Open thankviang Pay! II am-2 ppri Krakover, Fred Yaffe, Al Wolin, Mark Jacobson, Marvin Siegel, Arnold Shifman and Warren Wertheimer ... Not in the picture were Joel Tauber, Jerry Laker, Jay Grant and Jerry Stern ... Former U-M basketball star, Paul Groffsky, was honored by the atten- dance of his former Sammys buddies Krakover, Yaffe, Siegel, Tauber, Laker, Wertheimer (from San Franciso) and Shifman. As usual, youngsters got in for the amount of their age ... and the younger kids had a blast with the huge oversized bouncing and jumping bal- loon tanks ... Moe Hozman, seeing all the shoes lying around, said, "My father used to be a shoemaker, and would have made a mint if he had all those to fix!" MORE DANCING honors for Dee Shapiro ... as her plastic surgeon hus- band, Dr. Marshall Shapiro, wonders why she didn't win more ... At the recent Hotlanta Dance Competition in Atlanta, Ga., she and partner Mark Brock took 40 firsts out of their 44 dances ... About 5,200 dancers from around the United States, competed in the event. The Sheik of Lest Bloomfield Invites You To Enjoy the Finest In Middle Eastern Catering For All Occasions • • • • Bar Mitzvahs Bat Mitzvahs Showers Banquets • Anniversaries • Reunions • Holiday Parties • Corporate Events OLDIE BUT GOODIE DEPT.... from Bud Sherbow ... Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they dis- cussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother. The first son said, "I built a big house for our mother." The second son said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver." The third son smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. you remember how Mom enjoyed reading the prayer book? And you know how she can't see very well? So I sent her a remark- able parrot that recites the entire prayer book. It took men in the tern- ple 12 years to teach him. He's one of a kind. Mom just has to name the chapter and verse, and the parrot recites it." Soon after, Morn sent out her letters of thanks. "Milton," she wrote the first son. "The house you built is so huge. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house." "Gerald," she wrote to the second son, "I am too old to travel. I stay most of the time at home, so I rarely use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!" "Dearest Donald," she wrote to her third son. "You have the good sense to know what your mother likes. The chicken was delicious." ❑ Dean Hachem, Proprietor Customized catering menu created by you • Catering on and off premises Free delivery and hostess provided • Private room for up to 100 people The et, West Bloomfield & Detroit 4189 ORCHARD LAKE AT PONTIAC TRAIL IN WEST BLOOMFIELD (248) 865-0000 Our second location, The Sheik at Laurel Park, will open in January, 2001