down, but
some q . on 71
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- Approved reque t of
Greyhound· for a tem­
porary structure on the cant
portio of their lot 210 W.
Main Street. The structure
would be ppropriately
landscaped and made to be cos­
metically appealin& and would
be removed ·thin 18 months of
the date of its first use.
Greyhound ill bring the
prese t building at 210 W. Main
St. to building code within 120
da.
- A eonttaet for the 1989
Street Inlpr()vement Project
ith COD ummen A ph It
Company of Benton Harbor,
fo the city' local and major
streets t are in need of resur­
f ci g, in. the amount of
S266,579.50. Coosummers As-
phalt Co., the low bidder.
- To increase City Attorney
John P telli' aDDual" alary
from S2A,soo to S30,OOO.
- The appointing of
. I Vance, F'UWlce Direc-
tor to the Dial-A-Ridc Board.
Wolf n ed City Clerk
M rgaret Bowman had been
designated a certified
m .. pal cler by t Interna-
tional Institute of Municipal
Oer
pro) c run
wanstrcet
The DDA would be meew.
. cbcd . after the meet-
to resohe the matteI'. The
pr--opeI_...rty TI WaD is listcd in
County reconIs beiag 0WDed
by Charlea Kelly. The city
dcmoIisbed the ..
• down
OIl Wall St. There are no _
tions in either city . •
records or PDA records show- "
ina either body approyed the
demolition.
elly said he did not
authorize anyone to demolish
hi building and that the
demolition had coeie a total
oct to him. He said city offi­
cials had called for a meeting
with him on Aug. 31 reprdini
the demolition.
in 0
&mOD Harbor, for the amouni
of $1,325, toward years
· stnicc.
- A bill from AIleD DemoIi-"
tion Contractor , Inc. of
SagiDaw for the amount of
S7,600 for asbesro removal
Only.
The Board wted to pur-
chase an office lap top com­
puter for the amount ol $4,000
&0 Wlbon Productions, of
Watervliet aad CeJhdar phone
(trade in) from HaDman
Electronic Co., Benton Harbor,
for $1,SOO, for Aaron Anthony,
DDA Director.
In other business the Board
voted unanimously to approve:
- Not to renew a three (3)
month contract with Ross H d­
ley, for the use of a Parking 10
Anthony also gave them an
update on the Britain Avenue
infrastruction and Liberty
Theater.
Kevin Clements, Chairman
of the Project Committee, in­
formed th Board that he had
met and talked to Tom Mc­
Farland who have been involved
in the renovation of the Elkhart
Theater and other projects, and
he had viewed the Liberty, and
bad taken some interest an the
project and offered his
. taDce d elp DO cJwae.
00 the Vmcent P ce, An­
ny informed the Board of
September 1, 1989, the DDA
would be surrenderia their
. They ha� already can-
celled elevator service and
moathly pest .CODtrol service.
Anthony stated that the
tenants have been notified
the of the VIDCCDt,
d two of the tenants ha ex­
preucd their desire to stay
the Vmce Place. of these
leases and�are
on the corner of Colfax "and
Main Stree for the amount of
$250.00 per oath. The con­
tract will expire in October,
1989.
- Declared the of Wil-
liam Woods vacant.
- Director Aaron Anthony
to go to a two day seminar in
Rockford, Illino: 0 Septem­
ber 11 &. 12 and a 0 e day semi­
nar in Bay City, the end of Oc-
tober. .
On membership update An­
thony introd ted to the board
Gloria Barlow, 0 hired ..
DDA Admiaistrative ��Ull
Gloria is taking the place of Le
Hardy, who reaiped.
After the DDA Board meet-
ing the board members nt
into clo ed se . on ,for SS •
miD to di two acquisi-
rio of properties. Anthony
ted that 0 actioo was taken.
6
The
biding in
cora.cn. p · and
• . acurried to am
eIpIanaliO· as' and justification
of using human beings for
drug experimentation d
other experimentation in­
cluding electrical shock
treatment.
