~ws Detroit and Pointes join forces in a JCleansweep' The JOint CltHeS Development the pal ks, and I' pp~ 10 the Waterloo, CIty of Grosse of dreams" project that 1200 block ofNottmgham, ~ald POinte Includes reconstructIOn of the earher thl~ week that ~he was ball d1amonds, renovatmg the satIsfied that the school board Tuesday, April 29 storage area and proVldmg rest has listened to she and her Um,erslty LIggett School rooms The field Improve- neIghbors' concerns and that hosts Grosse Pomte South ments, to be done over tIme as the SItuatIOn had been Hlgh School m a boys tenms fundmg from a variety of re~olved match at 4 pm Both tea'Tl' sources IS obtaIned, are are ranked m the top fi, e In deSIgned to bnng Defer field up Fenton said the dugouts at the latest ~tate coaches' poll to par Wlth other POInte Little Defer, \I hen fimshed, wIll be League fields ~lmIlar to those recently con- The current SIte IS descnbed structed on Gro,se Pomte INSIDE by the Park LIttle League as South s athletic field Opmwn 6A Obltuanes 9A Senwr'i IDA Autos llA S('hool'i I8A Home: CIty of Gros,e Pomte BUl>me'is 22A 7B Entertamment Age: 56 Sport'i Ie Cla"'il{ted ads 4(' Family: Divorced daughter, Damelle, son, Alfred III

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I • D • • • Q Apn124,1997 Grosse Pointe News News 3A Chico's, a women's apparel store, to open in Village By Amy Andreou Miller who flew m trom Florida to Iy colored Signs Staff Writer present ills plan before council, c=J; What a difference subdued for selectmg "tasteful and sub- A1> preVlously reported m the ~ -~ colors make dued colors, keepmg Wlth the Grosse Pomte News, stLlIWalt- 14 White and Navaho white style of the stores of the mg for council approval for t-' .1 ,j -! , their SIgnS are Emstem dre" SIDl Ies an ....novi; 0" pra.lo.x: V,n.:lb~» ~ from Village merchants and Szumlanskt presented a plan llagels, winch plans to open m PIN ""-"ill> >'ETA!. 0 I the former Walton Pierce loca- CAN 61..0"6 euo: ~7cof~cl me;noors from the that shows the storefront tlon at 16628 Kercheval, and ~~~~T'" PAlNT ... 11' I Y 0 rosse omte boastmg the name "ChiCO'S"m Blockbuster, plannmg to locate b II' r-, Those were a part of the nme locatIOns SIX tImes m m the former Banana Republic I coIor scherne proposed at the Vlnyl appllques along the bot- bUlldmg at 16822 Kercheval ., """'~!(j)L!lw: LfT161'> M d A I =;t on ay, prl 21, counCIl tom of two Wlndows, one above ~ '1111'11 S . PAl- l~..=-~-==:.!.. 11'1 ongInatmg In S'l.IUoolIsland would be Ilt, and done so mdI- a more subdued yellow ~ t ' 1;\ ii! ~~'=TO_U>IIt'- , , TO PAIIIIWV_ ChIco's stores m several states, Hardware), which IS the pref- royal blue and bnght yellow ~ ~ , ""11' mcludIng one opened recently erence of both the city councLl CIty offiCIals seem to partlCU- ~,~ , 10 Troy, said Stephen and the Village Merchant's larly dislike the "shockmg '" ~ J. _ .-. Szumlanskt, manager of store Association blue" . _ planmng and constructlon for Yet, the rune "ChIco's," fall ~ ChIco's WithIn the 35 square feet max- Followmg eventual cIty The Grosse Pomte store Wlli rmum total space allowed on approval, Blockbuster expects EXtSnN6 ST~ TO RfMAJH hkely employ about seven storefronts by the CIty of to open Its doors by mId-May PAINT /oS tvTED sales lISSoclates and one store Grosse Pomte m Its commer. Emstem has moved Its open- FRONT ELEVATION manager, all of whom could Clal dIstnct. mg day back one month to SCALE. 1/4. ~ ,'-0. potentIally be hired locally The colors of storefronts m early July to further work Makmg that decisIOn will be the VLllage have become a hot both on its proposed Sign and Leslie Emry, ChICO'Sdlstnct ISSue lately because two other Its plans for the optrmallayout manager busmesses plannmg to locate for Its kttchen faCIlitIes City The councL1members enthu- in the VLllage sought councLl approval of Its mtenor IS also Preparing to open June 15 at 16844 Kercheval will be Chico's Casual Clothing store, SiastlCally prlllSed SzumlanskI, approval last month for bnght- needed. a women's apparel shop originating In Sanibel Island, Fla. Woods council approves Farmer Jack proposal, project to proceed By Jim Stlckford Wlth nelghbors to dlscuss con- would not make It a super- Pomte Woods because of its bUllt to keep nOIse and Sight Farmer Jack would need to get StaffWnler struction plans, sllld that a store, which IS usually about commumty faCIlities and once pollutIOn away from nearby a vananc!.' at a pubhc hearmg Monday mght was a good bnck fence was proposed at the 60,000 square feet that land IS rezoned commer- reSidents. If the cotlnc1l dId not and that the council had mght for those who want big- first meet10g But at later Lltzler then spoke to the Clal, It could never be rezoned rezone the land, Farmer Jack already turned down the com- ger and better grocery shop- meetings, said Rems, that counCil expla10mg what back could stilI proceed Wlth ltS pany's vanance request for a pmg in Grosse Pomte Woods. optIon was dlsmissed because Farmer Jack staff wanted NOVltke saId that the expanSIOn, It Just wouldn't fence earlIer that evernng After much debate and con- m order to build a bnck fence, done He sllld that there IS a Farmer Jack plan called for have an area Wlth a recessed Lltzler sllld that he wanted fUSIOn, the Grosse Pointe the eedar trees that are small piece of property belong- much more controlled access loading dock to aVOIdanother pubhc heanng Woods City CouncLlapproved a between the parktng lot and 109 to Chnst the KIng behInd from Mack to the supermarket Stemer then proposed pllSS- Lf posSible He suggested that conditional rezornng request the homes would have to be Farmer Jack Lltzler requested and that he doubted that a 109 the rezone Wlth some con- Farmer Jack contact all of the that will allow the expansIOn of removed, and Farmer Jack that this property, 79 feet by larger supermarket would pose dItIOns attached These condI- appropnate reSidents affected the Farmer Jack supermarket staff felt the trees are an 102 feet, be rezoned to com- a greater danger to pedestnans tIOns were approved by the by the placmg of a fence and on Mack attractive and practIcal way to merCial Farmer Jack would than a grocery store and a planmng commiSSion and get their written permission The Woods council flfSt held protect resIdentIal mterests use this property to bul1d a restaurant that served alcohol mcluded bUlldIng a fireproof for a fence If they dId that, a a hearmg as the plannmg com- The councLlultlmately decid- fenced 10 ramp that would ReSident GeneVleve Caruso wall, placmg coach hghts vanance heanng would not be mission's zonmg board of ed not to grant the vanance lower lOto the ground and feed told the councL1that she helped around the parkmg lot and reqwrerl. The councLl agreed, appeals and considered a van- request and councilman Enc mto a loadmg dock CIrculate petltlons agamst the hrmtIDg the type of SignS to be and voted to approve the rezon- ance request by Farmer Jack to Stemer suggested maktng the This area would be blocked rezone and the reason she dId placed on the outside of the mgrequest allow the buLld10gof an elght- type and height of the fence a off from the rest of the parktng was because she does not tlunk store Lltzler saId that the next foot wooden fence at the prop- part of Farmer Jack's condI- lot and from the nearby resI- the Woods IS a cookte-cutter SteIDer also wanted to make step for Farmer Jack IS to actu- erty Ime separatmg the back tional rezonmg request, whIch dential neIghbors The church suburb and the CIty does not the plac10g of a SIX-footwooden ally plan the detal1s of the parktng lot area from homes would be heard next on the would, in turn, be given a part need a 36,OOO-square-foot fence at the rear property Ime store expanSIOn He saId that behind the store The request agenda of the Farmer Jack parktng lot Farmer Jack or a Kmart or any a part of the rezone Cltyattor- he hopes constructlon W1U was part of Farmer Jack's Mayor Robert NOVltke as a trade. ThIs land would be kInd of superstore ney George Cathn then told begin later m the summer, but Lf plans to expand Its current opposed that Idea, saymg the the same sIZe lIS the property Margaret Potter spoke up on Stemer that a SIX-footwooden he does not know nght now store onto the Red Lobster fence and the rezonmg were being rezoned The property behalf of Farmer Jack She fence was Lllegal and that the the current store Wlli have to property next door that the two separate Items and should bemg traded to Chnst the King slIld that the rezone was need- councl1could not make Farmer be closed dunng expanSion, or company recently purchased. be dealt Wlth separately The would be closer to the mllln ed so that a recessed and Jack do somethmg illegal as a If It can stay open. Those City ordmances hmlt the councl1 rejected the mayor's church buLldmg than the prop- walled off loading area could be part of a conditIonal rezomng detaLls have to be worked out heIght of fences on commercial suggestIon and turned down erty bemg given to Farmer property and a vanance was the vanance request Jack needed to bUlld an elght-foot- The councL1then considered The counClIwas given a let- tall wooden fence the request to rezone a portion ter by DaVld Fabry, chalrffian Thomas Lltzler, director of of property belongIng to Christ of the church's board of real estate for Farmer Jack, the Kmg Lutheran Church trustees, statmg that the told the councL1that the fence from commuruty facility use to chu.ch had worked With made sense. It would divert commercial use NOVltke S8ld Farmer Jack, and that they noISe away from reSidents and that before the hearmgs were had no objection to the plan block their view of the back end to proceed that he wanted to But there were members of of the store and Its parking lot dIspel some mIsinformatIon the public who did not agree. A wooden fence would allow that had been clrculatmg Dorothy Blohm told the coun- The chart at right DOW 5 STRATEGY Farmer Jack to keep a row of around town cil that a larger supermarket represents the past cedar trees that are between NOVltke sllld that Farmer on the Farmer Jack and Red the parkmg lot and the lot hne Jack was not gettmg the Red Lobster properties would performance of the DJIA* ~1.3i" 51,r~5,188 The trees would further act as Lobster hquor hcense, and that attract so much traffic as to and the 5 lowest-priced of a nOl5e screen the proposed store was gomg to pose a threat to the children Lltzler also pomted out that be 1 1/2 stones tall, not two, who would have to walk to the the 10 highest-yielding there IS a three-foot drop at the and that the proposed expan- nearby schools She also sald stocks (but not the Trust or property hne dlVlWngcommer- sIOn of the Farmer Jack outlet that people moved to Grosse any prior series), and the Clal and resldentlal property. The fence would be placed on results are hypothetical. the three-foot gap Tills did The Target 5 Trust utilizes not please some of the resi- dents who hve by the store. this strateg,). Had you DJIA STOCKS Larry Hurst told the council invested in the Dow 5 that It was hIs understandIng Strategy over the last 25 that Farmer Jack had ongJ.- 1~.1~% S~l4,5~1 nally agreed to bwld a ruce years, you would have bnck fence, not some fumsy relaized a higher total wooden fence that would make hiS back yard look hke the return than by investing in wall at TIger StadIum the entire DJIA Michael Hems, a Farmer $10,000 m~ Jack representatlve who met

