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Dear Readers,
It seems very strange when you layout a newspaper and you are on the front page. Our Unveiling Party was a very moving and an emotional time and we were happy to have shared it with over 100 supporters, inquirers and friends. It was a huge success.
Dear Readers,
I would like to add to a front page story that was entitled “DeWeese and Thomas’ efforts help to jump-start Freedom Trail Commission” in the June 2, 2002 to June 15, 2002 issue.
In our March 24, 2002 to April 6, 2002, I wrote about a reader who could not find Little Ceasars pizza shop on Logan and Grand River. He was new to the area. We contacted corporate office to express our concerns regarding the name change of Logan to Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., which occurred over ten years ago. We pleased to announce that current Little Ceasars advertisements reflect Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Several years back, during a phone conversation, our “little” brother Kevin–who, with a wife and children and weighing more than me, isn’t little at all–asked me about our mother.
Dear Readers:
Photographs of our past, help us to understand our future. When we take pictures most of us just throw them into a box and we do not take the time to label them and / or provide an informational reflection of what was happening during that time.
Dear Readers,
Lately, the disparity in health treatment that minorities receive has been featured in the news. These studies are not being done by minority agencies so it can not be said that they are biased. The outcome of these studies should be taken into consideration every time you step into a health professionals office.
I am sure there is no one in America who hasn’t by now, heard the clique, “It takes a village to raise a child”; but as with most cliques, it’s cute, catchy, makes for a good bumper sticker, but never goes any deeper than lip service. We buy into the principle, but yet, a large majority of us lament about the world going to the devil in a basket, stick our chest out and say, “Well I raised mine”, as though that is enough.