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5ie pro Twin City Highlights WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1984 BENTON HARBOR ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN Taxes For LMC And Berrien Drug Fight Approved ll Berrien County and Covert Township voters narrowly approved a one-mill tax renewal for Lake Michigan College Tuesday, while a millage extension for drug enforcement in Berrien County won by more than 2 to 1. The LMC millage carried 52 percent of the vote in Berrien County and Covert Township of Van Buren with 10,171 voters favoring it and 9,401 against. The renewal is for 20 years and it is expected to generate more than $2 million, or about 36 percent of LMC's budget for 1984-85. The two-tenths of a mill extension for drug enforcement gained a whopping 69.5 approval in Berrien County, 13,782 to 6,040.

Only Berrien County voters were eligible to ballot on the milllage which funds operations of the Narcotics Unit of the Berrien Sheriff's Department. In Berrien County, 10,096 people voted for the LMC millage proposal, while 9,312 voted against it. The final tally in Covert was 75 for and 89 against. The LMC district is composed of all of Berrien County and Covert Township. In Benton Township, home of LMC's main campus, voters rejected the millage renewal by an 11-vote margin, 649-638.

Benton residents, however, voted in favor of the drug enforcement tax 831-448. "I guess I really had no question In my mind it was going to pass," LMC President Walter Browe said this morning. "But I would have guessed we would have been stronger than that. "The bottom line is that we're back in business for another 20 years." scheduled for 1985, county officials said. The tax will fund the operation of the Berrien County Sheriffs Department's narcotics unit.

The tax raised $380,000" in its first year in 1983, according to County Coordinator Roger Petrie. Sheriff Forrest "Nick" Jewell has said the tax has allowed the department to step up its drug enforcement activities. He reported 410 drug-related arrests were made in 1983, and suspected drugs valued at $1.2 million were seized. He said there may be several factors why the voters didn't support the millage as strongly as he thought they would, but couldn't pinpoint one. A phone survey may be taken to find out why the vote went the way it did, Browe said.

The one-mill tax was originally levied in 1963 and expired last December, Browe said. He has said the college would not be able to operate without the millage. It is levied on property throughout Berrien County and Covert Township. Candidates for LMC board seats were not on the ballot Tuesday, but will be on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.

Nearly 3,400 students take classes at LMC's main campus on Napier Avenue at Yore Avenue. The college also operates a south county center at Niles and extension centers in Berrien Springs, Galien, River Valley and South Haven. The Berrien County drug enforcement tax was first approved by voters in 1982 and was not due to expire until next year, but was put on the ballot Tuesday because no regular county-wide elections are Incumbent Berrien Treasurer Loses; Sheriff, Clerk Win Gloria Gillespie Wins Berrien Nomination; Incumbent Defeated I IU III I S4 lllpli jllP i-' Jewell outdistanced challenger Tom Kimbro of Coloma 13,914 to 4,350 votes for the GOP nomination for sheriff and Kesterke defeated Kevin Gillette of Oronoko Township 13,914 to 4,350 votes for renomina-tion for county clerk. Jewell, who is seeking his fifth four-year term, now faces Democrat Dominic D'Agostino and Kesterke, who has served five terms, will meet Democrat Retha L. Clark in the general election.

D'Agostino received 1,992 votes and Ms. Clark 2,079 votes in uncontested Democratic primaries. The other four incumbent Berrien County officials, all Republicans, were unchallenged in the primary election and are-without Democratic opposition in the general election. Prosecutor Paul Ma-loney received 12,714 votes in yesterday's primary; Register of Deeds Bernice Tretheway, Drain Commissioner Frank Ko-tyuk, and Surveyor Maurice Rushlow, 12,864. LOSER AND WINNER: Berrien County Treasurer William C.

