I Volum 1
umber 13
Se"i B nton H rbor and B nton To ns iD'
rch 6, 1979
Ly
So
i ion ailable or
001 board 'c�ndida es
Anyone interested in
running for the Benton t-Wbor
Board of Education Can obtain
petitions at office at 711
East Britain.
There ° '11 be th
open: that of appoin
Fanner, J r, and those of J
eton and E elyn Que 01 on.
EI tions are June 11 ·th
line of 4 p.m.,' day,
. 9 for. filing petition
Candidates mus eotaln
no I than 20 registered voters
o atures on a petition
� .
Those kin nomination
mu be ed to vote, at
t 18 yean of , a resident of
ichi for at least six' mo ths
and of th district at t 30
days by June 11.
Call business office at
926-1141 for further infortlPtion .
Results ot a ., eighbor- .
hood eed Survey" re
re eased by St. Johns Co u-
nity Center, Columbus Street
I t k:
Some 215 peopl'
Ii °og in 80 homes in the area
bounded by Colfax, Bri 0
Pipestone and Catalpa streets
participated in the intervi
process in mid-Oec:ember •.
The survey was a random
sampli done by 17 students
"Modem Sod I
at LMC under
lUI4!11n1ce of Pro
oot.
A planning group of
Johns parishioners, nei
and students devised
questionnaire.
"We t door to door
"_"�r was home and
ished to answer" is ho Sister
Theresa Blaquiere, Community
Center Co-Director, described
the team's information gathering
methOd.
: "One of thinas that
surprised us was ho people
�meJt, SiSter Theresa,said.
Factual n
Community 'I�s and
representati gath red at
Howard J ohnson's Restaurant,
Friday to hear a all for gne nd
sensible desegregation efforts.
U the auspices of the
Tl e IV Deyegreption Plannin
Center, the luncheon meeting
attracted 125 businessmen,
ministers, school officials, soci�
workers, teachers, clerical
orkers and politicians.
. Dr. Robert L Green,
dean of the Col e of U
opment at ichjpn SQte
Uniyer 0 ty , ed the �oster f
speakers.
Green stressed leadership'
as a key elem nt i implemen­
ting desegregation calling upon
those assemb ed not to allow a
- leadership vacuum.
He noted that the church
can' play a lpo rful ro in
holding the community
together.
Hitting upon th respon-
sibility of the press, Dr. Green
commented on the necessity of
reporting the ne factually' n
the desegregation proces .
He id Eau Oajre and
Co oma Oil �rtainly be invol­
ved in desegregation and
possibly Watervliet, Rive . d
and St. loseph.
T rri 0 cha, AACP
attorney, called on the group to
m e Benton HMbor a model of
peaceful desegreption - "The
qu tion is no th desegre-
tion is comi
'd.
Dr. ie J c son,
director of the center for urban
ffalrs at ichigan State Univer­
sity, stated that this state
guarantees by la , equal educa­
tional opportuniti •
He' insisted that quality
integrated I education is to be
pu :sUed and stressed the impor­
tance of multicultural
environment.
d·
"
110' on the botto
job ladder?
e
tation.
'lr. J
the need fo med'
provid f ctual information.
H also tal ed of'
creating super - superin nd ts
a multi-district effort a
planning.
"D. Jac son s ressed
open and positi communi­
cation. He added tha main­
taining factual, positi
line of commun 0 cation
"There ren l. alot of victims".
celt a myth that # it's
vie d as a chief problem here",
she said. "Perhaps its the way
the p vie it."
"Another thing that
surprised. us was asked
at couJd improve th neigh-
borhood, peopl sa id -peop Ie
getting to kno each other,
building bonds, It Sister
Theresa said. ,
The survey points out
the depth of resources availab
in the community S·
Turnte p
c
Theresa feels. • e ha some­
thing going for u U
Sister feels Benton HM­
bor is a series of vastly diffi rent
neighborhoods. "lf e had
this some SUrYey on the other
sid of Britain perhaps
might ha a diff ent picture. It
�esaid.
Sister reels th eesults
sho . a stab , non-tran 0 ent
neighborhood 'th faHiy II
educated residents.
'f()ur random samp'
ri t on �t 'th rental
,
units for
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nton Harbor as a
percents, U e.