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'Jf- .~J uf the L. G !t.:> AIIIUI, ;,ulHn Allwn~a, tile Jl ~u S...... vUolHluu (.l, bU~~.ll.b i..t l}J He t> been \\ orlong then' and a machete from the Far Central Park" ArctIC and AntarctIc mclt>c1es and motIOn," he said Wlthm a few yedrs he had more than 17 years East He pomt" out many HI" faVOrite llty? He'" vIsited most of the 'I call my~elf a fitness ad\o- traveled to every contment and '"rhlt> gI\e" me a redl hfe," he pnnt" by hiS fdvonte artist, "Metropohtan DetrOIt," he cate 1\ e aly, ay~ been very ath- most of the major CIIll.'S and major cltle~ of the world Some, "dld "I Can tr Ivel pldv golf, Fredenck Fne"eke, an Impres sUld, WIth d smIle several times letiC and I exprclse every day I countries m the world HIS ,olunlper fOI orgalllzatlOns I slOmst who happened to hdve "Don't be surprised DetrOit HIS faVOrite cIty may sur P.lt .I good dlPt " most recent triP was to Pam, 11kI' been born m Owosso, IS diverse ethmcally It's a pn~e you Maybe not Last December he went to Michigan All the souvemrs are meltmg pot Antarctica, completmg hiS goal Varga was born m DelRay dlsplayed and edch one has It;, "DetrOit IS rich, culturally of vIsIting all seven continents dnd grew up In southwest own tale We have Orchestra Hall, whICh DetrOit He graduated from He's been to ChJll and Peru, "I've been all over the world I thmk IS the second best hall Allen Park High School he's crUIsed the I've seen every major City, some ever, acoustically (The best Ib "I was always a good ath Mediterranean, he's traveled to more than once What are my Carnagle Hall III New York) lete," he smd "Good, but not Egypt, Ireland and Australia favontes?" he ask" We have the DlA, one of the great I dJd basketball and Sometimes he tra\els alone San FranCISco, Moscow, best art mstltutes anywhere track and football" Sometimes he SIgnS up for Florence and Pans are !led for "And DetrOit IS home" He Jolnpd the army III planned Junkets Sometimes he 1958 third place He can't deCide Varga plans to travel W1thm and was statIOned m HawaII travels With Earthwatch, a which one IS better the Umted States for awhlle "I "It was really a hardshIp," he group of volunteers who help Varga's second favorite IS need to do more conventIOnal saId, with a smile "Wlthm a profeSSIOnals With research New York City "It's the center tnps," he said "I'd like to few weeks I was playmg bas- ''WIth Earthwdtch, we do lots of the umverse," he Said "pend a month In Flonda play- ketball, then track, then foot- of memal Jobs, for Instance on "There IS always somethmg to mg golf" ball I enjoyed the sports But archaeolOgical dIgs, but the we actually had to work every profeSSIOnals are grateful for week too I was WIth a recon the help I observed the mIgra- outfit, workmg wIth M56s, tIOn ptitterns of bIrds m China I1ght track vehicles that could I helped get SOlI samples In be parachuted out of air- vmeyards m Austraha I planes" helped excavate sites near the Varga returned to DetrOIt anCient Iron mmes near three years later and enrolled KJllarney, Ireland I pho- m the DetrOIt InstItute of tographed and measured cliff Technology He wanted to be a dwellmgs of ancIent HopI lawyer Three years later, he IndIan tribes m Arizona," he began studymg at the Detroit bmd College of Law and eventually "I usually meet a lot of mce graduated from U of D Law people People who travel School m 1967 aren't sourpusses They're "I began to practIce law I fnendly" When he's home m the City ~. 22606 Greater Mack Ave St Clair Shores was corporatIOn counclI for the ~ (Betwl!l!n a-9 Mile) city of DetrOIt for two years, of Grosse Pomte, Varga volun- then assIstant prosecutmg teers to help the DetrOit "Oome in lor an BWB/'d winning CTYlE" attorney for St ClaIr County Institute of Arts, the MIchIgan 772-4111 771.9797 771-9797 for a year, then In private prac Opera Theatre, the DetrOIt tlce for 10 years I represented Symphony Orchestra and the the DetrOit PolLce Officers Photo b) MaTgl€' Rem~ 8m] th Grosse Pomte War MemOrial AssocIatIOn and the Pohce AI Varga collects art and souvenirs from all the cities HIS Interest m art IS obVIOUS Officers AssociatIOn of and countries he visits. when he talks about the sou- vemrs from hIS travels The MichIgan," he sald He moved Durmg the '80s, he went to Varga has run four colorful collectIOn covers most to Grosse Pomte In 1972 school agaln, eventually earn- marathons He's given them up "The practice of law was of the walls and shelf space of mg three degrees for now Too demandmg, he ROSALIE extremely stressful and saId Half-marathons are hIS home m the CIty of Grosse BRIDGET demandmg," Varga said "I "I earned an LLM m labor enough He runs on the track Pomte He pomts to Icons from NEW MON 9-4 went from one major cnSlS to law from Wayne State at Grosse Pomte South High RUSSIa, urns from France, 011 pamtmgs from Prague and EVENING HOllRlJ TUE 12.8 the next for 10 years I could Umverslty I worked on a Ph D School or around hiS neIghbor WED 1-8 see It would eventually take Its m educatIOn at WSU but, m hood, he lifts Weights and runs Peru and Moscow and ParIS, toll on me" fact, earned a post-master's at the YMCA, he SWIms, occa- figurines from MeXICO, at least !o')o/'/, (j'JfI,/llofll'/'P/1P pre~ent~ a ('7iJ'p V~.t.){fl~ !Pftypny ('p/"I.liOJ, t~ Itunng 'elt:ll It~m, 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A view from the sidelines \T'L.L NE.veR GET OFF By Wilbur Elston Stassen at 90 early advocate of mternatlOnahsm In a 111E. GlnJNP!!! state that, hke most other MIdwest states, had clung to IsolatlOmsm until Pearl still likes UN Harbor In hiS third term, Stassen reSIgned as s a newspaperman who knew him governor to enter the Navy, semng In the 60 years ago, I stilI find It difficult South PaCific as a top aide to Adm A to beheve that Harold E Stassen Wilham Halsey He also managed to be on observed hIS 90th birthday last hand for the Japanese surrender at Tokyo week at a fancy party at the St Paul Bay Radisson Hotel When he was discharged at the Great Stassen was a three-term governor of Lakes Naval Tramlng statIOn near Minnesota, a World War II naval officer, , I was on hand to greet hIm and one of the U S delegates to the San report to Mlnneapohs Star & Tnbune FranCISco sessIOn that wrote the UN readers about his postwar plans Charter, a top admInistrator m the It turned out he wanted only to run for Eisenhower adminIstratIOn, and a fre- preSident, which helped explam why he quent and unsuccessful candIdate for the later rejected the state GOP offer of an GOP preSidential nominatIOn uncontested nomination for U S senator. But m an Intemew WIth a Star Tnbune In hiS article, the Star TTlbune reporter at a Bloomington, Mmn , nursing reporter, Dane Smith, gave thiS modern home, Stasben said that hIS "mam Mmnesota evaluatIOn of Stassen on Apnl achievement" had been "those 10 weeks 13, hiS 90th birthday In San FranCISco, gettmg the ongInal "Few would deny that Stassen left a Umted NatIOns charter agreed to," back wholesome and optImistic legacy for In 1945 Minnesota and the world, something That partiCipatIOn looms large m often lackmg In today's leaders" Stassen's memory because he was an I'll buy that Give the Park a chance By Mark Barrows bmdmg, 70-year-old agreement IS meamng- The March 1997 Issue of CreeksIde News less when raw sewage flows mto your creek Reviving the Whitewater case and Views, the newsletter pubhshed by the and seeps onto your property Creekside Commumty Development Corp, As Mayor Heenan has pomted out, the e now have the word of Keneth But then Labaton furnIshed thiS addi- contams a keen observatIOn "It appears as City of DetrOIt IS partially responsihle for the W. Starr, the Independent coun- tional pIece of adVIce to readers though GPP (Grosse POinte Park) has seventy of tms prohlem Fox Creek should W sel, that hiS investigation of the "Both men (McDougal and Hale) are embarked on theIr sewer separatIOn - be dredged and breaches m the canal wall WhItewater mess In Arkansas deeply flawed as WItnesses, as felons who reportedly a $20 mIllion proJect" need to be repaJred It would also be helpful