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JUNE 4, 2025 candgnews.com
Macomb County and Grosse Pointe papers
LEFT: Eastpointe Fire Chaplain Kevin Lancaster offers blessings while at Foot Locker. BELOW: Bishop Eric Lloyd, of Rhema International Church in Harper Woods, pictured center in the blazer and blue jeans, and Bishop Daryl Harris, president of Ceasefire Detroit and Detroit Community Clergy Alliance, far left in the baseball cap, gather with residents for the prayer walk May 16. Photos by Patrica O’Blenes
Alumni of all ages and professions came together to play at a concert to honor Erik Miller, the retiring band director at Warren Mott High School. Photos by Erin Sanchez
Congratulations, Mr. Miller By Alyssa Ochss aochss@candgnews.com
‘NO MORE VIOLENCE … ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ PASTORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHER FOR PRAYER WALK BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
EASTPOINTE/HARPER WOODS/DETROIT — With the recent wave of crime that has hit Eastpointe — including a shooting that left two people dead and a stabbing in which one person was killed — a group of pastors recently gathered with about 125 residents to lift the community in prayer and denounce violence. Bishop Eric Lloyd, of Rhema International Church in Harper Woods, organized a prayer walk May 16 that lined Kelly Road near Eight Mile Road. Together, the group See PRAYER WALK on page 10A
WARREN — With a career spanning about 30 years, Warren Mott High School Band Director Erik Miller — or as I knew him, Mr. Miller — touched the lives of countless students. It’s why around 30 alumni with varying backgrounds, degrees, families and career choices all came together to honor him in an alumni band. Over the course of a month and a couple of weeks, we practiced three pieces of music all with a connection to Miller, and even a new piece written with Miller in mind. At the first practice, my nerves were on end. Admittedly, I was scared — scared of how we’d all react to seeing each other once again, some of us with a decade or more since we sat as students. But as soon as we got started, it was like we never left in the first place. We made jokes, practiced the music and helped each other out with some of the musical language we may have forgotten. From a young age, I knew I wanted to follow my sister’s footsteps and participate in
With a career spanning around 30 years, Erik Miller, band director at Warren Mott High School, touched the lives of many students. band. In fifth grade, I picked up a flute lent to me by my cousin and started my journey. No matter how hard it got in school, I always reminded myself that high school See MILLER on page 4A