b ~~~ )~~$~ ), , WHERE WILL YOU BE Library information is just a click away .JANUARY 1, By Bonnie Caprara Library's web site at they are avaIlable or allows matIon page SImply by enter- matenals I Staff Writer www gp hb ml us patrons to place an Item on mg thetr name and bar code Bloom doesn't expect that 2000? It's 9 p m Sunday evenmg "I hope what It'S domg IS gIV- hold If It'S m circulatIOn If an number on their hbrary card patrons wIll use the web site as Item cannot be found at any of Patrons have secure access to a replacement for Vlsltmg the • and you want to know If the mg people mformatlOn even • hbrary has a copy of MItch when we're closed," said the three branches, the web see whIch materIals are hbrary Site also has a lmk to The checked out and are able to put Alborn's "Tuesdays With hbraray director Vlckey Bloom "I don't thInk It WIll have a Library Network web site Items on hold or to renew cur- Morne," or If you can extend negattve Impact on our patron The hbrary's web Site hosts a whIch allows on.hne catalog the tIme on your hbrary loans rent loans count My bIggest hope IS It cornucopIa of mformatlOn, surfers to check avallablhty at or If the hbrary has a post hole Will bring ppople in," saId mcludmg the card catalog The 62 hbrarles m the metro The web Site IS also full of digger m ItS tool collectIon Bloom card catalog page allows web DetrOIt/Ann Arbor area InformatIon on current hbrary You're not out of luck surfers to search hbrary mate- programs, the hbrary board, For a gwded tour of the All of that mformatlOn plus nals by subject, tItle or author Library patrons can also the Fnends of the LIbrary and library's web stte, see the more IS now only a cltck away It also hsts locatIons where the check the status of their hnks to commumty program Omnworous Reader on page on the Grosse Pomte Pubhc matenals are located and If accounts on the patron mfor' web sItes and on-hne reference 4A. Drivers accused c&1#--~"IrW~~ ~~~.\.: Thursday, Sept. 9 of runniqg red Grosse Pomte World War II veteran Jim Fleldmg speaks to the Grosse Pomte War Memonal Veteran' Club get green:light at the War Memonal at 7 30 By Brad Lindberg ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ pm Staff Writer HIs topiC IS adventures at Nearly one dozen accused a B-24 pilot m the South traffic offenders have been let "] didn't think Pacrlic theater of war and ms off the hook after an mvestlga- role m the attack on the bat- tlOn rrosed sufficient doubt of tlesmp Yamoto There is no their gUIlt it was fair to the cost to attend "I dIsmissed about 10 cases," said Russell Ethridge, mumci- citizens to stick pal judge for the CIty of Grosse Saturday, Sept. 11 Pomte The cases mvolved dn. The annual Pomte Fall veTS who were Issued tIckets them (with a Festival begins It runs until for runmng the red light on , Sunday In the Village the East Jefferson at Lakeland ticket) for a light theme IS a taste of Grosse City polIce morutor traffic at Pomte. Cmldren's actiVItIes the intersection "very careful- are offered at the HIll and ly," srod Ethndge "That's the (on Jefferson at the War Memonal hosts the place where most of the kids in 40th FestIval of the Arts our commumty cross East 50th Anniversary gala at War Memorial Jefferson to get to the muruCl- Lakeland) that The Grosse Pointe WarMemorial A880Ciationwould like to put you "IDthe Mood" pal park You'd be surpnsed how many people run that Sunday, Sept. 12 to "Take the A TralD" to its own "sentimental Journey" on Friday. sept. 17. The event is in celebration of the Grosse Pointe War Memorial's 50th Amdversary of hght" was bad." The Grosse POInte Board One defendant who was tIck- \ service to the CODmlUDity. Guests can stop at the "Tuxedo Junction." wear • RusseU Ethridge, of Education's Ice Cream eted for runnmg the lIght hIred SOCial on the front lawn of "StriDg of Pearls" or go all out and have a "Zoot sidt Riot!" The eveulng lncludee Municipal Judge, \ cocktails. hora d'oeuvres, dlnDer and big band dancing - and that ain't no Jive! an attorney, Mark Baun, of Grosse Pointe South High Grosse Pomte Farms, who con- City of Grosse Pointe School starts at noon and Ticket prices for the Sentimental JOUJ'Jleyare $150. Willlam B. Frtee Patron; tended that the hght "was out lasts untIl 4 p m. $250, Russell A. Alger Benefactor; and $500, JobD W. Lake Benefactor. Funds of sync," said Ethndge The raised will be used for the restoration of the Veterans Room and other ongolDg "When thiS first came up in There WIll be Ice cream, lawyer backed up his clatm preseryatlon projects. Fifty years ago this month, local veterans groups decided to court, I gave (the people tIcket- popcorn and lemonade for WIth an affidaVIt from Wayne reserve perpetually the lake level. wood-paneled room now Imown as the Veterans ed) an opporturuty to put off the pubhc There IS no County, whIch matntams the (their case) while we mvestI- charge for the food or for the Room. hght gated the lIght Some people big band musIc of Mel The War Memorla1.located at 92 Lakeshore, Is opeD from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon- Al Fmcham, chIef of publIc dId and some people dIdn't," Standers' Gentlemen of day though saturday. Tickets can be charted by phone by Cl8I1ing (313) 881.7511. safety m the CIty, asslgIled offi- sald Ethndge. He dtsmlssed all Swmg In case of ram, the 0t1glDa1 artwork and design for the sentimental Journey poster. above, was pro- cer LIsa MontIcclOlo to tIme the signal WhIle she was at It, she relevant traffic tIckets from the event WIll be held m the vided by Groue Pointe Shores resident Li8a M. Lewandowski, who Is an Instructor beginning of June through school gymnasIUm. at the center for creative Studies. Her artwork was a gift to the War Memorial. tlmed all the traffic lIghts m the CIty Aug. 22 MontJcclOlo confirmed that Fmcham saId, "The mtersec- Building bridges seminar to be held, Sept. 15 the amber, or cautIOn, portIon bon has a mstory of VIolators Monday, Sept. 13 trymg to beat the lIght We will of the traffic hght at Lakeland Isatah McKmnon, a former Jommg McK.mnon wIll be bndges" between the commu- continue to momtor the inter- The Grosse Pomte Park was Illummated for only 4 3 DetrOIt PolIce Cmef, WIll be the mayors and city representa. rubes. section for the safety of resi- City Councd meets at 7 p m seconds OffiCIals from Wayne featured speaker at a "Meet bves from Fraser, the Grosse The cost IS $5 and mcludes dents" m the Park city hall, 15115 County said anythmg less than Your City" event from 5 to 9 Pomtes, Harper Woods, hors d'oeuvres Ethndge agreed "Clttzens E Jefferson a 4 5-second amber lIght could pm Wednesday, Sept 15 at RoseVille and St Clair Shores The cultural center IS located need to know that the pose a safety hazard • the AssumptIOn Cultural OffiCIals WIll be there to at 21800 Marter Road, St Lakeland hRht IS not a hght to The shortened SIgnal meant The Grosse Pomte Woods Center amwer que"tJOns dnd "bUIld Clair Shores thJnk remotely about runrung "that a lot of people went We man that mtersectlon all City CounCIl meets at 7 30 through the hght because they the ttme," he saId p m m the Woods CIty hall, didn't want to pamc stop," Although the mtersectlOn IS 20025 Mack Plaza explamed Ethndge Based on a concern for pedestnan safety, MontlcclOlo's findIngs, he dis- Fmcham saId there have been mIssed the tIckets The Grosse Pomte School few car crashes at the SIte "I dIdn't tmnk It was fror to Board meets at 8 p m m the CItizens to sttck them (WIth "Of the two car crashes that Grosse Pointe South's a ticket) for a lIght that was took place at the mtersectlOn Wlckmg LIbrary The pubhc bad," saId Ethndge. m the last five years," said IS mVlted to attend "The hght has been Fincham, "neIther mvolved repaIred," saId Fmcham. runnmg a red bght Both were "These hghts need to be recalI- rear end crashes of someone INSIDE A dog's life brated penodlcally" who had stopped at the lIght" The Groue Polnte News Opmion.. .. 6A is thriDed to offer, begin- POINTER-OF INTEREST Obituarzes llA ning this week, a new car. Autos. .. .. 12A toon feature, "Grosse Polnte Dogs." by longtime Schools . .. 14A residents. "Douo a: BettyYee Busmess .... 16A Mark," of the Park and Residence: Grosse Pomte Senwrs . .. .. 17A Woods, respectively. Woods Their cartoon strip Is Entertamment .... 6B Family: Two daughters, ezcl1Ullvelyfor and about Vanessa Kouloumbcns, Sports. lC Grone Pointe and its 21, and Stephame Class~fied ads. .. 6C many charming and Kouloumbens, 23 unique "quirks and Claim to fame: Named foibles." . Wayne State UnIversIty "Grosse Pointe Dogs" chapter of Phi Delta wtl1 appear eYery week OIl Kappa Educator of the our Op-!:d page, 7A. We Year, pnnclpal of Dart hope you enjoy the Elementary School III cleYer, witty. weD-drafted RoseVIlle secments as much as we Quote: "My philosophy 18 1mOW' do. P1eue let me that everyone 18 domg'the what you think at jmln.