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New laws, low water, high hopes mark 2000 By Brad Lindberg natIOnally by wmnmg ~eventh news of 2000 "WIthout thf''''' 1"",,," ".,d N~w~ Staff Writer place In a natIOnal magazIne's Rlchnel, a rebldent of the Park, • In his weekly column, "Let's talk A" the level of Lake St Clair ranking of up:.cale lebldentJal January "the htlgatlOn proce~~ could stockb," Joseph Mengden says the continued to drop, boaters and commumtles severely stram the already Federal Reserve's latest action on reSIdents coped As Grosse • Andrew Richner, the Grosse bogged-down legal system, mterest rates IS too httle too late POinte reSidents facedoffm coun- Those and other I~bue" dunng POInte's Republican representa- depnvmg deserVIng partIeb of Page lOA ty and state electIOns, voters 2000 extended beyond the mdl- tlve In the state Legislature, theIr legItimate nght to rehef" • For Grosse POinte pubhc schools, made their deCISIOns VIdual Grosse Pomte& to encom- ~pon~ored one of a set of laws the year 2000 marked three success- pa!>s the entire wmmumty hmltmg the ablhty of people to The POlnteb earned recognItIOn ful mIllage campaIgns and an Impres- The follOWing ;,ummanzes the file nUisance laWSUIts See 2000, page IA sIve number of hIgh school JUnIOrb who pa"sed MEAP tests and receIved money for college Page 11A • The Grosse Pomte PublIc School Pointe parks System has JOined WIth hundreds of other MIchIgan school mstncts m a law SUIt agamst the state Called Durant III, the sUIt concerns relm- bur"ement for state-mandated pro- face tax peril grams such as specIal education Page llA By Jim Stick10rd strongly opposed plans by' • Kerby school offiCials WIll be Staff Writer the Grosse POInte Yacht: gOIng before the Farms CIty Council A recent statement Issued Club to expand ItS harbor,_ In January to request penmsslOn to by the State Tax which abuts the Shores go ahead WIth constructIOn of a curb CommISSIOn declanng that park's harbor The matter IS cut along Kerby Road The councIl mumclpahtles that have res- currently belllg litigated m first reviewed the plan In October, but Ident-only parks have to tax CirCUit court suggested a 120-day tnal penod WIth. those parks has the potential Shores Village manager out the cut But traffic experts beheve to affect how all the Grosse MIke Kenyon saId on June 6, that such a trial penod would be dan- Pomte commumtles allocate 2000, the Shores appealed a gerous WIthout the cut Page 3A fundmg for local parks directIVe to assess ItS park • The CIty of Grosse Pomte IS The memorandum was for 1999 repamng and upgradmg Its pump Issued after Thanksgtvmg It "We presented our case statIOn at the corner of Neff and 2000 babies! states "there are parks and never heard back from CharlevOIX The unobtruSive statIOn owned by local umts of gov- the commISSIOn," Kenyon has been at the location for years and Well actually there are only nine infants here. but all are year emment whIch have been SaId "In the meantIme the the CIty WIll performmg routme 2000 babies and all are from the Grosse Pointes. While the babies granted exemptIOns from 2000 assessments were mamtenance Page 6A engage in their own "bottle clutch" at one of their homes, their taxatIOn even though non- made Our assessor placed a with • Automotive wnter RIchard moms do likewise, but coffee cups. reSidents are not allowed to mlIDmal value on the park Wnght detaIls the history of From left are Annie Rinke, Annie McKee, Jack Straetmans, use the park" and our Village attorney OldsmobIle General Motors spokes- Isabelle Thibault, Caroline Hopper, Casey Scoggin. Phoebe Miri- The memo goes on to state appeared In front of the people recently announced that the ani, Margo Schaller and Daniel Follis. Otherwise occupied that that "m order for a park to be Shores Township tax board dIVISIOn WIl! be mscontmued Wnght day were Olivia Mikesell and Jack Hurley. exempt from property taxa- of reVIew" detaIls how the mVlslon grew and hon, It must be open to the Attorney Ralph Houghton, what caused ItS downfall Page 2A public WIthout restnctlOn, sald Kenyon, made two not Just to a limited group arguments The first was Woods last city to join such as reSidents of govern- that part of the value of Sports mental umts and their Grosse POinte Shores homes • It was a good )'ear for Grosse guests Tms posItion IS sup- comes from haVing access ~ POInte South's gIrls tenms team county emergency plan ported by Attorney General OSlUS Park Because the" OpmlOn No 5690 of 1979- park adds taxable value to a The Blue DeVIls finIshed fifth In the By Brad Lindberg task force "Had we needed to expand state DiVISIOn I champIOnshIps and 1980 and by the Court of property, taxIng the park Staff Writer and do more, we could have done It," Appeals deCISion m Balogh v amounts to double taxatIon recently had five players named to The eastSide IS now umted m a he saId "There were rebource~ avall- Clt) of Flat Rock, 152 Mlch He CIted the example of the AIl-State team South's No I and nearly county-wide versIOn of the able to us" App 517 (1985) " condo umt& that have recre- No 2 doubles teams of Brody Dawson Grosse Pomtes' decades-old mutual "If It had escalated we would have As a result the State Tax at IOn faclhtles The recre- and Carolyn Gorski and Margaret aid agreement gone m," said Altschul. "We have the CommIssIon ordered local atlOnal faclhtlCs are not Batten and Meghan White made the WIth only a few stragglers remam- orgamzatlOn and expenence We take tax assessors "NOT to grant taxed because the value IS first umt, while No I smgles player care of busmess " exemptIOns to public parks reflected m the pnce of the Vicky SeIter receIved honorable men- mg, the county's Emergency owned by local umts of gov- condos tIOn Management Program IS nearly com- In a wntten appeal recommendmg plete the Woods team up WIth the county, ernment unless they are Houghton also made an Also, coach Mark Sobleralskl was MakowskI, Said, "We do not have the UmficatIon throughout Wayne open to the pubhc Wlthout argument speCific to the selected as DIVISIOn I Coach of the restnctlOn 'Pubhc' IS defined Shores OSlUS Park was lake Year Page 12A County moved one step closer last ~~~~:~~~t o~oth~r~::~:rce~~~t~~~~ week WIth the SIgning-on of Grosse as 'all reSIdents of the bottom until the 1950s Pomte Woods, the last of the county's pubhc and pnvate sector to deal WIth state'" When It was reclaImed from eastSide CitIes to do so any type of emergency beyond the The memo further stated the lake, deed restnctJons capabilItIes of mutual aId" that some local governments were put Into placf' zoning It The program IS a recIprocal-aId He contmued, "Currently we are have parks WIth estabhshed for park use only That agreement that tackles major emer- only one of nme Wayne Cnllnty com- fee rates for use of local means no one can use It for Saturday, ec. 30 genCles and disasters m the 43 com- mumtles not under the emergency parks that are dIfferent for houses or whatever In addl- Expenence the grandeur of an Auto mum tIes and 622-square mlles that operatIOns plan, and the only eastslde reSIdents and nonreSIdents tlon, If the land were ever to Baron New Year WIth a VISit to the compnse Wayne County DetrOIt, city not partICIpating" ThIS does not cause a park to be gIven up by the Shores, It Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, 1100 which has ItS own disaster contmgen- The other Grosse POlntes and lose ItS exempt status pro- would revert back to the CIeS, IS not a member Lakeshore m Grosse POinte Shores Harper Woods are already Signed up Vlded that the "fee for non- state So there IS no sale Local student pIanIsts perform from "The plan would prOVIde for the Hiller said, "We now have resources reSIdent,; IS reasonable" value to the property effiCIent utIlIzatIOn of resources from 1 - 3 p m In the ActiVIties Center avaIlable from Wayne County for Smce all the Pomtes have "And that's the last we Solanum HolIday tours are offered the county, pnvate sector and the whatever the disaster may be We're reSident-only parks, they heard about the Issue until state level to our cIty m case of a dls- through Jan 7, 2001, except on New ready" mIght have to start taxmg the commISSIOn Issued ItS Year's Day Grounds admISSIon IS $5 aster," saId Mike Makowski, the Woods dIrector of pubhc safety, m an PotentIal dIsasters fly over the theIr own land memorandum," saId For more Information, call (313) 884- wntten report to the Woods cIty coun- Grosse Pomtes dally m the form of The t3A commISSIOn first Kenyon "The attorney gen- 4222 cll aircraft usmg DetrOit CIty Airport started lookmg at the taXIng eral's office IS supposed to of reSIdent-only parks after Issue an opinIOn The opm- By JOining the program, the Woods "When Northwest flIght 255 Monday, Jan. 1 Gro..,se POInte Shores resl- Ion Cited In the memo Isn't becomes ehgtble for emergency help crashed (at DetrOIt Mctropohtan Happy New Year Most governmen- dent Lawrence Van TII wrote even the updated one" from throughout the count)' Yet pay- Airport>, the emergency c;y<;tem actI- a letter to the commIsSIon Kenyon saId he has heard tal offices, as well as banks and bUSI- backs aren't mandated vated," saId Hiller "The Park sent nesses wIll be closed for the hohday three officers for three days" questIOnIng the tax-free sta- from offiCIals of other "By JOInIng thiS plan," said The emergency program operates tus of Os IUS Park MichIgan cIties \\Ith resl- Tuesday, Jan. 2 Makow<;kl, "we would be requested, out of a command center at Metro Van TII along With dent-only parks He saId The Grosse Pomte PublIc Library not obhgated, to help We are not Neighbors Concerned about they wIll get together to oblIgated (to 'lend force<;) If we feel a Airport HIller attended a recent WInter film fe<;hva! presents "Why the Yacht Club ExpanSIOn explore <;trategtes need (for those forces) In our commu- traInIng sessIOn SImulatIng an explo- Frog and Toad are Fnends" and sIOn at a downnver nuclear power "WmnIe the Pooh and TIgger Too" at mty" plant the Woods branch, 20600 Mack at 4 "There'., a feehng of bemg part of a "There were hterally 100 people POINTER OF INTEREST p m The same show will be at thr hlgger whole among the commumtles Involved at the airport command cen. central branch on Thursday, Jan 4, that are particIpatIng," <;ald Sanford tel' alone," saId Hiller "It'" a huge al~o at 4 pm "You're a Good Man Alt.,chul the emergency program's operatIon" Charhe Brown" WIll be shown on deputy director Rick Gram The program doe'l more than pIck Wrdne<;day, .Ian 3, at the Park The program kicked 10 a few Vedr'l up thE' remnant'l of dl'la<;tE'r'l that Home: Gros<;e POinte branch, 15430 Kercheval For more ago \\ hen tornadoe:. npped through ha~e already happenl'd La<;t )ear a Shore<; informatIOn, call (313) .143.2074 Hamtramck county ta~k forel' prepar('d for poten- "Thirty agcnclC<; re'lponded \\ Ith tl al com puter problE'm<; as'iOclated Age: 47 u~ " ~ald Alt'lchul \\ lth Y2K A<;It turnrd out, there were INDEX Tho'l!' <;amE'wmd'l kIlled five ppop!p frw ~oft\\are ghtche~ ('ounty officlal<; Family: WIfe, ClaudIa, at Pwr Park 10 Gro~<;(' POInte Farm<; at thl' tlml' crpdltl'd the outcomp m <;on Neal,16 Yet the dellth~, plu<; con'lldprahle part to thl' E'ffl'ctlvl'ne,,~ of the rmer Autos 2A property damagl' 10 the form of g('nc) management plogram Occupation: Owner Sl'1llors 6A uprootf'd trer~ and downed power Thf' county program find'l ~trength Mnck and Moro<;'l hnE'<;, dldn t prompt a call for f'm('r. In numbf'r<; Amoco In Gro<;s(' Pomte Obituaries 7A gf'nc~ county re<;ource<, The POInt('<;' . Th(' Wayne County EmNg('ncy Farms ()pullon 8A mutual aId agn'f'ment had the <;Itua- Managpmpnt Program hi!" an P'ltah- tlOn III hand lhhed and tp"tpd pml rgl'ncy rl',;pon'lp Quote: "Wp're part of thp Rll <'1 nef,S lOA "When thl' tornado hit top POIntl''l, plan that I" alrl'ad" dpprovl'd hy thf' commumty" 8clwols llA \\P Wl'rl' at our bmlt," ~ald DaVid 'ltatl' and Fedl'fal Emergl'ncy Hiller thl' dl'putv dlr('ctor of puhhc Managpml'nt Agpncy" 'laid See story, page 4A RIl[ertal n men[ lOB ""f('ty In CrrN.,(' Pomte Park HIll('r le; Makow<,kl ',Iu<;t to m('rt th(' -.tat(' ('Jac;,<'lfwd ads 128 al<;o d('puty Chll'f of thl' Wayn(' and f('d(,f!ll r('(lllln'm(,llt'l alonE' would Countv E'mprgpncy program'" pa~tf'rn hI' chfficult for our C'lty to accompll'lh "
EDn ORIA I: SR2-112<)4 • DISPI A\ AnVf RT ISI \"C: RS2- 1'100. ( I ,\ SSII II D: HS2-h400 • C IRC l I \ I ro\". ~4 ~-;:;:-';"' • PRonL ( IIO\,,: SS2-h(l9IJ ... l December 28, 2000 Grosse Pointe News 2A Automotive Oldest automotive brand, Oldsmobile, to be phased out Oldsmobile, or a $1,000 cer- General Motors ha;, few years, GM says tificate for the purchase or announced It plans to ehmI- Current OldsmobIle models lease of any other GM vehi- nate OldsmobIle, the oldest will contmue to be produced Amencan nameplate still m and sold untIl the end of cle their I1fe cycle;, or as long GM ha;, about 2,800 productlOn OldsmobIle's OId;,moblle dealers, another constItuency the corpora- tIOn wIll undoubtedly hear from Wagoner said the decI;,lon tL d:v'o"tml1P 01 I ; With Convenience and Luxury Groups I Mercury Mountaineer v-a AWD With ~ Convenience Group and Luxury Group . SOUT_T, features include: ~ 16800 Fort Street ~ atAc>"'~~i;l I 5 OL OHV V-8 englne l (734) 285-8800 sl~'CJT1 Full-time All-Wheel Dnve ~ $' STERLIt-oG HEl:iHTS Power WIndows and door locks t 36200 Van (),l functIOn., 2000------;,LOoter" a Ie the coole,t legal state budget director outhne lawyers has fired the fir,t • The famou, Budwel,>er From page lA That';, good nc 1'1., to Craig thmg of the ~ear Gov John Engler's $36 2 bll- ;hot m what thell chent" 'We can't k(>ep (,cooter,) C'lyde.,dale" hlghhghted the pledge be a relentle,,'> Walworth of thL CIty of hon budget for fiscal year 1'1111 In "tack," ,aid Sean Green of 25th annual Santa Clau9 fight to force the cleanup of Gros'>e Pomte Walworth I'> February 2001 Bike,>, Blades dnd Board'> m parade down KULheval Lake St Clair settmg up a dealel network • LegislatIOn to reqUire Sen Joe Young Jr, (D- Gro;,;,e Pomte Park thlough the Village m the Angeled by what they for the GEM electllc vehicle DetrOIt) said the "tate bud- Scooter demand '" on a CltV of Gn),'>e Pomtp public comment before said are repeated sewage The GEM I'> a low-;,peed water can be liverted from get surplus should be used roll at Pomte Cyele and dIscharge'> mto the lake, an electnc vehicle With a range the Great Lakes IS awaltmg for programs that Will cut of 70 ml1e;, on a full, ;,('ven- Fitness m the Woods November government costs or be orgamzatlOn of envlronmen- Employee Matt PIper ,aid, actIOn In Lansmg tahsts, called the St Clair hour battery charge placed m the state stablhza- 'A" soon a;, I'll' get them In, • Help wanted ,>Ign" are "MichIgan IS blessed With Channel Keeper, have the most freshwater III the tlon fund they'l e out" sproutmg all 0\E'f town In "Repubhcans Will spend retamed i OInte attorney August preparatIOn for the hohday country," ;,ald Joe Young Jr Tom Campbell to put of DetrOIt, the Grosse the money now, knowmg • DemocratIc candidate;, ,hoppmg bmge we're headmg for a defiCIt," Macomb County's Bear October A "trong economy and POInte's Democratic state Creek dram on notice for state reprp'>entatlVe senator, 'but there IS no pol- said Young "It's no different mclude Grosse Pomte Wood, • A new ,tate la\\ target, labor '>hortage have l e"ulted "If you're a part of the III higher wages for v,orker" ICy III our state regardmg than a busmessman spend- re;,ldent PatriCIa Irvmg dnver, who make ltfe hard- problem, we IIlvlte you to be as employer;, compete for our most precIOus recourse mg money for expansIOn CWlek and John Andel son of er for dl"abled people knowmg he's gomg to have part of the solubon," saId help wllhng to go th(' extra 1 find that appalhng " Campbell "If not, we'll take DetrOIt, who IS abo an exec- The law ;,ponsored m part Young sponsored the legiS- to downSize the busmess utive board member of the by Rep Andrew RIchner IR mile you to court and have a • Rep Andrew RIchner lation once he expands" Grosse POInte Democratic Grosse Pomte Park), make;, • At least three-quarters judge do It" rR-Gro,>;e Pomte Park) ha" • New laws to help pro- • To preserve the Grosse Club It Illegal for dnver" to block tect vIctims of domestic VIO- of the elected offiCials In the • Local boater;, and lovprs curb cub and pedestrian Iilalled through another elec- Grosse Pomtes said they Pomte's world war hentage, tIOn lence Will go on the books Rep Andrew Richner has of claSSIC ,>hlps turned their ramps wlll be votmg for Texas Gov "ThiS bill should go a long Richner's nearly 2-1 VICtO July 1 The measure grew asked veterans m hI" dl". eves lake'>lde to watch the George W Bush m the Feb way toward en;,unng the ry m the November electIOn from 13 bills sponsored by tnct to compIle theIr remem- USS .John W Brown tour 22 preSidential pnmary progre;,s Michigan ha;, made earned hIm a thud term m members of both major brances of VlTWIand WWII Lake St Clair "I am honored to have the ensunng the mobility and the State Hou"e and marked pohtlcal parhes, mcludmg The recollectIOns will be The Brown 1'> one of only support of these locally- mdependence of people WIth hi" latest IS a "tnng of 11 Rep Andrew Richer (R- compiled mto a databa;,e two World War II Liberty Grosse Pomte Park) elected, grassroots MichIgan Ships remammg from a dl;,abilltles," ;,31d Richner unbeaten contests and shared With local histor- RIchner, a Repubhcan, The law prOVides that a leaders," said Bush wartime fleet of more than • With commumty recre- Vlctona Granger, a mem- Ical ,>ocletles wa, VICtOriOUS over first- parolee saddled WIth a per- "Future generatIOns WIll 2,700 atIOn faclhtles at or near ber of the Woods city coun- time Democratic candidate, sonal protectIOn order wlll be able to better appreciate • A fleet of tall shIp" capacIty III the Gro"se Cil sald she'll vote for John Patricia Irvmg CWlCk of be I1sted on a stateWIde law the sacnfice make