ITE 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. p 3 TH CITIZE p 0 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 If 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