Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 1

TT Tlic Stale V3schegan R3euus State Gouerament Thursday, October 19, 1978, Lansing, Michigan Eydes hope to end three-year case arties huddle to solve Delta tree-planting issue Eydes," Delta Supervisor Joe Drolett said, "so there's no way to know just what this thing might cost. But I'm sure they (the Eyde brothers) are serious about it and we are seriously discussing the whole deal with our attorneys." DROLETT SAID he himself is not yet convinced the "offer" is "a good deal for Delta Township. "If the price the Eydes would accept for the land could save the State of Michigan money in other words, if they would accept a figure less than what it will cost to plant 1,500 or so trees and keep them alive for at least four years then I guess it would be a good deal," the supervisor said. "And that land isn't worth much except for a sewer easement and a nature park, so it wouldn't be taking good land out of circulation to make it into a park. The only question then would be if the township could afford to maintain it.

And a plus, of course, would be that we would at least have free access to our sewage line." That point is what has been rankling township officials. THE BROWN tree-planting order, which was upheld by the Michigan Court of Appeals and later by the Michigan Supreme Court, says that Delta Township would be liable if it damaged any of the trees on the sewer easement with heavy equipment that might be hauled onto the easement to care for the big sewer line. Township officials have assumed that if they trampled any trees in such an operation, they would be required to replace them. Some officials have even envi sioned having to saw down huge trees in the future to get trucks into the sewer manholes, some of which are a quarter of a mile from a road. But Drolett doesn't believe the state ill want to pay the Eydes as much as he figures they'll be asking for the easement and "some extra land in the valley" which they have included in the offer.

(One township official pointed out that when the deal being discussed is completed, it would leave the Eydes with 65 or so acres of property fronting on Creyts Road that is already zoned R-4 medium density for apartments and condominiumsmzjMrsm Barrett said Mills decided to include protection of the entire tree-planting area with a four-foot farm fence in the contract for the topsoil project, along with the construction of five earthen "bridges" to cross the open creek for the use of crews planting, and later watering, the trees. THREE FIRMS were asked to quote prices on that project the fence, the crossings and the topsoil itself according to the township clerkn who explained it was not necessary to to follow regular competitive bidding procedures because "all of it came under the court order." One bid, from Larry Albert Trucking, was for Brown Brothers of Lansing bid and Harry Bierlein of Saginaw bid $97,970. Mrs. Barrett said Bierlein was been told "tentatively" to consider the job was his. Meanwhile, five other bidders are expected to show Concluded on page B-2 BY DICK FRAZ1ER Staff Writer" Officials of Delta Township, the State of Michigan and the Eyde Brothers Development Co.

are dickering for an 11th hour out-of-court settlement of a controversial reforestation issue. Questions over replanting trees on a half-mile strip of lumpy, swamp-fringed farmland have been in and out of the courts for the past three years. TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS and Eyde Development representatives met behind the scenes earlier this week in at least two locations, and later sessions involved attorneys for the Eydes. the township and the Michigan Department of Management and Budget. They reportedly were discussing a proposal that would conclude the confusing, time-consuming negotiations over the court-ordered reforestation of the Eyde-owned Carrier Creek easement which runs between Mt.

Hope Road and 1-496 just west of Creyts Road. The narrow creek and the huge interceptor sewer which bears its name meander across the half-mile strip along the back of property owned by Pat and Mike Eyde. Township officials refer to the proposal as an "offer" and say they first heard of it when word got around the township of some new increased costs anticipated for the tree replanting. One new item, which was made public only Monday night at the regular township board meeting, was the need to buy an lS-inch layer of topsoil in which to plant the trees. THAT PURCHASE came to light when Township Clerk Barbara Barrett told the board it would be necessary for truckers hauling the dirt to enter the site from the 1-496 right-of-way because there is no construction road leading to it from Mt.

