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THEY MAY EX·
CHANGE sex for cash or a
meal, and virtually all are at
high risk of HIV infection. Es­
timates of the number of
runaway and home you
fro*, 7JO,cm .,13 mU·
lion nationwide.
The problems faciD& these
young people seem bopeICII •..
.- Even when services are avail­
able, the youths are too often.
hurt by the "system" and avoid
ming them. On Their Own
descn'bes several multWervice
community-based programs
that have succeeded in caring
for ham-to-serve youths and
offer positive sip that we am
reach and help 1hem. •
"In every program we
visited, when the population bM
presented a new problem, the
program responded. They
don't say, 'We don't do that,'"
ys SUber. "1beae programs
work because of their inaedible
devotion to the young people
and the realization that the kids .
themselves have enormous
strengths. "
Boston's Bridge Over
Troubled Waters is one pro­
gram that goes directly to the
youths. It a converted
roobile home as a medical van.
On week �ghts the van makes
regularly scheduled tops where
street youths gather. "Kids in
the streets have to be wooed, "
says Silber. "You can't j\llt
have good services and expect
them to come."
Volunteer physicians and
nurses use the van's two ex­
amination rooms to treat ali­
ments from sore throat and flu
to sexually transmitteddJse.ases.
The van's waiting area is stock-
ed with an array of alcohol,
drug, and HIV education
brochures that youths are en­
couraged to take.
HIGHLAND PARK
RON IOEL
Cone!pOndMt
IDGlU...ANDpAlUt-Higbland Par
city official announced plans of
De troi t Ed! on to purcha e a
building on Woodward and Richton,
which bad been used in the P t by
former State Representative Ethel
Temll a day care center.
Edi on spokesper on Scott
Simon said in an intemew that the
land woul4 be used to expand the
Cortland sub tation, expanding
power lines for suburban areas and
w
residential customers.
Mildred Comb, who heads the
Richton Bloc Cub, said, "I cannot
believe we're going to have a power
plant in a residential area with enior
citizens."
Mayor Linsey Porter said that a
public hearing bad been set up where
individuals could hear what was
going to happen and express their
concerns.
He said the city did not know yet
whatDetroitEdi onwasgoingtouse
the land for, but was holding the
hearing to get the facts.
RON !IQ!L
Cotre!pOndent
HIGHLAND PARK-The
Micblpn Citizen made an error
I.t week in yi08 that the city
would pay citizens for boarding
visitors to the International Black
summit
Tbe International Black Sum­
mit spokesperson Unda Jackson
ltated that the visitors would pay
their own way. Tbe summit or­
gapization would match the
visitors with those who volun-
teered their home.
She said fhat the gue ts must
pay in advance and asked that
those who offered their homes
make sure that this rule is en­
forced.
Those coming in should pay
S20aday.
Those interested in getting ap­
plications should call the city
Ombudsman office at (313) 252-
00l7. While the Ombudsman's
office will take the applicatlom,
the summit organization will
process them.
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WHEN ASKED BY a citizen
what the city wa doing about
private land Edison had purchased
on Richton, Mayor Porter said the
city could not do anything to stop the
purchase of private land.
When The Michigan Citizen
asked the mayor personally, whether
zoning ordinances could restrict the
use of the land Edison has
purchased, he agreed, adding this
depended on how the area wa
actually zoned.
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auld judge these appeals on their
merits, and not before council
members, "who would remind you
you owe them a vote for granting you
lower taxes."
IN AN INTERCHANGE at a
city council meeting, Council
President Dwight Downes said he sat
on the Board of Review for four
consecutive years and he had not
seen this happen. He emphasized
that the' Board of Review did try to
cut property taxes in cases of
hardship, when someone was
unemployed.
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Spealdng will be former leaders of
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Voters can remove
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I ' . ., ,.. � , ,
sat on the board, ahe ould hn'e
known �t.� Downes said.
In the last four years,
Councilwoman Franklin refused to
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to protest the fact that it was Subject
to this abuse.
Franklin answered, "Sweetheart,
I sat on the board years ago and I saw
council members pass out cards
telling people (coming in to make
tax appeals) to vote for them,
because they lowered their taxes."
The period Franklin sat on the
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before the time Downes was talking
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Workers always try to help,
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"We get all kinds of requests -
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But our philosophy is to have
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Councilwoman Christine
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