n er,
Lo G
bor .
III
Cro of Cour
Whic Black co edian
coined th .pr« 10, "It'
o d' race to be colored,
it' just 0 inconvenient."
AY 28, 194
Glady I t, in er,
born. 189 - A dy
Ir orche tra le der,
born.
Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr., pastored which [amou
Baptist Church, as did hi
father before him?
MAY 29, 1942 -
obert L. lie, uthor,
w born. 1910 - Ip
Mete If, olympi n/US
congre m n, w born.
Which invention likely
resulted in prolonging of
slavery?
MAY 30, 1965 -
Vivie M lone became
the �ir t BI ck gradu te of
the University of Alabama.
1831 - J. W. Hood, AME
Church Bi hop, w born.
How many Black women
have served in the US con
gress?
MAY 31, 1870 - Con
gre pa ed the fir t En
forcement Act, providing
stiff penalties for those
who deprived other of
civil right. 1834 -. An
thony Burn ,famed lave
fugitive, wa born.
What percent of profes
sional workers were Black
in 1950?
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ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS
-
26th - Yes they did,
, according to lU�hard VI.
Hull, in his African Ciltes
and Town Before the
". European Conquest.
27th - Bert William , a
r -. very funny man who, when
asked to tell a story among
Blacks, used to always
preface his jokes by look
ing around the room and
aying "Are we all
Negores here?"
28th - Abysstnlan
Baptist Church in NYC.
29th - The cotton-gin.
Before its invention, a
slave woman spent all day
cleaning a pound of cotton.
30th - Four. Shirley
Chisholm (NY), Yvonne
Braithwaite Burke (CA),
Cardiss colli ns (IL), and
Barbara Jordan (TX).
'31st - Only three percent.
;.. JUNE 1 t - Fritz Pol-
� lard, All-America, Brown
v University graduate. For a
: time he was coach of the
• Hammond (IN) and the
: Akron Pros.
They 1 0 aid they would be
trongly oppo ed to ny attempt
to tr n fer any 'of the
depanment' environment dutie
to nether t te agency.
Although it ha been largely
over hadowed by the tate .
budget cri i , re tructuring the
DNR ha become a major issue
ince the election of Gov. John
Engler. The key que lion of the
debate h been whether the
"depanment's environmental and
n tural resources functions
hould be eparated and if so, to
what extent.
WHILE THE NEW ad
ministration had not yet publicly
commi tted to a plan, Engler
spokesman John Truscott con
firmed the governor is favor of
separating the two functions.
Possibilities include creating a
new department, plitting ome
functions off to another state
agency or imply creatin a
greater distinction between the
two functions in the pre ent
DNR.
Charges that the DNR is
hortchanging sportsmen are
linked to the department's grow
ing environmental role. As the
DNR's burgeoning environmen
tal duties overshadowed its
original "fin and fur" functions,
some felt that attention to the lat
ter decline<l in real as well as
relative term. There have also
been charges that license fees,
which are earmarked for fish and
game program , have been
siphoned off into environmental
enforcement. .
Essentially, the position of
Washington and Van Putten is
that fish and wildlife develop
ment is inescapably linked with
environmental protection.
"The core of managing fish
and wildlife is protecting
habitat," Van 'Putten said. "If
you don't protect habitat, you
don't have fish and wildlife to
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By Dennis Mansneld
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Caplial News Service
LANSING-TIle ar in
the Persian Gulf is over and
people are celebrating as
their loved ones come
home. But another war is
brewing at the state capital
as lines are drawJl separat
ing sides over the lawsuit
filed against Gov. John
Engler and the State Ad
ministrative Board.
"This is out and out war
with the Legislature," said
Speaker Lewis Dodak, D
Birch Run.
Dodak and other leading
Democrats filed the lawsui t
challenging Engler and the
Administrati ve Board's
authority to transfer funds,
which they feel violate the
constitutional power of t�e
Legi lature to appropriate
funds.
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hin ton id no of
no pro-huntin or fi hin or
that f vor plittin
, environment I
unction. e noted th t no
ember of the public h d
igned up to pe in f vor 0
reor nizing the D t n up-
coming monthly he ring of the
tural e ource Commi ion.
"If they h ve omething they
nt to y, they hould call up
and get on the agenda, "he aid.
ny of them very well," he . d.
