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MARCH 3' - 9. 1986
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USKEGO - The Con-
cern�d Citizen for Community
Affans ofMu kegon Heig on
Thursd y, Feb. 20 filed recall
petitions Jth the county clerk's
office against George Robinson
and Charles . Waugh.
Spo esper on Emma Mod­
e ett Hop on aid the Con­
cerned Citizens group had col­
I cted 1,168 signatures against
Waugh and 1;111 i nature
against Robinson. She said al­
though the group had seven
more day to gather signature
before the Feb. 2] deadline, the
.group thinks the required 935
valid si natures needed for each
. bo·ard member are among those
already collected. Within the
next three month Emma said
the group hopes to be able to
tart circulating recall petitions
against George Washing to and
Yvonne Hill
The collected petitions the
group ubmitted to the county
clerk's office Will be scrutinized
first by the county clerk person­
nel and then gi en to the Mu:r
kegon Heights city clerk's office
for validation of ignatures.
According to r. Doriat of the
county clerk' office, within 35
day after the Feb. 20 filing date,
the county ill decide hether a
recall election to oust Waugh
and Robinson should be hel
Efforts to recall Waugh and
Robinson germinated in Sep­
temb r of'84, after bo rd mem­
b r Yvonne Hill, 6e rge
filed
Wa hin ton, George Robin-
on, nd Charle . W ugh
oppo ed Superintendent Syd­
nor's appointment of Ann Allen
as director c .mrnuniry educa­
tion for the Heights school
sy tern.
Since lack 'of upport from
the above board members was
instrumental in Ann not being
given the po ition, the Con­
cerned Citizens group decided
to pursu the matter by means
of a recall; and ince only waugh
and Robinson wer eligible for
immediate recall, the group
decid d to pr eed ith them
and to fo u on Hill and
Washington at the appropriate
time.
Ann, who, during thi tur­
bulent period, w the acting
director of community educa­
tion, had quit her job a re-
ource teacher at Edge ood
School to accept the director's
position. However, when her
"ppointment as rejected, he
resumed her teaching career
and initiated a la uit against
the school district and the four
oppo ing board members.
Sen. Dole to address
Berrien GOP
Chairman Virginia A tonson,
on behalf of the Berrien County
Republican Party, con-
firmed that Senator obert
Dole of K ill be th
keynote peaker at the annual
Lincoln Day Dinner. This event
will ta e place at Lake ichigan
College Community Center,
Benton Harbor, MI on March
15, 1986.
Senator Dole is the Senior
Senator from Kans . In addi­
tion to his duties as Senate
M jority Leader, he holds a
numb r of key committee as-
ignments. He has been an
influential leader in the Re­
publican Party since his fir t
major political election to Con-
COY
Approved Contract
By . inHy
eoVERT The Covert
h 01 Hoard unanimously
approved three-year contract
with the district $ 49 teacher
on onday,Feb.l0.
The agreement which as
ratified earlier in the d y by the
Covert Education A ciation,
includes ven percent raise for
all teacher for each of the three
ears of the contract. Super­
intendent lfred Hawkins com­
mented that the "negotiations
ent very smoothly this year."
The lary range in the cur­
rent chool year for a teacher
with a bachelor's degree and no
,";"!nce t a teacher with
a master's degree and 15 years
experience is from 15,709
to 29478. The 7 pe ent
rai e will increase the range from
16,809 to 31 ,541 the first
year; from 18,796 to 33,749
the second year and from
20 112 to 36,111 the third
year.
Other changes in the con­
tract include a SOO-a-year raise
for teacher who have completed
five years of teaching and the
reduction of the number of
steps necessary to reach the top
salary ranges in all categorie .
The contract will take effect
July 1, 1986 andexpire June
30,1989.
Ju Hammond
announces candidacy
ST. JOSEPH - District Judge
John T. Hammond formally
announced that he is a candidate
to ucceed Judge Julian Hughes
a Berrien County Circuit Court
Judge.
Judge Hammond wa first
elected District Judge in 1968
uming his seat in 1969.
He h been re-elected to that
position twice since. He has
rved on numerou commit­
tees in the ichigan District
Judge Association and has held
all m "�or offices, including pre '­
dent in 198 ... 85. A member
of the Judicial Council of the
Judicial Conference of ichi­
gan 1982-1986, and of everal
committees of the American
Bar ssociation Hammond h
held all officer positions
includin Chairman 1970-80
of the Criminal Law" Section
of the State Bar of ichigan.
Judge Hammond was elected
Prosecuting Attorney of Berrien
County in 1964 and served as
Prosecuting Attorney from 1965
to 1969.
Judge Hammond i a grad-
uate of the University of Michi­
gan and received his law degree
from the University of ichigan
Law School. He was a Faculty
dvisor to the ational Judicial
College in 1981 and is a diplo­
mate of the ational College
of the State Judiciary and the
ational Judicial College.
Judge Hammond has been
dmitted to practice before the
ichigan Supreme Court, the
United States District Court
for the S. Court of Appeals,
and the U.S. Supreme Court.
He and his wife Bet � have two
children in college.
gre in 1962. An exploratory
committee has been establi hed
to review his potential as a pre­
. idential candidate in 1988.
The dinner is open to the
public. Donation is '15 per per-
on. The event begins at 6: 30
p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m.
