OFFICERSChairman of the BoardPATRICK MALLANEYIIALLANEY AUTO BODY, INC, I CARSTAR

Vice ChairmanJANET FRANCOEURRIVERSIDE CREDIT UNION

TreasurerDR, GAEL KEtITBRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OISTRICT

SecretaryMARY KAY MORELTHE HAIRAFTER

DIRECTORSRICHARD ALLERSAlleRS ALUUlNUM PRODUCTS

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RANDY FURBYCENTEON

GENE GOSELINEVEREN SECURInes

STEVE LINNEMANTERN OF THE WHEEL

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FRANK PETKUNASFRANK'S.APPUANCE CENTER

ANDREW PRISTACHBELSON SCRAP. STEEL, INC.

MICHAEL SILGENRIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE

CRAIG SKUBICSPECIALIZED PROMOTIONAL CONCEPTS

DIRECTOR EMERITARUTH ENDSENDS INSURANCE SERYlCE

EX-OFFICIOSDENNIS BOSSINGER, SUPERINTENDENTBRADLEY-BOURBONNAIS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

DR, JOHN BOWLING, PRESIDENTOUVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

GROVER BROOKS, VILLAGE PRESIDENTVIlLAGE OF BOURBONNAIS

JAMES DEZWAAN SUPERINTENDENTBOURBONNAIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT

KENNETH HAYES. VILLAGE PRESIDENTVILLAGE OF BRADLEY

LONNIE KOLWELTER. SUPERVISORBOURBONNAIS TOWNSHIP

DR, KAY M, PANGLE. SUPERINTENDENTREGIONAL OFC OF EOUC IROQUOIS KANKAKEE

RICK KIMMEL. PR.ESIOENT BBCC ENVOY'STHE CREATIVE EDGE

DR, JOSEPH A, WERTZ, IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN0,0,5,

Bradley-Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce1690 Newtowne Drive· Bourbonnais IL 60914

Telephone: (815) 93Z-BBCC • Fax (815) 932-FAX4

Dear Chamber Executive:

I am writing to encourage you to take advantage of the enclosed specialoffer from Charles Betterton to attend an up coming workshop on VisionaryLeadership with Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup series. It ismy pleasure to share with you the contributions that Charles Bettertonhas madeto the Bradley-Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce, In addition to donating hisservices to facilitate strategic planning retreats for our Board of Directors,Charles has worked with the Chamber to co-produce several significant programsfor personal, corporate and community development,

We have enjoyed working with Charles Betterton since his first eventwith Dr, Norman Vincent Peale and Les Brown" The Motivator" in 1990, Thefollowing year, Charles helped us secure Mr. Brown's services as the keynotespeaker for our annual dinner, He also helped us produce a community leadershipevent the same day that generated enough cash for the Chamber to enjoy Mr.Brown's services for the dinner without having to pay the fee of several thousanddollars. We have also participated in other programs Charles has produced withBrian Tracy, Les Brown and Jim Rohn.

Charles has been one of the key individuals in our community who hashelped our Chamber create an outstanding Leadership Development Institute.Over the years, the Chamber has benefited tremendously from Charles's vision,his access to some of the best development training resources in the world and hismission to expand the Circle of Success in America.

If you accept this offer to join us for Mr. Hansen's Leadership workshop,you will also have an opportunity to experience some of the wealth of resourcesthat a Center for Successful Living could provide in your community, perhapsthrough your chamber if that is consistent with your vision and your priorities.

Please make every possible effort to participate in this program with Mr.Hansen and consider how these resources might help you accomplish your goalsand objectives. Please feel free to call me if you would like to discuss this matterfurther.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

~Rita R. HeadPresident/CEOPRESIDENT/CEO

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Quotes from Newspaper Articles about Training Programs Produced by CAN DO! and the Community Development Resource Center

Established by Charles Betterton and CENTER SPACE

“When we brought Les Brown here last fall, no one knew what to expect,” said CAN DO! President Gary Moore. “The organization was prepared to take a loss of $10,000 just to start bringing a positive message to our community.” Instead they made a profit. And they made a plan: to bring every major motivational speaker to the area until Kankakee becomes known as a Mecca of Motivation. “Our mission is to make a positive difference . . . to help people resolve their problems and look at the positive side of life “ said Moore.

Walter Charlton, retired entrepreneur and active philanthropist who cofounded CAN DO! “We hope that by bringing top motivational speakers here, we will create a more positive attitude to help residents realize this is a good place to live.”

“Through the vision and expertise of Charles Betterton, president of CENTER SPACE, we created CAN DO! as an example to help other communities learn how to produce these types of events while retaining the income they generate for community benefit,” Charlton said. CENTER SPACE’s mission is to foster spiritual, personal and community empowerment, partly by providing expanded access to state-of-the-art development training programs that are usually marketed to a small percentage of the population.

The members of the CAN DO! Steering Committee which produced the recent events with Les Brown and Dr. John Bowling, have declared their first event a success and they have decided to continue with their efforts. The CAN DO! Mission statement includes five major points:

1. Foster community unity and multicultural understanding. 2. Promote positive thinking within and about Kankakee County. 3. Foster personal, organizational and community development and empowerment. 4. Provide expanded access to development training programs. 5. Generate funds for worthwhile community service projects.

According to Walter J. Charlton, President of the Kankakee County Community Development Corporation that Charles Betterton had founded before he served as Director of Community and Economic Development for the City of Kankakee, said the first CAN DO! Events exceeded their expectations. “Our initial goals were to have 5 sponsors, five co-sponsors, 200 workshop participants and 1,000 seminar participants. We actually had 10 sponsors, 10 co-sponsors, 350 people for the workshops and about 1,400 for the seminar. Even though we provided full or partial scholarships to over 200 students, we still generated approximately $12,000 in net profits for the events. These funds will be used to support the KCDC and provide seed money for future training programs.”

More details are available at www.candoresourcecenter.com, www.communityresourcecenters.org and www.ultimatesuccesspuzzle.com

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1996 Executive Committee

Natalie L Brown,Board Chair

Joan W. Cornpson,Firsr VICe Chsir/Operstions

Robert A Evans,Assistant Treasurer

Jo Ann Golden, CPA,Treasurer

Curtis M. Pearsall,VICe ChairlMember Agency& Community Relstions

James E. Raymonda,Immediate Past President

Donna M. Spriggs,Fund Distribution Chair

PatrickJ. Steadman,VICe Chair/

Resource Development

Anita A. Vitullo,Campaign Chair

Susie W. Brown,Secretary

I July 19, 1996

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Mr. Gregory MillikenExecutive DirectorUnited Way of Delaware County500 North Walnut StreetMuncie, Indiana 47305

Dear Mr. Milliken:

It is my pleasure to introduce to you the person who introducedme to community economic development and the work of the 2,500Community Development Corporations (CDC's) in America.Charles Betterton, President and CEO of CENTER SPACE, theCenter for Spiritual, Personal and Community Empowerment,asked me to send you this letter of introduction. It is myunderstanding that Charles has been invited by Beth Quarles ofFuture Choices and Henry Fuse of the Muncie Housing Authorityto help create a combination Community Economic DevelopmentResource Center and Center for Successful Living in downtownMuncie. Because I have know Mr. Betterton for years and amfamiliar with his many talents and accomplishments, I am pleasedto provide the following information for your consideration.

Charles is a community economic development specialist withmany years of successful experience at the national, state andlocal levels. I met him in 1991 just after I had assumed theExecutive Director position for the United Way of KankakeeCounty, Illinois. Charles had left his position as ExecutiveDirector of the City's Community and Economic DevelopmentDepartment to establish an illinois Community EconomicDevelopment Association with grants from the National Congressfor Community Economic Development. .•

Reach Out &Lend a Helping Hand ...The United Way. •

Les Brown. proves motivation 'worksBy Patrick L.ThimanguJournal writer

In' six hours Wednesday, renowned motivationalspeaker Les Brown made more money in Kankakeethan most people make working full time in six months.

