DON'T BLAME CARRIER FOR LATE DELIVERY Guns, gorillas, bunny rabbits for Penn and Teller fans, El Tbds/Jtiistfc'r^rylsnatM . buS « .^iiiwrnui. Putting you In touch Thursday with your world March 18,1999 Serving the Westland Community for 34 years © VOLUME 34 NUMBER 82 WESTLAND. • 78 PAGES • http://observer-eccentric.com SEVENTY-r.'.t CFNTS C 1W9 HomeTuwn Comniujijl&rtlont Network, Inc. OUp-TlftftB Pickering to quit council seat Westland City Council member Charles Pick­ his post early to help a potential can be involved ifi decisions about a ering's decision to step down eight months appointee gain an incumbent's edge in new city budget QJjid whether to reno­ 1999 council elections. vate or construct r|ew municipal build­ before his current term expires will almost "I'm not trying to create an advan­ ings, including an Administration com­ certainly cause potential appointees to jockey plex, a recreatiorjl center, a district Everybody knows that honey and for position in this election year. tage for a political candidate for coun­ lemon is good for a chest cold and cil," he said. "As of right now, I'm not court and fire stations. gargling with salt water soothes a BY DARRELL CLEM will almost certainly cause potential actively supporting anybody." "It is time for new energy, ideas and sore throat. STAFF WRITER appointees to jockey for position in this Pickering, 56, said he wants to spend enthusiasm with a fr%sh focus on the [email protected] The Observer Health & Fitness election year. more time with his family, travel and future of Westland," Pickering said. •. staff is planning an issue on folk Veteran Westland City Council mem­ Council President Sandra Cicirelli explore an educational interest in culi­ His departure also m3§ns he won't remedies, those tried-and-true Rxs ber Charles Pickering stunned his col­ urged candidates to submit resumes to nary arts. be on the council when possible deci­ straight out of youf grandma's leagues and political observers Monday the city clerk's office at Westland City A former mayor in his 12th year on sions are made on commercial, indus­ kitchen. We'd like to know how your by suddenly announcing he will resign Hall. She hasn't announced a deadline the council, Pickering said he didn't trial or residential projects that may folks and grand folks cured what his elected post, effective April 30. or scheduled a study session for discus­ plan to seek re-election and, therefore, involve his real estate company: His firm recently closed its Westland office ailed them when the doctor wasn't His decisio'n to step down eight sion about replacing Pickering. chose to resign to avoid becoming a around. What do you do for your snif­ months before his current term expires During an interview, Pickering lame duck legislator. fles, bee bites, warts and tummy rejected any speculation that he quit This way, he said, a new appointee Please see PICKERING, A2 aches? • Send your Ideas(not your Fedorov fever potions) to: Observer Newspapers, Judge sends Attn.: Renee Skoglund/Kim Mort- son, 36251 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia, Ml 48150. Fax: (734) 591-7279. E-mail: man to trial [email protected]. in beating IN THE PAPER death of boy

TODAY BY DARRELL CLEM STAFF WRITER [email protected] COMMUNITY LIFE Murder defendant Hassan Christo­ pher Clark showed little emotion Mon­ day as a Westland judge ordered him Cuckoo for comedy: If you to stand trial for the brutal beating hear strange noises com- . death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son. As some of his family members wept. ing from the back room of Clark, 30, only smiled faintly as he was Mama Mia's Restaurant led from a courtroom where lie was every now and then, have ordered to stand trial for the Jan. 14 killing of Michael Towne. no fear. It's just the Danc­ Clark faces trial for felony murder ing Cuckoos, a group of and first-degree child abuse following a ruling by 18th District Judge Gail Laurel and Hardy fans McKnight, who cited "strong, strong" singing, dancing and circumstantial evidence against him. having a good time./Bl The judge announced her ruling Monday, concluding a two-part prelimi- STATfPHOTO BT BHTAN MJTCHEli. Please see DEATH, A3 AT HOME Fedorov fan: Brianne Collins, 17, (above and below) didn't wait iri line for an autograph but after Red Wing Sergei Fedorov passed her Collins was excited, yelling,

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aiid consolidated operations in anyway. Canton Township. • He viewed the city's deci­ Rumors had circulated that sion to pump about $2 million Pickering wouldn't seek re-elec­ into a new Sears store at West- tion, but his decision to resign land Center as corporate wel­ early sent quakes rumbling fare. across Westland's political land­ • He believed that a special scape. taxing district north of Ford Pickering's six colleagues uni­ Road should have ended after formly expressed shock over los­ the Westland library was built, ing a colleague that, according to but a council majority chose to Cicirelli, often found a compro­ continue to the Tax Increment mise to help bridge political, Finance Authority district - pos­ gaps. Cicirelli said many of Pick­ sibly to pay for other city build­ ering's allies had asked her to ings. try to convince him to seek re­ Pickering began his city election. involvement in 1971, when he Councilman Glenn Anderson was hired by the city's parks and described himself as "disappoint­ recreation department. He ed" at Pickering's decision, but Charles Pickering became director. said he would respect it. He was elected mayor in Councilwoman Sharon Scott Pickering also admitted that November 1981, serving a some­ said she was "in a state of he became frustrated in recent times-tumultuous, four-year shock," and she added that she years by "serious policy-making term. He was later elected to the will miss a humorous side of decisions that I didn't agree city council and is quitting in his Pickering that sometimes eased with." 12th year. STAFF PHOTO B* PAUL HURSCHMAXN council tensions. Consider: Pickering provided an anec­ Signing on: Bryan "Goose" Finnerty, goalkeeper for the Detroit Rockers Indoor Deputy Mayor George Gillies • He believed the council dote Monday about his decision. Soccer team, signs autographs for Jessica Lynn Riggs, 10, arid her brother called Pickering "a class person." erred in 1996 by seeking a 1.5- He noted that his announcement Charlie, 5, during a "Read Across " event recently at the Target Store Pickering, who celebrated his mill, six-year tax increase for coincided with the Ides of March 56th birthday on Feb. 10, said new police and fire programs. and the assassination on March on Ford Road in Canton. Jessica is a top reader at her school, P.D. Graham during an interview that he told Voters defeated the plan by a 3- 15, 44 B.C., of Roman ruler Elementajy in Westland. himself long ago he would quit to-2 margin. Pickering had said Julius Caesar, killed by armed politics before age 60. the city didn't need a tax hike to conspirators. "It almost seems to become a pay for some programs, such as "But," Pickering said, "I am way of life," he said, "and I didn't paramedic medical services, that choosing to end my career on a want it to be that way for me." have since been implemented, positive note." Marvaso project gets 1st OK

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nary hearing that began March 1. She rejected arguments by defense attorney Steven Bullock, who said charges against Clark should be dismissed for lack of evidence. McKrught pointed to testimo­ ny from Carl Schmidt, assistant Wayne County medical examin­ er, who said the 40-pound boy was beaten so brutally that he suffered a split pancreas, a torn liver, a fractured rib and bruises over his head and body. McKrught also relied on testi­ mony from neighbors who earli­ er testified that they heard banging noises and loud thuds - one that shook a wall - coming from the apartment where Clark was baby-sitting Towne. One neighbor also heard an angry male voice. Police and paramedics found Towne after a 911 call came from an apartment that Clark shared with the boy's mother, Btts? PHOTO BY BRYAN Miuusy Kimberly Howie, at The Orchards of Xewburgh, on West- Bound over: Hassan Christopher Clark ofWestland land's southwest side. was ordered to stand trial in the death of his girl­ STAFF PHOTOS BY BRYAN MITCHELL The mother was working at friend's 2-year-old boy. Having a ball: Carmen Muglia gets a bit of help from mom, Nancy, recently at the time. Schmidt, testifying that Towne MHHMBMH "was good for my son." She said the benefit Bowlathon for the Livonia Parents of the Visually Impaired at suffered a fractured rib, said it s e at Woodland Lanes. COURT ^ ^ * never seen Clark hurt appeared the boy had been pre­ the boy, and she also testified. viously injured in the same that she still cares for him. place. while standing against a wall '- Clark remains jailed as lu "This was a fracture on top of and that the force caused a thud awaits trial in Wayne Count\ a previous fracture," he testified. heard by neighbors. Circuit Court. McKnight ! ; Schmidt also said the boy suf­ Schmidt compared the force of denied bond. Bowled over fered a blow that was so strong the blow to what it would take to Clark also faces trial for nrrj it split his pancreas in two. He split a hot dog that had been gent homicide amid accusation* said the child was hit while his placed under a pillow. he drove a car that crossed back was against a hard surface, "I think the pancreas was split center line and hit another vehi­ but Schmidt couldn't say if in one blow," he said. cle head-on Feb. 7 Towne was lying down or stand­ Clark claimed in a statement Area benefit helps ing up. to police that Towne stopped The accident occurred in We-si Maria Miller, assistant Wayne breathing while he was napping. land and killed Jessie Dwayn County prosecutor, suggested The child's mother testified Ridner, a passenger in th' <....• visually impaired that the bov mav have been hit March 1 that she believes Clark Clark was driving. On a ancy Muglia's daughter, Carmen, DARE officers, firefighters to face off roll: hadn't bowled before. But the 3- year-old visually impaired girl had Megan N Westland firefighters and Sports Arena, 6210 N. Wildwood, The event will include < Krol, 9, a blast during her three games at Wood­ police DARE 'Drug Abuse Resis­ fire Battalion Chief Chris Szpara prizes and raffles of items of Gar­ land Lanes in Livonia recently. "She even tance Education) officers will said. as merchandise autographo bowled a strike." Muglia said later. test their hockey skills in compe­ Admission is a minimum $1 Detroit Red Wings hockey • den The event was the second annual tition Saturday. donation to benefit DARE and ers. he said City Bowlathon hosted by the Livonia Parents The two sides will square off in the firefighters public awareness For more in fur in at . lets it of the Visually Impaired. a 7 p.m. game at Westland committee. Szpara said. (734>722-DARK fly- Based in Livonia, the group covers all of western Wayne County. It's been around for 25 years and operates as a fed­ erally tax exempt organization. Last year, the group raised more than $4,000 to help provide a summer day camp that taught and reinforced living and social skills that visually impaired children need to lead an independent life This year's event was for the same ben­ efit. kicky new caprisy "They did really well. Last year they express the raised over $4,000 and this year they 1 /; -•" * doubled it," said Muglia. who lives in real you /| Garden City. y - . In all, 27 of the 32 lanes at Woodland A - . were sponsored by businesses, families and friends to help raise money. r '-..-- :dodco cord; separates from •.' da -:; ••-.' CottO'"1 soandex •.'-,.,•. •• •• .. ijSA

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PAULT.HAINUY ford in 1973 from Detroit. In corporate traffic manager in auto (Wayne) Baird; five grandchil­ Services for Paul Hainley, 69, of 1984, she moved to Highland parts manufacturing. dren; and many nieces and Westland were March 16 in Ver- and then back to Milford, and in Surviving are his sons, Robert nephews. meulen Funeral Home with buri- 1998>he moved to Westland. (Mary) Brewer and Randy (Riae- Mrs. Voss was preceded in ahat Oakgrove Cemetery in Mrs. Meade had a strong Chris­ sa) Brewer; daughters, Laura death by her husband, Harold; Weakly .County, Tenn. Officiat­ tian faith. Ann (Edward) Martinez, Cindy daughter, Katherine; and sib­ ing was the Rev. Kurt Lambert, She was active in the Milford (Blake) Baugher and Tammy lings, Robert (Alice) Krys, Edgar Mr. Hainley, who died March Garden Club, the Milford Histor­ (Tim) Henderson; seven grand­ (Irene) Kress, Andrew etrt»M «*»«*«, mwic Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Royal Oak; and five grandchil­ Officiating was the Rev. Kenneth County. She was a homemaker. **S proftr*r» tft« t*K» WouW like dren. Hubbard. Arrangements were Surviving are her husband, to**3Utei*r«qf.#y»t«y** - ' Mrs. Meade was preceded in from R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Gerald; sons, Gerald II and taputv Ai< tserfe m9U#t!t*r*, 4 o.m. death by her daughter, Kimberly fckmtfay, !*are*i2i, gHMMMtty . BARBARA j. MEADE Home. Keith; daughters, Lisa Grundy ii^ir^fteomA- ''.•':'••:•:••'•'. . Services for Barbara Meade, 73, Meade, in 1979. Mrs. Voss, who died March 10 and Tracey (Kari) Norman; and of Westland were today, March Memorial contributions may in Livonia, was born Nov. 29, one grandson, Dennis John II. 18, in the chapel in Ward Evan­ be made to American Heart 1922, in White Cloud, Mich. She '*'Htmrn f*M. i:30 9Jn To***. gelical Presbyterian Church in Association of Michigan or the lived in this area four years, and **tt> 33 maso. or i&ao am, Northville Township with burial American Diabetes Association. previously resided in Canton 25 *«V***y, Mwett-24 .«*:£*."*« ^Cprsnuritty ttiptfef'Atipjft A» till*' at Milford Memorial Cemetery. years. GORDON 0. ALLEN : iHfllllw :W .^lf»iWfPlipwjf:«|p«f Officiating was the Rev. Douglas She was a homemaker. She A memorial service for Gordon ^^^jjij."^L^^^^^^hjL Ck JHM ^M^Blft^U^ Walker. was a member of United Assem­ Allen, 76, of Waters, Mich., will jfjMmjKOiyffpp^wiW'WWiWPr. . Local arrangements were from ROBERT H. BREWER bly of God Church in Plymouth be noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, ;<4lfct jLfrtt nWfchfcf'ioifrflf ftHm,* Schrader-Howell Funeral Home Arrangements for Robert Brew­ Township. iHWnt, MqfmC |NB.4t. <* attended Wayne Memorial High c 1030fcm-WiOiMUo, f***h 34 School. He served with the Coast «0d3l,iott»O«dwrtAc«Wtj Guard. He was retired from floo

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JACK HAR­ RIS, ADAM HARRISON. (HAD HARRISON. ANGELA HAST INGS, ASHLE1GH HAYTKR. Schedule your appointment STEPHANIE HEINCY. ANDREW IIENDRA, LISHA today and receive a free book, HENRY. DENNIS HERMATZ. "What to Expect When You're JASON HLSOH. TARA Hll, YARD. RACHEL HINKEN. I]\pectitig,"* during your JESSICA HISI OP. MARY HOCUS TEIN. WILLIAM appointment. HOOHSTEIN. CIEARA HOL MAN. RHONDA HOUK. KRIS TEN HUMPHREY. (;iNA IAN ITELL1. ALEXANDER JACHYM.AMANDA JACKIW. ASH LEIGH JACKSON. SCOTT •JACOBS, SHERYL JACOBS. STEPHEN JACOBS. CAROLYN JAM EEL. CHRISTINA JAMEEL. LAUREN JAMES LISA JAMES. CHELSEA JANKS. AMANDA JAYNKS SHELBY JEFFERSON JESSI CA JENKINS. STEVEN JENSEN. AMANDA JOHN­ SON KIMBERLY JOHNSON. ELIZABETH JORDAN. NICHOLAS KANT.AS. JASON KANTNER DEREK KEHRER. LINDSAY KEI LY KASSAN DRA KIEL'I'Al I. KR1STAI KHi-nl.T ! i:!' \ MMMFR M* The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999 Changes eyed for Hines Park, nature preserve

BY KEN ABRAMCZYK STAFF WRITKR PARK MASTER PLAN [email protected] The William Holliday Forest land trust and federal land con­ parks, that will have regional Nature Preserve in Westland servation funds. One of the significance, the example 4here may obtain a new board walk applications calls for an is the Chandler Park Aquatic and trail repairs, while park approved five-year plan, Cole­ Center (in Detroit), and the facilities throughout Hines Park man said. "That requirement maintenance and programming will be continued to be made forces communities to take the functions as performed at Cross- accessible for the disabled. time and think of tke scope of winds Marsh (in Sumpter Town­ The Wayne County parks their projects," Coleman said. ship)." master plan listed these The plan highlighted many of Coleman hopes the plan lays improvements for funding this the $31 million in improvements the groundwork for property year. The five-year plan was made since 1997. Approximate­ acquisition. "We ought to be released to Wayne County com­ ly 82 percent of the funds need­ buying into areas for passive missioners in February. ed for the five-year action plan recreation in areas of develop­ Hurley Coleman, director of for parks and recreation ment. Wayne County parks, said the improvement came from the spe­ "In the past we were not able plan serves two purposes. cial five-year property tax, to do this because of a lack of "We get to look at Wayne approved by voters in August resources." County parks and what we'd 1996 and scheduled to expire in Wayne County is not actively like to "see in 2004 and 2010. It's 2001. The remaining funds came pursuing property yet, but Cole­ a- dynamic plan of action. It from grants and the Wayne man identified Brown stow n and gives a good evolution of where County general fund. Sumpter townships as areas we are. About 51 percent of the money Wayne County may be interest­ "We've gone through the mas­ from the tax, grants and general ed in. ter plans from local communities funds were spent in Wayne Property acquisition would and look at what Wayne County County parks, including 22 per­ help conirect Hines Park and the ought to be doing. We've got 43 cent spent in all the parks, and Lower Rouge Parkway where communities in Wayne County, Hines with 16 percent. The private land holdings "disrupt so there is only a limited remaining 49 percent went to the flow and continuity of the amount of what we can do. "Partnership Parks," such as park," according to the report. •Coleman said the parks historic Fort Wayne, Mariner Land acquisition would assist department uses the report to Park and Chandler Park in with the protection of water help lobby the state Department Detroit. resources, particularly along of Natural Resources and the "These (partnership parks) tributaries along the Rouge FILE l»nnru BY BRYAN MIIUIEUJ Department of Environmental will range from cooperative River and the Detroit River. Park programs: The annual Mud Day, sponsored by Wayne County Parks, is one of./1 Quality to obtain grants through improvement of existing local Such a program would help pro­ tect historically significant sites, many activities which draws hundreds of youngsters and their families to picnic such as the Hines Drive bridge and recreation areas in Hities Park. over Plymouth Road in Livonia, Join us in celebrating our where Ann Arbor Road begins. Other ongoing projects in once owned by Henry Ford, will ers, soccer fields, basketball That bridge was recently nomi­ Hines Park were highlighted in review the history and nature of courts and ice rinks; nated by the State Historic the plan: the region in exhibits; • 1,000 picnic tables, new 5th ANNIVERSARY! Preservation Office as a histori­ • Nankin Mills Interpretive • Expenditures include a bike grills and trash receptacles and cal site. Monday, March 22 through Friday, March 26,1999 Center, a renovation of a mill path, new backstops and bleach­ mobile stage. ENTER TO WIN A COLOR TELEVISION while you enjoy complimentary SODA POP • POPCORN • CAKE • HOT DOCS Win A Don Massey 1999 Cadillac Sedan DeVllle Only 750 Tickets Will lie Sold! To Benefit the Madonna University Residence Hall Spring Sale! Renovation Project MEMBER March 20-26 l.K'ciisc - Ksn? FDFC Made Possible bv Don Massev Cadillac. Inc. PUmouih. Michigan OF DEARBORN Tickets on Sale NovV. Call Toda>. 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BY TIM RICHARD Commission, prodded by MCI tance IntraLATA call handled have to dial the seven-digit pre­ found in 1997 that the Public tance) is a severe diBability. ]t 8TAf F WRtTEK Service Commission had authori­ (Ameritech) has absolutely no [email protected] and AT&T, ordered Ameritech to more cheaply by a long-distance fix in order to use MCI or AT&T. provide "dialing parity," and the company instead of Ameritech; Dialing parity was supposed to ty to set a 55 percent discount ability to offer a package," MCI, the long-distance tele­ Court of Appeals agreed. But "There's no doubt that requir­ start Jan. 1, 1996. rate. There's a constitutional Ellsworth told the justices. phone company, and Ameritech Ameritech won't give up. ing an extra seven digits has The Supreme Court tries to issue." Under federal law, said Michigan, the local telephone "A customer in Southfield call­ taken a large bite out of compete decide cases within a year of Ameritech attorney Peter Ellsworth, there's a "linkage" system, are slugging it out in the ing Ann Arbor would have to tipn," added Peter Lark, another hearing oral arguments. Easy Ellsworth replied, "Competition *i>etween competitive markets for state Supreme Court over the dial an extra seven digits, in assistant attorney general. decisions come out in a few goes both ways." He complained long-distance and mid-distance middle-distance business. addition to the number" said Lark note*! that in recent weeks. Difficult ones like MCI that a federal law says .business, "but Ameritech never In telephone jargon, the prize David Voges, an assistant attor­ years Ameritech Michigan's flat take many months. Ameritech must provide mid-dis­ was granted relief to compete. is the "IntraLATA" market - ney general representing the rate went up 20 percent, from 15 Arthur LeVasseur, AT&T's tance dialing parity when it ts "In 1996 the U.S. Congress mid-distance calls to a neighbor­ state PSC in March 11 oral argu­ to IS cents per minute while attorney, added that the PSC allowed into the long-distance and.the Michigan Legislature ing town or county, though not ments before the high court. Ameritech Illinois' rate fell from ordered a 55 percent discount by market. So far that hasn't hap­ wrestled with the problem. long-distance. Ameritech has He referred to the 10-10-288 or 12 to 7 cents per minute. Ameritech "to the extent its pened. Congress linked IntraLATA par- tight grip on IntraLATA. 10-10-321 prefixes a caller must Under the PSC-ordered "dial­ orders weren't applied." He "The inability of Ameritech to The Michigan Public Service dial in order to have the mid-dis­ ing parity," a caller wouldn't added, "The Court of Appeals compete in InterLATA (long dis­ Please see PHONE, All S'craft to hold blood drive March 25

Every 20 seconds, someone in southeastern Michigan needs blood. Transfusions are life giving. not only for accident and emer­ gency victims, but for hospital patients, people with sickle cell anemia, cancer, heart disease, leukemia and other major ill­ nesses. You can help meet this need by donating blood Thursday, March 25, at Schoolcraft Col­ lege's Radcliff Center. The American Red Cross Blood mo­ bile will be stationed in the Community Koom from noon to $ p.m. To schedule an appoint­ ment, call (734) 462-4400. Ext. 6470 or 5050. Walk-in donors are welcome. , The Radcliff Center is located 1751 Radcliff. just south of Ford Road between Wayne and Mer- riman roads, in Garden City.

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BY TIM RICHARD Free shuttle bus service minutes. This service is parking at Laurel Manor, STAFF WRITER trichard@oe. homccomm.net LEGISLATIVE NEWS will be available to those available from noon to 5 will drive one mile to attending the Observer & p.m. on the day of the job Madonna University and Sen. Bill Bullard's new busi­ Added Rep; Ruth Ann Jam- "neighborhood zone." Eccentric/HomeTown News­ faii\ Job fair hours are 11 catch the free shuttle." ness tax break ran into a couple nick, D-Ypsilanti: "There is no SB 102 also provides: papers Job Fair on Wednes­ a.m. to 7 p.m. This free shuttle bus ser­ Of rough spots before landing provision for repayment to the To be eligible for the tax day, March 24, at Laurel "Due to the overwhelming vice is provided courtesy of this week on Gov. John Engler's taxing units if a corporate deci­ break, businesses must employ Manor in Livonia. success of our September the City of Livonia Commu­ desk for signing. sion is made to move to another at least 25 and be in the manu­ The 18-seat shuttle bus 1998 job fair, we realized nity Transit. For more infor­ Bullard, R-Milford and chair of community, county or state." facturing, mining, research and will run in a continuous loop that a shuttle bus service mation, contact Kurt Sono- the Senate Taxation Committee, Rep. Tom Kelly, D-Wayne, also development, wholesale or office from Madonna University, was needed in order to grow ras at the City of Livonia won 32-4 approval in the Senate voted no. They were the only operations. located on the corner of this event!" said Rick (734)466-2700. on Feb. 25 and 93-15 approval in three area House members to Ineligible would be retail Schoolcraft and Levan Ficorelli, director of market­ The Observer & Eccentric- the House March 9. dissent. stores, professional sports stadi­ Roads, to Laurel Manor, ing for the Observer & Newspapers publishes 15 '- His SB 102 would allow local In the Senate, the four dis­ ums or portions of a business located on Schoolcraft., just Eccentric Newspapers twice-weekly community units - cities, villages and town­ senters were all Republicans, used for retail trade. south of 1-96. Job fair atten­ papers in western Wayne ships - in an "eligible distressed including John J.H. Schwarz of "Personal property" includes dees who wish to catch the "We anticipate an even and Oakland counties. The area" to exempt all new personal Battle Creek. They made no on- machinery, equipment and shuttle bus will be able to larger attendance at the HomeTown Newspapers property of a business relocating the-record protests, however. All inventory. park for free at Madonna March job fair, and the shut­ publishes papers in there. Bullard said the goal is to area senators of both parties The Senate Fiscal Agency did­ University's southeast cor­ tle bus service should help Northville, South Lyon. encourage businesses to locate in voted yes. n't calculate potential tax losses, ner parking lot and board us realize that goal. We hope Brighton, Novi, Northville, older urban areas. but it noted that school districts the bus. The bus will make that those who come to the Mil ford and Livingston * "Another form of corporate Bullard's bill defines an "eligi­ would be "held harmless" - that a complete loop every 15 job fair and find limited County. welfare," said Rep. 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BY KEN ABHAMCZYK STAFF WRITER Newburgli ILft§c*» [email protected] You can get your fishing rod and reel ready for Newburgh Lake, but please, please, please don't eat the fish, Newburgh Lake will be open for catch-and-release fishing this year, but public fish consumption advi­ sories from the Michigan Depart­ ment of Community Health will remain in effect. Newburgh Lake, an impoundment of the Rouge River in the city of Livo­ nia and Plymouth Township, was officially dedicated in October after a 19-month, $10 million restoration project to remove contaminated sedi­ .J*v_-,\ ments, but Memorial Day will mark 1¾¾¾ the lake's actual reopening to the public for recreational activities. grow large enough this year to be were present in Newburgh Lake — "keepers." "If they do get to the legal polychlorinated biphenyls — bioaccu- Canoes and paddleboats will be size, we have these regulations and mulate in large fish, so if any PCBs available at Newburgh Pointe after m we will be patrolling it. Those regu­ were present, they would be evident -' «-.-*J Memorial Day. Residents can bring lations protect 'subregulated' fish." in species, such as largemouth bass. their own small boat to launch at the Contaminants are not expected to be lake's public site, but they will need Towns expects the fish to grow found in the fish, as 558,000 tons of a permit. Motor boats will not be quickly and could reach legal size sediment were removed from New­ allowed. next year. "There's no reason for (recreational anglers) not to enjoy it." burgh Lake over the past two years. "Fishing will be allowed, but of Wayne County commissioners are Approximately 250,000 tons were course, they will have to follow the expected to study a proposed list of contaminated with PCBs. (Department of Natural Resources) parks fees next week at a meeting of Two fish kills over the last two rules," said Hurley Coleman, director the commission's Committee on years removed about 30,000 pounds of Wayne County parks. "We're not Roads, Airports and Public Services, of fish, some contaminated with the doing anything different from the which will then return the fee sched­ PCBs. DNR rules. For sportfishing, we'd ule to the full commission for a vote, Newburgh was stocked last year always advise catch and release." possibly for the following week. with 50 gallons of fathead minnows, Fish advisories against consump­ The fees include a small-boating 10,000 bluegills, 4,000 largemouth tion will continue this year for the permit for $5; canoe rentals from bass, 3,000 catfish and 1,000 wall­ middle branch of the Rouge River, Newburgh to Nankin and Nankin to eye. None of these fish would grow to including the impoundment of New­ Merriman, $10 each, or Newburgh to a catchable legal size except for pos­ burgh Lake, below Phoenix Lake. Merriman, $15. sibly the bluegill. Gary Towns, district fisheries biol­ Coleman proposed $100 fees for Those same fish are expected to be ogist, said the DNR encourages the daily rental of picnic shelters restocked this year, along with 4,000 anglers to enjoy the lake, but they throughout the park system. northern pike, 300 crappie and 100 should, of course, follow state regula­ The canoe livery will be opened at pumpkinseed sunfish. In 2000, 3,000 •jv.*'*** tions outlined in fishing guides and the Nankin impoundment on Hines catfish and 2,000 northern pike will advisories distributed when they Drive just west of Ann Arbor Trail be restocked. purchase their fishing licenses. After and, for the first time, at Newburgh Coleman said county parks staff the DNR had received requests from Road. For the first time, canoeing have discussed having Newburgh people who wanted to fish at the lake will be permitted from Newburgh to *** Lake as a recreational activity since -<:. 4f/,-i' last fall, Towns met with county offi­ Ann Arbor Trail. 1989. ***£*' cials to discuss it. A public health advisory against "So much is being done on the Fux PHOTO BY BRYAN MITCHELL "(Anglers) knew they weren't going consumption will not be lifted by the Rouge, it's an exciting thing for the to be able to catch any fish, if any at Michigan Department of Community people to go out there with their fam­ Paddleboat party: Youngsters enjoy a paddleboat during the offi­ all, but they just wanted to wet a and Public Health until the fish are ilies. There's more recreational activ­ cial dedication of Newburgh Lake in October 1998. Paddleboats line and enjoy the park. There's no cleared of any possible contamina­ ities for them. will be available for rental at Newburgh Pointe after Memorial reason why they can't do that." tion. "Paddleboats and rowboats — Day, according to Wayne County Parks Director Hurley Coleman. Towns doubts that any fish would These contaminants that once that's great stuff."

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GIVE YOUR OLD CAR NEW LIFE! Prosecutor to examine airport bus leases BY KEN AJBRAMCZYK In a letter received Tuesday ing tax on the entire amount. "Until things are cleared up, I STAFF WHITER by Wayne County commissioners County commissioners think it would be unwise (to OK ... and [email protected] and addressed to Wayne County received the letter the same day the contract)," Beard said. help us Wayne County Prosecutor Corporation Counsel Edward they were to study a recommend­ Ward told the commissioners John O'Hair is reviewing the Ewell and Airport Director ed approval of APCOA to a they could approve the contract, help others! vehicle lease agreements of an David Katz, O'Hair said: "We three-year contract, but decided if they chose to do so, but it airport parking operator after an have not yet reached any conclu­ to pass the contract for the day, would not affect the prosecutori­ auditor general's report indicat­ sion with respect to intentional which means it is expected to be al review. "Whether or not you ed that Wayne County may be wrongdoing." discussed again at the next com- do will not prejudice our review overpaying an airport parking Said George Ward, chief assis­ mittee-of-the-whole meeting of the past reimbursement," operator $400,000 for the lease tant prosecutor: "We're still get­ March 30. Commissioners also Ward said. of 37 shuttle buses. ting information. We've been are meeting today for a regularly Katz agreed that the commis­ Please donate your motorized vehicle The prosecutor's office stopped focusing on whether the pay­ scheduled*business meeting. sion should wait before acting on directly to the Society ol ST. VINCENT ments and reimbursements were the contract. "Let the prosecutor DEPAUL We help 1,000's of people short of calling it a criminal The contract calls for APCOA through job placement, food depots and investigation, referring to it as a unreasonable." Ward expected to operate and manage the pub­ complete his review before you children^ camps. We are one of the only review to check whether the the prosecutor's review would be lic parking facility's 11,810 park­ acb on it," Katz said. "Whatever charitable organizations that seek lease reimbursements were completed in two weekB, at ing spaces at Metro. Wayne makes the board comfortable." automobiles to support their own "unreasonable." which time the county would County would pay to APCOA- Katz said in a recent interview programs. This allows more decide whether to attempt to Williford Parking an amount the APCOA contract was the low proceeds to go to the needy. Auditor General Brendan Dunleavy released a report in recover any reimbursement. equal to 0.23297 percent of the bidder, less than one-half the December, which disclosed that Dunleavy's report also found total gross revenues. APCOA- cost of the other bidders. 1 • Ponation Is Tax Deductible! &££&)*sS*i£ SoCietV lease agreements with the Cleve­ that $1.4 million in parking Williford Parking is a joint ven­ Commissioner Lyn Bankes, R- , f Any Condition AcccpMM ^¾^ ^ ? ' land-based APCOA cost an aver­ taxes were underreported, but ture between APCOA of Cleve­ Livonia, said she wanted a copy Free Towing" ~JM OI age of $28,000 per vehicle. Dun­ O'Hair's office was not reviewing land and Williford Enterprises of of the previous contract to com­ leavy and his staff found that that audit problem, Ward said. Detroit. pare it to the new one before she "_ St. Vincent DePaul airport could have leased the "The state Treasurer's got acted on it. Dunleavy listed some majority of these vehicles for an jurisdiction on that," Ward said. Commission to act recommended changes to the , „^mmm 1-(313)972-3100 average of about $17,000 per Wayne County was waiting for Vice Chair Kay Beard, D- contract, which he forwarded to 1-(800) 309-AUTO vehicle. an interpretation of state statute Westland, wanted to wait to dis­ the commission. (2886) "At this rate, the airport could on what percentage of the park­ cuss APCOA's contract until the Katz said APCOA has acted in be paying as much as $400,000 ing tax should be levied. prosecutor's office completed its good faith during the last con­ too much to lease the 37 vehi­ . APCOA deducted labor costs investigation. tract and bid process. He said his cles," Dunleavy said. from the valet parking receipts "The report on APCOA's con­ department has answered ques­ before calculating the parking tract was one of the most shocks tions from Ward and others from Auditor's report tax. Dunleavy calculated that ing things I've ever read," Beard the prosecutor's office. Ward also Dunleavy sent his report to that amount was less than 25 said. "Things were egregious." said Katz was cooperative. the prosecutor's office in accor­ percent of the total charge of the Beard said she was "disap­ "If we feel we are owed some dance with the county ethics parking tax. Airport officials say pointed" she didn't hear from money, we will get a refund," ordinance. APCOA now computes the park­ Katz or Ewell about the letter. Katz said. Great Lakes water analysis available free from state

Extra copies of the Depart­ demand for the report "Great trends such as polychlorinated exotic species. ment of Environmental Quality's Lakes Trends: A Dynamic biphenyl levels in coho salmon To order a copy, call (517) 335- Great Lakes trends analysis Ecosystem*" and herring gull eggs; annual 4056 or send requests by fax to have been printed and are avail­ The analysis, originally print­ phosphorous loadings from the (517) 335-4053. e-mail to bred- able free of charge. ed in January 1998, focuses on Detroit River; lead and mercury [email protected] or write the The DEQ's Office of the Great the chemical, physical and bio­ in Lake Michigan sediments; Office of the Great Lakes, P.O. ivonta Lakes has reprinted 2.000 copies logical aspects of the Great atmospheric deposition; land-use Box 30473, Lansing, MI 48909- to meet the anticipated high Lakes ecosystem. It reviews changes and the introduction of 7973. Jcin Kam Harris, our quest stcruieller

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BY TIM RICHARD have to vote to put it on the Milford, Thaddeus McCotter of One Senate seat is vacant. Afterward, Rogers, as majority to cast a tie-breaking vote, the STAFF WRITER November 2000 ballot as a con­ Livonia, Mike Rogers of The vote came March 9 after floor leader, moved for reconsid­ Senate could deadlock 19-19, [email protected] stitutional amendment for voters Brighton, John Schwarz of Bat­ senators rejected, by voice vote, eration, leaving the plan still on Sikkema said. Senate Democrats balked, to approve. tle Creek. an amendment by Alma Smith, the Senate calendar. Only once under the current defeating a plan to fill any Senate Joint Resolution G, as NO - Democrats Dianne D-Salem, to require concurrence constitution - in 1969-70 - has vacancy in the office of lieu­ it's known, would allow the gov­ Byrum of Onondaga, John Cher­ by both the House and Senate. But the 1961 Constitutional there been no lieutenant gover­ tenant governor. ernor to appoint a lieutenant ry of Clio, George Hart of Dear­ Republicans rejected it, argu­ Convention intentionally didn't nor. Gov. George Romney The plan required a two-thirds governor with the concurrence of born, Gary Peters of Bloomfield ing that only Senate concurrence provide for filling a vacancy for resigned to take a post in the vote of the Senate, or 25 of the the Senate. Township and Alma Wheeler is needed for most appointments. lieutenant governor, according to Nixon cabinet. Lt. Gov. William 37 sitting members. It died when Here is how area senators Smith of Salem. And the governor is allowed to SJR G's sponsor, Sen. Ken G. Milliken moved up to gover­ just 20 Republicans voted yes, voted: ABSENT - Mat Dunaskiss, R- fill vacancies for secretary of Sikkema, R-Grandville. nor. The lieutenant governor and 14 Democrats said no. YES - Republicans Loren Ben­ Lake Orion, along with one other state and attorney general with post went vacant until voters Both House and Senate would nett of Canton, Bill Bullard Jr. of Republican and one Democrat. no legislative concurrence at all. Without a lieutenant governor elected James Brickley in 1970.

