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PORT HURON—The soli­ tary life of a lighthouse keep­ PHOTOS BY BRAD LINDBERG er isn’t all it's cracked up to A thumb-sized light bulb in the lantern room casts week ahead be. green light for miles. “If you don’t like to read 6 s 9 10 11 12 and things like that, you’ll go wacko in about a month,” 13 14 15 16 17 IB '19 said Brenton Michaels, as­ Green light to signed to periodic lighthouse keeping during his career THURSDAY, MAY 10 with the United States Coast tour lighthouse ♦ An informational ses­ Guard. sion on Grosse Pointe Lighthouse appreciation Public School System's can depend on perspective— By Brad lindberg half day kindergarten be­ whether on the outside look­ Staff Writer gins at 7 p.m. in Ferry ing in or on the inside dying Elementary School, 748 to get out PORT HURON — Lighthouses are coquettish sen­ Roslyn, Grosse Pointe Foamers, a tenn of endear­ tinels. They wink at sailors, yet shun them. Woods. ment for lighthouse fans who Michigan has 129 lighthouses. ♦ Grosse Pointe Theatre foam at the mouth with the The oldest, an active aid to navigation since 1829, presents the musical, prospect of seeing another opens to the public this month for tours and overnight “Hairspray,” at 8 p.m. in one, are onone side. stays. the Grosse Pointe War lVUchaete It stands 86 feet tall, was built in Port Huron near the Memorial. To order tick­ “There’s always noise,” he site of a former fort and is being probed for ghosts. ets, that cost $24, call said. “Ybtfve got the fog horn A little girl reportedly asked a former keeper, now (313) 881-4004 or visit going off, the click of the bea­ deceased, if the light were haunted. gpt-org. con, radio and generator “He said, ‘Not yet/” said Susan Bennett, executive noise.” director of the Port Huron Museum, caretaker of the FRIDAY, MAY 11 There’s a sameness to Fort Gratiot Light Station and associated structures ♦ The Grosse Pointe since 2010. North Parents’ Club and See NIGHX page 3A The tower’s conical, brick walls are eight feet thick Grosse Pointe Woods at the base. White paint coats inside and out. Beautification Advisory A 94-step, latticed and ever-narrowing iron, circular Commission host their staircase spirals 4 1/2 times up the clammy interior, annual flower sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the See LIGHT, page 3A grounds of Grosse Pointe Woods city hall, 20025 Mack Plaza. ♦ Grosse Pointe Shores mayor Ted Kedzierski holds office hours from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Call (313) 881-6565 for an ap­ pointment. ♦ Grosse Pointe Theatre presents the musical, “Hairspray,” at 8 p.m. in the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. To order tick­ ets, that cost $24, call

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H e a r o u r Top left, the May 3 Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. Above, student scholarship winners with the guest speaker and mayors. From left, Jenna Atkinson of Harper Woods High School, Grosse p r a y e r s Pointe Farms Mayor James Farquhar Jr., Katarina Goitz of University Liggett School, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, City of Grosse At right, Park Mayor Pointe Mayor Dale Scrace, Grosse Pointe Woods Mayor Robert Novitke, Palmer Heenan, left, and Harper Woods Mayor Kenneth Poyntei; Libby Fry of Grosse Pointe South, Shores Mayor Ted Grosse Pointe Shores Mayor Ted Kedzierski, Katy VanEgmond of Grosse Kedzierski. Pointe North and Grosse Pointe Park Mayor Palmer Heenan.

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NIGHT: Mixed feelings 6 7 8 9 10 1112 gpt.org. Continued from page 1A ful places: on points of land, pierheads, breakwa­ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 SUNDAY, MAY 13 ters and sand dunes. Mother’s Day Michaels* accounts of ef­ They’re almost always ♦ Grosse Pointe Theatre WEEK fective exile. someplace interesting.” presents the musical, He remembered keep­ Remote locations add to “Hairspray” at 2 p.m. in ing the Detroit River lighthouse cache. AHEAD: the Grosse Pointe War Light, shaped like a spark “Some, you either have MemoriaL To order tick­ plug and accessible only to have your own boat, FRIDAY, MAY 11 ets, that cost $24, call by boat near the river’s charter a boat or sign up (313) 881-4004 or visit opening into Lake Erie: with a crew to see them,” Continuedfrom page 1A gptorg. “Boring” Pepper said. “Because Again, duty on Devil’s there’s a finite number of MONDAY, MAY 14 Island Lighthouse, atop lighthouses, people kind (313) 881-4004 or visit ♦ Wayne County red sandstone cliffs in the of collect them” gpt.org'. Commissioner Tim conversely named Michigan, with more PHOTO BY BRAD LINDBERG Killeen, D-Detroit, holds a Apostle Islands of west­ shoreline than any other Overnight stays are offered In the former keeper’s SATURDAY, MAY 12 Chat with the ern Lake Superior: Great Lakes state, also house, built in 1874. ♦ A free lecture, “Mind, Commissioner from 9 to “Pretty Boring.” has the most lighthouses. Body and Smile,” is of­ 10 a.m. in the Grosse Greater still about rele­ Pepper’s association is were few aids to naviga­ dow and see light that fered at 9 a.m. at Faircourt Pointe Woods Municipal gation to Passage Island about to publish a map of tion. But we, as pilots and doesn’t look like it’s in the Dental, 20040 Mack, Court, 20025 Mack Plaza. Lighthouse, near the up­ all 129 lighthouses in navigators, should use right spot, it might mean Grosse Pointe Woods. For ♦ Grosse Pointe Farms per tip of Isle Royale and Michigan, including a ru­ everything at our dispos­ I’m not in the right spot” reservations, call (313) city council meets at 7 the northernmost in. al.” he said. “Lighthouses 882-2000. p.m. council chambers, 90 American light on Lake ‘Around 85 percent of Modern commercial don’t seem to get credit, ♦ Gardener Susan Martin Kerby. Superior: “Very boring.” lighthouses in Michigan vessels have an array of but it you took them away, lectures at 1 p.m. at ♦ City of Grosse Pointe Michaels, of are still active aids to navi­ overlapping and redun­ it would be a mess.” Grosse Pointe Woods City council holds a budget Cheboygan, never bought gation,” Pepper said. “IVe dant navigation and com­ Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Hall, 20025 Mack Plaza. hearing at 7 p.m. in coun­ into the romance of light­ seen all the lighthouses munication systems. in Port Huron is Her topic is “A New Spin cil chambers, 17147 house living. on the U.S. side o f the Routine among them Michigan’s oldest. The on Old Favorites.” The Maumee. “People think they’re so Great Lakes. Fve filed all are automatic identifica­ light, built 183 years ago lecture is free. pretty and cute,” he said. the notches on that belt It tion systems, which up­ and automated in the ♦ The Grosse Pointe TUESDAY, MAY 15 “Spend a couple weeks took me almost 20 years date a vessel’s location on 1930s, w ill remain a North Parents’ Club and ♦ Grosse Pointe Shores out there and see what it to do it.” electronic charts, plus working facility upon Grosse Pointe Woods council meets at 7 p.m. in inspires.” Between Michaels’ global positioning sys­ open to the public starting Beautification Advisory council chambers, 795 For other people, light­ skepticism and Pepper’s tems and various radars. Saturday, May 19,. Commission present their Lakeshore. houses are fixed points in endorsement is George “But, our best method Entering the Lake annual flower sale from 8 a changing age; literal fo­ Haynes’ debt to lighthous­ of navigation is always vi­ Huron channel cut lead­ a.m. to 3 p.m. on the WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 cal points charting man’s es as instruments of safe sual,” Haynes said. “I’m ing into the St. Clair River, grounds of the Grosse ♦ The Grosse Pointe advance into the wilder­ navigation. constantly monitoring Haynes orders wheels­ Pointe Woods municipal Community Blood ness and attempts to tame For 17 years, Haynes things at my disposal. I’ll men to steer on Fort building, 20025 Mack Council sponsors an it. has been a freighter pilot look at my radar, electron­ Gratiot’s blinking green Plaza. American Red Cross “They’re veiy interest­ on the Great Lakes. He’s ic chart, GPS, but, I’m light. ♦ Author Rick Sigsby dis­ Blood drive from 1:30 to ing structures unto them­ based in Port Huron and mostly looking out the “That will bring us right cusses his book, “Living 7:30 p.m. at the Grosse selves, well designed and guides foreign freighters window, if it’s good visi­ down the middle of the on the Edge - A history of Pointe Memorial good to look at,” said between Port Huron and bility,” first leg of the channel,” Auto Racing in Presbyterian Church, 16 Terry Pepper, executive the Welland Canal. A flash from a light­ he said. “It’s about two Michigan,” from 1 to 4 Lakeshore, Grosse Pointe director of the Great “Lighthouses absolutely house is among things miles. Then, you get to p.m. at the Provencal Farms. Register online at Lakes Lighthouse still come into play,” Haynes uses to hone his channel light No. 7 and Wteir House, 376 redcrossblood.org. The Keepers Association in Haynes said. “Maybe not ship’s position and head­ turn left five degrees and Kercheval, Grosse Pointe sponsor code is gpblood- Mackinaw City. “They’re to the importance of 100 ing. steer on the Point Edward Farms. council or call (313) 884- often located in wonder­ years ago, when there “If I look out the win­ Range, which is red.” ♦ The West Park Farmers 5542. Walk-ins are wel­ Market is open 9 a,m. to 1 come and taken where p.m. space is available. in Port Huron, “It depends hope to bring her here af­ ♦ Grosse Pointe South ♦ Grosse Pointe Public LIGH T: Tours begin how high up you are. On a ter its done.” High School choir boost­ Library hosts “Big Band big ship 100 feet in the air, The passion of volun­ ers holds a wine and beer Memories” at 2 p.m. in the Continued from page 1A next 183 years, modifica­ you’ll see it” teer Kathy Duffy, owner tasting and silent auction Ewald branch, 15175 tions, additions and cur­ Various stories account of a vintage, 12-meter sail­ from 7 to 11p.m. at Jefferson, Grosse Pointe rent renovations to at for the beacon being boat, is the site’s lifesav- Bayview Yadhtt Club, 100 Park. Professor William past three windows to a least seven buildings on a green. ' ingrole. Clairptointe; Detroit. Hart performs Big Band steel deck. Double doors five-acre campus operate One is that the color “Before it was a Coast Tickets cost $25. For more music. To register, call open to the ultimate ed by the United States stands out against the Guard station, men in the information, call lisa at . ,(313) 343-2074, ext. 222. drawing room, a three- Coast Guard from the late white lights of Port mid-1700s to early 1800s (248) 515-6832 or e-mail foot balcony coursing 1930s until a few years Huron. Another involves went out there trying to her at THURSDAY, MAY 17 around the exterior. A ago. nearby railroad tracks. save lives,” Duffy said, [email protected]. ♦ Grosse Pointe Theatre wrought iron railing sepa­ “This is an exceptional “Ships were having a facing stiff winds coming ♦ Grosse Pointe Theatre presents the musical, rates visitors from becom­ site,” Bennett said. “Some tough time,” Bennett said. off the lake. “Those men presents the musical, “Hairspray,” at 8 p.m. in ing part of the panorama. lighthouses are at the end “They didn’t know if it went out in the most aw­ “Hairspray” at 8 p.m. in the Grosse Pointe War Back inside, a nine-step of a pier. Very obscure. was the light of a train, so ful conditions and saved the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. To order tick­ ladder curves to a glass- We’re eight blocks from a it was made green in the lives. I look at this light­ Memorial. To order tick­ ets, that cost $24, call paneled lantern room Rite Aid.” late 1800s.” house and think about ets, that cost $24, call (313) 881-4004 or visit atop the structure. A two-story keeper’s “Background lights in that.” (313) 881-4004 or visit gptorg. The room is about 7 feet residence, with a back­ any port or river can The Port Huron in diameter. Waterfront door keystone marking blend out any kind of Museum's Fort Gratiot windows face north, east construction in 1874, light,” Haynes said. “It be­ Light is at 2802 Omar and south. smells of fresh latex paint ing green is the only Street, above the Blue A central pedestal sup­ Volunteers renovated green flash you’re going Water Bridge, Port Huron. C o r r e c t i o n ports a green, rotating the building and former to see there.” Access to the grounds is beacon. It measures the coast guard barracks into Volunteers spent more dawn to dusk starting Baker College of Clinton Township Interior Design years in six-second, clock­ learning centers and dor­ than a year getting the site Saturday, May 19. Department students fashioned the gift wrapping wise sweeps of the hori­ mitories. Bunk beds ac­ ready to open. Museum staff is on site 11 room at 2012 Junior Leauge of Detroit’s Designer zon: commodate groups of 20 Lori Sexton, of Port a.m. to 5 p.m. For more in­ Show House. The designers were misindentified in the ♦ north beyond a public to 42 for overnight stays Huron, helped paint win­ formation, or to make April 26 issue. beach and sandbars to the costing $25 per person. dows in the keeper’s reservations p r Overnight open waters of Lake The former coast guard house. at the Light, call the muse­ Huron; captain’s quarters will be­ “My mother loves light um at (810) 982-0891 or ♦ east across fast cur­ come a libraiy. houses,” Sexton said. “I visitphmuseum.org. rents funneling into the Education programs St. Clair River at an aver­ celebrate histories of the age of 190,000 cubic feet coast guard, Port Huron, per second; Great Lakes and more, ♦ south past a Coast Bennett said. Guard station and the “This is the natural Blue Water Bridge to ed­ place to have overnights,” Extraordinary in every facet. dies in the lazy-S of the she said. “It tells a story.” upper river, waters so “As you leam about tricky only one commer­ lighthouses, you learn, cial vessel is allowed through osmosis, about through at a time; how the Great Lakes ♦ onward, completing served as the highway to another silent circuit to exploration of the conti­ the lake. nent,” said Terry Pepper, light magnified from a executive director of the thumb-sized bulb is seen Great Lakes Lighthouse from freighter pilot hous­ Keepers Association in es nearly 30 miles away. Mackinaw City. ‘There’s a Visitors get a closer huge amount of American look, starting with open­ history tied to lighthous­ ing ceremonies, 11 a.m. es.” Saturday, May 19. “We’re going to inter­ “Historic preservation pret that to tens of thou­ is very important,” sands of people,” Bennett Bennett said. “We’re con­ said. includes: up to § qts of oil, filter, plus tax and disposal Passenger ears and light tinuing a legacy.” Some coast guard lore tracks only. Excludes dieseSs. Synthetic oii slightly higher, Can not be combined The lighthouse entered comes firsthand. ass&sa mm mms service 53 years after the Retired coastie, Mike Declaration of Popelka, is site manager Expanded Saturday Independence. Michigan and interpreter. Service Hours Ladies pink tourmaline and pave diamond pendant was a territory, eight years “Light houses are im­ with multi strand chain in 18k white gold. shy of statehood. portant to mariners,” 8:30am to 4:00pm “This was a strategic Popelka said. “A lot of site,” Bennett said, refer­ times, fog hangs low on ring to Fort Gratiot. the water. If you’re up on “People left here to fight the bridge of a boat, you’ll theVferof 1812.” see the light house,” The light’s first keeper “If it’s a clear night, was too fat and drunk to without haze, you can see edm und t. AHEE Jewelers climb and tend the origi­ the light for quite a way,” 16901 Mack Avenue nal lamp, fueled by oil. He said Capt. George 20139 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236 hired an assistant to do it Haynes, chief pilot with 313-885-4000 800-987-AHEE * 313-886-4600 So ensued, over the Lakes Pilots Association www.ahee.com m s M E M s m I i GROSSE POINTE NEWS, MAY 10, 2012 ,ji:. 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B yAJ. Hakim to find the confidence to Staffwriter move to the direction of my dreams.” ^ \ The following is the fi­ Which i s ^ h ^ in the nal article in the Grosse past few years, between Pointe North High performances and coi^ School's inaugural certs, Joseph has Distinguished Alumni stepped slowly into a Award series. The new role as teacher and awards ceremony is 7 inspirational voice to stu­ p.m. Monday, May 14, at dents, peers, elders and North's Performing Arts others. She shares her Center. This week’s alum story during speaking is Sandra Joseph, class of engagements and work­ 1986. shops, reveling in any Life wasn’t always opportunity to help oth­ front center and in the ers find courage and in­ spotlight for Sandra spiration. Joseph, who spent a “You can’t just say, 'Oh, decade on Broadway as I want to inspire people; I Christine Daae, the lead­ want to be inspira­ ing lady in Andrew Lloyd tional/” she said. “You’d PHOTOS COURTESY OF GROSSE POINTE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL Webber’s musical, “The never think that of your­ Above, Sandra Joseph performs in a school produc­ Phantom of the Opera.” self, but I’ve always been tion in 1986 during her senior year at Grosse Pointe Before she was cast in sort of a teacher in my North High School. the esteemed role in heart, and I love watch­ 1996, and the subse­ ing other people get ex­ Rights Joseph earned the esteemed role o f Christine quent successes attached cited and watching them Daae in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of with it, Joseph struggled grow.* the Opera” in 1996 and concluded her run 10 years internally, as most high Joseph is especially and about 1,200 shows latet, She’s currently schoolers and young fond of high school-aged “Broadway’s longest-running leading lady in its adults do, with insecuri­ children. With reason, as longest-running show.” ties, with the fear of re­ Grosse Pointe North jection, and of losing High School is where she “Broadway’s longest- sibility. Everything is my mail for a long time. common, I don’t know if yourself and your found her voice. running leading lady in ahead of them and they My mom got her invita­ it is, for high schools to dreams to those fears. Through continued en­ its longest-running have opportunities to ex­ tion first, so she read it really have lots of oppor­ “Wfe so often let our in­ couragement from for­ show” And in working plore what makes them over the phone. We prob­ tunities for kids to per­ securities or fears hold mer theater director, with present-day high feel alive, whether it’s ably all, on some level, form. We were all over us back,” Joseph said. “If Gael Barr, and choir di­ schoolers, she hopes to the arts or something feel undeserving and un­ the place. We would go at my life is testament to rector, Ben Walker, who inspire them to find their academically. Whatever worthy. Just doing what Christmas and sing in anything, it’s if you keep nominated her for the own voice. it is, I just love that time you do in the world and nursing homes, we moving through your distinguished alumni ‘1 love high school kids in life where everything trying your best to con­ would go to the (Grosse fear and taking those award, she overcame so much,” Joseph said. is up to you to discover tribute and use the gifts Pointe) War Memorial risks, yes, you will fail those initial, internal “They just crack my and then to go and pur­ you have and try to make and sing for their after­ and, yes, you’ll be reject­ struggles and turned it heart wide open. And I sue. something useful of your noon tea. There were all ed. But if you keep into a Broadway career, love... I just love that “They’re so fortunate, I life. kinds of opportunities to putting yourself out in which she performed time in life. It’s so diffi­ try to stress this to them, You never expect to be sing and that really there, really amazing as Daae for 10 years in cult. It can be so chal­ that we live in a world recognized in any way. helped me get started in things can happen. It re­ about 1,200 shows, es­ lenging and painful, but now that you can pursue But it’s a huge honor, es­ terms of knowing what I ally was a story of trying tablishing herself as it’s also so ripe with pos- any passion you have pecially because of Ben really love to do and and you can make it hap­ Walker’s (North’s choir what really made me feel pen. There are resources director while Joseph alive. C ity o f (3rtXBBB Tjfiaxnit W laahs? M ich iga n now that weren’t in place was a student) involve­ I did my first show my when I was in high ment. He was just so spe­ freshman year at Grosse Notice of Public Hearing school where you can ex­ cial to me in my high Pointe North. I started in On The Proposed 2012-13 General Budget press your creativity and school years and gave the chorus, did little en­ explore and leam about me so many opportuni­ semble roles in plays and ■ And anything. The world i: at ties to-, really^ explore things and then they did,.. . The Various OiBer Puad Budgets - your fingertips ^V j u st whatfflote ‘Annie.” And th^. v^M? NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Mayor ai\d City Council of the City of want to give them wings • Describe your my dream role^f still5 Grosse Pointe Woods will be meeting on May 21, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council and send them out there time/experiences at think it’s the most fun Chambers of the Municipal Building, 20025 Mack Plaza, for the purpose of to fly.” North — highlights; any I’ve had on stage. It was conducting a public hearing on the proposed 2012-13 General Fund Budget as well as the various other Fund Budget of the said City. •What was your ini­ special memories/sto­ so special — wearing tial reaction upon re­ ries, significant influ­ that red dress and that The subject of this hearing is the property tax millage rate ceiving notice of your ences (teachers, class­ little, red, curly wig and of 13.5432 proposed to be levied on July 1, 2012 to support recognition as distin­ mates or administra­ taking a dog out on the proposed/estimated General Fund Budget. If adopted, the guished alumni? I travel tors), particular learned stage. It was a blast, one proposed millage will generate $9,583,531 in operating revenue from ad valorem so much that I didn’t get life lessons. I hope it’s of the best things ever. property taxes for all funds, which is a $163,485 or 1.73% increase compared to •High school Is a sig­ the 2011-12 total tax collection of $9,420,046. This increase will partially offset nificant time in a per­ the decrease in 2010-11 of $886,938 or 9.42%. It is anticipated that the winter son’s life. In most in­ millage levied for Milk River Drainage tax will be 4,5977 mills. stances, it assists indi­ Purpose of Millage Millage Revenue viduals in finding their Rate Generated identity, defining who General Operating 12.5260 $7,537,521 they are and what they Public Safety Pension 0.9362 $563,358 want to be. How did Act 359 - Public Relations 0.0810 $48,742 your time/experiences 16610 Mack Ave at North help shape you Total General Fund Levies 13.5432 $8,149,621 Grosse Pointe Park into who you were in EMS 0.3578 $215,306 (313) 886-8761 the immediate years Solid Waste 2.0251 $1,218,604 that followed and who Total Voted Millage/Debt 2.3829 $1,433,910 you are today? Gael Barr Gift Certificates Available! was the theater depart­ ment at Grosse Pointe TOTAL SUMMER MILLAGE 15.9261 $9,583,531 North for many, many years. He was one of The City Council expects to take action on the proposed millage rates as well as these people who loved taking action to approve the aforementioned budgets at the Council meeting the craft so much. He immediately following the public hearing. The taxing unit publishing this notice, identified above, has complete authority to establish the number of mills to be loved theater. And he levied from within its authorized millage rate. couldn’t get enough of it. He directed four shows a GENERAL FUND year. We would do a mu- General Government $2,703,727 Public Safety $5,279,711 See BROADWAY, page 6A Public Works $2,304,295 Parks & Recreation . $1,668,011 MIS $ 320,462 Total General Fund $12,276,206 The picture is simulated. 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By Brad Lindberg Work is intended to pre­ the principle amount of Also included are archi­ are approved,” said Tom The additional space StaffWriter vent sewage backups into the bonds should bids for tectural improvements, Biehl, vice president of will extend from west end basements, as happened the project come in less such as roof and window the city’s consulting engi­ of the pump station. GROSSE POINTE twice last year in the in­ than $4.5 m illion,” ac­ replacements, to the 83- neers, Hubbell, Roth & “The front of the (exist­ FARMS — The sale of land sewer district be­ cording to Wendy year-old building at Kerby Clark. “The delivery date ing) building will not get $4.5 million in bonds tween Ridge and Mack. Underwood, a bond attor­ and Chalfonte. is between Aug. 15 and any closer to the street were approved this Bonds are capped at 5 ney with Dickinson A permanent backup 30.” than the existing east end month to finance im­ percent interest. Wright. generator is the most ex­ At 43-by-ll feet, the ofth e building, closest to provements at the Kerby “The city manager Bonds are payable over pensive component and generator is so large, it Chalfonte,” Biehl said. Road pump station. (has) authority to reduce 20 years. requires the most lead can’t fit in the existing The site plan is expect­ They could cost the av-„ time. building. A separate en­ ed to be on the Monday, erage homeowner $40 the “The generator has to closure is needed. May 14 council agenda. first year and $80 annual­ be fabricated to meet re­ ly thereafter, according to quirements of the bid,” Reeside. said Shane Reeside, dty Bonds finance new and manager. “That was bid more powerful equipment out separately so we BROADWAY presented at the January could commence con­ Grosse Pointe Farms city struction as soon as possi­ Cerem ony venue changes council meeting: ble.” ♦ a standby generator Of three generator bids Continued from page 4A know I wouldn’t have system, ranging from $518,000 to had the courage to do it ♦ electric switch gear $618,000, the council se­ without that much sup­ modifications, lected low-bidder sical, a Shakespeare port. ♦ pumping equipment GenPower Products of play, a comedy and •What/who do you and Wixom. something contempo­ hope to do/see in your ♦ state-of-the-art con­ “It takes about 16 rary. Every year was return to North? Fm trols and monitoring weeks to fabricate it from filled with rich material looking forward to hug­ equipment. the time shop drawings to work on. ging Ben Walker. I’m re­ A3 a high school kid, ally looking forward to you never think about that. Not only was he im­ what his life was. We’re portant to me in my just worried about our young life, but he’s im-. own lives, but he gave up portant to me now. He’s so much time to do that. just this inspiring human He was at school all day being. It’s not just his tal­ and then rehearsing till ent, but he has the the evening. He devoted biggest heart you’ll ever, his life to it ever come across. I just y e n o n He and Ben Walker love him so dearly. That’s have both come to New just going to be such a York and seen the special moment. And Phantom on Broadway. It with my family there. was the thrill of my life to That’s going to be really be able to just say thank special. you to them. And I’m excited just to Now, stepping into my go back into North and own role as teacher, see what it’s like now. that’s what you hope for, that you can encourage Ceremony schedule people to go after your Due to popular de­ dreams and they both mand, North’s inaugural gave me permission to Distinguished Alumni do that and opportunities Award ceremony has a to take those baby steps new venue. to get out there in front Rather than the school of people which is a terri­ library, the event is now Video call with Skype?'Ope m ore way Mom wins:when you g*ve fying thing to do. You’re 7 p.m. Monday, May 14, so vulnerable a^that age i at t|e Performing Arts her a sm artphone on- AmeriGa;S'Largesi>46 LTE Network. anyway and ftll of all Center these insecurities — Presentations begin no who’s gossiping about later than 7, and all the me, who doesn’t like me, community is invited to I’m not thin enough or attend. pretty enough or whatev­ The awards committee er enough that you go also seeks 501 (c) (3) tax- through in high school. deductible donations to So, to put yourself out sustain the program. To there on stage is just all donate, make check that much more scary, payable to GPN but they encouraged me Distinguished Alumni to do it and kept giving Program and send to me opportunities. I’m Grosse Pointe North, 707 just so, so grateful. Along Vernier, GPW MI 48236. with my dad, those were Or to make a nomina­ the three men in my life tion, visit the program who loved the arts and website at loved singers and actors gpschools .schoolswire.n and theater and just kept et/gpnorth and click the encouraging me, and I alumni tab.

