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Sara Eaker, Meredith McKenna, Rhonda Panczyk, Amber Joseph, Nicholas Leshley
We'll take you on a marvelous journey to the gems all around us: hot spots, locally owned stores and businesses, new and annual events, and parks and play places as we explore everything the Greater Rochester community has to offer.
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Good Times
A Year in the Life of OPC!
The Older Persons’ Commission (OPC) provides innovative programs and high-quality services for those 50-plus in the Rochester area. Many great activities, fundraisers and services are offered at OPC, a truly great place to be!
Gatsby Gala benefit for Meals on Wheels
Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in America, is an OPC favorite! Lap pool is open all year round.
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Pottery, one of the many art programs offered. Five-on-five basketball
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Broadway Mix, the fall musical
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Rochester Rotary Club Tuesday Luncheons
The Rochester Rotary Club hosts weekly luncheons every Tuesday at the Rivercrest Banquet Hall. Luncheon featured below was attended by over 50 Club Members; included an address by Rochester Hills Mayor, Bryan Barnett; and presentation by Rochester Rotary of a monetary grant to the Older Person’s Commission (OPC).
John Gaber with Paul Haig
Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett
Rhonda Panczyk & President Tom Neveau
Rotary presents a monetary gift to OPC’s Renee Past President, Jay Eastman with wife Linda & Cary Riggs (front) with Russ Shelton at the Cortright and Kelly Dean. Vito Pampalona. luncheon buffet table.
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Hot Spot
& MUER WHERE ALL-SEASONS SHOPPING MEETS ALL-SEASONS DINING ARTICLE SARA EAKER
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he Village of Rochester Hills is home to the eatery Kruse & Muer. This New American restaurant is a local hot spot for a cozy delectable
date night or respite from a day of shopping where you can settle in for a drink or two. Kruse & Muer is one of seven beloved restaurants in the Southeastern Michigan area owned by the famed restaurant partnership of Chuck Muer and Bill Kruse. Entering Kruse & Muer on a chilly winter night, the cacophony of con-
versation and warm ambiance welcomes you. Amidst the always-bustling dinner crowd, guests are seated in the various nooks and crannies of the dining room. Bottles of wine and glistening wine glasses sit perched as they wait to be filled. Tall vases with bright flowers and low hung lamps are aglow with soft lighting. A wall of pictures features regulars, giving patrons the feeling of being welcomed into someone’s elegant home rather than just an ordinary restaurant.
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Bill Kruse with his sons Casey and Alex.
“It’s funny how we pick the restaurants to eat at, but the ones we return to pick us.” The moment you are seated, you are offered a bag of freshly made, straight-out-of-the-oven baked bread. The bread alone is enough to give this restaurant four stars. One can’t help but ponder the reason for serving this manna from heaven in a bag. Is it in a bag because any customer of sound mind will ask for more to take home? Is it in a bag because it demands that customers unwrap it like the gift it is? Warm. Buttery. Poppy seed. Bread. For starters, the menu offers up a bevy of seafood choices including their famous Charley’s Chowder, a tomato-based fish chowder that harkens back to its days at the original Charley’s Crab on Pine Lake. American fare restaurant favorites include their chicken Caesar salad and their notable chop house crab cakes served with Maryland lump crabmeat and a roasted red pepper ruie. Fresh fish tends to rule here. Whether you are in the mood for Jimmy’s Great Lakes perch on a bed of mashed potatoes with a lemon caper beurre blanc or the seafood 12
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panroast entrée featuring gulf shrimp, sweet scallops and Maine lobster, slowly simmered with diced tomatoes and saffron, served over buttery rice pilaf with a wedge of crunchy garlic toast, the taste does not disappoint. With menu pricing for dinner entrees ranging from $10-$25 and desserts for about $5, the pricing for quality, taste and atmosphere is just right. Kruse & Muer offers a variety of non-seafood items as well. From grilled chicken fettuccine to an array of five different styles of pizzas there is something for everyone to enjoy. Follow any entrée with one of their unforgettable desserts like the warm apple crisp baked with cinnamon sugar apples and topped with brown sugar streusel. You will be glad you dined out. Fellow locals agree that Kruse & Muer is, “a hidden gem in Rochester.” One regular muses, “It’s funny how we pick the restaurants to eat at, but the ones we return to pick us.” Kruse & Muer will pick you to return to again and again.
