JULY 29 - AUGUST 4, 1985 THE CIT1ZEN
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- The
July 22
mmi ion meetin .
Little, city
velopm nt Director
the m nth-l n c mpaign will
or on 'ima e buildin of th
city. little aid that ne rly
o organization will join force
in the camp into d every­
thin from mural painting and
hou painting to youth empl Y:
m nt and m dernization of
public housing units, to create
better im e and improve
life in Benton H rbor.
Th c mpaign kick -off al 0
included th sho ing of two
20- cond commercials which
ill b rele d to televi ion
little id th t the
commerci J re amon to
en pots th t are to be pro­
duced and di tributed. H did
not say, durin the meeting
who the commercial were pro-
duced by nd wheth r they
were.don locally.
little aid th t other adver­
ti ing ha already been placed
in Crane's Chicago Bu ine nd
oon.
planned for the
mmunity Pride event - all
pl nned to be completed during
ive- e peri d throu h ug-
u t J - in lude demolition f
10 to 12 building by th
tty includin th form r ilner
H tel; groundbreakin for the
f Dial-
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The purp of the conte t
j to demon trate th t the lott­
ery has i ted education in the
t te of ichigan.
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By on Leuty
BE TO HARBOR - Pro­
blems with the flooding of
residential . structures in the
orth of M in Industrial Park
OMIP), being developed by
Benton Harbor, w s mong the
chief topics of discussion at
the July 22 City Commission
meeting.
o IP-are resident Willie
Horton, 395 Miller St. said
th t he h s h d w ter standing
in hi basement ince Febru ry.
H rton said that when he
ppealed for help earlier thi
ye r, City anager lli it hell
told him that the rea on the
water a
becau ater-level in
La e ichi an high. H rt n
id th t itchell went on t
say that the problem would
b Heviated by July.
itchell n t available to
respond to H non's comments
becau he and Mayor Wilce
Cooke were on e gain in
Washington, D.C. on ' ity busi­
n ss", according to Cornmis­
si n r Charles Yarbrough. Yar­
brough de lined to pecify wh t
the city bu ine s' n erned.
H rton said that h had
called the Berrien County He Ith
Department, and n fficial
there told Horton to bring in a
couple of mple f the water
in his bement to the depart­
ment f r te ling.
H rton id that
te ted sample ppeared t
city s wer water ac rding t
a h alth dep rtm nt empl yee.
Horton dded that a ample
h s been nt to Lan in 1 f r
dditional te tin and he e -
peets result"
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the fl ding has cau ed him to
bandon the operation there.
If it is city wer w ter the
city is in trouble said Horton,
and then jokingly dded, if it'
n t city water he i in tr uble.
n ther ill r St. re ident ,
ho i e periencin a imilar
problem, added that ju t be­
cause the it i g in t get
the pr p rty eventually f r the-
o IP proje t there i n rea­
n why "we can t have it
decent I n we live there.'
tectu n
brou h's ornrnents were rep at­
ed by mrm I ner Ralph
ren haw, ho claimed that the
c st f the city's p lice nd
fire departments is more than
the city make in tax rev nu .
mrnis ioner harle Hen-
der n said that parent need
to "bust some he d " and t a
incre d resp n ibility r their
children to top th Juvenile
pr blem all over th city.
In reference t Juvenile
I itering Hender on demand 0
th t time we t pp d
em t leave. and
start 1 king 'em up. . . and
h ldm th e parent
Sib} f r the acti n
id.
There "n
Park events to mark A-bomb anniversary
wn.
In dditi n to the literat ur
tables, there ill be a po tcr
di play entitled. "The
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