SOCIAL LIGHTS/SALLY GERAK Here is the update on the recent social scene. Many more photos from each event appear online each week at downtownpublications.com where readers can sign up for an e-mail notice when the latest social scene column is posted. Past columns and photos are also archived at the website for Downtown.
Ted Lindsay Foundation Celebrity Golf Outing
Sally Gerak
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Ted Lindsay Foundation Celebrity Golf Outing The Ted Lindsay Foundation’s Celebrity Golf Outing was rife with moments to applaud. The 170 golfers ($1,125 & up) all got a 16” x 32” print of the three Red Wings stadiums signed by players who have starred at each – Lindsay (Olympia), Joe Kocur (JLA) and Dylan Larkin (LCA). The drawings were by former, all state, high school goalie Samantha Carrier, now a student at CCS. “If goalies (in my day) had been as pretty as Samantha, I might have taken more shots,” quipped the 93-year-old “Terrible” Ted to the crowd gathered for dinner (275 @ $165) at the Detroit Golf Club. Texas researcher Laura Hewiston reported progress in Autism Spectrum Disorder studies funded by the TLF that might make a big media splash in a few months…Ken McClure presented the foundation a check for $100,000 from Kroger’s customers…Nick Vondette and Mitch Owens and his family received Courage Awards for overcoming the challenges autism presents… Emcees Mickey Redmond and Ken Daniels announced that Dylan Larkin has committed to join Joe Kocur as co-chair of the TLF board…Frank Beckmann garnered $19,000 for four live auction items… Thanks also to the silent auction ($11,000) and sponsors, the 18th annual event added about $160,000 to the $4 million-plus already raised.
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5 1. Ted Lindsay (left) of Rochester, Jeff Blashill of Plymouth. 2. Marty Redmond (left) of Franklin, Nick Vondette of Rochester and Lew LaPaugh of Rochester Hills. 3. Janina Jacobs (left) of St. Clair Shores, Lynn Lindsay LaPaugh of Rochester Hills, Lindsay LaPaugh of Salt Lake City, UT. 4. Bridgit Finley Herman (left) of Bloomfield, Genevieve Finley of Troy. 5. Steve Lyons (left) of Royal Oak, Pete Mitchell of Oak Park, Spencer and Steve Eick and John Hess of Birmingham.
DiChiera Society Thank You Party
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1 Fay Herman (left) of Farmington Hills, Cathy Loria of Orchard Lake, Betty Bright of Bloomfield. 2. Stephanie Germack (center) of Grosse Pointe, Dr. Hershel & Dorothy Sandberg of Bloomfield. 3. Larry & Barbara Schiff of Bloomfield. 4. Assia Likomanov (left) of Grosse Pointe, Barbara Frankel of W. Bloomfield, Rick Williams of Bloomfield, Dodie David of Marine City. 5. Mary Ann Cromwell (left) and Elaine Fontana of Bloomfield, Allen Michael Jones of Detroit.
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DiChiera Society Thank You Party The annual Thank You Party for members of the Michigan Opera Theatre DiChiera Society ($1,000 & up annual donation) set a new bar for fun nostalgia. It was hosted by Ron Lipson and Cathy Loria in their lakeside home. It abounds with Detroit and Hollywood vintage artifacts, curated by historian/author Michael Hauser. Event co-chairs Barbara Frankel and Dodie David greeted the 88 guests with big smiles, knowing full well that good humor would rule the day. Cocktails and conversation on the lakeside terrace or in the lower level “play room” preceded the program. It had highlights, most notably soaring vocal performances by the five, current MOT Studio artists Harry Greenleaf, Cheyanne Cos, Michael Day, Katherine DeYoung and Allen Michael Jones and their introduction by resident program director Richard Leech. A Forte Belanger buffet dinner concluded the perfectly delightful Sunday afternoon. Care Night Patron Preview Party In advance of the upcoming CARE House fundraiser, host par excellence Lisa Payne generously wined and dined sponsors, board members and major donors at a cocktail hour gathering. The sipping, snacking and conversational updating about family members and summer travels paused only briefly for the host and CH Executive Director Blythe Spitsbergen to thank the assembled for their loyal support and to praise Care Night honorees Pat and Jerry Wagner. Friends of Preservation Bloomfield More than 50 supporters of Preservation Bloomfield ($100, $250 tickets) convened at the Iroquois Club to salute four generous people. One of them, Jake Bolyard, gave new meaning to the good neighbor concept. Soon after moving from Birmingham to Bloomfield Township, he learned that PB’s Craig Log Cabin needed its fireplace and chimney restored. Friends of PB President Mia Materka thanked Bolyard for his $50,000 gift of labor and materials, including reclaimed, locally-sourced, historic field stones. PB board President Michael Dul then 11.18