MUSKEGON
HEIGHTS
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and "HIV AIDS".
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want competition and each
time I win. Winning i a't
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always try.
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AN I FORMED PEOPLE
IS A FREE PEOPLE
WESTERN MICHIGAN
Gucs for the 3:30 p.m, ervlce
will be the St. Stephen A.M.E.
Church Choir of Chicago, lllinoi ,
and their p tor Rev. Albert Ty on.
Also Rev. Willie N. P ul, P tor of
the Beulah Baptist Church of
Muskegon and Beulah' Go pel
Choir.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Follow the Echo they fly to
Mayor Emma Hull and Commluloner J.,.. FA. Turner recently turned out for Downtown
Beautification Day In Benton H rbor. (photo by BemIoe Brown)
Heights Housing
CommiSSion moves ahead
The Muskegon Heights Housing
Commission is moving forward as
three announcements from the Com­
mission reveal:
Marcia K. Carter has been ap­
pointed to its Board of Commis­
sioners.
HUD has awarded the agency
$309,000 to make repairs.
Joe L. Mattox, a former official
with the Housing Authority of Kan­
sas Ci ty, Missourl, bas been ap­
pointed executive director.
-, Marcia K. Carter was appointed
to the Board of Commissionel'l by
Muskegon Heights Mayor Robert
Warren.
The new board member, wbo
Uvea in East Side O>urt Apartments,
bas been a resident of public bousing
for eleven years.
Her career goal i to earn a degree
and work in the criminal justice
profession. She is presently a per­
manent part-time cashier for Meijer,
Inc. Ms Carter is a member of Zion
Baptist Church and active with the
children's cbolr.
Ms. Carter i president of the
Part-Side Residents Council
(formerly East Part Manor Resi­
dents O>undl, Inc.)
She says ber main goal on tbe
Board of O>mmissioners will be to
represent all the residents of East
Park Manor, Columbia Court and
East Side Court apartments (all
public housing developments).
Ms. Carter will join Orville Syd­
nor, Nathanial Johnson, Virginia
Gardner and the Rev. Jamea Witcher
on tbe Board of Commissioners.
The Housing Commi ion has
been awarded a $309,000 Emergen­
cy Comprehenslve Improvement
Assistance Program (ClAP) grant to
MS. CARTER is the mother of
five girls and one boy whose ages
range from eight to 16 years old.
make repair on and at several
properties owned and managed by
the Commission.
JOE MATrOX was appointed
executive director of the Muskegon
Heights Housing Commission on
June 1. He is a former property
manager, crime prevention officer,
and director of housing management
for the Housing Authority of Kansas
City, Missouri.
Mattox is a CPM, Certified
Property Manager and a PHM, cer­
tified Public Houslng Manager.
The Mwskegon Heights Housing
Commis ion wa incorporated in
1960. The Commission owns and
manages 340 public houslng units. In
addition, 51 families participate in a
HUD Section 8 Program and 17
f milies participate in a Home
Ownership Program that was started
in 1984.
Ve , ev da. They ill be
Ie vin on September 4th and
retumi September 8th. (4 nigh
d 5 d ys).
Price $466.00 per person, For
furth r Information, call Jean t
722-6485 or 0 at 733-9951.
Corinthi n B pti t Church ill
have their Revlv 1 beginnin
. A t 17 through 21. Rev. Bill
R ell ot Columbi , Mis ., will be
the guest peaker each evenin t 7
p.m. Rev. Clarence Guy, i the
ho t p tor.
The meeting w al 0 attended
by Secretary ofHo in and Urban
Development, J c Kemp.
yor Wanen . d President
Bu h promi ed to e tabU h an
inter-agency con I ting of
representativ from major federal
departments to explore the mayors
concerns.
Mayor Wanen aid they plan to
bold imllar meeting with Bill
Clinton of Arkansas, the
Democratic President nominee.
CALENDAR
BH Summer
Lunch Contlnu
Tbe Benton Harbor Area
Schools' Summer Food Service
. Program which is taking place at 15
locations in the Benton Harbor area
will continue through Friday,
August 14, according to Stephen E.
Mitchell, Assistant Superintendent
of Operations and Facilities for the
Benton Harbor Area Schools.
Olildren 18 yeaJS of age and
younger are encouraged to par­
ticipate. Lunches are served from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m, and lnaclca from
2-3 p.m.
This fadUty is operated in ac­
cordance with USDA poliey which
<Iota not permit discrimination be­
C8U1e of race, color, age, sex, hand­
icap or national origin. Any person
who believes that he or he has been
discriminated against in any USD�
related activity smold write lmme­
diately to the Secretary of Agricul­
ture, Washington, D.C., 202S0.
