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Ready for the LaborDay Festival?The Review is here to
help you plan out yourweekend.As we do every year,
inside these pages isour Festival Guide.The guide is an
overview of what to lookforward to this holidayweekend, as well as thePolish Day Parade line-up and the schedule oflive bands.There will also be
guides available on thefestival grounds.As usual we’ll be out
there covering the festi-val and shooting pho-tos. Over the weekendwe’ll be posting themonline at hamtramckre-view.com.The festival starts on
Saturday (Sept. 3) andruns through Monday(Sept. 5), noon to 10p.m. each day.Our favorite day is
Monday when the PolishDay Parade takes overJos. Campau for aboutan hour. Before that, atabout noon, be sure tocatch the “canoe” raceon Campau.It’s a load of fun, trust
us.Have a great weekend
everyone!
By Charles SercombeThe City’s drive to re-
pair city streets is mo-toring on.But the season’s proj-
ects will be wrapping upsoon.Last week work crews
scraped off two inchesof asphalt on Casmerefrom Jos. Campau toConant, and this weekdid the same thing onTrowbridge, from Jos.Campau to Gallagher.Coming up will be an
extension of the Trow-bridge repair to Conant,and then work will beginon Botsford, from Jos.Campau to Fleming.It is not clear when
the streets will be resur-faced. However, beforethat begins some re-pairs to the base ofeach street will firstoccur.Work on Goodson,
from Gallagher to Jos.Campau, which began
last year, was finishedup this week.The city received a
setback in its road re-pair plan for this sum-mer with thepostponement of a totalredo of Lumpkin from
Poland to Caniff.That work was to in-
clude replacing a waterline underneath thestreet. The project willnow take place nextyear, and the cost esti-mate is $1 million.
Down in the southendof Jos. Campau the fin-ishing touches of in-stalling a new sewer arebeing made. Repavingof the street was ex-pected to begin a cou-
Summer road repairs hits one bumpbut continues on for the season
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By Charles SercombeHamtramck, it’s your
weekend to shine.And celebrate the end
of summer.Starting on Saturday
(Sept. 3) the HamtramckLabor Day Festival re-turns for the 37th year.This year’s festival of-
fers the same attrac-tions as in previousyears: Live bands, greatfood, cold beer, artists’tent and games andrides.
And in keeping withtradition, on Monday(Sept. 5) the Polish DayParade takes over for anhour or so, starting at1:30 p.m. at Jos. Cam-pau and Holbrook. Theparade travels north-ward up Jos. Campau toCasmere.If you are coming for
the parade, be sure tobring something to siton.On Sunday at 7 p.m.,
Hamtramck’s favoriteparty band, The PolishMuslims, hit the stage.
It’s festivaltime for Hamtramck
By Greg KowalskiDrive down Eight Mile
Road on the Detroit sideof the street and you willfind a string of medicalmarijuana dispensaries. Just a few years ago,
such a thing would havebeen unheard of, and, infact, even today manytowns, including Ham-tramck, are wrestlingwith the concept of al-lowing legal marijuana
within their borders.While the idea of legal
marijuana is new, theweed itself has had along presence in Ham-tramck. It never rankedon the scale of alcohol,which has been virtuallya cultural icon in town,but accounts of mari-juana have sprouted upa number of times. Literally.In July, 1938, some-
one noticed that theweeds growing in anempty lot at Carpenterand Moran streets ap-peared odd. A closerlook by the police con-firmed that marijuanawas growing wild there. The lot wasn’t being
cultivated so no onewas suspected of grow-ing it deliberately al-though it was describedas the biggest patch of
marijuana ever discov-ered in Hamtramck.
According to a news-paper account, the mar-ijuana was dutifullygathered by the police,taken to the station andburned (presumably in alegal fashion).It was a good thing it
was destroyed, or so thelocal paper, The Citizen,warned: “Those who
Hamtramck is no stranger to loco weed
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Welcome to the festival that emerged with Mayor Kozaren when the Dodge main plant closed and Ham-tramck was down but not out. It would rise again in the spirit of hope, wellbeing and fun, also! 'Tho
this town looks dirtier now, and is filled with unlawful marijuana use, and disarray, each of us vow thisLabor day to tell the truth always, all-ways turning and aiming toward God's golden rule of 'treating othersas I want to be treated' be accountable by caring for each other, and, limb, life and property by respecting myneighbor and her or his different ways, customs, worship. Consider the consequences of unlawful smokingof cannibis, getting 'drunk' on Jos. Campau, littering, speeding and cursing walk down anothwr street when
tempted by toxins, bullies, 'drunk with power people' be a family father and mother today showing your chil-dren how to be champions, characters and workers of love this labor day. Welcome. We clergy will be walking about blessing school backpacks, couples' marriages, and more as we chase the devil in eachof us out of town today! Please help us! For the Hamtramck and Highland Park clergy roundtable of Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and Muslim faiths, I am, faithfully yours at Pope Park, and, the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King,Jr., apts at Chene and Lafayette with counseling available here and in St. Clair
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Last week work crews scraped off two inches of asphalt on Casmere, betweenJos. Campau and Conant, and will resurface it soon. Similar work also began onTrowbridge.