Brown admitted he did not tell the 1,800 or so peoplecame to listen to him anything new. Instead, be firedthem up - rekindling energies they already had andfortifying resolves they had alreay made.

To be exact, Brown made $20,000 by moderating athree-hour workshop and making a three-hour motiva-tional speech at Olivet Nazarene University's Chalfant,Hall. The event was organized by the Kankakee County

,Can Do, a multi-faceted program of the Kankakee Com-munity Development Corporation.

Brown, 50, was accompanied by his, recent bride,Gladys Knight, 51, the famed leader of "Gladys Knightand the Pips.". .' . j , .~~, .I'

She diq not sing but took part in the motivationalsession. "

"Anyone without dreams is a potential menace tosociety," said Brown at one workshop, Which was at-tended by about 350 high-school and college students,

" community leaders, professionals, farmers and peoplefrom all walks of life. The setting resembled a town hallmeeting where 'participants sat at round tables discuss.

, ing various issues."We must be willing to do, things things others won't

do in order to have tomorrows others won't have," saidBrown. The story of his life became the impetus for theworkshop, which was aimed at making people realizeand live their full potential,

The workshop was also aimed at helping the commu-nity maximize, its human potential through integratingpeople of all ages, sexes and races.

Brown said the rise of crime, drug use and deviantbehavior had risen in society because society had failedto collectively fight evil. He gave an example of how ahandful of zealous graffiti artists can deface an entireneighborhood because good citizens give up the effort ofcleaning it up. ,

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Journal/Wayne BaranowskiI,

Motivational speaker Les Brown admitted he did not tell the1,800 or so people came to listen to him anything new.Jnstead,he fired them up - rekindling energies they, already had andfortifying resolves they had alreay made.

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Brown "He.was inspiring .and made me. believe in, myself,"saidGyles. ," " .

. ' . '.' ,Many people wer~ inspired by Brown's own rags-to-Continued. from pag~ ,1 ':, riches story and hisquestto loo~for his truetalent. Ire,Ask for help not because you are weak but becauseyou told 'the audience that he spent a large p~rtof his lifewant to remain strong," said Brovvn,extolling partici- not really knowing what he could de.,','I.h~d pos,sibititypants 'to learn the spirit, of cooperation in' dealing~with blindness," he said. .' . ' "" ,' .•community lssuea , " i'., '. / Brown only. began motiyatiollal spe~kingf()r pay

Perhaps.Brown's strongest and most meaningful.mes-" about lO yea~s,ago; and in thatperiod, he has risen tosages were those. that appealed -to the. individual, the' become one the best in that field. He was a, communityones that.challenged people to look withinthemselves activist and three-term stale legisIlltor prior to.that. Hefor strength and inspiration. '" . "'. . was also host of the syndicated television program,"The

"He goes to prove you cari "accomplis,}rwhat youLes Brown Show.", ,'. '. . '. rea,i1ywant," said Ron Dunmore, 58, a fac~clryworker ;" Brown was adopted as an infant in Miami land waswho.had traveled froll,1Elwood to hear Brown speak. He'Jabeled asanedueablymentally retarded chHd"whi,leirilpaid $150to participat~ in the 'seminar al)d was confi- "the ,Hfth-grade.lie studied in a learnlngdisability classdent h~got his' money's worth of inspiration, , until he,graduated fr~rp.high school and never' went to-

Jonathan Gyles, 14, was among the 125 or' so high college. . , ,~.school al)d,junior high school students who got scholar- . "I wi:llreally pursue my dream of being a singer,"ships from sponsors to attend the event. The students said Andrew White,15, a sophomore a'-the Businesswere mixed with adults at the event to. enable them Academy of the Kankakee·High School, after he heardshareexperiences, Brown speak.

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• By' Eri~ StyCk" Bishop McNamara " . ESSAYS:;. "Kankakee is a co~~unity', that i~ growing in • Kankakee' County .teens were. recently.!Dany ways, b?th positive and negative. A re~ent 'asked to write essays, about what, they saw'Influx of businesses has pl1oduc~d many Jobs as the future. of the area, The winning essay- .' which are greatly 'needed 'at this time. The par~ ists were invited to the Las Brown "Can Do;' Of course, focusing on the negative aspects of, district w?rks dmgently !l.tkeeping the commum-" event' Thursday. Here are some of the best life ,c~n be disheart~ni?g. When we d,,:,ell on the'; ty 'parks. m g?od shape. Unfortunately, ::vhen a .essays, 'on this page, and the, next, }'rorn neg~tlve for too long,. It seems to let Itse~f have'commumty grows 'so much at such a r.apld .p~ce, around the county: Managing Editor PhIIAr.- . .an influence ~n our lives. Many new ,bUsmesses

a few rough-edges are going to, remain=Violent gelo Jack Charlton of "Cei'n Dej",rhandPeggy 'have moved into the area. They have created.\,' ,L.C.'ho ,;. n,., nlHjmp bi",h .Drug,.. ,~", 'do. "'';''0 tho ;"ddM. "',,- ~..Johs~tl:~severe timeeOf nee4,;al'!(p!gvided',..t1!e

steps that must be followedandusually an eye-witness help's. If people don't have enough cour-age to speak up and say who's eommitting allthis crime, the police cannot be. held to blame.

Here's part .ot the crowd that saw motivational 'speaker LesBrown Thursday at Olivet Nazarene University's Chalfant HC\U.

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t , 'Growthcreates some roughedges hereJournal/Wayne Baranowski

Altqgether, an estimated 1,800 people attended the Les Brown"Can Do~' event. "

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Motivation'atworkshop

A total of about 1,800 peopleparticipated in a workshop andmotivational session featuring ,speaker Les Brown Thursday. ','The event organized, by Kanka- 'kee County Can Do was held atOlivet Nazarene University'sChalfant, Hall. At left, shown atthe event, are ONU Presldent.,John Bowling,a speaker; Brown "and his wife, Gladys Knight; andRichard Clark, a member of the' 'steering committee which coor- 'dinated the event. Below left,'Robert L. Watts, an ONU stu- 'dent, listens to part of Brown's,motivational speech. Below,Sharon Smith, a' former Kanka- ,kee'resident and the owner of aAtlanta, Ga.-based cornpany :designed to develop human po- ,ttential through inspirational:messages, introduces Brown to .the audience. .

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Peale visitBy Lisa LaneyJournal writer

That Kankakee has attracted nationally re-nowned speakers to come here Friday is onlythe sign of things to come, according to_Cha"rles Betterton, executive director of theKankakee EconomIc and Community Develop-ment Agency.

Friday's event, featuring Norman VincentPeale and Les Brown, is the kickoff for thenew Community Development Center in theold Piersol Building on North Schuyler Avenue.The center is scheduled to open later thismonth and will be the home of various commu-nity-based development programs, including:

• A volunteer clearinghouse, where people

the turnout at this one event as theshowdown for the development pro-grams, however. Bill Lucek, chair ofthe Kankakee Area Chamber ofCommerce, said Friday's "Communi-ty Unity Celebration," as it's beingcalled, needs to be successful to setthe tone for programs about tosprout at the center.

He is joined by Kankakee CountyBoard Chairman Marwood Hendrixwhen he says Betterton needs thesuccess. While both men list them-selves among the supporters of Bet-terton and the community-based de-velopment plans, Betterton has hisshare of detractors.

Another local leader, however,isn't looking at Friday as High Noon ..

