P.IMMIMMIM • ▪ manitarian award; Joe Dumars, community service award; Dr. Ian Jackson, medical, science and technology award. Passed hors d'oeuvres and din- ner were the usual Ritz-Carlton goodies, and the excellent music of the Johnny Trudell Orchestra was another unsung highlight ... Johnny's rhythms are so good and always taken for granted ... I've never yet heard a below-par per- formance by Johnny and his mer- ry musical men. Bob Allison, "Ask Your Neigh- bor" radio host, blasted today's sports to all who'd listen ... He said that hockey, football and bas- ketball have become horror shows with too much violence ... But box- ing is OK, Bob says, even when there is bloodshed. Hy Dorfman talks enthusias- tically about a 1920s and 1930s nostalgic pictorial showing of De- troit Jewish neighborhoods that'll be presented by Steve Rosman at the Maple-Drake Jewish Com- munity Center this coming Octo- ber. A makeover at the Kingsley. There were two huge screens for folks who couldn't see the stage ... And when Free Press columnist Bob Talbert got up to introduce Bruce Rosen, a quick- as-a-wink flash of the Red Wings game in progress came on and off in a blink ... Bob's intro was from the heart for his friends Bruce and Rosalie Rosen. It is finally told how Dr. Arthur Victor stays so trim-looking ... Those four or five days a week of strenuous exercising at the Jew- ish Community Center does it ... When Rob Allen got up to intro- duce Dr. Jackson, one of the gals at our table leaned over to her husband and asked if he was a movie star ... Emcee Gene Taylor made sure everyone knew what the Red Wing score was ... at all times ... Is it true that Bruce Rosen had a tiny ESPN comput- er in his pocket to keep up on the game? Few come any more wonderful than Lorraine Schultz, co-chair- person of the event with hubby Dr. Arthur Schultz, who may be a collector but has the best of them all in Lorraine ... She is our town's No. 1 volunteer ... And what a wonderful gesture it would be if a shindig was given where she could come as a guest ... to a party given for her. NOW THERE'S such a thing as a Cigar-B-Que ... The one July 11, 6 p.m., benefiting Care House of Macomb County, will have Chef Jeff Baldwin doing the grill work at Mac & Ray's in Harrison Township ... Sights, sounds, fla- vors and aromas of a classic sum- mer barbecue plus jovial cama- raderie arising from folks who en- joy premier cigars. IT WAS A RARE treat for those at our table sampling the new dishes soon to be on the menu of Hoa Kow in Crosswinds Mall on Orchard Lake Road ... Carolyn and Mitchell Simmer, Bobbie and Jerry Malin and Ellen and Leo Goldenberg gave owner Gene Woo their opinions of the very different Chinese food his new chef from Hong Kong will be presenting. This is Hoa Kow's 42nd year ... making it the third oldest Chinese restaurant hereabouts ... Chung's in downtown Detroit has been around since the early '40s and Pearl Gardens in Birmingham is a year older than Hoa Kow. HERE'S A CHANCE to help Jewish inmates retain their reli- gious practices ... Those in prison need yarmulkes, prayer shawls, prayerbooks and Chumash (soft cover) ... Make arrangements for pick-up or drop-off by contacting Martin Mattes, (248) 647-3115. IF DAD IS a golf bug, he'll probably like being at Capital Grill in Somerset North, West Big Beaver, Troy, on Father's Day, Sunday, June 15. They'll give dining pops a corn- plimentary pack of Top Flight golf balls. Capital Grill, by the way, was recently awarded "Best of Award of Excellence" by Wine Spectator magazine for its wine list of over 300 selections from California, France and Italy. FUND-RAISER FOR Jewish Ensemble Theatre, hosted by Big Daddy's Parthenon on Orchard Lake Road and the Jet Set, its vol- unteer arm, will be at Big Daddy's, Monday, June 30, 6:30 p.m. ... For reservations to the dinner and en- tertainment, call Phyllis Green at JET, (248) 788-2900. "EVERYTHING SEEMS so foreign when you are traveling abroad — especially when par- taking in a bit of international foodservice," says Nation's Restau- rant News. "The following items, culled from the Internet, highlight the difficulty of understanding some menus and signage in countries ranging from Poland to Norway to Japan. "On a menu in a Swiss restau- rant: 'Our wines leave you noth- ing to hope for.' On the menu at a Polish hotel: 'Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beer soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.' "At a Swiss mountain inn: `Special today — no ice cream.' In a Tokyo bar: 'Special cocktail for the ladies with nuts.' At a Norwegian cocktail lounge: `Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.' 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