May 2013 - East English Village

Cadieux
Outer Dr./Whittier
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May 2013 • Volume 37, No. 5
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President's Message
Code enforcements in effect
Spring greetings.
Well, spring 2013 has finally hit, and it brings
us many challenges and opportunities to help
our Village early this year with neighborhood
cleanups and property maintenance reminders.
Our April meeting had a very full house with
about 140 residents in attendance to hear Mike
Duggan, who is candidate for mayor of our
fine city, speak on the issues and express his
platform. The evening was an interesting one
with many ideas and options on how the city
will function under an Emergency Manager
while working with the many factions and in
some cases dealing with political issues at hand.
We also greeted four new buyers to the
Village. Welcome and thanks to all the residents
who participated in our annual spring pot luck.
We are looking for some residents to gather
and put together an EEV cookbook — if you
are interested please call secretary Bee Davis at
882-3169.
We also covered our exciting EEVA Home
Tour, our latest safety programs and Operation
Porch Light. Thanks to many of the residents
who have now turned on their porch lights to
increase our awareness of keeping the village
Our neighborhood flag went up to
support our friends in Boston this past
month.
lighted in an appropriate manner.
We have assembled a neighborhood team
for communication building — email, texts etc.
— and we will review the progress at the May
general meeting.
See PRESIDENT, page 2
Calendar
General meeting:
7 p.m. Wednesday,
May 8, St. Clare
Montefalco, 1406
Whittier. Krystal
Crittendon will talk
about her plans to
run for mayor.
Bulk trash:
Thursday, May 9
Flower Day at
Detroit Eastern
Market: Sunday,
May 19, 7 a.m.-5
p.m. See www.
detroiteasternmarket.
com for details.
Coming up
EEV 100th
Anniversary
Week: July 1521. See the back
page of this
newsletter for
more information.
Also: Watch
your newsletter
for plans for our
annual garage sale
and landscape
contest.
Distribution
sponsor
EEV thanks
Ameribilt
Construction, who
will sponsor distribution of our
newsletter from
September 2012
-August 2013!
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East English Village
Officers
May 2013
East English Village information
President: William Barlage, 884-0554,
president@eastenglishvillage.org
1st Vice President: Latisha Davis, 6700707, vicepresident1@eastenglishvillage.org
2nd Vice President: Joe Balistreri, 3103957, vicepresident2@eastenglishvillage.org
Treasurer: Debra Brady,
treasurer@eastenglishvillage.org
Secretary: Bee Davis, 882-3169, secretary@eastenglishvillage.org
Mailing address
P.O. Box 241009, Detroit, MI 48224
East English Village HOTLINE:
313-216-1729
association@eastenglishvillage.org
Street representatives
Outer Drive/Whittier: Harry Davis, 8823169; odwhittier@eastenglishvillage.org
Chandler Park: Barbara Pitts, 926-1838,
chandlerpark@eastenglishvillage.org
Kensington: Helen Broughton, 2245209; kensington@eastenglishvillage.org
Yorkshire: Kim Taylor, 575-2253;
yorkshire@eastenglishvillage.org
Bishop: Marc Tirikian, 460-1975,
bishop@eastenglishvillage.org
Grayton: Grayton: Bill Bryan, 687-0066,
grayton@eastenglishvillage.org
Harvard: Joe Balistreri, 310-3957,
harvard@eastenglishvillage.org
Cadieux: Pastor Nora, 575-2030;
cadieux@eastenglishvillage.org
Note: If you have questions or wish to
volunteer for one of the committees,
please use the appropriate email
address listed here or call the EEV message line, 313-216-1729.
Committees
Residential Chair: open; residential@
eastenglishvillage.org
Vacant Property Upkeep and Code
Enforcement: code@eastenglishvillage.org
Garden Club: David Teeter 6407627, gardenclub@eastenglishvillage.org
Paid Security and Volunteer Safety
Patrol: Gwen Wee, 882-3042,
security@eastenglishvillage.org
Senior Services: Susie Rookard,
seniorservices@eastenglishvillage.
org
Commercial Chair: commercial@
eastenglishvillage.org
Recycling: Fred Vitale, recycle@
eastenglishvillage.org, 580-4905
Newsletter Editor: newsletter@
eastenglishvillage.org
Advertising Editor: Chris and
Maureen Dritsan, 882-1152,
advertising@eastenglishvillage.org
Layout: Diana McNary, layout@
eastenglishvillage.org
Lost Pets: Karlene Trump, 8822579, pets@eastenglishvillage.org
Bike patrol: Fred Vitale, 580-4905
Welcoming/Hospitality: MaryBeth
Strong, 886-6096, welcome@
eastenglishvillage.org
Seasonal Maintenance: Walter
Strong, maintenance@eastenglishvillage.org
Webmaster: Nancy Brigham,
webmaster@eastenglishvillage.org
Crime reporting: dpded.betf@yahoo.com
SENIOR
lUNChEON
(Sponsored by EEV and
Bethany Christian Church)
SENIORS' DAY OUT on
Wednesday, May 15 at 12:30
p.m.
at Bethany Christian Church,
5901 Cadieux
At 12:30 on May 15 we will
have a Spring Luncheon at
Bethany Christian Church.