by veter- pas'>ed the Grosse Pomtes Pomtes and Harper Woods, McCam the Neighborhood Club com- Gros"e Pomte Woods enforcement mformatlOn ans," said Richner on their way to Tall Ships "I look at the candIdate miSSIOned a master recre- network • The November electIOn Sarma 2000 m Sarma, who can work well to ation plan to address the "ThIS law helps address for Grosse Pomte's represen- Ontano December the problem by glvmg law achieve good thmgs for peo- At the head of the hne, at recreatIOnal needs of the ple," said Granger tative on the Wayne County • The bIg snow that blew enforcement offiCIals access CommiSSIon could bOil down least m terms of "Ize, was area The plan recommended through town Dee 11 gave to more mformatlOn about to hometown candIdates the Picton Castle, a 180-foot formmg an eIght-seat mter- mghtmare;, to people dream- parolees," said Richner, a Chnstopher Cavanagh, a square-ngger that has May governmental authonty of mg of a white Chnstmas member of the House two-term Demo(.ratlc mcum- sailed throughout the world • Preseason tests of lake representatives from the Schools closed and com- Crlmmal Law and bent from the Park, could • Patncla Irvmg CWlCk of water have liscovered high Grosse Pomte and Hal per muter;, groused as "lick con- CorrectIOn;, Committee face off agamst cros'>town Grosse Pomte Woods has Woods mumclpahtles and dItIOns and cold weather • Call It Mrs Smith goes bactena levels at area nval Enc Stemer, a won the Democi atlc pnmary "chool d\<;tnct<; would pLT"''''\ through thl to Washmgton WIth beaches Republican cIty councilman ane! WIll face Republican month The tests, taken after !n<.umbent Andrp\\ Richner The plan also recommend- 999,999 fnend" m thp Wood<; ed creatmg a 60,000 to A group of Grosse Pomters recent heavy rain", fore- ofthe Park m the November • The cIght-m(>mbel • Grosse Pomte race car 100,000-;,quare-foot area Will march In the natIOn's shadow Increased beach race for ,tatp I epre"enta- dnver Jay RICCIheld hiS own recreatIOn center at either CounCil of Great Lake, capItal thiS spnng to sup- dosmgs thIS year on Lake tlve under shck conditions and Mack and Moross m Gro'>se Governor;, has relea"ed a port "no-nonsense gun legls- St Clair tight competitIOn m the The results of the pnmary draft propo"al that would Guy Meadows, a research Pomte Farms or at Salter lahon" Barber Dodge race on Belle electIOn had been m doubt hmlt dlVer"lon" of water hydrolOgIst at the PI ehmmary reports had Park 111 Harper Woods Local response to the Isle from the 94,000-square-mlle Umverslty of MIchIgan, given the Democratlc nomi- Mllhon Mom March has The race followed the Great Lakes basm saId, "ThiS IS gomg to be a • The ornamental clock been "outstandmg," saId CART FedEx Tenneco natIOn to John Anderson The actIOn was proposed particularly bad year for TWo week;, aftI.'I the poll;;:. planned for the VIllage shop- Mmam Engstrom, a Park Grand Pnx of DetrOIt m I1ght of low water levels beach closmgs" Low lake pmg dlstnct of the City of re'>ldent and member of a "It's tIght, It'S fast, It'S closed, however, the final and attempts to "!phon levels have made water "clr- Grosse Pomte Will be named growmg number of local res- dangerous But It's fun," tally had CWlek ahead water from the basm for dls- c.ulatlOn throughout the Barnng la~t-mmute m honor of the late Jerry Idents who support the saId RICCIof the narrow, 13- tnbutlOn outSide the sy,,- region somewhat sluggish" Valente natIOnWide, grassroots gun- turn Belle Isle C(lurse wnte-IllS, the November • The Grosse P01l1te Valente, the late owner of tern ;,afety effort "Tracks hke thiS are what electlon guarantee" a Grosse Theatre's "West WIde Story" Pomte reSident Will prOVIde Valente Jewelers, wa" a Staff tt rrter Bonnie It'S all about" long-time supporter of the hIt the stage 111 a hIgh-ener- RICCI finished 19th at an hometown representatlOn m Caprara contributed the State House and county Village shoppmg dl;,tnct, March gy productIOn of song and average speed of 86 mph, Neighborhood Club rnfor government numerous chantlCs and • The Grosse Pomtes, as a dance, love and hate less than 5 mph slower than matlOn In the county race, Woods many other commumty group, have been rated one Woods reSident Theresa the race WInner and senes uty counCilman Enc Stemer of the top-10 reSidential Catalfio plays a strong leader 1'1111 face two-term communitIes m the natIOn Mana m a stnng of mUSIcal Democratlc mcumbent by the Robb Report, a maga- numbers punctuated by Christopher Cavanagh, a zme that reports on the "lux- extended applause from the Park reSident ury hfe,>tyle " audience July • A dog IS ruffimg feath "The Pomtes salled mto • Great Lakes water lev- • Orgamzers of the els are falhng, but that's no ers at thp Edsel & Eleanor "eventh place on the sohd Gros~e Pamte Run have, m reason to paddle around Ford House reputatIOn of their schools the parlance of long-dl"- Lake St Clan hke Chicken Thanks to Shmer the bor- and hlstorv as "enous boat- tance athletes, hIt the wall der colhe, hundred" of mg and re~reatlOnal commu- LIttle m a wet SUlt The run, spon;,ored by the me"~y gee~e that used to mtles," accordlllg to a "hv- Yet for boaters who don't Grosse POInte Rotary, ha" hang out at the 87-acre abl ht)" rank1l1g pubhshed heed a naVIgatIOn chart, the been canceled due to road Grosse Pomte Shore., e,>tate m the magazme lake thIS season could rock con"tructlon m the Farm" ha\e taken off for greener • "There IS no other orga- theIr world The event normally kicks ThiS season, "a chart IS pa"tures D1zatlOn 111 the Grosse off at the mtersectlOn of MeanwhIle, the director of POInte., or Harper Woods cntlcal," "aId Pete Moross and Lakeshore near Lake Front Park III the that would take over thl'> Beauregard Jr, owner of the entrance to the Farms Woods whIch IS located work If we didn't do It," said Colony manne m St Clair PICr Park Due to a "ewer acro"., the fence Ime from Frank Sladen, preSident of Shores and a reSIdent of "eparatlOn proJect, the mter- the ford estate, reports a Semces for Older Citizens Grosse Pomte Shores "ectlon IS under constructIOn • On Mother's Day, May renewed gep.,p problem and reSident of Grosse and Impa""able Pomte Woods 14, about 100 local reSidents • WIth the pnce of ga';o SOC' help,> keep "people jomed more than 500,000 1mI' hovenng around $2 pPf September kmdred spmts at the from havlll~ to leave the gallon, the pa""age of a new • Squadron<; of hot-wheel- home and commumty where Mllhon Mom March m ,>tatp law ha., madp low mg kid" arp provm~ that they have ,>pent most of Wa~hmgton D C "pped electnc vehicle'> .,treet their hve"," he added "I was moved to be part of "omethmg I thmk WIll make a difference," said Bobble KIRIUM LoCIcero, a marcher from April Chronograph • Flr.,t Amendment? Grosse Pomte Shores The Park's Joanne f-Jy TAG Hc-uC"!r Rlotm~ I" 111('~al: "aid Murphy said the march was Meh.,,,a Wildp a Park re"l dent m her .,ophomore ypar Ju"t the beglnmng of a cam- paign for common sense gun at Mlchl~an State legl" latlOn Umvpr.,lty "Talk WIth your vote"," Wlld,,'~ comment camp Murphy told a group of local aftH fellow coll"gJan- clt('d marcher" organized by thl' Con"tlt\ltlOnal n~ht of edmund t. AHEE jewelers Susan Brown of the Park a,..,ouatlOn to oppo<;c a new "Tell your repre"entatlve'> to 20139 Mack Avenue Mlchl~an law that bam"he" pnact "en"lble gun measure" Grosse Pointe Woods noter" from college campu"- or we WIll vote you out" ('" 313-886-4600 • At a Jomt ,,,""Ion of th(' MIChigan HO\l<;('and Sf'natf' June AppropnatlOn" Committees, • A team of Gro""e Pomtp l,('gJ.,lator, h,t('n('d to the December 28, 2000 Grosse Pointe News 4A News Life's a hat-trick for Shores hockey fan Family, work and hockey - what else is there, except maybe golf BV Brad Lindberg Staff Wnter "Hey, Rick Merry Chn;,tmas" It';, a famlhar greetmg offered durmg the holidays high turnover time feeling persists l{ll~'e\l, 'I '11'l~h'r ''It'~ a mater of haVing dot tht.. l..vih\.-l uf ~I~I..-h. z-nd mp"h'm- Moross m Grosse Pomte IC,has worked at the station good people," said Graham Farms for 12 years Walter uThe bad ones weed them- At other times of the yeal, Cunnmgham, another mas- selves out" It's a simple "Hey, RIck" or ter mechamc, has worked m Gram takes an mterest 10 "Hlya, RIck" the back shop for more than hiS employees and leads by Rick IS RIck Gram, 47, 10 years Eddy Gajewski, lOgiC,not bullY10g the head cashier, IS a college Russell said, "He teaches owner of the Amoco service Photo by Brad Londberg statIOn at Mack and Moross, student and three-year hIS employees as If they Glen Burton, left. ta1k8 al)out hockey with Rick Gram. owner of the Amoco the bUSiest mter;,ectlOn m employee Pat Michael, an were hIS family members He's not like a dnll sergeant the Farms attendant and sophomore at service station at Mack and Moross in Grosse Pointe Farms. Rick taught me the ropes Gram runs the rugh-vol- Grosse Pomte' South High School, has been at the sta- BaSIcally," he laughed, "I've utne famIly busmess hke a Gram has passed the Last season, Gram helped tion for two years evolved to be a small Rick" mes, area reSidents and a small-town store hockey bug to hiS son, Neal, orgamze the annual Grosse "The years keep cllckmg Gram's father, a 25-year few former mmor league "We're part of the commu- players The rosters range, 16, a jumor who plays left Pomte Open nity," said Gram, a 14-year off," said Gram employee of Standard 011, "We go through the memo retired from corporate hfe Gram said, from "guys who Wing on the hockey team at reSident of Grosse Pomte Gram figured the front bershlp book and lllvlte and bought the gas station are tree cutters to surgeons Grosse Pomte North High Shores "Half the people who door of hiS service statIOn members from Grosse opens about 6,000 times a m 1968 Gram took over the - what a slice of hfe " School live m thIs sectIOn of the Before rugh school, Neal Pomte," he saId The tourna- day He based the estimate family busmess when hiS Players mclude former Pomtes buy their gasolme played on the Grosse Pomte ment consists of about 35 on how often he needs to father retired from the ser- Tlger.turned broadcaster here" Hockey ASSOCIatIOn's players replace the door's worn-out VIce statton nearly 20 years K1rk Gibson Chns Russell, 27, Gram's "GIbson IS mtense, I mean Bulldogs At work these days, the IQng-bme employee who hmges ago talk IS about the pnce of Born on DetrOIt's eastSIde, really mtense," said Gram Gram was an assistant worked himself up from a "We're very busy," said gasolIne A couple times a Gram went to Denby HIgh "Of all the people m the coach The team won three 16-year-old pump attendant Gram's Sister, Pam Schomer, week, Gram wntes a check School and Eastern league, he's the one I stay state champIOnshIps and a to servIce manager, said, who manages the statIOn's for about $20,000 to fill the MIchigan Umverslty Half away from He's mtense " natIOnal title "Everybody who works here food shop and convemence storage tanks bUrled way through college, amId Games are played weekly In one-on-one scnmmages II;( like family Because of store The statIOn has about beneath hiS semce station commutmg to DetrOit a cou- at the Umverslty Liggett With rus father, Neal takes It toat, some employees have 800 gasolme customers per "My gasohne has a certam ple times a week to play m a School Ice nnk m the Woods, easy on rus dad t~en advantage of Rick On day cent-margin whether the hockey league, he started and the Grosse Pomte "Thank heavens," said tbe other hand, he's gotten a Gram said, "The majonty retam pl"lce IS $119 or $2 takmg busmess courses m Commumty Rmk in DetrOlt Gram lOt out of It " of door opemngs are for cof- per gallon," he said. preparatIOn for runmng the Gram IS a defenseman At, Whether on the Ice or at :Gram said, "I tell my fee and pop sales Except for Before Gram sees a profit station He also studIed 47, he's m shape, but age work, Gram motivates his etnployees 'You Will not rep- local grocery stores and Mr from gasolme sales, he has mechamcs has toned-down rus playmg players and employees r~sent yourself other than C's Dell, I'm the bUSiest stop to cover the wholesale pnce, "I'm a licensed mechamc style through nurtunng bemg part of the famIly m the vendors have" pay layers of state and fed- m everythmg except trans- "He's a stay-at-home "He takes a lot of pnde m . Gram's management style Yet due to familiar eral taxes, and cremt card missions," saId Gram defenseman," joked Glen that," sald Russell, the ser- has generated empluyee loy- employees and a fnendly fees As an owner-operator, If Gram had rus way, how- Burton, Gram's goahe and a VIce manager alty m a bus mess noted for attitude, the station's old- he has to mg deep before ever, he'd be a hockey play- mortgage banker from the When he's not playmg CIty of Grosse Pomte hockey, Gram IS trymg to commg up WIth a profit er But a successful busmess "I've played hockey my The players play to wm, reduce hiS golfing hanmcap IS about more than makme- whole life" he saId but have fun doml!' so of 14 He belonl!'s to the St These days, Gram plays "It's a not," saId Gram ClaIr Country Club money "Part of It is puttmg MacKethan Computer Consul~ locally m two amateur "Everybody has a turn to "It's neat place," he said together a good orgamza- leagues The teams are com- bnng a case of beer to the "One by one, a bunch of my Consulung. TraIrnng-Networklng pnsed of former college bud- locker room " hockey buddIes have Jomed " tIon," Gram sald Support-InstallatIOns sporty mVlslon, BUick stuck For the home small, relatIVely Inexpen- them the mcredlbly popular SIve car, the first "high-vol- Cutlass But the good times WIth ItS traditional lower- (313) 640-0113 Autos ume" model were neanng an end, partly level luxury Image and www MacKethanConsulung com From page 2A After a mspute WIth because of the V-8 mesels CadIllac opted, naturally, Phlhp@MacKethanConsulting com But the first Olds plant mvestors, Olds qUIt the developed by OldsmobIle for top-of-the-line luxury was bUIlt not m Lansmg, company m January 1904 and used m a number of Saturn had already target- I!'... ,."...... ,...... _,_ _.'.,.....""....".."""....=----P. but m DetrOit, on East and moved back to LanSIng, GM cars ed the volume Imports J efTerson near the Belle Isle where he launched a new In 1980, a taxt company Oldsmobile? Well Bndge Whtle the plant was company Because the on Long Island'sued GM, In 1994 OldsmobIle mtra- bemg bUIlt, Olds' engineer- DetrOIt firm owned the charging that the mesel m duced a new car, the mg people deSIgned and OldsmobIle name, Olds put Oldsmobtle Delta 88s was Aurora, unlike any other bUilt 11 pilot models, hiS InitIals, REO, on ms neghgently deSIgned The GM product Its sales were mcludmg several SIzes of new car Later that year, follOWIngyear, a $20 mIllion not spectacular, but cars and a couple of Oldsmobtle was acqUired by class actIOn laWSUit was OldsmobIle had a car It electncs Wilham Durant and became filed by owners of could be proud of and bwld Among them was a small, part of the new General Oldsmoblle, Cadillac, BUIck a new Identity around To light horseless carnage Motors and Chev!Olet mesels m dramatize the break WIth With a smgle-cylmder, Oldsmobtle gradually Brooklyn, NY, allegmg the past, the OldsmobIle water-cooled four-cycle emerged m the GM stable that the engines were defec- name did not appear on the engine at the rear Its most as an upscale sporty and tive car, although It was dlstmctlve feature was Its expenmental car In additIOn to the law- restored later curvpd dashboard In March InnovatIOns mcluded the SUltS, Imports were contmu- Olds was out m the cold, 40% OFF 1901, fire destroyed the first automatic transmIS- mg to make senous mroads a marque Without a market : ,.,"~ ,. Rumors began to CIrculate Olds Motor Works plant sIon that really worked m m the Amencan market ... "'><...t and the only car that was 1940 models, the famous and Oldsmobtle sales plum- that GM mIght drop AlL... ~ '" ",~ ..... saved was the little Curved Rocket 88 high-compressIOn meted from the record 1978 Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Dash Olds Olds deCided to V-8 m 1949 models, the F- level general manager John Rock rebUIld Immediately and to 85 Jetfire With tur- In the late 1980s, GM lamented that "a day at jJo09Poc:J put all the 6rrn's production bocharged alum mum V-8 responded to cntlclsm that OldsmobIle IS tougher than resources mto the httle engme m 1963 and the Its cars all looked and drove a day at BUIck or PontIac" :Jewelers CUl"VedDash Olds, the front-wheel-dnve Toronado ahke and ordered each diVI- The tough days Will soon "Merry Oldsmobile" of m 1966 sIOn to develop a speCIfic be over 91 KERCHEVAL AVE., on-the-Hill OldsmobIle prospered m market Identity Chevrolet (313) 881-6400 mUSical fame It was a momentous deCI- the muscle-car era In 1978, grabbed ItS traditional Grosse Pomte's Pioneer Jewelers. Established 1930 SIOn,because It committed Oldsmobile sales topped one entry-level role, Pontiac TED PONGRACZ. GRADUATE GEMOLOGIST Olds to productIOn of a million, more than half of deCided It would be the Kerby HOURS. MON-SAT 930-530 From page 3A Grosselbinte News dren The school district Will (USPS 230.400) ask the Farms counCil at Its Published every Thursday Jan 8 meetmg to approve By Anteebo Publishers the curb cut plan as present- 96 Kercheval Avenue ed m October The proJect's Mom needed assistanceto get Grosse Pointe, MI 48236 $20,000 cost would be paId by the school dlstnct PHONE: (313) 882.6900 through each day. And I could no The Farms counCil would S('('ood Cla\s Posla~e paid al DetfOlt MI(hl~an and addtltonal matlln~ have to change parkmg ordi- longer balance the responSibilities of orilf~ nances around the school SubSCription RaiN 531 !X'r year via Parkmg m the curb cut my family, work and home. That's when molll S ~8 oul Of Slale would be allowed only dur- POStMASTER Send addr ... , chan~es fo CrOoC;\e POinte News 96 mg the start and end of assisted living at Bon Secours Place Kercheval Cr 26101 Jeffcrson Avcnue p,1Vf'n rn In1"'1(' k)( (orr('(1loo In rtlf' fot to do It~ part to en~ure that St ClaIr %ore~, Michigan 4808 I 1rM1n~KWf' \Vf> ;"\UfTl(" 00 r~)JlYblI all dnvmg and parkmg ordi- Ily nI the ...me all'" the 'I'l mS (.