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BENTON HARBOR
The project go I i to timul te
bomeo hip on lb part of 10 d
moderate income familie and individuals
through u tanti I re bilitation of
e . tin tructures.
The Benton Harbor on-Profit Property
Management Corporation -an arm of the
qua i-government 1, private,
Whirlpool- c d Cornerstone Alliance-
involved with the grant to provide clear
title and expedite the resale of tax reverted
c
o
properti ithin ci ty limi , ocordin
to the ording of the grant application.
old for
dollar b, me 70 pie 0 property to
the on-Profit Property M n gement
Corpo tion. It i not 0 w ther
grant will be turned over directly to
Cornerstone or ill be dministered by the
city.
The pplication al 0 tat that," A
priority for funding ill be given to e ' ting
city residen . Individuals wi hingacce to
fun ho are not currently city residen
h411 be first time homebuyers. First time
homeowners will be encouraged to take
p rt in homeo ner hip cla ses,
vailable.
The majority of � funds available for
this project shall be devoted to revolving
loan fund for co traction financing. These
dollars will be available to for-profit and
not-for-profit developer, as well
individual . M xi mum loan shall be
$10,000, targeting 30 units.
All administrative support for this
project will be supplied by the Community
al of ainte Service
greem at i PC Servt ,S ve ville,
for City' computer eq ipment in
amount of $8,282. The term of the
a�ment i from utI, 1992 through
July 31, 1993.
- To rele e lien imposed by the city
on property at 1141 McAlli ter Street
The lien pI ced on th property for
specified period of time based on one
year obli tion by the homeowner for each
tho and doll pent to rehabilitate the
property ith Community De elopment
Block Grant funds.
The rehabilitation of thi property w
completed on March 18, 1979 for an
amount of $9,486 nd the City' lien
expired on November 18, 1988.
o Y 0 T WHIT
1 bor coun el for the City s id the
resolution i entiall y a "ho keeping
item for collective b lining negotiatio \
with AFSCME."
White . d AFSCME' req ting that
the City gain e out union du from
employee paychec , practice tbe City
had di continued about two years ago.
Commi ioners Jam Turner and Steve
Wooden w absent.
ANCIAL dmini tration hall be
provided by the City of Benton Harbor,
utilizing their establi hed ystem of che
and balances.
In thi process, the elected city
commissioners will have final review and
approval of all cash di bursements, to
insure that the monie are expended in
accordance with HUD rules and regulations
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TALKE
continu d from P ge 1
LIEUTENANT Donald Robert of
lie Oiminal Investigation Department
. "She made two orthrce reports
IDd they were checked out am tbcre
re oothing (to them)."
He added, the latest report, made
Swmy, Aupt 23,' under investiga
tion.
1be.co\BlCilwoman said, "I am oot
1fDid; I am angry."
She said be is angry because, "As e
city coWlCilwoman, resident am tax
yer of Highland Park, I Want the
r pO� m give me the same treatment
any �r' "ty t
tbia it is; whidl • lIII'I'A1.B· ��
In addition, he wondered, out loud,
1bat if an e1edcd official is treated in the
, manner she says she ta been treated,
: tow much worse would it be for the
citizen woo is not an elec1ed official to
act police action?
·1
JOHNSON MAINTAINS that her
IOlF stems from re� that if noth
iIW e , were less than sersiuve.
She said he was told by high rank-
ilWoflicials, "You are an elected official
: ,m! s� expect this type of auen
• ICion." An officer said to ber, "You are
: III attractive woman" and "Get a gun. "
: Johnson appears to be under a lot of
.. and admi ., baYing seen her
DInily physician and a �)'Chiatrist.
to
In addition, Johnson said, she bas .
recorded three different licerse plate
numbers and passed the intormanon
It on k> � police.
l.Jeutcnant Roberts re� to com
ment on that; citing her rights to .
• privacy. However, he did say that on
alCale of 1 to 10, he is nine aIX1 a balf
) pm:ent ure Atkins is the serial killer.
,
�
lIE BASES his contentions on the
, Jdod of information Atkins WM able to
fumiah, plus, Atldm led the police to the
lilt body.
Yet Lt, Roberts maintains that there
always the possibility for error am
that someone may decide to become a
copy cat killer. .