After the meal the interactive
program will be on Gospel
Music. Daniel Gavin, the Music
Director at Liberty Temple
Baptist Church, will present
an overview of the history and
development of Gospel Music.
He will include examples with
some soloists and with the
audience showing the various
types of music related to
Gospel Music. Come join us for
an entertaining and informative
time together. Please RSVP
at 313-885-0909. Bethany is
located at 5901 Cadieux.
President
Continued from Page 1
Please be aware we have resumed
our Code Enforcement team. Tickets
and warnings will be issued to
residents — owners and/or renters
— to help control blight. Yes, we need
all to help keep the village clean and
in proper property shape. The City of
Detroit is helping us with this serious
matter. Some residents just turn a blind
eye to an issue involving them or a
neighbor – we need to increase our
awareness to become better residents
overall. Trash cans, non-working cars,
missing garage doors and broken
windows along with general pet
maintenance are some of the common
issues we get complaints about. If
you’re storing junk behind your garage
it could be a rat trap issue, not to
mention open garbage placed in your
trash can. Parking cars on your lawn
is also not allowed, yet we have a few
residents that just don’t understand
where they now live. Please do
your part to help keep us going as a
neighborhood of choice. We have many
great neighbors who take the time to
ensure their property looks tip top.
Owning or renting an older house has
a price to keep it running and looking
good. We all work hard at it; please be
a part of the positive for the next 100
years!
We hope to see you at the next
meeting. We are rolling out a volunteer
program with Bethany Church that will
be amazing for the Village regarding
small cleanup projects that will make a
viable difference.
Please note: Bulk trash is four times
a year – the next one is Thursday, May
9. For the residents who decided to put
out sofas, mattresses, and assorted junk
on Bishop,Kensington and Cadieux
in the last two weeks of April: The
negative street impact you made was
not one we would like to see. Please
respect your neighbors as well as your
neighborhood.
We would like to wish a Happy
Mother’s Day to all who celebrate
the May tradition as well as wishing
all the graduates this year a Happy
Graduation!
Best regards,
— Bill Barlage, President
May 2013
East English Village
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Pet corner
Information and
micro-chipping prices
313-882-2579.
Hi neighbors. Here is
the information on the
discounted pet services I
promised you. The clinic is
called All About Animals.
Their nearest location is
23451 Pinewood in Warren,
near 9 Mile Road. You can
call them at 586-879-1745
or visit their website www.
allaboutanimalsrescue.org.
Some of their costs are:
Dog spay or neuter $80,
cat spay or neuter $40 ( if
feral, $25), microchip $25.
They also have special rates
for vaccinations and other
services. You can obtain these
by either calling or looking
them up on your computer.
Have a good month
and ENJOY SPRING!!
Keep sending in your pet
registrations!
— Karlene trump
pets@eastenglishvillage.org
Einstein a dog for all time
New parents are thrilled
when they take their first
born home for the first time.
Dog owners aren’t any
different except pet owners
will go to the breeder and
select “That doggie in the
window.” You know, the
cute one on the left. Einstein
was the runt of the litter;
but oh so cute. Einstein’s
human, Linda, teaches short
people (Third Grade at
Richard Elementary School
in Grosse Pointe). When her
school secretary told her that
there was a litter of dogs
available from a family in
the building, all in the litter
had been spoken for. The
next day at 3:30 p.m., just as
soon as her students left for
the day, Linda was handed a
small female black Labrador
Retriever. With Linda’s
passion for all things science,
what could she name the dog
other than — Madame Maria
Sklodowska Curie Einstein?
Just a few days prior to
the delivery of Einstein,
Linda purchased a treadmill
Featured
EEV pet
We are introducing a
new feature called EEV
Pets. Send along a photo of
your pet walking around
the neighborhood, or in
your home and share a
little about him or her.