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smoke it become ad-dicted and in mostcases become danger-ous killers while underthe influence of the‘loco’ weed.”Hamtramck’s second
noteworthy brush withthe loco weed was inApril 1943, when twowomen and a man werearrested for operating a“dope ring” in theChampion Spark PlugCo. plant on ButlerStreet.“All were arrested,”
The Citizen reported,“as a result of a com-pany policeman’s recov-ery of butts of marijuana
cigarettes in the washroom. An operative ofthe Federal Bureau ofNarcotics was sent tothe plant and was ableto purchase thirty of thesmokes from GeorgeAgnew for $10.”Agnew, 18, of Detroit,
Mildred Thomas, 27,also of Detroit, andLaura Wisz, 18, of Gal-lagher Street, were ar-rested and charged.“The Hamtramck girl,
it was reported, smokedseveral of the cigarettes‘for a thrill,’” The Citizenstated. But apparentlyshe did not turn into ahomicidal maniac.
No doubt, marijuanaplayed a minor role inthe city’s colorful pastlong before these caseswere reported, and cer-tainly long afterward.But for most of its mod-ern existence, Ham-tramck was ahard-working factorytown where a beer anda bottle of whiskey werethe popular mind-alter-ing substances.
You won’t find anymarijuana in the Ham-tramck Historical Mu-seum, but there is apack of “medicinal ciga-rettes” on display. Comeand see. The museum isat 9525 Jos. Campau.Hours are 11 a.m. to 4p.m. Saturday and Sun-day and by appointment.Call (313) 574-9758.
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Citizenship Classes --Tuesday, September 6, 5p.m., Hamtramck resi-dents can get help inpreparing for their citi-zenship exam. Classesare free. Registration re-quired.
ESL Class – Monday,September 12, 9 a.m.and 2:30 p.m., ESLclasses are free to allHamtramck residents.Registration is required.
Citizenship Classes –Tuesday, September 13,5 p.m., Hamtramck resi-dents can get help in
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ESL Class -- Wednes-day, September 14, 9a.m. and 2:30 p.m., ESLclasses are free to allHamtramck residents.Registration is required.
ESL Class – Friday,September 16, 9 a.m.and 2:30 p.m., ESLclasses are free to allHamtramck residents.Registration is required.
Cooking Matters forAdults -- Free cookingand nutrition classesfeaturing healthy cookingon a budget, smartshopping ideas, culinary
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ple of weeks ago, butwill now take place nextweek.In 2018, Holbrook will
be reconstructed fromJos. Campau to Conant,thanks in large part to afederal grant that willpay 80 percent of the$1 million cost.A survey of the city’s
alleys was completed bythe city’s engineeringcompany, and its analy-sis of what alleysshould be repaired first
will be submitted to thecity in mid-September.City Manager Katrina
Powell said the city willhave to dip into its ownbudget to cover thoserepair costs because atthis point there are nofederal or state grantsfor the project.
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It’s said that whateverhappens to Detroit, sogoes Hamtramck. Ourfriends over at modeld-media.com have been re-porting on fascinatingdevelopment projects forthe past several years.With their permission,
here is an edited versionof this week’s story:Planet Ant Theatre is
growing. Not just in thesize of its audience, butphysically. The theater that show-
cases Metro Detroit'slongest running improvshow has acquired abanquet hall kitty cornerfrom its black box the-ater on Caniff, and is inthe process of trans-forming it into Planet AntHall. While Planet Antwill continue to utilize itstheatre for shows, thehall will allow Planet Ant
to increase seating ca-pacity for shows andalso offer more improvcomedy classes.Construction is already
underway. The drop ceil-ing has been torn outbut the air conditioningwill remain—an upgradethose familiar withPlanet Ant might appreci-ate today. But a maxed
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Please Join UsWe are a Multicultural Parish Family
Sunday English Mass 9 a.m.Sunday School 10 a.m.
