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OCTOBER 23, 2024 candgnews.com
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Power Play for Heroes to raise money for service dogs BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
ST. CLAIR SHORES — The Power Play for Heroes on Nov. 15 not only hosts an entertaining hockey game — it also raises money for a good cause. Paul Sabatini, concept development product and business specialist-sports initiatives at GroupeSTAHL, said this is the eighth event. It raises money for Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs. The charity provides service dogs to first responders and veterans who need them. The dogs can cost anywhere from $25,000 to $27,000 and tremendously change the quality of life for those who receive them. “They save a life, and they change a life for our veterans and first responders,” Sabatini said. He went on to say some of the veterans had tried to commit suicide in the past. “As soon as they get paired with this dog, it changed their life,” Sabatini said. “They can have a
regular job. They interact with their families. It truly does change a life and save a life.” This year, the doors open at 7 p.m. and the game starts at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15. Tickets are $10 with kids 10 and younger free of charge. It is located at the St. Clair Shores Civic Ice Arena at 20000 Stephens Road, in the Garden Rink. A separate open house at the Stahls’ Automotive Collection at 56156 North Bay Drive in Chesterfield Township will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 9. Featured guests include Steven Carlson, who played one of the Hanson brothers in the movie “Slapshot,” Former National Hockey League Zamboni driver Al Sobotka, sports reporter Brad Galli from WXYZ-TV Channel 7 and four-time Stanley Cup champion Darren McCarty of the Detroit Red Wings. Sabatini said the idea of the hockey game came from a passion for the sport through the Stahl family See SERVICE DOGS on page 10A Photo provided by Paul Sabatini
Eventgoers will get a chance to get a photo with a replica Stanley Cup. Proceeds from the event at the St. Clair Shores Civic Arena on Nov. 15 will benefit Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs.
De La Salle holds blessing ceremony for new STEM Center BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
WARREN — Plans for De La Salle’s new Steve and Kathy McShane STEM Innovation Center, scheduled to open in the fall of 2025, continued Oct. 10 with a groundblessing ceremony. The ceremony, held in the school’s Bill Fox Gymnasium, gave faculty, students and past graduates the chance to gather and see the beginning stages of the construction.
The ground-blessing also brought out the school’s longest living graduate, Ed Grieshaber, Class of 1947. Rev. Brian Meldrum, from the De La Salle Collegiate Class of 2002, provided the blessing through prayers and by sprinkling holy water. In the summer of 2023, school officials announced that Steve and Kathy McShane pledged a multimillion-dollar gift to De La Salle to construct the world-class science, technology, engineering and math center. The Steve and Kathy McShane STEM Innovation Center will be built inside the
school; it’s not an addition to the school building. The Steve and Kathy McShane STEM center is a component of the school’s capital campaign. The campaign — titled “Builders of Boys. Makers of Men. The Next 100 Years!” — is designed to keep the school alive and well for another century. De La Salle will turn 100 in 2026. Br. Thomas Zoppo, school president, led the ceremony. “Let’s begin as we always do when we are in the holy presence of God. Father in heaven, we are gathered here toSee STEM on page 6A