Ludington Daily News (Newspaper) - April 7, 1977, Ludington, Michigan Scottville Selected As Site For Weir On River By RICHARD DANCZ Dally News Start Writer SCOTTVILLE Salmon fishermen and trout anglers have taken turns generally condemning and infrequently praising the Department of Natural Resources ever since the announcement that a weir was going to be placed in the Pere Marquette Protests ranging from loss of revenue to business along the river from Scottville up to to charges of bowing to vested interest And there has been a temporary setback to a proposed river salmon derby because of the apparent indecision by the DNR on the weir site and the possibility of heavy river bank All of and has become so much history now after Dave fisheries biologist at the field office in straightened the record out while admitting that there were still a lot of probables said that pipe weir will be placed in the PM either at the eastern edge of the city limits or no further upstream than a quarter mile past the weir will be temporary this if no complications may become a permanent temporary absolute site been deter mined yet until a site committee makes an fish will be stopped for two months in September and October from going upstream and harvested by fishermen only but the survivors will all be released in November or whenever biologists feel the major portion of the run is Scottville is attempting to secure federal funding through the soil conservation service for bank that our department is logical enough that if something goes wrong or Our department Is logical enough that If something goes wrong or river well have to try something Maclean hurts river well have to try something What will happen to the ap will be something similar to the fishing site at the Ludington State Park on the Sauble River where controlled snagging by permit has created a relatively healthy thats probably the something like MacLean It provides a good spot where fish are giving the fishermen good and its more easily controlled Thats why we have decided on that general area to the Scottville Users of the Riverside who may be ready to howl in protest over a probable rush from who would destroy the delicate banks along the can rest in the knowledge that bank stabilization has already been thought Even if there wasnt a snagging zone or a the banks should be stabilized at the MacLean There is a danger of losing them just as it is The city is attempting to secure federal funding with the soil conservation service to do engineering work in a stabilization project similar to that at the Ludington State MacLean didnt say it is generally understood that creation of a snagging zone which would endanger banks would bring a priority on the availability of federal You well have to do this thing on a trial and error MacLean ex Our department is logical enough that if something goes wrong or hurts river well have to try something Right the priority on the weir is the site something which will be determined soon when a select committee studys the possible A criteria will be a spot in the river where a slight backup of water wont create additional bank erosion or Once the site is the weir will be basically using pipes set at slight vertical angles about an inch apart to allow water through but preventing all but the smallest fish to pass The weir would be driven or jetted into the river bottom with no or at least very few bank Wed have a slight water MacLean but thats why the site is so And wed probably try and develop some kind of portage for canoeists The weir would go in around the first of September or when the salmon began their heaviest migrating runs and stay there until the heaviest run was around the end of October Harvesting would be exclusively through snagging or bait and at the end of the weir the pipes would See WEIR on Page 6 The Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Friday and Low High mid 30s EXTENDED OUTLOOK Saturday through Monday A chance of rain about A warming trend with lows in the teens north to near 30 south rising to the upper 30s north to the upper 40s south by Highs ranging from the upper 40s north to the upper 50s south rising to the upper 50s north to the upper 60s south Sunday and The Ludington Who An Newspaper Serving Mason and Area Copyright 1977 by Ludington Daily APRIL 1977 Stores Closing Most retail merchants in Ludington and Scottville will be closing their businesses from noon to 3 The to give employees the opportunity to attend Good Friday were announced by the Ludington and Scottville chambers of VOLUME 118 PRICE 15c e Prices Soar In March The News In Brief Would Repeal Auto Repair Law LANSING UPI Stanley has introduced a to repeal new law requiring the registration of auto repair shops and certification of As far as I am this act was the most unpopular piece of legislation we have ever perpetrated on Michigan mechanics and Powell said It was bad enough when we enacted it and of course it was considerably worse after the Department of State developed 17 pages of rules and implement Powell said he suspects the act is not being particularly in the Detroit area where he said most of the complaints originated about unscrupulous