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turned out in high numbers. Near- the candidates are all about when
"Sandy and Carl are my polit-
ly 62 percent of all registered vot- they can't really discuss their po- ical idols," she said. "I was a lit-
ers cast their ballots. Those figures sitions on the issues."
tle worried about their races
were higher in communities like
In Detroit, well-wishers filled a because I thought their support-
Huntington Woods, where 79.9 Westin Hotel ballroom for a Carl ers might take advantage of their
percent of the electorate voted. Levin victory party.
projected wins and not vote."
Just over 70 percent of the voters
Rachel Lutz, 16, of Huntington
At press time, Judge Hilda
in Farmington Hills and Bloom- Woods, attended the celebration.
field Hills turned out, and West She was the youngest campaign Gage was still waiting for official
word on her bid for a seat on the
Bloomfield saw just under three- worker in the Clinton/Gore De- state
Supreme Court. Through-
quarters of its residents at the
Polls-
Deena Borzak of West Bloom-
field always votes a straight De-
mocratic ticket. Mrs. Borzak, who
followed the political races in the
newspapers, read the direct-mail
literature and talked to friends
about their opinions. 'Things were
really quiet on a national level,"
she said. "There was no excite-
ment in this election."
Ian Flashner, 25, also a voter
in West Bloomfield, agrees the
election was anti-climactic. What CA
captured Mr. Flashner's attention z
were the more obscure issues,
"particularly the ones most Jews
don't deal with," like Proposal D,
on bear hunting.
Mr. Flashner, who never dis- troit office.
Carl Le yin, with out the.night on Tuesday
cusses his voting preferences, left
Rachel, who isn't old
and early Wednesday
his family
a few blank spots on his ballot, enough to vote, took the nearby,
watches morning, Judge Gage and
particularly the judicial races.
day off from school on results come in. Judge Marilyn Kelly were
"I know it's the one thing that Tuesday for some last-
a percentage point.
can impact us most, but judicial minute campaigning. She spent Based on within
the origins of the uncal-
races are the ones we tend to know most of election day holding a gi- culated votes, Judge Gage was
the least about," Mr. Flashner ant Carl Levin sign on the corner fairly convinced she had lost the
said. "It's hard to figure out what of Nine Mile and Greenfield.
race.
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Animal Kingdom
Adam Bouchard's exotic pet collection will help the
teen-ager fund his Israel trip.
JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER
dam Bouchard practical-
ly lives in a zoo. He and his
family have a dog, a cat
Aan d several goldfish. But,
enter Adam's room and the pet
collection turns slightly more ex-
otic.
The North Farmington High
School junior has three bearded
dragons (a type oflizard), a veiled
-
chaineleon, a handful of turtles
and an accumulation of reptile
guides and other animal books.
His collection used to be much
larger and more exotic (a quail
, and a ferret), but Adam sold a
number of his animals because he
is preparing to spend a semester
in Israel. Although Adam cannot
say exactly how many animals
he's had overall, he can remem-
ber a time when he had between
15 and 20 pets.
"I like things that are interest-
ing and out of the ordinary," said
Adam, who once built a replica of
a- tropical rain forest in a 60-gal-
lon tank for his lizards and frogs.
"I usually keep an animal until it
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takes up too much of my time or
too much space." Then Adam sells
it, either to a pet shop or individ-
ual.
Last summer, he and a friend
called several day-care centers
and arranged to put on reptile
shows for the children.
"What if
Pavarotti's mom
stopped him from
singing?"
— Ellen Bouchard
He plans to use his earnings
from selling his animals and from
the shows as spending money in
Israel. He leaves in February on
Project Discovery, a 4 1/2-month
scholastic and Jewish-content pro-
gram for 10th- and 11th-graders.
So far, his animals have earned
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