• •
C I
St t
Lad
conduct
m ting ThUI
15 in Benton
to
• d
Berrien 01 ha been
grant d 100,000 contract
to . operate C T 's Adult
or Experience (A )
Pr am from ovember
1979 through September
30 1980. Th contract
II cently pro ed by the
men County Board of
Commission r .
Through the WE Pro­
gram, chronically unem­
ployed adult participan
are pi d into jobs in the
public ctor. Participan
o at non-profit agen . S,
governmental uni d
The program .
inte ded to at Ie t
35 Jo term unemployed
people, studen , youth in
tr . tion from 001 to
employment, retired per-
ns, handicapped indivi­
du ,Ie' en of in sti tu­
ti d disp ced home­
makers.
Berrien OIC will pro-
vid extensi educ tional
programs coup with th
actual ork experience.
CETA director eldon L.
Burden said OIC is ell
equipped to p'rovide t
A jury Friday
ilton ell a
judgement in a
brough t gainst
Harbor Recreation Board.
In the uit, ell charg­
ed the Rec. Board with
breach of contr ct for firing
him a cting director and
director of oper tions la
year.
According to ttomey
Tat Parrish who repre nt-
ed eU both Bento
Harbor City and the hool
ystem are liabl for th
jud ment since both op­
r te the Rec. Board.
The trial conducted
before Judge Ronald Taylo
in the Berrien District
Court.
o
the meeting"
"I ha been
ed by the in­
tere t many of them have
own in government and
its orkin . tt
Staoey wiD briefly ad­
dre the gathering on ve­
ral current legi ti es
before engaging in an open
di u . ri period.
"The more I kno
t s on th minds of my
con ituents." he dded
6 the better I'll b able to
repre nt their intere ts in
Lan . g.'
co
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nece ernie • in
order to b tter prepare the
unemployed person for a
ce UI or experience.
01 director Hazel
Cochr . d her commu-
nity b d organization has
the . experience in rvin
th chronically unemploy-
d.
"01 will tre training
in order that th Adult
P rticipan ts in the pro­
gram will ork at a job for
15 to 20 hour eek and
attend cia at 01 about
10 houn a wee depending
on the individual's needs.
es. Cochran . d will
emphasize education,
e peciaUy the GED com­
pletion to all p rticipant .
Peop in terested in
pplying for T A' Adult
ork Experi nee Program
may pply at th CETA
Offi�, 2160 -139 in
the
orientation 'on . Orien­
tation se ions are held' in
the Benton Harbor CET A
Offic every Tuesday and
Thursday mornings t 10:00
a.m. and at the CETA
Office in the iles South
County Building every
usd y ftemoon at 2:00
p.m.
Any public any in-
terested in hiring A
P rticipant may conta t
och t th OIC
9 'J� 5
BOard m mber pre-
nt at th me ting at hich
he w rued ere J 0 ph
Christofel, Juanita Echols
and Arthur Crump. T 0
Rec. Board members ere
not pre nt -- Herbert
Quade and Charles Gray.
Benton Harbor City
Attorney K. orris Gavin
repre nted the defendan .
Wells is the son of
rs. ildred ells Benton
Harbor City Commi ioner.
TG
ae
o pay 0
eo
r
bill to clear up
technicality 0 r hich
local government ould
pay for th
'County condary court
complex in il h been
introduced in the ichiga
Hou of Repre ntative.
State Representative
Lad Stacey R-8errien
Sprin the bill's ponsor
id th mea ure ould re­
quire Berrien County re '­
dents to" pic up th t b
for th operation of the
county' condary circuit
court f cility in iles.
Th county' prim ry
curt f cility i located in
Sf. Jo ph.
co .
I introduced
legislation to m e
that il . not
thi
ure
dJed