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In And About Muskegon
Black History
onth
observ.ed in
·Muskegon
By Mary Golliday
Andra Jamel Turner
celebrated his 4th birthday
recently with a party at home
with family and a few friends.
He had ice cream, cake and a lot
of goodies.
I asked him what he wan ed
to be when he grew up. His sister
CC said, you know I want to be
a doctory. J arnel said me too.
CC said, copy cat. I said, hold it
You can both be doctors, Dr.
Turner and Dr. Turner. J amel is
the son of Ealine Turner.
ere will be a musical Sun­
day, February 19 at 5:30 p.m., at
II Spring Street Baptist Church.
Choirs of the city arc invited.
This program is spon ored by
the committee for BI ck History
Month. Mrs. Bobbie McAfee is
chairperson and the Rev. I?
Dixon is the pastor.
The local branch of the
NAACP will be having a
. birthday �Iebration Friday,
February 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the .
Sherman Bowling Center Ban­
.quet Hall It was organized in
1919.
The speaker is the Rev.
Julius C. Hope, director of Na- I
tional NAACP Region III
Tickets are $10.00 and you I
may call White Barber Shop,
733-9275, Mr. and Mrs. House,
733-2968 or NAACP office,
722-'1A79 to purchase.
. A big hand of -applause or
Muskegon Heights Mayor
Robert A. Warren for his heart
warming speech he gave at
Spring Street Baptist Church
recently during Black History
Month.
He said we have come a long
way and we can be anything we
want to be. He encouraged the
young people to study Black
History and find out what we
have done. He said as a people,
we have had to struggle, but
God has been with us. He said,
for us to register and vote, make
our voices heard, our vote do
count.
HIGHLAND PARK FOCUS
Contin d [rom P 6
and William F. Bledsoe, ex­
, pressed full support for having
such a jail buill in Highland
Park.
Po lice an d cou rt re pre­
. entatives agreed that because
there were not enough prison
facilities, many convicted of
prostitution, shoplifting, petty
theft disorderly conduct, drunk
driving and property dcstruc­
lion were released without
punishment to make r m for
felons.
Judges Hoagland and Bled-
oe aid," Although most com­
munitie have complained"
about such criminals being
released. "few, if any have been
willing to step forward to ta
on the responsibility of housing
a misdemeanor jail" iri their
area.
Police and Fire Association
President f abil Hazcmy stated
that ''Thcre hould be little or no
threat to those in the immediate
area of the. jail."
He slated that the largest
percentage of crimes affecting
the community were mis­
demeanors and expressed
doubt that there would be any
problem in filling the beds.
Thcre are enough
employees to ensure safe and
sufficient operating proce­
dures," he added.
Councilman Dwight Downes
expressed pers nal support for
building the jail in the city.
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keep up with t rate," he said .
Chappel d the strict stand­
ards and re uirements for
prospective rrections officers
make it diffic It for the correc­
tions depart ent to process
enough office s to keep up with
the rise in pri n population.
Prospectiv corrections of­
ficers must fir take a minimum
. of.15 college redit hours in a
corrections 0 icer certification
. course or hav a degree in are-
Free Health Fair
February 21
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Free health screenings, in-
cluding cholesterol and blood
pressure checks, will be con­
ducted at a health fair spon­
sored by Detroit Osteopathic
Hospital (DOH) on Tuesday,
Feb. 2]. The health fair will be
held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
located at 1
Detroit
The followi g tests will be of­
fered to any e 18 years or
older: . blood ressure, vision,
glaucoma, or I and dental,
hearing, heigh weight, health
risk appraisal and pharmacy
. and nutrition unseling
Welfare Righ�:
DSS into service
Continued rr Pel
- Workers refused to deal
with clients' if WRO repre­
sentariv : were with them.
Peters stated that this was a
violation of social service
regulations which give clients
the right to have advocates of
their choice accompany them.
Other branches ofWRO and
the leader of one organization
of homcles people called the
Hamtramck social service office
to say that they would send in
their own members to support
an all night sit-in, Peters said.
After a meeting with
Hamtramck District Manager
Richard tilsky, WRO was al­
lowed to join the clients, ome
people did get food and the
diabetic did get the voucher for
his insulin.
Peters added that she
believed that tilsky sincerely
did not know how bad condi­
tions were in his district office.
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Council refuses to support County Executive COntrol
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B. Ron Sei el
HI JHLAND PARK - Thc
Highland Park City Council
rcfu. c d a request from the
R dew od City Council to joio
with them in calling for a Wayne
County charter amendment
giving the county executive con­
trol over the heriff Depart­
ment budzet.