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CLUSTER HEADACHE County parks to host marshmallow drop RESEARCH More than 20,000 marshmal- Children can turn in the "This is an exciting event for ber of warm weather events The Michigan HeacMPain & Neurological lows will be dropped April 2 from marshmallows for prize-filled children of all ages," said Wayne planned by Wayne County Parks a helicopter to the delight of eggs at the drop at 11 a.m. at County Executive Edward for 1999. Institute is conducting a research study evaluating hundreds of awaiting children, Nankin Mills in Westland. Chil­ McNamara. "What a great way Nankin Mills is located on a potential treatment for cluster headache. who will scramble to collect dren will collect the marshmal­ to start out the spring with a Hines Drive just east of Ann Participants must be at least 18 years old and suffer these goodies during the county's lows in different age groups. wonderful outdoor activity." Arbor Trail in Westland. For 14th Annual Great Marshmal­ If the weather does not cooper­ The Great Marshmallow Drop additional information on this or 1-4 headaches per day in current cycle. Study low Drop, which also falls on ate, the event will be resched­ is co-sponsored by WNIC-FM any other Wayne County parks related medical care and compensation are April 2. uled for Saturday, April 3. and is the first of a record num­ event, call (734) 261-1990. provided. MICHIGAN HEAD*PAIN & NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE Schoolcraft will offer basic boating class 3120 Professional Drive, Ann Arbor, MI For more information, contact our Research Division (734) 677-6000 www.mhnLcom Schoolcraft College offers a and pass such a class to operate operation: for a $32 fee. Accredited by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations class, Michigan Boating Basics a boat or a PWC such as a Jet All boating safety course stu­ For more information on fees Accredited by Commission on Accreditation ojRehabilitation Facilities and Responsible Boating, that is Ski legally. dents must btvat least 12 years and schedules, call (734) 462- an approved boating safety The class offers a review of old and will receive state certifi­ 4448. course necessary to operate safe, legal and responsible boat­ cation to legally operate a boat legally a personal water craft. ing operation in the state, or PWC upon successfully com­ Schoolcraft College is at New laws effective in 1999 including equipment require­ pleting the class. 18600 Haggerty, between Six ! require that all persons born ments, preparation for trailer- The two-week class begins at Mile and Seven Mile roads, just FURNITURE SALE after Dec. 31, 1978, must attend ing, navigational rules and safe 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 20, west of 1-275 in Livonia. Tremendous Opportunity Employers sought for collegiate job fair Hundreds of sets of complete office furniture at an i Michigan employers are invit­ moted by more than 70 other The employer registration fee mitted as soon as possible. For affordable pike! A perfect opportunity ed to take part in the 23rd four-year and two-year institu­ is $325. Included in that cost is more information, call Nannette to enhance the look of your office Our e.xtensiw ranjc , Michigan Collegiate Job Fair 9 tions. ESD, the Engineering floor space, table and chair.s. a McCleary of Wayne State at Steelcase furniture inJuJes a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, March 26, Society, is a supporting sponsor. company sign, parking, lunch (313) 577-9947 or Renee Elliott desks with backboards and at Burton Manor, 27777 School­ The fair is expected to draw and refreshments for up to four at (734) 487-4395 for informa­ shelve) file ^abinets. conference \ craft in Livonia. 1,000 to 1,200 seniors and recruiters per firm. tion or contact local university tables The fair is co-sponsored by recent alumni from colleges and or college placement offices or Iwkcases. a and much ilpfp Wayne State and Eastern universities throughout Michi­ Registration is first-come, visit the Internet: www. sa. mere Michigan universities and pro­ gan and surrounding states first served and should be sub­ wayne.edu • BUSINESS OFFICES • EXECUTIVE OFFICES • TEAM WORKSPACE • PROFESSIONAL HOME OFFICE UP TO % OFF 1 80 NEW PRICE Call VVENViRON Vs Today! I*o00m it'•>• • • ;11< • •. i i ••( •• " •> 111111 1*800* 225-9999 36639 Northline Rd. • Romulus, Ml 225*9999 AJJ!™3^ Home Equity Melt Down 99

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CUSS REUNIONS

As space permits, the Observer Class of 1950 Farms and brunch Sept. 19 at NORTH FARMINGTON ber; all former RU students wel­ Romulus. & Eccentric Newspapers print, A reunion is being planned. the Bayview Yacht Club. Class of 1969 come. (248) 360-7004, press *7 without charge, announcements (313) 421-3150 or (734) 525-2503 (313) 885-2197 Oct. 2 at the Double Tree Suites (734)427-1327 of class reunions. Send the TAYLO* TRUMAN DETROIT DEMBY GROSSE POINTE SOUTH in Southfield. Class of 1989 information to Reunions, Observ­ Class of 1989 Class of 1969 Class of 1979 (248) 360-7004, press U2 Is planning a reunion. er & Eccentric Newspapers, Nov. 6 at the Holiday Inn Her­ Nov. 26 at the Mirage in Clinton Aug. 21 at the Grosse Pointe Class of 1979 (313) 532-9414 or reumon89® itage Center in Southgate. 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia Township. Nov. 26 at the Dearborn Inn in juno. com 48150. Please include the date Hunt Club in Grosse Pointe (734) 46T'76$4 or (734) 676-890$. (313) 937-5032, (810) 263-9180 Wood 8. Dearborn. ROCHESTER Class of 1979 of the reunion and the first and or (810) 7741784 (248) 737-4419 last name of at least one con­ (800) 677-7800 or by email at Class of 1964 Nov. 1.3 at the Holiday Inn Her-; tact person, and a telephone DETROIT PERtHUM reunions@ taylorpub. com. NORTHVILLE Aug. 21 at the Elks Club. Cost is itage Center in Southgate. ; number, Classes of.1949-53 ' HAZEL PARK Class of 1979 §35 per person. (734) 397-8766 or www. reunion; Are planning a reunion. Glass of 1974 July 10 at the Italian America (248) 852-6784 works, com ALL SAINTS (734) 471-5609 or P.O. Box 530- A reunion is planned for Nov. 27. Club in Livonia. Class of 1950 ROCHESTER ADAMS TRENTON 244, Livonia 48153 0244 (800)-677-7800 or by e-mail at (800) 677-7800 or by e-mail at Is planning a "Millennium Class of 1989 Class of 1989 Glass of 1974 reunions® taylorpub. com. reunions®' taylorpub. cum. Reunion" for November 2000. June 5 at the River Crest in Aug. 28 at Arnaldo's Banquet js planning a reunion. Classes of Class of 1974 (248) 437-9735 HENRY FORD TRADE Rochester Hills. Cost is $50 per Center in Riverview. 1973, '75 and '76 welcome. Class of 1949 Is planning a reunion. person. (248) 360-7004, press #6 ANN ARBOR HURON '(248) 799-2975 or by fax at (248) A reuniorj is planned for June. (800 677-7800 or reunions® tay­ (248) 393-1151, (248) 969-8313, Nov. 26 at the Holiday Inn- UTKA 350-8476 (313) 56^2392 or (734) 261-8546 lorpub. corn (248) 852-8744 or (248) 952-0444 North Campus in Ann Arbor. Class of 1989 DETROIT REDF0RD HIGHLAND PARK NOVI Class of 1979 Aug. 20 at Adiamo's in Warren. (734) 397-8766 or www reunion Aug. 7 at the Somerset Inn in Class of 1949 Class of 1969 Class of 1979 (800) 677-7800 or reunions® tay­ works, com Troy. Nfay 15 at Plum Hollow Country Is planning a reunion. Sept. 11 at the Holiday Inn in lorpub. com ANN ARBOR PIONEER Club. (248) 366-9493, press #6 (313) 864-5943, (313) 583-5418 Livonia. WALLED LAKE CENTRAL Class of 1989 (248) 476-4957 or (248) 644 7540 or (313) 867-3201 (248) 360-7004. press UI ROYAL OAK KiMBAU. Oct. 23 at the Crowne Plaza in Class of 1979 Class of 1949 January-June classes of 1950-51 PLYMOUTH Class of 1989 Ann Arbor. A reunion is planned for July 24. A reunion is planned for May 15. Are planning a reunion. Class of 1969 Nov. 26 at the Fox and Hound in (800 677-7800 or reunions® toy- (248) 363-8211 or (248) 366-3337 (248) 476-4957 or (248) 644-7540 Send name, address and tele­ Aug. 6-8 at the Novi Hilton Troy. lor pub. com Class of 1969 JANUARY CUSS Of 1969 phone number to Fred Kashauty. Hotel in Novi. (248) 366-7004, press U8 Aug. 21 at the Wyndam Gardens BIRMINGHAM GROVES A reunion is planned for July 17. 21528 Raymond, St. Clair (248) 446-1028 or Karlancast® ST. ALPHONSUS Hotel in Novi. Class of 1969 (248) 624-8551 or (248) 6440553 Shores 48082 or call (810) 294- aol. com, or (734) 420-3811 or Class of 1954 (248) 360-7004, press #5 July 17 at the Birmingham Com­ DETROIT SOUTHEASTERN 7512 or (313) 881-2023 PHSl969®aol. com Sept. 18 at Toppers in Dear­ munity House. WAUED LAKE WESTERN Class of 1959 JOHN QLENN Class of 1964 born. Class of 1979 (800) 677-7800 or by e-mail at A reunion is planned for Sept. Class of 1979 A reunion is planned for June Sybdla Roy, 29839 Greenland. reunions® taylorpub. com. Aug. 14 at DoubleTree Guest 25. Oct. 2 at the Wayne Ford Civic 25-27. Livonia 48154 Suites in Southfield. BISHOP BOROESS (313) 884-1243 League in Westland. (248) 486-7917 or (734i 99-1-3438 ST. HEDWIQ (248) 366-9493, press #/ Class of 1989 Class of 1959 (734) 595-7892 or (734) 722-7214 PLYMOUTH CANTON Class of 1954 WATERF0RD A reunion is planned for August. A reunion is planned for Sept. Class of 1989 Class of 1979 Oct. 1 at St. Mary's Cultural Class of 1979 (313) 271-3050, Ext. 189 (days), 25. Oct. 9 at Roma's of Garden City. Aug. 7 at the Holiday Inn-West Center in Livonia. Is planning a reunion. (248) 552-8020 (days), or (248) (313) 884-1243 or (810) 791-2171 (248) 366-9493, press #2 in Livonia. (313) 278-8890 (248) 674-3946 723-1907 DETROIT WESTERN (734) 397-8766 or www. reunion- UVONIA BENTLEY ST. UDISLAUS WAYNE BROTHER RICE/MARIAN Class of 1949 works, com Class of 1964 Classes of 1978-79 Class of 1950 Class of 1979 A 12:30 p.m. reunion luncheon July 24 at the Holiday Inn- Lau­ PLYMOUTH SALEM Are planning a reunion. Is looking for classmates for its Nov. 26 at the Birmingham will be held Oct. 3 at the Dear­ rel Park in Livonia. Class of 1979 (261) 370-8537 or (248) 543-8664 50th class reunion. Country Club. born Inn in Dearborn. (734) 416-5993 or Tink® Aug. 14 at the Holiday Inn-Lau­ ST. MARY'S OF REDFORD (734) 428-9379 or (734) 721-8036 (248) 647-2155 or (248) 542-6051 (313)274-3214 mediaone. net rel Park in Livonia. Class of 1979 WAYNE MEMORIAL CHERRY HILL FARMIN0TON (800) 677-7800 or by e-mail at UVONIA FRANKLIN Sept. 11 at the Novi Hilton Hotel Class of 1983 Class of 1983 Class of 1989 Class of 1979 reunions® taylorpub. com. in Novi. Nov. 26 at the Best Western Sept. 26 at Roma's of Garden Reunion and alumni family pic­ Aug. 7 at the DoubleTree Suites PONTIAC (734) 4320774 or (734) 254-9616 City. nic is planned for August. Hotel in Farmington. in Southfield. January. June and Summer (248) 360-7004, press »4 S0UTH0ATE SCHAFER (248) 360-7004, press #i (734) 729-6783 (248) 366-9493, press US classes of 1949 Class of 1974 FARMINGTON HILLS HARRISON Oct. 9 at King's Court Castle YPSILANT1 DEARBORN FORDSON MADISON Is planning a reunion. Class of 1989 Class of 1989 Class of 1978 Restaurant at Canterbury Vil­ Class of 1974 (734) 676-7330 or (734) 676-5542 Oct. 2 at Weber's Inn in Ann Aug. 14 at Hawthorne Valley Nov. 27 at the Best Western A reunion is planned for April lage in Orion. Hotel in Farmington Hills. (248) 391-4389 or (248) 625-0795 TAYLOR CENTER Arbor. Country Club in Westland. 24. Class of 1979 (248) 360-7004, press #3 (248) 366-9493, press #8 /7.54) 397-8766 or www. reunion- (810) 795-0266 or (248) 548-6044 REDF0RD THURSTON works, com Nov. 27 at the Marriott Hotel in DETROIT CASS TECH MERCY Class of 1969 Class of 1969 GARDEN CITY WEST Class of 1949 May 1 at St. Michael's Church m Sept. 25 at the Atheneum Hotel Class of 1968 noon-4:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Redford. with a pre-reunion get- CITY OF WESTLAND in Detroit. Cost is $75 per per­ A reunion is planned for Septem­ Marriott Inn in Livonia together on April 30 at Wools' COMBINED NOTICE son. ber. (248) 349-8589. Bully's in Northville. (517)522-4893, (734)213-4350 < 734) 453-0157. '734) 261-4S27 NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT (313)884-5452 Class of 1950 ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND NOTICE TO PUBLIC or (248) 486-5170 Is planning a reunion for 2000. or in 17) 548-3535 DETROIT CENTRAL Class of 1979 OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS January-June classes of 1944 (248)851-7620 REDFORD UNION Oct. 9 at the Holiday Inn-West Cuv of Westland Department of Community Development. 32715 Dorsey May 23 at the Hotel Baronette in Class of 1989 Class of 1979 in Livonia. h\.ad, WV-Mlaiid. MI 4S1S6. Telephone Number 595-0288. TO ALL Novi. Nov, 27 at Baker's of Milford Aug 28 at the Novi Hilton Hotel INTERESTED AGENCIES. GROUPS AND PERSONS: On or about ApriJ 2, (734) 397-8766 or www. reunion- (313) 621-8350 in Novi. Marcia Pollock, 29393 Laurel works, com IMS. the above-named City will request the State of Michigan via the Woods Drive, No. 201, Southfield Class of 1979 (313) 592-8537 or ( 734) 4160807 Michigan State Housing Authority (MSHDAi to release Federal funds 48034 GROSSE POINTE Nov. 27 at the Novi Hilton Hotel Class of 1949 under Title !I Uhe HOME Investment Partnership Act) of the National Class of 1949 January-June classes of 1949 in Novi. Is planning a reunion for Affordable Housing Act of 1990 for the following project: Welcoming party Sept. 17 at the (248) 344-8767 September. FUNDS Sept. 4 at the Hyatt Regency 1 PROJECT LOXAUQK PURPOSE Hotel in Dearborn. Grosse Pointe Hunt Club in Class of 1994 r.illii 937-9329 or '734) 427-42()8 (248) 661 0269 or (248i 545-7496 Grosse Pointe Woods, sit-down A reunion is being planned. or <248i 349-1331 HOME Rental Census Tract The City of Westland S166.500 dinner Sept. 18 at the Detroit (248i 476-3270 Class of 1964 R.-h.ib r)(>85 ' Nonvayne i HOME Rental DETROIT COOLEY Country Club in Grosse Pointe A reunion is planned tor ()ao- Pribram the area bounded Rehabilitation by Memman. Program is designed 199S Housing Palmer. Glenwood to bring substandard !!<•-..urce Fund und Wild wood rental buildings (10- **K*>K«*^v»>>ra^KC^ HOME Oram Roads, and. 15 per year) up to •Census Tract code and to .)6M, Car\er encourage other AMERICAN FAMILY DINER Subdivision, the general area bounded by improvements to 501 S.Wayne Road • Westland 1/2MLN.ofYMCA Annapolis. substandard rental Inkster. Van Born, properties affordable 734-641-2559 and Middlebeh to low-income Sample Roads Daily Lunch S/XK /J/S BIG BREAKFAST =: families Homemade Breatisiicks Only M.95 | 'J It h.i- b< , !i determined thai such request for release of funds will not our constitute an action significantly affecting the quality of the human $ 2 Extra Large Eggs I enwruntiu-nt and. accordingly, the City of Westland has decided not to I Dinner For 2 Under 10.00 ( k< in. i' nt prepare an Environmental Impact Statement under the National | 3 Slices of Bacon . | Environmental Policy Act of 1969 • Pl^91-l£K)i The reasons or such decision r Liver & Onions • Swee! C\ Soar Chit ken Br i Sausage or Ham • r.ot -i [ reiiar, MUK a Statement are as follows Taste 1 ! At •' ' 1 .. . ,, 1 I 0 •,; Home trieFriess ii | • Baked Meat loaf \ ;!l !th A S!r.'j.'r:ny. an'nlvi-y rehabilitation only No new construction will be (MOJO* • >>^' ^ ^'^- 11 Pancakes • Toast X |elh I iltted ^-.-- ' • -,-. il! not increase by more than !20rv section • Spinach Pie nly 9 * Baked Most.n oil; 1| .. AMERICAN FAMILY 0IN£R I T \ Program does not involve changes in land use from residential to I • Fish & ('hips, • \ lomemadc 1 .IVH;H.I 11 nonresidential or trom one class of residential to another K.uh proposed project's estimated cost of rehabilitation is less than 75fv for 2 • Hreadeii Pork lenderirvn I I) I • RreadedVoal Cut 7-- •a'"hi tola! i-stimati-d cost of replacement after rehabilitation v w Sundays • Hall Boneless Chieken Rreast^ • Bonele*,>. fWkt hui> r ! bi~ pionct has ciiiiiinuing relevance The Environmental Review ' t r above-mentioned pro|t\-t area was prepared in pnor program • Served wiih:-Soup. Salad, Choice of Potato. Vegetable ,\ Hoipemade Breads* » • Veil' t i the HOME Rental Rehabilitation Program I WITH ( (HT()\ • NOT V-UID With OT fit K HlS( (H-Ms • I MY;, . -' o e< 1^ •\:i 1 nv.i ininental Review Record respecting the project hap boen made I B| AMERICAN FAMILY DINER ji'^ !•• tl.i i iv it Wetland which divument* the environmental review of the- •Mi MM MM MM Ml rM MM MM MM MM! MM MM MM MM Ml MM OTM MM MM MM IMM pr..>r, t and more fully sets forth the reasons why on environmental impact WiW?WiSV^^V^WiV/WrtVrtV?sV4'4^Vi ftsrawK&^a^sa&s^ -' ili in. nt i- no! required Thi-, Environmental Review Re-cord is on file at "be ,1-., addre-s and is available for public examination and copying. ;; r: !>•.( t at the Office of Community Development Programs. Dorsey CITY OF WESTLAND ( ommuTutv (enter 5271". Dorsey Road. Westland. Ml between the hour* of CITY OF WESTLAND " i'!' i'ii 'ion pm Mondav through Friday No further environmental NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING rev ii« of -aii-h proii-ct is proposed t«i be conducted, pnor to the request for A petition has been presented to the Planning Commission of the City of NOTICE OF PUBLIC HKAK1NC I. jera! fund- All interested agencies, groups and persons disagreeing with Westland, Wayne County. Michigan, which affects properly at the following •>,;< ,ie, ...i.in are invited to submit written comments for consideration by A petition has l>cen presented to the Piu::!,i:..- Con,.! --: •• ' '': • ' :t> ' location the i u\ of WestUud to the Office- of the undersigned West land. Wuynr Count v. Michigan #1957B. Proposed Rearming from C.N-4 nnd R-5 (Vehicle Service nnd Case "1HS7.I. Site Approval f..r Phi-. 11 IVv, -|, -pniei,- ..• I'.,:,,; =:."»o Suib -written comment.- should he received at -V2715 Dorsey Road, by April Single Family Residential) to CB-1 (Low Intensity Commercial 1 19*iv All such comments so receives! will be considered and the City will Business). Parcel #043-020287000, 0288. 0288. -0200. -0278, -0279 000:1-701. NF. Corner of 'Mulligan A\ i-nuc imi Merriruan Ko.nl -WJi. Rodger 1. Barton'Charles I Holcnmh n-a request the release of Frderal funds or lake administrative action on nnd 0289, NK Corner of Wayne Rond nnd Cherry' Hill, 8W-16, Senn P. the '.v lirun project prior to the dale specified in the preceding sentence Knvnnngh. Case »U1..7D. Site I'lan Approval tot I'r.p ,-r,l Uaii-'i. >•: - Piui' "-;••!'• -.» :th Present Zoning I'll I nnd K-.S i Vehicle Service nnd Single Family Drive-Through Pharmacy Pan.!- *i>l'io.; n-.'-. no-1 ii>- iv..>, i n.\> Th. Citv of Wotihtnd iyill undertake the piMjecl described above with Residential» 0279.-()^(1. 1)27«. and iv>'." ,' NK <'..viiei .a Wavue Ko ;h Hoi:-ing and t'j-h.-ui Development tHl'D and the Michigan State Housing 1>. clopmeiit Authority MSHDAi. under Title 11 of the National Affordnhle- i comet *«t foi Case «20000. Site Plan Appi-^.d f.a Pi-.-j- 1 M, iL-i: ,U - K. --t.o;- .cit i !'; ' •—*r~~is— HoiiKing -Vt The City of Westland is certifying to HUD and the State of Hnve Thru. Parcel *(HV.\ iVJ OIH'I] imn N .::1-..1-,- ,-,01,-T ,M\\.IUH K,-:i-ij::.l Michigan that the Cit\ of Westland and Mayor Robert .1 Thomas, in hia Palmer K.>ati. SW" I Ronald ,1 Nri-o>. otViii.il I'np.iritx as Mavoi. consnil to accept the junsdielion of the Federal CilSf- *2l)07A. Site Appvov a I tor Pr, ,p,.-. -I \ |v an. .- \-i'-- l':iih ll,'!;i:' M--H- cuvi* il in ait ion is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to Ifil'i Memmaii, I Jits Cl] \- •;.' I.h-d ( -niin.Mr. it \ Fit;;. t-- envii onmental review derision making, and action, and that these SnUlivision. KHSI Sule nf Mrrnman N, >i 11; - 4 Palnr. r s\V >.! Ni.k \-ti,.u i -loroilnlilii-s have lx-en satisfied The legal effect of the certification is Case «2(H)S. Prop..-;.^1 \'a.ati,.o an,I AFaiidoiinienl .-) thi Wo--!.:'-, 1 U>" • thai upon its approval, the City of Westland may use the l(OMF. Rentnl the Cuiru-r Avenue Knjhi .4 W ,n r..i 1.--- WV-t. r!\ i!)I ,4 ih. 11.OVA.! Hi habihtatioTi funds and ihe Stale of Michigan will have satisfied its f Avenue Kipht -r Win Fa^t ,4 M MI.JU -1H -it \ .-1 '\,:F-::, --W '.<. M,,.,: M -|HM,-.IIH1II II v under the- National Environmental Policy Act of 19G9 The Roherl ,1 Thomas •Mate ! \lulii(;:in will accept an objection to its approval of the release of land* and i,,.ptanri of ihe certification onh if it is on one of the following Case 02IW1SA. I'n.jvwe-l Spin !-•- :M •' ' '•- ' ::--: N.Mio-- • V ba-e- .t rhat the eer11fication was not in fact executed by the chief i F.a-t of Motdlelx-li, N'ottl, ,,1 \.o: it -u- - -W • M,. ., !i- i, it.I P-„ ,;:..,- . \e. ut .V . toet HI othej offtcei of applicant approved by the State of NOTICK IS HF.RFHY (,I\KN that ., pot-T. '.. o:-L>- ,,; -1:, l ,iv 4 W.-il.uoi M li liliMIl h ihiil applicant's Environmental Review Record for thia Plilminij' Commission will F< In-!,! n. tin ' 4'- H.iH oil-i,, ( ,:,', Ko.i.1 P iiihcale- ouu-««inn of a required decision, finding, or step applicable .., CHERRY H|LLROAD__ W'e.-tl.ind. Muln^an .at "' M< p :i: lo--l.:\ \r:-», *.""•> P l in the environmental review process Objections must be I I Wntli'ii iiiiiiiiinil- ni.n !>i -f-10 !. • ',:, W, -: a, .1 l'i ,i • -.. ! I, ;• i" • -, - • it t.d ui accordance- with the reqinrcel procedures (24 r.'Ud.", M.u-.pi.-tt.- \u-li:,i -W.-r.ar,,! \t 'i,--|- I-'- l.'f and ni.iv hi addies-crd to Michigan State Housing and NolH'r IS HEREBY GIVEN that a puhlu hem iii£ of t he t'itv of WYvt land Vnihonlv at I'D !Ui\ .tiHM-1. I.anting Michigan 4RM9 Planning i IIIIIIIH«MIIII -AIII In held m the Cily Hull. dfilini Kurd Road (;i .(-.1 !-: ; , id >\\ i a L-. , i . . l.'i "'I'MO of funds on basis other than those stated above Weill.ii-,.| Mohican .it .' .tn |i ni .>n 1'uesiliiv April (V Ui'lfl \\, -!...:-,.1 r ,:,1.-- , : .-.-: • - i.e.-ii1f-re,1 hv MSHD.\ Nn nh|en-ider.-.| be MSHDA WKSVI..WI) PLANNING COMMISSION MWnl! ROBERT.) THOMAS * Citv of Westlniid If.tVil Ford Road llestlanft ©bseruer OPINION A14(W) 36251 SCHOOLCRAFT, LIVONIA, MICHIGAN 48150 THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999 Fund-raiser ARKIE HUDKINS Foundation plans annual ball

local community organization that sup­ event and raised more than $27,000 to help ports Westland will hold one of its the Wayne-Westland Salvation Army. Abiggest fund-raisers next week - and it • Donated $12,000 in scholarships to 14 could use your support. Westland students. The Westland Community Foundation's • Sponsored two Westland students to third annual spring ball will feature Irish attend the Blue Lake Music Camp. entertainment, including Celtic Pipes and • Gave $5,000 to the Wayne-Westland Drums, Finvarra's Wren with Irish Dancers YMCA summer camp program. and dance music by Marty Viers and the • Donated $15,000 to the Salvation Army Music Doctors. for summer camp programs. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, • Donated $5,000 to John Glenn High March 26, at the Hellenic Cultural Center, School's instrumental music program for band 36375 Joy, Westland. uniform replacement. A cocktails and hors d'oeuvres receptic i • Gave $5,000 to Taylor Towers senior citi­ will kick off the event, with dinner and raffle zen housing for a computer lab. drawings beginning at 7:30 p.m.; Celtic Pipes • Donated $6,000 to an Oakwood Health and Drums at 8:45-9 p.m.; Finvarra's Wren Center based at Lincoln Elementary School. with Irish Dancers at 9-10 p.m.; and dance The clinic also serves Jefferson-Barns Elemen­ music by Marty Viers and the Music Doctors tary. at 10 p.m. to midnight. • Donated $500 to Jefferson-Barns for a LETTERS Dinner/dance tickets are $100 a person, school playground renovation project. which includes a raffle ticket for prizes valued Three patriots ; depredation by humans and domestic pets. • Co-sponsored a children's summer con­ Workers and mechanical equipment during from $50 to $3,000. cert series at the Westland public library and Call (734) 585-7727 for reservations. onica Lewinsky's recent tearful condem­ construction can intrude and further damage sponsored an adult coffee house concert series. nation of the evil Ken Starr and his band The foundation sponsors a spring ball M the forest. It has already suffered a tremen­ • Sponsored a holiday event. of heartless prosecutors was somewhat of a annually to raise money for projects and chari­ dous edge assault. Protection of Sassafras As the Westland Community Foundation hoot. Trails must begin promptly. ties. The foundation also has a history of sup­ works to help local people and projects, it Monica reminds me of one of those teenage porting community projects. The forest will continue to suffer from needs support from others to continue its suc­ shoplifters who start crying after they get water and nutrient depletion incurred by the For example, in 1998 the Westland Com­ cesses. Here's a chance to help the foundation caught. Why is it that young people who enjoy sale of portions of Sassafras Trails to the munity Foundation: continue its work and an opportunity to have high-risk activity wait until the police show . developer by the school district. The school • Hosted its fourth Christmas in July a fun "Irish" evening out. up to become tearful? Bad police? Bad Ken board has not yet addressed this problem. Starr? You decide. As I stated to the school board, any inter­ Contrary to the cynical sneers of the media' ested member of the community may find all pundits, the only people acting like rational of my documented information in the West- adults through this whole affair have been land library and the Wayne library. Welfare drug bills fall short Ken Starr, Linda Tripp and LuciAnn Gold­ Charles W. Johnson berg. I urge you to actually listen to their Wayne o get a handle on this welfare drug test Despite his reputed fiscal conservatism, words and observe their actions. They may Tquestion, ask yourself: What percentage of Gov. John Engler, who is making his second have saved this country from disaster. drug users would you have to find to justify request for the welfare drug tests, isn't afraid Contrary to Monica's shallow opinion, Clin­ Many qualified workers invading everyone's bloodstream or urine sam­ to spend money. Remember when he ended ton is not just "a guy" or a "good kisser" to be ple? "general assistance"? He didn't just put the laughed about in Georgetown singles bars by read Philip Power's column, "GOP leads way That's the constitutional heart of the debate money into other programs. He used it to Monica and her girlfriends. The president is I in job training," in the Observer and feel over requiring all welfare recipients to be test­ match welfare federal grants and signed the the most powerful leader in the world. Billions compelled to reply to some of his remarks. ed. Here's what the Michigan Constitution biggest welfare bill in Michigan's history. of lives are relying on him to be both compe­ First of all, I was impressed by his opinions. However, I must challenge the statement: says: But back to our original question: What tent and uncompromised. "The current shortage of qualified workers is "The person, houses, papers and possessions percentage would have to test positive for Clinton's Oval Office escapades were bor­ already viewed by business folks as Michi­ of every person shall be secure from unreason­ drugs to justify testing everyone? FIA esti­ derline treason because they exposed him to gan's biggest economic problem. Employers able searches and seizures. No warrant to mates 15 percent will test positive. Elsewhere, being blackmailed or compromised by nefari­ can't find qualified, skilled workers." search any place or to seize any person or we read of 20 percent testing positive. ous forces unknown to us. We should all be I am a qualified, skilled legal secretary who things shall issue without describing them, nor Michigan has run into this kind of constitu­ grateful that Linda Tripp blew the whistle on without probable cause supported by oath or this affair before the Russians or Chinese got retired too early after almost 13 years at my tional problem before. In the mid-1980s, Gov. last place of employment. I do conduct myself affirmation." James Blanchard advocated vehicle check into the act. That's a high, tough standard. Law enforce­ Indeed, recent revelations of Chinese theft in a professional manner and dress appropri­ lanes to catch drunken drivers. Cops would ately. I have even done fashion modeling ment people must swear they have probable figure out which bars would generate lots of of our nuclear warhead miniaturization tech­ Cause to believe someone has drugs before nology should make us all realize how danger­ which tells me that I can hold my own. I find drunken drivers on which roads and stop it very difficult to believe that the job market obtaining a warrant. every one passing by. ous the world is. But the bills passed by the state House of We owe Ken Starr, Linda Tripp and for qualified workers is in such poor condition The courts shot it down for precisely the Representatives fall far short of that stan­ LuciAnn Goldberg our gratitude. History will because I have responded to newspaper ads, constitutional reason we cited - there was dard. House Bills 4090 and 4091 give the state call them true American patriots and heroes. been interviewed, by one and/or three people insufficient "probable cause" to justify stop­ Family Independence Agency authority to run Walter Warren at the same time after having been tested for ping every driver. three pilot sites to test welfare recipients for Westland several hours and leaving feeling very confi­ Moreover, we note that supporters of HB drug use. One test area would be urban, dent that all went well, only to be advised that another rural, the third in Wayne County. 4090-4091 rejected an amendment requiring I was not chosen for the position. If a welfare client refuses to take the test, all state officials, including the governor and Address fence problem Upon inquiry as to why, I was given very he's punished by loss of benefits - no trial. 148 legislators, to submit to drug tests. What's vague answers leading me to believe that my spoke at the March 8 meeting of the Wayne- The sponsor, Rep. Lauren Hager^R-Port sauce for the welfare goose could well have unspoken age was the deterrent. The law pro­ Westland school board. I protested their Huron, calls it "tough love and compassion in been sauce for the legislative gander, particu­ I hibits discrimination because of age and thus, implication of my responsibility for their its purest form. A welfare client who is'shown larly since lawmakers from both parties have the employer evades the issue rather than abrupt cancellation of their expression of grat­ to be addicted is offered state-paid treatment." been nailed for drug usage over the years. risk a lawsuit charging age discrimination. itude to our legislators and community mem­ That's wise. Welfare should do more than sub­ Reps. Nancy Quarles, D-Southfield, and Is this not strange considering that the bers, who had achieved the protection of Sas­ sidize people. The new welfai"e system is Tom Kelly, D-Wayne, bucked their colleagues mature worker usually is more efficient, safras Trails by obtaining the DNR purchase designed to get people on their feet, not, in the in voting against the drug test bills. We dependable, trustworthy and most willing to of development rights. words of the bills' sponsors, to pay for their applaud them for reading the Michigan Con­ go the extra mile? During these past months A small victory for Sassafras Trails was addiction. stitution, which their oaths of office require that I have been looking for part-time employ­ forthcoming/Trustee Mathew McCusker stat­ ment, I have encountered far too many ineffi- The program wouldn't be cheap. The House them to uphold. ed that Superintendent Greg Baracy has twice , cient people holding down jobs who cannot Fiscal Agency said 175,000 tests a year would The bills probably will be passed. The publicly agreed to install a fence to replace the and/or will not answer a simple question, i.e., be given. At an average cost of $3,000, treat­ courts may well call them unconstitutional. one removed from within the Wilson School bank tellers who do not know the employer's ment would total $78.7 million. The Family The unsavory mess could be avoided if we area. It is unfortunate that I was not present policies, a manager who clearly states that she Independence Agency (FIA) said it's unclear would all read our constitution and take it at either of the public occasions when Baracy does not know anything about the subject of whether Medicaid would reimburse the state. more seriously. gave that pledge. my inquiry. I know that I am fully qualified, I hope the school board moves swiftly to but obviously I cannot work in the minimum implement his wishes. The removal of that wage neighborhood. COMMUNITY VOICE fence by the developer has opened the forest Florence Zinrnik

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t0 Educators too often use language merely to obfuscate r| any readers are leery of boards for 41 years, I agree there is a reducing state "support" to local Vietnam War was just starting to ; 1 watching and listening to problem of how some educators com­ 1 schools, "money" is still the operative escalate? .: rf U.S. senators at the recently municate with the public. word. One recent comment from a school 'it M closed (thank goodness) impeachment In recalling countlesB curriculum When the board and administra­ board meeting was to praise local trial of President Clinton talk like and budget presentations, I can tion discuss "prioritizing our precious teachers for "working very hard for a lawyers. understand why some parents can be resources," they mean that "we have positive outcome" on Michigan Educa­ • Those in the legal profession, like confused after leaving a school board to cut art, music and physical educa­ tional Assessment Program testa. i all professions, have a language of meeting or watching proceedings at tion (that's gym to most people) pro­ Officials would be able to communi­ mk their own. home on cable TV. grams." cate more effectively if the officials Fortunately, most people don't Let me enlighten you on a few key When the board talks about "over­ boiled it down to a comment that spend a lot of time with lawyers or in words that have a variety of mean­ capacity of buildings," it means that teachers are hoping to improve acade­ LEONARD POGER II a courtroom listening to lawyers and ings. your neighborhood school has too mic test scores. judges talk they are from another For example, when there is a bud­ small of an enrollment to be "economi­ City and township officials have a rf • For example, when there is 11 planet. get crunch, school administrators {hid a budget crunch, school cally viable and might be closed similar language of their own - but z'

t-S- IJft 'Use it or lose it' plan takes aim at school elections in state

his column started out as an advertisements with small type, you amount of deadwood on the voter rolls dice Miller has worked to set up a 'a April Fool joke. Then I took a don't seek audiences before the - people who have died or moved, but computerized master voter list. As y Ttrip to the local library, and it Rotary and League of Women Voters, their-registrations haven't been can­ soon as you reregister in a new loca got serious. you use telephone banks to contact celed. tion, your old registration is canceled yj My idea for civic reform is called identifiable "school people," and you Bill Ballenger, in his Inside Michi­ Of more than six million registered ,:I •\ "Use it or lose it." Any local election hope for a low turnout of just your gan Politics newsletter, tells of a peti­ voters, she reports, 600,000 were I where voter turnout was less than 10 supporters. tion circulator whose work was chal­ deadwood and have been removed. percent would be declared null and Well, my "Use it or lose it" plan lenged before the state Board of Can­ With a smaller denominator, our void. would block that. If just 8 percent of vassers. Seems the lady had regis­ percentage turnouts won't look so, The proposal is aimed at school voters turned out, the bond issue tered to vote in six different places in bad. What looked like a 5-percent elections in June. Typical turnouts would lose, even if 95 percent of those Detroit. To her credit, she voted only turnout now will become a 5.5-percent are 10 to 15 percent. Only when voting said "yes." Only elections with TIM RICHARD once, but her five deadwood registra­ turnout. Now that we have good rege> at least a 10-percent turnout could be tions never were canceled. tration numbers, it's time to try the there's a controversial money issue on ed. Saves money. the ballot do 20 or 25 percent turn valid. "Use it or lose it" plan. 5 My plan is different. If the turnout Democrats love deadwood. In out. Many elections are decided by a Scanning the library shelf, I came were too low, the posts wouldn't be Michigan, they fought long and hard Phil Power has a plan for improv 3-percent turnout. across the Feb. 21 issue of the Los filled at all, and the money proposals to prevent inactive voters on the rolls ing public knowledge of, and partie; Some school officials like it that Angeles Times with a page-one story would fail. for 10 years. In Congress, they twice pation in, school elections. I will let passed "Motor Voter" bills so that him explain it in future issues. His way, particularly when they want to that many cities were canceling their This brings us to the question of states would have to register people plan is superb. Stay tuned. slip through a bond issue. There's a elections. These included the famed why voter turnouts are so dismal. Beverly Hills (inc. 1915), Lakewood, at welfare, unemployment and public whole science devoted to scheduling In L.A., city officials say they're San Gabriel, Hidden Hills and City of health offices - but not at banks or special elections. March is a good time doing such a good job that the lack of Tim Richard reports on the local Industry. churches. Good George Bush vetoed it because people are sluggish and the competition signifies the public is implications of state and regional in 1992. Clinton signed it in 1993. senior citizens are in Florida. Satur­ That was in Los Angeles County ecstatic with their performance. cicnts. His voice mail number is '734 day is a good day because most people Even aliens were registered. 953-2047, Ext. 1881. alone. Other elections were canceled Michigan's low school turnouts are are used to Tuesday elections in in Orange and Ventura counties. It a bit of an optical illusion. For Michigan's Secretary of State Can- Michigan. seems that if there are no contests, decades, we have the clerk can cancel the election, and So you pick a day when turnout had an increasing will be small, you buy only legal those on the ballot are declared elect- t Blanchard's choice is our loss

wasn't all that surprised when I got the fax N A MANS from Jim Blanchard. i .->*'>•& "I thought long and hard about once again /\w? serving the people of Michigan in Washington jtf /Y&s but have decided not to seek election to the Sen­ J'P ate for personal and professional reasons." i For months, Blanchard had been considering \-' raised $1 million at a single event in Livonia. 0 /i/ But Abraham was widely regarded as vulnera­ Power: "So how are you going to contribute Package Worth ble, especially to Blanchard, a skilled campaign­ Are you going to withdraw entirely from public 7V er and still a popular former governor who service?" Blanchard: "No. I'm going to be working hard served with distinction as ambassador to Cana­ // ?^ n. da. to elect (Vice President Al) Gore. I can live a life of public service, accomplish a lot, have a lot of . Blanchard's departure from the race says O more about the sad state to which our politics fun without all the invective and hate, without Join our has descended than it does about Abraham's running for elective office. That's why I took the relative vulnerability Over the weekend, Blan­ job as ambassador, and that's why I wrote my Preferred chard aryJ I talked at length about his decision book on that experience I wanted to show Customer Program young people it's still possible for folks to con­ and about how the current state of politics today and you can affected it- tribute to society in other ways than running for Power: "It seems as though state-of-the-art office." enter to win! politics has turned into little more than an exer­ Blanchard s answers to my questions - cise in fund-raising." thoughtful, humane, practical - helped per­ Blanchard: "I'm afraid that's true. (U.S. suade me that his decision not to make the race Sen. I Carl l,evm told me he went to 250 fund for the Senate was the best decision for him All entries must be raisers for his last campaign, and I know that and the worst outcome for the people of Michi­ received by March 31. 1999 Pd have to do something close to that if I decid­ gan. Because, whether you're a Democrat or a ed to run. Politicians today tend to look at peo­ Republican, people like Jim Blanchard are **** 1 ple as though they're walking wallets. It's got­ exactly the sort who should be making the race a ten completely out of hand " for significant office in our country Power: "Moreover, the kind of mud-slinging No doubt the Democrats will come up with a 1 and persona! abuse would make anybody but credible candidate to run against Sen. Abra­ • -\' the toughest flinch before getting into a big ham. But the net effect of what has happened to ^ ;< w-v. ^/, race." our politics in recent years is to have deterred from running for public office precisely the Blanchard: There's a rule of thumb in poll •# tics: You have to want to got elected to whatever kinds of able, effective, thoughtful and sane peo­ ./5 15% Off Wolmanized ple who should he in positions of responsibility office you're running for with every atom of your Treated Deck Lumber heart and every piece of your soul If you have in a democracy Sadly for the republic, the field any hesitation at all. it's wise not to do it." is increasingly being left to the insecure and the egomaniacal. the wealthy and the celebrities fc SAVE Power: "Campaigns una) to he regarded as an ^-- : on 1 a on opportunity for public debate about issues and a with high name ID and the passionately ideo­ »M;iN3?w>'' * 9 " logical. chance for people to show what they're like Has |-fwj^jf. •'•>''' cans of Penofin! that changed, too'" Is this why I'm not surprised Geoffrey Fieger & s or is talking about running for the Senate"' •<, • Blanchard "Kntirely 1 got into politics I SALE 21 Phil Power has knon n Warn-hard for years ami W Iff because of ideas and people Ideas to help pen »**? served ns chair of job training u hi!> Hlatu lia>,t •r-MO'- A[V: -1 !^K> pie. But people, especially 1 love old fashioned teas governor Power is chairman <>/ llnnu 1 < ryu,,^/* wrmV i., n'VJ —•« !•—••* lT^Wff.i'»l*. ?—^M campaigning because it puts you directly in Communications S'etwork ln< . the

2047, Ext 1880. or by e-mail: ppowcr<* i«toi*i.-ii-.'ftH«rt- .* 4^/,111-1^^^^1:^1 com fund-raising " Aie< The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999 Senate takes action against drunken snowmobilers

;By Tm, RICHARD Added Sen. Don Koivisto, D- intends to implement the laws tects them from trouble." .STAFF WRITER Ironwood: "Two factors account LEGISLATIVE NEWS statewide by April 1, 2003. Cur­ Her bill would prohibit state [email protected] for the increase in accidents: rently the state has 287,400 agencies from offering a person '_': The Michigan Senate moved increased speed and alcohol." welfare clients, of whom one- the opportunity to register if the the Secretary of State to record be required to enter a treatment third are estimated to be adults person had submitted a written Quickly thrs month against Drinking is involved in 60 per­ on a violator's driving record: program or lose benefits. rdrunken snowmobilers, drugged cent of accidents and excessive eligible for testing. The laws document saying he or she was • Six points for manslaughter, The Senate passed House wouldn't apply to those 65 or not a U.S. citizen. ^welfare recipients, and aliens speed in 80 percent, added Sen. negligent homicide or felony Bills 4090-4091 by 25-10 votes, !registering to vote. Walter North, R-St. Ignace. older. The bill goes to the House. resulting from operation of a but a two-thirds vote is required Refer to SB 312 when writing to Only Sen. Chris Dingell, D- snowmobile or off-road vehicle to give the bills immediate effect Points charged Trenton, voted against the mea­ Aliens blocked your state representative, State (ORV). as soon, as they are signed by A quirk in the federal Motor Capitol, Lansing 48909. ^.Snowmobilers witiv serious sures. He sought a three-year • Six points for operating a the governor. violations would' be charged "sunset" on the bills, so their Voter Act allowed some aliens to snowmobile or ORV under the Dingell voted yes on both but register to vote in Michigan, and Beware of ties ints" on their driving records effect could be re-examined, but influence of alcohol or controlled withheld his vote on SB 4091, dtjr Senate Bills 125-126, the Senate shot down his the state Senate is moving to Lawmakers are working on :w drugs, or allowing another to leaving 24 votes for immediate correct the problem. measures to prevent tie votes at the Senate passed 34-1. amendment 7-17. operate under the influence. effect, one shy of the two-thirds wmobilers are running If the bills become law, they The Senate passed 35-0 a bill everything from the township • Four points for operating requirement. Result: Unless by Beverly Hammerstrom, R- park board level to the state d, killing themselves and would take effect in October of while visibly impaired. Dingell changes his mind soon, " said Sen. Harry Gast, R- 2000. They would treat off-road Temperance, to prohibit the Sec­ Senate itself. • Up to 93 days in jail for vio­ the bills may not become law retary of State, other registrars, The first is called the West oseph, sponsor of the mea- offenses the same as motor vehi­ lations. Currently, the jail term until about April of 2000/ cle offenses. The would require city and township clerks from Bloomfield case, because that sure. is 90 days. The extra three days All Republicans and four offering noncitizens the opportu­ Oakland County township has bring this law into line with Democrats voted yes. nity to register to vote. seen 3-3 tie votes on its elected other state laws. Among those voting no were Motor Voter became federal park commission. So last week: Schoolcraft's Waterman is One bill amends the vehicle area Democrats Dianne Byrum law after a bitter partisan • The Senate passed 35-0 a code; the other, the natural of Onondaga, John Cherry of debate in the U.S. Congress. bill amending the election law to resources act. Clio, George Hart of Dearborn, President George Bush vetoed it allow the township board to set site of beekeepers' school The bills go to the House. liefer Gary Peters of Bloomfield Town­ in 1992. President Bill Clinton the number of parks commis­ to SB 125-126 when writing to ship and Alma Smith of Salem. signed it in 1993 after a Demo­ sioners to be elected. Sponsor of The 61st annual Bee School, Organization of the Honey Bee your state representative, State Byrum objected that the cost cratic Congress repassed it. SB 336 is Bill Bullard Jr., R-Mil- sponsored by the Southeastern Colony,"' and Roger Hoopingar- Capitol, Lansing 48909. of the program was underesti­ Republican Gov. John Engler ford. Michigan Beekeepers Associa­ ner, a retired professor from mated. "You cannot take the sued unsuccessfully to block it. • The House passed 100-7 a tion in cooperation with the Michigan State University. Welfare testing same number of dollars, divide It requires state welfare, companion measure changing Schoolcraft College Beekeepers Nonmembers must pay a $5 Sen, Chris Dingell, D-Trenton, it among clients and have the unemployment and public health the township parks law to Club and the Cranbrook Bee­ registration fee at the door, and threw a monkey wrench into same level of service," she said. agencies, as well as driver's require an odd number of parks keepers Club, is scheduled 8 a.m. attendees should bring a dish to Gov. John Engler's effort to The Senate Fiscal Agency esti­ license agencies, to offer their commissioners - as few as Five, to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 17, in pass and table service for the have welfare recipients tested mated cost of testing at customers a chance to register to as many as nine. Sponsor of HB the Waterman Campus Center noon potluck lunch. for drugs. $172,300 to $1.6 million. Sen. vote. Hammerstrom, a former 4011 is freshman Rep. Marc on Schoolcraft's campus. A pair of bills would allow the John J.H. Schwarz, R-Battle township clerk, said many Shulman, R-West Bloomfield. Featured speakers are Zachary For information, call Roger Family Independence Agency to Creek, put the cost of individual aliens, not understanding the The bills are tie-barred, mean­ Huang from Michigan State Uni­ Sutherland at (734) 668-8568 or test the program in three areas. tests at $50. system, "would sign everything ing both must be passed in order versity, speaking on "Social Jim Goodrich at (248) 628-0321. Clients who test positive would The bills say the Legislature put before them. This (bill) pro­ to become law.

