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TODAY Hospitalized: A luckless driver was seriously injured following a crash Sunday at Cherry Hill and Lilley roads./A2

OPINION

Random violence: It can happen, even in "safe" communities like Canton./A14

In our mailbox: Readers write on a variety of issues. /A14

COMMUNITY LIFE

What a mom! Garden City resident Donna Mallard was treated to seven hours of pampering at a Northville salon after being selected as the win-ner of The Observer's recent A-May-Zing Mom contest. / B 1

AT HOME

Living with history: A laridmarked house in Ply-mouth is great for a fami-ly./D 6

ENTERTAINMENT

Theater; Heartiande The-atre Company features Mainstream," a new

comedy by David Mac-Gregor of Livonia at Playscape '99, a festival of new plays./EX

REAL ESTATE

Outstanding: American Institute of Architects honored Kenneth New-mann for his contribu-tions./F1

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District MEAP scores a mixed bag

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• dropped on t h e writ ing t | graders improved their

Scores for Plymouth-Canton f i f th-graders test but seventh-

_ read ing ski l ls on s tatewide e x a m s given last year. Other MEAP scores remained steady wi th 1998.

Fifth-graders scored 62.8 on the 1999 writing tests, compared to 87.1 percent last year.

"It was definitely a shock to us," said Verna Anible, the district's director of instruction. "We really don't have any explanation for it at this time. We've used the same instructional strategies all along."

Anible said she will be looking to the Michigan Department of Education for

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Plymouth-Canton school officials are puzzled as to why fifth-grade writ ing scores dropped dramatically in the lat-est MEAP results.

District-wide, the number of fifth-grade s t u d e n t s reaching the "profi-c ien t " level fell nea r ly 25 p e r c e n t .

answers. But, until then, Anible said ' she 's not too concerned, no t ing t h e s ta te average took a dip of near ly 9 percent. She l l also look at area dis-tricts to see if their scores also dropped significantly.

"Otherwise, we'll beSooking deeper in to ou r own p r o g r a m s to f i n d answers," she said.

Brad Wurfel , a spokesman for t h e Depa r tmen t of Education, said they will look into the scores, "but we have only numbers, and haven't had time to evaluate what they mean yet."

On the o ther side of the spectrum, seventh-grade reading scores jumped 10 percent.

"We have 9 program whereby all our language ar t s classes have s tuden t s r e a d core novels to he lp t h e m wi th reading," said Anible. "We also know tha t students comprehend novels dif-ferently than informational literature. So, we're teaching them how to gather tha t information, remember it and gift meaning from it. Perhaps the increase in scores is a result of our efforts." %

F o u r t h - g r a d e m a t h and r e a d i n g scores, as well as fifth-grade science scores, remained basically steady.

The same can be said for seventh-grade math, as well as eighth-grade

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Declaring their Independence: Amanda and Caitlin Ferry, 2 and 5, of Canton had curbside seats Sunday for the Good Morning USA Parade. For a story and more photos from the parade, which is sponsored by the Plymouth-Canton Jaycees, please turn to Page A3 m today s Observer.

Schools get bonus from state BY TONY BRUSCATO STAFF WRrrra tbruscatoGoe. homecomm.net

The Plymouth-Canton school district i s receiving $700,000 more in s t a t e funding than expected after the Michi-gan legislature voted to increase school aid funding.

John Birchler, the district's executive director of bus iness and operat ions, said the district was expecting a $190 per pupil increase in the state founda-tion grant. However, with the addi-tional $44 granted by the legislature, Plymouth-Canton schools will receive an increase of $234 per pupil in state funding for the coming school year.

The school district currently receives $5,986 per pupil from the state. The addi t ional money will ra i se t h a t to $6,220 per student. . 2

- "That cerfiiiftflyTs good news." said Birchler. "This year there was about $70 million more than originally pro-jected in the revenue dedicated to the state school aid fund. Next year there is expected to be $225 million more."

The $224 per pupil in the coming year means the district will get-approx-imately $3.8 million additional in state funding. Birchler is expecting to see an increase of $1"0 per pupil the next year, which will generate m6re than $2.7 million for tile district.

While Plymouth-Canton is get t ing more money, so are the other districts statewide. Which means the local dis« trict is still lagging behind others in

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For most people, exposure to Michi-gan's judicial system is limited to the district court.

Generally, that experience comes in the form of paying a traffic ticket. But not always

" J o s h u a , " whose rea l n a m e was changed to protect his identity, recent-ly pled guilty to a single count of hosting an open house party at 35th District Court in Plymouth.

The misdemeanor charge car-p>umhlf ft hp and/ far

Legal system a mystery to most - even for repeat offenders

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90 days in ja i l . J o shua avoided jai l time, however, and received probation, court costs *nd a six-day work detail picking up road litter. . was nervous," 19-year-old Joshua •a id of appea r ing in f ron t of J u d g e Ronald Lowe. "I was wa i t ing to see wha t he would say. I was anxious to find out what would happen."

What was it like to be in Joshua ' s shoes? To answer t ha t quest ion, the

Observer tracked his case as it went through the district court on May 11.

According to Greg Demopoulos, a Livonia attorney who acts as the dis-trict court's public defender on misde-meanor cases , J o s h u a is typical of clients he works with: Joshua's under 30 and doesn ' t unde r s t and how the court works.

"It's my job to make sure that all my c l i en t s get t r e a t e d f a i r ly , " sa id

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. . • • • —-he was a l r e a d y on probat ion for an open house party charge He was cited on Christmas Day of l ^ t year when a neighbor ealled Canton Police about noise from a party in Joshua's apart-ment.

Two identical rhisdemeanor charges came in quick order for parties on Jan 10 and 23 of this year.

"We were trying to live the college life w i thou t going to college." said J o s h u a , who s h a r e d the a p a r t m e n t with three roommates before moving back home to Livonia

He said Can ton Police warned them about holding parties at the apartment several t imes before issuing the first citation in December

"We puahed the limit too far." said Joshua, who added that it was his fimt t ime on his own. "to see how far we could get with it."

Walking into the district courthouse, which si ts a t the comer of Haggerty and Plymouth roads, the teenager was apprehensive. He had mixed feelings about how thing* would work out

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Return visit: Defendant "Joshua" makes his guilty plea to a charge of hosting an open house party in front of-Judge Ronald Lowe at 35th District Court in Plymouth

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don't think I'll be punished too bad." said Joshua "I don't know what the outcome will be. If the judge doesn't want to be nice, he could put me in jail for 90 daya."

Joshua conferred with Demopoulos before 9 a m They.worked out a strate-gy to-get the Jan 10 open house party chargedropped in exchange for a guilty plea on the Jan 23 count.

" J o s h u a w a s n ' t even at h o m e . " Demopoulos said of the J a n 10 inci-dent

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By 9:15 a m the attorney met with the county prosecutor for negotiations. Minutes later. "Joshua went in front <Jf Lowe

Demopoulos explained the agree" ment with the judge as Joshua lookfti on

"That's what you want to do." Lowir asked the teen, who"answered with « soft "yes "

"I'll accept your plea." Lowe said. The encounter lasted less than 10

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The Observer A Eccentric/ THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1999

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Injured man charged with reckless driving

A 2 4 - y e a r - o l d W e s t l a n d m a n was reported Wednesday in criti-cal condition at The University of M i c h i g a n H o s p i t a l f r o m injuries he suffered in a two-cat-collision he caused Sunday in Canton.

The five female occupants of the car he hi t a t the l i l ley and Cherry Hill Roads intersection e scaped w i t h m i n o r i n j u r i e s , Canton police said..

The man, reportedly traveling at a h igh r a t e of speed nor th-bound on Lil ley, was cha rged with reckless dr iv ing a f t e r he ran a red light and hit the west-bound car driven by a 36-year-old Canton woman.

The man's car went 60 feet off the road after the impact, police said.

Police said seatbelts were the reason the woman, her children ages 7, 10 and 13 "and a 13-yeair-old G a r d e n Ci ty girl e scaped serious injury. One girl had a cut on the head, but the only other ipjuries apparently were a sore

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back and sore leg. All were taken' by the Canton

f i r e d e p a r t m e n t to A n n a p o l i s Hosp i t a l , w i th t h e m a n t h e n reportedly being t ransported by helicopter to Ann Arbor.

The woman ' s v e h i c l e h a d en t e r ed the i n t e r s ec t i on on a green light when it was struck.

Police, who are still investigat-ing t h e accident , s a id alcohol w a s n ' t a fac tor a n d t h a t t h e Westland man has a good driv-ing record.

Eavesdropping A 34-year-old D e a r b o r n

Heights man was charged Fri-day with eavesdropping at the Target Store on Ford Road af ter he a l legedly p h o t o g r a p h e d a Canton woman changing clothes in a dressing room.

woman, 24, told Canton she heard a shut ter click-

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ing and looked up to see the man with a camera pointed at .her.

The m a n j u m p e d down and ran out of the dressing room but w a s s t o p p e d by two T a r g e t employees ai^d t u rned over to store security, who called police.

Tires slashed All four tires on a 1992 white

Ford P robe were s l a shed and t h r ee of i t s windows smashed early Friday morning in an inci-den t t h a t may be re la ted to a romance gone sour.

Police said a res ident of the 42200 block of Trent Drive told them he hea rd a noise around 4:15 a.m., found his car damaged and saw a pickup truck like the one driven by his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend heading away.

The man told police he earlier had received t h r ea t en ing calls from the couple.

Tire damage was estimated at $400, that to the windows $500. Police are investigating.

Plymouth-Canton Community School* MEAP results A two-year comparison of the percentage of students with satisfactory scores between Plymouth-Canton students and statewide.

Math 44k

1998 . . 1999 Sttffade 491

P-C 80.1 78.4 tp* state 74.1 71.7 state

7th grade 8th grade P-C 72.8 76 P-C state " 61.4

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Old grade 7th grade .P-C P-C . 58.2 66 state state 48.8 53

Science 1998 1999

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Everybody loves a parade, and Sunday, July 4 in Plymouth was no exception.

The a n n u a l P l y m o u t h Good Morn ing USA P a r a d e was viewed by an es t imated 12,000 spectators, despi te a 7:30 a.m. start which makes it the earliest F o u r t h of J u l y p a r a d e in the state.

"It was really hard getting up so early," said Nicholas Vipper-man, 7, of Can ten. "I liked the big ba l loons , t h e y were my favorite."

"I liked the men with the suit-cases," said Jessica Thoe, 7, of Plymouth Township , unaware that the organizer of the parade is Fred Hill, t h e leader of the Briefcase Drill Team.

Jess ica ' s mom. Karen Thoe, said this year's parade outshined last year's spectacle.

"We came l a s t y e a r for t h e first time, and it was even bet-ter this year," she said. There ' s a good mix of f loats and bands and balloons. It's a pretty good parade "

Jack Wilcox, 82, of Plymouth

k n o w s al l a b o u t the p a r a d e He's been around for all of the nearly 50 Fourth of July festivi-ties. including organizing a few himself. He said the early start for t h e p a r a d e , begun a few years ago, was a good move.

"It's cooler in the morning, and everyone still has time to go to hol iday picnics ." said Wilcox, who was on his way to sit in the C r e a t u r e B l e a c h e r s e c t i o n . "Fred does a good job with the parade. He's very innovative."

Hill promised it would begin at 7.30 a.m., and it did.

The F - I 6 fighter j e t s d idn ' t s tar t the parade as planned, as t hey b a c k e d out b e c a u s e t h e start was too early for them.

One of three skydivers waving an A m e r i c a n f lag l a n d e d on Main Street near City Ha l l The other two were blown off course by the wind and landed some-where out of the city limits.

Ten minutes later there was a not-so-surpr is ing late en t ry to the parade. f<\ CSX" train divided the entries.

"No problem, we always plan for some th ing like th is ." sa id Hill as he barked on his walkie-talkie for the parade to remain in place until the train passed.

Ten minutes later everything was back to normal.

"Keep i t moving," Hill s c r e a m e d t h r o u g h his mega-phone. "Let's keep a 40-foot dis-tance between entries."

The parade marchers were as relaxed as the spectators while waiting for their turn. '

"We love thiB parade because | t h a s a rea l hometown feel," said Mark Logsdon of Sterling Heigh ts , a member of the 1st M i c h i g a n Colonia l Fi fe and Drum Corps . "This is what a parade is all about."

F o r m e r P l y m o u t h r e s i d e n t Keith Miller, bet ter known as Poppy the Clown, has participat-ed in t h e p a r a d e for seve ra l years with Clowns Around Red-ford.

"The kids are the most fun, but we do have lots of fun with the adults, too," said Miller, car-r y i n g his bag of gags. "The toughest part is getting everyone to say 'good morning* at such an early hour."

After the parade, an estimated 800 people stayed for a Sunday service in Kellogg Park by the Solid Rock Bible Church in Ply-mouth.

Did you k n o w ? Each year t he r e are more

ally? • The running of the bulla in

Pamplona , S p a i n t akes place Ju ly 7 -14 7 Th i s e v e n t made famous by Hemingway is where young men r u n t h r o u g h t h e s t r ee t s of P a m p l o n a ahead of bulls from the bull ring

• The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was by Colonel John Nixon on July 8, 1776?

• There is still time to sign up for the S u m m e r Reading Pro-grams in the Youth and Adult D e p a r t m e n t s " ' S top by t h e library for more mformation

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• "A Clear ing in the Dis tance" by Witold Rvbczynski

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Great Seal? A Michigan's Great Seal was

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" I ' ve been d o i n g m a g i c

since third grade at Bird Ele-m e n t a r y , and s ta r ted to get p a i d fo r i t in s ix th g rade , " s a i d L a i b l e of h i s e a r l y career. "1 did some acting in high school. I never got good p a r t s . B u t , I was a s m a r t a s s , t h e c l a s s c lown. My teacher said Td never make it in show business."

La ib le le f t home wi th h i s friend, Tim Meadows of High-

land Park, who is now a regu-lar on Saturday Night Live.

Laible recently returned to Canton High School to work w i t h Lane S a b o u r i n ' s advanced acting class.

"I wan t to t e a c h t h e m to-h a v e fun , do t h e scene for each other and don ' t worry a b o u t t h e a u d i e n c e , " sa id Laible. T h e rest will come."

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Wayne-Westland officials promise improvement B r JULIE BROWN

There were some highs and lows in t h i s year ' s Michigan Educat iona l Assessment pro-gram results, and Wayne-West-land educators vow to improve.

"There a r e some a r e a s we

Barresi , assis tant superinten-dent for Instruction fm Wayne-Westland Community Schools. He cited fourth-grade reading as an improved area.

"We saw some real growth in seventh-grade reading as well," Barresi said. Statewide, writing resul ts on the test have been

growth," said Sam—rinwn 'Our writing h alfin Hnwn

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and we are looking at that." Fifth-grade writing has 39.9

percent locally proficient th is year, down from last year's 64.3 and below the state level of 54.8 for this year. The drop occurred statewide, with 54.8 percent pro-ficient this year as compared to 64.3 percent last year.

• Fourth- and seventh-graders were tested on math and reading skills. Fifth- and eighth-graders were tested on science and writ-ing. Barresi and other educators have some questions about the test, which is developed by the

state Department of Education itUje.'ri help.

Both Barresi and Greg Baracy, Wayne-Westland super inten-dent, noted that 58 percent of students tested just below the top level in fifth-grade writing. That raises questions about the teaching process for writing.

"We take the MEAP results very seriously. Overall, 1 would continue to say we are making progress," Bar res i sa id . "We would like our scores to be high-er."

Baracy, the superintendent, has mixed feelings about the MEAP. "No. 1, we have some areas where we have shown sig-nificant improvement," he said.

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"Overall, we are' seeing contin-ued improvement in our scores, but we're still not to the point wy want to be."

A new science curriculum, new textbooks and curriculum ftioni-toring are essential, the superin-tendent said. "You can't change them overnight, that 's the bot-tom line," he said of test results.

Baracy and Ba r r e s i agree there's some pressure on educa-tors to gene ra te good teBt r e su l t s . "We've been playing catch up in some respects ," Baracy said.

Barresi believes in the MEAP. "provided it's used correctly." It's a tool to evaluate curriculum, "It is an evolving process so it does take time," Barresi said. Baracy noted there are other measures of student achievement, such as grades.

One local example of change is a hands-on elementary science cur r icu lum p lanned for th is year, following a pilot program the previous year. "The children will have an oppor tun i ty to explore t h i s inquiry-based

approach," Barresi said. The math curriculum is also being

j vised. "We're continuing to move for-

ward," Barresi said. Both as a district and building by building, educators a re looking at tes t results "to better prepare our children not only for the MEAP test but as contributing mem-bers of soticly." Dmacy noted that Adams Middle School did particularly well on the MEAJ?.

Both educators emphasized tha t pa ren t s have a lot to do with chi ldren ' s success. "Parental support is one of the s t rongest factors in s tudents achieving success in school," Baracy said. He and Barresi also encourage parents to read to children r ight from the s tar t , take them to libraries, museums and other places, help them get a good night's sleep, help with homework and get involved in school activities.

Even •diking to children while fixing dinner is a help, Barresi said. "It helps their language development."

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the area, which has been Ply-mouth-Canton's main argument to the s t a t e in ou t l in ing inequities in the present sys-tem.

Birchler is quick to point out that while the amount of money appears large, it's only a small portion of the nearly $109 mil-lion budget. He notes salary-related costs are approximately

$70 million, with a 3 or 4 per-cent increase each year.

"Salaries and the cost of doing business go up by millions of dol-lars each year.'' said Birehlor.

Much of the new money will go to the general fund as the district continues to build its fund balance to open an elemen-tary school in 2001 and a third high school in 2002.

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The Observer A Eccentric! THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1999 •AT

Schoolcraft Board 'adjusts' McDowell's salary again BY K E N ABRAMCZYK STAFF WRITER

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Just a month after approving a salary increase for the School-craft College president, trustees there have again increased his salary, to $120,000, to make the position more competitive with other colleges. —

Trustees voted 5-0 on June 23 to increase College President Richard McDowell's pay. In May, McDowell received a contract extension through 2002 and a pay raise for the 1999-2000 fiscal year of 3.25 percent, the same raise the college's four unions received for this year.

That placed his sa lary at $114,066.

Trustee Greg Stempien, who chaired a committee to examine the president 's salary, recom-mended to the board on June 23

"This it not a merit increase, but an actyustmant.'

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that McDowell's salary should be increased to $120,000 or about 5.2percent.

"We felt the compensation was wholly inadequate," Stempien said. He suggested a base salary be established for the president at $120,000 with a review every six months.

"This is not a merit increase, but an adjustment," Stempien said.

That recommendat ion was approved by a 5-0 vote, support-ed by Stempien, Brian Broder-ick, Dick DeVries, Mary Strom and Patricia Watson. Trustees Mary Breen and Steve Ragan were absent.

S tempien Baid he saw tha t Washtenaw Community College officials were offering $127,000 to its president to start. Stempi-en believed that salary may have increased as high as $137,000, but Washtenaw officials could not be reached to confirm these figures.

"I was the one ^rho raised the question of what do we do if Dick quit," Stempien said. "We would have to hire someone and give them president's compensation, but you will have to pay them more than Dick.

"I th ink he's an excellent administrator, and if he had a bad staff, he would get criticism

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from me, too. Now if we had a new president , we would pay

im more, who is an unknown quantity, than someone who's been here, who is a proven quan-tity."

A check with other community colleges of salaries for the 1999-2000 fiscal year confirmed Stem-pien't assessment That McDowoTT Was earning less than other com-munity college leaders. The pres-ident at Henry Ford Community College will earn $120,126, while the president at Lansing Com-munity College was recently hired at $124,000.

Macomb Community College's president earns $138,900. The chancellor at Oakland Commu-nity College — home to 24,455 credited students on five cam-puses last year — received a pay raise effective July 1 to place him at $133,000.

Stempien was asked why this salary increase was not present-ed to the board in May during McDowell's evaluation, which also was completed a few weeks before the district's board elec-tion. Schoolcraft trustees gave McDowell high marks again for his job for the 1998-99 school year, s ta t ing that he exhibits "strong financial, marketing and planning skills."

In the district's board election on June 14, Stempien and Wat-son ran and won election to their respective seats.

"This additional information from Washtenaw came up, and some other members of the board felt it would appear that the board was giving Dick merit pay of t h i s amount," Stempien said, referring to the 3.25 per-cent increase, so trustees decided to increase his salary again.

H Schoolcraft president: Richard McDowell

State issues grants to clean up dangerous abandoned tires B r MIKE MALOTT HOMETOWN NEWS SERVICE

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There are an estimated 20 to 30 million old scrap tires "on the

illdr' al pi i'nt tin uu^l gtuunu'1' at pie^-nt llimunlmut Michigan

Piled up in junk yards, they're a fire hazard They can be a health hazard too, according to Kyle Cruse, coordinator of the Scrap Tire Regulatory Program in the s t a t e ' s Department of Environmental Quality. Because old tires t rap and hold water.

creat ing a good place for mosquitos to breed, they can pro-duce those biting insects in num-bers 4,000 times greater than a natural environment.

At the rate the state has been getting those tire piles cleaned up, it may take 4U to DU years lo get the job done.

But si tes in Oak land and Wayne counties are next on the list. The state issued grants in June to owners of 11 scrap tire collection sites across the state to pick up and reprocess old t ires. The $828,000 in grant money is expected to clean up

some 700,000 tires statewide. Harold Rayberg, owner of land

on Pontiac Trail in Walled Lake, once the site of Farmington Auto Parts, received a $74,550 grant to pay for the removal of 50,000 car tires, 1,000 truck tires and 12.000 'fiHia. Actufdiug to the terms of the grant, Rayberg will be reimbursed for the costs of removal when the state receives verification, that reprocessing companies have turned those tires into new products.

The grants are made available under Par t 169 of Michigan's Environmental Protectibn Act.

The grants are available for sites where tires accumulated prior to 1991 or where tir.es have been abandoned. The program is funded through a 50 cent fee tacked on to the cost of vehicle title transfers, Cruse explained.

—Half the money goes to clean up

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The act gives priority to collec-tion sites near schools and resi-dential areas. The Walled Lake site meets both criteria. Cruse

Detroit will get a $11,552 grant to clean up tire piles on vacant lots throughout the city. Cruse explained that grant is part of an ongoing program in the city to remove abandoned tires.

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Car raffle benefits 2 causes ™*t

Cancer research and historic preservation will benefit from a special raffle sponsored by the Mid-Lakes Mercury Owners Inc. ; A new 1999 Mercury Cougar donated by Lincoln Mercury will be raffled Sunday, Aug. 22, at a "Salute to F.rinel Fnrd and 60 Years of Mercury" show on the. grounds of t h e Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores. Proceeds from the baffle will benefit the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

-and -the Piquette Plant Preserva-tion Project (to save and restore the birthplace of the Model T). ] Ron and Nina Wiswell of Can-ton Township Are coordinating the show, which takes'place the day after the Woodward Dream Cruise. Both events are expected to attract car enthusiasts from throughout the Midwest.

• Ron is director of Mid-Lakes Mercury Owners and Nina Serves as secretary of the elub and show director. • The Wiswells are the original owners of a 1976 Cougar XR7 and a 1960 Mercury Monterey. ; Ron's love affair with cars has been lifelong.

"My husband has been a car enthusiast since he's been a little kid and when you live with someone who loves cars and you go to car clubs and shows ... well the influence just kind of wears off on you," said Nina. ; Raffle t i cke t s for the new Cougar are $50 and available by calling Mid-Lakes Mercury Own-

' ers at (734) 981-6462. The draw-ing will take place at 2 p.m. A limit of 3,000 tickets will be sold. Other prizes include $1,000, sec-ond place; $500, third place; $250-, four th place and $250 fifth place.

The show is planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22. Admission is $5 per person. Chil-dren 15 and under are free when accompanied by an adult.

The show will salute Edsel Ford, originator of the Mercury. From its inception in 1939, the Mercury had a strong image with its standard 95-horsepower, V-8 engine. The 1939 Mercury had several trend-setting fea-tures - lockable ignition and s teer ing column, two-spoke steering wheel, taillight with side markers and others.

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TIPPING THE SCALES

DISTRICT COURT Growing caseloads a problem B y t o n y B s u s c a t o State Wrjtkh ^

The workload for d i s t r i c t courts throughout Wayne and Oakland counties is ris-

ing, wi th most a t a s izable increase. Tougher police enforce-ment and changes by the Michi-gan L e g i s l a t u r e a re largely responsible, judges and court adzainistrators^ay.

The courts are coping as best they can to operate within the budgets given them by the com-muitities they serve.

District courts were developed to handle criminal misdemeanor cases, traffic infractions, prelim-inary hearings for criminal cases and smal l claims in the local communities.

Western Wayne County has some of t h e busies t d i s t r i c t courts in the region, with the 18th District Court in Westland and 35th District Court in Ply-mouth two of the most notable, as is 47 th Dis t r ic t Cour t in Farmington Hills. All three are in line to add a third judge, if legislation is passed and then signed by the governor.

"Our caseload is about 43,000 a year," said 35th District Court Chief Judge John MacDonald. -"We have an increased caseload, but not enough resources to take care of it." _

The court handles cases for five communities: the cities of Plymouth and Northville; and P lymou th , Canton and Northville townships.

MacDonald said the State of Michigan, which governs the courts, expects judges to handle an average 13,000 cases a year.

The Plymouth court, which has tried for years to secure a third judge , technical ly hand les 21,600 cases per judge.

However, Plymouth court offi-clals several days a week to help with the heavier caseload. H a t ' s not unusual for many of the busier courts in -order to keep up with the demands.

"Otherwise the docket would suffer and the defendants would suffer," added MaeDonald. "We can't do the job of moving cases along without another judge."

David Wiacek, court adminis-trator for Westland's 18th Dis-trict Court, said from 1997 to 1998 his court increased i ts docket by 8,000 cases.

"We're s t rugg l ing to keep up," said Wiacek. "We could use additional help."

However, Wiacek isn't going to get the help he needs soon, for a good reason.

"We have no place left in this building to put another employ-ee," added Wiacek. "The city council has tentatively approved a building addition in its pro-posed budget. Well have to wait and see."

And just like his counterparts, Judge Richard Hammer in Gar-den City's 21st District Court, agrees the workload is getting tougher to handle.

"The number of cases are up. This is the heaviest volume of cases since I've been here," said Hammer. Tve budgeted for one more staff person, but I don't have the space to put that per-son."

Despite the fact that caseloads

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R E G I O N

in most cour t s a re up while staffing levels haven't kept pace, most judges and court adminis-t rators like the idea that they have a voice in keeping their

safe. "Many communit ies take a

s t a t e law and make it into a local ordinance for more control," said Ron Lowe, 35th District Cour t j udge in P lymouth . "Police officers and local commu-ni t i es feel t h a t keeping the offense at the district court level will get more serious treatment than if it's thrown into the chaos in Detroit courts. Many of our cases would get lost compared to the type of crimes committed in Detroit."

For instance, anyone caught with more than a thousand dollars of stolen goods could find them-selves being t r ied in

Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit.

However, it's no secret to most court officials that many times police will lower charges in order to be able to supervise a case locally. For example, when it comes to t h e f t , many t imes authorit ies will charge a thief with stolen goods under $1,000/ despite the fact he may have stolen several television seta, a couple of computers and an en t i r e collection of compact discs.

"We have people being charged with misdemeanors who could have been charged with a felony," said Joe Mysliwiec, a 15-year court administrator at Livo-nia's 16th District Court. "Ifs a way for us to have more control over justice, like making sure

there is restitution." West land judge Gai l McK-

n igh t credi ts an aggress ive police department for respond-ing to the needs of the communi-

ty^ _

"Drunk driving cases were up by 300 because of the mayor, council and police department recognized a problem,* said McKnight . "We also t a k e domestic violence cases serious-ly, and the n u m b e r of those cases is up dramatically."

McKnight also points to the state legislature for an increase in work for her court and the availability for police officers to issue a multi-count tisket.

It used to be if a police officer wanted to cite a driver for three violat ions, the off icer had to, wr i te three sepa ra t e t ickets . Many times the officer would let the motorist off with only one or two tickets.

"However, officers a re now able to write multi-count tickets which means less work for the officer, but more work for the court ," said McKnight "And t h e r e are always increased demands by the state legislature for us to do ©ore*

Every court administrator and judge will agree with that .

T h e changes from the legisla-ture can boggle your mind," said Mysliwiec. "The state just tells the courts to implement changes without adding resources or staff training."

Mysliwiec said when he first began working in the courts 22 years ago, he saw one change a year.

"Now we see changes every six months," he added. "It impacts

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us and the way we do business." That's the same in Farming-

ton Hills, where 47th District Cour t Adminis t ra tor David Walsh said while the caseload is slightly down, new state limits on lawsuits are on the rise.

The mfttimiim limit for filing lawsui ts in district court has risen from $10,000 to $25,000, which has increased filings in 47th Dis t r ic t Court by 1.400 cases.

These type of cases tend to -be judge- and clerk-intensive," said Walsh. "And they tend to have the largest impact on the court system and for longer periods of time. While traffic tickets stay in the system about 90 days, lawsui t cases stay pending longer."

Wayne County district courts have not seen the types of increases in civil lawsuits as have those in Oakland County.

T h e increase has been huge for us. I think i f s the largest in the state*" added Wal sh . "I think it's happening in « r e a s where there is a lot of business ... cases that have to do with contracts."

On the other hand, criminal statistics for 47th District Court have remained stagnant for the past few years And traffic tick-

T h e state police are writing about 25 percent fewer tickets on the freeways, so our count is down substantially," said Walsh.

Traffic t ickets a re keeping 17th District Court in Redford Township busy.

"We're getting more requests for hearings on traffic tickets these days," said court adminis-trator Judy Timpner. "I guess everyone wants t he i r day in court."

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Fine print: Where you speed, what you pay B Y LARRY O ' C O N N O R S t a f f writkr •

When crossing the city limit from Redford or Livonia into Farmington Hills, leadfoot dri-vers feel $30 more weight on their wallet.

At Farmington's 47th District Court, speeding fines for 1-10 miles an hour over the posted limit on surface streets are $110. In Livonia and Redford, the same ticket is a relative bargain at $70-$80.

The bluelight special on speed-

ing tickets goes to Garden City's 21s t Dis t r i c t Court , fchich charges $55 for 1-5 mph over and $65 for 6-10 mph. over.

Why such a disparity? Three years ago, Farm-

ington ' s 47th Distr ict*1

Court officials did a cost analysis in t e rms of court , police and prosecutor time and resources spent with each ticket written. Court officials put the tab at $167.

As a r e su l t , court off ic ials increased fines from $75 to $110

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for a t icket 1-10 mph over. Farmington's court is one of the few statewide to do such a cost

analysis.

"It's based on our belief that rather than taxpay-ers paying the costs, it's more p r u d e n t to have

those who commit the violations pay more of the coats associated with thi^." said David Walsh, 47th District Court administra-tor.

In the Farmington area, traffic violations decreased from 27,607 in 1997 to 25,589 in "98. Part of

the reason: Michigan S t a t e Police wfote only 2,575 traffic infractions in '98 compared to 3,340 in 1997.

However, the number of peo-ple fighting tickets has shot up, Walsh said. He doesn't have "sci-entific proof higher fines is the reason why but suspects they play a role.

"We def ini te ly have more hearings," he said.

A sum of $24 on every ticket wr i t ten - regardless of the municipality - goes directly to the state.

• In the Farmington area, traffic violations decreased from 27,607 in 1997 to 25,589 in '98. Part of the reason: Michigan State Police wrote only 2,575 traffic Infractions in '98 com-pared to 3,340 In 1997.

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JUDGE PROFILES

Nana: Ju Ige Robert B. Brzeztn$*i AflK 62 talary- $113,192 state salary

$4,573 longevity pay from local court budget

Yean an tfca banc*: 17 Cdwt t t o n : University of Notre Dame, University of Michigan Law School I l i hO ln : gotf and fishing I chose the law tor a»y earner becaaee: The drama of a walWried lawsuit always intrigued me. ' < .

Justice I k Simply abiding by the Golden Rule - treat everyone as you would want to be treated regardtesa of race, national origin or reOgion.

17th District Court, Rsdfortf Township Judge Karen S. Khalit

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r- $113,192 state salary

Education: Albion College. BA Degree. 1985: University of Detroit School of Law. JO Degree, 1968: National Judicial College I I i i M I i i Cooking, gardening, walking and spending time with mf family

Judge KatNeen J. McCann

49 e $ l l 3 . 1 9 2 state salary

$915 longevity pay from local court budget

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Public service is one of life's highest call-j mgs and I hwe chosen to serve my com-

munity as a representative of the legal pro-fession. I have found my role as judge and

' public servant to be both challenging and j highly rewarding.

Justice la: A guiding principle upon which our society Is established, it enables us as a nation to function in an orderly manner.. guaranteeing equality and freedom tor all our citizens. As a judge. I must guarantee the administration of justice based on the rule of law which governs us. This is a

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_ _ : Livonia Stevenkon High School; Hiftadale College. BA Degree with majors m English and history, minor •n education; Detroit College of Law. JO Degree. 1976 l l i M l i i Reading, gardening, skiing, travel I etwee the law tor a * career > i t •»11: At Its best. It is a profession where the wrongs of society can be righted. While the law to not always eucceeeM, each aooonQMvnant toward that goal is M-flsing. and I Und It to be an honorable ourauft.

i to: That truth which endeavors to _ . 9 o long aa the truth to

the object of justice, and impartiality the virtue of jwet ice. then chaos, toer and

18th District Court. Westland

: Judge C. Charles Bokos e 60

: $113,192 state salary YMCS on the bench: 7 Education: Redford High School. Detroit, 1955: Wayne State Unfcersity. BA Degree. 1961; Wayne State University School of Law. bachelor of law and JD Degree. 1964 Hobbles: Golf, enjoying grandchildren, good Conversation and good cigars. I chose the tow tor my career because: I started out In college in a pre-dentistry curriculum. I soon found out that science classes were not for me and switched to law because I could not think of any-thing else to do. It turned out to be the right decision Justice to: Access to the courts for all persons and a fair and evervhanded enforcement of the law.

