For Openers

Joining The Tour

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vid cyclist Ely Tama of
Farmington Hills and his wife,
Andrea. thought it would be
great some day to be present for
the famous Tour de France bicyle race.
For the past seven years, Tama, 56, has
been the top individual fundraiser for the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society-
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Michigan Chapter annual MS 150 bike
LUC KERMAN tour. In 2000, he was inducted into the
Staff Writer
organization's hall of fame in Washington
for raising $228,000 for MS during 13
years of biking in the race.
Last year alone, Tama raised $34,000 for MS and
became the only person qualified from Michigan
($30,000 and up) to be sponsored by the MS Society in a
bike race in mid-March in Australia.
Tama; however, is a certified public accountant at Tama,
Budaj & Raab P.C. in Farmington Hills. There was no way
he could leave the country, let alone his desk, in the mid-
dle of tax season.
But he had a plan. He learned that cyclists can ride parts
of the Tour de France — same route, same day — before
the contestants.
Tama suggested that the MS Society sponsor him at the
Tour and he would pick up the additional cost — and
they agreed.
On July 17, Tama will begin the last week of the three-
week Tour de France, the 400-mile leg from the Pyrenees
mountains to Paris. He'll attempt to complete it. His wife
also may ride part of the course.
To prepare, Tama will spend two to three hours a day
biking at lunchtime. He and his brother-in-law, Kenneth
Manko of West Bloomfield, who also rides in the MS 150,
bike around Franklin as well as Kensington Metro Park
near Milford.
"I'll train on a lot of hills, in addition to biking 150-200
miles a week," says Tama, who admits to being "obsessive
and compulsive" about being prepared.
"Ely's very committed [to the MS Society]," says Patricia

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McDonald, president of the MS Society-Michigan
Chapter.
The money is used for research and services in Michigan
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for people with MS and their families.
"Every dollar you raise helps," says Tama, who encour-
ages people to participate in the July 12-13 MS 150 race,
both for the cause and the fun of it.
"You don't have to raise $30,000 to be part of the race,"
McDonald adds.
The 150-mile roundtrip race is from Davisburg in north
Oakland County to Lansing. Each rider must have a mini-
mum of $200 in pledges.
"We feed you, baby you and have 'sag wagons' if you're
tired," McDonald says.

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Quotables

"What is the difference between your
call to get Bin Laden dead or alive,
and Israel's pursuit of the Bin Ladens
of Hamas?"
— Zionist Organization of America
President Morton Klein, in response to
President Bush saying that he was
`deeply troubled" by Israel's attempt to
kill a senior Hamas terrorist leader and
that the attempt 'does not contribute to
the security of Israel"

Yiddish Limericks

The bit of advice Dad dispatched
Contains words of wisdom
unmatched.
He said, "A mentch tracht
And meantime, Got lacht.*
So don't count your chicks till they've
hatched."

Shabbat Candlelighting

Martha Jo Fleischmann

"Shabbat candles are a unique and special thing to me. They represent that after God created our
world — after the sixth day — he rested. When I think about Shabbat candles, I think about our
home, Jerusalem."

— Susan Immerman, 10, Bloomfield Hills

Sponsored by Lubavitch
Women's Organization.
To submit a candlelighting
message or to receive
complimentary candlesticks
and information on Shabbat
candlelighting call Miriam
Amzalak of Oak Park at
(248) 967-5056 or e-mai•
mamzalak@juno.corn

Candlelighting
Friday, June 20, 8:55 p.m.
Shabbat Ends
Saturday, June 21, 10:08 p.

Candlelighting
Friday, June 27, 8:56 p.m.
Shabbat Ends
Saturday, June 28, 10:08 p.m.

*A man thinks (plans), God laughs.

Yiddish-isms

Shammes

The sexton or caretaker of the syna-
gogue; in American slang: a police-
man, a detective, a guard.

Source: From The New Joys of Yiddish
by Leo Calvin Rosten, edited by
Lawrence Bush, copyright 2001, by
the Rosten Family LLC. Used by per-
mission of the Rosten Family LLC.

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