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Join the Michigan Humane Society in your Finest Black
& White (spots optional) at our 2nd Annual Bow Wow
Ball.
Saturday, April 1, 1989
at Somerset Mall
2801 W. Big Beaver
Troy, Michigan
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Master of Ceremonies WXYZ-1V personality
John Kelly
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Entertainment by Ursula Walker & Buddy
Budson Group
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Fashion Preview of Albert Nipon's '89 Spring
Collection by Saks Fifth Avenue
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Live and Silent Auction by Ernest Du Mouchelle
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Highlighting the evening is a Strolling Siipper
prepared by
Charlie's Crab
Ponchartrain Wine Cellars
Appeteaser
The Whitney
Van Dyke Place
R.I.K.'s Total Cuisine
Opus One
MacKinnon's
Pike Street
Midtown Cafe
Traffic Jam & Snug
Beverly Hills Grill
Archers
Home Sweet Home
Bonnie's Patisserie
Cousin's Heritage Inn
Sebastian's Restaurant
Confetti's
Double Eagle
The Excaliber
Oliverio's
Musashi
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Les Auters
Punchinellos
123 Kercheval
Nicky's
Sweet Lorraine's
Cafe Cortina
Chez Raphael
Giovanni's
The Rattlesnake Club
On an open field with jackets as bases, Israeli children learn baseball.
Detroiters Will Pinch Hit
For Israeli Baseball Players
MIKE ROSENBAUM
Sports Writer
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Prices per individual ticket are as follows:
$250.00 Benefactor/$150.00 Patron
$100.00 Friend
Chairperson: Marilyn Turner
Corporate Sponsor: Genesis International
Auction Coordinator: Sydell Schubot
Chef Coordinator: Matthew Prentice
Fashion Show Coordinator: Cheryl Hall
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PrOceeds benefit the thousands of homeless
and abused animals cared for at the MHS.
For more information, call the Michigan Humane
Society at 872-3400.
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s Israeli children pre-
pare for their third
season of organized
baseball, the Detroit Commit-
tee of the Israel Association of
Baseball is preparing for its
latest venture to help the
cause of baseball in Israel.
The committee and the
Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit are co-
sponsors of a community-wide
drive to collect new and used
baseball equipment to benefit
Israel's growing youth
baseball program.
The drive begins Sunday
and runs through April 9.
Equipment receptacles have
been set up at the
Maple/Drake and Jimmy
Prentis Morris JCCs, the
United Hebrew Schools
building on 12 Mile and
Lahser and the Photo Video
Center in the Prudential
Town Center.
"Israeli kids are extremely
enthusiastic about baseball,
but the program is being
hampered by a lack of equip-
ment," says Dave Dombey,
Detroit Committee co-
chairman. "Basic items, like
hardballs, gloves, mitts and
bats are extremely hard to
come by. Youngsters just can't
learn to play the game pro-
perly if they don't have the
right equipment."
There are 35 Little League
and Pony League teams in
Israel, recognized and sanc-
tioned by Little League
Baseball, Inc. and the Inter-
national Baseball .
Association.
Dombey devoted much of
his Israel trip in December to
researching Israel's baseball
situation and speaking with
people involved in it. He says
there are countless children
playing pick-up baseball, in
addition to the organized
teams. Many areas want to
begin organized play. One of
the key limiting factors,
Dombey says, is the lack of
equipment.
Israel was introduced to
baseball in 1985 by American
immigrant Randy Kahn, who
now runs the Israel Associa-
tion of Baseball. Dombey
points, out that baseball can
help new American im-
migrants make the transition
to Israel. The immigrants can
make their marks in their
new communities by teaching
the sport to native Israelis
who are new to the game.
Baseball has also brought
together immigrants from
other nations as well as
various sectors of Israeli
society. "Organized baseball
is now enjoyed by Israeli
children from the entire spec-
trum of the country's popula-
tion," says Detroit co-
chairman Bob Sternberg.
"Sabras and immigrants,
religious and secular, Jews
and Arabs all participate
together."
Detroit's equipment drive,
which is endorsed by the
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall
of Fame, seeks all types of
baseball gear in any condition
and all sizes. The committee
will also accept cash dona-
tions, which are tax-
deductible. The money will be
used for transportation and to
buy items which are not
donated. For example,
Dombey expects few baseballs
to be donated. He also hopes
to purchase catchers' and um-
pires' equipment and bases.
The equipment will be
given directly to the Israel
Baseball Association. ❑
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Organizing the drive are, from left, Irwin Cohen, Dave Dombey, Bob
Sternberg and Phil Applebaum.