4 A - Thursday, November 29, 2007 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Explained FRIDAY: The Extremist The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com CZ e fic~ganviat 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL DAVID GOH Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-C47-3A 734-704-0008 siampflsoniichiirandoilyoni ohoniichigondaiiy.caen CONTACT INFORMATION A salty story These days, students are on a first-name basis with their favorite campus bar - whether it's Mitch's, Ashley's, Rick's or Charlie's. But it wasn't always this way. For more than 50 years, a bar known simply as "P-Bell" topped the list. The Pretzel Bell, which opened in 1934 after Prohibition was repealed, was an extremely popular student hot spot on the southwest corner Liberty and Fourth Ave. up until it closed in the summer of 1985. The bar was also a favorite gather- ing place for several campus groups, includingimembers of The Michigan Daily and the Men's Glee Club. On weekend nights, the Pretzel Bell hosted live music. For many years, a local blue grass band, the RFD Boys, played on most Saturday nights, usually to a full house. Now the Champion House, a Chi- nese and Japanese local restaurant, occupies the building. Although the Pretzel Bell has been closed for more then 20 years, alumni still regularly ask for directions to their one-time favorite watering hole, according to Champion House employees. While many locals and alumni remember the Pretzel Bell fondly, the campus icon also had its share of legal troubles over the years. The early 1980s marked the beginning of the Pretzel Bell's legal issues. Late in 1983 and again in mid 1984, the Pretzel Bell was closed by the Washtenaw County Health Depart- ment because of health violations. The bar closed for good when the IRS seized its assets in the summer of 1985 after owner Clint Castor Jr. failed to pay more than $110,000 in employees' withholding taxes, dat- ing back to 1982, The Detroit News reported. On April 16, 1985, the IRS auc- tioned off most of the fixtures and memorabilia of the bar, includingthe bar's lamps and namesake bell. The items grossed $208,000, according to The Ann Arbor News. Years earlier the Castor family was also the victim of kidnapping. In 1973, two men forced them- selves into the Castor home andI tied up Clint Castor Sr. and his wife, demanding money. When Castor told men all the money he had was at the restaurant, the men drove him there at gunpoint where they stole $1,500 in cash. During the ride back, Castor overheard the two men discussing whether or not to kill him. While the car was moving, he jumped out. Then he called police. The men were all eventually caught and charged. ALEX KAZICKAS NewsroomO ffice hours: Sun.:Thurs. 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The rails were ordered this summer but were delayed to insure that they would match the building's aesthetic. CRIME NOTES Colostomy bag thief nabbed WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Tuesday at about 11:15 a.m. WHAT: A man was caught stealing an unused colostomy bag from the hospital, the Department of Public Safety reported. The bag was valued at $50. Two laptops, video camera stolen WHERE: Walter E. Lay Auto- motive Lab, 1231 Beal Ave. WHEN: Tuesday at about 11:30 a.m. WHAT: Two laptops and a digi- tal video camera were reported stolen from a locked office, DPS reported. The computers, which were stolen sometime last week, were valued at $2,000 each. The video camera was last seen on Aug. 22, and was valued at $1,200. Police have no suspects. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Author to R1:30p.m. WHERE: The Diag discuss book, Trombone Three students career issued MIPs in West Quad WHERE: West Quad WHEN: Yesterday at about 2 a.m. WHAT: Three students were cited with minor in possession of alcohol violations, DPS reported. They were later released. Refrigerator goes on fritz WHERE: Northwood IV WHEN: Tuesday at about 4 pim. WHAT: The refrigerator in the apartment broke down some- time over the past week, DPS reported. About $200 in food was spoiled. WHAT: Writer Lawrence Weschler will discuss his latest book "Everything that Rises" as well as his career. Weschler has worked as a staff writer at The New York- er and McSweeney's. WHO: School of Art and Design WHEN: Today at S p.m. WHERE: Michigan Theater Memorial for AIDS victims WHAT: A nationwide rally to mourn those who have died from AIDS called A Day With(out) Art WHO: Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Affairs WHEN: Today at 11:30 a.m. ensemble concert WHAT: Trombone trios,- quartets and ensembles will perform. The concert is free. WHO: The University of Michigan Trombone Ensem- ble WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Britton Recital Hall, E.V. Moore Building CORRECTIONS * A caption on Page 12B of yesterday's edition of The Statement (Breakiig out of a business black hole) mis- spelled Sava Lelcaj's name. " The same caption also misidentified Lelcaj's res- taurant. Lelcaj owns Sava's Cafe on State Street. . Please report any error in the Daily to corree- tions@michigandaily.con. A Maine chapter of the NAACP has canceled its Kwanzaa celebration this year after an elderly man threatened to shoot chapter members, The Associated Press reported. 75-year-old Kend- rick Sawyer told his Veteran's Affairs doctor he planned to shoot any black person he saw attending a chapter meeting. Bam beer brewed by Dex- ter's Jolly Pumpkin Brew- ery was named one of the 50 best beers in the world by Men's Journal. 4FOR MORE, SEE THE B-SIDE Scotland spent $250,000 on its latest tourism slo- gan, The Times of Lon- don reported. After six months of reseaich, marketers settled on "Welcome to Scotland. EmmariecIHuetteman. Teresa xennelly ASSISTANT EDITORS: Kevin Bunkley. Rachel Wagner Scott Bell Managing Sports Editor bcl mi .chigandaily.cor SEIRSOT DTR: oeBsh Dan Bromwich. SPORTS N IGH T E DITORS: M ike Eisenstein. Dan Feldman, Mark Giannotto~ COUrtney Ratkowiak. Ian Robinson, Andy Reid AndrewSargus Klein ManagingArts Editor klei@michiganarily.cor ASSOCIEA RT S EDIOR S:iiomerly Cho. 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