WESTERN MICHIGAN
C OOLDI
• rien County p clp nti
School Food Service pro
folio : Benton Harbor Are
::iCbOOlS, men County ISO, Ber­
rien Sprin Public chool,
Brid Public Schoo , Bue nan
Community , Colo Com­
munity Schoo , Bau Caire Public
School , Galien To hip SchoolJ,
La bore Public School, ew Buf­
faloAreaSchool, 11 Community
School , River V ney School Di -
tnct, St. Jo ph Public School and
Watervliet Public School .
Others include: Andre Univer­
ity School, Berrien Spring; Chri t
Lutheran" Stevensville; Imm nuel
Luther School, Bridgm n: La e
Michigan Catholic Elem., Benton
Harbor: Lake Michigan Catholic
High, St. Jo eph; St. Joseph
cathoUc, Watervliet; St. Mary of the
La e School, New Buffalo; St.
Paul's Lutheran School,
Steve ville; Seventh D y Adven­
ti t, Berrien Springs; Trinity
Lutheran School; Sawyer; and
Trinity Luther School, St. Joseph.
School In Benien County par­
ticipating in tho Special Milk Pro­
gram only are as follow: Grace
Lutheran, Bau CI re: Grace
Lutheran, St. Jo eph; Hager 116
School District, River i ; Im­
manuel Christian, Benton Harbor;
Niles SDA School, NUes: St. Mary's
Catholic, Nile ; and Trinity
Lutheran, Berrien Springs.
VBUCO
Black Arts Fair
South Haven; Karate Demonstrations, Fred Madden;
Joe Singer (soloi t): Keitra Colombel (dancer; Rod .
keSp
Greater t gh a proaram of
Michigan Council for the Ar1s.
The Fair will be held at Covert School parking lot,
located on M-I40 Highway, in Covert, Michigan, at
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 5th activities will be: Music
by Mellow Fellow OJ; C1lildren's Story Hour, Betty
Colombel; Double Dutch-Brid., Girl Scouts of
Singing Sands; Flippin (acrobatic:a), South Haven;
Flippin (acrobatics), Covert; Civic Black Theatre of
Kalamazoo; Black Entertiners (dancers), Covert &
GOIpel B on in . hool
auditoriwn at 7 p.m. On program will be the Burton­
Smith Connection, featuring Jeffery and Birgit Bur­
ton of Buffalo, New York. Also featured will be the
Seventeen Voice Koiona Community ingers of
Detroit, Michigan.
Activities for Sunday, will include; MUsic by Mel­
low Fellow OJ; Children's Story Hour, Betty Colom­
bel; Singers Teri Jackson and Tiffany Gordon;
Soloist, Joe Singer; and video's featuring the Missis-
sippi M Qoir and The Florida Mass Ctoir.
II Building Block
II offer grants
Money for neighborhood people
to tackle projects on their block is
now available.
, It is part of the Vision '93 process
initiated by Cornerstone Alliance
last year produced seven initiatives,
including Neighoorhood Develop­
ment which is promoting the pro­
pam called BulldinJ Blocks were
. the result, according to Gladys
Peeples Burks and Richard
Whiteman, co-cbairs of the neigh­
borhood development task force.
Vision '93 will award small
grants to neighbQl1 who wish to un­
dertake a project that will impact the
quality of Ufe in their immediate
neighborhoods. .
Applications' will be ccepted
from existing block groups or neiJh­
borbood coalitions created eapedal­
ly to undertake a eUgible project.
The block must be located in the
City of Benton Harbor, Benton
Charter Township, or St. Jo eph
Cbau1er Township and consist of at
least eight residential units that ad­
join one another.
Eligible projects must be
developed by a resident group, meet
the general goals of the program, and
enhance the quality of life in the
defined area. Activities might in­
clude planting flowers, tree , or
shrubs in common areas; painting
house numbers on curbI or homes;
fixfna street signs; coverina aramti;
or general clean-up of the neighbor­
. hood.
Due to the 1CU0nal nature of
these activities, all projects must be
completed by November 31, 1992.
Neighborhood groups mUit lub­
mit a brief written description of the
proposed activity, aloDg with the sig­
natures of the neighboll Involved, by
4 p.m. on August 28, 1992.
Three projects will be selected for
·1 MUSKEGON
By MARY GOWDAY
Rev. Adam and Mrs. Bonnie
Weaver celebrated their 30th Wed­
ding Anniversary recently with a trip
to Macldnac Island.
Mrs. Weaver is the former Bonnie
Bibbs and is employed by the Mus­
kegon County Sheriff Department.
