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April 17, 1979 - Image 1

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Michigan Citizen, 1979-04-17

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SERVI G TRI-COUNTY·SOUTHWESTER
E 1 U BER 19
ICHIGA
APRIL 17.1979

I
A unanimous vote sup­
porting the Ad-Hoc Committee
to End Racism's call for th res­
ignation of CET A Director el­
don Burden passed the B n ton
Harbor City Commission on­
day night at its regular session.
Th committe is send­
ing a letter to the County
Bo rd of Commissioners de­
m nding the. "immediate res­
ignation" of eldon Burden.
The City Commission­
ers lent their I..In nimous sup­
port to that letter.
Cit ng Burden's "ina­
bility to marshall accurate and
complet JJ information n
it come to minority-run or­
ganizations, th group said th .
end result is racism.
mber of the i\d­
Hoc Committ include MM)'
DeFoe, Re . John atson, Rev.
E. Bro n, Rev. T.. ilkins,
Percy Carr, Ralph Crensha ,
and Ch rles Kelly, Chairman.
Th text of the Com­
mitte 's letter to the County
Commissioners folio :
"This mism nagement
is of even greater co ern to
us b cause our community is
being deprived of b dly needed
jobs. The -folio ing list of
minority-run agencies and the
reasons: given for denying their
propo Is for CET A funding
hould illustrate the reasons
for our deep concern.
trouble ith the tr in d ig­
n tion when presented b a no -
minority agency.
" ATIO AL A . of
BI c Social or ers tech-
nicall pproved pending t 0
inve tigations - on by DOL
and on by th CET A staff.
DOL found no cau on their
part to deny the ncy. CET A
staff failed to communicate the
DOL findings to the County
Board.
"BE TO Community
Credit Uni s denied four
po itions b sed on a CET A
staff report to th PSE sub­
committee that the agency did
not ha e any non-CET A funded
positions. The CET A staff f il­
ed to report th t illiarn Lilly
is on loan from th city until
such time as a full time direc­
tor is hired. Th CET A staff
further failed to report that
r. tilly had i
CETA peopl on a p .
"BE TO Harbor Rec­
re tion Center was denied 0
child re positions based on a
staff report th t as at least
four months old and h d b n
ritten at the inception of
the child care program. CET A
taft failed to obtain current
as s m nt of the program or
they . ould ha found that 15
children re enrolled.
"Th CET A staff also
failed to provide statistics to
e plain why the thletic aid
po itions ere "not need d."
CET A taff also e pre sed "trou­
ble ith the traine designation'
in the job titles submitted by
this agency. The staff failed to
'0 i
"Furthermor , CE-
T A staff f il d to point out to
th PSE subcommittee t th·
iles Association for Exception-
al Children - 0 recei d
pproval for th ir propo
as in the sam position
Black Soci I or ers, n
they h d a CET p ic1 Direc­
tor (David rkle) reporting to
an all volunt r bo d.
"BERRIE OIC receiv­
ed approval from the PSE b­
committee, but th CET A taft
interven d in the d cl ion prior
to th County Board meeting.
Thus, th staff failed to re pect
the d cision of the PSE ub-
committe nd contacted th
Contin on 6
B nton Harbor City i
first city i th s te to
arded HUD Hom tead funds
ccording to Chris Da nport,
Community 0 lopm nt Dir­
ector for th city.
Th nnouncem nt fol-
on the h I of th city'
o esub­
d pro-
Another $150,0Q0 in
312 funds h b n set asid
to provid 10 ns to hom ste d­
ers for reh bilitation of" the
properti .
o enport for s the
progr m ctually g tting und f­
ay in mid-M y.
Th city's own Home-
e d program came after almost
two year of effort by Com-
mrs Ion r Ch rles (ic ey)'
Y rbrou h to i pas e.
Ov r the ye rs, the
city has cquired ' 0 nership
Continued on P g 2
'" n vie of the r cent
di closures concerning th mis­
man g ment of the CET A pro­
gr m that ppeared in 1he
Citizen, nd H rid-Pail dium
n apers and on WHFB (the
Drain project, Four FI Cham­
ber of Commerce proj ct, B n­
ton H rbor City painting pro­
ject, etc.], w are awar that
you must be concerned bout
the admini tration of the CET A
office.
Accordin to Da en-
port, HUD h provided the
cit ith $55,000 to purch
FHA rt d properties to put
in th pool of a il ble hom .
c
Ed's note: An open
ci 'lens of Benton
city:
Your cooperation is
needed to help the uty
Go ernment in its Spring
Oe n-Up Camp�ign.
The pri�iple of Com­
!"unity Living is COOPE RA-
TION. e Ii better by helping
ext. 0 Th Citizen who
I ds a helping hands benefits
himsetf at th same time he!
helps the other citizens.
T ogethers will tart
our Spring Oean'-Up Campaign
on April 16, 1979, in the area
bOunded by Waukonda, Fair,
ain and Water str ts we ill
be ring in that area until
pril 20, 1979.
Remember,
don't cooperate,
system breaks do n.
.difference be n a good
Community and a b d Commu-
. nity is often reflect d in the
cooperation (or I ck of it)
amon th people ho Jive
there.
en people help each
other freely and voluntarily,
. there is a spirit of team ork �t
ma es community really a
pleasure to be � part of. en
ther� is no cooperation, wh I
might ha been a pleasant
community becomes an eye
AUKO OA==========�
Spring
Clean-u p
'79
IF YOU LIVE ITHI THESE sou DARIES
YOU III VE DAilY TRASH PC-UP
THIS EK
Seep-Up - Pic -up - up - CI -Up
"
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[I
AI
SO" •
OTE TO SENIOR
CITIZENS: If you need
ssistance in cleaning your
garage or bul items out of the
hou ,contact r. Glen Yar­
brough at 925-7077, Monday
through Friday from 8:00 a.m.
to :00 p.m.
iIIrm
nythin
City true
boundaries.
� y.
Senior Citizen
Anyon tin

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