Library op n
young t r ' y
By N THANI L OTT
Sl4gWriter
DETROIT-During the
ummer month , Duffield
branch Ii r ry ha been
inviting ommunity people to
come to the library and peak
to, nd with, children.
On Tue day of la t week a
group of youngster from the
Northwe t Recreational Center
c me to the library to talk
about writi ng, creative and
journalistically. nd to explore
idea about literature.
When the introduction of
the guest pe ker was made,
approximately 25 or 30
children. ages four through 12,
were present.
They were chaperoned but
that did not prevent them from
I . ving; taking off to play
video games and aimlessly
walk round. .
HOWEVER, FIVE
r mained, age four through
12, and after 15 minutes of so,
the younge t two, even and
four year old, wandered off.
And that left Angel and
Yoland VanHorn, ll-year-old
au in and Angel's sister
Chalese, 12, from the original
&roup of 25 or 30.
, They listened to the poetry
rtading and Chale e read a
portion of a hort story. Then
Ute young ters and the guest
!lpeaker di cus ed poetry and
• action.
. They were witty. Intelligent
nd they asked a lot of
que lions, They are also
P ,e-teens and they have
'ration , They are talented.
culate. And eager to learn.
During the course of the.
nversation they said a
mber of the children who
d initially been there and
en lefl, did 0 because they
re "following" a girl who
orne what of a leader.
We talked about peer
pressure; about how they "felt
safe" at the recreational center
because "there is no Qgl)ting.
people taking your stuff (and}
getting jumped on."
It is refre hing to know that
in a city where youngsters say,
"Sometime they (other
children) pressure us," that
these fourth (she promised to
(10 better), sixth and seventh
graders, not only want to
excel, they expect to.
Hang in there Too Smooth
For You and don't, plea e
don't, throw in the towel
before t�e miracles happen.
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ROY AI. OAK TOWN HIP-Royal
o To hip, in Com-
munitie ,Inc. nd Comeric
Mortgage Corporation unveiled
home building project Mond y,
Aug t 5 that could mean "$10 mil­
lion worth of new hom "will be
built in Roy I Oak Township.
George M. Smith, jhe township'
renewal fin ncial man ger, an­
nounced that Cro wind Com­
munities.lnc, will build th home
and Comerica Mortg ge Corpora­
tion (CMC) will be the lending in-
titution.
The 135 projected new "Ranch
tyled homes" .will be called
"Charter Oak Hom ."
The three bedroom hom will
sell for $69,900 to $79,900. Included
in the pack ge deal are kitchen
cabinets, refrigerators, tove and
d hw he , the re e . d.
"The co i
1,250 uare feet models
o
quare feet model . Both h ve full
b em nts, carpeting and landscap­
in .
According to Smith, there is
priority Ii t and homes will be sold
on a "first come, first erved" .
Charter Township of Royal 0 '
phone number i (313) 547-9800.
S muel W. Krei , vice president
of Construction Lending Group with
CMC h invited other lending in­
titutions in th "Michigan Initiative
Consortium" to participate in the
"Charter Oak Home " project.
According to Smith, "37 p�t ntial
buyers" have igned up.
Jame Davis, of Detroit, i on of
tho potenti I buyers.
Davis aid he h become "disil­
lusioned" with Detroit; that "crime
and city services for neighborhoods
are poor."
He has applied for a "Charter
Oaks Home" because according to
him, hi e ment of Mayor Young
i : "For downtown Detroit he i
POd, but for neighborhoods be is
poor."
eUTTING THE CAKE-Samuel W. Kreis, Come rica Mortgage
COrporatloD, George M. Smith, Charter Township of Royal Oak and
BerDard GliebermaD, Cro wind Commualtles, Inc., unveiled,
I MODday, August 5, the projected "$10 million worth of new homes; tbat
re to be buDt ID Royal Oak Township. According to Smith, the project
b attracted" 137 'pOtential buyers." (photo by N. Scott)
Oa Y\l G TO Loretto Hor­
ton who � wn property in the
vicinity ot liubbelJ and Tyler,
Thur d y, J. gu t 1. the city
replaced the :;' 1ft igns on the north·
and south id or rh .. bell Avenue
th stop ig .
