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Community ervice d y w
held recently t J ord n College,
Berrien County Campus. The event
w pon ored by the tudent er
vice Department.
Various busine nd organiza-
tions were present with eli pi ys to
cquaint the student with inner
city nd community ervice. vail
hie to them nd their f milie .
The student. went from table to
t ble gathering inform tion nd it
ting down talking to the repre
sentatives from v r ious
organizations.
Represent rives were pre ent
from, Benton Harbor/Benton
Township Senior Citizens Center,
Twin Cities· Area Transportation
Dial-A-Ride, Michigan Citizen I
Newspaper, Gateway, Mary Kay,
Michigan Department of Social
Services, Berrien County Health
Department!Family Planning, 100
West Main Currency Exchange,
Divers' led Insurance & Financial
Servi Corp., Ba le Creek Ad-
ventist many more: .
According to Bertha King,
Director of Student Services, this
was the Student Services
Department's first efffort to have
this Community Service Day.
County Clo et
celebrates
anniver ary
Network, Inc., which is housed in
, Centreville, wa 'and is continu
ing to utilize the garage of a
local church to distribute food to
the needy, which is located
across from the building that
Klingerman owned. Klingerman
Corr,spond'�t donated the building to the Emer-
I 1989 h C' of Three gency Care Network so the
n , t e ity operations could expand. I
Rivers experienced a summer Following minot renovations,
flood due to the overflow of the the County Closet Distribution
St. Joseph River, among other Center opened it's doors to the
problems. As a result, many per-
sons suffered the lost of their need y wi th free clothing and
household goods.
clothing and their homes were The Center. recently
damaged. celebrated it's first anniversary.
The County Closet emerged
One year si nee openi ng it's
through the vision of Donna
, Robinson, who began .soliciting doors, the Center has given out
121,000 pieces of clothing and
for donations of clothing, etc,
household items to needy resi-
from her home and operated from dents. The food is distributed
there temporarily. '
The buck did not end with twice weekly on Tuesdays and
D I ' 'h Thursdays.
onna. t s amazing ow some- .,.. d t 4 108 f 'I' h
. loa e, ami ies ave
thing good can become better. b d si 1989 d 382
For Mendon 'd t Pat : een serve since an
resi en a f '1' h b .
KI' h d f ami res ave een served since
mgerman saw t e nee or ex- J l h h b
-panston of the business. During anuary t roug Fe ruary 1,
artime he owned a buiIHing 1991 .. Hours are Monday 1-5
which was located at 901 S. Main p.m.: Tuesday, 9 a.m.-l p.m.:
Wednesday 1-5 p.m.: and
Street, (then known as the South ,. ., _
Main Street Store). Also during Thursday, ,9 a.m.-l p.m.
that time the mergency Care �ccordlDg to man�ger Donna
. Robinson, everyone IS welcome
. to take clothing and referrals are
not required. Donations are not
ROBERT' required, bu.t are accepted and
. BELL donations of clean folded cloth
ing may be dropped off during
CONTRACTOR . open hours.
REMODEUNG STATE' In an emergency or for addi-
UCENSED tional information, call Donna at
AlNTING & DECORATING (616) 278-1514.
We salute the County Closet
ROO FING$'fILE*MA:R.BLE and best wishes for continued
a10.$earIes .926-685.9 success.
By Vera White
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T., N, IAT.� CLOS D ON
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WALK .
WI LeO .
ENTON HARBOR
f
outh e tern ichi D
Women' Political Coalition will
meet, Wedne y, M ch 27, t
7:30 p.m. t the Berrien Unitarian
Univer . t Fello hip, 4340 Lin
coln Avenue, t. Jo eph.
Gue t pe er will be Sander J.
Breiner, M.D., te cher t W yn
t te Univer ity nd Michig n
t t Univer ity nd tr in
ther pists in the fields of ocial
work nd psycho nalysis.
He will be discussing his bood,
"Slaughter Of The Innocents."
At Th Llbr ry
Pre-School StoryTime will be
held on Wedne day, M rch 27,
from 10-10:45 .m. The film, The
Most Wonderful Egg, will be
shown along with other stories and
ongs for young children, ages 3-5.
The Friday Se ion of storytime
will not be held the library will be
closed.
The library will be closed on
Friday and Saturday, March 29 an
30 for the Easter holiday weekend.
Rap Survivor
'Support Group Me t
The Rape Survivors group will
meet Thursday, March 28, at a con
fidential location. To attend this
meeting contact Pat Friend, Center
for Self Help at Riverwood Center
at n5-0594 or toll-free at 1-800-
3350341
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DOWAGIAC
Mt. Zion- Missionary Baptist
Church host program
The Mt. Zion Missionary
Bapti t Church, 100 Miller
Street, Dowagiac, Michigan
will be having their Spri ng
Re v iv al beginning Monday, '
March 25 through Friday,
March 29. The services will
begin at 7 p.rn. nightly.
