o higan De par t- line. The D R ould not Creed up tream from th
atural Re urc agr to change then be- arw discharge , said
ordered the city to cau of pending environ- a D R inspector, "but
elim.iilate the di harge of mental pro ection gency didn't any."
ra age into P tudy of the Twin Citie D R' Blake ee CQIt-
P River and 0 Cree etropolitan area wa tradicted Whitfield's r-
by arch 27. ter disposal system. tion that Orchard all
The D R order confums Th t EP tudy is to runoff ould pollute Ox
charge made recently by be relea d within a few Cree. He noted that
. Tobia of Tobi Oil ee according to an orm water flo runs
Co. nton Harbor, that engineer for Consoer- through one system wa
the city as dumping Town n , a Chicago fmn through another and the
ge into the P Paw helping on th tudy. One two don't mix.
River. Tobi ho i recommend ion to the city Ho ever, TenEch, En-
in e city for non- ill be to redirect th flo vironmental Con Itants,
p yment of 3,600 bill, from the arwick Station. Inc. of South Bend sub-
member of the group D official this ee antiate Whitfield's claims.
trying to get the com- claim d no knowledge of In 1979 monitoring sur­
mi loner to step down th 0 f Be T vey for South estern Mich­
e unp ct 0 nton wp. gan Regional Plannng Com-
and pi ce the CIty into te ater n the city' mission, TeuEch found 0
receivership ith the tate. sy em. "T guy from ts of Ox Creek contam-
letter the city from the city that too u on the in tion in the Township.
Steve Elredge, inspector for in ction id there Where Ox Cree cro s
the ter quality di 0 '0 hite ater in the (Ox) e d broo Road, oil and
of D R noted on ch
5 his dep rtrnent found
o lift tation - th
on -139 and th
th
into
recre-
Cree to handle.
d de d carp fl t-
in 0 Creed ry
ring through highly
populated re idential neigh­
borhood and through Hull
P r , ob rved former City
MaiJlal�r el Farmer in
phone intervie .
Fanner, h w man-
er in 1978 t the time of
the mall construction
ob rv d, 'the city not
oppo d to the economic
gro th but to the lack of
planning for the run off for
th t rea."
Whitfleld relate th t at
that time Fanner ttempted
to get fundin to redirect
the rwi Station flo
ay from Empire Ave.
ity officials feared t
crea d te ter from
the to nships would over­
load arwi and the 75-
r-old Empire Av .
•
C
ity c . loners
obeyed th order of Cir­
cuit Court Judge Che ter
Byrnes to ppoint omeon
to fill th va ted m yoral
at, onday night hen
they returned th gavel to
Joel atter n by a 5 to 2
vote.
fter
ayor th comm oner
p d a resolution chargin
Berri n Coun ty ith dis-:
crimination for its inten­
tion to est blish a revol­
vin tax fund which uld
exclude the city and hools
of Benton Harbor 0
Th ayors �
ted on Thu y by
order of J ud Byrnes, The
Judg in February rul d the
o ember, 1979 m yoral
cont bet een challenger
ilce Coo e and three-vote
vi tor P tterson invalid.
Th Judge id thre voter
h d been improp rly turned
a ay from the polls.
The Judg ord red a
n el tion for ovember
and an interim ayor be
appointed by the cornmi
D.
Commi ioners made
their choice in an hour long
clo d door 0 on in hich
t 0 commissioner
ich el Gova tos and
Charles Yar tough - refus­
ed to particip te and from
which reporters ere
removed by the police.
Th pre ci ted an
Opinion of the Attorney
General in their objection to
the clo deliberations.
That opinion state meet­
ings must open hen
public bod' s "collectively
delibera te on or render
decisions on the appoint­
ment of person to fill
cancy in .a public
office. '
City Attorney K orris
G vin re onded ilia t be­
cal the m tter 'pend­
ing litigation," the closed
proper. He ad-
In other busine , th
Commission established an
Indu rial Development Dis­
trict for Harbor Gra­
phic, 101 Hinkley t in the
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•
o
o
party to the suit bet een
Co e and Patter n but
since the city had been
inc uded in the Judge's
order th do d meeting
leg .
Commissioner Edmund
Eamon offered the re olu­
tion to rein ate Patterson
noting the commission
ished to have ' no existin
cloud 0 er the title of th
offi ' and dded that any
oth r per on ppointed to
th t would only "com­
pound the problem ' of
the fmancially stri en city.
F ollowing the oath of
office, Patter n re d
pr pared s13 ment in which
he called upon the citizen
to allo el cted official to
function during their term
of office free of lawsuit
and recalls. He noted that
economic tability would
only return to the city in
a climate of political ta­
bility.