Thus, he said, the police are main
IIining a high le'Yel of watchfulras.
. ..
In the meantime, the
councilwoman's days and nights grow
more alanning beca for her, Atkins
arrest did not top the moor.
YAHWEH
continued from P 1
was sentenced to 15 years in federal
prison. Prosecutors said that Banks and
Carey, at ore time members of the Na
tion of Yahweh, became sect dissidents
aOO murder targets.
1be Yahwehs were accused of kill-
ing 14 people fro 1 __ .�JU
.. ly,16mc.Dl teonbialin
federal court for' enmion, conspiracy
am compimcy to commit murder. 1b:
extortion charge was dropped by Judge
Roettger, woo continuallyaskcd federal
prosecutors "Why are we me?" regard
ing the federal d1argcs. Seven of the 16
were acqwtled and the jury couldn't
reacha verdict on tbe others. AhazIsrael
(a.k.a. Rufus Pace) got 15-1/2 years,
Ernest Lee James, whose sect name is
Ahinidad Israel, w sentenced to 16-
1/2 years. Yahweh Ben Yahweh, his
main assistant. Linda Gaines, also
kmwn� Judith Israel, aooamthcrcon
victed member still face sentencing and
up to 20 years federal time.
WHILE TIlE prosecutors called
the crimes "brutal," Judge Roettger said
there were indications that the Yahwehs
had "cleaned up their act" after 1986.
Yahweh Ben Yahweh, born Hulon
Mitchell, Jr., was moored by the Mayor
of Miami, the National Business
League am The Mi8mi Utban League
for his economic works. The Nation of
Yahweh amassed a $100 million real
estate m1 property empire in inner..Qty
areas in Miami and across the nation,
am had repulation of being severely
anti� in their prscdces.
The state charges in Florida carry
withlbem the death penalty. According
to �y Rush, � federal case was
mainly a stalking horse for the state
case. "Rl.C.O. was the first step to
indlct an entire religion. 'They used a
statute for mobsters to get the leaders to
the initial mal. Now, we have a state
murder case lim! up that Rorida had
decl� to pursue in the first place."
Student
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Yahweh is charged with three
coun of first-degree murder. The sta
charges stem from the stabbing death of
Cecil BraIX:h and the sl¥>oting deatbl of
AntlDty Brown and Rudolph Brous-
sard.
4. Learn how to read. A class in
speed reading not only increases
speed but al 0 teaches how to get
quick sense of the material and retain
more. In his book "Getting Straight
A's," Gordon W. Green, .Jr., also
ecomme being "an aeti
reo der-one who continually as .
questions t lead to a full undel
standing of the author's �ge."
5� Schedule your time. ome top
students divide a long assignment
into small pieces so it . n't so over
whelming. Others complete assign
ments early 0 they h ve time to
polish it.
6. Take good notes. Teachers
often test on what they emphasized,
so good notes are crucial. Top stu
dents also take notes while reading
assigned texts. One student uses the
time just before the bell rings to write
a two- or three-sentence summary of
the lesson's principal points, which
she scans before the next day's class.
7. Qean up your. act. Neat papers
are likely to get higher grades than
sloppy ones. "It's like being served a
cheeseburger," says Qaude Olney,
an Arizona State University profes
sor. "You can't believe it tastes good
if it's presented on a messy plate."
8. Speak up. Q8S$ participation
goes beyond king questions to as
king the right questions-question
that lead to better understanding.
9.Study together. The value of hit
ting the books together was
demonstrated in an experiment at the
University of California at Berkeley.
Uri Treisman found that the Asian
American students who discussed
problems together and explained
their solutions to each other scored
higher than other minority students
from similar academic backgrounds
who studied alone.
10. Test yourself. Students who
test themselves with possible test
BERNICE BRQWNlMlchlgen CItIzen
End of Summer Youth Program
Area youth �njoy the final days of summer vacation at Hall Park in Benton Harbor.
lete, tudent-council member and
topstudent at Lyinan High School in
Presho, S.D., does 10. If the history
teacher assigns eight pages, she reads
12. "lbc more you practice, the more
JOU leam, " abe says.
questions they make up themselves
find many of the same questions on
the real exam and thus score higher.
11. Do more than you're asked. If
her math teacher assigns five
problems, Christi Anderson, an alb-
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