AUGUST 19 - 25,1985
THE CITIZEN
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fe tured on the pro­
gram will be Benton Harbor
yor WHce Cooke, St.
Jo ph ayor Franklin Smith
and other ommunity leader .
Participants in the Walk-A­
Thon wiD licit pledge from
spon or for the four mile wal .
nyone wi hing to be a pon or
or a walker may call 925-
0695 r 26-7273.
The W lk-A-Thon r mmittee
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m mb rare itty Jo /n ram)
atti R ddv. .o-chairp ron:
li Muhammed, Re. uldwin
Humphrey, Rev. Bill Mo r ,
lice hum and John Dick
cner 11'
Harbor.
rna e pr VI I n for t h
up- nning Walk- -Thon a re­
juvenati n and clean up u
Jean KI ck Par , plu repair
made on the conce ion tand
re me of the task already
ccornpli hcd. Refre hment
ill b pr vided by thi roup
nd old at the conce ion
tand.
Dr. King w n world accl irn
for hi u of non-vi lence
a an in trum nt of change
in America. H wa the young­
e t winner in the hi t ry of the
ob I P ce Prize 1 68.
This Ik f r di nity are
th iti en wh re
nd d die ted to Dr.
'King's ' I or quality and
justice and f r th who did
not p rticip te in Dr .. Kin '
arch n ashington, twenty-
two year 0 on Au ust 28,
1963.
Ether lay and Julie Keller
are co-chair of the "Beat The
Drum" steering committee.
Workshop to address
teen pregnancy
Th Berrien ounty hiJd
bu and egle t Ta . F rce
and Lake i higan C liege ar
p a public workshop
relating to te nage
pr n nc)C nd teenage parent­
ing, ccording to David S rra,
c ordinator. The purpo of the
work hop i to initi te a com­
munity plan that will redu e
th number of teen pre nancies
nd impro e ervice for th
pregn ncies which occur.
The 'or shop will held at
the omrnunity Center t Lak
ichi n College on Septem­
ber 12 nd 13. 1985." nyone
intere ted in p rticipatin in the
two-day w rkshop can receiv
regi tr tion form by calling
9 3-1011 or 6 3-1811. Space
i limited nd enrollment ill
be b d on early regi tr tion,
id.
ked to
economi independence. ach
participant wiJI remain 'Wit h
one topic for the duration f
the orkshop.
A b klet of tatistic and
available rvices will be u ed
to identify nd pri ritize th
needs 0 f teena er in Berrien
County.
The end result will be
comprehen ive c rnmunity plan
including funding urces need­
ed to implement the plan,
Sarra id.
P rtial fundin for th wor -
hop h been provided by th
Charles Stewart ott Foun-
dation, Women nd Foundat-
ion / orpor te Philanthropy,
and th i higan Department
of Sod I
Similar work hop r c n-
ference will be held throu h
September in tw nty-four
gan c unti • including
County. For informati n n
ounty' Teen Pr gnancy/
Par ntnl' nfer nce call th
Family Center in Dowagiac at
7 2- 11.
Alcohol; Drug abuse and teens- meeting topic
Th
day,
b Tue­
D nne •
Re taurant , 1·94 and Pip·
ton .al 7:30. The committ e
i ing the up rt of all the
churche, re bu ine and
concerned dtilen .
Pr gram 'hairp r on
Rigby.
BE TO and youn t r alike enjoy d a pi ni lunch durin a
day f fe tiviti for th Benton H rbor mm r 4-H pro m. Th lunch and d v: tiviti w r
held at th Char Gray Recreation ent r, behind th Hi h ch I. Ho did th P rticip ting
urn up th day? "Fun!" the un nimou � ply. Emma Field a in char of the program.
Jerry William photo)
Order Muskegon agency to stop di�criF!lination
LA 51 G - The ichigan
ivil Right ornrnission ha
ordered the Child and Family
ervices in M u kcgon to ccu e
and de ist from unlawful
dis riminati n.
The order resolve the WIll­
plaints of Ruth Lane and Inez
Taylor. u ke n County resi­
dent • who erved a child care
worker. Lane wa denied a
32-hour swing shift p siti n in
the A&B unit, while Taylor
was denied a full-time pu ition
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L nn
Continued from p
body for 55 econds. There i a
pause, and thc button are
imultane usly pre ed again.
There are two button, with
nly one h ked up to the
JUice, 0 that neither of the
guards manning the witchbo
will need t fcel respon ibility
for the pris ncr's death.
