught steal-ing a refrigerator and a City ofHamtramck garbage can.• At 12:30 a.m. officers as-

sisted Detroit police in chas-ing down a wanted felon. Thechase started at an EvalineSt. bar.• An Evaline St. woman re-

ported her boyfriend as-saulted her. The boyfriendfled before officers arrived atthe scene.• A woman reported that a

woman she knows madethreats through Facebook toharm her.• A woman reported that

someone broke into her resi-dence in the 3900 block ofDoremus St.• Mayor Karen Majewski re-

ported that a man stole heriPhone while she was at herstore on Jos. Campau. Ma-jewski was able to provide thename of the suspect.Saturday, Jan. 11• A little after midnight, a

person was arrested at Jacoband Jos. Campau for beingdisorderly.• At about 3 a.m., a person

was arrested after beingpulled over in a traffic stopwhen it was discovered there

was an arrest warrant.• At almost 4 a.m. a hit and

run accident occurred at Trow-bridge and Lumpkin streets.• A resident reported he

was carjacked by two men intheir 20s. The incident hap-pened on Gallagher St., andthe suspects took off with aToyota Corolla.Sunday, Jan. 12• Officers arrested a

woman after being cited forimpeding traffic when it wasdiscovered she had a loadedrevolver in her car but had anexpired weapons permit.• A Lumpkin St. resident

was arrested for damaging acar.• A Dequindre St. resident

reported the theft of a cat-alytic converter from their ve-hicle. The same thing wasreported from residents onOklahoma and Dyar streets.• A Nagel St. resident re-

ported a break-in at his resi-dence and the theft of severalitems.• A Trowbridge St. resident

reported her boyfriend as-saulted her while at a friend’shouse on Edwin St. The sus-pect fled before officers ar-rived.Monday, Jan. 13• A woman living in the

11400 block of St. Aubin St.reported the theft of sidingfrom her house.• At about 9 a.m. a resi-

dent reported a man at-tempted to steal her 2006Ford Ranger.• A little after 5 p.m. three

Detroit juveniles were de-tained after they broke a win-dow at 10340 Jos. Campau.The juveniles were releasedto their parents, and the par-ents were issued tickets.

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By Greg KowalskiThe most common com-

ment we hear from visitorsat Hamtramck HistoricalMuseum is that “Ham-tramck isn’t what it used tobe.”Well, yeah. But neither

are you. Or I. The fact iseverything changes. If itdidn’t it would stagnateand rot. It’s true that Ham-tramck has lost a lot ofwhat it once had over theyears, but it also hasgained much.People today have no

concept of what Ham-tramck was like, say 100years ago. Technically itwas a village, but in 1914,Hamtramck was already amassively growing indus-trial town well on its way tobecoming one of the mostdensely packed communi-ties in America.It was growing so fast, in

fact, that the following year,1915, the U.S. governmentdid a special census just ofthe Village of Hamtramck.Its conclusion was stagger-ing: Hamtramck was grow-ing at a rate of 50 timesthe rest of the nation.Almost overnight, farm-

land had been convertedinto houses and factories.The story is best told in oldphotos. Pictures of Ham-tramck prior to 1920 arerelatively rare, but they arethe clearest way to get asense of what the townwas like.The oldest photo in the

collection of the Ham-tramck Historical Museumdates from 1905 andshows a group of kids look-ing like the Little Rascals (ifyou remember them) play-ing on Jos. Campau at An-drus St., which seems littlemore than a dirt road.A much more telling

photo dates from about1920 and depicts a charm-ing young lady posing onthe lawn of her house. Butwhat makes the photosstand out is the back-ground. There is a huge factory

on the next block. In fact,by 1923 there were 23 fac-tories operating in Ham-tramck. And that doesn’tinclude the giant DodgeMain complex. At that timethe huge steeple of St. Flo-rian Church did not domi-nate the sky over the city. It

wouldn’t be built for threemore years. But there werehundreds of buildings crow-ing the streets.The city was a muddled

mix of commercial, residen-tial and industrial buildingsseemingly lumped togetherwith no sense of zoning.Backyards abutted major

factories. Smokestacks,giant gas tanks, houses,bars and schools stoodside by side. It’s almostmindboggling today toimagine what it was likethen.There are a few hints. Go

