Woman charged in slaying

The Enquirer

A Battle Creek woman was charged Tuesday with the mur-

; der of an 80-year-old man. Sharon K.

Zachary, 31, w a s

a r r a i g n e d on charges of m u r d e r ,

felony mur-der and armed rob-bery in the April death of R o b e r t Sharon Zachary Rogers.

Rogers was found dead in his home at 1015 S. Raymond Road on April 26.

Zachary, who was caring for Rogers and buying a home from him, had been a suspect from the second day of the investigation, Emmett Township Public Safety Director Murray Switzer said Monday, after Zachary was arrested.

Police said others could be charged in the murder.

During her brief court appear-ance, a preliminary examination was set for Dec. 13 for Zachary.

Her attorney, John Hofman, argued that the woman should be released on bond. He said Zachary has known she was a suspect but did not flee and has passed two polygraph tests.

Despite the argument. Magistrate Donald Yesh ordered her held without bond.

BATTLE CREEK

Kellogg top officer to speak at breakfast

Arnold G. Langbo, Kellogg Co. chairman of the board and chief executive officer, will be the fea-tured speaker at the Battle Creek Area Chamber of Commerce's December Eye Opener Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Hie breakfast will be held in the Branson Ballroom of the McCamly Plaza Hotel. It is free to chamber members, but reservations are requested. Call 962-4076 by Friday.

City water division to replace fire hydrants

The city of Battle Creek Water Division will be shutting off water today and Thursday, starting at 8 am. each day and lasting for about eight hoars.

Today, a fire hydrant will be replaced on Meachem Avenue at Burr Street affecting the water on Meachem Avenue from Burr Street to Goguac Street and on Webber Street from Meachem Avenue to McCrea Drive. -On Thursday, affected areas will

' lie on Angell Street from Lafayette Street to Upton Avenue and on Upton Avenue from Angell Street to the Battle Creek city limits.

ALBION

Santa lunch for kids at Albion College Z Albion College's Kellogg Center Erogram Council presents lunch with Santa from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Kellogg Center. I This event, which includes a variety

(Jf activities, is part of the Council's Kids' Day Program for children 4 to 12 years old, and is free and open to the public. For more information, call 517-629-1000. ».

REGION

COLA adjustment for disabled veterans ;-Disabled veterans will receive a

percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in their benefit payments to be mailed later this month. Department of Veteran Affairs offi-cials said. i The increase also applies to veter-ans receiving pension for non-ser-yice-connected disabilities and sur-vivors of certain veterans receiving pension and those spouses and chil-dren receiving benefits under VA's dependency and indemnity com-pensation program. SETTING IT STRAIGHT • Donald Edward Archambeau was born Oct 30, 1922. An obituary Tuesday was incorrect • Old Kent Bank's 3-year certifi-cate of deposit yield is 5.20 percent Due to a clerical error, an incorrect figure was given on Page 7B of Sunday's paper. ; The Battle Creek Enquirer cor-rects errors of fact To report an error, call 966-0674.

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Beware of racism, Larry Guy tells jury

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Larry Guy Sr. enters the courtroom Monday to begin his second trial in Eaton County Circuit Court on eight counts of weapons po-session, conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to bomb. The charges stem from a police traffic stop and investigation in August 1995.

Prosecutor says case based on 'plan for extreme violence'

T R A C E C H R I S T E N S O N The Enquirer

CHARLOTTE - Larry Guy Sr., fac-ing the rest of his life in prison, told a jury Tuesday to beware of racism in the prosecution case against him.

4The prosecutor will try to play on your prejudices," Guy said in his opening statement "We will show that the evidence is not what it seems."

Guy, 49, of Battle Creek, is facing a second trial in Eaton County Circuit Court on eight counts of weapons possession and conspiracy to mur-der and conspiracy to bomb.

Because of previous felony convic-tions, Guy faces a mandatory sen-tence of life in prison without parole if he is convicted on the new charges.

He was one of six men stopped in a van south of Lansing on Aug. 14, 1995. Police said they found assault rifles, sawed-off shotguns, handguns and two pipe bombs inside the van.

All six men - four of them sons of Larry Guy - were arrested. All six have been convicted or entered pleas to multiple charges.

During a trial earlier this year, Guy was found guilty of five charges but a jury was deadlocked on eight others.

After jury selection Monday, open-ing statements were made and the first witnesses were called Tuesday

in the new trial. "This is a case about a plan for re-

venge and a plan for extreme vio-lence," Eaton County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sauter told the jury. 'These men had an unprecedented arsenal and planned attacks on two homes."

