HI GTO has pre-
viou Iy been Driver of the
Month nd ha al 0 been given
: n ttendance ward.
"I re l1y enjoy my job and it'
all about getting long ith
people," he ide "My goal i to
continue doing my be t."
Wa hington and hi wife
Tw n h ve two chi ldre n,
Takine, 11, nd Charles III who
is ix-year -old.
"My wife i truly my in pir -
tion," W shington said.
Elmore i al 0 family man.
He i a divorcee with cu tody of
his three children, Brian, 12;
Robert, 11; nd Linnae, 8.
Since becoming mployed at
, D-DOT, ix nd a half ye r ago,"
he has been mechanic of the
• month three time.
He id, "It' (winning the
award) inspiring. It actually
make me want to try to see if'l
"can pull it off again."
While Wa hington' job re-
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By Nathaniel Scott
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CO""SP°nMnI
• DBTROIT-Nursing Home
·Week wa celebrated with
," music, song, poetry and dance
,. by Northern High School Stu-
dents Thursday;, May 16 at
, Pembrook Nursing Center, 9146
Woodward Avenue.
During National Nur inl
· Home Week, Pembrook and
many of the city's nursing
'homes were opened to the
public.
Martha Little, Pembrook's
administrator said Pembrook
t wa est,blished in 1968 and is a
, 153 bed, 24-hour nursing center.
"The facility has concurrent
credentials which allows par­
ticipation in the Medicare,
Medicaid, Blue Cross, and other
third party in urances," she said.
· Pembrook has one of the best
• "rehabilitation" programs in the
state.
THE RESIDENTS at
, Pembrook range in age from 30
to 97, Li ttle said. Many who ,
place loved ones in Pembrook
.are responsible but some are not.
. Which means Pembrook has "to
" create a family environment for
., them," Little said.
By creating "a family en­
"vironment," Little said, the
. facili ty takes care of' the
" individual's personal needs.
· "Such needs as hopping,
transporting to social ettings
and,of course, beauty alons.
However, Little aid, when
families are not responsible;
what are the terms I 've heard?
warehousing or farming them.
: .out, that "most of the time the
,re ident becomes very
, . depressed. "
., Northern High School
provided excellent entertain­
, ment last week and if you
·,haven't seen Northern High
• I School's Dance Workshop En­
emble, you have ml ed a treat.
M CHA IC Y R- Th nk to the geniu of
p oto r pby, (left to right) Robert, Linn e, Br In nd Rob rt .
EI ore III be abl to avor the family' hour 0 h ppine .
Co ratulatlo Elmore for p renthood and for being Detroit'
Depart ent of Transport tlon' Mechanic of the year. (Photo by
. Scott)
cott)
ign Zone
Merchandi in . The Fa hion
Merch ndi ing course allow
John on to expand her horizon
when it come to indow di -
play nd e t color design
among other thin S.
SO remember, when you walk
into the world of John on' Hair
Care & Design, expect to ee a
fanfare of color and creativity,
nd to be tre ted wi th the
respect and devotion that any
p yin cu tomer de erve I
John on's Hair Care Center il
loc ted at, 12521 Woodward
Ave. between Glendale & Hlah­
land or phone (313) 867-7862
for dditional information.
HP Johnson's create the De
By Deborah Culp ,
Co",spondenl
design ..
Valerie she expre ed a grave
concern about how Black
women are viewed in the
fashion and garment indu try.
place i the place where de ign
are created with the whole faml­
ly in mind.
Their community rv i ce
records range from Mr.
John on' involvement with the
Highland Park Police Allelic
League, (he' the pre ident of
P.A.L.) to Mr . John on devot­
ing her time t HP D V 0 and
the Plannin ommi ion.
Plans for the future include an
expansion of the hop and the
continuation 0 pr moting
Black awarene through their
de ign and hair are ervice .
Valerie John on h had
variou ac d mic trainin and
Johnson says that she
ignores the stereotypical
myth of Black"women
being seamstresses
instead of designers.
completed
cour e in Fa hion
'Wayne law tudent off r. olutlon
. for housing blight in Higland Park
by DE�l'-'&,­
Staff Writer
WI
HIGHLAND PARK '- From the
minute you enter the door of
John on's Hair Care Center -
also known as the "De ig!'
Zone"- the cool, clean, profe -
sional atmosphere otter a wel­
coming difference.
William, Vi lerie and their son
William Jr. are the proud owners
of the Johnsons Hair Care Cen­
ter that's located on Woodward
Avenue in Highland Park.
The John ons have been in
bu ine for over 20 year, first
on Hamilton'st. and now at the
current location.
