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Peterman

For State Representative

About Amy Peterman

Born in Oak Park, Amy Peterman is a
33-year resident of West Bloomfield. She
and her husband Michael have four children.
Jack and Amanda attend Walled Lake
Central, Jeffrey attends Frankel Jewish
Academy and David attends Oakland
University.

Amy Peterman is
committed to our
families & community

Amy Peterman is a member of
Temple Israel and is active in our
community. She's raised money
for numerous charities, served as
Area Captain for the American Cancer Society and organized fund
raising for the Relay for Life and the Lupus Alliance.

Amy Peterman has the right experience

During her twenty-year law career, Amy Peterman has helped
local families with the adoption of their children. She has also
served as Walled Lake school board president where she helped
increase MEAP scores and ensured thousands of young people
received a world class education.

Amy Peterman has the
right priorities

Amy Peterman has offered
detailed plans to fix our economy,
create jobs, lower gas prices and
reform government. And Amy
Peterman supports ground-
breaking stem cell research that offers the promise of treatments
or cures for cancer, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal
cord injuries and a host of other devastating disorders.

Amy Peterman is trusted and endorsed

Amy Peterman is endorsed by the Oakland Press, the Michigan
Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan Education Association
(Preferred Candidate), the
Michigan Association of
Realtors, the West
Bloomfield Police Officers
Association, the Police
Officers Association of
Michigan, local Republi-
cans, local Democrats and
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A10 October 23 2008

Conservative Light
I admit I don't get why Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit
made the daring and contro-
versial decision to change from
Conservative Jewish to a com-
munity school ("Hillel: Why A
Community School," Oct.16, page
A37) .
Steve Freedman writes, "If even
one Metro Detroit Jewish family
did not feel the school was acces-
sible to them because of a particu-
lar affiliation, it would be one too
many." Call it Conservative Light, a
politically correct, public relations
strategy.
My wife and her siblings went to
Hillel in the 1960s and 1970s when
the school was small and focused
on high-quality Jewish and secular
education. When our three children
entered Hillel, the school was open
and inclusive to any Jew. We pulled

Support Peters
As a fourth-grade public school teach-
er for 28 years and mother to a grown
son who has a learning disability, edu-
cation is not something I take lightly.
Like most voters, I am accustomed
to politicians stretching their record
— it's to be expected. But sometimes,
a little clarification is necessary.
Our current U.S. congressman, Joe
Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Hills, has
been running a television ad touting
his earmark for the West Bloomfield-
based Friendship Circle as though he
were a fighter for special needs edu-
cation. Yet, he's voted with President
Bush 90 percent of the time and for his
budgets that cut funding for special
education programs in schools. We all
support funding for the Friendship
Circle. But we need someone who will
consistently stand up for education
and all special needs children in our
American schools.
It's time to elect Gary Peters to the
Ninth Congressional District. A son
of a teacher, Gary sat on the educa-
tion committee in the State Senate
and sponsored legislation to improve
teacher training. He also formed a
grassroots organization that mobi-

our youngest after fifth grade for
other reasons. It was a sad deci-
sion to leave, breaking a tradition
that my wife's family began 42
years ago. We never received a
phone call asking why we left.
Hillel should stop worrying about
offending one potential family and
instead focus on what's best for
the students it already has. What's
important is having the finest
teachers offering the best Jewish
and traditional education in a car-
ing environment that's responsive
to both students and their parents.
My wife and I hope that Hillel
becomes the kind of school,
whether Conservative or com-
munity, that our children will be
passionate to share with their
children.

Arnie Goldman

Farmington Hills

lized hundreds of volunteers to install
donated computers in 22 schools,
libraries and recreation centers. As
Michigan Lottery commissioner, Peters
created record profits to reinvest in
our classrooms. These facts are worth
knowing as you make your voting
decision this November.

Debbie Rosenman

Bloomfield Hills

Corrections

• In the Around Town column about
the Kindertransport quilt exhibit
at the Holocaust Memorial Center
in Farmington Hills ("Powerful
Patchwork;' Oct. 16, page A24), the
names of Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan and
Merry Silber were misspelled.
• In the Michigan Friends of the
Israel Defense Forces story "What An
Impact!" (Oct. 16, page A28), the date
of the fifth annual Women's Luncheon
should have been reported as Sept. 18.
• In "Keeps On Giving" (Oct. 9, page
A18), additional donors to the show-
case honoring Helen Ritter were Dr.
and Mrs. Myron Joyrich, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Olson
and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kozlowski.

