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Adeline Power sits near the fairy garden she and her mother Ryann created in their Wyandotte neighborhood
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Who believes in fairies? Many Downriver neighbors do and they are creating fairy gardens to lure the diminutive creatures to their yards and bring with them a little joy and magic. Perhaps not such a bad idea during a pandemic. Ryann Power’s fairy garden is at the base of a tree in her front yard in Wyandotte, near a sidewalk for strolling neighbors to easily view; those neighbors have responded by leaving gifts of their own to the tiny winged creatures, including a miniature penguin and a tiny basket of apples. “We watch people walk by and smile. It’s happy,” Power said. The English discovered the magic that fairies can bring in dark times, during war-
torn England in 1917, portrayed in the movie FairyTale: A True Story. Two little girls claim that fairies live in their village garden and take a picture, “proving” the fairies’ existence. Author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Arthur Conan Doyle, proclaimed himself a “believer.” Many others became believers, too, although the story was actually a wellintentioned hoax. But for months, everyone’s mood was lightened. Power saw the movie when she was younger and has a believer in her own household, her 5-year-old daughter, Adeline. Adeline wished to create a fairy garden for the fairy she calls “Clementine,” after she saw several fairy gardens in a Trenton neighborhood. In June, Power and her daughter created SEE FAIRIES, Page 3
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Continued from page 1 their garden using items purchased in dollar stores and from Hobby Lobby. A tiny cat patrols the fairy garden yard, although Adeline said she isn’t sure what Clementine has named her cat. Rachel Mills’ children helped her create a fairy garden at their Wyandotte home about three years ago. They had originally set it up in the backyard but were forced to remove it, because it was repeatedly getting destroyed. Perhaps by jealous garden gnomes? “The squirrels kind of tore things up,” Mills said, laughing. She re-homed the fairies to the side yard, at the base of a large maple tree. And, although her own children have perhaps grown out of their initial enchantment with the garden, Mills keeps it in place for the children who pass on their way to classes at Jefferson Elementary School. “I have the regulars who stop by,” she said. “One says that her son has to stop by every day to see what’s going on with the fairies.” Her fairies have also received gifts from passing strangers; a bracelet that appeared as an Rachel Mill of Wyandotte poses near the fairy garden she offering became a charming maintains for the neighborhood children. wreath on the door of their fairy house. “It’s colorful and fun,” said Adeline about six months ago. They can expect some Lisa Rodgers, who works in “That is a great idea to do with Halloween fun, too. Mills puts a the gift department at Hood’s. my granddaughter,” he said. “I big blow-up spider in front of her “Whimsical. Some are solar have always thought it would own home for the holiday, which and glow in the dark. There’s a be fun to create a little world. attracts neighbors as a fun photo butterfly house, a slide, a birdbath. Especially one where the more you op, and she won’t short-change the Some items are for the holidays, look at it, the more you discover fairies’ house decorations. like Easter and Christmas, and can little hidden gems that you might “I have a fence with ghosts, be put inside planter boxes with not see the first go around.” pumpkins and scarecrows,” she real plants for inside gardens.” However, the fairy garden said, adding that she planned Fairy gardens are usually a hit creation may have to wait until to visit a “fairy store,” The with grandparents, she said. next summer. “This summer,” Enchanted Forest, that she recently “Grandma and grandpa want he said, “we are still working on heard about in Frankenmuth, for to make their grandchild happy rolling over and perfecting her more items. “I’m always on the when they come to visit and this bouncy chair.” look-out.” is something they can do together Forget the pandemic for a Hood’s Hardware Store has in the backyard,” Rodgers said. moment and become a believer. provided a fairy garden or “gypsy “Some will come in and spend a Stroll around Downriver garden” section in their store hundred dollars.” neighborhoods and look for fairies for the past six years, offering A fairy garden may be in peeking from tangles of ivy or a collection of brightly-colored the future for Jeff Imhoff of sitting on toadstools sipping tea miniature products through Wyandotte. Imhoff has long from flower-petal cups and enjoy Evergreen Enterprise, Inc. that considered creating a fairy garden the magic. range in size between one-andand he and his wife, Gloria, Be sure to say to Clementine. three inches. Fairy size. became new grandparents to baby
How to set up a Fairy garden Fairy gardens aren’t just for the benefit of our tiny, winged friends. They can help us larger creatures forget current difficulties, like a pandemic. Set up a garden, either outside or inside, and simply enjoy the aesthetics of a garden done in miniature, or go deeper for a more interactive experience, like encouraging the children in your life to “exchange” poems, notes and small gifts with the fairies living there. No matter your choice, be prepared to get absorbed in the magic, as Beverly Potvin has. The former Wyandotte resident, who still attends Wyandotte Garden Club meetings, has created fairy gardens for about 15 years, after a visit in Ann Arbor where she sighted a whimsical fairy door, one of several found throughout the city as “installation art.” “It was just so cute,” she said. Potvin went home and ordered a “gnome” door for her own garden and “built a fairy garden from there.” Outdoor garden An outdoor garden simply requires a space in the yard, Potvin said, like under a tree. Or find a container, even something repurposed, like a wood crate, a planter box, a galvanized tub, a well-scrubbed bird bath or a discarded wheelbarrow. “The container should have drainage,” Potvin said, “or, after a rain, it will become a big ole puddle otherwise.” Fill the container about three-quarters deep with potting soil and start planting with moss, small succulents and even live herbs, like mint or chives; aim to keep