nqu
.pe
Ralph Crenshaw, Juanita Echol
Randall Jurgen n Charle Yar-
. brough orval ei and ayor
Wilce 0 e. b t ining wer
C mrnis ioner Ch rl Hender-
n and icha 1 Govato . Com-
mis ioner mold Bolin as
b nt.
Rev. Fie said 'It i our
re ommendati n th t th bard
be rein t ted to ull power for
the foll in re n. here i
a 1 g 1 binding contract bet
th city, Benton Harb r
oin to hav
o ner hip th board need full
uthority and for gre t r
countability and effective­
ne ' He al 0 id if the rec
center i going to belong to
the community th need to
over it ctivitie is vital.
e will continue to ek
full con ideration," Ficc dded.
Rev. Fie re ,d from
contr ct dated April 15 1975
bet een the hool, city and
county stating that the pre nt
bo rd is uppo to rve not
only dvisory but, other
functions well.
Cootin d on P 13
E YORK - Ten percent
of all registered Black voter
and more than on -fourth (26%
of all young Black voters be­
tween th age of 18 and 24
h ve registered inc January
1984, according to national
rvey who re ult were re-
d today by th ational
Urban League.
These findings, ccording to
th UL reflect th effective­
nes oj the various registr tion
campaigns that have been con­
ducted in various communi tie
yo
t e
dopt­
recomrnen­
iolate th City
and incre
er,
li bility.
Votin
CLC recom­
Commi oner
o
aero th country ell
the increasing intere t in the
political sy tern that has been
fo tered among Bla ks.
One thou nd individual
were interviewed for the urvey
which as conducted f r the
UL by EVAXX, Inc, a Black­
own d ew York City ba d
evaluation group using the poll­
ing mechani m of the ational
Black Omnibus.
Among other finding was
th t the percent e of regis­
tered Blac ha increa d from
- Th Commis ..
'on on Economic and S cial
Opportunity ESOC) in a split
vote upheld Bureau of Com­
munity Service (BeS) decision
to defund Berrien County Act-
ion (BCA', •
CharI H nder n executiv
dir ctor of B A said th deci­
into defund B A ito h rsh
a punishment h n BCA did
not receive ufficant technical
help from BCA.
B A board Ch irman Ralph
Cren requested th t B
be put on a ix-month to a year
pr bation peri
Hender on t Id the c rn­
mi i n that BCA h:
v st improvem nt
i d od rep irts from S
compliment in A' w r .
The meting a held in
The State Secondary Compl
Building con erence room, 7150
Harris Drive, Lan ing. cro d
of about 15 people were pre nt.
ESO commi loner votin
B
/
urrent I vel
75% in 19 1 to
o 79%,
Th survey al 0 r p rted that
hen non-re istered Blac s were
a ked why they .did not vote,
14% aid "I'm not eligible';
and 12% said "I don't really
understand enough b ut the
voting pro to et involved.'
Another
difficult to
e
f m ne
which id the
did n t
ith
i in