Faculty Voteson Confidence Issue
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.~ - PUllt~f)rJ'J'l:c_~ Wlnn",rh.,.. _ . Page8A THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 198' - ONE-BUNDlED ~INTR yMit -NUMBER fIFrY-SEVEN THIS ISSUE - TWO SECTIONS, 18 PAGEs 15 (ENTS I' , "_ ': " _,' , , ", :" ---: ;~' ,," , ~ With nitrates in water ~Beltlen worlcs '0 correc' probl.m By Chuck Hac(cenmiUer the nitrate level has been progress of the Belden: Managing Editor ing up'the ladder," said McLain: Recently, 8el~en residents receiv Belden city offi.cials are not deny ed a notice from the 'Department of The water in Belden really doesn't ing that the community has a pro Health. notifying the resldenfs of the taste that bad. according fo some of blem with nitrate levels in the town's Increased nitrate level and allOWing -The "ari~,ual Wayne"Kiwa"ls the city residents. drinking water. They have been the city... of ,Belden an exemption (wlthln~14 Club. Scholastic Achievement To some ofthe 150 or so residents'ln working to rectify the problem for days upon receipt of the "B~nquet. _Is set -for 'Sunday, Belden, the water is just as good as several years and have followed all notice) to allow -the city to operate Its April 26 al 6:30 p.m. ~I the Stu· any' other water In, nearby, com' the necessary s.teps to ,comply with current supply system. dent .onion at YJaY,ne State'Cdl- munlties. state regulations and guideUnes. lege. _. But over the past year or' two, The' public has been properly . HOWEVER, THE notICes Honor ~tudents a't Wayne Arle:ne Graham of Belden Grocery alerted. qua'rterly about the problems dIstributed (which Is a new format Carroll Middle and High School has, been seiling bottled distilled with the nitrate. The availability of 1hat must now be followed by the will be r!!CO!lnlzed. water In'gallon containers at a rate, of bottled water has been accessible to state after passage of the CIe$n Rl.chard Kimbr,ough, former about 20 gallons per Week .. the community. Water Act) should nat be too alarm director of 'public relations at It Isn't the taste.of: the water, but ing to Belden reSidents. D~ne .College, will be guesl what is In the water, which has CITY OFFICIALS have also begun Pat Connealy. director of the' Trl speaker. ."'> 'brought on the bottled dIstilled water the process of dIgging a new well out County Council' of Go.Vi!f'nmen-ts Increase In business at the grocery side of Belden. Once a month the clty (Trl·COGl Itt Hartington, who ...lsi. store. Is required to send water samples to communities In making grant, ap: Country Store Nitrate levels In the city's drinking the Department of Health ~or pllcatlons, mentioned that clty of~ i,c,: water are c'urreritly ebove'the state analysiS. - Ilelals." Belden shOuld keep on dotng Country Store W~II __ -take _ A- ~ :a~d gUI~elinesof what t1ley have been doing lor the -- place·Apr.II2S,<lf theeWlnslde_ federal, 10 parts per The-: new well will be located tess million. The nitrate: level froni the cl than a half-mile south of Belden. past few years. City AUditorIUm trdm 10 a.m. -ty of ,Belden's 12 to 15 year old well "For some time now. Belden of; to'.( p.~., to raise funds for the McLain said a nitrate level of 2 parts fldals have already been giving th~ Wlhs.'I'de- Museum fund. h,as, reached as hlgh 'as 28 parts- per per mil/Ion would be Ideal. The new . residents nollces of the nitra.~~, .Donations _'of craft items, mUnoo, according to City mayor Bob well, which was selected after drill· Mc~~ln. -fuml~,lng, pr~nant food, produce or white ' Ing and taking water samples from and .....water: to. elephant items would_ still be "The water stilI fa'stes good. I can seven irrigation wells wi1hin a five to women or infants:' Conneely said.. apf)re:clated. -:- not tell the difference,'" mentioned six mlle' radius of Belden. had a test One change Is that the notices have Contact Veri Jackson McLain. rate of 41h parts per million. "That to be published In a lOcal newspapet 28624544 or Bill Burris was the lowesf reading of all-- of in addition to being sent to fhe city 28.6-4839. .oV'ER- TH~ PAST: two years, he them." said McLain. residents, she said. said, the nitrate level _co'unt had "The first test hole ended up being av.eraged be'twee'n 16 and 20 parts per the best," he added. TRI·COG had assisted Belden- cltj Str-ess center million. McLain said the city could have officials with the writing of a $25J~ grant based on a $327,000 prolected J'~ff ~erge~ and DOug' <''we've been, hassling,' with the gone seven or eIght miles beyond the ,Porter, co-di~ector5' of ~e nitrate problem for 100 past four or city limits, but that would not have five years. During ~he__last four years been financially feasible for th~ size See BELDEN, page SA Wayne- 'Stress Prevention I Center, have announced that i'he stress preventJon p'rogram .. ' \vIII be suspended at' the pre sent time. Faculty votes on confidence issue Ourl1:l9 the nine months of the progr.ilm'S-exlstence, _ s.y Chuck 'Hackenl1')lIIer JQ.t!Cir then read the options which dIscussed, he went on to the Issue of the :'~.!