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February 25, 1990 - Image 17

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Michigan Citizen, 1990-02-25

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, "r"IIIC. '.I'M"
OIlY
to H r Cit, Commis-
lioD voted to ell a city-
o bi IOnc bo at 66
Hi laad Avenue to t e
Cooperatiye RecreatioD a
Outreacb Pro,rlm. Inc.
(CROP). I nOD-profit or­
aDizatioD, for tbe lmount of
$1.00 to be used I I bome-
1 Iter Ind I center for
lin Ind dull literacy
program •
Accordi , to the resol u­
lion. if C or end its pro­
gram t e property ill revert
b ck to the city.
Mlyor Wolf aid, "per-
, onlll, I am not prepared t
this point to ,ive up control 0
thlt building, but ill give
you, ba rever reasonable
le e you tbin is nece ary,
- certainly not intere ted in '
giving up t control. "
Wolf's attitude wa in
tlrk contrast to his willing-
DOt be
property
e cit, if
of
tbe buildiD
program .
Wells Slid CROP; bicb
started in 1989 bas been
orking itb t e JOUD
people of com unity, tar-
geted to t e. ag of 9-24.
CRO is t I tccl at the
CommuDity Cburcb of GoolD
Cbrist, 870 ate Wei Sr ..
Drive, Benton Harbor.
According to Well in­
structors from Jordan and
Lake' Micbigln College are
tbeir
h-hush over:
we let
run the
city."
Ironically, Lt. Fiedler a
- member of the Civil Service
Board th t creen ppliCin.
for the police department. '
"Wh t 1 propo e in order to
save our 0 n live and the
live of our children" said
Murpby, is "tbat we tart rigbt
thi moment - start talking
about bow to et our people to
put 'the right to vote above
every thin else in our live."
con e in pecified pper
and 10 er baJJ are in Ci ty
Haf l , Otber bidder IS
Mipll Rug Co., of St. Jo epb
ill tbe mount of $3,802.
- SeUin, MOllday, Marcb
26, 1990 It 8 p.m. as date for
�earin for tbe partial vaca­
tion of alley bet een Vincent
Place tbe parking area be­
hind.
- Selling of 779 La aile to
Mae Dobbs for the amount of
$2,271.26 in out tanding
laze.
thertz tl Id
VanC�Cap is seeking ap­
pi ican ts for tbe bome
we tberization program in
Berrien, Cas ,and Van Buren
Counties. Tbe program
provide free energy conser­
vation ervices to (0 -Income
bomeowner and renters.
Berrien nd Van Buren
County re ident may c 11
674-3905 or 1-800-672-6971
for more information.,
hy Fiedler fired
,"I'M' ASKING ALL my
Friends, my family nd my
people, - let's stan tbi year
by building a political con-
cious in our community,·
said, rnnv, 1
I fR ,(j J t .,_" .)
Aft r lb�'m tID, e.
Walter Brown, President of
the Benton Harbor Ch pter of
Operation PUSH aid tbe
decision "wa nola urpri e",
to him.
"Manning nor Wiley i
going to put their job on the
line. They are worried about
e p Afrcare·
elp
• Afrians still go hu ry.
• Afrians ill need more 'Na
• Atrians still 80 w' hout hN
• Africa saill need �JenCY
• In short Afrie ns still need you!
nc
p . . . Ip Africare p.
� your generous lift today.
'� ! I
ant to Mhelp Africar
Enclosed is my gift of:
o SSO 0 S 1 00 t1 $500 0 $ __ (specify ocher)
how much money it is going mente
to co t .the City, but t ey are Tue day Wysinger ad-
not worried about how much milled tbat be bad mistaken Co.depend nt
, pain and agony that the fami- Fiedler for another police of- Support
ly have suffered," said ficer."Iwanttoapologizeto The D ti Cd d
Brown. the Benton Harbor Police support���:p 0 �ften en! '
• .� u le r ry.: � D.el),J nJ� b�. S t d Y Marcb 3 I fro:e�O
d�: B o�, t ,.' m �a� fat rth�t1 'w�uJd, ·,'1 a.m.-12' noon at 'the Fi' I
didn t get fired ,t>ecau e tbey put hI JO� on the ,hne If F'Jed- . Church of God, 2627 Nile
murdered orne.body. The pro- ler was, �tlJJ wor .1Og. . Avenue, St. Jo eph. CalJ 925-
cedurcs ware VIolated, so that Wr Inger tJll s a id be 0594 or toll-free at 800-336-
�ean� that thi man (Fiedler) thought the. whole Benton 0341 for more information.
1 gurlty for not following Harbor Police Department
procedure. He (Fiedler) should be inve tigated by.
ho�ld be accountable along orneone outside of the city.
with the city, - so it' a V�ti�g on not t� release
cover-up. The only way to t�e Iinding of-the mve tiga-
change the cover-up, the lJ�n �ere, Mayor Wolf, Com-
ci tizens of Benton Harbor is mrs loners Ralph Cren haw,
going to have to get angry Hcrchcl McKenzie, Steve
enough to go to the poll and Wooden, Kerry Shannon and -
vote and get-the e kind of of- Arnold Smith. Voting in
ficial out of office. favor were, Commi sioner
" Charles Yarbrough and
A'TTO R E AL- George Wysinger.
PHO SE Lc w is , repre­
senting tbe Maben family id
tbe policy of the city tate
tbat a pOlice officer ould not
u e a fire-arm except to ave
hi own life or if his own life
wa in jeopardy.
"The pro ecutor talk
about a fleeing felon," aid
Le is, "you have to know a
per on i a felon to hoot him
and be ha to be dangerou .
You can't even hoot a flee­
in felon unle he i jeopard­
izinl somebody' life."
BI ed on Wiley' ruling
February 18, Fiedler' use of
deadly force a justifiable.
Accordin, to Manning at a
previous eeting, Fiedler
IS relieved of his dutie
minute after t e sbooti ,.
Co i ioner Wysinger bid '
stated tblt Fiedler I nol
relie cd of bl d ties, blvin
ICen him It the police deplrt-
Pre-Sc 001 StoryTi ill
meet on Wednesday,
February 28, from 10-10:45
a.m. Tbe film, ·Ho Mole
Got Hi Trousers" ill be
bo D, along i th otll
torie and actIvities 'for
young children, age 3-5.
Movies for children ill be
sbown on Friday; Marcb 3, at
2 p.m. Sbo ing are: "Wind In
The Windo ., "Yankee
Doodle Cricket" and "Winter
Of Tbe Witch."
Teachers and group Ieaders
ay call the library Junior
epartment ,at 926-7720 to
erve tours for be months
f April nd M y. Anti-Van­
alism progr ms ill be fea­
tured during tbe montb of
April, and May groups will
learn about tbe upcoming
summer programs for
children at the library.
Depository Holdings -
The library, as part of it
federal depository hcldings,
recently received the govern­
ment i ued 4-volume "Real
Elate et Inventory". The
volume are a listing of
ban rupt SaL propertie for
ale by tbe Resolution Tru t
Corp. They are available for
u e at tbe reference De k.
Fashion Sho
St. Jo epb Tbd y ill
spon or a fa hi on show on
Thur day, Marcb 1, from 12
noon to 1 :30 p.m. at Pier III,
105 N. Main St., St. Jo eph.
Re ervation are ugge ted
for I unch by calling, 983-
2334.
$500 P R I Z E S $1 Db
Stanqing Up
for Peace
CONTEST
.', _ •• , "I ,.. t ,' •• '- ' •• ". •• ,
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