Heyn (left) and County Clerk Forrest H. Kesterke go over vote tabulations Tuesday night in clerk's office. Heyn was defeated by a 127-vote margin by challenger Carol Stockman for the GOP nomination for county treasurer, while Kesterke handily defeated challenger Kevin Gillette for the Republican nomination for clerk. (Cliff Stevens photo) Gloria Gillespie of St. Joseph received more votes than her three opponents combined to win the Republican nomination for Berrien County Board of Commissioners in District 5 in Tuesday's primary election.

Meanwhile, challenger R. Mc-Kinley Elliott of Buchanan upset incumbent Ernest Chase of Galien by 742 to 588 votes to win the GOP nomination in District 11, according to the unofficial results. There were no other primary races for the county board on either the Republican or Democratic side of the ballot. 1 With "no Democratic opposition, Miss Gillespie is virtually guaranteed election to succeed attorney David Peterson, making her the second woman to serve on the 13-member county board. The only other woman on the board, Nancy Clark of Benton Township, is unopposed in her bid for a seventh two-year term.

The unofficial results show Miss Gillespie receiving 2,066 votes, compared to 349 for James E. Grandy; 297 for Joseph B. Naines; and 286 for Edward Pastrick. Peterson, who was elected as a Republican, did not seek re-election to the county board because he is a candidate for district court judge. District 5 covers the City of St.

Joseph and part of St. Joseph Township. In District 11, Elliott faces a general election battle with Democrat James P. Conner of Buchanan, who polled 176 votes in an uncontested primary for his party's nomination. It was the second time Elliott and Chase faced each other, with Chase winning a special primary election in 1983 by a 30-vote margin over Elliott.

District 11 covers the City of Buchanan and townships of Buchanan, Bertrand, Galien and Buchanan. There are general election contests in only two other county board districts. In District 13, covering the City of Niles, incumbent Commissioner Al Rosebush, who polled 149 votes in an uncontested Democratic primary, faces challenger Ann L. White, who received 550 votes in the GOP primary. In District 12, covering Niles Township, Democrat Verlin P.

Zimmerman, who received 164 Benton Democrats Give Nomination To Nielsen Carol Stockman narrowly upset incumbent William Heyn for the Republican nomination for Berrien County treasurer in Tuesday's primary election, but Sheriff Forrest "Nick" Jewell and Clerk Forrest H. Kesterke easily beat challenges within the GOP. In the non-partisan primary for Fifth District Court judge, incumbent Hugh Black and attorney James Ford were nominated and will fact each other on the November ballot. Attorney Thomas McCoy was eliminated. Black lead the way with 8,945 Li Forrest Jewell Carol Stockman Hugh Black James Ford votes, compared to 4,862 for Ford, and 3,839 for McCoy.

Mrs. Stockman, whose father William Bartz served as county treasurer for 30 years, outpolled Heyn 8,889 to 8,762 votes, according to unofficial returns. Mrs. Stockman will face Democrat Beverly Gordon of Benton Township, who gathered 2,251 votes in an uncontested primary, in the Nov. 6 general election for a four-year term as treasurer.

Heyn, 71, of Bridgman, who has served as county treasurer for 16 years, told The Herald-Palladium he would not seek a recount of the primary election results, despite the 127-vote margin. "The people spoke," Heyn said. "I'm surprised, I thought it'd be close, but I thought I'd win. I didn't. So be it." "I think it was a good race," Mrs.

Stockman said this morning. "It was a close one, but we're happy with the outcome." Tuesday's race was a rematch, but with different results, of the 1968 primary election when Heyn beat Mrs. Stockman and two others candidates for the GOP nomination and then went on to win the first of four terms in office. The GOP nomination in heavily Republican Berrien County is considered virtually tantamount to election. Mrs.

Stockman, 56, of Royalton Township, is the mother of David Stockman, federal budget director and a former 4th District congressman- from Michigan. Her husband Allen is Royalton Township Lit; Lf votes in an uncontested primary for his party's nomination, will meet Republican Lois Owicki, who won 584 votes in the uncontested GOP primary. The general election winner will succeed incumbent Edward Ossmann, a Republican, who did not seek re-election. The other nine incumbent commissioners, who are unopposed for re-election, and their vote tallies in the primary are: R.J. Burkholz of Benton Township, R-District 1, 1,405 votes; Ken- Gloria Gillespie R.

