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…JU WESTERN MICHIGAN TE DE Joann Roberts cited numero complaints in defe e of her recommendation to di mi Warren. Although mo t of the complaint again t Warren centered on hi job performance during the 1 90-91 chool year, Roberts cited pa t activitie that he felt warranted attention al o. Among Robert • complaint against Warren were: ode o C o t e oad rrstmas parade Hard work and dedication gets a dream going By Jao McDowell ...…

…2 BENTON HARBOR /\REA Ino t nH t I ph n for public Th ci ty commi ion proved r Publi Telepho Compen­ greement with Michigan Bell Amerit h Company to in- t 11 fifteen public telepho on it throughout the ci ty. Some of th loc lion would be: Coif x d M in; Pipe tone and Jefferson; Pipe tone nd Empire; Pipe tone icy: n Bell In- than .00 Com pens tion one; $90.00- $239.00 - Compen lion 7 ; $240.00-$269.00 - Compe tion 8%; $270....…

…U 7· 1 Sa Ie t \ . \ nd I h' a I. h B rid'" Cabinet Clean Up IsCrucial The la t time you came - down with the fluoracold,did you drag your elf to the medicine cabinet in hopes of .. finding ome relief! Did you - w de through a sea of bottles trying to remember which medicine wa for which ymptom? Children are. not the onl y o who can be poisoned by what i lurking in a medicine cabinet. The National Safety . Council recommends...…

…1 RELIGION Jehova · the Ca pa e a fog d d DElROrr- All hutory is important alld the Michigan Citizelllul the hinory of an particularly importDltt. From time to time we will prae1Il Oft ow reli DIU pa e, 1M history 01 di/lert!ltt cJwre eltCOtITa e all cJwrchu to end au their clJMreh lti.rtory 0 it CtJII be iIIcluded ill: A LookAt MicJai'QII� ClaMreha. Jehovah ionary Sap . t Church, 1 1 J Camp lit w organized on April 15, lKS. The...…

…Jl!LY 7 • 1 1 ------------------------------------��------------------------��----------------------------------------------�--------------- , or .... mbllng produot •• t home. 7-d y 24·hr. rvlee. Info 504·848-1700. DEPT. p8232. m ASSISTANT METAL EL T TECHNICIAN - Full· m posI on. Full b.n.flt. Pack ge. ed - high aohooI . ploma or equivalent. with oour ework In ohern try and phyaIos. Inm lurgyor m eof a plus. RequIred - knowl...…

…ICHIGA CITIZE JU Y 7 • ,1 1 . lave Frederick Douglass was invited by the Rochester (New York) Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society to give an oration in Corinthian Hall on the Fourth of July, 1852. He agreed, but not on that date; on the day after Independence Day, staunchly antislavery Rochester crowded into the hall to hear what came to be know Frederick Douglass's Fifth of July speech- "Wh t to the Slave Is.the Fourth o/July?" . Douglass...…

…pound. lDauraoce Lonnie Baker told an iDq panel convened by Nlcbo and FBI in tf to , he .. Sharp e ins P eu, and bad got Involved'll he told Sharp that Powell hiding near a h con­ tainer. Baker aid he Po ell alive on the ground and he moved out of the way. "I didn't the man getti shot. I didn't know who got bot, . .1 w just 0 stunned that the gun went off," said Baker. Tbe boo in of a bopllftl ''''pect Ju e 18, by an In­ dianan...…

…I III" \\, , I, III I � I .Il I, III"" t • II \ rid record in the 10.79).1922 B. ec ,Jr .. r U.S. Solicitor General, born. WMt iJ t, ltJTgen BlDek publuhln co ptllly i" tM US1 JULY 4, INDEPENDENCE DAY; 1879 - Joe • ., II ae u.l"'BIII., on four races In Detroit. 1910 - J JlacJI ... relained the beavyweigbl title, , defeatina J J the Oreal White Hope. 1892 - A .r G. Ga 0 Black mnUooaire, born. 190() - Loa 's.euao Aftllljlln ....…

