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Editor:
I am riting in regard to the articl
titled ' emorial Exp . on Veto
UrJed:" that peared in the October
28th· e of t Herald-Palladiurn.
It th t the urae to build empire
rather hard. . despite the tion
of the South e t ichipn He th Care
AAilIU\,; ... • tion offlci d nothing but
good thing to Y about the �&L""'"
ei dec·· n , up to this point, ere
y arded of great importance
by the HCA. 0, ccording to r.
ey, "Ihi is a' non-binding recom
mendation to the ·chigan Department
of Public Health. Thi . not the fmal
pointment
Ho ever, let a big
peop . ten. I don't
entirely right but I am
ith 'clout' had
to up.
The comment m de by I. Putnam
L boxe
emerg
Benton H rbor Police Athl tic League
(PAL) fan ondered if the real oppon
en ere the judge durin the bout
Saturday, October 30.
PAL boxers ffered defe then
alamazoo and ish , Indiana came
to th 'Am teur Boxing Sho ' held,
Saturday t Benton Harbor High School.
Th re ere 18 eduled fight , BH
on 5 and 10 9. The bi e disappoint
ment came hen 19 year old, Light
eight am teur boxer Joique (Bam
) Bell in 3 heduled rounds 10 to
Da Le eo, of a. Prior to
S turday' fight Bam Bam had three
fights during the e ee and had
The Benton Harbor Are Schoo
lively recruiting olunt rs to or
ith th O· trier' el mentary tutorial
program.
Superintendent Dr. Jame Ha kin
e h e definite n d for dult
lunt ho are intere ed in orking
in our el mentary hool. Th volun
teers ould be . ed to or ith
dren, helping many of them to rna er
th minimal skill in re ing and mathe
m tic . e will tailor the volunt r
ass:umment to the amount of time one
available. The only requirement .
for volunteer to care bout children
and po genuine intere in helping
them to learn. '
The program ou tlined by Ha kin i
under the direction of School Volunteer
Leader, r. ary ilson.
Volunteers are a ed to commit them-
on Hospi1a1
bear repe ling and I hope that the public
ill take them to heart. e are concern-
ed that if the project goes through
planned, it could cau serious fmancial
difficultie for th ho ital. ith health
co and unemployment increas
ing in Berrien County, e don't feel the
community can afford it at this time'.
I. Peterson of the South e em ichi
gao Alcohol Center Inc made a rather
tute ob rvation hen he ted, "I'm
not oppo d to improvement but can the
people who pay the bill afford it?"
HCA official ate that it ould co
the public only an additional $36 dollars
d y a result of the planned expan-
ion. I don't think that anyone could be
. pIe enough to believe that.
There appears to be some hope that
community re . ents will not be force
fed a hospital expan . n progrun that
ouId benefit no on except the CA.
I expect that no matter hat h ppens th
HCA ill e to it that community
residents end up the 10 r, no matter
hat the altemativ to the hopefully
dead expansion plan may be.
Once again congratulation to r.
Putnam, Whirlpool and member of the
Southwest ichigan Health Sy em
ency for job ell done.
ilen C. Gray
235 Parker
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
5-9
on an three. His ne fight record is
15 wins ith 8 ko' and 210 .
BH fan ood to their feet and booed
. the judge ruling on several fights that
ent to the other opponent. Fan grum
bled, "The judges too the fights! About
400 spectator ttended the event.
Other boxing clubs competing in Satur
day's bout included Kalamazoo Boxing
caderny; e Grand Boxing Club of
Grand pids; White Lake Club of
Lansing; Kayo of Kalamazoo; isha a
and Whiting Indiana.
inners Saturday night ere: John
Surge, Kenny Clar , Roo velt Brown,
d Robert Rice.
1 s to specific schedule. "Once a
volunteer beging ith cl oom t-
ting, the teacher d students 100
forward to ing them on regular
b is," id Dr. H wkins,
ith the District' established inimal
Skills Program hich requires tudent
in grade -4 to m er specific
in re ding and mathematic "we are
finding that we h ve ' a greater need to
h e adult volunteer work ith our
young student" id Haw ins.
Volunteers will be given instruction
and gu idance as they or ith th stu-
dent, ccording to Ha kin. nyon
intere ed in joining this School/
Community effort should contact r.
ary ilson t 926-7149 or the School
Di trict' Public Relations Office,. 926-
1141.
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fo· co
. e for
OBE T DOLSE :'VICE-P ESIDE T
OF TIO AL 0 G A IZ T
Robert Dol n, Executive Director
of the Region IV Area Agency on Aging
ha been elected vice-president of the
ational Association of the Area Agen-
ci s on Aging 4A) for a 0 year
term.
The purpo of th 4A is to provide,
the national level, a local perspective
on the needs of the elderly. The member
ship of the 4A includes over 600
rea encies on ging throughout the
United State.
Do n stated that his goal for th
next two years ill be to "pu for the
involvement of the dation in long
term care of the elderly in th hom.
He al stated that h will on
"Defining the role of th agio or
within the e Federalism.'
seua s pre en an ual
Campagne Fashion Sip
The Benton Harbor - St. Jo ph
Chapter of Squa s Inc. announc
their 12th annual Champagne F on
Sip featuring adeline Z chary's
hogany Troupe of Kalamazoo,
"Easin On Down th Ro d in F . ODS."
The ow will be Saturday, ovember
6, from 8 p.m. to 2 .m. at Lake ichigan
College. Donation is 6.50.
dance ill folIo the f on 0
Tic ets are availab from any Squ
member or m y be purch d t th
door.
Proceed ill go to loc charit ble
organization and the United egro
College Fund.
Chairperson i Pearl Blayloc Co-
chairper n i Florence Bulgar.
PE
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CY HO
The third paper drive to aid Hemodi- previou
aIy is patient at ercy Hospital Benton
Harbor will be held ovember 6-7, . d H
Tim Ha amp, director of th cial
work department at ercy Ho pital.
Ha amp id th fund raisin i for
hernodialysi patient ho h ve financial
emergenci ch as medications tran
portation or utility bill that their med
ical cove ge doe not pay.' have
gone over ur paper driv goal on t 0
and are lookin
cc ul drive