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was walk out on the streets .
and "watch the brothers and
sisters," he called it a wonder-
. ful kind of chaos.
He said he derived his car­
toons through actual ex­
perience and true observa­
tion. Harrington, 79, grew up
in New York's South Bronx.
During those times, he said
without intent he became a
cartoonist.
period.
Exposure to these writers
led him to work for the
J Amsterdam News, where he
wrote, and drew cartoons.
During the period of the
"Roaring 20's" Harrington
recalled how Blacks were not
allowed to eat in a certain ex­
pensive restaurant, or see the
Black dancers in the Cotton
Club. He remembered seeing
mobsters like Dutch Scholtz
eating in the restaurant and
then going to the Cotton Club.
During World War II,
Harrington's cartoons were
know from coast to coast in
the U.S., and being taken
HARRING TO AID hi
experience ha matured hi
c rtoons. The c rtoon ex­
hibet went on di play at the
MAAH Apri117, nd will run
through to June 8, 1991.
Michigan's Best Ballplayers 'take on Soviet team
DETROIT Mayor
Colem n A. Young s id Tue -
d Y a team made up of
M'chigan' be thigh chool
boy b ketball player wiil
pi y te m made up of the
be t player age 20 and under
from the Soviet Union on May
10 at Joe Loui Aren .
Spon ored by Little
Cae If , the event will be
c lied "Little Cae ars
Pre e nts the AAU-Soviet Bas­
ketball Tour of Michigan."
The game, which will take
pi ce under the auspice of
the mateur Athletic Union
(AAU), will be the first of 10
game the Soviet team will
play against outstanding high
school player in a tour of the
Uni ted State .
The game is scheduled for
8:05 p.m. on Friday, May 10.
\t will be preceded at 6 p.m.
by contest between a team
made up of the top metro
Detroit players not on the
Michigan AAU s q ua d and
another team made up of out­
t te pi 'jer who are not on
. tbe Mi�hi an AAU squad. All
pi yer who will participate
are enior who have com­
pleted their high school
eligibility.
TICKETS FOR the event
will be S15 and $10 and will
be available t the Joe Louis
Arena Box Office, Cobo
Arena Box Office, and all
Ticketmaster outlet.
.Chi ldr e n agc 14 and under
will get a $5 discount on their
tickets.
In addition, metro Detroit
Little Caesars pizza outlets
will be offcring special "two
for one" coupon allowing the
coupon holder to purcha e
. two ticke t for the price of
one t the Joe Louis Arena
Bo 0 (ice only.
Among the player who
have commi tted to participate
are Chris Webber of Detroit
Country Day, Jaien Rose and
Vo hon Len rd of Detroit
Southwe tern, Katu Davis
-frcm Detroit Notthern, Em­
manuel BIbb of Detroit
Denby, and Todd Lindem n of
Iron Mount in North Dickin­
son High School.
The team will be allowed to
include one p laye r from
another' tate and ha chosen
Jawan Howard of Chicago
Vocational Technical High
School to fill that lot, the
M yor aid.
"Detroit and Michigan have
been known for years as the
bome of out tanding basket­
ball taltnt," the Mayor aid in
announcing the conte t. "This
year we have had a particular­
ly outstanding group of
player. When you add a
player of Jawan Howard's
ability to thn qu d it i a
, \&1 Y i r r
"1 am king f ard to
seeing this team take' the floor
against what will be an out­
standing team from the Soviet
Union."
TH TEAM will be
coached by Quinton Watkins,
who ha coached Michigan
AAU team ince 1 974.
Under hi leader hip,
Michigan team have won na­
tional AAU championships in
1974, 1977, 1986 and 1987.
Players who have played on
his team include Earvin
Johnson, Glen Rice, Derrick
Coleman, Willie Burton, Roy
Tarpley, Kevin Willi, Terry
Tyler, John Long, Steve
Smith, Michael Talley, Matt
Steigenga, and Tony Tolbert.
Watkins is the head basket­
ball co ch at Jordan College,
a two-year independent
school which finished the cur­
rent eason with a 27-7 record
and ranked number one in the
n tion among small college .
After opening their to'ur in
Detroi t, the Sovie t team wi 11
play teams in 'Iowa, 1 nd iana,
Oregon. California, Texas.
Alzheimer's Association receives grant
The Alzeimer's Asso cta- sive, de ge ne rattve disorder
tion - Detroit Chapter has that attacks the brain and
received a $16,192 grant from results in impaired memory,
the Metro Health Foundation thinking and behavior. It af­
(MHF) for its Family Support fects an estimated four mit­
Program expansion. The lion American adults, and at
grant will help establi h fami- least 70,000 victims are in the
Iy support groups, a monthly m e t r o p o l i t an Detroit area.
orientation meeting and a sup- When it was first described in
port group for families of 1907, it was considered a rare
n u r s i n g home residents in disorder. Now it may affect
minority areas. as many as 50 percent of per-
Alzheimer's disea e , the sons over the age of 85 years.
urth leading cause of death Alzheimer's disease takes
ng adults, is a p ro gr es- its toll on family members,
--
who generally provide the
majority of care. In many
cases, the family members die
before the patient, and the
Alzheimer's patient may live
as long as twenty years after
being diagnosed.
The funding from the Metro
He a I t h F 0 u n d a t ion .w i II he I p
exp a nd the number of
Alzheimer's support groups
for families. Currently, there
are forty such groups in the
Detroit area, but more expan­
sion is needed in minority
areas as traditional outreach
methods have often been inef­
fective.
MHF is a private Detroit
grant making foundation.
The foundation makes grant
to Michigan organizations for
health care and in health-re­
lated fields.
For more information on
the Alzheimer's Association,
contact Pat Johnson at 557-
8278.
/
HARRINGTON recalled a
teacher in his school who
went by the name of Miss
McCoy, being only one of five
Black students in the school,.
Miss M Coy .identified the
Baby Derby
raises fu nds
fice at 961-1584 during busi­
ness hours.
Family Service of Detroit
and Wayne County is present­
ing "Family Service Baby
Derby" on Sunday, May 19 at
Ladbroke DRC in Livonia
from 4:30 - 10 p.m.
Tickets are $25 per person
and include a full-cour e buf­
fet, coffee, tea or lemonade,
admission to the Clubhouse
and a racing program.
General parking of $2 is not
included.
Proceeds from "Family Ser­
vice Baby Derby" will benefit
the Parent-Infant Beginnings
Program to provide clothtng, .. � J
equipment, toys and o ihe r
resources for di advantaged
clients. .
Parent-Infant Beginnings
is' a free se rvice providi ng in­
formation and upport to ex­
pecti ng p ar e n tin" Wayne
County.
Famil y Se rvlce is a United
Way agency which provides Wheno/:su pect housmg discrimination.
affordable family, marital, in- . ��'''''777, TOO: 1-800-927.9275
dividual and group counsel-
ing at office in De tr o i t ,
Dearborn, Livonia and Tren­
ton.
For information about
" mily Service Baby Derby"
contact the Development Of-
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discrimination ara not
this otMous Insta d,
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