0
Super Fans
A local couple shows their maize-and-blue colors all year round — in a
different kind of way.
• LONNY GOLDSMITH
kids come by here."
The repainting of the garage door
happens sooner than originally sched-
uled if there is a trip to the Rose
Bowl.
Not everyone likes the garage deco-
ration. "I've had some people who
don't like what I say, and have had
her degree in dental hygiene from the
University of Detroit.
Three of the four Bussell children,
hen you drive up to Joel
and one of their sons-in-law graduated
and Joan Bussell's
from U-M, and all still have tickets to
Southfield home, you
the football games.
immediately see their
The day of the weekly repainting
allegiance.
varies, based on Mr. Bussell's schedule.
If you see only the flag at
The colors are water-soluble
their door, the stained glass
77. poster paint, so the weekly
in their front window or hear
message scrubs right off.
the doorbell that plays "The
Mr. Bussell also salutes
Victors," the most impressive
"::) >'
, the U-M basketballjeam
part passes you by.
g during the National
The garage door.
Collegiate Athletic
An institution in the
Association tournament, but
Bussells' neighborhood for
the regular season is tough.
nearly 25 years, the left half
"There's too many basket-
of the garage door sports a
ball games to keep doing
maize-and-blue block M
that all season long," he
under the words "Go Blue!"
said.
A slogan to spur on the
According to the BussellS,
Wolverines appears on the
people became so attached
right.
to the garage that it affect-
"The design of the M
ed
the way they shopped for
The Bussell extended family has a strong U-M allegiance.
changes every two or three
a new garage door.
years," said Mr. Bussell, a
"Easy paintability was
_
technical marketing consultant. "The
eggs thrown at it," Bussell said.
part of the criteria," they said.
other side changes every week,
He graduated from U-M in 1959,
"People know our house not by the
depending on the opponent. I try and
and he met his wife while they were
address, but by the door. They expect
make it witty but always clean because
students there. She transferred, getting us to still be here and doing it." ❑
Staff Writer
IV
271 W Maple
Downtown Birmingham
24A258.0212
Julie Edgar Named ITN News Editor
s
enior Writer Julie Edgar has
been promoted to the position
of news editor, announced JN
Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz.
"This promotion falls right in line
with the upward direction of The
Jewish News. Julie understands the mis-
sion of our recent redesign, and she has
placed the critical coverage of our com-
munity within that mission."
Edgar came to The Jewish News in
the summer of 1995 as a business
writer and general assignment reporter.
She coordinates the Up Front section
and continues to contribute news and
feature stories.
"I think this is a great moment for
our publication," said Editor Phil
Jacobs. "Julie is a Jewish journalist with .
a strong neshama [soul]. She under-
stands our community and she'll serve
it well."
Edgar received her undergraduate
degree in English literature from the
University of Michigan. She spent a
year teaching English in Japan before
beginning a career as a freelance writer
reviewing films and writing entertain-
ment-related stories. She also worked at
the Daily Tribune in Royal Oak as a
police/city hall/courthouse reporter
before joining the Oakland Press as its
legal affairs correspondent.
Edgar is an amateur photographer
and filmmaker. She has two cats and a
husband, David Sklar, whom she mar-
ried last summer. The four live in
Berkley. ❑
UNDER
ONE ROOF
------ - -------
Rochelle Imber's
Knit,
---------------
ACCENTS
IN NEEDLEPOINT
Contemporary
Designs
626-3042
Julie Edgar named JN news editor.
0
11/7
1997
13