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By B rnlc Brown. T rry Kelly
Mlchlpn Cltlan
B r r I n
Sheriff
Stephen
Mar8chke
ran thi
r cl t ad In
hi failed
bid for re-
lectlon In
the August
4 primary.
B TO HARBO - Thanks to
the qu tion of a concerned citizen
during a candldates forum, new
inform tion surrounding
even that occured the night a
Black youth di appeared in
racially hostile St. Joseph have
come to light
Until City resident nd
concerned citizen Curti
Murphy stepped to the mi-
crop hone to k the incumbent Ber
rien County Sheriff Stephen
Marschke about the drowning death
of Eric McGinnis, 16. on May 17,
1991, noone w aware that th Sher
iff himself had been the last known
person to ee McGinnis alive.
Until Murphy ked his question,
the St. Joseph police aoo Berrien
County Prosecutor Dennis Wiley
had maintained that McGinnis' fa
ther was the last to ee lhe youth
alive.
The father dropped young
McGinnis off at a teen dance club in
downtown St. Jo eph on Friday,
May 17, 1991 around 9 p.m .. Three
day later his body w pulled from
the StJ eph river which eparates
Black and poor Benton Harbor rom
affluent white St. Joseph.
To thi date, no official explana
tion of the youth's disappearance or
drowning has been offered.
duct a pro t march to demo tratc
their conce over the death of
McGinnis in lig t of the infor
mation.
On August 3, the Be n r
City Cotnmission p cd a resolu
tion t the request of tbe NAACP,
king the U.S. Attorney General to
further investigate the e.
THE MEMBERS OF t� Na
tional ociation for the Advance
ment of Colored People, community
leaders aoo residents in the City of
Benton Harbor are planning to con-
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Dancer Look On
ChenzJrz William and Geralyn Jackson, members of Festival XVI For The P rfonnlng Arts 0
Workshop look on 8S other members recently performed for a crowd on Belle Isle. F for the
Performing Art. a ummer youth program, was founded 16 years ago by former Motown singer t<Jm
Weston. The prog�m started with 60 participants, today it includes hundred annually.
�JACKSON: "No.
A lot of what was destroyed will
neverbe rebuilt, and who dora ithurt
-us.
I
OIT - ood, unfit for
human consumption wa pulled
from the racks of Farmers Ouali ty
Market located at 6011 Livernois, on
July 16, 1�92, by state inspec
tom.
The Michigan Department of
y 1tatio for
aanitary oonditio and. Notice of
Seizure, which requires the removal
of food when the general public's
afety is at risk.
Harold lorlen, Regional Super
visor at the Michigan Department of
Agriculture said, "Food safety is our
tJcc
only fn exbemo cues. "
According to State Inspector
Jerry Wajtala, conditions were ex
treme. On the July 16th vi it he
found rat feces, rotting meat, plat
tered blood on wall , live flies,
strong odors, molding residue in the
meat cooler and stagnant water in
various areas.
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THIS ISN'T the first time that
Farmers Quality Market has been in
the news. In November 1991, the
Detroit Free Press reported on un
sanitary condiuons in the store then
under the ownership of Mark Dikow .
At that time the 'FBI along with
the Michigan Department of
Agriculture found 30,000 pounds of
stolen meat and unsanitary condi
fIons. State inspectors found rat
feces, rodent-knawed produce. cock
roaches dead and alive, maggots and
rotting meat.
In an interview only days before
the state action, Bally told this
newspaper, "We have gained back a
lot of the 01 customers. We have put
fliers into the neighborhoods to let
people know that the store i under
new management. We have new
equipment, clean shelves and floors.
We are doing all that we can to make
the tore a better place. We are now
eUing meat to area church and
restaurants. ".
Despite the store owners efforts,
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By RON SEIGEL
Correspond nt
WGHLAND PARK-A public hearing was held on a proposal by the
Municipal Capital Investment Corporation of Rochester Hills to build
a community based correction facility in Highland Park between
Hamilton and Buena Vista, designed for those who commi t shoplifting
and failure to pay child support.
Scotty Wainwright, Assistant to Highland Park Mayor Unsey
Porter said the proposal for such a facility was a good one, and would
support it.
. The Municipal Capital Investment Corporation (MCIC) states that
because of rules against pri on overcrowding, "crooks doubt that they
will serve any time.",
With uch a correction facility though, MCIC officials note, "the
judge can entence them and keep them off the streets.
According to plans for the project, the City of Highland Park will
own the facility and the city's Public Safety Department will operate
it.
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