(()<. I December 2B, 2000 Grosse Pointe News 6A Seniors A very special time of Christmas traditions peace and good Will to men" IS to him that we owe the outcome of settmg up the "Twa;, the mght before sure It becau;,e It has shone It's a message that pervades Its slgmficant I1ght through- the deepe;,t hopes of all who Chnstmas tree and adorn- Chn;,tmas" As traditIOnal Ing It With hghts and orna- as the day Itself I" this out all our year;, as a family have and ever Will celebrate ments familiar, well-loved vel se We ;,ee presents around Chnstma;, the tree Bnghtly wrapped, We are told that before the One of the oldest that encompa'i~ed the Chnstmas traditions IS delight and '" onder of they create a kaleldo;,tope of birth of Chnst, the Normans memone;, - the plLtures had a fea;,t Lalled exchanging presents That Chnstmas 10 young and old dates back to the Roman ahke change a;, from smallluxun- Saturnaha It was a day set ou;, gIfts for two, to hoped- aSide to gwe glory to Saturn Saturnalia Chnstmas cards It COnjUreSup a ,hlon of a are a comparatively rpcent for tovs Through the year;, They had fastmg and games tree fre;,hly cut. ~ymmetn- Prime Time custom that came m With cal a;, a geometnl' design, the tOyS become clothe'i and They gave presents to the 'itereo;, and camera;, and poor They ht torches and the penny post filhn~ thp hf1\1-'p wIth thp By Marian Trainor ldiUl ..", no\'. S3'1ta ,>ports equipment and tmal- candles There was no tlght- S~ ~ fragrance of pmI' In our Claus, was the patron samt ly back to small luxunou;, a golden light The pillars mg There was peace and mmd's eye, we behold the treasured Now was a very of children In Europe he mynad colored light;" blink- gIfts for two agam speCial time when we sat decked In green The altar goodWill to all bnlllant With pomsettlas traveled on a donkey It took 109 through branche", orna- We remember Chn"tma;, together With only the lights Even after the birth of breakfast With warm, frUlt- and the manger scene m the Chnshamty, the birth of the Amencans to put him m ments which have been col- on the tree and the glow of an airborne sled drawn by lected ovel the ;,pan of I'd coffee cake, the flurry of the fireplace to lighten the center of It all We remem- Chnst was not celebrated m ber gomg out mto the frosty Iell1deer There are those Chnstmases past, hangmg gathenng up Chnstmas darkness and soft gentle allY special way It was wrappmg and gettmg ready mght agam, greetmg neigh- much later that the church- who say that In Amenca we from slightly bowed branch- Chnstmas musIC to break have over-commercialized to greet guests for dmner It bors, our vOices echOing and es began to celebrate the es, all of them With special the Silence Chnstmas As we read the \'-as a wonderful time cracklmg m the chill and event Chnstmas first came slgmficance hlstones of how vanous Everyone came - grandma A;, we hstened, our commg home to the exhaust- to England at the end of the Some of them made by countnes celebrated and grandpa and cousms, thoughts dnfted beyond the mg and yet exhllaratmg 19th century Puritans tned lOVing httle hands from Chnstmas, we wonder what aunts and uncles, each one wreathed door and the com- task of gettmg ready for hard to do away With years past are faded now, future generatIOns Will say dressed m Chnstmas finery, fort and JOY of Chnstmas Chnstmas mormng Chnstmas celebratIOn They but still precIous and Irre- We remember the beauty about our pnonhes and placeable Some of them everyone smllmg and talk- As we Sit we wonder were not wholly revived mg, excited over bemg and solemmty of the untll early In the 19th cen- what customs w1l1change acqUired to mark each pass- where It all began Was We hope they note that together and appreciatIVe of Chnstmas Eve semcl' tury mg year bnng back special Chnstmas thiS long and far while we did put great whatever gifts were We hear the church One who did much to memones that are very spe- chimes peahng and echomg away? Hlstonans say "no" emphaSIS on gift-giVing, we Cial - our first Chnstmas received We associate the beglnmngs revIVe the splnt of It was a day we felt should 111 the cold Winter air and Chnstmas was Charles also held close to our hearts together, baby's first of Chnstmas With the birth the endunng and never- never end, and yet tired and see stars ghttenng and Dickens Prmce Albert, hus- Chnstmas, the last year we of Chnst who came 2000 changing spmt of the day - happy we welcomed the bnght m a mldmght sky We band of Queen Vlctona, was were together as a family thnll agam to the wondrous years ago to bnng new hope love, family, peace and glory And the star that shines peace and qUiet that came for mankmd The famlhar mfluentlal also In revlvmg With mght Children whom Sight that greeted our eyes the Chnstmas hohday He to God from the top' It was so spe- when we open the church story has for ItS theme the And so, happy hobdays to Cial we bought It Chnstmas we thought were too tireless message "Glory to God m brought With him customs to sleep fell mto their bed door from hiS natlve Germany It all and God bless you Eve and what a time we had The church was bathed m the highest and on earth, gettmg It In place We trea- clutchmg the gift they most High-fat diet and links to Alzheimer's disease found m people on a lower- and take antioXldant vlta- 60 there was an eight-fold mms, such as beta carotene, School of Medlcme percent of the populatlon, fat regimen By Matilda Charles }ugher mCldence of the ms- C and E, which attack and and which tends to make ItS We're now learrung that 111 Cut the fat 111 your met, They analyzed decades of ease than those Apo-E4 car- eatmg patterns of 304 elder- carners more susceptible to the presence of the Apo-E4 neutrahze the rampaging and cut the nsk of develop- developmg Alzheimer's ners who ate a low-fat dIet radicals before they can mg Alzheimer's disease ly persons, 72 of whom had SCientists have known for gene, these radicals may Alzheimer's They centered The SCientists found that cause an accumulatIOn of cause harm ThiS IS one of the findmgs among those WIth the gene a long time that a rugher-fat Although the study mcluded m a recent study their research on a common wet causes the release of the type of depOSits found m gene mutatIOn called Apo- who ate a high-fat diet the brams of AlzheImer's mvolved diets eaten done by researchers at Case bet\'- een the ages of 20 and more destructive free radi- between the ages of 20 and Western Re"erve Umver'ilty E4, that occurs 111 some 40 cals (a form of oxygen that patients The research, of course, 60, It'S never too late to can cause premature aging change your metary habits' and cell damage) than are contmues Meanwhile, the sCientists Talk to your doctor about It at Case Western say their Source Tlus matenal IS study appears to support a taken from the July 31 pub- "prescnptlOn" for lowenng licatIOn, The Bram In the the nsk of developmg the News, which repnnted the disease which was present- onglnal report by JamIe ed by doctors attending the Talan, pubhshed 111 recent World Alzheimer's Newsday, July 13 You can e-matl MatIlda Congress The essential pomts of the Charles at prescnptlOn are as follows letters kfws@hearstsc com, Eat a low-fat diet, Includmg or wrtte to her In care of lots of frUits and vegetables, Kmg Features Weekly Increase your phySical and SerVIce, 628 Virgmla Drwe, mental actlVlty, don't smoke, Orlando, Fla 32803 City pump mJam~€ngU~bantiquts station gets Graceful Largest Anllque Slare In Soulheaslem MIchigan Living A New 40 Foot Container From England ReceIVed Every 60 Daysl repaired English Primitive Pine Pieces • By Jim Stickford elm.• Wardrobes. Harvest Tables. ~ell Staff Writer Let us introduce you to the eastside's best-kept secret m ~ ~. Collectables and Smalls • ~ ~ Work on the City of Grosse Pomte pump statlon rehrement livmg ...two unique seruor reSIdences that have Monday-Frklay 9 to 5 WE BUY AND SELL! at the corner of Neff and Saturday 10 to 5 (810) 771-t651 CharlevOIX, across from the been tucked away m your neighborhood for nearly 20 years. 19717 East Nine Mlle. St C1allShores Between I 94 and baseball diamonds, should be completed soon Both located m qmet, beautIful settings m convement The City CounCil approved spending about $15,000 at the last councll eastsIde locahons. Each With spacious apartments and Someone You Love Can Use OUT Jielp meetmg to make sure the pump statIOn IS properly lInmaculately mamtamed grounds. Not to mention • Full or part. mamtalned time coverage "That statIon IS used to excellent meals served dally m our lovely dmmg room. • Bonded and insured pump samtary sewage to DetrOIt for processmg," said • Rl'I supen lSed Bnan Vick of the City man- Now owned by a fellow Eastslder that you've known and Regt 1 1 December 28, 2000 7A Grosse Pointe News Obituaries who knew rum Monday, Dec 11, 2000, 10 (Edvard), a son, Edward C Patricia M. Batten Mr Fowler IS survIved by Denver, Cola She was 76 Chase III (Nancy), a brother, Mrs Scott was born m Harper Woods resident hiS Wife, Chanel Hannoush. Wilham K Chase, and eight Midland and was a sec- Patricia M Batten died Fowler, a !>on, Nicholas grandchildren ondary school teacher m the Thursday, Dec 7, 2000, at Mathew, hiS mother, JudIth, Memonal donatIOns may DetrOIt Pubhc Schools Providence Hospital In hiS father, Jameb, a Sister, be sent to Grosse POinte Mr!> Scott was a member Southfield She wa~ 43 Kn!>tl11e (Stanley) Fowler Woods Presbytenan Church, of the DetrOit chapter of the Mrs Batten wa~ born 10 BdguZI!>, a brother, Bradley, 19950 Mack, Grosse POinte Amencan AS!>OClatlOn of DetrOIt and was d secretary two nieces, Elena Baguzls Woods, MI 48236 Umverslty Women for the UOlted Auto and Megan Baguzls, and a She enjoyed gardelllng, Workers nephew, Zachary Baguzls wlldhfe and was active In SurvlVors Include hel hus- A funeral Mass for Mr Mathew Malcolm culture dlSCU"SlOngroups on band, John, her father, Fowler Will be celebrated Fowler such tOPiCS art, poetry and TImothy J Foley, a sl~ter, Thur'iday, Dec 28, at St literature Catherine Mary (Rick) Vera- Former Grosse Pomte Mary's Cathohc Churrh m Woods reSident Mathew Survivor!> I11clude a Burgos, and two brother~, St Clalf ~'uneral arrange- Malcolm Fowler, of Tempe, daughter, Shelley S (James) TImothy J (Tom) Foley and ments are bel11g handled by Anz , died Wednesday, Del' Ber~hof, two brother", Dr Richard A Foley WUjek-Calcaterra Funeral 20, 2000 HQ '.',:lS 26 ul Ed" 'jrr\ C'Irr Ann Dr Bovd A tuneral Mas~ tor Mr~ IIvlllt_ St.-rlmg HCI;;hts Mr Fowler, an officer for Carr, and two grand!>ons, Batten was held Tue~day, Memonal gifts may be the Anzona State Pnson, Scott Bershof and Sam Dec 12, at St Hubert Mathew Malcolm Fowler sent to the Nicholas M Harry J. Chancey died III the line of duty m Bershof Catholic Church In Harrison Fowler Scholarship Fund, Peanal County, Anz The State Umverslty and the c/o Knstme Baguzls, She was predeceased by Township Interment I~ at the 340th Bomb Squadron cause of hiS death IS under Anzona Pohce Academy her husband, Charles A ResurrectIOn Cemetery In He enjoyed volunteer work, Michigan NatIOnal Bank, Mr Fowler was a member Scott golfing dnd. the outdoors investigatIOn 21110 Mack, Grosse Pomte Clinton Township Fune'dl of the varsity football team A memonal gervlce Will be Mr Chancey I~ survived Mr Fowler was born Dec Woods, MI 48236 arrangements were handled and the concert chOIr at held at a later date Funeral by hiS Wife, Dorothy Mane, 24, 1973, m DetrOIt and was by Verheyden Funeral North and enjoyed hiS famI- arrangements were handled a daughter, Val anI' Parks, a 1992 graduate of Grosse Home Pomte North High School ly and sports He was a lov- Elizabeth Carr Scott by Horan & McConaty MemOrial gifts may be five sons, Harry J , Mark D , and a graduate of Wayne mg father and fnend to all Funeral Service 111 Denver sent to the Southfield John E, Jeffrey J and Elizabeth Carr Scott died Oncology Institute, 21751 Gregory J , and eight grand- W 11 Mile, SUite 114, children Southfield, MI, 48076 A memOrial Mass for Mr Chancey WIll be held Fnday, lhomasville's Louis J. Dec 29, at St Clare of Montefalco Cathohc Church Catani, Ph.D. Funeral arrangements are Dr LoUIS J Catam died bemg handled by Verheyden Tuesday, Dec 19, 2000, 10 Funeral Home hiS Grosse Pomte Park home He was 74 Edward C. Chase Jr. Dr Catam was born 10 A funeral semce Will be Hernn, III , was a graduate held on Fnday, Dee 29, at of Wilbur Wnght Techmcal 11 a m 111 Grosse Pomte High School m DetroIt and Woods Presbytenan Church received hiS bachelor's, mas- for longtime Grosse Pomte ter's and doctorate degrees Woods reSident Edward C from Wayne State Chase Jr, who died on Umverslty He was an elec- Tuesday, Dee 26, after a Here at ThomaSVIlle we are throWing our annual New Year's Sale-a-bratton. And It'S tncal engmeer for Chrysler long Illness gomg to be a dandy A Sale-a-bratlon tS when you have the tIme of your life and the Corp Mr Chase, 85, was born 10 Dr Catam IS survived by DetrOIt and graduated from saVIngs beyond your dreams. It's a cross between a New Year's Eve Blast and a hiS Wlfe of 49 years, Helen, Grosse Pomte High School Block Buster Sale, tons of fun and unheard of pnces For example- four daughters, Dr LIsa, He lettered m hockey at the Christl (Dr Steven) AIken, UmversIty of MIchIgan Momque (Dr Remhard) where he receIved hIS degree Motte and Rhaphael (Lee) m Civil engmeenng Wells, a son, Mark A veteran of World War H, A funeral Mass for Dr Mr Chase was a heutenant, Catam was celebrated semor grade m the Umted Fnday, Dec 22, at St States Navy's constructIOn 40.50% Off Storewide Ambrose Cathohc Church battalIon, also known as the Interment IS at Mount Seabees He served In the Ohvet Cemetery m DetrOIt PaCific theater Funeral arrangements were In the 1950s, Mr Chase handled by Verheyden and hiS tWl11 brother Funeral Home WIlliam founded The Chase 1/2 Off Bedding Co They were general con- Harry J. Chancey tractors for many projects m Grosse Pomte Park resI- the Grosbe POlntes dent Harry J Chancey dIed An active member of the of cardiac arrest on commumty, Mr Chase was a Thursday, Dec 21, 2000, at member of the M Club as 1/2 Off Beds Bon Secours HospItal He well as the Grosse Pomte was 81 Semor Men's Club Mr Chancey was born 10 He also was very mvolved DetrOIt and was a graduate m the commumty hfe of ofUmverslty of DetrOIt HIgh Grosse Pomte Presbytenan MusIC will resonate among the drastICally reduced sofas, chaIrs, bedrooms sets, School and the UmversIty of Church DetrOIt He was retned from Mr Chase IS sumved by dmmg rooms sets, reclmers, tables, entertainment centers, home offIce furntture the Ford Motor Co He also hiS Wife of 55 years, Esther _ the selection IS fabulous' - accessones galore, unique decorattve mIrrors, lamps, served 10 the U S AIr Force Nemode, four daughters, Mr Chancey was a mem- Penelope Shefferly (Jon), wall hangmgs You'll fmd one of the Widest selectIOns of furntture ber of the Semor Men's Club Pamela Dowen (Robert), and home furntshmgs at a Thomasville Home Furntshmgs store of Grosse Pomte, AARP, the Barbara Feldman (Michael) Kmghts of Columbus and and Ehzabeth Lazar 2000: a year of growth and Most importantly, it's all yours at WIld and crazy Happy New Year's pnces Come in enJoy the fun and then pIck out what you really need at rock-bottom pnces expansion at G.P. libraries You'll even love the extra savmgs on fmancmg' By Bonnie Caprara many reSidents used the Staff Wnter Internet or shopped at book- The year 2000 paved the stores hke Border~ and way for the expanslOn of a Barnes & ~oblp mstead of bigger hbrary system m the usmg the lIbranes, but stlll plus We Will Pay Your Sales Tax Grosse POIotes supported the hbranes In September, the Grosse A number of patrons who Pomte Library Board chose use the library commented & to mcrease the dish Ict'S on the lack of space and Or Make No Payments millage rate from 1 14 mills avallablhty of matenals to 1 5 mills m order to ralse The late arnval of new $800,000 a year to help release" was also marked as Pay No Interest for 12 Months*. finance two proposed nf'W a concern 8,000-10,000. squa re-foot Survey questlOns alludmg lIbranes One proposed site to new semces 11kI' a coffee EnJOYyour new furniture for twelve months before the payments begm, and enJoy you IS adjacent to the eXI~tmg bar, gift ~hop and audlton- Woods Branch on the urn - reqUisites of many will So mark your calender fight now You certamly don't want to mIss thts blowout grounds of Parcells Middle new hbraTle~ bemg bUllt See you at our very speCIal New Year's Sale-a-bratton School, the other at the site acro'i" the country - gath- of the former Jefferson erpd httle or negatIVe mter- Chevrolet on Jefferson 111 e"t from respondents Grosse Pomte Park In another effort to Accordmg to natIOnal pxpand the lIbrary 111 anoth- 2 Days Only hbrary standards, a commu- er way a few members ofthe mty the size of the Gros~e GI (h'ie Pomte and Harper Speciol NewYeor's Hours: Sun De( 31st & Mon Jon 1st: 12-5 Pomtes and a portIOn of Wood., lIbrary boards Harper Wood" reqUlre~ explored the pOS91blllty of about 50,000.60,000 "quare con<,olldatmg both hbrary feet of hbrary "pace The dl<,tnct" combmed ~quare footage at In Apnl the Grosse POl11teLibrary Board agreed all three IIbrarle<, 1~ current- to pnter t PRODUCTION EDITORIAL CLASSIFIED. 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M14e236 Dlane Morelli, Ed,tonal AS515lant CIRCULATION (3131343-SSn ....t.\\ ..fJf-'t.rs nf AmUlCd Julie R Sulton, Mana);er/ Allnu.,,,ralor and 'J.lllont[ Vol. 61, No. 52, December 28,2000, Page SA Betty Bro•• e.u Proofre.der AmyAngelastro COOrdln1tor Ad\lrh"ln~ Repre"-t.nlltlVi::' 1313) 34).5575 .....~\\"'~J.i'H U<.{l{ .. 1111 Offering from the loft MOW~ LET" LET Don't moan rejoice! ~I"i) NEW I e are nght smack dab in the last mght? Long forgotten m thelr M1L.