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News-Review Front Monday, March 21, 1983 Page 3 Page State Uses Help-Wanted Ad To Find New DNR Director for a new director, and this is one way to do it," she said. THE AD WAS placed in the Detroit News, The New York Times, and other newspapers across the state and nation. "We have had several calls this morning and there were other inquiries when Dr. Tanner announced his retirement," Mrs. Sellers said.

Members of professional organizations in the same field will receive a direct mailing on the job opening, she said, due to the lead time needed to place advertisements in professional journals. "The commission wanted applications as soon as possible and most professional journals for April were already out or just about closed. We decided, because of the time, to send direct mailings to the members of the organizations," she said. Her office will receive applications until April 22, at which time the Natural Resources Commission will determine how it will proceed in the job selection process. A committee of the commission is expected to make the recommendation for a new director.

By KENDALL P. STANLEY Help wanted advertisements are scanned by thousands these days, and if you've got the qualifications the State of Michigan has a listing just for you. "Natural Resources Director, State of Michigan," read the classified display ad in the Detroit Free Press Sunday. This is no easy job its description includes responsibility for the overall management, development and use of Michigan's environmental and natural resources. Enhance business, community, news media and constituent relations, the ad says.

The ads are seeking a replacement for Dr. Howard Tanner, current head of the state Department of Natural Resources. Tanner is retiring June 1 a move announced just prior to a recent meeting of the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) in which Tanner's job was the main topic. "The ad is in addition to other things we are doing to find a director," said Margaret Sellers, DNR director of personnel. "The commission wants the broadest search possible AREA NEWS BRIEFS To Review Audit A review of the city audit for 1982 highlights the Petoskey City Council ply impaired at the Ottawa Elementary School in Petoskey.

Listening are Mrs. Jill Newcombe, and her aides, Jacie Kreig, Bev Mish, Ken Dulinski and Jackie Brennan, occupational therapist. BOB GORKIEWICZ, physical therapist at Charlevoix Area Hospital, (seated center) with student, Blake Russell, on his lap, strates ways of helping students' physical movements during an in-service training meeting for teachers in the classroom for the multi five condominium townhouses next to The Lodge motel on East Dixon, and a plan to halt erosion on Mt. Mc-Sauba. Cheese Available Free cheese will be distributed to low income Emmet and Charlevoix county residents Wednesday.

The Northwest Michigan Human Services Agency will distribute pounds of government surplus American cheese at six sites on the following schedule: CHARLEVOIX COUNTY: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Community Services Center, North Park Street, Boyne City. EMMET COUNTY: Petoskey School District residents, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the 4H Center on the Emmet County Fairgrounds or the Epsilon Methodist Church, Mitchell Road. Harbor Springs School District residents, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

West Traverse Township Hall or Stutsman-ville Chapel on State Road. Pellston School District residents, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. McKinley Township Hall, Levering Methodist Church or Carp Lake Township Hall. Littlefield School District residents, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Little-field-Alanson Community Building.

Cross Village School District residents, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Holy Cross Community Hall. To qualify for the cheese a single person must make $5,840 or less if he or she does not reside on a farm or $5,013 or less if living on a farm. Two people must make $7,775 or less for nonfarm families or $6,638 if living on a farm. For each additional person add $1,925 for a nonfarm family and $1,625 for farm families to figure income eligibility.

Physical Therapist Offers Advice on Multiply Impaired meeting tonight. Other matters before the council are adoption of the Uniform Traffic Code for the city and a presentation by Police Chief Ernest Kraus on the new state drunk driving law. Council will meet in the city manager's conference room to review the agenda at 7 p.m., and the Council Chambers at 8 for the regular meeting. Both sessions are open to the public. To Fill Vacancy CHARLEVOIX A vacancy on City Council is expected to be filled when the council meets at 8 p.m.

today in city hall. The vacancy was created by the death of Second Ward councilman F. Ivan Whitley on March 1. Whitley's term expires in December 1984. The council also will hear from Tim Benton, district engineer with the water quality division of the State Health Department, on the state's insistence that the city commit itself to building all three phases of the proposed water treatment plant.