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Healthy Lifestyle
Using Massage Therapy to Help Balance Your Life ARTICLE NICHOLAS LESHLEY, LMT
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alance is the key to your door of health. When you find equilibrium throughout your body, you reflect that outwards into the world and your everyday happenings. You exude peace and happiness. Your life eases as your stressors and anxieties fade away. When your mind is full of anxiety and worries, or when physical, mental or emotional trauma occurs, this transfers into your body tissues. This is when your muscles feel tight and stiff, quite often in your upper shoulders or lower back. You store everything that is happening— every thought, everything you are feeling within your tissues. Your body is actually a walking memory holding ecosystems in constant flux and striving to obtain balance in your daily life, but this takes work. Massage therapy is a great method for opening up and unwinding the soft tissues in your body and relieving pressure within your muscle groups. Massage therapy is literally a hands-on approach to healing the very core of your body. Massage reduces inflammation and blood pressure, increases circulation, provides sinus relief, reduces physical and emotional pain, eases tension headaches, and relieves pain associated with TMJ-related neck pain or headache. The list goes on and on.
Nic Leshley, LMT, Owner of Rochester Holistic Arts has been a massage therapist for 12 years. He works with many modalities of massage and bodywork, Thai massage, craniosacral therapy, yoga and meditation to help guide and empower people to feel balanced and at ease within their bodies.
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ochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett has powered the community to record-breaking new heights since taking office nearly 10 years ago. Rochester Hills, which boasts a population
of over 70,000 people, seemingly is always on the brink of garnering its next covetable accolade. It was just named the seventh best place to live, FBI data ranks it as the safest city in Michigan and the city is home to one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state. So, who is the man leading the charge behind Rochester Hills’ momentum? Third-term Mayor Barnett is equal parts driven and devoted to pushing limits to make Rochester Hills the absolute best community possible. Barnett spoke with Rochester Hills Lifestyle about whether a fourth term is in his future, his top action item for Rochester Hills in 2017 and how he balances being an around-the-clock mayor and around-the-clock husband to his wife, Corrin, and father to sons Kenneth, seventh-grade, and Tristan, sixth-grade.
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WORDS FROM THE MAYOR (CON TI N U ED)
Rochester Hills Lifestyle (RHL): What is your major area of focus for Rochester Hills in 2017? Mayor Bryan Barnett (BB): My absolute passion right now is delivering Riverbend Park. It's the city's first new park development project in 25 years. We need to do quality-of-life investments, and it's in an area in town that doesn't have a lot of parks. We're putting together funding and were successful in getting a decent size grant from the state in December [2016], and we just won a $40,000 grant from Scott’s MiracleGro for the park. Hardly a day goes by that I'm not thinking about how we advance delivery. We’re constantly looking for funding and want it to be the most innovative park and look like nothing in Southeastern Michigan. I'm passionate about innovation and want to embrace it. RHL: Life as mayor must vary wildly from one day to the next, but what does a sample day look like? BB: I don't think that exists and that's what I love about my job. I've been here nearly 10 years and haven't had the same day twice. I’ve woken up every day since 2006 super blessed and feeling lucky to work. I love our community and have the privilege to represent the people of Rochester Hills. I want
I’ve been here nearly 10 years and haven’t had the same day twice. I’ve woken up every day since 2006 super blessed and feeling lucky to work. I love our community and have the privilege to represent the people of Rochester Hills.
Rochester Hills to be recognized as a leader in all of Michigan and the Midwest for excellence, from how we run government to the services we provide. RH: How has your role as mayor and the community evolved since you took office nearly 10 years ago? BB: We've grown and have more people and some new exciting changes, but at the end of the day we're still in the customer service business. We
handle the same things we were doing 10 years ago—like fixing potholes and roads— but we need to use technology to collaborate with our neighbors and stretch dollars to go farther. My staff just told me we were named seventh best place to raise a family in a new list coming out. Those are the lists we love to make. There's a pride in that and a challenge in that. If you're the mayor, you want to keep climbing. RHL: What sparked your desire to first run for mayor? BB: I wasn’t raised in a home with politics. My father was a firefighter and my mother was a teacher and they ingrained in me the importance of giving
I wasn’t raised in a home with politics. My father was a firefighter and my mother was a teacher and they ingrained in me the importance of giving back.
