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Mayor Bing has announced that local businesses and foundations have pledged $14 million to his Active and Safe Campaign to support recreational centers and programming.

By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR

Can Democrats in Michigan defeat Republican Governor Rick Snyder, take both the House and the Senate in Lansing in 2014 as well as retain the seat of retiring Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin?

That is the question begging for answers and it was the overriding theme at the 2013 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, the annual fundraising gathering of Democrats held April 20 at Cobo Convention Hall.

Stars shined in Negro National League Baseball (Page B-1)

They were exciting.

They were proud. They were incredibly good.

They were the Detroit Stars, the legendary Black baseball team that captivated the hearts and souls of Negro National League baseball fans in Detroit and beyond from 1919 to 1933.

Pleased with economic development (Page C-1) Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) President George Jackson said that if he were talking to someone from out of town about Detroit’s economic development, he would do so from the standpoint of Detroit being a good business climate and a great place to locate their company.

Beyoncé: The ascension of a megastar (Page D-1) Everything Beyoncé Knowles has been a success. The beautiful lady, who has been described as the hardest working woman in show business, has proven herself as singer, songwriter. record producer and actress.

After Emancipation Many battles won, but war against oppressive forces rages on

By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR

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espite the emancipation of African Americans and the District of Columbia becoming the first thriving slave territory to free more than 3000 Blacks several months before President Abraham Lincoln rendered the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, many today, reflecting on the long and sometimes difficult journey, say the battle for real political, social and economic empowerment is not over, especially when some African Americans are still fighting for the right to vote in 2013.

A battle the Detroit Branch NAACP, the largest chapter of the nation’s storied civil rights organization, says must conBankole tinue as the group hold its 58th Thompson Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner on April 28 at Cobo Convention Center under the theme “Freedom Must Never Be Defaulted, It Must Forever Be Exalted,” during which it will honor individuals who exemplify the continued struggle for the liberation and advancement of Blacks in all facets of life.

And Washington, DC, in particular, recently commemorated the 151st Emancipation Day honoring an African American leader, Loretta Carter Hanes, for her commitment and dedication to raising the public’s conscience about the history of the Emancipation at an event attended by Black luminaries.

Clarence Davis, a leading historian in the nation and public administrator of the DC Office of Public Records and chairman of the Emancipation Day Committee, in an exclusive interview with the Michigan Chronicle said Blacks, “have an obligation to commemorate in Detroit, Washington, D.C., Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angles, Houston and all over the country, the triumphant struggle over slavery through the abolitionist and emancipation movement.”

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Davis said at a time when African Americans

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In a year where Democrats in Michigan seemed to have taken a beating by a Republican legislature and a governor who made right-to-work legislation law, a move considered by many to be an attempt to dismantle Joe Biden union organizing, it remains unclear if the Michigan Democratic Party with its new leader, Lon Johnson, can make a comeback in 2014.

“Right here, right now we must all commit to take the House, Senate and governorship to an eight-year campaign where we control redistricting in 2020.

We are the party of all Michiganders,” said Democratic powerhouse Debbie Debbie Dingell Dingell, wife of U.S. Congressman John Dingell, in opening remarks to 1,500 of the party faithful at the Jefferson Jack Dinner, which was keynoted by Vice President Joe Biden.

Dingell, who a recent poll showed has the edge over other Democrats, including Congressman Gary Peters, to succeed outgoing Sen. Levin, dropped out of the race over the weekend after giving serious thought to calls for her to enter the field.

JOHN LEWIS, the Georgia congressman and civil rights hero who has been a moral conscience in the halls of the U.S. Congress, will be in Detroit for the 15th Annual Ford Freedom Awards on May 10 to benefit the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. continue to face many hurdles, including discrimination in varied forms and challenges to voting rights, it is important to commemorate it as a living memorial to the many African Americans who gave their lives in the quest for freedom.

“African Americans the country over must never forget the history and our plight in the struggle from indentured servitude, slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, and the suffering of oppres-

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We must keep the conscience of emancipation alive as we continue to fight the battles of disenfranchisement that were so prevalent in the 2012 election. We must be forever vigilant in fighting against the oppressive forces that want to take us back to the dark days of racial oppression.”

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Biden, Dingell throw down gauntlet in Detroit

CLARENCE DAVIS, a nationally renowned historian and public administrator of the Washington, DC Office of Public Records, spoke to Michigan Chronicle editor Bankole Thompson about Emancipation Day and the need for a national movement around the commemoration.

Parks, recreation Centers to remain open (Page A-3)

— CLARENCE DAVIS, Esteemed Historian

“When Carl Levin announced he would not seek reelection, those plans changed. Close friends, complete strangers, political allies and business colleagues encouraged me to take a long, hard look at running for the Senate myself — and that’s what I have done. I love my state and the people who make up the fabric of our communities. I’ve lived here my whole life, my roots are here. I am a Michigan girl born and bred and I can tell you this: we can work through these tough times to a much better future,” Dingell said.

“We don’t back down, we don’t quit, and we don’t give up, no matter how many times we get knocked down. Standing up for our communities and for our families is how I define the job of representing Michigan in Washington, and it’s a job I know I would be honored to have.

It’s also no secret that I think we need more women in the Senate and in the House, and there was an attraction to potentially being the junior member of an All-Debbie Senate delegation.”

Dingell, who has strong name recognition and can raise money as well as galvanize the women vote and grassroots support, challenged

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NASP to recognize pacesetters in investment, public finance SPECIAL REPORT The National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP), an organization that brings together the nation’s minorities and women who have excelled in the industry as brokers, asset managers, public finance consultants, investment bankers, bond counsel, commercial bank underwriters and investors, will host its 7th Annual Award Ceremony on May 6, 6 p.m., at the Detroit Athletic Club under the theme “Together We Rise.”

The award ceremony and scholarship banquet fundraiser will benefit challenged college students from metro Detroit as well as honor five distinguished and well-deserving individuals who have made significant contributions or whose work has resulted in making a difference

Detroit Chapter of NASP and director of investments at Oppenheimer & Company.

Colin said the NASP-Detroit/ Shafter Terry III Scholarship Fund awarded over $200,000 in scholarships to deserving students.

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to the financial services industry and community.

The honorees this year are Glenda Gill, executive director of the Rainbow PUSH Automotive Summit; Richard M. Charlton, chair and founder of NEPC; Lorenzo Moner, chairman of the Wayne County Employment Retirement Systems; Chris Jackson, partner in the Queen Lillian

Richard M. Charlton Development; and David Clark, chair of the Detroit Retirement Systems.

“It is an amazing task for NASP to recognize five of Detroit’s highly notable men and women and award them individually for their countless achievements and years of remarkable service in their respective fields,” said Kathleen Colin, president of the

At next month’s fundraiser, Gail Perry-Mason, senior director of investments at Oppenheimer & Company, will serve as one of the hosts.

Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit Branch NAACP, is among metro Detroit leaders who will be attending the function. He is one of the award presenters.

Entertainment for the evening will be provided by Detroit’s own Kendrick Jackson.

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For Detroit, battle for civil rights comes with a price Why Burton Gordin’s life should not be forgotten (First of two parts)

the robbery was botched because Gordin was still in possession of his wallet and its contents, and none of his personal or professional effects was missing.

With no witnesses, no suspects and, despite reward money offered by The Detroit News and the Michigan Legislature, no new leads, interest waned in the case.

It morphed from white-hot to lukewarm to cold.

By Arthur Horwitz

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The early-morning fog had lifted, revealing one of those gray, damp March days in Michigan whose chill penetrates wool and cotton and is ultimately absorbed by bone.

For the Detroit Police Department, Gordin’s case is one of many, which still remain unsolved. At deadline for this story, it could not be confirmed if the files relating to Gordin’s case were retained and accessible, or if any federal agencies were involved in assisting Detroit police in their probe.

Cars, with their defroster fans blasting into the windshields and faces of their drivers, were spilling onto Lafayette, Beaubien, St. Antoine and Randolph from an array of lots and garages. It was quitting time in downtown Detroit.

It appeared few believed the robbery-gone-bad theory. Jim Watts, the Michigan NAACP president, proclaimed Gordin’s murder a “political assassination.”

On this particular Friday afternoon, Burton Gordin chose to leave his Cadillac Square office at about 4:30 pm, earlier than usual. While colleagues, among them Thomas Peloso, Jr. and Andronike Tsagaris, would often join him for the six-block walk to the one-level parking structure at E. Lafayette and Beaubien that sheltered their vehicles, on this day, March 20, 1970, he walked alone.

Prior to Gordin’s March 23, 1970 funeral at Temple Beth El on Woodward and Gladstone, Rabbi Richard Hertz scribbled on an envelope some basic information about Gordin’s family (“wife Paula, son – Eric 10”) and noted he was “assassinated in a garage on the way home from work.”

And something was about to go terribly wrong.

The envelope is contained in Temple Beth El’s Leo Franklin Archive. The Civil Rights Commission’s own history, compiled on its 40th anniversary in 2004, states that “Gordin was murdered in 1970 by an unknown gunman in what some believe was an assassination because of his civil rights activity.”

Between the time he reached his metallic green 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe, estimated at 4:45 pm, and about 6:15 pm, when Ms. Tsagaris discovered his sprawled body in a pool of blood next to his car, Burton Gordin, 50, the first executive director of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, the state’s highest ranking civil rights professional and a member of Gov. William Milliken’s cabinet, was murdered.

Bruce Miller, now 85, was Gordin’s close friend, neighbor on Detroit’s Chateaufort Place and attorney responsible for the legal affairs of his estate. To this day, he believes Gordin was assassinated and claims to know who did it.

Forty-three years later, the murder remains unsolved. The case is cold.

Michigan voters went to the polls on April 1, 1963 – 50 years ago this week - and ratified their new Constitution. Its language protecting the civil rights of its residents was among the strongest in America. “No person shall be denied equal protection of the laws; nor shall any person be denied the enjoyment of his civil or political rights or be discriminated against in the exercise thereof because of religion, race, color or national origin.” It remains the only state Constitution that includes a non-partisan Civil Rights Commission to investigate alleged acts of discrimination.

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When the Michigan Department of Civil Rights was formed shortly thereafter to assist the commission in its work, Gordin became its founding executive director, leaving his native Philadelphia and his position as head of its Commission on Human Relations. His first day on the job was April 1, 1964.

The Michigan legislature issued a concurrent resolution adopted shortly after Gordin’s death “… Today, the State of Michigan stands shocked and deeply saddened at the senseless and tragic brutality of this slaying of one who had devoted his life to the active battle for minority rights …His forceful and continued efforts led Michigan to the forefront of state attempts to combat prejudice and minority group oppression and gained for him an international reputation in civil rights … Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the highest tribute be extended, in memoriam, to Michigan Civil Rights Commission Director Burton I. Gordin, a dominant and effective leader of the struggle for human dignity for all peoples.”

While the memory of Gordin’s service to the state and his role in its civil rights progression has faded with time, such was not the case in 1970.

As Detroit police officers and detectives secured and analyzed the murder scene, department public relations officers received their own all-points bulletin.

As reported in the March 21, 1970 edition of The Detroit Free Press, “the entire police public information staff was called in to headquarters to handle the crush of telephone calls coming from all over the country to inquire about the slaying.”

Gordin’s murder was big news. “Civil rights chief slain in garage” shouted the March 21 front page Detroit News headline. “Civil Rights Chief Slain Downtown” read the same-day front page Detroit Free Press headline. “No Motive Is Found in Detroit Slaying” read the headline in the March 22, 1970 edition of The New York Times. A front-page story in the March 21, 1970 edition of the Lansing Journal included a United Press International sidebar story that was picked up by newspapers around the country. Under the headline “Gordin Dies With Hopes Alive,” its first paragraph read “Burton I. Gordin spent his life fighting for the un-

derprivileged. He died brutally at a time when he saw faint signs of hope in the distance and considerable racial polarization much closer.”

Gov. Milliken, shocked by the death, issued a statement saying, “The tragic death of Burton Gordin stills a major voice in the civil rights struggle. He served a great cause with great dedication. His death is a profound loss to that cause and to the public whom he so well served.”

As Detroit police continued their investigation, they developed and accepted a theory that Gordin had been the victim of a robbery gone wrong. When they arrived on the scene, the Ford’s 390 cubic inch V-8 engine was purring and the massive driver-side door of the two-ton vehicle was ajar. He was shot in the chest at point-blank range by, according to published reports, at least one and as many as three bullets. Published reports said Gordin’s fedora was found under the car’s chassis and that “a pool of coagulated blood, a blood-stained man’s handkerchief and a plastic glove were found near the car.” Police reported that no blood stains were found in the car.

But more on that later.

Arthur Horwitz is publisher and executive editor of the Detroit Jewish News.

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Michigan Land Bank to return State Fair bricks to owners The Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority (MLB) will hold a fair-themed event where citizens can reclaim their Michigan State Fair memorial bricks. The bricks were part of a 1998 fundraising drive by Michigan residents and businesses to rehabilitate the World’s Largest Stove and place it back at the fairgrounds with a state historical marker. The state fairgrounds are in the process of being rehabilitated and

the MLB is currently in Development Agreement negotiations with the developers Magic Plus, LLC and Redico to ensure the property is successfully redeveloped.

The Michigan Land Bank Memorial Brick Return will take place on May 2, 2013 in Detroit.

The community event will include refreshments, door prizes and a short program. Citizens interested in reclaiming their brick are asked to contact

the MLB so their brick is ready for them. The MLB is currently cataloguing more than 1,200 memorial bricks and has already located dozens for owners who will reclaim their bricks at the event.

If owners choose not to reclaim their memorial brick at the event, the developers have agreed to use the remaining bricks as part of a new memorial at the redevelopment of the fairgrounds property.

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Mayor Bing, corporate Detroit and foundations to open recreational parks for spring and summer CHRONICLE STAFF REPORTS

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has announced that local businesses and foundations have pledged $14 million to his Active and Safe Campaign to support recreational centers and programming.

Additionally, the mayor announced that all of the city’s parks will remain open this spring and summer as a result of reallocated funding, grants and comm unity support.

Bing was joined at the news conference by Matthew Simoncini, president and CEO of Lear Corporation, which is donating $5 million over five years to support the city’s recreation centers and parks. The mayor and Simoncini were flanked by representatives from other corporations and foundations that have contributed money to the campaign: General Motors, Marathon Oil, UAW-Ford, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Ford Motor Company, DTE Energy, Detroit International Bridge Company, Belle Isle Conservancy (Women’s Committee), McGregor Fund, and Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.

Inkind donations are being made by AOL, Fifth Third

the mayor to fund improvements in the parks and recreation facilities and programs that will benefit the citizens of Detroit, particularly our young people.”

Mayor Bing Bank, VisionIT, and Vesco Oil. “This is another great example of how the business community and foundations have stepped up to support the city in our efforts to improve the quality of life for our citizens,” Bing said. “Even in the midst of a major financial restructuring of the city, we must stay focused on basic needs. In just a couple of months, Detroit children will be out of school for the summer and it is vital that we provide recreational options that will help keep them active and safe.”

“At Lear, we are committed to supporting the communities where we do business,” said Simoncini. “We are proud to partner with

Last month, the corporate community stepped up to contribute $8 million to the public safety component of the Active and Safe Campaign. The money is being used to acquire 23 new ambulances for the Detroit Fire Department’s EMS unit and 100 new patrol cars for the Detroit Police Department.

To date, a total of $22 million has been raised toward the $60 million goal of the three-year campaign.

In addition to the funds raised for the Active and Safe Campaign, the City of Detroit’s General Services Department has received financial assistance from the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wayne County and the federal Community Development Block Grant Program to keep city parks open.

Earlier this year, Bing said 50 Detroit parks would have to close due to the City Council’s failure to approve a Belle Isle lease agreement with the State of Michigan, which would have freed up

funds and staff to maintain and operate city parks.

Several businesses, community groups and residents also have come forward to adopt parks in order to keep them open. ”We want to thank all of our wonderful partners who have adopted parks across the city,” said Brad Dick, director of the General Services Department. “Three years ago, Mayor Bing put out a call to service for residents and organizations to take a stronger interest in their parks. At that time, we only had 26 individuals and groups pledge to adopt parks. Today, that number has grown to 119.”

The General Services Department expects to begin mowing park lawns next month. High use parks will be mowed on a 10-14 day cycle, while parks with lower use will be cut on a three-week cycle. Permanent staff will be placed at five of the busiest parks — Palmer, Patton, Clark, Farwell and Lasky — to manage daily maintenance.

In addition to employing eligible seasonal workers, the City of Detroit is currently hiring employees to service all of the parks.