Hope. Later, Mrs. Barrett said that George Mills, a landscape architect appointed by the court to oversee the planting, had decided the topsoil was necessary to guarantee growth of the trees since the existing soil is mostly muck and clay fill dug up from deep in the ground during the installation of the huge sewer pipes. The Eyde brothers insist they have made no "offers" and as late as Wednesday, Pat Eyde professed no knowledge of the negotiations, saying he was "waiting for the tree planting to start." ACCORDING TO the township's version, the deal being discussed would have the land winding up as township property, but the State of Michigan which is actually footing most of the bill for the expensive tree-planting project since the sewer was originally installed to serve the state's vast Secondary Complex fou miles away would pay the Eydes instead of financing the tree-planting. Another important part of that deal, some township officials confided, would be that Ingham Circuit Judge Thomas Brown who originally ordered the planting of the trees more than two years ago would have to rescind his order or at least amend it and grant a time extension to get the township off the hook.

"We haven't heard any actual money talk from the Drug roundup still going on 'v hit el iwlhi iff lltmlfr it, charges of delivery of various controlled substances including heroin, cocaine, LSD, and morphine. Bonds were set at S3, 000 per count of drug charges with some persons facing as many as three counts. Persons arrested Wednesday after the initial pickup attempts, the type of narcotic delivery they are charged with and the names of four persons who were alrea in jail include: ARMANDO 0R0ZC0, 28, who is in the Ingham County Jail, herom; Greg Campbell. 25. Eaton County Jail, heroin; and Robert Ovalle.

22. of 222 Harris. PC P. Jose Rios, no age listed. 1233-35 N.

Walnut, marijuana; Luis Buzzita 29, Kent County Jail, heroin; and Cher- Concluded on page B-2 By DAN POORMAN Staff Writer Local law officers are continuing to pick up persons named in warrants issued by Tn-County prosecutors as part of Operation Doughboy, a 52-person sweep up of suspected narcotics dealers. About half of the persons named in the arrest warrants were picked up by Tn-County Metro Narcotics Squad officers backed up by uniformed officers from most area police departments during pre-dawn raids Wednesday. OTHERS WERE picked up later Wednesday and some are expected to surrender to police today, a squad spokesman said. Those appearing in Lansing District Court Wednesday were arraigned on mm i. I L-i lj i Good news, moms! Sesame's back 1 i Among the changes in the new transmitter equipment is the addition of a "pulser." a device which allows the UHF signal to reach further with less power.

BUT WHEN the new signal is broadcast initially, there may be some temporary problems, particularly at the fringe of the reception area. 30 to 40 miles from the transmitter site on Dobie Road south of the Red Cedar River. According to Page, most of the visible imperfections will be taken care of by mid-January 1979. The exact cause of the August 21 fire which destroyed transmitters of both of the university stations has never been determined alhtough both negiligence and arson have been ruled out. During the interim, all WKAR-TV programming has continued to be carried by the Lansing and East Lansing cable systems.

"Sesame Street." some episodes of "Masterpiece Theatre" and Michigan State University Football highlights were shown on WJIM-TV. Channel 6. By W. KIM HERON Staff Writer Michigan State University's WKAR-TV, Channel 23, will return to the airwaves at the beginning of the broadcast day Friday, almost two months after a fire devastated the station's former transmitter and that of WKAR-FM Radio. The FM station returned to the air about a month ago with a temporary transmitter, but the more expensivd expensive and complex television transmitter, even with crews working overtime, is only now making it back to the air.

The cost of the new transmitter was S900.000. all but $100,000 of which was covered by the university's insurance policy. THE NEW transmitter represents a modest improvement over the old one. according to Station Manager Robert Page. "We're ahead in terms of the need for replacement equipment, but a lot of the refinements engineers built into the old transmitter will have to be built into this one." Slo Photo by BRIAN BURD Grim week for 'A1 fans Michigan State University football fans are still reveling in the joy of beating arch-rival Michigan last Saturday, and a few of the fans have gone to great lengths to "rub it in" when Wolverine backers are around.

