BENTON HARBOR
D RO W cbainnan of
the NAACP Edu tion Committee
from 1960 to 1970, member and
I DIVlDU I P y
"Gettin Up E Iy In The omin
Ye terday" were, Dorothy Allen,
ry Starling J nice S rlin Mary
Ann Wa hi ngton, Wilm Jean
Wood rd, S nd J. Henry, Pearl
Brown Kim W rs, Antane ha or­
m n, Jem lorman, Jorclem M.
W ters, Robert Wit n, Jermaine
Brown, Cornell Brown, Am Clark
nd Rev. Elli Hull Sr.
Dr. Rev. Ell' L. Hull' the host
p tor.
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MUSKEGON
'Third Annual Spring Fling Trip
By MARY GOL�DAY
Jamell Turner celebrated his 7th
birthday recently with family and a
few friends. He had ice cream and
cake, hot dogs and other goodies. He
is the son of Elaine Turner.
Trinity Townsend, a student at
Muskegon Hts High School has been
nominated for the Muskegon' Ex­
change Club Award.
The students selected will be
awarded a $100 Saving Bond and
will be eligible to compete with other
winners for District and National
honors.
Trinity participates in track, cross
country and student government.
He is the son of Travis and Jo Ann
Townsend. Congratulations Trinity.
Muskegon Ci ty Commissioner
Blanch Smith and Muskegon Hts
High School eacher, George
Paydras w honored by the Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity at it's Annual
Scholarship BaUrecently.·
Mrs. Smith was named Citizen of
the Year for her active roll as city
commissioner and for her com­
munity involvement. She is married
to Richard Smith and have two sons.
Mr. Paydras was named Man of
the Year for his action in the frater­
nity, classroom and community. He
led the fraternity project to distribute
Thanksgiving food baskets to the
needy. He is married to Ann Paydras
and have a daughter.
Congratulations to the both of
you.
The West Shore Symphony's
Third Anual Spring Eling Trip to
Chicago is planned for March 13 and
14. Seats are still available for
anyone that wants to go.
The bus is scheduled to leave
Muskegon on Friday at 7:45 a.m. and
return Saturday late afternoon.
Maestro Murray Gro s leads a
pre-concert discussion and a con­
tinental breakfast will be enjoyed
while traveling to Chicago. After
checking in at the Chicago Hilton
Hotel and a quick lunch, it is off to
hear the world renowned Chicago
Symphony Orchestra under the
direction of Eric Leinsdorf.
Friday evening and Saturday
mornings are free to enjoy all the
wonderful activities of Chicago.
The total fce for the bus, hotel and
concert is $130 per person double
occupancy or $170 single. This also
includes a donation to WSSO. Cau
the West Shore Symphony, 726-
3231 for your reservation and ad­
ditonal iriformation.
CALENDAR
LMCToHave
Booth At Mall
Lake Michgian College will dis­
: tribute information about college
: programs, services and financial aid
at a booth during the Community
Awareness Show from lOam to 8 pm
, March 7, at Orchards Mall in Benton
, Harbor. College repre entatives will
staff the booth to answer questions.
: At The Ubrary
. Pre-School StoryTime will meet
Wednesday and Friday, Februray 26
. -27, (rom 10-10:45 am. Activities for
, children, ages 3-5 are planned.
Movies for children are shown on
Saturdays at 1 p.m. Showing
February 29 will be: "Sabastlan's
Carribbean Jamboree" and
"Berenstain Bears And The Truth. "
, Toughlove
The ToughLove Parent Support
. Group will meet March 3, at 7:30 pm
in the nursery of the Stevensville
United Methodist Church, 5506
Ridge Rd., Stevensville.
Chronic Illness
Support Group �
The Coping With Chronic Illne
Support Group meets February 27, at
7 pm at the Stevensville United
Methodist Church, 5506 Ridge Rd.,
Stevensville. Call 925-0594 or 800-
335-0341 or 428-2833 for info.
Hearing te ts will be held March
6, from 9 am to 12 noon at the Mercy
Memorial Medical Center's Speech
& Hearing Clinic in Berrien Springs.
No appointment necessary and no
fee. Call 471-4243.
