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Champ Is Crowned
Strausz wins national senior champioinship.
LEONARD POGER
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Copy Editor
Loyd Strausz is no stranger to winning table
tennis tides.
Playing the game for 75 of his 87 years, the
West Bloomfield resident recently won the gold
medal at the National Senior Olympic Games, held
at the University of Pittsburgh.
Strausz won the championship following nine
round-robin matches. Some 300 men and women 50
years and older competed.
He advanced to the national tournament by win-
ning the Michigan title, his third.
Strausz said the sport is good exercise for all ages.
He lives independently, but plays table tennis several
- times a week at the home of his daughter, Jo Rosen.
June 17
Julie (Grant) and A.J. Goldman are
thrilled to announce the birth of their
sons, Brady Elijah and Harlan Noah.
Sharing in their joy are grandparents
Marilyn Grant of Farmington Hills,
Marty Goldman of Farmington Hills
and Sue and Larry Arnkoff of Miami,
Fla. Delighted great-grandparents are
Sylvia Robins of West Bloomfield and
Bernice and Morris Arnkoff of
Bloomfield.
June 14
Gennifer (Bertin) and Jarrod Roth of
Novi are thrilled to announce the
birth of their twin boys, Ian Michael
(Jacov Yesh-ia) and Ryan Scott
(Chaim Menachem). Sharing in their
joy are loving grandparents Kenneth
and Linda Bertin of West Bloomfield
and Alex and Linda Roth, also of West
Bloomfield. Proud great-grandmothers
are Charlotte Roth and Ruth Torch,
both of Cleveland, Ohio. Ian is named
in honor of his great-grandfather Jack
Torch and great-grandmother Maxine
Bertin. Ryan is named in honor of his
great-grandmother Ruth Hagelberg
and great-grandfathers Sidney Bertin
and Chaim Roth.
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June 10
Dr. Barbara (Herzig) and Dr. Howard
Belkin of Grosse Pointe Shores
announce the birth of their daughter,
Stephanie Frances (Sarah Esther).
Stephanie was welcomed home by her
When practicing against opponents who are up to
70 years younger, Strausz said, "I win a fair share of
the time."
He had his own table for many years, but donated
it to Birmingham Covington School in Bloomfield
Hills when his grandson, Zachary Rosen, was a stu-
dent there.
Strausz said his family is "thrilled beyond words" at
his accomplishment. Cheering him on during the
tournament in Pittsburgh were daughter Jo, son
Richard of Southfield, grandson Zachary, and niece
Katie Triest of Huntington Woods.
His son, daughter and grandson also play table ten-
nis and Zachary, now 21, "beats me to a pulp."
Strausz began playing when he was 12 and a mem-
ber of the Chicago Hyde Park YMCA. During World
War II, he won the base championship at Perrin
sisters Alyse, 2, and
Jacqueline, 1. Sharing
in the joy are her
grandparents Barbara
and Josef Herzig.
Stephanie is named in
memory of her pater-
Belkin
nal great-grandfather
Samuel Belkin and her
maternal great-grandfather Franz
Herzig.
June 7
Steve and Holly Zager of Chicago
proudly announce the arrival of
daughter Sari Elizabeth Zager.
(Shifra). She is named after her mater-
nal great-grandmother Shirley Meyer.
She was welcomed by her sister
Hillary Brooke. Maternal grandparents
are Len and Ronni Cohen of
Beachwood, Ohio, formerly of West
Bloomfield. Paternal grandparents are
Phylis and Iry Weiner and Sheldon
Zager of West Bloomfield. Great-
grandmothers are Gizella Dubner of
University Heights, Ohio, and Esther
Jacobs of West Bloomfield.
June 6
With great pride and
joy, Susan and Daniel
Marks are delighted
to announce the
birth of their long-
awaited first child,
William Leonard
Marks (Velvel
Marks
Lloyd Strausz holds his gold medal.
Field in Sherman, Texas. He served in the Air Corps
from 1942 to 1946.
In recent years, he exercises four times a week at
the Jewish Community Center's health and fitness
club, doing calisthenics and using the stationary bike
and weight machines.
He admits he now has problems walking but he
can stand for hours at a time during competition.
Strausz is a retired officer of a smelting company,
moving to the Detroit area from Chicago in 1961. ❑
Litman). He is the 12th grandchild for
Rhoda Grushko of Houston, Texas,
formerly of Bloomfield Hills and the
late Leonard Grushko. He makes I.W.
Marks and wife, Shelly Ann, and the
late Diane Marks, also of Houston,
Texas, grandparents for the first time.
Both William's English name and his
Hebrew name are in loving memory of
his paternal grandmother Diane
Marks, who was named for her grand-
father Will, and his maternal grandfa-
ther Leonard Grushko.
Roxanne Gail (Gavriella Rifka). Big
brothers, Lenny, 6 and Micah, 3 1/2, are
completely enchanted by their little
"Roxie." Sharing in their nachas are
grandparents Sharon May Savine and
Burton Savine of West Bloomfield,
Julie and Harris Miller of Berwyn, Pa.,
and great-grandmother Charlotte
Lafair of Philadelphia. Roxanne is
named in loving memory of her great-
great-grandmother Riva Perchick and
her great-grandmother Gertrude
Nathan Seldes.
March 19
Ilyssa (Leikin) and Noel Aaron
Cimmino of Royal Oak announce
with love the birth of their daughter,
Isabella Jordyn (Batya Yardena).
Isabella was welcomed to the family by
her saba and safta George and Celia
Leikin of Sylvan Lake, and her papa
and nana Dr. Vincent and Ellen
Cimmino of Ann Arbor. Isabella was
also blessed to be welcomed by her
maternal great-grandmother Giglia
Emmer of Farmington Hills and her
paternal great-grandparents Elaine and
Phillip Goldklang of Lake Worth, Fla.
Isabella was named in loving memory
of her maternal great-grandmother
Bella Leikin and her maternal great-
grandfather "Izzie" Emmer.
Nov. 13
Carole (May) and Eric Miller of
Boston announce with much love and
joy the birth of their daughter,
Rachel-Mira Leggett, daughter of
Cheryl and Jim
Leggett, will read
from the Torah on
the occasion of her
bat mitzvah
Saturday, July 16,
at Temple Israel.
She is the sister of
Joshua. Her grand-
parents are Evelyn
and Louis Zalk and
Helen and Bill Leggett.
Rachel is home schooled through
Laurel Springs Independent Study
School. For mitzvah projects, she
chose to make a donation to St. Jude's
Children's Hospital Research Center.
She also volunteered as a runner dur-
ing Skate Detroit and helped at
Temple Israel's camp during the sum-
mer.