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Emancipation From page A-1 sion in America,” Davis said. “Thus our remembrance of this struggle is commemorated through emancipation as the first historical landmark in our celebration for freedom.”

Georgia Congressman John Lewis, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and architect of the 1963 March on Washington, in an editorial published earlier this year in the Washington Post, said, “Evidence proves there are forces in this country that willfully and intentionally trample on the voting rights of millions of Americans. That is why every president and every Congress, regardless of politics or party, has reauthorized Section 5.”

Lewis, who will be in Detroit in May at the Max M. Fisher Music Center to be honored at the 15th Annual Ford Freedom Award, spoke out as the U.S. Supreme Court was considering a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires states with a history of voter suppression to clear with the U.S. Department of Justice before any changes to voting laws.

“The right to vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have in a democracy. I risked my life defending that right. Some died in the struggle. If we are ever to actualize the true meaning of equality, effective measures such as the Voting Rights Act are still a necessary requirement of democracy,” Lewis wrote.

Lewis would later challenge the conscience of members of Congress when he read the 13th Amendment of the U.S.

her fellow Democrats at the dinner to put more women and people of color on the nomination slates in a state where 53 percent of the voters are women.

Constitution during the debt limit battle, noting, “It was a moral imperative, something this nation had to do to begin to free itself from the blight of selling human beings for profit.

President Lincoln and others used their power to right a moral wrong and changed the destiny of this country forever. It is one example of the best kind of contribution legislators can make to society.”

“We need to do a better job as Democrats reflecting the people we serve,” Dingell said. “We need to bring change to our state legislature.”

The commemoration of emancipation must become a living chronicle to teach the uniformed about our plight in the struggle for freedom, liberty, justice and equality, Davis said.

“We must keep the conscience of emancipation alive as we continue to fight the battles of disenfranchisement that were so prevalent in the 2012 election,” he said.

“As noted in the election of the first African American president, Barack Obama, our struggle for freedom, liberty, justice

Clarence Davis and equality is not over.

Therefore, we must be forever vigilant in fighting against the oppressive forces that want to take us back to the darks days of racial oppression.”

Cynthia Brock-Smith, secretary of the District of Columbia, underscored the importance of recognizing individuals like Hanes who “organized community programs to commemorate the lost history of Emancipation Day celebrations. Because of Mrs. Hanes’ unwavering commitment to bring back Emancipation Day, it is now a public legal holiday.”

First Lady Michelle Obama, delivering the keynote address at the 2012 Congressional Black Caucus Dinner, said the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation is an indication of the long pilgrimage that has now produced the first Black president.

“It is the story of con-

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Marsha Ambrosius, Dwele to headline April 27 benefit for Living Foundation Detroit’s own Grammywinning artist Dwele and Marsha Ambrosius, the internationally renowned British R&B singer and founder of the famed group Floetry, will perform at a major benefit concert on Saturday, April 27, 8 p.m., at the Max M. Fisher Music Hall in support of the Really Living Foundation, a venture created in 2002 to help chronically and terminally ill individuals. Conya Doss, a neo-soul singer, will also perform creating a trifecta musical experience.

The Really Living Foundation, started by Detroit native John Cook, a philanthropist and an entrepreneur who was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) two decades ago, today stands in the gap for financially distressed individuals who are undergoing kidney illness.

Cook said based on his personal experience of being on dialysis for 20 years, he wanted to give back to the community in a meaningful way where those who are suffering the same fate he did long ago can find some sort of relief.

“They told me I had five hours to get to the hospital for a kidney transplant. I had to stop what I was doing and just go.

It was kind of a shock,” Cook said in an earlier interview with the NewsHerald.

Plugged into a wide network of influential civic organizations around the country, and ranked in 2009 by the Washingtonian as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Washington, DC., Dingell said, “Michigan Democrats are famous for our intensity and passion, but must pull together on one team and be united to win.”

Davis, the historian, agrees and said that is the reason why recognizing Emancipation Day in the nation is important to remind tomorrow’s leaders of the challenges confronting them.

“The history of the peculiar institution of slavery is our story to hold before the world in the commemoration of emancipation and as a paradigm and testament for all who yearn to be free,” Davis said. “The commemoration of emancipation is our conscience that reminds us to never forget the pain, death, and affliction suffered by many through slavery, oppression, suppression and degradation.”

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That ordeal would transform his life and later lead to the creation of a foundation that now is offering help to the chronically ill with several types of services, including transportation, prescription and financial assistance.

will pay that portion, so that they can continue to receive their medication without interruption.”

“With regard to the transportation, if requested in a timely manner, we will provide or arrange for patient transport to medical treatments including dialysis or chemotherapy,” the foundation stated.

“For prescription assistance, if there is a medication that is a necessity for a patient’s treatment and is not covered by insurance, we will assist the patient in obtaining that particular prescription. If it’s just a matter of a person being unable to pay his/her co-pay, we

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The foundation said monetary help is given to patients who are able to demonstrate that they have a financial hardship which is a direct result of their medical condition.

“There is no expense that is automatically precluded, these requests are decided on a case by case basis,” the foundation noted.

Saturday night’s concert, the foundation’s third annual benefit, will boost the work that is being done to alleviate the suffering of those with kidney disease.

Tickets are available at the Max Fisher box office or by visiting www.dso. org.

tinuous, breathtaking progress from one generation to the next. It’s the story of unwavering hope grounded in unyielding struggle,” Obama said.

“It’s the story of men and women who said to themselves, I might not fulfill my dreams, but if I march, if I stand strong on this bridge, if I endure another night in this jail cell, then maybe my children will fulfill their dreams, maybe my grandchildren will.”

And many now look to the Obama era as the beginning of another chapter in the African American experience and what it means for Blacks to mark emancipation with special significance.

“The commemoration of emancipation is the fuel that drives the forces for freedom struggles of all types around the country today,” Davis said.

Bankole Thompson is editor of the Michigan Chronicle and the author of the forthcoming book “Rising From the Ashes: Engaging Detroit’s Future With Courage.” His book “Obama and Black Loyalty,” published in 2010, follows his recent book, “Obama and Christian Loyalty” with an epilogue

by Bob Weiner, former White House spokesman.

Thompson is a political news analyst at WDET101.9FM (NPR affiliate) and a member of the weekly “Obama Watch” Sunday evening roundtable on WLIB-1190AM New York and simulcast in New Jersey and Connecticut. E-mail bthompson@michronicle.com or visit his personal page at www.bankolethompson. com.

“We have a vision for our country and state where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone gets their fair share and everyone follows the same rules of the road,” continued Dingell, whose remarks were interrupted numerous times by applause.

Biden, in his address paid tribute to Detroit as an iconic city that influenced families from across the nation.

“But I want to tell you something about a kid growing up in Scranton and then in Claymont, Delaware…the little steel town of Claymont, how we always looked to Detroit. Detroit was sort of a citadel. For real. Detroit was the place, Detroit was the fable. Labor in Detroit was the reason why I knew I was able to live in a three-bedroom house in a middle class neighborhood. I want you to know something about yourself from the outside looking in,” Biden said to thunderous applause.

The vice president went on to say, “For so long, for so much of the last century, Detroit had been the figurative and literal engine of the middle class in America. We have the middle class because of organized labor. That’s why it exists.”

Acknowledging the weeklong challenges for the nation, including the Boston bombing and the defeat of the gun bill requiring background checks, an upbeat Biden said, “So being here at the end of such a tough week for so many people in America seems almost appropriate because you represent the grit and the determination and the

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confidence, the certainty, the absolute commitment that this country has. It’s more exemplified by Detroit, Michigan than any other state in the Union.”

Biden paid tribute to Levin while thanking the the Michigan Democratic Congressional delegation for their work.

“I can say without fear of contradiction, there’s no one with whom I’ve worked that I’ve admired more, there’s no one with whom I’ve worked who possesses any more integrity than Carl Levin …He had the courage to stand when an awful lot of other people I know crouched,” Biden said.

“We could have used a little more of what Carl’s made of, if just four more Republicans would have had the courage to stand up to the NRA.” Biden said it is time for Democrats to fight harder because a lot is at stake, including the suppression of the vote of minorities.

“We will fight, as my mother would say, ‘tooth and nail,’ the continued attempt to suppress the minority vote in this country which is the single most un-American thing any party has done. It’s un-American.

You want to make sure folks vote? Try to tell them they can’t vote… I met a lady 102 years old who stood in line for eight hours to vote. 102 years old!” Biden said. “She said, ‘Honey, they’re not stopping me now.’ Think of what it’s become if you think the only way you can win is to stop certain people from voting or making it harder.”

Linking organized labor to the success of the middle class, Biden challenged his fellow Democrats to work harder to achieve the ideals of the middle class.

“We Democrats stand with and for the American people and they understand that we know that the future of this country is going to continue to be built on the back of the middle class and we understand that it was organized labor that built that middle class,” Biden said.

“Therefore, labor must have a seat at the table.

Not this “right to work for less,” but the right to have a say in determining their own destiny. The interests of every single American. White collar.

Blue collar. Non-union.

Union. Everyone.”

Ken Cockrel, Jr. will not seek another term on Detroit City Council Former Detroit mayor and four-term City Council member Ken Cockrel, Jr., who has served Detroit with honor and distinction has announced that he will not seek reelection in this November’s municipal elections, according to a release from Cockrel’s office.

After 18 years of continuous public service, Cockrel said that it is time for him to refocus.

“I feel the time is right for me to seek new challenges, new opportunities and new ways to help Detroit,” Cockrel said.

Cockrel was first elected to City Council in November 1997 after serving for three years on the Wayne County Commission. He was reelected in 2001 and again in 2005 when he became City Council president.

His current term began in January of 2009. During his more than 15 years on the council he has passed and fought for laws ensuring that Detroit’s contractors are paid timely, stiffer zoning regulations of liquor stores, pawn shops and group homes, and expanded city job opportunities for ex-felons.

Cockrel became mayor in September 2008 following the resignation Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

Though he did not win election to the post in the May 2009 special election to fill the seat, he had a significant impact during his brief time as mayor.

As mayor, Cockrel restored people’s trust and faith in city government. Successful efforts included negotiating the creation of the regional authority that now oper-

Ken Cockrel Jr. ates and is expanding Cobo Hall and avoiding city bankruptcy after a credit rating downgrade impacted a municipal credit swap agreement.

He also led an effort to put police back in neighborhoods by opening several new police mini-stations, reopening the 10th Precinct, and facilitating the creation of Detroit’s first mobile precinct to support major events and community-based policing.

Cockrel is also the founder and chair of the Detroit City Council Green Task Force and has championed a sustainable agenda for the City of Detroit. He has passed both anti-idling and green purchasing ordinances and spearheaded the adoption of Detroit’s Non-Motorized Plan, which thus far has produced 62 miles of bike lanes in the city.

Also while mayor, he created an Office of Energy and Sustainability and launched a curbside recycling pilot project that continues to this day.

A cum laude graduate of Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Print Journalism, Cockrel is a former reporter for the Detroit Free Press,

the Grand Rapids Press and the Cincinnati Inquirer. He is also a former columnist for The Metro Times.

Cockrel is a graduate of the inaugural class of the Michigan Political Leadership Program at Michigan State University as well as the Program for State and Local Government Officials at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

In fall 2011 he earned a master’s degree in international affairs from Irish-American University in Dublin, Ireland. He is currently chair of the City Council’s Committee on Budget, Finance, and Audit and the vice chair of the Committee on Planning and Economic Development. He also serves as a board member of the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy, the Detroit Jazz Fest, and Tour Detroit.

In addition he is a member of the advisory boards for Bridging Communities and ACLU Michigan.

Ken Cockrel, Jr. and his wife, Kimberly, have two sons, Kenneth III and Kyle Vincent, and three daughters, Kennedy Victoria, Kendal Imani and Kayla Lanette.

Cockrel said that though he will be leaving the City Council table, he intends to remain active in neighborhood, civic and political affairs.

“I’m not going anywhere. I will definitely remain a staple on the Detroit scene,” he said. “I truly believe that Detroit’s best days are ahead of it and I’m eager to be a part of it.”

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Johnson releases national African American opinion Poll on the Obama presidency Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), recently announced the results of a national poll commissioned by Zogby Analytics that reveals current African American sentiment on a range of issues that include the state of national affairs, race relations, employment, and a variety of current political and social issues. Johnson announced the results of the Zogby poll during his remarks today at a National Press Club Luncheon.

“I commissioned this poll for a number of reasons,” said Johnson.

“First, for African Americans, this country has experienced the most historic political event and that is the election and re-election of the first African American president, Barack Obama. Because of this, I wanted to find out how African Americans today feel about Obama’s presidency and equally important, if they feel that their lives are better off having lived under the first four years of Obama and the prospect of an Obama Administration for the next four years,” he continued.

“Second, the country

to four years ago; however, the most recent jobs report shows an ongoing high rate of unemployment within the African American community.

When polled on why African Americans believe Black unemployment is consistently double that of whites, responses include: failure of the education system for minorities, lack of corporate commitment to hiring minorities, and a failure of government policies for

he continued.

“Further, I wanted to create a discussion within the Black community and the broader community to bring to the forefront of public debate key issues of primary concern to African Americans. I am pleased to say that I am intrigued by the results of the poll and I believe better informed,” he noted.

The poll reveals that African Americans have an immense sense of pride in Barack Obama as President of the United States and he is unequivocally liked. He receives a

91% favorable rating. Seventy-two percent believe that President Obama’s election has helped them while only 4% believe his election has hurt them.

African Americans believe that President Obama’s election has helped them. A majority of those polled - 62 percent - are optimistic about employment in the next four years.

On the issue of employment, the poll reveals that thirty percent of respondents believe they are doing better off financially than compared

SAAS awarded $3,000 grant Verizon Wireless recently awarded a $3,000 grant to Detroit-based Sisters Against Abuse Society (SAAS). SAAS provides programming, counseling and shelter services to families who have been impacted by domestic or sexual violence. The grant will help with training, support, counseling, education and advocacy efforts.

“Studies have shown that women of color experience domestic violence at a rate 35higher than that of other women,” said LaDonna Combs, president of SAAS. “Without the support of organizations like Verizon, we could not have as

The poll was conducted

by John Zogby and Zogby Analytics. One thousand and two randomly selected African American adults were polled. The complete survey results and remarks from today’s National Press Club Luncheon can be found at www.rljcompanies.com/ news.

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Robert L. Johnson has experienced the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and African Americans have been the hardest hit.

Today, African Americans continue to have double the rate of unemployment and less access to capital, and whereas, African Americans were once the largest ethnic minority group and the dominant minority political voice, they are now confronted with the growing political influence of the Hispanic population, which may directly impact competition for jobs and minority business opportunities,”

hiring practices.

significant of an impact in helping African American women, who have survived domestic and sexual violence, recover.”

Last year, Verizon donated nearly $400,000 in cash grants to nonprofit organizations across Michigan.

The company also donated nearly 3.4 million minutes of service to domestic violence organizations for use by the clients they serve.

The grant was made possible through HopeLine from Verizon, which collects no-longer-used wireless phones, batteries and accessories in any condition from any carrier and turns them into support

for domestic violence survivors.

Phones collected through HopeLine are either refurbished and sold or recycled, and proceeds are donated to organizations that work against domestic violence in the form of cash grants and prepaid Verizon Wireless phones forsurvivors.

Michigan residents are encouraged to donate no-longer-used phones and accessories bydropping them off in HopeLine bins at local Verizon Wireless stores, or by downloading a postage-paid mailing label from the HopeLine website at www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.

Now through May 10, parents have an opportunity to choose to enroll their children in a Detroit public school, regardless of where they live, under the an open enrollment period.

The open enrollment period will be parents’ only window of opportunity to change their children’s boundary-driven school assignments.

Letters containing enrollment information and a School Selection Scan Sheet are being sent to all district parents. Parents are expected to fill out one school selection sheet for each child and submit it to each child’s current school where it will be sent for processing. District transportation will only be offered to children who select their neighborhood school.

DPS offerings include neighborhood schools showcased by Excellent Schools Detroit as among the very best in the city, new and remodeled school buildings, and college preparatory programs with curriculum focusing on science, medicine and performing arts.

DPS offers multilingual education, P-S-L scholar-athlete programs and parent resource centers. Districtwide, DPS will create an individualized learning plan for each student and academic blueprints for every parent, and will provide Netbooks for home usage to all students in grades 8-12.

The full range of school options will be on display Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during DPS Open Doors Day. On this family-focused day, nearly every DPS school will offer tours, curriculum demonstrations, opportunities to speak one-on-one with staff, free refreshments, including lunch, as well as giveaways, while supplies last.

