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__ 4 __ ..... _ ......... __ ............... .......... _~~-~- July 21, 1994 Gros~ Pointe News Features Section B Churchee, .. . .. . .4B Entertamment .. . ... 5B U.S. Women's Open golfers play for time for children at St. Jude's By Jenny King Special Writer Sarah Fox plays golf The 12-year old even hangs around wIth women's golf pro Meg Mallon. Not that the nght.handed Grosse Pomte Farms youngster who uses left. handed clubs IS ready for the pro CIrcUItyet. Salah met Mallon last month 1Il Lansmg to make a publIc servIce VIdeo for thIS week's 1994 US WomE'n'" OpE'n The champlOnship tournament, held at Indlanwood Golf & Country Club m Lake Orion through Sunday, WIll serve a cause that mterests both these golfers "BIrdIes for Babies," a fundralser based on pledges for all bu dIes made m the course of play thIS week, IS a beneftt for St Jude ChIldren's Research HospItal in Tennessee Sarah knows St. Jude and many memhprs of Its sta.ll personally She viSIts the Memphis faclhty once a year now, for a follow.up exammation. But back m 1985, when she was 2- 112,Sarah was dIagnosed WIth acute lymphocytIC leukemm (ALL), the most common form of cancer She, and her parents Jane and Bill Fox, spent several weeks in an apartment near the 48-bed research hospital while Sarah endured tests and early treatment for the deadly disease "I remember it," she says, relzxmg for a few seconds in an overstuffed chaIr m the family room of her home She doesn't seem to thmk It'S such a bIg deal anymore Nor was workmg WIth Meg Mallon on the 30- second publIc service video. "I wasn't nervous - I only had one hne to say," she saId, smilmg When Sarah fell III m Febru. ary of 1985, It was several days before Detrolt.area specmlIsts could determme what mIght have caused her hIgh, unrelent. mg fever "LeukemIa masks Itself," says Jane Fox "It's hard to catch nght away" At the recommendatIOn of famtly fnend and pedIatrIC oncologist Hadl Sawaf, Jane and BIll flew Sarah down to thE' St Jude faCIlity "We thought we'd go down to hear what they had to say," Jane recalls WhIle the bLHldmg Itself was not Impres- SIve, and the relaxed staff a bIt of a surprIse, the atmosphere and treatment were outstandmg, she says. "They prefer to have patIents bve WIth theIr famIlIeS in mo tels or other accommodations rather than staying in the hospItal there " .T~nesays Because of Its research status, St. Jude IS able to use the newest methods for treatmg cancers. Subsequently proven protocols may be adapted by other hospItals around the country. "St. Jude was founded by actor Danny Thomas and it first opened its doors back m 1962," says Kathy McGrath, the Madison HeIghts-based spokeswoman for the hospItal "It shares its research results WIth doctors all over the world "Doctors elsewhere send tISsue samples to MemphIS, they also can receIVe trammg there" Services to patIents not covered by mdlvldual insurance are pIcked up by the hospItal Jane Fox says that can include transportatIOn, food and IIvmg quarters in the course of treat ment. "We didn't want to stay m a motel dUllng Salah's treat gram St Jude's McGrath says ment, so BIll found an apart the Women's Open champIOn. ment nearby and Sm ah and I shIp thIS week at Indlanwood IS moved In We Lame home once, expected to raIse $25,000 after !>evenweeks, and then fi "That's a bIg step closer to nally on Mothm't; Day week savmg a chtld's lIfe every tIme end," she says a bIrdie IS made," McGrath Fnends and famIly had says St Jude has about 4,200 packed what Jane and Sarah patIents m actIve status, flom needed m her van and had It mfants to young adults Age 18 delIvered to hel III thIS gracIOus IS the cut ofT,but If the patIent southern cIty on the MISSIS!>IPPIbegIns treatment before 18, he Rlver 01 ~he may contmue Dally op The long road back to good eratlOns at the center cost health for cancer patients may about $310,000 These are pn mclude regular chemotherapy, manly covered by pubhc contn tests, uL!