A upport group for parents who
have lost a child through stillbirth,
mi carriage, tubal pregnancy or
death in early infancy will meet
March 3, at 7 pm at the Mercy
Memorial Medical Center.
A 10-minute Cardiovascular
creening test for cholesterol rations,
triglyceride, glucose, odium,
potassium urea nitrogen, chloride
and total bilirubin will be held March
25, from 6:30-9:30 am at the YWCA
in St. Jo eph. Cost $20. Pre-regi tra­
tion not required. 14-hour f t re­
quired before tbe test. Call 983-1561
for more information.
MI'II�:!I' Cancer
Support Group �
A support group for women with
breast cancer will meet March 19, at
7 pm at the First Congregational
Church, St. Jo eph. No pre-registra-
tion i required. .
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their ren 1 properti
y r 1 1/1992.
n in ntlve, th c ty com­
mi ion ranted a 0 -tim
ty ivin the late p yment fee, if
th rental property ire' tered
within30d y ofrecciptofnotice.
If re iteration fee' not p id
within day of th notice, late
fee pen Ity in th mount of 1 per­
cent per month will be dd d. For
tho e who do not re pond to the
notice. legal ction will taken
inst th m nd if convicted,
fine of up to $500 will be impo ed.
Marcia Ferri , In pection
Divi ion Supervi or for th City of
Benton Harbor, aid the city i
cracking down on property owners
who have not regi tered their
properties. "All rental units m t
be regi tered with the city by July
1, of each year and if regi tered
later, a 1 percent fee is charged per
month until the registration fee i
received," she sid.
A PROPERTY owner is re­
quired to pay a registration fee of
IF REGISTERED property is
rented out three or four time in a
UW 1992
cholar-
hip
The Benton Harbor/St. Joseph
Branch of the American As ociation
of University Women is offering
scholarship aid to area women.
Grants will be made to professional
women pursuing graduate degrees
and to women enrolled in programs
designed to help them re-enter the
labor market.
Funds' for the grants, which are
available to any ingle or married
area women of any race or creed, are
generated by the AAUW Book Sale
held each year in September.
__ Criteria considered in making
AAUW fellowship awards include
intellectual ability, strong motiva­
tion, community involvement, and
commitment to goals likely to lead to
constructive contributions to the
community.
Applicants must be residents of
the Twin Cities area. To qualify for
graduate fellowships, applicants
must hold a bechelor's degree from
an accredited college or university in
the United State and must be en­
rolled in a program of graduate tudy
leading to a degree at an accredited
college or university.
RE-ENTRY FELLOWSHIP
applicants must be high school
graduates or hold G.E.D. certificates
and must how proof of admission to
a program leading to a bachelor's or
ociate' degree or to licensing or
certification in their elected field.
Applications for AAUW fellow­
ships, which are available at local -�
libraries, must be received by the
local branch no later than March 23,
1992.
Announcement of awards will be
made at AAUW luncheon meeting
scheduled for April 25.
COUP from A-2
is survived by his widow, Mrs. Maria
Kutoane, and ix children.
On January 29, 1992 five
African were murdered by
Europeans by being trapped into a
mini-bus and sealed inside with two
drums of petrol. The vehicle was
rolled off a cliff. . Of course they
died. So much for so-called "positive
changes" in South Africa. .
IN DECEMBER 1991, out of
the South African sophisticated cam­
paign of deception there has
emerged a gigantic political fraud of
our time mi leadingly called Con­
vention for Deception by South
Africa to perpetuate apartheid and
colonialism in this African country.
Patrick Lawrence, a South
African journalist woo is pro-the old
so-called "moderate" organization
has described "CODESA" as "A
coup d'etat by de Klerk," (The Star
- December 23ed, 1991).
He wri tes, "Mr de Klerk made a
bold bid to seize the initiave at the
historic ... meeting of the 'Conven­
tion for a Democratic South Africa's
by pre-empting two central
demands.
He used two days of 'CODESA'
meeting ... he pre-empted ...
demands for ... the election on the
basis of adult suffrage of a Con­
stituent Assembly to draw up a new
constitution for South Africa."
The net result of the CODESA
fraud' that there is no longer any
talt about elections. 1be constitu­
tion is to be drawn by unelected pup­
pc of the South African regime.
