derful arms, will celebrate the holiday season with a treasure hunt party, Nov. 21, at Saks Fifth Avenue in Troy's Somer- set Collection. Shindig begins 6:30 p.m., with folks testing their knowl- edge of movie trivia in search of prizes . . . Chairpersons are Olga and Iry Dworkin and Judy and Ken Hale. For more information, call Jackie Sunday, 833-0715, ext. 414. GOOD THINGS do come to those who wait . as evidenced by what has recently happened to Nick Sorise and John Reaser, owners of Wooden Horse on Rochester Road in Troy, along with their Nicky's restaurant. Rather than take anybody, Nick held the fort at Wooden Horse while John took over at Nicky's ... Now that they have Shawn Stinson running things at Nicky's, it was a waiting game for Wooden Horse. Galloping in is John Rugani, formerly with Chuck Muer and general manager and food and The Angels have raised $2 million for MCF. beverage director of Bistro 75 in Auburn Hills, who has tak- en over as GM at Wooden Horse. Also, heading the kitchen now with his fresh and innova- tive style is Ron Nicol, gradu- ate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., trained under Master Chef Leopold Schaeli at Machus Red Fox, with Keith Famie at the former Les Auteurs, and a stal- wart at Beverly Hills Grill. The 140-year-old building that houses Wooden Horse was once a stagecoach stop, and is a Troy historical site on Sylvan Glen Golf Course . . . It opened in 1992 with American recipes that include rotisserie chicken, ribs and foods with spicy south- western flavor. CONGRATS . . . to Bert Gladstone ... on his 72nd birth- day . . . to Bruce and Laura Saperstein ... on their third an- niversary . . . both occasions celebrated the same night re- cently at Excalibur restaurant ... to Mary Serra ... on her birthday. PRIMA DINER on 10 Mile, off Evergreen and the North- western Service Drive, has opened . . . It was formerly Denny's and Dimitri's Diner. MARRIAGE FOR the first time at age 53 must have done something to Judge Ed Sosnick, who only a week earlier had finally tied the knot at home of brother Bob and Susan Sosnick. Ed was one of the big stand- ing-ovation hits at the recent Star Search fund-raiser by Women's Bar — Oakland County Region to benefit the Cranbrook Schools Horizon-Up- ward Bound program. He wore a wig, mustache and costume and was a smash singing and dancing with Judge Joan Young ... Ed and Darlene were wed the Sunday before and good friend Judge Barry Howard did the ring thing the next day. • Emcee barrister Henry Baskin represents a number of show biz stars but can teach them a thing or two when it comes to doing magic ... Judge Bryan Levy in white robe splin- tered wood between two cement blocks with his fast karate chops. Warren Pierce, one of the best things to happen to local media, is out of radio but now into television . . . His show, pretty much like it was on WJR radio for years, is every Satur- day and Sunday morning, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., on Channel 2 ... bucking cartoons for ratings and beating them. As lassie Conner Ferrick Roth sang, Ed Gold re- marked, "Henry has his whole office working tonight" ... Also a fine attorney is Hank's daughter, Dana, mar- ried to Mel Fink. Over 300 were in attendance to raise dollars for Horizons- Upward Bound programs that help young people develop into productive persons. MEMBERS OF Perfection Mosaic Lodge have been doing much community work, volun- teering and assisting at several fundraisers. If your group has a need any- time for adult male volunteers, call Dan Natow, 353-2891; Bill Collis, 356-3563 or 356-4690; or Robert Leach, 626-4443. Dan says that if available, they will assist wherever and whenever they can. ARLENE KINGSTON calls her cooking delights with Michi- gan dried cherries "Heavenly Mandel Bread (mandelbrot) . . . And they are served with Starbucks Coffee . . . Quite an ethereal combination . . . in the coffee shop at Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Telegraph and Maple. GREETINGS FROM Har- ry and Becky Weinstein in Seal Beach, Calif. . . . with clipping from the column of July 16, 1943 ... "Harry Weinstein, avi- ation machinist mate, forwards us a fine souvenir . . . The con- trol stick handle of the plane in which Maj. Joe Foss shot down 16 Zeros in the southwest Pa- cific . . . Also two bullets taken from Maj. 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