1983-11-11; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Vol.66 No..fl
1983 CM LIFE
12 pages
Mount Pleasant. Mich 48859
Friday Nov. 11.1983
A d company stiffs area businesses
byRHODAMIEL
LIFE Staff Writer
Approximately 15 area
businesses paid for a new style
of cable television advertising
through a new company recent
ly, only to discover later the
company folded and now cannot
be reached.
The    company,    called     both
Shoppers   Cuide   Network   and
Satellite Cable Productions, was
working to lease air time from
('able Vision Inc.. 915 K. flroom
field Hoad, to show its new
advertising oriented program
featuring area businesses.
Some of those businesses paid
the full SM.OOO plus fee to get
their business advertised to
Shoppers Guide Network. At
least five of those businesses
had   spots  filmed,   but   now   the
money    is    gone   and   business
owners do not have the film.
"They came and took the pic
tures and then they came back
and showed them to us. They
looked very professional.-' said
Donna Strauss, owner of Jim
and Donna's Flower Shop. 1008
W. High St. "The next thing we
knew, we couldn't get them on
the phone."
Cable Vision officials call it an
"uncomfortable" situation
because although they had
nothing to do with Shoppers
Guide Network, their name is
being muddied in connection
with it.
"Those poor people out there
■.■re in a mess and we're not out a
cent." said Ed Francke. regional
director for Cable Vision. "If
they can get their production
then we would be willing to set
up a way to run it."
The new advertising concept
Shoppers Guide Network
brought to Mount Pleasant was
a series of longer ads to run on
cable. The advertisement, usual
ly between three and five
minutes in length, would allow
for a more personable ad, Fr an
eke said.
Businesses could introduce
employees  and   tell   more  about
the store or business in the ad as
well as give details about cur
rent sales or prices.
"It was kind of a neat concept
really." Francke said. "The right
person is going to come up with
this and it's going to fly."
The concept was brought to
Mount Pleasant in March by
Larry   Moore,   a   salesman   and
(Set* "Cable" — page 2)
Special friend
Dennis Svoboda. the Chippewa's tight end helps Jeff Abbey of Rosebush
make a bird feeder Wednesday night in Wighlman Hall.
Svoboda and his classmates in IET 433, Problems and methods ol teaching
IET. helped Ihe special students Irom Sunnylield school make name plates, a
duck whose wings flapped and license plates.
Frat's new fund-raising
parties may be illegal
by JACKIE SMITH
LIFE Stafl Wfiter
Asking for money for any reason at a party where
alcohol is served is illegal according to a local police officer
and. depending on t he case, t he county prosecutor agrees.
Three   fraternities   recently   came   up   with   altern.it iv e   'ts illegal,
ways nl' having parlies, and Martin Tromblev. Mount Plea
sant   director of Public Safety, thought   the  parties  were
le , si according to his interpretation of the law
Hut Hob McDonald. Mount  Pleasant police
he tints riot think the parties are legal.
"The     information     the     fraternity     got
McDonald said. "Any time t bey ask for moric
how small or how  sillv.it it  has anv t hing to ti
(See "Partv
officer, said
i>     wrong,"
v. no matter
i with ln|uor
" — page 1(1)
Female student abducted
Police are searching for two men who cht ■ tali. ,i ppro\ "s.i! el \ Hill pounds,
abducted a female CMC student for ap de yed teeth a;, ' aght brown wav>
prov imatclv  four hours TnestJav . below   She ear   length   hair     I \ ;<■   man   was
»t  i::ng ragged blue  it-ail^  ■.  .:. .i  hole in
I he st in lent  u,i\ lorct tl ; ri 111 a car w it h     t l.e k nee
t w e i   men   Tuestiav    alteriioon   m    Mount
Pleasant   and   was   forced   to  accompany s he told p, dice she did not see t ht • ot her
them until she escaped near Farwell at ,)M|(. ,,s well as she s.,w the lirst. but saui
about 7 p.m. the same day. Pohce tltd not he was a w bite male, also in his earlv 1_'<>s
s.i>   how   she i se iped Ulth    t\xrV.    bro.vn.    below   the ear    length
hair and w .. -  •■. t an ng jeans, a t shirt and a
The Mount Pleasant Police Department       Jcin      i'h'i.   .^:„-   added   he   was   average
said  the   woman  was   forced   into  the  car       i;eu,       and ■.*. « ig ht.
between li and 'A p.m. Tuesdav  near the in
tersectinn nl   Mission  Street   and  Appian
Wav. Poiice  would  not   sav   whv   she  did   not
see l he st eont! ma n ;is ui'll.
