hildrcn arc the ast t
zrowin p pulau n inf 't-o
with AID. What is tartlJng
i th di pr portionat numb r
of Bl c childr n affli t d
with th di a e. They
ccount for 2 p rcent
reported pediatric AIDS a
Although the effect of HIV
are hard t pr diet, D ni II
receive good quality medical
treatment, tank to a uniqu
cli nic.
TH P
immunology Family Clinic at
Children' of Philadelphia
(CHOP treat HIV-infect d
childr nand add re th
whole family' health and
ocial rvic need . Ever
family is a igned a ca e
worker, who manage their
care.
With hclp from thc family'
ca e worker. Danielle'
parent can rrange for dru
rehabilitation fore them e lve ,
food upplement for their
daughter through the Women.
Infant, and Children (WIC)
and other program • a home
aide from a local AIDS
upport group to take care of
Danielte, and tran portation to
and from their next
appointment - all during the
s me vi it.
There a growing
recognition that one- top
family care similar to the kind
at CHOP is critical for
families affected by HIV.
Since thc majority of uch
families are poor. and many
are headed by only one parent.
all the daily challenges facing
any addition. since
transmi , ion from parent may
he too ick them elves to care
for their children, or, everal
children may he ill at the 'arne
time.
Despite all the obstacles.
many families manage on their
own to get the care and
ervices their children necd.
"The strength the c familie .
have to overc me many, many
barriers to get are for their
children continue to amaze
me," say CHOP ocial worker
Vicki Ellis.
Even so. comprehensive,
coordinated services ay
Ellis, "I think the child
probably would not have
gotten to medical
appointments, except maybe in
acute emergencie , The family
has too many other i ue to
deal with."
ULTIMATELY,
coordinated crvices for
families affected b y the
dise a e is only part or a full
re pon e to pediatric AIDS.
There i a ho t of othe r
urgent i ue to deal with:
HIV prevention, pediatric
AIDS research, gap in health
insurance coverage, public
ignorance and di crimination
again t people with HIV, and
the need fro pecial ized fo ter
care and family pre ervation.
No one know better than
the families themselves how
much remain to be done, Ask
anyone who works with them.
"What do they wi h for?" . ay
Elli . "People to under tand
HIV, people to all w them t
talk about it like cancer, or
heart di ea c or any other
seriou illne , They want
people to und r land that
everyone' at ri .k. They want
greater acce to care, They
want a cure,"
To learn more about
services for children ana
families with HIV, contact the
Association for the Care of
Children's Health, 7910
Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300.
Bethesda, MD 20 14,
301/654-6549,
m
TH YOR 0 compli-
m ntcd thc usine community for
"improvements." he aid he has
n ti d h m ve a ut the city
and a ked busin ' to put a ide dif­
ference and "let' roll up our
sleeve ."
In what one person aid was a
"candid remark," the mayor aid,
"Everything changes because every­
thing must change even though orne
of us don't like change."
R 20· _,
HIGHLAND PARK
I
ID Highl nd
busin and every
night a up TV' or and an officer re
checking th front nd b c doors of
e ch busin
Th procedure, form fly called
"door baking," i used to di v r
and deter brea i .
Since the procedure w imple­
mented, th police v di vered
one unlocked door, the director id.
Th owner h d forgotten to loc it.
Citing thi example, Emerson ex­
plained, "(Crime) prevention in busi­
nes es is 94 to 95 percent internal."
The director also cautioned busi­
nes owners, "Know who you are
hiring." ,
He aid the police department
will as ist businc e if they wish to
Moderate income people have
opportunity to purchase H. P. home
By RON SEIGEL
Corrnpondent
HIGHLAND PARK-Interested
in buying a home? If you have a
moderate income you might be
able to purchase one of 46 houses
planned for the area on
Manchester between Second and
Third in Highland Park. Houses
will sell at a price of $55,000
each.
These houses will be as part of
a joint project between the city
and the non-profit firm Save,
Serve and Strengthen Our
Neighborhood Inc. under a
$500,000 Nehemiah Housing
Opportunity Grant form HUD.
A public hearing will be held
6:30 p.m. Wednesday October 16
at the Blackwell Civic Center,
15840 Second to explain how
people can buy these homes.
For further information, call
the Community Development
Department at (313) 252-2760.
Highland Park Mayor Martha
G. Scott stated this program was
designed for "first time
homebuyers" who wanted to live
in Highland Park.
Davison Freeway to be
wid.ened and expanded
By RON SEIGEL
Correspondent
HIGHLAND PARK-At the October
7 Highland Park City Council
meeting, 'consul ting firms from the
Highland Park Department of
Transportation announced plans to
widen the Davison expressway.
