Grace Hosp' al invites par­
ents and kids to 'Home Alone'
orkshop 2:30. TIl 011< hop
II discus que t on uch as:
How can paren s tell when their
child has outgrown the n ed for a
baby- itting?: or Wh can par-
nts do to prot ct children wh n
they're home alone? The work­
shop is for paren s and children
ages 9 and older. Cost is 15 per
family. For information call 966-
3192. .
The last day of the 2nd an­
nual Motor City Praisefest will
take place at Hart Plaza.
Mon. August 2
The Com puter Club will
meet from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at
the Duffield Branch Ubrary. Call
898-2424.
The 1993 National Black
Theatre Festival will be held in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
through August 7. Call (919) 723-
7907.
Oakland County Executive
L Brooks Patterson and Director
of Community and Economic De­
velopment Kenneth Rogers will
address the members and guests
of Oakland County Business
Consortium for a continental
breakfast meeting in the audito-
· PAL playoff
Here' the result of first
round action at the Detroit Police
Athletic League Girls Softball
Playoffs held Saturday June 24,
1993 at J it:
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18 And Und r (F Pitch)
Lawrence 20, Cole 2
Stewart 20, Watkins 5
Dickerson 17, Wardell 5
Adams over Thompson (For-
fiet)
The second of the Detroit PAL
Girls Fast Pitch Playoffs will re­
sume this Friday July 30th at
5:00 pm.The Championship
game will begin at 7:30 pm the
same day. The location of all the
games will be at Jayne Field.
The first round of the Detroit
PAL Girls Slow Pitch Champion­
ship will also start this Friday
July 30th at Jayne Field. There
will be playoffs in two slow pitch
divisions, 15 and under and 12
and under. The games will start
at 5:30 pm. The Championship
. games will be played Saturday
JUly 31st at Jayne Field. The 12
and under Championship will
start at 10 am and the 15 and
under Championship will start
at 12:15 pm.
Benefit Softball
tournaments at
Patton Park
The Southwest Detroit Neigh­
borhood Football Association
(SWDNF A) and the American GI
Forum Of Detroit are hosting a
pair of softball tournaments on
August 14 and 21 to .help raise
funds for the SWDNF A.
Third Annual Southwest De­
troit Community Mens Softball
Tournament will be held Satur­
day August 14th at 10:00 am un­
til dark at the Patton Park
Softball Fields on Dix Road in
Southwest Detroit. The first
ever S.outhw t Detroit Commu­
nity Co-Ed Softball Tournament
will be held Saturday August
21st a t the Patton Softball
Fields.
The entry fee for each tourna­
ment is $150 pet: team which rov­
ers the cost of trophies and
umpire f . Each team entered
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The African Heritage Club t
the Duffield Branch Library from 2
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Call 898-242 .
Fri. Au
Although born in Detroit, Wil­
lis grew up in Greensboro, Ala.,
but returned to his birthplace
permantently in 1953, the birth
year of the blues scene on Hast­
ings Street.
The 1993 MSU Museum Fee-
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plores the theme "Migration to
Michigan" by highlighting the
cultural legacy of immigrants
who built the state and added
their distinctive stamp to Michi­
gan's traditions. Check the cal­
endar for more information on
the festival.
The 1 Oth annual 3-day
'N eighborhood Shopping Days'
sponsored by the West Warren
Avenue Merchants Association
will go on through August 8th.
This year's theme 'is -Hastings
Street Re-visited". A Prayer
Brunch will be on Friday: Kids Day
on Saturday and Neighborhood
Reinvestment Day is Sunday.
Food, gam s, and fun will be all
three days. Main attractions will
be held at the corner of West War-
ren and Junction. /'
The Black Data Processinq
Associates 'will have a general
membership meeting the first Fri­
day of every month at the Detroit
Urban League at 7 p.m.
The Family Life Center, Inc.
of East Lake Missionary Baptist
Church presents 'Jubilee Festival
'93" through August 8 at the Mure
site of of the new East Lake Bap­
tist Church (corner of Jefferson
and Conner). Festivities include
games, rides, marketplace, jazz
po ted
must bring two 'red dot' softballs,
additional bases and a roster of
15 players (the maximum num­
ber for the tournament.
The toutnatrt , 1
double elilnination, are played
under USSSA (United States
Slowpitch Softball Association)
rules and are open to USSSA and
AS' Class C and D teams only.
For more information contact
Bruce Chakur at the American
GI FOl11m at 841-8077.
'The
A public m e ing and s rat­
gy ession for the Movement for
People' Assembly will take
place p.m. t 9 5 Gr nd
Ri r. Fe ured p aker s Larry
Holmes, National Coordin or of
the Job Is A Right Campaign.
Call 965-0074.
Phillip Pi rce, president of
Pi rc, onro & As oci e, Inc.
ill ddre th 0 kl nd Countiy
Busln ss Con ort um a the gen­
eral membership meeting in the
auditorium of Northland Shopping
Center. The meeting are from
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Cost is free for
members and 10 for non-mem­
b rs.
Lighthouse of Oakland
County, a nonprofit emergency
human services agency, will host
the Beacon of Hope III fundraiser
at 6 p. m. The evening will Include
a strolling supper which will in­
clude food provided by Opus
One, Golden Mushroom and oth­
ers. A silent acution of work by
artist Nancy Drew will be held.
Tickets are 50 per person. Call
Jennifer Armstrong at (313) 335-
2462.
