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Benton H rbor City
Commi ioners said they are going
to aack down on b' that get
enterprise zone breaks from the
city without hiring any city residents.
City resident Elliott R told the
commi ion that he h d some
concerns about the city's enterprise
zone not hiring city residents. He
went on to ay that he as turned
down a job by a business that is
receiving enterprise zone tax breaks,
because they said he was
"overqualified. "
"It created hope in me, " Ross said
about the enterprise zone law.
Commissioner James Turner aid
the commis ion needs to know who
the business was, but not to get their
name in public.
THERE WAS TO be a board
established to oversee the businesses
that were receiving enterprise zone
tax breaks, but according to
Commissioner Charles Yarbrough,
no board has been established.
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"Things are not going to be like THE CO SIO requested
they were in the past," Yarbrough that the report be kept in Manning'
aid. "We know that the enterprise office for to be review by the public
zones have not lived up to their only and not to make copies, and
commitment to thi community. that's by ppointment only. He aid
These busin es that h ve gotten name of police informan w
enterprise zone benefits ... they have omitted from the report to protect
not lived up to the requirements and them.
they'haven't even tried." He aid he had to fill out a
"That's going to change," - Freedom of Information request for
y arb�ugh ,said. "Ma yor H� � to get the, report and advised the
made It plam that we must bnng 1D public that if they wanted a copy of
jobs. There's going to be a better job the report to do the same.
done in h� �ture," he said. . The commission requested that
. CoIDlDlssIo�er Ralph ��ha� Manning obtain a copy of the report,
81d the enterprise zone legislation IS for review where $11 738.24 of
designed to "fatten other people's narcotics funds was not' accounted
poc�ts." He went o� to say that.the for during the 10 month
businesses must gIve something investigation, where no one was
back to the conununity. "I think arrested or prosecuted.
that's a smalJ price to pay." Manning turned the report over to
In other matters, City Manager Commi sioner Ralph Crenshaw,
Steve Manning told the commission who is the chairman of the city
that he had received a copy of the commis ion's public safety
investigation report of the Benton committee, for revie .
Harbor Police Department from In other business the commission
Berrien County Prosecutor Dennis
Wiley's office.
CALENDAR
Breast Cancer
Support Group Offered
Breast Cancer Support Group,
sponsored by Mercy Memorial
Medical Center, will meet at 7 p.m.,
, Marcb 19, at the First Congregation­
al Churcb, 2001 Niles Ave., St.
Joseph. The program is free and pre­
registation is not required. For more
Information, call 983-8204 between
8:30 a.n:t. and 5 p.m. weekdays.
Right To Ute Banquet
The Sixth Annual Right To' Ufe
Banquet will be held Friday, March
13, at the First Church of Christ,
2240 Yankee Street, Niles. A get ac­
quainted at 7 p.m. and dinner will be
ICrved at 7:30 p.m.
Barbara Listing, pre ident of
Right to Life of Michigan will be the
speaker. Tickets are $8 per person
and checks must accompany reser- Saturdays at 1 p.m. Showing March
vation. Checks are to be made out to 14, will be "Perfect The Pig" and
South Berrien County Right To Life. "Ty's One-Man Band."
Call (616) 684-2543 for more infor-
mation.
Uvlng With Dlabete
Serle Offered
Make Today Count
Support Group Meet
The Make Today Count Support
group will meet Wednesday, March
11, at 7 p.m. at the Watevliet Com­
munity Hospital.
Mercy Memorial Medical Center
is sponsoring a five-part educational
series for diabetics and their familie
beginning March 12. The cl will ToughLove Parent
meet in the Board Room of Mercy
Center, Benton Harbor, from 1-3 Support Group Meet
p.m. each n.�y through April 9. The ToughLove Parent Support
Tbe . ert�s IS �ree, but pre- .. group will meet Tuesday, March 17,
registration IS required. Call 927- in the nursery of the Stevensville
5297 on weekdays between 8 a.m. United Methodist Church, 5506
and 4:30 p.m. for more information Ridge Rd., Stevensville.
and to register.
At The Ubrary ,.
Pre-School StoryTime meets on
Wednesdays and Fridays, March 11
and 13, from 10-10:45 a.m. A film,
"Green Eggs And Ham", along with
stories and fingerplays are planned
for the children, ages 3-5. Pre­
registration is not required.
Movies for children are shown on
Blo omland United
Way Hold Meeting
The Blossomland United Way
will hold their 50th Annual meeting
on Thursday, March 19, at 4 p.m.
Following l short social time, the
program will begin at 4:15 p.m. In­
cluded in program will be thepresen­
tation of the President's Award.