Wrapping up the school assignments for current students early will ensure a smooth start to the 2013-2014 school year, including the placement of a qualified teacher in front of every child on the first day of class.

For enrollment information, call (313) 240-4DPS or go to detroitk12.org/enroll

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Experts propose strategies to reduce, end tobacco use What would it take to end tobacco use once and for all?

This is the question several scholars, scientists and policy experts address in a provocative series of articles on various strategies for eliminating tobacco use, if not entirely, at least enough to significantly slow the global death toll estimated at one billion people by the end of this century, with the status quo.

It’s called the tobacco endgame — unique and radical strategies to end tobacco dependence.

From dramatically reducing nicotine to total abolition of cigarette sales, the series of articles includes six endgame strategies and a number of essays written to encourage public debate, said Kenneth Warner, the Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health and professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan.

“If you had told me 10 years ago that smoking today would be banned in all workplaces, including all restaurants and bars in 30 countries, I would have said, ‘You are out of your mind,’” said Warner, who also is the former dean of the U-M School of Public Health.

“There is a newfound interest in discussing the idea of an endgame strategy. The fact that we can talk about it openly reflects a sea change.”

Through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with additional support provided by the American Legacy Foundation, Warner hosted a meeting of 40 top tobacco control advocates last June, during which endgame strategies were discussed. The series of articles, appearing online now in the journal Tobacco Control and in print next month, was an outgrowth of that discussion.

Some of the strategies outlined in the articles include: • A policy that requires manufacturers to reduce nicotine content to make cigarettes nonaddictive.

• A “sinking lid” strategy that would call for quotas on sales and imports of tobacco, which would reduce supply and drive up prices, thereby deterring the purchase of tobacco.

• A “tobacco-free generation” proposal calling for laws that would prevent the sale of tobacco to those born after a given year, usually cited as 2000, to

New study on interracial friendship The larger the group, the smaller the chance of forming interracial friendships, a new University of Michigan study shows.

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study examines how the size of a community affects the realization of people’s preferences for friends.

U-M researchers Siwei Cheng and Yu Xie tested their theoretical model using both simulated and real data on actual friendships among 4,745 U.S. high school students.

“We found that total school size had a major effect on the likelihood that students would form interracial friendships.

Large schools promote racial segregation and discourage interracial friendships,” said Xie, a sociologist with the U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Institute for Social Research and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Their model incorporates the widely held assumption that people prefer to make friends with others of the same race. It also incorporates many other preferences that affect friendship formation. These factors include age, education, hobbies, personality, religious affiliation and political beliefs.

keep young people from starting to smoke.

• A case for abolition, which calls for a total ban on cigarette sales.

Additional articles address political obstacles to the endgame, ethical and legal challenges, and the likelihood of a black market arising as tobacco becomes less available legally.

Although smoking has declined significantly in most developed nations in the last half-century, due to policy changes and increased education about the health hazards, tobacco control advocates say too many people continue to die from the most preventable cause of premature death and illness.

“What we are doing today is not enough,”

Warner said. “Even if we do very well with tobacco control, as we have for several decades now, we’ll have a huge number of smokers for years to come, and smoking will continue to cause millions of deaths.

It’s estimated that worldwide currently some 6 million people a year die from illness caused by cigarettes, including

more than 400,000 in the U.S. alone.

“The need for an endgame comes from the recognition that we do not have to accept the industrial marking of tobacco, and that current policies—successful as they have been—will likely not

make the tobacco problem disappear,” said Elizabeth Smith of the University of California-San Francisco, who edited the publication, wrote in one editorial. “Discussion of an endgame can inspire new visions of the possible.”

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The Detroit Stars shined brightly on Negro National League Baseball

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hey were exciting.

They were proud.

They were incredibly good. They were the Detroit Stars, the legendary Black baseball team that captivated the hearts and souls of Negro National League baseball fans in Detroit and beyond from 1919 to 1933.

While White major league players, such as Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were deemed the superstars of baseball in their playing days, there were numerous Black players of the era who were just as good — if not better — but never got the recognition or opportunity to showcase their talents to the world, simply because their skin was black. Yet, in Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburg, St. Louis and many other American cities, both large and small, Negro ballplayers treated fans to an electrifying brand of baseball, rarely seen.

To truly appreciate the Detroit Stars and the Negro Leagues, one must go back in history to 1860, the year that many baseball historians believe the first baseball game between two Black teams was played. The game: the Weeksville of New York versus the Colored Union Club. The Weeksville won 11-0.

This historic game occurred about 14 years after historians believe the first ever baseball game was played.

Approximately five years after the Weeksville-Colored Union Club game, Black baseball teams such as the Monitor Club of Jamaica (New York), the Blue Sky Club of Camden (New Jersey), the Bachelors of Albany (New York), the Unique Club of Chicago and many others began to form. While Blacks frequently played other Black teams, there are accounts that white teams played Black teams, drawing interracial crowds of thousands without incidents of racial hatred.

However, as time progressed and the game became more organized, business oriented, financially rewarding…and racist, a so-called “gentleman’s agreement” was struck between White owners that would keep Black players from signing to play in major and minor league baseball systems. This unwritten agreement held up from around 1880 until 1947, al-

though there were some rare instances where Blacks were able to usurp the system, especially when it benefited White owners financially.

For the most part, this policy and practice of exclusion didn’t keep Black players from playing the game that they were becoming very good at perfecting.

Some Black entrepreneurs started all-Black pro teams and allBlack pro leagues.

In 1885, it is believed that the first Black pro baseball team called the Cuban Giants formed.

While called Cuban, the team, according to baseball aficionados, actually had Black players who were former waiters and porters in New York.

In 1887, the National Colored Base Ball League was created with a “very unique”

window of time that allowed the Colored League to serve as a minor league system and actually play against some white National League teams.

It wasn’t long before the window

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Even though many of the major players never got a chance to play Major League Baseball, there is no doubt that they were some of the greatest baseball players that ever lived.

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closed shut, after racist attitudes magnified, coupled with Black players showing superior baseball skills when playing against White players.

For the most part, Black teams and leagues created during this period of time didn’t stay around for long, often because of the financial burdens associated with the business side of the game which included team payrolls, rental of playing venues, uniforms and equipment, travel and lodging, and much more. Yet, Negro teams and leagues continued to rise and fall.

Deciding that he could make Negro League Baseball work effectively, Andrew “Rube” Foster had a vision. In the early part of 1920, he created a Constitution that officially formed the Negro National League (NNL) which consisted of eight teams: The Detroit Stars, Chicago American Giants, Dayton Marcos, Kansas City Monarchs, Indianapolis ABCs, Chicago Giants, Cuban Stars, and the St. Louis Giants. Foster served as the league’s president and treasurer.

Foster was a former pitcher who played many years for several Negro teams, such as the Fort Worth Yellow Jackets, Philadelphia Cuban Giants, Leland Giants in

Chicago, and the Chicago American Giants. As his career waned, he became more business minded.

He owned Chicago’s first professional Black baseball team called the Chicago American Giants.

His extensive playing experience and relationships with Negro players allowed him to convince many of them to play for certain NNL teams, inclusive of the Detroit Stars.

Including the Stars in his new league was a no-brainer. After all, Detroit was a destination

city with a growing Black population fueled by the robust automobile industry, thanks to Henry Ford and his Ford Motor Company. Foster appointed John T. “Tenny” Blount to promote the Detroit Stars.

Some close to the team’s history said that Blount was the team’s business manager and possibly had some level of ownership.

Nevertheless, Foster and Blount’s business relationship was often rocky.

Rocky or not, The Detroit Stars, which formed in 1919, was the city’s

New product keeps kids’ fingers safe Parents often go to great lengths to keep their children healthy and safe from outside forces, but sometimes the culprit is on the inside. In fact, slammed doors cause serious harm to young children every day.

Michael Brown, a native Detroiter, architectural designer and parent of two boys ages two and four, has developed a proactive way for parents to safeguard their homes and keep their children’s fingers injury free.

His company, Safe Hands, LLC produced Finger Guardz, a shock absorbing, high density foam door stop that attaches to the edge of any standard household door rendering it from completely closing.

In designs that feature sports themes for boys and colorful motifs for girls, the guardz are sure to be a hit with kids and parents alike.

While parents can’t always prevent all accidents, they can take the

Built in 1914, the stadium was said to hold between 5,500 and 6,000 people, comfortably.

However, with creative arrangements, the stadium could pack in a few thousands more. Mack Park would serve as the Stars’ home field until a July, 1929 fire destroyed a large section of the stadium. The team moved to Dequindre Park, located at Dequindre and Modern on Detroit’s eastside.

The team would later play at Hamtramck Stadium, a newly built facility in Hamtramck, Michigan that could accommodate both baseball and football games.

Taking the field for the Detroit Stars’ inaugural game were players like Bill Holland, Edgar Wesley, Bruce Petway, Chick Harper, Bill Gatewood, Joe Hewitt, Pete Hill, Jimmie Lyons Andy Cooper, Mule Riggins, Frank Warfield, Pete Hill, and Webster McDonald.

The team’s record in its first season was 35 wins, 22 loses, which was good for second place behind the Chicago American Giants.

In the ensuing years, the team was always competitive; however, they never finished first in the NNL standings.

According to Dr. Stacy L. Leatherwood, pediatrician, Healthy Start 101, over 300,000 children in the U.S. are sent to the hospital ER each year because of fingers caught in slamming doors.

“A door can obviously cause serious harm to young children with the severity of the injury ranging from fractured bones to amputations.

Therefore the best form of care should be preventive.

I highly recommend using a device such as Finger Guardz to ward off painful injuries and costly urgent care or emergency room visits,” said Dr. Leatherwood.

first Black professional sports franchise and was more than ready to join the newly formed NNL in 1920. The team’s home field was Mack Park, located on Detroit’s eastside.

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While there were many

players that donned the Detroit Stars’ uniform from 1919 to 1933, the team’s most famous and greatest star was Norman “Turkey” Stearnes. He joined the Stars in 1923 and was called “Turkey” because he flapped his arms as he ran the bases.

From 1923 to 1931, Stearnes was a superstar. He was a fleet-footed and sure-handed centerfielder who was an incredible power hitter.

Stars was in 1937 as a charter member of the Negro American League (NAL), a membership that lasted one season, although NAL struggled for a few more seasons.

As Jackie Robinson was making his quantum leap over the color barrier to Major League Baseball in 1947, and with other African-Americans close behind, a drop-off in the Negro Leagues was evident.

“He had a funny stance, but could get around on you,” the legendary pitcher Leroy “Satchel” Paige once told a reporter. “He could hit the ball over the right field fence, the left field fence and the center field fence. If you didn’t pitch him in just the right spot, he would just hit the ball out the park just about every time. He was as good as anybody that ever played baseball.”

There are scattered accounts that in the late 1950s, the Stars — under another name — tried to shine again. Owner Ted Rasberry, who also owned the Kansas City Monarch, wanted to field a more entertaining team based on the antics of Reece “Goose” Tatum, a famous member of the Harlem Globetrotters, who also played in the Negro Leagues. Rasberry’s new team left the field and baseball for good in the early 1960s.

Stearnes’ nine seasons with the Stars is the longest tenure of any player in the franchise’s history.

When he left the game, he held just about every team hitting record possible.

In 1931, the NNL folded, with the Detroit Stars meeting the same fate.

However, a team called the Detroit Wolves, featuring Cool Papa Bell, played in 1932 in the newly formed, short-lived East-West League. In 1933, another edition of the Detroit Stars appeared when the NNL made a comeback; the league and the stars disappeared after a partial season of play. Another comeback of the Detroit

While it has been over five decades since the Detroit Stars played baseball, this storied franchise will live forever in the folklore of Negro Leagues Baseball. Even though many of the major players never got a chance to play Major League Baseball, there is no doubt that they were some of the greatest baseball players that ever lived, pitched and hit on the playing grounds in such Negro League cities as Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Dayton and an array of others.

necessary steps to minimize a child’s chances of being injured.

The Consumer Federation of America offers the following advice to keep children’s fingers injuryfree: • Use slow, self-closing springs on doors or catches to keep them open.

• Know where children are to avoid closing doors on their fingers.

• Special strips are available to guard the hinge side of doors.

• Use wedges or catches to keep internal doors from slamming.

With the expressed interest from powerhouse retailers such as WalMart, Lowes, and Babies R Us, to name a few, Brown expects to start manufacturing his first 100,000 units in Spring 2013 with price points ranging from $5 to $7 each.

For more information on Finger Guardz visit www.fingerguardz.com

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Free day at the zoo 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Detroit Zoo 8450 W. 10 Mile Rd., Royal Oak Senior citizens living in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties are invited to enjoy a free day at the Detroit Zoo on Senior Day. Senior Day will feature live music, tractor train tours, bingo and a senior resource area. The day’s activities will also include animal enrichment and zookeeper talks highlighting some of the Zoo’s senior animal residents. Seniors 62 and older and a caregiver willreceive complimentary admission and parking.

For more information, call (248) 541-5717 or visit www.detroitzoo.org.

April 25-26 The National Research Summit on Reserve Component Military Families University of Michigan Ann Arbor While successful intervention programs have been launched across the country to support military families, there remain few opportunities for clinicians and researchers to share and discuss this information on a national scale, with none focused specifically on the special challenges faced by Reserve Component families. This summit represents an effort to increase discussion and awareness surrounding the challenges faced by the families of National Guard and Reserve members.

For more information, visit http://m-span.org/ conferences/national-research-summit-on-reserve-component-military-families/.

May 2

Children’s Hospital Michigan Smoke Alarm Installation Program

Community Resource Fair

9 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Michigan Technical Academy (MTA) 19940 Mansfield

After Christ Christian Center 3331 Fenkell Kohl’s Injury Prevention Program at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan will partner with volunteers in the community to go into homes to educate and install working smoke alarms.

If you are in need of this service, or would like volunteer, call (313) 745-0072.

AAA Michigan Senior Safety Day 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.

AAA Headquarters Parking Lot Area 1 Auto Club Drive (Hubbard Drive at the Southfield Freeway) Dearborn Trained automotive technicians will be on hand to provide free windshield repair, battery and electrical system testing, and vehicle identification etching.

April 30 Wayne County Free Health Expo for the Uninsured 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cobo Conference Center, Michigan Hall 1 Washington Blvd.

Have you had your annual health exam or physical? Uninsured or underinsured? If you haven’t, don’t put it off. This free annual Wayne County community health event features essential health and dental screenings and health education, vendors, health-related giveaways, informative health-related sessions, refreshments, free parking on Cobo Roof, entertainment, and much more.

Email Your Upcoming Events to For tickets, call (313) 224-0810 or visit www. events@michronicle.com WOW! passwaynecounty.com for more information.

4:30-7:30 p.m.

This one-day community resource fair will feature more than 30 youth and family service organizations. In addition to to learning about healthy living and eating, attendees can also take part in fitness and dance classes including yoga, zumba and salsa. Information about housing and employment assistance, utility enrollment and budgeting, and food assistance will be available for parents.

For information, contact Nalani Miller at (313) 272-1649 or visit www.mtacademy.us.

May 16 The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is hosting the Fourth Annual Tribal Economic Forum 9 a.m.

Radisson Lansing Hotel 111 N. Grand Ave., Lansing During this two-day conference speakers will address a variety of topics including tribal business development, energy, agribusiness, funding programs and contracting.

This event is open to the public and there is no cost to attend but registration is required For more information, visit http://www.regonlince.com/TribalForum.

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May 18 Lambda Chi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc, present a scholarship and fashion show luncheon 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Burton Manor Banquet & Conference Center 27777 Schoolcraft Livonia Donations from this event will go towards scholarships to nursing students currently enrolled in an accredited college or university.

For more information, e-mail Mhall802003@yahoo.com.

Get Up, Get Fit! Total Health and Wellness Expo 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

City of Southfield Parks and Recreation Department 26000 Evergreen Rd., Southfield The focus of this expo is to encourage the community to incorporate regular physical activities in their lives, make healthier decisions, and raise awareness of health issues that impact the lives of many families. The event is free and open to the public.

For more program information, contact Micheri Moses at (313) 912-7339 or e-mail cheri_moses@yahoo.com.

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Detroit Children’s Choir registration

6 p.m.

Belle Isle Park 100 Strand Dr.

Detroit Children’s Choir is an inclusive choir program focused on providing high quality choral music to metro Detroit area children from 8-14 years of age.

Come and celebrate the recently renovated facility on Detroit’s historic shores of Belle Isle Park.

For more information, call (313) 833-1980.

For more information, visit www.detroitchildrenschoir.org.

