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Football Buddies

Ely Tama, a Farmington Hills
CPA, and his daughter Monica,
28, a Southfield advertising
account manager, love football
— that is, watching football
together from the stands.
"Since she was 13 years old," he
said,"I've taken her to more
Detroit Lions and University of
Michigan home games than I can
count."
In February, they went to
Super Bowl XL at Ford Field in
Detroit. "It was great to see the
city all dressed up and watch a
great football game with my best
football buddy," Ely said.
But that's not all that made it
special. This marked their bar
mitzvah year attending the Super
Bowl. "It all started 13 years ago
when we went to Atlanta to see
the Dallas Cowboys beat the

Buffalo Bills:' Ely said. "That was
our first Super Bowl. We had so
much fun together exploring a
new city and going to the game
that we decided to go the follow-
ing year."
That led to another year and
then another until they agreed to
go to the Super Bowl together no
matter where it was held. Since
then, they've crisscrossed the
country. "Could any father be
luckier than to spend a long
Super Bowl weekend with his
daughter ... and for 13 years in a
row?" Ely asked.
Ely's wife, Andrea, fully sup-
ports the streak.
Recounts Monica: "When we
first started attending the Super
Bowl 13 years ago, the thrill came
from attending all the parties,
mingling with celebrities and
experiencing a new city.

Among the models in "Fashion

Unleashed" are Alex Hoffman,

Farmington Hills; Jennie

Beitner, West Bloomfield; Eric

Berlin, Farmington Hills; and

Dana O'Neill, West Bloomfield.

Fashion Funds

More than 40 teens from local
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
chapters will take to the runway
during "Fashion Unleashed," a
fund-raising fashion show at 8
p.m. March 4 at the 30 North
banquet facility, 30 N. Saginaw,
Pontiac.

The event is a first for the
BBYO teens, with proceeds bene-
fiting the BBYO Michigan
region's general fund. The latest
fashions will come from stores
including The Shirt Box, Guys N'
Gals, TWC Surf and Sport and
Moosejaw.
"The kids are thrilled about it
— even the guys are excited','
said Jodi Tobin, event chair and a
BBYO Commission member.
Though she thought she might
have a hard time attracting boys,
she says 20 boys and 25 girls are
modeling.
After the fashion show, the

Monica and Ely Tama at Ford

Field in Detroit during Super

Bowl XL.

Although all of those experiences
are still a big part of our week-
end, as I have gotten older, it is
more about spending quality
time with my dad."
No matter how hectic their
lives become, she said, "Super
Bowl weekend will always be the
few days that my dad and I can
spend together and get crazy
about football."
They're already planning for
next year in Miami.

- Robert A. Sklar, editor

event becomes a big party, with
dance music provided by Star
Trax, a huge dessert reception
and coffee drinks from Caribou
Coffee. Whole Foods is providing
various goodies to all who
attend. And mystery bags with
donated merchandise from area
retailers will help raise even
more money.
"We would love to raise
$10,000-$15,000',' Tobin said.
Tickets are $18 for students
and $36 for adults, and can be
purchased from BBYO members
and at the BBYO office in the
Jewish Community Center in
West Bloomfield during business
hours. For information, call (248)
788-0700.

- Keri Guten Cohen,
story development editor

IlLEFET 'cha Don't Know

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Bloomfield Hills philanthropist
A. Alfred Taubman has donated
$4 million to the University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor for the
Taubman Galleries, the suite of
temporary exhibition spaces
inside the U-M Museum of Art.
The museum has raised $6.5
million toward a $35.4 million
building campaign.
Taubman is a U-M graduate
who received an honorary doc-
torate of laws degree in 1991.
He's founder of Taubman
Centers, Inc., a pioneer in mall
and retail design.
He has been a major U-M
benefactor with gifts for the
Taubman Health Care Center,
Taubman Medical Library and
A. Alfred Taubman College of
Architecture and Urban
Planning.
"The University of Michigan
Art Museum is an extraordi-

nary cultural resource for stu-
dents, faculty and the greater
arts community. Its collection
and architecture were certainly
inspirational to me during my
years on
campus,"
Taubman
said.
He said
he was
delighted to
provide
support for
the muse-
um's excit-
ing restora-
A. Alfred Taubman
tion and
expansion
plans. "My hope," he said, "is
that this revitalized jewel will
continue to inspire students,
scholars, artists and art lovers
for generations to come."

- Robert A. Sklar, editor

Tax Help

The AARP volunteers also
visit the Royal Oak and
Southfield senior centers on
Mondays, the Birmingham,
Madison Heights and Ferndale
senior centers on Tuesdays,
Royal Oak again on
Wednesdays, Berkley
and Greater
Bloomfield on
Thursdays, and Troy
and Clawson senior
centers and
Southfield Public
Library on Fridays.
For an appointment
at those sites, call
Rob Kleinberg of West
AARP, (888) 227-7669.
Bloomfield and Jim Prest
Kleinberg, 61, has been
of Farmington Hills helping
retired for five years from the
Garri Korot of West
finance department at Ford
Bloomfield file taxes.
Motor Co. He has been volun-
teering as an AARP tax aide
middle-income taxpayers of
for four years. The aides set up
any age is available at area
and train on computers in
senior centers.
December, take an Internal
Ten AARP volunteers will
Revenue Service exam and get
return to the Jewish
certified in January, and help
Community Center in Oak
Park 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, people with their taxes
through April. Kleinberg vol-
March 8. For an appointment,
unteers three days a week with
call the ICC, (248) 967 4030.
the program.
The AARP tax aides assisted
- Alan Hitsky, associate editor
44 people at the JCC on Feb. 15

It's not just for seniors or the
poor.
American Association for
Retired Persons volunteer Rob
Kleinberg of West Bloomfield
says free assistance for low- or

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