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BENTO HARBOR - Com­
munity Development Director
Bill Lilly announced t the
September 16 City Commission
meeting that that the city and
neighboring Benton Township
have reached an agreement on
the maintenance of five street
on the border of the two muni­
cipalities.
According to Lilly, many of
the treets - Emery, Jennings,
and Lynch - re in the Victory
Park ubdivi ion, near the south­
ea t corner of the city. Lilly
said that Benton Township will
bsorb the entire cost of the
Victory Par Street resurfacing.
The city will t e the bill on
the total recon ruction of S.
Fair Ave., from -139 to E.
Empire, according to Ully. The
ork ill include se ers, curbs,
gutter, and surfacing of the
street.
In a meeting earlier thi
year, Lilly id that the recon­
struction of S. Fair and other
major indu trial ro dways in
the city is part of the key to
attracting and retaining industry .
The city and the ownship
will then plit th co tore ur­
facing Jean Blvd., which, Lilly
ys, nine-tenth are in th
city. Jean Blvd. run alon the
east entrance to Jean oc
Park Benton Harbor's only Lake
Michigan frontage. The resur­
facing will start at Rocky Gap
Rd. and end at U.s. 33, accord­
ing to Lilly.
Ully id that the two
municipalities are estimating the
cost of the project now but
hope to begin the work before
bad weather sets in for the
winter.
In another matter the City
Commission voted to purcha
engineering services from
Abonrnarche Consultant Inc.
95 W. Main, Benton Harbor to
draw up map for the city'
newly-established Do nto n
Development Authority DD
and Tax Increm nt Finan
Authority (TIF A).
In other busine
rms ron voted to
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SEPTE BER 23 - 29, 1985
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matter Mayor
read re olution
honoring r. argaret White
ho reached her 100th birth­
day, Saturday, Sept. 14.
According to Cooke, Mrs. White
who ha eight children and
30 grandchildren, will receive a
letter from President and Mrs.
Reagan soon.
Campbell new Nursing Chief
PUL
Campbell 100 rd to th
Open Hou celebr tion m r .
completion of fiv y of
oper tion of th Pullm Health
Center on turd y S ptem­
ber 21 with pecial interest.
She i the only eteran of the
entire five year on the medi­
cal taff of th center and ha
ju t been promoted to the
. po Ition of Director of ursing
by Pullman Health Sy terns. .
That mean that • Camp-
bell i in charge of nurses both
at the original Pullman ite,
where e w s th ole nur
when it opened in 19 0 and
has helped carry out two ex­
pan ions, and at the recently
formed Allegan Family Healt
Center, a unit of Pullman
Health Sy tern .
ur Campbell trained at
Bron on Ho pital in Kalamazoo
gradu ting as an LP in August,
1963.
In 17 year' work that
followed at South Haven Com­
munity Ho pital, she handled
the edical/Surgical Floor , Re­
covery Room and Intensive
Care Unit. hile at South
Haven she completed a 40-
hour cour in Basi c rry­
thmia in Coronary Care.
arried to Larry Campbell.
a Supervi or at the B hn
luminum & Brass Co. in
Holland ur Campbell h s
one daughter. Angela. 17 who
will graduate from L.C .. ohr
High School in South Haven
next year.
She njoy cooking, travel­
ing nd shopping.
member of Kibbie Com­
munity Church, she is Presi­
dent of the Church Trustee
Bo rd, . ng in the choir nd
rve as both a A' stant
E itor of" its newspaper nd
it Public Information Re­
pre ntative.
tty ttributes h r happi­
n and ucce in life to her
family, friends and above all
to God. She says: "It i a
wonderful experience to help
me of the familie in the
community that I grew up
with. I will do my best to be an
a t to the community."
As the CareFlite Helicopter
lands in Pullman Saturday "from
her Bron on alma mater. with
its demonstration show and
load of free souvenirs for her
community, urse Betty Camp-
ben expects to stand tall at the
head of her nursing staff; look­
ing back on 22 years of service,
including the last five in Pull­
man, and forward to many
more years of rvice to her'
neighbors. 0 one at that
September 21 st Open House
celebration will be a better
example of its slo an
"Community Mobilizing for
Better Health" - than Pullman
Health Sy terns new Director
of ur ing.
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CO TROVERSIAL: Thi buiJdin , at the north e corn r of
in St. and Ri ervie Dr. Benton Harbor, h become th urce
of recent eontro e y. On Sept. 9, the Benton H rbor City Com­
mi ion greed to pply for grant to make n "urb n mini-m ri "
on the old Ship C I (behind buildi g) ith the buildin to b
u d a cone on nd. At public hearing. Wed y, Sept.
II, the owner of th lot. city bu . n n La renee Sch rer,
that he ha another busin lined up for fa e-y r I on th
property. Scherer indicated that h ill for 100,000 for the
property e en though BH Economic Development D· ector AI
Little claim that a 1973 apprai I on the property t ted th t th
lot w worth 27,000. and declinin .
Covert Twp� lets
go.of extra tax
By Kri in H y
COVERT The Covert
Township Bo rd voted at the
Sept. 9 meeting, not to collect
an extra 5 000 to 6000
in property tax revenues.
This is the fourth year in
a row that the board has de­
cided against trying to block a.
tax rollback caused by the
Headlee Amendment. If the
board had decided to collect
the extra money, it would have
had to hold a referendum.
Su h an election would have
cost about $1,200, according
to Supervi or Jerry Sarno. And
the extra taxes would have
amounted to between 5,000
and 6,000, he said.
In other busine the bo rd
accepted the revised zoning
ordinance ubmitted by the
Township Planning Com-
mission. ajor change incJude
a larger greenbelt (vegetati n
around sand mining perations,
and added provisions for con-
dominium development. Th
ordinance will take effect 30
day after it is published.
The board voted to submit
an application t the tate
• Department of Commerce f r a
250,000 two-year small citie
grant. The money will be u ed
for a proposed community wer
project housing loan subsidies
an housin rehabilit tion grants.
Service Delivery Area wa
not being met, therefore we
felt it extremely nece ary
to in tall a toll free number
in order to better rve the
people," said Richard D.
Dornb s, Executive Director
of the Private Indu try Coun­
cil.
Anyone wishing informa­
tion may call anytime on­
day-Friday, :00 .m. - 4:30
p.m. 800-533-5 00.
PIC installs 800 number
BETTY CAMPBELL. LP
BE TO HARBOR - In
order to better serve poten­
tial clients, the Private Indus­
try Council, serving Berrien,
Cass and Van Buren countie
has installed a toll-free phone
line. This new number -
800-533-5800 - is available
throughout the tri-county
area.
"The need to offer the
interested participant free
easy acce to all PIC r­
vices, from anywhere in our
Covert Board studies
school roof repair
By Kri in H y
COV RT - A Benton Harbor
construction firm was hired by
the Covert School Bard Mon­
day Sept. 9 to determine h w
much it would co t to repair
the roof of the district's J 0-
year-old school building.
bonmarche Consultant f
Benton Harbor were hired f r
1,600 t do the survey.
In ther bu ines • the bard
voted to hire King and Smith
R fing f Benton Harb r to
patch the r for . 00.
This is a top- ap mea ur until
the entire ro f an be repla ed.
Al 0 n onday ni 'ht, Super­
intendent Haw in t Id the
bard that in rder t m et
tat requirements Cov rt will
have to begin to require tu­
dents to take tw year f a
foreign langu ge f r raduati n
be innin 19 .