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GYMNASTICS Local students excel in state meet

Several Grosse Pointe Mattes of Our Lady Star Blair of Trombly overall in two state quali­ spectively. 9.225 on bars, 9.3 on student-athletes earned of the Sea, Elizabeth Elementary School com­ fying meets. Byarski was fifth on beam and 9.20 on floor medals at the USAG Byarski of Star of the pete for Hunt's Mattes placed first in vault with a 9.225, as well exercise and was 13th in Michigan Gymnastics Sea, Rachel Rogers of Gymnastics Academy in the All Around with a as seventh on bars with a the all-around at 36.775. Level 5 state finals held Brownell Middle School, Harrison Township. score of 36.825, making 9.35. She also earned Maltby had a solid af­ the weekend of April 21 Caroline Rogers of Kerby In all, there were 468 her the Level 5 Michigan scores o f 8.9 on beam ternoon, taking third in at West Ottawa High Elementary School, Ella girls qualified during the State Champion, and the and 9.15 on floor exercise beam with a 9.25, fo l­ School Maltby of Grosse Pointe season to compete at this Hunt’s Gymnastics team to help her take seventh lowed by fourth in floor The girls, Maggie Academy and Hannah event by scoring a 30.00 earned first place in the in the all-around with exercise with a 9.1, fifth American Division with a 36.625 points. on vault with a 9.025 and score of 111.50. Rachel Rogers won the had an 8.55 on bars. Her In addition, the com­ vault with a 9.45, and all-around score of bined Hunt’s Gymnastics earned scores of 9.125 on 35.925 placed her sev­ team took third out of 51 bars, 8.4 on beam and enth. teams with I13,10points. 9.15 on floor exercise as Blair scored an 8,6 on Mattes was first on she took fourth in the all- floor exercise to take bars with a 9.4 and third around competition with ninth and received a red on vault, beam and floor a score of 36.125. ribbon with a score of exercise with scores of Caroline Rogers had 32.80 for her all-around 9.075, 9.075 and 9.3, re­ scores of 9.05 on vault, score.

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O U R VIEW Tigers set poor example for Delmon Young n a road trip to New York City less than two weeks ago, Detroit Tigers player Delmon Young was arrested and charged with ha­ Cat’s out they choose and be de­ something to a child, it because they are mistreat­ rassment after an alleged anti- To the Editor: structive to someone’s pri­ takes the mysteiy out of it. ed at home by parents or O Semitic rant and physical alterca­ Ah, Spring! The flowers vate property and create a Every child knows alco­ siblings and don’t know tion with a Chicago businessman. are blooming and the health hazard. hol is forbidden until they how else to behave. Some What he said, we can’t print. grass is greening ... and I Trust me, if your cat is grow up. So, this rule bullies are mean to others The incident was unfortunate and embarrassing and can’t open a window and pooping and peeing in my makes them anxious to try just so they can feel better many were surprised Young kept his job, which pays sit in my yard because cats yard, it may be doing the it and makes alcohol look about themselves. nearly $7 million a year. have been using my nice­ same to your child’s sand­ more appealing than it ac­ Adults and kids can Young apologized repeatedly. But if this is something ly-mulched gardens as box and contaminating it. tually is. I know that if both be bullies or be bul­ that happens when he gets drunk, it’s obviously time to their litter box. I have to wear garden there is something I know lied. Adults may criticize stop drinking. 'Hie embarrassment goes beyond just I spend a lot of time gar­ gloves ali the time now I’m not supposed to do, it other employees unneces­ the team— it goes to the Hitch family who has done so dening and making my when weeding, then ei­ makes me want to do it sarily and cause them to much to keep Detroit going. Their teams (Tigers and yard look nice and then ther wash them in hot wa­ even more. become depressed or not Red Wings) bring millions of people to Detroit each can’t even enjoy it because ter and bleach or throw , As you grow older, the work as productively Kids year, where fans spend many more millions to help the the ammonia smell of cat them out. temptation. becomes can be bullied by parents downtown economy. urine is so overwhelming. I am sure cat owners greater. And when you or peers, at home or at Young, with a history of anger issues, is now on his I don’t have air condition­ reading this think eventually try alcohol, you school, which can cause third chance. Hopefully he gets the help he needs. ing, so it isn’t pleasant on a “grumpy cat hater” but I may become addicted. So lower grades and atten­ But we need help understanding something else 95~degree day to smell that just want to enjoy my yard if drinking was not held dance. about the Tigers. One of its players is accused of spew­ with the windows open or same as you and open my off for so long, I feel there Bullying is not just ing hate in a drunken tirade. He’s served his suspen­ suffer with the windows windows to let a cool would be less drinking pushing and shoving and sion. He’ll have his day in court. He’s said the right closed. breeze in, same as you. problems. doing physical harm, it things and presumably since the Tigers kept him, he’s These are not stray cats. So do me and the com­ In conclusion, I feel that can be emotional and ver­ done the right things. These are cats with own­ munity a big favor and lowering the legal drink­ bal, too. Cyber-bullying is Not to nitpick, but long before Young did his best ers who open their doors keep kitty inside. ing age should happen be­ also a type o f bullying. Mel Gibson in the City That Never Sleeps (he and let their cats out to M A R Y a cause it is time for 18- Consistently putting should’ve been), the Tigers have projected a negative mam free and “doo” wher­ C ity o f G rosse P ointe year-olds to start making someone down, making image with the music they’ve allowed their players to ever they feel like. all the decisions that will them feel bad about them­ choose before they come to bat or pitch in a game. Once a cat does this, Drinking age effect their life now. selves is bullying. On the Tigers website, detroit.tigers.mlb.com, the they will come back over To the Editor. As I said before and I You don’t know what Tigers list some of the players and their songs. The first and try to use our gardens Should the legal drink­ will say again, at age 18 that person deals with in one that sticks out is Miguel Cabrera’s choice. The as their Utter box. Cats are ing age be lowered to 18, you are legally considered their life without a bully to song that plays every time he comes to bat is titled territorial and that means the age wheii you can an adult. Sd'shouldrft make things worse. ******* pans ” a Song by Kanye West and Jay-Z. The other cats in the neighbor­ vote, buy cigarettes legal­ adults be able to choose When you put it this word that is blanked out, is a slang variation of the N~ hood show up and pick ly, and make the decision for themselves? way, there’s a lot of bully­ word, which the artists use throughout. their spot to urinate and to fight for your country? ARJANNA BARNES ing. Austin Jackson’s choice, “Ambition,” by Wale, also poop. I feel the legal drinking Eighth-grade student Next time you want to uses the N-word and some F-bombs. Same goes for How do you get that to age should absolutely be St Clare of Montefalco call someone names, or Brennan Boesch’s choice, the Drake song “We’ll Be stop? Keep the cat in the changed. At age 18, you School worse, think of the conse­ Fine,” according to the website. house. are considered to be an quences and don’t do it. Justin Verlander, the American League’s reigning We have a nice pond adult, and adults make Bullying And if you see it happen­ MV£ uses an Eminem song, with a couple F-bombs and have even found half­ adult decisions. I feel To the Editor: ing, stop it so no one gets and a dig at ex-wife Kim Mathers. It is less offensive eaten fish on the back drinking— just like smok­ Every two hours and 11 hurt! than most. lawn. ing, voting, and serving in minutes, a person under Do something before The most offensive during a lyrics check, seems to I live in the City of the military — is an adult the age of 25 commits sui­ it’s too late. be the song listed for Delmon Young, “King of Grosse Pointe and there decision. cide. JIJIJA ROARTY Diamonds” by Rick Ross. The song not only uses F- are ordinances that if you All of these decisions Suicide is the third lead­ St Clare of Montefalco bombs and the N-word throughout, it’s also derogato­ own a dog it must be be­ are life effecting. While ing cause of death for School ry toward women, calling them several names we can’t hind a gate, licensed serving in the military you teens and other young come close to printing here. and/or on a leash when not could get seriously injured people, adding up to 4,400 Good Samaritans At the bottom of the website is a disclaimer saying behind a gate. There is no or killed. Smoking could deaths by suicide a year. To the Editor: the music approved is for all ages, “however some ordinance for cate. I think give you lung cancer or And for every suicide, To the two extraordi­ songs listed on this page may have alternate versions this should change or cat permanently damage there are 100 known sui­ nary gentlemen who with different lyrics. Parental discretion is advised” owners should be more re­ your health in another cide attempts. changed my flat tire on the So we looked. The Drake song didn’t have a version sponsible and keep their way Bullying victims are two rainy evening of May 1 in with different lyrics. And the top 50 songs by Rick Ross pets inside to use a Utter When voting, you are to nine times more likely Grosse Pointe Woods’ available on iTunes all had the “explicit” language box in their own home. choosing who you want to to commit suicide, accord­ LakefrontPark: warnings. None were “clean.” According to Google, I understand people lead and represent you. ing to the Centers for Thank you from the bot­ the Cabrera choice doesn’t have a different title, so it want cats as a family pet. I That is a serious choice. Disease Control and tom of my heart. would seem the title is offensive enough and not cov­ owned three cats and There are many hazards Prevention. And 56 per­ Your cheerful persis­ ered by the disclaimer on the website. loved them. They stayed to drinking, just like the cent of all students have tence in making certain I We’re all for the freedom to listen to whatever music indoors. Due to a child many" other decisions witnessed an act of bully­ got on my way again safe­ you like in your house or on your iPod. The fact players with allergies, I had to made at age 18. ing at school. ly will never be forgotten. like these songs doesn’t necessarily mean they think adopt them out to good, So why limit the deci­ It may seem I am writ­ It was the best reminder that way or talk that way. I doubt they would want to loving homes where they sions an “adult” can ing about suicide, but I am IVe had in a long time of hear young children singing the lyrics to these songs. lived their lives to the end make? actually writing about bul­ how wonderful people But the Tigers can’t pretend it’s appropriate to intro­ as house cate. Studies show that if lying. The two often come can be. duce a player to the song “****** in Paris.” In fact, the People who own cats people are exposed to al­ into the same stories and I hope some day I will iTunes version of the song adds four letters to the title need to be responsible cohol at an early age, they affect each other a lo t be able to repay your the Tigers didn’t put on their list. and realize if they let their are less likely to have Bullying is everywhere. kindnesses to me by “pay- Delmon Young needs to work on his image, but the cat out, this is what they drinking problems when It is at school, the work­ ing it forward,” example put forth by his team isn’t much better. are allowing their pets to they grow up. This is be­ place and even at home. PAMELA M1SURACA It’s a silly problem to have. Parents don’t want to do: To roam whereever cause, when you expose Many kids become bullies New Baltimore have to answer when their child asks what song is playing as Cabrera makes his way to the plate. And given Young’s problems in New York, the Tigers management should be a little more sensitive to the I SAY By Karen Fontanive image they display. With the history of Hank Greenberg, Willie Horton and other Tigers who fought for rights and peace be­ yond the playing field for something much more im­ I can worry while I sleep portant than a baseball game, your disclaimer doesn’t cut it. “Karen, are you worried immediate field of vision. I Once our oldest child least to my husband. Step up to the plate, Tigers. Michael isn’t home yet?’ do the same with my went off to college, there We want our children to What made my husband younger child. Every par­ wasn’t a need to wait up, be independent, but we think I was: my closed ent knows what I’m talk­ or pretend to wait up, any want to know what they’re eyes or my snoring? ing about. And every par­ more. Would my son call doing; we give them the OUR STAFF I woke up, rather grog- ent whose child has “flown me every night to tell me tools to make the right de­ gily and at 1:43 a.m. no the coop” or “left the nest,” he’s safe and sound in his cisions, but we want to be EDITORIAL OKCULAnON (313) 882-0294 (313) 343-5578 less, to ask how he knew knows you have to sleep dorm room? No. Would I assured they’re doing so; Bob S t Jutm: Sports Editor Bridget Thmnas: Manager our son wasn’t home. sometime. wait up for him, hoping we tell them they’re adults Ann Fouty; Features Editor No car in the garage. For the past couple of he’d do so? No comment. and we don’t wooy, but we Brad Lindberg: Staff Writer DISPLAY ADVERTISING Kathy Ryan: Staff Writer (313)882-3500 That’s a good answer. years, that sleep has been Let’s just say it only took a do and will forever. That’s Karen Fort tan rve: StaffWriter Katliryn Andros: Then I woke up enough in a chair in the family couple of weeks for me to just the way it always has P o in t e Advertising Director AJ.Haldtn: Staff Writer NEWS GROUP Peter J. Birknen to text our son to find out room pretending IVe been leam the answer to that teen and always will be. Diane Morelfb Mcftlbcr Suburban Advertising Manager Editorial Assistant ffeA’spojsers of America and where he was. Response up the entire time when re­ question. And, yes, we wait up until National Newspaper Association Kathleen M. Stevenson: Advertising Representative in hand, literally, I prompt­ ally it was the garage door But now our firstborn they get home— at least CLASSIFIED PRODUCTION Julie R. Sutton: ly fell asleep. opening that woke me, I has completed his first one of us does. (313) 882-6900 <313)882-6090 Advertising Representative Barbara Yazbeck Vethacke: Ken Schop: ChrisJiae DrumheiSer. Don’t misunderstand. I wasn’t fooling anybody. year of college and re­ My husband, when he Manager Production Manager Advertising Representative worry about my kids — Like I can really stay turned to the family abode. was living with his par­ Nora Ezop Inside Sales David Hughes Erika Davis: PatTapper Advertising Representative every minute of every day awake until 4 a.m. prom We haven’t waited up for ents, remembers getting Fenny Derrick Melanie Mahoney: For the past 19 yeans, I night/morning? Most him for eight months, but home at 3 a.m. to find his Carol Jarman Administrative Assistant have worried about my nights, I don’t make it to now that he’s home, it MarySchlager See I SAY, page 9A Beth Gauthier son when he’s not in my the 11 o’clock news. feels like we should— at GROSSE POINTE NEWS, MAY 10, 2012 NEWS

