1998-08-05; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Number 98
Mt. Pleasant,  MI 48859
©1998 CM LIFE
78 years of serving the community
Wednesday
August 5, 1998
8 pages
Caul, Christine Alwood win local primary seats
By Angie Fenton
LIFE News Editor
After a tight primary election
race Republicans Sandy Caul
and Christine Alwood have
advanced to the Nov 3 general
elections.
Caul, who ran in the 99th
District State Representative
race defeated Russell Alwood
(1,441 votes) by 83 votes and also
defeated David Isaac (198 votes).
Caul, who won with 1,524
votes, said she was very pleased
with the results.
I'm just very pleased with the
support and it's really been a
team effort. I look forward to a
victory   in   the   general   election
leading
Owen
■  Close race
between
Democratic nominees
DETROIT (AP) — Kevorkian
lawyer Geoffrey Fieger held a slim
lead over Democratic party
favorite Larrv Owen in returns
early Wednesday in the
Democratic primary for governor.
Republican Gov. John Engler
easily defeated Dr. Gary Artinian,
a cardiologist from Bloomfield
Township, for his third GOP nomination for governor. Engler had 89
percent to Artinian's 11 percent
with 77 percent of the precincts
reporting.
With 77 percent of the precincts
reporting, Fieger had 40 percent,
or 201,420 votes and Owen had 38
percent, or 187,246 votes. Former
U.S. Labor Department official
Doug Ross, who conceded his loss,
had 22 percent, or 109,064 votes.
Fieger said he would not likely
declare victory until Wednesday
morning due to slow returns from
Detroit.
"It's over now," Fieger said. Tve
won virtually every area of the
state. Unless something weird is
going on, then I think what will
happen is that I'll be the nominee."
And he renewed his attacks on
Engler.
Engler "lacks compassion. He
lacks sensitivity for the needs of
the people. His cruelty — if he
treated his own kids like he treats
the children of the state of
Michigan, he'd be in jail for child
abuse," Fieger told WXYZ-TV.
Owen said the race was still too
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come this fall.
You take each
election and put
it together. I
just can't tell
you how I am
pleased with
the teamwork. I
will continue to
meet as many
people as I really can and hear
the issues the people in the district really need dealt with."
Caul said she will focus on
quality education for children
and keeping safe neighborhoods
and schools.
M(   I   want  to)  develop  a   good
CAUL
health care policy and basically
deal with criminal justice issues.
My whole professional career has
been based on service. I have
lived here 32 years and (have)
been involved with many service
projects."
Caul will run against Mount
Pleasant resident and unopposed
Democrat Susan Kay Smith in
the general election.
In the 4th District Isabella
County Commissioner race,
Christine Alwood defeated Terry
Turnwald (273 votes) by 45 votes
Christine Alwood, who won
with 318 votes, said it was a
great honor.
"(Its) great (to win). I hop*   to
Ket through the
general election. I have to
keep that
insight and
that just sets
me up. I am
going to do
some heavy
campaigning. I
will go door to
door to find out
people's  concerns  and  questions
and deal with them."
Christine Alwood said she has
several    goals    she    wishes    to
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ALWOOD
911 surcharge passes
UFE Staff Reports
In a vote of nearly 2 to 1,
Isabella County decided to renew
a phone surcharge for five years
which will maintain the county's
emergency Central Dispatch and
911 operations.
Central Dispatch Director
Richard Beltinck said the ballot
issue, which originally passed in
1994, allows the county to put a
surcharge on the phone bill of all
telephone users in Isabella
County.
The surcharge allows the coun
ty to assess a charge up to 16 percent of the base rate for telephone
service, but the current phone
charge assessed to county residents is $1.77 or 12.5 percent a
month, Beltinck said.
The money, which is collected
by the phone companies and
turned over to the county, goes
toward the operation of the
Central Dispatch 911 center,
which takes calls from all areas of
Isabella County except CMU's
campus. CMU operates its own
911 system.
Return to Beaver Island
TONY CEPAK • CM LIFE
Pedro do Amaral explains to a group of high school students at CMU's
Biological Station on Beaver Island about the Gilla Monster, a reptile found
in the desert regions of North America and Western Mexico. Do Amaral got
his master's degree at CMU and is now working on his doctorate degree at
the University of Oklahoma  LEFT: The biology station has a full collection
of insects and leaves, including this specimen of butterflies.
See page 8 for more about Beaver Island
Scoby
heads
south
to Alma
By Angela Cook Reid
LIFE Editor
After nearly a quarter century
of commitment and work at
CMU, Jerry Scoby says good-bye
to the university as he heads
south to Alma College.
