BE 0 TWP. - The terms of three
e . chigan Colleg tru ees are expir­
ing at the end of this year requiring the
e etion of three trustee t the coming
ovember 6 election.
College officials point out, ho ever,
t the deadline for filing nominating
petitions for th po ltio 0 4 p.m.,
Sept moo 7.
According to Dr. alter F. Bro e,
C president, petitio can be obtained
from th oounty clerk t Berrien
County Courtho , St. 10 ph. They
1��.sn.IOU d be returned to that office and not
to the co ege.
He pointed out that the petitions
ould no have fe than SO nor more
than 200 signatures of qualifi d d
re 0 tered electors. An elector i one who
i citizen of the u.s., 18 years of age or
older, and ho has liv d in the State of
Michigan for t Ie six months and in
the college district of Berrien county and
Co rt to nship in Van Buren county for
t least 30 days.
The Lake 0 chigan College oard of
Trustees consists of en members ho
sene 0 -year terms of office. The three
trustee wh terms .expire this year are
Dr. Bernard C. Radde, Victor Wier, and
. I Devine, of St. 10 ph.
Term of office of those elected this
o mber starts January 1, 1985. Candi-
dat receiving tb highest number of
wtes are elected. -
TIleie are no Blacks currently rving
on the LMC board, though Blacks com­
prise roughly one-fifth of the LMC dis­
trict.
Aging Agency awardscontr.acts
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ST. JOSEPH - The Region IV Area
A ncy on Aging Board of Director
ocated S771,949.00 to fourteen, agen-
at their onday, July 30, 1984
rd meeting.
The fund will provide health and
o 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 . b d on a point
sy tern. Propo are rated on ch
co , coordin tion with other
encies, comprehensiven and techni-
cal merits of the proposal, bility to
t t tho in greate economic and
social need, priority of the service within
th Area cy' Area Plan, past per­
formance of a bcontraetor, and cap­
ability to adminiIter the program.
Agencie ted to receive fund in-
clude Health Care at Home $404,583
for Homem er services and S82,721
for Home Health Aide mces; C
County Health Department - S 18,000
'for Home Heilth Aide; Berrien County
Action - ,400 for Information and
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ST. JOSEPH - Th implementation
of the 911 emergency service number
an item much discu d at a special
rrien County Board of Co on
eting Thursday morning, August 8.
bo rd heard arguments by Jeanette
y, clearing "many misconception
oonceming 911", d pushing for its
final pproval. •
Ac:oording to Leahey, ho he d the
911 T Force, the only chanse t
ould occur ouId be the c:hanging of aD
local emergency num en in Berrien
County to 9 J 1. A central dispatch is
not ce d there ould be no
to discontinue the pre nt dispatch­
ing rt e
Current p d im-
mentation. 0 d change
e Berri County Sheriffs and
police numbers to 911. The County
Sheriff currently dis tell for 7�
of the re 0 den of Berrien County .
P II ould add on Bridgman, Barod ,
and e Troy.
St. J ph and Benton Harbor have
th option of remaining independant
dispatche , or joining with the Sheriff:
Department. In ith r c they would
recei e 911 number. Benton To n-
ip currently p y the Sheriff" Depart­
m nt to provide them with a dispatcher 0
Referral; YWCA - SI8,SOO for Pby 'cal
Fitn ; Do giac Health Sy ems -
SS,OOO for Physical Fitne and Nutrition
Education; i1es/BOchanan Committee
on Aging - SI,S20 for edical and
utrition Transportation and SS,300
fo Senior Center Staffmg; River Valley
Senior Center - $6,500 for Medical
Transportation and SS,300 for Senior
Center Staffing; VANCAP .. SIS,OOO
for edica1 Transportation and S 11 ,600
for Information and Referral; Berrien
County Council on Aging - SI4,500
for utrition Transportation, S28,828
for Congre te eats, and S 193,297
for Home Delisered ; Central
County Center for Senior Citizens -
$4,000 for utrition and edica1 Tran
portation and SS,300 for Senior Center
Staffmg; St. Jo ph/Lincoln Senior Cen­
ter - SS,300 fOJ Senior Center Staffing;
Van Buren United Civic Organization -
S 18,1 00 for Senior Center Staffmg;
and Benton Harbor/Benton Township
Senior Services - $10,200 for Senior
Center Staffing.
AUGUST 8 - 14, 1984 THE CITIZEN PAGE THREE
elm ay
rs
911 emerge
cy call sys em
Leahey also put forward two ibl
ay to pay for the 911 service. One 0
to charge all areas utilizing the service on
a size and u e b-·. Tb �ther, le
popular method, ould be to impo
county Ode millage. .
Leahey also noted that the 911
program wiD offer a ipecial feature:
automatic number display. The phone
number of the caller would ppear be­
fore the disp tcher, ho ould then
utilize in-house data bank with a
re pno boo (the phone numbers
are listed rust) to get the proper addle .
Thi system uld aid dispatchen who
recei c:aJJs from the elderly, small
children, and the injured, ho are often
disoriented during emergencies.
Commissioner Roland Oselka tated
his concern that many addle are
simply box numbers and rural routes 0
Leahey id that, if pproved, 911
ould be 0 years in installing, and a
more ccurate numbering system could
be developed in that time.
, In other busin , the board pproved
delegating the ne Iy formed Economic
Development Commis 0 on to established
By-la to ovem itself. Th board
o proved paying th new commis-
sion's members' per diem 30 a day
and .20* c nts a mile for travel on
commission related bu iness.
The board also ccepted a bid from
Schuell Fence for SI,669 to in tall
257 feet of chain link fence at Roc y
Gap Par. Th mon y, will co fro
federal revenue sharing funds.
P C funds to L
C job
rainin
BENTO TWP - Lake ichigan
College has been awarded three grants
totaling $220,873 by the Private Indus­
try Council (PIC) to accelerate and
intensify the training of the unemployed
in the are and to put such persons
in a competitive position in the labor
market.
One of the grant . in the amount of
$5,856 is being d at C to con­
den three previous date processing
course into one short program, according
to William eirick, LMC dean of Occup -
tional Studie .
This instruction, which tarted July 23
and will end Sept. 6, is being conducted
by Dorothy Hildebrand, LMC business
education and data processing adjunct
faculty member.
An dditional grant of S18,217
will be used to train unemployed person
in the technique and proces s of retail
sale. This 96-hour program 0 instruct- .
ion will art this fall and will be offered
t least twice and possibly a third tim
if a demand exists, Dean Weirick indi-
cated.
The third, multi-occupatio
training grant in the amount of SI96,800,
. designed to provid upp tal
financial aid for tho qualified peno
who are engaged in achieving an 0 te
degree in anyone of the C Oc:cu
tional Studie programs.
As Dean eirick explained I f
unemployed individuals riving to
achieve a two-year 0 ate degree
in an occupational field and ho co
from a financially di dvanta °t_
ion also have family and other fi cia}
obligations that routine fmanci
such as the Pell grant, cannot meet.
According to Dean eirick, Lake
ichigan College provides the trainin
in olved in all three of the grants but
the PIC does the reening d the final
lection of the individual to b train d.
Interested person should teleph n th
P C Benton Harbor office at 926-0 74
or visit the office in per on at 5
St. which runs bet een 11th
Ri verview Drive, Benton Harb r 0
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