ames ev.
irector
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BE 0 HARBOR - Rev.
Barbara Snell named Pro-
tonal Director • of NlSE
ei borhood Information
SharlnI Exch ) at the repd
October meeting of the new
neighborhood-b d Benton
Harbor Citizens orpnization.
ev. Snell is Outreach inis­
ter for the Greater Ebenezer
Spiritual Temple. She h
been a key organizer of SE
. ce its � as the
Community Organization and
Participation ork op of the
Benton Harbor ichigan State
Univer ·ty Project 1a April.
native of Texarkana, Ar .,
Rev. Snell udied t Arkan
, Pinebluff, AI. She
came to Benton Harbor 1
o mber from ministerial dut­
. in il aukee, i.sconsin.
ISE h dopted three
r te les for promoting the
revitalization of Benton Harbor.
ta force divided th city
into 21 neighborhood and ISE
plans to recruit repre ntative
from each to bro den the
ISE ba into aD are of the
city.
Librarian Barbara c
rves al the cont ct for tho
ho wi to h lp organize their
be· borhoods, She can
re durin8 0 day I
926-6139. The first volunteer
neighborhood repre n­
i Glen Yarborough, ho
in the 832 Columb
are
The cood rate&)' iI to
e abliJh a community referral
center here yolunteell will be
on hand to coordin te nei -
borhood activities. NlSE ill
ortly mo into offICeS at
89 aiD St., here infor­
mation will available on
nicel for nton Harbor citi-
zens from local, county and
state ncies,
The third str tegy . publi­
cation beginning n xt month
of a regular ne etter to be
distributed by mail and at bu .-
ne , ools and churche
lchsel Greene, Barbara cJC.je
and Virginia . ens Wil1 edit
and publish the newsletter, with
. ance from Jam eibauer,
the Berrien County SU Ex-
tension Service Director.
Dr. John Sch eitzer, Director
of the Benton Harbor SU
Project, pre nted the ISE
meeting ith new directions for
direct local particip lion in the
project. The project's official
name � been ch ed to the
Benton Harbor Project n,
he id, The mission tement
include demon ratin8 that th
Land Grant mission of SU can
be extended to urban com­
munities and uSing the infor­
mation gained in Benton Harbor
to benefit other ichigan citie .
Dr. Schweitzer said, "The
need i now clear for a Long
Range Planning � Group,
compo d of equal numbers
of Benton Harbor r ide ts and
SU staff." This group will
give dvice and guidance to the
Director and the various com­
mittees of the . ion, he said.
He envisions full .. time MiJ..
. on representative stationed in
Benton Harbor t me future
date.
The Univer ·ty recommends a
15 ber Benton Harbor U
team that would include 7
Executive members, the Direct­
or, 4 Con-Chairs and 2 Executive
Secretarln In addition, there
ould be Co-Cordinaton for
Education d HumID DeYelop­
ment, Community Organization
and Participation, Community
F iii·. and Serricea, and Bu .
ne and Employment.
Pot ntial members of this
te ill be identified by a
Director-appointed nomlnatin&
committee. Dr. Sch eitzer
re that e h unit of the
team will haY an equal num­
ber of reprelCntatives from SU
and the city.
"Our plan. for this team
REV. BARBARA SELL
are certainly not etched in
one," Schweitzer id. �'We
elcome llIae ·ons for making
it an effective conduit between
the University and the people
of Benton Harbor."
Schweitzer announced that
Rev. Snell, as Director of NISE,
will begin to- spend time on
regular basi at the Ea t Lansing
campus of MSU, where she will
be provided with an office and
other . anee.
John Melcher, A . ant to
Dr. Sch eitzer, urged. ISE
to plan a neighborhood con­
vention in the spring to forma-
e lize the organization and to
"hammer out an enda for
Benton Harbor and, perh pi,
put together a pia fonn of
. es to present to candidate
in next year's city elections."
Coming up with names for the
various 21 neighborhood would
help e abliJh a ICIlIe of identity
t the grail roots, he . d.
Richard Dornbos, Director of
the Private Indu ry Council,
p edged PIC's pport of NISE.
e are endorsing NISE and
e ant to become a part of
it," he said. "What happens in
Benton Harbor affects all of
PIC'. three-county area. PIC
iI a nationwide orpnization
ith 590 regional councils that
orks on problems of bud-
ne and industry with an
emp on employment de-
velopment and training.
ini terial Counci plans town nieeti 9
TO HARBOR - The
Tri- ounty inisterial Council
on mployment and Economi
Dev lopment will hold town
meting at 7:00 p.m. on Thur -
day, ovember 6 at the Colurn­
bu hool uditorium in Ben­
ton Harbor, ccordin to R .
uldwin Hwnphrey, chairm
of the organization.
The group i promotin job
pl ment and employment
training by linking churches in
Berrien, Ca and Van Buren
countie to ether to comb t
unemployment, illiteracy and
1 ck of job skill 'The unity
of purpo demon rated in this
meetin will mea tatement
to the c mmunity th t th
churches re in the forefront
of upliftin the di vant ed
and joble s." aid Humphrey.