The Evangelist for the
week will be Dr. Rev, Donald
Adk ins. pas tor 'of the Second
Bapti l Church. Benton Har
bor.
There w i l f also be gues
choirs invited, The public is
invited to attend each night.
Dr. Rev. Ellis Hull, Sr .;
host p� tor.
..
Broadway and PIpestone,
The churches and pastor
participating in the service
will be Progressive Mission
ary Bap ti st Church, Rev.
James 0, Childs, pastor; First
Presbyterian Church, Rev,
Dirk Ft c c a , pastor; Second
Baptist Church, Rev. Donald
Adkin., pastor: Hope United
Methodist Church, Rev. Zaw
die Abiade, pastor; Peace
Temple United Methodist
Church, Rev. Dow Chamber
lain, pastor; a.nd The First
Congregational uec Church,
Rev Richard Taylor, pastor.
The format will be 3-half
hour segments with prayer,
medication and music.
Worshippers can come and
go between 12:30 and·2 p.m.
Those who are working are
encouraged to come on their
lunch hour.
An offering will be taken at
the door to support the Soup
Kitchen.
COVERT
tion. id Bl0
nted the hill ecured, 0
ouldn't h e to orr
bout roc or nyth n el e
throw n off the hi 11
annin id
h ve 40 0 ficer
p r de route, th t
. ould h ve dequ te police
protection to prevent the roc
thro in nd provide over II
ecuri ty.
"Thi n th t we. con trol,
which we id in our letter,
we hould commit to tho e,
but I don't thin e hould
commit to omething that we
h ve no control of," id
Commi ioner R lph Cre n-
h w.
"They have never made
the e ind of demand
before," aid Commi ioner
Charle Yarbrough, "why
now. We h ve gu r nteed
their ecurity, what more do
they want u to do", he aid,
"Rock can be thrown
nywhere in the entire county,
not ju t in Benton Harbor.
Let' top playing games," he
added.
Some of the commission
f
a the city'
to a i tin
findin 0 dull to i t lth
the oper tion nd d m r h 11-
in ofthep r de.
yor illi m 01 id,
he didn't Ii e the city. bein
put in the po ition of linding
volunteer for Blo omtime.
He id Blo omtime hould
be r e pon ible for ttin
volunteer, not the city. •
Other comm' ion r
reedth tit n't the clty's
r e pon ibility."1f e h ve
n me of volunteer, let'
give the n me to them," s id
Commi ioner Cren h
Commi ioner Y rbrough
he would volunteer to be on
the Board.
"Thi i getting blown out
of proportion," aid M yor
Wolf. "We'v t Iked enough
out the p rade. If we can do
ev thing that Blo omtime
s r, fine, if we c n't we
tell the hat we c n do and
let' get back to bu ines ."
Wolf aid he didn't II e the
way thing were handled by
either the City or Blo om-
time. .
MUSKEGON
to b ro
t d
Kin ,L f " "t ervice Director
t Jordan C ,tal with VJctori N ttee, a tudent, durin
Community Service Day at the coli ulver, Community
Relation Coordinator of the Battle Cree Adventl t Ho pltal, wa
pre ent for the Community ervlce Day and (far right) a repre-
entative from the Michigan Department of oci I Service . (Photo
by Bernice Brown)
In an effort to pull the com
munity together the churches
of Benton Harbor will be
holding a common worship on
Good Friday, March 29, be
tween 12:30 and 2 p.m. at the
Fr i s t Congregational UCC
Church, on Bellview, between
VBUCO Hold . Spring Tea
The VanBuren United Civic
Organization will hold their An
nu Spring Tea on Palm Sunday,
March 24, from 4-6 p.m. at the Civic
Center OD 34th Avenue (Lake St.)
in Covert, Michigan.
. The money ,is used to operate
the Center and keep the doors
open to serve the community. A
variety fashion review has been ar
ranged by Ms. Krystal Whitlow.
Phillis Burton -and Lorraine
Brown, are . co-chairpersons of the
tea.
Table #1: Men's Table -
Lamondue Taylor and Fred Mad
den, co-chair. Dorsetta Hancock
and Shirley Laws; ho tesses.
. Table #2: Young At Heart -
N arine King and Jane Hawkins, CQoo
chair. very Wilborn, Willie Cole
and Essie Calhoun, hostesses.
T ble #3: Women's Table -
Jean Ue Taylor and Verna Brown,
co-chair. Janie Scoggins, Marion
Bynum, Ruth Brown and Bea
Jenkins, hostesses. ,
Table #4: Youth - Stephanie
. Howard and Vicki Jones, co-chair.
