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A scrapbooking party tip leads to the right guy.

LEONARD POGER
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T

he road to a marriage proposal for Tracey
Proghovnick began at a scrapbooking party.
The party's teacher, hearing that Tracey was
single and Jewish, said she would give her the phone
number of a neighbor who is also Jewish and single.
Tracey, 32, admitted she was hesitant about calling.
"I had never made the first call before and was very
hesitant and nervous, so I held onto his number for a
week," she recalled. "When I finally got the courage
to call, I hoped in the back of my mind he wouldn't
be home. Not only was he home, but we hit it off
right away and talked three hours."
By the second date, they both knew they had found
the right person.
Eric Edelstein, also 32, recalled his thinking when
his neighbor told him she had given out his phone
number
"I was very excited, but didn't want to get too excit-
ed," he said. 1 had beeii in the dating scene for a few
years and was not very optimistic. A week went by
and she didn't call.
"I told my neighbor that if she (Tracey) was
uncomfortable calling, I would be happy to make the

March 6
Lori (Haber) and Daniel Buckfire
announce with much love the birth
of their son, Hayden Branch
(Yehudah Tzevi Barak). Sharing in
their excitement are proud grandpar-
ents Arlene and Joel Haber of West
Bloomfield and Vicky and David
Buckfire of Farmington Hills.
Hayden is named in loving memory
of his maternal great-grandmother
Helen Posnansky, paternal great-
great-uncle Hugo Iczkovitz, paternal
great-grandmother Bertha Kreisman
and paternal great-great-uncle
Bernard Sommer.

March 3
Lisa (Dechter) and Teddy Efros of
Bloomfield are happy to announce

first contact.
"Sure enough, the next night she called. We seemed
to speak forever that night."
They discovered they had a lot in common and
shared many interests and values. It was clear to both
that they had met someone special.
Tracey and Eric
Tracey and Eric became engaged nearly a year ago
after five months of dating. They plan to be married
Both have been active in Jewish groups as teens.
July 2 at Temple Beth El.
Tracey attended Camp Tamarack for four years and
The proposal was not in the traditional atmosphere
the Jewish Community Center day camp for two
of expensive restaurant, dim lighting and soft music.
years. She is a graduate of Southfield-Lathrup High
Eric created a high-profile event using electronic
School and Michigan State University, where she
traffic control signs.
received a bachelor's degree in human ecology. She
While Tracey drove to work through downtown
later received a master's in social work from Wayne
Birmingham, a sign directed her to detour. She came
State University in Detroit.
to a barricade, decorated with colorful balloons.
Eric grew up in Oak Park and Commerce before
Behind the barricade was Eric, dressed in a large bear
graduating from Walled Lake Western High and
costume, surrounded by reporters, photographers, TV Oakland Technical Institute. He also owns Toma and
crews and family members.
Sons Maintenance Co., a landscaping business. As a
An electronic sign there flashed: "Tracey, I love
teen, he was a founding member of Hart AZA.
you," and then, "Will you marry me? — Eric."
He attended Camp Tamarack for five years as well
Tracey is a social worker and admissions director at
as competed in racquetball in the JCC Maccabi Youth
the Fleischman Residence in West Bloomfield. Eric
Games.
works for Ford Motor Co.'s research and development
Since becoming engaged, the couple have bought a
department, driving concept, experimental and proto- West Bloomfield home and adopted a French bull-
type vehicles for testing and special events.
dog.

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the birth of their son, Gabriel Aaron
(Gavriel Aharon). Welcoming Gabe
home are brothers Max, 6; Josh, 21
months; and sister Molly, 4. Proud
grandparents are Sandy and Morrie
Efros of Oak Park, Barbara Dechter
of Huntington Woods and Mitchell
Dechter of Toledo, Ohio. Gabe is
named in loving memory of his
maternal great-grandmother Edith
Weinberg.

Feb. 22
Sarah (Poger) and Mitchell Gladstone
of Highland Park, Ill., announce with
much love the birth of their second
daughter, Simone Yael. Sharing in the
joy are older sister, Tovah Ruth, 3;
grandparents Judy and Leonard Poger
of Westland, Maxine and Arthur

Glad-stone of Lake Forest, Ill.; and
great-grandmother Sophie Bar k man
of West Bloomfield. Simone Yael is
named in loving memory of great-
grandfather Yale Poger. She is also the
great-granddaughter of the late Tuba
Poger and the late Milton Barkman.

Feb. 19
Steven and Jennifer Lewis of
Bloomfield Hills welcome with love
their second child, Alexander Morris.
Proud grandparents are Linda
Dresner, Melvy and Milford Lewis,
Daniel Murawski and Mary Lee Piku.
Sharing in their joy is big brother
Ryan.

Feb. 2

Alyson Shapero and Stacie Passon of
Brooklyn are thrilled to
announce the birth of
their daughter, Maren.
Kane, baby sister to
Micah. Also thrilled is
Jeffrey Skore, Maren's
dad of San Francisco

Feb. 13

Tami and Danny Samson of Hunt-

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