"There' complete J c of
· recrui ting in the Benton H bor
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ho ve opportuniti
ve all been imported from
ide the area. "
Commi io r ques
12,000 f om polie d
By BERNICE BROWN
At the city commi ion meeting,
Monday night, Commi ioner
George Wy inger nd Charles
Yarbrough questioned M yor Wil-
· liam Wolf nd City ger Steve
Manning bout the findin of the
inv ligation of the Benton Harbor
Police Department.
. In a 15- ge rei from Denni
: Wiley, Berrien County Prosecuting
: Attorney, after an 18-month inv -
: tigation, it w reported th t p
� proximately $12,000 is
unaccountable for in the police
epartment Narcotic funds from
· August 4, 1989 through September
• 17,1990.
: Wysi nger asked that the city call
: for th ir own investigation, but it w
voted down by 6-3.
Wiley reported tate treasury
auditors were unable to determine if
• the money was missing by omeone
· tealing or by b�d bookkeeping in
the the police department.
"WE'VE GOT A thief in the
Benton Harbor City Govemment.v
id Wysinger, and "we got a city
m nager nd m yor, along with
orne commi loners who are help
ing him take it."
Some commissioner anted to
know who w goin to y for the
inve tigaiton. "What are we iog to
do about the $12,000 missing,"
Wysinger said. "Did it fly w y?"
"In order for to get me addi-
tional inv tigation, that we
re going to have to take orne more
tax payers money," said Comsnis
ioner Ralph Crenshaw.
City resident Curti Murphy told.
the commission that somebody had
to be responsible for the $12,000 and
put it b ck where it was suspose to
be.
He aid someone needs to be
charged and held accountable for the.
money that' mis ing, Mayor Wolf
tated that he w responsible. I
man bould ke the fan for it. Since
you aid you are head man, then you
hould pay the $12,000 b ck," Mur
phy aid. He told Mayor Wolf to
w good faith and put the $12,000
back.
Coinmi loner Yarbrough q
tloned Wolf about stating previo Iy
t t he not being informed of the
investigation, but in tbe reJe c'
Wiley tatcd, "Mayor Wolf and the
ty r ve been kept ad-
ed of the findings of the inv tiga-
tion thrOu ut."
Wolfin etIect called Wiley a liar,
ying he didn't know anything.
about the findings. Yarbrough told
Wolf be w only misleading the
community. .
As a result" of Wiley'S investiga
tion, former Chief Sam Watson was
found guilty of falsifying a police
report involving a traffic ccldent
with hi two sons.
Watson will do community ser
vice and pay court costs.
"WHEN SOMETHING hap
pens in the department and no one
knows what happened, then the head
Rlvervl w
R nal anee Sehedul
What staned out a 5K race and
walk turned in 0 a festival of fun
on Saturday, Scp mber 28. .
The first Annual Showcase Race,
course runs through newly
beautified and renovated downtown
Benton Harbor area beginning at 8
a.m.
Entry fee ia 12, which covers the
t the race and a five (5) color
long l� T hlrt: Call 925-9864
for funher infonnation.
ROW
The Benton Harbor aty Com
mi ion at their September 16 meet
ing pproved revi . d deUne and
procedure or the City' 0
ebabilitation tance Proaram
rei nve to the utilization of Bloc
Grant Funds.
Included in rbe guidelines nd
procedure , the City will t ide
$60,000 (or the CORD (Christi n
Outre ch Re b and Devleopment) By
for the rehabilitation of five bo
within the City of Benton Harbor,
and conduct open enrollment for
new applications in accordance with
the new pproved guidelines.
1be revised procedures a110 for
the utilization of funds by reducing
the deferred loan lien on
homeowner' property from 12
years to five years. The loans incur
no lntere t, eliminating fee that
were not ppUcable to individuals
receiving the deferred loan and ex
tending the time limit from two
we ks to 30 days on receiving neces
sary information to process loans.
Under the ne guideli the al-
lowed rehabilitaiton amount can be
100% Estimated Market Value to
comply with the Housing i tance
Plan (HAP).
AI 0, there is provision for an ap-
peal procedure if the pplieant l
denied a de ned 10 n.
City Man er Steve M nnin
id Ki V nLaan, C.P.D. Repre
sentative for Rehabilitation
Program , with the Michigan
Department 0 Ho I and Urban
De lopment (HUD), In Ben n
RYGOLUDAY
The Young Women Auxiliary of
Beulah B pti t Church will h ve
their Annual Mis ion program on
Sunday, September 29, at 7 p.m. The
theme will be, "Amba ador for
Christ."
