l-
ac ff11'
ft oft, th
}(a(!l'fllA,tion De-
partm nt . ping th in t
of I in tb young min of
it' community youth.
"This' t fi
tion nt impl
ment d the program," aid
Recreation Director D rryl Ed­
dings. "The Schaffer Oldtimers,
a group of veteran Blac base­
ball league pi yers, were doing
it the pest few , but we
th re wasn't the participation as
has been this y r. Walt Wilk
and Ro rt Smith, both mem­
bers of the Oldtime h lped us
up the league."
"With the involvement of the
Recreation Department in the
Highland Park Junior Baseball
League (HPJBL), the parent
and youth p rticipation has
grown," Eddingadded. "We have
grown to six teams. "
"But the Oldtimers are till
involved with th kids," he ex­
plained. "This year they (The
Oldtimers) sponsored a tee-ball
and baseball clinic in conjun -
tion with us. The clinic ran from
April until June. The Oldtimers
have been around since 1982
helping the kids with their base­
ball skills. "
OVER 120 KIDS playing in
the HPJBL and 50 kids in the
tee-balllee.gue. ,
The teams involved are the
Cubs, The Giants I, Gibsons, Gi­
ants II, O.H. Pye Funeral Home
and the Boyz In The Hood. The
season began July 10th and will
run through August 21st wrap­
ping up with an All-Star game.
The games are played every
Wednesday and Saturday at the
Reggie Mackenzie Field on
Hamilton Avenue.
"We have big spectator turn­
outs from people in the commu­
nity," Edding said. "Wednesday
is the big day for the kids be-'
cause the games are played un­
der the lights. I'm glad to see the
lights because the City Of High­
land Park needs something like
this. I get a thrill out of it my­
self."
"That's a positive message
when someone is drivng down
OTISVILLE, ICH.(AP)-Amid
the smell of motorcycle exhaust
and leather, Ethel Bailey will
slip into her white stretch pants
and red silk blouse to wed Wade
"Snow Dog" Johnson.
They're among the thousands
of predominantly Black bikers
from across the nation attending
the 18th Annual National
Roundup near this rural Michi­
gan village.
The event once was the Black
National Roundup. But Johnson
said the word "Black" was
dropped a number of y rs ago
because the roundup was be­
coming more and more a mix
crowd.
"We got people of all colors
here," Johnson said Sunday.
"The majority will be Black. But
we don't want to alienate. any­
body." .
THE ROUNDUP I being
held on a 40-acre c mpsite
owned by the host Flint Motor­
cycle Club near Otisville, about
70 miles north of Detroit.
Bob Boulis, president of the
Flint Motorcyele Club, said hun­
dreds of venders had b gun set-
e
a
ting up Sunday fternoon. The
roundup is making its first p­
pearanc in Michigan, Boulis
id.
On Saturday, Bailey, 49, and
Snow Dog, 53, will exchange
vows at the campground before
a Baptist minist r.
Snow Dog will give Bail y a
vest with his club's insignia and
colors b fo the Florida couple
cruis th motorcycle aisle on a
1100 Hond Shadow.
Johnson is the n tional pr i­
dent of the Wildcats Motorcycle
Club. The Detroit n tiv mov
to Daytona Beach I st year.
Bail y has lived ther 11 y rs.
"rMR IT, id
Bailey, whose non-riding fa�ily
is coming in for the wedding
from Pit burgh. "We've b n
talking about it for two years.
This way all of his (Wildcat Mo­
torcycl ) club members will be
ble to come. "
Th roundup lways is ched­
uled for the first w ek of August
and is publicized by word of
mouth. It has at racted mem­
bers from f r aw yas Al ka,
id Yakie Wysinger, chairman
of thi y r's roundup.
"It'aju ta big gathering," id
Wysin r, a 66-year-old D troi­
ter who travels with his wife and
grandchildren and ha nev r
mi ed a roundup, "It' like a
family thing. W party. We have
ra , voll y 11, all, b -
k ball, compete for the t­
dre sed bike. This is lik a
vaca ion."
The w klong motorcycle
roundup, tart Monday nd
ends Sunday. It coincides with
th 1993 Buick Open Golf Tour­
nament, which s rts Aug. 6 in
n arby Grand BI nco Th tour­
n m n i ex d 0 tr ct
mo than 100,000 pie.'
The gatherings a x od
to generat lar amount of
v nue.
ndmo
pI hav
Bouli id. '.
"T'h opl com in nd
th y buy up everything, and
that' mon y for th commu­
nity," id Flint Convention and
Visitors Bureau spok woman
V t Jon .
Highland Park Red Sox's
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p og a
•
eceve
ga
The Muskegon Heights
Housing Commission has been
awarded a $3,000 grant from the
Youth Advisory Council of the
Muskegon County Community
Grant Foundation to help fund
and operate a summer recrea­
tion program.
Between 'now and the end of
September, 100 youths who live
in East Park Manor and East
Side Court apartments are ex­
pected to participate in a sum­
m r c tion program that
includes sports, educational,
and cultural activiti .
The Muskegon Heights
Housing Commission is in need
of 28,000 to fund a 12-month
sports, cultural and educational
program that will serve 350
youths. Volunteers are needed
to help supervise recreational
activities and to teach math,
reading and writing in the Sat­
urday Academy. Contributions
to the MIllIC Park-Side Youth
Fund can be mailed to 615 E.
Hovey Ave., Muskegon Heights,
MI 49444, Attn: Joe Mattox.
Persons wanting to volunteer
may call: 733-2033.
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