We salute Arthur Horwitz and the staff of the Jewish News on their remarkable efforts after their recent fire to not miss a beat in publishing our community's newspaper. .14 • Non-Qualified Excess Plans • 401K Plans • Investment Strategies 1( • Long Term Care Insurance 1 Brian D. Kaufman aid Jerald Kaufman, CLU, ChFC www.kaufmanllc.com Kaufman Insurance and Financial Group, LLC. More Challenges 32 Years Serving The Community Securities offered as a Registered Representative of Princor Financial Services Corporation, Des 'Moines, IA 50392-0200, (800) 247-4123, Kaufman Insurance and Financial Group, L.L.C. is not an affiliate of Princor•Member NASD, SIPC 21411 Civic Center Drive Suite 204 Southfield, Michigan 48076 248-354-4111 Phone • 248-354-5532 Fax O Become a year-long resource in the homes of JN readers! Advertise in the Annual 01'1 e 1 '' I - '3 yo ii r CO Mr '. • .'' Tx' e wis ,,,, „, ,ivitlg _ , 7 .,..-,„,„,,„„,g i.),....„ • r, . .. ....v. SourceBook The definitive guide to anything Jewish in Metropolitan Detroit Call your RV account executive today at 4/12 2002 10 BOUNCING BACK from page 8 "We knew we could only stay in the ballroom for two days," said Neill. So while most of the staff worked to get the paper out, others were searching desperately for a new tern- porary location. They found it in the JARC office building on Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills. By Wednesday, the move to the temporary offices had been accomplished. We got the paper out a day late," said Sklar. 'And it wasn't a small paper. It was 116 pages, our normal size for that time of year." When the paper went to the print- er, the staff uncorked champagne. "We were all working on adrena- line," said Neill. "Getting the paper out under those circumstances was an unbelievable accomplishment." We Handle All Of Your Insurance & Financial Needs: • Life, Health, Disability Insurance ( Groups and Individuals) Business Outlook (248) 539-3001 But getting out the Feb. 1 issue was only the first hurdle. There was still much to do to get back to business as usual. The fire had destroyed every department except for editorial, which suffered severe water and smoke damage. Inrecon, a Dearborn company, was salvaging what they could of those damaged editorial files. Getting new phone lines operational was a special challenge for the news- paper and Ameritech, since there were different switching stations for the old office and the new Following anintense planning meeting five days after the fire, 16 new lines were brought into the temporary office. Over the next few weeks, a new server was purchased and installed, along with new PCs and Macintosh computers for the staff. Baseview, an Ann Arbor company, began rebuild- ing the classified and circulation files, and SDS installed new accounts receivable software. A new data center was designed and created. Things are close to normal at the newspaper's temporary offices, but the recovery from the disastrous fire shows what can be accomplished with smart planning, dedicated people, good suppliers, and an enormous amount of hard work. "I hope it was just a once-in-a-life- time experience," said Day. I