Gu ts invited are New Hope
Baptist Church and other Mi ions
of the city.
Rev. Willie N. Paul Jr., is the host
p tor.
The Choir of the Church of the
living God will celebrate their An
nual Day on Sunday, September 22,
at 4 p.m. Their theme i , "We Cam
To Praide tbe Lord".
Special � ts wUl be the Church
of the Uving God of Chicago, D
lioois nd the Holy Trinity Church of
God in Chrj 1. A special music
pre entation will be by the- ho t
Resident que tions
property give-away
By BERNICE BROWN
City re ident Curtis Murphy,
questioned the commission about
the property the city will be turn
ing over to the Benton Harbor
Non-profi t Property Management'
Corporation, a board created by
the Cornerstone Alliance of six
bankers who have more votes on
the Board than any other interes .
On the board also are Commis
sioners Wysinger and Yarbrough.
The group i mentioned in the
Five-Year plan aUhough the city
bas never approved any relation
ship with the Non-profit Property
board. .
Mayor Wolrs brother is being
paid to "stablize" city-owned
housing by the Non-profit beard.
Mayor Wolf stated that it was
only an information item for the
Emergency Loan Board.
He said every year the city has
to provide a plan to the Emergen
cy Loan Board, giving them infor
mation on the direction the city is
taking.
THE PLAN IS to give the
Non-Profit Board 300 pieces of
city-owned land for one dollar, al
though minimum bids of $500
have been put on the arne proper
tie when it comes to elling them
to city residents.
The Wolf administration is
likely to take no action on the give
away plan until after the Novem ..
ber election.
Murphy said he has seen where
developers come in and do a lot of
rehab, pushing up the value of the
property and people then don't
have the money to pay the high
taxes that result from the develop
ment, get hed right out of the
community.
choir.
Rev. John Williams i the host
p tor.
Community We leyan Church
Youth Department will have their
Annual Day program on Sunday,
September 29, at 3:30 p.m. Rev.
Nathan Burrell will bring the me -
ge. Rev. Cleophus Culp i the ho t
P tor.
The Senior Cloir of the Greater
Harye t B pti t Church will
celebrate their Annual D y on Sun
day, September 22, t 3:30 p.m.
Guesm invited are the Zion Bap
tist Church, Friend hip Baptist'
Church nd Christ Community
Church of Baldwin, Michfg n.
A Pre-Ar\nual Day program III
be held September 21, at 7 p .
Guests include Queen Esther Baptist
Church, New Liberty Church, St.
Luke Baptist Church, Bethesda Bap
tist Church, Clurch of the living
God and the Phillip Chapel Church.
Rev. Stanly Levy is the host pas
tor.
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The West Shore Symphony Or
che tra will have their gala opening
concert of its 1991-92 season. A
Salute to Hollywood will be
presented Friday, September 20 and
Saturday, September 21, at 8 p.m. in
the Frauenthal Theater in Muskegon.
This Salute to Hollywood is ua
derwrinenin part by the Friends of
the Symphony.
A special feature on the program
is alight-hearted salute to animation
with the orchestra playing the over
hare to Barber of Seville and then the
showing of the cia ic Rabbit of
Seville, starring Bugs Bunny.
TIckets for the concert are $20,
$17, $15 and $14 with a student and
senior discount, available at Tickets
. Muskegon,726-2400 ..
TC .area literacy
council ha new
VISTA volunt er
Dorothea Lathrop has joined the
Twin Cities Area Literacy Council
office taff as a VISTA volunteer.
. She will act a liaison to the com-
munity in representing the council,
peaking to church and civic Of
ganizations, and recruiting studen
and tutors.
Ms. Lathrop a life-long resident
of Benton Harbor, graduated from
Benton Harbor High School in 1988.
She attended a 4-day training Ion
for VISTA volunteers in Min
neapolis in August. VISTA (Volun
teem In Service To America) is a
national organization of volunteers
who serve for up to three years in a
variety o( fields and organizatio .
The in Cities Area Literacy
Couocil w founded in 1986 to offer
free, confidential tutoring to adul in .
need of literacy skills. To date, over
300 persons have been training
tutors, with approximately 70 tu
dent-tutor pairs working in all areas
of Berrien County. Call Ms. Lathrop
at 925-7323 for further information.
• CAN., Inc. Conquer Aids Now,
a people with AIDS Coalition i .
Icing for donations of vario items
to be sold in a fundraising nunma
sale. .
C.A.N is also in need of donatio
of clothing, personal care items, fur
niture, appliance, and bedding .
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