FEBRUARY 16 - 23, 1986 THE CITIZE
Charge Covert
.
/ By Kri tin Hay
.COVERT -- Ten
To nship re idents
night ccu d the
To nship Police of
mente
The char
Covert
onday
Covert
bar
tem from an
olic
incident on January 14 hen
police arrested Chester Smith,
26, 34th Street, Covert on a
charge of obstructing and re ist­
ing a police officer.
Ricky Broyles, M-140-
Covert, ho as nested at the
Planning session
map hospital's
ervice future
ST. JOSEPH - Over 100 area
educator, phy icians, city
management official and le -
der from busine and indu try
recently joined staff members of
ercy- emorial edic 1 Cen­
ter, Inc. ( C) for two in­
novative wor hop entitled
"Futuring ... Pro-Active Stra-
tegic Planning. Of Ron Lippert,
Ph. D., Profe sor Emeritus at
the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor and P ula Lugannani,
president' of Human Resource
Sy terns, Ann Arbor led" the
o ions.
The intent of the or hops
to identify hat direction
ercy- emorial edical Cen­
ter, St. Jo ph and the Mercy
o pita! Division, Benton Har­
bor hould b takin in the next
four year , according to J 0 ph
A. Werman, pre ident of
ercy- emorial
Durin th or hops, Dr.
Lippett asked particip nts to
e variou pec of ercy-
emorial Medical Center in
relation to developing trends in
health care. He then ked them
-to imagine hat "preferred fu­
ture options" would most ben­
efit the communitie ' needs and
facilitate the development of
Mercy-Memorial. As a final
exercise, participant discu ed
hat step need to be taken to
help Mercy-Memorial achieve
the goals and prioritie set by
the group. .
There was a consensu from
the group that ercy-Memo­
rial' future hould include en­
hanced ellne programs and
ervices, Elder Care, con­
tinuance of consolidation and
community education and out­
reach program .
B gin squlcentennlal
planning
ST.JOSEPH- Theproce of
forming a Local squicenten­
nial A ency for Berrien County
ha begun to celebrate the occa-
ion of the State of ichigan's
150th birthday in 19 7.
A meetin of individual nd
organizational repre entative
intere ted in erving on the
Local Advi ory Council to the
Local Agency ill be held on
Tue day, February 25, 1986 at
7:30 p.m. t the 1839 Court­
hou e u eum on U.S. 31 in
Berrien Sprin s. All int rested
individuals are invited to
attend.
For more information on the
Berrien County Sesquicenten­
nial Agency contact the 1839
Courthouse Museum at
471-1202.
same time on the arne charge,
told the board that Officer
Stephen B of the Covert
Township Police har ed
Smith by calling him "boy."
Officer B is white and Smith
is Black.
Smith as not pre ent t the
meeting. According to Smith'
mother, Emma Smith Che ter
Smith w leaving Covert
Waterland convenience tore
hen Officer Bas stopped him.
he said her on had a pellet gun
but h had not carried- it into
the tore.
Willie McMath, owner of the
tor , when contacted by this
newspaper after the meeting,
said that Smith had brought
grocerie that day but had not
carried any kind of a gun into the
store.
Officer Steven Bas, also
ment
contacted by this ne paper
after the meting, said that h
sa Smith in the par in lot of
the convenience store with hat
"appeared to be a rifle." He id
Smith ignored hi reque t to
approach the squad car and talk.
B said that ould have ended
it, but Smith ould not put
do n the gun and used it to
"take wing" at him. "I was
attempting to handcuff mith
hen Broyle interf red; B
id.
Both men ere arrested on
charge of re istin and ob­
structing a police offic r. mith
waived his preliminary hearing
in South Haven' S venth Di -
trict Court and is awaitin an
appearance in Van Buren
County Circuit Court. Broyle
was bound over to Van Buren
County Circuit Court.
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Superei or Jerry arno id
that he ill investigate the inci­
dent. In the future, h aid com­
plaints a inst the to nship
police hould b brou ht to the
board's attention
po ible.
The board p ed a re olu­
tion allo ing Con urn r Po r
Company to plac and maintain
warning sy tem in Covert
To nship. Th y tern have
. already been in talled. The
re olution needed to me t a
requirement of the ucl ar
Regulatory Commi ion.
Trea urer Carolyn tuckum
announced that a dog clinic will
b held on Saturday Feb. 14 in
the Covert To n hip Fire Hall.