things in proportion, to about 1:12 scale. “Nurseries set out tinier plants (for that use) during the warmer season,” Potvin said. Now focus on furnishings, found in dollar stores, fairy-garden sections in nurseries and in Wyandotte’s own Hood’s Hardware, in specialty stores like The Enchanted Forest in Frankenmuth and the Unicorn Feed and Supply Store in Ypsilanti or ordered online. Embellish the garden further, perhaps with old marbles or Petoskey stones found in the back of a junk drawer! Indoor garden Now that cooler weather is approaching, consider bringing your garden indoors to protect fairy wings against frostbite. Or simply begin your fairy-garden experience with an indoor garden. Use a planter, a tray usually used under plant pots, a terrarium, or even a vintage-style suitcase; selecting a container is easy because drainage isn’t an issue. “You can control the amount of water used,” Potvin said. Then follow the same procedures as with the outdoor garden containers.
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Going plant-based? Use this info to insure enough protein What does it mean to be plant-based? It means you’re choosing to get most of your food from plant sources. The Director of the Department of Nutrition at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Health contributor, Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN, explains: “This includes not only fruits and vegetables, but also nuts, seeds, oils, whole grains, legumes, and beans. It doesn’t mean that you are vegetarian or vegan and never eat meat or dairy. Rather, you are proportionately choosing more of your foods from plant sources.” If you’ve considered reducing your meat or dairy intake (meatless Monday, perhaps?), you may be wondering how to get adequate protein when your main sources are eliminated. Here are 10 sources of plant-based protein that are easy to incorporate into your meals today: Lentils, chickpeas (think: hummus), nuts, quinoa, tofu, steel-cut oats, chia seeds (toss in a smoothie), beans with rice, potatoes and leafy greens.
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Walk for the Love of Art (and Culture) Downriver Council for the Arts fundraising event Sept. 26 Heritage Park in Taylor is the perfect location for an early autumn walk! This beautiful, well-maintained community park covering 121 acres, features paved walking paths, wooded nature trails, a large pond, pavilion access, restrooms and ample parking. The Downriver Council for the Arts is another community gem! The DCA is housed at 81 Chestnut in Wyandotte, MI. Although located in Wyandotte, the DCA serves 21 surrounding communities. The unique, historic building has three spacious levels with elevator access. Lower and main level amenities include: Resident artist studios, classroom areas for children and adult art workshops, two large art galleries, a commercial kitchen and a well-stocked artisan gift shop. The upper level auditorium is the ultimate venue for events such as: DJ/ live music concerts, vendor art shows,
club meetings, ballroom dancing and yoga/meditation classes, just to name a few. The DCA also hosts special indoor and outdoor community events throughout the year. Support and involvement from the community is vital for the sustainability and growth of this wonderful non-profit organization. Walk for the Love of Art (and Culture) at Heritage Park is the perfect event to showcase the DCA and all it has to offer. Heritage Park has a beautiful walking trail and you’ll see artists and performers along the route. It’s a fun way to raise money, increase membership, and make new friends, all in support of the Downriver Council for the Arts. Walker registration and participation is free and easy. You register to be a walker on the DCA website at www. downriverarts.org. You can also call
734-512-8374, or email president@ downriverarts.org. Registration deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 22 by 6 p.m,. You can download the donation form from here as well. Registered walkers with donations totaling $50 or more will receive free raffle tickets at check-in. Raffle prizes include: DCA memberships, child and adult art class instruction/supplies, goodie bags, etc. Raffle to be held at close of event day and walkers need not be present to win. In order to maintain social distancing and prevent crowding at the pavilion, participants, upon registration, are required to choose a preferred time slot for check-in and walk completion. Masks or face coverings are highly encouraged while on the walking route and should be worn at the pavilion and all other public facilities. So mark your calendar, register, and call on friends and family for donations
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‘Trickle down’ does not work, try ‘Bubble up’ Peter Rose Wyandotte Warrior
well enough to remain viable - because we have no choice, because we are better merchants, because failure is not an option. We stand a chance to even gain some share as some of the national chain detritus is captured, at least temporarily staving off forces whose strategy it is to control all the commerce. Right at this moment, we are seeing independent businesses of all types in
that I perpetually seek out and revel in. There are still a lot of independent businesses and there is still a lot of joy and cleverness and wit and life in the owners of these places. They may be more beleaguered, but they are still here, doing their damndest to wow people and earn their pay. Imagine for a minute how awesome it would be if all of us - all of us - made the individual and collective
closing. I think many places are seeing support that they sorely need, and still, the deck is stacked against places that have to operate at reduced levels. Still, I think many are trying to help, so what more do I ask? Well, I’m asking you to be louder in your advocacy that you express with each visit. For each and every business in your community that you know and love, I’m asking that you
