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availabl
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Over 100,000 Collegi te Ath­
letic Scholar hip are vail ble
each yea to m Ie nd fern le
hi h ho I and junior college
tudent thlet . Contr ry to
popular belief. tudent don't
h ve to be All State to qualify.
Much of thi money goe un­
u ed. A ncw public tion ith
forms, mple letter nd t ble
of factu I infor ation i vail­
a Ic for ruue nt thlete. It
l ke th m t p b tep thru the
Imp rtant proccs' of g tting an
athletic schol r hip nd in­
cludes colleg and conference
Ii ting .
For detail on how to get a
collegiatc ath t c cholar hip.
end a largc elf address,
stamped envelope to The Na­
tional Sports Foundation, 612A
Willow Or .• P:O. Box 940, Oak­
hurst, NJ 01755.
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Dcpartmcnt of Hou In
C L BRATIO OF BL CK UNITY-A f t-pacedJourney tbrou h tbe African A eric an
experience i de criptlon of "Thl ,That nd The Other" w Ich will be pre ented by tbe Afro
American tudio The ter t 7 p.m., March 22, In Mendel Center at Lake Mlc I a Colle e.
Member re J me Reed Faulkner, P trlel Ford, Lovell Davl ,Ch rtes D. Wri ht a d Carla
Buttrum.
• Lovie
nd Vir-
nd
re of land I. part
of the 1 nd th t Benton Harbor
D veloper Ro Hadley h d an
option to purch e from th Ci ty
for S3.5 million apartment om­
ple . Ro ' option-to buy ha e -
pirc
LMC offer
scholar hip
, Bo rd 0 Tru&tcc& scholar­
hip are available for r dJJal­
n high s , en r ... lM
nave a grade poi nt average of at
lea. t 3.0 and plan to attend Lake
Mictngan Collcge next fall. The
scholar ip award $500 per
y e s r , a oru in g to Sylvia
Coleman'. LMC dircctor of
Iinancial aid. 1= e cost of tui­
tion and fee is approximately
$ 1.000 per year for a full-time
student.
Appl ications are available
from high school guidance of­
fices as well as the LMC finan­
cial aid office. Full-tuition
scholarship are also available.
for high school valedictorians
and alutatorians. A limited
number of scholarships are
avaitabte.
Call the College's financial
aid office at (616) 927-35'71 or
1-800-252-1LMC. ext. 213.
City'
The City of Benton Harbor is
eeking names of city residents
who are currently serving in the
Armed Forces stationed in Saudi
Arabia.
The soldiers' names will be
displayed on the Liberty
Theater's Marquee in their honor
during the war in. Saudi Arabia.
Names of soldiers and their
branch should be mailed or
phoned in to the City of Benton
Harbor s De ert Storm Commit­
tee, no later than March 11.
1991.
You may contact the Desert
Storm Committee member, at
Marcia Ferris 927-8474; Helen
Lacy, 927-8421; .or Glenn
Yarbrough at,927-8443�
VBUCO S nlor
Llf II n Activity
rch
Each Mond y: Exercise for
fun and good health. 11 a.m.
E ch Wedne d y: Bingo
before lunch. Michig n Emer­
gency Ph rm cedutic I progr m
for Senior (MEPPS) II day. If
you purch e prescription drug
you may qualify for this program.
. C II for more inform tion, 754-
8378.
Tue day. March 5 & 19: Blood
Pressure Clinic. II as.m. to 3
p.m. Bowl ing at Lakeside Lanes •.
South Haven. at 2 p.m.
Each Wednesdays &
Thursday : Home tead property
tax/renters credit & Home heat­
ing/prescription drug credit
form fined out. 11 a.m. \04 p.
You must bring hear cost, rent,
It mcdi at-Insurance.
Thursday. March 14: Easter
Shopping Trip to Battle Creek
Mall. Bus leaves at 9;30 a.m.
Lunch yourtreat. Bring a friend.
S2.50.
At The Library ,
Pre-School StoryTime will be
held on Wcdncsday and Friday.
�arch 6 and 8. at 10:00 a.m.
Stories and songs. along with a
short chi ldren' film. are planned
each week for young children
ages 3-5.
Movie for children are.shown
on Saturdays at 1 :00 p.m. Show­
ing March 2nd: Tom Sawyer and
March 9th is: 20.000 Leagues
Under The Sca.
