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New showroom has it all
including the sink
ADVANCE PLUMBING and HEATING SUPPLY CO.
After wholesaling plumbing
supplies for more than 70 years.
Advance Plumbing and Heating
Supply Co. has opened a retail
showroom in Walled Lake.
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The 3,000 square foot showroom
at 1977 Maple Rd., between
Decker and Haggerty, features
hundreds of faucets and displays
with working showers, whirlpools,
toilets and sinks.
"You can actually see how
everything works," says Jeffrey
Moss, vice president.
"We feature high end brands
like Kohler, Grohe, Delta, Moen,
Oasis, Jason and Artistic Brass.
A licensed master plumber can
assist do-it-yourselfers and
answer questions on installation
and maintenance.
We also have an experienced
interior designer on staff to help
coordinate all of your bath and
kitchen ideas."
Moss' grandfather, Harry
Chernick, founded the business in
1920. Chernick's son-in-law and
the current president, Ron Moss,
joined in 1957. Advance expanded
to Walled Lake in 1990 when it
purchased Franklin Plumbing
Supply.
Store hours are 8-5 Mon.-Fri.
8-3 Sat. and by appointment.
Phone: 1-800-560-7474
Marilyn Greenstein began
another school year on
Tuesday.
certification is rigorous," said Dr.
Robert Maxfield, superintendent
of the Farmington School District.
"Marilyn, as a science teacher,
incites kids, she asks good ques-
tions, she follows them on their
path of discovery," Dr. Maxfield
said. "They are discovering sci-
ence together."
Along the way, Ms. Green-
stein, who also was named Michi-
gan Science Teacher of the Year
in 1991, received support from
her husband, Gary, who kept the
home fires burning as she worked
night after night on her portfolio.
"When you are going through
something like this where there
is a lot of self-evaluation, you tend
to have a lot of questions and self-
doubt," she said. "He was very,
very supportive."
Other teachers and adminis-
trators lent a hand in the prepa-
ration process. Students also gave
encouragement and support.
"This was a good experience for
(the students), to see their teacher
go through this testing," she said.
"We set high expectations for the
students in the classroom. Why
wouldn't we expect the same from
ourselves?"
Along with the other teachers,
she has received much recogni-
tion for her accomplishment. Gov .
John Engler sent a personal note
of congratulations; media reports
in USA Today and the Detroit
News brought other letters.
She and the other recipients
will be honored with a White
House reception in October where
she will meet President Bill Clin-
ton.
And she does not plan to stop
teaching others. This summer
she traveled to several states to
address teachers on the impor-
tance of such certification.
"The next step is to be a men-
tor to those who want to go
through the process," she said. ❑
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PHOTO BY JEFF KOWALSKY
I
he end of summer vacation
for some is sheer agony:
giving up days of lying in
the sun, homework-free af-
ternoons and late wake-up calls.
For Marilyn Greenstein, re-
turning to the classroom is sheer
bliss. After a summer of travel-
ing a lecture circuit as one of the
nation's first National Board Cer-
tified teachers, she is ready to get
back to what she loves most:
teaching.
"It is exhilarating," Ms. Green-
stein said. "I can't wait to get back
into my classroom."
Last December, Ms. Green-
stein, a 25-year veteran educator
and seventh-grade science
teacher at East Middle School in
the Farmington School District,
successfully completed the new
certification process.
The process, sponsored by the
National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards, is the edu-
cation world's equivalent of tak-
ing boards as a doctor.
Participants submit a portfolio of
their work for seven teams of
teachers to review, create video-
tapes of their teaching style and
classroom environment and sub-
mit to 11 hours of essays and two
hours of oral testing.
Teachers began the process in
September 1993 and were given
four months to assemble their
portfolio and two videotapes. In
March, they traveled to Texas to
take the essay portion, which was
followed in April by the oral por-
tion. The results were sent to
their schools in December.
"It was definitely a challenge,
but that was what grabbed me,"
Ms. Greenstein said. "If you be-
lieve in the profession as I do, to
put yourself to these standards
and pass is an accomplishment."
About 1,500 teachers nation-
wide began the process; 289 fin-
ished it Only 81 teachers
received certification in
their fields. Twelve
Michigan teachers
were successful in their
quest. Locally, Barbara
McCune, Ms. Green-
stein's colleague at
East Middle School,
also received the hon-
or.
"We can't help but be
extremely proud of
what they have accom-
plished. They have to
be awfully good to start
with, but what they
have to go through for