has been "reVIved" by the sentencing of committed cnmes involVIng fraud and In Ius fable about the wolfm sheep's cloth- li Detroit would Increase the flow of water James B McDougal, a former Whitewater deceptIOn And McDougal has had mental mg,Aesop taught us that "appearances often through the creek bus mess partner of PreSident and Mrs and phYSICal Illnesses that, hIS doctor are deceiVIng" However, Creekside News Grosse Pomte Park has undertaken a $20 Clmton saId, have Impaired hiS memory" and Views readers can be assured that the million major constructIOn project to remedy McDougal's three-year pnson sentence So now the questIOn IS whether Starr enormous Pits that have been dug and the tIus SItuatIOn It Isn't a scam or a stallmg tac- was descnbed as "a relatively lement one" has uncovered further eVIdence of the hft statlon under constructIOn at Patterson tIC, It'S a solutIOn for hiS 18 felonv conVIctions The sentence preSident's partiCipatIOn In the Park are not Just elaborate charades and Perhaps the words "patlence" and "raw came after -Starr's comment that WhItewater loan or whether he IS gOing to facades All that machmery IS real, too sewage" are antithetical But Grosse POinte McDougal had "truthfully and substan- rely on the words of two conVIcted felons Indeed, the work ISgomg forward, finally Park IS domg Its part The Creekslders tially aIded" the investIgators, leadmg to agamst the word of the preSident of the Our Fox Creek mends have long had a should conSIder fOCUSingmore of theIr frus- new revelatIOns not yet made public Umted States legitImate complamt, and theIr resentment tratIOn and energy towards forcmg the In hIS story, New York Times reporter Under the CIrcumstances, the stones and frustratlon IS understandable A legally Archer admmlstratlOn to do Its part Stephen Labaten commented that that reportedly link the Chntons to McDougal IS the second WItness, after WhItewater stdl do not appear to be sup- DaVId L Hale, to have challenged the ported by speCific eVIdence, despite Starr's preSIdent's demal that he had played any efforts to wm more mformatlOn from Letters part In the $300,000 WhItewater loan McDougal and hIS WIfe That loan was backed by the federal As we have saId before, the preSident apply Grosse Pomte News and the Small BUSiness AdminIstratIOn that was and hIS WIfe deserve the .;,ame treatment Poorer for it Th the Editor: Most dlsturbmg IS the "any- entire Grosse Pomte communi- supposed to have made such loans only to guaranteed to all CItIzens They are to be thmg goes - Just wm" strategy members of mmontles or the economIcal- Your Apnl 10 edltonal ty for donating over 3 5 tons of regarded as Innocent, even by Starr, until dIsplayed m the last t....o elec- food to Gleaners Commumty ly disadvantaged proven guilty observed the lack of candIdates for the school board Both can- tions The Hunts and Shields Food Bank from the 1997 "fuds dIdates have clear ties to the decent human oolngs and car- Helpmg fuds" school canned system, and Without OppOSI- Ing famlhes, \\ere subjected to food dnve A precedent for 'G.P. Blank'? tIOn are assured of electIOn outnght hes and egreglOus per ThIS year mark~ the 20th The faIlure of the commumty sonal attacks year that Gleaners has been Grosse POinte reSIdent who WIsh- had come mto a fortune as a result of a to attract a number of quahfied The hes went ooyond any nounshmg the community by es to remam anonymous claIms wrongful-death SUIt" and talented candidates does Issue at the schools, even to the dlstrlbutmg _urplu~ and that the Pomtes once dId have a not bode well for the long-term le"el of mdlvldual rehglOus donated food to non profit soup A bellef<; and famIly value~ [~ character somewhat SImIlar to Our anonymous fflend wrote that succe~~ of Grosse POInte kItchens church pantries, ~chools thIS the future of Grosse she1ter~ and other feedmg Martm the hIt man played by John Donald wa" "always tT)lng thl'> and that, POinte? ('u..,ack m "Gro<;se Pomte Blank," the cur- hIS WIfe would tell me Like M,ca", ber <;he When I ran as a candidate agenclC~ We are currently dls- Tru~tee~hlp IS a large tnbutmg more than one mIl- rent film whIch claim" connectIOn" to thIS always hoped that <;omethmg would turn for school board In 1993 my expenses were only about respon<;lblhty \11th ~Ignlficant lion pounds of food every commumtv up $1,000 and that amount was demand~ on personal time and month The v,nter ~ald that many year~ ago he "And so It dId She called onp day to <;ay ~ufficlent to run a competitIVe faml1le~ It IS the ultimate of The Gro_nf>Gonya pndor"rell-1.lle have potential mutmeerl:>Jeop practice of "time out" for young blanng, no traffic of any sort m Heart" ardwng the voyage, or un fore children and out of the door or across Tho"e ....ho have the luxury seen storm clouds on the hon- the carpeted and tIle floors of time or hIred help WIll say zon, thredtenmg to blow the For those who are umn- Before you aSl:>umeI plopped oh, let all that go .lnd have ship totally off course formed, It I" offered for ISay onto the couch with a stack of some fun I'd rather get the prel:>choolersand early elemen- Yet, I can recall times m my rented Videos and a pIle ofJunk sluff done and then have fun, tary age children as an alter- hfe ....hen I was the one With food at my Side or thmk I ran to WIthout the sword of Damocles native to spankmg The rule, Shirley A. McShane too much time on my hands the phone and rustled up a hangmg over my head It's not alwdys that great outhned m my library of par 'Ilme, like money and )outh, "girls' night out," thmk agam good pen The wTltmg Il:>legible dmner Wrote two medlUm- When everyone around you IS entmg b&>ks, IS one mmute of ISone of those thmgs you never Do you know how much a - m calhgraphv OK, so I'm length articles for the neWl:>pa- wrapped up m their dally lives, "time out" for each year of the apprellate until It'" gone And child' hfe full-time workmg mother exaggeratmg per you wonder If your presence IS y Cdlll" IVI !l 1.>10";. of Wilt' wI l.o ..t'~ ~h...rJ tu uuJ\.-.t ....t...,... J n} ...... t an mtrUl:>IOn'l:ou begin to leet Anyway, here's the rundown Am I a glutton for pumsh- So a 3-year old, for example, herself! Do you know how It'" hke on the other SIde of the disconnected and Without pur would have a three mmute mfrequentl) It ever happens? Packed daughter's overnight ment? Leader of the local fence workahobcl:> anonymous chap- pose time out - usually spent 1Il an When I learned I was given bag for grandma'" house Took 1 here are a number ofpeople ter? Nah A few moments of freedom unoccupied room Wmd up an l8-hour respite, I expen- daughter to grandma's Saw m my life fight now who, are to be sdvored .lnd .lppreCl- timers are often used to mark enced a slldden mtense adren- my husband off for a short You see, haVing some free through a variety of lIrlum- ated But let me say thiS I was the passage of mmutes, the aim rush, as the wearmess of weekend getaway Went to the time, no matter how blessedly stances, have found them glad when the chaos returned bell or buzzer slb'llalmg free- the week dramed from my comer store to pICk up some short It IS, IS a double-edged selve" all alone m the world dom for the mcarceratpd body Want to know what can staples for the house Old all sword, a Catch 22 If you spend They have too much time and BeSIdes - I'm stilI not sure offender be done m l8-hours free of the laundry Went to the gym It lounging on the couch or not enough people and thmgs what tho"e strange clickmg For a full-time workmg mterruptlOns? and put m a respectable 45- sleepmg or In some other form to fill It sounds were m the attic at 1 mother of a preschooler, "time Allow me to unfold my list mmute cardIOvascular work- of do-nothmgness, all that stuff Sometimes I feel envy for a m Saturday Funny how you out" has a different meanmg See, I even had time to draft a out Cleaned the kitchen Read IS still waltmg for you their POSition Not because never hear them when anyone Let me Illul:>trate hst On mce paper, usmg a a short story Made a Simple If you dare to defy It, say, by they've lost .l spou"e through IS around

