By BERNIC BRO
"YOU PROVIDE opportuni­
ti for our people. You provide
the jobs, the goods and all of the
sources that our people need in
the oommunity; well as th
urrounding communit ie , It
MayorHull id,
·We must be very nsiti
and cognizant to the fact that
you are to serve t peopl
in this community and e have
Bcnton l lurbor \\ ('" .\iichigtlll I
yor, commis-
ioners, , b in and the
community to m a great city,
and that' hat nt Benton
Harbor to, t city, not
j t a city: he
Wooden . id all the good
thin� that are happening in
Benton To n hip and St.
Joseph, h wan happening in
Benton Harbor also.
·OUR COMMITrMENT in
public safety is to make Benton
Harbor the fest city in this
area, with the best most incred­
ible ,police d�ment in the
country. That our commitment
to you, the busi and commu­
nity,· Commi ioner Ralph
Rev. Adkin honorary
chair of Harbor Fest Committee
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A new publication with forms, sample letters.and tables of
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Oakhurst, NJ 07755.
Muskegon
community
plans events
By Mary Golliday
MUSKEGON - Community
Action Against Poverty "Walk
For Warmth" will be held Satur­
day, February 19.
"Women Expo '94" �ill be
held Saturday, March 5, from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Community
College. Cost, women $20;
mother/daughter, $30; and
young women (11-18), $15.
Union Missionary-Baptist
District Association Ash
Wednesday, will be held Febru­
ary 23, at Beulah Baptist
Church. Rev. Rodney Gulley will
bring th messa .
Roman C tholic B' hop of t
Di ofKalamar,oo in troat for St. John
Catholic Church, Benton Harbor, who is
the own r oft prope'
T City plana to th
lion community center built on th
dri 'te.
T Center vio ly planned to
be built on property belonging to Benton
Harbor Area SChools t t 'te of told
Benton Harbor Junior High School
t Pipestone and Broad y.
In November 1998, the Benton Ha!bor
Area Schools decided not to n the prop­
erty and witbdre from t co�unity
center 'te neogtiations.
City Manager Beverly Brewer said
three alternative ites were revi for
the community center. They included the
Urban Ranewallot on Mar and Eighth;
10 north of the Morton Hill School, be­
t Green and Edwards S ; and
Hall Park.
Hall Park the
ftrst cboi alternati beca ofit8
central location and high . ibility ing
. nt to t Ox C -Rails to Trails·
proj , and proximity to t ta rv-
i popul tion n . to t Benton Harbo
Houaing Authority Housing i
LeDuc . d the Hall Par. ite -first
di8cuaeed to community oenterbuilt
16-20 years go, prior to construction oftha
Chari Gmy Rae Center.· .
LeDuc id within the City
should have th p on environmental
study, which HUD requires of the ita. H
said when that is approved by HUD, con­
stl\lction will begin, hopefully by mid um-
m .
In other bi , the city commission
voted to re-echedule the City Commission
meeting for Febnwy21 toF rwuy22,at
7 p.m. in the Lula Lee Commission Cham­
bers. City Hall will be cl in observance
of Plaident' Day.
BH Obituaries
I
Bell Souels
Bell Souels, 92, dled February 13,
at the home of her daughter, Willie
Boyd In Benton Harbor.
The funeral was held February 16,
at Peter's Rock Baptist Church, Ben
ton Harbor. Burtal was In North Shore
Memory Gardens. Arrangements was
made by Hoven funeral Home, Bucha­
nan.
Mrs. Souels was born June 2,
1901. In Mansas City, ArK, and had
resided In th s area since 1954.
Survivors Include: four daughters,
Mrs. Hazel Darden of Memphis,
Tenn., Emma Gaines. lillie M6ans
and Willie Boyd, all of Benton Harbor;
a sister, Laura Wilson of Benotn Har­
bor; 26 grandchildren; 57 greet-grand­
children; and 19
great-greet-grandchildren, She was
preceded In death by her husband,
Will In 1940 and by a son, Will Jr., In
1976.
Lester Young
Lester J. Young, 41, formerty of
Benton Harbor. died February 13, In
Kentwood, Michigan. where he re­
sided.
The funeral was held February 17,
at Zaagman Memorial Chapel, Grand
Rapids. Burtal with graveside services
was held February 18, at Crystal
Springs Cemetery. Benton Harbor.
Memorials may be made to his chil­
dren.