She d,"I th-nk til\. fow way
top igm re uffilient at this lime."
However, Man!n '<1, "They (the
city) put up two top igns and that'
a positive move. Our n xt move i to
have a top light there."
Approximately 40 d onstrators
gathered t Hubbell and ler and ·
fter some 30 minut l � !,eeches,
chants and ongs, they mov to
their next objective.
Exactly two blocks fror th top
ign/traffic signal i sue, another
. neighborhood problem, which orne
Shop Low Mini-Super, 14405
Schoolcraft, owned by Ameer
Yal do, i where the demo trato�
gathered.
THEY DEM NDED that
Yal do clean up and keep cle n hi
idewalk nd th rear of the tore
area, repair approximately 15 feet of
broken idewalk and di courage dis­
ruptive people from "hanging out" in
front of his e tablishment. Th y al 0
ked him to come out 0 they could
talk face to face.
Yalado honored their demand to
"come out" and meet with th m and
wa told: "We are outraged at the
condition of your tore. You are
making money in our neighborhood
and you hould keep it clean."
I"
you. Any thin you w nt me to d t I
will do." 1
Yal do w told he und
August15 to comply with ACORN' ,
demands. He urcd the group 11
ome of the complain , Ii e cleanIn
up the rear are would be done by 12
noon S turday.
Martin id Yal do' respo e.:
was "po itive" nd, ACORN ill
"wait nd ee."
. In the meantime, Martin id,
"The next i ue i ab ndoned ho
and unkept v cant lots."
An unconfirmed report aid
ACORN plans a "huge demonstra­
tion" the middle of this month.
The i u; whatever ACORN ill
be demorstranng for, ccording to
a"social ctivist, needs to be done."
Black Health Care pro_fessionals
FiUing he information void
By NATHANI� �COTr
Std Writer
o _ The National Center
for the Advancement of Blacks in the
Heal th Profes ion (NCABHP) is
sponsoring a series of "minorities h
the he lth profession _" com­
munity meetings at four locations in
the state, Della Goodwin, president
and founder of the non-profit or­
ganization said.
The meetings:" Project
CAREERS (collaborative action to
Recruit, Enroll, Educate and Retain
tudcn in the health professions)"
serve to encourage dialogue on the .
underrepresentation of Blacks and
other minoritie in the health profes­
sions, she added.
" Project CAREERS has taken 8
"three pronged approach"to discover
what factors may contribute to. the
problem, Goodwin explained.
The "three pronged approach"
began with a urvey and that was
followed up with group interviews.
They are now into the public meeting
stage.
On July 31 two meetings were
, .ld 1 .. Jetroit. Approximately 35
individual attended the sessions
and. � .. ding to Goodwin, the ses-
sions were succes ful because of the
information received.
The problem, by and large, as
Goodwin sees it is alack of informa­
tion.
WHILE THE Urban League and
other such social agencies do dis­
pense the information necessary to
make decisions about the health care
profession, Goodwin said, "The
people we are talking about (those
who need the information) don't
know about the Urban League."
Compounding that problem is the
fact that some school that teach
health related earee "use Stall1Glll'OS
that are not relevant," 000
added.
Open meetings will be held In
Grand Rapids at the Kent County
Health Multipurpose Room, 700
Fuller, NE, Aug t 12 from 10 a.m.
until 12 noon, in Ypsilanti t the
Washtenaw County Health Depart­
ment Tower Building, 555 Tower
street, August 13 from 10 a.m. until
12 noon, in Lansing at Lansing Com­
munity College, Room- 129, old
central Building, August 14 (no time
given) and in Pontiac at the Pontiac
Ge neral Hospital in Huron
Auditorium, Seminole at we t Huron
Street, August 15 from 10 a.m. until
12 noon.
Weekends and Labor Day
Au ust 17 - September 29, 1991
10:00 a.m. - 7 :00 p.m. Rain or Shine!
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September 7-8
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September 21-22
September 28 .. 29
For more information call:
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