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DESK By Thomas Harwood Vision defined for GPPSS rior to begin­ ize their full potential by working collaboratively lead our school system on the Michigan’s Education provement goals, adjust ning my role as providing them with the with their teachers, to be­ a different path of instruc­ YES! Report card; our budget accordingly, the new super­ highest quality education­ come future creative tional practices that en­ ♦ both high schools are assess and evaluate our intendent ofthe al program and instruc­ thinkers who develop, ap­ courages and supports “all in the top 3 percent in the progress, and effectively Grosse Pointe tion. ply and understand a students to be successful nation; analyze and report our ef­ PPublic School System,There A.J. ate several key el­ greater depth of knowl­ learners and leaders, to­ ♦ one-hundred percent forts to align with the Hakim, staff writer for the ements in the Grosse edge and skills. day and tomorrow.” of our core classes are needs of our students and Grosse Pointe News, and I Pointe Public School It is our responsibility to Recently, the Grosse taught by highly-qualified their programs. discussed including a System Mission Statement set the foundation for an Pointe Public School teachers; Future articles “From short, monthly feature arti­ that generate action, com­ environment that nurtures System Board of ♦ our latest budget au­ the Superintendent’s cle in the paper regarding mitment and accountabili­ and encourages all differ­ Education approved a dit was a “clean and un­ Desk” will include: current events, programs ty in the school system on ent learners by providing “Continuous qualified” audit and we ♦ Updates on state fund­ or initiatives that impact behalf ofthe students and the “highest quality educa­ Improvement Plan” that have an “AA+ ” bond rat­ ing of schools; our schools. families we serve. tional program and in­ identifies specific areas of ing; ♦ proposed legislative This first installment is The first is recognition struction” for each individ­ improvement with related ♦ our graduates go on action that impact pro­ intended to highlight of the partnership that ual student. measurement tools to de­ to 160 coUeges/universi- grams and services; some key features about must exist for our students termine growth or success ties each year; ♦ curriculum and/or the Grosse Pointe school to be successful. We are O ur vis io n for each goal— available ♦ we field 120 teams in Program Changes within system you may or may fortunate in this educa­ The vision of the Grosse at gpschools.org. Ibis 30 different sports and 60 the Grosse Pointe school not be aware of as you vis­ tional communityto have Pointe school system is to plan will serve as a bench­ percent of our high school system; and it our schools. strong relationships of en­ help all students be suc­ mark of progress as the students participate in at ♦ other areas of interest The Grosse Pointe gagement by many par­ cessful learners and lead­ school system works to least one sport; and requests from the school system is a com­ ents, interest groups, and ers, today and tomorrow. improve identified areas. ♦ both high schools reader ofthe Grosse mon daily thread within community leaders on a We must align our pro­ In benchmarking the have Grammy award-win­ Pointe News. this community that con­ daily basis. The synergy grams and services under schools, it is important to ning music programs, and I encourage you to for­ nects the interest of many that they provide affords a this future-oriented vision recognize a few key offer 25 advanced place­ ward any questions or ar­ people. In setting the stage higher degree of excel­ to meet the needs of the pieces of information ment classes and six for­ eas of i nterest to for a positive educational lence at all levels. As indi­ w21st Century Learner” about our school system. eign languages; and ajhakimc&grossepoijite- journey for all students, cated in the mission state­ This requires us to contin­ A few of these items are ♦ all schools have news.com so I may be able the members of this edu­ ment, we work to “chal­ uously be aware of educa­ highlighted below. earned Michigan Green to provide future respons­ cational community must lenge all students to real­ tional program advance­ ♦ A ll 14 of our schools School status. es in future articles. first focus on the mission ize their full potential,” ments and modifications achieved “Adequate As part of our continu­ Harwood is the superin­ and vision of the school As we implement new that best meet the core Yearly Progress;” ous improvement plan, we tendent ofthe Grosse system. learning strategies and ap­ needs of our students. ♦ all 14 of our schools will continue to monitor Pointe Public School proaches across the school The unique needs of received a grade of “Aw on our district/school im­ System.. 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BOYS LACROSSE South edges Knights back N o rth , 9-8 to basics By John McTaggart fourth quarter, while By Bob St. John three goals to take a 4-2 Special Writer Liggett adjusted and at­ Sports Editor halftime lead. tacked Clarkston’s zone Liam Mcllroy, Dan They’re a team that defense with a series of It was just what fans French and James seems to be improving quick passes and very ef­ wanted to see, a close, Webster tallied as the each game. fective ball movement in hard-fought game that Blue Devils’ offense University Liggett’s the offensive end. went to the wire. swarmed North goalie boys’ lacrosse team beat “It was a nice adjust­ Grosse Pointe South Rhys Williams. However, Clarkston 9-5 last week­ ment we made and we hosted its second regular Williams came up with end, making it clear it is went out and executed,” season game of the sea­ some big saves to keep getting better with each Brusilow explained. “The son against archrival the game close. effort. passing was more a func­ Grosse Pointe North last Preston made adjust­ “We are getting better tion of what they were do­ week. ments at the half and and better,” head coach ing with their zone de­ Neither team could they worked to perfec­ Bill Brusilow admitted. fense” sustain momentum and tion as the Norsemen “We’ve got a ways to go A four-goal burst in the after the final, tense 11 dominated the third pen- yet, but we are getting to third quarter, three of seconds, South escaped od, outscoring the Blue be a better team.” which came from the stick with a 9-8 win. Devils 4-1 to take a 6-5 Down 4-2 at halftime, of David Gushee, pushed “It was an exciting lead. the Knights huddled be­ the Knights to a 6-4 lead game, but we didn’t play South’s Andrew side the goalpost at the heading into the final 12 i - w v ; # / that well at times and I Wright’s goal was sand­ east end of the field and minutes of the game. thought North played wiched around North : ' V ' V;- discussed what they had “In lacrosse a three-goal with a lot of emotion,” goals from Jay Warren PHOTO BY BOB BRUCE seen throughout the open­ lead is nothing. If you’re South head coach Don and Malik’s three. South’s Andrew Hyde, right, got the best of North’s ing half of play. down by two, up by two, it Wolford said. “We stood In the fourth quarter Jacob Brazil, left, in the Blue Devils* 9-8 victory. “They (Clakston) really doesn’t mean around on defense at alone, there were three played very, very well and much,” the coach ex­ times and watched.” ties and three lead Back came North as the final minute, but two they played a very tight plained. “We knew what North head coach Dan changes. Thibault buried a shot by missed shots and a zone defense,” the coach we had to do to stop their Preston had his players The Blue Devils tied it South goalie David turnover allowed the explained. “We talked offense, and we did that. prepared. After several 6-6 when Andrew Hyde Trudel. He was fed a per­ Blue Devils to walk away about that and I think it And we knew we had to lackluster outings, the scored at the 10:22 mark, fect pass from Julian with their second straight took us that first half to keep pushing on offense. Norsemen have begun to but the Norsemen went Quinlan, regular season victory get adjusted to that. Plus We did that too.” play more as a unit. ahead 7-6 after Nicholas Webster scored what over North, we switched our defense Manny Counsman and The Norsemen led 2-1 Lamparski tallied at the turned out to be the Both teams had to re­ around some. We realized Andrew Amine also after the opening quarter 7:41 mark. game-winning goal at the group and play tough where all their offense scored for Liggett in the on goals by John Thibault It took the home team 3:37 mark. French gave road games. was coming from and put win. and Alex Malik. Austin eight seconds to tie it as him a pass and a second North lost 5-2 to HAnse our best defensemen on The victory moved the Jones scored for the Blue Cliff Dirksen scored and later, Webster’s shot Creuse North, dropping that and shut them Knights to 4-5 overall with Devils. it took an 8-7 lead at the whizzed by Williams for to 2-9 overall, while down.” games against Romeo, The home team roared 5:47 mark when Wright the 9-8 advantage. South lost 6-5 to Utica The Wolves managed Cranbrook-Kingswood back to dominate the sec­ scored his second goal of The Norsemen had Eisenhower, dropping to just one goal after the and Grosse Pointe South ond quarter, scoring the game. possession of the ball in 6-4. break, that coming in the looming.

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The 2012 golf season led by Hyde (76), Grosse Pointe South was awarded the This trophy has been has barely started and the Sommerville (79) and Jeff placed sixth out of 38 Governor George awarded annually since Grosse Pointe South Craig (84). teams. Five of the top six Romney Trophy this sea­ the 1965 - 1966 hockey boys’ golf team is enjoy­ The two young players, teams in the state were son. season. Another local ing success. Becker and Szymanski, participating in the tour­ This honor is awarded player earning the award The team is currently 3- played well and were nament. to a senior player judged was University liggett’s 1 in match play, including competitive. Honored by the league coaches to Allen Taber and last a recent 155-158 win over This type of experience be outstanding in scholar­ year’s honoree was Ann Grosse Pointe North and can only help in their de­ Grosse Pointe South se­ ship, sportsmanship and Arbor’s Luke Dwyer, a 160-161 loss to Utica velopment. At the end, nior Geoffrey Welsher playing skill. — VmceBuzoJits Eisenhower, and have one tournament victory and a top-10 finish in an­ Geoff Welsher other. LIGGETT The match with the ment and the coaches, Norsemen was competi­ Rob McIntyre and Steve tive and after the six var­ Taflinger, decided to rely sity matches, the teams on experience by taking were separated by only all upper classmen. three strokes. With an av­ The strategy proved erage score of just over 38 right as Grosse Pointe per player. South won the tourna­ The low round of the ment with a team score of match for the Blue Devils 334. They were led by was posted by Geoff Welsher, who posted an Welsher (37), followed 81. The other team mem­ closely by Will Hyde (38), ber's that day were Joe Becker (38) and three Robert Sommerville, players with 42. Becker, Hyde and North was led by Michael Stavale. medalist Steven Zak with Two days later, the Blue an even par 36. Other Devils headed north to Norsemen who shot well participate in the were Jason Vismara, Traverse City Garrett Friesmuth and Tournament. Patrick Hastings. In an effort to continue North split its other the development of one of Macomb Area the top high school golf Conference Red Division programs in the state, the matches, losing 157-176 coaches went with a !l :¾¾ to Romeo at Greystone slightly different strategy and beat Utica Ford 167- when selecting the six 190 at Lochmoor Monday players who would repre­ i- / afternoon, sent the team. Friesmuth was the low They kept a good a**-#.; scorer with a 40, with amount of experience Zak, Jason Vismara and and leadership but mixed Tom Vismara following in a couple of younger behind. players in Reis Becker Grosse Pointe North is and David Szymanski. 4-2 in the MAC Red The tournament was Division. played over two days and The Blue Devils are ex­ on two different courses. perienced, deep and cur­ The first day \vas rently ranked No, 6 in played on the Spruce, Division 1. Teams ranked which is a tree-lined ahead of South are Grand course that places a pre­ Rapids Forest Hills mium on accuracy Central, 1; Muskegon Although everyone Mona Shores, 2; Traverse played well, the Blue PHOTO COURTESY OF DAN SULLIVAN City West, 3; Battle Creek Devils were again led by Lakeview, 4; and Welsher, who posted an Davison, 5. even par 72. Providing With the first two support was Becker with matches under their belt, a 77. Liggett senior Jeff Mott, shown above at a match earlier in the season, shot a 47 in the Knights’ 172-186 loss to the Blue Devils had a little On the second day, the Ann Arbor Greenhills. Other Knights on the score sheet were Jake Soyka, 46; Stephan Campau, 46; and Luke time to enjoy their suc­ tournament continued on cess before heading to the Wolverine, a resort- Soyka, 47. Liggett placed ninth in last weekend’s final MIAC Tournament and placed second overall in the con­ the Port Huron Northern type course that requires ference. Mott and Campau made AU-MIAC First Team and Caleb Ninivaggi made Second Team. Liggett is 8-1 in Tournament. more creativity and shot the MIAC after Monday afternoon’s wins over Lutheran Northwest and Roeper. Chris Monsour shot a 41, fol­ The team took five making. players for the touma- This day, the team was lowed by Mott and Robert Stanley with a 42 and Campau with a 44.

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SUMMARY OF THE MINUTES LIGGETT April 16,2012 The Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. beginning with the Pledge of Allegiance. Present on Roll Call: Mavor Farquhar; Councilmembers, West, Joseph, Davis, Theros, & Waldmeir Absent Were: Councilman Joseph T. Leonard Also Present: Messrs. Burgess, City Attorney; Reeside, City Manager; Tepper, Knights on fire Assistant City Manager; Brennan, Director of Public Service; Jensen, Director Public Safety; Hutchins, Deputy Director of Public Safety. By Bob St. John er Briana Bellamy made another good defensive Mayor Farquhar Presided at the Meeting. Sports Editor 18 saves and played her outing, causing turnovers Councilman Leonard was excused from attending the Meeting. best game o f the season, and forcing wide shots as University Liggett’s according to Fobare, and Bellamy made 16 saves. The Minutes of the Regular Meeting held on March 12, 2012, were approved as girls’ lacrosse team is get­ the defense in front of Helping Shannon on submitted. ting on a roll. her, led by Meg Shannon, defense were Courtney The Council, acting as a Zoning Board of Appeals, approved the Minutes of the Public Last week the Knights created some timely Knight, Kim Batchelor, Hearing held June 6, 2011; approved the request for extension of variance previously beat Dexter 18-16 and turnovers. Katarina Goitz and Julia granted for the Crescent Sail Yacht Club; adjourned the variance request of 425 Kerby Monday afternoon Chandler Warren and Grimm, Road to June 4, 2012; approved the variance request of 175 Irvine Lane. whipped Warren Regina Abby Belcrest were un­ Anna Canzano, Wujek, The Council approved the Resolution Authorizing Issuance of General Obligation 17-7, im proving to 5-5 stoppable, scoring eight Daria Lewis and Limited Tax Bonds for the Sewage Pumping Plant. overall. goals apiece, while Anne Mackenzie Lukas provid­ The Council approved the generator purchase. Head coach Tamara Flick and Olivia Wujek ed good short cuts on of­ Fobare is getting the most each had a goal. fensive drives, while The Council approved the Kerby Interceptor Inspection. out of her seniors and the Against the Saddlelites, goals were scored by The Council approved the Pier Park Viewing Fishing Deck. underclassmen are tak­ Rosie DeRoo, Warren and Warren, 7; Belcrest, 4; ing positive strides. Belcrest worked well on Wujek, 2; Maranda The Council approved the following item from its Consent Agenda: • The request to schedule a Public Hearing for Monday, May 14, 2012 at 7 p.m. to Against the the draw to come up with Saigh, 2; Lewis, I; and consider the formal adoption of the Proposed General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year Dreadnaughts, goalkeep­ loose balls. Shannon had Flick, 1. 2012-2013. • Fee Schedule Amendments The following Report were received by the Council and ordered placed on file: GROSSEPOINTE NORTH • Public Safety Report for March 2012. The Council temporarily adjourned to a Closed Session to discuss certain labor negotiations. Following adjournment of the Closed Session, the Council resumed the Regular Norsemen backfire Meeting. The Council approved the Labor Contracts, as submitted. By Bob St. John outscored 35-11. Norsemen had a two- Sports Editor The Norsemen opened game road trip to Saline Upon proper motion made, supported and carried, the Meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. the week with a 14-3 loss and over to the west side THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON The Grosse Pointe to Bloomfield Hills of the state at Rockford. MONDAY, Mav 14. 2012 AT 7:00 PM. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 90 North girls’ lacrosse team Cranbrook-Kingswood. The Norsemen tied KERBY ROAD, GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MICHIGAN 48236. THE MEETING IS endured a nightmare It was scoreless with 14 Saline 7-7 before falling PUBLIC, INTERESTED PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY stretch of games last minutes left in the first flat against Rockford in a ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW THE AGENDA AND MINUTES ON THE CITY’S WEBSITE: www.ci. srrosse-pointe-farms .mi .us/ week. half before the Cranes 14-1 defeat. In the three games, two scored 10 of the next 11 Grosse Pointe North James C. Farquhar Matthew J. Tepper coming against top- goals to take a 10-1 half- fell to 6-3-1 overall and Mayor City Clerk ranked teams, the time lead. has a break before play­ GPN: 5/10/12 Norsemen were Last weekend, the ing its next game. I GROSSE POINTE NEWS, MAY 10, 2012 SPORTS * *'-i! Track and field