A veterinarian will b vaccinat­
ing dogs and re ident may
obtain their do licens there
too.
By 0 horn Watkin
USKEGO HTS-Over
100 citizens tteded the
u kegon Heights city
council meeting on Feb. 10.
o t wer upporter of Police
Chief Willie "B ter" Howell
ho had been upended Feb.
3 by city manager Jo eph
Chari ton for alledged
in ubordination.
Ho ell ignored the one
and one-half day u pen ion
and reported to or u u 1.
Ho ell' defiance dr an
additional five and one-h If
day u pen ion.
At the tart of the Feb. 10
arvest dedicates
all
- Greater Har-
e t Baptist Church 2435 Rior­
dan, u egon Heights h d
their dedication of the Reverend
C. Ca y emorial Fellow hip
Hall and the In tallation of
1986 officers ' on Sunday,
Febru ry 2, at 3:00 p.m.
The Reverend Stanley Levy,
pastor tarted the day off with
tthew 16: 13-18 and Matthe
18: 1-10, a ermon that et the
mood for the importance of
the event to follow later in the
day. The me ge °wa on the
ubject ' The sembly or
iljand r k
fourth t rm
Congre man ark Siljan-
d r, Vice-Chairman of the Re­
public n Study Committee,
announced his candidacy for re­
election to fourth term in the
U.S. Ho e of Repre entative .
Siljander i th ranking Re­
publican member of the Agin
Committee' T Force on th
Rut 1 Elderly.
Church Built by G d."
The econd half f his ermon
wa taken out of Hebre 3 4,
'The Lord is ctive in the
Church. '
After morning ervice every­
one wa invited to a buffet
dinner that consisted. of every­
thing that could pos ibly tempt
the ta te bud .
The me ge of greeting
wa brought to u by Deacon
C. Jack on Dr. R. Warren,
Mayor of Muskegon Hts., D.P.
Han n, architect for the Fellow­
ship Hall and Bro. P.A. Baldwin,
building contr ctor. Reverend
J . Blow, pastor of Beulah
B pti t Church introduced the
pe er. Reverend H. Farrell,
p tor of ew Jerusalem B ptist
Church and Reverend C. Poole,
pastor of Bethe da B ptist was
in charge of the Installation of
officers.
The unveiling of the portrait
s carried out by Sandra
Johns. Songs of prai e were
ung by the Gre ter Harvest
Church Choirs.
The Honor.able Reverend C.
P STOR and RS. STo LEY
UVY.
Clayborn started this dream in
1981, but didn t live to ee its
completion for in 1982 he
wa murdered. Reverend
Levy, present pastor of Greater
Harvest h completed one
man's dre d and i no helping
with the church built by God
for Hi holy purpo .
a
council e
announced
immediat ly
the' the
Howell.
Charter explained th t
deci ion re ulted from
negotiation during a meeting
ith him elf nd a min iter
alliance group.
Ch rton
effective
a voiding
of
Bi hop Willie Burrel Sr.,
poke per on for the ini ter
Fellowship, ured Ho ell
that although the mini ters
had not met with him
p r onally, a negotiation h d
been orked out.
Ho ell ha contended hi
. initial u pen ion a largely
due to hi refu I to relea
confidential polic file
Jame B. Rowan, the city'
affirmative ction officer, ho
i pr ntly charged ith
b Hot t mpering in th ov.5
city council election
Charlton di puted h t
Howell id. Chari ton
conceded that before action
on Ro n could be prop rl y
decid d, he mu t be given
information on Ro an in
order to do a per onnel
revie, but denied th t
Ho ell' refu I to rele e the
information in trumental
in Ho ell' refu al to relea
the information
0'
Spe king on Ch rlton'
con tant reque t for infor­
m tion regarding Ro an,
Ho ell aid he c nnot relea
Ro an' file to Charlton
becau e they are confidential
nd under the juri diction of
the county pro cutor' of­
fice.
Ho ell has repe tedly
tated that the tate Ia
preven him from turning
over confidenti I information
to "unauthorized per on . '
ccording to Ho ell
Charton, though ci ty man-
r, i n unauthorized
p ron.
Aft r the motion to re ind
th r olution h d b n
defe t d, r olution pa ed
u thorizing City Attorney
illiam B Igooyen to re­
arch the matter to de-
termine hether the 19
re olution in fact in
conflict ith the charter.