Sonia Johnson to
speak in Twin Cities
Sonia John n the ormon
man who was xcommunicat­
ed for pporting the Equal
Right Amendment and uthor
of: From Hou wife To
Heretic." will pe ednesday
Septemb r 18 at p.m. t the
Lake ichigan CoIl ge Com-
Dr. S nia John n w ex-
communicated from the or-
mon church in 1979 for up-
porting the' Equal Right
Am ndment.
Since that time, " e ha
been at the forefront of both
th feminist and peace move­
ment. During the last election
onia John on ran s Pre 'dent
of the Citizens party, and made
hi ory by becoming the -flrst
alternative candidate ever to
r iv fe eral rim ry m tching
funds.
an out poken critic of the
pre nt U.S. foreign policy
Sonia traveled with a women'
delegation to Honduras
icaragua and EI Salvador in
1983. year later, she founded
the omen' International Dis­
armament Alliance in Gene
Switzerland' network that
bring women from many coun­
trie together to plan unified
ction for peace. She has very
recently r turned from airobi,
here she was involved with
th International Women's Con­
ference.
Her peech is being spon­
ored by the Southwe tern
ichigan omen' Political
Coalition.
an Buren AACP
organizes ChUd Watch
COVERT
Di trubed
parent nd their neighbors met
ugu t 22 and organized t 0
committees to deal with a pro­
blem they fe I thre tens the
fety of all mall children in
the South Haven area, an­
nounced Bernard Lucas, AACP
Political Chair.
Luca d - cribed the ituation
ying, "A white male approxi­
m tely 60 years old, driving
red Cheverolet Car, attempted
to entice one of a group of
boy (age 7 to 11 years) into
hi car. The police were called,
the man wa arre ted, but wa
rele d on a very small bond
con ering th riousn of
the charge and the fact that
the children identified the
man."
, ith the help 0 the Van
Buren County AACP, a Child
atch Committee has been t
up to alert the community of
the problem and help the
police to keep a look-out for
anyone attempting to molest a
child," Luc said.
Another committee wa
organized to circulate petitions
expressing their resentment to
the action of the Judge and
pro cutor for releasing this man
on a very small bond, Lucas
aid.
SEPTEMBER 2 - 8,1985 THE CITIZEN
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By Ron Leuty
BE TO HARBOR - A
comprehensive travel policy wa
adopted, August 26 by the
Benton Harbor City Commis­
sion, but a series of political
powerplays carried over from
the August 19 commi ion meet­
ing.
At the Aug. 19 meeting,
ayor ilce Cooke removed
from the agenda two items
concerning the travel policy,
stating he felt that in the case
of emergency travel by employ­
ees he should give the final
go-ahead. Cooke defied the
rest of the commission. in
removing the item stating that
it was within his right as chair
of the meeting to "control the
agenda".
At the Aug. 26 meeting,
Cooke had City Clerk argaret
Bowman read ction from
Robert's Rules of Order, to
upport Cooke's claim that in
the case of someone trying to
deliberately obstruct the meet­
ing by a challenge then the
chair has the right to deny the
challenge.
Commissioner Charles Yar-
\ brough reminded Cooke that all
commissioners, except Coo e,
were in favor of voting on the
matter at the Aug. 19 meeting.
Commissioner orval Weiss
read a portion of the city's
code book that states, "Any
Silionder holds
distrid sessions
U.S. Rep. ark Siljander
(R-4th) will hold four session
with constituents in what he
calls Town Hall meetings.
The chedule is:
- Tue day, September 3, 7-8
p.m. First Federal Savings and
Loan 118 . K lamazoo, Paw
Paw.
- Tue day, S ptember 24, 7-8
p.m., Griswald Auditorium,
ariola Lounge, Hubbard Street,
AIle an.
-Wedne day, September 25,
7-8 p.m., Berrien County Court­
house, Board Room, Port Street,
St. Joseph.
-Thursday September 26,
7-8 p.m., Stur i Publi Libr ry,
iesloch Room, 130 ot-
tawa, Sturgi .
Published each ondayat
226 Pipesto Str
B nton Harbor, I 49022
Phon: 616/927-1527
member of the commis ion may
appeal a decisi n or rulin of
themayor and, if uch appeal
by duly seconded, the mayor
shall put the question of such
appeal in the following form:
'Shall the decision of the chair
stand as the decision of the
commi ion? The matter hall
be decided by a majority of
the members present."
Cooke re ponded later by
saying that there 3Ie too many
conflicts between the city's
codes and Robert's Rule of
Order.
Commissioner Bolin counter­
ed Cooke's comments by read­
ing another section of the
city code book that says that
Robert' Rules of Order is the
official authority for "the par­
liamentary practice and pro­
cedure of the commi ion. How­
ever, any conflict in authority
sh 11 be resolved by giving
priority to the following author-
-ities in the order listed: {l)
State and federal law; (2)
Charter of the city' (3) Code
of Ordinance' (4) Robert's
Rules of Order (Revi d,"
After the meeting, Cooke
added that the Code of Or­
dinances is ambiguous.
Cornmis ioner Yarbrough said
that there is a conflict in per­
sonalities, perhaps, but not a
conflict between the rule of a
commission meeting.
Commission critic George
Wy singe r , during the citizen
comments portion of the meet­
ing, said that Cooke seek a
"dictatorship". Wysin er aid
that anyone that says any­
thing contr ry to Cooke, the
mayor has the person thrown
out of the meeting. Wy sin ger
ovember comrni ion candi-
date, w removed from the
ug. 19 meeting by city p lice
f 11 wing a verbal c nfrontation
with ooke.
The travel poll y ftnally
approved by, the commi ion
after being tra hed-out for over a
month brin city empl yees
and city commi ion member
under the same p li y,
Vinal version of the policy
remained th m a origin 1-
ly prop sed despite Co e
powerplaying.
In another matter the com­
mi sion heard from Community
Services Director illiam lilly
during a public hearing about
the submission of an appli­
cation for a Community
Developm nt Block Grand for
Fi cal Year 1985-86.
Lilly said that th appli­
cation eks $619,000, with
$200 000 slated for housing
rehabilitation. Lilly said that
in the past, th city has tar­
geted areas for housing re­
habilitation, but there are
people who are qualified to
receive a rehabilitation grant
that aren't in the target areas.
He aid that the city will now
be able to work outside of
target areas.
Another $100 000 is slated
for demolition according to
lilly ho said that there i
"still a need" to rid the city of
v. cant eye ores,
The city will t rget 70,000
for concentrated code enforce­
ment in an area bounded on the
north by E. Empire uth by
Cro St., ea by Union St.,
and we by Columbus
The grant will a1 0 fund:
Recre tion program
( 65,000' Senior Citizens' pr -
gram ($20 000); rime Prev n­
tion program 14 000). UHy
Continued on p 4
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