SUBSCRIBE NOW (313) 343-5578 Standard $14.50 OFF THE NEWSSTAND PRICE G rosse Pointe N ew s VOL. 73, NO. 23,38 PAGES TTINF7 2012 ONE DOLLAR (DELIVERY 7 One of America’s great community newspapers since 1940 GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN SAVE with the Grosse Pointe News! Graduation day Outages Liggett Scholar and Valedictorian Patrick Thomas addresses the crowd at University Liggett School’s Class of 2012 graduation cer­ irk emonies, held Sunday, June 3, at the Cook Road campus. resident By Brad lindberg Staffwriter GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Mike Thomas is tired of power week ahead outages. “It seems that every time it 3 4. 5 ft 7 8 9 gets 90 degrees or more, the PHOTOS BY RENEE LANDUYT power goes out,” said 10 11 12 13 14 -st; ■?£> Thomas, a homeowner on McMillan between Ridge and Charlevoix for nearly 20 THURSDAY, JUNE 7 years. ♦ Grosse Pointe North “It has come to light in the and South High School last two years that we have an jazz bands open the 25th infrastructure problem,” he annual Music on The said. Plaza free outdoor con­ In addition to flooding last cert series at 7 p.m. on summer, he said he’s had two The Village Festival Plaza, power failures this year. at the comer of Kercheval Outages are so common, and St. Clair, City of Thomas said he knows when Grosse Pointe. Attendees they’re coming. should bring a chair. “Just before it happens, I can look out my back window SATURDAY, JUNE 9 toward my neighbor’s house ♦ Dermatologist Shauna and hear the popping and see Ryder-Diggs, M.D. is the 9 all the sparks and — dark­ a.m. speaker at a free ness,” he said. wellness event at A utility repair crewmember Faircourt Dental, 20040 reportedly told him the prob­ Mack, Grosse Pointe lem is due to old wires. Woods. To register, call Installation of new wires in (313) 882-2000. a closed system, which iso­ ♦ West Park Farmers lates interruptions, requires Market is open 9 a.m. to 1 greater line clearance; mean­ p.m. at the comers of ing more tree trimming Kercheval and around power lines, Thomas Lakepointe, Grosse said. Pointe Park. He appealed to the Grosse ♦ The fourth annual Paws in the Park is from 10 a.m. See RESIDENT, page 11A to 2 p.m. at Patterson Park. The event benefits Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society. For Above, Liggett Scholar Abigale Belcrest more information, contact receives two special awards. At right, Regan Stolarski at (586) Upper School Head Trey Cassidy pro­ Budget 630-6819. vides the opening remarks. Below, class-elected speaker Kara MONDAY, JUNE 11 Zmyslowski. For more photos, see page amended ♦ Chat with Wayne 4A IL County Commissioner Tim Killeen, D-Detroit, from 9 to 10 a.m. at in Farms See WEEK AHEAD, GROSSE POINTE FARMS — page2A The municipal budget was ad­ justed this week to reflect changes in revenues and ex­ penses. John Lamerato, Grosse Pointe Farms finance director, called the changes “minor” Expenditures were in­ creased by a total of $154,000. The figure represents the addition of a $30,000 federal Pointer of Interest . .4A homeland security grant to re­ Opinion .... ____8A imburse the city for public Schools ..... .1A II safety overtime, Lamerato Obituaries . .9A II said. Autos ...... 11AII Some $84,000 accounts for Entertainment . .3B increased street lighting costs. Classified ads ____6C There’s also a $40,000 in­ Senior Guide . .5A II crease in a prior year’s Michigan Tax Tribunal adjust­ ment. In separate action, $20,000 in last year’s community de­ velopment block grants is be­ ing spent to complete pro­ grams this year. — Brad Lindberg 5 6 5 2 5. 1 0 0 1 1 PHONE: (313) 882-6900 ♦ FAX: (313) 882-1585 * MAIL: 96 Kercheval 48236 ♦ ON THE WEB: grossepointenews.com ♦ E-MAIL: [email protected] Residential • Com merdal^ GROSSE POINTE NEWS, JUNE 7, 20.12 V t ,. V:-' ’ ‘Pi '"'-- W&MmSSSSM NEWS The artist behind the artist ByAJ. Hakim like to do,” Smith said StaffWriter during a preview event Thursday, May 31, at the Rocker, writer and artist DIA. “It’s no different Patti Smith’s photography than when I did ‘Horses.’ I is an extension of her mu­ wrote a song for Jim sic — meditative, intimate Morrison, Jimi Hendrix. I adorations to the iconic just find it inspiring.” artists and muses who’ve It’s the former St. Clair inspired her and their Shorian’s first American tools. museum exhibition to fo­ Arthur Rimbaud’s uten­ cus on her photography. It sils. Virginia Woolf’s bed was previously exhibited and cane. Robert at the Wadsworth Mapplethorpe’s slippers; Atheneum Museum of Art his cross. Frida Kahlo's in Hartford, Conn. dress. Precious, inani­ The Detroit showing mate objects; sentiments features several new that, when she captured prints, Kahlo’s dress be­ them on her vintage ing one, taken just a few Polaroid Land 250 cam­ weeks prior, as well as era, helped her invoke several of Smith’s person­ that artist’s being. Her im­ al artifacts, namely, her ages granted her access late husband and MC5 into the existence of those guitarist Fred “Sonic” she cherished either Smith’s Mosrite electric growing up with a reli­ guitar. gious- and literature- It was her husband’s heavy influence or from dream, Smith said, to Detroit it was Fred’s fa­ Above, Smith fighting her time in the ’60s and show the Mosrite in a mu­ vorite — I mean, Fred and back emotion as she ’70s as a rocker and poet, seum “because he I went to museums takes in her late hus­ Those, and 60-plus oth­ thought it was a real work around America in our band, Fred “Sonic” er black-and-white gelatin of art.” That dream influ­ travels — but to him, this Smith’s, Mosrite electric silver prints comprise enced her decision to fea­ was the museum ” Smith guitar. At rigftt, Smith’s Smith’s “Patti Smith; ture the exhibit in Detroit, said. “He thought this was favorite photograph, of Camera Solo” exhibit, on the couple’s former home the greatest museum in Fred waving at her be­ display at the Detroit and the birthplace of their the world. To be able to fore entering the family Institute of Arts through son, Jackson, and daugh­ show photographs is not cabin at Lake Anne. The Sept. 2. ter, Jesse. just an honor, but it’s per­ couple used to make fish­ “It’s just something I “When I moved to sonally moving in ways I ing trips to the cabin. can hardly express.” D etroit also represents the starting point in PHOTOS BY AJ. HAKIM Smith’s serious pursuit of amateur photography “And when I went back (“But really an amateur in on the road, I took my the highest sense”). camera and had the same Unable to produce any­ feeling on the road. thing as an artist after Because rock ‘r i roll is so Fred’s death in 1994, collaborative, you have to Smith one day picked up depend on so many peo­ a camera and pho­ ple, it’s so public, it was tographed Rudolf nice to be able to walk Nureyev’s slippers. down a back street in Pisa “It was kind of beautiful or St Petersburg or one of and I felt like I had accom­ these wonderful cities and plished something,” she take a photograph that said, “ft was just one pie- spoke of that city, but also ture, biit l could see it im­ spoke for me that for a Rocker, writer and artist Patti Smith during a media mediately and the imme­ moment, I made some­ preview event for her exhibition, “Patti Smith: diacy of the Polaroid thing, I did something of Camera Solo.” made me feel, ‘1 did that.’ worth by myself.” Road work expanded By Brad Iindberg advanced one year. ♦ two municipal park­ The Farms’ portion to­ StaffWnter “It was part of the ing lots on the Hill. tals $590,537. schedule for 2013,” Of four bidders, the Work proceeds in the GROSSE POINTE Reside said. “Because of lowest withdrew. Farms whether City offi­ FARMS — Low construc­ favorable bids, we’d like The contractor cited “a cials approve the same tion bids allow expansion to do that this year.” calculation error and oth­ contractor or not. "Licensed & insured * Owner Operated Since 1949 of this summer’s road Also scheduled this er irregularities in their Residential & Commercial resurfacing program. summer are: bid,” according to Terry “Because of favorable ♦ Chalfonte from Brennan, Farms public bids, we’d like to add an Moross to the Grosse service director. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 mMi-^ sr. iohn MoXi'Hai. I’RH illilvf S M i.llllW ! I ! \ ! ! ti additional road,” said Pointe Woods city limits, "So,” said Reeside, "we Shane Reeside, Grosse ♦ Mount Vernon be­ recommend the next low­ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pointe Farms city manag­ tween Beaupre and est bid from Ajax Paving ~ I J - 1 ..... ..... ....... er. Chalfonte, Industries, which we’ve e ■ I / As a result, resurfacing ♦ Colonial Court, worked with in the past. It WEEK q ft .....•' of Hillcrest between ♦ Orchard Lane, has a very good reputa­ iazz coooerf: series Beaupre and Chalfonte is ♦ Dean Lane and tion.” AHEAD Construction bids were sought in partnership MONDAY JUNE 11 with resurfacing sched­ uled in the City of Grosse Continued from page 1A Pointe. Grosse Pointe Woods Municipal Court, 20025 Mack Plaza. ! Grosse Pointe News ♦ Grosse Pointe Park city USPS 230-400 council meets at 7 p.m.