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DETROIT
A SINGING MINISTRY - The Robin on Singers, (l-r), Lace Mae Robinson, Lacey Robinson nd
Lucille Nimox will celebrate their 13rd Annual Day,.Sunday, Augu t 4 at New Prosperity Baptist
Church, 8540 Second Avenue. (pboto by N. Sc�tt)
Dolly Brown-Davis=
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f Kalamazoo's elders...--
The Detroit Neighborhood Ser­
vice Department (NSD) has an­
nounced that i Head Start Program
for pre chool age children is till en­
rolling for the 1991-92 chool year
which tarts in September.
Head Stan is the program which
provid educational, health, and so­
cial ervices for children ages four
and under from lower income
families. Started in 1965, Head Start
is one of the few Great Society
programs to help break the cycle of
poverty in America which has con­
tinued.
Detroit Head Start, with nearly
5,400 children enrolled during the
past school year, is considered one of
the most successful of some 1,300
Head Start programs nationwide.
Even so, Detroit Head Start offi­
cials estimate that there are­
thousands of children in the city who
are eligible for the program for'
which NSD receives federal grants
of approximately $15 million a year.
MOST DETROIT FAMILIES
with incomes below the current
poverty level, which is generally less
than $20,000 annual household in­
come, may qualify and should con-
ead 'Start sti II
enrolling for school year
by Carla Hu ton
Staff Writer
"Desparate" is a new African­
American play written by Chief Ex­
ecutive Officer for Benjamin
Publishing Inc., Stephen E. Arthur
who is also a local playwright. The
play provides some inspirational
solutions for the problems faced by
three generations of a symbolic
Detroit family.
Overall, 'Desparate" is about an
economically deprived family who
find themselves in a situation which
threatens to destroy the family's
bond. The story depicts through
the life of a son and how his parents
are non-existence within our
society because of their name ,
Mary Jane and John Doe. Just as
the name implies, this generation is
without identity.
The play also depicts the love of
a grandmother and her unyielding
determination to leave a legacy for
her grandson. Unable to leave any­
thing of value, she decides to leave
the wisdom acquired in her
lifetime. Before the grandmother
takes her last breath, she must lay a
solid foundation' for her grandson
and generations to come.
Through hardship and despera­
tion, three generations with dif­
ferent warenesses are able to
recover a strong purpose and iden­
tity which had been lost. Steven Ar-
thur was inspired by God to estab­
lish Benjamin Publishing after the
tragic death of his newborn son
• Benjamin .
I The world premiere of
I "Desparate" is set for ovember 7-
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ider applying to enroll their,
children. I
Information about Head Start i I
available from the NSD Child
Development Office at 5031 Grandy,
phone 267-6740, or any of the six.
delegate (contractual) agencies'
which operate the He d StHt Learn­
ing Centers in the city:
- Detroit Public School, Head.
Start Center location citywide"
phone 270-0500. _ :
- Hartford Head Start,
northwe t Detroit Centers, 861-
1400.
- New Calvary Head Start,
eastside Centers, 923-1211.
- United Children and Families,
Centers in northeast Detroit, 869-
2000.
- Vistas Nuevas, southwest
Detroit Centers, 381-0304. r
- Parent Children Center of
Franklin Wright Settlement, 5245
Concord, 571-2680. ;
Head Start enrollment al 0 is
open to handicapped children from
lower income families. For more in!
formation about Head Start activiti
and enrollment opportunities, call
NSD at 267-6740 .
The Wayrv:, County Regional
Educational Service Agency (WC
RESA) Board of Education held its
annual organizational meeting
today, Officers for the 1991-92
school year are as follow :
President - Kathleen M. Chor­
bagian, Wayne resident and member
of the Wayne-Westland Board of
Education
Vice-President - Boyd W. Ar­
thurs, Trenton resident and member
of the Trenton Board of Education.
Secretary - Mary E. Blackmon,
Detroit re ident and former member
of the' De oit Board of Education
Treasu r - Armen Barsamian,
Mary Blackmon elected to Wayne post
Garden City resident and form�
member of the Garden City Board of '
Education, served as President of �
Board last year :
Trustee - James PetriC)
Northville resident and immediate
past president of t e Northvillt
Board of Education and the Wayn�
County Association of Scho<1
Boards. t
Board members are elected for.
six-year term by a body composed elf.
one member of each of Wayn�
County's 34 school district bo ds of
education. Board meetings are held
on the second Wednesday of eve�
month at 8:30 a.m. •
Don't Miss The
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11th ANNUAL
"EMPOWERING OUR YOUTH
,Today' Chllllenge ••• Tomorrow'. Future"
UGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 1, 1991
Even" To Be Held At:
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• "'n Luther King, Jr. Cent.,.
• Hyatt On CIIp/tol SqUM,.
• V.t.ran. llemorlBl Exhibition C.nt r
For or. Infor tlon call
Th 81 Expo twork Line t
(614) 253-EXPO
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THE OBI SON SINGERS
will perform on the Silver 34
anniversary program, Sunday, July
28 at 9375 Parkview. Admission is
$8 advanced and $9 at the door. TIck­
ets can be purchased at Hollywood
Fashions, 8035 Linwood Avenue and
other locations.
On Sunday, August 4, the Robin­
son Singers will celebrate their 23
Annual Day at New Pro pcrity Bap­
tist Church, 8540 Second Avenue.
Appearing with the Robinson
Singers will be tbe Johnnie 'Woolfolk
Singers of Chicago, the Southern
Four, Reverend Wilmore Allen and
the Victory Five, the Galation
Singers and a host of other groups.
Admission is $7 and the program,
according to Lacey, begins at 3 p.m.
sharp because his mother believes in
promptness. ,
"I'll sing to two and I've sung to
20,000 and that's why I want to stay
humble," Lacey said. "Because I am
doing it (singing my ministry) for the
Lord."
Stephen Arthur
makes his move
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