a handful of would-be thespians
to put on its first show, A Day In
•
The Catskills.
Now it is performing with 25
lively, talented seniors who'll pre-
sent a rollicking musical, What a
Ball, 1 p.m. Monday and Tues-
day, June 9-10, at the Jimmy
Prentis Morris Jewish Commu-
nity Center in Oak Park.
The show has been written by
Fran Aaron and Jackie Klein, col-
laborating for the sixth consec-
utive year ... Fran is also director
of What a Ball.
Central roles are played by
Ceci and Jack Kaufman, hubby
and wife who have been practic-
ing daily over breakfast, lunch
and dinner since rehearsals be-
gan last fall.
Jackie's daughter, Lisa Klein,
and Doug Blush will come in
from Los Angeles to videotape the
00 performances with an eye to
making a documentary of the
young at heart in action.
There'll be refreshments after
the show ... For ticket informa-
tion, call Patricia Bernstein at the
JCC, (248) 967-4030, or Karen

Creating a new
legend in Troy.

Ericson at the Oak Park Senior
Center, (248) 691-7577.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
magazine of June 1997 lists Mar-
vin's Marvelous Mechanical Mu-
seum as one of nine offbeat
museums in the United States
for families to visit.
Ow
Owner Marvin Yagoda's very
interesting fun emporium on Or-
chard Lake Road, south of 14
Mile Road,- has also been tabbed
as a featured Michigan attraction
in the AAA guide book for the en-
tire nation.
MAIL DEPT. ... from insur-
ance gent Howard B. Camden ...
"I think that all restaurants
should display their board of
health ratings. It should be a
state law. I am sure most restau-
rant owners would clean up their
act in a hurry."
AFTER SUCCESSFULLY
passing an evaluation by an in-
dependent and anonymous in-
spection team, Cafe Cortina, 10
Mile Road east of Orchard Lake
Road, has been selected to receive
the prestigious 1997 DiRoNA
Award from Distinguished
Restaurants of America.
The fine Cafe Cortina Italian
restaurant, owned by Rina and
Adrian Tonon, is among only 599
restaurants in the United States,
Canada and Mexico recognized
by this highly regarded group
that promotes distinguished din-
ing.
The award will be presented
at the DiRoNA reunion in Toron-
to, Sept. 14-18 ... A list of this
year's winners are in the June
edition of Wine Spectator.

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American songstress and lyri-
cist Heide Hepler and Michele
(pronounced Me-Kel-Eh) Ramo,
Italian guitarist, violinist and
composer, are appearing at Cafe
Cortina, Friday, May 30, June 13
and 20.
GUYS 'N GALS who don't
know what they're doing wrong
will have their swing examined
via computer at the 15th annual
B'nai B'rith Golf Classic, found-
ed in 1983 by the late Jack
Cochran and son Gary of Beau
Jack's restaurant.
Every golfer attending the BB
outing Monday, June 2, at Edge-
wood Country Club in Commerce
Township, will be videoed when
he or she tees off... Greg Norman
will analyze their swings via com-
puter and each golfer can take
home his or her personal half
hour video tape.
Price of $250 includes break-
fast, lunch, locker, range balls, 18
holes of golf, cart, cocktail and
hors d'oeuvres hour, the video,
prizes, auction and awards ban-
quet ... Age 35 and under pay
$175 ... Dinner only is $60.
_ It's slated to be the biggest one
yet.
REUNION DEPT. ... Big
search is on for folks who went to
Camp Agawak in Minocqua,
Wis., during the 1940s ... "Al-
though we didn't always pay
much attention to where campers
came from," writes Bindy Bitter-
man, "I can offer three names
from Detroit: Tenny Schlafer, her
cousin Carolyn Kaplan and
Shirley August."
Former Agawakians of that
era can contact Bindy Morris Bit-
terman, 1702 W. Chase Ave.,
Chicago; IL 60626, or call her at
(773) 743-1511 ... Bindy's fax
number is (773) 743-3330.
Time is near for the 20-year
shindig by Southfield High class
of 1977 ... It's Aug. 30 at Novi
Hilton ... Contact Kathy Gilbert,
(248) 489-5754, for more info.
ANY TALK ABOUT success-
ful gals in the community these
days should include Adria Brown.
The lass with that great smile
is founder, president and CEO of
Madison Executive Galleries in
West Bloomfield, a commercial
and residential interior design
firm.
But that wasn't enough ... Last
year, Adria formed Recover I, of
which she is also president and
CEO ... It specializes in environ-
mental cleanups, and the han-
dling of catastrophic oil spills on
any body of water, particularly
the oceans and their shorelines.
Adria came up with a patent-
ed process that has been attract-
ing a lot of interest ... She uses
a centuries-old natural absorbent
to retrieve 98 percent of the
spilled oil, which in turn can be
reprocessed for recycling.
Besides the money-making,
just think of the wonderful thing
Adria is doing for marine, wildlife
and humans. ❑

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