Farms purchases • It was a year of beginnings and endings In the City of Grosse POinte In 1\Ifi'"' U~...,.1n...7 h'"".....no_ ~UU~ r--dye.jf\. .L ., ... "'.&., ....a. I...."" J .I. l V .1.1. l ~ , • Grosse POinte Shores administra- tion, council and commi1tees conducted much work over play during 2002 Page 3A appeal pending

• Atter three years of waiting 1'1 the By Bonnie Caprara tIon,~ Burges;, Said Wings, Terrance Brennan Will assume Staff Writer Area reSidents were the role of the director of publiC service The Grosse Pomte Farms angered by the city's plans, In Grosse POinte Farms Current d,rec CIty Councd adopted a reso- whIch they learned of the tor Joseph leonard retires after 13 lutlOn at a specIal meetmg day after the council agreed years with the city Page 4A on Monday to follow an to punha;,e the properties order Issued by a Third The council re;,cmded Its • Grosse POinte Woods police Will ClrcUlt Judge to purchase offer last January continue cracking down on speeders on one of two homes It agreed The owners, JudIth Paul Allard 8A to purchase In October 2001 and Bert Paul, contended m it • Irl 2002 the Grosse POinte Board The move WIll allow the a SUlt brought before Judge " of Education made many administrative city adminIstratIOn to pur- Warfield Moore III March appointments, numerous c~langes In chase a home at 163 that the city should be cUrricula and successfully campaigned McKmley, WhIch It ongmal- requIred to complete the for the $62 million bond Issue Page ly planned to raze for a 33- transaction of the property 12A ;,pot parkIng lot In. back of "The owners asserted that the Punch and Judy the Clt)' had entered mto a • 'The Marm, ' a rock band consist- Duddmg on the Hdl CIty valId contract to purchase Ing of se"eral Grosse POinte North High attorney Wilham Burgess their home ~ Burgess saId School students, Willperform at a ben- s81d the councd ongmally "The city contended that the efit lor Audrey Bustillo, a young girl suf- authoflzed the city to agreement that was entered fering from complications after a I",er acqUIre the property "sub- mto at that time allowed the transplant Page 12A ject to the satisfaction of cer- cIty to conduct certam mves- • WillOW, a women's leaderstllp tam condItIOns" tlgatlOns WIth respect to the program at Grosse POinte North High "Those conditIOns were property, mcludmg the sta- School, welcomed 250 students at Its not met, and as a conse- tus of title of that property first meeting Page 13A quence la"t year, the cIty dId • The toy bUSiness seemed back on not complete the transac- See McKINLEY, page 2A track and boys, girls and adults chose , from a selection of popular toys games , and model trains Page 17A Water rates still all , • DBC Systems, a software develop- 1 ment company owned and operated by f a family of Grosse POinte residents, has wet, Shores says been recognized as an Industry pace- setter Page 17A By Bonnie Caprara past three years, the Shores Staff Writer has p81d the water depart- • Grosse POinte South s boys hock- The pnce Grosse Pomte ment at the 1999 rate of ey team bE'at Dearborn DIVine Child 4- 1 In a first-place showdown In the Shores pays for water IS $869 per 1,000 cubIC feet of commg down, but not water and has held the Michigan Metro High School Hockey League Page 1C enough, say cIty offiCials remamder m escrow The EarlIer thiS month, the Shores currently has DetrOlt Water and Sewerage $75,000 placed m escrow Department c1almed the Photo by WIll Harrah basIS upon whIch 1t deter- In companson, Grobse WEEK' AHEAD mmed water rates Wab m POlnte Woods pays $5 03 per Oh Christmas tree! error 1,000 cubIC feet of water, Thursday, Dec. 26 Thousands of points of light are eVident throughout the Grosse Water rates are based on Grosse Pomte Park pays Services for Older Citizens Willhold a