tuven bu . n, � chased
IfICI'::lU1r.l1nt from t city for $4,�. Th
ithin 90 cbys as � barbecue house.
cross from Pen ys.
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$30
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Continued from �
I. ercy Ho pital for
m nv year provid d qu lity
medical care for all who hav
vailed them I s to it.
IC ny person I crifices
av been m d to chieve its
present I el of compet nee, nd
if nece ry many more wilt b
made to maint in It.
"We re not Ii ely to sit
.. idly by hile a handful of op-
portunists see 0 dismantle
hat has been co ructed ith
blood, eat, and tears.
"In atters such as this,
there can be no compromise.
"If the pursuit of your
o n self interests and glorifiQ­
tion has impaired your jud&e­
m nt to h an extent that all
reason �as been b doned,
then it is the obligation of all
responsible individuals 0 chal­
len your efforts.
.. e do not ish to
en e you in serious confronta­
tion, but e wilt not �void it at
su a cost. e prefer to
you if possible, or
o
ere either d rued job or union
m mb rship, may file claims sa
r' ult of the rulin
In the course ofthe trial,
yers for the Union had filed
� moti on as ing that Higgen­
botham disqualify himself aft r
the judge as assign d th case
at random. .
Th union yers
contended that Higginbotham
could not hear a discrimination
ca imparti lIy.
Higginboth.am refused to
step do n saying, hat on is
Black does not m n ... that he
is. ti-White, no more than
[e ish implies -anti-Catholic,
or being Catholic impli s •
anti-Protestant.
nu�y 30, 1979
a
m
re i t you if neces ry.
IIWith th City of 'Benton
H rbor contributing thir y
thou nd dollars to ards th
paramedic program, the larg st
ca h amount of any municip -
lity I might add, certain
stipulations should be attached,
e.g. job d scription of p ramedic
personnel, hospital or hospitals
designated as Trauma Center­
who and by hat criteria will
medical facility be determined as
Trauma Center, etc. etc.
"Thirty thousand dollars
is great deal of money to spend
. thout its reside ts having any
input into its uses.
"The point I m trying
to make is this; the people them­
sel should have a voice as to
where th y belie a Trauma
Center should be located.
"If Mercy Hospital is
chosen as the Trauma Center
then their productiv efforts
dedic�ted to the continuation of
the Open Heart Sur&icat Unit
ould not be in vain.':
ike Coo e
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Monday i the cond
d adline for new element ry
school students in Berri n
County to have received child­
hood disease vaccinations re­
quire b state la or face
possible exclusion from school,
according to Jerome A.
Health Offi er for the Berrien
County Health Oep rtment. �-
The first deadlin as
held on Monday, 0 ember
. 13, 1978, when 196 new nd The health dep rtment
first time out-of-state elemen- encourages p rents who· h v
tary students were sent home r ceived e elusion notices to
from school for not having ta e' their children to their
completed, or t least started, _ private physicians or attend one
th� Immunization series required of the regular free' eekly
for school enrollment nd .clinics held at the B rrien
attendance. County Health Oepartm nt's
The second exclusion offices: Thur day, 9:00-11 :30
date is ded according to a.m. at the South County office,
Krickson to insure that students 520 East Main Street, iles; and
who started th ir vaccine series Friday, 9:00-1·1 :30 a.m. at the
at �the first of the school year orth County office, 769.Pipe-
. are continuing to receive their stone, Benton H rbor.
shots until th minimum In 1978, the State vof
required series is completed. Michigan Ie d the n tion in re-
The mi mum state ported ca of measl wit
required seri s of vaccin tions 7,953 case, ccounting for
include one do of mea les pproximately 30% of the
vaccine, on dose of rubella nation I total, according to Mi e
vaccine, three do of dip- ortimore, Health Educator for
theria, pertu sis nd t tanus the Berrien County He lth 0 -
(OPT) v ccin , and thr doses partment. I This figure can b
of polio vaccine. eliminated Itogether if parents
\ would only e that th ir child
receives the prop r immuni­
zations," ortimore id.
In conjunction ith t
ne school entrants progr m,
the Berrie ounty Health De­
partment as recently reo i d
a. gr nt from th i igan
day, Oep rtment of Public H Ith for
Record Se rch Pro am hich
will invol th
required proof of immunization
is pre nted to th hool.
Immunization aiver
forms re avail ble in th school
nd must b igned b p rent or
gu rdi n if th child is not being
immunized for reason uch as
m dical problems or religious
beli fs, Erick on said.
FREE CLI ICS AVAILABLE
CAN BE SE T H
E
Any ne elementary student
who has not completed this
series or ho is not in the
medically d ferred
period between shots
sent ,home from school
Erickson said.
The requirement appli s
to all n elementary school
stud ts, fr "" ':ind rgarten on
up, ho entered Berrien County
schools for the first tim this
school year. State la requi es
that parents or guardians provid
the school ith a ritten record
showing the month and year
en their children were immu­
nized against the major child­
hood diseases.
immunization
through 12th
the county.
The Record Search
Progr m is being coordinated
by Be erly S nford, R .. , Public
Health ur .
students in
THE CITIZE
By th nd of this school
ye r, approximatel 42,000
health record ill h ve b en
re i ed, ac ording to S nford.
One a I r vi . of th
record has b en mad, letter
will be sent to th parents of
st�dents I cki,ng "immunizations.
Parents : ill be encoura d to
see that th ir children recei e
th v ccines needed.
If nece , the health
department ill offer fr
clinics for those lst through
12th gr d stud nts needing I
immunizations.
Accordiag to Eric son,
th ne entrants' nd' record
. search immunization programs
together offer comprehensi e
ppro ch to ensuring that
Berrien Count can tt in the
high t immunization I Is
po sibl for all pr ntabl child­
hood dise s .
Democra s
· set spr! g'
conven ion
lst
Th Berrien County
Democratic Spring Convention
will be h d S turdav, Februar
:i, 1979, at 7: 0 P , t th
Berrien Springs iddle School.
Th first p rt of th
meeting will b a Democratic
Committee eeting for the
purpose of doption of B -L
as presently ritten.
Th n, immediately fol-
• 10 ing' will b th Beiljen
County Democra ic Committee
Spring C n ntion.
legates to th St t
Con enti n ill b select d.
e group ill lso I ct
a perm n nt cony ntion chair­
man nd a con ntion secretary.
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Exclusion notic hav
been nt out by county hools
to parents and guardians of
children in noncompliance indi­
cating which vaccines are till
,
need d. On exclu ion day,
students arriving at school who
do not meet the minimum
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rrnmuruzatron requirement Will
b held out of class nd p rents
will b contacted to com pic
them up. Children will not be
allowed to return until the
Coo e charges' raci
l
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