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Women deserve the Paycheck Fairness Act catch up to our sons. In adMembers of Congress dition, according to a new are participating in Equal report from the American Pay Day, highlighting the Association of University disparity of women earnWomen, the women in the ing only 77 cents for every 13th Congressional Disdollar earned by men in trict of Michigan earn only 2013. April 9 is the symbol77 cents for every dollar ic date on which a woman’s earned by men, mirroring wages catch up to what a the national average. man would earn in a previous year, in a comparable figures are These field of employment. In simply unacceptable. For acknowledging Equal Pay this reason, I urge my colDay, Congressman John John Conyers Jr. leagues to sign on to H.R. Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) re377, the ‘Paycheck Fairness Act,’ legleased this statement: islation that provides American women I join my colleagues in Congress in with real guarantees of equal pay for marking Equal Pay Day, a day that sym- equal work, by strengthening and closbolizes when the average woman will ing loopholes in the nearly 50 year old have worked an additional amount in Equal Pay Act. 2013 to make up for the difference between her salary and the salary of her Now more than ever, many middleclass families depend upon female earnmale colleagues in 2012.

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ur mothers must spend 99 extra days away from their children to be treated equal to our fathers, and our daughters must spend 99 extra days to catch up to our sons. In addition, according to a new report from the American Association of University Women, the women in the 13th Congressional District of Michigan earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men, mirroring the national average. These figures are simply unacceptable.”

Today stands as a reminder that, despite the many advances working women have made in our country, significant barriers to equality in the workplace continue to endure. April 9 is the 99th day of the year, symbolizing how women all across our country must devote 99 extra days a year to work if they want to be treated as equals.

Our mothers must spend 99 extra days away from their children to be treated equal to our fathers, and our daughters must spend 99 extra days to

ers to put food on the table and roofs over children’s heads. It is time to provide women in this country with the legal protections they need to finally end the discrimination that they see in their paychecks, and finally guarantee the rights that women have had in name only.

John Conyers Jr., is the dean of the Congressional Black Caucus and the second longest serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Detroit Election 2013: Don’t bother troit has one of the highest unemployment and school dropout rates and poverty populations in the nation.

By Bill Johnson In the upcoming primary election there won’t be a record number of Detroiters going to the polls to decide the final candidates in the race for mayor, city council and city clerk.

The resulting abysmal display of civic participation also suggests that Detroiters are turned off and tuned out.

It’s doubtful that the race will be the rock ’em, sock ’em, down and dirty outcome that produce winds of change that radically alter the political landscape.

There simply aren’t enough voters left in the city who care — or believe — that those holding elective office will make a differ- Bill Johnson ence in their lives.

Pundits, in need of a hotly contested race that draw voters from the far reaches of the city are trying to ramp-up the dialogue by prodding and pointing out the differences between the leading contenders.

A few challengers are charismatic with ideas and résumés that qualify them to intelligently discuss potent financial and bread-and-butter issues that need addressing — city services, crime jobs and investment.

But office-holding in Detroit is pretty much an unfruitful, dead-end career that is no longer attractive to incumbents or challengers.

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No doubt the historic lack of political response to public concerns is a contributing factor that adds to a sense of helplessness and frustration.

That means the ranks of those who have become disillusioned about politics will probably swell since they can’t pin their hopes for a brighter future on the election outcome.

City churches once produced a reliable stream of dedicated voters. But many of the middle-class, law-abiding, educated and informed voters in these congregations have taken refuge in the suburbs.

The business community may get involved, but they have money rather than a ballot.

Senior citizens, the most reliable voting bloc, may choose to throw up their hands in disgust about conditions in the city or the state of Detroit politics.

Political indifference, however, isn’t

he appointment of an emergency financial manager practically guarantees that for the foreseeable future the city will be managed by someone who is not elected by anyone. Knowing that eventual winners will have no real political power will cause scores of potential voters to sit out the election because they will have determined the outcome is meaningless.”

The appointment of an emergency financial manager practically guarantees that for the foreseeable future the city will be managed by someone who is not elected by anyone. Knowing that eventual winners will have no real political power will cause scores of potential voters to sit out the election because they will have determined the outcome is meaningless.

There is no real sense that the electorate feel compelled to rush to the polls to uproot the powerless political establishment. There is no evidence that disenfranchised masses are anxiously waiting to usher into office a fresh batch of candidates who promise to “make things right.”

Substantial political research also has identified the powerful relationship between social status and turnout.

When voting participation falls off, it is the poor and less educated who stop voting. And the lower down the economic ladder one goes, the lower the participation rate becomes. In this regard, De-

new to Detroit.

City elections haven’t produced huge turnouts in decades. Of the estimated 700,000 residents, for example, there are more registered non-voters than voting age adults who aren’t registered.

And on a purely mathematical basis, it is hard to make the case for any Detroiter voting. The turnout issue isn’t important without definable differences in the attitudes among those who vote and those who don’t.

There is no law to compel voting, and under the circumstances no way to browbeat city residents into participating.

But who’s to blame?

It is voter apathy that allowed the Detroit political process to become somebody else’s exclusive domain in the first place. So there’s every reason to believe there will be more “Gone Fishing” signs than “Gone to Vote” signs come Election Day.

So why bother?

Why urban entrepreneurship is crucial to Detroit’s comeback

By Dana A. Thompson

that the best performing United States cities and metro areas in terms of jobs, wages and technology performance are those cities and metro areas in technology clusters.

In fact, the United States’ best performing metro area is San Jose, the heart of Silicon Valley and the technology hub of the United States. It is vital for the Detroit metro area to continue to develop more technology oriented businesses.

While many voices are contributing to the chorus of solutions to the urgent problems in Detroit, including its fiscal crisis, there is little or no conversation about how to build and sustain minority urban entrepreneurs, especially young minority urban entrepreneurs, in Michigan’s largest city. The reality is that minority owned small businesses in urban areas Dana A. Thompson like Detroit are critical to de Young people must be introduced and veloping new jobs and industries. encouraged to engage in STEM (science, It is common knowledge that small technology, engineering and mathematbusinesses are essential to a healthy ics) education programs throughout economy and they create most new their secondary school educational exjobs. According to the U.S. Small Busi- perience and there must be novel curness Administration, small businesses ricula to encourage middle school and comprise 99.7% of U.S. employer firms high school students to stay interested and 64% of net new private sector jobs. in the STEM fields and pursue these In addition, according to an Initiative for fields in college. a Competitive Inner City report, small businesses play a vital role in inner city I recently led a trip to the Bay Area economies with 99 percent of all busi- in California with University of Michigan nesses in inner cities being small busi- students interested in developing their nesses and 80 percent of total inner-city own innovative ventures. The students employment coming from small busi- had the opportunity to visit and talk to major players in the technology sector nesses. such as the CEO of Twitter. They also And, despite a slowly recovering na- toured the offices of technology giants tional economy and a recent jobs report including Facebook, met with venshowing a national unemployment rate ture capitalists and pitched their busiof 7.6% and an unemployment rate of ness ideas to leading players in Silicon 6.7% of Whites, that same report shows Valley. the national African-American unemployment rate is 13.3% and the Latino Perhaps if young people in Detroit were trained in these STEM fields and unemployment rate is 9.2%. could see how their study of these fields Given Detroit’s looming fiscal crisis, could lead to owning their own techthese alarming unemployment rates nology companies and being a part of among African-Americans and Latinos a transformative innovation economy, and the importance of small businesses more of these young people would be into job creation, one strategy that must spired to pursue these areas of study. be tirelessly pursued is cultivating a sense of entrepreneurship among De- Those Detroit high school students troit’s citizens, especially its youth, and already excelling in STEM related proproviding minority urban entrepreneurs grams should be encouraged to pursue with the necessary resources to grow entrepreneurial ventures developing technology oriented products and serand become viable. vices.

Philanthropic organizations, companies and individuals interested in Dana A. Thompson, an expert in solving Detroit’s fiscal woes and in en- social enterprise, small business and couraging entrepreneurship in Detroit urban revitalization, is a professor at should fund entrepreneurship programs the University of Michigan Law School for Detroit school-aged children start- and director of the Entrepreneuring in kindergarten so that these young ship Clinic and contributing author people begin to understand the value of to “Building Healthy Communities: A Guide to Economic Development for Adowning a business. vocates, Lawyers and Policy Makers.”

These entrepreneurial programs She is chair of the Community Economshould focus on the importance of ic Development panel of the American owning many different types of busi- Bar Association’s Business Law Secnesses but especially those that are tion and former director of Wayne State technology oriented such as informa- University Law School Small Business tion technology, software, social media Enterprises and Nonprofit Corporations and consumer apps businesses.

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A recent Milken Institute study found

Justice and remembrance for Burton I. Gordin

By Arthur Horwitz

Forty-three years after the murder of founding

Michigan Civil Rights Commission Executive Director Burton I. Gordin in a downtown Detroit parking structure, his case remains unsolved, questions about the motive and identity of the killer unanswered and memories of his service to the state and its residents forgotten.

Detroit police concluded that Gordin died from a botched robbery attempt. Essentially, Gordin was a random victim in the wrong place, at the wrong time with a nervous assailant. Aside from the police, nobody believed it then.

And it appears nobody believes it now. It was treated as a local crime, with no evidence or confirmation that the FBI or Department of Justice may have been involved in the investigation.

Gordin arrived from Philadelphia on April 1, 1964 to

And as the case went become the state’s top civil from hot to cold, from toprights professional, exactly of-mind concern to out-ofone year after Michigan sight-out-of-mind disinvoters ratified a new con-Arthur Horwitz terest, so did memories of stitution that contained the strongest civil rights language of any Gordin. There is currently nothing - no state in America. It empowered a non- plaque, no scholarship fund, no lecpartisan Civil Rights Commission to tureship, not even a framed photograph protect those rights and investigate al- – that serves as an enduring reminder to Michigan residents of the service Gordin legations of discrimination. provided, perhaps at the cost of his life.

At the time of his death, he was a nationally recognized civil rights leader, The circumstances surrounding Gorpart of the original class of progressive din’s death must be revisited. There is than now, as Michigan Jews who partnered with Blacks in the no better time th fight for equal rights. He was also navi- enters the 50 anniversary year of the gating cross-currents in the Civil Rights ratification of its constitution and creMovement, a potentially volatile mix of ation of its Civil Rights Commission. New integrationists and Black nationalists, testimony must be taken. New theories who were also engulfing his own depart- about his death must be pursued. Rement. Gordin was an integrationist. His gardless of the outcome, Michigan must death at age 50, and the mysterious cir- assure that Burton I. Gordin receives cumstances surrounding it, made page the enduring recognition he earned for one of daily newspapers in Detroit and his pioneering civil rights work. across the state. The New York Times Arthur Horwitz is publisher of the and other national media also took Detroit Jewish News. notice.

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April 24-30, 2013

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‘A Day of Prayer’ The Metropolitan Christian Council DetroitWindsor and Pastors and Leaders of Metro Detroit presents “Praying Hands Around Detroit” in observance of National Day of Prayer.

Honoring Bishop John Drew Sheard

Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God is requesting your presence at the banquet celebration honoring the ascension of Bishop John Drew Sheard to the presidium of the Church of God in Christ on Monday, April 29, 6 p.m., the banquet celebration will be held at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center Renaissance Ballroom. Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr., presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, will be the keynote speaker. For more information or to purchase tickets, please call (313) 8647170.

Dorinda Clark-Cole honors Louise Guyton in song.

Celebrating the retirement of Louise Guyton Greater Burnette Baptist Church celebrated the retirement of their beloved sister in Christ, Louise Guyton. On March 8, Guyton retired from Comerica Bank after serving 44 years as the vice president of public affairs.

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A faithful servant and longtime member of the Greater Burnette Baptist, Guyton is most deserving of the recognition. She has served as the church’s chairman of the Trustee Board for 24 years. She is also the executive administrator to the pastor and leadership instructor and a member of the scholarship committee.

Although she is retired from Comerica Bank, Louise Guyton is not planning to sit at home, idly watching the world go by. In addition to various boards that she serves on, she will continue the work of her foundation, The Greater Works Foundation. Its mission is to create positive community change through collaborative efforts by focusing on transforming neighborhoods and strengthening individuals and families.

Larry Clark forms Larry Clark Gospel LLC As part of the legendary Clark family musical dynasty, Larry Clark knows the music industry inside out. He does it all — produce, write, arrange and sing. He has all of the connections needed to make things happen. But when it came to identifying assistance to grow his bussiness, he was at a loss.

As a participant in the ProsperUS Detroit program, Clark learned Larry Clark the technical aspects of used his presistence to operating a record com- break down those barripany. As a businessman, ers. He says, “The Interhe holds steadfast to his net saved my life.’’ Clark Christian principles which used non-conventional are encompassed in every avenues such as the Interaspect of the business. net to sell albums. He had “I have walked a way sales without being on the from opportunities that radio! The label’s inaumay have caused me to gural release of Twinkie compromise those be- Clark’s “With Humility’’ album boasted a Top 30 liefs,’’ he said. single and a 2012 Stellar So how does a music Gospel Music Award nomproducer become a record ination. label owner? than learn More While shopping, his ing about operation his Aunt Elbernita “Twinkie’’ business, Clark is now Clark’s albums to record aware of the numerous labels, he realized that resources available to there was a gap in the aspiring and current enmarket. He decided to trepreneurs. His passion start his own independent is evident to everyone he label featuring some of meets. the best of gospel music around. Initial obstacles When asked what his included being “the“new long-term vision for the kid on the block.’’ He business is, he simply states, “That’s easy. Con-

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The National Day of Prayer will have a prayer circle around the metro Detroit area where over 40 churches will be praying at noon at different locations.

For more information or to receive the information kit, please call (313) 870-9550.

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In honor of her retirement, Greater Burnette celebrated Guyton for being a blessing to them by given her a musical celebration with Evelyn TurrentineAgee, Larry Callahan & Selected of God, Quentella Caldwell along with a host of pastors and politicians. The program closed out with Dr. Dorinda Clark-Cole singing a stirring tribute titled “I’m Still Here” and “He Brought Me.” Pastor Nathan Caldwell, senior pastor of Greater Burnette Baptist Church, surprised her by dedicating their new library in her honor.

“Detroit will never be able to find another Louise Guyton,” said Bishop Edgar Vann, Second Ebenezer Church.

“Some of the church programs are still in existence because of her.”

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The 62nd Annual National Day of Prayer Rally and press conference will take place on Thursday, May 2, 10:30 a.m. at Historic Little Rock Baptist Church located at 9000 Woodward Ave.

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Blight bills pass state Senate Blight is one of the major hurdles which creates an obstacle to living and investing in our urban areas. Five senators introduced a five-bill package which will add teeth to the enforcement of blight violations, and give Michigan’s cities more tools to go after blight violations.

They are Senate Bills 35-39 and they have bipartisan support, with Senators Virgil Smith (D-Detroit), Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge), Tonya Schuitmaker (R-Lawton),

Bert Johnson (D-Highland Park), and Tupac A. Hunter (R-Detroit) each sponsoring a bill. The bills do the following:

• Attempt to streamline the garnishment procedure on owners who do not pay the fines following their appeal;

• Clarify that failure to comply with a Department of Administrative Hearings judgment can be classified as a misdemeanor and prosecuted at district court;

• Allow cities to prohibit issuing zoning approvals to anyone with a blight violation; and

• Save cities money by streamlining the lien process to ensure payment of judgments against blight violators;

• Allow cities to prohibit issuing building permits to anyone with a blight violation.

These bills are now headed to the Michigan House.

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Lawrence to host community roundtable on public safety Southfield Mayor Bren­ da Lawrence will host a Community Roundtable on Public Safety on Wednesday, April 24, 7 p.m. in the Southfield Public Library meeting room, 26300 Evergreen Road.

Police Chief Eric Hawkins, Fire Chief Keith Rowley and Emergency Management Director Bill Johns will join Mayor Lawrence and other city officials to discuss public safety concerns and programs. To participate, residents must make reservations by calling the Mayor’s Office at (248) 796-5100.

who make reservations; however, others are welcome to attend. The Mayor’s Roundtables are designed to allow residents the opportunity to discuss predetermined topics that impact the quality of life in Southfield. The roundtables will conclude on Wednesday, May 22, with “Code Enforcement” at 7 p.m. also in the Library’s meeting room. City of Southfield department heads and staff will be on hand to answer questions related to the topic.

The discussion is limited to the first 25 residents

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For more information, call the Mayor’s Office at (248) 796-5100.

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Seriously, have some fun at work

By Ken Dallafior Remember as a kid and spending hours a day playing with your friends? Now compare that experience with a typical day at your workplace.

Notice any difference?

