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Tlw public lIilt ill1h lOOp resilience as they got back to work lId" 1110 fold ~,tletl dlHI PI,ItE'C1 \\l11i publiC ~,dC'11 Page 8A ~{,Clll It\ Orhll"" ,\Ild offil I.d" bUI ,11"0 • Sgt James Burke was named IFllll h"m) ,JIld [ II PI(' lid offl'll'd d""t 111((' to 10l.11 policeman of the year by the Grosse JIll' .11ound dnd ".11\ " coupl,' pubh( "till \ dpp.11tl1wnh Pomte Lodge 102 of the Fraternal of kid" gpt ll',lll\ dIN' to gpI FI Il{ h'lIl1 ".lId Oil(' Ip"ldl'l1t Order of the police HIs strong charac- lIng hw I SCldU' ",lid of!erpd to IlhiJ1 .1 grlll'! d((l1 to ter as well as diligence garnered hrm Flllch,lm "ud till' lUllp\1 tlw 1'11\" publll "det\ the award Page 8A dnd ,1I1 Inerpd"ed polIce dpp.lI I!lIPnl • Maureen Remblsz was named pIP"enc(' hplppd kepp pubhc Phil Z"uf.tl 0\11]('1 of thr pnnclpal of Kerby Elementary School ",\fpt I runs ,llld el IflW dOlI n :\I.\I',llhon l;,I" "CltlOl1 IJ1 the Page 11A \Vp had five mpdlc Iun" V"ld~e l11"n,I~I'd to Ill! " fig • The Grosse POinte Public School "n ,lecldent .It MdCk "nd St hI" ~.t" PUIllP' Illth ho»l''' 1 hl I 11\ HI It! I 1IdiH II-. ClaIr ,llld a total of file System prepares to Implement a block The nation's largest power outage hit home when it caused Brandi ,md h'lIld pump" to fill ( It\ scheduling pilot at all nine elementary Kaseta. 17. to cancel her plans for the Iggy Pop and the Stooges con- ClIme,." Fmcham ,dId Wp PUblrl "dlet\ dnd publH schools Page 10A cert at DTE Energy Theater. Instead. Kaseta. of Grosse Pointe Park. gd "hout th,11 m""1 Inel \\Olk, IPhll!t, (ltl pmplo\- dpnh on" typlcdl II ',end • Grosse POinte North High School bought bags of ice at Fairfax Market. "I just figured it was a local 1'1''' "pt'nl ,dlCJut IiI I' hOll!" will receive new lockers for ItS musIc thing until I listened to the radio." she said of the outage that ranged Cnml' 'll1d pub"l "diet I filling Ihl'I1 t.lnk" m,lJIuallv department to be funded by the dls, from New York to Michigan. "Then 1 heard otherwise. 1 kind of got run" Ilere lompluable I~) on Flld'J) 0101 n Illg - tnct's $62 million bond Issue Page 11A freaked out." mo"t weekends In other Pubhl "en'ICt' depart • The Grosse POinte South 16-year- l OmmUllltIe" In thp Pomtes menb kIcked mto O\ertlme old Babe Ruth Baseball team repeated I" Ill'll The Grosse POlllte to oiTer »alety to Itb resI- -.,h01 p" Department of as state champions with an elghHnmng dents as well Pubill Safety kept Its om When the POWPI outage 4-3 VICtOry over Southgate Page 1C ( , '" on the roads until 1 threatened to look lIke a I m on Friday Grosse long-term problem, CIty POllIte Farms Department of publIc workb employee Gary I'u blIl Sdfet \ manddtpd 12 HU\,H'll' Ilpnl 0111 tf) \ hour shifts for all of Its om- Clarkston to get two sub- lers and took advantage of merSIble dIesel powered Saturday, Aug. 23 Itq 20-member volunteer pumps for the sewer pump The Show Cholf Workshop's grand emergency support umt statIOn Huvaere Said the pumps finale concert Will be presented at the Pubhc safety departments were enough to process the Community Performing Arts Center at 8 .11&0 engllleered barn cades III busy IIltersectlOns to keep CIty'S sewage flow but the pm trdffie flowmg a» smoothly Clty's pubhc works depart- Tickets are $10 for the main floor and ment emplovees q1l1ckly $8 for the balcony, seniors and students as pOSSible Almost ImmediatelY after sealed olT storm dram<; WIth and are available at Posterity A Gallery the power went out, officers hed\\ -duty gdrbage bags In the Village and at the door III the Farms taped off "Thl;' WIll keC'p the \\dter MOlos" at MdCk forcIllg out of the btOl m dl dill"." Monday, Aug. 25 l\Lllk traffic to flo\'> edst and HUV,WIl' l'\plall1ed Wp'd Rep Edward Gaffney R-Grosse we.,t m almost a constant rdt he! h,1\ l' 1100ded <;trept<; POinte Farms, meets with constituents .,tredm Onl) two officers th,lll floodl'd b,hemrnh • dUring an open office hour from 9 to 10 were needed to direct mcom- The F,llm~ ,lnd (.Io""e a m In the city manager's conference ... mg tr,\ffic onto Maek from POIl1((' P,H h h,ld genII ,ltOl" room at the Harper Woods city hall Moro~" to pmH I Ib "lllPr pump" )1 llb\ \Iltl ut ....htlton The Shores also blocked ,1Ild the F'lI m" ,l!,o follm'ld The Grosse POinte Park City Council off th(> left turn 1.1np" at Ih(. ('III 111 bIO(h.lIlg "tOlIll The Farmer Jack Food Emporium on Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods meets at the Park city hall at 7 p m Vernwr ,It Lake~horC' Ilith dr,lln~,111(( Ih "l'lll I" "he remained open during the blackout. The checkout lanes were run by out an offiler to direct t raf. thl elll ~ lie ol1h p,lltlall) backup generators while the rest of the store remained in the dark The Grosse POinte Public Library fit. leal ll1g them al dllable to ~ep"l dt(>d and other appliances had no power. Board meets at the Neighborhood Club p"trol the are" dnd fOI at 7 pm emel gency caU" See BLACKOUT. page 2A Tuesday, Aug. 26 Piglet's big First day of school for students In the Grosse POinte Public School System .. .. adventure! Wednesday, Aug. 27 The show must go on and it did. The Michi- ServIces for Older Citizens hosts a gan State Fair. sched- free fraud preventlor program at the uled to open on Friday. Neighborhood Club at 11 15 a m Home: Gro"se POInte Aug. 15. was held up a \Vond., For more information call (313) 882- day due to the lack of 9600 power. By Sunday. the Age: H5 fairgrounds were full of fun-seekers. including Family: WIdowed the Ries family from Harper Woods. Peter. Claim to fame: 1\lo-l1me Timmy and Kathleen Gold Cup Wll1ner Opinion." .. .6A Ries stopped at the .. Miracle of Life exhibit Quote: 'The pncp of th(' Harper Woods . .8A and were treated to pet- rn,:{1n('~ are <;0expen- Schools ..10-11A ting a piglet. Those who SIVPand th(' dnH'r" g('t sttend the fair through Pilld fanta"tlc "alanp, Obituaries .12-13A I Labor Day can see When Iraced. there BUSiness .. 14A recently hatched ducks wa., no pn7e money and quail. as well 8S .)ou got a trophy onl v" Seniors.