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FEBRUARY 19, 2025 • Vol. 44, No. 4
Rotary Park to get ‘ninja course’ Council approves force main project on 13 Mile Road BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com
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Sanaa Duff, Abel Barnes and LaMar Dixon take water samples to test the pH, nitrate and nitrite levels in the aquarium in their classroom at Green Elementary School in Roseville. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Students get hooked on class assignment BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
ROSEVILLE — There is something fishy going on inside Christopher Kawiecki’s fifth grade classroom at Green Elementary School in Roseville Community Schools.
Kawiecki’s class was selected by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as one of 40 recipients of the Salmon in the Classroom grant. This year, the students are taking care of Chinook salmon in an aquarium inside the classroom. In May, they will release the fish at Lake St. Clair Metropark in Harrison Township.
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ROSEVILLE — Rotary Park, 29571 Utica Road, is set to get fitness equipment that’s a bit out of the ordinary. At the Roseville City Council’s Feb. 11 meeting, council unanimously approved the purchase of an X-Treme Ninja Course from Greenfields Outdoor Fitness. This equipment will provide 14 obstacles for fitness enthusiasts to move through. This includes equipment that assists with balance, agility, and upper and lower body strength. It finishes with participants running up a ramp. For a detailed description of what the equipment will offer, visit gfoutdoorfitness.com/x-treme-ninja-course-2. Greenfields Outdoor Fitness partnered with the National Recreation and Park Association to offer workout equipment at a reduced cost to municipalities in 2022. A letter from Downtown Development Authority Administrative Specialist Jim Gammicchia to the council said that due to the partnership, the city couldn’t entertain bids from other manufacturers. The deal saves the city $40,000 on the equipment, bringing the total