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2C* The Observer/ THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1993
Writer is passionately involved in here and now
GRAPHOLOGY
PROFILES
LORENE
GREEN
Dear Lorene,
Handwriting
analysis ia a
subject of fascination
to me. I
am sure it holds
quite an accurate
portrayal
of my personality
and character
traits. 1
would sincerely
appreciate your
insight to what
you can read
ft*f» m my hanHttTlting, J Hm a
30-year-old, right-handed
female.
J.L.,
Farmington Hills
Dudman from page 1C
they have traveled the world as
Semcycle. The Abrahamses put
Pullum in touch with several of
their agents. He sent out resumes
and one agent responded with the
Rjutsu booking. He leaves Aug.
21.
Way of life
Entertaining has been a way of
life for the 23-year-old Redford
resident. He remembers that as a
small child he used his bedroom
window to entertain kids in the
neighborhood: "I d do anything to
make them laugh."
As a teenager, Pullum took a
10-week clown course, adopting
the persona of Duddles the
Clown, a happy hobo type of character,
In fact, his Dudman moniker
is a spinoff of Duddles. Friends
began calling him Dudman for
short and the nickname stuck.
Pullum got hooked on magic by
his sister after she took him to a
magic shop. Eventually, magic
Today's writer is passionately
involved in the here and now. She
appears to place emphasis on her
own actions, activities and interests.
The abstract realm may have a
limited role. She appears to be
loyal to the beliefs she espouses.
It is quite possible she is satisfied
with her beliefs and not looking
for anything new in this area.
She is cogizant of the "right"
behavior for her social set.
Learned behavior and chosen deportment
are practiced. She has a
However, she also has quite an
independent side which does not
wish to be held back "by past roots
or traditional norms. This could
act, but he grew tired of it after
graduating from Redford Union
High School in 1988.
Now, he serves up a basic comedy
.magic act although he likes to
think some of his clowning talent
shows through.
"I don't like to think of what I
do as normal magic," he said. "I
like to think of myself as a oneman
vaudeville show for the '90s
and beyond."
Following dreams
ANNIVERSARIES
In a way, Pullum has the entertainment
business in his blood.
His grandmother was a singer comedian
in vaudeville and was
billed as one of Winnipeg's best
entertainers. Not long before she
died, she told her grandson to
"follow your heart, follow your
dreams,"
Pullum doesn't have any one
person who has inspired him, although
he rattles off names like
Charlie Chaplin. David Copperfield.
probably the best known
Walter and Jeanne Vanderburg
Walter and Jeanne Vanderburg
will be the guests of honor at an
open house Aug. 7 at the Livonia
home of their daughter and sonin-law.
Holli and Ron Curl, to
mark their 50th wedding anniversary.
The party is being hosted by
their married children — the
Curls and Kevin and Suzanne
Vanderburg — and grandchildren
Eric, Ryan, Ross and Michele.
The Vanderburgs exchanged
vows on Aug. 14, 1943, at the Littlefield
Boulevard Presbyterian
Church in Dearborn. She is the
former Jeanne Peters.
result in ambivalence and indecision
at times.
A rather private person begins
to evolve as I continue to study
this handwriting. Only a few people
know this woman on an intimate
basis. She leans toward
concealment and protection.
Rationalization is a strong trait
of hers and cannot be missed. She
can probably come up with all
kinds of plausible reasons as to
why she did or did not do something.
This amount of rationalizing
is often a defense mechanism
to deny the existence of^a certain
problem or fear.
This is an astute young woman.
Her thinking Is curious and analytical.
Conclusions are usually
magician today, and Red Skelton,
who has entertained audiences for
decades with his Clem Kadiddlehopper
character. ^
He has found his support
through his parents, who tell him
what parts of his act look good
and what doesn't.
"They told me to get an education,
but they also told me to follow
my dreams. They have always
stressed that." he said.
He has shied awav from the
comedy club circuit, plying his
trade first at children's parties
and at corporate functions and at
local restaurants like Jacque
Demers and Carlos Murphy,
doing closeup magic.
For Pullum, the trip to Japan
will be the first step down the
road to doing what he loves to do
24 hours a day. As he sees it, the
trip opens up a lot of doors that
had been closed before. Currently,
he works full time at St. Mary
Hospital in Livonia, and does his
comdey work in his spare time.
Family from page 1C
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logical.
In her interpersonal relationships
she appears to reach out to
those she feels are able to enhance
her life in some manner.
Self-absorption may limit her insight
into others. Often she is
generous but may expect something
in return for what she does.
In the performance of her work
she is a self-starter. Her manner
is direct and results oriented. Efficiency,
motivation and will power
surface to make her productive.
She seeks instant gratification.
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Seemingly she has an innate
eye for aesthetic forms. Is she an
artist, designer or builder?
If you would like to have your
He also hopes to develop an
eight-minute "razzle dazzle act"
for Lasj Vegas — "I want to be"
funny, but not stupid funny."
Pullum realizes that working at
the Japanese resort offers a lot of
challenges, the first being the language.
He's addressed that by
taking an eight-week course at
Schoolcraft College. He learned a
few words and the rest are written
down on cards.
The second is the reserved nature
of the Japanese. Pullum's act
relies on audience participation
and he's prepared "to grab them
and drag them on stage" if necessary.
"I don't look on this as a job,"
he said. "It's not work, it's fun.
And when I have fun, the audience
has fun.
