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