Receiving green turns Snow green
DEARBORN — Snow Elementary School was one of three schools selected to receive a $1,000 grant to help them with their Columbus Courtyard Discovery Zone project. The grant, being offered by the Rouge Education Project, includes $500 to purchase native Michigan plants and another $500 for expert assistance in designing and implementing the...Kindergarten Roundup is just around the corner
DEARBORN — The start of the 2008-09 school year is several months away, but now is the time for parents to get their child ready to start Kindergarten in the Dearborn Public Schools. Elementary schools around the district will be holding Kindergarten Roundup in March and April. The annual event provides parents with the opportunity...LWV releases political guide
DEARBORN — The 2008 WHO'S WHO, issued by the League of Women Voters for Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, is now available at those respective city halls, city clerk offices, libraries, community centers and on the web at www.LWVDDH.org. This publication lists all elected officials for Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, including addresses and...Postage to go up
WASHINGTON — Mailing a letter will soon cost a penny more. The cost of a first-class stamp will rise to 42 cents starting May 12, the U.S. Postal Service said Monday. The price of the Forever stamp will go up at the same time, meaning those stamps can still be purchased for 41 cents but will remain good for first-class postage after...Major Michigan companies to recruit candidates at ESD’s Engineering & Technology Job Fair
SOUTHFIELD — Compuware, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Ford Motor Company, R.L. Polk & Co., and TRW Automotive are only a few of the more than 70 major companies from throughout Michigan that will be recruiting candidates at this year's Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) Engineering & Technology Job Fair. Keeping...FL Attorney General agrees to Muslim advisory group
TALLAHASSEE — In a meeting this week with state and national Muslim leaders in Tallahassee, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum agreed to establish a Muslim community advisory group. The meeting came following a controversy in which McCollum's office reportedly directed staff throughout the state to view the controversial anti-Islam...Sheriff highlights problem of teen dating violence
DETROIT — Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans is trying to raise public awareness around the issue of dating violence among teenagers. According to recent studies, 20 percent of teenage girls and young women have experienced some form of dating violence and even more endure emotional abuse. "This is something...SMART bus system charged with ethnic harassment
Hearings to be held in March before the Michigan Civil Rights Commission will determine whether a Farmington Hills man will be compensated for lost wages and humiliation as a result of harassment he allegedly faced as an employee of SMART, metro Detroit's bus system. A bus mechanic for 15 years, Mazyn Barash quit his job in 2004 after...Students focus on global warming
DEARBORN – Students at the University of Michigan – Dearborn and Henry Ford Community College joined tens of thousands of others across the nation to focus on the problem of global warming on Jan. 30th and 31st. As part of a national initiative called "Focus the Nation," UMD and HFCC students aired an interactive webcast called "The...Former Dearborn Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Sr. dies
DEARBORN — Former Dearborn Mayor John B. O'Reilly, Sr., father of the current mayor of Dearborn, who led the City through two terms from 1978-1985, died on Wednesday, February 6 at his Lakeport, MI home. He was 89. Remembered for his phrase: "Good neighbors make good neighborhoods," as mayor he moved Dearborn forward in a time...Zaha Hadid’s design selected for MSU’s Broad Art Museum
LANSING — World-renowned architect Zaha Hadid of London has been selected as the winner in the design competition for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. Hadid joined the Broads at two public events where MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon announced the winner. Zaha Hadid "With today's announcement of...Harkat jailed
Mohamed Harkat, one of the five Muslim men subjected to security certificates in Canada because of suspected links to terrorism, was arrested on January 29 and thrown into jail. The five are resisting deportation to countries where they risk mistreatment and death. Police and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) agents took...Ottawa woman makes modern hijabs
The hijab will never be the same, not after what Abeer Al-Azzawi has done to it. She has produced a form-fitting hijab, which Jessica Stewin, writing in the University of Manitoba student paper, says should put an end to sports bodies' concerns about safety. Abeer's hijabs are all made in Ottawa, and so naturally she produces...Trial for terror suspect
Moroccan Saïd Namouh was in a Quebec court on January 31, charged with editing jihadist propaganda videos, including some showing the interrogation and execution of Iraqi police and others how to make suicide belts. He is said to have received $800 from a contact in Vienna to buy a weapon. An RCMP officer claimed that he was...Israel blamed in death of Canadian
Israel was at fault in the deaths of four observers from the U.N. Truce Supervision Organization, including Canadian Major Paeta Hess-von Kruedener. That was the finding made public February 1 by a Canadian Forces Board of Inquiry. The incident occurred during the Israeli-Hizbullah conflict. The observers were killed by......
Khan is back
Welcome back, Wajid Khan. MP Wajid Khan was forced out of the Conservative parliamentary caucus when he was faced with charges of overspending during his campaign for office. He was elected as a Liberal but after serving Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper as an envoy to bring back a report on the Middle East and...Afghan torture scandal widens
After the Conservative Harper government admitted that it had stopped transferring prisoners to Afghan authorities last November following evidence of torture, new evidence has surfaced showing that Canadian officials were aware of torture at least as far back as April, 2007. As with the earlier revelations, the new information...Speak for Peace Tour in Detroit
CHICAGO — The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) will be a hosting a Speak for Peace Tour that will include Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi who was featured in several speaking tours organized by AFSC, as well as Iraq War veteran Patricia McCann, currently a resident of Chicago. They will be talking about their experiences in Iraq, about...Students encouraged to nominate a teacher for annual award
DEARBORN — Nomination forms for the 2007-08 Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Award, sponsored by the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce, are now available on the district web site at www.dearbornschools.org or the Chamber website, www.dearbornchamber.org. Forms are also available at all Dearborn public schools, and the district......
Local boxer maintains perfect record
DEARBORN — As he stepped into the boxing ring at the Palace of Auburn Hills on February 1st to do battle with yet another opponent on his quest for a title shot, Dearborn's own Brian Mihtar couldn't help but feel the pressure. In the lower bowl stood dozens of Mihtar's hometown fans, cheering him on and heckling his opponent. Behind...House of Commons passes security legislation
Facing a February 23 deadline set by the Supreme Court of Canada, the House of Commons passed a new law on February 4 authorizing security certificates for non-citizens deemed to be a potential danger to the country. The Court unanimously struck down the old one as a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it failed......
Legal issues surrounding citizenship
Be very careful if you leave the country for more than six months Because most of the issues I address in this article relate to holders of "Green Cards," I would like to address the term "Green Card." The card is now officially known as a "Permanent Resident Card." In fact, it's no longer even green in...MLK Day observed with scholarships
DEARBORN — After giving away $14,000 in scholarship money January 25 at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn to students from throughout the region at their group's ninth annual Martin Luther King Day celebration, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) officials said to just wait until next year's event. First place ADC Martin......