Email a photo and a brief
description to newsletter@
eastenglishvillage.org or mail
to East English Village, attn:
newsletter, P.O. Box 241009,
Detroit, MI 48224.
machine only to never
actually use it. Dogs have
to be walked and that
was the perfect recipe -- to
exercise and get into shape.
Neighbors saw them take
a half-mile walk every
morning before school and
approximately a two-mile
walk every night for about
eleven years. They walked up
and down every street in East
English Village and nearby
Grosse Pointe. They did not
just walk; they visited. They
got involved in the goingson in East English Village
under the tutelage from Bill
Barlage. Neighbors delighted
in the nightly visits from
Linda and Einstein. Linda
would remark that Einstein
was a scientist because she
came with her own “Lab
Coat.” Einstein was friendly
and encouraged everyone
to pet her. She played with
the other dogs. Cats seemed
to be less appreciative of her
friendly offerings. Squirrels,
on the other hand,
misunderstood that her main
mission in life is to make
the ground safe from treedwelling rodents.
Many of Einstein’s
friends noticed recently
that her walks with Linda
became shorter and shorter.
Einstein’s health declined,
and she finally succumbed
on Wednesday, January 16,
2013. Platz Veterinary was as
pleasant and professional as
anyone could hope for. Their
establishment is a blessing to
serve the East English Village
residents. They have made
Einstein and numerous other
pets safe and healthy.
Einstein will be
missed but not
forgotten.
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East English Village
May 2013
St. Clare happenings
St. Clare of Montefalco
Catholic School had great fun
presenting the Disney musical
Aladdin Jr. on May 3 and
May 4 at Harper Woods High
School.
Many students tried out for
various parts in early January.
Once the cast was set, the
work began in earnest. The
students memorized lines,
practiced choreography, and
learned songs for months
in preparation for the big
weekend.
Director of the play was Ms.
Louise Veltri, who has directed
plays for Lakeview High
School in St. Clair Shores.
In the attached picture,
8th grader Owen Galligan
(Aladdin) practices some
dance moves with EEV
resident and 7th-grader
Sophie Elrick (the Genie).
Sophie's sister, 8th-grader
Emily Elrick, played the
part of Princess Jasmine.
Many other EEV students
who attend St. Clare School
were involved either as
cast members or behindthe-scenes helpers with set
construction, stage crew,
make-up, and ushers.
Mary Jeanne Franzinger
Contractors list
Everyone will modify their home interior
and exterior sooner or later, and if you’re living
in East English Village our website will prove
really useful if you want to start your home
improvement.
We are compiling a list of both licensed and
unlicensed local contractors that you may have
had experience with. By sharing your familiarity
with all of us about these individuals, we can
make better decisions about getting the job done
and not spend a lot of time on getting quotes
from contractors we have no history with.
Companies that deal with: Roofing, siding,
gutters, concrete steps, wood decks, lighting,
room additions, painting, windows and doors,
garages, brick work, chimneys, porches,
plumbing, electrical, basements, insulation,
wood floor refinishing, kitchens, bathrooms,
heating and cooling, hot water heaters,
carpentry, tile and floors, wall refinishing,
cleanouts and hauling, patios, wood decks,
landscaping, water fountains, walkways and
fencing, or any other home-related services.
Please fill out the contractors’ survey in this
newsletter and return to us. We will compile the
information and have it available in the near
future. Stay tuned.
If you have any questions, please contact Mark
Faulkner at allinfonet@yahoo.com.
Sincerely,
— Mark Faulkner
St. Clare students practice their choreography for
the play.
Please note: East English Village does not
endorse contractors, goods or services.
May 2013
East English Village
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Tell the Feds to stop foreclosures
We’ve won a commitment
fromFannie Mae and
Freddie Mac, the giant
mortgage companies
taken over by the federal
government, to send a
delegation to Detroit to
see first-hand the damage
caused by the foreclosure
crisis.
After we take them
on a tour of struggling
neighborhoods, they
will come to Local 600
and hear testimony from
homeowners, community
activists and labor calling
for a halt to foreclosure
of owner-occupied
homes, and a reduction in
mortgage principal to help
hard-pressed families. Join
us and show your support
The People’s
hearing
Monday, May 20, 4-6 p.m.
UAW Local 600 Hall
10550 Dix Ave at
Wyoming in Dearborn
for a halt to foreclosures.
Fannie and Freddie have
declared moratoriums on
foreclosure in response to
hurricanes Katrina and
Sandy. It should do the
same for Metro Detroit,
flattened by banking
fraud and the highest
unemployment in the
nation. The storm surge
of foreclosures by banks
servicing Fannie/Freddie
mortgages is our “hurricane
without water.”
