AUGUST 24 - 30,1986 THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
'addel , Jefferson
named to school pos
or
By. y
The Senior Employment Pro
gram provided by the Area
ency on Aging, Inc. located
t 2919 Division Street, assists
per n 55 and older cure
employment in the priv te
ctor. The program wor
with 10 -income people who
live in Berrien, C or Van
Buren Countie accordi to
ency' spoke r n.
SEP al offer a f
free trainin programs and sup
portive service , job placement,
job referrals, a ssment, pre-
reening, classroom training and
wor shop , coun ling and on
the-job training.
There are some general pro
gram requirements.
The ency on Aging is a
priv te, non-profit agency
charged with planning, coord i
tin and funding rvice for
people aged 55 and over. The
agency also h s satellite offices
in Van Buren and Cass Counties.
For information contact the
agency at 9 3-0177 or toll
free 1-800-442-2803.
Recently, the SEP intervie -
ed former program enrollees
and a ed them t1{e following
question:
BE TO HARBOR - T�o
admini trators ere named re
cently for the Benton Harbor
Area Schools, according to
school official. s. ora
Jefferson was appointed to the
position of Affirmative Action
Office/Coordinator of Special
Projects and Mrs. Inez add ell
hired as Coordinator of Pre-
school.
s. Jefferson a graduate of
Western Michigan University has
been with the district since
19 1 serving a Special eeds
mployability Facilitator and
. C ordinator of PI /JTP A Pr -
grams. Before she came t the
Bent n Harbor rea h 1
. Jeffer on erved a
xecutive Director of Commun
ity Parents Inc. Child Care
Center of Benton Harb r, a
coun elor with eigh rh d
Youth Department.
rs. Waddell has been em
pl yed by the Benton Harb r
Area Schools ince 1965. She
has served as an elementary
teacher a teacher trainer with
Staff Development and most
recently as a onte ri tea-
chef. Mrs. addell received
her Bachelor s Degree from
Lincoln University, her aster's
Degree from estern ichigan
University and her Educational
Specialist from Wayne State.
In other personnel matter •
several school administrators
h ve been reassigned for the
coming sch 01 year. Mr. John
Brown former Principal of or
t n Sch 01 has been named
Principal of the McCord even-
th Grade Center: r. Alouch
Whit field former As istan
Principal of Fair Plain Junior
High will no be acting in the
capacity f As i tant Prin ipal
at Benton Harbor High chool;
r. nald Whitaker former
si tant Prin ipal at cCord/
King Junior High ha been trans
ferred to the same position at
F air Plain Junior High; and
r. James Ray, former princi-
pal at Fair Plain orthe
Elementary cho 1 will no be
the Prin ipal at Morton chool
- Fairplain rthea t Elemen
tary School will be posted a a
vancan y.
BH schools ope
BE TO HARBOR - Ap-
pr ximately 7, 00 B nt n
Harbor Area S hool students
will be returning to sch I
Wednesday August 27, to begin
their 1986-87 hool year. ed
nesday will be a half-day session
for students and Thursday and
Friday will operate on a full
day ession before the Labor
Day Sept. 1 break cc rding
to hool officials.
SCHOOL HOURS:
School schedule for the
secondary and elementary stu
dents are as follows:
Benton Harbor High Sch 01
and Junior High School stu
dents will begin classes at
7: 45 a.m. with di missal sched
uled 2: 30 p.m. Benton Harbor
High School will operate n a
full six-hour schedule and a
closed campus will be observed.
Starting time for all ele
mentary sch Is will be 9: 20
a.m. with a disrni sal time of
3:30 p.m.
LU CH:
Lunches will be erved on
Thursday August 28 in all
WANTED
GRA D RAPIDS
CORRESPONDENT .
for this n pap r
u t hay an inter. t
in and knowledg of
th Grand Rapids
community and th
ability to writ of local
nt for thi n w
pa r. To apply.
writ :
Ta. OHIOAN Clxw
, 16032 Woodward
Highland Park, Michigan 48203
h Is. Regular lunch ticket
for elementary students for a
full week 5-days will co
3.75 or 75 ent daily and
for ec ndary student 4.50
per wee or 90 cent per day.
One-half pint of milk is in
cluded in all lunches. Students
who bring lunches from home
or wish to purchase additional
milk, an buy milk tickets for
$1.50 go d for 10 half-pints.
Principals in each hool have
information about reduced-price
and free h 01 lunches. The
federal g vemment sponsors a
program which allow either
reduced-price or free lunche
for me hool children de
pending n income levels and
numbers of dependents.
DID YOU
OW ... that
two of every three people who
are struc by lighting survive.
Al lighting strikes more peo
ple in Florida than any other
state. Other high ri states
for being struck by lighting are
Te as orth Carolina and ary
land.
DID YOU 0 ... that
cc rding t the American Medi
cal ociati n, it is be t to
sleep 7 r hours a. night.
n a ociation b let entitled
Guide T. Better Sleep reports
that people who regularly eep
Ie s than 7 hour r more than
h ur have a higher ri of
f tal heart atta and stroke.
DID YO O. . . that
the m t likely time for a
divorce is durin the cond
year of marriage. That bit of
information com from the
book Medical Aspects of Human
Sexuality.