VI hin ton di ree.
In the en uing 20 ye r ,
( ince the D umed en
vironment I protection re pon
ibili tie I think the dep rtment
ha done pretty good job," he
id.
" ere killing more deer with
utomobile tod y then e u ed
to kill with fire rm ," he aid.
"The ucce r tio for hunting
i fanta tic in thi tate. We're
hunting elk no ,where we could
fe
id.
voice.
roup d dn't
imp nee
of environment 1 protection,
which he called" monumen I
job," but i concerned th t t e
D Rio preoccupied i th en
vironmental m tte th t it' not
devoting enough ttention to
recre tion i ue.
DNR revamp good to some
By A DRA POOR
Capital N,w S,rvic,
LANSING-The Michigan United Con ervation Club (MUCC) i encouraged by a new plan that
would reorganize but not split up the DNR, Executive Director Tom Wa hington aid.
"I think it' worth exploring a bit and talking about," Wa hington aid. "I'm p rticularly
plea ed that Mr. Aile i not trying to plit the department up now; initially that wa wh t they
were propo ing to do."
. The plan came about becau e of four public hearing on the DNR, Rep. Tom Alley, D-We t
Branch, h s said. The plan will addre the need for direction without di mantling the dep rt
ment.
Alley, who chair the Hou e ubcommittee on the DNR, ha aid the propo I would create an
agency within the DNR for hunting, fi hing and recreation. The gency would have a separate
budget and be headed by an admini trator appointed by and respon ible to the director of the
DNR.
THE PLAN WOULD increa e the visibility and utonomy of the hunting, fishing nd recrea
tion division without les ening the empha i placed on environmental i sue , Alley has aid.
However, the MUCC, which ubmitted it own proposal, que tion the need for a separate
agency for fishery and wildlife, Washington said. People are ngt looking t the positive things
that have occurred in fi h and game in the last 20 year. In almost every instance Michigan has
better fi hing and hunting, he said.
"I think it's wildlife and fisheries management program that have worked in cooperation with
environmental protection and enhancement programs (that have made the difference),"
Washington said. '
"Working hand-In-hand we have a cleaner environment and more fish and game to howor it.
Some politician and others have overreacted to the negativi m that' been expre ed by cert in
individuals and disgruntled hunter and fisher ," Washington aid.
Alley's plan al 0 would establish a none-member Citizens Permit Review Board to tudy the
current permit procedure and make recommendations for improvements in the system, Alley haa
said. The speaker of the Hou e, the Senate majority leader and the governor would each appoint
three people to the board. The members would come from public universitie , environmental
organization and bu ines es, including at least one member from a mall busine s.
The Air Pollution Control Commission (APCC) and Water Re ource Commi ion (WRC)
would be retained under Alley's propo a1. Tho e commission ' cbairpersons of would also sit on
the Natural Resources Comml Ion.
However, the APCC and WRC would not is' ue permits, Alley has aid. Those re pon ibilfties
would be given to the DNR director. The air and water commissions would hold public hearings
on the permit reque ts and only make recommendations to the director.
Sen. Vernon Ehlers, R-Grand
Rapids, vice chairman of the
Senate Natural Resource and
Environmental Affairs Commit
.tee, said his mail is running
"about 100-1" against splitting
up the DNR. Rep. John Strand,
R-Lapeer, said few of his con
stituents have even expressed an
opinion on the issue, focusing in
stead on taxation and economic
issues.
EVEN SO, Truscott ci ted dis
satisfaction among sportsment
as a primary reason for revamp
ing the DNR.
"They're not getting the
return on their (license) fees they
should be getting," he said.
"Basically, they're (the DNR)
charged wi th too many respon
sibilities and they're not doing
never hunt elk before. We've
got moose introduced ... beavers
h ve become a nuisance ... we've
. got pheasan ts coming back
beautifully now.
"So I don't know what they're
talking about."
WaShington blamed the en
vironmental vs. fish and wildlife
conflict on a few visible advo
cates, such as Fred Trost, host of
the PBS television program
Michigan Outdoors, and Tom
Opre, former outdoor writer for
the Detroit Free Press.
OPRE COULD not be
reached for comment. However,
Charlie Keenan, director of the
Sportsman's Outdoor Service,
which is affiliated with Trost's
program, and who is a frequent
guest commentator on legis la-
"If it takes splitting the DNR,
we're in favor of tbat," he said.
