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Fund-Raiser
Was No Gamble

The annual Partners Ball for Karmanos
was a fun way to raise money for cancer research.

DANNY RASKIN
Local Columnist

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10/1

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here was one item especially
at the silent auction they
wanted so badly that no way
was anybody going to write
down a final bid over theirs.
The large, shaggy sheepdog was like
Renee and Morrie Rochlin's Heidi that
reached 16 years of age before leaving
them ... It would be a permanent fixture
in their Boca Raton West, Fla., home ...
and here in Franklin.
Renee and Morrie got the stuffed
dog after standing guard and outbidding
everybody ... Minimum bid was $50 ...
They got it for $400 ... Its name? ...
Heidi Too, said Renee.
They were among the 425 that made
this year's sixth annual Partners BA at
Hyatt Regency, to benefit the excellent
research work at Barbara Ann Karmanos
Cancer Institute, the best one yet.
Even one of the two crap tables, in
the "casino" that was set up in an outer
lobby for fun after dinner, joined in
with a can't-lose attitude for its players
... Seems that rolling seven after
making a point didn't count ...
to the glee of the table's rollers.
At the silent auction, Rhea
Brody saw Empire Packing
on an appetizer package
and won the bidding
thinking it was kosher ...
She walked around the
"casino" and waited
until hubby Bob
had his amuse-
ment session at
,
the no seven'
crap table ...
Rhea said she is
not allowed to
talk to him
while Bob is
gambling ...
play money or
not.
Doreen and
David Hermelin
want that
stuffed dog, too,
just like the one

the Rochlins got ... Well-wishers galore
Bluma and Robert Schechter ... affably
coming up to Dave, happy to see him
speaking and accepting their awards fol-
out and about ... "It's a football injury,"
lowed by a standing and applauding
said Dee Brode, when asked why she
audience ... They join Dr. Michael
was walking with a cane ... There with
Brennan and Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicious,
hubby Seymour Brode, Dee lamed her
1994; Dr. Jeffrey Forman, Jean and Sam
foot kicking off a tennis shoe in
Frankel and Pat and Jan
their closet at home.
Hartmann, 1995; Mary and
Mary Lou and Mort Zieve
Ron Lamparter, 1996; Mary
watched while Dick Purtan
Lou and Mort Zieve, 1997;
bought the live auction's 10-day
Beverly and Mert Segal and
European cruise aboard the
Dr. Roy Baynes, 1998.
Seabourn ... They had purchased
Co-chairmen of the event
the same cruise when both were
were Jeff Barber and Paul
honored two years ago ... and
Silverman, who saw the very
would have again, says Mort, if it
fine Partners Ball, along with
had gone to the same cities.
their Golf Classic, again
D ANNY
Florence Seyburn and John
bring out the magnificent
RA SKIN
Olejnik outdancing the younger
Local Columnist dedication by this young
folks ... terpsi-ing to almost every
professional group of volun-
set of the wonderful music by
teers, whose great work in
Intrigue, with very talented Stella Actis
the combating of cancer is beyond
... A lot of music by this extremely pop-
words.
ular group that recently returned from a
WHEN CHEFS become owners of
cruise ship-playing stint ... Even some
food establishments, their previous track
folks in the nearby "casino" stopped
records are important ... Especially if
their craps, black jack, roulette, etc.,
they remain in the same type of food
doings to amble back into the ballroom
service.
The brothers, who own and operate
and get in some happy dancing to
Intrigue's very fine tunes.
the new Napolitana Take-Out and
At our table, Howard
Catering on Drake in West Bloomfield,
Camden again wore a
are indicative.
striped, colored tuxedo
Louis Sharkas was executive chef at
Andiamo West on Telegraph and Maple
shirt under his tux ...
... and brother Sam Sharkas was head
Howard's wife, Lili, said
that he has some white
chef at the former Colangelo's in
Pontiac.
shirts, too ... If so, I can't
Their carry-out and delivery dishes
ever remember seeing
him in one ... Also
include 17 entrees of chicken, veal,
shrimp, steaks and bar-b-q ribs ... five
digging into the
stuffed chicken
salads, nine pastas, nine side dishes, etc.
were Ann
... And the pizzas aren't like those at too
Eisenberg, Roy
many places ... Round deep-dish with a
Fleming,
classic, fresh plum tomato sauce ... and
Florence
choice of about 11 items ... plus round
specialty pizzas with a regular or very
Seyburn, John
Olejnik, Evelyn
thin crust ... The soups made by the
Cairns and Tom
Sharkas brothers include chicken
Tenaglia.
dumpling and vegetable minestrone ...
This year's
They also make their own foccacia
honorees were
bread.
You might want to note the
Cholada
Napolitana name for Italian food.
Chan of
STILL ONE OF the better Oriental
Shangri-La
restaurants around is Shangri-La in the