www.michronicle.com VOLUME 74 – Number 9


Beverly Hayes-Sipes, 36th District


Court judge, dies Services will be held for


36th District Court Judge Bev- erly Hayes-Sipes on Thursday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, 18700 James Couzens.


Judge Hayes-Sipes was


elected to the 36th District Court in 2002. She was a graduate of Southwest- ern High School, Wayne State University and the De- troit College of Law at Michi- gan State University. Before en- tering the


Judge Beverly Hayes-Sipes


study of law, she taught math- ematics at the high school and college levels.


Arrangements are being


handled by Swanson Funeral Home. Call (313) 923-1122 for more information.


The family requests that


memorial contributions be sent to the American Cancer Society.


WHAT’S INSIDE


Voices on Chronicle’s 75th anniversary (C-1) In the second installment


of her series, “The Rearview Mirror,” Aretha Watkins discusses various men and women who honed their jour- nalistic talents at the Michigan Chronicle.


Michigan Chronicle:


Conflict resolver (C-6) Ed Deebo, president of the


Michigan Food and Beverage Association, recounts how fol- lowing the turmoil of the 1967 riots, when Fr. William Cun- ningham of Focus: HOPE and Dr. Francis Kornegay of the Detroit Urban League began criticizing inner-city store owners who they claimed were charging higher food prices, ran dirty stores, did not carry enough fresh produce.


75 years of Detroit sports moments (C-7) Sports columnist Leland


Stein III contends that one constant has always been the special memories left on us by the men and women on the fields and courts of play. The Detroit Tigers, Lions, Pistons, Red Wings, University Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans and the myriad of other universities in Michi- gan have always been there to help galvanize our populace.


Motown: The Golden Era (D-1) Next to the automobile, De-


troit is best known around the world for the enduring music created by Motown Record Corporation. The most produc- tive period — the golden era — is recalled, year by year.


RICK SNYDER, governor-elect, with Gov. Jennifer Granholm —Monica Morgan photo INCLUSION Dynamics of a Synder regime at play


By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR


The most important assignment


in state government given the cur- rent state of Michigan’s economy is the job of the state treasurer. Be- cause the treasurer helps set the tax policy of the state and has tremen- dous influence on how the business climate in Michigan operates. And that leadership role this week was given to Democratic House Speaker Andy Dillon, a former gubernatorial candidate for the Democratic Party who was once viewed by some as the successor


COMMENTARY to


outgoing gov- ernor Jennifer Granholm.


Such an


appointment, unheard of in Michigan poli- tics,


coming Bankole Thompson


from Gover- nor-elect Rick Snyder who ran under the GOP banner speaks volumes


re- garding what


may be yet to come. Clearly Snyder is living up to his campaign promise to do away with political labels and par- tisanship that has paralyzed Lansing by reaching out to the other party.


In doing so, Snyder is not only


demonstrating political maturity but also showing us that he is not tied to


George Jackson Andy Dillon — Eric Hobson photo


the same old ideology that thrives in fanning the embers of culture wars by exploiting wedge issues to further divide our community.


Certainly Dillon’s appointment is a major setback for those who were


hoping to make Snyder the prince of right wing extremism in Michi- gan. But the governor-elect, whose selection of Dillon tells us he’s lean- ing toward independent-minded- ness rather than partisan ideologi- cal divide, knows there is more that


unites Michiganders than divides us. He assured me in an editorial meet- ing a week before the election that he is not hindered by labels. He wants Michigan to thrive and for graduates to have a reason to stay here in the Wolverine state instead of making the exodus to New York, Washington D.C. and other cities with seemingly more to offer.


Snyder announced his transition Doug Rothwell


team, naming three former Gov. John Engler appointees Doug Rothwell and his wife, Sharon, and Meijer Inc. president Mark Murray. Snyder also added George Jackson, head of the Detroit Economic Growth Corpora- tion to the team which underscores the role that Detroit will play in a Snyder administration. He talked in detail about his central cities pro- gram to revive the state’s munici- palities and how Detroit is crucial to that plan. Snyder selected Dick Pos- thumous, lieutenant governor under Engler, as a senior advisor.


I have never met Sharon Rothwell


or Mark Murray. But I have met and interfaced with Doug Rothwell, who heads Business Leaders for Michi- gan, a number of times.


It did not come as a surprise that


Snyder reached out to him to lead the transition team because Roth- well understands political economy and its relationship to the means of production.


Truth be told, eyebrows were See SNYDER page A-4


Offering hope to young people


By Patrick Keating CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER


The Detroit branch of the academ-


ic scholarship program, Boys Hope Girls Hope, is 25 this year. The pro- gram helps disadvantaged Metro De- troit youth make inroads in education they might not otherwise be able to achieve.


According to Darlene Thomas, ex-


NIKKI GIOVANNI speaks at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African Ameri- can History to young students during a visit to Wayne State University.


Black students study alone, Giovanni says


By Patrick Keating CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER


During a recent trip to Detroit, www.michronicle.com


Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned poet and political activist, visited Wayne State University through the King- Chavez-Parks (KCP) Initiative and met


one-on-one with doctoral fellows in Wayne State’s KCP Future Faculty Fel- lowship Program.


Speaking to the Chronicle before


those meetings took place, Giovanni, a professor of English at Virginia Tech University, said she expected the doc-


See GIOVANNI page A-4


ecutive director of Boys Hope Girls Hope of Michigan, Inc., 100 percent of participating students go on to college, and 92 percent of them stay in college. The national average is 66 percent.


“Some of the kids have greater


needs than others,” Thomas said. “But we have a residential program, boys’ home and a girls’ home in northwest Detroit.”


Boys Hope Girls Hope also has a


community-based program in South- west Detroit, through which it works with families that don’t necessarily need the residential component.


Thomas said many of the children come from a tremendous need, and


It’s Your Life Inside this month’s LivingWELL edition


that her organization partners with parents to get their kids into good high schools. Partner high schools include U of D Jesuit, Shrine, Marian, Brother Rice and Detroit Cristo Rey. The el- ementary school partner is Our Lady Queen of Martyrs.


“Together, we get them through


high schools, get them through col- lege,” she said. “That’s our primary focus.”


Boys Hope Girls Hope is a Jesuit-


based organization, but it take chil- dren of all faiths.


“We send them to really good


schools, schools that also give us a huge tuition break,” she said.


Children age 10-14 take part in the


residential program, which Thomas compared to a boarding school, except that the actual school building is off site.


Thomas also emphasized that the


boarding program is voluntary. She said these aren’t bad kids, but good kids who want to be successful.


See HOPE page A-4


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Hate Each Other, Love The Kids


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