Pointes and Harper Woods as residents decorated their homes in the amount of water used at $7 44 per 1,000 cubIC feet of Christmas tea at Sunrise ASSisted holiday style. This tree in the 2100 block of Vendome in the peak tImes Meters to mea- water, and Harper Woods LIVingfrom 1 to 4 p m Farms is just one of many beautiful Sights this holiday season. sure those amounts were pays $7 50 per 1,000 cubIC Tickets are $6 For reservations and mstalled m February 2000, feet of water The CIty of more information call sac at (313) but not operatlOnal untIl Grosse Pomte purchases 882-9600 June of thiS year water from Grosse Pomte However, the water Farms Sunday, Dec. 29 department saId It would Houghton s81d the Shores not base Its new rate for the IS m a favorable pOSItIOn to Grosse POinte Woods reSidents can Shores based on SIXmonths lower the water rate It pays enJoy free Indoor Ice skating at of data Instead, the water to the water department University Liggett School McCann Ice department saId It would "A rough analySIS by our Arena from 5-7 p m on Sunday through average those new figures m engmeers, Hubbell, Roth & March 30 With those of the prevlOUS Clark, says we should be A valid Woods park pass IS reqUired three years able to lower our rate by for admittance "That doesn't bode well about 10 percent," Houghton With us," VIllage counsel said Tuesday, Dec. 31 Ralph Houghton saId "We Houghton requested a The Grosse POinte PubliC Library were not a charted commu- meetmg With the water Winter Film Festival features 'Happy IIlt) In those years ~ department and recom- New Year, Charlie Brownl' and The water department mended the Shores contmue "Wishbone The Prince and the Pooch currently charges the to pay $8 69 per 1,000 cubIC at the Woods Branch at 4 p m Shores $1099 per 1,000 feet until the Issue IS AdmiSSion IS free For more Informa- cubiC feet of water For the resolved tion, call (313) 343-2074 I Wednesday, Jan 1 Ha~py New Year' Municipal offices are closed Thursday and Friday trash pickup Will Courtney Dempsey Burkett be delayed one day Home: Gro<.,sePOinte Park

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Family: Husband, Adam Opinion 6A Obituaries 8A Occupation: MedIa rela- twns coord1l1ator for Harper Woods 9A P~nt() bv Bonnle C'apTRra the Wayne State ITnl\ er~lty Department Schools 12, 13A From mayor to state rep of Theatre Autos 11A Grosse Pointe Farms Municipal Judge Matthew Rumora admin- istered the oath of office of the First District House of Represen- Quote: Tv!' h\ed a lot of BUSiness 16A tatives seat to Edward Gaffney In a local swearing-in ceremony at place", but thIS I" the onJ) pJace that WI)) be Enterta Inment 2B the Farms City Hall on Friday, Dec 20 Gaffney, who has served 11 years on the Farms City Council with the last three years as m) home" Seniors oB mayor s~id, "It s a short oath. but it's an important oath' 1<'arms rl"sident and pro se legahst GII Engels would agree' Gaffney's trrm Se(' story, page 15A Classified ads SC begins Jan. 1.

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50 years ago this week Resource Center at Grosse Now, as athletic director • Due to the tremendous Pomte North High School and assistant pnnc',.,al at past success of the college- U!>ers can bIt do\\ n, plug Grosse Pomte South High age New Year's Eve Dance m and find l'ut all they want School, her dutIes are differ- at the Grosse Pomte War to kno\1 about JObs ent but her schedule I" Just 8!> hectic MemorIal, the l;;vent IS • The Grabbe Pomte ,",cheduled again for this Board of Ed ucat 1011 \ otes Lake's accomph"hment!> jear Unalll!lln.hlp Award presented De\lls basketball team \\ mb complallllllj!" llt eln,,::, ::'IW::' TrU::'!I't>::, concludl' that hj the rthchlgan HIgh School a second consecutJ\ e Border At hlebc A.'