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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1975
OUR 96THYEAR
VOL. 83 NO. 19
Including Two Democrats!
New Commission
Takes Office
HARRISON - Two new County Commissioners - the first Democrats in the
history of the Commission - were sworn
in on January 6th.
Commissioner Tom Bradley, a Republican from District 4, was unanimously
elected as chairman, succeeding Republican Stanley Oman of District I who,
along with Republican Fred Jones of
District 6, was defeated in a bid for
re-election during the General Election
on November sth. Republican Donald
Case of District 3 was appointed chairman pro-tem,
Allan Kowalk of District 1 and Annette
Lester of District 6 - also the first woman
in the history of the Commission - were
sworn in for their two-year terms,
Other Commissioners, all Republicans
and unopposed in the General Election,
were Russell Eberhart from District 5,
George Palmer from District 2, and
Arnold Stamman from District 7.
"Clare County has been Republican,"
Bradley noted, "but so many new people
have been moving in that it's made a
difference. In past years, there hasn't
been too much Democratic opposition."
Bradley, a member of the Commission
since its inception in 1968 (when it
switched from the supervisor form of
government) will handle his first chairmanship.
"I don't think we'll have any outbreaks
from the party system," he continued.
"There's not a bit of difference."
"I'm prou-jftf4ur new Commission and
we shoul&jWork together well," Bradley
addcd,,**f*iVith the Commission appoint-
ttiwsts, it should work out real well."
Lester, disclaiming any Women's
Liberation motives, said, "I feel
government needs a better image and,
personally, I'm going to push for low-
rent housing for senior citizens."
An eight-year veteran of the political
world, she Served three years as City
Clerk and two years as Deputy Clerk in
Marine City and currently serves as
chairman of the Frost Township Zoning
Board and Planning Commission and is
also a board member of the Gare County
Governmental Employees Union.
A three-year resident of the area,
Lester, along Wilh her husband, James,
and daughters Angela, a junior in high
school, and Diane, a seventh grader,
reside at 4520 Arnold Lake Road in
Harrison.
Committee appointments, with Bradley serving as the third man on all
committees, include:
Apportionment of Taxes, Salaries,
Bonds and Insurance, and Conservation-
(Soiid Waste: Arnold Stamman and
Donald Case.
Courts St Commission on Aging,
Sheriff, Animal Shelter, Equalization,
and Building Authority-CETA: Donald
Case and Allan Kowalk.
Clerk, Social Services, Finance,
Revenue Sharing, Building Codes, and
EMTA St Recreation: George Palmer
and Arnold Stamman.
Treasurer, Road, Education, Substance Abuse, Civil Defense, and Soil
Erosion: Russell Eberhart and Annette
Lester.
Airport, Ambulance, Building &
Grounds, ECIYIPAD, and Drains: Allan
Kowalk and Russell Eberhart,
Planning, Extension, Mental Health,
Communication, and Public Relations:
Annette Lester and George Palmer.
Public Health: Russell Eberhart and
Tom Bradley,
Other appointments included Arnold
Stamman as representative to the Michigan Association of Counties and Stamman as delegate and Allan Kowalk as
alternate to Ihe Michigan Northern
Counties Association,
In other i»*ion, the Commission adopted a pilot program, initiated by Donald
Case, to rent a vehicle for transport
purposes for the Clare County Sheriff's
Department,
The car, a 1975 Torino, will be rented
from the Ford Motor Company for two
years at a cost of $3,600. Purchase price
is $4,895.
"The whole idea is to take mileage off
the patrol cars," Case stated, "and
everybody knows what problems we've
had with them. The car will be used for
transport purposes only, not for patrol-
ing."
He added that the Ford Motor Company will pay for all parts and maintenance and insurance. "All we have to
do is pay for gas and oil," he said.
"I think it's worth the investment," he
continued. Monies for the program will
be taken from Revenue Sharing funds,
the fifth entitlement period.
"It's just bound to cut down mileage on
those other cars," Case noted.
He also reminded that bids on new cars
for the Sheriff's Department will be
available at the next meeting on January
20th.
In a split decision, Commissioners
okayed an agreement between Lincoln
Township and the Clare County Sheriff's
Department, calling for an extension of
the contract - it expired on December
3lst - to supply police protection in the
township.
In the General Election, Lincoln Township upped its millage overwhelmingly
from 1 mill to Va mills for police
protection.
The only changes from the old contract
were the possibility of utilizing "one or
more" police officers instead of "one"
police officer and salary being made
subject to negotiation instead of the
$12,725 currently approved. The contract
will be worked out between the Clare
County Sheriff's Department and the
Fraternal Order of Police.