back. I went to Oakland University and I ran for student body president and I fell in love with leadership. I ran for city council and was elected as the youngest member at the time and then ran for mayor and was the youngest mayor elected in 2006 for a city with a population over 50,000. 20
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WORDS FROM THE MAYOR (CON TI N U ED)
RHL: What's something surprising about being mayor that people might not realize is part of the job? BB: I never realized how much fundraising I'd do. Everything cool in government—whether you want an event or the biggest fireworks display—it's difficult to fund with taxpayer dollars, so you have to raise money. I spend a tremendous amount of time raising money whether it's for a park project or museum or whatever it might be.
My sons, Kenneth and Tristan, know their dad has a job that requires them to sometimes sit through meetings and have special moments interrupted but they’ve got to come with me on cool things. They met the governor and President Obama.
RHL: What are some things you like to do in your (albeit brief) down-time? BB: Fourth-graders come to our office as part of a school trip every year and I tell them that being mayor is a lot like being a mom and a dad—you're always on duty. I can't remember the last time I went out to eat with my wife or kids without someone coming up to ask a question or take a picture. It happens at restaurants or basketball games or anywhere around town and that's good. People feel I'm approachable. My sons, Kenneth and Tristan,
know their dad has a job that requires them to sometimes sit through meetings and have special moments interrupted but they've got to come with me on cool things. They met the governor and President Obama. In the rare moments I can get away, we love to travel. I also like to go to the movies quite a bit and sometimes by myself. I'll wear a hat, get a seat in the back and eat popcorn. RHL: How do you balance the around-the-clock aspect of being mayor? BB: It is a challenge because I most importantly want to be a good husband and father and I also want to be a good mayor and those things come in conflict occasionally. We have some unique things…our kids probably stay up a little later than most because I have meetings that run late so they’ll stay up so we can have time together. If I have conferences, I’ll try to bring my family. They’ve met some cool people and been to places and have had experiences that we never would have been a part of. I love my family and never want to lose sight of that. Thankfully, I don't need a lot of sleep. I usually go to bed at 1:30 a.m. or 2 a.m. and I’m up at 6 a.m. I'm terribly addicted to Diet Coke and it keeps me going. RHL: The constituents of Rochester Hills wrote you in for a third term, which is a testament to your popularity. What are some of your practices
Here’s what I hope—they’ve seen my record after this many years and they appreciate that I work hard and that my desire is to see our city succeed. I hope they feel I’m accessible. I wear emotions on my sleeve. I’m passionate about our city and my job and I think people recognize that.
that have made you successful with the people of Rochester Hills? BB: Here's what I hope—they've seen my record after this many years and they appreciate that I work hard and that my desire is to see our city succeed. I hope they feel I'm accessible. I wear emotions on my sleeve. I'm passionate about our city and my job and I think people recognize that. Winning a third term is unusual—it was the largest margin by a write-in candidate in our state—and I hope I've connected with our residents. It's about relationships. I give the same attention to an 84-year-old resident that's been here for 65 years that's frustrated about an issue that I do to a CEO that employs 400 people in our community. I hope the people feel I represent them well whether in the city or traveling around. I have our city's best interest at heart.