>Soclation CitIes League vIctory and adnUIlI"t mtor::, had made +'h...... "'" ... '" \..,,1 S't" ... '" • Ann Knllt'dbOIl0) l>ellllllg Fordson 61-39 before a called for m the teacher lOn- Fltspatnck of Grosse Pomte tract to keep classes under Farms takes first overall m capacIty cro,1 (l that Jams the tiny G~se POinte HIgh the cellmg the women's dIVISIOn at the American SkI Racmg School gymnablum to the rafters Alhance race m KIllmgton 10 years ago this week Vt • Burglars break mto • Grosse POinte Park's The mother of two blew Best clothing ::,tore m the sale of the EsqUlre Theater away the compehbon and Village but f~ul to get away l>lte on Jefferson to a devel- won gold medals m overall With ani money Store man- oper who wants to buIld con- and Ehte (40 and older) dIVI- age::, fin-d the company safe domlnlUms on the property sIOn battered but unopened moves a step closer Members of the cIty coun- 5 years ago this week Carolers active as Christmas comes 25 years ago this week CIl vote unammously to • In the spmt of the holt- • Operators of the Pund, '"<:lzone the vacant Esqmre to the Poilltes days, the Grol>se POInte and Judy Theatre receive a lot and adjacent lots from North HIgh School sym- Cheerful Christmas carols 110atthrough Grosse Pointe's fog-laden atmos. vanance to contmue bookmg commercIal to reSidential phomc band Joms other sub- phere when the Zeta Sigmll Phi Club serenaded residents. Donations col- live acts despite a Grosse use urban and City musIcIans m lected by the group are to be turned over to the American Red Cross, Car- POinte Farms ordmance pro- • Ja Lake remembers recordmg of a compact disk olers are, from left, Gail Gitre, Marilyn Barbara, Dianne Bickle, Louanne Nel- hlbltmg such entertam- when she coached four that benefits youth pro- son, Sharon McNally, Joyce. Gesell, Joanne Meier. Barbara LaBrosld, Mary ment sports, drove the team bus Joan Van Wassenbove and Louise Winogrocki. The chlldren are Bobby Lan- and lmed the athletic fields grams and serves as a • A computer IS pur- bndge bUilder non, Debra Girte and Andrew Llewellyn. (Photo by Fred Runnells, From the chased for the Career at Fhnt Holy Rosary Dec. 25, 1952 Grosse Pointe News. The band plays on "What a Wonderful World," the sec- ond release by DetrOIt Poltce and Vermer finds that con- Cluef ISalah McKmnon and gestIOn IS high, but not high Friends enough to qualify the areas McKinley "Tlus is a wonderful pro- as "hIgh-crash areal> " From page IA sought n Ject and a great way to • The maugural edItion of Moore ordered the city to bndge the gap between sub- the Grosse POinte Yearbook prIOr to completing the M~~~~ 111 complete the transactIOn Support.Installatlons ? urban and mner City is available transaction schools," saId DaVId August Instead, the City For the home "Chances are everyone In "Dunng that mvestiga- sought to overturn that rul- Cleveland, band dIrector at the POIntes Will know some- tion, the City came to dISCOV- (313) 640-0113 North mg m the Mlclugan Court of one In the yearbook," said www MacKethanConsultmg com er that there were certam Appeals • A SEMCOG study of KImbnel Towar, publtsher restnctlOns, \\ hlch mcluded Ph1Iip@MacKethanConsulting com In the resolutIOn, the two hIgh-volume traffic use of the property and the Farms Will attam title and areas along Mornmgside - Brad Lmdberg manner m whIch it was possessIOn of the property by paymg the Pauls $250,000 of the $290,000 purchase pnce and to hold the remamder and addItion- al costs m escrow while the Farms seeks to overturn Moore's ruhng of the enforcement of hIS order Burge!