1997-06-11; Central Michigan Life

              Central Michigan LIFE
Volume 79, Number 91
Mt. Pleasant,   MI 4S859
©1997 CM LIFK
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WEDNESDAY
JUNE 11, 1997
10 pages
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Special Olympics at CMU marks 25th year
By Angela Vandenberg
A    sign    held    by    two    Special       ot t Ik- part norship bet uirii (   Ml
Olympians was representat ive ot"
llif mood of t he Summer ( ..linos
It   road. "Skill.  I'minii'.c. sh.irun:
('ainos havo hoon at   ('Ml'. This       ie." said Patty Weisbach, a mom        lor his roll- as "Corky" on tho TV
vcat  marks the 2'>th anniversary       hor    ot    fho    Michigan     Special       series    "Into    (Joes    On."    which
< Mympics" Board ot i lirectors.
aired    from     19H9-9a,    was    tin-
Si nco
Special
1972.     the
( My in pus
Michigan
Summer
ami the Special Olympics For       the      thirteenth       year. year's honorary chairman of the
"I've heen to prohahly   IS or  19 Spartan   Stoics.   Inc    exclusively Michigan  Special  Olympics   The
of them   now   and   1  think  this  is sponsored t he event and present Coachmen     Drum     and     Bugle
one ot   the  host   crowds   I've ever ed    Michigan    Special    Olympics Corps were playing in the  hack
seen,   definitely   one   ot   the   host
overlings.  The  weather is  terrif-
with a check  for $."< f.O.OOO
Chris   Burke,   an   actor   known
vou   nt'.am    for   the   opport mi it v "
Russell saui
The S|)ecial Olympics flag and
tin- American flag were hot h car
tied    into   the   stadium    hy   athletes,    niaciies,   ("Ml'    employees
and Spartan Stmes,  Inc. employ
ground
The excitement  ot the opening
C\ai<   Mont;
Area    17   Special
had      the     Special       Olympn
ceremon ie
Olympians    geared    up    tor-   the
coming events.
"Yeah.    I'm   excited   and   we're
gonna        win!"        said -lames
Lankton. Area 20 athlete
Mark   Kevser, an Area   15 ath
lete.   said   the   Special   Olympics
are great. Kevser was a competi
tor-   in   running,   soft hall,   horse
slioes and the liini; jump.
Pro ce re mon v    entertainment
a t h 1 e 11
ang      thr
Nat ion a I Anthem with Sue Delsi.
Area   1 7 coach
Mark I'utiiev. president of
Michigan Special Olympics wel
coined nil to tin- summer games.
"( lo out there. Work hard, enjoy
yourself .-md make these the host
games    < At-i'"    Putnev    told    the
athletes.
.leimiter Fmzol. 1990
Michigan       Special       ( Hympics
was given hy Yg's Shopping ( *ai t        liispiratnni.il     Athlete      lit      the
t .f [   Pre. ■! i Sabrina Burton
Jennifer Finzel,Special Olympics Inspirational Athlete of 1996, was the last person to carry   the-
flarne and light the torch
Precision   Drill   learn.   The  open
mg   ceremonies   began   at   7   p m
Thursday with the parade of ath
lotos       from       ^'9      areas       into
Kelly/Shorts St ad nun.
Weishach said the looks on the
faces  of the   athletes  and   of the
audience memhers when the par
ticipants  come  into the  stadium
is exciting.
Kay Bentlev. an All ('(inference
Bmobacker tor the Chippewas
and MVP for the entire Mid
American Conference m 1992,
was the Master' of Ceremonies
Steve Russell, Michigan Special
Olympics athlete-, delivered the
invocation with Yal Sus/.ko.
coach for Area K.
"Fach ol us is dedicated and
committed to do our very host.
On hehalf of the athletes,  thank
i liuiijiK llano . -Justine Fm/.r-l.
-Jim Bernard. ("hi'issy Craf.
< 'ram. Hal! and Allen Friday, all
Area SH Athh'tes. participated m
the < Mvmpic Torch Relay
The (.'nines leatureil Several
events, including the pentathlon,
shot jiut. high jump, running
long jump. .n.OOO meter run. soft-
hall throw, standing long jump.
walking events, wheelchair track
events, developmental athletics,
t rack'run m rn: events, bowling.
'Irani, ramp, douhles and singles' hocce hall. Imrs'-shut
a 11 u a 11 c
i     hocce      hall        horsr-sh
team   handhall.  tennis,
.   weight   lifting.   power
lifting, ^yiiinastics and the motor
activities training, program
(iymnastics   enmpet it ors  could   j
See OLYMPICS Pm*     0
Peer named
assistant v.p.
for Academic
Affairs office
By R3che! Sprovtsoff
A college administrator trnm
Colorado has heen selected to be
(".Mis assistant vice president
tor Academic- Affairs.
(iary Peer, vice president lor
Academic Aft'airs at Adams
State College m Alamosa. ( "ol .
wiii begin his position at ('Ml'
Aug    1
"'I hen rd ahout the posit urn
from an advertisement and
applied." he said "lt sounded
like an mt ei est mo, rippurtunitv
at  a bigger university"
Peer's joh V. 1 i 1 include Serving
as the provost's liaison with col
lei;es, support units and oxter
na! agencies Pee' also will he
responsible tor areas in teaching
and learning, acaileiiiic plan
rung, institutional studies, stu
dent outc-onns assessment and
testing and arcreditat ion
"111 hi' helping the provost and
the president to help the deans."
Peer- said "We will then he help
me; thr- university to he a greater
service to thr' students."
He said he got the call which
confirmed his appointment to
the position three weeks ago
Another factor in his applying
to CMC was the institutions
r eput at ion
"I've always heard nice things
.ahout CM I V he said "lam look
in j.'. forward to meeting my new
col leagues."
