Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, June 5, 1985 Council okays sidewalk changes IN BRIEF From United Press International By SUSAN GRANT In an attempt to connect Kerrytown with Main, Liberty and State streets, the Ann Arbor City Council unanimously passed a plan to widen sidewalks and install lights along Fourth Avenue. The Downtown Development Authority, which proposed the plan, hopes the improvements will generate pedestrian activity. "WITH THESE improvements,a person in one area of town can walk to other areas in an attractive, safe en- vironment," said John Swisher, a member of the Down- town Development Authority. The improvements will he made along Fourth Avenue between Liberty and Catherine streets. Originally the improvements were going to be made all the way to Kerrytown, but council member Larry Hunter said that improvements should stop at Urban Sculpture Park - about 100 yards short of Kerrytown - because the park is already popular. HUNTER SAID that people are using the park now and the council should proceed carefully before approving plans. "If it ain't broken, dont fix it," he said late Monday night before the council approved the plan. If the Downtown Development Authority comes back to the council with a more detailed plan, Hunter said the council would consider extending the improvements all the way to Kerrytown. But Swisher said he would rather put the money into other parts of the improvement plan. Construction will not start on either Liberty Street or Fourth Avenue until after the Art Fair in late July, Swisher said. "We hope to finish before the snow flies this winter," he said. Long term resident program aids teens (Continued from Page 1) problems.CI was dependent. I didn't accept it un- and see things in yourself that you JON, FOR example, had par- til now." never saw before," he said. ticipated in four other dependency All residents, prior to their admit- DURING THE afternoon, daily programs before his arrival at Alpha tance, are required to have suc- special treatment seminars are House. cessfully completed a short-term scheduled to focus on issues that all On the wall of the Alpha House con- dependency program. Referrals to adolescents must face. The sexuality, ference room hangs a sign that reads the house can be made by family social, and community seminars deal "Sobriety is a Life and Death Issue." members, school staff, employers, with an individual's personal values, These youths have chosen to live by physicians, the courts, or by the in- pressures and feelings. following the Alcoholics Anonymous dividual. "The uniqueness about Alpha House road to recovery. The AA12-step self- "These adolescents do not need the compared to an adult treatment cen- help and spiritual recovery program intensity of a hospital center. Lesser ter is that it also has to work with begins with admittance. restrictions are placed on them," adolescents who are all going through Prior to their arrival, the Carolan said. Although their day is an identity crisis," Edwards said. adolescents have been denying their structured-filled with various group Every night residents attend disease, according to Edwards. counseling-Alpha House is set up Alcoholic Anonymous meetings, and "Before coming to Alpha House and with a homey atmosphere. community members come to the taking the first step (in the AA The house has four bedroom suites, meetings inside the Alpha House. program), everyone else had taken each furnished with its own bathroom. The aftercare program extends the responsibility for the teens...their Newly modeled bunk beds, matching recovery and well-being of the youths. parents, friends and teachers," wooden desks, and plants are fur- For two years, former residents and Carolan said. nished for every room. Each resident their families will be involved in MICKEY, a 17-year-old resident, has daily chores like making beds and group therapy and progress said, "It was a big step, my admitting doing the wash. monitoring. The teens also see a family member THE RESIDENTS and program one night a week for direct family graduates are also involved in com- Course Syllabus therapy-an important part of the munity programs and volunteer ser- PAD -101 Alpha House program. At this time vice projects that are designed to Course Topic- the adults and teens take part in coun- allow the teens to 'renew themselves C r e To seling sessions and intensive family as worthwhile members of the com- How to live comfortably and evaluations. In addition, three hours munity," according to a program affordably ona college on Sunday are reserved for visiting description sheet. budget.. time. The idea to form Alpha House began Offered Dates: A certified teacher provided by the over two years ago when 16 com- Full season with a few Ann Arbor Public School System and munity members and mothers of openings for our the Washtenaw Intermediate School alcoholic and drug dependent summer session. District conducts three hours of math, adolescents sought funding for the Instructor: English, and history for the youths project. Several were staff members each day. at the Catherine McAuley Health Cen- Randy Pickut "Most of the adolescents have had ter, and the funding was raised from 665-21g4 difficulty in school," Edwards said. donations by members of the com- Office Hours: Because of this, the schooling function munity through a 1983-84 campaign. 