1988-06-22; Central Michigan Life

              Central
Michigan
WEDNESDAY
Juno ??..  1<)HU
VOLUME 78. NUMBER 93
MOUNT PLEASANT. Ml 48859
c   1988 CM LIFE
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Dust bowl
Area outdoor fires banned
due to recent dry weather
by MARGARET WOLFGANG
Dry    condition-    throughout
the  -late  have   prompted  (iov
.I.one-    lllanchard    In   Ii.in    .ill
open horning in '.IA lower pcinn
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. \ I i 11 the hall uhuli im lude-
I I a-h file- .ilni t li'al i tte- Hi
i Jul i jil.u i - will r i rn.i i Ii in
« !!< < ! nut il tin drought -it u. i
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I .mil.ill  !'■!   t In   iioiT In in  h.ill •■!
11II- loW il   (>.   inn - ill. I  I- .ll M mt    1'
mi In--   In -low   iuiiiii.il.  ii eating
the    ivlreim Iv    drs    i oinllt loti-
llllll h   Dei e-- It .tteil  tin    lull
"We  Ili-cll ,l i/nod  -oak 111 >;  r.llll
ahull!    .111    llll h. "    liefoi e    the
in i«l    lor    the   h.m   di-app*-ar-.
I lertii.ui -aid
Although the .in i- mi hided
in the h;m are vast and undouh-
tedly h.ini to p.itrnl. Herman
said lie tor-ccs im prohletn- w ith
pciiple i^nurin^ the warning
i--ued hv  the governor
"Must people are complying
with the conditions of the hari so
far." hi- said
Michigan's forest.- are tint the
only resources in danger of
hem^ lost to the current
drought
Farmers aero-* the state are
watching their crop- wither in
the   ahsence   of   a    suhstantial
- howcr to comhat the dry conditions
Mike- McKadden. agricultural
ai^t-nl with the Isaliella County
Cooperative Kxtensmii. -aid
area farmers are pursuing "Mir-
vival strategic.-* to help reduce
the extent of damage caused hv
the drought
Some of tlio-e methods
include the delayed planting of
-in. h crop- a- soyU-ans until
ram provides a moi-t -oil hed
l'tii- would nuTf.isk' the chain c-
ol yettlti^ a -tilVi. lent v lehl flom
t he crop, he -aid
\li..lht r wav (.inner- rnav cut
their   I<>—■ ■-   i-   In   immeihali'lv
•     DROUGHT        :•■ .'
Dry weather
likely to
continue
! le-.plte i \ > I \ . .ne - hlirll-
itu: •!■■- ii «■ I..f a j.;o.>d i.(inf.ill
t .i i.tlel -on ic relief In i|ll tlu-
lih-ti-r mi.; heat, piote--or of
i:ii .^raphv lituce I'ape -aid
Michigan re.-ikl* nt-' chance-
■ >t ^el1 inij a i loudhur-t ate
merely a drop in the mean
"A few .-howers ,in-
H|».( led i today '." Tap*- -aid.
hut -cattercd -howers will
not I*■ enough to alleviate the
-it nation
And it diH-n't look like
tin-re will he much rehet for a
w hlh- eitiier
"The situation call- for
lriwerthan normal ram levels
for at least the next month,"
he -aid
I'ape -aid the cau-e of the
drought rest.- with natural
conditions
"It's a natural cyclic thini^
how hmn it'll last i- hard to
saw" he said
Similar conditions existed
last year al-o
"I-ast year at this time we
had even lower precipitation
level-." he  said
f nc Ehn>;ham, Heal City area farmer, kneel', in his drought stricken
the lack ot moisture Although Bingham's < rnp is riot lost yet. it If)
damage
alfalfa held *tii( (it
e dri,i;,',ht < iintiruie'
CM lift Tim fru-0a*»ld
ias been i. raL ke.l from
, tie Saul there A ill he
Traveling show
Central singers finish week-long tour of Ireland
:
by MARGARET WOLFGANG
An over-ea- trek to lril.uu! !..r -otne ..t the
im-tulM-r- ot the dim r-itv - Co:,,, rt Choir and
the Madrigal -m^er- hnui^ht thi-m in contact
withm.m\  new 1.tie-        and a lew hitnil lar oiie-
The nroiip w rappi-il up it - week-Ion^; tour ot t lie
11 ii mt rv w it Ii a pert or in. i m e al I hih I in - Nat ion a I
Corner! Hall where Pie-idi nt Arthur Kill- and
111-   Wile   Slhvl \ .u .llll-I 1 UlC   in   Klirope had
front row -e.it-
Dave .lohn-toii Clark-ton uiiuor. wa- one o!
the   tllltllh.-r-   who  III.life   t he  trip  ,l.ri.-»  1 hi-   -e.l
-lohn-loii -aid a h< .u!   1~> -ui.-er- In >ni tin- Con
Ci-rl Choir and 1 he Madrigal ►• r.«; i J > part u i pal id
in (he irip
"Thi- mam rr.i-.iti wi- a. lit vv a- our Choir
Direitor  Nina  N.i-h Kol»-rt-< ti     .Ii.hii-I. ri  -aid
"Sin- i- Irmn Ireland olid ha- l.imiU in i/uhlm."
h.- -..id
• luhii -loll -aid tin trip wa- lln- fir-t over-t -a-
!r. k tor the i hoir -ii.<e Na-h H. .h«-rt -on t. -.k mn
a- di lei tor -. \i ii \i,ir- .11^.i and mav \»- the fir -t
11 ip ..J  it -  kind  !oi   t he ^rotip
Theihoirarnved in Shannon. Ifi-lanil -lum- 1 f
h. .-mium.- it- -tint ol touring .u in- the miinlry
to pert..rm in honor ot I)ahlni'-  1 tKHith ahhiver
- in
Thi'ir travel- next took them to Cork where
tin-! ,-,i\e pi-rh.rm.inn-- alonn with othi-r i:roiip-
wtio l.ikirv pail  hi the riuMi-nium • ilik.it ion
.Infill-ton -aid the 111.11■ -r11> ot tin- partu ipanl-
1i..irin^ the iounti\ with thi-ir mu-n were Iroin
ll.i   I'uiti-d Stati-
A It 11 ■ •! i i^l i Central'- chmr -.mi; -otne -i lei t i..n-
.   ,  ..    .... IRELAND •  , :•   .
Minority workshops
offer experience
T'hi- Wii-k CMC I- t.ikini: an mi hand- appioai h to hu'h -» h.N.I
r<-< i uit liienl nillii ir it \  -! udi lit -  will U- In n     d' wt ek to familiar
l/i-  thelil-ehi   -  with the lolle^e  atmo-phi-ie
The Martin l.ulher Kin^ If.i-.i I'ark-Ci-a-ar lli.c-/ Fund and
tin- feller. 11 -late hind are -|«.n-oriti^ I hi- lollow m^ -i\ w..r k-hop-
|. .ii r nali-m. (I|ih.i.i, marketing, lullural »,-\ jilora! ion-. prt
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INSIDE
NEWS
CMU alumni rolurn for d
t.ha nee    to   rernemhe-r
col lege days ..Vage 3
COMMENT
Rep,an administration
shouldn't single-out
drug dealers Page 4