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Tommy lived in a .
parent mme where mother
often unemployed. He
grew up in a drug- and crime­
ridden environment but never
1 t . . ion for future.
Despi te peer p ure and tne
negative influ nc from his
urrounding , Tommy
managed to tay pe rvere and
tay focused.
He credi hi optimistic,
determined grandmother for in-
tilling him with ttength and
hope. His grandmother' fre­
quent bou with hyperte ion
and di bete h ve not di -
COW'8ged her from i piring her _
family to succeed.
Eighteen-year-old Tommy
has been an moor tUdent and
maintains a straight-A average
his senior year. He' been ac­
tive in the Student Government
Association, Math Cub, and the
Fire Marshall's Cub, well as
the b ball and football teams.
He has also been a "Peer
Tutor" at the local YMCA
during his junior and enior
years.
LIKE TOMMY, Shajan
grew up in hostile surroundings,
She has never experienced a
stable family environment. Her
father ha been in jail
throughout her life and he has
not lived with her moth r for the
past ten years. "Home" was
eeking better with different
relati in the inner city.
What Shajan witnessed and
experienced during her
childhood would overwhelm
any person, let alone a young
girl. She watched her uncle
shoot ber cousin and then him­
self. Many family members
have been arrested for drug traf-
ficking, including her older
brother.
Despi te the tragedies,
Shajan remains a strong, op­
timistic young woman. She
will be only the fourth in her
family to graduate from high
school and the first to attend
college.
She has an ex-cellent
academic record, currently 0
maintaining a 3.7 grade-point
ave e and ranking in the top
two percent of her class. Shajan
hopes to become a child
psychologist because she loves
children and wants to help them.
Tommy and Shajan are
remarkable young people, but
they're not alone. Every com­
munity has many Tommys and
Shajans. We need to honor the
young people who are beating
the odds and focus on their
strengths and potential rather
than their problems.
Let me end with some advice
Shajan has shared with others.
HERMES AGEcanapply
to anyone who has considered
giving up, no matter what the
problem. "I believe in me; I
motivate myself," Shajan stres­
ses. "If you want something
and set your mind towards
achieving it, then go for it No
one can stop you. TIle only
'thing that can stop you is death.
And if you don't die, then you
can make it. If I don't die, I'm
going to make it.
Whatever I want to do in life,
I'm going to do it, unless I'm in
my grave. That's the only thing
that' going to stop me." Wise
words from an inspiring young
woman.
Marian Wright Edelman is
president 01 the Children's
Defense Fund, a national voice
lor childrt!1l.
PO R he cut th money
by freezing additional po itions,
eliminatin others and combining a
number of city functions.
The budget predic approximate­
ly $2 million more will be collected in
property tax , ( 6,125,748 op­
posed to I t year' 4,318,216).
Scotty Wainwright, dmini trativ
istant to the Mayor id this i part­
ly because it plans "a more aggressive
pursuit" of tho e delinquent on
property taxe and income taxe .
He said that even before the budget
w finalized, the city prosecuted
100,000 people who had not filed
taxes or filed false tax returns.
HIGHLAND PARK
th pent cal crisi might
harm th city' growth in the long run,
Wainwright aid, "To a degree, there
are hard deci io that have to be
mad . You have to weigh what im­
pact uch functions have on long term
growth."
W I WRIGHT ID that
orne community development func­
tions were being performed by High­
land Park DEVCO, a private
corporation fonned using fund
Chrysler gave in an agreement with
(313) 252-0026.
- THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBUC WORKS funds have ri en
approximately $80,000 from
3,084,846 to $3168.048 Wainwright
id that increase is ed by the fact
that employees in Public Works will
have to take over functions of other
agencies.
- The budget for the PUBLIC
LIBR,ARY would go down ap­
proximately $50,000 from $250,520
to $192,137. Wainwright said thi is
because some functions of certain
cop
honor
d
The followlng Highland Park police officers were recently recognized by
Councilwoman Greta Johnson and Councilman Charie P. Davis for services
rendered to the family of Valerie Brown Chalk. Chalk was one of four women
found dead at the Monterey Motel.
Ll Late, Lov.
or
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Sgt. T d Mixon
n
union.
HE E P D CO -
FIDE CE that city council would
be cooperative, noting that Mayor
Porter who w formerly council
president worked with council mem­
bers from the very tart.
He added that the budget w for­
mulated after a careful consideration
of different functions people per­
formed, asking uch que lions
"What does each employee do?" "Do
they have to do it?" and attempting to
restructure activities so as to "main­
tain maximum productivity."
HRI P HAC
Dep. Director
John eMeekln.
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Liberty Elementary School:
Fir t-grader: Amery Anyiab,
Tamika Baldwin,Jiasiab Blount, Dariu Bee­
ner, Thoma Culver, Julia Gibso Kirby
Glover, Cberon Guyton, Sh ena Jobnaon,
Kry rie Ousley, Ti ra Williams.
econd- raders: Carm
Armstrong, Howard Bothwell, N ri a Ger­
main, Rodneca 0 en, Lakecia Hamilton,
Natasba Nealy, Tyra Tate, Juna TIllman,
Diamond Witherspoon.
Tblrd- rade : Alvin Anyiab, 'Y1l­
liam Bender, Rya Brown, Tieaba Brown,
Mdin Dysard, Tony Hlyea, Foreat Hce- '
son, Kristian Powell, Anastasia Williaml,
Monica Wright.
ourtb-graders: Gloria Acea,
Mary Bankhead, Paula Dunlap, Marquerite
Milner, Patimab Muhammad, Rasbodd R ,
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Fifth-graders: Dameca Crenshaw,
Leslie Dunlap.
Sixth-graders: 0 Amale Covington,
Lacrlsba Crawford, Kurtis Eddina, Alex
Franklin, Thomu Kemp, 1 hm I Marion,
TIffany McCanta, Dolana Reav , Anaelo
Stokes, Terry Walker, Janalre White, ShatOn
Williams.
Seventb-graders: Felisia Causey,
Quiana Hudgens, Yulanda Littl ,Chri tie
Logan, Lattice Mitchell, Carla Seal ,Arconia
Tate, Sbawnda Thoma, Dana Tumpkin,
Joclyn Wilkin ,Joslyn Wilkin ,Janelle Wil­
liama, Ja va Williaml.
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Natasha Black, Lakisha Brown, Cecillia
Daniels, Jennie Finley, Kelly Gault, Latonya
Gouch, Nicole Green, Tiffany Hooks,
Samaiyab Muhammad, Danielle P rker, Syl­
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