. Tina Thomas, Charlette Howard
and Taleen Brown, hostesses.
Table #5: NAACP - Leroy
Green, chairman. Ruth Ann
Moore, Rosie Lee Tandy, Eunice
Franklin and Charline Norman,
4 hostesses.
Ushers/Helpers include:
Courtney Brown, Tito Brown,
Levie GordoDy Terrell Brown, At-·
chie Smith, Bernard Foster, Eddie
Burton, and Stephen M�oy.
The Covert Queen and Court
include: Tina Quinn, Queen; Car
men L. Whitfield, lst runner-up;
AmandaJ. Beaver, 2nd runner-up;
and Michelle Deniese Smith, Miss
Congeniality.
Rilla tine Wilkin
By MARY GOLLIDAY
Muskegon Hts.· City Council
woman Rillastine Wilkins, who also
erve on the Board of Directors of
the National League of Cities will
be "roasted" at a special dinner in
her honor Saturday, April 13, at the
Econa Lodge Mote� 3450 Hoyt,
beginning at 6 p.m. The event is
sponsored by friends of Mrs.
Wilkins.
Carolyn Patterson said, "we just
want to show her our appreciation.
She joined the City COuncil in
1974. She h served as the City
Mayor Pro- Tem and is a past presi
dent of the National Black Caucus
of Local and Elected Officials.
Tickets are S2S and can be pur
chased at Patterson Pharmacy,
2144 Hoyt. Reservations must be
made by March 30.
Several area school board mem
bers were honored March 21, by
Michigan Association of School
Boards.
Among them are Yvonne Hili
and Georae Roberson of Mus
kegon Hts. This honor is given
them because they have strived to
improve their educational leader
ship skills.
Congratulations to both of you.
Beulah Baptist Church will
have it's Sunrise Services Sunday,
March 31, at 6 a.m. and will have.
their Easter program at 3 p.m. All
is welcome. Rev. Willie N. Paul Jr.,
is the host pastor.
Zion Baptist Church Mlsslob
#1 will have a Sacrificial program,
on Friday, March 29, at 7 p.m. Mrs.
Edna Wa,iren will be the speaker.
Rev. C, Mitchell is the host pastor.
New Hope Bap�st Church wil
have a White Breakfast on Satur
day, March 30, from 8 a.m. til 12
noon. ev. Gregory IGlksey iStiIe
.host pastor.
Greater Harvest Baptl t
Church Youth Department will
have a Musical "We Are The
World, We Are The Children", on
Friday, March 29, at 7 p.m. Rev.
Stanley Levy is the host pastor.
Community Wesleyon Church
MI slonlll")' Society will have a
brunch on Saturday, March 30, at
11 a.m. Call 722-2228 for more in
formation. Rev. C. Culp is the host
pastor.
Mt. Herman Zion Baptl t
Church Pastor's Aide will have
th�ir Annual Day program on Sun
day, March 24, at 3:30 p.m .
Their guests will be Rev.
Gregory Kirksey and the New
Hope Baptist Church. Rev. Kirksey
will bring the me age. .
Mt. Herman Zion Baptist
ChuI'C will have their Easter pro
gram on Sunday, Marcb 31, at 3:30
p.m. Rev. David Mcintosh is the
host pastor.
Tommy ·Jone celebrated her
7th birthday recently witlt a party at
home with family and friends. She
had ice cream and cake and all the
trimmiDlP. Tommy said she loves
school and loves to work in her
grandparents store.
e Camerata Sl-" is... � II
Concert Sunday, March 24, at 3
p.m. at the Beardsley Theater,
Frauenthal Center, Muskegon.
The concert entitles, "Twentieth
Century Madrigals and Folksongs,"
Music will be by Qartok,
Copland, Pinkham and others. Ad
mission is S5. Tickets are available
at the door.
Bill Gill appointed
to NACO Steering
Committee ..
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Bill Gill
Bill G� Commissioner, Mus- -
kegon County, has been named a
member f the National Associa- •
tion of Counties' (NACo) .
Transportation Steering Commit- .
tee by NACo President D. Michale •
Stewart from Salt Lake County,
Utah.
NACo's 12 steering committees. .
form the policy making arm of .
county government. Each commit- -
te-e is' composed of approximately •
SO to 60 county officials who meet •
durmg the year to examine issues •
critical to local government.
Their recommendations on •
county legislative goals are :
presented to the nation's county of- •
ficials at NACo's annual con
ference. If approved, the •
ecommendations become part of :
the American County Plalform •
, which is the basis ofNACo·s efforts •
in representing counties to Con- •
gre and the White House.
NACo is the only national or- •
ganization representing county .
governments in the United States. •
Its goals are to improve county
government, act as a liaison with
other levels of government, serve as .
t�e national spokesman for coun
ties and advance public under
standing of the role of counti s.