Tristate TaeKwon Do 6th Annual Picnic

The Tristate TaeKwon Do and King's Kempo Class of 2009 will be at Pulaski Park, June 6, 2009 from 12:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. demonstrating their mastery of martial arts, weapons, breaking and self-defense.

Stop by and support the kids. You might be inspired to sign up for classes.


Master Douglass breaking concrete with his head.

Holbrook Elementary Town Hall

On Friday, May 29, 2009, Holbrook Elementary School will be holding a Town Hall Meeting from 3:45p.m. to 5:00p.m. in the school auditorium.

Learn about exciting news for next school year. Mr. Niczay, Superintendent of Schools will be the featured speaker along with Mr. Zygmontowicz, Principle of Holbrook Elementary School.

There will also be an Arabic translator.

Refreshments will be served and there will be a raffle to win a food basket. The class with the most parents in attendance will win a classroom pizza party.

City Council Agenda for May 26, 2009

New Secretary For Southend Block Club

Greetings,

My name is Louis (also go by Louie) and I am the new secretary for the
South End Block Club, for Hamtramck.

This is a preliminary note giving you my contact information:

louis.privette@gmail.com
(313) 549-5340

The next block meeting will be held on Thursday, June 11th at 6:30PM at:

People's Community Services
Hamtramck Neighborhood Center
8625 Joseph Campau St.
Hamtramck, MI, 48212.

Map Link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8625+Joseph+Campau+St.+Hamtramck,+MI,+48212.&ie=UTF8&ll=42.393417,-83.052864&spn=0.010649,0.027637&z=15&iwloc=A

Please forward this message to any of our South End neighbors who you
believe would like to be involved in our club. Hamtramck citizens and
friends are also welcomed guests.

Please note that I have not added your email address to a mailing list
and cannot do so without your expressed permission. Please reply to
this message if you would like your email address to be added in order
to receive correspondence for SEBC activities and meetings. Please
specify what email address you would like to be used for this purpose.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Spring Clean is Saturday

That's right folks, it's finally here. Saturday is the Spring Clean.

The town party kicks off at 10:00 a.m. at the People's Community Center on the corner of Jos. Campau and Danforth. Come by and get on a clean team.

There will be entertainment and food for all.

This is the best opportunity to meet your neighbors and community leaders. What better way of enjoying the beautiful outdoors of Hamtramck and getting in shape at the same time.

And if you just can't seem to make it, you can still be a part of the Spring clean by getting out there and cleaning up your yards, streets, and alleys.

Southend Block Club Meeting: May 14, 2009

Greetings All!

This is just a friendly reminder that the South End Block Club will be meeting this Thursday
People's Community Center
6:30 PM

We will be electing officers-so if you want to run think of a few words to say.

Below you will find an agenda for the meeting.

Tell a friend. Tell a neighbor. Tell the world.

Mike D.

SEBC
South End Block Club Agenda
5/14/09
6:30 pm

Welcoming

Sergeant Tripp (if available)


Nomination of officers
President
Vice president
Secretary

Moment for candidates to introduce themselves
Cast 2 ballots/names per person
Top vote receiver-President
2nd top vote receiver- Vice President
3rd most votes-Secretary

Begin building drug and or abandoned house list

Hamtramck clean up recruitment
Saturday May 16 2009
Meet at People’s Community Center
@ 10:30 am


Open Floor For Discussion

Next meeting June 11th 6:30 PM
People’s Community Center

Governor Jennifer Granholm In Hamtramck

On April 22, 2009 at the Hamtramck City Library, Governor Jennifer Granholm was introduced by Mayor Karen Majewski to present the state's economic recovery plan.

What is more importantly overlooked is the Governor's ability to transform the state office into one of outstretched arms. Not only does the Governor possess the ability to travel around the world to invite new economies to the state, but she can, while talking to the people of Hamtramck, reach out to Washington, to remind us that we are important in the rebuilding of the future of the nation and the world.

If you were not able to attend the event, you can always send your comments and concerns directly to the Governor at:


http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21995-65331--,00.html

or here for constituent services:

http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-35316---,00.html

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
PHONE: (517) 373-3400
PHONE: (517) 335-7858 - Constituent Services
FAX:(517) 335-6863

Help To Stop Lead Poisoning In Homes

Detroit Free Press
April 22, 2009

The Wayne County Health Department is among groups sponsoring two dinner meetings on lead abatement for residents and landlords in Highland Park and Hamtramck.

The two cities were selected for the informational meetings because they have some of the highest percentages of homes built before 1950 in the state. Older houses put residents at higher risk of exposure to lead.

The meetings, at which pizza and pop will be served, are to run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Hamtramck meeting is to be April 30 at Peoples Community Center, 8625 Jos. Campau Ave. The Highland Park meeting is to be May 7 at Ernest T. Ford Recreation Center, 10 Pitkin.