GROSSE POINTE NORTH BOYS GROSSE POINTE SOUTH GIRLS Norsemen Blue Devils beat Dakota stay hot The Grosse Pointe of distance depth, the Grosse Pointe North's inches, to round out the South girls’ track and Blue Devils took the top boys’ track and field team Norsemen’s field events. field squad scored a four places in the 1,600- beat Macomb Dakota 82- The Norsemen won 3- meet-record 162 points run. Following Hannah 55 last week, improving to of-4 relays, plus sopho­ to win the 16-team Meier’s record-setting 3-1 in the Macomb Area more Tod Long ran the Sterling Heights win at 4:49 were Farrow Conference Red Division. fastest times in the 100- Invitational last week­ at 4:57, Haley Meier at Head coach Frank and 200-dashes at 10.9 end. 4:59 and Schwartz at Tymrak watched his team and 22,2, respectively. South more than dou­ 5:00. win field, sprint and relay Junior Darius Hamilton bled the score on second The Blue Devils contin­ events in front of the won the high hurdles with place Macomb Dakota. ued to pull in points from home crowd. a time of 15.6 and junior South had 162 points, across the board. Sophomore Makai Polk Jordan Radke won the followed by Dakota with South’s Madi Kaiser won the shot put with a 800-run with a time of 80, Troy with 50, Romeo vaulted a career best 9- throw of 42-feet, 9-inches, 2:05. Junior Daniel with 47 and Warren feet, 6-inches to place and senior Jalen Storks Ciaravino won the 1,800- Regina with 37. third, while Aubryn was No. 1 in the discus run with a time of 4:44 for Along the way, the Samaroo had a mark of with a throw of 136-feet. the home team. Blue Devils set four addi­ 5-feet, 2-inches to place Junior Robert Tillman The Norsemen run this PHOTO BY RENEELANDUYT tional meet records, won second in the high jump. was victorious on the long weekend in an invitation­ North’s Matthew Leone clears his height during this all four relays, and Emily Jackman threw jump, clearing 18-feet, 8- al. attempt in the pole vault placed in 16 of the 17 the discus 97-feet, 8-inch> events. es to place sixth while “Our depth was incred­ Elise Grever and Alexis ible,” head coach Steve DeBrunner added points GROSSEPOINTE NORTH GIRLS Zaranek said. “I don’t in the high jump and know if I’ve ever seen a long jump. team win all four relays More points came from at a large invitational. the distance runners as That, combined with so Schwartz placed second many points from so in the 3,200-run, while many events, clearly dis­ Farrow placed second in played our team’s the 800-run. Lily Pendy strength.” gave her team points in Junior Hannah Meier the 400-dash as did Erin was the star of the meet, Ivers in the hurdles. winning both the 800- Earlier in the week, and 1,600-run in meet South improved to 6-0 record times. with a 103-34 win over Meier, with teammates Sterling Heights. Kelsie Schwartz, Ersula Victories came from Farrow and Haley Meier, Abby Grobbel in the pole also anchored the vault, Madeline Dice in record-setting 1,600-re- the discus, Elise Grever lay team that broke the 4- in the 100-dash, Alex minute barrier again at Dulworth in the 800 and 3:59.6. Mary Spencer in the Haley Meier, Schwartz, 3,200-run. Farrow and Alexa Calas South won all four re­ started the meet o ff by lays and has outscored dominating the 3,200-re- their opponents this sea­ lay with a 25-second son 120-0 in the relays. margin of victory over Sprint relay victories second-place S t Clair. went to Christy Ford, The Blue Devils sprint­ Grever, Paige Verbrugge ers shined as Mia and Rice with the 3,200- Perkins, Christy Ford, distance relay victory go­ Andrea DiCresce and ing to Margaret Brennan, Caitlin Moore won the Sam Holm, Hannah 800-relay with a time o f Wheeler and Alex 1:47, a full three-second Dulworth. margin of victory. South’s Carolyn Perkins, DiCresce, and Sullivan, Nicole Keller Moore then teamed with and Calas swept the PHOTO BY RENEE LANDUYT Cierra Rice to dominate 1,600-run, as did Kelly the 400-relay in a meet- Langton, Brennan and record time of 50.7 sec­ Mackenzie Feringa in the Battle of unbeatens onds. 400-dash. Moore also placed sec­ Distance runners con­ Grosse Pointe North’s girls’ track and field team lost to Macomb Dakota 100-37 in last week’s Macomb Area ond in the 100-dash be­ tributing to the score in­ Conference Red Division meet. Both teams came into the meet without a loss. Sophomore La’Shanay Mack, fore finishing the night cluded Megan Dziedzic with a victory in the 200- and Chloe Gellert. above, won the high jump at 4-feet, 10-inches, and her teammates only won three events, including Brittany dash. Other point scorers for Williams taking first in the shot put with a mark of 32-feet, 7-inches. Senior Shayna Whitfield won the 300-low DiCresce and Perkins South included Kallyn also placed in these two Conley, Lisa Conley, hurdles with a time of 49.4, North dropped to 3-1 in the MAC Red Division. events. Miranda Turner, Ivers DiCresce finished her and Spencer Graczyk. day by winning the long South hosts the state GROSSE POINTE SOUTH BOYS jump with a leap of 15- regional on Friday, May feet, 10-inches. 18, with events begin­ Blue Devils earn victory In an awesome display ning at 2 p.m. 8» Despite losing all the relay events, making up Perkins took first with a Metes and Borum won field events, Grosse for the lost field event time of 1:34.1. with a time of 3:45.4. . . - , ...... , Pointe South’s boys’ track points. 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N O R T H ”, SOUTH & LIGGETT LIGGETT Ladies Knights rack boot up more wins By Bob St John feating host Sterling foes Sports Editor Heights Parkway Christian 10-6. By John McTaggart The No. 1-ranked boys’ Junior Mark Auk strug­ Special Writer baseball team in Division gled with his control, IV, University Liggett, walking six, but gave up A pair of goals from earned two more division only three hits and struck Grosse Pointe North ju­ wins last week, keeping out eight to record the nior forward Chrisa its record unblemished. win. Kbuskoulas, coupled with Head coach Dan Cimini The visiting Knights a solid defensive perfor­ watched his ballclub edge scored seven runs in the mance, sparked the Rochester Hills Lutheran first inning, forcing Norsemen to a 3-0 victory Northwest 3-0 behind se­ Parkway Christian to play last Friday afternoon over nior Alex Daar’s one-hit, catch-up the rest of the Macomb Area 14 strikeout performance. game. Conference Red foe, Daar is now 6»0 and Daar was 3-for-4 with Utica Ford IL has not given up a run in three RBIs, while sopho­ “We started off rough 36 innings on the mound. more Ian Clark had a two- this season,” head coach PHOTO BY JOHN MCTAGGART He has given up only four run single in the first in­ Chris Alston admitted. North’s Justine Lynn, left, uses her speed to get past a defender during the hits and struck out 71. ning and Azar continued “We had a lot of individ­ Norsemen's division win over Utica Ford. Freshman Nick Azar his hot hitting, going 2- ual talent on the team, but was 2-for-4 with an RBI for-4 with two RBIs. we were really missing closing 40 minutes before teams in Greenhills and game. Junior Eleni Pitses and run scored to lead the Junior Nate Gaggin had that team chemistiy. You Chrisoula Pitses found Plymouth Christian, ” had the assist. offense. two hits and scored two can see the team chem­ the back o f the net with head coach David “They scored a goal Iiggett improved to 9-0 runs, while others who istry starting to kick in just more than two min­ Dwaihy said. "The girls late to make it tight, but in the Michigan provided a spark in a now. The girls are out utes left in the contest, in­ played very well and they we held on for a big road Independent Athletic three-run fourth were ju­ there playing for each suring the victory for the played well in our loss to win,” Dwaihy said. Conference Blue Division nior Kevin Allen and other now, working hard squad. Lutheran North. Liggett improved to 3-3 and 10-0 overall after de­ sophomore Cole Zingas. off of each other. It’s real­ “This is a good win for “I don’t think we have a in the Michigan ly great to see this hap­ us,” Alston explained. “All chance to win our divi­ Independent Athletic pening because I knew it the tools were there for sion, but we sure can gain Conference and 4-6 over­ was what was missing for this team, but they just a lot of confidence during all. GROSSE POINTE SOUTH us early on.” needed to leam how to the next couple of South results North’s bumpy start, play as a team, to play to­ weeks.” which saw the team get gether. That’s starting to Sophomore Gabrielle Grosse Pointe South’s off to a 1-4-1 start, ap­ take over now. You can Masi scored the Knights’ girls’ soccer team lost 2-1 pears to have turned the see it when you watch lone goal against to division-leading Utica Blue Devils comer as the squad has them now compared to Greenhills with sopho­ Eisenhower last week racked up three victories the first few games of the more Kaitlyn Vreeken and followed that with a and a tie in the past four season.” drawing the assist 4-1 loss to Ike Monday games, including a pair of Alston said the turning The Knights’ trek to evening. fall to Dakota wins in the Red last week point may have come in a Plymouth Christian took "It was a well-played — the 3-0 victory over game against Fraser back a lot longer than antici­ game against a very good By Bob St. John “We had two complete Ford n and a 3-2 win over on March 29. pated, due to traffic prob­ team, but just fell short,” Sports Editor games and our pitching Chippewa Valley earlier The squad is reaping lems. However, once they head coach Gene Harkins was outstanding,” in the week. the rewards of this new­ arrived and warmed up, sai Grosse Pointe South’s Griesbaum said. “Anytime you can get a found mindset and ap­ they took it right at the di­ iomore Dani boys’ baseball team lost a In the opener, Matt victory in the MAC Red pear to be a factor in the vision-leading PCA. Manning scored for the golden opportunity to re­ Temrowski earned the you feel good about it,” Red Division. “The girls didn’t get rat­ Blue Devils in the first main tied for the Macomb win, scattering five hits, Alston said. “We’ll take it. Grosse Pointe North is tled about getting there meeting and senior Cathy Area Conference Red walking only one and I’m proud of these kids, 3-2-1 in the MAC Red and late,” Dwaihy said. “They Palazzolo tallied in the Division lead after losing striking out eight. and it’s nice to see the 4-5-2 overall after played well and gained a second game. 10-9 to Macomb Dakota Gibson and Parker had hard work starting to pay Monday evening’s 3-2 lot of confidence with the The Blue Devils came last week. two hits apiece, while off for them with wins. loss to Romeo. win since they beat us 6-1 back to edge Sterling “You score nine runs in George Fishback drove in They work hard, they earlier in the season.” Heights Stevenson 1-0 on a game, you expect to a couple of runs. Others Liggett results leam, they give it every­ Sophomore Anigf Dow a goal by Palazzolo. win,” head coach Dan with RBIs were Benedetti, thing they have out there. University Liggett’s got the Knights on the Anastasia Diamond Griesbaum said. Tim Kramer, Eddie I’m proud of them.” girls’ soccer team put to­ board in the opening half benefited from a solid de­ “However, we walked 12 Champane and Charlie The effort was evident gether impressive back- with junior Ariana fense in front of her as batters, so it makes it diffi­ Sorge. against the Falcons as to-back victories last Castillo getting the assist. she had to make only four cult to win when that hap­ In the second contest, North won the battle for week. They made it 2-0 with a saves to earn the shutout. pens.” Champane went the dis­ loose balls and moved the The Knights started goal from junior Beth “ We controlled the play Despite the free passes, tance, giving up only one ball effectively. with a 2-0 loss to Ottosen. Senior Emily and had good scoring the Blue Devils led 7-4 hit and striking out 10. Kouskoulas put the Lutheran North, but re­ Johnson had the assist. chances,” Harkins said. and then 9-8 after Jon Kramer and Kevin Reck squad on the board in the bounded to blank host The home team came “The girls played well.” Parker’s two-run hit in had two hits and an RBI first half, giving the Ann Arbor Greenhills 1-0 back to cut the deficit to With the split, South the late innings. each to pace the Blue Norsemen a 1-0 lead and host Plymouth 2-1, but freshman Pasha sits 4-2-1 in the Macomb Jack Doyle pitched a Devils’ offensive attack. heading into the break. Christian Academy 3-2. Vreeken scored an insur­ Area Conference Red solid seventh inning, but a Gibson and Eddie The standout forward “I think we turned the ance goal in the second Division and 6-2-1 over­ couple of fielding errors Mollison also drove in would add another in the comer after beating good half, making it a 3-1 all. allowed the Cougars to runs. Tom Marantette al­ score two runs and es­ so had two hits to help the cape with the win, tying road team sweep the twin NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING South in the standings at bill. ST. PAUL The Wayne County Department of Public Services will hold a public hearing on 4-2, one game behind 5-1 Grosse Pointe South the proposed improvements to the Milk River Pumping Station, Milk River Sterling Heights improved to 15-7 overall. Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Retention Treatment Basin, and the Milk River Stevenson. Recirculation System for the purpose of receiving comments from interested per­ Robby Kish had three South alum ni sons. This public hearing will be held as part of a meeting by the Milk River Time hits to lead the Blue g a m e Intercounty Drain Drainage District (MRIDDD). Devils’ 12-hit attack. The hearing will be held at 5:30 P.M. on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at the Grosse Parker had two hits and The seventh annual Pointe Woods Community Center (Lake Room) located at 20025 Mack Plaza, to sign five RBIs, while Matt Grosse Pointe South Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Reno and Carmen baseball alumni game is 1 Benedetti each had two p.m. Sunday, May 20, at The purpose of the proposed projects is to maintain the operational capability of hits and one RBI. Cam the South baseball field. the Milk River pumping/storage/recirculation facilities and to meet regulatory compliance obligations with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Gibson also drove in a run Whether you still play, (MDEQ). in the MAC Red Division or haven’t picked up a bat game. in years, your participa­ Project construction will involve upgrades to the sanitary and storm water pump­ South regained some tion will help make this ing systems, disinfection pumping system; flushing systems for the underground event momentum last weekend, game a fun experience for storage tanks, and the aeration system. Associated upgrades will also be made to the electrical and automation systems, buildings, and the Milk River recircula­ sweeping a doubleheader all. Please help us spread tion system. The first St. Paul 5K/2.2 from host Portage the word through an old- mile walk/fun run is 9 Northern, winning 7-2 fashioned call, e-mail, Construction will be limited to the Milk River facilities, and minimal disruption a.m. Saturday, May 12, at and 6-0. twitter, facebook, etc. is anticipated outside of the Milk River pump station / retention treatment basin the St. Paul athletic field site. Construction related impacts include short term noise and dust in the imme­ behind the school. diate vicinity of the Milk River facilities. St. Paul is located at The County is proposing to fund the project with money collected from user rosse Pointe Blvd., GROSSE POINTE NORTH charges. The estimated annual cost increase to a typical household for the pro­ ^inte Farms, posed projects will be as follows: rent supports all St. Clair Shores residents: $ 0.21 ithletics and the Grosse Pointe Woods residents: $ 113.88 and finishes at Norsemen Harper Woods residents: $ 74.88 ithletic field, ion is 8 to 8:45 The total project costs for Priority IB improvements are estimated at |he gymnasium, $15,920,000. [entry fee is $25 lose in 7th Copies of the plan detailing the proposed projects are available for inspection idents 18 and un- beginning on May 11, 2012 at the following locations: iy$15. Grosse Pointe North’s division play, the Wayne County Department of Public Services, 400 Monroe Street, Suite 400, All checks are payable boys’ baseball team sits Norsemen need to win Detroit, MI 48226 to the St. Paul Athletic two games behind divi­ their remaining four Red City of St. Clair Shores, 27600 Jefferson Circle Drive, St. Clair Shores, MI 48081 Club. sion-leading Sterling contests and get some City of Harper Woods, 19617 Harper, Harper Woods, MI 48225 Mail entries to St. Heights Stevenson in the help to capture the title. City of Grosse Pointe Woods, 20025 Mack Plaza, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236 Paul, attention St. Paul Macomb Area In other action last Written comments received before the hearing record is closed on June 12, 2012 Athletic Club, 170 Grosse Conference Red after weekend, North traveled will receive responses in the final project plan. Written comments should be sent to: Pointe Blvd., Grosse losing 6-4 to the Titans north to Alpena for the Pointe Farms, MI 48236. last week. annual tournament. David Lakin, Wayne County Department of Public Services Entry forms are avail­ The host Norsemen Head coach Frank Water Quality Management Division able at stpaulathletic- took a 4-3 lead into the Sumbera’s squad won all 400 Monroe Street, Suite 400 [email protected] or seventh inning but three games, improving Detroit, MI 48226 active.com and click un­ couldn’t hold off the to 11-7 overall by beating der the St. Paul Fun Run Titans. Charlevoix 15-2 and the Published May 10, 2012 ; &on to get more info. With two weeks left in home school 7-1 and 3-1. GROSSE POINTE NEWS, MAY 10, 2012

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GROSSE POINTE NORTH TRAVEL SOFTBALL Tough defeat By Bob St John man’s head for an error, Sports Editor allowing two more runs to cross the plate. Grosse Pointe North’s It remained 3-3 until the softball team had a chance Shorians exploded for five to stay close to the leaders runs in the top of the sev­ in the Macomb Area enth. Conference White In other division games Division. last week, North lost a The Norsemen used a tough 2-0 decision to Utica big two-out error to score Ford. Zaranek pitched two runs and take a 3-0- well, striking out 10. iead in the first inning of Grosse Pointe North fell their game against visiting to 2-5 in the MAC White St. Clair Shores Lake and is 9-7 overall after fin­ Shore. ishing 3-2 in last week­ The lead didn’t last and end’s 48-team Michigan the Shorians used a five- Stars Tournament. run seventh inning to beat The Norsemen started Grosse Pointe North 8-3. with a 4-1 loss to last North head coach Ron year’s Division 1 runner- Smith’s squad had up Clarkston, but re­ chances, but after the bounded to beat Goodrich three-run outburst, his 4-1. team was shutdown. The Norsemen beat Bay Sarah Richardson led- City Central 2-0 behind off the first inning by get­ clutch hitting by Izzy PHOTO BY JEFF BIANCH1 ting hit by a pitch and Kirek and Haggerty. Amy Zaranek singled. Zaranek held Central to Melanie Mermiges sin­ only three hits. Tournament champs gled to load the bases and Smith’s squad lost 6-2 to 'Fhe Michigan Bulldogs 13U girls’ fastpitch softbauteam'Fhe softbaffteam won the Cinco De Mayo Tournament at Tate Park in Nicole Haggerty singled Utica, but ended the tour­ Clinton last weekend, University Liggett seventh-grade student Emma St. John, standing center, pitched a home the first run. nament on a positive note, shutout in the championship game as the Bulldogs beat the Lookouts 5-0. The Bulldogs used an offensive explo­ Katie Bowles hit a drib­ defeating Northville 5-0 as sion to outscore its five opponents 46-9. The tournament champions are, standing from left, assistant coach Jack bler in front of home plate. Zaranek pitched the LaTour, Hailey Reese, Kelcie LaTour, Emma St. John, Lauren McLean, Jordan Miller and head coach Mike Lake Shore’s catcher shutout and hit a long Roeske; and kneeling from left, Nicole Roeske, Jordan Bianchi, Emily Andrews, Riley Hecklirteki and Breigha threw over the first base­ home run. Donnelly. Two players, Natalie VanDerHaegen and Alex LaRue, could not make the tournament.

LIGGETT Knights need to find defensive consistency By Bob St. John Wfestland 9-0. The Knights came ners were on first and with a sacrifice fly later against Marine City and Sports Editor The Knights forced ex­ back to blank Lutheran third. in the game to help the the Knights jumped out tra inning by scoring two Westland as Ashley She broke for home on visitors, to a 2-0 lead against one University Liggett’s runs in the top of the sev­ Tengler tossed a one-hit- the catcher’s throw and Last weekend, Liggett of the top teams in the girls’ softball team split enth against Inter-City ter, striking out five. by pure speed beat the lost two games in the lower classes, Onaway. its division games last Baptist, but the home Kacie Wuthrich provid­ shortstop’s throw home. Birch Run Tournament, Liggett is 4-2 in the week, losing 3-2 to Allen team pushed home a run ed a spark by singling Courtney Slabaugh al­ falling 3-1 to Marine City Michigan Independent Park Inter-City Baptist in the 10th to win the di­ home a run and then so drove in a run and and 4-2 to Onaway. Athletic Conference and and beating Lutheran vision game. stealing home when run­ Julia DeRoo chipped in DeRoo hit a homer 10-7 overall.

