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4A MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 DETROIT FREE PRESS Metro Add rising tuition to the challenges facing K-12 students in communities like Detroit as they strive toward a college degree. Budget cuts at public universi- ties are disproportionately hurting black stu- dents by making it more for them to attend college, a new report argues. The report, by The Century Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan think tank, declares a crisis in It clear how many students at- tend college due to rising tuition costs versus other factors just of students who graduated from the Detroit Public Schools Community District in 2017 completed one year of college credits within a year of gradu- ation. But the report suggests that ability hurts college attendance rates in Report: Michigan higher ed cuts hurt students of color Koby Levin Chalkbeat Detroit Budget cuts at public universities are hurting black students more than others by making it more difficult for them to attend college, a new report argues. PATRICIA DETROIT FREE PRESS African Americans less likely to tuition, it says See HIGHER ED, Page 9A After more than eight months of plan- ning and a kitchen build out, Three Cats res- taurant will open Tuesday inside the former Clawson movie theater on 14 Mile Road.

Three Cats is a collaboration between Mary Liz Curtin, co-owner of the popular Leon Lulu boutique in downtown Claw- son, and longtime Michigan restaurateur Matt Prentice. have admired food and knack for service for many Curtin said in a statement. cannot imagine starting a res- taurant with anyone else. Three Cats will make Leon Lulu a complete destination where guests can enjoy a meal as well as great previous restaurants included the former Coach Insignia at the top of the Renaissance Center, Deli Unique, Shiraz, Morels and several more. Prentice jumped back into the restaurant business after a court-ordered, non-compete agreement expired with a former restaurant group employer expired last October.

Three Cats is located at 116 W. 14 Mile Road inside the former Clawson movie thea- ter, which opened in 1941 and showed its last in 1961. The marque still hangs in front of the building. The old theater has been used for several years as an annex to Leon Lulu next-door and will continue to be partially used for re- tail space. Leon Lulu features furniture, gift items, clothing and specialty items.

Seating for the restaurant will be amid sofas, chairs and tables, with many of them for sale. The restaurant will seat up to 99 in- side and there will be two large communal tables. On the patio, weather permitting, is seating for 50. Prentice, 60, calls the menu American small not a whole lot of that (small plates) going on in the suburbs, there is downtown, where lunch and dinner is Three Cats restaurant to open in old theater Brings American small to Clawson Susan Selasky Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK Veteran chef Matt Prentice is bringing an American small plates restaurant to the former Clawson Theatre in partnership with the owners of Leon Lulu. JESSICA J.

FREE PRESS See THREE CATS, Page 9A Megan Stefanski needed a win Sunday. A die-hard Lions fan, Megan would of- ten join her father, Donnie Stefanski, as he tailgated at every Lions home game for more than 25 years. wake at 2 a.m. on Sundays, making the trek to Detroit from their Upper Peninsula home in Goetzville, arriving at Eastern Market for tailgating at 7 a.m. and sometimes not returning home until 11:30 p.m.

On Sunday, Megan woke up and made the drive without her dad. The Yooperman died Sept. 3 at 61 years old, leaving behind a loving family and a crowd of Honolulu blue and mourners. While Megan at every game her father attended those 25 years, Lions foot- ball was a cornerstone of her relationship with her father for decades. got to miss a day of grade because Joe Montana was playing at the Silver- dome, and (my dad) said that it was more important than what I was going to learn in grade that Megan said.

A U.P. native and former Chippewa County Road Commission employee, Don- nie owned a bar in Goetzville called Yooper- man (after his nick- name). gained recognition from fellow fans and the Lions for his tailgating dedica- tion; he missed a home game since he got season tickets in 1993. game was all about Donnie. Tailgaters wore Yooperman shirts and car- ried beers plastered with Yooperman la- bels; the riotous crowd stopped for several seconds to honor Donnie with a moment of Megan Stefanski of Goetsville holds up her late jersey before the Detroit home opener Sunday.

ANNTANINNA Lions, fans honor beloved tailgater Bar and Grill owner Donnie Stefanski in April 2018 waves a towel he got while attending a Detroit Lions game at the Pontiac Silverdome. RYAN FREE PRESS U.P. man who died Sept. 3 made every home game for 25 years Emma Keith Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK See YOOPERMAN, Page 9A football is in my blood, the Detroit Lions are in my Donnie Stefanski, in a 2016 interview.