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By tee Brown
The Downtown Develop
ment Authority (DDA) and the
Tax Increment Finance
Authority (TIFA) boards met,
WedDesday, April 12, for their
monthly business meeting.
Christopher Brooks Chair
man of the Board, read a letter
from Dale Sorget, Whirlpool,
announcing his resig tion
from the DDA & TIFA boards,
effective immediately.
Sorget's term was to expire in
AugusL
Dave Mitchell, plant
manager of Whirlpool in Ben
ton Harbor was appointed to
replace Sorget. Also Mitchell
was appointed to serve on the
finance committee.
In other business the board
'";;.a=;X=:� vot unanimously to approve:
... � 0 pay an amount of
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houses and for sheet-rock for
repairs at the Vincent Place.
- An amount ofS3,392.93 to
Gove & Associates for
reconstruction work on Britain
Avenue.
- Mollthly finance report of
DDA.
- To use Plante Moran for
audit services for DDA (or the
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year ending June 30, 1989.
Tb services will not exceed
"$9,950.
- Accepted the tentative
FY 89/9() budget for DDA.
The TIFA board voted unan
imously to approve:
- A payment of $500 to the
National Fitness Campaign, of
San Francisco, CA., on payment
for fitness equipment pur
chased in 1987 by former City
. Manager Alex Little.
- The monthly financial
report ofTIFA.
- To use Plante Moran for
audit services for TIF A for the
year ending June 30, 1989. The
services will not exceed $1,800.
- Accepted the tentative
FY 89/9() budget fo TIF A. ..
- Authorized Director'
Aaron Anthony to negotiate
with Gafill Oil about property
they own on the corner of'
Second and Main Streets.
Present were: Mayor Wil
liam Wolf, Jacqueline Bell,
Aaron Anthony, Christopher
Brooks, Willie Williams, Kevin
Clements, Bobby Jordan. J. .
Gardener Phillips, Bob Schul
theis, J� Cronk and Dorothy
Randolph.
Absent were: Dale Sorget,
Kathleen Dodd, Robin Manick,
and Willia Woods.
Library plans flnal
story Hour
Benton Harbor - The final ABC card, are eligible.
Pre-school Story Hour for the Movies for children showing
spring session will be held n on Saturday, April 29th at 2 p.m,
Wednesday, April 26th, from are: "Hansel and Gretel" and
10:45 a.m. The theme wil b "Frog and Toad are Friends".
friends, and the film, Fro Books added to the adult col-
Toad are Friends, will be hown. lection are., "War and Peace In
The Summer Read-To-Me The Nuclear Age" by John
Program will begin June 12 Newhou e ; "AIDS �nd Its
and parents may register their �etal?hors" by Sus�n �o�tag;
children in the Junior Depart-· PasSIOn And Prejudice by
ment be g inn ing- June 1st. ally Bing m; "Twilight" by
Children ages 3-6, whose Elie Wiesel" and oweto, �y
parents possess a valid Benton Love"?y Molapatene Collms
Harbor Public Library card or Ramusi, C
Mario Grew
in state
competition .
Mario McGrew, 4, son of
Marie McGrew, of Benton Har
bor, was chosen by the Unique
ly Yours Modeling Agency in
Grand Rapids, to participate in
the 1989 Mich igan State
Pageants, June 3-4, at the
Kalamazoo Convention Center,
Kalamazoo. ... '\
Mario will participate in the
2-4 year old age group in all-
around cata�ories. MARIO (PO N C H 0)
If he wins the State pageant MCGREW
• he will go on to the National • Mario attends pre-school at
Mario is a former model with
the Uniquely Yours Modeling Morton. Hill Elementary
School
Agency. He recently appeared His hobbies a e singing,
in an AdvertisiJm Sales Flyer of danci deling, kati d
Meijer's, modeling toddler . b cmg, mo s tmg an
wear. .
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