NOVEMBER 3 2023 ON MY CORNER MEET YOUR VENDOR GROUNDCOVER NEWS More McDonald’s, Wendy’s and affordable restaurants should be in downtown Ann Arbor There are a lot of low-income Jane Reilly, vendor No. 611 In one sentence, who are you? Janie Reilly, Groundcover vendor No. 611, journalism busker and peace advocate. Where do you usually sell Groundcover News? At the corner of Wells and Packard (across from Argus Farm Stop) and at the Ann Arbor YMCA. When and why did you start selling Groundcover? August 31, 2023 as a part-time job while searching for a full-time job. What is your favorite thing to do in Ann Arbor? Sit under the trees by the U-M Diag and feed the squirrels. What words do you live by? Do what's right, anyway. Every day. All the time. No matter what everyone else is doing and especially when I don't want to. Obey the law. This is a mix of ideas from filmmaker and actor Spike Lee and Saint Teresa of Calcutta, also called Mother Teresa. What is your superpower? Kindness. If you could do anything for a day, what would it be? Have a career as an airline pilot. What motivates you to work hard selling Groundcover? Trying to make the GCN mission statement of "promoting action to build a just, caring and inclusive society" a reality. What's the best thing about selling Groundcover? I am fully alive when upholding our rights of freedom of speech and of the press. What are you likely to become famous for? I've been infamous. Today, I prefer to live quietly. people in downtown Ann Arbor. I don’t think there are a lot of people who are rich that walk around downtown Ann Arbor. Especially people who try to help themselves and sell Groundcover. There are volunteers too who work downtown and they are not rich. People who work at daycares, schools and libraries are probably not rich either. My point is there should be some Wendy’s and McDonald’s in downtown Ann Arbor. There should be Kentucky Fried Chickens in downtown Ann Arbor too. And I think there should be places that have low-cost food and drinks because there are a lot of working people who do not have a lot of money. People who come downtown just to get out of their homes don’t have a lot of money and they need somewhere to hang out or too. I think there should be places that are low-cost like toy stores. I think it is very important to have DENISE SHEARER Groundcover vendor No. 485 go shopping and they can’t buy anything because they don't have enough money. And when things are at a high price all the time, when people don’t have enough money to buy anything, it makes them sad and depressed and do things that they shouldn’t be doing and go to jail or prison. There should also be lowcost thrift stores and coffee shops, low-cost places in downtown Ann Arbor and I think there should be low-cost movies like Briarwood Mall used to have. They should bring back dollar theaters! I think that would give a lot of people hope and make them happier and enjoy themselves so they don’t feel the need to do things they shouldn’t be doing and getting arrested. I think if people could afford things better, that would give them hope and encouragement to do good things like help people in the community and help themselves. I think the community would look and be better and safer if we had more lowcost things for people to enjoy and meet their basic needs. The world would be much better. 3 Kid’s farm fun: Take a day-trip to Jenny’s Farm and Cider Mill! One of the largest and oldest local farms is in Dexter. It’s called Jenny's Farm Stand & Cider Mill on the outskirts of Dexter. This is one of the best and most fun farms for kids. They have a petting farm, pony rides and some of the best jams, salsas and pickled vegetables as well as baked goods. Jenny’s offers apple cider and happy donuts as you look at all the goodies they have to offer. The pony ride is one of the highlights, as kids get to ride a real horse. donkeys and draft horses; some animals are not pettable. As I recall, pies are freshly made. CINDY GERE Groundcover vendor No. 279 Chickens and rabbits roam free. The farm has rabbits, goats, sheep, My favorite from Jenny's Farm is the amazing jams they make — raspberry, peach, strawberry and blueberry. What I truly love is raspberry jam on toast in the morning with a warm coffee and a hot slice of apple pie. The drive to Jenny’s is fun on the riverside along the Huron River. The colors are fun in the fall splendor. So come take a nice mini vacation for a day on Jenny’s Farm! Discrimination ROBERTO ISLA CABALLERO Groundcover vendor No. 347 Sometimes when you go to the store to use the bathroom you must buy something — if you don’t buy something, you can’t go inside. The other thing, while you go to the store you have to leave your backpack and other stuff outside. Sometimes those working in the store look at you with your backpack and they think you want to steal something from the store. When I need to go inside to ask for something, those at the store don’t ask if I speak English or Spanish, they just ask where I’m from. On Saturday, October 21 at 10:30 a.m. I went out to the Home and Garden to buy a folding shopping cart. I need the cart to put my stuff in and lock it. These people in the store say they don’t have a shopping cart. They look at me like I’m estupido. Maybe they think I don’t have the money to buy the shopping cart. I say thank you very much. I will put all this into the Groundcover.
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