Detroit
BY THE TIME her husband
finally succumbed, say Walker,
"We had served a' purpose in
each other's lives. My purpose in
James' life was to get him
through those years - to be the
rock he needed," she says. "His
purpose was to get me to Florida
to do research."
Last November, the day she
mailed the final copy of her dis­
sertation, her husband slipped
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TAMPA, FLA. - As her hus­
band lay dying of cancer in a
Tampa hospital last fall,
Paulette Walker spread out her
rch papers on th floor. She
wa finishing her dissertation
for a doctorate in educational
studies from the University of
Michigan.
Wiker, an instructor/adviser
in the University of South Flor­
ida's College of Education, was
determined to finish a degree
she had started years before,
when she lived in Detroit. Newly
married, Walker and her hus­
band, James, moved to Florida
in February 1990. A few months
later, he was diagnosed with
prostate cancer.
"Even though my 'husband
was in pain, the dissertation was
up front, in my mind," Walker
says. He constantly encouraged
her to finish the paper, telling
her: "We are going to finish this."
Her work, says Walker, was a into a coma. "He was holding on,
source of comfort and inspira- until I got to that point," she
tion to her dying husband. says. Fifteen minutes after he
died, Walker got the call that her
"Si�ting there, . feeling sorry dissertation had been accepted,
for hn� an.d feelmg so�ry for and she could defend it. "Within
Il)e .. djd hi no &OOd, y 15 'ha p "the' -n
We keto "My i>e,ipg there was. a' 0 . II th
fi hi d ws,' . t e.'
very com orting to rm ... an same time"
seeing that I was still going on. . .' .
We dealt with cancer from day Now \\ alker tells her story to
one. We learned more about her un�ergraduate students:
each other in four years than She advises 100 to.l?� of th�m
some people do in 25." each semester, visrting WIth
them three days a week The
other days, she teaches a cur­
riculum and instruction course
to elementary education stu­
dents. "I love teaching," says
Walker.
She has been in the profes­
sion since 1970, teaching middle
school in Detroit and working
her way up to assistant princi­
pal. In addition to teaching,
counseling and helping run a
school, Walker did a stint as a
�for'n
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Paulette Walker, an in tructor/actvi or In USF'a College of
Education, and her hu band Jame Walker.
single parent of two boys -
D rek, 23, and Lenier, 25. Th.e
younger son graduated from
Florida A&M University on
April 30, and she was there.
Walker put offher ceremony un­
til Decem r.
NOW HE ENJOYS seeing
"how they make teachers" at
USF. She talks to doctoral stu­
dents about "not taking things
personally" when problem
arise. Walker's inspiration is her
98-year-old grandmother, who
"just keep on ticking," and her
mother, who remains her best
friend.
"If I can do it, anybody can do
it," Walker maintains. Her
motto is: 'Plan purposefully, pre­
pare prayerfully, proceed posi­
tively and pursue persistently.' .
"The day that I stop making a
difference is the day I need. to
quit," she say�.
r:iXtroiters will wake lip and discover that the II II'£'
;;z,/:�ted to seLL their land and their souls to a
sovereign nation and will never be abl to Ret
them back.
Compare the claims of the promoters with the facts from existing Indian casinos
Claim: Indian casino work -r: ran
unionize to im prov '\.vag ,
sch dules, and condi ions.
FA T: No Indian c sino hns allow d
mpl ye to f rrn uuious
Rem mb r that Native
Am rican tribe an a SOy r ign
nation n t subj .t t( any I ws
or ordinanc that would
requir a c. si no to lwrm i l
unions.
Cla im. Full time casino jobs will pay
$24,000 a year.
FA ''I': Th verage annual income of
th Indian casino employee in
1 93 was $7,339A5!*
Chum: Indi n casinos. would employ
4,500 full time workers.
FA 'T: All ight Indian casinos only
mploy d 2,681 persons in
1 3.
'laim: Indi n a in will n-vj t al iz
J) lroit.
I·A 'T: F d ral law r 'quirt's ull pr ,fil
from Indian asino gambling t
1 r inv s din t r ibn]
CI:1l1n' On halfofallj b will h
r : rved f r African-
Am ricans.
FACT: Til Indian Gamin R [i rm Act
of 1 HR (I JRA) nsur s that
Native Am rican ar prim ry
b -n fici .. ri of gambling.
op rt lion .. Nativ Am ric ns
rnu t r c iv primary
c n id ration f r all ca in
job .
(,I:lim: Casin mploy s mu. l h
1> lroil.r id nl .
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I nl'TT'n\�' ,n 1,,1'," ��r .. n. 1'1
FA'T:
Av rag \ Wag Rang
Occupation
Low Wage - Higb Wage
Boxtend r,))i (!.. $1 :UH)
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n is Archer
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;\1 1\' I j III -r i :ans. h v \ any
laud t 1)(')-' vu n jit.inu
lu \lll�' mo rc- l n nd a build
Gamin upcrvisor . 1;1 02
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Equ: I .Joh Opportunit ?
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No. Natiu A"'('�/('(lI1S must h au
tit [irs t opnint II II i tv (or all t li
casino job .. -l u s call and as]. the
Sault Jr. M(1 ru: elllJ>PCll'(L I tulians
at tli ir Detroit n//l(,(,: 1)(;1-2000,
Why the big pi ()11I11l101l for a. inos?
I k \\ h 1'(' t lu- I1HlIl('Y 1('(111v gO('. :
Proj ret d incnm ' of
Indian
Dev loper .....
at of MIChi��;II\
tr it
.. 1 H2 null ron
" 1 o. � nulh 011 !)fj '",,_
W til" It () 1\ :17 W't
7 ml1lt () II .. J ( (':
:lmdlioll .. 1 }r;
p, "'11' .,'\ U II I" •• , I' I" I "'e ,tJ <N' 11 I'll .
Vote "No" on "B" & "C" • Aug 2nd
"\\ hut. hnpp ins if sev r 1 of
Otl r ot h .r usi n se say, 'I f
. yon want gambling you g t
it, hut'l don't want my rn-
pl () « \ s ) 1 ' rrb 1 to w t k
clown and garnhl during th
cia -.' You might win in t rrns
of gamblir g and you migh
(1)('11 lip S( V -rr I thou nd
iobs. But \ hat hap n. if
0\ 1 fo'-,<, a pow r b f
mujur hanks or oth r p ople
who h':IV t h 'i ty. I don t
t ln nk i 's worth i t."
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