Mr. Weaver i employed by the
Sealed Power Hy�Lift Oivision.
Muskegon Police Officer 1-ous
Hood was honored recently at the
McLaughlin eighborhood A -
sociation annual picnic,
He was honored with a plaque
and a gift certificate. Neighborhood
As ociation Executive Director
Kathy Martin said Officer Hood was
bonm:ed a ymbol of appredatlon
for hla work.
He is there for the nelghboll and
his praeDCe bas kept out druJ ac­
tlvitl and has brought sense of
cooperation to area residen .
Heights High School
d Queen Esther Bap­
ponsoring a benefit
honorina G rman.
A basketball game featuring ac­
tuaI1970-197S playell will be held
Saturday, September 5, at 7 p.m. at
Muskegon Heights High School
gymnasium. Free will donation of
$1.00 or more. For information, call
7�3-8392.
funding and will be awarded on Sep­
tember 11, 1992. Applications will
be judged on a point system involv­
ing neighborhood participation
level, potential for other financial
support, involvement of residents in
completing the activity, and innova­
tion.
The BuUding Blocks program
will contribute a maximum of$2,000
to each project. Neighborhood
groups are encouraged to use the
grants to leverage other funds and to
solicit in-kind assistance and
donated services if required to cover
additional expenses.
AppUcations arc available at the
Cornerstone Alliance office.
Anyone wishing further Infonnation
or assistance, call Vision '93 Coor­
dinator Larry Nielsen or Kendall
McKinley at 925-6100.
The Problem
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cdy Cor tho Iymptom. of cmbar­
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fi,htl,thick, Iplit, diacolorod naila.
Two powerCul anti-Cun,al aacnta
fi,ht inCection on toenails and f&n­
,emaila and work to eliminate the
actual C"n,uI. EalY to apply a. nail
polish. No pl"CICription neee .. ary,
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the nad Cun,uI a'lociated with
aritiflCial naiIt.
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(Pictured above and below) Over 75 demonstrators marched in the pouring rain, AugUst 12, in front of the
Berrien County Courthouse to demand that justice be done in a long string of unsolved murders of African
Americans in that ,southwestern Michigan county.
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YOU have the rare opportunity
to make. a difference.
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The S nate Judiciary Commltt (Ve 1 111 at am group Ymo pr lded over
the Anita HIll/Clar�nce Thoma hearing.) will soon vote on th confirmation
of John Smletanka to the Sixth Circuit ot Appeal . 111 Judiciary Comm
ne d to know the judlcl I record of Smletanka. He I well known to Alrlc.n
American In western Michigan. Under hi relgn a B rrl n County
Pro ecutor, he �med th court Into a "railroad station to Jackson" tor
Black.
On ca e that how clearly the que tlonable tactlca of John S.:nle nka I.
th Maurice Carter ca e. C rt r I erving a IIf entenc for th hooting In
1973 of an off�uty Benton Harbor police otftcer. TIl ottlcar, wound d
upertlclally, claim ed the day of the hooting he could not Id ntlly the
allant. Two year later fter Carter' picture wa publl h d on p g on
of the local pa".r, the officer picked Carter out of a lin up. Cart r'
court-appolnt d attorney never tiled a motion tor discovery and w nt to trl I
without th f eta. Th African American woman who cl rk d In th store
where th hooting occured t Ifed that Cart r w not th a allant White
mploy of Smletanka te titled that Carter wa the man. 111e all-whlt jury
convicted Carter.
A Southtleld attorney, working tor tr out of conviction that Cart r wa
railroaded, ha uncovered evldence of Jury tampering In the Carter ca .
That dl cov ry ha prompted the national NAACP and th B nton Harbor City
Comml Ion to reque t an Inve tlgatlon of charges of Jury tampering In th
Carter c e.
Wh r do you fit In? It you believe that the Smletank nomination hould not
be decided until the jury tampering charge are Inve tlgated, then clip th
coupon blow, till It out nd m II rt to: ,
S nator Joseph Blden, Chair Senat Judl.clary Committee, 221 Rua ell,
Washington, D.C. 20510
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D ar Senator Bfd n and Member of th Judiciary Com mitt
STOP the nomination proce ot John Smletanka to th Sixth Circuit
Court of App I until a full Inv tlgatlon I conduct d Into th
charg of jury tampering In the Maurlc Cart r ca . No canc:u
hould be ed and placed In po Itlon to mete out JU c Who I
him elt und r que on of InJu tlce In the conduct of a trl I. J c
d mand all qu Ion be n wer d betore th Smletanka nomination
proceed . Thank you.
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