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qualify them for the rank or' rg t. All
those patrolmen taking the te ave
flunked all three time .
ith e pected retirements, there will
b noone to me command of the
force within two to three year , the board
told.
RBOR - The city ill
f ee cri i in th command level of its
police departm nt ithin two years Lt.
H rry Len rd n told the city' Civil
. e Do rd, meetin uesd y, October
1 .
ccording to Len rd on three te
ve been dmini ered to patrolmen to
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city is required to provide
liability coverage on
BE TO H RBOR - It appear the
city of Benton arbor doe not have t
que ill Ii bility m" lsun.ce
cover e it is required to have on the"
Ch rle Gray Rec Center.
Followin tip from an informed
urce The Citizen questioned 'School
Superintendant James H wkins abou
insur nee co erage on the R c Center.
'To my kno dge, the city's poli-
cy i no in force," Hawkin 'd. He
e pl ined th t under the "charter"
greement bet een the city and the
The Citizen ttempted to reach City
anager Elli itchell nd Public or
and Recreation Director Carl Brown for
comment. Though The Citizen left mes-
es with the cretarie of both at 4:30
p.m., October 18, by 12 noon, October
19, neither Bro n nor itchell had
returned The Citizen calls.
o
HARBOR - An article
in p per la wee disclosin the
near-drowning of a Benton Harbor High
School student t the Charles Gray
Recre tion Center wa criticized by
city manager Elli Mitchell during the
regular Monday night city commission
for not having the facts.
either itcheD, nor an article p­
pearing in the Herald-Palladium following
The Citizen ha e revealed aD of the fact
surrounding the Rec Center e nt.
ccording to BHAS Supt. J arne
Hawkin re ched by phone Tuesd y,
October 18, the ccident occured t
9: 35 a.m. at the end of a im cl .
Ha kin, ho provided the infor­
mation from the report flied by the
BHAS teacher present during the acci­
dent, id one youth jumped off of the
diving board after the' cla d been
signaled to lea e the pool.
The youth "indicated he in
difficulty" 10 a feDo student
paying attention, Ha kin
cher reported.
up after two or three of the 'f ed'
struggles, the te cher dove in d pull d
out the youngster H kins "d.
The teacher instructed the pool
bell to be rung and the loc er room tten­
dant to get Andy V ez, one of th city
life guard.
According to kin , the other life
guard had left "the building ound 9
or 9: 10." The incident occured around
9:35 a.m.
kin
"bre thing but un-
responsiv ," H reported. He
en to ercy Ho pital.
ccording to H kin the ud nt
C 'led n " d ed beginner. '
The uperintendant noted th t th
agreement bet een th city and the
school district require 0 city life
guard to b in attendance Io
udent are in t e ter.In ddition, th
hools are to h e a tea her pr nt.
pre nt, but neither
on duty poo .
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