Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 17 September 1992 — Page 1

Voi. 1 Number 28- Sept. 17,1992 “Whatever you do, strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.”

Dunn involved in endless struggle to help city youngsters

by T. S. Kumbula Lillian Dunn has always loved children. She has four grown ones. When she was younger she left her native Kentucky to go to Central State University, Ohio, where she completed 179 units toward a degree in elementary education--be-cause she wanted to teach. It was at Central State that she met her husband, have been married for about 45 years. They have two sons, Phillip, a counselor at Ball State University, and Stephen, who lives in Indianapolis but works in a Richmond, Ind., factory. They also have two daughters, Patricia, of Indianapolis, who works for the federal government, and Alicia, a human resources emnlo-

Lillian Dunn

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yee and graduate student ly are three granddaughters, at the University of Cincin- She still doesn’t have her nati. Rounding up the fami- bachelor’s degree. But she

has added eight more units from Ball State University and four more from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. “I have enough hours for a degree. But as a transfer student I just never went back to graduate,” she said. Although she says she doesn’t remember dates as well as she used to, Dunn keeps busy. She walks 2 miles a day three times a week. She is in her eighth year as director of the Madison Street Center. Before that she spent 15 years working for the Muncie Community Schools, where she was in charge of the clothing bank for kids. “I left that job when the school district cut my pay by reducing my hours. I had been working 12 months a year and they wanted to put me on a 9-month contract. So I quit,” she

said. “I enjoy what I am doing because I enjoy working with kids. It is a rewarding job. Sometimes I am branded as mean and strict by the kids. But I feel that today children need extra direction. “What I really like about this job is that even though kids who complain that I am too strict will sometimes write to me after they have left and tell me how much they appreciate what we did for them when they are no longer here. Today I can’t walk anywhere, in my neighborhood or at the Muncie Mall, without running into kids who have been at the Madison Street Center and who want to talk to me or thank me. Despite all the knocks we get, it’s great to get some good comments, (conL on pg. 4)

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Alabama, Central States in Circle City face-off

by T. S. Kumbula When it’s 4 p.m. on Oct. 3, the place to be is the Indianapolis Hoosier Dome. That’s where the Alabama State Hornets and the Central State Marauders will clash in the ninth annual Coca-Cola Circle City Classic, the last item on this year’s Indiana Black Expo calendar. Organizers of the football match are confident that the 1992 event will at least be as successful as last year’s outing when a record 62,000 fans saw Alcorn

State University systematically dismantle and then destroy Howard University. The final score was Alcorn State 46, Howard 27. Central State University of Ohio, which boasts a 20 Circle City Classic record, is considered a perennial football powerhouse. Alabama State, making its first Classic appearance, had an impressive 11-0-1 record last year, including a Heritage Bowl victory. The half-time entertainment will feature the traditional McDonald’s Battle of the Bands, as the two

universities show off their non-athletic talents in marching, rhythm and dance. Indiana Black Expo and Indiana Sports Corp. officials said tickets, at $10 to $20, are on sale at TicketMaster outlets and the Hoosier Dome box office. The Circle City Classic is the brainchild of the Rev. Charles Williams, Bill Crawford and Glenn Howard, who saw it as an opportunity to provide money for minority scholarships; offer entertainment; support the Indianapolis economy; and contribute to

the city’s reputation as the amateur sports capital of the world. According to a promotional brochure, “Tlie Classic not only provides an excellent venue to promote black college academics and athletic achievement, but generates tremendous economic and social benefits for the city of Indianapolis. “Fueled by its ever increasing popularity, the CC CCC has evolved into a week long myriad of activities culminated by the football game, ‘Battle of the (cont. on pg. 4)