One hundred and one years of editorial freedom 'U' bus cuts corner, leads to leg injury by Hope Calati Daily Staff Reporter A 15-year-old girl's leg was injuredasaUniversity bus veered onto the sidewalk of South Uni- versityatChurchStreetMonday afternoon. Tiffany Hopkins of Canton Township is in fair condition in the surgical intensive unit of University Hospitals. Ahospital spokesperson wouldnotrelease any further information. Investigating Officer Mike Van Dam of the Ann Arbor Po- liceDepartmentsaidBrianSmith ofYpsilantiwas driving the bus. Smith is a trainee driver, Van Dam said. Hopkins was sitting on a planter in front of the S. Univer- sity Stucchi's when the bus turnedrightfromChurchontoS. University, Van Dam said. Thecenter of therightside of the bus hit a concrete trash re- ceptacle which scraped against the planter. Hopkins' leg was pinched between the receptacle and the planter. Officer Van Dam said both theleftturnlaneonChurchStreet and the through lane on S. Uni- versity Avenue were occupied by cars. "There was not enough room to make the turn," he said. Officer Thomas Kemp said Hopkins' left leg was severely injured. Transportation Services would not release any informa- tion regarding Smith's driving record or history in the depart- ment. Transportation Services Manager PatCunninghamwould only say that an investigation into the accident would be un- dertaken. Splash employee Mark Ter Haar witnessed the accident. "I heard a big crash," Ter Haar said. "She was screaming, Somebody helpme. Somebody helpme... Ican't feel my leg."' Stucchi's manager Dave Goulet heard about the accident from a customer in the ice cream shop. Goulet saidhe grabbedsome clean rags and walked outside. "The garbage can had pinched her leg," he said. "It kind of peeled her skin back." Hopkins' jeans were ripped Geake wins primary A by Josh Dubow and Jeff Williams Daily Staff Reporters CANTON-StateSen.Rob- ert Geake won a surprisingly convincing victory in the 13th Congressionaldistrictlastnight. Geake defeated five candi- dates for the nomination, includ- ing University Professor Raymond Tanter, who was Geake'sclosestchallenger. The other candidates included Burl Adkins, Glen Kassel, Herbert Scott, and William Steele. Geake will go on to chal- lengeincumbentDemocratWil- liamFordin theNovemberelec- tion. MOLLY STEVENS/alth"We expected to win from acident, the corner of S. te beginning. I had experience asanelectedofficialandwasthe Street. only one who had roots in ing and shortly after the acci- Washtenaw and Wayne Coun- dent, Goulet said. He saw her ties," Geake said. turn pale, scream, and then she Tanter refused to comment was silent. to a Daily reporter on his strat- DepartmentofPublicSafety egy for the fall campaign. Director Leo Heatley said that Geake has served in state traffic was stalled for about a government for 20 years and is halfanhour while medicalstaff vice chair of the Senate Appro- moved Hopkins. priations Committee. See CONGRESs, Page 2 Sciences proposal The site of Monday's bloody a University Avenue and Church open, Goulet said. The skin oni the front of her leg was peeled away fromaboveherknee tojust above her ankle. He said he saw the exposed bone and the at- tached calf muscle. I A Stucchi'scustomer applied a tourniquet to Hopkins' leg.I Hopkins was conscious dur- City council says no to Gelman by Henry Goldblatt Daily Staff Reporter The Ann Arbor City Council rejected a proposal Monday which would have ended a five-year legal battle between the State of Michigan and Gelman Sciences Inc. (GSI) over the clean up of contaminated groundwater. The resolution, defeated 4-4, would have allowed GSItouse the Ann Arborsanitary sewer system tocarry groundwater contaminated with the chemical l,4Diox- ane into the Huron River. In exchange, GSI would sell the city 9.5 acres of land in Scio Township which the city would convert into a softball park. More than 50 people, most of whom were GSI employees, arrived to the meeting early to sign up to address thecouncil during public hearings timeurging the passage of the agreement drawn up by councilmembers Bob Eckstein (D-5th Ward) and Kirk Dodge (R-2nd Ward). "The time has come to get off the fence. Even if Gelman is closed down this mess is going to be here," said six-year Gelman Sciences employee Cathyi Jorgensen. "I don't like the deal, but I'm willing to pay $700,000," said GSI President Charles Gelman. "I' don't feel the city is entitled to force us into the sanitary quick solution. sewer instead of storm sewers," he said. "I think a final vote needs to be taken. If we vote Some councilmembers said they were disappointed against it there are two possibilities. Number one we get with the resolution's rejection and called the mayor's taken to courtandnumber twothe DNR(Departmentof vote against ita political move. NaturalResources)takesover,"Zimmersaid. "It'sbeen "The mayor has blocked every effort thusfar for on the council's table for almost a year. I have no idea clean up. If she will state what she is willing to support how long it will take once the state government is that will help. Absent that, I share the frustration and involved," he added. disappointment of those who want a clean up already But Brater added that she would be willing to work expressed," Dodge said. with the DNR to remedy the situation, "The city should However, Mayor Liz Brater called the proposed not be put in a position of regulator. The DNR has that agreement "premature." role and I would like the DNR to assume that role." "It's a question of whether this is a clean up or a Zimmer alsoadvocated spending themoney toclean pump-and-dump. I think it's a pump-and-dump," she up the core of the contamination rather than the plume, said. "I'm not in favor of the city entering into any which is currently spreading at a rate of more than one agreement to allow GSI to use our storm sewer or footperday. Environmentalistspredicttheplumecould sanitary sewer for contaminated groundwater," Brater reach the Huron River in approximately 17 to 204years. added. Brater proposed a counter-resolution banning the Kurt Zimmer (D-4th Ward), who supported the use of the Allen Creek Drain for disposal of the chemi- resolution, argued the groundwater would be more cal. However, this resolution was defeated, receiving diluted than substances such as Tide laundry detergent support from only Brater and Thais Peterson (D-5th which the Food and Drug Administration permits into Ward). drainsystems. "We'retalkingaboutphenomenallylow Dodgecalledanear-termsolution"notlikely- not rates," he said. based on the word of Peterson and Brater last night. Councilmembers said they were skeptical about a They don't seem interested in a solution."