Movie For Teen
A movie especially for teens,
entitled. "No Alibis", will be
how n, Tuesday, March, 5, at
7:30 p.m. in the Old Kent Build­
ing. 322 Broadway, Niles. There
is no admis 1n fee. The movie is
ponsorcd by Southern Berrien
County Right to Life. Call Cyndy
Smith; 684-2543 for information,
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"TUES - SENIOR CITIZENS DAY"
926-6388
271 E . EMPIRE - BENTON HARBOR MI49022
oonlight Walk
Again t Crime
P ul Obermeyer, Crime Stop­
per Vice Pre ident and chairman
of Moonlight Walk Again t 8y Bernice Brown
Crime. announced that the 1991
walk will be held Sund y. May 5. _C_o_rr_e_s!...,p_o_n_d_en_t _
It will again tart nd end at The Benton Harbor City Com-
Covele ki Stadium. mission shifted the ball bac into
The walk i open to in- thc hands of the Blossomtime
dividual who nu I.! pledge, and Board Monday night when they
teams from . chool • neighbor- rejected a proposal by a 5-4 vote
hood .. -vice clubs. organiza- to have the BIos omtime Grand
tions and companie . Anyone Floral Parade end at Main and
ingterestcd in particlp ting either Eighth Streets.
in donating prizes for the top When the proposal had failed,
walkers and teams or in walking City Commissioner Arnold
to fight crime can call Crime Srn i th aid the commission
Stoppers at 288-STOP or 1-800- hould compromise with Blos-
342-STOP (out ide St. Joseph omtime and have the parade end
County. IN). at Main and Market Streets, four
Crime Stopper tfitiate in the bto k dow to i �r� t.
following countic are al 0 in- The proposa') passed by a 5-4
vited '.9 aparticpatc in the walk: vote to compromi e with Blos­
Elkhart, Kos iu ko , LaPorte, omtimc to have the parade come
Mar hall. Notre Dame. Porter. down to Main and Market
Pula ki and Starke all in Indiau...a--treets.
Also included arc' Sf Joseph, "It s time for us to make a
Berrien. Ca . and an Buren stand and for them to come and
Countics in Mit: igan. Your compromise with US.," aid Com­
pledges will e r turned to your missioner Steve Wooden.
local Crime Stopper Board for Wooden said the reason there
payment of awards for crime tips. are not many people at the
parade now as in the past, is be­
cause there is not enough room
for the spectators to see the
parade.
"I am tired of compromising,
d r ag gi ng and pleading with
someone that don't want to meet
me half way," said Commis­
, ioner George Wysinger.
Wysinger said he would only
support the parade route if it
would go to Paw Paw. "I'm not
going to compromise any more
and I'm not going to back down,"
he said.
Carol Weller, Executive
Director of Blossemtirne, told
the commission February 11,
that the change came about when
the bands in the parade requested
Parade route dispute continues
Young Widowed
per ons Support Group
The Young Widowed Persons
Support Group will meet Wed­
nesday. March 6. at 7 p.m. at the
First Congregational Church.
2001 Niles Avenue. 51. Joseph.
Support Group For
Codependents Meets
The Support Group for Coden­
pendents will be meeting Satur­
day, March 9. at10:15 a.m .• at the
First Church of God (in the base­
ment). corner of Botharn and
Niles Avenue. s., Jo cph,
Living With Diabete
Series Offered
Mercy Mcmorial Medical
Center is spon on ng a five-part
educational eries for diabetics
and their familics beginning
March 7. The 'las, WIll meet in
the board roern of Mer y Center.
_ Benton Harb r, Ir m 1- p.m .•
each Thur da 'throu h ApTlI 4.
Register or more information.
call 927-5297 on wedkdays be­
tween 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
that the route be shortened be­
cau e of safety problems.
"We seem to have a problem
. every year," said Weller. There
were problems last year with
rock throwing' where three
people got hi t by rocks. Safety is
definitely a concern of the fes­
tival. "
City Manager Steve Manning
has proposed stationing 30
police officers along the route of
the parade this year, but Blos­
somtime still denied the
commission's request to end the
parade at Paw Paw.
Monday night Manning
d C)\lt I tter to the com . X
ion from Acting Public Safety
Director Cyril Fuller, stating
that, "A for the Blossomtime
Commi ttee 's denial for the ex­
tension 'of the parade route based
on public sa ety concerns, I do
not bell eve they are justified. I
be lieve " the Police Department
could provide adequate protec­
tion for both the participants and
spectators. II
, About 35 citizens were
present at the meeting to hear the
decision the commission made
on the re-routing of the Blossom­
time Parade and to make com­
ments.
"I have been marching in that
parade for three years and it's
not a long route," said a young
lady, who 'is a member of the
Benton Harbor Marching Band.
"They should think how we feel
when we march over there (St.
Joseph), and they boo at us. If we
can march over there they can
march over here."
