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� 1993 ummer reading program, "Make A Spl h - Re d!, i
now In prog . Anytime a child read or li tens to a book thi urn mer
it m y be added to the reading log, and the child add boo to hi log,
prizes are awarded: activity boo , reading badg , bookba , pencil ,
food &. fun coupons, and more. When a child h read 20 boo hi
picture 1 taken to be di played on the library wall .
Pre-School StoryTime will be h Id on Wednesday from 10-10:45
a.m., beginning on June 9, and continuing through July. Rainbow Sto­
ryTime for cbool-age children, will run every Tu day Wed day,
and Thursday through July, and features Reading Rainbow vid ,
crafts, and stori . Th e es ions are held at 1-2 p.m., and rep t from
2:30-3:30 p.m. Pre-registration i not required for any of th e ions,
Movi for children are hown on Saturday at 12 noon. Showin on
June 12 will be: A Boy, A Dog, and A Frog; Frog Goes To Dinner; and
Frog On His Own. All b ed on the wordles picture boo by Mercer
Mayer.
The video department gratefully accepts donations of used video .
Old video are used for repair parts, and new video are circulat d for
patron use. Both adult and children's videos are needed.
Easter Seal Golf Outing
The Easter Seal Society of Berrien County will pons r a Summer
Golf Outing at the Pipestone Creek Golf Course on Naomi Rd., in Sodus
on Saturday, June 12.
The vent is an 18 hole, 4 person per team, 3 ball scramble with a
Shotgun start at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. There will be additional fun on th
course.
A buffet luncheon will be erved from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Team
.pnzes will be pr ented and there will be random drawing for priz .
Entree fee is $30 per person and entry forms are available at area golf
course or at the Easter Seal office, 2015 Lakeview, St. Joseph. Deadline
for entry i June 10. Golfers must be 21 years of age or older to
participate.
Proceeds from the event will benefit children and adults with disabili­
ties throughout Berrien County.
Be Legal Secretaries Workshop Held
gal Secretari will a work-
ncc.D&J� changes in the Michigan Court Rut on Thursday,
June 17, at t k Energy Center, Bridgman, Michigan.
Networking with cheese, crackers and punch will be at 5:30p.m. with
dinn rat 6:15 p.m.
Director, William Klein, and Investigator Nancy Johnson, [fum the
Berrien County friend of the Court Office will be the speaker.
Di nner wi 11 i ncl ude choice of Black Diamond steak or Seafood Salad.
Reservations must be made by noon Monday, June 14. For registra­
tion or information, contact Betty J. Knoll, (616) 926-6135.
Small Business Expo At LMC
For businesses wanting to do business in Japan, Germany and Mex­
ico, the Lake Michigan College Small Business Expo on Thursday June
17, is an excellent opportunity to display local products for a worldwide
market. Senior trade representatives from Japan, German, and Mexico
will be in attendance to di cuss trade opportunitie from thi region.
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By BERNICE BROWN
Michigan Cit/an
BE TO lIARD R - The Benton
H rbor City Commi ion t the Jun
1, city commi ion meeting gave
City Manag r Beverly Brewer nd
taff pproval to reel ify the Com­
munity Development Director po i­
tion to Dire tor of Planning nd
Community Dev lopmcnt.
The new po iti n i part 0 the
Ci ty ' reorganization pro
Brewer announ d at th commis­
ion' retreat in Kal mazoo in May.
The City will al 0 rcorg nize the
Community Developm nt Depart­
ment and establi h a Planning and
Community D vel pment Depart­
ment.
The departm nt will dir t pr pa­
ration and maintenance of the gen­
eral plan for the development of the
City and the multi-year program
plans. The department will al 0 per­
form profe rionat and r ponsible
admini trative work in di re ting the
activitie of the Planning and Com­
munity D velopment Department.
DR W
for the direct r po ition will be ent
out nationwide. Annual alary or the
po ition will be 32,24 to 45,011.
The r olution tate the candi­
date applying or the p ition must
have extensive exp rien e in prof -
sional planning, be a graduate from
an accredited college or university
I h rnaJ ork in architecture, Q-
ciology ated field upple-
mented by a Master's degree in
Urban Planning, including consider­
able upervi ory experien e.
