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SB DETROIT FREE PRESSWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1991 Congrats! WeddingsEast i ll.J,. I'OI'UI I II Macomb attorney earns jflamboyant reputation BIRTHDAYS: mm Frank Dopke of Detroit, a Ford Motor Co. retiree who was hired personally by Henry Ford at age 14, celebrated his 100th birthday on Aug. 24. He was born on Phono Cfttmf feliiiVERSARIES The Ransoms Aug.

2: Lois and Gerald Ransom of Mt Clemens celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on the same day Gerald unexpectedly had triple-bypass heart surgery. The surgery went well, so family and friends went on with the planned anniversary party scheduled Aug. 3 at a VFW hall. Gerald is back home and making a good recovery. The Ransoms met as youngsters when her mother's best friend married Gerald's father in 1927.

Their children are Lois Dahlin of Lake Mary, Joan (Bradly) Fett of Grand Haven, and Kathy (Neal) Saul of Lancaster, Tex. Their grandchildren are David Dahlin, Michael and Adam Fett, and R. Gerald and Jonathan Saul. IM.I.W... (J i and attended St.

DPke Albertus School. He was married to his wife, Francis, for 75 years until her death in 1987. His family includes eight children, seven grandchildren and 13 greatgrandchildren. He is known among family and friends for his singing and dancing. MacFarlane-Strous June 15: Heather MacFarlane of Memphis and Vito Strolis of Mt.

Clemens were wed at the American Lutheran Church in Mt. Clemens. The bride's parents are Janet and Duncan MacFarlane of Memphis. The bridegroom is the son of Rosalina Paul of Mt. Clemens and Rimantas Strolis of Alpena.

The newlyweds plan a December honeymoon cruise of the Caribbean. They now live in Clinton Twp. Trimer Hartley July 6: Margaret Trimer of Livonia and Daymon Hartley of East Detroit were married at WeUer's Carriage House in Saline. They honeymooned in Oregon and now live in Commerce Twp. The bride's parents are Algird and Dolores Trimer of Livonia.

The bridegroom's parents are Joseph and Bette Hartley of Johannesburg, Mich. JOHN K. SnRUNG has retired after 32 years of service as information officer for the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority. He joined the Metroparks as a seasonal recreational employee at Metro Beach during the BY JEFFREYS. GHANNAM I Free Press Su8 Writer i Forget that Jaime Rodriguez Jr.

confessed three times to murdering i and beheading Stephanie Dubay. Defense lawyer Timothy Barkovic had tactics he figured just might get Rodriguez acquitted. Rodriguez's demonic split personality "Jim" was in control the day Dubay was murdered and mutilated, Barkovic a Macomb County jury in June, playing to the packed courtroom, including reporters and TV cameras. And Barkovic appeared determined to shock the jury by showing a gruesome video of the slaughter scene, trying to shore up the insanity defense. Rodriguez was convicted.

But that hasn't changed Barkovic's freewheeling, theatrical style. In a series of high-profile cases, he has earned a growing reputation in Macomb County for flamboyance. When a 20-year-old rape and abduction victim said her attacker had what looked like a cat tattooed on his right upper arm, Barkovic, defending John Belcher, 39, of Warren, subpoenaed a parolee who had briefly been suspected of the crime and who had a tattoo of a lion on his arm. Belcher, 39, was convicted. Barkovic brought in a West Coast memory and perception specialist to show that race, stress and the passage of time influenced witnesses who testified about the beating death of black teenager Chuckie Gibson during a fight with white teens in Roseville.

The jury convicted Barkovic's client, John Whitman, 19, of felonious assault, a lesser crime than the open murder that was charged. Some courthouse observers say Barkovic's sometimes implausible arguments actually undercut his cause. Others say he's creative and zealous. He says he is doing his job the way he does it best. "Unless you can approach a case with a lot of enthusiasm, you shouldn't do it," Barkovic, 39, said recently while tugging on his collar-length light brown hair, a habit he's had since boyhood.

"I like a challenge. Otherwise I'd plead more cases." Assistant Macomb County Prosecutor Gerald Warner, who tried the Gibson case, said: "I think good trial attorneys have to be theatrical. Tim jQlm summers oi Sterling journalism at Saginaw High School. David Moilanen of Green Oak Twp. will succeed Sterling.

