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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
"
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·.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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