By RO SEIGEL
1'.cI.' to the ch n C n
The Highland Park City
Council unanimously ed a
lution king the City Attor
n y and the administration
hat could be done to accom-
plish t ide nt's requ
Highl nd Par Mayor Linsey
Porter tated at the public ses
ion after the m ting that there
hould be an ordinance giving
him emergency powers to lock
the building.
Kenn h Schmaus, Properly
Manager of 14 Moss told the
Michigan Citizen, "We are ad
d ing the complaints by the
citizens: stating, there was a
new boiler and roof repairs had
Garb 9 ov rflow at 11. Mo
in Highl nd P rk.
n completed.
He stated th re was tour by
city council mem rs, th mayor
and neighbors.
rep iring the roof, th r ar
hol in h ilin.
On re id nt id that h
w told by an official involved
in managin th company tha
"Th drug d I r p ys hi rent
on time."
When ked about criminal
activity, Schmaus fi id that
residency in the hou e was
based on paym nt of rent.
after fur her questions, he
stated, "When we find drug prob-
o
"EV L E B R
SAID they could repairs a
trying to progress," he said. "It
may not as fast as they'd like. "
However, Council P ident
Downes id, "It (11 Mo is a
total disgrace. "
He said that despite talk of
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Code Blue: Uniting for Health- ... ��rd� 9f. �.Jly��iQJl. and .the
i r Youth an the Student Assis- American Medical Association,
nee Program continue to unfold unites chools, communities,
major efforts by the the High- businesses, and agencies in a co
land Park public . schools to pro- ordinated, far-reaching h lth
mote children' health and program for disadvantaged
1 mingo youngsters.
Code Blue, oo-sponsored by the Highland Park and Benton
National Association of State Harbor were selected as Michi-
gan' two d monstr ion si , of
the original rv n p d mong
West Virgirna, C lifornia nd
Washington st te as well as
Michigan.
C Blu
land Park, di
(Bill)Ru 11, hav
ating a broad-b
&T connect techno ogy
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By CRAIG HILL
Mlchlg.n Citizen
AT&T has connected with a
Highland Park middle school to
conduct a pilot program according
to Tamara Boykin, Public Rela
tions Consultant for AT&T.
A pr conference took place
at the Highland Park City Hall
wjth Mayor Linsey Porter, Dr.
Eugene Cain, Superintendent of
Highland Park Schools, Mamie
Cooper, Highland Park Board
President to discuss and listen
about the program with Jerry
Rankin, resident of GPA Chal
lenge, Inc., Michael Dennis, Gen
eral Manager of Sales for Global
Busin Communications Sys
tems .at AT&T, and Marc Perry,
Sr. VIce-President for Perry Mar
keting Group, Inc., and Boykin,
The pilo program comes from
a Black-owned education firm
called GPA Challenge which of
fe a hand-on solution to supple
ment children's education
according to Boykin.
Boykin said the goal of'the pro
gram will be to improve math
skills of tuden prior to entering
high school with techniques used
to help tudents become "better
learn and increases their self
eonfiden ."
"AT T I OLVED be-
ca of the wrong choices made
by young people which have a
long term impact on themselves
and the community," she says.
"We hands-on educational
programs such GP A Challenge as
the source for making an positive
impact."
Boykin id the chool in-
volved is Henry Ford Middle
School in Highland Park and the
nth grade stud 11 will be
the targeted group thr t will take
part in th pilot program.
She ys th , ud n will be
pre and t whil ignifi-
TOP: Mamie Cooper, Highland Park School Board Pre Ident
and Dr. Eugene Cain, Superintendent of HP Schools sit
. id -by- ide at the AT&T press conference. BOTTOM (I):
M rc Perry, enior vice president of Perry Marketing Group,
Inc Ii ten while (r) HP Mayor Linsey Porter expre se
point at the recent AT&T pres conference at Highland Park
City Hall. (photo by Craig Hili) .
urernent will come from
the long rm academic chieve
ment r ch by th participatin I
tudents.
Boykin said th rol of AT T
mploy wh nroll in th
gram will to rve
to monitor the students' progr
nd provid m ntorship.
"I xtr ordinary u
with this program, ooper
at th p nfe n .
lem , they are add ed. He
stated that b use of the com
plain of neighbo , some found
to be drug deale were evicted,
but he added he did not have the
record as to how many.
"We made it clear to the
mayor, the city council and
neighborhood, want to ork
with the city to make it a work
able ituation," he said.
HP Code Blue's
fir. t objective- to
expand the local
tudent
A istance
Program � � ...
City Attorney Eric Daniel d�
Sp!C'" to the Mlchlg.n Citizen - nied that the wording obligated
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HIGHLAND PARK - The High
land Park City Council approved
a settlement agreement with the
Detroit Water Board over back
debts.
Under the agreement, High
land Park would pay the Detroit
Water Board-Sf million in 1997
and $750,000 in both 1998 and
1999.
The agreement was accepted
by the Detroit Water Board
Wednesday, November 17 and
discussed by the Highland Park
City Council at its Monday, No
vember 22 meeting.
Councilwoman Greta Johnson
expressed concern that the word
ing of the resolution suggested
that Highland Park might have to
pay the debt by a tax increase,
noting that it might be possible in
five years time for the city to take
the money out of the general fund
without raising taxes.
By RON SEGIEL
db
COU CIL PRESIDENT
Pro Tem Christine Franklin
asked for a change of wording to
make this clear.
Councilman Frank lUa3 asked
Daniel if any change in wording
might make the agreement inva
lid, since it would be different
from the one the Detroit Water
Board signed.
He expressed concern that the
new administration of Detroit
. Mayor-elect, Dennis Archer
might be less lenient than the
outgoing administration of CoI�
man Young.
Daniel said there would be no
problem with the Detroit Water
Board over the wording changes.
The agreement was passed
with the changes that Franklin
recommended to clarify matters.
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r ring th on
m thing
a ing, "What'
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init i t iv .
help develop measures enabling
children and youth to become
healthy productive members of
society.
ONE OF THE first objectives
set forth by Highland Park Code
Blue planners was a much
needed expa ion of the local Stu
dent Assistance Program (SAP),
. intended to address student and
even family at-risk behavior that
may interfere with learning. The
SAP provides for referrals to ou t
side agencies when necessary.
The SAP was established by
the School District in 1990 to as
sure that students likely to en
gage in such health-risk
behaviors as alcohol and drug
abuse, several activity, and teen
pregnancy receive help.
The Highland Park School Dis
trict has obtained $100,000 for
each of two years (1992-93, 1993-
94) from the Skillman Founda
tion to place two Student
Assistance Specialists in two ele
mentary schools, Ferris and the
Cortland Early Childhood Cen
ter. The sp ialists are certifi
cated t chers Mamie Jeffries
(Cortland) and Betty White (Fer
ris).
HP ode Blue planners have
obtained funding from h Detroit
Pistons-P I Foundation tocre
ate a p rtnership with Wayne
State University. WSU medical
students came into HP class
rooms in 1992-93 as rol models
and as information sources for
discu ions bout health issues.
The District has been king
to involve mo community per
sons to help expand after-school
rational c iviti ,and offer
you ngste it i role models
and int raction with caring
dul ff h also organiz a
of prof; ional nd lay vol
un rs to . it classrooms, to en
han the School Distri 'h lth
ucation program.
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.if mbcr FDI '.quill fJlIUllnHI ,nJ , @
See CODE, A8
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