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Some of the candid as for BH School Board of Trust who
appeared recent forum. Remember to vote in th School
Elections June 8th. <Ph* by ..... Bel)
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"By MARY GOWDAY
Fifty seven seniors were -Excel­
lence in Education" award winners.
AmOng them from Muskegon Hts
High School ere Latika Jones, De -
tiny Lenoir, Paula Puschal, and
Roc:bclle Pipkins. From Muskegon
High School were Martha Sortor and
Sheena Balton.
This award is sponsored by the
Mu kegon County Community
Foundation and the Paul C. Johnson
Foundation.
Congratulations to all of you.
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A Seminar on �ng drug
abuse will be belel Saturday, June 6,
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Holy
Trinity C.O.O.I.C. Clurch. Registra­
tion is $12 per person.
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The 38th Annual Testimonial
Services for Bishop and Bvangelist
William Burrell, D.O., Ph.D,
Diocesan of the 5th Bpi copal Dis­
trict of the State of Michigan will be
held June 2-6 at 7 p.m. nightly.
The Tes titnonial Services
speakers include:
Tuesday: Dist. Eld. Carl Holland
anc1 Pastor Emma Smith, both of
Detroit.
. Wednesday: Di t. Eld. Bryon
Johnson, IndianapoU , Ind., and Eld.
Henry Griffin, Benton Harbor.
Thursday:D' LEld. W.Elamand
Pastor Reba Johnson, both of Pon­
tiac, MI and Eld. Moses Dickens,
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The Male Chorus of Ebenezer
Missionary Baptist Church will be
celebrating their Annual Day on
Sunday, May 31, at 3:30 p.m.
Other Male COOrus' of the city
have been invited to atteDc1.
Rev. Walter L. Brown i host
pastor.
First Congregational United
Church of Christ, Pipestone and
Broadway at Bellview, of Benton
Harbor will ponsor the 2nd An­
Dual Brown Bag Concert series
beginning June 3 through 17.
The concerts will be held at 12
noon on three Wedn days. Each
concert is 45-minutes and i free to
tbcpubUc. .
Stephen Susan Zor will
open the ri on June 3, th a
religious folk CODCCrt. Many of the
South Haven.
Friday: Dist. Eld. R h Lockhart,
Detroit and Eld. John Brown and
Eld. Jerry Lewi , both of Flint and
Eld. Hary Grayson, Yp ilanti.
Saturday: Bishop Jermiah Reed,
DesMoines, IA; Eld. Carlton Burrell,
Nile and Dist. Eld. John McCall,
Chicago, m.
Special ervices wilt be held on
Wednesday, June 10. Presiding
Bishop James A. Johnson, of St.
Louis, MO will be speaking.
Muskegon Public School h
t hing positions available for the
1992-93 school year. They are .
following:
Secondary: Biology/Geometry,
Mu kegon High School;
Matb/English, Skill Training Center;
(.4) French, Steele Middle School;
Math/Science/Health, Adult Educa­
tion (will work two nights/per week).
Special Education: Elementary
Emotionally Impaired, South
Shores; Elementary Emotionally Im­
paired, Phillip ; and Teacher Con­
sultant Learning Disabilities, Nims
(requires a Master Degree, three
years experience in Learning Di -
abilities and an elementary teaching
certificate).
If inte ted respond in writin to­
M kegon P bllc Schoo , Person­
nel Office, 349 W. Webster, -
kegon, MI 49440 on or before
Friday, June 19, 1992 .
songs they will perform vocally
and instrumentally were written by
Susan and recorded in an album,
"SmalIWon4e ".
On June 10, Gary Cooper win
return with a � " Iy
B , to perform all ty of
music.
Other membe of the group are
Gordon Jac on, Debbie Kroen­
ing, nd Bill Ski .
Tbe Jazz group, Ivory, Strl
ind, and Skin", will return June
17, and will pI Y jazz, wing, con­
temporary, progre ive and be­
pop, Jean Prosper plays Piano,
Gary Davis, String Bass; Larry
Cangelo i, Winds; and Gre
Cleve1anc1,
rales aDd u
men will }(f in Djunction
with the eonce , or you may bring
Children may 19o up for the 1
ummer readin program, READ
OCKI RAPI, anytime durin
regular library hours, no through
A t 1 t. In order to complete the
program, children bould d or lis­
ten to 20 boo • rizcs '11 be given
out throughout the program a
rewards, and a reading log for each
child will be ept t the library. The
ummer reading program' an excel­
lent ay for children 110 maintain or
improve their reading levels over the
summer vacation.