The city commi ion at a pc ial
meeting May 28, approved to hire
Evan leDuc as the Acting Director
of the City' Community Develop­
ment Department. leDuc was hired
to as ist in the daily operations of the'
department until a permanent Direc­
tor is hired.
leDuc helped prepare the neces­
sary documents to expedite the de­
sign proc and construction of the
new community centerwhich i to be
built at the site of the old Benton
Harbor Junior High School between
BENTON HARBOR IN BRIEF
VB Senior Lifeline
announces June activities
• Each Monday: Exerci e for fun and good health.
11 a.m.
_ • Each Wednesday: Bingo before lunch. AI 0
Michigan Emergency Pharmaceutical program for en-
iors, all day. '
Tuesday.June 10: Shoppi ng Trip, 9:30a.m, Cro
Roads Mall. Cost 2.50. Lunch on you.
Tuesday, June 15: Blood Pres ure Clinic, '11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. by a nurse from Watevliet Hospital. Also
Health Screening. Staff from South Haven Ho pital
doing chole terol/gluco e t ting. Co t $12. No ap­
pointment needed. Happy Feet Clinic Dr. Spears phy­
sician, 12:30-2 p.m. Appointment needed.
• Sunday, June 20: Father Day.
• Monday, June 21: Van Buren United Civic Or­
ganization meetin . Executive Board, 6 p.m. and
membership at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, June·23: Legal As 1 tance offered to
eniors, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Appointmen neces­
ary. Call 764- 378. Appointment are limited.
Thursday & Friday June 24 & 24: Movie Mati nee
at lunchtime. Movie playing "Double Trouble,"
Friday, June 25: Birthday party fur those born in
June. Call for r ervations.
• Friday, Saturday, & Sunday June 25, 26, & 27:
8th Annual Hands-On Science Horse Show: The Farm
i located on CR 665, BI mingdale, Mich. For more
information, call (616) 387-2664.
SMVC need volunteers
Th S uthwcstem Michigan Volunteer Center i in
need 0 v lunt rs. To find out about these or ther
volunteer opportunitie .plcase call 9 - 12 in th St.
Jo eph-Benton Har r area or 3-5464 in the ilc
area for urther Information.
Voluntc r opporturuti include:
The Benton H rbor Street Mini try are in need of
volunt rs. Volunteers-are trained to work With people
in cri i during the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. on
weeknigh i n Benton Hamor.
Pawatin Ho pital h recently added an addi­
tional hift to its Information D k. An addmonal vol-
unteer i needed from 10 a.rr. until 2 p.rn. any dey
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
• Blo omland United Way) First Call for Help
needs volunteer upport in providin information and
referral ervice ver the telephone to th rcqu ti ng
it. First Call for help i available to all Berrien County
r idents and offers information ab ut a br ad range of
health and human care crvic .
.,Nile -Buchanan Y?1CA Family Centeri prepar­
ing fur urn mer Iestivitie ! Volunteer help i needed on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday mormng to provide
baby- itting crviees from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Help is al 0
needed on Tu day and Thursdays rom 11 :15 a.m. to
12 noon. Call the Center for in rmati n.
• The Berrien County Hi torical As ociati n'
Courtho Museum will b ho 'tin t thc Smith oman
Institution' Field To Fa. tory Exhibit until the cnd
June. Volunteer guid are needed to help h st thc
exhibit during that time on a nc a w k b I,
There are 10 of outdoor opportunitic at th
Fernwood Bo nie Garden and ar tt aturc cnt r.
Both are in need f v luntcc to help \ tth trail ur rn­
ing, mowing thc .lawn and oth r duti .'
• Volunte rs are needed at the SUo eph Rccyclin
Center on Wedn day evening or Saturday mom) n
TEMPO 92 - Youth
volunteer opportunities
Pipe ton and Bro dway.
H 0 LP Dtoprepare
the 1994 Entitlement Allocation
with Community D velopment
Block Grant monie through the U.S.
Departm nt of Housing and Urban
Development.
LeDuc' fee i b ed on the alary
of former Community Development
Director Helen Lacy, who made
5, a year.
In 1990 LeDu was hired as a
consultant to reconstruct the City'
Community Development Depart­
:nent after it w shut down by for­
mer city manager Steve Manning,
because of the ov rflow of admini -
tr tive co t. LeDuce also trained
Lacy for the community develop­
ment director' job.