County her iff Robert A.
Ficano and Wayne County Ex­
ecutive Ed McNamara have
been locked in a bitter feud over
control of the jail.
The Rockwood resolution
stated that this would "eliminate
waste and duplication within
county government" and allow
the county executive to end what
it called" the outrageous and e -
cessive costs in this depar -
ment." comes here [to city council
It urged "cities and townships meetings) from time to time. I
within Wayne County to join in haven't seen the executive. I
the offering of s pport to don't want him writing the
County Executive [Edwar� H.] [sheriff's] budget.' .
McNamara, so that he "will be ouncil President Linsey
able. to continue his polic!es �f ,.porter stated that McNamera
efficI�ncy and fiscal restra�t. va asked to come to the city
HIghland Park Councllma.n council to di cu s county i sues
Com r Heath warned that this with the public hut "has yet to
was an issue of checks and appear." '
bala�ces .and �mpar.ed this to ouncilman D 'light Downes
the suuanon which might re ult said council should not act until
in Highland Park, if the mayor it di cu ses the issue with
(wh serves as city executive) Wayne County commissioners.
were to take over independent
office , such as the treasurer or
city clerk.
Heath added, "I don't know
what the Wayne County execu­
tive is doing for Highland Park.
Sheriff [Robert A.] Ficano
"Wh€n I w nt home, I fclt
good," she said. "I feel good, be­
cause I helped handful out of
the crowd."
But she n tes that many
people were n helped
"It's a neve ending battl ,"
she said. "I'll tay with it and
help as many ople as I can."
The Michi an Citizen at­
tempted to get a meeting with
Stilsky to get t e department's
point of view, ut he was not
there.
Magarct An linger, Director
of Public Affair for the Wayne
County Depar ent of Social
crvice later told this
newspaper that someone from
Stilsky's office h d informed her
of this attempt t an interview
nd she officiall forbadeStilsky
from giving it, cause she con­
sidered it unne ssary,
Anslinger t n stated that
the only thing n ary to print
was that Th rsday night
Hamtramck of cials met with
Hamtramck .R.O. repre-
entatives,
She stated t at each case
which had merit as resolved.
"Some were ithout founda­
tion," she added.
. One empl yee of the
Department of ocial ervices
stated that clien have difficul­
ty in pr ces ing ca e becau e
they mu 1 deal wi a large num­
her of cases and yare further
burdened y a la ge number of
forms and revie , which they
have to fill out.
uch pre ur s "d sensitize
wor rs", the so rce indicated,
and cause many ho ar coo­
cerned with peo e" to resign.
Another sour stated that
some supervi ors expect
workers to "intirn ate clients to
keep them �?m mplai ing.·
lated field such as sociology or
criminal justice, Parks said
Candidates then take a civil
service test and those in the top
band of test sco es are inter­
viewed .. They also undergo ex­
tensive background chec as
well as drug and physical fitness
tests.
Those candidates who .
qualify are accepted into the
Corrections Academy, where
they are schooled in subjects
such as legal issues, methods of
correction and prisoner types
and continue with physical fit­
ness tests, which, get progres­
sively harder.
Candidates spend about four
months in the academy, Parks
said, including an internship­
type period at a corrections
facility. Candidates are also on
a one year probationary period
starting from the time they enter
the academy.
Parks said the public is not
aware of how difficult it is to be­
come a corrections officer.
"We have stricter, tougher
standards than the state police,"
he said. "I think a lot of people
don't realize that,"
Governor
pushes
r�yc ing
By Ron eigel
DETR n' - J after the
Michigan Democratic state
convention, Governor James
Blanchard noted that he was
taking measures to push local
officials to promote recycling of
garbage and waste.
"It will add to our economy."
Blanchard said.
Blanchard stated he would I
soon announce new measures to
push recycling in local areas,
using both "carrots and sticks"
(rewards and punishments) to '
get local officials to encourage
recycling.
Although Governor
Blanchard is not opp ing the
construction of the Detroit in­
cinerator, a key issues in the cur­
rent suit to stop cons uction of
the facility is th charge that the
City of Detroit under the
Coleman Young Administra­
ti n w not doing enough to
promote recycling as an alterna­
tive.
Francie Ru ell from the
verner's New Office told
The Citizen that the g vern r
wa also starting a policy of get­
ting the tate to us recycled
. products.
"We want to practice what we
preach," he said
From recycling, the g vernor
went on to disc the beauties
of the scenery in Michigan, in­
cluding orne "right here in th
city."
He said, "It is like being
governor of a Paradise."
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