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April24, 1997, Page 7A _Y.!f · _ MemOrial Presbyterian Drawing more Taxing the Church In the past four years, than a blank credulity the sharp-eyed Joe has notIced one tlung conspicuous by Its It's got a "Pomte High On hIS annual mghthme absence In the big plate With School" and also sports an VIgIl April 15 at the Mack the velvet bottom no half-dol- upscale restaurant called "The Avenue post office, FYI was all lars HIppo Club" A store displays a set to tell It ltke It was and "Youused to see them all the famIliar Sign, saymg, "No name names of local tax strag- time," says Joe ''Now, no one News or Free glers fihng at the last mmute ever gives you a 50-<:entpiece" Press wanted After all, I was m the clear, Cunous, Joe started ask.mg here," and a ~ haVIng filed hours preViously around at Pomte bus messes convemence But that was before the fol- "Everywhere I went, they srod store tackier '''~ lowmg people turned up they dJ.dn't have any," he saId than anythmg _ between 8 30 p m and the time He finally found someone at you'll find m (about 10 pm) that the branch Amencan Speedy Pnntlng who the Pomtes was set to close Sald she got a couple, a few has been bwlt • The head of a large Pomte months ago "She had to go to a on the sIte community orgaruzatIon bank to find them," he says once OCCUpIed • A close acquamtance who Joe figures the mlssmg coms by the lead works as d financl!lI adVIser represent mllhons of dollars character's boyhood home • Two students from the last hoarded somewhere, never to A hehcopter pan shows our wntmg class I taught at the be spent, and admits he col- lakeshore and even a glimpse War Memonal (I always tell lects them lumself of the real South Hlgh, and them never to push the dead- "I've got three," he says there's a storefront FM statIOn Ime) called "RadiO Free Grosse _' • A former semor warden 'Training a Tiger' - a good read Pomte" and two pnests from my You may not find many of Just how good, and how real- church those Kennedy halves loose m By VIctor Bloom, MD er they had ever seen Norman got as a boy, TIger's !Shc, IS that mOVie WIth the After the last two, I decided the POlntes, hut we do have an Psychlatnst/psychoanalysl The year before 'The father constantly gave him G P htle Just out tlus month? mercy ISthe best pobcy, so they offiCial outlet for the equally I know many Grosse Shark," Greg Norman, blew a messages of encouragement As they say, the reviews are wlll remron blessedly anony- Pomters who are golfers and five-stroke lead to fall to Nick and support He was a very unseen Susan B Anthony dol- mIXed mous lar cams It's the stamp vend- who have been aVidly follow Faldo m the Master's This creative and determmed par • In the 1bwer, the student BeSides, I may need t'1elr mg the mlrac- year, as If completely hum- ent who wanted hiS son to be a mg machme at the post office newspaper of the school help when I file my final branch on Mack ulous career bled, awestruck and mtmlldat- great golfer, and knew he had "Grosse Pomte Blank" IS sup- return. path of young ed by Woods' spectacular per- to start early, but who never, The machme gives the COins posedly based on, reviewer out as change on purchases of TIger Woods formance, Faldo and Norman 10 SPite of Ills WIshes, ever Adam Bramlage calls the stamps, and has a conspicuous There IS good "choked" and didn't even make pressured the boy Halves and film "one of the better mOVies warning SlgIl about them post- reason - the the cut He always held out golf au t of Hollywood tlus year," but halve-nots young man Woods broke the Master's practice as a reward for domg ed by the change return chute says there's not much of Grosse It tells anyone who gets shows record m WInning by 12 his studJ.es and chores, and "We get checks, subway Pomte shown m It He suggests them that they're not quarters promise of strokes always made It fun and mter- tokens, Japanese yen, car wash Its "dark humor" may make It tokens, loomes out of Canada, becommg the ~ ~ Of what mterest IS all tills estmg He set It up so that appeal more to guys than to greatest '-_____ to a psycluatnst and psycho- TIger would seek out golf prac- and US cash," says the Park's If you have an FYI tip or "members of the female per- you got your taxes in before golfer of the analyst? tlee, rather than have It Joe Trowern, who Wlth hiS suasIOn" April 15. call Ken Eatherly 21st century, wluch IS no mean The answer IS Simple"All Imposed upon hIm Wlfe,Nancy, serves as a teller for the Sunday collectIOns at at (313) 822-4091. feat consldenng the lummar- the experts know that golf, What Earl dId to make prac- • The OetrOlt Free Press les of past years, such as probably more than any other tIce mterestmg, was to Invent gives It two stars out of four m Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer sport, IS a "head-game" You games, at first puttmg games, a reVIew that blasts It for try- and Jack Nicklaus have to have your head on then chipping and, finally, dn- mg too hard to be too cool and Several sportswnters have strroght, you have to keep Vlng, whIch SUIted the devel- also says the scenery only already called 21-year-old your cool, your concentration, opmental ablhtIes of a young approXImates someone's Idea Woods the No 1 hVlng golfer your focus You cannot be rat- clnld admirably of the Pomtes and, sure enough, the greats tied or choke At first the ball would be Insist he has the most perfect To a freudian It means that put one foot from the hole, and • Detroit's alternative-press game anyone has ever seen you don't have any uncon- after he could do that on a Metro Times rates It four He IS the best dnver, chipper SCIOUS,unresolved conflicts regular basiS, the ball would stars, Just one short of "Don't and putter ever, and one can- For example, on a teleVISion be moved to two feet, ar.d so get no better" Their reView not help but wonder what mtel"V1ewNorman admitted on So Tiger learned that golf lauds the John Cusack film as went mto lus Wlnmng ways that hiS father saId he would was fun, but that busmess "a wry and spry update of the One need not wonder long never amount to anythmg came before plE'asure suburban teen romantIc come- HIS father, Earl Woods, a The mtel"V1ewerasked Ifhe First he had to do hiS dy," while also findmg III It the former green beret, did most choked, because Norman IS lessons, then he could play No moral that Grosse Pomte's a of the parentmg, coachmg and well known to have a hiStory wonder he was accepted to mce place to hve, but you trammg HIS new book, of bloWlng leads He IS an Stanford Tiger's mother and wouldn't ....ant to dle there .. "Trammg a Tiger," ISaptly enormously talented golfer, father worked as a Unified named, and he detmls the and has won the most money, team, there were no dlffer- • An unrated but upbeat process by which a small baby and ISvery successful m busI- ences of OpiniOn, no conflIct reVIew III the New York Time" was acquamted With golf and ness, but It IS well known that about pnontLes or the fan- says "G P Blank" has "enough a tmy golf club ThIS first toy when It really counts, he can tasles of hiS pIaymg champl- WIld-card energy to keep It was hiS Immediate dehght, and does, miss an easy putt onshlp golf And, on top of bnght and surpnslllg" but and before he could walk he Norman demed, 10 thiS thiS, hiS parents made sure admits "the film's exemplary wa" toddhng around on a natIOnally teleVised mlcnnew, that m addition to everythmg glimpses of Grosse Pomte, the wheeler-walker WIth hiS ever that thiS apparent chokmg else, he had a sports psycholo gilded DetrOit suburb, were present golf club At age 2 he under pressure I'>psycho!ogl- gist In constant atlcndance mostly shot 10 Pasadpna " was on the "Mike Doug!a'> eal He shrugged hIS broad dunng hiS high school year'> Show" and partiCipated m a shoulders and passed It off "It No doubt that had much to do puttmg contest Wlth Bob ISJust one of those thmgs " WIth hiS wlnmng the ama - And the Stockton Hope' Profe'>SlOnallyexpenenced teurs (Calif I Record reveals hit At age 4, he ....on a golf tour- psychoanalysts know It IS nrt Tiger was fortunate to have man/star Cu,>ack's answer to naml'nt "lth 10-year aIds Just one of those thmgs, that good genes and the best of the que"tlOn of whether he ha'> eVl'r actually been here "Uh I That was the first of hIS many III all probablhtv hi" father's guIdance Parents wantmg the thmk I went through It once," precoclOm vlctones, leadlOg to admomtlOn that he would best of adVice about how to hi" unprecedented wmnmg of never amount to anythmg IS optImIze child development he '>ays thrQ(' ,>uccesslve amateur tour m hI'>unconscIOus and works would do well to read naml'nts and finally, the to tnp him up "Trammg a Tiger" and to heed How much Gro'>se Pomte IS ama7lDg "Open," hiS fiNt pro- People thmk we can Ju,>t Its adVIce, regardless of thmr there m thl' film? Thl' rev!Cw fe'>slonal tournament shrug off or let go of messages particular alms for their child says such So('a) town~ as Recent!), lDthe Master\ at we get from our parents This or children MonrOVia, Duarte and Augusta, he broke record after ISnot thl' ca<;e' ,The story I" true and mspl- Paqadena Imper"lmate what rl'cord agamst thl' top players The book ''TramlOg a Tlgl'r' ratIOnal, It I" a model for our the film s press descnhl'~ as of thp world, who magnam by Wood,,'father, Earl. I" a time,> the "posh old money" enclavl' mou"ly agreed m con<;ensus, C8<;e10 pomt Dr Bloom III ('~ and prac (IS that u~ thl'y're talkIng that he was the greatc"t play Unlike thl' me"'''ages tlce~ In Gros~e POInte Park about?)

