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are hired through the ity' r
tiona! program during th
by Glenn Y rbrough, th it'
Par nd ecreauon Dire tor, ")
h ve nothing but prai for them for
what they do. Tb y open the gym up
and h ve to run th program for
the youth."
Harvey, i al 0 coach for th B n­
ton Harbor High School Girl Varsi ty
B ketball team and ists with the
Benton Harbor High School Varsity
Boys Bas etball team.
Harvey aid be and Mc utt are
"basketball people", playing while
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Summer recreation is what the
youth needs said Lou Harvey, uper­
visor of th ummer bas etball pro­
gram at the Benton Harbor King
Prepretory School.
Harvey id up to 100 boy and
girls per day participate in the um­
mer basketball program. From
12:30-1:30 grades 4� 5th and th;
1:30-3:30 grades 7th and 8th; 3: 0-
5:30 older youth.
Harvey said he and Al Mc utt
Second Baptist marks
Pastor's 25th Anniversary
The family and church members
of Second Baptist Church of Benton
Harbor will be celebrating the 25th
Pastoralship of Reverend Dr. Donald
B. Ad.lcim on Sunday, August 18.
In honor of hi glorious 25 years
at Second Baptist Church there will
be a souvenir book published.
On Saturday, August 17, there
will be a Grand Banquet held at the
Benton Harbor High School on CoI­
fuAvenue.
Gu t peaker will be Dr. Otha
Gilyard, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church of Kalamazoo. Master of
Ceremonies will be Sinbad.
bor on Sunday, August 11, at 10 a.m.
during Sunday morning worship; th
Bridgman Assembly of God Sunday,
August 11 at 7 p.m.; Gateway Shelter
Workshop, Berrien Springs Tuesday,
August 13, at 11:45 a.m.; and in the
U.S.A. Building at the Berrien Coun­
ty Youth Fair on Thursday, August 15
at 3 p.m.
The drama will be presented by a
group from Youth With A Mis ion
visiting the area from Miami,
Florida.
Often described a a "dramatic
dance", the play features a cast of 25,
music, dance, and colorful co tumes.
All performances are open to the
public. Outdoor performance are
free of Charge. "Toymaker" includes
expressive mime and varius styles of
music.
The Youth With A Mission group
touring here is led by the Rev. Wal­
den Owen, former Pastor of the
Circle Church of Benton Harbor and
the Midway Baptist Church of
Coloma. It is headquartered at First
Congregational United Church of
Christ in Benton Harbor.'
Dates and locations are: At the Call 925-0695 for more informa-
Twin Cities Covenant Christian tion on performances or the group.
Church, Union Avenue, Benton Bar-
The co t per ticket for the banquet
is $25.00. TIckets for the banquet
will be delivered to you. Dress for
this evening will be evening attire.
For further information, please
tact Jerri Sims at (616) 925-2533.
Toymaker
The internationally acclaimed
drama "Toymaker and Son", will be
performing several times in the Twin
Cities Area.
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School and in college.
Harvey 'd there is open gym for
both boy and girl . He �d they
need omeone to work wi th the
youth in vollyball, b ball, wim­
ming nd in all are . "We get a
change to ee 11 the girls and boys
and once they get to chool we can
help them pic port. "
July 31, was the last day for the
ummer basketball. Harvey aid
August 1, they were off to Ypsilanti
for girl basketball camp.
Toughlove Parent
Support Group Me t
The Tou hlove Parent Support
Group will meet Tuesday, August
13, at 7:30 p.m. in the nursery of the
Stevensville United Methodist
Church, 5506 Ridge Rd.,
Stevensville.
up total of 659 vote , more than
incumbent Mayor William Wolf
garnered in the primary.
In the unofficial vote tally,
Mayor olf received 642 vote ,
Emma Hul1451 vo ; WHce Coo ,
192 vot and La renee Streeter, 16
vote.
BULL AND WO will now
face off for the ovember 6 general
election.
AI 0 decided in the August 6
primary were the races for at-large
who will continue on to the ovem­
ber race include Fred Sims, Joan
Brown, and Kerry Shannon.
Also in ovcmber, four commis-
nout.
At The Library
Pre-School StoryTime has ended
for the ummer, and will resume
again for the fall s ion in mid-Sep­
tember.
Movie for children are shown on
Fridays nd Saturdays at 1:00 p.m.
Showing August 16 and 17 are: Frog
and T1>8d are Friends; A Boy, A Dog,
And A Frog; Frog On Hi Own; and
Frog Goe To Dinner.
Children who re in the ummer
reading program have until Friday,
August 16 to log their 20 books. All
children who have completed the
program may attend the award
ceremony on Monday, August 19, at
7 p.m.
1be an work of local arti t Darrell
Humbles i being how in the
Library Auditorium through August
16.
