Response to entertainer
Stevie onder s call for a
na tiona! march in a shin g­
ton D. . on Jan. 15 to
pport congre .. nal legis-
lation m ing Dr. artin
Luther King Jr's birthday.
a national holiday h been
e
rck For
enthu . and ide- of all Ameri .
spr d.
onder said h i tre- om
m ndw· y plea d with th
respon of people of
good ill to join him in
ashing ton to help hieve
a goal 'in the best in terests The marchers will a m-
VOL. III 0.6 JA UARV 14 - 20, 1981
Deparment drnin-
S RVI G TRI-COU TV SOUTH ESTER
ayor Joel Pa ter n
h Citizen h wa a are
of th prop e are
ill I . g f r a fundin
1804.91 for engi­
neerin rvi e rel ted to
the UDAG street improve­
ments on Rivervie Drive
t the site of the ne Farm-
ers d er ts Bank.
Included in bills
a 0 hour trip to til!
Orchards all to compare
curb cuts' ther ith tho
at th bank ite,
IC;HIGA
•
2 020.16 for the
m . or items preparation Broad ay Street irnprov-
of arina Proposal. 'ments project done
S . of city c mmi . n in the mrner of 1979
minut s indicated no dis- the tr t and
eder Gr nd Jury
inve tigation of the city of
Benton bor u of
H . g and Urb Devel-
opment funds bas begun.
City nager Paul
uley ed ith
bpoena on January 8,
to ppe r before the Gr nd
Jury ith all records and
rue of the city's HUD
program for the years
1975 through 1980.
t£ ho
city commission
The City
rprised con-
ee d." but did not know
specif1Cally what t e Grand
Jury anted. ecord re­
quested in the subpoena
cCauley . d, were tho
of tb city' .home rehabili­
tation program neighbor-
hood improvement, it
Local ' De elopment Com­
pany the 312 loan program,
and fund alloca d for,
and tre removal, monito -
ing clean-up ... n.
- $3,365.21 .charged to
Community Development
dmini tration. One of th
an
study Je n oc Par ord an engin er in
dRiver Terr ce p rt- training.' Shult id h
ments. hope to t e another tes
2 165.47 for a grant in about a year' that
ppli tion to th D ... p rt- ill qualify him for statu
ment of Energy for fund an engineer.
to conduct a feasibility ccordin to Shult
udy for a 20 and 50 the or don n th
million gallon year g - ethanol! sahol study a
hol plant;
IS OT
E G E
Ron Shults, the be n­
marche employee h does
the bu of th firm's
wo for th city i not
an engineer, but in his
velopment corporation-
d b n brought to th
attenti n 0 HUD by mem­
be of the Citizen Advi­
sory Board, the HUD man­
da ted community group
which by regulation rve
monitor of th HUD
program .
Former CAB mem er
ilen Gray, 235
Benton Harbor ho . of
the Grand Jury iIlve i -
tion, 'it' been a long time
corning" ob n:ed th t
since 1979 h and fo
CAB chairman Arnold
Smith had been incont t
ith HUD concerning the
abu . Gray listed th
horn rehab program the
me rehab program, the
and the co-mingling
of HUD rno ey ith city
funds
blern .
recrurring pr-
artin Palu th U.S.
Attorney condu ti t
. est" ati n refu d
commen t on the
th subpoen ying, e
are not alIo ed to comment
until or un.le th Gr d
Jury reache a erdict." He
did indicate that oth r city
om ial or employ might
be d, but dded
at this time I r don'
kn
ontin
Continu 0
The prom d Publi
Hearing on th ity en-
ary 1, edne
7: 30 t Cit Hall.