Western Front - 1976 November 19

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Front FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1976 VOL. 69 NO. 15
Budget proposals explainysdt^
by LIZ VERDIER
State Senator H.A. "Barney" Goltz, college
planning director, explained Western's budget
proposals for next year to the city council on
Nov. 15 in Arntzen Hall 100. The representatives
met in an effort to create good city/college
relations.
The meeting was to demonstrate the direct and
indirect benefits the city would receive if
Western's budget proposals are accepted by the
state. -
Goltz stood before a _sparce audience citing a
"surprising number" of examples joining the city
to Western for mutual benefit.
One budget proposal, "77-2, §outh Campus
Fields and Grounds Improvement," insures the
safety of student and city transients along the
approximate three block area encompassing the
south campus fields.
Holding a map of the campus, Goltz also
pointed out streets would receive lights and bus
stop shelters under this proposal. They are East
College Way to South College Drive, West College
Way to the water tower and College Parkway.
Bus shelters would be placed along these streets
in front of Birnam Wood, Buchanon Towers and
Fairhaven College. Included is $200,000 worth of
landscaping, an aesthetic benefit to both city and
campus.
Other proposals include purchasing receiving
shops in the Physical Plant by the college and the
city and renaming it the Warehousing Archival
Repository. Bellingham city records will be kept
there.
Another proposal dictates the construction of
an athletic building with a pool.
Landscaping of the area around Western's
Arboretum costing $50,000 was also outlined.
College President Paul Olscamp said there was
a complicated set of issues behind each funding
project. "
"One of the selling points in the eyes of the
student body is absence of largeness," he said.
Michael. Mischaikow, economics instructor,
discussed the economic impact Western has in
the city. Mischaikow said an estimate — only a
guess — of Western's purchasing power is
between $3 to $5 million. Mischaikow can
estimate the loss of that money flow "only is
Western was not here tomorrow."
Questions concerning the arming of campus
police were asked at the meeting. The city
maintained that arming campus police would
perhaps serve to decrease the burden on city
police. Olscamp said the subject had been raised
at an All-College Senate meeting and stated,
"Campus Security is not going to be armed —
period."
The council expressed collective hope these
meetings would continue to draw Western and
the city together.
MONEY — Barney Goltz [foreground] discussed Western's
budget and its effects on the community in a city mouncil
meeting Monday in Arntzen Hall, While President Paul
Olscamp looks on.
Early death for Innis Creek salmon
by KEVIN CHARLES
On election day, as Washington voters
attempted to decide, among other things, who
would have the rights to the state's diminishing
supply of salmon, the Whatcom County Engineer­ing
Department was threatening a local part of
the salmon run.
Steve Kaplan and Dan Gantham are friends
and neighbors living along Innis Creek Road,
near Wickersham. On Nov. 2 they were driving
along a section of the road that runs parallel to
Innis Creek. The pair noted the obvious presence
of a back-hoe, three dump trucks and crew of
men who were dredging the creek bed.
Knowing that salmon had been spawning up
the creek for several days, Kaplan and Gantham
stopped to question the dredging crew.
They were assured the fish were not being
trapped with the gravel and that salmon were
able to jump or fall out of the back-hoe shovel.
Still concerned with the threat to the salmon,
Kaplan and Gantham learned the Engineering
Boldt decision reviewed
LUMMI INDIANS — Ralph Bob and Randy
salmon catch. See their story and others on
two and three.
Kinley lay nets for morning
the Boldt decision on pages
Department had been granted a permit from the
Washington Department of Fisheries for the
dredging on Oct. 27.
Innis Creek was rechanneled to run parallel
with Innis Creek road two years ago. The culvert
that runs under the road jams, causing the creek
to wash out the road. It must be dredged several
times a year.
The salmon that spawn annually in Innis Creek
have a tough trip, even without dredging
operations. Four-wheel drive vehicles run across
the creek frequently, according to Gantham. And
frustrated hunters sometimes find the salmon
. their only prey.
Several possibilities bothered both Kaplan and
Gantham. They believes eggs spawned in the
gravel of the dredged areas had been destroyed.
The silt raised by the dredging would hinder the
salmon trying to swim upstream, they thought.
A "terrific erosion problem" in the hills
upsteram made the dredging necessary, said Roy
Grunhard, assistant county engineer.
"We were cleaning it up with a back-hoe," he
said. "We didn't bother many salmon, I would
rather worry about human life than that of a
salmon."
The washouts in Innis Creek Road are
dangerous, he said, and the department usually
seeks the "best time of the year" for dredging.
They hope to do future dredgings during July.
According to Dan Stuckey, an investigator at •»
the fisheries department, salmon weren't sup­posed
to be in the creek at the time of the
dredging. They were not supposed to be released •
Continued on page 3
AS vice president quits,
withdraws from school
Ricki Bussanich, Associated
Student vice president for in­ternal
affairs, resigned her
post this week because she is
withdrawing from Western.
Bussanich, a sophomore VI-COED
major, said financial
troubles have caused her with­drawal.
Her future plans include
getting a job in the Seattle area
and later returning to Western.
According to Bussanich, the
vacated position on the AS
Board can be temporarily ap­pointed
by A.S.. President
Bruce Ayers, with ratification
from board members. But, a
student election will have to be
held later in the year to
permanently fill the post.