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JACK GLADDEN . A doorknob, broomstick and privacy

t started about 10 o'clock one night when The lOth-Grader came down­ istair s and said, "Dad, I can't get in my room!" "Of course you can," I said. "You're 15 years old." "No," she said, starting to get irrita­ ble. "I can't open the door. The door­ BY CHRISTINA FUOCO STAFF WRITER knob doesn't work." [email protected] "Oh, for heaven's sake. Let me see." I trudged up the stairs, a little irri­ iners at Mama Mia's Restau­ tated myself. "Doorknob doesn't work. rant in Livonia may hear some Right." Dstrange noises coining from the The door was closed. It usually was, back room five times a year. Singing, even years ago when it was her broth­ dancing and laughing radiates er's room. It's a privacy thing with through the eatery. teenagers. As absurd as it sounds, it's a group I put my hand on the knob and of metro Detroit-area Laurel and turned it. It turned. But the door Hardy fans, collectively known as the didn't open. I tried again. And again. Dancing Cuckoos, celebrating the The knob was turning, but it wasn't movie stars' legacy. moving the bolt, which was firmly in "I'm sure they hear us when we're place in the doorjamb. singing our Cuckoos song, our 'Sons of "Well, time for the old screwdriver the Desert' song. If nothing else, we trick," I said to the cat, who was do it loud," said Rose Lahiff, "corre­ watching me with great interest. sponding Cuckoo" and Canton resi­ Down three flights of stairs to the dent. basement, then back up with an The Dancing Cuckoos is the local assortment of screwdrivers in hand. chapter or "tent" of Sons of the Let's see. what size do I need for Desert, a national fraternal organiza­ that little hole that you put the screw­ tion devoted to the memory of the driver in to unlock the door when the persons and films of Stan Laurel and bratty little toddler lias locked him­ Oliver Har,dy. It is named for the self in the bathroom? Laurel and Hardy film of the same Uhhh, there's no hole there. Just a name. .solid doorknob. Wait a minute! Lahiff joined the Dancing Cuckoos There's a hole in the bathroom 15 years ago, but some of the mem­ doorknob, but not this one. Why not? bers have been around since the Well, of course, this one doesn't lock. group's inception in 1965. The Danc­ But it doesn't ing Cuckoos was the second tent STAJT PHOTO BY PACT, HVKSCIOLIVX • 'The broom­ open, either formed after Sons of the Desert was Following tradition: Derby hats are only part of the costume Dancing Cuckoo members Jean stick falls Now what? founded in 1964 by Orson Bean, Al Maybe the old Kilgore, John McCabe, Chuck Senkowski ofWestland and Rose Lahiff of Canton don in memory of their favorite comedians, out if I don't credit card McCann and John Municino. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. keep a towel trick. Nope, I'd "When they started in New York, it stuffed in have to take the was men-only membership. I think tion and every second year they have town for us," Lahiff recalled. "They "It's just good clean fun." Senkows­ molding off to it's only been about the last 15-18 a convention that's an international had policemen out there directing ki said. "You can't go in there with a there. I need get a credit card years that women could come. Women event," Lahiff said. "Last year Jean traffic. The lord mayor came. People sad face. You don't stay that way very a doorknob/ or even a screw- could come as guests on certain (Senkowski, fellow Cuckoo) and I were lining the streets applauding us. long. There's no way you cannot i driver inside nights and then they started allowing went to England. The convention was We were walking around singing Lau­ laugh. You go around and see a bunch that latch. them membership. They joined the in Birmingham, England, we had the rel and Hardy songs with our paper of grown ups sitting there with Der­ Nothing to do but take the doorknob '90s, what can I say?" Lahiff said. opportunity to go to Ulverston, which umbrellas and our fezzes or Derbies. bies and fezzes and sitting down eat­ olT. That's easy enough. All of the tents have taken their is a small community not too far from We had a wonderful time." ing their dinner. And then getting up, "What in the world's going on up names from a Laurel and Hardy film Birmingham, but that's where Stan The Cuckoos have a knack for mak­ joining hands and singing their songs here?" with the exception of the Dancing Laurel was born." ing spectacles of themselves. and going through this mish-mash we It was The Feminist. Checking Cuckoos, which is named after the Between 300-400 Laurel and Hardy "Last year at Red ford Theatre they call business." things out. duo's theme music. fans invaded Ulverston. had a Laurel and Hardy weekend. We Meetings begin with dinner at 6:30 "I'm trying to get this door open. "This is an international organiza- "They literally closed down the got up on the stage and joined hands p.m. followed at 8 p.m. by the "non­ That's what." before the movies started and sang sense meeting" filled with jokes, polit­ "Why don't vou just take the door­ 'We are the Sons of the Desert' in ical satire and announcements knob off'" front of all the people who had come "If anybody has anything they want "I did that already But the bolt is A bit about the Cuckoos to see the movie," Lahiff said. to say, they get up and say it," Lahiff jammed into this doohickey in the said. "We usually toast Laurel or wall. It won't turn, it won't slide, it The Dancing Cuckoos, a Laurel and Hardy appreciation organization, Longtime fans Hardy or members of the various won't budge." holds their next meeting on Thursday, March 18, at Mama Mia's, 27770 Growing up in Detroit, Lahiff casts. We show old Laurel and Hardv "Maybe if you try jiggling the door Plymouth Road, west of Inkster Road, Livonia. The evening begins with remembers watching Laurel and flicks." 6 p.m. dinner (at your own expense), followed by the 8 p.m. "business" Hardy movies as far back as 5 years The Dancing Cuckoos also raffle off "It won't jiggle. It's jammed too meeting and movies. old. Laurel and Hardy memorabilia, tight. Give me a hammer." Membership for The Dancing Cuckoos is $20 a year, however, the "I suppose because it's so absurd." which fills the basement of Lahiffs "Be careful." meetings are open to the public. she explained about why she's a fan. home. The group generally meets the "There. It's open. Look at this. That The group meets the third Thursday of September, November, Janu­ "It's absolutely funny. It has no rela­ third Thursday of the months of Sep- latch is cheap plastic. It just broke ary, March and May. This year, the May meeting will be part of the gala tionship to real life whatsoever. It's tember. November January and apart and jammed everything up." party, "Mae Busch Night," on Friday, May 21, at Vassel's Banquet Hall, definitely a stress reliever." March. This year, however, the May "Uh, Dad?" 26750 W. Eight Mile Road, Southfield. She learned about the club from meeting will be replaced by "Mae "Now what?" The evening begins with cocktails at 7 p.m. and dinner at 8 p.m. fol­ friends who took her to i meeting for Busch Night," a gala celebration of "There's a hole in my door." lowed by entertainment and dancing. Tickets are $35. For more informa­ her birthday. She did her part in Laurel and Hardv, Friday. May 21, at "Of course there is. I took the door­ tion, call Rose Lahifl at (734) 981-2798 or visit http://members.aol.com/ spreading the Cuckoos" wings. She Vassel's Banquet'Hall, 2n7.r»0 W knob out." rozlaf7cuckoos.html. recruited her friend. Jean Senkowski "I heed a new one." of Westland eight years ago Plonso soo CUCKOOS, B2 "Not tonight." "But I can't shut my door." "You'll survive." Is it morning already? Must be, I can smell the coffee. "Dad!" "What?" Being an effective advocate for your child "I need a doorknob." "I know. I know*. But ... what's that BY TKRKSA VANBOIRCONDIKN them reach their full potential now and as they grow making a plan of action for vour child in your door? I can't open it." (JUKST COM .MNrsT into adulthood Know your rights and jpsponsibilities: In 'It's n broomstick." Is your child getting enough aca­ (Jot the fiicts: We know that no child is perfect every system medical, educational, and mental "And why do you hnve a towel demic attention in school? Are and sometimes children get into trouble We also health the individual lias both rights and responsi­ stuffed in the hole?" your doctors paying enough atten­ know that every child has possibilities. To effectively bilities When advocating tor your child, it is neces­ 'The broomstick falls out if I don't tion to the welfare.of your daugh­ advocate for your child to realize those possibilities, sary to lie fully informed regarding these rights keep n towel stuffed in there. I need a Parenting ter:' Do yon sometimes feel over you need all the facts. For example, a father at a local elementary school doorknob." whelmed with the challenges of If your child is having difficulties in school, ask for disagreed with the special education placement for "She's right, you know. You really Awareness parenting and wonder if there's documentation supporting these difficulties If your Ins daughter However, he did not realize that he had should get her a doorknob. It's been anyone who could help? child is having medical problems, ask for literature the right to not sign the forms, placing Ins daughter six weeks. Besides, I want my broom Month Because your children are your on the medical condition and possible courses of back." , in the specialized classroom : most precious possessions, you treatment The father was frustrated thai, in his opinion, his "Oil, all right. I'll go to the hard­ want to make sure they have access to the support At Lifespan Clinical Semcos, for example, a moth ware store tomorrow." child was inappropriately placed The school did not they deserve You may sense that your children er brought in her child for an assessment for respite realize the extent of the father's frusiration because "How hard is it to install a door­ aren't getting their needs met by others who are care because he was diagnosed with a developmental knob? You had enough trouble getting be bad Mgned the lorms. agreeing to the placement responsible for their care, like doctors, teachers or disability For information nil voin educational rights and the old one out." day care workers. During the evaluation, the social worker realized responsibilities, contact \oui IIK.-II school hoard Fur "Should be simple enough. .Just a that the mother did not know what const it uted a This article is meant to serve as a guide for advo­ medual rights, contact vour local hospital or depart couple of screws. Uh-nh." cating for your child, whether it be for a more appro developmental disability She also did not know that inent of health For mental health right-, contact priate school placement, lor more intensive medical her child was entitled to a number of services \oui local Depailmcnt of < "ommunity Mental Health Please RCC GLADDEN, B2 attention, or for more community support. Knowing because of Ins disability how and when to advocate for your children will help Having thorough information :s tin- first step m Plr-iiVe so"e PARKrVflNO; \\>. The Observer & Eccentric! THURSDAY, MARCH 18,1999 grow strong

Looking for adventure? • "Wild Things!," July 12-16 at. 30, "Linden Pioneers' Aug. 2-6 and Junior Girls Scouts swimming and dinner at the din­ ship. Troop camp is offered in Girl Scouts in the Huron Val­ Central City Park, Westland. and "Linden Animals* Aug. 9-13. in the programs sleep in plat­ ing hall. Counselors-in-trajning June and August. ley Girl Scout will find juat that n "Art in the Park," July 12-16 form cabins with battery- operat­ live at camp and learn how to Family time at camp Troops spend two nights and while booBtlng their self-confi­ at Lower Huron Metro Park, ed lanterns. Themes include work with the young girls. three days at camp in "Brownie dence and self- through New Boston. Girl Scouts and their families "Animal Lover," "Lost in Space" In addition, teens can take Bite," "Juniors on their Own" also can spend time together at Girl Scout camp. • "Imagine a ," July and "Outdoor Creativity," advantage of van trips this sum­ and "Cadettes and Seniors Go Camp Linden. Opportunities for Junior Scouts ready to spend 6 mer. "Wave Women" partici­ This year, the council's camps 12-16 at Maybury State Park, Extreme!" New this summer are will bring back old favorites and Northville. family fun are "Family Together" days-5 nights at camp build on pants will travel to West Vir­ Memorial Day weekend, May 28- troop pool parties on three Sat­ introduce new adventures like • "Hilltop Goes Hollywood," their outdoor living and team- ginia for a white water, canoe 30, and Labor Day weekend, urdays in July. troop swim parties in the pool July 19-23 at Camp Hilltop, Ann building skills. Outdoor cooking, and tubing adventure. "City Sept. 3-5, ^Sisters/ Best Friends Fees range from $50 for volun­ and sessions for. sisters or best Arbor. canoeing and archery are Girls" participants will visit Forever" for sisters or best planned at that level. Chicago to shop the Magnificent teer day camps to' $385 for friends. Camp Crawford Family Day Camp for Girl Scouts and sib­ friends July 6-9, "Me and My Programs for Cadette Scouts Mile, visit a museum and tour Senior Riders. Non-Girl Scouts With the exception of Camps lings will offer weekly themed Gal" for girls and their mothers focus on developing group and the Windy City. may attend camp for an addi­ Crawford and Linden, the Huron sessions throughout the sum­ or significant adult female July individual living skills. Girls Meadows horseback riding tional^ membership fee. Finan­ Valley Council day camps are mer. Before and after camp day 10-11, and "Me and My Guy" for plan their own programs. Climb­ programs are for teens ready to cial aid is available. Registration planned and directed by a volun­ care will be available 6-8:30 girls and their fathers or signifi­ ing the low ropes, funyaking and be responsible for the daily care is open now until sessions are teer staff. Each family is asked cant adult male Aug. 7-8. a.m. and 4:30-6 p.m. at the biking around the camp are just of the horse assigned to them. filled. to in some way, and Stony Brook Day Care Center in Located in northern Liv­ a few of the daily options. "Rough Riders" is for intermedi­ All programs are listed in the fees are reduced for girls whose Milan. ingston County, Camp Linden ate riders and "Senior Riders" 1 1999 Summer Camp Brochure, parents volunteer. Child care is At Camp Linden in Livingston provides horseback riding, swim­ Teens at Camp for those who have significant available for siblings. j County, day campers will experi­ ming, funyaking (kayaking for Senior Girl Scouts in the riding experience. mailed out to Girls Scouts this This year's volunteer^run day ence weekly sessions of "Space children) and cooking dinners as "Teens at Camp" live at the main Troops also can camp, with month. Copies of the brochure camps are: Cadettes" June 28-July 2, "Hoof- part of its resident camp. camp or at the Meadows where troop adults providing supervi­ and financial aid applications • "Stars and Beyond," June prints" July 6-9, "Kaleidoscope" Two-night, three-day resident they cook most of their own sion for their girls and a core are available by calling the 21.-25 at the Chilson Beach July 12-16, "Wet and Wild" July camp programs are geared for meals and walk into the main staff of trained adults providing Huron Valley Girl Scout Council recreation area, Brighton. 19-23, "Dream Catcher" July 26- first-time campers in grades 1-6. camp twice a week for showers, activity instruction and leader­ at (800) 49-SCOUT.

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agency. sions, community agencies can tionship with those who are goals and to provide consistent achieving his goals. advanced for the child. Access community agen­ help. assisting your child. Teachers, feedback to the child. At the end of the meeting, the • When the individuals cies: Community agencies can They also provide families doctors and counselors need to A mother who received family child stood up, without any involved are antagonistic provide an enormous amount of with the opportunity to commu­ know that you are invested in counseling from Lifespan Clini­ prompting, and thanked each towards one another. support for families. They often nicate with other families, to the growth of your child. They cal Services, for example, want­ person for caring enough about • When the discussion will have extensive resource lists share information, and to pro­ also need to know when you ed her child to identify his goals him to come to the meeting. focus more on someone else than that will link you with the vide support. The support and have particular concerns. and steps to achieve them. She Working as a team, with open the identified child. appropriate programs for your information parents receive from Attendance at parent-teacher invited everyone who works with communication, allows those The child should not feel that child. community agencies can be conferences, counseling sessions, her child to attend a planning involved to work with the child his life choices are being decided Whether you're looking for an invaluable in • addressing a and doctor appointments will meeting, including his teacher, for the child. solely by others. Children need after-school program that pro­ child's needs. afford you the opportunity to counselor and school social work­ Involve your child: Despite to feel that those involved with vides tutoring or an evening pro­ Communicate with individ­ gather needed information and er. The group assisted the child parents' best intentions to pro­ their personal issues are people gram that works with troubled uals working with your child: to relay concerns. It also allows in identifying his strengths, vide a supportive environment who truly care about their wel­ adolescents to examine their con­ Open communication is the key all of the individuals involved to weaknesses and goals. They then for their child, their plans will fare. It is always difficult to sequences and make better deci­ to having a good working rela­ work as a team toward common helped him to develop a plan for not succeed, if the child is not decide how much the child invested. The child should be should be involved, but the guid­ informed of the need for more ing principle should be to keep assistance. the child's best interests at the Cuckoos from page Bl Include your child in the pro­ center of your decisions. cess by having him identify his Advocating for your child is a personal goals and express his Eight Mile, Southfield. "Once a year, somebody will Despite all the friendly argu­ And anybody is welcome - necessary role that each parent anxieties regarding the process. plays at some time. For your " 'Mae Busch Night* is a mini stand up and say, 'It's time we ments, the organization's mem­ even skeptics. Invite the child to team meet­ convention. We're presenting a discuss the constitution and con­ bers, which average at age 40 "Anybody who likes Laurel child, it could be one of your ings, such as the Individualized most important roles. But your 'Fine Mess Award' to somebody sider ratifying the articles.' They and older, get along swimmingly. and Hardy .. if they think they Educational Planning Commit­ who's really goofed up some way. never seem to get beyond the "The people who belong to this don't like them, they're still child will be grateful that you tee in school or a meeting with care enough to do it. Hopefully, one of the nominees first one," Lahiff explained. "It's organization are very outgoing, invited to come because by the the family doctor. a good humor type of argument very friendly. They just accept time they're done they'll like the Teresa VanBourgondien is the will come to accept the award," Some discussions and issues about yes and no, or why and everybody at face value. I don't club," Lahiff said. "We have program manager of Respite Lahiff said slyly. She wouldn't are meant for adults only. There why not." think a harsh word (has been greeters, so that when anybody Care at Lifespan Clinical Ser­ reveal the names of the nomi­ are a few times the child should said). It's just a great group of walks in, they're not just left to vices, a program of Starfish nees, but said they are "digni­ All the articles contradict each not be invited: people," Lahiff explained. (fend for themselves)." Family Services. Call (888) 355- taries." other. Article Six says "Despite • When the discussion is too his lack of authority, the grand LIFE for more information. Absurdity at its best sheik or his deputy shall act as The basic premise of all the chairman at all meetings and tents is the members to agree to will follow the standard parlia­ Gladden from page Bl disagree. The bylaws were mentary procedure in conducting approved by Laurel, but "being same." The next article says "What?" hole bigger." "Well?" look at that. There's another the type of organization that we Article Six is ridiculous. The bolt is too big for the hole "Are you almost done, Dad? "Aargh! I put the bolt in back­ thing here underneath the old are, it's never been ratified," "It's an absolute hoot," Lahiff in the door. It's off by about a You've been working on it for an wards. Gotta take it out and plate. Maybe I don't even need Lahiff said. said. 16th of an inch. Gotta go back to hour." start over." this part." the store." "Just leave him alone. You "Never mind, Dad. I don't real­ "Does it work?" "So'd you get another door­ know how he is when he gets ly need a doorknob." "Well, it closes. And it latches. WAYNE/WESTLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT knob?" like this. Just stay away from "It's OK. I've got it now. It Yeah. Yeah, I think it's fixed. It WESTLAND, MICHIGAN 48185 "Nope. They're all the same him. That's what I'm doing." closes, but it won't stay shut. works." SECTION 00010 size. It's the door that's off. I got "All right, it's in. Now let's see Guess I'll have to change the "Dad?" ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS a round file. Have to make the if it'll close." latch plate. 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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Divisions: Bid Division Description JILL B.THOMAS MARCH 30,1999 102 Asphalt Paving Purchasing Agent 103 Selective Demolition Bid Item No. 335-014599 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the provisions of Ac! Number 104 Concrete Footings, Foundations & Flatwork Publish March 19. 1999 207, Public Acts of 1921, as amended, that a public hearing will be held by 106 Masonry the City of Garden City Planning Commission at 6 00 p.m., March 30, 1999 107 Steel & Misc. Steel at the City of Garden City, City Hall. 6000 Middlebolt, Garden City. 108 Carpentry & General Work Michigan. 109 Roofing & Sheet Metal 113 Hollow Metal, Wood Door & Finish Hardware - Supply NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that thr- purpose of the public hearing is to hear and consider public comments regarding the revocation of the 114 Aluminum Windows, Glass & Glazing WAYNE-WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 115 Metal Studa/Drywall/K.I.F.S. approved site plan for Tall Timbers* Subdivision to address the following 116 Hard Tile ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS inconsistency: 117 Acoustical Treatment 'The District will receive sealed bids for: 1. Underground dectrical wiring does nut conform to the Site Plan. 118 Carpet & Resilient Flooring WAYNE/WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ALLYSON M BETTIS 120 pAinting/Staining/Caulking ATHLETIC IMPROVEMENTS 121 Visual Display Boards City Clerk-Treasurer 122 Signage Deliver three (3) copies of the Bid Proposal Form in a sealed envelope Pubh»h Murch IS. 19¾) 125 Toilet Partitions marked with the Name of Bidder and Project. 128 Plastic Laminate Casework Bid Proposals will be received until the time and the place, as follows, 130 Window Treatment where and when the opening of bid proposals will be conducted by the 140 Plumbing Owner in public meeting: CITY OF WESTLAND 142HVAC Time: March 31,1999, 2:00 p.m. EST Delivery of bids. Bid opening shall 143 Electrical be 2:00 p.m. EST NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION ; 148 Landscaping Place: Board of Education On Tuesday, March 23. 1999, the Westland Police Dept will conduct Public ! Bidding documents prepared by TMP Associate*, Inc. will be available Wayrte-Westland Community Schools Auctions of impounded, abandoned vehicles. The first auction will begin ' fSabre Blnck 1G4HR5137IIM416327 ' sealed envelope supplied by the Construction Manager, McS/EV. The bid F-xainlnatlon may be piade at the Office of the Architect, TMP 89 Nissan 2 Dr. Pulsar White .IN1C.N34S1KW421290 "'. divisionOi) being bid is (are) to be identified on the outside of the onvelope. 1 ASSOCIATES, INC., Architects • Engineers" - Planners, 1191 West Square 93 Dodge 2 Dr. Shadow Green 1B3XP28D1PNS60878 There will be R Pre-Bld Meeting held on WednewUy, March 24,1W9 at 89 Chev. 2 Dr. Cavalier (Jrnv 1G1.IC5110KJ254359 ! 31:$« P.M. »t the Wayne We»tl«nd Community School Board of Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302; F.W. Dodge Corporation Plan ; KdtttHtfon Building. All bidders are encouraged to attend. rtoom, Detroit Michigan; or the Construction Association of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, or Dolly Construction Report Plan Room, Madison Tho second auction will begin promptly at 11 00 AM nt Westland Car ; Bach bid shall be accompanied by a Bid Bond in the amount of At least five Care, 6376 Hix Road, Westland. Ml. County of Wayne, where the following Heights, Michigan. vehicles will be offered for sale to the highest bidder. (5) percent of the amount of the bid, payable to Wayne-Westland Bid Proposals shall bo on forms furnished by iho Architect, accompanied by Community Schools, as a guarantco that if the proposal is accepted, the A satisfactory Bid Bond or Certified Check for five percent (63-) of the Base 80 CMC Sierra Pickup White T(T33AVfi05029 ' bidder will execute the contract and file tho required bonds within ten (10) Bid Sum maximum possible proposal amount. ; days after notice of award of contract. 82 Chev. Stake Truck White 1GBIIC34MOCV131207 Bidder 6hall Agree not to withdraw Bid Proposal for a period of sixty (60) 90 Ford 2 Dr. Probe Blue ]ZVIT20C0I,5176448 ! If Awarded A contract, tho successful bidder will be required to furnish a days after date for receipt of bids. 92 Dodge 4 Dr. Spirit Gold lB3XA46K6NFl0t610 Performttnce Bond and Labor and Material Payment Bond. Wayne- Accepted Bidder 6hal! be required to furnish satisfactory Performance Bond 83 Chev. Van Black 2GBKG2511XDlUli754 ', Westland Community Schools reserve the right to reject Any or all bids and Labor And Material Payment Bond in accordance with the Instructions - received and to waive any informalities and irrcgularilies in the bidding. to Bidders. All vehicles are sold in "n° is" condition Bidding on all vehicles will start at The riffht to reject Any or all Bid Proposals, cithpr or in part, or to waive the amount due for towing and storage Vehicles may he deleted from this ; Thfd project is t6 be hid at tho prevailing wage rate. any informalities therein is reserved by the Board of Education. list at any time prior to the start of the auction r\A!E*h: M»rcM8 »M J1, IW3. Potli»K: Mirth 18 «nd Jl,'l&M>. l\iMi«h Mm\-h IS W> ,,.,,, - - IW'.'i ^^-^-^..^--^^-1^'-"I •gmmrrni rrirr rir'' ' i ii r ' *-T"rH"-R—i—~r rTr*-"-' -,--^--- — • —r—. The Observer & Eccentric/ THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999 (UteW0c)B3

WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS McCarthy-Schuler Galindo-Krahe Daniels-Robbins Denis and Patricia McCarthy Ricardo Galindo and Helen Pete and Jerri Lynn Daniels of of Hartland, formerly of West- Galindo, both of Livonia, Brighton announce the engage­ land, announce the engagement announce the engagement of ment of their daughter, Kimber- of their daughter, Jennifer Tomi, their daughter, Cheryl Frances, ly Lynn, to Jaeon Allen Sobieski, to William Arthur Schuler, the to Raymond Joseph Krahe, the the son of David and Pamela son of Lynn and Bonnie Schuler son of Ruth Krahe Buettner of Sobieski of Milford. ofTecumseh. Cleveland, Ohio, and the late The bride-to-be is a 1992 grad­ Raymond Adam Krahe. The bride-to-be is a 1991 grad­ uate of Hartland High School The bride-to-be is a 1984 grad­ uate of Garden City High School and a 1996 graduate of Grand uate of Livonia Stevenson High and a 1996 graduate of the Uni­ Valley State University with a School and a 19§8 graduate of versity of Michigan with a bach­ bachelor's degree in heaith sci­ Kalamazoo College with a bache­ elor of arts degree in English. ences. She is employed at lor of arts degree in mathematics She is currently employed by William Beaumont Hospital. and computer science. She is Charlick and Springstead Dental Her fiance is a 1986 graduate employed as a lead technical spe­ Associates in Brighton. of Tecumseh High School. He is cialist for United Parcel Service Her fiance is a 1992 graduate employed by United Parcel Ser­ studying welding and engineer­ in Ramsey, N.J. of Detroit Catholic CentraJ High vice in Livonia. ing at Washtenaw Community Her fiance is a 1990 graduate, School and is attending Eastern An April wedding in Livonia Te College. He is employed by the of the New Jersey Institute of Michigan University. He is being planned. Ford Motor Company. planned at St. Mary Magdalen Technology with a bachelor's A September wedding is Catholic Church in Brighton. degree. He is employed as a pro­ fessional engineer for URS An April wedding is planned Sayn-Milne Griener Woodward Clyde in New at St. Colette Catholic Church in Gary and Sue Sayn of Garden Weber-Fox Jersey. Livonia. City announce the engagement Allen and Joan Weber of Red- of their daughter, Kelly Dawn, to ford announce the engagement of Jason Scott Milne, the son of their daughter, Michelle Jean, to Storm-Ericson Rod and Michele Milne, also of David Norman Fox, the son of Bruce and Shannon Storm of Garden City. The bride-to-be is a 1998 grad­ Stuart and Jean Fox of West- Bloomington, Ind., announce the uate of Garden City High School. land. engagement of their daughter, She works in child care in Livo­ The bride-to-be is a 1985 grad­ Tiffany Jane, to Brady Daniel nia. uate of Redford Thurston High .Ericson, the son of Ray and Mar­ Her fiance is a 1995 graduate School. She is employed as a ian Ericson of Livonia. b»nk teller at NBD Bank. of Garden City High School. He The bride-to-be is a 1987 grad­ is employed by D'Arquette Con­ Her fiance is a 1975 graduate uate of Culver Academy Summer struction Co. of Thurston High School. He is School and a 1988 graduate of No wedding date has been set. employed as a press operator at Bloomington High School North. Masco Tech Braun. She is a 1994 graduate of Indi­ A May wedding is planned at ana University with a bachelor Aldersgate United Methodist of arts degree in theater and Church in Redford. drama. A member of Pi Beta Phi Mullinax-Carnes sorority and Miss Indiana in Mr and Mrs. William Mulli- Lewandowski- 1994, she is attending graduate nax of Georgetown, Texas, school at the University of Cali­ announce the forthcoming mar­ Romps fornia-Los Angeles. ternity, he is employed by Allied riage of their daughter, Donna James and Donna Lewandows- Her fiance is a 1990 graduate Signal Inc. Turbocharging Sys­ Lynne. to Kenneth Lynn Carnes, ki of Pinellas Park, Fla., of Livonia Churchill High School tems as manager of sales and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil announce the engagement of and a 1994 graduate of GMI marketing. He lives in Ix>s Ange­ Carnes of Livonia. their daughter, Lisa Marie, to Engineering and Management les. The bride-to-be attended Mur­ Kenneth Ronald Romps, the son Institute (now Kettering Univer­ An April wedding is planned ray State University. She is of Gregory and JoAnna Romps of sity) with a bachelor of science at Meridian Street United employed in the research and Livonia. degree in mechanical engineer­ Methodist Church in Indianapo­ development division of BMC The bride-to-be is a 1987 grad­ ing. A member of Sigma Chi fra- lis, Ind. Software. uate of Plymouth Canton High Her fiance is a graduate of Ply­ School and a 1994 graduate of mouth Salem High School and Eastern Michigan University Dee-Garbarino Michigan State University. He is with a master of science degree. Mary Alice Garbarino and employed as a procurement pro­ She will earn her doctoral degree Richard Brough Dee were mar­ fessional by Dell Computer. in clinical psychology in August ried at Holy Family'Catholic An April wedding is planned from Bowling Green State Uni­ Church in Novi. The Rev. John m Austin. Texas. versity. Budde officiated. Her fiance is a graduate of He has been employed by United The bride is the daughter of Livonia Churchill High School Parcel Service since 1981. the late Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Gar­ and a 1993 graduate of Wayne An October wedding is barino. The groom is the son of State University with a bachelor planned at St. Thomas a' Becket June Dee of Westland. of science degree in accounting. Church in Canton. The bride is a 1977 graduate of To Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Livonia Franklin High School. LOCATEO AT: 40000 Six MILE ROAO • NORTMVILL£. Ml 48167 • (248) 374-7400 She is employed as a SAP con­ She is employed as an office Papciak-Barnett administrator in Birmingham. Dr. James Kibbie Dedicates Ward's New 60 Rank Casavant Organ sultant for Deloitte Consulting. The groom is a 1973 graduate Pr. lames Kibbie is AssvViate Professor of Ory-an at the University c-: Mk'hiy;, Edward and Joan Papciak of Her fiance is a 1981 graduate He maintains a lull schedule of concert, recording and festival e rtj;a,ie me :-,:- Novi. formerly of Plymouth, of Detroit Redford High School. of Arcadia High School in Samantha Downs as flower girl. throu^houi North American and Kurope including appearand a: ihe v atnedia, .1; announce the engagement of He is working in the computer None Panic in Pan>. Koval Festival Hall in ! otidon lAorak ::.i;l .r prc-t^w..? Phoenix and a 1986 graduate of field. The groom asked Mark Davies their daughter, Laurie, to Kevin Pra.cae and Lincoln, venter in \e\v York. Arizona State University. He is The bride was given in mar­ to servo as best man. with Rick He -.wis awarded the Grand Prix d'Inrerptetatior a: the l^tiT-.t; ora: o-e.i; Barnett, the son of George and Dee. Joey Garbarino and Derek competition of the Prague Spring Festival m v2echo>iovjKia Pr Kibhic \M!; he employed as a systems analyst riage by her brother. John Gar­ 1 Jacque Barnett of Phoenix, Ariz. Garbarino as groomsmen dedicating the recenilv enlarged Phelps-era v"a>j\.an: tirean a: Ware, v'h.ir, with ASML of Tempe. Ariz. barino. She asked Kim Downs to r The bnde-to-be is a 1986 grad­ serve as her matron of honor, The couple received guest.- at sunJa\ atterPiVn March c'.st at 4 OO p m l\ Kihhie will he |oned h. 'A'arc - uate of Plymouth Canton High An April wedding is planned v hancei viioir ^r,d a brass ensemble Refreshments will he ser'.w ;• the ^:^:^'-- - with bridesmaids Kristin the Country Epicure in Novi hospitalitv center following the confer School and a 1991 graduate of at Arizona Community Church Michelle Dee and Jessica -Scibcr- before leaving on a honeymoon Western Michigan University in Tempe. ras as bridesmaids, Ashley Gar­ trip to Cancan. Mexico They are barino as junior bridesmaid and making their home in Li\oma. SmartBusiness New Morning School ARTSTART SUMMER CAMP Cttihii Eiptritfcci for Children • A|«: 5 9 Checking Discovery Days • Ac: • MLJ-IC: • D-ama July 7-25 • Ages 3-10 •Scr-nce • OJ'OOG'Act'Vi f-.- * Wate-- P:A, 1 Science & Math Camps • C\''-f;.;ler • SOJ'ia V'vtS'i No^» T«o Smart Ojjtions— July 12-August 13 «A^es 6-12 J1I95 W. I? Mile • Farmington Hills 734/420-3331 248 626-2850 .. Both -S-N|" ?^y..M«.v.!.^s.s:««-^.s:^:.:.x-x.v.:-> Northviite Montessorl Center -Summer Day Camp 15709 Haggerty Road r vivi^- •B*-A*e- '.• Vf Vi?. 1 734-4200924 •P'S-SCft:-} 1. o'^i-K - :--A or ' t'e . c\.'. •"('j-. '."i,'.". •'•i^''';", •"W-I.K;*""•<••.: • ' : 24B.340-5093 • E«!e^3« K'". . -. - ' 1 - - ^).Vi! L\I Hi .h Suji i (^ Summer Day Camp in;," :•, L>.f t f[\ n -:; 'A "sere o.f OT"*0" ' '-^^c • *J v."-;-.:> No • T*o EtJ'it* rijicj lestci! o,. -\-* Sc S0J: r*.-.--,^-,^» .^-:- •,](••-'•• . Livonia Family YM^A ' Ki*Svo* ztst Bl bent* h-.ti.^'>, i .vn: :hi- ':•->: ' i:0 ^•c>,,{^\ :;.~*'-^,^u..)'--;' ,r<. '•>•( •;> ,'. •.-., • Horn ihsw on tt« l*5l til 5' C4.~j - ; Every Day Camp 3 Two-Week Sossions <.C- ••'.'• ••T'O ^-.j--;*-:.\' tr.i'^S^c:^:" !", f-vc vsitr' >• S ' 0 00i. rvrs"-. .:• SO Weeks 4 OnoWeok Sessions i', :'Mqc J,>!;v iJr^.vii." r June 14-August 20 June-August 9:30-3:30 p.m » 1 fcj.»«*w» •"' ;,', ,,.;";.. . .>'•• ;,\iv ,».:!v.>r; •>..;«.' ••"•' .i,.r t'!i.js."it'V. •, JJ-V. "\ -r ".'•••• ,,»•• Summer Agee 3-14 (810) 752-9520 / [810) 752-6020 j v , r\ :\>vo' r>rc\ r'-v^q .^^u thr iO'ivv^cii r of fi^\,,r,G v^^' :^-. .v (734) 261-2161 FUN! SAFE! jw iih »i-.»v-t •*•** /•{•if/h.-.' ( SIOv\ th.it^ 'C.lii\ S'n.j'.'ft.yv ^r<. • B AS KiT HA I. I AM I RICA One week teuton* for ••\\k ,JS »o' Jet.iiK Basketball and Roller of children Blades Hotkey Camps SUMMER CAMPS Ages 616 look forward • T-thlrt* 'Basketball* • PHtei 'Award* 257 W. Clarkston Rd lake Onon Plus j "Came Specific" to camp... 1-8O0-964-5757 or 1-248-693-5858 Basketball Camp There is Something for Everyone at the... Give them the opportunity 1999 JCC Summer Camps Ages Z '•'* to 14 • to experience yours with an advertisement I'lMtuTi H,(r>i1"\0'^AU7C^, r^tln'^fr^rnl (.:.1^1^ f 'fi a ^ ' • Vi >,<,;, in our 1999 Summer Camp Comer, t ~~B FIRST FEDERAL OF MICHIGAN For move •\<.i. f ;.!-:>''• ' information \h ,iw li nlTn r- lliri til elu-tl) t inc iru|(nlllnli l*ilr.,it l>l"V". KAl.ima>m>. Il»n«ii, llnraint. ( liosnitli ;' v ,',,•. 'i,- -,' '-••••• ' < '.-v Min- Cnmpi A Extended (Tare Starting June 7 734-953-2069 '.'.-',•, \«, I'.-l'Tv , Ll-r •r'r>r-i> .«?,i--^-* •.in v- ,i »><-<* Kir* o»«Y« < of t,;4fl> 661 1010

