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VOL. XVI NO. 37 An Informed People is A Free People AUGUST 7 - 13, 1994
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BY JACQUELYN R. MARTIN
MJchl an' Citizen
The sounds of pounding ham­
mers and buzzing saws wafting
across the Highland Park Com-
. munity College campus are
sounds of a solid future for stu­
dents enrolled in the Building
Trade Program.
Metro Detroit Youth Founda ..
tion, under the direction of Den­
nis L. Gibson, Jr., in conjunction
with Highland Park Community
College are sponsoring the free
Building Trade Program
through a state funded grant for
licensing contractors. The pro­
gram is offered to all adults 18
years and older.
Project Coordinator Gary
Welling ays he is excited about
th program. It gives students
an opportunity to get a great
deal of practical experience
along with technical experi nee,
he said.
The group will be renovating
two buildings on the campus
that were originally slated for
demolition by the college.
One of the biggest differe�ces
in this program and the one
American Building Trades offers
is the actual hands-on experi­
ence.
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TARGETED ENROLL­
MENT is 202 students with a
completion number of 133. At
"AT AMERIC BUILD- this time, there are approxi-
ING Trades, we had walls that
we would build up and tear back
t
down. Here, we actually have
buildings, . that we will com-
pletely tear out and renovate.
It's very exciting to see the stu­
dents faces when they see their
work manifest before their eyes,"
said Nino Tantonini, an instruc­
tor with more than 28 years ex­
perience in the building trades.
"Each student enrolled will
have an opportunity to partici­
pate in the following in three
classes: roofing/siding,
bricklblock and painting/dry­
wall.
Classes will meet Monday
through Friday from 8:00 am up­
til 4:30 pm.
Although each student will be
offered 480 hours of instruction
in theircho en area, a minimum
of 240 hours of attendance along
with satisfactory testing and
training must be completed be­
fore employm nt assistance will
be considered.
Welling said, "I won't h lp
anyone get a job who doe n't
come to class: If a person is not
dependable enough to report to
cl r gularly, what make you
think hell go to work!"
Please ee HPCC, B3
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B rri n Circuit Judge John T.
H mmond ntenced Cald ell
to j il on July 12, for failing to
P Y child upport.
According to c urt r ord
C ldw 11 ow d 34,975 at th
tim he was ntenced. A 1,500
Plea JAIL, 83
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By NATHANIEL SCOTT
Michl .n Citizen
DETROIT -The Detroit chap­
ter oft� NAACP's Rwanda sup­
port relief drive has received
pledges and donations of medi­
cine and other supplies in ex
of $500,000, Reverend Wendell
Anthony, the president of th
chapt r id ina telephon int r­
view Monday.
Th nks to th gen rosity of
Detroite ,medical suppli to
help stem the tide of di ,
clothing nd hopefully a "water
purifi ion facility" will be
flown to Coma, Zaire' wh re­
li f coordinato are alre dy on
the ground, th Reverend id.
. Rever nd Anthony id h
and a mall d .legation will fly
over wi h the medicine.and sup­
plie and ho fully th will be
abl to make rtain it will t to
whe it will do the mo t good. At
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this time, he aid, plans are in
the preliminary stage. Congress­
man John Conyers ha been
working with the State Depart­
ment to cure a plane to deliver
the relief supplies, and might be
am mber of that d legation.
In addition, JoAnn Watson,
the executive director of th De­
troit chapter, said the details of
th flight are ing worked out
and sh is not sure what her
plans will
By RON SEIGEL
Mlchlg.n Citizen
NEVERT LE hid,
"W are very excited bout th
amount of money rai ed. It just
Youth were in charge during the recent Youth Day at th Second Baptist Church of Benton
Harbor. A �rt of the ctivities these young women were el cted Miss Second Baptist and
h�r Gourt. Pictured (l-r): are Shallena Crowder, Second Runn r Up; Ashley Nicole Garrett
First .Runn .r Up; and Elizabeth McCree, Miss Second Baptist. Not pictured is LaShon�
Jenklns, Third Runner Up. (photo by B rnice Brown)
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