AURED WAGNER of Warren was presented III i II The Sinds Aug. 27: Joanh (O'Connor) and William Sind of Roseville celebrated their 30th anniversary at their summer home in Leamington, Ontario. They were wed at Holy Name Church. William is a retired Detroit Police officer. Their children are Lisa (Joe) Manzella of Shelby Dr.

Paula Sind of Palm Bay, Jackie Sind of Mesa, and BM2 William Sind, stationed on the U.S. Navy ship John Hall. ALAN KAMUDADetrott Free Press Timothy Barkovic defended Jaime Rodriguez who was convicted of murdering Stephanie Dubay. has that talent." Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga said Barkovic is a good attorney, but added: "I don't think this person is someone to be emulated. I think some of his tactics are unusual, distracting and frankly, some of them just don't work." Circuit Judge Deborah Servitto said Barkovic is a solid lawyer who keeps abreast of the law.

She added: "Sometimes he looks like he's going to explode. I tell him to slow down." Barkovic graduated in 1975 from Eastern Michigan University. He describes himself as an average law stu-. dent at the Detroit College of Law, graduating in 1979. He still lives in the Warren home his parents bought when he was 8.

He and his wife, Shaqe, have a 2-year-old daughter and a child on the way. Court-appointed felonies such as the Rodriguez and Belcher cases don't make up his whole practice. Last year, he earned more than $100,000 in a lawsuit over a traffic death. He said an early ambition was to be a geologist. Maybe that's why, in pursuing a case, he tries to leave no stone unturned.

1'i I Detroit Edison's VanGelderen-Yarema July 19: Lisa Marie VanGelderen and Terrence John (T.J.) Yarema were wed at St. Joseph Church in Lake Orion. They met while both attended Oakland University. The bride's parents are Maryanne and Tim VanGelderen of Shelby Twp. The bridegroom's parents are Gloria and Terry Yarema of Metamora.

Alex Dow Award, a recognition of employee achievement. Wagner was honored for developing a data automation ji ti Barton Sokol Aug. 16: Kimberly Rene' Barton of Troy and David Neil Sokol of Sterling Heights renewed their wedding vows among family and friends at St. Rene Catholic Church in Sterling Heights. They were wed on Aug.

14, 1990, at a chapel at Ft. Campbell, just before they were sent separately to Saudi Arabia. They had hoped to marry in January 1991, but the Persian Gulf war changed their plans. Both husband and wife attended West Point, and graduated with commissions in 1989. They returned to Ft.

Campbell in April and live in Clarksville, Tenn. Their parents are David and the late Linda Onesian of Troy, Craig and Carol Barton of Royal Oak, Kathleen and Tom Rogers of Sterling Heights, and Edward and Patricia Sokol of Shelby Twp. Andrews-Carlson will make it Wagner for utility ot manage materials inventories. He is a senior application programmer specialist in Detroit Edison's Information Systems Organization. The award is named for a former Detroit Edison president Aug.

10: Susan Thomson Andrews and Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson were wed in the chapel of St. George School in Newport, R.I. The bride's parents are James Ricci 'ORCID TO LIQ Susan Thomson Andrews Lillian Taggart A Andrews and Rev. George Andrews UlDATli MEN WOMEN! nT The Konens Aug. 30: Helen and George Konen of East Detroit will celebrate their 70th anniversary on Friday.

He is 89; she is 86. They met and married while still in their teens in eastside Detroit's HarperVan Dyke area. Their children are Carolyn (Penny) Bennett of East Detroit, George Konen Jr. of Holland, and Larry Konen of Woodbury, J. They have five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

STORE CLOSING 8-31-91 SHERMAN'S EASTLAND STORE FOR o) d) II of Grosse Pointe Farms and Boca Raton, her grandparents are Dorothy and William Taggart of Grand Rapids and Boca Raton. The bridegroom's parents are U.S. Ambassador to the Seychelle Islands Richard Warner Carlson and Patricia C.S. Carlson of Washington, D.C., and La Jolla, his grandparents are Mary Nickel James of Honolulu and San Francisco, and the late Gilbert and Roberta Swanson. The couple honeymooned in Bermuda and now live in Washington, D.C.

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