8 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 5, 1997 LOCAL/STATE prepares for ung's funeral Drug task force targets Detroit area DETROIT (AP) - Yesterday, the day before thousands were expected at Greater Grace Temple for former Mayor Coleman Young's funeral, Roy Harvey came to the church to see what his chances would be of getting in to today's service. 'it's going to be a celebration - it won't even be like a funeral," said Harvey, who exchanged greetings with Young a few times as a boys basketball coach for the Police Athletic League. "He did all that he had to do." At Greater Grace yesterday, workers tested microphones, erected broadcast antennas and placed security barriers to prepare for the service to honor Detroit's longest-serving mayor. "We've never had an event of this sort," said police Chief Isaiah McKinnon, who met at the church to discuss security for the many digni- taries who are attending the event. The service, expected to last about 2 1/2 hours, will include two songs sung by Aretha Franklin. Scheduled to attend are Gov. John Engler, Mayor Dennis Archer, former Gov. William Milliken and Transoortation Secretary Rodney Slater, representing President Clinton. Twenty-one speakers are to give two- minute speeches. About 3,000 people will sit in the main sanctuary, with 20 percent of the seats reserved for family, friends and dignitaries. Another 1,500 will watch on closed-circuit television in the church's auxiliary room. Churches across the city will show the service on big-screen televisions. Ray Washington, director of security at Greater Grace, said thousands more likely will be standing outside the church, where they will be able to listen to the service over loudspeak- ers. At 9 a.m. today, those waiting in line will be issued passes to enter the church. Peter Stroh, who will represent the business community at the funeral, said he planned to speak about the mayor's lifelong fight against dis- crimination. "He fought for equal opportunity for all," Stroi said. "If it hadn't been for him, Detroiters wouldn't have had the opportunities that many of them now enjoy." DETROIT (AP) - Bolstered by a national designation as a high-intensity drug-trafficking area, law enforcement authorities in southeastern Michigan are coordinating a renewed assault on drugs. The designation in June by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy came with a S2 million federal grant. and includes Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties. "It's a federal empowerment zone (for) fighting drugs," Wayne County Sheriff Robert Ficano, who chairs the task force, told The Detroit News for a story yesterday Since 1990, the drug policy office has designated 22 high-intensity areas. Support has grown to $162 million nationwide, up from $25 million seven years ago. The southeastern Michigan task force is targeting 32 major drug traf- ficking organizations, 17 groups that support those organizations and 17 gangs involved in drug distribution, according to a report released Wednesday at the close of a two-day conference in Washington. Southeastern Michigan has become a major transportation, dis- tribution, importation and money laundering area, the study sai Those activities are aided by thW region's extensive interstate free- ways, a 700-mile international bor- der and the state's waterways. Ficano, who attended the Washington event, said the task force will initially concentrate on Detroit, Ecorse, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Melvindale, River Rouge and Redford. The plan calls for a sweep of drug houses and street dealing. The programs also will include treat- ment and recreation, preventative steps that will work in concert with more tra- ditional police work. "From a law enforcement standpoint. it's not realistic to think you're going to build more prisons and solve the drug problem," Ficano said. "The long-range plan to solve the drug problem is treatment and recre- ation and starting to change peoples@ behavior," he said. "It's like a three- legged stool. Each leg is necessary so the stool doesn't tip over." AP PHOTO Former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young will be buried in a sarcophagus placed on top of a concrete base in Detroit's Elmwood Cemetery. I . T1o5 97 ME~c~~.. 3 3°.HUJRON NhJ flDRE R ' MEX ICAN ' " p~ pMIDNIGHT 16 6 MADNESS ruea 1 ~, 1 ~~.$2.00 OFF: Sunday - tuesday 11 a.m. -1 a.m. Must mention coupon during phone order. Wed. - Saturday 11 a.m. -3 a.m. Food purchases over $10. Expires 4/30/88. 0 OUTF IT TERS WNTER SALE* Select Winter Coats..........................50% off Ex-Officio Clothing ..........................2Q0o off 0 Ridge Ridge-R M Chairs . ................. Ket9 Backpacks .............................. 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