0:30-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. on a special education basis. The last The cost for a resident's stay at (Mr. Pickeutis available for six to eight weeks of their stay in Alpha House is approximately $100 a tuongbyappt.) Alpha House, the teens will attend day. "However, we work with the Course Material: school at Pioneer High School. parents and have a sliding scale fee," The Tiffany: 736 Packard, "The purpose of this is to gradually Edwards said. A scholarship fund by The Colony: 731 Packard, allow the adolescent to get back into the Catherine McAuley Health Center The Madison: the outside world and community is available to those families who 316 E. Madison again," Edwards said. One of the could otherwise not afford the fee. youths will have received his diploma Course Objectives: by the time his stay at Alpha House is THE SUCCESS rate for the residen- You will learn in this course complete. its will not be measured primarily on through your extensive and A LARGE portion of the day, which whether or not the adolescent is comprehensive first hand begins at 6 a.m., consists of group chemically dependent any more, ac- lab work just how easy it counseling among the adolescent's cording to Carolan. He cited con- is to live close to campus peers and is facilitated by a staff tinuous sobriety, an increase in ac- in comfortable and member. ceptable behavior at home and school, affordable surroundings. "In a longer term program such as and a decrease in time spent in jail as The offered material will this, we do not have to push to get the indications of success. demonstrate to the student kids to talk," said staff member "The quality of life is what is impor- the convenience of its Sheila Ritter. tant. We ask, 'Has the teen's life and efficiency, 1 and 2 bedroom Fifteen-year-old Niev was the first their families lives improved?"' apartments. resident to walk through the doors of Carolan said Fees: Alpha House with his suitcases Unity, friendship, and support are Less than you'd expect. packed with enough clothes to last some of the effects Alpha House has half a year. "Group is important. It already had on the teens. "It is like a helps you work out your own feelings family here," Mickey said. Hotel strike continues NEW YORK-The powerful Teamsters union threw its support behind striking hotel workers Tuesday, saying it would not cross picket lines to pick up garbage or deliver food at 45 hotels affected by a raucous four-day walkout. Meanwhile, the president of the hotel workers union, Vito Pitta, said he did not think any progress would come from a new round of talks with a state mediator aimed at ending the increasingly bitter and violent dispute over wages and givebacks. The strike by workers ranging from bellhops to bartenders, which could cost the city millions in tourist and business trade at the start of the summer rush, is the first in the 46-year history of the AFL-CIO Hotel and Motel Trade Council. Reporter sentenced to jail over sources BOSTON-Television reporter Susan Wornick was found in con- tempt of court and sentenced to three months in jail yesterday for refusing to name a news source who told her he saw police looting a Revere drugstore. Superior Court Judge James Donohue called Wonick's refusal to reveal the source a "clear obstruc- tion of justice" and sentenced her to jail until she either changes her mind or a grand jury closes its in- vestigation of the case. State Appeals Court Judge Donald Grant refused to stay the sentence, saying state law does not protect reporters in such cases, and attorneys for Wornick, who remained free during the appeals process, immediately appealed to the state Supreme Judicial Court. Old age begins at 75 NEW YORK-Gains in longevity give 65-year-olds a "10 year grace period" and the old age starting gate is now 75, the president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association said yesterday. "Yet the image in our minds evoked by 'age 65,' is still adorned with canes and hearing aids and little old ladies in tennis shoes, even as we are jostled on the streets and in the stores by energetic, vigorous men and women in a hurry-at age 75," Bernard Tesnowski said in a report on aging. Custody fight ends in tragedy GREENSBORO, N.C.-A fight for custody of two children triggered a reign of terror that killed nine members of two prominentsfamilies-including the youngsters-before ending when a van blew up in a police chase, authorities said yesterday. "A lot of people do a lot of things that don't make sense, but what happened to those kids is a really tragic ending," Greensboro police officer R.L. Bunton said. Police said Frederick "Fritz" Klenner, 32, was wanted for killing five people in two states to prevent them from testifying in an impending custody case over the children of his first cousin, Susie Newsom Lynch, 39. Monday, when police surprised the couple at their apartment, Klenner sprayed officers, with machine-gun fire and sped away in his explosives-packed van with Lynch and her children, John 10, and Jim, 9. Moment of silence approved by Court WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday refused to lift its 23-year-ban on state-sponsored prayer in public schools, but gave its blessing to state laws calling for a simple "moment of silence" when students may pray quietly. In the first high court test of such laws, the justices, on a 6-3 vote, upheld a lower court ruling that an Alabama law mandating a moment of silence:for meditation or voluntary prayer is uncon- stitutional. Vol. XCV - No. 12-S The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Tuesday through Sunday during the fall and winter terms and Tuesday through Saturday during the spring and summer terms by students at The University of Michigan. Subscription rates: September through April - $35 outside the city; May through August - $8.00 in Ann Arbor, $15.50 outside the city. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 45109. 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