\..6NNlu"1 mIddle of the season We can whIte robes, theIr mnocence restored, S groan and moan, or we can our faIth mtact. f W Isn't lt wonderful to see how we can rehsh and enJoy the touchy- feely emotlOns we are permItted to st111mteract WIth gamest It IS such a wear on our sleeves WIth glee at thIS speCIal feehng to share qUlet tIme Wlth tIme of year I prefer the latter a chIld, whether lt be Wlth a favored Calls, e-malls and cards have been book or learnmg a new game There made or sent and receIved across the are stlll some fiercely competttIve mIles as fnends and loved ones reach board games to hven up a gathenng as out to express theIr canng and love well as test thelr creatIvIty We see pIctures of chIldren and grand- The chlldren love ad-libs and mak- chIldren, or If they have stayed fit, we mg up theIr own stones, msertmg see pIctures of them at the beach wlth famlly names to personahze them theIr new famlhes They st1ll adore Monopoly and Some of the holtday letters are actu- Scrabble and the many verSlOllS avaIl- ally worth readmg thlS year, and they able and that proVlde opportumtles for "eem to be more creatIve than ever. us to be Wlth them domg what they They run the gamut, mcludmg recipes enJoy for hfe and good chocolate bars They And even though there IS an occa- 1 $30,000 to $50,000 dads and antIque photographs by celebntles 1 whatchamacalhts Flgunng never heard of Once m a whIle the pro- Fair These owner!> tell how ducers of these shows throw , out the value of old stuff and learnmg why It IS - or Ibn't they pIcked up thIS tortOise m a dud The Item up for - valuable IS an absorbmg shell doodad for 50 cents or 'lcrutmy IS a fake or a copy warning pastime Sometimes Just fig- those 12 warped and worn or a poor ImItatIOn of some- I have some new favorite urmg out what the heck an mahogany dInmg room thmg valuable Or It looks Item IS, IS fasclnatmg Each I chaIrS WIth !>crolled legs and Interestmg but IS one of TV program~ - "At the Say AuctIOn," "Appraisal Fair," object carnes Its own bIte- pierced bplats and H- thousand!> of un-!>ought- and "Appral~e It" on HGTV, sized history lesson, an hor!> stretcher~ for a mere $100 after Item!>jU'lt like It Margie Reins Smith (See? I'm learnmg the lIngo and "The AntIque~ d'oeuvre that whets your "Unfortunately," the Roadshow," which seem~ to appetIte for more I'm paymg attentIOn) appraIser says, thI<, Item I!> Before the appral!>er e!>tl- travel to dlfTerent channell, The unspoken the rest of our lives hobby too chlppedlru~tedl mates the value of each as well a~ dlfferpnt CItieS premise/promise of all these The owner of thiS shop smashedlunkempt, or It'!>too 1 haY(' lots of odd, rusty, object, he or !>he usually Sometlme~ I race home ~how~ IS the same maybe exammed each of the ~kIrts new or It ha~ been poorly dIlapIdated thmg~ Most of a~ks the owner early or stay up late, just so !>ome of our own ugly old and dre~~e~ and !>weah.r!> restored or It'S a fake or a them, however, are the "Do you have any Idea of I can tune In to one of these broken stuff that looks like and <;hoe!>that I brought m copy or It\ not !>Igned or chee!>e log or the chips and the value of thl~ piece?" awesome appl cll;,dl fe~t!> junk IS actually worth onLOn-~oup dIp vanety of and prodmmed them clean somethmg The owner 1 e<,ponds "1 Except for brief ppeks at hundreds or thou!>ands of hI!>tOric hor!> d'oeuvres and In excellent conditIOn "If you hke It, that's what dollar!> We all want to find have no Idea I haven't a matter~," the appraI~er local new;, and ~ome half- The other problem I!> "But we can't take them," , hearted glances at the excel- the NatlvP Amencan tnbal clue" say!>, a!> the owner shifts I'm usmg them she ~ald "They're out-of- basket or the art deco etched After the appral'Jer put!> a lent Ime-up of hour-long .t) 1(' 1'hpy'o npVPr <;1'11 " awkwardly and tne<, not to pi J."- .... vii. tht.- ...t ....n1, th"" u ~\ner theme program!> on A&E glass va!>e or the flttany AOuUL 10 )"<11" d!5U, I Luuk look gullIble and foolish some clothmg to a local I wore some of those cla~p~ her hand~ over her and the History Channel, I lamp or the CIvil War sword I lIke m) old clothes I like resale shop ThIS ~tore pnd- clothes the week before mouth and ga!>ps "Oh my don't watch much TV or the hand-made, signed, myoId furniture, even ed itself on bemg "up!>cale" AntIques appraI~al pro- gracIOus' You're klddmgl" When I do watch, It'S dated, mmt-condItlOn though It'~ the dIme-a-dozen (the store's term), which Some pieces are lovely 1 while I'm dOing !>omethmg fnendshIp quJlt that's been grams usually mclude mter- liked a Phlladelphla vanety else - workmg on my com- stored m our attic for 125 meant that ItS owner was VIeWS WIth the owners of mahogany table that was However, I wouldn't mind puter, Iromng, paymg bills, years - and Just happens to metIculous and fimcky lOterestlng old Items They featured recently It was dl!>covenng tho~e 12 neglect- readmg the newspaper, talk- be hIghly 'Jought-after by about what she would accilpt tell how they InherIted theIr on consIgnment bland, beIge watercolor bUIlt around 1760, accordmg ed mahogany chaIrs ~tashed r mg on the phone or workmg collectors m an old barn somewhere The tnck is to root out She pIcked and chose only landscapes, their bulbous to the appraiser, and It had a 10 the kitchen Cookmg, I'd auctIOn them In a heart- what she thought would sell lamps, theIr delIcate gold fil- plecrust edge, cabnole legs even the!>e odd, rusty, dIlapIdated beat and plan a Her prerogatIVe, for sure Igree lockets stuffed WIth and a top that could be tIlted hlstoncal canapes, dust MedIterranean crUIse That's It them off, sell them, then hve After all, she was runmng a human half and Lord knows andlor sWIVeled The FaIr warning But ah, those antique doo- hke the nch and famous for busmess, not pursulOg a what else, and theIr sIgned appraIsal was mce too - Grosse Point~ N~ws The Op-Ed Page December 28, 2000, Page 9A _~i by Ben Burns In the College of LIterature, Run the Walk-on SCIence and the Arts, or LS&A millennium Wolverine Iromcally, Bruce dIdn't get Quarterback Mike When Jeanne Bocci sets to see hIS son's Andy Warhol Kaselitz's entIre DIVISIon I out to run around Belle Isle moment He and hiS WIfe, football career mIght be on New Year's Eve, she'll be Mary Kaselitz, were out of summed up In a smgle play accompamed by 1,500 to town watchIng Mary's son, from scnmmage On the last 2,000 of her best fnends Kevin Collins, a 1996 play of the Sept 9, 38-7 VIC- They'll range North graduate, play foot- tory over RIce at U-M StadI- m age from ball for the UmversIty of um, Kasehtz, a 1999 gradu- toddlers to Maryland KeVIn, a star ate of Grosse Pomte South septuagenan- baseball player In hIgh took the snap from center as ans school, walked on at most of the 109,778 fans ThIS won't Maryland two years ago and were leaVIng and sneaked be any mIl- made the travel squad as a Visit the Grosse Pointe Dogs website: http://gpdogs.homepage.com for three yards End of game lennIum WIde receIver and speCial and pOSSIbly end of BIg Ten mInute for teams member ThIS year he game career BOCCI, of the Ben Burns got to play and m fact won Kasehtz IS one of a half New Year resolution Park She the "Unsung Hero Award~ at dozen, talented quarter- and her famIly have been the post-season football ban- I can't thmk of a better make mIstakes and suffer dolOg a New Year's Eve run backs on the MIchIgan team con~equences, they merely Only the first two or three quet New Year resolutIOn than ever since 1970 when a cou- Bruce does have a tape of expenence the conse- ever get much merna atten- becoming a better parent ple of OlympIan fnends of that last-second play that quences as pUnIshment tIon, but the fact IS that any What we do now WIth our her husband Gerald's paId MIke ran And admIts be ThIS parent IS constantly ofthe SIXcould play for a col- kids WIll mfluence theIr a VISIt and the BOCCIS'deCId- has played It "a couple of threatenIng and ISSUIng lege team somewhere m the adult development for the ed they needed some actIVIty tImes ~ And Mary down- dIre consequences, such as U S on Saturday afternoons rest of their lIves, and mflu- to entertaIn them So they loaded a pIcture of the play beIng grounded or demed In the fall But MIke wanted ence the lIves of our grand- deCided to do two laps up from the U.M football web chlldren, present and telephone or teleVISIon pnv- and down WmdmI11 POInte a good educatIOn and a shot Lleges at the best of bIg-tIme col- SIte future for a four-mIle race The And Bruce, Mary, KeVIn The kId mIght learn to lege football so he went to ExperIence ha~ taught us women got to start ahead of and lots of Mike's fnends lOWIng paragraphs, for slm- obey, but IS prone to rebel Ann Arbor as a preferred that the most Important the men and everyone was WIll be watchIng on New phCIty, when I say "hIS," I and IS seethIng WIth resent- walk-on thmg we can do for our kIds mVlted back to the BOCCI Year's Day when the mean "hl!lJher ") ment He has also not house for pasta afterwards IS to help them become Wolvennes take the field In The helIcopter parent learned to thInk for hImself HIS father, Bruce responsIble, lOgIcal and lov- Jeanne doesn't remember Orlando agaInst Auburn In hovers over the chIld domg The teenager who learns Kaselitz of the City, 109 mdlVIduals We cannot who won, but that first year the CitruS Bowl Because homework, checkmg the lIst from the actual conse- explaIned that means MIke make them feel good about the awards for fimshers No 12, MIke Kasehtz from and checkIng It tWIce to quences of hIS behavlOr IS gets to tram WIth the team, themselves or make them were fruitcakes Grosse Pomte South, WIll be make sure It IS complete better eqUIpped to deal WIth eat at the tramlng table and be responsIble or successful, dressed and ready for and correct In some cases, everyday hfe WIthin five years, the race pose as the quarterback for but we can, by our behaVIOr, actIOn mcrease the lIkelIhood that the parent even WrItes and The 10VIng-and-logIcal had outgrown WmdmIll the next week's opponent tney WIll Decome maepen- edIts the chIld's compOSI- type ot parentmg IS more POInte and the Park parkIng dunng practIces It also Ben Burns IS dIrector of dent, responsIble and self- tIons and papers, so he WIll the "consultmg" model A lot, so they approached the means hours and hours of the JournalISm program at rehant get an A consultant does not gIve CIty of DetrOIt Parks and practIce and tramIng and Wayne State Unwerslty and Of course, the be!>t The parent thInkS that adVIce or directIOn, but RecreatIOn Department In welghthftmg year round In can be reached at teacher IS our own good unless hIS httle darlIng alternatIves and Ideas HIS 1975 and that year 250 ran SpIte of that full workload, burnsben@home com or by example We <;hould stnve doesn't get hIgh marks, he WIsdom IS WIthheld for the In the cold and ram and MIke cames a 3 2 average phone at (313) 882-2810 to be role models of people WIll not get Into the best greater WIsdom of lettmg Jeanne stIll InVIted them all - who take good care of our- school, and maybe end up the chent or child learn back to her house for pasta selves, by bemg lOVIng, flIppIng hamburgers or from the consequences of "One guy went to Kroger's m responsIble and lOgical becommg a bag lady, bum hIS own behaVIor He IS not the VIllage three tImes for FIrst we need to know or derehct, or so the dITe pumshmg or Judgmental, noodles," Jeanne saId some parentmg styles that warnmgs go but Instead IS empathIC and ThIS year the Belle Isle may seem lOVIng and lOgi- It IS not good for the chIld analytical Runners and the Downtown cal, but are really not The to learn to lIsten to VOIces When there IS a problem, Runners and Walkers are word "love" IS oft used and oUtSIde hImself rather than the consultant Imparts hiS gOIng to host the 31st annu- "alter oft mIsused UncondItIOnal from the VOIceWIthIn KIds WIsdom mdlrectly, by sug- al event WIthout a major cor- love IS a gIven, that IS, we who learn to lIsten solely to gesting alternatIves and porate sponsor underwntmg adVIce and lectures con- vanous ways of lookmg at ego love our chIldren even when the long-sleeved T-shirts, they are unsuccessful and stantly, WIll eventually turn It He lets the chIld, the food and awards that every make mistakes to hstenmg to other peers, clIent, choose a course of runner or walker who takes Some parents make the some of whom would sug- actIon, and If It work<;, fine, part gets Any left- over pro- mIstake of confUSIng uncon- gest expenmentmg WIth and If It doesn't, there IS ceeds are donated to the dItIonal loVE'WIth tryIng to drugs or prematur~ sex or somethmg to be learned CoalitIOn on Temporary prevent theIr chIldren from even thIevery We learn best by expen- Shelter (COTS) makIng ml<;takes, or when KIds need to learn to ence, not SImply from what they make mistakes, make thmk for them'lelves, and we are told Race registratIOn WIll be excuses for them and ball learn from theIr mIstakes Much of what I have SaId at the Brodhead Armory, them out ThIS I'l not good HelIcopter parent<; do not wa Is that the new 80e1l1/(" I unwav, like the ones down- another 18 mche~ expected 777? Or IS It an Alrbu' town on 1-94) tomght" Last chance Jumbo 380? The\ almo't The, say that Fed Today IS Thur~d Pointers on Mom forgets her medicine ... TeChnOlogy Dad just can't get around like he used to... By Mike Maurer George Guo, James Wood and James AIello do not know me, but I know them and theIr work The house is just too George teaches computer education classes at the NeIghborhood Club and the two James do the ,ame for the much to take care of... Grosse Pomte Public School System Both venues are great places to learn the hand,,-on ba~lcs of personal computer (PC) use and polish your "ktlls If you already know the baSICS The NeIghborhood Club offer~ a PC Fundamentals If there IS someone dear to you who needs help \\-lththe acuvllies of dally hvmg, St John Semor course that WIll acquamt you WIth PC hard\\are and ~oft. CommunIty can help ware TOPICSmclude the mtroductlOn to system component" We'll prOVIdeyour loved one WIththe assistance they need, whJ!e helpmg them to be as mdependent and understandmg the most popular software, mcludmg Microsoft (MS) Wmdows 95/98 and the MS Office package as po~slble Wlule making hfe easier for our residents IS our top pnonty, we also stnve to help With a maXImum enrollment of eIght persons, It'~ a fa"t residents stay active and Involved Some of our amenities and aCU\1t1eSmclude way to get cookmg Wlth the baSICS The Grosse Pomte school system offers SImilar program~ • Beauuful grounds and rose garden • Ice Cream Parlor called, appropnately, Computer.., Made Simple I and II Both the NeIghborhood Club and school !>y"tem cla:,ses are • AVIary • Gift Shop featunng a vintage popcorn only a few hours long, though some cover several days • FaCIlitypuppies machme and Jukebox After that, both offer additIOnal cJa~"es to famlhanze • TransportatIOn your!>elfwlth other popular Microsoft program~ • An elegant dmmg room At the NeIghborhood Club, you WIll find cour"es on • Health management and wellness seMces • 1\\'0 <;OClalworkers who speCIalIze Internet baSICS, where you will learn to ,end and receive r- • 24-hour emergenC) assistance m Is\ue<;related to agmg maIl or go surfing on the World Wide Web The) abo have a class on MS Word for Window" the most popular operat- • Spmtual Care staff and Chapel • Intergenerauonal program<; mg system for PCs That cia>., take~ two mghts • On-site dental and podIatry seMCes • DlrecTV In eve!) room If you want to learn about the ba~lc~ of thl' entIre MS Office SIte of program,;, they can handle that, too One cld:'~ • Laundry and housekeeping seMce • Comement, free resident parkmg that takes SIX hours over two mght, WIll covpr word pro- • Beauty Shop cessmg IMS Word), usmg a spreadsheet (MS Excel) and dOing busmess presentatlOn, WIth MS PowerPOInt The Sentor Communt!) s dedIcated AcuVIUesStaffalso You wIll learn to create, ,ave and pnnt documenh u..,e templates m profe""lOnal documf'nt" cre,lte bu,me", plans a vanel\ of aCtiVItIesmcludmg' reports Wlth graphiC'> build and manage mallmg h~h do busmess presentatIOns WIth computer "hde~ and mtegrate • Wme and cheese receptIOns office mformatlOn between the program, • MUSICaland cultural penonnances Whewl That IS a lot of ground to cover, but what good I'> a computer If you do not know the ~oftware? • Art classes One of the other mce thmg" about thf' NeIghborhood • MII<;eumtnps, Club program IS that they al~o offer one-on-one, Of onr-on a-few, tutonal~ • VI"I~ to the park, zoo and sportmg events And you can do It on site at the club or at a Gro~,(' Pomte locatIOn of your choo"mg Plu", re\ldent" take comfort m knO\\1ng St John The one-on-onf' tutonal can al"o cover program, "uch a SenIor Commumty prOVIde"IJVIngoptions and QUIcken (finanCIal I, WordPprfpct (anothpr popular word prOCf'~smg program) Lotu" 1-2-3 Imore ~pread,h('eh I, skIlled staff for \J!)1ng degrees of mdependence dBASE and Foxpro thai mean" .,hollid their lI\'e" change, their home If you do not know what ,omr of the,£, program~ ,Ire doe"n't have to For more mfonnatJon or a tour, capable of, call Grorgl' Guo ;>t 131.'3) HHfi.4fiOO Thl' Neighborhood Club cia" catalogs arf' aVailabll' at the duh please call 31n4).8265 on Watl'r1oo m Gro~~r Pomte A~ you probahly know thp,p cia",!" 