I turn to my mall black and
hire portabl TV to exorci c
thi grue orne imagery with a
monta e of cene from the
thre local tat ion . There i
an intervie ith Ma on taped
ju t after hi conviction in
197. H i hown grinning
like n imbecile. "It don'.
worry me:' he ay of hi
imp nding doom, "Why should
it worry me? I did wrong,
right? 0 I get elect rocuted. '
Allyn Sielaff. th new head of
the tat' tn ubled nrrection
Dep,-,rtment, i ho n telling a
rep )fter how ··<.:arrying out th
e ecutions in thc place that
i al 0 th hom of people i
dim ·uJt."
kiddin!!. Thi i the
Ir t indication that aut IH ritic
ar mn. id rin m lVlllg th chair
to the remote ecklenhurg
forr ctional Ccnter. where mo. t
of the death TO population
i hid.'
"The ought to mn
the Capitol .Iep:' -aid
�orlll�n 0 Vlr1!ll1lan� gam. 1
the Death Pcnalt ( DP).
"01 to Go. Robh' livin�
on third- hift in th Pr p unit.
In both instance • the director
indicated a prcfcrenc for III a I
in tho. po it ion .
In thc order, 0111 III I loner
ichael Hidalou tared, "Th rc
can e ru di pure that
Lan and Ms. Taylor wcre
deni d mployrncnt ... becau
of th ir Th official jo
po ting declared t u acunt
hild care worker po it ion to
be 'mal P) ilion .'
,. nd, in di .cu Ion ith the
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claimant , (the director) made
it clear that he a, ckinu mCI\
to fill the two opcnmg ."
The ord r directs the hild
anti arnily crvicc 10 r im-
bur Lan and Taylor 1"\)1 hu
and h ncfit from rh
th PC) it ion. w r fill d
unt il t hey became full t nne
employee.
Eith r party may app u I In
the tr .uit ourt Wit hill 30
day of the Cornrm ion ord r
date.
a 8 year 0
room, if they like it much,"
ccne: are ho n from th
prayer ervice held by thc
VADP at a nearby elm ch. and
o the hundred 0 ) member
gath red 'up the trc I from
the pri 1Il in a candl light
vigil. On th other ipc of th
t reet are redn c upporrer
of the death p nulty , g.uuling
b er , hollering .. It' iller
time!" and carrying. ··F ry the
Co n" si n. There i a hot 01
an old oman dancing � jig. in
joy 0 the t)<.:C3 ion.
Ma on' lawyer, J. LIn d
Snoo III, is hOWIl, with
uric D an be ide him. Hc
a thaI hat wa to happen
to him never da ned Oil usort.
ho had a. ked what he hould
pri on young operat-
ion of i 'er ami . p l e oman,
K .. tlll King, alia t wme. Ollt
of the pri on entrann' and
announce wit h p rf ct 'ompo-
ure that 1 he order of the
�ourt ha. be n dut Ifull car­
ried oul "in 1 he mallll r pre-
nib d h la,\-." H llwue no
la. t tar�lllcnt. \\(.' al 1l)ltI.
c:\ccpt to tell one llf lh' \\11-
tlC. ,Me� I nhur{ ne\\ war­
d n. Toni Bair. thaI 11' \luld
"go 0111 '.1 ron�1 Ill. 1 li"-· I
proml. cd � uu:'
liken I )11 !'I 10 a
an,illu !o pica e
�l.·lln� gnn\. 11 lip. II 1
ill),! hll 01 Jrl)n�.
When the men on the oth r
ide of thc cellhou c c the
b( d horn up the ha. ment
rep th. ix-man d uth
quad, cur c arc hurl d at the
keep r ill . porudic bUI. t
throughout th huildinu, "Y'all
thc kill r no. you flea'
m'r------.!.. Reporter wal ill
front of th huildmg aft r
ru hing to get pi .t urc: of the
erarting ambulance. anti om -
one 'cream out at them. "Y'all
iust Oll iht to drin hi. uod­
damn hlo id!"
I no engage in orncthing
o a ritual of my own. u tc
that began ith Fran op-
pola' c cut ion in 19�. I
ta up ,-,II nig.ht
I hought, p rhap.
pa in homag
Of a a way () r Ii hlO� Ii fe, ( r
maybe I am id n'ti 'm):!. ith
th 205 Bla' n n of the 24
ho hay died in t h 'h:m
b In . If th ritual ( ueath
the funer ... 1. th burial. th
meant nal ... re actually th
mean th living u. to mark,
mea u rc and
hf. then ma
ueat h nten'e to impact
\ort ( f Illeanlll�' to III ' li�
to
who ale
\ hat it', h) g.et an ov r-
\ h Iamng �nd unju I ntenLr'
ontinued n p 5