Voting for the proposal were Annette
Lester, Donald Case, Russell Eberhart,
and Allan Kowalk, while Tom Bradley,
Arnold Stamman, and George Palmer
voted negative.
County Extension Agent George MacQueen announced that he will retire on
March 1st.
"The Extension will furnish another
man for us," Bradley noted.
Commissioners also extended their
contract with the Clare County Ambulance Service. The only change, Bradley saidt is that the monies will come
from Revenue Sharing arid not from the
General Fund.
A resolution to that effect was passed:
"Be it resolved that the Clare County
Clerk pay $18,000 to Uie Clare County
Ambulance Service from Revenue Sharing, the fifth entitlement period, monies
for 1975 and payable $1,500 per month,
according to the contract."
The Department of Natural Resources
also announced that the annual snow-
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - Clare County's 1OT5-78 Board of Commissioners were sworn in
during the Commission's January 6th meeting. Members include (top row, left to right) Republican
Arnold Stamman, District?; Republican Russell Eberhart, District 5; Republican George Palmer,
District 2; Democrat Allan Kowalk, District 1; Clare County Clerk Louis Becker; and (seated, left
to right) Republican Donald Case, District 3; newly-elected Chairman Tom Bradley, a Republican,
District 4; and Democrat Annette Lester, District 6,
Bill Ulrich Re-Elected Mayor
CLARE - During action at its January
6th meeting, the Clare City Commissioners unanimously re-elected Bill Ulrich as mayor, Ulrich then re-appointed
Commissioner Chris Smith as mayor
pro-tei^
a
Ulrich, 38, hosserved as Clare's mayor
for the past 18 months, succeeding
Charles Clark who resigned.
"Our two biggest goals for the coming
year are the industrial park and the
airport," the newly-elected mayor explained. "We're still in the process of
seeking funds for those projects and
should have some news forthcoming."
A life-long resident of the area, Ulrich,
who resides at 604 Glendale, owns and
operates, along whith his brother,Dick,
.and father, Art, .two service stations.
In other action. Commissioners okayed
the purchase of five bullet-proof vests for
ihe members of the Clare Police Department, pending approval by the
officers.
The motion, originated by Commissioner O.D. Bayes, was first introduced
at the December 16th meeting. Police
Chief Elry Tice did preliminary work on
the matter, finding that Winegar's
Trading Post, 1487 S. M.-30 in Gladwin,
offered the lowest rates*. $43 for the
smaller ones and $47 for the larger ones.
Both are the lightweight models.
"They seem a bit uncomfortable in hot
weather," Tice noted. "It's a gamble.
You may never need one, but there's still
that remote chance."
Tice will question his officers and come
upwith a recommendation in a matter of
days,
"I'll talk to all the men individually
and be sure they will wear the vests," he
added.
Tim Cotter was appointed as Clare's
official representative lo serve on the
Bicentennial Committee.
City Clerk Madge Ruark also acknowledged receipt of verification from
the Clare County Board of Canvassers of
the official results of the November 5th
General Election.
"The results were held up because
many of the townships asked for recounts," she noted.
The results (the same as the unofficial
election returns) showed Bill Ulrich
(622), Robert Wallers *47l>, and Larry
Eastley r-454) as the victors in the race
for the City Commission seals.
Ulrich and Wallers will serve two-year
terms, while Eastley will serve for one
year. Following the meeting, the three
new commissioners were sworn in.
A motion by Robert Walters oti the
possibility of constructing a small chapel
at Cherry Grove Cemetery was referred
lo the Cemetery Board.
Noted Elephant Researcher Visits Parents In Harrison
HARRISON - "Africa is a wild but
beautiful country," pointed out noted
elephant researcher Dr. Harvey Croze
Jr. during a holiday visit to the home of
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Croze
Sr. of 165 E. Maple Drive in Harrison.
Since 1972, Croze has been a professor
of animal behavior and ecology at the
University of Nairobi in Kenya, a country
of 12,000.000 (roughly the size of Texas)
on the eastern coast of Africa.
Croze, 32. lectures to nearly 150 zoology
students at the university and supervises
the research of 10 graduate students.
"It's a nice place to live, a nice way of
life." he added.
Croze specializes in the study ofa
elephant behavior, concentrating on a'
herd of 500 in Amboseli National Park.
The two main reasons for his study of
elephants, he explained, are ti) to gain
scientific knowledge and (2) conservation of the animal.
"It's surprising how little research has
been done in this area." Croze noted, "In
the last 20 years, only about 80 significant pieces have been published on
elephant biology.'*
"They're fast disappearing and I fear
that someday they may be extinct.
They're being killed'off in Kenva at a
rateof over 1,000a month," he continued.