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Senior than at the ~tart of thr nl'\\ mllll'nnlllm iOK .John RruCl Detroit, MI 48224-1343 Health System Community thf'rf> I~ your frrC' plug for thp Neighborhood ('Iubl) The Gro~"l' Pomt<' ,chool "v,tpm, cla",r, al,o offPf Residential Living hand~-on rxpJoratlOn of word procl''''mg diitaba~C''' imd j ~pread~hept<; for the ah<;olutl' hpgmner If VOl! haw a fpar Assisted liVing of computrr, thplr ('omputPf" MadC' ~Implp cia" I' th(' Short Term Rehabilitation Skilled Nursing Care Se€', Technology. paR'€' l1A b • December 28,2000 11A Grosse Pointe News Schools Schools find easy and difficult passages in 2000 for elevator proJecti> at seven fund from a 1998 '>ettlemcnt By Bonnie Caprara clai>sroom speCIal needs students dldates Steven Matthew~ and Jack Ryan Jw,t a~ buJldmgi> III the dli>tnct from the "tate to recoul' Staff Writer Commumty School start- requlfIng Extended School soundly In the June 12 Currently, the dl"tnlt ha~ lO.,t~ for "tatc mandated The year 2000 marked ed m September for It I, first Year sel VileS Lemerand about $3 6 mILlIon III the "pella1 educatlOn program~ sevel al paSi>ages m the full year WIth about 50 stu- hoped that outi>lde commu- school board electIOn A total Gro%e Pomte pubhc schools' dents mty and mumclpal services of 342 out of 38,500 voteri> III hl~tor) from the large num- could prOVIde SImIlar pro- the Gro;,se Pomte school dls- tnct came to the poll;, to gIve bC'r" of tllgh ~chool Jumors Out to lunch grams who pasbed their MEAI' After heanng parent Matthews 311 votes and The deCISiOn to keep the Iequests and learnlllg that Ryan 307 vote;, Both men te:,t" with flymg colors to two public hIgh school cam- relelve the i>tate's first wave outi>lde commumty agenCIei> ran unopposed puses open was a cloi>ed cai>e could not prOVide a i>J1mlar of MIlhlgan MerIt Award once agam i>cholm~hlpi> to the rei>ound- and compreheni>lve level of Contracts/ calendar The Grosse Pomte Board servIce, the dlstnct deCIded School: Grosse Pomte 109 support of the renewal of of Education heard pleas stalled r SQutr H'g), <';r h",,1 lllt.- ul"llld '" tlll ee .uteJ 'n "1 ly \1"r"h t" \r""P thp from parents, mostly tram program m place and ai>i>ei>S The lOOO-Ul i>chool year nllllages began WIthout teacher, office Grade: 12 Grosse Pomte North HIgh It on a year-by-year ba'\lb School, who pnmanly Cited peri>onnel and dai>sroom Tony Nouhan\ vowl tal A community effort Over the summer, a sur- ents have dl:,tmgUli>hed i>afety concerns about stu- vey developed and sent out aSi>lstant contracts and GIObi>ePOinte Community dents leavmg campus dur- almost began WIthout a cal- hIm not only at South, but by the dlstnct and the on the state level ai> well School opened Ib, doors at mg then 35-mmute lunch SpeCial EducatIOn Parent endar South to 19 hIgh school breaks for the second tIme The board of educatIOn He was named a finalist In AdVisory CommIttee, the i>tate Solo and JUnlori> and semors at the smce 1996 showed a need to contmue approved the 2000-01 calen- begmmng of the second School and dlstnct admm- dar on FrIday, Aug 25, 11 Ensemble Febtlval III the SCAMP for the summer of i>pnng of 2000 Nouhan IS semester Jf the 1999-2000 istrators spent months por- 2001 and made recommen- dayi> before the first day of also active In student gov- slilOol year mg over traffic studIes and datIOns for Improvements to '>chool, based on a tentatIVe agreement WIth the Grosse ernment as Student The dIstriCt's alternative surveys and meetmgs With the program hIgh school IS deSigned to students, parents and neigh- Pomte EducatIOn ASSOCIation treai>urer and offer a more mdlvldual, bors They also developed ASSOCiatIOn (GPEA) The With the Pomte Players tran'>curncular approach to plans to make staymg m at They're in the calendar was left m limbo where he earned the core studws for students lunchtime more attractive to money between the passage of the Thespian Award and was one of four students select- who feel disengaged III a tra- students SIxty percent of the high state's school aid package m ed to dIrect a one-act play dItIOnal classroom settmg When all was said and school Jumors who took the late July and teacher con- m the spring of 2001 Classes are offered III 90- done, the board deCIded m MEAP test m May 1999 tract negotiatIOns Tony Nouhan mmute blocks m the morn- May to keep the campuses went off to college m The approval of the GPEA mg, With one block focusmg open contract came later 10 early September With theIr check- Student of the Week !s a weekly feature of the Grobse on Enghi>h and SOCIal stud- books a httle fuller November The new four- Powte Neus w whtch one htgh ~chool student !~ select- ieS, the other on math and SCAMP not Over 381 students were year agreement mcludes up self-management, leavmg to four half-days of plannmg ed based on academIC, athletIC or communtty servICe the first-time reCipients of The Student of the Week tS afternoons free to take elec- scrapped the state's MichIgan Ment time for elementary school tive classes at theIr home Dlstnct duector of specIal teachers, a fleXIble benefits awarded a $25 gIft certIficate to Award, a $2,500 scholarshIp the Gap from Vyletel hIgh slhooli> educatIOn Pamela The scholarships were package as well as a 4 3 per- VylETEl Driwn ..... Volkswagen / Butch At the end of the school Lemerand ongmally deCIded earned exceedmg state aver- cent salary mcrease for the f;) year, Commumty School to cut SCAMP, the wstnct's ages In the math, ~Clence, 2000-01 school year, a 39 admml:,trator Patncia Kelly summer SOCIal and recre- readmg and wntmg MEAP percent salary mcrease for noted that students showed ational program for specIal the 2001-02 and 2001-03 tests or scormg III that range Improved grades, atten- needs students, m order to school years and a 3 6 per- III two of the four MEAP GROSSE POINTE DRIVING SCHOOL, INe. dance and a reductIOn of fund programs needed for cent salary mcrease for the tests and scormg III the top Located In Grosse POInte Woods behavIOral problems m the an Increasmg number of 25 percent of the ACT or 2003-04 school year Owneriinstructor Don Schmaltz SAT tests Grosse Pomte The approval of the Info.!Appointments and Classes held at South HIgh School was the Grosse Pomte AdmiOlstratlOn AsSOCIation ~ Grosse Pointe War Memorial V District joins fourth-highest MIchIgan 16 m. (313) 881-7511 Ment Award-earnmg school came In early December m the state WIth salary adjustments to DRIVER ED SEGMENT I DRIVER ED SEGMEriI' 11 bnng pnnclpals, aSSIstant Qm T,me Only 65 percent of the Date Tme ~ Durant III lawsuit 11m 4-6pm pnnclpals and some central NO'I27 Do:cl4 MT",11> Nov619 MTTh 1999 JunIOr class took the ~ 6-Spm office admmlstrators mime ]m3 22 WThMTsu.ftSOIlIW 6Spm !'lov 27 28 }O MTTh MEAP test before Gov John Dee 1\ 12 14 \lTTh 6-8pm By Bonnie Caprara Board of EducatIOn filed for 1.. 22 Feb I M T W 11>(22M~) 6Spm Engler SIgned the legIslatIOn WIth theIr colleagues m sIm- FeblZ Imrl MTW11> 6-!pm Ian 29 :lO Fob I MTTh 6Spm Staff Writer $20 millIon m damages m ilar wstncts The dlstnct's M.v 5 22 MTW11> 6-lpm Fob 19 20 22 MTTll 4-6pm creatmg the scholarshIp pro- Mar26 Aprl2 MTWTb 6-8pm MI1568 MTTb 4-6pm The Grosse POinte Public the first Durant laWSUit and 6--!pm 4-6pm gram funded by the 1998 office personnel and class- Apr 16 Moy 1 MTWTb 'A11 19 20 22 MTTh School dlstnct has Jomed was awarded $3 3 mIllion m room aSSistants WIll enter MayT 24 \rlTWTb 61pm Apn19 10 12 MTTh 4-6pm multi-state laWSUIt settle- hlDe4 21 MTWTh 6Spm Apnl23 24 26- MTTb 4-6pm about 300 other school diS- Apnl1998 "",,11 ),lyIO M,T,WTb,"TWTh 1-4PM 4-6pm ment agamst tobacco prod- 2001 WIthout a contract ".y7 8 10 MTTh tricts across the state hop- A second Durant laWSUit MT.M.T uct manufacturers NegotiatIOns are contmumg mg to collect funds from the was filed almost immediate- COME DRIVE OUR PT CRUISER Nearly all of the Jumors m TheIr prevIOus contracts I state of Michigan for state- ly after the settlement, but ["'41 ~Irs I the two public high schools expIred on June 30, 2000 t mandated specIal educatIOn the dlstnct wd not enter the took the MEAP tests III the programs laWSUit feelmg that there spnng of 2000 A bonding • The laWSUIt, Durant III, would be a proper fundmg seeks reImbursement and mechamsm III place experience the promIse to contmue to However, accorwng to the Yes votes The Grosse Pomte Board Bob Grabowski fund programs accorwng to wstnct's attorneys at Clark Voters soundly approved of Education approved a and the staff of prOVISIOns m the Headlee HIll and auditmg firm, the renewal of three five- $7 3 million non-voted bond Amendment, whIch states Plante Moran, thIS has not year school mIll ages 10 In early November to expe- the state must prOVIde fund- happened March wte the completion of ener- G&G ' mg for state-mandated pro- The distnct is seekmg The 6 7555 mIll general gy-related buildmg Improve- grams such as speaal educa- $3 4 million m speCial edu- operatmg hold harmless ments at 11 of the distnct's tion catIOn fundmg shortfalls millage passed by a 3,594 to 16 buI1wngs FLOOR In the 1995-96 school over the last ....,0 years In 449 vote, the 1 3129 mill The 7 percent bond " year, the Grosse POInte the Durant III laWSUIt technology hold harmless payable m 15 years WIll COMPANY millage passed by a 3,491 to allow the dlstnct to com- 551 vote and the 18 mill plete a 10-year plan of pro- would like to non-homestead millage Jects over the course of 18-24 Technology passed by a 3,630 to 399 months WISH YOU AND vote At that same time, the YOUR FAMILY A JOYOUS From page lOA school students Voters turned out III fewer board approved the spend- If you wd not save your numbers, but remstated mg of $2 7 millIon from the AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON nght place to begIll commumty educatIOn cata- mcumbent school board can- dlstnct's Durant fund to pay The school system also log, whIch IS maIled to every offers an Internet For Grosse Pomte public school BeglOner~ class, but they distnct household, you can J(J.)f(lf (ji" !6{ttlcft!le recommend Yo'J take the pick one up at the Community School "SImple" class first Commumty EducatIOn office In addItIOn to the classes at Barnes School on ,ZIt S CAlif jrtlll'/kr'l ( lflllfl/tt(Jl'lh ,>Imllar to the NeIghborhood Mornlllgslde Dnve In Grosse seeks internships Club's, they also offer a web 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Gro"c Pt)lntc brm, MI 4S2~6 tilln on hank certIficate'> of dppo"lt and municipal continue throu~ January 7 nil) 8S4-4800 hond'l Open Tue,day - FnddY 10-5, Sdturday 11-5 Th(' c1a~,> do(''1 not gIve ~ Chmtma, Eve 10-4 <,pp(Jfi( ~tock or lOv(''\tment Edsel 8£ Eleanor Ford House ,Hlvllr All th(' "chool '\y'\tem 1100 Lake Shore Rd" Grosse Pointe Shores (313) 884-4222 ch",('~ arr open to hIgh , Grosse Pointe News South netters get a rare double honor By Chuck Klonke played No 2 III 1999 Calolyn 1& an excellent White and Batten played Sports Editor The two po",ted a 26-7 \\ nter and before the ,tate No J double;, a year ago Doubles team, have rN:ord and tour ot the meet "he wrote an e",,,,ay "They have the utmost always been a ",trong pOInt defeat:> well: to othel team" ..lbout her",elf and how she re"pec t fOl each othel," In thE' Gro,,"E' POlT\te South that made All-State, mclud- wondered at tirst whether SoblCrdlskl .,ald "There's gJrl", tenm", program mg thrE'e t'll 1'1' .,et 10"'''1''' to "he wa", good enough to play gn'at cheml",try between And It has never been POIt BUlon 11:01 thL'Jn, II hlCh With Brody She wa", afraid them They're always trymg ",tlonger than thl' :\,eal v,lth won the ,tate title Tllo of that ",he'd -let her down" to help each other" two of Its double", teams the 10.,,,,1.''' \Vel(' to Traver I' Far trom It Both are excellent ath- wmnmg state champ 1- Clt) Centl al';, Meh",,,,a "They didn't have a bad letes Batten IS a key mem- om,hlps Spencel and Ellca Bmc II ho match all year," SobICral<;kl ber of South's gymnastlcs Even more unusual I'" beat Daw.,on and Gor",kl m ",aid "With Brody's dommat- team and White IS an out- when a school Dlaces two of the .,tate qual tertinal., mg <;erve and Carolyn's standmg skier who spends Its doubles teams on the All- After gettmg u",ed to each excellent volleymg, they a'i much of the wmter as she State squad cho;,en by the other, Da ....,on and Gor",kl were an excellent team» can on the slopes Michigan High School complemented each other on White and Batten were Fre",hman Vicky Seiter Tenm", Coache", As",oclatlOn the court Dawson ha., a even mOle dommant In their made honorable mentlon for "That's almost unheard of power game, while Gor"kl IS flight than Dawson and hel work at No 1 smgles to have two doubles teams more of a finesse player Gorski The two JunIOrs Playmg agamst every- get All-State, espeCially m "Brody can be a dommat- po<;ted a 35-0 record, culml- one's best player hurt Dlvl;,lOn I," said South coach mg player and she can natlllg With a 6-4, 6-3 Victo- Seiter's record - she was Mark Sobleralskl mtlmldate her opponenb,» ry over Traverse City 15-18 - but her coach was Grosse Pointe South's girls tennis team f"lnished The first doubles team of Sobleralskl "'aid "She's very Central's AI} S",3Alward and Impressed With her pOise ruth in the state Division I meet this season, The Carolyn Gorski and Blody creatIVe wltk hel overhand Kate QUIrk In the state and court savvy Blue Devils were in the f"lnalsin three flights, win. Dawson advanced to the and JUi>tkill., the ball She'~ champIOnship match "She's a very mtelhgent ning two of them. and they placed f"lveplayers on state quarterfinal", before very sure of herself» "I've had some great play- player for a mnth grader," the Division I All-State team. Also. coach Mark losmg, whlle the No 2 dou- It took Gor",kl a while to ers vdth one or two losses," SobJeralskl said "She's con- Sobieralski was Division I Coach of the Year. Clock- bles team of Meghan White adjust to playmg With Soblerabkl said "It's almost fident and that's from all of wise from top ieft. are Meghan White. Sobieralskt. and Margaret Batten won Dawson ImpOSSible to go through a her tournament expenence Margaret Batten, Carolyn Gorski. Anna Hume, Eliza- Its flight "There was a lot of pres- <;eason undefeated, espeCial- She was natIOnally ranked beth Mason, Hadley Brink and Brody Dawson. The Ann~' Hume and Hadley sure on Carolyn,» ly playmg the teams that we In 14s and now In high doubles teams of Gorski and Dawson and Batten and Bnnk gave South Its other Sobleralskl Said "Brody IS a face school she was playmg most- White were named to the All-State team, Batten and flight champIOnship at No 3 dommant per:>onahty and "Even when they weren't ly Jumon and semors White and Hume and Brink won state champi- doubles Carolyn always sort of at their best, they pulled out "One of the best thmgs I onships and Mason was a finalist in fourth singles. Daw",on played No 1 dou- looked up to her Now <;he the match Only tWice did can say about her IS that she Not pictured is Vicky Seiter. who received All-State bles a }ear ago and thiS year was an equal and It was dif- any of their matche<; go never lost a match she honorable mention in singles. was Jomed by Gorski, who ficult at first three sets» should have won" Seiter IS a well-rounded player "She can do everythmg," Sobleralskl said "She can serve and volley She can hit Verizon Wireless any shot She antlclpates well The only thmg that sometimes hurts her IS her lack of speed" Seiter adjusted well to the team concept m high school "She enjoyed It," Avoid The Ghost of Sobleralskl Said "It's a lot dIfferent than playmg USTA, which IS really pretty Christmas Past. lonely Now she has team- mates cheenng her on » Get 1,100 minutes for Sobieralski just $19.99 monthly access [100 weekday minutes/l 000 nLjht and weekend m,nutes! is named I All RATES ARE VRLlO AS LONG RS YOU R£ ON THE PAOGRAM coach of year Want more mlnutes? By Chuck Klonke Sports Editor FREE LONG DISTANCE Mark Sobleralskl came to FREE ACTIVATION Grosse Pomte South on the followlng plans because he wanted to coach a state champIOnship guls tenms team 1,800 $29.99 He'", ",tlll workmg on that ,..-...". goal but he's gettmg closer 1~oo Ntht " .