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work wit� the partlclpan In the prog m. Pictured (l-r) re: Deborah CI rk, Lyn Mertin, Tin Ben, H I em
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Scattered-site home
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I .. plan submitted to HUD
By BERNICE BROWN
The Benton Harbor City Com
mission approved request from the
Benton Harbor Housing Commis-
ion to submit an application to the
V.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development to build 25 new
scattered-site houses in the city.
Funding for the plan would be $2
million. '
Danethel Whitfield, Executive
Director of the Benton Harbor Hous
ing Commission, said a design selec
tion committee would consist of
people from the Housing Cornrnis-
ion, representatives from the City of
Benton Harbor Commission and city
residents.
She said the committee would
meet and select an' architect and
come up with the best design for the
houses.
Whi tfield said sites for the homes
will be purchased from the City, as
was the ites for the other canered
site homes. The city has over 300
vacant properties to choo e from.
that w n't there before," Yarbrough
aid. "We got people living in
landlordho ingthati unparalleled,
pathetic, slums ... if you want to talk
about pigpens, Mr. Wysinger, look at
orne of your landlord housi ng. "
Commf ioner Norval Weiss aid
there hould be much pre sure as
po ible put on the committee to get
a design for the homes that will be
accepted by the general public as
well.
Whitfield said the people that
apply for the homes must be self-suf
ficient. They must be enrolled in
chool or a job training program and
after training must seek employment
to get them off the welfare rolls. Ap
plicants must become elf-sufficient
within a five-year period to own a
home.
COMMISSIONER George
Wysinger s id if these houses be like
the other scattered- lte homes the
Housing Commi ion had previous
built, be would not support them. "I
know some dog houses that were
built better than the last homes. 1
think they were a disgrace to the City
of Benton Harbor."
"I support any home-ownership
in the city, but I think the rental thing
is what got, our ci ty tom apart al
ready," Wysinger said.
"The homes that were put up are
a whole lot better than what w
there before," Commissioner Char
les Yarbrough said, of the scattered
site houses.
"They have provided a whole lot
of safe, decent housing for our city
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Hedesine Fields retires
BY MARY GOLUDAY
,After 25 years of service
Hedesine Fields has called it quits,
retiring recently from Shaw- Walker.
Relatives and a few of her friends
gave her a surprise luncheon at the
Ponderosa Restaurant. She was
speechles . Congratulations, Hedy,
and enjoy your well-earned retire
ment.
The Kitchen Of Hope (New Hope
Baptist Church), 560Yuba Street, is
now open for lunch five day a week.
African American Celebration
·92 will kick off January 19, at Christ
Temple Church. Rev. George Ben
nett will be the speaker. Love and
Unity Choir will perform.
A celebration for the Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday celebration
will be held Monday, January 20, at
the Bethesda Baptist Church, at 1
p.m. Dr. Eugene Taylor Sutton will
be the speaker.
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"TH CITY MA GER knew
prior to when he requ ted hi va -
lion that the n w government would
be taking over," Yarbrough id.
"We can't dictate to him when to
t ke v cation, we've approved it,
but to me it w erious error in
judgem nt for him to take off the first
two wee in January when the
brand new government comes in and
he i the chief executive of this city."
Yarbrough stated said he believe
reason Manning was not present at
the meeting i that "he might have
another job and doesn'tcare about
thi one." "To m it is totally ir
responsible, inconsiderate and dis
re pectful to this new government
for th city manager to take off."
He al 0 stated that he had heard
rumors about Manning going to
being fired, but did not know when
that would happen.
"It i inevitable, ladle and
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