…- JULY , BRIEFS ./ o :c I : wastes , : money I • : The proposed $l,OOO-per- I child tax credit would en- ; courage parents not to work , and would waste money on the : middle class, who don't need : government help, aid Jo Anne i Barnhart, i tant secretary of : the Children and Families Ad­ : ministration, in tesitmony before Congre s June 26. : The tax credit w a recom- I mendation 0 the National Com­ 'I ml ion on Childr...…

…\ TIDRTY P C of th new workforce will be provided by minority mal and immigran . Fifty-five percent will be provo by native-born women. Corporatio which re expanding either will have to ccept more omen and minori' inlO upper levels of man gement, or ey will be forced 10 recruit even deeper inID the pool of I qualified white males. Second, a multicultural perspective will be necessary because of the changing racial composition of the U...…

…01 on ducation i r, We 1 frica . 'i. What es pi rtant what ta �tiJUI or �abama. f,P�iate your fcedbac oaber anlcl . -�" Thin are tlIrbuleDl ... btre In Niger. They not q te I to the scale of tbj happen- -f In Thhld, Benin or 'Jbao, but aoae I , turbuleDl. NIGER IS IN the proceu of formin from the mllitary �DI party to a system of multi parties. This seems to be the trend 'In West African countri at the mo­ ment, As tend to b...…

…HIGHLAND PARK JU To Th Citizen Of Highland Park: Elections are a time for "listening." Those of us who aspire to serve the public must not only see the final tally, we must al 0 "hear" what '. : the "numbers" reflect when the ballots are counted. On Monday, June 10, 1991, the citizens of Highland Park "spoke." They id �yes" to our past achievements. They said "yes" toourstatcd goals. They said "yes" to a quality education product for t...…

…I HIGHLAND PARK Artisans teach • : excellence in printing 4 mem, Ifisbland Park's Neighborhood iArtisans, a silk screen production lcOmpaDY, has been in busin for Ithe put thirteen years. It was lfounded by two nUDS, Sister 0008 I � and Suter N-.cy Pe Q � die pUt years, it" ex­ tpand'ed b two loc tion in rMic:hipn. : FearoD and Ryan­ �trepreneurs, job trainers, and ar- . -have been inspiring pie all �eir lives. From the Acad...…

…DETROIT te.· ve thing cblIldlea: doD't see �CRpIze Ii. JOOd or bed eUber. IaIbIe by lOCI IIIF, I oIllbc block won't stray far. So lee � good "'.,.Iltl. After I brief pi Sam co dnued. -I lOOk I trip I yar-md-balf ago, it w. one of you get JOUr Ie"'" rue for I dol IDd bow and where I mclWUU. LIKE MOST EIGHT, nine or ten-year-otds, a celebrity, or what' be thought wu I celebrity, impressed him. -I let him read (his parents ...…

…1 DETROIT METRO DEI'ROrr Youth nt1 j t around the comer, July 10 mara the date. But it' mt too to register or to obtain dition­ al1nformadon concerning this event and i pomors. Phone the M#chipn Food and Beverage As­ �tion (313) 979�22 or (313) �MFBA. • . .. In 1bc. ry Ibout the SOSAD Benefit Celebrity Softball • t week we sorta forgot the I t few digi in the SOSAD �De number. They are (313) 833- •• EverytbiDl else is pretty �...…

…./ IN 1 7, Hou ton' econd album, Whit� set nother preee­ den by becoming the only album �rdcd by a female solo artist to debut at the '1 spot on the album cbans. That album featured three more'1 hi ;"1 WQIIM Dance With S�""Didn"Wt!AImostHave It All," "So EmotioMl" and "WMJy Do Broltu HetITU Gt,. " D - JAZZ IS TOO ••• - "Mlc 'Brade a d Harold McKi ey et tbe tow 0 nre with I st w ekeDd a d will aID J e 28-3 ,at t e Attic T eatre. Tbe...…