Judge GaiTN. McKnight

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ec Judge Cheriotte L Wirth 47

r $113,192 state salary sworn in Apni 1999

Redton) Union High School: „ Wayne State University. BA Degree: Michi-gan State University. BA Degree: Wayne 9tate University School of Law. JO Degree NsOMaa: Reading, boating, volunteer work In the community and schools I etwee toe tow tor aw career to • i a i I love the concept and study of Ism both m theory and in Its practical application toward aoMng real paoplea problems. Law waa nat conwdsrsd a Mkely cereer tor women whan l wsa young and I never even tho*«ht of It as a possibility un i i thsend of college. I found my business law classes in college estremeiy interesting and I had always sr*oyedr*story and gAwmmert. JMttos IK The accurate and efficient

* - ' • i •« --* - mji Ans isri i ^a adn>nt« ration aoacxao laws

r. $113,192'state salary Yearn ea the bench: District court judge • since 1985. juvenile court referee. 1981-1984. Ideeetton: University bf Detroit. BA Degree m journalism. 1967; Wayne State University, JO Degree. 1976 t — • • - aa a,rtr h 11 fta m n it arrival Ifirt i j omaa. My granacnikjren. gardening and volunteer activities at the YMCA. Youth Assistance Program. Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers and the United Irish Societies I etwee tbe tow tor aw aareer beeaweee

JUDGE PROFILE 21st District Court.

Cardan City

i: Judge Richard Hammer

A«s: 48

Salary: $113,192 state salary

Years on ths bench: 10 Education: University of Detroit. BA Degree 1972: University of Detroit. JD Degree.

1975 Hobbtoe: Active in a number of church, com-munity and civic organi-zations. including Gar-den City Kiwanis and Garden City Chamber of Commerce: has served as a member of the board of directors of First Step, a domestic violence and sexual asseuft shefter in west

.etn Wavne County.

Juobe Lowe jumc MacOonud

JUDGE PROFILES

35th District Court, Plymouth |lncMJesert>*» ol Plymouth and Norttwlle Plymouth. Cantor} and HorthvHM !own«f*OJi r. Judge Ron Lowe

AGE: 4 3

Salary: $113 ,192 state salary $566 longevity pay from local court budget

Years MI the bench: 4 1 / 2 Education: Plymouth Salem High School. 1974; Hillsdale College. 1978: Thomas M. Cooley Law School; 1982; continuing education through classes at the Nation-al Judicial College.

Hobble*: Storytelling, reading. Harley Davidson motorcycles and woodcarving I chose the tow tor my career because: First and foremost I was strongly influ-enced by my father, an attorney, and my Sunday school teacher. Judge Dunbar Oavis. They Instated in me an under standing and appreciation of the law. Secondly. It was an effective career to combine my talents with my desire to help others. * "

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JUDGE PROFILES 47th District Court Farmington Mitts

< ireiudw c<ti«s of Farmmjlon and farmington Htlrti

Heme: Judge Frederick L. Harris Age: 6 9

Salary: $113,192 state salary $1,828.96 longevity pay from local court budget

Years om ths bench: 10

Education: Michigan State University. BA Degree. 1952; Wayne State Urwversi ty, JD Oegtoe. 1963; graduate/judicial studiesniajional Judicial College (Urn varsity of Nevada-Reno). Harvard Untver sity Law School. University of Virginia Hobbles: Grandchildren, golf, photogra phy. music, reading

I chose the law tor ny career becaaee: I was inspired by my best friend to pursue the profession.

Justice Is: The constant perpetual wish to render everyone their due

Prior to after you determine the facts and apply the law.

appointment and quent election as dls-

tus. race, religion or gander

Bsooming a lawyer was a later-avM decision it is an excellent profeaaion where I have a deity opportunity to mefce lONtoant decisions, and hapafclty to make a (Mtorence in the Rves of the mdhriduals I deal with, and tofUMI my mponeibiii-t ies to the citizens of westland JssB c i to: Ths faK treatment of sHcfti-reno irrespective of the status, race and religion. It to the making of impartial decisions in s timely, fair and respectful manner, ft m making certain that an staff who carries out ths court'sordars treat alt in the same manner Ultimately. I t ' means Chat the community of the judge wl« be abetter end safer place to live and work.

trict judge. essistant attorney gen-eral tor the State of Michigan; a staff attor-ney tor the Wayne Coun-ty Circuit Court and an account executive for Merrift Lynch. Pierce. Former £ Smith.

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l Judge John E. MecDonald : 65

r. $113 ,192 state salary $6,805 longevity pay from local court budget Veers on ths bench: 14 1 / 2 years tducstion: Attended University of Mictv gan; Wayne State Uniyersity Law School

; Gardening '

c Judge Maria E. Parker 4

$457.24 longevity pay from local court budget

on ths bsnch: « 1/2 •: University of Mtchigsn. BA

Degree. Wayne State University Law School, JD Degree.

»: Family end community activi

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toft I could best serve my fellow man by resolving issues between people.

Justice to; Very importer* to our democ relic society. Those m chsrgs of dlspena mg justice have s serious burden to treat ail individuals fawty and juatly.

Law is a field that provides ooponunties to make an impact on the lives of mdhr»o uals. the community end society as a whole

luetic » is: Fsimess.

The Observer A Eccentric/ THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1999 ( C P ) A 1 1

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If a case s t a r t a t h e r e , i t ' s more likely to stay there under new court guidelines.

In January, property crimes involving up to $1,000 w e n t from being felonies - handled by county circuit cour ts - to misdemeanors . Those eases , including probation, fines and mountainous paperwork, remain in district courts.

Before , a person charged with proper ty crimes such as shoplift-ing and t h e f t t h a t involved more than $100 was arraigned in district court. From there, his case went onto the county cir-cuit court in Detroit or Pontiac.

Court observers don't see the change as a caseload shift but simply keeping up with infla-tion. The standard hadn't -been changed in more than 20 years.

So far, district court caseloads haven't increased substantially, administrators say. Others pre-

dict the ful l e f fec t won ' t be known for at least a year.

"Everybody was s ay ing caseloads would j u m p .. . . I haven' t seen it," said Joseph Mysliwiec, Livonia 16th District Court administrator.

One reason is authorities try to charge breaking and enter-ing, vandalism and shoplifting

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than sending those cases on to circuit court.

Those cases might not receive the same atten-tion t h e r e , w h e r e a s locally every case gets

scrutinized tq its fullest," said David Wiacek, Westland 18th District Court administrator.

In Wayne Coun ty Ci rcu i t Court (now merged with the for-mer Detroit Recorders Court), judges sentence defendants for serious felonies involving rape, robbery or murder.

"All of a sudden t he r e is a shopl i f ter who stole $101 in merchandise before him," said Ray Walsh, Wayne Coun ty

• So far, district court caseloads haven't Increased substantial-ly, administrators say.

deputy chief prosecutor. "You're probably not going to do as well wi th t h e j u d g e ' s pe rcep t ion because of the lower category of" crime.

"If we're trying to fashion a remedy, I'd prefer to keep it before the local judge."

At the d i s t r i c t cour t level, cases are likely to move swiftly.

Farmington Hills detective M a t t Koehn h a n d l e s re ta i l fraud cases. In one week alone, he had three people plead guilty before a local judge.

Before , those d e f e n d a n t s would've automatically had to plead not guilty and have their cases bound over to circuit court after a preliminary exam.

"I think it cuts down on the amount of time we're in court," Koehn said. "You can arraign

them and then they can plead guilty."

Wi tnesses , a t t o r n e y s and even defendants don't have to drive to Detroit or Pontiac for a circuit court proceeding.

In s t ead t h e local cour t is absorbing most of the work. H e r e ' s a typical case: • On Mare* 23: Police arrested Farmington Hiils girl, 17, for retail f raud III a f t e r she put jewelry in her purse and tried to leave Kohl 'a. T o t a l value of items taken waa $127. She waa booked and posted bond. B On April 7: Prosecutor Sydney Smith authorized a 93-day mis-demeanor w a r r a n t for the defendant on a charge of retail fraud III.

B On the same day. The defen-dant pleaded guilty before Mag-istrate James Brady. Under the old guidelines, she would've had to enter a not guilty plea and receive a preliminary examina-tion date. The magistrate held her plea in abeyance pending a

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sentencing date before Judge Fred Harris. She was referred to the 47th District Court's Pro-bation Depar tment for a pre-aentence investigation. Brady continued her $200 cash bond. The misdemeanor carries a 93-day or $500 fine or three t i m e s t h e v a l u e of p r o p e r t y stolen. She was scheduled for sentenc-ing s t 8:30 a.m. June 10 before Judge Fred Harris.

"Usually we have the arraign-ment (and preliminary exami-nation) and we're done," said David Walsh, Farmington 47th Diatrict Court adminis t ra tor . " "Now we have the case for the duration."

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"I 'm g lad i t 's over w i th , " Joshua said.

Joshua's next stop was to the p r o b a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t for an interview. It was, perhaps, the most important part of the pro-cess.

Because of the volume of cases t h e cour t sees - it se rves the townships of Canton, Plymouth

and Northvi l le as well as t h e c i t i e s of P l y m o u t h and

-fcowe.and J u d g e J o h n MacDona ld re ly heavily on the department 's rec-ommendations.

"We've been one of the top five bus ies t courts in Michigan for years and years," said Lowe.

T h a t doesn ' t m e a n e i t h e r judge abdicates responsibilities or blows off any case that comes

through the court, however. "In the end," Lowe said, "we

don't believe we've ever shorted people the t i m e t h e y needed because we were busy."

With the p roba t ion d e p a r t -ment visi t comple ted , J o s h u a and Demopoulos met a t 10:35 a.m. They went over detai ls of the teen's punishment in a tiny meeting room off MacDonald's

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ass ignment) , you're looking at j a i l t i m e , " D e m o p o u l o s to ld J o s h u a . "They don ' t t a k e any excuses."

At to rney and c l i en t headed back into Lowe's cour t shortly before 11 a.m. After a 20-minute wai t . J o s h u a stood before the judge a second time.

Lowe scolded the t een a f t e r

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"You just have too much con-tact with alcohol for someone that's not of age," he said.

W i t h t h e s e n t e n c e h a n d e d down, J o s h u a lef t the dis tr ict court at about 11:30 a.m.. some three hours af ter arriving.

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OBITUARIES

Services for Werner Klimach, 75, of Canton were July 2 a t '

, John N Santeiu & Sana chapel with the Rev. Kur t R. Radke of Christus Victor Lutheran

. Church officiating. Burial was at , Glen Eden Memorial Park, Livo-nia.

Mr. Klimach waa born Jan. 18, , 1924, in Marlinowen, Germany.

. He died June 29 in Canton. He

. waa a pipefitter. He is survived by his wife,

Martha, son, Herbert (Linda) Klimach, and daughter Evelyn.

Memorials can be made to Christus Victor Lutheran Church in Livonia.

u m n Services for Sophie Luther, 91,

of W e s t l a n d w e r e J u l y 6 a t Neely-Turowsfci Funera l Home with the Rev. Je r ry Yarnell offi-ciating. Burial followed at Glen Eden Cemetery.

Sophie Luther was born Jan. 14, 1908 in McDonald, Pa. She died July 2 at Oakwood Hospi-

tal-Dearborn. She was a home-maker, and lived in the area for years. _ Su rv ivo r s include d a u g h t e r , I r e n e ( P a u l ) of C a n t o n ; s o n , James (Diane) of Canton; broth-er, Leo Krseminaki; grandchi l -dren, Michael, Lynns, Richard, Kevin, Kr i s t i n , Susan , Richey a n d S k i p p e r ; and 12 g r e a t -grandchildren.

Ar rangemen t s were made by Neely-Turowski Funera l Home of Canton.

Services for Joseph M. Stone, 56, of Plymouth were held July 7 a t O u r Lady of Good Counse l Cathol ic Church, officiated by the Rev. J . J . Mech. Burial was at Greenlawn Cemetery of Nel-sonville, Ohio.

Mr. S tone was born Sept . 3, 1932 in Athens Co., Ohio. He died July 3 in Livonia. He was a manager at Ford Motor Co. and a war veteran. He was a mem-ber of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church.

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CHARTER TOWNSHIP O F CANTON PLANNING COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Act 184 of the Public Actt of 1943 of the State of Michigan, as amended, and punuant to the Zoning Ordinance of" the Charter Township of Canton that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Canton will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, August 2, 1999 in the First Floor Meeting Room of the Canton Township Administration Building, 1180 S. Canton Center Road at 7:00 p.m. on the following proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance:

WALTONWQQD AT TTHKBRY ffTTl PI ANNKD DISTRICT <pnn» . FINAL. PLAN. CONSIDER REQUEST TO ESTABLISH A PLANNED DEVELOPMEN^JDISTRICT AS PERMITTED IN SECTION 27.04 OF THE ZONING OKblNANCE INCLUSIVE OF PARCEL NOS. 065 99 0006 000,06S 99 0010 000, 066 99 0011 002, 065 99 0012 000, 065 99 0013 000, 055 99 0014 000, AND 065 99 0015 000. Property is located north of Cherry Hill Road and west of Lilley Road. Second Public Hearing

Written comments aililiiisssd to the Planning Commission should be received at the above address prior to Thursday, July 29,1999 in order to be included in the materials submitted for review.

VIC GU8TAFSON, Chairman Pohti*: Mr s and n. lass

CHARTER TOWNSHIP O F CANTON PLANNING COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Act 184 of the Public Acts of 1943 of the State of Michigan, as amended, and pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance of the Charter Township of Canton that the Planning r/mmiMwi of the Charter Tbwnahip of Canton will hold a Public Bearing on Monday, August 2, 1909 in the Rret Floor Meeting Room of ths Canton Township Administration Building, 1150 S. Canton Canter Road at 7:00 pun. on the following proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance r A N T O N nmriwmm - CONSIDER REQUEST TO REZONE PAR* OF PARCEL NO. 141 99 0029 000 FROM LI-2. LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, TO C-S, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL Property is located on the south side of Michigan Avenue between Lote and Hannan Roada

i priar to TVwsdey, July 29,1909 in m. . VIC G08TAF80N, i

He was preceded in death by his lather, Joseph Stone.

Survivors include wife, Patila Mercedes Stone of P lymouth ; m o t h e r . Hazel B. S t o n e of G a h a n n a , Ohio; sons , J o s e p h (Libby) Stone of Mission Viejo, Calif., Michael (Kelly) Stone of Livonia and Gregory Stone of Plymouth; daughter, Lisa (Todd) Birou; bro ther , Will iam Stone also of Gahanna; sister, Marilyn Garner of Grove City, Ohio; and

g r a n d c h i l d r e n J e f f r e y Bi rou , Kevin Bi rou , J e s s i c a S t o n e , Joseph Stone, Mat thew Stone, Michael Stone, Nicholas Stone and Steven Stone.

M e m o r i a l s may be m a d e to American Cancer Society, 29350 Southfield Rd., Suite 110 South-f ield, MI 48076, or to Angela Hospice, 14100 Newburgh Rd, Livonia, MI 48154-5010.

Arrangements were made by Vermeulen Funeral Home of Ply-mouth.

DONALD M. PANKOW S e r v i c e s for Donald H.

Pankow, 75, of Livonia were July 8 a t S t . P e t e r ' s E v a n g e l i s t

Lu theran Church of Plymouth , with the Rev. Peter M. Berg offi-ciating. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery in Plymouth.

Mr. Pankow was born Aug. 19, 1923 in Livonia and died Ju ly 4 in Livonia. He spent his winters in Seminole, Fla. He moved to the Livonia community from Ply-mouth in 1962.

He worked fo r D u n n S t e e l P r o d u c t s in P l y m o u t h fo r 18 years and left to fulfill his dream of owning a n d o p e r a t i n g t h e Alibi Bar in Ypsilanti for four years. He then worked for Vico Produc t s in P lymouth fo r t h e next 25 years. He was a member of S t . P e t e r ' s E v a n g e l i c a l Lu theran Church of Plymouth , t h e Plymouth Lt. Gamble Pos t No. 6695 of t h e V.F .W. . t h e American Legion Post .No. 32 in Livonia and the Holiday Is les Elks Lodge in Madeira Beach, Fla.

He served in the U.S. Navy for two years during World War n . He enjoyed bowl ing , g o l f i n g , basebal l , hockey, h u n t i n g and fishing.

He is preceded in death by his

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Joan Miller Pankow of Livonia; daughter , Karen (Bill) Blue of West land; sons, Ker ry (Carol) Pankow of South Lyon and Keith (Meg) Pankow of Hamburg; step-daughters, Sandra (Karl) Melow of Livonia and Sheila (Dan) Ker-ber of P l y m o u t h ; s t e p s o n , Michael (Veronica) Evans of Ply-mouth; sister, Clara Forman of P l y m o u t h ; n e p h e w , Rober t

Pankow of W e s t l a n d ; niece,"" Joyce Stowell of Northville; 13 g r a n d c h i l d r e n a n d s ix g r e a t grandchildren.

Memor ia l s may be m a d e to Angela Hospice of Livonia.

Arrangements were made by Schrader-Howell Funeral Home of Plymouth.

JAMES HAROLD FAJtRAR Services and burial for James

Harold Farrar , 82, of Plymouth, were in Hornbeak, Term. Visita-tion was at the Schrader-Howell Funeral Home of Plymouth July 6.

Mr. Farrar was born Nov. 15, 1916 in Hornbeak. He died July 4 in Livonia. He was an assem-bler at Continental Can Compa-ny in Melvindale for 26 years. He retired in 1979. He was mar-ried for 58 years.

He was a member of the His-toric Church of Plymouth. He was also a member of the Har-mony Lodge No. 184, F. & A.M. in Tiptonvi l le , T e n n . He has been a lodge member since 1954.

He enjoyed fishing and hunting. He loved family gatherings and enjoyed traveling to Tennessee fo r t h e m . . He a l so t r ave l ed throughout the South.

Survivors include wife, Dell-m a r F a r r a r of P lymouth ; son, James Victor (Charlotte) Farrar of W a r r e n ; d a u g h t e r , Brenda (Larry) Dolen of Fowlerville; six grandchi ldren and th ree great grandchildren.

Arrangements were made by

of Plymouth. WAYNE M A R V M FALERIOS

Serv ices for W a y n e Marvin Falerios, 76, of Canton were at t h e McCabe F u n e r a l Home 's Canton Chapel Ju ly 5 with the Rev. F r e d e r i c k Cooley of the First United Methodist Church officiating.

Mr. Faler ios was born Sept 20, 1922 in Flint. He died July 1 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township.

He was a retired engineer for Ford Motor Co. Mr. Faler ios s e rved in World W a r II from Feb. 26, 1944 to Oct. 18, 1945, and received the Purple Heart.

Su rv ivo r s i n c l u d e h i s wife. Donna Falerios; son, Matthew Falerios; daughter, Janet Gana ; brother, Eugene Falerios; sister, J u n e Perk ins ; four grandchil-dren and one great grandchild.

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McCotter targets 'rat bounty' and other outdated laws BY MIKE MALOTT HOMETOWN N e w s SERVICE m m u io t t4 t t i omecoa im.ne t

Currently under Michigan law, you can get a dime "bounty" for presenting the head of a rat to a city, township or village clerk.

Bob Dole could be prosecuted for promoting Viagra, violating a 1 9 3 1 law b a n n i n g " i m m o r a l advertising," defined as ads that refer to "the restoration of 'Lost Manhood.™

And it's illegal today to use the image of a deceased president to promote alcoholic beverages.

These are examples of outdat-ed laws tha t s ta te Sen. Thad-deqs McCotter, R-Livonia, hopes to get off the books by the time we reach the new mil lennium. McCotter has been appointed to cha i r the new Sta te Law Revi-sion Task Force, assigned to the job of reviewing a rcha ic laws still in effect in Michigan.

Also on t h e panel a re Sens . Alma Wheeler Smith , D-Salem Township, and Mike Goschka, R-B r a n t . The t a s k force w a s formed and appointed by Senate Majori ty Leader Dan DeGrow, R-Port Huron, in late June.

Bes ides the chuckle f ac to r , there are some serious reasons for finding and reviewing these old, ou tda t ed laws, McCot te r said. One is that they can result in uneven or arbi t rary enforce-ment.

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Old, unenforced and outdated laws just cause public disrespect for the law in general, McCotter said, giving another of the seri-ous reasons for review. Police off icers have m a n y impor tan t laws to enforce , so they don't need the c l u t t e r of outmoded

help by "curbing the zeal to pass laws just for the sake of passing l aws , or for t h e p u r p o s e of appeasing a fleeting popular pas-sion."

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help in identifying arcane state laws. Its members are asking the publ ic to c o n t a c t t h e m wi th examples of outdated laws worth reviewing. S ta te residents may submit their suggestions by writ-ing to McCotter, Attn: Law Revi-sion Task Force, P.O. Box 30036, Tj>ntting MI, 48909. Suggestions may also be submitted by phone, (517) 373-1707; fax. (517) 373-

ed enforcing tha t law in Wayne laws, he said. County." . L a w m a k e r s s h o u l d a l s o be

But the re may be val id r e a - reminded that what sounds like sons for leaving such laws on the a good idea today might not be books, he said. That 's why the worthwhile 20 or 50-years from panel will review the laws and now, he said. T h e review may

bills won't take care of the entire problem, he explained. Too many s u n s e t s on l aws could t h e m -selves create problems for the Legislature.

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The t a s k force expec ts to report back to the senate with a l i s t of a r c h a i c laws to be repealed in December.

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"My mother is the Livonia City Clerk . She hopes t h a t we can end the ' rat bounty* so she does-n't have to include it in her next office budget In the end, the law ia i r r e l e v a n t to ou r aoe i e ty , because there are more modern means to deal with the problem of r s t a , such as p r o f e s s i o n a l exterminators and te rm limits," he quipped.

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Random violence Arkie Hudkins

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dom violence knows no boundaries. So, why is anybody shocked or surprised

when two young men from Canton go on a late-night shooting spree on Palmer Road - repeatedly firing an automatic weapon at homes and a car?

The suspects, Zachary Scott Woodby, 20, and Timothy Regan Boater, 21, have been bound over for trial on assault and weapons charges in connection with the June 25 inci-dent. A passing driver. Dawn Davis of Canton, escaped with minor injuries after her car was riddled with bullets.

Yet we heard only disbelief- in person after person - quoted in newspapers and on local television in the wake of the shooting.

It's almost as if everyone wants so badly to buy into the defendants' stories about being drunk and going off for some harmless target ' practice in the woods that they use their shock as a shield.

Maybe it's the fact that our suburbs are rel-' atively safe places to live. And statistics for

violent crimes bear that out. But there is a difference between safety and

insulation. The barriers that once separated • our communities from such turbulence are thankfully, largely gone. They are main-stream, melting-pot America. In many, youll find a population representing cultures as diverse as that of larger cities.

We should celebrate this wide palette of beliefs and ideas. Instead, too often it becomes a flashpoint for anger, hate and violence. The list of communities it touches grows weekly. Suburbs outside Chicago and the college town of Bloomington, Ind. were added over the Independence Day weekend.

Canton is no different. There are no simple answers here. Teach our children values? Cer-tainly that's part of the equation. But whose values? And until we can make values more than lip-service belied by our own actions, it won't mean much to kids who see through 'hypocrisy like Plexiglas.

One thing is clear: We can only begin to solve-the problem when we look deep inside ourselves and admit tha t it exists.

It's time to rethink the system If s been 30 years since

there were substantial changes in the Michigan court system. In 1969, through Public Act 236, the state established 101 district courts to handle local crimi-nal cases and smaller civil matters. Twenty of those districts, with 38 judges, are in Wayne County outside of Detroit. Oakland County has 10 districts and 32 judges.

Almost everything that affects the legal system in southeastern Michigan has changed in three decades - except the courts them-selves. Population has shifted, traffic pat terns are different, as are trends in education, employment and technology. Even our views on crime and the way society deals with it are radically different than they were in the 1960s. After all, who ever thought the state would spend nearly twice as much on prisons (the 1999 corrections department budget is $1.44 billion) as education ($870 million)?

Recent changes in state law also play a role in how many people walk through the doors of local courthouses each day, particularly in heavily-populated suburbs. The limit on civil cases handled a t the district level went from $10,000 to $25,000 several years ago. And more criminal misdemeanors are likely to be heard locally now that the property theft/dam-Age limit has been bumped from $100 to $1,000.,

The Observer urges the state legislature to move court reform to the front burner when it reconvenes in September. State representa-tives and senators will have this chance when the Michigan Supreme Court submits its report on judicial resources.

Specifically, the House and Senate must fralr* up legislation that addresses a growing imholiinw in the most basic level of the judi-cial system — and the part which has the widest impact on the majority of Michigan tit-izens - its district courts. While we don't believe a major overhaul is required, the court system must be given freedom to create addi-tional judgeships where needed. That means doing away with the current reapportionment

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system, which requires con-solidation in some districts before others can be expand-ed. Partisan politics has ren-dered such redistribution an unlikely, if not impossible, task.

The 35th District Court - which handles cases in five growing communities, primarily in western Wayne County - would be a good starting point for adding a judgeship. So would the 47th District Court, which covers Farmington and Farmington Hills.

Caseloads in the 35th District (Plymouth, Northville and Canton townships; and the cities of Plymouth and Northville) have increased steadily over the last five years to nearly 42,000 in 1998. Two judges preside over criminal and civil matters for a geograph-ic area that contains 84 square miles and nearly 140,000 people. The 35th District now handles 21,500 cases per judge, per year - far in excess of the state recommendation of 13,000. (The court brings in a visiting judge several days each week to help with caseload.) By comparison, Dearborn's 19th District Court has three judgeships wi th a smaller caseload, geographic area and population.

While caseloads have remained relatively stable in the 47th District, population has grown substantially within its boundaries. Its neighboring communities in Oakland County include multiple districts (48th, 50th, 52nd) with three and four judges serving combined communities with smaller populations and lower caseloads per judge.

Unfortunately, there is a tendency by municipalities to use district courts as highly principled but easily-disguised revenue cen-ters. We see that every time a new courthouse is.built or mayor expansion is approved for an existing one. That 's one reason why we must take a cautious approach when adding judge-ships. _

But we see no reason why exploding growth in parts of southeastern Michigan should con-tinue to be under represented on the district court bench.

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Thanks for Parents' Day

The Plymouth-Canton Education Partner-ship and the Educational Excellence Foun-

dation would like to thank the community sponsors of the third Parents ' Day. Over 150 parents learned valuable child-rearing tips from the keynote speaker and breakout ses-sions.

Thank you to the following sponsors: Can-ton Chamber of Commerce, Plymouth Cham-ber of Commerce, Community Federal Credit Union, Johnson Controls, St. Joseph Mercy Health SyBtem, Target, Coffee Express, Extended Day Program-Child Care, Ply-mouth-Canton Community Schools and East Middle School.

The Parents' Day Committee

What about our needs?

At the Bush visit to Livonia, Michigan had ' the dubious "honor" of hearing that he

would uphold the "dignity and honor" of the office of the presidency as a dig at Clinton's personal behavior.

Bush is dishonoring the function of the presidency, Congress, and the needs of our cit-izens and residents by following the current ultra-conservative line of the Republican Party by stressing private "bedroom" sexual behavior over the needs of our nation.. Such behavior may not be appropriate or desired, but what we need is presidential, administra-tion, judicial and legislative representatives who are concerned with the welfare, health care and education of our people, especially women, children, disabled, homeless, under-paid workers and our veterans and military families. The Republicans made sure that there were millions of dollars available for Starr-studded legal and publicity comments and news releases at the same time as they stymied such necessary actions as adequate funding of health care, affordable housing and help for all levels of education from elemen-tary school through university.

Republicans weren't always that way although they have a history of fighting or delaying necessary actions in Social Security, health care and education. At one time, there were progressive or liberal Republicans but they are now nearly extinct.

Anyone with a heart will have to abandon the party tha t once had such progressive and liberal folks like Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower and LaFollette who are now mere distant memories. Concerned voters will have to either vote straight Democratic from the

local to the state and federal levels or else vote for independents, Libertarian Party, Green Party, Natural Law Party, Labor Party or oth-ers on the ballot because "compassionate con-servatism" are only words, not action. The big money corporations, NRA and the greedy wealthy who want tax breaks that mostly help those who don't need it have all combined to fight or delay decent health care, affordable housing, reasonable gun control and the like. The Republicans concentrate on getting words Uke the Ten Commandments on school walls instead of taking guns out of the hands of kids.

There are no longer almost any realistic and concerned Republicans like former GOP President Eisenhower who had the courage to tell newspaper publishers at their convention tha t the gun dealers and defense,establish-ment were taking bread out of the mouths of the poor, especially children, by putting prof-its ahead of caring.

Stanley R- Borenstein Ann Arbor

More ethical, moral standards

The Free Press (June 28, 1999) reports that s tate Sen. Thaddeus McCotter "as head of

the newly-appointed State Law Revision Task Force" has stated his intention to "target anti-quated statutes for elimination."

It is our hope that Senator McCotter and the members of the task force will bear in mind that each targeted statute was, presum-ably, weighed carefully before being passed into law. Therefore, it is likely that a good many of those supposedly outdated statutes may have merit, may be worth retaining and, indeed, enforcing.

For example, the recent incident and resul-tan t court case relating to the use of obscene/unacceptable/inappropriate language points up the need for consistent enforcement, not elimination, of the law. Should the issue find itself before the Michigan and/or the U.S. Supreme Court, then so be it.

Tfie Republican party has stated again and again its position that many societal stan-dards hav^ degenerated much too far dpwn "the slippery slope." Hopefully Mr. McCotter, as a Republican and the head of this new task force, will view each "antiquated statute" with an eye toward the benefits of returning to the more ethical, moral and wise standards upon wRich the country and this state were found-ed.

Mr. A Mrs. Robert Davis Livonia

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mggSRg Raving kids: What parents need to know

'My story starts at a local rave in my eity. The copa hod juat buated up the scene, ao we were going to drive to a friend'a house close by, and my friend Kyle had just taken two geltaba of acid afid three drops of liquid. When we got to my friend's house, Kyle became really withdrawn and started to worry me. then he got really out of control.... He started to freak out and kick the car seats trying to get up in the front seat. He was sefeaming out single words with no idea of what he was saying."

This is an actual account from a young adult who has frequented all-night dance parties, also

known as Raves. The argument by Rave organize re is that Raves are a place where young adults can dance and become re invigorated. The music is techno and the beat is contagious.

There is nothing wrong with the danc-ing aspect of Raves or the socializing, if that were all that was taking place. Drug use is also commonplace at Ravee, and parents need to be aware that their teens are at risk.

One of the most abused drugs at Raves ia Ecstasy. Ecstasy ia a syn-thetic drug that acts simultaneously aa a stimulant and a hallucinogen. Ecstasy belongs to a class of drugs known as designer drugs.

A designer drug is created by changing the molecular structure of an existing drug or drugs to created a new substance. T^ie street names of designer dru^B vary according to time, place, and manufacturer, and the names change frequently. Designer drugs are created in covert laborato-

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ries and can be extremely hazardous.

Studies with rats and monkeys have shown that the use of Ecstasy

can cause brain damage by reducing the serotonin levels in the brain by 90 percent for at least two weeks. Sero-tonin affects thinking processes. mood, sleeping and eating habits, aggressive behavior and sensitivity to pain.

Users who take Ecstasy risk exhaustion and dehydration from a combination of the drug and nonstop dancing. Users have even died of heat strokes. Other harmful effects include: psychiatric disturbances, including panic, anxiety, depression, paranoid thinking, muscle tension, nausea, blurired vision, fainting, chills, sweating, increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, tremor, hal-lucinations, reduced appetite and sleep problems.

Our children are increasingly living in a dangerous society. It ia impor-tant that, as parents and concerned individuals in society, we know what's going on in their lives and protect them from situations considered part

lescent experience that can endanger our children's lives should alarm us and should not be brushed off: Talk to your kids about drugs.

To obtain a free copy of the parent's guide to raising drug-free youth, call (800) 626-4636.

Darnell Jackson is the director of the Office of Drug Control Policy, Michigan Department of Community Health.

Legislature should help, not impede, family time If you've paid any attention at all to

politics in the last decade, you've heard an awful lot from our nation-

al and state leaders about how we need to return to "family values."

Educators (teachers, administra-tors and school board members alike) for years have admonished parents for not being more involved in their kida' lives.

After the recent string of tragic school shootings, child development experts everywhere told adults we have to start spending more time with our children. Talk to them, get to know them, find out what's going on in their lives.

Then s funny thing happened on the way to the state House of Repre-sentatives. The issue of parents being able to spend time with their kids got all balled up with other issues, like local control of school districts and the profits of Michigan's tourism indus-try.

Twice this year the state House has turned d&wn a proposal by Rep. Scott

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Shackleton, R- ' Sault Ste. Marie, to mandate that school districts take a four-day weekend over the Labor Day holi-day.

The bill is already severely watered down from its original concept. Shackle-

ton's final proposal waa to mandate that four-day weekend only for the next three years. And the representa-tives rejected even that.

Originally, he had coupled the pro-posal with another bill forming a com-mittee to review the school calendar, hoping that by the end of the three-year period, the committee could come to some conclusions about what, if any, rules the state should make regarding school calendars.

Even that is watered down from bills offered in previous years order-

ing districts to hold off the launch of the school year until after Labor Day.

Now, you might think I'm overre-acting to this. It's just one darned hol-iday after all. And if parents want to spend time with their kids, they've got the rest of the year to do that , you might say.

But my point is that the rest of the year has become very busy for most families. We live in a society with an increasing number of two-income cou-ples and single-parent households. The demands of the working world burn up a lot of time for those par-ents. Nationally, the number of hours worked per week is on the rise and the average leisure time of the indi-vidual is declining.

Kids" schedules too have become incredibly busy, with all the after-school programs offered to them.

So vacation time (when parents and children alike can wind down and spend the whole day goofing around with each other) is special. For many families, it may be the only time of

the year when parents can really get reacquainted with their children.

And most adults working in the private sector get only two weeks per year.

Perhaps those two weeks should fit easily into two and half months of the kids' summer time, but there are other considerations, like scheduling vacations with co-workers and getting reservations. There are only so many cabins and resorts and campgrounds up north to house all those vacation-ing families in a two-and-half-month time period.

It's a shame then that school dis-tricts in Michigan have taken to scheduling the return to classes ahead of Labor Day. The school year began to sneak ahead of the holiday when the state insisted on a longer school year. Now many districts s tar t classes a few days before the holiday. Some have scheduled the return to claases a full two weeks ahead of Labor Day.

