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Annual Treasure Trove
T
he Bookstock '09 Used
Book & Media Sale
won't be held until
April 26-May 3 at Laurel Park
Place in Livonia. But volunteers
sorting thousands of dona-
tions have already found some
interesting items, including old
photographs.
Sometimes the photos are at
the bottom of donated boxes of
books; others turn up between
the pages. Last year, the Jewish
News published several of the
photos and was able to return a
few "heirlooms" to the owners.
Here is a sampling of just some
of the photos found so far with
this year's donations:
• A photo of a woman with a
little girl in a stroller; the photo
is dated May 4, 1952.
• A photo of two young men
dressed in suits appears on
the front of a post card. The
young men are identified as
"Bill Blackman and Sam White,
Albany, Ala."
•A curly-haired young man
wearing a Rice Owls T-shirt is
featured in a collection of pho-
tographs retrieved by Bookstock
volunteers.
•A photo of a man holding
Familiar Face
During the Jan. 5 season premiere of ABC's wildly popular romance
reality series The Bachelor, there was a familiar face among the 25
women vying for bachelor Jason Mesnick's attention. Renee Simlak,
36, a Southfield native who now lives in Los Angeles, stepped out of
the limo wearing a red strapless dress and heels and proudly said,
"I grew up in Michigan;' when Mesnick greeted her.
"That was kind of like my 'wink' at everyone back home Simlak
later revealed.
The jewelry designer, a graduate of Southfield-Lathrup High
School and Eastern Michigan University, first auditioned four years
ago, but got a surprise phone call from the show's producers invit-
ing her to be on this season. While she and Mesnick have a few
things in common (they're both Jewish), Simlak says there wasn't a
real connection. By the end of the two-hour program, she was sent
home along with nine other women who didn't get a rose.
"I was disappointed because I wanted to continue on the jour-
ney," she says. "But it was such an amazing experience:'
Among those watching her big TV debut (along with her dog,
Rocco, who made a cameo appearance) was her father, Harold
Simlak, 80, of Las Vegas. She says she's been flooded with calls and
e-mail messages ever since.
"I'm so glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and took a risk:'
she said. "Anything is possible from here."
- Robin Schwartz
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Janu,3ry 15 a 2009
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Editorial
a jar of pickles in a store is
identified on the back as "1950,
Joshua J. Stone,
C.P.A."
To claim any of the
photos, contact Alan
Hitsky at the Jewish
News, ahitsky@the-
jewishnews.com or
(248) 351-5148.
Books, videos,
records, CDs, etc.,
can be donated for
the sale at Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard
Lake Road, West
Bloomfield; at the
Jimmy Prentis
Morris Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park;
or at the Bookstock sorting
site behind Bloomfield Plaza,
Telegraph and Maple roads.
In addition, a drive-through
drop-off will be held at
Bloomfield Plaza 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 1 and March 22.
Volunteers recommend that
donors look through their
contributions to make sure
they are not including valuable
keepsakes.
The sale last year — of
books, not photos — raised
$100,000 for education and lit-
eracy projects.
- Alan Hitsky
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