2
Drum [or for J •
lice Deb te Competition pon-
ored byth D.A tStra erb r
. ocl lion ,n y compeu-
tion open to high chool tudents
from ixteen elected high chool
in 0 kland nd W yn Counti .
Thi year' topic i 300 word
e y entitled, "Can Minority
Receive F ir and Equal Justice in
America in 1993?"
VOluDt 'from th Straker
Bar ociation are needed for
e y judging nd other are .
Commitmen for volunteering
hould be made no Iter tha
ovember 25 by cont cting
Straker Chair Keith Norman at
546·2000 or Committee Chair
AU Roy Rouhlac'256-3519.
Video Recording
A live video recording
presented by Detroit's own Ber­
nadette Williams, who has just
recently returned from volunteer­
ing in the Dominican Republic.
Admi ion i free and the presen­
tation will be held Sunday,
December 6 at 2 p.m. For more'
information call 875·5790.
Conference Slated
The Detroit Urban League will
hold sister 2 sister conference for
women on Saturday, November
28 at the University of Detroit
Mercy College Conference Cen­
ter. The conference will give
women the opportuni ty to share in
"Reaffirming, Rebuilding, Recon­
necting, and Renewing our
Spirits." The conference is free
and is open to women and girls of
all ages. ,
The program will pei� 8:.3,.0
a.m and will inoluee a �btnt·
plimentary breakfast : \�ll�b,
To RSVP to Pam Cook at 832-
4600, ext. 32 .:
Public Affair
Campers Community Club
will host a public affair at the
Blackwell Civic Center Novem­
ber27.
Hearing Slated
Congressman John Conyers
announces a hearing to discuss
how to make the election process
more efficient; 'officials invited to
testify; public invited to air
grievances Monday, November
23 at the City County Building
(13th floor Auditorium) at 9:00
a.m.
Poetry Contest
Poems wanted for contest and
anthology sponsored by Spar­
rowgrass Poetry Forum Inc.
Grand Prize is $500 and there are
tniny-four other prize offered.
The contest is free to enter. Poems
must be 20 lines or less, on any
subject, in any style. One poem
only please. Send poems to Spar­
rowgrass Poetry Forum Inc., Dept.
N, 203 Diamond Street,
Si tersville, West Virginia 26175.
Madonna University
seeks donations
In preparation for its Fifth An­
nual "Around the World" Scholar­
ship Dinner Auction, Madonna
University is eeking donations
from businesse and individuals.
Past donations included trips to
Hawaii, London, and Australia;
jewelry and art; electronic equip­
ment; theater and re taurant tick­
ets. All donation are tax
deductibl and all proceed go
towards Madonna' Sch larship
fund. To donate item or ervices,
call Ro e Kachnowski at 591-
5063. The auction will be held
April 17 at the Burton Manor in
Livonia.
By 0 SEIGEL
Mlchlg." CItIz n
HI H ND P - In pecial
m ting with community organi •
tion throughout Highland P r ,
Scotty Wainwright, Administrative
N. i t nt to yor Unsey Porter,
pi yed m tchrn er - brin ing
togeth r neighborhood organizations
in different areas with nonprofit cor­
porations.
onprofits who have 501C3 tax
tat h ve a much better chance of
getting public nd priv te funding.
While ome block club and com­
munity organization have uch
tatus, m y do not nd are hand­
icapped in getting money n sary
for projects n ary for their areas.
Getting uch group together with
nonprofits will not only get more
funding for the city, but en ure
citiz n p rti ip tion in proj
to revi liz th ir , W in
id.
ITY 0
t w t would be involved in
neighborhood revi lization " 11
elemen of nelghborbood - ho -
ing, be utifi tion ofp r nd ome
financial improvem n ."
The city w divided into mall
. Citizen group and nonpro 1
wi thin th e are agreed to p ir 0 •
E rl Wheeler, the City Om-
bud m n, id, "We arc ettin
course, which could bear bea tiful
fruit."
Luther F naghan, the Executive
Director of th Wayn Metro Com­
munity Service Agency aid hi or­
ganization would try to be involved.
One community block club leader
expre ed di ti faction wi th the
Keeping poli ician
of hungry
cated in River Rouge. are the other
two co-developers.
Omntb announced at the
public hearing it intends to come into
Highland Park, if the commericlal
development goes through.
Kenneth Hylton, an Omnibank
stockholder, said the bank intends to
come to Highland Park, because the
city is a minority community "and
uch a bank i necessary for minori ty
development" and "the revitalization
of the economic life of the, city."
The branch would get one acre at
the Southwest comer of Woodward
and, Massachusetts to build a new
$330,000 building.
AT THE public hearing some
citizens complained that the
development was designed to bring
in new busines , rather than helping
. businesses already in the city.