"I like Chaplin, but I don't
want to be compared to Chaplin. I
want to be known as Dudman and
have comedy and magic compared
to me."
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Campers from page 1C
working with 25 girls. The
experience was enough to bring
her back this year and even consider
being a troop leader this fall.
"I love kids, and my daughter is
here at camp," said Brohl as her
unit lined up to spend their
"cookie dough" (fake money
earned by selling Girl Scout cookies)
at the traveling trading post.
Hot items were water bottles from
Camp Metamora and stuffed toys.
Kristin Loudermilk of Westland
was buying a teddy bear and
water bottle.
"I really need another
toy and I really like him," she
said. "I collect them."
For Carolan, Megan, Kristina
and Katie, half way through
camp, they couldn't decide what
was the best thing they had done.
They did remember that Megan
named her now-departed goldfish
Elvis.
"Hey, Megan, Elvis died and so
did your goldfish," Katie said.
According to uilil leader Karen
Boyak of jLivonia, the youngsters
were going to use their tie-dyed
hankies as hand tnwpls
'They'll tie them on belt loops;
Girl Scouts doesn't believe in using
paper towels for ecological
reasons. They also use plastic
cups on shower rings in lieu of pa-
• 'That's what wa taach thaia la scouts... to
bo organized, to ba abla to plan oat things and
to ba abla to work togathar as a group.'
per cups.
This is Boyak's first year at day
camp and while fishing out the
collection of hankies from the
pails, admits she and her group
have been having fun.
"But it's so hot that they already
look tired (at 11 a.m.)," she
said.
One junior group was working
on wall hangings made on handmade
looms. passel of Sarahs
— Sarah Bowles, 10, Sarah Bender.
10. and Sarah Grossbart. 9, of
the Farmington-Farmington Hills
area — were busy weaving scrap
yarn through twine with fellow
camper Clare Wanielast of Livonia.
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This is Sarah Benders' first
year at camp and she's matter of
fact about why she came: "If I
didn't have these camps, I'd have
to stay with my grandma and
she's boring. And her house is
creepy. I think it's haunted."
Likewise, it's Sarah Grossbart's
The Observer/ THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1993 • SC
Katharine Redcay
first year at camp. With both parents
working, she had a choice between
Kaleidascope. YMCA camp
or staying home with her brother.
Scout camp won out, hands down.
Greene worked her way up and
down the picnic table, helping the
girls master the weaving process.
Camping has been a part of her
life for a longtime.
"I've been a leader for three
years and I've been family camping
for 25 years," she said. "And
when I was a Girl Scout many,
many years ago, my best memorywas
of day camp when it was
down in Hines Park."
For Greene, Kaleidascope is a
warmup for her next assignment,,
director of Outdoor Odyssey «—
"It's outdoor.-skills with a 16f of
fun thrown in."
The other junior group was
working on its lunch — pizza
bagels and monkey bread prepared
in a box oven.
"You use four cans of biscuits
and cut the dough into quarters,
roll it in cinnamon and sugar, put
it in a greased pan and bake it in
the box oven on a grill," said
Shanna Barkume of Farmington
Hills, picking at the sticky monkey
bread coating on her hands.
"For that amount, I think about
45 minutes."
This is her first year in the juniors
and she's a veteran day
camper.
"It's fun," she said. "I've done
it for two years and each year, it's
a new year, same name, but everything
is new. Last year we didn't
make sand candles, FoTk art necklaces
or paperweights."
Vickie Kelly of Taylor and Sue
Heintz of Redford are the unit coleaders.
While admitting the
weather is a bit on the hot side,
they were glad they hadn't had
the "R word" — rain.
Back at the traveling trading
post, Caitlin McCormick, 8, of
Novi, gave a resounding endorsement
of Murrayji and Redcay'sa
day camp: "My Mom's best friend,
told her about this and she asked
me if I'd like to go. I said 'yeah, it
sounds like fun," and it has been
fun . . . we're gonna tie-dye Tshirts
today. I did one and turned
out all purple. I hope I do better
today."
JIM jAGDrKU>/STA*T PHOTOGRAPHER
Colorful:
Lindsay
Fleer, 9, of
Taylor gets
ready to remove
the
rubber bands
from her just
tie-dyed Tshirt.
Cultural 'melting' may help to bring people together
MORAL
PERSPECTIVES
REV. DAVID
STRONG
I suppose that
we should become
used to
being shocked.
In one day I was
shocked by three
accounts. The
first described
the plight of millions
of children
who are forced to
work in India
and nearby na-
tions. Children
as young as four work under conditions
that would be difficult for
adults. Yet without working,
these children would not survive.
The second story reports that
native Americans are seeking to
have the laws changed so that
children will not be taken away
from their families. The families
are now charged with child neglect.
The parents answer that it
is not neglect but simply poverty.
The white social workers do not
understand the difference between
poverty and actual neglect.
The third account is a report of
the practice of female genital mutilation.
A Somalian family who
live in Atlanta are deciding
whether to have the clitoris of
each of their three small daughters
surgically removed. It is the
custom in their culture. In various
parts of Africa some 80 mil-
lion women have been so mutilated.
I realize that my shock after
reading these articles was because
the victims of these evils are children.
I feel compassion and concern
for children who are damaged
by such terrible realities. Yet
I am aware there is also another
issue in each of these stories. It is
the issue of contrasting cultures
coming into contact with each
other.
The close contact of vastly different
cultures and economic conditions
brings waves of shock and
misunderstanding, In America we
used to assume that people who
are different from us will melt
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