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12A News
July 21, 1994
Grosse Pointe News
Lemon-aid
takes care of a number of famIlies
in Detroit who are partiCIpatIng
m the program and cannot
take care of themselves
After mvestlgatmg the worn
an's claims, Hiller saId the department
determIned the
woman was legally authorized
to be m possession of the Items.
Further investigation showed
that the woman's daughter and
a friend of the daughter stole
the Items from the woman's car
and then allegedly sold the
Identification and cashed in the
food stamps
The case IS under review by
the Wayne County Juvenile
Court. PetItiOns are the Juve.
nile equivalent of a warrant
Photo b\ Leah Vartam an
Grosse Pointe Woods public safety officer Dan Marietta took a moment to support local
business last week at the lemonade stand run by. from left. Evan Skorupski. Marc Hensel
and Chelsea Skorupski. For more on dining alfresco. see our Business page. 18A.
Public safety reports
Park solves
food stamp case
Grosse Pomte Park and DetrOIt
polIce together are seeking
petItIOns against two mmor
gIrls who allegedly stole food
stamps and identificatlon
needed to cash food stamps and
used them for therr personal
gam
Grosse Pomte Park detective
Lt. DaVId HIller saId the
stamps and IdentIficatIOn were
reported stolen by a woman
who lIves on Devonshrre The
woman has the identIfication
and food stamps ~use she
Calling all children (a~1h~art)
to Toledo's zoo, county fair
Here IS an OpportU11lty to
take your child or grandchild
on a day trip to remember. The
Grosse POInte War Memorial is
takIng kIds - and kllis at heart
- to the Toledo Zoo on Thursday,
July 28, from 8:30 a m to
5p.m
See giraffes, leopards, rhinos
and other wildlife roaming undIsturbed
in the AfrIcan savanna.
HIppos play m the
world's only underwater Hippoquanum.
AdmIssIOn to the special
dmosalU' exhibIt IS m-
cluded where you'll see thirteen
robotic dinosaurs in a pre-lus-
tonc settmg.
After about two hours of free
time, we'll meet at the Bird
House for a box lunch on the
zoo's grounds and then head
out to the county fair for a couple
of hours filled with non-stop
excitement. There are rides, animals,
horse shows, crafts and
always a few surprises.
We'll return by 5 p.m.
Tickets are $34 and include
motorcoach transportatIon, a
box lunch, admission to the zoo,
dinosaur exlubit and fair. Call
881-7511 for reservations or
more informatIon.
By Shirley A. McShane
A fishy fire
A reSIdent who lives on
Wmdnull Pomte in Grosse
Pomte Park came home on
July 9 to find hIS house filled
WIth smoke. Responding fIre
fighters determmed a wire on a
60-gallon fish tank had heated
an aquarium hose covering,
causing it to ignite.
Fire fighters extinguished
the fIre and cleared the house
of smoke. BeSIdes smoke damage,
the house
also had water
damage when the 60.gallon
tank emptIed onto the floor.
Bedford homes
burglarized
Two burglars cI'£lwleet
through an open kitchen' window
of a home In the 1400
block of Bedford m Grosse
Pointe Park on July 9.
The mtruders meticulously
searched all floors of the house
and removed a tape player, CD
player, VCR and electnc guitar.
The inCIdent happened
sometIme between 10'30 a.m.
and noon. Suspects are descrIbed
as black men in late
teens or early 20s drIving a
blue two-door older model Pontiac
Romney's aim: Fix economy
By Chip Chapman
publIcan nor DemocratIC. runs for office, Romney said.
Staff Wnter
"We can agree to pay our being wealthy, pohtIcally Wired
Ronna Romney may have
bills and we can see what has or well-known.
taken a $100,000 mortgage out
failed," she said, CIting the welfare
system
former Michigan Gov. George
The ex-daughter-in-Iaw of
on her home to help finance
her campaign for U.S. Senate,
"The pomt of the welfare program
was not to institutIOnal-
her mentors) and the ex
Romney (whom she calls one of
but she does not want the economIC
future of the country
ize a paycheck. Many In Con. brother-m-Iaw of MItt Romney,
being mortgaged any longer by
gress are afraId to say It was who IS runnmg for the US
Congress
wrong ..
Senate m Massachusetts, has a
"The so-called experts have
About three-quarters of all name people recognIZe. But she
not done the Job," she said
welfare programs should be also gamed exposure from her
when she stopped In at the
admmistered locally, accordmg talk show.
Grosse Pointe News last week.
to Romney
liThe radio show helped me
"It's economic neglIgence ..
"Let the states be accountable,"
she said
"People may not necessarIly
get mto the race, " she saId
Romney, 50, saId the natIon's
economIC problems brought her
Romney favors a balancedbudget
amendment, where know you"
agree with you, but they get to
mto the race agaInst fellow
challenger Spencer Abraham
spendmg cannot exceed 19 percent
of Gross Domestic Product, she would serve no more than
Romney said that If elected,
for the GOP nomination
"Fom-teen percent of the
and hne-ltem veto power for two terms
budget goes to paymg mterest the preSIdent
"Everyone IS replaceable. I'm
on the debt," Romney said.
"The preSIdent IS the CEO of not gOIng to Washmgton to
"Even If we had a balanced
the country," she saId "The change the world," Romney
budget over the next eight
hne-item veto will present some said, "just to lay a foundatIOn
years, there would still be a $7 accountabilIty"
And I WIll not get off the economic
message"
tnlhon to $8 trillIon debt and It
There are three ways one
would take more than 25 percent
of the budget to pay the
mten:,qt
CIty of(8)ro~se Jloiute ~.o.o05, Michigan
"I don't understand why thIS
Issue doesn't drive people hke
it drIves me."
The former WXYT talk show
host and RepublIcan natIOnal
committeewoman saId that nd.
ding the country of the deficit
IS an Issue that IS neither Re-
A burglar entered a home In
the 1300 block of Bedford by
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the CIty CounCIl,meeting as a
Board of Appeals under the provisions of SectIOn 5-14-1 of the
1975 City Code will meet in the Council Court Room of the
MuniCipalBUlldmg,20025 Mack Plaza, on August 1, 1994, at 7:30
pm., to hear the appeal of Fred Rauber, 875 Cook Road, who is
appealing the demal af the Building Inspector to Issue a buildmg
permit for construction of an addItIOnto his residence at 875 Cook
Road. The building permit was denied due to a deficiency in the
reqUiredrear yard setback as set forth in Section 5.4.3 (F, d) of the
Zoning Ordinance of the Clly of Grosse Pointe Woods. A variance
is therefore requIred. AI! Interested parties are invited to a!!end.
chmbing through an unlocked Louise S, Warnke
fIrSt.floor WIndow.
The house was searched and GPN: 07/21/94 City Clerk
the homeowner reported stolen L ...
a color TV, cassette player,
VCR, stereo speakers, exerCIse
equipment and a computer. The
mcident happened sometime
bet",een 7 a.m. July 8 and 10
a.m. July 13. There are no sus.
pects In this inCIdent
Sister rescues
little brother
An older sister came to the
rescue of her 6-year-old brother
on July 8 when he was approacnEi'cfby
a group of older
yooths who were allegedly at.
temptmg to'stehf his bIcycle.
The suspects, three DetrOIt
Juveniles between the ages of 9
and 13, allegedly approched the
little boy at Trombley and Essex
m Grosse Pointe Park,
slapped him and attempted to
take his bike The older sister
scared the youths away and
called police.
The three suspects were
caught by Park police, who are
aWaIting issuance of petitIOns
filed W1th the Wayne County
Juvenile Court.
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