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Yarbrough refuses
. .o:me commissioners were warned
c us Wolf of playing ootittcs
wi th the City
in the h 11 ou ide 0 the Com
mi ion Ch mbers to go into the
clo et ize toilet, bile Benton
Harbor Police Detecti e Lt. i1 t
Ag Y ent in i th e ch commis-
ioner to upervi e the collection
of the urine with everyone 100 -
ing on. It w a very embarra -
ing ituation.
:"If e re ever to get control
o] our treet in Benton H rbor,
h ve to ta e commi Ion
leader hip role in that," s id
yor olf. "In order to m ke
tit t po ible, I'm king that
e • er city commi ioner itting
hue, volunteer with me, and I
w)l1 go first, ubmi t to an
u�inal y i te t for ub tance
. a u e," he aid.
: Wolf a ked every commis-
i�ner ,taking the test to sign a
relea e t tement, that wa
psovided by him, tating that
t y were taking the test volun
tatily and the te t re ults could
b. publicly relea ed. They also
h • d to list any medication that
t y were taking.
: The commis ioners along
TH T I G w done by
the Detroit Bio-Medic I Lab,
Inc., 599 E. Main St., Benton
Harbor. An a i tant from the
Detroit Bio-Medical L b, helped
Agay t g the ample. She aid
the te t will be anal yzed for
crack coc ine, powerdered
coc ine , heroin, LSD,
maiijuan, nd PCP .
All commi sioner alongwith
the City Manager Steve Man
ning, took the te t except Com
missioner Charle Yarbrough.
Those who listed they were on
some type of medication were,
Commissioner Arnold Smith,
Steve Wooden, George Wysinger
and Manning.
Yarbrough said he refuse to
DUMPING - This Ian say "No Dumping", but it looks like the
"City Dump". This pleture Is t keD offurnlture and trash dumped
OD Valley Drive, off BrltalD Ave., down the. the Benton Harbor
Area Schools Tech Center. (Photo by Bernice Brown).
May 14 I candidate' deadline
It appears unlikely the election this fall will bring major
changes in the face of the commission if the trend holds good
until the Tuesday, May 14 d.eadline for filing nominating peti-.
tions.
According to City Clerk Margaret Adams, 19 possible can-
. didates have taken out petitions to be circulated. Each candidate
must collect a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 50 signatures
from registered city voters, the clerk's office says, specifying
which seat and term they seek.
Most of the newcomers to the city hall scene have been at
tracted to the city wide, at-large race, leaving three of the current
city commissioners running in ward race without opposition.
Incumbent Mayor William Wolf has his petitions to keep his
office, but political newcomer Curtis Murphy and Lawrence
Streeter as well as former .Mayor Wilce Cooke apparently have
designs on the post as they, too, took out petitions for mayor.
Incumbents Kerry Shannon and Steve Wooden have not indi
cated yet which terms they are eeking and whether or not they
will run for a ward seat or the city-at-large. '
But for three present commissioners any change seems unlike
ly unless there is a last minute f�ler. No one is opposing incum
bent Commissioner Hershel McKenzie who will vie for the 4th
Ward eat, two-year term or George Wysinger who remains the
sole candidate for the Second Ward, four-year term.
Arnold Smith, incumbent, appear to be another sure winner
as he alone has taken out petition for the First Ward seat.
Incumbent Commissioner Ralph Cren haw had not taken out
any petition by press time. .
Former school board member James Dudley joins a long list
of candidates trying for the four-year, at-large seat 'which has also
drawn incumbent Commissioners Charles Yarbrough and Fred
Simi. Jessie May Johnson, Jo�n Brown, Eric Hockett and Ezra
Rodgers Jr all want the spot a well..
New on the political scene i radio personality Geoff Morrow
looking for a two-year, at-large seat.
Former Commissioners Winston Minott and Nor.val Weiss,
who reach back decades in city political history, have taken
petitions for the Third Ward, two year term.
The candidates will meet in an August 6 p imary, with the top
two vote-getters for each race facing off in e Nov. 5 general
election.
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rbrough told
h tever you
"IT'" A I G,"
he aid, "to have a bunch of
grown me n line up and you pop
you finger and ay go take te t,
- I refu e to fall for that type of
rip off."
"It's pol itics playing. If
anybody think anything about
me by what I'm aying, th t'
you bu iness, don't vote for me.
I refuse to be Included in thi
game playing performed by Bill
t kin i "
Chren b w aid if the M yor
wa Ineere, he would have men
tioned the te t to the commission
when tbey were meeting earlier.
o Wolf aid the te ting done by
the Detroit Bio-Medical Lab,
w being paid for by an
anonymou ource olicited.
There ill be no expe e to the
city, he aid.
Critical incident
cause tre : CI D
AdviSOry Board formed
Imagine tha't you are a
firefighter and you did every
thing humanly possible to fight
the fire and save the live of
those trapped inside the build
ing, and still someone died.
Recently this very scenario wa
played out in Benton Harbor in
November and in Berrien Spring
in March, said Pat Friend. of the
Community Service Unit,
Rive rwood Center. "The
firefighters did everything they
could to help in this critical
emergency. but who helps the
helper?" said Friend.
In an effort to support the
emergency service providers.
the Berrien County Critical Inci
dent Stress Debriefing Advisory
Board (CISD) was formed.
The Advisory Board i made
up of representatives from emer
gency services, mental health
and community resource agen
cies. Members serving on the
CISD include: Jerry Sirk, Acting
Chai rman, AFL/CIO Com
munity Liason, Blossomland
United Way; Charlotte File, Ac
ting Secretary, Diagnostic
Therapist, Occupational Health
Centers; Charles Rubel, Execu
tive Director, Child and Family
Services; Gary Ruhl, Det. Lt.
