.1 , _ ~'\ ..J~ w~t i('1">>('<;),"'-(~""-" ~ws THIS __ WEEK I' I' INSIDE ' \ Farms couple's new .""'" ~ ("f-~~~ng quadruplets attract national attention By Amy Andreou Miller name them Actually, 1 thmk Staff Writer It was easIer to settle on four Rolhng Videotape and names than one because you snappmg photos IS an Intnn- have more optlOns,~ laughed SICelement to see when any LIbby Wllberdmg at a press woman dehvers a newborn conference partly held m one baby of the 31 new state-of-the-art But Monday afternoon, blrthmg center SUIteS at St June 9, just 25 hours after John HospItal and MedICal Grosse Pomte Farms resI- Center, where she had deliv- dent Ehzabeth "LIbby" ered her babieS, and partly WEEK AHEAD (Keogh) Wl1berdmg dehvered held 10 the hospItal's neona- quadruplets - aIm 12,500 tal mtensIVe care Unit where Thursday, June 12 occurrence, accordmg to sta- the babIes currently are coo- tI~tlcs - the ranty of the mg 10 theIr bassmets, and The Grosse Pomte school event had her surrounded by bemg momtored by a team of board conducts Its monthly two newspaper reporters, nurses and five neonatolo- meetmg at 8 p m m the three local TV camera crews, gIsts Wlckmg LIbrary at Grosse one natIOnal-level TV camera LIbby Wilberdmg gave Pomte South HIgh School crew, and two radIO statIOn bIrth by C-SectlOn to three reporters boys and one gIrl Sunday, Want to know what you're World champs She and her husband, Ed June 8 around 11 30 am gazmg at when you look Wllberdmg - each weanng The babIes are Edward The Grosse Pointe South mgh School Odyssey of the Mind team placed first In heavenward after sunset four hospital baby IdentIfica Wilberdmg III (2 pound., 13 the world finals held June 7 at the University of Maryland. The team, left to right, thIS summer? The MIlky hon name bands around ounces), Juhe Patncla (3 back, coach Dale Johnson, Seth Lloyd. Nick Tapazoglou. Corey Johnson and Dan Way, star clusters and nebu- theIr nght wnsts - confi- pounds), Peter Duffield (2 Clark; and front, Julie Mondro, Lindsay Pettitt and Chris Goldsby, competed lae WIll be the focus of lectur- dently cradled one ofthe four pounds, 14 ounces) and against 50 others in the "OMerdroid Division moo category. They earned 312 points er MIchael Bests' "Star babIes as the local and Frank John "Jack" (2 out of a possible 350. placing 20 points ahead of the second-place team. For the Struck" program from 7 to natIOnal medIa watched pounds, 13 ounces) Division m category, the South team designed "Bob" the robot. who was required 8 30 p m at the Edsel & The couple good naturedly Some members of the to perform and complete certain tasks. along with spontaneous problem-solving, Eleanor Ford House, 1100 Joked WIth the medIa that medIa almost seemed a httle These requirements then had to be incorporated into a skit. Judges commended Lakeshore, Grosse Pomte despite bemg DetrOIt Red dlsappomted that "their ultI- South teammembers for their technical abilities, Odyssey of the Mind is an inter- Shores The fee IS $5 and Wmgs fans, they dIdn't name mate shot" of mom holdmg national problem-solving program which emphasizes creativity. higher-order reservations are reqUIred any of theIr children all four babies 10 her arms Call (313) 884-4222 thinking and teamwork. This is Grosse Pointe's first world finals championship. "Stanley" or "Steve" "No It wasn't difficult to See QUADS, page 3A Saturday, June 14 Fly Old Glory WIth pnde - today IS Flag Day - and Pointers celebrate Stanley Cup be sure to consult the proper manuals on flag-flYIng eti- quette On thIS day m 1777, victory with style and restraint John Adams mtroduced a By JIm Stlckford !