For example, when salesman Jim Peyton of Detroit (second from right), a staunch fan of the Maize and Blue, arrived at Lindell Drop Forge on a business visit Wednesday, he found a real coffin draped with a "Michigan" flag waiting for him plus three Spartan fans eager to chide him about the game, including (from left) Ron Lindell, Tom Beach and Doug Lindell. QJP os DneceS pan iii Ty.Ml Doc said. By JIM HOUGH Need Help? Write to HELP, The State Journal, 120 E. Lenawee, Lansing 48919. Please include phone number.

QI received a folder from Molded Shoe Service of New York offering me a chance to learn to make molded shoes. I have never heard of this company and would appreciate any information that is available on it. J.B., Lansing. A The Better Business Bureau has no file on the company because no inquiries or complaints have been received about it. However, your inquiry ill result in the setting up of a file.

It's a good idea to be cautious about getting involved ith any company that is so new or so obscure as to be unknown to the BBB. We recall the case of Teltronics. an Illinois outfit that ran ads in various publications late in 1976 for digital watches at $16.95. Delivery was promised before Christmas. Many consumers who were suspicious of the price or curious about the quality of the watches contacted BBBChicago and received this report: "Teltronics has not been in business long enough to have established a pattern of business practice tn either advertising or selling." This deterred many prudent consumers from responding to the ad.

But other people who failed to investigate before they invested sent their checks. They never received anything because the "copany" had no watches. But its receipts totaled S1.7 million before the scheme was halted by a mail-stop order. By then the one-man operator had skipped town, leaving thousands of customers without the watches they planned to give as Christmas gifts. Eventually he was caught and convicted of mail fraud violations.

Later the Illinois attorney general helped some victims get some of their money back. ith another Christmas season nearing. keep Teltronics in mind when tempted by too-good-to-be-true offers from unfamiliar maii-order firms. About three years ago I took out a life insurance policty with Colonial Penn. I received some special remittance cards to send in with each payment.

Last May I used up the last card. I have sent two letters asking for a new supply but have heard nothing. Can you HELP? We are retired and can't afford to lose three years of premiums. R.S., Eaton Rapids. A The company assures us the problem ill be resolved with a letter that is being mailed to you.

If you run into a further problem, your contact at the company is EUyn Root, senior special serv ices representative. I was nearly in tears when I called my veterinarian buddy. Dr. F. O.

Grounds. "Good grief. Jim, what's wrong? Did your dog die or something?" he asked. "No, Doc," I said, "it's what my wife just did. I think I'll punch her in the nose and then get myself a dtvorce lawyer.

She took a trout fillet from a 20-pound package in our deep freeze, but she forgot to put the package back into the deep freeze. The fish all spoiled. We found them two days later with our noses. I'm just sick," I said. "I know just how you feel, Jim.

but your situation could be worse. How would you like to be married to my wife, June? She just made a bigger goof than that. We went to the Farm and Fleet store and we each bought two pairs of blue jeans. hen we got home, June decided to shorten the legs of her blue jeans. Yep, you're right.

She shortened mine instead. Now I have two pairs of blue jeans which come up to my knees. Maybe if we get the same divorce lawyer he'll give us a package deal," Sports fans often can't restrain themselves, even if they are dignified clergy men. Following the MSU defeat of Michigan Saturday, Dr. Robert Williams, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church here, delivered a verse to his congregation on Sunday.

It said: There was confidence in Ann Arbor When the green and white pulled in. The whole town rocked with fever For the maize and blue will win! But no one there was laughing. No cheers, no victory shout. Save with the folks from Spartan Town When the green and white pulled out! Stan Brauer, former owner of the 1S61 House restaurant and a longtime MSU football fan, thought sure his team would lose Saturday. Stan is superstitious.

When he picked up his ticket it was Friday, the 13th. He looked at his ticket and it was for section 13. row 13. seat 13..