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NORTH, SOUTH & LIGGETT Grosse Pot»te M m m m South, North fall short; d e l i v e r e d t m y o u r home every week Liggett beats Cousino a n d l a w ! By Bob St. John No. 5. 6-1,6-1 at No. 3 and at No. Every Thursday, we provide the Pointes with complete coverage of the Sports Editor Last weekend, South 4 doubles, Sabrina Aijour people, organizations, businesses, sales and events in our community. won the Romeo and Jo Hummel won 6-2, Grosse Pointe South’s Tournament with 28 6-1. girls’ tennis team lost its points. Rochester Adams Last weekend, Liggett W e m ake it easy for division showdown with and Romeo were a distant placed fourth in the host Port Huron second with 18 points. Academy of the Sacred Pointers to stay informed SPO RTS Northern, 6-3, last week. Flight winners were Heart Invitational. Detroit about their schools and The two teams played Willard and Sweeney at Country Day won, fol­ in front of their largest au­ No. 2 and 4 singles, plus lowed by ASH and Ann local sports, health, dience of the season and all four doubles teams. Arbor Gabriel Richard. it was quite raucus. Goree and Peny took Liggett is 3-5 overall. fam ily events, real “We didn’t play very second in their singles North results estate, business, well and they did,” head flights. coach Mark Sobieralski Grosse Pointe South Grosse Pointe North’s restaurants, gardening, said. “I think they were slipped to 2-1 in the girls’ tennis team had better prepared for this Macomb Area some tough sledding last antiques, home buefcvliGitMi; big match than my girls Conference Red Division week in its two matches. m aintenance and m ore. were. It’s a good learning and 8-1 overall. The Norsemen hosted experience because I Romeo and Fenton. They O ur readers benefit from Liggett results CfM w iyto New know our schedule gets lost 6-2 in a league match tougher and we will be University Liggett’s to the Bulldogs and our advertising and the ready to play them in the girls’ tennis team had an played a 4-4 tie with eastside s best classifieds. league tournament in a easy match last week, Fenton. couple of weeks.” beating Warren Cousino “Romeo was improved Our subscribers save each The Blue Devils lost 8-0. and played us tough,” each of the four singles “The team was pre­ head coach John VanAlst week and have the paper matches. pared to try out new said. delivered in their m ail. Winning for the Blue strategies that were Maria liddane won at Devils were three doubles worked on over the last No. 3 singles and the No. 1 teams. 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Fri­ niture, great toys and ety,' Pet Adoption, electric sunroof, tint­ patio sets, more. art, furniture, kids of beautiful items. day, May 11, 9am- much more! 230 Saturday, May 12, ed windows. Clean clothes, Burley Trail­ Too much to men­ Just like” the Emi- 4pm. Saturday, May Moran Road, Grosse 12-3pm, CampBow interior. Good tires, 670 Peach Tree er, much more! No tion. nem song, Momma 12,9am- 1pm. Pointe Farms. Friday, Wow Training Cen­ new brakes, new Lane, woods. Friday early birds! we're cleaning out 9am- 12pm; Satur­ ter, next to Pet Sup­ front suspension. No 9- 2. Bikes, train ta­ GROSSE Pointe our closets! Day be­ ST. Clair Shores, leaks or damage, ex­ 20401 Walton (Little day, Sam- 12pm. plies Plus at 9 Mile bie, tall wooden GROSSE Pointe Woods, 678 Blair- fore Mother's Day, and Mack, St. Clair cellent condition. dresser, antique Shores, 67 Green- moor/ Morningside. with a giant mom to Mack/ (94, Frazho/ $3,800. (313)318- 11 Mile). 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glitch — all characters become mosquitoes for a Nurse’s week; minute. “We showed the sea­ horse video giving birth on the big screen,” Reich The importance said of performing their skit, which also must in­ clude human scenery. “(The Pistons players) of school nurses got distracted by it The other team just kept on ByAJ. Hakim time and 19 percent work scoring.” StajfWriter less than two-and-a-half The students practice days a week; the twice a week, once dur­ As allergies, asthma Academy of which figures ing lunchtime and recess and diabetes “become into the 70 percent. PHOTO COURTESY OF MELISSA MACLEOD and another after school, more prevalent among Barker is in her 15th Trombiy Elementary School’s fifth-grade Destination ImagiNation team. improving their improv students, it raises the year with the Academy, skills through a variety of question as to the impor­ her second as a full-time games that require quick tance of school nurses at nurse. She started as a thinking and, of course, individual schools, a posi­ substitute nurse in 1996. teamwork. tion Rosemary Barker Any typical day, she aver­ Imagination and “We’re extremely deems essential in mod­ ages roughly 20 visits in a proud of them,” Trombly ern times, school of about 300 stu­ principal Walt “In this day and age, I dents, some of whom visit Fitzpatrick said. think it’s really impor­ for gauze after pulling out “It’s pretty amazing tant,” said Barker, a a tooth and others for collaboration that, as fifth graders, the school nurse at Grosse something as simple as most important things in Pointe Academy. “I think needing a belt to complete ByAJ. Hakim Michigan University, the and they learn how to lis­ school are lunch and re­ it’s a real plus for a school the school dress code. StaffWriter first time Trombly’s team ten and work together.” cess and these guys have to have it. What happens “Basically, I’m taking performed at the state In an improvisational been willing to give up is, sometimes a school care of people from three- To the seven Trombly level. But even more fas­ competition that stresses their lunch and recess to district will have one and-a-half years old to Elementary School fifth cinating are the friend­ teamwork and collabora­ work as a team. I think nurse, and you have a 70,” she said. “You kind of graders making the 500- ships developed along tion, those bonds be­ that’s pretty impressive, problem in this building,, just have to have the plus mile trip to the the way, both with each come essential, particu­ giving up their own time and it could take them whole gamut because you University of Tennessee other and students from larly as each team has to work collaboratively eight minutes to get there never know what’s going for the Destination other teams. only five minutes prepa­ and as a whole unit as and the child could be to walk in that door.” ImagiNation global fi­ ‘At states, I actually ration time to produce a opposed to an individual. dead by then,” Per her nursing license, nals 2012, their excite­ made a friend from an­ five-minute skit about a They’re setting a high According to a Barker cannot prescribe ment isn’t just about other team because we cause-and-effect rela­ standard for the rest of Michigan Association of medications or make di­ qualifying for the compe­ were talking about the tionship between two un­ us.” School Nurses May 2011 agnoses; rather, she per­ tition’s top level. newspaper and stuff and related newspaper head­ The global finals is online survey regarding forms basic first aid — ad­ Sure, Billy Beardslee, we just became friends,” lines. All the while given Wednesday, May 23 to number of school nurses ministering scheduled Jacob Bruetsch, Natalie VanOsdol said. "And a “one-minute glitch,” Saturday, May 26, at the in Michigan, 298 of 900 medications or breathing Liening, Ally MacLeod, sometimes I hang out something to discom- University of Tennessee public schools, intermedi­ treatments for asthmatics, Matthew Melican, Joelle with her.” bobulate their plans, to in Knoxville, Term. ate school districts and injecting insulin for dia­ Reich and Megan Added Beardslee, integrate into their skit. To raise money for the private school academies betics or cleaning injuries VanOsdol were ecstatic whose mom, Kristin Their two headlines for upcoming trip, the team responded, and more — as well as assumes the placing first of 13 teams Beardslee, coaches the the state finals were, is hosting a bake sale 9 than half of them are role of confidant/coun­ in the elementary impro­ team: “Even with a group “Bulls 100/Pistons 94 in a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, without nursing services. selor for many older stu­ visation challenge at the of people you don’t really O T” and “Seahorse giv­ May 19, at ACE Within the minority with dents. state affiliate competi­ know, DI gets close ing birth caught on Hardware on Kercheval nurses, 70 percent work tion April 21 at Central bonds between people videotape/’ and the in Grosse Pointe. full time, 11 percent half See NURSES, page 2A U

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In March, Pierce joined featured 14 students cast one else’s, online miscon­ Brownell and Parcells as characters from the duct. PHOTO BY RENEE LANDUYT middle schools in raising novel Written in mono­ With help from her stu­ At the Grosse Pointe Public School System Board of Education’s April regular awareness to the effects of logue form, the students dents, Stackpoole has meeting, it recognized 11 volunteers for its annual award. Pictured above, the bullying, as each school directed their speeches to­ since edited the perfor­ 2012 Distinguished Volunteer Award winners, from left, John Pomaville, hosted an anti-bullying as­ ward the audience, with mance into a 16-minute Margaret Biglin, Catherine Kinnaird, Gretchen Schock, Dona Johnson-Beach, sembly highlighted by an each character’s mono­ video that’s available on Karen Zoia, Michele Bauer, Anne Nyboet; Steve Rurguroo, Paula Burguron and appearance from chil­ logue delving further into YouTube at Lisa Cooper. dren's author Doug his personal life and into youtube.com/watch?v=yv Wilhelm. the negative conse­ ncOrerez&feature=youtu. Through books “The quences of his, or some­ be. Revealers” and sequel Board honors eleven “True Shoes,” as well as eight others, Wilhelm of­ fers insight into making district volunteers schools safer and promot­ ing empowerment in An annual apprecia­ and Brownell principal principal Sonja youths. tion, at the Grosse Pointe Mike Dib; Franchett; Additionally, Pierce fea­ Public School System •Steve and Paula •John Pomavilie, Maire tured a performance from Board of Education’s Burguron, Mason and Pierce schools, nomi­ Canadian independent April regular meeting, it Elementary School, a nated by Pierce Parent folk musicians, Dawn recognized 11 honorees joint nomination by Teacher Organization Larsch and Marra Koren, for its 2012 Distinguished Mason staff and principal president Susan Griffin whose songs reveal the Volunteers Award. Elaine Middlekauff; and Franchett; pains of bullying, as well Effects of their yearly •Lisa Cooper, Grosse •Gretchen Schock, as drama teacher Michelle service and involvement Pointe North High School Monteith, nominated by Stackpoole’s stage adap­ realized throughout the Parents Club, nominated David Denomme and tation of “True Shoes,” of student body, individual by Terri McLauchlan and Howell; and which she collaborated schools and the district as North principal Tim •Karen Zoia, Poupard alongside Wilhelm. a whole, this year’s recip­ Bearden; Elementary School, nom­ The stage performance ients include: •Dona Johnson-Beach, inated by Christy Heugh- •M ichele Bauer, o f Maire elementary, Pierce Davenport, Poupard staff Defer elementary and middle and South high and principal Penny On; 0\S-' l.j-ARMNG /VI HOV'I: Pierce middle schools, schools, nominated by Stocks. nominated by Renee Carmen Dusina and “I want to thank all the Borowicz and Defer prin­ South principal Matt volunteers in our district,” cipal Karen Sullivan; Outlaw; president Judy Gafa said. •Margaret Biglin, of •Catherine Kinnaird, “As many of us have said PHOTOS BY RENEE LANDUYT Richard ; , elementary, Monteith Elementary ^ o r e ,th is district is run “We Make House Calls" Top, Pierce Middle School teacher Michelle Brownell < middle' aad School, nominated -by hy; very concerned, in­ StackpooJe’s drama students perform 'True Shoes: A Grosse Pointe South Monteith, principal Keith volved parents who Monologue,” an adaptation of author Doug schools, nominated by Howell and school staff; throw their talents and Wilhelm’s young adult novel. Laura Huebner, with ad­ •Anne Nyboer, Maire, energies into making all Above, Wilhelm reads from his book, “True Shoes.” ditional support from nominated by Liz of us better, the whole dis­ wmlonltutoringMI.com Cynthia Tennent Sohn Naporano and Maire trict better,”

NURSES: Health and safety is a concern Continued from page 1A E territory.” health forms and physi­ As a full-time school cals for athletes and im­ “ (It’s important) espe­ nurse, Barker also works munization reports twice cially as they get older locker room duty (“A a year for the state. But and start having some good way to see how the most important difficulties, for them to their day is starting thing, and Barker’s criti­ come in and share with out”) , attendance, pre­ cal reasoning for schools you, so you can get them pares weekly illness re­ to employ full-time nurs­ any help they need,” said ports for the Wayne es, is an active involve­ Barker, who received her County Public Health ment in the health and Bachelor of Science in Department, attends ad­ safety of students and nursing degree from the ministration meetings, staff. University of Michigan writes policies, organizes “One of my biggest and has worked in oncol­ student medications for concerns is health and ogy, neurology, obstetrics field trips, teaches ado­ safety,” she said. “When and gynecology and pre­ lescent development for you sub, and you’re only pared child-birth classes. fourth and fifth graders here for a day every “They have very strong and American Red Cross three months, or when ties with their teachers, CPR, blood borne they go on the trips, you obviously, but sometimes pathogens and diabetes leam about the fire drills you get to the point education to staff. and different things like where it’s almost like a She also performs that but you’re not ac­ parent and so there’s spring scoliosis screen­ tively involved in the things you don’t want to ings and sets up vision process. I’m here full tell your parent and and hearing screenings, time. Whenever the kids you’re still like a neutral staff flu shot clinics, are here I’m here.”

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PHOTOS As the curtains drew “Red Pepper” as well as its Rebecca Sloss, percussion University. This year, sev­ Pedro,” and South ‘A Riff and percussion to perform closed on March, it sig­ sight reading. ensemble (South percus­ eral South orchestra stu­ in Time,” “A Nightingale one of a classic, the first naled the end to an event­ At Woods Tower, sionists, Div. I); Joseph dents made the cut. Sang in Berkeley Square,” movement from Ludwig ful and successful cam­ South’s concert orchestra Boyle (string bass solo, Solo nominations for with vocalist Elyse Croce, van Beethoven’s paign for the south-end played Carrie Lane 91); Ruoyu Bai (piano so­ the Michigan Youth Arts and “Punta de Soul” “Symphony No. 5.” band and orchestra pro­ GruseUe’s “Two Songs of lo, Div. I); Julia Doherty Festival are: Spencer And as the curtains Since this is the senior grams. N ewfoundland ” and (marimba solo, Div. I); Korejwo, viola and drew closed on March’s showcase, Brian Hall, Throughout the month, “Nobody Knows the Grant Lobert (violin solo, Charles Paul, string bass, festival season, it soon principal cello, will be per­ Pierce Middle School’s Trouble I’ve Seen” and Div. I); Devon Pratt, clar­ while ensemble includes opens again for the south- forming the demanding and Grosse Pointe South Elliot Del Borgo’s inet choir (South clarinets, the Brian Hall string quin­ end bands’ and orches­ cello concerto by Camille High School’s bands, un­ “Britannic Tryptich.” Div. II); Katie Dalman (vi­ tet (Brian Hall, Hannah tras’ upcoming spring Saint-Saens. The der the direction of South’s symphony or­ olin solo, 78); Lauren Adams, Charles Paul, concert season in May. Orchestra portion of the Stephen Cross, and or­ chestra also performed, Dessinger (flute solo, 93); Erika Arora and Spencer South’s band and or­ concert will conclude with chestras (James Gross) using music from Bela Hannah Adams, string Korejwo). chestra program will pre­ a student choice: “Smells performed at the Bartok’s “Rumanian Folk duet (with Alexandra All-state orchestra nom­ sent their spring perfor­ Like Teen Spirit” by Michigan School Band Dances,” Tchaikovsky’s Richards, Div. I); Daniel inations are: Spencer mances with a variety of Nirvana, featuring gui­ and Orchestra Association “Andante Cantabile” and Harris (viola duet, Div. I); Korejwo, viola; Janey venues and ensembles. tarist and orchestra mem­ events, from the district Dag Wiren’s “Serenade Zac Raycraft, brass en­ Degnan, cello; Brian Hall, Leading off in May is ber, Tristan Russano. festival to the state solo for Strings.” semble (symphony band cello; and Charles Paul, the spring instrumental The bands have also and ensemble festival to Both groups received brass players, Div. II); string bass. concert and senior show­ prepared their version of the jazz festival. overall Division I ratings. Spencer Korejwo (viola While the South band case 7 p.m. Wednesday, classics for performance, “The festival experience The South bands audi­ solo, 96); Holly Brinker, al­ and orchestra was in May 18, at Brownell including the “Overture is one that allows students tioned into two levels, con­ to sax duet (with Shane Farmington, the Pierce Middle School’s multi­ for Winds” by Charles to focus on five areas of cert or symphony, with the Jackowski, Div. H); Owen band, orchestra, and choir, purpose room. Cartei; “Air for Band” by musicianship — tone, in­ concert band garnering an Pfaff (snare drum solo, under the direction of “The students have ex­ Frank Erickson, as well as tonation (tuning), tech­ overall Division n rating Div. II); Nick Morris Heather Albrecht, per­ celled in their perfor­ the first work for the mod­ nique, rhythm and inter­ and the symphony a (French horn solo, Div. I); formed at a Heritage mances for the Michigan em wind band, the “Suite pretation — with com­ Division I. The concert Chad Ososki (tuba solo, Festival for three college State Band and Orchestra in E-flat for Military Band” ments and grades from band performed Karl 89); Kim Barbour (piano professors — Dr. Bruce Association Band and by Gustav Holst. To bal­ expert teachers from King’s “Allied Honor,” solo, 91); Drew Meeker Amman, Augustana Orchestra Festival in ance the classics of litera­ around the State of Timothy Broege’s (marimba solo, 87); Ellen College, Dr. Ken Dye, March this year, so I am ture, two new works will Michigan,” program pub­ “Sinfonia No. 4 Suite for High (cello solo, 79); University of Notre Dame, looking forward to what be performed. One enti­ licist Charlie Krasner said. Winds and Percussion” Alexandra Richards, and Dr. Bruce Ellis, another three months can tled “Snake Charmer” by “Students gain the experi­ and Robert W. Smith’s string trio (with Kara University of Wisconsin- sound like,” said Stephen Randall Standridge and ence of working toward a “Where the Black Hawk Dietz and Sharon Zeng, Plaltville— in Chicago, 111. Cross, director of bands. the other “Arabseque” by large goal, becoming de- Soars,” while the sympho­ Div. I); Claire Huebner Each group received the The program for the Samuel Hazo. The South tail-oriented, working as a ny band selected James (flute solo, 86); Emily highest rating at the mid- concert includes music for High School Percussion team and ensemble, as Hosay’s “Pride of the Muhich, woodwind en­ western festival, receiving string orchestra, as well as Ensemble will also per­ well as the musical bene­ Fleet,” Andrew Boysen, semble (with Mary Stuart, a "Gold" score. M I orchestra with wind form during the concert. fits.” Jr’s “I Am” and John Jack McCoy, Che Alee instruments and percus­ Tickets are $15 for Each MSBOA-sanc- Bames Chance’s Jean-Charles and Klara Pierce makes sion. adults and $10 for stu­ tioned event uses a rating “Variations on a Korean G elid, Div. Ill); Claire h is t o r y “I always enjoy honor­ dents and are available at system, scoring perfor­ Folksong.” Morrison, woodwind duet The campaign conclud­ ing our seniors and wit­ Posterity: A Gallery, or at mances from I (superior) (with Paulina Cywinski, ed in historic fashion. In nessing the growth they the door. to V (poor). The top two State solo and Div. II); Erika Arora, Pierce’s 72-year history, its have made in their musi­ Other concert dates in­ scores receive recogni­ e n s e m b le chamber ensemble (South jazz ensemble, despite in­ cal lives,” orchestra direc­ clude: ■ .vV tion, and in each instance^ A week ■ later, after the Chamber Orchestra, Div. numerable accomplish­ tor James Gross said •Pierce’s jazz ensemble both schools’ band and or­ &Mnct festival, South stu­ l); Kevin Biglin (alto sax ments and recognitions, about the upcoming per­ competes at Music in the chestra earned a Division I dents prepared 44 sepa­ solo, Div. II); Kim Baetz, never competed at the formance. Parks at Cedar Point, or II rating. rate performances for the violin duet (with Annika state level. A t the concert, the Saturday, May 19. MSBOA’s State Solo and Nixon, Div. I); Daniel That changed Saturday chamber orchestra will •The annual North and D istrict festival Ensemble Festival at Harris, duet (with James March 31, when Pierce’s perform “Summer” from South outdoor concert is 7 The campaign began Farmington Hills Harrison Wang, Div. I); Nick Morris jazz ensemble, along with the Four Seasons by p.m. Tuesday, May 22, with the two weekend- High School (piano solo, Div. I); Janey South’s, journeyed north­ Antonio Vivaldi. This outside on South’s front long district festival “This is a chance for the Degnan (cello solo, 100); west an hour to Hartland concerto will feature se­ lawn. March 8, at Roseville Division I winners of the Erika Arora (violin solo, High School for the nior violin soloist, Erika •Pierce and South com­ Middle School and district festival to step up 86); Andrew Eaton (violin MSBOA’s State Jazz Arora. Senior orchestra bine for a spring jazz con­ Warren Woods Tower their playing skills to a solo, 95); Samantha Carr Festival. member, Harriet Steinke, cert 7 p.m. Thursday, May High School. District 16, new level and compete (oboe solo, Div. I); James Both ensembles re­ has composed a new 24, at Hard Rock Cafe in the MSBOA’s largest con­ with a higher standard” O'Donnell, French horn ceived an overall Division work, “Adagio Effetuoso,” Detroit. sisting of Port Huron to Krasner said. “The rating duet (with Nick Morris, I, or superior, rating from that she will direct from •Pierce’s instrumental Grosse Pointe, Madison system is the same at the Div. I); Molly Kaiser, judges. likewise, in ses­ the podium. A bass quar­ concert is 7 p.m. Heights to Rochester, fea­ state level; however, all woodwind duet (with Erin sions after each perfor­ tet will be performing two, Wednesday, May 30, at the tured 191 events, 51 per­ 10th-, 11th-, and 12th- Donovan, Div. I); Emily mance, judges compli­ short quartet arrange­ Pierce auditorium. cent of which earned grade soloists must also Muhich (flute duet, Div. I); mented the schools and ments of the music of J.S. For more information, Division I ratings. memorize as many as 25 Cara Dietz (cello solo, Div. provided positive feed­ Bach and Henry Mancini. or to purchase tickets for At Roseville, Pierce’s scales, as well as an evalu­ I); and Janey Degnan, back about the bands’ The lull symphony or­ South’s band and orches­ concert band performed a ation on sight reading. string duet (with Spencer three performances. chestra and concert or­ tra spring concert, visit the march, James Ployhar’s The score is totaled with Korejwo, Div. I). Each song varied in chestra will combine with band and orchestra web “March of the Irish 25% scales, 25% sight- Those soloists and en­ style — one in swing, an­ the symphony band winds siteatgpsbo.org. Guard,” an MSBOA-re- reading and 50% prepared sembles distinguished other in ballad and the quired piece; Pierre solo — a total of 100 among the more than third the band’s choice. LaPlante’s “The Red River pointe.” 10,000 events are addi­ Pierce performed Valley” and James Of the 44 events, 73% tionally nominated to per­ “Undecided,” “Shadows Curnow’s “Canticum,” received Division I or II form at the Michigan and Dreams,” featuring and were also evaluated awards. They include: Youth Arts Festival in May Clark Frick on alto saxo­ on sight-reading, their Brian Hall, string ensem­ at Western Michigan phone, and “Tiger of San ability to hear music with­ ble (with Charles Paul, out singing or playing. Hannah Adams, Erika The band earned a Arora and Spencer Division I composite rat­ Korejwo, Division I); ing, improving from last Devon Pratt (clarinet solo, year’s Division n, or excel­ 95); Hannah Adams (vio­ lent, scorn. lin solo, 87); Brian Hall Pierce’s orchestra also (cello solo, 95); Mary received a Division I rat­ Stuart (flute solo, 75); TRAlTOiUA ing for its program which Charles Paul (string bass GROSS}; POIM1I: woon.v featured Richard Meyer’s solo, 96); Emily Muhich “Do-Si-Do,” Jean Mouret’s (flute solo, 80); Holly “Rondeau” and Bishop’s Brinker (alto sax solo, 83); Sunday, May 13, 2011 ppyMtti»«*ai Moti ii r's Day Brunch