Also on the agenda are the compensation commission's recommendation that the city clerk be given a salary increase, a request to build district, said Gorkiewicz will evaluate all children with physical impairments each fall and assist with any special training throughout the year. "The hospital has been very cooperative in making Mr. Gorkiewicz available to us," Mrs. Taylor said. She explained that the students in this program come by bus from throughout Emmet and Charlevoix counties and Ellsworth and Central Lake in northern Antrim county.

Gorkiewicz explained that the program to bring the multiply impaired students into the school is comparatively new. Thus the teachers are eager for specific advice on body mechanics, modifying their special equipment and what approach to use for each student. Working with each student and his or her specific problem, Gorkiewicz showed Mrs. Newcombe and her aides individualized techniques for helping the students move. He suggested some equipment modifications and demonstrated how to use simple devices to make moving heavier students less stressful for both teacher and student.

By FRAN MARTIN CHARLEVOIX Students and teachers at the Ottawa Elementary School's classes for multiply impaired students in Petoskey received some special attention recently from Bob Gorkiewicz, physical therapist at the Charlevoix Area Hospital. Gorwiewicz had been asked by the Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District to assist teachers of this special education group learn more about body mechanics because their job involves considerable heavy lifting of their growing students. Jill Newcombe, teacher, and her aides were also eager to use Gorkiewicz's expertise to help increase their students' mobility and use of muscles. Gorkiewicz's visit to the Ottawa School in Petoskey is part of a new program through which Charlevoix Area Hospital makes the service of its Physical Therapy Department availble to the Char-Em District. PATRICIA TAYLOR, deputy superintendent of the 1 7 KEITH'S KOMMENTS KEITH LAMKIN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE Big Week Starts for Farmers Holdup Foiled LANSING (UPI) One man was jailed and another was being sought Saturday in an attempted holdup on a near-downtown street that was foiled by a State Police trooper.

Authorities said Trooper James Flannery spotted two men attacking another man Friday night and ran to help the victim. Flannery fought with one of the men and placed him under arrest but the second assailant, armed with a knife, escaped on foot. Police said Marcus deMeyers, 18, of Lansing, was jailed on a charge of attempted armed robbery. JOANNA MATZINGER, Historic Festival committee secretary, sells Dr. Daniel VerBurg, president of Kiwanis Club of Little Traverse Bay, the first local "Say Yes to Michigan" pin.

The Kiwanis Club purchased the pins, which are made in Petoskey as part of a fundraiser to support the June 24-26 Little Traverse Bay Historic Festival. The festival committee also has applied for a state grant to help defray costs of the festival. (NEWS photo by Kendall P. Stanley) WEATHER day and Friday. Mostly cloudy Thursday.

Highs in the 30s Wednesday and Thursday and in the mid 30s to mid 40s Friday. Lows will be in the teens Wednesday, in the mid teens to mid 20s Thursday and in the 20s Friday. UPPER MICHIGAN: Partly cloudy and cool each day. Highs will be in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Lows will be 10 to 20 Wednesday and Thursday and in the upper DETROIT (UPI) -Weather forecast: NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN: Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of flurries.

Low 10 to 15. Partly sunny Tuesday with a chance of flurries. High in the mid to upper 20s. ANN ARBOR (UPI) The Michigan extended weather forecast for Wednesday through Friday: LOWER MICHIGAN: Partly cloudy Wednes Las Vegas 59 49 Los Angeles 64 50 Memphis 61 39 Miami Beach 75 73 Milwaukee 31 27 Mpls-St. Paul 31 22 New Orleans 75 41 New York 58 42 Oklahoma City 41 26 Omaha 28 20 Philadelphia 57 43 Phoenix 66 53 Pittsburgh 41 36 St.

Louis 43 28 St. Prbg-Tampa 80 65 San Diego 65 57 San Francisco 54 44 Seattle 61 46 Washington 66 53 Wednesday. Cost is $25 per person. Welding workshop (arc and oxyacetylene). Sessions offered Tuesday at 1 p.m., Wednesday at 9 a.m.

or 1 p.m. or Thursday at 9 a.m. or 1 p.m. Cost is $15 per person. Calibration of pesticide applicators.

Offered on Tuesday beginning at p.m., Wednesday at 9 a.m. or 1 p.m. or Thurdsay at 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sessions are divided between nozzle calibration and fundamentals of air carriers.

Cost is $15 per person. Selecting a small business computer. Half-day session begins at 9 a.m. on Tuesday and is repeated Wednesday and Thursday at 9 a.m. Cost is $15 per person.