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$623,798
99.70%
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Oakland Hunt
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$635,000
95.50%
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Oakland Hunt
$605,514
$635,545
105.00%
129
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3.1
Downtown Rochester
$669,900
$639,900
96.00%
304
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3.1
Downtown Rochester
$659,000
$640,000
97.12%
240
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2.1
Vistas of Rochester Hills
$449,900
$641,305
142.54%
N/A
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2.1
Vistas of Rochester Hills
$504,900
$649,728
128.68%
N/A
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Clear Creek
$689,000
$652,000
94.63%
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Oakland Hunt
$659,400
$662,963
100.54%
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Rochester Hills
$684,900
$663,000
96.80%
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Kirklands
$699,900
$675,000
96.44%
184
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Trout Creek
$699,900
$685,000
97.87%
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Kirklands
$759,000
$749,000
98.68%
227
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4.2
Goodison Place
$815,000
$757,500
92.95%
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Twin Lakes
$799,000
$772,500
96.68%
133
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Hills of Oakland
$975,000
$825,000
84.62%
93
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4.2
Heights of Oakland
$1,150,000
$875,000
76.09%
54
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Oakland Township
$1,250,000
$900,000
72.00%
95
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4.2
Royal View Estates
$1,250,000
$1,075,000
86.00%
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$1,350,000
80.60%
327
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Financial Buzz
More than Money ARTICLE AMBER JOSEPH PHOTOGRAPHY AMBER JOSEPH AND MCFLY PHOTO + DESIGN
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hief Financial Credit Union has been proudly serving members since 1941. Chief has locations in Pontiac and Dearborn and has been headquartered right here in Rochester Hills since 2015. It prides itself on being the only financial institution headquartered in the greater Rochester area. Chief ’s mission is to be “more than money,” which extends beyond a tagline into the culture that it creates with its members, community and employees. It recently adopted a philanthropic mission statement as
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their full mission and believes worth is measured not only with a dollar sign, value has little to do with a bottom line and changing the world happens one person at a time. “Profit cannot be our highest goal. Our highest goal is to take care of our employees, members and communities, and profit will come as a result of that," Cheryl Bartlebaugh, marketing and development manager at Chief, says. Goals are not only financial but rather to create a seamless coexistence that gives members and employees products and services to be proud of and to give back to the community around them by encouraging community involvement and awareness. Along with this mission and goals, Chief ’s core values include integrity, diversity, perseverance, community involvement, dedication and social responsibility. Chief Financial’s values can be seen in their numerous community partnerships including a thriving relationship with Leader Dogs for the Blind which has resulted in over $100,000 given to support multiple life-changing initiatives. “Chief Financial and Leader Dog supporters share a deep passion for our canine companions and the life-changing services that Leader Dogs provides to people who are blind or visually impaired,” Tom Dluzen, president and CEO of Chief says. “We are dedicated to this partnership, the community and providing our valued members with continuous financial stability.” Chief also partners with Rochester College and has given the school over $100,000 for various initiatives, including acting as presenting sponsor of the restoration of Lake Norcentra Park. The park is a 14-acre area located on the college's campus. The goal of the project is to transform the area surrounding Lake Norcentra to create a community service learning park for the entire Rochester community. In 2015, Chief created iCare, a strategic pairing of its dealership and community partners, which incentivizes dealerships to support Chief ’s community partners and has raised over $150,000.
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Chief Financial Credit Union Community Partners: • Leader Dogs for the Blind • Rochester College • Gilda’s Club of Metro Detroit • Children’s Leukemia Foundation • Clinton River Watershed • Rochester Junior Women’s Club • Neighborhood House Photography by Amber Joseph
• Community Foundation • Paint Creek Center for the Arts • Michigan Animal Rescue League
Most recently, Chief has established the “Beyond the Labels” scholarship for Rochester community schools students starting in 2018. It is open to graduating students from any of the Rochester high schools, with preference given to students with emotional impairment and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. “Keeping in line with three of our core values of diversity, perseverance and social responsibility, this scholarship fund gives us the opportunity to award a student who embodies those same values and looks to continue to do so after high school," Dluzen says. “I am delighted Chief Financial Credit Union has established the Live Beyond the
Label scholarship fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Rochester," Jo Allen, executive director of the foundation says. “The scholarship benefits students who ‘live beyond’ an emotional impairment and/or ADHD diagnosis and is just one of the many ways in which Chief supports the foundation and the greater Rochester community.” Chief ’s vision is to stay true to its mission and continue to seek out and create ways to be “more than money” for the community, while providing superior service and support to its members and employees. To learn more visit ChiefOnline.com.
• Salvation Army • Baldwin Center • Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs • Yellow Ribbon Fund • 100 Businesses Who Care • Dearborn Goodfellows • Rochester Community Schools Foundation • Rochester Lions • Rochester Hills Lions
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Lifestyle Calendar
April APRIL 7 LENTEN NOON CONCERT ST. PAUL'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Come and enjoy a free 30-minute concert in the sanctuary at St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Light refreshments will be served after the concert. Kristy Barnes will be singing and playing the piano. Come hear her beautiful voice!
