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grain are such a source of suste-
nance," Mr. Elkus says.
So the Elkuses learned to mill
their own flour, using no pesti-
cides, no herbicides, no commer-
cial grains.
'We made a commitment to
use all organic grains," he says.
"All the whole wheat we use is
milled fresh and home grown."
The Elkuses took their life sav-
ings and opened the Stone Mill
Bread Company in Oakley, a
small town near Cincinnati, in
June of 1990.
Mr. Elkus' brother Andy, a
schoolteacher, helped them
through the first summer, and
within the first two months, they
had done as much business as
they expected to do in a whole
year.
"We had lots of interest from
customers who would say, 'Hey,
this is great — I have a certain
family member in this city or that
state who would love to have
something like this in their area.'
It got us to thinking."
Conveniently, another broth-
er, Barry, together with his part-
ner Harold Tieger, co-owned a
business consulting firm in Cincin-
nati. They and the Elkuses talked
about the idea of franchising.
Six years later, Mr. Elkus pro-
moted himself to co-chairman of
the company, sharing his title
with Mr. Tieger. They now boast
30 stores in 23 cities across the
country. Brother Barry is CEO.
The company was only recent-
ly renamed Big Sky Bread Com-

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Roger and Beth Elkus of Big Sky Bread Company.

pany, after the state of Montana,
where the Elkuses' hard red
wheat is organically grown by
"Farmer Bob," a third-generation
farmer with a doctorate in envi-
ronmental farming. "But the
Ph.D. still wears cowboy boots,"
laughs Mr. Elkus.
Mr. Elkus, 37, is pleased Roy-
al Oak is one of his bakery's loca-
tions.
"Detroit is in the family," he
says. His cousin Ron Elkus is own-
er of the Shirt Box in Southfield.
Mr. Elkus's interest is in bring-
ing European breads to all the
stores and training employees in
those baking techniques, as well
as teaching them to understand
and operate the mill.

"Like the Royal Oak store, all
the bakeries have a stone buhr
mill — two big granite stones that
mill the grain into flour every
morning when the grain arrives
from Montana."
Big Sky's offerings rotate
among 40 varieties of bread, rang-
ing from their own versions of the
traditional Honey Whole Wheat
and French Boule to Jalapeno
Cornbread and Sauerkraut Sour-
dough Rye, to sweets such as dai-
ly selections of "Soon to be World
Famous" cookies made of pure
butter, brown sugar and a hint of
molasses. Also, of course, is the
chewy, beautiful challah.
Essentially, the difference is in
the grain. ❑

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Jewish Community Council,
in conjunction with Zalenko & As-
sociates, P.C., and Crain's Non-
profit News, will offer a free
seminar for nonprofit executive
directors and financial officers on
new accounting reporting re-
quirements that will take effect
this year. The seminar will be held
from 1:30-4:30 p.m Tuesday, Sept.
10, at the Novi Hilton, 2111 Hag-
gerty Road in Novi. To register,
call Kim at (810) 357-2404.

Stacey L. Kaplan of West
Bloomfield was named Michigan
Practice Leader of the Human Re-
sources Strategies Group at the
Detroit-based Deloitte & Touche,
L.L.P. Ms. Kaplan will assist
clients in a wide variety of human
resource issues, including com-
pensation, benefits and organiza-
tional design. She previously
served as divisional vice president
of human resources for Kmart
Corp.

Stacey L. Kaplan

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David Wunder

David Wunder of West Bloom-
field has joined Coopers & Ly-
brand, L.L.P., as director of
international tax services. Mr.
Wunder served as a partner in the
Washington, D.C., law office of
Evans & Luptak, counseling For-
tune 500 companies in the area of
U.S. domestic and international
tax planning.

Susan Langnas Feber, former
director of the Israel Teen Mission
for the Jewish Federation of Met-
ropolitan Detroit, has opened a
law office at 24359 Northwestern
Highway, Suite 100, in Southfield.
Ms. Feber is a graduate of the
Wayne State University School of
Law.

Roger E. Winkelman, of the
Farmington Hills-based law firm
of Couzens, Lansky, Fealk, Ellis,
Roeder & Lazar, P.C., has been
appointed to the Attorney Disci-
pline Board by the Michigan
Supreme Court.

