A Closer Look at a Selection of Photos from the Press & Guide May 25, 2011

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Teacher and basketball coach Pam Reed battles students during a charity tournament at the school April 30 that raised money for the Dearborn Relay for Life. Reed is also a cancer survivor who participated in the relay the next day.
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DuVall Elementary students line up May 19 in advance in this year’s annual cleanup parade.
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Wearing earth-friendly green tee shirts, hundreds of Miller Elementary students marched through the school’s neighborhood May 6 for their Cleanup Parade.
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Defending Division 2 state champion Divine Child won another regional title Friday with the help of four-time state qualifier Paige Patterson (center), Carolinne Strasser (left) and Katie Begin.

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Deema Hagehassan and Dearborn High won Western Wayne Athletic Conference Blue Division and Division 1 regional championship last week.

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Edsel Ford’s Allison Range won a regional crown at one singles last week to qualify for the state meet.

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A Closer Look at a Selection of Photos from the Press & Guide May 18, 2011

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With flags and banners about 300 demonstrators marked the 63^rd anniversary of what Palestinians call Al Nakba, or the catastrophe, Sunday at Dearborn City Hall. The commemoration marks the time when thousands of Palestinians were forced from their towns and homes during the formation of the state of Israel in 1948.

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Mary Bracey and “Sarabi” lead a line of dog walkers and walking dogs through west Dearborn Saturday for the Mutt Strut that draws hundreds of pet lovers to Ford Field for the annual fundraiser for the Dearborn Animal Shelter.
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Students from Dearborn High School Student Video Program make a movie every year. This year’s project, likely their largest ever, is "Saint's Cove" and is a murder mystery involving a fishing camp. The crew of actors, directors, camera operators, lighting and sound techs with dozens of extras filled Dylan’s Restaurant in Grosse Point Woods in March to shoot scenes from the movie that will open at the Michael A. Guido Theater May 25 and 26.
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Ronnie Matthews, 18, and Tanaka Wells, 19, enter Judge Richard Wygonik’s 19th District courtroom in March as their preliminary exam was postponed in the charges with of felony murder and three counts of armed robbery at Sunrise Beauty Supply in east Dearborn.
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Dearborn High’s Anna Stassen edges Divine Child’s Mackenzie Brewis for first place in the 1600-meter run May 13 at the All-Area Track Meet.
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Divine Child’s Christina Colarossi will be the undefeated top seed at one singles at the coming regional competition.

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A Closer Look at a Selection of Photos from the Press & Guide May 15, 2011

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Sally Petrella, with Friends of the Rouge, and her assistant Mat Halliday paddle back to a dock across from Fordson Island in the Rouge River May 11 after sampling invertebrates from the water. It is one of the first steps in the rehabilitation of the channel and island and removal of more than a dozen abandoned wrecked boats. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative awarded $150,000 grant to the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority for the Fordson Island Oxbow Restoration and Debris Removal Program. The project was one of eight selected nationwide out of 50 applicants, and was the only project selected in the Great Lakes. Fordson Island was created in 1917 by the dredging and channeling of the Rouge River to the Ford Rouge Plant.
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Fordson High School student Fatima Hawli creates jewelry May 11 during the Youth in Arts Festival at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. Hundreds of talented Dearborn students from kindergarten through high school performed, displayed and demonstrated their arts at the first-ever city-wide event. The program was designed to reinforce the importance of the arts in students’ lives.
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Dearborn High student Eric Reilly (center) and Fordson High student Amanda Bazzi listen to arguments May 10 during the Michigan Supreme Court’s appearance at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. The event was part of the “Court Community Connections” program, which introduces students to the appellate courts.
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Pastor Terry Jones promises to return to Dearborn in the future April 29 at city hall as he ends his protest that day.
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Sara and Anna Stassen cruise toward another 1-2 finish during a recent Dearborn High victory.

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Cody Cowart was the winning pitcher and smashed the game-winning hit May 11 when the Thunderbirds beat Dearborn High 5-4 in 11 innings.

