THE CITIZEN JUNE 29 - JULY 5, 19 6
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In and About Benton Harbor
LMC receives state aid
for single parents
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gan 01 ge h received
5 513 grant from the State
Department of due tion to
provide supp rt fund for single
parents and hom em er enter­
ing into occupational training
pr gram .
ccording to Trina Barnes
pecial p pulation advo­
cate the grants to eligible
individuals ill not only pay
for tuition and book but
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Tragedy inspires BH woman to
launch children's programs
By Willa Upldn
rs, Annette Hockett was
born in e Orleans, Louisiana.
She has one brother and two
sisters.
Her mother i deceased and
her father resides in Benton Har­
bor.
Annette ( ettie) a she is
affectionately called has been
living in Benton Harbor per­
manently since 1960. She
began visiting Benton Harbor at
the e of 7 years old.
She is married to William
Hockett, mother of three, grand­
mother of twelve. She has three
great-grandchildren and five
God-children.
Her elementary and high
school education was completed
in Louisiana.
Currently she is attending
Jordan College studying for an
As ciate of Arts degree in
Child-development. She will
graduate in May 19 7.
Mrs. Hockett believes every­
one de rves an education and
age should never be a negative
factor.
he decided to go bac to
sch 01 when two children and
th it baby mer burned
up in Benton Harbor metime
ago.
Her goals are to get degree
and open an Evening Care
ervice for mothers that are
going out in the evening and
need child care.
Hockett says, women need
to have proper care for their
children when they go out in
the evenings whether it i to
work or play.
She says she wants to see
all children with lots of parental
love and care.
She ys al ,that children
and the elderly are her favorite
people.
Her community work in­
cudes the Concerned Tenants
organization and currently she is
the director of Imagination
Theater for Preventive Educa­
tion.
It i to teach preventive
measurements, such as, self­
awarenes , lf-alertne s, self­
dependency, and self-e teem.
Also, when what and whom
to report.
The ages are 3� 13 years
old for children to be a part of
the Imagination Theater.
The goals of the Theater
staff is to teach all children to
be aware of what they see and
hear. Teach them what can
happen to them and their
friends. ,
Mrs. Hockett said she realizes
many children are in great
need of proper training, and
no one is there to give it.
She said, the theme of the
Imagination Theater is, Do It."
Children will be taught to en­
joy life. They will have outings
picnics role playing pl y games .
and will learn that winning and
losing isn't imp rtant. Just
have fun she aid.
Imagination Theater con ist
of a dUe tor a si tant dire tor
and five group leaders made
up of local parents with varied
background .
ettie ays she' be help-
ing children sine she as noth­
ing but a child her If.
She helped raj three
cou ins. The children ere
being neglected by their mother.
ettie would take her lunch
money and her red stamp
stamps used to buy meat
during the war and buy f d
and meat for the children.
ETT
r. Hoc ett t ted she
would like to e th ffi ial
of the ity of Benton Harb r
donate time and recreati nal
fa ilities for our I aJ childr n
to 0 cupy mind as well as b dy.
he believe that e
p ple can p lour re ources
and pull our lves up by our
own b ot straps.
ettie ant to m e hil-
dren h ppy and y sh ill in
to d hatever she can to m e
them happy and afe.
THANK YOU
The Jones and Osby
family want to give a
special thanks to each and
everyone for their Sym­
pathy cards and gifts in au r
time of bereavement.
Sincerely Thank you again
Willie C. Jones and
Josie Doss
tion of low-birth-weight babies.
We can do that through good
prenatal care and proper nutrit-
ion."
The PPC program provide
low income, uninsured, non­
Medicaid women rvices to
monitor their pregnancy. These
services, provided at no charge,
include: prenatal doctor or
clinician visits' vitamins' 1 b
tests' education regarding preg­
nancy birth and infant care'
nutrition education' and con­
sultation ith health department
social workers. Following the
Berrien Agency addre"sses problems
o� prena al care for poor
BE TO HARBOR - Ber­
rien County Health Department,
in attempting to addres the
special problems that low in­
come women must overcome
to obtain prenatal care, offer
pregnancy care services at no
charge for eligible women. The
services of the department's
PrenatalfPo tpartum Care (pPC
program promotes the slogan:
"Healthy others, Healthy
Babies".
Health department nutri-
tionist Betty Ein t, state
'Our goal mu be the preven-
birth of the b by, the depart­
ment also provide a six- ee
post-partum visit.
Services not included by the
PPC program ar hospitalization,
labor and delivery, and emer­
gency room costs.
ervices are provided at the
department's Benton Harbor
clinic, 769 Pipe tone and Ber­
rien General H pital Berrien
Center.
County residents may call
the Health D p rtment clinic
at 926-7121 for more infor­
mation and an appointment.
rs. Barne aid that single
parents re tho who are
unmarried or legally parated
from their pou and who have
one or more minor children
whom the support. Home­
makers she said are tho
dults who have worked with­
out remuneration in c ring for
a home and family and for that
reason have no or outdated
marketable ills.
She pointed out that in both
categories individual who wish
retraining or upgr ding in a
marketable ill in which they
have h d me previou
training also are eligible for
the grant.
rs. Barnes said that the
program at LMC began in the
Fall of 1985 and provided
support services to 20 individ-
ual at that time. Person
interested should obtain and
complete application a on
s po ible. Application form
are available in the LMC
financial aid office, Rrn. C-
203-F on the C apier
Avenue campus. Fall c1asse
begin Sept. 3.
To be eligible applicants
mu clearly fall into the cate-
ory of homemaker or single
parent, be ccepted for
admission into Lake ichigan
College, and plan to enter one
of the occupational are of
training now available at the
college.
Further inform tion bout
eligibility for the grant can be
obtained by telephoning the
C udent service office at
927-3571 Ext. 250.