A BLACK NOT only
gained the mo t vote in the
recent municipal elections,
· winning the Mayor's seat,
also, another Black came le
than sixty votes to capturing
· the Vice Mayor's spot.
The Minority Concerns
Committee has not outlived its
use ful nes , Charles
responded. "The apparatus
needs to remain in place," he
said, in case another crisis oc-
o curs like this past summer. He
. referred to the drug and pr -
tttution problem .wh,iCh
plagued the Williard and Prin- .
ceton Street areas.
Charles aid the Commit­
I tee i concerned about the
failure of the Black com­
munity to support and par­
ticipate in the Committee's
• busine . "We don't know
what we can do to ge.t Blacks
to participate in the
• democratic P1"\JCC ." Com­
plaining about the lack of jobs
and failure of the system to
work for us is counterproduc-
tive, Charles said, when we
don't look for jobs nor par­
ticipate in the political system.
"When people don't have job
· or training they make money
any way they can."
THE
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READS THE
MICHIGAN
CITIZEN
IMMED Y the
prellminarie (opening prayer,
pledge of allegiance, etc.) yor
Annen ed ety Cler ancy Col­
lins to report the resul of the
municipal elections determined
by the City of Kalamazoo Board og
Canv rs. The numbers each of
the winning candidates for City
Commission racked up were made
public by the City Clerk. She ended
by noting that Commissioner Bever­
ly Moore obtained the mo t vot ,
thereby winning the Mayor' scat for
the next two years.
Mayor Annen, grim-faced, om­
berlyadjoumed the meeting, his last
THE MAYOR'S IRST order
of busines wa introducing ix
former City Comm ioners, lnclud­
i08 a couple of Mayors, who pep­
pered the crowd. Moore thanked
them for "taking time our of your
busy live "to upport the new City
Commi ion.
The first official act of business
BI ck Busine
pon or
Group
eminar
By DANNY COOKS
ConNpond."t
The Southwest Michigan
Minority Business Association
(SMMBA) monthly meeting, held in
its usua] place In the downtown
Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce
building, 114 N. Kalamazoo Mall,
took place Tuesday, November 12th
at 6:30 p.m.
Uppermost on everyone's mind
appeared to be the weekend eminar,
Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People, scheduled at the Stryker
Business Center on Friday, Novem­
ber 15th through Sunday, November
17th.
First order of bUSirlC ,though,
was the recent 1991 Minority Busi­
ness Expo. SMMBA President Tom
1bornton asked the membership for
comments and suggestions on how
next year's expo can be even "bigger
and better."
Herman Hawkins' said more ef-
fort and time would be needed to
attract othe who wanted to par­
ticipate, but didn't know of. it. He
noted that the expo was a "tremen­
dous sucess." He said "long-term
planning and advertising" in the
coming year will malee next year's
expo more uccessful.
Usa Minott, istant to the Expo
Committee Chairperson, Lola aark­
Atkinson, informed the gathering
that 68 of the 82 businesse that·
registered showed up and between
450-500 people attended the expo.
. Mary Reed and Vera Owens
voiced upport for a regional expo,
one done in ociation with. Benton
Harbor, Battle Creek, or orne other
communities.
After everyone present had spoke
on the expo 'Thornton and Hawkins
praised the Seven Habi of Highly
Effective People Seminar, going as
far as making attendance a require­
ment of all sensible businesspeople. I
SUBSCRIBE TODAYI
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o BILL ME
ion. "
But Fi t, iden Jerry iUi
congr tulated Moore nd Ap­
pleyard. "May the entire City rally
round s you continu to e
mazoo an AlI .. American City."
Later, re din from prep red
remar , oore d her election
Mayor "an honor for me--next to
my marri ge and the birth of my two
sons, this is high point in my life."
Sh id he wanted to openly tha
her husband for hi upport. "I
wouldn't be here without it (her
h band' upport)."
HAVING LIVED outside
Detroit and Washington, DC, Moore
said be could appreciate the value of
Kalamazoo when he moved bere
fltteen years ago.
Now, Moore aid our way �f life
Abel om
Y�S I want to ub crlbe to the Michigan Cltlz n I
o I H v Enclo ad P ym nt
D 18' Special nlor 'Cltlz n Prlc
( 10 Hvlng off n tand price)
Tom Thornton, pr Ide t of SMMBA.
MUSKEGON
Kazoo's Black ministrY
to be questioned
By DANNY COOKS around how the various cburches
Corr..pondM' represented view: l)aingle
women 2)divorced women
On Monday, December 2nd, 3)unwed parents 4)and tbose
from 7-9 p.m., a panel discussion maintaining live-in relationships.
featuring . members of Because the e groups malee up
Kalamazoo's Black ministry will approximately sixty-five percent
be held at the Black Ar1s and CuI- of Kalamazoo' Black churches,
tural Center, located at 241 N. according to Dr. Sydnor, they
Kalamazoo �all. hould be a more visible com-
. "Oues tions and Challenge ponent of the cburch,
facing Kalamazoo' Black Min- Other toplcs addreSsed wUl in-
istry," seeks to explore"i ues elude: What types of resources
revelant to the Black church com- are available through your church
munity in the 1990's," according for the mental health needs of
to Gail Sydnor, Ph.D, former Ex- your communmity? What ser­
ecutive Director of BACC. vices are available to the inter-
Abe Thompson, Station denominational famille and
Manager at WUBU, 96.5 FM and bi-racial families?
a very recent transplant from The public is invited to attend,
Chicago, will moderate the - however, seating is limited to
cus ion. 200.
The pan I' focus will center
Churches plan program
By MARV GOLUDAY
theQlC i ,"The Harvest is Plenteous, "
St. Matthew 9-37.
Rev. Willie N. Paul Jr. i tbe host
p tor.
O $21 for ONE YEAR
( off th n stand price)
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Addr 8 ._-------": Phon
City ST Zip �
to: Ichlg n Cltlz n, PO Box 03560, Highl nd P rk, I 48203
Baulah Baptist Church will have
their church' Training Union
Seventheenth High Attendance Day
program on Sunday, November 24,
at 3 p.m. Their theme will be "Study
to Shew Thys�lf Approved Unto
God. A Wortman That Needeth Not
be Ashamed Rightly Dividing The
Word Of Truth." n Timothy 2-15.
Their pecial gue ts will be the
. Friendship Baptist Church. Rev.
Richard Hogue wHI bring the me -
sage.
We t Michigan Talent Search n
Part n w a success. Firat place went
to rap group Point Blank; second
place, Tand D Gospel Express; third
place, T' In Effect; fourth place,
Youlanda Burris; and fifth place,
Uell ounu Bridges.
11)e judges were Andrea Parks of
Atlanta Recorda; Jeff Sanders of Is­
·land Records; Jerome Cunningham
Beulah Baptist Church will have.t) of Maleca Recorda; Dewey Ross
tbcir·Tbanbglving service on The - from Muskegon HIs. High School;
day, November 26, at 7 p.m. Their Jeffty Hough of Grand Rapids and
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Co::
.
We t Ho re Symphony il
present the Empire State Ballet in
holiday cl lc, The Nu Br,
p.m. on Sunday, ovember24,ln
Frauenthal Theater In M''-IIIG''';
TIcke can be p�
Muskegon 726-2400 or at
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