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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