Keenan cited the use of con
servation officer for environ
mental monitoring and
enforcement as a chief com
plaint, aying that the conserva
tion and environmental branches
of the DNR should have separate
enforcement taffs. At the same
time, he said he did not believe
that any of the money from
license fees was being misused.
Keenan said he knew of no
other sportsman' group that
favor plitting up the DNR.
The governor's upcoming
proposal will not be the only one
demanding attention. Several
other reorganization plans have
been introduced, including bills
sponsored by Rep. Tom Alley, D
West Branch.
h
o war wi
n
go
Authority over spending is at issue
Gov. Engler has received
the Board's approval to
transfer $142 million to
help prevent termination of
the state's Medicaid pro
gram, further reduction in
support to families with de
pendent children enable the
continuation of payments
to foster parents and pro
vide fund to county medi
cal facilities.
THE DEMOCRATS'
law ui t has temporarily
stopped the transfer of
funds. The Court of Ap
peals will begin hearings
on Monda y concerning the
court order delaying the
transfer.
Lead i ng Republican ,
however. are urging Dodak
and other Democrats to lay
down thei r arms and J>an
don their law suit against
Engler House Minority
Leader Paul Hillegonds, R
Holland, introduced a
resolution on Thursday to
urge Democrat to drop the
law uit because it is stall
ing budget negotiations.
In addition, Hillegonds,
Republican Floor Leader
Donald Van Singel, R
Grant, and Rep. Ralph Os
tling, R-Roscommon, will
file an amicus curiae, or
"friend of the court," in In
gham County Circuit Court
to be named a supporter
of Gov. Engler and the
other member of the Ad
ministrative Board.
Dodak does not think
this is parti an battle, but
. one to protect the integrity
of the Legislature. He aid
the rea o'n for the law uit
bec u e of the i sue of
eparation of powers, with
Gov. Engler exerci ing the
powers of the Legisl ture
which is forbidden by the
Con ti tution.
"I THINK THE Con
stitution is pretty clear on
what our powers are sup
posed to be," Dodak said.
"I'm not doing this for the
Democrats in the House.
I'm doing it as much for the
Republicans in the House
and the Democra ts' and
Republicans in the Senate."
"It is not a parti an i sue
in my opinion," he added.
"It is in fact an institution-
tion/environment 1
id they could
propo 1.
the
more
on men i not nece
m in i u b hind tbe p h for
reorg niz tion. One of Gov.
Engler' chi f prioritie bee
to ere te friendly busine
clim te in the t te, bich in
clude tre mlining the proce I
by which bu ine e apply for
land e and pollution permits.
Trus cott id th tome busi-
ne e mu t wai t for over ye
to ge t permi t pproved. He aid
the governor' propo 1 ould
include implified et of rules
for obt ining permit and con-
olidating uthority for approv
ing and denying permits, rather
than pre ding denial authorit,
among ever I agencie , as it il
now the ca e.
Theoretically, separ ting th
two br nche of the DNR would
a ist thi proce by allowin
each branch to focu more clo e
lyon their own pecialty.
The concern rises in th t •
DNR reorganization could b
u ed to eaken environmental
protections.
" All the arguments for
protecting fish and wildlife
could be a smoke creen for put
ting environmental protection
under political control," V n Put
ten aid.
Non-hunting and fishing en
vironmental r up .,oiced con
cerns imilar to tho e expressed
by the NWF and MUCC. Kathy
Aterno, director of Michigan
Clean Water Action, wondered
w he ther the s treamJined permi t
process would make it more dif
ficul t for affected persons and
businesse to participate.
"It's great not to have some
bureaucrat deciding on these
things without letting other
people know," she said.
ONE COMMONLY ex-
pressed opinion is that the maio
problem with the permit ystem
and the DNR itself is a bortage
of taff, a oppo ed to any struc
tural problem. Washington, Van
Putten and Sen. Ehlers eacb ex
pressed sentiment along that
line.
"I don't think anyone' mado
the case tha t anything's broke,"
Van Patten said .:
"As far as we're concerned,
the thing is OK the way it is,"
Washington said.
I
r
al issue."
Dodak said he is dis p
pointed that mO're repre
sentatice, including
Republican, have 19ned
on upporting the lawsuit
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