Highland Park Community
Development Director Tom Kelly
said this would be a boost to
Highland Park business, because it
would "maximize" the advantages in
the city's central location gibing
Highland Park
Calendar
OCTOBER 24th
RETAilERS MEETING -
Highland Park Retailers As­
sociation Meeting, 8:00
a.m. Sear's Highland Park
Store. Call: 868-6420.
HPCC LUNCHEON'
Highland Park Chamber of
Commerce monthly lunch­
eon meeting debate be­
tween Mayoral Candidates
Martha G. Scott and Linsey
Porter. 12:00 noon at
Mother's golden Grill,
13928 Woodward. $10.00
or $8,00 for Chamber Mem-
bers, '
NOVEMBER 3rd
PANCAKE & SAUSAGE
BREAKFAST - Highland
Park Lions Club Pancake &
Sausage Breakfast, 8:00
a.m. to 2 p.m. at American
Legion Hall, 55 Victor.
Prizes. All you can eat
$3.00.
access to all the central highways,
enabling businesses to get and give
goods and services and making it
easier for customers to get there.
Kell y sees even mort benefi 15 if
the Tiger Stadium is located 'in the
Fox Theatre area, since 'those going
to baseball games will find it easy to
stop and sbop in Highland Park.
Kelly said the expressway would
be widened north and south and
wider land added in each direction.
THE STATE declared that no
property would be taken for 'this
expansion.
They s id it was a 15-18 month
project and would be completed
February 3, 1993.
, Kelly said that Highland Park
Mayor Martha G. Scott "negotiated
with the Governor's office and our
congressional representatives to
more the project forcward and got it
off dead center."
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or rna)' not have been included in that'
paper, i the admini tration' request
SI4QWrit.r that Governor JOhn Engler N, grant
HIGHlAND PARK..:...call it what the city of Highland Park to become
you like but within th last week, an enterpri e zone."
Highland Park has been receiving The request,' which incumbent
some long, overdue publicity from Mayor Martha G. Scott made public
one of Detroit'S newspapers: Friday, October 11 while tanding in
Last week, there w a mall ex- front of. the Henry Ford historical
pose of the Chrysler Cooperation marker on W odward Avenue, li ted
pull-out, an editorial supporting one' five reasons why the city qualifie as
of the mayoral candidates, andthe "an enterpri e zone."
reporting of the: upcoming' �Highland. Park has the infra-
groundbreaking on the $3. million . structure to support the enterprise
houslng-condomtnium to be built on zone'
Manchester Parkway between �the city has vacant land "
Second and Hamilton Avenues, -the city has a declining tax base
And the lastest new, which may -the city'S crime rate i down
("26 percent")
--:the city i living ithin i
means
The reque t also listed benefits
Highland Park, would receive if the ,
concept is granted. Among them,
that busines es would receive a sig- ,
nificant reduction in Local property
taxes, would be eligible to waive pay
ales or u e tax in their own busine
purch • and'that busin es would '
be eligible to receive sales tax 'and
use tax reductions in their busine
activities. And new businesses
would be exempt from the state
single busine stax.
.The administration'S believes
that if the governor looks favorably
upon Highland Park, the enterprise
zone will mean more businei es and
more jobs. '
y NATHANIEL SCOTT
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BY RON SEIGEl.
COrtfseond.tit '
HIGHLAND PARK�t its
October 7 meeting, the High­
land Park City Council agreed
to an amendment to the federal
Department, of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) ,
which federal officials said
was nece ary for maintaining
21 older occupied homes scat-,
tered throughout Highland
Park that were rehabilitated in
1975.
The amendment the city
voted on stated it would be,
etting a "new maximum total
development cost," but in the
document the "new" cost was
the same as the present on
$66,000.
When asked about this, a
representative of the Housing
Commissionstated she would
talk to HUD about this.
HUD indicated it would
send the city a new document.,
which would be less "confus­
ing."
The Housing Commission
representative stated that the '
houses which would be main­
tained. when the agreement'
comes through are 96 Beres- .
ford, 215 California, 126,134,
166. and 233 Colorado, 221
Farrand Pk., 91, 110, and 155
Florence, 219 Geneva, 58, 87.
106, and 169 Grove, 111 Hill,
220 Louise, 186, Mas­
sachusetts, 234 Monterey, 187
Pasadena, and 234 Richton.
A PROVEN LEADeR
Quallfted, Committed
and Dedlc8ted .
. City of '
Highland, P.ark
VOTE
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