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information or just show up to play cards. The Friend­ UPCOMING AT THE VOLUNTEERS Friends book sale ship Center is at 1119 N. EVENTS LIBRARY ASSISTED LIVING Newburgh. Marquette House assisted BUNNY ARRIVES FRIENDS OF UBRARY living facility, 36000 Cam­ MONTHLY MEAL/DANCE The Easter Bunny will The Friends of the William pus Drive, Westland, seeks The Wayne Ford Civic arrive at Westland Shop­ P. Faust Public Library volunteers to spend time League schedules its senior ping Center 11 a.m. Satur­ meet 7 p.m. the second with residents to provide meal for people 50 and day, March 20. Children of Tuesday of each month at an activity or a one-on-one older 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. all ages are invited to wel­ the library, 6123 Central visit. Call Peggy in the on the first Sunday of each come the Easter Bunny in City Parkway. Call (734) activities department, month at the league hall, West Court near JC Pen­ 326-6123. Meetings last (734) 326-6537. on Wayne Road two blocks ney. Also featured is an about one hour and are south of Ford. Cost is $5 for Easter magic show with open to the public. The members and $7 for non- Steve Ryder of Absolutely Friends also hold a book SCHOOLS members. The meal Baffling Magic. Digital sale during regular library includes beer, beverages, Image photographs will hours at the library. RESOURCE CENTER dancing to Big Band music begin in East Court after The Family Resource Cen­ and door prizes. Call (734) the arrival and magic ter is offering parenting 728-5010. show. classes. "Dealing with WESTLAND Your Spirited Child" will WORK REFERRAL WRESTLING be 9:15-11:15 a.m. Tues­ Information Center Inc. Midwest Territorial CENTER days, April 13, 20 and 27, refers workers to seniors Wrestling is hosting pro WALKERS MEET at Hamilton Elementary who need help. The pro­ wrestling, featuring Skull The Westland Walkers School, 1031 Schuman in gram is for people interest­ Ganz with Jade Jager vs. meet the second Wednes­ Westland. Cost is $5 a per­ ed in providing transporta­ Joey Legend with Johnny day of each month, except son. To register, call (734) At the library: The Friends of the lAbrary are having a mini book tion, yardwork, housework, Bradford, plus six other during the summer. West- 595-2279. etc. Workers can specify matches at the Wayne Ford sale 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Saturday, March 20, and noon to 4p.m. the type of work they are land Center opens its doors MCKINLEY COOPERATIVE Civic League. Doors open Sunday, March 21. Browse the selection of paperbacks and willing to do and the com­ to walkers beginning at 7 McKinley Cooperative at 6:15 p.m. with opening hardcovers at reduced prices. Select from mysteries, romance munities they want to a.m. at Arcade 2 by Olga's Preschool, housed in Good bell at 7 p.m. Saturday, serve. Call (734) 422-1052. Kitchen. Mall walking ends Shepherd Reformed novels, science fiction,^ ho/i/w(wwv^V^ee^ ^nt ¢/½ sakwillgo March 20. Tickets are DYER CENTER at 10 a.m. Church, Wayne Road at toward the library's Summer Heading Program. Thea^wUfbe available at the Wayne The Wayne-Westland Hunter, is holding registra­ held in Community[MeetingItoom..A* Ford Civic League and are School District's Dyer $10 in advance and $15 at tion. Morning and after­ noon classes are available. Senior Adult Center has the door. AT THE activities Monday through Call (734) 729-7222. Childhood School Readi­ ages 9 and older in Wayne, Thursday at the center, on BOWVATHON CHAMBER ness Program is available Westland and Romulus. SUBURBAN CHILDREN'S FOR SENIORS Marquette between Wayne The Tourette Syndrome AFTER HOURS .to 4- and 5-year-old chil­ For information on partici­ Suburban Children's Co-op and Newburgh roads. Mon­ Association will hold its The next informal after dren. The YWCA is at pating or volunteering, call HEARING CHECKS Nursery has openings in all days, Senior Chorus at 1:30 13th annual Bowlathon hours event for new cham­ 26279 Michigan in Inkster. Leau'Rette Douglas, (734) Every .third Tuesday of classes 18 months through p.m.; Tuesdays, arts, crafts Saturday, March 20, at ber members is 5-7 p.m. Call (313) 561-4110. 722-3660. each month a representa­ 5 years old. Located in tive from Personalized and needlework at 9:30 Vision Lanes in Westland, Tuesday, March 23, at Far- 38250 Ford Road. For Livonia bordering West- CHARTER SCHOOL MOM'S MORNING OUT Hearing Care of Westland a.m.; Wednesdays, Kitchen well and Friends in West- land. Call Michelle at (734) information, call Debbie The Academy of Detroit- Children, ages newborn to will be checking and clean Band. 10 a.m.. bingo at 1 land. All chamber members 421-6196. Likeric at (734) 525-6245. Westland, an 6, and their mothers are ing hearing aids free from p.m.; Thursdays, ceramics, are invited to attend. The PRESCHOOL PROGRAM entrepreneurial and busi­ invited to a Mom's Morning 2-3 p.m. by appointment arts, crafts at 9:30 a.m.; a FOUNDATION EVENT event will include hors The Wayne-Westland Com­ ness charter school, serves Out 9-11:30 a.m. every only. Call (734) 722-7632 Hawaiian dance exercise The Westland Community d'oeuvres, spirits and soft munity School District has kindergarten through sev­ Thursday at Newburg for more information. class will be 1 p.m. every Foundation's Third Annual drinks compliments of Far- ongoing registration for the enth grade. The school United Methodist Church, Wednesday in the Senior Spring Ball will feature TIGER GAMES well and Friends. preschool programs at Stot- emphasizes a basic educa­ on Ann Arbor Trail Resources Department Irish entertainment includ­ tion with business and The Senior Resources JOBS AND CAREERS FAIR tlemyer Early Childhood between Wayne and New- (Friendship Center), 1119 ing Celtic Pipes and entrepreneurial skills. The Department Friendship The third annual jobs and and Family Development burgh, Livonia. Children Newburgh, Hall A. Instruc­ Drums, Finvarra's Wren school offers a foreign lan­ Center is offering three careers fair is scheduled for Center, on Marquette are grouped together by tor is Kammo Oris. Sign up with Irish Dancers and guage class, music and art, trips to Tiger games this Saturday, April 24, at between Wayne and Wild- ages in rooms with two at the front desk or call dance music by Marty a dress code and a comput­ year: Tigers vs. St. Louis Westland Shopping Center. wood. Programs include an caregivers per room. This Friday, June 4; Tigers vs. (734)722-7632. Viers and the Music Doc­ early intervention pro­ er lab with access to the program is an optional co­ tors. Dinner-dance tickets An advance signup list for Internet. Call (734) 722- Yankees, Thursday, July 8; tables and sponsorships is gram, Head Start, op, with parents working Tigers vs. Angels, Friday, are $100 per person which Kids/Plus Preschool, a pre- 1465 or (248) 569-7787. once each month. Call (734) includes a raffle ticket for being compiled by the Aug. 13. Cost is $25 a per­ Westland Chamber of Com­ primary impaired program LITTLE PEOPLES 422-0149. son a game. Leave from the CLUBS IN the ball which begins at and Sparkey Preschool. Livonia LittlePeoples Co­ 6;30 p.m. Friday, March merce at(734)326-7222. Friendship Center at 5 ACTION Registration is 8 a.m. to op Preschool is now p.m. Games begin at 7:05 26, at the Hellenic Cultural AWARD NOMINATIONS 4:30 p.m. Call (734) 595- enrolling for the fall in pro­ WESTLAND JAYCEES Center, 36375 Joy Road in Nominations are being HISTORY p.m. Return to the center 2660. grams for 3 and 4-year- between 11 and 11:30 p.m. The Westland Jaycees have Westland. Call (734) 595- taken for the chamber's BEGINNING CHURCH PRESCHOOL olds. For more information Sign up at the front desk. several upcoming events 7727 for reservations. spring awards - The GENEALOGISTS The Westland Free call (734) 422-1176. First 23 seniors to register. planned. The club is host­ Athena Award and the The Westland Historical BOOK SIGNING Methodist Preschool has LITTLE LAMBS ing a bowling fund-raiser Business Person of the Commission and the West- SENIOR CHOIR A! book signing of'And ... openings for 3- and 4-year- Little Lambs Preschool, on 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March Year Award. The Athena land Library have sched­ A Friendship senior choir, Howe" by Gordie and olds in the morning and P'armington Road south of 21, at Vision Lanes in Colleen Howe is set for 11 Award recognizes an indi­ uled a session on learning under the direction of afternoon sessions. The West Chicago in Livonia, is Robert Cassidy, has been Westland to benefit Jeffrey arm. to 2 p.m. Sunday, vidual who exemplifies about family history 1 p.m. younger pupils attend accepting registration for started. The choir meets 9 Clein of Westland. Cost is March 28, at Henry Ford excellence in a business or Saturday, April 17, at the Tuesdays and Thursdays, the 1998-99 school year. a.m. Thursdays at the $18. The club will sponsor CiptimEyes, 35184 Central profession, serves the com­ Westland Library confer­ other pupils on Mondays Classes meet Monday- Westland Senior Resources a Vegas Night 7 p.m. Fri­ City Parkway, Westland. munity in a meaningful ence Room B. Information and Wednesdays. A Friday Wednesday-Friday after­ Department Friendship day, March 26, at Harris Ajl proceeds go to the way and assists women in enrichment class is also noons and Tuesday-Thurs­ will include how to get Center, 1119 N. Newburgh, Kehrer Hall. An Easter developing their leadership Atnerican Diabetes Associ­ available. The preschool is day mornings for 3- to 5- started, forms and how to Westland. Anyone who Egg Hunt will feature potential. The Business ation. at 1421 S. Venov, West- year-olds. Little Lambs is a fill them out. If there is enjoys singing may join. 8,000 eggs and different Person of the Year recog­ KINDERGARTEN TALK land. Call (734) 728-3559. nonprofit, nondiscriminato­ enough interest, a series of age groups plus the Easter EXERCISE Representatives from each nizes a Westland business ry preschool. Cal: '248) classes will be set up. Call bunny 1 p.m. Sunday, GARDEN CITY CO-OP Musical Chairs is a new elementary school in the person or manager who 471-2077. Steve Keller at (734) 722- March 28, at Westland The Garden City Co-op program from Jazzercise Wayne-Westland school works to improve the busi­ 6305 or e-mail: Jaycee Park. A social night nursery has openings for FRANKLIN PTSA designed for exercisers district will be available to ness climate and overcome [email protected] is planned for 7-11 p.m. preschool classes for ages The Franklin High FfSA is older than 40. The program t$lk to parents of children adversity in some way. The Wednesday, March 31, at 18 months through 4 years. seeking members. Member­ WESTLAND MUSEUM provides a low to moderate about to enter kinder­ awards will be presented at Tots class meets on ship is open to those who The Westland Historical workout geared for the the Library Pub and Grill garten 6:30-7:30 p.m. a murder mystery dinner, Wednesday mornings, and care about the schools and Museum is open 1-4 p.m. older adult. The exercise Cost is $15 a person and Thursday, April 15, at Stot- "Pasta, Passion and Pis­ 3- and 4-year-olds meets community Members need SaturdayJ at 857 N. Wayne improves strength, flexibil­ includes beverages and tlemyer Early Childhood tols," beginning 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. not have a student in the Road between Marquette ity, balance, posture, coor­ appetizers. Center, 34801 Marquette, Wednesday, May 5, at Joy Parental involvement is school. Price is $3 for stu­ and Cherry Hill. Call (734) dination and cardiovascu­ between Wayne and Wild- Manor in Westland. Tick­ WESTLAND ROTARY required. Call Kelli at (734) dents, $5 for adults. 326-1110. lar endurance. It incorpo­ wood in Westland. Ice ets are $30 a person. For The Westland Rotary Club 513-7708. Checks should be made FRIENDS MEET rates resistance exercises cream sundaes and face nomination forms, contact meets 12:15 p.m. Thurs­ payable to Franklin PTSA using rubber tubing and painting will be available the chamber at (734) 326- ST. MEL PRESCHOOL Friends of the Westland days at Joy Manor, 28999 St. Mel Preschool, 7506 and sent to 31000 Joy in light weights with walking for children. 7222. Historical Museum meet 7 Joy, east of Middlehelt in Inkster Road, north of Livonia 48150. p.m. on the second Tues­ and jogging patterns. Wear Westland RECOGNITION BANQUET GOLF CLASSIC Warren Avenue in Dear­ loose-fitting clothing and TUTORIAL PROGRAM days of January, March, SWEET ADELINES VFW Post 3323 and Ladies The 19th annual Westland born Heights, has morning comfortable shoes. Light v A free tutoring program for May, July, September and The County Connection Auxiliary will hold their Chamber Golf Classic at and afternoon classes for weights and an exercise students is offered at the November at the Westland Chorus of Swept Adelines annual policeman and fire­ Pheasant Run Golf Club is both 3- and 4-year-olds. Salvation Army Wayne- Meeting House, 37091 mat are suggested. Robert \ fighter recognition banquet planned for Tuesday, June • Registration has begun. Cassidy is the certified International is looking for Westland Corps Communi­ Marquette, between New- women who love to sing. and dance Saturday, April 22. Reservations for four­ Call (313) 274-6270. ty Center, 2300 Venoy in burgh and Wayne roads. Jnzzercise instructor. Sign 17, at the post home, 1055 somes arc being taken now up at the front desk at the The group sings a cappelln YWCA READINESS Westland. The program, 4- Call President Jim music in barbershop style S. Wayne Road, Westland. at the chamber office, (734) The YWCA of Western 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and Franklin at (734) 721-0136. Westland Friendship Cen­ Tickets are $i2.50. Public 326-7222. ter or call (734) 722-7632. and has begun prepara­ Wayne County Early Thursday, is for students Everyone is welcome. tions for an annunl compe­ is welcome. Call (734) 728- TRAVEL GROUP tition in May. Rehearsals 7405. The Travel Gi^oup meets are 7 p.m. Tuesdays at COUNTRY WESTERN 12:45 p.m. every Friday in RECREATION ifcft^H--,*; UAWl»cal898nt 8975 the Westland Friendship JAMBOREE RECREATION AND FUN Textile Road, Ypsilanti Center, 1119 N. Newburgh, The Metro Wayne Demo­ The Observer Newspaper* welcome Calendar Hems. Items should be from non-profit community For more information, call A recreational get-together unless a trip or program is cratic GluW is planning a for teens and adults who groups or individuals announcing a community program or event, Please type or print the infor­ Paula at (734) 995-4110. country western jamboree planned. Programs include are disabled is the second mation below and v\ail your item to The Calendar, Westland Observer, 36251 Schoolcraft, speakers, films, celebration PUBLIC SPEAKING with entertainment by Friday of each month at Livonia, Ml. 48150, or by fax to 734-591-7279. Deadline for Calendar items is noon Friday Sherman Arnold and Inter- of birthdays and weekly The Westland Easy Talk­ the Westland Bailey Cen­ for the following Thursday's paper. Call 953-2104 if you have any questions. statepand with tribute to door prizes. There is a $3 ers Tonstmasters Club No ter. Call (734) 722-7620. membership fee for resi­ 6694 (formerly Holy Elvis/and C.J. performing Event: NeiYDinmond for Satur­ FIGURE SKATING dents, $12.50 for nonresi­ Sinokemnslers) urges pen day; April 17, at Local 736 The Westland Figure Skat­ Date amfftfte: dents. Call (734) 722-7632. pie who want to learn the UAW Hall, 48065 Michigan ing Club has formed an CARO GROUP art of public speaking to Avp. in Canton, Cocktails adult introductory preci­ Location: The Friday Variety Card attend the club's weekly atfe p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. sion team. The team is for Telephone: Group at the Westland meetings 6 p.m. each and dancing 9 p.m. to 1 those who want to have fun Friendship Center meets 2 Thursday at Denny's a.m. Tickets are $20 a per­ with other skating adults Additional Info.: p.m. People play euchre, Restaurant. 7725 N. son, $35 n couple, $15 a and get exercise. Practices pinochle, bridge, Uno, Wayne Road next to West retiree or senior citizen. arc 6-6:50 a.m. Saturdays. rummy and poker. Light land Shopping Center Call All levels are welcome. Call John Elbe M (734) 326 For tickets, call (734) 729- l/« nddilibnal fheel ifnc<(snary refreshments are served 8681. (734)722-1091. Call (734) 722-7632 for 5119

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BY SUK MASON cent," said McAllister. "We had show, featuring the latest spring lla, Schoolcraft College Culinary drive and want to stop for some­ enhance the services and pro­ STAKF WUITKK 900 last year, but have branched styles. Gourmet Club and Villa deRoma grams offered by First.Step. The sinngon&oc.homucomm.net thing to eat and know about the out. We have people coming from Entertaining guests will be a of Livonia. Great Harvest Bread place." nonprofit agency offers crisis In the four years since it was Auburn Hills, Rochester, Bloom- caricaturist, singer/guitarist Company of Northville, Schulz There also will be a raffle with intervention and assistance to started by Zonta Club of Farm- field Hills ... Part of the reason is Ryan Winkler, the Ad Libitum Cap 'N' Cork, Plymouth Fish- prizes ranging from cash, gift the victims of domestic violence ington/Novi Area, the First Step the cause and part of it is string quartet from Farmington Seafood Restaurant and the certificates for lunches and din­ and sexual assault in 35 western Stepping Out in Style has gener­ because it's a fun evening." High School, the Motor City Mix Water Club Seafood Grill of Ply­ ners to free hotel stays and other Wayne and Downriver communi­ ated mow than $100,000 for The fifth annual benefit will be quartet of the Sweet Adelines mouth. Michigan Star Clipper exciting raffle prizes. Benefit- ties. First Step Western Wayne Coun­ 6-9 p.m. at the Parisian store at and a disc jockey from Silver Dinner Train of Walled Lake. goers also will be entitled to a 15 First Step recently moved its ty Project on Domestic Violence Laurel Park Place, Six Mile and Sounds in Canton. Also making Putter's Restaurant and Corner percent discount on purchases at offices to 44567 Pinetree Drive, and Sexual Assault. Newburgh, Livonia. Tickets cost an appearance will be Miss Pub of New Hudson, TGI Fri­ Parisian during the evening. Plymouth. For more information, And if Beverlee McAllister and $25 each and are available in Michigan Laura Welling. days of Novi. 10th Street Mar­ Zonta Club of about its programs, call (7.34)., her fellow Zonta club members advance by calling McAllister at Twenty restaurants will be ket-Bakery and Catering of Farmington/Novi Area is a chap­ 416-1111. . <„' have their way, the Sunday, (734) 453-0822 or by faxing her providing the strolling supper. Wyandotte and Two Unique ter of Zonta International, "One of the reasons we've been. March 21, benefit will attract at (734) 455-6125. Tickets also Participants will include Carlson Caterers and Event. Planners of worldwide service organization able to make the money we have' 900-plus people and top last will be available the door. Catering Co. of Taylor, Catering Bloomfield. of female executives in business for First Step is because every'! year's $30,000 donation to First The evening will feature infor­ by Sayers/BBQ Man of Redford, ""This is a great chance to sam­ and the professions working to thing is donated.'" McAllister Step mal modeling of petite and Coffee Beanery. Macaroni Grill,1 ple new places like Putter's in improve the status of women. said "It shows there's a lot oS- "Each year, we've been able to women's plus sizes and men's Outback Steakhouse, Real New Hudson." McAllister said. Proceeds from Stepping Out in people who are interested in• &• increase attendance by 20 per­ wear as well as a 7 p.m. fashion Seafood Grill, Rio Bravo Cami­ "You might lie out on a Sunday Style will be used to support and nonviolent world." ANNIVERSARIES Dziekan Performance benefits SandCastles _ Raymond and Tevye once again will bo scheming to "Fiddler on the Roof takes place in 1905 side world at bav. Lillian Dziekan marry off his five daughters in pre-Revolu­ in Anatevka, a small Jewish village in Tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for of Garden City tionary Russia when the Village Players Russia. The story revolves around Tevye, a children under age 12. For ticket informa-' recently celebrat­ present a benefit performance of '"Fiddler dairyman, and his attempts to preserve tion or to purchase tickets, call Jean Butri- ed their 50th on the Roof 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. March his family's traditions in the face of a co Cooper or Lome Chopra at '313) 874- wedding anniver­ 24, at the Village Player Theater, 725 changing world. 6881. sary at a family Chestnut, Birmingham. When his eldest daughter, Tzeitel, begs The proceeds will help SandCastles ih gathering at the home of son and" The one-time evening performance will him to let her marry a poor tailor rather the opening new programs for children daughter-in-law benefit SandCastles, a grief support pro­ than the middle-aged butcher that he has and families who have lost a loved one Ryan and Linda gram for children and families and a divi­ already chosen for her, he must choose through death. Programs currently are' Dziekan of sion of Hospices of Henry Ford Health between his daughter's happiness and offered in Southfield, St. Clair Shores, Brighton. System. those beloved traditions that keep the out­ Clinton Township and Downriver. The couple exchanged vows wife Nancy of Livonia, Gary and on Nov. 20, 1948. at Our Lady wife Jennifer of Plymouth and Queen of Angels Catholic Women Hibernians host Heritage Day Church. the late Suzanne Dziekan. The Dziekans have six other They also have 13 grandchil­ The Rose Kennedy Division of The Irish are well-known for how to make it (materials will be ington will present a fashion children - Ray and wife Linda of dren and one great-grandchil­ the Ladies Ancient Order of their woolen goods, so that day provided) at 11:30 a.m. and a show featuring Irish styles for Howell, Shirley O'Neil. Jim and dren. Hibernians will host an Irish will i n c 1 n d e s p i n n i n g w h e e 1 demonstration on making Irish all ages at \ p.m.. with Irish Heritage Day 11 a.m. Saturday. demonstrations at 11 a.m. and 2 soda bread bv Peggy Boland at music by IN)S COL closing oqt Kassel March 20, at the Ancient Order p.m.. and genealogy expert Dick' 1:30 p.m. the event at 5 p in Glenn and Winifred Kassel of of Hibernians Hall.'24242 Grand Doherty talking about tracing Irish dancers will perform at There also will be a display of Westland will celebrate their River Ave.. Detroit. Irish roots at 12:30 and 2.30 noon, with Irish storytelling at 1 Irish collectibles and memorabil­ 50th wedding anniversary on Different events and demon­ p.m. p.m. and noted Irish musician of ia and a virtual museum of Ire-, March 27 at a dinner party at strations are planned through­ There will be and explanation local fame Jim Perkins perform­ land Participants will be able to Montana's Steak and Seafood out the day and Irish food will he of how St. Bngid"> Cross origi­ ing at 3 p.m. mark an a lar<;e map of Ireland House in Westland. The party served noon to 5 p.m. nated ant demonstration of The Celtic of Farm­ where then ancestor-* originated. was given by their family and friends. The couple married on March 27, 1949, in Warren, while he Conference aims to empower women was serving in the Army. They moved to Wayne in 1951 and to Westland in 1963. The Student Life Office at the v/itini;.:! .niiii: ~- •. •!, \\n\\ women gies for Women. Leadership Tin I':..,, < ~\\\ nj Detroit The Kassels have seven chil­ I'mversity of Detroit Mercy will cm "make it li.ijjj-ieii' i!: their Skills for Women. Getting the Merc\ Oi.tcr Drue Campus is dren. All are college graduates, host a women's empowerment lives, professionally, personally Relationship You Want and located at 8200 W. Outer Drive, and three served in the armed seminar, "You Make It Hap­ and spiritually. Deserve. Spirituality 101 and Detnui Koi ano-e information, forces. They also have eight pen!." 2:30-5 p.m. Saturday. The program also will include Spirituality in a Hostile Environ- call Pam Reese m the Student grandchildren. March 20. at the Ward Confer­ workshop.- on Job Search Strate- meat, Life Office at 3LV 993 1593 Interested in politics, Glenn ence ('enter on the Outer Drive Kassel also enjoys operating the campus. Sims Real Estate Agency in tion in 1969. She volunteered in The conference will focus on Wayne, which he has owned the Wayne-Westland Communi­ the spiritual, personal, and pro­ Independent & Assisted Living since 1955. He is active in the ty Schools for many years and fessional development of women From A Name Knights of Columbus in Wayne later became an employee, retir­ It is free and open to the public ' ahd the Salvation Army. ing in 1991 as a library clerk Free child care will he provided You Can TRUST!!! "Winifred Kassel studied art at after 15 years of service;. She on site.' V Detroit Cass Technical High enjoys oil painting, participating |S AMERICAN HOUSE School before she married and. i n c h u re li activities, pi a y i n g The keynote address will he when her children were old cards and visiting her family. delivered by Congresswoman ^ LIVONIA enough, returned to school to The Kassels also were involved Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrlck. 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BETHEL BAPTIST TEMPLE CHRIST OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH TRINITY 29475 W. Six Mile, Livonia . Rev. Luther A. Werlh, Sr. Pastor 525-3664 or 261-9276 Rev. Robert Bayer, Assist. Pastor PRESBYTERIAN kWARD Sunday School 10:00 A.M. — Two locations to serve you — CHURCH H fif'jrVi/frrJi^rfcuCi*'?* Morning Worship -....11:00 A.M. LIVONIA A CANTON "1999" Trinity's 1 40000 Six Mile Road Evening Worship 6:00 P.M. 14175 Farmlngton Rd. H 46001 Warren Road Year of Prayer West o( 'W • - > Wed. Family Hour 7:15 P.M. (N. of I-96) £BBB& ( Canton Center) Countdown ^_. Sunday Worship 8:30 am & • Sunday Worship 9:30 am to^OOO" ^1 ..-.•'Jfjft^-f Northville, Ml INDEPENDENT BAPTIST 11:00 am B Sunday School 10.45 am •^irr L . BIBLE FELLOWSHIP 248-374-7400 March 21st Sunday School 9:45 am P (734) 414-7422 10101 W. Ann Arbor Rd., Plymouth (734) 522-6830 vt$i A Hjr, Sunday School (or All Ages WMUZ-FM* 103.5 Sunday Sth.Kit S>;J0 j.m, Sunday Worship 8:00 fr 10:45 a.m. H0SANNA-TAB0R 7:i4i 72S.19.TO Witlmsd.n Prjisi Scrviic 6:00 p.m. Sunday Morning Worship Services Wednesday children, Youth h Adult Bible Suuly 7:00 -8: p.m. LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL Traditional Services 8 & 11 am 9600 leverne • So. Redtord • 937-2424 Rev. Lawrence Witto Contemporary Service 9:30 am Victory Baptist Church Sund»y School (Children & Adult) 9-.30 S 11 »m WORSHIP WITH US A new church preaching the oW-fashioned Wednesday Ni^ht Service 7 pm Sunday Morning Worship 8:30 & 11:00 LUTHERAN CHURCH We/come to the i&UHce. o^., gospel. Now meeting in the former Ward K.v I)r Kt**rt-J Schulti Rfv J!n!i-WclhouMn Chapel at 6 Mile & Farmmgton Rds. in Livwa Sunday School & Adult Bible Class 9:30 a.m. Thursday Evening Worship 7:00 p.m. WISCONSIN SYNOD First General SUNDAY BIBLE CLASSES FOR ALL AGES ST. MATTHEW LUTHERAN WORSHIP 11:00 4 5:00 PM Christian School: Kmdergarlen-8th Grade WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY & PRAYER 7PM 937-2233 Church & School 5885 Venoy Baptist 1 B!k Not Ford Rd., Westland 425-0260 Pastor Brian Brewer (248) 473-4463 Church Divine Worship 8 & 11:00 A.M. PEAG: I:.VANC;I:LICAI. I.UTHFRAN ST. TIMOTHY CHURCH Bible Class & SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30. A.M. CHURCH & SCHOOL 16700 Newburgh Road Monday Evening Service 7:00 P.M. fe W15 UwriT^n • \}xr,3. Livonia • 464-8844 42690 Cherry HIII«Canton. Michigan 48188 Grand River Baptist Church Gary D Headapohi. Adm.nistrat.ve Paste SundJy Worv'vp S«v«l Sunday School lor Ait Ages 9 30 am U500 Six Mile- Lhonia, Ml Kurt E Iarnbart. Ass s'ant Pastor 6»iniJt1«tvn Family Worship 11 0X3 a m Jeff 8;jrkce Pr.nopa!.'D C E Sunda) Worship 2:00 p.m. licluoa l-anniiiflun llmid ttnd I.txun SuiJri School * Btrt CJH 515 • r, The New Covenant" 754-261-«950 ScNxjl Oniei' Prt-School -1 fa*l ttuyie. itbfcyun&U&n call- Church i School off*:* '•'('\ M <.:' S ^'f.P.^A'Z'**-*'' 422-6930 "ft;, v.v.v, \jr,:C-a COT -slt.-rcTI-) Dr. Del Mace Mrs. Linda K. Mace Simd;i\ Sdiixit all \pe> 9:i0ftm GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Ctiurch planner Canton School Teacher Sunday Worship Service 10:15atn CHRISTADELPHIANS MISSOURI SYNOD (2W) 673-9085 (734)397-4738 PastorHcrbVVIUon — Sunday Memorial Service 10:00 A.M. 25630 GRAND RTVEfl at BEfCH DALY Sunday School 11:30 A.M. 532-2266 REDFOflDTWP. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Worship Service Si< p^ul s evc\nqelial Wain & Church • (734) 453-6464 Bible Class • Wednesdays 7:30 P.M. 9:15 & 11:00 A.M. lutheRAn ChuRch PLYMOUTH Sunday School Worship Services 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 3jn. 36516 Parkdale, Livonia 17810 Farrmngton Road • Uwva • (734) 261-1360 9:15 & 11:00 A.M. Church School 4 Nursery 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Mr/ thru October • Monday Night S«rvlce • 7:00 p.m. 425-7610 Nurs&y Prwded Dr James Skimms Tamara J SeiOe! Rey Victor f. Hatooth. Pastor Sunday School & Bibi* Classes For AJI Aoes 9.45 in Senior Minister Associate Minister Rest Timothy Halsotfi, A**oc Pastor Sunday Wor»h*p Serv-iMj 4 30 »JTL » 11 <0 un Acce-iS'DJe h: An P»stor Jantl Ho.1 Brightmoor Tabernacle EVANCEUCAL LUTHERAN Pjjfor Ehe Sit'rbrtmtt CHURCH IN AMERICA REFORMED GENEVA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.) Assemblies of God • Calvin C. Ratz, pastor -:.-.v. «.• <-i • P.-i. Ca-'W. (734(459-0013 26555 Franklin Rd . St.uthtield. Ml (1-6% & Telegraph • West of Holiday Inn) • 352-6200 Lola Park U l Sundiy Worsh.p i Church School M5 HamiU SundjtN Schoiil Hour * Wednesday *KX(pm "Family Nij;ht" Timothy Lutheran Church Ev. Lutheran Church 9.00 am & ti:O0i.m 8820 Wayne Rd. Relivrmed • Adhermi: to the Education For All Ages Wcstminsler Contevvuni nt t\iilh '''^ 14750 Kmloch • Record Tv.p. 10:()() am Pastor Dong Rhine! (Between Ann Arbor Trail & Joy Road] CMOcare Provided • Handicapped Accsisiblt Livonia • 427-2290 Presbyterian Free Church (^¾1, 532-8655 Rev. Carta Thompson Powell, Pastor 30025 Curtis Ave.. Livonia 48154 \-^y' Pastor Gregory Gibbons 6:30 pm Pastor Calvin Ratz 9:00 a.m. Adult & Children's off M.ddebe.'t between Six and Sewn M.-.'e Worship Services 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. U-HoiirPr.iurLuie -NN-5SM.V/S Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Family Worship Sumlas Services - 1 kim and 7 pm Midweek Lenten Services Wednesday Bible Study - 7pm 10:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Rosedale Gardens Pcnor • Kenneth Macleod - tel 313-421- 0780 No» icctptttf ip;lic»ii8.ij In 1535-Sj jcficcl )iv Presbyterian Church (USA) WLQV 1500 SUNDAY 10:30 A.M. 9601 Hubbard at W Chicago. Livonia, Ml r'r.tt' M*-ri^.i.n 1 Cirr.- -. fVa (734) 422-0494 UNITEDCHURCH Worship Service & ^Kvfll Sunday School OFGHRIST ,- 10:30 a.m. New Life \^'i'r, i,1 •* P-CA-J ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Lutheran Church Wt W'clfomt' ^'^)u To A^ l-'ull Program Churjch:.j rr-T|—1 16360 Hubbard Road Sunday Worship b [«>%l I Livonia, Michigan 48154 NATIVITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST U, . H„ h,.,l l\urv I'iMi* > , .;• Children's Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Kn Hiil n.lb,mi,.!.. l.~«n!rPM<«:i 9435 Henry Ruff at West Chicago 421-8451 (with nursery ) in .i ',:i|, .» Kijrsery Cd e Avj 'ate 10.00 A.M. Christian Education for all ages -WELCOME- THIS SUNDAY. Sunday Morning - Nursery Care Available The Rev. Robert Clapp, Rector Tri-City Christian Center Michigan Ave. & Harmon Rd. CONGREGAtlONAL 326-0330 CATHOLIC ST. MATTHEW'S ClArencevllte I nited Methodist . : Sunday 9 am, 11 am, 6 pm UNITED METHODIST !iH',• |.i.-rc.-.: Ho Jv jfi t nir GOVENANTV Mt. Hope C>.iX> Sv.^v P,l«c.r Wors tiip Services 10:15 AM. 6:00 PM ST. ANNE'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 10:00 A.M.V/orship & Church School congregational Church \lir\tr\ I'nnnied 11:15 A.M. Adult Study Classes Society of St. Pius X W5J0Schoolcraft Livonia • 7J4-JJ5-7JK) Sumltiy S< hool 9 AM --•'•'••< CHURCHESOF Traditional Latin Mass (BeUveen Mfddiebelt & Merrlman) Ni..-ii.vy (•>,. :••}• i?.> b'~i\=, Ollm- Hrs. ')-5 *;','• ':.' FAITH COVENANT CHURCH '.MIItJnyRoid • Redfonl, Michigan 9:30 a.m. Sunday School THE NAZARENJE S S H!S\-1\ ?l 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 1 i Mill- R.».HI and IVAr. lMtrniriKtnn HilK Priests I'honctSKH'Si-'JSI I Kunerytire tv? 'it'e NARDIN PARK UNITED (248)661-9191 'The Church You've Always longed for.' MA*s.^ftitdHl?; METHODIST CHURCH PLYMOUTH CHURCH Sunday Worship OF THE NAZARENE First Fri. 7:00 p.m. 29.SH? Wist I-leven Mile Rn.nl 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. First Sat. 0:30 n.m. lust Wist ot Midcllilull "Buiidln$ Healthy families..." 45MI W knnAlbor floJd • (31 J) 4M-15J5 C fill:1 (.jrt (r:\lJrJ f'/r till let l tit I Sun. Masses 7:30 & 9:30 a.m. 248-476-8860 Sunday School • 9:45 A.M. CHRISTIAN Sunday School for all ages Confessions Hoard Prior to Each Mass l'-armin^um Hills Worship 8< Sunday School Sunday Worship • 11:00 A.M. at 9:30 and I 1:00 a.m. SCIENCE Sunday Evening - 6:00 P.M. At 9t00a.m. &. 11:00 a.m. Aicivnies lur JI! »£ l>t [1PM Xfmnp ft: Tcr.y* ^rncvco Vm.ljy Si oi i 11) sn j m Sunday Worship at 9:15 and II a.m. Plymouth * l$3-0.\2f> SIM>1I\ .Vl>.il lei Mi j m Church School al 915 and 11 a.in Rev. John J. Sullivan yX..l Ivtmr.,: r(\nn-v,,r,v Ntufn^' ^i|.tii First United Methodist Church Rev. Benjamin Bohnsaelc Mum- Mon.-1-ri 9n,<, S->i s n •• mil R«v Kelhtcen Orotf of Plymouth S\initi) S.rK). 10.(K) A.M.JIKI litKi I'.M V,«.(.,» 1/).1-,¾ IDfii i r> "• '«i |- n 5:()0 P.M. I ifc Ttcn Miss S.ii.nln flMH i m • .'li'fro • "IK;-* 1 ,\ '.-' , - r„ R«v. J»n» B*rqultl JS70I S TrntfdrtJit HA u.n unkiMm til R»v. fiobpfl Bough ..-N 453-1676 Mr. W«lvln Rook'ui $fej (734) 453-5280 RESURRECTION CATHOLIC CHURCH 48755 Warren Rd., Canton, Michigan 48187 JAP Appe Family WonUp Center 451-0444 WK Wi Hr «A MtAcncjKL cHUtcrt ON me MOVE* TtEV, WCHAHOA PErtFETTO NEWBURG UNITED Weekday Masses METHODIST CHURCH 45081 Geddcs Road, Canton, Ml 46188 Tuesday & Friday 6:30 a.m. Saturday • 4:30 p.m. 36500 Ann Arbor _(J4t* 1 b*tvi«.l rjrm'BftM A 0;ct\vd L«V« R, Ml 48336 11:00 a.m. - Traditional, Full ChOlf OF PLYMOUTH *** + -*•» Hcv Thomas G. Bndley, preaching Sunday School 291 E. SPRING 9T. WEEKF.N0 UTUROY SCKEOUtf; 9:30-Adults; 11:00-Chlldrcn-Adulls ? PAW. 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RELIGIOUS NEWS Listings for the Religious News games, activities, storytelling should be submitted in writing and a chance to visit your no later than noon Friday for the favorite Holy Land "sites" and next Thursday's issue: They can get snacks in the Saints' Cafe. be mailed to 36251 Schoolcraft, For more information, call the Livonia 48150, or by fax at religious education office at (734) (734) 591-7279. For more infor­ ;: The National Poundationof Mary Baker Eddy, with the when women's opportunities tures." ."";••'.:•.'..•;. 421-5240. mation, call (734) 953-2131. Women Legislators has hon­ help of this, hortor^ is now were severely limited. "We welcome everyone to KtNOEROARTEN ored; the late Mary Baker becoming more of a 'told stoty,- * In the face of life's chal*' ; come and explore the life and Covenant Community Church Registration currently is tak­ Eddy,, fo:uhder, of The Christian. '.Seivbr.8avdV^.yV>;' '-:,v ;',';• •••;.•;••: lengei, she never gave up ( ideas of Mary Baker Eddy here will present a musical drama, ing place now for kindergarten Science Monitor,yvith'.the 1999 During National yVomeft's even in her own life where she' in our reading room,? said -Who Will Call Him King of classes offered through the Media Award. •' History Month this month; Tfcfl faced and overcame homeless- Sharon Rea, librarian of the Kings," at 6 p.m. Sunday, March ChriBt Our Savior Early Child­ '•: John Selpver, manager of Christian Science Readirig neB»; poverty, divorce and Pl>Tnouth reading room, 21, at the church, 25800 Stu- - hood Program at Christ Our The Christian Science Publish­ Room at 445 S. H>rvey;St:|; chronic poor health, Her desire "Science and Health,* The dent, north of Five Mile, Red­ Savior Lutheran Church, 14175 ing Society, accepted the Plymouth, is featuring thi* to find , purpose and Christian Science Monitor and ford. Admission is free, and a Farmington Road, Livonia. The award at the foundation's remarkable pioneering woman: individual worth led to the dis­ : other works by and biogra­ nursery will be provided. A cafe Christian program has a class annual awards luncheon. . Ma^y Baker Eddy eptab- covery of a system of healing phies about Mary Baker Eddy reception will follow. For more size of 15-18 children with two "What has been considered lished a sound basis for.fair that she later recorded in her are available at the Plymouth information, call the church at teachers from 8:30 a.m. to noon. art 'untold-story' of the contri­ and balanced journalism dur­ best-selling book, "Science and Christian Science Reading (313)535-3100.,- Extended care is available. For butions and achievements of ing the 19th century, a time Health With Key to the Scrip: Room. more information, call (734> 513- SISTERHOOD 8413. The Sisterhood of Congrega­ tion Beit Kodesh will meet 7 FISH FRY A grief seminar will be held p.m. Saturday. March 20, at the church at (734) 722-1735. Arbor Trail, Livonia. The potluck p.m. Tuesday, March 23, at the . St. Edith Parish will have from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur­ church, 29125 W. Six Mile, east PRAYER GROUP dinner (there is a small cost for synagogue, 31480 W. Seven Lenten fish fries 4:30-7 p.m. Fri­ day, March 27. in the chapel. of Middlebelt, Livonia. Second­ The Madonna University meat, coffee and milk) will be at Mile, Livonia. The Passover days, March 19 and 26 and April Cathy Clough will speak about hand children's clothes (newborn Prayer Group will meet 6 p.m. 6 p.m., followed by the presenta­ Seder will be discussed by Anita 2, at the church, 15089 New- "The Process of Grief," and Ruth and up), baby furniture and Sunday, March 21, on the tion, "Juggler for Jesus," by ( Cottrell, president. Refresh­ burgh, Livonia. The menu will Sissom will speak about "How maternity items will be sold. Ground Floor Patio Room 1, on David Cain, at 7:15 p.m. For ments will be served. include baked and fried fish, Do We Move Beyond Grief?" The Admission will be $1. For more campus, Schoolcraft and Levan, more information, call the sffftffipt pierogi, french fries, cost is $20 and that includes con­ information and table rental, call church at (734) 422-0149. PARENTS DISCUSSION Livonia. Ben Stapel of the Timothy Lutheran Church's macaroni and cheese, salad bar, tinental breakfast, lunch and Jennifer at (248) 426-6227. Detroit Charismatic Center will • Good Hope Lutheran desserts, coffee, tea and pop. For seminar materials. Church, 28680 Cherry Hill Road. Parenting Book Discussion ST0RYTIME be the guest speaker. For more Group on parenting will be held more information, call the For information about any of Timothy Lutheran Church of information, call Cecile at (734) Garden City, has a soup supper church at (734) 464-1222. the events, call the church at and Lenten services, beginning 6 at four different times once a Livonia is hosting TLC Story- 591-3247 or John at (7341 422- month - 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 'JOURNEY OF HOPE' (.248)374-5920. time for children and their par­ 5611. p.m. Wednesdays. There is no charge for the soup supper. For Wednesdays-Thursday,s March ' "The Journey of Hope ... from WOMEN'S RETREAT ents 3-4 p.m. Saturday, March IN CONCERT 24-25 and April 28-29, at the Violence to Healing," a program Tri-City Christian Center is 20, at the church, 8820 Wayne more information, call the Canton Free Methodist church at (734) 427-3660. church, 8820 Wayne Road, Livo­ on forgiveness, will be presented hosting "Let God Touch Your Road, between Joy and Ann Church will present the special • The First United Methodist nia. ai6-p.m. Lenten soup supper World." a women's spring retreat Arbor Trail. The books are cho­ contemporary instrumental Church of Garden City will have The group will begin with Friday, March 19, at St. Hilary Friday-Saturday, March 19-20. sen for children ages 3-10, but music of Mike Jones 11 a.m. a dinner and Lenten program Thomas Lickona's "Raising Good. Catholic Church, 23901 Elmira, at the Sheraton Inn, 3200 Board­ kids of all ages are welcome to Sunday, March 21, at the Thursday. March 25, at the Children." The church will sup­ Redford. Murder victim family walk, Ann Arbor. Through cos­ participate. For more informa­ church, 44815 Cherry Hill Road, church, 6443 Merriman. The ply the books as long as partici­ members will share their person­ tume, storytelling and song. tion, call (734)427-2290. Canton. For more information, potluck dinner will be at 6 p.m., pants register at least one week al spiritual journeys and discuss Bonnie Bachman brings to life call the church at (734) 981- BETHANY SUBURBAN WEST followed by Ralph Janka pre­ in advance. For more informa­ their opposition to the death the stories of ordinary women in 5350. Bethany Suburban West, a senting "A Visit with Martin tion, call (734) 427-2290. penalty. There is no charge. Peo­ history who have touched our Catholic organization which pro­ ple planning to attend should world. Tickets are $79 per per­ LENTEN PROGRAMS Luther." For more information, LENTEN SERVICES vides spiritual, social and sup­ St. Matthew's United call the church office at (734) Lola Park Lutheran Church call (313) 533-1560. son. For more information, call port assistance for divorced and (7341326-0330. Methodist Church will have a 421-8628. will have midweek Lenten ser­ SINGLE POINT MINISTRIES separated Christians, will have a potluck dinner and performance vices at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Single Point Ministries of SPECIAL ViSIT St. Patrick's Day dance 8:30 p.m. FAMILY ACTIVITY Sunday, March 21. at the The Board of Fellowship and Wednesdays at the church. Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Actor Bruce Marchiano will Saturday, March 20. at St. Ken­ church, 30900 \V. Six Mile, Livo­ 14750 Kinloch, Redford. The Church in Northville Township speak to young adults in a neth Catholic Church, Haggerty. Social Welfare of Hosanna Tabor nia. Dinner will be at 6 p.m. and Lutheran Church will present Rev. Gregory Gibbons will will host a Stepping Stones Sem­ relaxed coffeehouse atmosphere south of Five Mile. Plymouth will be the seventh annual Pota­ preach on the general theme of inar 7-9 p.m. Friday, March 19. 7:30 p.m Saturday. March 20, at Township The charge of $8 "The Breath of Prayer" fellow­ to Dinner. Cost will be $3.50 for ship activity 12:30-1:30 p.m. "Only Jesus." Each service will ' and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Clarenceville United Methodist includes refreshments. Call Val adults, $2 for children and $14 be followed by a fellowship time, March 20, at the church, 40000 Church. 20300 Middlobelt. north at (7341729-1974. Sunday. March 21, at the maximum for families. The church, 9600 Leverne, Redford. featuring light refreshments For W. Six Mile, Northville. of Seven Mile, Livonia. Reserva­ choral group from Canton's DINNER-DANCE Families and members the more information, call the Gary Sprague. executive direc­ tions are necessary and can he Geneva Presbyterian Church, Prince of Peace Lutheran opportunity to discover how they church at (313) 532-8655. tor of KIDS HOPE ministries, made by calling (248) 474-3444 Geneva Convention will perform Church will have a dinner-dance can worship God together OLORY OF EASTER will speak to children in grades Marchiano will return to Proceeds will benefit the Society Saturday. March 20. at the through prayer. Participants Temple Baptist Church's annual one-12 whose birth parents are Clarenceville UM to give his per­ of St. Andrew. Registration is church. 37775 Palmer. West- must register in advance by call­ "The Glory of Easter" perfor­ divorced, separated or never sonal testimony at 6 p.m. Sun­ required. For more information, land. Music will be by Carolyn ing Lisa Clavton at (313i 533- mance will be held 7:30 p.m. Fn-. married. This workshop will aid day. March 21. for The Gather­ or to sign up for the dinner, call Cherney and the Blue Mountain 2009 by March 19. days. March 26 and April 2, 6 I in the emotional, relational and ing. A love offering will be the church office at ' 734 > 422- Rockers, p.m. Saturdays, March 27 and spiritual healing of children who accepted. For more information, 6038. BIBLE FAIR Representatives of Hegira will April 3. 1 p.m. Saturday. April 3, live in single parent families and call the church at «248) 474- St. Maurice Religious Educa­ present a program on drugs for • New burg United Methodist and 6 p.m. Sunday, March 28, at help the kids know that even dif­ 5581. junior and senior high students Church will have a Lenten din­ tion will sponsor a Bible Fair 3-5 ficult situations can turn into MOM TO MOM SALE and their parents on Sunday, ner and program Sunday. 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NEW VOICES -- Ronald and Nichole Esch of raine Donahue of Redford and Grandparents are Robert and Chester Pawczuk of Westland. pital in Livonia. of Shellby Nicole Nov. 25 at Westland announce the birth of Thomas Donahue of Milford. Candance McHale of Westland, Marc and Monica View of Christopher and Tammy the Birthing Center of Garden «|oshua Thomas Nov. 15 at the Jim and Brooke Walton of Louise and Jack Bostwick of Canton announce the birth of Law of Redford announce the City Hospital. She joins a sister, Birthing Center of Garden City Plymouth announce the birth of Dearborn, Mary Ainsworth of Matthew Scott Nov. 18 at the birth of Christopher William Savannah Renea, 22 months. ^Aospital. He joins a sibling, Ron- Aaron Henry Dec. 7 at Oak- Carson City, Nev., and Richard Birthing Center of Garden City Jr. Nov. 23 at the Birthing Cen­ Grandparents are Dick Brouwer, *~me, 2. Grandparents are Sharon wood Hospital/Annapolis Center- Ainsworth of Riverside, Calif. Hospital. He joins a sister, ter of Garden City Hospital. He Shirley Klenn and Vince Klenn. Esch, Ron Esch, Marilyn Wayne. He joins a sister, Abbi. Joshua Lee Chadwick and Macayla, 3 1/2. Grandparents joins a sister, Jessica Jade, 15 Patrick and Lisa Dufour of Williams and Thomas Tetreault. Grandparents are Jim and Melissa Jeanann Holman of are Larry and Mary Rasmussen months. Grandparents are Westland announce the birth of Erin M. Meek of Westland Dawne Fournier and Don and Westland announce the birth of of Canton, Dennis and Dee Szy- William and Trina Law of Kauai, Victoria Rose Aug. 11 at St. announces the birth of Parris Mary Walton, all.of Livonia. Cheyenne Elizabeth Chad­ manski of St. Clair Shores and Hawaii, and George and Janece Mary Hospital in Livonia. She John Meek Dec. 9 at Oakwood David and Connie Boyd of wick Nov. 17 at the Birthing Mr. and Mrs. Henry View of Gomolak of Westland. joins a sister, Kaitlyn, 2 1/2. Hospital Annapolis Center- Westland announce the birth of Center of Garden City Hospital. Farmington Hills. Ron and Dorene Vensko. of Grandparents are Ted and Marie Wayne. Grandparents are Michelle Renae Nov. 16 at the She joins a brother, Christopher Jim and Sharon Stanley of Livonia announce the birth of Chorney of Livonia and David Charles and Elizabeth Morgan of Birthing Center of Garden City Lee Chadwick, 4. Grandparents Redford announce the birth of Mallory Edith Dec. 29 at Oak- and Noreen Dufour of Amherst- Westland and Jerry Meek of Hospital. She joins two sisters, are Bob and Mary Hunt of Gar­ Joseph Robert Nov. 9 at Bots- wood Hospital in Dearborn. burg, Ontario, Canada. Ypsilanti. Hannah Mae, 2, and Rebeca, 1. den City. ford General Hospital in Farm­ Grandparents are Aurel and Jill Paula Gearin of Westland ; John and Paulette Donahue Grandparents are John and Ed Pawczuk and Tracey ington Hills. He joins a sister, Schryer of Dearborn Heights, announces the birth of of Westland announce the birth Manny Lear of Westland. Bailey of Westland announce Katerina, 3. Grandparents are Marie Zammit of Lexington, Michaela Cathleen Jan. 7 at of Justan Taylor Nov. 15 at the Ron and Karen AinswortH the birth of Sydney Michelle Robert and Marie Hamel of St. Mich., and John Vensko of Oakwood Hospital Annapolis Birthing Center of Garden City. of Garden City announce the Pawczuk Dec. 10 at Oakwood Clair Shores and the late- Uniontown, Pa. Great-grand­ Center-Wayne. Grandparents He joins a brother, Brandan birth of Raymond Alan Dec. 7 Hospital/Annapolis Center- Josephine and Matt Stanley. mother is Mary Lashock of Del- are Mike and Barb Gearin of Joshua Roberts, 2 1/2. Grandpar­ at Oakwood Hospital/Annapolis Wayne. Grandparents are Mr. Dan and Lisa Vega lona Beach, Fla. Livonia. Great-grandmother is ents are Larry and Peggy Arm­ Center-Wayne. He joins two sis­ and Mrs. James Bailey of Hud­ announce the birth of Allison Randy and Candace Brouw- Winnie Shorkev of Avon Park, strong of Cedar Springs. Lor­ ters, Jessica, 20, and Amber, 3. son, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. Theresa Jan. 3 at St. Mary Hos­ er of Redford announce the birth Fla.

