Battle Creek Enquirer from Battle Creek, Michigan • Page 9

LocalState Report Battle Creek Enquirer, Nov. 1, 1983 B-3 Brief sState Parents pick death oveir palmi ffoir imam The Associated Press WESTLAND A 5-month-old girl died in her mother's arms the same day a newspaper article appeared in which the infant's parents explained their decision not to seek a liver transplant for her. "People need to know that we're not wrong, uncaring or unfeeling," the child's mother, Kelly Decker, 23, of suburban Westland, had said of her daughter, Saman-tha, who died at 11 :45 a.m. Monday. The child's condition had wors ened over the weekend as her breathing became more difficult and she showed signs of total liver failure, said the infant's aunt, Janet Czapski.

"They loved her while she was alive," Mrs. Czapski said of Sa-mantha's parents. Mrs. Decker and her husband, Erik, said they decided in August against seeking a liver transplant because the chances of finding a suitable donor were less than 1 per-cent and the baby's survival chances afterward would be less than 0.5 percent. Even if she survived a transplant, the operation would have meant a long and painful recovery for the tiny child, more than 50 different medications each day and the possibility of undergoing kidney dialysis, they said.

"The media do not tell you the facts," Mrs. Dcker had said. "They make heroes out of the people who decide to go for transplants, but they don't tell you what people like us are going through. We couldn't put her through all that pain." The cost of the operation and post-operative care at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh was estimated at $150,000, the Deckers said, and the family medical insurance would pay for none of it. "My husband makes $25,000 a year, but this is beyond normal, middle-class control," she said.

"I just didn't think Samantha should have to go through all of this," Decker said. Mrs. Decker, however, said: "I feel terrible guilt. I asked my husband 10,000 times a day if we were making the right decision. But we'll never know." Library-science school may be phased out at WMU KALAMAZOO Having lost accreditation for its master's degree program in librarianship, the School of Library and Information Science may be phased out at Western Michigan University.

The school has 161 students, 22 of whom are full-time. Another 64 are in off-campus programs at Grand Rapids and Lansing. No new students are being admitted, and those in the school, which opened in the mid-1940s, may have only 18 months to two years to complete their degrees, school officials said. Strike by teachers idles 1,650 students at Leslie Seventy-four teachers went on strike in the Leslie public schools, idling about 1,650 students, officials said. According to the Michigan Education Association, the walkout that began Monday is the only current teachers' strike in the state.

A state-mediated bargaining session was scheduled for today at Michigan Employment Relations Commission offices in Lansing, said Ed Ru- tledge, the school board negotiator Kresge department-store heiress missing five days Funks mark 60th anniversary Births 1 ft. 3 LAKE VIEW GENERAL Mr. and Mrs. Lester Peugh 19 Seivour a daughter Nov. 1.

OAKLAWN, MARSHALL Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Sanchez, 428 S. Mulberry Marshall, a daughter Oct. 30.

ALBION COMMUNITY Robin Meeks, Albion, a son Nov. 1. TROY Carol Kresge DeArment, 36, a great-granddaughter of department store founder Sebastian S. Kresge, has been missing since Thursday, police say. A neighbor contacted police after Mrs.

DeArment's daughter, 11, came to her house and asked where her mother was. Donald DeArment, 57, the missing woman's estranged husband, told police he did not know her whereabouts. The couple filed for divorce in February 1982, and the matter was to go to trial this month. Conyers to probe apparent misuse of his stationery DETROIT A Detroit congressman says he will investigate an apparent violation of U.S. House rules in which official stationery was used to promote a car show at an auto dealership owned by his family, according to a published report.

But U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. said he was unaware that the stationery identifying him as a House member was used to invite customers to an "exclusive" showing of the 1983 Ford Thunderbird in February in Detroit, the Detroit Free Press reported today from Washington. Kelley suing firm for contamination at plants LANSING Attorney General Frank Kelley has filed suit against the BASF Wyandotte Corp.

for alleged chemical waste contamination at its plants in Wyandotte. Kelley said Monday that he had warned the Detroit-based company last August it faced legal action if it did not clean up the pollution at its North and South Works. Compiled from The Associated Press i ATHENS Mr. and Mrs. Cloyde Funk of 1031 7-Mile Road, observed their 60th wedding anniversary at a family dinner Oct.

23 at the Hickory Hills Mobile Home Club House. The dinner was hosted by their children and their families: Mrs. Fred Schumacher and Mrs. Richard Biteman, both of Battle Creek, Mrs. Marvin Moser of Belding, Robert Funk of Elkhart, Dale Funk of Union City and Harold Funk of San Jose, Calif.

The Funks have 18 grandchildren, 22 greatgrandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild. Funk and the former Pearl Van-Zandt were married Oct. 21, 1923, in Marshall. Funk was engaged in farming for 50 years and formerly was custodian at Union City High School. Mrs.

Funk was employed by Eaton Corp. during World War II and also was employed at the former Fort Custer State Home for three years and participated in the Foster Grandparents Program at the Coldwater Regional Center. Mr. and Mrs. Funk are members of the Burlington Church of God, where-she is the organist and Read Neighbors Tuesdays Batik Creek Enquirer Police and Fire NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWNSHIP OF EMMETT COUNTY OF CALHOUN PROPOSED COMMERCIAL RE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT In accordance with the provision of Act 255 of the Public Acts of 1978 of the State of Michigan, as amended.

