Shank Apartment Fire Forces out Six Students by BLAIR HOLMES "The Door Opened, Flames Shot out Realized No One Was Home and Ran to Time of the Fire
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* «**« Bsdinn University Librart ■j; HwrhonUrg, Va. 22801 MOV 14 1980 Shank apartment fire forces out six students By BLAIR HOLMES "The door opened, flames shot out realized no one was home and ran to time of the fire. Doug Cash, a senior, A fire in Shank apartments Nov. 4 and the burner eyelits were moved. the apartment. While still outside, 1 was at the laundrymat on Main has4*lfi!!t jeu.Wo-»,-U-orfTJftver8ity We were afraid the fronts of our Kinney said she "didn't see a fire but I Street. "I saw a bunch of fire trucks students temporarily homeless. dresses were going to be burned," heard trickling water and smelled go by and I didn't know where they The fire began at approximately 7 said Teru Kinney, a JMU senior. smoke." were going. On my way home, I saw p.m. and according to Chief William Shelby Wine, a senior and the third them in front of my apartment I Austin of the Harrisonburg Fire CHARLES SHANK, the owner, was resident of 33B was on campus at the parked the car and ran the rest of the Department, the cause was a circuit called out to the apartment to turn off time of the fire. "Teru called me and way," he said. breaker that tripped in apartment the gas. The next day after he made told me about the fic» I ran outside. It Phil White and Carl Strong, also 33A, creating a spark which ignited some adjustments, the girls still were is really a strange feeling hearing fire seniors, were left "homeless" along natural gas in the wall.'Both apart- apprehensive about using the stove. engines and knowing exactly where with Cash but had no problems finding ments 33A and 33B were damaged. At 6:40 p.m., graduate student Laura they are going," she admitted. a place to stay. According to Kinney, The two-alarm fire, which required Williams used one burner on the everyone was very helpful. "People 25 men and sue trucks, caused some stove, it "popped" and, according to AFTER STAYING with friends for were just fantastic that night. They $8,000 damage. Williams, "The top flew about three three nights, Kinney moved back into (the neighbors) were coming from The previous night while in the feet and a big ball of flame shot out. I the apartment Friday. Williams and across the street to offer us all places kitchen, the three female apartment thought I was gonna die." Wine returned the next day. to stay," Kinney said. 33B residents heard their stove Shortly thereafter, Kinney heard Two of the three male residents of "pop." the stove pop in apartment 33A. She 33A Shank were visiting friends at the (Continued on Page 7) Vol. 58 James Madison UnlversX Friday, November 14, 1980 No. 20 City applies zoning ordinance; six commuters may be evicted By DONNA SIZEMORE Two weeks ago he received a letter from City Six James Madison University students may Attorney Norvell Lapsley, requesting im- be evicted from their home on South Main mediate compliance with zoning regulations. Street due to the enforcement of a city zoning According to Neff, the letter said that failure to ordinance. comply would result in prosecution by the According to Zane Neff, who leases the house commonwealth attorney. from Harry Flippo of the Shenandoah In- vestment Corp., Neff was contacted by the city LAPSLEY ADMITTED that "a time limit is in August and an inquiry was made on the not always feasible," however adding that the number of students living in the house. students would be carefully monitored to The house is located in an R-l zone, which assure that they make an actual attempt to stipulates that no more than two unrelated secure alternate housing. persons are permitted to live there. Two years Student Government Association President ago the city changed its laws regarding R 1 Chuck Cunningham has contacted Virginia zoning, lowering the number from five to two. Attorney General Marshall Coleman's office Neff said he has been working with the city, for assistance, but as of yet, has received no the university and Flippo in an effort to resolve reply. the problem. (Continued on Page 3» M»n tv CMrMt A. ru* ZANE NEFF believes he and his roommates who currently reside in this house are being picked as an example case for the en- Inside... forcement of Harrisonburg zoning laws. —See page 10 Folio review as Goldie Hawn's latest movie, "Private Benjamin," deals with a young woman's growth and belated maturity. Sigma Pi sues local restaurant —Rich Sorey, blind since birth and despite his handicap, wrestles for the JMU varsity squad. See Sports, page 12. —According