I could accept that it was necessary

to get in the longer school year except that many districts don't aeem to have adjusted anywhere else. They still have week-long winter breaks and another week in the spring. Many give a week off a t Easter. Most give two weeks off a t Christmas,

What adult working in the private * sector gets two weeks off at Christ- j mas? Or a spring break?

So parents cannot use that time to spend with their kids.

Lawmakers must realize they can t '< just give hp-service to the idea of fam- <• ily values then put obstacles in the • way for families to overcome

They have to adopt policies that encourage parents and children to spend time together.

Mike Malott reports on the local implications of state and regional events. He can be reached by phone at (248) 349-1700 or by e-mail at mmalott<&homec0mm. net

New Waterford Eccentric paper starts landing on doorsteps today

One of the most special things that can happen to somebody in the newspaper business is to be in on the birth of an

entirely new newspaper. • Over the 30-odd years I've been in the buai-

ness, I've been lucky enough to have been pre-sent at the creation of a new newspaper a fair dumber of times. But it's always a thrill when it happens. I suppose the birth of a newspaper is much like the birth of a new baby, with all the attendant effort, anxiety, pain and hope.

It alao serves to remind us why we are in the business in the first place.

Our company specializes in publishing com-munity newspapers that provide local news, information and advertising that are relevant to the daily lives of people in their own home tewns. We believe that any company has to have a firm ethical and philosophical foundation in order to be successful. We sum up that philoso-phy as follows: ; Our fundamental business purposes are to

enhance the lives of our readers, nurture the oommunities we serve, contribute to the busi-ness success of our advertisers, provide fulfilling oareers for our staffers and earn a fair profit.

In carrying out this philosophy, we practice a special kind of journalism which we call com-munity journalism" to distinguish it from the kinrf of journalism practiced by the big city newspapers and TV^tations with which we

Compete ' That's why on the masthead of our editorial

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we think about community journalism in a fun-damentally different way than our bigger com petitors They consider themselves to be inde-pendent from the stones they cover, swooping in to write the unusual or sensational and then daahing off to cover something else We regard ourselves as both sccurate and fair journalists and as caring citizens of the communities where we work " • Today marks the first edition ever of the new Waterford Eccentric, designed to serve the needs of readers in Waterford Township, a thriving and rapidly growing community in Oakland County, just west of Pontiac Delivered Thursdays and Sundays each week, it s one of the community newspapers published by Horn*-Town Communications Network, the company tha t owns this newspaper.

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turns out that a group of civic leaders approached us several months ago. They were unhappy with the existing newspapers circulat-ing in the area, none of which were centrally concerned with Waterford residents or invested in meeting the needs of the community They asked us to start a new newspaper, one that folks in Waterford could call their own

Because HomeTown Communications already publishes a number of Eccentric newspapers serving communities throughout Oakland Coun-ty, their request fell on receptive ears

We ran the numbers and determined that a new Waterford paper had a fighting chance of being profitable. We found a gpod office location right on Dixie Highway, in a high traffic area right next to the Blockbuster video store

We looked for an editor and found a real in Dan Dean, who had established his creden-tials with our company as a brilliant photogra-pher and then editor of the Troy Eccentric, a sis ter newspaper in Oakland County Dan and Justin Wilcox, the publisher of our newspapers in Oakland County, recruited a corps of reporters and an advertising sales staff, some already Waterford residents

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Our company philosophy lays down the mark er by which we expect to be judged by our read-ers and the communities we serve 1 hope you'll get in touch with your community editor or me. both when we meet that standard and when we don't.

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A New look for 'A-May-Zing' mom

JACK GLADDEN

Construction is fodder for a new game

If you're reading this column,

you've probably been through them. Or, at least, you've tried to

get through them. I'm talking about road construction projects.

Trying to get from one place to . another isn't as easy as it used to be. Sometimes, it seems, it's almost impossible.

But those projects got me thinking, I f^rnr up vritl tin r m^n^y-

making"scheme. I'm working on a board game (or maybe a computer game) called "The Road Construction Game." I still have to work out the details, but it will go something like this:

The board will be a road map, fea-turing freeways, major streets, subdi-visions and, of course, railroad tracks.

Some of the players are commuters. Their playing pieces are little cars, like those in Monopoly. The object of the game is for the commuters to get to work and back in the shortest pos-sible time. \

Other players are road commission-ers, road construction workers and railroad engineers. Their job is to try to block the commuters' paths and keep them from getting to work and back. The railroad engineers are minor, but important, players.

The road commissioners start the game. Each commissioner is in con-trol of one sector of the map. He tries to get as many construction projects going in his sector as he can, but the projects cost money.

On his turn a commissioner draws a "dollar card." The cards range from "$1 million: Close one city block for , three turns" to "$60 million: Close 8-mile section of freeway for entire game."

When a commissioner draws a card, he decides which street or streets to close and passes the card to a con-struction worker who sets up road-blocks in the appropriate areas. The roadblocks stay up'for as many turns as the card allows.

Commissioners can play a project card immediately or hold onto it and combine it with other cards into one project. A commissioner could use two "$1 rmlifGh" cards and close two city blocks for three turns. As a point of strategy, commissioners should try to close as many freeways as they can early in the game.

On the commuter's turn, he draws a "move card " Those cards range from "Go one city block on this turn" to "Proceed directly to freeway and go te exit nearest your work or home."

The object of the commissioners is tcr anticipate the commuter's route and put roadblocks in his path so he has to turn around and take another street.

If a commuter draws a "one block" card on his turn, the commissioner tries to set up a project in front of

1 him, so that on his next turn the com-muter has to back up and try another route.

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raUfriad crossing, a commissioner can, if he chooses, pass his turn to a rail-road engineer who draws k "delay card." Delay cards range from "train blocks roadway for one turn" to as

. tnan j as a l i lu r i i r A commuter can decide to wait for

the train to pass or he cap turn around and try a different route. But if the commuter gets blocked by a train, a wily commissioner can play a project card behind him and Mock his escape route.

Hie game ia won by the first com-muter to return home or by the com-missioner who sets up a road project that blocks the commuter in com-pletely.

Come to think of it, this would make a good "travel game " You could play it in the car while you're stuck in traffic .

... Jock Gladden is a copy editor for The Observer Neu/tpaper* He Uve* in Canton Township

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She admits she could get use to the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" -having someone to do her hair, give her a manicure, pedicure and facial and even apply her makeup.

"I could get use to this lifestyle," said Donna Mallard, while nail tech There-sa finished her pedicure at Gerald's Salon in Northville. "I've never had a day with nothing to do.

"I've never had a pedicure before; it's just great."

"I'm glad you're enjoying it," respond-ed salon owner Gerald Haynes, who was waiting in the wings to style her hair. "I've been thinking about the cut, but she has final approval."

The Garden City resident was treat-ed to the works at the salon, some seven hours of pampering after being selected as the winner of The Observ-er's recent A-May-Zing Mom contest.

Her day s tar ted with a facial and waxing by skin care specialist Sarah, who also did her makeup, the manh.'uit? and pedicure before Haynes bfegan cut-ting and styling her blond hair.

His plan for her "small (fine) hair" was to do a blunt cut to jaw bone level.

"I want to get it as short as I can and tie in the layers," Haynes said. "She needs a lot of body. The coloring will help. It swells the hair and gives it more body. It makes it easier for her to work with."

The Ga rden City r e s i d e n t also received a $50 gift cer t i f icate from Fonte D'Amore restaurant in Livonia that she and husband Chuck will use to c e l eb ra t e t he i r 30th wedding anniversary, and $200 in cl6thing from Bon Loot in Northville.

Her Bon Loot selection included two skirts, a Wind River butterfly dress, Van Saken sweater and a pair French Dressing jeans, a popular item a t the store.

"They come in different colors and are nice-fitting." said manager Becky Lavine. They ' r e comfortable, have a light stretch and fit well and we have a wait-ing list for them."

"I wanted something to wear to work," said Mal-lard, who works in men's fragrances at J.L. Hudson's store at Westland Center. "1 have to wear a blazer, so HI get a lot of use out of them."

Daughter's tribute Mallard was nominated by her oldest, daughter .

Jennifer Zylla, who lauded her mother for still find-ing time to "love us individually, applaud our accom-pl ishments , debate our quar re ls , encourage our dreams" "after her then 13-year-old son Chuck was paralyzed in a diving accident.

She knew of her daughter's intentions and became misty eyed hearing what she wrote.

"She said she was going to nominate me and gave me a really brief idea of what she was going to write," Mallard said. "I thought it was the nicest gesture, even if nothing came of it; I thought it was the nicest thing to do."

All the Mallard children - in addition to Chuck

Srsrr photos r r Ton Hawutt

At the end: More than seven hours after she entered Gerald's Salon in Northville, Donna Mallard walked out with a new look and wearing her new dress, just a few of the prizes she received for win-ning The Observer's A-May-Zing Mom contest. Joining her was her daughter, Jennifer Zylla, who -nominated her mother for the honor.

t and Jennifer, there's Lori and Julie who just gradu-ated from high school -were still living at home when Chuck broke his neck while surface diving into a four-foot-deep pool with friends. »

The spinal cord was compressed by the. break but not severed, and ini-t ial ly Chuck could not move a t al l . Bu t the injury, like that suffered by Detroit Lions player Mike Utley, eventual ly left Chuck a quadriplegic with some movement in his arms.

Initially rushed to Gar-den City Hospital, he was

Finishing touch: A skin care specialist applies lip color in the final stages of Mallard's makeover.

Chit-chat: Mother and daughter share a waiting for Mallard's hair to dry.-

transferred to Henry Ford Hospital where he stayed for three weeks before being moved to Children's Hospital for a six-month stay.

M a k i n g i t w o r k The Mallards worked around work schedules to be

at the hospital every day The girls keep things in order on the home front.

"It was d i f f i cu l t in t he beginning, quite a challenge, but everybody helped-a lot," Mallard recalled. "If it hadn't been for the kids being here ... they were our support sys-tem. They kept things neat and cleaned and able to take on responsibilities around the house."

The M a l l a r d s didn' t let Chuck's i n j u r i e s in te r fe re with family life. School activi-ties - both Jennifer and Lori were on the pom-pam squad* - and beauty pageants - Lori was in several - family vaca-tions, two weddings , the family did it

Thanks to a wish granted by Rainbow Connection, the family enjoyed a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, giving them a chance to regroup

"It helped to maintain the same lifestyle, Mallard said "And it helped him. He didn't get the chance to sit there It encouraged him to carry on

"We didn't want to neglect their needs, even though Chuck was our main priority."

A man of few words - "TTiat's why Jennifer wrote the letter." - Chuck says his mother is his inspira-tion. Describing her as a caring person, he said he wants to live his life "the way she lives hers."

"She always has fun and does fun stuff," he said. "And her 'mom jokes' ... you can always tell when she starts, if it's a mom joke."

Onlp, snip? U'ifJi thv maniiuru, pt/dan

"quiet" moment while and, facial complete, it was salon owner and stylist Gerald Haynes turn to out Mallard's blond tresses.

Schoolcraft program helps college-bound women B y H E A T H E R n e e d h a m STAFF WRIT**

When it comes college, sometimes just thinking about it if the first giant step - particularly for peo-ple who have been out of school a decade or more

To help alleviate fears associated with that first giant step, the Women's Resource Center at School-craft College presents "Thinking About College" 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 29, in room MC200 of the McDowell Center. Schoolcraft College is on the east side of Haggerty Road south of Seven Mile.

The orientation coats $6 and includes lunch. Reser vations are necessary. Mail checks to: Women's Resource Center, Schoolcraft College, 18600 Hagger-ty Road, Livonia 48152.

Topics to be discussed include gett ing s tar ted .

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• 'Thinking About College' Is open to everyone but designed primarily for women age 30 and older.

finances, choosing a college path and time manage-ment.

"Thinking About College" is open to everyone but designed primarily for women age 30 and older Top-ics designed for this age group examine questions about age, keeping up, improving career prospects and finding time for study.

The program was started by J a n Munday. who. like many women, grappled with questions about whether returning to college was the right thing to do. She began attending Schoolcraft in 1979 and has

since graduated from Eastern Michigan University She is completing post-graduate work in Boston

Women's Resource Center Director Nancy Swan-borg said many student success stones began with someone attending the "Thinking About College" ori-entation. which has been offered for about 15 years

"It's an excellent program." Swanborg said T h e evaluations are always very positive, and it's a great way to meet people "

Meeting people is one of the most impor tan t aspects of college, especially for those who haven't set foot inside a classroom for years, she added

"Having a buddy is often really-helpful." Swanborg said.

For more information about Thinking About Col-lege." call (734" 462-4443 ,

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: M ( » ) The Observer A Eccentric/ THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1999

Catholics plan statewide computer link REUOIOU8 NEWS

: The Michigan Catholic Confer-ence will use today's technology dur ing the ear ly yea r s of the Third Millennium to further the amission of the cburch, founded by Christ nearly 2,000 years ago.

"Within five years, we will link every one of the more than 1,000 Catholic parishes, schools, social services agencies, hospitals and

Michigan to a statewide comput-er network that will make it pos-sible to deliver accurate, timely communica t ions wi th ^ach of them ins t an taneous lysa id Sis-t e r Monica Kos t ie lney , MCC

president and CEO. Founded in 1963, the MCC is

the publ ic policy a r m of t he Catholic Church in Michigan

''Michigan's seven Catholic dio-ceses are now linked by comput-er, and many parishes, schools, and o ther ins t i tu t ions Within each diocese have Internet capa-bilities," she said. "We hope to

Nancy Kranich, m a n a g e r of administrative services, and Ken Caron, wide area network man-ager, will implement plans for the statewide information net-work

PLYMOUTH-CANTON COMMUNITY S C H O O L S N O T I C E T O B I D D E R S

The Board of Education of the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools invites all interested and qualified companies to submit a bid for the P u r c h a s e of C o m p u t e r Workstat ions a n d Printers . Specifications and Bid Packets will be available for pick-up a t the front desk of the E J . McClendon Educational Center located on 454 Sooth Harvey; Plymouth, MI between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p m weekdays. Technical questions should be directed to J i m Casteel, PCCS Director of l i f tergrated Technology, a t (734) 418-2708. Sealed bids a r e due on or before 4.-00 p-m., Wednesday, July 14th, 1999. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept and" rtgect all bids, as the judge to be in t h s best in teres t of t he school district.

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ROLAND THOMAS, Secretary PBNMtJui .v lmd8.19W Jt u o m

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Kranich will be responsible for developing major new applica-tions, including an interactive Web site and data base, and will-

oversee computer operations at MCCs Tensing offices.

Kranich w a a a programmer analyst and operations manager for several manufacturing, medi-cal, i n s u r a n c e , b a n k i n g and

I j rising before joining the MCC staff in 1989.

A b u s i n e s s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n major a t A q u i n a s College in Grand Rapids, Kranich also has an associate degree from Grand Rapids Community College and has taught da ta processing and programming a t Lansing Com-munity College.

Caron, until recently director of i n f o r m a t i o n a t Lans ing ' s largest law firm, will administer the MCC Areopagus Network activities. The network will con-

nect more than 1,000 Catholic churches and other institutions throughout Michigan's S3 coun-ties.

MCC's computer network is named after the rocky hillside in Athens where St. Paul stood in t h e year 55 and revealed t he Resurrection to the Greek high "court. place for h e a r i n g voices and sharing ideas, and St. Paul used its open forum to fulfill his call-ing as an apostle. —

Prior to his employment with Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, Caron was a computer network administrator and personal com-pu te r specialist with the Alro Group in J ackson and a paramedic firefighter with the Del ta Township Fire Depar t -ment. He also served as the fire department's computer adminis-trator.

Listings for the*Religious News should be submitted In writing no later than noon Friday for the next1 Thursday's issue. They can be mailed to 36251 Schoolcraft, Livonia 48150, or by fax a t (734) 591-7279. For mora Infor-mation. call (734) 953-2131.

N O T I C E O F PUBLIC HEARING PLYMOUTH CHARTER TOWNSHIP

PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR USE SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE t h a t t he Planning Commission h a s received a request from Petre and Tania Gueorguiev to grant a Use Subject to Special Condi t ions to allow a Gymnas t i c s School with ancil lary re ta i l sa les , pu r suan t to Zoning Ordinance No. 83. The subject property is located a t . 9229 General Drive. H M property is located on the west side of General Drive, south of Ann Arbor Road and nor th of Joy Road. Application No. 1589*0699. Tax I.D, No. 062-01-004-000.

The Planning Commission seeks input to determine if approval of t he Use Subject to Special Conditions should be i s s u e ^ m d e r Section 15.2 of Zoning Ordinance No. 83. the land is currently zoned IND, Industrial District. Quest ions regarding the r eques t may be directed to the C o m m u n i t y Development Depar tment dur ing regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m The Planning Commission will consider the request a t i ts r egu l a r meet ing on July 21, 1999, commencing at 7:00 p.m. Writ ten comments concerning the request will be received ppor to the meet ing The address for application revie^ and for wri t ten comment ia: Plymouth Charter Township. Community Development Depar tment , 46555 Port Street , Plymouth, Ml 48170. Telephone Nfimber 734-453-4372. The meeting will be held in t he Meeting Room a t Ibwnsh ip Hall. The address for Township Hall is 42350 Ann Arbor Road- Plymouth, Ml 48170.

MARCIA SAYES, Secretary Planning Commission

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PLYMOUTH-CANTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS NOTICE T O B I D D E R S

"Hie Board of Education of the Plymouth-Can ton Community Schools invites all interested and qualified companies to submit a bid for Ashssties A b a t e — e a t for Four PCCS Buildings. Specifications and Bill H s i a s are available for pick-up a t the front desk of the E.J. McClendon Educational Center located on 454 South Harvey. Plymouth, Ml butwesp the hoars af 7:90 LIS. and 4.-00 p.m. weekdays. Technical questions should be directed to Brian Goby, PCCS Procurement & Project Analysis Coordinator, a t (734) 416-2953. Sealed bids are due on or before 3:00 pan., Wednesday; July 14th, 1999. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept and reject all bids, as the judge to be in the. best interest of the school district.

Buanl bt BUULUUUJI Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

ROLAND THOMAS. Secretary

St. James Presbyterian Church -will have a rummage sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, July 9, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 10, at the church, 25350 W. Si* Mile Road, Redford. For more infor-mation, call <313) 534-7730. Fl£A MARKET

Vendors are needed for a flea market 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-day, July 10, at Good Shepherd Reformed Church, Wayne at Hunter in Westland. Space costs $20. Applications are available by calling Ray or Jackie Gagnon at (734) 722-7225. WOMEN'S AGLOW Women are invited to bring a Bible, pen and paper to hear a talk by Penni Schwendemann, president of Can ton/West! and -Chapter of Women's Aglow, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 10, in the Community Room of Auto Nation, 39600 Ford Road in Can-ton. Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. For more informa-tion, call Schwendemann at (734) 261-5268.

for those who are repeating the workshop and have the books. Free child care will be provided The ministry also has volleyball at 6:30 pjn. Tussdaykat Rotary Park in Livonia, a Lighthouse Cafe (coffee house) that meets 7-9:30 p.m. in Knox Hall the fourth Friday of the month (cost is $5), outdoor tennis 4:30 p.m. until dark Tuesday and Thurs-days, at 1 Saturdays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays a t Rotary Park and biking to various locations at 10 a.m. Saturdays at the church.

For more information, call (248) 374-5920

The Observer A Eccentric/ THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1999

WEPPWQS AND ENGAGEMENTS

Single Point Ministries of Ward Presbyterian Church will host a summer divorce recovery work-.

PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN

7:00 P M . WEDNESDAY, JULY 14,1999

A regular meet ing of t he Planning Commission will be held on Wednesday. July 14, 1999 a t 7:00 P.M., in the Commission Chambers of the City Hall to consider the following

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

AMENDMENT TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE

In accordance w i th t he Americans w i t t disabilities--Act, t he City of Plymouth will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary a ids and services, stub as s i gne r s for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of pr inted mater ia ls be ing considered at the mee t ing /hear ing to individuals wi th disabilities, r eques t s for auxiliary aids or services may be made by writing or the following:

, Carol Stona, ADA Coordinator 201 S. Main Street Plymouth, Ml 48170 (734) 453-1234, Ext. 206

All interested persons are invited to at tend. Pahhah: My 8. ISM

shop 7-8:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 12-16, and 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 17, at the church. The cost is $25 in advance or $30 for those who register the first night and $15

Worldwide Marriage Encounter offers a weekend experience for married couples to improve their communication skills, learn the value of intimacy and renew their love for each other July 16-18 and Sept. 24-26 at the St. John's Family Life Center, 44011 Five Mile, Plymouth Township. The registration fee is $50. Call Bill and Carol at (248) 528-2512 or Dan and Debbie at (810) 286-5524 or visit this Web site: www.rc.net/detroit/wwme.

Charli Johnston will discuss "Healing through Journaling" when New Beginnings, a grief support group, meets at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5, at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, 30900 W. Six Mile, east of Merriman, Livonia. The pro-

• gtom io for paoplp suffering an the result of the death of a loved ene. There are no fees. Anyone may attend any or all sessions ss they feel the need. For more information, call the church office at (734) 422-6038.

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SYNOPSIS 4:00 R M , MONDAY, J U N E 28,1999

Regular meeting called to order at 4:12 p m Present: Thomas Yack. Karen Woodside. Kathleen A. Keen-McCarthy. Agenda-adopted Minutes of regular meeting of May 24, 1999-approved Minutes of study session of June 15.1999-apprpved Schedule of operating expenses totaling $714,347.57-approved Operations & Maintenance Report for May, 1999-received and filed Operations Manager's Report for June, 1999-received and filed. Request To Advertise For Bids; Portable Manlift-approved. Award of Contract; Financial Advisor-contract awarded to Bendrinaki ft Company of Detroit, Michigan. Flow Meter Maintenance Contract Revision. Martin Control Services-approved. Request To Advertise For Bids; Phase 3tA>-Sewer Cleaning ft CCTV Inspection-approved. The regular Diet ing was adjourned at 5:00 p.m

THOMAS J YACK Chairman

This is a synopsis. A complete copy of the minutes may be reviewed at the WTUA offices located at 40905 Joy Road, Canton. Ml 48187. Publish: July 8.1M9

Wick-Wiesner Alice Wick of Bloomfield Hills

announces the engagement of her daughter, Lisa Gail, to John Paul Wiesner, son of Greta Wies-ner of Redford. Lisa is also the daugh te r of t he la te Char les Wick, and John is also the son of the late Ken Wiesner. •

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Groves High School and Cen-tral Michigan University. She is employed in child care.

Her fiance is a g r adua t e of T h u r s t o n High School, and attended Schoolcraft College. He is employed with Novi Indus-tries.

Garza-Nichols Jose and Christ ine Garza of

Westland announce the engage-ment of their daughter, Kimber-ly Michelle Ann, to John Michael Nichols, the son of Sharon Nichols and J a m e s and Sally Nichols of South Carolina.

The bride-to-be is a 1995jjrad-uate of John Glenn High School. She is employed as a f l ight attendant, based in Detroit.

Her fiance is a 1993 graduate of Jefferson High School. He is employed by the Ford Motor Co. in Wayne.,3.

A May wedding is planned at "Chr i s t 'Our Savior L u t h e r a n

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announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Lee, to Todd Michael Moss of Garden City, the son of Martha Moss of Dearborn Heights and the late Chet Moss.

The bride-to-be is a 1993 grad-uate of Central Michigan Uni-versity. She is employed as an information technology consul-tant at Stopka and Associates.

Her fiance is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dear-born and has completed his mas-ter of business administrat ion degree program at Wayne State University. A l ieutenant com-mander in the Naval Reserve, he

Korpi-Wiliard Al and Marlene Korpi of Livo-

nia announce the engagement of their daughter. Amy Elizabeth, to J e f f r ey Alan Willard of Northville, the son of Robert and Florence Willard of Bay City.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Michigan S ta te University, She is a t e a c h e r with the Northville Public SchoolB.

Her fiance is a g r adua t e of Saginaw Valley State Universi-ty. He is employed aa a compute programmer.

A Sep tember wedding is p lanned-a t St. Mar ia Goretti Church in Bay City.

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A January wedding is planned at Faith Baptist Church in Dear-born Heights.

Lark-Totosz D e n n i s and Csrol Lark of

Dearborn announce the engage-ment of their daughter, Lisa, to Michael Totosz, the son of John Totosx of Farmington Hills and Kathryn Sutton of Alvin, Texas.

The bride-to-be is a 1993 grad-uate of Edsel Ford High School and a 1997 graduate of the Uni-vers i ty of Michigan-Dearborn with a bachelor's degree in com-munications. She is an assistant account executive in corporate marketing at Campbell & Co.

Her fiance is a 1989 graduate of Shrine Royal Oak High School and a 1996 graduate of the Uni-vers i ty of Michigan-Dearborn with a bachelor's degree in histo-ry. He works as a tax Consultant

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Kenneth and Virginia Oswan-del of Livonia announce the

K r i s t i n , to Michael J . Stel-maszek, the son of David and Nancy Stelmaszek of Ferndale.

The bride-to-be is a 1993 grad-uate of Livonia Stevenson High School and 1998 g r a d u a t e of Michigan State University with a bachelor of fine ar ts degree. She is employed as a graphic des igne r by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

Her fiance is a 1998 graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School and a 1992 graduate of Michigan State University with a bachelor of arts degree. "He is employed as a copywri ter by

Mulholland-Klotz James and Phyllis Mulholland

of P lymouth announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Suzanne, to David Michael Klotz, the son of Herbert and Mary Kiote Jr.

The bride-to-be is a 1992 grad-uate of Divine Child High School and a 1996 graduate of Central Michigan Univers i ty with a bachelor's degree. She is works in the human resources depart-men t a t Communi ty EMS in Southfield.

Her fianc^ is a 1990 graduate of Bishop Foley High School and a 1995" g radua te of GMI-EMI wi th a bachelor ' s degree in mechanical engineering. He is employed a t Genera l Motors

for PriceWaterhouseCoopers. A Sep tember wedding is

p l anned at the chapel of t he Masonic Temple in Detroit.

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a t Mercy Center ' s Mwther of Mercy Chapel in Fa rming ton Hills.

Yoakam-Seitz Ruth McCarthy of Livonia and

Thomas Yoakam of C a n t o n announce the e n g a g e m e n t of their daughter, Ruth, to Mark Seitz, the son of Allen and Lois Seitz of Canton.

The bride-to-be is a 1994 grad-uate of Mercy High School in Farmington Hills. She is cur-' rent ly a s tuden t a t Madonna University in Livonia and works in Southfield.'

Her fiancS is a 1989 graduate of Monroe High School and a 1993 graduate of Michigan State University. He is cur rent ly a g r adua t e s t u d e n t a t E a s t e r n Michigan Univers i ty and is employed as a buyer at Whedco Inc. in Ann Arbor.

Ellsworth-Zawacki Lois and Bill Wood roe of Livo-

nia announce the engagement of the i r d a u g h t e r , ^Kimberly E Hi worth, to David Zawaekit the son of Rosemarie and Terry Zawacki of Libertyville, 111.

The bride-to-be is a 1992 grad-uate of Northville High School and a g r a d u a t e of Wes te rn Michigan ""University wi th a bachelor's degree in secondary education. She is a subst i tu te teacher for Novi Public Schools.

Her fianc^ is a 1992 graduate of Lake Forest High School in Illinois and a graduate of West-ern Michigan University with a bachelor s degree in aviation. He is employed with Gateway Com-puters.

CI An August wedding is planned at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in Livonia.

A Sep tember wedd ing is planned at St. Michael Catholic Church in Livonia.

Flint Truck Assembly Plant. An August wedding is planned

at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rochester.

D'Ortenzio-McGuire Jerry and Renee DOrtenzio of

Canton announce the engage-ment of their daughter. Dannon, to Daniel McGuire Jr.. the son of Daniel and Rita McGuire of Ply-mouth and Nancy and Ted Nel-son of Canton.

The bride-to-be is a senior, majoring in elementary educa-tion at Eastern "Michigan Uni-

" versity She is currently working for Plymouth-Canton Communi-ty Schools in the Kids' Time Pro-gram.

Her fiance is a g r a d u a t e of Michigan State University. He is employed as the parks and recre-ation supervisor by the City of Northville.

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WEEKEND FANHLY CAMP OUT

• Canton Parks and Recre-ation Services and Media One are sponsoring a fami-ly Camp Out and Movie Night featuring "George of the Jungle." Tent set-up begins at noon on Friday, Jujy 16, and tents must be down by noon the next day. There is no fee if camperis pre-register by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 14. After July 14 there is a $10 fee. For more information or to register call Canton Parks and Recreation at (734) 397-5110.

MRD HIKES • Maybury State Park in Northville Township hosts bird identification hikes throughout the year. The next hike will take place at 8 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 14, at the riding stable parking area on. Beck Rd.. 1/4 mile, south of Eight Mile Rd. These hikes provide a chance to observe bird species seen in the park, and record dates, locations and trends from year to year. Each hike lasts one to two hours. The hikes are open to all, regardless of birding experience. Dress for the weather and bring along binoculars if you have them For more information, call the park office at (248) 349-8390. BEANIE BABY SHOW

El The Plymouth "All Beanie Baby Show" returns from 11 a.m through 3 p.m., Sunday, July 11 dur-ing the City of Plymouth's "Art In the Park." The show is being held at the Plymouth Cultural Center, 525 Farmer, Plymouth. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for kids 4-12 years old. Vendors and collectors will be selling current and retired Beanie Babies and their accessories. For more information, call (734) 455-2110. F A R M E R ' S MARKET

• The Plymouth Communi-ty Chamber of Commerce will sponsor Plymouth's Farmers Market. 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 23, with the exception of Sept. 11. The market features fresh pro-duce, dairy and cheese products, baked goods, flowers and plants, fresh herbs, dried flowers, crafts and seasonal items. Coffee and lemonade will be avail-able. The outdoor market is held under the Gathering, across from Kellogg Park next to the Penn Theater in downtown Plymouth. Call (734)453-1540. CREEPY CRAWIEES

• Maybury State Park will host a special hike for chil-dren and their families 11 a.m. Saturday, July 17.. The program. Creepy Crawlies, will feature insects and other small creatures. Learn about theses small but interest-ing animals through activi-ties and a guided hike. Meet at the Farm Demon-stration Building. Maybury State Park is located on h inn V: UL of Beck in Northville Township. The program is free; hdwever, a state park motor vehicle permit is

required for entry. Call the park office for more details at (248)349-8390.

AROUND T O W N SENIOR HEALTH LECTURE

M Saint Joseph Mercy Health System and Dr. Bharate Srivastava will present a series of free lec-tures devoted to seniors and their health. The next le<5ture will be held from 1 t© 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 11 at Canton's .Summit on the Park 46000 Summit Parkway. Hie topic will be health issues of women, including osteoporosis, breast cancer, uterine can-cer and nutrition and exer-cise. For more information, please call (734) 397-5444. RAOTIME CONCERT

• The Fine Arts Series of First Presbyterian Church of Northville is presenting

Sianist Bob Milne 7 p.m. unday July 11 in the

church's sanctuary. The concert is titled "An Evening of Ragtime," and features familiar tunes along with stories about their composers and the history of the songs. Tick-ets are $10 adult ($12 at the door) and $35 family ($40 at the door). Please call the church office at (248) 349-0911 for informa-tion. JUNIOR 0OLF U M R R M S

• Canton Parks and Recre-ation Services is sponsor-ing a series of golf lessons for youths ages 7 to 18. Classes will be assigned by age groups and skill levels. The lesson fee, $50, includes instruction from PGA professionals, range balls, Parks and Recre-ation/Pheasant Run T-shirt and a certificate of comple-tion. Classes are July 14, 15, 21 and 22.

CRANBROOK DINNER

M An elegant evening of music and dinner to benefit C ran brook House and Gar-dens is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6. Cranbrook House and Gardens is at • 380 Lone Pine, Bloomfield Hills. There is free park-ing at Christ Church, directly across Lone Pine with free shuttle service provided. In case pf rain, many rooms of Cranhrook House will be open. For tickets, call (248) 645-3147. S U M M E R QRAIN HARVEST

• The annual Summer Grain Harvest at Maybury Farm will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 24. Learn how small grains and com were harvested and processed in the past through demonstrations and hands on activities. All activities take place in the Farm Demonstration Building. M U N n a r S SAFETY

• From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 7 and 8 the Canton Public Safety Department and Summit on the Park will be offering the second annual Hunter's Safety Course. AH participants must be at least 12 years of age. Students will be ~ asked to show proof of age

rity number will also be required at the time of reg-istration. Check-in will start st 8:30 a.m. and d a i s

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ing a spirit-ed game of * kickball last week at the YMCADay Camp offered by .

'theWayner-Westland YMCA.A list of other area day camps can be found in the Around Tbwn sec-tion ofi calendar.

will start promptly at 9 a.m. A parent /guardian meeting will be held prior to class. Bring s sack lunch and a drink The class is held at Summit on the Park-Professional Development Center. The fee is $20 resident/ $25 nonresident For further information call (734) 397-5110.

SMOLES

• Dances are held from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. every Friday at Burton Manor in Livo-nia (Schoolcraft west of Inkster) Admission is $4 before 8:30 p.m. and $6 after. The dances are for 21 and over, no jeans please. For more informa-tion call, (734) 981-0909. WALK M THE PARK

• Single Place Ministries of First Presbyterian Church of Northville holds a walk in Heritage Park 10 a.m. every Saturday. The park is between 10 and 11 Mile, on Farmington Road, Farmington Hills. For information, call (248) 349-

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• The Canton Historical „ Society will host its annual Flea Market on the grounds of historic Cherry Hill School 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7. The school is at the corner of Cherry Hill and Ridge Roads. A 10-by-10-foot space for vendors is $15. Vendors must provide their own tables and chairs. The Society will be selling donated items inside the school. Donated items can be brought to the school from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6. For information call 981-1475. TECHNO MASTERS C A M P

M Day camp is held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 26-30 at West Middle School for grades K-8. The cost is $175, and students must bring a lunch. Call (734) 416-4927. C A M P M M B I F

• Camp Borders is a free 10-week program for chil-dren 7-12 years old. All metro area Borders Stores

will offer a variety of edu-cational and cultural "events every Thursday at 7 p.m. C A M P MVFXTION

M A one-week science and creativity day camp is held at Isbister School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 2-6. The camp is for grades 2-6 and costs $180. Call (800) 968-IDEA.

