1989-09-29; Central Michigan Life

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PERSPECTIVE
A Harvard professor speaks on influencing
factors against affirmative action, 3
FINE DINING
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Agnes' Wonderland Diner features dowo-home dishes
and offers personalized care to all of its customers. 8
BACK HOME AGAIN
After five games on the road. CMU volleyball
team is ready to play Miami at home tonight. 10
70/50
Sunny today,  warmer
and sunny Saturday.
Central
Michigan
FRIDAY
September 29, 1989
Serving The University Community For 70 Years
Chamber of Commerce
looking to end the city's
$30 million trade deficit
by KAREN EMERSON
A $•'.,() million trade deficit in the city's retail
(•(immunity has a Mount Pleasant Area Chatnl>er of
('cminicriv committee to even the score within one
vear
S|>eakiiig to a group of more than 100 retail
-tort-owners Wednesday. -Jim Sandy, executive
director of the chamber of commerce, said the
Retail Promotion Committee has looked at several
dill'erent studies and rejxirls on the area and its
business community.
"Wt- know for a fact that more than $30 million is
'earned' in this area than is spent in this area."
Sandy said
"That money leaves here and is never captured
hy ninr retail market i~
Sandy said the deficit is substantial, and the
committee's aim is to reduce it iit least slightly hy
next year. He added that may not conn- easily,
however.
"It is a lofty goal."
The lli-niember Retail Promotion Committee
wa- formed in March Its strategy is to unite retail
lui.-iness owners in Mount Pleasant to attract more
cu-tomers and keep them coming hack instead of
traveling to Lansing or Saginaw in search of
merchandise. Sandy said.
"In the next 12 to 14 months, the ren.OLjjameJn
Mount Pleasant is going to change." he added. "We
are on tfie threshold of exciting new opportunities."
The committee has three major goals to work
toward in the next year. Sandy said
The first goal is to keep more of the spending
dollars that are earned in Isabella County in the
county reducing  the  outflow  of dollars  hy  A'A
percent in the next year, Sandy said.
Committee members hope the retail market can
transform itself into one unified area by l'.t'.K) to
promote the Mount Pleasant area as a regional
-hopping center, he said.
Sandy -aid the group would like to expand the
market area to reach fiO.OOO households — nearly
MJO.OOO people Currently the market area reaches
about J2.000 households or "li.OOO people - he
added
Att rait ing cu-tomers instead of watching them
go to another city to shop is key to making the
goals a reality. Sandy said.
"Penple  in  Mount  Plea-ant say i can probably
Quick action
in apartment
fire may have
saved lives
by MATTHEW BACH
Student views vary
pn'\Mouht Pleasant/S
available shopping
by OEANNA CROSS
LIFE St»fl Writer ■
Shopping in Mount Pleasant may not appear
difficult, but finding a "mall* atmosphere ia.
Mount Pleasant has many store*, but they are
not enclosed in one building. A "real mall" has
everything under one roof and offers othtr
services such as movie theaters, restaurants and
even just a place to congregate.
The major reason Mount Pleasant does not
have an enclosed mall is the expense," said Jim
Sandy, executive director of the Mount Pleasant
Area Chamber of Commerce. "It costs a lot for
maintenance, security, heating and cooling."
' Some students don't care one way or another
about having a mall. '.-•■'-
"Not having a mall does not bother me at all,"
Kris Haan, Jenison freshman, said. There are a
lot of other stores to shop at." -■'.".
To others. Mount Pleasant shopping is more
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buy that   m Saginaw." " Sandy  said. "We need to
temove tho-e word- from our vocabulary."
Tlie fir-l united effort of the retail community is
planned for Nov 17 and Nov. lh when the first
Mount Pleasant Retail Exposition give- business
owner- a chance to display their merchandise.
Sandv -aid tlie expo concept is similar to the
Wan - Fair conducted at the beginning of the
-i himl year m Finch Kieldhouse. The expo also will
incur in Finch Ficldhouse, he added.
"The expo i- not the an.-wer i to attracting all the
liti-iness we want '." Sandy said, "It's not the magic
wand, either, hut it is the beginning, a focal point,
a way to unit\ "
1'et.tiler.- will not sell merchandise at the expo
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UFE Photo Jeffrey M  S*ug«
Positioning her hands in order to control her journey down. Vicki Mahoney. Chesaning
freshman, counts to three before descending to the floor of Finch Fieldhouse Wednesday night
at the ROTC Repelling Clinic.