to one page 18 Viewpoint writer, the possible eviction of SPE members for icecream coupon contract retails from improperly-applied zoning laws. By CINDY ELMORE Members of Sigma Pi fraternity here have filed a breach of contract suit against a Harrisonburg Dairy Queen. According to fraternity members, an arrangement was made last March with Dairy Queen Manager Donald Erickson for the group to sell 1,000 discount coupons for ice cream, thereby netting a percentage of the profit. Sigma Pi members said the coupons did not arrive until mid-summer. Their expiration date is Dec. 31, and according to one fraternity member, since "ice cream is a seasonal thing," the group believes the coupons will not sell. A trial date has been set in the Harrisonburg small claims court for Dec. 1. The fraternity paid $425 for the coupons, but is suing for $2,000. "We are planning to make a profit," said member John Mion. "Our market—the Greeks—is shot. Madison students think of it (the coupons) as a bomb." ERICKSON SAID he believes the suit "is a joke," and may not even attend the trial. "I think they're just trying to' prove something to a local businessman," he added. Fraternity member Steve O'Conner said the group took the business to court because "we entered into a contract and didn't think they held up their end. We tried other means. We're looking for a possible way to settle out of court. If we can resolve it another way, we will." According to Erickson, "the story is they bought some coupons, they want their money back, and I won't give them their money back. Probably, they'll J.M.'S PUB and Delicatessen illegally used a reference to JMU In its advertising. still have the coupons when all is said and done and still need to sell them." Here, employee Lynn Kyle talks on the telephone. See related story on page 3. -.Contir.uid on Page T) . .mtKrm+m_^,mm ' J -^ Page 2. THE BREEZE Friday, November 14, I960 Prompted by uninvited guests Dorms locked earlier for stricter security ■ By KELLY BOWERS security and safety, said that Trfe Bluest* women's most hall security problems residence halls are locking are generated by students. their back doors at 7 p.m. in a There has been an increase in general program of stricter these problems over last year, security this semester. he said. Sara Kenyon, head resident | of Logan Hall, said that the MacNutt suggested that dorms began locking their women take advantage of the back doors earlier in respoase escort service provided by to several isolated incidents, security cadets on campus. He involving the entrance of added that his office has uninvited men in the dorms distributed a greater number and cases of theft. In previous of posters and announcements years, the dorm's back doors this year in order to were locked at 11 p.m. discourage theft and make The early closing hours students more aware of were first implemented early security hazards. last spring according to Kenyon. The hour was again These policies have led to a established this fall when the decrease in uninvited visitors potential for trouble was and cases of theft, according realized. Alan MacNutt. director of to Kenyon. Escort service being promoted by class here service, but we don't want to By MARGO COBLE safety here. An "escort service is one of take our patrols away from A student group in a crime prevention con- broadcast sales and our services but not our promotion class at James primary responsibility," tinuously," MacNutt MacNutt said, adding, "I like said."Our cadets provide Madison University currently protection for a large group of is working on a project calling escort services but I don't for the implementation of an want our cadets to get bogged girls just by being around and escort service here. down in one area." on the lookout." There are 35 cadets at JMU He added that he is in favor According to Mark Davison, of the establishment of a Student Government and four patrols of two cadets Association legislative vice each, which scout the campus volunteer escort service here. president and a member of the each evening. According to The SGA is not currently class, once the project is MacNutt, the cadets are free working oh a plan for an to roam the campus and, "I escort service but hopes to do promotions, and hopefully, completed it will be given to so next semester, Davison gives the SGA the completed the SGA for consideration, don't want to tie their hands plans for the service. security would take over the which may initiate a with escorting girls all the said, adding that work will The SGA could handle all idea from there, he added. recommendation to campus time," he said.- begin once the class group security.