About our friend — who would’ve loved this column about Trump

“Ifyouractionsinspireotherstodreammore,learnmore,domore,andbecomemore,youarealeader.” —JohnQuincyAdams,sixthU.S.President HelloDownriver, AfrienddiedSunday. Manyofyouwillknowherorknowofher:SandyDillahawasanirresistiblepowerwithinSouthgate,leadingorinvolvedinjustaboutanycivicactivitythatbenefittedthecommunity. Mysister,Terri,knewSandybecausetheylivedonthesamestreet;ImetSandythroughmywife,whowenttohighschoolwithheratMackenzieinDetroit. SandyDillahaInfact,ImetSandyandherhusbandPhilattheir60threunionmorethanadozenyearsago. Atthesametime,mywife—Mavis,whoalsoisaformerMEoftheNewsHerald—re-connectedwithothersfromhergraduatingclass,creatingagroupoffourcouplesshedubbed“thesuspects.” Twoyearsago,though,welosttwoofthosemembers:ChuckHughes(survivedbyhiswife,Carol)andPeteMoundros(Marti). ThenwelostPhiljustlastsummer. Besideshernon-stopmotionthroughtheSouthgatecommunity,Sandyalsobecameoneofmybiggestfans,callingortextingabouto