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, - t o • • • Q April 24, 1997 Grosse Pointe News Obituaries 9A

Roger C. Rivard Sr. week before her 74th bIrthday 1997 1927, a" well a~ Bennett JUnIor mumty, he was a member of Canada before finally settlmg A funeral sefVlce was held III Mrs Mitchell, was born In Mr LoVI<;d, 57, wa" born m College the Grosse Pomte Selllor Men's In DetrOit He worked as a floor the A H Peters Funeral Home DetroIt and was a graduate of DetrOIt and wa" known to hl~ The daughter of C Harold Club and the Cottdge Ho~pltal fimsher for Koenke Floonng as In Grosse POinte Wood~ on AlbIOn College In 1962, she fflend" ~" '1"='<;':1ct"'H"lt n1'1 ...... gn..... of l th~ TT <::: "'IJ.:lst C ....~;-d u;, dn <;P<'ond df'grPf' ~nd Rnr!1 , ....~ J:::!"""~r\], ....<::'Qn. ~nbc....-t Qt P"':1 '!' f'ct ....c t I' .....::C:-:1! .1r.d dlrc2~cd the ..\ l-e1J,} ramu able-bodIed seaman elementary school teacher In Jacobson's there WIlls Nester, and four grand- arrangements were handled by program "Echoes of Heaven" at Mr RIvard IS survIved by hIS DetrOIt She was also a Mr Lovlsa IS sUfVlved by hiS chIldren She was predeceased the Chas Verheyden Io'uneral CKLW radiO and spent three WIfe, A1me, three daughters, licensed real estate broker, Wife. Jo Ann Giroux LOVISd, a by her brothers, C Hdrold Home of Gro~se Pomte Park years workmg on a study of Renee Jettke, Roxanne RIvard, before takmg aJob as the man- daughter, Laurd Lovlsa, a son, Wills Jr and John C WIlls In heu of flowers. memOrial Mozart, which was WrItten In and Rachelle Rivard, two sons, ager of the fur salon at DaVid, hiS father, Hans LOVlsa, Interment I~ at Woodlawn contnbutlOns may be made to calligraphy and presented to Roger RIvard Jr and RIck Jacobson's III the City of Grosse and a sli..ter, Joyce Rogers He Cemetery Funeral arrange- the American Diabetes all the former chOIr members RIvard, four SIsters, Betty, Pomte She retIred from that was predeceased by hiS mother, ments were handled by the AsSOCiatIOn, 30600 Telegraph under hIS directIOn Delores, Mary Jane and poSitIOn 10 1995 ElSie Lovlsa Wm R Hdmllton Funeral Road, SUite 2255, Bmgham Mr TeIchert IS SUTVJved by Theresa, and five grandchJ1- Mrs Mitchell IS ~UrviVed by In beu of flowers, memOrial Home In Blrmmgham Farms, MKh , 48025 hIS Wife of 66 years, Helen dren He was predeceased by her daughter, Frances, a son, contnbutlOns may be made to MemOrIal contrIbutIOns may Pleschke TeIchert, a daughter, hIS SISters, Helen and Alberta, Arthur, a SIster, ElIzabeth the MIchIgan Cancer SOCIety or be made to Umverslty LIggett Egon Alfred Teichert ShIrley Cooke, a son, Ronald and by a brother, Norman Rentenbach, and four grand- to the Hospice Care of Mld- School In Grosse POinte Woods, A memOrial seTVIce was held Egon TeIchert, and two grand- Interment IS at Forest Lawn chIldren AmerIca, 3100 Broddway - Hutzel Hospital 10 DetrOIt or to on Sunday, Aprl1 20, m Grosse chJ1dren He was predeceased Crematory Memonal contnbu- In lIeu of flowers memoflal SUIte 300, Kansas CIty, Mo Christ Church Grosse POInte Pomte BaptIst Church III by hIS son, Staruey, and broth- tlOns may be made to the contflbutlOns may be made to Grosse Pomte Woods for for- ers, Harry, Kurt and Ene HospIce of Southeastern the Muscular Dystrophy John H. Wilson mer Grosse Pomte Woods chOIr Intennent IS at Forest Lawn AsSOCiatIon m honor of her Virginia Wills Mlcrugan A funeral service was held In master Egon Alfred TClchert, Cemetery In heu of flowers, nephew, Enc Rentenbach III Chauvin ChrIst Church Grosse POInte In who dIed the Church of memorIal contnbutlOns may be A funeral seTVIce was held on Grosse Pomte Farms on Chrl~t Care Center III Mount made to Egon TeIchert Mary Alice Mitchell Ronald D. Lovisa Monday, April 21, m Chnst Saturday, April 19, for Farms Clemens on Wednesday, Apnl Memonal Fund, Grosse Pomte A memonal seTVIce WIll be Church Grosse Pomte III reSIdent John H Wilson, who 9, 1997 Baptist Church, 21336 Mack, A memorIal sefVlce was held held In the First Enghsh Grosse Pomte Farms for City dIed on Thursday, April 17, Mr Teichert, 94, was born m Grosse Pomte Woods, Mlch m Christ Church Grosse POinte Lutheran Church III Grosse of Grosse Pomte reSIdent 1997, In Cottage HospItal III Essen, Germany, and moved to 48236 In Grosse Pomte Farms on POinte Woods on Saturday, VIrgInIa "\iIlls ChaUVIn. who the Farms Monday, Apnl 21, for CIty of June 7, at 10 a m for former dIed In her home on Mr Wilson, 85, was born m Grosse Pomte reSIdent Mary Grosse Pomte Shores reSident Wednesday, Apnl 16, 1997 DetrOit and was a supeTVIsor X"'''fr uvoM AlIce MItchell, who died In St Ronald D Lovisa, who dIed m Mrs ChaUVIn, 87. was born of employee benefits. Bower ~(/"""/,.; John HospItal m DetrOIt on hIS home m Overland Park, In DetrOit and was a graduate diVISion, Federal Mogul Corp SliCe 1931 Thursday, Apn117, 1997,Just a Kan, on Tuesday, April 15, of the LIggett School, class of An actIVe member of the com- HEAT informs citizens on auto theft prevention Help ElImInate Auto Thefts HEAT tip callers are reward. the tIp results m the arrest and featurmg carJackmg tIps and (HEAT), a stateWIde auto theft ed up to $1,000 If theIr tIp leads bmdlng over for tnal of suspect- other HEAT materials, can preventIOn program, remmds to the arrest and prosecutIon of cd theft rlOg members and/or be made aV8l1abie to groups cItIzens to stay alert to auto a suspected car truef chop shop operators or mdlvlduals by calhng theft prevention, based on the Up to $10,000 IS rewarded If An antl.carJacklng brochure, (313) 832-2210 results of the 1995 Urufonn CrIme Report recently released by the MIchIgan Department of State Pobce In Wayne County, motor verucle thefts dropped 2 percent from 38,292 m 1994 to 37,538 m 1995 "We are pleased by the decrease In motor vehIcle thefts m Wayne County Any decrease, no matter how small, IS a SIgn that coopera- tIve efforts WIth law enforce- ment agencies, lIke the HEAT program, make a difference," says Lt Sandra MIller of the Western Wayne Auto Theft Squad "We defimtely encour- age CItIzens to call the HEAT tIp line at (800) 242-HEAT " "These statIstIcs show that auto theft prevention pro- grams, lIke HEAT, and mmd. ful cItizens together can make a difference m lowenng motor vehIcle theft rates," says Wilham Llddane, director of HEAT