ADOPT A DOCK

M The first-ever Great Can-ton Duck Derby is fast approaching. Participants can "adopt" ducks for the Friday, Aug. 13, event at Heritage Park Adopt ducks at locations around the township including the parks and recreation office at the Summit and at other summer events such as concerts in the park. Cost is $2 for one duck; $5 forf three ducks; or $11 for seven ducks. Each duck will be entered in the derby and eligible to win prizes including round-trip airline tickets, autographed sports memorabilia, a $1,000 sav-

The Canton 0btsrw welcomes Calendar items. Items should be from non profit community groups or individuals announcing a community program or event. Please type or print the information below and mail your item to The Calendar, Canton Observer, 794 South Main Street, Plymouth, Ml. 48170, or by tsx to 734459-4224 Deadline for Calendar items is noon Friday for the following Thursday's paper. Call 459-2700 if you have any questions.

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ings bond, camcorders, gift certificates and other items. For information, call the parks and recreation office, (734) 397-5110. CHAMBER OP COMMERCE

• The Plymouth Communi-ty Chamber of Commerce • wants to remind you it offers a 24-hour hotline of events and "What's Hap-pening" in Plymouth. Call (734) 453-1540 and touch one for Calendar of Events. OAROEHWALK

• The Sixth Annual Gar-den walk- The Gardens of Northville will be held -Wednesday, July 14 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tiekets are $8 and may be pur-chased from gardenviews (202 Main.) and the Northville Chamber of Commerce (195 Main). For more information call (248)348-3263.

CRAFTERS NEEDED

M Madonna University is accepting applications from crafters for its 15th annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Showcase to be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sat-urday and Sunday, Novem-ber 6 and 7, in the Activi-ties Center on campus. Booth space measuring 9-by-6-feet with two chairs and one 6- or 8-foot table is available for $50 for either Saturday or Sunday or $90 for both days. Booths with electricity are an extra $5. For information, call (734) 432-5603.

REBIITRATION M Garfield Co-op has open-ings for children 18 months to 5 years. Garfield Co-op is in Livonia, at Cass Ele-mentary, 34633 Munger, south of Six Mile and west of Farmington Road. Call (734) 462-0135. M Suburban Children's Co-op Nursery has openings now in all classes for 18 months through five years of age. Located in Livonia bordering Canton, Ply-mouth and Westland. Call April at (734) 522-8469.

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programs open to the public. If you would like more informa-tion or would like to sign up. call (734) 662-5999

SUPPORT GROUPS C A M P MONARCH M The "My Nest is Best" pediatric program at Angela Hospice is sponsor-ing a family-oriented week-end camp. Camp Monarch is a bereavement camp designed for young people and their caregivers who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The camp begins at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13 and ends noon Aug. 15. The cost of $75 per family includes housing, meals, and activities for the week-end; however, Camp Monarch is open to every family regardless of their ability to pay. For informa-tion call (734) 464-7810. S T A R T R M O V E R • Starting Over is a group for widowed men and women younger than 45. Meetings are held the first and third Tuesday of the month at Plymouth Church of Christ. Call (734) 662- • 5999.

SUPPORT Q R O U P S

_ Community Hospice and Home Care Services has a drop-in grief-support group that meets 6:30-8 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month. Call Becky Rouse at (7^4) 522-4244. MVORCECARE M DivorceCare recovery seminar and support group meets 7 p.m. at St. Michael Lutheran Church, 7000 Sheldon in Canton. Child care is provided through fifth grade. DivorceC are features experts on divorce and recovery. Seminar ses-sions include facing anger, facing loneliness*degres-sion, new relationships, KidCare and forgiveness. There ia a one-time regis-tration fee of $10. Call Ber-nice at (734) 459-3333. COUNTERPOINT M Counterpoint Shelter and Crisis Center offers free counseling and respite services for people age 10-17 and their families. Call (734) 563-5005.

ANOELA HOSPICE M Angela Hospice offers free monthly grief support groups for people who have experienced the loss of a loved one. All groups meet at the Angela Hospice Care Center in Livonia. For meeting dates and times, call Ruth Favor, (734) 464-7810.

M I L I T A R Y N E W S To tub mil your military announcement, wend

the material printed or typewritten to; Plymouth Canton Observer, 794 8. Main St., Plymouth, Mick 48170

Keftb S. Pund graduated from the U.S. Mili-tary Academy, West Points, N Y., and was com-missioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. The new lieutenant majored in environ-mental engineering. He ia the son of David G and Janet R. Pund of Canton. Pund ia a 1995 gradual ad of Plymouth-Salem High School.

Andrew Short, *on of Carl and Mary Short of Plymouth, haa graduated from the UJ9. Military

Academy, West Point*. N.Y. He was commis-sioned as a second lieutenant He ia a 1995 gradu-ate of Detroit Catholic Central School of Redford, and majored in general management.

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VOLUNTEER WORK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED M Plymouth-Canton Head Start, in Central Middle School, is looking for volun-teers to help in the class-room with large-group activities, assist children during recess, participate in the Learning Centers and assist during meal times. If you have a morn-ing or afternoon free, Mon-day through Thursday, call 416-6196. M Hospices of Henry Ford Health System needs vol' unteers m Canton and Ply-mouth. Volunteers can help by visiting patients, either at their home or a nursing home, to offer emotional support, companionship and comfort Call (313) 582-2382. M William Beaumont Hos-pital Hospice is looking for volunteers to support the care of people with termi-nal illness and their fami-lies. Call (248) 853-8931. M The Department of Vet-erans Affairs (VA) Ann Arbor Healthcare System has a variety of summer volunteer opportunities available for students age 12 to 19 years. Teens may help with patient trans-port, office support infor-mation desk staffing, and several other areas in the medical facility. Interested students should contact Beverly Leneski, (734 ) 761-7995.

M Arbor Hospice is seeking a student corps of volun-teers to help the agency during the summer months as it plans its annual Char-ity Affair fundraiser. The agency is looking for ener-getic, outgoing individuals who can devote five or more hours per week, have transportation and would enjoy taikihg to logflthuar-nesses and corporations For more information, call Betty Stremich at (7-34i 662-5999 ext. 118

Air Fores Airman J a s o n J. Parkinson, son of Van and Jacki Parkinson of Plymouth, completed basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. Parkinson studied the Air Force mission, organisation, and customs and received special training in human relations The airman ia a 1998 graduate of Northville High School.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph M. Miller son of Kenneth and Gloria Miller of Canton, and Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David Nevi, son of Ray and Careloixi Nevi of Plymouth, both recently completed a six-month deployment to the Mediter-ranean Sea, Arabian Gulf and Adriatic Sea while assigned to ths aircraft carrier USS Enterprise The ship is the lead ship of the USS Enterprise Battle Group. Both are graduates of Plymouth-Canton High School. Miller is a 1989 graduate and Nevi ia a 1991 graduate

Army Sgt Msj Paul M. Wanshon was award-ed the Legion of Merit Medal for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of out-standing service to the United States Wanshon is ths brother of Mark Wanshon of Canton

Cadet Brian M o n s o n has won the Indiana Council of Teachers of Msthemstics Awsrd, the Presidsntial Academic Achievement Awsrd. the Acsdemic Honors Diploma snd the Nst ional Honor Society Senior Honor Chords for the 1998-99 school year at Howe Military School. Cadet Munson is the son of Michael Munson of Canton and graduated an June 6.

Seedlings provides summer reading for visually impaired

Visuslly impaired children in the metropolitan area are being treated to s summer reading program, thanks to Seedlings Braille Books for Children of Livonia snd a grant from the Commu-nity Foundation of Southeastern Michi-gan.

Psu l s Korelitz -and J an Hankins, who both serve in Seedlings Board of Directors as part of the "Keep Kinds in Touch" program, delivered thejjookstfr visually impaired students in a seven-county area.

Among the stops the women made were at the visually impaired pro-grams at Hull School, Perr invi l le Preschool and Churchill High School.

Hankins, a Farmington Hills resi-dent, began tutoring visually impaired students s t Hull School in Livonia at the suggestion of Sue Ward, a third-

• Paula Korelitz and Jan Hankins, who both aarve In Seedling* Board of Direc-tors as part of the "Keep Kinds in Touch" program, delivered the books to visu-ally Impaired students in a seven-county area.

grade teacher at Hull and fellow Farm-ington Hills resident.

At Hull, Ward and Hankins shared "The Tenth Good Thing About Barney" with Ward's students Tiffany Taylor of Westland and Colin Beck and -Ted Makos, both of Livonia.

Hull student and Westland resident

Sheena Hudson received "God, I've Gotta Talk to You" and "M and M and the Bad News Bears," while Autumn Marsh of Livonia was delighted with her print and brai l le book, "Tight Times" by Barbara Shook Hazen

For Hankins, an alumna of Delta Gamma fraternity, well-known for its emphasis on community involvement and service for the visually impaired, it was a "Kodak moment" when she deliv-ered "Keep Kids in Touch" books in the visually impai red classroom at Churchill High School.

One of the students, Jason Lippford of Romulus, recognized her voice as that of his classroom tutor eight years earlier.

He threw his arms around her in welcome and with tears in her eyes,

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Reunited: At one high school, Jan <• Hankins was reunited with Jason Lippford of Romulus, the ele-mentary student she had tutored at Hull School in Livonia eight years ago

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she reached up to hug the boy she had known as an elementary student.

Sam Rau of Westland, a ninth-grader at Churchill, received "A Gift of Magic" by Lois Duncan, while lOth-grader Bridget Cavanaugh of Redford receiyed a Braille book with "Rescue 911" stories about kid heroes and 12th-grader Tinl Kropp of Livo-nia has "The Trouble with Tuck" by

Theodore Taylor to read this summer. Korelitz, also a Farmington Hills resident,

has been a volunteer and Seedlings board member since its inception 15 years ago.

As a former teacher of the visual ly impaired in the Detroit Public Schools, her passion and insight lend a special expertise to the daily mission of Seedlings.

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the opportunity to visit the elementary stu-dents she worked with in early intervention programs.

The children were thrilled to meet some-one who remembered them as babies and preschoolers.

For Seedlings is a non-profit agency-dedicated to providing high interest, low cost Braille books for children.

"Keep Kids in Touch" is a way of rea l iz ing its mission to increase the ra te of l i teracy among visually impaired chil-dren by ensuring access to the s ame books as their s ighted peers and making the books affordable.

The summer reading program was initiated as a way to encour-age visually impaired children to keep their Braille skills current while providing the pleasure of new books for the summer.

Seedlings is hoping to mdke "Keep Kids in Touch" an annual project.

"Our charter has been so well received by teachers, students and parents, we'd like to obtain funding to offer this statewide next year ," said Seedl ings founder and director Debra Bondie.

Reunited: While at Hull, Hankins delivered "God, I've Gotta Talk to You"and "M and M and the Bad News Bears" to Sheena Hudson of Westland.

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Nei l H a r o l d B l e v i n s and Dawn Marie J o r d a n of Wayne announce the birth of a son, Neil H a r o l d II March 31 at the Birthing Center of Garden City Hospital . G r a n d p a r e n t s are Chuck and Trish Blevins of Weatland and Roy and Sue Jor-dan of Westland.

J ack and Kate Boyd of Livo-nia announce t h e bir th of William-Vincent Char les April 21 at the Birthing Center of Gar-den City Hospital. He has two siblings, John, 9 and Tyler, 19 months. Grandparents are Mike and Betty Cassidy of Redford.

Michael and Nicole Tennis of Dearborn announce the birth of Logan Mitchel April 23 at the Birthing Center of Garden City Hospital. He has a brother, Brandon, 2. Grandparents are Tom and Denise Wolfrom of Can-ton, Michele Tennis of Dearborn and Michael Tenn i s of New Hampshire

Terrence and Staci Jones of Detroit announce the birth of a daughter, Ter i T h e r e s a April 24 at the Birthing Center of Gar-den City Hospital She has a sis-ter, Amber Miles, 7. Grandpar-ents are Stanley and Gladys Lee of Redford and Emmett and Car-olyn Jones of Detroit.

C h a r l e s and L u v e n i a Wright of Redford announce the birth of Cameron Diaz May 17 at the Birthing Center of Garden City Hospital She joins sisters Llekknn, 11 and Bailee, 3. Grandparents are the Charles and Jo Wright of Southfield and Ken Hawthorne of Westland

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Local chorus scales the musical heights BY DIANE GALE ANDRKASSI Bl'HClAl. V U I U

One sweltering summer night at Heritage Park in Farmington, the Spirit of Detroit Chorus gave a refreshing show of enormous energy, Broadway-like profes-sionalism and showed-the piz-zazz tha t recently captured a first place in competition.

Judges at April 's Grand Rapids regional competition awarded the Spirit of Detroit Chorus 644 points, the highest score ever awarded in the Region 2 competition. It was sixth time the local choruSj won the regional competition.

Every time the group has com-peted at the regional level, it has won, said Pam Majewski, mem-bersh ip co-coordinator with Carol McKee.

"It's overwhelming," said cho-rus director LeAnn Hazlett. She also won the t i t le of mas te r director during the regional com-pet i t ion , because the chorus earned more than 600 points.

"I enjoy making a musical product where I can mold the music into what I want*to hear," said Hazlett , who drives from Swanton, Onio, weekly to prac-tice with the group of 114 women who range in age from 14 to nearly 80.

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• "The lights go on and the feeling Is Incredible. There are 8,£00 people in the audience, and It's like being a rock star. And all your friends are calling out 'Spirit, Spirit, Spirit/ '

Pam Majewski

gle to stay-at-home moms and an array of professions.

On their business cards, cho-rus members proclaims a mis-sion statement: "Dedication to musical excellence." And Mem-bers believe they embody that spirit.

"It's wonderful to realize that we're one of the best choruses in the world and that we're meeting our goal with so many wonderful friends," Majewski said.

Members live in almost every metropolitan Detroit community, but*are mostly from Farmington Hills, Westland, Plymouth and Canton, as well as, outs tate; Canada and Ohio.

Practice, practice For the next year, they'll exer-

cise their vocal chords practicing for the international competi-tions in 2000 in Orlando, Fla., where they will compete with Sweet Adeline choruses from all ovgr the world.

"When we go on tne mterna-

something that a lot of choruses . will never see," Majewski said. T h e lights go on and the feeling is incredible. There are 8,000 people in the audience, and it's like being a rock star. And all your friends are calling out 'Spir-it, Spirit, Spirit.'"

At the competitions they've become known as the chorus with ideas, using innovat ive props and costuming.

"I think* choruses around the world are looking at Spirit and saying: 'What are they going to do next?' " said Majewski. The best part about being in the cho-rus is that members make ever-lasting friendships, she said.

New members sought Stressing that the auditions

a r e "gentle," Majewski and McKee say they're always look-ing for new members.

The main criteria is a love of music, McKee said. Member's don't' even have to be able to read music.

the volunteer chorus should attend the group's weekly meet-ing 7-10 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Paul Presbyterian Church on Five Mile west of Inkster Road.

"There's a big spirit of sharing and a great love for each other and support," McKee said. "What was so remarkable is that here's a group of woman coming togeth-er, doing the best they can do with a spirit of love and a joy of singing." .

A local treasure' They've become a local "trea-

sure" and are regularly featured in newspapers , on television news shows and seen around metropolitan -Detroit in summer music programs, such as the one at Heritage "Park and in Livonia. They're also available for hire.

"We will sing wherever and for whomever and sometijnes it*s a full chorus and sometimes a small chorus and sometimes as a quar te t ," said Majewski. The price depends on the request.

Despite the group's size, mem-bers of the Spirit of Detroit Cho-rus manage to stay close-knit during good t imes and bad -with hear t -warming s tor ies about introducing each other to prospective spouses and singing at funerals.

Qnn membor was introduced

and during a recent practice her fiance proposed on bended knee before all the other members.

He wanted them to be present, he said, because wi thout the Sweet Adelines he wouldn't have met her.

Another member, who joined just three months ago, was wid-owed recently. To her surprise, the group sang at her husband's funeral.

Anyone interested in hearing the Spirit of Detroit Chorui per-form, the group's next public engagement is its annual show Sa tu rday , Nov. 13, a t Mercy High School in Farmington that performance will also feature the 1998 I n t e r n a t i o n a l Champi-onship quartet, "Rumors."

Call Majewski a t (734) 495-1505 or McKee at (734.) 459-3785 for more information.

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SPORTS SCENE

Series is set So — who says a tie doesn't mean

anything? The final Softball standings in the

Canton Cdmmunity Junior Baseball and Softball Association, and the ensuing match-up for the best-of-three World Series, were decided by a single tie, between the Western Divi-sion Diamondbacks and the Eastern Division White S#x. The tie meant ndthiftg to the Diamondbacks; they Won the West easily, posting a 10-3-1 record to outdistance the Athletics, Cardinals and Devil Ray6, who were all 5-9:

In the feast, however, the White Sox finished 10-3-1 — and that proved a bit short. The Blue Jays were division champs, posting an 11-3 record; the Phillies were close, too, taking third with a 10-4 mark. And right behind them were the Marlins at 9-5.

The Blue Jays and Diamondbacks will meet in the World Series, start-ing at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Field No. 1. Game Two is slated for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Game Three (if neces-sary) at 6:30 p.m. next Thursday ( July 15). All will be at Field No. 1.

The CCJBSA's other eight teams will compete in a one-game elimina-tion tournament. First-round games begin at 6:30 p.m. tonight, with the White Sox going against the Tigers (Field No. 2); the Athletics meeting the Card ina l s (Field No. 3); the • Phillies playiiig the Braves (Field No. 6); and the Marl ins taking on the Devil Rays (Field No. 7).

Winners meet in the semifinals at 6:30 p.m. July 13, with the tourna-ment title game set for 6:30 p.m. July 15.

Hockey sign-up The Canton Amateur Hockey Asso-

ciation is now accepting applications for its Mini-Mite program, which begins Aug. 1 at the Arctic Pond Ice Arena in P lymouth . Regis t rat ion forms must be received by Friday, July 9.

The Mini-Mite program, for ages 5-8 years-old, will focus on learning to skate and basic hockey skills. Regis-tration forms are available at Summit on the Park, located at 46000 Summit on the Park in Canton, or op the hockey associa t ion ' s web-site: httpz/Zsport. mlive.com/sport/canamhoc key.

Cost is $125 per player. For more information, call (734) 207-1002.

Grand Prix package The Detroit Historical Society has

fewer than 100 special VIP passes remaining to the Detroit Grand Prix, scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 8 on Belle Isle. For $150, a VIP pass-holder will receive entry to a private hospitality tent; unlimited food and beverages; pit passes; a grand stand ticket for the race; and round-trip transporta-tion from the Detroit Historical Muse-um (located at 5401 Woodward) to Belle Isle.

Also, $50 of t h e cost is a tax deductible donation to the Detroit Historical Society, which supports the Detroit His tor ica l Museum, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle, Historic Fort Wayne and the Historic Moross House.

To reserve t ickets , call Jenni fer Richard at (313) 833-1405.

Hockey offerings The city of Plymouth Recreation

office ia offering ice hockey clinics and some la te n igh t drop-in hockey

u p r nt t hn t i n uuKl i ' " i '.if i i w Plymouth Cultural Center, located'at 525 Farmer in Plymouth.

Clinics will be every Friday through Aug. 27. From 1-2:20 p.m. there will be a hockey skating skills clinic, with no pucks or sticks, for all ages; cost i s ' $6 per person. From 2:30-3:50 p.m. each Friday, there will be a hockey skills clinic with sticks and pucks, for ages 6-and-over, coat is $6 per person.

On Mondays. Tuesdays and Fridays thrbugh Aug. 27, there will be late night drop-ih-hockey from 11 p m.-midnight at the Cultural Center for adults 18 and over. Cost is $7 per player, with the f i rs t four goalies admitted for free.

For information regarding either, contact the Recreation office at (734) 455-6623.

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Junior Olympic regional at Canton It wasn't exactly something that w a s cam-paigned for, but when the opportunity to host a major track and field event came knocking . at the door of Canton's Mike Krafchak, he answered.

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Something like this doesn't just fall into your lap. It's not possible.

Unless , of course, you're Mike Krafchak.

The Canton resident and longtime track/cross country supporter had been "away from the sport for a while," in

his own words. Then something hap-pened. and people in the state associat-ed with track and field figured out what to do. (

Just oak Mike. "The other area that had it (Jackson)

ran into some problems, and I guess they just figured we were capable of doing it," was Krafchak's explanation of how Plymouth Canton HS became the site of the Region V USA Track and

Field Junior Olympics today through Sunday. "They knew we'd been able to pull off something like this before."

Don't underestimate the size of the task. More than 1,400 competitors, ages 8-18, from four states — Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Michi-gan— will descend upon the Canton track for the four-day affair. The main events are Saturday and Sunday; today will be the heptathlon and decathlSn. and on Friday will be the heptathlon, decathlon, pentathlon, triathlon and, at the Univers i ty of Michigan, the steeplechase.

Competition will be in four age divi-sions, for both males and females. The

top three finishers in each event will qualify for the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympics July 27-Aug. 1 in Nebraska.

This weekend's regional is by far the most prestigious track and field event for those of this age group in the state, and likely won't be matched for anoth-er five years — which is how often Michigan sponsors this event. The last time it was in the state, in 1994, it was in Melvindale.

This is the first time the Plymouth-" Canton area has been the regional host, according to Krafchak.

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Lighting strike A combined 26 hi ts enabled the

Plymouth Lightning to overwhelm the Livonia Cyclones twice Tuesday,

and . i l - l , -in a Girls Incredible Fafltpitch Softball League double-header at Plymouth Salem.

The Lightning, consisting mainly of Salem HS players, improved to 6-1 with the sweep.

Amanda Sutton was the winning pitcher in the opener with a five-hit, one-walk performance. She struck out six in her six*innings on the mound.

Four Lightning players had two hits apiece to pace the 11-hit attack. Amanda Bilkie led the way with two

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doubles and two runs batted in; Jen Allen also had two hits and two RBI. Shae Potoc.ki added two hits and one RBI, Katie Kelly had two hits, and Dawn Allen contributed a double and an RBI.

In the second game, Liz Dekarske tossed a one-hitter at the Cyclones. She walked two and struck out eight in six innings.

Jessica C h a p m a n ' s th ree- run home run was the key blow in the

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L e g g i n g I t o u t : The Lancers' Becky Mitchell sprints toward first base during Tuesday's game with the Farmington Dia-monds, which the Diamonds won.

Goal in sight Stibel aims for U.S. team

BY C . J . RISAK SPORTS EDITOR cjrisak9oc.homecomm.net

He discounts it now, like some pos-session he's had for so long its value is taken for granted. But while priceless to others, the ability to handle the pressure associated with major gym-nastics meets has become common-place to Doug StibeL

Which is why his failure to make the U.S. team competing in the Pan Ameri-can Games, though disappointing, is already history. Dwelling on such a negative would do him no good.

Indeed, Stibel — a Plymouth Canton HS graduate — doesn't merely dismiss the setback, as if it never happened. He insists on getting something positive out of it.

"I missed a couple of my routines," he said in evaluating his performance at the Pan Am team trials two weeks ago "I was dealing with school, trying to figure out what I was going to do the rest of the Bummer, if I was going to take classes or not..

"Mentally. I was kind of burnt. I thought once I got'there (to the trials I I could overcome it, but I couldn't."

Then he added: "It's kind of good and kind of bad. It was something I was shooting for. But the upside is, I've had more time to train and my routines are improved."

What Stibel is training for now is the U.S. Regional qualifier, which will be July 31 in Houston. The top 17 at that meet advance to the U.S. Team Trials in Sacramento, at which the top 14 fin-ishers qualify for the U.S. team. The ultimate goal: the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Such mental discipline is tommon-place for an athlete like Stibel. who competed at All-Around Gymnastics in Livonia through 1993. That's evident; all one need do is consider what he's accomplished in the past two years alone.

A three-time Ail-American at Ohio State, Stibel tied for second on the high bar at the NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships last spring with a per-sonal-best score of 9.775, and he fin-ished sixth in the floor exercise All this after missing six months due to a

Doug Stibel Gymnastic hopeful

f r a c t u r e d back suf-fered while t r a i n i n g in J a n u a r y , 1998.

Stibel suf-fered the injury on his. landing on a new mat after a prac-t ice vaul t . "Sometimes they're slick when they're new, and they can throw you," he recalled.

Which is just what happened

Still, he continued to train and com-pete for OSU despite the injury. "It felt sore, but I never really thought it was broken," he said. He managed to make it through the NCAA season, but when he started training for the 1998 Pan American Team Trials last summer, the pain increased, finally sidelining him. He didn't return to training until last December.

While the time away didn' t help, Stibel certainly proved his mental toughness — which he now dismisses.

"The gymnastics isn't really mentally draining right now," he said. "I would-n't compete in the sport if I didn't have fun with it. if I didn't really enjoy it."

He loves to compete, and believes he's capable. He'll be in all-around competition at the upcoming regional qualifier, which is what he competed in during his last two years at OSU

"Just watching the World University Games in (Mallorca) Spain this week, seeing what other guys are doing, I th ink I have a pretty good chance," Stibel said.

His more intensive t r a i n i n g has helped, too. His collegiate eligibility is exhausted; the coaching he gets now is more one-on-one.

His back, while "sore every now and then", is not a concern. His future is, and gymnastics very likely will be a

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SOCCER

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Bucks, who get to take on the Tampa Bay Mutiny of

Monday n ight in a U.S. Open Cup match (see relat-ed story), are chalked full of familiar namear

Co-owners Jim and Dan Duggan* Livonia natives who bu i l t the Saginaw-based Premier Develop-ment Team f r o m , the ground up in 1996, feature several players from Oak-land and Wayne counties *

One of the most notable on th' 17-0 Bucks is former Birmingham Seaholm star and Michigan'* Mr Soccer m 1997 RyaaKacfc.

Mack, a forw ard who has ii I»»l • .MI- —

I I P Scott Emer t , the 1998 Wohrerine-Hooeier Athletic

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s t a r t e r on the Ind iana Hoes ie rs ' 1998 NCAA Na t iona l Championsh ip team

Former Oakland Univer-

S c h o m s k e r , in his th i rd year with the Buck*, is •

top prap player to 1997

dynamic force and fifth on the team in scoring.

Another former OU play-er, Michael Dodd, had two goals ift the s tunning 2-1 upse t win over t h e A-

Year and NAIA Honorable Mention AH-America, is another key plfeyer.

_ .Bedford's Tino Socluna, who played for prep power-

; house Beverly Hills-Detroit Count ry Day and was a two-year captain at Butler University, lends support on defense. His brother Mario, who.has played pro-fessionally in Malta, also adds support as a reserve *;

All three goalkeepers are from area high schools inc luding Alan Placek (Country Day), Eric Pogue (Troy Athens) and Mike Skolnik (Livonia Churchill).

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Univers i ty s

Owners riding high with the Cup qualifiers

Coming off a successful stint with the World Cup Michigan Hoet Com su t t ee in 1994, Livonia native J im Duggan. along with his brother Dan, wanted to continue to ride the wave.

And so for it's a script right oat of Endless Summer, but it's even better in 1999.

Co-awners of the 17-0 MidMichi-gan Bucks, part of the Great Lakes Dii iaktoMj League (iL. collegiate players), the Duggans are crea t ing quits a s t i r in the soccer

ska, part of the Great Lakes of th* Premier Development (made up primarily of area

The Bucks, based out of the Sagi-naw area, are in the Sweet 16 of the U S. Open Cup and will hoat the Tampa Bay Mutiny of the Major Soc-cer League at 7:30 p.m. Monday at White Pine Middle School Stadium in

e * c * > The Observer A Eccentric/ THURSDAY, JULY 8,1999

Lakers' rally can't catch Wolverines 1" SUMMER HOCKEY

The Wolverines built a 6-2 lead through two periods, but the Lakers kept chipping away at it. eventually closing to within 7-6 wi th more t h a n four minu te s l e f t in t h e i r M e t r o S u m m e r Hockey L e a g u e game Tuesday a t the Plymouth Cultural Center.

But Ryan Ward and Bill Trainor (from Canton) led a late assault, Ward scoring twice and Trainor getting a goal and an assist in the final 89 seconds, to secure the Wolverines' 10-6 victory.

The result allowed the Wolves to even their record a t 3-3. The Lakers saw their hold on second-place dwindle to a single point, their record Calling to 3-2-1.

Ward finished with three goals and an a s s i s t to pace t h e Wolver ines . Kr ikor Annan (West Bloomfield) added two goals a n d t w o a s s i s t s , E r i c H a w k i n s (Redford/Catholic Central) contributed a goal and two assists , and J i m Wheaton (Plymouth) , Brad Fei le r (Canton) and Mat t K r u p a each scored a goal. M a r c CPKeefe (Livonia) had three assists and Varujan Krikor (West Bloomfield) added two assists.

Thomas Monnier (Catholic Central) was in goal for the Wolves.

The Lake r s got two goals from Nick Anselm (Canton), a goal and three assists from Brian Jardine, a goal and an assist from Chris Libbett (West Bloomfield), and single goals from Brian Sutherland (Ply-mouth) and Ryan Law (Livonia). M a t t Frick (West Bloomfield) contributed two

assists. Brandon Hothem (Troy) was in goal for

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Broncos 7, Spartans 7: This game was never assured, so it was appropriate it ended in a tie Tuesday at the Plymouth Cultural Center.

The Broncos (1-3-1) led 4-1 late in the opening period and 5-2 early in the sec-ond, only to see the Spar tans (1-4-2) bat-tle bade with four-straight goals to go up 6-5 with 2:39 left in the second.

However, the Broncos' Tony Keshishian (Plymouth) knotted it a t 6-6 with just 10 seconds lef t in t h e second , then Nick Smyth (Rochester Hills) put them up 7-6 with 10:46 left in the game.

The final, game-tying goal came from the Spar tans ' J a son Lawmas te r (West-land) , his third of the game (with one assist), with 2:31 remaining.

Trevor Pagel (Redford) added two goals, Pete Mazzoni had a goal and two assists, Nick Lewarne had a goal and an assist, and Chris Powroznik (Redford) chipped in with three assists. Eric Pagel (Redford) was in goal for the Spartans.

The Broncos also got two goals and an assis t from Scott Kale, a goal and two assists from Smyth, two goals from Gord Statham, a goal and an assist from both

Keshishian and Kyle McNeilance (Livo-nia), and two assists from Jon Miller. Will Hamele was in goal for the Broncos.

Huskies 20, Spartans 13: A 10-goal sec-ond period pret ty much put this MSHL game, played Monday a t the Plymouth Cul tu ra l Center, in the win column for the Huskies.

Three of the Pietilas — Phil, John and M a r k — did a lot of the damage. Phil Piet i la had three goals and six assists, while John Pietila collected five goals and two assists and Mark Pietila got two goals and five assists. Ben Blackwood led the H u s k i e goal-scorers with six, with one assist; J im Tudor (Canton) added three goals and two assists, Eric Kilunen got a goal and four assists, Glen Pietila totaled four assists and Keith Pietila netted three assists.

Dan Dobrowski (Southfield) was in goal the entire game for the Huskies.

T h e S p a r t a n s were paced byTrevor Pagel (Redford) with five goals and Mike Porter (Catholic Central/Northyille) with four goals and one assist. Jason Lawmas-ter (Westland) added two goals and four assists , Jack McCoy (Farmington Hills) had seven assists, Chris Powroznik (Red-ford) got four assists, and both Pete Maz-zoni and Dave Street had one goal and one assist. Eric Pagel (Redford) and Tom McNeil (Plymouth) divided time in goal.

The Huskies improved to 3-1.

14, Wildcats 10: The Bulldogs opened up a 9-5 lead after two periods of their MSHL game Monday a t Plymouth Cultural Center, then increased it to 12-5 early in the third before the Wildcats bat-tled back to close to within 12-10 with 1:43 left in the game.

Goals by Matt Prater and Kevin Swider (Livonia) in the final 35.5 seconds secured the win for the 'Dogs, who remain atop t h e MSHL with a 5-1 record. Swider* s goal, with 1.7 seconds left, was his fifth of t h e game; he had t h r e e a s s i s t s , too. Prater also had two assists.

Other scoring leaders for the Bulldogs were Eric Brstcher with two goals and five assists; Ja&oifeBasile (West Bloom-field) with a goal and four assists; Corey Swider (Livonit^ with a goal and three ass is ts ; Brad Yonemura (Garden City) w i t h two goals a n d an a s s i s t ; Dar in F a w k e s (Livonia) with two goals; and both Troy Milam and Adam Krug (Livo-nia) with two assists.

Ted Martens was in goal for the "Dogs. The Wildcats, who fell to 1-4, got six

goals and an assist from' Sean Kass. Dar-rin Silvester contributed a goal and three assists, Mike Swistak (West Bloomfield) and Brent Bessey each had a goal and an assist, Paola DeCina (Canton) had a goal, a n d Vic DeCina ( C a n t o n ) got t h r ee assists. Aaron Jones (Troy/Brother Rice) and Dan Dobrowski (Southfield) were in goal for the 'Cats.

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Diamond* 4-9, Lancers 2-1: The F a r m i n g t o n Hi l l s D i a m o n d s improved the i r record to 7-1 in t h e Gir ls Incredible Fas tp i tch S o f t b a l l L e a g u e T u e s d a y by sweeping a doubleheader from t h e v i s i t i n g L ivonia L a n c e r s (Ladywopd HS).

Beth Danielewicz, who will be

a freshman at North Farmington High School, was the winning pitcher in both games, tossing a one-hitter in the opener.

She struck out 12 and walked o n e in t h e f i r s t g a m e . Danielewicz helped her cause by going 2-for-3 at bat with a dou-ble and two RBI.

S a r a h Reading also had two hits, scored a run and knocked in a run. Lori Tapper, Katie Wolk, Kelly McKeon, Kristy Reinhardt and Meridith Reilly contributed one hit apiece to the Diamonds'

.n ine-hi t offense. * » ' In the second g a m e , which ended after five innings due to d a r k n e s B , D a n i e l e w i c z a l l o w e d t h r e e hi ts , s t ruck out six and w a l k e d none.

