N~ws serving the five Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods I Jacobson's • ReSidents ofAllardwest of Mack In Grosse POinte Woods have been told traffiCon their street IS under control Page 2A future uncertain • A June :.ewer oacKup In Grosse POinteWoods could cost the city plenty. Page 3A in the Village • Grosse PUll lie Woods lifeguards are planning a Ilfeguard-a-thon to raise By Bonnie Caprara councilman and member of money for chanty Page 3A Staff Writer the MCL ~The general • It IS beheved that a peregnne fal- The future of the Grosse mformatlOn was that PlecQ con has feathers flYing along Pomte area's largest retaIler of property IS bemg looked Lakeshore - literally Page 3A remams in hmbo untIl a at by an awful lot of people. • The Grosse POinte Board of U S Bankruptcy Court CIty of Grosse Pomte City Education Willask voters to approve a determines its fate Manager MIke Overton said $61 B millionbond Issue on September ~It IS a sad day for the two developers and one local 24, which Willallow for $13 5 millionIn Pomtes and certamly for the group of Investors wIth an athletiCImprovements. Page 11A people workmg there,. said eye on Jacobson's Grosse • Local teacher traveled to Kenya CIty of Grosse Pointe Mayer Pomte bmldmg have called on a h(.!manllanan mission With an Dale Scrace ~It's Just the lus offiCE-to mquire about organization called Reach the Children. begInnmg of the process" zoning, ordInances and Page 10A BIds were receIved other questIOns about the Photo by Bonme Capra,a • The Grosse POinte Farms-City The future of Grosse Pointe's largest retaller, Jacobson's, Is uncer- Monday for offers to pur- CIty LittleLeague 12-year-old AII.Star team tain untU a U.S. Banluuptcy Court receives bleb for aU or part of the chase all or parts of the In the meantIme, Marx won the District6 championship Withan Jackson-based chain. However, City of Grosae Pointe Councllman Jacobson's cham as a gomg said, "The stores WIllcontin- 11-1ViCtOryover Grosse POinteWoods- Peter LaFond and City Manager Mike Overton say there II Interelt In concern. Bids included offers ue to operate, mcludmg the Ii Shores National The Farms-City team i the VWage'. anchor building. to purchase mventory, G~e Pomte s~re !t IS a j advances to the state Little League accounts receivable and the penod ofuncertamty. tournament for the second year In a Jacobson's name However, earlier this 1: row Page 1C ~he company could week, the shelves and racks either be operated by some- m the boys, coats, Ms J and Mandatory water use one else or some stores may Clairewood departments in WEEK AHEAD go forward or there could be the Grosse Pomte store were a phase-out of the busmess,. stnpped bare ~ restrictions in effect Said Jacobson's spokesper- ~Weare at the conclusic;:n Thursday, JUly 18 son Fred Marx of the summer season," Straight Ahead returns to the 2002 Marx saId he dId not know Marx said ~It is traditional Bon Secours Cottage Health Services Grosse Pointe Farms and City are exempt who submItted bIds or for for mventory to be light. J MUSICon the Plaza Senes, co-spon- whIch aspects of the compa- j sored by the Grosso POinteNews, With Most of the Grosse Pointes and all "The Village urges complIance with ny and will not know untIl Jacobson's Grosse Pointe a family show at 7 p.m of Harper Woods are under mandato- our repeated requests to refrain from the company presents those store has been part of the The concert will take place In the ry water restrictions outdoor water usage during peak bids to the U S Bankruptcy Village since 1944 when the Festival Plaza at 5t Clair and Grosse Pomte Park, Woods, Shores hours 5 to 7 a m and from 5 to 8 Court for the Eastern company purchased the Kercheval In case of Inclement weath. and Harper Woods, which are served pm: Said Dr James Cooper, Village DIstrict of MichIgan, Tuttle and Clark Jewelry er, the show Willbe held In the Maire by the Detroit Water and Sewerage PreSIdent "The Department of PublIc Southern DiviSIOn, in store at the corner of Elementary School gym Department, are among 126 commu- Works and publIc safety personnel Detroit on Wednesday, July Kercheval and St Clair. nitles m eIght floutheast Michigan will Issue gentle remmders to reSI- 24 Through the years, the com- I Sunday, JUly 21 counties where outdoor water usage dents found watering theIr lawns dur- The Grosse Pomte store IS pany had purchased buIld- See and bUy beautiful blooms and ISunder emergency regulatIOn mg those hours. one of 11 bulldmgs owned by mgs along Kercheval to hand-made Items dUringthe Sixthannu- Gz:osse Pomte Farms and City are In Grosse Pomte Woods, public Jacobson's, not counting Notre Dame and m the early al Harper Woods Garden Tour, Craft exempt because they receive water safety officers are warnmg residents leases on other properties. 