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1 J him an iDegaltifrODt· I. . came to iDe W)�'"
ovasee ex) • ee by Though not agreeing With all' � sub-c:ultradDrs.
prime .coetraetor, Fairview the . made by Rhodes, said be insisted that be
Co tructio Com • W admitted to the aowd uId sip FainieYI COIl-
set- . that·even though we've had the tract until Rhodes bad siped
Fait:Vie has not obeyed administration downtown 16 . own COIdract . Fairview.
accordiDg to a Ia - years, there He problems with This tHea· an at ...
s . filed by TJR Buikting &: set- ides.· . tempt to guarantee a sa· e-v­
CoastructiooCoovmerTho NotiDg minority firms have tory deal for the miDorily sub- .:
J. Dtrac:tor on beea in� in Poletown, the OOIltractori. . -
nrN�'wwn.jcct. Detroit inciDcrator and Cobo W tressed the impo -
Rhodes t t h· S5 million Han expansion, W ked, taa,* ofhaviug attomeys hand- -;
contract ith Pairview in "Where arc the •• • 1· le cootrads and knowing what .
August, 1988. His oil charges W said, S09(, �r you're doing before you sip a .
Pairvic ·th disaimination, on the prison maDagelDCllt COD- deal. I
br ch of CODlrad, defaJDation tr ct, he· . ted on retaining Rhodes· ted many wroags
ofbnsinessreputatio infliction contro� over contracts and. dealt him by Pairview and said
of emotional distress, and al- moDe)' m an effort make set- that ODe of the problems exist- -
leges that Pairview attempted to asides do they are up- - jug for minority contractors .
, . . posed to do. the difficulty in dealing with
He said Pairview the low ooostruction managers. He said
on the prison project d subcontractors ate forced to
C lebrating 68 gottbejob despile a drepu - deal only with the prime con-
tractor. .
ar Audition ,fr arts NAAAB Chairperson Willie
Mae Cole said after the meeting
training for the that briDiog \\tiash and Rhodes
dl bled together serves one purpose of
the business group.
. She said NAAAB is to
facilitate, promote, assist, and
de)'elop in any legitimate way
longer expect get into' a fac-
. tory job and' p that job for a
chool, said it has like many 0 their
a 1 0 e. He said the did.
school had four out of 1,050 stu- He said he believes the
dents drop out in the 1987-88 Legislature needs to focus on
school year. training students.
. "Last year oae ofourbet- "We need young peop e who
ter years,. Melton said "Ibe are trained when they come out
students that do aYe, leave for of high school," HiIlegonds said
other schoo • veil ith extra traD:Uog. the
. Bemis said some school dis- students of today are probably
tricts • do Dot have a dropout goiDg to be paid less than their
problem. ·You can'f talk about parents were in the rlt p ce."
Michipn schoo ( a whole), Hillegoo said . COD-
becau e they're so differeat," cerned about a studenrs life
Be· . d. "Dropo arc n a' early can be aitical.
SC\Ue prob m in many areas of '1f you don't deal . some
ichigu, but are a evere of the famil� and social
problem. specific districts and proble early· life, cbanoea
specific scbob • are i 10 . to be too late to res-
AIlIlloUttb the dropout rates cue the dcot later 00: Hil-
vary from di trict to district, !egon said
Rep. Paul HiUegoD�, state Bryson aid a variety of
House leader, sad lie hopes problems contribute to the
that most students are realiziDg dropout problem. She said
the importaDCC of a good educa- some attributiDg facto . elude
tioIl. . haviag failed before, low self-
'The facts of life arc, in the confidence, doing poorly in
new ecooomy we have in school, beiag left out of school
. state, you can't drop out of activ·· lack of money, and
school or imply have a high bEl in an overweight child .
school dipla withoUt further . factors include beiDg a
specialization and expect to get chi d of teenage pa ents,
a decent job," HiBegonds, R- abusive paren , and parents
Holland, said ho have an alcohol or drug
. H�nds said because of problem.
the state's change from a Bryson· said various
manufacturiDg eo omy to a ser- programs have been started
vice ceo omy students can no under the Departmenr of
The membC of Pe.e Bap- .
t (loca ed t 13450
Goddard Ave. ncar E. Davison, Saturday, March 11th and
Detroit, MI 48212) will be 18th, Corporation for Artistic
celebr tingthc68thanniYersary Development, (CAD), will
of their church. register the disabled and others
Rev. Rory L. Bedford of who are eight years old and up
Dothan, Ala. and pastor of 010 for free training. in televisio
First ptist Church of Clio, theatre and fashion with on-the-
Alabama, will be preaching. job experience. .
The close of the church an- In addition, there will be .
niversary will be held on Sun- ditions for two musicals, 0 e
, day, .March 19, t 1b:45 .m. �"*'tAA,1 a play scheduled to g on
Rev. Dr. Morris W. Lee, tor a local tour d a state ide
of Third RaptA t Ch dI of talent competition for the dis­
Youn�sto n, Ohio, ill be abled with a top prize of $500.
preaching. Last year's winner was drum-
On Thursday, March 23, mer/Vocalist, Jason Lippford, 7,
(Ma Thursday) there wiD bliDd ·th cerebral palsey from
be a joiDt communion service at Romu Michipn
T e Co • t Aft e Valted Programs are spoasored by
Metho 1st C arcb. Rev. Coors and Detroi Council of
Cochran, pastor d ReV. Dr. C. the Arts. Call (313) 579-9323 to
Cass HudsOa, prc& • schedule an appointment
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and similar structures to
facilitate the free 80 of co -
meree, NAAAB holds promise
of serving ch the same pur­
pose for the African Amcracan
community.
Por information about
NAAAB, ca1l871-77WJ or 891-
1900.
Education. One program is
Operation Graduatio , which
helps students to keep students
. school by prOYiding ork ex­
perience, intensive oounseling.
basic skills upgrading, skilk or
living, tutorial assistance, and
career exploration and develop­
ment
Bryson said another helpful
program is the Summer Train­
ing and Education Program
(STEP), which helps to employ
14- and is-year-old students
nd teach them basic living
skills.
·Wh t e've found ith
dropout-prone teens is they
have to have eoatiaaed . -
taace," she said "We believe
there's been some progre .•
Bryso said if the dropo rates
continue, the state's economy
could be in jeopardy.
·Our whole eeono . c base
ould probably det iorate,"
Bryson said. "We D some-
'one to , lain the economy."
Bemis s id school ad-
ministrators are learning t
to do about the problem, but i
is up to the individuals and
society if they do anything about
it .
Bemis said he believes some
str tegies are effective in keep:
ins students in school He
en students have a job and an
ability to make money, or when
a student knows someone cares
about him or her, they will tend
to stay in school
"We kno if put money
into kids' education at 4-years­
old, we can save-half of them,",
he said. "That's a fact."
IIIf we don't do anything,
we're going to lose th m all,"
Bemis said "The question is.
whether or not society wants to
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