Police said the woman was mil sexually
assaulted. Police   said   the   c.ti   is   an   older   brown
lour door   Pontiac   t'.italina   with   several
1 he female described one of t he men as      feather roach clips hanging In mi t he mir
a white male in his earlv li()s. 5 I eel   11  in       fur.
Alcohol use at Chamber raffle investigated
byWENDYGAGER
LIFE Staff Writer
A point investigation is being comluctcd to deternsne i! .
Chamber of Commerce's iundr.using rat!;.1 was .egai in mtuih
alcoholic beverages \\ i ij iicmI.iv night, a Mount Pleasant polni
spokesman said
The  investigation  is  being  prolonged   because Chamber ot  Com
mt n o memhers talked to the Mount Pleasant Police and l.njuor
Control Commission r.i determining the legalities involved and the
representatives Iron; the agencies are not available to give the
st ipulat ions I hev  set dn'.v n.
Marliti Tromblev. director ol  Public Safetv. was out of town and
una v a da ble lor com men l on what action he took regarding the mat
ter.   He   worked   with   the   Chamber  of  Commerce   in   setting   the
guidelines for serving the iii-uor at the ratlle. the police spokesman
William DeVore. a representative from the Mount Pleasant area
tor the state !;i|iior control commission, also worked with the
Chamber in setting the guidelines for serving the Injuor. He could
not be reached for comment.
(See "Legal'' — page li)
Dropped
Outstanding bills may cause 153 students to get booted
by BETHREEBER
LIFE Staff Writer
The Cniversitv will withdraw
l.v'l students involuntanlv il
they       do      not       pa v        their
diflator   ot    Heifi'.able   SvsTellis.
said
Sixty nine students with
outstanding accounts paid their
bills this w eek, taking a dent out
of     the     $-ts(li)i|     owed     to     t he
balances were sent lulls Sept. L'li James   Hill,   vice    president    for
ar.ei lid notifying them thev   had Student Affairs, she said,
to     pay     or      they      could      be Stuiients   who   did   not   think
withdrawn from the Cniversitv. they would be able to pay their
Several  follow up   notification outstanding bills by the deadline
letters    were   sent    to   students had   the  option   of   applying  for
outstanding  Cniversitv   bills  bv       Cniversitv     bv     stuiients     with       who    failed    to   clear    up    their       either   a   short term   loan   fror
Wednesday. outstanding  accounts.   Students
The students, including those |1Mng m the residence halls who
w ho have been granted pav mint      did no! pa>   had their f I cards
deadline   extensions,   were   sup invalidated,   beginning    Nov.    I.
posed to pay the hills by Oct. li<). Marker saui.
Debbie     Marker,    senior     coor Students     with     outstanding
debts.
Marker    said    she    thinks    no
rimre than lio or HO students ac
t u.i Ilv       will      be      withdrawn.
Students   who   wish    to   appeal
their withdrawal may appeal to
the Financial Aid Office or a
deadline extension from the
Receivable Accounting Office.
(See "Overdue" — page I I)
Yogi Bear captured
after brief re/ease
Police resorted to a technique right out of the old west
to re-capture Nelson Park's
Yogi Bear Thursday after someone helped him escape.
Someone smashed the lock
off Yogi's cage early
Thursday morning, allowing
the bear to escape, the Mount
Pleasant Police Department
said. It took police about an
hour after the escape was
discovered to get the bear
bark in his cage.
Officers from at least five
different police departments
corralled the bear with cars to
force it back into the cage,
police said.
The escape was discovered
by a Mount Pleasant Police officer at about 3:30 a.m.
Thursday. Police first tried to
lure Yogi back into his cage
with a bag of doughnuts.
When that method failed,
they resorted to corralling
the bear, police said.
Yogi was still in Nelson
Park when he was found,
poiice said.
(See "Yogi" — page 10)
In Brief
The post office will be closed and then* will he
no mail delivery today in observance of
Veterans Day.
Campus
A    local   motel   complex There     is     a     program
has   received   a   license   to available to aid families of
conduct a strip show. the terminally ill.
page :i page •>
Sports
A lot of "ifs" remain
in the MidAmerican
Conference football
race.
page H
Index
Arts and Leisure t"i
Mloom County 1
Classifieds 11
Comment   t
Doonesburv   J
Off the Wire 2
Sports h
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