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Show coooooooo oocooooooooocoo0oo0ooaooom I f Attention Model Cities: Partnership Between Officials and Residents 8 to sign up for the football team at the Redwood Model Cities gives people a key to bring about change which will effect their lives for the the help of the people who know of these problems firsthand. better. where there are social and economic ills, the whole sportsmanship, keep your grades up, attend all practice games and you must be punctual. You must sign up by August 1. Uniforms will be furnished to Model Cities is a democratic process that brings local government closer to the citizen it serves. Model Cities offers a voice to people who have been unable to control the physical and social their in decay Model Cities is weighed at the time you sign up. You must have good Model Cities recognizes that affected. Decisions regarding these ills, then, should not be limited to a select few. community is these wrong and what should be done to make things better for his own all life. The philosophy behind Cities Service Center, 2717 South Redwood Road. You will be own things, and more. Model Be sure Model Cities gives people from the ghetto, from the homes of men who feel they have been forgotten, a chance to say what is neighborhoods. is Boys! simple: People working closely with their government can build a stronger, healthier community. Problems such as underemployment, poverty, overpopulation and crime no longer have to be addressed by a handful at the top of the political ladder. They can be solved with The process provides for a mechanism by which these men and women can get together with people "in the know" to help put his needs and wants into words; to help plan, coordinate and fund programs designed to meet these needs and wants; and to serve as an advocate where necessary to the local institutions. all players. Dell Barker, head coach, can be contacted at 466-875for more information. 5 Give Us A Call Miss Black Utah to Be the co-sponso- Enterprises, Inc. Afro is promoter of the the regional Miss Black America Beauty Pageant. Mrs. Shirley Gregory and Mrs. Juliet Race, both of Utah and representatives of the Community Action Program in the Utah area, will be the of Miss Black Utah. The pageant will be a state-wid- e preliminary with the winner going on to Los Angeles, California on August 27, 1 972, to represent Utah at the Hollywood Paladium for the national Miss Black America have discussed the citizen their neighborhood goals. you receiving the News There are presently six neighborhood councils in the Model Neighborhood; namely, Redwood, Westside, Northwest, Central City, People's Freeway, and Capitol Hill. Since the neighborhood councils will be the participation, Inc., an r. effectively formulate and realize basic units for citizen advertising, marketing and public relations firm, is proud to announce the third annual Miss Black Utah Beauty Pageant. The Community Action Program will be the last two issues, we In as outlined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and as set up in the Salt Lake Model Cities program. This week, we are going to look at the neighborhood councils and how they fit into the Model Cities program. Selected Afro Enterprises, Councils Vital to Residents participation structure are not ooooocoooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo Neighborhood . . . 467-941- 6 if Citizens plan projects to be funded by Model Cities. Beauty Pageant competition. To be eligible to compete a young lady must be a high school graduate, be unmarried, never divorced, must have no children and be between the ages of 1 8 and 25. Many people in the city and state are already actively engaged making the fifth annual Miss Black America event one to be long remembered. Millions of concerned Americans of all races and creeds have given support to in from the Task Forces major step in rebuilding the image, esteem and and that all people must have, be a self-respe- self-sustainin- ct Mrs. Gregory said. We political the make clear entities plans and priorities of the neighborhood councils. Residents can also become aware of Model Cities goals and programs through their neighborhood councils and the neighborhood board. The Neighborhood Board will be formed from the six councils . . . strengthened and unified but Director, Neighborhood Council a Secretary, and an Environmental Urban Designer Chairman are requesting be responsible a selected by and to the receive adequate funding to allow Neighborhood Board. The to effectively organize wide cross section of residents of their neighborhoods and to develop opportunities for those residents to plan and implement projects Board's function will be to review it New the Model -- - shall in Neighborhood, and each council may send two representatives to sit on the Board. A staff of three neighborhood councils be neighborhood councils to the by the and to shall Each of the six g self-supporti- crucial that strictly independent entities. the Miss Black America institution because they felt it to it is Council representatives task forces established Model Cities program other agencies andor a that will improve their neighborhoods. Each of the six independent neighborhood and coordinate the recommendations, programs, and projects of the six councils in order to more effectively assist in the solution of organizational and environmental problems. The Board will meet at least monthly. local councils will develop andor The Citizen Participation merchants and businesses in our community to sponsor one of the young ladies in the pageant, she continued, at a sponsorship fee of $150.00. She explained that the fee is used for the purchase of a trophy, a banner bearing the name of the sponsor, gifts and strengthen its executive board, administrative staff, and various committees. The Councils will choose its own advisors and will Organization encourages the full participation from other awards going to the individual contestant. The date set for the Miss Black Utah Beauty Pageant is July 29, 1 972, at 8:00 p.m. at the Terrace Ballroom. For ticket information or details on the pageant, call Mrs. Gregory or Mrs. Race at 487-364- 1 Appointed develop its own goals and priorities and attempt to achieve A new chairman for the them as soon as possible. Each of Transportation and Highways the councils will have the Task Force was selected July 10. opportunity to establish its own Ralph Schael will chair the group organizational and administrative and opened the meeting by structure, including its own block reading a goals statement which leader program which will be was adopted. funded as part of the citizen Delores Salters, Model Cities participation structure. planner, advised members that By means of one bus shelter has been the neighborhood councils, completed and will be placed at neighborhood residents will be 7th South and 8th West. able to express their feelings and cooperation of all the neighborhood councils with Community Action Program, Community Services Council, local and state government, and public and private agencies. Each council's growth and development has a direct relation with its ability to recognize and fully utilize community resources while still maintaining its independence. In the next issue, we will look at training, evaluation and monitoring as it applies to residents in the Model Cities program. |