The ini terial Coun il plan
to work with urce group
r dy in the job training
d placement field, uch as the
errien-Ca Van Buren Private
Industry Council, i hi an Em-
1 yment ecurity Comrni ion,
and other community empl y­
ment-related organizati on .
The evenin progr will
fe ture Richard Dornbo, PIC
Executive Director Al Lange of
.E.S.C., and a succe panel
from the Joint ction in Com­
munity rvice.
To reach Columbu scho I
at 815 Columbus Ave. from
1-94, t e exit 29 ipestone
Road proceed to ercy H -
pital make a left on Empire
and continu v n blo to the
school.
thin the Ingle
greatest ource of tre .
(L S
3
MSU medi·cal team
explores BH -health
BE. ON HARBOR - A
team of doctor from ichigan
State Univer .ty repre nting the
ichigan State/Benton Harbor
Project visited the Twin City
area on October 15, 1986,
according to Kathleen . Joy­
ner' Deputy Director of Court
Service , a participant with the
Project whQ heduled an
itinerary with various agenci ,
for tn team to explore health
related i es in the community.
The team of expert visited
ayor ilee Cooke, Carl Brown,
Recre tional Director at City
Hall, Ruth Hall, Clinical Director
of O.B., ercy emorial Hos­
pital, Dr. Lynn S. Gray, Joan
Eberly, Director of ursing,
Berrien County Health Dept.,
ildred DeHorn, Coordinator of
Health Service , Benton Harbor
Area Schools and Dr. John
Judson.
. The Doctors repre ntin
ichigan State University were
Dr. Reynard Bouknight, Dr.
John Sch eitzer, Dr. Keith
. arch, ark Joyner, edic
udent and Blake Smith, Coor-
dinator. Kevin Robert rved
news reporter for the Uni­
versity.
A group of Community pro­
fe . on s met for lunch includ­
ing Velma Hendershot,
.A.R.C.H.A. Director, Bev.
Hampton, Adm. Li n from
.A.R.C.H.A., Rev. elvin
illiam, Hope United etho­
di Church, Rev. Dirk Ficca,
Fir t Pre byterian Church, Jane
Strand, Benton Harbor School
Board member, Ruth Madi n,
and Joyner.
R· egle names group to
rna e academy pic s
WASHINGTO - Senator
Donald W. Ri gle, Jr. announc­
ed the names of the members
of his Military Academy
Screening Committe in e em
ichigan. Riegle said "the
we of a community-based
reening committee h had
much to do with insuring that
high caliber nominations are
m e", The committee, com­
poled of 23 members, h the
responsibility for intern ina
and m . recommendations to
Senator Riegle on each appli­
cant from the We em ichi­
gao area,
The Screening Committee
ill be meeting on S urday,
o ember 8, at Grand Valley
State Colle e, to interview this
year's app' ants. Senator
Riegle will submit 10 recom­
mendations for each of his
available openings. He h
been ed to bmit name
for one opening in each
academy.
The committee member are:
Dr. Walter Burt Director Grand
Rapid Job Corps Center Peter
Butkiewicz, Chair Kent County
U CAP; arcia Che sman
u egon; Consultant, I Dept.
of Health; A tomey John Col­
lin St. Jo ph; Judge Dan
Deja, District Court, Berrien
County· Rev. Ronald F tt,
Grand Rapids; Kathleen Joyner
A t. Director Court Service
Berrien Co. Juvenile Ct.:
ttorney Ho ard ahn, t.
Jo eph; Tim c eilly, Barry-
ton: Businessman; J ar-
tin, oman:
-liz
G
D t1
rand
Service Officer, Americ
Legion; Lt. Col. Jo ph Sin
leton, AUS Retired, Gran
Rapids; F ther Thom Smith,
Jr. Grand Rapids; John
Sydnor, Superintendent, u e­
gon Heilhts Public School;
Carol Anne Thompson, F cul ,
u egon Community College;
Joe Tonne, A . Director,
American Red Cro Service to
Military Families and Veteran
Program, Grand R pids; Alice
Vaughn, Grand Rapids; Bu·­
ne Sales Coordin tor; Don
illiam Director, G.V.S.C.
Minority Buline Educ ion
Center and ilhelmin right,
Grand Rapid,; Family Life
Educator.
Ministers group
endorses judge
BE TO HARBOR - The
Southwe ern ichigan inisters
Alliance announced Tuesday,
October 2 th endor ment of
Paul al ney for Circuit Judge
in the on-Incumbent Position
according to Rev. John E.
at n, pre ident of the ini­
ers Alliance.
The Alli ice stated alon y
w worthy of the endor ment
becau of hi devotion t the
c mmunity, committment to
ju ice and outstandin reputat-
ion.
aloney i a candidate [i r
Circuit Judge to succe d Julian
Hughes wh is retirin fr m
the ben
DID YOU 0
Blacks Hispanics
minoriti no
f th to U.S.
That' up from
in 19 o.