Wanda Linsey Bostic protested
that instead of building new housing,
the money should go to rehabilitate
existing houses.
Saperstein said that the govern­
ment guidelines do not permit
rehabilitation.
Some discussed the idea of get­
ting CItizens involved in owning
stock in the development.
. Saperstein said this would be a good
idea to explore in the future, but it
could not be done under this pro­
gram.
Saperstein emphasized in this
development, DEVCO was trying to
do what was possible, even though it
could not accomplish everything that
many -including herself- wanted.
HIGHLAND PARK: City
Treasurer Ben Rolland expressed
agreement. "I think it's about time.
We've been talking about housing
(for a long time in Highland Park).
Now we wJll have housing in
March."
Saperstein said the plan calls for
ground breaking in March, 1993 and
the housing would be completed in
fa111994.
She added that the commerical
project will be completed in the
autumn of 1993.
Bostic suggested the city should
hold on to the land. "We're not look­
ing for quick fixe ," she aid. "We
waited years. We can wait more.
W don't want new housing."
, Shirley Taylor of the T x Incre­
ment Financing Agency (TIFA) for
the development, defended the plan.
"IT WILL H LP create a
stronger city a whole," she aid.
"We have to try to make sure we
involve people of the city. Think
about it and give us ,fl hot at it."
Some people expressed concern
Glenda Gaye Wheeler entertained th crowd during the recert
Maketplace at the BlackweB Center. The M8J'1(etpIaoe w one of
many events sponored by the ely in on of the life and tim
of Malcolm X.
THAN A BIG TREE
A LITI'LEBUSH
SOMETIME S GROWS BE11'ER
over how revenues coming out of the
development would be used.
Bec:aUlIe t nd In
area, taxes collected as result 0
increase in the land's value, w uld '
be used to payoff loans over the next
30 years. Also, the added revenues
would likely be used for amenities in
the TIF A area, under the direction of
the TIF A board for the next 30 years.
None would be used in property
taxes for city schools.
There would be tax abatement for
the increase in property values in the
residential ection, but according to
Saperstein, payment in lieu of taxes
would be provided to the city.
This money would till not go to
the chools, but the schools would
get extra money in state aid for the
new youngsters coming to the
school, Saperstein said.
CHARLES KELLY, president
of the Highland Park Chamber of
Commerce, said that such arrange­
ments had not been used fairly in the
inner cities and suggested negotia­
tion of an agreement on how to hand­
le inequities.
He also sugge ted negotiating for
federal funds to cover additional ex­
penses for police protection required
to protect the area - costs which
will have to be paid by the city.
80 tic protested the plan, charg­
ing it was nece sary to provide tax
relief (or heavily burdened
homeowners. She noted that 15 per­
cent of the homeowners paid the cost
for city services.
Saperstein emphasized that under
TIFA regulations, that neither the
city not the schools would lose
property tax revenue it already had.
It would. get additional money
from income taxe from the residents
moving in and the employees
employed in the new businesses.
TA YLOR D F NDED the ar-
TH PROJ CT WILL provide
the e bu ine e with infromation
about .moving and ha et a ide
0,000 for help in relocation.
Saperstein h pe they will decide to
move m where in Highland Park.
Although there were n definite
commitments for firm to come into
the commericial project, Watch said
hi firm w negotiating with a good
many companie and was optimistic
about these negotiations.
DEVCO and Omnibank, a
minority owned busine I.: nnw 10-
Congre i considering eliminat­
ing of all elect committee as an
economy move to reduce the deficit,
but Ratkow ki ays the total expendl­
tures for the House Select Committee
on Hunger is only $654,000.
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committee ay that "By coordinating
its��«�ti�ties"it"ta� ���========================�
from parti an bickering."
BFW urge people to use their iq­
fluence as citizens to show concern by
writing letters to their congressmen.
Source ay that letters do not have
to be long and are indeed best when
they are one or two paragraphs.
rangement, saying, "Perhaps we
won��gct mu lax • we'<llikt .
ffQ.Q\. "evj. bt . but some
taxes will go to the citx. "
School Board Pre ident Winona
Humphrey said the Highland Park
School Board unaminously ap­
proved the plan at its last meeting.
DEVCO literature said that there
will be 150-195 rental units, includ­
ing 1-3 bedroom garden apartments
and 2-3 bedroom town houses as
well as play areas and a community
building avaiable for rneetins and ac­
tivities.
Saperstein said 70 percent of the
units will be subsidized to ensure that
people from a variety of income
levels can move in.
Rents will range from just under
$300 for a subsidized one bedroom
apartment to about $550 for a
market-rate 3 bedroom 1,100 quare
floor town house.