>ervatlOn,radIatIOn, butlOns, accordmg to McGrath even bone marrow transplants Jane Fox says a local board and blood transfUSIOns Sarah helps 01 galllze fundt aIsmg for was spared radIatIOn, but she St Jude Her husband BIll IS was a human pm cushIOn for ItS preSIdent. Members mclude several years LIke most patIents, her hair came out Jane lOr George SImon and Paul SI Grosse Pomters selllor and Jun says they made do WIth nbbons mon and hats Today her tnps to Three decades ago, aCute MemphIs have been reduced to lymphocytIC leukemia was only once a year And her blondIsh hatr IS thick and straIght "I'm happy to tell our story because I have been so Impressed WIth St Jude," Jane Fox says. "The survIval rate for childhood leukemIa has nsen from about 50 percent when we started to 75 percent now, I believe" It was a traumatIc tIme but a very special place, she says LIfelong frIendshIps were formed WIth members of the medical staff, local reSIdents and othel patIents "The first tIme we saw our doctor there, Gaston RIvera, we were skeptIcal," Jane says "He was wearmg leather pants and looked too young to be a medl cal speCIalIst He assured us he was older than we thought and knew what he was domg" BIrdIeS for BabIes IS a rela. tIvely new fund-ralsmg pro nearly fatal, now three out of four chIldren survIVe Sarah says most of her friends know how sick she was as a small chIld Her expertences have made the active basketball and gIrls hockey partiCIpant sympathetic to the Illnesses of others, and they have stimulated her mterest m science. She mIght become a manne bIOlOgIst,she says. Her 18 year-old brother Chrts IS thinkmg of a pre-med course at the Umveristy of MIchIgan where he begms his freshman year next month Fifteen-yearold Abbey Fox IS also mterested m the bIOlOgIcalSCiences, whIle 8-year old James needs to know how to repalr the solId-wood nfle that snapped m two earlier m the afternoon. "I feel like I'm braggmg If I See JUDE, page 2B Photo b) Jenm Kmg- The Fox family. in part. are. from left. Abbey. lames. Sarah and. in front. Jane. 1 VILLAGE SHOES SEMI-ANNUAL Women's Sandles TEVASPORT SANDLES 20o/~FF Mens, Womens, Childrens I - II Children's Tennis Shoes of Grosse Pointe 17112 Kercheval in-the- Village 881-1191 50~FF SELECT GROUP .. ...... .__~...~_ ... ~~ .~J MICROGRAPHIC & ELECTRONIC IMAGE CONVERSION SERVICES. SYSTEMS. CONSULTATION
1 Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Al1aer Cooper-Allaer A1Jzabeth Ann Cooper, daughter of Mr and Mrs J LewIS Cooper Jr of Grosse Pomte Woods, marrIed Robert WIlham Allaer, son of Mrs DIane AIlaer of Grosse Pomte Woods and the late Lucien AIlaer, on May 29, 1993, at Our Lady Sldl of th", Sed CaLlwhc Church The Rev John ChIld officl- Weddings ated at the 4:30 p m ceremony, whIch was followed by a recep tlOn at the Grosse Pomte Yacht Club The bl'lde wore a SIlk shantung gown which featw'ed a sweetheart necklme, deep scalloped sleeves and hemlIne and a cathedral-length tram Her hand made chapel-length veil was tl'lmmed m coordmatmg scallops and edged WIth pearls She carned a bouquet of VIolets, white roses and stephanotIs The maId of honor was Holly ChrIstme Hertel of Leno},. Bndesmalds were the groom's SIsters, DebbIe Gates of Eastpomte and Suzanne Klen of Royal Oak, Renee Scensny of Columbus, OhIO, DIane Carlson of Fort Wayne, Ind, and Shalon Gates of Eastpomte The flowergIrl was Rochelle ElIzabeth Gates of Eastpomte Attendants wore peIl\vmkle colored evenmg SUItS and carned VIOletnosegays The best man was WIlham L Mullan III of Mount Clemens Gloolllbmen were the bnde's brother, J LeWIS Cooper III; KeVIn Brys of St ClaIr Shores; Engagements John-Paul Belanger of Fort WOlth, Texas, John Hertel of Lenox; and Ttmmy Gates of Eastpomte Ushers were MIchael Allaer, Fred &ensny, Ttm Gates and David Klen. The rmgbearer Kocsis of Tt.oy was Matthew The bride's mother wore a pale pmk evenmg SUIt accented WIth pearls and a corsage of WhIte sweetheart roses. The groom's mother wore an aqua evenmg suit WIth a Queen Anne necklme and a corsage of whIte sweetheart roses The Scripture reader was the Hon. John C Hertel The bnde earned a bachelor's degree m educatIOn from the Umverslty of MichIgan-Dearborn The groom earned a bachelor of arts degree m broadcast JOurnalIsm from the Ulllversity of MIchIgan. He IS a teleVIsion sports producer WIth WJBK-TV m Detroit. The couple traveled to Walt DIsney World and Beach Club Resort. They hve in Eastpomte. Dr. and Mrs. George H. Yoo Thomas-Yoo Karen Nma Thomas, daughter of Dr_ and Mrs NIcholas Thomas of Grosse Pointe Shores, mamed Dr. George H. Yoo of Owmgs MIlls, Md, son of Dr and Mrs. KI Chan Y00 of TO})'3ka,Kan., on May 7, 1994, at AssumptIOn Greek Orthodox Chw.::h. The Rev. DemetrIOs Kavadas officiated at the 4:30 p_m. ceremony, whIch was followed by a receptIOn at the Lochmoor , Club. The bride wore a long candlelIght silk gown which featured an off-the-shoulder neckline, Alencon lace trim, short sleeves and a cathedral-length train She carried a cascade of white dendroblum Orchids, roses and hlies The maId of honor was the bride's sister, Barbara Thomas of Grosse Pomte Shores. Bndesmalds were the bride's sisters, LIsa Cullen of St ClaIr Shores and Dr Pamela Thomas Yahanda of Houston, Dr Marion Couch of Baltimore; Colleen Freeburg of Grosse Pomte Farms; and Anne MacMichael of Farmmgton Hills. Attendants wore tWO-pIece dark purple smts with long