APRIL 21 ROTARY WINE TASTING FUNDRAISER BORDINE'S NURSERY Join the Rochester Rotary Club for their annual wine tasting fundraiser at Bordine's Nursery. The event includes food from local restaurants,
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Buddy’s Pizza will team up with the Capuchin Soup Kitchen to host
APRIL 15 BATTING CAGES OPEN BORDEN PARK The batting cages at Borden Park typically open around mid-April, weather permitting.
APRIL 17 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING CITY HALL AUDITORIUM The Rochester Hills City Council will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. at City Hall Auditorium. 30
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the 41st annual Slice for Life fundraiser. From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. patrons who purchase a ticket can visit any Buddy’s Pizza full-service location to enjoy an all-you-can-eat two-topping pizza and salad meal.
APRIL 28 ARBOR DAY COMMEMORATIVE TREE PLANTING TBD On Arbor Day, the last Friday in April, the Forestry Division conducts an annual tree-planting ceremony with the mayor presiding and often a local scouting
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or youth group in attendance. Different sites are selected each year for the Arbor Day tree. Borden, Spencer and Avondale Parks and City Hall grounds have all been chosen in the past. 4 p.m.
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Women in Franchising The franchise business model is no longer a man’s game. More and more women are finding a business home in the franchise world. Research and statistics confirm that women have been steadily rising in the ranks of franchise operators over the past couple of decades. The Small Business Administration (SBA) has been keeping tabs on women in franchising since the 1970s. The group has noted that women starting their own businesses have been on the rise for decades now. One study found that 10 percent of all companies established between 1975 and 2000 were women-owned franchises. Five years ago, the International Franchise Association (IFA) estimated the percentage of women operating franchises to be 25 percent—and that doesn’t include another 17 percent of the population where men and women operate franchises as partners.
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So just what is it about women and franchising that has spurred this marked growth? Well, skills, interests, and personality traits, among other things, seem to be playing a key role. Consider the following: • Women tend to be great organizers, can prioritize well, and have an eye for detail. Characteristics like these are a perfect match for operating a franchise. • Women often have the ability to think quickly, improvise, and adapt when necessary. Definite strengths when it comes to operating a franchise. • Women are known to have strong networking and communications skills—music to a franchisor’s ears, as communication with the franchisor, vendors, and customers is imperative. Female business owners also tend to be more financially conservative and willing to start small on their way to growing big. This is the kind of business approach and philosophy that is perfect for opening, operating, and growing a franchise. Franchisors know it.
APRIL 29 GREEN SPACE DISCOVERY HIKE HARDING GREEN SPACE PROPERTY Discover overlooked natural treasures right here in Rochester Hills! Enjoy a guided hike and learn about some of the undeveloped properties purchased by the city which are now protected as perpetual green spaces. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Be in business for yourself, not by yourself. Contact Mike Condon today for a free consultation to find out if franchising is right for you!
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AD AGENCY
Corner Store Creative (248) 953-4752 thecscagency.com Developath (248) 217-0408
BANKING
Chief Financial Credit Union (248) 253-7938 chiefonline.com
DENTISTS & ORTHODONTICS
Rochester Family Dentistry (248) 651-8787 rochesterfamilydentistry.com
DERMATOLOGISTS Skin Ovations (248) 299-8942
RochesterHolisticArts.com
248-330-9569 Rochester MI
ENTERTAINMENT & RECREATION
Larry Hamilton Golf (248) 505-1278 larryhamiltongolf.com Onyx Ice Arena (248) 601-6699 onyxicearena.com United Shore Professional Baseball League (248) 601-2200 uspbl.com
MASSAGE
Rochester Holistic Arts (248) 330-9569 rochesterholisticarts.com
MORTGAGE
Envoy Mortgage Rochester Hills (248) 218-0675 schamberlain-envoy. mortgagewebcenter.com
OTHER
Jax Kar Wash (248) 852-7715 jaxkarwash.net Modetz Family Funeral Home (248) 371-3777 modetzfuneralhomes.com
PET CARE
The Urban Dog (248) 652-4575 theurbandogstore.com
REAL ESTATE
FASHION & ACCESSORIES
FINANCIAL SERVICES & PLANNING
Stonecrest of Rochester Hills (248) 266-7680 stonecrestofrochesterhills.com
Saint Paul's Chuch Rochester (248) 651-9770 stpaulsrochester.org Leconte Men's Clothiers (248) 375-5577 leconteltd.com The KMC Group (248) 379-1163 kmcfranchise.com
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20th Century Stone (248) 701-6104 20thcenturystoneco.com
Candice Rich, Dan Gutfreund, Real Estate Specialists, Signature Sothesby's International (248) 385-0790 candicerich.signaturesir.com Don Robinson Century 21 (248) 652-7700 Residence at Royal Park (248) 652-8000 vitoanthony.com
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SENIOR LIVING & SERVICES
SPECIALTY SHOPS Lytle Pharmacy (248) 651-8511
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ASSISTED LIVING & MEMORY CARE Our mission is to provide loving support in a vibrant, world-class community. We are proud of the naturally engaging warmth you feel here at Stonecrest Senior Living! But, don’t take our word for it, come see for yourself!