down Dequindre by PolandStreet and you can still seethe rapidly disappearingAmerican Axle plant justacross from a row ofhouses. Those who lived bythat factory when it wasstill operating as ChevroletGear and Axle can remem-ber the clang-clang-clang ofsteel presses that rangthrough the night like an in-dustrial lullaby. And on Klinger just north

of Casmere you can seethe big brick building thatused to be the CK Breweryafter Prohibition ended. Itsits in a residential neigh-borhood. You’ll find other,

though usually smaller,buildings like that scat-tered around the city.Some were little factories,others were beer distribu-tors, and all were part ofthe crazy quilt that Ham-tramck once was.If you were to walk down

the streets of Hamtramcka century ago you wouldfeel like you were in a dif-ferent town. Little would berecognizable. It’s a shamethat some of that is gone,it’s a blessing that otherparts are.But change it must, like

everything does. Just lookat your first grade photo.See more of old Ham-

tramck at the HamtramckHistorical Museum, 9525Jos. Campau, betweenPoland and Norwalk streets.Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday and Sunday. Call(313) 893-5027 for infor-mation.

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Things change… as they mustBy Charles SercombeHamtramck police have

been in the news thisweek.On Sunday night, Ham-

tramck officers assistedHighland Park police inraiding a strip club onWoodward and Six Mile.Dozens of patrons at

Déjà Vu were rounded upand arrested for illegaldrug activity. The bar wasclosed down for serving al-cohol after hours and al-lowing underage girls toperform. There were alsoallegations of prostitution.Hamtramck Police Chief

Max Garbarino said severalHamtramck officers wereon hand to help out. Ham-tramck police also suppliedinformation about under-age girls working in theclub.On Tuesday, night, a 15-

year-old girl who had beenabducted in front of herhome in Detroit managed

to escape from her kidnap-per’s car while he was tak-ing her to his apartment onCommor St. near the Col.Hamtramck Housing proj-ect.The 45-year-old suspect

reportedly threatened thegirl with sexual assault.The girl ran up to a resi-

dent’s house and asked forhelp. That resident took inthe girl and called hermother. Hamtramck officers were

on the scene within min-utes and managed to ar-rest the kidnapper, whohad come to the housewhere the girl ran to askingfor her. The suspect’sname had not been re-leased at the time The Re-view went to press.However, according to

media reports, the suspecthas a serious criminal his-tory, which includes homeinvasion.

Hamtramck officerscredited for help intwo high-profile cases

It’s said that whateverhappens to Detroit, so goesHamtramck. If you were torely solely on the localmainstream media, you’dthink Detroit is no morethan a crime-infestedwasteland. Well, we’re hereto say that isn’t so. Ourfriends over at modeldme-dia.com andmetromode.com have beenreporting on fascinating de-velopment projects for thepast few years.With their permission,

here is an edited version ofthis week’s story:Jeff Wenzel is the co-

owner of Groovebox Stu-dios, a production companythat helps bands crowd-source new audio andvideo content. The 3-year-old firm got its start from

the Sugar People musicproject and everything ittook to put that together."We learned that it takes

a huge team of people tomake a project go," Wenzelsays. "So we picked up thepieces and started Groove-box Studios."Groovebox Studios helps

independent bands crowd-source money from theirfans to make new musicand videos. The first$1,200 raised goes towardGroovebox Studios' ex-penses to make the projectwork (think time for equip-ment and professionalservices) and anythingcrowd funded beyond thatgoes toward paying theband."We make our money on

the production costs,"

Wenzel says. "The bandgets its money and thefans get fresh content."The production company

is based in the Russell In-dustrial Center, which is onthe city’s near east sidenext to Hamtramck.Groovebox Studios is cur-rently working with StartGarden to grow the con-cept. It has opened satel-lite locations in Chicagoand Chapel Hill and is look-ing at expanding to Atlanta,Columbus or Cincinnati.The firm currently em-

ploys four staffers andseven independent con-tractors. It hired one per-son and all of theindependent contractorsover the last year.

Writer: Jon Zemke

Metro news …

These kids are playing on Jos. Campau at Andrus street in1905.

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