e Soul C,hlldren of Chicago Choir Concert will be held Sunday, September 12, at 6 p.m. In Lak
Michigan College M nd I C nter. Adml Ion i $5 P r ticket (adults and children). Tick t may be
purcha ed t Banner Book Store on Nile Avenue in St. Jo eph; Fir t Congr gatlonal Church on
Pipestone and Jeffer on; nd In Benton Harbor or phone (616) 429-5541. For tick t Infor:matlon
and r rvatlon information, contact Bernadette Nichols-Varrie. (616) 926-6724.
BH Calendar of Events
TougbLove oup e t
The ToughLove Parent Support Group will m t Tuesday,
September 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Stevensville United Methodist
Church, 5506 Ridge Road.
Adult Education cour e offered
On Monday, September 13, at 7 p.m., Ann Jaeger will be
offeringa oou "Women - B Good to You" the Zion Evan­
gelical United Church of Christ, 3001 Veronica Drive, t. Joseph
Michigan. .'
Topics discussed will cover recognizing personal strengths,
ways these strengths get wasted, and options utilizing personal
abilities better in daily living. The course is a part of the Evening
Adult Education Program held at Zion.
Other courses will be offered monthly. Coot is $5 per session.
For more information and registration, call 983-7151 during the
day.
Coping With Divorce
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"Coping With Divorce" mina h ld in Kalamazoo t the
Seoond Reformed. Chur h, 2323 S dium Dri ,will begin on
Thursday, September 16 and run hrough No m r 18. Each
Thursday session runs from 7-9: 30 p. m. Registr tion $55, includ
all materials and refr hments. Seminar is limited to 60 persons.
This seminar is designed to help m t the needs of newly
divorced or separated individuals. After each presentation the
participants move into sm 11 groups with experienced facilitators
for further sharing and support.
The seminars are sponsored by Full Circle Community, a
non-profit community servi organization d voted to th growth
and education of single adults.
LMC offer Int odu tion
to Orehe tral u ic thi fall
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The city eommi ion also ap­
proved veral change orde for
additional work no included on
the write-ups by Manyam &
Shull, the finn hired by the City to
complete pecifications/ ti­
mation for properti . Th
clude:
o being
to identify city cod via­
latio omitted in th original in-
ions compl by Mayarn
and hull, Inc. Th additional re­
hab will bring the property into
complian with applicable city
cod and th of the U.S. D
partment of Housing and Urban
lopm n housing quality of
standards.
In 0 h r busin th eommis-
ion ppro a program to cl n
up th City' ally ways. This pro­
gram would only be in the center
city neighborhood, bounded by
Pi ton on th East; Colfax on
th W t; and ween Britain
and Empire.
Th program is timated to
cost approximately 10,000.
Th City. h always had a
problem with illegal dumping of
garbage and trash. This program
would combine emergency clean
up with a continuing education
Property owned by E ie M.
Steedat547E. BritainAve., in the
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By Bernice Brown
BENTO HARBOR - Curtis
Young of Chicago and a native of
Benton Harbor w hired as the
new Community velopment
Coordinator for the City of Ben­
ton Harbor.
Young will perform profes­
sional and responsible adminis­
ti . and operational duties in
th Planning and ommunity
D velopment Department gen­
rally relat to th City's Com­
munity Development Block
Grant program.
He will b working closely
with Eva} LeDuc, Director of the
City's Planning and Community
Development Department.
· Youngwill responsible for the
preparation of the CDBG annual
application, monitor program fi­
n n , program and project im­
plementation.
Young's nnual sal ry is'
$28,000, funded as part of the
Fiscal Year 1993/94 CDBG'
Budget,
Young said he has n living
in Chicago for the past 27 years.
He went to Chicago after he.
graduated and attended Lake
Michigan College. While in Chi­
cago he attended the U nivesity
of Illinois for undergrad studies
in Business Administration. He
has . Master's degree in Ac­
coun in and is a real tate bro­
ker for th State oflllinois.
His most recent job w� with
the Chicago Urban League,
managing property develop­
ment of eight sights.
hope that I can reach some of my
coll agues that graduated when
I did in 1964, to come back here. "
Young said the goal he has is
to rehab the housing element. "I
think the job is a big job, and
there '5 much to be done, and I'm
pretty qualified to do the job,"
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MUSKEGON
YOUNG SAID HE came
back to Benton Harbor because
this was his home and he felt
that his home needed him. "I just
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curb lawn for t
day.
During this cl n up program,
th City would provid th follow­
ing evi : t and brush trim­
ming, pick up of garbage and
trash; ping of paved alley
ways; grading of unimproved al
ley ways with the proposed use of
scraped asphalf for fill; and post­
ing of No Dumping signs at en-
tran to alley ways.
Officials id any ident or
r-by caught dumping gar­
bage and trash could be ticked and
made ponsible for the 008t of its
clean up and removal. They also
stated that there is a $50 reward
for a person reporting individuals
who are dumping illegally.
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Young said.
Young is hoping for is the oo­
operation that's.needed to rehab
the hous sitting idle for years.
"That property represents lost
revenue and my job is to make
sure that we can get that reve­
nue coming back in. "
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