European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday july 18, 1990 the stars and stripes Page it 7 an town can a Owosso Mich. Apr it took a lot to rile residents of this fanning Community Best known As the Birthplace of Thomas e. Dewey a until firefighters were barred from sitting in front of their firehouse. About 250 people have signed a petition to protest the order by the fire chief and City manager. And More than 50 people turned out for a City Council meeting july 9 to press for the ban to be dropped. Quot i figure they be done it for years Why not keep doing it a said Don Hor Nus a regular Patron at the round table restaurant Quot i Don t know Why they re making such a big Deal Over it. We done to get that much controversy Over things that the motto of this tree lined City about 100 Miles Northwest of Detroit proclaims that its Quot a Shade better Quot than other communities. The City of 16,455 is the Birthplace of Dewey the Republican presidential candidate in 1944 and 1948. In the 1920s, it was a leading manufacturer of caskets. City policy permitted the 18 firefighters who work 24-hour shifts to sit in front of the station after 5 . But two months ago chief John Kenney banned it around the clock after seeing some firefighters in front of the station at midday. He said it looked can still sit outside on the other sides of the one Story fire station or in its air conditioned lounge when they re waiting for emergency Calls. Chamber of Commerce executive director Mike Mccloskey said opinion is virtually unanimous that the City went too far with the ban. Quot i think its probably a Way of life for firemen to sit on in front of the fire station a he said. Heat from the Public prompted the City Council last week to order City manager Gregg Guetschow to solve the dispute. Guetschow said the firefighters Union has asked for a meeting to discuss the situation. Union president James Treadway did not return a message left on his answering machine monday. In a letter to the Argus press newspaper he wrote Quot sitting in front of the fire station in the evening is a tradition that predates All of the current in a letter published monday Dick Marr 24-year firefighter wrote Quot if you wonder just what the firemen get out of sitting in front of the station it is just watching the people go by tooting their Homs waving and watching the smiles on the kids and their parents when we wave Back. It s the thank yous from the people who Stop the City manager or fire chief would neither discuss the ban nor allow on duty firefighters to be interviewed. Quot this really in the whole scheme of things is a very very minor Issue that should have been dealt with under the contract and will be dealt with under the contract just like every other grievance we get is Quot Guetschow said. He said the City is being unfairly ridiculed because it let a Small matter get out of hand. But the Argus press said City Council deserved the criticism a there Are few jobs that require their workers to go to work every Day knowing it could he their last a an editorial said. Quot we done to care what they talk about to whom they talk or if they want to play a few hands of Gin Rummy. Or snooze. Or eat or Tum cartwheels or floss their Teeth. Or just aboard the Yankee captains apr a whale that got tangled in a fishing net was freed monday by scientists who rushed to its Aid aboard a flotilla the whale freed from fishing net is a _ a y"1"11&Quot a it Quot. Of research boats and private Craft. Quot it s swimming free into the Sunset Quot said Tom Hill Captain of the Yankee captains out of Gloucester mass., As the 25-ton mammal spouted and splashed out into the open sea. The 5-year-old, 40-foot-Long Humpback had been tangled for most of the Day in a fishing net. The Humpback nicknamed Quot Mallard by whale watchers was discovered thrashing in the water 17 Miles off Massachusetts. Rescuers could clearly hear a a trumpeting through the breathing Hole atop its head As it fought the net and rope running through its Mouth and around its body. Quot its a sign of antagonism or anxiety a scientist Steven Frodo Csc said of the sound As he waited with others for the whale to tire so it could be approached. Rescue workers attached buoys to the trailing ends of the net wrapped around Quot Mallard Quot hoping the additional drag would tire the whale forcing it to rest on the surface. Thirty to 40 other whales humpbacks and