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<br />FUfI11tUl _ Move over: Neiman-Marcus. There's But one reason the catalog came to be - partment director Daniel Krichbaum re-
<br />Atthough Computer some :competition coming to the gift catalog was the tradition of civic giving that has ports that some Detroiters have contributed
<br />fumiture is still looks business. prevailed in this,well-to-do North Shore sub-.. sports equipment or have .beautified park
<br />Eke 1! belongs in the This time, however, there's a difference. urb. Lake Forest owes everything -from areas and kept them litter free, while others j
<br />office, experts Everything you buy is to be shared with -its library and golf course to the $100,000 an- have provided dollars for park benches and
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<br />.predict home your town. .nual budget of its community center and the .ether routine purchases. He notes that this
<br />fumiture companies The new catalogs -there are less than a new 58,000 oak. table used in City Council year, for the first time, local corporations
<br />will jump into the half-dozen of them. -offer the usual tempt- meetings - to 'the generosity of local pitched in to supply the $30,000 usually ob-
<br />market as more ins photos and charge-card billing privi- ' -businesses, civic groups, and individuals. twined from federal and state sources to sup-
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<br />personal leges. From them you can pick a new bench, "We knew that people here were gener- port scholarships for inner-city youngsters
<br />.?computers. Page 15 a water fountain, or even a swimming pool ous, and our feeling was that we should lay at a city-ru4 camp about 30 miles from
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<br />Commentary: the tlnle t0 $tOp race pers: the quality of~city life does not thrive .The concept of a city gift catalog dates lowed to select the kind of tree - "we en-
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<br />Commentary: it'S-~tane #Or JeWiSh - from trash containers to a new fire engine or to put out a catalog, calls on its residents to to $1,000 or more, the district runs a large
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<br />- ~ $30,000 to spare, he can help thetown solve a facilities are available and encourage them t giving as
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<br />i0u'ts ~ ~1fi - .Food 1$,19 Fishbach admits that. some of ~ gifts in_the -gifts, rather than from businesses.. man Randy Arndt: "There has to be a little ;
<br />Books - 16,11 Home Forum 2D handbook are of the ".dream"variety. the =. For the last two years the Detroit. community tradition of philanthropy before
<br />-.Business iD,11 .-Home/living 15 community, for. instance, -will probably Recreation Department has sponsored a :you can expect anidea-like this to really get `
<br />..:Editorial ~ _24 - .Spurts iD : ` never build an indoor swimming pool unless 'Partners Program, including a gift catalog. - off the ground.'' ~-
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