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DECEMBER 18, 2024 • Vol. 21, No. 27
Ferndale middle school robotics team wins state championship
Chris Johnston, owner of The Emory, plans to lease out the space for another business to take over and make its own. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — Ferndale Middle School’s robotics team was able to take home a state championship earlier this month and will now compete in the world championship next year. The school’s team, Giggle Pickles, competed in the Michigan FIRST Tech Challenge State ChampionshipSoutheast at Macomb Community College in Warren Dec. 7-8, where it won a state championship — named the “Winning Alliance” — at the event. The other team that won the title as part of the alliance was S.W.A.R.M. from Saline Middle School. Nick Kokotovich, the Giggle Pickles’ fourth year coach, praised the team and its efforts this year, including not losing any rounds at the state championship. “They were really, really dedicated, and we learned things and used things that we’ve never used before,” he said of this year’s team. “Different programming methods that we’ve never done before. That’s what really allowed us to be at good footing as soon as the real season started and have a robot that was capable of actually
The Emory to close in Ferndale after 17 years BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — A long-running restaurant in downtown Ferndale will be closing down at the end of the month. The Emory announced on social media that it will be shutting down after 17 years of operation. Its final day will be on Sunday, Dec. 29. The decision to close The Emory — which has
been open since 2007 — was a big one, according to owner Chris Johnston, and a choice that wasn’t easy. “Every restaurant, unless you’re an iconic restaurant, has a lifespan, and I would say 17 years is well beyond that normal lifespan,” he said. “After a certain point, you probably have to reinvent yourself drastically just to keep things fresh, and I felt that we did what we did there for a long time, and I didn’t want to See THE EMORY on page 8A
See ROBOTICS on page 10A
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