THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN OCT. 26 - NOV. 1, 1986
. Preservation at issue
on Covert homes proposal
By •• L. Hay
COVERT The Covert
Township Board recently voted
to e state Department of
atural Re urce evaluation
before acting on a proposal
that involve an environmentally
n itive dunes are .
The is e center round a
propo d planned unit develop­
ment uth of Pall de u-
clear Plant nd the Covert
To nship Park where a
developer want to build more
home than currently permitted.
The board voted unanimously
to a for a D R a ent
of the rea. Some 60 re 'dent
ttended the meeting.
In arch, developer .H.
Daughterty of Chic 0 ed the
township to rezone a 44- ere
ite to allow more resi ence
on the 'teo In June the Covert
To nship Bo rd voted 5-2 to
inc rea the number of homes
allowed on a five- ere lot from
one to three.
Several people po e at the
meeting in favor of keeping the
. one re idence per lot pattern.
"You really have a gem here,"
said Charles el n, director of
the Sarett ature Center in
Benton Harbor. He called the
Forest Dune area "a complex
ecosy em that can only be
maintained with a low density
of housing. elson ha called
the area a "major eologic
formation of ch magnitude
and uniquence that it would
merit national recognition if it
were in public hand." The
area to be developed includes
ven specie of bird protected,
threatened or endangered wild­
flowers, and has a wilderne
quality where deer fox and
raccoon trail are more obvious
than 111 an' activity" elson
'd.
Jerome Shumate, chairman of
the Fore Dune A ciation,
'd' e encourage the town­
ship to pre rve the area and
to keep the currentl density."
In other busine Supervisor
J eery Sarno announced that
the panel that heard complaint
bout the Covert Police Depart­
ment will be m ing a report
within 60 day Sarno al
said the board will no longer
hear any verbal complaint
about the police. Any com­
plaint must be put in writing
and taken to the police depart­
ment of the township hall, he
said.
The next meeting of the
township bo rd ill be ov, 10
at 8 p.m.
3
OAU Chief:.
e up arms. �gainst South Africa'
By Larry Still
NNPA News Service
WASHI GTO NPA)
The 45 nation Organization of
African Unity ha e ablished a
Covert reviews .sex ed
By . tin L. Hay
COVERT The Covert
School Board recently reviewed
goals for the sex education
program which it introduced
into the curriculum last month.
The goal include promoting
and encouragin communication
between udent and parents;
improvin deci 'on m ing ill;
di ourazi promiscuity; and
helping udents to develop
high self-esteem. Among the
topic included in the curri-
culum are an torny, phy . logy,
psychology of adolescence and
sexual growth and marriage and
family responsibilities, The
board willl vote on a formal
x education policy, which
includes the goals at its ov.
10 meeting.
The board adopted goals for
the 1986-87 hool year. These
include developing curriculum
for science, math and computer
technology' recogruzm staff
member for out tanding perfor-
mance; exploring " b opportun­
ities for tudents and exploring
ways to improve community
support of the district.
In other busine , the board
accepted the year end audit
report prepared by Donovan
and Poindexter of Kalamazoo.
Superintendent Alfred Hawkins
says the audit indicates that
the district i "sound finan­
cially and in good shape."
The "audit showed a year-end
fund balance of 3221,536.
United
ations Peace Day Program set
ST. JOSEPH The South-
estern ichi an Women' Polit­
'cal Coalition member will
not be be meetin at the libr ry.
In e d ill be pre nting the
United at eons program t the
t. Joseph YW A, with eleven
other pon ring organization
on edne y, October 29 at
7:00 p.m.
nn Fouts
IC an. She i
member of the
United ation sn of the
United State B ard of Director
well Board of Governor .
h i one of ix U.S. delegate
to the Unit dation repre nt­
in both th omen' Divi ion
f the United ethodist
Church, and Church omen
United of ichigan, For the
pa ven year , she h been
appointed, by the governor of
ichigan, chairper n for
United ations D y. In her
pre I1t po ition as ational
Chairper n of 180 Chapter and
Division of U -USA, e has
traveled to 49 ate.
Part of the di u sion ill
revolve around the Reagan d­
ministration' withdr wal from
UNESCO (United ations Edu-
cational, SCientific, and Cul­
tural Organization), and other
contemplated pull-out.
Coalition meetings are ad­
mission-free and open to all
intere ted men and women in
the tri-county area. In cele­
bration of United ations Day
those of you who own an
ethnic costume will find this
meeting the perfect occasion
to join others in wearing a
native costume.
For information call Dorothy
Golze, pre "dent SMWPC at
429-9634 or Betty Filstrup,
president, U A (local branch)
at 983-4306.
The United ations Day
Children Peace Festival will be
held Sunday, October 26 from
2:00-4:30 p.m. at the First
Congregational Church, 292
Bellview, Benton Harbor, ich.
"Solidarity Fund" to assist
'Frontline" countries bordering
South Africa to fight counter­
sanctions, the new OAU presi­
dent declared here, but the
African leader has urged hi
countrymen to take up mili­
tary arms ainst the racist
state.
Col. Denis Sassou- gues ,
pre ident of the People's Repub­
lic of the Congo (Brazzaville
and recently elected OAU head,
prai d the U.S. Congress for
passing. tough economic sanc­
tions against the white ruled
nation. European countrie
were "too timid" to take strong
action and the OAU may a
uch nations as Germany and
France to consider further steps
following the U.S. action, he
stated at a pre conference.
gue said the lidarity
fund wa propo d during a
world-wide meeting of non­
aligned nations " Zimbabwe
la t month as African, Asian
and iddle Ea tern nations
pledged to come to the aid of
the threatened ou th African
neighbors. The include
Zambia, B tswana, Angola, 0-
zambique and Tanzania who
depend upon the white govern­
ment to tran ort trade.
When gue was in-
stalled as OAU president last
July he a ed his chief of
state colle gue to consider
Zimbabwe President Robert
ugabe' propo I for ' joint
military action. . . to fight
for the liberation of our South
frican brother . . . by means
other than re lutions ...
• If the world is onvin ed
that our countri are ready
to pay the price that it sh uld
in order to e liberty and
ju tice triumph in S uth Afri
our supporter for this use,
friends and alIi s of our truggle
shall become stron er and
numerous. .. " he continued.
, This would sho our credi­
bility and idgnity. outh
Africa will not be fought by
words but by action. Can we
hope that the African com­
munity a a whole will tea
small step in the right direction
during the coming months?"
gue a ed at the OAU
summit in Addi Ababa,
Ethiopia.
The Congo head of tate
is in the U.S. to ttend the
United ations ODS in
ew York, but he came to
Washington to discu aid and
trade reement with offi ials,
diplomat said. He w sched­
uled to meet with Vice-Pre 'dent
George Bush.
gue so said he has urged
o U member to devote 25
percent of their nations' re­
sources to agricultural develop­
ment because 0 percent of
Africa are farmers despite the
pre d of industrializati nand
urbanization for the benefit of
European and U.S. development.
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