CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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A n be ment upport
group, Seed of Hope, will be
availabl to help individuals rope
with gri after losing a loved 0 .
The group will meet Monday
eventin ,from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.,
beginning September 13, in the
behavioral medicine dining room
at Mercy Memorial Medical Cen­
ter, in St. J ph.
For mor information, call
chaplaincy at Mercy Memorial at
(616) 983-8454 or Hospice at (616)
429-7100. There is no fee for join­
ing the group.
At The Library
The Fall session of Pre-School
StoryTime will begin on Wednes­
day, September 15, from 10-10:45
"a.m. Stories, songs, and a short
film are planned each session for
young children, ages 3-5.
Pre-registration is not re­
quired. The session will run for
ten (10) Wednesdays.
Movies for children are shown
on Saturdays at 12 noon. Showing
on SeSber 18 will be, "Yerlle
The tile" an.� "Dr. Seuss'a
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Lou Rawls
atLMC
For one night only, the Mendel
Center, with South End Bever­
ages and Budweiser proudly pre­
sent, Lou Rawlsl live, Saturday,
September 25, at 8 p.m., at the
Mendel Center at Lake Michigan
College.
Rawls will sing from soulful
classics like, "Groovy People,
You'll never Find, and Lady
Love," to gems from his latest CD,
Portrait of the Blues.
Don't miss Lou's golden voice.
Tickets are $25 adults and $23 for
m
p will benefit
ton Harbor OW and YMCA.
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The Lake Michigan College
Small Busin Development
Center will offer a Michigan in­
com tax war hop for small busi­
ne owner on Friday,
September 24, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., at the Lake Michigan Col­
lege Mendel Center, Benton Har­
bor.
Fee for the wor hop is 15
and includes lunch and all rna
rials. Participants must pre-reg­
ister. Call (616) 927-8179 to
. register.
Sickle Cell support
group offered
The Sickle Cell Anemia Sup­
port Group, sponsored by Mercy
Memorial Medical Center will
meet September 16, at 5 p.m., at
the Mercy Center Conference
Room, Benton Harbor, The pro­
gram is free Call 927 -5683 .
Legal Secretaries
sponsor seminar
The Berrien County Legal Sec­
retaries Association will sponsor
a two-session seminar on (1)
adoption and grandparent rights
and (2) guardianships and con­
servatorships. The seminars will
be held at the COO ,Engergy In­
formatj� QeJlt-er,' Bri9gQllJ.Q,.
Mich., on september 16 and 23, at
7 p.m.
Reservations are a must. Con­
tact Terri Dokter at 983·0905 for
information.
Public Education
Conference
Parents, teachers and admin­
istrators are invited to view the
VCR tape professionally made
.during the public education con-
ference held last May.
The conference will be held
Friday, September 17, at 7 p.m. at
the Buchanan American Legion,
403 E. Front St. Cost $2.00 at the
door.
OBITUARIES
Richard Nichols
Richard Nichols, 66, died August 28,
at home In Benton Harbor.
The funeral was held September 3,
ttl Church of Our Lord and Savtou
J us Chrt Benton Harbor. Burial was
In North Shore Memory Gardens. Ar­
rangements was made by Robbins
Brothers Funeral Home, Benton Har­
bor.
Mr. Nichols was born January 26,
192.7, In Plantersville, Miss.
Survtvors Include: His wtfe, Nona; a
d ghter, Rosemary Nichols of Benton
Harbor. five sons, Fetton, Richard Jr.,
WIllie, Willie Jr. and Manda, all of Ben-
. ton Harbor. 22 sisters and brothers; 10
grandchildren; and nine great-grand­
children .
Elizabeth urner
Elizabeth· Turner, 76, died August
29, at the home of her daughter In Ben­
ton Harbor.
The funeral was held September 2.
at the Union Memorial African MethOdist
Epsicopal Church, Benton Harbor, of
which she was a member.
Burial was In North Shore Memory
Gardens. Arrangements was made by
Robbins Brothers Funeral Home, Ben­
ton Harbor.
Mrs. Turner was bom October 17,
1916, In Pickens, Ark.
Survtvors Indude: her daughter, Mrs.
Levie Taylor of Benton Harbor, three
grandchildren and one great-grand­
chid.
Geneva ander
Geneva (Thompson) Sanders, 65,
of Benton H8Ibor died Se�ember 1, at
Mercy Memorial Medical Center In S
Joseph. .
The funeral was held September 7,
at New Bethel Bapdst Church, Benton
Harbor, of which she was a member.
Burial was In North Shore Memory Gar­
dens. Arrangements was made t:7t the
Falrplaln Chapel,' Florin Funeral Serv­
Ice, Benton Harbor.
Mrs. Sanders was bom February 28,
1928, In Glt:>son, Tenn. She retired In
1971 from Memorial Hospttal., St.
Joseph, and was an area caregiver for
foster children for 1 5 years.
Survivors Include: Her husband,
Rev. Wallace Sanders; four daughters,
Neva WIlliams, Shamlka Sanders. Apnl
Sanders and Tacarra Sanders, all of
Benton Harbor; six son, Oble
Thompson of Weidman, Mich. andWaJ­
ter, Freddie, Warren, William and
Roberts, all of Benton Harbor; two brah­
ers, Eugene ThompSon of Chicago and
Sylvester Thompson of Jackson, Tem.;
four sisters, Octe Jackson of Berton
Harbor, ,AJmetrice Clari< of Humboldt,
Tenn., Ada Dons Gentry of Milwaukee,
Wis., and Pr1scIlla Barnes of Trenton,
Tenn.; sb< grandchildren; one gr -
grandchild; and two Godchildren, whom
she raised, SyMa Campbell of Benton
Harbor and Cassandra Joseph of St
Joseph.
onique JODe
Monlque D. Jones, 14, of Be�on
Harbor died August 29, In Benton Town­
ship, a v dim of a gunshd wound.
The funeral was he d September 7,
at Grace Temple Church of God. Ben­
ton Herber, Bur1a1 was In Cry � Spr1ngs
Cemetery. Arrangements w by Rob­
bins Bra rs Fune Home, Be on
Harbor.
Mon que was born July 5,1979, In
Chicago Helg , III.
Survtvors Indude: Her ma r, Mary
Char1es of Benton Harbor; a er,
trina Ch as of B on Harbor; and two
brothers, Mom Jon of Be on Harbor
and Anthony Jackson of Columbus,
Ohio.
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Benton rbor City Commis-
ion approved u from
Berrien T cher' Credit U n­
ion to ubordinate tb City'
li on properti at 28 Mapl
St t, owned by Doro by L
Word and 360 Colby A nue,
o eel by Doro hy J. Randolph.
The approval of'tbe subordina­
tion a110 the credit union to
make a 10 n to Word and Ran­
dolph and enable th credit un­
ion to obtain first lien on the
properties.
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