Logan Funding Completely Reinstated by Frank Laurino the Council for the Retarded of St
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#The Observer an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and st. mary's Monday, October 17, 1977 Logan funding completely reinstated by Frank Laurino the Council for the Retarded of St. The Indiana General Assembly Jack Greeley, Logan Center Logan Center, $500,000 will come Joseph County, an $18 million had originally approved the MRDD administrative assistant, announcfrom the state, while the remainder The Indiana State Budget Com budget has been approved, includ budget request for $21 million. ed Sept. 22 that the proposed will be appropriated from Title XX mittee voted 5-0 last Friday to ing a $700,000 allotment to the That request was denied in cutback would force Logan to lay funds. Title XX funds are federal reinstate all funding to the state’s Logan Center. September by the Budget Com off 30 to 35 staff members and and state assistance of MRDD 62 Mental Retardation and De “ I’m glad this issue is now out of mittee, who instead proposed allo curtail services to 100 clients. services for lower income citizens velopmental Disabilities (MRDD) politics," said Soenneker. “ Now cating $11.3 million to the MRDD, Soenneker stated yesterday that and welfare recipients. centers. According to Aloysius we can give good quality care to the a $1.7 million decrease from the the Budget Committee’s unanim According to Soenneker, the new Soenneker, executive director of handicapped.” 1976 fiscal year. ous reversal of its controversial statewide budget will be sponsored decision would provide Logan by both the state and federal Center with sufficient funds to governments. He explained that retain its entire staff. He also the state will provide about $7.5 reported that no services would be discontinued. million-equal to last fiscal year— while the federal government will “ In fact, we now hope to serve increase its assistance from last clients we formerly could not year’s $6 million to $10.5 million. assist," the executive director said. “ Not only will the existing Soenneker explained that all programs be continued, but we can available state funds have been proceed with our program expan used in the MRDD’s supplemental sions as well.” appropriations, posing a problem According to Soenneker, those for the next fiscal year. expansions include an addition of “We’ll probably have to go 24 patients to the Residential through the same problems next Services Program, an increase of 20 year,” he said. “However, this patients in the Adult Rehabilitation issue will be brought before the Program, and the introduction of State Assembly as soon as it meets physical therapy services at Logan next January." Industries. Soenneker said he shared his Logan Industries, a workshop fellow MRDD directors’ reactions serving 190 adults, is a subsidiary to the Friday decision. I’m very of the Council for the Retarded of pleased," he said. “I hope that St. Joseph County, Inc., as is State Budget Committee has learn Logan Center. ed not to play politics with the Of the $700,000 allocated to handicapped. United Way Drive Demonstrators present petition termed major success A grounds crew member led a demonstration on the Administration steps on Friday afternoon in which petitions supporting the stand of the workers were presented to Father Hesburgh. by Peggy McGuire where “ all of the halls were Approximately 200 members of the Notre Dame community listened to the remarks of the Staff Reporter collecting at different times.” groundskeeper and then marched into the Administration building. Faculty members, Two weeks ago, Russell and university employees, and students comprised the sympathetic crowd. [Photo by John Calcutt] Close to 70 percent of the Notre McTaggart addressed the Hall Dame students living on campus Presidents’ Council and advised gave approximately $4,000 to the each hall’s president and commu Victims of United Way in last week’s fundnity service commissioner to organ Morrissey fire drive. Organizers of the campaign, ize a door-to-door campaign. Bro. Joseph McTaggart, associate Barometers indicating student par move back in director of Volunteer Services andticipation in the individual dormi by Lou Severino J.P. Russell, senior, said that they tories were posted in The Observer will release the official figures throughout the week. Two Morrissey residents whose tomorrow after completing all tabu Russell said that the idea was room was completely destroyed in a lations. “to tap each residence halls’ sense Sept. 10 fire have returned to Both Russell and McTaggart of community spirit and see if a hall Morrissey after an absence of five termed the drive “a tremendouswas able to rally behind a very weeks. success.” McTaggart said, “ It is worthwhile cause.” The students, Bob Onda and Jeff obvious that we have