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.4 - ..... ~_~ . ' .. ' .. '.... Section rosse ~ws A 2h 'If Copy 40 Pages-Three Seeton, J'ullll.hd a. "can" CIoH Matt., at tha GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1980 $10 'a' Ya.' VOL. 41.....NO. 38 'olt Offlca at DetroIt, Michigan 14th District turmoil spawns splinter GOPgroup candidates," she added. Congressional candidate Vic Caputo and to do voter identification for the By Gregory Jakub tivities and ideals within the 14th District where most Republicans reo Other charter CRC members in- Reagan-Bush ticket and Caputo. On In the past 25 years, 14th Dis- side in the Pointes. clude Priscilla Brown, Wilbur M. Sunday, Oct. 5 at 5 p,m., CRC will Volunteers hope to Brucker, 111, John Prost and Warren host a fund raiser for Caputo at the trict Republicans have elected Several CRC members are those S. Wilkinson who generaHy represent home of Warren Wilkinson. only two candidates from their who were critical of how 14th District the moderate faction within the 14th own ranks to a political office so leaders selected delegates to the GOP foster local candidates compared to the more conservative CRC members cite the Caputo cam. members of a new political ac- convention at the district convention Republicans represented by former paign as a cause for which their tion group say they've organized in July. district chairman Richard Durant. group can help by mobilizing VO\U,n. to do somethmg about 1t. "We're not trying to take over the teers neeut:u ~u 4 un 0; \,.lU'U~:";b~' 14th," said CRC member Barbara Gat- CRC established its by-laws in Au. moil," Mrs. Gattorn said. "If this' were a Democratic candi. Calling themselves the Concerned tom, one of two former party officers said the 14th has a tradition of inter- gust and has received the blessings of date, the unions would open the doors Republican Committee (CRC) mem- who resigned their posts in June to nal turmoil which sometimes discour- "We're not an 'anti' group." ex- Gov. William Milliken. The group's and people would fall out. The belief bers say their objectives are to work protest the handling of delegate selec- ages Republicans from becoming pol. plained Joan Woodhouse, co-chairman commitments to the November elec. at electing Republican and other se. itically involved. that if you're a Republican you've tion. of the 14th's Reagan.Bush committee. tion include running a Michigan Re. lected candidates for national, state publican phone center at the East got money is just not true," Mrs. Gat. Gattorn, a current candidate for the "Lots of people want to be polit- "We're a positive force for electing and local offices and to foster an on. candidates, issues and non.partisan Detroit headquarters of Republican tom said. going commitment to Republican ac. Wayne County Charter Commission, ically active but don't want tile (u!"- Diseased Money woes may close elms return as firewood FLEe's doors by Oct. "They're wrong. Pointe kids contract By Tom Greenwood the new building we're in now. Some By Peggy O'Connor feel we over-extended ourselves. venereal disease. PoInte ilirls get Calling itself a victim of lire_ Maybe they're right. But the fact Is pregnant. Their kids come for birth While members of local tree flation"-inflation in a recession we need it to handle our increased control information Ind birth control councils and beautification com- year-the Family Life Education load. We're handling 50 percent more piUs, Seventy percent of our cases cases this year than in 1979." involved Pointe kids or kids from missions fight for ordinances to Council, (FLEe). announced Har.per Woods." - stop the blight caused by Dutch this week it may be forced to Aid from the five .Pointe clties is Elm Disease, residents of four close its doors by the end of apparently not on the borizon either, According to Mary Ann Cook, Direc. of the Pointes can buy. store and September. according to Dr. Burrows. "We've rector of FLEC. halt the 500 young use diseased wood as firewood- 'been told unoUiclally not to approach people utili%ing the center medical Located at 18412 Mack Avenue, in any of the councils for funding be- center are Pointers. "Most of them without being required to take are under 20," she aaid. "Of 43 preg. any special precautions to pre- the .Farms, nJEC has p1"O'Yldedlegal, cause they fear setting any precedent medical and personal counseling to in this area," he said. "They Uke the nancy tests conducted last year, 21 vent the spread of the disease. troubled youngsters and their