By BER ICE BROW
OTICE
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SY OPSIS OF THE REGULAR
EETl G 0 THE BENTON C RTER
TOW SHIP BOARD. OF TRUSTEES
HELD 0 TUESD Y, Y 3, 1994,
700 P.M.
Mem b.r pr.s nt. Supervisor
Boo by, a Ii< Askew, Tf\ ur r . m-
mi Tru t 85 Hudson, lac, Mon
Wells.
M mb rlab nt No
m tlng wei d 0 ord r
p m folio d by a 51 nt mvoc bon nd th
PI d of A eg nee Th mlnu 0 th
regular m tlng held April 19, 1994, wer
pprov d pres n d Ag nd s
am nded under w Bu me to dd I� m
F. Township Engln r
Set Spring Cleanup or Township resi­
dent for y 5 thru May 14, 1994, with
one free pass to the Orchard II Land leld.
Gr n d request by M J Firewor s to
s II Mlchlga Leg I Flrev.<>rl<s June 30 thru
July 4,1994
Grant d request by American LegIOn
Post 41 0 0 conduct Poppy Days In Benton
CharterTownshlp ay 2,13,&14,1994
Accepted reslgna on of Paula Harvey
Appro ed pa ment of bills s follows
General Fund, S 00,658 93, Fire Fund,
$3,808 16; Police Fund $4,375 25. and
Sew t Fund, 99,706 87
On recom m endatJon of MerrICt Engi·
neering, pproved Priebe Creativ 'Nood·
wor ing Glass site plan With the provision
that the present building IS moved 45 feet
south, authorized hiring Ed Swanson &
Co • Grand RapidS, Michigan, as ccnsult­
ant for Mall Drive rea roads t e cost of
between $1,50(' & 2,000, aceep cd Op­
bon 1, Benton Harbor Awning & Tent pro·
posal for Police Dept. canopy at a cost of
52,'22 40 .
Announced Town Meeting, May 11,
994, at 6.00 pm at the Township Hall, or
Benton Helg ts res.oents to discuss water
installation & possrbly sewer for the Benton
Heights area.
Adjourned the meeting at 7'17 p.m.
The next regular Board meeting will be
held May H, 994, at 7'00. pm
WiI'e C Askew, Sr , Cieri<
Benton Charter Township
commi ion.
"I F D IT AMAZI G that
Clerk Askew h worked for the
Horace Mann Insurance Com­
pany for more than 15 years, and
who had become one of its' top
agents nd for him to commit
embezzlemen is simply a big
misunderstanding," id Yar­
brough. "I al 0 find it amazing
that Clerk Askew would belittle
him If, his family, his political
career and the citizens of this
community. "
In a letter to the editor of this
newspaper, Y rbrough s ted, "I
have alway known him
(Askew to be trustworthy, hon ..
est, and a dedicated individual
toward hi communi y and his
political constituen ."
In the letter, Yarbrough also
accuse Berrien County Prosecu­
tor Dennis Wiley of, "taking this
opportunity to discredit and de­
stroy another one of our commu­
nity leaders."
"Let this be a warning to all
com mu nj ty leader, Bl ck,
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TO THE EDITOR:
Cherry "good news" stories by
the Cornerstone Alliance cannot
hide the fact that th economic
.declin of the Twin Cities contin-
f
WE C OT SIMPLY ac-
cept this loss as the result of un­
defined business factors beyond
our control. There must be an
explanation and we must use
that explanation to implement
changes in our development ef­
forts.
Our jobs and livelihoods are at
ri k.
BILL WOLF
The Senior Lifeline of the Van Thursday 12th: Holland
Buren United Civic Organiza- Tulip F tival. There will be a
tion announ their ctivity cal- parade, tour and hopping. Bus
endar for May. Activities are . lea at 9:30 a.m. You buy your
follows: own lunch. Cost of trip, 2.50.
Mondays & Wedn days: Monday 16th: Van Buren
Exercise for fun and good health, United Civic Organization meet­
at 11 a.m. ings. Executive Board, 6 p.m.
