, Organization helps youths become 'globally aware By Donna Walker if children in different lands Staff Writer world around you. I guess the formed deep prejudices about could respect and appreciate each person's language." try. Each delegation meets onoo Catie Kaiser, 13, of Grosse right term would be 'globally others. their differences. aware.'" She said her teammates com- a month for two years so that Pointe City will spend a month Camp lasts four weeks. The CISV IS a success, accordmg municated by gesturing and its members can get ac. in the Arctic Circle this sum- to five local residents who have People can partiCIpate in children room with members drawing pictures on the ground quainted. mer in an effort to bring about from other delegations who been through its programs: CISV in several ways. with a stIck. Also, each delegatIOn is world peace. may not speak their language. Kaiser; Amy Boal, 16, of Children ages 12-15 may par- paired with a delegation in an. Her visIt to Bodo, Norway, is Each summer, CISV holds They also create and perform Grosse Pointe Woods; Sarah ticipate in CISV's Interchange other country. Durmg the first bemg sponsored by Childrens several camps, called villages, skIts about their own countries, Prues, 15, of Grosse Pointe around the world. Children program Whereas the Village summer of the program, the InternatIOnal Summer VIllages and play a lot of games in program brings children from Park; Heather Smith, 16, of from up to 30 different coun- members of one delegation live (CISV). A non-profit organIZa- which cooperation IS necessary many different countries Grosse Pointe Farms and her tries attend each village. Each to- at the homes of their foreign tIOn, CISV was formed m 1946 but speakmg IS not. gether for four weeks, the In. mother, Berdean Smith. country sends a delegation of partners for four weeks to help create frIendshIps be- Catie, who attended a village terchange program brings teen. "I learned a lot about differ- four ll-year-olds (two boys and The following summer, the tween youths III different coun- ent cultures and languages and in Lankopinge, Sweden, two agel'S from two countries tnes. two gIrls) and an adult counse- years ago, said, "I remember host/guest roles are reversed I met a lot of good frIends," lor. together for eight weeks over The delegation that first played Founder Dr Dons T. Allen, a we had a scavenger hunt. two years. saId Boal, a junior at Grosse Allen saId ll-year-olds were host Visits the delegatIOn it . psychologIst at the Umverslty There was one person from DelegatIOns in the Inter- Pointe North. "It helps you the perfect age: they are old hosted. of Cincinnati, thought that each delegation on each team, change program COnsistof five bring the world closer. It makes enough to represent their coun- world peace could be achieved you more concerned about the and there was one object on the girls, five boys and an adult tnes, but too young to have hst of thmgs we had to find in leader, all from the same coun- See GWBAL, page 2A A Community Newspaper Grosse Pointe News Vol. 53, No.9 50 pages Grosse Pointe, Michigan Since 1940 SOt February 27, 19n Edison, tree-trimming: Safety vs. beauty By Ronald J. Bernas fered with its power lines. four of her trees One tree, she Staff Wnter some problems getting mforma. "It's more extensive this year said, was not near the wires Allen Dickenson knows a lot tional pamphlets to the resi- and people will notice it more," and two other trees would need of people are going to be un- Dickenson said. dents. They were bulk.mailed, to be trimmed SO severely that and weren't getting to residents happy. But the Detroit Edison EdIson has always trimmed they would probably die. in time. He said that Edison executive says his company trees, much to the dismay of She said several of her neigh- employees are now delivenng would rather have them safe. many residents, but until the bors were also concerned about the pamphlets by hand - sev- Dickenson spoke to the commission hearings, trees the amount of trimming being eral days before the trimmers Grosse Pointe Farms council were trimmed to within 6 feet done. arrive, Edison hopes. Monday evening to explain the of the wires. New regulations "I understand some of it," Dickenson said Edison is current round of tree-trimming. call for trimming branches that "Safety is our main concern," Herman said, ''but what I've willing to work with residents are withm 10 feet of the wires. been seeing is just brutal." he said. "And safety is not al- who are concerned about their Certain hard wood trees like Herman also believes that