McKinley Elliott neth Wendzel of Bainbridge Township, R-District 2, -Willie Askew of Benton Harbor, D-Dis-trict 3, 387; Fred Baird of Benton Harbor, D-District 4, 166; Nancy Clark of Benton Township, R-District 6, Otto Grau of Lincoln Township, R-District 7, Edgar Kesterke of Berrien Springs, R-District 8, 807; Walter Heyn Sr. of Bridgman, R-District 9, and Rolland Osekla of Union Pier, R-District 10, 936. Student Protest SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) University students hurled rocks at buses in Santo Domingo in a protest against increased public transportation fares and a hike in the price of school books. Bus Crash Kills 15 MEXICO CITY (AP) The driver of a truck carrying passengers without authorization lost control of his vehicle and it crashed in eastern Cuba, killing 15 people and injuring 30, Cuba's Prensa Latina news agency reports. ger on a hillside and gave chase but the jogger eluded him by running into woods bordering the House of David.

"Hopefully, the mosquitos had a field day," Fowler said. The jogger was described as white, about 20 years old with short dark hair. Two weeks ago, Benton Township police investigated a couple of complaints of a nude white male jogger in the same area but were unable to locate him. Martin J. Lane and Nora Jefferson, led a field of 10 to win nominations for two of four board seats to be filled in the November general election.

Lane, who has served 30 years in various township offices, received 444 votes. Miss Jefferson, who has served eight years as trustee, received 410 votes. Also winning Democratic nominations for board seats were newcomers Ben J. Mammina, 314 votes; and Glenda J. Collins, 296 votes.

Unsuccessful candidates were Kathleen Doddington, 290 votes; Linda Scarbrough, 286; Arvie Riser, 283; Royce Clements, 256; Alfred Holliday, 247; and John Far-rar, 243. Republicans fielded only one trustee candidate, David A. Mene-fee, who received 614 votes. Opposing Scott for the clerk's post will be Republican Louise Merrill, who was unopposed and received 666 votes. Also unopposed was Elmer Cauffman, Republican candidate for supervisor who received 610 votes and will oppose Nielsen.

The winner will succeed Republican Supervisor Charles Zollar who is retiring from the post. Nielsen Tuesday thanked votefs, and noted that the race with Benson was "closer than I expected." Nielsen said he expects a larger victory margin in November and added that he hopes Benson will support him. Nielsen said he's looking forward to being supervisor and wants to get Benton Township "moving again" and to get more citizens involved in its government. Commenting on his loss, Constable Campbell said "the buck stops here," as far as constable duties are concerned. He said others can take credit when something goes well in enforcing ordinances, but the constable is always blamed when things go wrong.

Woods' largest lead was in precinct 5, Martindale School, 109-32. Campbell questioned the margin at Martindale and noted that there was a problem with a voting machine that reportedly jammed from someone trying to pull levers for both Democrat and Republican parties, according to Scott. Scott added that only eight votes had been cast on this machine when it jammed and was sidelined until being opened by a custodian after the polls closed. The returns from the Martindale precinct did not arrive at the township hall until about 1:25 a.m. today.

Scott early this morning said about 2,000 people voted in the primary election out of a registration of 477-391. In the only Republican race, Treasurer James J. Culby defeated challenger Eugene V. Krugh, 710-197. Culby in the November election will face James M.

Boothby, a trustee who ran unopposed for treasurer as a Democrat and received 586 votes. Incumbent Clerk Willie J. Scott scored a' solid 673-353 victory over challenger Kathleen Brown for the Democratic nomination. Scott was elected in 1980 as a Democrat. Incumbent Democratic trustees, Larry Nielsen Willie J.

