Each Rbeedl n Center offers
ervices geared to the needs of the
community it rv ,but th phi-
l ophy behind all of them i to
foc n the individual child,
"Young people are alway filled
with p ion and potential, and
adults , hould help them express .
these in po itive way," y
Ge ff Canada. th dynamic
p id nt 0 RhecdJen
Dedicated taff members
make hundreds f hom visits
every m nth, knocking on d rs
to find children be ore theirprob­
lerns become cri i . Children are
re erred to Rhecdlen by schools,
courts and oth r clients. Staff
members al 0 learn of possible
problem at h me through ele-
ntary hool anemaooe
F R WHO
are in cri is Rbecdlcn h Host
Hom where v luntccrs provide
a pla to tay and friendship if a
child' family i in trouble. Rbec­
dlen al '0 works with th Fresh
Air Fund to end more than
children f m th Rheedlen Cen­
ters to visit the n t families in
Maine during the ummer.
In central Harlem. Rbeedlen
operat a Par n ' H lp Center
where parents talk with each
th and ial workers about
the difJiculti 0 raising children
without enough m ney and sup­
port ystcms. Tutoring i offered
for children, and clothing and
f dare di tributcd to neigh r­
h d residents.
Oth r cente offer drug free
prevention and unselin pro-
ram after I programs,
mpl yment pro rams, men­
t rin and juvenile j tice pro­
ram. Rhccdlcn i workinz
'I sely with I . poli to c�tc
a dru Irce " rrid r of afcty"
m
yp lLA TI, I . ( - About
6,500 people r ceived te ching
certifi t in ichig n in 1
91. Only 32 were BI c m n.
That' why Oakland Commu­
nity CoIl nd E tern ichigan
Univ r ity formed a pro ram to
count r th lack of minori ty role
model in education.
"I think th Black mal are the
one we are 10 ing in thi ociety,"
aid Pand r Kimbrough, c ordina-
HIGHLAND PA K- Congr
m n John Conyers (D-HP.DetrQit)
indicated hi upport of Highland
Par efforts to get comp n ation
from Chry ler for moving to Auburn
Hill .
"Chry ler has reneged on i
agreements wi th u in a serious way,"
Conye a d in a town hall meeting
held Mareh at the Highland City
Hall.
Conyers aid that under state law,
Chrysler had to get permi sion from
Hi hI
Auburn Hlll
cility there.
He id t th time, Chry ler
claimed the Auburn Hill f cllity
would imply be ed to conduct
tests, r e rch and retraining.
Highalnd Park would alway be the
location of its international head­
quarters, the automotive manufac­
turer told the city then.
"They were lying, just like they
wer flying" Conyers told the
packed chamber.
Planned H.P. energy plant
raises enviornmental concern
By RON SEIGEL
Michigan Citizen
HlGIUANO I'ARK - Highland
Park Co-Gen Corporation is propos­
ing an $ million plant to, generate
electricity by burning ub tanc .In­
eluding natural gas and hemical
waste.
w iW y, r
ness, late that th plant would not
.. 'ca e the arne problems to the nvi­
ronment as Detroit' controversial
in incrator, because the four ham­
bers in the device would e clo .cd
and the air would go from QDe ham­
ber to another.
Boyd aid thi would be mandated
by Wayne County, the tate Depart­
ment of Natural R ource and the
Federal Environmental Protection
Agency.
"We d n't have a big moke
stack," he said.
KARI·.N I1UD� ON OF th
Greenpea e organization in Ann Ar­
bor di 'agre .
Sh aid turni ng the mat rial into
smoke would require an air vent rc­
le ing om thi ng. Sn add that
turning hemical 'into waste would
leave a residue that could be more
harmful and toxic than the original
. ubstance.
She' aid thi would have to be
tored omewh re, and there was "no
more p e"to t re such sub tanc .
She called uch methods of creat­
ing en rgy by w t dispo al "an un­
te ted pro ,,, that e uld caus
��ms F.or th cnvir nment in the
'-'�cotty Wainwright, dmini tra­
tive as i. tant to Highland Park
Mayor Li y Port r aid that under
city law ther would not hav to b
any pubhc hearin " inc the om­
pany i a pnvat u, inc s.
� VIR M concern
he noted, are tak n- are of by the
S"nlte.
David Ferrier of th Michigan
Department of Natural Resources
aid there would have to b a tat
publi h arin if the omp ny pro­
duced m r than 25 t n p r day.
. Boyd told th Michigan Citizen
hi plant would have the eapa ity to
produ 70 t ns a day.
He said that the plant would e
d n 1-7 and Da I. on, and.
. mpl t ly out f ny
do,
"There i a trong commitment in
working cooperatively with the city
and myself," Saperstein aid.
She aid that type of plant eems
to run well and has "operated uc­
c fully in other cities."
Boyd added h had five uch
plants in n land ah' on in Okla-
fl' a:'" ."., t,
He added both hi wife and hi
father in law were born in Highland
Park.
," Boyd aid. "I think
II ID, "I think we're going
to b go d for the community."
He add he imprc ed by th
Fact that a new Town Center WI
schedule to be built.
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Polic chok hold kill
handcuffed man in cu tody
Continued from Plge A-1
death
"We're tryin to keep
a thin ." Hammond ide
lid on
Kin ruled Powell'
homicide.
Four 0 the Ix 0 flee involved
in the homi ide of Larry Powell
h ve been upended with p y, •
ter BI k leade met everal time
with Hammond to' pur action.
Chattanooga Urban League
Pre id nt Charle Love say it w
unfortunate that it took meetings
with the leade to get omething
don.
The c e i not escaping the at­
tention of law enforcement agen­
cies either.
Five ag ncie , including the FBI
and the F deral Ju tice Depart­
ment' Civil Righ Divi ion, c-
ordin to Chief Deputy
Child
OUTH A ICA-Gunmen
mb hed truck carryln 22
youngste 10 scbool March 2
and fatally shot 6 children and
wounded seven others in Sou '
Africa' N province.
The Inkatha Freedom Party
clams five of tho killed chil­
dren of i enior officials culd
blamed b kers of el n Man­
dela African National Con­
grcs for the attack.
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