During the People's
Hearing there will also be a
Legal/Organizing Clinic for
homeowners and neighbors
threatened by foreclosure
and eviction, co-sponsored
by the UAW, Detroit
Eviction Defense, and the
Metro AFL-CIO.
For details and
information, go to
peoplebeforebanks.org
Contact us at
peoplebeforebanks@gmail.
com, or call Local 600 at
313-429-5009
EEV BIKE
PATROl
How would you
like to help our
neighborhood security
and get exercise too?
Join the Bike Patrol!
We are starting up
again after a long
winter. Bike as much
or as little as you like.
Call Fred Vitale at
313-580-4905.
City of Detroit Resources
for East English Village
Abandoned Cars: 596-5900
Abandoned/Dangerous Buildings: 224-3215
Animal Control: 224-7128
Building Code Violation (residential and commercial): 311 or
224-2733
Dead Animals: 876-6004
Dope (drug dealing or drug house): 596-1575
DTE Power Theft Reporting Hotline: 1-800-441-6698
East District Community Access Center (Neighborhood City
Hall): 628-2170
East English Village Hotline: 216-1729
Eastern District: 596-5900
Emergency - crime in progress: 911
Fallen Trees/Trimming/Removal: 628-0900
Garbage collection/special pickup: 224-4636
Habitually Barking Dogs: 311
Illegal Dump Site: 876-0964
Illegal Dumping in Progress: 911
Michigan Humane Society: 872-3400
Rats/Rodents outside building: 876-4770
Stray Dog: 224-7128
Street Repairs: 224-0033
Traffic Signal Problem/Street light out: 224-0500
Water Main break, hydrant issue (DWSD): 267-7401
Water Theft Reporting 267-8000
Please note: We do our best to provide up-to-date
information. However, city phone numbers do change at
times. Please notify us at newsletter@eastenglishvillage.org if
a contact number listed here is incorrect.
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Security
updates
Temperatures are rising and more
people are going outdoors. House
and yard projects are on everyone’s
minds as we enjoy more daylight
hours. Many of us are seeing the
fruits or our fall labors – the colors
from daffodils, hyacinths, crocus and
forsythias are taking starring roles.
Gentle reminders - we ask
everyone to keep up with some
everyday safety tips:
• Replace burnt out porch lights so
they’re ready for daily use
• Install motion sensor lights at key
places on your property to assure
optimum safety and viewing (from
inside or outside of your home)
• Repair gutters and/or downspouts
to keep water flowing correctly (to
avoid unsafe puddling or basement
leaks)
• Store the large Courville trash cans
behind, but not directly against your
homes
• Notify Detroit Animal Control
(224-7128) for rodent problems,
aggressive animals, etc
• Notify Detroit Building and Safety
(224-3215) for dangerous buildings
• Drug activity (224-DOPE which is
224-3673)
• Streetlight out? Email dteenergy.
com/streetlight
or call 800-477-4747
• Email dpded.betf@yahoo.com for
breaking and entering issues
• EEV Hotline (313-216-1729) if
you have information that you feel
would be beneficial to report or need
advice on who to contact
• Contact your Block Captain for
community questions
• See other phone numbers listed in
the monthly EEV Newsletter
We continue to encourage EEV
residents to participate in the EEV
Volunteer Patrol. I have attempted
to contact some individuals who’ve
expressed an interest in patrolling,
but might require updated contact
information. If you expected a call or
email, but have not heard from me
yet, please let me know.
Thank you.
Gwen Wee
Security and EEV Volunteer Patrol
security@eastenglishvillage.org
C 313.310.7110
East English Village
May 2013
Security and snow payees
In an effort to make it easier to recognize all of our
EEV neighbors that have contributed (PAID) towards
our community services IE: snow removal and paid
security patrol, I will be listing the names monthly, rather
than at the end of the season. Hopefully this will be less
confusing.
In this issue of the newsletter, the list is for those who
paid for snow and or security during April 2013 .
As always, I want to thank those who have sent their
money in. Payments can be made at the town meetings, in
the mail (PO Box 241009, Detroit 48224) or at the website
(www.eastenglishvillage.org) using a credit card. Please
see the payment coupon elsewhere in this newsletter.