…, 1 · " W.ym.n mlth : .I.ct.d.t Ho .rd Wayman F. Smith Ill, vice • p ident for corporate train · at Anheu er-Busch · Companies, Inc., and a 1965 · Howard Law School graduate, been elected chairman of · the Howard University Board . of Trustees, effective July 1. , Urban League President John E. Jacob, chairman of f Howard' board ince 1988, nno need his ignation at a meeting earlier thi month. He bad been a board member since ...…

…y, Vice-Mayor Beverly core, the even member Co . ion' only other Black, the City dministration had v e cd the policy which e for the aty to procure ten percent of j goods nd ervice from minority b in and ten percent from women-owned b i- Because of their review, Lipsey said present policy comes "woeful­ ly bon" of reaching i go 1. AT THE HE RT of the proposed revi ions i the require­ ment that general contractors bid- JU WESTER...…

…1 I , • Tbe Benton Harbor Area booll Diltrict announces the ponlorlhip of the Summer Pood Service Proaram for cbildren at 16 locatio in the dlltrict Itartinl Monday, June 17. , Free meall will be made vanable to children 18 years of Ie and under or persona over 18 wbo are determined by a State or , ocal public educational a ency :. be mentally or pby ically . andicapped. Meal. will be rovided wi tbout re ard to race, color, n...…

…j RELIGION o Joy, Victory Five, o co , 00Ipe1 Warriors. Evelyn Turrenti - is the rwith the 00Ipe1 Waniors, differeDt memben of the ICVen-member JI'OUP, do lead eer- H B Y, who d in 1979, formed the Warriors in 1972 and Elevyn ho likes to innovate; to brin soul to the soul, stepped fonh a lead inger. In part he ex­ plained the force thatdriv hercrea- tive thi w y: "My father w quartet inger in my native home pur­ on n. VVe are...…

…-_._-- Pi •••• 'b •• dvl •• d th.t a Publlo H ng III b h d on J , , 8' 1:00 p.m. In the Lui. L. Comml on Ch mb.r., 200 E. I tr , nton H bor, lo,g n 0 0 ng: 1. '880-81 Approprl.tlon Ordlnano. Am.ndm nt. 2.1881-82 Approprla on Ord Co� •• of dooum n a,. • for publlo r.vt.w In ton Harbor City CI.rk '. Offlo .nd ,h. .nton H.rbor Publlo Ubrary. CITIZEN CO ENT AR WELCO Marg Adam. City CI rk MATURE CHRI TIAN WOMAN WANTED FOR CHURCH ...…

…Til •• I this dealer I, IIIng somethln you don't want You'l pay.more thanJ t ca h money. You'l trade In your hope ,your'dr am .... your seIf-re t. w, do you Ity want to buy? A •• v.·, ••• · A ••• CA' …

…o 0 to beat 0 di e nt dru downtown Detroit, A news conference was given at W yne S te Unive ity (WSU) I t Wedn day by a group of BI ck ae­ tivi ts also expressing their opposi­ tion to the "Detroit Salutes Its Heroes" parade. A panel consisting of Ab yome Aizikwe, of the Pan AfricanStudent Union, WSU; Edgar Dew, president of the Michigan Chapter of the Na­ tional Conference of Black L wyers; Carl Dix, nation I spokesperson of t...…

…1111 .... \\ l'l'l, In g I. h'l, III"" 1 U r " t, died. Who fir. t BI American cl leal mu ic in er of international cl . ? Which two church gro ps have been uniformly persisten: in the truggle for Black dignity? JUNE 26, 1960 - M pub declared independence. 1 93 - WIU m (B BUI) roo zy, blues inger, born. What is 1M � of the B lack inventor lao almost single handedly revolutionized the sugar industry? JUNE Z7, 1989 - In the ...…

…... Bu h may 11ft netlon Ithout con r lonal pprov I President Bush is ready to lift sanctions against the apartheid South African government despite almost certain congressional disap­ proval. Aides are quoted s saying the President is ready to act by himself if he seems satisfied the de Klerk government has met the five political reforms required . under the 1986 act of Con­ gr . Only one requirement remains, the release ...…

