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turn to pAge 3 turn to pAge 8 turn to pAge 4 Hospital honoured by Weight Watchers Team Atlantic gets thrashed by Sweden Why baking a cake is not easy as pie Volume Vii i SSue Vi www .ConVergedCitizen .Com JAnuAry 23, 2012 e H t CONVA S t.E C lAir RCollege GJournAlEiSm StuD dent puCbliCAtioIn TIZEN Auto Show gets motors running in the Motor City Mike Thomas don’t necessarily evaluate the Citizen Staff Reporter impact from the auto show but would like to see a competi - The initial numbers at the tive analysis done to establish turnstiles for the 2012 North whether the auto show has a America International Auto significant benefit to the Show in Detroit indicate Windsor economy. improved attendance. Going forward, according to More than 92,000 people Williams, Windsor and Detroit attended the event on opening must be stronger together as in day -- an increase of over the past. He believes both 5,400 from last year and the sides need to be closer togeth - highest showing in five years. er as this partnership would Attendance had plummeted benefit tourism, hospitality, following the 2009 collapse of the hotel industry and manu - the North American auto facturing. The economic industry. impact of the auto show to the Once a cornerstone Detroit Metro Detroit area in 2011 event, the NAIAS hit a low in was between $350 million and Photo by Maciejka Gorzelnik 2010 as attendance was down The Dodge Dart also made its highly anticipated worldwide debut. Based on the structure of $375 million, according to the dramatically, along with European automaker Alfa Romeo, it is the first compact entry at NAIAS by Dodge since 2006. NAIAS website. investment into the exhibits by “I would like to see a the car companies. there were more international Suites in downtown Windsor, booked.” Windsor contingent organ - Bob Williams, a marketing announcements at the Detroit says she is hoping for a more Windsor hotels like the ized . Federally, provincially advertising consultant, has auto show than at any other positive economic effect on Quality Suites promote their and municipally -- to come been a coordinator for the auto show in North America. this side of the border. proximity to the Detroit- together with our friends on show on both sides of the bor - “It has been a struggle, but “Most of the guests are of Windsor Tunnel and the con - the American side and become der for over 25 years. we are back,” said Williams. course staying on the Detroit venience of the downtown the North America Williams says the energy is Christine Melnyk, director side,” said Melnyk. “The restaurant district. ‘International’ Auto Show back, it is a sexy show and of hotel operations for Quality Detroit hotels are fully Melnyk says Windsor hotels once again,” said Williams. Police net largest cash seizure Tyler Sinclair gation of initial target Shawn “revolving-door” court sys - Citizen Staff Reporter Joseph Evon. Evon, who was tem, he understands the con - arrested during the raid, was straints on the courts. The Windsor Police Service sentenced last August to four “We always want to see high seized nearly $700,000 worth years in prison after being sentences handed out to help of drugs and cash in a series of convicted on multiple counts us stem the problem and then co-ordinated raids Jan. 9. of possession of drugs for the the justice system is stymied Windsor police, along with purpose of trafficking. somewhat by their rules and members of the Ontario Evon was released from cus - regulations too,” said Gould. Provincial Police, issued six tody while he appealed his “We tend not to be overly search warrants at six loca - previous conviction. happy with the results some - tions in Windsor and LaSalle. “Shortly after he was times but we understand Officers seized $355,785 released, our drug unit was where all our partners in the worth of drugs, a loaded hand - receiving information that he judicial system come from.” gun and $331,353 in cash, was active again in the traf - Four others were also arrest - according to Windsor police ficking of narcotics, so we ed during the raid: Raymond Insp. Randy Gould. It is the recommenced our investiga - John Caza, Michael Allan largest cash seizure in depart - tion upon him and other par - Broughton, Jason Potter and ment history. ties to his drug trafficking,” Gerald Keith Lauzon, all pre - Citizen Staff file photo Over 80 officers took part in said Gould. viously known to police. Windsor police Insp. Randy Gould announces another success - the early-morning raid, fol - Gould said while he is some - Eight others have also been ful drug raid on March 13, 2011 in Windsor. lowing a four-month investi - times