Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1986 — Page 2

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The accomplishments of the sUin ««“« in Veterans Administration civil rights leader was outlined in <»®pen«ntion benefits for serviceS&1KSS i&a t at

main speaker in many of those chur- f*“y A

ches. As usual, he did fen outstan- ?»?• JJS* wal dins iob signed into law by President Reagan

’ , on January 13. . > St. John Missionary Baptist W VA Ad .?!“ i,t ? t ? r

Church was the scene of the biggest Walters said the checks will include service in the city. From what my retroactive amounts due for the

sister, Dorothy Strong, it was the months of December and Janaui^

most heartwarming services she has More than 2.2 million veterans

ever attended fexcent for her own currently tt«aiyf4 compensation president, brought 4 of his 6 sons in- r^eiv^addmonal specialized train^ “ After all « a successful SI,744,000 Score one for the Indianapolis church, Ebenezer Baptist). 1 know totaling more than$8.2 billion a tothebusiness. “ h P r0 J ect wou,d make anyone ^Black Media Alliance for its televis- she was very happy with the services year. The rate adjustment means an

ed forum on police brutality and the there. increase from $1,295 to $1,333 per

Taylor, the Senior Pastor of use of deadly force. ' **« month for a veteran with a disability

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the basics to become a good an dR ura i y

When Dorsey Taylor became pro- ,. . „ ‘ . ject manager for the Orchard Park Methodist Health Foundation and £j!. n ®

Apartment Project at 3102 the Near North Development Cor- nnick to oohft out the onnortunitJ« Baltimore on Indianapolis’eastside, poration. The owner is Kenwood ancf ad^ntaaes h of P S »^ he was embarking on a successful pia ce> Inc. Representatives from ranaements He has been honored careeras a buUder-contrMtor. As he these groups, as well as Mayor Hud- Elff^ubos for'Wakincnew worked with Cloverleaf Enterprises, nut an( j gam Jones of the Urban oround’^hi ^he construction the contractor for the revitalization League, attended the ground break- ,n the construcl,on ^ f n!tn he xpressed an ,nterest . ,n ing. A special Grand Gala honoring Now^that Kenwood Place has continuing a managerial- jji the principles as well as the new b completed Tavlnr himself is struction Company, founded in the As the Kenwood Place oroiect P? r ‘ un,ti «!- He approaches these

M of 1984. Taylor. who i, also ^ ^ w, ' h

l * received additional specialized train- , „ ctl -.u .. . , ing from Cloverleaf’s managers and

Taylor, with the help and en- administrators. Taylor says, “I

TinM for folk ■y William Alaxandar

couragement of two of the partners of Cloverleaf, President Roy Prock and Senior Vice-President James L. Smith, entered into a joint venture with Cloverleaf. The two companies agreed to undertake the building of a 74-unit apartment project for the elderly. But their project has a new,

different slant.

According to Taylor, “DORTAY, as a minority contractor, would be responsible for 51 percent of the work and reap 51 percent of the profits. And Cloverleaf Enterprises, a company in the building business for three decades, would have 49 percent interest. This is the first time a joint venture like this was ever undertaken and accomplished in Indianapolis and

Indiana.”

The project, begun in December, 1984, is Kenwood Place, at 2061 North Illinois Street. It was completed less than a year later, with residents beginning to move in duimg November, 1985. In the two, 3-story buildings are 74-units, all one bedroom. Eight units were designed expressly for the

handicapped.