>s saId he recom- mended the purchase of the property because "I don't thmk It s a Viable optIOn to contlllue WIth the course we have taken n The Farms plans to sell the house after it IS brought up to occupancy cocle reqUIrements The Farms IS proposlllg to take title and possessIOn of the property on Feb 1 Burgess sald It IS not kno\'i n how much the Farms WIll ask for the property or spend on repaIrs Any SPECTACULAR expendItures WIll be subJt'ct to counCIl approval Several McKmley resI- dents asked the counCil of Its assurance that the cIty \\ auld not seek to construct REORGANIZATION a parklllg lot on the block m the future "GIven the recent hIStOry, I don't thmk there Will be an) parkmg lots," Mayor Edward Gaffney said SALE "r m glad they're mam- tamlllg their commItment not to have a parkmg lot on tho"e tv, a properties," :o.fcKml"y reSIdent MIchael Now 30%-70% OFF :o.lontgomef) saId OUR QUALITY NAME-BRAND MEN's & WOMEN'S MERGIANDISE IIGrosse Point~ N~ws I (USPS 230-400) ~ (90'1iee rPJr~ ~en ~ ~ $udltde: PUb:hh"d p\ crv Thursday By Anteebo Publishers

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.clt"Vll)( • 1lilt ittN1j\l:'l''>tA'def • December 26, 2002 Grosse Pointe News News 3A City saw old and new come its way in 2002 By Bonnie Caprara Trust Investments AssOciatIOn and co-owner of _ StaH Wnter "I'm a httle ~urprJr.ed by the VIllage Toy Co "They r It was a year of begin the numberb It brought m, are glVmg us rules that are mngr. and endlng& In the but not &urprJbed m the gOIng to help us down the ?It) of GrOl>be Pomte m number of people It brought road" 2002 Ill," l>ald JObh JObpph, vice CVS and Velmelr bald Aftrr a l>e\'l~ral week pre~ldent of Hdco Real they have not deuded on delay, thp Neff Park pool Estate, wlUth reprt'l>ented plans for the former opened for residents Just Jacobson's store but have before the Fourth of July had a lot of mt~rest 1fi the The new POOllb 40 pel ct'nt site from retailers larger than the 30-year old CIty leaders also dealt pool It replaced It has mnp wIth Hnothpr 7Omnp-l""lIP In ..,D~p~tJ.tJUjJ.~"'J.i.LJ 1dllng Uctober when they approved - lanes, a 50 percent larger ordmances which restnct deck arE''l , and half meter, where adult-onentE'd busI- one-meter and thre, meter nesses may be located dIVing boards The adjacent State and federal laws wading pool Ib 43 pertent Jacobson'" III the pruperty state that a mUlllclpahty smaller, but boasts water hqUldatlOn sale "We had 15 cannot outlaw adult-onent toy& that can be mampulat- rounds of bidding at cd busmesses, but can lOn- ed by kids and kldr.-at-heart $100,000 mcrements " trol where such bUSinesses The new 31-foot-hlgh Other offers on the bUlld- can be located Summer started a bit late in the City of Grosse Pointe when the Neff Park pool bathhouse, a subject of con- Illg came from Kroger and With the Village and any and bathhouse. above, opened to residents just before the Fourth of July. sternabon among nelghborl> developer Arkan Jonna commercially zoned area Jacobson's. below. bid adieu to the Village this SUIDmer when the Jackson- dunng construction, fea- The CVS-VelmeH pur- \'.lthm 1,000 feet from any based retaUer falled to pull itself through a bankruptcy reorganization. CVS tures a famIly changing chase ""as a surpnse to school or church bemg off- Pharmacy and Velmeir Companies purchased the building in September for faCIlity and a high-pressure, many hmlts to such buslllesses, $10.7 million - $4.2 million more than a prior private sale offer. hot"" ater cleamng system to "I was completely sur- the ordlllance gUidelines clean all three locker rooms pnsed," said City Manager would restnct adult onent- r Instead of the park dlrec- Michael Overton "We had ed busmesses to four proper ;; tor and hfeguards shanng about 15 or 16 groups talk tleb on Mack spate With the pool heater With us, and they were not "I feel comfortable With I and electrical room a sepa- any of the ones we talked the permanency of thel>e rate buddmg was c~nstruct- with" four uses that we're not I ed With ample offke and In anticipatIOn of