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Audit Reveals Thousands Missing 000418? 03.--25.--20I0 <48^~GFN5 ' SCXB-QS-Q* FEATURES SPORTS GR0SS£ FQXNTE CENTRAL LIBRARY --' Greening up District champions ROSSE ^ ft J" Learningwhat it takes to become South baseball, North Softball Earth friendly PAGE m take titles PAGE ic Grosse Pom 6WS VOL. 70, NO. 23,42 PAGES JUNE 4,2009 ONE DOLLAR (DELIVERY 710) One of America's great community newspapers since 1940 GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN Complete news coverage of all the Pointes Week ahead 2 3 5 6 Audit reveals 8 9 10 11 THURSDAY, JUNE 4 thousands missing • The Grosse Pointe North and South High School Jazz Bands open the 2009 St. John Woods detectives Church. ducted by the archdiocese. Hospital and Medical Center According to the police re- "The information we turned Music on the Plaza series at 7 continue investigation port, a routine audit revealed over to law enforcement offi- p.m. at The Village Festival as much as $93,000 missing. A cials was the result of a limit- Plaza. In case of rain, the free ByKathyRyan suspect has been identified. ed-scope audit that we routine- concert is at Maire Elementary StaffWHter On Friday, May 22, an attorney ly conduct," said Archdiocese School, 740 Cadieux. For more for the Archdiocese of Detroit spokesman Ned McGrath. PHOTO BY RENEE LANDUYT information, call (313) 886- Grosse Pointe Woods detec- provided police with copies of "We discovered a discrepancy Our Lady Star of the Sea in Grosse Pointe Woods. 7474 or visit thevillagegp.com. tives are investigating a case of checks the employee had writ- and we turned over that infor- • Caravan of Thieves per- embezzlement allegedly by a ten and cashed over a two- mation to police." that both the parish and the "We are cooperating fully forms at 8 p.m. at the Detroit former bookkeeper at Our year time span. He also gave McGrath said it was impor- archdiocese take this matter Artists Market, 4719 Lady Star of the Sea Catholic police a copy of the audit con- tant for parishioners to know very seriously. See MISSING, page 10A Woodward. • Tally Hall, an Indie pop rock group, performs at 10 p.m., at the Detroit Artists Market, GROSSE POINTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 4719 Woodward. MONDAY, JUNE 8 • Grosse Pointe Farms council meets at 7 p.ra. in council 'De-lovely' gala chambers, 90 Kerby. •Grosse Pointe Park council meets at 7 p.m. in council chambers, 15115 E. Jefferson. set for June 19 • Walsh College and Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services offer a G.E Historical living room, dining room, "Take Charge" workshop for kitchen and bath. the unemployed from 9 a.m. to Society benefits His employer, the Simon noon at Walsh College, Troy family, bought the property in campus, 3838 Iivernois. By Brad Lindberg 1963 and reared 10 children. StaffWriter "Mr. and Mrs. Simon treat- TUESDAY, JUNE 9 ed me like a member of the • The Senior Men's Club Chip Berschback has spe- family," Berschback said. meets for lunch at 11:15 a.m. at cial memories of the 18,000- "Every spring, Mrs. Simon the Grosse Pointe War square-foot mansion at 211 Memorial, 32 Lakeshore, Vendome, site of the Grosse See GALA, page 1QA Grosse Pointe Farms. Pointe Historical Society's an- nual summer gala at 7 p.m. THURSDAY, JUNE 11 Friday, June 19. • The La Societe des Berschback lived on the 2.2- Jardinieres holds its annual acre estate as caretaker dur- business meeting at noon at ing most of the 1980s while in the Grosse Pointe Little Club college and law school. with Helena Thurber as host- "I'm aware of every square ess. Hats must be worn to vote inch of that property," he said. on the slate of officers: presi- "My responsibilities not only dent, Pat Hayes; treasurer, included landscaping the Kathie Smith; mailing, Phyllis grounds, but also minor re- Kerslake; membership, pairs inside. I've been on the Thurber; sunshine, Margaret roof fixing things and under- Alverson; and publicity, Sandy neath the basement in what is Magreta. called the sand pit. There's an • Kenniss Academics hosts a old, underground coal bin free ice cream social from 6:30 about the size of a small to 8:30 p.m. at 17200 Mack, house. There are two boilers City of Grosse Pointe. For more PHOTO BY RLNTL LANDL YT like something you'd see in a information, call (313) 882- school." 