WIMMIEWTOWIE.

DINE WHERE
WINNERS DINE!

The 1997 inductees to be hon-
ored at the MJSHF Induction
Dinner, Nov. 7 at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, will be Al Ack-
erman, former sports announc-
er; Jackie Kallen, female boxing
manager, who will also become
the first gal inducted; and Aaron
Krickstein, on the international
professional tennis circuit.
PALATE PLEASER Randy
Emert, formerly of Pike Street
Restaurant in Pontiac, has joined
the kitchen team as executive
chef at Paint Creek Cider Mill &
Restaurant in Rochester.
REUNION DEPT. ... South-
field High class of 1967 will have
its dinner-dance Saturday, Aug.
16, 6 p.m., at the Novi Double-
tree Hotel (former Sheraton-
Oaks) ... For more info, call
Ronna Katzman, (248) 788-1562.
CONGRATS ... to Rose Mey-
erson ... former Detroiter now liv-
ing in Tucson, Ariz. ... on her
100th birthday ... with relatives
from all over the country coming

Hoffa wouldn't
recognize the place.

to help Rose celebrate ... to Tom-
my and Peggy Peristeris ... on
their 26th anniversary ... and
Tommy on his birthday the day
after ... to Nate and Irene Light
... on their 26th anniversary.
THEIR PET ROCK has fi-
nally been found by Norman and
Bonnie LePage, whose Big Rock
Chop & Brew House is scheduled
to open in August on Eton Street
in Birmingham, site of their for-
mer Norman's Eton Street Sta-
tion restaurant.
Norm and Bonnie discovered
the huge rock they've been look-
ing for in Rochester ... 10 feet
long and 8 feet tall ... for the cor-
ner of Maple and Eton, to cer-
tainly let people know where
their new restaurant is located.
It weighs 40 tons and the cost
of transporting the huge white
and pink chunk was $20,000 ...
including $1,500 to reinforce the
truck it was craned onto.
AS THE BANDS cook in
rhythm, Chef Chuck "Rocky"
Rachwitz is grilling on his
Rocky's of Brighton patio.
Thursday, June 26, has the
Sun Messengers, and Friday,
June 27, is Alexander Zonjic.
Thursday night concerts are
no charge ... Weekends have a
nominal fee depending on who is
appearing.
FORMER CAFE Oliverio on
Middlebelt and 11 Mile is now
Cafe Venezia, owned by Tom
Timmons.
DATES FOR the MCF Part-
ners Golf Classic and Partners
Ball to benefit the Barbara Ann
Karmanos Cancer Institute have
been set.
The golf classic is Tuesday,
Sept. 2, at Indianwood Golf &
Country Club in Lake Orion ...

The Partners Ball will be Satur-
day, Sept. 6, at the Troy Marriott
Hotel.
CELEBRATIONS ... 12th
anniversary funfest by Ris-
torante Di Modesta on North-
western Highway ... invitation
only ... is Sunday, June 29 ... 20th
anniversary summer party by
Excalibur, Franklin and North-
western, is Monday, Aug. 18 ...
open to all.
AS OF JUNE 28, Steve's
Back Room on Orchard Lake
Road, north of 14 Mile, will close
its doors.
The popular Middle Eastern
restaurant in the northwest area
calls it quits ... but Steve's Back
Room on Kelly, between Seven
and Eight Mile, owned by his
dad Steve Khalil Sr. and his
mother Theresa, will continue as
usual.
Steve Jr., who operated the
Orchard Lake spot, and wife
Gail, will move in August to Ma-
rina Del Ray, Calif.
THE LAUGH-GE'rrER and
his guitar are back ... Bob Posch,
the gent who brings all those
hearty hee-haws with his
straight-faced humor, is again at
Gino's Comedy Club in Keego
Harbor's Santia Hall on Cass
Lake Road.
Shows are every Friday and
start at 9 p.m. ... For folks who
also want to eat, doors open at 7
p.m. ... Dinner and show is $20
... Show only is $7.
LUNCH-BUCKET and hard-
hat preview tour of the Star
Southfield Entertainment Cen-
tre (Star Theatre) that opens to-
day, was filled with oohs and
aahs.
The 6,000-seat theater com-
plex, with 20 auditoriums of sta-
dium seating and oversized
rocking chair comfort, is the ab-
solute latest in film viewing with
no obstructions ... regardless of
how tall the guy or gal in front
maybe.
Screens are nearly double the
size of typical theater screens ...
The two largest auditoriums
each have 700 seats and even
larger screens, 65-feet wide.
We were given a sample of the
sound in one of the theaters and
can only express amazement at
the clarity that makes it the
most advanced digital cinema
sound system available today ...
Also infrared earphones are
available for the hearing-im-
paired.
CONTACT STEVE Rosman
at (248) 355-4212 if you have any
pictures for his photo exhibit of
Jewish Detroit in the '20s and
'30s ... this October at the Jew-
ish Community Center on Drake
and Maple.
Just about anything from
those eras ... Hastings, Oakland,
12th, etc ... stores, restaurants,
street scenes, anything ... Sure
wish I could find a true picture
of the Cream of Michigan for
Steve. ❑

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