By V. Morton, Ph.D., Pro r m tr n formed into festive place Director with holly. candle and ea onal decor tion. The roma w fling Literacy ow! Hi hland Pork from the kitchen by the caterer Community Col/tIt (Cheryl' Cre tion of Highl nd W h ve been very ppreci - P rk t ntilized the au picious tive to II of gathering of celebr nt - there you for the ere over 100 of them. won d e r f u I P rt of the group were the respon e that original tutors from the Summer. we h ve had 1990 class. But. thi celebration for t he was to honor tho e tutors receiv- LI T ERA C Y _ _ ing their certificate having uc- NOW! r ading �--�... .ce fully completed the tr inin pro- LITERACY NOW! course (EDD gr m here at 110). Highland Park Community Col- The ones who received the lege. "gold" certificates also com- A brief overview: la t year, pleted the Psychology 131 and 1990, we had three semesters of the Socology 240 courses to classe to train college students make up the nine hours package. to teach adult non-readers. We Those who received the "green" had over 56 tudent totally last certificate will take the e two erne ter representing hundreds our es this semester and will of tutorial hours! Our celebration receive their "gold" awards t the at the end of the semester last' May celebr tion. Here are the year on December 7, 1990 was a names of the recipients of I st gala affair! Let me bring you up semester. to date: The Multi Purpo e room was , f ilure to fl er to pe to mmittee members, th t officer h ve been fired, orne officer h ve quit or , , iteracy proper procedure mve ti tion. He id he m e no comment until the fin I report w ubmitted. M yor M rth cott did not n Committee reque t for meeting. Lerner nd I 0 reported th t ow' honor GOLD: John Autrey, IT ASS prOIl1BleS� -e -commun ca Ion fir gradua e G EE CERTIFIC TE : Rennee Baldwin, C milia Flower, L tre e Harper, Loui e Holme ,Berth lice Ar Continued from P ge 1 it' in the marketplace. Detroit is certainly a great place to live, and it is full of interesting people, places, and things. It would be vir­ tually impossible (0 print all of the issues and entities that make up our great city, all at once, so each week we'll bring you something different about the community and its various leaders, society and political effects, features and issues of great concern, as well as newsmakers and his­ tory in the making. Essen­ Ual Bit' & Piecu will consist of a "potpourri" of news to inform and entertain our loyal, and much ap­ preciated readers. CHERYL MAJOR IS sin­ cerely a person that has a desire to seek and ad­ minister change in our society and community at large. Out of seeing the need to acknowledge the lack of communication among numerou family members, Ms. Major will head the upcoming PASS Program(s) "that are scheduled to take place at the Columbia Primary School in Detroit, during the first' three Thursday's in March. The purpose of this won d e rf u 11 yen I i g h ten i n g" program is to reach, educate and emotionally waken parents and students to the vital importance and sig-­ nificant needs of families working together to reach common goals. PASS i the acronym for: Parent's And Students Shar­ ing. Ms. Major is also t e creator and founder of this network, and she has plans to extend this program through out the city and the Great Lakes Region. For additional informa.tion abou t these self- he lp workshops, contact Ms. Major at: (313) 255-5411. ULL FABULOUS I . definitely in full bloom, and continuing to blossom our for the spring! Registration is now open ESSENTIAL BIT'S PIECES D bar h Culp ubmitted, ord ubmittin ed out fter the re elution which The di tingui hed gue t who attended to i t in honoring the e recipient were Dr. Ron ld Gillum, the St te Director of Educ tion ( ELS), Mr. Tom Cook, Director Michigan Educa­ tion A oci lion nd Pre ident of the Detroit Literacy Coalition. Dr. Charle Mitchell, Director, Mr. Glen Holm n, Director Bright Center, Adult Education, Mr. Ti tu McClary, Pre ident of Board 0 Tru tee, Highl nd Park Community College and Derrick C. Lewi , Michigan Citizen New paper. The Highland Park Education­ al profe sionals on the program included Dr. Vivian Ro , Dean of Instruction, Mr. Calvin Trent, Director Mgt Information & Planning, Mr . Lizzie Chamber­ lain, Counselor, Mrs. Ameenah E.P. Omar, Director Admis- ions/Records, Mrs. Delores Shephard, Instructor and Dr. Verona Morton, Literacy Now! Program Director. Mr. Clifton Bonds, our pray-giver and in- tr e depart- 1, the occa ion was a mash .... and we are already plan­ jiing for our next celebration in May, 1991. J&J Plumbing & Heating Service 20220 Gilchrist 835-3270 Reasonable Rates ould not n ther council meet n re olution proved by the coun ere cted upon mini tr tion . i t nt t Colbert, ho ho tile fe lin of the report. ot into n citizen H ell Po ey, fter Po eycommente