families work we're doing but feEl others will were positive. Of 33 VD tests. nine According to the Michigan Depart. for nearly 16 years. approach with their hands out for were positive These are facts." ment of Agriculture, the state reo FLEX: President, Dr. John Burrows, money," "HERE AT FLEe, we take a non. ecinded all state elm wood ordinances feels the time is critical. "I believe "Everyone pats Us on the back and judgmental approach to their prob- in 1972. And with !'he e~epllon of we'll probably fold within the next tells us to continue the good work, lems. We explain things to them. If Grosse Polnte Woods, none of the month," he said. "As uSual, the prob- but no one wants to help. In com- they're going to be sexually active, Pointes requires citizens to prepare, lem is money. We've got a payroll of munities this affluent, that's difficult we tell them what can ha,ppen." elm wood in any special way before $1.500 due tbis week, and we've only to believe." using it as firewood. got $1,000 in cash. Our monthly FLEe currently utilizes three paid building costs are $1,000 plus we're "Perhaps Pointers feel this type of The Woods requires that any part help isn't needed here," he said. (conUDAled on Page GA) of a diseased elm must be debarked $6,000 behind in mortgage payments. and the bark disposed of if the wood We made our last payment three ~;X-~ months ago. Something has to give. is to remain on the premises for "':"~~;- :~~._~--..;, ~~.. longer than 72 .hours. Our creditors are getting nervous, and I don't blame them." . TREE ORDINANCES in the reo Dr. Burrows believes $25,000 would maining Pointes simply refer to dU- . meet their barest expenses and save eased elms as "llublic nuisances" and Grosse Pointe dties and homeowners spend thousands of dollars the rest of the year. In an ef!ort to require homeowners to. have them each year trimming and removing diseased trees to prevent the spread of Dutch Elm Disease. lODS of beetle.infested wood, however, Is returned raise it, FLEe plans a final "last removed or else pay a fine. The cities ditch" fund raising drive to begin in themselves spend thousands of dollars to the community each winter, chopped up for fireplaces. each year to sPray. trim and remove a week to 10 days. diseased elm. for use as firewood by spraying or possible to enforce local ordinances "The drive will be called FLEe because so many people use firewood 66," said Dr. Burrows. "It's a plan to Lou Atkins, an inspedor with the debarking, Atkins says he doubts -and most ,people can't identify the get people to donate $1 for every Department of Agriculture's plant in. these are useful alternatives. wood as elm wood after it's been year FLEe has been around. We dustry section, tells people who call "1 wouldn't recommend spraying cut up. were founded in 1966, so if we reach the department to see if they may ... it makes the wood undesirable 2,500 people, at $16 a person, we hope use elm wood as firewood to go ahead' Jean Rice, chairman of the Woods to burn. Most people would hesitate to raise $40,000." and use it.-with one condition. to spray the wood they are going to beautification commission, and Gerry Krag, of the Park Tree Council agree "This will be a direct, one one "I'm not telling people to go against u"e as firewood." Debarking, Atkins w that the burden lies with the home. solicitation," he continued. "No mail. their city ordinances, but if they have says, is a long, difficult, .process owner. ing will be involved. We will also elm wood, they should go ahead and which most people pro:bably would appeal once again to various founda. Photo by Tom Greenwood burn it as firewood-as long as they not want to go through. "Because of the fact that all elm The purchase of this building on Mack Avenue contributed heavily do so before spring time, when the laws were repealed by the state, we tions." Atkins says he supports the com. to FLEe's money probleDli. but the social agency's leaders say it was di~ease-carrying imecls become active must go on every local law," Rice According to Dr. Burrows, public munity in Us efforts to save the tree' necessary to meet rapidly increasing caseload after a dormant winter." p[}pulation . and advises people to says. "If you have an elm taken down, donations have dried up and fund you should not accept the diseased raising efforts have been in vain. Elm wood is valuable and a good check local ordinances before they wood, In fact, you should be damned "We spent $3,000 on a direct mai!ing wood to use as firewood, Atkins says, burn wood.