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THE CITIZEN STAFF
VOL. V NO.4 DEC. 29 - JAN_. �r.1983
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Harbor Lodg . located
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There are program offering
help for poor pe pie in Berrien County
ranging from he ting aid to legal aid.
Berri n County cti n, Inc. (B )
ill be oper ting t 0 office in Berrien
County to provide the rvice to the
n edy. The S uth County B offi
is loc ted at 323 orth 7th Street, iles
and th orth ounty B office be at
170 Ea t all Street, Benton Harbor,
cordin to Charle F. Hender n,
Executive Director.
The ency h received funding,
Hende n report to oper te the fol
lo ing program :
- Targeted Fuel A 'stance: To
provide a one-time payment (maxi
mum $2(0) to . t in alleviating
the high cost of fuel and utility
bills.
Legal Aid: To provide legal a '
tance iit the are of divorce,
bandruptcy and restoration of
driver licen .
Sport Aid: To provide assi tance
to low-income youths between
the ages of 12-15 enabling them
to participate in sport otherwise
not affordable to them.
- Job Placement Aid: To provid
referral and training to unemploy
ed person throughout the county.
- Food Bank: To provide food to
eligible persons faced with crisis
situ tions.
- Weatherization: To provide wea
therization to eligible home owners
and renters hich ill help reduce
fuel consumption by insulating
weather proofing nd other energy
ving rvices.
DCA is a poverty agency designated
to implement and operate programs
and rvice for 10 -income re 'dent
of Berrien County. All services are
available to any eligible person. If
intere ted, call 926-7117 for further
information, Henderson ested.
BULK RATE
u.s. POST AG E
PAID
B ton Harbor.
49022
�. .50
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AYO ' HO I U GLA 1% D
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Claiming the "city is under ige,"
Benton Harbor ayor ilce Coo e called
on his fellow commi ioners to "take the
handcuff off the police" and permit
them to oot fleeing felon .
The ayor's call to unleash the
police folIo ed by four days a burglary
of the ayor' home in hich theives
made off with $800 orth of loot.
Cooke' remar s echoed tho of his
cousin Carl Brown who demanded of
the commi 'on, hen are you going to
dismiss the policy of shooting, when are
you goin to shoot fleeing felons?'
Also complaining of the need for
greater police protection were Barbara
Vogel, 1057 onroe and Ali e Ge rge
1066 onroe. The George home wa
burglarized just before Christmas and it
too the police 45 minu tes to respond
to their call for help the two women told
the commission at the regular onday
night city commission meeting.
Commissioner i hael Go atos join-
-ed Coo e in asking to rever the depart
ment ban on shooting at fleein felons
and adopt policy similar to that of Ben
ton To n hip.
Cooke a1 a ed Publi Safety Dir-
ector Sam at n to enforce th city's
1a s on loitering curfe and stop an
fri
" ... If necessary call in the ational
Guard to make the city safe for law abid
ing citizens," the ayor id.
at n told th ayor the p lice
er enforcing all tho ordinan e nd
that the only differen e bet een the
city's poll y overnin the u of deadly
force and that of th To n ip s the
provision regulating burglarie .
The city pol' y prohibit ootin at
burglar be au burglary in and of
itself is not cau to t e life at-
n quoted.
at n ill meet ith the om rnis
'on's legislati e, and Publi S fety c m-
mittee ednesday Decemb r 29 at
noon.
Earlier in the meeting the commi -
sion voted unanimou y to purch f ur
ne p lice u d ar tao t of
1,995 from the tate' purch sing p 1.
Folio ing the meetin
d his earlier tand on
prohibition.
C 0 e had earlier d ocated a it
ban on handguns similar to that in r-
ton Grove Illinois.
nda night e
outla guns only the outla
guns. '
The commission also appro ed
lOOper month travel all an e for
city cler ar aret Ad ms.
Adams joins Finan Dire tor
John n and A r Fran i
n in receiving lOOper m nth
tipends for tra eling. John n told
ommission rs that other department
head have u of cit car for tra elin
around town.
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