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Sparks
flew admid t charges and coun­
ter charge at a regular meeting
of the Benton Charter Township
Board of Trustee, tuesday
night ovem ber 10.
In regular busines the
Trustee warded 3 demolition
contract to Midwest Construct­
ion Co. for the following pro­
perties: 2190 Red .Arrow
Highway for 2,480; 130 South
Cry al Avenue for 1 200;
nd 3452 Red Arrow Highway
for 2,100. idwest Con-
truction was the low bidder
inall3c
The tru ee accepted the bid
of Orchard Ford Lincoln-
ercury, Inc. in the amount of
11, 45 for the purcha of a
4-wheel drive vehicle for u
by the Fire Chief.
Th Board then held a publi
hearing on re lution to
e tablish a Commerical Re­
developm nt Di trict for the
Orchard all.
dam wa pr nt to
the B rrien ounty
D velopment om-
time.
tephens, ho i al Black,
unavailable for comment on
Pigg , chug .
Pigg aid that pr ident
of th union h h d triv n to
bac
ow
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ompletion of w r
the PI
The
LIed f r in
'By carrot," Supervisor inter­
jected, "you mean 'tax abate­
ment?' ,�
Farrar responded: 'Tax
abatement and other consider­
tions. e are asking the Board
to consider this (or the entire
Orchard Mall plat. I t would
cover only land that is not
alread developed that is peri­
pheraJ to the all including
our vacant lot ."
Trustee Jeffer n ed ho
many vacant lots were encom­
pa d.
Farrar aid he believed it to
be 14 in all varrying from
% acre to acres each.
The resolution pas d with
Trustee Glenda Collins abstain­
in.
On the next item of busine s
Sharon Adams re ommended
that the B ard pprove a resolut­
ion establishing an Industrial
Redevelopm nt District for
-0 Products Co., 2235 S uth
-139.
The B ard t the regular
De . 3 meeting a the d te for
a publi hearing for granting
Industrial Facilitie T
ertificate ITF to
Pr u ts with Trustee
ollins ab taining.
fter the m ting M . Collin
id: iel n and ott laim
th t by taking our h me in
Ra kliffe Par the township
f 11
exp rienc
imp rt nt
diplom.
"Ther i more here than ju t
a c of immediate r cial di -
crimination. We have qualified
p ople, Black and white, living
in the Benton Harbor School
di trict, ho pay taxe in the di -
trier, nd ho end their
children to our chools. Yet, it
eem that every time a po ition
i created, they reach outside
the di trict to fill it. - Doe not
the Bible teach us that" ch rity
begin at home?"
On the ubject of a hi h
chool education as a qualifica­
tion for the foreman' po ition,
Dan Skinner charged that
Stephens is ju t "blowing
smoke."
Skinner, whow alodenied
an intervie said: "I graduated
from hi h chool and have sue­
ce fully completed everal ex­
tension and college cour e -
m ny in management and labor
r I tions. I detailed my back­
ground, education and experi­
enc in a profe ional re ume
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OVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 1,1985 rH£lCITIZEN
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P.
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ontr
vices not to e
with 1 month termination
d teo
The Board approv en ral
Fund Bills in th amount of
9.269.04� Se er Fund Bill
Continu d on Pag 14
a er
ay
tax base will expand from
some 5,700 to approximately
60 000. I don't believe it is
right to take people s homes
to make up the deficit caused
by Mr. ielsen's and r. S ott s
unrestrained penchant for giving
tax abatement ."
Treasurer James Boothby in­
troduced a re olution for ex­
tending the de dline for pay­
ment of the 19 5 property
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taxe from Feb. 14 19 6 to
Feb. 28, 19 6. It pas d with­
out dissent.
In other matters the Bard
approved re elutions authorizing
the Supervisor to sign Private
Industry Coun il PIC contra t
authorizin a 30000 grant for
marketing nd developing of the
township and a Marketing Part­
ners contract. The Marketing
Partners contract i for the
.
prove
HI ck
in
uthw t
ying
that h lin
Continued on Page 9
When Kindred Spirits Unite
year.
"The role arti t play in our
ociety i often ov rlooked," he
ay , "though all that xi ts -
beside th natural work of
God - are arti tic matter."
Contempl ting hi 0 n
e rch for arti tic m aning Jim
reveal hi div r ye rning .
"Sometime I e k pure
beauty, an image that d light
th optic en e . When I do por­
trait of people, and land cap I
m eking to duplicate God'
hand. e er mind that I c n'r,
But my rt thrive
tternpt to d
property
city.
Th c
on
aft r
Contlnu d from Pag 1
City.
'The painting i on of my
better work" ay Jam
Palmor , "but it i th worn n,
nd her d dication to her craft
(jazz) th t I mo t admire. At a
time when m ny mu ician
have for ken the pur uit of
perfection in their art f r com­
merci I gain - kno ing hat the
public want and will buy - h
continued to aspire if not in
ob curiry, then certainly minu
the ��cognition he de-
erved.
Jim's effort to capture thi
Black woman' intensity on
canva mirror hi own dedica­
tion to eek not only n
ae thetic in art - where en­
sitivity toward beauty i the
ultimate concern - but to us
rt as a vehicl to expre time
honor d virtues" inherent only
in elf acrifice for the ake of
human enlightenment.
"She confirmed some
things," Jim ay . "She put mi -
conceptions back into their
pI ce.'
Jim Palmore' formal art
reer did not b gin until th
age of twenty- ven. It w
then that h a appr ached by
Dr. Ray of WMU who com­
mi ion d Jim to do ix pain­
tin for film trip b ut