Benton Harbor High Class 1970 News and Events

Anyone have any good news!!

The Battle is on to save Jean Klock Park
Organizer and BHHS Alumni Carol Drake

In 2003 a group of six plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the city of Benton Harbor to stop them from selling a portion of the park for a residential development. Our efforts resulted in a settlement agreement and consent judgement that allowed the development in exchange for protection of the remainder of the park forever.

George P. Swerbinsky

BENTON HARBOR — George P. Swerbinsky, age 56, died suddenly April 14, 2008. George was born Dec. 7, 1951, in Benton Harbor the son of Michael and Eugenia.

BAILEY, Mr. Kim F.
Kalamazoo MI
Died Saturday morning August 12, 2006. Kim was born March 29, 1952 in Benton Harbor, Michigan a son of Frederick and Blossom (Stock) Bailey. He had been a Kalamazoo area resident since 1972 and was employed with the Portage Public School System for l5 years. He was also a self employed artist for many years. He was preceded in death by his mother, Blossom Bailey; and a sister, Vicky Ballard. On July 1, 1972, he was united in marriage to Linda K. (Hutchinson) Bailey who survives. Also surviving, his father, Frederick Bailey of Benton Harbor, MI; and two nieces. A memorial service will be held 1 o'clock Monday (August 21) from the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick St. Friends may meet the family one hour prior to the service. Private burial will take place ! at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Kairos Dwelling or Visiting Nurse Association Hospice Program.
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Just want to let you know that our classmate, Hardie Bell, passed away on Thursday 1/4/06. His services will be held on Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at the Progressive Baptist Church, 245 Pipestone, Benton Harbor.~ Dorothy Parker