The Diamonds also had j u s t three hits, but they didn't have to hit the ball since they received 13 walks. "

Amelia Araiza, McKeon and Danielewicz had t h e hi ts , and Stephanie Karros drove in a ran with a groundout.

Dan ie l ewicz and McKeon walked twice as d id 'Wolk and Al i ssa Melv in . R e a d i n g a n d Danie lewicz scored t w o r u n s each; McKeon, Wolk, Melvin and Nicole Moundros accounted for four more runs.

Lasers 16&4, Cobras 0-4: The Livonia L a s e r s e v e n e d t h e i r Girls Incredible Fastpitch Soft-ball League record to 3-3 Tues-day with a sweep of the host Ply-mouth Canton Cobras.

The first game was ended af ter

three innings by the mercy rule. J amie Linden doubled twice

and had two RBI to pace t h e offense, while' Tera Morrill con-tributed a two-run double.

Ker s t in M a r s h a l l and Amy Sandrick had two h i t s apiece, and Marshall had an RBI.

P i tchers Ta ra Muchow (two innings) and Nicole Zabkiewicz (one inning) combined for victo-ry. Muchow struck out six and walked two. The Cobras did not get a hit.

In t h e second game, S a r a Knopsnider had a double, triple and t h r e e RBI to pace t h e Lasers. Muchow had three sin-g les , wh i l e L inden and Zabkiewicz each knocked in a pair of runs.

Linden had a triple and dou-ble, while Zabkiewicz, the win-ning pitcher, got two singles.

In five i nn ings , Zabkiewicz a l lowed t h r e e h i t s and f ive walks, while fanning six.

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T r a n s l a t i o n in s u r f e r t a l k : Th i s is the equ iva len t of t h e T i g e r s playing t h e i r C l a s s A affiliate at Lakeland.

The Bucks laid claim to t h e biggest story in soccer's minor leagues by pulling off the upset of the year, a 2-1 U.S. Open Cup win June 28 over the A-League (Division II) Minnesota Thunder.

" I t ' s t h e p i n n a c l e for u s — and it real-ly h a s n ' t s u n k in y e t , " s a id J im Dug-gan , t h e team's gen-e r a l m a n -age r . "We a l w a y s thought we could bea t a D3 Pro level team, and we

thought we might be able to beat some A-League teams, bu t we weren't exactly jumping up and down about playing Minnesota, the runner-up in last year's (A-League) championship."

The Mutiny, 6-10 in the MLS and in fourth place in the East-ern Division, feature Colombian na t iona l s ta r Carlos Valderra-ma, along with U.S. Na t iona l Team players Dominic Kinnear and Steve Trittachuh, as well as All-Star goalkeeper Scott Gar -lick.

They will try and snap a five-game MLS losing streak tonight w h e n they play a t home (on E S P N ) a g a i n s t t h e S a n J o s e Clash.

"Who would have thought the first MLS game played in Michi-gan would be in Saginaw?" said Dan Duggan, who has dedicated the Bucks' season to longt ime area soccer godfather Paul Sci-cluna, who died tragically in a car accident this spring.

T h e las t Division I t e a m to play in Michigan was t h e old De t ro i t Express of the N o r t h American Soccer League, which

lef t t h e SiJverdome a f t e r the 1980 season.

Founded in 1986, the United Soccer League fields 134 teams from five different leagues.

One-step below the Division II A-League is the D3 Pro League, followed by the Premier Develop-ment League.

"We paid the franchise fee (In 1996) and it was our job to find a t e r r i t o r y , " J i m D u g g a n sa id . "They had t e a m s in G r a n d Rapids, Kalamazoo, Detroit and Ann Arbor at the time. And since i t was only a 1 1/2 hour drive from Detroit , we thought mid-Michigan was an up-and-coming soccer area."

So how did the Mid-Michigan Bucks , who-pu l l ed ou t a 4-3 shootout victory Saturday night over the Kalamazoo Kangaroos, become such a juggernaut?

"The continuity of the team is impor tan t , " J im Duggan said. "Fifteen of our 20 played for the Bucks before. It's a huge differ-ence w h e n you get guys to r e tu rn . It usually goes in two-year cycles."

Defender J e r e m y Aldr ich, a native of Mattawan, Mich., and f o r m e r s t a n d o u t a t B u t l e r , played last year for the Bucks before being picked up by the MLS' Miami Fusion.

"We get to pick the ama teu r talent, which the D-3s and D-2s can't have," J im Duggan said. "It's a lot like college recruiting. In our level you have to have *10 or less pro p layers . Our team only has three.

"But I'd say at least six of our players by next year will go on and play at the A-League level."

After bea t ing four t e a m s in the i r own division, the Bucks knocked off the Aus t in (Tex.) Lone S t a r s of t h e D-3 P ro League in round No. 2.

Ironically, P remie r Develop-ment League teams won five of eifcht U.S. Open Cup ma tches against D-3 opponents.

"Nobody from our league has ever beaten an MLS team," Jim Duggan said.

In 1997, t h e S a n Franc i sco

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Bay Seal, playing in the D-3 Pro League, began one of the most d ramat ic run* in the 114-year history of the U.S. Open Cup.

The Seals, featuring a team of young players who had played t o g e t h e r t h r o u g h o u t t h e i r teenage years and coached by a pedia t r ic ian wi th no coaching

l i c e n s e , d r o p p e d two MSL t e a m s en rou te to a s e m i f i n a l match with D C. Unit-ed.

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in 1997. "To say our f an s a re excited

would be an under s t a t emen t , " said J im Duggan, who resisted the temptation to move the game away from White Pine to a big-ger venue. "This is not only a huge game from an Open Cup standpoint, but it is also the first time an MLS team has played in Michigan.

"Despite being held on a Mon-day night, and with such short notice to promote the event, we expect a terrific crdwd."

Tickets for the Bucks-Mutiny game are $7 pre-sale or $10 at the gate. They are available at the Trading Post in Plymouth, located on Ann Arbor Road between Main Street and Shel-don (call 734-453-0022); Soccer World of Livonia (call 734-421-753$; Soccer World of Rochester Hills (call 248-844-9900); Woza Masters of Redford (call 734-453-0022) or Oakland Yard of Water-ford, located on M-59 west of Crescent Lake Road (call 248-673-0100).

Concealed falls

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Division II All-America; West Bloomfield's Adam Schomer, a former All-Stater at Birmingham Groves and All-Ivy Leaguer from Corne l l ; Adam H e i n e m a n n , Ortonville-Brandon and Oakland University; English-born David Hall, OU; Erik Nelson, Country Day and Day ton U n i v e r s i t y ; Paul Snape, a native of England who played at OU (the t e a m ' s second l ead ing score r ) ; a n d defender Ryan Mollien, Madon-

The team's aces include Brazil-ian nat ive Rodrigo Costa , t h e team's top scorer; Stephen Arm-strong, Cape Town, South Africa; de fender Ben jamin Djeukeng , hometown Yaounde, C a m e r o n and member of two-time NAIA champion Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Nick Stockyi (Utica Eisenhower) and Will Purdy (via Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo Hackett ).

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Alan Placek Butler University grad

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Concealed lost in the champi-onship game of a tournament for the third time this season, 6-3, to the Ohio Thunder on Sunday in. the f i n a l s of t h e F i r e c r a c k e r Classic at Halmich Park in War-ren.

Concealed, which fell to 57-12 overall, s t ruck out an unprece-dented 14 timea. Coach Lou Pir-ronello can't remember his team striking out more than six times in a game before.

Concealed managed three hits, scor ing t w o r u n s in the first inning for a brief 2-0 lead. Two walks were followed by an RBI single by Scott Szpyrka (Orchard Lake). A suicide squeeze bunt by Eric Vojtkofsky (Wayne) scored the second run.

Szpyrka's triple brought home the third Concealed run in the sixth. Ryan Shay (Garden City), safe on an ou t f i e lde r ' s e r ro r , scored the Concealed run.

Shay pitched "masterfully" in relief, according to Pirronello. He allowed no runs on two hits and no walks wi th four s t r ikeouts after entering in relief of starter Steve Karchefsky, who struggled with control.

Concealed figures to get anoth-er shot s t the Ohio Thunder in the National Amateur Baseball F e d e r a t i o n r e g i o n a l , he ld in Toledo, Ohio.

A championship the re would send Concealed to t h e World Series in Sylvania, Ohio. Second place or worse would mean Con-cealed would join the American Amateur Baseball Congress dis-trict.

"The kids can ' t wa i t to play them (the Thunder) again," Pir-ronello said.

In the semifinals, Concealed rallied to beat Homer, 111. 2-1.

Winning pitcher Chris Russin improved h i s record to 7-3, allowing one run on one hit and two walks with eight strikeouts.

Russin is someone Concealed didn't even think it would have available less than a month ago.

"He's a kid we t h o u g h t was lost to the season, hur t ing his

jd three weeks ago," Pirronel-said. "It looked then like it

wbuld be at least six weeks (out) and a fractured hand. But he got a second (doctor's) opinion and he's playing."

Shay's fifth-inning home run

with Russin aboard af ter a sin-gle e r a s e d s 1-0 C o n c e a l e d de f i c i t . Vo j tkof sky s n d Er i c Dr iese lman (Garden City) had two hita each to lead Concealed.

Dr iese lman pitched a s te l la r • game in the quarterf inals , won by Concealed, 4-1, over the Ohio Merchants.

D r i e s e l m a n , whose r e c o r d improved to 9-1, allowed five hits and two walks with one strike-out.

Fifteen of the 21 outs came on ground balls.

"Eric doesn't strike many out bu t he ha s such a great circle change-up, he gets everyone to h i t g r o u n d ba l l s , " P i r r o n e l l o said.

Concealed's 11-hit attack was led by Szpyrka, who was 4-for-4, i n c l u d i n g two doubles a n d a triple. Karchefsky was 2-4, both h i t s being doubles, and M a r k Pirronello (Livonia) was 2-3 with an RBI

Regardless of what happens in the NABF regional or possibly in AABC ac t i on , Concea led is assured an invitation to the Con-tinental Amateur Baseball Asso-ciation World Series, Ju ly 29-Aug. 8, in Omaha, Neb.

Concealed earned t h a t a f t e r taking fifth place at last year 's CABA World Series.

Roller hockey clinic Skatin' Station II is hosting a

Roller Hockey clinic for coaches Aug. 1 and forj)layers Aug. 2-3.

The Aug. 1 coaches clinic is free to all active Skatin' Station II and Rollerama II coaches. It runs from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The player clinic Aug. 2 :3 costs

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Instructors include Team USA Coach Dave Fromm plus team members Terri Shook and Rick Parnell.

Instructional sessions run 90 minutes each and are limited to

35 players

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Making the grade Canton's Mortiere helps Close Encounters reach World Series

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Close Encounters ia the tesmfe name. It's also what the players are assured of

v- in national prominence when they par-ticipate in the Class A women's slow-pitch World Series.

If they don't bring home the top prize, , at least they can say they came close.

The unlimited age team coached by •John Powell h a s a long t radi t ion of excellence and this year a trio of former Garden City. High School stars are key players.

Close Encounters is strong up the , . middle where the Garden City contin-

gent of shortstop Carolyn Shanks, sec-ond baseman Yvonne Jenks and center-fielder Jennifer Kintz roam. Kintz also pitches when needed.

„ There also is a Garden City connec-tion on the coaching staff as Powell is assisted by John Slavin, a former resi-dent now living in Canton. Joe Ayres is

j-_4he other assistant coach. Close E n c o u n t e r s is 7-2-1 in t h e

Adray Metro Travel League, 4-4 in tour-_ pament play. Close Encounters placed

. third last weekend at a World Series ' Qualifier in LouisviHe, Ky. The third-

place showing earned the team a berth . in the 16-team national tournament

later this summer in Lexington County, SC.

Powell, a bank vice president, has coached Close Encounters since i ts

. inception. The team won the Class B national title last year, which gave it an

automatic promotion to Class A compe-tition this year.

Powell said the team chose Close Encounters as its name some 20 years ago because some of the team members back then enjoyed a movie title by a similar name.

Powell said sponsors include Dr. J a m e s Armstrong of the Southwes t Medical Plaza, Wilson Paint and Deco-ra t ing , Profess ional Ga rmen t s and Sander's Building Services.

The player roster also includes a pair of players from Farmington: Daphane Rhodes and Heidi Lawrence.

Lawrence is a starting outfielder who bats third in the lineup. Shell hit ".500 plus this season," according to Powell.

Heather Arioli (Grosse Pointe), Audra Ayres (Pinckney), Treva B lanse t t (Detroi t ) , Chr i s t ine Boguslawski (Detroit), Yvonne Davis (Chesterfield Township), Theresa Gibson (Romulus), Colleen Kmiecik (Roseville), Kelley Line (Huntington Woods), Danielle Mortiere (Canton) and Wanda Peruski (Water-ford) rotund out the roster.

Mortiere is a utility player and leadoff hitter with an above .500 on base per-centage.

"She's a leader on the field, playing wherever needed," according to Powell. "She gets things started for us."

Shanfcn and Jtfnks. who sound more like law firm partners than a second-base combination, are four years apart

and didn't play on the same teams in high school or in college, at Western Michigan University. But they play as if they've been teammates for years, Pow-ell said.

"We're very fortunate to have two out-standing ballplayers in Vonne and Car-olyn," Powell said. "Both together are outstanding. They turned about four double plays this weekend alone. Their major asset is defense and they a re very, .very aggress ive and excit ing baserunners. They have a good knowl-edge of the game."

This is Shanks' first year with Close Encounters and Jenks played briefly for Powell a couple years ago. Kintz played for Close Encounters at last year 's , world tournament and this year became a full-time member.

All are hitting above .450 for tourna-ments, Powell said.

"Kintz is a power hitter, an excellent defensive outfielder," Powell said. "She's very capable of dominating the game with her hitting."

The players on Close Encounters range in age from 21 to 43, Powell thinks. Powell is positive about the low end of the age spectrum but not sure about the exact age of the oldest player, Theresa Gibson, because she's not telling.

The average age is about 26 to 28, and it would be much lower without Gibson, who seem? to know the formula to the Fountain of Youth.

Most of the Close StimuliImb pla>fi-s starred in fast-pitch in their teens and in college but are eager to play slow

pitch, which gives the fielders more chances. *

"There 's a s t rong in te res t by t h e younger players to play fas t pitch because of the (popular i ty of the ) Olympics," Powell said. "However, slow pitch is still very popular. It keeps everyone involved, unlike fast pitch, which is usually dominated by the pitcher.

"One thing about slow pitch is that even with a low-scoring game it's excit-ing. You don't have 'weak' positions. A lot of times people think the weak posi-tion is right field, but not in slow pitch."

Close Encounters plays Thursday night double-headers at Softball City in Detroit, on Eight Mile Road near Wood-ward Road.

They have a tournament remaining in Rockford, 111. as well as the Michigan Invi ta t ional Tournament and s t a t e tournament to look forward to next month.

Close Encounters has won the Class B state title the last three seasons.

Powell sa\d he loses a few players each season to retirement, other teams and some for reasons that men's team coaches can't understand.

"We lost two to retirement last year and over the years we've lost players to motherhood," Powell said. "We lost a girl to another team last year and then she was lost to them because she decid-ed to have a third child."

Some women also leave to play in a less competitive league after having enough of the rigors of Class B or A ball, week in leagues. Powell said.

"Some decide to play down in Glass C because they prefer to play with friends or whatever , " he sa id . "It 's pret ty demanding, a major time commitment (Class A and B ball). We have preseason practice and practice on a 'need' basis once the season,starts."

In the last five years, Close Encoun-. ters has finished first once, second two times and third twice. All the new play-ers have blended welL according to Pow-ell.

"There's a lot of camaraderie on the team and for a new group they're bond-ing well," said Powell, counting the number of personalities he's blended. "We have police officers, nurses, public relations people, college students, saes people, accountants."

Peruski is the team's pitcher,, and there's more to.being a good slow-pitch pitcher than meets the eye, according to Powell.

Peruski and Jenks made the all-tour-nament team last weekend.

"People recognize the need for a good pitcher in slow pitch and she's a good one," Powell said.

The three Garden City players, Davis and Lawrence made the all-tournament team in Cincinnati last month.

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Women's golf Hie 83rd Women's State Ama-

teur Golf Championship begins Monday with qual i fying at Tecumaeh Country Club.

Although entries are accepted with a 23.4 index or lower, this year's tourney field will be the Wrongest in history with the highest index of 16.7 to maks~the ' field.

Thi r ty- four have an index under 6, while 87 are under 11, and 114 are under 16.

The 120-player field includes Kel l ianne Nagy (7.1 index). Megan Johnson (8.5), Heidi Ait-t ama (10.0), all of Livonia; Priscilla Gilliam (14.4), Canton; Ka the r ine Coll ins (3.9) and Laura Kowalski (4.8), both of Plymouth; Deborah Comstock (12.5), Redford;"Nancy Coyne (7.1) and Lisa Chalmers (10.9), Farmington Hills.

Match play begins Tuesday with the finals set for Saturday.

Top team Compuware wins 16-and-under qualifier

Baseball classic The 13th annual Wayne Bass-

ball Association Late Summer Claaaic Tournament (ages 13-14) will be Friday through Sunday, July 30-Aug. 1, in Wayne.

The entry fee ia $200 per team. The regis t ra t ion dead l ine ia Wednesday, July 21.

The tournament rules meeting and draw will be at 7 p .m. Thursday, July 22 at the Wayne Baseball Building, 34630 Annapolis, Wayne.

For more information, call Jeff Auer at (313) 292-4175.

Hoop assistant needed The Schoolcraft College men's

basketball program is seeking a second assistant coach willing to work practice hours from 2:15-5 p.m., Monday through Friday; also scout and attend games.

Those interested should con-tact SC men's basketball coach Carlos Briggs at (734) 462-4400, Ext. 5254.

Compuware won three of five games using the international tiebreaker and was unde-feated in the 16-and-under girls National Softball Association qualifier last weekend in Warsaw, Ind.

The first-place finish gives Compuware an automatic bid, bypassing the state tourna-ment, to the national competition Aug. 2-8 in Charlotte, N.C. „ In the opener, Jessica Brubaker (Water : ford) pitched a two-hitter in a 4-1 victory over the Indiana Sharks. She struck out six and didn't walk anyone.

Sa rah Comstock (Eas t Lansing) and Andrea Hillsey (Waterford), who had a triple and a double, were 2-for-2.

Chrissy King (Farmington Hills), Emily LaBar (White Lake) and Comstock drove in one run apiece.

Compuware won its next two games 2-1 in extra innings.

Beth Carcuff (Richmond) also pitched a two-hitter against the Indiana Road runners

Melissa Wilson (Lake Orion) had two hits and scored a run. Carrie Shine (St. Clair)

knocked in the winning run in the top of the eighth inning.

In the bottom half, Lauren Monterey (Farmington Hills) made a putout in left field and threw to second base for a double

•play. The Roadrunners were retired on a popout.

Compuware needed two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Chicago Windmills.

With Monterey on second base, Shine was safe on a fielder's choice. Hillsey followed with an RBI single and scored the winning run (after Shine was out at the plate) on a single by LaBar.

Lisa Copeland (West Bloomfield) and LaBar had two hits apiece.

Compuware edged the Indiana Storm in seven innings, 1-0. The winners had only two hits and scored in the fourth inning.

Wilson singled and moved up on

Copeland's sacrifice and LaBar** infield out She scored on King's ground ball when ths third baseman overthrew first base.

Carcuff was the winning pitcher, allowing four hita while striking out six and no walks.

In the championship gams, had to come from behind to defeat ths runners again, 6-4. *

Compuware scored twice in the seventh inning to tie, 3-3, and scored three runs ill the top of the eighth to win. -

Hillsey was 3-for-6 with an RBI, and Lind-say Simko (Clarkston) was 2-for-3. Shine, who was named the Compuware MVP by ttap coaches, hit a two-run homer in the eighth. ;

Stephanie Stavale (Brandon) and Mon-terey knocked in one run each. Copeland and King had one hit and scored one run apiece.

Brubaker was the winning pitcher, allott-ing nine hits, striking out three and walking one. I

Another member of the Compuware teaxp is Lindaey LaBar (White Lake).

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Dearborn Masters meet A long-course (50-meter pool) Mas

ters swim meet will be held at Ounworth Pool, located in Ledvgood Park in Dear born, beginning with warm-ups at 8 a.m. Sunday.

. There will be 13 individual events and a series of relays. Swimmers may enter a maximum of four indivtdoal events and one relay. '

Cost is $12. All competitors must have their 1999 U.S. Masters Swimming registration; those wishing may register at the meet for $25 (effective through Dec. 31. 1999).:

Events include the 200-meter freestyle; 50 backstroke; 100 butterfly: 50 breast stroke; 400 individual medley or freestyle (your choice): 100 back; 50 fly; 50 free: 200. 400 and 800 relays; 100 free; 200 IM or free: 100 breast; 50 free: and 800 free

The cost includes a picnic lunch fol-lowing the meet.

Dunworth Pool is located south of Ford, west of Telegraph, at the west end of Denwood and Sheridan. For additional information, call Skip Thompson at (248) 683-2191.

Lake Michigan swim The fifth annual YMCA Lake Michigan

from 8-8:15 a.m. The swim will end at 10 a.m.: all those still in the water will be assisted to the finish line.

All swimmers must report to the fin-ish line, whether he or she completes the swim. Aids (snorkels, fins) may not be used, but goggles and wet suits are permitted.

T-Shirts are guaranteed to all com-

Swim will start at 8:15 a.m. Saturday. July 17 in Grand Haven. The 1.75-mile open water swim begins at the North Pier and proceeds north to the North Beach Pavilion.

Entry fee is $20 If completed and marted by Friday. July t ; late registra-tions will be $25, and will be accepted through July 16. There will be no regis tration the day of the race.

Competition will be for males and females In si* age divisions; 19-and-under. 2029. 3039. 40-49. 50-59 and 6&andover. Check-In is 7:15-8 a.m. on race day. with a mandatory meeting

pernors w no regis be awarded to ail age division winners: refreshments wil l be available to all swimmers at the finish line.

Registration forms are available at the Tri-Cities Family YMCA. 1 Y Drive. Grand Haven. For information, call (616) 842-7051.

Pizzaman Swims The Domino's Pizzaman Swims are

scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. Sunday.

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July 25 at Big Portage Lake, located in the Waterloo Recreation Area in Water loo. The 1.5-mile open water swim will consist of three half-mile laps.

Entry fee is $15 if postmarked before July 10, $18 for late entries. A USAT license, will be required to compete in the swim. For those not possessing one. a one-day license may be purchased at registration for $5" ' ~

Race day registration will be from 6:30-7:30 a.m. at the park, or from 2-5 p.m. Saturday. July 24 at the Tortoise & Hare Concept Store, located in the Traver Village Mall on Plymouth in Ann Arbor. Entries are available by calling (734) 662-1000, or by faxing (734) 662 3388.

The top female and male swimmers, the top female and male masters swim mei>s, and the top two males and females in each age group will receive, awards. Age divisions are: 15-19, 20-24.

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25-29. 30-34, 35-39. 4044. 4549. 5 0 54. 55-59. 6064. 6569. 7074. 75-79. and 80 and over.

Coastal Crawl The Harbor Springs Coastal Crawl,

featuring a one-mile, two-mile or three mile open water swim in Little.Traverse

-Bay. will be Aug. 1 at Zorn Park, local -ed on Bay Street in Harbor Springs Check-in is 7-7:55 a.m.: there is a" mandatory meeting Q 8 a.m.

The three-mile race begins at 8:30 a.m.. followed by the two-mile at 8:45 a.m. and the one^nrte 8t 9 a.m, Average water temperature for Aug. 1 is 65 degrees

Entry fee is $20. which includes a p«c nic lunch. Applications are available by sending a self addressed, stamped enve-lope to Marilyn Earty. 6212 Emmet Hts.,

Harbor Springs. Ml. 49740. MaH cbacfc and application to the Hammerhead Swim Club, c /o Erin Fortune. 3125 Vel-ley View Trail, Harbor Springs. %lt. 49740 by M y IB. Registrations are Wfr ited to the first 150 applicants. •

A limited number trf custom-designed T shirts for the race will also"be avail able. * *

W« 4u«!s*"and flotation devicfei, V any device used to maintain body heal, will not be allowed. The races are open to ail swimmers, but those under the age of 13 must provide written compe-tency from their coach. "Medals will be given to male and female age <fcvis*ein winners. Divisions are: 12-and-under. 13-14. 15-18. 19-24, 26-29. 30-34. 3S38. 40-44. 45-49. 50-54, 55-59. etc. (age as of Aug. 1).

For more information, call Early at (616) 526-9824 or Fortune at (616) 526-6840.

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HN»TT—AOt Faraonabia. ijrv-waig S8F atoo anyoya moaMa, aatwnaig. jaiz.

r OWF. 34. brunaaa mo»ar ol •aaka honaat aanoare Www

, a*» ton! afnad

tor a goad Wand'to anara apaoai •naaalto Ba ar actore SWU 45-55 a»\ a gooQ aana. ««* . '

STEAK TO SUM-and avarytong to banaaant SWPM. 46 imBgi «• relaad. toaa moat aaarytouo; Saaking SWF. 36-46.

In moat avarythng.

•WF 40 yaare young. 5T. IVW pro-toiHonato rattiaad. aaaka a taflar.

su •=•.*" tr«->

THE MST IS YTT TO COME AOrecthia. allkgi l DWPF. 4S HS. altacaonala outgoing, anargattc. rwnoraua. aaaka to*, ft. atoaonre. dagaaad. anargabc. honaia SWPM. 46-53. «V HS aanaa a( hwnor. lor InandMMp tlral. poaatola LTR. •a i w

doom, wafcmg. t __ tranatong Saaking horj SWM. MS. HIDruga tor laadto^to marnaga Sooth Lyon

NUOOEO. MUSCULAR— taa. ctoan-ox, dagraad SWM 40. r r . 233toa, bro-Mikja, Oca typa •«h no dapanoarea. good paraonaa-ty. an|oya moat anarytong. araaal. Laa Vagaa. road tnpa. laaiung

«nan«y SF, agaAocatw. *sa

FASSIONATE Educaaad. adrentumua DWPM 46. 57a !40toa. HS Saaking annual SWPF. adtoig to anttreoa aondar and aacaamani Ma oltora Muto arfoy al typaa of muatt. danoaig. traval romantic aval n«*_»*8SL

LOVTS UFES FONCE rm not aaay. bul toa cftarmang SWM. mnvaa on toa paaaicn 01 ova and r»

to Saaking fiav 1 SWF. ovar 40. aHto a tbaam to

t«ei» NOTMNQ TO LOSE. ONLY TO

OAM SWM. 26, 5*10*. 170814. madlum 6wiW. b<owfVy*#n, •mp*oy*c

dendng, cemping, dniny om and mj&\ f e n SMlung SOWF. 1M0. M « c*nog. Wcw Honaat 'ur»w<c. kMa c* tor LTR

OAEAT CHOICE Trim, handaoma SWPM. 30. 5'1CT. 170«>*. great anapa. cualodw dad ol 12-yaar-oM aon. anfoya Waybal. outdoora rock mualc. dancing. b*i-tng SaaMnc a«noar Nliacto»a. Inda-

ntomg Saaktog aoulmaM SF. 29-44 aanaad»hamoraptua ff3W,

5'r'130toa(WWpropcrtlonatoi lun-aaL oparwrandad. HS Vou nama A rva dona A WiNMrit 1>4715

NAV« FUN WZTW 38, SWFM Oo you Ika aaakardi up north' lafcaa? Uoondaa'' tng? Bang in ahapa? »th taa SWPM 381

f Than hava tun I You're n your

30*. ft. and jwi Ova tTaoao WtOOWEB

CPA. 80. maaun butot tHondAMja. aHto vanad totareala, aaaka mm. aary anractore. pareonabia lady «wi arhowi to mare toa'a oflannga •g

DWM. SV. 1508*. brewvWua HO HiOniga. amcAar anfoy* can'uaig.

TaA honaal loyal DWM. 54. S4*. wtlh aanaa ol humor, ttnandaity •acura HS. aooal dnnkar. aam. In good phytocal «ond*lon, aaak* a *"—— --42-51, lor compamorv

. . I ONLY Canng. oulgong SWPM HS. anjoy* movlaa. outdoor*, aummar acPvtoaa Saaktog SWF Armanian, GreaA Laoanaaa or umOar background. HS. tor relaaonahto No gama* Aga ocan g4M6

cotatov muato dancng. rook-rvrol movtaa. dtoang cut Oaakaig lamala aoawaca wamportant lor lnar «Jah»

- LTR. Al 01"

Mandsoma. M OWM, 3». HTS. HOmkar, aryoy* to*. Iito ctokjran. anm adMtlaa Saaking alractor* SOWF. 25-40. mVi poatov* ouaook. lat a taft. data hava tun and groat, oadiar nalcomad TT3507

DAZZUHO AMO FLAWLEfS jwi required! Romanca-iaady aftarp L,-"lul"

SaaUng an undar-laOy I can cotm on

S 3 2

g s r

OvtogSto U 8 g 4

! LTR SWM. 25. r r . IBOtoa. to ahapo amptoyad mi towa aaak* to ahapa SWF. 20-30, tor Hn an* awaat alaa Mi alopi. tT*436

i A FUN 5*r, 160toa

muaaaar bu*n. aryoya working out outdoor*. MalMto. oonoarto. an taa*

MH-OBff-FOR FLAY TOOAY1

Tha Oma to art* lera maat torarfili Handaoma SWM arfto vanad rim aata. arenaa to cowl a lamnina, mstoMUS& « •..

NUUTftM M WATERFONO DWM. 41. S*t(T. 160lba, browrvgrean. aryoyi movtaa. dtong 0(4, traval. cooking SaaMng tantoy onaraad woman mm •&> pigsp«i>LgE*3.,

tamUy an.

aasygong SWM 41 S r i55ta. dagraad. humoraua. aaau tnm. pretty SWF «no anjoya Smday breaktaat*. toaator aymphony. an

dkung a 5*51-

B f t - s s m .

OtoaMo aarth. laaft^ia. paaakm-ata. honaal giving ancare SWM 36. aidiamaiy In Otoaa now to vaa a »m ova* Bto Saakng atondar

Itaminn*. awai-naan»a, ton^a W/UMF, tor monogamoua LTR. trja

ULTWATE MAN totoaiitoN acy SWM.

an(oya outdoor acantoaa. Omng out mo .taa. quM tanaa Saaktog SWF 40-51. propomonata lor moragamou* LTR Uvonaa area

• t>44» M M AM TOUT

Bngnt. aaaygoan. good-wokng. •nil atoabtanaa SWM. 45. s*r. 150*». a«i many aaaiaata ncaudtog mualc. lalii.lai ok> mona% out-door*. dancing, aaaka ritoirga'n. good-haanad, reMHaaty aton and a»rac»»a SWF paoren ot tr^« n

anoya

New KOMNHO FOR ROMANCE ng. t\*vloving OWM 43 J T OrowrvtHua HS IfOnigi

T»nanca. cmxftgn Onnar*. muaic. alow dancing, camp-

ng. ttafung awaiaiatg. baacn mcaor-cyrelno Saaking caitog. tovtng. hon-tog. HiOniga Soaai dnnkar ok

~ LONELY HEART Saaking aomaona. 40-47. wno ikaa bowling. OAang. waiting, ana any-Wt^atoa I toa kid* and Joga

tine VWArTRACTWEANOATMUrT- Honaat. r ,

•ME FAT ALE Fun. naacfttotoua. Mnd. outgoing PF. •manor daaagnar. aaak* Ralph Lauren typa mala. 55-65, In

. 1**078

Bkja-ayad blond* 30. SV 118to*. atoo'a t *A But diplomatic. wtBy. happy, at. and contldant. aaak*

OWM. 37. 5t0*. iTOtoa ar oy* out-and bang actrva Saaking naM. ft loving aaraatoaart.

atoo anjoy* mate, traval. dmn» and icimanltc, qulat tonaa Hovt area e«sy

WATTMQ ON A FMENO -10 • my daya and nKT«* SWPM

are a d i a honaal jaa

toiapa1?? 3»an. lo and tnandah*

naa*r<y S8PF. 56. -toi young idaa* and ragr. arwgy ImL aaaka haaariy 88FM. atoo to aanatova. tor compan-MWilp. mayea mare to toa Mure

mmmmornm SWF 2S. ST. btondatotoa, araoya mualc. mootoa. (uto hM«ng hn Saaktog nonaM. toman mala. 23-30. tor caaual dabng. poaatoty Mual poaaaaa raoa am*a and """

SOUTMCHN

naicatod. (toartomaac. cuftrad. pn> laaatonai tomato, no dapandaott. aaaka aducawd. uecwdU prolaa-•onal. 40-56. r . , aifto Ikaa ftw «n-ra cutoirtoaiaaa, lor poaataa rela-

FPT.H SWF. 36.

'5T. "2»«. ova* Ma. saoortar a SitlWM

FRUH START Furvtovlng. (tod. laatgong. doan-

" a ®t, I

Shapaa,. aanaual OWF. Itoa 30a. 55" Man htor, aaak* pnyatoator ft Inarv La*|,'amii*tyia*i aaaaa S t e u «>, tor LTR. to graa old wtoi agndcara

Oo you opan door*? Halp wkh har coal? Lai har chooaa har iavortta ptocaa ' W»ng to go tonaaiO w«M*a

.Attract'va. aaaygomg. humoroua OWF. 4B. 5'4- matoum buftd. kat tha watar up north and Fonda Saaking total gartoaman. who • hon-

nd, romantic, a ona-

COULD WE-nava partad cnamtory? I you're * SWPM. 45-5?, HIS. 111. not alto

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STATUCSOU BRUNETTE Famato. 36, • » dog. aaaka tal (r*). actrva daaay. hro-haan-ad S/OWM alto good moral charac-tar and a ready w* Muto ba hatotoiy. here artda vartaty 01 ireareaa HS. " f f W

Aitrectora. I f uii I SWF *t. hava ^•a^^uiH»»8lua*'*piiHuaA*m.

