By . el er
BENTO HARBOR A ne
million dollar cafeteria, and the
windin -up of negotiations with
all vario labor groups ere.
ong the more note orthy'
Item ccomplished by the Ben­
ton Harbor hool board Tu -
day night.
Robert Farmer, director of
finance, said the new cafeteri
ould co t $1.2 million, to be
p ld 0 r a 0 year period out
of the school' capital impro -
ment budget. Farmer said the
money i alre dy there, d the
001 will not "have to it and
go begging."
Rev. alter Brown and Jan
Strand que ti ned bether the
proj ct would strain th school'
,
finances, Superintendant Harry
Stephen explained that enough
money already exists to handle
both the cafeteria exp on,
and hatever building impro -
ment are needed over the next
two years.
Architect ayne Hatfield said
th project calls for .expanding
the current cafeteria and kit­
chen, adding a serving line,
expanding one existing cl -
room and building two new
rooms. The ne cafeteria will
also get new furniture, carpet­
ing and lighting.
The board gave the go-ahead
to Hatfield to prepare specifi­
cations, drawings, nd solict
bid. Farmer said the con­
struction ill begin this sum er,
and could be completed by
ovember of this year.
The bo rd approved the
ne muter labor agreement
. with the local for ichi n
Educational Support Personnel
ciation, which represents
the school cretarie and par -
profe ionals. The ne agree­
ment are retroactive to July I,
1984 and extend to June
30, 1986.
Stephens noted that _ the
school board h negotiated all
its labor agreemen ithin the
space of a year. Stephen
called it "a real milestone",
and commended the school
board negotiating team and
tho for the various labor
group.
FEB. 27 - ARCH 5, 1985 THE CITIZE
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The board approved Super­
intendant Stephen' reque to
open the position of . tant
superintendant. Stephen
been handling the job of d­
ministrator singlehandedly since
Dr. James Hawkin resigned.
The board appro d th request,
with Treasurer Jane Strand and
Trustee Lynn Haye ab taining.
The board p a resolut-
ion commending Rosanne Bui-­
den a special education teacher
at Stump School. Burden was
narned the Southwe tern ichi-
Area Special Education
Te cher of the Year, and her
nam placed in nomination
to be considered for similar
statewide honor.
Erma Mitchell, former Co-
ordin tor of th School De- -
velopment Program, is no
the Dir ctor of that same
program. The board arded
itchell the ne title, and
gave her a yearly salary of
$36,000 year, in recognition
that th number of Benton
Harbor hool involved in th
program h expanded enough
to require an dministrator be
placed in charge of th program.
The board voted to remove
the po ition of Coordinator of
the Food Services, Timothy
H ye , current coordinator, wa
given 0 week to notify the
board if he de ired m ting
with th m. yea l tn hus­
band of bo rd member Lynn
Hayes.
C OS S, (right), employee of the Berrien County Health Department,
conducts a prenatal interne with Branda Go, ne patient at the Southwestern Michigan Health
. ation' Ambul tory Care Clinic. The clinic is a site for a n joint obstetrical program
ed by the Association and Health Department.
By . chael Becker
BE 0 1WP:... The Ben­
ip Board of Trus-
tee decided to go after
ral grants, plus rene al
of th to p's· mills for
police and fire pro ection r­
vice .
Supervisor Larry ielsen . d
the township i seeking a Small
Citie Start-Up Public or
grant to enab it to install
sam tion Se en in the Broo -
field farms area, and orm
en in Barnes-Hamilton
drain are. Brooldield fums .
bound d by De ey d E
apier, -Hamilton by
Cry tal, Ea Britain d High-
land.
The to lp . g the
t te for 22,500, hich the
township will match ith
2500 of its 0 • The ppli­
c tion ill go before the tate
department of commerce for
pproval.
The board pproved
ubmis on of p - pphcati n
for $40,000 from th ate
Land and ter Co rvation
fund. In order to be eligible
th
the board had to first approve
five year development plan
fo it park. ielsen said the
township h never before h d .
Iong-r par development
plan. iel n said the land
and ater fund money ould
be matched SO/50 by the town-
ip.
Treasurer Jame Boothy add­
ed that with the new d elop­
ment plan, and if th township
get the funds, the township
park program would begin to
ork more closely with the
Chari Gray Rec Center to
development and sustain a larger
recreation program.
