FEBRUARY 1 -7. 1117 THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
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in ar.d About Muskegon .
Action 0 . Traqic takes first
.
place in Chicago contest
..By E • til
They ere a e ruc!
ever before had they en
many well dre d night
people exiting from many
fine car and Limo nes.
They were a tonished! \
ever before had they tayed
in a hotel the Chic 0 Hilton)
here . floor were re rved
just for entertainer .
They were fraid!
ever before had they com­
peted ain t thi many dif­
ferent talented group - teen­
er from all over the nation.
They ere angry!
Someho the heduling had
gotten goofed up. In ead of
taying overnight, fine tuning
their ct for 'tomorrow' ow,
u in their own equipment -
they ere oing on age in le
than t 0 hour ith range
equipment.
They thought 'aloud' of
ettin on their chartered bu
and coming bac home. 0
one had traveled with them
over there anyway.
But they were more than
ju three teen e young men
off on lark. They were
'Action D. Tragic'! They were
Percy Alexander (OJ. Tragic),
J 0 ph Gooden and Richard
Haven (Daddy Rich. They
were there to represent We­
terh ichigan - and before
they realized it - that' exactly
what the announcer wa aying,
'And now we have - 'Acti n
D. Tragic' from u egon,
ichigan!'
The curtain opened. The
700 per n in thi 'Blac Tie'
tting looked like 70,000 to
them.
They mi d a cue, but Joe
Gooden ept 'scratchin', To the
crowd, it emed right. Percy
took the mike and arted
'Rappin'. Three ngs later -
(Much more than their allotted
time) the crowd let them leave
the age.
Their 'Thank you' were long
they thanked parents; friend;
upporter , ...
It's too bad they can't
compete in Chicago again next
year. But fir t place winner
can't compete the following
year in the Annual Teen Variety
Show.
ow they are looking for
Spinning your wheel of fortune
tn
heel of Fortune'
(Americ 's mo popular game
o ) they do it all the time -
they pic letters.
If you had to pi the two
mo important letter in the
alphabet, hat ould you pick?
CAt l
ste on 777-1000
Pent •• t r 869-5413
S el y 861-4565
PROJECT LITERACY
uskegon/Oc na
Count I s
2525 11 CNd
Mus gon, Hlchlg n�
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Would it be your initial?
Would it be your tatus or
title - D.O., Dr., R. ., Sr.,
Jr., II? Or, would it just be
two vowels? It might refer
to time - AD., B.C., A.M.,
P.M., or even weight: Lb. or
oz.
What would you pick?
I have always thought my
double "'I" were the mo
important letter in the world.
ot only did it represent where I
stood among the Elgies, -
Dad, me, my son, his son -
it al repre nts my sign in the
Zodiac, Gemini. They (10
ere/are me!
ow I've changed. Them
"I''s are till extremely im­
portant to me, but not nearly
as important as U.R. ot only
are you the thing that m es a
ch - - ch have meaning, you
are the one who knows the
difference . in the way Iud
those two identical sounds.
There are 17,063 people in
u egon/Oceana County that
don't!
Have you ever thought what
it would be like, not to be abl
to read? It' horren.
Recently, I signed up for
Project liter cy, and frankly,
I'm real excited about meetIng
my men student. .
But I also felt bad. In our
�utor' training 'on of 28
tutors, there was only one
Black - Me! You know and I
know, th t i nowhere near
the ratio of the community
who cannot read. We JlJ d
more Black tutors!
You ain't ot to be no
geniu - look at me, I can't
even spell ch - - ch, and
that's where I'll be meeting
my student in a ch - - ch.
Remember, I said, there are
17,063 identified persons need­
ing your help. There are 100
plus or minu of us who have
offered to help. If my c1as
wa repre ntative there are
about three and a third Black
or less.
It ha only occurred to me
recently how miserable it mu t
be for many people not be
able to appreciate the beauty
of the Bible, not be able to
read a per nal letter; to want
to work, and not be able to
fill out an application. That's
only the tip of the 'non-reader '
iceberg. ewspaper , children'
stories, books, busine -papers,
magazines, and great 'Googly
Woogly', my column, are just
so much wasted ink to them.
We've got to help them!
Check it out! I kno
what it be like, - 'When I hit
the Lotto, I'm gonna help
grandma, grandpa, Aunt Sue'
39 orphans, and build
churches, and keep a lit
spendin change too. But right
now we have a greater, surer,
untaxable treasure we can share
- And" it's not limited to all
that good stuff - e, sex,
weight, height. It's a one-on­
one ituation, where both people
come out winners. It's an
education for the educator.'
It' a one in 17 ,063 shot (at
- lea 20 times surer than the
Lotto) and most of all, U.R.
needed.
serious acton to appear in their
video on public TV tarting
Feb. 1. For further infor-
oon hour colleg
MUSKEGO - When the
Downtown oon-Hour College
open in the u egon County
Museum on Monday, February
2, the Community Service de­
partment of Mu egon Com-
munity College continue a
tr dition of . veral years. .
In honor of Mu egon's
Sesquicentennial, participants in
the series will study a selected
year in Mu egon's 150 year
history in each of the seven
se ions hich will be held
February 2, 16, March 2, 16
and 30 and April 13 and 27.
Lectures, discussions, visual
aids and personal research will
offer an increa d understanding
of u egon' development
from the first wmill in 1837
to the "Downtown Renaissance" -
rnation, call Percy Alexander
773·4434 after hool.
mar s state 150 .
of the 1980.
instructor J ohn Aslakson,
Mu egon native, earned his
B.S. degree in History and
Political Science from Grand
Valley State College. He h
been a member of the u egon
County Mu urn Board and ha
had a lifelong interest in re-
arching u egon history.
If a sandwich and beverage
lunch is desired, applicants
should register for CE 3253 at a
cost of $60. Tho who wish to
bring their own lunches may
register for CE 3254 for $35.
Call 777-0 50 to register by
phone. Billing will be by mail.
Registration must be for the
entire series. CIa time is
from 11 :45 a.m, - I: IS p.m.
Alumni exhibit at Overbroo -
MUSKEGO - Although it's
true that none of the alumni
exhibitors are celebrating a
quicentennial, it' -: appropriate
that a squicentennial cele­
bration. should honor some of
the many artists who have begun
their art education at u egon
Community College.
The Alumni Invitational Se­
squicentennial Show will be
on exhibit in Overbroo Gal­
lery on the College campus
through February 27.
Exlubitors include J ac Ed­
lund, Gale obe Paul Burk,
Randall Born , Charlene Bickel,
Ed Kulinow . John Anthony
Kraley, Jon McDonald, Ramona
OUNCEMENT
Counselors and Tutor
are needed on a
Volunteer Ba .
Six to Eight Hours a ee
CONTACT: Harold right
739-5422
nHe t. City Hall
Zielinski Rogalla, David Lee,
ich el J. M' sch Alan er-
ner, Rebecca Todd Hennig),
Joseph A. Slajus III, Linda
Wellise, Tom cEwen, Karen
Vine Wright �d Fred Reine­
c e.
Art faculty member John
al n and Kenneth Foster
coord in ted the sh Over­
brook Gallery is open to the
public free of char e onday
through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.