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BULK RATE
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Be on Harbor. I 490�2
P rmit 0.50
25 e nts
on p e 7.
BO - City comrru oner . nored
requ t by ven re ministers th t th city hold a
public he ring on the relocation of I Electri Co.
to St. Jo ph.
ith only yor ilc Cooke and
Comm. R ndall Juer ensen bstainin
the re 'of the commi 'on pproved
the m ve m kin no mention of the
mini ter reque t.
letter requesting the he ing was
i ned by . Fletcher cAfee of e
Bethel Baptist Church' Rev. ath niel
G thri ht of G d Tidin Community
B ptist Church; Rev. John Price of St.
B pti t Chur h: ev. John atson
of 1. Zion B ptist Church: Rev. y-
m nd Landry of e Jeru lem on-
denomin tiona} Church' Rev. illie T.
Burton of e Par di B ptist Church
nd Re. Del no Bo m n of Union
... Church.
il Co e, ioined the all
yin .. I h ve been innun­
II from citizens th r are
n erned ith the relo tion f I
ill upport th m b cue 1 believe
the citizens re ntitled to voi e their
opini ns '.
Commi ioner i y Y rbrough op-
po d the he rin comm nting 'If I
is going to move they ill move regard­
le to ho the citiz n feel'.
Thomas cCaffrey man ger of I
Benton H rbor division said, 1& ill
relo ate in pproximately 1 � to 2 year .
In order to finance the move with n
Industrial Revenue Bond . 1& needed
city pprov 1.
ccording to C ffrey depot will
be pI ed t the City treasurer' office
to rve col1ection agen y for the
comp ny.
o money ill be lost by th city
until the company a tually relo ate
the I pokesm n said.
It wa noted the city now re eives
ppro im tely 182 000 year from
I Following the move I
C t' ued on p 12
In 1977 th city re eived CET funds
to improve the par alon Ri er . e
Drive. In th t rn e r , th it appli d
D R fund to impro e th entire ri er­
front for par purpo e .
Former Communit De el pment
he d, Chris Da enp rt pplied f r
100,000 H D rant to rna e the re
par a.
hen reminded of the
c mmented 'But it the p r
done."
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Joers fishermen bike riders and
sunset atchers - move over.
ith city commi ion approval on­
day night pl ns are underway by James
Babe Couveli to construct a 20 by
30 foot buildin and boat do on the
St. Jo ph river across from Couvelis'
busine s Babe's Loun e on Rivervie
Drive.
lcoholic bever ges will be sold from
the building.
The ite has been designatedpar land
by the city since 1963 in grant appli a­
ti ns for par improvements city records
reve 1.
ouvelis will pay 1,000 each year of
the fir five-year term and 1 SO for
each year of the second five-year lease.
Couvelis has a reed to termin te the
lease and relinquish his ri hts if a major
riverfront developer appears the taff
memo indicates.
The 'action possibly violates a state
stature requiring home rule ities to
put the sale of park land before a v te of
the people. Communit ervice Dire tor
illiam Lilly, notes this is only a lea
not a sale.
According to the city' Recreation
Plan' filed with the Dep rtment of
atur 1 Resources the site is designated
as a 'special purpo par."
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