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BE 0 1WP. - The terms of thre
e . chigan College trustee are expir-
ing at the end of thi year requiring th
e ction of three trustee at the coming
ovember 6 election.
CoDege offici point out, ho ever,
t the deadline for filing nominating
petition for th . itio . 4 p.m.,
September 7.
According to Dr. alter F. Bro e,
C pr . dent, petitio 'can be obtained
from th county cler t the Berrien
County Courtho , St. Jo ph. They
��"'_:Ulould be returned to that 0 ee and not
to the coDe .
He pointed out that the petitions
ould not ha fe er than 50 nor more
200 '&natures of qualifi d d
registered e etors. An elector' one who
i a citizen of the U.s., 18 years of e or
older, and ho has lived in the State of
ichigan for at least . months and in
the college district of Berrien county and
Co rt to nship in Van Buren county for
at Ie t 30 day .
The lake 0 chigan College Board of
Trustee consi ts of ven membe who
ne six-year terms of office. The three
trustee wh term expire this year are
Dr. Bernard C. Radde, VICtor ier, and
'chael Devine, all of St. Joseph.
Term of office of th elected this
ovember starts January 1, 1985. Candi-
dat receiving th highest number of
wte are elected.
o Theie are no Blac currently rring
on the LMC board, although BI cks com­
prise roughly one-fifth of the LMC di -
trict.
Aging Agency awardscontracts
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ST. JO� - Region IV Area
A ency on Aging Board of Director
ocated $771 ,949.00 to fourteen agen-
at their nday, July 30, 1984
d meeting.
The fund wiD provide health and
rvi to the elderly in the tri-
county area of Berrien, Cass and Van
Buren from October 1, -1984, through
September 30, 1985.
The re' proce 0 b d on a point
Sf tern. Propo are r ted on ch
things co, coordination with other
end , comprehensi en and techni-
cal merits of the proposal, ability to
target tho in gre test economic and
social need, priority of the service °thin
the Are A ency' Plan, past per­
formance of a subcontractor, and cap-
bility to administer the program.
de eel to recei e fund in-
clude Health Care at Home $44,583
for Homem er IetYi and 82,721
for Home Health Aide rdces; C
County Department - S18,000
for Home Health Aide; Berrien County
Action $4,400 for Information and
,pond
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ST. JOSEPH - Th imp mentation
of the 911 emergency services number
item much diJcu d at a special
rrien County Board of Co oners
eti Thursday morning, A ust 8.
1be board heard arguments by Jeanette
Le y, earin umany misconception
concerning 911", d puahin for its
final ppro al.
According to Leahey, ho he d the
911 T Force, the only �e t
ould occur ouJd be the changing of aD
local emer cy numbers in Berrien
Co nty to 911. A central di atch is
ee , and there ould be no
to discontinue the pre nt dispatch­
ing Sf ems.
Current plans call for a p d im-
P menta ion. I ould change
e Berrien County Sh riffs Utd
police numben to 911. The County
eriff currently dis tches for 7(1%
of e re °den of Berrien County.
II ould dd on Bridgman, Baroda,
and e Troy.
St. J ph and nton Harbor h ve
th option of remainin independant
o p tch , or joining with the Sheriff
Department. In either c they would
receive 911 number. Benton Town-
0p currently p y the Sheriff's Depart­
m nt to provide them ith a di patcher.
Referral; YWCA - S 18,500 for Phy . cal
Fitn ; Do giac Health Sy ems -
S5,000 for Phy . cal Fitne and utrition
Education; iles/Buchanan Committee
on Aging - SI,520 for edical and
utrition Transportation and S5,300
for Senior Center Staffing; River Valley
Senior Center - $6,500 for Medic
Transportation and $5,300 for Senior
Center Staffing; VANCAP - S15,000
for edical Tran portation and S 11 ,600
for Information and Referral; Berrien
County Council on Aging - SI4,500
for utrition T rtanon, S28,828
for Congregate eals, and S 193,297
for Home DeHftred eals; Central
County Center for Senior Citizen -
$4,000 for utrition d edieal Tran
portation and S5,300 for Senior Center
Staffing; St. Jo ph/Uncoln Senior Cen­
ter - 5,300 fo Senior Center Staffing;
Van Buren United Civic Organization -
$18,100 for Senior Center Staffmg;
and Benton Harbor/Benton Township
Senior Semces - S 1 0,200 for Senior
Center Staffing.
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Leahey also put forward two possible
ays to p y for th 911 service. One i
to charge aD are utilizing t.he_ rvice on
a e and u e b '. 1be other,
popular method, ould be to impo
a county ide millage.
Leahey also noted that the 911
program will offer a ·pedal feature:
automatic number display. The phone
number of th caller would appear be­
fore the diJp tcber, ho ould then
utilize in-house data bank with a
re ne ph boo (the phone numbers
are listed rust) to get the proper ddre .
Thi IY em old aid dispatchers ho
reeei calls from the elderly, small
children, and the injured, ho are often
disoriented during emergenci .
Commissioner Roland Oselka tated
his concern that many dd are
. ply box numbers and rural route .
Leahey said that, if approved, 911
would be 0 y an in installing, and a
more ccurate numbering system could
b developed in that time.
In other busin , the board approved
delegating the ne Iy formed Economic
Development Commission to established
By-Ia to govern it If. The board
also proved paying the new commi -
sion's memb IS a per ID m 30 a day
and .20� nt a mile for travel on
commi ion related bu ine s.
AUGUST 8 - 14. 1984 THE CITIZEN P GE THREE
rge
cy call system
The board ceepted a bid from Gap Par. The mon y will co from
Schuell Fence for $1,669 to in tall federal revenue sharing fund.
257 feet of chain link fence at Roc y _
.PIC fun s to L
C job tralnin
BE 0 1WP - Lake . chigan
College has been a arded three grants
totaling S220,873 by the Private Indu
try Council (PIC) to ccelerate and
intensify the training of the unemployed
in the C area to put ch persons
in a competitive po 0 tion in the labor
market.
One of the grant in th amount of
S5,856 0 being d t C to con­
dense three previous date processing
course into one short program, ccording
to William eirick, LMC d of Occupa­
tional Studie .
This in ruction, which started July 23
and will end Sept. 6, i being conducted
by Dorothy Hildebrand, LMC business
education and data proeessin adjunct
faculty member.
An additional grant of S18)17
will be u d to train unemployed p rson
in the techniques and proce of retail
sales. This 96-hour program 0 instruct­
ion will art thi f li and will be offered
at least twice and po ibly a third tim
if a demand exists, D an eirick indi-
cated.
The third, multi-occupatio
training grant in the amount of SI96,800,
o d Oped to provide upp tal
financial aid for tho qualified peno
ho e engaged in chieving an 0 te
degree in anyone of the C OCCll
tional Studie program.
A Dean eiric explained i y
unemployed individuals riving to
achieve t o-ye associate degree go
in an occupational field and ho co
from a financially disadvan ged 't­
ion also have family and other fin cial
obligations th t routin fman 0
ch a the Pell grant, cannot meet.
ccording to Dean eirick, Lake
ichigan College provid the trainin
involved in aU three of the grant but
the PIC does th screening and the final
lection of the individual to b trained 0
Interested person should te phon th
PIC Benton Harbor office at 926-0074
or visit the office in per on at 5 Gra
st. which run between 11 th St 0 nd
Ri ervi Driv Benton Harb r.