Sauter told the jury that the men were planning to attack residents of two homes on Michigan Avenue in Lansing because of a shooting two days earlier that injured two of Guy's other sonsr.

Sauter told the jury that when police stopped the van about 3:45 a.m., suspect-ing a drunken driver, they found the men were dressed in black, had masks and la-tex gloves and had covered the interior lights of the vehicle.

In raids days later in Battle Creek, police found a videotape of the Lansing homes. Sauter said the tape was being used by the group to plan their attack.

But Guy, acting as his own attor-ney, with assistance from three court-appointed lawyers, said in his opening statement that the video-tape was not part of an attack plan.

Guy said family and friends who have been victims of crimes have used pictures to help police find the

"(Eaton County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sauter) will use the term 'warrior' hoping it will be a subconscious prejudice against blacks. Warrior just means man, male."

- lorry Gay Sr., acting as his own attorney

in Eaton County Grant Court

perpetrators. "We have used videotapes to en-

courage police to take action," Guy said. "Cameras have been our main weapons."

"Their evidence is only part of the entire picture," Guy said.

He also told the jury that the prosecutors will try to give an omi-nous meaning to African names given to his children, African pos-

ters found in his house or even the term "war-rior".

"He will use the term war-rior' hoping it will be a subcon-scious prejudice against blacks," Guy said. "War-rior just means man, male."

The first sever-al witnesses Sau-ter called were police officers in-

volved in the arrest Trooper Thomas Brower said he

and his partner assumed the van was being driven by a drunken driver but then found the six men inside wear-ing dark clothing and ultimately the weapons.

The prosecution case is expected to continue into next week and is to include testimony by one of Guy's sons, Lumumba Clark, who was dri-ving the van the night the men were stopped.

Clark is awaiting sentencing until after he testifies against his father.

Vets' fund drive jRemember -A-Vet campaign

reaches $1,317 The Enquirer

The Remember-A-Vet campaign is off and running.

Since its kickoff Thanksgiving Day, the drive has brought in $1,317. The goal is $12,000.

Donations received by the Battle Creek Enquirer will go to the Battle Creek Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The VA uses the money to provide $5 coupon books for inpatient veterans at Christmas and during National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week in February.

The campaign continues through Dec. 25.

Donations received so far include:

$ l - $ 2 5 DONATIONS: Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ambs,

Springfield; Mrs. LC. Baker, Battle Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ball, Battle Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barney, Battle Creek; William Bessler, Climax; Donald and Iris Camp, Marshall; CFU Lodge 533, Battle Creek; Class of 1941, Tekonsha High School, Tekonsha; William Darnell, Battle Creek; Lugene Demarest, Battle Creek, in memory of William and Leon Demarest; Charlotte Dodrill, Battle Creek; Helen P. Dupfer, Battle Creek; Mary Eberts,

NEIGHBORS PLUS

Tekonsha; John and Borgia Felsing, Battle Creek; Frank and Dianna Flint, Battle Creek, in memory of Thomas C. Smawley; John and Jaquetta Ford, Ceresco; Margaret L. Frey, Battle Creek; Gerald and Lenore Fuller, Marshall; George and Peg Gardner, Battle Creek; Doris Garfield, Battle Creek; Lola M. Gearhart, Marshall; Barbara Graham, Battle Creek; Margaret Halsey, Battle Creek; Mrs. Fred Hanna, Marshall, in memory of her husband; Richard A Hiscock, Battle Creek; Earl and Wilma Klacking, in memory of brothers Darel and Kenneth Donbrock and Uncle William Klacking; Michael G. Kline, Battle Creek; Jean Kraft Battle Creek, in memory of Uoyd Kraft; Irene Mellich, Battle Creek, in memo-ry of Nicholas and Rodney Mellich; Richard R. Merriam, Battle Creek, in memory of Ray H. Merriam, World War II; Bob and Iva Osborne, Delton; Stephen Owel, Battle Creek; Lorayne Piani, Battle Creek; Proter and Jean Raley, Battle Creek; Lyle W. Shite, Battle Creek; James and Virginia Smalenberg, Battle Creek; Lelah Fern Smith, Tekonsha; Mr. and Mrs. Richard A Smith, Battle Creek; Ruth Smith, Battle Creek; Wanieta M. Stout, Battle Creek; Eunice Ella Thomas, Battle Creek; Wayne A.

