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 IV 714 7/13 2001 32 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.