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MAY 23, 2024 • Vol. 36, No. 11
FALLEN GIs REMEMBERED Fire millage DETROIT SOLDIER’S renewal to appear AN OCEAN AWAY REMAINS STILL MISSING on Aug. 6 ballot
BY MARIA ALLARD
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BY DEAN VAGLIA
METRO DETROIT — Each time Bart van der Sterren visits the Netherlands American Cemetery, he places a bouquet of fresh flowers at the Wall of the Missing. The heartfelt gesture honors the memory of U.S. soldier Cliffe Hamilton Wolfe, a Detroit native who went missing in November 1944 during World War II. His remains have never been found. Van der Sterren, a resident of Schinveld, Netherlands, is among many volunteers who have adopted American GIs buried at the cemetery, located in the European town of Margraten, Netherlands. Approximately 8,300 U.S. military service members killed in combat during Operation Market Garden and the Allied push into Nazi Germany are laid to rest there. Also remembered are the 1,700 soldiers whose names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, including Wolfe’s. The cemetery was built on land where the U.S. Army’s
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MACOMB TOWNSHIP — With a short agenda to work with, the Macomb Township Board of Trustees had a relatively quick meeting on the evening of May 8. Trustees approved the placement of a Fire Department millage renewal question on the Aug. 6 ballot. The current millage, originally approved at 2 mills and currently set at 1.9 mills, is due to expire in March 2025. “We have to put on the ballot a mechanism to fund the Fire Department when the current (millage) expires,” Macomb Township Treasurer Leon Drolet said. “We’re proposing to put 1.9 mills on the ballot. Essentially, it won’t cost the residents any more than they’re paying now. It would be the same rate.” Though the millage voted on will be 2 mills, the township will only be allowed to levy up to 1.9 mills. The remaining 0.1 mills will only be levied in order to restore lost revenues due to Headlee amendment rate reductions. The millage, if approved by voters, would last for 10 years.
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LEFT: The Netherlands American Cemetery was built on land where the U.S. 30th Infantry Division liberated the Dutch citizens in September 1944. RIGHT: Bart van der Sterren, a resident of Schinveld, Netherlands, has adopted two soldiers, including Cliffe Hamilton Wolfe, of Detroit. Pictured here van der Sterren stands below Wolfe’s name at the Wall of the Missing.
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