The Michigan Daily-Friday, October 15, 1982-Page 11 AATU determined to survive By BETH ALLEN Struggling to survive in the face of serious financial setbacks, leaders of the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union say theiy e down but definitely not out. The financial crunch has forced the student housing group to make deep cutbacks in its organization, including letting go its salaried director and several work/study staff members. DALE COHEN, the group's director, said its financial problems stem from the fact that office expenses in past years have outstripped the group's revenues from donations and student overnment allocations. But members of the Tenants' Union, which is devoted to promoting the rights of student tenants, say they are determined to see that their cause sur- vives despite the cutbacks. Cohen, who will lose his job after already working without pay because of the cutbacks, emphasized that, "We're not going to fold." In fact, members are looking on the bright side. Instead of lamenting that the cutbacks have cost the jobs of several counselors, requiring that counseling services be sharply cur- tailed, members say it's really all for the best. They point out that the reduc- tion in hours will give new staff mem- bers more time to study under ex- perienced counselors before striking out on their own. THE CUTBACKS have forced the union to eliminate all counseling over the telephone, said, Program Director Maureen Delp, who will be the union's only paid staff member in charge of training new workers. Besides Delp, about 25 regular volunteers and bet- ween 10 and 20 "casual volunteers"staff the union, Cohen said. In spite of the worries about cut- backs, Tenants' Union leaders are still talking about the possibility of expan- sion. Cohen said the union is creating a new board of directors to bring a more diverse, community-oriented element into the organization. The group also plans to rewrite its bylaws and reorganize its bookkeeping procedures in order to qualify for federal grants. The Tenants' Union would like to rebuild its budget with grants from the federally-funded Ann Arbor Com- munity Development Office, Cohen said. But, to qualify, the group must be non-profit, prohibiting it from taking part in political lobbying, which was its original purpose. Therefore, Cohen said, the group may split into two units. One, funded with the federal grants, would be concerned only with counseling and educating tenants. The other would continue to lobby in Lansing for tenant legislation. Apartment robbed A woman's apartment on the 200 block of N. Ingalls was robbed re- cently. The victim awoke to find a man standing in her hallway. He im- mediately fled through the window t.hrough which he entered the apar- tment, taking with him a purse and a gold ring valued at $405. kinko-s copies WE HAVE FIVE SELF SERVICE MACHINES 4 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 540 E. Liberty St.-761-4539 Corner of Maynard & Liberty oins ' CODi9 kinko#' scopies Read and Use Daily Classifieds MS Il I Citizens rescue, renew Michigan Theatre y HALLE CZECHOWSKI The Grande Old Dame of Ann Arbor theatre will receive a $1.7 million facelift this fall, with work scheduled to, begin in a few weeks. Renovation of the 52-year-old Michigan Theatre is the result of sustained citizen efforts to save the building, which culminated last April with the passage of a $200,000 municipal bond to finance initial repairs. THE MICHIGAN Community Theatre Foundation (MCTF) is now working on a Capital Fund Drive tb raise the $1.5 million needed to finish the project. The theatre, built in 1928 as a vaudeville house, has been rented in recent years by Butterfield Enterprises for showing movies. When the chain announced plans to give up the lease and destroy the building, the City of, Polish rioting clais victllm (Continued from Page 1) officials, Interpress said. THE NEW unrest followed riots and Strikes in Gdansk Monday and Tuesday and street protests Wednesday in Wroclaw and Nowa Huta. The government reported 148 arrests in Gdansk and 170 in Wroclaw. Blaming the Solidarity underground for the strikes and riots, the Communist Party daily Trybuna Ludu said yester- day that such actions could "extend, contrary to the government's inten- tions, the period of extraordinary measures." - 0 Poland's martial law chief and Communist Party leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, said after Parliament outlawed Solidarity Friday that protests had slowed the gover- nment's plan to lift military rule by the end of this year but not "crossed it out." NONETHELESS, leaflets circulated yesterday by underground Solidarity leaders said plants with more than 2,000 workers in Warsaw should begin work *stoppages in sympathy with the Gdansk shipyards workers. Ann Arbor bought the theatre. The city set up a plan with MCTF, allowing the group to lease the theatre from it.for 15 years. MCTF eventually will buy it, using box office#revenue, private donations, and part of the money already paid to the city as rent. IN ADDITION MCTF decided to restore the theatre to -its original 1928 appearance. CityrCouncil decided to help by placing the $200,000 bond issue on last April's ballot. "City administration drafted the legislation and came up with the $200,000 figure by themselves," said Lonnie Loy, chairman of MCTF's Board of Trustees. The bond will only pay for the first phase of the renovations which will bring the theatre up to current city building codes. The work will include repairing the wiring, railings, exits, handicap restrictions, and the heating system, said Elwood Holman, chairman of MC- TF's restoration committee. "Basically it's $200,000 worth of stuff that no one is ever going to see," Loy added. THE SECOND phase of renovations, costing about $1.5 million, will make changes in the physical appearance of the building. The theatre will have the look of 1928, but with "state of the art" technology, Holman said. These renovations include moder- nizing the dressing rooms, making the stage more versatile, and returning the lobby to its original appearance by hand- painting the ceiling, shining the brass, and installing new carpeting. Holman said he couldn't give a definite completion date. "I'd love to have it all put together and ready to go by 1984, but that's being a little op- timistic," he said. A. J. MENLOVE and Associates, a professional fund raising company, will solicit donations from private firms and individuals for the'theatre's fund drive to cover these renovations. So far, "there has not been a significant amount of money raised," according to Bruce Amrine, MCTF treasurer, and a majority of it has come from trustee member donations. 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