StoryTime ions begin this
week, and will nm for eight weeks.
Bi ki tory Hour will meet on
Tucadays at 1 p.m., and will feature
Reading Rainbo books and videos,
as ell and mUilc. 1b e
10 are open to children who are
In first grade orolc1er. Preregistration
DOt required. On June 9, the film,
MAMMA DON�T AlLOW, will be
featured alo Ith rela stories
. and activiti •
re chool Sto me III non
Wednesday, June 10, from 1()'10:45
a.m. and continue for eight weeks.
Each ion includes stories, songs,
and a short film .for young thildren
ages 3-5. •
Movies for children are shown
this summer on Saturdays at 12
noon. Showing On June 6, will be
"BACK TO THE FOREST" and on
June 13, "SCAMPER, THE PEN­
GUIN."
ants to do
R-On ay 26,
the Benton Harbor City Commission
pproved the 1992-1993
Community Development Bloc
Grant Proposal Applicatio . Prior
!O ubmitting the form 424 for
Feder I A i tance th City
Commission must approve, by
resolution the proposed tiviti 0
be undertaken with Bloc Grant
Funds.
Public Hearin ld
16, 23, and , 1992 to obtain i
from ci tizen regarding the
utilization of the $588,000.
The $588,000 of Bloc Grant
moDi went to various proje .
They inclu :
- Hou ing rehabilitation,
$240,000. .
- C.O.R.D. (Christian Outreach
Rehab and Development) for
housing rehabilitation, (rent to own)
30,000.
- Street resurfacing, $60,000.
- Curbs & sidewalks, $52,200.
- Benton Harbor Senior Citizen
Center, $5,363.
.- Public Safety program (tittle
Squirt), $6,300.
- 301 and 305 Territorial (old
V-M Building) to Romie Allen for
the amount of 15,000.
- 400 South Fair, (old
laundromat) to Webb Griffith Jr., for
the amount of $4,500. Other bidder
w Steve Archibald, for the amount
of $1,250.
- 124 Water Street (Benton
Hotel), to New Harbor Corporation,
for the" amount of $5,000. Romie
Allen also submitted a bid of $5,100
on this property.
New Harbor. Corporation owns
th Hickley Building next to the
Benton Hotel.
- 573 Ba.ird, to Eugene Gavin.
Gavin purchased the property from
the city for the amount of the
delluquent , $2,182.70.
An properti listed have been
bidded out and the bid were
reviewed by the Property
Disposition Committee and the
Planning and Economic
Development Committee.
All of the properties listed have
reverted back to the city for
non-payment of taxes.
I and Michol� Meredith
tuden at HPCC read the
Michigan Citizen.
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CO Steve
Wooden pleased that
there w tizen input on whele the
CDBG funds ent, beea 1 t year
re etc many CQ1Dplain1s from
cit.i.ze ting that Y didn't have
a cbaDce part in ying where
the CD 0 fund were being pent,
bleb is a requirement of HUD's.
Commissioner George Wysinger,
00 t the lone vote gainst the
CDBo funds appli' . d
76,537 a not enough for
�.tkm. "It' j a .�
"I will not upport recreation
unle they put $200,000 into it.
"'That' what I'm hearing from our
taxpayeI$, recreation is what they
want, " Wysinger said. He said be is
illing to put the whole $588,000
into reere lion, beca e that is what
the people �ant.
Ino busi , commission
pprovec1 the e of city-owned
prope es, They include:
Sarett Nature Center I begiri a '!,;11�'��;�;f�t���+;����
four day canoe trip at Orass Lake and
will conclude at Benzoni • jet
of Lake Michigan.
Each night there
along the riverside.
The trip is slated for July 8-12 and
will cost $175. Thi cost covers all
transport tion, canoes, camplng
equipment and food. A deposit of
$50' required to your space
on this uniq trip.
For more Infol'dUltion COD t
Sarett alure Center, 2300 Benton
Center Road, Benton Harbor,
Michigan 49022 or phone, (616)
cn7-4832.
your own Brown Bag lunch.
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