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(313) 882-5299 97 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms, mi 48236 DIRTYDOGJAZZ.COM pointe contents Cover Features Pointe Extras Senior Lifestyles The Helm reopens and 18 The Helm Gala 12 prepares for a virtual gala 20 At Home in the Pointes 32 At the Wheel of Driving Grosse Pointe Suzi Quatro 34 Amy Sacka, 14 Rock star returns to Grosse Pointe in new National Geographic Explorer documentary 37 Pointe Poetry 44 Finn It Forward Back-to-School 48 The Family Center’s 49 Bandstand Battle Gala #KidsKickingCovid initiative for Kids on the Go 50 Halloween Reimagined Pointe Personalities 52 To haunt or not to haunt — Haunted Garage Productions Marty 10 Marty Peters, world 64 Amoritas Vineyards takes Gold! traveler, proud father, 66 community creator 100 years: Ratification of the 19th Amendment Christine 16 Christine Aphram, Nurse Practitioner, Detroit and travel lover In Every Issue

8 On Pointe with the Publisher & Editor Marie 26 Marie Reinman, Director 11 Pointe Caregiver of Nursing at Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe — 19 Pointe Estate Attorney with Jon Gandelot and our healthcare hero! 27 Pointe Health Anne 28 Pointe Financial Planner 38 Anne Duffey-Leo, owner of Duffy & Co. inspired 29 Pointe Landlord goods, avid boater and 30 proud mom Pointe Fitness 31 Pointe Dermatologist Lillion & Ana 40 Lillion Lecznar, happy, 36 Peggy’s Picks active 7-month-old; Ana

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John Minnis Publisher Lauren McGregor Editor Terry Minnis Vice President Our cover photo was taken Graphics Diane Morelli at the entrance of Ford Ken Schop House’s Rose Garden in Donna Zetterlund October 2019 by Lauren McGregor and features her Account Executives son, Graham. This year, Ford Kris Beaver Shelley Owens House is offering several Paul Biondi Steve Saigh outdoor tours, including Dorothy Hawring Julie Sutton educational ones for Diane McIntyre Marilyn Waldmeir children learning at home.

Contributing Writers Kelly Aitken- Anne Erickson Gwinnell Jon B. Gandelot Dr. Stephanie Dr. Saima A. Khan Bagwell Peggy Kitchel Anna Bartolotta Lauren McGregor Susan Bollinger Dr. Meredith Price Jonathan Boos Margie Reins Smith Where in the Pointes? Lina Bowman Ken Welch Walter Charuba Joyce Wiswell Where in the Pointes is this object? On Monday, Sept. 21, we will ask this Contributing Photographers question on our Facebook wall. The first person to respond with the most Mike Florian Olivia Steele specific answer will win a gift card Christine M.J. Photography Hathaway Amy Sacka to a local restaurant. Participants Jeff Jogan Jeffrey Sauger MUST wait for the question to be Renee Landuyt Donald Schulte posted by Pointe Magazine. Good John F. Martin SkyView luck! (Last issue: Grosse Pointe Lauren McGregor Productions Chamber of Commerce.) John Minnis The Portrait Place To find us on Facebook, search “Grosse Pointe Magazine” Editorial Advisory Board Jim and Angie Bournias Coleman and Betsy Burt-Feller Ahmed and Mary Ann Ismail Bob and Diane Klacza Grosse Pointe Magazine is published six times a year by Pointe Media Incorporated, 16980 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe, MI 48230. Phone: (313) 640- 8955; email: [email protected]. Grosse Pointe Magazine reserves the right to reject any advertising. Copyright 2020 Pointe Media Incorporated. Complimentary delivery to all Grosse Pointe homes. $20/year subscriptions available for non-Grosse Pointe and nonresidential addresses.

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ormally for the September-October issue of rom start to finish, production on the September- Pointe Magazine, I would be writing and getting October issue has provided abundant inspiration. N excited about our upcoming three-week vacation F In otherwise dark times, I’ve been blinded by the at the Marriott’s Grande Vista Resort in Orlando. We’ve light of these creators: one of music, one of photography, been making this trip every year for more than a decade, others of gardening and community. maybe two. But probably not this year due to the COVID-19 My first assignment was on rock legend Suzi Quatro and pandemic. the newly released documentary about her life, Suzi Q. When We called the resort. The restaurants are open for take- I emailed her publicist to (hopefully) arrange an interview, out only. The pools are open but with socially distanced I heard from Suzi Quatro herself. She responded to the chairs, tables and umbrellas. Guests are required to wear request with an emphatic yes — “as a Grosse Pointe girl masks when outside their rooms, in the lobby, at the bars through and through.” or Marketplace store. Like at restaurants, masks can be What followed was a stirring hour-long video chat, removed when the family group is safely seated in a socially where from her garden in England, Suzi managed to call distanced location, such as at the table by the pool where to arms the artist in me. She shared in personal anecdotes we normally take our lunch. Not sure how masks in the pool creativity’s force in her life and the authenticity found in it. will work out. Golf as a single would be fine with me. A shining example of how the greatest thing you can give the It is hard to make the call. Should we go or should we world is your unapologetic self. stay? Problem is Florida’s not doing so well on the COVID I wholeheartedly recommend the documentary, in which scale. Michigan is all-but cured compared to the Sunshine Suzi pays homage to Grosse Pointe and Detroit. Along with a State. Also, schools will have already been in full swing for detailed account of her life, music, acting and books, the film several weeks by the time we get to Orlando. And teens explores the ways in which being true to herself gave others work — guess where? — in restaurants that prepare take- permission to do the same. out food! Shortly after speaking to Suzi, I interviewed documentary We usually add a handful of days on each end of our photographer Amy Sacka, whose sole mission — to create Orlando stay with visits to The Villages, probably the a life of meaning — brought her to the fullest and happiest world’s largest senior community up the Florida Turnpike she has ever been at (nearly) 45. Her path was a winding from Orlando. Sure, they closed down the nightly live one, the journey and her landing place both unexpected. The entertainment in the town squares, which we really look celebration of Detroit and the Midwest in her photography forward to, but we understand the mature residents there would make anyone grateful to call this place home. The are bringing their own boom boxes to the squares and unconventional way in which she found contentment is line-dancing the night away anyway — many revelers not worthy of a book. wearing masks. So we’re not sure a stop at “America’s Then there was Rachelle Koester and her Certified Wildlife Friendliest Hometown” would be a good idea. Habitat. And Pointe Senior Marty Peters and his ability Lastly, I would usually end this column — after to craft meaningful, diverse community gatherings (more encouraging all our readers to patronize our many loyal on that in an upcoming issue!). In a time that feels like the advertisers and businesses, without whom this magazine Great Pause, I have been spoiled with stories of boundless would not be possible — by saying, “See you around the creativity. Pointe when we get back!” During the pandemic, though, My cup now overflowing, I look forward to a few days’ lull I may not see you at all — even if we stay home! Looking — and whatever artistic inclinations they may bring. I hope forward to getting back to normal! P you find the same. P Lauren 8 John SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE Eileen Fisher • Elie Tahari • Kinross Cashmere • AG Denim • Hammitt Ted Baker • White + Warren • AGL • Aquatalia • Sam Edelman and many more

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What was your first job? About Delivering The Grosse Pointe Review newspaper (a weekly paper in Marty Grosse Pointe in 1950-51) What did you want to be when you were growing up? Marty shares his Grosse Pointe Farms Fireman, then oceanographer, eventually electrical engineer home with wife Kathy Walsh. He’s the What is the best trip you’ve ever taken? father of Christina, Charles, Craig, Carolyn By myself and with my wife, there have been too many great ones and Clark and stepfather to Stephen and to choose a winner. The most life-changing would be “A People-to- Nicole. In his free time, he enjoys travel, People Diplomacy” tour in China in 1996. tennis, badminton, volleyball, gardening, Are you a collector of anything? hosting community building gatherings, I’m collecting experiences and attempting to record much in giving city tours and volunteering. genealogy and digitized photo libraries. “I’m living life as fully as I can. I’ve lived What accomplishment makes you proudest? in Grosse Pointe most of my life with fond Hard to rate them: raising admirable children, creating a memories, but I believe it is better now successful business, having many friends, helping people, doing than ever,” he says. “I love having a long- most of the construction and maintenance on our home, for some. time home as my roots coupled with travel Words to live by? to meet people and experience cultures. 1. Think for yourself. My plan is to live fully to 120 years. So far, 2. Act for others. it’s working.” 3. Leave it better than you found it. 4. Make new stories. Photo by Lauren McGregor

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The Helm reopens with special care

