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so that you can
more easily fit holiday shopping into
your already busy schedule.
Sunday 12 noon to 5 pm
Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri. v 10 am to 7 pm
Thursday 10 am to 8:45 pm
Saturday ♦ 10 am to 6 pm
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The Detroit Medical Center
and Ambulatory Services
are pleased to announce the relocation of
Medical Center Pediatrics
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from
31500 Telegraph Road • Suite 100
Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025
to
31600 Telegraph Road • Suite 100
Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025
(810) 642-5437
(one driveway North of previous location)
Effective December 16, 1996
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Medical Center
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A childbirth education re-
fresher class will be held 7-10
p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Beau-
mont Rehabilitation and Health
Center. Call (800) 633-7377, to
register.
Free blood pressure screen-
ing will be offered 1-2 p.m., Dec.
19, at the Hazel Park Commu-
nity Center.
Pre-marital AIDS Education,
a one-hour class for individuals
applying for a marriage license,
will be offered by Beaumont Hos-
pital, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 17, in Royal Oak. There is
a fee. Call 1-800-633-7377 to reg-
ister.
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Road, Southfield, MI 48034.
abuse and domestic violence,
7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the
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A SafeSitter class will be
taught by a registered nurse, 9
a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at
Crittenton Hospital. Children
must be at least 11 years old. To
register, call (810) 652-5269.
hospital, 12851 East Grand Riv-
er, Brighton.
Brighton Hospital will host an
education class on substance
Diamonds
and Fine Jewelry
Wayne State University
A class in American Red Cross
First Aid will be offered by Oak-
land General Hospital, 8:30 a.m.-
5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14.
There is a fee. For registration,
call 1-800-450-2966.
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The Many Joys
Of Imperfection
KATHRYN REM SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
I
f the magic genie in the lamp
granted you three wishes,
what would they be?
Maybe you'd like to lose 20
pounds, or pad your bank ac-
count with a few million bucks.
How about relighting the old
spark between you and your
spouse? Or perhaps a
beautiful, young mod-
el would fall in love
with you.
When you think
about it, the list is
endless. Maybe you'd
like to be taller or
shorter. Trade your
blue eyes in for brown.
Get a big-shot job,
have kids who don't
talk back, live a
Martha Stewart life-
style.
Perfection: the final
frontier.
It's a place where
we "long to be better
than the best, to be
flawless, to break
world records, to bring
home the gold," says
Enid Howarth, co-au-
thor with Jan Tras of
The Joy of Imperfec-
tion (Fairview Press).
'What a challenge! What an
illusion! What a way to make
ourselves miserable!"
She says the quest for per-
fection has become an American
obsession.
Kathryn Rem writes for Copley
News Service.
"We live in a world where ad-
vertising sells us hope. If we just
buy this product, we'll be loveli-
er, richer and have perfect
minds and bodies.
"On TV, everyone is perfect.
They are mostly young and thin.
There are few disabilities; hard-
ly anyone even wears glasses.
Nobody is disfigured
or struggling with all
the things most peo-
ple struggle with."
In a frantic rush to
move at warp speed
toward flawlessness,
we do push-ups before
breakfast and take
aspirin before bed.
We attend self-help
groups, keep journals,
record dreams and re-
peat affirmations.
There are children
to tend, bosses to
mind, parents to re-
member and spouses
to please. And don't
forget the movies to
watch, books to read,
parties to throw and
gifts to wrap.
The brass ring of
perfection, says How-
arth, is always just
out of reach.
"We can approach it, get re-
ally close, almost feel it in our
grasp, just barely touch it. But
it always eludes us."
The journey can be painful.
Consider:
Organizers of the annual Na-
tional Spelling Bee provide a
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