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C h a r le s W R o b e r t V . held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 11, at St. Paul on C e n t n e r F r ie d h o f f the Lake Catholic Grosse Pointe Park res­ Former Grosse Pointe Church, 157 Lakeshore, Charles W. Centner Robert V Friedhoff Joan Hinsberg Stout ident Charles W. Centner, Woods resident Robert V. Grosse Pointe Farms. 96, died Tuesday, May 1, Friedhoff, 87, died Visitation begins at 9:30 2012. Saturday, May 5,2012. at the church. He was born July 4, He was bom May 27, Donations may be 1915, in Battle Creek to 1924, in Detroit to John V made to the Michigan Charles W. and Lucy and Gertrude Friedhoff Humane Society at Irene (nee Patterson) and graduated high michiganhumane.org. Centner and graduated school in 1942. He served from Battle Creek High in the U.S. Army 3rd School in 1934. Division during World J a s o n Mr. Centner’s exten­ War II and was dis­ D o t t e r e r sive education includes a charged as sergeant, 1st Bachelor of Arts degree class. He was employed Grosse Pointe Park res­ in 1936 from the at Fisher Body in ident Jason Dotterer, 36, Jason Dotterer University of Chicago, Production Engineering died Thursday, April 26, two Master of Arts de­ where he designed weld­ 2012. Donations may be volved with the Jefferson James Robert Smith grees from the university ing guns for 40 years. Bom March 18, 1976, made in her honor to the National Expansion in 1938 and 1939 and a Mr. Friedhoff was ac­ in Grosse Pointe to Gary Michigan Humane Memorial, “The St. Louis PhD in 1941. He also at­ tive in the Grosse Pointe and Carmen Dotterer, he Society at michiganhu- Gateway Arch,” in St. tended U.S. Navy Woods/Shores Little studied art at Wayne mane.org. Louis, Mo. Training School at League, the Grosse State University and at­ In 1961, after Eero Dartmouth College and Pointe Senior Men’s tended the Joint Saarinen’s death, Mr. Princeton University in Club, St. Joan of Arc Apprentice Training M arv Virginia Smith began Smith 1943; earned a Certificate Catholic Church, PERC Program at International Models, a model-making P la c e of Higher Accountancy and Meals on Wheels Brotherhood of Electrical business. in 1952 from LaSalle through the Grosse Workers Detroit Local MaryVirginia Place, 88, A longtime member of University and a juris Pointe Neighborhood No. 58. He was an electri­ passed away Thursday, The Detroit Yacht Club, doctorate in 1970 from Club. He enjoyed playing cian through IBEW Local A pril 19, 2012, at he sailed Flying Scots and Norman Diedrich" Detroit College of Law. cards and traveling, but No. 58. Beaumont Hospital Royal taught sailing for many He saw active duty in his greatest joy was his Mr. Dotterer was an in­ Oak after a long illness. years out of Belle Isle the U.S. Army and was the U.S. Navy during family. volved parent at Detroit Born Mary Virginia clubhouse. He was also sent tb Georgia Tech for World War II, serving Mr. Friedhoff is sur­ Waldorf School in Detroit Shuck July 15, 1923, in an active member of artillery triangulation from 1942 to 1945 as a vived by Rita, his wife of and an active member of West Virginia, she was the Lochmoor Club and training before assign­ Lieutenant Commander, 63 years; son, Robert J. the schools building and daughter of Issac Shuck Indian Village Tennis ment to France and 4th U.S. Fleet in Recife, (Theresa); daughter, grounds committee. He and Beatrice Meadows. A Club where he frequently Belgium where he fought Brazil and in the Pacific Karen M. Hibbs (Phil); was a member of the Detroit area resident played tennis. in the Battle of the Bulge. Fleet in Pearl Harbor, grandchildren, Sean Backyard Garden Club in since the 1940s, Mrs. Mr, Smith was an avid At the end of the war, he Hawaii. He also served in Donahue and Claire Grosse Pointe Park. Place, her husband, and accomplished skier, helped develop baseball the U.S. Naval Reserves Friedhoff and great­ Mr. Dotterer was the Donald, and her four chil­ sailor, climber and tennis leagues to occupy the from 1945 until 1970. grandchild, Nolan beloved husband of dren moved to St. Clair player. He was instrumen­ troops awaiting redeploy­ Mr. Centner worked at Donahue. Jenevieve Lilly, who sur­ Street in the City of tal in the mapping and ment to the Pacific or the University of North He was predeceased vives him. He also is sur­ Grosse Pointe in 1960. layout of the Alta transport home. Dakota from 1940 to his parents; sister, Anna vived by his daughters, She lived in her home on Peruvian Lodge in Alta, After the war, he re­ 1941; Tulane University and brother, William. Malena Lilly and B. Raine St Clair until shortly be­ Utah, where his job of turned to Detroit, began from 1941 to 1942; in the Visitation was held Lilly; son-in-law, Tom fore her death. bartender allowed him to working with his father as Lend Lease May 6 at A. H. Peters Gersky; stepdaughter, Mrs. Place was prede­ ski there for many years. an estimator at the Administration in the Rineral Home in Grosse Gwyneth Lilly; stepson, ceased by her husband in During the summer, he William Diedrich Painting in Pointe Woods' ~A funeral Evan X iily; his m i . .,. :..ur. would relocate to Trail Company, and married Washington, D.C. in Mass was celebrated and sisters, Aiyri Dotterer She is survived by Her Creek Ranch in Jackson Janet Evans Gram, set­ 1942; as an associate di­ May 7, at St. Joan of Arc and Frances Torres. children, Kurt Shuck, Hole, Wyo., where he tling in Birmingham, rector of the National Catholic Church in St. Donations may be Donald Place, Susan would guide visitors on where they raised two Foreign Trade Council in Clair Shores. made to the Jason Place and Lyle Place; fishing and climbing ex­ children. New York City from 1946 Donations may be Dotterer Memorial grandchildren, Jessie peditions. While he was Mr. Diedrich was a life­ to 1952; Pace College in made to Capuchin Education Fund, PNC Place, Christina Place, there, he designed, con­ time member of Red Run New York from 1950 to Fathers, 1820 Mt. Elliott, Bank, 1 Kercheval, Jeffrey Place and Brian structed and delivered a Golf Club and made at 1952; Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, MI 48207 or the Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Place and great-grand- permanent climbing hut least three holes-in-one. Detroit from 1952 to Mayo Clinic to support 48236. daughter, Rose Place. to the 11,600-foot level of He retired from Daelyte 1957; Chrysler Alzheimer’s disease re­ the Grand Teton. Service Company in Corporation in Detroit search at Mayo Clinic, He loved fly fishing in Detroit in 1979 to care for and Geneva, Switzerland Department of M.S a n d r a James Robert Jackson Hole, and was his wife, who died of can­ from 1957 to 1970; Development, c/o Betsy skillful in bridge and pro­ cer that year. L o v in g Smith Wayne State University Koehnen, 200 First Street lific in photography. In July 1980, Mr. from 1971 to 1978; S.W., Rochester, MN M. Sandra Loving, nee James Robert “Jim” Mr. Smith is survived by Diedrich married Grace University of Detroit 55905. Trax, originally from Smith, 90, died Tuesday, his wife, Shirley; son, Jim Littig Hanley of Evanston, from 1970 to 1972 and York, Pa., died peacefully May 1, 2012, at his resi­ (Frank); grandchildren, 111., and North Redington Wayne County in her sleep in the early dence in Grosse Pointe Milo and Kaylee and Beach, Fla., joining a Community College from J o a n morning Thursday, April Farms. brother, Lee (Anne). wonderful family with five 1970 to 2001. 19, 2012, at her home in He was bom Dec. 26, He was predeceased by stepchildren and eventu­ Hinsberg Stout He was a member of Grosse Pointe Woods. 1921, in Detroit to Royal his sister, Doris. ally 13 grandchildren. the State Bar of Michigan Joan Hinsberg Stout, She was 74. L. and Florence Diedrich Interment is in Mount Grace and Norman both and practiced law from 85, died Monday, April A proud alumnae of Smith and graduated Hope Cemetery in Port resided at Freedom 1970 to 2010. He is the 30,2012. Grove City College, she from Lawrence Technical Huron. Square, Seminole, Fla. at author of “Great Britain She was the loving followed her passion for University in 1946 with a Donations may be times before Grace’s and Chile, 1810-1914, A mother of Brenda Taylor finance as a certified pub­ Bachelor of Architectural made to the Cranbrook death in 2007. Mr. Chapter in the Expansion (Jim), John Stout (Carol) lic accountant and finan­ Engineering degree. He Academy of Art, 39221 Diedrich is survived by of Europe." and Lindy Stout; dearest cial counselor. also attended the Woodward Ave., Bloom­ his daughter, Jane; his Mr. Centner is survived grandmother of Jennifer, Ms. Loving is survived University of Michigan. field Hills, MI 48304. son, Bill and daughter-in- by his wife of 55 years, Julia (Russell), Jeannine by stepchildren, Mark Mr. Smith’s first job out law, Kristina Faith Wilcox Evi R. Centner; his sons, (Brian), Jaime (Tim), Loving and family in of school was with the ar­ Diedrich; grandson, Charles P. Centner Jeannette, Jaclyn, Florida, Steve Loving and chitects Eliel and Eero Norman Jeremy Gram Weaver, as (Sonya), David W. Jeannie, Jessica, Renee family in Illinois and Saarinen, where fie spe­ well as his step-children D i e d r i c h Centner (Sabina) and (Joseph), Katherine, Melissa Loving and fami­ cialized in sculpting the and grandchildren. G eoffrey C. Centner Robert and Christopher ly in Michigan. She also curved forms required by World War II veteran No funeral is planned. (Lisa); eight grandchil­ and great-grandmother is survived by her dearest the modem era of archi­ and avid golfer Norman Internment w ill be at dren; nephew, Bill of 12. She also was the friend, L. North, of tecture, collaborating Diedrich passed away Woodlawn Cemetery, in Centner (Sally); niece, dear sister of Sandra Grosse Pointe Woods, closely with Eero Sunday, April 29, 2012, at Detroit, where Mr. Caroline Conlon (Bill) Krell (Tom) and Jack and many dear friends Saarinen and many gifted his daughter’s home in Diedrich’s parents, first and numerous other rela­ Hinsberg (Nancy). and colleagues. co-workers on projects in­ Washington, D.C. wife and numerous rela­ tives. Visitation will be held Ms. Loving’s ashes will cluding the London Born in Detroit and tives are buried. A funeral service was from 3 to 9 p.m. be laid to rest May 16 in Embassy, Trans World raised in Grosse Pointe, Donations may be held Friday, May 4, at Thursday, May 10, at the Mount Rose Airlines Terminal at JFK Mr. Diedrich graduated made to University Christ Church Grosse Chas. Verheyden Funeral Cemetery in York. She Airport, Dulles Airport, from University Liggett Iiggett School at uls.org; Pointe. Home, 16300 Mack, will be rejoined with her General Motors Technical School and Union College a wildlife or veterans’ Donations, may be Grosse Pointe Park. A father, mother and broth­ Center, Massachusetts in Schenectady, N.Y., charity or Sixth made to the charity of the Rosary will be said at er, Freddie. Institute of Technology where he joined Sigma Presbyterian Church, donor’s choice. 7:30 p.m. Express condolences at Chapel and the Miller Phi Fraternity and played 5413 16th S t, A funeral Mass w ill be ahpeters.com. House. He was notably in- varsity baseball, basket­ Washington, D.C. 20011. ball and golf. After earn­ ing a degree in mathemat­ See OBITUARIES, Bigelow Memorial Hugo Scherer Higbie ics, he immediately joined page 5AM A memorial service will be held at 11 am, Saturday, May 19, at Hugo Scherer Higbie, Christ Church Grosse Pointe for Charles and 85, founder of Higbie Judy Bigelow. Their remains will be placed Maxon Agney Realtors in in the church’s Columbarium and Rose Grosse Pointe Farms, died GrossePointe Garden. Mr. Bigelow, an accomplished artist at his home Saturday, iVSfefi* O' ! as well as the former co-owner of American April 14, 2012. Machine Products, died A memorial service Nov. 8,2008. celebrating Mr. Higbie’s Dine. Shop. Mrs. Bigelow, a for­ life will take place 4 p.m. mer operative for the Saturday, May 12, at Central Intelligence Agency and women's Christ Church Grosse Pointe. clothing salesperson at J.L.. Hudson Co., Donations may be made to Christ Church Play! di^d Sepi 15,2011. The couple married ia Grosse Pointe-DeHaven Endowment for Music, 61 Grosse Pointe Blvd., Grosse Pointe 63Kereh#vat, Suit# 16 1963 and are survived by Mr. Bigelow’s son Grosse Pointe Farms ► grossepointechambof.com Charles Andrew Bigelow III. Farms, MI 48236. H13.881.4722F 313,881.4723 t GROSSE POINTE NEWS, MAY 10, 2012

REAL ESTATE Protect dragonflies, reduce mosquitoes By Jane Herbert standing waters such as onflies as they feed and Lakefront property lakes, ponds and wet­ mate. After mating, adult owners will soon be en­ lands. The young larval females may deposit eggs joying summer days on dragonfly spends its life in directly into quiet waters the lake. But what just shallow water and, like or onto exposed sedi­ went zooming by? the adult, preys on small­ ments. Upon hatching, Perhaps it was a winged er organisms that also call the larva burrows into sta­ predator on the prowl — a the near-shore environ­ ble sediments or plant dragonfly. ment home. stems. As it grows, it will Along with insectivo­ Depending on bottom molt — shed its exoskele­ rous birds and bats, drag­ type and wave intensity, ton — several times, be­ onflies of varying shapes, near-shore areas may coming free-roaming and colors and sizes patrol the support emergent aquatic predacious. Most species PHOTO BY LUCINDA THOMSON shoreline. These masters plants, such as bulrush. remain in the aquatic Tali bulrush of the aquatic insect world The roots of bulrushes are stage from one to three voraciously prey upon interconnected and stabi­ years and transform di­ for the wings to unfold, PHOTO BY TIWAGO, COURTESY OF FLICKS mosquitoes and other in­ lize the lake bottom, re­ rectly from larva to adult. dry out and be ready for MicWgan dragonfly sects. ducing sediment move­ The most vulnerable flight. Predation by birds, To help dragonflies re­ ment, scouring and tur­ point in the dragonfly’s spiders and ante is com­ tiles, fish, birds and mam­ serving and protecting duce the population of bidity caused by wind and lifecycle is the transfor­ mon. Dense emergent mals who benefit from their near-shore plant mosquitoes, it helps to un­ boat-induced wave action. mation from aquatic larva plant communities in the natural shorelines and communities. derstand what they need Young larval dragonflies to adult. The larva crawls near-shore area can pro­ aquatic plant communi­ Herbert is the district to be successful. site feed more successful­ out of the water onto a vide cover during this crit­ ties. Lakefront property water quality educator for Dragonflies spend their ly in clear, calm waters. vertical surface or plant ical time. owners can benefit lake Michigan State University lifecycles in and near Emergent plants also stem and slowly emerges Dragonflies are one ex­ ecology, create dragonfly Extension. She can be aquatic environments, provide resting and hid­ from its exoskeleton. It ample of the many in­ habitat and reduce mos­ contacted at and are most abundant in ing places for adult drag­ may take up to an hour sects, amphibians, rep- quito populations by pre­ [email protected]. Top tips for spring home improvement