Over the course of my nearly 50 years in this retail business, I’ve been a part of the diminishing role of local and independent as national chains, then internet companies took a greater and greater percentage of the total retail business transacted in the country. Independent is still powerful in the aggregate, but it is fractional compared to 50 years ago and it lacks cohesiveness. More of it operates much closer to the edge, with much less water in the equation. It is less lucrative, even if it is still viable. Yet local, independent business still bubbles over with resiliency and entrepreneurial capacity to survive; to learn, to grow, shift, and change as changes are presented. During this insane Coronavirus crisis that is nothing close to finished, the challenges have never been as compacted and simultaneously protracted. National chains are filing bankruptcy as internet options are exploding, growing now even faster and capturing an even bigger slice of the “pie.” The national chains that have been the scourge of my existence are closing some or all of their stores, ceding the market share they stole from a far larger independent sector over the last 50 years. I am experiencing both satisfaction at the demise of one and a growing disgust that the other has already captured too much. And this transformation from the bubble up economy that we indies once played a controlling role in to Many national retailers have felt the pinch and some are even in bankruptcy, but independent retailers are reaping a completely trickle down economy, fewer benefits than one might expect because the consumer is flocking to online retailing wherein fewer and fewer massive corporations ultimately control all of the real peril. We need these indies to not determination to direct a lot more of make it your personal mission to retail transactions is far from finished. just survive, but flourish. the discretionary dollars in our region ensure that “yours” get a wave of supExcept that less and less will trickle More than ever - far more than I to these indie warriors, giving them port from the people that gravitate to back down when that tipping point is have been describing over the last a boost that they didn’t anticipate. A national chains. reached. three years and more - there is a call to stamp of approval, a show of force Get them to see your point. Get So beware, and don’t forget that action that I cannot overstate. from the communities they serve. them to join you and discover what I warned you that big business will As you have read, I get a crazy Wouldn’t that feel great? they’ve been missing. reach a level that is alarming even to amount of pleasure from experiencing Indie restaurants seem to be parOnly local and independent can you. a flourishing business in a town that ticularly at risk. The places where you give you that very real feeling of satWhile this metamorphosis takes they help make alive and vibrant. It know the owner, where you love the isfaction and reward. Spread the love. place, the independent sector of this is exhilarating, addictive, informative food and drink and vibe and environRight now, more than you ever have portion of the US economy will perse- and inspiring for me, and I try really ment. You know - your places, the - a lot is riding on it. vere and insist on remaining alive and hard to share that love of the real thing places you will be really sad about
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Downriver artist continues work on community sculpture initiative
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his summer, the Downriver communities were looking forward to witnessing the first of many outdoor kinetic sculptures to be installed throughout their region; however, Covid-19 put this project on pause for the first half of 2020. With the state of Michigan advancing into phases of reopening, the production of this outdoor sculpture is finally commencing. The Downriver Council for the Arts (DCA) has collaborated with artist and community art director, Emily Kokay, on introducing an art installation, called Downriver’s Art Motion, to the region. This initiative consists of kinetic sculptures to be installed throughout a variety of Downriver cities, focusing on outdoor public spaces, parks and waterways. This project utilizes the arts and culturallyengaging activities to closely connect the residents to their community. The plan is to fund these installations through grants and donations, resulting in no cost to the host city and stipends are available for the artists working on the projects. To begin the first sculpture, Kokay was awarded a grant by CultureSource in October of 2019. Creators of Culture is administered by CultureSource and funded by The Kresge Foundation, Erb Family Foundation and Hudson-Webber Foundation. Those grants totaled $12.2 million and introduced a single, streamlined application process by which all four could make individual decisions following a common review process. The new Creators of Culture grant was created as a new outreach to support smaller, younger, less formal producers of art. The concept for these installations contain the theme of the four elements of creation: earth, water, fire and air. This unique and creative outdoor installation has the ability to energize the residents and activate them to get more involved with
impactful community affairs. This public series will eventually lead to promote walkability and health and wellness for Downriver through roads connecting the sculptures, literally creating “motion” and motivation for the public. Ultimately, these sculptures will plant a certain awareness of art within the community and bring forth a unique aesthetic and attraction for Downriver. Plans are to involve the community and have local artists, trades people, welders, sculptors, mechanical engineers and others interact with the production and installation of these kinetic sculptures. Along with this involvement, valuable cohort opportunities will emerge for local students to contribute to a unique art project within their region. Essentially, Downriver’s Art Motion encourages visual art appreciation and recognition within the community. The first sculpture is to be displayed at Dingell Park in Ecorse. Kokay, along with assistance from Erin Suess, Executive Director of the Downriver Council for the Arts, have met with Ecorse city officials to determine site plans and needs. The first of four elements will be fire. The visual concept is a solar sun which will move in a wave-like motion, reflect light during the day, and
