e inth Annual
of Children Open Hou
April 17 from 2 to
Joan arie Emlong
hool.
nt ir Hou
Will be Sund Y,
p.m., cording to
Directr of the
pub', e ". ially pent of
pre- hooler, are invited to ttend and
will have the opportunity to the
ial ont ri evvironment through
tours . de pre nt tion and demon-
. ide of onte ri educa-
'on' the belief that all children carry,
un en within them, the men and omen
they ill become, ErnIong' d
explain' the uniquene of the
te ri method.
" ther than 'te . , the child
cone pt an environment . d . ned
to timulate the child's interest and
f cilitate . under ding and learning
p citie spontaneously - with littl or
no dult intervention," e added.
'Y' tor ill be amazed t the array
of mate . comp tely unique to on-
te rio ot ri, who
Italy' fir t oman doctor, u d er
ientifi kno ledge and spent many
ye ob rving children. This kilo ledge
and the ob rv tion led her to th
development of refully de' d
material for child-centered environ-
ment ' S. ErnIo noted.
The Twin Citie onte ri Hou
of Children ha a taff trained and quali­
fied in early childhood education, The
school provide morning an afternoon
pre- hool cla , a Kindergarten through
3rd grade cla and day care for after
hoolhour.
The curriculum range from reading
readine to ience, geography, math,
nature study and practical life for the
pre-school.
any parent -e ially nonworking
mother - orry th t enrollin a toddler
of 0 and one-half year is "pushing'
the child, . Emlong ob rved. 4 0 t
educators and psychologist today agree
that the' mo important period
in the development of a person's intelli­
gence occurs between birth and age five.
A child's mind is extremely bsorbent
and his curio ity is at a pe during the
year .
en properly nourished and sti­
mulated the child' mind form p t­
terns fOT learning that serve him well
throughout life. The onte ri sy tern
of pre hool education ha pro d to be
one of the mo effective and f stest
gro ing method to guide a child through
the critical year," rs. Emlong id.
The hool offers holarship and
wor grant program to . amilie.
The hool is located t 589 Pearl,
Benton rbor.
old free Hood pressure clinic
The Berrien County Health Depart­
ment in conjunction ith Benton To n­
ship Fire Dep rtment ill hold it free
monthly blood pre re reening clini
edne y, pril 20 19 3 from 9:30
.m. to 12:00 noon nd from 1:00 p.m.
to :00 p.m. t the Benton To nship
Fire St tion o. 1, 555 orth Cry tal
venue Benton Harbor.
Th clinic hich is held regularly
on the third ednesday of e ch month
i de' ed to identify p ple ith
high blood pre re and refer them to
pri te phy . ian for treatment, ccord­
to Lisbeth Cardona program coordi-
ted that ccordin
to the High Blood Pre ure Information
Center high blood pre ure contribute
directly or indirectly to over one million
d ths per ye . It ff cts over thirty­
fi e million people - pproxim tely
one out of e ery 4 or 5 Ameri an adult .
Uncontrolled high b od p re cau
d' bility nd prem ture de th from
heart failure, tro and kiodey failure.
For more in form at . n on the clinic..
contact 'the Berrien County Health
Dep rtment 7S Benton Harbor offi e at
926-7121 or the Benton Township Fire
Department at 925-3958.
Communi ty
TERVUET - In re ction to
ate- ide reductions in edi aid and
commercial in ranee benefit unp id
reimbur ments from edic id totaling
o er $350 000 for both 1982 and '83
and recent 20% decline in hospital
u due to current economi condition
and a slo do n in admi . ns by certain
members of the medical ff who have
oppo d hospital management policie ,
the Board of Trustees recently dopted
revi d management plan that ill
reduce hospital taffing by 15� and cut
operatin e penses by approximately
600 000 effective in early April.
ccordin to the pl n, in addition to
the 37 ull-time e ployee that ill be
laid off, all exployees ill receive e
nd salary cut of 5-15% a well
reduced employee benefit. Several
Con ene atlo a e
cancer among minori
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A cond national conference on
meeting the challenge of er amo
minorities will be held by the Ameri n
C ncer So iety in emphi Tenn.
April 28-30 at th Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Benjamin L-. Hooks, executive director
ospital cu s
of th CP illl deliver the eynote
ddre before of the Bl
American Hispanl 'an nd Am ri an
Indian communities t dinner Thurs­
d y night pril 28.
The three d y conference
progre ince the So iety' 1979 con­
ference in shington D.C. hich
focu d on th risin incidence of can er
and mortality am n B Ameri ns,
Thi initi ti e s sin e been e tend
to include other Americ n minoritie .
hospital programs ill be reevaluated
and po ibly eliminated.
In respo to con em re rdi
co t at Community Hospital al
included in the plan is an overall er e
price cut of 10 percent for all hospital
rate. Effective April 1, room rate t
Community Hospital ill be reduced to
$160 for double room, m in Com­
munity Hospit 7 n rate ightly
lower than others in the are . In ddit­
ion, other hospital charge . 11 be d­
justed down rd to continue cost
containment effort .
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