Wedn days: Bingo before and Membership at 7 p.m.
lunch. Also Michigan Emer-
gency Pharmaceutical Program Wednesday 18th: Senior
for seniors, all day. Power Day in Lansing. Bus
leaves at 7 a.m. Cost 3.50. Call
Tuesday 17th: Blood Pres- for tickets.
me Clinic, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
By BERNICE BROWN
The Benton Harbor City
Commission approved a set of
procedur from' th Poli De­
partment for emer ncy mobili­
zation and activation of police
reserves, at their April 25, m t­
ing.
Police Chief Ron Singleton
said after the situation with the
outbreak of fires in the city,
which were classified as "arsons"
they found 0 t that t we a
lot of citizens that are willing to
volunteer and help if and when
another emergency like that oc­
cur.
"We thought that was a good
idea, but we wanted to have
some type of process, - some
ype of control where we
wouldn't have people trying to
do things that they didn't know
what they were doing, so we
came up with this idea," Single­
ton id .
Singleton said they are not
setting a limit on how many vol­
unteers they would be using,
just individuals that had all
types of skills. He said some
might b army veterans with
skills of "search and survival,"
where others could be carpen­
ters, electricians, or even own a
four-wh I drive vehicle.
THERE WERE many citi­
zens that' wanted to come for­
ward to help us out in crisis
situation, but we had no struc­
ture procedures on how they
could be used," said Public
Safety Director David Walker.
THE ARTS AND CULTURE CO MITIEE PRESENTS
THE 1994
HIGHLAND PARK
MICHIGAN WEEK PARADE
12 NOON SATURDAY'· MAY.14, 1994
LOOKING FOR:
DRILL TEAMS· FLOATS • MARCHING BANDS
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES TO
PARTICIPATE IN PARADE
For information call:
Earl Wheeler, Ombudsman
at 313-252 - 0028
Monday • Thursday
8 a.m. • 5:30 p.m.
PARADE
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Thursday 19th: Brunch at Party at lunchtime for tho
10:15 a.m. at Co School. 0 bom in May. PI call for
meal at Center. ervations.
Wednesday 25th: 15th Year
Open Ho , from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., at the Senior Lifeline-Civic
Center.
Thursday & Friday 26th &
27th: Movie Matinee at
lunchtime. Showing will be,
"Young Guns."
Friday 27th: Birthday
Volunteer.
pa
poli ce reorganizat · 0
"If during crisis situ tion,
there was a way to mobilize our
citizens that wanted to help in a
short order propo to going
through our long drawn out
regular reserve processing, but
at the same time have some con­
trol of what they do, while they
are under the guidance of a regu­
lar police officer,"
Walker said, "what the de­
partment want to do' , identify
some <> 'he 'volUnteer'ti ize
that they could call upon in an­
other crisis situation. In other
words, we would identify them
today, tomorrow and the next
day and then when we have a
crisis situation, we can call upon
them ... sort of swiftly, instead
of waiting and then seeing who
wants to help."
"Some of the best investiga­
tors from the State of Michigan
and the Bureau of Alcohol, To­
baceo and Fir arms are working
along with th Benton Harbor
Police Department'" in trying to
solve the arsons to the 12 hous
that burned in the last two
weeks.
Walker said there is still a
5,000 award for the informa­
tion leading to the a t of
oon(s) cOnneCtOO to the �reS.
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some type of identification badge
or a sticker for their car, said
Singleton.
The police reserves that are
activ ted under the State of
Emergency procedures will be
de-activated after the State of
Emergency has ended," accord­
ing to Brewer.
Singleton said the volunteers
would not be paid, but will be
offe d 0 kmen' compe
tion, because so e of the t m
. might have 'jobs and if they get­
injured the workmen's compen­
sation would cover it.
He said the City has a group
insurance program that could
cover another 20 individuals
without the premium increas­
ing.
THE VOL TEERS will be
trained by the police department
to help when other disasters
and/or State of Emergency is de­
clared by City Manager Beverly
Brewer.
The volunteers will be issued
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