illuminate like fire during the night. The artistic objective is for each of these elements to express positivity by embracing opportunity, growing with change, and triumphing through challenges; expressed visually through the luminescence of light reflection and flow of the sculptures themselves as they give motion throughout the Downriver area. If you are interested in contributing to this project or find out ways for your community to be involved, please contact the DCA at dc4arts@downriverarts. org or 734-720-0671. Emily Kokay is a Carlson High School Alumni, class of 2014 and University of Toledo Graduate with honors in Visual Art, class of 2018. She currently creates art to display and works on commissions. Recently, she has taken on a role as the Community Art Director at the Downriver Council for the Arts and works on researching and directing public art, community events, and bridging the gaps between sister art centers throughout Michigan. Emily’s goals as community art director are to bring forth an awareness in art, utilize the arts to impact and heal others, and provide an artistic enrichment for our culture.
Things are different, but Library is still working for you Bacon Library is currently open Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. -5 p.m.. The building is currently closed, but the staff is still there to serve you. n We are doing curbside service for hold pick ups n Phone and online catalog holds for our items and items throughout the library system. n Personalized grab bags for adults and kid.-form available on website or call the library
n Hotspots are available for one-week checkouts for anyone who does not have internet or needs internet on the go. n Limited printing/fax services n Limited local history help-form available on website or call the library n Library cards for adults and kids who live in Wyandotte Go to baconlibrary.org or call 734246-8357.
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Prechter family creates largest bipolar study in the nation
From grief comes new hope Paula Neuman
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elf-made millionaire, business mogul and highlevel Republican fundraiser Heinz Prechter, 59, took his own life in the pool house of his Grosse Ile home in
July 2001. His suicide shocked the many employees at his Downriver businesses as well as top politicians across the country. His funeral at the Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church drew hundreds of people, including Michigan Gov. John Engler, White House adviser Karl Rove and two members of President George W. Bush’s cabinet. Only after his death did the world learn that the larger-than-life man sometimes called “the Duke of Downriver” suffered from bipolar disorder — a type of mental illness that causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly. People with bipolar disorder, sometimes called manic depression, experience severe high and low moods — known as mania and depression — that differ from the typical ups and downs most people experience, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Four months after her husband’s death, Prechter’s wife Waltraud “Wally” Prechter and the couple’s two children founded the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund. It was a way to channel their grief into something positive and to honor his memory. “As I look back to when I first created the fund in November 2001, I wanted answers to why this terrible illness took Heinz from us,” Prechter said last week. “I had no idea then about the complexities of bipolar in the context of science and research.” And neither did the medical research community at the time. In 2004, she moved the fund to the University of Michigan Health
System, and it’s now the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program at the school’s Depression Center under the leadership of Dr. Melvin McInnis, Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. “Under the leadership of Dr. McInnis, the program today with its flagship longitudinal study has become the largest bipolar study of its kind in the nation,” Prechter said. “We are looking at the biology of the brain, investigating genes, collaborating with numerous disciplines across the university as well as with researchers from around the globe, and looking at strategies on how to detect mood stages via cellphone apps, just to name a few of the projects.” Some years ago, researchers thought they might be able to identify one or two genes that created bipolar disorder, which tends to run in families. But that has not proved to be the case, McInnis said. “What we’re finding is that there are many elements to bipolar disorder,” he said. “We and others have found genes that contribute a very small amount of susceptibility to bipolar disorder. There’s a lot of variability. There are likely to be hundreds of genes that contribute very small amounts.” The disorder has a biological foundation, and also is influenced by personal, social and environmental surroundings, according to the Prechter research program. A research approach exploring all those factors is needed to understand an individual with the disease. One frequent contributing factor to bipolar disorder is childhood abuse, the data shows, McInnis said. “Childhood abuse can compromise mood swings and the ability to function in a normal way,” he said. “The history of abuse will lower functionality later in life.” And quite possibly brain nerve cells and how they communicate with each other play a role, as well. Researchers in the U of M Center for Pluripotent Stem Cell Research, working with the Prechter program, are looking at neuronal cells — cells within the nervous system that transmit information
to other cells — as a potential contributing factor to the disorder. “We have shown that neuronal cells derived from people with bipolar disorder signal to each other more frequently and more strongly,” said Dr. K. Sue O’Shea, director of the stem cell research center, in a 2019 Prechter Program publication. One way cells signal to each other is via packets of chemical signals called exosomes. “We are very excited about exploring exosomes and their contents —what chemicals they carry and how the numbers, size and uptake is different between control and bipolar brain cells,” O’Shea said. McInnis said: “This is an important stride forward. An individual with bipolar probably has a nervous system with a little more excitability than someone without the disorder. Why is still a mystery. We are focusing on cellular mechanisms for maintaining the equilibrium in the cells — making sure the plumbing is working right, if you will.” Finding ways to help the neuronal cells work better through medication or other therapy techniques could help a person with the disorder. “Even when they are well, a person with bipolar has a propensity toward impulsive behavior,” McInnis said. “I’m very encouraged by the lab finding of this excitability.” Another area of the program’s study is showing that adding omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants — the stuff one gets from eating fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and fish — improves the work of those neuronal cells. That study, still in “the infancy stage” needs to be looked at in more detail, McInnis said. “We have found that by and large people with bipolar don’t have a very good diet,” he said. “They are prone to easy, fast foods whether at home or in the environment. The quality of meals is not very high.” What goes “in the gut” can create “a very mild inflammatory condition,” he said. “It is very likely that there are inflammatory disruptions contributing to
