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March 13, 1979 - Image 1

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Michigan Citizen, 1979-03-13

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A meetin ith County
Commissioner Charles Hender-
Front Ro (I.,.): Co ch I Gillesp· , R�y Jones, Jimmy Hin s, Mark Adkins, Ronald Page, , on and Sheriff Forrest" ic ,�
.je ell took plac� Friday Febru­
Chris Ho rd, Shedrice Ban . B ck Ro : Uri Jones, Eric Rushing, Tyrone Hampton, Com II E II,
ickey Johnson, Rod Hollic:by, I Dortch, Johnny Youn . r 23 as' a follow-up to
Henderson's criticism of the
Sheriff's hiring practices.
, Henderson had labeled
th Sheriff's recent hiring of
eight all hite deputies a
"di gu ting" though qualified
Blac had pplied.
Pre nt at the folio -up
meeting wer Commis ioner
Willie As ew, AACP branch
p ident Mary Defoe, ichigan
Department of Ci il Rights
Di trict Director Rev. La rene
. E. Croc eu, inisteri I Alii nc
repre ntative Rev, Brown and
Re . John at on.
ce e b icall di cus d
hiring pr ctic in the County
nd 'ho do the determine
Ti f n
Th B nton Harbor Ti-
gers are bing r ved 0 er from
o side of to n to the other
by people from II wal s of
lif . And they re truly some-
thing to b r d bout.
Coach E rl cK must
BHHS Ti r re. be comm nded for his up rb
hom? To their hi biliti f the man
coac 109 a I I res, or
is on of kind.
This p t , th
Tiger' perform nce for th
di trict ch mpion hip was ec-
n ta y. The rt rs did their
. job well with th urance
to 0 mot· n - especial-
I at tournament tim . H re is
f 's display of ppr cia­
tion.

b for
that any loop hole ould be
filled by th superb ben h.
Healthy attitude of
portsrnanship were di played.
A fe b d brea s never stunted
the superstars once throughout
the entire series.
L t it go record
th t the Tigers' reign high
throughout their hometown by
p ople who love nd appre iate
being represented bv' them.
Congratulations, Tiger !
Keep on g tting up .
DO
01\0·· .
Victorious faces - Th Benton Harbor Tigers had alread .
v cared the. floor, but fans ere ill in victorious state
as th 510 Iy filed out of th Kalamazoo Central High
School Gymnasiam following t Tigers prim performan
over the Central Giants. Coach cKe 's Tig r nt onto Distri t
Champion hip, S turdav defeating iles, 91.s6.
on' minority hirin
r
CC ic greed to open up
notification of job op nings to
, th community to licit
qualified individuals," he
continued.
In this fine, Hend rson
said th t he had contacted
Benton Harbor polic chief
Andre Rodez ho ill for ard
to the Count of
qualified ppficant .h r ceiv
who liv outside of th cit .
th
minorit
to
inmate
BI c s as gu rd ".
Hender n
the group
heriff are ta in a nd
ttitud .
from non-

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