Livingston County Daily Press and Argus from Howell, Michigan • 1

i VI NGS TO NT A I $1.00 00 0119755 100301 CLARKE HISTORICAL LIB 143 PRESTON RD PLEASANT MI 43359- 0001 2001 Hometown Network'" September 2, 2001 Livingston Today: Mosily sunny i and pleasant. High 76; Low 50 A Extended forecast tor Uvingstan County-pagt 2A leoklntidf for your gh sheet Inside Vbkjm 156 Number 80 www.dailypressandargus.com iti Wmm mm MM, County's sharply rising population met with lack of pediatricians ty has always been able to serve adequately. But as the county has grown in size with many younger residents, the need for pediatricians has also grown. Desai said new pediatricians have come into the Howell and Brighton area recently'. "The (health care) groups in the Continued on Page 4 flowing.

"I'm at my maximum capacity, but I have always been that way," Brighton pediatrician Bipin Desal said. "I could recruit another physician and be Just fine." Dr. Desai has been practicing in Livingston County since 1980. He said there has always been a large demand for pediatricians in the county, but the medical communi many young families moving in could have trouble attracting pediatricians. "It doesn't make sense to us either," said Rolland Mambourg of SJMHS.

"But we think It should be an easy fix." The need for pediatricians may be immediate, but the issue is not pressing, with local pediatricians waiting rooms full but not over Livingston's baby boom. "We are no longer the laid-back country community that can handle a limited population, said Dr. Charles Kelly, chief of staff at McPherson. "We are now the focus of a growing population." St Joseph Mercy Health System, which owns McPherson Hospital, has been trying to figure out how a county like Livingston with so By Jon Zemke DAILY PRESS ARGUS Livingston County may be serving up a tall order of infants, but It's falling short on doctors to take care of them. Livingston County Is short seven pediatricians while local health care givers are trying to figure out how to attract doctors to support Life goes on Apartment residents who lost everything In Monday's fire are met with support, while the Geary's Pub reopens for businesspage 3A.

Fire guts Green Oak Township home Sports Priebe faces her fate Judge lenient with football Tue sday player Circuit judge allows convicted teen to travel out of state Cop of victory The Howell Highlanders rolls In Kensington Valley Conference opener, defeating Pinckney to win the Screener's Cup page IB. Lifestyle I Two artists, two mediums Livingston County boasts two burgeoning talents: One who uses words to paint pictures, the other who uses pictures to illuminate words page 1C. Former Pinckney Board of Education member is scheduled to be sentenced for marijuana possession By JimTotten DAILY PRESS ft ARGUS Former Pinckney school board member Diane Priebe is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession. Pt Pinckney the marl- juana possession charge in July. She faces up to one year in jail andor a $2,000 fine for the offense.

Priebe is also facing a charge of allowing minors on her premises for the purposes of consigning alcohol and drugs. District court records show Priebe has not entered a plea on this charge and is planning to go to trial Thursday. The charges against Priebe stem from a raid at her home in September 2000 in which marijuana was found. Members of LAWNET Livingston and Washtenaw Narcotics Enforcement Team carried out the raid and handled the investigation. Two Hamburg Township men were at Priebe's home during the raid and were later charged with possession of marijuana.

Both men pleaded guilty and received probation. LAWNET officials said Priebe and her daughter were also home at the time of the raid. Priebe served on the Pinckney Community Schools Board of Education and was re-elected in June 2000. She resigned from the school board several weeks after the June election. Index By JimTotten DAILY PRESS ft ARGUS Less than a week after a judge slashed a Brighton Township man's sentence so he could try out for the Ferris State University football team, another Livingston County man was granted leniency to play on the same team this fall.