The Rev. William Copeland, pastor iof Morningstar Baptist Church inKankakee, is impressed that amongthe sponsors secured for Friday'sevent are organizations that tradi-tionally do not work together: the,Greater Kankakee Ministerial Asso-ciation and the North-Side Ministeri- \al Alliance; the Bradley-Bourbonnais:Chamber of Commerce and the Kan- "kakee Area Chamber of Commerce; ;and Riverside Medical Center andServantCor, the parent of St. Mary's'Hospital.

"That's never happened before, at:least since I've been in this city,";Copeland said. "That in itself is astep forward."

And as for the celebration needing'to be a success, Copeland had a dif-ferent perspective.

"I'm of" the opinion that a projector a person is not a failure until theys top trying," As long as you keep try-ing, you will ultimately accomplish.

"I'm still optimistic about it, ofcourse, but it's a lot closer no~ .than kit was two years ago," the minister 11

said. "Perhaps the reason behind some,

thoughts that Peale must draw a"huge crowd is that the communitydevelopment programs are only be-ginning to come to fruition, after twoyears on the drawing board.

The driving force behind the newcenter and all that will be housed'there has been Betterton.

seen as boost for city• Youth 2000.Betterton also would like to have an enter-

prise incubator, where "graduates" of the en-trepreneurial training can start businesses. Itwould provide a central location for varioustypes of businesses and a shared clerical pool.

The purpose of the programs is to "empow-er" people through self-help methods to takecontrol of their lives and the health of thecommunity. Betterton says one of the biggestobstacles to the success of the area and itscitizens is negativity. AJi, an example, he pointsto comments he's heard that Peale isn't reallycoming to Kankakee; the Paramount Theatreevent is merely going to be a video.

"Live and in person, at the Paramount The-atre," Betterton could be heard to say whenev-

See BOOST, page 2

and volunteer organizations, and people inneed of volunteer services can come together;

• The community development resource li-brary. Betterton said much of the material isvery expensive, and as such, usually only avail-able to organizations" Through the library, the

• Related story, Page 22

information will be available to everyone inthe community for the betterment of them-selves and their organizations;

• Consulting services on how to use thematerial;

• Entrepreneurial training programs;• The grantsmanship writing course sched-

uled for next month;• The Kankakee Economic and Community

Development Agency; and

B MAY 7 1990oostContinued trom page 1er he saw someone within earshot.

Betterton said that remark - thatsomeone as well-known as Pealewould not come to Kankakee - sub-stantiates his impression of the nega-tivity here.

His opinion is backed by area psy-chiatrists, who say the most preva-lent illnesses treated here are nega-tivity and depression; and the FantusStudy, conducted about three yearsago to define the area's developmentneeds. The Kankakee County Eco-nomic Development Council cameabout from that study.

Simplified, Betterton says the mis-sion of the city's Economic and Com-munity Development Agency, and

"the programs that will be held at thenew center, is to address the nega-tive findings of that study.

Among the major objectives Bet-terton hopes to meet through thecommunity-based development pro-grams .are:

• Achieving a workable communi-ty consensus and involvement in keyeconomic development matters.

• Creating an effective public-pri-vate partnership.

• Networking and cooperationwith other key Illinois DevelopmentOrganizations.

• Develop a small-business assis-tance program.

• Investigate public/private pro-grams to raise graduation achieve-ment at the public schools.

Some of these objectives will bemet in conjunction with other com-munity organizations. Other goalstargeted in ·the study have been ad-dressed by the county's EDC, Kanka-kee 'Community College, and the co-operative Metro .Sewer project.

With solid plans for addressingthose goals, Betterton says the nega-tivity, as bad as it sounds, can beconquered. It is exactly why Pealeand Brown have been asked to speakhere; all is not lost.

There are some leaders who view

involved as chairman emeri-tus.The group is also continuing

to solicit input through a de-velopment training needs sur-vey which will help them de-termine what types of train-ing programs area residentswould like to attend. They arealready working on severalpossible programs which willbe announced just as soon asarrangements have been con-firmed. According to Gary.Moore, the group is willing toproduce as many events asthe community is willing tohelp be successful throughtheir attendance, support andparticipation in the planningand organizing stages. "It tookdozens of dedicated peopleworking hundreds ofhours foralmost four months for us toproduce the workshop andseminar with Les Brown andDr. Bowling. Whether we pro-duce future large-scale eventson an annual or quarterly ba-sis will be determined by howmany people and organiza-tions eject to get involved andserve as Can Do! members,committee members, spon-sors, and participants inevents."We are developing a mem-

bership program which willprovide many benefits to helpour members achieve theirpersonal . .and organizationalgoals. While it may be a fewweeks before we make anyspecific announcements aboutour next event, now is a per-fect time for anyone whowants toget involved with CanDo!to take action. Anyone whois interested should write to:Can Do!, c/o Community Re-source Center, P.O. Box 2278,Kankakee, IL 60901 or call(815) 933-3356 to request apacket of membership infor-

. mation."

Can Do! group will still doThe members of the Can Do!

Steering Committee whichproduced the recent eventswith Les Brown and Dr. JohnBowling, have declared theirfirst event a major success andthey have decided to continuewith their efforts. Can Do!'sMission Statement includesfive major points: 1. Fostercommunity unity andmulticultural understanding.2. Promote positive thinkingwithin and about KankakeeCounty. 3. Foster personal,organizational and commu-nity development and empow-erment. 4. Provide expandedaccess to development train-ing programs. 5. Generatefunds for worthwhile commu-nity service projects.According to Walter J.

Charlton, President of theKankakee Community Devel-opmentCorporation whoorigi-nated the Can Do! group, itsfirst events exceeded theirexpectations, "Our initialgoals were'· to have five spon-sors, five co-sponsors, 200workshop participants, and1,000 seminar participants.We actually had 10 sponsors,10 co-sponsors, 350 people forthe workshop and about 1,400for the seminar. Even thoughwe provided full or partialscholarships to over 200 stu-dents, we still generated ap-

proximately $12,000 in netprofits from the events. Thesefunds will be used to supportthe KCDC and to provide seedmoney for future training pro-grams."

Can Do! will produce majorevents on a regular schedule,bringing nationally knownspeakers here such as :LesBrown, Zig Ziglar, BrianTracy, Steven Covey, WayneDyer, Dennis Waitley, Dr.Joyce Brothers and Lou Holtz.In addition to these periodicmajor events, Can Do! will of-fer ongoing workshops andseminars on topics such as:goal-setting, motivation, timemanagement, creative think-ing and problem solving, con-flict resolution, organizationaldevelopment, community de-velopment, strategic planning,etc.The group is proceeding with

formal organizational proce-dures by electing a slate ofofficers. Gary Moore will serveas the group's chairman for1996 along with seven vice-chairs: Mayor Grover Brooks,Richard Clark, Mayor DonaldGreen, Karen Hertzberger,'I'homas-Iones, Lisa Kelly, andTim Milner. Mayor RobertaConrad will serve as thegroup's secretary and BrentMyers will serve as treasurer.Charlton will continue to be

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Trainer of Success .Ooaches: Charles Bettertqn(secondfrom right) has been certified as a trainer of Independent SuccessCoaches for Success Motivation Institute (SMI). SMI is the world

: leader in personal and corporate achievement with over $2 bllllon'in.sales in 66 countries. Betterton recently. received an.award from· (l.'to r.) Randy Slechta, CEO and president of severalpersonaland

orqanizatlonaldevelopment companies; DavidHicks, SMI presi- .gent;.and Paul J. Meyer, SMlfounder. Betterton was recoqnizedat .a recent conference in Austill, TX, as SMl'stop recruiter for thelast-two months of 1997. "W@are proud that Charles is playing a. '.:' 'leadership role in SMI," said Hicks, "In the first three months thatCharles has been h~lping introduce.peopleto Success UniversitY

• and the other SMI programs, he has distinguished himself as one· of the top success coaches in America." Hicks will be in.Kankakee, on March 6 speaking at the Center for Successful Living Show- ~. cases. For more information, contact Betterton at 815-928-9750~

Be A Success CO.athf!We're looking for a few positive; goal

· djrecteq,self-mcitivl!t~d people to.· 'train as Success Coach~s. Help y6'ur"'>o

self, your family;c1n.ireh,·business· and community learn how to achieve'

~more'ofthelr pote:ntialwithsomeo£the world's best success.programs,Minimal investment of $350-$700.Call 815-92&9750for information.