The commi ion al 0 at the pe­
cial meeting hired Phillip Reed,
managin partnerofInnova, Inc. As-
ociates, on a hort-term basis, until
Jun 1, to i tin th drafting of the
City' 1993-94 Entitlcment Propo al
for bl ck grant money of $701,
Reed was paid from th City' Gen­
eral Fund f 50 an hour, but hi fee
did not exc d 2,500.
y
po on will drop 83.9
percent 71.6 percent while the
Black populanon will jwnp from
123 percent to 15.7 percent, eo­
cordin to ire U.S. Cersis B1JtC3U.
That ris and fall is already
having affec� on the wllit popu­
lation. In ceriain ituatio wbere
whites are the minoriti , they fux1
that the feeling is very unoomfort­
able.
"You're on tage," said Uni­
versity of California at Santa CrJZ
psychologist Tbomas Pettigrew.
"People remem r what you do
t r than they remember what
other ple did."
AI though the feeling .
pani other "mimrities" uch a
woman working in an. all male
office, a Quistian among Jews or
a gpy person 2I1lOng heterosexu­
als Pettigrew id there' extra
baggage with being BI k.
Whites find
being minority,
uncomfortable
what the police d partm nt do
lready ommunity poli ing.
ttl thi the gr t t need i to et
the ei ti n involved and to ve
orne imput into their own protec­
tion," h aid.
"Citizens have a lot more to do
with prot ting themselv than they
really think. Our job is to impr
upon them th t they need to do that,"
Walker tat.ed.
Walker said th department i
identifying group aoo making con­
t t with them. He aid they have
already met with Community First,
Neighborhood Information and
Sharing Exchange (NISE), Benton
Harbor NOW and vi ited various
church .
"Communi ties have a lot more
control than they think, tt be said. "If
we could get the communi ty resi­
d n15 to agree to move th abandon
vehicles from the Heels or m 0
tbe other things that cause commu-
nity pli ht, th n w ill d mu h
tt r."
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Germany p y reparation
Germany paid and i till paying
J w in I ra I, plu 1 billion per
month t individual J w for life.
On 1/1/ 7 J w had r eived 7 ,702
billion D utschmark, & by 2000
A.D. the Jew Will h ve received
102 6 billion Deu chmark,
MUSKEGON NEWS
Annual Youth Day
lated
ANSWERS TO BLACK HISTORY
QUESTIONS
By MARY GOLLIDAY
Mt. Herman Zion Baptist Church
will ordain Mr. Kenneth Jackson as a
dca n' on Sunday, Jun 6, at 7 p.m.
Rev. David Mclnto hi the p tor.
Corinethians Bapti t Church will
host their Annual Youth Day pro­
gram on Sunday, June 13, at 3�30 p.m.
At 7 p.m. Youth fellow hip, u of
the city are invited. Rev. Clarence
Guy i the pastor.
Com rston B pti t Church outh
will be going to Cedar Point in San­
dusky Ohio on June 15. All are wel­
come to go. For more information
call 773-6037 or 722-69 2.
The New Fro-triers. Inc., a non­
profit civic organization i committed
to "Neighborho c Econornioc Devel­
opment."
New Frontiers i an outreach or­
ganization which eek out minority
and other citizens who pire to be­
come entrepren curs in the areas of
food, helter, clothing, etc. .
New Frontiers porn ors and uper-
6th - Martin R. D lany.
7th - Ethel Waters.
8th. - Branch Rickey.
th - Ninety-five.
10th -Alabama.
. 11th - J rusalcm, VA.
12th - The University of Illinoi .
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vise th d velopment of appropriate
kill tr ining projects for the purpose
of impr ving th latent kill which
are po ed by various r idents of
the local minority cornmuniti , into
a marketable level but not for em­
ployment only.
Th e who are capable and al 0
pire to become entrepr neurs hall
then be si ted into proprietorship in
busin that are based upon tbeir
person 1 talen and kill .
Th busin hall a) 0 trai n
nd rnploy rnembe of their own
neighborhood .
New Frontiers al 0 has a youth
out-re ch program to engage young
people in a tiviti that keep 'them
engaged and attaining skill .
Another major division of New
Frontiers i it prison out-reach pro­
gram that shall develop busines and
socialization proejcts in our local
pri ons and county jail .
F<' r more information regarding
New Frontier, Inc., call (616) 837-
2103 orstop in at 103 W. Broadway,
Muskegon Heights, M1 49444.
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