Thurs. August
19
The Conely Library of the
Detroit Public Library will host &n
art exhibition of work by senior
citizens who attended art classes'
at the Kronk Recreation Center
this summer. A reception will fol­
low the opening and will be held
from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. For mo e
information, call 898-2426.
Fri. August 20
Artist Anthony Bacon's show
at the NCA Gallery, 216 Fisher
Building, will end today. Call 875-
0923.
TIl Am rican Golf Corpo -
tion nd th Athl ic Booster Club
for Hlghl nd P rk Commun ty
Cooll ge, will b pon oring their
2nd Annu I Golf Tournamen. All
proc ed will go to HPCC to pur­
chase uniforms, qulpment, nd
assist in athletiC cholarship
Call 252-0475, ext. 231-299.
The Michigan Community
Theatre Troupe Presents a um­
mer theatre and drama workshop
for youth. I n two four-week ses-
ion the children (age 5-16) will
learn singing, dancing, acting,
and self-discipline. Workshop
will be held every Saturday
through July and August at the
Mayflower Loft Theater in Detroit.
Call 836-0780. Detroit Public
School students are eligible for
discount rate.
Submissions to the 7th An­
nual "Paul Laurence Dunbar' Po­
etry contest will be accepted
through August 31, 1993. For a
list of rules and cash prizes you
may write: Detroit Black Writers
Guild, 5601 West Warren, Detroit,
MI48210 or call 897-2551.
Denby's Class of 1983 will
present its toth Annual Reunion
Saturday, August 7 at 7 p. m. at U
of D. Mercy College, 8200 W.
Outer Drive. Tickets are $45 per
person and $80 per couple. F?r
more information, call Cynthia
Porter at (313) 331-0103.
"Music and Dance", art by
children around the world, w.ill be
on exhibit at the swords and
Plowshares Peace Center and
Gallery beginnin August 19
through October 9. Call 965-
5422, for more information.
The 11 th Annual African
World Festival will be held August
, 20 through the 22 at Hart Plaza.
Asic about special "cartvat ltJeelcend" roles 01 th« Westin
/(otel. Coli 568 -8%00
. .
Sponsor.d by: Caribbean Cultural &. Carnival
Orgon,zat,on of DetroIt For Info call 313.J3b.-3227
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t
The Metro De roit Iris Plant
Sale, ponsored by th I ris Club
of South ast Michigan, ill be
held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
28179 Ryan Road. Nothing 0 r
thre dollars. Call 727-1 78 or
280-0848.
BLUES BLUES BLUES
Detroit blue
join M 's
of Michigan
man
e tival
olklife
LA Sl 0, 1- Aaron
"Little Sonny" Willis, the blu
harmonica wonder who i be­
lieved to heir to th gr t
blues harmonica player Sonnie
Boy Williamson, will be featured
t the 1993 Michigan State Uni­
versity Museum Festival of
Michigan Folklife.
Willis has written more than
100 ongs and is perhaps t
known for the hot, hard-driving
harmonica sound which has mad
his home, Detroit, an interna­
tional blues mecca.
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4.00 p.m. Gratitude Band
500 p.m. Dance Troup
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. Little Bit O'Country: R&B recording star Alexander
O'Neal recently returned to his hometown of Natchez, Missis­
sippi to visit his mom and other relatives, before he begins a
promotional tour for his new album, "Love Makes No Sense."
Alex lives in Tinseltown, but hasn't forgotten that good old
down home southern cooking. "Mom knows my favorite meal is
her fried chicken, corn bread and greensl It's hard not to put on
a few pounds when I rome back home ... ," says Alex.
When O'Neal visits his hometown he says he doesn't want
nor expect the so-called "star" treatment. In fact, when The
Scoop called him he was down the street helping a friend fIX on
a car.
coop'
By Janice Mal�ne
Great Gosh A-Mighty!: Little Richard recalls: "I first
got the idea to wear loud colored stage clothes from a Detroit
preacher called "Prophet Jones." He wore these bright color suits
and gully-pump style shoes. he even had people rolling out a red
carpet for him to walk on when he got out of his limo. Back then
when a man dressed that way, he was considered a "lu lu" or a
"la la ... " But, I wasn't doing anything (except) wearing bright
colored clothes I I had girlfriends back then and everything .. .I
just liked wearing those loud colors,
that's all, .. "
A "Chic" Panther?: Superstar producer for the super­
stars and one of the founding members of Chic, Nile Rodgers,
was once a member of the Black Panther Party. He shares his
thoughts about those days: "I've been working on a film about
the (Black Panther) Party. I was involved with life and death
struggles with a lot of them.
I often think about the ones who used to be witfi us who were
killed ... I was teaching a seminar once and posed the question
of, what if the FBI hadn't painted a picture of us Panthers as
being subversive and all of those other horrible things?
What kind of an impact would the Party have made if they
had told the real truth about us? We (the Panther Party) were
a unifying force in the community who wanted to bring about
positive changes for our people and nothing more ... "
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Who' The Bos ?: The Scoop invited Oprah Winfrey's
makeup man, Reggie Weeks, to a gu t on a radio talk show.
Mr. Weeks' New York City publicist, Susan, had this ,to say
regarding our invitation: "Reggie would love to do the show, but
Oprah doesn't think it would be a good idea for him to do a live
call-in radio show ..
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Janice Malone is a veteran entertainment writer, from Dallas,
Texas, who has interoieuied numerous famous African Ameri­
cans. In addition, (1'1 being a professional writer, she is radio
talk-show personality.
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