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In Highland Par and throughout Michigan,
J n ry i School Board M m r Recognition
Month, with i 199 th me, "Local Le d
Make Communiti Work!"
chool rd members, el by citize ,
nd . ng on the challen of governance,
rna d lsions affecting school children, hool
mploy , p n, nd citizens. In their d i
cated public rvice, school board members et
directions and polici on behalf of the commu
niti they serve. As gov rmng bodi , school
boards exercise local control of public education,
a tradition that, in Michigan, dates back to
1837. Their role today has wider dimensions in
the era of educational change and rising re
quirement nd expectations of educational
quality.
The Highland Park Board of Education has
ven members. Its P ident is Mamie L. Coo
per, a city employee and union president. Board
Vice President is Winona G. Humphrey, a re
tired Highland Park school administrator. Sec
retary is Anne Jones, a Chrysler Corporation
employee. Treasurer is Arrieta Waterhouse, a
retired Highland Park School District Payroll
Specialist. Also serving on the Board are mem
bers John H. Holloway, Highland Park Public
Safety Lieutenant; John F. Mattox, retired Pub
lic Safety Director; and Leonard W. Robinson, a
Livonia schoolteacher.
These even Highland Park residents also
serve as the HP Community College Board of
Trustees. An annual public Highland Park
BOard of Education election is held in June,
with usually one or two members' terms expir
ing each year. New terms begin July 1, which
marks the official beginning of each school year.
The Highland Park Board of Education holds
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13700 Woodward Avenue '
Highland Park, Michigan 48203
(313) 869-1800 ,
Hour:
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I Sal 9am -4 pm
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The annual Harvey C. J ckson, Jr., Memo
rial Schola hip Fund drive will be conducted
by the Highland Park School D' trict in th
community' public schoo F b. 1 through
March 4. The scholarship' named for High
land Park's fi Black prof lonal employee, a
counselor and visiting teacher who rved from
1941 until-his death in 1967.
The drive underwrites two 8,000 grants and
three 500 finalist awards for college expe
for Highland Park Community High School sen-
iors. ,
A school-community selection committee de
termines winners through "blind" ratings of
applications, and at a later date, personal inter
views with qualified candidates.
Contributiolll by chd or mOM}' orckr payable to the
H aroey J acJt.!onScholarship Fund c I 0 Public 1 nfonnation
Office, Highland Parle School DUtrict, 20 Bartlett; Highland
Park, MJ 48203.
, Senior Citizen.
10% cIec
everyday
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By RON SEIGEL
Michigan Citizen
HIGHLAND PARK - The
Highland Park Young
Women's Christian Associa
tion (YWCA) at 43130 Wood
ward at the corner of Winona
will open again sometime thi
spring, accordin� to the I? -
troit area YWCA s Executlv
Director, Shaida Mausi.
The YWCA is asking volun
teers from the community to
help in painting, washing
walls and window on Satur
day, January 22, from 9 a.m.
to 4 p. m. Those seeking fur
ther information should call
Mausi at (313) 961-9220 or
they could "ju t show up" on
the 22nd.
She stated that last year
100 volun from th High-
land Park neighborhood, th
Mayor Art nd Cultural
Committ , the hool board,
the Optimi t Club, and
other YWC far away
Port Huron, Wyandotte nd
Redford h lped do the bulk of
the work. "It was a big old
building and there was a lot to
done." he id.
When the YWCA opens,
there will be exercise classes,
aerobics, arts and crafts and
basketball. It may take a few
months though to get the
swimming facilitie ready,
he said. She adds that it will
be possible to provide rooms
for tenants in "a couple of
years." "It will take extensive
work to make quarters appro
priate for the 90s," she said.
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ORANGE (Sonny) FIELDS
HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN
3nS VICE PA SIOENT
ROBERT HARRIS
TAEA UA A
KATHRYN YANEZ
ECAETAAY
TITUS McCLARY
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Or t
id t t he li Ned
m hou d h d not only
with th dmini t tion, but t
tate monitor looking into th
city' financial itu tion .
ith her gr m nt,
proposed that th monitor m
with the council a�d a�ministra
tion af the time in ord r to
ve time.
McClary told the the Michi
gan Citizen the next day that
som of his qu tions wan
swered. He discovered that la
ries were rai ed for om
employ to comply with con
tracts igned with different un
ions.
One que tion he wa con
cerned with was the fact that
there were not timely porta of
expenditu tating where th
city stood financially. He 'd
thatd pitethe fact it was Janu
ary, the city council did not have
reports for October or Novem
ber.
He added though he agreed
with Finance Director Elain
Terrell that th Finance Direc
tor did not have enough taft'
members to do the job.
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Highland
Park' '-
Chamber
of
Commerce
Call
868-6420.
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at
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For Gift d Children
Pre-K through 6th Grade
and
The W.E.B. DuBois
Preparatory School
Grades 7-10
A VIolence-free
Afrocentnc Learrun
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Call 345-6050
for more Information,
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NEWS
BRIEFS
More Black
grads at eMU
MOUNT P A NT-With
one exception, mor African
Americans graduated with mas
ter's degrees from Central
Michigan University than any
other college or university in the
country during the 1989-1990
school year .
A special report titled "Top
100 Degree Producers" in a �
cent edition of "Black Issues in
Higher Education" listed newly
released U.S. Department of
Education statistics for the
1989-90 school year that show
'CMU ranked among the nation's
top producers of master's de
grees to minorities.
CMU conferred the second
highest number of master's de-
gr - 470 -to African Ameri-
can students.
Boysville "
receives grant
The Hudson-Webber Foun
dation recently awarded Boys
ville 'of Michigan a $120,000
grant payabl over the next two
years.
, The grant will be used to help
Boysville transform its Holy
Cr Center facilities a� Cecil
and McGraw in Detroit into a
multi-service community center
rvicing Wayne County youth,
their families and communiti .
Boysville will assume a role
in dd ing problems of inade-
quat rvices to youth within
Wayne County.
Fir t of
America op n
new office
DETROIT - First of America
Bank-Southeast Michigan, N.A.
announced the opening of its
new Jefferson and Coplin office