Peru' Will hi- in Mount
Pleasant the first part ol -July to
look for a home and will he done
at    Adams    State    College    at    1 he
THE ROCKETS RED GLARE
ibrina Burton
Fireworks lit-up Mount Pleasant for the celebration of the 13th
annual Summerfest Friday and Saturday night. Festivities included
an antique car show, a country music concert and carnival rides. The
fireworks were sponsored by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
CMU helps
combat low
test scores
in Detroit
By Allison Batdorff
In order to comhat low test
scores and poor attendance, two
I)etroit middle schools have
taken a novel approach to education with heip from ("Ml* and
the \V. K. Kellogg Foundation
With 7f> to S() percent of its
students on reduced or" free
lunches, and marly students
coming from foster and single
parent homes. Hutchuis Middle
School and Drew Middle School
decided lt was time to try a dif
lerent  approach.
"We wanted to create a homey
environment for the kids to
make up for what they didn't
have m their homes." said
-Jessey Franklin, former principal of Hutchins Middle School.
"We wanted to show them
that it didn't matter what happened on the outside, it's what's
inside that counts." Franklin
said
Programs introduced were
"team teaching." advisory time.
parent and school mvnjvernent.
teacher m-services and conferences and the installation of
technology iahs
Both schools have seen positive results. Stanley Waldron,
principal of Hutchins. said test
scores, attendance and parental
participation have increased,
while the need for discipline lias
decreased
Both programs were funded
hy a Si million grmit from \V.K
Kello;.';. Foundation.
Diaisr Newhy, ("Ml* teacher
education faculty member and
professional development, and
Harvey I )oirah. < ' Ml " education
administration faculty, co-wrote
the request tor funds and assisted the schools m restructuring
in   1992
"I was really impressed with
them 'Newhy and Dorrah'. We
couldn't have done this without
them." said Franklin "They
provided us with the guidance
and resources to do it and they
really allowed  us to grow."
Dorrah. however, only considers himself to he a catalyst "It's
really the teachers that work
the   UiaiMC.     he  said
Teachers were hesitant to t ry
thr- "team teaching" approach at
first. Franklin said The proposition was voted down the first
year, hut after a trial run the
teachers voted overwhelmingly
m favor ot inte^ratiiii: it into
their systems At the time, this
method was unique to the
I let roit   area, he said
Fach grade is split into two
teams and tin- students are
divided equally among them
Thev remain with their ""team"
ot peers and teachers until they
graduate from eighth tirade,
Franklin  -aid
"This gives the kids people to
identify with all the time,"
Franklin said "The teachers
progress with the students.'"
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CMU team physician elected as state
delegate for society for sports medicine
By Jeremy Russ
A local orthopedic surgeon and
CMC's team physician has heen
appointed a- a delegate tor the
American < hthop.-dic Societv tor
Sports  Medic in.
snmrner.
•rve as a
1 he  next
them what the members ol" the
society are look irig tor" in terms of
research and development m
net h<ipedic medicine.
Not onlv do delegates provide
A< 1SSM with information on
what the- members want in the
form of research, they also provide ways to increase involvement by members of t he society
and identify the issues affecting
orthopedic sports medicine.
"The   launders   of   the   society
Be;.' i n ii 111 >■ this
Thomas |\ •■.a 1 111!' will
dele.-ate for A< >SSM ]
three years.
There    air-    rml\     two   d.le>.:ates
ill    the    slate   ,,j    Michigan     They
are  voted   m   h\   felloe   Michi.;aii       have   really   done   a   e,reat   thm^      direc-tor
orl hoped ic  su rp r ms   in   1 I
el v.
Heie^ates    tor    the    society,    he
saici. also act  as a contact   to tin-
directors  of the society  to  mem
hers of A( >SSM.
He said he felt orthopedic
surs^ery has come a lone; way
through the work of AOSSM.
Keatini; iias been m the Mount
Pleasant area as a orthopedic
surgeon since 197.ri and has been
working: with ('MI* as the- team
physician since  197.S.
Herb  Deromedi,  CMU  athletic
m\   he   felt   CMC   was
tnd   continue   to   do   it."   Keating       fortunate   to   have   an   individual
>aul. He said the i .-search which       such   as   Keating   working   with
"It   is an  honor 1.. he eieeled b> has been pin >ued by A*. >SSM has       them
your peers," Keatini1 .aid been  the  basis  ot   the  orthoj)edic "Showinj.;   how   much   respect   I
lb-   said   delegates   lor AOSSM Held    today    and     continues    to       have- in his ahi I it les, he has even
act     as    com in i m o al i us    to    the- build   knowledge   in   their-   mem
board    ot    directors    and    inform hers
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DOCTOR Pup    10
Source of fire found
Mount Pleasant fire officials have pinpointed the cause of a
recent downtown Tiro to a han^inj; furnace.
Andy Theisen. captain of the Mount Pleasant Fire Department,
said firefighters responded May 29 at 10:56 a.m. to a report of a
lire located on the 120 block of" South Main.
Theisen said the fire started when a hanging furnace, located in
The Hobby Shop, was inadvertently unlatched from its supports
by workers in a room above it.
It has heen determined hy investigators that the fire was an
accident and the investigation is closed, Theisen said .
The- Hobby Shop, Ace Hardware, space housing a Mount
Pleasant Schools office and apartments above the buildings were
completely destroyed in the fire, he said.
Theisen said several businesses along the block also received
some sort of water or smoke damage as a result of the fire.
The estimated total of tho damages to the downtown block, said
Theisen, is around $5n0.000 to $600,000.
He said it is still too early to determine if the destroyed buildings, some of which are approximately 100 vears old, are salvageable.
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