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BENTON HARBOR
During the pre-meeting ses-
ion of the Monday, Oc­
tober IS, Benton Harbor
Commi sion meeting, Glenn
Yarbrough, Director of the
Benton H rbor P rks and
Recre tion Department,
pleaded ith the city com­
missio to come to some
kind of greement about his
contr ct ith the City,
hich ill expire December
31.
"I'm ju t pleading to this
body to consider my con­
tr ct," aid Yarbrough. ·1
think I have been a very
loyal employee - there
h en't been anything asked
of me that I didn't do. - I
don't thin there is a depart­
ment he d that is working
ith the City that can say
that I haven't cooperated
ith them."
"I guess I'm at your
mercy, - I kno I'm at your
mercy,· he told the commis­
ion.
Mayor William Wolf said
he had asked the commis­
sion to bold off from ap­
proving a contract for
Yarbrough until after a
town meeting on parks and
recreation was held. The
town meeting as held
about three weeks ago:
At the town meeting
Yarbrough brought up an
OCT B R 21-27, 1
MICHIGA CITIZE PAGE IS
h·IS )·0' b I�E Fourth
Conference
ide about a joint board e�tablish the _joint board p.m. they should be picked The NISE (Neighbor­
with the city, township and With to nsh ip and the . up by the police and taken hood Information and Ser-
the school district to work school district. to the station. vice Exchange) Board of
with parks and recreation. Yarbrough said he would Commis ioner Charles Directors invites you to its
"I do think th t is a think about it, and talk with Yarbrough aid it has gotten Fourth Annual conference
reasonable r e q uest his attorney and get back too dangerous on the streets "Org nizing For Community
however, since your con: with them. ' for the youngsters to be out Empowerment" on Satur­
tract does expire in Decem- Commisaioner Charles there. "I'd rather just say no day, October 27, at The
ber, that something be done Yarbrough, Yarbr oughs to trick or treating." Captain's Table Conference
.0 we will not be approach- brothers accused Mayor Glenn Yarbrough Direc- Center, 655 Riverview
109 that date without some- Wolf of playing with tor of Benton Harbor's Drive, Benton Harbor.
thing taking its place: said people' lives. "You're play- Park and Recreation in- The theme of t is con­
Wolf. ·What I would be to- ing trick with people lives formed the commission that ference is "Organizing For
tally agreeable to, if the rest �ere, Bill Wol.f, - stop play- pa,rlcs and recreation, along Community Empowerment".
ofthe commission agrees to, IDg game With everybody with the Naptown Riders Registration and con­
is that you h ve a reasonable else, It he said. Motor Cycle Club, would be tinental bre kfast begins at 8
notice if the ituation chan- Some of the commis- spon oring a Halloween a.m. There is a $10 registra-
ges.· sioners suggested that" they P.arty for youngsters, tion fee, which includesthe
Wolf s a idTf the city extend Yarbrough's con-. kindergarten through sixth workshop, continental
e�ters into an �greement tract for a year with special grade at the Napt ow n breakfast and buffet lunch.
With the !ow�shlp an� �he sitpul tion . Riders Motor Cycle Clubs The wor shop begins
chool. distract on a JOint City Manager Steve Man- He adquart er s, 916 East promptly at 9 a.m. and is
!e.creatlon boar�, they can't, ning said he would get with Britain (known as the scheduled to finish at 5 p.m.
he. th� ,hand of th� o�- the City Attorney John Pos- Whiz). . To pr�-registe� and for fur-
gamzation b.efor� setting It teUi and draw up a new con- He said the Halloween ther Information call the
up by entering Into an .ex- tract within a week. Party will start at 5:30 p.m. ' NISE Office, 175 West Main
tended contract With and ill end at 7:30 p.m. Street, Benton Harbor, 925-
Yarbrough. PLAN HALLOWEEN Prizes will be given out to 3948.
"Since you do deserve ACTIV.ITIES best costumes, along with ----------
some kind of notice," Wolf In other business the "trick or treat bags" for all
told Yarbrough, ·would it commis ion voted 5-4 to ac- p rticip nts. Yarbrough
be acceptable if your con- cept a resolution allowing also encouraged the 'parents
tract will continue in- children to trick or treat in to attend with their
definitely un�il such a .time the city from 6:30-7:30 p.m. children. I
that we provide �o,u �Ith a , on Wednesday, October 31. Also Monday night the
fou� months notice, If we Commissioner George commission voted to re­
decide ��t to renew your Wysinger said setting a time scind an agreement with
contract. , . for the youngsters to trick Ross Hadley for the sale of
Wolf sud Y�rbrough or tre t is not going to do the old Hennes Building,
ould be workln� on � any good, because they still 136 Pipestone, next to the
mon.th-to-month.b�sls until will be out in the streets all S9uP Kitchen and gave
!he Issue of the JOI�t board hours. He said if the police Mianning permission to
IS resolved, because It would found any youngster out r lease a check, not to ex­
take at least four months to trick or treating after 7:30 c ed S"OO to board up the
it
the
building.
Earlier this year the com­
mission p ssed an resolu­
tion to ell the building to
Hadley for $1.00, but the
deal was never finalized.
Commi sion Yarbrough
had brought it to the com­
mission attention for
several weeks that he w s
called with complaints
about patron from the
Soup Kitchen congregating
i n 1 h. 0 pen g u tt e d 0 u t
building.
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