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February 2000 News The Polemic 3 Most students don't win when appealing tickets ACC the Spotlight Series Tom Knife and the ACC Jazz Ensemble Tuesday, Febuary 29, 2000 Tim Skubick Wednesday, April 26, 2000 Performances are held at The Granum Theatre and begin at 7:30 p.m. Adults $10 Students $7 ... ,. Number of Parking Spaces at VLH Trustees approve placin& DEQ air quality monitor~ By Liz Goeke Staff Writer · The DEQ will start con- struction on a concrete base for . the air monitors as soon as pos- The Alpena City Planning sibly despite the cold weather. Commision on Jan. 11 ap- The area will be no bigger than proved ,placing an air monitor thirty square feet. on Miller street near ACC's The college will be East Campus. reinbursed for any maintenarlce For the next three years, costs and any injury that may the Michigan Department of occur. Enviromental Quaility wants to When the study is com- study the air Alpena residents plete, the DEQ i~ required ·to breath to determine its quality return the site to its original and measure any pollutants. condition. Kaiser Paul towers atACC Fee increase collected . beginning this semeste~ the fees. They are .on By Kim Hartman Staff Writer He just appeared one day. He arrived on the back of a truck to fill a mysterious hole that had been dug. O~r new giant has a long and distinguished history. He started life forty years ago at a Gaylord gas station and later moved to a real estate office in Grayling. Ten years ago ACC President Dr. Donald Newport, saw Kaiser Paul holding his post and thought he would make a wonderful addition to ACC as a symbol of tli.e times with Paul's owners about the college's interest in him. When the gas station decided to sell Paul, they had other of- fers but chose ACC because they felt he would have a per- manent and meaningful home here, Newport said. De Vere Construction of By Nie Greenwod Staff Writer There are always changes taking place at ACC. The col- lege trustees voted in late 1999 to raise fees one dollar per credit. . everyone's receipts, no matter if the student has a full schol- arship or if he or she is paying out of pocket. So there is ab- solutely no student who gets out of paying these.fees. Weeks of puzzlement about the purpose of that hole were resolved as a 30-foot lum- berjack was welded into place. This new giant, Kaiser Paul, isn't really made of iron, but Kaiser automobile parts. Alpena was instrumental in college's mascot and of the placing the giant. A crew re- lumbering tradition of this area. trieved him from his old home Dr. Newport said that over and br6ught him here to the years he talked several 'Alpena to be sandblasted, re- These fees are not included with the regular tuition, but added on to a student's bill based on the number of credit hours each -semester. The fees fund such things as registra- tion, student services and fa- The increcj.sed fee equals.to . is one dollar per credit hour. To graduate from ACC you hctve to have sixty credit hours. S~ the added fee per graduating student is sixty dollars over the course of their degree. · Your Total Printing Professionals ED KLIMCZAK Owner MOBIi PIIINIINCi 5111~1(1 829 W. CHISHOLM ALPENA, Ml 49707 e-mail: model@freeway.net · www.modelprlnlingservlca.com PHONE: (517) 356-0834 FAX: (517) 356-2123 FARGE Alpena Plant MATERIALS FOR BUILDING OUR WORLD paired and painted by Wilbert Sandblasting Co. It took the efforts of many over the last year and a half to prepare Paul for his new job. According to Carlene J>rzykucki, 'ACC's director of public information, the coordi- nation of this long-term project was accomplished by Mike Crick, special project director, One ACC student said, "( didn't even know about the cilities maintenance. new rise in fees ." Most stu- All students have to pay · dents responded the same way:: with help from Rich Currentlythegiantdoesri't ' Grochowski, crafter of Kaiser have an .official name but that · Paul 's ax. These men were as- sisted in their efforts by IXL, Inc.; the Hamilton Family; L&S Transit Mi:ic; Thompson Sales and Service; and Three Rivers Construction. may be in the works. Accora~ - ing to Dr. Newport more fin- · ishing touches will include re"al · logs for Paul to "chop" and out- door spot lights so he can be · seen clearly at night. \ · ' · . ,, . ,• ·LOOKING FOR GREAT FOOD ... T, I , Look no further than Alpena Community College Convenience ... Gre~t Buy ... Meal Deals? For The Lumberjack Shack & Jeanne's Soup & Such Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Jeanne's is also open Mon. - Thur. 4:25 - 6:14 p.m. Closed when classes are not held Looking 'for a convenient way to eat without carryi~g cash? Ask about our FREE LUNCH CARDS Cards may be purchased in The Lumberjack Shack, Jeanne's Soup & Such, and the ACC Bookstore. cos"------7 $25 .00 with $28.00 L .-. ~orth of valu~ _J Jeanne's Soup & Such Menu (located in Van lare Hall) -Limited menu- • Beverages • Muffins • Bagels •Sandwiches (hot & cold) •Soup •Nachos • Pizza •· Snack Items