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Four charged in July 15 slaying By Tim Powers & J. Patrick PepperPress & Guide Newspapers

DEARBORN — Dearborn police arrested a man and three women over the weekend in con-nection with the July 15 murder of 45-year-old Hassen Jaber.

The four were arraigned in 19th District Court Monday on charges of felony murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. They were denied bond and remanded to the Wayne County Jail.

A preliminary examination of the evidence against them is scheduled for 9 a.m. Aug. 3 in 19th District Court.

If convicted on the murder charges, they face life in prison without the possibility of parole and life or any number of years on the other two charges.

The four, all from Detroit, are Charles Jackson, 26; Zelda Taylor, 28; Iashia Knox, 28; and Kristen Holmes, 28.

Lt. Doug Topolski said Tuesday the motive was robbery and that it wasn’t random.

Police found Jaber’s body with multiple

Sh boom!Photo by Dave Chapman

Dearborn resident Bob Fryz has owned the fl ame throw-ing customized 1951 Ford for 15 years and he will be dis-playing the car during this weekend’s Telegraph Cruise.

Dearborn man’s fl ame-throwing car at Cruise eventBy David ChapmanPress & Guide Newspapers

DEARBORN HEIGHTS/DEARBORN — Sh Boom: about anyone who has ever cruised Telegraph, or any other car event in Southeast Michigan, knows this name.

In case you are one of the few who don’t, Sh, Boom is a customized, blue-flamed, white 1951 Ford

with two larger-than-life flame throwers owned by Dearborn resident Bob Fryz.

Fryz has owned Sh Boom for 15 years and has redone the car more than once, including changes to the body, paint and the addition to bigger and better flame throwers.

After the large rear-mounted flame throwers, the next thing that draws

stares is the car’s front hub caps. Fryz said the inspira-tion for the hub caps came from the movies “Grease” and “Ben Hur.”

The hub caps are actu-ally made from many dif-ferent hub caps including a 1957 Oldsmobile, a semi, a Harley and with the points being rare original Shannon Cones.

“I like to make cool things, said Fryz.

Sometimes that means you have to think out of the box.”

Another place cool use of hub caps can be found is on the headlight rings of the car, which were made from the hub caps of a 1959 Chrysler Imperial.

The car’s front bumper was adapted from a 1955 Cadillac. To make the bum-per fit the car it had to be cut in half, shortened, and

then welded back together. A close eye will notice the changes were made to make to the hood so that it and bumper splash pan line up perfectly.

Sh Boom is not Fryz’s first car he has been involved with cars since the 1960s when he used to drag race at Detroit Dragway and cruise Telegraph.

PLEASE SEE BOOM/12-A

HFCC looking to outside fi rms to recruit president By Katie HetrickPress & Guide newspapers

DEARBORN — The search for a new Henry Ford Community College president is slowly gearing up, but it looks like Gail Mee will remain at the helm for several more months.

A committee is reviewing companies to hire to spearhead the search for a new presi-dent, said HFCC Board President Mary Lane. The committee is likely to make a recommenda-tion at the next board meeting on Aug. 20.

“We’ll have a company assist us. That’s worked in the past,” Lane said.

HFCC does not have a strong feeder sys-tem of potential administrators and find-ing the right person can be difficult given the pay and the headaches that come with

the position, she said.“It’s very important for everyone

involved in the college to have some input,” Lane said.

An outside company would help with recruiting candidates and ensuring HFCC stakeholders have input in the selection process, she said.

Meanwhile, Mee will stay at the helm.“She’s been generous on saying she

would stay as long as we need her,” Lane said.

Mee announced in May that she would leave the college, although she agreed to stay while the board searched for a new president. She has been at HFCC since July 2006. College information lists her 2010 sal-ary as $190,943. More recent information was not immediately available. The same report lists several instructors making $160,000 or more.

Mee and trustees have not offered any clear reason for her decision.

Gail Mee

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District court race a hot-button topic in primaryBy Joe Slezak Press & Guide Newspapers

DEARBORN — Oftentimes, district court races are quiet, especially when an incumbent is on the ballot.

Not this year.Nineteenth District Judge Richard Wygonik is facing

two strong challengers in the Aug. 7 primary, with the top two advancing to the Nov. 6 general election. The winner there will get a six-year term in the court that serves the entire city.

The other two 19th District judges, Mark Somers and William Hultgren, will see their terms end in 2014 and 2016, respectively, if Somers has his way though, he’ll be leaving the city’s court this year, because he’s running for judge in Wayne County Circuit Court.

Wygonik’s challengers are Sam Salamey, a 19th District magistrate, and Candyce Ewing Abbatt, who has run for 19th District judge before.

Several controversies have dogged the three 19th District judges in the past few years, and Abbatt and Salamey have referenced them in their campaigns.

It’s one of several items city voters will see in the primary. The top Republican and the top Democrat will

PLEASE SEE PRIMARY/4-A

PLEASE SEE SLAYING/4-A

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