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13 TON HARBOR-Detective
Bill Elliott of the Benton H rbor
Police Department wa posted at
the Monday, January 28, Benton
Harbor Ci ty Commis ion meet­
ing, chec in everyone who
Plan ho t pa tor. Sunday e rvice begins at
- 4:00pm, doors opening at
There wa a community wide 3:45pm. Come and hear a rnes-
tribute to 'Dr. Martin Luther King sage of Freedom, Justice,
Jr., at Temple n'oi Is r el Equality and Islam. It will be
Church. delivered hy the local rcpre-
The speaker wa former Mu - sentativc of the Honorable Loui
kegon Hts. Scho Superintcn- Farrakhan and the Nation of
dent Jo dnor, John aid I lam.
King nev despaired. His legacy Undcr Brother Farrakhans
peak for relevance and gives dynamic, forthright leadership,
comfort for all tho e in despair. the Nation of I lam is once again
Mr. Sydnor a ked the con- a positive and powerful influence
.Queen Ether Baptist gregration, "Have you m de any in the Black community and the
ure will h. ,\ \ ����es$1 u vel yQ world.
• wife, Rev. Samuel and ·Mrs. given to the cau e? nd he' 'd to '" Saturday at 5:00pm' is the
DoriS Greer' 1st Anniversary on the young people that Dr. King Study Group meetings. Minister
Sunday, February ·3, at 3:30 p.m. had a pecial message for them, Farrakhan has given us the sub-
Rev. Karry Wesley, pastor .of telling them to cecp on and don't jcct, Self-Improvement: The
the Antioch Fellow hlp B ptlst give up. Basis of Community Develop-
Church of Dallas, Texas will be Heights Middle School Vocal ment. This is a much needed con-
the guest, pcaker. Ensemble sang, "We Shall Over- cept, de igned 0 hclp save us
. come a Freedom and Precious." (rom our OWl) destruction.
In honor of Dr. ·Martin Luther So, Brothers and Sisters, we
King, Jr.'s birthday, Beuhab Olep. Nation of I lam invite you to join us on Sundays
tlst C urch, paused during their at 4:00pm and Sa urdays at
, Morning Service to give tribute announces 5:00pm. •
to hinn. J
Mr .• Ies e Stu�r recited his ervlces ROBERT : . ..
famous "1 Have A dream" speech The Nation of Islam is alive in BELL . , .
an'd the choir sang "We Shall Muskegon! Mecti ng at the
Overcome." Smith-Ryerson Community Cen- .
Rev. Willie Paul Jr., is the . ter, 550 Wood Street, MUSkegon. CONTRACTOR
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Tree "Rivers announce
199"1 BI$ck" History schedule
By Vcra White (\ 1."\ t 'r� • ,,,,. �
The plans for the Three Rivers' "eluded .t'oets ar Sand urg anct'
Black History Festival fo 991 is· Robert Frost.
completed. The theme is, "Unity In The second portion of this
The Community." The schuduled program will include an open read-
events are as follows: ing of poetry by Black poets.
- Sunday, February 3: Opening Persons that are interested in
Reception at the Carnegie Center participating can call the Carnegie
for the Arts, from 4-6 p.m. which Center for the Arts to register .
will include an exhibit of contem- - Saturday, February 16:
porary,Michigan Black Artists. Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis, Western
- Sunday, February 10: Black Michigan University Professor will
Poetry Writers Event and Essay be guest speaker at the Carver
Contest at Carnegie Center for-the Community Center, from 4-6 p.m.
Arts, 4-6 p.m., with Kim and David Her topic will be, "Stories of Black
Douglas. The Essay contest for Women".
Elementary, �iddle and High - Sunday, February 17:
School student� IS offered thro�gh Fashions and Songs with Fashion
the Three �lvers Community Designer Edie Moore of Chicago.
Schools. Closing date for the essay Also featured will be Baritone
co�test is J an�ary 25. A U.S. James McDuffy in concert at Car­
Savings Bond will be awarded for ver Community Center from 4-6
the best paper in each group and p.m. ' .
certificates of re�tion will be - Tuesday, February 19: Rev.
presented to all participants. Luther Channey will be guest
The awards and coordination speaker at 12:00 noon for the Three
are through the courtesy of the Rivers Womens Club's. Colonial
Baha'i Faith of St. Joseph County luncheon at Immaculate Concep­
and will be presented during the tion Church.
Black Poetry Event on February 10. _ � - Tuesday, February 19: At 7
The Black Poetry Writers Event p.m., Mrs. Lethonee Jones, Artist
on Sunday, February 10, will fea- Lecture at Carnegie Center for the
ture a tribute to the late Robert - Arts. .