"Commissioners ent on
record opposing the ctions
the County Commission is
t to take Thrusday at its
monthly me tinge By a
unanimous vote, the com­
mission called the County
efforts to exclude th
city and i hools from
a proposed revolving tax
fund, 'discriminatory and
unfair."
The County is expe ted
Thursday to authorize th
Trea rer to bono the
amount of delinquent 1980
taxe at low interest rates,
nd the funds to each
municipality nd school
district and then when the
delinquent taxes are paid,
to keep the interest and
penaltie . The County pro­
posal excludes th city of
Benton Harbor.
grease from 1-94 runoff
ere di vered. Sed ° nt
and fecal coliform - bac­
teria indica�
ere found in the cree
here i cro s apier. T
TenEch reports that di-
ment from the construction
wor near the all
al 0 present at th api r
test point.
ean bile, city officials
must fmd the money to
correct the malfunction by
the arch 27 de dline.
Whitfield say the city
can meet the deadline.
Some extra money in t
public wo ks budget accum­
ulated from per onnel cut­
backs ill meet the im­
mediate n d of the ar-
ic and Stevens repairs.
He said the tate is at
o ing in to po Obi fund­
ing sources for the remain­
der of th lift station
repair or °
Ron Schult of Abon­
march Consultants; th
city's con ulting engineering
firm, ated in a report to
the cornm on IS dated fall en
rch 10th t he e im te
for all
for the
re and 50000 plumbin
the Steven. to
'A definite continued
maintenance program mu
be e tab li ed and adhered
to for all city life ta tion
othe ise, reconstruction
and repair . .,. ill only be
a temporal solution,'
Schults noted. year old em.
aintenance of the lift are m d. Th y
station and the entire er ha b n repl ed 1
system 'w one of th
things lost in the li of
prioritie ," Whitfi ld ex­
plained. After the ring
of 1979 there a no
dir ctor of public or.
Peopl ith the skills and
kno ho were 10
through retirement, layoff;
and then our foreman who
kno s ho , can't do er
maintenance becau of the
uni n con tr t. "
• The problem as further
ARCH 18 - 24. 1981
Carlson's comments did pro­
vide me lighter mom en ts
, mo t in the audience
ere trying hard to pre
their chuckl ". Rodebu
said for Carl n to m e
the allegations that he does
'completely ignor history.
the co tributions of many
great Blac American and
the f t that Ameri is a
melting pot and a multi­
cultural ciety" . Rode­
bush id that orking to­
g .ther and not a ain tech
other ° the only way th t
problem ' e all f ill
be ed".
RODEB SH
as
PAGE 3
. not clo d
er ory.
bene th
to
engi­
poor
structural c diti n of th
Empire ve, line lac of
maintenance is th city's
ch ° f problem.
The an Elementary Honor.
u °c Choirs; Junior High
Department will pre nt it Choir; the Benton Harbo
Fourth Annual Fe tivaI of High School Freshm
Choirs, Thursday, arch Singers ixed Choru Con-
19 t 7:30 p.m. in the cert Choi and the com­
Benton Harbor High School bined 610 voice Festi-
gymnasium. val Choir .
Patrie euman, coordi- Conducting th choir t
nator of mu ic for th fe tival ill be elemen-
hool district said the vocal
mu ° c concert ill feature
choral groups from first
rade through senior. high
hool
The group include:
bird Grade ono C if'
OCRA TIC candi-
date, Johni Rodebush,
la ed out t two other
candidate recently. Rode-
bu has the Democratic
Party pport for his bid
to e the at vacated
by David Stockman's move
to Pre 'dent Reagan's
cabinent.
RODEBUSH
id that
along with eight outher can- about his opponent in t
didates, and said that "Carl- primary Jimrni Burke 0
n' allegation are th endon who ran a an
mo t ridiculous thing I American Ind pendent
have heard in years" ° arty Candid te for on-
RODEBUSH id that gre in 1976. Burke
.also recei ed th endor -
ment of th
l.P. in
Rodebu e
mu remember th t th
l.P ° Party e tablished
around Georg
when he
B
ofe
ed
problems
Again, e
t ther to
blems, T
room
rac
re no more
Am ri f
there is no place in ' modem
American society for Gerald
Carlson' point of vie ,
and there never as' .
Carlson ° a Republican
running on a White Rights'
platform which pl s all
the blame for America's ills
on Blac People
C RLSO recently
sp e at a forum sponsored
by the American ci­
ati of University omen.
Rodebu as there too
Fe
•
I
S hool
leO
panist
roff.
Free ti
d to
will