auto He said the repealer was cosponsored by 32 Republican House members and 17 That approaches the 55 votes needed for House passage of Ford Fears SALT Repercussions ANN UPI Former President in his strongest criticism of the Carter has charged overoptimism and possible miscalculation at the SALT talks may seriously impair I hope the administration has not put themselves in a position where they cannot reach Ford said I hope they arent frozen into a Fords statements were made during a session before a University of Michigan freshman political science It was the only class of 10 Ford is teaching this week at his alma mater that was open to the I believe the administration went to Moscow too Ford There was too much public rhetoric before and Ford said he felt very deeply that a new SALT agreement is vitally important and that he closely watched preparations for the Abuse Shown To Be Widespread WASHINGTON UPI An dingly large number of children are kicked or threatened by their parents and a new study on child abuse says mothers are more likely to dole out the The according to a doesnt stop at slaps or but includes the use of firearms and Sons are the more likely the report Richard a sociology professor at the University of Rhode Wed outlined the studys findings before the Senate subcommittee on child and human He said the study provides the first scientifically reliable data on the frequency of child Child abuse from spankings and slaps to violent attacks that end in murder is he We proposed that ordinary physical punishment and child abuse are but two ends of a single continuum of violence towards Gelles DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY VANS STEVENSON Icy Swim I Rene and Joan Wheeler photo above head for a quick plunge in Lake Michigan Wednesday afternoon at the city It was very quick about a minute in the less than 40 degree water was more than enough for the two vacationing Ludington High School icicles withstanding bright sunshine right give a good idea how cold the air about 40 DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY TODD REED Judge Refuses To Return Cows GRAND RAPIDS UPI A federal judge has refused to order a repossessed dairy herd returned to a Manistee County farmer who is accused of trying to starve the District Court Judge Wendell Miles ruled against the Richard Dansby of Bear in their suit against the Farmers Home Administration The charged that the FHA illegally foreclosed on their government farm loan after the cattle became sick and couldnt produce Dansby blames the illness on PBB and says he needs the cattle as evidence He asked the court to order the FHA to return the animals to The FHA took the animals after police reportedly found the carcasses of 28 starved cattle on the Dansby The remaining 36 head were shipped to an FHA stockyard in The in the suit filed last contended the animals were taken over their objections and that the removal was not done They said they were entitled to a hearing before the animals could be Biggest Monthly Gain In WASHINGTON UPI Wholesale prices soared per cent in March for their third biggest monthly gain in almost a year and a the Labor Department said Higher prices on coffee and other food were chiefly to If the March rate continues for a it would raise the wholesale price of a market basket up to if not of this price increase would be borne by Farm and food whose moderate growth contributed most of the reduced inflation rate of accounted for most of the rise last Raw cocoa and tea pushed farm prices up per cent while prices for roasted bread and animal feeds boosted the processed food index by per Major coffee roasters raised prices about 25 cents a pound last month in the wake of price increases by the worlds major coffee Industrial whose price increases persist much longer in the in were also a troublesome aspect of the The department said the Wholesale Price which measures the price of goods sold in large quantities within the business stood at in That means business paid an extra to buy goods which cost in Wholesale which many economists believe are the governments best inflation have nearly doubled in the past decade for the worst inflation rate since the decade beginning in It was the third worst March in 30 surpassed only by the per cent March gain in 1973 and per cent in 1974 when quadrupled oil prices and runaway food bills threw the nation into its deepest recession since World War The department said prices of industrial commodities escalated for the fourth consecutive These including clothing and rose per The index rose per cent in per cent in January and per cent in But there is mixed response among economists about the strength of the current inflation cycle and the effects that business and labor actions will have on Its not getting any said Arthur Okun of the Brookings On the other its not getting any Okun told UPI business and labor are locked in a 6 per cent inflation cycle from which neither is willing to accept the first Okun believes President Carters economic stimulus would contribute to employment and productivity without increasing But Jack Carlson of the Chamber of Commerce blames big federal spending for inflation