…Gan��tey1 6 LVe ... : EDITORIAL olic VIElVS live from the lion' Capital, illion 0 meric n i tne ed the a e ome pect cle of t , ar- ored pe onnel c rrie , multi- ple mi Ile launc d Patriot n ite rumbling do n Pen­ n ylv nia Ave. Two day later in Ne Yor City, there a hu e ticker tape parade to elcome home the troop , the lar e t parade of its kind Ince World r II. Every since the end of the Per­ si n Gulf ar, the U.S. ith the ...…

…J 1 HIGH R VIEWS e h O. ed e t bli h Hilton i y, o! I I m n Afric nlAfrican merle n fir t. Over ten ye r 0, I began u ing the term "multi-cultural" in te d of ")ninority. " ·_Tod v. "multi-cultur u rn" h come to be ynonymou with an emerging ac demic curriculum and n lion. The re ood and ju t movement. The term, I and many othe ee it, i a tran itional one th t i used to identify thq e people of color who have come to be ref...…

…Have A Great Week And Stay Focused On Your Dreamsll U he and volunteers re needed to a i t with the Augu t 5, 1991, Afro­ Americ n Day that will be held at Tiger Stadi . Ex­ perience i helpful, but not nece ary. The event f cilitator' will train the right individuals or groups. Con­ tact Jam Sephers at (313) 867-7177. Save Our· Son And Daughters (SO SAD) will host a celebrity baseball game on Jun 29, 1991 at Palmer Park in De...…

…1 p HIGHLAND PARK be received n initi 1 217.91, • reimbur eme t of 300 per die (allo nee) of Cooper h d e 5,2 7.03. covered eigb convention, nd tic t to benefit for Congre m n John Conyer, t co t of $250. Her expen were from eb. 1990 to April 1991. John Hollow y' p n e were the lowe t t $2,535.26', from S pt m ber 1990 to Pebru ry 1990. e ttended ix conferences. Win on Humphrey h d stated a speat o ontlnuedfro el __ • ...…

…"WHAT SHE D was: 'The judging w n't fair.' In her way h expl ined that her "" mother doled out plenty Yo nkee currency, solicited and old advertising space for the program's book, and that she sold ticke for two events, the preliminarie and the finals, which ultimately were factors, if not the factor, which determined who were crowned king and queen. The poise, talent and understanding and remembering the anti-drug messages the...…

…1 ife is getting I • gnmmer for unwed teenage others omen ho were unwed ��n.lRe mothers nd bool pou seldom ve bad an e y e. In tod y' or d, however, y nd t ir children are likely to . nd life far more difficult. J. Between 1967 and 1972, ��ne-quarter of Black women who , d been unwed teen mothe , ndlor dropped out of high scbool ere living in poverty by th tim , \�y turned age 25, ccording to a "new study. In stark contrast, ...…

…BETTER LIVING • ca cultu e emony lIy rich alternative for lack • mertcan (rom T/U CluJlUn, r More and more Black American are eeking alternatives to pre ent wedding ceremonle that are "too European" and therefore not reflective of the total cultural heritage of the Black world. Kojo Fo u, in the p mphlet, A Manual For African Mllrriage Ceremony, offers tep by tep guide of an African wedding which can be u ed tandard guide for t...…

…r \\()\I \,·s III \1.'111 at you hould o abo Ectopic Pregnancy About one out of every SO pre nancles I an ectopic pre nancy. The e occur hen a fertlllzed e implant outside of the uteru , u u Ily in the r faHopi n tube. Some omen re re ter ri of h vin ectopic pregnancy th n other, includin tho e ho h ve h d infection in the f llopi n tube , tho e ith n rrowed tubes due to ur cry or an abnorm 1 condition, nd tho e ho have e...…

…2 • 1 mpha i nt nt with u D __ continued from Pel IT ENDED UP being a week­ long, just to howcase all of the Black talent," Sydnor explained. Begin­ ning in 1985, a year' planning and preparation went into the first fes­ tival, held in 1986. It tarted on a Sunday afternoon with "Go pel Music In the Par ." Spring Valley Park w the site beca e it allowed easy access to the event by the resi­ dents of the nearby New Horizon pu...…