Religion from page B7 the church, 49555 N. Territorial. made by calling (734) 421-8628. The Praisemaker Choir of and Lilley roads, Canton. Skate 462-3770. Plymouth Township. This year's SILENT-LIVE AUCTION Memorial Church of Christ times will be 1:30-4:30 p.m. and SPECIAL PROGRAM play is "A Soldier's Choice" Tick­ Meadowbrook Congregational will present their musical, cost $4.50 plus $2 skate rental. Ronald C. Smeenge will pre­ ets are $10. For more-informa­ Church will have a live and "Two by Two," 6:30 p.m. Sun­ For more information, call the sent the one-person play, "Pon­ tion, call (734) 414-7777 or visit silent auction 7-10 p.m. Satur­ day, March 28, at the church, church at (313) 937-2424. tius Pilate,'' based on the histori­ www.templenet.org. day, March 27, at the church. 35475 Five Mile, Livonia. NEW BEGINNING cal novel by Paul L. Maier, at LENTEN BREAKFAST 21355 Meadowbrook, Novi. The children, in costume, New Beginnings, a grief sup­ continental breakfast and ser­ ; The First United Methodist Doors open at 6 p.m. for sign- will sign songs about Noah port group, will have its regular vice Maundy Thursday, April 1, Church of Garden City will have in and preview of all items. and his ark. The directors are meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, April at St. Matthew's United a Lenten breakfast 9:30 a.m. Admission will be $5 for adults, Mike and Shona Vincent. Dave 1, at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, 30900 Six Saturday, March 27, at the children 12 year and under free. and Diane Jacobs, Jim and Methodist Church, 30900 W. Six Mile, Livonia. church 6443 Merrimah. It will be Admission includes, refresh­ Leslie Buchanan and Paul Mile, east of Merriman, Livonia. Sponsored by St. Matthew's a; time of mediation and break­ ments, hors d'oeuvres, desserts Pilat. For more information, The program is for people suffer­ United Methodist Women, the fast, followed by a program fea­ and beverages and a chance to call the church at 9734) 464- ing as the result of the death of a continental breakfast will be at turing Joseph Jessup, tenor, win a variety of door prizes. 6722. loved one. There are no fees. 9:30 a.m., followed by the pro­ soloist and guitarist. Trips, dinners and sports memo­ CONGREGATION SKATE People may attend any or all gram at 10:15 a.m. A nursery A program for women spon­ rabilia will be among the items Hosanna Tabor Lutheran sessions as they feel the need. will be provided free of charge. sored by the United Methodist auctioned off. Church will have an afternoon of For more information, call the Tickets cost $5 each and are Women, there is no charge, but a For more information, call roller or in-line skating Sunday. church office at (734) 422-6038, available in advance only donation will be accepted. Reser­ (2481348-7757. March 28. at the Skating Station Marilyn Wilkinson at (248) 380- through Monday, March 22. For reservations, call (734) 422-6038. vations are requested and can be CHILDREN'S MUSICAL II. Joy Road between Haggerty 7903, or Rosemary Kline at (734) Ronald Smeenge as Pontius Pilate

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OBSERVER SPORTS SCENE Redford Catholic .Central senior awards, too." Shamrocks Opened the scoring with a ,'I Chiefs off to nationals Keith Rowewili take home a trophy • STATE FINALS Jim Spiewak, a sophomore sensa­ goal by Spiewak, assisted by Todd c from the 1998-99 season but the one- tion* scored both Cp goals, which Bentley and David Moss 41 seconds ^- The Motor City Chiefs, a Junior B he'll cherish most ia the one that will weren't easy to come by against East into the secoad period. /^- hockey player. ;I think we hav$ the hockey team featuring five area play­ stay in the school's trophy case. KehtwOod's senior goaltender Gary Spiewak finished the twd-on-one; hardest working tearri- in the state ers, earned a spot in the Junior B Shortly after the Shamrocks defeat­ Olson: -'.v;.." • '• after taking a perfect pass from Bent-' and it shows, We worked through the Nationals, March 22-28, in Minneapo­ ed East Kentwood 2-0 in Saturday's Olson stopped 39 shots arid was ley and firing the over Olson's summer, running hills in 90 degree lis, Minn, after finishing runner-up Class A hockey championship at the helped a couple times when CC shota outstretched legs. weather."'; Sunday in the Central States Hockey Flint IMA, Howe learned he won this rang off the goal post. "I skated into the zone, the defense-' Rowe said his biggest influence in League Gold Cup Tournament. year's Mr. Hockey award. * "TheyVe a good team, real fast, and man faded off to Bentley, the goalie The trophy honoring the year's top hwkey growing up in RedfOrd Town­ have done it all year," Olson said. went down and I just chipped it over Defending National Junior B cham­ ship was Joe Jobi his coach for five pion Toledo defeated the Chiefs, 3-2 senior will look nice at home, but he'll "They deserved it. I'm very, exhaust­ him," said Spiewak, who finished the; look forward,to returning to school on years\wjth the Detroit Diesel Power ed. I can hardly walk right now." season with 11 goals and 19 assists. . J in overtime to win the title at Tarn travel teams. O'Shanter Ice Arena. occasion to get a glimpse at the state East Kentwood, which lost a non- Spiewak added ah insurance goal aV ; championship hardware. A 3.1 student who scored 22 on his 13:11 of the third period, picking up a The top two teams advance to the league game to the Shamrocks 4-2 Rowe also played on CC's 1997 ACT, Rowe plans on playing either for earlier in the year, managed only 10 loose puck and driving a Tvrist shot; national tournament. state champion team when he was a junior A program or attending a shots at CC junior goalie BenPunhe. past Olson from close range. >- The Chiefs, coached by Westland's more of a follower than leader. prep school next year- As dominant as CC Was, East Kent- Bentley had the assist on that goal, Rick Statham, won three straight "This year I was more a part of it as Former CC; player Scott Curtin was wood nearly tied the score at 1-1 with too.; games to reach the tournament final. a leader," said Rowe, who led the the Mr. Hockey recipient two years 4;l6 left in the second period when /To be honest with you I didn't see They defeated St. Louis (6-4), Colum­ Shamrocks in assists and was fourth ago.' . ••••.••'•:'•.•.'.'•- Dunne made brilliant saves on a the second one go in/ Spiewak said. bus (7-0) and Toledo (5-3). in goals scored. "What 1 took more "It's really an honor and I'm happy breakaway by Eric Jensen arid the "It was a little luck." " Area, members of the Chiefs include pride in is my leadership skills. I for it," Rowe said. "Team awards rebound shot by Mike Lenhert?. ..•' Matt Wysocki, Brandon Martoia and matured as a person, not just as a come first but I'll take individual After a scoreless first period the Please see CC CHAMPS, C2 Frank Fudero, all former Livonia Churchill players, along with Andy Domzalski and Mike Majkowski, both of Livonia Stevenson, and Gordon Statham (Westland). Shamrocks' Rogowski rules The Chiefs (ages 8-21) are 15-24-3 overall after finishing fourth in the CSHL. heavyweight division again Livonia Flyers advance The Livonia Midget B Flyers have The next championship Redford Catholic posted a 3-0-1 record to-advance to Central's Ca6ey Rogowski and East Lans­ PREP WRESTLING the Little Caesars Tier I hockey play­ ing's Kyle Croskey vie for will be of the team variety when they become football team­ ing. Rogowski is 91-0 over the last two years, mates at Central Michigan University. Lance Antrobius scored a pair of including 46-0 this year. But on Saturday, they battled only for goals at the Flyers, now 22-12-3 over­ From day one, he was the prohibitive themselves in the Division I individual state all, defeated the USA Hawks, 2-1, to favorite to defend his championship. He sur­ wrestling tournament at Detroit's Joe Louis earn a spot in the final four. The prised the field in his junior year, winning Arena. opponent will be RFB beginning at the state title despite not being ranked No: 1 Rogowski secured his second-straight state 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 25 at Red- throughout the season. championship and two-straight undefeated ford Arena. The championship game "It's just like a great relief that it's over. I seasons with an 11-6 win over Croskey in is Monday, March 29, at Joe Louis accomplished all I wanted and all my worry­ the finals of the heavyweight division. Arena. ing is done," Rogowski said. "It's a tot harder Each finalist has accepted football scholar­ being the favorite." Clutch goaltending from Steve ships to CMU, which gave this match a sub­ Rogowski is the Shamrocks' ninth repeat Chambers and goals by Anthony Ciot- plot. state champion. ! ta, Doug Bingham and Danny Bower- Croskey has a playing weight of about 285 "He's an awesome wrestler and so wejre son carried the.Flyers to/a 3-2 open-; pounds in football which means he had to the other eight before him," said CC coath ing-rourid win over the Mount cut weight just to be eligible for the 275- Mike Rodriguez, who shed tears while hug­ Clemens Avalanche. pound division. ging Rogowski afterward. "When you're close A three-goal third-period comeback, Rogowski dismissed Croskey in methodical to a young man like Casey it's just tearful." capped by Joe McCrohan's game-win­ fashion. The two were tied 0-0 after the first Rogowski was teary-eyed but none of the ner with 45 seconds to go, gave Livo­ period. tears fell. nia a 4-3 second-round win over pre­ Rogowski will be glad to have him as a col­ "I was too tired to cry," he said. '

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. •Ken Holland makes personnel without interference." months," said Cindi Holland, a regular decisions as general manager of the In this era when some parents at at games. Detroit Red Wings but he's just a fan all levels think they know it all and The Hollands also have two daugh­ and a parent when it comes to watch­ tell the coach as much, it's -{©freshing ters, Julie and Rachel, who play field ing Redfprd Catholic Central hockey to see someone who, probably does hockey at Mercy High School, and a games. know it all remain In tnVtiackgrourtd. younger son Gregory who plays goalie CC senior Brad Holland is a second- The CC coaching staff has mar­ for a youth hockey team. year forward for the Shamrocks, who veled at Brad Holland's development His team also won a championship won their second Class A state cham­ from his junior to senior years. He on Sunday night. :**juatgw to the pla, pionship in three years on Saturday turned into one of the Shamrocks' top "He had just seen Brad win his Plymouth Whal with a 2-0 victory over East Kentwood playmakers and forecheckers as well championship and when it was over - ffmnce*las t weekend," at the Flint IMA. . as their fifth-leading goal scorer. he threw his gloves off and stick jn Storm Saturday and-6-1 Those who didn't know better and Perhaps his confidence improved in the air and made a victory lap just saw Holland watching the Final Four •JWr(^^F*^W WSVwJWw Vq^nm the off-season taking shots at his like his brother," Cindi Holland said. atop the overall Ontario might have thought he's desperately dad, a goaltendor in his playing days. Winning is contagious in this fami- point* (two more than the searching for help with the NHL trad­ "Brad was the last forward to make iy- ing deadline looming. the team as a junior and he's worked • Paid attendance for Saturday's &»%Ht first ia the 0HZ/# Ifi Rest assured. Wings' fans. his way up to playing center on the championship game was 2,004. Windsor, last in the West Division, 18 /it> 6*«t Kentwood The Wings are more interested in number one and two lines," Johnson • Holland is one of 10 CC seniors. •. Robert Holsinger made 17 save* to got! •ptp ' wQ^^fc' F&Hpifk someone with NHL experience than a said. "He's made a huge improvement gave up a power-play goal M Uric BtKtudeta Ik- : j&jjjN*"t^«? ^ , The others were Pat O'Dea, Chris : high school player. in one year's time," Morelli, Erik Hawkins, David Phillips, and aec^nd-peripd goals-to Keyiii;Mtt^^*'4^ JM y^Pp^.J^fctJMtttill^;^.,. . v But sharing in their son's glory is a There won't be a parade and the Shawn McGowan, Chris Beaty, Matt Jar^ie Lalonde scored for PJyittO%&.§§* 3pi'(|ibj(i «*•. top priority for Holland and his wife Stanley Cup is considerably heavier VanHeest. Keith Rowe and Nathan third ^period, ruining the shutout hid fcry " THnnwH »*"•*< : : ttftji '• • • '•"-' ;- •""•••• Cindi. As busy as he is, Holland than high school's most coveted tro­ Lewarne. Anderson (40 saves), ':-: : v.': ^.-./--'- V^'; ' .^^- Tv.W. .U^W^f^'JBI^t. #Vfij.f attended more than a third of Bead's phy but Cindi Holland said the "joy O'Dea, VanHeest and Rowe, select­ in the loss to the Spitfires; Holsinger sarm»d*«*d %t* gwJs games. and excitement" she felt for her son's ed as the state's Mr. Hockey, played in the first two periods and Rob Zefa,ftHow«d threp more fe the "Mr. Holland stays really behind the championship was the same as on the 1997 CC state champion. third. They combined to make 2j aavet; Bon ""' scenes and you can tell Brad has a watching the Red Wings win two • This was the 15th state champi­ goal and made 4S stops for Windsor. real good feel for hockey at this straight. onship game worked by on-ice official i Nikoa Tselios scored Plymouth's only go*l> io level," CC assistant coach Todd John­ The road to the Stanley Cup leaves Rick Wheeler, a Livonia resident. He od. 4«armo Polera and Jeff Martin each son said. "It's real nice to have a her nervous a lot longer, however. was assisted by James Gagleard of ffpltfjcMW* - •,,.-.>• father of a player who has so much "This was in a span of two weeks, Canton and Redford's Michael The Whajere final game: of the i^rqlar iwuoct i» knowledge but allows us to do our job the Stanley Cup (playoffs) goes two McComb, refereeing his final game. Braropton- ••./-.;.;/.;:;••./',. ^r^'^C'^^-V V'iV- ; AA^AA^JJ^^. ''itfiini'~i*'"" MCM^CI -, * L wmp.»€li UQantf Mr , Compuware Ambawa4orfl remahi to lit ptat fc*0 CC: Aw* Ort*f»> TfiMiMK '**•* ' The Compuware AmbaMador* to^e4 efr ^ C*d **W*f,' l«$t Mntwava; IPiwafc Stt- . CC champs from page Cl m amgwoit. .•'-, .'-"., •••: Freeze 6-1 Sunday in Chicago to stay in ftrat place to *fa»f •;' C»i••• YEAR-ROUND East Kentwood finished at 23- it in and we hit the pipe a couple ence." SAVINGS Heil Heating and SPORTS ROUNDUP WEEK AHEAD Cooling Equipment • A complete line of air conditioners, BLACKBURN 2ND TEAM ALL-CCHA Maund was named All-CCHA track athletes may choose to The Wolves, who outscored STATE HIGH SCHOOL heat pumps 4 furnaces Michigan State University first-team. compete or choose to attend the their opponents 24-5, won the BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 'Outstanding quality sophomore goaltender Joe Black­ Blackburn's teammates Mike dedication without competing. final games game with a 3-1 vic­ REGIONAL FINALS backed by excellent burn (Livonia Churchill), was Weaver, a defenseman, and For more information, write to: tory over the Soccer Club of Bal­ CLASS A limited warranties recently named to the Central Mike York, a forward, also were Jess Shough, boys track coach, timore, Md. Thurtday, Maich 18: Plymouth Salem High efficiencies Collegiate Hockey Association's selected to the First-team. or John Kitchen, girls track The tournament also featured vs. Southfield Lathrup. 7 p.m. [Winner for energy second-team. advances to the state quarterfinals. 5 savings coach, John Glenn High School, teams from Canada and Mexico. GLENN TRACK DEDICATION p.m. Tuesday, March 23 at the University Blackburn, who will lead 36105 Marquette, Westland, Mi. Members of the Wolves include MSU, 28-4-7 overall, in Friday's As part of the dedication of 48185; or call (734) 595-2300; or of Detroit Mercy's Calihan Hal! vs Westland John Glenn's new Louis Djokic, Keith Sied, Carl Macomb Dakota regional champ«xi.i CCHA semifinal against 21-13-5 fax to (734) 595-2338. Asquini, Jay McConnell, Danny Northern Michigan (5 p.m. at track, the coaching staff is orga­ CLASS C nizing an alumni meet starting BENCH PRESS COMPETITION Pichler, Steve Streicher and rt PETERSBURO-SUMMERFIELD Detroit's Joe Louis Arena), leads The Wayne-Westland YMCA the CCHA and all NCAA net- at 4 p.m. (field events) Wednes­ Matt Landry, all of Livonia; Friday, March 19: Redford Bishop *L*fH3 i axx»c F**XT» will stage its fourth annual minders with a 1.31 goals- day, March 31. A.W. Stanek, Marc Checcobilli; Borgess vs. Detroit DePorres, 7 p.m. (Win bench press competition for male Jason Sierra, Justin Davis and ner advances to the state Quarterfinals. against average and a .937 save Former athletes and coaches and females (ages 13 and over) TBU/^TEMP percentage. His GAA is the best Matt Crawford, all of Novi; 7.30 p.m. Tuesday. March 23 at School H I A T I « O 1 COOLIN4 will be recognized at the dedica­ Saturday, March 20, at the * CANTON TWP. 14004S6-TEMP in collegiate hockey since 1961- tion ceremony prior to the run­ Skyler Dum, Milford; Chris Ohl- craft Community College vs. Sandusky •GARDEN CITY 4274612 Wayne-Westland Y, 827 S. gart, Oxford; Anthony DeMarco, regional chamcwon.j 62. ning events at 5:30 p.m. Wayne Road, Westland. Ohio State goaltender Jeff Former Glenn boys and girls Dearborn Heights; Ryan CLASSD Registration and weigh-in Bianchi, Woodhaven. begins at 11 a.m. at HILLSDALE COLLEGE The entry fee is $30. Pat Frederick (Whitmore Friday, March 19: Championship final, Trophies will be awarded to Lake) is the head coach. His 7 p,m i Winner advances to the state the first and second place finish­ assistant is Hiroo Hagiwara quarterfinals, 7:30 p.m, Tuesday. March ers. (Ann Arbor). The technical train­ 23 at Portage Northern *s. Allegan region er is Andy Shiner (Livonia). al champion.) 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*m**mm*mm i miaxjszoiHisr *£ Falk, Bublitz star for Spartans »fft.MooTro*f(X.t.<| ; PtytM** %*or*'\M 90 Biy.Y-t Steele (ft*«|M4C,: , tort* fynttttw 1:40 37 BV BRAD EMONS iMM«nu lege choice, but carries an impressive 3.6 MM** kMRMn 1-.41 3» j^an Mt<.*m* (KwaitW) CC) 4fcfft STAFF WRITER grade-point average. "I trained harder than v-K> 6U>1 U ifetofefwUW M M Buckler believes both their state meet times 8r*Kk,o Wti*<*. the first time at Oakland University. will earn All-America status in their respec­ 50 yards in the 200 freestyle, Falk was ji.p *rvmm*m*m*m#4*- That honor went to Ann Arbor Pioneer, happy with his performance. tive events (the top 40 high school times in M»MM which unseated five-time defending champi­ each event from all 50 states.) "I dropped a lot of time this year in the 200 Den (.<£!•#{ on Birmingham Brother Rice, 184-157. freestyle and the 200 IM," said Falk, whose fcu flar-daii (Ctitwi^Mfc** Buckler calls Bublitz "a very modest kid." But the Spartans, thanks to the individual sister Mandi was a 1994 girls state champi­ (MTMOTM "He came running out of the pool directly Kt *'i ^i^ < (Sunenwjn) 4 4tM efforts of senior Keith Falk and sophomore on in the 100 breaststroke and later swam to me and he couldn't believe he had gone St\ lMcilcns (Srtci !>4,S«J4 Joey Bublitz, finished 10th overall with 40 for the University of Wisconsin. "1 liked the that fast," the Stevenson coach said. "He's Mat COMIB* (*.**».< 5-0O4B points. pool, it was a nice setup, plus the excitement X*t« K*ttp*.«• only 15 years-old and he really hasn't Stevenson was just ahead of Western of swimming in a pool I had never been in f>a* »•*« (S.3kvi)t 5:0M? trained year-round. before." **«* MNttfcms- (Rwlfc\-rt CC} MP Mi Lakes Activities Association rivals North WMIHtlln&ev&f.s.y) 5MM Farmington and Plymouth Salem with 39 "I may be going out on a limb, but he's He was also pleased to break the Spartan going to be a state champion some day. He WlMnhi fft«)fo«i CC] 5 0*73 and 37, respectively. school record in the 200 freestyle. OWWrfweiHi'-rr,---"- i 3 09JS Falk, a senior, capped an outstanding has not yet tapped his ability, but he's start­ "It means a lot," Falk said. "None of those **»uHtffi J* v}O;60 career with a third-place finish in the 200- ing to bi ome a great swimmer." records are easy." ,. 200FftEt*iil€WUY In the 100 backstroke, Bublitz did not PtpTtdvUl b -.'• I 1:' yard freestyle (1:42.53) and a sixth in the Redford Catholic Central's Ryan Meekins NMttt f&'iu ' g^.i J t <*, 500 freestyle (4:46.47). place in the top 12 at the state meet, but also had an outstanding meet, finishing *1y*noUn CMstcnx l. id '.9 Bublitz, a sophomore, set a personal best postfed a time of 54.38 in the prelims to sixth in the 100 freestyle. UwmaS'e^tr.ir.n +&• 21 of 1:53.82 in the 200 individual medley en break Joe Saunders' school record of 54.67. He was clocked in 47.12 after going 46.58 *•#««* CSKI^O C ?v . 1,44.53 "It was just an awesome day for me," 300 fclCAtrMMT route to third place. u in the prelims. Birmingham Seaholm's Bill M» MM U (Sit-v.-; v. r^ 38 Both Falk and Bublitz combined with Bublitz said. l never thought I'd drop seven Sargent took first with a state-record time of flpn Hopper (Ftn ,\<\ w>) 55 »1 senior Mike Malik and junior Brad Buckler seconds from my original time (in the 200 44.63. fteedn "=£27 IM). Coach (Buckler) had a big grin on his JH»««f*1(N. FIJI : n Cn - > ?5 . MWOW-42 with Pioneer's Robert Urquhart and Univer­ and second in the 100 backstroke. Bigger In the 100 butterfly, senior James MrweMcf v and better things are expected next year. »«tCaOJ«.*iS<«iu. =0 2« sity of Detroit-Jesuit's Michael Porth. McPartlin became the first swimmer since ...... -£«•->• iAs*^^ ***& Mm Kent IN. FaijiY-ngton) 4M* . .. ,^t3M^«i*«^V«wrfl*»-»<'^' ' Urquhart won the race in 1:41.08, while "The only thing I can say about next year state champ Matt Martin, who later compet­ lOOStUASTSTMMi %~!i&»SW=k» XM^VtilltK' >**V -•%»»;"• --¾ Porth took second in 1:42.12. is I hope the team does well and we get some ed for Stanford University, to score points for 1 • . 5 * . AUamft ^ •' yjfitfiiMM good freshmen in," Bublitz said. "We'll have Ke-ithFaf M. ;. i'-: «.-.:-•, i O&ft Ironically, Falk set a Stevenson school Westland John Glenn at the Class A meet. *»:-*fc»».*j,sBt-' a young club, but we also have some juniors Mfk* He v -«*>' v ' «• ow* "When you break at record at Stevenson the prelims in the 100 butterfly (54.39). 4 be a state champion in the IM. But only time Joi- 'c >..:«•• o " V9MM. you're a great swimmer — our records are Teammate Josh Markou, a senior, was 33rd M*' L'CCWM . V -«f iisoi) laBMS tough," Spartans' coach Doug Buckler said. will tell." in the 100 breaststroke prelims (1:03.59). Jasnne.*)v:h;> it ^e.. ^ 1 OUV "Keith trains faithfully and has a big heart. • Both Falk and Bublitz swim for the Stevenson's 200 freestyle relay time of 400FRE-.STYU;MMV jfWtWi^J'VSP?' He doesn't like to lose. He just keeps coming. ClarenceviUe Swim Club (under the direc­ Falk, Bublitz, Buckler and sophomore Mike KA ill F , n .»' v 4 .J lllOl l c,i .Iti "He had a great state meet and he's done tion of Stevenson girls coach Greg Phill). "-*Vt» *i- ^njJWJf1 Nemer took 16th in the prelims (1:30.21). PjyiiXAtl Cy:cx ». :•'.• everything for the team this year. He's "Coach Buckler, coach (Jeff) Shoemaker CC junior Greg Braziunas was 25th in div­ 9*99 rtcMfc ,'J C^lVJlv O-ri i >. 20«7 matured into a great swimmer." and coach Phill have all been big influence ing (148.70 points), while Glenn sophomore f*»K*tprt 57.39 TJ/no^ii Sr.e-.ii 3 50.73 Both Falk and Bublitz will be in Buffalo. on me," said Falk, who has not made a col­ Chris McFarland took 28th (140.70).

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..'Bedfor• • d eliminates Salem > The individual state champi­ : By RICHARD L. SHOOK tion worthy of Flo Hyman or game plus a solo and a shared onship victories of Redford • PREP WRESTLING STAFF WRITKH Rita Crockett, stars of perhaps block in the second. Catholic Central's Casey Rogowski (heavyweight) and the best women's volleyball team Linda Bankowski was out­ a third-place finish at 215. Nay- They went just about as far as Livonia Stevenson's Josh Gun- • they could go. the U.S. has ever seen — its standing as the setter. smith, 35-4 on the season, 1984 Olympic Gold Medal win­ terman (103 pounds) should not Temperance-Bedford defeated Ten Salem errors contributed defeated Mike DeLorge of Flint ners. overshadow the efforts of several Plymouth Salem's volleyball to Temperance-Bedford pacing Carman-Ainsworth, 8-2. Eventu­ Sillmon rallied Salem from a out to a 13-0 lead in the second other area wrestlers at the Divi­ al state champion Pat DeGain of teaJm, 16-10, 15-7, Tuesday night sion 1 state wrestling tourna­ in the quarterfinals of the Michi­ 12-6 deficit with a sterling four- game. Sillmon, Pruett and Suder Clarkston handed Naysmith a point string in which she had teamed up to bring the Rocks kmimLmii*\**im*i, Uvwu* ment held last weekend at 17-4 loss in the third round. gan High School Athletic Associ- Detroit's Joe Louis Arena. " ation tournament. two kills, a block plus a pair of back to 13-6 before a Lyczkowski Also at 152, Livonia Churchill r£p||^(WsjF^psjslp^. •^^^•JSWI]*/"**V*' ^P^WM ww^ - Redford CC's Mitch Hancock Still, the Rocks' first season blocked shots which preceded kill put them on the brink. senior Brandon LaPointe went 3- one of her kills. Salem fought off five match :. flM »W *«*n« **AV WWIad nearly took center stage when he 2 on the day to finish seventh. with Tom Teeters as coach has L*lt« Cw*«*/Afl>**» Sudef «xj' finished runner-up at 152, losing to be judged a success. Plymouth pulled up to 12-10 points but Munson finally buried LaPointe wound up 37-8 on the but Shayna Munson buried a hit the winner despite some good :. 1^;8i*^v*fyn^tv.Ss|em: to Brad Anderson of Grand year. "\Ve set some goals at the start : to return the momentum to Bed­ returns by the Rocks. '•/.K«*> " ;U«l««ft. •'.,»«€». Gdfly Rapids Forest Hills Central in Stevenson also a pair of qf,the season," said Teeters, W**»#wtti, iiydni« .Steyeftaon; the championship final, 8-6, in whose teams in recent seasons ford. Eight sideouts later, a Pruett split nine kills between wrestlers finish in the top eight . jj^MAcV ti*ourT»«W* W*»tlen<* overtime. — senior Joe Moreau (103) have been kicked out of the state Salem error made it 14-10 and the two games while Sillmon Sarah Oleszczuk served an ace 'johft'Qfenn. '' • - Hancock, who had a 6-2 lead grabbed sixth, while teammate tournament by the Kicking notched eight and Suder four. to close it out. AU.-WESTI** WVtSfON: Janel in his final match, finished the Brian Barker (160) was eighth. Mules. "We wanted to go wheve Sillmon also had three blocks. Masse* NortftvUta; Ctvtstim* Kerrtg- year with an outstanding 47-4 In Division IV, Livonia no Plymouth Salem team has Munson is one of just four "They're a talented team," «p, Wstfed UK* W**t*m; Court-. overall record. Clarenceville senior Walter gojae in 23 years. seniors on Manore's team — but Teeters said. "You've got to give ney U*n. bvonia 'CfiurahHj; Elira One of his big victories came in Ragland captured three out of "We wanted to take the region- it's a team which won the state them credit." JMtth EUnef, Ptyroe-tjth Csntory; the second round, a 5-4 decision five matches to finish fifth at 189 als, which no Salem team had title last year. Teeters' Livonia Ladywood Brittany M*t9y, fsmvngton Hills of Holt's Brandon Cooper. to wind up 49-12 on the season. dqne since 1977. Obviously, once The frustrating part for Salem teams had been ousted by Tem­ •Hwriaaru-tteoie Boyd and Andrea CC teammate Brocc Naysmith See area complete results on we'd done that we wanted to go was having kills attempts by perance-Bedford in recent years. Kmet, UvontefranMtty '•..' also made a strong showing with page CI. to(the final four. Sillmon, Pruett and Amanda He's always made it a point of "Jt didn't happen but this was Suder blocked back over the net. playing the Kicking Mules dur­ an, accomplishment since two- "That's the best we've blocked ing the regular season, too. /•ft* at***: Amanda B?ll; thirds of the starters from last all year," said Manore, whose Salem played Temperance- ttSYWtt: Krl*U Copi. Keliey Hutdwto, C«s*e EbJendt, Brerria Rogowski from page CI year had graduated. team takes a 74-7-3 record into Bedford once this year, winning Pedersen; W.L. Centril; Erin fThis was a big burden off our Friday's semifinals at Western a game but not the match in the Rtstwir, Sera Schreiber, -corieen . backs and will help the team Michigan. "They have a couple of finals of the Kicking Mules' tour­ behind early, Rogowski rallied he said. "It helped with my bal­ k Sttdana; Fwmtafltn: Emltle Viile- next year and in the future." people they have to go to more nament. for a 7-3 victory. ance. When I got in the room I •monte, Trlcle Krause, Lyndsy Andrea Pruett and Angie Sill- often than not. The Rocks were strong defen­ "He got ticked because he got decided I wanted to be a three- Howe/d, Mention 6"ft«ar,'• JaiirHe.'- mpn stood out for the Rocks, 48- "We can spread it out, which sively at the start of the match, taken down on his bqek." timer (three-time state champi- Jakacki; North F»m*Hjtwu.Me!trv IV1, but Temperance-Bedford makes it easier. We knew they taking leads of 2-0 and 5-3 on). 4a Dfvito, Cotette Burcar; Satem: Rodriguez said. blocked so many of their hits it had to get the ball to Angie." before the Kicking Mules ran off' Andrea Pruett, Jill Dombrow^kl, Rogowski beat him earlier in Rogowski had to settle for looked like Coach Jodi Manore Munson had six kills in the four straight points on Bankows- Erica Stern. Michelle Girrtrwr.. . the year, too. being a two-timer after failing to had gotten a copy of Teeters' first game plus four key kills at ki's serve and three more in a HONORABLE MEKTOtMrfa*^. "He was more prepared this make the state tournament as a play book. the end of the second. She also row later to take a 10-5 lead. ftortfevltla: Meredith Hasse, time, knew what was coming, 189-pounder in his sophomore But maybe she's played had two solo blocks plus three Temperance-Bedford had a Christina Chase; Canton: Angle what I had," Rogowski said. "He year. Teeters' teams so many times shared blocks. run of nine points in a row while Germain, Anna Kail; Rankin,' Ker­ came out more fired up, used When asked if he'll ever have she has his style down pat. And Valerie Lyczkowski had five Olesczuk was serving in the sec­ atin Marshall, Alexis Bowman. more stuff the second time." another wrestler like Rogowski, has the players to execute it, of kills in the first game plus two in ond game to go up 13-0. Lindsay Dupray; Hantaan: Ml Ault; Rogowski is a three-sport star Rodriguez said "Yeah, his broth­ course. the second while Melissa Mein- The Rocks kept the ceiling QtNrtMJI: Lwba Steca, Fernanda for the Shamrocks, spending er." hart was strong at the net, get­ from caving in. But they'd come Midway through the first Leite, Shannon Munn, Jessica. spring on the baseball team. He Ryan Rogowski is a freshman game Sillmon put on an exhibi­ ting three blocks in the first to the end of the road. MacKay. Becky Weber; W.t. took up wrestling as a freshman on the CC wrestling team and WaaUm: Snary! Wrobel, 'Carey; as something to do between sea­ big brother thinks he has a Almont spikes Lady Warriors in 'C regional Coomer, Amy KJefesr. sons. promising future. tONI UICNCL CHAMPION Then he started to like it. "He saw what I did so I told Wafled La*a Central ; "I took it up just as an in him it's his turn next year." The best season in Lutheran Westland's volley­ land, Stephanie Lynch two and Sarah Marody one. UMES MVMMN QHAMftOH between thing to keep in shape," Casev said. ball history is just that — history. Amanda Sales stood out in the backline. WaHad Lake Central Powerful Almont sidelined Lutheran High School "We had a good season,". Ollinger said. "It was VVestland, 15-13, 15-2, Saturday in the Class C better than they've ever done in the school's histo­ WWTtWi PWnWOfl CHAMPION regional finals of the state high school volleyball ry. " Uvqnia Franktln Gunterman from page CI tournament. "We won some tournaments and we won the dis­ IKVSWOR STANDINGS "We did well in the first game, especially early," trict for the first time in the school's history. LaJiaa; i. wC Central; 2 Coach Joan Ollinger said, "but in the second game "We lost some games we should not have lost. Salem; 3. Stevenson; 4. Farmtng- to wrestle in the off-season. He said. "It really got me back into iota S. joftrt titan; C. N. Farming-; got a boost last summer by it." we couldn't do anything right. But some of that was due to nervousness. ; : "Our hits weren't going over and our serves "We'll be better for it next year." ;tW '^:-'^;;- '/•;,• '• v .V;- attending Olympic gold medalist And what is the future? weren't going over. As for the girls, Ollinger noted "they've all gone VO**MN*r u ftfmiifi; . 2L Steve Fraser's Bad Boys Camp "I'll take it as far as I can," he "I guess it just wasn't meant to be." on to other sports." ••..ChWprtift: ^ ^tr»in»i 4, '^ix;- at Adrian College. said. "I love it. I'll try and do it The Warriors wound up 18-12-1. Almont took a 33-4-5 record into its quarterfinal :';|pftKiiR7i(l^ ''• •• "It was intensive competition, again next year. I'll enter some Anna Schwecke had four kills for Lutheran West- match against St. Louis. fun and hard work," Gunterman tournaments this summer."