the illness.” Another area of the program’s research is called The PRIORI Study. PRIORI stands for Predicting Individual Outcomes for Rapid Intervention, and it involves the study of repeated voice patterns in people with bipolar disorder. McInnis described patients’ family members telling of how they can tell if a loved one with bipolar disorder is heading for an episode of severe depression sometimes weeks ahead of time by somehow hearing it in their voices. “So what we did was we went to the computer science people looking at speech detection,” he said. PRIORI principal investigator Dr. Emily Mower Provost began the study with 51 individuals with bipolar disorder and nine healthy controls. The study had the participants use a cellphone app to capture audio from their conversations and transmit that data to the researchers. From the tones and acoustics of speech, the scientists developed accurate emotion recognition algorithms. “We used the algorithms’ predictions to differentiate between individuals at risk for suicide and health controls and to determine when interventions may be necessary to help the patient,” Provost said in the 2019 program publication. “We have shown that speech collected in clinical environments and in natural personal interactions can be measured to detect changes in mood symptom severity.” “The challenge there is how we utilize this information to predict when somebody’s heading for a problem,” McInnis said. “It’s very expensive and very intensive work. We’re moving incrementally forward on that. There are a whole series of challenges around it, including privacy issues.” The program’s lab now includes 13 years of data from more than 1,330 research participants. But meaningful research takes time — lots of time — and that can be frustrating for patients and supporters and also for the scientists themselves. McInnis said he is grateful to work with researchers who are “finicky and SEE HOPE, Page 10
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CULINARY CAPERS I always thought zucchini was a vegetable, and now I learn that it’s a fruit. Yes, a fruit. According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, zucchini is a botanical berry called a “pepo,” which is the swollen ovary of the zucchini flower. Whatever it is, zucchini is the versatile ingredient called for in countless Evely recipes for appetizers, Cairns cakes, cookies, mufWyandotte Warrior fins, pies, casseroles, soups, salads, pancakes, jams and more. It can be chopped, grated, stuffed, baked, boiled, broiled, fried, sautéed, grilled or pickled. Plus, the “berry” is low in calories and loaded with vitamins A, C and K and minerals calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium. I’d like to share a recipe for an extraordinary zucchini bread I came across recently in a vintage 1977 Sunset Cookbook. After I provided a sample for my neighbor — and chief culinary critic — Melva Bonis, she sent me the following email: “Looks good, tastes great! I think it’s my favorite of all the breads you’ve made. Nice and moist, tender, yet nice denseness, subtle fruity tones with discernible but gentle spice notes. Very good, indeed!” I hope you will agree if you bake it. I’m also sharing two appetizer recipes that have received thumbs-ups from tasters and are really easy to make. The crisps have been served by Italian cooks for generations, and the zucchini bites are addictive. SPICY PINEAPPLE ZUCCHINI BREAD 3 eggs 1 cup cooking oil 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 cups coarsely shredded unpeeled zucchini 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, well drained 3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda ½ teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1½ teaspoons cinnamon ¾ teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup finely chopped walnuts 1 cup currants
Set oven at 350 degrees. In a large bowl, beat eggs until frothy; add oil, sugar and vanilla. Continue beating until mixture is thick and foamy. Stir in zucchini and pineapple. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, walnuts and currants until thoroughly blended. Stir gently into zucchini mixture just until blended. Spoon batter equally into 2 greased and floured, or sprayed with baking spray, 9x5-inch loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes, then turn out on a rack to finish cooling. ZUCCHINI PARMESAN CRISPS 2 medium zucchini 1 tablespoon olive oil ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese ¼ cup Italian-style bread crumbs Freshly ground black pepper Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Slice the zucchini into 1/4- inch rounds. In a medium bowl, toss the zucchini with the oil. In a small bowl, combine the cheese, bread crumbs and a few twists of pepper. Dip each round into the cheese mixture, coating evenly on both sides and pressing down for the coating to stick. Place in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake until browned and crisp, 20- 25 minutes. Serve immediately. QUICK AND EASY ZUCCHINI BITES 2 cups shredded zucchini (squeeze out any excess moisture with paper towels) 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 small yellow onion, shredded ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese ½ cup Italian-style bread crumbs 1 teaspoon dried parsley ½ teaspoon garlic powder Salt and pepper to taste Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray 2 12-cup mini-muffin tins with cooking spray. In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs; add zucchini, onion, cheeses, bread crumbs and seasonings. Fill tins with the mixture and bake 15 to 17 minutes or until the tops are a deep golden brown. Serve with marinara sauce or ranch dressing. (Contact me at Evycairns@aol.com.)