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Polish DinnerFall Jubilee
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By Charles SercombeThis year’s Polish Day
Parade Grand Marshal isbusinessman GeorgeLukowski.Mr. Lukowski’s life
story is one of survivaland inspiration. He wasborn in 1930 in Poland.Nine years later whenGermany invadedPoland, his life turnedupside down.He and his family sur-
vived, but they enduredhard times. Mr. Lukowskiwas 14 years old whenhis family was forced outof their home and sentto work in a labor campand later in a manufac-turing plant.“A minute in the camp
was like an entire day, aday was like a year and a
month felt like an eter-nity,” Mr. Lukowski saidin a biography he wrotefor the Polish Day ParadeCommittee. “Thankfully, my entire
family was kept togetherand was not separated,like many others had
been. We were a familybuilt on love, surroundedby danger.”After the war, he and
his family emigrated tothe US. In 1953 he wasdrafted into the Armyand was stationed, of allplaces, in Germany be-
cause he knew the lan-guage.Once home, he mar-
ried his wife in 1955 andhad six children. Sadly,one died young.Mr. Lukowski went on
to own Yarema Die & En-gineering, which sup-plied parts to Detroit’sBig Three automakers.“In addition to owning
a business, I believe it’simportant to give back tomy heritage by support-ing the Polish Americancommunity in Michigan,”Mr. Lukowski said.“I helped my dad
choose the UnitedStates to live, and I feelit is the greatest countryin the world.”
Parade Grand Marshal endured hardship in WWII and success in the US
George Lukowski, a successful business owner andsurvivor of Nazi-occupied Poland, is this year’s GrandMarshal of the Polish Day Parade.
By Greg KowalskiIt’s festival time in
Hamtramck.Since 1980 the city
has been celebrating its
annual Labor Day Festi-val. The popular eventhas been drawing peoplefrom across the metroarea for a weekend offun. The festival haschanged through theyears but it endures.You can get a unique
view into the past at theHamtramck HistoricalMuseum. This weekend,the museum will display
a collection of festivalposters dating to the firstone. Each gives aglimpse into the pastwith a surprising amountof information. Supple-menting the poster dis-play will be anassortment of photos ofthe festival through theyears. The exhibit isfree.And on Monday, mem-
bers of the HamtramckHistorical Commissionwill march in the annualPolish Day Parade. Anyone who has an in-
terest in Hamtramck’s his-tory is invited to marchwith the Commissioners.Just meet at the museum,9525 Jos. Campau, at11:30 a.m. Monday, Sept.5, and be prepared tomarch.
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City of Hamtramck Notice of Public HearingPublic Hearings will be held at the Regular CityCouncil Meeting on September 6th 2016 at 7pmin the Second Floor City Council Chambers for thepurpose of hearing public comments on changesto the following Ordinances.
Ordinance 2016-03 Adopting the 2012 Addition of the International Fire
Ordinance 2016-04 Adopting the ICC Property Maintenance Code and
Ordinance 2016-05 Amending the Vacant Property Ordinance and
Ordinance 2016-06 Amending the Non-Owner Occupied Ordinance
A copies of the changes are available for publicinspection in the City Clerk’s Office, 3401 Evaline,Hamtramck, MI 48212. The public is invited toattend and comment on the changes during thePublic Hearing or to make written comments on orbefore September 6, 2016.
Get Out on the Hamtown!
By Charles SercombeThere are car shows
and then there’s theDead Last Car Club carshow.If you like old cars, es-
pecially those on thegrungier side, Kelly’s Barwas the place to be lastSaturday.About 30 vintage cars
and trucks were parkedon the side street nextto the Holbrook bar,
some nicely restored,others ratted out.The car show had been
taking place in VeteransPark but was moved toKelly’s Bar a few yearsago.For a few hours, it was
nice to fantasize aboutowning one of them. Onething’s for sure, Detroit’sBig 3 were bendingsome classy metal backin the day.
A salute to when Detroitpumped out classy autos
Festival fun at the museum
The Dead Last Car Club held its annual car show atKelly’s Bar last Saturday. There were plenty of coolvintage cars and cool fans on display.
