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b.rushes, ro I s, pain
wander or muggers might hide.
White also wants more light
ing in the area to improve fety,
Another part of the block
club's wish list would be greater
effort from businesses to im
prove the appearance of the
commercial area.
She states that tho e who
donate clothing for th Salva
tion Army Thrift S 0 leave it _
outside and peop times
pick it up outside, scattering the
clothiDg that is left, creati -a
mess." She believes the shop
should handle i differently.
When contacted by The
Michigan Citizen, a repre
entative from the Salv tion
Army stated the thrift op 001-
Iected cloth . . de duriDg •
workiDg ho bu t problem
created by people left
do outside after the build-
iag closed
White also . es other
Istore �ers would do more
about loitering in front' of their
busi esses,
However, she dds, -Youag
people should have a pi ee to go
to socialize, talk and p y cards,
so they 't have to loiter on
corners."
The only recreation center in
the city, she states, is OIl die
other end of town.
Sbe dds that "People ha� to
rk together to comba so
of the aime, to help each other,"
fam· iarize yourself with tbe i s and outs of operating a
busy restaurant kitche . You might even have,
the potential for management and begin to
I110Ye up in r career: And, by the way,
you 'I make � friends and have good
times working at Burger Kilg.
SO stop ·nto any Burger King res
taurant and fill out a
.job apolication now.
You'll know exactly
what you can do with
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HIGHLAND PK. - If the
Avalon Block Club, had a
Christmas wish list, close to the
top of it would be paint, blushes,
and rollers to help a senior
citizen fix up her house.
_' I The woman lives in bad con
. ditioas, notes Block C ub Presi
'dent Alice White, but she i too
old to take care of the' ituation.
Rei' neighbors want to help her,
I White said, and they hope a
, iness or agency . donate
leaders focus on Highland Par .: 1he��ir.::;!1ke ill
._�.I job tram. in., Highland Park, noting. "When I
� ." call they respo d right' a y."
programs can be placed in However, a second item on
either the K-12 systc or the her . list would be to get the
Community College? police become "a little more
- Are there sped I visible" on the corner of Wood
programs offered � the ward and Avalon, where young
State Board of EducabOD that people loiter in !Yont of the
can give either H""and Par�s tores..
K-12 or Community tollege _ Sbeaddsthatondiffereutoc
systema 5 fiKal base� casions, there have, been rob
- Is there a better y t90 m- beries and vandalem of a local
tegrate d c:oor. te the State business.
Departme � �catio . and Highland Park Public S,fety
other agenClCS lth business Director Marshall Emerson
and industry to improve the states that h would Ii e to talk
quality of education d obtain with block club officials about
additional funds for our mutual these concerns.
goal? The bloc club is wprking to
get the city to tear down two
�angerous abandon d hous
mgs, where children mi t
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The Highland Park Techni
cal Task Force de up of
leader &0 private industry,
local.; county d te govern
ment weD oommunity
of organa . met with state
educatioDal leaders reee ly to
disaass the q . of educatioa
in urbuuea.
The T k Force ] an d
viwry team icb formed
by the Mayor of H"land Puk
to focus 0 the redevelopment
of the city.
"We all ow that a com-
munity canDot survive, and cer
tainly not grow, unless it h
quality education. We also
know .. extremely dif-
ficult in urban area," said Roy
. Levy Williams,' Community
Relations Manager, from
Qrysler Corp. who hosted the
meetiDg t the 0u-ysIu Wc.ld
Headquarters iD Hig land
Put.
Some of the· ues awered at
the meeting re:
-H 'canan �I
system beeo more etlic:ient
d rae the quality of educa-
tion given the curre t cing
structure?
- How can a COQUDunity col
lege, greatly respected' and
desperately neeckd in this city,
'strengthen its fiscal base, given
the current financiag structure?
- As the 'Governor for -
lates plans for the Detr . Com
pact, can the Higb�nd Park
School Sys m be included?
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