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$
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- 1.4 million
dollar w a much discu d
ubject at th public hearing
ld by the Berrien County
Board of Commi . oner Thurs­
d y morning. e 1.4 million
i the expected federal revenu
are Berrien County ill receive
for 1985.
The Bern n County Ro· d
Commi ion alerted the b rd
to the fe ct that t 0 land fill
cce r ds need 550000
orth of repair. Also, eight
tr cro in south Ber-
rien County need te and
lights, t act of S85,OOO
e ch. Amtr will pic �p
50,000 and th county will
to p y th re .
The Berri n County Par
Board ed for 284 850 for
improvement in par and
equipment. Of that, 111,200
ould 0 to Roc y G P Par
in nton To nship. ajor
impro ernents, . uch as more
cce to the beach, bi r
p king lot, impro ed road
d me land ping are plan-
ned. Fonner cornmi ioner Ed
o man id th par bo rd
budg t i only 70 cents per
pita, and in 1982, thi county,
th 10th large t in the te,
27th in pending on it
p Commi . oner ancy
Clark dded t t Rocky Gap
i th only I efront prop rty
the county 0 ns,
The Berrien County Youth
F . r reque ted 65 000 to 00-
pro the f: irground and equip­
ment in rrien Springs,
Spo esmen id it help promote
gri ulture, tourism, and pro-
vide owca e for youth of
Berri n County.
The nton Harbor ecrea-
tion program reque ted 40,000
to initiate a year-round recrea­
tion program similar to the on
held in 1984-85. Director
Glen Yarbrough told bo rd
m mber that city reet free
of roaming youth on turday
night wa a direct re ult of
the recreati n progr m. Yar­
brough added that the Rec
,
Center rve ot ju the city,
but the community - including
Benton Township, or ju about
aeybody who come to u
the Center. Yarbrough said
90% of the Rec rvice are
free.
A total of eight human r­
vice progr ms presented their
reque s for funding. The
Cooperative Exten ion Service
reque ted $20 000 for it re-
urce management program.
Commissioner Fred ird re­
minded the board tha t the
Coop's food and n trition pro­
gr m a cited as being the best
in the nation.
Planned Parenthood ed for
20 000 to make up for m ive
cuts made in its funding t
st te and federal levels. Barbara
Henderson, Exe utive Director,
id preventative programs are
the be t long term lution.
"For ever SI inve ted, Sl8
is ved in the ate' general
fund the very next year", she
said. Hender on added Planned
Parenthood k to prevent
pregnancy, and doe not per­
form bortion. She id ,Preg­
nant women ho come for help
are coun lled to . ail the
tions available to them.
Gate ay Vocational Center
in Berrien Spring ed for
$25 000. Gateway offers voca­
tional tr ining to the phy 'cal­
ly, emotionally, and mentally
handicapped. 107 people too
part last year, 20 ere placed
in job. Gateway hopes to
expand, dding a center in the
T in Citie. G te ay' janitor­
ial rvice also needs a new van.
The Shelter or the Family
Cri is' and Communications
Center, ha expanded its toll­
free and 616 crisi hotline to
24 hour . Expansion of kitchen
laundry and bathroom ilities
tits fety belter are p nned,
and purcha of a van to tran -
port th rvice � client i also
planned. The Shelter ub-
mitted a ritten reque t for n
un pecified amount of revenue
funds.
The court help probati nary
program, nd the community
rviee garden, sponsored by
the South est Michigan Volun­
tary Action Center, need $29
449 in order to continue.
spoke omen said 5700 hour
of voluntary ork were pro­
vided by the probationary pro­
gram, mo tly t the county
park.
The Community Action
Agency, which offers coun ling
and help in the legal aspects
of bankruptcy divorce, and
spou ab ,handled some
250 ca s last year. any went
uncompleted due to lac of
fund. Th Action agency re­
quested 21 ,600 to continue
its program.
The Link Crisi Center a ed
for 20 000 to help it teenage
counseling program, which it
run with the CA. any of
the lin's client are refered
by the courts, becau they are
first time offenders. The Link
also has shelter for runaways.
The Housing Counseling Cen­
ter help provide emergency
housing for the homele • a
well a' sting tho in fmding
permanent housing. The Cen­
ter's total 1985 budget i $24,
000, including the salary of its
director. They as ed for
S10,OOO to help meet that
budget.
hile not present at the
hearing, the county's six nior
citizen center requested a
total of 90,000. Commis-
. oner· aney Clar said the
centers will u orne of the
money to create endowment"
funds, to keep them If­
sufficient. She said ·the county
tourism council i also request­
ing revenue sharing money.
