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graduates
MedSchool
Lisa Lovette Brown, daughter
of Ell1 Scott of Benton Harbor,
Ind the late Anthony N. Brown,
,rldulted (rom the University
of Illinois College of Medicine
I Rockford, Illinois on Satur-
4.y, May 25. The University of
• inois College of Medicine i
oae of the nation' leading in-
tutions of medical education,
search and heal th care
delivery.
DR. LISA LOVETTE BROWN,
M.D.
Dr. Brown received her un­
dergraduate degree in Biology
from Illinois State University in
Normal, Illinois. While attend­
ing Illinois State, Of'. Brown
received the Dean's Award for
Academic Scholarship, and was
a member of Phi Sigma Biologi­
cal Sciences Honor SOCiety.
At the University of Illinois
College of Medicine, Dr. Brown
was the recipient of the Sol H.
Ma�u. Scholarship and also the
Rockford Health Careers Foun­
dltion Scholarship.
She will be completing a
three (3) year Family Practice
esidency Program at the
Baylor College of Medicine in
ouston, Texas, in July. The
aylor College of Medicine is
ecognized a one of the top five
edical institutions in the na-
ion. •
Dr. Brown's mother, Ella
. cott is employed as a Vocation­
I Cooperative Education
acher/Coordinator with the
enton Harbor Area Schools.
er maternal grandparents arc
ong time Benton Harbor resi­
nts, Mr. and Mrs. Booker T.
uhington. Dr. Brown's pater­
I grandmother, Alyce Brown,
ides in Los Angeles, Califor­
a.
the I
d-
loner George
y in er cd anning hy
ould the city cont ct out en-
gineering wor ith City En-
ineer 01 nd oc 0 ,on the
city p yroll.
Wy inger aid if the city
n't oing to ve money by
having n in-hou e engineer, it
might be che per by contr ctln
outside engineer. "The city en- .
gineer i quite capable of doin
engineering for thi project,"
aid M nning, "but we will hut
him down where that ill be the
only thing he will be doing for
the next two ye r d no other
project will be completed, thi i
a rather major task," Manning
aid.
Manning al 0 aid the ci ty
would not be paying for the en­
gineering work, the state would.
Commis ioner Charle
Yarbrough sked why did the
plan top at Pa Paw Avenue and
not go on to Fair Avenue, be­
cause it was in bad hape al o.
"We're leaving out the residents
at the benefit of the usiness
community," Yarbrough aid.
Manning said it would co t
more to re urface the street all
the way to Fair Avenue, and there
were only a certain amount of
funds available for the project.
Commis loner Wy Inger
voted against the plan and Com­
missioner Charles Yarbrough
abstained.
LAYOFFS CO ING
LMC ffers
Sport camps
Lake Michigan College wlll be
�lding softball, VOlleyball and bas­
ketball camp this ummer. Two
separate softball camps will be held
July 8 to July 11 and July 15 to July
18. Both camps are for players 12
and older, and run from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. Cost of the camp is $75.
Volleyball camp will be held July
22 to July 2S for current 6 to 9
graders. Cost of the camp is $60 and
runs from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
Women's basketball camp will be
held June 24 to June 27, from 9 a.m.
to 12 noon for current 6 to 9 graders.
Cost of the camp is $60. For more,
information or to register by phone,
�ll the LMC Athletic Office at (BOO)
2S2-1LMC (inside Michigan) or
(616) 927-3571, ext. 272 or 215.
At The Library
Pre-School StoryTime, featuring'
stories, songs, and a short film for
young children, will be held on Wed-
, nesday, June 19, and again on
Friday, June 21st, from 1()'10:45
a.m. Both sessions will feature tbe
same theme, so parents may choose
which session be t fit their
schedule. Pre-registration is not re­
quired.
Movies for children are shown on
Fridays and Saturdays at 1 p.m.
Showing on June 21 and 22 will be
"Runaway Ralph". ..,
Children may join the summer
reading program, "I READ",
anytime during librry hours. To com­
plete the program, a child must have
read or listened to 20 books by the
program's end on August 16th.
Prizes arc awarded as the children
read and recorded their books,
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BENTON HARBOR AREA
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Brian Taylor, 18, enior t
Benton Harbor High School ha
been rded four-year
choluship from the I w firm of
McCro ey, Feldm n, Cochr ne
and Broc . The chol r hip i in
memory of one of the founding
p rtners, the I ie attorney Robert
S. Feldm n, ho died in 1981.
Every year a tudent i
elected for the chol r hip.
"I ylor i the first to receive the
schol rship from the firm and he
ha been ccepted at Oa wood
College in 'Hunt ille, Ala.,
where he will be majoring in
politic 1 science. For each year
he ttend college he will re 'j
$1,000.
T ylor id h cho
wood becau e it wa
Seventh-D y Adventi t llc c.
He j a member of the Highland
Avenue Seventh-Day Adv u '1
Church, where he i a membe r of
the Angelic Choir and a m r.ib r
of the Youth to Youth progran .
At the high chool, a y lc r
aid he wa a member of th e y
Club, Youth to Youth and h
played var ity tennis.
Taylor lives wi th h i s
grandparents, Clyde and Carolyn
Carnegie, Benton Harbor.
Summer programs for children
AITENTION: BERRIEN COUNTY
Do You Need Help Paying Your Rent?
The Section 8 Existing Rental As istance Progr m may be the answer.
Thi� I a federal program to help people pay their rent. " you are eligibl to •
partteaipat •• part of your rent will be paid diredly to your landlord every
month by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA).
The part you pay will be based on your family income and the number
��e in your fa�ily. However. the total amount you pay for rent and
utilitieS generally Will not exceed 30 percent of your income depending upon
the type of subsidy you qualify for.