"Poachers are mainly responsible for
this," he added. "The price of Ivory has
gone way up. It was $3 a pound, but, in
the last two years, It's gone up over 10
times that amount. The poachers are just
trying to get rich quick,"
"There's only about 2,000,000 to
3,000,000 elephants left in all of Africa,"
Croze estimated. "About 100,000 to
200,000 of them in Kenya."
International organizations are now
focusing Attention on the problem, he
.said.
. "He got Ms interest in animals at an
•arty age," pointed out his father, now
retired after Serving 2S years in the
public relations department at Cran-
brook Academy io Bloomfield Hilk.
The Croze household was always full of
snakes and turtles, he added. '"Yes. I
guess I've always had an interest in
animals." confessed the younger Croze.
Croze eventually attended Cranbrook.
graduating in 1960. "Two of his special
studies (on moths and turtles) are still on
display there," his father proudly pointed out.
From Cranbrook, he attended Amherst
College in Amherst, Massachusetts,
earning his degree in 1964. He then
received his doctorate in animal study
(ethology) from Oxford University in
1968 and, following the recommendation
of his professor, Dr. Nikolas Tinbergen,
was appointed to a study grant at the
Serengeti Research Institute in north
central Tanzania through the African
Wildlife Leadership Foundation in Washington D.C.
VISITATION - Noted elephant researcher Harvey Croze Jr. and his wife Nani relax during a visit
to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Croze Sr. of 165 E. Maple Drive in Harrison. The
couple pose before a painting by Nani - also wearing a skirt she constructed in Africa • of their three
children. Anselm, eight,Ratrjriek*. fiv*s* and l^ngal, four. An additional picture is on Page 13,
There, he began is study of elephants at
the 3,000 square-mile Serengeti National
Park on an elephant herd which roamed
over a 12,000 square-mile area with the
Park as the center.
Earlier, while on an advanced studies
trip with Dr. Tinbergen, a 1973 Nobel
Prize winner, in Bavaria, Germany,
Croze met his future wife, Christaine
(Nani) Grieshaber, a biologist and
daughter of Hap Grieshaber, a renowned
artist.
Nani. a striking Prussian-born blonde,
now 31, was working as "a goose girl"
with Dr. Konard Zacharias Lorenz at the
lime. A "goose girl" is an assistant
researcher on animal behavior.
The couple were married in Reutlin-
gen. West Germany and now have three
children*. Anselm, a boy, eight; Katrine-
ka, a girl, five: and Legnai, a boy, four.
Anselm was born in England, while the
other two children were born in Africa.
Nani now runs an art gallery-in
Nairobi.
Croze received nation-wide acclaim
from a six-page spread in the now-
defunct Life magazine in February of
1971 'along with photographer Horst
Munzlgi in a story entitled "The Death
■Of An Elephant," an article in the
February of 1972 issue of National
Geographic entitled "African Wildlife:
Man's Threatened Legacy," a special
film recently show in Michigan on Wide
Wide World of Animals, and minor parts
in several other research films.
Born in Highland Park. Croze said the
biggest difference between Michigan and
Kenya is the weather.
At his home * termed "luxurious" by
his father -Croze has three servants on a
seven-acre plot of land in a house
''primarily made of bamboo and mud.
There's electricity and running water,
but no television set, T don't miss that
either," he said, adding that there is a
single station that broadcasts for a few
hours each day.
"However, I make considerably less
than the average coal miner," he
reflected.
"The food is excellent and plentiful,"
he noted. The Croze family houses sheep,
pigs, a cow, ducks, chickens, a monkey,
cats, dogs, ponies, and even a porcupine
on their plot of land. "They're kept for
both food and as pets," he said.
When questioned as to what was the
most frightening moment he encountered
in Africa, Croze responded:
"Well, Nani once had a cobra in bed
with her. It was a spitting cobra.
Fortunately, the cobra neither bit at her
orspit at her. Then I got the gun and shot
iL"hesaid malter-of-factly.
"One of my students was also eaten by
a lion," he further noted. "I've also been
followed by a lion on foot at very close
range. Buffalo, rhino, elephant, I've been
chased by them all al one time."
Croze also pointed out that he's eaten
antelopejigazelie, python ("more ar less
as an experiment"), and zebra (after
scaring away a conquering lion).
"But what worries me most is better
schooling for the kids, It'd be ideal,
otherwise," he said. Nani chiefly,taught
the children through correspondence
courses.
"I guess we kind of miss the little
things," he laughed, "a cheeseburger, a
hot fudge sundae, etc,"
The five-member family arrived in
Michigan on December 10th and departed a few days after the first of the new
year.
Following a strike at the university-,
Croze received an unexpected vacation
(the post-graduate program continued,
however) and took advantage for his first
return home in over two years. Classes
resumed on January 6th.
One of the first undertakings will be to
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