To borrow a line from one of their own hits, Ashford and Simpson have been “solid as a rock.”

           
Married since 1974, and a couple for many years before

 Detroit alone has seen 275 violent deaths so far this year, according to FBI statistics, and there are more than five months to go before 2007.

Great musicians (and often composers) such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ornette Coleman, Weather Report, Count Basie and Charlie Parker were, and will always be, the real thing. They laid the foundation. They were daring. They had style They were innovators.

           
Where is innovation

She immediately got in her car and drove to the site where donations were being taken.  Once finding out the number of coolers still needed for OCMM to being compliance with the cooler requirement, Hudson and Patricia Davis, director of OCMM, dashed off to two Kmart locations to make the necessary purchase of 32 coolers.

"I had to help," said Hudson, "So many people are depending on Oakland County Mobile Meals, and I couldn't stand the thought of so many people not getting their meals simply because of coolers.  "As the Community Development officer of Fifth

Financial, legal and accounting professionals will discuss a variety of relevant subjects recommended by an advisory group that included Aubrey Lee Sr., Fifth Third senior business adviser.  Lee focuses on the business side of diversity with emphasis on faith-based initiatives and business development for Fifth Third.  He retired as senior vice president of NBD/Bank One, and chairman/president of NBD Troy Bank.

Topics to be covered will include construction and working-capital project financing, small business development and financing, congregation banking