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ean
for get-
ting grant ( 0 g money)
te and national
rrunents hich are then
d to provide the rvice
ed by the peopl that
they represent.
This ppro ell give more
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m
Barry, 20, ho goe to
Pa Colleg in S Louis;
and Re ., 18, ho attend
Chicago State in Chi o.
Chapman h B helors
Degree in busines dmin
o tr tion from Loyol Uni
r ity.
He Ii been involved
in Housing Cooper tives for
the pa 20 yean and
that experience has quali
fied him an expert.
(In 1977, he te ified before -
ho
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the Congre· nal B
Caucus to try to get a
• coopers banking bill
d. He then appeared
t Senator Proxmire's Sen
atorial Committee to
the bill p d through the
Hou .
"I really tried to ex
plain to the committee the
importance of the bill and
also explained to them all
bout housing cooperativ
and what an important role
DECE BER 1& - 22. 1
THE CITIZE
pAGES
co-o
they p y tod y,n Chapman
id, "The bill
eventually passed and e
ere ery excited out
it.'
Chapman no s live at
the only cooperative in
ea, Benton anor off or"
orth Shore Drive in Ben
ton Harbor. His wife,
Rita, is the manager there
and h acts property
manager.
Chapman and his family
are avid members of the
Trinty Lathem Church in
St. Jo ph. He is an elder
there and rve on
Pa ori Concern Com-
-mittee.
Religion 0 ry impor-
tant to him d his family.
He 0, '·1 hope to provid
a comfortable ho fo
my family in the future
and ay in tb
spirit of th Lord."
hile out in Van Buren County
e all t P yers want
their money spent . Iy
po ible this doe not
mean bein oenn 0 and
doDar foolish. Our County
Commissioners might do a
more respo ObI job if they
are exposed to' little
common and this is
here you come in. You
can tell them ho many
millions of doll it co
h someone "S ved
mo y" by not changing
the oil filter in the space
uttle month or ho
much it 0 going to co
in mer ased mas, rubella
Stacey plays santa
for area libraries
The BEST thing that rvices than e can afford
can c.a1l our County for. money than they
y ould cost in buying them
y e 00 t directly - but it also calls
eir behavior on the qu - for imagin tion d the
n of hiring a Finan 0 ability to' the ho
or for th C unty. picture rath r than the
They ee that e one a time - the
the money that a ability to e the fore
FO cial Director bring rather than the tree .
o to th County but they On e local scene, the
ee that they don't City of or hired city
ant to pay him to do e ho thru
job, ,for ry tins· thinking and
that they ote to hire him manship
th n t tin they 0 e
ttop yhim.
central .
t 0 the
State epresent . e Lad
cey (R-Berrien Sprin )
jog a different
ch to th Christrn
n tradition this year.
He ill be oding per-
nal contributions to e ch
of the four community
·braries in his IOUth
ichipn district.
In
diYe 0 n
Christmas tradilUOll
pport
"Lib
munity' most v uable t
and they, e mo t of us
are having tough financial
problem the day.
"Hopefully the mone
tary gifts will be of more
help to these libraries and
the communities they rve
th would individual
Christmas cant to p
porters.
The Benton Harbor,
Dowagiac, u Claire, and
librarie wiD e ch
contribution from
eieiiltltt;eS
and polio becau th
federal gov't is "saving
money" by cutting ba on
the amount appropriated
for silo under the Child
monthly meeting 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 19th, Ci -
Center in Covert.
onder if the f t that
UCLA has a De. Bla
omy to ri e, everybody ill
n fit." I've been told by
Larry before that I come to
the briefings ith my mind
made up. I replied that
after research, I do come
there ith que tion in
mind that I ant an red.
After the recent press
briefing, those of u ho
are member of the blac
press decided that if any
vile 0& U� 0 i ult d, 11 of
us ill have to ta e a tand
against tho e action . So to
aVOId hat could become a
orne h t explo i e itua
tion, I regi tered my com
plaint in a letter to hite
House Chief of Staff
Jame Ba er.
Surely the que tions
about i relative to
bl are bard to er.
Ho er, all publi offi 0
must be r pensive to them.
R . al discriminati and
mjust can't be gl
o er-neither can they be
called right. much as I
reporters
Immunization Act. coach . the reason their
Our County Commis- Ba etbaU team . . no
o oners are not peopl ho ' being punished for some
are hourly employees nor violation of recruitment
are they dependent on rules?
Social Security chec s. If you arein th mar-
Co quen tly, they are not ket for an L 1011 airliner
dependent on the social you had better hurry and
rvice that SHODID be g t your order in -
bailable to all, As far heed has announced that
th y are going to stop
making them soon.
. The Army paid 19
million for 500,000 ne
uniforms no they h
found out they shrink if
they get e :-. maybe
they can fight the next
in Ode.
When is our government
going to mea tatement
bout South African mer
cenarie ho attac ed the
Seychelle Island and hi
j eked an airplane I
eek? en usually con-
demn other peop for the
o d of thing but the
loude thing we h ou t
of ashington no
SILE CEo
Ie. to Har r
•• '17-)1 I
. Up at BHHS
concerned, the
simp e one -
e will be decided
County Commis
oners meeting Dec. 21 t.
t 9:30 .m. (they pi
the trange time that
you on't come) at th
Court Hou ift Pa P
This will be your oppor
tunity to y what YOU
ant.
Did you get that Vial
Of life application filled
out yet? The information
that it contains could ve
your life in an emergency.
Call r. Lucas at Senior
Lifeline 764-8378.
Van Buren United Civic
Organization Regular
Fruit pic
The Benton Harbor
High School Junior C
a s th t people who
placed orders for orang
and grapefruit are to pi -
up their orders through
Friday, December 18.
Pi uptime have been t
for 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. t
the Colfax Gym entrance
tthehigh hool.
The Junior CIa mem-
hers h ve
en a larg
number of orders for
"TexaSweet" Oranges and
Ruby Red" Grapefruit
from Te as. Proceeds
from thi fund raisin
activity is to be u d for
th Junior-Senior Promo
For further information
on picking up citru
order , call m y b mad
to Benton Harb r High
School, 926-7301.