Fin backs circled and fed in the area keeping a Safe distance from the boats. But one whale apparently hearing the cries of a Mallard came up alongside the entangled mammal and rubbed its head. Leading a Crew of four rescuers late in the afternoon Charles Quot Stormy Quot Mayo head of the Center for coastal studies in Provincetown mass., approached the whales in two inflatable motorboats a few minutes before 5 ., after More than an hour of Effort they managed to free a Mallard Quot from the plastic net. At one Point Mayo s boat nearly overturned when Quot Mallard Quot reared its head. Mayo Clad in a wetsuit got into the water at another Point a risky move. Hill a 10-year Veteran of whale watching trips said the rescuers would Only in the most extreme circumstances get into the water to help the whale. Quot one swoop of a Flipper and they could be dead a he said. The whale was caught in a Gill net set along the sea floor a buoy line is secured in an Effort to help free Quot Mallard a the 25-ton whale who became entangled in a fishing net. On the Stelwagen Bank to catch tuna and other fish. The Fisherman radioed that he was awakened in the morning Quot of ,y whal Waluch Malboa of ass Achu by a whale thrashing next to his boat. Thev Hake Tot setts companies that earn Theu keep by taking humans to recorded by who a a a Atrah animal ii a gala to feature Rock song of �?T50s Patrk Forsfe Srai v.t-�?jvt"0 a whale watchers in 1986, was identified by watch their animal cousins feed and frolic rather than scars and colouring on its Tail and flukes or flippers. Off a r t. A oils a Ery precarious situation. These whales Arentt a ? monday from Gloucester and Happy to have a boat on top of them Quot said Frohock a across Cape cod Bay from Provincetown mass., after a scientist from one of the whale watching companies. Gaffney . Apr Haleys comets today a version of the 1950s band Bill Haley and the comets that includes original Bass player a Rex will kick off guitar gala ii. Quot Rock around the clock Quot propelled Haley and the comets to the top of the pop charts in 1955, and guitar gala organizers Hope the Rock no Roll classic will put them in the record books. Up to 1,000 musicians Are expected Here thursday in an attempt to break the worlds record for the most guitarists playing one song together for the longest time. Last year 465 guitarists showed up at the peach festival and played Quot Louie Louie together for 30 minutes. That record fell in april when 532 guitarists picked out Quot shake rattle and Roll Quot for 43 minutes in Santa Cruz Calif. Artist a covers nude Adam and eve but adds Bare child to Beach scene Hollywood Fla. Apr the Flap Over an Adam and eve style Motel mural has ended with the artist painting a Branch Over a pair of naked backsides that offended the City s mayor. But artist Steve Kroeger had the last laugh sunday As he touched up the mural at the Sunray Lodge Motel. Since City officials had also asked for children to be added in keeping with Hollywood a family image Koeger obliged by painting one in a the Coppertone Girt Bare derriere and All. The controversy began thursday when mayor Sal Oliveri asked that the Bare Bottoms of the adults be covered because they were offensive. The 8-foot tall by 24-foot-Long mural showed a rear View of a couple seated on a deserted Beach and gazing into each others eyes. Oliveri said later he found nothing offensive about the Bare Bottom or the Coppertone girl which is displayed on a billboard eight blocks away. Kroeger 34, originally refused to change the mural. Quot would they have put bathing suits on a Rubens a he asked last week. But the artist said he added the branches and Little girl to address the City a concerns and to avoid trouble for Motel owner Doris Ouellet. Quot i am just complying with City officials a he said. Quot they requested a child and a dog and that a what they Ouellet the owner of the Motel laughed when she saw Little miss Coppertone. Quot i like it Quot she said Quot i did no to know he was going to put that in the picture. I Don t think its Ouellet said she bad received about 50 Calls in favor of the original mural with Only two residents agreeing with the mayor that it should be toned Down. Oliveri said sunday he was pleased that Kroeger had cooperated. Quot this is very interesting he took a nude mural and put a child in it. It changes the flavor in it a bit. It seems he is cooperating what can i say a
