ythe
opportunity for crime," George
Youn t unit' m t niormem r,
recently told t Michi n Citizen in
free-for- 11 di ion held at their
e ond-flo r he dqu rte t 116
d r Street.
"Eighty percent 0 11 crimes re
crimes of opportunity," Deon Ba
aid. "We make difference."
11 Y ago, all NLOs
we whi mal . Young became t
unit' first Bl k m mber. ow, all
NLOs a Bl ck. What ccoun for
th reversal? "Burnout," Young in-
. "Thi i a very d m ndingjob; it
lots of tress."
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K'zoo et
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recycling
plan
By DANNY COOKS
Corre.pondtmt
Nearly half of City . residents
fail to participa in Kafamazoo's
voluntary recycling program, but
ity government will make
everyone pay for it
The December 30 Kalamazoo
City Commi ion meeting, during
i first period for citizens to ad-
, d the Commissioners with
non-a nda items, w the scene
or hostile fire. A msbard and
wife team took turns hwiinghatsh
words at the Commssiooers for
instituting a curbside recycling
program when trey should have
known they didn't have the
authori ty to compel! citizens to pay
for it The program was both
"poor! Y thought out and very poor
ly implemented," the husband
charged, with his wife adding that
"8,<XXl people are not paying �ir
fair hare."
"But we paid the $25 (yearly
recycling bill that all property
owners received) and row you've
talking about passing a rnilliage to
force everybody to pay, but what
a ut UIi who did pay? Why must '
we pay again?"
City Manager Holgersson at
tempted to console til: iraecouple.
"We're rot totally happy with the
recycling program, either, "besaid,
noting that help from the state
didn't come to make it possible to
compell everybody to pay. Com
missioner Laroe Ferraro told the
couple the Commission had boped
more people were "upstaIXling
citizens like you" and would will
ingly pay. "Our collection efIons
have rot stopped; maybe we can
shame them into paying." he said.
LA TEa, IN AN interview
wi th the Michigan a tizen, Fenel'9
said he would not charactorize tOO
recycling program as "on the
rocks." Whil only 55 percent are
paying for it, 60 percent are par
ticipating. he said.
"By 1995 both state and fedeml
goverrments will mandate recy
cling, Ferrero added. "Tho e
polincars in nsing have left rs
holding tre bag. They got cold feet
last year as election reared," He
said that legislators were supposed
to pass a law giving mwlicipalitics
� autrority to collect morey for
recycling programs, but didn't
ow theKalaQ1azoo�-
ion will add .7 mills to the present
5 mills for monthly curbside trash
pickup in rder to pay for the recy
cling program. Kalamazoo's
19,<XX> boisebolds will be forced
to pay an average of $55.00.
It would have been less expen-
ive had tl¥: total community ptid
i ts fair hare_urXlerthe present recy
cling program collection proce
dure, according to Ferrero.
"Despite a December 31st dead
line for payment, tOO aty sb:>uld
collect aoother 20-25 percent," he
said.
-Phili
Morris
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One of the mo t trying a pect of being a
parent i encouraging your child to make the
right choice - not ju t to follow along. In
toda ' complex ociety, growing up involve
more pre ure and choice than ever before.
Studie how that young people do thing
becau e their friend do. Smoking i one
of tho e thing.
We don t want children and teenager
to moke.
That' why the tobacco indu try i offering
a booklet aimed at helping parent meet the
challenge of providing their children with the
tool to re i t peer influence. The booklet,
"Tobacco: Helping YouthSay No," i
designed to keep parent and chi ldren
communicating about important issues like
moking.
To continue it long tanding commitment
that moking i not for young people, the
tobacco indu try also ha strengthened its
marketing code and i upporting tate
legi lation to make it tougher for young
people to buy cigarette . We are also
working with retailer for strict compliance
with tate law prohibiting sale of cigarettes
to minor.
For your free copy
of "Tobacco: Helping
Youth Say No," return
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