Ed Morgan, Main St., Benton
Harbor told the commisston,
"tonight I have heard for ten
years we have cooperated with
BIos omtime and granted them
everything tbat they have asked
for of the City of Benton Har­
bor."
He said he hares t�e opinions
of some of the commissioners.
"It's time for u to take a po ition
and not extend them anymore
time. "
"What we need to be saying to
them is, this is another clear case
of eliminating, discriminating
and failing to allow us to par­
ticipate in things that we have
participated in traditionally for
years," said Morgan, and "I think
we are here tonight to erve
notice, Dot only 0 (\DltlIttel
and its Board of Directors, but to­
every other person or persons,
organizations, that it must stop
here and now."
"The people of Benton Harbor
have stuck together through hard
limes and bad times and we have
started to rebuild our communi ty
and we are proud of it. I think we
deserve every right and every
opportunity to show off our hard
wo.rk and our hard labor that we
have gone through to rebuild this
City."
"Let our band march down
through the streets of its city and
let the people in its city have a
chance to applaud their band,"
added Morgan.
Voting in favor of a com­
promise were, Mayor William
Wolf, Commissioners Kerry
Shannon, Arnold Smith, Fred
Sims and Herschel McKenzie.
Voting no were, Commissioners
0harles Yarbrough, Steve
Wooden, George Wysinger and
Ralph Crenshaw,
Boy Scouts
get, street
sign job
.By Bernice Rro�vn
M 0 n d r, y, t! b r u a r y 2 , the
Bent n Harbor City Commi ion
awarded a bid to the Boy Scout
Explorer Po t,606 to do the
4-H Leader Workshop
soldlers : "Reaching You. Reaching Me.
. Reaching Youth". a 4-H leaders
workshop. will be held Saturday
to be' honored and Sunday, March 9th and l Oth,
at the Kellogg Biological Station
at Hickory Corners. The cost of
the two-day conference is $45 for
registration, meals. and lodging;
without lodging $30. For Satur­
day. March 9 only, the cost is $.25
for registration and meals.
Workship is sponsored by the
Southwest Michigan Region A -
sociation 4-H Youth Staff.
Potluck tradition
continues at First
Congregational
A tradi tion at Fir t Congrega­
tional UOIt d Church of Christ,
Benton Harbor i Lenten Potluck
Suppers and study. This year
Howard Thurman's book, Jesus
and the Disinherited, has been
selected for the study.
The book covers says, "Jesus'
ministry was to an oppressed
people.. Howard Thurman in­
terprets Je us' roes age for the
oppre sed of today -Blacks,
Jews, and other minori ties.
He expo e the isolation and
destructive forces of fear, decep­
tion, and hatred and ugge ts the
love ethic of Je u was a,difficult,
but healing way to overcome the
cnaos of oppression."
Potlucks are at 6 p.m. with the
discu ion lead by the Rev.
Richard H. -Taylor, pastor, from
6:30 to 7 :30 p.m.
ROBERT
BELL
CONTRACTOR -
REMODEUNG STATE
LICENSED
PAINTING'& DECORATING
ROOFING-nLE*�LE
310· 926-685.9
City's street signs.
The Post has already made 20
street signs for the City at $20
each. The Explorer Post was
given the trial project of making
only 20 signs without post and
brackets, to see ,i they could
make th�m to meet the tabula­
tion of the bid package and they
did.
The bid package call for 208
aluminum street signs, reflective
sheeting both sides, 104 Super
Lok post top brackets, 104 Super
Lik cross piece brackets and 104
gal v an ized U-channel (3#/ft)
sign post 14' long.
The Explorer Post will charge
the city $17 each for 208 signs,
for an amount of $3.536.
Explorer Post 606 was not the
lowest bidder for the project, but
the city gave the project to help
the Boy Scouts. The Explorer
original bid was S ,160, thats
wi thout post or brackets, but tne
commission r�quested that the
Explorers Post lower their price
to $17 per sign so the bid could
be more acceptable.
The lowe t bidder was PR&D
'.
Casting Corporation, 259 Water
Street, Benton Harbor. They
were charging $10.66 per sign or
$5,144.88 for the package
(brackets and posts).
With nre ci ty awarding the
sign ,project to the Boy Scouts
Explorer Post, the City will still
have to purchase the post and the
brackets.
"We throw money at this, that
and other things, and I don't see
why we cant spend an extra
$700 or $800 or $1,000 to work
wi th the troops," said Commis­
sioner Kerry Shannon.
"If the community knows that
the Boy Scouts are making the
signs, the people might have a
little more respect before they
take a rock or whatever they use
to tear them down," said Shan­
no�.
The commission is giving
Larry Streeter and his Explorer
Pc"· until the end of April to do
the 208 signs at $17 per sign.
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