BH IN BRIEF
Career Technical
Awards Banquet slated
ounty r id nt! will
r t honor thi car':
.hola hlp from
cnnu tat Di-
Pennies for Patients
fundraiser scheduled
Region IV Area Agency
hold public hearing
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The Region IV Area A cn yon A in will hold a publi he rin on
the agency' fi cal year 1994-1 <) 6 plan for, ervrcc in the counti of
Berrien, Q and Van Buren. Thc bearing \ ill be held Monday, May
, from ( :30 to 11: a.m. in the lar c onfcrcn e room of the area
agency of ICC at _ 1<) Divi IOn t., t. Jos ph.
Th propo cd plan rcprc ent the beginning of a new multi-year
planningcy 1 .. Th Michigan O rice fServic totheagingn I ngcr
require ye riy Annual Implementation Plan.
Anyon wishing to make cornmcn , ut are unable to attend the
hearin .must s ubrnit a wnttcn statement to th ar a g ncy on Agin
by April 29.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Mere M morial Medical C ntcr I pon on nz a live-part cdu a­
nonal s ri s for dia 'tiC'. and th .ir tarruh ':-, b mrung May), In th
Board Room ot M rcy Memorial Medical .nter, t. J . cph fr m 6:3
to 8:3 p.m. en h Thu day through Jun 3.
The scric i Ire . hut pr e-re ri. tran n I. required. T rc ) ter or tor
m re information, all 9'27-5_97 on v cekda . betwe n R a.m. and 4:3
p.m, Em IImcnt I ... 11011 cd.
At The Library
Pre-School t ryTim will meet on W dne dav, pril 2 , from
-10:45 a.m.
The library will be sponsorin their nnual Blossorntirne Lo I
Auth rsOpcn House on Tuesday c .runz, April '27, rom 7-9 p.m.
cal authors and artists v il � the Ii rarv with their \ ork: , and
rcfr shmenu ... \\'111 crvcd. .
Th library will clos '<1 on aturday, Ma l. me da of the
Blo om Parade.
"Smokeless" smoking
cessation program offered
t m is off nn 1 a "smokcles "
Living with
diabetes series offered'
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D FRAZI R, a Fai r­
plain re idem uggest d that that
maybc the kating rink could be con-
tru t d in a way that it could al 0 b
u ed a basketball court.
"The City f Benton Harbor i in
a very uniqu ituationasoppo ed to
oth r citie : J thi nk we are one of the
few that are juggling four different
� D DL.. r id nt,
que ti n d 1 th ity would hav
fund to maintain th community
center, wh nth city and th B nton
Harbor Area S ho I didn't have
enough fund t op rate the Chari
Gray Recreation Center.
La y. aid of the fund th i ty will
receive thi year, $1 5 ould be
u d for upk ep and running of th
community enter.
Ruby Dudley, wif r Dudley,
pl1 ntcd a p tition igned by resi­
dents of the 12 block of Broadway
complaining about the lar potholes
in the tr et and asked to have them
repaired.
Lacy informed Mrs. Dudley that
dev loping pro dur to ize the
nal e of Enterpri e Zone
d linqu nt on May 3.
Brodzi i 0 aid, it' th ame
b in that don't pay ch y ar.
"If th y don't pay, we're goi g to
eize th irproperty and auction it off
to pay for the taxe owed," he aid.
From 1988 to 1991, total taxes
owed w $395,055.53. As of April
6, total amountdelinqu ntfrom 1988
to 1991 i 253,191. 1.
The Enterpri Zonet"law allow
th City to foreclo e on busires
that b orne delinquent with th ir
taxe , w h re property ow ners have
up to three years to pay their deli n­
quent taxe off.
Brodzin ki said she hope H
wouldn't come to thi , but the city
would do whatever it talc to collect
th delinquent tax .
By BERNICE BROWN
Mlchlg.n Citizen
HARD R - The City of
Benton Hamor i in the p of
coll ting delinqu nt tax ow d by
busine owners.
City Finance Director Audrey
Brodzinski aid the Enterpri e Zon
levy for 1992 Summer and Winter
taxes wa in the amount of
$3,601,365.91. As of April 6, 1993,
16 ,369.14 i d linquent for a col­
lection rate of 95.5 per nt.
Brodzinski aid letters were ent
out to all 1992 delinquenci tating
that unl s their 1992 taxes are paid
by April 30, the city will take imme­
diate legal action with no further no­
tice.
Sh aid he and the City' Attor-
ney B b White are in the proc of
, THIS BRUSH
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HELPED TO REPAIR
A WALL. TH E WALL HELPED
TO REPAIR A HOUSE. THE; 'HOUSE
HELPED TO REPAIR A NEIGHBOR-
HOOD. � AND THE PERSON WHO REPAIRED
THE HOUS'E GOT A RETURN ON HIS INVESTMENT IN MORE
WAYS THAN ONE. (;t) WITH A LITTLE MONEY AND SOME
'WORK HUD HOMES CAN BENEFIT BOTH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
AND YOUR COMMUNITY. PURCHASE A HUD HOME AND YOU'LL MAKE
AN INVESTMENT IN YOURSELF AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. � To
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FIND OUT ABOUT HUD HOMES, CALL 1-800-767.-4H D OR Y
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u.s. C"partment ot Housing and Urban Development. 4n Michigan. Detroit, MI 48226.
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- ESTATE PROFESSIONAL. HUO HOMES. SOMETH.ING OF VALUE FOR EVERYONE.