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In Our Opinion
Last week a bare ma-jority of the city councilrejected a proposal torequire house inspec-tions before a housecan be sold.City Manager Katrina
Powell wanted to havea city inspector look atonly the outside of ahouse and draw up alist of what needs to berepaired.It would be up to the
owner and potentialbuyer of the property todetermine who pays forit.Councilmember Anam
Miah objected and saidthe city’s housing stockis so old – in somecases 100 years old –that there would be toomany items to require
fixing.The opposition’s
thinking is that the re-quirement would hinderthe sale of houses.They have a point. But others have
pointed out that the cityalready has the author-ity to demand repairsthrough existing coderequirements. All ittakes, they said, is forthe city to get seriousabout cracking down oncode violations.That has long been a
complaint with many.But whenever a city ad-ministration gets toughand enforces thecodes, there is a howlof protest from propertyowners over beingcited.
Often, the backlash isso strong the city ad-ministration relents andstops aggressively en-forcing codes.It’s been this way for
decades.At some point, how-
ever, we have to cometo an agreement, or asPowell put it, the city’shousing stock will dete-riorate.The rejection of the
proposal tells us thatthere needs to be morediscussion on this mat-ter. There needs to be ameeting of the mindshere.Once city officials are
on board, then the citycan proceed with anagreed on plan of ac-tion.
City’s housing stock needsto be protected, but just how?
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launched a crowdfundingcampaign to raise$55,000. An August 31deadline has been ex-tended by ten days tohelp Planet Ant reach itsgoal.Michael Hovitch, man-
aging director of PlanetAnt, says the moneyraised will go towardthings like sound andlighting equipment, seat-ing, and a renovatedfloor. The goal is to com-plete construction by theend of October, the the-ater's 20th anniversary,and launch the newspace with a popularshow from Planet Ant'spast."Planet Ant has been
around for a long time
and it's become a bigpart of the community,"says Hovitch. "It's asmall black box theaterbut we've been wantingto expand for a while.We've been having moreand more success withour classes and want togrow, offer more opportu-nities for our perform-ers."It's an impressive list
of actors, comedians,and musicians that havecome through PlanetAnt's doors. Two of themost famous includeJack White, who per-formed at the Planet AntCoffee House open micnight, and Keegan-Michael Key, who was afounding member ofPlanet Ant Theatre andits comedy group.Planet Ant Coffee
House opened in 1993.It transitioned to being a
theater three years later.The Planet Ant Hall
crowdfunding campaignis being hosted on In-diegogo.Planet Ant Hall is lo-
cated at 2320 Caniff St.in Hamtramck.
By MJ Galbraith
Continued from page 3
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Coming eventsSEPTEMBER 2, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. -- Free Dental
Clinic for children and adults at the Interna-tional Hope Center, 12101 Jos. Campau.
SATURDAY, September 3, 2-4 p.m. -- SoupKitchen, Holy Cross Parish, 2311 Pulaski atFleming, all are welcome.
SUNDAY, September 4, 1-8 p.m. -- TheBangladeshi American Business Association ofMichigan is inviting the public to a CustomersAppreciation Day at Halmch Park, 3001 E. 13Mile Rd. in Warren. The event is free and therewill be a free lunch (between 1-3:30 p.m.), re-freshments, games and activities.
SATURDAY, September 10, 9-3 p.m. – Ham-tramck’s Recycle Center is open at Caniff andMcDougall. Drop off your recyclables for free.
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To register students forHamtramck PublicSchools, application pack-ets are available at 3201Roosevelt, Monday-Fridayfrom 7:15 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Please bring the follow-
ing information with you toregister: original birth cer-tificate, up to date immu-nization record, currenttranscripts/report cardfrom previous school, par-ent ID (current Michigan'sDriver's License or Michi-gan State I.D.), two currentproofs of residency (past
30 days) are required: e.g.utility bill, mortgage, rentreceipt, etc.
nAt this time only Kinder-
garten School of Choiceapplications are being ac-cepted, through Sept. 9.No late School of Choiceapplications will be ac-cepted after these duedates.
nSchool resumes Tues-
day, September 6 for allstudents.
Compiled byJanice Gandelman
6 Hamtramck Review Phone (313) 874-2100 Friday, September 2, 2016
SLABIENSKIRonald S.
Slabienski,74, died Au-gust 29,2016.
Mr. Slabienski was thebeloved husband ofLaura; father of Pamela(Michael) Guy, Denise(Stan) Garbarz; grandfa-ther of Michael Jr. (Kayla),Kimberly, Justin; greatgrandfather of Mason. Mr.Slabienski is also sur-vived by his brother, Jerry(Carol) Slabienski; manynieces and nephews.