…• 1 1 Mercy Memorial Medical Center held a grand opening and community open hou e for the newly renovated. Mercy Family Medical and Dental Center , 697 Weld St., Benton Harbor. The center are a joint project of Mercy Memorial Medic I Center, MARCHA and South­ wes'em di<:al eUnice . ,'I� .. The center provide family medical services, such as routine physicals, health educa­ tion and diagnostic laboratory service . X-ray services ...…

…I m, 2 , vice i development il delp i Intern tion 1 ecord , ur ed BI c youth to ri e up nd eize their cultur I heri t e in order to pre erve nd uplift t r ceo H qq, formerly nown True athem tic of Ho rd Unive ity, told the Final Call th t there are countle career opportunitie in the entert in­ ment indu try. Haqq aid that the goal of hi fir t nnu I Hip-Hop Al it Cros roads: Seizing The Cul­ tural Initiative conference held t H...…

…AVEATISE E T FOA BIOS High nd P.r 0 p rtm nt of Publlo f ty III r 0 Iv. bid. for the p roh of on. (1) Pump r .nd/Or On (1) I dd r true for the City of Hlghl nd Par . B d IInform.tlon nd.p e flo tlon .r. on fll •• t the Dep rtm.nt of Publlo f.ty, 25 G.r Id Av.nu., Hlghl.nd P r, lohlg n , 4 203, (31 ) 252-0323, until 4:00 p.m., Thur.d.y, Jun. 27, 1 Q1. Bid. III b. -��---- op n d, ond y, July 1, 1 Q81 t the Aegul r City Council M tlng....…

…/ • # DIAMONDS IN · . . wblle wive aDd !HE ROUGH - Path . on-wive watched ers and non-fathe . • rs played· ortball at Pal . . . muh� A SWINGING GOOD TIME-L M two-year-old daughter Baleanne lIS th:y barllrt Thdarpe pushed powered his u sao castle 10 the sky. D WO"RD SO Gs-Laf yette L. IOnllo g"eaIB M�wID. H81T7 M· AIlderwon pd d I eoed to poetrY at the Detroit B' ell WriterS Gulld'lJDoDtbly poetrY re dlDl· I …

…byD C C. Staff Writer DBTROIT- The fir t of a eries of he ring on the State Hou '" of Repre ent tive and Sen te redistricting proces w s held I st Frid y in the City-County Building. Only seven people repre­ senting variou group and agencies testified before the red is tricti ng committee, chaired by Repr.ese nt at ive Maxi'ne Berman (D-South­ field). ' Redistricting, which t ke place every 10 years, uses popul tion d ta from ...…

…JU STATE AND NATION I hi"" \\\\·1, III HI., l'I, I' I .... t 111"\ I r. became t Bl c mem lion I bor o rd. 19 (L y) T OauU.VII op oni r, It tithe B I ac A ric an Ito , ceo pallied Peary to tlte 1Iorth pole. alld fir t to et foot Oil the exact pot? JU E 17, 1775 - Itt r I fou ht the Battle of Bun er Hill. 1 71 Ja Ido Jo 0, uthor of BI ck national anthem Lift Every Voice and Sin , born. Who was the first ever to et "the b...…

…Briefly ... • 0 rd-th hi he t honor , be to ed by the n lion' olde t nd I rge t civil . ri ht or niz tion, ccordin to nnouncement from Dr. . Benj min L. Hoo the AACP' E ecutive Director/CEO. In ti tuted in 1914 by the I te Jo I B. Spin rn, then A CP Ch irm n, the Med I i pre ented nnu lly to the m n or worn n of Afric n de cent nd American citizen hip who ha made the highe t chievement during the preceding ye r or ye r in ...…

…, don' , 'The FBI needs work ... : Detroit Mayor Colern n Young called it right hen he aid thi wee , "I think the country hould top ling operations. They're entrapment. We pend million of dollars on tbe e Mings. I think the fact spe for themselve , tbe feds re out of control." He was speaking of the FBI sting that led to the rre t of 11 current or former police officer and the mayor' own niece and brother-in-law. The FBI did not cat...…

