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Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Monday, Oct. 16,1978
campaign
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A basement fire caused extensive'smoke damage Friday to a house owned by Patrick
McGuirk Jr., 600 S. University Ave. According to a Mount Pleasant Fire Department
spokesperson, the fire started in and was confined to the basement of'the house.
Firefighters arrived at the scene at approximately 2:30 p.m. and had the fire under control
shortly after 3:30 p.m. The department reported the cause of the fire still is being investigated.
by PETER LUKE
LIFE Staff Writer
Rep. John Engler, R-Mount
Pleasantj a state 36th District
Senate candidate- defended
Friday charges made by his
Democratic opponent, Don
Jones, that Engler is overspending on his campaign.
Engler said there is "nothing
unusual" about his spending
approximately $64,000 during
his primary campaign against
the incumbent Sen., Jack Toepp
of Cadillac.
"Our campaign expenditures
are comparable to other hotly-
contested primary elections
around the state," Engler said,
adding that his expenditures
were comparable to those of
Toepp, who spent approximately $55,000.
Jones, a 53-year-old CMU
sophomore, said Thursday night
that Engler is trying to "buy a
seat in the state legislature."
Jones said that before the
election is over, Engler could
spend as much as $100,000.
Jones' campaign spending has
totaled a little more than $500.
Engler said, "Our goal in the
primary was to match the funds
of the incumbent (Toepp) and
our goal in the general election
is to match the funds of the
challenger. I think we'll be able
to do it"
Engler said his campaign
spending is not an issue in the
' general election since most of it
was spent during the primary,
which Engler won by a 54-46
percent margin.
"In financing an election the
goal is to win and you have to
have the funds necessary to do
that," Engler said.
Engler added the $64,000
figure is deceptive since much of
the money went to
organizational and other expenditures, including pamphlets
and yard signs which are still in
use,
Engler said he did not know if
he would spend $100,000 before
the election is over but said, "I'd
like to be able to raise that
much."
Jones also questioned why
Engler would spend this amount
for a new job which pays the
same $24,000 as his current one.
Engler said pay was not in-
Rep. John Engler
volved in his decision to switch
from the House to the Senate.
"I'll be able to represent a larger
and more diverse district. After
eight years On the House), I felt
it was time to leave and make
(See 'Engler—' page 2)
Office posts changes
in winter course guide
The Registrar's Office has announced a number of corrections to the 1979 Winter Semester course offering guide. The
following is a listing of those corrections:
Course' Title
ANT 170       Cultural Anthropology
Instructor
Rodney C. Kirk*
.Nancy B.Leis*
Linda Wolfe*
ANT 171       Physical Anthropology   . Leonard Lieberman*
Linda Wolfe*
ANT 220       Introduction to Prehistoric    Karen L. Chavez•
Archaeology
SOC 222       Juvenile^Delinquency
SOC 599A E Sociology of Law
• Indicates corrections
Sherman L. Ricards
Larry L.Tif ft*
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Th*
SF heads student effort
United Way drive under way
by SANDY FUGATE
LIFE Staff Writer
Various CMU student organizations will begin fund-raising activities today as the United Way campus drive gets underway.
The drive, sponsored by the Student Foundation, will end
Saturday with volunteers from CMU's Health Science Honorary
soliciting funds at the Homecoming game from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Beddow-Thorpe dorm councils also will be selling "flippy
fliers" (frisbees) at the game, donating 10 percent of the proceeds
toward the United Way.
Other activities scheduled for this week include an Ugly Man
contest.
According to Steve Dycus, supervisor of community services for
the-Student Foundation, each residence hall complex, such as the
Towers and Saxe-Herrig-Woldt-Emmons, will elect candidates for
the ugliest man and conduct elections within their complexes this
week.
CMU's fraternities also will be voting for their three ugliest man
candidates.
The elections will' be on a one-penny, one-vote basis and Dycus,
Edwardsburg junior, said probably three of the highest vote-getters
on campus will receive awards Friday.
