Homeless find a sanctuary, parishioners find themselves I By Donna Walker Staff Wrrter However, one day two years for the homeless that was mumty Umted Methodist St Clal e took In 60 gue~t" When Katie Domzalski was a ago, while workmg as a volun March 10 The guests were founded thl'ee years ago by Cass Church each mght, and by the end of the young mother, she had a ternfy. tem at NatIVIty Chul'ch In De. tl an"p0l1ed to St Clare, where Community United Methodist The mOle Domzalski thought week, had fed, clothed and ~hel mg, Iecurnng dream. tl'OIt,Domzalski met her night dInner wa~ waltmg Church In DetrOIt and the De- about It, the more she thought tered some of Detl OIt\ homele~s "There was a nuclear explo. mare, ,and it's been hauntmg her After dmner, the guests tl'OItWayne County Union of the the program was somethmg her men, women and chlldlen, "aid ~lOnwhJ!e my husband was at ever smce helped clean up and then re- Homeless. own church, St Clare of Monte Anne Berschback, who co laxed Some played basketball work, and our home was de- NatiVity was hostmg a shelter The program is a safety net faleo m Grosse Pomte Park, chaued St Claw',> "heltel LOm clnd volleyball In St Clare's stroyed, so I had to try to sur- fOl'the homeless, "and when 1 for the homeless who cannot get could do saw some of the homeless mlttee With Domzalski gym Others played pool or vIve on the streets with my mto permanent-site sheltel S due Last ~prmg, she approached "The I esponse from OUI pm I.,h watched teleVIsion m the base. chIldren," said DomzalskI, 53, of women there, ll'ealized that to overcrowdmg Homeless peo- St Clare's pansh councJ! With and the commumty ha" been ment, or found a qUIet spot to GlOsse Pomte Park what was my worst fear was ple are told they can stay m the the Idea of Jommg the Intmfalth ovm whelmmg," Bm'>chback Said lead 01 thmk Showers and Of course, nuclear war didn't their reahty LIVing day to day pl'ogram for a maximum of two Hospitality Mmlstry on a tllal on the streets whIle trYing to "We must have ovm 200 volun ...nacks wme available, and at bl eak out, and she and her hus weeks, but If they need to stay a baSIS The result St Clare teel ~ workmg on thl~ " mght, the !,TUestsslept on mats band are still living m the take care of their chIldren," little longer, they usually can, as hosted an Intelfalth Hospitality Domzalski said Volunteel dl lvelS flom St plovlded by the DlOp In Center. roomy, center-entrance Colonial long as they can prove that they Mmlstry sheltel' March 10 17, NatiVIty was takmg part m Clare picked up the fil"t 60 The men slept m the commun. where they raIsed theu' foUl' al e makmg an effort to find a becommg one of 30 churches to guests from the Cass Commun the Interfaith Hospitality Mmls chJ!dl en house and a Job, saId the Rev pal11clpate m the program this Ity Chlll'ch Dlop In Centel In tly, a rotating shelter program Ed Rowe, pastor of Cass Com- yeal, Rowe said DetlOIt about 5 30 p m Sunday, See HOMELESS. page 3A A Community Newspaper rosse Pointe News Vol. S2t No. 12 46 pages Grosse Pointe, Michigan Since 1940 50~ March 21, 1991 rlnside ~~FamilY reunion 2A !\!~\• ~t':!.Ob"-- ltuarzes 4A )C II li-s'Recycle fever 6A t~ rf"Le l tters .~t,.. to the ed'ltor 8A I . .,...I Autos 13A (." . /~/ " ~.,Seniors page 18A [ ~'.Bartering [ is back 20A ~ Fathers' days f~f in court ..u l B ',.,,- r' Fair Lane benefit ~ to aid restoration 3B ~~GiJS on y~!!th .4B .. .....~~ J"" ... , ~~,British,Irish . 'f~'art on display 6B ~~1Austriacelebrates 7B Photos by Pat Paholsky ~;" - Outdoor art [1'. March Madness I ~~ ends in~Pointes 8B No pink plastic flamingos or store-bought statuary for these folks. no sir. These residents ex- -' press their individuality through one-of-a-kind lawn art. The Pointes abound with such dis- Lawn sculptures 1C plays. More are on page Ie. ,> Above. a sheet metal abstract enhances the natural setting of a side yard in the 500 block of ~. ~ if J ... Cla3si/ied ads 4C Rivard in the Farms. The goose. at the right. formerly a tree. watches over the neighborhood I :w., i in the 900 block of Grand Marais in the Park. ,,~J,.';'~ 0>"#1':+ A...;; """' Investors seek $200,000 to buy historic Cadieux Farmhouse By Donna Walker Elaine Hartmann of Grosse Dame, the CadIeux Farmhouse have to preserve these old down the house, nor does he Staff Wnter wanted to add onto the farm- Pointe Farms is tryIng to form a (named for former owner