~~9f~'~dIIOf·" ,'- '," lhe-~ene·r8r';facl1fty-members"wcii.if(f- ':'wm-preventM;;cenlili had ':me"g&f'feral facuHy :"ote. served, ~ver 1,200, people in be voting on - elthar confidence, no group settings as well as'over Wayne State College faCUlty confiden(:e or to abstain from fhe BEFORE EXPLAINING the me>- 50 '~lndlviduaIS In the weekly members, voting by secret ballot voting. tlon. Johar made the following state- 'sessions af Wayne-Carroll Tuesday afternoon at Ley Theatre, The chairman-of the faCUlty senafe ment: "Alii want to say at this time glv~s High S~hool. overwhelmingly gave a no con usually a yearly report at this is - it has been a pretty tough ye,ar." fidence vote regarding the effec' time, he said. But because of time flv.eness of Dr. Thomas Coffey' as constraints and ofher business to be See VOTE, page SA Accredited president of Wayne State. Out of '13 possible voters, 108 Wayne:Carroll public balfots were cast. Eighty-eight had Morr;sseyexp'(J;ns comments school's North Central voted no confidence In Coffey's effec Association (NCAl ac~~dlt. tiveness as presIdent. Seven had By Chuck Hackenmiller eluded Chairperson Jean Lovell of tlon has been extended through chosen to vote confidence In Coffey's Mlln... glnqEdilor Gering, Joe Lutjeharms the 1984-87 school y~ar, accor· "effectiveness, while 13 others abs (Commissioner of Education) of Lin· ding to principal Dr. Donald tained from voting. Three of the Board memb~/'"S from the Board of coin. Cella LeGr,eca of Omaha and Zeiss. votes were absentee ballots. Trustees of 1he Nebraska State Col Rod Blunck, Wayne State College ·The Assodatlon reviews Climbing canine Prior to distribution of the secret leges came to Wayne State Coliege student rep~ese.ntative on the board. each year the school's meeting ballots, Dr. J.S. Johar had asked "on last Thursday on a fact finding ses~ Other board of trustee members In of NCA standards.' The Wayne Pet~ behalf of the faculty senate at Wayne sian concerning the current college attendance were KotslopollJS of public schools have been com- JUST HOW THI~, on the roof of the Jim Thomas home of State College" for the general ranked administration. Kearney and Carroll Thompson of m~n,~~_ ~y the AsSociation for ;o~each bev(m~ Wayne, was ab'; new heights is un!ferstand faculty of the college (which includes Board of Trustee Chairman Lincoln. "'havlng no violation of stan ing. Alter a slighl growl from the animal, thispholographer Thomas Morrissey of Tecumseh said dards. deans, dIvision heads, directors, pro wi'sn'l about to ask. fessIonal library st.aff In addition to Tuesday that after the tact flnding A SUBSEQUENT artIcle aHer the teaching faculty) to vote on the mo session, articles appeared in several fact finding session. which prlmarify ,Address test .. tion. Nebraska and Iowa· daily publica featured Dr. Thomas Coffey's dlf· Johar had also' requested a secret tions with several comments he had ferences with the faculty at Thomas The city of Wayne will con issued ~n an interview o .... er 10 days More College In Kentucky (where he duct a test of the Civil Defense Orr scheduled to be ballot voting procedure. ago. previously served as president) ap~ qutdoor WarnIng System at 1 Some people ha .... e connected Mar peared foh>nday in the Omaha World p.m. on Friday, April 24, THE MOTION stated that the. faculty members would go on record ; rissey's comments In the article with Herald and was distributed by the All but the public 'address Associated Press. graduation speaker at expressIng their sentiments with the fd,ct finding sessions conducted system will be tested In the MorrIssey said comments he made T~e regard to the effectiveness ot Dr. last Thursday. Morrissey had been silent mode. publiC ad· In the article published on Monday dress effedlveness test' will Thomas Coffey as president of asked to preside at the fact finding 'conslst of, a short: verbal Wayne State College at the April 21 session by the board's Personnel and message. \. Wayne State College, general faculty meetlnQ. Policies Subcommittee, which in- See COMMENTS, page SA 51~~YI:::~~~ns\~';~nf~I~~~r~~~ Kay Orr made history in honorary degree from Wayne State Novemberwh~nshe became the fIrst two years ago.