SWM. 43-52. to share pr 'itamtoKprriMltfiiahci

OUTDOOR FUN Ouret. doam-lo-aarto. handaoma SWM 46. r r . toa* moaoreyo* nd-ng. boaltog. Uoang. outdoor actM-naa ainoare convareatlon. aaaka

SWF

• m o i i Smear*, 'un-tovtng. I arecutoM, mean SWFm. 38. <ri*l t»0«ja »anad maraata Saakng Mm. B*n 9WIAF. to damop paaanrv at* monegamou* (tananac. aanaual LTR Ho gama* Aga iramportara.

Atoactore SWM. 33. ST bmamtilua. Quanaaa protoaatonaL ari|Oy* laugh-ng, apdnlanaou* want*., concart*. Onrng out. movtoa and more. Saakng SF. 25-36. B B M M M M I

M -T -

movrea. laughtar and apactator aporla Saaking SWF 27-38 HS. lor InandaHto. pnaalila LTR W#S<u honaaty. and atnugMfonra^^a *ff " » * . »<Z!7

ROMANTIC » HONEST SWM. 31. 5*7".. 1608M. 8t* toa park, tna lafca. ong wak* al typaa mum: Saakng SWF. 21-35. an toaa to laucto «nd cuddto. lor LTR Kid* a t r * * 3 9

SUOMTLY HUMOROUS Frtandhr. handaoma. tal, ft caring.

blua. HS aaaka atlracltaa a*m. monogamoua SWF mdar 46. tor poaataa LTR TaA to you aoon

oaring. fjn-Ovmg unlqua. tal. handaoma SWPM.

40t*h dark btonotarga gorgaoua bkaa. aaaka attractrva. a*m SWF mdar 45. HS. alto «m*ar juaatlaa atoo'a aanoua*. w nonamc tW54

tad. outgong tun-lowing SWM. 40. 510-. 180toa, laan mua-cutar buBd. HS. ananai Ovar Saaktog honaal. Mtractora. latto-nnxomcoyan. tomato. w«h aanoua •Ma, torhto. toandanp. LTR »4it2

WHY BE ALONE? Canng. aAadtonaaa. loving OWM 52 5*r. lovaa lata aciMUa*. aung.

UTTS 8HAFS K. apmuat. tnanoaby aacure.

opan DWU young 80* «' 200toa. HS. WO SamtaraMcMaan. WkaarvSouto Saaka tody to ahir* hn* ana. traval. danca. poaatola LTR Thare t no toaa toa tod*v 1T4328

JC8UBMLONO kAiacuiar S8CM. err 2SOt» aaau •prtuaL preying SPCF 26-36 lor dabng. lun, moviai ana doing Uuat ba marnaga-mindad athiatic and

t FUN AWA/TS Sreai-ookang, mm SU 36 5"11", aandyUua. anjoya cottaga. boat.

bstSSWiJlJ TURNER I

but not a* much 1

Sontuai. tal daft, nantooma DWM. 50. looka youngar, 51 f . lBSIba. homaoanpr. alto hair muatacna. ptoy* tanraa. aorta ouL Saaar^ horv

ARE YOU LONWOME? SWM 55. ar*>ya anglng. -aAlng can] gamaa. board gama* Saakng SF. 40-56, lor LTR poaaft* m»-

baacn I* honaat. maflrjant. kjn, romanbo ca» toa awotora SWPF. 51 youno TT402I

r.<w

DWF. 53. looking to ahara « r » dancng.

SuaoaaaW, humoroua. charming. 1 ti ' i n a. gMng lamaaa. 53. anyjya movtoa. May, t u w n 8na dnrng. cookng. boaang. lovaa paopto Saaktog aouknata a * auooaaaAA ancare WM 46-75 Plaaaa reply

- Bma akM* Saaking OWM. 50-60. afto naada to rem and *n|Dy Na

WMEM • MR. WONT7 1*3, a"fWTa

Hanging aaL havtog iwi SadMhg M. 21-30

MtncBwa SWF SO atoo damanda honaaty In toto. fm vary camg and IW toatna. and anov to* ouldoora maanfc

50. ST. tauarntauaii. * W "•"ng. Ian. BaaabaU aanaa. natura, and good oonvarea-kr> SaaMng StMA 46-54.M»a pro-portlonaaa. mual ba honaa. to ahar* lr\aodah*5.ia* nunor. fiappnaaa and '•-sr*- » » i _ _

» T>« ONE FOR ME? PirlaaalmaAy aanptoyad S8F. 32. no dapandant*. an(or* movta*. oon-cana, dnng oul. cooking, gulat amaa Oaaktog ancare coeege-eau-catad. lanoua. tamiiy-onantad.

I SM. 32-48. lor 4 11IMI1: -

Fu*-hgured OWF. 42. Ovaa toa.

r . torn, no art*, v^aadure. mar-katng. mualc, gcd. and kaapng a balanoa In Wa and « n Naada •mart good-looking, aoman a * atrcng aanar »sn

A REAL QENTLEMAN Kaid-naanad S8M. 44. 5TT. 1708*.

Attracnva S8M 38 5'r. iTOtoa. good |ae. car. homaoanar. aaak* vary aBactlonMa aoman ol any

toa almpta Mia to Ma Saaktog &OWM. 47-aa, tor toandtTfti. poaaf *" *" TT

Mar. muaic. and more Saaktog nor-mal man 40-60 Orey ha* to Mfcfetg eh. no) totontog a not Lara Ml

dBugfaar. aaaka a fltaa. nd a boy. 34-40. «n«K ftp dapandont* naaponatoto banavlor naad only

a«toga0ra» • a rm an aduc torewto. SWM, aarty SO*. ST and

anfoy humor, dtoctoa. nature, traval. noma Ma. aramg .your goato and

Attreeava yoaytooktog C

Mis. loumjo ba icrnanttc and coon

m i l s5 t£f » « • . " f*S. 'N« 1

mamad.o no dapandanta, great morala/paraonanty'lob/houa* Saaktog MtrecPre. ft. honaa SWPF lor aatog monogamoia reMBonahip S * 3 «

NEW TO TMM Un'iint—rmal SWM. 33 eka collar « * • amota*. baitiacua*. Ova to go to park a * Chavna my Qcadan natoavar Saakng SWF a» parao» a tad* no eaodam aga unmpor-

muatootaaana-jM TT,-.. LOOKMQ FOR TME RMHT OM

Pnttaaiona. good-ookng SWM. 33 r r . to Mtap*. toiiagaw tunny tumoaau*. bi* aanoua a toa rvgr.t

SB Saaktog &OWF. 30-40

•ZZ2 I GOT THE FEVER

AttrecareSWM 34.rr greai

Saaking patoa madajm SF. 40-50. lor tnandaHp. poaatola tong-wrm monagamoua_ relalionanip Raca iranpunam 1*3830

LETS PUT THE OLOVtS ON Handaoma CatooBc SWM. 48. 6 2* 220IM. mouottcft*. m a book, baa ™ Saaktog SWF 40-50, 5V«. HO twoa. lor larrtoc romanea pom -g*^ ' •

SWFM, 2*. no-, brown ha*, aryoy* muac. art*, outdoor actwla*. aaaka •uMa. Mnd lamala, 24-28. HS to *p*nd aatty Ha afth P44C2

a partnor tor. Ntop-tooklng. acava SWM 11 ilia a our ovary My. anar-jpac ar. S*F, 30^*0. TT - w.

• •' . •

WCMK OUT UTTM UC DSF looking lor a work oul pannar to

•: v. • - (r- . Seniors

tun SF, Sr. Mondataua. aaak* SWM.

lor ttahino. campang. danono,

Sinoare. coring DWM. 40, ST. iTStoa. aaak* UMgured. toyaL an-

idartlandtog SiOWF. 36. HO aanaa al hwnor. atoo Biaa to tana nlea wait* a ngw hoMng hand*. mov«*. uato. cooang 81* ouffior*_W3i»

ASreOha SWM. 2S. braamtoroari. anjoya akydMng. camping. Wanda ttotWy. tm and vanoua otoar raar aata Saaking alandar attracnva

tort got 1 logatoot and a

CAUTIOat-MAN WONKMQ to anoa you. comocorvg. canng. a

SWM 4

ahartog. aaptormg Snarp avarc*. pareonal anrtchmant pro-jacta am 11 IMM toa opporemy to mgtoa aondtoVaon-a.- «a ' . ,

treuMaa, oreaaa. uhniimbi. hunor-oua. paraavartog. conWanl SWM. 43 ST ft no dapandanto, aryoya

mutocm "

- w

I ar*oy* tpona ooncan*. Saaking attractha Lanrv »uano Rican tomato, aga

M ktBaBBHIi outgoing SWV «0 5*10- .11 an|oy* reatftv arena ouaaool Qaa toiawr. moviaa Saakng to oulgong SOWF. 34-all

mg on BadaWi oagraa. tovaa aarkng oul iatodng predy SWF. 27-32 YWSre navar mat a Ba

phone. whole

Jkbbrmvlmtlonm: A - A a l a n • • - • l a c k • C - C h r l a t l a n - D - D l v o r o a d a F - F a m a l a • H - H l a p a n l o a J - J a w l a h - M - M a l a a N / S - N o n - S m o k a r a P - P r o f a a a l o n a l - B - B l n g l a

The Observer A Eccentric! T H U R S D A Y , J U L Y 8 , 1 9 9 9 <C*>C7

ARCHERY O a k l a n d C o u n t y S p o r t s m e n ' s C l u b w i l l h o l d a 3 D s h o o t b e g i n -n i n g a t 9 a . m . S u n d a y , J u l y 11 , o n i t s w a l k - t h r o u g h r a n g e i n C l a r k a t o n . C a l l ( 2 4 8 ) 6 2 3 - 0 4 4 4 f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n .

R o y a l O a k A r c h e r s w i l l h o l d a

3 D s h o o t b e g i n n i n g a t 9 a . m .

S u n d a y , J u l y 18, o n i t s w a l k -

t h r o u g h c o u r s e i n L a k e O r i o n .

C a l l ( 2 4 8 ) 6 2 8 - 8 3 5 4 o r ( 2 4 8 ) 5 8 9 -

2 4 8 0 f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n . ' '

S A F A R I 3 D

D e t r o i t A r c h e r s w i l l h o l d a 5 6 -

t a r g e t s a f a r i s h o o t b e g i n n i n g a t

9 a m . S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y ,

J u l y 2 4 - 2 5 , o n i t s w a l k - t h r o u g h

c o u r s e i n W e s t B l o o m f i e l d . C a l l

( 2 4 8 ) 6 6 1 - 9 6 1 0 o r ( 3 1 3 ) 8 3 5 -

2 1 1 0 f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n .

U V O M A R M M E

T h e n e w l y r e n o v a t e d L i v o n i a

A r c h e r y R a n g e i s o p e n t o t h e

p u b l i c . T h e r a n g e f e a t u r e s s e v e n

field l a n e s a n d o n e b r o a d h e a d

l a n e a n d i s o p e n 1 0 a . m . - 4 p . m .

o n S a t u r d a y s a n d S u n d a y s . C o a t

i s %4 f o r a d u l t s a n d $ 2 f o r c h i l -

d r e n . L i v o n i a r e s i d e n t s s h o o t

free o f c h a r g e . T h e r a n g e i s

l o c a t e d o n G l e n d a l e A v e . , e a s t o f

F a r m i n g t o n R o a d . C a l l ( 7 3 4 )

4 6 6 - 2 4 1 0 f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n .

T h e O a k l a n d C o u n t y S p o r t s m a n

C l u b i n C l a r k s t o n o f f e r s a J u n i o r

O l y m p i c A r c h e r y D e v e l o p m e n t

P r o g r a m b e g i n n i n g a t 1 p . m . o n

S u n d a y s . C a l l ( 2 4 8 ) 6 2 3 - 0 4 4 4 f o r

m o r e i n f u r u i a t i u n . " "

A w e e k l y p r o g r a m f o r j u n i o r

a r c h e r s b e g i n s a t 9 a . m . S a t u r -

d a y s a t D e t r o i t A r c h e r s i n W e s t

B l o o m f i e l d . C a l l ( 2 4 8 ) 6 6 1 - 9 6 1 0

o r ( 3 1 3 ) 8 3 5 - 2 1 1 0 for m o r e i n f o r -

m a t i o n .

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W i n g s & C l a y s w i l l h o s t a s p o r t -i n g c l a y s s h o o t o n S u n d a y . A u g . 2 9 , a t t h e B a l d M o u n t a i n r a n g e i n L a k e O r i o n . C a l l ( 2 4 8 ) 8 1 4 -9 1 9 3 f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n .

SEASON/DATES ELK SEASON A p p l i c a t i o n d e a d l i n e for t h e S e p t e m b e r a n d D e c e m b e r 1 9 9 9 M i c h i g a n e l k s e a s o n s i s J u l y 1 5 . C a l l ( 5 1 7 ) 3 7 3 - 1 2 6 3 f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n .

FISHING TOURNAMENTS T o p B a s s T o u r n a m e n t T r a i l , a

s e r i e s o f o p e n s i n g l e s d r a w b a s s

t o u r n a m e n t s , c o n t i n u e s o n S u n -

d a y , J u l y 1 1 , o n L o b d e l l L a k e .

R e g i s t r a t i o n i s $ 6 0 a n d t h e p a y

b a c k i s o n e p l a c e c a s h f o r e v e r y

s e v e n c o n t e s t a n t s . B o a t e r s a n d

n o n - b o a t e r s a r e w e l c o m e a n d

t h e r e i s n o p r e - r e g i s t r a t i o n . C a l l

E l m e r D a n i e l s a t ( 7 3 4 ) 7 2 9 - 1 7 6 2

o r S t e v e R a n d i e s a t ( 7 3 4 ) 4 2 2 -

5 8 1 3 f o r m b r e i n f o r m a t i o n . A d d i -

t i o n a l s t o p s o n t h e T o p B a s s

- T o u r n a m e n t T r a i l a r e J u l y 1 7 o n

W i x o m L a k e , J u l y 3 1 o n S a n f o r d

L a k e , a n d A u g . 1 4 - 1 5 o n W i x o m

L a k e .

O a k l a n d B a s s M a s t e r s w i l l . h o l d

i t s a n n u a l T o u r n a m e n t f o r T o y s ,

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outdoors during this program, ^ which begins a t 10:30 a.m. Sat- * urday, July 31. at Independence \ Oaks. The club will alee Aug. 28.

P o n t i a c L a k e R e c r e a t i o n A r e a i n W a t e r f o r d h a s r i f l e , p i s t o l , s h o t -g u n , a n d a r c h e r y r a n g e s . R a n g e • h o u r s a r e 1 0 a . m . - 5 p j n . W e d n e s d a y s t h r o u g h S u n d a y s . P o n t i a c L a k e R e c r e a t i o n A r e a i s l o c a t e d a t 7 8 0 0 G a l e R d . C a l l ( 2 4 8 ) 6 6 6 - 1 0 2 0 for m o r e i n f o r m a -t i o n .

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said the former Livonia Lady-wood coach. "A lot of them don't have a lot of other options, and this is something they really look forward to. They plan their summer around it.

"I knew we could help. I mean, how can you turn down helping 1,500 kids?"

There wasn ' t much t ime to pull it all together. When first approached in l a t e April , frafchak immediately went to district athletic director Brian Wolcott to obtjUTLlkg use of the school district 's stadium. "I'm really proud of how the school district came through for us," said Krafchak.

Still, there wasn't much time to plan out everything else.

"Really, the last four weeks have been very hectic," Krafchak said, speaking on. his car phone

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while taking a break from set-ting up the track. "But every-thing's foiling into place.*

Had Krafchak not been able to help, and had no one else stepped forward, the event "probably would have been passed over to Ohio, and tha t would have given our state a big black eye."

There's no such concern now. The meet gets started at 9 a.m. each day, and is expected to con-clude between 5-6 p.m. All the

part of it — for now on a compet-itive level, but then perhaps in developing talent.

"I'd like to get into coaching," Stibel said. "At least to see if that's what I want to do."

Whatever Stibel chooses to do, it seems certain that if he putB his mind to it, accomplishing it will be well within his range.

regular track and field events —-high jump, long jump, 1,500-meter run, hurdles, shot put, dis-cus, pole vault — will be compet-ed, as will a few not seen in Michigan high school competi-tion, like the triple jump, the javel in and 3,000-meter race walk. There will also be relays.

Every th ing considered, it should be a captivating four days — certainly one that's worth the effort.

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SPECIAL SEEDS Bring an old soup can for a spe-cial project and learn about seeds during this program, which begins at 10 a.m.,Thurs: day, July 15, at Highland. CONSTELLATION MKE Explore the night sky and learn Native American folk lore during this program, which begins at 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 16, at Mayhury.

CREEPY CRAWUES Take a look at the amazing world of insects and other small creatures during this program, which begins at 11 a.m. Satur-day, July 17, at Maybury. SUMMER EVENINGS Explore the park's natural and cultural history through a vari-ety of weekly hikes and interpre-tive presentations during this class, which will be held at 7 p.m. each Thursday through the end of August at Maybury.

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DAWN PATROL Get up early and search for wildlife during tbia guided hike, which begins at 7 a.m. Sunday, July 11, at Kensington. SMALL FRY SAMPLER Ages four and five will, learn how children and weeds grow during this program, which begins at 10 • i n I n e e d s ) ' Inly I'I Hi Kmiih—

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I ven c a s u a l classical music l i s t e n e r s 4*e fami l ia r w i t h

I Aaron Copeland's hera lded "Fanfare for the Common Man."

I t s c o n t e m p o r a r y n a m e s a k e , " F a n f a r e fo r t h e U n c o m m o n Woman," by American composer J o a n Tower , h a s yet to a t t a i n widespread popularity within the classical world.

But Marin Alsop, who will con-d u c t t h e D e t r o i t S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a ' s season o p e n i n g a t Meadow Brook this weekend, is eager to change that.

On Friday, Alsop, who is music director of the Colorado Sympho-

n y Orches t ra and the Concordia Orchestra in New York City, will lead the DSO in back-to-back fan-fares.

" ' F a n f a r e for the U n c o m m o n Woman' uses the same instrumen-tation as Copeland's. It's very dif-f e r e n t , b u t i t m a k e s t h e s a m e s ta tement ," said Alsop, who j u s t r e t u r n e d f r o m an e n g a g e m e n t w i t h t h e London S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a . "I like to pa i r t b e n r together. The old and the new pro-vide different perspectives."

The wisdom of youth Different perspectives could be

t h e o p e r a t i v e p h r a s e For t h i s weekend 's offerings at Meadow-brook.

Fr iday 's "Opening Fanfa re" is billed as a "family fun night" with fireworks following the evening's selections of the fanfares, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 with Russ-ian-born p ianis t Vladimir Felts-man, selections from 'Bizet's Car-men and Britten 's "Young Person's Guide t o the Orchestra" narrated

by WJBK FOX 2's Hue! Pterkins. "Sometimes I th ink young peo-

ple a r e t h e m o s t o p e n - m i n d e d creatures on Earth.

They are open to new sounds and new ideas , " s a i d Alsop , a na t ive New Yorker whose own desire to become a conductor came a t an ea r ly a g e a f t e r s h e saw Leonard B e r n s t e i n c o n d u c t a young people's concert wi th t h e New York Philharmonic.

She later was able to study with the great conductor for two sea-sons at Tanglewood, the summer home of t h e Bos ton Symphony Orchestra.

"That was a dream come true to have him as tfiy hero all my life and then be able to s tudy with him," said Alsop, who prefers her age be given as "a little over 40."

On Saturday, Alsop, who attend-ed Yale and received her master's degree from the Juill iard School, will conduct the DSO and violinist Pinchas Z u k e f m a n in selections by Berl ioz, B r u c h , A d a m s and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.

Of her two guest ar t is ts Alsop said, "It's nice to work with the upper echelon of performers and it 's g rea t for Det ro i t to- f e a tu r e them in a summer series. You may get people who only go to one con-cer t for t h e y e a r a n d they a re going to get fine quality"

Man, myth and legend On Sunday, Alsop will lead the

orchestra in a half-hour pops con-cer t . Then , Mr. Mus ic h imse l f , songwriter Burt Bacharach, takes the stage to perform his greatest hi ts like "What the World Needs Now" and "I Say a Little Prayer."

Told t h a t t h i s conce r t was

Guest artist: Russian-born pianist Vladimir Feltsman will perform with the DSO on Friday. .

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T I C K E T I N F O R M A T I O N : Four and five-concert packages. $40 $185. Single tickets for July 9-10 concerts. $13 $45 July 11 Burt Bacharach concert, $15-$4Q. Cat! (2481 645-6666 Of (313) 576-5120. discounts for students under age 18. Visit the DSO Web site www.detroit symphony.com

T H I S W E E K E N D • 8 p.m. Fn-day. July 9 - "Opening

Fanfare," conducted by Mann Alsop. Program includes Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. and Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No 1

• 8 p m Saturday. July 10 -"Beethoven Outdoors." features violinist Pincnas Zukerman In a program of Ruch s Violin Concerto

• 7 30 p.m. Sunday. July 11 The DSO w»th Burt Bacharach.

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WHAT: Play scape "99, a festival of new

WHEN: Thursday-Sunday. July 15-18 WHEftE: Performance Network. 408 W. Washington. (2 1/2 blocks west of Main St.) Arm Arbor

TICKETS: $12 generai admission to mafnstage production. $9 students. Staged readings SS suggested donation, ta l l (734) 663-0681 or http://comnet.org/PNetworV on the Web

• " Mainstream." a full-length, original comedy - 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. July 15-17, and 2 p.m., Sunday, July 18.

"Talk Show." a comedy in two acts -1 p.m. Saturday. July 17.

"Dance l ike No One's Watching. " a new fulHength piay - 4 p.m. Saturday. July 17.

Heartlande showcases new works BY KEELY WYGONIK STAFF WRITER kwygonikOoe.homecomm.net

Most t h e a t e r - c o m p a n i e s pick up where Heart lande Theat re Company leaves off — after the play is polished and r ead^ to go.

The process of creating new works is w h a t excites Jan Radcliff, executive director of the theater company which is presenting "Playscape '99, Thursday-Sunday, Ju ly 15-18, a t Performance Network in Ann Arbor. "It's exciting to get a play on its feet and see what it looks like," said Radcliff, a Birming-ham resident. '

Playscape showcases new, original works by local playwrights, which are presented and directed by local actors and actresses. Two of the three fea-tured writers, M.V. Patton and David MacGregor. h£ve been participating in Hear t lande 's New Plays Initiative. A new work by Kitty Dubin of Birming-ham was also selected.

"This is the fifth year we're doing it," said Radcliff "The plays are worth the money. They ' re P j a v t 4 c a D e

s h e e r e n t e r t a i n - • r i a y s c a p e ment. What we do, I shOWCSSSS t h i n k is un ique . n e w , o r ig ina l We're the only the- * f>rks hv a t e r comple te ly £ committed to writ- • • era."

wrights, which are presented and directed by local actors and actresses.

A theater compa-ny without a home, Hear t l ande works to develop works by art ists such as Mac-Gregor of Livonia. an i n s t r u c t o r a t Wayne S t a t e Uni-versity, through its New Plays Initiative formed two years ago.

"It's good stuff," said Radcliff. "People come in with low expecta t ions and they're blown away. This is a great way tS support-local artists."

Presenting new works is just part of the process. MacGregor and the other five wri ters in the group meet every two weeks

"We run through an act or two and get feedback on what worked and what didn't," said MacGregor. "These people have a passion for the theater. I value tha t When I write stuff it's a pretty solitary experience It's validating to know you're not a lone voice in the wilderness"

In some ways, you could call Playscape a dress rehearsal This year t h r ee works are being presented — "Mainstream," a full-length comedy by MacGregor and two works in process," "Talk Show." a comedy in two acts by M.V. Pattcm. and "Dance Like No One's Watching," a new full-length play by

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M U S I C

Bad Company working together again BY CHRISTINA F U O C O

9TAFF WRITZB

Riding in a taxi cab throughout the streets and tunnel* of New York City. Simon Kirke is taking on the role of Mr. Mom

Never mind that he, vocalist/guitarist Paul Rodger*, bassist Boz Burrell and guitarist Mick Ralphs have reformed to tour as Bad Company and cut a few new tracks. His priorities have changed tern porarily.

"I'm going into a tunnel no bear with .me if we get cut off. I'm in a New York •an cab. It's amazing isn't it? I'm calling you from this cell phone I have to pick up my daughter from school. If we don't get to do it all, we can get together later," Kirke said referring to an interview

WHOs Bad Company featuring Paul Rodger s. Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrait WHAT t Perform with special guest Oav>d Lac Roth

t: 8 0.m. Friday, Mr 9 It Joe touts Arena. 600 Civic

Center Or.. Damxt H O W : Tickets, $25, 135. $45, are avaM able at the Joe lows Arena bo* office and aR Tlcketmaater outlets. For more .nftnme tton. call < 313) 9 f t3^606

The quint*iww»ntial English gentleman Kirke is even as polite and thoughtful when he describe* Bad Company's make-up and break-up.

"1 have to say s t ra ightup it's been fan taatic.'the drummer said "We're all a Jit

tie hit wary because when we sort of parted company all those years ago, it wasn't under the best of circumstances We were a little bit cautious of working together again." Kirke explained

The quartet was relieved of its reserva-tions when a pav-per-view concert early in the tour went especially well, he explained

"The vibe was jUst fantastic 1 think the re ' s a newfound affect ion and respect It had bwn eroded away in 1980 or 1981, whenever it was." said Kirke. who along with the rest of Bad Com pa nv. will perform at Joe l-ouis Arena on Friday. July 9

"We just got tired of each other basical

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Reunited: The recently reformed Bad Compan \ performs with special guest David Lee Roth on Friday, July 9, at Joe Louis Arena. The hand released an anthology on Elektra Records.

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almost sold out, Alsop said, "No kidding? He's coming around again. I'm sure he's happy." * Indeed , who would h a v e ' known ten years ago t h a t the t unes thought des t ined to be hummed exiting elevators would make Bacharach a new teen sen-sation? , But the same swinging marti-ni lounge craze that resurrected Tony Bennett , Tom Jones, and Mel Torme from performance parody also b rough t back

Bacharach. The British band Oasis got the

pendulum swinging by putting a picture of their musical hero on the cover of "Definitely Maybe," the band's 1994 hi t album. A couple years later, Oasis song-wri ter Noel Gal lagher joined Bacharach onstage during a con-cert, and the 70-year-old's cool-ness was sealed.

Now, hip bands including the Cranber r i e s , REM, Massive Attack and Stereolab are cover-

ing Bacharach tunes. At least five of his songs appeared in the movie "My Best Friend's Wed-ding." And he, himself, had a cameo appearance in the Austin Powers' movies.

Last year, he and Elvis Costel-lo worked together on "Painted from Memory," a stunning collec-tion of Bacharach 's polished arrangements and Costello's rue-ful lyrics.

Classical ventures

Appearing with the DSO is not at all out of character for the songwriter who has racked up more than a half-dozen Oscars and Grammy Awards for h is songs and scores.

Tra ined in classical music, Bacharach turned towards Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, but never thought he, too, could be a jazzman.

Popular music was his forte; And since the late 1950s, he's been churning out the mega-hits

tha t made singer Dionne War-wick a star and gave countless hits to numerous artists.

Bacharach's appearance with the DSO is definitely the high-light of the "Sunday Summer Pops" expanded series which also includes a Gershwin Gala on July 18 and Audra McDonald •inging Broadway tunes on July 25.

For Alsop, this weekend marks her debut with the Detroit Sym-phony Orchestra. Recent and

upcoming appearances include the National Symphony in Wash-ington, D.C., and the symphonies of San Francisco, Atlanta, Hous-ton, Cincinnati , Indianapol is , Milwaukee, Vancouver and Toronto.

"Every orchestra has its own personality," saftf Alsop, "About the qua l i ty and level of th is orchestra, I've only heard good things about Detroit."

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Dubin. "It stretches different muscles

for actors and directors," said Radcliff. "They know they'll have

an impact on the works being presented. It 's a collaborative effort. It's exciting for the writer to get feedback. That excitement.

tha t process is what keeps UB rejuvenated."

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form. They ' re plays that aren't done yet, they're under cooked," she said. "But in some ways they reveal the magic of theater. The audience has to par t ic ipa te imaginatively. Afterward we pass out surveys and do talk-backs if time allows. The- audience takes an active part in the process of the play. They participate in the creation of art. It's a dynamic aspect of theater "

MacGregor has been watching the rehearsals of his play for the past couple of weeks.

"The appeal of theater is you can present stuff as an unadul-terated vision of the writer," said MacGregor. "You sit and study and hammer away at the play. It's very isolating. But these peo-

-pfe are- so passionate. In a way, I feel so unworthy. The people involved are so talented. It's a pleasure to work with them. In a

play the human element is right there."

MacGregor's "Mainstream" is a story about a Medieval English professor so obsessed with his research that he often sleeps in his office. He falls apart when his wife leaves. A colleague sug-

--fcests he write a n o v e l which, much to the professor's surprise, is a best-seller. The professor becomes a pop icon but is still troubled.

"Talk Show" by Pat ton, is a satire about talk shows. "Dance Like No One's Watching," by Dubin is about a married couple who enters therapy embarking on an emotional roller coaster ride.

For Radcliff it all comes down to procooo, taking an idea, dpvol-oping it into a play with a begin-ning, middle, and end, and see-ing actors and directors bring it

to life. "It's the evolution of an artist

and a piece of work that's what's most exciting for us," she said. "We don't have overhead. We don't pay our actors a lot. If you're not having fun, you're not getting the artistic pay-off. Peo-ple don't do it for the money."

Still, she admits, "it's difficult to always be a gueBt in someone else's house. We hope we can hang on long enough to find a place to call home."

Playscape is part of the Perfor-mance Network's Tree Town The-atre Festival, a celebration of plays and dance by local artists, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, until Aug. 26.

Brass Tscks Theatre Ensemble is presenting William Shake-speare's "King Lear" through July 11.

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The contest will close July 23. On Aug. 2, the institution's panel of judges will select the top four photographs.

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ly," he added simply "It was like a marriage that really got tired. We'd done a lot of touring, a lot of r ecord ing , endless tours , deadlines to meet. We had eight years of it and we just got tired of it. We said, 'Enough.' It was a pretty mundane reason, really. None of us found God or any-thing like that."

The reunion was almost as simple, t l e k t r a Records met with Bad Company to discuss the band ' s 25th ann iversa ry

and things just fell into place. The label released "The 'Origi-nal' Bad Company Anthology" earlier this year and suggested that the band do something to promote it.

"This year sees the 25th anniversary of the release of the first album. Last year we had a meeting to discuss the back catalogue. It was one of those sort of legal mee t ings where we had to attend in per-son," Kirke explained.

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BOOK SIGNINGS Farmington Observer reporter and Livonia resident Tim Smith wil l sign copies of his new book. "Mirac le B i r th Stones ot Very Premature Babies - Litt le Thumbs Up!" 2 4 p.m. Saturday. Aug. 7. Barnes and Noble Booksellers. 396 John R Road. Troy. Smith can be contacted

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BORDERS (ANN ARBOR) Los Angeles Kings player Dan Bylsma discusses and signs his book "So Your Son Wants to Play in the NHL." 7 p.m. Thursday. July

8; Sir Morgan the Knight stops by Camp Borders. 11 a.m. Saturday. July 10, at the store. 612 Liberty St. (734)668-7652.

BORDERS(ARBORLAND) •Fight Club IV." a short story wr i t ing workshop geared for 14-20 -peopie, 4 p.m. Thursdays;" Cteai ive writ ing group. 7 p.m. Thursday, July 8; "ArtVentures" wi th crafts from Argentina, 2 p.m. Saturday. July 10. at the store, 3527 Washtenaw Ave.. Ann Arbor. (734) 677-6948.

BORDERS (AUBURN HILLS) Ron Nelson performs his old west-style cowboy poetry at 7 p.m. Saturday. July 10. at the ' store. 3924 Baldwin Road. Auburn Hills. (248) 335-5013

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U'ui i SUimi'Mii UisiJlays iiis watercolors through July 31 in the Borders Cafe; Knitters Gathering holds i ts meetings. 7:30 p.m. Monday^. July 5 and

"We found we got along real-ly well. Then the sugges t ion was made of a box set or an anthology to commemorate the classic album. The record com-pany suggested that we go out to p romote t h e record b u t I think the truth was we kind of missed each other."

"I certainly missed Mick and Boz because they're so manic and funny. Paul's singing really evokes strange feelings. He's a terrific singer. I love his voice."

19; Monthly business networking meeting featuring keynote speak-er, Lisa Sawicki. president of the Lapides Publicity Group in Royal Oak. 9-10 a.m. Thursday. July 8 . at the store. 30995 Orchard Lake Road. Farmington Hills. (248)

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It also evoked creative juices. Besides h i t s l ike "Shoot ing Star" and "Feel Like Makm' Love," the two-CD set "Antholo-gy" includes four new songs — "Tracking Down a Runaway" and " H a m m e r o£ Love" by Rodgers, and t h e Ralphs-penned "Ain't It Good" and "Hey, Hey."

Through touring,*recording and r e h e a r s i n g , Kirke explained, "a

ce r ta in magic sudden ly reared its head again "

He's unsure of the future of the>band but would like to think that a new album is in the cards.

"I would l ike to do a new album, yes. That ' s not a view that is

whole-heartedly shared by all of UB at the moment," he said with a snicker. "We're just play-

' ing this a week at a time, really. We don't really want to make a grand plan in case it all blows up.

" T h a t ' s b e i n g p re t t y pes-simistic but I have to be realis-tic. We haven't played together for 20 years. The signs are very encouraging but I'm being a lit-t le cau t ious when I say t h a t there a re no plans for a new album because there aren't. But I don't see it being out of the realm of possibilities."