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BYCJ. RJSAK by Northern's Gary Solomon, half-court shot that .barely but they trims** tfa» fefdt 4» job does in Raiders STAWWIUTKR the latter with; 42.4 seconds missedi ."/•;.••:. ;'">:^ three with tfa#ir er»«h-ili»- cjri»ak9oe.homecomm.net left. After a timeout, the Rocks And that led to delirium on board»rtyi«ofpl«y. Northern th«n »cor*4 tb* By DAN O'MEARA put Lathrup ahead following the The*6nal buzzer was sound­ worked the ball into the paint Salem's bench. : STAFF WRITER Bridges foul. With North's pres­ ing, and still the outcome was to Rob Jones, and he was fouled It was a huge win for a team first three point* of the ••mniiil/ [email protected] ence in the post reduced, the tndoubt; • ; • by Brynell Jones (his fifth). Rob that started the season fast, half to knot it «1 3**fi, mad ft Chargers quickly upped their . This^ClaBS A state regional Jones made both, and the game then fell into a funk midway was a bettle from then «m, Southfield-Lathrup turned up semifinal played Tuesday was tied at 67-all with 25.6 sec­ through and isjuat now coming neither team leadin* by the defensive pressure on North lead to 41-31 at the end of the quarter, ended.the way it should have onds to play. outo.fit. •,.;..-,.; than five: Farmington in the second half Rypkow»ki'» fourth ttiplft of "That was the awing point of —- without certainty, At least Turning point No. ,3; North­ "We played as well as this and turned a close basketball the game with 50 wconde left the game right there," Mantyla hot until the shot Detroit ern's White dribbled toward the earlier this season," said RocW game into a rout Tuesday. in the third gave 3«le» » fair- said. "Once they got it up to 10, /Northern's Tony White top of the key, and Jake Gray coach Bob Brodie. "Even better The Chargers outscored the point cushion, but the H*w*tf it was a fight for us to get it launched from just past the dived in to knock the ball away. -—the first time we played (arid Raiders 40-14 after halflime and Jones got a layup «rith ***** back, although we still had half-court line a moment before Aaron. Rypkowski retrieved it beat) Northern, we played bet­ coasted into the final of the ; seconds left to »Hce SeJenV opportunities to knock it down." the buzzer blasted had banged and sped downcourt with the ter. ••'• . : .'-;. ;-.;•••.;:•,: Class A regional tournament at off the rirhj coming perilously final seconds ticking away, but KBUt we played just as hard lead to 58*56 sifter tlwee/ Deljosevic made two free Birmingham Groves with a 65- close to being a game-winner. his layup was blocked by Shan­ tonight as we've ever played.* . The final quarter w*» ebV throws to keep North within 41 victory. non Pope, who was whistled for Rypkowski literally carried and flow for the'first seren. eight, 45-37, but Lathrup went Plymouth, Salem 70, North­ "We let (the Raiders) get too his fifth foul with 6,8 seconds Salem through the first half, minutes. Northern's Mervih to a delay offense, resulting in ern 68. comfortable running their remaining. Rypkowski missed pumping in 20 points oii &6f-9 Vaughn tied it at 60-all with Brandon Edwards making four The Rocks, now 19-A, return offense in the first half," Lathrup his first from the line, but hit floor shooting '.-r-.. including : 6:01 left, jheh Salem ecefed straight free throws. to Birmingham Groves at 7 coach Mike Avery said. "It was p.m. tonight to play Southfield- the second, and the Rocks were three three-pointers as the fiye-stralgbi to match iUl Deljosevic was ejected with standstill defense instead of Lathrup (now 21-3) for the up 68-67. Rocks led at intermission 39- biggest lead of the second half. 3:12 to play after protesting a pressuring the ball. They got regional championship. The Turning point No. 4: Solomon 36." . Rob Jones, netted 16 pomt* - no-call situation. Edwards made confident because we weren't Chargers defeated North Farm­ tried to split the Salem defend­ "I was just open," the 6-foot-2 for the Rocksr and ^Tojoy'v all six technical foul shots, and : guarding like we normally do. ington^. 6.6*41 in the other ers near half-court, but lost senior swingman explained. Jahceyaki had 10. Wilse.»' the Chargers turned the game "It was a good team effort on regional semi. control of the ball — and the 'They weren't covering me and scored seven — none »i#re into a rout with 16 unanswered everybody's part as far as step­ Northern finishes 17-7. whistle blew again, this time I was finding the openings in important than those iaftt twe v- points to lead 61-37. ping up their game in the second With 3:20 left in the final signalling a foul on the Rocks' their zone. If I feel it, I take it." from the stripe. ;"\Y half." In the first half, Lathrup quarter, Salem led 65-60. But a Mike Korduba. Solomon tied Rypkowski and Jones, who Solomon's 17 topped North­ Lathrup (21-3) will play anoth­ grabbed an 11-3 lead, but Watha turnover and an offensive foul the game at 68-all with his first scored Salem's first six ppintis, ern. Jones had 16, White weted er Western Lakes Activities hit four threes and junior Brian helped th.e Jay Hawks score shot, but he missed his second led the early charge. 15 and Chris l»aws finished;: Shulman one to put North back Association team, Plymouth seven'-straight points (five by with 3.4 seconds to go. The Rocks rattled off ilr With.14.'. •' '• ;••; ^-:.:.7 '':•'/ in the game and on top at half- Salem, for the regional champi­ "White) to give them a 67-65 Which led to turning point straight points in the opening • The Hawks,- howeVer, we*s •»• time. onship at 7 tonight. lead with 55 seconds remain­ No. 5: Wilson took the inbounds quarter to go up 15-5, and of-20 from the line (45 percent*, The Rocks (19-4), who lost The Chargers shot 45 percent ing. pass and tried to get in position those two accounted for 10 of including a l-of-7 performance twice to North during the regu­ (23-of-51) for the game and the That turning point was fol­ for a last-second shot, and was them. Salem led 19-12 after one in the fourth qusjter. ; ' •-; Raiders 30 percent (14-of-46). lar season, were 70-68 winners lowed by a missed jumper by inexplicably fouled by White period. Salem was l5-of-18 from the Lathrup was 17-of-26 at the line over Detroit Northern in the Salem's Adam Wilson and a with .5 left. Wilson hit both, The Hawks never caught the line (83 percent), including eV>: and 2-of-8 shooting threes; North other semifinal contest Tuesday. missed one-and-ohe free throw leading to White's last-ditch, Rocks in the second quarter,: • of-10 in the fourth. • '••: ' ^f "It's going to be a tough ball- was 6-of-10 and 7-of-20, respec­ game," Avery said, adding the tively. Chargers "welcome the chal­ lenge. They have a good outside shooting team. You have to get W on the perimeter and play some defense." Lathrup senior Brandon Edwards scored 15 of his game- high 21 points in the second half when he was 11 -of-12 shooting free throws. Solomon Edwards, a 6-foot-2 senior who has signed with Wag­ ner, a Division I school in New York, had seven of his nine points in the second half and 6-4 junior Ken Moore six of his nine. "lie's our senior captain (Solomon Edwards) and he's called upon to do a little bit of everything — shooting, rebound­ ing, pushing the ball up the floor and leading our defense," Avery said. "He does whatever it takes to win. He got us going defen­ FREE Nokia /mo. :¾ sively, but we like to see all Five *iW> physical with their pressure. "The teams that have hurt us have been ones who've gone after AVAIIABU AT SOME Of YOUR AMESITECH IQCATIONS. PLEASE CAU FOR DETAILS

us man-to-man. (The Chargers^ ALIEN MSX CCNTERUNE MAJilOiH (coAl'dl OITROIT (fonld) fARMSNGTON M1LIS HKiHUkNO OA< PARK SMflJT TV,'? ST1SL1KO HOTS WA8RIN |con»-«t) WtSTlANO '>jfV i-< v*-»'»s A&C V.',J:fV.,!: ls;K,v- iv Mantyla was filling in for ANN Af.BOJ ClAKKSTON INKSTIR '34 3?t «?:c North head coach Tom Negoshi- LtW W5 llb-i77 3333 cumoN TW? i) 3 ; 3 4 >.. LATHRUP VilUOl national tournament. WKiJi K*^z?C.t NTRCHT ftRNDAlt muviui TAriOR e North junior Phil Watha (110 3*4 33 33 *.-i- r.- •- SOUmftRO .->j*C<^ K .' *rV C. c--.'..-:• r.-i "34 4{.l • •' (.M-c •>- j: J s.ll I''" scored all of his team-high 14 '34 li-.' i - - LIS'COIN PARK *c-. »o:«v^ points in the first half, but Lath­ '.*rV VNV# f,i k ,4; Si/ i • • • "34 6>i 'JJ4 :*i 5Si KOO AV. V.'rt c-.™ rup shut down his three-point ?''3 '^' 't-.'XX: ••' \ VA ,•' '• FUNl BLOOMIIIID KHIS WTfAHOOTn ioci Pogf Ki < LIVONIA 'C eO-5».« shooting in the second. Junior '." ft-: Cr*-~.' .;o-.-' i 610 416 0'>>"." KHMOMO »K -'•>>-•- -• •34 ;f 4 roc center Emir Medunjanin had 11 ?48 MS 9*« MAAftOKH ?4» «•> .'•> YPVUMTI UJK3WON ;* A ^ • ' I v 11 -" WAYHI i:e*VW- >.. points and senior Albert Deljose- w.ft s^-oi y- f 11) 353 3133 ?0>:«Tv W -1 IS' 44' '34' MI :•••" ?i3 IV 3.XX- *K Wv-fVxi' k 313 J" TSTl 3 >< 3 . V f S9.5 t> The turning point occurred 810 ??9?13:> r AUCOV » 50^110 34 ''j' .•<>0< ~34 as f>v> late in the third quarter with the CANTON f^"- '••• c>^T:*<">- ..-. mmmwmxxm&iatim k r -, «„'(Vr; eowinui »f.'. iV.u ft« ANN AMO* NOV1 Medunjanin, while taking a -14 ¢81 -.-;.-, 41 ClAt« "34 x.v £0" .'^5 440 :^-5 ClAtKiTON lob pass into the low post, suf­ FHYMOUTH BOHVUU }4! »7,-> i.fl'' TROY "34 4.V CCX' fered a bloody nose in a collision FORT 0RAT1OT M/LFO50 SV CU1S SHORfS MA«0*N with Moore and had to leave the 1 •, y v< IHfUYTVW YKARS1N A ROW SOUTHOAT1 .4' 1VI fAJTfOfNTl game MT CLfMINi (si;. '•• i\v '34 ?SS F.M-1 >?.. 1.'.'-. !---- 1« »UMT TKOY Shortly after that. North , IRASIf a '>«.;• ^ ^ • K" "ll ,yvs: ?45 5fS fti iTEIMIfWHOIS junior Adrian Bridges received V 1 if. • • KIW BALm'OSI W. IIOOMTIEVO LATKKUP VXLAOI vmnANo lus fourth foul and went to the lAJTTOi'nl :4f s}t jw J4; 5V«JS' "34 1J7 5V< OABDIN Oil ?4« 4?"- '6(5, bench.too. NOV7 WAUID IAXE >l <• - • .- "-*;f'^.; • HMiiOCAflOtii Medunjanin returned with •••II. 4'' •':' it f ANN AfttOt •OHVUIl ? -.'•i.i 2 43 remaining, but the Raiders GSOSSI ro;NTi COYAl 0»>t WA9SIN '14 «( ;\3F-' do IWXO? 1 ''•''< i 18 f>i missed Bridges, who was a DIAHOtN ITttlFNO HHOmt t-::>4 • 3'3 44' '^A *>0$)?0iW strong defensive rebounder and fAi» HAVTN MAM1BAM.CK fllMT TtOY a big help in breaking the Lath Many locations open Sunday. *»o '>j iV;s U! 59' C>0C nip pn-ss. UNCOiN FA«K WATItrOtD 3' *< .".f. n.-.v • J4? \Y> l\-,33 A* a coach, it's a lough posi A\iKRnr.rncwJ.IIAR »:K\'KY. MM1L PAS* CALL 1 800 MOBILE 1 LIVONIA ViTSTlA^ lion to be in." Mantyla said. "Do Mli,IIK.s-r4 "(-,:• vo? KOVT Mm play a kid with a minute left A MOM; I Kii.i i-\i< iisKRS iv l>s:ritt >i r- /

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rt«*. • • Madonna returned with • a . Jam** O'Connor enrnw, *y<£ IrTfj* »w**ni«.' on eigfct ,..F_ _-„^^T.,- je;^,favpw) !:$JNipfoer zoae during a " respectable 4-0-1 mark. It's next two Centralj Itarte hit* and faur/ wast*,,wiAhJ three Ks. r^ci^'^WrMao^nna ***• iS*to*'*** _ ti'riv* M 'another games are scheduled tor Friday at iimingi, ft*iTMf «*«*•$ «lu|{ged*a Jwo-cia Earner for Rpilina College! 12-0 ea;||»#^^-WW i-Ikifpee* and aimhy, and WnlslvUniversity in North Canton, earned) oiv.iR n/wltft Dermic* Walfe and edged by KckerdCgUegV 1^11 on response ia to relax and Ohio. with eight ding'tpo H*i4«^d ao RBI ! Mttrth 0; lont twice tb'Florida South- hurled the That March 10 turnaround started, ern,';th*"No.'l.rnnkekrtti '.B, 8-0 on March 7 and 1.0-7 on March 'matched Webber in hits, bat nm in with three Ks, V, ,;• nd/Uearborn, Djviae Child> ?game spring baseball trip •v,'and.wa4 beaten by Rensselaer Poly tht iMo Florida. runs, losing 3-0. Aaron Shrewsbury, Madonna followed fcy ted an s ^8-7,Mirch;&: -:'••• -;;-•;,•- Ifcto the mix a. couple of who enjoyed a phenomenal trip (.353 more City 8-4 on March ttj Wash it the No. 1 Warn in the batting average with five'home runs 1 ey 7-6 and"Wa*hlngton and two •Tne'Crusidoys gavc.iip 66 hit- m sion. II, a team 'thdj had and 10 runs batted int. collected two of (Mo.) 8-4OB ti«f<* 18; arid Ohio Valley and"two RBI, those five louses (more.'than 13 a !»:»'i= • Tigers just a Week earlier, Madonna's six hiu. BUD Mason UVom again 5-3 «aMarch 13. All four games hits (inchaHnr and wmmitted nine errors. . ...^ ftm other*- aguinBt leams that We'stlamD suffered the loss <0-2, 7.94 were played i$ Cocoa Beach, St«van# But against fickeH they got a .-»•:• '.., .;. j*tl^$y-Have several-games undeV earned run average for the trip.), allow­ Shrewsbury provided the offensive a double And a home run with two I'.BI \SSMJl &U' »nd the outcome, is under-. ing three runs on s-ix hits and four punch in t&t wia «w Baltimore City, froin Wolfe; a homer and a single with 1 walks, .with three strikeouts in 5% slugging a detz&t amitwo wU> homwp .ft>ur RBIfrom Shrewsbury; four hits innings. : University-spent nine eop- while going jMffei-*i tfc* piata> &jb front O'Neill (,361. .me homer, si:< RBI Haznp added twvaltt it^ ^^ j&ajs in 'Florida, but it-joenied i That's where Madonna's slide ended. t i for- $he'trip);\ three hits from Todd Rocho had a doabk pad fare SKj ^%^%m pfc*mm^' <^kim^ Hfo t%'o different tripH. The start In the second game against Webber, MUlertFarniington Hills/Birmingham the two teams battled through 11 Jason Brooks 1^%% )&£ ~" ffcatuxed twwnp.is on* for the Fighting-, Brother Rice); two hits and two RBI innings before the game was hatted - was the winning _ Mdltecho ::si:* games,,six losses, 71' froni jRocho; and two hits and urn- RBI t|$*ir¥ri, three shutouts suffered, with the score tied at 5rall..Dave runs on seven fafti «B& *t* *«vbl« by innings; fijfbm both Voleui (.244, three hoirn-rs, the turnaround. O'Neill slugged a three-run home run lone : : Ijwilh a 5-5 tie, March 10 at in the sixth inning to put the Cru­ .The fira* witt ifcf^,<3&i* nine RBI).and Warholik. ; ^allege i;i Babson Park, Fla. saders up 4-2; Jeff WsrholiH(;$13, four required a 1fbre*-r«a : Sfirewsh.uryhiul another'two-home* (tttturie a strong finish — four- RBI for the trip) and Daryl-.Rocho score at 5-att after day in the. 10-7 loss to Florida South­ >:«tt|fi0it Wias, \vith 1? run? allowed .(.314, four doubles, one homer, 10 RBI) win it in the sixth, ern, both of.them xolos. Voletti addled a " 4 each had two hits and.an RBI. . his record at l-l by giving*!* two-run biast in the loss. > ~ :

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Caring, affectionate loving guitar and loves Northe'-. bookstores, road trips, work­ SWF, 24. 5 3'. blonda/tHue, male. 40-45, Sf$. >*t>0 »1*0 : SF, 21-30, Icy (Soner. dencing. - sense Of humor, who Kies tq DWM. 52 5'7" woves lake 1-800-518-5445 SWCF, 38. sr. bfo^ryVSrwn. Morgan Seeking SF «263:> ing out. outdoor activities, envoys music, movies, |ust eryo¥»fcn»B»Wgi.tl>f MttOr srtioker. social drir**r, mother romance, and fun »3183 take rue* waSi 8t rifaht surv" activities, sktin.g. movies and friends tirst. LTR. »2052 having fun. Seeking honest, «rtptm »3094 of three, envoys ceitipng. lire- . . FREQUENT CWVER. seis. the ouWotvs movies. •qua-iiy tiTr«s together NO CLEVER AD sman male, 23-30. for casual c CUTE GUY places. dWorig and. dirtrWi' ; SfcekS oo-jp»(0» Herid tor trps 10 cooking. «3189 ._ ' Sec-Icing pcMe-medium. i Outgo.ng DWM. m>d 50- STARTING OVER dating, possibly more MuS - r.ONEOFA*ui*0 40-50 to' !- endsh.p pott; - WITH SNOW PLOW... -, Seekma a Catholic SWM, 3*-.. Florida- Good-tookjng, physj- ' FIRST TIME'AO*". seeks mnd-hearted 'ao, tv Widowed lady young 63. possess nice smile antf .- Outgoing -' <*ynawre. very • ',b:e tOIQ-terT. mcnrxia—.Gus soughl by this head-turning. : : '46. w*h a love for family caRy'Iil'fcaiain f*» guy. 40. Hai«sorfw, ltn*ii?i«fy seairiB, LTR v.'-:- answer a'l •Ol-b'.'k biondabiue. envoys movies fnendty eyes. »2690 , \' ''•']. .'•;' -'ama«tfY<»-Djf\ 42, brown/ ' ..felationsrp Race w" -p-r-i- theater, dining in/out. ani­ zany, brainy babe, late 20s, be***"!, enjoys exerose, dm- Mesty$e and partn»«»h4p, Afl' awefi pnssy. lender, secure oo*r>'4o-eaith, e*isYgo«g BM. LETS START- - ;' tan! «1548 mals, walking, swimming to share happy times in the .fcig'out. travel, and boating. ca i we e 6P,3r*fen«d,"viery ANSWi«MVAO '"". rr-acy,wndtun. «2535'• •'••. " dowTi-1o-eanh. a'stectHe SWF, THE GREAT loving, canng white gentle­ Widowed WF. 60. 5f f. t|f»nctaf"3 iTAKES^HARGE 36-42, slim to medbm eujM,io OUTDOORS RUNNING ON EMPTY " Uue. MS. soda! dB**c ftrurf handsome farol»ss56nal'gen- •-\-Voul be glad you 0¾. Lookma man 60s »3191 •'• SvVPMi 35; en.oys. /noyi+j?.', - bebesttrtevfe »3057 DWM. \ S so;..a d-."».e- I dnve around with my cats Oafy'emciforiatfy MOM. enjoys tiemaiK: 45-50, •'*«•**• 1« "tor ^dbcated,' fu/Hoymg. hap- rJaricTng, dining, theater HUMOROUS ^€-o*.i- *'- S 77..'.'-' 3" 4^ .\^..' FIRST TIME AD on the freeway I make them osrtng *Vout tr««i«C Sol!, pay- fner»(Sft!p. pooDi* ffrt«ion-: • penfryg. N/S geftt, 53^, for s 1 DWM 65",.'teowrr'aze. Very attractive, spiritual wear little hats so I can use irvgcards. SeeM^J»ne«|rrian, ^fe> NQ.gmtfrt P3093 .- irrooderful fAnes. tooe** '- !'«•• Seeks iemirv/j'e. pasjjoAate : ; mustache. 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WM, 33, brown'blue N'S SM 46 seeks Cairo1.:: -•g part.es dare r 3 gr>od CLASSY COOKIE ry/emononaJry siiiM, wartft>--.'-. '•'"garhte' Dm** eyesand. Youthful, sassy, serious, cre­ Seeking rugged, tumbleweed !t»vte», dirTfna,-.coAC*(ft.i with good mora's en,o/scn- Po'iS-.-Amerear, SF 28-3€ t -.es Sc•e^•'.g .adv 45-5S hearted. smcere\.fW - ..5 c LET'S ship first »3055 bB*iffhfe, 'S4j*k«»» hejwtrt, 0 r , r tic female. 29. in shape, sons outdocis Seeking 1 er,- ts t•e^^ e-a' n'-jr- ,p Se-i'-- • .' -V --- 'r '(-&- ENJOY LIFE d PARTNER WANTED finarW88y.fj«c«*«'S>*--44-«0,'-.: seeks pleasant, cuttured, FIRST TIME AD attract.ve. irtei'-ge"- spe:.a ,..'.fi:*a $? 2',-4S ,vc t'O-'S'-; «2t -•"" vi'-y energetic outgp-ng This classy romantic, attrac­ 5'8'*, with sWvSer Inlertefs: tive, fun-lovmg SWF, 60. 5 2" attractive man. »2819 Sweet, petite, classy, nice- person «2->C7 e"Oys Bcjeis Pova 0a« ESCAPE WITH ME >: ..-je-.'oo'ung -e'..'C-d A-;I I for friendship first, possible t- I; --,= seeks honest, sensitive, tit looking, blonde lady, late 40s. SPRING IS ON ITS WAY jAfd VJt 5 2 135 t.= BROWN-EYEO GIRL a lad under 5 , I08ibs. seeks romance «2998 Dd e E is SWM. N/S, to share my heart Attractive SWF, 28, brown,' An.;2Ctve SWM 36 6 180.:,:, :e" fpA- -azei en-oys danc-'-c honest, canng. nice-looking 2ND TIME AROUND :'ass ca •:;:• and passion for life »3192 brown, envoys skycWy-ig camp­ b-owrkVue pre'ess013-:-/ •-•'-• p avi'g ca-a; travei-^u i WM, mid-40s to mid-50s, Spunky, attractive widowed iiv: «:' "~ ing casnos Seeking attractive p,oye<3. enjoys d nrng -,:,.,: Seek.ng smi'a- SWM (¾ ~:-' s A TOUCH OF CLASS under 5 10", N/S. N/D. »3056 WF, 5'3". 125I&S. seeks RARE FIND Sensuous, attractive OWF. SWM. 25-33, who knows what movies SE*e'.,s an attractive K S 10- t-.enpsh-p past.;-,. PROFESSIONAL" SWM, 60*. HID, who likes black hair, sexy eyes, enjoys they want and is wiling to try SWF *cr dat-nj !rer,ash.p ••_£•:•••:•, -...-0:---5 S:.A^i: ."R «3T88 N'S. yes that's, me, looking family gatherings and long 1^0 05 g-ea' -s any activity with the right anything once »2777 drives for possible relation­ posS'b'e LTR Garden lor the same SF, 55', 1 ,-i.siri 1 a' jaa o' 1 vea SEEKING man He is tali, sincere, 45* C'y V.'est'a^o -ffl S3- p... •! '•:•• P.-.SS r-1- v a'-:i- A STEP AHEAD l2CHbs, blonde/brown, seeks ship. »2964 GENTLEMAN and looking for a LTR LOOKING 5' L- «'55J5 Cute fit. honest SY/F. 30. SM SO-65, must be in good GOOD THINGS/ •OCl T. oar P^:?«~- w-Oo.vea 'cni.v*- Serious replies only »3187 FOR BRIGHT EYES 5 2". N'S. rarely drinks, enjoys shape and love Ide Talk to SMALL PACKAGES Sc-e»-nO S erdi-' FROM THIS -•omc- tea.:-*! 3 days a wr.-cA, Very canng attractive outgo MOMENT ON BEAUTIFUL... animals, sports, ouldoors. you soon. «2903 Well-packaged emotionally, art-a: ¢- :->d«;-f-e'-x-"''e-nvi •;- - ijood mora: cia- loving SJF, 44. 5'7*. steel Seeking s-m.tar qualities m a petite DPF. charismatic. GREAT HUGGER/KISSER - THE ATTENTION rcmant< a-N3 Cf>0* Sec-"."--. arte -v^d vke^ 1; ft^c- i-n* t>'ue long naturally curly hau. SWM 28-40 for LTR No pre adveniurous. passionate r a- TaH. blonde SF seeks tall, >>amc .n pot.fe SWF 'o- ;-v>-\: ^, da-'.-'-'-g 'oi ''•(-• a^-i-ii into self-growth, meditation sentluture kids »1193 spontaneous male to go to about life, likes the sublime 11 ShD ma'yoc-mu'€- «9.V:': r nature yoga, natural health ALLURING BRUNETTE parties wilh and share Me to outrageous Seeking a 'iM Men -, '' ' SM,' a • -- .fa.-' <' t) SOFT CHOCOLATE laughing, speaking truth and Attractive, very tit, feisty, tun- with My friends hate going to lor a monogamous reiaion- p a,T- '£-' ' '• ,s.-.'»; AUTHOR Handsome SB'.'. .13 fr-<.-,^ 5 Me Seeking soul connection to-be-with professional, 35, parties with me because I get ship, »1997 Seeking v"f.-,*"f st-c-vs •--t"- -' '•' ,',.l A - . p.-,:;,vs. ^o.-fi --0 suspe-nsefu' ir-;-.if-s f^M. SWM. N/S »9723 5 5" tlOibs. seeks caring aH the attention »2818 FIRST TIME AD a-e: vj-s-a .-• a.k?i 5 ire v. confident, stable, open-mind­ NORTH OAKLAND AREA Women sports ctass< cars Sev*>'\j HEW ON THE SCENE FREE SPIRIT ••ia-dsnp /.••- wi-ii-. ---"'ic. 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BY HUGH GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER [email protected] In the past Gypsy caravans would travel across Europe in brightly colored wagons. The Gypsies were both roman­ ticized as vagabonds of the road and persecuted as thieves and "outsiders,"1 victims of the churches, the Nazis and the Communists alike. On March 26 another kind of Gypsy Margaret Exner (left to right), caravan comes to the Michigan Theater Mary Jane Pories, Mary in Ann Arbor, a celebration of the cul­ ture and music of the Gypsies or Vinette and Nyima Anise Rroma, the people who originated in Woods in "Impeachment and Rajasthan, India, Cream"8p.m. and 10:30p.m. Hot act: All eyes turn to Andre when he steps into the ring with his Serengeti Lions. and began moving at The Second City-Detroit across Europe in Tickets $17.50, call (313) 965- the Middle Ages. 2222. , UN D T H Their music is instantly recogniz­ able for its speed, SA3MPAY its lilt, its dancing ^¾¾¾¾^- spirit. And yet it is David Cop- as varied as the perfield lands where the Gypsies settled brings his and the cultures show "U" to they absorbed. the Fox The­ The Yuri Yunakov atre, 6 p.m. Ensemble plays a and 9 p.m. style called "wed­ Tickets $45, ding music." $37.50 and "Wedding music Band leader: $27.50, is a style that Yuri Yunakov available at became popular in and his Bulgaria in the ensemble cele­ all Ticket- Clowning aside, Shrine Circus is serious fun 1970s and incorpo­ master out­ rated other styles brate gypsy lets, or call BY KEELY WYGONIK more to a Shriner than seeing a of music. The new "wedding STAFF WRITER kid who was on crutches being (248) 433- [email protected] elements included music." 1515. able to walk." Western instru­ he Shrine Circus — "The Thornhill has been attending mental influences, rock, jazz ..." said Circus with a Heart" is cele­ the Shrine Circus since he was a Carol Silverman, a folklonst and cul­ SUNDAY Tbrating its 91st year bring­ Boy Scout in the 1940s. "I give tural anthropologist who sings with the ing laughter joy and smiles to the clowns a lot of credit," he group. children of all ages. said. "They're all Shrine Clowns, The music is rhythmically complex, This year's spectacle begins and they work hard every year incredibly fast and joyously upbeat. with a multi-colossal light show as part of the circus." Silverman acted as translator during of amazing animations, thunder­ Hugh Laird of Redford enjoys a telephone interview with saxophonist ous songs and 3D Jaser beams . clowning around as "Racer.": A and band leader Yuri Yunakov. zapping through the air featur­ teaxhVrfor 17 years, and admin­ Yunakov began winning a wide fol­ ing the circus on parade. istrator for 20, Laird loves kids lowing in the 1970s when he joined You'll see Andre and his and nothing makes him happier with Bulgarina clarinet player Ivo Serengeti Lions, Circus Ele­ than to see them laugh and Papasov, modernizing traditional Bul­ phants, the Flying Redpaths, smile. garian dance music with western and Boitchanivis, Bulgarian The best part of being a clown instruments and outside ethnic influ­ teeterboard specialists who take is "I can be with kids, and I don't ences, which landed Yunakov in jail to the skies from four spring­ have to mark report cards," he twice during the Communist era. boards. Clowning around: Friends said. A white face clown, Racer "Well, it was because of politics," There's always something will hardly recognize "always has fun, he loves kids Yunakov said. "Politics was tied to all of amazing going on in the three "Howie" Howard Zimmer­ and to play tricks on them," said this music. At that time, the govern­ rings. Other highlights include, man, one of the members Laird who retired five years ago ment prohibited Turkish and Rrom California Benni's trampoline of the Shriner-'s Clown from the Redford Union School (Gypsy) music. ... The only kind you comedy, Justino the Juggling District. could play was Bulgarian and Russian. Genius who performs with Unit. "You know the saying — when The government wanted to remove for­ authentic machete knives, hoops you grow up you want to run eign impurity from the music." said Larry Ode, Potentate of the and flaming torches, and human away and join the circus. Fortu­ But wedding music became too popu­ Moslem Shrine Temple and cir­ cannonball David Smith-Captain nately we get to in Detroit," said lar for government resistance. Yunakov cus ceo. "The money from the cir­ Circus. and his band would play scores of wed­ The musical "Annie" returns to cus is for the running of our tem­ "It's our biggest fund-raiser," Please see CIRCUS, £2 dings, attracting as many as 2,000 peo­ ple, which enables us do our the Masonic Temple Theatre, ple, some standing outside in the street work." direct from Broadway. Perfor­ just to hear the music. Shriner's have a soft spot for mances 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Shrine Circus By the late 1980s, the government children, especially those that Tickets range from $19.50 to WHEN: Continues through Sun­ began to embrace the music and oven are handicapped or burned. $49.50, and are available at day, March 28 held contests. the Masonic Temple Theatre WHERE: State Fair Coliseum, Through the generosity of the Ironically, the situation for wedding and all Ticketmaster outlets. Michigan State Fal/grounds, Wood­ Shriner's and various communi­ musicians has deteriorated with the ward Ave. at 8 Mite Road, Detroit. ty organization's, which sponsor end of Communism. Call (248) 645-666 to charge PERFORMANCES: 10:30 school groups, thousands of tickets, or (313) 832-2232 for a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 under-privileged children, whose Please sec GYPSY, E2 information. '. a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday; families can't afford the price of 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. a ticket, get to see the circus. TICKETS: $6. $10, $12, and 'The tickets are very inexpen­ r WHAT: Gypsy Caravan Gypsy Culture $14, available at the Shriner's Cir­ sive," said Ode. "We want people from India to Eastern Europe and tbena. fea­ cus Ticket Office, (313) 831-1620, coming." turing Taraf de Haidouks (Romania): Ko!- • the Michigan State Fairgrounds Box John Thornhill of Farmington Aerial magi

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Guns, gorillas and bunny rabbits in store for Penn and Teller fans You caritune in the Acad­ emy Awards Ceremony on HY CHRISTINA FUOCO •lust like the Knorgizer bunny, Teller keeps on WHO: Penn and Teller TV to find out if "Private STAFF WRITKR going As if he's reading from his agenda. Teller WHEN: Various times [email protected] recalls calling the spirit of Hourlini, a meeting with Ryan," (pictured) wins the through Sunday. March 21. Oscar for Best Picture, or The ever-quiet Teller isn't mum about the high­ Mofo the Psychic Gorilla ("It's a talking gorilla head as pan of the "1999 Just watch it with others at lights of he and partner Penn Jillette's stint at the attached to a fax machine"), and a seemingly impos­ | Off Oioodwny Scries" sible trick. "Start^, Starry Night," 8 MuBic Hall Center for the Performing Arts. WHEf*E: tho Music Hall p.m. Sunday, March 21 at "We're going to start a religion in which I nm the "We'll stick Penn in a very small barrel and ram I Center for the Performing the Star Southfield The­ messiah," Teller said matter of factly. "My proof of him full of conduit in a way that, well, it's earned ] Arts. 350 Madison Ave., divine power is that I am capable of healing polyester Penn the nickname 'the amazing rubber hoy" i Dctfott. atre, Tickets $40 per per­ In a daring game of chance. Jillette ami Teller u ill with my mind. We'll move on from that to take you I HOW: Tickets arc $22. son, or $70 per couple. backstage in a sleight-of-hand routine, show you all shoot at each other | $2¾. $27. $32 and $3 7 and Proceeds benefit the the ins and outs of cigarette tricks." "I suppose the most spectacular Ihiin; is we 11 have o an he purchased at the Detroit Area Film & Tele­ "Get an audience member on stage and throw a couple audience members up on stage and. unhki' ['oxTheatre aod Mtistc Hall vision's scholarship fund, knives around him or her. I'm not telling you every many other traveling shows we don't use anv plants 1 r>ox offices and aH Ticket- call (248) 547-0847 for thing. There's a lot that goes on there. We're going to ever, and we usually ask for police people or nulitarv : master locations. Discounts personnel or target shooters who examine some ! for groups of 20 or more are tickets. make a bunny rabbit disappear by throwing it into a ! available hy calling (3131 1 ammunition, load some guns, mark the ammunitions chipper shredder. It's a splashy trick. Audience mem : 4 71 3099. fot information about sho.v tinios, en!) Olyinrv.n j and hand the guns to us.' Teller explained hers don't get splattered I'm not saving anything [.etcrtainmont ^iicst information at (31 31 ?>83 F>t>1 1 about me" "~ Pl^^rs7^1\fAQICrK2 I j. i". ,• E2(N

I ()1 LOWING 10 TRIUMPHANT YEARS IN TORONTO, THE BIDS FAREWELL "We then go to opposite ends of of trouble just doing TV," he said. the stage and (sides) fire the "When you're doing a live show guns at each other's faces and like Penn and Teller, which of the bullets end up between our course you're not, I am, you're teeth. I believe it's the best becoming very big fish in a tiny magic trick that anybody in the little pond. There is nothing to FINAL 6 MONTHS NOW ON SALE! audience has ever seen. It's get through to be able to do what fooled very knowledgeable magi­ you want. FX gives us complete cians. It's a deeply ama2ing and power and anonymity. They don't wondrous sort of trick. It's a trick bug us at all but still you're that had its origins in the bullet working with a team of 120 peo­ ii celebration of the I'huntom's catch which is a trick that has ple. It's wonderful and terrific. BT-rf-Y w-.i killed off over 12 magicians in But it's also nice to go back to a final 6 months, Livent proudly presents the course of history. We won't be team, which Penn and Teller is, three extraordinary Phantom' j»uesl stars. killed, of course." of six people. So I like both very' Longtime "team" much. It's nice that it works out." Born in Philadelphia, Pa., and RI.M. SIMAKI) The duo met April 10, 1974, Greenfield, Mass., respectively, and performed together Aug. 19 Teller and Jillette now reside in to Sept. 3, 1975, during the Min­ lii,i >• • '\» 1» lilt. 1 ti II W'll.lIU H il Las Vegas. Teller has lived there nesota Renaissance Festival. c I V si,,! in.I -.Li-.:, i'l I !• 'i :i: for five years and recently flew Since then, they have become home from a performance to see regular guests on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," The Late Bob Dylan's show. "He's sort of Show with David Letterman," regal and goofy at the same and "Live! With Regis and time," he said. Kathie Lee." In addition to that, Jillette prefers to lay low. run si \\i i v they have recurring roles as "How great is it?" Jillette said Drell and Skippy on "Sabrina, of Las Vegas. "I'll tell you if you The Teenage Witch," and as don't drink - which I've never attorneys Fenn and Geller on had a drink in my life - if yovi "The Drew Carey Show." don't do drugs and you don't On Aug. 10, Penn and Teller gamble, which none of those kicked off their weekly variety things I do, it's the perfect city. series, "Penn & Teller's Sincity It's a cheap holiday on other peo­ [1^^^:11 Spectacular," which airs at 10 ple's misery, to quote Johnny VI p.m. Fridays on the FX cable Rotten. Your living is subsidized channel. by bad math. People who are bad Penn and Teller were offered at math fly here and spend the television show based on the money. It's a great city where assumption that they could take you can live really really fancy n variety show "someplace it has­ rich for no money." n't been before," Teller explained. Of course, he does make an "I think we've done that," he exception to his strict lifestyle added with a laugh. when he comes to Detroit. 'SMiMW*' And it took plenty of brain­ "Where's Detroit?" storming to achieve that. "I don't really look forward to "You don't come up with an going anywhere. I love being on lUKHMO'S I \\DM\UK KM OKI* ItKI \KI\(. MUSIC \l I \I)S St'.Pll.MM.U 2(>. IT)'). hour's worth of material every the road, I love doing shows. But week for 24 weeks without just the way I've become perfect at \ \ i) u i ,\\ i t i M i > \\ i n r, i u s ringing your brain dry of ideas," being on the road is by not see Teller said. ing cities as different from one Teller explained that perform­ another. 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You're really •.Tickfrrs FROM ONLY (us) $22.50 • (us)$5oi • 0 Valid for all performances from March .10 •.'September 19,1905. Please quote the code MP JB4 Vrhcn ordering ticket* lo receive (hit discount. "As the cliche says, a change is kind of not" •rH*i t-^-f k(A*Ji#. Ki«^c« «nf>'»^ r.^p/144 Q**»*« »*IV» »**<**lf p^Wwrf *W T'«k* Rfffe,**tf*«M*rlrf»m M4 Mtl »« Am Vf^. ^:^^-^ **"r<,rt,r"'*',B 1 . CAIMIW'1*'*'"'1 »» rq **U tc*U~i w* im/ e*n Hiutttm *nh l»«njiry. ,JI i«t»S«A W WH^T^OO OlHW.K »»•*]! bettor than a real. Doing live and Teller said there's only nnc doing TV are very very different. thing about which to bo excited tillf.MS 1lii!'l\Hl. I (Ml. I ICO Cl!Ml!I.IUVVf! n,t.irrMH\)|,. \\ \\ U I |\ lit I v happy to bring u brand new I did it for years. It's what I package wrapped in bows," Teller intended to do. 1 would hnvo n lot explained i The Observer & Eccenfrie/FHURSDAY, MARCH 18,1999 (NOOf*)E3

} jjulk- •*--'V"i*; THEATER *i * ! Village Players put heart into Tiddler on the Roof Village Players of Birmingham There is little thrown around by Topie has bright appeal in "Mira­ Grandma Tzeitel and the chorus. Loving cou- | presents "Fiddler on the Roof," the Russian soldiers during the cle of Miracles." The nine member orchestra sup­ March 19-21 and 26-27. Perfor­ ransacking scene that breaks up Even though her matching ports well from the back of stage pie: Dan i mances 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays the wedding dancing, and few proved fruitless regarding these pit. Good placement for the Castle - fJ and 2 p.m. Sundays, at the play­ actions to physically create the three couples who marry for sound. (Tevye) and'y A house, 752 Chestnut, Birming­ reality of the coming Revolution, love, Diane D'Agostino as Yente, Walter's role is made even Liz Walters ji ham. Tickets $14, call (248) 644- just a real sense of warmth the Matchmaker, is a penetrat­ more difficult because she must (Golde) in a -¾ 2075. between the couples. ing character with her dominate play opposite the inimitable Dan Perhaps, it is because Gowen and clear voice. Barry V. Levirie Castle. More than anything this scene from :-1 BY MARY JANE DQERR the Village-i^ SPECIAL WRITER has cast vibrant young actors has the same ability with a pro­ show belongs to Dan Castle who : and actresses to play Tzeitel and nounced and humorous Rabbi. plays and sings Tevye with a Players proi »• As far as musicals go, the Vil­ Motel, Hodel and Perchik, and George D. Cirilli's Lazar Wolf, very fine voice. This time Cas­ duct ion of ''.•'.'. lage Players seems to have Chava and Pyedka. the butcher, makes its hard to tle has traded his traditional "Fiddler on become enamored with the cre­ Concetta La Macchio (Tzeitel), understand why Tzeitel turns comedy for a no adlib, no ative team of Jerry Bock and Rachel Cantor (Hodel), and him down. shenanigans, no fiddling around the Roof" > Sheldon Harnick this year. Courtney Thomasma (Chava) role. From time to time, Castle Last fall they produced a light quickly win over audiences in Cirilli handles the bar room throws a few sideways glances at hearted "She Loves Me." Now their harmonious "Matchmaker." scene and the wedding scene the audience, drawing more the company is presenting a Later, Rachel Cantor sings a with a sense of humorous timing. humor out of the lines, but it is heart-felt production of "Fiddler beautiful "Far From the Home I Both scenes are enhanced by never out of keeping with the u on the Roof." Love" turning what has to be one Debra BernBtein-Siegel's simple role or out of place. Perhaps lf I 1 Keeping the fiddler on the roof of the most heart wrenching but appropriate choreography, were a Rich Man" is a little low is a delicate show biz balance scenes in all musical theatre into especially in the bottle dance for his range but the later songs between the harsh realities of an understanding of the depth of which the moveable set design bring out a lovely richness. He the show and its romantic senti­ love. Her fiance, Perchik, is por­ leaves as much stage space as plays the very kindly Tevye ment. trayed by a convincing Paul possible. whose musings with God reflect Director Barbara Anne Bernstein. Together they elicit a Liz Walters has the difficult our questions about life but with Gowans dwells on the personal "made for each other" impres­ part of playing Golde and she a kindly attitude toward his relationships of the four love sto­ sion. does it with a strong voice daughters. ries, down playing the cruel The dther couples has the singing "Sunrise Sunset." Her With his humor and warmth scenes between the soldiers and same appeal. Courtney Thomas­ Golde is a softer one than we are as Tevye, his style of interaction the Anatevka Jews. ma is a soft Chava that matches used to, in keeping with tone of with the daughters and Golde, The show centers on the fami­ up with Joey Bybee as Fyedka. this production. One of the best more than anything else, Castle lies and not as much on the Concetta La Macchio is well scenes in the show is the dream keeps this fiddler fiddling on the volatile politics of 1905 Russia. paired with Nate Topie as Model. scene with Ann Stevenson as roof.

