Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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PATRONS William and Pamela Way David and Cheryl Weir Neil and Marsha Wester Mr. and Mrs. A. Wierman Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Wilkes, Jr. Mrs. Terrie Kenner-Wilson Don and Shirley Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Brian F. York Mr. and Mrs. Roland Zitzmann Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Zorn Use Your Head With PYRAMETRICS The Scientific Cut For Today ' s Looks Jim and Roxie Salon 3644 W. Maple $3 off 1st cut 8 off 1st perm Birmingham, Micfiigan (313) 642-2666) HOLMES HARMON CORPORATION Detroit Birmingham, Michigan REALTORS. APPRAISERS. MORTGAGE BANKERS PROPERTY MANAGER CONDOMINIUM SALES REAL ESTATE RESEARCH 484 PIERCE STREET BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN 48011 PHONE 313-644-7700 c OMMUNIT Y 644-2087 Saves Lives by Kevin Mylod In the spring of 1983 a Ferndale senior was treated for minor head cuts after hitting his head on his friend ' s windshield. His friend had been driving drunk. Similar- ly, in 1984, a senior at Seaholm was involved in a drunk driving accident. Although he was not intoxicated, the outcome ended with his tragic death. Teenage drunk driving has increas- ingly become a serious problem in our community. The Traffic Improvement Association stated that an average of 18 teenagers die each year in the Oakland County area due to drunk driving related accidents. It also said that most of the incidents happened less than ten miles from the homes of those involved between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Is there anything that can be done to stop such unnecessary deaths? In 1984 David Katchman of Birming- ham Groves High School along with Seaholm ' s Mitch Fischer began a student organzation called Safe Rides. Katch- man had heard about it from a high school in Darien, Connecticut. Safe Rides is a service which provides a ride for teenagers who are too intoxicated to drive or who feel their friends are too drunk to drive them home. It is based at the First Presbyter- ian Church and runs between 9:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. I think it has been very successful. I haven ' t heard of many fatal accidents since it started, noted senior Beth Snider. We are building a good reputa- tion in this community and because of it more people know about it and more people use it, asserted junior Simon Tomkinson. Along with Seaholm and Groves, Lahser and Andover are now a part of the Safe Rides family and about six trips are made out into the Birming- ham Bloomfield area each night. That is a sharp increase over the one or two calls received in its first year of opera- tion. And although Safe Rides may not help solve teenage drinking, it helps save Quicklv jotting down the time and exact location of a stranded caller, sophomore Kelly Holden does her part In helping the community by volunteering her Saturday night to Safe Rides. photo by Todd Morton COMMUNITY ADS 279

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c OMMUNIT Y Will it Ever be Finished? by Todd Morton This is the question that has plagued everyone ' s mind. Will the People Mover ever be totally finished? After almost 10 years on the drawing boards, Detroit ' s $135 million dollar People Mover hit a stretch of bumpy track in April of 1985 when the Reagan administration told the South- eastern Michigan Transportation Au- thority to stop work on it. The People Mover will be a single- rail, one-car conveyance which would travel a three-mile loop around the downtown area on an elevated monorail. If everything had gone right politically, the People Mover could have been in operation in 1985. It is scheduled to be opened Monday through Saturday from 7a.m. to 2a.m. and on Sundays it will be open from 10a.m. to 6p.m. The fare to ride the People Mover will be 40c. The one-car unit is heated, air-conditione d and will have two spots for wheel chairs. The car will hold up to one hundred people. In case of heavy snows and ice the track can be heated to keep the Mover moving. Sophomore Joe Kopcha stated that it ' s a step in the right direction, maybe they ' ll finish it. Senior Kristin Fitzpatrick added, If the monorail project gets off the ground, 1 think it will be a great boost to Detroit ' s image and economy. The ghostly figure of the unfinished monorail project looms high above a rainy Detroit city street. The People Mover project has been plagued with prob- lems ever since the start. Pholo by Doug Engle LAW OFFICES SCHIER, DENEWETH PARFITT PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1411 NORTH WOODWARD AVENUE BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN 48011-1080 (313) 642-1811 PATRONS Gail ' s Office Supply 1020 S. Woodward at Lincoln The Gifted Touch Floral Design 540-2125 Good luck Seniors! Kingsway Associates ERA Kathryn Scott, Women ' s Apparel in Birmingham Forster - Laidlaw Florist 144 n. Hunter Blvd. 647-3000 280 COMMUNITY ADS