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C O M M U N I T Y T H E A T E R

BRASS TACKS ENSEMBLE A timeless production of Shakespeare's "King Lear." 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. July 8-10. and 2

C P M IMIY 11. at the Performance Network. 408 West Washington. Ann Arbor. $12. $9 stu-dents/seniors. pay what you can for Thursday performances. (734) 6 6 3 0696 P.T.D. PRODUCTIONS "The Boys "Next Door." a play about four mentally handicapped men living i n 3 communal residence. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, iuly 8-11 and Thursday-Saturday. July 15-17, at the Riverside Arts Center. 76 N. Huron Street. Ypsi lanti $12. $9 seniors/students. (734) 483-7345

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NOVI THEATRES "Jack in the Beanstal l^ .a Parody." by Linda Wickert , Friday-Sunday. July 9-11. at the Novi Civic Center Stage. 45175 West 10 Mile. Novi. $8, '$7 advance. (248) 347-0400

S P E C I A L E V E N T S

-ARTISANS AFTERGLOW" _ Tha Anr; Arbor Artisans' Market Art

Fair Afterglow will be held 5-10 p.m. Saturday. July 24 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. July 25. David Swain and his band play swing. blues. jazz and rock 6-10 p.m. Saturday. acoustic guitarist Ken King performs * traditional and modern folk music noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, wide variety of arts and crafts will be for sale, at the City Market. 315 Detroit Street in Kerrytown.

BEANIE BABIE SHOW 1 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. July 11, at the Plymouth Cultural Center. 525 Farmer. $5. $2 ages 4-12. (734) 455-2110

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FESTIVAL Music, foods. United Moravian Society Dancers. Bohemian crystal, pastries, artifacts, garnet Jewelry. 2 :3010:30 p.m. Saturday. July 10 and 1:30-8 p.m. Sunday. July 11. at Yack Arena. 3131 Second St. at Eureka Road, east of 1-75. Wyandotte. $6. free for children age 14 and younger. (734) 4 1 6 0376/ (313) 382-0406 SAkUNG CHALLENGE Bacardi Bayview Mackinac race begins in Port Huron, 11:30 a.m. Saturday. July 17 and ends Tuesday. July 20 on Mackinac Island. The first boats are expected to arrive on the island in the early morning hours of Monday.

DEPOT TOWN CRUISE NIGHTS Hundreds of street rods rumble into Depot Towrj 6-9 p.m. Thursdays through.Sept. 9. Cross Street In Ypsilanti. (734) 483-4444 or www.ypsilanti.org •

HOT COUNTRY JAM 3-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Ally 9 1 0 . Ned Doerr and the Red Ryder Band. Steele Canyon. Tony Phillips. Kristyn Smith, Shalee Tennison, MB Owens and Midnite Holler. Janis Leigh and the Luck of the Draw, Shane Minor, and Pam Tillis, at Heritage Park, on Pardee Road, between Goddard and North Line roads. Taylor. Free. (734) 453-9157 or wwwtfrattsupinc .com

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Film "The Adventures of Robin Hood," with guest organist Tony O'Brien. 7:30 p.m. organ overture followed by 8 p.m. film Friday. July 9. and 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. overtures with 2 p.m. and 8 p j n . films. Saturday. July 10. Historic Redford Theatre, 17360 Lahser Road, Detroit. $2.50. (313) 537 2560 or

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11:30 a.m. Saturday. July 10 heat local astronomer Mike Best give a lively history and update on UFO s, known as Dr. Carl Sagan with Humor. Best wil l use slides and video clips to

• uu : Arm Arbor authors Steve plzfks and Sarah Zet te l at 1 p jn . . at the Plymouth District Library, 223 S. Main. Plymouth. (734) 4 5 3 0 7 5 0

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7 p jn . SasurdJ*. July 10. Maze Tea-tur int FrankIe Beverly, wi th special guests The O'Jay's, Gerald Lsvsrt. N u t and Jesse Powell, at Chene P v k . Detroit $65. S47 JO . $27.50. (248) 645-6666 TIDOY BEAR SHOW AND SALE 10 a.m. Xa 4 :30 p.m Sunday, July IB. at Weber's inn. 1-94 exit 172 Jack son Read. Ann Arbor. $5. $1.50 children. (502) 423-STAR or wwW.bright-star-productions.com YANKEE AIR MUSEUM Mustang Rourump featuring P-51 Mustangs. Heinfcel H e - I l l . B-17 Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey." and over 50 classic Ford Mustangs, airflight demonstrations throughout the day, 10 a m . to 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, A*y 17-18. off

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Art fair Karin Batchelor is of more than 400 artists and craftsmen, featured at Art in the Park in downtown Plymouth, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 10, and until 5 p.m. Sunday, July 11. For more information, call (7. ] 454-1314.

Anderson and Robert Morgan 6 p.m. Saturday. July 17. $35. (734) 4 8 3 4030

B E N E F I T S

"JUST ZOO i t -Gift of Life 5K Run and 1.5 mile Fun Walk to celebrate the gift of life and learn more about organ and tissue donation, 9 a.m. Saturday, July 17. rain or shine, at the Detroit Zoo. 8450 W. 10 Mile. Royal Oak. $20. includes zoo admission, two free tick-ets to the Detroit Rockers home opener Nov. 7 and commemorative t-shirt. Children under age 10 admitted free to the zoo before 10 a.m. (877) 966-6863

-SERIOUS MOONLIGHT" Benefit celebration takes on a Caribbean flavor in conjunction with Cranbrook Art Museum's summer exhibit "Contemporary Art from Cuba." dancing, food, silent auction, and music by Black man & Arnold. 8 p.m. to midnight. July 10. outdoors at the museum. 1221 N. Woodward. Bloomfield Hills. $85 advance. $90. to benefit the art museum. (248) 645-3361

THE THREE TENORS 7 p.m. Saturday. July 17, at Tiger Stadium. $50-$350. to benefit Michigan Opera Theatre's New Century Fund Campaign to complete the Detroit Opera House. (313) 237-3433/(248) 6 4 5 6 6 6 6

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Of "Litt le Creatures" shows live ani-mals including a monitor lizard and hedgehog. 7 p.m. Friday. July 9, Cohn Amphitheatre, adjacent to the Lewis E. Wint Nature Center at Independence Oaks County Park on Sashabaw Road, independence Township. $2.50. (248) 625-6473/(248) 858-1684 (TTY) or http://www.co.oaklaad.mi.us KEVWDEV1NE

Hosts a children's concert as part of _ Club, 11 « m .

Wednesday. July 14, West Btoomfieid "Puttie Library, 6315 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Free. All ages. (246) 682-2120: 6:30 p.m Birmingham City Hall. 151 Martin

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Featuring Country Line and Squ«e Dancers. Bonne Temja Roulie. Mudpuppy. the Chisel Brothers the Imperial Swing Orche*ra. Slarhght Drifters. Forbes Brothers, AH Jack Black Market, and Tha Howling Oswos. through Saturday, July 10, downtown Farming!on. (73*) 4 5 3 9157 or http:/ /www.wettsupine xa»n HIGHLAND RECREATION AREA -Sneaky Snahas." l O s * m T**»day. Arty 8. 'Special Seeda." 10 Thursday. -My IS : "Special Seeds." 10 a m. Thursday. July 15. at t t * perk. 5200 E. M 59. White Lake * Township. Free, motf i f w M c i e permfl required Children must be accompe n.edby °ROUO LAKE RECREATION AREA •Environmental KWa * 10 a * .

Tuesday, July 13. at the park. 3500 Wixom Road, Milford. Free, motor vehicle permit required. Children must be accompanied by an adult. -(248) 685-2187 GORDON RUSS

Magician and comedian performs 1:30 p.m. Thursday. July 8, Plymouth Cultural Center. 525 Farmer St.. Plymouth. $4, $3 children. City resi dents receive $1 off. (734) 455-6620 MARC THOMAS

Ventriloquist and magician performs 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 15. Plymouth Cultural Center. 525 Farmer St.. Plymouth. $4. $3 chil-dren. City residents receive $1 off. (734) 455-6620 TROY FAMILY FESTIVAL Featuring Marc Thomas, Harpbeat. moon walk, The Spoon Man, The Amazing Zeemo. face painting, jug-glers. hands-on children's crafts, food and puppet show. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday. July 14. Boulan Park on Crooks Road north of Big Beaver Road. Troy.'Free. (248) 524-3484

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C O N C E R T S

-CONCERTS ON THE LAWN" The Edge plays jazz to rhythm and blues, funk. pop. rock, reggae and rap. 7 p.m. Sunday. July 11, on the front lawn of the Southfield Municipal Complex. 26000 Evergreen Road, at Civic Center Drive. (248) 424^9022 GAZEBO CONCERTS Simon & Hilary performs everything from folk to Handel. Irving Berlin and the blues 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 14. af Burgh Historical Park. Civic Center Drive and Berg Road, east of Telegraph. Southfield. (248) 424- . 9022

-IN THE PARK" Air MargaritaviHe with Michael Fedorka. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. July 8 . Shain Park, Birmingham.

-MUSIC IN THE PARK" Noon Wednesday, July 14, Harpbeat. i n Kellogg Park, Man Street. between Pennirrfan and Ann Arbor Trail. Plymouth, in case of rain, con-cert will be held In The Gathering next to the Perm Theater, ( 734 ) ' 416 4ART

Joe Kmglsey Band, did time favorites. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. July 8. at Livonia CMc Center Park. Five MHe, east of Farmington Road; Peterson Country Music featuring dancers. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. July 15. at Greenmead Historical Village, New burgh, south af Eight Mile. Uvonia. (734) 4 6 6 2 5 4 0 NOVI CONCERT BAND 8 p-m. Thursday. July 15. at Heritage Park. Farmington PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY BANO 7 : 3 0 0 p.m. Friday/July 9. at the bendshell. Northville (248) 3 4 9 7640

WESTLAND CULTURAL SOCIETY Pyramid II w i th Tyrone Hamilton. 6 p.m. Sunday. July 11, at the Westland Library Performance Pavilion, behind Westland Public

north of Ford Road, between Wayne [ Road and Newbwgh Free. In case of

rain, concerts will be held inside Bailey Recreation Center. (734) 722-7620/(734) 522-3918

C L A S S I C A L

"AN EVENING OF ROBERT SCHUMANN"

Featuring pianists Michele Cooker and Arthur Greene, lyric soprano Elizabeth Parcells. violinist Megan Reiter and commentary by Susan Nisbett. 8 p.m. Saturday. July 17. at the Kerrytown Concert House. 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. $25. $15. S10. (734) 769-2999 or kch@ic.net DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA With conductor Martin Alsop and pianist Vladimir Fejtsman, 8 p.m. Friday. July 9: "Beethoven Outdoors" with conductor Marin Alsop and Pinchas Zukerman, 8 p.m. Saturday. July 10; With Burt Bacharach. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. July 11: "Pictures at an Exhibition." 8 p.m. Friday, July 16. with conductor Neeme Jarvi and vio-linist Chuan Yun U; all at Meadow Brook Music Festival. Oakland University. Walton Boulevard and Adams Road. Rochester. $13$50. (313) 576-5111 or http://www.detroitsymphony.com

P O P S / S W I N G '

BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA With BR5-49, 7:30 p.m. Fnday. July 9. Pine Knob Music Theatre. 1-75 and Sashabaw Road. Independence Township. $29.50 pavilion. $15 lawn. All ages. (248) 377-0100 or http://www.palacenet.com STARLIGHT DRIFTERS 9:30 p.m. Thursday. July 15. Karl's Cabin, 9779 N. Territorial Road. Plymouth. Free. 21 and older. (734) 455-8450 (western swing)

A U D I I T I O N S / O P P O R T U N I T I E S

BIRMINGHAM CONCERT BAND Looking for adult musicians (wood-wind. brass, and especially percu» sion players) of all ages, rehearsals ~dt'e ?.3U-9.3»u,n.-WmJm.jmi)fJ, a l — Groves High School Birmingham. (248) 474-4997 EISENHOWER DANCE ENSEMBLE Auditions for the new pre-professidhal

18. at the EDE Center for Dance. 1541 Hamlin Road, between Crooks and Livernois. Rochester Hills. (248) 852-5850; also summer dance day camp for boys and girls who have completed grades 16 . July 19-30 and Aug. 2-13.

MICHIGAN DANCE EXPRESS Hosts Its Summer Dance Camp My

2 5 2 9 at Camp Coonecopic in Fenton for ages eight and older, camp com-bines four hours of dally dance train-ing wi th traditional summer camp activities such as swimming and boating, style* include ballet, tap. t a a . and lyrical along with classes m modeling, production and wring (734) 397 9755/(313) 5621203

out vibrato (ages 1017) who are under 5 ft. 2 In. tall, at the Detroit Opera House. 1526 Broadway. For performances Oct. 29 to Nov. 14. (313) 237-3274 SPIRIT OF OETROIT CHORUS Looking for new members of all ages to rehearse and become new m e m

four-part harmony in the barbershop tradition, 7-10 p.m. Tuesdays, at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Five Mile west ol InKster Roaib. Uvonia. (313) 937-2429 STAGECRAFTERS Auditions for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," 7:30 p.m. (registration begins 6:30 p jn . ) Friday and Monday. July 9 (men) and July 12 (women), also casting non-pit musicians/actors who can play violin/fiddle, electr ic/str ing bass.

electric/acoustic guitar. ' flute/recorder and hand percussion, at the Baldwin Theatre. 415 S. Lafayette. Royal Oak. For perfor-mances Sept. 17-19. 23-26 and 30. and Oct. 1-3 and 8 1 0 . (248) 541 4832 SUMMER DRAMA CAMPS Ages 5 and up Join the Whistle Stop Players for sessions 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday. July 12-16 and Aug. 9-13. at the Plymouth Community Arts Council. 774 N. Sheldon, at Junction. $100. $75 PCAC members. (734) 416-4ART. SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMERS

Workshop with Walk & Squawk's artistic directors Erika Block and Hilary Ramsden and Lavinia Moyer and Angela De Castro. 10 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. July 12-17 ($180): also theater camp for teenagers July 19-23 ($100), at the Walk & Squawk Performance Project. 122 East Mosley. Ann Arbor. (734) 6680407

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MARCUS BELGRAVE 7-11 p.m. Saturday. July 10, at the Gem and Century Theatres. 333 Madison Avenue. Detroit. (313). 963-9800

TASIUMAH BEY 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Saturdays, at Fishbone's Rhythm Kitchen Cafe. 29244 Northwestern Hwy., north of 12 Mile. Southfield. (248) 351-2925 (ragtime piano) SANDRA BOMAR QUARTET 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday. July 16. Edison's. 220 Merrill- St.. Birmingham. Free. 21 and older. (248) 645-2150 (voc al / piano/ bass/ drum s) RON BROOKS TRIO 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. July 1 6 17, at the Bird of Paradise. 207 S. Ashley, Ann Arbor. $5. (734) 662-8310 " JUDIE COCHILL TRIO 9 p.m. t o 1 a.m. Saturday. July 10. Edison's. 220 Merrill St.. Birmingham. Free. 21 and older. (248) 6452150 (vocal/piano/bass) GEM JAZZ TRIO 6 1 0 p.m. Thursday. July 8. at the Gem and Century Theatres. 333 Madison Avenue, Detcott ..(313) 963-9800

WENDELL HARRISON QUINTET 8:30 p.m. Friday. July 16. Orchestra Hall. Detroit. $10 in advance. $15 at the door. (313) 5765111, BILL HEID TlftO 8 p.m. to midnight Thursday. July 8 ^ , Edison's. 220 Merrill St., Birmingham. Free. 2 1 and older. (248) 6452150 (piano/fess/drums) HEIDI HEPLER AND MICHELE RAMO

With Todd Curtis, 7-11 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, Too Chez. 27155 Sheraton Dr., Novi. Free. All ages. (248) 348-5555; 8 p.m. to midnight Saturdays. Northern Lakes Seafood Compeny's-Tavern Bar. 475-N. Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills. Free. 21 and older. (248) 6 4 6 7 9 0 0 (Brazilian jazz/American standards) IMMUNITY

9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday. July 11. Jamaica Joe s. 6041 Haggerty Road. Woot BianmifiPlii Ffr»p All ri&i-s,

(248) 6452150 (voc al / piano/ bass/dr urns) SHEILA LAMDIS With Wendell Harrison. Gary Schunk and Ralph Armstrong. 8 :3011:30 p.m. Friday. July 16. Orchestra Hall. 3711 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. (313) 8333700 PHILIPPE LEJEUNE

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Beanery. 152 N. Woodward Ave., Birmingham. Free. All ages. (248) 646-6022

P O E T R Y / 8 p.m. Friday, July 9. at Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave.. Ann Arbor. $25. $15. $10. (734) 769-2999 or kch©ic .net DEE DEE MCNEIL 6 1 0 p.m. Friday. July 9. at the Gem and Century Theatres. 333 Madison Avenue. Detroit. (313) 9 6 3 9 8 0 0 MATT MICHAELS TRIO With vocalist Barbara Ware. 811 :30 p.m. Thursday. July 8, at the Botsford Inn. 28000 Grand River Ave., Farmington Hills. $5 cover waived with dinner, and $5 drink mihimum. (248) 474-4800 MICHIGAN JAZZ FESTIVAL Tom Saunders & the Detroit All-Stars, SCool JAzz/PRime, Alma Smith.

Steve Wood. George Benson. Janet Tenaj, Matt Michaels/Jack Brokensha. Barbara Ware. Dennis & April Tini. Naima Shamborguer. Louis Smith. Paul Vornhagen. Pistol Allen. Larry Nozero. Ron Kischuk and the Tartar Sauce Jazz Band. Jim Stefanson s Oldest Living Saxophone Octet. Bess Bonier. Sheila Landis. New Generation, Ed Nuccilli & The Plural Circle, Brookside Jazz Ensemble. Jim Wyse and Johnny Trudell's Big Band, noon to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, July 18. at Schoolcraft College, on Haggerty Road, between Six and Seven Mile roads. Livonia. Free. (248) 474-2720/(734) 459^ 2454

GARY SCHUNK TRIO 8 p.m. to midnight Thursday. July 15. Edison's, 220 Merrill St.. Birmingham. Free. 2 1 and older. (248) 6452150 (piano/bass/drums) SCHUNK/STARR/DRYDEN 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Thursday. July 8. The Plaza, one block west of the Southfield Civic Center.

Southfield. Free. All ages. (248) 354

9540 VINCENT SHANDOR TRIO With vocalist Jeannine Miller. 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. July 9-10. at the Bird of Paradise..207 S. Ashley. Ann Arbor. $5. (734) 662-8310 JANET TENAJ TRIO Featuring Sven Anderson, piano and Kurt Krahnke. bass. 11:30 a.m, to 3 p.m. Sundays, at Fishbone s Restaurant. 29244 Northwestern Hwy. Southfield. (248) 351-2925 URSULA WALKER AND BUDDY BUDSON

With Dan Kolton. 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Thursdays at Forte. 201 S. Woodward Ave.. Birmingham. Free. 21 and older. (248) 594-7300 THE WARREN COMMISSION 6:3010:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Big Rock Chop and Brew House s stone terrace. 245 E. Eton. Birmingham. Free. All ages. (248) 6 4 ^ 7 7 7 4 " PAMELA WISE AND.THE AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Fridays, at Fishbone's Rhythm Kitchen Cafe. 29244 Northwestern Hwy.. north of 12 Mile. Southfield. (248) 3512925

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(2*3) -9265300: 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday. July 16. The Deck at Second City. 2301 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. Cover charge. 21 and older. (313)

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-JAZZSTAGE" SERIES Presented by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Marcus Belgrsve Quintet 8:30 p.m. Friday. July 9: Wendell Harrison Quintet. 8:30 p.m. Friday. July 16. and Teddy Harris Jr. Quintet. 8:30 p.m. Fnday. July 30. Orchestra Hall. Detroit. $10 advance. $15. (313) 5 7 6 5 1 1 1 HUGH MASEKELA Headlines 'Concert ol Colors." 2 : 3 0 9 p.m. Sunday. My 11. also Ricardo Lemvo A Makina Loca. Laura Vinson A Free Spirit. EmM Zrihan. and George Gao and the Silk Ensemble, at Chene Perk. Detroit. Free, but passes required. (313) 664-2015 or www newdetroit .org

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8 p.m. Friday. July 9, Kresge Auditorium, Irrterlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen. $17 .50 $29.50. (616) 2 7 6 6 2 3 0 (Celtic) RON CODEN

9 p.m. Friday, July 9 . Dick O'Dow s. 160 W. Maple Road. Birmingham Free. 2 1 and older. (248) 642-1135 (Irish) THE DISTRACTIONS 9 p.m. Saturday. July 10. Dick O'Dow's, 160 W. Maple Road. Birmingham. Free. 2 1 and older (248) 642-1135 (Irish) IMMUNITY it f. m Fnflay in , "ft, !.-*• ;<i , r,

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GERARD SMITH AND FRIENDS 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, Dick O'Dow's. 160 W. Maple Road Birmingham. Free. 21 and older (248) 642 1135 (Irish)

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7:3010 p.m. Thursday, July 8. as part of the Plymouth Poets seventh annual Summer Celebration of Poetry at Coffee Bean Company. 844 Penmman. at Harvey Street, Plymouth. (734) 459-7319 PARADIZ X. WILLIAMS With Will Tupper. 6 1 0 p.m. Sunday, July 11, The Grand Cafe. 33316 Grand River Ave.. Farmingion, Free. All ages. (248) 6 1 5 9 1 8 1 -POET IN RESIDENCE" Rod Rheinhart. 7:30 p jn . Thursdays. July 8. 15'. 22. 29, and Sunday. July 11 (Kellogg Park), at the Plymouth District Library, 223 S. Main Street. Plymouth. (734+-453-0750 for specif ic events and programs. SONYA POUNCEY With Ann Holdneth and Rod Reinhart. 7 :3010 p.m. Thursday, July 15. as part of the Plymouth Poets' seventh annual Summer Celebration of Poetry at Coffee Bean Company. 844 Pertniman, at Harvey Street. Plymouth. (734) 45&7319

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COBBLESTONE FARM DANCERS 8 p.m. Saturday. July 15. all dances taught, open jam for string band musicians of all levels 4 6 p.m. (free), at the Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, south of 1-94, Ann Arbor. $7. (734) 6 6 5 8863/ (734) 426-0241 PICNIC SOCIAL DANCE 3 7 p.m. Sunday. July 11, music by Bob Ostrowski & The Valiants, at the American Polish Cultural Center. 1975 E. Maple, at Dequindre, Troy. $5. (248) 6 8 9 3636 WOLVERINE SILVERSPUR DANCERS

7 3011 :30 p.m. Saturday, July 10. at the Italian American Cultural Center. 12 Mile, east of Hoover. Warren $7. $6 WSD members. Free lesson and snacks. (810) 5 7 3 4 9 9 3

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JOEY'S COMEDY CLUB Billy Ray Bauer. Robert Mac and Tim Lilly. Thursday Saturday. July 8 1 0 ($10): Jef Brannan. Mike Allen and Rob Little. Thursday Saturday. July 1517 ($10). at the club above Kicker s All Amencan Grill. 36071 Plymouth Road. Uvonia. 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Third Level Improv and new talent nights. 8 p.51. Sundays ($5). (734) 261-0555 ':-

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Dearborn. (313) 584-8885 MAINSTREET COMEDY SHOWCASE Kirk land Teeple. 8 p.m. and 10:30

p.m Friday Saturday. July 9-10. 314 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. $8 advance. $10. (734) 9 9 6 9 0 8 0 MARK RIDLEY'S COMEDY CASTLE Karl Anthony. July 8 1 1 . also appear ing Thomas Ward: Spike Rizzo July 14^18 with Elliott Branch, at the club, 269 E Fourth St.. Royal Oak. 8:30 p.m Tuesdays ($5). 8 30 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays ($6). 9:30 p.m. Fridays and 9 p.m. Saturdays ($12). and 7:30 p.m. Sundays ($6). Prices subject lo change (248) 542 9900 or

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SECOND CITY at the club. 2301 Woodward Ave Detroit Mainstage comedy acts: $10 Wednesdays. Thursdays. Sundays. $17 50 on Fridays, and $19.50 on Saturdays. (313) ©652222

Roller Goasters/ "OOr Dynamic Earth," and planetarium and Laser a programs at the science center. 1221 N. Woodward. Bloomfield Hills. Extended Friday hours. 5 1 0 p.m..through Aug. 13. 1-877-462-. 7 2 6 2 .

"Frontiers to Factories: Detroiters at Work 1701-1901," formerly known as "Furs to Factor[es," with a new Land Office, a 'Wheel of Fortune* style land acquisition interactive, three new video screen interactives. a doc-umentary video, a new Heavy Industry section and a display explaining Detroit's move from "Stove Capital of the World" to the Motor City, automobile capital of the world: "Remembering Downtown Hudson's* exhibit, at the museum, 5 4 0 1 Woodward Ave. (at Kirby), Detroit. Museum hours are 9:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Free admis-sion Wednesdays; $3 for adults, $1.50 seniors and children aged 12-18. free for children ages 11 and younger Thursdays-Sundays. (313) 8 3 3 1 8 0 5 or http://www.detroithis- _ torical.org DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER "More than Meets the Eye." an inter active exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution takes visitors through some of the daily experiences of blind and visually impaired people, continues through Aug. 29. (313) 577-8400. ext. 417; IMAX movies include "Tropical Rainforest* at 10 a.m. Mondays-Fridays. "Thrill Ride" at 1 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, and "Everest" multiple showings seven days a week. "Whales' opens June 19. at the center, noon. 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays and 7 p.m. FridayfrSaturdays, and 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sundays, at 5020 John R (at Warren). Detroit. Admission to Exhibit Hall is $3 for adults. $2 for children ages 3 1 5 and adults ages 60 and older, free for children ages 2 and younger. IMAX films are addition-al $4. (313) 577-8400 HENRY FORD ESTATE- FAIR LANE Estate tours include the restored riverside powerhouse, Henry Ford's personal garage and cars, giant gen erators placed by Ford and Thomas Edison that still operate, and the t u n net to the 56room mansion with elaborate carved woodwork and per sonal artifacts, at 4901 Evergreen Road. Dearborn. (3i3) 5 9 3 5 5 9 0 HENRY FORD

MUSEUM/GREEN FIELD VILLAGE The village is celebrating its 70th sedson with a host of activities, and exhibits such as Abraham Lincoln's assassination chair and a life maSk made 60 days before his assassina t ion. at the museum. 20900 Oakwood Blvd.. Dearborn. Hours are 9 a j n . to 5 p.m. daily. $12.50. $11.50 seniors, $7.50 kids 5 1 2 . members and children under 5 free. (313) 271-1620 MEADOW BROOK HALL Tours 10:30 a.m., noon. 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. daily (through August, on the campus of Oakland University. • Rochester. $8. $6 seniors age 62 and over. $4 children ages 5 1 2 . Luncheon in the Dining Room 11 :15 . a.m.. noon arid 1 p.m. Monday Friday. (248) 3703140 '

ROCHESTER HILLS MUSEUM "Something Old. Something New: Wedding Gowns of the 19th and 2pth Centuries." on display 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays Saturdays through Sept 25. at the museum on Van Hoosen Farm, 1005 Van Hoosen Road, one mile east of Rochester Road off of Tienken Road, Rochester Hills. $3. $2 seniors and students. (248) 656 4663

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"The Third Root Africans in Mexico" art ists reception 7 9 p.m Friday. July 9. continues to Aug 22. at the muse um. 315 E. Warren Ave . Detroit $5. $3 for children ages 17 and younger (313) 494 5800

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Tours 1 3 0 p m and 3 p m Sundays through Sept 26 <$10). Thursdays to Sept 30 a noon lunch is offered only with a house tour and only by reser vation tor an additional $10. gardens open through Aug 31 from 10 a.m to 5 p.m Monday Saturday. 11 a.m to 5 p.m Sunday ($5) at Cranbroo* 380 Lone Pine Road Bloomfield M.lis (248) 6 4 5 3147 CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ANO ART MUSEUM "Contemporary Art from Cufta Irony •nri Si* viva! "on I he UtQP-an island _ at the art museum (248i 645 3361. "Scream Machine* The Science o»

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anu ^ a s n a o a w nuao. 11 mupwiuw t v Township. $25 pavilion. $15.50 lawn All ages. (248) 377-0100 or http://www.palacenet.com (rock) PAT BENATAR With the Vudu Hippi^ . 7:30 p.m. Monday. July 12, Pine Knob Music Theatre, 1-75 and Sashabaw Road. Independence Township. $22.50. pavilion. $12.50 lawn. All ages. (248) 377-0100 or http://www.palacenet.com (rock) BIG DOG AND THE WOOFERS 7 p.m. Friday. July lfe. as part of Concert in the Park» Kellogg Park, Plymouth. Pree. All ages. (734) 432-0126 or http://www.freeyellow.com/menv bers2/bluebite/pagel.html (blues) FRANK BLACK AND THE CATHOLICS 8 p.m. Thursday. July 8. St. Andrew s Hall. 431 E. Congress. Detroit. $12 in advance. $15 day of show. All ages. (313) 961 MELT or http:/ /www.961melt .com (rock) -BUND PIG SHOWCASE" With Non Solace. The Griffin Shepherd. Smirk and Dose, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. July 13,. Blind Pig. 206208 S. First St.. Ann Arbor. Free. 19 and older. (734) 9968555 or http://www.biindpigmusic.com (vari-ety) BLUE ROSE 9 p.m. Thursday-Friday. July 15-16. Bad Frog Tavern, 555 S. Woodward Ave.. Birmingham. Free. 21 and older. (248) 642-9400 or http://www.bluerose.iuma.com or blueroseband@hotmaii.com (blues) BONNE TEMPS ROULLE 10:30 p.m. Friday, July 9. Rochester Mills Beer Co.. 400 Water St.. Rochester. Free 21 and older. (248) 650-5060: 8:30 p.m. Saturday. July

, 10. Smitty's. 222 Mam St., Rochester. Free All ages (248) 652 1600 (R&B) JOEY. BOWEN 9 p.m. Thursday. July 8, Fifth Avenue Ballroom. 25750 Novi Road. Novi Free 21 and older. <2481 735-4011 I blues) BOY SETS FIRE 6 p.m. Friday. July 9". The Shelter below St. Andrew s Hall. 431 E. Congress. Detroit. $6 in advance. All ages. (313) 961-MELT or http:/ /www.961melt.eom ^emo-core) JOE BROWN 9 p.m. Saturday, July 10, 313 Jac. aoove Jacoby's, 624 Brush St.. Detroit. Cover charge. 21 and older. (313) 8867860 or ht tp: / /www.stat ! crecords.com/313jac (rock) -BUDWEISER SUPERFEST" With Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. O'Jays. Gerald Levert. Next and Jesse Powell. 7 p.m. Saturday. July 10. ong inally scheduled for Joe Louis Arena, 600 Civic Center Dr.. Detroit, moved to Chene Park. 2600 Atwater, Detroit. $25. $35. $45. $55. $65 All ages. (313) 9836606 (R&B) CALLIN MARVIN 9 p.m Saturday, July 10, C.K Oggs. 2010 Auburn Road. Rochester Hills Free. 21 and older. (248) 853 6600 (rock)

TERRI CLARK With Tony Phillips. 8 p.m. Tnursday. July 8. Clio Area Amphitheater 301 Rogers Lodge Dr.. Clio $26 reserved. $21 bleachers (810) 687-7611 or ht tp^/www.choamp org (country) COOE BLOOM With Master of None. 8 p m Saturday. July 10. J.D.'s Macomb Theatre. 31 N. Walnut St., Mount Clemens Tickets at Ticketmaster 18 and older (810) or http:/ /www.coOe bloom com (rock) THE COMMODORES 7:30 p.m. Friday. July 16. Pine Knob Music Theatre. 1-75 and Sasnabaw Road. Independence Township $22 50 pavilion. $12 50 lawn All ages. (248) 3770100 or h t tp : / /www paiacenet cbm'lsouli DOMESTIC PROBLEMS

MELT or http:/ /www.961melt .com (pop) STEWART FRANCKE 8 p.m. Saturday. July 10. Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave.. Ferndale. Cover charge. 18 and older. (248) 544-3030 or http:/ /www.themag-

222 Main St.. Rochester. Free. All c«es (248) 652-1600(acoustic rock) KNEE DEEP SHAG With Daddy Longlegs. 8 p.m. Fnday. July 9. Magic Bag. 22920 Woodward Ave.. Ferndale. Cover charge. 18 and Older. (248) 544-3030 or

GANGSTER FUN 9 p.m. Saturday, July 10. Fifth Avenue Ballr<y>m. 25750 Novi Road. Novi. Free. 21 and older. (248)-735 4011 (ska) LARRY GARNER 9 p.m. Thursday. July 8. Fifth Avenue, 215 W. Fifth Ave.. Royal Oak. Cover charge. 21 and older. (248) 542 9922 (blues) THE GHETTO BILLIES With The Dopes and Frisbee. 9:30 p.m. Friday. July 9. Blind Pig. 206-208 S. First St., Arm Arbor. $5. 19 and older. (734) 996-8555 or http://www.bltndpigmusic .com (funny rock) ' * MICHAEL GLABICKI Of Rusted Root. 8 p.m. Friday. July 16. 7th House, 7 N. Saginaw St., Pontiac. Canceled. (248) 3358100 or http://www.961melt.com (rock) GRADE With Error Type 11. 7 p.m. Sunday. July 11, The Shelter below St. Andrew's Hall. 431 E. Congress. Detroit. $7. All ages. (313) 961 MELT or http:/ /www.961melt .com (rock) KERRY GRANT 9 p.m. Thursday, July 8. Dick O'Dow's. 160 W. Maple Road. Birmingham. Free. 2 1 and older. (248) 642 1135 (rock) GROOVE WITH IT 9 p.m. Tuesday. July 13. Dick O'Dow's. 160 W. Maple Road. Birmingham. Free. 21 and older. (248) 642-1135 (blues) FAITH HILL With Jessica Andrews. 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 14. Meadow Brook Music Festival. Oakland University. Walton Boulevard and Adams Road. Rochester. $29.50 pavilion. $15 lawn. All ages (248) 377-0100 or http://www.palacenet.com; 8 p.m Thursday. July 15. Kresge Auditorium. Interlochen Center for the Arts. Interlochen. $21.50-$36.50. (616) 276-6230 (country)

FLAMING LIPS With Sebadoh and Robyn HitchcocK. 9 p.m. Friday. July 16. Clutch . Cargo's. 65 E. Huron St., Pontiac $20. Ail ages. (248) 3332362 or http:/ /www.961melt.com (alterna live rock) FOOLISH MORTALS 10 p.m. Friday Saturday, July 940, Woody s. 208 W. Fifth Ave . Royal Oak. Free. 21 and older. (248) 543 6911 (rock) FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE With Imperial Teen and Owsley. 8 p.m. Wednesday. July 14. The Shelter below St. Andrew's Hall. 431 E Congress. Detroit. $10 in advance All ages. (313) 961-MELT or http:/ /www 961melt.com (pop) GORDON BENNETT 7 p.m Thursdays in July. Gameworks, 4316 Baldwin Road. Auburn Hills. Free. All ages (248) 7459675 (rock)