Survivors Include: his wife, Nancy;
children, Jeffrey Carter, Lester Young
II, Marcus Young, Tracey Young,
Sherrie Young, Marcp.lla Thomas and
Tiffany Young. �:i of Kentwood; four
grandchildren; his father, Odis Young
Sr., of Benton Harbor; six sisters, An­
nette Hockett and VIckie Franklin.
both of Benton Harbor, Wanda Bethea
and Audrey McCutchen, both of
Grand Rapids, Sandra White of South
Bend, lnd., and Vaierte Trtpplet of
Niles.
By BERNICE BROWN
Th Benton Harbor City Commi.ssion,
by n unanimo vote, greed to purchase
property for t CitY ne 1 million com­
munity center, if the Department ofHo -
ing and Urban Developm n app
Th City plans to purchase for 11,000
t 0 paree of property:
-One parcel' .6 acres on Valley
Dri adjacent to Hall Park, the
par and Britain A nue.
- The other' a vacant lot at 207 East
Main Street, bet n the Vincent Place
and His & Her' . .
According to Evan LeDuc, Director of
Planning and Community Development,
HUD will pay 6,000 for the Valley Drive
property and the City will pay 5,000 for
the Main Street property.
THE CITY IS purchasing- the proper­
ti 88 a package deal from Paul V. Dono-
Benton Harbor Briefs
Project Together receives grant
The Community Advisory
Board of Project Together an­
nounced that they were the re­
cipient of a $3,000 grant from
the Berrien Co�up.lty oun­
dation, Inc.
The Berrien Community
Foundation grant will be used by
the Board for the Revolving
Loan Fund. This fund is used to
backup car loans at NBD Bank
for Project Together partici-
Water. Line
Freeze
Prevention
Plan
TO HARBOR - Rev rend Donald Adkin wa
appointed honorary chairman of the Benton Harbor Fest! com­
mittee, according to Mayor Emma Hull, who made th an­
nouncement, January 28.
Mayor Hull said, she feels the festival has been instrumental
in not only showcasing the City of Benton Harbor, but also .in
bringing its citizens together.
While a pennanent chair will be named in the near future,
Mayor Hull feels the formation of this preliminary group was
an important move on the part of her administration. Through
· their efforts, Ui community �irlt inspired by Harbor Fest! can
be fel again this year, she said.
Water customers of Benton
Harbor, Benton Charter Town­
ship and St. Joseph Charter
Township (Fairplain area), is
advised that as part of the City's
Water Line Freeze Prevention
Plan, it will be necessary for resi­
dents to open at least one inside
faucet with a constant stream of
water, approximately the size of
your index finger.
These precautions are neces­
sary due to the severe weather
Cornerstone Baptist Church conditions of zero and below
will be having their Church's temperatures, causing lost of
Anniversary on Sunday, Febru- water services to residential cus-
27 t 4 tomers to be extra mely high.
ary , a p.m.
Their special guests will be The �c:hlgan Gas Utilities,
Elder Willie Smith and St. Water Billing Department has
Stephen C.O.G.I.C. Church of , been advised to register esti-.
Gary Indiana. mate water consumptions based
�v. R. Thomas Coleman is on previOUS usage until further
the tor. notice. .
pas Residents immediate atten-
tion and cooperation is -impor­
tant during this severe weather
period, according to Beverly
Brewer, City Manager.
"Please be advised that due to
prevailing conditions, that the
City Water Department is some­
what overwhelmed with frozen
pipes and will get to your prob­
lems as soon as possible, It
Brewer said.
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pants who have obtained a job
and for whom transportation is
a major barrier,
Working with the bank also
p . t opportunity for the
women to establish a good credit
rating.
The purpose of the Project To­
gether is to help ADC (Aid to
Dependent Children) recipients
in the greater Benton Harbor
area to overcome the many bar­
riers to self-sufficiency.
This individualized program
helps the participants to access
oommunity resources and to re­
move the many barriers to inde-
petldeD.::a. . ,'r "1"-
The Board also loa money
for problems that are not ad­
dressed by any of the areas ex­
isting resources.
An e.mmple of this type of
loan was joining the Depart­
ment of Social Services and two
local dentists to provide a root
canal and cap for a young
woman whose health was in
jeopardy.
Transportation and health
are two ofthe..�prbarriers af­
fecting the project participants.
With the help of the Berrien
Community Foundation, the
Project Together Advisory
Board will be able to continue to
help remove the barriers that
prevent participants from reach­
ing their goals.
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