L C Ho tlng Art
And Craft Show
Lake Michigan College will be
hosting an Arts and Craft Show from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, August 17
and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday,
August 18, at the main campus, 2755
E. Napier Avenue, Benton
Township.
Applications are being accepted
for persons interested in purchasing
a booth. Booths will be placed on the
plaza outside, well in the stu­
dent union. Cost of each booth is
rou
Police auctl
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By BERNICE BROWN
Correponde,.t
At Monday, August 5, Benton Harbor Ci ty Com­
mission meeting, the city commission received a list
of items that would be sold at auction and on the list
were guns.
There was a heated discussion on how and to
whom the firearms were being sold, so the commis­
sion' approved to sell them only to licensed gun
dealers.
Other item to be auctioned off include tools,
jewelry, bicycle, and electrical appliances '\Ulclaimed
or seized in drug raids. '
The auction will be August 17, from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. in the lower parking lot of the Benton Harbor
Police Department.
According to City Manager Steve Manning some
of the items on the list go back as far as 1982, because
the city bas not held a police auction in about 10 years.
Shotguns and rifles will be the only firearms auc­
tioned because, the state prohibits the auction of hand­
guns. Yarbrough and Wysinger said the shotguns and
rifles shouldn't be auctioned either. They questioned '
that the officers might sell the guns to drug dealers or
someone else for other illegal use.
Manning said there will be a complete check on
any individual trying to purchase any of the firearms
and if they have a criminal record., they will not be
allowed to purchase any of the firearms.
"Why don't we just melt down all these guns?"
Yarbrough said. "I don't think we should be in the
busine of selling guns to the public -, Once we take
them, let's destroy them."
The discussion was so heated that Manning called
in Officer James Spalo, with the Benton Harbor
Police Department to explain to the commission what
was seized in drug raids and the procedures the of-
, ficers would use to sell the firearms.
MANNING POINTED out to the commission
that many of the items were seized and forfeited over
to the city from drug busts. He said proceeds from the
auction will be turned over to the finance department
to be used in the City's general fund, but proceeds
from items seized and tied in from drug busts will
have to go into the drug forfeiture fund.
A discussion occured when the list did not specify
which items was seized from drug raids •
Commissioner Charles Yarbrough and George
Wysinger stressed that items being auctioned off that
were seized in drug raids should be "separated or
highlighted" so the commission would know what
was confiscated in drug raids.
SPALO, WHO IS one of the officers involved
with the auction, said, if the auction is controled
properly there will not be any problem.
Spalo said, "along with myself and Lt. Milt Agay,
we are going to prohibit the sale of any firearm to any
known felon or gang member," Spalo said'.
"If you are going to melt down the handguns, why
not melt them all down, " Wysinger said. "Why should
we let these guns get back out on the treet, po ibly
get omeone killed or a police officer get killed."
Spalo said the are a lot of sportsmen and a lot of
good people ou there that might want to purchase one
of tbc firearms. Let him go to the store and purchase
it, Yarbrough said.
$600
FOR INFORMATION LEADING
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Call (616) 925-4824
with Information or to donate to rew rd fund.
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BENTON HARBOR. MI 41022
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Softball Team
Hold Tournament
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Three tournaments for the New '
Buffalo Softball teams will be held
Sunday, August 18, Men's Open. >;,'
Limited homeruns; Sunday, Septem-.
ber 15, Men's Open, Limited"j'
homeruns; and Sunday, October 6,
Co-ed Open. Men will use regular "
bats. limited homeruns.
Entry fees for all three (3) Tour­
naments are $100 each.
For further information call
Wayne Gib on at 1-219-874-9931.
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The Neighborhood Information ::
and Sharing Exchange (NlSE) of ':
Benton Harbor has appointed "
Howard Rodgers as their new Ex- ::
ecutive Director, as, of July 2. •
Rodgers, who is replacing Rich Ray
was elected out of over 50 ap­
plicants from acres the Midwe t.
Rodgers, is a 1955 graduate of
Benton Harbor High School, has a
B.A. degree form Hillsdale College,
Hillsdale, Michigan.
Prior to his return to Benton Har­
bor in J ul y of 1990, he was employed
a rural planner for the City of
Marana, Arizona and worked for
eight years in Inglewood, California
a property manager for a real e -
tate investment firm. Before his ap­
pointment at NISE, he was employed
by the Private In�ustry Council
(PIC) as a Case Manager.
Rodgers also served ociate
Director of the Greater Lansing
Michigan Uran League.
In returning to hi home town,
Rodgers said he is intere ted in
having a positive impact by working
with the entire community to ac­
complish the goals of NIS�.
He believes that a former resi­
dent, he owe something to the com­
munity which gave him so much in
terms of hi education and ex­
perience when he was growing up.
Rodgers has a trong desire to'
work with residents, many of whom
he grew up witb and has maintained
long tanding relationships.