Cui De Sac the Registration Process Is As "User Friendly" As Possible, Said Superintendent Suzanne Klein
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sublcrlbe Today e 1 Year - 52 Issues for $3700 Feature . Frogs. Fur Friends Feeling stressed? FIND THE FROG & WINI* CliiToday How about trees? -IB Find The Clue In Classifieds 313-343-5577 *G"hildren 5 to 10 years " Registration ........ " ,:.:.; . , Maire school contInues• ~ };ewer than 300 families have yet to register for school. cuI de sac The registration process is as "user friendly" as possible, said Superintendent Suzanne Klein. The number reported in the Aug. 11 detoured issue of the Grosse Pointe News of 600 has been cut in half. Some 284 families, By Brad Lindberg class. as of Monday, Aug. 15, have yet to regis- Staff Writer The effort took the inside ter their children for the 2005-06 school The school system may track with Councilmember year which begins Tuesday, Sept. 6. have to ante up its own Jean Weipert also serving on Registration hours are 8:30 a.m. to property for a special drop~ the Maire School Safety 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday at 389 off area set aside for chil- Committee. She also will St. Clair. Bring orginial documents to dren attending Maire serve on the City committee. verify residency. Posted signs will direct Elementary. Citv administrators in you to the correct room. A temporary City of June ~ere ready to seek con- Middle school and high school stu- Grosse Pointe committee struction bids involving dents who have not registered will be Cooper gets Proper warmup being formed to address plans to close Notre Dame unable to pick up a schedule. The Grosse Pointe band Proper Villains wiD open for Alice Coop- pedestrian safety at Maire for about an hour during Questions may be directed to (313) er at a concert this Sunday, Aug. 21, at the Michigan State Fair. includes Councilman John morning and afternoon com- 432-3083 or 432-3038. Concerts start at 7 p.m. in the air-conditioned coUseum. Proper Stevens, who tipped his muter times. \Vord got out Telephone fan-outs and letters will be Villains is headed by lead singer Derek Jendza, wearing the hat, hand this week on the tactic and opponents said stop. going out to the remaining unregistered of the Park. The group's self-title compact disk contains 11 tracks he thinks will finally resolve Stevens, neighborhood families. of guitar-based rock 'n' roU. the drawn-out matter. residents and a representa" "Wejust strip it down," Jendza said "It's Les Pauls and Marshall "We have to get property tive of the Village stacks. We pretty much get out there and rock It out." The con- owners involved," Stevens Merchants Association were cert is free with regular admission to the fair. Tickets cost $9 for said. "That includes repre- concerned the project adults and $4 for chUdren 4 to 11. ChUdren less than 2 years old sentatives from the schooL seemed like a done dea.l Friday, Aug. 19 are admitted free. They can have a corner without due diligence of given up for a safety issue." traffic consequences. The Grosse Pointe Summer Select Maire parents for two Mike Overton, city man- choir will perform at 6 and at 8 p.m. in years have been lobbying ager, said cities are obligat~ the auditorium of Parcells Middle the city to build a cuI de sac ed to provide a safe environ- School, 20600 Mack in Grosse Pointe Detroit man drowns behind the school on Notre ment for children heading to Woods. Tickets are available at Dame behin.d the Village and from school. J,<~,=A Gall~ry in the Village or at business district where chi}. "The state says we're off G.P. Park shore dren can be dropped ofTand picked up before and after See MAIRE, page 2A Saturday, Aug. 20 By Bob St. John Grosse Pointe Park DPS received two The deadline for submitting a photo to Staff Writer calls from residents living on Park the "Best Buddies 2006" competition Christopher Coleman, a 21~year-old Lane and Whittier reporting a man must be in the hands of the Grosse Detroit man, drowned in Lake St. had jumped in Lake St. Clair and had Pointe Animal Adoption Society, 296 Clair on Wednesday, Aug. 10, approxi- not surfaced. Farms man, woman Chalfonte in Grosse Pointe Farms. mately 30-feet from the Grosse Pointe The U.S. Coast Guard and the Entry fee is $5 and funds will be used by Park shoreline. Grosse Pointe Farms dive team were the GPAAS. The man was swimming in about 8 notified and responded. go missing in lake feet of water and was asking several Responding officers located several By Bob St. John square miles after officials Monday, Aug. 22 workers if they wanted