Scott James Culby Gregory Woods Police Tax perl, 1,643. The four trustees were led by Edward Petlick, who received 1,394 votes. He was followed by Edward Sieber, Ronald Griffin, and Lawrence Merritt, 1,241. The six candidates selected for the Parks Board finished this way: challenger Armstrong, 1,066 votes; and incumbents Jack Williams, Beverly Hicks, Jack Cronk, Gerald Veine, 973; and Carl Dollar, 943. High received 926 votes.

Incumbent Republican Constables Harold Zaban and James Morrow were unopposed an received 1,313 and 1,246 votes.respectively. By RALPH LUTZ Staff Writer Benton Township Democrats at Tuesday's primary election gave Larry Nielsen the party's nomination for supervisor by a 108-vote margin over James Benson. Unofficial returns show that Nielsen, who is Democratic 4th District chairman, received 563 votes to 455 votes for Benson, who was supervisor 1978-80. In other Democratic races, incumbents were renominated except for Constable Jerry Campbell, an eight-year veteran who was defeated by challenger Gregory Cass Fire Destroys Barn, Hay MARCELLUS A barn fire south of this northeastern Cass County community, believed to have started in a bale of hay from a spark from a conveyor engine, caused about $40,000 damage Tuesday morning, according to the Cass County Sheriff's Department. The barn, owned by Francis Stanard, Hoffman Road, was destroyed in the 11:45 a.m.

blaze, according to Deputy Carol House-worth of the sheriff's department. Losses included 900 bales of hay and 200 bales of straw, she said. No injuries were reported. Channel Swimmer Dies CANTERBURY, England (AP) A 41-year-old lawyer from Sri Lanka, who had admitted he was worried about the chilly water, became the second person known to have died trying to swim the English Channel. dates.

The 1.25-mill renewed levy is part of a total 2.25 mills levied in the township for police protection. The other mill expires in 1986, according to township Superintendent Isadore DiMaggio. The 1.25 mills win raise about $120,000 and will enable the township to maintain the current department force of seven men, according to a township newsletter. Township Clerk Janet Helsey was the top vote-getter among township board members, garnering 1,675 votes. She was followed by Supervisor Charles Williamson, 1,645, and Treasurer Lowell Pep- Dog Track Issue Wins Close Race In BH Vote Support for a dog racing track in Benton Harbor won by a nose as city electors Tuesday favored it by a three-vote margin of 236-233, according to unofficial returns.

The Benton Harbor City Commission in May decided to put the matter on the primary election ballot as an advisory vote. Dog racing is still illegal in Michigan, but the state Legislature is considering a bill that would amend the'1980 racing law to include dog racing. The proposal was supported by Mayor Wilce Cooke who said a dog track in the city would bring in more tax revenue, create jobs and a number of "spinoff" businesses and jobs that would stimulate the economy. The proposition carried 38-31 at the Columbus School precinct, 45-33 at the Sterne Brunson School precinct, and 33-19 at the Morton School precinct. The proposition was rejected by a 59-37-vote margin at the Benton Harbor High School precinct, 30-23 at Seely-McCord School precinct, and 61-60 in the absentee vote count.

A dog racing advisory vote was favored by New Buffalo City and Township voters last fall on the question of whether a track should be located there. SJ Twp. Voters Approve Nude Jogger Eludes Benton Police Officer St Joseph Township voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a three-year renewal of a 1.25-mill property tax levy for police department operations. The millage carried by 85.4 percent 1,889 to 322. There were no races for the seven township board seats, at all Republican incumbents were unopposed in Tuesday's primary.

There were no Democratic candidates. Former Parks Board Chairman Chad High was the only loser in the race among seven Republicans for six seats on the Parka Board, as challenger Mary Armstrong received more votes than any of the six incumbents she ran against. There were no Democratic candi iy GREG TASKER Staff Writer A nude male jogger was spotted again Tuesday night on Martin Luther King Drive, near Michigan 139, and eluded an officer by running into some woods, Benton Township police said. Patrolman Kim Fowler said he was on routine patrol about 11:25 p.m. when he was stopped by a motorist who had spotted the jogger nearby.

Fowler said he saw the jog.