IsIdore houses, and you're our last line plan to anytime III the future. A local reSIdent IS tryIng to house and make two connected limIted partnership of mvestors Cadieux) was bUllt m the 1830s of defense." "I've told the hIstorical society form a group of Investors to buy condomimums out of It to buy the farmhouse. So far, It is one of the last remaming Johnstone said he thought it all along that I have no mten- the hlstonc CadIeux Farmhouse In Janurary 1990, the city four investors have commItted a examples of the French farm- was necessary to speak to the tion of tearmg the house down, m Grosse Pointe, but the Grosse councIl narrowly approved total of $50,000 to the proJect, houses that dotted the Grosse councIl because "spring IS com. and that I indeed would not even Kauffman's and Blake's request Pomte Historical Society fears "but we probably have to raIse Pointes m the 19th century, ac- mg, and thmgs get more active request a permIt to tear It down the house may be tom down be- to rezone the property from sm- $150,000 more," Hartmann saId. cording to WIlliam Johnstone, m the sprmg, espeCially In the without dIscussing It agam with gle-family reSIdentIal to two- fore such a group is assembled. Located on Jefferson at Notre president of the Grosse Pomte constructIOn industry." the council," Bh.>ke saId. "So I famIly. However, reSIdents In HIstorical Society. However, local builder Chnsto- have no mtentIOn of teanng the the area objected to a multI.fam- "We'd like to buy a little tIme pher Blake felt that Johnstone house down before I come back Ily development In theIr neigh- and get your support, and we'd Jumped the gun unjustly Blake and talk to you people and let borhood and filed a lawsuit chal- Pointer of Interest certainly hke you to hesitate if IS president of The Blake Co, you know what my reasons are lenglng the city's rezoning vote there's any request or anythmg whIch owns the house and why I'm doing It My hope is Last May, the reSIdents, their along the hnes of demohtion (of He saId Johnstone's remarks that won't have to happen" attorney and Blake reached an Helen Adams the Cadieux house)," Johnstone to the council puzzled hIm, be. The Blake Co bought the agreement After purchasmg the told the Grosse Pomte CIty cause Blake has not asked the house from Peter Kauffman last By Ronald J. Bernas dent didn't have something hap- Council Monday night. "We council for permISSIOn to tear summer OrIgInally, Blake See CADIEUX, page 21A Staff Wnter pening. Just try to catch Helen Adams This is a woman who doesn't WIthout a smIle on her face believe she's done anythmg in. War sparks interest in Middle East issues It would be as hard as findmg teresting, but who looks back a day the 82.year-old Woods reSI- and says, "I've had a wonderful By Ronald J. Bernas were seen on ABC World News Daher said "But It'S traglc that shop Arab CultUl e and the Hu- hfe." Staff Wrrter Tonight With Peter Jenmngs, It took a wal to get people mter mamtles - A workshop for A stranger, to her, is a mend Ever SInce August, when and on Japanese teleVISIOn, and ested" teachel's at ACCESS flOm 10 she hasn't met yet and a person America began preparatIOns for were quoted m Enghsh, Damsh She says there IS a lot of Il,'l10 a m to 230 pm Saturday, once met is a friend forever. war against Saddam Hussem to and Spanish newspapers, dls. rance about ""ho Arabs aI e and Mal ch 23, 842 7010 "I don't have a Ph.D,," she free Kuwait, Grosse Pomte cussing the feehngs of the Arabs, what they beheve "Not all Ar • A Day to VISit Arab says, "Or an M... whatever those Woods resident Jessica Daher and espeCIally the feehngs of the ahs are Muslims and not all Churches - Sacred Heart Chal- letters are - I'm just a regular has been fightIng her own wal Chaldean community - Chns Mushms are Arabs," she SaId dean ChUlCh, 310 W 7 Mile person who enjoys life." on the home front. tIan IraqUls - who have been "We were fightmg Arabs over Road In DetrOit, Mothel' of God To help her enjoy life she had As head of the DetrOit office of devastated by the war. there, but we wel e also alhed Church, 25585 Berg Road m a husband of 50 years, four the Amencan-Arab AntI DIS- But with the war seemmgly With Arabs People need to know Southfield, St George's Orthodox children, 14 grandchildren and crimination Committee, she has over, a new interest m the Mid- that" Church, 2760 E Grand Boule- 11 great-grandchildren.