Benton Harbor Briefs
rformanoe
VBUCO announces
activities for July
By BER ICE BROW
CO.l'f.&J.".I..u.;;J'�
Y rbrough, ju-
venile pro
y , told
that h • offended" for not
being ppointed to rve on the
force.
"1 find that it' al ove ight
on somebody' part tha 1
ked to rve on this commit .
There' nobody in thi commu­
nitythatkno mo aboutjuve­
nil than 1 do," Yarbrough id.
Yar rough ent on to say,
"I've got enoughjo to do, so I'm
not looking for extra ork, but
I'm just offended that I wasn't
asked. Somebody made a serious
error injudgment," he added.
Mayor Hull stated that Yar­
brough wasn't asked because he
served on many committees and
boards already and didn't want
to overload him by placing him
on another committee. "Please
accept my apology," she asked of
Yarbrough.
At the end, Yarbrough gave
his support of the committee. ·111
support the committee, but I just
had to tell you ho 1 fj 1," he
d
dded.
CO 10 George
Wy inger vot against th ap­
poin men of the commit . He
id there individua ho
ant to erve on various commit­
t and board in the city, but
the" ame nam continue to
come up."
"Everytime you form a com-
mit you ha th same old
click of people," h dded.
Individuals appointed to the
Benton arbor Delinquency
Prevention Task Force include:
Ralph Crenshaw, City Commis-
ion, Public Safety Chairman;
Georgia Sanders, Director of
Neighborhood Information &
Sharing Exchange (NISE);
Cullen Walton, Director ofSecu­
rity, Benton Harbor Area School;
Fred Gilmore, Security Officer,
Benton Harbor Area Schools;
Larry Featherstone, Executive
Director of the LOFT Teen Cen­
ter; Ed Samelton, Director, Ben­
ton Harbor Recreation
Department; Tom O'Neill, Cir­
culation Manager of the Herald
We appreciate
signed letters
from our
readers.
Please mail to:
Michigan
Citizen,
P.O. Box
03560,
Highland Park,
M148203.
Each Monday & Wednesday: Exercise for fun and good
health, 11 a. m.
Each Wedn day: Bin fo lu h. Miehi n
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. Ci i �"·""�"MM.
have meeting. ext m tmg not untJ�eptem r.
JUly 19: Blood Pressure Clinic, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monthly
rvice by Watervliet Hospital.
• July 27: Legal a istanee Lawyer will b in office from 9
a.m. to 12 noon. Call for ppointment.
• July 28: Medicare!Medicaid Assi tance Program, 1 to 4
p.m. Appointment necessary. Call 764- 378.
• JUly 29: Birthday Party for those born in July at
lunchtime.
I
Business Mter .
Hours meettng
Cornerstone Alliance, Council
of Commerce & Communitv D
velopment will having their
Busin Aft r Hou m ting, a
mixer for ornerston Allian
membe ,on Thursday, July 2 ,
from 5 to 7 p.m., at the South
Shore Health & Racquet Club,
3630 Tenni Court, t. Jos ph
Ther i no ch rge, but r r­
vations is r uired by July 26.
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres
and cash bar will be provided.
At the library
Children till may join the
1994 summ r r ding program
through th month of July. In­
centiv priz are giv n out
ev ry fiv books childr n r ad
toward th go I of 20 books for
the ummer. Young children
m y ha v h boo ks re d to
them.
Pre-School
m ton Wedn
a rn. Big Ki ' toryTime m ts
every Tu day, W n day, nd
Thursday during July from 1-2
p. m Stori, hort vid
crafts ar plann for
ion.
Start-up
scholarshi ps
atLMC
hours of college credit, and be
accepted into dsgr program
LMC; (2) Be a nt graduate
of n dult education program,
hav compl ted I than 15 e­
m ter hours of college credit,
and accepted into a degree
progr m at LMC.
The non-r n wable ward is a
m xi mum' of 30 for one semes­
ter ppli d tow rd tuition and/or
[i
Call the Financi I Aid Office
at (616) 927- 100, ext 5800, for
furth r information.