Grace and Glorie: Gloria, Elizabeth ? Bradford of Plymouth (left) and Grace, Theatre Guild's'Little Foxes Laura Gumina of Redford, play two women from opposite backgrounds who is a well-cast production struggle with issues of Theatre Guild of Livonia-Red- their roles. "Steel Magnolia" type, the only living and dying. ford presents Lillian Hellman's Annette Hissong as Addie the who has the gumption to stand "The Little Foxes," March 19-21, maid presented a solid perfor­ up to the whole dysfunctional 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. mance as one of the few whole­ Hubbard family. Mudge works Sunday, at the theater. 15138 some characters in this play. at Hancock Fabrics and put Beech Dal\. south of Five Mile, Morris Goodman, an attorney together very attractive cos­ Trinity House tackles tough issues Redford. Tickets $10, $9 by day, was convincing as Cal tumes for her character seniors/students, call <313) 531- the butler. Connie Fox, in the Matt Eskola. in the role of 0554. role of Birdie Hubbard, was very Horace Giddens. Alexandra's Trinity House Theatre presents sons, never traveled more than The chemistry between Lee believable as the sad captive of father, a true Southern gentle­ Tom Ziegler's "Grace and Clone" 50 miles from her home, and is and Gumina cements the BY MAGGIE BOLEYN her abusive husband Oscar men in very poor health. His 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2 unable to read. However, her strength of the budding relation­ SPECIAL WRITER Hubbard, played to perfection make-up and demeanor was p.m. Sundays through March 28 profound faith and her simple ship and provokes the liveliest by theater veteran Thorn Hinks. Greed, lies and warped family quite convincing. at the theater, 38840 West Six- yet remarkably insightful obser­ dialogue. Grace brings Gloria Hinks has a fine voice, and puts values. No, not 1999, but 1900 is But. Lorreta Wilson, as Regi- Mile, west of 1-275, Livonia. vations about life allow Grace to it to good use on stage as well a.s down to reality by reminding her na Giddens ' nee Hubbard), was Some adult language. Tickets are help Gloria confront and under­ the setting for Lillian Hellman's lending his time as a reader for that "Glorie, honey, you didn't the show stopper in both cos­ $10, $8 for groups of 10 or more, stand her own personal demons. unsettling play "The Little the Detroit Radio Information :ome here to see me through Foxes.'" Presented by The The­ tume and character. Sister and (734) 464-6302. Elizabeth Ladd Lee of Hazel service (a reading service for the this, you came here to see me atre Guild of Livonia-Redford, business partner of Oscar and BY SUE SUCHYTA Park plays the efficient yet inse­ die." blind). Hinks also serves as an SPECIAL WRITER under the direction of Cran- Audio Describer for blind Benjamin, she is a Gibson Girt" cure Gloria with her heart on As Gloria helps Grace with her brook graduate Peter Sonnberg, patrons at Meadow brook The­ gone gonzo with greed. The; Trinity House Theatre's touch­ her well-tailored sleeve. physical needs, Grace helps Glo­ Although Gloria tries to main­ the turn of the 20th century set atre. twisted family and business; ing and heartwarming produc­ ria deal with her emotional con­ is a delight as we turn to the tain the aloof, detached compo­ Joshua Ebi, in a marked con­ relationships all center arounc}: tion of "Grace and Glorie" has flicts, reminding her that "each 21st century. sure she developed as a business trast to his previous roles a.s this grasping character^ the potential to be their sleeper life is like one stitch in a woman, she ends up receiving The set showed great cart' and Tiny Tim and Linus, was able to Whether she's leaving her ailing^ hit of the season. Don't be scared sweater. If one stitch is gone, the more from Grace than she could attention to details such as the pull off the role of young wastrel husband. Horace, to flounder on' off by it being a play about whole thing is'gone." death: the dialogue-driven play have possibly imagined. Lee pitcher and wash basin as well Leo Hubbard quite well. The the stair-, ur is flirting with; is more about life and the choices plays the role with both nervous The set is a homey and com­ as period photographs hanging role of William Marshall, unsus­ William Marshall, Regina Gid*; one makes. Director Trudy energy and gentle compassion. fortable rustic cabin with a on the walls. pecting business partner of the dens is always impeccably- Mason has been blessed with a Impeccably costumed and made working pump sink, an offstage The costumes are equally Hubbard family, was well played dressed and tlu- clear matriarch- strong, believable cast, a com­ up, she's both likable and annoy­ oven that billows smoke when imaginative, with cast members by Dennis Day. Jeff Bartos is of this scheming familv Tht). pelling script and a talented ing, and convincingly real. Gloria forgets to open the Hue, working with Sonnberg to cre­ marvelous as Benjamin Hub­ complex relationships of the technical team. "Grace and Glo­ Laura Gumina of Redford is and amazing attention to details ate* their outfits. A feathered bard, brother of Oscar. He has entire cast are a real treat to rie" is community theater at its outstanding in the role of Grace, through the props. pink dress worn in the first the smiling Southern civility see. finest. weary yet regal, a queen holding The sound effects are a major scene is a real eye popper. routine that barely disguises To paraphrase a line from the; Gloria is an agnostic, Harvard- court in her small Appalachian component of the play, as they The cast members are all sea­ hostility down pat. play "There art- those who act bred New York business woman cabin with a homemade quilt as create the realistic backdrop of soned community theater per­ Kristen Mudge as Alexandra upon a stage, and those of us turned hospice volunteer, whose her mantle and Walkman head­ encroaching bulldozers eager to formers, and were well cast in t J i d d e n s, portrays a young who watch them " lawyer husband relocated them phones as her crown. 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THEATER MOTOR CITY THEATRE ORGAN 19, Copper Canyon Brewery, 27522 SOCIETY Northwestern Highway, Southfield. DETROIT OPERA HOUSE Winter Movie Series continues with Free. 21 and older. (248) 223-1700 "Sunset Boulevard," Andrew Lloyd "The Quiet Man" starring John Wayne, JACK DRYDEN TRIO Webber's musical starring Petula Clark Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitgerald, 8 p.m. to midnight Thursday, March 18, as Norma Desmond, continues to 8 p.m. Friday, March 19 and 2 p.m. Edison's, 220 Merrill St., Birmingham. March 21, 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, • and 8 p.m. Saturday, March'20 (organ Free. 21 and older. (248) 645-2150 7:30 p.m. Sundays, and 2 p.m. overtures start 30 minutes earlier, (bass/piano/drums trio) Saturdays-Sundays, at the opera house, guest organists all performances TIM FLAHARTY TRIO 1526 Broadway, Detroit. $32,50-165. Dave Calendine), at the Historic With Nancy K., 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. (248) 645-6666 Redford Theatre, 17360 Lahser Road Friday, March 26, Club Bart, 22726 DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE at Grand River, Detroit. $2.50. (313) Woodward Ave., Royal Oak. Free. 21 "Camp Logan," Celeste Bedford 531-4407 and older. (248) 548-8746 (classic jazz Walker's play about the 1017 Houston guitar and vocals) riot and court martials, through Sunday, POP8/8WING ERIK FR1EDLANDER March 21, 8:30 p.m. Thursdays- Jazz cellist who performed with the Saturdays, 3 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 COUNT BASIE TRIBUTE rock band Hole during MTV's p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, at the the­ Johnny Trudell's Big Band featuring "Unplugged," performs with his quartet ater, 13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit. Teddy Harris Jr, is joined by trombonist Topaz, 7;30 p.m. Thursday, March 25, $15. (313) 868-1347 Al Grey, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, March 28, at Kerrytown Concert Hall, Ann Arbor. $10 GEM THEATRE Clarenceville High School auditorium. and $15.(734) 769-2999 'I Love You, You're Perfect. Now Middlebelt south of Eight Mile, Livonia. OROUND.EFX Change," runs through June 27 at the $15, proceeds to benefit the Michigan Live duo and jungle featuring former theater, 333 Madison Ave., Detroit. Jazz Festival and the Clarenceville members of Larval and Butterfly, 9 p.m (313) 963-9800 or (248) 645-6666. Foundation. (248) 474-2720/(734) Tuesday, March 23, as part of Mood JET 459-2454 Indigo night at Bird of Paradise, 207 S. "Anne Frank and Me" continues to -FRESCHETTA MIRROR BALL TOUR" Ashley St., Ann Arbor; $5. 21 and older. March 26 at 10:30 a.m. for students With New Morty Show, Alien Fashion (734) 662-8310 $(5), general public 2 p.m. Sunday. Show and Blue Plate Special. 8 p.m. NATE GURLEY March 21 ($10, $5 students), at the Thursday, March 18, Majestic, 4140 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 26- Millenium Theatre Center, Southfield. Woodward Ave., Detroit. $13 in 27, Bird of Paradise, 207 S. Ashley St.. (248) 788-2900 or advance. 18 and older. (313) 833-9700 Ann Arbor. $5. 21 and older. (734) 662 http://comnet.org/jet or http://www.99muslc.com (swing) 8310 MASONIC TEMPLE THEATRE THE PRO'S HEIDI HEPLER/MICHELE RAMO/TODD "Annie* featuring Sally Struthers. The 17-ptece orchestra with female CURTIS Brittny Kissinger as Annie, and Conrad vocalist performs 9:30 p.m. Saturday, 8-11 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, at John Schuck as Daddy Warbucks, March 20, beginner swing lessons the No.VI Chophouse & Lobster Bar in through Sunday. March 21. at the the­ Uraix SFABHAM/MIHAHAX Fm«8 start at 8:30 p.m., at the 24 KT Club, the Hotel Baronette, 27790 Novi Road. ater, Detroit. $19.5O$49.50. (248) 28949 Joy Road, east of MWdlebelt, Novi. (248) 305-5210; 11 a.m. to 3 645-6666/(313) 832-2232 Drama: Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes in "Shakespeare in Love"y Westland. (734) 513-5030 p.m. Saturdays, at Vic's Market, 42875 MEADOW BROOK THEATRE nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. You can watch the Academy Awards SHAKEN NOT STIRRED Grand River Ave., Novi. Free. Alt ages. 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, Karl's, "A Gift of Glory: Edsel Ford and the Ceremony. on TV Sunday, March 21 or celebrate with others. Here are a few (248) 305-7333 9779 Old N. Territorial Road, Plymouth. Diego Rivera Murals at the Detroit JAZZHEAD events to consider, Starry Starry Night, a benefit for the Detroit Area Film Free. 21 and older. (734) 45^8450 Institute of Arts," Kanm Alrawi's play 9 p.m. Saturday, March 20. Alyin's, & Television scholarship fund, 8 p.m, Sunday, March 21 at the Star South' (swing) about the relationship between Edsel 5756 Cass Ave., Detroit. $5. 18 and STARLIGHT DRIFTERS Ford and the politically controversial field Theatre, 24333 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield. Tickets are $40 per per- . older. (313) 832-2355 (funk/jazz) 1 p.m. Sunday. March 21, during the artist as the Detroit Industry mural son, or $70 per couple, call (248) 547-0847. Detroit's third annual Oscar -JAZZ IN THE STREETS" Detroit Rockers game at Joe Louis were being created at the Detroit The series continues with Straight Night America party will be held 7 p.m. Sunday, March 21 at The Second Arena, 600 Civic Center Dr., Detroit. Institute of Arts, runs to April 4. at the Ahead, 6-9 p.m. Thursday. March 25, at Tickets at Tlcketmaster. All ages. theater. Wilson Hall, Oakland University. City and Risata Restaurant. Tickets are $125 per person, proceeds benefit the Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 (248) 64&6666 (western swing) Walton Boulevard and Adams Road. the Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts, call (313) 833' Woodward. $20. (313) 833-1262 for It-V-l ORCHESTRA Rochester. S24-S35. (248) 377-3300 reservations 0247. Excalibur Restaurant, 28875 Franklin Road, Southfield, will have a 9-11:30 p.m. Thursdays, at the Soup VANESA JOHNSON AND FRIENDS live telecast of the Academy Awards ceremony and Oscar Derby. Call the Kitchen, 1585 Franklin, Detroit, (313) 9 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. March 19-20 OPERA restaurant, (248) 358-3355 for reservations/ information. 259-1374; 7-9:30 p.m. Sundays, at the and 26-27, Tom's Oyster Bar, 29106 VERDI OPERA THEATRE OF MICHIGAN Heidelberg. 215 N. Main, Ann Arbor. Franklin Road. Southfield. (248) 356 Presents a concert of solo anas and $5. (734) 663-7758 8881 duets from "Cavalleria Rusticana" and BETTY JOPUN "l Pagliacct." 7:30 p.m. Friday. March AUDITIONS 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. March 19- 26, at the Henry Ford Centennial Monroe and Outer Drive. Dearborn. $11. the restaurant. 40 W. Pike St., Pontiac. younger. (313) 271-1620 20. Bird of Paradise, 207 S. Ashley St.. 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 2 p.m. BIRMINGHAM CONCERT BAND Ann Arbor. $5. 21 and older. (734) 662 Library. Dearborn. (734) 455-8895 (313) 561-TKTS/(313) 277-5164 KIDS CONCERT PLOWSHARES THEATRE COMPANY and 7:30 Saturdays, and 2 p.m. and 6 Features traditional Irish storyteller Now in its 26th year, the band is look­ 8310 "The Trial,Of One Shortsighted Black p.m. Sundays. $50 Wednesdays- Gerald Maloney reciting the tale of 'The ing for adult musicians (woodwind, EILEEN KELTER TRIO COLLEGE Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Thursdays and Sundays, $55 Fridays Tinker of Tamlach* 1:30-2:15 p.m. brass and especially percussion play­ 1 p.m. Thursday, March 25. Jewish ers) of all ages, rehearsals 7:30-9:30 EMU THEATRE Mae," continues to March 28, 7:30 and Saturdays, in advance at 8 W. Saturday, March 20 at the Southfield Community Center, Jimmy Prentis p.m. Wednesdays, at Groves High "35 Miles from Detroit," a one-man p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, 3 p.m. and 8 Lawrence St., Pontiac. (248) 745- Centre for the Arts, 24350 Southfield Morris Building. 15110 W. 10 Mile School, Birmingham. (248) 474-4997 drama about one brack man's life in the p.m. March 18-19, 25-26, and 6 p.m. 8668/(248) 645-6666 Road, south of 10 Mile. $3.25. (248) Road, Oak Park. Free, tickets are NOV) THEATRES tatter half of the 20th century, starring Sunday evenings, at the Charles H. 424-9022 required. (248) 967-4030 Auditions for ages 13-college for Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, 8 p.m. Friday- Wright Museum of African American YOUTH SUPERFAIR KATHY KOSINS TRIO "Picnic at Hanging Rock" 7 p.m. Saturday, March 19-20 and 2:30 p.m. History, 315 E. Warren at Brush. Carnival rides and midway attractions, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Fridays. March ANN ARBOR CIVIC THEATRE'S JUNIOR Thursday, March 18, once cast all Sunday, March 21, in the Sponberg Detroit. (313) 872-0279 Friday-Sunday, March 19-28, 4-11 p.m. 19 and 26, Edison's, 220 Merrill St.. THEATRE COMPANY actors pa-/ fee of $125, at the Nov* Theatre on the campus of Eastern PONTIAC THEATRE IV Monday-Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Birmingham. Free. 21 and older. (248) A futuristic version of "The Emperor's Civic Center Stage, 45175 W. 10 Mile. Michigan University. Ypsilanti. (734) 'Educating'Rita." 8 p.m, Fndays- Saturdays and until 10 p.m. Sundays, at 645-2150 (vocal/prano/bass trio) New Clothes." 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday. For performances May 14-16. (248) 487-1221 • Saturdays, March 19-20 and 26-27, at the Pontiac Silverdome. $8 Monday- SHEILA LANDIS AND RICK MATLE March 18-19, 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. 347-0400 SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE Pontiac Northern High School, 1051 Thursday, $12 Friday-Sunday. (248) 7-10 p.m. Wednesdays in March, Saturday, March 20, and 2 p.m. Sunday, RADiO CITY ENTERTAINMENT'S Neil Simon's hysterical farce "Rumors* Arlene. $7, $6 seniors/children. (248) 456-1600 Woodruffs, 212 W. Sixth St., Royal March 21, at the theater, 2275 Piatt "WIZARD OF OZ" 6:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, March 19- 624-3187/(248) 682 1165 WIGGLE GIGGLE STUDIO Oak. Free. All ages. (248) 586-1519 Road, Ann Arbor. $6 adults, $5 chil­ Holds open auditions for Munchkins for 20 and 26-27 ($19 includes dinner and R1DGEDALE PLAYERS 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 20, presented KEIKO MATSUI dren. (734) 971-2228 Fox Theatre performances of "The 8 p.m. show), and 8 p.m. Friday- "Beau Jest," 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, in conjunction with the new African With Eric Marienthal, 8 p.m. MARQUIS THEATRE Wizard of Oz," 4:30 p.m. Monday, Saturday, April 2-3 ($8), at the college. March 19-20, and 3 p.m. Sunday, American Portraits of Courage exhibit, Wednesday, March 24, and with The "Velveteen Rabbit," 2:30 p.m. March 22, at the theater. 2211 18600 Haggerty between Six and March 21. at the playhouse, 205 W. at the Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Ken Navarro Group. 8 p.m. Thursday, Saturdays and Sundays through April Woodward Ave., Detroit. Candidates Seven Mile roads. Livonia. (734) 462- Long Lake, between Crooks and Woodward. $5 per child. Call for reser­ March 25, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 25, and 2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, April must be girts and boys between the 4596 Livernois, Troy. $11, $10 vations (313) 333-1262 318 W. Fourth St., Royal Oak. $28.50. students/seniors en Sundays. (248) 5-9, at the theater, 135 E. Main St., ages of 8-14, or little people no taller VVSU HILBERRY THEATRE 21 and older. (248) 546-7610 988-7049 Northville. $7. (248) 349-8110 than 4'10." Height wilt be measured Moss Hart's comedy "Light Up the Sky" MATT MICHAELS PAPER BAG PRODUCTIONS BENEFITS upon arrival. Six selected Munchkins continues in rotating repertory to April ST. DUNSTAN'S THEATRE GUILD OF With saxophonist Paul Vornhagen "Jack and the Beanstalk," runs will have walk-on roles in one of three 1, and "The Playboy of the Western CRANBROOK "CREATIVES FOR A CURE" Thursday, March 18. with trumpeter Saturdays-Sundays to May 23, 1 p.m. designated performances of "The World," a literary classic from "Dearly Departed," a comedy about a Benefit for the Karmanos Cancer Marcus Belgrave Thursday, March 25, Saturdays (lunch at noon) and 2 p.m. Wizard of Oz." (313) 596-3288 about a playboy who cons his way into group of Southerners brought together Institute featuring a performance by at the Botsford Inn, Farmington. $5 Sundays (lunch at 1 p.m.), at the THE SECOND CITY becoming the romantic hero of a small by the death of a family patriarch, 8 Stewart Francke, his first since under- . cover waived with dinner order. (248) Historic Players Club, 3321 E. The Second City is looking for new, tal­ peasant village, runs through May 8 in p.m. Friday-Saturday. March 19-20, 2 going a stem cell transplant for treat­ 474-4800 Jefferson, between Mount Elliott and ented actors by hosting limited audi­ rotating repertory, at the theater. 4743 p.m. Sunday. March 21, and 8 p.m. ment of leukemia five months ago, 7:30 M.A.S. (MUTUAL ADMIRATION McDougall across from Harbortown, tions by appointment only, Monday- Cass Ave., Detroit. $10-$17. (313) Thursday-Saturday, March 25-27, at p.m. Thursday, March 25. State SOCIETY) Detroit. $7.50, includes lunch and Wednesday, April 5-7, at the club, 2301 577-2972 400 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield Hills. Theatre, 2115 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, March 18-20, show. (810) 662-8118 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Call backs $12, $10 seniors/students. (248) 644- $35 mezzanine, $100 open bar on the and Wednesday-Saturday. March 24 27, PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY April 9th. Candidates (non-equity and 0527 ground level and table seating. (800) Duet, 3663 Woodward Ave., at "Thespis," an humorous and romantic equity) must have stage and perfor­ COMMUNITY THEATER SRO PRODUCTIONS KARMANOS Mack/Martin Luther King Boulevard. operetta by Gilbert, Sullivan and Nodus mance experience, strong writing skills "Eat Your Heart Out," Nick Hall's come­ MORRISCO ART THEATRE Detroit. Reservations recommended AVON PLAYERS about a group of mortals who take over and be able to sing. Walk-ins will not be dy about an out-of-work actor paying "Bye-Bye Love," a musical-theatrical (313) 831-3838 "The Children's Hour," Lillian Hellman's the tasks of the gods on Mt. Olympus accepted. To register, (313) 964-5821 the bills as a waiter, March 19-21 and review to raise funds for the Ann Arbor PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND adult drama, March 18-20, at the the­ for a year, performed by gifted high by April 1. 26-28, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2 MorrisCo Art Theatre, 8 p.m. Thursday- 2 p.m. Sunday. March 21. at the ater, 1185 Tienken Road, east of school students. 7 p.m. Thursday, SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE HONORS p.m. Sundays, at The Burgh, northeast Saturday, March 18-20. at the Macomb Center for the Performing Rochester Road, Rochester Hills. 8 p.m. March 18, and 7:30 p.m. Friday- RECITALS corner of Civic Center Drive and Berg Arts. Hall (M-59) and Garfield roads Thursdays-Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Saturday, March 19-20, at the Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Road, Southfield. $8, $7 senior/child. The college auditions pianists Friday- Clinton Twsp. $24, $22 Sundays. $13. {248} 608-9077 International Academy, 1020 Square Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. $20, $12. (248) 8270707 Saturday, March 19-20, and those who students/seniors, $70 family of four BIRMINGHAM VILLAGE PLAYERS Lake Road. Bloomfield Hills. $5, $4 (734) 769-2999 or [email protected] STAGECRAFTERS play other instruments and sing, (810) 286-2222/(800) 585-3737 The musical "Fiddler on the Roof," advance. (248) 645-4820 "Light Up the Sky," runs Fridays- Saturday. March 20, Schoolcraft CHARLES SCALES DUO March 12-14, 19-21 and 26-27, 8 p.m. _ CLASSICAL Sundays, through March 28, at the College, 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia. 8 p.m. Mondays in March, Duet, 3663 Fridays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Students In elementary through high Baldwin Theatre, 416 S. Lafayette, SPECIAL EVENTS DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Woodward Ave., at Mack/Martin Luther at the playhouse, 752 Chestnut. school grades are eligible for the piano Royal Oak. $10-12. (248) 541-6430; With Conductor Neeme Jarvi and violin­ King Boulevard. Detroit. Reservations Birmingham. $14. (248) 644-2075 "COLLAGE" CONCERT competition; students in grades 5-12 Special dinner/theater package avail­ ist Julian Rachlin, 10:45 a.m. and 8 recommended. (313) 831-3838 BLOOMFIELD PLAYERS Featuring 250 of Henry Ford Community may enter the instrumental division; able from Illusions Bar and Grill in p.m. Friday, March 19, and 8:30 p.m. QWEN AND CHARLES SCALES "Wizard of Or," 8 p.m. Fridays- College's best musicians and singers and students in grades 9-12 may com Royal Oak. (248) 586-1313 Saturday, March 20; With Jarvi and 8 p.m. Tuesdays in March, Duet. 3663 Saturdays, March 19-20 and 26-27. and performing everything from jazz to clas­ pete in the vocal category. Judges will THEATRE GUILD OF UVONIA-REDFORD pianist Garrick Ohlsson, 8 p.m. Woodward Ave., at Mack/Martin Luthev 2 p.m. Sunday^,"March 21 and 28, at sical favorites, 6 p.m. Sunday, March select winners from the various cate­ Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes," Thursday, March 25, 10:45 a.m. and 8 King Boulevard, Detroit. Reservations Andover High School theater, Andover 21, at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra gories, and winners will receive cash March 19-21, 8 p.m.: Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Friday, March 26, and 8:30 p.m. recommended. (313) 831-3838 and Long Lake roads, vest of Halli $15, proceeds help defray tho per­ awards ranging from $50 for elemen­ p.m. Sunday, at the theater, 15138 Saturday, March 27, Orchestra Hall, STRAIGHT AHEAD Telegraph. $10, $8 under age 12. (248) forming expenses for Henry Ford tary piano to $250 for winners in the Beech Daly, south of Five Mile, Redfofd. 3711 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. $13$48, B'Jazz Vespers presents the popular 4330885 Community College music students as senior voice competition. (734) 462- $10, $9 seniors/students. (313) 531- African American women's jazz group 6 FIRST THEATRE GUILD well as other group activities. (313) and a limited number of box seats for 4400. ext. 5218 0554 p.m. Sunday, March 21, 20 minutes of "Artne of Green Gables," 8 p.m, Fridays- 5765111/(313) 8456470 $4O$60, (313) 576-5111 SHOCK WAVE DANCE TEAM worship interlude celebrating Women's Saturdays, March 19-20 and 2 p.m, TRINITY HOUSE THEATRE DAVID C0PPERF1ELD REDFORD CIVIC SYMPHONY Th$> Detroit Shock's dance team hosts History Month, at First Baptist Church. Sunday, March 21, in Kndx Auditorium . "Grace and Glorie," 8 p.m. Fridays- Five performances, Saturday-Sunday. ORCHESTRA open auditions for youths ages 13-17 300 Willits at Bates, Birmingham. Free­ Saturdays. March 19-20 and 26-27, and March. 20-21, Fox Theatre, 2211 Plays well-known music by Strauss, (male and female) to perform at WNBA at First Presbyterian Church, 1669. will offering is taken for the musicians 2 p.m. Sundays', March 21 and 28, at Woodward Ave., Detroit. $27.50-$45. Haydn and Rimsky-Korsakov 3 p.m. Shock games, 4 p.m. Monday, March Maj)|e. between Southfield and- (248) 644^)550 tho theater. 38840 W. Six Mile; (west All ages. (248) 433-1515 Sunday, March 21, at Thurston High 22, at Tho Palace of Auburn Hills, 2 Crafibrook Roads. $7, $5 seniors/stu­ PAUL VORNHAGEN TRIO dents. (248) 644-2087, ext, 151 of 1-275), Livonfa. $10, $8 for groups THEATRICAL EVENING School In Rodford. Free. Championship Dr., Auburn Hills. (248) 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday. March 20. JACMN THE-BOX PRODUCTIONS Of 10 or more. (734) 464-6302 In honor of Women's History Month, GRIGORY SOKOLOV 377-8696/(248) 377-0132/(248) 377- Edison's, 220 Merrill St.. Birmingham WEST END PRODUCTIONS Lynette Brown takes on the role of mid- Tho renowned pianist performs as part 0199 "Cahoots," a comedy thriller about a Free. 21 and older. (248) 645-2150 "Saucy Bossy and Burlesque." a hysteri­ nlnetecnth century women's rights of tho Chamber Music Society of group of friends who get together for a SHOWBIZ EXPO (sax end vocal/piano/bass trio) cal comedy capturing the robust spirit activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton 7:30 Detroit series. 8 p.m. Thursday, March quiet dinner that ends in murder, 8 p.m. Accepting applications from boys and URSULA WALKER AND BUDDY HUDSON of the jokes of the vanished era, 9 p.m. p.m. Tuesday* March 23, at tho 18. at Orchestra Hall, Detroit. (313) Friday-Saturday, March 19-20 and 26-. girls ages 3-18 for Michigan's 12th With Dan Kolton, 9 p.m. to 12.30 a m Fridays-Saturdays through April 3, Plymouth District Library, 223 S. Main 57&5111 27. at the University .of Michigan- annuo! Showbiz Entertainment and Thursdays ol Forte. 201 S. Woodward March 7.1 soioSout benefit performance, St. Free. (734) 4530750, press 4 TAKACS QUARTET Dearborn's recreation and organizations Photogenic Expo. March 20-21. Ave., Birmingham. Free. 21 and oirir-r at the Wunderground Theatre, 110 S. Performs music of Haydn. Bartok and center, Evergreen Road between ford Portions of all proceeds to benefit (248) 594 7300 and Michigan, Dearborn. $8, $5 Main St., south of 11 Mile above ACE Dvorak, 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, MakeA-Wlsh Foundation. (248) 650 Hardware, RoyalOak. $12. (2-18) 541- JF" A J** I I -. Y seniors/students. (734) 797-JACK . JE V E N T S* Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. 1741/(810) 977-2741 PARK PLAYERS 1763 Washington St., Ann Arbor. $12, $18, WORLD MUSIC *• DETROIT THEATER ORGAN SOCIETY PLAYERS 0U1L0 OF Of ARBORN "Tony n' Tina's Wedding/ an Interactive Henry Ford Museum/GreenfieTd Village, Edison's, 220 Merrill St.. Birmingham thornl.com (Irish) "f Remember Mama,". 8 p.m. Frfdays- theatre show with patrons having en 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn. Free Concert by Chris Elliott, 3 p.m. Free. 21 and older. (248) 645 2150 BOYS OF THE LOUQH S.aturo'ays, March 19 20, and 26-27, Italian dinner, and dancing to a live with musuem admission of $12,50, Saturday, March 20, at the Senate (vocal/piano/bass trio) 7.30 p.m. Friday. March 26. Tr-.p -w end 2;30 p.m. Sunday, March 28, fit the band performing traditional Italian.wed­ $11.50 seniors. $7.50 kids 5>12, freo Theater, 6424 Michigan Ave., at CALVIN BROOKS theater, 21730 Madison, southeast of ding songs, has an open-ended run, at for members and children oges 4 and Livernois, Detroit: $12. (313) 894 0850 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Friday. March Plonso fico noxt patf*'

