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tb the secret
out.
B rro
grandparents SODDOI't
after realizing be better at
boxi than playiD& the violin.
He says Louis sue-
�atuy� t-
tempted because of the
cl ��it family relationship
. full upport for
all members.Barrow IWIICS
the bouts German born'
Max SchmelliDg two most
important ftg ts of Louis'
career. He ys • father d
become quite "laid ck· with aU
hiS previo victories and h'
lavisb lifestyle, and d COIl-
viDced' If that he could wiD
DO Louis battled 15
. roun UDtiI -ne BW
• fmally Docked him
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free food program by Septem-
ber30. I
The WlC program pro . des
eligible omen and 'children
with coupo for essential nutri
tional foods tha include mil
and infant formula, cheese,
Lansing - ichigan
Department of Public Health
acting director Raj M Wiener
bas launched a atewide cam
paign to add 17,000 De women
and children to the WIC
. (Women, Infandand Oilldren)
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Student honored in
cer monie at Co
On onday August 4, 150 students from seven Detroit high
schools re honored t an awards ceremony the Joe Lou'
Aren b Ilroom for their participatio and outstandi chieve
�ent in recently launched p�ot project called Operation Gradua-
bon. .
Operation Graduation . tate funded school program
designed to give uden in gr 11 and 12, with problemat' at-
tendances and cademics, the incentM to complete ir high
school requirements d co tin on into co .
The program' staffed by 001 couosc1ors ct
for tudents to maintain sa . factory cademic' U sum-
m� employment . .ai in the d�lopme of proper k
. program offers counseling. e on one tutoring. also career
plaDJlj!qL em on fuU time b . in the summer and part-
after 001' the . ter.
Program Director Hattie Hodge . COUDSeIo tried to match
, . es 'th udents in erests, She id employer participa .
m the program put students in ctual k situatio d were very
imp-essed 'th them.
H ys the major Pty of the stuclen enrolled in the progn
re potential dropouts- but 100 forward to a formal educ
lion. Although the program . ed by ooIy �n scaooi
presently, Hodge says extended funds will be available in th near
�ture to offer other district area schoo the 0 ity to par
tICipate,
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eggs, cereal, juice and legumes
(bean peas, peanut butter,
etc.). ParticiJ)≪ls also get nutri
tion educatio and information
on the importance of good
nutrition.
'A state . de toll-free hotline,
1-800-26-BIR'DJ,' available24
hours a day to refer women
the local WIC PrOlflJD in the
community.
"Our goal is healthy, hapPy
babie ," said Wiener.
-Michigan's WIC program al
ready provides good food and
nutritio education to more that
122,000 pregnant men and
chil en a the state - and
e no have room to feed
another 17,000."
The ina-eased enrollment'
the res of additional $2.5
Illion tbe tate garnered
through a higbly Unusual and ag
gressive rebate program.
Wiener id te . chal
lenged the major producer of
. nfanl for' . 'out on
bid for C formula. Such a bid
uld ha't1e ,. ed all but
one formula producer from the
program, acoordiag to Wiener.
In res n e, the formula
compani offered a series of
rebates, beginning ith n
aver of 20 ce per can, and
�ntuaDy ina . to SS cents
per can. Wiener rece tly
learned 0 e man ctW'er
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for Black youth
Barr born in exioo city
and raised in Chicago, makes no \
claim to the oppress' of the .
deep south, but he does claim
the victories, r cial and moral,
won by his father in defeating
poverty, a cia I inequality and
social' oranee. Barrow says
these things constitute hi
reasons for writing the
boo 'Joe Louis'.
"It's DOt just boo abo t
boxing. " He ys" a matter of
promoting high self-estee or
· the Black youth of America, and
aUowiag them to see though
they are Black they can be some
bod�, Dol neces arily a- Joe
LOUIS, but the spirit that
prevailed within him to achicYe.
Barr is" in sporting events
management, b neve des' ed
to become involved in the fight
game. He says hi father �
wanted him to, be Louis"
wanted him to attain a full for
maleduca .
Barrow tells of incident
. en Lou' and vywc' t
champ Muhammed Ali ere
beiog honored as the greatest
er of the century and the
grea t fighter of the decade,
respectively. He ys Ali asked
'm hy he didn't �o into
bo . Barrow told him, "If I
h d gone into boxing. and ·th
the training I quid have had,
you wouldn't be the 0 e being
honored here tonigbL-
Barrow says e will continue
to convey his posi ive es
t e Black yo of America .
has now offered a rebate of 87
cents per can. The greater the
rebate, W seaer pOints out, the
more monies available to ex
pand WIC program to ddition
al pregnant women and
children.
I Wiener commended
oit's "Focus:' Hope, whkh
runs the st te's large t up
p emental commodity food
ogram, providing food direct
to approximately 40.000 ddi
t i nal needy women and
children. .
- Together, we are rkiDg to
make sure .that every peDDy -
sible goes mto puttiDg food into
tJ:Ie mouths - and bellies - of
ichigan notbers and children, "
.said Wiener. "WIC a not
designed to benefit formula
manufactuter and' was not
d signed to benefit
s� reowners.lt designed to
(! d hungry mo d bah'
"Our WIC program serves
o I of th.� largest populati
an here m the country, - said
W nero "WeWill continue to be
essiye i,n our goal of reach-
in every eligible pregnant
man, mothe and child, to
ke absolutelfcertain that our
m m and ba ies don't go
h . in this state. We re
taking a tough 100 at every
peel of the WIC � •
o tba cad, W' reCently
established a new 00 plianoe
unit within the WIC program to
identify and take action against
storeowners ho charge too
much for WIC foods. In addi
tion, the departme COQ
tr cted with the nationally
recognized firm of Coopers &.
Lybrand to develop a state-of
the-art data process' system
that Will streamline the day-to
day operation of the WIC
�am.
"Good nutrition ' siagIc
best way to in t in our future,
giVing our children a healthy
start now, instead of payiDg for
the coasequ ces of poor nutri
tion through iIIn . aad poor
later in life,· said Wiener.
-B no gtwernmen1. program
is a u titute for a mother's
care an(f a community's con
ce n," she added. "While
stJ1Ye to provide ceess to food
other' rvices, only a preg
nant can exert her right
to take advan of these ser
vice for herself and for er
children. "
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