a new openmg up the doors for meetmg room space development, the council adult busmesses," said enclobed m wmdows that passed a mynad of new zon- Brandon Rogers, City plan overlook pvery vista of the mg ordmances for the mng consultant park VIllage bw,mess dlstnct III Other hlghhghts m the "You can't get a better November City m 2002 mclude view than thiS," AsSlbtant HIghhghts of the 22 pages - In March, the City pro- City Manager Bnan Vlck of zomng changes mclude posed consohdatmg 911 dlS- saId Increasmg bUlldmg heights patch services With Grosse The CIty'S counCil also to four stores (52 feet) m the Pomte Farms and Grosse gave the go-ahead on man- center block of Kercheval Pomte Park earher thiS na reconstructIOn (and a and the additIOn of hotel and year new front gate) to start m reSidential uses on the thlrd City admlmstrators caIled the fall of 2003 and fourth floors With spe- the move "a way of cutting t About a month after the clal approval of the counCil costs willIe malntammg our CIty opened Its new pool, Other new speCIal approval current level of service m all Jacobson's announced It uses mclude outdoor cafes our areas of the City's opera- would bid adieU to the and eatmg areas, and coun- tlons" Village shopplllg dlstnct cll approval of busmesses The Idea was mxed m While bargam shoppers With a gross floor area m June when the Farms decld- took advantage of a IIqUlda- excess of 5,000 square feet ed not to go aheao. With an tlon sale m August, four Mayor Dale Scrace said $18,600 feaslblbty study developers went mto a bld- the zomng changes would - The City garnered dmg frenzy to purchase the "gIVe future counCils, plan- kudos from two orgamza- Ident uf the Grosse Pomte streetscape projects In the the addition of a computer- 119,200-square-foot store m ners and attorneys a better tlons for Its beautificatIon Rose Society, and retired Village Thr City shared the aided dispatch syl>tem, an September CVS Pharmacy palette of tools to work efforts City Manager Tom PreSidential Plaque, the Inklebb fingerpnnt system, and Velmelr Compames pur- wIth" The Amencan Rose Kresbbach, who btlll tend" to orgamzatlOn'" highest and the first of several chased the bUlldmg for "We don't know how lucky Society proclaimed the City the 25 vanetle& which grow award, WIth Frankenmuth "quad car computers $10 7 million - $4 2 mllbon we are to have a counul that as an Amencan Rose City m III the city hall rose garden -The Clt) of Grosse , , more than a private sale supports us," said Ellen June ' In' October, Keep Pomte Department ofPLlbllc Mo"t of the tobtb were cov- offer made earlier by St Durand, prCbldent of the The award was presented Michigan Beautiful Inc Safety came mto the mfor- ered by a $45,000 Byrne Clair Shores-based FIdelity Grasbe Pomte Village by Gordon MIchaelson, pres- awarded the CIty for Its matlOn age m the fall With Memonal Grant Work and play set the tone in the Shores in 2002 By Bonnie Caprara ommendatlOns, a walkway dead space has become a of rebldent boaters and non- steps, first as a member of Shores Plannmg Slaff Writer along the shorehne of OSlUS popular plCmc area boaters the Shore" plannmg com- CommiSSIOn Chairman Grosse Pomte Shores Park, was completed, "It's made one-third of Park tax also became a miSSIOn m 1983, then as a Mary MatuJa, the Shores admmlstratlOn, counCil and thanks to the generosity of thiS park more useful," less taxmg Is"ue for the counCil member from 1985 counCil approved new lot committees conducted much the Grosse Pomte Shores Cooke said Shores In 2002 to 1993 split ordmances III August work over play dunng 2002 Improvement FounaatlOn Current PreSident Dr In November, the Huetteman III Cited hiS ReSidential lots along After 21 months of study, James Cooper said the coun- MichIgan Tax TrIbunal low- mcreasmg workload as