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COLLI S is this Ie's
Soul Sister. You can read all
ab�ut her on page 7. (Photo
by Joseph Chillers)
brought out is that the County
C 0 itself in the administration of
the program has incurred- ineli
� gible costs of $21, 495.00 and
bl costs incurred in the CETA its 0 n County run agencies
program. have racked up some $77,830
The Count as Prime in ineligible co ts.
Sponsor of th rrien. County t Th Citizen
CET A pro ram I re ponsible win roo a the tout pic ure:
for ineligible costs nd doesn't I ho, ho much and some
nt to b tuc ith the bill. aspects of hy the in ligible
hat has not b en expense.
Ch rles Edward Henry ,
the n Director of UCOc. is
Benton Harbor High School
gr duate 0 h recently
return d to the r .
He as a mem r of the
Air Force, and gradu ted from
the University of ryland ith
� major in economics and
m r ting,
Henry 0 ned a m II
bu in in
1973-74; h d as a sales
technician correspondent for
Heath; and has b n invol d in
insuran and management
recruiting.
In expl ining his reason
�-�""'.!'!;_' for returning to Benton Harbor,
nry id, "after pending tim
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enton Credi
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The Benton Community
Federal Credit Union (formerly
P ople's CU) is sponsoring it
10th Annual eeting, Saturday,
arch 24 at Ben Harbor High
School. The e nt will begin t
7:00 p.m, .
Gu st speaker for the
annual meeting w�1. be R.
Benjamin Johnson, t1irector of
the ational Center for Urban.
Ethnic Affairs, Community
De lopment Credit Union
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in re experiencin economic
growth - the gulf co t of
Teas and Los Angel s - I see
B rrien County h the me
potential as tho other t 0
areas." ..
HTh t, and 100 ing at
at I want to do with the rest
of my life, U he continued,
"there's no. better place."
Th position f Director .
is funded by the remainder of
the $130,000 grant' given to
UCDC by the city of Benton
Harbor and extends only until
June 30, 1979.
Additional funding will,
depend upon Henry's grant
riting abilities.
CHARLES HE RY
Union schedules
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Training Institute, ash ington ,
D.C. Mr. Johnson is also former
Director of St. Joseph Com
munity Federal Credit Uniori in
South B 'nd, Indiana: Also
expected, is a guest speaker from
the Michigan Credit Union
League.
The meeting will be
preceeded by a catered dinner,
offering a choice of meat entr .
Tickets for this event are $5.50
each, or two for $10.00. Th y
are available at the Benton
Community Federal Credit
Union office, at 420 E. Main,
Benton Harbor, Many door
prizes will be awarded.
If you ish to purch
tickets, or need further informa
tion, please call William Lilly at
BCFU offices, 927-3507.
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A t the IF riday , arch 16
meeting of the United Com
munity De elopment Corpora
tion (UCDC), press and guests
were asked to leave the m ting
fOT the financial report.
UCDC is a. ichigan,
non-prof t corporation that
administered $130,000 of
Benton Harbor city's Com
munity Development funds this
fiscal year. -
The request for the pre
and guests to lea e was made
fter Bo rd member ·01OC Dill
s topp d in the presentation
of the financial report by the
p-ast president, J ames Bryant,
owner of General Building ain
tenance, Benton Harbor.
Dill reported that UCOC
fin nil re d h d been
turned over to Jeff Butzbaugh
of the Gerbel and Butzbaugh
CPA firm. Dill related that
Butzbaugh as doing boo-
keeping preliminary to
performing the audit.
ill acknowledged to the
l,JCDC that he did have some
preliminary figures that
were reasonable accurate.
At that _ point, James
Bryant called for a point "of
order ying that the informa
tion a confidential.
A Board m mber
reminded Bryant that the funds
were public funds.
Th Board then agreed to
hold all discussion of finances til
the end of the meeting when
guests and press could leave.
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ARCH 20, 1979
In a later con er tion
ith The Citizen reporter, Tom
Karp, president, confirmed that
there are 0 firms ho UCDC
loans are delinqu nt - Pu
Dlug stor hich' no in
bankruptcy proceedings nd a
firm Karp could not recall
without 100 ing at the records.
Karp, ho h s been .....
president onl 0 e s, id
that en the audit is fini hed
it will be released.
In support of Bryant's
position to k p the finances
from the press was Vic c in
ney, own r of Discount Furni
ture store and the Studiotone
photography building at 312
Territorial. That building' a
the subject of a Citizen story
in m r h n a·fi
that address r. vealed the studio
had been illegally con erted
to apartments.
UCDC, though by ch -
ter is capable of handling many
sources of funds, has to date
only administered Cit of B n
ton Harbor funds.
Present t the meeting
re Board members: Forrest
Pearson, Rollie c Intosh, Oti
Joseph, Percy Carr, Guy Huddle
ston, Sammie Smith, D n
Flaugh, Har ey Robinson, and
Craig Liephaus. Guests pre ent
ere illiam c 'Coy, Benton
Harbor Economic Development
Director' G n Reed, c Coy's
secretary; Ch les H nrv, ne Iy
appointed UCDC Director; nd
Mary De Foe, Pres. AACP.
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