If you name is not on the list, please call Debbie at
8867360 or email to treasurer@eastengishvillage.org
SECURITY:
Echols, Mary
Finney, Mary
Kaltz, Danielle
Konkel, Helene
Mitchell, Emma
Stevens, Donald
Thomas, Roger & White,
Vernita
White, Samantha
Washington, Doris
SNOW:
Echols, Mary
Finney, Mary
Kaltz, Danielle
Konkel, Helene
Mitchell, Emma
Stevens, Donald
Thomas, Roger & White,
Vernita
White, Samantha
($75 for seniors 62 and older)
May 2013
East English Village
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A hangout with a history: The Cadieux Cafe
Editor’s note: Due to
space limitations, this article
was shortened for the April
newsletter. Please enjoy it in its
entirety.
East English Village residents
driving up and down Cadieux
Road have certainly seen the
Cadieux Café, marked by its
rich burgundy awning at the
corner of Waveney St. What
they may not see is that the
café, opened in 1933 by Belgian
immigrants, keeps a bit of
the Old World in our Detroit
neighborhood. Present owners
Ron Devos and his nephew
Paul Misuraca have worked
hard to maintain the restaurant
and bar’s ethnic identity while
adapting to 80 years of changes
in clientele and in the city. A
dozen Belgian beers at the bar,
pictures of famous Belgian
bicyclists who competed in the
Tour de France on the walls,
and Belgian mussel, rabbit
and roast beef dinners served
with sides of Belgian potatoes
(nutmeg and spinach added) all
contribute to the ambiance.
Although the Belgian priest
no longer blesses bicycles in
the parking lot each spring,
and the plates of Belgian raisin
bread and ham sandwiches
served then are only a delicious
memory replaced by the
vibrant Detroit-area musicians
and bands that play Tuesday,
Wednesday and Sunday nights
and by an expanded American
menu, the Café’s unique
Belgian feather bowling is a
fixture that connects the past
to the present. EEV members
used to pin bowling will find
feather bowling quite different
in conception and design. They
can watch members of the
Cadieux Feather Bowling Club
play league games on Thursday
nights, or they can reserve
lanes for individual and group
play on all other days to try the
game out themselves.
Because many Belgian men
raised pigeons in Belgium
and in the U.S. (and some
still do), bowlers continue to
Feather bowler Andrea
diTommaso sends a wooden
ball careening down a
dirt trough at the Cadieux
Cafe. The game resembles
curling or bocce but claims a
Belgian heritage all its own.
Photo by Mark Butler.
use pigeon feathers to mark
either end of the concave or
“trough” bowling alleys, and
so the name of the game. The
two dirt alleys at the Cadieux
Café are maintained annually
by Club members who water
down and smooth the alleys
for best play, but no longer mix
the dirt with ox blood said to be
used in medieval market towns
when the game may have first
begun.
The object of the game, more
like curling or even horseshoes,
is not to knock pins down
but to have more balls on or
close to the pigeon feathers.
Each game consists of two
competing teams of three men
each who attempt to bowl
their six balls onto the pigeon
feathers while forestalling
their competition from doing
the same. The balls are made
of wood and in the shape of
Gouda cheeses; in fact, some
people conjecture that they
actually were cheeses when
men first played in Belgium on
those long-ago market days.
It is a very satisfying thing to
watch, and to participate in,
the choreography of the balls
either curving around the alleys
to avoid the opposing teams’
The Cadieux Cafe, an East Side landmark for generations.
The restaurant's owners say it opened after Prohibition
ended 80 years ago. Image courtesy of Janet Langlois.
blocks, or shooting straight
to break up the competition’s
blocks. The game ends when
one team reaches 10 points
obtained from the number of
their balls closest to the feathers
over rounds of play.
Feather bowling is probably
not played much in Belgium
anymore, true of many
immigrant traditions that are
kept alive in the new country
longer than in the old. Until
very recently, the Cadieux
Café was the only place in
the United States where
the game was still played.
The Cadieux Café Feather
Bowlers have been given the
Michigan Heritage Award in
1999 in recognition of their
preservation and perpetuation
of traditional ethnic games
and culture in the state. The
Club was represented at the
1988 and the 1993 Festivals of
Michigan Folklife and the 1999
National Folk Festival held on
the campus of Michigan State
University in East Lansing,
the only organization invited
three times to participate in the
festivities.
But feather bowling and the
social traditions surrounding
it have changed over the years
at the Cadieux too. In the past,
most Club players were Belgian
men (a map of Belgium painted
on the wall near the alleys
shows the regions and towns
from which they emigrated.)
