Clinic warned to submit to audit The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, January 7, 1981-Page 7 By ELAINE RIDEOUT City Council Monday night issued an ultimatum to the Model Cities Legal Clinic, ordering the agency to release financial records or lose federal fun- ding. The Council resolution, which was approved 10-1, reinforced the city's stance taken six months ago when the legal clinic and Model Cities Health Center refused to cooperate with a city- ordered audit. OFFICIALSOF both agencies main- tain that the city has no right to conduct an audit of agency records because such a clause does not exist in a city contract. But Mayor Louis Belcher, apparently speaking for a majority on Council, in- sisted such a clause exists in federal regulations governing the agencies. Under the council's mandate, the legal clinic has until Feb. 1to surrender all financial records dating back to Sept. 1, 1979. If by that date no set- tlement has been reached, the city will solicit proposals from other legal ser- vice agencies to take over operation of the clinic, the resolution said. IF THE CITY is unable to reach a contract agreement with the legal clinic, Belcher asked the council mem- bers to bring the resolution back to the table Feb. 19. "People won't refuse an audit if they have nothing to hide," Belcher com- mented. The agencies, established under the now-defunct Model Cities program, are geared to low and moderate income families and are partially subsidized by Community Development Block Grants administered through the U.S. Depar- tment of Housing and Urban Develop- ment. Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Presents 4 B lks and yi c s by Alan Jar Lerner Adapted from George Ber Gabrial Pascal's motion pi en ng or g,..t 1i f l ywd4 Music hy Frederick Loewe rnard Shaw's play and cture 'PYGMA I.lON' Fish repellent could spell the death of 'Jaws' Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre January 7 - 10 andiJanuary 14 -17, 1981 8:00P. M. Wednesday & Thursday Tickets $5.00 - Friday & Saturday Tickets $6.00 Box Office Hours: Mon. - Tues., 12-4; Wed. - Thurs. - Fri., 12-8, Box Office 763-1085 V TORONTO (AP)-A fish that can turn aside a hungry shark in mid-snap has become the focus of the search for naturally occurring shark repellents to protect swimmers and divers, scien- tists say. The fish's repellent is so potent that sharks exposed to it in experiments can go into convulsions or even roll over belly-up on the bottom of a tank. Marine biologists told a convention of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science on Monday that natural biological substances may replace chemical shark repellents discontinued a decade ago when they, were found to be ineffective. THE SCIENTISTS, led by Bernard Zahuranec of the Office of Naval 'Research, said so far no replacement has been found. But they said there was renewed hope for a repellent made from potent biological toxins discovered in simple sea creatures over the last few years-particularly a toxin secreted by .a species of fish called the Moses sole. The Moses sole, a foot-long flatfish, inhabits the Red Sea and western In- ' dian Ocean. ITS NAME comes from a legend that the fish was flattened by being split down the middle when Moses divided the waters, said Eugenie Clark of the University of Maryland. Clark, a shark specialist, first reported in 1973 that the Moses sole could repulse sharks. In a series of tests, individual Moses sole fishes survived up to 28 hours in a tank with two captive reef white-tipped sharks despite repeated attacks. In some cases, she said, the sharks would have the fish already in their mouths before being driven away. "At the end of the experiment, you, take the fish out and it doesn't have a scratch on it, even though it's been in the jaws," she said. WHEN EXPOSED to sharks in the wild, Moses sole survived at least 10 hours before being eaten, although other bait fish were eaten quickly, she said. Scientists say the fish has a series of poison glands near its back and rear fins, which secrete a milky substance that interferes. with the shark's gills. The gill is the lung-like organ through which fish breathe. Clark said if a shark is exposed to the repellent it will go into convulsions, jerking its head from side to side, banging around the tank, swimming with its mouth open and, in some cases, rolling over belly-up on the bottom. WHEN THIS first came out, com- panies