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Eastpointe hires firm to conduct search for new city manager BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
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‘I NEVER FORGOT HIM’
Vietnam Army Ranger killed in combat remembered decades later BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
EASTPOINTE — It has been more than 50 years since Lon Michael Holupko was killed
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in the Vietnam war, but Michaelene Buczak still thinks about him. They were classmates at Detroit’s Grant Junior High and Osborn High School, where he was known as “Lonnie.” “He was very tall, very handsome and very quiet. He had a lovely twinkle in his eye. When you passed in the hall, he’d say hello and use your See VETERAN on page 12A
ABOVE: Eastpointe resident Michaelene Buczak wanted to honor someone during the Memorial Day parade May 26, and she chose Lon Michael Holupko. The two attended junior high and high school together.
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
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EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe City Council has voted to hire a firm to begin conducting a search for its new city manager. The idea to hire a firm to perform the search was originally agreed upon by the City Council at its April 15 meeting. The council put out a request for proposals, or RFP, for city manager search services. The RFP returned 13 proposals. At its June 17 meeting, the City Council decided to schedule a special meeting, which was held June 24, to help narrow down the number of candidates based on criteria that the council created. The goal of the special meeting was to identify the top four proposals. At the meeting — which lasted only about 10 minutes — interim City Manager Elke Doom broke down the 13 proposals based on fee structures, where they were located and which ones had successful placements in Michigan. Doom said that while all the companies that submitted proposals were good companies, she liked that some of them had more experience working in Michigan. “I think that’s important, especially if you’re coming from a different state and don’t know how the state laws are or how things operate,” she said.