of the work will occur in the off-sea-
son.
Donated by the Detroit News in
1931, the railroad was credited
with helping the Detroit Zoo sur-
vive hard times during the Great
Depression. Starting out at a nickel
a ride, train fares provided the zoo
with dependable revenue. The replica
steam locomotives and passenger cars
carried 10 million passengers before
becoming obsolete in 1948.
In 1949, Chrysler Corp. designed,
built and donated the first of the
diesel-powered trains, the Walter P.
Chrysler, along with two more loco-
motives in 1950 and 1951. The zoo's
new trains were modeled after the
fast, aerodynamic Streamliners of that
era.
After serving millions more rid-
ers, the trains were idled in 1980 for
repairs. A fund drive raised $300,000,
including donations from children's
allowances and proceeds from a
zoo garage sale. In 1984, the trains
returned to service.
In 2001, Daimler-Chrysler donated
upgrades to the trains' drivelines.
Modern, computerized emission-
control engines now run on unleaded
gasoline — about 11 gallons per day
— and computer diagnostics make
tune-ups easier. Li

The Tauber Family Railroad
carries passengers to and
from the Main Station near
the park entrance and the
Africa Station at the farthest
corner of the park, weather
permitting. The Tauber Family
Railroad is open daily dur-
ing regular zoo hours May
through September and week-
ends only in October.
The one-way fare for all rail
passengers is $2. A Ride the
Wild Train Card, good for 10
one-way rides, can be pur-
chased for $16. The zoo also
offers a Tender Seat package,
which includes a ride with the
engineer in the tender seat,
an official cap and a photo
taken in the train's historic
engine compartment. The cost
is $12 per child, or $20 for
two children or one child and
one adult.

Adat Shalom Graduates
Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills honored its nursery
school and kindergarten graduates at
Shalom Parties on June 5 and 6.
Completing the synagogue's nurs-
ery school program this year are:
Joseph Adelman, Dean Alekman,
Isabel Aronin, Noah Averbach,
Jacob Banooni, Ariana Beard, Eric
Becker, Sophie Bednarsh, Jessie
Berg, Matthew Berg, Ryan Berke,
Yasmin Bhatti, Ethan Biederman,
Sydney Blau, Isabelle Borr, Jason
Brown, Shayna Chimovitz, Yael
Chimovitz, Elisha Cooper, Megan
Diskin, Alyssa Diskin, Charlie Erlich,
Emily Feldman, Wyatt Feldman,
Zachary Forman, Isabelle Fox, Noah
Francis, Josie Freed, Jonah Gilan,
Benjamin Goldstein, Eli Goodman,
Jessica Gordon, Jordan Grossman,
Nuri Hadar, Elena Hirsch, Jeremy
Kahan, Jacob Kam, Scott Katz,
Joseph Katz, Elijah Kaye, Tessa
Kresch, Molly Kohl, Julian LaBelle,
Ethan Lederman, Eli Levine, Hanna
Lupovitch, Mari Lynn, Kelly Meir,
Austin Miller, Brooke Mostyn, Ethan
Mostyn, Dayna Olson, Hailey Reinke,
Eli Ribiat, Zachary Rones, Gabriel
Rosen, Emily Roth, David Safta,
Griffin Schoener, Lauren Schostak,
Benjamin Shaevsky, Leenoy
Shemesh, Eitan Shere, Jacob Strome,
Hannah Stryk, Ethan Weitzman,
Samuel Wittenberg and Hailey
Worthing.
Fourteen kindergarteners were
honored in a special musical gradu-
ation ceremony. They are Joshua
Bradford, Sarah Chynoweth, Parrish
Gallagher, Joseph Gordon, Jonah
Greenblatt, Jacob Kroll, Eric Lipsky,
Aviva Lupovitch, Hannah Magy,
Loren Safta, Donna Schock, Abby
Singer-Miller, Alex Stryk and Steven
Tukel.

JWV Scholarship Event
As part of its annual convention
program, the Jewish War Veterans
and Ladies Auxiliary will award $750
scholarships to 21 area high school
graduates 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June
14, at the Jewish Community Center
in Oak Park.
The public is invited. Refreshments
will be served.
The scholarships are made pos-
sible through the May poppy sales
and individual donations.

THE MERLE AND SHIRLEY HARRIS
BIRTHING CENTER AT
HURON VALLEY-SINAI HOSPITAL

• Beautiful, all private birthing suites, for labor, delivery,
recovery and postpartum (LDRP) care
•Anesthesiologists available 24 hours a day

• Complete-care nursery including full-time neonatology
service for infants with special needs

• High-risk pregnancy, infertility and genetics services*

EXPECT THE BEST – To schedule a tour of the Merle and
Shirley Harris Birthing Center at Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, call

(248) 937-5120. To schedule an appointment with one of our
physicians, call (888) DMC-2500.

DMC

Huron Valley-Sinai
Hospital

*All in conjunction with Hutzel Women's Hospital.

1 William Carls Drive • Commerce, Michigan
248-937-3300 • www.hvsh.org
At Commerce & Commerce in Commerce

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