We are opening new buildings
named for Mahler and Grand.
Now construction's complete
on our Tamarack land.
Bring your family and friends
to Camp Maas to see,
How generosity made
our dreams a reality.
Please join us for our open house with tours of
our two brand new facilities.
Sunday, June 13, 1-4 p.m., Camp Maas, Ortonville, MI
We still need an Arts and Crafts Supervisor!
If you are interested, please call 248.661.0600
BASSONOVA
Pure Silk Sweater Sets . . . $95
Back Elastic Pant Sale
Gab, Fibrane & Cottons ... $39
Spring Suits &
Poly Cotton Pants in Stock
Cy Lisnov
Ten Dollar Pants at Factory Only
1-696 to Hoover,
Right on Hoover,
Left on Ten Mile
one blk.,
Right on Gibson
EVERY SATURDAY I0 a.m.- 4 p.m.
COMFORT INN • FARMINGTON HILLS
(12 Mile Just East of Orchard Lake Rd.)
(248) 47 I -9220
Mon-Fri call (810) 754-6360
NOW SELLING AT WARREN FACTORY
24343 Gibson Dr., 2nd BIk., 2nd Bldg. on Rt.
MON.-FRI. I p.m. to 5 p.m.
TIE ONE ON
ONLY AT THE SHIRT BO
The Shirt Box, Shirts and a Whole Lot More.
Always 20%-35% Off Retail
HOURS: Mon.-Sat. 9:30-6 • Thurs. till 7
Courtyard Center • 32500 Northwestern Hwy. • Farmington Hills, MI 48334 • (248) 851-6770
Eats and Treats
• Stage & Co.
• Dakota Bread
• New York Bagel
ACCENTS
IN NEEDLEPOINT
Contemporary
Designs
• Caribou Coffee
626-3042
5/21
1999'
74 Detroit Jewish News
ORCHARD LAKE ROAD • WEST BLOOMFIELD
This didn't occur overnight. First,
JVS helped him move to Central
Methodist Church. Johnson worked
for his room and board by performing
different. tasks, such as installing dry
wall. He also received help from the
Wayne State University Veterans
Affairs department.
"I was lucky," Johnson said. "JVS
taught me to be productive, to not
use my disability as a crutch."
Dmitriy
Dombrovskiy
Most Russian emigres who settle in
the metropolitan Detroit area know
about the
Refugee
Employment
Services
offered
through JVS.
And if they
don't,
Dmitriy
Dombrovskiy
is the perfect
person to tell
them. When
he and his
wife, Yelena,
left Russia in
February
Dmitriy Dombrovskiy
1995, they
'of Haz:vtal Whiting
came to
Inc.
Detroit
because they.
had relatives living here.
He didn't waste any time getting to
JVS's Refugee Employment Services,
which provides refugees with voca-
tional, cultural and linguistic assis-
tance in order to help them find suc-
cessful employment.
After only a month in the program,
Dombrovskiy had a job. He contin-
ued to improve his skills by studying
AutoCAD at Oakland Community
College. This led to a better job as an
automotive layout designer with
Hawtal Whiting Inc., which is associ-
ated with General Motors' bus and
truck division in Pontiac.
His supervisors awarded him a
double class upgrade in just a little
more than a year. "This is by no
means the standard procedure.
Normally, you must work above
your classification for at least one
year before you're considered for the
next level," said Dorothy Russo,
account manager at Hawtal
Whiting.
She said Dombrovskiy was "one of
the first candidates from JVS who
took advantage of the opportunity to
make a transition to the design field
in the U.S. automotive area, utilizing
his excellent background of a degree
in mechanical engineering."
Dombrovskiy achieved recognition
at work while trying to improve his
English skills, becoming settled in a
new country and managing to bring
his mother, brother and grandmother
here from Russia. He also became a
__y
father.
"It was a hard decision to make to
leave Russia," said the 32-year-old
Dombrovskiy. "I had worked a few
years as an engineer but in the end
there was no work because of the eco-
nomic situation there."
He's happy about the Employee of
the Year award, but said JVS is the
one that deserves an award.
"They helped not only me but a
lot of people. So many people get
jobs from them. Immigrants don't
get this kind of help from state and
federal employment agencies. I
know, because I went through those,
too, and I have something to corn-
pare JVS to." fl
Memos
Nanci J. Rands of Nanci J. Rands
Realty of
Bloomfield Hills
has merged with
Snyder, Keating,
Bennett and
Keating. Rands will
have offices with
the firm, which is
located in
Birmingham.
Scott E. Lyons is a
new real estate pro-
fessionals associated
with Grubb & Ellis Company in
Detroit.
Nanci Rands
A business plan workshop, sponsored
by the Service Corps of Retired
Executives, will be held 8:45 a.m.-1
p.m. Saturday, May 22, at Flint-
Kettering University. To register, call
(313) 226-7909.
The Service Corps of Retired
Executives will offer a marketing plan
workshop 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday,
May 25, at the Executive Office
Building of Oakland County, 1200 N.
Telegraph, Pontiac. To register, call
(810) 232-7909.