Commi i ner illie dew
pointed out that 1985 c uld
be th la t year, for revenue
sharing money, nd ur ed people
to write Con re sm n and na­
tors, to eep the pr r m in
plac. Th bard ill n t t k
any action until 11 the r qu t
are revie ed.
zaio
food.
Cove
ope
By Kristin y
COVERT - Covert Town­
ship' 2 million public housing
project moved along Monday
night, eb. 4, with the opening
of bid for a well and ell
house for the nior citizen
apartments.
The low bidder as Superior
Builders of St. Jo ph with a
bid of 56,598. Superior was
also the low bidder for the
con truction of the building
for the 40-unit housing project.
The high bidder was Getman
Brothers of South Haven with
bid of 83 000. Four South­
w tern ichigan firm bid on
the project. The board accepted
all four bids. Th archite t
of the hou ing project ayn
H tfield and ociates of St.
J ph and the town hip's on­
firm Leslie Gripps and
polic
to rd icar gua i in dra tic
need of a chan in direction,
ccording to Laur Truby. Tru­
by, ethodist minister, and
re . dent of nton rbor, pent
15 d ys in icaragua, talking to
go ernment official , oppo ition
I ad r citizen and US Em­
b y offici . Truby po e of
h r e perience before the
monthly m ting of the South-
e t 'chig n omen Political
Co lition.
Truby . d th US 0 emment
pint di torted picture of
h t
rxism
n-
din, from
diPi ta tak
leader of gu rilla attac s during
the 1920' against arin in
icar u. Truby y Sandino
i th national hero, bo tand
for icaraguan self-determina-
tion.
icaragu lived for 400 years
under milit ry rule and dicta­
torship, ending ith the US­
b eked Somoza regime. Truby·
refered to the Somoza govern­
ment the' rule of the rich".
moza owned mo t of the
land, required US busin
to split all profit -rnade in
icaragua with him SO/50
nd created busine mono po-
lie. Truby cited an example
of a rnoz -0 ned brick com­
pany, making irregularly shaped
brick for public roads no
other bu in c uld compet
ith them by produ in irni-
lar bric .
Truby
v n politi al
parties participated in the
ovember elections in icara­
gua, which the Reagan adrnin­
istr tion called "a sham'. She
said all seven were given r dio
and tv time during elections.
The Sandini t received 67%
of th popular vote, the second
place party received 13%. Truby
. d all the participants in the
national elections will be allow-
ed repre ntation in the
national a mbly. The US
b eked politi al party in i ar-
gua de ided at he last minute
not to particip te in th elect­
ion
icaragua h
deal with the
een forced to
SSR and Cuba
f r needed farm and indu try
equipment, b cause · of US
economi blo kad hich
prevent icara ua from gettin
pare parts for S-made
m hin . Truby said i aragua
o
has a mixed economy 60%
of the land is privately owned,
40% i s te owned co-ops.
Under the Sandini ta govern­
ment, according to Truby, illiter-
cy has dropped from 53% to
10%. . icaragua received c m­
mendation from- the orld
Health Organization for its or
in eradi ting polio and im­
proving sanitation. icaragua's
conomy ha a 3% annual
growth r te, one of the be t in
Central America, and i the only
Central Am ric n nation that
i current in their debt repay­
ments, most o( which were
inherited from the Somoz
government Truby id.
Truby id there wa a
, uban pre nee" of Cuban
doctor and teacher in i ar-
gua. She dde that e t
Germans ere also there, build­
ing house; the Swede ere
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of
id
ociate of Berrien Springs,
will choo e the contractor.
Supervi or Jerry S rno told
the board that within week
he will announce the g neral
contractor for the public hous­
in project. The project in­
clude 28 apartment for nior
citizen and 12 units for low­
income familie. The senior
citizen housing will be loc ted
on the corner of La e Street
and ichigan-140 and the
other housing will be at at-
. tered ite within the township.
In other busine , the bard
voted to retain Siegried ran­
dall, Vos and Lewis of K lama­
zoo as the township' auditors
for another year. The firm'
fee is 3 200 the same 1 t
year. The township' fi cal
year is from July ] to June 30
Continued on P 13
r
building
and
e icans
and Hun rian
pick coffee. Sh mo t
of the US' European allies
support icaragu.
The contras' hope i to
disrup icaragua � economy
which fi lies heavily on coffee.
1 ruby . d many time she and
her group w re e orted by
armed guard. Th US up­
plies the contras with arms
th controver ial CIA uerilla
hand hi h dv
c r who y u r . '
Truby admitt d th t th re
ar m le itim te criti i m
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