Every attempt is being made to avoid
elections.
EVEN TIlE O-CAlLED "in­
terim government" when finally con­
ceded is to be by appointees
pproved by the South African
regime with no mandate from the
people. Thar i how "democratic"
CODESA is.
The PAC uncovered "de Klerk's
coup d'et t" on November 30th,
1991 and uspended tal with tbe
South African regime. The regime Ii
rigging and frustrating genuine
negotiations intended to dismantle
apartheid. It is u ing corrupt
methods perpetuating apartheid.
It has invited ten paper "political
parties" from the Bantustan true­
tures. Three of these participants are
military juntas and six are from the
discredited tricameral structures.
These are the regime's products of
the 1983 apartheid constitution.
This racist constitution was
declared null and void by the highest
organ of the United Nations - the
Security Council. . This was by its
Resolution 554 of August 17, 1984.
It is disturbing that the international,
community can now accept invita­
tions to be observers at the CODESA
circus.
One of the Bantustan "govern­
ments" to CODESA recently invited
the leader of the neo-Nazi right wing,
Eugene Terre-Blanche and his
'commandos' for talks in the Orange
Free State, (Business Day -
November 27th, 1991). Some of the
Bantustan leaders have clearly stated
that the regime is negotiating on their
behalf.
THE OTHER GROUPINGS
that have taken part in CODESA are
the ANC, the South African Com­
munist Party and the Indian Con­
gress. The latter represents about
800,000 Indians who were brought
to the country as indentured laborers
by the British colonial were spon­
sored by the collapsed Soviet Union
during the past 30 years. Many
members is therefore counted twice,
and sometimes three times since they
could also be members of the Indian
Congress as well.
At "CODESA" the regime was
repre ented by two delegations -
one repre enting the de Klerk ruling
party and another the regime itself.
CODESA represents a minority.
Just before the formation of this
apartheid coloniali t creature hailed
by its backers as "historic" - an
opinion poll conducted by Markinor
Re earch Centre in Johannesburg
showed that 60 percent of the op­
pres ed African people did not
believe that the racist regime was
serious about genuine negotiations.
Only le than 40 percent believe
that the apartheid creature can trans­
form itself to "democracy."
Indeed. PAC's 2nd Deputy Presi­
dent, Advocate D. Moseneke, also a
prominent lawyer in AZANIA
(South Africa) has aid,
"Many ... hold that so-called
"CODESA" i a creation of the
pre ent regime, prepacked with
political puppet to weaken the
legitimate demand for majority rule
and t�ereby ensure that the tatus quo
remains unchanged.
Central to the struggle of the
African people in Azania is the
elimination of white colonial racist
domination, the reconquest of the
land and the establishment of a non­
racial democratic order free from
economic oppression and social
degrada tion."
IN DECEMBER 1990, the PAC .
affirmed its position for genuine
negotiations. In 1991. the PAC also
implemented its re olution to form a
Patriotic/United Front. In April
1991, the PAC managed to talk to the
ANC about the importance of the
Patriotic/United Front, as well as to
AZAPO in August 1991 and other.
Subsequently, the Patriotic/United
Front, financed by the Organization
of African Unity (OAU) was formed
in Durban in October 1991.
It accepted the establishment of a
democratically elected COnstituent
Assembly as its bedrock.
Some of the matters agreed to by
the Patriotic/United Front were:
- The Pre-Constituent Assemb­
ly Meeting/All-Party Conference
must be convened by an independent
and neutral convener, not by the
South African regime.
- The Pan Africanist Congress
of Azania and the African National
Congress must agree on an accept­
able convener.
- The purpose of the Pre-Con­
stituentAssembly Meeting/All Party
Conference would work out
modalities of transferrtnz power to
the majority. The modalities must
center around the establishment of
an elected voting on a common
voter's roll, constitutional principle
within the framework outlined in the
United Nations and the Organization,
of African Uni ty declarations of
1989, the role of the international
community to upervise negotiations
and a Transitional Authority to later
conduct democratic free and fair
elections. The re-incorporation of
the Banu tans and definite
framework were also to be dis­
c sed. ,
;_ The transfer of power from the
minority to the di po e ed in­
digenous African majority must be,
the main objective of the truggle.