• The Battle Creek Enquirer's Remember-A-Vet campaign started in 1953 to help the veterans at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Battle Creek. • Remember-A-Vet was the brainchild of the late Art Middleton, a journalist for the former Enquirer and News. • It continues this year with the goal of $12,000. Donations are turned over to the medical center and the money is used to buy $5 coupon books. The books are given to 635-650 patients there during the holidays and in February during the annual National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans. • Veterans can use the coupons at the medical center's canteen to buy clothing, candy, jewelry and personal-care items.

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Weaver, Battle Creek; Wanda Wellington, Battle Creek, in memory of Wayne Wellington; Minniejane Willburn, Battle Creek; Berton and Betty Williams, Marshall; Ben Wood, Battle Creek; and Phyllis D. Zbiciak, Battle Creek, in memory of her hus-band Edward Zbiciak and brother Lawrence E. Downer.

$26-$50 DONATIONS: Kenneth and Marcia Bell, Battle

Creek; Mecwarf Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5319 Auxiliary, Athens; Dale and Kathleen Stratton, Battle Creek; Veterans of Foreign Wars, Albion; and Donald and Louise Walbridge, Battle Creek, in memory of Chaplain Karl L Darkey.

Woman faces charges for feeding birds

Associated Press

Bird lovers in two Detroit suburbs are crying foul over a crackdown on feeding fowl.

In Livonia, Ann Barzyk faces trial on a misdemeanor charge and a civil suit filed by neighbors who complain that her multiple feeders attract too many birds. In Canton Township, officials are reviewing a draft ordinance to ban waterfowl feeding in public places.

"It's a public health issue," Township Supervisor Tom Yack said. "It's gotten so bad, it's really unsani-tary."

Under the proposed ordinance, first-time violators would receive a warning from police, but subsequent offenders could be fined up to $500.

Nancy Spencer said passage of the ordinance wouldn't stop her from feeding ducks twice a day.

"I can't in good conscience sit back and let them starve to death," she said. 'They have to have food."

Barzyk, 68, dismisses the charges against her as the work of over-stressed Livonia officials who don't appreciate nature. But city officials say bird droppings have been a prob-lem since 1991, even though Barzyk has received warnings about the feed-ers that attract pigeons and rodents.

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B.C. Central students to stage Neil Simon's Tools'

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The curtain will rise at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday for Battle Creek Central High School's pro-duction of Fools, a farcical fable by playwright Neil Simon.

Tickets for the play, to be staged in the McQuiston Center Theatre, are $3 and are available in the high school office or at the box office one hour prior to show-time.

The plot centers on Leon Tolchinsky, who has landed a job as a school teacher in the Russian hamlet of Kulyenchikov. It seems that the town has been cursed with chronic stupidity for 200 years, until Tolchinsky finally breaks the curse.

BCCHS junior Ronnie Kinzel plays the role of Tolchinsky. His love, Sophia Zubritsky, is portrayed by senior Trudy Smock, and Sophia's parents are played by senior Joe Dillman and junior Nicole Ross.

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Battle Creek Central High School students Marie Ratner, left, and Ron Kinzel, right, rehearse a scene from Neil Simon's Fools, to be present-ed Friday and Saturday at the McQuiston Center Theatre.

Harper Creek Junior High to present 'First in l ine'

Harper Creek Junior High School will present the play First in Line at 7 p.m. Friday in the Harper Creek High School auditorium. Admission is $3.

The play is a series of scenes depicting first-time experiences by teen-age and adult characters. Some of the scenes include: first day of teaching; first computer, first blind date; first play from scrim-mage, and first bout with death.

The play is directed by Sandra Kape and Elizabeth Brophy, with assistant director Holly Kape.

The cast of the production includes: Rob McAdams, A u t u m n S m i t h , M e g a n Cunningham, David Hoexter, Amanda Litde, Michelle Lake, Melisa Moore, Nicole Ogden, Jocelyn Manby, Holly Coughlin, Danielle Dykens, Jennifer Raymond, Nicole Repair, Peter Kronemeyer, Naomi Sundalius, Kim Wagner, Amy Forward, Lindsay Gordier, Venessa Bobinac, Roger Wingfield, Andrea Ismirle and Angie Myers.

Other cast members include Mark Ratner, Steve Jones, Steve Davy, Matt Allan, Barb Przystas and Ron Gates 11. More than 80 other stu-dents are part of the technical crew.

Roger A- Mattens, BCCHS direc-tor of theatre, is in charge of the pro-duction, with technical support from Brad Woodson and Tim Elliott and costumes by Bonnie Collins.

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