They're j
livin some
-In 0 • and
to pro de
for children in 0
urb n trife .
. Land .Rmana,
i thout ny financi tance,
to provide food, love and
guidance to 4O-pl ki in a
public ho ing complex that
could be in any innercity, U.S.A.
The bo in complex their
bome, and when they the
need for an af r-school ther
ing pi ce for child n, they
turned an UIlOCCupied ground
floor partntent into a center that
overflow ith warmth, hope
and love.
Ms. L, mother of three, and
Ms. R, grandmother, have few
resources: a devoted friend who
scours bakeries nd restaurants
for donated food, and their own
initiative and pavement-pound
ing, yet somehow they manage
to provide food for dozens of
young bodies and minds five
days a week.
THE KIDS came to the cen
ter slowly, tentatively, at first.
Then word spread tbat food w
available, and the numbers grew .•
Now, Ms. L says, "SQmetimes
we bave to put them 0 :,.00 ten
them 10 go home."
Today, the center serves aU
ages, from one to 18, and offers
activities for adults in the com
plex as well. The older kids help
the younger one with their
homework, and they all enjoy
"_-4I'AlftI� and boo ' well s •
tenance,
The center also provides a
temporary baven from neighbor
hood violence. All residents of
the complex live with the
knowledge that bullets Oy daily,
and the best they can hope for is
- to try to stay out of tbe way.
When asked what t y would
wish for the center, Ms. R replied
pensively, "Just one day where
our children didn't have to hear
a gunshot Just one day."
A look around the center's
main room reveals a threadbare
carpet, windows with screens
but no panes of glass to keep out
the chilling air, and a table that
might seat a dozen children
elbow to elbow. They feed the
kids in shifts sometimes, squeez
ing them between a clanldng
radiator and a life-sized record
store cutout of rap star Hammer.
•
You feel the presence ofbope
seeping from the corners, lifting
its head shyly to glance around
the room. You wonder if you
were to ask the children who
come to the center what they
want to be when they grow up,
how many ofthem would simply
say, "alive."
MS. L TELLS of the lillie
boy who never seemed to be .
well-dressed or well-groomed,
and how they gave him some
donated clothes. "After a few
day , they were just as bad his
old clothes," she says sadly, be
cause his mother just didn't
bathe 0" shampoo him regularly.
Some kids follow Ms. L
around on the weekend, when
she's spending time with her
own children, tending to her own
household, and beg her to open
the center seven days a week.
And she's often tempted to, she
admits, "but my kid just won't
have itl"
She and Ms. R laughingly
describe a block party they or
ganized for the Founh of July.
"Everybody came, and the party
lasted two days!" They had
everyone in the complex bring
something to eat, and everyone
had a all. "There wasn't even
any violence," they exclaim.
S •• WetchA10
10 LA
pen n, OIeIUdent
DEVCO anDC)UDCed
The Hi P rt City CoUDCil
ill d de on the plan at the next
ti . The public can the
plan t a heari Monday ovember
16, at 6 p.m. nd floor of City
Hall.
The pi are available for view at
the City Clerk', 0 ee at 30 Gerald
or HigblaDd Park DEVCO.
The City PlanniDi Commiss n
recommended the DCCeI .. ry zoning
c on October 8.
DEVCO
LITERATURE
promoting the plan noted that despite
recent nnouncemen of b i
lnr, Chrysler, Sears, and Detroit Os-
pathic Hospital leaving Highland
P rk, this �w project "reflects the
continui commitment of the public
and the priv te center to help create a
revitalized center for the City of
Highland Park and provide new af
fordable bo�ing for the residen of
the area."
Plans for ueb a center ere in
place several ye&1'I ago, but one of the
major elements, Sears, not only
withdrew from the project, but made
a decision to leave HigblaDd Park
altogether.
However, in this project, a new
commercial Atrip win he develo
BCUE CTi
a located in a Highland Par T x Incre
ment Fin ncing Authority (TIFA)
area, any increase in the land' value
SAPERSTEIN SAID 70 percent will not go into property taxes for
of the uni will be mar et rate, but 30 school, but into the development it
percent of the \Uli will be partially self for the next 30 years.
u idizecl to ensure that people from everthele ,the Highland Park
a variety of income levels can move School Board unanimously up-
in. ported the program.
The rents will range from Just When a chool board member
under $300 for a sub idized one a ked Sapersiein how such a project
bedroom apartment to about S5SOfor would benefit the Highland Park
a martet ra 3 bedroom 1100 square education y tern, she aid through
foot town house. income taxes and new residents wi th
Sapersteinemp izcdl idized' children going to school.
hoUSing will not be segrepecd from The nine member TIFA Board ap
tberestoftbebo ing,andDOoncbut proved the project's proposed
the landlord will know which units development and financing plan on
get ubsidics. September 30, DEVCO material
If acceptCcl, ground breaking is stated.
planned to begin in March, 1993 with
the first uni ot homing becoming
available in the spring of 1994 and the
� member of Murray Wright High Schools Marching Band.
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HIGHLAND P - Student ath-
let and as istant coach prote ted
against the fact that athletics w not
funded in the budget for Highland
Park Community College (HPCC).
At the Tuesday November 10
school board meeting, Board Presi
dent Winona G. Humphrey said the
HPCC budget for next year was still
being written and athletics could still
be considered.
However, in a private interview
board member Mamie Cooper told
The Michigan Citizen that the board
did vote on the HPCC budget.
The problem, she said, was that
HPCC President Charles Mitchell
presented board members with the
budget just before the meeting,
before the members could tudy what
was in it and what was left out.
DR. MITCHELL was not avail
able for comment by the time 0 tbi
Cooper said she herself voted
against the budget and went on record
as explaining that there was too little
time for study.
It is po ible to amend the budget
to include athletes.
HPCC Assistance Coach Greg
Thomas said that 50 to 100 HPCC
athletes won athletic scholarships to
four year schools.
Another assistant coach, Wilda
Nance said there is a "rich tradition"
of at�etics at the community college.
ATHLETICS, SHE SAID, bas
added to the fame of the college and
boo ted chool morale, aiding in tu
dent recruitment and enrollment.
Many fan of HPCC athletic
events went on to enroll in the com
munity college.
"We have omeofthebe tathlete
in Michigan and have won national
honors, " she said.
Nance emphasized that academics
came first in the community college,
but stated, "If we have to give up
athletics, it will have a devastating
effect on recruitment.
Nance added that the athletics
department had tried to hold back on
funds, reducing its budget by 44 per
cent.
THE ATHLETICS DEPART·
MENT also worked 'to raise money
by events and came up with more
than $3,000, but much of this had to
be � to par bac b Is.
One student athlete, Lucy Stone,
noted that the season ould be start
ing a week after the meeting.
" A lotof people are dependent on
this program," she said. "I have a lot
of dreams and goal I want to
achieve."
School Board. President
Humphrey told the young athletes
and the athletics staff, "We will
revisit those decisions. I can't say
anything will change, but it will be
revisited."
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