VOL." NO.3
ter mon of ch
the Board of DireCtc. of
Berrien Ole cted
the Gr ry B�, 72
aiD, Benton Harbor,
the permanent tte for the
trainin center's program.
In a special meeting,
Dec. 21, 7:30 a.m. at
See y eCord 001 the
'te committee of the Board
lected the propoul of
JAD Development
Corporatioo for the down­
town Benton Harbor ite.
lADE' principal mem­
ber -, John A. Di ey, who
�ch �bWWlingfrom
e city of Benton Harbor
committee
gave re for their
lectioa:
OECE BER 26·31. 1979
-Serving Tri-County South stern Michigan
20 CENT
WITH PRESIDE J CITED
By Terry Kelly
John . Di ey, mana­
ger of the Benton Commu­
nity Federal Credit Unio
re igned effe tive January
1, 1980 in a letter sub­
mi tted to Alfred illiarns,
President of the CU.
In the letter dated
December 14, Di ey cited
"attitude and concerns" of
the U ard members a
rea n for his leaving the
S18,000 a year job he h
held since June of this year.
According to an in­
form duree, recent CU
Board meeting have been
mar ed by squabble be-
een Board members and
Dickey 0 r 1 ns Di ey
had appro d and his re­
fusal to carry out certain
Board manda .
The Board under a
time table t by the CU ,
'Overall building d 0
o conducive to an educa­
tional environment with
traffic flo 0
- Future plan reno -
tiOo will Jive the building
an even mo attracti
decor.
- Entire program will
be loea ted on the fu .
floor which will eliminate
barrier fr requirement 0
- Incre d t b to
the city.
- Centrally located in
Berrien County.
- Add to future educa­
tional and economic growth
of the city.
Inority 0 er and
contractor. '
The Board had
prepared to choo the
former V f cility no
o ed by a group of
Berrien Springs inve tor .
80 r, a phone confer­
ence organized to obtain
Board o.k. for that ue
brought prote ts from mem­
ben Percy Carr and Charle
eUy . . ted the
Board inspect the Gray
Building te. Since th t
ovember conference, the
Board solicited bid; and
had fi ites to choo
from.
OIC i aCTA fund­
ed job training program.
It i an Opportunitie
Indu trialization Center
a self-help concept
_ founded by th Rev. Leon
been Sullivan.
ted on th Board
had n ordered to eolle t
d linquen t ccoun po t
'go on the CU building at
420 E. ain and iner
po its. The
d clined to b identifi d
indi ted that Di ey