-.ktnd JIlOlIt1ll~ Icctn all the time PLUS, GET A The Blue DeVIls tillished DIGITAL PHONE $49.99 fifth m thiS year's DIVISIOn 1 3)600 .,tate meet but South had a 60< ...... ". ).000 tI tht" UMkIflCl lIlOl'1tM.,IUIU pair of doubles flight wm- ners and a smgles runner- FA€€ up AfTER $50 Even though South hasn't MAll- IN AEBATE won a state champIOnshIp WIth new2 ~e" ser"c. I~rte.ent ",mce SoblCralskl took over Simple. Affordable. National. Join in. m 1993, the Blue DeVils have been among the ",tate powers m gJrb tenms every year And thiS sea<;on, Sobleral",kl was named DIVI:>lOn1 Coach of the Year by the Michigan High School Tenms Coaches ASSOCiatIOn "I wa<; ",urpn",ed because u",ually you have to wm a <;tate champIOnship to get Coach of the Year" COMMUNICATIONS STORES MALL LOCATIONS WAL.MART LOCATIONS AUTHORIZED RnAILER SobICralskl ~ald ' Auburn Hills Farmington Hills Sf. Cia ir Sh ores Briarwood Mall Commerce @ In additIOn to hl<;coachmg 4612 BaldWIn Rd 31011 Orchard lake Rd 26401 Harper Ave 734-623-8620 3301 PontIac Trail dutw<; at South, SobICral"kl RadioShack. I., a t('nm" mstructor at 248 975-6729 248-538-9900 810 777-4010 Great Lakes 248-669-9860 Equ pmenl ofler may vary Ea.,t<;lde Tennl" and Bloomfield Hills Lake Orion Sterling Heights Crossin! Mall Howell 2274 Soulh Telegraph Rd 2531 S lapeer Rd 45111 Parle:Ave 248-97 -6729 3599 Grand River E Fltnes<; 248-335 9900 248-393-6800 810-997-6500 Lakeside Mall 517.546-5611 "1 have to work off a lot of 81 (}'247-7286 energy," he <;ald NEW LOCATION Novi Taylor Port Huron 43025 12 Mile Rd 23495 Eureka Rd Northland Mall 4475 24th Ave Sobwral"kl wa<; an excel- Brighton lent two-sport athlete at 248-305-6600 734-287-1770 248-514-4282 810-385-7600 8159 ChalliS, SUlfe C Warren Fitzgerald He aver- 810 225 4793 Rochester Hills Troy Twelve Oaks Mall Warren aged 17 pomt., and 13 Dearborn 3035 S Rochester Rd 1913 E BIg Beaver Rd 248- 735-3973 29240 Van Dyke rebounds for a ba,ketball 24417 Ford Rd 248-853-0550 248 526.0040 810-751-0747 313278.4491 t('am thllt went to the state Southfield Westland White Lake quarte>lfinal" hefore losmg Detroit 26935 Northwesfern Hwy 35105 Warren Rd 9190 HIghland Rd to Ponhllc Central 100 Ren Cen Ste 144 248.915-3000 734-722-7330 248-698-0043 Tho<;e look like> All-State 3135688900 2B117 Telegraph Rd Ypsilanti credentlal<;, but Sobl('ml<;kl 248-358 3700 2515 Ellsworth Rd didn't get much recogmtlon 734-528-3137 Fh~ teammate wa" ,Joe Koplckl v.ho went on to <;tar BUSINESS SALlS: 248.305.6631 llt [)('trOlt Me>rcy llnd later Veriltll WIrItess. Itlpest 00IertI1e.a- SIlIIfIcIiell Molt liIeless T"" llsel111 Detroit pllly('d III the NBA WIth J)rtrOit llnd Wa<;hmgton Sib ec'lo 18rrrs of Ce lua' Se'vlce Agreemenl & PrICePlan New two year c:mtracland $30 ~d val,ontee reqUifed$150 early lermmaliOnfee ReqUlre f December 28, 2000 Grosse Pointe News s orts 13A Coach- Blue Devils win From page 12A played basketball and ten- niS He wanted to become a MAC Red opener teacher and got Ins first By Chuck Klonke "And they had 19 of theIr 30 taste of coaching In 1983 at Sports Editor 10 the second half We didn't Wyoming Lee High School George Petrouleab natu- corne out very aggre~blve In He took a tedm that had- rally Wishes that hl~ Grosse the second half n't been successful and guld. POinte South ba,ketball "Our Intenor defense wa<;- ed It to an 8-0 retard That team had won both of ItS n't very good and we didn't convinced Sobleralskl that games last week execute our offen~e very well he had a future In coaching But the Blue Devllb came m the becond half, either" When he graduated from out ahead 10 the one that South started ;,lowly In It~ Aquinas In 1983, he started rnattprpd mo<;t at thl~ pomt vlctorv over Utica and lookmg lor a high ~(,hool In the sea,on traIled 23-17 at halltlme coaching and teaching job South opened the Macomb "Our long ldyoff sho"" ed 10 and found one at Warren Area Conference Red the first half," said Matt Dlvl,lon ,eason With a 49-44 Petrouleas, whose team "It turned out great for wm over Utica, then lost a hadn't played for 10 days me," he sa~d "It was a mat- MAC crossover to Grosse and had a non-league game ter of bemg m the nght Po1Ote North bv the bame WIth Notre Dame postponed place at the nght time" 49-44 score - because of the snow "Our It wab bOnght that Matt's 'You want to w10 every defense wasn't bad, but on boys teams won 11 confer- game and you always want offenbe It showed ence champIOnships dunng to beat your crosstown nval, "In the second half we Sobleralskl's tenure and the Pee Wee champs but If I had to lose one of the btarted scormg some po1Otb gtrls team won the eIght games, I'd rather It be to off of our defense And we ttties The Grosse Pointe Hockey Association Pee WeeB Penguins took flrst place North than to lose the created some problems for But Sobleralskl knew that in the Thanksgiving tournament at the Grosse Pointe Community Rink. The league game," Petrouleas (Utica) " he'd probably never have a Penguins posted a 2-1 overtime victory against the GPHAJaguars in the saId Bnan Berschback had a state champIOn If he stayed championship game. "We'll probably see North strong game, sconng 17 at Mott That's why he again, either m the MAC pomts for South, but there jumped at the chance to tournament or In the state were a lot of other key con- move to South when the Job tournament, and we'll try to tnbutors opened up Young Knights falter in the stretch make the outcome dtfferent "Mike Wolkmg played a "I felt that I had done all I solid game," Petrouleas baJd By Chuck Klonke had a 24-19 advantage at only Metro Conference game Hopefully, we learned a few could do at Matt," he saId "Tom Jahnke scored seven Sports Editor halftime Roeper took a 31- last week when Lutheran thmgs In thIS game that WIll "We were getting kIds who pomts and hIt some key free The difference between a 30 lead mto the fourth quar- Westland rolled to a 79-38 help Ub over the course of were playing tenms for the throws down the stretch young basketball team and a ter VICtory the season" .I first ttme In hIgh school In veteran squad IS the way It "We defended pretty well The Warnors led 18-13 South led 23-18 at half- John Russell grabbed 11 rebounds and scored seven ~ Grosse Pomte they start a performs down the stretch until the fourth quarter," after the first quarter and hme but both Dan Buckley lot younger We can be pomts Everybody who carne when the game IS on the Cleage saId "I abhor usmg a stretched then lead to 40-25 and John Russell pIcked up among the top teams In the hne zone defense but we aren't at halftIme Westland con- theIr thIrd fouls, whIch hurt mto the game contnbuted " state every year" South returns to actIOn on Last week, Umverslty responsIble enough defen- tmued to dommate m the the Blue DeVils' inSIde Wednesday, Jan 3, when It And the Blue DevIls are LIggett School's mexpert- SIvely to playa man-to-man second half game makes up the game at Notre They posted a 7-2 dual- ence was showmg as the Maybe m another month, Early In the second half, meet record thIS season KnIghts dropped a 42-38 but not now" "One of our problems IS Russell and Buckley each Dame "We have to play some 1"\ while playmg one of the non-league deCISIOn to Thomab Greer had 10 playmg to the score too collected theIr fourth fouls games," Petrouleas said ~' toughest schedules In the Bloomfield HIlls Roeper pomts and four assists for much," Cleage said "We "North pushed the ball "We'll have played only state He's now only 12 short "We turned the ball over ULS have to contmue to compete, mSlde to (Joe) Hermann and three games In three weeks Jof 300 coachmg Vlctones on four of our last five pos- Cleage has been pleased no matter what the score IS " (Hable) SchleIcher and they when we play Notre Dame" "If you want to be good, seSSIOns," saId ULS coach ""lth the play of Greer so far Green had 11 pomts, five scored 15 POllltS apIece III IYou have to play In a lot of James Cleage "They made thIS season rebounds and five assIsts for the game," Petrouleas saId tournaments, too," he swd the plays down the stretch "He's been our most con- ULS Lowe had 10 pomts "You get better by playmg and we didn't They dumped sistent player, both offen- and 10 rebounds Signup set for middle 'good people." the ball to theIr semor star SIvely and defenSIvely," the "They had all 12 of theIr Sobleralskl's coachmg (LaddIe Andahazy) and we coach saId "If he contmues players score pomts," Cleage 'peers were happy that he dIdn't have a semor to go to " to develop he has a chance to said "That's somethmg we school lacrosse league Jrecelved the coach of the ULS dId a good job keep- play DlVlslOn I basketball " aspIre to do " .year award 109 Andahazy 10 check for Leython WIlltams scored Ryan West led Westland's RegIstratIon for mIddle prOVIde skill development, , "It's well-deserved," said three quarters, but he 10 pomts and grabbed 11 balanced attack WIth 12 school boys who want to play regular practices and Umverslty LIggett School scored 10 of hIS 18 pomts m rebounds and Charles Lowe pomts on the Grosse Pomte travel mtense field supervlblOn guls coach Chuck Wnght, the final penod collected eIght pomts and ULS fell to 1-5 overall and lacrosse teams WIll be held The program has an adVISO- ,hImself a former coach of the The Knights led 16-7 after SIXrebounds 1-210 the Metro Conference Thursday, Jan 9, at 7 p m ry board that works WIth the .ryear "Mark has done a lot the first quarter and sttll The KnIghts lost theIr at Parcells MIddle School coach1Og ~taff to en,ure a ...~for tenrlls In the area He's There WIll be at least one safe, competitive and suc- ~ an excellent mstructor" eIghth grade team and one cessful season for all teams _ Sobleralskl enjoyed coach- GPHA house league roundup seventh grade squad The outdoor program ng the boys team but there's SpIcer Lan Henel and Chnstlan begms March 1 \ omethmg specIal about MITEDMSION open man ApphcatlOns may be Ice Dogs 2, Rockets 'I Jr. Bulldogs 5, Rockets 2 Vervaeke Pat Gushee had a good ThIS IS the fifth season for 1 oachmg gtrls teams Goals TJ Llvmgston, J Memtt Goals J 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RULE OF "21" to dlscu .... vour nr()!'rp~~ <'hal- I ~'~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "~ ".~ 1 Chn"tma., lOa;,t beast has been to lo;,e your enthusiasm and motl- Remember that It take;, a mlm. lenges and to "hare'techmques karate on 'fue"days and 0 ~ eaten The re"ult of two weeks of vatlOn qUIckly If you want to mum of 21 days to form a new that work Thursdays from 8 to 9 30 p m bemg a couch potato and eatmg orgal1lze your entire hou;,e, for habit and make It an mtegral 8. KEEP A DAILY JOURNAL The fee IS $40 for once a week an like there'" no tomorrow (despIte example, pledge that today you part of your dally life Don't be $58 for tWIce a week the fact that there wl1l be a WIll start by c1eanmg out one c1os- tempted to gwe up after only a Wntmg down your dally sue. Got a bad golf swmg? The cen- tomorrow) you're now a little et few days or a week because you cesses and blessmgs helps keep ter ha;, It covered wIth a sIx-week heaVIer than you used to be 3. TELL SOMEONE or haven't taken enough time to turn you motivated, tracks your course titled "It's All m the Hence the New progress and bUIlds confi. SWing," taught by DIsh Saro;, Year's Re'>olutlOn dence In your ability to begmmng on Monday, Jan 15 You know, It'S the reach all of your gl:!als The fee IS $47 The class IS at the tradItion where you Photoby J,m Stlckford 9. TAKE ONE lAY Wimbledon Racquet Club, 20250 vow to make a change AT TIME Nme Ml1e m St ClaIr Shores 111 your life The usual Instead of thmk g There are afternoon and evenmg resolutiOns mvolve about what you're gOing classes For more informatIOn, losmg weIght, gettmg to do when you finally call (810) 779-6111 mto shape and such reach your goal, think Want to exercise your artistIC Other people vow to about what you WIll do bent? Not a problem The center learn something new today to help you get offers acryhcs pamtmg classes or acqUIre a skill they closer to your dreams begmnmg on 'fuesday, Jan 16, didn't have before 10. NEVER GIVE UP from 10 a m to noon The fee 1;' That's the easy part, SometImes we gIve up $45 There are also classes on but where do you go Not everyone because we thInk our watercolors begmnmg on to help make a resolu- waits untU the New goals are unattamable or Wednesday, Jan 17, or Thursday, tlon a reality? Year to get into we may subconscIOusly Jan 18 The fee IS $35 and the LouAnne Flanagan. shape. d Maryann believe that we are not classes run from 10a m to noon Wattnck, speaker, Richards of Gl'08Se worthy of success If you Those who admIre fine qUIlts educator and the Pointe Park start to feel dIscouraged, might want to take the center's Director of LIfelong demonstrates by look for ways to break qUlltmg class for begInners start. Learnmg at the lifting weights at your goal up Into smaller, mg on Wednesday, Jan 17, from Grosse POinte War Pointe Fitness. more manageable pieces 7 30 to 9 p m The fee IS $48 Memonal, adVIses you 17243 Mack. and rejoice m all your The center also offers classes 0 to keep your resolu- past successes the plaYing of bndge, begInmng tions from bemg Grosse Pomters WIll on Tuesday, Jan 9, from 9 30 to thrown out WIth the have a vanety of 11 30 a m The fee IS $48 Classes last of the holiday wrap by com. EVERYONE your new behaVIor mto a pOSitive resources aval1able to them m on learnmg baSIC nght-handed mlttmg to follow Hus SImple and No one hkes to fall, particularly habIt 2001 to help WIth their resolu- gwtar techruques begIn on workable plan In front of others By makmg a 6. USE DAILY REMINDERS bons Thursday, Jan 18, from 6 to 8 pubhc pledge, others WIll put a The AssumptIOn Cultural pm The fee IS $65 I 1. CREATE A SIMPLE, httle pressure on and give you the Just as you committed your Center IS offenng a vanety of The center also offers classes CLEAR ACTION PLAN support you need to reach your goals to wntmg, you also need to classes m 2001 that WIll help cre- for the mmd You can learn the j CommIt your goals to wntmg goals see these remmders on a dally ate a new you Its KalsomatIcs fit- language of the gods WIth the and make sure to attach speCIfic 4. REWARD YOUR SUC. baSIS Post notes and motivatIOn. ness program begIns on 'fuesday, adult conversatIOnal Greek begIn deadhne dates to them ReVIew CESSES al quotatIons by your computer, Jan 2, and runs t.ntll March 2 It ner classes, startmg on Monday, t these goals every day - VIsualize By gIVIng yourself a reward on your fndge, m your dally plan- IS a 10w'lmpact, progressive exer- Jan 15, from 6 to 7 P rn I accomplishing them at least three after one of your successes, you ner or car as a way to remmd clse class tailored to all ages, WIth Intermediate classes start on I ames a day for five mmutes each are subconsciOusly telling yourself yourself of what you want and to a special program for cardiac Wednesday, Jan 17, from 6 to 8 ! tune Do thiS consIstently for the that posItive behaViOr Will always help you keep focused patients Fees are $52 for two p m The fee IS $40 1 first several months untIl you can be well-rewarded And don't for- 7. FORM A SUPPORT OR days a week, $74 for three days clearly see your progress get that reward" need not be MASTERMIND GROUP and $94 for four day;, a \\eek See NEW YOU, page 4~ December 28,2000 .2.B En.~~ao-ements .G.ro.s.s.e_P.o.in.t.e.N.e.w.s Smith- Kelley MVlnd Smith of GIO'>'>P Pomte Farm;, and !\II and Mr~ J Petpr SmIth of Bloomfield Hill... h,IH' announLed the engdgement of then d,lUghtel, Laune Lynn SmIth, to Jeffl e) KII k KeIlL'), "on of Mr and MI;, TenellLP Hpnry of Flmt and Mr and Mn, Mark KPlley of G! c:tuJ DldH\.- .Ah O\.-tvL\.-1 Werthman earned a bach- \' Amencan. Heart V,;. NURSING HOME AssociatioDSil 8045 EAST JEFFERSON DETROIT, MICH. FJghlJng Heart Dis6ase -; 821-3525 and Stroke The Disabled American Veterans asks everyone UALITY NURSING CARE to respect parldng spaces reserved for handicapped people. A.rnrncan He-art .tI.. A.~IKJn.~ ...... _ e..-.- _ ...... Choose Healthful Foods DAV Nadonal~, po.--BOX 1-4301, cramll, OH 4525OOa01 GROSSE POINTE WAR MEMORIAL'S TELEVISION FOR THE TV5 WHOLE COMMUNITY DAYTIME PROGRAMMING FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 2 - 7 9:00 AM VITALITY PLUS 2:00 PM THE LF.GAL INSIDER -rhe Grosse Pointe News has A half hour aerobiCSexerelSCclass (Repealed M-Sun Guesl Unl/ed States AIIOme) Slepllen Mllrpln II 00 PM) HOSls local anome), Dalld Draper and Dougla, been serving the community for 9.30 AM POSITIVELY POSITIVI-. Dempse) ta~e an mSlde 1()(J~al currenl legal "sue' . (Repeated M '>un4 00 AM M WIF-ISun'i ,0 PM) 60 years. Gllest Diane & Laura Rllbrlght of Common Planet Ho't' Jeanie \1cNell and uzAlken an uphttmg halt 2:30 P\1 POINTERS WITH PROST We are in the midst of hour of !")Sl!l\e alUludes and Idea' (Repealed M Sun Gllest Dr Dalliel Knchlxum of the Not I Conference for T I '01'\1 MIWlFlSun 'i ,OPMI ConVIlIIIIlI'oJustice planning for an anniversary Host John Prosl mler\lCI" local cclebntles aboUI 10:00 "M WHO'S IN THE KITCHEN? Ilmel\ top'cs (Repeated M '>un 4.0 AM issue that we hope will give Guest Denms Bledsoe cookmg afish dish MtW;FISun 7 00 PM) Host Chuc~ Kaess eooks II Ith local celebnlle' you many hours of enjoyable (Repealed M '>un mldmghl Tffhl'>al8 ,0 PM) 3:00 PM THINGS TO DO. PLACES TO (;0, , PEOPLE TO SEF reading, whether you are a 10:30 A\1 o,ENIOR MEN~ CLUB TopiC GP TheatreandGP War MUlI(mal group tOllrs Glle One hundred year~ .lgO, Blankeb WIll be dl!>tllbuted the city of Detrult "ealed to "helter!> m Wayne, and buned a "mall wpper Oakland and Mawmb coun- --- box - a centul y box - that tleb was to be opened un New Year's Eve 2000 To find .l wllectwn .,Ite or to offer a financIal dona- The boll.\\ III be un public tlOn, call (313) 833-26H5 dl.,play fur one day unly, between 2 .lnd 4 p m Food drive: Gleanerb Sunda~ Del 31, at the Commumty Food Bank DetrOIt HI,torllal MUbeum announced a combmed The afternoon event will effort to help feed the hun- mclude Iefn".,hment" tour, gry durmg the wmter when and a .,neak peek at the requebts for food mcrea,e newly remodeled "Street, of dramatically Old Detl Olt" exhibit From Monday, Jan 15 to The century box villi be Thursday, Feb 1, helpmg opened later that evenmg will be eabler Purchase a at the DetrOit Symphony $1 booklet, "Help Heal Orchestra'!> New Year's Eve Hunger Food for Thought," gala The openmg of the box at any of 106 local Kroger Detroit Science Center Honored by DID mark!> the begmmng of a supermarkets or Weight Grosse Pointers Judy and Howard Gandelot year-long GelebratlOn of Watchers locatlOnb The Topping Off celebration for the new Detroit Science Center was held Nov. 17. Locat- were honored by the Detroit Institute of Oph- Dl.'trolt's 300th birthday thalmology at a farewell dinner Oct. 29. The DIO Proceed" from the book- ed in Detroit Cultural Center. the New Detroit Science Center will double its size, adding thanked the Gandelots for their years of volun- Grosse Pomte! Edsel B. let will go to the SalvatIOn teer support. Members of the 010 baud, the Ford IIIS chairman of the Army, Gleaners Commumty 65.000 squue feet of new construction to its current 45,000 squue foot facility. The new Friends of Vision Executive Committee and DIO DetrOit 300 CommissIOn, Food Bank and other local staff attended. The Gandelots are moving and food banks m MIchigan facility and its programs will be designed to appomted by Mayor will divide their time between homes in Savan- The booklet contam;, valu- inspire chUdren to experience the wonder of sci- Dennis Archer m 199b nah. Ga., and Indian River. The commlbSlon IS responsI- able coupons and healthy ence, engineering and technology. The grand opening is slated for summer 2001. "Howard and Judy are two of the most caring ble for DetrOIt'" tncentenm- recIpes and resourceful people you can find anywhere in al celebl atlOn Among those at the Topping Off party were. from left, DSC chairman Francois Castaing and the world." said Dr. Philip C. Hessburg, DlO pres- For more mformatlOn, ident. "Not only is the DlO losing great volun- Blanket drive: The call (313) 923-7855 his wife, MuUes; and Grosse Pointer Cathy Nowosielski, DSCtrustee. teers, the community is losing a couple of truly American Red Cro,!