Other activities for the United Way campus drive include:
- spot remotes by radio station WMHW FM-91. John Bower,
WMHW station manager, said WMHW personnel and United Way
volunteers will be seeking donations Tuesday in the University
Center from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and in various residence halls from
6 to 11 p.m. Bower said WMHW will be encouraging students to
visit the locations to make donations and also will be giving on-the-
air updates from the various remotes.
-soliciting in the residence halls, which will take place Wednesday from 7 to 10 p.m.
- soliciting in Park Place, Edgewood, Forum, Western Island and
Huntington Apartments Wednesday from 7 to 11 p.m. The soliciting
will be done by volunteers from Alpha Kappa Psi and Lamdba Chi
Alpha fraternities.
In addition to the activities planned, Dycus said the campus drive
has already received approximately $200.
Residence Hall Assembly allocated $100 to United Way and
WoldtEmmons donated approximately $87 which was one-half of the
proceeds they received from a dance several weeks ago.
Also, Dycus said, Iris Abel, wife of CMU President Harold Abel,
donated 120 plants to the United Way campus drive.
Dycus said students were asked to give donations in exchange for
the plants last Friday in the lower level of the University Center
and a approximately $40 was received.
The goal for this year's campus drive, which is being directed by
James Glover, Fowlerville senior, is $1,000. *
'Chicken'brings grins to the Colonel's fans
by BERNADETTE JOZWIAK
LIFE Managing Editor
"The word is 'chicken,'" s«.ys
the impeccably white-suited,
white-haired octogenarian in his
Southern drawl to the child
posing for a photograph next to
him.
Meanwhile, a photographer
situates himself on bended knee
waiting, for the magic word
"chicken" to bring a smile to the
face of the child and for the
patriarch of the worldwide
Kentucky Fried Chicken
franchise to turn his kindly,
Santa Claus-like face to the
camera's lens. It proves to be a
long wait, however, for- the
latter,' -
"You just take the picture,"
the inimitable Col. Harland
Sanders says firmly. He returns
his attention to the youngster
posing next to him while
coaxing, "The word is 'chicken.'
Can you say 'chicken?'"
"The Colonel," as he is addressed and referred to fondly,
was in Mount Pleasant for the
weekend to present the White
Glove Award to the Kentucky
Fried Chicken store, 223 N.
Mission St. Saturday, Franchisee Steve Rudoni accepted
the honor, which recognizes only
stores . which maintain ex- ,
cellence in food quality and
cleanliness.
In Southern-style hospitality,.
—SA to study allocation of $20 registration
fee, page 3
-Local businessmen assess tax measures,
paged ■/•* .'■»   v ■
—Snappy dance and polished vocals make
Follies a hit, page 7 J
-Chip gridders humiliate Redblrds, page 8
the Colonel also visited the
Mount Pleasant store Friday
and Saturday. ,
With the moment's portraits
snapped and autographs signed,
the Colonel sandwiched in some
time to chat briefly about his
abbreviated formal education,
his beginnings in the franchise
business,, his family and at 88
years young, his future.
Born in "18 and 90 on September the ninth," as he puts it,
the Colonel was a sixth-gra'de
dropout "I've been making my
own way since I was 12 years
old," he says proudly in his
quick-talking, yet soft" voice.
After pausing for a moment,
he adds that six , different
honorary doctorates have been
bestowed upon himjbhrough the
years.
But when he again postscripts, "I come from the school
of hard knocks" he lets you
know he considers life's experiences to be the most important.
And this gentleman is 'not
talking through his hat, as he
explains how a diverted highway and his determined attitude
(See'Colonel—' page 2)
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"Say 'cnicken'!" MicheHe Paisley. 9, Of Mount Pleasant, smiles while posing for a picture
with Col. Harland SarkJers. The Cotonat was in town for th* weekend to present an award
to tha Kentucky Fried Chicken store, 223 N. Mission St The colonel travels 260,000 miles a
year, visiting stores and making public appearances.
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