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A Closer Look at a Selection of Photos from the Press & Guide May 11, 2011

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Writer/Script Supervisor Kevin Conner, Advisor Kurt Doelle and Director Evan Foret work out a video sequence while recording the WDHS production of “Saint’s Cove” at Dylan’s Restaurant in Grosse Point Woods in March. Students from Dearborn High School Student Video Program make a movie every year. This year’s project, likely their largest ever, is a horror movie about a group of friends whose Thanksgiving vacation goes terribly wrong. They very quickly discover the malicious plans that have been put into play in a small fishing village. It will premiere at 6 PM May 25th and 26th at the Michael A. Guido Theater.
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Working comic book artists Jerzy Drozd (right) and Mark Rudolph create work at the annual Green Brain Comics Free Comic Day Saturday.
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Green Brain Comics co-owner Katie Merritt reads the hourly raffle winning ticket number as customer Josh Gilmore comes forward to claim his prize at the store’s annual Free Comic Day Saturday.
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Costumed Nadia Tremoni and Dave Arman attract customers in front of Green Brain Comics during the East Dearborn business’s annual Free Comic Day Saturday.
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Kelsey Gibson and Divine Child will go for five in a row at the All-Area Girls’ Track Meet this week.

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Dearborn High’s Dema Fawaz returns a shot during a victory at one doubles at last week’s dual meet with Fordson.

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A Closer Look at a Selection of Photos from the Press & Guide May 8, 2011

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DFT president Chris Sipperley and AFT Michigan representative Tim Spink go over documents May 3 at Stout Middle School before a press conference announcing that teachers had ratified their contract.
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Annapolis All-Area honoree Keegan Cummins puts the clamps on during his run to the All-Area championship at 135.

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Divine Child All-Area selection and state placer Jamie Jakes battles his way to the championship at 145 at the All-Area Tournament.

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Edsel Ford All-Area honoree and state placer Lucas Luchonok battles it out during the final round at 215 at the All-Area tournament.

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A Closer Look at a Selection of Photos from the Press &Guide May 4, 2011

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Riot police were deployed April 29 to separate counter-demonstrators from Quran-burning Florida Pastor Terry Jones and supporters during a protest at city hall. What had been an otherwise peaceful demonstration turned disorderly about an hour in when Jones left the lectern and started heading toward the opposing crowd. At least a hundred counter-demonstrators rushed across the five lanes of Michigan Avenue with some throwing shoes and water bottles at Jones. Waving shoes from a passing vehicle on Michigan Avenue counter protestors register their anger at him while he speaks at city hall and other demonstrators drown him out with their loud chants.
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After approaching barricades against the advice of police, Pastor Terry Jones and his supporters taunt counterdemonstrators across Michigan Avenue Friday just before the opposition crashed through their barricades in an attempt to attack those on the city hall front lawn.
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With riot sticks and body armor riot police occupy the sidewalk in front of Dearborn City Hall Friday as police push the crowd of counter-demonstrators back across Michigan Avenue.
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After breaching the barricades on the north side of Michigan Avenue the crowd of counterdemonstrators pushes against those blocking access to the Pastor Terry Jones supporters after Jones taunted them Friday at Dearborn City Hall.
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Emerson and Karla Atwood, of Houston, and Norma Atwood, or Cape Cod, prepare to circle the track in the bubble lap at the Dearborn Heights Relay for Life Saturday at Chircop Field.
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Divine Child pitcher Alex Greco deals during the semifinal victory over Dearborn High Saturday in the All-City championship.

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A Closer Look at a Selection of Photos from the Press & Guide May 1, 2011

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 Cecilia Canteneri reads to a squirmy “Ditto” in 2006 during a Read to Rover program at Snow Library that brought together animals who have been adopted from the Dearborn Animal Shelter and kids who want to read to them. Snow is scheduled for closure in the proposed budget.
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Two of the best players in Dearborn go at it as Edsel Ford’s Marie Gaedke takes it to the basket against Divine Child’s Rosanna Reynolds during the Falcons victory in the Mayor Guido Memorial Showcase.

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Divine Child All-city selection Cara Miller battles in the paint during the Class B semifinal victory over Goodrich.

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Divine Child All-City selection Morgan Blair leans into a Goodrich defender during the Falcons victory ride through the final four.

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Fordson record-breaker Yazmeen Hamid sizes things up in a game during the season.

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Dearborn High All-City selection Dana Kolis looks for an open teammate.

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