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OL Ie
contlnu d from Pag 88
IL BUSH'S Apex Energy
Company' the envy of many people
who are trying to tart a busin
During hi dad' reign, Neil invested
$3,000 in the business, got the
federal government of bac 75 per­
cent of its S2 million financing deal
and drew a salary of $160,000 a year
in a project that, ended up being a dry
hole and left the government holding
a worthIes tock certificate.
Blacks compromise two times tpc
unemployment rate of white
America. Over 32 percent of us are
below the country's poverty line, and
we get turned down for credit to tart
business projects by rates that are 10
to 1 better toward whites.
, what reason is there for us to
caught up in a "style" that has no
substance for, or about, us?
Economically, who says what that is
going to help us?
W tch
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held only
AFfER YFAR of a clo ed
investigation, it w revealed during
an election debate that Sheriff Mar­
schke was probably the last person
to ee McGinni alive.
On the night McGinnis disap­
peared, Marschke was on his way
into a tavern in downtown St. Joseph
when he saw a Black youth being
chased down the middle of the street
by a white male. Marschke admi tted
in a tatement to the police that the
white male was someone "he had
seen before."
There is no official explanation to
this day of how McGinnis ended up
in the river or why Marschke failed
to top the chase or apprehend the
youth.
fets recommendations forfederal, " I WAS APPALLED to hear
state and community-level action to .tbe man was getting off the hook
help create networks of family sup- here with the appointment to the Pa­
port programs throughout the role Board," said Twin Cities Branch
country. NAACP Mary DeFoe. "'!Ie still
If a need to kmw Marschke' part of it
nation to the ofl vfni' Icl (the Eric McGinnis case)."
behind, we must value and support "We're still pursuing Eric
McGinnis and Marschke's failure to
America's parents.· lbat's why we take action as a sworn police offi-
need these family support programs cer," said City Commissioner James
in every community. They can pro- F.A. Turner. "We want that case
vide the early support that all parents solved. We need to know what he
need to give their children the love, knows about it; what he knows about
atablUty and u,ity that is so critical . the person chasing McGinnis."
to their future development. "No Black will ever get a fair
hearing from him," DeFoe said of
the Marschke appointment to a
three-year term on the parole board.
Her comment and the concern of
others familiar with Marschke point
MariDn Wright E�lman is presi­
dent o/the Childrm·s Defens� Fund,
a national voice lor children.
NEW LIFE
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pay $4,000, an amount more than
double one month's rent for this
extension.
-
ACCORDING TO Beck, New
Ufe bas rented the 3O-room convent
from the Parish for $1500 a month
ince the program began.
"In July 1991 the Parish notified
New Life a rent increase was likely,
according to Beck. "We didn't hear
anything else from them so we
continued paying our rent, " she said.
Six months later, the Parish sent a
new lease with new terms calling for
$2000 a month rent. In addition New
Ufe. was responsible for the upkeep
of the building, and securing a $1
million insurance policy on the
building.
"We could not comply with the
terms of the new lease," Beck stated'.
"We stopped paying rent in
December. We were hoping to
renegotiate the lease."
New Life attempted to continue
to pay $1500 a month rent, but the
Parish would not accept the money.
. New Life deposited the monies in an
interest bearing account hoping to
work out new lease terms.
Archdioce e officials would
neither confirm or deny that the
Parish had rejected rent monies from
New Life.
IN MARCH, New Life
presented the Parish with
alternatives plans.
Either New Life pay $1000 a
month rent and S1. Benedict assume
maintenance and insurance, or New
Life pay $500 a month and assume
all maintenance and insurance.
In addition, New Life offered to
buy the building for $35,00, with
$2000 down and the balance paid on
land contract ever the next 10 years.
The final option New Life offered
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n County Cltlz n
He is also chair of the State Bar of
em •
aM Character.
Persons wishing to protest the ap­
pointment of Marschke to the Parole
Board can write:
Kenneth L McGinnis
Director
Depa�entofCO�DS
Park area.
continued from Page 1 "Before we began, each organiza-
tion had to have its individual house
tial building projec in the Brush in order," he said. "We had to have
audited financial statements, articles
of incorporation and proper
documentation of everything. This
allowed us to apply for non-profit
corporation status and do other
things to �ke the venture more vi­
able.
"The fraternities came together
with $15,000 in seed money as well,"
said Segue, "and realize that, in a
joint venture, you're going to have to
spend money. But the [oint venture
gives you the opportunity to spread
the costs of community develop­
ment.
ABOUT TIME" •
PAID FOR BY THE MARSCHf(E FOR SHERIFF COMMrITEE, P.O. Box 452 St. Joa ph, MI
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building to New Life. The group felt
the work they are doing is related to
the s ta ted mission of the
Archdiocese and since and New Life
had already paid more in rent than
the current appraised value of the
building, this option was fair and
reasonable.
The Parish rejected all
alternatives presented.
In August New Life negotiated
with the Parish priest Father Chack
Kosanke and thought there was, a
verbal agreement.
However, according to Father
Kosanke, there wa no verb I
agreement.
"I'VE BENT OVER backwards
for the last two months trying to help
these people. They offered a
proposal and the proposal was
rejected by our legal counsel,"
�osanke said.
