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Show OnO Ml(d There have been many good reports filtering back to us about the newspaper, but as Editor, I feel it should more completely reflect the feeings of the residents in our community. This would be accomplished by creating a more direct line of communication between us, the Neighborhood Councils, other agencies and organizations and residents themselves. How do we bring this about?Letters have gone out to all neighborhood councils, requesting one person from each council serve as correspondent to provide us with information and news. This is one have input with even these We need your step. Secondly, Task Force arrangements. and comments. Wewantto Assistants are urged to supply news opinions know what is happening in your from the Task Forces. But there are Would you be still many residents that will not neighborhood. interested in serving as a neighborhood correspondent? requires no formal training and news can be handwritten or typed. We are available to cover important events with a reporter and photographer if we are notified. The Model Neighborhood News is your newspaper and can be a very effective channel of communication THIS IS Lily Flemings has been a strong force in the community for a long time.She gives of herself to anyone in need even to the point of offering space in her own house for shortage in our community. 'The Model Cities program, to me, is a good thing. It's helping people. CAP is a program to help people help themselves, while Model an active Cities can give more direct participant on the Model Cities assistance." Housing Task Force and a voting Lily is a warm, delightful homeless families. She YOUR PAPER is woman to visit or work with and her member of the Coordinating others is husband, children, and four sincerity about helping Lily is employed by the South obvious. She and her Salt Lake Community Action Randolph have three Center, 20 West 2400 South as a thirteen grandchildren Council. Neighborhood Organizer. She was Born in Alabama, she started formerly a Neighborhood Aide in Central City. working at 8 years of age. had to help my family. In her present position, she has picked cotten and worked on all helped to organize a sewing classand kinds of jobs. I've always worked a canning program. hard." "I have four block leaders now, She is still a dynamic woman, to help me reach people who need trying to get people involved in programs that will help them have help, she said. Lily has been on the Housing happier, richer lives. Task Force since it started and rarely "I wish more people would come out to Task Force meetings. missesa meeting. "At first was discourged, for 2 Participation is the only way to or 3 months, nothing seemed to make this program work. ''We must all join hands and didn't drop out. happen, but knew it would take time and work.' work together, be friends and good She fesls the T ask Force is really neighbors. It's the only way thing we moving forward now and working to can do. How true. ease the tremendous housing great-grandchildre- n. It between the people, WRITE TO THE EDITOR local government and service agencies. You have a voice - your Use it neighborhood newspaper. make your neighborhood place in which to live. Call a 467-941- -- better 6 andgetINVOLVED. TODAY! I 1 model cities hope for people and their communities DO YOU WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR YOU? I IF YOU DON'T I I ATTEND THIS WEEK'S MEETINGS! Citizen participation TASK FORCES AT WORK FOR YOU Health - is what really counts! JOIN THE ONE THAT INTERESTS YOU Ruth Yarbrough Education - Barbara Moore j Physical Environment tOf j Crime and Delinquency - Martha Turpin H Transportation - Beatrice Valdez j Manpower and Economic Development - Augustine Morgan ; Cccbl Services - Edith Ontiveros ; Housing - Elaine Cowburn Government - Hcrmoine Jax Mo ifel - fcS1 ii 7 & sr .ft , IT 6 & , , i " i v? n i v L J m r r? W ' . f I s is a da CALL 437-941- for information. 6 A i vr vhi r . f e Vs neighbors and friends acuon iims I vJii i) |