frustrated with the Continued on pAge 2 CONVERGED CITIZEN JAnuAry 23, 2012 NEWS pAge 2 .. Gap left by the Ouelette fire remains unfilled Cassi Kennedy owner of Milk Coffee Bar, Citizen Staff Reporter said he is interested in com - missioning a local artist to do Windsorites walk by the murals on the walls and bring empty gap on Ouellette a creative outlet to the vacant Avenue which one year ago lot. Marignani isn’t alone with was wall to wall with business his idea to redesign the space and night life. using artists. Jan. 24 marks the one year “Artists can come up with anniversary of a fire that hap - something creative to do, but pened near the corner of they would need money to do Ouelette and Park street which something, so they’d have to affected six businesses and buy the property,” said Tom took almost an entire day to Lucier, owner of Phog put out. Lounge. He added he does not The fire caused an estimated think anything will be rebuilt $2 million in damages. in the location given the cur - It burned down Gossip rent vacancy rate in the down - Massage Parlour, Drunken town area. Burrito and a souvenir shop. “What’s a park going to do Awesome Clothing, Park 29 there? It’s a bizarre hole in the nightclub and Crazy Horse landscape,” said Lucier. Karaoke, in the buildings on Even though there is a park - either side of the fire, were ing garage behind the lot, forced to close due to dam - Lucier said there is still a need ages. for parking. After the fire, one of the It is still unsure what will Crazy Horse Saloon owners happen to the land and the George Crochis said he esti - Photo by Chris Richards businesses that resided there, mated the karaoke bar would A pedestrian walks by a vacant lot Friday near the corner of Oulette Avenue and Pelissier Street. but the owners of Crazy Horse be back in business after two The lot remains empty after a blaze tore through the property last year, destroying four businesses. plan to re-open within the next to three months. age to the building, but it is privately owned it is out of “There is always an opportu - 30-40 days. “That was a poor statement,” affected both floors. their hands. nity to purchase the land and “Money came in slow from said Crochis one year later. One of the Downtown “The owner has the power to switching it out to a parkette, the insurance. We had to The owners did not antici - Windsor Business choose what to do with the but at this point in time, I finance most of the repairs pate the damages to total over Improvement Association’s land,” said Angelo Marignani, don’t believe that there’s funds ourselves personally,” said $1 million. The fire only duties is to beautify the core, the DWBIA’s vice chair and available to do so.” Corchis. “A million dollars is caused smoke and water dam - but because the now empty lot spokesperson. Marignani, who is also the a lot of money.” Continued from pAge 1 and use in the Windsor area. charged or will be facing He said Windsor is often a hub charges. Their names have not for drugs coming into the Fire at University lab been released by police at this country from the U.S. and he time due to a publication ban realizes this seizure is just the by the courts. tip of the iceberg. In total, the suspects face 76 “Hopefully it stems the flow charges including conspiracy of it for a little while. We to traffic in controlled sub - always enjoy making a good stances, possession of con - seizure, but we’re also realis - trolled substances for the pur - tic in knowing that we’re still pose of trafficking, trafficking getting a pittance of what’s out in controlled substances, pos - there and that’s why with our session of controlled sub - partners we continue to ham - stances, weapons offences, mer away at it and hopefully possession of proceeds of we can slow it down,” said crime, breach of probation and Gould. breach of recognizance. Detective Insp. Patty Dobin During the raid police seized of the OPP is the officer in 2,312 grams of cocaine pow - charge of the organized crime der, about a pound of crack enforcement bureau for south - cocaine, 16.8 pounds of mari - western Ontario. Dobin says juana, 397.6 grams of psyche - the co-operation between delic mushrooms and 68.25 forces is a key component to grams of marijuana resin, 47 battling the drug trade. Nabilone (synthetic marijua - “The results of this investiga - na) pills, 34 Diazepam pills, tion are a prime illustration of seven 40-milligram how law enforcement partners Photo by Betty Gudel Oxycodone tablets and six work together, share informa - Fire trucks were dispatched to the London Life Great Lakes Environmental Research Centre 100-milligram morphine pills.

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