VOL. XVI NO. 38 An Informed People is A Free People AUGUST 14 - 20, 1994
By JACQUELY R. ARll
Mlchlg.n Citizen with
wire .ervlce ,eport.
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th on proud organiz tion in
now being trangled by two "in-
r ibly arrogant 1 d ,it's
1 i ue in the AACP
Detroit graduates and Michigan Youth Governors (I .. r) Undsay Huddleston, II; Duane Davis; and Jamal Edwards.
DPS· students establish state leadership record
At a recent meeting of the
Detroit School Board, General
Sup rintendent Dr. David L
Snead introduced three stu­
den who actively participated
in the Michigan Stat YM A
Youth in Government Program
which i a laboratory experi-
1 del hip kills and
gov rnmental p
the fir t time in the State
YMCA's history that th sam
chool dis rict has produced
thr consecutive governors.
N I to ay, we're all very,
v ry proud of the accomplish-
m n of t young men. "
urr ntly Jamal Edwards,
17 years old, a June gradua
of Renaissan High School is
Youth He h ld th
di tinction of being sled th
Class P ident nd h will
gin his fr hman coll ge term
at Morehouse in Atlanta Ed­
wards' term a You h Governor
continu through April, 19 5.
WE TER M HI A
Univa ity sophomor Lind y
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COUNCIL DEMANDS PROBE
By RON SEIGEL
PEARCE SAID THE district
council had paid its full alloca ..
tion under this arrangement,
and it was the city that w be­
hind.
P r charged that in.i ac­
tion, the city came "like a thief in
th night," with no warnings .
C 0 repr entati
into her office with two plain-
loth police om who a
gu nd walkie talkies, remov-
i ng rds, t he rom pu r nd
f x ,minut , and furniture, in-
luding ome donated by the citi­
z n , which was not city
pro rty.
h added that. young people'
in th summer youth program
nd b bi in a children' pro-
m were ther and were very
di turb d by th proceedings.
P r id the CEDD brought in
arm police because they were
ld h was rmed. She id she
n v r carri a gun. She claimed
th mayor h d no legal right to
hut down a cit.izens district
oun il.
This had to b done by city
ouneil. Th city cl imed it w
not cl in th district council,
u only taking away its staff
fun . .
raun pointed out that CEDD
gr to allow h building to
r main open and did not change
lks
P r indicated that she was
till working in the office as a
volun r tting food for niors
from Focus Ho nd providing
ci I rvic.. However, he
. id th t taking t he council' re­
cor m de i difficult for it to
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BY JACQUELYN R. ARll
Ichlg.n CItizen
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