May is the ideal time to of their roof, siding, win­ be needed. If that’s the the exterior from the pre­ clogged and remain owners can see light make home improve­ dows, gutters and other case, research the newer vious year and be alert to sloped for proper around the door from the ments. Start by selecting exterior products that products on the market, buckling, warping or in­ drainage. Make sure the inside, the door is hard to projects that are the most they rely on daily to keep such as polymer shake sect damage that may water running off the roof close or lock or the door is important for enhancing their family safe and se­ and slate roofing tiles. need to be fixed. doesn’t cause damage to warped, it’s time to con­ the functionality of the cure.” 2) Clean and assess the 3) Evaluate the win­ the building structure, sider a new door. Even if house. Clement offers the fol­ siding. Pressure-washing dows. Replacement win­ landscaping or property you can’t see light, air “A home’s curb appeal lowing list o f five items works well for many dows may be needed if below the roof. may be moving through is important, but working homeowners should re­ houses to remove dirt and the windows don’t oper­ 5) Spend time with the gaps in the weather strip- on the structural aspects view every May; algae that can grow on ate easily, air is leaking in main entry door. If home­ ping- of the house should al­ 1) Check the roof. siding, but never pres­ or out of the units or ways take priority,” said Using a ladder or binocu­ sure-wash windows or there’s condensation be­ Mark Clement, host of lars from a distance, look their screens. The ex­ tween the glass panes. My-Fix-It-Up-Life home for problem areas, such treme high pressure could Vinyl framed windows improvement radio show. as missing or broken crack or destroy the are energy-efficient and “For example, every year shingles or “flapping” caulking around the units. durable. homeowners should be roofing tiles. These are in­ While cleaning the sid­ 4) Check the gutters. evaluating the condition dications a new roof may ing, check for changes in Make sure they are un­

OBITUARIES: services. Ohio, He also is survived Grosse Pointe Farms. Mr. Fomi enjoyed fami­ by, and was the proud In lieu of flowers, dona­ ly time, cars, boating, gun “Papa” of, grandchildren, tions may be made to Loved ones collecting and good Kristen Conn, Travis Disabled American friendships and was an Diehl, Mills Fomi and Veterans' at dav.org or a Licensed & insui ecf ♦ Owner Operated Since 1949 remembered active member of the Sara--Forni and great­ local humane sodety. , '■■■■■■■■■■■■■■’•■■ --1 Residential & Gommercia! Toledo Yacht Club. grandchildren, Ayla, Continued from page 4AII In passing, he joins his Merrick and Lily, beloved wife, Janis, and is Family and friends are survived by his son, Bruce invited to a remembrance Robert Bruce (Mary Sue) of Grosse service from 11 to 11:30 51 REGAL PLACE Fomi Pointe Farms, and daugh­ a.m. Friday, May 25, at GROSSE POINTE ter, Lynn Bohnengel Grosse Pointe Memorial SHORES Robert Bruce Forni, (Andrew) of Sylvania, Church, 16 Lakeshore, Newer built “Bob,” passed away Colonial on Wednesday, April 18, quiet cul-de-sac 2012, at his home at near the Lake! Sunrise of Grosse Pointe Ask the Experts j Send us your questions. Email: gpbrigqpbr com Twitter: j Woods. He was 86. $445,000 . Ad #293 He was bom in 1925 in I’m behind in my cally has 6 months (this can Steubenville, Ohio, the 1730 OTTLESTONE house payments. What vaiy) to “redeem” (basically GROSSE POINTE WOODS only son o f Albert and to pay off the existing mort­ do I need to know Flora Fomi. As a young gage balance plus costs) the man, he served in the U.S. about foreclosure? property from the Army during World War II foreclosure. The pzimaiy method of fore­ and returned home to closure in Michigan involves My property has gone complete his Bachelor of what is known as a ‘'non- Mechanical Engineering judicial” foreclosure. This to foreclosure; is it too degree at The Ohio State method does not involve the late for me? 1581 HOLLYWOOD 573 HOLLYWOOD University in 1948. Soon courts. This type of foreclo­ GROSSE POINTE W OODS GROSSE POINTE WOODS after graduation, he met sure process is also called Obviously it’s always a good Handsome brick colonial! 3 bedroom, 2 fall bath. and married Janis Ott and “foreclosure by advertise­ idea to know your options Gleaming hardwood Large family room! BEFORE the foreclosure floors. Newer windows. Updated kitchen. they eventually settled in ment” because it requires 1-arge deck & patio Finished basement Toledo, Ohio, where he public notices to be posted takes place, but if foreclo­ $139,000 Ad#l83 $198,000 Ad #193 founded Ott & Forni on the property and in the sure has already taken place seek out a Grosse 19914 SHADY LANE ■ Niw ON IVV MARKti:n Personnel Specialists, as newspaper for a specific period of time. Pointe REALTOR ® or ST. CLAIR SHORES well as a charter office for attorney so you can explore Detroit-based Kelly Michigan law (effective July what options you may ham Services. 5, 2009) now requires pre­ In 1975, Mr. Fomi and foreclosure negotiations Submitted by GPBR his wife closed their Ohio between servicers (Lenders) Member, A tto r n e y business and moved to and homeowners. Once the A nthony

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Waterloo near Notre No more music items from throughout a An officer pulled over inebriation Dame, house in the 400 block of the woman, 46, of Detroit, — Brad Lindberg Shortly after telling a “It was beyond dusk One thing led to anoth­ Kerby. for operating a brown If you have any infor­ patrolman she’d had and turning dark with er for a carbreaker- One of the stolen items 2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue mation about these or oth­ nothing to drink, a 48- very low light conditions,” tumed-burglar during the may have been sold at a erratically. er crimes, call the Grosse year-old Farms woman said the officer. “(I) night of Thursday, May 3, drug house near Conner Her recorded blood al­ Pointe Farms public safety registered a blood alcohol flashed (my cruiser’s) in the 400 block of and Gratiot in Detroit, ac­ cohol level measured department at (313) 885- level more than three headlights at (him) three LaBelle. cording to a Farms detec­ nearly three times the le­ 2100. times the state’s legal limit times without receiving a The unknown suspect tive. gal limit to operate a mo­ to operate a motor vehi­ response.” entered an unlocked 1997 The location leads in­ tor vehicle. cle, according to police. During a traffic stop, Jeep parked in the drive­ vestigators to think the A search of her vehicle An officer pulled her the officer learned the way, He used the owner’s burglar wasn’t local. turned up a nearly empty Grosse Pointe Shores over at about 2 a.m, man lacked a driver’s li­ garage door opener to en­ “Our Grosse Pointe, pint of Ambassador vod­ Saturday, May 5, on cense and was wanted on ter the garage, according B&E drug addicts don’t ka, police said. Runs Kercheval at Lakeland for a: to police. need to go that far for a driving erratically, includ­ > $6,905 Wayne County Reported stolen were a dope house,” said Lt. off road ing the wrong way on warrant, $60 Black & Decker weed Detective Richard Rosati. Stolen No injuries were report­ Kercheval Place, a one­ ♦ misdemeanor war­ whacker, $500 Marshall The break-in was re­ from home ed resulting from a 46- way road, rant in Hazel Park for do­ DSL410 amplifier with 12- ported at 2:17 p.m. year-old St. Clair Shores “She thought she was mestic assault and inch speaker, $2,400 Paul Thursday, May 3. A victim named a sus­ man losing control of his on Grosse Pointe ♦ miscellaneous war­ Reed Smith Swamp Ash “The victim stated he pect in the theft Monday, 2011 Ford four-door at Boulevard in (the) rants totaling $506 from Special guitar and $1,290 just came home and dis­ April 23, of nearly $2,500 about 1 p.m, Saturday, Farms,” said the officer. 36th District Court. EVH Wolfgang Special covered (the) front door worth of jewelry from a May 5, and driving o ff "She stated she had noth­ guitar. kicked open,” said a pub­ purse at a house in the northbound Lakeshore ing to drink,” lic safely officer. 300 block of Belanger. entering the Ford Estate The woman had a .25 Caught A $300 Samsung flat- The victim didn’t report curve. percent blood alcohol lev­ at light Two cars screen television was tak­ the crime until April 30, A 9-year-old girl was a el, according to police. entered en from the living room. because she wanted to passenger in the vehicle. At about 10:30 a.m, A $650 Pulsar watch make sure she hadn’t mis­ “ (The driver) said he Tuesday, May 1, police A credit card stolen was taken off the kitchen placed the valuables. was distracted and struck Open impounded a black 2011 from one of two unlocked counter. Reported stolen were a: the curb,” said a patrol­ invitation Honda Civic an unli­ cars parked overnight A $300 Chrysler silver ♦ $500 sapphire and di­ man. censed 2 7-year-old Thursday, May 3, in the award ring and $500 amond ring, The car needed to be Thieves had it easy Grosse Pointe Park man 400 block o f University of Michigan ♦ $1,000 two-sided towed away. stealing a $250 Garmin drove through a red light Bournemouth was used class ring, made of white broach with a garnet and Global Positioning at westbound Jefferson that night for a $15 trans­ gold, were taken from a yellow stone, Satellite system out of a and Lakeland. action at the service sta­ bedroom, ♦ $200 gold chain, Gas leak vehicle parked overnight The intersection, near tion at Mack and Moross. A $1,000 set o f Jack ♦ $100 gold screw-back Thursday, May 3, in the N eff Park, is heavily mon­ Two more charges on Nicholas golf clubs and earrings and Two officers spent 800 block of Lincoln, itored by police. the card were recorded at bag were stolen from the ♦ $500 cultured pearl about 45 minutes during “The vehicle was un­ The man’s driving privi­ another station in the garage. necklace, a wedding gift the afternoon of locked,” said a public leges had expired or been 11100 block of Gratiot, “ (I) observed the first- from her husband. Wednesday, May 2, venti­ safety officer. suspended since 2005, po­ near Outer Drive in floor bedroom drawers lating a house in the 900 lice said. He also was Detroit. open,” said a patrolman. block of Lakeshore. wanted on warrants from The victim’s credit card W(T) notified dispatch to Begging for it The owner reported a Not too bright Oakland County and and Social Security card have detectives make gas leak. Rochester, they added. were among items con­ (the) scene for possible Shortly after 6:30 p.m. A 46-year-old Hazel — Brad Lindberg tained in a wallet stolen prints.” Sunday, April 29, police — Brad Lindberg Park man could have If you have any infor­ from a car parked in a dri­ arrested a panhandler in If you have any infor­ avoided arrest last week mation about these or oth­ veway the 18600 block of Mack mation about these or oth­ on outstanding warrants er crimes, call the City of Prescription sunglasses Beyond limit on an outstanding felony er crimes, call the Grosse by heeding a patrolman’s Grosse Pointe public safe­ were taken from an un­ arrant. Pointe Shores public safe­ warnings of steering ty department at (313) locked car parked on the A woman with a .231 The warrant was from ty department at (313) away from danger. 886-3200. street/ ’ percent blood alcohol lev­ 3rd District Court for 881-5500.

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Q u e s t e r s f i n d s The Grosse Pointe Questers meets at 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 11, with Your Weekly Guide Mamey Ramsey, who dis­ To Unique Discoveries cusses “Driven Bird Shooting: Sport of Kings.” Hostess is Karen Joslyn and co-hostesses are Peggy Maycock and Elsie MacKethan.

Junior League

The Junior League of Detroit Designers’ Show House at 22 Webber Place, Grosse Pointe Shores, is open through Sunday, May 20. More than 30 area interior de- Interact leaders signers and 10 local land­ scape architects have Grosse Pointe South High School Interact Club leaders ran the April 30 Rotaiy of recreated the rooms and grounds. Grosse Pointe meeting. From left, Rotarian Richard Yeager-Stiver, Colleen Martin, The house is open from Milena Lai, Rachel Harrison, Emma Voci and South faculty sponsor Kevin Cox. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. fine porcelain Mondays, Wednesdays Franz Porcelain Picture Frame - $155 and Fridays and noon to 3 (313) 881-0040 or visit 12, on the front lawn of Recycling are for sale. • Celebrating Mother’s Day Weekend p.m. Tuesdays and jldetroit.org. Grosse Pointe Woods City The compost is the prod­ • 30% Off Franz, All Jewelry, Seda France & More Thursdays and 6:30 to Hall. uct of residents’ recycled • Selected Furniture 50%-70% Off 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Held in partnership yard waste and can sup­ Thursdays and Fridays, Flower sale with the Grosse Pointe plement new plantings. Treasure Trove 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. North Parents’ Club, the Flower sale proceeds 16847 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe • 313-885-8768 Saturdays and noon to 5 The 38th annual combined sale offers a benefit the Woods’ beauti­ p.m. Sundays. Beautification Advisory varied on-site selection of fication and enhance Advance tickets cost Commission Flower Sale annuals, perennials, Grosse Pointe North High $15; tickets at the door is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. hanging baskets, concrete School education. cost $20. Group tours are Friday May 11, and 8 a.m. garden art and planted For more information, available. For tickets, call to 3 p.m. Saturday, May pots in time for Mother’s call Jerry at (313) 377- Day gift giving. 7166 or Kelly at (313) 885- Preorder and home-de- 2455. livery are options. -j^ Angott’s Preorder forms are avail­ able at the Grosse Pointe R o t a i y ©ffaipspf ©feiiiil®® ip@©l@0i§S Woods City Hall and also can be downloaded from Rotaiy of Grosse Pointe also. the city website, meets at noon Monday, gpwmi.us or on the high May 14, at the Grosse school’s Northern lights Pointe War Memorial. newsletter site at gp- Lunch costs $15 and the schools.schoolwires.net/g public can attend. ices Av&tfafoSe pnorth. Preorder deadline Ann Woodward and is Thursday, May 10, and j wwm,migutis.hu Victoria Nichols talk the plants am delivered about Central America ftabersham candles Friday, May 18. Payment medical missions. Starting at ~ $21.99 (10% discount with giass.pSate purchase) for pre-orders can be; Grosse Pointe South • Beautifully Gift Boxed made by check or with High School Interact Join Mike Hauser for a PayPal. members Rachel • Handcrafted in the USA presentation of his book. The latest issue in the Harrison, Colleen Martin, • Large selection of home fragrances, without a flame Remembering Hudson's: city’s commemorative tile Emma Voci and Anna The Grand Dame Oaktiques collection debuts at the Kucharski received 28345 Gratiot {at Utica), Roseville, Ml 48066 * 586-772-4552 of Detroit Retailing, co-authored with Marianne Weidon, sale — this year featuring Rotary scholarships dur­ 68803 Oak at Division (32 Mile) Richmond, Ml 48062 • 586-727-2803 a look st shopping and events, the new brick and carved- ing the April 30 meeting. trends and traditions. wood sign at the south Bickneil Lecture • May 16, 7:30 p.m. end of Mack Avenue. Edsei & Efeanor Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Road, Also, bags of compost Sunrise R otaiy Book available for purchase at the lecture. from Indian Summer Questions 313-884-7010 www.gphistoricai.org The Grosse Pointe Sunrise Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, at The Hill Grosse Pointe War Memorial’s Channels Seafood & Chop House, Comcast 5 & 915 123 Kercheval, Grosse A.T.& T. 99 Pointe Farms. The speak­ W O W 10 er is Dennis Morrow from Common Ground.

M ay 14 to M ay 20 Featured Guests & Topics Toastm asters 8:30 am Vitality Plus (Aerobics) Shine a Light 9:00 am Musical Storytime The Northeastern Bill Wenzel 1, Erika Patterson, Yemi 9:30 am Pointes of Horticulture Toastmasters meet at 7 10:00 am Shine a Light Kinni-Olusnyin and Athena Miller p.m. Monday, May 14, in 10:30 am Things to Do at the War Memorial Focus Hope Brownell Middle School party supplies 11:00 am Out of the Ordinary 11:30 am Senior Men’s Club Things to Do at the War Memorial cafeteria, 260 Chalfonte, 2012 Tableware ~ starting at $3.00 Who’s Looking at You?, Lego 3D Grosse Pointe Farms. For • 2012 Print available in 3 colors 12:00 pm Economic Club of Detroit Architectural Design, Babysitter’s more information, call 1:00 pm Two in The Kitchen • More graduation tableware in stock Training and G.P. Driving School Wendy Bradley at (313) • Congratulations Class of 2012 1:30 pm Great Lakes Log 884-1184 or Ron or 2:00 pm The John Prost Show Out of the Ordinary 2:30 pm Aging Well in America Marcia Pikielek at (313) Party Adventure 3:00 pm Things to Do at the War Memorial Debra Ann Pawlak 884-4201. 23400 Greater Mack Ave., St, Clair Shores * 586-776-9750 3:30 pm Art & Design “ Hollywood Tales” 4:00 nm Vitality Plus (Tone) 4:30 pm Musical Storytime Senior Men’s Club 5:00 pm In a Heartbeat James E. Conway SOC 5:30 pm Two in The Kitchen Historic Fort Wayne 6:00 pm Aging Weil in America Grosse Pointe North 6:30 pm Shine a Light Economic Club of Detroit High School students and 7:00 pm Vitality Plus (Step/Kick Boxing) James Nicholson, Doug Rothwell staff host a “Sentimental 7:30 pm Things to Do at the War Memorial and Bruce Katz Journey” spring fling 8:00 pm In a Heartbeat prom for senior citizens 8:30 pm Senior Men’s Club Business Leaders for Michigan 9:00 pm Art & Design from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, 9:30 pm Pointes of Horticulture Two in The Kitchen May 24, in North’s com­ 10:00 pm The John Prost Show “Crock Pot Meals” mons area. Semi-formal 10:30 pm Great Lakes Log Great Lakes Log attire is suggested. < 1:00 pm Out of the Ordinary Dancing music is pro­ 11:30 pm Senior Men’s Club .lim Morrow and Pete Beauregard vided by Pro D J, Services Great Lakes Boating Festival Midnight Economic Club of Detroit and a sing-a-long with 1:00 am Two in The Kitchen The John Prost Show Nancy Davison is sched­ 1:30 am Great Lakes Log Susan Hartz, Isabelle Donnelly, Jim uled. 2:00 am The John Prost Show Andritakis and Joseph Palazzolo The cost of $8 indudes 2:30 am Senior Men’s Club 3:00 am Art & Design Historical Society and dinner. To register by May mother’s day collection 3:30 am Pointes of Horticulture G.P. Community Chorus 10, call Services of Older 4:00 am The John Prost Show Citizens at (313) 882- Herend USA - China & Figurines 4:30 am Great Lakes Log Aging Well in America 9600. • Hand painted works of art from Hungary 5:00 am Out of the Ordinary Cheryl Deep • Beautiful colors and intricate design 5:30 am Aging Well in America Institute of Gerontology • Figurines, animals, trays, boxes, decorative 6:00 am Things to Do at the War Memorial 6:30 am Art & Design Art & Design Nursing Unlim ited accessories and more 7:00 am Vitality Plus ( Tone) Richard Hunt, Sculptor 7:30 am Musical Storytime Nursing Unlimited The League Shop 8:00 am In a Heartbeat In a Heartbeat hosts a free memory 72 Kercheval on-the-Hiii, Grosse Pointe Farms • 313-882- Paula Schreek, MD screening from 10 a.m. to Breastfeeding noon Tuesday, May 15, at A DVD Copy of any W M TV its facility, 21131 Mack, To advertise your products in Favorite Finds program can he obtained for $20 cail Erika Davis @ 313-882-3500 Schedule subject to cltangc without notice. Grosse Pointe Woods. [email protected] For further information call, 313-881-7511 See A C T IV I TIE S , page 3B GROSSE POINTE NEWS, MAY 10, 2012 HEALTH

