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By APRI CALOW u,
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Legislator tells about her life in the big house
State Rep. Maxine n, O-Southfield, recently addressed staff at Wayne State University
what It I Nt 9 n the state Legi�tature. WSU A soclete.Provcet Marie Draper-
)w •• enHIfIIi __ .,"".icip nt who-purcha ed e copv o 8erman'sn wbook'''TheOnly
the Ho n wh t� she had autographed by the politician,·,(
Automation coordinator
Helen Ma is award winner
Helen Ma, coordinator for
automation implementation at
the Detroit Library (DPL), is the
recipient of the Library's 45th
Staff Memorial and Fellow hip
Award. The presentation was
made at the winds dinner on
November 5.
The a ward was established
by librarians at DPL to show
respect and gratitude to col
leagues, who, by distinguished
and faithful service to the Li
brary for ten years or more,
merit recognition.
Ma was honored with the
award as recognition for her
tireless efforts in managing th
automation of the card catalog
and circulation systems for th
Library's 25 branches.and Maip .
Library.
A gradu te of National Tai
wan University and the U niver
sity . of Michigan, where she
earn d her master's degre in
library science, Ma has b en
with the Detroit Public Library
since 1963, wh n sh b gan as a
pre-professional children's li
brarian at the Chaney Branch
Library.
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many ex r hours I arning
about tel omrnunication, oft
w re, hardw , etc. With th
assi t nc of _ taff sh wrot
manuals nd trained staff, and
is r spo ibl for maintaining
LUIS, the Library's' on-line
catalog and circulation syst m
and for training staff in use of
the Internet and E-maiL
Ma is active in the Michigan
Library Association where she
w s one of th found r of t.h
Autom t d Library · rvi s Di
vision.
Sh is Library's offici I r pre-
entativ ' to th D troit Area Li
brary Network (DAJ.lNET), has
made presentations at local and
national NOTIS (Nothw stern
Online Total Integrated Sys
tern) U er Group meeti ngs nd
has served on various DPL com
mittees.
Willie Hadley receives award
WILLIE HADLEY
THE BRAKE CENTE
'10 W. McNichols
D troit, MJ 48203
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Insp ction
riv Axl s
nt of all gold rib
bo w t th 1994 M t
ropolitan D troit Science and
Engin rin Fair w nt to ru
dent in th D troit A a Pr
ColI g Engin ering program
(DAPCEP. DAPCEP stud n
took home 270 Gold Awards, in
cluding 9 out of 16 Grand
Aw rds, the high st honor
gi ven t th Fir.
Thr DAPCEP hi� School
stud n won top honors which
automatically entered their pro
jects in th 1994 International
cience Fair in Birmingham,
Alabama, DAPCEP Grand
A w rd winn rs in the Senior Di
vision were Darius Hollings
from Ca Technical High
chool, Calvin mith from Ren
issance High School and Pierre
Ruffin from Martin Luth r King THE METROPOLITAN
Hi gh School. D trcit Science and Engineer-
, Six DAPCEP tuden won ing Fair is one of the largest
Grand awards in Junior Divi- science fairs in the nation, and
son. They were Sharifa Moore th� o:nly m�tropolitan scien�
from Taft Middle School, Kris- fa ir In which urban publ ic
ten Pn.l;�: /;rom lly Midille � c�ool stu.dhent bS�c 8chfullYI
School and Andr . Cadotte I.wihp wit u urban S 00
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NAVY ANNOUNCE MEN
Navy P tty Officer 2nd Class
Juan B. Morris, son of Eugene and
Geraldine Morris of 1181 Union St.,
Benton Harbor, Mich., r cently
complet d a six . month d ploy
m n to the W stern Pacific and
Indian ceans with the arnphibiou
a sault ship USS P leliu.
The 1984 graduate of Benton
Harbor High School join d th
Navy In April 1986.
Did You Know ... that c
cording to the results of that rna
jor new sex survey, conducted
by team of researchers at the
Univ rsity of Chicago, there are
a lot few r homosexuals in
Am rica t han on might think.
r.Iy 2,7o/t of m n nd 1.3o/r of
women r .por . having homo-
xu I .X WIthin th la t y .ar,
M anwhile t h survey found
that t hr pel nt of all dul
r port th y h v ri v r had
from Ruddim n Middl School.
"DAPCEP stud nts ha out
done themsel every year for
th pas six' years," id Ken
neth Hill, DAP EP's E cutive
Director. "We are experiencing
city. wide succ this year. The
school on the east ide are as
well represented as th high
profile school known for aca
demic achievement. The
DAPCEP curriculum is having
an impa throughout the com
munity,
Since 1977 DAPCEP has re
warded gold ribbon winners and
their teachers with a two-day
field trip to Toronto, Ontario.
Highlights of he tour are th
Ontario Science Center, CN
Tower and Ontario Place.
hav 20
h
di trict . "DAPCEP chool tu
d n ligibl to nt r th Fair,
yet they won 60�, of th top
priz ," aid Ken Hill.
Th Detroit a P -Colle
Engineering Program, I C.
(DAPCEP) i a non-profit or
ganization which has r eived
national recognition for i uc-
in pr p ring minority stu
d nts for ca rs in cience and
ngin ring ..
Representa ives from I<Y'B!
industry, eight universiti , the
Detroit Public Schools, parents
and communi y groups work to
gether to off; r in-school and Sat
urday classes, u mmer
enrichment programs, men
toring, tutoring, summer jobs,
scholarships and tEcucher train
ing.
For more information about
DAPCEP, contact the DAPCEP
office at 831-3050.
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