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Berrien County Action B A) ha
adopted .. new r ertificati n sy tern for
distribution of U.SD.A. surplus com
modities, ccording to Loui Price,
BC Outreach 'ector people must
. be certi n or before Friday, Feb-
ruary 24.
The nnouncement follow on the
heel of a state report highly critical
of the agency.
The ne certification system is aimed
" t eliminating duplication and fraud,
curbing cost and simplifying the pre ent
distrubution proce , rs. Price said.
Under the ne system participants,
"mu be recertified every ix month :
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QUEST·TO 'p
Y ·ES SOOT
The pro cutor noted that the Ben
ton To nship police had conducted "a,
diligent inquiry" into the ooting,.
but aloney id he as un ble to deter
mine whether any e wa "culpable"
b d on the police investigation.
aloney warned that the police
had "encountered diffICulty in 10 tin _
and interviewing witne who the
police have rea n to believe have in
formation regarding this matter. n
"I join Chief Drach in . g those
members of the Benton Harbor - Benton
To nship community ho h ve informa
tion to contact the Benton Township
Police Department at 926-8221 during
busine h ur ,n aloney continued.
"If witne have been intimidated,
threatened or otherwise coerced into
not speaking with the police or into
misleading the police, that threatening
conduct may con itute a 20-year felony
offen for which this office will take _
action."
1 According to the police, Sayles,
31, 663 Madison A e., Benton Harbor,
was fatally shot in the che in the pool
room of the East End Bar.
A seco d man, Roscoe Fleming,
24, 585 Pipestone St., B nton Harbor,
was ounded in the bac during the
shootout.
ST. JOSEPH - An inque will be
" held in the January 6 shooting death
of Ru 11 Sayle, according to Berrien
County Prosecutor Paul L. Maloney.
In making the announcement, alo
n y said, "I am unable to conclude at
this time whether �e death of Ru 11
Sayles was the result of criminal action
by 0 or more p rSoDS or whether it
wa justified under ichigan law."
Maloney explained that an inquest
is a civil proce ding. A jury of six per
sons will be selected to hear evidence
concerning the circumstance surround
ing the shooting 'which occurred at the
East End "Bar in Benton Township.
Chief Disttict Judge Hugh W. Blac
signed an order scheduling the inque
to begin February 22 at 9 a.m. before
him as pre . ding judge.
Chief trial attorney Jack Banyon will
conduct the in�uest for the prosecutor's
office, aloney said.
Some 15 witnesse are expected to
r be called before the inquest jury .
Maloney said, 'The J iy will make
finding concerning the time, in wh t
manner and by what mean the decea d
came to his death. If it appears that
. unlawful means caused death, e jury
must state who is believed to be cul
pable in the de th."
SPR G FU Benton HU'bor Schol ip Fund, th committee'
pl nnin Spring Flin Fa 'on 0 t Union emori A. .E. Church, Crystal and Empire, on Febru
11 at 7 p.m. Th $2't' ets are avail6le t th door. Among tho for the cc of the fund-rai r
.. are from left to right: atie Ro burgh, Reynold , cbairp Vaz, Aogi iUiam, 0
chairperson for the . Benton Harbor cont I
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