AUG. 27,1997
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Look Of
A Show of Support
Love Survey
for Children’s Health
Shows:
Isaac Hayes receives NAACP’S
James Weldon Johnson Award
B y U.S. A griculture S ecretary D an G lickman
Beauty Ranks
High with Singles
hen it com es to finding a
partner, tod ay ’s singles are
m ore concerned with “looks” than
m arried people w ere w hen they were
single. T h at’s w hat G reat E xpecta
tions video introduction service d is
covered in its revealing “Look ofLove”
survey, according to R obert R ichley,
president and C E O o f G reat E xpecta
tions.
“T he purpose o f this survey w as
to com pare how singles and m arried
people view m atters o f the heart,”
said Richley. “W e w ere surprised to
learn how differently single and m ar
ried individuals view appearance
when trying to find a partner. But, the
results speak for them selves. Single
people need to realize, when looking
for their life partner that in the end, it
is the person inside that counts.”
In the survey, w hich polled 2,0(X)
people in June, 32% o f single w om en
and 35% o f single m en w ere set on
finding an attractive mate, w hile 39%
o f married women and 25% o f married
men said looks were never that im por
tant when it cam e dow n to selecting
a partner.
The “Look o f L o v e” survey also
yielded som e interesting results re
garding how both single and m arried
people view sexual chem istry. A
w hopping 42% o f single men and
40% o f m arried men said they wanted
a partner w ho was w ell-versed in the
“language o f love” while 34% o f single
w om en and 31 % o f m arried w om en
selected this quality over a partner
w ho excelled in the board room ,
kitchen or fix-it departm ent.
A s far as expenses go, it’s im por
tant to 73% o f single w om en and 58%
o f m arried w om en for a m an to be
generous with his m oney. H ow ever,
40% , o f single m en and 67% o f m ar
ried men prefer a lady w ho is w illing
to take a ‘90s approach and “go
d u tch .”
* 40% o f single men surveyed seek
w omen w ho are not rebounding from
a previous relationship.
* 45% o f single w om en desire a
man who is sensitive and caring
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am ilies and the y o u n g est
the healthiest baby in North Bergen.
A m ericans have good rea
A lthough I was born in m id-w inter,
son to celebrate these days. Presi
I have yet to learn what a cold is,
dent C linton and C ongress recently
never had a cough, never had a fever
agreed to the first balanced budget
or any stom ach problem s.
in a generation. In it, w orking fam i
W hy ? W ould you like a c lu e ? All
lies will get a$5(X)perchild tax credit,
the sta ff o f the N orth H udson C o m
and as many as five m illion chi Idren
m unity A ction H ealth C enter ad
w ithout health insurance will soon
vised my m other to breastfeed me
be covered.
A p p a r e n t l y th a t d e c i s i o n
We at the U.S. D epartm ent of
m a d e h er h ig h ly lite r a te , to o !
A griculture are proud o f the role we
L ittle M ic h e lle ’s e x p e r ie n c e
play in ensuring A m erica’s children
r e f le c ts w h a , th e m o st a d v a n c e d
grow up healthy.
s c ie n c e now p ro v e s. N o t o n ly is
M ost folks are fam iliar w ith the
m o th e r ’s m ilk n u tr itio n a lly a d
school lunch and breakfast pro
e q u a te , it o ffe rs n u m e ro u s a d d e d
gram s w hich we run. But U SD A
h e a lth b e n e f its , to o .
actually has a hand in ch ild ren ’s
S tu d ie s sh o w th a t b re a s tfe d
health from the very start. W e do
b a b ie s g et all th e n u tr ie n ts th e y
this through our W om en, Infants
n eed fo r th e firs t fo u r to six
and C hildren (W IC ) p ro g ram .
m o th s . T h e y g e t a s tr o n g e r im
W IC serves as a ‘guardian an g el’
m u n e sy s te m , an d a d d e d p r o
for nearly half the babies born i n our
te c tio n a g a in s t d is e a s e . N ew r e
country. T h o u g h th is p ro g ra m ,
s e a r c h a ls o in d ic a te s th a t
A m ericaensures that m illion o f new
b r e a s tm ilk m ay im p ro v e c o g n i
m om s and their babies get a bal
tiv e d e v e lo p m e n t as w ell.
anced diet, m edical referrals and
T h e re is g o o d n e w s fo r m o m ,
answ ers to their questions about
to o .