This session is for persons with no previous computer experience. Small computer software for agriculture. Half-day session begins at 1 p.m. Tuesday and is repeated Wednesday and Thursday at 1 p.m. Cost is $25 per person.

This session is for people with computer experience. Stray voltage on farms update. Offered Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday at 10 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. each day.

Cost is $15 per person. Super insulated homes shortcourse. An all-day session on Thursday beginning at 9 a.m. Cost is $15 per person. Swinte facility ventilation system management.

Half-day session begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday and is repeated Wednesday at 1 p.m. Cost is $15 per person. Details on Farmers' Week and Natural Resources Days are contained in the free guidebook available through the Extension office. Give us a call at 347-2596 and we'll send you a copy.

COMING EVENTS Friday, March 25 The Emmet Soil District will hold its annual meeting starting at 8 p.m. at the 4-H Center, Petoskey, If you own three acres or more, you are eligible to vote at the annual meeting. Public is invited. April 5-7 "How to Start Your Own Small Business" seminar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

each day. Several excellent speakers with business backgrounds will share business success do's and don'ts for people in business or starting a new business. Registration deadline is March 28; call the Extension office (347-2596) for registration form. The seminar will be held at the 4-H Center, Petoskey. There probably won't be a better or more important time to find helpful information about the current issues confronting farming and the state's economy than during Farmers' Week and Natural Resources Days, March 21-25, at Michigan State University.

Extension specialists have put together more than 200 programs and activities, many of which will provide useful information and skills for the coming cropping year. Topics range from calculating how to make the most use of government farm programs to keeping the farm business afloat. There also will be a variety of livestock and poultry programs and 15 farm repair workshops. A special session is being planned for farmers interested in cropping options for PK conservation-use acreage. FAMILY HEALTH programs being offered during the week include a day-long program on cancer and diet, and a session on handling family stress on the farm.

Home fruit and vegetable gardening programs will provide information on efficient planning and care for home-grown produce to help trim family food costs. Special programs for people interested in state and local economic trends include seminars and workshops on forest industry products, county park management, the state tourism outlook and diversification of the state's agricultural base. Mechanically inclined people can improve their skills at a variety of workshops offered during the week. "The workshops are open to farmers and homeowners," says Barbara Brochu, workshop series coordinator. "Most will have limited enrollments, so it is advisable that participants register as early as possible." The workshops and fees are Diesel fuel systems maintenance.

Offered Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. Cost is $15 per Basic hydraulics. Offered Tuesday at 9 a.m. or 1 p.m.

and Wednesday at 9 a.m. Cost is $15 per person. Advanced hydraulics. Begins at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Cost is $15 per person. Participants are expected to be familiar with basic principles of hydraulics. Handicapped farmergrower workshop. This is a two-day session that begins at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

Cost is $15 per person. Solar water heating workshop. This two-day program begins at 1 Tuesday and concluded at 4 p.m. teens to mid 20s Friday. The sun sets tonight at 6:46 p.m.

and rises Tuesday at 6 :34 a.m. City Hi Lo Alpena 29 19 Detroit 34 30 Escanaba 27 22 Flint 33 25 Grand Rapids 32 26 Houghton 21 16 Houghton Lake 33 18 Jackson 31 30 Lansing 31 27 Marquette 21 17 Muskegon 35 26 Pellston 27 18 Saginaw 31 27 Sault Ste. Marie 29 12 Traverse City 26 22 Atlanta 59 43 Baltimore 62 48 Boston 57 37 Buffalo 36 25 Chicago 32 27 Cincinnati 51 32 Cleveland 47 31 Dal-Ft. Worth 50 35 Denver 27 13 Des Moines 32 20 Duluth 23 12 Honolulu 83 66 Houston 64 38 Indianapolis 39 28 Kansas City 32 20 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 AM EST 3-22-83 tnnn 29.77 TysssiC ass LOt AHMLIi. 1 ATLANTA low (Tr LOWEST 0ALLA HJsWSTA.

Tf MPEMATUMt i TODAY'S WEATHER Mostly Cloudy, Chance of Flurries Yesterday's High, 32 Overnight Low, 15 Noon Today, 18 i tm WIATHIft POTOCAtT.