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The disorder affects approximately 5.7 million adult Americans, or about 2.6% of the U.S. population age 18 and older every year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. The median age of diagnosed onset for bipolar disorder is 25, although the illness can start in childhood or as late as the 40s and 50s. An equal number of men and women develop bipolar illness and it is found in all ages, races, ethnic groups and social classes. As many as one in five people with bipolar disorder commit suicide, victims like Heinz Prechter, whose death ultimately led to the program making strides to help. “What started out of pain and desperation has taken on a life of its own and become more than I could have imagined, and I am very proud of the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program,” said program founder Wally Prechter. If you would like to contribute to the Prechter program, contact Nancy Davis, Director of Development at (734) 763-4858 or nandavis@umich. edu.
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finally here. Three weeks late and three games shorter than usual, but finally here. Roosevelt, which lost a non-league game with Riverview and league games with Dearborn Edsel Ford and Trenton, drew the unenviable task of opening the 2020 season with defending Downriver League champ Woodhaven, which was undefeated through 10 games last year and has a record of 32-9 over the past four seasons. That would be tough enough under normal conditions, but with a start-and-stop preseason and no live scrimmage game to help remove the
Although the Bears have some good talent this season - especially at the skill positions - they have just 32 players on their roster. “We have good skill talent, but we do not have depth,” Adams said. “We have to rely on guys both ways, so we will have to pick our spots and do what we can to get guys rested.” Wyandotte’s talent starts right at the top in the most important position on the field - quarterback. Jalen Pitchford returns for his third season as the team’s starting signalcaller. Last year, as a junior, Pitchford
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threw for nearly 1,100 yards and 11 touchdowns as the Bears went 6-3 in league play and tied for second place with Carlson and Allen Park and had a 7-3 mark overall. The 6-foot, 200-pounder also gained nearly 200 yards rushing and scored seven touchdowns. The Bears graduated some talent behind Pitchford but caught a break when DeAndre Bell, a junior, transferred in from Southgate. He will team up with shifty little sophomore Elvis Valverde in the Wyandotte offensive backfield. Lending more stability back there is junior fullback Logan McGraw. McGraw led the team in tackles from his linebacker position a season ago with 91 and he will be among the team’s top defensive players again, but he is also the team’s best fullback. Roosevelt lost a multi-dimensional offensive threat when Hayden Loya graduated and expected to fill those shoes is the 6-foot-4, 210-pound Richard Clark. Clark was a key defensive player last year with 58 tackles, but he’ll be asked to be a force on both sides of the ball this season. He will play tight end, receiver and defensive end. “We need him to have a big year,” Adams said. Also at wide receiver will be
2020 Roosevelt Bears football 2 Garrison, Camari Sr WR/DB 4 Valverde, Elvis So RB/DB 5 Bell Deandre, Jr RB/LB 6 Pitchford, Jalin Sr QB/DB 7 Canterberry, Donavan Jr Ath 8 Jackson, Jalen Sr WR/DB 9 McGraw, Logan Jr RB/LB/DB 10 Breaux, Ethan Jr TE/DE 11 Murasky, Tyler Sr WR/Db 13 Clark, Richard Sr TE/DE 14 Cushman, Daniel Sr WR/DB 16 Carroll, Liam Jr WR/DB 18 Bryne, Xavier Jr WR/DB 20 Hudson, Josh Sr OL/DL 21 Schilk, Patrick Sr K 23 Denison, Jacob Sr RB/LB 25 Blackwell, Mike Sr RB/DB 44 Millen, Brendan Jr RB/LB 50 Harper, Charles So OL/DL 51 Hastings, Leo Jr OL/DL 53 Chaaban, Brandon Sr OL/DL 54 Cerda, David Sr OL/DL 55 Peterson, Lu Jr OL/DL 56 Arminiak, Colin Jr OL/DL 57 Bridges, Weston Jr OL/LB 58 Nael, Dominic Sr OL/DL 59 Sanderson, Dylan Sr OL/DL 60 Baker, David Sr OL/DL 62 Hale, Collin Jr OL/DL 64 Murray, Zach Jr OL/DL 66 Keithley, Damian Jr OL/DL 74 Gardner, Matthew Jr OL/DL 75 Valentine, Joe Jr OL/DL 82 Stallings, Logan Jr WR/DB 88 Hanson, Nate Sr WR/LB
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already committed to play that sport at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. “He is going to be big for us,” said Adams. “He can run, he can throw and he has great hands.” The offensive line is a little thin, but talented and experienced. The linemen are, seniors Dylan Sanderson, David Certa and Dominic Nael and juniors Lu
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Bear kickers look to improve under new coach Hank Minckiewicz Wyandotte Warrior