Berrien County Sherriff Depart
ment; Jim Collis, Emergency
Preparedness Director, Berrien
County Sheriff Department;
Sherry Doyle, Manager Dis
charge Planning and Social
Work, Pawating Hospital; Pat
Friend and Jim Jump', Com-
Annual Senior
Power Day set
The 17th Annual Senior
Power 'Day, where approximate
ly 300 senior citizens from Ber
rien, Cass and Van Buren
counties come together will be
held Wednesday, May L4 at the
Civic Arena in Lansing. This
year's theme will be, "Imprints
for a Better Tomorrow."
Tickets are available free of
charge to older adults living in
Berrien, Cass and Van Buren
counties on a first-come, first
served basis. Tickets entitle par
ticipant to seating and a boxed
lunch. The lunch is made avail
able at a donation of $2. Lunch
will be erved by the senior's
legislators.
Tickets also entitle par
ticipant to admittance to a'
public hearing in the morning, a
con umer's fair with nearly 100
exhibits, and a copy of the pro
gram. For more information or
to re erve tickets for groups
planning to attend, contact the
Area Agency on Aging, 9830177
or 1-800-442-2803.
munity Services Unit, River
wood Center; Dan Gatchell, Fire
Chief, Benton To nsbip Fire
Department; and Box Schulz,
SMCAS, Niles. .
THE CI D ADVISORY
Board is implementing, a pro
Iram which will provide multi
dimen ional stress management
service for the emergency ser
vice per onnel of Berrien Coun
ty. The program will con ist of
the following component:
ed ucational and preventive
progamming: Critical Incident
Stress Debriefing Teams;
re ource and referral network;
family education and support
program ; and a plan for the in
corporation of mental he lth and
debriefing services during time
of large, cale crisis or di aster
wi II b� .offered to county emer
gency planning organizations.
The CISD Advi ory Board
will use as its guide the Critical
Incident Stre s Management
Program of Delaware County in
Penn ylvania.
All those wishing to serve al
volunteers in the ClSM Program
will attend a two-day leminar
presented under the leadership
of Dr. Jeffrey Mitchell. I recog
nized psychotrauma expert and
leading expert in this field.
The Advisory Bo.ard is plan
ning the eminar for August or
September, and hopes to have
the program in full swing before
the end of the year.
PA
o too the te t p ed,
ccordin to the re ul t •
TESTING, TESTING - Detective Lt. Milt Ag y label peclmun
cup for Co I 10 er Arnold Smith, a technician In fro t
cord Infor atlo . � oto by Bernice Bro n).
Preschool hearinq
and vision clinics set
The Berrien County Health
Department will be offering the
last Hearing and Vi ion Clinics
for children bo will tart
chool for the firat tim this Fall
in Berrien County, according to
Dewain Silvern le, M.D., Medi
cal Director for the health
department.
The clinic are regularly held
each year, May through June, in
each cnoet. area and are con
ducted mainly by appointment.
The rea, date, creenlng loca
tion and contact for appointment
for each of the pre chool Viston
and Hearing Clinics are a fol
low:
- Benton . arbor: y 21,
Bard Elementary School, call
925-3891; June 4-5, Pipestone
Preschool, call 927·0670 and
late summer 927-0670.
- Berrien Spring area: June
18, Berrien Springs Middle
School, call 471-1836, Jan
Chaudoir, for appointment.
- Buchanan are : May 23
and 24, United Methodist
Church, call 695·8407, Mr.
Ca ey, for appointment -.
- Eaa Claire area: June 17,
Lybrook Elementary Scllool,
call 461-6191 for appointment,
Mr . Kukla. Galien Elementary
School, call 545·3364 for ap
pointment, schoot aec tacy.
- Lakeshore area: June 13
and 14, Roosevelt School, 9
a.m.·4 jp.m. (fir t come ba i ),
call 428-1414 for appointment,
Mr. Collins.
. - New Buffalo area: May 15
and 16, New Buffalo Elemen
tary; call 469-3410 for appoint
ment.
- Niles area: May 29, 30 and
31, Northside School, call 684-
5454 for appointment, Jerri
Klinch.
- River Valley area: June 7-
10, Chi kami ng Elementary
School, call 756-9541 for ap
pointment, Mr. Schroeder.
- St. Joseph area: June 11
and 12, Lincoln Elementary
School, call 429-3733 for ap
pointment, Joann Jeffer.
- Watervliet area: May 20,
St. Jo eph Catholic School, call
463-3941 for appointment,'
school secretary.
THE TESTING will be done
by the department's three (3)
certified hearing and vi ion
technici ns. They are Amy Har
per and Shirley Smith, from the
Benton Harbor office, a�.J �'!'Io
Mitchell files.. . f '
According to Dr. Silvernale,
the Vision and Hearing tests are
required by the Public Health
Code. "A parent, guardian or
person in Loco Parentist apply
ing to have a child registered for
the first ti me in ki ndergarten or
first grade in a school in this
state shall present to school of
ficials, at the time of regi tra
tion, or not later than the first
day of chool, a certificate of
Hearing and Vision te ting or
screening, or tatement of ex
emption under Section 9311."
He al 0 indicated that the
te ting i required for tudent
planning on attending either a
public or parochial chool.
Parent of children 3 1/2 year
or older who will be attending a
pre chool program thi Fall to
have their children tested at one
of the upcoming clinic. If a
child wa tested in a previou
year, it i not nece sary to repeat
it.
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