BENTON BRIEFS
EW HOTEL DEVELOPER
SELECTED
The Benton Harbor city commission voted unani
mously Feb. 18, to grant an option on riverfront pro
perty to aryland hotel developer, Marshall Man
agement Inc. The ite is south of the boat launch and
had been optioned to Kalamazoo attorney Darrel
J cobs for PopcornJennys. mission also voted
to sell the boat launch to th IC igan Department of
Sod I Services. arshall is to pay $10,000 for the six
month option on the three acres. Total purchase price
ill be around 100,000. The D R price is not yet
agreed upon, but DNR has allocated $1.3 million for a
comprehensive riverfront development,
P. SITE FOR PAL CE TER
Benton Twp. Supervisor Larry ielsen announced at
the Twp. Feb. 18 session that the former Disco 2000
building will be leased to the ity of Benton Harbor for a
nominal fee to be used as headquarters for the PAL box
ing program.
P. CO SIDERS ORE PACE
On March 11, the Benton Twp. Board of Trustees will be
presented with option for additional office space. The
St. Jo eph fum of Allegretti Architects and Engineers
ere hired by the Board in ovember to survey office
needs and options.
CITY ADOPT RELOCATIO
PLA S
The city of Benton Harbor adopted plans and pro-
. cedures for relocating residents and businesses affected
by the proposed orth of ain Industrial Park develop
ment. The plan outlines procedures for informing and
relocating tho e affected and is required by state and
federal law. The city purchased ix parcels of land in the
o last year, requiring relocation of 0 familie .
CITY APPOI T L C PRESIDENT
Anne ulder, president of LMC, as appointed to fill
the balance of AuthOrity on the Downtown Develop
ment of a two-year term, previously held by Maurice
Bishop. Former. commi ioner Juanita Echols w
named to fill the expired three-year term on the Tax
Icrement Finance Authority of Sumitec president
William Atchesoa. NBD FacM president Richard
Whiteman takes four-year se t on the same board.
JUDGE DANIEL DEJ� A
CANDIDATE· Judg Danl.1
R. a I. a candldat for
• Iectlon to a x-ye r t rm
on t Fifth rtct Court of
Berrl.n County. Deja h
rved In t at c PKIty for
the p st fourt n mon ha,
filling the judicial vacancy
tt h n Ronald Taylor
becam Circuit Judg •
Judge Deja had nln. y.a,.
of prlva practlc. prior to
umlng t • bench. H.
currently a. Chi f
DI.rlct Judg. Pro T.m and
on the Rul and Form.
Committee of the Ichlgan
D trAct Judg Auocl.
tIon. Deja .. ·admltted to
•• 1CI1Ce before • U. DI
trIct Court for the Weat m
DIstrict of lchlpn and the
up,.", Court of the UnI
t. H.I •• m mber
Of the Bar of Ichlgan
and the B.rrI.n County Bar
Auoclatlon. He I. an alum
nu. of Ichlgan Stat. U I
ver8lty • (1871) and gr.
du ted from the New Eng
land School of LII (1875),
magna cum laude, wh h.
rved on the LIIw R. •
JudO. DeJ. al80 att.nded
th Ichlgan Judicial In
Itut and I. a graduate of
t atlonal Judicial CoI-
I . Deja and hi wHe,
haron, al80 an attom.,
(BI.lch, Burch, Dettm n
and De a), II In Baroda
th Irth .on
FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2, 1986 THE CITIZEN
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STATE QUALIFIERS: Th B ntonHarborHlghSchoolandTechnlcalCent rstudent ar
among tho who lII·partlclpat In the Dlstrlbutlv Education Club of Am rica (DECA)
stat. competition In Dearborn; arch 21. The student qualified by bing among th top
flnl h ,. In Individual and group cat gorle at dl trlct competition held thi month in
Kal mazoo. Seated, from lett, ar Joyc Vance, NI ta Join r, Dorothy Duma ,Kim Terrell,
April Na.h and Wanda Swift. Standing, from I tt, ar ary Hauch, Linda Grlffl, on Bow
man, Deborah Taylor, Keith Hanner, Dalrlo Whit Id, Toni Walk r, ylvla Smith nd
Peggl Brook Stat quallfle,. not pictured Include Angelina Rulz, Letr sAmmon ,Sh n
non Larry, Nadln Hampton, Shar ne Hopkins, Darold Fori st, Patricia Flnkl a nd Elaine
. POrt r. DECA I a n lonalorg nlzatlon th t provld tud n nroll d In mark ting and
c�op program. an outle to _owea their III In ar uch as r taurant mar ting nd
9 n.ral merchandising. (H-P photo)
Parenting
xp rt to speak
MUSKEGON - "Parenting A
Teenager In Today's World" i
the topic to be addressed W 00-
. nesday evening, February 26,
from 7 - 9 P.M. at the Frauenthal
Center in Downtown Mus
kegon.
Parents from the entire com
munity are invited to hear James
R Chamber, .S.W. r.
Chambers, who spo e in Mu
kegon two years ago to an p
preciative group of parents, ha
more than 16 years experience
in Grand Rapids a clinical
ocial worker/therapist ith
Comprehen ive P ychological
S rvice . There is no char e for
the evening presentation.
Siljander rated
WASHINGTON - Congress
man Mark Siljander has the
highe t U.S. Chamber of Com
merce rating of any member of
the Michigan" Delegation. In
addition, Siljander shares the
Number One pot with Con
gressman Guy Vander Jagt on
the Economy Voting Record of
the Watchdog'softheTre ury,
Inc. according to a release from
Siljander' office.
Poli ical Coalitio
Southwestern ichigan
Women's Political Coalition
will meet Wedne day February
26 at Maude Preston Palen
ske library 500 arket St.
at Lake Avenue from 7:00-'
9:00 p.m.
Speaker will be Reva ur
phy, 0 ner and publisher of
Trade lines of Eau Claire
ich. She is actively involved
with the ational Assn. of
Advertising Publishers, as well
as with ichigana Publications,
Inc. She is a former member
of the Eau Claire School
Board and a past officer of
Bu iness and Professional Wo-
men. She i currently erving
on the Boards of Berrien
General Hospital 4-H Club
and South estern ichigan
omen's Politi al Coalition.
The subject of the meeting
will be Se Di rimination
in the Advertising Field.