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.