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Page 4 Page 3 NEWS Friday, October 25, 1996 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 83, Issue 185 The News' Tipper's cool City tables plan, Briefs awaits decision Don't forget to turn back your clock Clocks need to be turned on redistricting back on Oct. 27 at 2 a.m. Jay Young Klein takes new po- The BG News "We're waiting now sition at The New The Bowling Green City Coun- for a decision to come Yorker cil has tabled a redistricting pro- posal as they appeal a decision back from the court, NEW YORK - Joe Klein, the formerly anonymous made last year declaring the cur- and that could take author of "Primary Colors," rent one unconstitutional. years. It is time that, will Join The New Yorker in Student Legal Service won a December, the magazine case against the city last fall it be resolved. It is announced Thursday. when a U.S. magistrate judge ridiculous that we Klein, SO, will leave his ordered the city to develop a plan job as political reporter and to change the way citizens are have dragged it on columnist for Newsweek to represented on City Council. this long." write The New Yorker's The city currently uses a four- "Letter from Washington" ward system. The University, column, said editor Tina which is located in Ward One, is Sarah Ogdahl Brown. He replaces Michael Ke- home to 45 percent of Bowling Ward One councilwoman lly, who is taking over edi- Green's population, according to torship of The New Repub- the 1990 census. Wards two lic. through four contain 22.3, 12.4 Sarah Ogdahl, Ward One coun- "Joe Klein is a superb re- and 20.3 percent of the popula- cilwoman, said Census data porter and analyst, as he tion, respectively. should be used instead to make proved at Newsweek, and a Student Legal Services argued, sure everyone is represented. real writer, as he proved and the court agreed, the system "Personally, I think using reg- with 'Primary Colors.' is unfair to students. istered voter numbers is wrong," That"s a combination you The city appealed the decision don't often come across," Ogdahl said. "I just can't get Brown said. in federal district court, but it anyone else on Council to agree Klein had emphatically was upheld. The city is appealing that we need to redistrict using denied being "Anonymous," that decision to the United States Census numbers." Ogdahl called the author of the fictional 6th District Court of Appeals in for an executive session after behind-the-scenes tale of Cincinnati. The court of appeals Monday's Council meeting to the 1992 presidential pri- has agreed to take the case and discuss the current plan. After maries that many specu- both parties are in the process of the session, she said she has no lated was written by filing briefs. hope a new plan will be put in someone inside the Clinton The appeal Is based on the ci- place without a court order. administration. ty's original argument, according "We're waiting now for a de- He owned up to his work Tht AiaacUted PRH only after The Washington to City Attorney Mike Marsh. In cision to come back from the Eight-month-old Stour Ross wears his "Keep our country chipper ... vote for Al and Tipper" hat for the past, the city has claimed the court, and that could take years," Post identified him through while riding on his mother's, Shawns Ross,' shoulder In Michigan during Tipper Gore's tour. handwriting analysis, and current system is easy for citi- Ogdahl said. "It is time that it be fellow journalists were out- zens to understand and allows for resolved. It is ridiculous that we raged by his elaborate den- better auxiliary services. have dragged it on this long." ials. Rodney Fleming, SLS manag- The next appeal in the case Klein took a brief leave Debate will address religion ing attorney, said he feels the would be to the Supreme Court. from Newsweek and re- magistrate's decision will be Fleming said there is a possi- signed his consultant posi- Dawn Keller "I really enjoy coming to cam- is no way to disprove it either," upheld in this second appeal. bility of the case reaching the tion with CBS News in July, The BC News puses and interacting with stu- Homer said. "You can prove with "I'm confident that the de- high court. apologizing for any trouble dents," he said. a high degree of probability that cision will be upheld in appeal," bis lies caused the network. "I think it has a chance. I don't A Christian philosopher will be Homer will debate philosophy God exists." Fleming said. "At the same time, think it has a good chance," Klein had received a at the University next week to professor Loren Lomasky in the Homer said he wants people to National Head]iner Award they have apparently come up Fleming said. "I don't believe discuss the existence of God, if Union ballroom Oct. 28 at 7:30 know they do not have to be anti- in 1994 for his Newsweek with a plan that they feel is that the issues are unique enough column, "Public Lives." there is one true religion and safe p.m. about the existence of God. intellectual to believe in Chris- within the constitutional limits." that the Supreme Court would Prom 1987 to 1992, he was a sex. Homer said he will give evi- tianity. At the same time. City Council want to take it. If the court of ap- political columnist at New Michael Homer, who has lec- dence that it is highly probable "You don't have to toss your has tabled a proposal that would peals were to overrule the other York magazine. tured at 13 American universi- that God exists. brains out the window to believe place 3,910,4,043, 3,758 and 4,049 two judges, it would be more He has written articles ties, said he wants to discuss the "There is no absolute certain registered voters in wards 1-4, likely that the Supreme Court and book reviews for The issues with the community. proof that he does exist, but there See RELIGION, page three. respectively. would take it." New Republic, The New York Times, The Washing- ton Post, Life and Rolling Stone, and authored two nonfiction books, "Payback: New BG golf course under development Five Marines After Viet- nam" and "Woody Guthrie: Jack Buehrer Ground was broken in August has been in the works for some two other projects in the works, bit of inventory already. Ob- A Life." The BG News for Stone Ridge Golf Club, which time. CEO Duane Ankney has high viously that pleases us a great will be located at the intersection "The original developers were hopes for his newest develop- deal." Company recalls The city of Bowling Green will of Bowling Green West and Win- from Bowling Green, and they ment. According to Wilczynski and be the site of a new $13 million tercrest Roads. The housing came up with the idea for a golf "We have three major com- Ankney, over 50 percent of the lead-filled buckets golf course and housing commu- community consists of 282 course in the late 1980s," Wilc- munities under construction at single-family lots and 75 percent nity currrently being developed single-family homes and 92 villa zynski said. "They ran into stone of the villa lots have already been CINCINNATI - A Cincin- the present time," he said. "Right nati company is recalling by the Toledo-based Cavalear sites, while the golf facility will walls in the development and now, Stone Oak Country Club in sold. Most of the single-family nearly 12,000 plastic Hal- Reality Company. include a par-72, 18-hole cham- presented [Cavalear] with this in Toledo is near completion, and homesites will overlook fair- loween candy buckets be- Cavalear has teamed up with pionship course, a driving range early 1996. We came in with the The Quarry in Monclova Town- ways, greens and lakes on the cause the paint used on Arthur Hills, one of America's and a pro shop with a bar and intentions of building a golf ship is almost a third of the way golf course, while the villa sites them has lead in it. most respected golf course de- grill on the first level. Bill Wilc- course as well as a housing de- done. Even though we've just will be located in four separate The palls look like jack-o- signers - and fellow Toledoan - zynski, Cavalear sales manager velopment." started with Stone Ridge, the ex- clusters in the community.