Lake St ClaIr shall not have the Shores' parks ad hoc cII and administratIOn ered the Shore~' parks tax dIrector of chent services of a WIdth less than 200 feet committee handed over a would put the plan recom- assessment by 75 percent Acosta Sales and Marketmg, and shall not exceed a 4-to-1 parks master plan to the vll- mendatlOns on hold until The Shores sued the a global food brokerage firm, wldth-to-depth ratIO lage counCil m September the harbor committee devel- Michigan Ta" CommiSSIOn as the pnmary reason to Lots elsewhere In the The master plan makes oped Its master plan two years ago when the com- step down Shores shall not exceed a 3- several recommendations An ad hoc harbor commlt- miSSIOn 'itnpped the parks Dr James Cooper, who to-I depth-to-wldth ratIO for O"lUS Park mcludlllg tee was IIlltlally formed III of theIr "tate and county tax "erved as a VIllage trubtee - The Shores contmues to - A new pool, splash pad Apnl, but was reformed m exemptlOn" and reqUlred for three years, assumed the loboy for a lower water rate terrace, and bathhouse With June when councll Trustee them to be a~~esl>ed at over preSident poslh0n after he It IS charged bv the DetrOlt actiVIt) center The foundatIOn con- Ka:1 Kratz took over as the $2 f"ullIon for the 1999 tax ran unoPPobed m the vII- Water and Sewerage - A gatehouse at a new tnbuted $183,000 toward councll's parks and harbor year lage's May electlOn Department mam entrance the project The VIllage con- liaison Kratz, Cooper, and The park~' combmed JImmIe Blolnk Jr and Dr The Shores was assessed - A reVIsed open green tnbuted $50,000 for mfra- VJ1lage Supenntendent value 1" currpntl) assessed Bnan Hunt were reelected a rate of $1099 per 1,000 area off the harbor which structure needs MIchael Kenyon formed a at about $tiOO,OOO The to the vJ1lage counCil cubIC feet by the department may mclude an amphlthe- The ne\\ 800-foot walk- ne"" commIttee whIch added Shon'~ e,tllnated It>,tax bill Challenger Fredenck III Februar), an Increase ater \\3) featun'" a "tone aggre- three reSIdents for a one- to be less than $10,000 Minturn ou"ted 10-)ear [rom $966 It was billed m A walking path, ICl.- nnk, !'atp walh \\ a\, thn:p outlook year term counCIl veteran Dr Richard the 1999-2000 fiscal year pla)~lape and multljWl po"e delh~ md ,\t, n~1\ p peren Currently, the harbor \,.k think thl" Ib a good Mertz Ho""ever, the Shores bUlldmg were recomm( J\ If i mal InJ\rh( '/11'1": committee IS m the process ~ettl('mpnt" Ken)on said Village Clerk Lmda admlrllbtratlOn claImed the for Schroeder-Ford FIpid !' I j., 11 '1 J 111 ('u, kp of rle\ elupmg a surve\ to \Vp had 'iome good argu- Walton \\ a" named to pl'akmg factor, whIch the

In i\ugu"t Olll ot the J( l I! I, rt-~( ~~ the want" and '1>' ((1- 111l'nhto make but It \\ould replace the councll "eat departmpnt set IT! 1986 and hi\( Lo"t a lot of time and vacated by Cooper In ,June u;;;es to determine water II 11l'\ to take them thlOUgh Vlctona Bo\ce. who "cned U'ie, was Incorrect Meters ,1l1rt-. Thl'" settlement as a co-chaJrma'1 of the that measure peaKmg fac- .._ rut thu- ,l>sue behmd parh" ad hoc committee \\ as tors were Installed by the , '1n acceptable co"t nommated by Cooper to fill departnwnt m February P III d to htIgatlOn " thp c1prk p(hltlOn III July 2000, but were not opera- ilh( r t'1P~ n('w" Item" out In ~ovembf'r, 3'5 of38 vot tlonal until June of thiS h' ~hor(" thl" year albo ers elected Jame& Velt as 'rear Hi( Lake Town~hlp tn'a"urer After 'IX month, 'If actual o \n f'XpIOSlOnm a garage Vdt ran unopno"ed peaking factor readmgs, the • Ilt, d a home III flameb 0 In ord('r to hef'p a bal- df'partment contf'nd" that It '-unlllngdale late mght anc('d budget th(' Shore., wa" III f'rror Th(' depart- r I eh 9 In('na.,( d It-. mlllage, f('(>~ ment ,aid It \, ould e"tabhsh I