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pre p to
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ity of Benton Harbo
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pub' con-
c min proposed cuts in tb
19 1 2 ichigan Depart-
ment of cial Services
t will b held by th
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THE CITIZE
. nerR . Arno
ood y ni t city
Feb. 20, 19 1
am unt of 50.00. This repre-
of the che
purpo
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ar
mmit­
ichigan Hou
Appr ri tion Committee
on Frid y February 27.
c ntinuin
ha n my-pr tice in the pa
cifi d ignati n.
I ill pp eci te fee iving r ceipt for the
ter first
Gebre- moved to Howell.
"I anted I
A ith hite
ouldn't 0
," Gebremk:hael
"I tried to fmd out
The American dream is
turning into a nightmare
for young refu ho
fl d political thr t in
iopi only to encounter
racism in ichigan.
ccording a
by
Gebremic I, who
ttend d technical hool
in Ethiopia trained
a me . , arrived in
....-..lA�"6 area 1 Septemb r.
After month of arch­
ing, he found a factory
job and an apartment in
Ho en 30 y. He
enrolled in night 001 to
tudy E American
g etnment.
Oil
ro down.
Gebrenlidlael
o
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c m
un­
and
his
but you ve been here long
enough," h said the nife-
. der told him. e
w t y u out of this area
in three day .'
The following morning
Gebremieh el's landlady
ed him to lea e, ying
e had receiv d call
from a man ho said her
hou wid be bumed to
th ground unle her bla
tenant evicted.
Gebremichael quit his
job and moved b in with
his U friends in the
Lansing area. The Living-
on County Sheriff De­
partment is investi ting the
incidents. ,
I met me very nice
people in Ho ell,' Gebre­
mich I y. "t hool,
the student d counselor
ere ry nice . . . maybe
there are only fe people
like the one that threat-
amed
Klan
ill be
ditor' ote: attach d to the m m i the tt m half of
florist bill dated 12/16. AI attached nd r imbur
a copy of Bolin's p r n 1 phone bill ith a call made S turd rj
December 13 to Lexington y. 606-269-653 at 4:56 p.m.
for 21 minutes at a co t of 3.08 to th city. Th num r
the Lexington number for City ana r P 1 1.
rn ld R. Bolin
e
o
re
e
ary Ellen Drolet, Director
of Berrien County Legal
Services in a ne s rele
vie of imp ct of th taxe in order to avoid
propo d cuts on the live eviction or to prevent th
of pers ns ho benefits of a per n' home­
are being reduced or elimi- stead at sal , providing
nated, cording to s. funds to provide hou hold
Drolet. furnishings (pots pan
Summari s of the pro- to els to per ns who
po d bud et cuts are avail- home are destroyed by
abI from the Berri n fire, disaster civil di rder,
County Legal Services theft etc. and pro 'din
Bureau 01 Port St., St. emergency elter for
Jo ph ichigan, Phone abu d exploited or ne-
616/983�363. glected adults u ally th
s. Drol t listed me mentally retard d and d.
of the propo d cuts: the In addition, significant cut
reduction of th budget of in e ntial m dica1 rvi es
the Emergency eeds Pro- provided by edicaid are
gram by 50% and the being propo d.
elimination of certain r- Concerned persons can
vices no pro ided such m e th m lves heard by
p yment of Property either appearing at the hear-
heth r
h aring
per n or mailed to
Subcommittee b fore th
he ing Id fo u dire -
ly on th hich
the pro d
program reduction ill
affe t indi idual ho ar
recemn or m be ligib
to rece benefi from a
specifi program . Dr0-
let id,
'The Governor' recom­
mended budget for the
Dep rtment of Social Ser­
vices contains me deep
and dra ic program cuts
hich, if point d, will hurt
many needy citizens, the
pre relea con tinues. In
Berrien County here
unemployment rates and
elf: caseloads are parti-
cularly high the cuts will
affect more than 35,000
persons (more than 20% of
the population) in some
ay. It .J important the
Legislature gets a realistic