THE CITIZEN
WEEK OF APRil 7, 1985
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confu 'on.
ider, dir ctor of
guidance at the high I,
. . the termin Uld be
. hoo ed into the Berrien Inter­
: mediate School districts Aren
heduling sy tern. Schneider
. d the y tern will help in
sch duling around cia con-
flict , and ending the delay that
currently plague the proce .
A special committee h b en
orking on recommendation
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'nee October, and cam up with
the propo that went before
the hool bo rd. The propo I
ed for 12�40 to pure
th necessary equipment.
Th bo rd approved the re­
que t, but board member Jame
Dudleya ed that in the future,
the board be given more than a
half-hour to review propo
like this one.
The board pproved lea
agreement with ichigan Eco­
nomics for Human Develop­
ment of Grand Ledge, ichi­
gao, to rent the Millburg school
for the next three years. MEHD
propo to operate a migrant
child care program, similar to
the one it run at the Sodus
school.
Director of business and
finance obert Fanner said he
le s for 2 ()()() the fir t
year, and $3,500 the next two
years. MEHD' also expected
to make SI5,OOO worth of
repairs to bring th building
up to code.
Farmer said the program
ould run from June to Octo­
ber, and ould offer daycare,
a Head Start. program and
classes in child care nutrition.
Farmer said the Millburg school
ha been standing vacant for
three years.
The board went into clo d
'on to hold a private hear­
ing with Tim H ye food rvice
coordin tor. Hayes reque ted
the hearing at the la t chool
board meeting, following a
recommendation not to renew
Hayes' contract for the n t
chool ye r. The reasons given
were that the number of em- .
ployees represented by the ad-
ministrators ciation need
to be reduced, and th boards
affirmative ction policy needs
to be followed. Hayes i white.
Hayes was terminated once
by the board, and a termi­
nated again h n his job posit­
ion was not re ewed in the
administrators association con­
tract. The private hearing
went 1 te into the night, and
was finally ended, with the
stipulation it will be taken up
at a later date. 0 action was
taken to not renew Hayes'
contract.
ST. JOSEPH - As of on­
day, April 1 people in the T in
Citi ar have a ne option for
non-emergency care. ed Ex­
pre Immediate Care, • new
rvice of the South e em
. chigan Health Care a-
tion ( HCA), will be avail-
ble at moria) Hospital in
St. Jo ph.
. Bev Denton, director of
Critical Care and Emerg ncy
Department ing for the
�lOCla' tion, said that e ne
rvice created to provide
convenient, quic, affordable
non-emergency cue.
, n a person ani at the
emergency room are at emor­
ia1 Hospital, p tient. wiD be
directed for appropriate treat-
o appointment
nece ," she id.
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lative economic and intemat-
ional enda for the next t 0
years, ell as the e ablish-
ment of goals and timetables
for imp ementing the plan "to
op atlac on Blac com-
munities and BI leadership."
In ddition to Fauntroy, Rev.
J J c n, the p t Demo­
cr tic party pre idential candi­
date, Gary (Ind.) yor Richard
tcher the n w BLR leader-
lp ranged from Clarence It­
chell, Ill, Chainnan, ational
BI c Cauc of Elected Offi­
cial , to Johnnie Tillman Black -
ton founder d pre 'dent,
tional elfare Rights Organi­
zation.
But, Rev. Benjamin Hoo ,
AACP ex cutive director;
John J tional Urban
d Rev.
chairman
Ch istian Le dership
re con picou by
n. Denton dded that ed
Express patients ill be seen by
health care profe ional within
the first five minutes.
Affordability is another bene­
fit to the patient according to
Mr • Denton. The b sic ed
Expre fee for patients with
uncomplicated illne or in­
jurie i $25 per . tt.
The b ic ed Expre fee
is b d on treatment for minor
problems which do not require
additional diagnostic testing or
extensi tre tment.
Payment for ed Express
treatment is required at the time .
of service. Cash and personal
check are ccepted.
"People usually want prompt
relief from a health problem.
Yet, they may be he itant to
see treatment in a non-emer-
e
, set ne
their ab nee BLR members.
"Lo ery had ral funerals to
ttend," and other leaders had
apparent conflicts in their h­
edule said conference spoke­
persons. 80 ever, Hoo d
earlier he did not plan to attend,
although other AACP leader
may.
