Twelve-hour days will be the norm for Agnes Scotf during the Channel 56 Auction.

vice president ofspecial projects last
year, Scott says she still hasn't com-
pletely walked away from fund-
raising. "I still like to be doing my
bit on-air during the pledge drive,"
she says. "But it's fun to get my
hands, into some projects these funds
pay for."
Delving into a large cardboard
box overflowing with books, manu-
als, bits and pieces of papers and
notes (she calls the box her "bucket
of information"), she is working on
one of the projects; which she says
will mature early next year in the
form of an on-air campaign, dealing
mostly with information about
health care for the elderly.
"You've got at least two genera-
tions that need, this information,"
she ' says, "the elderly and the
caregivers -- middle:aged people
who get through raising their chil-
dren, and then find their parents he
coming more and more dependent.
Unfortunately, the care (available) is
not always obvious to those who
need it most."
Another pet project she's work-
ing on involved high school students.
Initiated last year, , Project Gradua-
tion is a campaign in which WTVS,

during prom and graduation season,
works with other .media and com-
munity groups, encouraging high
school seniors not to drink and driVe.
"I was one of just two or three
people who figured out how to make
Project Graduation work in this
community," she says. "To see some-
thing like this you've created practi-
cally from the ground–up, to see it
work, to see kids buy into the, idea
.. it's probably the single most re-
warding thing that has happened to
me in the last five years," she says,•
adding that the project is now being
used as a model for similar programs
in Flint, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and
other Michigan cities. ' (A
conununity-wide rally at Cobo Hall,
planned for April 22, will kick off
this season's eight-week effort.)
Also coming up is Channel 56
Auction Week.Scheduled to start to
night at 7 p.m., the "week" lasts
nine days.
"There's nothing like it," says
Scott.
get up, come to work, work 12
hours, go home, fall in bed, go to
sleep, get up, come to work, work 3,2
hours, go home .
"But, my family's grown, and

my husband's very co-operative," she
says. "And I don't try to maintain
the image of the perfect house-
keeper. We think of our home as our
pad, and not as our castle, if you
know what I mean."
Scott and 'husband Julian, a
manufacturers' representative, were
married in 1949, shortly after she
graduated from the University of
Michigan withoi bachelor's degree in
philosophy.
"I immediately, then set about, I
think, to re-populate Detroit by hav-
ing three children in 31/2 years," she
says. "Then, there was a fourth
about five years later. There were
times When I felt like I was glued• to
the seat of a station wagon," she
says of the years when her children
were growing up. Oldest son Marty
is now. a Detroit attorney; Chuck is a
computer specialist; daughter De-
borah is a music teacher in the
Berkley school system; and younget
son David is director of advertising
and promotion at radio station
WRIF.
Scott herself grew up near the
New Center area, not far from where
she works today, and can remember
walking to the Fisher Building with

her mother on afternoon jaunts to do
some shopping, maybe take in a
movie, visit the dentist, or play on
the children's merry-go-round there.
Her uncle was married to the
sister of architect Albert Kahn, and
Kahn, who designed and painted the
ceiling' art in the Fisher Building,
also painted some of the same work
in the sun room of the house• where
Scott giew up. "I'm really walking
through my roots whenever I visit
the Fisher Building," she• says. "It
always reminds me of home •and
childhood days."
While Scott's roots may run
deep,' and her activism may be some-
thing • instilled in her from childhood,
neither totally accounts for her all-
out community involvement.
"It's not just that •I'm concerned
about the community — it's fun for
me to do what I do," she says. "I
really do love communicating with
people." .
What does she do when she's not
working?
"I just like to go home, take off
my shoes, maybe get out my knit-
ting, work• on some sweaters," she
says. "And I like to watch television
— mostly Channel 56." 0

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