3C7 Neighborhood Watch

We’ve seen some of the graffiti past its ugly face again in certain places of the city. You can rest assured that those poor designs will be gone. Can you get involved enough to make a phone call. All you have to do is call the listed number, leave a messages and tell us where the graffiti is and we will handle the rest.

Graffiti Hotline
313-281-8150

Report suspicious activity (NO NAMES!!!)

If you know of, or see any suspicious or malicious activities please call and report them. All callers will be anonymous contact the Hamtramck Police Department, 313-876-7800

Events that you should attend:
Coffee hour with Your Congressman Bert Johnson
1st Friday of the Month (8:30 - 9:30 AM)
Location: Cafe 1923, 2287 Holbrook

Come join our 3C7 community blog which will speak on many issues of our block club.
http://groups.google.comgroup/3C7Association

To be added to 3C7 Neighborhood Watch email listing, email:
roninhamtramck@yahoo.com

FBI Offers $20,000 Reward for the Location of Tangena Hussain

Press Release
For Immediate Release
April 22, 2009 FBI Detroit
Contact: Special Agent Sandra R. Berchtold
(313) 237-4218

FBI Offers $20,000 Reward for the Location of Tangena Hussain

Andrew G. Arena, Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), Detroit, Michigan, announced that a $20,000 reward is being offered for the location of Tangena Hussain.

On October 2, 2008, at approximately 9:30 pm, 2-year old Tangena Hussain was reported missing from a gas station located at 20500 Greenfield Road, Detroit, Michigan. An exhaustive search was conducted in the area surrounding 8 Mile and Greenfield, as well as the Hamtramck and Detroit neighborhoods near the residence where Tangena Hussain lived. On Friday, April 10th Tangena would have turned 3 years old.

The FBI and Detroit Police Department are requesting the public’s help in locating Tangena Hussain. Anyone who has any information regarding the location of Tangena Hussain is encouraged to contact the FBI, Detroit Field Office at (313) 965-2323 or the Detroit Police Department at (313) 596-1240.

Hamtramck International Bazaar Begins

Spring is in the air when the City of Hamtramck announces its Annual International Bazaar. In its second year, anyone can rent a table for 5 bucks and join a city wide, outdoor shopping extravaganza every last Saturday of the month.

Getting bigger every year, this is a great opportunity to make a few extra dollars selling those unused items sitting around the house collecting dust, or a chance to start up your own small business.

If anyone is interested, contact Eve Doster Knepp at 313-876-7700 ext. 327, and she will help you get ready for a great summer!

Southend Block Club Meeting: April 9, 2009

HAMTRAMCK SOUTHEND BLOCK CLUB

Spring 2009 Agenda
April 9, 2009

Over the winter, formal meetings at the People’s Community Center were not scheduled. Instead, a more informal gathering process of “living room” meetings took place.

Scheduling conflicts and previous obligations make it difficult for everyone to find a convenient time to meet. Therefore, an internet blog, Hamtramcknow, was established for more readily accessible information, resources, and input. The web address is:

http://www.hamtramcknow.blogspot.com

email address:

hamtramcknow@gmail.com

Hamtramck Spring Clean is scheduled for May 16, 2009. Residents of the Southend are excited to have their children participate in the event and to receive honorable awards celebrating their civic involvement.

The Southend has sponsored the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) bus shelter. This entails periodic picking up litter and placing it in the DDOT provided receptacles of which they will remove and provide cleaning supplies. The process is still being finalized.

Hamtramck City Council elections are set for August. The Southend will encourage voter participation in the planning of registration and political educational events.

A formal Southend meeting has been scheduled for April 9, 2009 @ 6:30 at the People’s Community Center at the corner of Jos Campau and Danforth.

We look forward to “springing” into action!

Beverly Tran
President

Spring Clean is May 16, 2009

Spring Clean is May 16, 2009

You know when Spring is here when the annual city-wide clean up is officially scheduled. That's right, the time is almost here to get out the house and get ready to have fun and clean your neighborhood! What better way to get to know your neighbors and your city than by filling up dumpsters, bags, and shovels with the surprises mother nature has revealed by melting the winter snow.

The city has designated two centers of operations where you can go join up and find out what needs to be done:

(1) South Side at Peoples Community Center, on Jos Campau/Denton; and,
(2) North Side at Acts 29, on Caniff/Botsford.


Preserve Our Parks will be out in force cleaning up the route of the Hamtramck Trail that day, from Veterans' Park to the viaduct.

Even if you cannot make it to this neighborhood party, you can still enjoy being proud of the city by just picking up the trash in the front of the houses, cleaning up the alleys, removing graffiti, and whatever else you can see needs to be cleaned around your house, like pulling weeds or planting flowers.

You do not have to live in the city to participate. Bring your friends and families, tell your schools and churches, invite as many people as you know to show off your neighborhood.

