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Bro n
Program. teaches
independence, self-reliance.
Project Together, a joint venture ment skills.
between Lake Michigan College and
the Department of Social Services "REV. CHILD is uch a posl­
mission, was created to as ist wel- tive example and arnage of a Black
fare recipients to remove barriers to male in this community," said
attaining self- ufficiency. ' Audrey Hale, Program Coordinator
Participants that are enrolled in for Project Together.
the Project Together program meet According to Hale, Project
monthly to motivate each other, en- . Together have helped 298 par­
courage the those who have accom-, ticipams and now have 145 that are
polished goal, talk about child care, currently active.
and have cooking demonstrations. . Hale said the program has helped
At the October 19, Participants some of the participants to get off
Committee meeting, Rev. James O. welfare, employment, high school
Childs, pastor of Progressive Mis- diploma/GED, Associate degree
sionary Baptist Church, 245 Pipes- and one-year, certificates from
tone, was presented with a Cro s Pen various educational institutions.
Set from the cornrnittee for hi par- Some of the 145 participants that
ticipation with the program. The is currently active in Project
"Cross set was purchased from some Together is enrolled in a GED/High
of the proceeds from the par:ticipan� School program through the Benton
annual rummage ale.. Harbor' Area School System, ACT
Rev: Childs serves on Project (Adult Career Training) Program,
Together's Committee Advisory Readiness Center, Jordan College
Board, -the Car-loan Committee and and Lake Michigan College.
assist the participants on employ-
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With the 60,000 plus fringe
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"I certainly cannot upport
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'meeting on Tuesday, November 19. '
Manning said Ell worth had until
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NAACP celts
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Will Branscumb, a member of
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not afford the price tag of 60
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Reasons: '
:._ We already' have five
. city workers laid-off from their
-job for lack of money. , ' "
._ The promising salary for,
8 new chief is more than our
. top paid '·official (City
Manager). "
_ This collld cause a chain
reaction on salaries amongtbe
, city employees." , : '
"About 80 percent of our
�ity employees that work for
the City of Benton Harbor live
ou�id� of the city limit. These
employees do not contribute
any financial tax base, and do'
not have an interest in the city, '
but only a pay check. Financial
rape of our city must come to
an end, we as citizens must see
to it.", :
, " Also it states 10 the letter
that the Commission should p'ut
in place an Affirmative Action .
'plan that would work, provid­
ing �ual opportunity f�r tbe
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FOR THE TWO four-year at r ,
large Seats, incumbent Charl�s' ��������������������������
Yarbrough was the top vote getter
with 1,213 votes, with James FA.
Turner coming in second with 1',041
votes. Losers were incumbent �red
Sims with.599 votes and challenger
Joan Brown with 377 votes.
This election showed that the
citizens of Benton Harbor are ready
for a change. For the ones that put
Hull 'into office,' the work has only
just begun.Hull supporters say. Now
we need to continue to stand behind
her and support her in every way-
possible. '
R Ie
Hi tory been m e in City
of Benton Harbor Ith Emma Hull
beln th t oman e r to be
elected yore
Aceordlng to � po pe on in
t� qity Clerk' Office, 1,946 (�
percent) of the city' 6,000
regi tered vo ent out to the pon '
nd voted Tuesday, ovember 5, in
the yo. I and City Commi ion.
genera; election. , .
e breakdown of the total num­
ber of people volin by w rds: 1 t
Ward, 2,292; 2nd Ward, 1,695; 3rd
W rd, 2,081; and 4th W rd, 1,888.
. In the cl e mayoral race, Hull
beat .Mayor· William Wolf out by
only 53 vot . In the unofficial vote
tally for mayor, 'Hull w top vote
getter with vot to Wolf's 933
vote.
BEFORE TIlE a entee b 1.10
were counted, Hull as le ding Wolf
943 to 777 votes. Of the 1,028absen­
tee ballo c t, Hull received only .
43, while 156 wenrto Wolf.
Incumbent' commissioners Ar�
nold Smith, Kerry Shannon and
Mayor Pro-tern Fred Sims were �-
eated along with Mayor Wolf. New
commissioners coming in will be
Ricky Hill, James F.A Turner and
former commis ioner Norval Weiss.
Commis loners who kept their
seats were incumbents Charle
Yarbrough, Steve Wooden, Hershel
McKenzie, Ralph Crenshaw, and
George �ysinger.· ,
. Unofficial vote tallys are as fol­
lows:
_ 1st Ward, incumbent Steve'
Wooden �ith 289votes'oyer'incum­
bent Arnold Smith's 191.
_ 2nd Ward, incumbent George
Wyainger who was unopposed
polled 238 votes. '
, _ 3rd, Ward, challenger Norval
We with 256 votes bested chal­
lenger Winston Minott's tallyof130.
_ 4th WSM, incumbent Hershel
. McKenzie had 221 votes over chal ...
lenger Eric Hockett's 126.
Outcome of the two, two-year a.t­
large commissfon seats saw incum­
bent Ralph Crenshaw, 846 votes and
challenger Ricky' Hill, 683 votes,
beat out incumbent Kerry Shannon,
569 votes; and challenger Ezar
Rodgers Jr., 286 vot�s. '
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soonsoreo by
PSFL,
contlnue�' from:S-3
Butwhatdid'Singleton learn from
his bout with leukemia?
"I learned I'm a fighter and not t�
take things for granted. 1. ask more '
questions. I'm a mo� open person
but I stUI keep my guard up," he said.
adding a smile. .
Another thiJ1& that ha �added'
to Singleton is lt. burden of beiDg •
role model. He eleom�· the
re ponsibility but still' titere's' tbat
. added pressure. .
"I'm clean-cut.· 1 don't do drugs.
I'm one of those guy that went to
class, but the pressure to be a role
mOdel-," Singlt�on' voice trailed
off. He doesn't mind be,ing a role
m04el because of hi battle against
cancer, but one lip-up and your
career carr be eriously damaged.
That p�l� Singleton. "Look at
Michael Jordan. You can't tell me
he '5 not seriously tressed. An<1 if he
�ay 'no' just once,�' a do ."
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lon '
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Bu ng Hou • of Flo r.
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On. Hr. Martlnlzlno
Sh.IIa·. Blaek Beauty
. WELL, THERE'S NO canine in
Kevin Singleton. He ·that trait
that would make him a role model in
whatever endeavor he �hoosea� That
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