THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN AUGUST 17-23, 1986
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Mboto's Adtr: greeting cards to, express the unexpressable
By Larry er
KALAMAZOO - A new and
exciting greeting card company
ha arrived in Kalamazoo. Adir
Enterpri s i it name, Mboto
i its poet, and words hereto
fore unexpre d in greeting card
form is it m ge.
"Though everyone has feel
ing, not everyone exists with
the cap city to convey tho
feeling ," boto begin. "But
when an individual choo s one
of my greeting cards he/she
b comes the author. I am but
the boat that carti them
eros the waters."
nd carrying the individual
ro s the waters - whether it
be tempe t or fair as
re uing the Ion soul from his
litude, the e ranged parent
from her child, or guiding the
ipwrecked lover to hi lady'
ore, boto reache to the .
h art of 'un-communication'
by m ing manife t the power
of th written word.
dir greeting cards first hit
Blae
Caucus
- The ichigan
D cratic Blac Caucu will
hold a meting during the
Dernocr tic State Convention,
ann unced State Senator David
S. Holmes chair.
The DB meeting will be
aturday Augu t 23 at 5:00
p.m. at the Elk's Club, 5601
. Saginaw St. Flint. Direct
ions: exit off of 69, go orth
on inaw pa the Hy tt
and S ina St. veer to the
right t the first light after the
Hyatt, continue on S ginaw
until you get to teh Elk's Club
5601 . Saginaw)
The genda is 'Politics 86
and Your Involvement,"
Holmes id.
Aftef the DBC business
meeting, the Flint members will
have a buffet and entertainment.
Kalamazoo's market shelves in
June, 1986, thanks in large
part to the fore ight of Eighth
Day Book tore management at
901 S. e tnedge. Says
boto: "Jerry (of the Eighth
Day Bookstore) talked with me
about my writing potential, en-
couraged me, and bought my
fir card. It gave me the incen
tive to push on."
Since that initial boost
Mboto has pl ced cards at
Boogie Records Dun ils
Gospel Music store, Pandora's,
Bronson Community Hospital
BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL
t otto "W j and
p ee of t e children' Ipt re it
fel play. " (Larry Cartf'l' t)
gift shop and anticipates ll
ing them at Kim's Boutique
in Kalamazoo.
With the wheels constantly
turning, Mboto has come up
with a .Tear-a-Card concept to
help perpetuate the un 'que
image of Adir Enterpri s.
The Tear- -Card concept a
devised by boto to fit the
needs and moods of the card
buyer whenever the urg to
send a card hits them. Limited
to a collector's ries of only
1000 books, each will contian
twenty cards including such
Adir - favorites as "The Day I
Thought Love Died", "End
the Moment' "Loving You",
and " other I ever Got the
Chance '.
'Tear-a-Card will save the
buyer time," says Mboto.
"There will be a card for almo t
every occasion, every whim,
every sincere hope of love and
reconciliation. "
146 years ago in London,
England artist Joseph Calcutt
Horsley designed the fir greet
ing card for Henry Cole. Cole
immediately had 1000 copies of
the card lith raphed and mailed
t his many friends on hrist
mas.
Cole s hope was to effect
special sense of knowing' of
bel ngin t and celebratin in
a common b nd. boto hopes
in her own way t effect a
world ide armth and ackn w
ledgement with her unique
cards to tou h people where
feelings at n e failed t exi t
or lay dormant and unappre
ciated � to open the hearts and
minds f th wh would 1 ve
for want f a medium t sh
them the way.
'Each man, ea h woman i
more than what he seems to
be and Ie than she can ever
trully hope to be,' • boto says.
'It is in the t riving that we
begin to e our own truth
and in the eeing that we begin
to blend harmoniously with all
that is called love."
Niles
AACP
hosts school
superintendent
IL S - The iles Bran h
AA P i having a "Get c
quainted' recepti n f r J hn
Huffman ne superintendent
for iles mmunity h 1
district on Saturday, Augu t
23. The recepti n ill be held
at Franklin A.M..
11 yearn re
Mi higan in the
from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Th theme is, '
A Terrible Thing Tate".
The publi is invited t c me
out and help elc me him
into the c mmunity. F r
more inf rmation call 6 3·
704 r 6 3-635 .
Wilbur B gg . pre ident and
Iaren e H dge, dire t t]
education.
ame Blac
Achievemen
Awards nominees
The nominee f r the Eiptth
nnual American Black Achieve-
ment w rd for 1986 h ve
been announced. The foIl
ing per ns were nominated
b d n their out t nding and
enduring chievement through-
ut the year.
Th J cki Robinson ward
or thl ti :
-K.C. J ne - for hi coach
in ability in le din the B ton
Celtic to the B champion
ip.
=Jackie Joyner - for tting
the orId re rd in the hep-
tathl n t the Go dwill Game
to win the
Busin •
ard:
'Celie" in 'Th Color Pur
ple.
-Richard Pryor - for tarring
in directing, producing and
writing 'Jo Jo Dancer Your
Life Is Calling.'
Fine Art ward ;
-Maya Angelou - for the
a claimed fifth volume of her
autoboiography, "All God's
Children eed Traveling
-Kathleen Battle -
Metropolitan Opera perfor
mances and her be t-selling al
bum, 4 Pleasure Of Their Com
pany" recorded with Chri to
pher Par ening.
- ndre f r hi
cla ical mu i c ntributi ns a a
concert piani t and for hi
albums one and two of ' Andre
Watts Plays Liszt."
nd Profe 'on
Brig. Gen. herian
C doria - for becoming the
highest-ranking Black woman in
the .S. Army.
-Dr. dith Irby Jones -
for becoming the first woman
president of the ati nal Medi-
cal A iation.
-Dr. Alvin P ussaint - for
his w r con ultant adding
psychol gical reality to "The
Cosby how.'
Dram tic rt d:
-Debbi Allen - for her
achievements on TV 'Fame,
reen "Jo Jo Dancer Your
Life Is CaUin " and tage
• 'Sweet Charity."
-Whoopi Goldberg - for her
award-winning portr yal of
u ward:
- hitney Houston - for her
award-winning multi-platinum
debut album pr ducing four
hit ingles including, 'You Give
Go d L ve.'
-Patti Labelle - f r her
be t- Bing album " inner In
You featurin the hit duet
with ichael cDonald 4 On
y Own."
- ade - f r her top- lling
album, 4 Promise It featurin the
hit single "The
Tb
artin Luther ing Jr.
rd For Publi Service:
- arian right delman-
for her achievement a foun
der and president f the hil
dren's Defen Fund.
- Randall Robin n - for