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VOLUME FCUR ISSUES FOURTEEN & FIFTEEN CAMPUS UPDATE Alpena Community College, Alpena, Ml APRIL 21, 1982 Four Removed From School Board by Michael A. Trego Four Alpena Public School Board members made history Tuesday, April 6th, as they were ousted from office. For the first time in Alpena County a sucessful recall campaign was“ mounted and voters expelled elected officials. With a turnout of approximately 50-55% of the eligible voters, school district residents voiced their discontent at the polls, re- calling School Board President James Arbuckle; Vice-President Pat- es itz Ralph Diemeln Four city precincts out of six voted against the recall, while the PERE woied over: appoint interim school board offic: ials to serve’ until a eh takes place. _According 2 int ; Secretary to the Govern- “ol Bev Sarrar, Governor Milliken will not consider appointing interim school board members until the re- maining school board members have submitted a foimal notice of recall and a request for the appointments. — : On April 15, the first school bo- ard meeting since the recall, the three remaining school board mem- bers, Agnes Filpus, and Ken Wyres voted unanimously to request the Governor to appoint four interim school board members to the board of education. “Recommended by Frank LaBita, the school board asked both the -Concerned Citizens For Education ‘and the United Public Voice cit- izens groups to submit the names of to be for appointment. In an interview with David Werth, attorney for the School System, he stated that “‘Out of the four recall elections the state has previously had, only one time has the Governor made the appointments, when all but one board member was recalled in Cadillac, and by special request. All other times he has refused. It’s a political mess. . . there are a lot election. Ron Walters © of unanswered questions.’” If the Governor refuses to exer- cise the power to appoint interim officials, Werth said that no one else. can make. the appointments. “The remaining minority would continue, which brings up a ques- tion of authority. Municipal. court holds that three (board members) does not make a quorum.” When asked if this could be contested in a court of law, Werth replied, ‘‘These days you can sue over most any- thing. | don’t think it would be successful. A school board is a crea- ture of Attorney General Frank Kelly has advised that if the Governor ~ does not appoint an interim board, the remaining school board mem- bers should continue in a custodial Capacity until the special election.~ Interviewing’ Mike Shore, Adminis- trative Aid to the Attorney General, he stated that “The law is unclear in this case. If the school board has contracted obligations they may vote to pay them, etc.’” hore went on to say that it’s a grey area. "The Governor may find it a po! tically sensitive area during Our defense would be that®a a auc rum is a THJONCY. of those seated and. SoD Bookstore Manager Leaving by Joel Reeves Jacklyn. Kaiser, manager of the ACC bookstore, will soon be leav- ing the college to take on a new re: sponsibility as manager of a book- store in Decatur, Illinois. Mrs. Kaiser, who has worked at ACC for three years, one year as an accounts payable clerk and two years as the bookstore manager, says she is “really going to miss Alpena” and wishes to ‘thank , and. that~ board ‘were 15 ries policy changes pes more not have a lot of a 1 everyone for the peration they R. ‘if the Shore also added that “’Tech- nically a minority does not qualify as a quorum. However, we may interpret the law and advise, not make the law.”” When asked to clarify the limita- tions of a custodial capacity at the April 15th board meeting, Werth replied that “This board decides the limitations of a caretaker position. However, if we go overboard we may find ourselves in litigations.’” According to the Alpena County Clerk’s office, a special election to fill vacancies or replace interim board members will be hetd'in con- ‘junction with the August third primary election. erie Weddington Speaks at ACC by Cindy Robinette A rapt and. attentive audience of approximately 75 people attend- ed the second lecture of the Phil Park Chair of Eminent Lectures Series at ACC’s NRC room 150 last Friday night. Sarah Weddington, lawyer, legislator, syndicated columnist, and past presidential aide to former Pres- ident Jimmy Carter, was guest speaker. Ms. Weddington added humor to the often dry. subject of politics by relating personal incidents, and stories often not known by the public. The speech covered a _humber of topics from, have given” her. Both the Besser Tech. and Van Lare personnel took Mrs. Kaiser out to lunch and presented her with a going away present. As one person said, “we are giving her this present because she’s our friend asta! of just as a manager.” Upon Mrs. Kaiser’s aesnntre: Roxie Aubry and Mike Vought will take over her duties as co-managers. F to her experience in the Carter administration, and was - followed by a question and answers session at which time she answered a number of various questions ‘directly. A wine and cheese recep-— tion’ following gave the public a further chance to ask questions = personally. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 ORG h ice A ce Ce, lt Ae a 7 ve ee ER Se