Informing * Educating * Empowering * Uplifting
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Time to talk Steve Calloway to teens inducted into about dating R&B Music abuse Hall of Fame Page 15A Page 9A Volume 72 Number 13 www.telegramnews.net WEEK OF OCTOBER 22 - OCTOBER 26, 2015 50¢ TELEGRAM CELEBRATING 71 YEARS OF SERVING DETROIT AND THE DOWNRIVER COMMUNITY* WESTERN WAYNE FAMILY FIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES HEALTH CENTERS GIFT $100K EACH IN CHARLES H. FIGHTS BACK AGAINST WRIGHT MUSEUM'S 50th YEAR BREAST CANCER The five Families who donated $100k to The Wright Museum: Gregory Jackson and wife Jacki Jackson of Prestige Au- tomotive Group, Ronald Hall Jr. of Bridgewater Interiors, Sid E. Taylor of The Sid E. Taylor Foundation, Museum Trustee Maureen & Roy Roberts, and Vivian Rogers Pickard and Bill Pickard of The Pickard Family Fund. Sisters going to get their mammogram together DETROIT – On October 10, witnessed the most successful "My goal was to have an in the midst of a year-long fundraiser in the museum's African American donor giving INKSTER - On Tuesday, Octo- to be screened for breast can- recognition, the Wright Mu- history. The black-tie event, $100,000 for each decade of ber 13th, Western Wayne cer. The grant, from the Amer- seum's 50th Anniversary cel- which took place at the Detroit the Museum's 50-year his- Family Health Centers joined ican Cancer Society and the ebration reached a new peak Marriott Renaissance Center, tory," Wright Gala Chair Vivian other grantees around the NFL, was given to WWFHC to during the fifth-annual Wright procured nearly $1.8 million, Rogers Pickard, President of county to present “A Crucial present the event and to add Gala. Over 1,100 local and with donations still being re- the General Motors Founda- Catch Day” to reach out to national business, commu- ceived. women and encourage them Catch Day - Page 9A nity, and philanthropic leaders Gala - Page 15A Gov. Rick Snyder says a new approach needed for Detroit TAYOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS HELP Public Schools DETROIT SHELTER nancial struggles faced by pub- lic schools in the city will require a new approach, developed in collaboration with city and state elected and community leaders to create the brightest future possible for all of Detroit’s chil- dren, Snyder said. “There is no question that De- troit children need a solid edu- cation so they can compete in Govenor Rick Snyder a global economy but also for their city to accelerate its revi- talization,” Snyder said. “This is LANSING. – Gov. Rick Snyder an opportunity to recast a struc- today discussed a legislative ture that isn’t meeting the package focused on reversing needs of the city’s families for a longstanding problems faced variety of reasons. Starting with by public schools in Detroit and a plan presented by community Animal Control Officers from giving families more quality ed- leaders, we have crafted a new guered organization. They re- the Taylor Animal Shelter on Detroit Animal Control has ucational options. approach that will give families turned to Taylor with three Tuesday (October 20) visited adoptable – if a little excited – been in the eye of a storm Detroit Animal Control in an ef- dogs. Two more animals will The historic academic and fi- Dogs - Page 2A DPS - Page 7A fort to support that belea- be transferred later this week. Informing * Educating * Empowering * Uplifting Page 2A TELEGRAM NEWSPAPER WEEK OF OCTOBER 22 - OCTOBER 26, 2015 CALL TO ACTION Dogs NEWS FROM LANSING From Page 1A I need Distractive Driver Third (3rd) grade reading since the weekend, when a Anonymous former employee filed a concerns issue in Legislature ous concerns that the legisla- response to my sisters or a whistleblower’s lawsuit, alleg- tion will remove control from business contact was, “I will ing that she was dismissed the schools and parents, which call you when I get in the car.” after calling the DAC a “dog is critical to the support and It is my other office. I noticed slaughterhouse.” She alleged successful intervention of stu- that I do more than talk on my that animals there are often dents. cell phone. I check my bank uncared for and left to die. balance, goggle search some- She told Fox 2 that she was In 2013, Michigan was 38th in thing I forgot to check when I dismissed after complaining to the nation for fourth-grade was in the office, put on make- management and document- reading on the national assess- up, eat and change shoes as I ing abuse. ment. As a former teacher, I will am on the way to a meeting. be the first to say that we must My challenges never ended DAC officials later countered focus our attention on develop- until…… My daughter said, the allegations, but admitted ing strong