BIRTHD Y CELEBRATION - Dupree Neal, ofUenton Har­
bor celehr ted hi Otb birthday February 28. Dupree Is cut­
ting hi' hirthd y c ke to hare with. hi little friends', Ie ha
h w, (left) nd Tonik Hodge.
n ' Ber-nice Rr()\ II
The Benton Ha r b o r
wntown Development
I uthoruy (DqA) and the Tax In­
crement i n a ncc Authority
(TIFA) Board held their regular
monthly meeting Tue day.
Fcbruarv 1<>. In the Cit' Busi­
n 'S� (j 0\ Il' c n t c r _00 Paw
Paw �lllTI
I lit II� 11,\ pOI 1'#" r til'
t H) m .cting. Bard hai rman.
'!lIlstoph r Br o ks appointed
Brad Bryan. Milton Jon's and
Hob Schultheis to th norni na t­
Ill" '0 imiucc for the clccuon of
11111 .c ;' at their Annual Mccune.
w luchcw i l! be held at their next
monthl y mee Ing. March 19. at
4: 0 p.rn.
P itions to be filled arc.
chairman, vice-chairman.
secretary and treasurer. At the
present these po .iuon arc held
h . Chairman. Chr i topher
Brook, Vice-Chairman, Bob
'chultheis; Secretary. Kelvin
'Ie me nts ; and T easurer, J.
Gamer Phillips.
In other busines the Board
approved recommendations
fr m the Per onnel Committee to
I ncrease the alary of Gloria Bar­
low, DDA Administrative Assis­
tant from $14,500 to $16,000 a
year. effective 'January 1. 1991
with a perf rmance review in
June. 199 J.
D uri n g the po r t ion 0 f· the
TlFA meeting. Chairman Chris­
top her Brook directed the Per-
onnel Commi tee of the Board
to draft letter to the inactive
m mber of the Board and see
why they have not been attend-
·in the meeting with a follow up
phone call. Brook said the
ction
Board would he a. kin' or the
rcsrgnauon of those member: if
they did not start attending the
meetings.
Mil 'or Wi lham Wol r. said the
first rep the Board should do i
to contact the member: and see if
there IS a r c a s o n why they
haven't been attending the meet­
in . "I don't like l< for full
rem vc an uruntcct Ir m ny
'Ily boarc
He said a phone call and the
reque. t of their rcvignauon will.
he appropruue.
In other matte r!'l the ·Board ap­
proved recommendations from
the Personnel Committee to in­
crease the salary of Mabel
Campbell. TlFA Administrative
Assi tant from S 14.500 to
S 16.000 a year. effective January
1.1991 with a performance
review in June, 1991.
The Board al 0 approved the
lea ing of 1.090 square feet of
pace to a new, tenant. Sky-Ox
LTD who wi II e moving in the
Busine s Growth Center around
March]. Sky-Ox LTD as-
crnbles oxygen tanks for airline
industrials. There Will only be
2.000 square fcc t left vacant in
the buildi ng. Brook said hope­
fully by the end of March that
will also be filled.
Member pre. ent w c rc ,
Mayor William Woll. hris-
top her Brooks. ' harrman: Bob
Schulthei . Vice Chairman; Kel­
vin Clement. Se rctary; Milton
Jones, Brad Bryan and Jim
Cronk.
Ab ent were. Aaron nthony.
Director; L ui J ph. J. Garner
Phillip. Trea ur er. Bohby Jor­
. dan, William I hols. Dorothy
Randolph and Evan L Due.
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"TU - SENIOR CITIZE S DAY"
926-6388
271 E . EMPIRE - BENTO
nt
nt the en enter
. hborhood
cycle, bec e
id i , that we re not
oin to h ve ny ctivitie be­
cue our id re gettin into
trou Ic nd don't now how to
ct. So, then the kid et into
tr uble be u e they don't h ve
ny ctiviues. We mu t g mble
on our youn p ople before they
t Into trouble." aid Turner.
Si tcr Mary Jo Holme. pro­
gr m coordin tor. at the LOFT,
n fter chool teen center for the
youth. located on Columbu
Avenue. told the commi sion,
th y vera e bout 120 youth
per d y. "Our rience t the
LOFT i that we need a teen cen­
ter on almo t every street in Ben­
ton Harbor," h aid. The LOFT
teen center ha been in exi renee
for about one year.
She • aid there wi I be orne
addi tional noi e and acti vi tie
and orne negative incident, but
the police department wa very
helpful in handling the problem'.
Lloyd Au tin, of 224 Empire
Avenue, said all of Brown's sup­
porters don't live anywhere in the
Mother of lain
girl. ppeals to
community
The following is a statement
[rom the mother of Tamika
Swanson, Earnestine Swanson.
To the Editor:
I'm aski ng for all residents of
Berrien County nd throughout
the State of Michigan to JOin
with me in signing thi state­
ment in trying to help tamp out
the drugs and crime in our area.
That will not allow our young
people or senior ci tizens to go to
the store without the fear of
being raped or hot.- The way
my baby Tamika's life was
taken from her on December 10,
1990. While Tamika and friends
were returning home from a bas­
ketball gam �.
That horrifying day will be
with me for the rest of my life.
We must not allow people like
those dangerous people to take
children's rives to continue who
walk the treets in gangs, deal­
ing drugs: killing innocent
people.
I have been suffering ever
since December 10, 1990. It
could be your child today or
even tomorrow or your mother
or father or a frie nd.
Gangs, drugs, guns and crime
must be removed from our city
streets.
