HARBOR - Two
candidate re eking election on
the igrant Rural Community
Health ciation RCHA)
Board of Directors. Vera Webb
of Benton Harbor and Vilet
e on of St. Jo ph are com
peting for the at left vacant by
form r Bo rd member, attie
Roddy.
Vera ebb i employed at
Hun School a a parent trainee
supervi ing children in the cla -
ICoaliti n to
iscuss media
and elections
ST. JOSEPH - The next
me ting of the Southwe tern
ichigan omen' Political Coa
lition ill be held on Wednes
day, August 29th, prom ply at
7:00 p.m. at the aude Pre on
Palen ke emorial Library, 500
arket St. at Lake Blvd.
The "Role of edia in the
Election Proce " will be dis
cus d by Reb cca arr,
Anchor-per on, T.V. 22; Jan
rsh, Editor, ichigan Section,
South Bend Tribune; Conni
Irvin , Co-owner, Createavision
Production -Cinem and Video.
COLLEGE BOUND - Ronald
17, graduated
from Lutheran High
School in Ju , 1984. on'
n of Horton and the te
. Horton, Jr. Ron pi
tend South
Co
room. Community Repre ntative.
Violet el on h been rk- Board memb r meet monthly
ing for Avon for the past 23 and t all policies and procedures
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ye . She i the mother of four for ARCHA.
gro n children.
Both candidate re patients
of ARCHA, which i one of
the requirem nts of a candidate.
According to Sue iddis,
Clinic Administrater, the Board
consists of 13 member, ith
repre ntative from each of th
four clinics, D.H., Bangor, Eau
Claire and Holland. Benton
Harbor area h two eats. Mich
ael Bernard of A Very Special
Time is currently rving as
The voting began ond y
Aug. 20th and will continue
through Friday Aug. 24th. Bal
lots may be obtained at the
ARCHA ain Street Clinic
92 West Main Street, Benton
Harbor. Only ARCHA patients
are allo ed to vote.
Re ults will be announced
Sunday Aug. 26 4:00 p.m. at
the Board meeting to , be held
at the Delore S Ii Memorial
Health Center, Eau Claire.
4-H TRIP - Some 27 S children e tre ted to a trip to Enchanted
Forest on Alii. 8 by th 4-8 Expanded Food and utrition Edu
cation Program (EF EP. During the program children 7 -12
ere . n nutrition I in local p once ee and ere
aIIo ed to prepare d samp e nutritio at e h meeting.
total of 480 children p icipated in the program, cording to
Sandra Ste ard, EF EP director. Som 22 adult also ccompanied
the children on the trip volu teer group I en and ch parone .
Staff membe for th program are Emma Hull, Supervisor· Emma
F" Id, 4-8 Program . tant; and Ouistina John n, Summ r
Youth Program.
BHAS Adult Ed
registration begins
BENTO HARBOR - Regis
tration for Benton Harbor Area
School's dult Education pro
grams began August 20 and will
run through September 13, with
clas cheduled to begin ond y
September 17, according to
Ed ard oods, Coordinator of
the District's dult Education
Services.
apier Avenue, on th following
dates. August 20-23· August 27-
30; September 4-6 (Tuesday
Thur day); and September 10-13.
All questions may be directed
to the Adult Education Services
D partment at 917-4743, accord
ing to Woods.
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AUGUST 22 - 28,1984 THE CITIZEN PAGE FIVE
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BE TO HARBOR - Behind
closed doors, in a cret session
metime in early Augu t , the city
commission okayed a plan which
will ask a 4.25 mill tax increa on
each piece of property for each of
the next 30 years.
Berrien Circuit Judge Che ter
Bym apporved the agreement be
tween the city and the Fire and
Pension Board when he signed an
order requiring the tax levy.
At the Augu t 20 commi ion
meeting, City Attorney Ernie
White' confirmed the commission
discussion of the agreement had
taken p ace in clo d ion.
The city is 2.6 million in ar
rears on th police and fire pen
'on fund White aid.
I� the pa t three years. hite
explained, the ity has n t made
its required 33 000 annual pay-
B TO HARBOR - While
ity property owner were still
reeling fr m the news of a new 30
year tax for pension fund arrears.
city commi sion wer scurrying
to plug another hole in the city's
financial dike.
Without mention they were
di cu ing pa t due bills they
them elves has not paid. C mmi -
j ner approved a plan t payoff
delinquent bills to the county and
schools.
The ity collects payment in
stead of property taxe from the
Benton Harbor .Housing Commis
sion and River Terrae apartm nt
app
Regi tration will take place
from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday By ich el Becker
through Thur day, at the Fair ST. JOSEPH _
Plain Junior High School, 120 E.
Fall & Winter
Fashion Show
W ed, August 29 'at 7 pm.
R.ain Date - Aug. 30 Dessert Buffet
f n & f sh ions from:
Th Sho Off. Brldoman Break Force L ponsored by YMCA
The Sleepy OwL Sawyer Casual Comer. Orchards MoD
The Peacock. S venSviDe . Adenfl Bridal Shop, SL Joseph
The Tux Shop. SL Joeepl1
Florin lsase- nator, Sleepy Owl & HFB
usic nd Aud 0 court sy of Sound Exp ri_ne_ WHFB
Cook Energy Information Center
Bridgman, Michigan .
The Berrien
County Board of Commi ioners
approved the placing on the
ovember ballot, of a pro po d
.2 mil tax increase to create
funding for the 91) emergency
number ystem. The tax ould
last for five years 1985-1989.
Commis ioner ancy Cler,
head of the 911 Task Force,
which has studied the 911 y tern
for 4 years, is urging the voter
to adopt the millage increase.
The 911 system would create a
county-wide single emergency
number for fire, police and
ambulance.
The board also approved the
creation of a Parks and Recreation
Director. The new po ition will
place orne of the burden of
maintaining county parks off the
shoulders of the current Planning,
Park and Public Works Director.
VIOLET ELSO
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ment on fund arr ars. That pay
ment was required under a 1974
court order.
In order to find a way of pay
ing off the three year debt of
$99 000, White said th city went
into court to the judge for a
plan.
There is no record of the city
commission directing the attorney
to t e such action. •
Benton Harbor i currently at
the maximum it can tax its pro
perty owners with a 31.7 millage
rate. One mill of that goe to the
pen 'on fund, the new levy will
add to the 31.7 mills.
In addition to the special
3O-year tax the city mu t contri
bute enough to meet "yearly
normal operating costs," the court
order tipulates.
complex. For the past two or
three year, the city has not
pa ed on the school and county'
share of tho payments, city
documents reveals.
The city owes 89,543 to the
school di trict and 22 585 to th
county.
Under the plan approved
August 20 the ity will payoff
the debt in four payments begin
ning S ptember 30.
County Tre urer illi m
Heyn aid Augu t 22 that the
county had not yet agreed to the
plan, but ,added,' hat else can
we do?"
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The ne director will receive tie.
$23,000. The current position Comrnis loner R. Burkholz said
of Assistant Par s Directoi will the new director would mov
be abolished. his office and taff out to the
Finance Committee Chairman parks facilitating better manage
Kenneth Wenzel called the new m nt and longer hours the par
po ition unnecessary, and added could remain open. Commis-
that the current parks ad min- loner illi A tre d the
i tration system is adequate. p r s importance as a tourist
Treasurer Walter Heyn concurred, dra. The board appro d the
saying th present arrangement me ur 9 to 2, with on com
can handle all the responsibili- mission r absent.
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