Portrait unveiling set for Oct. 10 at Wayne County Circuit Court
A portrait unveiling ceremony for the late Judge Harry Keidan will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at the 3rd Circuit Court in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in downtown Detroit.
The first elected Jewish judge to the Wayne County Circuit Court, Keidan served for 16 years on the bench before his death in 1943 at the age of 60.
He began his legal career in 1904. In 1920, he was names to a judgeship on the Recorder’s Court, later serving as the first presiding judge of that court.
Reports in The Detroit Free Press say Judge Keidan “assisted in the establishment of the Psychopathic Clinic and the reorganization of the Probation Department.”
The portrait ceremony will be held from 2-3 p.m. in the courtroom of Circuit Judge David Groner.
Drunken driving crackdown brings arrests, citations
DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say an end-of-summer crackdown on drunken driving across Michigan led to hundreds of arrests and citations.
State police said the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown that started Aug. 17 and ran through the Labor Day holiday weekend led to the arrest of 274 suspected drunken drivers.
More than 50 motorists were cited for open intoxicants and nearly 1,000 seat belt and child restraint citations were issued.
Preliminary reports also indicate officers made 95 drug arrests. The crackdown involved officers from police departments, sheriff’s offices and state police posts.
Township allows autistic boy to keep therapy ducks
GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP (AP) — New guidelines will allow a 12-year-old western Michigan boy with autism to keep his ducks, which are his emotional support animals.
Georgetown Township officials had issued a nuisance order to Mark and Jennifer Dyke after receiving multiple complaints from neighbors about their son’s ducks straying from their property. The complaints cited concerns about the ducks’ unpleasant smell and their impact on area property values.
The Dykes requested an ordinance variance to allow their son, Dylan, to keep the ducks and members of the township's zoning appeals board were open to the idea .
A variance approved Wednesday night includes 18 guidelines, including specifics on the coop for the ducks named Bill and Nibbles.
Jennifer Dyke says the family is “ready to just move on with our life.”
Fish-shaped weather vane at courthouse to get name
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A fish-shaped weather vane that’s been a fixture atop a southern Indiana courthouse for more than 150 years will soon be getting a name.
The Monroe County History Center and county officials are holding a contest to name the weather vane as part of the county's bicentennial celebration.
The Herald-Times reports that children ages 4 to 14 were asked to submit possible names for the weather vane.
Residents can vote online until 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 1 from among the six finalists names:?Gill, Finn, Hoagy, Bubbles, Cutter and Goldie.
County Commissioner Julie Thomas says the winning name will be announced Nov. 23 and the child who submitted the contest-winning name will get $100.
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