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TELEPHONES Homt Dtiwry 347-44 Classified Ads MI News UfSa Sporti 347-2571 Thursday, November 30, 1989 PAGE 3 state briefing Boyiroe Cfty reviews 1990 goals they have 16 days to complete. The administrative staff will submit an overview to the city commission, and the proposed budget will be reviewed publicly at three noon commission meetings. Gar-lock said the commission is expected to officially adopt the budget Tuesday, April 10, and it will take effect Monday, May 1. "So inbetween now and May 1, there is a lot of blood, sweat and tears," Garlock said. Twenty-six goals intitially were identified as being at the head of the list Frykberg presented to commissioners Tuesday.

The uppermost is to improve the image of the city staff. To achieve that, it is suggested there be more in-depth follow-ups on complaints, improved budget planning, uniforms for employess, and suggestion boxes installed at the city hall, banks, supermarkets and library. Also suggested is the implementation of a comprehensive substance abuse policy. The second suggested priority is to improve the city's appearance. To accomplish this, more frequent mowing, weeding, street sweeping and tree maintenance is proposed.

Other ideas are to paint the city garage, improve leaf cleanup and dust control, and to continue to pave strees at a rate of several city blocks each year. Also included in the top 26 is the expansion of the city resevoir to 1 million gallons the current ca- By STEPHEN BREDE News-Review staff writer BOYNE CITY To get a head start in drafting next year's budget, the city manager and department heads presented the city commission with a list of goals for the upcoming year. "Out of the 165 or so goals, we've tried to pick out the top priorities," city manager Randy Frykberg said. Frykberg said drafting next year's budget will begin in December, and over the next few weeks he will seek input from commissioners and residents. City clerk Tom Garlock said Jan.

10 department heads will be given budget worksheets, which Scuba diver, 33, sinks, dies SAULT STE. MARIE A scuba diver for the Army Corps of Engineers died at a Sault Ste. Marie hospital despite a five-hour effort to save his life. Jay Veler, 33, was diving near Sugar Island Wednesday when his diving companion said he complained of fatigue, then slipped beneath the surface of the frigid water. Veler's body temperature was 32 degrees when he was pulled from the water an hour later.

The hospital emergency staff brought Veler's body temperature up to 90 degrees, but efforts to trigger a heartbeat werelinsuccessful. Dead wolves were not pure bred ESCANABA The state Department of Natural Resources has determined that two animals found shot to death in Delta County in early November were not pure-bred wolves. DNR Regional Director Frank Opolka said the animals looked like wolves, but a forensic examination revealed they actually were cross-bred animals. Biologists believe fewer than 10 wolves remain in the Upper Peninsula. Wind a minor factor in mishaps LANSING Of 10 wind-related accidents on the Mackinac Bridge during the past seven years, only two involved cars, a state police investigator told a legislative subcommittee Wednesday.

Lt. Dan Smith said statistics from from 1982 through May 1989 show that 106 accidents occurred on the span, including 44 at toll booths. Rep. Greg Pitoniak said the state police figures support other testimony indicating that single cars are safe crossing the five-mile-long bridge. Rockwell original to be auctioned DETROIT A Norman Rockwell painting that was stored and forgotten in a dusty warehouse for 20 years will be auctioned Dec.

17 at the DuMouchelle Gallery in Detroit. The painting, called "Merry Christmas Grandma We came in our new Plymouth," appeared in an automobile ad in Life magazine in 1950. Shortly after it was completed for the Christmas 1950 issue of Life, the painting was crated and stored. It could be worth up to $150,000. 1 ticket wins Lotto jackpot LANSING A jackpot worth $3 million will go to one player matching all six numbers in Wednesday's Super Lotto drawing, the Michigan Lottery Bureau announced Thursday.

The holder of the winning ticket will receive $150,000 a year $113,100 after state and federal withholding taxes through 2008. A computer search found 143 tickets matching five numbers for $1,819 prizes and 5,697 tickets matching four numbers for $74 prizes. Wednesday's lottery numbers DETROIT Winning numbers Wednesday in the Michigan' Daily Lottery games were 119 and 7334. The winning super Lotto jackpot numbers were 3, 5, 7, 24, 33 and 38. The Zinger was 286377.

Compiled by Bob Clock from United Press International reports. JTl f) r-x 11 (. pacity is 350,000 gallons and to complete the riverbank erosion project in Old City Park. In conjunction with the erosion project, commissioner Grimm suggested designing a new Park Street bridge should be a priority. The city has been authorized to receive federal funding for a new bridge, although it's on a long waiting list.