T�ese are the basic qualificat.ions: (1) You must be elderly. handICapped.
�I�abled or a two person family; (2) You must be income eligible; (3) Th
liVing unit you choo e must meet the Housing Quality Standards of th
federal 0 ��ment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): and (4) th
rent plus utl.htles charged by your landlord cannot exceed the Fair M rk t
Rent established by HUD for your unit ile and type.
A waiting lI.t for .lIglble hou .. hold ,. b.lng .stabllshed for the on
bedroom unit. In B.rrl n County beginning Monday, Jun. 17, 1991
and closing Friday, Jun. 28, 1ii1.
For more information. please caJI616·925·3703 between the hours of 2.00
and 4:00 P.M. OR MAIL TO: ' '
Berrien County Housing Agent for MSHDA
Mamie L� Yarbrough
Vincent Place
185 E. Main sr, 414, P.O. Box 941
� Benton Harbor, MI 49022
1:.1 MSHDA II an Equal Housing Lend
on
The United Church Benton
Harbor Neighborhood Project
i offering their econd year
summer education program for
children from the Benton Harbor
Area Schools at the First Con­
gregational Church UCC.
The ix-week progra-m begin­
ning Monday, June 24, will be a
"Setf-Bnhancement Program"
for tho e who have completed
Grade 1-6; reading and writing
will be combined with crafis,
trips, and family project for
ummer fun.
Bernice Mose ha been hired
as the lead teacher. She comes to
the program with a b ckground
in education and coun Cling and
Concert Series
to conclude
the final concert of the Fes­
tival Concert Series to celebrate
the 12Sth Anniver ary of the
City of Benton Harbor will be
held at the First Congregational
(United Church of Christ), on
Bellview at Pipestone on Wed­
nesday, June 19, from 12 noon to
1 p.m.
Featured will be Joyce Baker,
church organist, in a concert of
French Classical Organ music.
don't care hat their title i ," he
aid.
WANTS CARS TO 'STAY CRY
In other matter, Commis­
sioner Wysinger put a motion on
the floor that all ci ty vehicles be
driven only by city employee
while they are on duty, but it fell
by 5-4 vote.
Wysinger brought up to the
commis ion and the Ci ty
Manager Steve Manning that a
city employee was driving a city
vehicle to and from work and he
wanted to know who authorized
it. Manning aid the employee,
who works for the City' Fire
Department, was on 24-hour
arson call.
Wysinger said the employee,
who doc not live in the City of
Benton Harbor, has no reason to
take to vehicle home.
He said if there i a fire the
employee can get the vehicle and
after the job park it and drive his
Highland Park Mayor Martha G. Scott thanked the
representative from ExplorerJScout Post 606 who presented the
Mayor with a street sign emblazoned, Martha Scott Drive. Benton
Harbor Mayor William Wolf looks on during Mayoral Excbaqe
Day activities. (B. Brown photo) ,
Wolf closes committees
to the public
, By BERNICE BROWN
On Monday, June 10 at the
Benton Harbor City Commis­
sion meeting Mayor William
Wolf changed the committee
structure of the commission's
committee meeting .
Wolf said more information
could be given to the commis- .
sion and their questions could be
answered and personnel i sue
that might not warrent public
discussion could be reviewed.
Wolf aid in order to do that,
the four standing committees arc
going to have to operate in
forms not open to the public.
To avoid Open Meeting Act
violations he said the four com­
mittees ould b reduced in size
from four to three members sO'
there WOUldn't be a quorum
pre ent.
"Thi is my decision, my
decision entirely," said Wolf.
Crenshaw, chairman, Hershel
McKenzie and Kerry Shannon.
- Public Safety and Public
Services Committee: Hershel
McKenzie, chairman, Fred Sims
and Ralph Crenshaw.
- Legislative Committee:
Arnold Smith, chairman, George
Wysi�ger and Kerry Shannon.
Wolf said when is ues come·
up, Manning would catl the
committee chairman and would
a k for a meeting of that com­
mittee.
Wolf, who is up for reelection
this fall, ran four years ago on a
promise to open up city govern­
ment. On taking office he
abolished the very committee
structure he is now re-estab­
lishing.
"It i hoped that through this
new structure, we'll be able to
have more open and frank dis­
cussions," said Wolf.
In other bu ine two Public
Hearings will be held Monday,
, June 24, in the Lula Lee Com­
mission Chamber at 8:00 p.m.
on Truth-In-Taxation and for the
City' budget �or the fiscal year
of 1991-92.
Is the mother of three grown
children.
She i graduate of We tern
Michigan with a Bachelor', in
Education nd a Ma te rs in
Counseling. She is curre nu ng
working on a Principal' Cc r­
tification.
Registration tor the pro I nn
is required and enrollment will
be limited. Parents can ign their
child/children up at the Church
between 9:30 a.m. and 4:. 0
p.m., Monday throu rh
Thursday, using the Pipestone
door.
Sixth grade
summer schoo
The McCord High Inten ity
Summer School Program will
begin on Tuesday, June 18, ac­
co!di�g to Mrs. Bettye lark,
Princlpat. Thi is for all L th
graders in the Benton Harbor
Area Schools attendance ar a.
If your son or daughter ha
not registered and you nerd
more information, please call
Mrs. Clark at 927-0633. The
ion will be held at the Mc rd
Renaissance Center and will
continue through July 26.
t. Houtlng 0 velopm.nt Authority
THE FOUR COMMIT­
TEES and their members arc as
follows:
- Planning and Economic
Development Committee: Fred
Sim, chairman" Charles
Yarbrough and Steve Wooden.
- Finance Committee: Ralph