The Herald-October 31, 1995-Page 11

What can a.daywith Le~ B·r0V.YOdo for you? Come andsee . . ;.'

Kankakee County Can Dol'; .is a multi-faceted' program'whose organizers want to pro-",vide opportunities for resi~/ .dents of Kankakee County to,"take advantage of the wealth,of available resourceswhieh .foster personal, organizational'.and community development."Formed in August, 1995, the.organizers, recognizing that'many groups in the county are ..making progress in address-..ing various economievsocialand community problems, de- .cided to focus on revitalizing.and improving the image of,the county as a good place to'live, work and raise a family.:

The group will offer work-:'shops and seminars on topics'such as goal-setting, rnotiva-tion, time management, cre-ative thinking and problemsolving among others. It will:foster personal organizationand community development ..

The Les B10wn workshopwill feature interactive, smallgroup discussions," exercises

. and materials. It will beheld.. from 12:30to5p.m.atChalfaitt

Hall at ONU in Bourbonnais.The price for the workshop and

. materials is $150. A discountis available for students, se-nior citizens and groups of'twoor more.

The evening seminar withBrown andDr. Bowling from6:30 to 9:30 is $25 with similardiscounts available,

For more information or forreservations, call (815) 933-3356.

If, for a small amount ofmoney, you could spend a littletime and reap enormous ben-efits to your personal develop-ment, wouldn't you jump atthe chance todo it? If you couldfind a way to help you realizeyour dreams and goals,wouldn't you take it? If therewas a group working to takethe county into the 21st cen-tury with optimism and hope,wouldn't you support it?

Those are the questions com-.munity organizers of the LesBrown Motivational Day inKankakee County on Thurs-·day, Nov. 16 are asking.

The nationally acclaimedspeaker, known as 'The Moti-

.vator ,"will present a four hour

workshopin the afternoon anda three: hour seminar in theevening with Dr. John Bowl-ing, president of Olivet Naza-rene University.

Allover the country, suchevents are' filled' to' capacity'even though the price is hun- .dreds of dollars. Those peopleknow, say members of thesponsoring organization,Kankakee County Can Do!,that a day spent with inspir-ing peoplecarichange their.lives. .

Terrence J. Mcflann, execu-tive director of ToastmastersInternational, said, "As an ora-tor, communicatorofideas anda motivator, Les Brown is trulyapart from all others." .

Closer to home, Brown's ac-colades following his workshophere for the Bradley-Bourbon-nais Chamber of Commerce in1991 were as glowing, saidchamber president Rita R.Head.

"Comments such as, 'lamsure mylife and the lives of mychildren will now be changedbecause of Les Brown,' and 'Ilearned that I must take theinitiative to get things that Iwant done. I know 1 can reachmy goals now,' and 'I am thank-ful for the opportunity to at-tend this workshop today. Ihave set obtainable goals andI. am making the changes inmy life to achieve them' made .us realizewhat a valuable toolLes Brown's workshops andseminars are in reshaping andredirecting lives," said Head.

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Les Brown's third countyappearance to be at Olivet

When Les Brown appearedin Kankakee in May, 1990and again in Bradley inMarch, 1991 for the Bradley-Bourbonnais Chamber ofCommerce annual dinner,organizers of both events be-lieved that there were severalpositive results.

. There was an "increasedlevel of awareness" by peoplehere ofthe need and power ofvision, positive thinking andworking together. .

A secondary effect,. butmaybe even more important,was the sense among the resi- ,dents that if KankakeeCounty had the foresight tobring nationally knownspeakers the level of Brown,Dr.iNorman Vincent Pealewho was with Brown in 1990and motivational guru BrianTracey, then this mustbe agood place to live and work.

It convinced them that the"can do" spirit ofthe commu-nity was very much there andrevivable in a big way. Now,five years later, 'communityleaders want to follow-upwitha continuation of the feelingengendered then.

While that is true, one ofthe minuses in the project isthe fact that at the end, thespeakers leave and .take the

. community's money withthem.

Away to keep the resourcesat home' while still bringing'effective programs tothe areawas believed to be needed.

WalterJ. Charlton, head of

the Kankakee CommunityDevelopment Corporationand others including DougPerry from Olivet NazareneUniversity, Richard Clark ofthe Heritage Foundation, RayDeWitte of ServantCor/St.Mary's, Al Lemon of River-side, Gary Moore of MooreIndustries and Lisa Kelly ofthe Working Woman's Coun-cil joined forces to form theKankakee County Can Do!

This organization has as itsmajor emphasis the continu-ation of efforts to bring pro-grams, trainers and speakersto the community to aid indeveloping and furtheringthespirit of accomplishmentneeded to move forward. Atthe same time, the groupplans to make the events self-supporting while generatingrevenue to supportother pro-grams.

Its first event is the returnof Les Brown to the area on

Thursday.Ncv. 16.Brown willconduct a four hour workshopat Chalfant Hallon the cam-pus of Olivet Nazarene Uni-versity in Bourbonnais in theafternoon. This workshop willbe open to anyone.

The evening will be re-served for a two hour seminarin Chalfant given by Brown.This event will' be open to2,000 people.

The workshop will cost$150per person and includes work-books and interactive materi-als. The seminar will be $25.

Discounts of20 percent willbe available for students, se-nior citizens and groups oftwo or more.

One-quarter of the fundsraised will be used to supportKankakee County Can Do!;fifty percent will go to·KCDCand the remaining funds willgo' to Center Space,a non-profit organization headed by

.. Charles Betterton. CenterSpace provides educationalprograms and, materials tofoster "spiritual, personal,organizational and commu-

.nity ernpowerment.addressesdiscrimination, prejudice and

'. neighborhood tension and fa-cilitates cooperative and cre-ative problem solving effortsamong individuals, groups,communities and. organiza-tions." .

Betterton was. director ofthe city of Kankakee's com-munity and economic devel-opment program from 1988through 1990.

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addressed is the perception by some people that this is not a particularlygood area to live, work and raise our families,' Charlton said in. a letteraddressed to the committee. .~:

"You and I know this is not true, but -aow do we 'convince others? We need to raise our self-esteem. This isLes Brown's message. How do we motivate people tochange their thinking and how do we get them to actpositively?"

Brown was raised by a siungle mom and labeled a slowlearner in high school. His self-motivation turned him intoa community activist and three-term state legislator be-fore he embarked on a career as a professional speaker.He is the author of "Live Your Dreams" and host of thesyndicated "The Les Brown Show." .

Another goal of the seminar is to raise money for two Brown Ipurposes. If the event makes a profit, half of all the proceeds will go to the ICommunity Resource Center, the old Kankakee downtown armory at 150 N.Indiana. The armory has been steadily undergoing renovations, including Inew elevators, in recent years, but more is needed. The moneyIf any, would]both help the facility and help hire a permanent director for the building. '

The other half of the profits would basically be "seed money" for futuremotivational and training events. Half of that would stay with KankakeeCounty Can Do. The other half of that half would go to Center Space, anorganization headed by Charles Betterton. Betterton, who sets up motiva-tional and training events, has an agreement that that share would only beused for training events in Kankakee County. Such events, like the micro-enterprise seminars now being run at the armory, teach people how to start;their own small businesses.

