Larry ielsen, candi-
date for the Benton Harbor
Area School Board, has
been appointed aide to U.S.
Senator Carl Levin.
ielsen ill or out
of the Senator's Grand
R pids office but will reside
in Benton Harbor district.
The $12,500- -vear job
bins July 1 for ielsen
hen his present job as
e tension coordinator for
ayne State Univer ity at
B nton Harbor Area
Schools runs out.
ielsen's position
Levin ill invoJve wor ing
with western ichigan re i-
den ho have problems
dealing ith the fed ral
government,
receiving
benefits.
uch as
cial security
Levin's Grand Rapids
Ta e care of those re-
turn ble bottJ and cans,
d it ill be easier for
e ryone co cerned, the
Berrien County Health
Department dvises.
Don Oder ir , Direc­
tor of Environmental Health
for th department, id
if cu tomers and merchants
cooperate, th s 's "bot-
tle bill" ill be or able
for e eryon and promote a
de ner environm nt and a
more enjoyabl ummer.
o er ir dvises con-
ee ing
e e
tiThe ew CETA,"
training session for all Berr­
rien County CET A sub­
grantees, ill be held On
"J une 4 in La e Michigan
College's Blue Lecture Hall,
room 0 202, at 9 a.m.
CET A Director eldon
Burden, Deputy Director
Zelma J. orris and Ac­
countant L yn Kunde will
Full Go p
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Evangelist I.C. Bonner
of St. louis, Missouri will
be speaking at the Full
Gospel Tabernacle, 720 E.
ain, Benton Harbor, dur-
ing the of June 3,
through June 1 O.
Services ill be at 7: 30
nightly and the public is
I come.
Full Gospel Tabernacle
Pastor is Ella obley.
staff is currently being or­
ganized and will serve 22
countie in western Michi­
gan including Berrien, Cass
Van Buren and Allegan
counties.
ielsen challenged Lad
Stacey in last year's 44th
District state representative
race and will remain in con­
tention for the June 11
school board election.
He is a partner in
B-J's Sports Inc., and as
director of the Benton
Harbor Recreation Board.
ielsen served as chairman
of the Cariamer Games.
A 1972 graduate of Michi­
gan State University, Niel­
sen is active in the Berrien
County Democratic Party.
Hand h is wife Juanita live
t 211 Elvern Drive in Ben­
ton Township.
Larry Nielsen will take a
po ition as aide to U.s.
Senator Carl Levin on July
1 of this year.
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sumers to rinse all return­
able bottles and cans after
use or repl ce threaded cap
to contain resudual bever-
gee This is particularly im­
portant during the upcom­
ing fly breeding season.
Return all cans and
bottles in their original
cartons, if possible, or store
rinsed bottles .and cans in
pi stic garbage bags.
should have a tile or smooth
concrete floor with smooth
wall material and proper
mop boards at all floor
junctures.
Se I II cracks and
openings in the storage
ea.
Store sorted bottles and
cans in original containers,
plastic garbage bags or as
your districutor requires.
The suggestions ar
intended to help pre ent
ttracting insects and ro­
dents and prevent offensive
odors.
Oder ir rna es these
sugg stions to merchants:
provid a separate area that
is easily cleaned. The area
o explain
CE A"
provide subgrantees a two
hour overview of the
changes in the local C�T A
operations as a result of the
ne CET A legislation.
training requirements and
employability development
plans for participants,
affects of "the changes in
EEO and affirmative action,
the function of theindepen­
dent monitoring unit and
participation in retirement
pi ns.
Time will be provided
for other topics and a
question/answer session.
Burden said some of
the topics to be discussed
include the reorganization
of the CET A administra­
tive office, changes in the
monthly reports, mandated
Bernie's Resta nt, ·165 E. Main, ill open Wednesday,
June 6 at 11 a.m. and not this Th y as previously re-
ported. Specwizi in .,.�, the ill run daily
ws and up soul food deli·K:ac:tes.
lU BUCHA A, (left) nd
Bard School Principal, r.
lUy discuss th 4-h ctivi­
ties going on at th school.
Ms. Buch� has been active
in community affairs at the
school for ven years ac­
cordi to the principal.
She is currently directinl
the utritional propam.
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Over 2,500 national,
state and local elected offi­
cials, youth and communi­
ty ction organizers gather­
ed for the first Southern
Regional Forum (SRF) in
Birmingham, Friday and
Saturday, May 25 and 26.
Congressional Black
Caucus chairperson, Repre­
sentative Cardiss Collins
(D., 111.) said the 17-member
group convened the forum
in association ith Alabama
voter registration and edu­
cation projects chaired by
Joe Reed of Birmingham.
The purpose of the
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nol gelli
Congressman Bill Oay
(D., 0.) has called on
Postmaster William F. Bol­
ger to respond as to why
minorities 0 er the past
thre years have received
only 3 percent of the
PUSH ge s
half million
DOL grants
PUSH-EXCEL announ­
ced receipt of $500,000
Career Exploration Demon­
stration Project (CEP) from
the Department of Labor.
The grant, effective for
a 13 month period from
September 1, 1979 to Sep­
tember 30, 1980, will be
used to provide a model
for an alternative approach
to combating the problem
of structural unemployment
among economically disad­
cantaged youth and to aid
in their transition to the
world of work.
PUSH emphasized that
the funds will not be used
to "provide make- or "
for unemployed youth.
"lnstead.. it is the
purpose to provid youth
who are faced with the
structural problem of un­
employment with an op­
portunity to learn and
earn that ill Ie d to
meaningful employment or
self-employment oppor­
tunities after they have
completed the program, "
Rev. Jesse J aekson, Presi­
dent of PUSH explained.
conference wa - to further
organize the national action
alert network and use the
influence of Blac Ameri­
cans on national policy
issues.
Chairperson Collins
stated, "In the spirit of the
Nlazara ovement, the SRF
is 'vital to the future politi­
cal development of the
Black community in the
South and nation ide.
"We ha e thro n down
the gauntlet against the
President's cuts in the
dom stic employment, edu­
cation and health programs.
e h ve opposed ttl House
.budget revisions and ill
continue to fight for the
recommend tions offered in
the hum n n d amend­
ment by th past chairman
of th Congressional Blac
Caucus, Rep. P rren J. it­
chell (D., d.)'
UBI ck voters in the
South must no this and
influe ce their U.s. repre­
sentati s and senators to
upport national policy
. ssues that benefit BI c
people," she ide
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CI y: i or il i s
p sl I co Ir cis
building contracts let by
the Postal system.
"It is a shocking reve­
lation to" learn that for
the past three years, not
one architectural or engi­
neering contract as award­
ed to a single minority
firm in the cities of Chicago,
St. Louis, nor Houston,"
said Clay who is chairman
of th House Subcomrnitt
of Postal Personn and
odernization.
Clay said equally ap­
palling is the fact that
minority contractors in los
Angeles recei d only
$47,654 of $434,000 total
contracts, and in th Dis­
trict of Columbia minority
contractors recei d only
$54,000 of $653,000 total
contracts.
"If do not get a
Satisfactory response from
the Postmaster Genem, "
Oay id, "it ·11 be neces­
sary for me to con n
public hearings in order to
get to th bottom of th
situation."
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