9195. PHOTO COURTESY GROSSE POINTE Berschback lived above a HISTORICAL SOCIETY • Hot Club of Detroit performs Generations in step heated four-car garage (one at 8 p.m. and Brooklyn Lily Saad gives Grosse Pointe North High School student Steven Herron a dancing lesson during of two four-car sets on the The 18,000-square-foot Simon Qawwali Party at 10 p.m. at the the Senior-to-Senior prom Wednesday, May 20. The memorable evening, put on by North's IM- property) in an apartment house at 211 Vendome is one Magic Stick and Alley Deck, PACT Club, was a way for students to give back senior citizens in the community. See page 1A n. containing two bedrooms, a of grace throughout 4120 Woodward. For more in- formation, visit majesticde- troit.com. GROSSE POINTE WOODS POINTER OF INTEREST 'There's something in you that says, I'm going Opinion 8A to keep striving no matter what' Schools 1AH Resident initiates recall petition Obituaries 9A n ByKathyRyan Sucher and Art Bryant. A joined their fellow council Public Safety 4AH Staff Writer public hearing to determine members who voted to ap- Howard Hill Business 10A E the validity of the wording of prove the 2009-2010 budget Health 5B There's at least one resident the petition has been set for 2 that contained a buried, Home: Grosse Pointe Farms Entertainment 6B in Grosse Pointe Woods who p.m. Wednesday, June 10 at meaning hidden, millage in- Age: 62 Classified ads 8C doesn't intend to remain quiet the Coleman A. Young crease of 1.75 mills. They while a millage increase takes Municipal Center in Detroit. should stand to be recalled at Family: Wife, Victoria; place. Hames, in a written state- the same time their four coun- children, Ted, Heather, Erica, Nancy Hames, who lost a ment supplied to the Grosse terparts are up for re-election bid for a Woods council seat Pointe News, stated "Joe on the November 2009 ballot. Emily and Dalice in 2005, has filed a recall peti- Sucher and Art Bryant, who It should also be clear that the Claim to fame: fundraises for tion request with the Wayne possibly considered them- voters should vote out of of- County Clerk's office aimed selves 'safe' as they are not up leukemia research 56525 10011 at council members Joseph for re-election this November, See RECALL, page 10A See story on page 4A PHONE: (313) 882-6900 • FAX: (313) 882-1585 • MAIL 96 Kercheval 48236 • ON THE WEB: grossepointenews.com • E-MAIL: [email protected] Ihrie O'Brien ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS Great Workr • Domestic Relations Eastside's Premier Landscape Company Great Price! • Criminal • Personal Injury 586-774-0090 St. Clair Shores 15251 E. 12Mile • Roseville & Grosse Pointe 586.778.7778 www.backerlandscaping.com GROSSE POINTE NEWS, JUNE 4, 2009 NEWS Yesterday's headlines lethal, but their looks may not 2003 when an officer clrew his be. weapon on a 12-year-old boy As the use of air guns and playing with an air gun. 1 paint ball guns has increased, •ARNIE'SARMY: 50 years ago this week 10 years ago this week so have the number of police Three thousand spectators incidents. Since the beginning are expected to attend when • BOMB SCARE: A cashier • IIBRARYDISCUSSES of the year, Grosse Pointe Arnold Palmer returns to the at the Woods Theater received EXPANSION: The Grosse Woods has recorded six inci- County Club of Detroit in cele- a call from someone demand- Pointe Public Library Board of dents involving air guns being bration of winning the 1954 ing to speak to the manager. Trustees is looking at building used on a house, cars and peo- United States Amateur When told the manager was expansion and new construc- ple and four incidents of using Championship. Palmer returns not available, the caller said, tion options to accommodate cars and a house as paint ball for the Arnold Palmer Turning "There is a bomb planted in the increased usage and technolo- targets. Point Invitational charity tour- show," and hung up. The gy at its three branches. According to Woods police, nament benefiting his educa- cashier called Grosse Pointe The board discussed possi- using any shooting projectile is tion fund which provides sup- Woods police and told them bilities of expansion at the in violation of a city ordinance. port to urban children attend- the caller sounded like a Woods and Central branches, The authentic look of air ing Cornerstone Schools in teenager who seemed intoxi- complete reconstruction of the guns can pose a risk to users Detroit. cated. Central branch location or the and police as it did in an inci- —Karen Fontanive Police searched the building possibility of replacing the dent in Grosse Pointe Farms in as more than 500 people con- Central branch at a new loca- tinued watching a movie un- tion. aware of what was happening. •VANDALS STRIKE The tip proved false. WITH RACIAL EPITHETS: • DISTRAUGHT SPEED- FROM THE MAY 31, 1984 ISSUE OF THE GROSSE POINTE NEWS Grosse Pointe Farms police are ING MOM: A distraught moth- still investigating the vandal- ism of a Grosse Pointe South Embassy reader er, speeding to the bedside of a daughter whom she thought High School senior's car.
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