If anyone is interested in sponsoring and donating to the city-wide Spring Clean event, please contact Eve Doster-Knepp,Hamtramck City News Events Coordinator, who will also be generating more information in the coming weeks. She can be reached at (313) 876-7700.

Spring Clean Is Coming Up

The city wide cleanup is set for Saturday May,16, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Flyers will be provided and the city's new events coordinator, Eve Doster-Knepp is in charge.

There is another meeting set for April 24th, 3:00pm at the 3rd floor conference room City Hall to give us an update.

The city is organizing the general setup: such as dumpsters, bags, shovels gloves, trucks sweepers etc. They are soliciting for sponsorships and donations.

There are 2 locations to meet and jump off from : The south side @ Peoples Community Center on Caniff and the north side @ Acts 29 on Caniff/Botsford.

The way i see it , the block club's role is to get more volunteers from the neighborhoods. We need to decide (in each area or block club) exactly what we want to do. That is , just pick up the trash in the front of the houses, clean up the alleys, remove graffiti etc.

I believe the key is to get the word out to our neighbors and secure volunteers. The more people we get out there the more we can accomplish and it is a powerful symbol to see neighbors working together.

Last year, on the north side, we had 50 volunteers participate from a church in Troy but maybe 10 people from Hamtramck. The previous year, it was similar. There were probably more volunteers from outside the city than citizens.

A general comment i hear about block clubs, is "i didn't know there was one." or "Where/when do you meet"

I think we need to do a better job of getting the word out and getting our neighbors involved. This is a good opportunity for us to increase block club participation.

Take care and I hope we can all make this event a success.

Tom Stackpoole

Karate Comes To Hamtramck

Karate Comes To Hamtramck

By Beverly Tran
January 30, 2009


The uniqueness of Hamtramck is not just in how warmly it embraces the diversity of its people, it is now in how the city has welcomed diversity with a new business. On January 24, 2009, Mayor Karen Majewski, in a room filled with astounded onlookers of all ages, together with some of the world’s greatest martial artists, attended the official opening of Tri-State TaeKwon-Do Federation, the city’s first traditional Korean Karate Dojo, under the leadership of Master Gary B. Douglass, 5th Degree Black Belt and Senior Instructor Mohamed Alashwal, 2nd Degree Black Belt.


(From the Right: Sensei Gary Douglass, Mohamed Alashwal
and Craig Daniels, Hamtramck Recreation Department, Director)

Students and Masters demonstrated techniques of speed, form of self-defense in hand-to-hand combat and breaking concrete slabs. “Teaching discipline of the powers of body and mind to youth is a way of encouraging them to stay in school and reinforce studying habits. In today’s world, it’s getting harder and harder to be a teenager and we are here to guide them with the tenants of Tri-State TaeKwon-Do Federation: courtesy; integrity; perseverance; self-control; and, indomitable spirit”, says Sensei Douglass.

Here is what others had to say:
Stephanie Barnes (left), age 11, Red/Black Belt: “It’s awesome! It has lots of tools to learn.”

Stephanie’s Karate mom and dad: “We are so proud of the kids that come and learn about themselves. They are taught more about discipline and not about fighting. The kids learn about being leaders without violence.”

Monica Michalik, (right) age 12, Brown Belt: “After school, there were no activities to do. It was by word of mouth I came by to see the class, and wanted to stay. I have been with Master Douglass for 2 years.”

Michael Woo, age 21, Blue Belt: “I’m speechless. Here I can keep up to date and learn many other forms of martial arts like Muay Thai and grappling.”

Mayor Karen Majewski: “I see a wonderful opportunity for our seniors and our young to become more physically active.”


(From Left To Right: Grand Master B.C. Yu, 9th Degree Black Belt,
Mayor Karen Majewski, and Grand Master George Calhoun, 9th Degree Black Belt.)

Sensei Alashwal, a recent graduate of Hamtramck High School, who is now a Wayne State University student in the Nursing Program, is proud that he has decided to remain in the community and work to get youth off the street and back in the classroom. Below are two of his students demonstrating their skills.


Sensei Douglass trains the body and mind, ages 4 to 104, 6 days a week. He has developed specialized courses for the youngest ones called “Little Ninjas”, cardio fitness, tournament competitions and belt advancement testing for the others. The Master is ready to start partnering with the Hamtramck Police and the Schools by incorporating the Kids Safe Network with the city’s leadership through his youth programming. Douglass and Alashwal have been teaching at the Hamtramck Recreational Center for the last 10 years.

TaeKwon-Do Federation is located at 9725 Conant, Hamtramck, MI 48212, just North of Holbrook. For more information contact Master Douglass at: 313-875-KICK or visit http://www.tristatetaekwondo.com.

Beverly Tran is the Hamtramck President of the South End Block Club and has been consulting with Tri-State TaeKwon-Do in community economic development and crime prevention programming. Contact her at 313-522-8213 or email: tranbeverly@gmail.com.