IF ummer i coming, then it
must be time to re ' ter for
Summer ou Employment
Trainin Program.
This ual job program i
sponsored by the Private Indus­
try Council of Southwe ern
'chigan,
Youth ge 14 through 21 are
eligibl fOT the 3.35 an hour
job with overnment and non­
profit ncies, according to PIC
Director Richard Dornbos.
Youth attending school
should e th ir school counse­
lor to ign up, Dornbos id,
out-of- chool youth should
pply at the ne rest PIC office,
The are located at:
-Benton Harbor Intake Cen-
"THE
VlSITO S ...
occa . onal drunk.'
Morton Cemetery: monument
to the pa , symbol 01 future?
y Ron ty
BE TO HARBO - On
Territorial Rd., nestled under­
neath tall, dar pines lie for­
gotten monuments of Benton
Harbor' p t.
The nam jump out of an
era when Benton Harbor as
growing and thriving - orton,
Riford Ogden, Graham, Colby,
Conkey, and Fo ter, to name
(i •
P 6
ordin to
lor, t
/ BERRIEN, CASS
VAN BUREN
COUNTIES
ter, 655 Gr y Street, Benton
Harbor.
-Harford Int ke Center, 60th
Street, Hartford.
-Dowagiac Area Center, 410
E. Prairie Ronde, Dowagiac.
- iles Intake Center, ew
Bell School, Symonds Road.
-South Haven Intake Center,
South Haven School Administra­
tion Bldg., Green Street, South
Haven.
Call 61 927-1064 Benton
Harbor; or, 616-782-9881 Do­
wagiac for further information.
ichigan
Sen te, ay 1, approved and
sent to the Hou a package f
bills which would create pilot
enterpri zone in Benton Har­
bor and White Pine.
Enterpri e zone legisl tion
is the 80's ¥ r ion of urban
renewal.
Born in Britain the enter­
pri zone concept entice bus­
ine nd indu try into de igna­
ted areas with a combination
of ta incentive nd credits.
Spon or of the ichigan
legi I tion is Sen. Harry DeM 0
R-Battle Cree). Under hi
bill, the two citie of Benton
Harbor and ite Pine will
be udied as pilot zone for
18 months. After th t period,
the zon authority would be
fr e to designate oth r are
in t ten rpri z ,
subject to legislative pproval.
The zone legislation would
give busine e who qualify a
50 percent bre k on the e
for the fir t 150 000 in
sales; credit on the state Single
Bu ine Tax: and certain regula­
tory relief.
Under the zone theory,
the unemployed poor now liv-
ing in the distre d re
ould find jobs opening up
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in
z n
would recei e income x cred­
its.
Critics have que ti ned
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