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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

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Lone survivor of Flight 255 speaks 25 years later

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Pow Wow wows crowd

A group participates in a traditional Native American dance at the annual American Indian Movement of Michigans Pow Wow Saturday afternoon at Council Point Park in Lincoln Park. About 400 people showed up this year, said Helen Wolfe, one of the events organizers, including Jeff Day (right), curator of the Lincoln Park Historical Society. The event is meant to be a celebration of Native American culture as well as an educational opportunity for those interested in learning more.

Brothers freed on bond after decades behind bars

The brothers were convicted in 1988 for the shooting death of 65-year-old Robert Karey. The murder took place DETROIT On a rather overcast June 26, 1987. and gloomy day, two Flat Rock brothThey will be granted new trials. ers were released from prison now that Wayne County Circuit Judge clouds of doubt hover over their first- Lawrence Talon set several conditions degree murder convictions handed on their bonds, including that alcohol down 25 years ago. is barred from their aunts house in Raymond and Thomas Highers, Roseville, where they will be staying. both 46, hugged family members The brothers also must submit to and friends as they were freed on a random drug screenings and go to $10,000/10 percent bond Monday. drug or alcohol abuse meetings three
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ROMULUS Twentyfive years after the worst aviation disaster in state history, the sole survivor of Northwest Flight 255 is sharing her story. Cecelia Crocker, nee Cichan, was 4 years old when the airliner went down shortly after takeoff near Detroit Metropolitan Airport on a Sunday night in 1987. The remaining 149 pason Allen Rd. at West Rd. sengers, including her parWoodhaven ents and brother, along with 1-734-676-9600 www.rodgerschevrolet.com six crewmembers and two Chevy Runs people on the ground, all Deep perished in the crash. She now is one of 14 people who have been interviewed for the documentary Sole Survivor, which sought out people who are the only ones to live through major air crashes. Crocker was interviewed a year ago and, for the first time since the crash, told documentary filmmaker Ky Dickens that she thinks about it all the time but does not fear flying. She shunned the media, she said for the film, because: I feel it would be very individual about me. This Sole Survivor project is more about a group, and thats why Im times a week. willing to get involved and be part of something bigger. Talon also ordered them to be on The film is scheduled to be completed next month, but a tethers that must be worn from 10 p.m. release date has not been set, according to its website. to 6 a.m. Thomas Highers addressed Crocker, who graduated from the University of Alabama the judge in a nearly three-hour bond and now lives on the East Coast, still has scars from the hearing. burns she suffered in the crash. The judge said he does not believe the Its kind of hard not to think about it when I look in the brothers are the same people they were mirror, she told Dickens. 25 years ago and also does not believe A single Associated Press photo of the girl was released they are a danger to the community . a few months after the crash, showing her with bandages They were released from the on her arms and a bow on her head while she was being Dickerson Detention Center in Detroit. treated at the University of Michigan Medical Center in

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Belle Isle: Past, present and future

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Belle Isle has found itself a pawn in a chess match between the state and the city of Detroit. And until that is resolved and regardless of where those resources come from and who puts them to use there are some who say the region could be looking at the slow demise of Belle Isle. This is an unfortunate reality, despite the valiant efforts of park employees, an army of volunteers and a regional and statewide population that agrees on the ends, but not the means. Please see Page 8-A for complete coverage.

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