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MARCH 20, 2025 Vol. 44, No. 6
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Beloved K-9 retires after 8 years on the force
LEFT: Reagan Henke, 12, of Grosse Pointe City, teaches the girls in Troop 86 G how to make a square knot during a weekly Scout meeting March 10 at Richard Elementary School in Grosse Pointe Farms.
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
See KAISER on page 5A
ABOVE: Members of Troop 86 G practice making a square knot. Photos by Erin Sanchez
FEMALE SCOUTING AMERICA TROOP BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL GIRLS BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
GROSSE POINTES — Girls have always been able to be members of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, but they were never able to take advantage of programs like the Eagle Scouts, which was only offered through Boy Scouts of America. That is, until now. The Boy Scouts of America — which rebranded itself as Scouting America — became open to female
members in February 2019, and the Grosse Pointes recently established its first female troop, Troop 86 G. The troop holds its weekly meetings at Richard Elementary School in Grosse Pointe Farms, but it’s open to girls from any of the Grosse Pointes, Harper Woods and other surrounding communities that want to join. The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts/Scouting America have always had a different focus from each other, said Chris Cornwell, of Grosse Pointe Park, the cubmaster of Cub Scout Pack 147. See SCOUTS on page 18A
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HARPER WOODS —Getting adjusted to retirement can be hard for anyone, but it’s even harder when you don’t yet understand you’re retired. That’s the case for Harper Woods Public Safety Department K-9 Kaiser, who still wants to head to work when he sees his handler put on his uniform. “He’s ready to go. He wants to go,” said Harper Woods Public Safety Sgt. Steve Johnson, Kaiser’s handler. “He has to be told to stay when I’m walking out the door. It’s going to take time before it settles in and he realizes this is the new normal.” Kaiser’s retirement was celebrated during a party organized by the nonprofit Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society in his honor March 14 at the AMVETS Center in Harper Woods, where the beloved German shepherd was able to see many of his supporters one final time. His last day at work was Feb. 23,
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