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VOL. 99 NO. 18 Your neighborhood newspaper since 1918

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

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Recorded State of City address now available

Weather canceled public
address, but residents can
now view what was said
By Jodi Rempala
jrempala@heritage.com

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Dearborn Mayor Jack OReilly delivers his

2015 State of the City address.

An expected winter storm last Wednesday canceled Mayor Jack OReillys public presentation of the annual State of the
City address.
While residents and members of the
public stayed home and off the roads, the
leaders involved apparently went on with
the show.
This years address offered a new format, with the mayor and seven guest panelists discussing the accomplishments of
2015, and then looking ahead at what is
coming in 2016 and beyond.
The mayor said he chose the new format

to help illustrate the tremendous collaboration that goes on in our community to

achieve our goals.
Partners, volunteers, commissioners
and business leaders all work together
to move our city forward, and I want to
show how effective that engagement is,
OReilly said.
The panelists were chosen because of
their civic involvement and leadership.
Citing difficulty with rescheduling the
panelists, the group decided to record the
address as an alternate presentation.
Joining the mayor at the table were:
Ghassan Ahmed, a youth commissioner
and one of the organizers of The Real
Dearborn March.
Jackie Lovejoy, president of the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce and
member of the West Dearborn Downtown
Development Authority.
Judith McNeeley, member of the East

Dearborn Downtown Development Authority, and vice president of community

and corporate partnership for Beaumont
Health.
Dave Norwood, sustainability coordinator for the city of Dearborn.
Mary Petlichkoff, chair of the Dearborn
Federation of Neighborhood Associations,
member of the City Beautiful Commission
and trustee on the Dearborn Board of Education.
Nancy Siwik, chair of the City Plan Commission.
Jeff Stassen, chair of the Recreation and
Parks Commission
The focus of the discussion was collaboration.
I appreciate these civic leaders and volunteer commissioners sharing their perspective on the state of our community,
and their insight into how we can build
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COMMUNITY

HIGH HONOR
Local students volunteer efforts
recognized by President Obama
By Jodi Rempala
jrempala@heritage.com

Make a difference. Pay

it forward. These are mantras heard daily encouraging people to give more of
themselves in order to create a better world.
Its not every day that a
young person freely gives
up free time to help others,
but that is the case for one
who attends school in Dearborn.
For Sacred Heart student
Raiyan Ray Berry, helping
others is something he just
likes to do.
The 12-year-old said it
is important to make the
world a better place.

giving and Christmas, and

at church, Berry recently
was recognized for his volunteer work.
This time he decided to
give freely, not because it
was required for school or
another program, but just
because he wanted to make
a difference.
Berry received the Presidents Volunteer Service
Award.
The award is given to
people who give of their
Jehan Saleh, Raiyan Berry's
time annually. A person
mother
Berrys age must perform
at least 50 hours of community service in a 12-month
Devoting his time to period, according to the
JODI REMPALA PRESS & GUIDE
projects for the Boy Scouts, PVSA website. Family mem- Raiyan Berry was shocked when he received recognition from the White House for his
helping others at ThanksPRESIDENT>>PAGE A2 service hours.

I am very happy
for Raiyan.
Raiyan has
always donated
his time to
public service
throughout the
years. He is
such a sweet,
generous,
positive and
naturally giving
person.

DEARBORN HEIGHTS

Students offer aid to Flint

residents with water donations
By Jodi Rempala
jrempala@heritage.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBICHAUD HIGH SCHOOL

Students in Robichauds Interact Club and JROTC collected 195 cases of water to deliver
to residents of Flint.

Every day people grab

a bottle or glass of water
without giving it much of a
second thought.
But for the residents of
Flint, that simple act cant
be taken for granted right
now.
Those who live in Flint
can only drink water that
has been filtered or comes
in a plastic bottle because
there is too much lead in

their water supply.

Massive communitywide efforts have delivered
truckload after truckload of
drinkable water to the city.
In late January, more than
176,000 cases of water had
been delivered. Much more
has come in since then. It
will only be enough when
residents no longer need it.
More help is on the way
from the students at Robichaud High School.
Hosting Operation H2O,
the students wanted to do

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something to help out.

Their inspiration was
a fellow student, Kayla
Brown, who used to live in
Flint.
Brown is a member of the
girls basketball team, and
wanted to do something
to help out at her former
school.
With the assistance of
Robichauds Interact Club
and JROTC, the school collected about 195 cases of
water to deliver to Flint.

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