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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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