SEPTEMBER 21 - 27,19 THE ICHIGAN CITIZE
7
OPINION
Carr c ing fina cial mi
ee we ill conclude
our four-part rie on financial
mi e common to mo t
American but hich tend to be
especially prevalent among
American Black
Thus far e h ve discu d
and propo d remedies to the
follo iQg m . or financial mis­
t es;
-Failure To Set Specific
Financial Gols
-Failure To Pay Your If
Fir
To Inve t!Or Start
And
problem 0 t of u can e
financial problems coming but
too often we adopt an "I'll­
deal-with-it-tomorro "attitude.
If we are honest with our-
lye we generally have to
drnit that we knew we were
beginning to charge too many
thing to our charge cards.
We kne there w a major bill
due which we had not t
'de a single dime to pay.
But mo t importantly mo t
of us know almo intuitively
that there is little likelihood
of becoming fmancially
ure by wor ing for someone
el ; however, only a few of us
ever t aside money to start
an investment fund or have the
courage to tart a business of
our own.
Remember: Financial cur­
ity does not come by chance.
You must make financial
curity happen. Thu I recom­
mend that if you do nothing
el you must at least tart a
vings account with the inten­
tion of making that a count
gro int an investment
Readers Write:
'Substance of life'
is endang ed
Dear Editor
All of my life I've been told .
the expert ' now be t." And
wh t wonderful dvice they've
given!
In 1946 the' Gl's u d as
guinea pi s in atomic testing
ere told to sweep the rad ia­
tion off their uniforms with
broom . In the 1950's s
hoolchildren we were told to
find ety by crouchin under
our de in ca of nuclear
att . In the 1960' we were
told that herbicide nd pesti­
cide like DDT would incre
crop yield and do no hann
and ent Or would in the
ar in Vietnam. In the 1970's
e ere told that nuclear
po er would safely lve the
energy crisis.
ow, halfway through the
1980' we are di overin the
oppo ite of what we were told.
e re d in the NY Time
(Sept. 6, 1986) that " xp rt
y Chemical Peril Farm
Belt' ter. " The rticle
explains th t 7 5 000 people,
over � of 10 's resident,
'drink w. ter containin trace
of one or m re p
nd what of Three ile
Island and Chernobyl?
nd what of the 40-50
"million pounds of 2,4-D applied
annually in the U.S. on land
nd water? A ational Can-
cer In titute study published in
the pt. 5 1986 is ue of
Journal of American Medical
Asso iation found that, "Kan­
sas farm wor ers who u d
herbicides h d a higher ri fo
developing non-Hodgkin lym­
phoma than non-farmers in the
tate ... Farmers expo d to
the herbicide (2,4-D) for more
than 20 days each year had 6
times the ri . . . compared
to non farmers."
On Tuesday Sept. 23 at
7 p.m. t the Lee Township
Hall in Pullman area residents
will tell the ex pert that they·
had It all. RO G. Pure, clean
water i not a matter to b
left to the experts, but a crisis
facin all of us - for water i
the very su enance of all life!
Rev. Richard Orawiec
c. Pastor
Oak Grove Church anctuary
Rt. 1 Pullman, I 49450
Ph. 236-6179
Re�ders /Community pressure builds
:::Z- agains ground water pollution
It is a pity th t no one
from the media was invited to or
pre nt at the August 30th
meeting of the Lowe Scott
Lake Improvement Association
in Pullman. Rarely have I en
a better example of the com­
bined power of concerned citi­
zens and the press to brin
about positive change.
I attended the meetin as a
guest who as one of several
people who had written letters
to the editor critical of the
As ociation's action in using
2, 4-D herbicide to control
milfoil gro th in the lake.
The barra of letter and
articles about this and ther
potential threats to s e water
in thi area had led the Bard
f Director f Pullman Health
ystems to call the forum th t
ill be held at Lee Township
Hall on Tuesday, September
23, at 7 p.m., and as one 0 the
citizen-volunteer board members
fund by simp1y ving 5% to
10% of every dollar you earn.
That's called 'paying your If
first."
o. 9: fAILURE TO GET
PROPER F ANCIAL IMFOR­
MATIO AND ADVICE. There
are a host of good fmancial
publications on the market de­
signed for the middle income
American. I simply suggest
that you subscribe to at least
one of them. The ones I prefer .
are Money Magazine, Success
Magazine, Venture, and Chan -
in Times.
Remember: It is extremelY
difflCult to t e the right
financuu actions if you do not
have the right fmancw infor­
mation.
rite for Jame than'
Succe ew ( 11.95 for a one
year subscription) P.O. Box
54041, Washington, DC 20032.
The need for the correct
fmancial information is tre d
necause American Blacks des­
perately need to produce greater
wealth for them lves and their
comrnunitie .
and chair of its community
Relations committee, I wanted
to invite Association members
to the forum and learn what
their plans were as to fu ture
use of 2 4-D.
, It was clear right from the,
. reading of the minutes of
their previous July 26 meet­
in that the ciation had
been deeply tined by the con-
troversy. A large tu rnou t 0
39 was reported f r the July
26 meeting whi h fir t di u d
it, but as I looked around I
counted 77 adults in the Pull­
man Bible Church hall on
Au ust 30.
The meeting followed up on
a July 26 decisi n to purch
a large harvesting ma hine in an
attempt to eliminate the u of
the herbicide. t of the
over 12 0 0 needed had been
raised and members of their
exe utive committee h d offered
to loan in half of the balance
The recent Census
Bureau report which revealed
that' the verage Black family
is a n tional scandal.
Unle this situation i.
changed we will doom future
generations to increasing level
of poverty. The median income
earned by the typical 81 k
hou hold ha incre d only
slightly in the p 16 year .
We, a a people, are m ing
a lot of financial mistake
Tho mistakes mu be cor­
rected.
needed on promis ry notes.
The membership was ed to
do the me for the re t in-
tead of raising annual due.
The enthusiasm for the itch
from chemical to m chanical
weed elimination
that mo t of tho
up announced d nations rath r
than 1 an and all the m ney
needed a uarante d and
the meeting bro e up amidst
universal smile and If- on rat­
ul tion. It w like a lle rive
igh of relief.
Let' eep
on the many
p lluti n nd
other individual
zati n will re p
tively s the L
Improvement
nd let's have lot f r p rter
at the eptember 3 forum.
LeR y olin
Pullman MI 49450
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