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VOL XV NO. 50 An Informed People Is A Free People OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 6. 1993
By U AN HEDFIELD
C.pIt!IN ... SMvIc •
.I...oI'tJ["IDilnG - Q. How do
you handle the AIDS epi­
demic behind bars?
A In Michigan prisons,
no differ ntly than any­
wheree
It' a qu tion riddling
th Michigan prisonoommu­
nity, but the ,for now,
. imply this� be careful,
"There are two ides to
the state prisons' policy on
.AIDS; says Warden Ray­
mond Toombs of the Ionia
Maximum Correctional Fa­
cility
"It s effective in that it has
raised the level of compre­
hension about AIDS among
stafl; he said, "The other side
of the "universal precau­
tions· policy is that, when a
staffer gets in the middle of
a stabbing fight, he reacts
instantly 88 a human being
rather than to stop and say,
'well, what does the policy
AIDS.
Bu Ine
group to Engler admini tr
By TERRY KELLY
D OIT - "Cut us in or cut
it out" is a 60's refrain making
a comeback as a group of Black
businesses try to insure their
members have an equal shot at
the Engler administration's
rush to privatization.
The Special African Ameri­
can Task Force of greater De­
troit African American
businesses has issued a plea to
Kathy Jones, Interim Director
of Purchasing, Department of
Management and Budget,
(DMB) for a 30-day extension
on the Nov. 1 deadline for bids
on the privatization of liquor
arehousing and distribution.
The tate i as . ng private
.l)amel8 to bid on king 0 r
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Art in the City
Edna Whit of 5 n ofa Gallery a�""ts wisdom beads repr entlng the fall sea on t the
·Witn Proj ct: No End S&4)ply of Tlm.- In tallation n xt to the AAA Party Stor on
13023 E. Warr n in 0 troll ·Com Unit.· a mural by artist B m White i. on the wall of the
AAA Party Store. (photo by Efua Korant.ma)
By LYNN GOLUBOWSKI
C.pltal N.w. S.rvlc.
LANSING - Laura and Royal
Black have lived in their home
in Benton Harbor for 52 years
and despite the fact they both
have pace makers and 'walking
assistance neither has to move
into a nursing home.
That'e because she and her
husband Royal, 88, are receiving
aid from a federally funded
co
Medicaid
waiver of the traditional Medi­
caid program t.hat is allowing
elderly and disabled people re­
quiring nursing home care to
have the choice to recei ve care in
the comfort of their own homes.
"We want to stay here until
the very end," said Laura
Black, 85.
The Medicaid waiver which
began in March 1992 and it is
running on a three-year test pi-
THE COST OF CARE FOR THE ELD Y
1111 ,'1)'" 01 \)NI I All Of GI NIHAl C nr
$70,000 -
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t
lot to detennine wether the pro­
gram can provide service; to the
elderly and di abled cheaper
than through a nursing home,
said Pamela Graves, waiver co­
ordinator at the Office of Serv­
ices to the Agingg (OSA) in
Lansing.
Because Of the waiver, the
Blacks have three people who
come into their home during the
week and assist them in hou e­
work, bathing, shopping and a
nurse who visits twice a w k to
take their blood pressure .
Without these services the
Blacks would probably hay to
move into a nursing hom .
THE WAIVER IS being pro­
vided for 13 countie cross
Michigan, and is showing $12
per day, per client savings ov r
traditional nursing home care.
said OSA director Diane Brau -
stein.
Graves said it costs about $50
a day per client at a nursing
home and only 38 to provid
in-home care through the
waiver.
It is funded by the Michigan
Department of Social ervi
See COUPLE, A8
By CRAIG HILL
Michl sn Citizen
DETROIT - An African
American Economic'Develop­
ment Summit was presented
by the Detroit Branch NAACP
this past w kend at the Omni
International Hotel on East
J effe on in downtown D -
troit.
The summit consisted of
strategy ions in the areas
of entrepreneurship, coopem­
tive economics, and how to ac­
cess financial resour
In addition to th strategy
ions, h re was th youth
entrepr n urial d lopm nt
which was targeted towards
youngst rs in er ted in be­
coming entrepreneurs. .
This stmtegy ion took
place room with a group of
youngsters bet n the of
12 to 19. All were attending
chool's in Detroit with the ex­
ception of one high chool
graduate.
ingofliquor. The mo will nd:
the era of tate-run liquor are.:
hou hich upply li '
retail outl
The Task Force ants the :
tate to grant more tim for.
compani to prepare bi "d .
to tb total lack of out eh by :
the State of Michigan in t M-'
rican-American Buain Com-.
munity,· said Carl S. Young, :
p ident of Young Ind trial'
Sales and a leading member of
the Task Force, in a letter dated
October 12 to Jon .
Young is accusing t DMB:
of "failure to adequately an­
nounce and publi b" a requ
for bid in the B commu-
nity.
See, OPEN UP, P A
enen
AAe
Consultant, Minority Eco­
nomic Development, New De­
troit. Inc., and the panelists
were Ramon Patrick, owner of
Progre ive Pager , Jackie
Tucker, owner of Eternal
Pleasures Catering and Hiram
to th youth about he concepts
of entrepreneurship.
Also Colson said this
sion was to get them to sign up
to me th charter mem­
be of the "Detroit Branch
NAACP Academy of Young
Jackson, CEO, Structur nd
St 1.
As moderator, Colson pok
Ent pr n urs" (AYE) which
will d voted to providing
5 e NAACP,A8
THE E 10 W mod­
emted by Lewis Colson, Con­
sultant, Anti .. Crime, the
p enter was William Ro ,
-Oennis Archer, he's qualified
to handle the city of Detroit.
Archer could handle the city
better than Sharon McPhail
could." •
Who'
your choice
for mayor
and why?
"I don't like either candidate, !
wouldn't vote for either one."
- Kith T ylor
- Rex Merritt
yE
"Sharon McPhail will be more
productive as mayor. She's the
stronger of the two candroates."
-Toni 0 vi
"DennIS Archer. He would
know how to get the city back
to where it was 30 years ago."
- Corine Laird