hl' \\Talker famlly \\ a., and Ilc('n~l''' acro"... thp a n('\, ratl' ba ...ed on peakmg .. (t II ng do"" n for the hO'1rd 111 ~la, fa('tor~ from ,Junr to \, 1\1n~ \\ hpl1 the (Xp!O"1011 r1w .,1Ilagl' t,1\ ratp ro.,r Dpcrmbf>r and the PflOr ,« urn.d The famll) from 1.1,30 to 11 7fi mIll., thrLf> \( ar~ , ,( aprd thp hou,e v.lthout buIldmg prrmlt fl'r~ 1 rljllne... In( n'a,-pd 10 ppr('( nt and For t hp pa~t threl' j ears, • John Hupttl'mdn III uthpr fel'''' and IIcl'n~r~ thl' \ I1lagl' ha., br(>n paymg pnded a b\o gpnNatlOn Increa~pd a" Jugh a~ '50 pl'r th( d,'partment 7"> pl'rcl'nt Ipgaq In th ... Shore- thl~ ('f nt of Ihe rate charged whIle ,pnng whln Ill' announcpd oln TUlll' t1w ~hon'~ Pllb holdl1lg thl' ot~l'r 2') percent he \\ould not ~l'pk a fifth lie ~,1f( t; dpp'1rtmpnt In ('.,crO\\ In J)pcpmbl'r \1)- krm a~ villagr pn'''lrlpnt dcqllin d tlw fir ...t piltrol Idg( ('oun~l'l Ralph Sn:tl'l'n ,pdr" nftpr hh lllotorC'\('ll' In the Grch ...e Houghton f( wmm( nded thE' fathl'r .John HUl'tteman ,Jr 1'00ntP~ "Inc( 19fi9 \\lIdgp wntmup to pay 75 f h{H t fl, r nit' CaprAra "tepprd do ....n n" \ Illagr • In an ilttPl1lpl to kNp ppI ('pnt of thp rah chargE'd The shoreUne at Grosse Pointe Shores' Osius Park got a faceUft this year, pre~Hll'nt, Huptteman III Lah( ~hon' a'i pn<;tlnp a, untIl "WP Cl1mpto ...omf> kllld thanks to the generosity of the Grosse Pointe Shores Improvement Foundation. fo!lO""l'rl In hI" l

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., "'. I " lIe'" II r jl t 18~28 ~1drh \\<111.." ()[o~~e 1',)It'lC '",m~ • 8822'):'0 til>' 884 8~92 (e I I t ~u III t ... Op~ II r"lon J l~ UH\.)lI~h ") Iud I\. h d!1l to, ~ III Josh r ~~ "'" 1L'it.. JLI. "H'lh.it'l 2-' ..g 'Jt<. ""I Age: 84 - If you do the . math Champagnes Imports' Hometown: City of Grosse Pomte Breed: YorkIe JI.rIL Sf.t99 'INI SONOIIA ....-.... lOUIS JIDGT I.nAKiji:li.i."i' 750 M1 SAYS $5 00 UftVI Personality: Type A BLANC DE NOIR 7SOML SAVE$500 99 CA_11A IbTIII'1i S1399 BEAUJOLAIS VILLAGE 86 Nick name: The V.llnuos KOIIIL CHAM'AG••• Enforcer CHARDONNAY 750 ML SAYS$5 00 BRUT, ROSE, 8879 99 MACON VILLACE S8 Favorite sport: Soccer 99 EXTRA DP.V! LAC•• IIA 812 CHARDONNAY 750 ML SAVE$4:10 Josh IS both spectator and Josh CHARDONNAY 7SOM1 SAYS$3 00 Sf)99 partIcipant m the sport DoIlAI ... ST•• ICHILL. CHARDONNAY S.MI 99 Family: One slbhng, Emma - a 16year old, widowed 812 BLANC DE BLANC, 8829 CHARDONNAY 750 ML SAYS$8 00 caheo felIne who talks relentlessly and hold" the world BRUT, EXTRA DRY POUILLY FUISSE 99 49 750 ML SAYS$2 70 815 record for never haVIng lost an af/,'1lment .... ZIG.1 89 CHARDONNAY 7SOML SAVE$3 SO 'OIX •• T 99 Mission in life: Walkmg the streets of Grosse Pomte, BRUT, EXTRA DRY 49 PINOr NOIR 812 ever alert for terronsts to throw mto the shark mfested ItINDAL JACISON & BRUT ROSE 87 waters off the Grosse Pomte Yacht Club pier 750 ML SAYS$3.50 750IL SAVE $2.00 750 IlL CHARDONNAY'jf;99 Favorite activity: Standmg strategIcally close to the Whtn You Buy By TIHl case... $8.49 GIIAT •• STlIIi popcorn popper so he can score some hit.;,that go amiss EXTRA DRY, BRUT TO.I.II 99 before they reach the ground He conSIders thIS ongomg SAUVIGNON BLANC'69 7SOML $9 IA.~ $I.DO PINOT GRICIO traming for the NBA after he retires as a VIgIlante COOlS 79 750ML SAVE $2.00 ST.. 