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THURSDAY, DEC. 19 PHOTOS BY RENEE LANDUYT After Lanzo’s work was determined ♦ Men’s Night Out in the to be unsatisfactory, city engineer Village is from 6 to 9 p.m. Grosse Pointe Woods public safety Lt. John Kosanke talks to Olivia Rokicki during the an­ Scott Lockwood recommended the For more information, nual Shop With a Cop about what she wants for Christmas. contract be canceled. visit thevillagegp.com. He brought that request to the ♦ The Grosse Pointe Woods city council, noting even after Library Board meets at 7 several meetings, the contractor p.m. at the Ewald branch, could not perform the work to 15175 E. Jefferson, The spirit of giving Lockwood’s satisfaction. Grosse Pointe Park. An “The project has not progressed agenda is available at By Brad Lindberg satisfactorily,” Lockwood said in a gp.lib.mi.us. StaffWriter letter to the council. “We have met with Lanzo Lining Services Inc. on FRIDAY, DEC. 20 THE GROSSE POINTES several occasions and, despite sev­ ♦ The Grosse Pointe AND HARPER WOODS — eral attempts by the contractor, the South High School choir Dirty Harry couldn’t have project has not gotten back on track.” performs with the Detroit made their day better. Lockwood said he had spoken with Sym phony Orchestra at Fifty law enforcement offi­ representatives from Lanzo and they 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. at cers wearing red and white were agreeable to closing the con­ Orchestra Hall, 3711 Santa hats served as personal tract before the contract was com­ Woodward, Detroit. shoppers for an equal num­ pleted. Lanzo will receive payment of Tickets are available at ber of special needs children $175,060. dso.org. during Shop With a Cop, City officials agreed with Lockwood ♦ Beaumont Hospital, Friday, Dec. 13, a lucky day Grosse Pointe holds an for the Christmas spirit of See CITY, page 3A American Red Cross giving. PHOTO BY BRAD LINDBERG blood drive from noon to Each child received a free 5:45 p.m. For an appoint­ $100 shopping spree accom­ “OK, let’s go,” said Traci Johnson, right, a Grosse Pointe ment, visit redcross panied by his or her own uni­ Farms public safety officer. She’s accompanying Christian blood.org and use the formed police companion at Grimmett, 9, to the toy department at Target, Eastland M ighty sponsor code WBH or Target, Eastland Center. Center, during for Shop With a Cop, Friday, Dec. 13. “He’s a call Beth at (313) 550- Shop With a Cop came typical kid,” said his mother, Diana Grimmett, of Harper 3870. courtesy of officers from Woods, second from right. “He loves Star Wars, Minecraft more than one dozen juris­ and LEGO.” Christopher Anderson, left, rounds out the fire SATURDAY, DEC. 21 dictions, the department group. ♦ F irst d a y o f win te r store and fundraisers spon­ ♦ Grosse Pointe Theatre sored by Fraternal Order of Grosse Pointes, Harper helped Mekhi Gates, 9, a stu­ presents the musical, Police Grosse Pointe Lodge Woods, Ann Arbor, Detroit, dent at Tyrone Elementary in fighter “White Christmas” at 2 102. Flat Rock, Macomb County Harper Woods, choose his p.m. at the Grosse Pointe Sean Burdt, 7, of the City of Community College, Milford, first bicycle. It has tires with By Brad Lindberg War Memorial. To buy Grosse Pointe, got Jake and Warren, Wayne County and deep tread for extra grip. StaffWriter tickets, at $24, call (313) the Never Land Pirates action Woodhaven donated their “I’ll ride it to school,” Gates 881 -4004 or visit gpt.org figures for himself and a time. said. CITY OF GROSSE POINTE — The or the ticket office at 315 Barbie Doll for his sister, “It’s simple — it’s for the Farms PSO Frank Zielinski little fire engine that can enters ser­ Fisher, City of Grosse Cara, 6. kids,” said Milford Sgt. Scott volunteered, too. As the vice next summer. Pointe. There is a $3 on­ “He talked about this with Tarasiewicz. “It’s a cliche, but father of a 3-year-old daugh­ Classified as a mini-pumper, the line surcharge. his sister and what he was it’s legitimately for the kids. ter, he knows that teaching truck meets the Class A insurance­ going to get her,” said their A lot of guys get on the job to children lessons of Christmas rating standards of the full-sized SeeWEEKAHEAD, mother, Sarah Burdt. help kids.” fire truck it is replacing, according p a g e 4 A Officers from each of the Shores Sgt. Dan Pullen S e e SPIRIT, p a g e 3A to Stephen Poloni, City of Grosse Pointe public safety director. Grosse Pointe A mini-pumper is half the price of Farms Public a full-sized pumper, but matches the Safety Officer larger truck’s 400-gallon onboard Tim Harris water supply and 17 gallons of talks with foam. Jarrel Harris Advantages of the small size and about the relatively light weight pumper Marvel action include maneuvering in tight places, figures. such as at the head of residential O pinion...................... 6A driveways, inside parking garages S ch o o ls.................1AII and on marina docks, Poloni said. O bituaries.............5A II A u to s..................... 7A II Trade-offs include less capacity to Entertainment............3B carry equipment, such as long lad­ Classified a d s ............4C ders. Poloni expects delivery in June or July. During a mini-pumper demon­ stration earlier this year, represen­ tatives of the Grosse Pointe-Harper Woods mutual aid pact endorsed S e e FIRE, p a g e 7A PHONE: (313) 882-6900 4 FAX: (313) 882-1585 ♦ MAIL: 21316 Mack, GPW ♦ ON THE WEB: grossepointenews.com ♦ E-MAIL: editonagrossepointenews.com Lease any 2014 Volvo and make No Payments until February 2014! 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Upon seeing him, The 17-year-old, a pas­ City of Grosse Pointe stole a Grosse Pointe ging about taking a plow driver caught the she reportedly tried to senger, “stated that her Park w om an’s unat­ purse; and he was at Neff eye of a patrolman cruis­ open the door of the sister had driven to a 2,4, whatever tended purse out of her and Munich” on Detroit’s ing the 100 block of house. house nearby and pur­ unlocked tan 2011 Buick eastside. Stephens at 1:04 a.m. “(She) continued to chased the brownies,” A suspected drunken Enclave. Officers, again, were Sunday, Dec. 15. rant inaudibly,” said the police said. driver from Bloomfield She discovered the unable to track him “The operator was officer. Police reportedly Hills told police during a theft shortly before 3:30 down. plowing the snow across recovered two glass pipes roadside investigation p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10. The woman said she’d the roadway and deposit­ Costly lapse and a partially empty fifth she drank two glasses of exited her car in the ing (it) on the neighbor’s of Tanqueray Sterling wine before driving west- Purse snatcher driveway when she heard yard,” said the officer. A lapsed license plate vodka. bound on Jefferson a squeaking noise. Upon questioning, the registration is costing a through the City of A strong-armed robber “As (she) walked up to officer detected a mari­ 36-year-old Detroit Extradition Grosse Pointe. riding a squeaky bicycle her front porch, a man juana odor coming from woman a lot more than if Later at headquarters, snatched a woman’s ran up to her and grabbed the cab of the vehicle, a sh e’d renewed it on A man, 48, living in the upon registering a .20 purse in front of her her, demanding her green 1994 GMC pickup schedule in July.