u kegon Minority Contractor.
re nt public dis­
cu i n of recre tion in the city
h do the Benton Harbor
ec Pro r m compar with
tho in the city of St. 10 ph
St. 10 ph Twp., and Berri n
Spring.
To an wer th t qu ion,
The Citizen undertoo tudy
100 ing t the number full n f r the
and pa -tim employ ,the r creation program
num r of individual re idents a ed that il budgeted
erved nd th number of .11:. pp ximately 17,000 for it
peopl residing in the area . elght ee summer rec program.
rved and the bud t of each The program erved the resident
program. of ile it Township Ber-
trand Township, and Howard
H CITY OF ST. lOS PH Township in C s County.
Th program is over en by
the Par s and Recreation Board,
consi ting of eight m mber
appointed by the city commis­
sion. The bo rd also over ee
the maintainance of the city
golf cours , ice skating rinks,
and pu lie parks.
H RBOR - In
Ii
pent 11 :300 on its 1984
ummer rec pro ram. The pro­
gram hired eight part-time taf­
fers nd registered 393 p rti­
cipants, ccording to Robert
gle, he d of the creation
Dep rtment.
Some of the ' progr ms
offered by St. Jo ph were:
ftball cer, rchery, field
c ey, olleyball, arts and
craft tennis, b etb 11 tether-
b 11 flag footb 11, crochet che
chec ers pin -p ng, b wling,
mini ture golf bike hike and
r ces. The program ran five
day eek and were free to
participant . '
.
.
T. 10 EP TOW SH ,
c rdin to Izzy Di aggio Twp.
Supervi r, pent 2 500 on
fur-wee ummer rec program. (
unicipality
nton Hub r 14,707
rrien p 17,10S
(Orono 0 Berrien
T .. eluded)
56,000
t. J
h City
St.lo p T
m unt
•
. '
The town hip hired one part­
tim staffer, and offered ccer,
volleyball. tenni and oftball
five d y a we or the month,
five hour a day, ., articipation
wa free but th daily ave rag
was only about 15 pe
ot \ery much really, it w
kind of disappointing' DiM a
T
BERRI
SPR GS
Recrea n Dept. chief ike
Shem rger explained that Ber­
rien Sprin rved both the
city and Berrien and Orono 0
Town hip. By their own esti­
mate the rec dept. rv d
1,300 individuals. The depart­
ment hired one full-time and
t 0 part-tim staffer. Programs
ar offered year round f r
children, but there are p rti-
ip tion fee.
The Berri n Spring rec pr -
gram had a budg t of 47,900
I t year. Th t 0 township
d the city d n ted 22 000
hile ... 5,900 me from parti­
cipation fees. Th Berrien
Sprin 001 y tern gives an
"in-ki d donation offering
.office pace and rec facilities '
t r free.
According to Sh mbarger, the
re rrogram offered a ummer
little league rocket ootball in
the fall, a ba ketball camp.
: girl s and men' ftball ccer
twice a - year golf Ie n and
public re reation nights for
ee. Leisure 1a are also
offered: Sewing d micro-
wave co JOg for dults, gym­
nastics and ballet fOT children.
'That s not nearly all the
cia s we offered, however'
Shembarger added.
A four member re reation
board, one appointed by each
local governing body and the
chool board, t the budget,
and hires all personnel, Shem­
berger id. Bef re the budget
i pproved the two town-
hips and -th city mu t approve
their portion, ba d n the
nu�ber of it re ident wh
participate.
"I can't e my If not bein
re p nsible to ard . . . it
rna e m m re a c untabl .
If I'm not offering any thin ,
what. .. am I g ttin paid for?
Shembarger aid. H al 0
added p ople will ompl in
they re n t ettin th ir
Continued on p 7
umber of
151,300
7,900
$17000
9622
11,300
9� 1
2,500
Board?
54939
52
no
1,300
52
ye
200
ye
A
393
12
no
15
4
no
A
f
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OF BEAlITIFUL PEOP
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e
T leA, S - Tunica MS
has .received more than a
milli n dollars in federal m nie
C r neighborh d development
but w n't p nd one dim 'jn
the w rs are of t wn h rge
fficiah f t h ti nal A
He lth
AH a
ngre .
will be' done at
of the Black re ident
town of Tuni a, wh live in
de prate pov rty along the
o ailed "Su r Ditch."
''W re riting to e pre
to you our hock, di may, and
con em about the fa t that
revenue h rin money, a well
oth r federal funds - om­
p-
b in expended for purp
other than th intended by
d-
to
purpo uch a beautifyin
the m in street f the t wn.
Continued on P 4
AACP to hold
nominat- 9
B TO
ity
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5 on
bers.
Th mmitt will r c iv
ny additi nal n minati n fr m
th fl or providing lett r f
u rnitted and
nati n i
b r of th
o day pri r to the electi n.
ember will hav th
opportunity to c t a v t C r
the candid te of their ch i
on D c. 14. 11 t ill b
wh
feri , third vice' r .
Terry, trea urer: and H len
lh un ecr try.
