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"SERVING THE
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judge/
BE TO HARBOR - Sup-
po i growing for a Bl c
judge in Berrien County.
Governor J ame Blanchard
mu t appoint meone to fill
the Fifth Di rict Court at
vacated by Jud e John Ham­
mond.
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In
Berrien
Two frican American have
announced their desire to t e
th bench - Attorney K. Morri
Gavin and A . stant Prosecutor
Gregory Cleveland.
The Mini terial Alliance ha
thro n it support to Gavin,
according to Rev. John Wat n,
pre ident of the group.
The AACP has also voted
to push Gavin for the nomina­
tion. In letter to Governor
Blanchard, Branch president
ary De Foe states the group'
re son. Li ting Gavin's quali­
- fication, the AACP also notes:
"Governor Blanch rd there are
eleven judge rving Berrien
County a w II as three magi-
trates, whom are all white.
There are four (4) Circuit
judges; five (5) Di rict judges;
and t 0 (2) Probate judges.
"Further, in rrien County.
the City of Benton Harbor
ha a Blac population of
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LOS GELES, CA -Three
new publications from the
ational As.>ciation For Sickle
Cell Di se, Inc., ( ASCD)
addre major i e which affect
per ns with the . c le cell
condition.
They include prenatal diag­
nosis of ickle cell anemia
dvice for parent and teacher
of c . dren with sickle cell
an and the dvant ge of
summer camp programs for
the children.
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STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY"
Charles F. Whitten, .0.,
Detroit, ichigan, NASCD presi­
dent, said' e too our posit­
ion on prenatal diagnosi of
. c le cell anemia, because one
of th recent advance in the
sickle cell field is the ability
to make thi diagnosi early
enough in the pregnancy for
parents to mea judgement
a to whether or not they wish
to continue the pregnancy."
'We are convinced that unle
our position is communi ated
Dr. Gladys Bur s to head King celebration
Dr. Gladys Peeples Burks
BE 0 HARBO Dr.
Gladys Peeple Burks will rve
as interim chairperson for the
upcomin celebration of the
birthday of Dr. artin Luther
ing Jr. In that capacity Dr.
Burk will assi the 1986
chairper n Esther Dade Clay,
and Julie Keller.
A teering committee for the
Beat the Drum celebration i
meeting on a regular basis to
finalize plans that include a
day-long rie of performance
featuring dram, dance and
mu ic by area tudent at the
Orchard all on Thursday,
January 2 1987. Information
regarding individual perfor-
mance ill be avail ble after
the first of the year.
In conjunction with the cele­
bration, a fund raising campaign
is currently begin org nized to
enable". the Beat the Drum
holarship committee to award
scholarships to area elementary
udents,
Per n wishing to donate to
the Beat the Drum Scholarship
Fund should send donations
to: Benton Harbor Area
Schools, attention Dr. Gladys
Peeples Bur 240 Jeffer n
Street Benton Harbor, I
49022. Addi ional information
about the scholarship fund can
be had by calling Dr. Burk at
926- 253.
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and dopted, a v t number
of women with ickle cell. trait
who are carrying fetus with
ickle cell anemia, will be
dvised by their physicians to
have a termination, ithout
receiving any indepth coun l­
ing. '
The ASCD goal for pre-
natal diagnosi is to have all
women who are pregnant with a
child with . c le cell anemia
to be able to m e informed
decision that they believe are in
their best intere with respect
to continuing or terminating the
pregnancy.
The ASCD pamphlet
addre d to individual with
sicklecell trait and to physicians
who provide health care to the
Black population de ribe the
required rvices to achieve that
goal, the nature of the coun-
ling that should occur, and
and the appropriate service pro­
viders.
A cond ne publication
a Parent Teacher Guide, tell
ho parents and teacher can
wor together to achieve hool
cce for children ith ic le
cell anemia.
Dr. Whitten id the hand-
boo i an attempt to re lve
one of the major problems in
. le cell di a --. the fa t
that the overwhelming majority
di a are
not fficient, and many
are unemployed, on public
assistance, or being pported
by their familie .
'We need to break that
Cycle," he id. any individ-
uals with ickle cell di a
re capable of handling any
occupation other than one
which requires heavy manual
labor, but there i a mar ed
di repancy between their in­
nate abilitie and their current
tatus.
"Since ther are v ry fe
jobs in our ciety whi h do not
require an education we must
begin with the primary h 01
education proce 1 okin at
ho children ith i le cell
anemia can get the cial
consideration they might need
to have a cce sful hool
experience" Dr. Whitten e -
plained.
The publication su est that
parent meet with the teacher
to di u s special considerations
the child need. It al in­
clude an' dvice for teach rs"
ction, a review of 12 hool­
related issue involvin children
with sickle cell nemi that
teacher need to understand in
order to re nd to the children
in an appropriate manner.
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