Search is on for Miss B lac
The ch i on for i Black Teen
USA. Young orld Talent Foundation,
producers of the scholasti program,
Bl ck Teen USA Pageant is ing
you to get involved. Busine organi
zations, parents and friends are a ed
o encourage a high school teenager to
arti ipate in the iss Black Teen USA
S hoi stic Honor and rd Pa eant
presen tion, ccording to Lee J ckson
executive director.
Teenagers (14-18) may be regi tered
'at-large" conte tants and enter
dire tly into the national page nt to
repre nt their community. chance
to win a holarship to the college of her
choice, among other prize and a ards
will t ke place July 9. 1983 t The Hotel
Continental in Chicago, Illinois J ckson
nnounced.
Girl ho are cti ly in olved in.
hool nd community ctivity, h v
maintained a 'C" ver e and have
the desire to further their education
beyond high hool re eli ible to com
pete in the follo ing categories: Verbal
E pre 'on, Art· ic Pre ntation, and
Evening Go n.
Conte ant and chao ron ill stav
at The Hotel Continental July 6 through
9 at S25 per per n per night. Registra
tion for entering' SO. 0 franchise
fee required.
For further details you may call
Chica 0 direct: 312-660-9361 - morn-
APRIL 27 - AY 3, 1983 THE CITIZE
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The Benton Harb r re chools
spon in CETA funded Swnmer
Youth Employment Program. 'This
program ill be operated within our
Schoo] District exclusively for youth
who li e here," said Dr. Fred Brieve,
Director of Secondary Education for the
School District.
Applications are no being ta en
from youth ho feel that they qualify
for this program. Applicants ould
come to the Benton Harbor Area School •
S ill Center, 313 South Fair Avenue,
ond y through Thursday 1 :30 - 6:00
p.m. pplicants need to bring with them
their Social Security card verification
. n.
of age, verification of income, eriIica-
tion of addre and verification of citizen
ship.
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Adult literacy need in Benton Harbor
will be the topic of a meeting on Wedne -
day ay 4 from 1-4 p.m. at the Public
Library 213 E. all St.
Pre ntors ill discu ho com-
munities in ichig n and other tates
are responding to this need through
lunteer tutorin program according
to Lind Church national repre ntative
of Laubach Liter cy Action and liter
acy Volunteers of America, Inc.
These non-profit organization head
quartered in Syr u, , have enabled
more than 125 communitie - 19 in
ichigan - to develop volunteer pro
jects which provide basic readin and
ritin instruction to dult non-readers.
Church and Jonathan cKallip
will conduct the ay 4 session.
According to ichigan Literacy Inc.
there are at lea 120 000 adults in this
state who lack ffi ient skills to fill
Teen USA
ings before 8:30 a.m. and evenings
(except edn sday) aft r 9 p.m.
In determining eligibility, th aver e
income for a family of four 4 i not
to exceed 10,400.00 " id Bri e.
Applicant are limited to 16-21 ye -
old.
The or ctivitie ill invol d
ardening buildin painting land p
beautifi tion nd other project th t
re to be de loped ccordin to Brie e.
The Program ill be directed by
ora Jefferson Coordin tor of Summ r
Youth Employment.
Deadline for filin application
b ay 20. Que tion concemin
CET Summer Youth Employment pro
ram ould be directed to s.leffer n
Benton Harbor Area S hool 926-
1319.
c
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out employment applic tions r d ant
ads or telephone directorie or even
help their children ith their hool
ork.
The dult Performance Le el Study,
sponsored by th U.s. Office of Edu -
ion in 1913, indicate that the figure
nationally is about 23 million - or 20%
of the dult population.
Church and cKallip point out that
volunteer ro the country are p ying
an important role in helping to reduce
this problem. They re d th t
succe sful proj t need people ith
kinds of interest nd ills includin
tutoring training org niz tion and sup
port ctivities."
They urged that nyone interested
in di u in ho this type of proje t
ould be de eloped in Benton H rbor
ttend the ay 4th meetin. nyone
who i unable to ttend the meetin but
ould
library.
Whil in ichi an, Church and c-
allip ill be conductin simil r m et-
ing in t. PIe nt. Their tan e i
bein made vail bl to local communit
ie through e ial rant from B. Dalton
Boo ller and the ction en y.
. Clean Air Week
May 2-8 1983
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