Weaving
classes
offered at LMC
For informati n call Norma
Ja k t (616 27- 100 ext'
5090, or Margo Mensmg,' 429�
5446
Registration continues'
through Augus 29 - - 8:30 pm,
Mon- Thurs; 8-5 p.m. Fridays, in
th Registr r' Offic at the
M in Campus or t the outh
C mpu , 111 Spruce Street
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By Celeste Barrett Rubani'ck
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Tywan
Bridges is only 20 years old, but
she's already completing the
first part of her career plan and
heading toward part two.
Bridges, daughter of Sidney
Norman and Edna Manning,
and granddaughter of Elizabeth
Bridges, all of Muskegon, Mich.,
is a cook in the Navy and sta­
tioned at Naval Base Char­
leston.
"I want to be a hotel man­
ager," Bridges said, "and it's
good to have some kitchen
knowledge in that position. The
Navy offered me food service
training and help with college
for a two-year enlistment. I
couldn't get that opportunity
anywhere else."
Eventhough Bridges was
sure enli ting in the Navy was a
good plan, her family
wasn't. "They were totally
against it at first," she said, "be­
cause 1 was the baby of the fam­
ily for 15 years. But they. got
used to it. Now they I've ma­
tured and not as naive as 1 once
was. The Navy's OK with them."
BRIDGE TILL HAS the
same plans he did at nlist­
ment. She plans to leav the
Navy in October 1994 and at­
tend University of Miss iss ip pi in
Oxford. She'll major in hotel-mo­
tel management and interna­
tional business. "1 hope to be a
hotel manager in Brazil ome­
day. 1 lived there for one year as
an exchange student, and 1
speak Portuguese. "
How ver, Bridges is quick to
point out that she couldn't have
tarted toward her goals with­
out th avy. She's lso quick to
point out how important her cur­
rent position is to the ailors h
rv . "I cook and erv food,"
sh xplained. "Without food,
you have no energy. Without en­
ergy, you can't function. It' lso'
nic to m k omeone mil.
Sometim peopl come in her
bummed out about om hing,
but th y're happier wh n they
leave becau e 1 wa nice to
th m"
Brid s m in r ted in
th hotel m na m nt field af­
ter a ad e rience with an un-
Seaman Tywan Bridge , a 1992 graduate of Reeth
management peclall t at Naval Base Charle ton, S.C.
caring hotel manager. "I saw
how the manager could have
done a better job. Since 1 like to
deal with people, and it's a r -
sponsibility I'd like to take on, 1
want to get into the field. Plus,
it offers an opportunity to trav I
"It's also a urejob field. Ther
will always be people taking va­
cations or traveling on busi­
ness."
Wanting to travel is one of the
reason Bridges joined the
Navy. "I needed help paying for
college, and I wanted to travel
without costing my parents any­
thing. Being interested in the
hotel busin ,and liking the
sound of a m management
peciali t' job, -I joined. "
tud nt
Puffer Senior High School, is a me
Council, Students', Against
Drinking and Driving organiza­
tion, Students for World Awar -
ness organization,· Rotary
International and was a volun­
teer at the Red Cross Even now,
she volunteers in the commu­
nity by tutoring stud nts.
"I tutor kids ages five to ten
once or twi a w k at a local
elementary chool," aid the
1992 graduate "1 njoy being
with kids and helpingth m out."
Bridges can relate to the chil­
dren becau of h r iblings."]
have a seven-y r-old ister and
four-year-old brother," he Said.
, '"I mi them a 10 ."
Bridg cr dits her grand-
mother and mother for making
her uch a caring, supportiv
person. "My gr ndrnot h r
helped rai e me and . I d
lot of pecial thin for m ," h
id. "Sh ends me p cka
with all the goodies 1 love and all
kind of oth r pecial hings. My
mom is also th r for m. h
ends cards and call Th y bo h
tay involved in m life II