The board appro d holding
millag election on y 7.
The township is asking resi­
dent hether to retain the
current three mills eac for
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ST. JOSEPH
sue
police and fire. ielsen aid the
millage should produce rough­
ly $435,000 each for police and
fire budgets.
Supervisor iel en said he
had hoped to have recom­
mendations for the .board to
who should be retained by
the to ip for its legal
vice . ie n said I t ee
eather forced him to can I
variou meeting with the thr
firms ho submitted pro
ie n asked the board to
approve retaining the current
township legal dvisor, Don
Dettman, on temporary b is,
Dettman will act as legal counsel
for the township in current
labor negotiations with town­
ship office orkers, police, rue
and public works personnel.
to
o HARBOR The
Berrien County Department of
Public Health and the South-
estern ichigan Health Care
ciation's (SWMHCA) Am­
bulatory Care Clinics recently
combined their obstetrical pro­
grams for edicaidpatients.
The result of the joint ven­
ture is a comprehensive ob-
tetrical program which com­
bines group health educ tion
with individual health rvices.
The ite for the newly organized
program the Ambul tory
Care Clinics, 858 Pipestone
Ro d, ton Harbor.
Prior to the new program,
edicaid patients receive group
counselling in nutrition, health
care nd social resources through
the Department of Public
Health. Physicians' and nursing
rvices were offered through
the He lth Department and the
HCA's Ambulatory Care
Clinics. The new program will
provide comprehensive prenatal
services at one location.
According to Ruth HalI,
R. ., director for the Ambula­
tory Care Clinics, the program
is available by appointment
only to edicaid obstetrical
patients.
E ch patient i igned to a
phy ician at the time of her
fir t appointment. In addition
to th rvice of a phy ician,
patients also receive the r­
vices of a nu ,social worker,
nutritionist and educator.
oal of the ne pro-
.. to incre the number
hy mothers and babies
BerrienCounty," td Mrs.
Hall. "Good prenatal care and
health education Iia contribut­
ed to successfully reducing
perinatal mortality in Berrien
County. By increasing the
vailability and scope of pre­
natal rvice to edicaid
mothers-to-be, we hope to fur­
ther reduce the perinatal mortal-
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mitte, St. Paul's Episcopal
P fish, announced in a pre
releas meeting Sund y,
arch 3, at 3 p.m. The meet­
ing ill be in the basement
of St. Paul' Epi opal Parsih,
at rton A . and Lane Dr.
in St. Joseph.
In the release, oran said,
'This notice· call to all
churche and individual in the
are who recognize the in­
creasingly alien atu of the
community's poor. Any nd all
uch parties are cordially invited
to meeting ho purpo
ity r te."
In 1971 the perinatal mor- -
tality rate in rrien County
was 30.8 deaths per 1 000
live births compared to the
tate vera e of 25.2 deat
per 1 ,000 li e births. more
omen st tewide recei ed pro­
per prenatal coun lling and
Care, the perinatal mort ity
rate began to decline steadily.
By 1983 the perinatal mor­
tality rate for Berrien County
was do n to 12. deaths per
1 000 li births. That figure
was 10 er than the age ver­
a e of 13 .
Jo n Eberly, director of the
nursing staff for the rrien
County Department of Public
. Health, greed that th ne
program's broadened ope of
services will benefit both
mother nd infant .
"In addition to health care
rvice, patient receiv edu­
c tional information to help
them develop their parenting
. ," rs. Eberly said.
, other -to-be receive informa­
tion on topics ranging from
preparing for labor and de­
livery to coping with the finan­
cial and ocial change that
often occur with the arrival
of a baby. e bell ve that
education is es ntial for a
happier, healthier mother and
inf t.'
, e hope that ob tetrical
programs such as our will
continue to help reduce the
perinatal mortality rate, '
. Hall dded.
Th ne ob tetrical program
is vail ble by appointment to
all edicaid OB patient. Any­
one intere ted in receiving more
information should call the
Ambulatory Care Clinic at 927-
5162 or 927-5163. Further
information can al be 0-
tained by calling the Depart­
ment of Public Health at 926-
7131.
o
will b to the material
and human resource avail bl
fo'r providing reh bilitation
wor , housin , and idgni ty to
tho who 0 desparately hi h
to become productive m mb r
f our community.