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Th. fun r I tor F\I B. (Jenklna)
MoCa b, 83, of Bent>n Harbor, who d d_
Fe bNwy 21, he tel Febt\lllfY._2e, •
Hope Sap Cflurch, neon Harbor,
where .he w .. a member. The boO! w
crema ed. Arrangem.... mad. by
.... F rp In O't�, Florin Furw,.1 rv
ioe, Bent>n Harbor.
Mra. McCaleb w born Jun. 24,
1829, In Shuq�"k, M . Sh. tonner1y
employed .. a ,.,,..'. de at Clair-
mont Nu Hom. lind aIIo w a fo
g,.n�.,.nt
Survlvora oIud.: f'lr.. d ught.ra,
OorQllV Buohanlln of Q)vert and Maml.
Jenkin. WId tJenkin., boll of Bent>n
Harbor: ,... IOn , L.... Jenkins and
Levot'd Jenkl ,both of nton Harbor,
and Ertnn Jenkin. of Flnt; two t ra,
Ka Bel of Sh � k and Mam Jones
of Benton Harbor; four bro .... , John
jenkins, Albert Jenkin' Jr., S. T. Jenkins
and Herbert Jenldna, I of Benton Harbor;
nine grandchildren; and tour gAtat�rand
chllcbn.
Walk For Warmth
The VanCasCap, a Community
Action Agency serving Berrien,
Cass, and Van Buren Counties will
be participating in the tatewide
"Walk For Warmth" sponsored by
Michigan Community Action
Agency Association, The Walk will
take pi ce on Saturday, March 6.
Registration begirs at 12 noon .and
the walk starts at 1:30 p.m.
The Walk will start at the VanCes
Cap office 170 Wall Street, Benton
Harbor to the -Bicentennial Bridge
and back.
Rape sUNivors
support group meet
The Rape Survivor Support
Group will meet Thursday, March 4
ina confidential location. The pur
po e of the group is for group mem
bers to help each other work through
their feelings in a upportive setting.
For more information contact Pat
Friend, Center for self Help at Riv
erwood Center at 925-0594 or toll
free at 1-800-336-0341.
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He went on to ay, if t com
mi ion too a 100 at copi of t
bill , they will e that Wooden
mad num rous cal to former Ci ty
Manag r John Elliott' offic .
ayor Emma Hull t d that it
was Van ' d i ion to have the
phone put in the bus or Wooden.
Hull aid at t time Wooden
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By ry Golliday
Mlchlll!n CltiBn '
John Sydnor, Muskegon
Heights retired School Sup rin
'tendent was recently named "Citi
zen of the Year" by the Omega P i
Phi Fraternity. .
He retired as school superin
tendent in 1990 after serving for
21 years.
He was the Di trict's -tirst
Black uperintendent. He worked
as a teacher-and up rlntendent for
38 years. Congratulations, Jo .
Johnny Jemerson was recently
named Man of the Year by th
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
Johnny is employed by Michi
gan Department of Corrections as
Administrator over th Parole Of
fice and Corrections Center in
Mu kegon. Congratulations
Johnny.
Shawanda Zackery, a 7 year
old first grader at Marquette
School was recently named Stu
dent of the Week. She i the
daughter of Ri hard and Uanita
Zackery. Co n g r a t ul a t i o ns
Shawanda. Keep the good work
up.
Beulah Baptist Church School
will be honoring outstanding Af-
-riean Americans from various
churches and communities on
Sunday, February 28, from 9 to
10:30 a.m. The theme will be
"Teach The Truth."
The public is invited to attend.
Mrs. Hedesene Field is Superin
tendent aoo the Rev. Willie N.
Paul is the pastor.
New Hope Baptist Church will
end Black History Month with a
program on Sunday, February 2 ,
at 3 p.m. The program. "Summary
on Black Hi tory Month", will b
given by Mr. Melvin Burn .
Rev. Gregory Kir ey i th
pastor.
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mis Ion i asking for hi resignation
becau e of th following reasons:
- B nton Har or City Commis-
ion de lare that it la ks confidence
in the leade hip role umed by
RobertJa kson upon the Local Enter
prise Zone Board.
-- Not eeking the input, advice,
or view of th Benton Harbor City
Cornrru ion or th City of Benton
Harbor' elected official concerning
the direction, 'cope, and future of the
Enterpri Zone program.
- Jack. on h failed to develop a
public con ensu concerning imple
mentation f the Enterpri e Zone pro
gram and ha . rather, directed the
Local Entcrpri e Zone Board in a
mann r onsi: tent with hi own per-
onal busin philo ophy.
- Failed to consult with the Ben
ton Har r City Cornrnis ion regard
ing deficiencie in the operation of
tbe Enterpn e Zonc program and has
urther aued to addr tho c defi-
ciei.c.c: �,l a positive and timely man
ncr.
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the City's Enterprise Zone Board in
February, 1992, but has been in
voloved with th Enterprise Zone
Legislation for over ten years.
Jackson was present at the meet
ing to give the commi sion a brief of
hi recent trip Washlngt ,D.
we n d erican
ociation of Enterpri e Zone 8th An
nual conference. Jackson spoke on
"Activities of the State Zone."
When Jackson came to the podium
to give hi report, Mayor Hull re
minded him that the commi sion had
just taken a vot on his lack of confi
dence, but was allowed to continue.
Commissioner George Wysinger
who cast the vote against the resolu
tion aid, "I know orne people that i
setting on thi commi ion would like
to ee Mr. Jackson thrown out, taken
off thi board for their own personal
gain, I gu s." .
Commi loner Hershel McKenzie
abstained, because h aid he didn't
know anything about the resolution
and if there was a problem ome
where with Mr. Jackson, all of the
commi ioners should have been
made aware of the problems, not just
a few of the commi sioners,
Elizabeth Minott, 3rd Ward; Ruthie
Harelson, 4th Ward; and Commi -
sioner Steve Wooden.
Charles Cobb, who is also a mem
ber serving in the 2nd Ward was not
reappointed. .
Mayor Emma Hull tated after the
� \iJl8,ti1C1t. . told .that Cobb
was going to r ign, but according to
Cobb, h had mention d r igning
because he was planning of leaving
town. but chang d hi mind.
"If I did tat th t I w leaving
town, I still didn't tell you or hand in
my re ignation from the Board to
'you," Cobb told Hull. "But I kn w
why you want me off" he added.
Cobb' h be n linked to efforts
und rway to recall thr e of the city
commi ioners and Mayor Emma
Hull.
Commi: ione Gorge wy ing r
and Hershel McKenzi greed that
only citizens should erve on the
board ince there have been mueh
onflict of commi loners erving on
various board in the city.
Some commi ioners di a reed,
stating that a commi ion hould it
on the Boards. "That's ludicrou .
Ther have been variou mrnis-
ion rs erving on the boards in the
past erving a! a liai on person. We
need them there," Cornmis inner
h ric Yarbrough aid.
"You mu t have a pipe lin
to the e b rd ," Commi
Jam Turner added.
I OTHER bu i ness the ci ty
commission approved recommenda
tion. from the City' e or' of
fice to reappoint m rnbcrs to the
City's Board of Revi w. They in
clude: Jame Dudley, 1 t Ward;
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