literacy skills in all “The kids told on you. They that the facility is often over- Dear Neighbor, students. This bill mandates said you were texting and driv- burdened with animals. Lanny third-grade retention. However, ing”. I had a rule, never text or Hall, Taylor Animal Control Of- This week, I voted in opposi- Hello, My name is Gina Stew- this has been associated with do anything while my grand- ficer, said that Detroit had tion to House Bill 4822. This ard I am a Distractive Driver. many negative outcomes and it kids were in the car. Well it’s about 250 dogs in its facility legislation raised serious con- Isn’t that how it starts at one will hit the low-income, at-risk obvious, I needed help. when the Taylor officers vis- cerns on both sides of the aisle of those meetings. students the hardest. There ited. and despite attempts to amend were several good practices in It’s been two months since I the legislation, the bill was The first step to conquering this bill, such as early assess- have tried to only drive when I The hope is that suburban fa- passed by the House on Oct. your problem is to admit you ment, intervention and strong am behind the wheel. Man, it cilities like Taylor’s might have 15. HB 4822 attempts to get have one. I have come to the support programs. Yet, it does is hard to do. I haven’t stopped a better chance of adopting Michigan students reading at realization that I am one of the not address the impact of completely, but I have cut down out the animals. The Taylor of- their grade level before they people that don’t focus on poverty, overcrowded class- considerably, I do check my ficers returned with two are allowed to move on to the driving when I am behind the rooms and lack of funding, par- balance before I get in the car, friendly pit bulls and a beauti- fourth grade. However, my col- wheel. But over the past two ticularly in schools trying to I change my shoes in the park- ful German shepherd. leagues and I are concerned months I have been making a meet the requirements of a ing lot, I let my phone ring… that it ultimately won’t address conscious effort to only drive deficit elimination plan. These ..sometimes. I’m not going to The Taylor Animal Shelter is the fundamental issues that when I am behind the wheel. factors make it difficult for even say, I have conquered my located at 25555 Northline have fractured the education Let me be the first to say this the best programs to be suc- problem, because I haven’t. Road near Beech Daly. It is system in Michigan and that is a hard habit to break. cessful. While I truly wanted to But I do notice other people open Mondays through Fri- the mandatory retention will support this legislation, it is un- driving distracted. It is a prob- days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and cause more barriers to stu- I have always been an excel- recently started Saturday fortunate that input from super- lent driver. When I was in high lem that other people have. dents. hours of 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. intendents statewide and school, my friends from several legislators, many with That commercial where the While both the opposing and Southwest Detroit, Marlo, education experience, was not mom wants to show her supporting sides of HB 4822 Slack and Mack, they taught validated through the offered daughter the post and then had similar goals in mind for me how to steer with my leg. LOVE amendments. This is a technique that I have crashes into another car really the legislation, the bill failed to perfected. This has allowed hit home. I have learned that ONE get to a point that would re- State Representative me to drive, steer with my leg you have to make a conscious duce the number of struggling Julie Plawecki and do a multitude of things. It effort to only drive when you ANOTHER readers. There are also seri- 11th House District became a challenge to me just behind the wheel. Join me in to see what I could do. In col- taking the pledge to – ‘I will lege when I drove a stick shift, only drive when I am behind I ate an ice cream cone and the wheel.’ perfected the 90 degree turn with my leg. After that nothing Hello, I’m Gina and I am a Dis- was impossible. tricted Driver….. But I am work- ing on it. And then there came the cell phone. To me that was just an- Gina Steward other challenge. My normal Publisher TELEGRAM Serving Detroit and the Downriver Community Since 1944 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER For the Cities of River Rouge, Ecorse & Romulus ADJUDICATED for the city of Inkster SERVING DEARBORN HEIGHTS, DELRAY, DETROIT, ECORSE, INKSTER, LINCOLN PARK, MELVINDALE, RIVER ROUGE, ROMULUS, TAYLOR, WAYNE, WESTLAND AND WYANDOTTE Published weekly on Thursday by Telegram Newspaper, Inc.