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. during the r marctV tt in DetroIt prot ng the Good Food - Cocktails TIFFANY'S LOUNGE 13300 Woodward Phon,: 883-2150 Uw .m.,q/nm."t •• ch Sunday Sonny C .. Uquld Smok. Athletics cut at HPCC ByRON EIGEL 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. 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