8-B-Friday, September 7, 1979-The Michigan Daily VillageKroger? Village Corner gets face lift; reaction to renovations mixed By AMY SALTZMAN Remember what it was like to wind your way through the maze-like aisles of Village Corner-Ann Arbor's favorite general store on the corner of South University and Forest Streets? As you squirmed between the canned soup and cake mix shelf and the tuna fish and potato chip shelf, your down jacket would casually brush up against an innocent bag of Frito-Lays, ac- cidentally knocking it to the cracked, dusty wooden floor. YOU WOULDN'T bother to pick it up, because, after all, it was only V.C., and sloppiness and clutter were what gave V.C. character. Remember hard because the cram- ped and slightly decrepit Village Cor- ner has been expanded and renovated. Slick brown tile now covers the dilapidated wooden floors. The cake mix, flour, cereal, and soup are now lined up on neat, organized white shelves. A fresh, colorful mural depic- ting a train filled with familiar Hollywood faces has replaced a faded hodge-podge of "pop art" on the storefront. And an enormous selection of fine wines, displayed in a grey car- peted, elegantly lit alcove, has been ad- ded to the stores formerly modest liquor selection. Because of a lack of space, the large wine selection, like most of the other products in V.C., was previously stored in the basement. According to Schey, the expansion has simply allowed them to move those excess products upstairs. ADDITIONS STILL to come include stained glass windows and a nearly completed produce, meats, cheese, and frozen foods section. Many customers have begun to refer to the store as "Village Kroger." "The expansion has been a star in our eyes for the past four-and-a-half years," said manager Miriam Schey. "What you are seeing now is only the beginning of something that will never end." Some people, however, liked things better the old way. "I LIKED THE old place, just because it was the old place," said Roberta Herman, a student in Public, Health, adding that she didn't like the "supermarket atmosphere." Schey said reaction to the store's new look has been mixed. "Many people think this is wonderful, but others are.; bummed out and worried. It's not the A same pit that they're used to, and they think this is going to change us somehow." One such disillusioned patron was an eight-year-old boy who after his first look at the new surroundings,. remarked solemnly to the manager: "Gosh this place looks goofy. This i4 really going to change you guys' lifestyle." Schey, however, insists that nothing has really changed., "We're still the, same old slobs," she said. Daily Photo by MAUREEN O'MALLEY FEGLEY, a Village Corner employee, surveys the store's expanded selection of tine wines-one of V.C.'s many uxuries. VCCAA appeal pending; 'U' brief due (c ..ti. ed from Page 1) ' Sept. 17 > f oonr nueuIu asx E DECLARATORY judgment d April 11 by Washtenaw County uit Court Judge Ross Campbell the Regents couldsmove their ing without violating the act. mpbell's ruling was the first judicial interpretation of the Open Meetings Act. O'Brien and Motan requested that the Court of Appeals overturn Cam- pbell's ruling, award the WCCAA attor- neys' fees incurred in the proceedings, Nhippewo .SJcquetClub SPECUfiLX25 College Student Membership for a Indoor Tennis and Racquetball and dismiss the University's complaint against the WCCAA. THE BRIEF ALSO asks for the rein- statement of a counter claim made by the coaliton shortly after the Regents obtained the first order allowing them to move their meeting. According to O'Brien, the WCCAA filed a claim protesting the Board's move, which the lower court dismissed without argument. O'Brien said the counter claim, which "alleged serious violations of the Open Meetings Act and several federal and state protections," was ingored by the court. In their brief, O'Brien and Moran also contend that "if a public body changes its meeting place from the posted location-either before a meeting begins or after a meeting is convened but recessed-the meeting has been 'rescheduled' within the meaning of the act and a 'public notice' of the 'new dates, times, and places' must be posted as required by the Open Meetings Act." THE ATTORNEYS suggest, several other ways a public body can handle disruption, including recessing for less than 36 hours, clearing the meeting room, and upon reconvening at the posted location, denying admission to those persons who actually committed a breach of peace before the recess. They also suggest that in the "right situation," the Regents could declare an "emergency session" and move behind closed doors. "Although this is not an exhaustive list of the possibilities available to a public body subject to the Open Meetings Act, it does illustrate that substantially more flexibility is present than either the lower court or Appelee (the University) was willing to con- cede," the written argument states. Judge Campbell had agreed with the University's attorney "that exclusion is ... broad enough to include not only ejection or expulsion from within but also of keeping out or barring from ad- mission that which is already outside." THE ATTORNEYS for the WCCAA also allege that the lower court's definition of what constitutes a breach of peace is "both overbroad and vague and if allowed to stand violates the Fir- st Amendment of the United States Constitution . . ."1 The brief also argues that a public body may not condition admission to a public meeting upon a search for weapons, an affirmative judgment made by Campbell. 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