D o c to rs
says
th a t
how to give their chi Idren a healthy
b re a s tf e e d in g m o th e rs re c o v e r
start in life.
f a s te r fro m p r e g n a n c y , h a v e an
W IC w orks, too. S tudies show
e a s ie r tim e lo sin g w e ig h t, an d
that for every d o llar A m erica in
te n d to d e v e lo p s tr o n g e r b o n d s
vests in the program , the public
w ith th e ir c h ild re n .
saves more than three dollars in
N ew re s e a rc h a lso sh o w s th a t
m edical costs dow n the road.
b r e a s tf e e d in g m ay h e lp p re v e n t
M any o f us know the im portance
b r e a s t c a n c e r.
o f im m unizations and a balanced
U n f o r tu n a te ly , w h ile m o m s
diet, but another critical piece of
a re g e n e r a lly a w a re o f th e s e
advice our WIC folksoffer new moms
h e a lth b e n e fits an d th e n u m b e r
is the im portance o f breastfeeding.
o f b r e a s tf e d b a b ie s is on th e
In fact, the health benefits are so
r is e , to o m a n y w o m en a re d is
positive that m any pediatricians
c o u r a g e d f ro m m a k in g th is
today call m other’s miIk ‘baby ’s firs,
c h o ic e b e c a u s e th e ir lo v e d o n e s
immunization.’
are n o t s u p p o r tiv e o r th e fa m ily
Now, in cooperation w ith state
d o c to r th e y tr u s t d o e s n ’t sp e a k
and local W IC agencies, the A m ei i-
up on the issu e .
can Academy o f Pediatrics and other
W h e th e r y o u w o rk in h e a lth
partners, USDA is launching a year
c a re o r n o t, w h e th e r y o u a re a
long cam paign to raise aw areness
p a re n t o r ju s t a c o n c e r n e d c i t i
and support for breastfeeding.
z e n , w e ca n all s u p p o rt m o m s
Before I tell you what I'v e learned,
w h o w an t to g iv e th e ir c h ild re n
I thought I w ould defer to an expert
th e h e a lth ie s t p o s s ib le s ta rt in
a fan o f the local W IC folks in
life.
North Bergen, N ew Jersey:
I f w e ta k e th is sta n d to d a y , a
‘Hello! M y nam e is M ichelle
s tro n g e r, h e a lth ie r A m e ric a ca n
A lejandraL opez. I consider m yself
th a n k us la te r.
F
Ronald McDonald
House Charities
Awards Future Health
Care Professionals
ealth and m edical students
across the country are co n
stantly in search o f financial aid re
sources to help bridge the gap be
tween their shoe-string budgets and
rising tuition costs. T he good new s is
that scholarship m onies are available
for A frican A m ericans and other un
dergraduate students o f color who
w ant to w ork as health care profes
sional in underserved rural and urban
areas.
R e c e n tly , R o n a ld M c D o n a ld
H ouse C harities (R M H C ) and The
College Fund/UNCF awarded 10 two-
year, full-tuition scholarships to co l
lege sophom ores pursuing and ed u
cation in health sciences. The RM H C /
U N CF health and M edical Scholars
program recognizes students for their
scholastic achievem ents, leadership
abilities, and diligent pursuit o f a
health care profession.
Created in 1994 to help address the
need for m ore m inority health care
practitioners in rural and inner-city
co m m u n ities, the R M H C /U N C F
H ealth and M edical Scholars pro
gram has awarded more than $550,(XX).
W hile M cD onald’s and its franchi
sees have given more than $ 10 m i 11 ion
to the C ollege Fund/U N C F, these
scholarship dollars are expected to
be returned to the A frican A m erican
com m unity when the students be
com e health care professionals. R e
cipients w ere selected based on their
academ ic perform ance, theirdedica-
tion to service and volunteerism ; and
a w ritten description o f a singular
volunteer experience that helped a f
firm their desire to pursue a health
related career.
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Learning how to learn: Legendary composer and entertainer Isaac Hayes recently received the
NAACP'S prestigious James Weldon Johnson award from NAACP Regional Director Ernestine Peters.
The NAACP bestowed the honor upon Mr. Hayes for his inspirational work in introducing African
American children to the life changing study technology developed by author L. Ron Hubbard. Mr.
Hubbard's methods are in use in African American communities throughout the U.S. and have been
hailed by many as the solution to growing illiteracy.
U.S. Jobless Rises-»
Goldman Vs. O.J.
he legal haggling conlin
ued today over who owns
a $20,()()() p ia n o , O .J.
Simpson or Fred Goldman —
neither of them can play a note. In
Santa Monica, C a lif, Judge David
Perez ruled that Simpson could pro
duce witnesses at a hearing M onday
to attempt to show that he bought the
piano as a present for his mother,
Eunice.
Attorneys for Goldman, win >se si in
T
I Diversify
R on w as m u rd e re d alo n g w ith
S im p s o n ’s e x -w ife, N ico le B row n
S i m p s o n , in 1 9 9 4 , m a in ta in
though
S im p so n b o u g h t the in stru m e n t
as a p ie c e o f f u rn itu re to a d o rn
h is m a n sio n .
S im p so n w as found not g u ilty in
a crim in al trial o f m urdering his ex-
w ife and Ron G oldm an, but at a civil
co u rt trial he was found liab le for
th e ird e a lh s and o rd ered to pay $33
million.
he num ber o f newly o u t" '
of-work Am ericans seek «
ing unem ploym ent ben
efits rose by 2(),(XX) in m id-A ugust,
the U.S. government said today. First
time claim s for jobless benefits rose
to 337,(XX) in the week ended Aug. 16
from 3 17,(XX) the prior week, the La
bor Department said. O ver the past
four weeks, weekly claims averaged
3()8,(XX), up from 298,5(X)in the prior
(bur weeks, reversing a string o f d e
clines begun in early July.
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