Obviously, the workplace is not a playground. But if you’re concerned about employees’ mental as well as physical health, it also shouldn’t be as lifeless as a morgue, either.

“Play days” are no longer just for parents and their kids as more and more businesses are recognizing the value of fun in the workplace. According to Entrepreneur, one of the biggest business trends of 2013 is that CEOs are getting the message that “goofing off” contributes to the bottom line.

There’s a reason why kids are so exuberantly joyful when they play. Martin Seligman, past president of the American Psychological Association and author of Authentic Happiness, says that the three pillars of mental health are love, work, and play.

Unfortunately, most of us are not likely to squeeze “play time” into our already overbooked schedules. According to business experts, however, employers should not only allow but encourage employees to have fun in the workplace, since it’s an effective way to motivate and: • Create a spirit of playfulness that builds teamwork by bringing employees together in a collaborative setting.

• Improve employee morale and satisfaction.

• Relieve stress.

• Stimulate creativity.

• Enable business owners and managers to connect with employees.

• Reduce absenteeism and turnover.

Some companies even have “fun-time” policies. For example, Landscape Structures, a playground equipment designermanufacturer with 300 employees, encourages its employees to take 10-minute breaks to have fun sometime their “Play days” are during workday.

no longer just for parents and their kids as more and more businesses are recognizing the value of fun in the workplace.”

One of the simplest and easy ways is to bring employees together for fun and games of their choosing for an hour or two every month.

Ideas might include office scavenger hunts, friendly Wii competitions, or contests to identify employees from their baby pictures. Another option is to have small events offsite in a relaxing setting where employees will feel comfortable socializing.

Not yet ready to hire another CFO (Chief Fun Officer) or at least lighten up? Then consider this – laughter may offer some of the same health benefits as a mild workout, including improved blood flow, increased immune system response and lower blood sugar levels.

And even if it doesn’t improve your health or boost your energy, there’s no question that laughter undeniably improves the quality of life for you and your employees.

Just look at the kids’ faces at any playground.

Ken Dallafior is Executive Vice President, Group Business and Corporate Marketing at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM). Dallafior leads BCBSM’s group sales force, oversees corporate marketing and product development, and develops and implements key corporate strategies.

He also provides leadership to critical sales operations such as agent relations and commissions, sales incentives and complex issue resolution for group customers and sales agents. In addition to working in the insurance industry for nearly two decades, Dallafior played professional football from 1982 to 1992. He is founder and board member of the Detroit Lions Courage House.

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DEGC President Jackson pleased with Detroit’s economic development

By Patrick Keating

Since 2002, when he started at his job, the two things he’s heard people say they wanted the most have been more national retail options; and that Whole Foods was at the top of most people’s lists.

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Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) President George Jackson said that if he were talking to someone from out of town about Detroit’s economic development, he’d do so from the standpoint of Detroit being a good business climate and a great place to locate their company.

During the 2011 interview Jackson also said that when he’d visit Whole Foods stores in other cities in the metro area, most customers were from Detroit.

“I guarantee that we would be a pleasant surprise to any perceptions you may have had beforehand once you come here,” Jackson said. “I say that because on so many occasions when people finally come to the city it by far surpasses their expectations.”

He attributes that to Detroit’s many recent success stories.

“And even over the years, actually,” he added.

Jackson also noted that this exceeding of expectations isn’t just from a business climate sense, but in general.

“It’s definitely a good place to do business,” he said. “But also the quality of life is much better, more robust than in some cases people anticipate it to be.

“And what I mean by business climate is that we have excellent options in regards to locations, be they industrial, commercial or retail,” he said. “We also have a great deal of business to business opportunities. Because we have so many businesses that are already here, not only do direct consumer opportunities exist, but business to business opportunities are really outstanding in the city

“Detroiters are spending hundreds of millions of dollars outside the city of Detroit for groceries,” he said.

GEORGE JACKSON, DEGC president, and other stakeholders break ground for the Gateway Shopping Center at Woodward and Eight Mile Road. of Detroit and in southeastern Michigan.”

Asked what he would consider the most exciting activity going on in Detroit right now, Jackson said it’s the fact that in certain areas of the city, there seems to be a resurgence in the residential market.

“The fact is that we have more people moving into the city in various areas, downtown, Midtown, riverfront, but also in some of the neighborhoods,” Jackson said. “We’re getting a lot more young, college-educated professionals.

And also baby boomers who want an urban living experience. So the pent-up demand for urban living has finally hit the city of Detroit, as it has in other cities across the nation.”

When Jackson spoke to the Chronicle in 2011, he

said things were progressing well in terms of bringing in “big box” stores. He still believes that is the case.

“We have two big box stores,” he said. “One is under construction and the other is about to be built.

Those are the Meijer at Eight Mile and Woodward and we have a Meijer in northwest Detroit on the former site of Redford High School. I would say that’s progress. Both of those stores will employ hundreds of people and also bring much needed shopping options that are now national and regional to Detroiters, without them having to drive to a suburb to enjoy that level of retail.”

Jackson added that Detroit also has Whole Foods, which he said many people had stated would never come to the city.

“That’s not a put-down of the stores that we have here, but it just shows that there is a demand for national retailers by city residents.”

He added that the national retailers could definitely complement the independent retailers.

The DEGC is involved in various “development districts.”

Jackson said if he were speaking to an out-of-towner about Detroit, he’d emphasize whichever district would relate most to what that person might be looking for.

“We can accommodate all,” he said. “As I said before, whether it’s retail, whether it’s commercial, whether it’s industrial, whether it’s downtown or they want to be in a neighborhood. We have all those options available, and I think that we also have some very good demographic information to back up where we would end up taking them.”

The development districts in which DEGC is involved

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The importance of asset allocation Asset allocation is an important investment decision that will impact your investment portfolio.

As shown in Exhibit 1, asset allocation explains over 90 percent of the return and volatility in the return of your in- Dennis Johnson vestment portfolio. Getting this decision right will set you on the path to achieving your longterm financial objectives.

Asset allocation is defined as the percentage of your portfolio invested in various asset classes such as stocks, bonds, alternative investments, and cash. There are two types of asset allocation decisions. Strategic asset allocation decisions are made for the long-term, in some cases measuring 3-10 years.

Tactical asset allocation decisions are short-term in nature, reflecting either a risk or investment opportunity resulting from the recent mis-

pricing of a specific asset or asset class.

The same asset allocation target does not apply to everyone. The asset allocation target may be different due to an individual’s risk tolerance, need for income, or unique circumstances. I serve as the Co-Chair for Comerica’s Investment Policy Committee (IPC) which is responsible for establishing the asset allocation recommendations for clients in Comerica’s Wealth Management division. The IPC provides seven asset allocation recommendations in recognition of the different circumstances that can impact our clients’ ability to take risk in their investment portfolio.

There are different approaches to determining the appropriate asset allocation target for you. Your advisor should be able to take you through the process of making this determination.

Consider these points when determining your asset allocation targets: 1) Make sure the asset allocation target you choose reflects your ability to live with fluctu-

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ations in the market value of your investments.

2) Once the asset allocation targets are set, make sure you and your advisor stick to those targets. Rebalancing your investment portfolio periodically back to the appropriate asset allocation target is very important.

3) Once a year, go through the process of determining the appropriate asset allocation target for your investment portfolio. There may have been changes in your person-

al circumstances that warrant a new asset allocation target.

In addition, market conditions can change, which may cause you to revise the current asset allocation target for your investment portfolio.

Work closely with your advisor to determine the asset allocation target that meets your needs. It will be time well spent.

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Who’s Who In Black Detroit

AN ARTIST’S rendition of what the Capitol Park district will look like when completed.

Development include Capitol Park, which involves the redevelopment of the Capitol Park Building, the former United Way Headquarters and the Farwell Building, all located on Griswold. The expected investment is $41 million, and the DEGC’s 2012 progress report describes the district as a prime location for residences, offices and retail stores.

Another district, the Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment District, held the threeday inaugural Detroit Paradise Valley Music Festival last year, with more than 15,000 people attending each day.

The Gateway Marketplace, at the southeast corner of Eight Mile Road and Woodward, will not only feature the 197,000 square foot Meijer as its anchor tenant, but will also generate an expected $10.75 million in taxes from the property’s increased value.

As head of the DEGC, Jackson has a lot on his plate, but one thing that doesn’t concern him is the presence of the emergency financial manager.

tion calls on between 250 to 300 businesses per year in the city of Detroit.”

Jackson said the one overall thing he wants people to understand abut the DEGC and its role is that it’s not a political organization.

“We’re a business organization that makes business decisions to grow the economy of the city of Detroit,” he said.

Other developments in Detroit include those headed up

by Midtown Detroit, Inc., which is led by Susan Mosey.

“The fact is that we have more people moving into the city in various areas, downtown, Midtown, riverfront, but also in some of the neighborhoods. We’re getting a lot more young, collegeeducated professionals.

And also baby boomers who want an urban living experience. So the pentup demand for urban living has finally hit the city of Detroit, as it has in other cities across the nation.”

“We mainly work with business people and the business climate is good,” he said.

“And they feel that the political climate and the governmental process will eventually be resolved.”

He added that he’s not seen a slowdown from a business standpoint.

“Business is good, it’s really on an upswing,” he pointed out.

According to Jackson, one misconception people have about the DEGC is that it only does “the big stuff.” He wants people to know that most DEGC loans go to small businesses.

“By far,” he said. “And we call on 250 to 300 existing Detroit businesses every year. Not them calling us first. We go after them, and most of those, by far, are small businesses.”

Jackson emphasized that, in totality, small businesses are going to create more jobs than large ones.

“We want to make sure we grow the small business community but also retain them in the city of Detroit,” he said.

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“So we make what we call these reten-

Midtown developments include the Midtown Greenway, currently under construction.

This non-motorized pedestrian and bike trail will be part of a 10 mile greenway connecting the New Center to downtown.

According to the Midtown Detroit website, the greenway will, among other things, reclaim right-of-way for pedestrians, create an environment to help build a strong sense of community and help the community reintroduce needed green space.

Other Midtown Detroit projects have included new commercial tenants on the Wayne State campus and the renovation of a historic home at 295 E. Ferry into nine one-bedroom rental units.

Other developments are being heralded by Dan Gilbert, whose Bedrock Real Estate Services is working on developing the Central Business District. These include the Z Site on Library Street, with 33,000 square feet of street-level retail and office space, and The Shops at Woodward Center, located between Grand Circus and Capitol parks, and more than a dozen more.

In all, Gilbert has invested nearly $1 billion in the purchase of approximately three million square feet of real estate.

Gilbert, Jackson and Mosey will all be speaking at the Pancakes & Politics forum at the DAC April 25.

For more information about the DEGC, call (313) 963-2940.

To learn more about Midtown Detroit, Inc. visit www.midtowndetroitinc.org Bedrock Real Estate Services can be reached at (888) 300-9833.

Lois Elizabeth Bingham

Bingham: Education, skills and talents make a difference

By Damon Autry Lois Elizabeth Bingham possesses an unabashed belief that one must seek excellence in everything they do, and be willing to make sacrifices along the way. Success for Bingham is defined by the impact one makes in life and by one’s willingness and ability to use their education, skills and talents to make a difference. This is so because of the family dynamic in which she was raised. Bingham’s mother was supportive and always urged young Lois to reach for the top.

Her mother shared virtues of a sound education, showed her by example what hard work and faith can accomplish, and always found time to contribute to her community.

Bingham took those lessons to heart.

She exhibited such a high educational aptitude that she was double promoted, attended the district’s “application only” magnet schools, and eventually attended the University of Pennsylvania.

In spite of living in a rugged part of Detroit early in life, that environment helped her develop skills that she still utilizes today.

“That environment makes you a survivalist,” she said. “There are not many challenges in the world that would make me feel like I can’t deal with it. Sure, it was a tough neighborhood, but it was one filled with love. Everybody looked out for one another.”

Bingham used the encouragement from her mother and her own intestinal fortitude to help fuel her pursuit of a law career. After earning her degree from Temple University School of Law, she worked as an associate for Butzel Long, one of Michigan’s premier law firms, where she became the first female lawyer in the firm’s corporate, transactional and finance practice groups. She then moved on

to R.L. Polk & Co., a world leader in automotive data and marketing solutions. There, Bingham developed her love for international business, overseeing the legal aspects of Polk’s global activities, and became the company’s first ever African American woman vice president.

In 2006 she joined Yazaki North America, Incl. and was promoted in 2010 to serve as its vice president, general counsel and secretary. She was also asked in 2012 to become the chief compliance officer. In these combined roles, she oversees the legal department operations and provision of legal services for Yazaki companies representing more than 40,000 employees in North and Central America, is responsible for corporate governance and compliance, and is a key contributor in enterprise risk management.

Yazaki produces wire harnesses, power distribution and control products, connectors and other components for major automotive manufacturers around the world.

“Some people think the auto industry is boring and that it’s just about manufacturing vehicles,” Bingham said, “but this is a very vibrant industry. In addition to manufacturing, there’s also sophisticated financial transactions, HR issues, legal issues, marketing concepts. There are a lot of different things that are required in order to make this industry work.”

Whatever level of success Bingham attains, there is one person she points to as the reason why.

“My mother is the most impactful person in my life, she said. She’s been my rock, and she’s allowed me to reach the level I’ve reached. I had the best upbringing anybody could ever have.”

Bingham is married and has two sons.

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Carlita Carr

Sharyl Smith

Dr. Patricia Maryland

Donna Strickland

Daphne Hughes

Carlita Carr recently joined Mayor Dave Bing’s staff as special events coordinator, with responsibility for the City of Detroit’s special events and film projects. Carr is a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy, where she majored in Early Childhood Development. She has more than 17 years of special events and fundraising experience, and specializes in increasing corporate sponsorship. Carr has spent most of her career with the city’s Recreation Department, serving as administrative support and special projects assistant with oversight of Chene Park and Hart Plaza activities. Most recently, she worked as senior consultant and project oordinator for Total Access Events, LLC.

McLaren Macomb vice president of marketing and planning, Sharyl Smith has been named chair of the 2014 Go Red Executive Leadership Team (ELT). Go Red is a national American Heart Association (AHA) heart health education movement that culminates in an annual luncheon in major U.S. markets. She will serve as chair for the upcoming Southeast Michigan event, scheduled for February 14, 2014. Smith served as co-chair for the 2013 ELT, which hosted a Go Red luncheon that generated $700,000 to benefit the AHA.

Patricia Maryland, Dr.PH, has been promoted to president of Healthcare Operations and chief operating officer for Ascension Health, effective July 1. She will continue her roles as Michigan ministry Market Leader for Ascension Health and president and CEO of St. John Providence Health System (SJPHS) in Detroit, a member of Ascension Health, through June 30. Dr. Maryland has more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience. Over the past five years, she has led SJPHS on a transformational journey to a new way of operating that ensured the viability of the health system during one of the worst economic periods in Michigan history.

Donna Strickland recently joined General Motors Corporation as the supplier diversity program manager. Formerly with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Strickland brings a wealth of diversity experience and adds instant credibility to the GM supplier diversity program.

She has been recognized for her outstanding contributions by various advocacy groups and related publications. Strickland is responsible for the development and growth of GM’s competitive diverse supply base with a focus on Tier II subcontracting, enhancement of the veterans’ program and overseeing GM’s Diversity Supplier Development program.

As president and founder of Hughes Creative, LLC, Daphne Hughes provides clients with public relations, writing and video/television production services. Currently, she is communications specialist and senior producer/writer for Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s Detroit Works, Project Short Term Actions.

She is also producer of Detroit Public TV’s “American Black Journal.”

Hughes was formerly senior communications specialist at Mort Crim Communications Inc., and served as news manager at WDIV-TV 4. A native Detroiter, she earned a B.A. in communication studies from the University of Detroit. She serves as secretary on the Board of Directors of Matrix Theatre Company.

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There’s Power in the

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epending on the day, what you’re reading or who you’re listening to, the economy is either still in the tank, in recovery, getting worse or is on the upswing.

Whatever the fluctuating state of the American economy, money is being spent.

A n d , guess what, ladies?

T h e e c o nomic Cheryl oil that Pearson-McNeil k e e p s the wheels and workings of our world turning is largely controlled by us.

Want to know just how much purchasing power we pack in our purses?

Any guesses? Well, if you guessed between $5 trillion and $15 trillion you were correct.