that make sun tan lotions were interested in supporting it because they thought there was a possibility a salve could be developed where you could in one tube sell a product that wouldI prevent sunburn and shark attack," she said. Interest in this quick-and-easy solution faded when it was learned that Pardaxin, the fish toxin, degrades rapidly when it is separated from the fish and stored or frozen. Eliahu Zlotkin, a biochemist at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, said it probably would be too expensive to make shark repellent from the par- daxin itself, but he said a chemical sub- stitute for Pardaxin probably could be found. Gerald Bakus at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles said a survey of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia two years ago showed that three-quarters of the soft-bodied bot- tom-dwelling invertebtates secrete toxins of some kind. NIJ.VEkSIT YMWUSICA L 8CIEY January ad February Calenda To begin the New Year; remarkable musicians in four first-time Ann Arbor appearances, followed by the return engagement of one ofAnn Arbor 's most popular chamber groups. Ilo racto (urudfierrcz, pWid.edy at1 Gutidrrez' career is marked by a notable re-engagement record with the world's leading orchestras and by continuing col- laboration with many eminent interna- tional conductors. As a recitalist he has appeared on the important concert stages in the United States, Europe, South America, Israel; and the Soviet Union. Wed., 8:30. Rackham Auditorium For his first Ann Arbor performance thirty-two- year- old Pinchas Zukerman will perform an all Brahms program. "Abso- lutely without peer among violinists" is what the London Times said of him, and "probably the best living viola player" noted Gramaphone. Recently, he has also distinguished himself as a brilliant conduc- tor, as a chamber music performer, and as a winning television personality. Tues., 8:30. Hill Auditorium Music from Marlboro hursda Jan.29 The fabulous Russian emigre pianist burst on the American music scene with her 1979-1980 tour of our major cities and drew attention to her "cyclonic virtuosity," her "imposing presence and personality," her "monumental power," and "depth of ex- pression." Since she emigrated to the United States from Soviet Russia, the thirty-nine-year-old pianist has been acclaimed as one of the most richly en- dowed pianists to come out of Russia in recent times. Sat., 8:30. Five extraordinary young musicians will perform chamber music by Beethoven, Martinu and Brahms, for another Ann Arbor debut, this time of musicians from Marlboro- that remarkable molding force for the performance of chamber music in this country. Wrote Harold Schonberg in The Neu, York Times last summer, "A community of the nost expert musicians anywhere, expanding their musical know- ledge and producing an altogether superior brand of chamber music." Thurs., 8:80. Rackham Auditorium ~1 ( nsand olist Tuesday, Jan.27 The Fourth nn Arbof 'Folk Festival, two shows Sunday January 8 Power Center 2pm Leon Redbone Margaret Christi Michael Cooney The Henrie Brothers 8pm Leon Redbone Andy Breckman Mick Moloney and Eugene O'Donnell Stan Rogers Tickets are $8.00 for one show and $13.00 for both shows and go on sale TODAY at the Michigan Union box office (11:30-5:30 M-F. Sorry, no checks accepted.), Herb David's 0xanzY~abQnohIaya, Pinnisit citurday, Fcb.7 Hill Auditorium Ji iij W a~esundxr; (Dag ConcerLn Again the Musical Society commemorates this significant month in our history with a Founders Day Concert. Donald Bryant will conduct the Festival Chorus in another major choral work, with instrumentalists from the University Symphoiny Orchestra, and soloists (to be announced). Tickets are $3.00, general admission; complimentary. upon request, for subscribers to any of the 1980-1981 series. Sun., 2:30. Hill Auditorium I ,#1 "The four men who are collectively known as the Guarneri (after the eighteenth- century Italian violin maker) have achieved one of the most glittering, durable careers in music by directing their individual virtuosity to a common cause. To music connoisseurs the Guarneri is the 'world master of chamber music"' (Time). Known well by Musical Society chamber music lovers are: Arnold Steinhardt, violinist; John Dalley, violinist and Ann Arbor na- tive; Michael Tree, violist; and David Soyer, cellist. Thurs.. -.30 Guarneri String Quartet Thursday Feb.19 V 1111 I