ANY OTHER wealthy
W�tem deImcracy which saw
om-tDurthofits prescooolers living
in poverty would reeogrsze that tlx:
q\lllity of itS futUIe � slipping away
am likely woold act decSvely to
lcr:ep wages am iI¥::orncliJoot J ,t
ing. But in the Unied Stars, rnmg
child poverty' an �n " at! .
tack poorparens ratber than figure
out 00w D �lp tllml.
Despite what some politiciam
would � us believe, ourmtion's
poor, especially the nine million
poor children on welfare woo get
an averaged $6 a day for all tmr
basic needs, are NOT the caise of
our oomtry's &;cal, eoooomic am
social problems. WOO, then, �
teSpOtmble. WID 1m eaised these
problems? What bas made tlx:
troog eeoromy in 'the world into
the � iOOcbrn giant we see
klday? WOO bas made our society
more violent, more sOOrtsighled,
rooreselfishaJX1 tolerant7WOO
Ia made our children rmre vul-
. nerable aI'k11' safe than tlnse a
�ration ago?
Does ournallon really believe it
is � roother in � woo
n:ccives $ a nmth in AFOC
fur �ISelfaixt mtwochildIen? Or
s1I>uldwe IookfustU> the �
tax cuteIS for the rich, D the cor­
porate execs woo make million;
while their woliccrs are laid off by
the � D the junk boIXl
sellers ml s&L looers, D �
enteI1aimmlt rmguls wbose ware
gIalmrizc imspomible sex aM
violeJxe?
In 1md times, people u;ed to
blame tlx: rich ani tlx: powerful.
Now the richml tlx: powerful seek
tl defied blame to tlx: poor and
powerless. We rmsm't allow them
tlsux:ccd.
I BELIEVE deeply that we do
need a restlrationofsolid values­
family values am social wlu:s-if
- we me to save America 's children
BOO America's futwe.
But ncxling our tattered value .
system requires just as much from
the aftluent as from the poor. And
it requires that our public'leaders
also eocept rroral resporsibiliti
aOO reoognize that there are right
m1 wrong pwlic values as well C5
private Ola.
H we expect children rot to
solve tlx:irproblems with guns and
violence, tben we reed rredia and
poolic policies that demonize ratber
than glarmrize violeree ani that
sDp putting guns in tlx: hands of
children aIX1 adul� alike. If we ex­
pect families to teach their children
tlx: value of hard work, then we
reed public policies that make
work ply. If we expect families to
Each children the importarx:e of
edoeaton, tlx:n we IrJCd fust-rate,
safe and exciting scroo
- Tum v nt 10 into com-
munity par in the orthe t,
orthwe t, North Centr 1 nd
Sou t sectio .
- Build b ketball court at
Truth Lutheran Church near R 11
and Seven Mile.
- Plant community gardens in the
lower Woodward area and help Of­
ganize a community bazaar to sell
produce from th gardens.
- Paint houses" in the Tiger
S dium area part of an ongoing
project called Core City eighbor ..
hoods.
- Supervi e a Children's Day
Recreation Program in Northwe t
Detroit.
- Organize a community anti
violence campaign in Mexicantown.
- Create a larger-than-life mural
and make masks and puppets as part
of the Fear to Faith Project.
- Interview fisberpersons to as­
ess water pollution at the Detroit
Riverfront and Belle Isle.
- Deliver meals to AIDS patients
and help in AIDS education in the
HIGHLAND PARK
By RON SEIGEL
HIGHlAND PARK - The Highland
Par School Board has authorized
Eldon Martin, uperintendent of K·
12, to ume dministrative respon­
sibilities for Highland Par
Community College.
A ource stated that one reason for
the appointment w the desire to
monitor Dr. Charles Mitchell, HPCC
presid nt.
Dr. Mitchell received a even per­
cent salary increase the board did not
approve earlier this year. He denied
he authorized it, but doubts were ex­
pre ed by some members of. the
board, including John Holloway, who
was then board president.
The source also said Mitchell
sought reimbursement for expenses
that the board did not consider proper.
Accusing Mitch 11 of frequent ab­
senteeism, the ource said Martin
would administer the college during,
ELDON MARTIN
Mitchell's absences.
Provisions in Mitchell's contract,
which the source called "too loose,"
prevented the board from firing him.
The Citizen could not reach Dr.
Mitchell for a reply by the time of this
deadline.
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Although high blood pressure aff�ts all age groups, it is mo t com­
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