The Luckie t People
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enever you have an oppor­
tunity to do mething you
really enjoy, you are one of the
luckie t people in the orld.
This is an expre . on of Cheryl
Ladd, a popular movie actre ,
in regard to her role nu
in a current movie.
Since thi i my 17th year of
employment in I the uskegon
Heights High School, 14 of them
in the counseling office and the
I three as a vocational counse­
lor and in the c oom, e ery
ear a pie reable one to one
degree or another, I con' der
� y If to be among the luckie
peop e.
I haw been involved in the
egon, Orchard Vie and
Fruitport School System. I
10 e young people! y ia-
. tions ha ranged from fourth
gr den at Gustafson School,
hich a part of the Orchard
V· Sy em, to nior t
Fruitport, egon High and
egon Heights. After
umber of years, it is such a
ooderful fe ling to have stu­
dents from an th districts
e p" 10 e, rmth and
appreciation to me.
Truly, I 10 them all, but
there . a difference.
my longevity in the H'
Sy em may lend itself to deep­
er fee' , there' a frankne
hoo y, a closen ,a real
coneem that I JellJe d ex-
perience from tudents at Mu
kegon Heights. There is a true
beauty, like a shining ligh or
a ray of sunshine that light up
my day and my world.
When I consider the ob tac
that Blac people face due to
the ignorance of racism and
the insensitivity of our Republi­
can Administration, I feel frus­
trated and helpl . If I feel
this way a Caucasian in­
vol d in the Black community,
hat must Black people feel
disenfranchised people in
their own country.
Those peopl who perpetuate
ho tility and hate to ard tho
who are different in any ay,
do not know the joy and tis­
faction th t I enjoy from being
involved with many types of
individuals. I feel sorry for them
in their If-deprivation!
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Regardle of the wron and
injustices I have experienced
in my role in the community,
I am gratful for the opportunity
to and participate in the
Height, the egon Com-
munit Organizations, ch
the MCP and the Urban
League, ell as my in olv
ment on the State and ational
Fronts here I have made the
m onderful friends anyone
could
As one of the founders of
C (Michigan . tion
of Non-White Concerns) who
presented me with a plaque
their Counselor of the Year, for
Distinquished Profe . onal Con­
tributions for 1982-1983 (this
is part of the Michigan Personnel
and Guidance Association) nd
C ( a part of what is no
the American ociation of
Counseling and Development),
I feel part of organizations,
hich uplift humanity by their
programming, involvem nt and
endeavon.
Hopefully, I have a ways to
go and that way will be a con­
stant effort to motivate my
people, tho dents at Mus-
kegon Height . gh School to
re ch high for their goal.
Thi particular student com­
;unity is a gold mine of intelli­
gence, nsitivity, armth and
beauty.
The youngsters are our
future! "Love them well" a
the words of Mohammad Ali's
ong, sung by George' Benson
so meaningfully state", "Let
them d the w y," for they
are our "future."
Thank you all, for allowing
me to be a part of your lives
and therefore, one of "the
1uc 'e people."
A. Portia Rothschild
National Certified Counselor
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SEPTEMBER 19 - 25, 1914 :rHE CITIZE
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rl es on
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within prison? IsTh Citizen-
and its readers interested within
meeting needs that will reduce
or eliminate the root of crime
that is born from dissatisfaction,
myth, half-truths and ignor-
ceo e build our government;
co nun unity , home-life and y
of life upon our communi­
CI • ons ared with each other.
If e demonstrate and com­
municate the principles of 10 e,
truth, pe ce, freedom and justice
e leun to live as re ponsible,
in Ui t, civilized, thoughtful
adze. If we demonstrate
and communicate the selfi -
ne of prejudices, myths, half­
truths, old wives tales and
ignorance e learn to live u
thoughtle private citizen of
wry limited concern beyond
our own personal ne ds. e,
the people h ve th power to
have a good day and m e
our world of today the way e
· ant it to be tomorro if e
work upon ourselve and our
interpersonal truthful communi­
cation of 10 with others,
be they friend or be they foe.
e create our or d with our
attitude e want it.
Ho can my limited
and talent rve you and
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The Gre ter Harve Baptist
Church Choir officers are: Car­
ri Carter, pre 'dent; Louis Ran­
dall, vice pre 'dent; Velm
Thompson, secretary; ymi
Large, treasurer. Th choir
musicians are: Richard Smith,
piano; S ie Jac son, organ.
The program chairperson for the
1984 program is Janice Sim ,
USKEGO HE GHTS -
The Choir of Greater Harve
Bapti t Church, Rev. Stanley
.Levi, p tor, is pre nting it
30th Annual D y . cal on
Sunday, Sep . 24, at 4 p.m. at
Greater HaIV t B p . t Church
in us e n Heights.
Special gue ts who ill be
participating are Christ Com­
munity Choir of Baldwin, and
e Mount Olive Choir from
G ry, Indiana.
Rev. Levi ated that the
Gary choir under the direction
of s. Bernice Collins is re­
nouned for its outstanding per­
formances and suggest that they
shouldn't be missed.
Reader
Prison
Editor:
ow come prisoner, Willie
axweD, I a.k.a., Willie K. ax­
well-El, prison number B-
102132 requesting permission to
tablish a question and er
ction within the 'Citizen ew­
paper that will answer some of
the private citizens que . on
about prison life and priJon
polities if not all of the q
10 rai d by inter ed pri-
te citizen. Perhap some of
the myths and half-truths learn­
ed about prison can be corrected
if the knowledge of truth is
being sought by The Citizen
and its readers.
The Citizen ha tee to
unlimited human resource th t
can intelligently peak to the
negative aspects of a controlled
prison environment and the
positive aspects of a controlled
prison environment with a If­
le , unbiased statement of facts
from actual participation a
prisoner. A of this writing thi
prisoner has been re 'dent
of a controlled prison environ­
ment ince 1956 with only
4% yean of freedom within
free society between the year
1956 AD. and 1984 AD.
Does The Citizen or its
readers have any que ions about
the contro d penal environ­
ments or the treatment of
prisoner and mental I!atients
MUSKEGO
CKJ ES
Your church n ws
should be submitted to
Th Citizen, 56 E.
Broadway e ch Friday.
by 12 noon.
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your re de ?
illie Maxwell 8-102132
2400 S. Sheredan Ro E-153
u egon, 49442
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