Gifts Accepted By WCC

The following gifts to Washtenaw Community College were formally accepted by the trustees at their meeting this week. A $5,000 donation to the college's general fund, for the third year in a row, from Ervin Industries Inc. of Ann Arbor, a metal abrasives manufacturer; A part payment of $200 from Zion Lutheran Church of Ann Arbor toward a $600 scholarship fund; A book, "Poles in American History and Tradition," from Joseph E. Wojtowicz of Ypsilanti, for the college's Learning Resource Center; Ninety magazines for the Learning Resource Center's expanded reading program, from Mrs. B.C. Forest of Ann Arbor; Sixteen Square D four-pole relays valued at $80, for the college's electronics program, from Elton Heathcock of Novi; A $700 gift from the Zonta Club of Ann Arbor for WCC's emergency loan fund. o o I The employment of four i part-time instructors was proved by the Washtenaw Community College Trustees. New employés are: Paul S p a n n , for carpentry and maintenance instruction in place of David R. Byrd, who is recovering from a heart attack; Richard Glaze for a recently organized program, financed by federal funds, for training restaurant cooks which has attracted 55 applicants; Edward Henry for a c o u r s e in communication pulse circuits; Richard Weid for instruction involving small gas engines. Mark Dosey's employment as a temporary instructor in place of Ira Hutchinson, who is recovering from a broken leg, was also approved. o o The state Board of Education is beginning to reconsider a statement in which the board said it has the power "to approve or disapprove the establishment of n e w programs or the discontinuance of existing programs at public institutions," Washtenaw Community College President David Ponitz told WCC trustees at this week's meeting. Ponitz said a statement of opposition to the state board's view of its authority, issued last month by the Michigan Community College Association (MCCA), and since endorsed by at least five of the state's individual community college boards, is making the state board "somewhat nervous . . . I think it's appropriate that they continue to be nervous." Ponitz also reported that proposed legislation written by the MCCA, placing all areas of the state in community college taxing d i stricts, and spelling out educational purposes and financial powers of community college boards, was introduced March 22 as Senate Bill 1302. Sponsors include Sen. Gilbert E. Bursley, R-Ann Arbor, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and Sen. Charles O. Zollar, R-Benton Harbor, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. ThO proposed law was endorsed by the WCC trustees last month. Introduction of an identical bill is expected in the House soon.