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THE CITIZE
CH 18 -.22,1988
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police officer dra
complaints
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By Kristin Hay
COVERT - For the cond
meeting in a 1'0 Covert
Township re idents protested
the tactics used by Township
Police Officer Steven B .
Complain were first m de
la t month after B arrested
Che ter Smith, 34th Street,
Covert on a charge of ob truer­
ing and re . ting a police officer.
Officer B s arrested Smith
fter B w a man carrying a
rifle in the p rking lot of
Covert's Waterland con­
venience tore. Re idents claim
that Ba , a hite m n, called
Smith, a Black man, "boy" dur
VB
ing the arre t. At the February
meeting to nship supevisor
Jerry Sarno promised to inve
tigate the incident. At the
March 3rd rneetin Sarno said
that "Bass appears to have been
doing his duty properly:'
After hearing the report
everal residents made addi­
tional complaints about B
Jerry Foster, 46th Street, Covert
told of Bass bein arrested in
April, 1981 for carelessly carry­
ing a firearm on the picket line
of Auto Specialties during a
strike. Bass as convicted on
the charge. Foster al id that
B had once been rued from
s
the force at Covert for hooting
dogs in people's yards.
Don Morrell, 76th Street
Covert, told the board that he
w once arrested in his yard by
Bass on an expired warrant that
was made out for Morrell" s
son.
In other busine the Board
p sed a resolution urging the
Van Buren County Road Com­
mission to establish garag in
the We tern part of Van Buren
County. Th Commission
currently has gara e in
Bloomingdale and in
Lawrence.
CO mar s 25 years service
COVERT - The Van Buren
United Civic Organization will
b celebrating its 25 year of
rvices to the Van Buren
community at their Annual Tea
Sunday, arch 23, 19 6 from
4 to 6 p.m. t the Civic Center
on Ea t Lake Street in Covert.
Thi Tea i one of the Civic'
Organization m � r fund rai ing
events.
Alzhelm r'
The arch meeting of the
orth B rrien County Alzhei­
mer' Family Support group
ill be held on ednesday,
arch 19, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
in the Library of t tcomb
Tower, 509 Ship Street, St.
Jo eph.
Alzheimer's Di a i a
neurological illne which cau
The program will include
Andrews University Singing Men
Quartet, young models of
Yester-year and Today's ear.
Tea Committee - 20 and
25 ye r members: Georgia
Bailey, adie Gordon Inez
William, Gladys Henry and
Elijah Ab ullah, Tea co-chair­
person, Cora . Farley and
elvie Smith. Lawrence White
and Elijah Abdullah served as
ho ts. Vema Howard, Li a
Cercy Loui e White Elizabeth
Elli elvie Smith and Luella
Carter erved a hostes es.
Sandra Leffler and Mary
Joyce Haywood is in charge
of decorations and the mu ic
will be by James Scoggin.
upport group meets'
intellectual impairment and can
le d to- chronic forgetfulness
irritability, confusion and
agitation. Judgment, concen-
tration, orient tion, and speech
may be affected.
Thi group will meet the
third Wednesday of every
month. A imilar upport
group meet the fir t onday
To train Homemaker
Homem ker Service of Child
and Family Service will hold
training i ns for De Home­
m er on April 14, 17, 21
and 23. Th s ion will ta e
place t ercy- emoriaI edi­
cal Cen ter 611 rton Ave­
nue St. Jo ph in the Forum
on the first floor. Each ion
will begin at 9:00 a.m.
en and omen interested
in b coming H memakers
should register for the clas
as on as p ible by calling
H me maker Service at 983-
5545. People located in South
B rrien County should call 695-
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Contlnu d from Page 1
, e have to get our
economic hou in order" to
achieve the oal of full employ­
ment c. Jacob said as he
li ted five tep that should
ben.
1. "Rational trade policies
t t ere te jobs here at home
nd don t export them 0 East
and other part of the
be. Th t doe n't mean pro­
te tionism. But it does mean
h Ipin our industries compete
mean forcing our trading
p rtne to create job here in
America if they expect to sell
their good ...
361. There is no charge for
the cour . Thos planning to
attend should bring a sack
lunch. Coffee will b available.