Such motivation does not come without a price. The budget to put on theevent is $35,000, Charlton said. But the potential for a .profit is there,sinceChalfant Hall holds 2,000 people. Already seven sponsors are lined up at.various degrees of support of $1,000 apiece or higher. The hope is thatsponsorships ,would underwrite all that cost. . ,

Most people will pay $20 for the seminar and $120 for the workshop. Those!are discount tickets that include anyone with a group. But there are also listl

lprice tickets at $150 for the workshop and $25 for the seminar, VIP tickets at$200 for the workshop and $75 for the seminar; and reserved tickets at $175,for the workshop and $50 for the seminar. ' . :

Richard Clark made a plea for simplifying the ticket arrangement MOSt:levels of sponsorship will include some tickets. In addition, some sponsorship'fees ,could be paid by trading out in-kind services. .'

.The executive committee heading Can Do iricludes Doug Perry of OlivetNazarene University, Clark of Heritage Foundation, Ray DeWitte of Ser-vantCor, Al Lemon of Riverside Medical Center and Gary Moore of Moore:Industries. ') . . , i________ ••• 1

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The real reasonIn almost every situation, there is the "reasonthings happen and then the realreason. The reason Les Brown was here last Thursday was that he is anationally known motivator who couldbegin an important process ofself-imageenhancementfor this area. The real reason was that he could showthe hundredsof teenagers who attended the afternoon workshop and evening seminar whatan exciting and challenging adventure life actually is. Les Brown did that. Hecalled it the contagion factor, and it was at work in Chalfant Hall at OlivetNazarene University. Teens who came not really knowing what to expect, spent

five hours listening "andinteracting with adults inways they had not everbefore. These young men(top photo) worked on anexercise with Kankakeepolice officer Cleveland"Pops" Thomas. Brownsummed it up by sayingthat the day's eventsshowed that jt matterednot all about someone'sage, gender or race. Wecouldwork together, and,if we did, what wonderscould we accomplish! Asup rise appearance byBrown's wife, singer su-perstar Gladys Knight,was an added bonus. Atthe end of the evening,Brown presented JackCharlton (center, bottomphoto) a plaque for hiswork and vision, andnaming him Mr Kanka-keeCountyCanDo! Thatorganization sponsoredthe event. Charles Bet-terton (far right), CenterSpace chairman, orga-nized Brown's appear-ance. More than 1,000people attended the twosessions. (Photos by TheHerald and Dave Merkleof Colonial Studios)

The Sunday Journal, Kankakee,

Despite naysayers, city's old armory1Il., July 11, 1993

livesBy Lisa LaneyJournal writer

A year ago, there were many whosaid it couldn't be done.

Estimat~ .for repairing and reha-bilitating the former National Guardarmory at 150· N. Indiana Ave. inKankakee were about $250,000.

Tack on the high costs of utilitiesand staffing' the structure and theodds seemed against it.

But the odds didn't daunt a smallgroup of people. And' in the pastyear, the small group has grownfrom four groups to more- than 50persons arid organizations.

Since its doors opened Jan. 1, thou-sands of people have seen the beauti-ful, old building's walls from the in-side; pounded the gymnasium floorwith volleyballs, basketballs and soc-cer balls; tapped on the communityroom floor to the beat of a Big Band-era orchestra; learned karate andtaekwondo; and gathered for meet-ings, forums, political debates, ral-lies, discussions, parties, piano andart sales, Uno games, educationaland youth fairs - whatever of theunlimited attract.ions a communitycenter might hold.

And then there are a few who nowuse rooms at the Community Re-source Center for offices.

So far, that includes Family Re-mification Services Inc., one of theoriginal partners in the project, and.he Kankakee County Tenants Orga-alzation,

In the last six months, some 200persons have donated more than3,000 hours of labor. Some of thosepersons did the work as part of theircommunity service requirementsthrough the Kankakee County Proba-tion Department.

Charles Betterton, a member of theKankakee County Community Devel-opment Corp. board,which has as-sumed responsibility for' the buildingfrom Kankakee Development Corp.

Betterton says the CDCis consid-ering hiring some. of the workerspart-time "because they were suchgood workers.

"One of the things that's happeninghere is that people are discoveringthat community service is an honorand a privllege," he said. !

During the past year, the Kanka-kee County CDC has increased itsboard membership from four activemembers to 20, and created an advi-sory board with 33 persons repre-senting more than 40 local organiza-tions. The organization is preparingto hire a building manager, adds Bet-terton.

These are no small accomplish-ments. They were at least enough towin the project third place in theGovernor's. Home Town Award com-petition.

So it's with the roughest part ofthe road. to success' already tra-versed that Bill Lucek,until recentlythe CDC president, has stepped downfrom that post.

Filling the position will be WalterJ. Charlton, former president andchairman of First Trust and SavingsBank (now First of America).

Betterton told the CDC executiveboard recently that efforts also areunderway to enlist VISTA volunteersto help manage the building and su-pervise programs.

A large-scale, self-employmenttraining program will begin in thefall, being taught by national au-thorities Dr. Steven Balkin of Roose-velt University and Beverly Smith,executive director of the Chicago-based Association for Enterprise Op-

Turning the once-vacant National Guard armory,at 150 N. Indiana Ave. into Kankakee's CommunityResource Center won third place. in this year'sGovernor's Home Town Award competition. At thepresentation, from left, are Charles Betterton of theCommunity Economic Development Resource Cen-

ter; Susie Brown, executive director of United Wayof Kankakee County; Gov. Jim Edgar; Bill Lucek,past president of the Kankakee County CommunityDevelopment Corp.; and Tim Schmidt, executivedirector of Kankakee Development Corp.

"A place where we can teach peoplehow to fish instead of giving fish fora day." e

There also is a possibility that theDr. King Memorial Library may finda home at the Community ResourceCenter, and that the CDC will re-place Kankakee's Community Devel-opment Agency as sponsor of theAffordable Housing Program, whichis now focused on North St. Joseph

the project, without commenting on.past friction with former Mayor Rus-sell Johnson.

It's believed that Johnson hadwanted to use the former armory asa central fire station, resulting in alack of commitment of CommunityDevelopment Block Grant money tothe project.

"Mayor Don Green is looking forways to benefit this project," Better-

says the organizations using thebuilding will bring in enough revenueto "be self-sustaining from now on."

However, remaining rehabilitationcosts are about $150,000, he says.That means the capital fund-raisingdrive will roll on.

The city of Kankakee also hascome through with a variety ofgrants - both for the rehab, includ-ing $50,000 for an elevator and hand i-

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The Sunday Journal, March 1. 1998

Bettert n seeks to motivateBy Kim ChievrueJournal writer

Charles Betterton has a' vision: aKankakee filled with successful, mo-tivated people. '

He knows there are motivationalresources outthere that changelives. His own lifewas changed atage 16 when hismother. gave hima copy .of "ThePower of PositiveThinking" byNorman VincentPeale.

Other people Bettertonrespond to audioand videotapes, seminars or even'one-on-one success coaching.

Betterton's vision is to make allthese things available in one place.

"For a number of years, I havebeen developing a plan for helpingmore people take advantage of state-of-the-art development training re-sources," he said.

"I think it can best be done througha network of Iocally initiated learn-ing centers." .

Betterton's local venture, the Uni-versity for Successful Living, offersa . "smorgasbord of resources",including motivational and inspira-tional cassette' tapes, access tonational quality motivational speak-.ers, classes on time' management,and success coach training. The USLalso gives other communities thechance to establish their own Cen-ters for Successful Living.

