MARCH 30 - APRIL 5, 19
. THE CITIZEN
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BENTO
Rob rt
. AWARD
ryl B rri n County judicial
y tern and on.
An eight-p rson jury -
ROBERT OR OOD, I It, is flanked by his attorney
Steph n Leuchtman, enter, and Frank Mafrlce, out id
th B rri n Di trict Court folio Ing th jury d cision
awarding Norwood $300,000. (H·P photo)
, . ant our busin s?
-Give our kids jo·bs!'·
r port b e
board.
to th
Willie Campbell:
Army Sgt. Illie Lee Camp­
bell, 23, Benton Harbor, recent­
ly among 93 U.s. service­
men and women 61 servicemen
from the Republic of Korea
and United ations com­
mand officers to be honored
in Kore in a USO (United
rvice Org nization) Six-Star
Salu te program.
Campbell stationed at Camp
E yons, I cted by his
uni one of "the be the
military ha to offer" to parti­
cipate in the program a guest
of the USO Council of Korea
and number of other parti­
cip tin sponso • Selection for
the program, begun in 1970,
is m de by e ch individual
military unit.
Campbell i a gunner with
lpha Batter, 6th ttalion,
r
ORWOOD $300,000
BI k and six whit arded
orwood 300,000 dam ges for
maliciou pro ecution and civil
ri hts violation they a reed h
uffer d from· two former
B rrien County jail guard,
David Chandler and illiam
D ak.
After eight hOUT of delibera­
tion th jury found th two
ard, David Chandl rand
illiam Doak, had violated
o ood' civil righ nd had
maliciou ly prosecuted him on
ault ch rge.
orw d, 40, Benton Twp.,
fil d the uit in Berrien Circuit
Court alledging he as beaten at
th jail f r prote tin the beat­
in of another pri oner. or-
ood' uit claimed the guard
ho did th beatin th n falsely
char ed him with a ault.
rw d ori inaUy c n-
victed on th a ult char and
th n pent 2Yl ye r in pri on
before th conviction over­
turned on appeal. In a second
trial, orwood w acquitted of
the a ault charges.
Norwood wa repre ented
by outhfield rtorney
Stephen Leuchtman and Fr nk
Mafrice. "In this county,with
the e defendants, I think th
jury was courageou to stand up
and ay 'what w done here wa
wrong," Mafrice said.
The county plans to appeal
the verdict, according to pub­
lished reports. Defen e attor­
n y Thom Byerley, an i -
tant Berrien pro ecutor,'
claimed th verdict not up­
ported by evid nce pre nted in
the fiv -day trial. Byerley i
quoted ayin h will fiI
m tion ing VISltlO Ihoun
County J ud t nl y Everett t
verrul th jury.
Other d fendant ori inally
charged in the uit but ho
dropped the ca pro d d
includ d Sheriff ickJe ell, jail
admini trator; Gerald Ha ,for­
m r B.H. p trolm n; Geor e
Schemenauer, Berri n County,
the heriff department and the
city of Benton Harbor.
. The jury found former uard
Richard Vi ansley not liabl .
orwood's attorney noted
military's "best"
37th Fi ld Artillery.
An armed forces relea said
th since the highest rank the
military ha awarded it mem­
bers is five stars, the honorary
rank of stars wa created
for tho selected to participate.
Those lected received
"VIP" treatment in Seoul,
Korea, as hotel guests, received
gifts, and were escorted on
sight-seeing tours. Included
was a banquet where recipients
were joined by generals admi­
rals, government officials and
company presidents.
Banquet spe ers ere Rich­
ard L. alker, U.S. ambassa­
dor to Korea' and Gen. William
J. Livsey, commander-in-chief
of the Republic of Korea-US.
Combined Forces Command.
rw d's
1979 criminal
BHHS students in state
VICA competit.ion '
BE TO HARBOR - w-
dents 'attending the B nton
Harbor High hool kill en­
ter participated in the Vo at­
ional Industrial lub of
merica VICA Regional kill
ontest at the Br nch Skill
enter Coldwater I on Satur-
day March 24 1986. Stud nts
from 15 hools throughout
the region participated in the
contests which range from Auto
echanics to Prepared Speech.
Altogether approximately 25
contests were held.
Benton Harbor Skill Center
udents competed in Graphic
Arts Auto Mechanics elding
achine hop Electroni s Job
Interview Job Skill Dem n­
stration, Prepared p e h and
xtemporaneou p ch at the
ontest, a c rdin to tc en
Lie , Advi r for the Benton
Harbor students.
Stud nts quali yin for th
state comp tition are: Job Inter-
vi Sherry undam, 3rd�
temporaneous pee h Dav
Amos, 3rd Daniel Tucker 4th,
and Terri Dill 5th.; Prep red
p e h· andy Gins 4th and
n illiam ,5th.; J b kill
D monstration D ve Amo 3rd,
and Terri Dill Sth; Gr phi
Arts Amy elley, 4th.
Students re eiving H nor ble
ntion were: I red Banks
and Daniel Tu ker, Graphi
Arts; Sony uba , ott
Brady Alan Sill, Auto Me han­
ics; John Heard arman Garrett
ri Harton elding: David
Butler Auto B dy; nd bby
Simmons Dan Dahms Machine
Shop.
Th VI Organization was
founded in the lat 1 0'
and ha 750 000 members
n tionwid. The tat VI
Contest will be held on ay 9
10 and 11 t the nt kill
Cent r in Grand Rapid. I.
The top state conte tant
each at ory, will quali for
th ational VIOl mpi s to
be h ld in Pheonix , AZ lat
in Jun. The B nton Harb r
Skill Center ha had student
compete in th nati nal for
the last two years, a ordin
to Li k.
VBUCO asks needy to regi er
The office will not be open
on holidays, accordin to Ben­
nett ickle, Office Manager.
If you have f rther questio
contact the Van Buren United
Civic Organization offic at
764- 854 from 11:00 AM to
5:00 PM.
Artrain ch dules
Benton Harbor stop
teen-fifties, sixties and ven-
ties.
In addition to the gallery
cars Artrain contains studio
car where 10 al artist and
craftspe pie will demon rate
their skills alon with Artrain's
resident ceramicist and painter.
Artrain ill b op n for
group tours from 9 .m. to
1 p.m. and open to th public
from 4 to 8 p.m. pril 14-1 .
A grand op nin celebration
will be h ld Sunday pro 13
at 3 p.m. There is n dmi n
harge.
Co-chairper ns
Roddy and Rev.
oore.
COVERT - The Van Buren
United Civic Organization will
be taking applications for
Emergency Food and Shelter on
Wedn days from 9:00 A to
12:00 noon and on Fridays from
10:00 A to 12:00 noon, until
further notice.
BE TO HARBOR - Ar-
train, the nation's only art
museum on a train, will be in
Benton Harbor from April 13-1
'on Main treet, accordin to
Dorothy Die ey.
Artrain is compo d of three
gallery cars housing a museum
exhibition a studio car for live
demonstr tions by arti s, and a
caboo use by Artrain's on­
board staff.
Thi year's Artrain exhibit
"Signs of th Time: Pop Art
and Photo Realism in America "
features variety of or s by
artists who made use of the
techniques and image of the
rna media, dvertising, and
popular culture of the nine-