Now the 60 players are Belgian
and many other nationalities
too, a sign of the multicultural
nature of Metro Detroit. Taking
a look at the names of the
five members of the Cadieux
Feather Bowling Club who
are also EEV residents makes
that point very clear: Mark
Butler, Jerry Chiapparo, Andrea
DiTommaso, Paul Max and
Marc Tirikian. In the past, the
grand champion (the Club
bowler who accrued most
points in a season) had to host
a party at his home for all the
bowlers. Now the Club hosts a
Championship party at a local
banquet hall, a Christmas party
at the Café and a picnic at a
local park in the summer. In
the past, there was a woman’s
league as well but no
longer. Now women enjoy
playing euchre, telling stories
and jokes, and watching games
from the tables set between the
alleys. Maybe it’s time for a
women’s league again!
Plan to stop at the Cadieux
Café when you’re ready for
the warmth of the past and
the vibrancy of the present,
expressed through music,
games, food and drink. You’ll
be welcome. Cadieux Café,
4300 Cadieux Road Detroit, MI
48224 (313) 882-8560
http://www.cadieuxcafe.
com
— Janet Langlois, Bishop
Street
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East English Village
May 2013
Junior League
invites all to
family fest
The Junior League of Detroit (JLD) will be
hosting the inaugural Family Fest of Fun, Food
& Fitness on Saturday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. at St. Clare Church, located at the corner
of Mack Ave. and Outer Drive in Grosse
Pointe Park.
The day long festival will include
music, games, arts and crafts, cooking
demonstrations, food tastings, and prizes.
There will also be health advice, bike safety
information, and resource references available.
The JLD is partnering with St. Clare Church
and the East English Village community
to put on the event, with volunteers and
security being provided by the church and
neighborhood.
“The volunteers of the JLD are excited
to add another signature family event to
our calendar,” said Therese Bellaimey, JLD
President. “Family Fest, with its focus on
healthy fun for families, fits perfectly into our
mission of providing beneficial opportunities
and healthful choices for the children and
families of Detroit. We look forward to
celebrating Family Fest for many years to
come.”
The JLD is a social and charitable
organization for women committed to
providing educational, recreational, cultural
and health resources for children in the City of
Detroit. Most recently, the JLD has committed
its resources to addressing the basic needs of
Detroit’s children and families.
The JLD reaches out to all women who
demonstrate an interest in and a commitment
to voluntarism. A prospective member must
be at least 21 years of age and live within a
50-mile radius of Detroit. The JLD empowers
women through leadership training as well as
volunteer opportunities.
ABOUT THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF
DETROIT:Established in 1914, The Junior League
of Detroit focuses on elevating the lives of children.
Through our projects and programs, using our
financial resources and trained volunteers, we
will initiate and participate in community-based
collaborative partnerships that work to broaden
the educational, cultural, recreational, and health
opportunities for children in the City of Detroit.
Offer expires 6-30-13
May 2013
East English Village
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East English Village Garden Club
The first meeting of the EEV Garden
Club was Sunday afternoon, April 28 at
the home of Michael Ameloot and David
Teeter. In addition to sharing food, and
sharing the news of the neighborhood,
those attending discussed their summer
gardening plans. The Garden Club also
discussed plans for the group this summer,
ideas for meetings and special projects.
Special Guest, Alaina Darget, facilitated
a session on her passion of Designing
Flower Arrangments.
The Club hopes to continue their
"Neighbor to Neighbor" project to help
our neighbors that cannot physically
take care of their gardens like they use to,
and may need a little extra help. If you
would like some assistance from the EEV
Garden Club, contact David Teeter at
gardenclub@eastenglishvillage.org.
If there are gardening topics that may
fascinate you, garden problems that vex
you, or if you have gardening information
to share with our group, Contact us. We
love sharing our ideas and learning new
information.
Garden Club attendees learned about flower arrangements.
Detroit Princess offers EEV promotion
The Detroit Princess
Riverboat is entering its
9th Season in downtown
Detroit and is offering a
way for you to help your
EEV community while
enjoying a cruise on the
Detroit River. A few of
the managers of the Boat
live here in EEV and feel
strongly about supporting
their community.
The Detroit Princess
has offered to give $15 to
the East English Village
general fund for all tickets
purchased during the
month of May for this
coming summer by East
English Village residents
and friends.
Ticket prices range from
$30 to $60 per person. For
every ticket purchased with
the EEV code during the
month of May they will
donate back $15 to East
English Village.
Various types of Cruises
are available from Motown
or Blues Dinner Cruises, to
Luncheons or a late night
Moonlight Cruise. Check
out their website at www.
detroitprincess.com and
click on the schedule to
get more info on each type
of cruise. All cruises come
with dinner or appetizers.
So EEV gets credited
for your purchase, tickets
must be purchased
through the website at
www.detroitprincess.
com When entering your
billing information in the
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
field, please enter “EEV”
that way they can track
how many tickets were
purchased.
