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Katerina Spiewak celebrated her 100th birthday Aug. 16 at the Ukrainian Village Apartments. With help from her niece Diane Kurylo, left, she blew out her birthday candles. Photo by Maria Allard
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WARREN — The Warren City Council voted July 9 to table its vote on the reappointment of four current members of the Downtown Development Authority board and give Mayor Lori Stone time to find new members while maintaining a quorum. DDA board members are appointed to a four-year-term. According to Warren City Council Secretary Mindy Moore, the reasons given for not approving the reappointments of Nick Lavdas, Gregory Jackson, Joe Vicari and Mike Wiegand were the board’s misappropriation of nearly $500,000, attendance, rarely asking questions and always voting “yes” to what the mayor wanted. “I have to say that I’m a little more than disappointed that the mayor has simply reappointed people that have been on the DDA,” Moore said. “We were looking for change. This is not change, and this has been one of the most controversial boards, certainly in the last four years.” The controversy included a Michigan Supreme Court ruling that former Warren Mayor James Fouts misappropriated nearly $500,000 through the DDA by spending it without the City Council’s approval. The court ruled it is the council’s budget. When Fouts was previously interviewed about the case, he