Who sold Cam
Co tl ed fro Pale 1
authorize the sale of the
property because it wa not
sure of ownership, and a sub
sequent investigation found
it not to be city-owned.
WHEELER MAIN.
TAINS ince the Commis
sion of Chari tie was created
by a city ordinance, the city
must be connected in some
way to Camp Rankin, aying
the camp was run by the
city's Department of Recrea
tion for years.
Heath even admit there
might be ome connection
HPCC· receives
Grant
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Highland Park Community
College i one of five addi
tional partnership of two-
, and four-ye r institutions
from round the country
elected to participate in the
nr t phase of the National
Academic Achievement and
Transfer Project.
The project, funded by a
SI.2 million gr nt from the
Ford Foundation to the
Arne ric n Council on Ed uca
lion (ACE), is aimed t in
creasing the tran fer rate of
tudcnts from community nd
junior college' to four-year
in ti turio n nd improving
thcir chance of academic
succe, .
Partner school will
collaborate on IS-month
projects that involve uch ac
tivities as the redesign of
court cs that are transferable,
development of f cully ex
change progr m , and crea
tion of pilot programs for
selected community college
students who are potential
tran sl'crs. .
··At the end of each
project, the changes the i n-
uruuons have made in their
academic practices should be
incorporated permanently
into their ongoing activities,"
aid ACE vice pre ident and
project director Judith Eaton,
. The other De partnership
include:
- !SouthweSlern College
and San Diego St te Univer
sity in California.
- E sex County College
and Rutgers Uniyersity'"
Newark in e Jersey.
- University of Houston
and lhe Hou ton Community
College Sy tem in Texa .
- L ney cenege, Merritt
Colle e. Holy Names C�I
lege of 0 kland, and San
Fr nci co State Univer ity,
hich will form the Bay Area
Partner hip Transfer/Educa
tion Consortium for Under
repre e nre d Minorities, in
C Iitoi nla.
- Mercy College of
Detroit in Michigan.
with the camp, but said no
definite proof ha been
hown.
Camp Rank i n was sold
March 30, 1990 to Scott Lis,
a private horse owner, on a
ten-year land contract total
ing $274,000. Signatories
for the HPCACR were Bruce
Mayhew and Robert Dole.
During the HPCACR last
meeting September 17, 1990,
the group made arrangement
for the distribution of the as
sets to different.charitie .
Among the distribution w s
a decision to e tablish an en
dowment scholarship for "a
deserving student from Hi h
land Park in perpetuity, It at
Adrian College in Adrian,
Michigan.
Heath w s concerned
about the money being given
to Adrian College instead of
HPCC or Highland Park
()I!.· ... ItOIT - It is a story
heard Iar too often. On J n.
16. 1990. 12-ye r-old WiI
lena Oldh m wa killed in the
eros fi rc of a Highl nd P rk
trcet fi hI. A bullet struck
her in the che t as she walked
home from Ford School.
Two month earlier,
Willena's mother, Arqulla
Oldham, a 32-ye r-old ingle
parent, had been imprisoned
for attempted murder. Mother
and daughter were best
friend.
Although the tory is a ad
one, there is gleam of hope
for Arqu la Oldham. The
Women's Conference of Con
ee rns, a Detroi t-bascd non
profit service organization,
has adopted Ms. Oldham and
her family.
Founded in 1973 by
former City Council Presi
dent Erma Henderson, the
Women' Conference of Con
cerns is made up of women
from various social and
economic backgrounds who
have come together to fight
the problems that arc "cre-at
ing an underclass in
America."
To help alleviate Ms.
Oldham's gricf over the 10 s
of her daulhter, the Con-
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pa ter of Bethel AME January.
Church, will conduct the er- Since her d ughtcr ts
vice to be held at WilJen 's death, Ms. Oldham has
grave, or in ca e of r in, at earned her Gener lEduc -
the cemetery' chapel. Rev. tion Diplom and completed
Andre Wood , pa tor of classe in tclevi ion produc
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of Christ, will assist. The attend the c rvice for her
head tone will be laid in ad- d ughter.
v' nee and unveiled following Her two oilier children-
the. ervicc. have also 'bcncfl ned for their
family" adoption by the Con
ference. Trinena, 16, wa en
rolled in the 10th grade thi
rail at Pershing High School,
and her brother, L rry, 18, is
working evenings and plan-
.ning to enroll at Trombley
Adult Day School.
In addition, conference
member Majorie Thomp on
wrote a poem entitled "Wil
lena," which was mailed to
Ms. Oldham on October 14
for her 33rd hi rthday. It will
SAYS MS. HENJ)ER·
SON, "We as an organiz -
tion are dedicating ourselves
to providing. emotional and
financial support and
guidance ere nccde . Our
goal is that every man,
woman. boy a-nd girl who
need help will find that up
port system with us."
With help from the
Women·s Conference of Con
cerns. Ms. Oldham ha a up
port system that i helping
her put the shattered pieces
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wondered if there might have
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awarding the endowment to
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TREMON MCDER.
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commi uee, said he pushed
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majority to vote for the other
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McDermott and Doyle s id
they did not remember what
her rgument wa . Purchase
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Doyle mai lain t city
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