DECEMBER 7 - 13, 1986 THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN _
Hit cuts in public safety departments
By . in L. Hay
COVERT - Don Burrou
on of three Covert Town ip
ambulance employee , told th
Covert Township Board at it
ov. 10 meet in that h i up­
t ith the recent reo rg ani­
z tion of th fire and ambulance
dep rtment.
Th board on Oct. 14 fired
half of it full time fire/ambu­
lance aff of . and discontin-
o
o
y . inL.Hy
COVERT The Covert
School Bo rd i eki a ban
on tobacco uno ing in all
hool building and at all
thletic and other hool event .
Durin a recent board meet­
ing it wa announced that the
bo rd ill open negoti ti ns
with th di trict's 46 teacher
later thi month to di u
the propo d ban.
Superintendent Alfred Haw­
kins said only a few of the
di rict' teacher smoke, but
he predicted me mild fire­
work will occur in the meeting
with the Covert Education A
ciati n.
e decided to go all the way
and ban oking in all area ,"
H wkins id. A te I w which
require hool to provide
p ate for smoker
nd non- 0 er take effect
Jan. 1. The board's propo
al include a ban on smokin
at all athletic event. ' e're
going to a completely smoke ..
le environment," Hawkin said.
In anoth r mat ter, Haw in
u d ambulance rvice for non­
re ident except in an
emergency.
The cuts will m e up for a
drop in operating money due to
the termination of federal re­
venue arlng fund .
The reduction in per nnel
from six to three ill save
about 40 000 year, according
to Covert Township Trea rer
Carolyn Stuckum.
•
told the board that he is
pleased with the overall per­
formance of fourth, tenth and
venth grade tudent who
too the ichigan A sment
te t. However, the result sho
some problems, especially
among fourth grade tudent,
he said.
VBUCO annual
party held
COVERT - The Van Buren
United Organization held their
annual Chri tma Party, Satur­
day, December 6 at 2:00 p.m.
t their Civic Center on Lake
Street.
All members and friends of
VBUCO were invited. A special
invitation wa extended to the
nior citizens to the party.
A delicious Christma dinner
ith all he trimming wa
rved. AI there was enter-
tainment for everyone.
Ruth Ann Moore Chri tma
Party coordinator and Frieda
Brown, VBUCO pre ident.
Burrous id the board should
not have fired three ambulance
employee and claim the move
wa a budget cutting measure
when they rehired former fire
chief Grerg Peter n as
director of operations at a
salary of 19,000 a year.
Supervi r Jerry Sarno said
the change will improve service
to township residents. uch of
the employee time previously
wa spent hauling out-of di trict
residents to ho pital and nur­
sing home.
Sarno said with the cutoff of
federal funds, the township
could not justify spending
money that will not come back
to the township.
Covert plans
sesquicentennial
kickoff party
COVERT - Michigan State
is celebrating 150 years of
statehood and Covert i cele­
brating its 11 Oth Birthday.
The Covert Sesqui-centential
Committee has cheduled a
Birthday "Kick-off' Saturday,
January 24, 1987 from 2:00
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Civic
Center on Lake Street in
Covert announced ary
Gowen and ae Lucas co­
chairper n.
All churches local organiza­
tion and Covert School will
be participating, the two aid.
The Birthday Kic -off will in­
clude a quilt show, squar
dancing and SIlO ulpture
and refreshments.
All of the Covert community
is expected. Admi 'on i
free. Come and join our Covert
Sesquicentenial Celebration.
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Buthelezi-
South Africa's middle man
By Rhoda c y: NNPA
National Correspondent
ASHI GTO, D.C.
During hi whirlwind visit to
Washington, Chief Mangosuthu
Gatsha Buthelezi, leader of
South Africa's large ethnic
group, the 6-million Zulu
nation and chief mini er of
the KwaZulu homeland, shook
hands and politiked hi way
through the early afternoon
reception, held in his honor at
the ational Pre Club
minutes before he addres d
as mbled journalist waiting
to hear the African leader's
view on economic sanction
and the dismantling of
apartheid, vie s not widely
embraced by America s Black
leadership.
Buthelezi is charac erized,
a a moderate, as a man caught
in the middle. He advocates
power-sharing, constructive
engagement and negotiations
with South African president
P.W. Botha. He oPPO s one
man one vote, calling that
type of democracy an un­
obtainable alternative to
apartheid and he sees violent
tactic to overthrow the exi t­
ing government and harsh
economic sanctions as tools
that will hinder the Black
South African population
"ather than help.
"There will never be ju ice
in South Africa unless we
have one vereign parliament,
in one reconciled people, in
which there is universal adult
franchise," says Buthelezi,
.outlining what he think i a
viable alternative to a artheid.
"South Africa cannot redis­
cover democracy and I refu
to be dr wn into any politics
which attempt to do 0.'
'Dictators come t� power
so frequently on a moral
ticket, and frequently acquire
the power they end up wield­
ing in a fight gain t another
kind of power" continues
Buthelezi "Horror can replace
horror and dictatorship can
replace dictatorships. . . Apar­
theid is a dictatorship of
hideous proportions and it
can be replaced by alterna­
tive forms of dictatorship
which will be just horren-
dous a apartheid."
Buthelezi, accompanied by
hi wife Prince Irene who
a dre d in traditional garb,
says his many critic have no
right to judge hi political
ideologies or que tion his inte -
rity since el n andela
South Africa's "martyred" and
impri oned leader, he say
ha not condemned him.
Buthelezi gave only a slight
indication that his relationship
with some of this nation
Black leaders like the Rev.
Jes L. Jac son, and ayor
Andrew Young of Atlanta ha
been harmed by his moderate
stance and claims that he
still ha an on-going friend­
ship with them. Although on
this trip, Jackson nor Young
have yet to meet with the
African chief.
And Buthelezi adds that
Randall Robinson exe utive
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NEWS BRIEFS
Continued from Page 1
Schmoke and City Council
President Clarence Du Bum .
Both men are Blac .
JESSE lAC SO AMO G
PRESIDE TIAL HOPEFULS
T D C EETING
Washington OC - The
Democratic ational Com­
mittee recently brought to­
gether state party chairmen
from around the country to,
among other things, meet
their party's various 1988
presidential hopeful. How­
ever, activities at Washing­
ton's Hilton Hotel were
pretty much dominated by
the tions of the Rev.
Je Jack n. Jack n
staked out position on fu­
ture challenges to party rule
held a ries of non-stop
pres conferences and pres d
party le ders to take a
position aimed at preventing
"a campaign of racism" in
the upcomin mayor' r e
in Chicago. In Chi a ,
incumbent Blac
Harold WcWUngton i facir
a heated race ainst tw
white. However the D C
postponded action on J ack­
son's request.
es
e e s schools
FEW BL CKS U.S.
MEDIA
ew Yor .Y. - A
ries of recent report ha
focu d rene ed attention on
th under repre ntation of
Blacks in m 'or U.S. media.
Inform tion from the Ameri­
can i ty of e spaper
ditor revealed that minorit­
ies occupy fe er than 1%
of major media man ement
job Th t's although Blacks
Hispanic and other minorit­
ies account for better than
25% of the total U.S. popu­
lation. The Institute f
Journalism Education at Ber­
keley found that 60% of
daily newspapers employ no
minorities at all.
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