This is the collective annual estimated purchasing power range of women in

Women (2004)

Dollar Stores Mass Merchandisers Super Stores Drug Stores Grocery Stores Warehouse Clubs Convenience Stores/Gas

Women (2012)

75 74 70 66 63 63 46

72 72 69 68 63 61 43

Men (2004)

Men (2012)

25 26 30 34 37 37 54

28 28 31 32 37 39 57

Dollar Stores Mass Merchandisers Super Stores Drug Stores Grocery Stores Warehouse Clubs Convenience Stores/Gas America, which is more than the GNP of dozens of small countries. Do you know what that means?

An eye-opening report from Fleishman-Hillard, Inc., a global, full-service public relations agency, tells us that women will be in control of two-thirds of the consumer wealth

in this country within the next 10 years.

No matter what economic position any of us find ourselves in right now, I want us all to feel an integral part of the whole . . . feel your power. Just think how far we’ve come.

Women couldn’t even vote

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before 1920 (of course, for those of us who are Black, that right came some decades later), and now we control most of the purchasing decisions in our households. And the way things are looking, we may even have our first female president of the United States in the near future.

Whether it’s groceries, new clothes, a new sofa, car or even a new house, it’s usually our (final) call.

We appreciate their input, but we all know how challenging it can be to persuade the men in our lives to accompany us shopping, and the numbers bear that out. Women do most of the shopping, or have a major say in it.

However, we must give credit where credit is due.

Nielsen research indicates that men are stepping up.

In fact, the number of shopping trips we make has actually decreased in most shopping channels between 2004 and 2012.

With men, their average number of shopping trips has increased during that

time, except for grocery and drug stores. Take a look at how the sexes stack up with the average number of shopping trips between 2004 and 2012 across all the many shopping outlets available to us (see chart at left).

There is another critical component for manufacturers and marketers to keep in mind when examining consumer need and creating new advertising and outreach strategies. Women also outspend men $14.31 per trip at the supercenters and $10.32 per trip to the grocery store. Other Nielsen studies document how women come into the world with the inherent abilities to juggle multiple balls and wear many hats, in addition to being able to see the big picture. So I am surmising that those God-given female tendencies add up to pre-planning involved for most trips to the market.

Advertisers should also pay attention to how much content we consume. In 2012, women

over 18 spent more time watching video on all the platforms available than men did. On average, we viewed a little more than 191 hours of video each month, which is up from 184 hours in 2011. (My senses are telling me that much of that viewing time was logged probably while preparing dinner, picking up around the house or answering emails on our laptops, tablets or smartphones.) Men spent over 18 spent almost 175 hours a month watching video, compared to 170 hours the previous year. The bottom line is that whatever you or I do as consumers — how we shop and how we watch our favorite shows and other content — contributes to the whole. We hold the power.

Cheryl Pearson-McNeil is senior vice president of public affairs and government relations for Nielsen. For more information and studies go to www.nielsenwire.com.

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By Steve Holsey

Sometimes it takes one Back in the day — 1967 to be exact — Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston had a big hit that has since become a classic, “It Takes Two.” Well, in the recording industry there are a lot of artists who prefer one — name, that is.

There are more than you might think. Here are 55 of them, present and past: Adele, Apollonia, Ashanti, Babyface, Beyoncé, Bilal, Bono, Brandy, Cher, Cherrelle, Ciara, Coolio, Donovan, Drake, Eminem, Estelle, Eve, Fantasia, Ginuwine.

Brandy

Romeo

Jaheim, Joe, Ludacris, Madonna, Mandisa, Mario, Maxwell, Maysa, Miguel, Moby, Monica, Nas, Nelly, Omarion, Pebbles, Pharrell, Pink, Prince.

Rihanna, Romeo, Sade, Seal, Shaggy, Shannon, Sting, Seal, Shakira, Sly, Tamia,Tiffany, Timbaland, Twista, Usher, Vanity and Wynonna and Yanni.

A NAME we are likely to be hearing a lot more of is Candice Glover. She is among the finalists on “American Idol.” She has an amazing voice, great stage presence, likability, class and a dazzling smile.

Glover, who was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, deserves to win but might not. She is only 23, but may be Candice Glover too sophisticated for the younger, mostly White females who do so much of the “American Idol” voting.

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eyoncé The ascension of a megastar

But even so, a bright future seems certain for Candice Glover. She has star written all over her.

JANET JACKSON and billionaire Wissam Al Mana are to be commended for managing to keep their marriage out of the press for so long. (They were married last year.)

Al Mana, is from Qatar, an Arab State in Western Asia that, I must admit, I had never heard of.

The fashion industry mogul comes from a wealthy family.

La Toya Jackson said that she, like Wissam Al Mana and Janet other family Jackson. members, found out about the marriage like everyone else — by way of the press.

I wish Jackson, 46, and Al Mana, 37, well, but if the plan is for them to live permanantly in Qatar or some other Arab country, and the marriage goes sour, leaving the country could be problematic because of different laws. Same regarding money matters.

By Steve Holsey

CLAUDETTE ROBINSON, the original member of the Miracles who was married to Smokey Robinson for many years, is still a very active (and attractive) lady. Known as the First Lady of Motown, she has always been classy and sweet.

...has won 17 Grammy Awards.

Claudette has a website that fans and friends will love — claudetterobinson. com. She was among the celebrities at the opening of “Motown: The Musical” on Broadway, joining Diana Ross, Sting, Berry Gordy, Jane Claudette Robinson Fonda, Mary Wilson, Bono, Smokey Robinson, Melba Moore, Valerie Simpson, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and others.

Yours truly is not nearly as fond of the “Madea” character as Tyler Perry’s legion of fans are. There have been a half-dozen Madea movies, all of them successful.

Since the character is so closely associated with Perry, it seems like a bad move to have someone else play the character, as will be the case with the next Madea movie. Stepping into the role will be Orlando Jones, who has appeared on many television shows and in many movies.

It’s nice that people are remembering nice things about Whitney Houston. For example, her cousin, Dionne Warwick, recalled taking Whitney (“Nippy”) and her brothers, Gary and Michael, on the road with her many times.

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Not every artist has been described as “the hardest working person in show business.”

...can enter into a $50 million, multi-year deal with Pepsi. ...can star in a Super Bowl halftime show that people are still talking about. ...has, with her husband, placed No. 1 on Forbes magazine’s World’s Highest Paid Celebrity Couples list.

...has her own fragrance.

...has been a resounding success as singer, songwriter, producer and actress. ...has had the first lady of the United States say that if she were an entertainer, she would like to be like her.

SOME PEOPLE were born to entertain. Names like Michael Jackson, Sammy Davis Jr., Liza Minnelli, Prince Beyoncé and Diana Ross immediately come to mind. You cannot imagine them doing else. In fact, they could not do anything else!

And speaking of the Motown superdiva, Beyoncé said, “Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her — her style, her class, her grace...

“I think I’m opening doors

for more Black women, just like Diana Ross and Halle Berry opened doors for me.”

ANOTHER huge influence on Beyoncé, in the most literal sense, is Tina Turner. They, of course, sound nothing alike, but on stage many of Beyoncé’s moves — even her aura — have Tina Turner written all over them. She must have studied Tina carefully on TV and in videos.

Many entertainers are quite different in their private lives than they are on stage, on screen, etc. It is necessary for them to shift gears, so to speak, into “performance mode,” adopting a different persona.

When she is home, Beyoncé says she is Beyoncé

Gisselle Knowles-Carter (her husband is Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter), But in performance it’s another story. At that time she is “Sasha Fierce” — the alter ego who sets the stage on fire, giving her enraptured audience a thrill a moment.

“Who I am on stage is very, very different from who I am in real life,” said Beyoncé. “I’m always so glammed up and so diva on stage. When I’m on stage it feels incredible, but no one knows what I’m really like from that.

“I’M NOT this round-the-clock diva looking for attention. People

don’t understand that. I’m way more comfortable out of the spotlight and just chilling with my family.”

She says “Sasha Fierce” does things that Beyoncé would not and and perhaps in some cases, could not.

Ah, and then there’s the music! Like they used to say back in the day, “The hits just keep on comin’!”

Beyoncé has given us some of the most loved and memorable songs of the last decade or so.

A partial list of her successful songs — and this does not include the Destiny’s Child hits — includes “Crazy In Love,” “Irreplaceable,” “Single

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Editor’s Note Radar

At your next party, make the fun last, not the waste

RJ Barnhill Earth Day just passed us on Monday, April 22, but in Metro Detroit, the date is more of a kickoff date. Several communities have planned green-friendly celebrations throughout the week and encourage residents to demonstrate support for environmental preservation.

So this week, I challenge you to practice the three R’s (reduce, reuse and recycle) and make an effort to protect the planet, build momentum, and inspire our peers and leaders to create the change necessary to achieve a sustainable future.

Tatiana Grant

Living the Life,

Out & About

By RJ Barnhill

This duo of a Grammy nominated trumpeter and Grammy Award winning songstress will be concert for back-to-back evenings of smooth music and great sounds. For more information, visit musichall.org

Events This Week: 4/17 - 4/23

By Cieara Wilson

‘SISTER ACT’ April 22-May 4, Fisher Theatre. Featuring music from eight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken, “Sister Act” is a Broadway megahit of fun times and comedic genius. Join the protagonist Deloris Van Cartier as she hides in a convent pretending to be a nun after witnessing a heinous crime. For more information or for tickets, visit broadwayindetroit.com.

SOUTHFIELD RESTAURANT WEEK April 24. Inspired by the success of neighboring cities, Southfield is debuting is first official Restaurant Week featuring the great tastes of Southfield’s best. Participating restaurants will offer a three course dinner menu at fixed prices ranging from $15 to $35. For more information, visit southfieldchamber.com ‘AN EVENING WITH PAULA DEEN’ April 25, Sound Board at Motor City Casino. Emmy winning cooking show host, restaurant owner and author Paula Deen will be in Detroit stirring up an unforgettable evening of good food, storytelling and life lessons. For more information, visit ticketmaster. com or soundboarddetroit.com SOUL SUPREME April 25, Music Hall’s Jazz Café.

Thursday is an evening of live R&B from some very hot musical acts.

“R&B Live Detroit” will feature many artists including Bevlove, MileHigh and others and will hosted by Jay Michaelz. For more information, visit musichall.org.

‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’ April 25-June 2, Performance Network Theatre. Katori Hall’s play, “The Mountain Top,” tells the story of the night of April 3, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel which is where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Come and watch this moving and enlightening story come to life on stage in Ann Arbor. For more information or to purchase tickets. visit performancenetwork.org or call (734) 663-0681.

THE ORIGINAL FUNKFEST April 27, Fox Theatre. The funk master George Clinton along with the P-Funk All Stars, the Ohio Players and others will present a spectacular show. For more information and tickets, please visit olympiaentertainment.com or to charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000 DIONNE FARRIS AND RUSSELL GUNN April 26-27, Music Hall’s Jazz Café.

When hosting a party, the excitement is often about the guest list, invitations and the menu, but what about the amount of trash that comes out of gathering with family and friends?

In the spirit of Earth Day, we teamed up with Tatiana Grant, president of Infused PR and Events, to share innovative and eco-friendly party planning ideas, so you can increase the fun, while decreasing your waste.

Below are a few tips Grant suggests for keeping waste to a minimum at parties:

Rhonda Walker 21st ANNUAL COMEDY SHOW April 27, Detroit Opera House. Funny guy and actor Martin Short will be featured in this night of side-splitting comedy presented by Forgotten Harvest. Other notable people in attendance will be Detroit author Mitch Albom as the evening honoree and the evening mistress of ceremonies Rhonda Walker, Local 4 WDIV news anchor. For more information visit michiganopera.org or forgottenharvest.org

• Reduce — Think about future dinners when preparing your party menu.

Serve items that will freeze well. If you have leftovers, this will reduce food waste and give you a head start on dinner the following week. Also, companies like eVite allow you to send free virtual invitations instead of sending paper versions, which are harmful to the environment. If you do need to print something, only use recycled paper.

• Reuse — If you entertain frequently, invest in the real stuff – china, flatware, glassware and napkins. Accumulate them slowly by shopping at thrift stores and the sales at your favorite stores. Select a solid color and stick to that color to build a collection you can

use year-round. For example, red is great for everything from Christmas to Valentine’s Day to the Fourth of July.

• Recycle — Create sorting stations with proper receptacles — trash, recycling and compost — to make sorting waste easy. Then ensure sorting station signage is bright and noticeable so guests know where things go. Use colored chalk on chalkboards, have your kids draw colorful pictures of the recycling symbol, paint signs on recycled wood, or take photographs of your children holding letters that read RECYCLE. Enlarge the photos, place them in frames and hang them above the recycling bin station.

“You don’t have to sacrifice style and individuality when introducing ecofriendly elements that promote the three R’s into your plans,” said Grant.

“From 200 wedding guests to intimate backyard barbecues, you can make small changes that will make a big difference in reducing your waste. Going green is crucial to all facets of our lives, including event planning. These tips not only aid in supporting the environment but also save money, which is essential to every event budget.”

For more helpful tips, including a how-to guide on planning and executing a waste-conscious event, head to www.Glad.com/onebag.

NAACP DETROIT 58TH ANNUAL FIGHT FOR FREEDOM DINNER April 28, Cobo Center. For the past 58 years the Detroit chapter of the NAACP had held this notable event to bring together the people in the community to help support civil rights and the fight against social injustice. The dinner also contributes to many of the NAACP outreach and youth programs.

Tickets are $150. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 313871-2087 or visit detroitnaacp.org 5K RUN FOR LITERACY April 28, Detroit River Walk. Start your Sunday morning by running for a good cause, help promote literacy and support programs that enhance reading skills. If you aren’t a runner, you can also participate by walking in the 5k or the 1-mile family walk.

All the fun starts at 10 a.m. For more information and registration, visit runmichigan.org or call Sharon Common at 313-833-4610.

Mother’s Day Brunch Sunday, May 12, 2013

Affirmation Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

- Albert Einstein

15 Annual th

Ford Freedom Award Concert performance by Eric Benét

Friday, May 10, 2013 at 6 PM

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Celebrating Quiet Heroes

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Entrees Roast Prime Rib BBQ Salmon Fried Catfish Baked Ham

Omelette Station Green Peppers Bacon Onions Cheddar Cheese Spinach Mushrooms

Accompaniments Roasted Redskin Potatoes Julienne Vegetables Mashed Potatoes with Gravy Spring Medley of Vegetables

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JUSTIN BIEBER, Joe Louis Arena, July 28. Tickets at Joe Louis box office and Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call 800.745.3000.

Caesars Windsor, May 12. For ticket information, visit www. caesarswindsor.com or call 800.991.8888.

CHARLES BRADLEY & the Extraordinaires, Magic Bag, May 10. For more information, call 248.544.3030.

WAYNE BRADY, the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor, May Gladys Knight 25. For ticket information, visit www.caesarswindsor.com or call 800.991.8888.

DIONNE FARRIS & the Russell Gunn Quartet, Jazz Café, Friday and Saturday, April 2627, For ticket information, call 313.887.8532 or visit jazzcafe@ musichall.org.

GLADYS KNIGHT, Fox Theatre, June 7. Tickets sold at Ticketmaster locations and the Fox Theatre box office. To charge by phone, call 1.800.745.3000.

CHENE PARK: Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, LEGENDS OF HIP HOP, Fox June 18; Patti Austin, Althea Theatre, May 18, featuring Big Rene, June 12; Tamia, Eric Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, the Robeson, Bilal, June 19; Summer Sugarhill Gang, Rob Base, MC Jamz, June 22; B-52’s, Go-Gos, Lyte, Whodini and Slick Rick.

June 25; David Sanborn, Bob Tickets sold at Ticketmaster loJames, June 26; Anthony Hamcations and the Fox Theatre box ilton, Fantasia, June 28; Spyro Wynton Marsalis office. To charge by phone, call Gyra, Swing Out Sister, July 3; 1.800.745.3000.

Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson, LIL WAYNE, Joe Louis Arena, Freddie Jackson, Howard Hewett, Aug. 9. Tickets at Joe Louis box July 6; Ultimate White Party, July office and Ticketmaster loca7; Jonathan Butler, Sheila E., tions. To charge by phone, call Alan Trotman, July 10; Kenneth 800.745.3000.

“Babyface” Edmonds, Rachelle Ferrell, July 13; SOS Band, Rose WYNTON MARSALIS, Sound Royce, July 17; Brian Culbertson, Board at Motor City Casino, Kimmie Horne, July 24; Tyrese, Thursday, June 19. Tickets sold Ginuwine, Tank, July 28; Rahsaan at Ticketmaster locations and Patterson, Kindred & the Family MotorCityCasino.com.

