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SEIGEL
m n nd
to tay.
Maur n yl r, n ffi I I
o th Stat Fair branch of th
Welfar RIghts Organization.
includin HI bl nd Par and the
central orth 0 troit area, ay
that in order t mp thiz th
suffering 01 th who 10 t th ir
hom , a major theme of the
prot t would b "No Room at
th Inn:" Th official title of the
d monstranon will b "Op ra­
tion Michigan Storm."
Another thing they will b
protesting is th cutoff of the
County Car program, which ..
provided medical help to eep
people out of etnergency rooms.
Tho e intere ted in joining
the prote t can receive transpor­
tation at the Homel Union at
627 Cas , at a tim which will
be pecified later.
FOR MORE information as
to the time of the protest and
directions to Lansing, call (313)
831-1119 or (313) 833-7730.
ICAlt]�1
We're in
a growth
industry.
In ur bu. in' ,
gr wrh is e cnrial.
So we hcl P farmer
row more f d.
.ornrnunirie gr w
more. eH'_lIuftl ient.
M rher row
more h pcfu!.
And .hildren
gr'w up h alrhy,
By LAURA Bl:.AKE
, pel I Ne«. • rvice
YUHA
tep might include etting up pump
to r move contaminated water or
b ginning construction to remove
contaminated oil.
"Some of th e projects can take
up to 20 years to compl te" he aid.
As th law currently tand ,. it
ar not removed from the 307 li t
until remediationi. completed; how­
ever next to th name of a contami-
State rep create bill
. to lower child deaths
nat d.it ,th
current li t for the 1 2 fi cal year
identifi 29 it there," aid Su
Pemberton, a r ource pecialist for
Michigan United Conservation Club
and a member of the Act 07 Pro­
gram Advisory Group.
THE GRO acts as a liaison
b tween the DNR and various inter­
est groups-from environmentali ts
to chemical manufacturers.
And while the 307 list may have
envi ronmentali lS ch ering, it can
becomeafinan ial handicap (or any­
one unlucky enough to own property
I NSING-�tate Repr entative
Alma Stallworth last week urged
quick enate approval ofh r legi la-,
tion that would csta Ii h the Child
Mortality Review. Panel. which has
been approved by the Senate Health
Poli y Committee.
"The Child Mortality Review
Pan I would conduct multi-disciplin­
ary reviews of the cas of child
death." aid Rep. Stallworth, chairof
the Public Health ubcornmiuee on
infant mortality. "The panel would
then make annual reports to the Pub­
lic Health Department the governor
and Legislature on measure to be
taken to help children avoid prema­
ture death. 'Every 14 minutes in
America' an infant die in the first
year of life, so it i vital that we get
a handle on thi problem in order to
find solutions."
Rep. Stallworth said that
Michigan's high infant mortality rate,
which is based on the numb r of
babie per 1,000 live births who di
in th ir fi t year. f life, has b n a
ource 0 concern for a numb r or
yea bccause it i an mdr atorofthe
health s tat us of (he tate.
"Ri k factors for infant mortality
include low and high maternal age,
low educational level and economi
tatus, inadequate prenatal are! drug
or alcohol abuse, racial di crimina­
tion and low birth weight," she aid.
"The panel my bill would e tabli: h
would help the tate health offi ial
and policy maker get a clearer un­
derstanding of the factor that cause
these problem and how they can be
addre cd.:
"I hope the Senate will act soon to
pass th bill, 0 that we can take at
least a few reps to help our tate 10 c
its dreadful di tinction of having th
highest minority infant mortality in
the country."
Fair housing: An Amerlcan myth for
many Black Kalamazoo families
By Danny Cooks '
C;0rre pontknl
villians denying over 60% of Blacks
housing choices outside of four low­
to moderate-Income cens us tra
TheAnaly i and Gordon' m m
noted that racial preferenc eXI t in
the housing market which cann t b
accounted for by housi ng co t. Is thi�
a new way of aying racism cont�n­
ues to deny mo t Blacks a way out of
the inner-city, even when they h ve
money?
Whil Gordon tr ed that (ity
ordinances upport fair housi ng. he
conceded the City does not' hav a
ystem for enforc ment of it 'ordl
b
in
of mat rial In that fill r high r
than whatthe D allow. 0 if you
have pill on top 0 that hould you
b cxp t d to clean up the fill
we I?"
rcthcr id that n n of h r
memb rs ar aying that t ic ub-
tan houldn't b leaned up, but
" It'
no
e-by-
� c basis,"
TIl .. type 0
remediation outlin d in Act 07 ar
called. lit rally, T p A, Bam] C.
Th first pr . calls f r total r -
moval of the cont minated OIl or
water. Typ B i a u de for assesing
t Haan aid that
most of th
remediations ar funded right way
by th re po ibl party, Act 07
do allow temporary funding to
come from various tate moni until
th legal r ponsible party or p rti
can be determined. Whether it's a
homeowner who e backyard used 10
b the ite of an old gas t tion with'
leaking tanks or a multi-memb r
condominium as ociation.
"OO! we identify the r pon­
ib le parti ,the co t f the
remediation will ultimat Iy fall on
their houlders," he said.
Judg
pr
The ability of persons of imilar
income levels to have available to
, them the same housing choices, re­
gardless of race, color, religion, ex,
handicap, family tatus, or national
origin. i known as "fair housing."