There is a pecial reception for
Senator Dole from 6:30 p.m, to
7:30 p.m, with the donation
being U' per person. Tickets
for the dinner may be obtained
from any Executive Board
Member, at the Republican
Party H dquarters in St.
)0 eph, and selected sites
throughout Berrien County.
Call the Party Headquarters
(983-6303) for the nearest site
location. The limited reception
tickets may be purchased at the
Party Headquarters as it is by
re ervation only.
Muskegon
to honor
BiU Gill
BILL GILL
MUSKEGO - The Mus-
kegon Branch .A.A.C.P. cor­
dially invites you to attend the
Appreciation Day for Pre ident
Bill Gill at the L. C. Walker
Arena Convention Center on
Saturday, March 8, 1986 t
6:30 P.M.
Deadline for reservations is
March 1, 1986. 0 tickets will
be sold at the door. For your
reservation, pl e call: rs, ].
Hou e 733-2968, r. O. Mc­
Lemore 739- 3211, Ms. C. c­
Kinney, Mr. R. Dow: on 722-
3513 or Mr. and Mr . C. White
733-9275.
Tom Turner, AFL-CIO Pre­
ident of Metropolitan, Detroit
will be the special guest pea­
ker.
Cad Breedin , State Con­
ference .A.A.C.P., Pre ident
ill be pre ent to give honor to
our Muskegon President of 14
years.
MUSKEGO
EWS B IEF
By De horn Wat ins
USKEGO County
Commi ioner Herman Ivory
and Commi ioner John
Campbell have joined forces to
ve general revenue haring ,
from the federal government.
Ch en the Michigan coor­
din tor by the ation I Associa­
tion of Counties, Ivory ill be
putting together a us force to
lobby for the continuation of
federal revenue haring to
municipalities within each of
the 83 counties in ichigan.
Campbell, on the other
hand, is concentrating his effort
on trying to keep intact the
Small Cities Community Deve­
lopment Block Grant program.
Aimed at maller communities
and counties who do not receive
CDBG entitlements, the Block
Grant program assist depre ed
communities in economic dev­
elopment and housing ...
'c ica 0' MA YOR HAROLD
WASHINGTO should be
visiting Mu kegon before the
year ends. Although the mayor
hasn't been formally invited yet,
talk of him coming to Muskegon
has sprung up. City Com­
missioner Daniel C. 0 e by
aid the mayor ould be
elcorned ithopenarm. "We
ould b very happy to discu s
(with Washingt�?) ... thin s of
mutual concern.
... Mu kegon H � ht con­
trover ial figure, Jame B.
Ro an, h been uspended as
the affirmative action officer.
Ro an was upended without
pay. Con trover y surrounded
Rowan when he was alleged to
have tampered with ab entee
ballot in the November � city
council election. .. The tate of
Michigan has a arded us­
kegon Height a $1 � ,000 mat­
ching grant to construct a
fi hinl pier and boat docks at
Mona Lake Park.
Planning Director Peter Sar­
torius . d the Hei hts ill
match the grant ith funds
taken from the dty' 10th year
Community Development
Block Grant funds.
Althou h the Heights al­
ready has a boat launch in the
park, Sartorius id the planned
fishing pier and docks will help
to alleviate congestion at the
boat launch.
AYOR'S PUBLIC AID: A HOT TOPIC - City cr w
, cleaning th snow off Benton Harbor ayor ilc
Cooke' driveway I provoking outcr'. from th
public gain thi wlnt.r. Th. above picture wa
napped Jan. 25, 1985 shortly afterth ayor moved
Intothehou at1130S lem,form rlyVictorGr r's
hom.. Cook' cou In, PWD chi f Carl Bro n pro­
vide the rvic as h do for hi own hou in B n­
ton Twp. Former city commis ioner, Arnold Bolin,
broughUhe f ct ofthls "w Ifare" to light with I tt r
nrc ntty to the daily paper. The ayor In i t he
ntltled to thi public aid c u h might b
d for an em rg ncy.
DIAL-A-RIDE - WHO SHOULD PAY?
The Benton Harbor city commi ion plit onday ni ht, Feb.
24 onthe issue of hether or not to continue support of Dial­
A-Ride. Commissioner Georg Wy in er too the po ition
against city funding of the transportation sy tern becau e p 0-
ple are riding the bu out to the township to hop, takin
dollars out of the city. Commi ioner William Wolf tated
that a much as the re ident need the ervice the city ju t
doesn't h v the money. The two 10 t on a 6 - 2 vote to r af­
firm city support of the ystem. The city has bud eted
$25,000 for Dial-AvRide and remain the only municipality in
Berrien County to ubsidy th y tern.
PLA PUBLIC HEARl G
Benton Harbor City will hold a public he rin on Iond y
M rch 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Commi ion Ch mb r on pro­
po ed Downtown Development Plan. The plan i on fil t
the city clerk's office and affects tho e propertie bounded by
a lin along the C & 0 Railroad tracks from orth Shore Driv
to the Pa Paw river to th St.)o eph River, alon the City
limit line in the St. Jo eph River to Empire Av nue, to
Eleventh Street, to Market Str et, along ar et tr t to
Highland at Fifth Street to Pa Paw, to fain tre t, to
Fourth, to Riford, Riford to orth Shore, orth hor Driv
and Klock Road to and includin ) ean KI ck Par. reI c -
tion of familie i anticipated. _.