Features of Stonecrest of Rochester Hills • No Buy-in or Entrance Fee • Maintenance-free living without the hassles of owning a home • Award-winning, Restaurant-style “Anytime Dining” • Dedicated, Professional & Caring Staff Available - All Day, Every Day • Vibrant Life™ program fostering overall well-being • Complimentary Scheduled Transportation • Walking paths and a variety of outdoor living spaces E Avon Rd
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Ask us about our exclusive Founders Club benefits. Space is limited! 1775 S. Rochester Road** | Rochester Hills, MI 48307
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Parting Thoughts
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ROTARY CLUB ARTICLE RHONDA PANCZYK
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otary International connects 1.2 million members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in 200 countries and geographical areas. Rotary clubs are open to people of all cultures and ethnicities and are not affiliated with any political or religious organizations. Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Through grants and other resources, Rotary members develop sustainable projects that promote peace, fight disease, provide clean water, support education, save mothers and children and grow local economies. The Rochester Rotary Club, a member club of Rotary International, was chartered on June 28, 1954, by a small group of independent businessmen who gathered to listen to a Romeo Michigan Rotarian explain what his Rotary Club was doing and why. This meeting was described as a brief but accurate description of the object of Rotary: to follow the international four-way test—is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?—and the motto of Service Above Self. Eventually, 23 men chartered the Rochester Rotary Club and began to apply the Service Above Self principles in their lives and businesses. From those humble beginnings, the Rochester Rotary Club has grown and developed into a thriving service
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club, and today the club is over 100 members strong and an organization that attracts prominent local businessmen and women who want to make a difference in the Rochester community and abroad. More than 20 community charities benefit from Rochester Rotary, which raises money through various fundraisers throughout the year, including poinsettia sales, a wine tasting fundraiser, an annual golf outing and smaller events and donations from members and club supporters alike. The money raised provides scholarships for Rochester area high school seniors, the ability for the club to champion international projects in Guatemala and aid in efforts of local charities. In addition to offering financial support, the Rochester Rotary Club established Interact groups at all four Rochester Community high schools and a Rotaract group at Oakland University. The club also established a community park that serves as a gateway to the Paint Creek Trail and enhances the lives of Rochester community members. The club welcomes new members who live or work in Rochester, Rochester Hills or Oakland Township. Rochester Rotary meets at noon each Tuesday at the River Crest Banquet Hall at Avon Road and Livernois in Rochester Hills. Learn more at RochesterRotaryClub.org.
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Location Nestled alongside Paint Creek, the Residence at Royal Park will be surrounded with natures beauty, yet only minutes away from city living. Walking and biking trails lead you to a vibrant and thriving downtown. Amenities at Royal Park Hotel • Housekeeping Service • Room Service • Security/Engineering Services • Underground Parking • VIP House Account with 10% Discount • Preferred Room Pricing for Guests • Fitness Center • Park 600/601 Restaurant and Bar • Preferential Reservations and Seating • Private Parties/Events in your Residence Serviced by RPH • Concierge and Business Services • Laundry and Grocery Services
For more information, please contact Vito Anthony at (248) 652-2000