SkIrts and peplum Jackets, They carned cascades of whIte lihes, lepto and ferns The best man was the groom's brother, Henry Yoo of Phoenix Groomsmen were Dr. Frank Chen of Baltimore; Dr. John Doane of Kansas City, Mo.; Rodney Bunde of Valley Falls, Kan ; Patrick O'Connell of July 21,1994 Grosse Pointe News Woodburry, Minn.; and Dr. Alan Yahanda of Houston. The mother of the bride wore a navy silk chIffon two-piece dress WIth a pleated skirt and a white orchId wrist corsage. The groom's mother wore a blue sllk two-piece dress with scalloped sleeves and a white orchId wrist corsage. Jack EllIS was the organist. Santhy Volls accompanIed the Assumption ChOIr quintet, dIrected by Peter Phllhps. Anna Niforos was the soloist. The bnde earned a bachelor of arts degree from the UnIversity of Michigan and a master's degree in business administration from Duke University. She IS completmg a bachelor of science degree m engmeering at the UnIversity of Maryland. The groom attended the UnIversity of Kansas Medical School and is a reSIdent at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in the the department of otolaryngology . The newlyweds traveled to St. Barts Island. They live in OwIngs Mills, Md Philip Shrader Rupprecht Rupprecht- Shrader Carol and Ed Rupprecht of , I tel', LIsa Rupprecht, to Philip Shrader, son of Marianne and Stephen Shrader of Grosse Pointe Park. A .Tnly 1995 UTedding IS planned. Rupprecht graduated from SagInaw Valley State UnIversity. She is an accountant with Ernst & Young. Shrader graduated from Michigan State University. He is a marketing representatIve and Lisa with Shrader Analytical & Consulting Laboratones Inc. Pommerville- Landauer Frankenmuth have announced Robert and Arlene Pommerthe engagement of theIr daugh- VIlle of Fort Smith, Ark., have New arrivals z Lillian Audrey Preston John and CynthIa Preston of St. ClaIr Shores are the parents of a daughter, Lillian Audrey Preston, born Apnl 10, 1994. Maternal grandparents are Audrey ReIdel of Palm Spnngs, Fla, and Arthur Pattyn of St. Augustme, Fla Paternal grandparents are Barbara Preston of the CIty of Grosse Pomte and the late Jack Preston Jude From page 1B talk about myself," says Sarah, who last year Jomed the St. Jude long-term SUrVIvorsgroup The story behmd the St Jude operation sounds lIke something from a screenwriter's word processor It reads like thIS. Da..rmyThomas, a young, strugglIng, unknown entertainer, entered the hIstone Church of St. Peter and St Paul on East Jefferson m DetroIt sometIme m the 1940s He was seekmg guIdance, and turned to St Jude Thaddeus, patron samt of hopeless causes "Help me find my place in hfe, and I will bul1d you a shrme," he promised the marble like ness. Smce 1962, St Jude ChIldren's Research HospItal has become the largest cancer research center In North Amer- Ica, says McGrath WhIle the hospItal attracts patIents and doctors from across the country, planners hope the week of champIOnshIp women's profeSSIOnal golf In Lake OrIOn WIll follow SUit "Many courses would love to host tlll~event," says Kelley AldrIdge Osgood, tournament dlfector "We're expectmg 80,000 spectators to watch the players make approxImately 1,000 bIrdIes, so pledges to BIrdIes for BabIes WIll mean a lot" ESPN WIll teleVIse actIOn on the 71 par, 6,244 yard Scottish deSign "older" course July 21 and 22, ABC WIll carry the fi nal rounds on Saturday and Sunday, Osgood say,; Laun Merten h the defendmg cham pIOn The winner of the '94 U.S Women',; Open Willi" celVe $155,000, the total PUl;,e IS $850,000 "Wr'le hopmg fO! lot,; of bll (lie'- ' "'ay" ,Jane Fox "St Andrew Christopher Flynn Jennifer A. and RIchard T. Flynn Jr are the parents of a son, Andrew Christopher Flynn, born May 24, 1994. Grandparents are RIchard and Sarah Flynn of Grosse Pomte Woods and Frank and Jenny Stemczynski of Harper Woods. Jude IS a place of hope - It helps famlhes find the hght at the end of the tunnel" To become a B~rdles for BabieS sponsor, call 1-800-334- OPEN l AppOintment EXCLUSIVES Holly Ann PommervUle and Andrew Thomas Landauer Madeline Helen Annette Mair Bruce and Jet Marr of Grosse Pointe Farms are the parents of a daughter, Madeline Helen Annette Mair, born May 7, 1994. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Johannes T. MelJers of Shedrecht, the Netherlands. Paternal grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. Bruce S. Mair of Redford Township. For the ))flde Edward Russell Sparrow TIMELESS ELEGANCE Gowns by Lazaro Edward Sparrow and MelIssa Marks-Sparrow of Princeton, N J., are the parents of a son, Lazaro faIl 1994 Trunk Show July 21 - 23 I ct premier bndal dbl\1ner [ ilZdTO pcr
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