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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grave, or in ca e of r in, at earned her Gener lEduc -
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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
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port system that i helping
her put the shattered pieces
of her life back together. Sen­
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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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McDermott and Doyle s id
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