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"" the dmner crowd at the resolutIon before the Staff Writer restaurant was the same as Contmental Congress resolv- Dunng- World War II In ubual, but the bar crowd was mg that the flag of the Casablanw everyone went to 'On Thursday, we defillitely larger Umted States shall have 13 RIck'. Dunng Stanley Cup "We have people who got strIpes, alternatmg red and season It seem., at least to had a crew from here early to stake out a seat white, and 13 btars, whIte on the Grosse Pomte Park public at the bar,~ saId John blue, repre'1enhng a new safety department, everyone ESPN here show- Carol Walker, who was col. constellatIon went to the bars of Mack lectmg the cover charge at Public safety department ing Off the crowd Jimmy Mack's, saId that the Sunday, June 15 chief Richard Carettl report- crowd there was also qUIte ed, "the bar area. of Grosse during parts of the large, but saId that was nor- The 10th annu.11 Eyes on Pomte Park were apparently mal on a hockey mght ClaSSIC Dl'swn duto show because JImmy Mack's has a the center of celebratIOn for game.' benefitmlt the Dptroit the entire east SIde The busl speCial on Molson beer for InstItute of Ophthdlmnlogy Jim De Puys only $1 when the Red Wmgs ne~ses were packed and large Marge's Bar are ahead wtll be held from 10 .I m to crowd" gathered on the slde- 4 30 P III on the groundb of Those who WIshed to VISIts "<111" <I!lelIII p.lrkmg lots " the Edsel & Eleanor Ford estabhshments on Charlevoix "It " ..~ I good tIme for .. ;;;;;;;;;;;;=======;;;;;;;;;; Housp Morl' than 270 da~sl(' would have seen large crowd , " rVIl1W Involv, d ~ bald De Puys smd Marge's was autornoblll's wIll bl' on dl~ at Excahber, O'Flaherty's and l Ir, ttl a" crowded as It ever had play 'llckd, 'up $1'> dul the Sunnse Sunset Saloon, as 1ho" "nlImE'nh were been The bar wa. filled to dren age~ 12 dnd under ar" well ,rh, ,,1 hI thl' hll~\Oe""e~ and capacIty, and tables were set free When the Red Wmgs (1\ U, fh "h I P JtronJl"d them up, WIth speCIal penmsslOn chnched the Cup at about 11 I hI '> ItU I d 1\ "hl'D the Red from the cIty council, outside p m Saturday, a joyful dm Photo by Amy Andreou MlileT \\ Illg, lIon (Ill "LlIll"y Cup to handle the overflow Monday, June 16 could be heard commg from .ltlluuI fl, I'u., ,on of the Knstm Rolf, a waItress at The Gro%P POllltp F 1m" the bars, street. and homes of Welcome to parenthood x 4/ 0" fHr of "L"~,, ,did that Marge's, sald that after .erv- CIty CounCil me, h <It 7 ,lD the Park, and no doubt the Outdoing Michigan Gov. John Engler and hJs wife Illhlll( " 011 S Itunlay and the 109 Thursday'~ crowd, she pm m the mUnicipal hUlld- rest of metro DetrOIt MicheUe. who had triplets In 1994. are Grosse Pointe p'''VlOll' 1hllr,day was spent all of Fnday dreadmg mg at 90 Kerby Farms city councilman Ed Wilberding and wife Libby mten,,, Saturday'~ crowd Carett! stated that whIle with their newborn quadruplets, bom Sunday. June 8 uIt " (nh IIke el eryone "It's crazy," saId Rolf "I addItIOnal personnel were at St. John Hospital and Medical Center. The next day The CIty of Grosse Pomte !c"., nJ(' '11(1 DC' Puy. "On think we need hockey pads aSSIgned to patrol Mack and the couple had to share a special moment with print. Council meets at 7 30 p 10 10 Thm ,d 11 '" had a crew from herE' just to maneuler around other bar areas m the CIty, the TV and radio journaUsts looking on as Libby cradled the munICIpal buIldmg at ESPN h'l' ,hm' mg ofT the> the har" party atmo~phere continued one of their quadruplets. Eddie. for the first time, The 17147 Maumee rrel\\d dill n' p Irh of thl' John the hnrtende>r ,It untIl c1o.mg time Without any babies - Eddle. Jack. Peter and Julie - will Ukely g lliU '1'>111' Ol,t,>r R~r 'lid Illlt Irrp't~ made come home from the hospital within few a weeks. INSIDE OpmlOn 6A Schools llA Autos .. ISA Obltuanes 17A SenIOrs 20A Busmess 24A Home: Grosse Pomte Woods Entertammenl RB Age: 23 Sports Ie Classl{wd ad.;; 6e Family: Parents, Mary and Robert Greening Occupation: Master's degree student at MIchIgan Stdte, In charge of mechamcal dinosaurs l'xhlblt at DetrOit Zoo Claim to fame: He and hl~ father bUIlt a G-scale model raIlroad In theIr back yard Fan., ("oJoyed the Detroit Red Wings' first Stanley Cup In 42 yean at the Pointe's premier hockey bar, Marge's, in the Park See story, page 4A Steve Greening I I HI ()fUAI: XX.' 0)°' I • I )1..,1'1 In AI>VI H IISINe ," SS:'- 1';00 • (I \..,..,IIIIIl: SS:'-h'lOO • (1IH"t 'I \ IIO:,\;: "l.JV;;77 • I'ROJ)L'( IIO,\;: SS~-hl)lln , COlIN.Aft OPnClI. , R04 \ 1{ m 'lor" ~oq (1{lW M 1l8tJO? 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