A showcase Friday Will present. Kankakee county with an overview

of what is available.Betterton calls the Center for Sue-

-cessml Living Showcase, . an- all-day

event at the downtown KankakeeExecutive Centre, a chance for areabusinesses and non-profit organizationsto spend the day experiencing hour-long mini-sessions that demonstratedifferent motivational resources.

Registration is $25a person for thehalf-day session or $50 for the fullday.

It will also give them an opportu-nity to regain their inspiration andlearn how to motivate others.

Betterton, 49,will be one of four pro-fessional trainers making the pre-sentations. He has created a number ofthe seminars and workshopS himself.

"live been designingdevelopmenttraining seminars for 25 years. Myfirst program, the Introduction toPersonal and. Professional· SuccessTechniques,is still in use. In fact, it'soneof the Hi programs offeredaftheshowcase," he said.

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He is also affiliated with and ownsdistributorsb1ps for 'a number of re-lated success-oriented programs.

Betterton of Stelle arrived fromhis home state .of Mississippi about,20 years ago with;a·IQP'ghisf.pryofaccomplishments. .,

By the time he was 19, he wasinvolved in cOmmunity devel<lpm~t:in .the Mississippi Delta, ,establiShing ayouth program where'.'kids of bothracescould.get together and ~~ out."

That exp$e.nqe.led ~ work:m theNational DikastetRcli~ Program,where at.24,'Bett.erton::set.a r;ecord by~dfug hQ~.f6rl07:h~meleSs ~enia,Ollio tornado Victim,s:·in'QI,le~y.

H~hasserved as Kiinkak~'s Di-rector of Community a'Qd'Econ(jmicDevelopment;.a positionheassi.unedat the request ilf 1;he.-U•S. Departmentof Housing and Urban DevelopIl}ent.

Bythat time, he had pick~.up amaster's .degree in'Commumw Eco-

. nomic Development and-had becomea certified trainer ~ one of'200world-wide - for Brian Tracy International.

He was a co-founder of the localCANDO!, and is'D9Wworking onestablishing CAN DOl-org!iJlizationsand Centers for Successful Living inother areas.

Betterton says the centers .canalso make available a. wealth ofstate-of- the-art training ,an~' devel-opment resources,

"These -resources are usually tar-. geted only to the top 5 percent of the.people meorporate Amerlca," Bet-terton said: '!Whatrnakes thecen-ters special is our commitment toreach.as.many of the'6ther.95 per-cent asposslble."

When the localCSLs ·bring in aspeaker, the. profit:,gener~ted. staysin the community, ALes Brown/Nor-man Vincent-Peale spea~gel;lgage-ment in .1990 drew. astandingroomonly crowd to Kankakee. ..

"PeOple from over 200'cities cameto that event;" said Betterton.

Betterton-is 'simultaneously work-ing on a Success center Partnershipwith the housing authority inMuncie, Ind., which he later hopes tointroduce to: some '3,500 housingauthorities throughout tile country.

He just returned from a trip to theBahamas, where he conducted stra-tegic planning and viSionilig exer-cises for the Bahamas' AssoCiationfor SoeiaIHeaith,; the:tillity -Chureh

; . of the Bahamas, and VisIon 2020 :-a group of 30:leaders who want the

. island nation te- lead the world ininnovation arid ereativlty-

He will return to-the Bahamas thismonth to continue strategic. plan-ning,

The Herald's Country Market-October 20, 1998-Page 22

Betterton declines $250,OOOHUDCommunity Builder FellowshipCharles Betterton, who was

selected for one of 230 Com-munity Builders Fellowshipsout of 8,500 applicants by theU.S. Department of Housingand Urban Development(HUD), has declined the offer.The HUDFellowship, worthabout $250,000 over two years,includes study at the John F.Kennedy School of Govern-ment at Harvard. .

Betterton worked for HUDfor several years before he wasappointed Director of theKankakee Cornmunity Devel-opment Agency in 1988. Sinceleaving the City of Kankakeein 1990, Charles received amaster's inc6mmunity eco-nomic development fromNewHampshire College. Recentlyhehas been focusing on CEN-TERSPACE and the Univer-sity for Successful Living(USL), two non-profit organi-zations hefounded.to.providedevelopment training and con-sulting services through aninternationalnetwork ofCen-tersfor Successful Living.

"1decided to decline the offerfrom HUD because 1'believethe w.o-rkweare doing throughthese organizations has largernational impact than what Icould accomplish at HUD."Betterton said. 'Por example,Les Brown donated ov er

CharlesBetterton$50,000 worth of his serviceslast month to supportthe Sue-cess-Center Partnership thatwe created. for the Muncie,Indiana Housing Authority.On Nov. 1'7,weare sponsoringa workshop with Brian Tracyon Time Empowerment andAdvanced Selling Strategiesat the Rosemont ConventionCenter," he added.

On Nov. 19, the USL willproduce a workshop and semi-nar with Mark Victor Hansen,co-author of the best-sellingChicken Soup for the SoulSeries, at Olivet Nazarene

Universi ty which The Herald!Country Market is co-spon-'soring. During that event, aspecial sessionwi11 be con-ducted over hmch for execu-tives of United Ways, Cham-bers of Commerce, privatefoundations, Public HousingAuthorities, 'and UrbanLeagues .from all across theMidwest "Our objective is tohelp these community lead-:ers discover how to create aCenterfor Successful,Livingin their organization or com-munityand work together toco-produce events with USLexpertslikeLes Brown, BrianTracy and 'Mark VictorHansen," said Betterton.

Later this month, Bettertonand his associates, who aredeveloping new -training pro-grams to help. people, espe-cially residents of public hous-ing authorities, learn how tolearn, will have a booth at theNational Association of'Hous-ing and Redevelopment Offi-cialsinSanAntonio,TX. Therethey will be presenting anddemonstrating how they canhelp public housing authori-ties help their residents em-power themselves throughleadership development,you th empowerment and self-employment training pro-grams.

CENTER SPACE ™ Helps Launch "CAN DO!"

Les Brown provesMotivation Works!

The outstalldillg success ofKallkakee County CAN DO! is just one

example of how Center Sp ace?facilitates empowerment.

CENTER SPACE™ served as co-producerof CAN DO!'s first programs which featuredLes Brown, "The Master Motivator." KankakeeCounty CAN DO! will feature major events ona regular schedule featuring nationally knownspeakers such as: Les Brown, Zig Ziglar, BrianTracy, Steven Covey, Wayne Dyer, DermisWaitley, Dr. Joyce Brothers and Lou Holtz.In addition to the regular major events,CAN DO! will offer ongoing workshops andseminars on topics such as: goal-setting,motivation, time management, creativethinking and problem solving, conflictresolution, organizational and commu-nity development, strategic planning, ete.Many of these programs and services will beprovided through an agreement betweenCAN DO! and CENTER SPACETM.

Kauk akee CountyCAN DO! .Mtsston Statement

1. Provide expanded access todevelopment training programs.

2. Foster community unityand multi-cultural understanding.

3. Promote positive thinkingwithin and about Kankakee County.

4. Foster personal, organizational andcommunity development and empowerment.

5. Generate funds for worthwhilecommunity service projects.

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CENTER SPACEHt TO PUBLISHYOU CAN DO! TOO

To help other communities and non-profitorganizations learn how to successfullyimplement a program like CAN DO!CENTERSPACE™is compiling all the relevantinformation and materials in a three ringworkbook. The workbook will include all thenecessary documents, concepts and instruc-tions to enable replication of the CAN DO!concept in other communities. Contents ofthe workbook will include: How to Select-theMost Appropriate Speakers/Trainers, How toGenerate Maximum Media Coverage, How toPromote Your Event, How to Minimize theCost of Printing, and How to Get MaximumStudent Participation. Also included aresample letters, flyers, news releases,brochures, programs, public serviceannouncements, sample ads, and a detailedwork plan with project budgets.In addition to the workbook, consultingservices will be provided to support localreplication of the CAN DO! program. Thescope of services could range from a minimallevel of providing telephone consultations tothe maximum level of involvement providingon-site coordination.