In later dis io the
CoUDSClors asrced that the
bizarre and the great
meatal illDea in tb
I aD I'CIIOD to justify
ullne'?C'sary experimental
treatment on those whose
rights had been tcrmiaated
and who had been withoJt
concerned friends and
visitors for years. '
The Couaselo wrote let­
ters and complained. Today,
the mentally ill are better in
group homes located in the
communities. The process is
called deinstitutioaalization.
It is the mental health
delivery system that cbaDged.
Governmental grants made
some psychologists and
psychiatrista wealthy they
experimented on the forgot­
ten. in the hell hole of
humanity. The kind of ex­
perimen tion masked as
'tre tmeat that prevailed in
the 50s and 60s m never
happen again.
o one, no matter how
educated should ever be
gi n complet� control OYer
mentally ill human beiup.
So many people were incar­
cerated in meatal hospitals
for yean . 0 questioa.
That cannot be tolerated
again. Society ill ever
kno hat kind of ·ex­
perimental or much
sexual, de· onalabuse
occurred in mental i11n
_ institutio . people lie bet­
ter off homeless and
wandering the streets
helple at the mercy of
cruel valueless ex­
perimeoters with no respect
for hWlWlity.
No one asks about the
tragedies of the mentally ill
in the mental institutio . If
the public aa' the 1·
low facec, large friahteoed
, empty eye of group ex­
perimental human bei
your heart would � with
outrage the rest of Y9W' life.
Accordiog to the Natio -
al In titute of ental
Health, severe mental ill­
ne s, including
sc:hizophreaia, � -
. disonIer, or
ormuuc· br· syadromc af-"
fecta approximately 0 -
t ird of tlae ho eless
.
Yea tlaere i. 1\ ,reat
prob Yea, t!l� streets
ander r
are bad. Howe\lCl', they are
hca compared to -civil
rights- termination, a
lifetime of needless incar­
ceration and/or needless
psydlological experimenta­
tion OIl hopeless hUDWI sub­
jects.
However, this is no jus­
tification for the plight of
the homel but for the
m tally ill - better home­
less on the urban street
eatiog garbage, beggiDg for
peDDies thaD locked in the
mental eXperiemntt tion
Hell Holes of Human
Dell' dation called Mental
Hospi .
Let the peop e go. They
can urviYe. properly u-
pervised group hom under
the care of ethical concerned
prof ·onal group worker .
TheN tionallnstitute of
Mental Health ys in 1955
there re OYer 559,000 in­
dividual ho pitalized in
St te Mental Health institu­
tions. Today there are fewer
than" 114,000.
Dein titutionalizatioa
provides the mentally ill with
an opportunity to live fulfill­
ing productive lives in their "
own local communitie .
However, better upervision
of outpatient community
group home mu t take
p ce in the future.
There mu t be better
group home upervisioa by
professional degreed aft.
But the mentally ill can live
_ an aIm -aormal life with
friend , church, and ac­
tivitie they choo e. The
mentally ill cannot be al­
lowed to wander the stree
the "homele s of
America," but neithec should
they be hidden 'and forgo -
ten. 1..00 the homel on
your eels the "hom less
of America", but neither
should they be hidden and
forgotten. Loo at the home­
Ie on your streets. Some
psychologists and
p ychiatrists would like
nothing better but to lock the
mentllly ill people away
again. The problem is What
the public fears the m and
understand the lea t -
-mental illn .• The ques­
tion· wrong. The q . on is
at do we do with the
homele . The question is
does American do with
i mentally ill population?
The �r is quality care
ou patient supemsed place­
ment in the community.
Contact the ational In­
stitute of Ment 1 Health
PfOII' for the Homel
eataUYlll:
S600Pi LA..,
." R llC-2S
RocbiIIc, MD DS7
(301) +O-n06
M . K4_igkr-&ue if 1M
S«:IdlIIy of 1M 17th eo.,a­
IionaI District Republicolu.