The federal government bas required
Kalamazoo to offer programs and
services to its re ident which "affir­
matively further fair housing" for
many years, as a ommunity Devel­
opment Block Grant (CDBG) en-
titlement city. Barbara Gordo
Neighborhood & Community. De­
velopment Director for the City of
Kalamazoo in a recent memo to
James N. Holgers on, City Manager,
aid ubstandard and overcrowded
inner-city housing is "experienced to
a much higher level by Blacks, par­
ticularly in rental housing."
RDON' MO umma-
rized the Fair Housing Needs Analy-
i recently completed for the City
'under the new federal Fair Housing
Act. The Fair Housing Center of
Greater Grand Rapids prepared the
analy i , a one hundred p g docu­
ment that gingerly ide- teps placing
responsibility for the blatant egre­
gation existing within Kalamazoo.
Neverthel ,lending institutions and
realtorscouldclearlybe een major
ra
h of
• •
nvironm
e
B NANCY DONNELLY
J AN�IN(;"- The envir nrnent
has .ornc to th forefront fpu lie
av arcnc In rcce_nt years, and a
Michigan Supreme C urt justice
predicts n w cnvi r nm ntal prob
lerns s n will 00\ heavily nto
the hi h ourt' d .kct.
nrad L. Mall itt J r.
the environmental movement in
the nineti , particularly problems
dealing WIth chemical factori and
urr unding real estate.
Mall tt said the Supreme Court
i urrcntly I oking at a cas in­
vol I ng a gr up of hom owners
n ar a chemi al factory. Since the
. curt is till d li eratin on this
parti ular case, h preferred n t to
di us speci fics.
MAL ETT AID th court i
tryi ng to decide if horncownc
hav a right to mp nsauon for
the reduced valu of a hom b '-
. ,
.aus 1 til .atcd ncar a I: ctory
ven if th fa ility i op ratin m-
plet ly within the I w but rna} b
au in sorn nvironm ntal harm.
"We're oing to m re qu�-
tions involvin all' edinjurywhcna
chemi al fact ry drd n t d ire tly hurt
anyone," aid Mall tt. "And what :
happens if th y do pr ve the injury,
but th fa tory L ornpl rely within
th law."
1-. lRO ME TAL' m-
muni ati n pe iah t for Dov
Chemical in Midland ay the m­
panya knowledge the e new type
of problems and i. continually work-
in n way t d al WIth them.
"We're ornrmucd to irnprovm
our environmental performance,"
Dan Felln r s: rd. "But there must
a two-w y avenue of communi -
ti n b tw en people In the plant and
the community."
Fellner 'aid Dow has instituted
tti e tal pro
tion Michigan Department
f Natura) R ourc , ay waste
manag ment and cleanup f con­
tarnlnat d ite re is ues Ameri­
an in g neral and Michigan in
particular will have to deal with in
the near future.
"Wi th wa te management,
w 'II be paying increas d atten-
o tion t pr ducing lc waste not
b tter way of di po al," he ·aid.
"And vcr the last thre to fiv
years. Michigan has had over 5,000
ite of environmental contamina­
tion aused by leaking in under­
gr und tanks, plus 3,000 more
cont minated it from other
our e .
"(M ' ) RI HT
when h ay ciety lu to come
to grip with ri (from chemical
factories) on ourselv ," Ruswick
continued. "While the benefits
largely flow to society as a whole,
we're trugg�ing with that differ­
enc betwe n b ncfi u and ri a
lot."
.How can Black pre
be more u er-friendly?'
By Danny Cooks
r rre pondent
arc
working profe ional with ,ut the
luxury of being avallabl wh nev r
omething worthy 0 thel tt ntton
o curs, a cbedule of van w com-
munity events t kin pi In th
next i months I b In pull d t -
gether by WSFU. ''It would ben It
th �ntire Kalamazoo community,"
ay Carolyn Shepard. W FUm m­
ber.
How th Black Pre 5 an
More Us r-Fri ndlvse ks to addr .
th res on for the Kalamazoo Bla k
c mrnunity' reluctance to parti
he lack pre di eu ion i
m rely a mann r of placin in
t marketpla of idea th
th u bt ,feelin nd b lief:
of th Blae community ...
pate in an exchang of ideas and
opinions through the constitution­
ally-mandated fre pre . The Black
pr d' cus ion i' m r ly a manner
ofplacin in th 'mark tpla eofide
th 'lh u ht ,f Itn ,and elief of
the Bla commuruty in Kalamaz 0,
according to Shepard. "The found-
ing father of this nation believed
freed m f thought and cxpres ion
important th mad' them part of
th fl t amendment I ) the BIll of
Ri ht ." Dcrn .ra y demand an
aruculat and Inform d i tizen,
Shepard n 1 d.
M d rater f the di cus-
ion will be Jonina Abron
publi her the quarterly
m gazlll ,Th Bla k cholar,
and a nat pr fe or of
nil. h t �e.')t rn MI higan
UniversIty. wh r �he tach
j urnali m.
Pan I member in lud
Charle Kelly, Publi her of
th Michigan Ciliz n, former
Kalamazoo ity omml sloner
Arthur Washington, and Kalamazoo
.M tr p htanBr n hNAACPPr i­
d nt Mal olm Earhart. Th public is
Invlt d. Th v nt WIll b gin
promptly at 7: p.m. and end at
pm.