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September 05, 1979 - Image 9

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Michigan Citizen, 1979-09-05

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Recently in the H rald
Pall dium there an
article about lfare fr ud
and ho the Social Ser-
vice going to cut
do 0 elfare-che ter
d . cally in Berrien
County. There IDS to b
an ever-growl incre in
of . onesty in this are
of government aid. Or is
there?
Y do you think this
mo t elf: e re-
b . cally dishone ?
aD elf are mothers
, too? o.ofco�
Then why th 1-
fare fraud? There must be
re nable an er.
I ould nture to y
that mo persons receiving
lf or' d of some
committed fraud
t one time or another.
Some recipien get caught,
me don't. The re ns
are usually quite simple.
There are many, many pro-
blems in the p nt elf are
sy m. The la and rul
are t in SUch y that
it almo impo -
ibl for elfare recipients
to be completely hon t
Ri,ht.� _
all time. That " quti a used, in reality, tor your
tatement, one that need boo s and your ea to �nit
explainin . ' from college! So y de-
If, for in tance a person clare the BEOG at all?
on elfar i fortunate Lots of recipients do not.
enough to land a part- Are they di onest? 0
tim job, about half the not really , again they have
earnings are en a ay no other choice if they are·
indirectly through your to get ahead. And even­
grant monie or food tually out of the elfare
tamp . So hy or? In trap.
others ords,' The In- 0 , I am not ying
centive ot-To- ode that all welfar fraud stems
Program!' So the temp- from the reason. There
tation to lie bout part- are, of course, th
tim ork I vet}' great per ns ho take advantage
one-one that many people of the sy tern right from the
give in to. They do this art. But this contitutes
not bee they are b . c- a minority of the elfare
ally di on t, but because recipients, t best.
if they ever ant to make So the next tim you
mething of their liv and hear bout elfare fraud ,in
get ead they must lie. the papers, about omen
It' matter of priorities. caught for cheating the
en you receive a system, maybe it is time
BEOG grant for college, the to 100 t ourselves and
money that is not used up other fello welfare rec­
in tuition . counted ipients in a different light
income d must be de- Don't e all at some time
ared to your orker or another cheat, just a
ch. result of this, little? ext time re d
your food stamps are cut. the paper maybe e should
Ludicrous, you y, ye ; it consider: There, but by the
is, This extra grant money grace of God.
. not used for food. It is
ting time . any­
from early October
o ry early December.
Preferably before the first
fro .
- Plant th all bulb
crocus, drops, or illa-
bout three inches' the
get bulb -tulips, dafodils,
or hyacyths-about . inche
deep.
- Before planting the
bulb in the holes, dd a
ittle bone meal . (it .
available from any nursery)
to the soil for food over
the long winter.
J & R I
Green
Thing
Plant the bulb in
grou of three or more
to create natural tting.
othing 100 or than a
ro of flo ring bulb!
they should be planted in
group rather than ro .
• AI er the bulb are
planted cover the soil with a
mulch of lea . light bar ,
pine n edle ,or ood chips
to protect them from tem­
perature fluctuation during
the winter.
- In the spring you may,
of course, cu the flo ers
for indoor in . But
n r cut off any of the
foliage. Let it di bac
n turally. The bulb need
the food from these le e
for next year.
- If you decide to dig
up your bulb to divide
them - do this j hen
the foloage di . But it is
not nece - they will
bloom gain next year if
you just leave them alone.
That i the beauty of it!
Good Iuc !
• P rm
Blow G�
atural Cu
Blow ou
G Cut
JUNIO DEPAR
Pre-School Story Hour
will begin i fall se . on
on edne y, September
19 from 10:00 to 11 :00.
Children, ages 3-5, are
invited to attend each wee
until the . on end on
December 19.
If enough in tere t is
own, a Friday morning
ssion will also be held.
Paren ould top in,
or call the library at
926-7720, to sign their
children up for either -,
SEPT 5 -,11, 1979

ion.
ovie for children will
be held this Friday at
4:00 an" on Saturday at
3:00.
e books added to
the Junior collection in­
clude: "Sara and the Door"
by Virginia Jensen; "The
Reggie Jac son Story" by
Bill Libby; 'The Star Hus­
band" by Jane Mobley;
and ; The Great Teams"
by Robert Liston.
ADULT DEP TMENT
The movie to be shown
onday, September 10, at
12: 15 in the auditorium of
the Benton Harbor Public
THE C1TIZE

I
rar
Library is "Dinky Hocker".
Starring June Lockhart,
this is the story of a young
girl who is "hoo ed" on
food. Her mother i too
in olved with charity or
to notice that her daughter
a problem.
The feature movie to be
own Thrusday, September
13, at 7:00 is "The Hounds
of B erville". This is the
original versi on of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's 1110 t
famous thriller, starring
Basn Rathbone and igel
Bruce.
Boo dded to the
library collection are:
"Lying Three" by
Ralph clnerny; 'The Last
Enchantment" by ary
Ste art; "The Last Call of
ouming" by Chade
Grant; "Flya v" by Des­
mond B gley;"Th Cancer
Reference Boo' by Paul E
Levitt; and "Indefinite
Dreams" by Joe Haldeman.
S p r I e SI r
I ESTO E 0 T
NOW LOCATED
151 E. ain
ACROSS FROM PE • EY-S C
BACK TO SCHOOL SALE
Sb Converse, ds
M a so n i a rs Quart size /lids $2.50 pe Doz.
T ASH" BAGS, 36
o
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