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Junior League selects designers
for May Show House

A few new designers along with many Show House veterans have begun work transforming the French Normandy house at 78 Lake Shore for the Junior League of Detroit's biennial fundraiser. Built in 1928, the 6,500-square-foot home includes five bedrooms, five full and three half baths and two outdoor terraces. Nearly every room in the house will be redone, from the living and dining rooms to hallways and closets.

New to the 2010 Show House are: read more...

If it's Farms news you need,
Nixle will let you know

Grosse Pointe Farms has a new way to keep residents up to date on city events, information and emergencies.

The Farms’ police department adopted the Nixle Community Information Service about two weeks ago. It's an automated system that sends registered users e-mails or text messages about items of urgent interest.

Residents who sign up for the service can determine which messages they receive and how they receive them. read more...

On the lookout for local lions,
and a tireless booster moves on

If you travel to +42 degrees, 23.216 and -082 degrees, 53.863, you’ll find a couple of statuary lions. In fact they are the lions flanking the entrance to the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. They recently joined hundreds of other lion statues featured on Waymarking.com.

If you take a picture of yourself with the Alger House lions, you can post it on the site, which is devoted to noting points of interest, historical and otherwise, around the globe. One category is lions, 614 of them scattered across 25 pages. The Alger House lions made the list Jan. 28.

You have to wonder who collects this stuff, organizes and posts it with pictures on websites. Other lions that have made the list include a lion drinking fountain in Lufkin, Texas, the Mitty Monarch in front of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., and a couple of lions in front of a fire station is San Jose, Costa Rica. Oh, and a pair of Lions Club lions at Joe Adamo Memorial Park in South Porcupine, Ontario. read more...

Woods Eagle flies off with honor
as council handles routine agenda

Grosse Pointe Woods City Council kicked off its Monday (Feb. 1) meeting with a presentation to one lucky Boy Scout.

February 11 will be Kevin Bennett Day in the Woods.

Bennett, 16, was awarded the honor after he achieved the highest rank in scouting -- the Eagle.

“What you’ve done for yourself and your family, you’ve also done for us,” said Mayor Robert Novitke before presenting a proclamation to Bennett recognizing his achievement.

The Grosse Pointe North High School junior has a 3.72 grade-point average, is a member of the National Honor Society, the DECA business club and the Grosse Pointe North football team.

As Bennett and his family exited the proceedings, the audience erupted into laughter when the mayor told Bennett that he’d get another merit badge if he stayed for the length of the meeting.

In other business, the council: read more...

Lights, camera, me – savvy athletes
market themselves via YouTube

Online video sharing has become an increasingly popular trend among high-school student athletes interested in playing college sports.

Over the past few years, websites like YouTube and Scout.com have opened the door for many high-school athletes seeking broader recruitment to larger universities. No longer do students have to count on a visit by a coach or scout to play before influential eyes. With online video, they don't even have to send a DVD. read more...

Park native and former Wayne State basketball star Al Ament now lives in Virginia, where he and his wife, Godelive, are raising four sons.

Park native found path to teaching
after Wayne State basketball glory

Wayne State University’s all-time single-season scorer, Hall of Fame basketball player Al Ament, has some simple advice for student athletes: Focus on your studies; you will probably never play in the NBA.

In college, Albert Ament, a Grosse Pointe Park native, was the ideal student athlete. He lettered four years on the WSU men’s basketball team as a forward and center from 1985-89. His senior year, he was all-conference, all-academic and runner up for player of the year, leading the team in points with a total of 654, a record that stands today. read more...

School board member predicts
layoffs as part of fiscal reality

With state aid reduced, the next Grosse Pointe public schools budget will require layoffs, board member Brendan Walsh predicts. 

Walsh outlined the situation at the school board meeting Monday (Jan. 25), a session that also saw staff members reeling over recent queries about the importance of certain human resources positions. read more...

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