Thursday, May 17 A S K THE EXPERTS By M ary Ann Godzwon, R.N. ACTIVITIES: through Saturday, May 19. Screening, plant exchange The rain date is May 24 through 26. Breast feeding good Continued from page 2B ♦ The Grosse Pointe Woods Community A screening can test my site, problems with Center-sponsored trip memory, language skills, pouch fit or leakage. aboard the M/V for mother and child thinking ability and other For more information Sandpiper begins at 10 intellectual functions re­ or to schedule an appoint­ a.m, Thursday, June 14. A mula. Proteins in formula is economical. lated to Alzheimer’s dis­ ment, call (313) 640-2478. motor coach transports milk are made from cow’s Mothers also benefit ease or other medical con­ passengers to Toledo, milk which is harder for from the bond occurring ditions. Ohio. A catered picnic babies to digest. with breast feeding due to For an appointment, F r ie n d s lunch is provided. The bus the skin-to-skin touching cail (586) 285-0300. returns at 4 p.m. How long should I that stimulates the moth­ of the library The cost is $40 for • breast-feed? ering hormone oxytocin. The Friends of the Woods residents and $44 l’m pregnant with Q Mothers always benefit Center of Lifelong Grosse Pointe Public for non-residents. • my first child and The American from the many advan­ library host a used book Reservations must be in aeading if I should • Academy of tages that come with hav­ L e a r n in g sale noon to 8 p.m. by June 1 by calling (313) breast-feed. Pediatrics recommends ing a healthier baby. The Center of Lifelong Thursday, May 17,10 aum. 343-2408. exclusive breast feeding Learning hosts Wayne to 4 p.m. Friday, May 18, QA Making the choice for the first six months Godzwon, R.N., lacta­ County Community and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. i i . to breast feed your Aand continued breast­ tion consultant, College District history Saturday, May 19, at the Plant exchange new baby is one of the feeding for at least the Beaumont Hospital, professor Carolynn Grosse Pointe Public most important decisions first year of a child’s life. Grosse Pointe provides in­ Kantzler who discusses Library, Woods branch, The spring perennial you will make as a new Studies show the posi­ sight on questions often the rise of Adolf Hitler, at 20680 Mack. The sale is in plant exchange, spon­ mother. tive benefits of breast raised by new mothers. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May the lower level. sored by the Grosse Both the American feeding are “dose-depen­ Beaumont hosts a free ba­ 15. A presale for Friends Pointe Park Beautification Academy of Pediatrics dent” and the best out­ by fair from 11 am . to 2 The center is located in members is from 6 to 8 Commission, is 9:30 to and the World Health comes and protection are p.m., Saturday, May 19, at the St. Peter Parish p.m. Wednesday, May 16. 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May Organization recommend awarded with exclusive the Assumption Cultural House, 19851 Anita, Nonmembers can join at 19, at the Tompkins breast feeding as the pre­ and then extended breast­ Center, 21800Marter, St Harper Woods, for more the door. Center at Windmill Pointe ferred method of infant feeding. As solids are in­ Clair Shores. Lunch is information, call (313) Membership dues are Park. nutrition. troduced, usually around available for $15. To regis­ 885-8063. $30 for a family, individu­ Free mulch is available, Breast milk continuous­ the middle of the first ter, call 800-633-7377. als pay $25 annually and while it lasts. ly changes and adapts to year, your baby wUl con­ junior membership costs The public can attend your baby’s needs, creat­ tinue to receive his prima­ The Family Center, a Hem y Ford Cottage $10. the free event. ing protection customized ry nutrition from breast 501(c) (3), non-profit or­ Saturday, May 19, a bag For more information, to your baby on a daily ba­ milk, but will begin sup­ ganization, serves as the Henry Ford Medical of books costs $5. visitbcsem.org. sis, regardless ofthe age plementing with solid community's centralized Center - Cottage Wound Proceeds benefit the li­ of your baby. The act of foods. hub for information, re­ Care Center, 131 brary. breast feeding itself helps sources and referred for Kercheval, Suite 301, For more information W omen of W ayne form a close, emotional Do mothers benefit families and profession­ Grosse Pointe Farms, of­ about the Friends, visit bond between mom and. Q. from breast-feed- als. fers an ostomy clinic from gpfriends.org or call (313) The Women of Wayne baby. in$ To view more Ask The 1:30 or 4 p.m. Wednesday, 343-2074, ext. 204. State University Alumni Experts articles, please May 16. This is open for Association hosts “The Does breast milk Breast milk has visit our website family- patients with a temporary Shock of Human protect babies? • benefits for mom centerweb.org. or permanent ostomy. AAUW Trafficking” at 6 p.m. too. Mothers who breast E-mail your questions Clinic personnel treat Tuesday, May 22, in the Yes. Disease-fight- feed bum up to 500 calo­to info@familycenter- lesions around the osto- The American Luther Center at First • ing cells called anti­ ries producing breast web.org Association o f University English Evangelical bodies help protect in­ Amilk. To volunteer or con­ Women, Grosse Pointe Lutheran Church, 800 fants from germs, illness Breast feeding mothers tribute, visit family center Branch, has its annual Vernier, Grosse Pointe and even sudden infant showed a greater loss of web.org or call meeting Saturday, May Woods. Adeath syndrome are weight at three months 313.432.3832, or write, What’s 19, at the Lochmoor Club, Amy Allen, victim wit­ found in breast milk. postpartum than bottle 20090 Morningside Drive, 1018 Sunningdale, ness specialist, Breast feeding is linked to feeding mothers. Mothers Grosse Pointe Woods, MI Grosse Pointe Woods. Department of Homeland having a lower risk of var­ who breast-feed have 48236 happening The day beings at 10 a.m. Security, discusses the lat­ ious health problems for lower risks of breast, with reception and regis­ est developments in hu­ babies including ear in­ ovarian and uterine can­ To register for these tration; brunch is served man trafficking in the fections, stomach viruses, cers. and other programs at the at 10:30 a.m., followed by United States. respiratory infections, Grosse Pointe War a review of the past sea­ The cost is $15. asthma, diabetes and cer- life much easier for you, .Memorial,, call (313) 881- son’s activities and elec­ Proceeds T benefit the as brefastmilkisre^fly 7511. H ere’s more on tion of officers. Women of Wayne Lastly breast milk is available at the right tem­ what’s ahead: Susan Hartz, president Incentive Scholarship easier to digest than for- perature. And, breast milk Eighth Grade Gradua­ of the Grosse Pointe Flmd. tion Dance — 7:30 to 10 Historical Society, dis­ The public can attend p.m., Friday, May 11. The cusses “Glorious Gardens and free parking is avail­ dance is open to students of the Grosse Pointes able. who reside in or attend 1890-1930.” For reservations, call school in Grosse Pointe. The cost is $22 by check Marti Miller at (313) 886- Dressy attire is requested. payable to AAUW-GP and 3785. 1/2 Hour Massage Students must obtain a sent to Barbara Tecos, * M ini Facial War Memorial ID card for 1237 Balfour, Grosse ® Spa M anicure $15; $15 tickets to the Pointe Park, MI 48230, or AAUW dance are sold at the door. by calling (313) 882-1081 Advance registration re­ by May 12. No walk-ins The Grosse Pointe quired. can be accommodated. branch of the American Mother’s Day Brunch The public can attend. Association of University — Sunday, May 13. The For more information, Women is collecting cost for the 10:30 a.m. call Carolyn Barth at books beginning May 28. seating is $24 per person; (313) 8$1-0409. Collection points are at and $26 per person for the the Kroger store at Marter 1:30 p.m. seating. and Jefferson, St. Clair Children pay $12. Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Reservations are required Woods Community W o o d s by Friday, May 11. Center, 20025 Mack Plaza Basic Computer Repair The Mack Avenue and Ace Hardware, — 7 to 9 p.m., Monday, Business Association and 17101, Kercheval, City of May 14. Instructor Daniel Grosse Pointe Woods host Grosse Pointe. May discusses basic hard­ Spring Sidewalk Sales Books are sold Oct. 3 ware, common repairs during business hours, through 6. and suggested clean-ups and maintenance com­ puter users can do for themselves. The cost is $24. Hula Hoop Your Way to Fitness — 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesdays, May 16 to June 6. Chloe Swanson ^ou we invited t0 „ teaches aerobic trick hooping for toned mus­ cles and improved coordi­ nation through a fun workout. The cost is $51 plus $15 materials fee. The Best Michigan & center or hr** • , $ ®££dure% Beers! — 7 to 9 p.m., ’ customizwcustomized "°sPital setting setting Friday, May 18/Anthony T A t n ____ Minne leads the program, i ! ***«■mwm „0N ***»*000, tasting six varieties. The cost for this adult class is ^ i Z eyT ’ ^ tf y Z NT sucnoH BT rBmNcme»T $28. Who’s Looking at You? S e f e c t — 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, #V5 ***-■BAmATRir May 22. Leam how to rec­ andWkk recmtry surgery ognize e-mail and online D esigner fa S rics scams with computer se­ Tu*n>-tuch, thigh, curity expert Daniel May. K withtheAm ericZiCmified arm& body lifts He also teaches how to protect personal comput­ I n t e r i o r !r CT'"******7 ¾ . ¾ .-- ers from identity theft, malware and viruses. The D esign Service cost is $24. Window Shopping Alibi Be<*t Since 1922 Ballroom: Intermedi­ ate & Advanced — 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Tuesdays, May Mack Ave. Drapery 22 to June 26. Instructors Dennis and Geri Maxwell t I N I £ R I 0 R S .cover classic American, 20099 Mack. Aye. * (jrosse ftnnte Wtxxb Latin and international 313-884-7180 styles of dance. GROSSE POINTE NEWS, MAY tO, 2012 CHURCHES Church events

M em orial church Grosse Pointe Memorial Church hosts a free concert with pianist David Syme at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at the church, 16 Lakeshore, Grosse Pointe Farms. The cost of $50 is for patron reservation that in­ cludes reserved seating and afterglow at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lakeshore, Grosse Pointe Farms. Checks can be sent to Valerie Moran, 65 Tonnancour Place, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236. Reservations must be made by Monday, May 14. For more information, call Moran at (313) 885- 7887 or e-mail her at [email protected].

Christ Church

Christ Church Grosse Pointe’s 7 p.m. Thursday, May 17, service of the Feast of the Ascension fea­ CROP walkers tures the Men and Boys choir. ♦ A Celtic worship service begins at 4:30 p.m. From left, Carina Bertakis, Claire Fisher, Alexis Mellos, Trina Sunday, May 13. It is free and open to the public. The church is located at 61 Grosse Pointe Blvd., Giorgio, Molly Paddock and Haley Clarke observed Mellos’ Grosse Pointe Farms. birthday by participating in the CROP walk. Mellos has been For more information, call (313) 885-4841. participating in the walk for six years. United M ethodist

The Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church, 211 Moross, Grosse Pointe Farms, hosts the Detroit Concert Choir at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19. Under the direction of Gordon Nelson, the Above, Evelyn and Thomas choir’s program is “The Joy of Singing: Patriotic Donahue of Harper Woods Favorites and Songs from Around the World.” raised ttie most money for Adult tickets cost $ 2 0 , seniors pay $ 18 and young the walk, $1,040, and have adult tickets cost $10. been the highest fundrais­ For more information, call (313) 882-0118 or visit ers for the past 10 years. detroitconcertchoir.org. From left, Evelyn Donahue, event chairwoman Mary Lloyd and Thomas S t . L u c y Donahue. Left, Boy Scout Troop 96 St. Lucy Church, 23401 Jefferson, St. Clair Scout Master XJ. Malbouef Shores, holds a card party at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May leads the walkers. 15. The $5 tickets are available at the door. Door prizes, raffles and refreshments are included in the event. For more information, call (313) 886-4356.

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Christ the King GrossePointe £ 1 ¾ Lutheran Church Unitarian Church %X# and Preschool Sunday, May 13,2012 Mack at tochm oor • '884-5090 < \ \\< •! i k \! Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE S T . P A U L l.UIHi'RAN Book Store/Heading Room SAINT JAMES Storing Getf'S Sfitwjh Cfcrhi. ** 5cv«. rejoice and sorvts 8:15 & 10:45 a.m. - Woi^hip Service Mother’s Day LUTHERAN CHURCH 106 KERCHEVAL SUNDAY SCHEDULE 9:3!) 3.18, - Christian Education Hoar for al! ages E very D ay Grosse Pointe Farms 170 McMillan Road 9:00 am-Worship Supervisee! Nursery Provided Reverend Shelley Page Open Monday-Saturday Grosse Pointe Farms 10:10am-Christian Education www.christthekinggp.org (313)884-7490 313-884-0511 11:15 am-Worship Childcare will be provided Randv S. Boeiter, Pastor 17150 MAUMEE Stop by to pick up a www.stjamesgpf.org Holy Communion at alternating services rjf Making New Disciples- 881-0420 “thought for the day” Building Stronger Ones Visit us at www.gpuc.us or get inspired online at H oly Eucharist j*ssi chmtiansdence.coro/biogs/daily-iift Saturday at 5 p.m. (Sunday Church Service. 11:00 am Sunday at 10:15 a.m. 375 Lofhsop, At 282 Chalfonte) Grosso Pointe Farms, Mi 48236 Church 313.88I.6S70 — [email protected] wwtv.sipautgp.org SUNDAY i l r Grosse Pointe Woods Nursery Avaiiabto Pastor Frederick Harms §§§| 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m~ Holy Communion |p Grosse Pointe CROSSPOINTE Pastor Morsal O. Coilier Presbyterian Church ■ 11:(.)0 Church Sunday School UNITED METHODIST 19950 Mack at Torrey Sunday Services First English Evangelical arid Nursery il CHURCH 313-8864301 www.gjwpre.org i y Lutheran Church 170 E. Jefferson Avenue On Hart 9:30 & 11:00 AM Piaza at the Tonnei ~ Free Secured JT An Official Welcoming Congregation ^ ’ 800 Vernier Ro&d (&n^(Wecgew»

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FROM THE MAY 10, 1962. ISSUE OF THE GROSSE POINTE NEWS 0 )¾ PHOTO BY VIRGINIA O. MCCOY Tuck Michigan-grown asparagus, rolled in ham, inside a chicken breast to create t I : Overhead a special Mother’s Day dinner. Lane and speed control signals to guide motorists went into effect on Detroit’s John Lodge Freeway in May. Engineers watching the freeway by television can lower the Recipe takes advantage speed to 40 or 25 miles an hour. The green arrows show which lanes are open. Darkened panels beside arrows cany red Xs which are flashed on when the lane is of asparagus season blocked ahead. The experimental traffic control system will operate on just more than three miles of the freeway between the Ford and Davison interchange.

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come crafts and GREEN FAIR: It’s a growing affair At Liggett, Foust also fa­ working in cilitates the school’s gar­ the garden. Continued from page IB dening program, as lower For more school students plant and information prints; Monteith, Defer harvest year-round, grow­ about the and Kerby elementary ing such things as cab­ program, schools first graders join­ bages, asparagus and contact ing forces with the Men’s sunflowers. Shirley Garden Club o f Grosse Similarly, Our Lady Star Martin at Pointe to leam about and of the Sea third, fourth (313) 886- grow their own tomatoes; and fifth graders are 4886 or activ­ and the district green showing off their green ities coordi­ team conducting an elec­ thumbs, teaming with res­ nator Celeste tronics recycling drive at idents from Shorepointe Vicante at Kerby elementary and Village Assisted living for (586) 498- Brownell middle schools, an intergenerational gar­ 4500. among other events and dening program, of activities. Michigan State Univer­ “This is what the com­ sity’s extension program, Bill Grogan PHOTO BY RENEE LANDUYT munity is all about,” Together, they leam about visited Monteith first-grade Maire Elementary School teacher Kris Vandevusse’s gardening and nutrition, Monteith, teacher Elizabeth Wang kindergarten class turned recycled water bottles into as well as assist with plant Defer and said of garden club repre­ sunflowers and planted them outside the school’s installations in the village Kerby ele­ sentatives Dan Beck and front entrance. courtyard. mentary Bill Grogan visiting the For two hours (3:30 to schools to school April 26 and'again And University Liggett (the predators) needed to 5:30 p.m.) each Tuesday, educate first May 1 to work with the School, for a third straight tag the perch (prey). from April 27 to the graders students. “A lot of districts year, continued its ongo­ Members of the Grosse school year’s end, stu­ about grow­ don’t have people or ing partnership with the Pointe Tree Commission, dents and residents get in­ ing tomatoes things like this.” Edsel and Eleanor Ford as well as Grosse Pointe structional lessons from and assist The green teams drive House; the lower school Audubon Society presi­ MSU program master them in Saturday, March 24, be­ students enjoying an edu­ dent and local author Bill gardeners, while also par­ planting hind Brownell, in six cational, outdoors experi­ Rapai (“The Kirtland’s ticipating in hands-on their own. PHOTO BYA.J. HAKIM hours amassed a collec­ ence. Warbler”) lectured third tion of 14,483 pounds of Led by environmental graders about local frees electronic equipment, sur­ program director Russ and birds, while fourth passing its goal of 10- to Glenn, lower school sci­ graders viewed the “Plant 1 9 8 7 Continued from page 5B 14,000 — the weight of an ence teacher Christine Adaptation Up Close” HEADLINES: News from average school bus. Jones and environmental photography exhibit be­ In all, the team collect­ coordinator Julie Foust, fore venturing outside for compared to $1,253,000 FRONT PARK TO HAVE TO LIBRARY BREAK-IN: ed from 138 cars, recy­ the teachers expanded their own photo scav­ for 1961-62, ending June TWO ENTRANCES: Six Grosse Pointe South cling enough to fill two pie their curriculum outdoors enger hunt 30. When the Woods Lake High School seniors trucks, while also raising for first through fifth Fifth graders delved in­ The tax rate of $ 17.37 Front Park opened May pleaded guilty to a $690 in donations, all ben- graders. Each grade, for to Earth’s place in space, per $1,000 of city as­ 1, residents had to decide charge of breaking and efitting the district’s green an hour, performed activi­ participating in a planet sessed valuation is the which side of the park entering, a misdemeanor programs and initiatives. ties coinciding with its walk that demonstrated same rate prevailing since they wanted to visit be­ under the local Farms or­ Among some of the current studies. the relative sizes and dis­ the fiscal year 1958-59. fore they entered. dinance, and must pay area private schools, First graders — nets, tances of each planet in ♦ MASON SCHOOL The Milk River, which restitution, fines and Grosse Pointe Academy magnifying boxes, binoc­ the solar system. They al­ WINS AWARD FOR flows through the park, costs and spend eight celebrated Earth week ulars, field guide and so hunted for micromete­ CLEANEST PLAY­ divides the marina and days working in commu­ with a series of daily activ­ recording sheets in tow— orites and analyzed their GROUND: Stevens T. boat docks from the pool, nity service. ities, from a Monday visit learned about hunting for findings in class using Mason School took first tennis courts, concession The break-in occurred from the Arts and Scraps insects around Bird stereomicroscopes. place in the cleanest play­ stand and picnic area. Nov. 21,1986, when the truck to Tuesday bike, Island, while second “All classes enjoyed ground contest sponsored Demolition of the bridge six reportedly broke into walk, or carpool to school graders discussed preda­ their time outdoors cele­ by the Council of Grosse over the river, the first the Grosse Pointe South day to waste free tor and prey interactions, brating the wonder of our Pointe Garden Clubs as step in the park redevel­ libraiy and knocked over Wednesday (students and playing a sharks and min- planet with their peers part of the Clean-Up opment plan that was ap­ books from shelves and staff weighed waste left nows-type game called, and teachers,” Glenn Week campaign* proved by Woods voters dumped file cards from over from lunch) to an all- Forster’s Tem and perch, said.” last November, is com­ the catalogue. It took sev­ school paper drive Friday. in which a group of terns Ongoing and still to pleted. Until the new eral days o f work by bridge is done, the park school employees before will have two entrance the library could be re­ gates. The new bridge is opened. 25 years ago this week scheduled for completion in late August. — Compiled by Karen ♦ WOODS LAKE ♦ SIX PLEAD GUILTY Fontanive

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