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leisure time opportunitie share
re ponsibility for pre erving the
environment learn how to use
technology and develop leader
ship and citizenship kills
through participation in 4-H.
nd, that's someting to cele
brate."
'But 4-H is not only for
youth" Schick added. "It'
for adults, who as volunteer
leaders can share their kills
nd expertise with young
peopl. It's for families, who
can participate in the fun and
learning together. It's for the
community, which behefits from
the community service carried
out by youth. nd, it's for
America, which benefits as a
new cadre of leaders takes it
pl ce in our ociety."
It i through thi network
of volunteer leaders, state land
grant universities, state and local
governments, and the U.S.
Dep rtment of Agriculture that
4-H h s been able to stimulate
youth to develop life skills.
In u egon County orne 400
dult volunteer leaders work
with 6300 boys and girls up
to 19 years of age in almost
100 4-H clubs and special
projects through the Cooperative
Extension Service of �chigan '
St te University. Programs
are conducted in 3,150 counties
nationwide. In addition, orne
82 countries around th globe
enroll approximately five million
youth in program similar to
4-H.
OCTOBER 1-13. 1 5 THE CITIZEN
UNCF BE EFIT - Singer/entertainer Lou Ra , ho t of the 6th annual United egro Colle Fund'
"Lou Raw Parade of Stars" telethon, kicked off thi year' fund-raising effort t Ch n' Restaurant
in Lo Angel recently. Joining R w in the f tivif (left to right : UNCF pre' eat Cb . top r
EcUey; Wayman F. Smith, JU, vice pre . eat-corporate aft'. for Anheu r-Bu h Companie Inc.;
ho t . Walli Annenbel1· tr DiaIwm Carroll; and ctor Sidney Poitier. For t . th traight
year, Anheu r-Busch i underwriting the te thon' production and providing dvertisi g and marketin
pport through it Budwei r brand. Over 300 Hollywood celebriti and ecial gue attended
Wednesday night' event. The "Lou Ra I P d of St rs" telethon' heduled to air on turday,
December 28th.
Urban League
EW YORK - Honoring
its 75th Anniver ary, the
ational Urban League has pro
duced a colorful 148-page "75th
publishes journal
Anniversary Journal" that trace
the beginning of the UL in
ew York City in 1910 with a
taff of two and a budget of
a
nership
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WASH GTO , DC In
an effort to help corporate
decision makers and Black non
profit organizations develop
partnerships for neighborhood
economic development, the
Howard Univer ity Partnership
In titute will hold a ational
Partnership Symposium on Sept.
8 at the Shoreham Hotel,
2500 Calvert St., .W.
The ymposium will feature
keynote addre by Rep.
Parren J. itchell, D- d., and
a luncheon addre by Edward
Chamber, founder of the
ehemiah HOUsing Develop-
for
ts
ment Program in Brooklyn,
.Y., and executive director of
Industrial Areas Foundation.
Activities are heduled
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
there will be workshop on
community organizations re
building their own com
munities, inner-city housing
development, public policy and
inner-city poverty, the relation
ship of American business and
Black America, and the involve
ment of the Black church in
community development.
For information about
attending, contact the Partner-
Mildred Wells sworn in
as B.H. Commissioner
By Ron Leuty
BE TO HARBOR - Mil-
dred Wells 127 Cro , Benton
Harbor, was sworn in, Septem
ber 30, as a City Commissioner.
Well, who erved a a com
mis ioner in the 1970s and
early 1980s, fills the eat of
Charles Hender on. Hender on
vacated his seat in mid-August
to take up the position of
head of an Indian Urban
League office.
"I ort of mis ed it" , said
Well when asked why she
decided to eek the vacant
seat. She wa the unanimou
choi e of both the City Com-
rm Ion and the Commission's
Per onnel Committee. Other
nominees for the position were
ex-commissioners Clydella Davis
and Edmund Eaman.
Wells said that she won't
eek election to the eat in
ovember, but will take ad
vantage of her se t while she
can, with trying to rid the city
of itt rodent problem and
water and sewer problems.
Wanting to see the city
"move on", Wells said that she
would also like to e old,
dilapidated buildings, especi lly
downtown removed.
ship Institute at 347-6731.
There is a registration fee of
$30.
The Partnership In titute is a
division of the Howard Uni
versity School of Business and
Public Administration.
8000, through its develop
ment into a national movement
that now erve over a million
people every year has 113
affiliates in 34 ates and the
District of Columbi and a
staff in excess of 2,500.
The publication wa prepared
by the Communications Depart
ment of the UL.
Copies of this historic publi
cation may be cured at 6
a copy plus $1 for po tage
and handling from: Com-
munications Department, at>
ionaJ Urban League 500 E.
62nd Street ew York, ew
York 10021.
B. . Ci y to buy
Vince t Hotel
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The Vincent has been dor
mant since the late 1970,
except for a brief time when
the federal government began
renovating the facility as a Job
Corps Center. The project
however fell under th axe
of President Ronald Reagan's
budget cuts and .. was
abandoned.
In other action, Cooke de
clared that a city-owned hou
at 1165 Bish p be demolished.
Coo e said that the property,
"a breeding around for rodents",
is unsafe and unsanitary -
posing a health haz rd for the
neighborhood.
Cooke said that under federal
regulations the "chief executive
officer" can declare a property
a health hazard and order the
truct ure to be torn down.
Cooke dded th t the demoli
tion would be federally funded.
Commi ioner Arnold Bolin
said _ that a "b iting program'
hould be instituted at the
property before it is torn down
becau e rodent ould flee from
the hou e to other structure .
Cooke greed and, fter the
meeting id that a baiting
program w uld be tarted.
In another move the city
voted to grant two reh bilit
at ion contr ts for 428 aple
St. and 471 Maple St. Accord
ing to William Lilly, Dire tor
of Community Service, the
low-bidders for the propertie
were Thorn Construction
11,445 and Oldmam Con
struction ( 13 256).
In other action, ayor
Cooke et Monday, October 7,
as the date of public he ring
for a candy store at 1035
Columbus. Cooke so t
October 14 as the public hear
ing date for Burch Printers,
Benton Harbor. The company
is requesting that it be granted
an industrial facilitie exempt
ion certificate. .