WIU m e pe
barber pecializ 1 10 every­
tbing from generic hair cut to
the "avant garde"'of the latest
styles, as well a a variation of
eyebrow arches for both sexe .
Valerie takes pride in her ability
to create ethnic and convention­
al de igns and she ha the talent
to acce orlze anything that she
MS. JOHNSON feel that
she join the rank of many
other Afro-American women
when it to comes Black (women)
de igner being looked upon a
"seamstresses" in tead of de ig­
ners. Johnson apparently ig­
nores any such myth because
her designs are not only well
tailored, but they are a heer
work of art in the making!
William Jr. al 0 offers a con­
glomeration of service via hi
co tolo gy area within tHe
shop. Hair treatments, unique
styling and managing a concise
hair program for the client i nil
in a days work. Although the
John ons are three ep.arate en­
titie they agree on one thing,
the quality and sensibility of
caring for the entire family. In
fact their motto states that their
Law student from ,Wayne
State U niver ity gave a report
la t Thur d y at Mc regor
Library, on reducin blight and
improving hou ing in the his­
toric district f I j hland
Park.
The ix tudent have been
working ince J anu ry under
Profe sor J hn Mogk t ex­
amine a variety of policy and
legal i sue related t the b u -
ing issue.
The report identifies
obstacles and c nstrain s im­
posed upon the city which
prevent it from actin pr mpt­
lyon housing deterioration,
housing abandonm nt nd
neighborho d blight.
A mis ion statement in the
report aid-the stud nt would
work with the mmunity
. Development Department to
tty and est bli h a " ales price
guarantee" pr ram to spur
private lending to reha ilit te
HIGHLAND PARK - At the February meeting of the Highland
Park Houslng Comml lon, Mayor M rtha G. 'coU pre ented
Certificate of Appointment to e ach of the five hou Ing
commi loner. Among them were newly appointed
commis Ioaers Ralph Holcomb,.Margarle We ton-Lamb, nd the
Reverend Meredith Mo hauer. Pictured from left to ri h!:
Milton Downes, Sr., 1I0u in Director; Ralph Holcomb,
commi loner; Mayor Martha G. cott: William Miller,
comml loner; Arthur Turner, commls loner; and Margarie
We ton-Lamb, comml loner.
hou e in. the city and en­
courage property owners to
�mal tain their homes. .
HE REPORT stated the
city could, through bond sales,
guarantee 'a certain floor sales
price for blocks in which
houses are brought up and
maintained to code.
Dorothy Melnyczuk' report
focused on preservation nd
rehabilitation. Some of her
reco�mendations were initiat­
in a government pi n,
pre ented by aeHistoric Hous­
ing Commission appointed by
the mayor, which would con­
duct housing condition sur­
veys;
-Purs uing federal,. state,
and private investment, and;
-Securing Chrysler Cor­
poration involvement, using
the General Motors' New
Center Common project a an
example.
David Schon, who' report
was on Housing Deteriora­
tion/Lack of Housing Invest­
ment, recommended promot­
ing a state law allowing proper­
ty tax abatements to people
who rehabilitate property in
blighted areas;
-WITH TATE authority,
offering ten year property tax
abatements to people who in­
ve t $5000 or more to renovate
a house in the city, and;
-Implementing a tax incre­
ment financing plan to make
public improvements in target
areas.
homas Bearse report on
the Removal of Abandoned,
Un alvageable Residential
tructure came with recom­
mendations to take steps to im­
p s e- person I liability on
property wners for demoli­
ti n costs;
- upporting an increa e in
th st te i surance escrow ac­
unt f r fire loss;
- u pp rting acceleration of
tate tax f reclosure proce­
dure, nd;
.: H U 0 "eminent
d main" in red velopment and
critical areas.
Kelly Brown' report on Tax
pelinquency recommended
adopting Nuisance Abate­
ment ordinance modeled UPOIl
the city of Detroit, which al­
low the eizure of property
which po e thre t to the
phy ical environment;
-U sing the b i1ding code
receiver hip yrovilion to ob­
tain control 0 property, and;
-C refully monitoring tax
payment and strictly enforc­
ing the seizure of busine ses
for unpaid personal property
taxes.
The students were oriented
by the Highland Park Develop­
ment Corporation (DEVCO)
the Department of Cominunity
Development and a variety of
resource people to help itb
their research.
STUDENTS JOB ARLY
and Andria Dit chman also
gave report on Housing
Deterioration/Lack of Hous-
ing Inve tment. . .
The next tep will be for the
city to ev luate their recom­
mendations and ee what can
be implemented part of the "
Strategic Planning Implemen­
tation Committee's goal of
neighborhood revit lization.
L st Thursday' presenta­
tion wa pon ored by the
Highland Park Hi toric Dil­
trict As ociation.
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