• SEPTE
Employmen Security Commis-
. on, volunteered to organize
the meetin. She ld e
hope to arrange the meetin
by the end of September.
Sup rvisor Jerry Sarno said
the meeting could be held in
the township hall and he id
he would recruit an outside
person as moderator.
rs. Hawkins told 20 people
at the township meeting that
she has heard of numerou
complaints about the police.
The to nship police force has
five full-time officer, all white,
with one v caney, and two
white part-time officers. There
. are also five auxiliary officers
three white and two Bl ck,
ccording to a police spokes-
man.
Octavia Hawkins "We still got
. South Africa right here ."
ue
iddis to direct Skills Center
Co communi y
c a 'ges pollee
hara ment continues
y • in L. Hay .
COVERT Complaints
out police t ctic ain
dominated the Covert Township
Board last wee.
Repeatin allegations that
have been leveled at the town­
ship police over the past few
month resi dents complained of
aIle ed police harassment and
th t Black resident ere being
treated unfairly by police,
ell known Civil Right cti­
vi Octavia Ha kins 'd," e
till got South Africa right here
in Covert."
The to nship board m
Augu agreed to hold public
meeting with re idents and
police.
The Rev, Jo phine organ,
an employee of the South
Haven office of the Michigan
BE to 1WP - Sue Wid­
dis, recently a appointed
director of the Lake ichigan
College/Van Buren Skill Center
campu exten ion, in La renee.
ppoint d director on Aug.
4, iddis . is quick to point
out that the C/yBSC
pu exten on provides w
variety of ela s and cour
directly related to technical
and occupational -training.
Among the are web cl
direct current electroni s,
computer operations, m hine
tool, and other .
said that unl e other
exten 'on center, the LMCI
VBSC offer pprentice trainin
cl ch a indu rial ety,
employer-employee relation ,
and others.
The C ex ten . on at the
VanBuren ill Center
offer four • are t group or
inds of cour : occupational-
technical cour s apprentice
training courses, adult educa­
tion cour s and continuing
education short-cour s.
This fall, 28 ela s will
be offered. All are taught at
night. They are: Occupa-
tional-Technical Business
Accounting I, Advanced Typ­
ing, Intermediate Typing,
Machine Tool I, Ba ic Hydrau­
lics and Pneumatics, Mathe­
matics for Electronics, Direct
Current Electronics, ord Pro­
cessio II, ord Processin III,
Inteoduction - to Computer
Literacy, Computer Operation
ICRO, and Technical eld­
ing I.
Apprentice Trainmg - Re­
fre er athematics, Industrial
Safety, Employer-Employee Re­
lations, Advanced Blueprint
Readin& Elementary Blueprint
ead' and etching, chi-
nery' Handbook, and Applie�
x education in Cover
• L. Hay
COVERT - A x educ-
tion program that has b en t 0
year in th plannin as intro­
duced into the Co ert School
curriculum 1 ee.
September 8th the Covert
School Board approved a manual
for te bing education to
students in grade K-12. .
committee, spearheaded by
mic 0 began plann­
x education program t 0
years go. Superintendent
Alfred Hawkin aid he i
, h ppy with the document"
and dded th t it i a 'good
tep forward." The manual
complied by � 26-member
committee of parents te cher
udents and bo rd member .
At. the high 01. I vel,
te chers mu be certified to
in truct education clas s.
The cour ill be taught
through high h I ience and
health ela , he said.
Parent may exclude their
children fror- he x edu-
cation cour , but they mu
make a request in person.
Under state law, Rarents may
revie any of the materials
that will be used in the cour ,
Hawkins said.
In another are Haw in
informed the board the girl'
cro country tearnis short two
player Under the guideline
p s d by the board earlier this
summer, the team mu h ve at
least seven pl yer to con­
tinue. The team only has five,
Haw ins said and 'the p rt
in trouble." Earlier thi
rnrner the board dropped foot-
ball oecau th team did' not
h ve enough p yen.
Geometry.
Adult Education - Graphic
Art uto Body with Lab,
Auto echanics (engine repair
. and service), Hom Health Aide,
and Beginning Residential Con­
ruction.
Continuing Education - Be­
ginning Photography, Ho to
Develop Your Own ew Busi­
ne , Securities and love tments
and Personal Income Tax.
iddis wa graduated from
the Memorial Hospital School of
ursing in South Bend and is a
regi tered nur .
