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October 07, 1981 - Image 3

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Michigan Citizen, 1981-10-07

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1LES. - lid' e to t netyO in t
MichilDuz fOT your.eIY kind J1I'fIYer!, az1b, ctII'rls,
and deeds tMt extmded to 1M dJuiIrK my recent
accident my Illy in t, e ItolPitIIL 'thout your
{JITlYeTS tmd ex of t. IttfuJne, thU period
in my life uld Iuwe bem unhappy. But it is
friend you tdl tlwl rrIIIU life full tmd complete.
. , t yo IIItd 11l1l)I God b you richly
in your endt!tlVOrs, G • J. W", __ fY
. um
n Southern­
be'
MicbJaJm City
For eve .
ce fo
For more
at
a
CITY CLEA -UP, POO
W K AGAI 51'
-
E FORCEME
PROG E55
th re," orris ey
additio tuaIly JO door to door
Evironmentally Impro ed d plain to the re . ent
Blocks (EIB) have been hat to do to a oid
removed from the Berrien rat prob m, hether it .
County Health Departments eaning up t or d
Benton Harbor Rat Control breeding areas."
Program tar t 'area, accord- f The re' ent are ery
ing to Edgar orris, co- respo d tend to do
ordinator of the rat co all y can to help to
trol program. control the problem, orris
orris indicated that the said.
started
. Bento
obember
no ha 103 EIB.
repretents 54 percent of
190b start-
ed that been
dropped from the pro­
gram," orris id.
orris . dicated that the
objective of the program is
to .. ate rats from
. ential of the city
by correction of enviro
tal dellQ' maea
rata to breed.
e ha a group of
four pee> ho ork with
the program
tothed'
d
'dents
pel'lO
part of b, but
e lent out lett
ying e had let up a .
for in ere pe to
meet, unfortunately, 0
court system, are ed up," orris
t to give out ci - p' ed, "It' hard to get
for defying littering peop motivated to
eep them mo' ted."
of course . a The program p
pat hinderance for us, nts in the 1Cb)()1I
e,poci.Dy for th f d for other YU1iOUS
d-to-dear-up areal. It izatio •
reaDy our credibility "Tbe key is in eau.caUlIJI
't b up our the peop to
oper.ate, ,
a bi problem," he
dec!. "If could
(de.elop) more and stricter
code enforcement, it auld
be a great p to us .
program.
The mo penonI
are not fined for garb e,
violatio according to
orris, the ocal
enforcement ,
fo y r , including,
funding, small stafli. d a
ith '0,
," orris e p . ed.
. The Ctiy of Bento Har-
bor, ith help of
eight CETA employee ,
developed program to
maintain the blocks drop­
ped from the county th
department' program. But
becau of recent bud
cuts and lay-off , the
CETA 0 en program
be ded this month,
acoo� to orris .
One y of dealing ·th
the rat prob , orris
, the idea of
block club
originally started
city' crime preven .
gram.
e
Fairplain 7/8 to hold ·"Open House"
Parenta or th and children' teachen and learn
. th grade eIlta of the courses offered
F . Junior HiIh ICbool," according to
001 are in' to att PdDCipal John Cooper.
Open HOUle Tla&nday,. AD parents are
October 8 t 7:00 p.m. to come to the
open houIe . gym for openios exer-
10 parents may become "After a brief pro-
better acqu . ted ·th eir gram, parents
'c
refuge
e ist
du1e
child',
they meet
teaChen, about
'eets taught, and
co r hat' expected of
e dents'
related to
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to be
elirnina
t d ho
orris


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