Soul, July 31; D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Aug. 4; Will Downing, Mau- Erykah Badu O’JAYS, Whispers, Stylistics, rissa Rose, Aug. 7; Ramsey Lewis, Dee Enchantment, Fox Theatre, May 4. Tickets Dee Bridgewater, Aug. 14; Sergio Mendes, Aug. 21; Michael McDonald, Toto, Aug. 25. sold at all Ticketmaster locations and the Tickets sold at Ticketmaster locations. To Fox Theatre box office. To charge by phone, charge by phone, call 1.800.745.3000. Visit call 1.800.745.3000. www.cheneparkdetroit.com.

“OLDIES AND MORE” BYOB parties for CHICAGO, the Colosseum at Caesars older adults, St. George Cathedral Cultural Windsor, May 19. For ticket information, Center, 18405 W. Nine Mile Road, Friday, visit www.caesarswindsor.com or call April 26 (one-year anniversary party), May 10, May 24, June 14, June 28, July 26, Aug. 800.991.8888.

9, Aug. 23, Sept. 13, Sept. 27. Call Bobby GEORGE CLINTON, P-Funk All Stars, the Green at 313.530.2933 for more informaBar-Kays, the Dazz Band, the Ohio Players, tion. the Mary Jane Girls and Con Funk Shun.

Fox Theatre, Saturday, April 27. Tickets RECESS FAMILY Music Festival, featursold at Ticketmaster locations and the Fox ing the Laurie Berkner Band, Ralph’s World Theatre box office. To charge by phone, call and others, Meadow Brook, June 22. Tickets available Palacenet.com and Ticket1.800.745.3000. master locations. To charge by phone, call NATALIE COLE, the Colosseum at Cae- 1.800.745.3000. sars Windsor, Friday, April 26. For ticket information, visit www.caesarswindsor.com DAVID SPADE, Sound Board at Motor City Casino, June 6. Tickets sold at Ticketmaster or call 800.991.8888. locations and MotorCityCasino.com.

PAULA DEEN (“An Evening With Paula Deen”), Sound Board at Motor City Casino, STEELY DAN, Fox Theatre, July 27. Fox Thursday, April 25. Tickets sold at Ticket- Theatre, May 4. Tickets sold at all Ticketmasmaster locations and MotorCityCasino. ter locations and the Fox Theatre box office.

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DOWNTOWN Hoedown, Comerica Park, May 31-June 2. Tickets on sale soon.

EARTH, WIND & FIRE, the Colosseum at

DR. MICHAEL WALKER, “The Joy of Gospel Music,” St. James Lutheran Church, May 19; Leggett Chapel AME Zion Church (in Albion), June 9. Free admission. For more information, call 313.921.9577.

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Beyoncé

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Ladies (Put a Ring On It),” “Naughty Girl,” “Halo,” “Check On It,” “If I Were a Boy,” “Diva,” “Get Me Bodied” and “Baby Boy.” NO ONE was really surprised when Beyoncé, the great singer and performer, also proved to be a good actress with a natural screen presence. This was particularly evident in “Dreamgirls,” but also in “Obsessed,” “Austin Powers in Goldmember,” “Cadillac Records,” “The Fighting Temptations,” “Carmen: A Hip-Hopera” and “The Pink Panther.”

None of this is to suggest that Beyoncé, despite her large female following, is not without her share of detractors, more than her share, actually, but she has lived and experienced enough to know that it comes with the territory.

As Smokey Robinson put it (in another context) in one of his compositions, “The day you take one, you’re gonna have to take the other.”

THE MAJORITY of the people taking pot shots at Beyoncé are females, more specifically, Black females. Part of it, no doubt, stems from jealousy, another from what some people perceive as overexposure. One of my female former co-workers complained that “she’s everywhere!”

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Beyoncé with her husband, Jay-Z. was faced by Diana Ross, Whitney Houston and others, although they too also had a multitude of female supporters.

cé addressing those who “diss” her. Or maybe it’s just something to create controversy and make people speculate.

Beyoncé recently showed what may be a different side of herself, and plenty of eyebrows were raised. The song is titled “Bow Down/I Been Down” and may indeed be Beyon-

Beyoncé is currently on her fourth world tour, interestingly titled “The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour” that was launched on April 15 and will conclude on Sept. 13.

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Anticipation The 2013 Chene Park entertainment schedule is among the amphitheater’s most ambitious and diverse. Scheduled to perform, among many others, are Jeffrey Osborne, Fantasia, Kimmie Horne, Michael McDonald, Rachelle Ferrell, Ramsey Lewis, Anthony Hamilton and Patti Austin. When the box office was preparing to open for the season, people were already standing in line, even in the rain. For more information, visit cheneparkdetroit.com.

Reflections “They were just regular little kids on summer vacation,” she said, “but they did learn how to use room service very, very quickly. It was all I could do to keep those children from ordering everything in the world up to the room!”

BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW...that Gladys Knight & the Pips were the headline act on the very first nationally televised “Soul Train” show, which aired on Oct. 2, 1971.

MEMORIES: “Make You Sweat” (Keith Sweat), “Dreamin’” (Vanessa Williams), “Chapel of Love” (the Dixie Cups), “Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)” (Edwin Starr), “Fake” (Alexander O’Neal), “I Know You Got Another” (the Reddings), “Killing Me Softly With His Song” (Roberta Flack), “Reaching For The Sky” (Peabo Bryson), “You’re Not

From page D-1 My Kind of Girl” (New Edition), “I Don’t Want Nobody Else (To Dance With You)” (Narada Michael Walden).

BLESSINGS to: William Ross, Reuben Yabuku, Stefanie P. White, Rosetta Hines, Greg Hendricks, Earline Franklin, Henry Fambrough, Brenda K. Perryman, Chris Campbell and L.T. Robinson.

WORDS OF THE WEEK, from Quincy Jones: “Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every person, young and old, shared a little of what he or she is good at doing.”

Let the music play!

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Obituaries I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 11 Timothy 4:7

Joann Wedlow Homegoing services for Mother Joann Wedlow were held Saturday, April 6, at New Bethel Baptist Church.

The Rev. Cambridge Smith delivered the eulogy.

Mrs. Wedlow, a Chrysler Corp. retiree, made her transition Saturday, March 30, three weeks after her 74th birthday.

Born March 9, 1939, in Jackson, Miss., she joined church at the age of 9. Her family moved to Detroit in 1951 and united with Alpha and Omega Church of Christ. She completed her formal education in the Detroit Public Schools system and graduated from Northern High School.

Rayford C. Banks The homegoing service for the Rev. Rayford Calvin Banks was held Saturdy, Aorul 6, at Church of Our Father Baptist with Pastor Bernard Byles officiating.

Delivering the eulogy was Bishop Edward Vann II. Rev. Banks, pastor of Banks of Jordan Baptist Church, made his transition Thursday, March 28, at the age of 88.

Born Aug. 29, 1924, in North Little Rock, Ark., he was the 14th and longest survivor of 16 siblings. He received Christ at an early age, and his formal education, before serving in the Navy. After being discharged in 1946, he moved to Detroit and married Mary Louise Snodgrass. He was employed at Chrysler Corp. for 42 years.

Rev. Banks joined Church of Our Father Missionary Baptist, sang with the Male Chorus and taught the ABOUT Bible Class. He became an ordained minister, earning degrees from William Tynsdale Bible College and Lewis College of Business, and a Real Estate certificate from Chatman Realty where he worked for several years. He was also a CPA. Rev. Banks served as interim pastor at Church of Our Father, Mt. Calvary and St. Matthews Missionary Baptist churches before forming his own church, Banks of Jordan, where he was pastor for 37 years. He served as an officer in local and district Baptist organizations including 22 years as treasurer and finance director of the Metropolitan District Parent Body and six years as secretary of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity, where he also worked with the Youth Department.

He also served as mentor to the Rev. David Lewis, present pastor of St. Matthews Church. In hi leisure time he enjoyed watching westerns and stories of the Bible.

Rev. Banks is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary Louise; four children, Reginald, Lynnette, Carla and Audwin; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and other relatives.

Burial was at Gethsemane Cemetery. Arrangement were by Swanson Funeral Home Inc.

Leroy Holland Services for Leroy Oliver Holland were held Saturday, April 6, at Elim Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Oliver officiating.

Mr. Holland succumbed to a brief illness Tuesday, April 2, at the age of 89.

Born May 12, 1923, he and his new bride, Myrine Swint, moved to Detroit and he found employment in the manufacturing business. Growing up in a family of 11 siblings, he stressed family unity, harmony and helpfulness, and could always be counted on to give a helping hand.

Fondly called “Chicken,” Mr. Holland would often host family gatherings with “just having fun” together was the objective. Though he loved telling jokes and socializing, he was described as the serious-minded backbone of the family who in recent years had begun talking about his relationship with God and trust in Him. Mr. Holland is survived by a sister, Gertrude Hart; aunt, Alma McGee; two sisters-in- law, Mary Holland and Erdine Lee, and other relatives.

Burial was at Gethsemane Cemetery. Arrangements were by Swanson Funeral Home Inc.

Ella Mae Chambers A celebration of the life of Ella Mae Chambers was held Friday, April 5 at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. Delivering the eulogy was Pastor Charles G. Adams.

Mrs. Chambers, a Henry Ford Hospital retiree, made her transition Saturday, March 30, at age 92.

Born June 20, 1920, in Vaughn, Miss., she joined Plainfield Methodist Church at an early age. She married the late Thermon Bradfield Sr. in 1939,and they had three children, the late Rev. Thermon Bradfield III , the late Barbara Jean Spires and Clarence McKinley

Bradfield.

The family moved to Detroit in 1953 and united with St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Chambers was an active member of the senior choir for 50 years, served as its president, taught Sunday School and worked in other capacities during her active years. She retired from the Henry Ford Hospital Dietary Department in 1983.

Mrs. Chambers is survived by her son, Atty. Clarence M. Bradfield; seven grandchildren, Dinah Price, the Rev. Donald Mingus, Clark Bradfield, Dwayne Mingus, Carmen Gamlin, Gary Bradfield and Ginger Clarke; 14 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren and many other relatives.

Burial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Livonia. Arrangements were by Swanson Funeral Home Inc.

Beverly J. Brantley Services for Beverly Jean Brantley were held Wednesday, March 23, at Conventional Missionary Baptist Church. Officiating was Pastor Roderick Richardson.

Mrs. Brantley died Monday, March 18, at the age of 64.

Born Oct. 15, 1948, in Detroit, she attended the Detroit and Highland Park public schools. In 1968 she married Timothy Brantley and they became the parents of five children. Employed as certified nursing assistant, she enjoyed taking care of the elderly. She also enjoyed shopping, cooking, baking and dining out.

Mrs. Brantley is survived by her husband. Timothy; children, William, Corey, Guinevere, Timarie and Tiffanie; eitht grandchildren, DeAndre Jazmine, Darrell, Aaron, Courtney, Jaylin, Tyson and Taylor; five great-grandchildren, Gabriel, DeShaun, Jayden, James and Aaliyah; a brother, Walter, and other relatives.

Burial was at Detroit Memorial Park West in Redford. Arrangements were

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Doris Floyd Services for Doris Floyd were held Saturday, April 6, at Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. Officiating was Dr. William H. Murphy Sr. Mrs. Floyd died Thursday, March 28, at the age of 71.

Born August 22, 1941, in Wetumpka, Ala., she was baptized at Liberty Hill Baptist Church. A graduate of Elmore County Training School, she married Edward T. Floyd Sr. and they had two sons.

After moving to Detroit in 1964, Mrs. Floyd united with First Mission Baptist Church. In 1978 she joined Greater Ebenezer where she became a member of the Nurses Board and soon served as its chairman and personal nurse to Dr. Murphy for more than 25 years. She also worked in the church’s kitchen and day care center. She especially enjoyed the Greater Ebenezer annual Palm Sunday concerts, bowling gardening and cooking.

Mrs. Floyd was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Edward Sr. She is survived by a son, Edward T Jr.; three grandchildren, Clifford DeShawn, Christopher Earl and Ashley Denise; two sisters, Annie Lois Hamilton and Mattie L. Lewis; two brothers, McKinley Means and David Lewis, and other relatives.

Burial was at Grand Lawn Cemetery. Arrangements were by Swanson Funeral Home Inc.

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Betty Jo Smith Services for Betty Jo Smith were held Thursday, April 4, at Gospel Temple Baptist Church. Officiating was Pastor Anthony E. Darrington Sr. Mrs. Smith, a Sinai Hospital retiree, died Wednesday, March 27 in Lahser Hills Care Center. She was 68.

Born Betty Jo Gainer Oct. 16, 1944, in Birmingham, Ala., she received her formal education in the Detroit Public Schools system and graduated from Eastern High School – now Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School – in 1963. She was employed as a phlebotomist at Sinai Hospital for 34 years.

Mrs. Smith is described as one who valued life and knew how to enjoy it.

She liked dancing, watching Lifetime TV and HGTV programs, bowling, listening to Motown artists, socializing at her home with family and friends, and her greatest joy: “hanging” with her grandson Kyle.

Mrs. Smith and her twin sister, Carol Nolen, were the oldest in a family of close-knit siblings and were inseparable until Mrs. Nolen’s death in 2011. They loved their church family at Gospel Temple and both sang in the choir.

Mrs. Smith’s survivors include her son, David; three sisters, Merie Gainer, Ann Tyson and Darlene; two brothers, Jerome and Mark Gainer; her grandson, Kyle; her niece, Christine Nolen, who was like a daughter, and many other relatives.

Burial was at Grand Lawn Cemetery. Swanson Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Herman Glass Sr. A celebration of the life of Herman J. Glass Sr. was held Saturday, April 6, at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church with Pastor Charles G. Adams officiating.

Mr. Glass, a pioneer hospital administrator and businessman, made his transition Thursday, March 28, at the age of 87.

Mr. Glass rose from being reared in a rural all-Black Mississippi town to become a top contributor to the desegregation of healthcare in metro Detroit. He was well into his desegregation efforts in hospital staffing and patient room placements as assistant administrator at Providence Hospital, then located in Detroit, when Mayor Roman Gribbs appointed him Detroit commissioner of hospitals.

Born July 20, 1925, in Mound Bayou, Miss., one of 14 siblings, Mr. Glass moved to Detroit in 1942 following his graduation from Mound Bayou High School. He worked at the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Plant until his 1943 induction in the Army.

After returning to Detroit, Mr. Glass began his career in hospital administration in 1948 at the Black-owned Sidney A. Sumby Memorial Hospital in River Rouge. He immediately applied for accreditation at Sumby and by 1950 it received full accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. He then instituted a general practice residency program which began training physicians in 1954. During his 14-year tenure he guided evolution of the hospital from a 48-bed facility to a 100-bed training institution.

After assuming his post at Providence Hospital in 1962, he oversaw the hospital’s move from Detroit to Southfield and worked to desegregate as many departments and patient placement policies as he could before his 1969 appointment by Mayor Gribbs. In that post, he was responsible for the administration of Detroit General Hospital (later renamed Detroit Receiving) and the Detroit Psychiatric Institute in the Herman Keifer Hospital Complex.

Mr. Glass married the late Elizabeth Copeland in 1948, who passed in 1990 after sharing over 41 years of marriage and parenting three sons, twins Derrick and Darryl and Herman II. Mr. Glass also cherished his only daughter, Velma-Jean.

A member of several civic and professional organizations, he joined Hartford Memorial Baptist in 1947 and served on a number of boards and committees through the years. Golf was his favorite pastime and he became the first African American member of Southfield’s Plum Hollow Golf Club.

Mr. Glass is survived by his daughter, Velma-Jean Washington; sons Derrick, Darryl and Herman; sisters Blanche Vinson and Brenda Glass Carew; 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and many other relatives.

Burial was at Westlawn Cemetery. Handling arrangements was Swanson Funeral Home Inc.

CITY OF DETROIT PLANNING and DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DAVE BING, MAYOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS & QUALIFICATIONS 18904 LESURE A/K/A LUGER PARK The City of Detroit, acting by and through its Planning and Development Department (P&DD) is seeking proposals from qualified entities for the purchase and development of the above 2.71 acre site. This property consists of a park site located on Luger between W. Seven Mile and Clarita and is currently zoned R-2 ((Two-Family Residential District). Minimum Bid Price: $177,000.

RFP/Q Packages will be available online www.detroitmi.gov (Planning & Development Department – “Requests for Proposals/Qualifications” Tab) or by pick-up at the Planning and Development Department, Real Estate Development Division, 65 Cadillac Square, 20th Floor, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday- excluding holidays beginning April 25, 2013. All proposals must be submitted by 3 p.m. on: May 16, 2013, to: City of Detroit, Planning and Development Department, Real Estate Development Division, 65 Cadillac Square, 20th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226., or by email submission to: RFPResponse@detroitmi.gov. The full responsibility for the timely submission of proposals rests with the responding individual(s).

