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Double Win
Lewis takes 2 club championships.
Steve Stein
Special to the Jewish News
M
ichael Lewis is study-
ing in the Ross School of
Business at the University
of Michigan, hoping someday to enter
the financial world.
Wall Street and Main Street could
use a guy like him. The 19-year-old U-
M sophomore is a winner in and out
of the classroom.
Lewis was an All-State and Academic
All-State golfer when he was a student
at West Bloomfield High School. He
pulled off an improbable double play
on the links this summer, winning the
club championship at U-M's Radrick
Farms Golf Course and at Twin Beach
Country Club in West Bloomfield two
weeks apart. It was Lewis' second con-
secutive Twin Beach title.
Both championships came in match
play, which requires nerves of steel and,
as Lewis pointed out, "the ability to
keep yourself in the present mentally."
"You have to approach match play
like you're playing 18 little matches:'
he said. "And there's a premium on
putting which, thankfully, I consider
one of my strengths. When you make a
10-footer for par to win or halve a hole,
that puts a dagger in your opponent."
Lewis believes winning at Radrick
Farms played a major role in his vic-
tory at Twin Beach.
"Without a doubt',' he said, "that
gave me a lot of confidence, which
came in handy. In addition to the
Sports Shorts
•Adam Keller played in 10 and started
eight of the U-M
men's soccer team's
first 11 games this
season, including the
Wolverines' 3-1 upset
of No. 8-ranked Notre
Dame two weeks ago.
The victory over the
Adam Keller
Irish gave U-M a 7-2-
2 record.
Keller, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound sopho-
more defensemen, was two-time All-
State at Birmingham Groves High.
The Franklin resident scored his
first career point for U-M on Sept. 5
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pressure of playing in the champion-
ship match at Twin Beach, there was
the additional pressure of being the
defending champion."
Lewis lost in the championship finals
at Radrick Farms two years ago. He
didn't play in the tournament last year
because it overlapped with Twin Beach,
but he was back in the finals this year.
After getting off to a great start
— Lewis led Kip Maurer by three holes
after the first five — he found himself
down by two holes after 15. He won the
final three holes to capture the match.
While he was thrilled about his
comeback, Lewis wasn't very happy
about giving up his early lead."That's
what happens in match play when you
get ahead of yourself mentally:' he said.
The Twin Beach title match was
36 holes. Lewis won 5 and 4 over Jim
Beltz, shooting 69 during the middle
18 holes. Beltz, 43 years older than
Lewis, was a formidable opponent.
He's won 11 club championships dat-
ing to 1981, and he won several junior
club championships dating to 1961.
Lewis earned Division 1 All-State
honorable mention from the Michigan
Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association
when he was a junior at West Bloomfield.
The next year, he was named Division 1
All-State Academic and All-State by the
MIGCA after shooting 81-82/163 as an
individual qualifier at the state tourna-
ment at Eagle Crest Golf Club at Eastern
Michigan University.
He graduated from West Bloomfield
with a weighted 4.1 grade point average.
when he assisted on the winning goal
in a 3-2 victory at San Diego State.
• Tickets are on sale for the 24th
annual Michigan Jewish Sports Hall
of Fame dinner, set for 6 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 3 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
in Southfield. Call Michigan Jewish
Sports Foundation Executive Director
Laura Stern, (248) 872-3737.
• Israeli swimmer Inbal Pezaro, 21,
won a silver in the 100-meter freestyle
at the Beijing Paralympic Games.
Pezaro was born with a spinal disorder
that inhibits the use of her legs.
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Botsford Honors CEO
Colleagues, friends and family mem-
bers will gather to honor Gerson I.
Cooper, longtime president and CEO
of Botsford Health
Care, at a gala event
Saturday, Oct. 18, at
the Ritz-Carlton in
Dearborn.
The tribute will
be hosted by the
Botsford Foundation
Gerson Cooper and the Botsford
Hospital medical
staff. The evening
will feature a reception, dinner and
dancing. Proceeds will support the
development of the Botsford Hospital
Cancer Center.
After a 50-year career with Botsford,
Cooper is expected to retire from his
corporate leadership position at the
end of the year. Cooper is president of
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
The event is "an appropriate tribute
to a man who has made significant
contributions to advancing health care
on local, state and national levels:' said
Margo Gorchow, executive director of
the Botsford Foundation.
"Many are truly indebted to Gersh
for his leadership, vision and commit-
ment to community," she added.
Sponsorship opportunities and tick-
ets are available through the Botsford
Foundation. Contact Diane Shane at
(248) 442-5046.
JVS Annual Meeting
JVS will hold its 67th annual meeting
at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at its
Rose & Sidney Diem headquarters,
29699 Southfield Road, Southfield.
Warren-based Nuts are Good will
be honored with the JVS Community
Integration Award for employing peo-
ple with disabilities and helping them
become integrated into the workforce
and society. The company employs
more than 50 individuals with disabil-
ities who package thousands of pieces
of nuts, candy and trail mix daily.
The JVS Inspiration Award will
go to Farmington Hills resident
David Landaw, who used JVS' Career
Development and Employment
Services to successfully change
careers. After working 33 years as
a psychotherapist, Landaw found
himself jobless after the company he
worked for lost a major contract.
With help from a JVS career coun-
selor, Landaw was able to explore
different careers that matched his cre-
dentials. With new direction, Landaw
successfully started a new career as
a behavioral health case manager for
Blue Care Network.
From four locations in Metro
Detroit, JVS provides career devel-
opment and employment services;
vocational rehabilitation; specialized
senior adult programs; youth services
and homebuyer education to more
than 10,000 people annually.
Source For Volunteer Hours
Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan
Detroit offers an opportunity for high
school students to complete their
mandatory National Honors Society
volunteer hours through Fall Fix Up,
an annual project aimed at serving
homebound older adults.
The 12th annual Fall Fix Up will take
place 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
16. Volunteers will meet at the Jewish
Community Center, 15110 W. 10 Mile,
Oak Park, for assignments, supplies
and a light breakfast.
Teams of volunteers disperse to
area homes to rake leaves, winterize
windows, change light bulbs and do
other minor repairs on behalf of older
adults who can no longer perform
these tasks themselves.
For information, contact Hilary
Rotenberg, (248) 592-2336, or e-mail
hrotenberg@jfsdetroit.org. Sign-up is
also available via the Jewish Family
Service Web site at www.jfsdetroit.org .
Walk Aids Disease Research
A walk-athon to benefit the Sarah
Gittleman Research Memorial Fund
will be held Sunday, Oct. 12, at the
Huntington Woods Recreation Center,
26325 Scotia. Registration is 9:15 a.m.
The 1.5-mile walk begins at 10. There
will be refreshments.
For information and registration, go
to gittlemanfundraiser@yahoo.com .
For donations from non-walkers:
Mail checks to Gittleman Family,
25490 Hereford Drive, Royal Oak,
MI 48067. Checks payable: The
Mastocytosis Society–SGF (SGF
stands for the Sarah Gittleman Fund).
Barbara and Ted Gittleman's daugh-
ter Sarah died in 2004 of mass cell
leukemia. She was 23.
Her parents and sister Laura are
hosting the walk-athon in Sarah's
memory. They established a memorial
fund through the Mastocytosis Society
in Sarah's name. Walk proceeds go
directly to the Mastocytosis Society/
Sarah Gittleman Research Memorial
Fund (tmsforacure.org ). Donations
are 100 percent tax deductible; 100
percent of all funds go directly for
research.