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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990

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DANNY RASKIN

Local Columnist

F

rom a kitchen table to
what is today, for many
organizations, a major
fund-raiser, is the longest of
jumps.
Last year in the United
States, $20 million was rais-
ed by groups for their
charities through the sale of
Entertainment books . . . In
the Detroit area alone, more
than $1 million was put into
the charitable coffers . . .
Whopping figures highly ap-
preciated by the many
thousands of philanthropic
groups.
But it wasn't always like
this . . . The giant Entertain-
ment Publications' huge
growth is from the days when
Hughes and Sheila Potiker
dreamed their little dream
with reality over the now
famous table in their Oak
Park kitchen . . . That first
year, 1962, as Sports
Unlimited, they sold only
8,000 books, all in the local
area . . . Today, Entertain-
ment Publications is con-
sidered the world's leading
publisher of leisure discount
programs and coupon books
and is a public corporation
traded on the American Stock
Exchange under the ENT
symbol.
When Chris Winans, west
district manager of Enter-
tainment Publications
(district manager Marsha
Stratton heads the east side),
came to the then still called
Sports Unlimited nine years
ago, the books were already in
20 cities . . . Today they can be
bought in 111 markets
(geographical areas).
Hughes and Sheila have
made their Entertainment
discount books a household
name . . . and their many
employees of today love this
couple for their gracious
sincerity.
They had been married just
11 years when founder, presi-
dent and chairman of the
board Hughes had his law of-
fice in an 8 by 15 foot space
where their small Sports
Unlimited was also based .. .
Today, as husband-and-wife
team married nearly 40
years, Hughes and Sheila
have seen growth beyond
their wildest imagination.
Entertainment Publica-
tions has four coupon books in
the Detroit area . . . east side
and west side, plus a book
geared for young people and

another called "Pets and
Their People."
The books are quality
presentations put out by
reliable and reputable people
. . . from ownership to direc-
tors to staff.
The offices Chris had come
to those nine years ago were
chopped up and housed on
three floors in the Bingham
Office Plaza on Telegraph .. .
Today, Entertainment
Publications takes up 40,000
square feet of a 100,000
square foot office building in
Troy.
It is beyond all conception
what Entertainment Publica-
tions has achieved . . . Edi-
tions in the United States,
Canada, England, Sweden,
Scotland, Denmark, Israel .. .
An untold number are sold to
Fortune 500 companies like
General Motors, Xerox, etc.
. . . Back in 1983, some of the
firms handed out books to
employees in lieu of larger
raises or bonuses . . . That
year, too, Boeing sold 4,000
coupon books to workers who
had lined up outside a Seat-
tle plant at seven in the
morning.
Charitable organizations
. . . and so many others,
customers and consumers .. .
today have two words for
Hughes, Sheila and their
staff at Entertainment
Publications . . . "Thank
You!'
WHAT WOULD a movie be
without popcorn? . . . And
Fred Silber saw to it that
everybody who wanted the
munchies had them . . . at no
charge . . . as they watched
the excellent premiere of
Dances With Wolves with
Kevin Costner.
It was the recent "Lights,
Camera, Auction" by Variety,
The Childrens Charity (still
Variety Club to me) . . . Fred
Silber & Co. also donated all
the paper products ... and a
tip of the hat also to all those
restaurants who gave a lot of
good food . . . Ginopolis, Home
Sweet Home, Golden Mush-
room, Stage & Co., Dimitri's
of Southfield, Vineyard's
Cafe, Sweet Lorraine, Moun-
tain Jack's, Marriott,
Machus, Pita Pantry, Or-
theia's Place and Ristorante
di Modesta.

"The Best of Almost Every-
thing and Hearing Post"
donated by The Jewish News
brought in $1,250 at the live
auction . . . Steel man Lou
Golden can use the three col-
umns wide (almost six inches)
by 13 inches deep space for

whatever he wants to say .. .
and Lou is a good writer.
Six hundred people . . . and
still plenty of boxes of popcorn
left over . . . A fine event by a
wonderful organization help-
ing kiddies.
IF YOU attended the re-
cent 1990 B'nai B'rith Inter-
national Great American
Traditions Award dinner, and
didn't get a potato latke dur-
ing the cocktail hour, don't
feel bad . . . neither did a lot
of others . . . If kosher caterer
Jeff Rosenberg had known
they'd have been such a big
hit, he certainly wouldn't
have run out . . . I was among
those who didn't get any but
hear tell they were delicious
. . . If the latkes are his grand-

Charity groups and
consumers are
cashing in on the
two-for-one books.

ma Sylvia Rosenberg's recipe,
no wonder.
Dais of 50 at the Westin
hotel was a biggie . . . 43 men
and seven women . . . Ralph
Miller stood out like a
beaconlight in a fog with his
bright red bow tie among all
the black.
Off the podium, small world
with Helaine Ginsberg sit-
ting next to her back-to-back
neighbors, Charlotte and BB
Council Past President Oscar
Tuttleman . . . Senator Jack
Faxon appeared in Peter and
the Wolf at the Jewish Com-
munity Center, Dec. 2, and
will be in Peter and the Wolf
with the Southfield Sym-
phony this Sunday . . . On
Dec. 14, Jack will dance in
the Nutcracker Suite ballet at
the Fox Theatre . . . Fritzi
Goldberg with yesteryears of
the Detroit Businessmen's
Group, City of Hope, founded
by her late husband Ben
Goldberg . . . It is now the
Greater Detroit Chapter .. .
If you want Norman and Ber-
nice Michlin to attend your
affair, make sure it's not on a
night when he plays
volleyball.
to
CONGRATS . . .
Adriano Tonan . . . on his
49th birthday . . . The owner
of Cafe Cortina with wife
Rina are also celebrating the
14th anniversary of their
popular Italian dining spot on
10 Mile east of Orchard Lake
Road . . . Nadia Marks is
featured harpist evenings
from 6:30 p.m.
THANKS TO A seat belt,