> of great hwnanltarians. Southeastern MIChIgan has - Margie Rems SmLth The Gandelots have served the visually btepped up Its campaIgn to impaired of southeast Michigan by managing collect blankets for the support groups. educating facilitators, and by homelebb Babies chairing two of the DlO's major fundraisers. "Eyes on Design Automotive Exhibit" and "The cold weather has "Visions to Remember Antiques Show." mcreased the demand and Sean Patrick Michael William Troy Christopher we are hopmg the public Willard Barlow responds," sald Louise English Tewalt of Grosse Pomte John and Patti Willard of Myron and Suzanna III Farms, a member of the Sean and Peggy English of American Heart ... NorthVIlle are the parents of Grosse Pomte Farms are the Barlow of Washmgton, DC, ASSOCIatIon.~ Red Cross board of directors are the parents of a son, a son, Sean Patrick Engltsh, parents of a son. Michael F ghl ng Heart 0 sease al"ld Slfok.e and a foundmg member of Wilham Willard, born Nov Troy Chnstopher Barlow, the Blanket Dayb commit- born July 20, 2000 10, 2000 born Nov 2, 2000 tee Maternal grandparents Maternal grandparents are Barbara Furlong of Maternal grandparents The Red Cross and 165 are John and Rose Ann are Mr and Mrs Irvmg Post local commumty groups LlVoma and MIchael English of Grosse Pomte of Reading, Pa AM£RJCAr,IIF.ART hope to collect 7,000 blan- Furlong, also of LlVoma ASSOCIATIOr-.. Farms kets dunng the camp31gn MFMORIAt_C; &:TRlBUTl'S Paternal grandparents Paternal grandparents Participants mclude St are Dr and Mrs Myron are John and Rose Ann Paternal grandmother IS Michael's Episcopal Church, Barlow of Grosse Pomte 1800 AHA-USA I Enghsh of Grosse Pomte Madeleme Merntt of Grosse Grosse Pomte Woods and Pomte Farms Farms the Grosse Pomte Farms Farms Public Safety Department TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US! 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December 28, 2000 Grosse Pointe News 48 Churches The Pastor's Corner New You e.,teem work"hop for girls F •.om page IB tOmfOl table The program I... HIli Both program;, are between the age" of 11 and In additIOn, Macomb from 8 20 to 8 50 a m on new to the War MemOrial 15 It starts on Thur;,day, As for the first time ('ount~ Commul1lty College Wedne.,dayo, and Fnday~ Won't dance and can't Jan 11 The fee I" $40 One wlll offer a vanet\ of class- The w...t I;' $21 make you? That's a pIty The Rev Gustav Kopka Jr. ...klll chIldren .,hould abo 5t James Lutheran Church eo, at the lentel on how to Thp C dl dlOFIT program bpcau~e the War Ml'mollUl have IS Job huntmg 1... ollel ed flOm 4 30 to 5 30 I;' offpnng ;,everal dlffel ent II ark a computel Fee~ Begmnll1g on Wednesday, Ih the fourth day of Chll~tm,h .Ill hldv .\gall1, a Idnge hom $55 to $7') p m Oil Monday" da'o ...e~ tP3l-hll1g a volnety of Jan 31, tho,e attendmg few ddY~ ago man) of u~ hdv (, bp('11 11l':l1ll1g the "111 Thpl e WIll ,11"'0 be c1a".e, WedOl".,days and FndaYh It danw style;" II1dudmg will learn about prepanng a thlhc dd) ,," ~tOf\ 01 em pl'l 01 and gOI l'11l01 J o"eph and tor l-hlldren bet \\ pen the empha~lze;, strengthenmg adult tap dance c1as;,e;, as re;,ume, Improvmg mter- Mdf\ ;,hepherd~ .lOd angl'1~ 'lnd oh \l'~ ,Il~[) the age" of 5 and 1,) Pee Wee and tOl1lllg The fee I> $53 vIell a;, belly dancll1g, ball- \ lell ;,ktll;, and domg the fOI three day;, a week and room danung, ;,wll1g dolnce bab\ Karate <;tart'o on Saturday, nght thlllgs that Will get J an 6 Cla"'ol'~ on golf start $35 for two and da,,"Kal ballet c1a'ose;, that Job and keep that Job Sometmws 1 gl't Lukl'd out III 1111 b[ mg 1t\ all too on Tue ...day, ,J dn 16 at 4 The health ,y"tem also The d We all lIve all hIS generous bounty, Gift aftel gift after gift We got the ba~lc~ from Moses, And then thl<; exuberant gIvmg and recelvmg, Thl~ endle~<; knol\mg and understandmg All thiS camp through Jesus, the MeSSiah No one ha~ rver ~een God, Not ,0 much a ...a glimpse Thl., one-of-a.kmd God-ExpressIOn, Who e"l~h at the velY heart ofthe Father, Has made hIm plam as day In ca;,e you ha\ e not yet celebrated thiS LIfe-LIght m your bemg Ipt It be m, WIth and for you dunng the remalnmg eight da) ~ of Chnstmas, as for the first tIme It, not too late to have a very blessed Chnstmas - Ju ...t for the receiving! NF National Kidney Foundation U WORSHIP Christ Church Grosse Pointe - ~::::: ST MICHAEL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH .I, HOU~c OF PRAYFR FOR ALL PFOPLE 2lM75 .'lunnmgdale Par" Th" 1928 Boo" of ('ammon Pm}"r near Lochmoor Club I I SERVICES SUNDAY Gro~~e Pointe Woods ~ SATURDAY '>unda' 8 ,0 a m Hol_ Communion ,m J m 11,11, EUlh:msl 5 30 p m Holy EucharIst 10 l'i 1m Aduli Blbk SlUdy II 00 a m Holy Commumon HI \' J m Churd' 'ehex)\ 1000 a m Worship w~h Communion SUNDAY 10 'UJ m ChirJI Fm ..hJnsl Church Sundw School aod 'iu,..ery 6 00 P m Potluck 7.45 am. Holy Eucharist 7 30 p m Worship '10.15 a.m. - Chmtmas Hymn SlOg THURSDAY and Holy Eucharist 12 10 P m Hoh Communion Rev Freoentl< Harm. PlI110r 884-4820 Rev M...al Collier InIenm Ass \\cdnl,J 1\ \ lll/ln~ (,r ill ~....nlOr' and '1l1ndd' '\101 ,hip R ~Il \ \t ,11111II 00 \ \1 l \l T\ "It .. nno \\1,. lnl \t] 1\ l! Boil Euchan~t Th, lomr)"n, ( < nl, r " '1l1nd,\\ 'I, hool lJ I') \" fm \":' 2 \dnlt \\ ,ndlll.11 P",nlc P ITI II m ,(~) 1\11" (lid" tl!' l (,rud,,; rrwrt \IN/III ,d,", (If II I; II /tI «()\11 ]01" I , 11"/tll, "I, /ro,,1 hwrh /tI' P' 11/,'''/'''' "r II W I' In I' ,,1111 R" Hcnn 1 R, m," dd '",u"r 1I'f!h \Ol/,/r m",'r ~I/"'/"" "I I, Ifll' /tI 21 ~V, 't,ll" \\ pnnr (,ro", P01l1!! \\ "",l, NEW YEAR'S DAY GrO'ise Pointe Monday. January I. 20C)l AuGlllotioll Greek I'I",nl i\HI HHI H H \\. b 1',1":, \\\\\\ Ioll,hl...rlol 0rthcHi0J( CIlurch UNfll<..U Mass at to OOa m 21100llbrtIf Ad Sl C.. S~.on, METHOI>IST t (8101nU111 CHURCH The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church FEAST OF THE. EPIPHANY Share Joyfully Ihe elwls!lan Satu rday, January 6 and \ I rl, ndl\ ( hurlh I"r faith Trilllition and Wonhtp Sunday, January 7. 2001 \11 \r" ollhe Holy A!los1les RE\', OR. \, BRuCE RIGDOl'. preaching Mass on Saturday at 4 00 P m 211 \lnrO'o~ Rrl Mass on Sunday at 8 30 a m (;ro~,c Pnmle hrm\ ....II j., Mass on Sunday at 11 15 a m KK6.2J(iJ II 00,1 m Wor"lhlp ....en Ile of t 1, .. l ~ ~ 9 10 a m \\or,hlr I04'i,lm 111'ipm .Cnh(loddlerC,m:: ) I J 5t Ambrose Catholk Church Is located at I'~ ~ ,J.,. C!ect~ JLIII ~I 104~ a m ~Und3\ ~lh()01 15020 Hampton Road between Waybum ::lll ~ f 1 ",I j h A,," and Maryland. one block north of Jefferson. ~ THE UNITED just west of the Grosse Pointe Park Oty Hall p '00 t~~Y',"r Telephone (313) 822-2814 ..I", I., el ~~,1 '-".to; METHODIST CHURCH j:l", f r') I .. .,,. M~1r n <; '" ~\I '-I e-mail stambrose@home com n", t ~ "l"" ~ J r" \ ,H.PJlF\f \11....1'1TR' and LO<,n, ron~re~ation \~nI'IW"U'I;IWR' IJI 16 Lakr CilYOrQf)rosse'oiute, \Ilchl~an SPECIAL NOTICE (ItlorQf)rosse Joittie, Michigan HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS You May Be Eligible For An CHRISTMAS 2000 & NEW YEARS 2001 SPECIAL NOTICE OSTEOPOROSIS RESEARCH STUDY RUBBISH & RECYCLING SCHEDULE FOR The Cay of Gro\~C POInte \\Iill he llo\cd tor till (hn"ill.l' ,lIld CHRISTMAS 2000 & NEW YEARS 2001 New\ Ycar\ hoilday\ on the Inlllm IIlg (1.IIc, WHO: • Generally healthy men • Not takmg other drugs for osteopoTo"\l"\ f here" III h<: NO rc"dcnllal RUBBJ<;H or RLCYCLlNG col- Mondav DCLemhcr 2'; 2(~)0 Ice \1"11' "0 \1onda). December 25. 2000 and Monda). Tue\da) Decemh<:r 211 2000 WHERE: Michigan Bone & MInE-ral Clime, PC at .lanuan 1.2001. rnday Dceemhcr 29 2(X)() Llo\ed ,II n"oll St John HospItal & MedIcal Center Monday Janu.Jrv I 200f "II co!lCdUH)' \~1I1 h<: thc d.\~ !OLLO\liING the rcgular eol Participants May Receive: Icell"n "hcdulL tor thc \\leek of Dceemher 2~ Ihrough Regular hU\lne\\ hour' 3pply 10 all other d,I\' l \llrll," th'hC • Regular Bone DenSity Te"\ts DlCemher 29 2()()O ,lOd for the \\Ieck ot January I through 1r~lcd .lho\C • Regular VISits EvalutlOns J lIllI.ln '; 2001 MondaY' roule "" III he Ll,llelted on Tue,day & The (\ty of (";IO\\C POllltC WI,hc\ ~Oll .1Ild \OUI' 1 h 11'1" 1\,,11 fue,daY, roule \\I ill he Lollellcd on Wedne,da) and • InvestigatlOnal Drug d,l) 'C3,on and he3lth PW\PCrou, ilL\\ vc.lr \liulne,dav ,mille \\ III he LollcLied on fhllr,da~ • CalcIUm & VItamm D Supplements • Travel CompensatIOn Thank you for your loopcral1on J haole you lor your LOopcr3110n For more information call: Cit~ of GnKSe Pointe G P N 12/21/00 & 12/2KIOO (,l'N f2/21/(~1& 12/2!\IOO Public Works Department 1-888-844-9010 December 28, 2000 Grosse Pointe News 68 YourHome CO exposure may be more dangerous than thought l'",plhed, we tan I alse An ongomg ~elll'~ of ~tud. \ l'nt ~onw lIldl\ [dUdl" flom ,1\\ JUST LISTED' fantastIC locale and PRICE REDUCTION' Three bedroom bnck ranch W1th .11 appliances Newer COndltllOn thiS charming Cotonla' 15 .a 10+ wcndows furnace air gutters and wrap il Antiques and Collecting ProfeSSionally decorated four bedrooms round deck FreShly painted and JUSt walClrlg library tWO natural fireplaces newer and lamp<; create a dIffused des,gner k ON/OFF REMOTE FINGERTIP CONTROL FLAME OPTIONS CONTROL AVAILABLE DELIVERY & INSTALLATION AVAILABLE OVER 60 DOORS ON DISPLAY RING IN THE NEW YEAR W,th ,h,s STARTER OR EMPTY NESTERS' ThIS Long Lake fabulous bnd< home In a prime .lre.:t of the 2908 E. LONG LAKE (AT DE illNDRE) frelhly pa,n,ed three bedroom br<~ home Woods Fe;:twr("~lndurle three bedrooms has a brlgh' and npen k trren upd3led bath twO full bath' wonder',,1 'am Iy room off the • ! and new neutral c "Extravagance, coheslve- nes;, and escapism are all 'buzzwords' descrlbmg the bathroom that everv con- sumer wanh," ;;;ay,,' DaVId LlOgafelter, Moen Faucet marketmg vice prebldent "SUlte'l provIde these char- actenstIc., by offenng a pro- grp"slVe de'llgn concept, complete Wlth a full as.,ort- ment of products to provIde con.,umers what they are lookmg for to expre.,'l their personality and a contmUlty of ...tyle throughout the entire bath" Accordmg to Lmgafclter, Moen currently offer., three dlffE'rent bathroom ",ultes that Iuxuflou ...lv mpet dIVerse need., The.,p mclude the new A'lCPfI Col1('ctlOn, thp popular Monticello .,tyle • 101'l.,nc lI)\\nh\'Il<;;~ 111lp...... l.at'1!; maml nncd and Cha,mlng bungalow locaJcd m Grosse PmnlC and VllI('ta Each one of L(JcatlC~n and :1mt"ntIU."'i add Ill' III \alUt fl"f lhl~ farm_' Three bedrooms f- the MAAS poh"hll1g ,,) .,tem wel e ..,old III ,Ill haUl un The The plight of a honH'mak gleanung fOI \H'ck~ and wppk, Not only ha;, Mda, lOn- Homl' ShopplIIg Network l N to kpe>p ,llvpr bl a.", and hpi fil"t appeal'lIlce on To hel "Ul pi I 'l' thl' 1I erne vlllled lOm,umer., uf the "tamil'''''' ..,tee! and othN QVC brought OVPf :\>50,000 1\ pOll er of her poli.,h, but The ~ ffil'tah. III quaht\ conditIOn orked on a lot mOIl' than Good Hou.,ekeeplllg m "alc~ III Ie"., than 10 mm- ~ has alway., bpen a dimwit metalb - It "ecmed to \\ ork } , on Ju;,t about e\ el V non. In"tltute ha" .11..,0relognlzed ute" With over a millIOn f one dollm.., ..,old on TV, Ma,\" IS porou., '01 fdce .,he te"ted the .,trength of thl" effective ) One "ulh hompmakpr 11\ Il1g thl' dream 01 every TIll' MAAS fOIIlluLI, ,h It\ d('am'l Theil In.,tltute'., from Willo\1 brook, Ill, II a, ~"JlI~ now kno\\n, po1l.,hed up Report de;,cnbe., MAAS a" a cntll'pl eneul SIll' attnbutes so fru..,u atl'd b\ the lalk of the power of televl<,lOn for "tandout and recommend" It ) "IT!'!'tl\ (' 1101,..,h('.,dnd clean- wdtPI-"potted gl.b' ..,hower nr (Om 1 I [Vi I t::,bl.\,.Jt lUg loA .. 11.., t ..11 ...... t~r;Ult..nb h "'''''1.,11 door;" re"tol ell dUll OXIUI1.<:o. l.h... er" aVailable, "he wa., deter- pany to mh'l natIonal recog- fibergla.,~, lkalwd up nlshed hell loom" mined to f Ieate h(>1 U\\ n Al1Ita Gold, one of the mtlOn I mptal cleanmg product ceraIllIC till'" A\omtc and Conan countertop., elumel, lOuntry'" fOlemo"t syndllat ThiS I" not a textbook Ma;,,, merlhand",er", Plexlgla" and mOIl' WIth ed colummst on antlqup~ ('xamp!(> of a Stl ugghng home ccnters, hardware, \ ery httle effort thl' creme and collectible;,. has al"o dl". entrepreneur Instead, It'S food and drug StOIes are removed white fl"ildue from covered the value of the an aClOunt of a meteonc n"e product and wrote, "It placmg MAAS product" on to "ucc(>", by a woman who glass fireplace door"', pol- removes years of yuck along thell store "helve;, never had any pi evlOu;, Ished up bl a"., andiron" and easlly removed tho"e stub- With the most stubborn expenence m busmes" 01 -- ('ow te.w of ARA born blalk "luff mal k;, on ;,pots, stams, streak<; and finance Donna Maas' exas- Content vmyl floonng and white anythll1g else mafllllg peratIOn re"ulted 11) the 11 c- bra";,, copper, Silver, gold, atIOn of a umque formula, le,m lawn fUlmture btall1less steel, aiumlllum, one that IS now tl dn"form- Donna found that the tediOUS ta;,k of cleanmg pewter, chrome, tm, Dlnlyte Making your home safe mg entire mdustne" and Dmgold flatware, and "For yeal s, I Iubbed and after c1eamng ",as elimmat. which preserves and pohsh- rubbed my "Ilver, brass, cop- ed, as well ab the "trong es pICces to make them per, dnd other metals With fumes other cleansers emit, from. fire, carbon monoxide shme wVllle like you would. vanou" products -- only to there wab no unplea"ant tectlOn agamst CO pOlson- n't beheve" With smoke detectors and dl"c.over that weeks later odor, mpss or spills to clean Protectmg your family mg IS proper mamtenance of Aftel demonstratll1g the and home IS your first pnor. fire extmgulshers, keep car- they were tarmshmg and I up "Prevlousl} when I've combustIOn appliances and pohsh at a military trade bon monoXlde out of your would have to clean and pol- cleaned metals all day, I've It} But are you domg every- a CO alarm for yo~r home show, MAAS has become the home, and develop an emer- Ish them all ovel agam had to ope'"!wmdow;, Now, 1 thmg you can to make sure The alarm Will Signal your product of chOice for the U S they are safe and sound? gency home escape plan for Alway" wlshmg for some- don't even have to stand family when CO lev~ls ill Armed Forces your famIly thmg better, 1 finall} deCid- over the smk It was a Learn what steps you can your home reach dangerous It not only keeps the The first step m protect. ed to see If 1 could create a umque e"penence - the take to protect your family levels and gIVe you bm. to "brass" lookmg good It pol- mg your farmly from fires IS superIOr metal pohsh." said polish seemed to be domg all With "Makmg Your Home get out before gettmg SIck Ishes up motorcycles as well Safe flom Fire and Carbon learmng how to prevent Maas the work mstead of me," the To obtam a free copy of the Out of 28 metal pohshes them AVOId common safety With the help of a chemist MAAS creator explamed MonOXIde," a free pubhca. publIcatIOn, call toll-free tested by Motorcycle hazards - don't plug too fnend, Maas did exactly Her polIsh not only does hon from The CooperatIve (888) 878-3256 and ask for Consumer News, MAAS pol. many apphances mto one that and formulated her the work for yOU/It contm- State Re"earch, EducatlOn, Item 572H, ox:. seed your Ish relelved the highest rat- electrical outlet, be sure to own cleaner-pohsh resultmg ues to be effectIve with the and ExtenSIOn Service of the name and address to mg for retammg shll1e keep combustIbles away m a discovery far exceeding help of another one of her Umted States Department Consumer InformatIOn Their report stated, "If you from heaters, stoves and her mltJal expectatIOns Not creatIOns. Through further of Agnculture and KIdde Center, Dept 572H, Pueblo, want a smgle pohsh that IS fireplaces, and don't use only did her polish restore experIments, Maas diSCOV- Safety safe for plastiCS and pamt as damaged or frayed electncal Colo 81009 every metal ;,he tned It on, It ered a way to mfuse her for- ThiS pubhcatlOn IS well as chrome, stamless or extemnon cords apphed a remarkably bnl- mula mto cotton glove~, cre- excerpted from a recently and alummum, MAAS Protectmg your family hant, long-Iastmg protec- atlllg a dry touch-up pohsh- released book, "Safety & Learn how Ing glove To her elatIOn, Pohshmg Creme has no You," which IS a comprehen. from carbon monOXide (CO) tion can be more difficult - It's ThiS extraordinary protec- after deamng metals WIth equals" Slve gUide on "afety by the Maas' pohshmg system colorless, odorless and taste- to secure tIOn was eVident on her her polish she no longer had Honorable Nancy Harvey has now hit big tIme When less And CO symptoms stamless steel smk that for to repoli;,h With the creme - Steorts, former chairman of she demonstrates her prod. mimIC those of the flu, so your future years was Impossible to she Just uses her gloves pen- the U S Consumer Product ucts on TV shoppmg chan- they can eaSily be missed clean and shme The pohsh odlcally to "touch thmgs up " Safety CommiSSIOn nels, the phones light up - dunng routme medical not only cleaned the smk, Together, the creme pohsh Fmd out how you can pre- - financially 17,000 tubes of her polish exammatlOns Your best pro- but It left the stainless steel and touch-up gloves create vent fil es, protect yourself We all want a secure finanCial future and bUlld- mg that future starts now WIth smart finanCial deCI- sIOns and a httle bit of plan- Homes for the Holidays! nmg The Federal Consumer InformatIOn Center offers a , .IN publicatIOn packet to help I consumers get a handle on , then finances With "The Consumer's Almanac" from The Amencan Fmanclal Services ASSOCiatIOn EducatIOn FoundatIOn and LOTHROP McKINLEY ROAD The CooperatIVe State BEDFORD LANCASTER Well ma1Ota1Ol' Soltltuell f/lilHRel cf~:hll!ellzel.9?ettl GJltlle /7lutnG IfOt~/az anothet/zecoul !J~e{/R/~?~etN.I Manager Manager GPWoods HIli OffICe Office Shana Smith Margaret Drake Shirley heleskl Marla COdispoti Sue Dungan Marilyn KenZie Suzanne Zamea Marsha Faircloth Susan Hmsby Maryrose Mastromatleo Terrence Lane Pat Mastrodomenlco Thea Baker Palt Koller Torn Cieslinski Regina Shlnneman Tim Adamski Sean McManus Scott Pope ~ I' I T ~:~ 17;1'A ~---..,_/~ '11 C-"'U .. ~,.>"----1, ..., ~ P'~/' r'~\ .. .." .. • '" 7, 171'-' ~./- ~?\ W.; ~ -)_: ~". '..::-.