This Week
For Openers
Henry Kleid and Larry
Weiner, both of Oak Park,
carry the Young Israel of
Oak Park parade banner.
Position Available
T
On School Board
he West Bloomfield School District is
seeking applicants for a vacant seat on
its seven-member school board.
The vacancy was created when the
board received a letter of resignation from Trustee
Donna Manley-Essenfeld, who is moving from the
West Bloomfield School District.
Among the applicants is Natalie Rosenfield
McKee, 36, who was an unsuccessful candidate in
West Bloomfield's June 11 school board elections.
Transportation coordinator for West Bloomfield
Parks and Recreation, McKee is also president of
the township's Chamber of Commerce.
McKee said she hoped to be able to take a more
active role in the school district attended by her
two children.
"I am looking forward to the opportunity to sit
down and talk with the current board members,"
she said.
The school district will accept letters of intent
through Thursday, July 19. A public meeting will
take place 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 23, at Green
Elementary School for current board members to
interview applicants and select an individual to
serve on the board.
The new board member's term will begin imme-
diately and last until the next regularly scheduled
school board election in June 2002.
Applicants for the position must be at least 18
years of age and reside in the district. To apply,
send a letter of intent with pertinent information
about background, qualifications and interest in
serving on the board.
— Diana Lieberman
Parading,
Jewish-Style
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citing with her husband, Sol, for the
start of the City of Oak Park's annu-
al Fourth of July parade, Miriam
Hoberman, of Oak Park, got a pleas-
float we decorated with members of our shul,
Young Israel of Oak Park, had won first prize."
The float, trimmed with red, white and blue
crepe paper and streamers, was actually the truck
from the Hoberman's family business, Acme
Ladder and Supply Company in Oak Park.
For the second year in a row, the Hobermans
sponsored the float so the synagogue could be rep-
resented in the procession.
"It was decorated by shul members, who are all
residents -of Oak Park," says Oak Parker Faye
Schreiber, the Hoberman's niece, whose three chil-
dren worked on the parade committee and then
rode on the float. "We felt good about being
there. We wanted there to be a Jewish presence.
And it's really fun to be part of a parade."
With the Hoberman's nephew, disc jockey
Noach Klein of Oak Park, playing Chasidic music,
Sol Hoberman drove the float, led by two Young
Israel members carrying a banner. ❑
— Shelli Liebman Dorfman
organization, students come from a variety of
backgrounds.
The Wellness Plan is the first of what the col-
lege hopes will be several companies to join the
Corporate Sponsorship Program during the next
year, said Ari Caroline, MJI's director of opera-
tions.
"It's a win-win-win situation," he said. "For the
company, the program costs them significantly les
than they would pay for recruiting, and they get
student who is uniquely qualified for their posi-
tion. From the point of view of MJI, our students
get better jobs.
"And the students get full scholarships, as well
as guaranteed jobs in a time when the economy
may not be as good as it was."
— Diana Lieberma
Wellness Plan Sponsors
MJI Students' Tuition
B
eginning in September, top students at
the Michigan Jewish Institute will be
eligible for full tuition sponsorships
ant surprise.
from the Wellness Plan, a Detroit-based
"Someone came up to me and put a trophy in
health maintenance organization.
my arms," she says. "Then I found out that the
vid e d to
I hi ps w '11113 e pro
Th e sc h oars
as many as three or four MJI students
through the school's new Corporate
Sponsorship Program. Once interviewed
and accepted by Wellness Plan represen-
tatives, students must commit to work
for the company after graduation.
Located in Oak Park, MJI is the only
fully accredited Jewish college in metro-
politan. Detroit. The four-year school,
which was founded in 1994, offers
bachelor's degree programs that com-
bine arts and sciences with a concentra-
tion in computer and business infor-
Oak Park Mayor Gerald Naftaly stands in front of winning float with
mation systems. Although MJI is
Rabbi Reuven Spolter and Sol and Miriam Hoberman, all of Oak Park, sponsored by the Chabad-Lubavitch
showing off their first place trophy.
01,
• Regarding At The Movies" (page 78 of this
week's issue), the opening date for the film Lost
and Delirious has been changed to Aug. 10 at
Royal Oak's Main Theatre.
• Regarding "Federation Grants Young -Leaders
Awards" {July 6, page 77), the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit will present
the Frank A. Wetsman Award to Eugene
Sherizen and the Sylvia S iirl.011 Greenberg
Award to Elizabeth Kanter Groskind at the
Oct. 30 Federation-United Jewish Foundation
board of governors meeting.
• Regarding "Adoption Options Seminar
Slated" (July 6, page 36) the correct phone
number to register for the Options for
Adoption Seminar at Jewish Family Service on
Thursday, July 19, is (248) 559-0117.