GRR 9:30 p.m. Friday Saturday, July 910. Bogey's. 142 Walled Lake Road. Walled Lake Free 21 and older. (248) 6691441: 8:30 p.m Saturday July 14. Oxford Inn. 43317 Grand River Ave . Novi Cover charge 21 and older 1248: 305 5856 (acoustic rock) " -INDEPENDENTS DAY FESTIVAL" With Diesel Boy. Teen Idols, and 30 Foot Fall. 7 p.m Sunday. July 11 St Andrew's Hall. 431 E Congress Detroit $8 in advance All ages (313) 961 MELT or ht tp: / /www 961meit com punk I INTOXICANTS

With Superdot. Skraps and Gramercy Riffs, 8 p m Thursday July 15. The Shelter beiow St Andrew s Hail 431 E Congress Detroit $4 Ail ages < 313) 961 MELT or http / /www 96"lmelt com <tx>nt"> JAMlROQUAl ~ </• ,» --

http://www.themagicbag.com (funk/reggae) KUNG FU DIESEL 9 p.m. Thursday. July 8. Karl's Cabrn. 9779 N. Territorial Road. Plymouth. Free. 21 and older. (734) 455-8450 (rockabilly) UMP BIZKIT ' With Staind and Orange 9mm. 5:30 p.m. Friday. July 16. Phoenix Plaza Amphitheatre. 10 Water St.. Pontiac $25. All ages. (248) 6456666 or ht tp: / /www.961melt .com (rock) LIQUID BROTHERS 9 p.m. Friday. July 16.« Dick O'Dow's. 160 W. Maple Road. Birmingham. •

Free. 21 and older. (248) 642 1135

(pop) JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY With Lee Roy Parnell and Montgomery Gentry. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. July 8, Pine Knob Music Theatre. 1-75 and Sashabaw Road. Independence Township. $27.50 pavilion. $12.50 lawn. All ages. f248) 377-0100 or http://www.palaeenet.com (country) MOTLEY CRUE With Scorpions as part of the "Maximum Rock Tour '99." 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. July 13. Pine Knob Music Theatre, 1-75 and Sashabaw Road. Independence Township. $35 pavil-ion. $15 lawn. All ages. (248) 377-0100 or http://www.palacenet.com (rock)

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. Oxford Inn. 43317 Grand River Ave . Novi Cover charge. 21 and older (248) 3055856 (blues) BOBBY MURRAY 9 p.m. Thursday. July 15. Fifth Avenue Ballroom. 25750 Novi Road. Novi Free. 21 and older. (248) 735 4011 (blues) ORIGINAL BROTHERS AND , SISTERS OF LOVE With Fez and Delta 88. 9:30 p.m Thursday, July 15, Blind Pig. 206-208 S. First St.. Ann Arbor $4 19 and older. (734) 996-8555 or http:/ / w w w .bl indpigmu sic .c om (rock) PARK 9 p.m. Friday. July 9. 313 Jac. above Jacoby's, 624 Brush St.. Detroit Cover charge. 21 and older (313) 8867860 or ht tp: / /www.stat i crecords.com/313jac (eclectic: THE REEFERMEN 9 pm. Wednesday, July 14, Fifth Avenue Ballroom, 25750 Novi Road. Novi. Free. 21 and older (248) 735 4011 (blues)

ROXANNE 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. July 1 6 17. C.K. Di&gs. 2010 Auburn Road. Rochester. Free 21 and older (248> 8536600 (acoustic modern rock) RUBY MOON 10 p.m. "Wednesday. July 14. Memphis Smoke. 100 S. Mam St.. Royal Oak Free 21 and older 248) 5434300 irock) SOLID FROG With Dirty Hairy and Watersned 9 30 p.m. Friday. July 16. Blind Pig. 206 208 S First St.. Ann Arbor $5 19 and older (734) 996-8555 or h t tp . / /www blindptgmusic com

f (rock) TW1ST1N TARANTULAS Celebrate release of CD with party and performance with The Tumblers 9 30 p m Saturday. July 11. Blind Pig 206 208 S First St Ann Artxx $8 in adv.ar.ee $10 at the door. 19 and older (734) 9968555 or h t t p / / w w w palacenet.com (rockab'l-

J >y) WAIUN INC. 9 p.m. Friday. July 9 Fifth Avenue Ballroom. 25750 Novi Road. Nov. Free 21 and older i248> 7354011

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older. (313) 832-2355 or http://www.alvins.xtcom.com 3 ARBOR BREWING COMPANY Latin dance night. 9:30 p jn . to . 12:30 a-m. Tuesdays in June at the . restaurant/bar, 114 E. Washington St . Ann Arbor. Free. 21 and older. ». (734) 213-1393 or . »• http://wwwjsrborbrewmg.com . . BUND PIG ~Swing-abilty" night with dance lessons, dancing and a special perfor-mance by The Johnny favourite Swing Orchestra. 7:30 p jn . Sunday. • July 11. with DJ Del Villarreal. at the club. 206208 S. First St.. Ann Arbor. $8 in advance. $10 at t lwdoor. 19 and older. "Solar" night Black ' Electric. Keith Tucker and Craig Gonzalez. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. July 14 $6 18 and older. (734) 9 9 6 8555 or nttp://www.intuit-solar.com or http://www.blindp»gmus«c.com CLUTCH CARGO'S/MILL STREET -"Flashback" night with "The Planet" WPLT on level two (Clutch Cargo's), old school funk on level three, and techno and house on level tour. 8:30 p.m Saturdays, at the club. 65 E. Huron. Ponbac. Free before 9 p.m. 21 and older: Alternative dance night. 8 p.m. Wednesdays in Clutch -Cargo's. 18 and older. (248) 3 3 3 2362 or http:/ /www.961mett.com GOLD DOLLAR Hip-hop and dancenall reggae dance . night with DJ Chi no. 8 p.m. Wednesdays at the club. 3129 Cass . » Ave.. Detroit. Cover charge 21 and , older. (313) 8336873 or http://www.golddollar.com THE GROOVE ROOM Funk, hip-hop and top 40 with DJ Mac D. Thursdays. Women admitted '* free: "Love Factory" alternative dance night Fndays: Alternative dance with DJ Matt Saturdays; • Alternative dance Tuesdays; gothic. •-industnal and retro with DJ Paul , -Wednesdays. Free, at the club. 1815 1. N. Main St. (at 12 Mile Road). Royal--. Oak. Free before 10 p.m. "nightly. 21 sp. and older. (248) 589-3344 or http://www.thegrooveroom.com LA BOOM TEEN NIGHTCLUB Dance mght for teens ages 1519. 8 p.m to 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays at the club. 1172 N. Pontiac Trail. Walled Lake Ages 1 5 1 9 ( 248! 926-9960

MAJESTIC THEATRE CENTER "Good Sounds," with music by The Tonehead Collective and images by Thomas Video. 9 p.m. Fridays at Magic Stick. 18 and older Free: "Work Release." Rock n Bowl happy hour with bowling, music and compi. mentary food from the Majestic Cafe. 5 8 p.m Fridays at Garden Bowl $6 18 and older; "Rock n' Bowl" with DJ Del Viliareai, 9 p.m. Fndays and DJ Gutterball. 9 p.m. Saturdays at Garden Bowl Free 18 and older: "The Bird's Nest." punk rock nigtit with live performances. 9 p.m Mondays at Magic Stick. Free 18 and older: "Soul Shakedown" with DJ Big Andy. 9 p.m Tuesdays at Mag>c Stick. Free 21 and older .313) 8 3 3 9700

MOTOR LOUNGE "Back Room Mondays." service industries employee appreciation night. 9 p m to 2 a m Mondays Free 21 and older: "Community Presents" with resident DJs. 9 p.m to 2 a.m Tuesdays. $3 18 and older: 'Maximum Overload.' 9 p m. Fridays $6 18 and o«Jer: "Divine' with DJS Mike Clark, Mark Flash and Bnan Gillespie. 9 p.m. to 2 a m Saturdays $6 21 and older ail at the club. 3515 Canift. Hamtramck. (313) 396-0080 or htt p: / / www motordet rott com

ST ANDREW S/THE SHELTER "Three Floors of Fun," 9 p.m Fridays $3 before 1 1 p m $5 afterward 18 and older X2K dance night. 10 p j n ' Saturdays: 'Incinerator." 9 p.m. Wednesdays in The Shelter $6 21 and older St Andrew s and The Shelter are at 431 E Congress, Detroit (313) 961 MELT or ht tp: / /wwi i .961mel t .com ,

AIR SUPPLY 7 30 p.m Thursday. July 15. Meadow Brook Music Festival. Oakland University, I 75 and Sashabaw Road independence Township $22 50 pavilion $12 50 lawn All ages (2481 377 0100 or h t tp : / /www paiacenet com (popi BERNARO ALLISON

Thursday. July 15. Fifth Avenue 215 W Fifth Ave Royal Oak Cover charge 21 and cHOer (248) 542 9922 ! blues)

AMERICA With Three Dog Night. 7 3 0 p m Sunday k>ty 11. Pine Knob Mi*s»c Theatre. I 76 and Sashabaw Road independence Township $24 50 pavilion $12 50 lawn All ages (2*8) 3770100 or h t t p / / w w w paiacenet com (rochl GAO COMPANY

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EL TOPO With voda 9 30 p m Thursday >u!> 8 Blind Pig. 206 208 S First St Ann Artxy $4 19 and older (7 34) 996 8555 or http / / w w w M.ndpigmu sic com irock,

ELIZA 8 30 p m Friday Iuly 16. Smitty s 222 Mam St Rochester Free A11 ages (248i 652 1600 facoust.c popi FLAMING LIPS With Sebadoh and Robyn Hitchcock 9 p m Friday July 16 Clutch Cargo's. 65 E Huron St., Pontiac $20 All ages <248i 3332362 or http www961men.com ! alt 'ock i FOUNTAINS Of WAYNE With Owsiey and Imperial Tee« R p m Wednesday July 14. The Shelter below St Andrew s Hall 431 E

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JILL JACK With Stewart Francke 8 p.m Saturday. Julv 10 Mag-c Bag 22920 woodward Ave Ferndale Cover charge 18 and older (248' 544 3030 o« http / /www themagichag com or ht tp. / /www biueboundary com pop/rock)

CANDYE KANE 9 p m Thursday July 15 7th House 7 N Sagmaw St Pontiac $8 All ages. (248) 335 8100 or ht tp: / /www 961meit com tblues KANOVBUSS With Bnan Henry Holvey 9 p m Fnday Ms 16. 313 lar above larohy s 624 B'ush St Detroit Cover charge 21 and older 1313• 886 7860 or http www stati creCord».com/3l3|ac alternative rocky

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Theatre. I 75 and Sashabaw Road independence Township $25 pavil ion. $15 lawn All ages (248' 37 7 0100 or http www paiacenet com (country)

WILD WOOOY'S 10 30 p m Fnday. July 16. Rocheste« M lis Beer Co . 400 Wate*-St Rochester Free 21 and older (248 6 5 0 5 0 6 0 1 rockabilly) -W4 10S.7 HOT COUNTRY JAM" W'th Pam Tittis. Fnday Saturday July 9-10, Taylor Free benefits National Kidney Foundation of Michigan All ages (734) 45 39157 or http www w art supine com icountry

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"Cruise Night* with hot rods. Harieys and live bands 8 p m Thursdays, lat in/House dance night. 9 p.m. Sundays intermediate swing lessons. 9 p m Tuesdays, and beginner awing lessons. 9 p m Wednesdays, at the club 28949 toy Road i two block* east of Middiebett Road). Westland '" Cover charge 21 and o»de» (734) 513-5030

VELVET LOUNGE •Vrva La Noche Lat.na'' with dance lessons from 9 1 0 p m touowed by dance night. Fridays, at the club, 29 S Segmaw SI Pontiac ,248) 334-7411

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A d a m S a n d l e r g rows u p w i t h 'Big Daddy ' BY JON KATZ SPBCIAL WHITER

"I know, I know," Adam San-d l e r m i g h t h a v e s a i d t o h i s agent a round a y e a r ago, "the dopey charac te r s sell . But the critics say I can ' t act because .1 h a v e n ' t d o n e a n y t h i n g w i t h pathos. Hey, I can do pathos. Get me somethin' with pathos. Then get me a dictionary."

So at 32, Sandler may be all through with "Waterboy" roles, opt ing for g rownup p a r t s like "Big Daddy." Big mistake.

Once the word goes out that Sonny Koufax (Sandler's charac-

ter) is jus t this nice, regular guy with a few problems — promis-ing law career on hold, dumped by his girl, dissed by hiB dad, eclipsed by his college buddies —'you can expect Sandler to go back to the well for another dose of dopiness.

Meanwhile, "Big Daddy" gives us a kinder, gentler Adam with-ou t d i s c a r d i n g t h e wise guy New Yorkerisms. Koufax finds himself the dumpee in a doomed r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h g i r l f r i e n d Vanessa (Kristy Swanson) and a d o p t s a five-year-old boy t-o prove he's ready for real respon-sibility.

When t h e p l an backf i res — she takes up with some old guy anyway — he tr ies to return the kid like an unopened CD. Hav-ing second t h o u g h t s , he con-vinces Social Services to let him keep young Jul ian until a footer family can be found. How much trouble could one kid'be?

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i n s e p a r a b l e d e s p i t e a c o u r t order to the contrary. Elements of J i m Carrey's "Liar Liar" and Tim Allen's "The San ta Clause" creep in at this puint, aa fluiniv d u s t s off h is law d e g r e e and fights for custody.

First- t ime Screenwriter Steve Franks turned over his draft to Sandler who, with pa r tne r Tim Herl ihy, added pieces of busi-ness f rom their own childhood l ike J u l i a n ' s a t t a c h m e n t to a favori te toy. They also scripted some scene-stealing support ing characters, from an omnipresent

delivery guy (Rob Schneider) to an u r b a n e h o m e l e s s p e r s o n ( S t e v e B u s c e m i , who h a d a memorable moment in Sandler's "Billy Madison ")

There m e big laughs in "Big Daddy," but p a r e n t s will n o t e tha t most of them feature body p a r t s or f u n c t i o n , i n j u r i o u s s lapst ick ( tossing a branch in t h e pa th of a Rollerblader) or s m a r t aleck Eas t Coast come-backs . Your own chi ld is no t likely to respect you more af te r seeing it unless you, like Sonny, can also teach him/her to expel a six-foot string of drool.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Scheduled to open Friday. July 9 "AMERICAN Pit" Coming-of age comedy about a group of high school seniors who lose their vir-gintty by pf6m night. Stars Eugene LEvy, Natasha Lyonne, Afyson Hannigan.

Scheduled to open Friday, July 16 "EYES WIDE SHUT" Story of jealousy and sexual obsession. Stars Tom Cruise', Nicole Kidman.

"LAKE PLACID* A scientist, a game warden, a sheriff and an eccentric mythology professor converge near a remote lafce in Maine to investigate a gruesome fatality. Their adventure, laced with humor and terror, leads to a shocking secret beneatn the anything but placid waters. Stars Brld^ get Fonda. Bill Pullman. Oliver Piatt

"THE •LAW WITCH MfOttCT" Horror film about three college stih dents, who in 1994 hired into Mary land s Biac* Hills Forest to shoot a doc umentary about a local legend, and were never heard from again. Stars Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard.

"THE WOOD" Comedy of three childhood friends reml niscing about years gone by the even of their friend's wedding. Stars Omar Eops. Taye Diggs, Richard T, >enes.

"DROP DEAD QOROEOUS* Comedy about a small town's obsession with its teenage beauty contest. Stars Kirstie Alley. Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst.

Scheduled to open Friday. July 23

"TWICE UPON A YESTERDAY" Exclusively at the Landmark Maple Theatre. A forlorn lover in London gets the chance of a lifetime to turn back the clock and relive a relationship that went wrong with a previous girlfriend Stars Douglas Henshall.

Scheduled to open Friday, July 30 -DEEP BLUE SEA' Group ol researchers working or> a cure for cancer using materials from geneti dally enhanced sharks becomes strand ed on a damaged and sinking marine research facility. There, they are men-aced by the sharks they have created. w,hich now surround them with deadly intent. Stars Samuel Jackson.

-OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE" A hilarious yet poignant story of a young man's coming of age when he's packed off to prep school after crashing into a parked police car Stars Shawn Halosy, Alec Baldwin.

Schedule to open Friday. Aug. 6 "FIGHT CLUB: Tale of a man who sets up a fights in which young men are paired off in bloody, no-holds barred bouts that con-tinue until one drops. Stars Brad Pit.

"THE IRON GATE" A giant metal machine falls to Earth in 1958 and frightens the residents of a small town in Maine, until it befriends a 9year-old boy nafned Hogarth. Animat ed feature.

"Big Daddy" aims more for the; heart than the funny bone, and; migh t h^ye h i t c l o s e r to its; mark if Sonny didn't go through; t h e whole f i lm look ing and* sounding like he just woke up. j

—Ht1 bpuils a bad otubhlw pvrn; for his big f i r s t d a t e wi th 'h i s ; r o o m m a t e ' s f i a n c e e ' s s i s t e r Lay la (Joey Lauren Adams).

So is Sandler , ' l i k e Sonny , r e a d y to t a k e on s o m e r ea l responsibility? And is tha t what we wan t f rom our Wate rboy? The public, as it should, will be the judge and jury.

-WHITE BOYS* Funny, honest and seanng look at white wanna-be gangstas in the heartland — and at America s youth struggling to find their place in a multicultural soci ety.

Scheduled to open Wednesday. Aug. !!• "IN TOO DEEP" A polled detective goes deep undercov-

er rt> get a notorious gangster. But in his quest, he risks losing himself. Stars Omar Epps.

-NEXT TO YOU" A teenage girl and boy who have grown up next door to one another have never made a love connection. But when long-time fnends and neighbors gather for (heir high school's centennial celetxa tion. they realize they were meant for each other all along. Stars Melissa Joan Hurt and Stephen Collins. »

Scheduled to open Friday. Aug 13 "BROKEDOWN PALACE" Two high school girls set off on a dream trip to Thailand following their gradua tion. The dream turns to a nightmare when they are accused of drug traffick ing and sentenced to 33 years in a Thai prison until an expatriate American lawyer comes to their aid Stars Claire Dairies.

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Fountains of Wayne records blissful pop album There are cer-

tain .things tha t go together nat-u r a l l y — hot dogs and .base -bal l g a m e s , T h a n k s g i v i n g and turkey, and Mul l igan—and waters ports.

F o u n t a i n s of Wayne lead s i n g e r ChriB

Collingwood used tha t philoso-phy when he was writing the pop gem "Red Dragon Tattoo "

"If you're singing dbout tat-toos and you don't have Korn in the song, then you really haven't covered your subject fully," the

so f t - spoken Collingwood said with a laugh.

"That guy's got a lot of tattoos. That's their primary appeal I

t h i n k . T h e y ' r e l ike s u p e r -heroes."

Another reference in the same song will h a v e s e n t i m e n t a l apputtl to thirty somethings * "I

t h e l a s t , f r a m e and t h e r e was s o m e r e f e r e n c e to B a c t i n e . I remember thinking it waa really funny."

C r a f t y pop songs "Utopia Parkway" ia a blissful

pop album of crafty pop songs. T h r a l h u m . anrply to m a k e m a n y

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brought a .38 Special Q D collec-t ion/Some Bact ine to p r even t infection"

Bactine? "What actually made me think

about that , was Bloom County," Collingwood said cracking him-self up. "There was this Bloom C o u n t y s t r i p a t some po in t where, I t h ink it was Bill the Cat. somebody got blown up in

critics' Top 10 lists'for 1999, was recorded with Collingwood and vocal i s t /basBia t A d a m Schlesinger, both of whom are core members of F o u n t a i n s of Wayne, and new bandmatea gui-tarist /vocalist Jody Porter and drummer Brian Young.

"The f i r s t record w h e n we recorded it, it wasn't a real band at all. It was just the two of us.

This record, we recorded with a real actual band. It couldn't be any more different from the way t h e first record was done," he said.

"We a lso took ou r t i m e indulging several whims where t h e first record we were j u s t b l a s t i n g ft. out pnnk s ty l e There's a lot more overdubbing for one. There's songs with Latin percussion on it. We did one song wi th a s t r i n g sec t ion . We did stuff with drum loops. The guitar sound is much more varied on the new record because we actu-al ly b o t h e r e d to get up a n d change the a m p se t t ing some-t imes. On the first record the guitar sound was either quiet or

loud." The change, he added, was a

reaction to that. "After the record first, it's usu-

ally the case. Bands who had a raw first album will try to build on it and do some more experi-mental things the second time araund. 1 th ink b l»t of peoplr

E. Congress, Detroit Tickets are avai lable at Ticketmaster . For more information, call (313) 961-MELT or v i s i t h t t p : / / www. 961melt.com

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would have been real ly disap-pointed if we did the same album over again. I'd much rather make a different record artd have: it suck than make the same one. 1 can't stand when bands do the same album twice."

Fountains of Wayne. Owsley and I m p e r i a l Teen p e r f o r m Wednesday. July 14. at The Shel-ter below St. Andrew's Hall. 431

L a s t c o l u m n

After seven years, this will be my last column for The Observer A Eccentric Newspapers. I have accepted the position as Senior Content Producer, basically, edi-to r - in -ch ie f , of D e t r o i t . C i t y -Search. Com. Please feel free to e-maU me a t cfuoco© citysearch com Thanks for read-ing!

For artists, musicians, the Internet is a shortcut BACKSTAGE

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It is the age of c y b e r - e v e r y -thing. Where do t h e new tech-nologies leave t h e poets", t h e artist , the song-w r i t e r s and musicians? Most ar t is ts that I've m e t feel t h a t h a v i n g t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to

expose t h e i r work on the web

to a huge potential audience is a s h o r t c u t t h a t a l lows them to bypas s some of the g r e a t e s t obstacles to their success. Yes, you can double click to the imag-ina t ions of the most t a l en ted people in the pe r fo rming and visual arts.

ANN DELISI

What? You don't have a com-puter or access to the internet? That'« okay. If this were a tech-nology co lumn, 1 wou ldn ' t be writ ing it. My goal is to help you sample the arts in the famil-iar ways that you're used to, in this space and on BACKSTAGE PASS on Detroit Public TV. I promise not to load you up with a bunch of web addresses.

R e c o r d i n g i n d u s t r y

There is, however, a very sig-nificant place for the a r t i s t on the in ternet . In the recording i ndus t ry . Tom Pet ty r e cen t l y raised some eyebrows by making his new mater ia l available on the web. Is he giving away his product or promoting it? After a decade which offered videos that

used every imaginable special effect and technological trick to sell music in that 'exci t ing new CD format, are there any gim-micks left?

J o n a t h a Brooke isn ' t new to t h e music scene, h a v i n g firsf emerged in 1989 in the highly acclaimed band The Story. Her songwriting skills have always distinguished her in the crowded field of female singers. She cre-ates in a traditional way. writing the songs on her 1997 album, "10 Cent Wings." while riding out a howling storm in a cot tage on the island of Nantucket. When her new album, "Jonatha Brooke Live," was f in i shed , t h e f i r s t place you could hear it was her Web site. How contemporary!

"The record was done and I

wanted to make it available as soon as possible. This allows my fans the immediacy and conve-nience of purchas ing from the comfort of their own homes, and I'don't have to fight with every-one else for shelf space dur ing t h e ho l iday b a t t l e s . " Brooke explained.

If you love music, you've prob-ably had to wait for months for a record company to re lease an album by your favorite artist. In Brooke's case, the Web site pro-vided a quick link between per-fo rmer and f a n s . Then came iViore established means of shar-ing her music, such as a tour tha t included a concert a t 7th House in Pontiac. a memorable per formance on BACKSTAGE PASS that airs on Detroit Public

TV Thursday. July 8 and Friday. July 9, and, of course, in the rack at your better music stores

V i s u a l a r t i s t s

An astounding number of visu-al art ists are also getting their work exhibited on the web

It's a way to create a perma-nent gallery, which is quite a lux-ury for those who w e r e often troubled by "having to part com-pany with their most prized cre-ations once the piece ^old While some artists consider the inter-net to be a new art medium, oth-ers r e s i s t b e c a u s e t h a t a re unconvinced t h a t t h e web is r e spec t fu l of t h e i n t e g r i t y of their work.

Who's right"* It really comes down to using what you're com-

fortable with, whether you're the artist or the audience.

I like having a choice of how I app rec i a t e the a r t s . Noth ing beats being there at the perfor-mance halls, galleries, or cultur-al events. But new technologies can b r ing us closer than ever before to the artists. The BACK-STAGE PASS Web s i te a t www.wtvs .org ac tua l ly h a s a cyber-artist-in-residence. Lowell Boileau. and will soon offer a music vault with dozens of per-formances tha t have been fea-tured on the seriete.

Let's not shy away when new technology brings us d i f ferent methods for app rec i a t ing t h e arts. After all. drive-in movies were fun. but those m-car speak-ers left a lot to be desired.

V a n G o g h o x h i b i t o n i t s w a y t o D e t r o i t I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s Q P | ^ | Q S L O V E I T !

In J u n e of 1890, dur ing his convalescence in Auvers and just one month before hia suicide, Vincent van Gogh <1853-1890) wrote : " W h a t f a s c i n a t e s me much, much more than does any-thing else in my metier is the

-portrai t , the modern portrait... 1 should like to do portraits which will appear as revelations to peo-ple in 100 years time "

Taking this famous passage as • a point of departure, the Detroit

Ins t i tu te of Arts (March 12 to Juf te 4), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (July 2 to Sept 241 and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Oct. 22 trt Jan 14. 2001» will p r e s e n t "Van Gogh: Face to Face," a major exhibitioiv-that will tour the three organizing

institutions in the year 2000 Featur ing some 50 paint ings

and drawings from an interna-tional .array of public and private collections. "Vari Gogh: Face to Face" will focus, for the f i rs t t ime , on van Gogh's evolving a p p r o a c h to the p o r t r a i t throughout his tragically brief life.

"Van Gogh's portraits resonate with personal compassion and t h e convic t ion t h a t , w h e n though t fu l ly observed, na tu re r e v e a l s profound t r u t h s , " explained Maurice D. Parr ish , DIA i n t e r i m d i rec tor "These quali t ies, along with his great talents, inspired this ambitious undertaking""

"This exhibition opens a door

on van Gogh and his world that is unprecedented." added Mal-colm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston "We see the painter reflected in the faces of his si t ters- this is the genius of the artist 's most powerful por-traits."

The permanent collections of the DIA, Museum of Fine Arts. Boston and the P h i l a d e l p h i a Museum of Art are graced by a total of Five major por t ra i t s of the Roulin family. Joseph Roulin. a pos tman , showed g r e a t and consistent kindness to van Gogh

dur ing his sojourn in Aries in 1888. Roulin, together with his wife Augustine and their three children, were the artist 's most frequent and loyal models during

period. These pivotal works, r ep re sen t i ng van Gogh at h i s most innovative, will be joined by i m p o r t a n t p o r t r a i t s f rom every stage of the artist's career

The exhibition will be accom-panied by a lavishly illustrated. 272-page survey of van Gogh's portraiture

For more informat ion about van Gogh exhibition tickets for the DIA, call (313) 833-8499

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Michae l K u r c h e r s k y h a d a dream — to preserve his Mom's recipes.

His dream began in the former Soviet Union where he studied hotel and r e s t a u r a n t manage* m e n t , even tua l l y w o r k i n g a s assistant manager in the largest r e s t a u r a n t (400 s e a t s ) in Moscow.

It persisted even as he and his family left in 1976, dur ing t h e Russian-Jewish exodus.

"I came with no money and no English," he says. And, as he set-t led in metro-Detroi t , l ea rned Engl i sh , worked as a p a i n t e r a n d in a fac tory , a n d s a v e d e n o u g h money to buy Ke l ly Hamburgers, in Hazel Park.

It was partially realized Start-ing in 1983 when, with the help of the Hebrew Free Loan Asso-ciation, he purchased a former Waffle House on Northwestern H i g h w a y in S o u t h f i e l d . It b e c a m e t h e S u n r i s e C a f e . A str ing of five more Sunrise Cafes followed, all open for breakfas t and lunch. He still owns three.

The dream was actualized last October when h e opened T h e Fiddler, a full-service res taurant

The Fiddler W h e r e : 6 6 7 6 Orchard Lake Road, south of Map le in Wes t Bloom-

f ie ld Plaza; (248 ) 8 5 1 - 8 7 8 2 . Menu: Russ ian . Ukra in ian . Pol ish, M idd le Eas te rn and Jewish-

s ty l e s p e c i a l t i e s

Hours: 1 1 a.m. t o 9 p .m. Tuesday-Friday and Sunday; 1 1 a.m. to 1 0 p .m. S a t u r d a y . Live mus ic , Friday and Saturday n ights .

Reservations: Suggested on Friday and Saturday. V isa and Mas-tercard accepted. „

Here a re s o m e o the r l o c a l r e s t a u r a n t s t h a t se rve Po l i sh and Eastern European dishes.

• 3 Brothers Family Restaurant . Polish and Amer ican Cooking — 8 8 2 6 Joy Road, eas t of Lilley, Plymouth, (734 ) 4 1 6 - 3 3 9 3 .

• S teve ' s Fami ly D in ing — 4 0 3 7 0 Five M i l e Road, P lymouth . (734) 4 2 0 - 0 3 6 8

• Amadous Cafe-Patlsserte — 1 2 2 E. Wash ington (be tween Main & Fourth Ave.) , Ann Arbor, (734 ) 6 6 5 - 8 7 6 7 .

• Jennie 's P ierog les — Pierogi . beet and cabbage soup t o go. 6 6 5 9 Middlebel t , Garden City, (734 ) 5 2 3 - 0 9 1 1

• Polish Vi l lage Cafe, 2 9 9 0 Yemans (east of Jos. Campau. south of Canif f) , Hamt ramck . ( 3 1 3 ) 874 -5726 .

• P o l o n l a — 2 9 3 4 Y e m a n s (a t J o s / C a m p a u ) H a m t r a m c k , (313 ) 8 7 3 - 8 4 3 2 . •*

• Under t h e Eagle — 9 0 0 0 Jos. CarYipau ( 3 b locks sou th of Hol-bfook) , Hamt ramck , (313 ) 8 7 5 5 9 0 5 .

musical "Fiddler on the Roof." "We cook at Fiddler like we do

at home — all from fresh ingre-dients," says Maya, who spends her days off from the salon mak-ing sure tha t the recipes careful-ly descrlfiied on t h e m e n u are being closely followed. We don't deep f ry or u se a d d i t i v e s or

serving lnjnnvsl.vle Russian. •I 'nfirrn." MirbpiH my-i U k r a i n i a n Polish, J e w i s h and Midd le E a s t e r n foods on O r c h a r d Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Sadly, h is m o t h e r died two months before.

His wife Maya is i n t ima te ly involved with t h e r e s t a u r a n t , conveniently located next to her own successful skin care salon. "I tell him, it's your destiny to be n e x t to me," she s a y s w i t h a smile.

She also con t r ibu ted m a n y recipes, including the best-sell-ing mushroom barley soup. And Maya is responsible for the Fid-dler's name and tha t of the Sun-rise Cafes, both inspired by the

Most are in the $6 range. Vareniki combines Ukrainian-

style dumplings filled with fresh Mich igan t a r t c h e r r i e s and served with che r ry sauce and

" -e i the r s o u r or r e a l wh ipped cream. Would you consider that a fusion dish? Although it's list-ed as an appet izer , it is often o rde red for d e s s e r t , Michael

proudly. "We grill with no oil." For instance, the potato latkes

(pancakes) tha t lead off a hefty list of appetizers a re detailed.as "made from an old family recipe you're sure to remember. Served golden brown with sour cream or apple sauce or wi th mushroom gravy." The l is t i nc ludes blini ( the t r ad i t i ona l R u s s i a n pan-cakes)^ s t u f f e d c a b b a g e or Btuffed peppe r ( v e g e t a r i a n or with meat) , S iber ian pel imeni (paper-thin dumplings wrapped a round s ea soned g round beef and onion) and chopped liver announced a / be t t e r t h a n "the most famous delis in New York."

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recipe for Pozharski chicken cut-let, "two fluffy and delicate pat-t i e s of f r e s h g r o u n d chicken b r e a s t se rved covered in our homemade mushroom gravy," as well as the legend behind it. Or a 19th cen tury recipe for beef stroganoff, cited as "created in R u s s i a fo r C o u n t Pavel Stroganftff , a d ign i t a ry a t the

Court of Alexander III." Or Veal Rasputin, a scallop of veal rolled and s t u f f e d w i t h m u s h r o o m s and onions, then grilled.

Other ent rees , served with a side of vegetables or potato or rice, bread and a choice of soup or sa lad , inc lude more robuBt versions of the ethnic appetizers as well a s cornish hen, calves liver, lamp chops and short ribs. Prices are from $9 £o $15.

Gourmet omelets are available a t any t ime a s are an assor t -m e n t of m a i n c o u r s e s a l a d s , including Caesar, tuna, tabbouli and fattoush. A Russian summer sa lad c o n t a i n s sliced cucum-bers, f resh tomato, red onions, garnished with garlic, dill pars-ley and cilantro.

D e s s e r t s inc lude a m a r e t t o almond cheesecake, homemade bl intzes and apple and cherry strudels. All but the blintzes are in the $3 range.

As you might expect, two large paintings depicting fiddlers fig-ure prominently in the decor of the simply-decorated neighbor-hood r e s t a u r a n t , where smal l vases of fresh flowers grace the tables. "

On Friday nights, patrons can expect the l ighting of Sabba th candles and passing around of a C h a l l a h b r e a d . A fiddler and keyboard p layer e n t e r t a i n on Friday and Saturday evenings.

"We make kind of a club for Russ i an Jews , " Michael says , 15 ,000 of w h i c h now live in me t ro D e t r o i t . But he coun t s many regula rs who are native-born Americans.

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