Notice of Non-Discrimination: The City of Detroit does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, age, handicap, sex or sexual orientation. Complaints may be filed with the Detroit Human Rights Department, 1026 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Detroit, Michigan 48226.

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The Grand Prix will feature Comerica Bank Free Prix Day on Friday, May 31. In addition to enjoying free admission to watch the day’s on-track activities, which include IZOD IndyCar Series practice and qualifying, GRAND-AM Rolex Series practice and qualifying and Pirelli World Challenge Series practice, fans will be able to visit the paddock and garage areas at the

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City of Detroit Planning and Development Department Dave Bing, Mayor REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS & QUALIFICATIONS

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS City of Detroit Planning and Development 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1200 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Telephone: 313.224.0472 TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS In accordance with 24 CFR 58.70, this notice shall satisfy procedural requirements for activities undertaken by the City of Detroit.

On or about May 2, 2013, and in accordance with 24 CFR 58.71(b), the City of Detroit will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Detroit Field Office for the release and certification of Economic Development Initiative – Special Projects funds provided under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (P.L. 110-161) and as described in the Congressional Record of December 17, 2007. Provided the appropriate authorization, the City of Detroit may commit these funds to the following project: Infrastructure Improvements to the Historic Brush Park Neighborhood 2008 Economic Development Initiative – Special Projects (EDI – SP) Program $196,000.00 PROJECT SCOPE The City of Detroit will utilize Federal funds for infrastructure improvements within the Historic Brush Park Neighborhood as a part of the Link Detroit! Project. The Link Detroit! Project is a series of greenways, streetscapes, bicycle paths, and associated infrastructure improvements that will connect the Midtown area to Eastern Market and continue on the already completed Detroit RiverWalk.

Scope of work within the Historic Brush Park Neighborhood may include greenways, streetscapes, bicycle paths, and associated infrastructure improvements.

DETERMINATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The project is Categorically Excluded from environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), per 24 CFR 58.35(a)(1). The preparation of an Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement is not required at this time.

However, this project is subject to the laws and authorities articulated in 24 CFR 58.5 and 58.6.

The City of Detroit Planning and Development Department prepared the Environmental Review for this project, and the Environmental Review finds this project complies with the laws and authorities articulated in 24 CFR 58.5 and 58.6 In accordance with 24 CFR 58.38, the City of Detroit has prepared an Environmental Review Record that documents the Environmental Review of the above-named project. The Environmental Review Record is on file with the Planning and Development Department at 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1200, Detroit, Michigan, 48226. The records are available for public examination and copying, upon request, on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS AND CERTIFICATION Through the Request for Release of Funds and Certification (form HUD 7015.15), the City of Detroit certifies to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that the City of Detroit has fulfilled and will continue to fulfill its responsibilities for environmental review, decision-making and action. Furthermore, the City of Detroit and Mayor Dave Bing, or other officials approved by HUD, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental review, decision-making, and action. Upon approval of the request for release of funds and acceptance of the certification, HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related laws and authorities.

PUBLIC COMMENTS The City of Detroit invites all interested agencies, groups and persons to submit written comments concerning the above-named project for consideration. The Planning and Development Department should receive such comments (Attention: Environmental Officer) at the address listed at the top of this notice on or before May 1, 2013.

The City of Detroit will consider all such comments so received, and the City of Detroit will not request the release of Federal funds or take any other action on the above-named project prior to May 2, 2013.

RECENTLY CLOSED DFD FIRE STATIONS & FORMER POLICE HORSE BARN THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (P&DD) IS ISSUING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS & QUALIFICATIONS (RFP/Q) FOR THE FOLLOWING EIGHT (8) SURPLUS SITES OWNED BY THE CITY OF DETROIT, BEGINNING APRIL 25, 2013: 1467 Junction (Former Detroit Fire Department Ladder No. 8) The intent of this RFP/Q is to retain an experienced and qualified Developer who has the development vision and financial capacity to purchase this 11,238 square foot site. The current zoning of the site is R2 (Two-Family Residential District) and is located on Junction just north of Rogers. Minimum Bid Price: $59,000 1625 Lafayette (Former Detroit Fire Department Ladder No. 12) - The intent of this RFP/Q is to retain an experienced and qualified Developer who has the development vision and financial capacity to purchase this 9,409 square foot site. The current zoning of the site is M4 (Intensive Industrial District) and is located between Rosa Parks Boulevard and Tenth Street. Minimum Bid Price: $116,000 3396 Vinewood (Former Detroit Fire Department Engine No. 10)- The intent of this RFP/Q is to retain an experienced and qualified Developer who has the development vision and financial capacity to purchase and redevelop this 13,975 square foot site. The current zoning of this site is B4 (General Business District) and is located between Ash and West Grand Boulevard. Minimum Bid Price: $128,000 12511 Grand River (Former Detroit Fire Department Engine No. 49) The intent of this RFP/Q is to retain an experienced and qualified Developer who has the development vision and financial capacity to purchase and/or rehabilitate this 6,011 square foot site (12511 Grand River), along with two (2) adjacent city owned lots (12501 & 12457 Grand River) 17,990 square feet . The current zoning of this site is B4 (General Business District) and is located between Mendota and Manor. Minimum Bid Price: $55,000 6900 Miller (Former Detroit Fire Department Ladder No. 16) The intent of this RFP/Q is to retain an experienced and qualified Developer who has the development vision and financial capacity to purchase and redevelop the 20,952 square foot site, along with one (1) adjacent city owned lot, (7886 Helen), 3,354 square feet. The current zoning of this site is B4 (General Business District) and is located between Carrie and Helen.

Minimum Bid Price: $76,000 3812 Mt. Elliott (Former Detroit Fire Department Engine No. 18) The intent of this RFP/Q is to retain an experienced and qualified Developer who has the development vision and financial capacity to purchase and redevelop this 9,583 square foot site, along with one (1) adjacent city lot, (3810 Mt. Elliot), 4,792 square feet. The current zoning of this site is R4 (Thoroughfare Residential District) and is located between Pulford and Sylvester. Minimum Bid Price: $95,000 1113 Coplin (Former Detroit Fire Department Engine No. 38) The intent of this RFP/Q is to retain an experienced and qualified Developer who has the development vision and financial capacity to purchase and redevelop this 9,714 square foot site. The current zoning of this site is R2 (Two-Family Residential District) and is located between Kercheval and East Jefferson. Minimum Bid Price: $60,000 210 E. Bethune (Former Detroit Police Department 9th Precinct – Horse Barn) The intent of this RFP/Q is to retain an experienced and qualified Developer who has the development vision and financial capability to purchase this 23,697 square foot site. The current zoning of the site is B4 (General Business District) and is located between Woodward and John R. Minimum Bid Price: $66,000 RFP/Q Packages will be available online www.detroitmi.gov (Planning & Development Department – “Requests for Proposals/Qualifications” Tab) or by pick-up at the Planning and Development Department, Real Estate Development Division, 65 Cadillac Square, 20th Floor, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday- excluding holidays beginning April 25, 2013. All proposals must be submitted by 3 p.m. on: May 23, 2013, to: City of Detroit, Planning and Development Department, Real Estate Development Division, 65 Cadillac Square, 20th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226., or by email submission to: RFPResponse@detroitmi.gov. The full responsibility for the timely submission of proposals rests with the responding individual(s).

All interested agencies, groups or persons must prepare and submit objections in accordance with the required procedures outlined in 24 CFR 58.76. Potential objectors must address their objections to: Ms. Carmen Reveron, Field Environmental Officer Detroit Field Office U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 477 Michigan Avenue, 16th Floor Detroit, Michigan, 48226 Potential objectors should contact Ms. Reveron at 313.226.7900, extension 8194, to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION The City of Detroit does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, creed, handicap, national origin, race, sex, or sexual orientation.

Persons or groups with discrimination complaints may file those complaints with the City of Detroit Human Rights Department, 2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 1026, Detroit, Michigan, 48226.

The applicant for this project is:

CITY OF DETROIT Dave Bing, Mayor Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 1126 Detroit, Michigan, 48226 Notice Date: April 24, 2013

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Notice of Non-Discrimination: The City of Detroit does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, age, handicap, sex or sexual orientation. Complaints may be filed with the Detroit Human Rights Department, 1026 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Detroit, Michigan 48226.

Further information may be obtained by contacting: Mr. James Marusich, Manager - Real Estate Development Planning & Development Department (313) 224-3517 JMarusic@detroitmi.gov.

OBJECTION TO RELEASE OF FUNDS For a fifteen (15) day period following receipt of all required documentation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will accept an objection to its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if the objection is based upon one of the following claims identified in 24 CFR 58.75: (a) That the certification was not in fact executed by the Chief Executive Officer or other officer of the applicant approved by HUD; (b) That the applicant’s environmental review record for the project indicates omission of a required decision, finding, or step applicable to the program in the environment6al review process; (c) That the grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) That another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. HUD will not consider objections to the release of funds and certification on a basis other than those stated.

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NOTICE OF HEARINGS REGARDING MATTERS TO COME before the City Council of Detroit. Advertisements for bids and contracts for purchases by the City of Detroit appear daily in the Detroit Legal News.

Copies are available at the City County Bldg. and at 2001 W. Lafayette, Detroit.

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Attn: Food Service Vended Meal Companies Samaritan Homes, Inc. is seeking competitive bids for food and non-food items for the Summer Food Service Program. The Vendor would provide meal services in accordance with United States Department of Agriculture regulations and State of Michigan Department of Education guidelines and policies.

The contracting process is subject to federal procurement regulations.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 25, 2013, at 10:00 A.M. at 22610 Rosewood Oak Park Michigan 48237. Copies of the Invitation for Bid will be available at this time. Attendance is optional but strongly encouraged. Interested vendors may contact Kenneth Jordan at 248-399-8115.

Sealed bids will be opened on Monday, May 13, 2013 at Samaritan Homes, Inc. at (10:00 A.M.) at 22610 Rosewood Oak Park Michigan 48237.

INVITATION TO BID Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency On behalf of the Macomb, Oakland and Wayne RESA School Foodservice Consortium (the MOR Consortium) requests firm pricing on cold cereal bowl pack products, all varieties, for the school meal programs for the 2013-2014 School year.

Full details may be found in RFP 13 – 003 – 256, Cereal bid.http://www.resa.net/services/purchasing/rfp/

Proposal Deadline: 12:00 P.M., Monday, May 6, 2013

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Qualified candidates should send resume to: Lisa Brown, Executive & HR Administration, LMS North America, Inc., 5755 New King Street, Troy, MI 48098.

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STAR CHART where you are coming from. Make full explanations. Don’t assume that they know what’s on your mind. Most of all, stay positive no matter what.

You can expect a message from a distance to arrive this week and you’ll be happy to hear it. The spirit is easily lifted if you remember that you only have to imagine your world the way you want it to be. Create a happy reality this week.

Soul Affirmation: Clinging to the old will inhibit my growth this week.

VIRGO You can’t be right all of time. Instead of always trying to be right, try to find the logic in other’s viewpoint whether you happen to agree or not. Endear yourself to a loved one real soon, by really listening to what they have to say. Don’t be so stubborn, that you deny yourself what you really want.

Lucky Numbers: 23, 27, 40

TAURUS You’re likely to be efficient and productive this week. Even if you work hard you’ll get satisfaction from a job well done! Use your talents to create some free time for yourself.

Take a vacation or hang out at home with someone special.

Soul Affirmation: I celebrate will those around me.

Soul Affirmation: With spirit I cocreate my world.

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This week is a good week to dump any extra baggage that has been pulling you down. You have too much potential to throw away and waste your time on issues that will amount to nothing. Stay focused on your goals. Meet and spend time with people who will be able to help you reach them.

Matters relating to health need attention. Prevention is more valuable than cure. Rest and eat well this week. Your stress will be lower by knowing that you do not have to fix a relationship that has gone sour. Feel your independence and ability to travel alone.

Soul Affirmation: The word is in me. I bring it forth.

Soul Affirmation: People love me, yes they do.

Lucky Numbers: 23, 35, 48

Lucky Numbers: 1, 27, 29

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CANCER

You have every opportunity for recognition right now; take advantage of it and leave the shrinking-violet act at home (preferably in a metal box placed on a high shelf in a dark closet). Your ambitions are on the rise, so work your show like a pro!

Be sure to surround yourself with like-minded companions.

Use better judgment with regard to financial matters. Stop rationalizing. Money is important. Do something about the fact that you might find yourself broke more often than you wish. Continuing to deny it will delay doing something about it.

Soul Affirmation: I find comfort in the familiar.

Soul Affirmation: I master life by mastering myself

Lucky Numbers: 6, 18, 24

Lucky Numbers: 5, 6, 11

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Move slowly concerning relationships this week. People are a little edgy and they don’t know exactly

your sense of adventure to the point where you will suddenly put down that pencil, stop adding those figures, and start a conga-line dance from your cubicle! What would you most enjoy? This is the week to decide and then go get it.

Lucky Numbers: 3, 10, 13

CAPRICORN Your creativity is bubbling, your ideals are ennobling, and you have time to talk and think with gusto and style. Friends are very important to you this week, and in between chats, you may find yourself thinking about higher love and what it means to your life.

News from a distance will liven up your week. This should re-kindle

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Get rid of the bad feelings toward someone who has done you wrong recently. These feelings are lurking about in your consciousness, clouding the sunlight that shines from a brighter view of human nature. Walk in that sun all week. Your cheerful spirit will be especially contagious to those you know and those who wish they knew you.

Soul Affirmation: I find a source of strength in someone I love Lucky Numbers: 4, 9, 36

PISCES Your spiritual vibes will give you insight on a situation that’s been on your mind. Share your thoughts with someone close to you. Spend time with friends and family that will provide support and guidance when you make an important decision.

Soul Affirmation: I enjoy looking at the road of life sweeping just in front of me.

Lucky Numbers: 20, 40, 41

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The current state of the Detroit Public Schools is a mockery of Brown v Board of Education and it exposes the deep inequities in education.

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The improvements — to expand backhaul, enable 4G speeds, increase mobile broadband capacity and upgrade hundreds of cell sites — are predicted to accelerate the pace of area business growth.

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Gov. Snyder keynotes Pancakes & Politics Gov. Rick Snyder kicked off the Michigan Chronicle’s Pancakes & Politics season at the Detroit Athletic Club on March 3 with a candid conversation built around reinventing Michigan. At left, Snyder chats with Curtis Ivery, Wayne County Community College Chancellor, Betty Brooks, community leader, and Shaun Wilson, Vice President, Director of Client and Community Relations, PNC Bank, and Ric DeVore, Regional President, PNC Bank. See page C-7 for photo highlights.

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Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) is the largest urban community college in Michigan, with record enrollment numbers for the spring 2011 semester.

Nearly 32,000 students registered for credit classes at all five of the District locations and online. Additionally, the District expects more than 40,000 non-credit students to register as well for a total of nearly 72,000 served in all programs.

WCCCD, the multi-campus district serving 32 communities in Southeast Michigan, has seen exponential growth as degree and certificate programs have been expanded, infrastructure improved, and

investments in students, services and technologies increased. “In this economy, post secondary education and training is the ticket to competing in today’s changing workforce.

Access to higher education-especially community colleges--is critical,� said Dr. Curtis Ivery, chancellor. “WCCCD is an integral economic and social catalyst to the health and welfare of this region and state.�

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Having been recognized as one of the fastest growing community colleges in the nation and the largest urban community college in Michigan, WCCCD was forced to cap enrollment during the spring 2010 semester. This year, under the direction of Dr. Ivery, WCCCD lifted the enrollment cap to make certain that no student was turned away in spite of WCCCD’s funding challenges.

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state for vibrant growth and a strong economic future.

Community colleges across the nation face difficult decisions in a climate of limited resources. The commitment of WCCCD in assuring that the doors to educational opportunities remain open is a direct result of the determination of faculty, staff and administrators. “Our students and all those we serve need us to work as hard as we can for them. If we can’t be the difference between success and a future of limited options, we are not living up to the mission and vision of this institution,� said Dr. Ivery.

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Hosted by Dan Vigil’s Academy of Taekwondo (http://northvillemartialarts.com) in Northville, Kipp, Black Belt Magazine’s 2012 Self-Defense Instructor of the Year, will teach assertiveness and self-protection skills designed to effectively protect children from bullies and strangers. Dan Vigil’s Academy of Taekwondo is located in Suite 103 in the Water Wheel Building located at 235 E. Main St. (corner of Main and Griswold in the Water Wheel Building).

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