An apartment in a house at
li.'ia Oak St. caught fire
Thursday after an elect rial wire
in the attic short-circuited,
resulting in approximately
$1,000 damage and several
scared tenants.
No one was injured due to the
efforts of the tenants — all
students -- who lived below the
apartment on fire, said Mount
Pleasant Fire Marshall I.t. .Jim
Collin.
"I was just screaming, "get the
hell out." cause you didn't know*
what was going to happen." said
Detroit sophomore Amee
Anonick. one resident in the
apartment house.
"iThe students) did a good joh.
They acted well." Collin said.
"They called us and went back in
to see if anylxxiy else was in
there "
Collin added if the students had
noticed the fire 20 minutes later, they may
have died. Firemen arrived at the house
minutes after the students reported the
fire
Anonick and her roommates live in
apartment 29. downstairs from apartment
30 — the apartment to which the attic fire
Public Broadcasting airs AIDS specia
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by SUSAN MAAS
Fifteen  experts  from   Michigan a-   well   a.-  one  man
-tillering Irom AI DS related complex shared their time,
knowledge and p-ei-mial feeling- about the AIDS epidemic
via a live CMI' Public Tele\ision special Wednesday.
"Michigan Respond.- to AIDS," produced by I.\ nda Hyde.
CMC Public hroadc.i-tmg'- public information coordinator,
drew a "-te.uly re-pon-o" irom caller- watching the program
on the network's six channels. Hvde -aid.
H>dc said the program       th<- tlr.-t aired on CMC Public
Television alxiut accjiiiicd immune deficiency svndrnuu
was basically her top priority
ago
"I   guess   one   of   the   fir-t
ince its inception six month-
rea-on-   i for   producing   tin
program i was education," H\de said "It's interesting to talk
about AIDS and see the har.-h reactions orjudgnnnt.il
leactlolis        you gel  Irom people,"
Hvde -aid there is probably more of a need for AIDS
education in rural region- like central and northern
Michigan hecau-e people populating tho-e areas often see
them-elves as totally removed from the AIDS problem
"I'm from Cheboygan and I know there's a tendency for
people (in lural areas' to believe there's not a problem for
t belli i AIDS i is -oniet hing that- going to touch ccer\h>«l\ ~
Hvde said
Kevin Rahmcau. a--i-tant director of I'niversity Health
Services and another guest on the show, said many people
within   the   I'imersitv   communitv   still   do   not   consider
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Union Township supervisor 'numb'
after recall election ended Wednesday
by KAREN EMERSON
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UfE Pttoto Chrl» Birkt
During a fire Thursday at 635 Oak St.. a Mount
Pleasant fire fighter covered in soot comes outside
to get a new tank of air.
eventually spread. The residents of apartment :{0, Florida sophomore hradley
Armouid and Clarkstnn senior Craig Sabo,
were not home at the time.
Collin said the house contained several
smoke detectors, which are   required to
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Union Township's supervisor — one of three township
officials subjected to a recall election on Tuesday — said she
tried to remain hopeful through the entire recall campaign.
On Wednesday, Sally Burden's hopes became a reality
when the Isabella County Board of Canvassers confirmed
the results — Burden was not recalled and neither were the
two trustees on the ballot.
Burden, and commissioners Nancy Irwin and Kathy
Sanders were elected last November to serve on the Union
Township Board of Commissioners — each for four-year
terms.
Recall efforts began about six months ago after the trio
was criticized for the way they dealt with the water and
sewer systems.
Isabella County Clerk Betty Prout said the official results
from Tuesday's election were: Burden, 423 yes. 587 no;
Irwin, 404 yes, 607 no; and Sanders. 408 yes and 604 no.
In a recall election, "yes* takes the official out of office and
a "no" vote keeps the official in office.
Prout said more than 1,(XX) voters turned out. Each person
on the ballot did not receive the same total numl>cr of votes,
though, because some precincts had votes which were
invalid.
Irwin said this is her first term on the township board, and
she was not too surpri.-ed when the recall efforts began about
six months ago.
She added there were some people who did not like the
changes happening and the recall effort stemmed from that.
"What upset us the most was the time and money we spent
fighting the recall," Irwin said. "I resent the time loss. (The
recall) happened at a time when we were at the point of
being really busy."
Irwin said she and the other two members of the board did
some research and talked to voters to get support.
The main problem (in recall elections) is that, ordinarily,
the ones who come to vote are those who are angry. The
complacent voters sometimes don't come out and they're the
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