I. 'continued from Page 1
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. HIGIILAND PARK _ In its annual ing with nine developers who ex-
pressed intere t in working on the
education report for the la t chool development, Saperstein said.
year, the Highland Park Public
School Board stated that the results Saperstein said both the busine
and commerical developers have
made a commitment to recruit, hire,
and train and make an effort to hire
local individuals in construction and
management of their projects,
though she emphasized that "local"
did not necessarily mean "Highland
Park.
By RON SEIGEL
Michigan Citizen
HIGHlAND PARK - Thanksgiving
started by the Pilgrims as a way of
giving thanks to God for after a winter
of severe famine.
Local representative of a national
organization called Bread for the
World (BFW) feel that one of the
most appropriate way for Americans
to celebrate this Thanksgiving is to
use their influence as citizens to keep
alive two organizations which keep
those in power aware of hunger,
homeles ness and poverty.
Schools try to
raise test scores
EL
on state and federal tests on basic
kills indicate the necessity for im­
provement in Highland Park schools
and "greater parent involvement."
November 24, at 10 a.m. the
school board is sponsoring a
workshop on Family Math in the Me­
Gregor Library at Woodward and
Rhode Island.
Carolyn Carter of the Curriculum
Department in Highland park said
many tudents do poorly on tests even
when th y have the knowledge, be­
cause they do not know the techni­
que of test taking.
In the' American College Test
(ACI), she noted, it is a good idea to
make gues es about the answers. On
the the Scholastic Aptitude Test
(SAT), because of the extra points
lost for wrong answers, students are
penalized for guessing, she said.
She .aid that in reading material
on a test, tudents should read faster
thari they ordinarily do to get the basic
material, going to "superspeed," even
if they have to skim over a lot of
material to get the information re­
que ted for the answers. Many stu­
dents lose points, because they feel
uncomfortable doing this.
Local craftsmen add
to Malcolm X Week·
By RON SEIGEL.
Michigan Citizen
IIIGHLAND PARK-The Open
Mark t at Highland Park' Blackwell
Center to commemorate Malcolm X.
Week attracted an e timated 2O,(X)()-
25, 0 people and revealed the
creativity of people in the area.
cal vendors in b th 0 tr it and
Highland Park old watche rving,
tatuette , bracelet, artifi ial
flowers, ha a�d jewelry many' f
them th y made them elve .
Three vendors sold fo d - one
pecializing in dishe rom South
Africa, another from We t Africa, a
third from the U.S. Some old books
and rna azine .
Ther we al 0 drummers and
dan e to provide entertainment.
awar
Local BFW Coordinator Mary
Tatkow ki warn d that congre i
considering eliminating all funding
for th Ho e Select Committee on
Hunger and the Select Committee on
Children, Youth and Families.
The national BFW newsletter ay
both committees give the U.S. Con­
gres concrete information on "the
problems of hunger and poverty."
In discu sing the ouse Select
Committee on Hunger, Ratkowski
quoted UNESCO Executive Director
James Grant as aying, I�We know
millions of people are alive, because
of the work of this committee."
GIVEAWAY
BECAUSE MBA is an out-of­
s ta te firm, Saperstein sai d,
provisions werre put in the contract
specifying that MBA would not
bring in managers from Saint Louis.
However, she added that it was im­
possible to et up a Highland Park
residency requirement, as the city
government is able to do.
Firms in the cornmerical section
of the development will be required
by UDAG and Community Develop­
ment Block Grant (CDBG)
programs to engage in affirmative
action, she said.
The entire development will be
18 acres with 14 going to the residen­
tial section and 4 to the commerical
on the old Detroit Street Railroad
site, Saperstein aid. The city will
give its land to the TIF A, for, one
dollar who will give it to the
developers without any cost.
Final contracts with MBA and
First Commerical Reality have to be
approved by the members of the
TlFA board and the city.
Bill Watch, President of the First
Commerical Realty handling the
commerlcal ection, said that 40,000
square feet of retail space would be
used.
DEVCO will purchase the
southern building on Woodward and
Manchester, 14301-14331 Wood­
ward, which houses four businesses:
Sibley, Marianne' Outlet, Preeda
Salon and K&C Beauty Supply,
Saperstein said.
ALDON TURNER,head of the
Waverly Block Club, expressed
skepticism that anything would
come of the development.
"They've been (saying they were)
doing things since (Mayor Robert)
Blackwell (was in office), but they
haven't done anything yet. I don't
have any confidence in the city
government."
She added that there was
favoritism in who received attention,
stating the area south of Davison was
neglected.
There are nine members on the
TIFA board. They are: Dorl Bracy;
Alton Brow; Robert Chappell, Vice
Chairman; Scotty Wainwright,
Chairman; Milton Downe ; Rodney
Watts; Shirley Taylor; Gregory Ter­
rell and Simon Williams. Members
are appointed by the mayor and P:
proved by the city council.
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