By MICHELE RUEHS
c. It., New. Service
tin n i ing
Michi n ith n
num r of reasons
The motiv tiona for ab tie
nenc camp ign r n from
halting n pr gn ncy to top­
ping any alcohol- I t prob­
lem . And no th camp igns
falling on youn r ,
the Michigan A tinence Part­
nership initiative aims to ch
children a 9 to 14.
The partne hip, launched by
th tate Dep rtm nt of Public
Health in 1993, i a cooperative
effort between th department
and . pective communiti to
try to squelch a number of teen
problems by zooming in on a sin­
gle fOl."'US: Encouraging teens to
abstain from premarital sex ..
The department hopes to ex­
pand the message over time to
cover other related problems,
such as drugs and alcohol, but
believes that focusing on a een­
tral problem will have a domino
effect on other issu
T T P 0-
GRAM will be tailored to par­
ticular communiti , hich can
institute it in a number of ways,
but the common denominator
will be th content - which will
. try to show ab tinence in a po i­
tive light, but not in a moralistic
Ok,
na h ar too
little about ying no to ?" In
1994, 44 percent id they heard
too little, compared to 5 per­
cent in 1991.
Yet Terri Wright, chief of the
bureau of child and family erv­
i in th public health depart­
ment, cautioned that the
program the agency' promote
ing go beyond telling ids to
just say no - it aims to tell them
why. She said the program aims
to quell any premature sexual
activity by providing youths
ttitude on welfare
reform differ by race
Th ults of a comprehen-
i , biparti n tudy on Ameri­
can attitudes toward welfare
form shows African American
views differ ignificantly from
thos of whites.
Th findings are important to
discussions soon to be conducted
on C pitol Hill the nation'
103rd Congress prepare to
amine welfare reform m ures.
Th tudy, "African American
Views ofth Welfare Sy tem and
Welf re Reform," is now avail­
able from the Joint C nter for
Politi I and Economic Studi ,
th nation's leading BI ck public
policy arch and analy i or­
gaaization.
Th J oint Center nd four
other group commissioned pub­
lic opinion re reh firms, Peter
D. Hart As ociates, Inc. nd
American Viewpoint, to conduct
focus groups and telephone 51 ir­
veys betw nov. 12 and 15,
1993, mong 1,020 registered
vote on theirperceptionsofth
welfare system. Among the10
findings:
• Blacks cite a "shorta of
jobs" and other economic ctors,
the mo t important cause of
poverty, while whites m t often
cit the "br akdown of th fam­
ily" as a roo cause of po rty;
• Fifty-three percent of
BI li v people on w Ifare
want to work, compared to
twenty-two percent ofwhi
• Forty- ight percent of
BI c f vor two-y r time lim­
its on welfare compared to sixty­
eight.pe nt of whi
TEEN ARE T a point
where they want to hear such a
message, as was reflected in a
recent article in USA W kend,
said Charles Peller, of th com­
munications office at th De-
LOU KOSS, COMMUNI­
CATIONS director for Clinton-
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Wayne County Commi ion Chairman. Ar.thur B. Black�ell II is th� proud donor of a �3,OOO toy
castle given to Children's Hospital of Michigan for the enjoyment of Its y�ung c�ncer p�tlents. T�e
portable ca tie i a complete audiol�isual entertain�ent center encloslnq a slngle-chsk .C� unit,
double ca ette audio deck, Super Nmtendo game With two remote. controls, a �olor televls_'on, an
AM/FM radio, and VCR. Blackwell serves as an ambassador of fun In a f?undatl?� responsible f?r
donating more than 30' of the castles to hospi.tals throughout the nation. JOining Blackwell IS
hospital Pediatrician-In-Chief Dr. Alan B. Gruskln.
VOTE
"You know r v lat.ion," he
said. "That's the d viI and that's
the devil in you."
After a recess, Council Presi­
dent Pro Tem Coo in Frank­
lin expre sed conc rn that
Mayor Port r' r qu st sug­
gested not only transferring th
land, bu buying th form r
mainten nc work rs union
building and turning it into a.
new city hall.
Stating that sh favor
"everythingn w" in th itycom­
plex. She stated that in 20 years
th union hall will be "in sham­
bl "like the pr n city hall.
J RI
T T her resolution only in­
volv the land transf r for h
p rt .of Porter's plan involving
n w construction, and th city
1 rk r d h r olution.
Howev r, wh n it cam to
vo , both Franklin and Council­
m n Titus McClary voted
against it and ouncil P i ent
Down ,John on nd Ross
vo for it.
Fr nklin said h
p th me ure, be u
Iieved after th land ransfer
went through, the "next step"
would b buying the union build­
ing for a city h 11.
Wainwright disput d that
city hall could be renovated,
claiming it would co t $1 million
jus to "pa ch th structu
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financially able to mov forward
without th h lp-of oth I'S."
Sh said, the vision added,
"Th3 needs of th city will be
met. Just trust Me and lean not
on thy own understanding."
Johnson said that in order to
check to make sure that th vi-
ion was of God and-not her own
r action, sh consulted th Bible
and came up with lin from th
King James Bible I aiah 61:4-5:
"And they shall rebuild the
ancient ruins. They shall raise
the former d olations and r -
n w the ruin citi ,th de
t tion of many g n r tions."
Aliens shall stand ( dy) and
f your flocks and fo ign
h 11 b your ploughm n nd
vin tr "
Johnson dd I "M' yor Por­
ter, you hav my upport on his
proj ct."
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