In 1979 e obtained her
bachelor of ience degree in
health education and health
studie from e em Michigan
University. In the 1980's she
changed career goal and in
1986 obtained her rna er of
science degree in dministration
and man ement from the Uni­
versity of otre Dame.
Her ork experience from
1969 to 1983 include com­
munity health nursing and serv­
ing Buchanan public . hools.
From 1983 to 1986, Mrs,
iddis rved as clinic director
of the Main Street Community
Health Center, Benton Harbor.
During that same time, she also
was involved in Homecare
Health rvice in Benton Har­
bor.
Widdis and her husband,
Ru , are the parent of four
n They reside in B ,roda.
Additional information about
enrolling for C BSC clas
or about the cour s offered
can be obtained by telephon­
ing Mr. Widdis at her ills
Center office at 674- 001. Ext.
395,
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photo to:
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B.H. housing condition
is subject. of panel
ST. JOSEPH - The South­
western Michigan Women' Polit­
ical Coalition will be meeting
ednesday, September 24 from
7:00-9:00 p.m. Topic will be,
Ab ntee Landlords Living in
States other than location of
rental property):
Panel members will be: Rev.
athaniel Gathright, Benton
Harbor, founder and pastor of
the Good Tiding Community
Bapti Church and President of
the Concerned Tenants Organi­
zation, which he founded six
years ago. He will spe for the
tenant.
Robert Babtist, (Landlord,
St. Joseph, owner of rental
properties in the Twin Citie
are and has been in the busi­
ne since 1981.
Craig Rochau, St. Joseph,
(Attorney). He is with the
Kosick and Rochau La firm,
in St. J 0 ph. He will explain
the legal rights protectin both
landlord and tenant.
Bill Lilly, Benton Harbor,
Director of Community Service
Benton Harbor. He will com­
ment on available financial pro­
gram to . t low to moderate­
income persons, a well as the
program ' to a si t rental pro­
perty owner .
Coalition meetings are
admis ion-free and open to-all
intere ted men and women.
For further information,
call 429-9634.
Rev. Nathaniel Gathright
Public forum on Pullman
water pollution problem
PULLM - Experts and
the public will discu s 'Ho
Can We Protect Our ater?"
at a forum in Lee Township
Hall on Tuesday, September
23rd, at 7 p.m. Robert Bum ,
President of the Pullman Health
System Board of Directors, who
will preside, says "I expect a
tum-away crowd and a lot of
media coverage. Thi is the first
time in over six years since we
opened that our citizen volun­
teer board felt compelled to
hold such a forum."
The first half of meeting
will hear one concerned citizen
and a number of expert. Then
there will be written quest­
ions and comments from the
audience for 45 minutes, fol­
lowed by 45 minute of "open
microphone" discussion. In
addition to dealing with three
subject that have aroused a
flurry of letters and articles
in area newspaper - 2 4-D
herbicide use brine application
on dirt roads and ail and brine .
le dage from abandonned oil
wells - the forum will offer
chance to discu pesticide
fertilizer acid rain, road dust.
Speakers will include: Ho­
ward Wandell, Supervi r of the
Inland Lake an ement nit
of the Department of atural
Resource in Lansinz: Dayle
HaITi n, Executive Director of
the Kalamazoo River Protection
A elation: Donald inne,
Editor of the Michigan Riparian'
Bill Hintz, Director of n-
vironmental Health for All gan
County, along with him will
be Adrian Dudbier from the
Center for Environmental Health
Science in Lansing; Eloi
Thor n Duran, a former legal
eretary. Birth defects in I
granddaughter arou her con­
cern about 2, 4-D herbicide
being used in the I e and other
po ible sources of pollution. •
In ddition, spe en from
the Groundwater Quality and
Geological Survey Divisions of
the D R have been invited.
Linda Budnick, Health Edu- .
cation ur of Pullman ealth
System, ill peak on her wo
and make avail bl well-te f
kit from the AIle an County
Department of Public Health.
Attending the meetin will
be St te Rep. Paul Hillegond
and Karyn Adler, ho is State
Sen. Ed Fredrick' aide on
water policy problem
Adler's presence will b of
special importance, becau . sh
ill convey to him on the morn­
ing of September 24th the
feeling of the are's itizen
just in time for hi vote that
day chairman of the S-p r n
enate group on the Legisla­
. ture's Joint Committee on d­
mini rative Rul th t ill be
de idin if prop d le i ti n
trengthening ater quality la
will reach th fl r for de te
and v teo ill
b people from
the 4th Di tri t
.
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