1992-05-20; Central Michigan Life

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WEDNESDAY
May 20, 1992
VOLUME 74, NUMBER 86
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48859
© 1992 CM LIFE
(517) 774-3493
16 PAGES
LIFE Photo/Ruth Wiar
Federico
Cantu of the
Mount Pleasant      Water
Department
flushes a
water main
on Oak
Street    near
downtown
Tuesday
afternoon.
He   said   the
yearly procedure    would
be com
pleted by the
end of the
week.
Clerical union to
vote on proposal
By Rochelle Reneker
LIFE News Editor
The Clerical UAW 6888
Local Union met yesterday to
consider radification of the University Bargaining Team's last
best offer.
Union members decided they
would either accept or reject the
proposal by secret ballot, said
Shary Gaunt, union president.
"The next step if the vote is
no." Gaunt said, "is to inform
the University that we are
ready to return to the bargaining table."
The key points from CMU's
last best offer were released in a
memo to clerical supervisors
and administrators on May 15.
Included in the offer was a
wage freeze through 1991 and
1992. a 3 percent raise in 1992
and 1993 and a 3 percent raise
in 1 993 and 1 994. both which are
made up of a 2.75 percent raise
in base salary and .25 percent in
a lump sum payment.
Also included in this offer is a
$100,224 benefit pool for 1992
and 1993 and $100,002 for 1993
and     1994.    which    will    cover
increases . in already existing
health, dental and vision coverage.
Union members, however,
are angry with the release of the
information included in the
proposal.
"The action of the University
was very unethical," Gaunt
said. "And I have told them so."
The University is trying to
keep the supervisors and administrators updated, said Rae
Goldsmith, director of public
relations.
"The University's intention is
to move forward," she said.
A memo released with the key
points of the offer from James
Wood, assistant director of
Employee Relations said, "the
union was given until May 19 to
respond to the University
regarding acceptance of the last
best offer.
If the union is unable to agree
to the terms of the offer, the
University will implement portions of that offer in the near
future."
Wood declined any further
comment regarding the memo.
Car wreck kills one
A local man lost his life when his car collided with construction
equipment early Tuesday morning.
Andrew Papp, a 41-year-old Mount Pleasant resident, was
pronounced dead at the scene by Isabella County Medical Examiner Dr. Samuel J. Carson, who estimated time of death to be
approximately 2 a.m. and cause of death to be head injuries
sustained in the collision.
According to a press release from the Isabella County Sheriffs
Department, Papp drove his car through a construction barricade and up the center of a mound of dirt at which point his car
went airborne and struck a backhoe.
The accident went unreported until 6:45 a.m. when construction workers began to show up for work at the site on Broadway
between Leaton and Summerton Roads.
The Sheriffs Department declined to comment on the cause of
the accident.
Hospital CEO quits
By TJ Bucholz
tIFF Editor
Ronan site of crime
A Mount Pleasant graduate student was arraigned Tuesday in
Isabella   County's   76th   District   Court   on   charges   of fourth-
degree criminal sexual contact.
Mahfooz Ahmed Jafry was arrested by DPS officers on Monday in response to charges stemming from an incident which was
reported at  12:24 a.m. Saturday morning and took place in the
Ronan Hail computer lab, according to John McAuliffe, director
of public safety.
Fourth-degree criminal sexual contact involves contact not
including penetration.
There were two other incidents of criminal sexual conduct
reported in the Mount Pleasant area over the weekend in which
there have been no arrests made but are still under investigation.
Central   Michigan   Community
Hospital's President and Chief
Executive    Officer   announced
his    resignation    Tuesday    to
accept a different kind of job.
Becoming a student again.
Paul    Halverson,    32,    has
accepted an appointment to the
Public Health Leadership Doctoral Program at the School of
Public Health at the University
of  North   Carolina   at   Chapel
Hill.
The program, developed by
the School of Public Health with
assistance from the United
States Department of Health
and Human Services, helps provide public health professionals
with advanced training.
UNC's selection process for
participation in the program is
highly competitive, with only
six fellows admitted from a
nationwide pool of candidates
each year.
If he completes the three year
program, Halverson is eligible
to receive a Doctor of Public
Health degree.
Halverson is scheduled to
leave CMCH on June 15 to begin
his fellowship at UNC on June
26, but at the request of hospital
administration, Halverson "will
be available to the hospital for
consultation through the summer months," said WTiiliam
Cain, vice chairman of the board
of directors of CMCH.
"I think the hospital has
made steady progress under
Paul's leadership, especially in
the area of patient satisfaction
with hospital services," Cain
said.
"Anytime you have a transis-
tion, any information that an
individual can provide about a
complex organization is helpful,' said Stephen Lada, vice
president of CMCH. "I wasn't
expecting him to resign, but this
opportunity gives him the
chance of a lifetime building a
career in public health."
Lada said Halverson has
what it takes to be successful.
"I found him to be a leader
with a strong sense of where the
hospital was headed and what
they needed in a very difficult
economic time," he said. "Everyone wants us to reduce costs, yet
prices for services also go up. I
think   he  did  a  good job with
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Accident
kills May
graduate
By Rochelle Reneker
IFE News Editor
CMU graduate, Peter Law's
dreams of going attending law
school were cut short May 12 by
an accident with a Saginaw bus.
Law was returning from taking
his mother to work at 9:05 a.m.
when his car was struck by a
Saginaw Transit System bus at
the intersection of Mackinaw and
Davenport in Saginaw.
Law died the following morning of extensive head injuries at
St. Lukes Hospital, said his
father, James Law.
Details of the accident are not
yet being relased and witnesses
are currently being interviewed,
said Lt. Jim Newvine of the Saginaw Police Department.
"We hope to have the investigation wrapped up this week," he
said. ■
"I don't know what happened
that morning," James Law said.
"It was 9 a.m., it was dry and it
was a beautiful day."
"I don't know how to say this
gently, but Peter was unconcious
from the time of the accident
until the time he died," James
Law said. "At least we know he
suffered none."
Peter graduated May 2, with a
bachelor of science in Business
Administration, his father said.
"It was just a couple of weeks
ago," he said. "He had just
decided the night before that he
wanted to go to law school."
"He was dropping his mother
off and then we were going to go
to breakfast," James Law said.
"He was very well liked, and to
know that makes it much easier."
James Law aiso expressed
pride in his sons accomplishments.
"Peter graduated cum laude (a
GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 > in
business administration with a
minor in accounting," James Law
said. "He was a member of the
golden key society and a member
of Sigma Iota Ep.-ilon, which is a
professional fraternity, he was a
member of the honors council and
he was also involved in some
intramural sports."
"We are amazed at the number
of people who were touched by
this." he said. "It has been a horrible test."
Law was buried at St. Andrews
Catholic Cemetery in Saginaw
May 16 and donations are being
accepted through the St. Lukes
Hospital Fund in Saginaw.
Law is survived by his father,
James, his mother Ann, and two
sisters, Katherine, 28 and Beth,
25.