I am sending copies of this
statement to the City Manager
of Benton Harbor, the state At­
torney General and Repre-
.se nta ti ve of the Governor of
Michigan.
It is too late to ave my baby,
Tamika's life, but I have three
more that I have to protect. Will
YO'u please help me to help save
other chilure . I pray to God
that the judge. makes the right
deci ion, and gives those guys
the maximum sentence for the
life that they took.
We the undersigned appeal to
judges to sentences those who
would i ndiscri mi na tel y kill or
maim others to the maximum
penalty allowed by law.
We feel only this way that the
individuals will be responsible
and accountable for their ac­
tions.
M . Earnesttne Swan on
Benton Harbor, Michlaan
ho
i hborhood her
ROBERT -a
BELL :�
CONTRACTOR .
REMODEUNG STATE
LI ENSeD
PAINTING & DECORATING
R(H)FIN�LE·�LE
310. 926-6859
pire id, the p rent
re pon ible for their 0 n
children. She aid the high chool
ha ecurity nd there re till
problem there, where tuden
re getting hurt.
"I'm thinking bout her
ecuri ty," id Carrell, "It better
be better than the high chool'
and I though they had the be t."
"I can not it here and tell you
that there will not be any
problem ." aid Brown, "but I
know how to handle those
problems."
Commis loner Steve Wooden
aid he has been talking to ome
of the youths that hang around on
the corner of Broadway and Em­
pire and they tell him that hang
around there becau e they don't
have any place else to go.
"I think we should give M .
Brown a chance, not by our vote,
but support her in every way we
can," said Wooden.
Commissioners Fred Sims and
Charles Yarbrough said they
were concerned about the resi­
dents in the neighborhood also.
"This is not an easy issue,"
said Yarbrough. "We all hould
search our souls and ask oursel­
ves one basic que tion, 'would
we want it next to us.?' I would
y no, I. don't waD .
me."
"It's a har decision to me, but
I'm willing to ask the folks in the
neighborhood to trust us, because
if there is a problem, I would be
one of the first to stop it (Cen­
ter)," said Yarbrough ..
"There's no guarantees here,
so let's start to cooperate for
once. If there is a problem call
the police," he told the residents.
Commissioners Kerry Shan­
non, Steve Wooden, and Ralph
Crenshaw all told Ms. Brown that
they would be willing to stop in
at the center and give their sup­
port.
Brown said she would be the
first herself to close the center
down if it didn't work.
OBITUARIES
IVERY BROWN
Ivery I e Bro n 66, of Ben­
ton Harbor, died Sunday, March
3, t ercy-Memorial Medical
Center, St. Jo eph.
The fune ral wa held
Thur d y, March 7, t the Union
Memorial African Methodist
Episcop I Church, Benton Har­
bor. Robbin Brother Funeral
Home, Benton Harbor, were in
ch rge of rrangernents. Burial
w in Cry t I Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Brown w born June 26,
1924, in Benton Harbor.
Survivor include: his wife,
Izetta; three daughters, Althea
Cardwell of Flint, Ros ria
Perkins of Benton Harbor, and
Lisa Brown of Nile ; a on, Bar­
ron Perkin of Chicago; a
brother, Larry Brown of Benton .
Harbor; a ister, Anna McCa tor .
of Benton Harbor; and ix
grandchildren.
Sing r pr ent
dr ma t Chrl tl n
Light B ptt t
The Fai th of Zion Gospel
Singers will present a drama,
March 17, at 7;{)0 p.m. at the
Christian Light Baptist Church,
2059 Eastland, Benton Harbor,
where the Rev. Leonard Robin­
son is the pa tor. Title of the
drama is, "Witnes for Je us".
Ch ractor and church homes SEBEL COX
are as follows: Rev. Robinson, Mrs. Sebel Cox, 99, of Benton
thief; Rev. L. V. Bradley, Moses; Harbor, died Saturday, March 2,
Bro. White, first blind man; and at her re idenee.
Sis. Sterling, Is ue of blood; all The funeral was held ri
fr�mn�R t c�AA �ro. , n Muc: th I ..tV on. ai-:;
John; Bro. DOCkery, econd bl�nd African Methodi t Episc pal •
man; Bro. Andrew Lewis, Simon; Church Benton Harbor. Robbins
and Sis. Marie Lewis, adultress; Brothe� Funeral Home Benton :
all from .Fellowship �ission Harbor, were in charge �f arran- .
Church; SIS. Jones and SIS. Ran- gements. Burial wa in Crystal .
d�ll, Daugh.ter of Jerusalem, Mt. Springs Cemetery. .
Zion Baptist Church; Deacon Mrs. Cox was born November
MUlligan, Daniel, Church of Our 11 1891 in Grand Junction Ten-
Lord; and Bro. Phillips, Jonah, ne�see.' ,
Church of Christ.
There will be solos by Sis.
Dosey, Nelson, Woodward, Sis.
Wiggins, Dockery, Reece and
Bro and Sis. Sally. The Benton'
Harbor All Stars and the Zion of
Faith will also be on program.
The Drama is written and
directed by Katie Phillips of Fel­
lowship Mission Church.
Rev. Leonard Robinson is t�
host pastor. - \:
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Survivor include: three'
daughters, Annie Jones of Battle
Creek, Ossie Harris of Benton
Harbor, and Ora Oliver of
Dayton, Ohio; two sons, Leroy
and Russell, both of Huntington,
N.Y.; 26 grandchildren; 23 great- ..
grandchildren; and four great- :
great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by her hus- ..
band, Eddie Cox, in 1970.
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