By Joyce Wiswell

hen The Helm at the Boll Life Center closed its doors W due to COVID-19 on March 13, everyone thought things would be back to normal within a few weeks. Now, of course, no one is sure what “normal” means anymore. But happily, the facility has been reopened for guests, albeit on an extremely limited basis, since July 20. “We have been thinking through everything and saying, ‘how can we do it in a better way?’” says executive director Peggy Hayes. “We are being super careful and super safe about everything we do.” That means exercise classes are limited to 10 participants to allow for social distancing and are held outdoors change so well-received that the amount The facility also managed to hold when the weather permits. Everything of meals served doubled to 50-55 a couple informal socially distanced is sterilized before and after each lunches a day. “Our guests told us they parties (open to the first 24 to register) activity, and all participants have their were so happy to get this meal so they on its two patios. temperature checked and are asked to didn’t have to grocery shop,” Hayes says. “People told us they were so grateful wear masks. Registration is required Because The Helm is a lifeline for that we are letting them come back, and for each program and drop-ins are not many of the seniors of the Grosse that they have missed this so much,” allowed. Pointes and Harper Woods, the staff Hayes says. Because it is considered an essential was sure to reach out via telephone to The facility has boosted its website service, The Helm never closed to its ensure everyone was faring well. (HelmLife.org) with expanded activities staff of 14 people, about half of whom “People like that personal touch,” and a plethora of fun links sure to are part-time. But the pandemic meant Hayes says. “One way or another, we cheer the lonely and bored, including nearly everything had to be altered, and served a few thousand people every virtual museum tours, symphonic most of the 400 regular volunteers were month.” performances and the live penguin and furloughed. That included one-on-one phone otter cams at the Detroit Zoo. Seminars Instead of deliveries of fresh food sessions rather than the usual large on everything from dealing with stress each weekday, Meals on Wheels were gathering for Medicare counseling; to elder law are being offered via Zoom. delivered once a week in a package hundreds of calls that offered assistance Hayes encourages residents to check of five frozen meals. The popular and referrals; and transportation via the website continually and also sign congregate lunches that formerly Pointe Area Assisted Transportation up for the virtual newsletter, which is enabled members to sit and socialize Services (PAATS) for things like doctor emailed every other month. For more became strictly carry-out affairs, a appointments. information, call (313) 882-9600. P

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SUZI QUATRO returns to Grosse Pointe in acclaimed documentary

By Lauren McGregor

uzi Quatro answers the phone, grew up in just emerged from nine hours a house on S recording new music in her Torrey Road home studio in England. On June 3, she in Grosse turned 70 and has shown zero signs of Pointe Woods. slowing down. It was a home In fact, she says she has spent the filled with quarantine completing a new album and music. Her writing a movie script. She’s hot off what father, Arthur she deems the “highest point” of her life Quatro, — the successful release of her album, was a semi- It was at that time, No Control, and her documentary, professional playing at bars that Quatro Suzi Q, which was set to debut at the musician was legally too young to Freep Film Festival this April. Due to who worked enter, that brother and the pandemic, it was instead released for General entertainment executive digitally this summer. Motors. Michael Quatro urged The documentary is an intimate After music producer Mickie look at her Grosse Pointe upbringing, watching The Most to see Cradle the formation of her first band, The Beatles on perform. Pleasure Seekers (1964-68), and her rise television one Most offered Quatro to fame. The film features interviews night, she and a solo deal in the U.K., with Joan Jett, Alice Cooper, Henry her sister Patti leading to a fissure in her Winkler, Deborah Harry and others. It decided to family — and her status also details her 55 million records sold, start a band as the first female bass marriage and motherhood, theatrical — The Pleasure Seekers. The group playing rock star. performances, beloved part in Happy also included Grosse Pointers Nancy Suzi Q is an honest, sometimes Days and bestselling publications. Ball, Mary Lou Ball and Diane Baker. difficult, look at the cost of fame. Even with the trove of accolades, the Quatro’s sister Arlene would later join. “I insisted from the beginning of the film pointedly begins and ends with her The band reconfigured again, becoming project: I don’t do this unless it’s real,” Motor City family. Cradle, with Quatro’s sister Nancy as says Quatro. Australian filmmakers Quatro, the fourth of five children, frontwoman. Liam Firmager and Tait Brady agreed.

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The authenticity is apparent in the the entertainment industry. lament of her lesser success in the “Grosse Pointe was the perfect States than overseas, in interviews with upbringing. I never left Grosse Pointe,” Quatro’s sisters, the unapologetic single- says Quatro. “That security, that safety, mindedness of a younger Quatro, and that foundation has stayed with me my Quatro’s admission that she has been whole life.” striving for validation from loved ones. She nearly purchased her childhood A particularly vulnerable part of the home when it was listed a few years documentary is the inclusion of audio ago. But the heartbreak of knowing her from a tape Quatro received while mother would never call to her from struggling to succeed as a homesick the kitchen prevented her from going musician new to London. through with it. Both parents have “It was Christmas. I thought it was a passed and only one sibling remains in nice gift from my father,” says Quatro. the metro Detroit area. She excitedly played the tape. “My “Every time I went home, the owners reaction went like this: Shock. Pain. And would let me inside,” she says. then tears.” Quatro showed the owners where she Family members were recorded, had carved her name into some of the apparently without their knowledge, woodwork. Their response? “Your name making comments that would shake the is carved everywhere!” She laughs. Opposite page, Suzi Q resolve of any struggling artist. Quatro It was in that living room, at 5 years documentary poster; The says that to this day she is unsure of her old, that Quatro watched Elvis sing Pleasure Seekers album cover; father’s motive in sending her the tape. and dance across the television screen. above, clockwise, Suzi Q as a “It was a pivotal moment in my life,” “It was a lightbulb moment,” she says. toddler in her Grosse Pointe she says. Instead of packing up and Then and there, she decided what her Woods home; Quatro as Leather returning home, Quatro transformed life’s path would be. Tuscadero and Henry Winkler her pain. “It was the push I needed. That resolve manifested in a mantel as Fonzie in Happy Days; Quatro I had complete resolve after that. I that Quatro has always felt awkward with her bass guitar; Quatro in thought, this is my shot.” carrying: that of trailblazer for female concert Despite the incident, Quatro says she rock stars. Photos courtesy of suziquatro.com was close to her father. She credits him “I knew I didn’t fit into any accepted and suziqmovie.com with her penchant for performance and way of life,” she says. “But I have her indomitable independence. resolutely lived by the idea that ‘I will be For information on her She credits her mother, Helen, with me.’ Without meaning to, I gave others documentary, music, her deep sense of morality. Though permission to be different.” books, upcoming album Quatro dropped out of Grosse Pointe Her personal mantra is High to tour the country at just 15, she “communicate, create, entertain.” and appearances, visit never partook in the seedier aspects of “And I’m not done,” she adds. P suziquatro.com or suziqmovie.com.Photos courtesy of SuziQuatro.com and

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Name Christine Aphram Age 30 Meet City Grosse Pointe Woods Christine Occupation Nurse Practitioner Christine’s Favorites Season Fall Book A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Music Genre Anything I can dance to Movie Under the Tuscan Sun Spot in Grosse Pointe Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Website YouTube.com Restaurant The Jagged Fork Food Pasta Vacation Mexico Dessert Tiramisu

What is your favorite thing about living in Grosse Pointe? The charming architecture and character of the homes and shops About What are your two best personality traits? Caring and patient Christine What is the best trip you’ve ever taken? “I was born and raised in Grosse Pointe. Trips to Lebanon to visit my family and the beautiful country My husband Danny and I are excited to start You win the million dollar lottery. What do you do? a family here. I would travel to Europe, purchase a yacht to dock at the Grosse Some things I really enjoy include Pointe Yacht Club and donate to charity organizations that fund watching documentaries, discovering new relief for children’s hunger and education. restaurants in Detroit, the DIA, road trips, What is one thing most people don’t know about you? visiting coffee shops and bakeries, taking I love to sing and I’m always singing privately. long walks on Lake Shore with my husband, What accomplishment are you most proud of? horseback riding and interior decorating. Obtaining my master’s degree in nursing I have two older brothers and five What is the best gift you’ve ever received? nephews. I am a Nurse Practitioner in Sleep A scrapbook with photos, letters and music from my husband Medicine, which I really enjoy.” Words to live by? Live simply, love generously and learn constantly.

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By Joyce Wiswell as needed as ever, raising 40 percent of The Helm’s here will be something Those include the silent auction, annual budget for programs that very different about The live auction and jewelry raffle for a benefit the area’s senior citizens. T Helm Gala on October necklace valued at $3,900 donated by “It is hugely important to us,” Hayes 8 — it will be completely virtual. LaLonde Jewelers. The live auction says. “We have a really strong base While some will miss the chance to will be broadcast from the studio of supporters, which I am eternally dress up and see and be seen, there at Henry Ford Health System (the grateful for. I’ve even heard that are doubtless many others just as Gala’s Platinum+ Broadcast people are talking about getting happy to watch the proceedings from sponsor) and last less than together for small viewing parties.” the comfort and safety of their own 45 minutes, Hayes says. This year’s chairs are Douglas Blatt homes. “This will be an evening and Prudence Cole-Klimisch, while This is the 24th year for the Gala of fun that won’t take the Presenting Sponsor is Ascension St. and certainly its most unusual. “For whole evening, and your John Hospital. 23 years this was one of the biggest feet won’t hurt from wearing The Helm Spirit Award goes to social events in the Grosse Pointes heels,” she laughs. “Hometown Healthcare Heroes,” the and Harper Woods,” says The event also includes the essential workers from Ascension St. executive director Peggy Paddle Raise, in which patrons John Hospital, Henry Ford Medical Hayes. “Obviously, we generously pledge to donate Center-Cottage and Beaumont can’t gather 240 people for a specific cause. Funds this Hospital, Grosse Pointe who have in one room, so we had to year will go toward The Helm’s tirelessly battled the COVID-19 pivot. We really went back Meals on Wheels service, as well as pandemic. and forth, trying to be several other programs that serve “It has been astounding how they hopeful that things would seniors in the community. have kept our community healthy and be better by October, but “We get a surprising number of safe,” Hayes says. as the summer dragged people who donate $10,000 and Visit HelmGala.cbo.io to learn more on, it became obvious any amount from $100 and up about the Virtual Gala and get a sneak we could not do it. But helps us carry out our mission,” peek at the auction items. The live we’ll still have many of Hayes says. broadcast begins at 7 p.m. on October the wonderful pieces Though it will be very different 8. Learn more about The Helm at to it.” this year, the Virtual Gala is still HelmLife.org. P

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noting that her favorite plant is the says. “Now, the only fall clean-up I do says, are among the best reasons not to yellow cup plant. “It’s a Michigan is mulch the leaves that fall on the grass clean up your garden for winter. native and attracts yellow goldfinches, and blow them into my beds.” “I like that my garden offers native butterflies and bees.” Purple Any leaves that fall into the bees, butterflies and ladybugs a much coneflowers are a close second favorite. flowerbeds, she doesn’t touch. Koester needed winter habitat. It also supplies In 2014, Koester became a certified explains that important insects food for birds in the winter,” says Master Gardener. As part of the overwinter in the leaf litter and plants. Koester, whose garden is a Certified program, she attended a lecture by “I supply the host plant for Wildlife Habitat and Certified Monarch Cheryl English and adopted a hands-off Swallowtail butterflies, for instance. They Waystation. approach to fall clean-up. overwinter in chrysalis form,” she says. The garden blooms from February to “I was always one to totally sterilize my “They could be anywhere in the yard. If the first frost of the year and has never yard for winter. Nothing remained — not I cut down my plants and threw them seen a weed killer or pesticide. one leaf, not one stem. I was horrified away, I would throw away the chrysalis.” Koester is so insect-friendly, in fact, when I found out what I was doing,” she Declining butterfly populations, she that she recently had a beehive installed.