achieved a “Many halls saw the campaign Phinnes, stayed at Moreau Semin major success in obligation to the as a matter of hall pride and image ary until workmen finished re city. We are residents of South and really gave it all they had to modeling their room last week. Bend, and we have respondedgive,” he commeted. Both students’ losses were covered extremely well.” McTaggart said that the new under their parents’ homeowners McTaggart and Russell organ framework for the drive worked insurance policies. ized this year’s United Way drive. very well. “ This year’s response According to Phinnes, he and his Early this fall, both were asked by was excellent,” he stated. “There roommate lost their entire ward Charles Wilber, professor of eco were a few wrinkles in the process, robe, a stereo, television, refrigera nomics, to organize the student but they can be easily corrected tor, golf clubs and some furniture, campaign. Wilber was appointed next year.” including a sofa and two lamps. Notre Dame director of United McTaggart cited the appoint After making estimates of their Way by the Provost last spring. ment of a full-time student coordi losses and having the room check Both McTaggart and Russell met nator as one necessary improve ed by an insurance investigator, seven weeks ago to form a new ment. “J.P. Russell worked both Onda and Phinnes received structure for the drive. According exceedingly hard on this drive, and settlements from their respective to Russell, the framework for the he is to be commended,” he said. insurance companies.“I was pretty campaign in previous years was “However, we both hope and will satisfied, although a lot of things I “haphazard.” recommend that a full-time student lost couldn’t be replaced,” Phinnes “Halls would set up a box by the director be appointed next year.” said. front hall.or stage some sort of “ We’ve set the basic framework After staying in a friend’s room event to collect the money,” he in this year’s drive,” McTaggart for the remainder of the weekend, explained. “The goal was always stated, adding that improvements the two students moved to Moreau the amount collected rather than for next year’s campaign will lie in where they each received single individual participation.” underlining the hall’s responsibil rooms. The goal of this year’s campaign ities. “ The key now is in the Onda said Moreau had its good was “to contact every student on individual halls,” he said. ajid bad points. "The good points campus in a personal, one-to-one Participation varied from 100 were the friendly, helpful people basis, and ask him or her to give at percent in Carroll to 34 percent in there, while the bad side was being least one dollar to the UnitedDillon. Peter Visceglia, a section taken out of the student scene,” he Way,” Russell said. leader in Dillon who collected explained. But both Onda and Russell stated that another money for the drive, said, “The Phinnes emphasized that the- change in this year’s format was drive in Dillon was definitely people at Moreau made them feel that the campaign went “for one well-organized. At a Hall Council R-2-D-2, droid ofStar W ars fame, made a special appearance at concentrated week with daify meeting, section leaders were comfortable during their stay at the the Beaux Arts Ball in the Architecture building Saturday night. seminary. updates in The Observer,” rather [Continued on page 2] [Photo by John Calcutt]_________ _______ _________________ than the previous month-long drive [Continued on page 7] the observer _ Monday, October 17, 1977 News Briefs. Campus York, New York 10019. Elkan is professor of microbi Observer The American Health Founda ology and assistant dean for ■ — World tion is a private, non-profit research at North Carolina State deadline set research organization based in New University in Raleigh._________ - York, dedicated to reduce unneces Thursday’s issue of The Obser sary death and illness through Castro not Jamacain touristver will be the last before October research, education and the promo Fire vict ims break. No advertisements will be tion of good health. KINGSTON*Jamalca - Cuban President fidel Castro said last night accepted for this issue after 5 p.m. he came to Jamaica not as a tourist but as a “revolutionary” and tomorrow. The next issue after return “brother” to strengthen ties between the Jamaican and Cuban Meeting for Thursday will be Nov. 1. | Continued from page 1] peoples, separated by 90 miles of Caribbean sea. Castro said he wanted “ to work for the deepening bonds of solidarity betweenthe demonstrators Work on the students’ room Nelson to read began the Monday after the fire people of Jamaica and the people of Cuba.” For those interested in organi and entailed “almost total re Poetry a tzing a demonstration against Anitapairs,” according to Fr. Raymond — National Paul Nelson, poet and visiting Bryant’s visit, scheduled for Oct.