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Appropriations To Federation

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tate Rep. Marc Shulman has
announced a $288,000 appropria-
tion from the state Department of
Community Health budget for the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit for capital improvements at
the Jewish Association for Residential
Care and Kadima.
"The Jewish Federation has consis-
tently been a strong supporter of com-
munity efforts and a valuable resource,"
said Shulman, R-West Bloomfield.
"This funding will help it work for the

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benefit of all Detroit area residents."
The money will be used to complete
facility repairs and purchase additional
equipment and capital improvements
for multicultural health services.
"This is an excellent example of
state agencies working with communi-
ty organizations to improve the quality
of life for Michigan residents," he said.
"I am pleased to help build these part-
nerships."
— Harry Kirsbaum

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hen Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Kagan
was killed in an car accident in
New York on May 13, burial took
place the same day in New York, leav-
ing many whose lives he touched
unable to attend.
Those who want to pay tribute to
the rabbi, who was associate director
of the Lubavitch Foundation of
Michigan for 35 years, can attend a
memorial service luncheon locally.
An author, speaker and teacher,
Rabbi Kagan also was director of
development for the Campus of
Living Judaism in West Bloomfield, a
religious and educational center plan-
ning to open next year.
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university course on chasidic philoso-
phy, and leading programming on
Jewish outreach. It was in this capacity
that he had been in New York, where
he was buried in the same cemetery as
the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi
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The memorial service for Rabbi
Kagan will be held at noon, Sunday,
June 3, at the Clarion Inn (formerly
the Michigan Inn), 16400 J.L.
Hudson Drive, Southfield.
An $18 donation is requested for
the event, which includes lunch.
Reservations are required.
For information or to make reserva-
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— Shelli Liebman Dorfman

Tornado Pursues Local Families

charity golf event turned into a
life-threatening ordeal Monday,
May 21, at Majestic Golf Course in
Hartland, when a tornado crashed
through the golf course.
Among those seeking cover were
Buzzy and Mindy Wachler and their
23-year-old son, Brad, of West
Bloomfield, and their in-laws, Cy and
Margo Weiner of Bloomfield Hills. All
had been participating in the annual
charity outing for Special
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Rehabilitation.
The two older couples were at the
fifth hole when the rain turned into a
thunderstorm, Buzzy Wachler said.
"When we got to the clubhouse, the
employees came running out — 'Get
to the basement! You have two min-
utes!"'
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resentative of the golf course, and each
cart was carrying a tornado Warning
message. However, since the two cou-
ples were away from their cart, they
didn't see the message.
When the Weiners and the senior
Wachlers reached the clubhouse's base-
ment area, they realized Brad was
nowhere to be found. Buzzy Wachler and
Cy Weiner went outside to look for him.
"I looked out and saw the tornado
come through and split a tall tree in
half," Wachler said. "We decided we'd
bets ergo back underground."
Fifteen seconds later, he said, his son
dashed in.
"At the end of the day, when it's all
over, it's hard to describe the feeling
that my son is out there and I can't do
anything about it," Wachler said.
— Diana Lieberman