ELSCOTT
the Coleman A Young center, were not cI ed
while Brew ter Center, which h a hi torieal
plaque in front of it, in addition to receivin
Federal id for lcohol and drug abu e
programs, ere cIo ed.
Kay Everett .'
clo the on ith Coleman A Youn on it"
COU C L ID T
fIey 'd,"If the recreation cente ere
closed (by the mayor' dministIation) beca
of the inoendiary con t, it (the contract) .
igned .... Ay hould be opened, 0 .
th peopl are be lied to."
1be council greed t money been
earmarked for cente and Council member
Gilbert Hill . d, "Thi council voted to keep
the cente open, the onI Y thiD to do' go to
court"
However, ome in attendance believed the
court would be a long outdrawn process and
council member Kay Everette, in conve tion
with a repre ntative from the Brewster Center
aid, "The citiz need to be ten fold in front of
See CENTER, A·a
A-Alkebulan aid, "If they can clo e the
center with the name of Robert Tindal, they can
Beverly LeMon of Higb.
I nd P r Is' burnin mad
over tbe fire at 68 Pa edena
wblcb required help from
Detroit and H mtramck
firefighters to put out. See
to� on Page 6
ICKL
C
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By DANNY R. ,COOK
Methodist Ho pital could' immedi­
ately quote thier prices.
Particularl y because September is
National Sickle Cell Awarenes
Month, Peterson wan all Blac to
know it takes two persons with the
Sickle Cell trait, the disease, or a
CoInyottd ••
Sickle Cell Anemia can be wiped
out in our lifetime if' Black
Americans ould take an inexpen­
sive test to determine if they have the
disease or the trait, according to Ron
Peterson, a Kalamazoo counselor
wi th the Michigan Sickle Cell Detec- ..
lion and Information Network.
Karen Balog of the Kalamazoo
Health 8epartment ays testing is
now automatic at birth. It is also free
to children through the M�dicaid
program. Borgess Medical Center
charges eleven dollars per person,
while C.B.C. Lab Services ask for
thirteen bucks for the test Family
Health Center nor Bron on
DETROrr- The Detroit City Council
conference room w filled to its capacity
Tue day, September 17 by group and
individuals ho are irate over the city' clo ing
11 parts and recreation eente .
Mu pc A-Alkebulan, a represen tive fur
AFSCME Local Union 836 fo city recreation
emplo the first of numerous individuals
tospeaL
A-Akebulan's and other peakers brought to
the council' attention, that the cente erved
the youth and eniors, who because of the
cJo ing are left without recreational facilitie ,
places where nutritional meal can be gotten and
of equal importance, where senior citizens can
fellowship.
It was pointed out that ome centers, such as
SICKLE CELL POSTER CmLD
Sickle Cell disease i a group of
inherited genetic disorde that af­
fect a large number of Black
Americans, according to Karen M.
Oil, PhD. of Duke University Medi­
cal Center. The medical care of
icicle cell disease has improved in
ic
I
combination of the two to produce a
child with Sickle Cell Anemia.
"Through awarene we all can put
the disease of Sickle Cell behind us,"
Peterson said.
recent years and the long-term prog­
no is for patients is now more
favorable. Pain, however, continues
to be ignificant and persistent prob­
lem affecting children and adults
with Sickle Cell Disease.
" PLEEN ENLARGEMENT,
1 ife-threatening infections,' kidney
dysfunction, leg ulcer, wollen
hands and feet, and chronic anemia
are common consequenc of Sickle
Cell Anemia," said Nathan Ander­
son, President of Soutwest Michigan
Sickle Cell Support Group, which
meets the last Friday of each month
at 5:00 p.m. at Gilmore Center for
Health Education, located at Bron-
on Methodist Ho pital.
De pite having the disease and
occasional pain episodes requiring
hospitalization, Anderson, a full­
time Western Michigan University
student, wants no ympathy, merely
Se SICKLE CELL, A-8
R.COOK
Pumpkin ,th poor nd job
Co,.,.. po"tI.",
There are pie pumpldns d
then there are the Halloween
type-play pumpkins
Located in a olar garden
operated by the Kal mazoo
. County Human Service
Department, the pumpkins,
neverthele , might find their
way to someone's dinner table
since poor people generally don't
play with food. This, according to
James Woodruff, field supervisor
of the Westnedge garden ..
The arne income guidelines
used for the federal commodities
program apply to tho e coming
out to the Solar Garden to pick
their fill of green peppers,
tomato ,winter squash, summer
squash, string bean, sweet corn,
turnip greens, collard greens, and,
of course, the pumpkins.
Robert Allen, Director of the
Solar Garden program said there
are twelve acres at the North
Westnedge site and four cres at
the North Pitcher site.
"More than one hundred
young people, through the
J. T.P.A. (Job Training Partnership
Act) cultivate nd harvest the
vegetable through th ummer.
The food is distributed to food
kitchens and places li� Dougl
Community Center. We open the
fiel up to ged to
come out and help tbemseJve
after the Jdds return to school in
the Call."
ALLEN SAID UPWARDS
of $90,000 i budgeted by the
Kalamazoo County Board of
CommissioDCxs fur the program.
The garde are open daily from
10:00 am. until 3:30 p.m.
Woodruff said three to four
thousand people annually use the
gardens. They have een in
operation since 1m.
Re dy for tbe plddn
ep ember I a ional
ell Mon h
interest; no concern. They don't
because whoever ge in office
don't uphold their platform."