Homemakers perform a
variety of rvices for their
client including per onal care
of e ch month beginnin at
7:30 p.m. at the Fir t Pre by­
terian Church 13 S. th Street
ile .
F or more information con­
tact Evelyn Edinger at River­
wood Community Mental
Health Center, 983·7781.
preparation of meals, light
hou keeping laundry and
shopping. 'An important part
of their rvice is the com­
panionship they provide their
cli nt she added. .
H re's what to expect in.college
BE TWP - On Tuesday.
rch at Lake Michig n College
in Rm. 0-112, will spon r
AB Workshop to inform
adult about college and what
they, as adults can expe t from
college.
Rm. D·112 Lake Michigan
Colleg arch 1 , 9:30 a.m.
and 6:30 p.m.
F r more information all
927-3571, Ext. 61.
lis
teps to jobs
2. 'An industrial policy that
pre rves our manufacturing
base ... It means public policies
that reward firms for job crea­
tion, that create an environment
in which they can compete,
and that help them export
goods made in the U.S.A. . . .
3. "Investment in human re­
sources. They are our most
preciou assets and the place
to begin is by ensuring quality
education for all American chil­
dren ...
4. 'Affirmative action to en­
ure that Blacks, women and
minorities share in the benefits
of education, training and job
creation . .. ith out a strong
commitment to a ffirmative
action even a full employment
policy that creates millions of
new jobs will leave Blacks twice
as likely to be unemployed
as white ...
5. "A ational Full Employ­
ment Policy. ot another
broken promise, but a real
program like the ational Urban
League's plan for a Universal
Employment and Training Sys­
tem that guarantee productive
work to all of the joble and
training to all who need it to
become productive."
Ar a music buffs will recognize a familiar voice in radio
commercialsforthe ichlganLott ryD ilygam curren­
tly airing on numerou stations. It i that of David Ball,
right, shown here at th taping e ion with Kith
Stallworth, a t t marketing xecutlve for th Lott rye
Ball, who began singing go pel mu ic at 13, r c iv d rav
r vi w for hi p rformance in uch th atrlcal hit a
"Je us Chri t Sup, r tar," "Amen Corner," nd "Black
ativity. " .
Wilson Taylor, Purple Heart
win ner, laid to rest
BE'TO HARBOR
Wil on Taylor, '57, decorated
with the Purpl Heart and the
Bronze Star as laid to re t
Friday, March 14, 19 6.
S rvice were held at Union
Memorial African ethodi t
Episcopal Church, Benton Har­
bor. Burial was in the ational
Veterans Cemetery, Battle
Creek.
Taylor born Dec. 1 ,
1928, in Memphis, Tenn. He
retired from the Army in 1972.
He is survived by his wife Lela;
three daughters: J\gatha Taylor
of Oxnard al.,
hield f I upi Jap n, and
Lind Town end 0 Hanf rd,
Cal.! two ns: Anth ny 0 V n­
tura, Cal. and Eric of Oxnard
Cal./ 0 tepd u hter : M ta
Flemin of Benton Harbor, and .
Daisy oore of Woodbury,
.J.; three step on: Trent
Fleming of Bo ton, nd We ley
and I n Fleming, both of B n­
ton Harbor; and two i t r :
Lurlean illiam and Luella
unley, both of Benton
Harbor.
CC talk on metaphysiCS
MUS EGO - Fe per n
are better qualified to speak
on metaphysics philos phy re­
ligion ethic and Indian philo -
ophy than eith E. Yandell
Ph.D. Dr. Yandell will peak
at u egon Community 01-
lege on onda March 17 at
:00 p.m.
Theater on the
d,
tter
HA DS ACROSS A ERICA - Sch dul d for Sund y, ay
25 198 at 3pm (EDT), Hand Acro America will link ix
to t n million peopleln a contlnuou lin stretching coa t­
to-co at, from N YorktoLo Angel . Participant Inth
4 000 mil. link-up will donat at lea t 10 to join th lin
a�d proj t organiz ra hope to ral e 50-100 million.
Cel brity co-chairs of Hand Acro America r Bill
Co by, Lily Tomlin, K nny Rog.rs and P t Ro . To ma
a pledg and Join the lin., call toll fr 1-�U -9000.