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speCiAl rAtes 122018 7:00WWW.POINTEFITNESSANDTRAINING.COM AM social distancing.Gym Gym All of us take COVID-19 seriously. on It’s simply what we have to do. For stUdents / If we’re open when you’re reading Stay Independent.Weekends Stay in Your Own Home. this, please appreciateEst. your facility 1995 FAMily Add’s and help us help you, by following the Our Nurses and Caregivers Can Help. guidelines. This is going to be a long Registered Nurses | Licensed Practical Nurses | Certified Nurse Assistants ride. 586.279.3610 Ken Welch is owner and trainer www.brightstarcare.com at Pointe Fitness on Harper south of 22811 Greater Mack Ave., Ste. 109, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 (313)Allard. Online: pointefitness.com 417-9666. Owned and operated by John Channing 30 19556 HARPER SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER • 2020 BETWEEN | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE MOROSS & VERNIER

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pointe dermatologist More than sunscreen By Dr. Meredith Price

s a dermatologist, I will always stress the A importance of applying sunscreen to protect your skin from UV radiation. But did you know there is so much more you can do to protect yourself? Seek the Dr. Fatima Fahs shade: not all Dr. Meredith Price shade is created equal. Solid shade structures We're Growing! provide better protection than J O I N U S A N D M E E T O U R N E W D E R M A T O L O G I S T , D R . F A H S ! slotted ones or 16815 East Jefferson #140 sheer fabric. Grosse Pointe, MI 48230 Avoid peak (In the Beaumont Medical Building) hours: the sun is strongest between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (313) 332-4550 www.HamzaviDerm.com Try to do your outdoor activities before or after. UPF: refers to sun protection fused into fabrics. There are many companies that make UPF clothing for kids and adults. Additionally, Sun Guard is a product you can wash your clothes with to put UPF into any item you wear. Hat: a hat is like your own personal shade structure! Make it a solid hat or INFRARED SAUNA SPA FACIAL THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE one with a tight weave, with at least a 3-inch brim to provide good protection for the ears and side of face. Sunglasses: UV radiation can harm various structures of the eye. Pick sunglasses labeled UV400, along with a large lens to additionally protect the delicate skin around the eye. Alternatives: Heliocare Advanced is an herbal supplement that helps to increase your ‘internal SPF’. Keep in mind, this is no substitute for sunscreen, and make sure to ask your doctor before starting any herbal supplements. Meredith Price MD FAAD heads 664 St. Clair Ave. (in the Village of Grosse Pointe, located between Hamzavi Dermatology Grosse Pointe. Kercheval Dance and Ascension St. John) 313-438-5050 Online at HamzaviDerm.com; on Instagram @gpdermdoc; on Facebook 21920 Greater Mack (between 8 Mile and 9 Mile Rd.) @HamzaviDermGrossePointe. St. Clair Shores. 586-777-7030 GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 31 Clockwise from far left: Alexander Kelly and his 2019 Subaru Crosstrek; Kelly shares a couple of his favorite shots: Chevrolet C8 Corvette at the 2019 Concours D’Elegance; Audi R8 RWS in San Diego, Calif.

at the wheel of Driving Grosse Pointe he creator and writer of Crosstrek. It’s not the most sporty car, I have been lucky to travel around the our Driving Grosse Pointe but it handles day-to-day activities with world and see cars many only dream T series is Alexander Kelly, ease. I chose it based on the material I of. Monaco was the most notable for 17, of Grosse Pointe. He is currently a got for the price. the cars I saw. Everywhere I turned, senior at University of Detroit Jesuit there was something like a LaFerrari or High School & Academy. This issue, we What is your dream car? Lamborghini Aventador. My favorite asked him to step in front of the camera My dream car is the Lamborghini place to visit is Santa Margherita, Italy. and answer a few questions about his Huracan EVO. It’s a masterclass of a car Its location in the Italian Liguria grants a history with automotive photography. with its aggressive design and its 5.2L stunning view with many incredible cars. V10 engine. When and how did your love of What do you think of the future of cars begin? How long have you been driving? I noticed it at a young age, when documenting cars and what are I believe that electric cars will become my dad would drive me around in his some of the most impressive the dominant seller in the next decade 1959 Porsche 356 Convertible D. But it you’ve photographed? or so, along with a strong autonomous truly didn’t take form until I met a guy I started taking pictures of cars in the presence. (Though I do believe we will driving his Ferrari 458 in the dead of summer of 2015 on my iPhone. A year still see cars with combustion engines.) winter, February 2016. My dad and I and a half later, I began using my mom’s Just in the last decade, the automotive pulled over and talked to him. He told Nikon. The two most impressive cars industry has made massive leaps in me about an upcoming event hosted by I’ve photographed are a Lamborghini safety improvements and becoming Ken Lingenfelter at his car collection. Centenario outside of the Lamborghini environmentally friendly. I can’t wait to That’s where everything took off. Factory and Pagani Huayra Roadster at see what happens in the next decade. P the Pagani Factory. What car do you drive and why To see Alexander Kelly’s did you choose it? Where are some interesting automotive photography, visit: I currently drive a 2019 Subaru places you’ve photographed cars? @cars_hq

32 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE pointe feature Looking MI auto insurance reform for extra copies By Kelly Aitken-Gwinnell of Pointe Magazine? ffective July 2, the State of • $250,000 option — same as above Merit Woods Pharmacy Michigan has made major with a limit of $250,000 per person/ changes to the Auto Insurance per accident in the household 19325 Mack Ave. NoE Fault Law. You now have choices for • Limited Coverage — $250,000 per Grosse Pointe Woods Personal Injury person/per accident with some Protection: or all persons excluded. If you • Unlimited have a qualified health plan with a Jerry’s Club Party Store Lifetime deductible for $6,000 or less, you 381 Kercheval benefits to may elect to exclude yourself from ensure that you Personal Injury Protection. Grosse Pointe Farms and your family • $50,000 — Medicaid recipients only are protected • Opt Out Option — If you have Notre Dame Pharmacy in the event Medicare Part A and B, you are able of an auto to opt out of the coverage for Personal In the Village accident. (This Injury Protection on your Auto policy 16926 Kercheval Ave. option is what you had included on For more information, please see our your Personal Auto Insurance policy YouTube channel for Aitken & Ormond Grosse Pointe City before July 2) Insurance or call our office at (313) 881- • $500,000 option — maximum paid 5322 to speak with one of our agents. Gilbert’s Pro Hardware in a claim for medical expense from Kelly Aitken-Gwinnell is vice an auto accident would be capped at president of Aitken-Ormond 21912 Harper Ave. $500,000 per person/per accident in Insurance. She can be reached at St. Clair Shores the household [email protected].

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GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 33 pointe feature Amy Sacka National Geographic Explorer Knight Arts Grant recipient Grosse Pointe Woods native Detroiter By Lauren McGregor

t’s a busy time for Last winter, Sacka traveled to documentary photographer Lake Superior with the intention of I Amy Sacka. She has photographing ice. To her dismay, she just returned from a trip out west, couldn’t find any. photographing for a new series about “I traveled the perimeter of Superior,” what it means to be American. The four she says. “Instead of ice anglers, I days before she boarded the plane, Sacka photographed surfers.” She also enjoyed an artist’s residency at The photographed hotel owners struggling Siren Hotel in Detroit. And in July, she with record vacancies from lack of wrapped up her contribution to WDET snowsport weather. and Documenting Detroit’s “COVID Sacka quickly realized that the project Diaries: Stories of Resilience.” was much larger than one lake. Now, she holds in her hands the “I was at National Geographic for September Issue of National Geographic. a conference and told them what I’d As a National Geographic Explorer, she seen,” she says. “I proposed driving all has long had her work featured. But five lakes to extend the project and they this one is special: For the first time, her agreed to fund it.” work rendered a 22-page spread in the When Sacka started dabbling in magazine. It is a topic close to her heart: photography years ago, she used only diminishing ice coverage on the Great an iPhone and submitted photos to the Lakes. National Geographic Your Shot portal. “My dad is the impetus of this project,” They were good enough to catch the eye says Sacka. “I wanted to get to know of editors. him better. He always ice fished and so I After having several photographs started going out with him.” from her travels featured online, Sacka 34 pointe

Photos from Amy Sacka’s project “Lost and Found in Detroit” — she published a photo of the city every day for 500 consecutive days

