1990-03-30; Central Michigan Life

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LUCKY CHARM
Baseball coach Dean Kreiner's perfect
home opener record continues, 10
CMU Theatre's 'The Mikado' asks audience to take
a look inside before judging other people, 8
FRIENDS IN NEED
Glory Christian Fellowship has to find new
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Central
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FRIDAY
March 30, 1990
Serving The University Community For 70 Years
Family's day care facility under fire
Local parents have hard
time getting day care
by KAREN EMERSON
LIFE: Assistant News Editor
While there are many problems and
unanswered questions about day care, one thing is
certain in Mount Pleasant —- parents who need it
cannot always find it.
"There's a real big need here," said Diane
Tilmann, services day care worker 'for Isabella
County Department of Social Services, 1475 S.
Bamber Road.
Tilmann said there are 77 family and group day
care homes, in the Mount Pleasant area — family
homes are those which have six or less children
and group homes are those with seven to 12
children.
In Isabella County, there are 96 family day care
homes and 14 group homes — which together have
a total child capacity of 734, Tilmann added.
"This is a real political issue right now," she said.
"State legislators are talking about it, and yet they
are not willing to back it up with money to staff programs for it
Board of Appeals denies request
allowing 12 children in home
by KAREN EMERSON
UFfc Assistant News Editor
LIFE Photo/John Starks
Kathy Wieczorek (left) will have to reduce the number of children she cares for in her
home, the Mount Pleasant Zoning Board of Appeals decided Monday.
"They're just lucky I'm here,
Tilmann said there are not enough people who can help parents   them, there isn't anyone."
because there are still those who do not consider day care a growing   —————___—__________
problem.
she added. "Because,  for many of
Kathy Wieczorek said she thinks her neighbors want to live in an
"elite neighborhood" where noisy children and busy streets are not a
part of their lifestyle.
But when Wieczorek and her husband Steve moved to Bamber
Woods subdivision in the last year and opened a day care in their
home, the once-quiet neighborhood and its residents changed.
"There are 14 cars a day that bring kids to my house," she said.
"... and my own five kids make more noise than 12 preschoolers do."
The children, who range in age from 11 months to 6 years, play
outside twice a day — for a half hour or less each time, Wieczorek said.
City Planner Tony Kulick said local residents started complaining
several months ago about the day care home.
City officials sent a letter to the Wieczoreks informing them the
home violated a city ordinance because there were more than six
children and an outside employee was hired.
Wednesday night, the Mount Pleasant Zoning Board of Appeals
voted 5-1 against the Wieczorek's request for a variance to the
ordinance that would have allowed them to care for more than six
children on a daily basis, Kulick said.
Wieczorek said 10 to 12 children are cared for each day in her home.
See PROBLEM Page 1 2
See CARE Page 2
Student may spend
90 days in jail on 3
separate
by MARY CHURCH
LIFE Staff Writer
A Mount Clemens freshman was sentenced Monday in Isabella
County 76th District Court for assault and battery, larceny and retail
fraud.
Corey Williamson, 18, was found guilty in February of hitting
Joseph Connolly, Williamsburg junior, in the face with a concrete
brick   Nov. 21, 1989, according to court reports.
Connolly lost three teeth in the incident but said his face has healed.
After Williamson failed to attend his scheduled March 12
sentencing, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest.
He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and six months probation for the
See SENTENCES Page 12
GTE charges for local
calls begins April 1
by MARGARET WOLFGANG
LIFE News Editor	
April Fool's Day signifies a
time for silliness and humor —
but at CMU this year its arrival
is serious business for the
University.
As of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, GTE
will charge its . business
customers in the Mount Pleasant
area — including CMU — 8.2
cents per local telephone call.
Telecommunications Director
Ken Johnson said.
As a result of the Michigan
Public Service Commission
approval March 13, GTE is
assessing the charge and
Telecommunications will pass on
a 9-cent per-call rate for local
calls placed from the University's business telephone, lines.
Faced with the prospective
annual "expense of between
$250,000 to $300,000 for the
calls. President Edward B.
Jakubauskas       approved       a
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COOL CREATURES
LIFE Photo/John Stark*
1987 CMU graduate Tim Treadway (right) brought his collection of reptiles to Thorpe Hall Wednesday night for a program titled
"Reptiles are Cool." While students gathered around to see the "claws" on the tail end of his boa constrictor, the snake took the
opportunity to look around the room. Treadway later fed two other snakes mice and a rat. He takes his show, which includes turtles,
lizards, several snakes and an alligator, to schools throughout the state to try to reduce prejudices against reptiles.          	
Pow Wow logo based on tribal teachings
by JILLIAN BOGATER
LIFE Staff Writer
The logo representing the Second Annual
Central Michigan University Pow Wow is more
than just a graphically pleasing design.
The logo — containing symbols that represent
several aspects of American Indian culture — was
designed by Steve Pego, member of the Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe.
Pego, a Mount Pleasant resident, said he decided
to draw the logo about a month before last year's
Pow Wow and based its design on tribal teachings.
He also designed the logo used for last year's event.
The Pow Wow, which will feature dancers and
drummers from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe, is scheduled to take place from 1 p.m. to 11
p.m. Saturday and will continue from 1 p.m. to 5
p.m. Sunday in Finch Fieldhouse.
The symbols in the logo represent different
Ojibwe traditions, Pego said.
"The turtle and the fish clan represent the
philosophers of our time," Pego said, adding they
often were referred to as "star gazers" because of
their constant pursuit of mediation and
knowledge.
The circle and the medicine wheel symbolize the
circle area in which all ceremonies and gatherings
occur, he said.
"The circle formation is important because it
brings our people together."
The four lines used to complete the circle
represent north, south, east and west, Pego said,
and the drum represents American Indian traditions.
"The drum is the heartbeat of our people," he
said. "It brings our people together."
The pipe, waterdrum and sacred fire represent
the tribe's religion.
The couple represents the youth of the Indian
nation and the future of its people, while the
idiploma, pencil and book represent the importance
of education.
Pego said American Indians value education
because they want their youth to have as many
opportunities as possible in the future.     ■       -  ^.
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