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Stitch For All

National 9-11 Flag makes a . poignant stop at the West Bloomfield JCC.

Local First Responders

usher in the flag with

the presentation of arms

by the honor and color

guard made up of local

fire, police and military

first responders.

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mid the dramatic lighting on the stage of the Berman Center for the
Performing Arts at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, local
citizens took turns adding a stitch in the National 9-11 Flag.
The July 10 event started by honoring local service heroes, who added their
stitches, followed by more than 400 community members over three hours who stood

Shari Lebo of Novi and her children Jack and Samantha and
family friend Nicholas Holman of New York

JCC board members Marty and Terri Hollander of
West Bloomfield participate in the stitching event.

Badges In The Woods

Solomon Kahn
Special to the Jewish News

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ine scouts from Boy Scout Troop 364, chartered
by the Men's Club of Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills, spent the first week of sum-
mer vacation at Cole Canoe Base in Alger. Twelve other
troops were there from other places in Michigan, Ohio
and even Maine to enjoy camping, outdoor activities and
earn merit badges.
At Scout camp, we sleep in tents. I had brought my own

Daniel, 15, and Alan Chandross of West

Bloomfield

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quietly in line waiting to add their own.
The massive flag, a composite of an American flag from 9 11 plus fragments of
flags from each state, is touring the country before coming to rest in the National
September 11 Memorial Museum in New York. The New York Says Thank You
Foundation, based in New York, organized the tour. ■

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Carolyn Deters, flag tour event manager, prepares
the flag for the stitching process.

Adat Shalom Boy Scouts spend a week in the wild learning new skills.

tent, which, fortunately, didn't leak despite more than 4
inches of rain that week. Most people don't like the rain,
but I think it just contributed to new adventures and fun.
Activities included river tubing, morning swims,
canoeing, ultimate Frisbee, campfires — yes, even in the
rain — and the lumberjack competition. This competi-
tion included throwing tomahawks, shooting muzzle-
loading rifles and cutting logs with big two-person saws.
I worked on various merit badges, which are patches
you earn for learning various skills. I completed swim-
ming, emergency preparedness, environmental science

Ethan Gross helps Adam Cooper, 12, both of West
Bloomfield, learn to put on tefillin for his bar mitzvah.

and my favorite, rifle shooting. That is a lot in one week.
Some parents came by for a few days at a time to sup-
port Scoutmaster David Lerner of West
Bloomfield, who was there the entire
week. We had a great time: At camp,
there were no strangers, just friends we
had not yet met. 7

Solomon Kahn, 12, of Oak Park will be

an eighth-grader at Hillel Day School of

Solomon Kahn

Metropolitan Detroit.

Justin Sherman, 12, of Birmingham chats with a
Scouting Heritage merit badge counselor.

