• I 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 r c 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 • I •• 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.