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MARCH 12, 2025 candgnews.com
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Centenarian Southfield resident reflects on her ‘Wish of a Lifetime’ BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
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orn on April 18, 1922, Catherine Davis is a 102-yearold Southfield resident whose lifetime wish of going to Washington, D.C. to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture was granted for her birthday last April by “Wish of a Lifetime” from AARP. See DAVIS on page 6A Photo provided by Darlene Trujillo
Catherine Davis said that she was most impacted by seeing President Barack Obama and the death of George Floyd displayed in the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
FERNDALE TO CELEBRATE ART WITH MONTHLONG CELEBRATION BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — Downtown Ferndale is about to get very artsy in the month of March. The Ferndale Downtown Development Authority, along with the Downtown Ferndale Public Art Program and the Ferndale Arts & Beautification Commission, will be hosting a monthlong celebration of art called Art March. Art March will feature dozens of events centered around and highlighting art in the community, from receptions for local artists to celebrating public art that was installed in the downtown last year. “We are celebrating the creativity and artistic expression that really brings people together in Ferndale,” DDA Executive Director Jennie Beeker said. “When people think See ART on page 5A
The side of Syndicate Ferndale features a large mural that was painted last year. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes