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that end of it�" Balasco said
There are many ca egories
of abuse. Balasco noted that
beating children to deat�.
deliberate suffocation of new
borns, abandonment of new
borns are the most rare.
She said, 'We receive
many as three deaths week
in W yne County. Sometimes
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There are over 12,(0) cases .
of child ab annually in
· Wayne County.
Expert from ProteCt�
Services Division of th
Departme of Social Scm
say t' these fJgW'cs far ex
ceed other atutory aimes.
Director of The Wayoc
· County Division of ProtectM
Services Pat Balasco listed the
most common kinds of child
cases Protective str
vices receives.
She said, "Physical- ect .
and excessive discipline,
people misusing family funds
for thiDp like drugs"
"It cannot be . d that· a
particular neighborhood or
situation would trigger this
tmc; havior, as the scope is
broad, it ranges from the very
poor to the very rich, there
are no color or financial bar
riers there," Balasco said ex
plaining the extent of the
problem.
t1i8t the offen ers, if known,
ar counseled as weD the
victans.
She said, "If it is somo e in
t family, deal With die
faknily as a 01 and the of-
fender are led in that
ABUSE IS SICKNESS
Balasco said that abuse in
any form is si� ud
"If i . criminal sexual' r
sault,' the offender goes to
court and the courts handle
invites I minor-i'tie
LANSING - Ponti c .rea
residents are being offered a
. unique and fun "D Y ill the
Park" pil p ogram betwee
. May 14 and Aug. 31 t sum-
mer, d�ed to encourage
. minority use and waren of
Michipn' State Par System.
Between DOW d May 14,
the Department of tural
Resources (DNR) Parks
Division' inviting groups . t
predominately minority mem
ber hi in the Ponti c area to
up for full day of prak
related ctivit' planned for,
them, 0 e of four, SOUltDellit
Michipn S e P aDd
"
. .
·.to· parks'
Recreation Areas.
The pilot will sene the
design for future "D y in the
Park" programs, 'ch will be
expanded to other areas of the
S ate and times of the year,
. d program officials.
They said a day of fun and
. educational activiti will be
planned, t . DO charie, - for
each group participating· in
the 1988 program. Activities
. r from canoe trips,
hiking excursioas, h ck
riding. scave er h .
derbi craft projects, talks by I
natural resource pecialilts.
even ove . t campins trips.
I-ll:e vie K'r.' to
I ·�.s'tate's b'is'torica
. . .
1Jlack !ramifies'
-
in 1915 and reissu in 1968
under the title of "N..-oea·in
Mic:hipn History.·
The b k i th� only com
prebe . history of B . in
Mic' up' to 19�5. It is also
the onl primary source of
MichisaD Back Hi tory th t
w 5 I authorized by the t te
legislature and written entirely
byB1acks. �
P�rtionl of IIINearoei in
'chipn History" have been
cited in the Con re lonal ,
Record by Co Geo' w.
Crockett.
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