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Other portions of alleys Recycling Commission 15) our Muslim neigh - along the westside of Co - member Sarah Terrien bors will be celebrat - nant will also be repaired. said the drop-off program ing Eid al-Fitr – the end On Jos. Campau, alley re - serves as more than an of Ramadan. pair will happen on alleys effort to reduce the waste Muslims worldwide on the west side of the stream. street. That work will observed Ramadan for “It builds community,” begin in early July. the last month, a pe - she said, “and it shows This year’s project will Alley repairs began last week. This year the city will concentrate on alleys along riod of time when they pride.” cost almost $600,000. Conant and Jos. Campau. fast during the day and Terrien said that on aver - The city is dipping into its in general reflect on grant. The state does not age a little over 100 peo - budget surplus to pay life and god. allow the grant to be used ple use the drop-off center $200,000 of that bill. This summer’s alley for alley repairs. — located on Caniff at Mc - Today they will break “This is a good use of Last year’s work was Dougall in the city parking their fast, and many the fund balance,” said repair schedule not completed because lot — each month. The households will hold Acting City Manager Kathy Here’s a breakdown bridge. the contractor fell behind. amount of recycled items communal dinners. Angerer in reference to on this year’s alley On Jos. Campau, work Only three out of five proj - deposited equals about 2 As City Councilmem - using budget surplus repaving on Conant and also concentrates on ects were completed. The tons each month. money. Jos. Campau. the west side of the ber Anam Miah sug - first project this year is to The problem the com - Mayor Karen Majewski The first part begins street: Commor to gested, “it’s hug a complete last year’s work. mission is facing is that said the state needs to on Conant and includes: Zinow, Pulaski to Muslim day.” The city went with a new there are not enough vol - revise the rules on how The west side of Co - Whalen, Evaline to Happy Eid! contractor, Audia Con - unteers on hand to run the cities can use their an - nant: Evaline to Norwalk Poland and Trowbridge crete Construction, this drop-off center, and that nual state road repair and then Caniff to Trow - to Yemans. Continued on page 2 those who have stuck it out are “burned out.” The center, which oper - ates on the second Satur - The lore of Hamtramck … day of each month, has been in operation since 2009. Fred Kovaleski – Terrien said at least 15 to 20 more volunteers are our spy – has died needed, and there is also Quote of By Greg Kowalski duced -- and that’s saying a need for someone to take over coordinating the Fred Kovaleski died a a lot. He was a product the week … effort. couple of weeks ago. of Jean Hoxie’s leg - Unless volunteers come Who said this, and what is it His name is probably endary tennis program, on board, the last day of about? You can find the not known to many Ham - and he didn’t disappoint. quote and the story it be - the drop-off center will be longs to somewhere in the tramckans today but He won championships Aug. 11. The next recy - pages of this issue. there was a time when around the world for cling date is July 14, and it “What, did they he was in the papers al - years. But the most col - runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. just do the center most weekly for years. orful aspect of his life Hamtramck High School strip?” Kovaleski was one of took place off court. graduate Dez'rae Davis, Fred Kovaleski played in tennis tournaments well into the greatest tennis play - You see, after turning who has been active in co - his 90s. ers Hamtramck ever pro - Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 en , Chick Gyro affles & Pop & W Fries FAROOQI LAW PLLC 9 9 $69 $ 9 Aisha M. Farooqi 7 Attorney at Law ger, Bur r • Immigration Law • Family Law • Wills & Bee WE CATER! Patio Fries • Traffic Violations 9 St NOW 9 op in for Open: Monday - Friday Gift Certificates $ Sm a 6 oothie! Saturdays: By Appointment Only. Open Mon-Sat 6am-11:30pm OPEN! Closed Sunday 10242 Joseph Campau • Hamtramck, MI 48212 • (586) 404-9239 2 Hamtramck Review Phone (313) 874-2100 Friday, June 15, 2018 Alley repairs pick up Fred Kovaleski – our spy – has died where they left off Continued from front page pro he played tennis that at that time he lived On his death, The New Hamtramck Historical Mu - from last year mainly in Europe and on Park Avenue in Man - York Times ran an exten - seum, 9525 Jos. Campau. Continued from front page North Africa, but for a hattan. sive obituary on him. It Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. number of years in the On a whim, I Googled does a good job of relat - Saturday and Sunday and year. for replacing water and early 1950s that was the Manhattan phone di - ing his amazing life story. by appointment. Call (313) Also coming up this sewer lines at a cost of just his cover. rectory — and I found his You can find out more 893-5027. Visit www.ham - year is the repaving of $500,000, which will about Fred Kovaleski at the tramckhistory.or g. Holbrook from Jos. Cam - come out of the city’s In actuality he was a number. I called him. He pau to Conant. That will Water Department spy for the CIA. He met answered and we en - cost $1.3 million but 80 budget. with Russian agents and gaged in a wonderful percent of it is being paid Work is scheduled to conducted covert opera - conversation. He con - by a federal grant. begin in mid-July and go tions just like you see in firmed that the tales of The remaining amount through the end of No - the movies and on TV. his days of spying for the comes out of the city’s an - vember. Holbrook traffic In fact, you remember CIA were all true, and nual state road repair will not be impeded dur - the old TV show “I Spy” even more remarkably, grant, which this year ing the reconstruction as starring Robert Culp and he was still playing ten - amounted to about $1.9 at least one lane will re - Bill Cosby? That actually nis in his 90s. million. main open. wasn’t based on Ko - He even competed in The project also calls valeski’s life. But it could tournaments, although have been. we both laughed when I BARBER Kovaleski’s career with asked him how much SHOP the CIA came to an end competition was there in while he was stationed in that age bracket. 9517 Jos. Campau • Hamtramck Egypt and met Manya I spoke with him sev - MEN’S HAIRCUTS Jabes, whose parents eral times over the had fled from Russia dur - years, and I was always B3es1t q3ual-it8y f7or 5the- 8bes9t p7ric2 es. ing the Russian Revolu - struck by how incredibly Seniors (60+) Men’s Cut tion of 1917. energetic he sounded. $ 50 $ 50 He and Manya fell in He was a delightful man 8 9 love, but the CIA was who had not lost his From leery of allowing an roots to Hamtramck. He HOURS: Mon 12-5:30pm • Tue 12-5:30pm Wed 8am-5:00pm • Thurs 8am-5:30pm • Fri 8-5:30pm agent to marry someone still remembered his Councilmember Sat 12-5:30pm with close ties to Russia, home town and cared Ian Perrotta so he resigned.