ways in line with aesthetiC ap- oaks that can stand up to trees - and he understands pearances," the company is being overly what an emotional issue tree stronger winds won't be cautious and is preparing for a Edison has launched a three- trimrmng can be. trimmed as severely as softer- storm that may never come. year, $200 million safety pro- "The only thing more emo- wood trees, hke maples. The The July storm was the worst gram - including some $35 tional is power outages," he trees are bemg trimmed from in Edison history. said. million for tree-trimming - so the ground up, 10 feet from the She was also upset that EdI- If reSIdents are upset about it won't have a repeat of the WIres son didn't give her much ad- fIrm's experience in last sum- tnnuning, he urged them to In addition, evergreen trees vance warning that the trim- call theIr Clty offices or Ime mer's July storm, which left - whIch had always been left mers were coming fully one-third of Its customers clearance supervisor Sam Lu- alone in the past - WlIl also be Dickenson said Edison had cido at 237-8732 wiQ10ut electricity. tnmmed. Two-thirds of the damage WhIle Echson Wlll use some dW!lng that stbrtn, which also of its own persorthel td ttirt'1 Woods grants parking waS responsible for several trees, most of the work is con- deaths, was caused by tree tracted. limbs falling on power lmes. "When you consider what variance to new deli Dickenson said that areas Wlnd can do, even 10 feet may where the trees had been re- By Donna Walker not be enough," Dickenson Staff Writer Mayor Pro Tem Thomas J. cently trimmed by Edison fared said. "The tree problem is a The Grosse Pointe Woods Fahrner, and councilmen much better in the storm than growing danger in our com- City Council on Monday James Alogdelis, Peter R. Gile- areas which hadn't been munity and we have to deal granted a parking variance to zan and William B. Wilson. trimmed. with it now so we won't have a the Silver Spoon Cafe, alloWlng Councilwoman Jean B. Rice Photo by John Mmrus After the storm, the Michi- repeat of last summer." it to obtain a business license cast the dissenting vote. gan Public Service Commission But one resident who spoke from the city. "Mr. Mayor," Rice said, "fol- Keep on trikin' held public hearings to judge at the meeting said Edison was The vote was 5 to 1. Council- lowing my procedure for the last six years, I will not vote Preschoolers from classes conducted at Grosse Pointe how Edison responded to th~ going too far. man Ted Bidigare was absent. for this variance. I think North and South high schools triked for dollars last week crisis. The cormmsslon ordered Carol Herman Bald she had Voting for the variance were Edison to trim trees that inter- this method for assigning park- as they raised money for pediatric AIDS. The fUDdra~r to stop workers from trimming Mayor Robert E. Novitke, ing on Mack Avenue is clear as was organized by the juniors and seniors in the child mud. I believe there is some- care classes at the two schools. Leading the pack is Mau- thing wrong with it, and every reen Kellett. 4. daughter of Peter and Laura Kellett of time we grant a variance, we Grosse Pointe City. just make it worse and I will See story on page l2A. not vote to make it worse." Grosse Pointe residents Tho- masina K. Tedesco and Phillip M. Jones, co-owners of the Silo vel' Spoon Cafe, said It will be Pointer of Interest a gourmet deli and that it will open in about two weeks. The cafe is moving into the building Norman A. at 19459 Mack, which formerly housed Yogurt Mania. In a letter to the council Silverman, M.D. dated Jan 21, Tedesco and Jones said that in November By Lucy Moran Quinn because the heart must be emp- Specral wnter they purchased the assets of tied of blood in order to operate Grosse Pointe Yogurt Inc., "Pump on!" With that com- on it. This is a critical time for mand, Dr. Norman A. Silver- which was doing business at the heart, because like any Yogurt Mama. They said that man places his open-heart sur- muscle tissue deprived of oxy- gery patient on the heart-lung they did not know at the tIme gen, it can suffer damage and that Yogurt Mania had been bypass machme. die. Photo by Donna Walker operating in violation of the The patIent's life functIOns Internationally recognized for Wlll be mamtained artificially cIty's zoning ordInance. his work in myocardial protec- Why did the fence cross Muir Road? Yogurt Mania was in viola- tion (protecting the heart while tion because it only had a busi- on mechanical bypass), Silver- To make room for the heavy equipment being used in Cottage Hospital's expansion pro- ject.