Amentech cellular users, from the metro-DetrOIt area, ean now dial .HEAT to report, toll free, Infonnabon regard- Ing auto theft The HEAT tip line, (800) 242.HEAT, IS a pnme example of how cItizen actIOn can coor- dmate WIth law enforcement The Gros~l POinte PrlVale Bank1l1g and Inv~srmell[, kdm RIChard All,son Cath" 7 ehnptennlg Kc\ In (,ranger, CItizens who have any mfor- (, Imen Ra\ l110nJ I ee Perrella, John ~landlsh Bill ~helden Klmberlv Kllmar mabon regardmg auto theft, carJacking, auto Insurance fraud and Illegal chop shops have been reporting theIr "tIpS" to the confidentIal toll free HEAT tIp Ime for the past 11 years Now you don't have to go far to The tIp Ime IS mOnitored by the Michigan State PolIce CnmInal InvestIgatIOn sec- make your money go farther. tIOn

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May 3, 1991 neck spine and back programs Connelly AuditOrium, Bon Secours Hospital • Our new state of the art low radiation DEXA X ray unll 468 Cadieux, Grosse POinte measures bone denSIty and detects osteoporosIs William Fulgenzl M 0, will share the latest techniques • Our Progressive OrthopedIC Program (POP) walks you and trends In lolnt replacement surgery through every aspect of your hospital expellence from To register for thiS semmar, call pre operatIve consultation th rough the recovery pellod Bon Secours Community Health Education You can count on personalized post operatIve care 9 am. 4 pm (810) 779-7900 Our profeSSional team of nurses phySical and occupational therapIsts will get you back on your feet as qUickly as pOSSible - one step at a time The discharge coordinator determ lOes a speCifiC strategy for extended care before you go home RON SFC OlIR" f if 1\11 HC !\Rf WSTFM't- 1'1"~"(,\\1I ( 'THOPEDIC ",.th"!J('{/u, 1I1f1, tI,(' .EC .....LTy CENT[R hlilnan I"uch t , o • • • Q Apnl 24, 1997 Grosse Pointe News Automotive 11A Buying new or used, same rules apply; but vlease don 't ask us to choose Auto writers ale rea~onably fronted WIth ~uch a questlOn, lOmpelrl"on stories In dutomo Ldrd After dl! Wf' hdd enough savvy But tho~e of us who get he always a",ks the person tlve mdgatme", wpb ~Ite" Irom of d bdJdnw to LOver the pur to test and write dbout new "hat he or ",he would like to manufddurer", dnd deulers, cars are also spOIled lhdse In an effort to protelt buy, then nods III approval eU If enb'lne "Ite, fuel econo lu"tomer.:, from them"elve", Yes, we examme brand-new whpn the answer 1', out, my, seatmg capacity, body the bdnk mSlsted w(' LOme m velucles, read techmcal mfor addmg, "good cholle ") style.:" brakes and treln,mIS- for a cashIer.:, chelk I hdt gob mahon, attend press confer- But when It comes to dctual- slOns figure mto your ~hop bled up much of d wurk morn ences and model mtroductlOns, Iy bUYln~ a vehicle we must r1nf" f'htw'\r t hf"'rn n It ~nf'nT'"O ' .....6 J\.....rl ,l-...... ,J"' ...... ~ b-:...... talk ~Ith engmeers and dIscard the facade of 'expert " you head for the local lots desIgners mg how much 'ou WIll owe fur Frankly, we're III the same Autos • I'm a firm believer m test your \ ehlcle, don't forget the Some of us dlso report on boat - sorry, sedan - WIth drives When you hdve 10lelted MIchigan 6 perLent ;,ales t,lX the retail end of the bu~mess everyone else By Jenny King a new or used model of mter- becomes a ':'Ignlficant tdLk on We study and write about And so It was With u~ not est, let your sdlesperson do a on eI $10,000, $20,000 or new dealershIp layouts, sules once but tWice m the last two or, III the case of car ~hoppmg, spend With you If you aren't thorough walk-around for you, • $30,000 purchase tramlllg, the ms dnd outs of months Family members confUSIOn and humIliatIOn, getting thiS Jund of feedback, explammg feature~ Then get • For the les~'dd\ enturous financmg, buyer demograph- needed transportatIOn In a than III haVlng to pay for both you may want to move on belllnd the wheel and get to buyer seeJung d used vehlde, ICS,semce and parts depart- hurry In one mstance, a 1980 experIences You know wnte • Ask fnends and colleagues know the car or truck How IS we'd strongly suggest lookmg ments and Improvements m lemon-yeltow-and-rust PontIac checks for dealershIp and salesperson the VISIbIlity? Can you live at ones whIch still are covered customer satisfactIOn X body Phoemx gave up the StilI, we'd lIke to offer some referrals I have found In my WIth the seats? Is the engme by manufacturer warranties We recognize most models of ghost out northbound 1-75 adVIce to new or used vehIcle mterYlewmg travels that deal peppy enough? Have you for- The typical factory warranty cars and trucks on the market near one of the 14 MIle Road shoppers Here are thlllgs to ershlps WIth cordIal, conSCien- gotten how to drive stIck ~hlft? IS for three years or 50,000 We memorize the language eXits Then a child livmg m a conSIder after readlllg the tIOUS telephone receptIOnists Is there too much engine or mIles, whIChever occurs first We know the locatIOns of the city W)th a superb public tran- revIews of your favorIte auto are most likely to have Similar road nOise? Are there thmgs (Some, hke Volkswagen's, are power wmdow controls and Sit system took a new Job that wnters salespeople on staff That's about the vehIcle that bother longer) There also are factory- the cupholders reqUires nothmg less than a • The dealershIp experience Important to me When I you? Or IS It love at first Sit? certIfied used cars avaIlable Sometimes we are asked for car or light truck IS crItical to the satlsfachon phone a dealershIp and can't (ThiS IS a good SIgn I) now These are Idte-model adVICe III new-car selectIOns or It IS said that car shoppmg most of us are seekmg You even understand the name of • A car purcha~e generally vehICles whIch may be past about whether or not to put produces hIgh anxiety SImIlar want to feel welcome and com the busmess from a hurried Wll) take longer and be more the onglnal warranty But more money III an old, faithful to that of a tnp to the den tlSt foctable You wdnt to sense operator, or get stranded on expensive than you antICipat- they have been Inspected, pIece of tran~portatlOn (A My own dIscomfort IS founded that your salesper~on know~ hold for a pIece of etermty, I ed We had to make an have pa~sed a rigorous exam, WIse colleague says when con- less m the antICIpatIOn of pam the product and has tIme to am not Impressed unscheduled trIp to the bank have been brought up to snuff • There IS plenty of back- for one of our recent purchas- and are once agam certified ground mformatlOn avaIlable es In our n!llvete, we figured for a limIted perIOd by the to you In the form of sales we could write a check for the manufacturer They are more brochures, detaIled product car or even use our bank debIt See AtrrOS, page 12A

Joe Ricci Automotive Group leases some used vehicles. It's an alternative for the buyer who likes leasing and perhaps only has a short-term need for a vehicle. Hollywood Car Sales is an independent used car business in South Bend. Ind., where owner Dean King has been offering this 1952 "flamed" straight-six two-door Chevrolet for $7.900. KIng's slogan: "Any car you want. .. If we don't have it. we will Ond it."

