Girson Family Scholarship Set
Think Summer
Tamarack Camps was among the 80 local, national and Canadian programs
represented at the 10th annual "Super Summer for Kids: A Camp and Activities
Fair" Feb. 28 in Beverly Hills. Elyse Stettner of Huntington Woods and Julie
Bean of West Bloomfield ran the Tamarack booth. Elaine Sturman of the
Bloomfield Township-based Elaine S. Events hosted the fair, which of ered a
variety of camping options as well as employment opportunities.
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The Girson family of Battle Creek,
Bernard and Elaine Girson and son
Aaron, have created a scholarship
through the Sigma Alpha Mu
Foundation to be awarded to a
Lakeview High School graduate who
will attend Western Michigan
University in Kalamazoo.
The Girson Family Scholarship is
awarded based on merit. The mini-
mum grade point average should be
3.3; leadership ability, extracurricu-
lar activities and an interest in polit-
ical science or history are important
considerations.
Aaron Girson, executive director
of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, will
present the first award on behalf of
the Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation at
a program to be held at Lakeview
High in May.
Bernard Girson and his son are
both WMU graduates; Aaron also is
a Lakeview graduate. Mrs. Girson
was an employee of WMU.
Bernard Girson was born in Mt.
Clemens and has many family mem-
bers throughout the Detroit area. He
said: "This award is given for all of
us who believe in the value of an
education and feel we should give
back as much as we can to the sys-
tem that helped educate us and our
families."
Girson added that he's proud of
the family members who have made
many contributions to their respec-
tive Jewish communities"while help-
ing "to create a better United States
of America."
The Carmel, Ind.-based Sigma
Alpha Mu Foundation awarded
more than $90,000 scholarships
nationwide in 1998.
Doctor Shares Love Of Reading
The doctor arrived in his lab coat,
complete with stethoscope, carrying a
book called The Jester Lost His Jingle.
The book was written by
a 23-year-old man who
died of cancer.
After reading the
uplifting story with its
bright and cheery graph-
ics, Dr. Paul Ehrmann
answered questions from
the fourth graders about
the book, the author and
his experiences as a doc-
tor. One young girl want-
ed to know if he was a
doctor like on the televi-
sion show "ER."
"The kids are really
excited about Drop
Everything And Read
Day," said fourth-grade
teacher Chris Ryan, refer-
ring to the DEAR read-
Dr. Paul reads
ing program that Dr.
Paul (as the kids call him)
was participating in at Oakland
Elementary in Royal Oak.
With a family practice in Royal Oak
since 1982, Dr. Paul and his wife, Dr.
Robin Ehrmann, have been active in
the Royal Oak community for years.
Dr. Paul is the team doctor for the
Kimball High School football team and
provides physicals to students who par-
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ticipate in sports programs. He serves
on the Royal Oak Schools Curriculum
Committee.
to Royal Oak fourth graders.
As an aspect of Reading Month and
to help teach the importance of com-
munity service, Oakland Elementary
students are collecting new books to
donate to Rose Cancer Center at
Beaumont Hospital. Dr. Paul made a
donation of 20 books to the project
during his visit.
Library Dedication
4.4
The family of the late Isidore Sobeloff longtime executive vice president of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, was present for the dedication of the Isidore
Sobeloff Executive Library at the Max. Al. Fisher Building in Bloomfield. Township.
Shown are (seated) Mr. Sobeloff's daughter-in-law Barbara Sobeloff of Bethesda,
Md., and (from left) grandchildren Susan Sobeloff of Seattle, Judy and Fred Gittes of
Ann Arbor and Debbie Sobeloff of Columbus, Ohio.