If you would like to learn how you and yourcommunity could benefit from a CAN DO!program, please use the request form and wewill send you a packet of materials.

Motivational speaker LesBrown admitted he did not tell the 1,800 or sopeople who came to listen to him anything new. Instead, hefired themup...rekindling energies they already had and fortifying resolves theyhad already made.

1beDailyjournal 11-17-95

LesBrown (left) was given an award as "TbeMaster Motivator"Thursday as he spoke to 1,800 people at Olivet NazareneUniversity's Chalfant Hall. The event was organized by KankakeeCounty "Can Do.'," a new motivation group. jack Charlton(center) from Kankakee, was given the first "Can Dol" award forpositive thinking. Charles Betterton, (far rigbt), Center Space'spresident, organized Brown's appearance.

1be Herald 11-21-95

Indianapolis to provide opportunitiesfor other housing authorities to gatherfor two days of seminars, workshopsand brainstorming sessions onhow toreplicate the Success 'Center Partner-ship in other communities.

Les Brown teaches leadership skills to Muncie youthsReprinted From The Muncie Times for September 3, 1998

Les Brown and Mike Williams, hismentor and a training expert, arehelping CENTER SPACE design new

"Mr. Brown donated his .services programs and materials. There will bevalued. at over $50,000 to provide this a number of follow up activities in-life-changingexperience for the young Muncie. These include providingpeople of Delaware County. His ongoing leadership developmentcompany,Les Brown Enterprises, also training for the core group who'Provided access to the audio video participated in the workshop with Lesbased training programs Les has and ongoing seminars and workshopscreated which the Success -Center' -using video; audio and workbookPartnership will offer on an ongoing' materials.basis" said Betterton, President ofCENTER SPACE, which helped theMuncie Housing Authority create the-SuccessCenter Partnership.

Motivational speaker Les Brown isone of several of the top trainers in theworld who are contributing their time,energy, and resources to support theMuncie, Indiana Housing AuthoritySuccess Center Partnership. Some ofthe other participants include BrianTracy, Mark Victor Hansen and theSuccess Motivation Institute (SMI).

The Success Center was establishedwith the help of CENTER SPACE andthe University for Successful Living.These non-profit organizations arehelping Expand. the Circle of SuccessIn America through a network oflocallydesigned Centers for SuccessfulLiving that provide greater access tosome of the best development trainingresources in the world.

Brown, who conducted the YouthLeadership Institute in Muncie, hasbeen working with the founders ofCENTER SPACE since 1990 onsimilar community development andyouth empowerment programs.

"In addition to Mr. Brown, Paul J.Meyer, Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn, andthe Strategic Marketing Group areproviding some of their best trainingprograins and materials at discountprices and trey are donating thousandsof dollars of technical assistance to

"Each one of them will touchanother 3 or 4 people, other youth,their families, community leaders andothers. They will help involve someother people in lifting their lives and

"";::;:,;f,,, ,,,,'fll';> enhancing their sense of self and-Les Brown talks moving onto some kind of communityto workshop.participant. agenda beyond just what happens to

.-·"'their own lives."

help us adapt for public housingresidents these materials that areusually marketedprimarily to corporateAmerica. With this level of supportfrom some of the best trainers in theworld, we will surely succeed in ourmission of helping American's dis-cover that we are one people, onecommunity, with one economy and onefuture" he added.

Initial funding for the trainingmaterials has been provided through arecent grant from the MuncieDelaware County CommunityFoundation. Grants for additionalmaterials, staff to participate in atraining of trainers program andprogram design are being developed.

One long-range activity beingplanned is a national conference in

"If things continue to go as well aswe expect inMuncie, we would like totake this program to other places" saidBrown. "Theyouth participating in theInstitute all completed a Contract WithMyself to take action and engage otherpeople and they signed the Seeds ofGreatness Pledge." '. .

"They can then take a greater in-terest in what happens in the comun-ity at large. As these young peopleget together, reach out to engageothers, and get involved, there willbe an even greater positive impactwithin the community and perhapsthroughout the nation" Brown added.

The Seeds of Greatness Pledge

I do hereby-pledge to discover anddevelop the greatness in me andto plant Seeds of Greatness, inmy words as well as my deeds,

for myself, for my family and formy community. God, grant methe courage and the wisdom to

do what I can, to help makethe world a better place.

Copyright 1998 byLes Brown Enterprises

Betterton said" Ms. Benita Smithshared our vision, she appreciated thesignificance of the Success Center andshe responded with the courage andleadership required to bring the visionforth for the benefit of the largercommunity. We commend Ms. Smithand expect the Muncie HousingAuthority to be awarded recognition byHUD and NAHRO" he continued.

The Muncie Housing Authority Success Center PartnershipPresents Live Your Dreams With Les Brown!

"Through the Center, the HousingAuthority provides innovative edu-··cational programs that enable andencourage residents to participate inpersonal growth, success and achieve-ment programs. It also fosters com-munity mobilization and civic prideinitiatives, and activities designed tohelp residents and resident organiza-tions develop increased abilities for "Bywearing our "Official Drug Freehelping direct their lives and influ- and Proud Of It Apparel", youngence the institutions that affect them, j people let the world know they are drugtheir families and the community. " ..Les Brown and Dee Harris talk with participants free and proud of it" said Steve Hakes,

President of Life's An Attitude Wear.

"We established the Success CenterPartnership in late 1997 to expand theeconomic and educational opportun-ities for public housing residents,especially youth, by enhancing accessto successful life and work skillstraining, job readiness training, jobplacement assistance, and self-employment training to help residentsstart their own small businesses. "saidBenita Smith, Executive Director of theMuncie Housing Authority.

"When we held the first meeting ofthe Success Center Partnership lastNovember, we invited fifty-fivecommunity leaders to attend. We hadhoped that at least ten to twelve mightattend." Smith continued.

"We were pleasantly surprised whenover forty individuals attended thatmeeting and just in the past fewmonths, over 80 people representingover 50 organizations and businesses inevery sector of the community haveparticipated. "

"Les Brown is one of the mosteffective motivational speakers andtrainers in the world and his messagehelps people lift up their vision, in-crease their sense of self-esteem andmaximize their effectiveness in everyarea of successful living" said Smith.

Local teenage singer and father, Rosita andJames Knox, Les Brown and Muncie Housing

Authority Director; Benita Smith.

"We are so deeply grateful to Mr.Brown for bringing his intensivepersonal development program here toMuncie to help our young peopledevelop a larger vision of themselvesand help them learn how to set goalsand achieve their dreams. "

The T-shirts for the youth weredonated by Life's An Attitude Wear, a

~Colleyville, Texas company dedicatedto promoting drug free lifestyles foryouth. The company, founded on aprinciple of helping improve thequality of life, is committed to drugeducation and offering hope to thechildren of those who did not make achoice to be "drug free."

"We are grateful for this opportunityto contribute to the success of Mr.Brown's Youth Leadership Institute.We share his commitment to youthempowerment and his larger vision ofa drug free America. "

"That's why our company donates20% of the profits from the sale of allour products to Life's An AttitudeScholarship' Foundation for childrenwho have, or who have lost, a drugdependent parent" he continued.

For information on the SuccessCenter Partnership and future trainingprograms based on Les Brown'smaterials, contact Benita Smith atMuncie Housing Authority at J55-288-9242 or Charles Betterton of CENTERSPACE at 815-928-9750.