The summer food service pro­
gram is funded by the United Stated
Department of Agriculture and lo­
cally spo.-ored by the Benton Har­
bor Area ScbooIs.
Call the sebool district's Food
Service Office at 927-0666 for fur­
ther information.
Softball
TQurnaments Held
There will be three softball tour­
naments held in the next three
months at the Diamond Bowl, New
Buffalo, MiChigan. Two Men's
Open tournaments with four (4)
homerun limit, on Sunday, August
9, and Sunday, September 13.
On Saturday and Sunday, Oc­
tober 3rd and 4th, Co-Ed Open
tournament will be held. All tour­
naments are organized by Way�
Gibson. Call (219) tr14-WJ7 for
further details.
Mu kegon Heights Mayor
Robert Warren and a group of
other Black Mayor met with
President George Bush recently in
W hington.
Mayor Warren said he though
the meeting went well. He said
tbey talked about drugs,
employment, bousing and family
values.
The West Shore Sympbony
Orche tra announces "Open
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The Progressive Mis ionary Baptist Church, 245
Pipestone, Benton Harbor, will be ho ting the General
Baptist State Convention of MiChigan' 66th Annual
Session on August 3-7.
Beginning Monday and Tuesday with the Sunday
School and Baptist Training Union Congre , with
Rev. Willie T. Burton as Congress President:
Convention Musical will be on Monday night at 7
p.m.
Wednesday begins tbe Annual Session with morn­
ing study courses and worship serivees. Afternoons
will be auxiliarie workshops followed by 7 p.m.
ervices nightly,
There will be a pecial welcome night services
held with special guests Mayor Emma Hull, Super­
visor Nora Jefferson and Reverend Richard Taylor
and Reverend Willie N. Paul, pastorofBeulahBaptiat
Church, in Muskegon. '
Service will be held during day and night. The
public i invited to attend.
Dr. Harvey E. Leggett, Convention President.
Reverend Jame O. Childs, hast pastor.
Upset with � hli'coiIrt'lfysteiif?
YOU have the rare opportunity
to make a difference. '
The Senate Judiciary Commltt e (Ve I 111at ame group who pr Ided Oll r
the Anita Hill/Clar nce 1110ma hearing a) will soon vote on th confirmation
of John Smletanka to the Sixth Circuit of Appeal . The Judiciary Commltt
need to know the Judicial record of Smletanka. He I well known to African
American In western Michigan.' Under hi reign a Berrl n County
Pro ecutor, he turned the court Into a urallroad tatlon to Jackson" for
Blacks.
One ca e that show clearly the que tionable tactics of John Smletanka I
the Maurice Carter ca e. Carter Is erving a life entence for th shooting In
1973 of an otf-duty Benton Harbor police officer. The offtcer, wounded
superficially, claimed the day of the hooting he could not Id ntlfy th .
assailant. Two year later after Carter' picture wa publl h d on pag one
of the local paper, the officer picked Carter out of a lineup .. Carter'
court-appolnted attorney never filed a motion for dl cov ry and w nt to trial
without th fact. Th African American woman who clerk d In the store
where the hooting occured testlfed that Carter wa not th allant White
employe of Smletanka te titled that Carter wa the man. The ali-white Jury
convicted Carter •.
A Southfield attorney, working for free out of conviction that Carter wa
railroaded, ha uncovered evldence of jury tampering In the Carter ca e.
That dl covery ha prompted the national NAACP and th Benton Harbor City
Comml slon to reque t an Inv tlgatlon of charge of jury tampering In th
Carter case. '
Wh'ere do you fit In? If you bell ve that the Smletanka nomination hould not
be decided 'until the Jury tampering charg are Inve tlgated, th n clip the
coupon below, fill It out and mall rt to: ,
Senator Jo ph Blden, Chair Senate Judiciary Committee, 221 Ru I,
W hlngton, D.C. 20510 ,
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Dear Senator Bid nand M mber of the Judiciary Com mitt
,STOP the nomination proce of John Smletan"a to th Sixth Circuit
Court of App I until a full Inv tlgatlon I conduct d Into the
charg of fUry II m paring In the Maurie Cart rca. No candid
hould b ated and placed In a po ltIon to met out JU Ic who I
him fund r qu tlon of Injustice In th conduct of a trl I. Juetlc
demands II qu tlon be an wered before the Sml ank nomination
proceed . Thank you. •
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