Participant ere invited
from organizations involved in
agriculture, busine ,civil rights,
prof; . n, law enforcement,
prisoners, entertainment,
athletics fraternal groups, elect-
ed offici voters, youth, health
rvice, nior citizen, com-
munity groups and welfare.
The only group which did
not nd repre ntatives "to in-
terf e were prisoners "becau
they could not get out t this
tim but we will arrange to send
our representatives to et their
vie s,' Congressman Fauntroy
tated.
Emph sizing that the m etmg
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gency situation," Dr. Robert
Kraff "d. "They may not have
a family phy ician. Perhaps
it's the middle of th night
and they're embarassed to go to
the emergency room for some­
thing they regard on of life's
'smaller' emergencies. ed
Expre is their an er . "
ed Express, well the
emorial Hospital emergency
room, is open 24 hour day.
Both service are affed by the
county's only full time physician
specialists in emergency medi­
cine.
The South estern ichigan
Health Care Association own
and operates ercy Hospital in
Benton Harbor and Memorial
Hospital in St. Jo ph.
. agenda
as "bi-partisan and non-parti­
san," F untroy id delegates
gave top priority to initiating
a legislative agenda in 1985
for p of hi propo d
antHpartheid act, the civil right
re toration t, d the Con­
gre . onal Blac Caucu alterna­
tive budget curtailing future cuts
in dome ic programs and de­
manding a remeeting in Septem­
ber, the Congre man said.
CHILDRE HA VlNG CHILDRE
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BENTON 1WP - Lake Mi­
chigan College trustee meet­
ing March 26, upped tuition
by 2 per semester hour to
help fund a 6.1 million budget
for the 1985-1986 fiscal year.
The adopted budget is 4.7
percent larger than C's cur-
rent budget.
The tuition incre will
boo t LMC's rate 0 S25 per
credit hour for in-district re "­
dents; $33 per hour for out­
of -district , in-state residents; and
$41 per credit hour for out-of­
state residents.
The trustee were told that
if enrollment at LMC are
table during the next fiscal
Help for parents
ST. JOSEPH - The relat­
ionship between couples follow­
ing the 10 of a child will be
the topic for the April meetin
of the support group for parents
who have experienced the death
of child.
Alex and Joan Ojerio le den
of the Compas ionate Friends
Group in the Kalamazoo area
will be the gue t speakers.
BBlliBR COU Rty ••
ST. JOSEPH - On April
15, 1985, at 1:00 p.m., the
Region IV Area Agency on
Aging will hold a public forum
at the Berrien County Court­
house Commissioner 'Room.
The purpo of the forum
is to provide an opportunity
for older p r ons and th
general public to comment on
" the problems of th eJd rly.
In ddition, th public i a ked
to comment on current or
needed service and to suggest
solutions to th problems of
older dults in C Berrien
and Van Buren counties.
Suggestions and ideas from
the Forum will- b considered
during th development of the
FY '86 Annual Impl m n tion
Plan hich be in 0 tober 1
1985 and ends September 30.
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year, anticipated tuition reve­
nues under the ne rate will
amount to $1.3 million com­
p red with the current year'
tuition revenue of SI.2 million.
A 10.5 percent incre • in
state aid and incre in fee
income and income from pro­
perty taxe will add addition
revenues.
Dr. alter F. Browe, C
president, told th Board that
the average Michigan community
college in-district tuition rate
wa $25.94 per credit hour and
that the propo d new state aid
funding formula would penaliz
LMC financially if it had a
lower-then-average tuition rate .
u rviving loss
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The local group will meet
ednesday, April 17, 1985
from 7:00-9:00 p.m. t the
First Congregational Church,
2001 iles A ., St. Jo ph,
I. The group is open to any
parent who has lost child.
For more information, call
429-3281 bet een the hour of
9:00-4:00 daily, onday thru
Friday.
Summarie of th current
Area Plan will be avail bl
for review at the Forum or
can be obtained abe d of tim
by contacting th Ar a
ency t (616) 983�177 or
1- 00-442-2803. ritten com­
m nts will b' ccept d at the
Region IV Area ency on
Agin Inc" 17 Ship treet
Suite St. J ph I 4 0 5.