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ASIn GTO , D.C. - The
U.S. Department of Housing and
Urb n Development will con
duct a Minority BU'n Enter
pri rninar in Ponti c, ich
igan, to help minority and
omen-o ned busin partici-
p te in HlJD.spon red pro
grams, Secretary Samuel R.
erce, Jr., announced today.
The minar, the first of six
to be conducted n tionwide, will
be held September 17, 1984
from 8: 30 to 1: 30 in th Pre
Loun of the Silver Dome.
In making th announcement,
Secretary Pi rce said ''HUn is
committed 0 develop the enor
mou poten ial that minority
and women-owned busine s
· have to offer. Our goal i to con
tinue to help them transform
their dreams and ideas into reali-
I
tie .n
Since 1980, minority firms'
haw upplied more than 3.7
billion in goods and rvices to
th Department. In 1983, HUD
awarded more than 18.8 percent
of its direct procurement con
tr cts to minority busin , the
cond highe t percentag in the
Federal Government.
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Top officials from HUD' ,
shington and regional offices
ill conduct the ion. In d-
dition, program pecialist will
provide information on ho
minority and women-owned
busin s can become involved
in HUD programs including
Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG), Urban Develop
ment Action Grants (tJDAG),
Rehabilitation, and Section 202
(Housing for Elderly and Handi
capped).
Discuss Sanctuary for
Centra lAmer. refugees
STEVE SVILLE - The
ace T Force of the Berrien
County ociation of Churche
is ponsoring program on
Central American refugees and
the Sanctuary Project on Thurs-
d s. Septernb 13, 1984. Th
program will be t the Stevens
vill United ethodist Church,
5506 idge Road, Stevensvill ,
and will b gin at 7:30 p.m.
Carlo Steinhau r will be
the main peaker. He is ctive
in the etuary Project a a
member of the Kalamazoo Inter
faith Committee and the Kala
mazoo Religious Society of
Friend .�
There will also be an audio
visual pre nt tion concerning
the problems f cing theCentral
American refugees.
The program is free of
charge and the public . invited
to attend.
For more information con
tact David Sarra at (616) 426-
4051.
H Ip Orea Come True. .. Even with Sickle .
Cell Di ase young ers can grow up to be
engineers. architects. lawyers. nurses and doctors.
Expensive research continue toward finding a
cure. Support the ational Association for Sickle
Cell Disea . Inc. and its local Affiliates.
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By Step� . Duncan
BENTO HARBOR - A new
day care center ill open here
soon.
Th Johnson Johnson Day
Care Center, located t 241
Main St., will open its door
onday, September 1 7.
The Center, owned and oper
ated by Larry and Christina
John on, will offer day care
services for children ges 1 to
12.
sisting the Johnson's a
volunteer i Rosi e Hie , certi-
PUBLIC IS invite to hear Bi op
Thorn J. Cumbleton, Auxiliary
B· op of the Catho· Arch
diocese of Droit and
d t, Pax Otristi USA,
� on, "The challenge of
Peace: God's promi and our
Respo . n B· op Gumb eton
wiD Friday, September 21,
1984 at 7:30 p.m. at lake
Mich· CoDe Community
Center, 2755 E. pier Avenu
m Room). B· op
wUI present
the keynote at "A
Peacemaken Work op" on t
urday, September 22, at 8:45.
St. J OUlI'chl
C ter, 301 Wayne Street,
JORph. op
conclude with a Euch .
tic 0 • p Service at 11 : 00
am. in St. Jo p Catholic
Ourc . The public .
The 0 ad . ion
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ay Car
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fi d by the state for day care.
Larry is a graduate of Grand
Valley State CoUeg in Grand
pids and holds degree in
Criminal Justice and Child Psy
chology.
He is currently employed by
the Benton Harbor Police Dept.
His wife, Christina, 0 a
graduate of Grand Valley has
Bachelor's Degr in Criminal
Justice and Sociology.
Both are former resi dents
of Lansing, and are Iicen d
by the State of ichigan for
child care.
''We are. not in bu ine for
the profit", tated Larry. • I'll
be happy if we brea even'
According to Christin ' e
h ve kept our rates I w to
ccomodate tho who need th
rvice."
The center will provid a pro
gr m of daily me , ctiviti
and rel tionship th t will offer
opportuniti for th develop
m nt and growth of e ch child.
Th center ill be ccepting
registrations through September
30. Enrollment' limited. �
Registration fee is $] 5.
For more information call.
925-2814.
MBDA: Econom i e Ind epende nee',
Goal for Minority Americans'
SOlO, TX - Small
Busine i 0 ... At the right
place, at the right time, for all
the right reasons. Till wa the
tone set by the thrid nnu I
conference of the national
Minority Bu ine Development
Agency, held in San Antonio,
Texas, September 4-7.
The MBDA, a division of the
United States Department of
Commerce, provide minority
firms and individuals with a is
tance to increase the rate of ne
busine , to expand existing
minority-owned firm, and to
provide assi tance to minimize
busine failure.
elcoming the member, the
participants and th
pe ers w r. Jame
Richard on G nzales, ati nal
Director of BDA who pre-
nt d th objective of the
conference. Furthermore he
emphasized the MBDA' im
portance in the political and
ocio-economic growth of the
country today.
Among the topics di us d
ere the onority Financial
Institution Rol in Capitalizing
and Supportin Minority B '.
ne arketin in an Entre
prenurial Society and Inter
national Trade Opportuniti .
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pump . not a furnace
ir conditioner, but' a h' Iy
effie' t y ·round ting and coolin
sysWn. It's called h pump becau
that's exactly' what it does ... pumps
or mov heat from one area to other.
In win the pump extracts t
from the outside air and pumps it indoors
to heat the space. In hot it h
the bonus of air conditioning, pumping
t from indoors to the outside to keep
the space cool. And it also dehumidifi
it cools.
The add-on hut pump works t
as heat pump, but can be added to
most existing forced· ir fum
of fuel type. In in
pump's e tronie control your
p t furnace can do the job at a 10
operating cost, it I the furnace e 0
Imt II a pump or add-on IectitC
h pump during September or October
and $50 on the installation co t.
It'll iv you a nice warm f ling all winter
and k p you cool all next summ r.
$50 I NSTALLA 110
This certificate can be redeemed by 181M resrd ntial customers who convert th Ir ating or
cooling system to an el tric h at pump or add-on lectnc h at pump dUring September or
October 1984. Pres n or m II this c rtificat to your local I&M office, Marketing & Custom r
Services Dept., by ovember 30, 1984. An I&M repr ntan WIll contact you. OuallfYlng
installations mu t have a SEER (Se onal En rgy Efflcl ncy RatIO) of 8.5 or an HSPF (Heating
Sea onal P rformanee Factor) of 6.8 or hi r.
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Ichlgan Electric Comp ny
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