For information regarding
this offer email Chris at
chris@detroitprincess.com
or call 877 338 2628 and ask
for Emily.
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East English Village
Recycling update
Happy Earth Day to all
EEVers.
Thanks to everyone for
their continued efforts
at recycling. The Detroit
curbside recycling program
has changed and the
changes are the biggest
since it began.
1. What Has Been Added
– Glass. The best news
is that the program now
accepts glass – this includes
clear and colored glass
bottles and containers. You
can put all colors of glass
in the recycle bin. Do not
recycle windows, mirrors
and other commercial forms
of glass curbside. Glass
will greatly increase the
weight of our recycling and
improve our numbers.
2. What Has Been
Subtracted and Cannot
Be Recycled Curbside –
Plastic Bags. ALL plastic
bags are NOT recyclable.
Please do not put plastic
bags from grocery stores,
pharmacies, etc. in
recycling. Please do not use
plastic bags to hold papers
and other recyclables.
3. What Has Been
Subtracted and Cannot
Be Recycled Curbside –
Styrofoam (plastic No. 6).
ALL Styrofoam is NOT
recyclable. This means the
styrofoam trays which often
hold chicken, beef, etc. from
the grocery store. This
all means ALL Styrofoam
packing material is NOT
recyclable.
Why have these two
materials been dropped?
Plastic bags are
everywhere and are a blight
on the environment. Some
cities have banned their
use completely within city
boundaries. They have no
value as recycled materials.
Whenever possible, please
bring your own bags to
stores and ask clerks to
place your items in your
bags.
Styrofoam is everywhere
and it too is a blight on the
environment. It has no
value as a recycled material.
Both plastic bags and
Styrofoam degrade the
value of other recyclable
plastics. You are not helping
by including them in your
recycling bin.
Finally, we will NOT
be getting new recycle
containers any time
soon. We will get full size
recycling containers as we
showed in the last issue
when all of Detroit gets
them.
If you have more
recycling material than fits
in your container, please
place the rest in a cardboard
box or sturdy plastic
container next to your
container. The city workers
will return your container.
In summary: Glass -Yes ….. Plastic bags and
Styrofoam – no.
If you have any questions,
or need a new container,
please contact me at
313-580-4905. We will
do our best to get you a
replacement container.
Keep recycling; it is one of
the most consistent actions
we can do to help our
planet.
Fred Vitale
recycle@eastenglishvillage.
org
May 2013
DPW
resumes
yard waste
collection
Beginning the week of
April 15, the City of Detroit
Department of Public Works
(DPW) will implement a
new schedule and begin
collecting yard waste twice
a month. For residents on
the east side (EEV) and in
southwest Detroit, DPW
crews will collect yard waste
during the 1st and 3rd weeks
of the month. The collection
will occur from mid-April
through the first week in
December.
All yard waste must be
placed at the curb at least
six feet from your Courville
container in biodegradable
paper bags or a personal
garbage can. It must be at
the curb by 7 AM. DO NOT
put yard waste out more
than 24 hours before weekly
collection day.
Residents can place grass
clippings, leaves, and small
twigs in biodegradable paper
bags or personal containers
on the same day their weekly
refuse is collected. DPW will
not collect yard waste in
plastic bags. Branches, up to
4 feet in length and less than 2
inches in diameter, should be
bundled and tied.
Residents are encouraged
to mulch when cutting grass,
which adds nitrogen to the
soil and can reduce fertilizer
use by as much as 30%.
Citizens also may also take
yard waste to any of the five
conveniently located DPW
drop-off sites.
View the Yard Waste
Map at www.detroitmi.gov/
dpw
May 2013
East English Village
EEV soccer team
update
The East English Village soccer team will be
starting its third year in the Detroit City Futbol
League when the league opens play on May 28. The league
has expanded to 32 neighborhood teams for the 2013 season.
Games are played on Tuesdays at Belle Isle Park or Historic
Fort Wayne. The EEV team have started practicing and are
looking to improve on last year's 5-4-1 record. Following
is our 2013 Schedule. For more information, contact Marc
Tirikian at 313-460-1975.
May 28 vs. Brightmoor
June 11 vs. Poletown
June 25 vs. Osborn
July 2
vs. LaFayette Park
July 9
vs. Jefferson East
July 11 vs. Cass Corridor
July 16 vs. Clark Park
Historic Fort Wayne 7:30 PM
Historic Fort Wayne 7:30 PM
Historic Fort Wayne 6:30 PM
Historic Fort Wayne 6:30 PM
Belle Isle Park
6:30 PM
Belle Isle Park
6:30 PM*
Belle Isle Park
6:30 PM
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Neighbors on tour
Whenever you
travel, take your
copy of the EEV
newsletter along
and capture a
photo of you in
front of a local
landmark. Send your photo
along with a brief description
to newsletter@eastenglishvillage.org.