~ t<: , ., f, " ~ ...",~.;:: ~ -"""r- ", \ H ~ .. •• . I •• , • COLDWeLL Grosse Pointe Woods Office BAN~eRC 313-886-5800 or SCHWEITZER REAL ESTATE Grosse Pointe Farms Hill Office MIndI!loendIir1tt' Owned and Ooerated Menter d CdMI Bari Fro71 our (S(Ole Coilee /On a Ylnwge Dragonfly Brooch. c rco tOle 1800s P,que- ~d~~EA~ JIO ~-- ~. ~,'" ~ -,:-- :tJ ~"IIJ'~ ~ ~ ~ frL~:J, Pat Scott Jewel ry s ~~ f . a second generabOO family owned and 7 options are available for an exciting, .-;-. .-:~ actlvely opera1ed unforgetable New Year's Eve 2000! ~~. establishment for o:er 50 years Packages mclude Dinner and a Show or "-J A CIA graduate Dinner and a Red Wings Gamet Gemologist Registered le...... elerand Master Goldsmrth are 00 staff Our gallery Plus the option to enloy the New Year's Eve Party at exh,brts an eclectiC selectloo and you W111~nd rtem; that are dockeytown ( afe or the ~ Holel Tickets are limited, so order your package today! Call 313-96S-2222 pat sro~ J6WllIers 19495 Mack. Grosse POinte Woods MI 48236 NEXT TO THE FOX THEATRE Call Pat Scott Jewelers Toll Free at 8770439 "!O88 V,s,t our showroom and our-.=:wr:webSl1e ..at wv.wpatscottle...... elerscom December 28, 2000 118 Grosse Pointe News Metro calendar by Madeleine Socia AppLlUU t,..iJ. of Childl en'., Ho>,pltal the St ClaIr Shon'., ")el1lOl Thlll ...ddY, .J.lll 2.'), 110m 6 to to 8 p m Th<' 1((' I'" .,7'i Emer,dd Smfonwtta, at 7 \\111 1H "Ill Itd Ihlll,>ll.ly, of Michigan, Sunday, Dec AttlVltlC" Cl'ntrr 20000 H pm Uet It'ldv to Lllal- Md ...tel ,I p . I Thursday, December 28, 2000 Grosse Pointe News I The Connection fOX: 313-34J-556~ • 313-88~-6~OOext 3 YnURHUMF [l.tittittI'llDVERTISING hl1p I/g{ossepo,nlenews com 810 lake/R .. er Resorts 702 Aph(flal,/Duplex- 719 Rent w"h Opl,on to Buy FREQUENCY DISCOUNTS" ,010 " 8 I 1 lots Fo' Sole DEADUNES St Claor ::.ha,es/ Macomb 720 Roam' fa, Ren t ....N I,., ~ hedult...... l J ...... l!o '-l .....I~ I IV 'r L It 0 a, 2 Mortgages./Land Contracts RfAL E5 TAr( FOR SAU & RENT 721 Vocohon Rental Flofldo re j t upp 0\1\ I.. l l tr'"' r nr 1..." mQ t,. Launty 81 3 Narlhern Mrch'90n Harne. I, Word Ad1 MONDAY 4 PM ol" 722 Vocahon Rental-Oul of Slate k. at 0 703 Apts/Flats/Ouplex- 814 Northern MlChlqan loh PholOl LogO A" MONDAY i2 PM Phone Ime" con be b.u!oy on Mondoy & luudoy 723 Vacahan R~'f1'al Wantl..J 10 Rel't 8 \ 5 Ou' a. Slo'e Pmpe'ty C1A551FIE05IALl OTHER ClAS51F1CAnONS) Deadlines p~cHe (all I arty Northern MICh goo 704 Hou t ~ SI Cia ....County 816 Reo! btate Exchaoge TUESDAY 12 NOON ....."- CLASSIFYING & CENSORSHIP ,', 124 Vocat on Renlal PE..'Sort 70S Hou~v Grosse POlntel 817 RealEstaleWm,ed PAYMENTS {H ~ I (' I 725 Rentals/leos "9 t ~ lit.. ... Horpt..r Woods lease f- C'f It.. .. I I... Out Stote Mldugan 818 Sale or ~eoY'ment IS regUlr~ 706 Dt..lrolt/Bolonce Wayne County Jh" (. II vi fl. (I l .. p>, \ M I' 81 9 Cemele'y La's We accept V '.ou rv\o!.h C.J1 j c..H~ n t I,., I, 707 Houso St CIOIr Shores/ 820 Bus ne s.es. tOI Sole AD STYLES. CORRECTIONS & ADJUSTMENTS Maco (ounty WG d Ad~ I 2 W'ofd~ 51 2 '5 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE R{fXJl~rt)'k,c.'H~'" t~nJ{V'" 708 Hou)e'lo Wanted to Rent oddll (Jnal .....o(d~ 65 ...each , -11r. I I (I' f h qf' CI 1 800 Hal >eS fa' Sale 70"; lQW1~1O\. ses/Condos. For Rent Abbrcvlot or ~ n£! occeptc..:i II U ...11 ~ '''' I 0 :>t I llo rl , 80 1 COl11mNC 01 au IJWlgS 7\0 .ov.nhJl '>es./Condos Wooled I (' I t v tr-\ 0 .... l Moo~ured Ad~ $21 ,,5 pe ('o\ ..m I n I h. ,t .. k 802 Commuc 01 Property 11 1 (HV0SoC Mlfll Slowge For Rent Sorder Ads $2370 pl.r (ok Tn, KI <", '- ...v.... \ .. FX ,l; ~!', k Ih ~ f1 <. 712 Garages/MUll Storage Wonted 803 Condos( Apt' /Flo's fULL PAGE $400 ()(' i1 f t.. !"I ~.. , 0 713 Indu," al/Wa,ehause Rental 804 Country Homes. 1/2 PAGE 52',00 01'\(, t: ...... / 14 t.. v nu UUUf l. ~ v.)1 ; l.. 1(4 PAGE 5200 W REAL ESTATE FOR RENT 806 FIa< do Pwpe,ty 71 S Mo;er Homes FOf Rent i,8 PAGE 512500 700 Ap" FI"',, Duplex 716 Off,c(..dComrrtcrclol For Ren; 807 Investment Property Photo Ad1 $35 OJ (vnoll ...~ 0 0 .v GIC':>\e Po nle/Harpcr Woods 717 Olkes/Comme" 01Wanled 808 lak.e I Rl\ler Homes In Column 15 "'0 d~l 701 Af t,(fla,,/Duplex- 809 Lok./R,ve< lot, Detroit/Balance W<-yne County 71 8 Property Me nageme nt F D n E 0 L ESTOTE k ~~', ••• nII •••••••••••••••••HENT 716 OffiCE/COMMERCIAl 719 RENT WITH OPTION 721 VACATION RENTAlS 701 APTS/FLATS/DUPUX 70S HOUSES FOR RENT , fOR RENT TO IUY FLORIDA , ~ ~~~~ DETIIOIT/WAYNE COUNTY POINTES/HARPER WOODS , CONDO, large, (1,274 TREASURE Island: . ~nt~ N.w,~ SOUTH of Vernier. East DELUXE office sUites In ..e.: ~ BEDFORD- 2 bedroom Maple Park oHlce pla- square) 2 bedroom, 2 Beach Resort Oceano: upper Ideal for Single of Mack, 3 bedroom, 2 za, St Clair Shores 1/2 bath, 1 car, Canal! View, kitchen, healed: ~ HOLIDAY OEADLlNaY;)H'iWN i~ profeSSional Applian- 1/2 bath, 2 1/2 car, Campus. like selling Garfield, $865, 810- pool exotic grounds, ces, washer, dryer $2 2001 month 810- With 4 bUildings, prl- 286-2330 Weekly, 1-800.318-: ~ (call for OFFICEHOURS) ~ heat Included Credit 286-2330 vale parking Close to 721 VACAliON RENTAlS 5632 : check $6501 month I DECEMBER 2000 ISSUE: :: 706 HOUSES fOR RENT freeways Call Kathl, FLORIDA , 1:; 21, No pets! smoking 723 VACATION RENTALS DETROIT /W AYNE COUNTY 313-882-8800 lor .. Rentals & Property for Sale ~ 3138862689 call MARCO Island Flonda NORTHERN MICHIGAN : rental Information 1ir (pictures, Art, Logos) Monday, December 18, 12n :::i before 7p m 3 bedroom, Moross 2 bedroom condo on BOYNE Country 4 bed.: Ad'> area $575 Clean, ap- beach from $1,2001 room family chalet 30: (Word AdsJ.Mond~ I}ecember 184pm ~ GROSSE POinte office CHATSWORTHI War. pliances No pelS week 3 bedroom minutes from all types: ~ GENERALG~SSIFIEDS: ~ space avall?ble on ren- clean 2 bedroom Credit check home With pool from skIIng By week or: Tuesday, December 12noon ~ Mack Avenue starting "f1 19, upper, great locationl 13)859-9650 $1,2001 week Harbor- weekend 248-477-' at $450 Off street, 4 $450 810-772-1396 vIew Rentals, 1-800 9933 : I' " . hour metered parl ANIMALS m I:L 8551 FIE1l~It1fVEUTI SI N G 500 509 313-882-6900 ext. 3 web http IIgrossepolntenews com FAX: 313-343-5569 CLHSSIFIEO HOVEHTlSING AUTOMOTIVE 96 Kercheval. Grosse POinte Farms, MI 4823 AD $TYLES: CLASSFflNG It CINSORSHIP: fit (313) 882-6900 - Fax (313) 343-5569 DEADUNES 601 614 I Word Ad, 12 word, $1215, We r... rve "g~1 10 clon,fy web http IIgro5sepolntenews com REAL ESTATt FOR SAlE the NAME __ . CLASSIFICATION. -- - add'ho",,1 word, 65( each each ad und", ,n app'ap .' 20' HELP WANTED 202 HELP WANTED CLERI 200 HELP WANTED GENERAL 200 ------~HELP WANTED GENERAL ~ '2' DRAPERIES IlAIlYS1TTER .- ATIENTION: Work at AAA Store Manager- BABYSITIER needed CLERK, tyPiSt & 3C ~-~CUSTOM DRAPERIES counting position help home $499- $7,999 must have references In my home or yours, ~t< ~ Bltnds, carpet, for Grosse POinte ot- RItlf4'''~ Part or full time Tram- Call Tom at Mr C's Monday' Friday for In- 1lj,: \IWolo" wallpaper, lU\ll1 HOLIDAYDEADLlNff"""'""' U fant, full or part time flce Part time Good, Bedspreads, decorative mg prOVided 1-800- Dell 313 882-2592 Non smoker, referen- pay and benefits 313:: ~ (call for OFFICE HOURS) ..., accessones 970-INFO or ~ HOUSEKEEPING su- ces please call 810 884-6600 • .tiIJIIt DECEMBER 21, 2000 ISSUE: VISItour Showroom at cash123 com pervisor. full time, 2 -« 22224 Gratiot 778-2854 years minimum expe- ~ Rentals & Property for Sale ~ CASHIERSI sales, VII. FULL or part lime dt DRAPERIES BY PAT nenee Send resume PART time nanny need- ~ (pictures, Art, Logos) Monday, December 18, 12n ~ lage Shoe Inn, East- least 4 days per wen 810-778-2584 Shorecrest Motor Inn, ed for 2 small chll' pOinte FleXible no sales or coL ..n6'> (Word Ads) Mondlff, gecember 184pm ~ 1316 E Jefferson, dren, Tuesday, Wed. 200 HELP WANTED GENERAL hours Benefits Call lions call to schedul' ~ GENERALc;~SSIFIEDS: ~ DetrOit, MI 48207 nesday, Thursday In Eva, 248-474-7105 appointment 810 Tuesday,December 19, 12noon ~ emall Info@shore our Grosse POinte 11 774-9720 A NANNY COOK. Good pay & crestml com Park home Must NETWORK benefits Will train No phone calls pleasel have excellent refer- DECEMBER 28, 2000 ISSUE: ~ GROSSE Pomte lor 'lair W3Ilstalf bartender ences & recent expe- MAMA Rosa's Pizzeria ~ ALL REAL ESTATE & General Classifieds, .3fttIc Looking for quality Apply at Telly's Place nence With toddlers tlon bookkeeper/ so. needs phone help, .JJiif# Tuesday,December 26, 12noon -.. child care givers 20791 Mack, Grosse Excellent salary for retary FleXible haul' cooks, waltstaff pizza Top salary, benefits POinte Woods right person Leave to SUit your need makers & delivery detailed message de- One girl office In!,' ~ JANUARY 4 2001 ISSUE: ~ (810)739.21 DO Customer ServIce people Apply aller SCribing your expen mal experienced or ~ ALL RENTAL.S& PROPERTY FOR SALE: ~ Reps (Harper WoodS 4p m 15134 Mack AAA Cashiers deli office) needed ence, 313-822.7111 ganlzed accural, ~ 12noon,lfldlg December 29, 2000 _ MIDNIGHT shift floor clerks, Grosse POinte 5 30pm- 9 30pm Mon- WORKING parents seek computer literate care POSitions availa- .... ciENERAl CLASSIFIEDS ~ area Starting pay, up day- Thursdayl 9am. random emergency Send resume to P 0 ble In Birmingham & 1j,. 12n, Tuesday,January 2,2001 ,:; to $800 per hour Mr 3pm Saturday Good care Number 1, on Box 0543 St Cia r Clawson Must have C s Dell 313-882- phone skills & sales snow days when own transportatIOn Shores, 48080 2592, Tom background helpful. school IS canceled Start Immediately Call ~~~.~...,.-~~.~~AAA Will train Work at Number 2, when chll' MORTGAGE company Gary for details, 1- 112 HEALTH &. NUTRITION 117 SECRETARIAL SERVICES MR. C'S DELI home IS option. 32 dren have a mild cold looking for proces • • 0 • Pmll' 'fl~1l1<.;11'(( '\t' S 1'; f"l ("lT1pll lIn~ drivers license auto ~ 12 Frohltche Welhnachten 0 Germany ~\() ~• • •• 0 • "," f\ I' \\" \" "', 1"'1\1 " ...\<.;II ill h. Insurance & good ~ l'l Mem Kun~umasu F lapan ¥ie fl' rl"rl11' 111,, "1U ....lyTot:"url n (' r, ,.n~q'ol (1M""'rtumtyllfl mul \1" ,<)n('mrll'ly~r .., DAVID! ~~~i88;1~~90 benelits ~ • .$((~~ .$((~~ .~ ~~ .~ ~~ ~~ r :n~'I(~ nH.,.~l) r~lt""lr"T1jl,I~tlhnl pH' ,,\('q III yonn" ~ ..., ..... Thursday, December 28, 2000 Grosse Pointe News I The Connection 413 MUSICAL 400 MERCHANDISE FOREIGN 203 HElP WANTED 303 SITUATIONS WANTED r 407 flR£VlOOD INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE ANTIQUES / COLU advertiSing II l KX')-(,h04 "SI~OlD ,."" HOt SEHOt D excellent condition lar paldl Please call- representative $8,000 313-640-5791 P-\TRI(1\ I\OLOJL<;I\I r_">T\TL' \10\ 1,\(, 248-722-8953 I when plaCing your ads ALL Junk cars, moto,cy- THANK YOU 2000 BMW X.5 Sand- c1es wanted Serving:. 302 SITUATIONS WANTED stone wrth tan lealher Rare V-8 model Ev- Grosse POinte, Harp- CONVAlES(INT CARf ery factQry Qptlon In er Woods St Clair CARE giver, expen- stock now Five more Shores & Detroit's eastSide 810-779- enced, reliable, W1th arnvlng both SIX & references Call Jan- eight cylinders Euro- 8797 Ice (810)776-0595 pean AutQ, 248-691- 2380 1998 BMW 23 28 Green! tan 5 speed Full optIOns Complete Ccrr .....e.e~ ,,"-e factory warranty Eu- 6S 1 10ATS AND MOTORS Qe< ~I"\~ :'~.(~2~....el1 ropean Auto 248- 691-2380 ______DONATE your cars, SUSANHAm 1997 Inflntll Q45 black. boats R V, trucks, GROSSE POltm CITY With black leather Full property to MISSing factory options Excel- Children ProJect. fQr a t1artz~ 886-8982 HOUSEHOLD SALES lent CQndltlQn Buy or tax donal4on FotUp<""'"'lI!do~oIlr...l'"",,,Ho'I ... 3Il8851~IO lease European Auto (313}884-9324 248-691-2380 DONATE your boat! ______clean Lake St Clalrl VlMAGE CLOTHES. ACCUSORlfS 1998 Jaguar XJR Royal We are here founda- ( OMPETF'IIT HOWF I oIllcMo ...,... 1lIe.1o Of ... In 0 ~ blue With oyster leath lion (810)778-2143 ~ ( ARF ~fR\ f( E w. too dclnOM ... COftlI Educational Belle Isle Runners/Jeanne for chlldren 12 and under; adults, $5 50 for senIors and rotatmg baSIS, begInnmg at Detroit's past BOCCI,1353 Grayton, Grosse adventures $2 discount for DIA mem- students, 2-12 (248) 398- 9 am, on the hour m the Stroll the Streets of Old Pomte Park (313) 886-5560 The Grosse POinte War bers Adults and chIldren, 13 0903 mommg and on the half- DetrOit and travel from Memorial offers a full sched- Bright idea and older, can applaud the Auto excitement hour In the afternoon and Frontlers to Factones ule of educatlOnal and social Board a land-bound Henson International Introduce your young auto evenIng TIckets are $10 for through the permanen\ adventureb for chIldren Ski freighter or paddle boat for a FestIval of Puppet Theater's enthUSiast to all aspects of adults;$8 for semors and exhIbItIOns of the DetrOl\ productIOn of The HI Club members, In grades cruise around a shimmering deSIgn and productIOn chl1dren 12 and under (313) HIstOrical Museum In 6 to 12, wIll head for down- wonderland durmg the 5th Hunchback, Friday, Dec 29 through the hands-on 271.1620 The Heartlande DetrOIt DetrOIt's 300th hill fun, Friday, Jan 5 annual NautIcal Nights of and Saturday, Dec 30, at exhibits ofThe Spmt ofFord Theatre Company WIllbnng birthday IS the lnSplratIO'l Buseb WIll depart at 4 30 LIghts, through Sunday, 7 30 p m TIckets are $18, m Dearborn Wmter revs up Cmdy Cmderella An for the special exhlbltIon 30 p m and return at 11 30 Dec 31, at Blossom Heath $15 for DHS members Call WIth Extreme Ice, through Amencan Fairy tale to the Who Dared Detrolters Who p m Snowbunny and Park m St ClaIr Shores (313) 833-4005 Sunday, Feb 25, Including stage of the Village's Made a DIfference, through Snowbird Ski Club mem- Tours WIll be Sunday and Performing puppets an Ice-chmbmg wall, WInter Anderson Center, through December 2001 Plan to ber!>, ages 5 to 14, wIll hit Thursday, from 6 to 9 p m Parents and chIldren alike V111ageand GlaCIerRun sIm- Saturday, Dec 30 swap and shop dUring tha the slopes of Pme Knob, and Friday and Saturday, can wonder at perfoTlUances ulator nde The mu"pum IS PerfoTlUancesare Thursday- Glancy Tram Show and Saturday, Jan 13 Buses from 6 to 10 p m Celebrate of Kolobok, a RUSSian ver- open dally, from 9 a m to 5 Saturday at 230 pm AuctIOn, Saturday, Jan 6; leave at 9 a m and return at New Year's Eve WIth fire. sIOn of The Gmgerbread TIckets, $6 (313) 982.6001 1 "'I""' ,..... p m AdmiSSion IS $6 for from 10 a m to 4 p m The -"...... IIi. ... .t C"'l~~l,::,Lt i:1LLUll ""vik", ell 10 l.I1I1 Tll.,k~L:> I ! Specializes in f Custom Talfonng and Alterations Up Scale IN HpUSE Ahee's carry a large collection Desper of the finest watch brands. They Wear Over 30 Years ExperIence have a full selection of the latest • Men's Suits • Tuxedo • SkIrts and greatest. 20139 Mack • Shirrs • Blazers I{ Avenue at Oxford between 7 and Samira's wishes you and. FREE SRUTrLE TO THE "JOE" • Ladies Suits • Blouses 8 mile roads. 313-886-4600 or your family a healthy Happy EVERY HOME RED WING GAME www.aheejewelers.com. Our shin marerials are made of the finest 100% New Year. SWISS cotton or Egyptian carton and our SUIt Visit Samira's, located at. SUNDAY BRUNCH marerlals arc made of the finest Italian fabrics 21027 Mack Avenue (North of 8 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM POINTE ~~ ~k 4ve. Mile), Grosse Pointe Woods, *WINTER EVENING Q-«>sse ~te W«>Cds 313-886-5043. SPECIALS* :all-88~8ti. • MONDAY & TUESDAY Certified Angus Roast Prime Rib • WEDNESDAY HAPPy NEW YEAR! Fresh Lake Superior White Fish KlsnJEWELERS from all of us at c1~SALON • THURSDAY Pointe Fitness & Training & DAY SPA Certified Angus Short Ribs of Beef There is no time more fitting to www.pointefitness.com say Thank You and ~sh you a Joyce's Salon and Day Spa Book Happy New Year of health" On Mack (313) 885.3600 Introduces SINDBAD'S "SOHAR" ROOM happiness and prosperity from From The Salons of Jose Eber PERFECT FOR KISKA JEWELERS... 63 Gigi Snow I PRIVATE PARTIES Kercheval on-the-Hill (313)885- AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS 5755 , Specializing in hair color technIques, soft penns .... sensuous hair. Call (313) 822-7817 KITC~~ Commg from California, Glgi IS a well for more information known sylist and make up artist - hav- at 100 St. Clair on-the-Rlver mg studIed and worked With George ,. Masters - make up artist to the stars, I Your InVItatIOn to a beautiful now bnngs her expertise to the Motor I Jacobson's kitchen where style and deSIgn City. Her trammg in the beauty mdus- • • Holiday Hours. Monday begm. Don't be ordinary, give try also mcludes workmg With Lovenia through Saturday 10 a.m. untIl 9' your kItchen a hand-crafted Sub- VIllareal - then Pnsldent of the Zero by K1tchen Studio. p.m Sunday, December 31, Noon KItchen StudIO is celebratmg National Hair Dressers Association I until 6 pm. their 15 year anmversary. Involved m National HaIr competition, • Storewide Clearance. Now CongratulatIOns for wmrting then 6 weeks ot extensive trammg 10 f intprowess. Save on select "Stvles of' numerous deSIgn competitIOns, Dallas WIth Vidal Sassoon AI'io 'itud- holiday and winter merchandIse mcludmg being the winner of • Jacobson's will be closed on led with John and Suzanne ChadWick New Year's Day. Sub-Zero's prestigIOUS deSign m Chicago, John DeLano of Boston, Still time for those last minute competItIOn m the last SIXyears Carita of Rome, Rene Furterer ofPan'i, stocking stuffers -- hurry to THE In a row. Not only do they design NOTRE DAME PHARMACY kItchens . their creatlOns and Roger Williams m Texa'i, Sebastian of and our staff will be happy to Jacobson's style In entertainment centers, Beverly HIII'i, to name a few. '1000~"'- • _Polntt •(313\ IlI2 lOOCI Come 'tee Gigi and have her deSIgn a assist you... We extend wishes for bars and master bathrooms are a very Healthy & Happy New beyond your ImaginatIOn ..VISIt new you .. Call 886-4130 for your Year. Hurry in today ...at 16926 or call them at ... 248-645.0410, appomtment Kercheval in-the-Village, (313) (fax) 248-645-0705. 353 S. Old 885-2154. To advertise In this column Woodward, BIrmingham caI (313) 8&2-3500 www kltchenstudlOmi com by 2:00 p.m. Fridays ~ •