OURPRlCE CANJ'« PROMISE No or.e Wlilsell the #1 Your Home Toyota you wallt for less than us. If you FAMILY SEDAN find a lower pnce LEADING Could Be The Ticket elsewhere we WIll CONSUMER You Need To Fly Free beat It. Guaranteed MAGAZJNE

-P,,-r,PS, PB,iirt-wipe-";,l r:-SPECIAL Le~:tt606"':'"" I I "B~~~~" BUY FOR BUY FOR ONLY THIS WEEK ONLY $16,956. '$12,588. 1$30,600* $18,999.

OR LEASE fOR OR LEASE FOR SAVE SAVE Earn up to 15,000 Northwest Airlines WorldPerks Bonus Miles 9 $24995** "$189 5** $3500 $1650 with a D&N Bank Home Equity Credit line ) ---=;-- -::::------r------__ '\oOlle tl'lh, It el\ler to \l'e thl the !lr\t three lllonth, md elm IIp to f997TOYOTA ---'--:;;-~ I~97 DEMO BLOW-OUT! ==._ I 997 TOYOTA lC]\l1t\ lOll IL hlilit up lT1 \our h0ll11 tlun Hl 'ddilion \1 12 ()()(J BOl1u, \llk, • I AVALON l I997TOYOTA- - 199'1TOYOTA COROLLA D& '\ B Hll.. -\nd \\lth u[' to I;; 000 (; ",r _~ PASEO SPORT TACOMA EX '\ort!mc\t -\lrlll1l\ OX /\'0 closing costs • No annual fees ./"', \\orldPcrl.., ~... ~~ CAB ~4 I ~ Rexibl~ "interest only" I r1~-YJI~ \/'::-l BOrlll' \11i" ( l ;-\ / .¥ 8ucket~~atsfacc:ory ~. IW. a ~ monthly pavmentoptinn rnoonroof, stereo - (~'l/(:"~-'(0{ 1I11t11l~lnlhl <.anette, ABS and AJC rur .po.Ie" alloy ~ Auro.,.AJC 1iti:lreo t.aU6tttl C..z L.._:}J ~" )~1J3\\:: II In.::' no much more wMels.uereo cuaette VII .UfO ~r''''''ll'ldoW',. 0""I1s,,6 (onu(ri W';Uue I" ....Or ,,\.,110(1). r n. rl Stlc "161788 .nd much more ~, loch, "' .... P,a(Ic'aZfl poww- 'WIndoW'$. It po,ckoll" Io( ..... :t -~ y ..~ ~ " Land a great deal. Call or visit D&..~ Bank soon! , "" J fl1ll1/1I11/IIJ,/lIlII/"'/i

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From pagl.' IlA III tI,'r, hd\" to \\ drr lllt\ 'That's the only wayan l'''pl'n~l\ ( dnd pn',u!lldbh thpll 'dip, \\ Inl( dp,ller" Hl more rl'll..lbll' SunlP of tlw,e JIIdependcnt can sUl"Vlve," n"lghbonng l\h~,uurt ,Ind RIchards Said \lIIlLlh .Ire regular trdde Ill~ Okldh,lllld do \lot So the) Cdn mo,t are Cdr, 'llld truLl,., com In our shoppmg exerCl.ses, ,ell for !e" ,Ilt hough buvl'r~ Ing ofT t\\ 0 ..,.pd.r Ie t"P.....or dre we made some mterestmg dls dre gettlllg It" lor t)wlr former ddlh rental \ eh,cle, covcnes A very obliging sale" II10nC\ If a \\ drrdut\ h not man at Jeffrey Honda In • Independpnh' art' de tend requued bv la\\ to offer "ome Enterpnse There we learned to be tr,ide lll' ,he hd' bought that we could rent a compact h.lnd uf \\drrdnt\ on eilch from loc,lI nl'\\ lM r!Pd!C'r, \ elnelp 'old car for about $700 a month Ihl J I \( Ir "Ill bU-It'P', and that agreement Included .\ dl dl,'r In P u 'lIb h d' .mlnd,,, , t!, II 1T1lJ bodY 3,000 mIles of dnVlng told ml r,,, n! h tll It h d , j, ,I f For our first buy, we wound up at Joe RiccI's stores on Mack, where Tom MIchael and MIchelle Wllhams helped Wlth test drives, explanatIOns Late-model off-lease cars provide good buys if you can find one without so many and paperwork We eventual- miles it is out of warranty. Even so, an extended warranty can be bought by those who ly bought a 1996 Dodge feel it gives peace of mind. Stratus Wlth 20,000 mIles for $11,999 As a rule you can negotiate the pnce of a used car Just as you would a new Weare one In thIS case, the dealer- ship saId It couldn't go any -MltI,r) PUBLISH INO IN A lower and we felt It was a fall' pnce for a dandy car The second buy never mate- BIG~a~ nahzed The need !und of diS- For more [nformatlon, call appeared, thank goodness Design" Production. The: Grot< We're solvent for another month or two

By law each used car sold by a dealer must have a Buy- i30Day"I ers Guide posted somewhere on it. Among other things, the guide lets you know if the car is under a warranty, either factory or dealer. Ricci Automotive offers a limit- ed, co-pay 30 days/l,OOO miles warranty on each used vehicle. according to salesperson Ben Bayko.