EEV stickers
Remember you can purchase a
blue and white oval EEV sticker
at any monthly
community
meeting for only
$3. The sale of
decals will fund
materials for
neighborhood cleanups.
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East English Village
May 2013
Advertise here!
To place an ad, please call 313-882-1152 or email
advertising@eastenglishvillage.org
The EEV Newsletter printing and distribution is fully funded by our
advertisers. PLEASE give them your business as appropriate, LET
THEM KNOW you have seen their ad and THANK THEM for their
contribution! Please note: East English Village does not endorse
these or any advertisers.
DO IT GUYS - We will install, repair, service, fix, or clean
just about anything! HW tanks, furnaces, appliances, A/C,
plumbing, cars, gutters, cement work, minor home repairs.
Call Ray, EEV resident. 313-885-3381 or 313-213-4087
EEV RESIDENT
MARIE’S LANDSCAPING SERVICE: lawn care, weeding,
small trees and bushes trimmed, trash hauled away, spring
cleanup. EEV resident. Call Marie 313-510-4470
‘YOUR WARMEST FRIEND IN TOWN’
Heating and cooling repair and maintenance. 30 years
experience. EEV resident, Bob Kmetz 313-885-7113
The STEP MAN- Concrete specialist. I do steps, porches
and masonry work. Always working in the neighborhood.
No deposit needed. Call 586-709-6661
Roof leaks repaired with written guarantee. Gutters
cleaned and repaired. New gutters and downspouts installed.
Tuck pointing – porches and chimneys. Area resident. Call
Anthony at 313-482-0784. Free estimates.
Certified Reading Tutor with 17 years experience. My
specialty is LD and dyslexia. I am understanding, patient
and compassionate. Also can work on spelling, writing and
comprehension. Contact: Diane Neutens 313-884-2585 or
diane_neutens4124@comcast.net
Exterior & Interior Painting. EEV References
Contact: Larry Young (313) 656-7305
Our 2013 rates are listed below
Business card
$25
Quarter page
$50
Half page
$90
Full page
$175
Back page
$275
Insert printed page- 1 sided
$250
Insert printed page -2 sided
$300
Insert provided
$100
Classified: $1 per ad, plus $1 per line
All ads must be paid for in advance by cash, money
order/check (payable to East English Village). Credit card
payments accepted at our website- www.eastenglishvillage.
org. Payments also accepted in person at our monthly town
meetings. Mail payments to EEV, PO BOX 241009, Detroit,
MI 48224. For more information, call 313-882-1152 or email
advertising@eastenglishvillage.org.
$3.99 breakfast special
Monday-Friday until 11 a.m.
2 eggs, hash browns, ham bacon
or sausage, and toast (dine in only)
16624 Mack ave.
313-882-9090
Open 7 days
Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-8 p.m.
Saturday 7 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
May 2013
East English Village
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East English Village
May 3013
EEV 100th Anniversary Week
EEV 100th Anniversary Week • July 15-21
On July 15, we will be kicking off our week
of festivities with a fundraiser at Blue Pointe
on Cadieux and Warren. A VIP reception will
be held to honor community leaders in Detroit
in the early part of the evening. Following the
reception there will be a general party with
cocktails and appetizers at a lower costs. Ticket
information to come soon on both events. The
chairperson for this event is Roland Leggett
from Bishop.
The EEV soccer team will be playing a
game on Belle Isle on July 16. We will be
encouraging all residents to come cheer the
HOME TOUR
team on. More details to follow.
July 18 — Chairperson Danielle
Kaltz is working with the Detroit
Economic Growth Corporation
(DEGC) to plan a pop-up restaurant
event in EEV. This will be exciting
and fun and is one of the newest
trends to bring people into new
areas of the City.
July 20 — we will host a
neighborhood picnic in Balduck
Park followed by the Alger Theater's
Film on the Hill series.
Finally.... The big day.
July 21 — the East English Village
Home Tour co-chaired by Brad Dick
& Bill Barlage. All neighbors will be
FILM ON THE HILL
asked to participate in some fashion
either through volunteering the day of the event or by ensuring your yard is neat and clean.
Please call Brad Dick at 313-212-3774 for more information or to volunteer for a committee.
Thank you!