…,_. JU I he ded to he r mier of Jun le Fever, ju t hour fter bein c lled by the Reverend Willi m Cooper �"nd r. Erne tine E ell, :. (1 ho informed me th t 17 .. ,.ye r old young m n n med Alfred Ewell, high chool footb 11 pi yer nd "honor tude nt, h d ·&.'attended a p rty on the Co Ifir t turday In June in "4'the Atl ntlc Be ch ection lor Queen, New Yor . fI ,·While there, he beg n n:, oci lizing with a young 1 .. white fema...…

…P umm r em u par and mor Chene P r Concert r entty i ed n!1t lib n p ddle bo t ride for I I u y WJZZ r dio ont t winner nd peci I gue t of the cont t promoters. A t r a rei in bo t ride, ue t were dock d t St. Aubin P rk nd enjoyed delect ble dinner prep r d for them by Dunl vy' Downtown Pub E tery, compl te wi th rib , cole law, and ba ed beans. Everyone in attendance r cieved a complimentary po ter, Chen Park 'cup, nd...…

…HIGHLAND PARK Reportedly, one w flown to . e bum center in Ann Arbor and c r. id, "He b 11 of fl me ." The unidentified m n w pic ed up by omeone driving a white c r" nd pre urn bly t en to th ho pita), the young women e plained. o ficer Parh m aid "the de dly D vi on" freeway i danger that eed ttention. Ho ever, the tate highway police which patrol the freeway, y they h ve limited re ource nd that Ie ve "the deadly Davi on"...…

…in­ r i ed four Ingle mother nd h everal . gr ndchildren. Yet he . recently di covered there . ere 10 of thing bout bein a p rent he h d never thought bout. For ex mple, he y, he h d never realized ho import nt it i to e adult I n u ge' te d of b by t I wi th m n children 0 tbey le rn ood vocabulary. nd there i I' of nickname . people often u e nic - . n me for our children tb t cut them down," " John on. What got John on...…

…J" 1 r-------------------� .. , some fool mig decide to have a shoot out." . A HE INCHED his . way into the middle lane • he inserted a Howling - Wolf tape into the cassette player. Sam is a blues man. , The fouler his mood, the dirter the blues. Just as Howling Wolf began talking 'bout that Mean Old Frisco, Sam said, or rather asked, how long have I been voting?" "Man." He continued. "I fought in that Korean Con­ I f'lict...…

…10 THE FIRST SIGN of an eating disorder is a notice­ able ch nge In eating habits and a severe preoccupa tion with food. An norexic usually avoids any food with high calorie content and consumes large quantities of raw vegetables and diet · sodas: .She frequently also . become addicted to long bouts of strenuou exerci e. A bulimic goe on eating binge, gobbling huge amounts of a particular food, and then vomi tlng shortly herea...…

…Th t i more new home t r :th n there have been in Mu - : e on Height in 11 of the 1 t • 'eleven ye ! Thi hould cer­ ::t inly get the attention of real­ ':tors nd developers ho appear :to have written off our com­ ':munity! . In re tro pect, it i clear enough to me that WoodcHffe Village didn't ju t h ppen by glc, Thi community made it h ppen by hanging together be­ hind thi administr tion' te m. doubt odcliffe Village wou!d h ve...…

…• Ii '. ANOTHER BAD �REATION - The younge t group to land a hit In the Top' 10 of Blllbo rd' Hot 100, ABC's LP Coolin' At The Playground, I wlftlyappro ching platinum. Chri 12, brother Marc and Red - 9 and 11 re pectlvely, Lll' Dave 8, Ro-Ro 12, nd bomey Gener I "G.A." Au tin, 12 comprl e ABC, the new discovery nd fir t Motown ct from New Edition/Bell, Blv, DeVoe member Michael Bivin 'Biv Entertainment, Inc. BOYZ II MEN e eVo v BBD...…