'IANCII 99 S3 Most disliked thing: Bemg the object of ndlcule of $8 ALL TYPES CHARDONNAY 750ML SAVE$7 00 750 ML SAYS$1 20 la\-ge dogs who don't take hIm senously because of hIS Sl2 1I1111.R~bIIP"bPI lou III~Afuel SIze, sneer at hIS bravado, and talk about hIm behmd MICIIIW 99 his back ThIS behaVIOrarouses his mner rottweIller CHAmu STI.. 88 CHARDONNAY :r.J:;L WineSpectator 750 ML If ) au would llke to submIt your "Pet POinter of COLU.IIA CI.IT Interest," delwer or mall a typed outLLne and photograph SAVE $1.00 to the Grosse Poente News, 96 Kercheval, Grosse Poente CRAND ESTATE Farms, MI 48236 or send to postmaster@grossepomte CHARDONNAY 7SOML CAUSRRAD news com JosaPH PHnps INSIGNIA CLOI DU .011 ANl1N01t1 TIGANIILLO CHARDONNAY 750 11ft. ANTINORI GuAD AI. TASO SAUVICNON BLANC PeNFOLDS~ Farms names new CHAJ.K HILL ..... , ITaoIllO CAVMUS public service director CHARDONNAY DucKttORN SAUV.CHON BLANC FAIt NIUfTI! By Bonnie Caprara Dec 31 after 13 years of a 7SO.. $799 SAIII$400 ~ CHAMPAGNES second career as pubhc ser- Staff Writer ( Doll PHIONON VIce dIrector Before commg After three years of wait- 99 MoET mg m the wings, Terrance to the Farms, Leonard spent IITA .. CI.. S7 TAnTlNGliR Brennan WIll assume the 34 years WIth the Wayne CHARDONNAY 750 ML SAYS$3 00 ROEDERER role of the duector of pubhc County Road CommISSIon servIce In Grosse POInte where he was last a cml G..LLO O. SO"OM" HEITZ "'-- - -~~ Farms en,if{,~ergomg to mISS my CHARDONNAY 7SO M~ Brennan was hIred as aSSIstant publIc servIce coworkers, espeCially (CIty ~ dIrector In 1999 and worked Manager) Rich Solak Hl" under the tutelage of Pubhc was a great guy to work for," ServIce DIrector Joseph Leonard saId Brennan, who had been Leonard Cited the hIgh- anticipatmg retirement hghts of hIS career as over- "I'm very eXCIted," seemg the recent sewer sep- Brennan SaId "Tills new Job aratIOn project and the 99 cleanup of the wmdstorm of $5 poses a lot of new chal- lenges" July 1997 Brennan came to the At 67, Leonard said, "It's SAVE$3.00 Farms after servmg four time to play I have three 750 ML years as a sub-bUlldmg great httle grandsons I want mspector III Auburn Hllls to enJoy before they go to Pnor to that, he served as school" an engIneenng and bmldmg Leonard WIll remam a constructIOn Inspector m Farms reSident, where he Rochester Hills for mne has hved SInce 1965 years Brennan Will assume hIs The Farms has not yet new position OP Jan 1 selected an aSSIstant pubhc Leonard WIll retue on sen Ice dlrector

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Visit fr01n St. Nick 1 5 Ltr SAVE $4 00 Thanks to the handiwork of a city employee GALLO with elf-like tendencies, Santa Claus has been .'J IID.OOD CHII 99 TWIN VALLEY popping in and out of Grosse Pointe wooos city 810 CHARDONNAY MERLOT ALL YOUR hall about 100 times per day. Betty Mell, of the IAITOIII• GVlml. CABERNET & SAUVICHON BLANC FA'vORlTlS water department, rigged a santa doll to emerge 1 5 Ltr SAVE$4 00 MERLOT 15 Ltr SAVU200 from a hand-made chimney each tlu..c the front CHARDONNAY door opens. Mell ran nearly invlsible fishing line LIIIDIUII'S c..AIIA $ 799 CABERNETSAUVlGNON 1.5 Ltr SAVE $1 50 IIfAlI CILLAIS from the front door through a couple books in SEM-tHARDONNAY, MERLOT CHARDONNAY, CABERNETIMERLOT ~ 29 WHITE ZJNFANDfL, the celling to the Santa. SMIRAlICAIIUNET 15 Ltr SAVE $200 Sum. MO.I ~8· CAIIRNET SAUVIGNON "Kids are enthralled." Melt said, "A four-year- 1 5 Ltr SAVE$2 00 old boy stood as quiet as can be waiting for it to VI.DAMa. $599 ~C~II~:~Y MERLOT CHARDONNAY MERLOT 1.5Ltr SAVE $3 70 go off. He had big eyes and a smUe." Meli's nov- Hit!'! elty has proven so popular that sbe's thinking of CUUNET SAUVICNON 15 Ltr SAVE $2 00 WHITE ZIN~ANDEL ~599•..... 1tOOI 99 repeating it at Hal1o~een, except with spiders. PINOT NOIR Z1N~ANDEL WHITE l1NFANOEL, SAUVIGNON BLANC WHITE MULOT, tjt •• 87 ALL TYPES SAUVIGNON SLANC 5I:MoCHARDONNAY ZINFANOEL & CHENIN BLANC 3 a Ltr SAVE $2 00 GAMAV BEAUJOLAIS WHITE MULOT SYRAH 1 5 Ltr SAVE $3 00 December 26,2002 Grotlse Pointe News 5A ~ VILLAGE FOOD HOME OF THE BELL RINGER SPECIALSI 18328 Mack Avenue ~ Grosse Pointe Farms • 882-2530 ~ Fax 884-8392 Open Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m, Fine Wines and Liquor • Prices in effect December 26, 27, 28, 30, &: 31

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