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Continued from previous page Union Jam Band, 8 p.m. Saturday, Office, a "Wheel of Fortune" style land 65-5060: 10 p.m. Saturday, March 20, 8 p.m. Friday, March 19, Coffee Theatre, 2115 Woodward Ave.. Detroit: March 20 (open jam for string band acquisition interactive, three new video Atwater Block Brewery, 237 Jos. Beanery, 307 S. Main St., Rochester. $21 in advance. $24 week of show. Alt 316 S. Main St.. Ann Arbor. $15. All musicians of all levels 4-6 p.m., free), screen tnteractives, a documentary Campau, Detroit. Free. 21 and older. Fiee. All ages. (248) 650-3344 or age$. (313) 961-5451 (hip-hop) ages. (734) 7611451 or at the Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann video, a new Heavy Industry section (313) 3932337 (R&B) http://www.lb.com/ onemanc lapping/It ROXANNE ' http7/www.a2ark.org (Scottish) Arbor-Saline Road, south of 1-94, Ann and a display explaining Detroit's move BRANDED sa.htm (acoustic rock) 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, inside IMMUNITY Arbor. $7. (734) 665-8863/(734) 426- from 'Stove Capital of the World" to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20, Mr. Mugs, JILL ;ACK Starry Night Lounge in Van Gogh's, 8:30 p.m. to midnight Friday, March 26, 0241 the Motor City, automobile capital of 217 W. Michigan Ave.. Ypsilantt. $2. All With Jody Carlson and Waka Jawaka, 9 27909 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington The Alloy, 215 Main St., Rochester. $3. DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY the world; "Remembering Downtown ages. (734) 484 4049 (rock) p.m. Friday, March 19, Alvin's, 5756 Hills. Free. All ages. (248) 324-0400 21 and older. {'.'AS) 652-6620 (reggae) Dance program featuring Judith Jamison Hudson's" exhibit, at the museum, BROKEN HALO Cass Ave., Detroit. $5.-18 and older. (acoustic alternative rock) LIZ M0MBLAN00 and senior company members of the 5401 Woodward Ave. (at Kirby), With Out of Reach, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 (313) 832-2355 (roots rock) RUINERS 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Alvin Alley Dance Theater, discussion Detroit, Museum hours are 9:30 a.m.-5 a.m. Friday, March 19, Boulders, 1020 JIMMIE JACKSON AND THE BLUES With Lantern Jack .and Dr, Peeper, 9 March 20, at Pierce's Pastries Plus, and excerpts from "Cry," one of Alley's p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. W. Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth. Free. 21 CONNECTION p.m. Thursday, March 18, Alvin's, 5756 103 W. Middle St.. Chelsea. Free. most outstanding choreographic pieces, Saturday-Sunday. Free admission and older. (734) 459-4190 (rock) 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 19-20, Cass Ave,, Detroit. $5. 18 and older. (734) 327-2041 (Asian and Hispanic) 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20. in the Main Wednesdays; $3 for adults, $1.50 JONATHA BROOKE Fox and Hounds, 1560 Woodward Ave.. (313) 832-2355 (rock) NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALL STARS Library's Friends Auditorium, 5201 seniors and children aged 12-18. free 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, Borders BloomfieJd Hills. Free. Alt ages. (248) LEON RUSSELL 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, The Woodward, north of Warren Avenue. for children ages 11 and younger Books and Music, 612 E. Liberty St.. 644-4800 (Wues) 8 p.m. Fr.day, March 26, Magic Bag. Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. $10 in Free. (313) 833-4042/(734) 764-2538 Thursdays-Sundays. (313) 833-1805 or Ann Arbor. Free. All ages. (734) 668- JIMMY EAT WORLD 22920 Woodward Ave.. Ferndale. $20. advance. All ages. (734) 761-1800 ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCINO http://www.detroithistortcal.org 7652 With Sensefield, 7 p.m. Monday. March 18 and older. (248) 544-3030 or ilM PERKINS 7:15-9:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, to DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER CALLIN MARVIN 22, The Shelter below St. Andrew's http://www.themagicbag.com (rock) 9 p.m. Wednesdays in March, live music, at Chapel Hill Condominium "Breaking Through: The Creative 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 25, Hall. 431 E. Congress, Detroit. $7. All SAX APPEAL Rochester Mills Beer Co., 400 Water Clubhouse, 3350 Green Road, north of Engineer," an exhibit exploring creativi­ Rochester Mills Beer Co.. 400 Water ages. (313) 961-MELT or 8 p.m. Thursday. March 18. fox and St., Rochester. Free. 21 and older. Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor. $5. (734) ty in engineering everything from roller- St., Rochester. Free. 21 and older. http://www.96imelt.com (rock) Hounds, 1560 Woodward Ave.. (248) 650-5060; 7:30 p.m. Friday. 662-5158 coasters to Colorado's Hanging Lake (248) 660-5060 (rock) JOHNY VEGAS Bloomfield Hills. Free. All ages. (248; March 19, inside the Starry Night RADOMIANIE POLISH FOLK DANCE Viaduct, continues to April 30 in the DAWN CAMPBELL AND BLUE FUSION 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, The Alley 644-4800 (blues) Lounge in Van Gogh's. 27909 Orchard ENSEMBLE Exhibit Hall; IMAX movies include 9 p.m. Thursday, March 18, Gameworks behind Main Street Billiards. 215 Mam KRISTIN SAYER Lake Road. Farmington Hills. Free. All The dance ensemble hosts their annual "Tropical Rainforest" at 10 a.m. inside Great Lakes Crossing, 4316 St. Rochester. Free. 21 and older. 9 p.m. Friday, March 26. CK Diggs, ages. (248) 324-0400 (Celtic folk) performance and Polish Easter Brunch Mondays-Fridays, and multiple showings Baldwin Road. Auburn Hills. Free. 21 (248) 652-6620 (rock) 2010 Auburn Road, Rochester Hills. (Swieconka), 2 p.m. Sunday, March 28, of "Everest" and "Thrill Ride: The and older. (248) 543-6911; 10 p.m. BILL KAHUR Free. 21 and older. (248) 853-6600 F O L. K / at Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Science of Fun' seven days a week at Friday, March 19, Shark Club, 6650 7 p.m. to midnight Thursday, March 25, (rock) BLUEOR-ASS Church, 750 N. Beech Daly Road, the center. 5020 John R (at Warren). Highland Road, Waterford. Free. 21 and Boulders, 1020 W. Ann Arbor Road, SILVERCHAIR between Ford and Cherry Hill roads, Detroit. Admission to Exhibit Hall is $3 older. (248) 666-4161: 10:30 p.m. Plymouth. Free. 21 and older. (734) With Lit. 6 p.m. Friday, March 19. St. BARBARA BARRETT Dearborn Heights. $16, includes brunch for adults, $2 for children ages 3-15 Saturday, March 20. Rochester Mills 459-4190 (rock) Andrew's Hall. 431 E. Congress. Performs on open mike night for new and 2:30 p.m. performance. No tickets and adults ages 60 and older, free for Beer Co., 400 Water St., Rochester. KID ROCK Detroit. $14. All ages. (313) 961-MELT talent, 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, March 19, available at the door. Deadline for reser­ children ages 2 and younger. IMAX Free. 21 and older. (248) 650-5060 With Staind, 7:30 p.m. Friday. March or http://www.961melt.com (rock; new acoustic and spoken word talent vation is March 21. (734) 427- films are additional $4. (313) 577-8400 (R&B) 19, State Theatre, 2115 Woodward SLEATER-WNNEY wishing to perform must arrive before 8640/(734) 522-6560 HENRY FORD ESTATE- FAIR LANE SCOTT CAMPBELL Ave., Detroit. $16 in advance, $18 day With Bratrnobile. 9 p.m. Friday. March 7:15 p.m., at the Angel Caravan -STOMP" Visit the estate of the automotive pio­ 8-10 p.m. Friday, March 19. Borders of-show. All ages. (313) 961-5451 26, Magic Stick in the Majestic com­ Coffeehouse in the Friends Meeting Friday-Sunday, March 12-21, at the neer including the restored riverside Books and Music. 30995 Orchard Lake (rap/rock) plex. 4140 Woodward Ave., Detroit. $7 House, 1420 Hili St., Ann Arbor. Free, Fisher Theatre, Detroit. 8 p.m. powerhouse and Henry Ford's personal Road. Farmington Hills. Free. All ages. GLADYS KNIGHT in advance. 18 and older. (313) 833- suggested donation $5. (734) 327- Tuesdays-Saturdays. 7:30 p.m. garage and cars, see giant generators (248) 737-0100 (rock) With The Temptations, 8 p.m. Thursday. 9700 or http://www.99music.com 2041 Sundays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays- placed by Ford and Thomas Edison that CHEF CHRIS BLUES BAND March 25. and 7 p.m. Sunday. March (punk) PHIL COOPER AND MARGARET NELSON Sundays. (248) 645-6666 still generate electricity today, travel 9:30 p.m. Thursday. March 25. Karl's. 28, Fox Theatre. 2211 Woodward Ave., SPONOE Sing new and traditional songs from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MUSEUM the underground tunnel to the 56-room 9779 Old N. Territorial Road, Plymouth. Detroit. $47.50 and $40. (248) 433- Noon Friday, March 19. Guitar Center. Britain and North America ranging from OF ART mansion with elaborate carved wood­ Free. 21 and older. (734) 455-8450 1515 (R&B/Motown) 30530 Gratiot Ave.. Roseville. Free. All bloody murder ballads to comic songs work and personal artifacts, hours are "The Mindless Crowd: New Studies in (blues) ALKOOPCR ages. (810) 296-6161 (rock) and serious social comment, also Paul 1-4:30 p.m. Sundays, 1:30 p.m. week­ Theater and Dance 8ased on the Work CHISEL BROS. WITH THORNETTA DAVIS Founding member of Blood. Sweat and SUN 209 Goel* amd Cindy Simmons on ham­ day tours through April, at 4901 of Magdalena Abakanowicz" brings 9 p.m. Saturday, March 20, Lower Town Tears, 7:30 p.m. Friday. March 26, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18. mered dulcimers, 7 p.m. Sunday. March Evergreen Road, Dearborn. (313) 593- together community performers inspired Grill. 195 W. Liberty St., Plymouth. Alvin's, 5756 Cass Ave., Detroit. $7 in Rochester Mills Beer Co.. 400 Water 21, at the Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann 5590 by the Polish artist's sculptures, 7:30 Cover charge. 21 and older, ( 734) 451- advance, $10 at the door. 18 and older. St.. Rochester. Free. 21 and older. Arbor-Saline Road, south of 1-94. Ann p.m. Thursday. March 18 in the muse­ HENRY FORD MUSEUM/GREENFIELD 1213(R&B) (313) 832-2355 (rock) (248| 6505060; 9 p.m. Friday- Arbor. $7. (734) 7691052 um's Apse 525 S, State St.. Ann Arbor. VILLAQE CL0V1S MINOR LYLE LOVETT Saturday. March 20-21. CK Oiggs. 2010 DAVID GR1SMAN QUINTET $7. available in advance at the museum Family Fun Month "Swings into Spring" 7 p.m. to midnight Thursday. March 18. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. March 23. Michigan Auburn Road. Rochester Hills. Free, 21 8 p.m. Friday. March 19. The Ark. 316 gift shop. Seating limited. (734) 647- with musical performances, swing danc Boulders. 1020 W. Ann Arbor Road. Theater. 603 E. Liberty St.. Ann Arbor and older. (248) 853-6600; 9 p.m. S. Main St., Ann Arbor. $25. All ages. 0521. The installation of Abakanowicz's ing, yo yo demonstrations, puppet Plymouth. Free. 21 and older. ( 734) $27.50 and $35 (gold circle), AH ages. I Friday. March 26. Jimmy's. 123 (734) 761-1451 or headless sculptures continues to May shoyvs and more, March 20-21 and 27 459-4190 (acoustic rock) (734) 99-MUSIC or j Kercheval. Grosse Pointe Farms. Free http://www.a2ark.org (bluegrassi 2. (734i 764-0395 or 28. at the museum, 20900 Oakwood THE DISCO BISCUITS http://www.99mustc.com (country i AM ages. (313) 886-8101 roots rocV.i JAN KRIST hup:/ /www.umich.edu/~umma/ Blvd.. Dearborn. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 With The Element. 9:30 p.m. Friday. MARTINA MCBRIDE J TIN STAR 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20. p.m. daily. $12.50, $11,50 seniors. March 26, Blind Pig. 206-208 S. First With Diamond Rio. 8 p.m. Thursday. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. March 18. The Smitly's. 222 S. Main St.. Rochester. $7.50 kids 5-12, members and children St.. Ann Arbor. $7 in advance. 19 and March 18. The Palace of Auburn Hills. 2 Shelter below St. Andrew's Han. 431 £ COMEDY Free. All ages. (248) 652-1600 under 5 free. (313) 271-1620 older. (734) 996-8555 or Championship Dr.. Auburn Hills. $22.50 j Congress. Detroit $6. All ages. 313- RICHARD LAWRENCE ; 961-MELT or http. ' v»*w.961melt con: JOEY'S COMEDY CLUB CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM OF http://www.99music.com (jam rock) reserved. $10 general admission. All 8-9:30 p.m. Friday. March 26. with AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY John Bizarre. Thursday-Saturday. March DOMESTIC PROBLEMS ages. (248) 377-0100 or ; -popi Celtic music by Sean Henne, at the Watch and learn "free tapestry* weav­ j TWISTIN- TARANTULAS 25-27 ($12). at the club above Kicker's With Sugar Pill. 9:30 p.m. Friday. March http://yvww.palacenet.com icountry Angel Caravan Coffeehouse in the ing techniques of Senegalese ( 9 p.m Tuesday March 23. The Ade-, Ail American Grill. 36071 Plymouth 19. Blind Pig. 206 208 S. First St . Ann PAT MCGEE BAND Friends Meeting House. 1420 Hill artist/weaver Abdoulaye Kasse 9:30 roehinc Mam Street Biliia'ds. 215 S Road. Livonia. 8 p.m. Wednesdays- Arbor. Cover charge. 19 and older With Vertical Horizon. 9:30 p.m Street. Ann Arbor. Free, suggested a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday through Mam St.. Rochester f'ee 21 and oide- Thursdays. 8 p.m, and 10:30 p.m. i 734) 996-8555 ;rock.. Saturday. March 20. Blind Pig. 206 208 donation $5. (734) 327-2041 March 31, in conjuction with exhibit : .248 652 6620 rockaD-tiy Fridays and Saturdays. Third Level STEVE EARLE AND THE DEL MCCOURY S. First St.. Ann Arbor. $8 in advar.ee. CARRIE NEWCOMER 'Senegalese Threads of Beauty: The V.A.S.T. Improv and new talent nights. 8 p.m. BAND 19 and older. ;734t 996-8555 or 7:30 p.m. Saturday. March 20, The Ark, Free Tapestry of Abdoulaye Kasse.' With Second Coming, 6 pjn. Friday. Sundays ($5). (734) 261-0555 In-store performance and CD signing, 4 http://www.99music.com warn rock) 316 S. Main St.. Ann Arbor. $11. All which features 11 of the artist's origi­ March 19. The Shelter below St. JOEY'S COMEDY CLUB AT PAISANO'S p.m. Wednesday. March 24, Borders MEDICINEBAU. 8ges, (734) 761-1451 or nal works (on display to April 11), at Andrew's Hail. 431 E. Congress, Jason Stuart. 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Books and Music, 612 E. Liberty St., With Radiocraft and Clouts Minor, 9 http://www.a2ark.org the museum. 315 E. Warren Avenue, Detroit. S8. All ages. (313) 961 MELT Friday-Saturday. March 19-20 ($20. Ann Arbor. Free. All ages. (734) 668- p.m. Friday. March 19. Griffs Grill, 49 DAVID OLWEY Detroit. Free with museum admission of or http://wwyv.961melt.con: industri­ $24.95 dinner show package), and 7 7100: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. March 24. N. Sagmaw St.. Pontiac Cover charge. 8 p.m. Saturday, March 20, La Casa $5. $3 children. (313) 494-5800 al/ rocki p.m. Sunday. March 21 ($10. $22.95 Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. $21.50 m 21 and older. (248) 334-9292 (rock) Music Series, 1039 Woodward Ave.. VOICES OF THEORY dinner show package): John Hope, 8:30 advance. 18 and older. ^34) 99-MUSIC MIDLIFE CRISIS Bloomfield Hillls. Tickets at the door. i Performs during 'Never Beer Kissed* p.m. Thursday, March 25 ($8. $20.95 F» O F* U" JL. A. Ft | ; roots rocki 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Friday. March All ages. ' Prom '99 night promoting the new Ore/. dinner show package). 8:15 p.m. and M U S I C | ECONOUNE CRUSH 26. Boulders. 1020 W. Ann Arbor Road. HAWEY REID Barrymore flick, hosted Oy Jim, Love at 10:45 p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 26- j 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Marcn 25, Blind Plymouth. Free. 21 and older. (734- 8 p.m. Saturday, March 27. in the Off- WDRQ-FM 93 1- 9 p.m. Friday. Ma-ch 27 ($12, $24.95 dinner show package). THE ALUGATORS } Pig. 205-208 S. First- St., Ann Arbor, $8 459 4190 (blues) th-Wall Acoustic Coffee House at St. 26. La Boom teen nightcluS 1172 \ 7 p.m. Sunday. March 28 ($10, $22,95 9:30 p.m. Friday. March 19, Ford Road | in advance. 19 and older. '734i 996 MOE. WiNiam Parish Hall, downtown Walled pontiac Trai(. Walled La*e GiveayvayS dinner show package), at the club. Bar and Grill, 35505 Ford Road. ! 8555 or http:,- /wyvw.99muS'C.com 9 p.m. Saturday, March 20, 7th House. Lake behind the Dairy Queen. $10, $20 \ ,nciude tuxedo rentals. na;r ana ma»eur 5070 Schaefer Road. Dearborn. (313) Westtand. Free, 21 and older. ;734i j ! rocki 7 N Saginav,-. Pontiac $13 m advance family, $7.50 student. (248) 624 1421 721-8609: 9:30 p.m. Saturday. March I GLEN EDDIE 18 and older. ^248) 335-8100 or ' appointments, discounted is mo service 584-8885 r PETER ROWAN AND TONY RICE 20. The Library Pub. 42100 Grand River j 9 p.m Friday. Ma'Ch 19. Lower Town http://www.961melt.com ^an-, roo. ' flowers, and passes to tne mone's c e 8p.m, Friday, March 19. The Ark, 316 MAINSTREET COMEDY SHOWCASE Ave.. Novi. Free, 21 and older. :248( ; Grill. 195 W Liberty St.. Plymouth BEN MOORE AND THE BLUES EXPRESS mere $10 ir, advance, pa'tia- p'oceeds S- Main St., Ann Arbor. $17.50. All Rich Hall. 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 349-9110 ibluesi ; Cover charge 21 and older. -. 734: 451 9:30 p.m to 1:30 a.m. Friday, Ma'ch I benefit SADD Ar ages 248 926 996C ages. (734) 761-1451 or 18 i.$10(. 8 p.m. and.10:30 p.m. Friday, BAMBU I 1213 : blues; 26. Copper Canyon Brewery. 27522 , POP! http://www.a2ark.org (bliregrassi March 19 i$12). and 5:45 p.m., 8:15 With Bumpus and Sugar Buzz. 9:30 i ELTOPO Northwestern Highway, Southheid RANDY VOUN AND THE SONIC BLUES ROSALIE SORRELS p m. and 10:45 p.m. Saturday. March p.m. Thursday. March 18. Blind Pig. | With Taproot and Trauma Con. 9 p.m. Free 21 and older. ; 248 223-l"00 9 0 m Friday Saturday. March 19 20 20 ($12c Kivi Rogers. 8:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Thursday. March 25. The Ark. 206-208 S, First St.. Ann Arbor. $4. 19 Thursday. March t5. AUm's. 5756 Cass (blues; • Hoops. 2705 Lapeer Road A^h^'' Has r 316 S. Main St.. Ann Arbor. $12. $11 Tnursday. March 25. 8 p.m. and 10:30 and older. (734) 996-8555 (rocki ; Ave , Detroit. $5. 18 and older, 313' MUDPUPPY • Free 21 and oice 248 3~3J"44 members, students, seniors, AH ages. p.m. Friday, March 26 ($12). and 5:45 ROB BASE AND DJ E-Z ROCK i 832 2355 ,roch- 9:30 p.m Friday. Ma-ch 19, Memphis ; bikes' (734) 761-1451 or p.m.. 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. 8 p.m. doors with 11 p.m showtime | EUZA Smoke, 100 S. Man St.. Royal Oai- http://www.a2ark.org Saturday. March 27 . $12i. at the club. Friday. March 19. La Boom. 1172 N. ' 9 p.m Saturday. Ma-ch 20, Jimmy's. Free 21 and older ,248- 543 4300 LUCY WEBSTER "A WINTER'S EVENING WITH 314 E. Liberty. Ann Arbor (734' 996 Ponttac Trail. Walled Lake. $10 in 123 Kcchevat Grosse Pomte Fa-ms 9:30 p m. Thursday. March 25. Cavern '. 81C pm Satoroa. V.a-cr 20 CAMPBELLS" 9080 advance. All ages. ;248) 926 Free A'i ages -313 8868101 copi Club. 210 S, first St , Ann Artxn Coye- E spresso Poy-aie C a'e 214 S va-f >-: With Sarah Elizabeth Campbell and MARK RIDLEY'S COMEDY CASTLE 9960/(248) 645 6666 nock- FAT CATS charge. 21 and o'der ,734- 332 9900 Ann A-OO' f-ee Ai- ages -~?4 668 Kate Campbell, 8 p.m. Tuesday. March Tim Lilly and Keith Ruff, Thursday, JEFF BECK i 9-30 o.m. to 1.30 a m Saturday. March 930 p r-n Fnday. March 26, Lcwer , 1838 -oci- 24. The Ark, 316 S Mam St., Ann March 18: Carol Leifer. Friday Saturday. 8 p.m. Friday. March 26. Fox Theaue ; 20, Boulders. 1020 w Ann Arbo- Road, Town Grill. 195 W. Liberty St.. Arbor. Free with a can of Campbell's March 19-20 i $17.50). and Sunda>, 2211 Woodward Ave.. Detroit, $32 50 1 Plymouth F'ee. 21 and older. .734- Plymouth, Cover charge 21 and older CO 1^ VJ B soup or any other canned good for at­ March 21 ;$15). Mike Bonner and and $40. All ages .248' 433 1515 459-4190 -rock: .734: 451 1213 (blues tribution to the Ann Arbor Homeless Ke'th Ruff. Wednesday. March 24. and i, rock) FATHERS OF THE ID MUSTARD PLUG N i ¢3 n r s Shelter. Atl ages. (734) 761-1451 o- Sunday March 28. Richard Jem and Hal BIG SAM Witn Fioise. 9 pm Friday. March 20. With The Hippos. ? 30 p m Saturday ALVIN'S h p http://www.a2ark.org Spoa'. Thursday. Ma-ch 25 IS'OJ. 9 p.m. Friday. March 19. Toe Alley Gold Doiiar. 3129 Cass Aye.. Detroit March 20, St And'ew s H,TI 4ii F. Thf. Hcs a-".» Mir- -esuien' OK Friday. March 26 $22.501. and behind Main Street Billiards. 215 S Coyc oha-ge 21 and outer 31.5 833 Congress, Detroit. $8.50 m advance Mp\ ': Hii: d-'--C Cent li" D m. Mo-'-davs and C:uh Co'O' featj'mg fv;n|.. and POETRY/SPOKEN WORD Saturday. Match 27 i$25i. at the dub. Mam St.. Rochester. $3. 21 a-ut older ; 6873 -, rock Ml ages :313-, 961 MFlT or 269 F Fourth St.. Royal Oak, 8 30 p.m (248) 652-6620 FEAR FACTOR'2 nttp'-' yvww 961meit com .s^a 'pun* d-sco 8 o m Wrdr.esdays f'ee before h THE WRITERS VOICE Tuesdays t$5i. 8.30 p.m. Wednesdays- THE BIZER BROTHERS With Spneshank. System 0' a Down. N SYNC 10 r "• a: ' e rUit- 5^56 Cass Ave , Featuring nationally acclaimed leva Thursdays ; $6). 8 15 P m and 10:45 8 p.m. to midnight Friday Saturday Hed 'pe S p ••" Fr day Marcl 26 With Tatvana Ali and D-yme. ' pn' O-et-a- <--. 1S.M.T,K!- .313 832 poet Robert Dana, editor of Gargoyle rim Fridays Saturdays ($12i. and 7 30 Ma-ch 26-27. The RattlesnaVe Ch,b Marpo's. 1-5238 H.VPO' Detro-t T'-kets TKosda,. Ma-ch 25. The Palace o* 1 Review Richard Peabody. and Lansing p m, Sundays \%6). Prices subject to 300 River Place. Detroit F-ee M ages at T-.-kotmaster A'; ages -^1.% 824 A.ihjm Hills 2 Championship Dr BLIND PIG non-fiction writer michael Steinberg, change i?'18i 5-12 9900 or (313! 567 4400 (popi \~\X) n'Kk •V.itiurr HiUs T CkGtS at Vckptmaster "S-Aing a {v. s - i|C.n- A-'T' ila--\ e ie«.<;on*. 2:30 p.m. Sundayday. March 21 at nttp < /www comedycastle com BLACK BEAUTY PETE BIG DOG" FETTERS An Ages 248; ?"?01O0 or fro"' S° t- " Si.'\1ay«. *-rh 0> [V" YMCA Arts and Humanities Center 51 SECOND CITY Celebrates release of CD with oa-ty a'-r! 9 P-i" f'Ktity Marr r> 19 ii-oi'-y s 123 n!!;v -v. ww .DStacenet f Om pop \ !a-rea art^ec-uh 2^208^ f"st r 3 W. Hancock, wes' of Woodward on •Impeachment and Cream." through performance, with special guns! Ker, hev.V i> osse P«vot(. f ,vns 'rre NAPALM DEATH St .\'-- A'tv>r Sh S . a^e- --'' o -n Wayne State University's campus, May at fe club. 2301 Woodward Ave . Thornetta Davis. 8 p.m. Saturday. Ai- ages 313' XHC-H\C\ With Today is the Day. S D m Tuesday So a-' --ight v-aU'-r^p Dirha-,-! Detroit. Free Robert Dana will also Det'Oit 8 p.m Wednesdays Sundays, March 20, Magic Rag. 22920 FUEL March 23. St Andrew's Mai! 431 i 'Hu-*'-piy y ->-o'- ano C-ag. i>r.--,-a er conduct an intermediate to advanced and ft 0 m and 10 .JO P m Fridays Woodward Ave. Ferndaie $6 lH .961moit com imeta' members. $20 general public i. :31.¾) and $19 50 on Saturdays (313) 965 billyl Oot-ot $10 i" a;i\ a-\'e Mi ages -,^13 ROBERT NOLL BLUES MISSION CLUTCH CARGO S MILL STREET r ; 267-5300. oxt 338 2222 -BLINO PIG SHOWCASE" '( 1 SUIT or hMp , WAW -trSlme.'t CO'" 9pm Saturday. March 20. Fc-r, Road •' lashtia; y' -rift'-r -A ah ihe da--et With Silent Typo. Mansell and 0-um : 1 (V k Oar and Gnu. 35505 Ford Road W'UT on ipve1 !y^f Ou'ti* Ca-po s ti'c! WosUand Free 21 and o'der :.14 1) A N C K Elixir. 9:30 p.m Tuesday. Ma-ch 2'< GORDON BENNETT s-r Kvi funi- oi lever th-ec. and !ec'"-ni' M U S K U M S A N » T O U K S 7 Blind Pig. 206 208 S. first St Ann -a p n-:, 'hu'sdav \',.v<^,' -' Game.Mvks '21 8G09 ML-OS an0 Kt>.jsr or- leve 'nuv 8 30 c '" PSYFTJNK h, ADVANCED CONTRA OANCE CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM Arbor free 19 and older (714 *>>(."•> nvde (>'!-,V om-v f' i^-'C 4.Mh Sat.i-ilavs a- t e riuf, 65 [ Mn'o- Minimal walk through*. many da'ves 'Weird Science * Conflation of -\it and 8555 i variety : • !i,i-i!.'.-:' PorVi M.ih-,--- H s f-re 71 W'th Olopjs. 9 p n- S-»!ti'dav Va-,.(- '\>"' .¾ '-en tx'fn'r 9 r "• 21 a-'V. Wtll not be taught or walked through at '>. lence." featuring four artists pro BLISS and .>>di'' .'.'K " "'r^ "'' '""' ''>'*• 20 Grid's G"ll. 40 \ Sap/na^ Sr ., ,-(,-• 4:;r---,,1! vf- flanre night P ;y -- all, to music by the Contrap'cneurs 8 iPits representing an ongoing explo With Centrifuge Q 0 m f "day Manh ORR Pnhtiac Cover ohargp 21 and i^'dn- Aed'^rq.riay «. '-' OUiirh, Oa-f;i ^. 18 ,r\i p.m. Friday. March 26. at the Pittsfield r.V'on o' a speufir area of science. 26. Griff s drill. 49 N Sngma.«. 'Vnt'.y 1 V) p. -• f - -,lay S.V.,'.ia> Ma-f h. 1^ 248 1XA9797 ,-r> k ^i.ln- 24 8. m DC*? «-•• Grange. 3337 Ann Arbor Saimr Road. Mi">r> mco'iwate stvrmipns from Coter charge 21 a>vi older , 24H (W 2(1 RngO> S. 14. W.V'V I.I^BI'H,! PULL '-"(.' A-,vyy °r\T n-f>l; , o-' l South of I 94. Ann Arbor *8 "3-V 'if-'- f ranh'Ook Institute of Science, an V92 mvfc' A.l.'iM i .^ r- '-i-i' ?1 .|"i'-.'>Mf" ,248 9 pm fr-dav \t,v(h 19, ;,tyv> r\.r-. I astem Box turtle satellite hma;1i asi 42li"X"> G'.TX) Hiver Ave Nov f'ee 21 8863 BLUE ROSE (-(--.> 1-14 1 o'- ,' "• Sunday Man ^- 21 24 KARAT CLUQ mg prototypes, and a I'lucken coup. : and pider (248)3-19 9110 -ivw ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN OANCE 9 p.m Friday Saturday M,Vi' 2( . 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BY FBANK PftOVKNZANO Rivera Murals at the Detroit soul of the working man. And it's able antagonist in Bennett, STAFF wamtR Institute of Arts" is that rare no less of a capitalist than Edsel played with an icy cruelty by fjprovettsano4fcM.homecomm.net original work whereby the Ford who appears as Steinbeck's Hollis Huston. "Gift of Glory: Edsel Ford end promise of regional theater pays Tom Joad in a three-piece suit. But ultimately, the play's suc­ the Diego Rivera Murals at the off. While the opening-night per­ cess- depends on whether Dan Detroit Institute of Arts," written Before the play opened at formance, at times, lacked the Kremer's portrayal of Edsel Ford by Karim Alrawi and directed by Meadow Brook on Saturday, polish of a seamless drama, the can rise to the level of inspira­ Debra L. Wicks. Through Sun­ Alrawi's story about the struggle play presented many layers for tional. day, April 4. Performances 8 p.m. behind the famous murals had audiences to ponder. In the quieter scenes, Kremer Tuesday-Saturday, except 6 p.m. already raised the quality of dis­ To his credit, Alrawi doesn't proves up to the task. But in the Saturday, March 27; 2 p.m. cussion about the integral role flinch in rubbing away at the confrontations with Bennett, Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday; for regional theater as a place bigotry and ideological zealotry Father Coughlin and Henry and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Meadow where local stories are drama­ of the likes of Henry Ford, Harry Ford, too often Edsel doesn't Brook Theatre, Wilson Hall, on tized. Bennett and Father Coughlin, show the kind of backbone to jus­ the campus of Oakland Universi­ That's hardly a small feat. who were all opposed to the tify being the center of the ty, Rochester Hills. Tickets: "Gift of Glory* is set in Detroit mural for their own reasons. drama. $19.50-$35, (248) 377-3300. during the economic depression Ultimately, "Gift of Glory" isn't Despite several wrinkles, "Gift Drama: Chris DeOni (Diego Rivera, left), DanKremer of the 1930s, a time of. unprece­ about a "painting," but the uni­ of Glory" will encourage audi­ (Edsel Ford) and Kirsten Giroux (Eleanor Ford) are* Few plays accomplish some­ dented discrepancies of wealth. versal struggle between ruthless ences to think more deeply about thing before the curtain rises. Another striking discrepancy is materialism and benevolent the manufacturing culture that featured in "A Gift ofGloiy." But Karim Alrawi's "Gift of the emotional differences humanitarianism. many of us have mistaken for a Glory: Edsel Ford and the Diego between Henry Ford and his more meaningful culture about only son, Edsel, who, at the time, Ironically, this type of serious aesthetics, ethics and social pur­ was president of Ford Motor Co. discourse has been strikingly pose. The culture in Detroit, as -\ When the elder Ford approves absent at Meadow Brook, even Alrawi boldly points out, is inex­ 8 I S I I \ I I h E ECC8XTIIC C 8 XT t I CC the action taken by his personal though the theater is located on tricably bound to the art of mak­ henchman, Harry Bennett, to a university campus where aca­ ing automobiles. shoot protesters at the gates of demic freedom supposedly Beyond Alrawi's drama of the the Rouge Factory, the differ­ thrives. Alrawi's vigor and intel­ mural lies the struggle within t ences between father and son lectual breadth is both challeng­ Detroit's first family, the power GUITOI MOVIES become irreconcilable. ing and refreshing. of art to represent the truth, ana." Around the same time, DIA In general, Alrawi's message is the polemics of the greatest' Director William Valentiner has delivered with warmth, humor social upheaval in U.S. history. A CMLWTENDOW(I)NV NP THE OTHER SISTER discussion that seems extraordi;-. National Amusements asked Rivera to paint a mural at and at times, the tone of a histo­ QwVufe foff«rtMW 8MM(R)NV (PC13) the museum. The Mexican-born ry lesson. 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<~i«,^ j V* $?>k STREET *<£««« a -> Grammy-winner Alanis Morissette happy, peaceful Wearing a red shirt, deep blue "Supposed Former Infatuation humbling experience especially On Tuesday, the once-teen phe- denim jeans and sitting cross- Junkie" (Maverick), has been when I was first starting to noms Silverchair released its legged on the floor, Alanis Moris­ involved in the arts since she learn. It reduced me to being art third album "Neon Ballroom" sette confessed she's relieved was 7, the age during which she 11-year-old agajj$;an4 %\V&vtilig*whic h has already spawned the that the loneliness has lifted. took her first dance lesson. myselfkto not know what I Was obvious 1999 hit, tho Def Lep- "It feels heartening," Moris­ "When I was little I really djirig* and to keep conceptually pardesque, yet hipper, ^Anthem sette said Wednesday, March 10, loved dancing. I started dancings and literally falling, and just for the Year 2000." about her fans' deep understand­ when I was 7. My first dance very free and zen. Just being up Guesting on the song "Emotion ing of her music, "I love that. class I had a broken arm^ fjust in the mountains there's so much Sickness" is David Helfgott, tht When I write about my own went in. I was really scared, but clarity and fresh air and snow." pianist who inspired the Oscar experiences, especially when I loved it." / Clarity is what's important to Award-winning film°Shine," and 'Jagged Little Pill' first came out She moved ontQ songwriting at Morissette nowadays. After the the Sydney Symphony Orches­ and people related to it, it was age 9, seeing it as t]Se best way rigors of touring in support of tra. He described Helfgott as comforting because a lot of times for her to express&erself. Her "Jagged Little Pill," Morissette "nice" and "affectionate." I felt like I was going through early inspiration!', as a child skipped the Grammy Awards "Daniel (Johns, what I was going through on my growing up in Europe and Cana­ and went to India to learn yoga. guitarist/singer) wanted him on own. It was very isolating. To da, were "anything my father "I stopped thinking, which is a the. song. He really wanted a realize I wasn't alone, it was and mother were listening to" big one because there's always manic piano player. I think we beautiful." including ABBA, Bob Dylan and been a lot of kinetic energy all just kind of decided that Morissette held court with a Carole King. - % around all the time and a lot of David Helfgott was the best guy small group of her fans who won "When I was younger I remem­ movement. For the first time for the job," said Gillies who said passes to a "Town Hall" meeting ber driving in the backseat in ever when I stopped after the he falls asleep every time he sponsored by WXDG-FM (105.1) the car with my family and hear­ last tour, and went to India and tries to watch "Shine." Anthemic: 's Silverchair -from left, drummer "The Edge," held hours before ing her voice and just really con­ learned a bit of yoga I stopped Already bored with the inter­ Ben Gillies, bassist Chris Joannou, and vocalist/gui­ her show with Garbage at The necting with her." for the first time in my life and view, Gillies is surfing the net. tarist Daniel Johns. Palace of Auburn Hills. Fans As she grew older, she read was able to be still and connect" He tries to persuade a reporter w£r£ chosen based on questions books about psychology and then with who I believe God was and to check out a Web page but tK^y* would like to ask Moris­ eschewed reading for fear of connect to friends and family in doesn't offer any information and a new single, mation, call (248) 926-9960 or sette". being influenced. a way that I never have been except for the address. Later, it "We do have a new single that (248) 645-6666. One of those listeners was able to before. Yoga was just a reveals cartoon characters doing "I love writing probably more we pressed up ourselves and put Sandy Robinson, 36, of Farming- part of it for me to be in my body what comes naturally, generally than 1 like reading other people's out that we probably will be per­ Christina Fuoco is the pop ton Hills. She wanted to know if art. Some of the reasons for that and see it as the instrument that in a restroom. Morissette, whose "Jagged Little it is." forming that night," DJ E-Z Rock music reporter for The Observer may be that I don't want to be "It's so fricking funny." said of "Ready to Party." & Eccentric Newspapers. If you PfffVspoke bitterly of relation­ overly influenced perhaps and Silverchair and Lit perform A new album is in the works have a question or comment for ship's, believes in soul mates. when I'm inspired I need to get it Boredom setting in? Friday, March 19, at St. Andrew's Prior to meeting Morissette, Sitting around doing consecu­ with a European producer, but it her, you can leave her a message out of my system and I probably Hall, 431 E. Congress, Detroit. at (734) 953-2047, mailbox No. Robinson was curious to see how would watch more films. I would tive interviews can get old pretty may see the light of day in the The show is sold out. For more United States "eventually." 2130, or write to her at The she treated fans. watch more films before I would' quickly. To ease the boredom, Sil- information, call (313) 961- "Ready to Party" carries the Observer & Eccentric Newspa­ read a poetry book I think. verchair drummer Ben Gillies is MELT or visit www.961melt.com. ''I want to see how she pre­ same feelgood mentality of the pers, 36251 Schoolcraft, Lwonia, Leonard Cohen, I think is amaz­ all for getting a laugh - even at a Silverchair's Web site is www. sents herself in front of a bunch rap duo's early hits. Mich., 48150, or cfuoco@ oe. of regular people," she said. ing. Joni Mitchell, after 'Jagged writer's expense. Gillies answers chairpage.com. "We still party. It's still the homecomm.net During the "Town Hall," the Little Pill' I started reading her the phone and begins chatting lyrics," she said of her platinum- about the previous night's show Joy and pain same party feel." diminutive Morissette came Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock across as spiritual and pensive selling debut. in an accent that's a strange Frat party heroes Rob Base amalgamation of Australian, and DJ E-Z Rock return to the perform at 11 p.m. Friday, March yet slightly nervous. Besides reading Mitchell's 19, at La Boom, 1172 N. Pontiac Multiple Grammy winner lyrics, Morissette indulges in English and Dixieland. Detroit area on Friday with a "I'm only joking. That's not my full arsenal of hits including "Joy Trail, Walled Lake. Tickets are Morissette, who's enjoying suc­ snowboarding and yoga. $10 in advance. For more infor­ cess with her sophomore album "(Snowboarding) is a very accent," Gillies said. and Pain" and "It Takes Two" -

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Escape to New Orleans at Fishbone's Rhythm Kitchen Cafe

BY KEELY WYGONIX STAFF WRITER Fishbone's Rhythm Kitchen Cafe [email protected] Where: 29244 Northwestern Highway, (just north of 12 Mile Road), Mardi Gras is over, but New Southfield (248) 351-2925, fax (248) 351-2919. Orleans is still a nice place to Hours: Open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m. to mid­ ; escape. For those of us who can't night Friday; noon to midnight Sunday; 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday just hop on a plane and go, it's a brunch, 2-10 p.m. regular menu. good thing there's Fishbone's Menu: Taste Of New Orleans, including Seafood Gumbo, Jambalaya, Rhythm Kitchen Cafe. seafood, stea'ks, chops and chicken. Salads and sandwiches also With locations in Detroit, available. Some vegetarian items. Southfield and St. Clair Shores, Cost: Moderate. Sandwiches $5.95 to $8.95; Entrees $9.95 to Fishbone's is about as close to $21.95. New Orleans as you can get in Reservations: For parties of six or more fftetro Detroit. Credit cards: All majors accepted "It's a place where we like to Private parties: Semi-private space available for parties of up to 60 have fun, it's a restaurant with people. energy. It's not necessarily a Carry-out: Every item on menu available for carry-out. Also offer quiet place," said John Furbush, "Pans to Go" a carry-out service for groups and parties. All pans general manager of the South- feed six to eight people. field restaurant. He recently Entertainment moved to the Detroit area from • 5-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Pamela Wise, piano jazz New Orleans. "We're trying to • 5-8 p.m. Thursdays, Henry Gibson, piano jazz provide a dining experience. I • 5-8 p.m. Fridays, Harold McKinney, piano jazz; 8:30 p.m. to mid­ have the music shipped in from night, Pamela Wise and the Afro-Cuban All Stars, jazz with Afro- New Orleans. Right now you're Cuban rhythms hearing vintage Louis Arm­ • 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Harold McKinney, piano jazz; 8:30 p.m. to mid­ strong from the 1920s. We try to night, Audrey Northington, jazz vocalist make it as authentic as possi­ • 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Janet Tenaj, jazz vocalist ble." Other Fishbone's Rhythm Kitchen Cafe locations: Qreektown — 400 Monroe St., International Building, Detroit, Fishbone's offers plenty of (313) 965-4600 atmosphere, from the lace cur­ St. Clair Shores — 23722 Jefferson, St. Clair Shores, (810) 498- tains in the windows, to the 3000 murals on the wall, and potted palms. You'll feel like you stepped into another world. It's STAJT PHOTO BY JIM JAGDFELD easy to get comfortable at one of went down South you'd be in the Seafood Gumbo, "it's guaran­ 7 Cool crustaceans: General manager John Furbush and Executive Chef Faiz Alban the tables or booths, and forget heaven with this type of brunch. ' teed to warm you up a little bit," na at Fishbone's Rhythm Kitchen Cafe in Southfield, it's Michigan and below freezing The cost for brunch is $16.95 said Furbush. outside. adults, $8.95 children under age Fishbone's offers a selection of tarian eggplant casserole baked For lunch, Furbush points to Crawfish Salad, Pirate's Alley 12, and $2.95 for children under grilled "bronzed" steaks includ­ For those unfamiliar with New two. with jalapeno jack cheese and the Po-Boy sandwicbes — fried Olive Salad, and the familiar Orleans cuisine, Furbush recom­ ing Filet Mignon, Ribeye and marinara sauce. shrimp, catfish, chicken, pork, or Caesar, Grilled Chicken, and Starting with appetizers on Porterhouse. Scallops, catfish, mends the brunch where you can Fishbone's is known for its fried chicken. Another favorite is Greek Salad. try a little bit of this, and that. the main menu, Furbush recom­ snapper, pork chops, lamb chops Whiskey Ribs served with Dirty the Muffuletta sandwich — lay­ Save room for dessert, made by The brunch also offers an omelet mends New Orleans Bar-B-Que and chicken are on the menu too. Rice and a vegetable. They also ers of Genoa salami, ham, Mor- Fishbone's own pastry chefs — station, waffles and other tradi­ Shrimp served with a spicy but­ Bronzing is Fishbone's method of offer a variety of fried seafood tadella and Provolone topped Bourbon Street Bread Pudding, tional breakfast fare. ter/pepper sauce. Fresh crawfish, blackening food. They use a mild, with an olive salad on a large flown in from Louisiana, are also flavorful blend of spices and selections such as shrimp, oys­ Banana Foster Sundae, Pecan "We have a number of stations ters, scallops, and catfish served bun. "I'm a big fan, and our's is Pie, Key Lime Pie, and Peach available. Catfish Beignets and herbs. pretty close to what you'd find in at brunch — a hot line, dessert Crab Cakes are other often with homemade fries and Cobbler. and salad," he said. "It's an Crawfish Etouffee is a Fish­ Charleston Slaw. If you can't the French Quarter of New requested appetizers. You can bone's specialty along with Orleans," said Furbush. Quench your thirst with a opportunity to go after real New also order Crab Cakes as an make up your mind, try the Blackened Voodoo beer. There Orleans style dishes such as Shrimp Creole, Zydeco Chicken, Combo Mombo — a platter of If you're hungry for just a entree. They're served with a Chicken & Sausage Sauce are a number of bottled beers to deep fried Cajun turkey, collard lemon caper dill sauce. fried shrimp, catfish, crab fingers salad, Fishbone's aims to please choose from, premium wines, greens, and candied yams. If you Piquant, and Jambalaya. The and oysters. with Galvez Shrimp Salad, Fried Moving on, you've got to try Creole Baked Eggplant is a vege- and specialty drinks. Epoch Enterprises restaurants maintain ownership

BY ELEANOR HEALD Enterprises. cles as a rising star. Too Chez restau­ mill. Does such publicity enhance the Up North restaurant in the Bay Har­ SPECIAL WRITER In the March 31, Wine Spectator rant's Greg Upshur has received sale of Tribute and its sister eateries? bor complex. A chef is in the process now in distribution, Tribute and Exec­ recognition by Food Arts and Nations While Epoch president Toni Wisne of being hired. Epoch is also aggres­ Epoch Enterprises owns high-profile utive Chef Takashi Yagihashi became Restaurant News, a weekly trade pub­ remained unavailable for comment, sively involved in the Lion's stadium ^Tribute restaurant in Farmington the first Detroit metro-area restau­ lication for the restaurant and food Tribute's Maitre d' Mickey Bakst was project in Detroit. Hills, also Too Chez in Novi and Forte industry. willing to squelch rumors. in Birmingham. Negotiations related rant to receive expansive three-page "Tribute is like the Wisne family's to sale of Larry Wisne's Progressive coverage in this widely read wine and Epoch's restaurants are now being "I say this with the utmost certain­ baby. All the restaurants are an Tool and Industries automotive-allied lifestyle periodical. Forte's executive represented by a Santa Monica-Bever­ ty," he said. "Epoch is a complete and important part of the family's business company fueled speculations about the chef Tim Voss is being touted in ly Hills public relations/advertising separate entity from Progressive Tool. ventures. The Wisnes are not selling Wisne family's other business, Epoch restaurant and lifestyle magazine cir­ agency and this added to the rumor "Epoch is opening Latitude, it's new any of their restaurants at this time."

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