ch 27, 1979. THE-OTIZE
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l The Twin Cities Area
Clamber of Commercy Board
of Directors Thursday pas d a
resolution of concern 0 er the
closing of Michigan Standard
Alloys, a secondary smelting and
refining company, located in
Benton Harbor.
Last e Herbert en-
del, president of the romp ny,
announced he uld close the
plant that employs 330 persons.
The Chamber of Commerce,
representing many community
Ie ders, is' concerned 0 r the
economic impact this ill ha e
on the community. The nnuaJ
payroll of the aluminum division
that is being closed is $5,600,
000. LOQI purchases by
employees including state and
local taxes is $5,300,000 nd the
company h spent $3,630,000
in air and ater pollutio
equipment including operatic
and m intenance.
In ddition to the 330
jobs, 225 support job ill also
be lost. This s b sed on
formula of at a 100 indus-
tri I jobs me n to a community
according to th United States
Clamber of Commerce.
Th Chamber resolution
states that the Chamber und r­
stands th de irability of clean
air, but th yare also extremely
concerned ith th trem ndous
10 s of employment in the area
and they feel a balance bet een
the environm nt and iobs at
ichigan Standard Alloys must
be met so the corporation can
continue to operate and provid
the . much needed employm nt
for the area.
The Bo d also voted to
form a commi nee to in tipte
th problem bet n the EPA,
D Rand ichigan Standard
Alloys. Th committee ·11 be
composed of engineers and other
community I der, 0 have
previously ked ith the
EPA and the D R. This
committ ill endea or to
assist in orkjng out the pro-
blem be n the 0 rnmental
encies and ichigan Stand d
Alloys.
The Benton Harbor - St.
Joseph YMCA held its third
general report meeting arch
21 at the St. Joseph Elks
Club and announced $844,715
toward its $2 million go l.
Campaign G neral Co­
Chairman J mes . Tiscornia
made the announcement a er
receiving reports from all
divisio s.
Special Gifts chairm n
Linda B. Gris old called for
reports from her division first.
Larry W rren reported $907 for
Zone 1. [o Ellen Tiscornia
nnounced $5,850 for Zone 2.
Zone 3 co-chairman Dorothy
olf reported $4,359, and Zone
4 chairman John Dewan
reported $1\,6 8 to date. A
total of $8,678 as- reported
for Zon 5 by chairm n Robert
Porter announced $2,430 for
his Zone 6. The Special Gifts
tal as $23,862.
James s. BI ir reported
96, 230 for the Y CA F amity
Gifts Division.
David RutJand reported
that the jor Gifts Division
h no reached 40 p rcent of
goal with $39,550.
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CITIZENS' ADVISORY·
BOARDTO EET
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The Benton Harbor
·Citizens' Advisory Board ill
m t this Thursday, rch
29, at 7:00 p.m. at th Ben­
ton Harbor Recreation Cen­
ter - ich is located behind
the High School.
The meeting is open
to the public_ The Advisory
Board is the group that
makes recommendations to
the city for its Communi-
I tv De lopment funds.
�
of
t, "you must
inner mel outer
comp tely
Hilliard
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se S'Slg
son,
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U Y goal is to sell some
decent housing to ab e buyers in
th B nton Harbor rea," pro­
claims usetta l Hilliard of her
launched real estate career.
Musetta, 1373 Superior,
recently becam south estern
ichigan's second BI ck femal
re I tor associate.
. She graduat d from
Great La es lnstitut of Real
Estate, is liscened by the State
of Michipn and employed by
Ziems Red Car t real estate,
a Century 21 company.
community's young families,
the largest group of hom
buyers, Musetta dvises, "Do
yourself a favor and limit yo r
spending. Get your redit up
to standard; do som crificing
and there's no reason not to
o n property." .
Ms. Hilliard has be n
ctiv in community affairs.
She served as a Board member
of the Department of Sod I
Services; the Benton Township
Assessment Board of Revie ;
and former Board President of
the YWCA.
She nd her hu b nd
J mes 0 n Hilliard Apartments.
They . have t 0 children,
J oiesette 17, and Jeffrey, 14.
.,
cool's s mme
..
rogram read ies
ids -for esting
. G aring
rations are hi h."
Dr. Jeter id that only
te ch rs 0 hay h d extensive
tr rrung nd experience in
tc ching re ding nd math will
b elected for thi ummer
school progr m. L
. The program for students
ill tart [un 20 nd run
through July 31. The school
d y for students will s rt at
8:45 a.m. and end t noon.
In truction throughout. the '
period of tim ill be spend
c clu ivelv on reading and
mathematic .
Parents intere ted in
having more information on
this T.O.P. ummer school
program are a ed to call Mrs.
Lewi t 926-7149.
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lion I A
St GO·
Ev ry ednesday
Earty Birds - 7 p.m.
B th Go dblatt's
r. Co_ Young Democrats
U Real estate is -a good
field for omen now, " she
says. "In th past, it was not
lucrati ely open to omen, but
the potential for success for
omen is rapidly growing."
"A oman's sen itivity
in selling is adapted to knowing
the need and n to other
omen who are, fter all, the
ones who m ke the decision
r garding which house to buy,"
Musetta analyz
Keying in on the
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4000 ALGO QUI
BENTON HARBOR. MICH. 49022
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Ev ry Sunday 2
ment.
UTh philo phy of the
progr m." id Dr. Jeter, Hi
that all children n nd will
learn if a helpful school clim t
is loped, they ar given
time, and teach pee-