Photos by Amy Sacka applied for a NatGeo grant and received immediately started photographing. “I Today, Sacka celebrates a full and it — officially making her a ‘National wanted to show the beauty of Detroit meaningful life. She is planning an Geographic Explorer.’ and preserve the things that we, as exhibit in Detroit this winter, funded by Midwesterners, love.” winning a Knight Arts Challenge Grant. The making of an Explorer She received much publicity for her And her house in the Joseph Barry Sacka graduated from Grosse Pointe 500-day photographic project, Lost subdivision is a happy haven, shared North High School and University of and Found in Detroit. “I got to know with two roommates. Notre Dame before working several the people and places that make Detroit “Having roommates has enabled years in advertising and traveling widely. Detroit,” she says. Capturing the beauty me to chase my dream,” she says. Her Then, in 2012, while living in Seattle, “all of individuals through portraits, she photographic essay Finding Roommates of the pieces were thrown into the air.” says, is her most treasured work. After 40 celebrates the idea at topic.com. Following a blindsiding divorce, Sacka She’s a passionate member of Sacka emphasizes: “It’s important to looked around to find no loved ones and Documenting Detroit, a community of know that you little sense of purpose. She made it her photojournalists creating a documentary can recreate your mission to craft a life of meaning. record of Detroit. life at any age.” P “I knew I wanted to be close to my “Detroit is still in the process of parents (Tim and Dianne Sacka) and becoming new and incorporating the give photography a genuine go.” That old,” she says. “It’s fascinating to watch called for a homecoming. the pieces of this puzzle come together in Amy Sacka’s work She calls her pull to Detroit a spiritual a unique way, unlike any other city.” has appeared in connection. “I love that my grandparents Sacka is aware of the complexity several national lived one mile from my house, that my in documenting the city. “How do I publications and mother attended the Baptist church represent Detroit?” she asks. “As a white exhibited across the down the street.” woman in a black city, I struggle with world. See more at When Sacka landed in Detroit, she that.” amysackaphotography.com. pointe feature Peggy’s Picks

By Peggy Kitchel Assistant Director, Grosse Pointe Public Library

t this moment in time, the first families to be studied by the to uncover what really happened on we are surrounded by National Institute of Mental Health. the day her parents were murdered, A uncertainty. It is stressful Their story coincides with the history of she learns that home can be a place of and frustrating. Reading a book is one the science of schizophrenia. Samples unspeakable evil. of the ways I reduce the anxiety I am of their DNA are still used in genetic experiencing. I concentrate fully on research that continues today. How Migrations the story. The world disappears. My could all of this happen to one family? By Charlotte shoulders loosen and I am transported McConaghy to another place and time. May we all The Vanishing Franny Stone travels enjoy the simple pleasure of getting lost Half to Greenland to follow in a good book. By Brit Bennett the world’s last flock One of the “lost twins” of Arctic terns on its The Exiles of Mallard, La., has final migration on a By Christina Baker returned. The lost twins fishing vessel trolling for Kline are Stella and Desiree perhaps its last catch. Franny is forever Aborigine Matthina Vignes, who ran away at on the move, suffering from fractured is eight years old when age 16 in 1954. Fourteen relationships and a sense of not she is removed from years later, one sister lives with her belonging. But she is also full of secrets. her home to become an black daughter in the southern town she When her quest threatens the safety of experiment in forced once tried to escape. The other secretly the entire crew, she must ask herself civilization. Meanwhile, passes for white, and her white husband what she is really running toward — and a London governess, Evangeline, is knows nothing of her past. Still, the fate running from. thrown into prison and is sent to a of the twins remains intertwined. What penal colony in Australia. During the will happen to the next generation, The Tenant journey, she becomes friends with when their own daughters’ storylines Katrine Engberg Hazel, a skilled midwife and herbalist. intersect? When a young The women, brought to their new woman is discovered lives against their wills, become a lens The Wicked Sister brutally murdered in through which we see the development By Karen Dionne her own apartment, of colonial Australia. Rachel has chosen with an intricate pattern to lock herself away in of lines carved into her Hidden Valley a psychiatric facility, face, Copenhagen police Road tortured by gaps in detectives are assigned to the case. They By Robert Kolker her memory and the quickly establish a link between the The Galvins were certainty that she is victim and her landlady, who also turns living the American responsible for her out to be a budding novelist. When Julie dream. Their 12 parents’ deaths. But when she learns turns up as a murder victim in the still- children spanned the new details about their murders, Rachel unfinished mystery she is writing, the baby boom from 1945 returns to the place where she once felt link between fiction and real life grows to 1965. By the mid- safest: her family’s sprawling log cabin both more urgent and more dangerous. P 1970s, six of the boys were diagnosed in the remote forests of Michigan’s as schizophrenic. They became one of Upper Peninsula. As Rachel begins Top photo by Jeffrey Sauger, courtesy of GPPL

36 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE pointe poetry The Cardinal The Peppler Agency Before Triage By Walter Charuba Now is a great time to review your homeowners and auto policies. We can offer I wrote a poem dedicated to the solutions to reduce premiums and enhance healthcare worker when COVID hit coverage to be sure you are covered when us hard. Hopefully, it will not happen again. you need it most. Call us for a quote and receive a $5 Starbucks card mailed to you the same day! The Cardinal Over 70 Years of Personalized Service Before Triage

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GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 37 pointe business

Name Anne Catherine Duffey-Leo Meet Age 49 City Grosse Pointe Anne Occupation Owner, Duffey & Co. Duffey & Co. ‘Duffey & Co. inspired goods’ is a collaboration of goods and services for the home, soul and body — inspiring that which is surrounding us and within us. September 2020 marks the shop’s fifth anniversary! Duffey & Co.’s stock and offerings are wide ranging and constantly rotating. Stop in to see the latest autumnal offerings Tuesday through Saturday. Duffey & Co. is located at 15120 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Park. Visit duffeyandco.com and join the fun on Facebook and Instagram! About Anne Born and raised in Lakeview, Mich., Anne graduated from Lakeview High School in 1988. She earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Albion College in How has the pandemic affected you as a small business owner? 1992 and a bachelor’s degree in interior During the lockdown, we became creative with gift baskets/boxes design from Kendall College of Art & for Easter and Mother’s Day. We offered curbside pick-up, free local Design in 1994 (the same year she got delivery and shipping — and still do! married). After living in Pleasant Ridge How has the community been supportive during this time? and Royal Oak for 15 years, the family By calling on our gifts, goods and services to reach out to their friends and moved to Grosse Pointe in 2011. loved ones; stopping in to check on us as soon as our doors reopened. The “Duffey & Co. was created after the Chamber of Commerce and various local publications were amazing at birth of my second child,” says Anne. guidance and keeping us visible to the community. Grosse Pointe Park “What began as a creative outlet painting has been very open and helpful in the reopening efforts. heirloom children’s furniture and Why did you want to become a shop owner? accessories grew into ‘the little shop in The creative in me wanted to share treasures that make life just a the Park’ that opened five years ago in little bit more reflective and beautiful. September.” What is the best advice you have received? Anne and husband John C. Leo, DDS, The world has been waiting for you! For your gifts and graces that are parents to John, 23, Audrey, 20, and only are uniquely yours to bring. Let your light shine! Julian, 15. In her free time, Anne enjoys What is your next goal? boating, travel, art, acting, cooking, Along with continuing to provide inspired goods, create a platform of spiritual studies, grounding in nature, sorts — perhaps a co-op for healing and spiritual goods and services that music, foraging for wonderful treasures, enable others to feel their worth and magic. spending quality time with family and What is the most memorable feedback you’ve received? friends and cooking and dancing in the “My day was crazy ... I knew that when I stepped into Duffey & Co., I’d kitchen with her husband. immediately feel relaxed and reset.” — Duffey & Co. customer, 2019

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GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 39 pointe feature Meet Lillion Name: Parents: Lillion Lecznar Chris & Alexis Birthdate: City: February 8, 2020 Grosse Pointe Park

Cute fact: She is always smiling or laughing.

Favorite activity: She loves bouncing in her rainforest jumperoo.

About Lillion in mommy and daddy’s words Lillion is the light of our lives. She is happy, curious and always willing to tag along for adventures. She loves going on walks, playing with our dogs and is starting to army crawl everywhere. Lilly smiles at the sight of family and has a bewildered look around strangers. Lilly loves books and is entranced by the pictures and words on the pages. We love how much she loves to laugh and cuddle. One of her favorite things is love hugs from her mommy and hanging out on her daddy’s shoulders while looking in the mirror.

Photos by Olivia Steele Photography Meet Ana

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What is your favorite thing about going to school? What do you want to be when you grow up? Playing with my friends A doctor

What is your favorite thing to do with your family? Who is your hero and why? Eat ice cream Superheroes because they always save the day About Ava “Hi, my name is Ana. My best friends are Padrig and Leni. I love to swim. I love to tell people it is my birthday.”