The other parole board appoint­
ments are:
-Gary G bry. The Ionia
County cochair for Gov. John
Engler' 1990 campaign, Oabry is a
two-term Ionia County prosecutor
who did not seek relection this year.
-L. K thryn Holt. An Oak
Parkresident, Holt is anadulteduca­
tion counselor at Detroit's Macken­
zie High School.
-Andrea Mo e. A Grand Rap­
ids resident, Morse is a law enforce­
ment coordinator and
victim-witness protection advisor to
the United Stae attorney for the
Western District of Michigan, John
Smietanka, also a Republican.
-Veron Ita M drl al. Since
1978, she has been responsible for
forensic sociological evaluatlo '
that help decide a defendant' com­
petency ard other court decisions
about defenders as a clinical social
worker for Detroit Recorder's Court
Psychiatric Clinic.
- Margie McNutt. Originally
from Benton Harbor, now from
Lansing, she works as a pretrial serv­
ices investigator for Ingham County
Circui t Court.
-J ie Rivers. Deputy warden
at Ionia, Rivers has been with the
Department of Corrections since
1977.
This campaign ad for Stephen Marschke trlgg red a voter. rebellion, I adlng to Marschke's
def at. H h • Ince b n ppolnted by Gov. Engl r to a $88,000 a year 8 at on th Parole Board.
-Ronald Gach. A Grand Rap­
Ids reside t, Oach has been with tht
Department of Corrections for 30
years and a member of the past pa­
role board since 1958.
-Joseph McCarroU. A Grosse
Pointe Farms resident, he is an attor­
ney who represents trustees of sev­
eral employee retirement' systems.
G d. Plaza 4th
P.O. 30003
Lansing, MIchigan 48909
and,
Gov. John EngJ r
P.O. Box 30013
La ing, MI 48909
JOINT
Another advantage of a joint ven­
ture, Segue added" is the opportunity
to obtain professional assistance.
"Your board of directors must
consist of people from the com­
munity, but you also need attorneys
who know non-profit regulations,"
he said. "This will give you cost-et­
fective advice from expert people.
Your board should represent people
wi th different backrounds and exper­
tise."
SEGUE ALSO advised that
those interested in a joint venture be
realistic and honest with each other.
"Spend time with touchy issues of
control and cost allocation, and don't
be intimidated by them," he warned.
"Make sure that the goal of all .
partners are consistent. Competing
goal and hidden agendas derail joint
ventures all the time."
Segue emphasized that joint ven­
tures are part of the economic
development that is necessary for
rebuilding Black neighborhoods. He
SEGUE STRESSED the impor- urged conference attendees to be
tanee of communicating with com- open-minded.'
muni,ty residents, defining a mission "Don't be a hostage to 'conven­
for the CDC and setting realistic tional wisdom." he said. "Be willing
goals. to try new things.
;....,...,..-�___. "To define your mission, you "Community development is a
must talk to people in the community long-term project, and you'll have to
and to church members about what's be yery committed. But, after one
needed in that community," he said. project is done, it is easier to com­
"You have to look at all aspects of the plete another one, and completing
community to fashion goal that' one project attracts other projects.
make sense for your area. You must That's important, because develop­
also make sure that your goals are not ment is �le�nt to the future of our
too lofty for your resources or for the commuruty.
community. "
Resident of New Lif Home for Women
If the Arch locese succeeds in
evicting New U the old co vent
will not sit empty. ,
"1 have another non-profit group
that is funded by the State that
willing to occupy the building,"
Kosanke said.
Despite the fact the New Life has
paid well over $150,000 in rent over
the past six years, the parish wants
them out.
"The Archdiocese is not. in a
position to subsidize this program,
and that has been communicated to
them, " aid Ted McGraft,
communications officer for the
Archdioceses.
For the residents of New Life,
most with no place to turn, the future
is uncertain.
"The situation i fru trating
because there is no help for omen
�es 18-45, " aid Hazel Johnson,
New Life counselor, who, at one
time was a client. "I am grateful to
this place. It gave me my life back,"
she said.
Officials at New Life are still
hoping to strike some kind of
"workable" agreement with the
Parish. But if not, they are looking
for a new building for the program.
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"They are not "sub anything.
They are their own burb."
Garreau said he has that he found
both good and bad in the new value
springing out of- the suburban
centers. With one third of the Black
population in the middle class today.'
he said racism not problem. But
new fQnDS of prejudice have taken
root, he said.
"They are incredibly classist, " he
"There are a number of founda­
tions that have put dollars aside for
non-profit corporations," Segue said.
"But in order to access them, your
joint venture must be organized
properly."
said, citing community law that
regulate everything from the curtains
people' hang to the pets �y own. He
aid law like the e di criminate'
against poor people regardle of
tbelr race, creed or national origin.
"IT'S PROTECTING yourself
from the class you just left. You're
damn ure those guys are not gonna
follow you with their Chevy up on
blocks and their chain link fence."
Garreau said the old cities have
become tourist and cultural cen rs
featuring museums, orchestras; and
football stadiums. One reason is that
the cities have rich hi tories that the
uburbs lack.
"The downtowns till have a
niche function. Most downtowns
had the bigge t boom in the 'sc. of
any decade this century. Detroit ia a
real aberration in this regard," be
id. ,
Garreau was at MiChigan Slate
University over the wee cnd the
keynote speaker t a social science
conference. He wa twice
nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for
his reporting on edge cities.