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County, city plan
more building talks
5r DEB BAKER
FE Staff Wrfter
Wary of legal aspects and
actual cost savings to tbe taxpayer, the Isabella County
Commission plans to meet
Monday with city officials to
further analyze the possibility
of a joint city-county building.
The Mount Pleasant city
manager, mayor and vice
mayor presented sketches and
told of possible utility savings,
custodial savings and the benefits of doing all government
business in one place Tuesday
night at the regular Isabella
County Commission meeting.
The County Commission
reacted with legal questions
and a willingness to have the
idea looked into further at a
meeting Monday at 9 a-m. in
the county administrator's
office.
"It's something we should
look into further with regard to
tax savings to the taxpayer. It
would seem to take less money
than separate locations," Jim
McBryde, R-District 7, said.
County Commission Chairman Steve Rudoni said the
legality of selling, leasing or
sharing county land and buildings with the city should be
looked into further, as well as
the financial aspects of each of
these.
Rudoni said both the Intergovernmental Affairs Commit
tee and the Financial Administration Committee would work
with the city on the matter.
- When pressed by the chairman about the actual tax savings City Manager Tom Martin
said the addition would cost
approximately $1 million, and
the renovation of the current
city hall approximately
$800,000. The main benefit to
taxpayers was location, he
said.
"Taxpayers can do all of
their business in one place. Tbe
benefit is convenience," Martin said.
Martin added the two governments could share utility
bills, and avoid duplication by
♦See "County "—page 13
Experts testify in arson trial
as to cause, origin of fire
by WENDYGAGER
UFE Ass't News Editor
Cause and origin testimony of a fire which
killed two boys continued Tuesday in the murder-arson trial of two men.
Ronald Edwards, a qualified expert in fire
chemistry and a chemistry professor from
Grand Valley State College, testified to the
cause and origin of the May 13 trailer fire at
Chippewa Trailer Park on East Pickard which
killed Russelle Nichols. 4, and Dan Mark Noah
Jr.. 2.
Edwards presented a pictorial presentation
from slides of the exterior of the trailer and
explained to the jury how a fire burns and the
fire patterns at the trailer.
Edwards is scheduled to continue his testimony today at 8:30 a.m. in the Isabella County
Circuit Court, in the trial of Dan Mark Noah, 23,
and David Nichols, 22. Both are charged with
two counts of open murder, two counts 6f
felony murder and one count of arson.
Barberi said today's testimony by Edwards is
going to be critical in determining arson.
Detective Sgt. James Bush of the fire marshal division of tbe Michigan State Police waa
cross examined by defense attomies Tom
Anthony and Paul Chamberlain today after beginning his testimony Monday.
ISee "Triar—page 12
Sliding away
While most people stayed inside Monday afternoon to avoid a bone-chilling
wind, Carla Furst, left, and Jennifer Scboenhals, both Brown City freshmen,
enjoyed some figure skating on Rose Pond. 	
Funding model could aid CMU - officials
by JAMES GEMMELL
UFE Staff Writer
A significant boost to Central's annual funding could result if a theoretical model for
financing Michigan higher
education is reinitiated, school
officials say.
After a four-year absence, an
Investment Needs Model for
projecting how state aid should
be distributed among colleges
and universities was recommended for reconstruction by
theState Legislature.
In December, the Gov
ernor's Commission on the Future of Higher Education supported the Legislature's call
for creation of a task force to
revise the (1979) Owen-
Huffman Investment Needs
Model.
"If you were to reinstitute
the model for 1984-85, without
updating it, it probably would
call for an increase in the base
financing level of CMU somewhere in the neighborhood of
27 percent in constant dollars
(adjusted for inflation)," David
Murphy, associate vice provost, said.
The Investment Needs Model represents a concept in
which the funding needs of individual state schools are determined before a budget for
higher education is established
each year, Murphy said.
Michigan became the first
state to employ such a model in
1976, when it was decided that
a budget for higher education
theoretically should be arrived
at only after using a model first
to determine each school's
funding needs, Murphy said.
Murphy co-chaired the task
force in 1975 that developed
the original Investments
Needs Model. The task force
was appointed by Michigan
Sens. Gary Owen and Bill Huffman, after whom the model's
third version was named in
1979, Murphy said.