1970s, tied the buIldIngs and Plant Sale beginning at 12'30 pm from the Farms filtratIOn plant. to obey restnctlOns Although no Clta- BIds for the owned and together WIth a at the Harper Woods Public Library ~We have the capacIty to handle tions have been Issued, officers leased propertIes WIll be Williamsburg facade TIckets Willbe available at the door In demand for OUI reSIdents and City patrollIng the commumty have conSIdered by the court m Jacobson's also owned a eXcI'langefor a donatton of any amount resldenu.," Sald IUchBl'dSolak, Farms advised at least two homeowners they September bulldmg fouts seWUlggoods to one or more char,tles including the cIty manager were violating the ban ~Our Merchant-Clty- store, which It sold In the Children's Home of DetrOit and the Due to extended hIgh temperatures In the Park, ~It's our hope people Landlord committee met 1970s In 1997, Jacobson's Harper Woods Library Landscaping and below-average ramfall, DetrOIt heed the voluntary restrictions that last week and that was our sold Its buIlding which Project , water officials have hmlted outdoor are m place," s81d Dave HIller, dtrec- major tOPICof conversation,. housed its home store and For more Information,call (313) 371- water usage accordu)g to an odd/even tor of public safety saId Peter LaFond, CIty children's department 6333 schedule M 11 ~Indtvldualswlthaddressesendmg Monday, July 22 In an odd number may water outdoors aratllon may include POlentes The Grosse POinteLibraryBoard Will only on odd-numbered days of the The CIty'ScounCilapproved a love to run through Grosse meet at the Neighborhood Club at 7 25th Free Press pm month. • four-hour closure of Jefferson POll1te. We've gotten a lot of ~Llkewlse, those having addresses 26-rmle run slated on Sunday, Oct 6, to accommo- support from the neighbors • that end in an even number must. date a two-mIle stretch of the They enJoy It " The Grosse POintePark City CounCil Willmeet at the Park Cityhall at 7 p.m hmit theIr outdoor water usage to agaIn for Jefferson 26-mile marathon The Grosse Pornte section of even days only. This WIll be the first tIme the race WIll remam on Tuesday, JUly 23 In addition, water customers are ~ra::~~~Caprara smce the 1980s that the Jefferson and Lakeshore bemg asked to aVOIdoutdoor water marathon WIll go through the between Alter and Kerby The Senior Mens Club of Grosse usage dunng peak consumptIOn, from If Grosse Pomte Farms and Pomtes Accommodations will b~ POinte Willmeet at the Grosse POinte War Memonal al 11 a m Neal Belltsky, 6 to 9 a.m dally. Grosse Pomte Park follow the "The route has been mterna- made for motonsts to get to director of operations at the Detrolt- RestnctIOns will remam In effect lead of the City of Grosse tlOnal most of the 25 years,. churches durIng the closure until "further notice. Pointe, the 25th anniversary of said course technical director hours of 8 a m. and noon. Windsor Tunnel Corp, Willspeak on the the DetrOIt Free PressIFlagstar D K "B be history and consirvctlon of fhe tunnel B k M h oug UrtlS ut, cause of The council also passed a res- For more Information,call (313) 881- Grosse Pomte Shores has gone a bl~f nO::~gl~n will nng With a last year on 9/11, we re propos- olutlon whIch addresses the step further 5592 mg two courses Plus runners ISSUesof costs and cleanup Wednesday, July 24 ---------------------- I Catch ::-,.:; I"UOI jazz of flautist Alexander ZonJlcand Fnends dUringa Summer MUSICFestival Concert on the lakeSide lawn of the Grosse POinteWar Amanda Maniscalco MemOrialat 6 pm. TIckets are $7 For more Information, Home: City of Grosse call (313) 881-75t1 Pomte Age: 28 Family: Husband, lWbert Occupation: ManagIng Opinion 6A dIrector and co-owner Mamscalco Gallery - Schools 10-11A Fme Art & PortraIture Obltuanes 13A Quote: ~orkmg and Business. 14A Blue Streak sees Red! playmg and workmg and plaYIng- that's Seniors .. .... 6B The kid. at the Blue Streak Sports Camp held on The Gro88e what I do all the time" Pointe Academy grounds this summer were happy campen Entertainment... .. .78 recently when the Stanley Cup made a surprise vi.it. Each fami- See story, page 4A ly received an 8.1:10copy of the above photo to add to Its 8Crap- ClaSSIfIed ads ..3C boot of Blue Streak memories. ... T July 18, 2002 2A l~eWS Grosse Pointe News J :'yesterday's headlines ~oyears ago this vveek 50 years ago this week all segmentb of the "chool horse, Johnny, mmgled WIth " • Some 14 new ca&e.., of team, Includmg parents, spectators dunng the City'S •- Dutch elm dlbed!>e have tpacher& and btudentb " 16th annual Fourth of July , been discovered dunng d • A wn<;ultmg firm has parade ..,urve) through the fiv~ bl'en hired to corne up With a , Grosse Pomtes land use plan for Grosse 5 years ago this week Pomte Woods ~ .