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The economic development of a state or community is usually 'defined' interms of business development, but is 'determined' by the balanced devel-opmentofbusiness, community, and human resources. "-Illinois Depart-ment of Commerce and Community Affairs Certified Cities Brochure

The Great Community by Arthur Morgan

"When a community and its people are empowered, they have thecapacity to articulate their needs; to identify actions to solve thoseneeds; and to mobilize and organize resources in pursuit of com-monly defined goals. When the people of a community come to-gether to visualize a common future and then work together toachieve it, there develops a recognition that everyone - regardlessof education, job, race, background or whatever- has somethingimportant to contribute to personal and community empower-ment. "-Lorraine Garkovich, University of Kentucky

" 'Where there is no vision, the people perish.' So it is with communities. Americans have had no greatexpectations of theirs, and have had no picture ofwhat a great community might be like. The hope ofthe small town hasbeen, not to be a great community, but to become a city. Seeing our communities as oflittle importance, we have neglectedthem, robbed them, and fled-from them. _

Only as we come to see them as the sources of population and of national character and culture, and as possiblecenters ofinterest and opportunity, will our young people choose them for their life careers. Economic and social securityare not enough. If a community is to hold its boys and girls, building with them a great community, it must be to thema place of significance and of high adventure.

Because economic security is sogenerally lacking, many have felt that if a whole community should be economicallysecure, other limitations would disappear and the goodcommunity would emerge. Yet often where economic security hasexisted the community has been uninteresting, if not banal, and young people have fled from it.

Other communities, with the idea that education is the magic key have staked their hopes on schools and colleges,only to find their young people driven from home to seek careers.

There have been many ethically fine communities in which nearly every family lived in a spirit of good will.Believing that fine human relationships is the one essential ofa goodcommunity, they rested on their fortunate condition.Young people ofsuch communities, finding fewhome opportunities for adequate careers, and lacking a vision ofthe GreatCommunity, left for more promising fields. In this manner, many fine communities have been almost depopulated.

The Greatest handicap to human progress has been a partial view oflife. When people set their hearts on achievingsome particular excellence, their success has sometimes been remarkable but the resulting lopsided development hasoften resulted in social breakdown. All-round growth may be slower and less spectacular but is more enduring. That istrue ofcommunities as ofpeople. The Great Community must be built on a full all-round view oflife and its possibilities.

The Great Community will achieve a living unity. It will not be just an aggregation of individuals,families, congregations, firms, cliques, and interests. Holding that 'that which unites us is greater than thawhich separates us,' it will develop unity of outlook, purpose, and program without thwarting individuaor group autonomy. Its various organizations will not tear the community apart to advance themselves, but·will be agencies of an enlarging and unifying community life."

Arthur :llorgan wrote The mall Communitv and The Great CommllIliITin the 19-!O's_He also founded Community Service, Inc.

....Program ....

Welcoming Remarks Honorable Grover BrooksMayor of Bourbonnais

Introduction to lUCAN DOUi! andRecognition of Sponsors and Co-sponsors Gary Moore

Moore Industries, Inc.

Introduction to Mr. Jim Rohn Tim MilnerWBUS/wVLI

Acknowledgments and Closing Remarks."

Charles BettertonCENT-ER SPACE

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-- STEERING COMMITTEE --

Gary Moore, Chairman Moore Industries, Inc.Tim Milner, First Vice Chairman WBUS/wVLIMayor Grover Brooks, Vice Chairman Village of BourbonnaisMayor Donald Green, Vice Chairman City of KankakeeKaren Hertzberger, Vice Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speckman RealtyRichard Clark, Vice Chairman ; Heritage FoundationLisa Kelly, Vice Chairman Working Women's Council/Speckman RealtyThomas Jones, Vice Chairman Jones Funeral HomeBrent Myers, Treasurer First of America BankMayor Roberta Conrad, Secretary. . . . .. . Village of Aroma ParkWalter J. Charlton Kankakee Community Development Corp.Ray DeWitte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ServantCor/St. Mary'sDoug Perry Olivet Nazarene UniversityAI Lemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riverside HealthCareMayor Casey Wade Village of Sun River TerraceBarbara Smith Jones Pembroke Township Supervisor -Allan Sonduck St. Mary's HospitalDennis Millirons Riverside HealthCareRita R. Head . . . . ',' . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bradley-Bourbonnais Chamber of CommercePeggy Sue Munday' .~' ~ Rent-a-MomMary Thomson Kankakee River Valley Chamber of CommerceBecky Wilder St. Mary's HospitalDr. Rodney Alford Med Ped AssociatesPam Lee ' Kankakee County BoardRichard Durkin Economic Development CouncilToby Olszewski The Herald/Country MarketEd L.ambert First of America BankCharles Betterton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center Space

WANTEDMen, Women and Young people interested in success, achievement, vision, positive thinking, community and unity. -

IKANIKAIKIEIE RIIVIER VAILILIEY uUCAN IDOiU!

IKANIKAIKIEIE R.IIVIER.VAILILIEY uUCAN IDOUUjpresents JIM ROHN"Goals: There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when

you believe in them. And there's no telling what will happen when you act upon them. n - J. Rohn

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IKANIKAIKIEIE R.IIVIEIR.VAILILlEyuuCAN IDOUUlthankseveryoneofyouwhoparticipatedin our Jim Rohn seminars. We deeply appreciate your Investment oftime and money and trust thatyou agree with us that this has been one of the best investments you've ever made. We believe thatthis initiative is an outstanding example of the positive results that can be produced when acommunity comes together to foster personal, organizational, and community development andempowerment. "CAN DO"! also thanks the followingindividuals and organizations whose support andparticipation made this program with Jim Rohn such a tremendous community success:

SPONSORSWalter J. Charlton

First of America BankGrumish Chiropractic Offices

Herald Country MarketKankakee County Mayors Association

Marriott Food ServicesMoore Industries, Inc.

Olivet Nazarene UniversityRiverside HealthCare

ServantCor/St. Mary's HospitalWBUS/wVLIWKAN/WLRT

CO·SPONSORSBradley-Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce

Speckman RealtyMinutempn PressColonial 'Studios

WGFA

SUPPORTERSKankakee River Valley Chamber of Commerce

Frank Strand/Stranco

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING PROVIDED BYMr. & Mrs. Walter J. Charlton

Gary Moore, Moore Industries, Inc.Ron Fiscus, Minuteman Press

Dr. John Grumish, Grumish Chiropractic OfficeToby Olszewski, The Herald/Country Market

Tim Milner, WBUS/wVLIDavid Merkle, Colonial Studios

Dennis Pogany, Personal Products Company

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANKJeff Smith, First of America Bank

Dr. John Bowling, Olivet Nazarene UniversityDennis Crawford, Olivet Nazarene University

David Hinderliter, Kankakee River Valley ChamberLani Voight, Moore Industries

Judith Coomer, Marriott Food ServicesKathy Larrigan, Bradley-Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce

Laura LambertJerry Reynolds

Larry Linman, McDonald's RestaurantsJim Brandt, WVLI

Gary Wright & Bill Guertin, WKANRose Mitchell, Youth CAN DO!

Phil Angelo, Daily JournalKim Chievrue, Daily Journal

Patricia Olzsewski, Herald Country MarketDr. Larry Huffman and Lori Gibson, KCC

United Way of Kankakee CountyNancy Brinkman, ServiceCor

Adcraft PrintersLees Inn

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CHAMBERS OF COMMERCEBradley-Bourbonnais, Champaign, Danville, Decatur,

Dwight, Effingham, Frankfort, Gilman, Joliet,Kankakee River Valley, Rantoul, Chicago Southland,

Matteson, Manteno, Momence, Peotone,Will County, Grundy County, Watseka.

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