Scoby, assistant vice president
for Business Affairs, accepted
Tuesday the vice president for
finance and administrative services at Alma College, effective
Sept. 8. His last day at CMU is
Aug. 28.
Scoby said he has been looking
to fill a vice president position
for some time now and looks forward to the opportunity to do so.
"It's time to move on and write
the next chapter of my life," he
said.
Alma College President Alan
Stone said Scoby is filling the top
finance position at the college.
Hell oversee fiscal planning, all
finance personnel and budget
aspects of the college.
Stone said Scoby was chosen
out of a national search, and the
fact he is located relatively close
to the college had nothing to do
with him filling the position.
''He's a good fit," Stone said.
Scoby said he will miss CMU
and has a lot of good memories at
this institution. He also said he
owes a lot of his accomplishments at CMU to his staff.
"They've been great years from
that stand point," he said. "I'm
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Interim leaders appointed to lead minority offices
By Angie Fenton
LIFE News Editor
Minority Student Services and
Native American Programs are
ready for a new year complete
with new leaders.
According to David Williams,
assistant vice president for institutional diversity, Ayayi Fubara
has been appointed the interim-
director of Minority Student
Services.
Todd    Williamson    was    also
selected as interim director of
Native American Programs.
"Aya was recommended as
being a person who had a great
deal of experience in working in
programs to support minority
students so she was selected
from among the choices that I
had," Williams said.
"Coming in as an interim-
director she's not new to the university. We are in the midst of
ending   the   summer   programs
and in the process of planning
for the fall and I expect her to
provide excellent services for the
students we will be serving," he
said.
Fubara said she is very excited
about the opportunity to make
an impact on not only minority
students, but other students as
well.
"I want to focus on what are
our students needs and how can
we meet them," Fubara said.
Fubara said that focus will
include helping students strive
for excellence and "not just being
content with doing enough to get
by."
Williams said a national
search to find a permanent director began in July. "We really
advertised nationally for the
month of July. We have some 35
to 40 applicants for the position."
Williams said he plans to
appoint a  search  committee  in
the next seven to 10 days so they
can begin the task of eventually
bringing the candidates to campus in mid to late October to be
interviewed for the position.
"I think Aya is a candidate for
the permanent position," said
Williams. "There was no restriction placed on her. I really have
not gone through the folders (of
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Ziemba heads back to court
By Liz Wishaw
LIFE Managing Editor
A former CMU student will be
back in court Aug. 27, after
allegedly violating his probation in
connection with a 1996 accident
which killed a CMU student and
injured another.
Ronald Scott Ziemba, 22, of Troy,
was served last week with an
Isabella County bench warrant
after allegedly being seen in a
Royal Oak bar with possession of
alcohol, a violation of his probation.
A parole violation hearing is
scheduled for 9 a.m. Aug. 27 before
Isabella County Trial Judge Paul
H. Chamberlain. Ziemba has posted a $10,000 personal recognizance
bond.
Ziemba was convicted in May
1997 after pleading no contest to
negligent homicide and attempted
felonious driving. The plea came
after one day of hearing opening
statements and the testimony of
witness Kurt MacDonald, 22, of
Gay lord, who was the driver of the
vehicle that collided with one driven by Ziemba on Oct. 31, 1996, at
Main and Maple Streets.
Michael J. Kirkpatrick, 22, a
Rochester senior student, was a
passenger in the MacDonald car
and killed in the accident
Ziemba was later sentenced to
serve six months of his five-year
probation in Isabella County Jail
and fined $2,000 for the first
charge. He also received two years
probation and a $500 fine for the
second charge.
Ziemba has retained attorney
David Kramer of Novi, who represented him in the criminal trial.
Kramer could not be reached for
comment Tuesday.
The Kirkpatricks later filed a
civil lawsuit in 1997 against
Ziemba and his family. Also named
as a defendant was Richard
Swindlehurst, owner of Shaboom
Pub Club, where Ziemba was
allegedly served alcohol prior to
the accident.
In October, Ziemba offered
$100,000 to settle out-of-court but
Paul Doherty, the attorney representing the Kirkpatricks in the
civil case, declined the offer.
Temporary changes
for campus parking
The CMU Police Department is enforcing a temporary
change in parking restrictions during non-class time periods.
It will not be necessary to deposit money in parking meters
on campus during- the times when classes are not in session
EXCEPT under the following conditions:
•Meters with a 30 minute time limit are not included in
this exemption. These meters will be ticketed as usual
Monday-Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
•The exemption from paying meter fees at all CMU parking meters will end on Monday, Aug. 24.
Lots that have been designated as commuter only will have
the "commuter only" designation lifted during the times
when classes are not in session, subject to the exceptions listed above.