With veteran Downriver coach Mike DeSana now at the helm, the Roosevelt soccer program hopes to climb the ladder in the Downriver League. The Bears, one of the more recent entrants in the league’s soccer community, have been mired in the second division. DeSana hopes to change that. “We’d like to break into the top five of the league,” he said. “That’s a goal. So is winning a district game. We have never won a district game.” The Bears got the season off to an 0-2 start with losses to Lincoln Park and Allen Park, but despite the setbacks, there were hopeful signs for the Bears. Allen Park was second in the Downriver League last season and the Bears hung with the Jags, falling just 2-0. Lincoln Park was third in the league last year and Wyandotte actually led the Rails 1-0 at halftime before allowing two goals in the second half and falling 2-1. Gabe Ambriz scored the lone Wyandotte goal against Lincoln Park. That was significant because last season Ambriz was Roosevelt’s main goalkeeper. This year with another keeper on the roster - Tyce Martin - the Bears have a chance to turn Ambriz loose and forward, giving them more offensive punch. Ambriz and Martin are two of 10 seniors on this year’s 15-man roster. “Our numbers are down,” said DeSana. “That seems to be the case all over the area. We only have 13 on the jayvee team and some schools don’t even have jayvee
teams this year.” Helping lead the way for the Bears and a co-captain along with Ambriz - is defender Patrick Schilk, deft player. “Patrick has played club soccer his whole life; he’s phenomenal, a really, really great player.” said DeSana. Other key players include the versatile seniors Matt Reed and Jeremy Smith. Reed, a defender-midfielderforward, can play all over the field, and Smith can be shifted easily between defense and the midfield.
Keying the Wyandotte offense, along with Ambriz, are senior Alex Bermudez and sophomore Alejandro Nunez - both attacking forwards. Seniors Gerald Nagy and Jason Johnson anchor the Wyandotte defense. When asked to identify the strengths of his team, DeSana pointed to goaltending and strength up the middle. The Bears hope that will be enough to get them into the win column more times and into the loss column and lead to some success in the state tournament.
2020 Roosevelt soccer 0 Ambriz, Gabe Senior 1 Witt Owen, Soph 2 Gerald Nagy, Senior 3 Patrick Schilk, Senior 7 Matt Reed, Senior 8 Alejandro Nunes, Soph 9 Jason Johnson, Senior 11 Alek Rose, Senior 12 Alex Bermudez, Senior 14 Jeremy Smith, Senior 15 Cameron Wood, Senior 17 Aiden Callan, Junior 19 Martin Tyce, Senior 26 Aiden Jacob, Soph 33 Alex Lovell, Fr Coaches: Michael DeSana, Pete Cano, John Kaneko
^ Senior Matt Reed < Senior Patrick Schilk Photos by Dave Gorgon
Cross country team’s times showing improvement Hank Minckiewicz Wyandotte Warrior
Thanks to some pandemic-related training slowdowns and some nagging injuries, the Roosevelt boys cross country team finds itself a little behind its normal pace at this time of the year. “We’ve had a bit of a slow start,” said coach Jordan Thackery. “Summer conditioning was a little tough. The kids did not know what was going on. We did not know if there was even going to be a season and it was tough to motivate when they didn’t even know if they’d get to compete.” That led to a couple of stumbles in
“Usually at a meet, there are a lot of runners at the starting line and the energy is really high and the kids feed off of that,” he said. “At these dual meets, there are far fewer kids and I’ve told out guys, ‘you have to get that energy up by yourselves.’” One runner who has gotten off to a hot start for the Bears is sophomore Michael Makuch. Makuch, who was the team’s consistent No. 3 man last year, has won each of the three races the Bears have competed in this season and against Edsel he broke out a super sub-18-minute time of 17:31. That was 35 seconds faster than his next closest competitor and 24 seconds faster than
gets back into top condition. Rankine scored in all three meets for the Bears, running second to Makuch against both Southgate and Edsel Ford. Against Ford, he got his time down to a season-best 18:04. Girls team hitting its stride After falling in its season-opening meet against powerful Woodhaven, the Roosevelt girls - led by Samantha Cost - bounced back for easy wins over Southgate and Edsel Ford. Cost, who was fourth against Woodhaven behind two Woodhacven runners and teammate Amy Migoski, rallied to take top honors against both
2020 Wyandotte boys cross country Michael Makuch, Sophomore Sam Rankine, Senior Marquis Monje, Sophomore Riley Greene, Sophomore Josh Sotomayor, Freshman Lucas Pratt, Junior Luke Ivity, Junior Seth Noggle, Senior Christian Mendez, Junior Dillion Marion, Junior Ryan Pente, Sophomore Cole Lindstrom, Freshman Joshua Burks, Freshman
2020 Wyandotte GIRLS cross country Samantha Cost, Sophomore Aubrey Migoski, Junior Myah Greene, Freshman Miranda Grant, Freshman Paige Chinavare, Junior Alyssa DeLong, Junior Noelle Robertson, Junior Lauren Marino, Freshman Stevie Pizzo, Freshman Lauren Downey, Freshman
The Roosevelt girls bounced back from a season-opening loss to Woodhaven to win two straight meets.