In and about Muskegon
By MARY GOLLIDAY
Beulah Bapti t Church paused for
a moment during their Sunday
Morning Worship Service to give
tribute to Black History Month.
The speaker wa Brenda
Gardner. She said, "We have come a
long way, but we' till have a long
way to go."
She also said, "We can make
more progress by voting, writting
letters to congressmen, senators and
the governor and tell them what we
think needs to be done to better our
conditio . But don't forget God, for
He is our source and strength when
our burdens get to hard to bare.
When e see only one footprint in
the sand that is when he is carrying
. He will never leave us alone.
Union Missionary Baptist Dis­
trict began their Lenten Service
Wedn day, March 4, at Beulah
8apti t Church, 2601 Manz St.,
- M egon Heights.
Rev. W.T. Burton, pastor of the
New Paradi Mis ionary Bapti t
Oluich, Benton Harbor, broughtthe
ge. Rev. Willie Paul Jr., is the
host pastor. ,
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Buslne After
Hour IMlnl- Trade F Ir
The Cornerstone Alliance will
present Business After Hours -
Mini-Trade Fair, on Tuesday, March
24, from 4:30-7:30 p.m, in the Lake
Michigan College Mendel �nter.
The Urban League of Greater
Muskegon is taking reservations for
their annual spring break Historic
Black Colleges and Universities
tour, scheduled for AprilS-11, which
i� aimed at members of (NULITES),
a youth group of the Urban League.
Reservations are also being taken
from non-members on a first-come
first-serve basts.
They will go to colleges and
universities in Tennessee, Alabama
and Florida. For more informaion
call Ricky O. Jackson at the Urban
League, 722-3736.
The Muskegon Hts. Adults and
Community Education and United
States Postal Services held their An­
nual Black History salute recently in
the Muskegon Mall.
Dr. Benjamin Wit on was the
guest peaker. Processional by the
U.S. ADDed Service Color Guard.
Dr. Wilson told the audience,
"Don't forget all the things our an­
cestors brought from the continent."
He also talked about herbal
medicines, music and various
African contributions that has been
made.
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The Camerata Singers and Or­
chestra under the direction of Floyd
Farmer will present a concert on
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The program will include the can-
. tata "Jesu, Joy and Treasure" by
Dietrich Buxtehude, and the "Mass
in C, Opus 48" by Franz Schubert.
Soloists will be sopranos Kyle
Voblken and Joanna Black, mezzo­
soprano Betty Kurtz, tenor Brian
Carder, and baritone Henry Ottens.
Also on the program will be a
, performance by the Camerata Or­
chestra of Tchaikowsky's "Serenade
in C' for strings,
Tickets for the concert are $6 and
will be available at the door the eve.
ning of the performance. Call Floyd
Farmer at 846-6960 (work) or 726-
6098 (home).
"I am glad I'm Black and 1 am
glad I'm free, we're somebody," Dr.
Wilson said.
Dr. Wilson was named an "Out ..
standing Young Man In American"
in 1974.
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approved pointment to the aty
Board of Review. They include the
re-appointment ofJame Dudley, 1 t
Ward, 4 year term; Erne tine
Broo 4th Ward, repl cing Juanita
Echols unexpired time; Charle
Cobb, 2nd Ward, replacing Michael
Govat05' unexpired term; reappoint
Elizabeth McNon, 3rd Ward, 1 year
term,
Commissioner Wysinger voted
no to the appointments.
Bxisting minority businesses
in the Greater Kalamazoo region
are those mostIlkely to benefit
from $40,000 grant to
Kalamazoo College's Small
Busine Development Center
(SBDC). Kalamazoo's SBDe is
one of only three of the 2S SBD
Centers in the state to receive an
award from the State of
Michigan.
Funding will support tbe
development of a program to in­
crease the quality and quantity of
counseling and services to
minority business owners.
Primary consideration will be
given to growth-oriented
minority firms.
!tOur goal is to stimulate
minority business development
by increasing the level of coun­
seling, training, and outreach c­
tivities of the SBDC to minority
business owners within our
S8De service area," says Ken
Warren, director of Kalamazoo's
SBDC.
IN ADDITION TO provid­
ing some 1000 oours of in-depth
counseling to qualifying minority
businesses, Warren will develop
a directory of minority busiDCSSCS
in southwest Michigan. "In that
way, we can market exi ting
minority b to thole b i­
nesses in the broader community
who are specifically looking for
minority uppUers." Warren says.
The SBDC will also establish
appropriate systems for tracking
the impact of the pilot project in
terms of jobs created, increased
sales, new businesses, and in­
creased purchasing from minority
firms.
"If the project is successful,
tbe methods we used can serve as
a model for other SBD� and
minority b incss organizations
in Michigan," Warren says.
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