and believes profits and wages have not been primary MacFadyen Dies Unexpectedly Wednesday Donald MacFadyen curriculum coordinator at Ludington Area died unexpectedly Wednesday at Oak Park Hospital in Marshall where he had been visiting He was MacFadyen was born in Detroit and resided in this area for the past three He received a BS degree from Western Michigan MA degree from the University of Michigan and PhD from Michigan State He served on the Board of Appeals for Hamlin the Mason County Voluntary Action Center was a member of the Ludington Duplicate Bridge and a member of the Lincoln Hills Golf From 19541960 he was a teacher at Oak from 19601962 he was at from 19621968 he was a princi pal at Godwin Heights Public Schools and from 19681971 he was principal at Okemos Public He also worked as a lec turer for Michigan State University and was presently teaching a class for MSU in For the past three years he was curriculum He resided on Sugar Grove Hamlin He is survived by five He was preceded in death by his The funeral for MacFadyen will be held at 2 Friday at Stephens Funeral Chapel with the Harvey Heneveld of the Mason County Reformed Church of Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 8 Memorial contributions may be directed to the Michigan State and University of Michigan Alumni Scholarship Envelopes will be available at the Stephens Funeral Junior Mafia Leads Principal To Quit UPI They call themselves the Junior School officials and parents refer to them as the five per They are a loosely knit gang of some 50 youngsters whose defiance and vandalism are bringing big city prob lems home to roost at the rural Pine River Area School District in the rolling hills of northern Frustrated school officials and parents of children have met to try and find solutions to the growing Some parents are worried that if something is not done their will become another I have an ax handle in my locker because Im afraid of these said one high school He said he would use it to protect himself if some kid came after me for narcing on The mother of an 8yearold boy recently told school officials her son was afraid to ride the bus to school because of bullying by older The high school who has tried to control the has been the target of student His garage door was recently hit with a shotgun His car was vandalized and he has received verbal threats of Smoking and drug abuse involving amphetamines biturates on school buses and on school grounds are reportedly becoming Stanley principal of Pine River Area High said the trouble makers have been identified as fewer than 5 per cent of the student a group that refers to itself as the Junior He said attempts to discipline them have failed because the students are aware of their legal rights and readily recite them to school That he has stemmed from various laws and court decisions which guarantee youths the same rights as It is only lately that there has been any discussion of the rights of the rights of administrators and the rights of boards of he The student attitude toward those rights coupled with an influx of students from larger cities have contributed to the discipline problems at Pine Arm strong Parents have only recently become aware of the he Last week they began patrolling parking lots and riding school Theres no way a bus driver can safely drive the bus and watch the one parent volunteer The school has gotten little help from local law enforcement Con Armstrong spends up to 70 per cent of his time dealing with noneducation I spend from until in the hall as a Armstrong Theres two hours of an eight hour day right Frustrated over the lack of Armstrong has resigned his effective July He says he is ready to give someone else a chance at solving the Ive been at it for nine he Im tired and Im disillusioned with public Mason County Community Federal Credit Union Will Be Closed Good Friday From 12 to 3 Your Full Service Credit Union Plan To Attend Good Friday Services At Trinity Evangelical Church 1212 Monona Special Musical By Paul Bible College Washington Baptist Church Nazarene Church John Christensen Travel Agency Will Be Closed Friday At Noon Open Again Saturday Ludington Trust and National Bank of Ludington WILL CLOSE AT NOON GOOD FRIDAY Open Saturday Morning As Usual Annual Scottville Optimist EASTER EGG HUNT For Area Youth 5TH GRADE At Scottville River Park April 9 Kittle Faces Robbery Trial waived preliminary examination Wednesday and was bound over to the April 19 session of circuit court on an armed robbery She is charged in connection with the June 1 holdup of the Fourth Ward Michael Anderson of Ludington has already pleaded guilty to the same charge involving the inci dent Kittle had been previously scheduled for examination Circum stances make it feasible to waive at this defense attorney Leonard Gavigan told Judge Frederick Gavigan did not elaborate specific citing the seriousness of the refused to lower a bond for Kittle originally set by Magistrate Roger along with her husband face circuit court trial on a conspiracy to sell heroin arraign ment on a manslaughter charge in connec tion with the l heroin overdose death of 21yearold Kathleen Fulton and another conspiracy
