BUSINESS 'FINANCE
TIlE YOR,
Sharon Pratt Kelly, who earns
$90,000 yearly endorsed Ms.
Rolarlc, had called Mr. Barry a few
weeks ago to talk, personally con
gratulated him on his victory night
"He knows my only in rest is
in serving � people of tll: Disnict
of Columbia. A lot of my initia
tives have already been targeted to
Wards 7 and 8. If we're to lead tll:
city we'll bave to make it work,"
said Kelly. Barry's win makes
t "mayo� that Keny
""'Ir"'�"""���lh.r us oold
on the mayoral reigns.
:: She attributed his victory to tbe
:: "overwhelming dynamic" of Dis-
:: triet residents seeking a change in
:= leadershlp. Butsbesaid the voters'
:: mamate won'tbe well received on
• • Capitol Hill. The Congress, which
- still must approve all city budgets
and laws, held many of Barty's
ini tiativcs in check during his
mayoral term dte to an inerse
�like of him.
District voters' change was
realized throughout tre city, two of
the four incumbents running for
reelection were � out Local
rredia people, such as print jour
nalists, radio am T.V. talk show
00;15, tenned Barry's victory as "a
gift from God."
Ward 8 has over 65,cro of tbe
District's residents and is the least
affluent am educated ward in tbe
city.
SEPARATED FROM TIlE
rest of the city by a major river,
Ward 8 has been the city's most
disregarded political entity even
though 12 of the city's 13 council
members are Black.
Barry, woo will earn $65,{XX)
I in the part-time position, said be
wants to bring jobs, respect and
dignity to tll: ward. "By your ac
tions today, you have made Ward
8 the most famous place in
America," Barry said at his post
victory rally. "People now know
• where you live. You have em
powered yourselves. You are a
sleeping giant that has risen."
TIle fotmermayor, who served
.,. a six-month prison term for a
cocaire ion convicti n, ran
a campaign based on racial pride
and "sending a message to tbe es
tablishment," said, "Some people
would like people to believe that
, those who live here are- stupid;
dumb and not politically astute.
But in this ward, there are some of
the brightest, most intelligent,
politically astute and forgiving
people."
Forgiving is evid ntly what
many in the African American
community are.
Reports from aero s the
country indicate that tbe majority
of Blacks are willing to "forgive"
and "forget" Barry' history of
womanizing and alcohol and drug
... abuse. in Chicago, on Black-,
... oriented WVON-AM's "World
#I .. Objective" program, a caller's sur-
': : vey ran 5 to 1 for Barry's "forgive-
ness."
See MAYOR, B8
,
YEO ARDS
With their trong entr pr n urial
thi and "can do" attitude,
nd Cheryl Coleman h ve
f r Rally' and Detroit
WHIG N, D. .- The Foun-
dation of Fannie Mae (Federal Na
tional Mortgage
As ociation-F MJNYSE) an
nounced 1 t week a 5.5 million
grant to finance a new National
Center for Lead-Safe Housing.
The grant i the largest single
grant ev r made by the Fannie Mae
Foundation.
The Center wa jointly e tab
Ii hed by th Enterpri e Foundation
and the Alliance To End Childhood
Lead Poi oning.
The large t privately funded ef
fort in the country devoted to lead
poisoning, the National Canter will
develop, test, and promote the
nationwide adoption of cost-effec
tive trategies for preventing
childhood lead poisoning.
"L D POI ONING seriously
threatens the health of as many as
three million of America's children
and the n uon's upply of affor
dable housing in which they live,"
be cce ful
role model for our 'Children nd
oth they re ch out for ucce
in b ine ,to become more po i
tive nd learn how to pray more."
It' dyn mic v lue like the e
th t pe ded Denni Coleman to
m ke the tough choice early in life,
to turn hi b ck on tempting, but
ri y offers from the BA and take
instead th long, uphill ro d to bust-
ne nd tability.
By 1970, t age 16, Coleman had
already climbed from "Whopper
Slopp r Floor Mopper" to super
vi or at his local Burger' King in
Knoxville, Tenne ee.
In 1977, the h rd orkin te m
rel ted to Detroit.
r. Coleman bec me Di trict
nager for Burger tng. When
franchi e opened, h jumped t it
nd obt ined fin nci I b c in
re ulting in the ownership of four
Burger Kin re tauran .
TOD , G'
10 is R lly' g in, Denni nd
Cheryl Colem n roll up their
leeve the fi t AlTic n-
American owned franchi e in the
U.S. '
"My goal i to open five Rally'
re tauran in thi market," Denni
Coleman ay . And, why not?
The Colem&ns re co- ponso in
the Home Wor Hotline for Taft
Middle School and Pitcher School
for the 92-93 chool year.
said James A. Johnson, Fannie
Mae's chairman and chief executive
officer.