The Township of Emmett will conduct a public hearing on the 10th day of November, 1983, beginning at 7: 15 p.m. on said date in the Township Hall, located at 620 Cliff Street, Battle Creek, Michigan, for the purpose of hearing from the owners of all property located in the proposed District and from any other resident or taxpayer of the Township. In the event a Commercial Development District is established the Township of Emmett will issue a Commercial Facility Exemption Certificate to eligible applicants, which may be valid for a period of up to twelve (12) years following completion of the Facility, said period to be determined by the Township, which tax exemption provides under the terms of said Act as Follows 1. That the Facility (except land and inventory) shall be exempt from all ad valorem property taxes levied by all taxing units within the Township. 2.

That the Facility shall pay a commercial facility tax determined as follows: (a) In the case of a replacement Facility a commercial facility tax determined by multiplying the total mills levied as ad valorem taxes for that year by all taxing units within which the Facility is situated by the state equalized valuation of the real and personal property of the obsolete commercial property which the replacement Facility replaces for the tax year immediately preceding the effective date of the Commercial Facility Exemption Certificate after deducting the state equalized valuation in the inventory. (b) In the case of the new Facility of commercial facility tax determined by multiplying one half of the total mills levied as ad valorem taxes for that year by all taxing units within which the Facility is situated by the state equalized valuation of the new Facility as determined by the Assessor for that year. The area comprising the proposed Commercial Re-Development District is Land situated in the Township of Emmett, Calhoun County, Michigan, described as follows All that Part of the following described premises lying North of the Northerly right of way of Highway 1-94: Beginning 330 feet South of the Northwest Corner of Section 13, Town 2 South, Range 7 West; thence East 505.75 feet; thence South to U.S. Highway 12 formerly Territorial Road and now-known as Michigan Avenue; thence Northwesterly on said highway to the West line of Section 13; thence North to the place of beginning, Township of Emmett, Calhoun County, Michigan. This property is the Te-Khi Truck Auto Plaza located at 11 Mile Road and 1-94.

Gloria J. Maichele Clerk, Emmett Township Mr. and Mrs. Cloyde Funk a member of the National Missionary Society. A surprise party for the Funks was given at the church Oct.

16 after evening services. They received a letter of congratulations from President and Mrs. Reagan on their CORRECTION: From the Oct. 30th tabloid The BRUT COLOGNE 1.6 fluid ounce in boot decanter Is not available. From the Oct.

31st One Stop Shopper the WOMEN'S GOWN at is pictured incorrectly. The REMINGTON 30-30 AMMO should have read 170 gr. The 30-06 should have read 180 gr. Weekend arts, crafts show to benefit Pennfield schools traveling south on 9-Mile Road about 9 p.m. Sunday when his car left the road at a curve and struck a tree, Calhoun County sheriff's officials said.

Smith, 27, of 392 E. Leroy Burlington, was listed in good condition today in Oaklawn. No citation was issued. A 12-year-old Burlington youtn was listed in good condition today at Community Hospital, where he was taken Saturday afternoon after accidently shooting himself in the right foot, a Calhoun County Sheriff's Department spokesman said. David Lynn Scherer was hunting with his father and two companions in the area of Moore Road and Drive South about 4:30 p.m.

Saturday when the .410 pump shotgun he was carrying discharged, striking him in the foot, officials said. The youth was taken to Oaklawn Hospital and transferred to Community Hospital, where surgery was performed. Battle Creek police reported today that a $275 televison set was stolen Monday from a house in the 100 block of Graves Avenue. Police also reported that a television set, a video-game console and cassette player, with a total value of $780, were taken from a house in the first, block of Oneita Street. An 18-year-old Marshall man was arraigned Monday in District Court on a charge of attempted breaking and entering after he allegedly tried to break into a Newton Township home Friday.

A Sheriff's Department spokesman said William O. Fairchild of 108 W. Michigan Marshall, was arrested Saturday and was released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond Monday after his arraignment. Fairchild is accused of breaking a window at a residence on 12-Mile Road. The suspect, deputies said, fled after hearing a noise inside the house.

Larry E. Irons, 31, of 421 Horatio Charlotte, was involved in an accident Sunday and was cited for failure to yield the right of way, according to Calhoun County sheriff's deputies. Deputies said a car driven by Irons was southbound on 29Vfe-Mile Road about 3:30 p.m. when it struck a westbound car driven by Carmel K. Hoover, 31, of 14970 Eaton Rapids Road, Spring-port.

Ms. Hoover was treated at Albion Community Hospital and released. A Burlington man was injured in a single-car accident Sunday night and taken to Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall. Kayle Z. Smith was wood crafts, baskets, ceramics, stenciling, flower arrangements, Christmas decorations, soft sculptures, stitchery, pillows and wreaths.

One booth will offer historical wall tiles with a Battle Creek theme. A snack bar will be in operation, with homemade desserts donated by Pennfield parents, The arts and crafts show will be open to the public without charge. Proceeds will be used to finance various projects in the Pennfield School District. The seventh annual Pennfield Arts and Crafts Show is scheduled for this weekend. The show will be held from 10 a.m.

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