40 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE WE HAVE NOTHING TO SELL, BUT MUCH TO GIVE! ~ Acts 3:6

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Name Dominic Malouf Age 13 Meet City Grosse Pointe Shores School Parcells Middle School Siblings Nicholas, 11, & Christopher, 8 Dominic Parents Nissrin & Sam Malouf

Dominic’s Favorites

Musical Artist Drake TV Show Avatar: The Last Air Bender; Stranger Things School Subject Social Studies Food Lebanese food Movie Thor Ragnarok Actor/Actress Chris Hemsworth; Robert Downey Jr. Book The Count of Monte Cristo Vacation Europe Extracurricular Activity Piano Teacher What unique skill do you possess and what skill Mr. Scott Cooper would you like to learn? My ability to recall dates of events. I’d like to learn to back flip. If you could have three wishes granted, what would they be? About 1. Eradicate COVID-19 2. Have a Tesla Model X Dominic 3. Be able to speak all languages “I’m very social and enjoy hanging out What song have you downloaded that people with friends and family. I’m also an active would be surprised by? member of my church’s youth group. “All Around the World” by ATC I enjoy working out and playing video What did you want to be when you were a child games — especially Call of Duty and Super and what do you hope to be now? Smash Bros. Making salsa and guacamole is A doctor, and currently undecided my specialty.” What do you most like to do in your free time? Play video games, watch movies and ride bikes Where do you see yourself in five years? Graduating high school and going on to college

42 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE Nominations are now open to publicly recognize outstanding students, businesses, individuals and nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated excellence and a passion in the community. The Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce has been celebrating outstanding success in Grosse Pointe since 2007. This could be YOUR year to be recognized for your achievements and accomplishments. The Chamber’s prestigious Pointer of Distinction Awards will be celebrated at the Annual Membership Dinner on Thursday January 21, 2021 at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.

Past Pointer of Distinction Winners Deadline for nomination formsNomination is Form Nominee: December Youth Achievement - 1, 2020 “This recongnition was incredibly exciting Name: Andrew Spiteri - Organization/Business/School : and humbling. Meeting the other recipients and the chamber was Address :

a powerful reminder of how amazing our community is.” Phone: ______Email: Nomination Categories

(check the relevant _____ Youth category – Nominee must ): ______school be a s ___ “It was such an honor to receive this award. and excels academically as welltudent as in whoextra lives in Grosse Pointe Claire Sheeren – involved in at least one community service organization-curricular activities. , currently is a junior or a senior in high I could not have accomplished all I have without God and my The nominee _____ Community Service or charitable activity also must be actively family.” made a significant positive impact– Nominee on the must Grosse be a Pointe community through his/her. of time and woman or man who resides in thereby has enhanced the quality of life for the residents of Grosse Pointe. Grosse Pointe and who has _____ Excellence in Business service over a long performance and success in – Nominee must period be “It was exciting to recieve an award ac- Grosse Pointe community overits aindustry. long period In additiona business in Grosse Pointe Maria Fields- , the nominee must have beenthat hasa strong shown supporter outstanding of the . knowleding my community activism and academic work. I am _____ Excellence in Nonprofit significant contribution to the quality of life for Grosse P Activity – Nomine so proud to be a part of a community that invests in and values e must be a nonprofit organization that has ointe residents over a long period of timemade a its youth.” NOMINEE MAY OPT TO JOIN CHAMBER WHEN SUBMITTING THEIR CANDIDATE FORM Name of Submitter . Submitter : ’s Email Address Submitter’s Telephone : Comments #: : Community Service: ______“A great honor it was...Grosse Pointe ______Mike LeFevre – ______Chamber really reaches deep to help all business thrive..Life ______is a Joy...Share the Joy with all..always remember its not what ______Return Form to: you have...its what you give back...” [email protected] Or Mail: GPCC __ / 106 Kercheval Avenue / GP Farms MI 48236 Questions: (313)881 Excellence in Business: -4722 Jim Saros Real Estate Services - Jimmy Saros “This recognition has been a real honor for my team and I. Celebrat- ing the night with community leaders, local officials and the other impressive recipents made us very proud to serve the Pointes” Submit your form NOW – Excellence in Nonprofit Activity: Open to all Grosse Pointers Racing for Kids - J. Patrick Wright Forms available at www.grossepointechamber.com “This award is a fantastic vote of confidence and a reminder that what we do is truly making a difference in the lives of children fac- 106 Kercheval Avenue Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 313.881.4722

GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 43 pointe feature

Virtual race continues to ‘Finn It Forward’ By Joyce Wiswell

inn Huston would have The been amazed at how the coronavirus F entire community came pandemic together after he passed away in an has forced Finn Huston accident outside of Grosse Pointe the big event Photo courtesy of Jamie Baker South High School. And now, rather to go virtual. than hide away on Oct. 10, the Participants in one-year anniversary of that tragic the Finn It Four Miler can choose Baker. “This community gave so much accident, his friends and family are between a four-mile run, a four-mile to us through all of this, it just made raising funds to support some of the walk or get a team together for a 4x4 so much sense to give back.” causes closest to Finn’s heart. T-Rex Relay, a kooky idea inspired Shortly before his death, 15-year-old Finn It Finn told his mother that he’d like to Forward, the be an organ donor one day. The family non-profit honored his wish, and his gift helped organization save seven lives. formed by He went out of Though quiet and shy, Finn had an Finn’s mother enormous impact on those who knew Jamie Baker his way to be kind him during his short life. and other family “He went out of his way to be and community and make people kind and make people feel like they members, has feel like they were were not alone,” says Baker. “If he already made by Finn’s big sister saw other kids who were quiet or an impact in not alone. Dylan’s beloved introverted, he would try to help its first year, dinosaur costume. quietly with a look or act of support, funding several “As we were like, ‘hey, I see you and I am here for scholarships brainstorming you.’ Now with all this, he would sit in arts, music and the sciences, and different ideas, we realized it was not back and say, ‘this is all for me?!’ supporting LGBTQ causes in honor of impossible to do a virtual race, and To learn more about Finn’s legacy Finn’s courage to transition from a girl why not try to bring the community and to sign up for the Finn It Four named Marley. together again on October 10?” says Miler, visit FinnItForward.org. P

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GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 45 pointe feature Rotary Tot Lot ribbon cutting on Aug. 8

Grosse Pointe Rotary’s New, ADA-compliant Tot Lot is open!

By Margie Reins Smith

rosse Pointe Rotary has rubberized surface to cushion falls.” completed the re-design of Next year Rotary plans to demolish G its Tot Lot at the corner of St. the existing shelter on the site and build Clair and Waterloo. The play area for a 900-square-foot Tot Lot Community children ages 2 to 10 reopened on Aug. Center which will include two 8, unveiling a new play area appropriate bathrooms that will be accessible from for all youngsters — including those both outside and inside the structure. with physical and emotional challenges. The shelter will also have heat, air Rotary spent $250,000 on the conditioning and security cameras as project, which is ADA-compliant. well as tables and chairs. It will be a The swings allow an adult and a child year-round facility.” to face each other while swinging. A “It is the only dedicated ADA- spinning Merry-Go-All is a four-seat compliant children’s park open to self-propelled version of a merry-go- families in the Grosse Pointes and round. A small structure is labeled “Club Harper Woods,” says Judy Masserang, House.” Children can crawl through — past president of Grosse Pointe Rotary. or hide in — the Discovery Cave. Special Visitors to the new Tot Lot are asked tactile devices have been added to some to wear masks and practice social of the equipment. A raised sandbox distancing. is new, as is a wheelchair-accessible Grosse Pointe Rotary installed picnic table. There’s even a Little Free the first Tot Lot in 1973 and made Library, crammed with children’s books. improvements in 1997-98. The area Benches are plentiful. is owned by the Grosse Pointe Public “We got rid of some older items that School System and managed by the City were worn or outdated,” says Michael of Grosse Pointe. Carmody, chair of the Tot Lot Re- Grosse Pointe Rotary meets at 5:30 Imagining Project. “Some favorite items p.m. Wednesdays at the Grosse Pointe were completely refurbished. The result Yacht Club. During the pandemic, they is a blending of new and old equipment. have been meeting via Zoom. For more And we invested in the installation of a information, visit www.gprotary.org. P

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#KidsKickingCovid

The Family Center hashtag celebrates proactive measures By Anne Erickson

f you think dealing with the solution.’” very practical way to help.” coronavirus (COVID-19) The concept behind #KidsKickingCovid will also help I pandemic is scary for adults, #KidsKickingCovid is for families to bring some fun into what appears to be try being a kid and coping. Thankfully, post photos of their children engaged a very different school year. fun programs such as The Family in proactive things with that hashtag. “Now that we know school will Center’s #KidsKickingCovid activities not resume as normal, The Family are helping children get through Center will continue to feed the this unprecedented time with a few Calvin #KidsKickingCovid site with fun ideas smiles. washes that can be used while doing at-home “In the early days of COVID-19, his hands learning,” Sunisloe says. “We have when we knew The Family Center thoroughly always been a supportive partner to would have to shift from live the Grosse Pointe schools, and we programming to other methods of hope our #KidsKickingCovid program assisting families in dealing with will serve to enhance the hard work this new challenge, I was painfully teachers are doing to keep kids aware that this lockdown would have actively engaged and eager to both a profound effect on children,” says learn and play.” Patty Sunisloe, executive director of Sunisloe encourages families to The Family Center. join The Family Center mailing “I also knew that the way parents list. She also says to visit the explained to their children what #KidsKickingCovid section of The was happening would be critical Family Center’s website for helpful in mitigating much of the negative information at www.familycenterweb. impact,” she adds. “Given how much org. children were losing — for example, “The Family Center’s mission is school, friends and their routines to empower families to successfully — they could very easily feel they She says that creating the hashtag navigate life’s physical, social and were victims of this thing that no one for the concept was “a way to make emotional challenges, and during could quite make sense of. I wanted the initiative clear and simple, giving COVID-19, there have been many,” she to shift the thought process from, parents a tool for keeping it positive. says. “If we can address this mission in ‘I’m a victim,’ to, ‘I can be part of the A steady stream of ideas seemed like a a way that is fun, all the better.” P

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GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 49 Amelia and Marco McAllister Tommy Paige, Graham and Fred Somes Erndt

