DECEM ER 2 - 8, 1985 THE CITIZE
Covert chool Board Disciplines
Girls Team
By Kri tin Hay
CO VERT -- The Covert
chool Board last Monday night
di ciplined the entire girl
junior varsity te m and 0 of
it
,
ar, c m in r pon to
rep It to th County Commi -
ion by Dr. Rich rd D rnb ,
Executive Director, n PIC's
fir t ye r in op ration. PIC a
creat d la t year (19 4) to
dmini ter job training pro­
gr m in the Tri-Coun
(Berti n, Van Buren nd
Countie ) under the fed ralJoh
Training P rtn rship Act.
Alluding to "riegativ com-
m nts" he ha he rd.Corn-
mi ion r ke que ti n d
Dr. Dornbo to hat action
PIC could t ke to incre e job
pporturuti for Blac le
nton Harbor r .
to A ke th un m­
rate mong Black
male 15 higher than in any
other egment of our society.
.. inoritie feel left out," he
aid.
Commi sioner Fred Baird,
lso from Benton Harbor,
xpres ed concern that PIC as
unrespon ive when ap
proached last ummer about
the job training program for J &
J Appliance - retail busine s
in Benton Harbor owned and
operat d by B ird. The Com­
mi ion r ld: "We c 11 d
v ral times nd nev r got
Com-
duct, all the game for the re t
of the eason ere cancelled
immediately. He id the
ould have ended
ni ht, the
additional
h m-
fr m- the
by the rn-
mi 1 ner t borr w 9.
million f r th 19 6 d linquent
tax revolving fund.
Th
the B rd
C mmi i n r voted to
a ept a 2 1/2 year union c n­
tract betwe n the Fifth Di trict
ou t Judge and 31 clerical
mploye repre ented by the
American Feder tion of tat
unt and Municip 1 Em-
ployee (AFSCME). The con­
tract provide f r a 2.5 percent
pay incr r troactive to
ovember l : a 2.5 p rcent r i e
nJuly 1,19 6 and a percent
rai on July 1,19 7.
Commi ion r ancy Clark
o Henton Township intro­
due d and the C rn-
pproved a
erring a J nu ry 14,
19 6 d te for the nnexation
electi n to b h ld in b th the
city of Bridgrn n and in L
To n hip. To b come effec­
tive the m tter must be
pproved by the voter of both
Bridgman and of Lake
Town hip.
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Union pickets Shore am
Home
ST. JOS PH - Employees
at Shorham Terra e ur ing
Home, represented by the r­
vice Employees' International
Union SEIU Local 79 will
be taging an information picket
at the nur in home on Tue -
day ovember 26 between
2 p.m. and 5 p.m. according
to Dale Ewart pokesper n
for SEI .
This action comes in response
to taffing cut mad by rnanag -
ment of up to twenty-five
'percent and to a redu tion in
th hours of work for employee
at the nur ing home. The
nur ing home i owned by
Beverly Enterprise . the
nation's largest nur ing home
chain and i 10 ted at 3425
Lakeshore Drive 1. Jo ph.
Michigan.
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