Vol. 1 0.8
By Ch elly ;, .
An apparent attempt to
control CET A funding re- _
suited in an unan unced pr_
vate m ting at the CET A I
on dnesd y, January 24 at
8:00 in th momin .
I I ad appearing in
ified tion of th
as the only offi­
cial announcement prior to r
ting th
available to
county for the economically
disad ntaged.
The legal did not
indud notic of the early
morning m ting, or of any
tinge
At tate i
th ne thrust of C
Benton Harbor Police
Chi f Andre Rodez cting in
th cap city of a Y A Board
member invited 16 Benton Har­
bor organizations to a meeting,
Thursday, January 25 at th Y.
Discussion of the pro­
posed move of th Benton H r­
bor Y to new facilities in Royal-
ton To nship the purpose
of th meeting. . .'
Rodez tated t 'the
p-oup that en area bu inesses
are ppro ched for contributions
they" t to no ho much
contro rsy th BI ck commu­
nity is going to g nerate about
the mo ."
He explained further
ith an example, "WhirlPool
could not stand to be part of a
hard core racist thing."
Rodez urged the people
pre nt to go b ck to their
membership and explain the
BUY of the
at HILLTOP
ing - the ne Title VII or
ivate Sector Opportunities
for th Economic lIy Di d-
ntaged.
As President Carter h
mad plain, CET A funding for
public rvice jobs is being
drastically curtailed. The
Title VII ill the emph is
of CET A and ill establish a
local Private Industry Council
or PI ,
The PIC is to b com­
po d of busi ness, industry ,
sm II business and minority
III
ill h the pri-
m ry respon ibility for plan­
ning nd implementing the u
of the fund for local involve­
ment f private _ business and
industry, ccordin to Depart­
ment of Labor inform tion.
eldon Burden, Direc­
tor of CET A, exp ained to a
Citize reporter that "it as an
informal meeting" and there­
fore notice is not required.
Burden admitte that
ose pre nt ere there I by
invitation.
• He explained that th
"Chamb r h d 0 int r st
in PIC. had expre -
d interest."
Burden added, .. e'd
do the same th ing for an one
else that came in."
Among those pre nt
were ancy Clar , Bo rd of
Commissioners; Chari s William­
son, Chairm n of the Executiv
Committee of th CET A Man­
po r Planning Council and
a. Whirlpool e ecutive; Roger
Cun'y, Director of th Twin
Cities Ch mber of Commerce;
John Helm, Director of Voca­
tional Rehabilitation; Burden;
Zelm J. orris, Deputy Direc­
tor of CET A; Ron eber and
Sue Hutchings, CET A staff.
Representing minori-
ties ere J Peep es, BCA
Director; mmie Smith, Dir-
. ector of the Hou ing Commis­
sion; H r ey Robinson, a T in
Cities Chamber employe; and,
M ry DeFoe, President of the
local NAACP.
Peeple � Smith and
inson hold appointed po ition .
This p p r di covered
MY 30, 1979
that Guy Huddleston, a minorit
bu ine sman, came into the
meeting I te after being sum-
mon d by a person 0 hap-,
pened to be at the CETA of­
fice.
bu in sman nd a minorit
Continu d on p 2
-_
ration Is behind the Y's planned
mov ying. "I hop you ex­
pre s to your memb rs that the
ISSU is economic. I though it
ould be better to g t together
and sho th t e're not selling
the community down the river;
that the is ue is other th n
rae ."
A lide presentation pre-
· pared by th committee for the
ne Y outlined three reasons for
the move.
Tho reasons are to
locate in the proposed center of
population, to provid better
progr mming and to operate
ith gre ter ecomony.
J mes Tiscorni who
co-ch irs the fund drive to r i
mon y for the meeting ex­
plain d hy Royalton To n-
hip as the committee's choice. I
H stated the present Y
structure built in 1926 and
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FRYERS
I�OLE 4 8 c LB.·
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is outdated.
Th population has hif­
ted and the Royalton Township
site is closer to tho who use
.the Y.
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CA SERVE POOR BETTER
Tiscorni feels that the
move will enable the Y to b tter
serv th economic lIy di dvan­
taged.
At present, only 4% of
the Y membershi lives in Ben­
ton Harbor.
H was asked how the Y
could better rve the poor from
a . distance when they are not
serving the poor n2 being
locate in the middle of a com-,
munity that has many econo-/
mically disadvantaged.
Tiscorni responded that
with the mov th Y hopes to
triple its memb rships nd thu
have more money to operate th
rogram. .
Wi th more re nuc from
membership, th United Way
contributions that are coming to
th Y can b used to aurae
more p rticipation from
. economi ally ji dvantag d.
Tiscornia's other ar u­
ment i th t the ne buildin
will be morc attracti .
Rodez pointed out that
the Benton H rbor Recreation
Center i in competition ith
the Y. It is free and Y member­
ships range from $15 a year for
an eight year old to $100
year for a family.
TO EXPA 0 BUS PROGRA
Currently, the Y ha
van program th t w s re erred
to often as a way of gettin
minoritie and di dvanta ed
involved in the Y. id are
pic ed up and vanned into th
Y. Plans c II for an e pand d
van progr m since mo e
revenu i anticip ted.
Curr ntly there re t 0
ans. Since the ne y r onl
one is bein used, It brings in.
12 id from Coloma,
Rodez concluded th
meeting ying, CCI would Ii
th Y continu ; I don't
e divi i en ino-
rity memb r are in a po ition
n Q e that th Y liv up
ked that
there ill b a u r nte
the Board member
in
- int ation of ttl Y
staff (There are no .
Blacks on th Y taff
no ). L
- tran port tion for Ben­
ton Har r outh to th
n site.
Present for h m tin
ere Darien Smith repre: n- I
ting th Inse and th Golf
Club; Anni Robinson of th
8J c Clition;
organ of th SqUCl
Presentl 7,500 p opl
u th Y program in a month,
ith the n buildin th Y
e pect that figur to ri to
16,000 a month,
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