•mivw*.vmmts,,rt,x. „Ati 1, 44"k`k• 7,17 •, `She Set A Breakthrough Standard' Fashion Writer Tavy Stone to be inducted into Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. low CHARLOTTE LI101 HARTZELL, M.D. JOHN C. HART, JR, M.D., FACS BRIAN SYGIEL, M.D. • Complicated Cataract Specialists • No Stitch or needle cataract surgery • Glaucoma & diabetic eyecare • Experienced Lasik surgeons • Complete eye exams • Full service eye center (optical/contact lenses) • Emergencies welcomed ASSOCIATES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, P.C. Beaumont Medical Building 6900 Orchard Lake Rd., Suite 307 West Bloomfield (248) 855-1020 would consider the less important top- very once in a while, a jour- ics — fashion, entertaining, parties, nalist comes along whose offbeat people and relationships," said riting style is as newswor- her husband in nominating her. thy as the news itself. He added that she "had an uncanny Charlotte "Tavy" Stone was such a per- ability to sniff out the latest trend, find son. the future bestseller, the hot Christmas For 25 years as a freelancer and then toy or the coming spring color and be as fashion writer for the Detroit News, the first to write about it." Stone covered Detroit society, men- She often went to New York City for tored young journalists and promoted fashion openings, he said, but noted civic projects. The fashion writer, feature writer and "she was Detroit through and through lifestyle writer, who died in 1985 at age and was happiest when writing about her native city and its people and 57, will be one of four inductees into attractions." the Michigan Journalism While at the News, she Hall of Fame at a banquet created Contact 10, a col- on April 20 at the Kellogg umn that tried to help Center at Michigan State readers who wrote in with University. a problem; created Cleo, a Her husband, William nationally known astrolo- Stone, of Bloomfield gist; and covered the wed- Township nominated her. ding of Prince Charles The Hall's board unani- and Princess Diana. mously approved the nom- Among the up-and- ination Jan. 15. coming journalists she "The biggest tribute I Charlotte "Tavy" Stone encouraged along the way can pay is to say her sto- were Molly Abraham, ries were worth reading Linda Solomon and Bob Talbert. even if you didn't have a lick of interest Stone was a winner of City of in the subject matter; the writing was Detroit Citizens Awards from Mayors that good and that engaging," said Jerome Cavanagh and Coleman Young Robert A. Sklar, editor of the Detroit for her civic contributions, including Jewish News, who seconded the nomi- creating Detroit's "Biggest Garage Sale" nation of his aunt. "She set a break- at Cobo Center and an antique-flea through standard by which the best market on the streets of downtown and brightest work of today's feature Detroit. writers is measured." Today, the Tavy Stone Fashion Stone's trademarks were her work Library, funded by the Tavy Stone ethic and her original writing style. Foundation, is housed in the Detroit Stone attended Highland Park Historical Museum. It was conceived schools. She graduated from the especially for high school and college University of Chicago at age 18 as part students interested in fashion and jour- of a special scholarship program. Her nalism. journalism career started in 1960 with Other Michigan Journalism Hall of freelance work at the Detroit Free Press Fame inductees this year are David and the Detroit News. In 1975, the Ashenfelter, enterprise reporter for the News hired her full time. Detroit Free Press and a Pulitzer Prize "During the height of the newspaper winner for the Detroit News; Harry war in Detroit, fashion writing was Atkins, Associated Press sports editor; viewed by the Detroit News as a major and the late Kenneth Lowe, editor of battlefront," said Ben Burns, a former the Mining Journal in Marquette and News editor who helped hire her. "But later editor of the Michigan Out-of- Tavy was much more than a fashion Doors magazine. The newest inductees writer. She was lifestyles writer, who bring the Hall of Fame membership to could translate her enthusiasm for life 106. and the world into award-winning For banquet reservations, call (517) copy." 353-6430. Her impact "was all the more strik- ing because she wrote about what some ❑ 3/8 2002 38 Institute Plans Remembrance The Ecumenical Institute for Jewish- Christian Studies will host a community- wide Christian Holocaust Memorial Service at the National Shrine of the Little Flower at 12 Mile and Woodward in Royal Oak at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10; it is open to the public at no charge. The speaker will be Anneke Burke- Kooistra who lived in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. Her parents hid eight Jews in their home. A reception and opportunity for dis- cussion with Burke-Kooistra will follow the service. Esther Posner, a Southfield resident who was a hidden child in the Netherlands, will respond to Burke- Kooistra at the reception. For information, contact David Blewett, (248) 557-4522. Jerusalem: Topic Of Parlor Meeting The state of affairs in Jerusalem will be the subject of a parlor meeting on Tuesday, March 12, in West Bloomfield. The guest speaker will be a former Detroit Jewish community shaliach (Israel emissary). Yefet Ozery, the North American Desk of the Jerusalem Foundation director, will speak at 7 p.m. at the home of Sharona Shapiro and David Lerner. Ozery will present the challenges fac- ing the Foundation and all Israel sup- porters. The discussion topic will be "Jerusalem: Now More Than Ever," keying on the Palestinian intifada (uprising), now 18 months long. "In its toughest hour, nearly all visi- tors have abandoned Jerusalem," says Shapiro. "Once the heartbeat of a bustling city, Jerusalem's center now is a wash of empty hotels and closed-down businesses. With unemployment rates at an all-time high, anxiety for the future is nearly all consuming." Terrorists are aiming to destroy not only the lives of Jerusalem's residents, but also their city's strength, spirit and hope," she added. The Jerusalem-based Jerusalem Foundation was founded 36 years ago by then-mayor Teddy Kollek. Through partnership with the international Friends of Jerusalem, the Foundation offers educational, cultural and social service opportunities. For parlor meeting reservations, call (248) 788-2026.