Kenwood Place has had the assistance of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop-

wanted to develop my skills in estimating and bidding jobs, in

S'E.oteuEK! " we Beverly Mukes-Gaither named personnel director of I00D

began at 8 p.m. and lasted until 9:30 which soon will be surfacing to con- . ., . p.m. It was one of the best- tend for the many offices now up those with a 10 percent rating will ge documented films presented on for grabs. $68 a month, up from $66. ' , policeaction against the public. The very attractive Jill Long from ^* le l*8kl®tion also' increases to The narration by Ron Griegs was Valparaiso, Ind. is just one of a few the annual allowance payable superb, and media panelists you will be hearing about. How * n August fo certain veterans whose Delmarie Cobb of television station strong a candidate she may be has art ‘ficial limbs or wheelchairs cause WTHR-13, Mike Ramey of radio not yet become clear, but you can be wearon theirctothing.

station WTLC-FM and Dana Hud- sure it soon will. She could be just son of Visions magazine all did an what the Democratic Party needs,

outstanding job of questioning. I We will soon see.

Beverly Mukes-Gaither has been vestigated appointed personnel director of the complaints. Indiana Office of Occupational Mrs. MukesDevelopment. Gaither’s exThe IOOD administers the Job perience in Training Partnership Act at the economic state level, providing Indiana development inbusinesses with tax credits and reim- eludes a job with bursements for employee training, Eastside Com-

and helping the unemployed develop marketable skills and find

jobs.

Mrs. Mukes-Gaither has worked for a private employment agency that searched for marketable individuals throughout the state.

munity Investments, a

non-profit, community-

based economic

development

center, as a com

must also give credit to Eunice Trot- As far as the other names go, we

discrimination ter, assistant city editor of the In- will just have to wait until Feb.

dianapolis Star and IBMA presi- 5—the filing deadline—to get them, dent, who did a fine job as It will really be a list of many, and I moderator. am sure you will know a lot of them.

The participation of the law en- But the ones whom you’ve never

forcement officials and experts was heard of are the ones who make the also well-received. The guests in- best candidates. A few weeks from

eluded assistant Police Chief Joe now the ball will really start to roll. Shelton, who made some very fine **•

points, as did Board of Safety It seems the Justice Department is Director Richard Blankenbaker. getting down to the grass roots on

Also on the guest list was Mike the slaying of Pedro Sanchez by

Gradison of the Indiana Civil Liber- Police Officer John Isom last ties Union; John Bailey from the February. As FBI Agent Garry O. Marion County prosecutor’s office; Schoon told me recently: ‘‘We have Col. Robin Funk of the Marion not received any notification that it

In addition, the law provides a 3.1 percent increase in dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) rates for surviving spouses and children of veterans who died in service or of service-connected causes.

with skills that are needed in the job market, and we were very successful in matching people with

ment and the sponsorship of the employers,” she said. “Fortunately, 1 will be able to transfer my ex- „„ perience. IOOD has the same goal

of matching people with

employers.”

Mrs. Mukes-Gaither also has extensive experience working in personnel. She worked three years for state government in the personnel department. Her job was to ensure that state agencies followed affirmative action laws. She also in-

There are many, many people munity develop-MUKES-GAITHER County sheriff’s department; and has been dismissed.” This means it

Attorney Rueben Hill of the citizen’s complaint department.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, prohibits discrimination on the basis of age against any person between the ages of 40 and 70. There is no upper age limit with respect to employment in the federal

government.

still is on the active list, and that

something definitely is being done. As soon as the probe is com-

pleted, the public will surely know

just how fair Justice really is.

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Through proposal and grant writing, Mrs. Mukes-Gaither helped

to upgrade many Eastside If you missed the program but neighborhoods. “It’s so pleasing to wish you could have seen it, don’t return a few years later to despair. Because of its impact on the neighborhoods that you’ve helped black community, the show will be and see that all your hard work has rebroadcast two, and perhaps three,

paid off,’’she said. more times. (Call Channel 32 for one gift, let'it be enthusiasm. Think

An involved person, Mrs. Mukes- dates and times.) It would be well about it.

Gaither devotes much of her time worth your while to see it.

away from work to various com-

munity and civic organizations. *** ■ Among her after-hour com- As far as I could tell, a good mitments are such groups-as Youth many people attended the memdrial ' Challenge, Occupational Industrial services in honor of the late'Dr.‘ Centers, and the Indianapolis Martin Luther King Jr. in celebra-

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