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Anyone have any good news!! The Battle is on to save Jean Klock Park Organizer and BHHS Alumni Carol Drake Dear Benton Harbor Class of 1970, My name is Carol Drake and I am Vice President of Friends of Jean Klock Park. In 2003 a group of six plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the city of Benton Harbor to stop them from selling a portion of the park for a residential development. Our efforts resulted in a settlement agreement and consent judgement that allowed the development in exchange for protection of the remainder of the park forever. The ink was barely dry on the consent judgement when it was discovered that the Whirlpool Corporation had plans to build a Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course using all of the park, including the dunes, and leaving only the strip of beach. We are fighting our hearts out trying to save Jean Klock Park and are asking for your help. First, could you please send this e-mail to as many alumni as possible. Secondly, go to the website at: www.savejeanklockpark.org to familiarize yourself with the details. We need everyone to write letters to Governor Granholm, who is backing the proposal, (see Granholm page at website) and other government officials. Thirdly we need to raise a lot of money to fight this in court. We just produced a video for You Tube to tell the story. You can view the video at the website. Anything anyone can do would be extremely appreciated. Sincerely, Carol Drake Vice President Friends of Jean Klock Park 269-925-4880 www.savejeanklockpark.org Any Good News Out There? George P. Swerbinsky BENTON HARBOR — George P. Swerbinsky, age 56, died suddenly April 14, 2008. George was born Dec. 7, 1951, in Benton Harbor the son of Michael and Eugenia. BAILEY, Mr. Kim F. Kalamazoo MI Died Saturday morning August 12, 2006. Kim was born March 29, 1952 in Benton Harbor, Michigan a son of Frederick and Blossom (Stock) Bailey. He had been a Kalamazoo area resident since 1972 and was employed with the Portage Public School System for l5 years. He was also a self employed artist for many years. He was preceded in death by his mother, Blossom Bailey; and a sister, Vicky Ballard. On July 1, 1972, he was united in marriage to Linda K. (Hutchinson) Bailey who survives. Also surviving, his father, Frederick Bailey of Benton Harbor, MI; and two nieces. A memorial service will be held 1 o'clock Monday (August 21) from the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick St. Friends may meet the family one hour prior to the service. Private burial will take place ! at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Kairos Dwelling or Visiting Nurse Association Hospice Program. www.langelands.com Kairos Dwelling (a home for the terminally ill) 2945 Gull Road Kalamazoo, MI. 49048 phone (269) 381-3688 fax (269) 381 8016 I will have to find info on VNA Hospice The memorial: Langeland Funeral Homes Memorial Chapel 622 South Burdick St. Kalamazoo, MI. 49007-5297 phone (269) 343-1508 August 21, 2006 noon to 1:00 PM open visitation (Kim has been cremated) 1:00 PM memorial service - some traditional, some non-traditional meal at Northeastern Baptist Church following the Langeland Funeral home memorial Church located at: 6536 East G Ave Kalamazoo, MI. 49048 phone (269) 344-1694 Hello, Just want to let you know that our classmate, Hardie Bell, passed away on Thursday 1/4/06. His services will be held on Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at the Progressive Baptist Church, 245 Pipestone, Benton Harbor.~ Dorothy Parker BHHS CLASS OF 1970 35TH REUNION CANCELLED. Due to lack of interest in the committee meetings, and a decision from the last meeting, we are canceling the 2005 class reunion. It was voted on by myself, Lila Megna, Marie (Guardino) Arend and Randy Anderson, that if we do not get at least 8-10 people to help out on the committee, we will wait until 2010 which will be our 40^th. NEWS AND UPDATES: Classmate Leo Dean Magee passed away 4/28/05 Gary Northrup Passed March 8th, gary had cancer. Another one of our classmates went home to be with the Lord. Joan Baird Johnson passed on Tuesday 1/21/03. Loretta May 17, 2002 Bernhardt M. Kuschel ST. JOSEPH - Bernhardt Max Kuschel, 85, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at Golden Pines Care Center, Stevensville May 21, 2002 Editor Herald Palladium Kind words for the leader of the band , The world lost a great man last week with the passing of Bernie Kuschel, former director of Benton Harbor bands for many years. Bernie, loved by all, will be sadly missed, but never forgotten. He touched the lives of countless people. Bernie groomed aspirations and encouraged young music students to excel. He was generous with his time, compassionate with his advice, and always shared his special gift of encouragement. Benton Harbor's Herb Quade dead at 74 Anyone interested in participating in the BHHS 1970 35th class reunion contact Don Gruntman Classmates In The News: Steve VanAntwerp and his family are moving to Orlando Florida in 2001. The BHHS class of 70 web site has been a valuable tool in the organization and dissemination of information regarding our class. We would like to see the site grow in content and we welcome any class-related information to be posted to the site. If there is an idea any of you have that you feel would make the site more interesting please let us know. This web site is YOUR website and we would love to keep it going! DONATIONS APPRECIATED FOR OUR WEB PROJECT. VOLUNTEERS WELCOME! Thanks to the classmates, which have supported the virtual domain project, it has become a reality. Our new virtual domain or address is: www.bhhsgrads.com Our Message board had to be shut down last year due to abuse from unkowns posting vulgar links. We may re-open but would need a log/password board, just what we all need another password to remember!. PROJECT SPONSORS TO DATE: Randy Anderson Glenn Poczik Greg Trowbridge Lila Megna Tim Whitsitt Faye Jordan Blackburn Marie Catania Ridenour Marie's Home Page Annie Porter Moore Phyliss Shurn Hannah For those, which have and will fund this site, they will receive links,webpages and email commensurate with funding. Funding will be a continuous concern and it can be relatively inexpensive with class involvement. Due to a new alliance, the cost of a Virtual Domain registration has now been discounted to $15.00. The hosting fees are $9.95 per month. This will avail to us the space needed for our large site, with room to grow. We are waiting to see which classmates/amounts that were given to the project for posting. Would those supporters please contact us with pages you would like links to. Banners are available for those larger sponsors. www.bhhsgrads.com, Bookmark this please. The great part is classmates such as myself; Mike Podjan, Glenn Poczik or anyone else that would like to volunteer, would take care of the webmaster tasks. Please consider our situation classmates, there are many of us out there and we need just a few sponsors and our entire class will benefit! We need your help! If anyone would like to solicit other BHHS classes for web sites within our www.bhhsgrads.com domain please feel free. This could help offset our costs to run the site. Other classes coming on board would be IE: www.bhhsgrads.com/1971, you get the idea. Let us know your thoughts on this please by email or message board. Sincerely, Randy Anderson, BHHS site volunteer 30TH REUNION GROUP PICTURES: To order 30th reunion group shots send $15.00 payable to John Smith @ 2200 Pioneer Rd., St. Joseph, Michigan 49085. Tel:616-983-6450. Be sure to include your return address and BHHS 30 Year Reunion. Don Gruntman 30th Reunion Committee Marie Guardino Arend is handling all the financial documentation.30th Reunion Committee Marie Catania Ridenour 30th Reunion Committee Lila Megna 30th Reunion Committee Kim Fowler 30th Reunion Committee Jim Brandonsio 30th Reunion Committee Jerry Mitchell, Diana Mitchell, 30th Reunion Committee Randy Anderson BHHS website webmaster,30th Reunion Committee Mike Podjan webmaster. Classmates who have offered their assistance in the planning of the reunion. Kathy Stancik Way, Faye Jordan Blackburn, Rodney Lott , Loretta Tisdel Thomas(Homecoming Queen 1970) Glenn Poczik Webmaster Of Ceremonies A Picture of Your 30th reunion committee Reunion Committee Picture 7/15/2000 Everyone has been helpful in locating and providing updates on our classmates addresses. This directory will be an ongoing effort to keep addresses updated. The address update/add is linked on the classmates page. Please review this list for accuracy of your information. If you have information on any other classmate please submit it to us so we can update the directory. Please review Missing Classmates for those we have no address or email on. Marie Guardino Arend Status report: To Be Announced (What we have in the reunion account). We have had this account for 20 plus years at First Resource Federal Credit Union.