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(}Vn nh,l"o 'r'I"l pn "Q o'()"')" I [) 00 1 f " r 1 h'l -1f'f.!,1 q ~II~ ,-jr f '( ~<.' f" 1~ r r) ...1 '" C.II 1.IOO-MOlllE.1 I o • • a Q April 24, 1997 Grosse Pointe News Ne'Ws 13A • SAVE OVER ~ Park council gives honors 110.00 for being a good neighbor With Buy One, Get One Free Spelial5 Throughout , By Jim Stlckford '1he BeautIficatIOn award The Store StaffWnler St Ambrose wa<;honored by stated, "the Comml~~lOnestab- the commlbSlOn for It" new At a time when major pro lIshed the 'Good NeIghbor' playscape and play field The jects are afoot to brmg DetroIt award to honor "nd orom()tf' Rpv Tlmnthy pol..... St anO It~ l>uburbs together, the neIghborhood beautification Ambrose's pastor, said that the Grosse Pomte BeautIfication efforts, whether wlthm the cIty playscape was an attempt to CommIssIOnand the Park city hmlts or not, that have made a brmg the two commumtles on councIl recently honored two positive Impact on the commu- either Side of Alter Road local organizatIOns for projects nity" together that won't make the evenIng When Pltters purchased the ''The Idea of ImproVIng the ~" ) ,1 , , news, but nonetheless reflect a property for hIS bus mess such neIghborhood IS what we were new SPIrit of cooperatIOn an effort Wd~made, bald Park after," Said Pele "As a church, between DetrOIt and the mayor Palmer Heenan The we span Alter, and y,e ""anted a i j , Pomtes busmes'i has truly benefited project that would brmg the St Ambrose Roman CatholIc both DetrOItand Grosbe POInte two communities together Church and the Plul Pltters Park, he said That's why we didn't just hIre a Co receIved the Park's Good Pltters said that Grosse constructIOn company to build NeIghbor award for theIr Pon!te Park ha<; been a bIg the playground We got 700 efforts m beautIfIcatIOn and supporter of hiS bUSIness from volunteers from both DetrOit CIVICImprovements the begmmng and the Park together to bUild The PhIl Pltters CO ISa gar- ''The Park councIl sent the the pla}scape It's paid off" den center that recently pur- DetrOIt city council a letter Heenan Said that the play- chased and renovated much of urgmg them to rezone the ground and Its faCIlItIesare the the 22000 block of Alter Road property I purchased from res kmd of thmg that make the In DetrOIt Identlal to busmess," saId Park a great place to lIve He Pat Deck and Bob Ramsey of Pltters "Park reSIdents have saId thdt IS somethmg that the BeautIficatIOn CommIssIon been great customers of mme prOVIdes common ground for were on hand to hand out the and have complImented me for DetrOit and the Park, and It awards and offer theIr congrat- the landscapmg we've done was the councIl's pnvllege to ulatIOns to the two orgarnza- around the store It's been very honor the people mvolved With tlons gratlfymg" Its construction Park approves banner placements for '97 By Jim Stlckford up and takIng down the ban- The city dId not hear from StaffWnter ners the JUnior League of DetrOIt Grosse Pomte Park's policy Each orgamzatlOn would be because they only put up a of lImItIng banners across allowed to place a banner banner every other year when Jefferson got Its fltSt workout across Jefferson for one week they show a deSIgner show on Apnl 14, when the Park So early thIS year, Park offi- house counCIl tentatively approved CIalSsent letters to the eIght The St Andrew's SocIety of the requests of four orgaruza- orgaruzatlOns that have placed DetroIt also dId not respond tlons for 1997 banners m the city m the past because the HIghland Games The polIcy was adopted by The letters stated that the Will not be held In Grosse the Park CItycounCIllast year orgarnzatJons had until the end Pomte thlS year after conSiderable debate. The of March to submit apphca- Park cIty clerk Jane Blahut feelIng expressed by the coun- tlons for banner placement said that the GoodWIllpeople cll was that the banners, wluch The city had heard from four declmed to partICipate because advertise such events as the orgarnzatlOns by AprIl They of the $200 fee Urnverslty LIggett and Chnst are Chnst Church Grosse The Park pohcy allows up to Church Grosse POInte antIque Pomte for ItS antIque show, 10 banners to be placed across shows, ultimately detract from Umverslty LIggett School for Jefferson Park reSident Fred the reSIdential ambIance of the Its antique show, the group Olds was at the April 14 coun- neighborhood that sponsors Art on the Pomte cil meetIng and S31d that he The counCilthen establIshed and the DetrOit InstItute of was appalled that the cIty a polIcy hmltmg the placement Ophthalmology for ItS car would allow banners to be of banners to orgamzatlOns deSIgnshow placed across Jefferson for an that have previously placed Also contacted were the amount of time equal to 20 per- banners In the Park The coun- American AbboclatlOn of cent of the year CIl'S new polIcy also calls for Umverslty Women, who hold a Fma! approval of the banner b'TOUPSto pay a $200 fee to book sale every year, and the requests Willbe grantf'd at the defray the CIty'Scost m puttmg Jurnor Group Goodwlll Apnl 28 counCilroeetIng How to keep your trees healthy this spring Are your trees healthy? can be VIewed Some of the healthy compared to preVIous Nature let go Its fury tlus WIn. warning SIgnSto look for years or other nearby trees of ter, sendmg tons of snow, tor- the same SpeclCS rential rams and gustIng , WIres m contact WIth tree WInds branches Trees may become DiagnOSISof the actual cause Trees can suffer extensIve energIzed when they are con- of the tree malady IS a tncky damage dUrIng such a season tacted by electnc Wires, or tele- bUSiness best left to an expert and can become hazardous phone wires m contact WIth As WIth human Illness, prompt They also can become electnc WIres detection and treatment can be unhealthy due to severe weath- cntlcal er condItIOns, especially pro- , Cracked sterns and branch If you are unsure whether longed freeZIng, floodmg or forks your tree IS healthy or can drought WIthstand the next storm, con- Storm-damaged trees can be , Hollow or decayed areas on sult a profeSSIOnal arbonst a threat to lIfe, horne, velucles the trunk or main hmbs, or who WIll Identify and remove and other personal property mushrooms groWIng from the hazards as well as treat the Property owners could be bark causes of tree health problems held responSIble for any dam- You can find an NAA mem- age or personal injury caused , Peehng bark or gapmg ber arbonst close to you by call- by a tree on theIr property wounds In the trunk mg the NatIOnal Arbonst AsSOCiatIOnat (800) 733-2622, Homeowners want to have • Fallen or uprooted trees or by a ZIp code search on the beautiful healthy trees, puttmg pressure on other trees NAA's Web Site because they are valuable and beneath them http Ilnewww comlorg/naa pleasant to look at Spring and summer gIVe us NatIOnal Arbor day falls on RIght now 1<;a good time to the be<;topportunities to Iden- Apnl 25 Plant or care for a Inspect trees for structural tify tree health problems, smce tree and gIve the g,merdtlOns hazards, smce the trees are a cursory InspectIOn can tell to come a better enVIronment bare and the whole structure whether the tree "looks" In ""hlch to h\e

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By Phyllis Fnes need to gIve back to hOSPllC the old homestead for one last after explalllmg to them thdt With upport program for chil- t ...dmmmg the themes clo"e- the ;tory unfolded mdeed knew about the Wlsh that exceptIOnal and memo- m not owmng the responblblh- dren and theIr famlhes I hope h thel further dlscover"d thdt In spite of bemg Sick a long and told Tomacek they had rable voyage to the farm ty to thoose, the~ relmqulsh to be wrltmg about them In the thobe messages seem to fd]] time and bedndden for SIX already explored every conceiv- "They took a big pot of stew, their power, and someone els~ future mto tl\ 0 dlstmct tdtegorw; months, he was not depressed able POSSibility to try to make sat on the porch and saw a gets to choose for them Whether you have a need for Attempts to descnbe \\ hat He felt blessed to have hiS It happen deer It was Just a wonderful Dr Charles Von Gunlen, hObplce, would hke to learn someone IS expenencmg while warm. supportive family and Because the dIsease had expenence The famIly felt so director of the hospice program more about theIr programs or d\lng and reque"ts for borne had a poSItive attitude gone mto hiS spme, he was good about bemg able to gIve at Northwestern UlIlverslty become a volunteer, call thmg that a person needs for a Bu t as IS often the case, the unable to nde m a car The hIm that gIft We felt good Memonal Hospital, says, Cottage HospIce at (810) 774- peaceful death" patlent happened to commum. ambulance seTvlces they had about bemg able to glVe the "You'd be surprised at how 4141 Whether these mes"ages are cate hiS last WIsh WIth the hos- called were cost prohIbitIve family and the patient that blatant or subtle, hospice pice chaplam while "talklllg and all other means of trans- gIft" workerb seem to have a ulIIque about deSires and gettmg portatIOn would have resulted Thmacek added that they abllltv to tune mto them and ready to move on " He told her In a Journey of sheer torture now have lots of stones about "NOBODY'S As PICKY ABOUT also possess that special abillt} he knew It was no longer pOSSI- Thmacek called the family people who got to use the van thdt mdke; thmgs happen ble, so he Just pictured It In Ius With the van and made her Hospice workers Will tell In the followmg "tory, a final mmd, but that If he could have first request for Its use 'They you that they are often asked CARPET CLEANING." WIsh and a kmd and generou~ had one final WIsh It would were such wonderful people to how they can do what they do, olTer whIch stemmed from the have been to go back and see deal WIth," says 1bmacek Even to which they can response Carpet Park readies its sidewalk replacement program for '97 $182rQ:m By Jim Stlckford rem81mng city Sidewalks that The cost of replacmg the ConstructIOn Wlll beglll 2 room mmimum Staff Writer haven't been replaced under damaged Sidewalk slabs IS where It left off last year, said 5 rooms only $87. Those who have SIdewalks the program borne by the residents across LakhanI 12 X18 average room size that need replacmg In Grosse In the meantime, Lakham whose property the Sidewalks ReSidents of Trombley, Pomte Park can take comfort Said, the contractor Wlll beglll traverse The average square IS between Jefferson and Essex Furniture The city's sprmg Sidewalk replaCing the SIdewalks that about 36-square feet, Lakham are first 10 hne The city WIll replacement program takes up were deSignated for replace- said At a cost of about $2 50 then do every street between where It left off last year ment last year per square foot, It costs a resI- Jefferson and Essex up to Sidewalks can't be replaced dent about $90 to replace one Cadieux Park director of pubhc ser dunng cold weather, and the Sidewalk slab Then reSidents who !lve $39&~:n vice Muzaffar Lakham s81d project had to be suspended south of Essex - from Bedford Sec\iQnals specially priced that the contractmg firm that before all the deSignated SIde- "We give reSIdents the oppor- to Barrington - WIll have theIr Offer expires 5'24/97 has been workmg on the walks were replaced tumty to find theIr own con. blocks done 'Some restrictionsapply replacement program, Paul G tractor to replace a Sidewalk Theon Co, smce 1991 Will The student, who WIll also slab," Lakhani s81d "CItizens 'ThlS wlll complete the first begIn replacmg defective Side- act as an mspeclor, WIll oversee Wlll be notified of what's gomg cycle of Sidewalk rep81rs In the walk segments In the first the replacmg of the worn slabs, on by maIl at least 10 days Park," Said Lakham ''We wtll week of May S81d Lakhalll He or she WIll before the city takes any then reVlew other areas of the LalJJam said he IS m the also mspect the work to make actIon They can, If they want, cIty and replace anytlung that process ofhmng a Wa\ne State sure It meets specificatIOns seek theIr own bIds to have the needs replaclllg If nothlllg Umver"lty CIvil pnb"n('prlllg before the bills are sent out to work done ThiS allows them needs replacmg, then nothmg student to complete ,I rr \ Il II of cu-tomer~ the chance to pay less" will be done" f RINKE C~ce!~~AC"A bank that l: dr, Standards For Excellence Dealer • :' r . 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