Before the model plan, an
arbitrary amount to be spent
on higher education was determined each year,and a formula
was used to allocate that fixed
sum among institutions. This
created a yearly political battle
between the schools for larger
shares of the financial pie, Vice
President for Public Affairs
Arthur Ellis, said.
"One of the real advantages
of an investment needs
approach is that as you move
into more complex programs,
the funding comes almost automatically (via the model), as
compared to being a dog-and-
cat fight about the redistribution of the pot," Ellis said. "Decisions would be based on fact,
not on a lot of other things."
For a school such as Central,
which has complained in recent years about its share of
appropriations, that is important, Ellis said.
"I think if you had the most
fair distribution of money
possible, and there was no politics involved in it at all — if it
was based all on cost and program equity — Central could
well be the lowest-funded institution in the state," Ellis
said.
"It has to do with the fact that
the kind of academic program
we teach is not the most expensive program in the state.
We're below where we should
be. If you had an equitable system, we'd cet more money, but
♦See "Funding"—page 12
CMU student awaits heart transplant
by DESIREE MARKS
LIFE Staff Writer
Kathy Schultz. Mount Clemens sophomore, is in critical
but stable condition at a California hospital, officials said
Tuesday afternoon. Schultz is
awaiting a heart transplant
donor.
Schultz suffers from post-
viral cardiomyopathy, a disease which causes the heart
muscles to turn into fibrous
material and in turn, causes the
heart to fail.
Schultz contracted the condition after she suffered from a
viral infection which attacked
her heart, said Diane Kurylo,
public relations staff writer
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The disease usually affects older people. It is unusual that a woman so young
has it.
—Diane Kurylo,
of Mount Clemens Hospital
99
for Mount Clemens Hospital.      to CMU this fall.
The disease was first detected in December 1983 when
Kathy was at home visiting her
family for Christmas break.
She returned for 1984 Winter
Semester but was readmitted
to Mount Clemens General
Hospital two weeks later.
Kathy missed the rest of the
Winter Semester, but her condition seemed to improve during the summer and returned
When her condition became
critical she was transferred
Sunday to Stanford University
Medical Center in Palo Alto,
Calif.
"The disease usually affects
older people. It is unusual that
a woman so young has it,"
Kurylo said.
Possible donors for Kathy
are being searched for through
a hospital network across the
country, Kurylo said.
A donor has to match the patients blood type, body tissue
and body size.
Mary Conti, one of Kathy's
roommates in Sweeney Hall,
said Kathy is quiet but "really
outgoing." She also loved to
watch soccer, her favorite
sport.
Conti, Mount Clemens sophomore, said Kathy's mother is in
California with her.
Kathy's mother, Audrey
Schultz, probably will stay
with Kathy three to five
months in California. Her
father, brother and sister plan
to fly to California after Kathy
has the transplant operation.
Suggestion made
to fill top PB spot
by MATT VALLEY
UFE Staff Writer
Randy Rutherford, who
served as PB chairman in
1982-83, has been recommended to fill the board's
vacant chair position.
Sharon George, director
of Student Activities, made
the recommendation during the Board's weekly
meeting Tuesday night.
"I think Randy would be
an excellent candidate for
the job. He's interested and
he has the experience and
training. 1 think it is something you should consider
since no one here wants the
position," George advised
the Board.
In Brief
Winter semester verification of enrollment
cards can be picked up this week from 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Ballroom. Cards can be obtained next
.week in Foust 251 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and
Fridays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., thereafter.
Inside
Sheriff James Mull
discusses the County
Jail waiting list in today's FOCUS.
page 3
There have been a
series of residence
hall  breakins  recently.
page 3
Sports
For the first time
since 1983, the CMU
women's basketball
team lost a MAC
game.
page 8
Ann Higgins is current
acting chairwoman, and
works out of George's office
as a student activities assistant. The chair and vice
chair positions have been
open since December, when
elections failed to produce
candidates for the posts.
"We have to have someone
like Randy in the chair position to carry out the necessary administrative work.
At the same time, thisallows
the Board members to have
additional time to be trained
and ease themselves into
positions of authority."
George said during her 35-
minute discussion with the
Board.
♦See "PS"-page 2
Weather
Cloudy tonight. Light
snow developing during the afternoon.
Highs teens to mid
20s. Snow tonight and
Thursday night.
Lows teens. Highs
20s.