1? - DESIGNS IN DECORATOR LAMINATES, LTD . It Doesn't Have To Cost A Fortune... Only Look Like It! Featuring • Wall Units • Bedrooms • Dining Rooms • Home Theatre • Tables • Offices Getting Too Big Specialties Hank Greenberg memorial golf outing expands to another course. • Formica • Woods • Stones • Glass • Lucite Lois Haron 248-851-6989 Allied Member ASID J REAR ENDS IF IT'S NOT DENIM THEN ITS ON SALE! • Easel • Juicy • Michael Stars • Three Dots • Shu Shu • Comedy • Parallel • & More ON ORCHARD LAKE ROAD • 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF MAPLE ON THE BOARDWALK 248-626-4333 •expatiate° tile Magic ALL ABOUT CRUISES INCORPORATED AMERICA'S AWARD WINNING CRUISE AGENCY 2 for 1 Cruise SPECIALS...20-70% ON 1999 CRUISES! All Destinations • All Dates Senior Discounts • SOUTH AMERICA • EUROPE • ALASKA • PANAMA CANAL • CARIBBEAN Caee as for AU year fravee moods% 1-800-343-8970 http://www.allaboutcruises.com A 6/11 1999 116 Detroit Jewish News A LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer ./ 0 eatca lac Bost 90\ Mtisic Reviews im Ontertaimogiont 1•111111MMI •■ OliVrW1000111. fter eight years of dealing with crowded fairways at Tam O'Shanter Country Club, organizers of a local charity golf outing have finally suc- cumbed to the inevitable: expansion. "We gave in to the pressure to expand to a second course," said Gary Sallen, who along with Dan Passman, co-chairs the June 14 Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf and Tennis Invitational,-put on by the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation. For the last couple of years we had to turn people away," said Sallen, "and this year sold out before the invita- tions went out." Said Foundation Executive Director Steve Simons: "We knew we would make too many people unhap- py" if the event facilities didn't expand. "I'm not surprised by how quick it sold out," he added. "It's con- sidered one of the great national golf outings." Franklin Hills Country Club in Franklin will handle the 80-golfer overflow from West Bloomfield's Tam O'Shanter, which will continue to be the primary site accommodating 180 golfers and hosting the post-golf din- ner. Legendary sports journalist Dick Schaap is again the honorary co-chair, a role he has filled for eight years. "Hank was a friend and my hero as a child," Schaap said. Growing up Jewish, Schaap looked up to Greenberg, basketball Hall-of-Famer Dolph Schayes and football Hall-of- Famer Sid Luckman. Foi Schaap, "it was important (to have a Jewish role model), although I'm not sure if he was a role model as opposed to genuine hero." Schaap and Schayes lead the impressive list of athletic all-stars that are being touted as attending, includ- ing baseball Hall-of-Fame outfielders Al Kaline and Ted Williams - and foot- ball Hall-of-Famers Joe Nameth and Joe Schmidt. Some of the other local athletes that are slated to show are: Bill Laimbeer, Vinnie Johnson, Aaron Krickstein, Joe Dumars, Milt Wilcox, Dan Petry and Dave Rozema. Krickstein, formerly a top-10 ten- nis player, and Dumars, the recently retired Detroit Piston great, will square off in an exhibition tennis match at 5 p.m. at Tam O'Shanter. "We've always had a number of great (professional) athletes and this is becoming a natural event for many to attend," said Sallen. These athletes "aren't paid a dime" to show up. Schaap said, "Some come because someone knows someone and a bunch are local. But the main thing is Hank: His is a magical name in Detroit and the Jewish community across the country. "Williams and Nameth are a draw, but the big one is still Hank." Sallen isn't short on praise for Schaap's commitment to the event. "He's unselfishly given his time and expertise to the event," Sallen said. "(Dick) felt a special closeness to Hank because of his Judaism." Money raised from the event will go to benefit the Hank Greenberg Oncology Fund for cancer research, the disease that ended Greenberg's life in 1986 at age 75. According to Simons, over $250,000 has been raised. Last year's event raised a record $92,000, more than doubling the $40,000 from 1997. The combination of Schaap's look- ing up to Greenberg and his friend- ship with him is what brings him here each year. "As a kid you may have inflated opinions of some people, but Hank was just a super guy," Schaap said. "He was very tolerant, too, allowing me to play tennis with him. We played against Johnny Carson and his lawyer. We lost, but it wasn't his fault." F1 Local Tennis Players Excel North Farmington completed its best- ever boys tennis season with a second- place finish at last weekend's Division II state championship. North