Detroit, MI
Detroit native Everett Fitzhugh trailblazing in hockey as NHL’s first black play-by-play announcer
Everett Fitzhugh is born and raised in Detroit and on the 1990’s period of the Pink Wings. From Hockeytown, his ardour has taken him on a path by way of hockey, resulting in the NHL the place he hopes to be a trailblazer for different African People in and across the sport.
He stated he began to love hockey when he needed to slot in with different children at college, saying “I needed to be cool too.” He started watching the Pink Wings groups of the 1990’s and fell in love. As well as, he was capable of watch Canadian broadcasts of hockeys from Windsor, Ontario. That is the place he started to observe the Edmonton Oilers and felt impressed when he noticed illustration that he felt was missing within the sport of hockey. The Oilers had as much as three black hockey gamers on their roster without delay, which was a welcoming signal to Fitzhugh, a hockey fan from Northwest Detroit.
From there, he graduated from Ann Arbor Pioneer Excessive College and started his hockey broadcasting profession at Bowling Inexperienced State College. He jumped round as a broadcaster by way of the game of hockey and ultimately landed a job with the Seattle Kraken. He is in his second yr with the staff and stated it was at all times his dream to make it to the NHL. With out essentially making an attempt to make historical past, Fitzhugh grew to become the NHL’s first black full-time play-by-play announcer. He hopes he evokes and welcomes different hockey followers of shade, simply as he was impressed watching the Oilers of the 90’s. It is a function he finds particular and one he would not take flippantly.
Returning to Detroit to name Kraken video games in opposition to the Pink Wings is one thing very particular to Fitzhugh. Rising up as a Pink Wings fan, he stated you by no means know particular a spot is to you, till you come again doing the job you like. Within the crowd, when the Wings performed the Kraken, Fitzhugh had his mom and different household and buddies within the crowd. Whereas he hopes the Kraken win the video games he calls, he stated he at all times may have a comfortable spot for the staff in pink and white, sporting the winged wheel.
Detroit — Leaders of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit are shutting down the early learning center at the Y’s downtown location at the end of August due to declining enrollment.
In a notice sent to families earlier this week from Kyle Anderson, vice president of operations, and Parrish Underwood, president and CEO of the Y of Metro Detroit, they said the daycare program at the Boll YMCA will continue to operate through Aug. 30 to allow families to find alternative care. The Boll YMCA is located on Broadway Street in downtown Detroit.
The notice was sent in a letter to families on Monday from Kyle Anderson, vice president of operations, and Parrish Underwood, president and CEO of the Y.
“Over the years, the center has been honored to serve the local community. However, it has experienced decreasing enrollment and was especially hard hit during the pandemic,” the leaders wrote. “Despite our efforts to reopen and sustain operations, average annual enrollment has been and is currently around 50% of licensed capacity, rendering the program unsustainable.”
The Boll Family YMCA will continue to offer various family programs, such as swim lessons, karate and sports.
“We understand this is a difficult and unexpected change for everyone,” the leaders wrote. “We do not make decisions without considering those most impacted ‑ in this case, our registered children, families, and center staff. We share the sadness of closing a program that has profoundly impacted the lives of so many children and families over the years. We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to our families and staff who have been an integral part.”
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(CBS DETROIT) – The city of Ann Arbor is conducting sampling after dried sewage and debris was found near an Ann Arbor elementary school Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
The sewage was found behind Pittsfield Elementary School at a sanitary sewer manhole located in a grassy area near a city-owned manhole.
The city investigated the situation and couldn’t find what had caused the surcharge. The grassy area was cleaned and public works staff used lime to neutralize any contamination.
“An estimated 75 gallons of raw sewage was released to the grassy area, ultimately flowing to the storm drain, which flows and daylights to Swift Run – near Whitewood and Norwood streets,” city officials said. “This area is currently under evaluation for improvements as part of the design work for a Capital Improvement Project in the Pittsfield Village area to begin in 2025.”
Officials are working with the Washtenaw County Health Department to conduct upstream and downstream sampling for the presence of E. coli. They also alerted the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy about the incident.
Because Swift Run flows into the Huron River, the city put up signs recommending that boaters stay upstream from South Pond for the next two days.
(CBS DETROIT) – The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two separate incidents at North Commerce Lake and Union Lake.
According to the sheriff’s office, the Search and Rescue Team responded to North Commerce Lake at about 5:57 p.m. for a man who was unresponsive and floating in the water.
Authorities say the 20-year-old Commerce Township man was on a pontoon boat near a sand bar in the lake when he dove off and hit his head on the lake bottom, about 4 feet underwater. The man, who was not wearing a life jacket, was taken to a hospital for serious injuries.
Investigators believe alcohol was a factor.
At about 5:43 p.m., the sheriff’s office said a 32-year-old Waterford Township man was on a personal watercraft when he fell off. The watercraft continued for a distance before hitting a 24-foot pontoon boat.
Authorities say a 29-year-old woman was lying on her back at the teat of the boat when it was struck. She suffered minor injuries and refused treatment at the site.
Alcohol does not appear to be a factor.
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