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or."
"I M 0 honored and grat ful
that you, tn citizens, hav ch en
m to be your mayor for th City of
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BENTON HARBOR
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t ir once to th m.
yor Hull received dozen of
red ro e from h r i t r-in-l w, M .
Ollie Hull, who i I 0 wor for th
Berrien County Prob te Court. Ollie
Hull told th yor th t each of the
ro ymbolized th 12 mont of
the year.
Although before the commi -
ion rs were worn in, Commi -
ioner George Wysinger aid h i
till going to go by th City' Charter
where it tate, "No P on h ll b
elected or appoint d 1 ny effie
who i in default to th city, or to any
School Di trier, County, or oth r
municip I corporation of th State,
now or heretofore cxi ling."
Wy inger aid he didn't tell
anyone that h didn't upport the
new mayor or the in oming commis
sioners, but he do support the City
Ch rter.
"There have been law violat din
thi Charter during the election
(general)," Wysinger said. He till
blamed City Clerk Margaret Adams
for not doing her job, misleading the
people and not telling the candidates
the law when they took out p titions.
"I'M NOT GOI G to it here
tonight after I get worn in and then
tum around and violate the Charter,
which I'm sworn to uphold. I've got
no problem with whomever wants to
run and take a seat, but I'v got a
problem when we don't do it the
right way," Wysinger said.
"This is the law of the land," he
aid, holding up the City Charter. "If
we don't want to abide by this
Charter, we should changed th laws
of this book because it is mislead
ing."
Wysinger left the meeting while
Mayor Hull wa p aking and before
the vote was taken to accept the new
commissioners to their eats.
Departing incumbents and
newly-elected commissioners had
nothing but good things to ay about
each other and the city.
Commissioner "Steve Wooden
wished the best of luck to departing
commissioners, Fred Sim , Arnold
Smith and Kerry Shannon, who i
also his neighbor.
WOODEN SAID the election
day was one of the colde t days of the
year and the people till came out to
vote.
Commissioner Charles
Yarbrough, who have been erving
as commissioner for 20-years,
thanked the residents for their sup
port. He also gave the new commis
sion a "word of wisdom."
"There's going to b efforts made
to divide us-from inside and out:
ide. We're going" to be under a h 11
of a micro cope here folks. Waiting
for us to make a mistake. Waiting for
us to be pounced on. If we stick
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Muskegon
ARYGOLUDAY
Antonia eal, 8th grade tudent at
Steel Junior High School wa
crowned Prince of hi cl . Antoni
i the grand on of M . Dorothy
Bailey.
Congr tul tions, Antonia, nd
keep up the good work.
together we're going to have a damn
good government here," he said.
Commi .ioner Ralph Crenshaw
told the people that they had
demonstrated that they were con
cern d with the "livelihood in the
city and had confidence in the people
that would lead the city in a way that
it hould be done."
"I've aid many times that Benton
Harbor is a lee ping giant," Cren
sh w aid. "Thi i your city. Thi is
th city that you can make what you
want it to be. This city can be a
shining example of what people can
do by working together. With your
help and upport I certainly will do
all in my power to make sure and
carry that goal forward." .
·"IGIV HONORtoMayorHull
and pledge my full hearted support
to her in doing the job that I know sh
can do. We will show people far and
abroad that we're going to be the best
.legislative body that this city has
een in a long time," he added.
Wy inger said he just hope the
next time there is an election "the
City Clerk do her job because it is an
embarras ment to the taxpayers and
the people that takes out petitions to '
run for office, having their personal
busine s put out in the streets."
Incoming commi ioner Ricky
.Hill aid the message he had for the
. residents of Benton Harbor was,'
"You are the people who make sure
we do our jobs. Don't go home and
go to sleep because I will be knock
ing at your doors waking you up.
Because we are only nine people and
you are in a ci ty of 12,000. So we
need your help, residents in Benton
Harbor, to make sure that, overall,
the city is working.
Incoming commissioner Norval
Weiss said the new commission has
the opportunity to do what is good
for the City of Benton Harbor and he
is positive that that will "make a
great great difference over the next
couple of years "
"You have my 100 percent and
more," Commissioner James F.A.
Turner said, praising Mayor Hull for
all of he r work s he has done
throughout the community.
"WE CAN DO anything as long
as we tay together," Turner said and
then he quoted an African proverb,
"It takes a whole village to raise a
child;"
Some city re idcn did not have
good things to say about the depart
ing commissioners.
"I'm glad to be here in Benton
Harbor 0 I could ee how politics
work," Curtis Murphy said. "I
worked hard as I could to get you
guys out, and I think I did the right
thing. These o-called organizations
that came in into the City of Benton
Harbor to rape u of economic
wealth. So I am glad to ee you
going."
City re ident Dennis Knowls
agreed with Murphy. "I have seen
nothing but tug -o-war, but with the
new admini tration coming in there
will be a great change, Knowls said."
Beside Mayor Hull being sworn
in, other commission sworn into of
fice include: Ward cornmls ioners,
1st Ward, Steve Wooden; 2nd Ward,
George Wy inger; and 3rd Ward,
Norval Wei . Hershel McKenzie,
4th Ward Commi ioner wa ab ent .
Loui H. Johnson Jr., grad te
of Muskegon H . High School and
now ttending Michigan State
University where he i erving
tud nt man ger for the men b ket
ball team. Louis i majoring in en
gin ering. He i the on of Mr. and
Mrs. Loui H. John on Sr. Con
gratulations Louis.
Dislocated
workers
learn skill
By MARY GOLUDAY
Over 200 local dislocated
workers are upgrading their kills
thanks to a federal grant awarded to
the Muskegon Economic Growth
Alliance.
MEGA was awarded a Job Crea
tion demonstration Grant by the U.S.
Department of Labor in September.
As one of only six recipients nation
wide, MEGA is helping develop an
official definition of "job creation."
The S4402,400 grant is to be used
over a 15-month period to create jobs
by helping people out of work due to
a closing or substantial layoff of a
business, agency, or enterprise to
start new businesses or upgrade
il through formal training.
The 200 p rticip nts received
cademic nd/or intere t testln ,
long with vocational coun eling
and re now or will be trai ning att
local educational in titutions, in
cluding B ker College, Skill Train
ing Center nd Mu kegon
Community College.
Approximat ly 20 other people
are participating in a 72-hour busl
n plan course at Muskegon Com
munity College which w designed
to teach clients how to open and
operate uecessful mall busines es.
Other ervice available to these par
ticipants include counseling by
MEGA's SCORE office, modest
tart-up grant , and busine in
cubator istance through Inter
Space, Inc. Another course is
planned for February of 1992.
TIle grant award was based on
MEGA's ability to do what they
proposed ( erve 400 disloc ted
workers) and how succe sful the
program can be duplicated nation
wide. MEGA's proposal "included
emphasis on the trong ties they have
with the community and a successful
track record in helping dislocated
workers get re-employed.
Dislocated workers interested in
applying can go to the Employment
Services division of MEGA located
in the Hackley Administration
Building at 349 W. Webster, Mon
day through Friday and ask Rose for
an application.
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