Carter Erndt

reimagined By Lauren McGregor

s almost every celebration 11, and Tommy, 9. Since we will not precautions. has looked quite different have a classic school party, we will “We are doing something with A this year, so too will be celebrating Halloween in our Octonauts,” Fred Somes says of the Halloween. Many parents are devising ‘Haunted Backyard,’” says Beth Erndt. children’s television program. His creative back up plans for the big “I will have a smoke machine going son Graham, 3, is a big fan. “Lots of night. along with scary music. We will have costumes, like this nautical theme, “If trick-or-treating is a no-go, we’re a bonfire in the fire pit and follow up include a face covering or mask.” going to set up the projector outside with a scary story around the fire.” Another precaution Somes suggests? and invite the neighborhood kids They’ll be doing a lot of the Leaving candy in a bowl on the porch over for a family-friendly, socially traditional stuff as well: pumpkin or at a stand near the sidewalk to distanced movie night courtesy of carving and decorating Halloween adhere to social distancing guidelines. our garage door!” says Danielle cookies. On Halloween, the family But if trick-or-treating doesn’t take Carlomusto, founder of the children’s plans to play “ghosts in the candy place, he and wife Paige have a back up series Motown is Gro-Town. She and graveyard.” plan. husband Bill McAllister are parents to “I will buy candy and set up certain “We will create cardboard box twins Amelia and Marco, 4. spots in the yard that will have the stations that one parent mans while Matt and Beth Erndt of Grosse boys’ favorite mix of candy,” says the other parent leads Graham to the Pointe Park have already decided Erndt. “It will be like a scavenger hunt, next box,” says Somes. Each box will against trick-or-treating. Instead, they with clues leading to the candy left house candy and a surprise — like a have a plethora of Halloween festivities behind by the ghosts.” flashing light or a grasping hand. planned. The Somes family of Grosse Pointe No matter the approach, there seems “We have chosen OneGP (virtual Woods hopes trick-or-treating will to be a plethora of ways for families to learning) for our two sons, Carter, still take place — with practical celebrate Halloween in 2020. P

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Damage after the June 10 storm

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hen Haunted Garage to make sure we were okay,” says “But is it enough?” he asks. “The kids Productions founder and Williams. “And the man who built have lost so much this year. Can I put W owner Glen Williams the house, Bruce Kaselitz of Edward on a quality show safely? I wanted do started planning the 2020 Haunted Martin Construction, monitored it this for the families.” Garage, he thought a worldwide through the night and had a crew out That’s what the show has always pandemic would be his only concern. to take pressure off the roof the next been about. It’s a gore-free experience, Little did he know, Mother Nature had morning.” with actors who don’t pursue visitors something extra up her sleeve. As if all of that wasn’t enough, early and whom Williams personally knows. “During the June 10 storm, a number into repairs in July, there was a water His heart also aches for the schools. of trees fully or partially came down. main break in front of his house, The Haunted Garage is a top fundraiser Our cottonweed, over 100 years old, destroying freshly laid sod. for many Grosse Pointe schools. “I brought others down,” says Williams, Still, Williams remains optimistic. know how hard it is for the PTOs,” says a retired Grosse Pointe Public Schools He’s excited about new animation the retired teacher, who has hosted teacher. “The crew said it was the for the Haunted Garage, a possible numerous PTOs over the Haunted biggest stump they had ever removed.” Christmas show and other creative Garage’s 13 seasons. Damage included multiple holes in additions he is remaining mum about. “My heart says to do it, but my gut ...” the roof, a branch in the dining room, As of press time, Williams has he trails off. another through the kitchen window, decided to hold off on Halloween Williams promises the Halloween water damage to the wood floors and festivities this year, purely out of favorite will be back in a way folks can’t new wall cracks being found almost concern for the community. imagine next year. daily. “I’ve been talking to friends in the “Watch out for 2021. It’s going to be Williams wasn’t home at the time of medical field and asking experts,” he the most incredible show. I’m going to the storm, but his neighbors’ response says, about how to safely open. pull out all of the stops.” was a testament to the camaraderie in Measures would have included Visit hauntedgarageproductions.org the community. spraying tents, sanitation stations, for more information. P “Our wonderful neighbors were socially distanced groups and a mask Photos by Glen Williams; knocking minutes after it happened requirement. top left photo by Renee Landuyt

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www.hauntedgarageproductions.org GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 53 Dining Guide Ardmore — St. Clair Shores Gem 26717 Little Mack, St. Clair Shores • (586) 443-4597 Ardmore Park Place is open and serving lunch Tuesday-Saturday from 11 AM-3 PM and dinner Thursday- Saturday from 5 PM-8:30 PM. For lunch we offer an array of salads, sandwiches, hot entrees and new specials daily. A few of our wonderful dinner menu items include steaks, lamb chops, stuffed salmon and 1/2 roasted duck. We also offer selections from a full bar to compliment your meal. All recommended safety protocols are being followed so please join us! We are located on Little Mack in St. Clair Shores, just north of Frazho Road (10 1/2 Mile Rd).

ENJOY OUR PIANIST EVERY THURSDAY EVENING 6-9 PM. 1/2 OFF ALL COCKTAILS, BEER AND WINE!

Hours: Lunch: Thurs-Fri-Sat 11am-3:00pm; Dinner: Thurs-Fri-Sat 5-8:30pm Closed: Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed Web: www.ardmoreparkplace.com

Champs Rotisserie & Seafood 20515 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods (3 blks. S. of Vernier) • (313) 886-7755 WE ARE OPEN! The patio and dining room are now open. Outdoor seating will be available along with limited indoor seating. A fantastic limited menu will be in place until we are capable of restoring our full menu. We are thrilled to open our doors to our loyal guests again. You can be assured that we will be keeping up to date with all of the latest developments to ensure the health and safety of our guests and staff. PATIO Champs is located on Mack just three streets south of Vernier. Our soups, sauces and dressings are IS OPEN! housemade daily using only the freshest ingredients from Michigan companies when possible. Champs is known for its Rotisserie Ribs and Chicken, served with our homemade BBQ sauce for which Champs has been known for the past 52 years since it was the BBQ House of Grosse Pointe. And we do great carry-out or delivery!

Hours: Mon-Sun 3-9pm Web: www.ChampsRotisserie.com

Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe — WE ARE OPEN! 97 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms • (313) 882-5299 The Dirty Dog is open with lunch and dinner dining service. The dining room will be open Tuesday through Friday for lunch from the hours of 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner service will be open at 5 p.m. until approximately 9 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. The Dirty Dog will have projected video content of artists who have played at The Dirty Dog on a 100-inch screen with music overhead. Lunch and dinner menu items include a Steak Burger, Chicken, Turkey Club and Reuben sandwiches, Caesar and Organic Garden salads, and entrees such as Chicken Marsala, Kobe Meatloaf, Salmon Filet, Filet Mignon and Penne Pasta.

In our attempt to keep our customers safe by following the State’s Covid guidelines, our capacity will be limited to 50%. We recommend that you call ahead so we can guarantee your reservation. For more information please visit our Facebook page.

Hours: Tues-Fri 11:30am-3pm; Sat. 5pm-9pm (approx.) Web: www.dirtydogjazz.com

54 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE Dining Guide Irish Coffee Bar and Grill HOME OF THE ORIGINAL BAR BURGER! 18666 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Farms • (313) 881-5675 YOUR PROPRIETORS! Irish Coffee Bar and Grill has been a staple on Mack Avenue in Grosse Pointe Farms for 40 YEARS, notable for their fantastic bar burgers (1/3 lb ground rounds) and numerous coffee cocktails. Three high-definition TVs make this neighborhood bar a great place to watch the game. Swing by after the game or any entertainment event in the area, bring your ticket stub and your burger is only $2.96 with purchase of a beverage! The daily lunch special is the best in town: dine-in between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and for $6.95 have a ground round, fries and your choice of beverage (domestic draft beer or pop). This is also good for a fish sandwich or a grilled chicken sandwich. This family-owned restaurant is a great spot for young and old, and there is something on the menu for everyone. The homemade onion rings are a local favorite, and the fresh and hand-battered yellow-belly perch are particularly popular among seafood lovers. Numerous corned-beef sandwiches top off the menu with a true, Irish flare. The grill is open until 1 a.m., seven days a week! Hope to see you there!

THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL CUSTOMERS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!

Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-2am; Sun 5pm-2am Grill open until 1 a.m., 7 days a week!

Little Tony’s Lounge Welcome Back! 20513 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods • (313) 885-8522 Join us on the Patio! Little Tony’s is Grosse Pointe’s favorite Bar & Grill. A place where families and friends have gathered for over 50 years for good food and good cheer. Cozy, quaint and warm. A real neighborhood bar, where locals meet and everyone really does know your name. Serving only the freshest of Ground Rounds (never frozen), Little Tony’s has made a name for itself as “the place” to go on the east side for Great Burgers. Cooked to order and served with an array of extras, you are sure to have your burger craving satisfied here. Our extensive bar is complimented by a great selection of beers, liquor and wines. Dine on our beautiful, open-air patio during the summer months. Tony and Ellen Alfonsi, who have owned and operated Print Xpress in Grosse Pointe Woods since 1981, are keeping up the tradition of serving the “Best Burgers on the Eastside.” So stop in, they would love to introduce themselves!

