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ST. JOSEPH - A 40 hour
Michigan Traffic Radar
Operator's Course for Berrien,
Cass and VanBuren County law
enforcement personnel will be
held on Wednesday, March 23
and Wednesday, April 1:7, 1988.
Sponsored by the Criminal
justice Council of the South­
western Michigan Commission, •
the class will be held at the
Planetarium at Lake Michigan
College; Benton Harbor,
Michigan from 8:30 .m.-4:3O
p.m. Continuing Education
U nits are provided through
Lake.Michigan College.
A $35 regi tration fee is
preferred.
For further information and
registration forms, contact
Brenda A. Pavolka Phone 983-
1529.
detoxification, and emergency
housing.
According to BHAS Voca­
tional Coordinator Paul Bergan,
1: roj ect W alnut is "One of the
rst program that's been put
ogether that is not trying to
apply a short -term fIX to a long­
term problem. The outcomes.
are somewhat realistic ... it's not
another 9O-day wonder."
Questions about Project
Walnut would be directed to one
of the organizations listed or to
Shirly, Wohler, at 927-1064.
PIC plans 500
ummer job
Approximately 500 summer
jobs are planned for youth in
Southwestern Michigan in 1988
by the Michigan Youth Corps,
according to Executive Director
Richard Dombos of the Ber­
rien-Cass- Van Buren Private
Industry Council.
The tri-county PIC will
receive $520,607 to run thi
year's program, Dornbos said,
and will open up the application
process for area youth on April
1.
Last year, SSO youths par­
ticipated in MYC activities in
the three counties at a variety of
work sites.
On the local level, PIC staff .
preparing for the summer
program by establishing work
sites across the three counties.
MYC jobs are sponsored by
governmental units such as
cities and counties, by educa­
tional institutions, and by
. private or public non-profit
agencies. The jobs are full-time
and t from six to twelve weeks
at the rate of $3.35 per hour for
MYC workers and $5.50 for
MYC supervisor . .
In dditio to work sites, the
PIC is also asking private sector
busine es to become Honor
RoD employers in 1988 by ex­
pre ing an interest in hiring
MYC gr duates at the end of
their summer work experience.
, The MYC program begins .
June 1 and CIlds September 30.
To be eligible and applicant
must be 18-21 years old, un­
employed and a Michigan resi-
4 dent. Applicants from
households beaded by an un­
employed person are given first
hiring priority. .
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proposals submitted to help the
A pilot program called long-tern unemployed.
. Project Walnut is meeting the Project Walnut will help 40
challenge of the long-term un- individuals by providing a full
employed head-on through a range of services through the
cooperative approach, netwbrk or organizations that
Area educational and human have agreed to participate on
�erv�ce organizations have the project.
Joined hands to make a dif- Outreach and recruitment
ference in the lives of people will be done by all the agencies,
"outside the mainstream". including Benton Harbor Area
Under the Ie dership of the Schools (BHAS), Lake'
Berrien-Cass Van Buren Private Michigan College (LMC),
Indu try Council, 12 agencies Michigan Employment Security
I will provide a wide r of r- Commission (MESC) Berrien
vices to a traditionally hard-to- Co. Department of Social Ser-
serve group of economically dis- vices. (DSS), Blossomland Area
advantaged indi: iduals. These Community Action Agency
people have been out of work for (BACAA), Michigan In-
two year or more or never dustrialization Opportunity
worked, and need remediation Center (MOIC), Area Agency
to bring their basic skills in read- on Aging (AAA), Berrien Co.
ing or m th up to an employable Health Department, Michigan,
level. Rehabilitation Services, River-
The local PIC is one of eight wood Mental Health Center,
Service Delivery Areas cross Salvation Army and the tri-
Michigan to be funded out of 2S county PIC.
Those services may include
L C 011 r body' any combination of the foUo -
ing: Counseling, Job Skills
f t Ing Training, Job Search Assis-
BENTON LWP - Lake tance, On-the-lob Traimng and
Michigan Colle e will offer Support Serv ces. This last
position t_..,·-- ...... ,..,. .. 4Icatt�lry is a critic OD •
5:30 to 8 p.m. Wedne day, dete.rmining the chance for sue-
arch 23 in the Studen Union ce s of any givcn individual,
t the LMC main camp 10- Terry said They include child
ca ed on Nap·er Avenue of care, clothing. transportation,
Benton Harbor. Cost is $4.00 a�to repair, medical care,
and the public is welcome·.