Grimm said the city should be ready with plans to go ahead with the project, in the event funding comes through sooner than expected. Frykberg said an engineering firm is in the process of making a proposal now. City clerk Garlock said interested residents can obtain copies of the priority list at city hall. Senate approves billboard bill By KRIS SWANGUARIN News-Review staff writer A bill to give sparsely populated townships power to enact ordinances to restrict billboard construction breezed through the state Senate today. By an overwhelming vote of 32-1, senators passed the bill which was sponsored by Sen.

Mitch Irwin, D-Sault St. Marie. An identical bill, sponsored by Pat Gagliardi, D-Drummond Island, is pending in the state House. "We think it is another positive step for more local control," said Irwin, who represents Emmet and Charlevoix counties. He said the bill will give smaller communities a tool to crack down on abuses by some businesses and billboard companies.

"It will prevent the proliferation of billboards that borders on pollution," Irwin said. The bill will permit unchartered townships with populations of less than 30,000 to enact ordinances to regulate sign size, lighting, spacing and structure along state Currently the state regulates signs along state highways in those townships. If it becomes law, townships and other municipalities could enact an ordinance to restrict billboards if more strict than currently written into the amended Highway Advertising Act of 1972. "It gives businesses the right to put up signs, but it prevents the kind of abuses we've seen in Emmet County," Irwin said. Two vehicles crash on U.S.

131 BEAR CREEK TWP. A two-vehicle accident resulting in minor injuries occured at about 9:45 a.m. on U.S. 131 north of Bear River Road, near Parker Motor Freight, according to the Michigan State Police, Petoskey post. Few details of the accident were available at press time, but it involved a van and a pickup truck.

No fault in the accident has been established as yet, according to a spokesman for the State Police. Several area police and fire agencies assisted at the scene, including Emmet and Charlevoix county sheriffs, and the Melrose Township Fire Department. LifeLink responded to the scene and transported injured to Northern Michigan Hospitals. The Melrose Township Fire Department washed down a gasoline leak. No fire was reported.

The Emmet County Road Com-misssion was called to clear ice from the roadway. NEWS photo by Jim Hell Wiklanskl of St. Francis Xavier Christmas basket project; Lynda Bartosh; Judy Van Tielen of the Harbor Light Chapel Deacon's Pantry; and Beno. Little Traverse A cornucopia of packaged and perishable goods has been collected for needy families by the office of Dr. James Beno.

Pictured (from left) are Linda Beno; Donna WEATHER Area patients donate food for needy in exchange for chiropractic services FORECAST TO 7 AM EST1M49 If you've got a good thing going, why not spread the word. Dr. James Beno is doing just that. The good doctor is encouraging other business owners to emulate his novel and successful way of getting donations for the needy. During the month of November Beno offered chiropractic services to patients at the Beno Clinic Chiropractic Center in exchange for canned goods.

The food collected will go to the Harbor Light Chapel Deacon's Pantry and for NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE E3snow FRONTS: Warm "fCold Map shows minimum temperatures. At least WW to receive precipitation nmocaieo Today's Forecast daim eumucoe Witnesses testify as husband stands trial in wife's death The Beno Clinic offered exams to new patients and adjustments to current and former patients for contributions of $25 and $10 in food. Beno said he would be willing to furnish tips to any business owner interested. He said the need for food to help area residents extends far beyond the holidays. He hopes the idea will catch on and other businesses will offer the food for service exchanges year-round.

and his wife obtained $110,000 policies on themselves shortly after their marriage. The policies provided double benfibs from accidental death, Rick said. He added that the arrangement was not unusual. A neighbor, Richard Britton, told the court he persuaded Davis to allow Shannon Mohr's parents to bury her in her home town of Toledo, Ohio. Davis' attorneys tried to establish that he performed CPR on his wife after the alleged accident and that he did not object to an autopsy.

About 50 more witnesses, including physicians and scientists, are expected to be called a the trial proceeds. Northern Lower Peninsula: Partly cloudy Thursday night with a few flurries. Low around 20. Partly sunny Friday with a 20 percent chance of light snow. High near 25.

SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WEATHER FORECAST: Lower Peninsula: A good chance of snow showers Saturday. Partly cloudy Sunday with a few flurries near Lake Michigan. Chance of snow and rain north half and chance of rain south half on Monday. Highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s Saturday and Sunday and in the mid 30s to lower 40s Monday. Lows 15 to 25 Saturday and Sunday and in the 20s Monday.

Upper Peninsula: A good chance of snow showers Saturday. Partly cloudy Sunday. Snow showers likely Monday. Highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s. The sun sets Thursday at 5:03 p.m.

and rises Friday at 7:42 Qw Sialic Occluded 50 of any shaded area is forecast OPI Yesterday's high, 24 Overnight low, 21 Noon today, 28 1189-present 11 88-5 89 Snowfall Snowfall 27" snow 147" snow 24.4" snow 152.75" snow the food baskets distributed by Sti Francis Javier Catholic Church. The drive was successful. "I think it came.out a lot better than I thought it would," Beno said of the drive. Because of the success of the drive, Beno thought it would be a good idea to challenge other business owners to come up with novel ways to get food for services. "As a good will gesture any business could do it," Beno said.

vis said his wife died when she accidentally hit her head on a rock in a fall from a horse. The prosecu tion contents that Davis administered a powerful muscle relaxant that stopped her breathing. Mary M. Austin, an emergency nurse on duty, said the victim was dead on arrival at Thorn Hospital in Hudson. Shannon Davis was not breathing and her eyes were fixed and dilated, she told the Hillsdale Circuit Court jury.

Austin said the victim's father gasped, "My God, no," when cremation was suggested. The victim's mother also testified that Davis falsely denied having life insurance on his wife. Retired life insurance agent Philip Rick testified that Davis Outrageous nal claims, and and scientific anomalies should not be viewed as crises, but as opportunities." Truzzi said. "After ail, unexplainable facts are what drive science forward. If there were no anomalies, we would not have any progress.

We would just sit there with our model of the universe never changing-" Truzzi maintains it is just as big a mistake to ignore a significant scientific advance as it is to mistakenly announce one. Truzzi noted that Edison saw no great future for the electric light-bulb, and that in 1943 the chairman of International Business Machines foresaw no customers for the computer. Today's Weather Low around 20 tonight Partly sunny Friday, high 25 20 chance of light snow Friday SnowfallPrecipitation HILLSDALE Prosecution witnesses took the stand in the second day of the murder trial of David Richard Davis Wednesday to describe the hospital scene more than 9 years ago when Shannon Mohr Davis was declared dead following a fall from a horse. Lucille Mohr, the victim's mother, related that scratches were visible on David Davis' hand and jaw as he described his purported effort to revive her, She and her husband, Robert Mohr, reacted with shock when Davis said he wanted the body cremated, other witnesses said. Davis, 45, is charged with first-degree murder for the July 1980 death of his wife at the couple's Pittsford, horse farm.

Da Sociologist: PHILADELPHIA (UPI) A Michigan sociologist said Wednesday outrageous claims by scientists and pseudo-scientists will always be with us. But Marcello Truzzi told science students and teachers at Temple University that skepticism must not become cynicism. Truzzi, a professor of sociology at Eastern Michigan University, is the founder and director of the Center for Scientific Anomalies Research in Ann Arbor. Truzzi said he founded the center to pursue what he calls "anom-alistics the study of facts in search of theories." Truzzi said such unexplainable facts are at the heart of many great discoveries. "Maverick ideas, unconventio claims deserve review Dally Snowfall 2" snow 1" snow City Petoskey Charlevoix Man faces trial MAN Continued from page 1 so, the defendant is then bound over to circuit court to stand trial.

District Judge Harvey C. Var-num ordered Senium to appear for circuit court arraignment on Monday, Dec. 11. Schrum remains free from custody on bond. Robert and Maxine Drenth were killed in a two-car collision Sept.

17 on Marion Center Road Testimony today showed that Schrum was the driver of the car that slammed into the Drenth car, which was being driven by Robert Drenth. in auto deaths Charlevoix County Prosecutor Kraag Lieberman called four witnesses during the hearing: three police officers and the passenger in the Schrum vehicle, Scott Hartley, 27, from Roseville, Mich. Hartley testified he and Schrum were in the area that weekend on a fishing trip. Testimony showed that Schrum was speeding and that both he and Hartley had been drinking beer during the day. A key piece of evidence was that Schrum knew caution was needed while driving that section of Marion Center Road because of a curve and a hill near the accident scene where he lost control while driving his car the day before.

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