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Luxe Bar & Grill 115 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Farms • (313) 924-5459 ore (313) 821-4389 We are so grateful that we were able to be here for our community over this time and of course we are incredibly grateful that you were so supportive of us. We couldn’t have made it through this time without you all! Now let’s get back at it! We are excited to announce that on Monday, June 8th we resumed regular business hours and reopening our dining room at 50% capacity. We are happy to inform you that our patio will be open as well. As recommended by the health department, we strongly encourage everyone to wear a mask any time you are not seated at your table. If there is a wait, we will take your name and phone number and call you when your table is ready. You may wait in your car or take a walk until we call. Please be patient with us... all of this is brand new territory for everyone in the restaurant and bar business. Carryout and curbside take out will continue to be available. If the lines are busy please keep trying... we’re assisting other guests. Outside Dining Available — Weather Permitting • Carry Out and Curbside Available Hours: Daily Mon-Fri 11am-1am (Kitchen closes at midnight); Sat 9am-1am (Kitchen closes at midnight); Sun 9am-10p (Kitchen closes at 10pm) Burch Sat & Sun only 9am-2pm Web: www.luxebarandgrill.com

GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 55 Dining Guide Mack Avenue Grille PATIO IS OPEN! 19841 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods • (313) 886-0680 As the Mack Avenue Grille enters its seventh year under the ownership of veteran restaurateurs Louie and Dino Ropotos, they would like to kick things up a notch to complement the fine wines and premium beers they began offering last year. The brothers are adding some new fine dining dishes to their menu, including pan- seared and broiled Alaskan Cod, broiled Salmon, Classic Lamb Chops, Chicken Piccata and Chicken Marsala and more to their standard fare, including 31 gourmet salads and breakfast favorites, such as the ever-popular Very Berry Crème Brûlée French Toast. Of course, they are not forgetting what made Mack Avenue Grille more than a diner. They will continue to offer three homemade soups du jour or freshly homemade chili daily, burgers and all manner of diner sandwiches, fresh-squeezed orange juice and three-egg, whipped omelets of all combinations. All ingredients are fresh — no frozen fish here!

WE ARE OPEN FOR DINE-IN SERVICE...AS WELL AS OUTDOOR DINING!

Hours: Mon-Sat 7am-8pm, Sun 8am-3pm

Mike’s on the Water — OPENING MARCH 20! Located in Michigan Harbor/Colony Marine (enter thru automatic gates) 24600 Jefferson, St. Clair Shores • (586) 872-2630 Our 10th season promises to be bigger and better than ever! Our fun and cozy atmosphere makes Mike’s a fabulous place to unwind. With ’70s era music, great food and drink prices and a very friendly staff, Mike’s is a great place for people of all ages. We are family oriented and have a great kids menu. Our menu has everything from burgers and sandwiches to fried fish and daily fresh-catch specials, including boatloads of perch, and great salads. Try our “Lobster Roll” — over 65,000 sold! Food prices range from $4.25-$13.95. Mike’s Nautical Hour (happy hour) featuring special prices on favorite libations runs from 3-6 p.m. every day. Watch your favorite sports teams at our fun bar. Mike’s boasts ample parking, 26 boat wells with docking for up to a 48-foot vessel and a floating dock for personal watercraft. Your host, Mike LeFevre COVID YEAR • LIMITED MENU • LIMITED HOURS

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Pepperoni Grille 22411 Greater Mack, St. Clair Shores • (586) 774-3998 As its name implies, Pepperoni Grille is a cheerful spot set in a welcome, casual atmosphere. The eatery features a small bar and dining room on one side of the central open kitchen, and a second dining room on the other side. It offers notable pizza along with a number of popular dishes from Calamari, Chicken Picatta and Lake Michigan Perch to Filet Mignon and New York Strip Steaks and Baby Back Ribs. The staff is friendly and courteous. The full bar offers wine, liquor and beer. Our Reverse Happy Hour from 8 p.m. to close 7 days features $2 domestic beers, $5 martinis and 1/2-off appetizers. Tuesday is half-off pizza all day, dine in or carry out.

☛ ☛ ☛ WEDNESDAYS: 2 SIGNATURE PASTA DISHES AND A BOTTLE OF WINE — $42.99 ☛☛ ☛☛ ☛☛

Hours: Mon-Closed; Tues-Thurs 4-9pm; Fri-Sat 4-10pm; Sun 3-9pm Web: www.pepperonigrillescs.com

56 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE Dining Guide Sierra Station La Cantina — Celebrating 40+ Years! 15110 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Park • (313) 822-1270 The Sierra Station was established in 1977 and has transformed into a favorite Grosse Pointe Park destination. The Sierra Station prides itself as a family-style Mexican restaurant, offering affordable dinners. Most impressive is the food! Few restaurants survive 42 years unless they have great food. The entrée menu features more than 30 dishes served with the standard rice and beans. House specialties are the Verda Sauce and Chili Relleno. It is one of the few places you can sit down, eat authentic Mexican food, have a Margarita, enjoy the South-of-the-Border ambience and bric-a-brac and let your kids run free. The patio veranda is an ideal space to throw your wedding party, family celebration or business luncheon. Prefer an indoor setting for your event? Sierra Station has a private dining room filled with beautiful authentic decorated space capable of seating 40 guests. Join us on Thursdays for $3 Jumbo Margaritas. Carry-outs available.

Hours: Open Tue-Sun at 5pm; Closed on Mondays Web: www.sierrastationgp.com Photo by Donald Schulte

Telly’s Place — We Are Open! Normal Business Hours! 20791 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods • (313) 881-3985 As a staple of the Grosse Pointe Woods neighborhood since 1982, Telly’s isn’t your normal bar and grill. Walk in off Mack and you’ll instantly notice that with over 35 years of history, a sense of warmth, friendliness and contemporary atmosphere abounds. Everyone is welcome at Telly’s. Everyone is family at Telly’s. Owners and native Grosse Pointers Ty and Jimmy are committed to bringing you the atmosphere, quality and service that has made Telly’s an institution.

Monday - $4 Margaritas Wednesday - $6 Specialty Martinis Sunday - .50 Wings (dine-in only) and $2.50 Domestic Beers

LUNCH SPECIALS STARTING AT $6.49 EVERYDAY! HAPPY HOUR 7 DAYS A WEEK 3-6 PM: $1 OFF ALL DRINKS AND $4.99 SELECT APPETIZERS Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-Close; Sun 4pm-Close Web: tellysplace.com

Village Grille 16930 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe • (313) 882-4555 Located in The Village for 25 years. Family friendly restaurant and sports bar offering: daily lunch and dinner specials, 25 draft beers, Keno, Garden and all new Soup Bar featuring 6 house-made soups every day! Planning a party? Ask about our full service catering or check out our private banquet room which will accommodate up to 60 guests and offers a variety of menu packages suitable for any event and budget: Showers, rehearsal dinners, team parties, business meetings and receptions!

Hours: Open daily 11am Web:www.villagegrillegp.com

GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 57 Dining Guide Watermark Bar & Grille @ Jefferson Beach Marina 24400 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores • (586) 777-3677 The Watermark is Fine Dining at its Best — With its amazing views and classy but casual atmosphere, Watermark Bar & Grille is your go-to place for drinks after work, a date with that special someone or that special event, or just a dinner out with the family. Louie and Dino Ropotos, owners of the popular Mack Avenue Grille, invite you to come by boat, car, bicycle or on foot to their newest culinary venture — the Watermark Bar & Grille at Jefferson Beach Marina on the Nautical Mile in St. Clair Shores. The Ropotos brothers have converted the former nightclub into a family-style waterfront restaurant. Like they have done at Mack Avenue Grille, all our food — from salads, to burgers, to Lobster Mac & Cheese and daily fish specials — is made from the freshest ingredients purchased daily. And you won’t want to miss our great pizza offerings straight out of our new, state-of-the-art pizza oven! Our fabulous 40-stool bar and some 40 dining tables inside — not to mention the outdoor bar and deck — can accommodate any crowd. Come in check out what everyone is talking about — the Watermark Bar & Grille!

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f you’re juggling a new set of responsibilities right now, I you’re not alone. Making breakfast in advance can give you a few extra minutes to move your body or simply hit the snooze button one more time and still put a delicious, nutritious breakfast on the table. These Savory Walnut Egg Cups can be made with mostly pantry staples or frozen ingredients, helping to limit trips to the grocery store. 1 cup baby spinach, coarsely evenly (about 1-1/4 tablespoons chopped each) into each muffin cup and Savory Walnut Egg Cups 1 small red bell pepper, diced press into bottom and partially Total time: 1 hour, 15 minutes 3/4 cup extra sharp shredded up sides. Bake 25 minutes until Servings: 12 cheddar cheese crust begins to brown. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes Ingredients Directions 4. In large bowl, whisk eggs, garlic Nonstick cooking spray 1. Heat oven to 350 F and powder, oregano and mustard 1-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats generously spray 12-cup muffin until well combined. Stir in 3/4 cup chopped walnuts pan with nonstick cooking spray spinach, bell pepper and cheese 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2. In bowl of food processor, pulse 5. Fill each muffin cup evenly with 1/4 tsp. salt oats until fine and flour-like. Add egg-veggie mixture and bake 20 2 tbs. cold water walnuts and pulse until blended minutes, or until eggs are set 9 large eggs with oat flour. Pulse in olive 6. Cool slightly on wire rack before 1/2 tsp. garlic powder oil, salt and water until mixture removing egg cups by carefully 1 tsp. dried oregano leaves comes together inserting sharp knife between 1 tbs. stone ground Dijon mustard 3. Spoon walnut-oat crust mixture crust and muffin pan

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GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 59 Molly welcomes your hi-res Pointe Pets pictures at [email protected].

Tilli Cedar Tilli loves getting pampered so she can show off her gorgeous looks and Cedar turns 7 months old in giving Mommy and Daddy kisses. In Memory of Milo September! She lives in the Woods Milo’s purr could be heard from and enjoys tennis balls, treats and across the house. He always begged walks by the lakeshore. for cuddles from his Mommy, Makenna.

