FEBRUARY 22 - 28, 1987 THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN
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I n and About Muskegon
Concer
over
00 f
CC nursing
lac ·
rogram:
- Of 181 graduates. 2 are Black
By EI • Br" to .
U EGO In a meeting
between Billie Bruce R. ., a
local citizen, concerned about
the low percentage of minority
enrollment nd graduation from
u e on ommunity College
ur °0 School, and Dr. James
L. Steven college pre ident
iate De n of d., David
aboonda Darlene Collette
Director of ursing, and r.
aren el n Dean of Stu-
dents veral beginning were
re ched.
Bruce told the CC
"it i a community
c ncern th t 0 few Black
nd gr duate from the
chievernent" on e
ould be willing to TVe.
Dr. Steven no led d
the collece' to
re
By EJ . Bright
e me! Simply a e me
were the everal renditi n pre-
nted by Future Look Pro
ducti n ", before a filled room
of 125 gue t at their ine
and hee r cepti n, in us-
kegon Height' Holid y Inn.
fter a ort welcome by
Greene re
r Dr. R bert
f
y
by,
ho
o
Bill B rrett pened with a
m dly of upbeat t nes on the
in-rem mani ent f Teddy
il n, and hi upper-club tyle.
nd then there a La-
jamaya!
There
pletive
re n t enough ex
dje tive or e pre sive
minority uniquen
'although
Sydnon,
nursing
women!
All per ns concerned were
in agreement that the time to
art preparing i at the junior
high level. r. ollette pre-
nted tati tic on the current
waiting list of 60 per n who
are ready for the beginning
cla. Twenty of tho are
Black and of tho Blacks
one ha pa d all te t satis
factorily. One ha failed
chemi try three failed English,
nineteen failed math with I
metrics being a low point.
In respon to Collette's
querry about time cons iou -
ne " among minority u
dent " citing an example of
one tudent who was late
15 minute daily - Mr . Bruce
conceded lack of drive' is a
problem, but further offered
If Black te chers were in-
cluded in C program, Role
odels' might have a p sitive
fect on this ituation a well
ther ."
Dr. Stevens acknow ledged
"Although the application
I tter already suggest "student
compl te mandatory prere
qui lte before entering the
pr ram' he is' illing to try
ne thing such as mentoring
peer upport, new and different
remed ial help .
• One-on-one tutoring i avail-
ble now a well a a "human
potential cour ' designed to
te h student h to u their
time i ly.
r . Bruce, offered the name
f Bill Gill, Dan Schofield
John William Patty Clark and
Lynet te Thomp n as per n
wh would be illing to it
on an Ad-Hoc Committee along
with College Administrator to
addre this and any. other
problem affecting minoritie
at CCo
Bennie & Lula CHAMBERS,
Chambers famUy
honor Be nle.Lu a
By EI . Bright II
ys GO - 2 44 13
26 5, - und g d, try it.
But really, I m n tint givin
out Lotto number. Be ide
the la t number th t ith
thi Ii t i 2 ... 9.
The two r r. and r.
Bennie . Ch er � the 13
their children ° the
grand' and th 5,
great grandchildren.
is the number of p pIe who
attended a formal appreciation
dinner the children h ted f r
their parents.
From the moment they left
their hou t the awaiting
limousine - it was gal. nd
because e ch parent as led
to believe they were attending
. an affair for the other - it a
a rpri! A surpri sp n-
red by the hildren, grand
and great grand Simply to
say Daddy, Mama we appre
ciate you. Hundred of other
folks agreed.
Bennie
suave in
red acce
naturally 10 ked
hi white tail and
rie but Lula ae
o
Pro
c ions: presen
h
•
I
word to de ribe Lajamaya.
In a dramatic expre ion
'Runag te", by Robert Hay
den, we experienced Laj m ya.
To ay heard would be an
under tatement - one exper-
Lajamaya. During her
pau h d a fly .tiptoed acr
the carp ted floor it would
have unded like thunder. It
more than hearing, r feeling,
or li tening to L jamaya. hen
she em tes - you experien e!
It wa refreshing to be
brought bac by a Billi Holli-.
day tune • G d ornin
He rt-a he as eetly ung by
ichele John n to the
ace mpaniment of Bill Barrett
n the piano.
And then there was Shelly
Baldwin, Barbara Martin, Dan
nette Terry, and retta R bin-
n in an e cerpt from •
Rasin' in The un", • g in
one is on the edge of ne s
chair. I have en veral com-
panie do a "R asin in The
un" 0 ne, in luding
Sydney, played the part bet ter
than helly Baldwin.
alcolm Steven xe utive
Director of Future Lo k did
an expre ive reading f' F r
My People."
If I had had g d n ,
would have left ri ht then
but no thi demure per n
9annette Terry returned t
the tage and t u me-
here Over The Rainb w" - a
cappella n le .
I left the recepti n till
emotionally Over the R in
bo the officer whom I met n
the way greed, I mi ht have
b en over the rainb but I
definitely went under the red
lighted part of it. - I onder
if I an u thi ti et t get in
future 1 k pre ntati n Feb.
20-22?
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