the Bears’ first meets as they fell to a strong Woodhaven team and then lost a one-point heartbreaker to Southgate Anderson. Roosevelt beat Dearborn Edsel Ford handily, but the T-Birds only had four runners, so they did not score. In a nod to the COVID pandemic, the Downriver League has scrapped its usual Jamboree style schedule and gone back to an old-school dual-meet format with just two teams facing off against each other. Boys teams arrive before girls and leave before the girls race starts to keep interaction at a minimum. Thackery said the change in format has caused some difficulties, too.
his previous best time this season. Makuch won against Southgate with a time of 18:03 and against Woodhaven with a time of 17:55. All three of those races were run at Riverview’s Young Patriots Park. “Michael had a lot of injuries last year,” said Thackery. “But he has been running strong this season. He is a very coachable kid and he is looking to run with the league’s top guys this year. So far, he is doing it.” Thackeray said his team will get a boost when a returning injured runner returns and a further boost when returning all-league senior Sam Rankine
Southgate and Edsel. Cost’s top time so far this season has been 20:38. The Roosevelt boys and girls face dual meets with league rivals Allen Park, Lincoln Park and Trenton before a potential All-Downriver League meet. The Michigan High School Athletic Association allows a maximum of 70 runners in a cross country race, so the league is hopeful of having a league meet, but a date has not been officially set. Of course any further Executive Orders from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office could change that.
Sophomore Michael Makuch has been the top runner for Roosevelt so far this season. Photos by Larry Caruso
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‘Scooter Squad’ rolls around the Downriver area DAVE GORGON Wyandotte Warrior
Five Downriver women have chosen Segway scooters as their favorite mode of transportation and source of much joy to form the “Scooter Squad.” The group includes Marnie Burke of Wyandotte, daughters Hailey Schnarr and Morgan Burke, best friend Chrissy Close of Southgate and her daughter Zoey Rose. The quintet – or various combinations of the group – are seen riding in Bishop Park in Wyandotte, Downtown Detroit and points in between. They draw smiles from onlookers along with questions of “where can I get one?” and “do they rent those in the park?” The electric-powered scooters can go 40 miles round trip on a single charge
and can reach speeds of 19 miles per hour. Marnie said she and her boyfriend were in Downtown Detroit when they saw a young person riding a Segway. They got so excited that they bought their own from Facebook Marketplace. Once the latest version came out – the Segway Ninebot MAX – they upgraded, buying four for $799 apiece from Amazon. Chrissy, who used to live next door to Marnie, liked the latest version, so her boyfriend bought two Segways as well. The Scooter Squad was born. “Once we get together, it’s so nice to roll around,” Chrissy said. “We like our accessories, too. It’s so much fun!”
Wyandotte pets
This little cutie is Riley. She lives in Wyandotte with her human Jean Ryski. If you’d like to see a photo of your pet in one of our community papers, please send it to us, along with your name, the pet’s name and the community in which you live, and we will publish it. Send photos and information to Sherry@ gobigmultimedia.com. Thanks.
Three members of the Scooter Squad brought their favorite brand of transportation and source of much joy to Taylor’s Heritage Park. Marnie Burke of Wyandotte, daughter Hailey Schnarr of Lincoln Park and “bestie” Chrissy Close of Southgate turn heads and put smiles on the faces of onlookers. Photo by Dave Gorgon
Remembering the past
One of Wyandotte’ early retail landmarks, Neisner Brothers Five and Dime.
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