Winston Winston, a 9-month-old Springer Spaniel, is full of tail wags and energy. Tika He loves to walk, especially if he Rudi finds drinking fountains (sprinklers) Tika, 15, lives in Grosse Pointe with Rudi is a German Wirehaired along the way. He also enjoys getting her mom and dad. Her favorite thing Pointer and fall is his time of as close to his humans as physically to do is hang out in the backyard year. It’s hunting season! possible, whenever possible. when it’s warm!

60 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE pointe veterinarian COVID-19 and pets By Dr. Stephanie Bagwell Specializing he COVID-19 pandemic has been at the forefront In Breed of everyone’s mind for Tthe last several months. In addition to Specific Cuts keeping your human family members safe, many people Grooming for are wondering if they need to worry about Dogs & Cats their pets potentially becoming infected OPEN with the disease. 7 DAYS! The good news is that for the most part the risk to our SERVING THE POINTES pets is relatively low. FOR 30 YEARS According to the CDC, there is no evidence to suggest that domestic CALL FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT animals, such as dogs and cats, play 20947 Mack Avenue a significant role in the spread of Grosse Pointe Woods COVID-19. There have, however, been rare instances of pets becoming 313.882.8939 infected with the disease after being in close contact with a human who had tested positive. That being said, at this time, the Harper Woods Veterinary Hospital CDC recommends treating pets as you would any human member of the family in terms of social distancing Caring people, and isolation from people outside of your household to prevent them from Caring for pets any potential exposure. If a member of your household is sick with COVID-19, they should be isolated from the animals in the home just as they would be from other human family members. Though it is possible (but rare) for •Dr. David Balaj •Dr. Elizabeth Doppke us to transmit COVID-19 to our pets, most evidence suggests that dogs and •Dr. Jennifer Khalifah •Dr. Nancy Pillsbury cats cannot spread the virus easily •Dr. Stephanie Bagwell •Dr. Bridget Wright amongst themselves, and are unlikely •Dr. Stephanie Dexter to be able to spread it back to humans. As always, we hope you and your 20102 Harper Avenue, Harper Woods, MI 48225 family are staying safe, healthy and www.HarperWoodsVet.com washing your hands! Contact your veterinarian if you have further (313) 881-8061 questions about COVID-19 and pets. Dr. Stephanie Bagwell is a 2014 graduate of Michigan State Offering the very best in pet care, including advanced laser surgery, University and joined Harper Woods Veterinary Hospital in February digital radiography, ultrasonography, low intensity laser therapeutic treatments. 2015. LOCATED ON HARPER AVE. BETWEEN ALLARD AND VERNIER GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 61 September Calendar

• Homeschool: Learn About the Land 10 THURSDAY 17 THURSDAY at Ford House (ages 4-8), $5 per • Homeschool • Grosse Pointe family, register at fordhouse.org, 10- Environmental Chamber of Commerce’s 11 a.m. Tour at Ford Legacy on the Lake • Homeschool: Learn About the Land at House, outdoor — at home! visit Ford House (ages 9-12) $5 per family, educational walking grossepointechamber. register at fordhouse.org, 2-3 p.m. tour, $2 per com for details person, register at fordhouse.org, also takes place Sept. 22 MONDAY and 24, 10-11 a.m. 28 18 FRIDAY • 30th Annual Oysterfest, sponsored • Grosse Pointe Sunrise by St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Rotary’s annual Grosse details for the new ‘virtual’ version to 15 TUESDAY Pointe Run – Virtual! be announced, 7-9 p.m. • Business After Upload your run details Hours with Grosse anytime between Sept. Pointe Chamber 18 and 20, all money TUESDAY of Commerce, raised goes to scholarships, grants and 29 • Business Before Hours with Grosse virtual networking meeting, book at support of local charities; register at Pointe Chamber of Commerce, grossepointechamber.com, 5 p.m. grossepointerun.com • Architectural Salvage at Ford House Tour, take a close look at these beautiful pieces of history on a virtual guided tour with Ford House Director of Material Culture Lisa Worley, and Anthony Kartsonas, founder of Historic Surfaces LLC, Sept. 18-20 $10 for public, $5 for members, register at fordhouse.org, 7-8 p.m. Grosse Pointe Sunrise Rotary invites participants of all ages and abilities to choose between a virtual 10K run, Register at 16 WEDNESDAY virtual 5K run, virtual 5K walk, virtual grossepointerun.com • The League of Women Voters, Ford 5K wheelchair route or virtual one-mile Post a photo House and Grosse Pointe Historical fun run! All registered participants of your run and tag Society present a Zoom lecture will receive a “swag bag,” including a Grosse Pointe Sunrise by Susan L. Nenadic: “Votes for moisture-wicking T-shirt, race bib and Rotary on Facebook! Women: Suffrage in Michigan,” free, visit gphistorical.org for more ribbon. information, 7:30 p.m. Complete and upload the results of your race between Sept. 18 and 20. Fun run registration after Sept. 2 is $15. Registration for all other events after Sept. 2 is $30.

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virtual networking meeting, book at grossepointechamber.com, 8:30 a.m. • Ford House Collection Highlights: Oriental Rugs, virtual tour led by Oriental rug expert Alan Marschke and Ford House Director of Education Sheila Ruen, $10 for public, $8 for members, register at fordhouse.org, 7-8 p.m.

01 THURSDAY networking meeting, book at • Festival of Tables goes virtual! Visit 11 SUNDAY grossepointechamber.com, 5 p.m. dopfestivaloftables.com for details • AAUW parade to celebrate the 100th participate through Oct. 31, vote for anniversary of the ratification of the favorites online, donate, win prizes, 19th Amendment, march from Grosse SATURDAY - Halloween help the Daughters of Penelope Pointe South to The War Memorial, 31 Thamyris Grosse Pointe Chapter register online at reach goal of raising $50,000 grossepointe-mi.aauw. net, 1 p.m.

08 THURSDAY 13 TUESDAY • The Helm Virtual Gala, learn more • Business Before Hours at HelmGala.cbo.io and get a sneak with Grosse Pointe peek at the auction items, live Chamber of Commerce, broadcast begins at 7 p.m. virtual networking meeting, book at grossepointechamber. com, 8:30 a.m. 10 SATURDAY • Finn it Forward’s first ever, virtual Finn it Four Miler, choose a 4-mile run, walk or 4x4 27 TUESDAY T-Rex Relay, each registration • Business After includes bib, shirt, shipping and a Hours with Grosse downloadable finisher’s certificate, Pointe Chamber of visit finnitforward.org for more Commerce, virtual information

GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 63 pointe feature Amoritas Vineyards takes Gold! moritas Vineyards submitted three wines to the prestigious 2020 Tasters Guild International A Wine Competition and came away with three medals. The 2019 Fascinator, the winery’s second Dry Muscat Ottonel vintage, won a Gold Medal, as did the 2018 Dry Riesling. Pipe Dream, a sparkling wine, claimed a Silver Medal. “We are excited by these results. I believe every wine we’ve submitted to competition has won an award, which is quite an achievement,” says Matthew Goodell, co-owner of the winery. Founded in 2014 by the Goodell family of Grosse Pointe, Amoritas has been offering wine at its Tasting Room since December, 2017. The Tasting Room is located in Lake Leelanau, Michigan. Learn more at amoritasvineyards.com. P

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CELEBRATING THE RATIFICATION OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT By Margie Reins Smith

“More voting women than voting didn’t want to vote anyway. “Everyone is welcome. Participants are men will place the government under “While we celebrate the 100th asked to wear white (including a white petticoat rule.” anniversary of the 19th Amendment, mask) and remember social distancing “You do not need a ballot to clean there is much more to be done moving protocols.” out your sink spout.” forward,” says Vicki Granger, a Marchers are asked to register online hese are two of the many member of all three local organizations. at grossepointe-mi.aauw.net. There is arguments put forth by “I want my daughters-in-law and no charge. T The National Association granddaughters to receive equal pay The League of Women Voters, Ford Opposed to Women Suffrage, an for equal work, to be able to read House and Grosse Pointe Historical organization founded in 1911. newspaper stories where the idea of a Society are co-sponsoring a Zoom Three Grosse Pointe organizations — woman on a major political party ticket lecture by Susan L. Nenadic. “Votes for The League of Women Voters (LWV), is not news, and to note the #MeToo Women: Suffrage in Michigan” begins Soroptimist International (SI) and the movement as a part of history, not at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16. It’s American Association of University current events.” free. Visit gphistorical.org for more Women (AAUW) — are celebrating the Soroptimist International of Grosse information. P 100th anniversary of the ratification Pointe installed its 2020-2022 board of the 19th Amendment, which members on July 1 — outdoors, social The League of Women Voters organized guaranteed the right to vote to all, distancing, with masks. In recognition the above photo on the steps of The War regardless of gender. of the 100th anniversary, biographies Memorial. Members of American Association In the late 1800s and early 1900s, of suffragists were paired with each of University Women, Grosse Pointe and arguments against women’s suffrage inductee. Members wore white, the Soroptomists International Grosse Pointe included claims that women’s brains traditional color for suffragists. were invited. All three organizations are were inferior to men’s, that women AAUW is planning a parade to represented. Members wore white, the color should not “meddle” in governmental celebrate the 100th anniversary on worn by suffrage movement members, and affairs because it would distract them Sunday, Oct. 11. the traditional purple, white and gold sashes from raising children and taking care “We start at Grosse Pointe South (made by LWVGP president elect Sue Acton). of domestic chores, even an unproven High School at 1 p.m. and walk to The Photo by Mike Florian, husband of current statement that 90 percent of women War Memorial,” says Marie DeLuca. LWVGP president Judy Florian

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