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OCTOBER 30, 2024 Vol. 44, No. 323
Sheriff Anthony Wickersham
SPOTLIGHT ON SENIOR LIVING
SETTING UP ESTATE SALES 19A
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Van Dyke, Warren Con offer ballot proposals Nov. 5 WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS/ TROY — As Election Day nears on Nov. 5, residents in the Van Dyke Public Schools and Warren Consolidated Schools districts will be asked to consider bond proposals. Van Dyke is placing a $36.1 million bond initiative on the ballot that, if passed,
will support facility and learning environment improvements. Warren Consolidated officials are asking residents to approve an operating millage replacement.
Van Dyke Public Schools bond initiative
Van Dyke’s $36.1 million bond is for 25 years. The proposal is a zero-mill increase ballot question. If the bond passes, it will
generate funding to pay for improvements to school facilities districtwide. Officials said the bond would not increase the current school property tax because of the previous bond issue. A bond proposal is developed by the school district and presented to the voters for approval. When a bond proposal passes, the bonds are sold in the capital markets at a date determined by the district, a finan-
cial advisor and an underwriter. Upon closing, funds generated from the bond sale are deposited in the district’s construction fund and are available to spend for completion of the projects contemplated in the bond proposal. According to ballot language provided by the Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds Office, the estimated millage that will See PROPOSALS on page 30A
Best friends in life are celebrated in death BY GENA JOHNSON gjohnson@candgnews.com
DETROIT — Hundreds gathered at Second Ebenezer Church in Detroit Oct. 18 to celebrate the lives of Cedric Antwan Hayden Jr. and DeJuan Kyle Pettis, who were killed when a speeding Warren police SUV crashed into Pettis’ new Dodge Durango. Hayden, 34, and Pettis, 33, were best friends since they were 12 years old and often referred to themselves as brothers. They were going to Hayden’s home in Warren when the crash happened at 5 a.m. Sept. 30. “If you were to know Brother Hayden and Brother Pettis, they would want it no other way but to be with one another and to be of support to one another,” the Rev. Tariq Cummings said. “I don’t know about you, but I need a friend like that.” “We stand at a very unique crossroad but in the midst of our crossroad, I believe that we all would See FRIENDS on page 31A
Cedric Hayden Jr., 34, right, and DeJuan Pettis, 33, were best friends since they were 12. They were going to Hayden’s home in Warren on Oct. 30 when they were killed in a crash with a Warren police SUV on Schoenherr Road. Facebook photo
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