Simons Archives Seeks Assistance The Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is beginning a new collection and needs community assistance. The archives is asking those in the Detroit Jewish community who have visited Israel or been in contact with Israelis since the beginning of the recent disturbances in the Middle East to donate letters, postcards, diaries, e-mails, or photographs related to their experiences in or about Israel. The archives staff is eager to pre- serve reactions to the current situa- tion in Israel from members of the local community. • The collection, which has yet to be named, would be preserved and made available for research in the Jewish Community Archives in the Max M. Fisher Federation Building in Bloomfield Township. To donate materials or find out more about the project, call Heidi Christein, (248) 642-4260. JCC Hosting Fame Games The 16th annual West Bloomfield Community Fame Games on Sunday, Oct. 13, will showcase the athletic abilities of children and adults with special needs. The games will be held on the grounds of the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The day includes opening cere- monies, track and field events, aquatic events, special children's medal presentations and closing cer- emonies followed by an evening dessert reception. Concert Ushers Are Sought The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit is seek- ing ushers for its 2002-2003 Julius Chajes Encore Concert Series. Responsibilities include ticket taking, managing the crowds, guiding the performers from the green room to the stage and seating patrons at four of the 11 scheduled Encore concerts. The first concerts of the sea- son take place Sunday, Aug. 11, when the Israeli Scouts Friendship Caravan has two per- formances. Concerts will continue until June 2003, usually at the West Bloomfield or Oak Park loca- tions of the JCC. To volunteer, contact Katie Marcus, (248) 432-5470. 8/ 2 2002 42 The event is presented by the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation and sponsored by the Jewish Community Center, Northwest Child Rescue Women, West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation and West Bloomfield Schools Community Education. There is free admission for partici- pants and spectators, and the public is invited. Volunteers are needed. To participate or volunteer, contact Nancie Furgang, (248) 432-5460. JCC Honors Lillian Kellman Lillian Kellman of Walled Lake has been named the first Volunteer of the Month by the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit. The retired mother of five, grandmother of 11 and great-grand- mother of three said she likes to vol- unteer because "I have to be doing Lillian Kellman something. My life would be very dull if I didn't work." At the JCC for two years, Kellman performs clerical tasks in the Jewish Life and Learning Department at JCC in West Bloomfield. Those interested in volunteering at the Jewish Community Center should call Elaine Schonberger, (248) 432- 5577. Here's To... David M. Paull of West Bloomfield, a third-year strident at Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law, was named to the fall 2001 dean's liSt. He is a member of Journal of Medicine and Law and Student Bar Association. service project, which was refur- bishing a section of trail at the Birmingham Environmental Center. Outside of scouting, Randall was active on the school track team and at Temple Emanu-El. He is the son of Scott and Debra Silver. Fran Victor and Bill Harder of Victor-Harder Productions Inc. in West Bloomfield received an EMMY award for outstanding cul- tural affairs program from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the 24th annual EMMY awards on June 9. The documentary, titled Harmony of Strings, is the story of the third annual Texaco-Sphinx Competition, a juried music com- petition for young adult black and Latino classical string musicians that took place in Ann Arbor in February 2000. Jonathan Haber of Huntington Woods was named Goodfellow of the Year at the Goodfellows' annual meeting. He dedicated 30 years to helping thousands of chil- dren as a member of the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund Jonathan Haber of Detroit. Haber has been a member of the Detroit Goodfellows since 1970 and served as president in 1980. He is assistant treasurer of the board. Mari Cooper, president of Fair and Informed Residents of Huntington Woods, was presented with the Political Action Award at the 17th annual Pride banquet and awards ceremony. She led a successful cam- paign last November when Huntington Woods voters approved an ordinance banning discrimina- tion based on sexual orientation. Judy Wax Goldwasser of Bloomfield Hills won an APEX 2002 International Award of Excellence from Communications Concepts for Building On Success, a 250-page, hardcover history of Woods Construction Inc. Goldwasser is president of the Bloomfield Hills-based Wordwatch corporate writing con- sultants. Haran C. Rashes of Ann Arbor earned the Next Generation Leadership Award from the Jewish Community Center Association of North America. Rashes has been president of the Haran C Rashes Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw County since 2000. He is an attorney with Clark Hill PLC in Detroit. Randall N. Silver, a 17-year-old who attends Birmingham Groves High School in Beverly Hills, recently won the Eagle Scout Award. He earned 25 merit badges and had to complete a community Wacky weathercaster and broad- cast legend Sonny Elliot has been inducted into the Michigan Broadcasting Hall of Fame. His madcap weather shtick began on television around 1950, four years after he broke into radio. He moved to TV, and a variety show, a year later. He still delivers the news with jokes he writes twice daily on WWJ-AM Newsradio 950. The Germans shot down Marvin Elliot Schlossberg's B-24 bomber in World War II, sending the native Detroiter to a POW camp, which the Russians later liberated. In 1999, he earned the Society of Professional Journalists' Lifetime Achievement Award.