On Thursday. Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Burress granted a request by Louis Palma, 19, of South Lyon, to travel out of state with the football team. Palma, who will be a freshmen at Ferris, is listed as a cornerbaefcon the team's roster. Palma involved in the infamous Iawn-turfihg incident in September 1999 spent about months in the Livingston County Jail after pleading guilty to failing to stop at the scene of a serious personal injury and felonious driving. Police said Palma was the driver of the pickup in the lawn-turfing incident that ended with critical Injuries to Brighton Township homeowner Jerry Bettens, who fell out of the back of Palma's pickup truck as it sped away from the scene.

Bettens was left hying In the middle of the road until a passerby stopped to provide assistance. Court officials said Palma demonstrated exemplary behavior while in jail. While participating in the day parole program, Palma crammed two semesters into one at South Lyon High School so he Contiaaed em Page 4 Photo by ALAN WARDAmut mess nou6 Business 6B Celebrity News Classified Community Focus Editorials 12A Letters Lifestyle 1C Sports Travel Weather Fonda Lake home fire Fire Chief Bill Steele said the building suffered extensive damage, making the structure uninhabitable, but that no Injuries were reported on the scene. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Above, a firefighter, left, pries at a stubborn flare up on the back entrance to the Fonda Lake Drive home while, inside, other firefighters hose down the interior entrance way.

Green Oak and Brighton Area fire departments responded to a 91 1 call' early Saturday morning from a homeowner at 61 56 Fonda Lake Drive, who awoke shortly after 5 a.m. in his second-floor bedroom to the smell of smoke. Downstairs, the homeowner found flames and briefly hoped he could fight the fire himself, but Instead called 911 and then evacuated the building with his two dogs. Green Oak Home delivery Please call our toll-free number to subscribe or report problems with delivery. 1-883-840-4809 The Livingston County Daily Press Argus should be delivered to your home by 6 a.tn.

Monday through Friday and by 8 a.m. Sunday. 1I REETi SHEET CLASSIFIEDS SEFTEN5ER SPECIAL Astronaut Jack Lousma will speak at Artrain dinner Friday Warhol's space painting on display in traveling exhibit i -f Jit i Happy 1st Ann; ary 1 Livingston W- County County GREENSHEET CLASSIFIEDS bach price. Cai for OrUH You wiH be seen tn over 45 000 hcnes Lhiqon and Writ Oakland Counties our flomeTcwn Phrvspapers to fTAcr yck-r ci Assrnrn: l-ouJ-tJ'-LU Ik; viewing noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The train will be parked at the depot at the foot of Walnut Street Admission is free; donations are encouraged. Artrain USA's Artistry of Space exhibit features artworks fronLthe NASA and the National Air and Space Museum art collections. Since the inception of NASA's Art Program In. 1962, NASA has Invited more than 250 American artists, including Peter Max, Robert McCall, Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol and James Wyeth to be involved in the U.S. space programs and to interpret space Eight through art Howell Public School fifJi-grade classes will tour Artrain Sept 10-12.

U.S. Astronaut Col. Jack R. Lousma will be the keynote speaker at the gala opening reception and buffet dinner for Artrain USA's Howell visit Friday. Tickets for the event, set for 6 p.m.

Friday at the historic Howell Depot on Walnut Street In downtown Howell, are still available. Guests will also enjoy a preview tour of the Artrain USA exhibit. Artistry of Space, that will open to the general public the next day. Lousma will speak about his experiences in space at the Artrain USA dinner. He has logged a total of more than 1,619 hours in space, including two separate space walks.

He was pilot for the Sky lab 3 mission from July 23 to Sept 25. 1973, where he traveled approximately 24 million miles tn orbit On his second space mission, Lousma commanded the third orbital test flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on March 22, 1982. The event is hosted by the Howell Area Arts Council and sponsored by First National Bank in HowelL Tickets for the Gala Opening Reception and Buffet Dinner are $75 per person and must be purchased in advance. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Howell Area Historical Society's Depot Renovation project For more information and ticket reservations, call the Howell Area 'Arts Council at (517) 54O-0646. Artrain USA will be open for pub- Ancfy Warhol's rendering of the moon landing will be one of the works featured at the Artrain dinner Friday..