"As many as five million lead
contaminated housing units oc
cupied by lower income families are
affected, So, in millions of cases,
the threat to health and the threat to
housing are linked. '
"In its search for the best practi
cal answers to these problems, the
National Center for Lead-Safe
Housing will reach out to both the
heal th and housing sectors, "
Johnson said.
"The Center's ultimate goal is
prevention. The approach of wait
ing to find a poisoned child and
them removing all lead paint is
futile. Instead, we need to make
millions of homes' lead safe' for our
children and their families," said
Don Ryan, a co-founder and execu
tive director of the Alliance to End
Childhood Lead Poisoning.
Paul Brophy, president of the
new Center and vice chair of the
Enterprise Foundation, noted that
lead poisoning falls unfairly on the
shoulders of minorities and the
poor, particularly on African
American and Hispanic children
living in inner cities.
"In August of 1993, the Center
will begin working closely with
four to six 'leadership cities' to test
cost-effective strategies to make
homes' lead safe' that can be imple
mented on a broad scale.
The Center also will help ten to
twelve cities increase the effective
ness of the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
'abatement grants that will be n
nounced this fall," Brophy said.
The primary goal of the Fannie
Mae Foundation is to support na
tionaland local nonprofit organiza
tions that work to provide decent
and affordable housing in com-
munitie reug te
States.
NAACP Executive
Director/CEO Dr.
Benjamin L. Hooks
being presented a
replica of the
commemorative
stamp honoring writer
Dorothy Parker at the
NAACP's National
headquarters in
Baltimore. Ms. Parker,
who left the bulk of her
estate to the NAACP,
is the fourth indMduai
. with close ties to the
NAACP to be honored
with a com merativs
stamp. With Dr.
Hooks, to the right, is
Tom McCarthy,
c ontroner, Field
Division, US. Postal
Service, Baltimore,
MD.
Robert 'Chappell
'expands franchise activity
By NATHANIEL scorr
Special to MichIgan Citizen
The ptimi. t? A vi ionary? A
bu ine man or what? arc some of
the termologie some 'may wi h to
employ a they talk about Highland
Park' McDonald franchise owner,
Robert "Bob" Chappell.
Since he opened the Iranchi eat
12857 Woodward Avenue, Chap
pell said he ha upgraded the
property by increasing the lighting,
putting in plants and shrubbery and
maintaining "friendly service with
ta ty fo d."
-La t month Chappell bought
another Iranchi e at 4620
Plym uth Road which, he aid, will
relocate to 15501 Plymouth Road
y mid December.
Pre, ently Chappell employ 47
at the Highland Park franchis e and
when the m ve to the new location
on Plymouth Road i complete, he
expect to employ 65 to 70 that
location.
. TH MAJORITY of the High-
land Park employees live in the ci ty,
he aid. "I encourage the youth to
stay m ehool, make good grades
and to further their education."
Chappell i al 0 the vice pre j-
\
I
dent of BMOA-Black McDonald
Owners Association, that has ap
proximately 20 members in the
area.
He said BMOA and the other
members of the Southeastern
Michigan McDonald Operators
have awarded 31 scholarships to
Black youth so they can attend,
UNCF-United Negro College
Funds Schools.
Chappell believes the economy
will get better, regardless of who
wins the presidency, and he thinks
Mayor Linsey Porter, since becorn
ing mayor, has initiated "a higher
level of police visibility" which
helps the community as a whole.
One -of the city's primary
focuses, Chappell said, which the
current administration has targeted,
is new housing .
The purpose of his Highland
Park franchise is, Chappell aid, "to
maintain a family type atmosphere,
welcome mothers, fathers and their
children and to do whatever we can
to make them feel comfortable."
In addition, the Colemans donate
food to various helters in th com-
munity, including the Detroit Res
cue Mi ion .
•
TH LSO
funds education, health, and human
development program that en
hance individual potential with a
special concern for youth.
In addition to this $5.5 million
grant, the Fannie Mae Foundation is
making additional grants of $6 mil-
lion in 1992. Its sole ouree ot sup
port i Fannie Mae.
Fannie Mae, the USA's Housing
Partner, is a eongressionlly
chartered, shareholder-owned
company and the nation's largest
investor in home mortgages.
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ICard, please call 777 .. 0250
uODIQ"�".�Aila, 1l.6.&ction 6813.
For more information or a
brochure; call 777-0227.
Nursing process .
seminar to be held at MCC
Nancy Rubinsky, of tlie MCC
Nursing faculty, will present this
seminar. The fee of $30 includes
instruction, morning refreshments
and materials.
MUSKEGON - A nursing
process workshop will be d at
Muskegon Community College
on Wednesday, October 30, 1992,
from 8am to 12pm in room 107 on
campus.
This seminar will provide an
overview of the fo ps of tbp
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