Hayden, a Michigan poet. Hayden - Wednesday, February 20:
was the first Black poet appointed "Popular Demand", Acapella
by former United States President, Quartet at the Middle School
Jimmie Carter, to the Office of Auditorium, at 8 p.m.
Consultant in Poetry to the Library _. Friday, February 22: Din­
of Congress. This position is ner/Dance Buffet at the UAW
equivalent to National Poet Hall, from 6-10 p.m.
Laureate. Previous appointees in- Guest speakers will be Dr.
_--------------------------------- ... Joseph N. Ham, Ph.D. and Three
Rivers Mayor Mike Fleckenstein.
Cost will be $15.00 per person.
Proceeds will go to Carver Com­
munity Center and Carnegie
Center for the Arts.
- Tuesday, February 26:
Maeten Lewis will be guest speaker
for .the National Organization of
Women at Glen Oaks Community
College.
There will be three (3) exhibi­
tion sites in Three Rivers and all
displays will be exhibited February
3 through 28. The sites are:
- Three Rivers Public Library,
920 W. Michigan Avenue. Mrs.
Mary Criddell, creator. of Black
History Exhibitor.
- Carnegie Center for the Arts,
107 N. Main St., Tom Lowry, EX­
ecutive Director.
- George Washington Carver
Community Center, 5th Avenue
aJld M -6O-East.
Mrs� Savannah Caldwell served
as Co-ordinator for Black Hi tory
Festival 1991.
pi nnin to h ve in tailed pecial
lock on the water plant doors.
"I would ugge r, rather than
" orring about terrori t act and our yery be 1 city employee to
pending money to prevent ome- re ign because of our harra -
thing unle omething really ment", aid Y rbrough.
happen, that thi body hould be - Yarbrough then made a motion
thinking more in terms of a way' -
to how upport for the war that
i going on right now," said Man­
ning.
"We have a lot of people in
thi town that is over there and
I'd rather pend money on sup­
port than pend money on per-
onal protection, be it flags or
ribbon tI, said Manning.
ion Ch m­
ee
ny type of
for terrori t.
M nnin informed Wy inger
nd oth r commi loner th t
employee t the ter pi nt
ere notified to be on guard for
nyone th t tried to enter the
pi nt wi thout authoriz tion.
L 0 aid he.i
Wa
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resigns
By Bernice Brown
Correspondent .
At Monday, January 28, Ben­
ton Harbor Ci ty Commission
meeting Ci ty Manager Steve
Manning said Public Safety
Director and Asstsram City
_ �'Y'.,lUll .. e r Wa nd din
is reo ignatlop effective immedi-
tely. 1;'" •
Watson has been in Charge of
the City's Publlc Safety Depart­
ment since 1981, and has been
with the police department for 30
years. His annual salary is
$40,4831
Monday night Manning said
he had n ' t forme r ly accepted
Watson's resignation, and he
needed to make a decision about
who he would get to temporarily
take Watson's place.
That next day, Manning ap­
pointed Benton Harbor Police Lt.
Cyril Fuller as interim police
chief', who will be responsible for
daily operation of the police
department until a replacement is
found for Watson.
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to all the politic I unre t in thi
city it i time for me to move on.
W t on and the Benton H rbor
Police Dep rtment h ve been
on t ntly critici ed by Commi -
ioner Geor e y in er.
y in er h on ever I oc-
cion dem nded th t W t on be
fired or re i n bec u e he n't
"doin hi job the city'
Public S rety Director.
The I t up etc me to the
police dep rtment when a e rch
rr nt i ued by the t te
police nd the county
pro ecutor ' office to inve tig te
the dep rtment (or mi h ndling
money confi cated in dr g raid .
According to Manni ng the inve -
tigation continue.
"We can bl me thi d-
mini tr tion for t t," Commi -
ioner Charle Y rbrough aid,
about Wat on re igning.
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Harbor Are School t ill reco •
nize fric n-Americ n Hi tory
Month by pon orin di trlct­
wide conte t for element ry and
econd ry tudent.
The theme for 1991 i
"Afric n- merican Hi tory: The
Lin to Afric n-Amerlc n Fu-
iure." .
A po ter conte t, open to II
element ry level tudent ill
begin Febru ry 1, 1991. Select
po te r from p rticip ting
chool will be on di pi Y t the
Benton Harbor Public Library for
public viewing .w'nd judging
February 21 t through Febru ry
28th.
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congratulated by Dr. King's iter, (Iert)
ido or the late Dr. Martin Luther Kin
performance on Dr. King's birtbday.
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