BENTON HARBOR AREA NEViS
Be
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would resist
,
------cey says
City gets
funds for
'loveliest armory
constellation' Michigan Equity Grants,
· th part of a $143 million statewide
In e program supporting regional
southeast sky cultural activities, Will be com-
ing to Benton Harbor. .
Editor, . I In announcing grant
If we have some clear sky this recipients, Gov. James
would be a great time to see Blanchard said, "These funds
Orion. For yqu who.are not ac- are designed to assist specific,
quainted with this loveliest of all local projects which add to the
constellations, I would urge you texture and fabric of Michigan,
to do so now. making it a fuller, more satisfy-
It can best be seen in the ing place to live. They help
early evening in the southeast make our communities even
sky. I think it looks like a giant more attractive for business in­
domino. There are seven very vestment and jobs."
bright stars that make up this, There were 146 grants made
constellation. on a competitive basis to local
Orion's �o shoulder , his governm,:nts f�. such pro�cts
ankles and hJS belt made up of' as libraries, civic/convention
three bright star. Sometimes centers and zoo, historical and
we are able to see his sword also, tourism facilities.
whi.cb is by his side- made up of Local grants are:
manystars in a nebulous settiag. _ Benton Township,
Orion is.up all night and can $40 000 to help finance a
be seen at �y time lo�kin� out the�ter-like addition for the
of a south WIndow. He 15 always tourist information center. The
accompanied by Sirius, the addition, to be partly funded by
major dog star. Sirius is the local funds, will be used for dis­
brightest in the sky due to its plays.
closeness to the earth. It i one- - Benton Harbor S75,CXX> to
tenth of the typical brightness of help in converting the naval ar­
Venus. I'm sure you'll have no mory to a multipurpose com-
. troub fmding it munity center. As much as
U.,_a' ..... Zosc $48,300 may be raised from
. StevensviJk, Ml local sources.
By Heaze
Capti4l News SDviu
LANSING - Motorists in
Berrien County would probably
. not support a law allowing
police to pull them ovec for not
wearing a seatbelt, said Rep.
Lad Stacey, R-Be�n Springs
'1 think the majority would
rathec not ba� that as law,"
Stacey said. • Although they
buckle up as well as any district. •
Stacey's comments came in
response to questions about a
proposal by Secretary of State
Richard Austin.
Austin is not satisfied with
the current law, which lets
police officers ticket beltless
driYers who .have been pulled
over for some other offense. .
Instead, he I calling upon
the Legislature to make the of­
fense a "primary" one-meaning
drivers without seatbelts could
be ticketed for that offense
alone.
'Tm not certain that we could
ge it through the Legislature at
the present time, but I think we
ought to try, Austi ssaid
He said that at least eight
states have a primary seatbelt
law and that belt usage is higher
in those tates.
Austin conceded that he did
. not expect legislators to line up
to introduce his proposal due to
the political costs of the issue.
"They didn't line up to sup­
port the (original) seatbelt law,"
he said Stacey said that even
though voting for the proposal
would not be politically costly,
he would not support it .
"I think it's good for me, I
think ifs healthy, but I sure as
hen don't want big daddy telling
me I have to do it," he said
Stacey voted against the
original manditory seatbek law.
The need for seatbelt use is
even greater DOW that Michigan
has ina-eased the speed limit to
65 mph on some highways, he
said .
.. believe people are driving
faster," said Austin, contradict­
ing some recent studies.
The Automobile Club of
Michigan (AAA) will be work­
ing with Austin on the proposal,
said Barbara Butler, legislative
assistant for that organization.
� e believe it will strengtheo
our seatbelt law,· Butler said
She added that this is a good
time for new seaatbelt legisla­
tion because the original law will
expire on April l, 1989.
A primary seatbelt law would
be supported by law enforcers,
said Sgt. Don Player, of the
technical services unit t state
police headquarters.
Player said that the ina-ease
in workload for troopers would
not affect enforcement of a
tougher law.
"It would have an impact be­
cause more drivers would
probably be cited," Player said
"But there is not a problem with
a lack of manpower." .
A goal of 7d percent seatbelt
use by motorists by 1990 has
been set by the National High­
way Traffic Safety Administra­
tion.
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