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Wegenke also was a 

basketball official who 
worked Division I college 
games.
Having his father get his 
first-in-one in more than 
six decades of playing golf 
made it an emotional day 
for B.J. 
B.J. didn’t play in the 
outing, but he stopped by 
the outing hospitality tent 
afterwards to congratulate 
his father, who had called 
him to give him the good 
news about the hole-in-one.
“I think B.J. was more 
excited than anyone about 
my hole-in-one,” Rycus 
said. “B.J. would tell me 
good luck on getting my 
first hole-in-one every time 
he learned that I was going 
to play golf.”
Ron Rycus is a 10 
handicap golfer. He’s also 
a good bowler. He also 
started bowling around the 
time of his bar mitzvah.
“I’d say bowling is my 
No. 1 sport because you 

can bowl year-round,” he 
said. “You can play golf 
in Michigan for what, six 
months a year?”
Rycus has three perfect 
300 games on the lanes. 
They came in 2010 and 
2017 at City Limits East 
Lansing Sports Grill 
& Bowling Center in a 
now-defunct B’nai B’rith 
league and 2023 in a UAW 
league at Spare Time 
Entertainment Center in 
Lansing.
Asked the age-old 
question of what’s tougher 
to do, bowl a 300 game or 
shoot a hole-in-one, Rycus 
had an answer.
“I’d say a 300 game,” he 
said. “You have to have 12 
straight good shots. You 
have to be consistent the 
entire game. You need to 
have one good shot and 
perhaps some mazel (luck) 
for a hole-in-one.” 

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Rycus’ hole-in-one 
are written on the 
flag for the hole.

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Pearl-Adler
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den Adler and Josh 
Pearl, along with their 
parents, Nancy and 
Jeffrey Adler of Farmington 
Hills and Diane and Todd 
Pearl of New York City, are 
delighted to announce their 
recent marriage in Detroit. 
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein 
officiated. 
Eden and Josh were blessed 
to have grandparents, family 
and friends from all over the 
world join in celebration. The newlyweds reside in 
Boston.

Sucher 90th 
S

heldon Sucher of 
Farmington Hills 
celebrated his 90th 
birthday on May 12, 2024. He 
enjoyed a wonderful weekend 
of events, including a party 
at Pine Lake Country Club. 
He was surrounded by many 
friends and family who came 
from near and far to honor 
him. It was a very special 
weekend for the entire family.