WESTERN MICHIGAN
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'Geoff Morrow
promoted at station
TH oil 'paintin
of J m P Imore,
from the Bl Arts Cultural Center
Iam <X? nd oil painting of
1 I ident Mill rd Smith, nd
Orawin of Aubrey Adair w also
�xhibited. .
., Three n featu were dde<!
thi year.' Th � inclu ed th Film
F thral of Black Movie , shown
• aeh· Saturday t Carver Cen r;
ur of the Underground Railro
o in Schoolcraft; and the Inter-
. ait Unity Sunday School, held
I the First United Methodist Chutch.
The 'celebration kicked off on
·Fe�ruary 1, with the movie Ghost
Dad. Also, a Black Hi tory Rap on
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet
Tubman, Frederick Douglass and
Rosa Parks w reel ted. Th Rap was
co-written by high school enior Tim
Whi and junior Tony Moore, and
tured Edmond Jone and Dennis
.Moore with white scratching.
A Black History quiz coordinated
. by Pat Shafer was held with first and
second prizes awarded to Herman
kawki� and Rev. Eugene Harris.
Other events in the celebration
. - included:
- The women fellow hip with
, 1bree Rivers Mayor Kathy Gieber. - Candlelight proce ional
_ Churc night, featuring local featuring Dorothy Neyland Singing,
Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Bertha
ministers Michael Gulley, Pastor of Powell singing, Walk With Me Lord;
Geoff Morrow, with the Radio
Station WHFB AM/FM, in Benton
Harbor was recently promoted from
news reporter to News Director. He
replaces former director Debbie
Bums, who left the station in Decem­
ber.
. Morrow has worked at the station
i for the past ten years as disc jockey,
1 production pecialist and news
� reporter.
[, As a child, Morrow atteElnded Mc-
Kinley and Justice Gage ementary
Schools in Dowagiac before his
family moved to Benton Harbor
where be finished elementary and
jwlior high school.
Morrow graduated from Niles
High School in 1976. He entered the
Army after high school as part of the
101st Airborne Division. While in
the military, he received an As­
�iatC degree in Journalism from
tbe Unfvemity of Texas at EI Paso.
After four years of ervice, Mor-
row returned to Michigan where he
attended Andrews University in Ber­
rien Springs and Lake Michigan Col­
lege in Benton Harbor, before
moving to Kalamazoo where he
received a Bachelor's degree in
Political Science from We tern
Michigan Univemity.
Morrow resides in Benton Harbor
with his wife, linda McAfee-Mor­
row and their four children, Triana,
Daniel, Oeotl'ery, and Aaron.
He i Southwe tern Michigan's
first Black News Director.
Morrow's responsibilities in­
clude, anchoring morning newscasts
on both stations, supervising a staff
of four reporte and ensuring
coverage of all relevant new events
in Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren
Counties.
Good 1 uck Morrow on your
promotion and keep up the good
work.
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G ; Eth I Thurmond in in Pre­
Lord; Vernita Austin in in
"Shine On "; J me cDuffy
inging, Christ The er; nd
Robert Martin inging, I Come To
The Garden Alone.
TB DLAe Hi tory Month
Celebration concluded with an ex­
hibi t on the Glen Oa Communi ty
College Concourse and featured Pat
Shafer gue t peaker.
Shafer po eon, "Achieving
Unity In Dive ity."
The Committee included Bertha
Powell, Chairperson; Vera White,
Publicity Chairperson; Pat Shafer,
Maeten Lewis, Clara Ja per,
Dorothy Neyland, Dai y Holme,
Mildred Gray and Haven Williams.
Support Committee members in­
clude, Doris Morgan, Savannah
Caldwell, Elizabeth Crawford,
Ophelia Bryant, Phyllis Jone ,
Mildred Packer, Vernita Austin,
Darlene Moore, Tim White, Tony
Moore and Walter Scrutchings.
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