The body compositio test-
ing will be done ith a
physioanalyzcr.
Using the physioanalyzcr t the
person being t ed simply lies
down, removes a oe d sock
and an electricla easurement
is taken. The process takes ap­
proximately two minutes, Those
te ed t LMC will receive a
to-page computer print-out
which gives them a measure of
their basal-metabolic rate,
recommends a diet if weight loss
is needed, and prescribes n ex-
ercise program. I
According to CI eys, a
person's weight is a misleading
mdication of his or her need for
eight 10 . "The important
number is not the one 0 the
c le, but the one which
describes percentage of fat,- she
commented.
• No appointement is needed,
but anyone who would li e more
information hould call Claeys
.at 927-3571, ext. 335.
I Parent-teache
. conferences
I cheduled in
BH Schools
I day. The junior high conferen­
ces at McCord/King and Fair
Plain Junior High School and
the conferences at the high
school will be held from 11:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 to 6:00
p.m. on Thursday.
The Benton Harbor Area Parents of high chool stu-
School's elementary, junior high . dents are asked to g to the Stu- ·
schools and the high school will dent Commons where they will
be holding Parent- Teacher receive their. child's report card.
Conference next wee accord- Teachers will be vail able to talk
ing to school officials. to parents regarding their child's
All of the District' elemen- progress.
tary students will be dismissed at I The chool Based Health
11:57 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednes- Clinic Annex, located directly
y and Thursday, March 22, 23, behind the high chool, will be
24. Parents of students in the open during conference times
Benton Harbor Area schools and will offer a free blood pres­
are being given time to visit with sure screening to parents stop­
teachers and learn of their ping by to tour the facility.
children's progress. �f parents ha e questions
Also, on Thursday, March 24, regarding Parent-Teacher Con­
the District's Junior High Ierence day t they may call their
Schools and the Benton Harbor individual schools for further in­
� High School will dismiss their formation. There will be no
student early at 10:52 a.m. for a school lunches served on the
Parent- Teacher Conference early dismissal days.
LMC offer tWo
cholar hlp In
Gccupatlonal 'Studl
Training 10r law
en10rc ment offl
ST. JOSEPH - A nine-week,
fifty-six hour training for reserve
law enforcement officers will be
held beginning March 22 and
running every Tuesday and
Thursday evening from 6:30-
9:30 p.m. through May 24.
Topics will include, but not
be limited to, se rch and
seizure, laws of arrest, criminal
investigation, patrol tecluiiqu
criminal , motor vehicle law,
accident investigation. interview
a d interrogation, firearms,
communication, traffic direc­
tions, physical traininWdef�DSC
tactics, and crime prevenioD.
Local law enforcement
professionals will provide the in­
struction.
Sponsored by the Criminal
Justice Council of the South­
western Michigan Commission,
the class will be held in the Blue
Lecture Hall at Lake Michigan
College, Benton Barbo .. , -
Michigan.· I
A 160 registration fee i re­
quired.ForfurtheruuonDation
and registration forms, contact
Brenda A. Pavolka at the South­
western Michigan Commission,
2907 Division Street, St. J OIeph,
Michigan 49085. Pho e 983-
1529.
B NTON TWP - Two full
scholarship for students who
wish to pursue occupational
studies are available at Lake
Michigan College.
According to Patricia Hall,
dean of occupational studies,
the scholarships are for persons
interested in receiving training
for an occupation through a one­
year or two-year program at
LMC.
LMC also offers a full
scholarship for an occupatinal
studies tudent from an en­
dowed fund. This scholar . .
available to any graduating high
school senior who has earned a
grade point average of 3.0 or
higher. or a current college tu­
dent who bas a gr de point a
Both scholarships cover all
costs of tuition, fees and boob,
currently worth approximately
$1,250 per year f,r a full-time
student at LMC. The deadline to
apply for both scholarship is
March 31.
Por more uuormation, please
contact your high school
guidance counselor, the LMC
fmancial aid office at 927-3571,
ext. 213, or the LMC South-'
Campus at 684-5850. \
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