A C /I to Undelstanding./u. ....
It is 1984, and even though e re
ppo to believe that we are living in
the Land of Opportunity, one question
rocked mu . u1 for long it too
me to understand the meaning of the
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ord: freedom. •
Opportunity to hom, for what?
y a penon h traveled down the
road of life never fullfill.ing the go t
for them I by their dream and hopes
inspored by the exclu ive American
Dream. ere the go t too high?
too much asked of the spiritual
rum?
it too much to a that young
Blac man inquired of ucce ,to request
to li his white counterparts: standing
n his 0 n or s as foundation of his
moral orth? Or was this Black youth
king too much to be m asured by hi
Silian
Criticiz
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De Editor:
. ten to what we recently exper­
ienced! This i ith regard to Con­
gre an ar Siljander's form-letter on
Central America. Seventy re ponsible,
ell-informed citizen (from 16 different
cltie in the 4th Di trict), igned a letter
expre ing our d ep concern over Rep.
Siljander' Central rnerican policy.
After a four- ee it, e received our
Congressman' n er. Hi re pon to
u a copy of identical form-
leter with' hich originally took
Virginia Tilly
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chievement in tead of his st tistical nu­
meral accounting on a government chart.
For myself, I can half way understand
the orking of n inhuman system de-
igned to work of for, and by the people.
The other half I don't under tand is ho
can a people of a nation (who not more
than the tum of centennial length of
time) believe that Blacks were merely no
more than 'property" keep on living in
conditions that would make ten thousand
maggots . c . Don't get me wrong, I'm
not knocking dreams. A a matter of f ct,
it's those dreams that keep many alive. ,
But I can't, not won't, condone the -
fact that there are f too many Blac
plus people of all other races who simply
can't live the life society has cho n for
them. And I mean Cho n - I did not
- stutter!!
To say "I can be whatever I want to
be," i turning more into a ''wishin will
make it so" t te of mind. Agree, there
are many who would rather sit bac and
wait for the Social Service dinner to come
around. But for each one of tho there
are ten tim his number who wish to
tand on their own two feet and make
and mold their own futures without
restraint nor 10 of what they really
earned yet never acquired becau ociety
doesn't feel it is owed to them.
any Blacks in the south lack the
kno ledge to acquire the true freedom so
long in comin . Here in the northern
state we have that knowledge. We just
lac the common n to make it work.
What does it t e to understand that our
true leader would not have hi people in
ch o?
Demetrius Williams
Mu kegon
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AUGUST 1 - 7, 1984 THE CITIZEN PAGE ELEVE
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Local Talent
August' 4, 19 4 along with m ny ther
jazz great.
In the uskegon area thi person i
probably the Dean of Jazz. ost p pie
who know him c II him 'Ham t but hi
name is Bill Barrett. Bill i a very fine
jazz organist who e style i mu h like
the greats of Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy
Smith nd Groove Holmes. Bill' talent
is a rare gem in this area. Hi tyle of
play is unique in it If, is chord change
are often elegant and his jazz interpre­
tations and improvisation ar impec­
able.
If you get a chance, by II mean
check out this gifted mu ician at the
Blue Lake Fin Arts mp in T in
Lake, ichigan. Let's hear it for the
man. Let's hear it for LO AL TALE T
Until the n xt time t B 0 l!! With
Jazz.
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ST. JOSEPH - P tients with Blue
Cro /Blue Shield of Michigan in urance
again have full ho pitalization coverage
t ercy and emorial hospital in Ben­
ton Harbor and St. Jo ph.
The announcement of a new contr ct
between the ho pitals and the st te'
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largest insurer w made today by Lester
Tiscornia, chairman of the Board of
Trustees for the Southwestern Michigan
Health Care ociation (SWMHCA.
HCA owns and oper te the two
f cilities,
"Our ne contract ensur all Blue
Cross patient renewed and full
coverage t ercy and. emorial hos­
pitals," aid Tiscornia.
The hospitals terminated th it former
contract with the insurer September I,
1983.
According to Verlin Harder vice
pre ident of fi cal service for the
HCA, Blue Cross will reimbur e
the ho pitals directly for ervices to
Blue Cro members. Tho payments
will be accepted a payment in full for
all benefit covered under member con­
tracts. The only exception will be
deductibles and co-payment .
The new arr ngement sati fie the
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Th right vo e In the August 7th REPUBLIC prim ry can mean th dlfferen
bet reasoned arms control or runa ay spending. Historically, In t
4th Congressional District it is the REPUBLICA primary that dec des who �
our Congressman will be. �
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t.. h gh ml_ I ral • and I g ng CIVIl! lechnology. once our gr
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If you are concerned about the Nuclear Arms Race, Freedom of Speech, ERA:
neNe g • U.s. Military action In Central America and th Persian Gulf, August 7t
ill be your best chance to make your v s COUNT. •
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By Ro rt oore
What's the deal on local talent?
I've often heard a lot of people down­
play local talent simply be u it's local.
any well known performers com into
our communities and don't do ell a
all, yet here i Joe Blo around the cor­
ner me times in ba ment, local
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variety show, and sometime ire t
comer, blowing the roof off, but it
doe n't mean anything becau we kno
JOE.
Let's give credit where credit is due.
If a person can pi y they can play at
home or bro d. fter all what ar
we? Ju t local tint.
Speaking of local tal nt, there is a
legend of sports in the e t ichigan
area ho ill performing t Blue
Lake Fine Arts C p Jazz Fe tival,
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ss iati n' expectation f r full reirn-
bur ment for rvices covered y Blue
Cro /Blu Shield, id H rder.
The new greernent, dded Harder,
will have no effect on the benefit levels
of p tient over 65 who hold Blue Cro
Supplement I Policies in dditi n to
edicare coverage. The meth d f
payment for their benefits, ho ever,
will be ffected.
"Blu Cro will no send upple-
ment I benefit payments directly to
the hospital for patients over 65. 0
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longer will the e ubscriber have! to be
re pon ibl for forw rdin their p yments
to our hospit ," hid.
Patients with edi are nd 'dicaid
well as th
ith com-
cover get
mercial in ur nee, were unaffected by
termination of the hospital f rmer
c ntract and are not affected by the ne
contract.
Harder . add d that the h pital'
In urance Information HOTU num-
ber, 983-0 i av ilable t
wishing m r informati n ab ut their
in urance coverage. Th HOTU
number i taffed from a.m. - 1 n n
and 1-5 p.m., onday through riday.
TOM cCOY ... fIn lIy, someone for the people
long-time t Id nt of Bernen County whose
lu S Includ hI famllY)lfe and cornmumty
fj�ler,�eo s tv c projects A man who does not
..itgl'\ mrn I 0 f w who does not follow,
out t.no 0'" cuon In helpIng you
T tol 0 Ing compnses some of hIS
oac ground.
• Prlvlt Prlct e 20 yelr.
• •. .t Pr" �u ��g ".!t�r��y
• Townlhlp Trult.. Planning Commi sion
• L g I Ad�Jlor - Church • Civic & Frat rnal
• Probate Court - Guardian Ad litem
• Federal Court
• State Appellate Court
• State Suprem Court
• Paid Life Member F.O.P'
• mber, American Legion
• emb t, Lions
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