to join him for of the man's clothing items, but they Staff Writer foun.d their boat at 10:10 The Summer Show Choir workshop a swim on the hot, humid day. This did not locate any identification. Chuck Rutherford tJr., a a.m., 10 miles northeast of begins at Parcells Middle School. was about 3 p.m., according to police At 4:06 p.m., the body of a yet 35-year-old Grosse Pointe Bois Blanc Island. • reports. unidentified male was located by Farms resident, and a Cheboygan Tribune staff Services for Older Citizens (SaC) "The workers said they told the divers. The Wayne County Medical female acquaintance, 34- writer Mike Fornes reported presents a talk, "Senior Lifestyles and man they had work to do and declined Examiner performed an autopsy and year-old Lana Stempien, the vessel was found with Injury Prevention," at 11:15 a.m. at the his' invitation to go swimming," noted there was no evidence of body were found missing from the engine running in neu~ Neighborhood Club, 17150 Waterloo in Grosse Pointe Park director of public t.rauma, but authorities are awaiting their 27-foot cabin cruiser tral and no people. aboard. the City of Grosse Pointe. safety Dave Hiller said. "The men results of a toxicology report, which that was due into port at The radio was playing, the • looked back at the man a couple of could take a couple of weeks. 9:10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 12. swim ladder was in the "up" The board of trustees of the Grosse minutes later and could not see him." The U.S. Coast Guard and or stowed position and per- Pointe Public Library meets at 7 p.m. at At approximately 3:10 p.m., the See DROWNING, page 2A Canadian search and rescue sonal items such as cell the Ewald branch library, 15175 teams attempted to locate phones, identification, Jefferson in Grosse Pointe Park. The the missing couple in waters money and clothing were all public is invited. two miles east of Goose aboard. Island in northern Lake The U.S. Coast Guard I The Grosse POint; Park City Council Huron. Station at St. Ignace first meetsat 7 p.m. at the Park's City Hall, Search teams covered an 15'115 E. Jefferson. _ I area approximately 1,550 See MISSING, page 2A See WEEK AHEAD, page ~ l_.~--~--_ ..~----~ POINTER OF INTEREST l INDEX Obituaries 6A Emily A. Guarini Opinion 8A Home: Grosse Pointe Farms Business 11A Schools 13A Age: 82 Family: Husband, Autos 16A Stefano; two sons, John Seniors 38 and Steven; two grand- children Entertainment 58 Photo by Pet.er J. Birkner Classified ads 3C Claim to fame: Runs every day No, the.e kids weren't at a reeent Detroit Tigers game. Rather, they attended the Blue Streak iill Sports Camp held at the Grosse Quote: "I just could not Pointe Academy. The camp'4ft had Just fIIllsbed playing the sit in a chair and watch Grosse Pointe News' paper-t'.IH lame. They were .. ked to bring to television." camp a copy of the their favorite weekly newspaper (the Groue Pointe Ne.... , of course!). which they attempted to to•• through See story, page 4A the mailbox openings in the banner. All the campers went home winne .... The Grone Pointe News ts an annual sponsor of the Blue Streak All Sporta Camp. Wllell 'III "'111" II Can't Find It? We Got It! LAllDllCAPI. EASTSIDE'S PREMIER II' ,.. ..BlelrQ'"*t Aat..n WMtdr'" Landscape Company YtMwHomI......... 5&&-77&-953 586.774.0090 August 18,2005 2A News Grosse Pointe New. yesterdi;lY's headlines 50 years ago this week 50 years ago this week The reason? Detroit city ry winner with 799 votes. • Approval of the Grosse council members approve a • The specter of alcohol Pointe~Gratiot drain project water rate increase charged detector devices at public means the Milk River in to suburban customers, the school functions will scare first since 1976. Fanns and Grosse Pointe Woods will be away so many Grosse Pointe City residents aren't affect- covered from Cook Road teens that fundraising west to about 600 feet ed because the Farms filters dances will be lucky to break beyond Aline road. drinking water for both even. cities. From there the river will So say two South High • Grosse Pointe Farms' flow uncovered into Lake St. Student Association officers Clair. long-delayed Hill redevelop- protesting the school board's • With the housing short- ment plan may become a decision to permit use of reality this year. age as desperate as it is Breathalyzers on high / .. Representatives of an today, the situation in which school students suspected of investment company say City of Grosse Pointe offi- being under the influence of things are finally falling alcohol. cials find themselves 18 into place to construct a unique.