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Poems Worth Remembering

Sandy Supowit's collection is an arduous journey.

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7/16
1999

106 Detroit Jewish News

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commented
oet Sandy
"how very close
Supowit of
we are (to a
Commerce
cure)." Janice
Township
Cherkasky was
has been writing
a co-chairman,
poems all of her life,
while Karen
and her collection,
and Richard
Halves of Necessity, was
Lutz were on
published in April by
the honorary
Plain View Press.
committee.
"I've had a few things
published now and
Su )(INV it
FANCLUB
then, but now I felt I
STARRY
NIGHT
had a group of poems
The
Fanclub
Foundation
that went together," said Supowit.
for the Arts fifth annual "Starry
"They made a complete whole."
Nights" recently raised more than
Supowit said many of the poems
$4,500 at the Townsend
are autobiographical. Her
Hotel. The event was pre-
poems reminisce about
sented
by the 20/30
Woodhull Lake, Glendale
League,
which is comprised
Avenue and trips to
of
young
adult members.
Washington, D.C., and
Lori Barron, Sam
Mike
and
Kensington Beach. Then
Frank
and
Andrea Craft
there are the painful poems
attended
the
event.
— fighting a weight prob-
lem and battling
KICKBOXING
Alzheimer's with aging par-
AGAINST
DRUGS
ents.
CARLA JEAN
Kickboxing
Ken
Levy's
There are even some
SCH W ARTZ
Club
joins
the
West
sensuous poems. In "Ode
Local Columnist Bloomfield police in a cam-
to Chocolate," chocolate
paign against drug abuse. A
becomes a caressing, satis-
Kickboxathon will be held
fying lover.
Thursday,
July 22, from 4 p.m.
Supowit dedicates her book to
until
9
p.m.
her mentor, Judi Beach. She met
The club will be kickboxing,
Beach at the Skidmore College writ-
punching
and bobbing with profes-
ing retreat she attends every year.
Halves of Necessity sells for
$12.95 and is available at
bookstores through special
order.

THE PROMISE BALL
The Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation (JDF) raised
almost $100,000 at the
Promise Ball held recently
at the Roostertail. More
than 280 patrons attended
the event. After returning
from a national conference,
Dr. Linda Bolton, presi-
dent of Metro Detroit
Chapter of JDF, told the
audience of the exciting
advances in diabetic
research.
Brian Cherkasky and Julie Stein attended the
Bolton, a pediatrician
Promise Ball for Juvenile Diabetes.
and mother of a diabetic,

Andrea Craft
of West
Bloomfield
and Sam
Frank of
Birmingham
mingled at
the Fanclub
benefit.

sional instructors leading the way.
The general public is welcome. A
$10 donation is requested or pick
up a pledge form at Ken Levy's at
33022 Northwestern Highway at 14
Mile Road.

Ken Levy kickboxes for charity July
22 at his West Bloomfield studio.

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