Ronnie was a veteran ofthe U.S. Navy and a re-tired Hamtramck Fire-fighter. Visitation was Thursday
at Jurkiewicz & Wilk Fu-neral Home in Ham-tramck. Mr. Slabienski willlie in state Friday, Septem-ber 2, at 9:30 a.m. untilthe funeral Mass at 10, atSt. Ladislaus CatholicChurch, 2730 Caniff,Hamtramck, MI 48212.Interment will be Tuesday,September 6, at 2:30p.m. at Great Lakes Na-tional Cemetery, Holly MI.
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By Charles SercombeThis week’s Crime Log
covers Aug. 23-29.
Tuesday, August 23• A resident in the
2600 block of Whalenreported the theft of hiscatalytic convertor.• At about 4:30 a.m.
residents in the 2600block of Trowbridge ob-served a person goinginto parked cars. Offi-cers questioned the per-son and confiscateditems until ownership ofthem could be proved.• A man was arrested
during a traffic stop forrefusing to identifyinghimself and possessingnarcotics.• A Belmont resident
reported a break-in.• A woman was ar-
rested in front of city hallafter refusing to pay hercab fare.• An Oklahoma resi-
dent reported the theftof their 2003 Dodge Du-rango.• A Yemans resident
reported a break-in.• A Norwalk resident
reported the theft of hisbicycle.
Wednesday, August 24• Officers arrested two
people during a trafficstop. One person was ar-rested for reckless driv-
ing and the other for ob-struction.• A resident reported
that children in the areathrew three eggs at theirwindow.• A person was ar-
rested for assault follow-ing a disturbance in the11400 block of Charest.• A resident reported
the theft of a packagefrom his front porch.• A resident reported
someone fraudulentlyused her name on a titleof a car.• A Detroit resident re-
ported someone brokeinto her car and stole as-sorted items.
Thursday, August 25• A resident in the
2700 block of Yemanswas arrested for defraud-ing an innkeeper, as-sault, obstruction andbeing disorderly.• A person was ar-
rested in the 12000block of Lumpkin for do-mestic violence.
Friday, August 26• At 11 p.m. officers
responded to calls aboutsomeone shooting a gunin the 12000 block ofSelfridge. Upon arrivalofficers found no evi-dence of a gun beingfired.• At a little after mid-
night officers respondedto a call about shotsbeing fired in the Lump-kin-Commor area and agroup of women fighting.Although cross-com-plaints were made, thewomen refused to coop-erate with officers.• A man reported the
theft of his lawnmower.• A man reported the
loss of his Bangladeshpassport.• A woman reported
being assaulted by a co-worker at a business onCaniff.
Saturday, August 27• A resident reported
that someone reachedinto his car through anopen window and stolehis wallet. He also re-ported credit cards in hiswallet were used.• At 11:30 p.m. offi-
cers responded to gunshots being fired in theCol. Hamtramck housingproject.• Two Livonia resi-
dents reported thatwhen they attempted tostop two people fromfighting on Carpenterthey were struck in thehead.• At 4:30 a.m. a De-
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ported an attemptedbreak-in.• A resident dropped
off a stray dog at the po-lice station.
Sunday, August 28• A resident turned in
a found purse at the po-lice station.• A resident in the
2700 block of Belmontreported the theft of hiscar.
• A woman reportedbeing assaulted by herboyfriend following an ar-gument.• A woman reported
being assaulted by herbrother.
Monday, August 29• A resident in the
11000 block of Mc-Dougall reported beingassaulted. A suspect inthe matter was arrested.• An owner of a busi-
ness in the 10200 blockof Jos. Campau reporteddamage to his building.
• A resident reportedsomeone made fraudu-lent purchases using hiscredit card.• A Goodson resident
reported the theft of herlawnmower.• An Evaline woman re-
ported a break-in.• A Detroit woman was
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Over the weekendabout 80,000 visitorsare expected. The festi-val is free to attend, butyou’re on your own infinding parking. The fes-tival runs noon to 10p.m. each day.At press time, it looks
like the weekend will beperfect, weather-wise.It’ll be sunny with tem-peratures in the mid-70sand a high at most of80. Of course, this beingMichigan, anything canchange.The festival is run by
organizers ShannonLowell and KonradMaziarz. The city is notpart of the festival, butthe Downtown Develop-ment Authority recentlypromised to fund$10,000 to help with ex-penses.The Review published
a festival guide, as itdoes yearly, and it will beavailable today, Friday(Sept. 2) and throughoutthe weekend on festivalgrounds.
It’s festivaltime for HamtramckCont. from front page
We FixPhones!
The Hamtramck Labor Day Festival has plenty ofgames and rides for kids. Admission to the festivalis free.