—The Daily Collegian September 8, 1978 State College Municipal Manager Carl Fairbanks awaits the start of a private meeting of Municipal Council's Human Services Committee Thursday night to discuss a possible human rights ordinance. About 125 persons heard testimony about such an ordinance, which would ban discrimination on the basis of ancestry, religion, handicap, age, race, marital status and sexual preference. Proponents of the ordinance will meet with the committee in private at a later date. * Objections to the ordinance, drawn up by the Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human 'Relations Commission, were scheduled to be received by committee members Dorothy J. Lennig, chairperson, Allen D. Patterson and Mary Ann Haas. After these private hearings, the committee will decide whether to bring the matter before council and suggest a public hearing on the ordinance. Henry B. Harvey, one of those scheduled to testify before the committee, Tuesday said he and others scheduled to testify were opposed to the ordinance. A similar ordinance was defeated 4=3 by council in 1976 after months of public hearings on the issue. THE FREE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES Body & Spirit Aerobics I Wine and Cheese Tasting Hatha Yoga for Beginners Wild Mushrooms Backrub Workshop Discoving Life Fitness and Fun Swimnastics Seminar in Silence Introduction to Aikido Introduction to Meatless Cooking and Natural Foods Nutritional Alternatives to Improved Health ) Sensory Awareness Learning Insights Workshop Polar Bear Club Vegetarian Cooking Groups Saturday at St. Andrews from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday in the HUB Ballroom from 1-6 p.m. The following courses, marked either limited or unlimited in the Free University Course Catalogue, must be registered for: Courses marked unlimited in the catalogue do not require sign-up at registration For further information, call or pick up a catalogue at the Free University, 225 HUB/863- 0038: Catalogues can also be obtained at various distribution points downtown and on campus. New buses, service: proposed transit plan The Centre Regional Planning buses to be fitted with ramps and lifts in Commission Thursday night heard a five years, but in the meantime, the report on proposed updates to the 'limited demand for such equipment regional transit plan, which would in- makes it costly. elude the addition of new routes, Miller said a contract to transport provisions for transporting handicapped handicapped persons from door to door persons and purchasing new buses. could be drawn up with either a private James H. Miller, a Centre Area taxi service or social service agencies Transit Authority member and project that could provide their own vans, such director of the update for the Penn- as Skills, Inc., a sheltered workshop in sylvania Transportation Institute at the Bellefonte, or the Centre Area Agency on University, told the commission, "How Aging. much you want to spend is the question." Among the proposals for the plan, which must be updated every five years by contract with PennDOT and the federal government, are: bus service to Ferguson Township, Laurel Glen and Bellefonte a $2 million capital expansion program to buy new buses expansion of the authority's garage facilities and construction of bus-stop shelters. Providing the handicapped with ac cess to public transportation could take four directions, Miller said. Federal regulations will require all fixed route Facilities will replace Fairview HARRISBURG (W) Gov. Milton Shapp announced a plan Thursday to design and construct two new facilities to house the . remaining inmates at Farview State Hospital, the final chapter in phasing out the state's only hospital for the criminally insane. The proposed projects, which carry an initial price tag of $19.3 million, would be located on the grounds of Norristown I 1 D[fl FL Iql TITJI Workshops Great Adventures In Living Outdoor Equipment and Skill Seminars Practical Matters How to Survive Without A Lawyer Advanced Lifesaving Calculus Auto Mechanics for the Beginner Fundamental Self Defense Small Farmers Collective Why Do We Spend So Much Money? Personal Growth Making Friends Men's Consciousness Raising Miller said county agencies might be willing to pool their resources and offer their vehicles, but no single agency is willing to shoulder full responsibility for the entire county's transportation needs. CATA could purchase and operate its own van for the handicapped as a third alternative, Miller said, but the costs go as high as $40,000 if the van• service stimulated a greater ridership. Miller added that without funding, none of the proposals could be con sidered. The region's lack of commitment to expanding services makes them very difficult to plan, Miller said. State Hospital in Montgomery County and at the Warrendale Youth Development Center on the Allegheny- Butler County line. Last month, Shapp approved plans to convert the 65-year-old institution into a state and regional prison at a cost of $24 million. The 220 inmates at Farview would remain there during renovation work. The Central Pennsylvania Dance Workshop 133 W. Beaver Ave. • - will begin the fall semester. on Sept. 11 Classes fol. children and adults will be offered in Ballet Modern Dance Jazz for information and registration drop by the studio, 2nd floor Temple Market, or call 237-2784 12 noon to 7 PM. Wed. Sept. 6 to Fri. Sept. 8, and 12 Noon to 3 PM Sat: Sept. 9. Language & Literature Reading Aloud Turning Point ' Publish, then Perish? Beginning Japanese I Writing Workshop Personal Growth ,- Oasis Help Center Volunteer Making Friends Training Men's Consciousness Raising Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Workshops Great Adventures In Living Outdoor Equipment and Skill Seminars Recreation Sc Hobbies Bottle Collecting -Racquetball Clinic Coed Volleyball Kowalski Miss America hopefuls By BARBARA KLEIN Daily Collegian Staff Writer If the fate of the next Miss America depends on the resulti of the bathing suit competition then the former Miss Penn State, Charmaine Kowalski, is out of luck. Individual competitons for the Miss America Pageant have been going on all week in Atlantic City, N.J., and the bathing suit competition was held Wednesday night. . However, Kowalski's name was not among the winners. Jut there is still hope. The evening gown competition was held Thursday night, but results will not be available until this evening. The talent com petition is slated - for tonight. Kowalski plans to play a piano solo from the "Warsaw Concerto." The Penn State graduate became elgiable to enter the Miss America Pageant after she was' crowned Miss Pennsylvania this past summer. The rest of her summer was spent with a "host" family in Altoona. It was their job to get Kowalski psyched for the pageant. They were there to give her an idea of what to expect and how to prepare for it. Kowlaski earned a -$l,OOO scholarship and was supplied with a new wardrobe; a car and a 10-speed bicycle for winning the pageant. It was just Pennsylvania's way of getting its candidate' in the right frame of mind for the Miss America pageant. Now the time. is nearly here. Arts & Crafts, Expose, Develop and Print B & W Negatives Beginning Macrame Society & Environment Threefold Social Order Unionizing Your Workplace Music and Dance Songwriting: A Poetic Approach Modern Western Square Dancing Disco Dancing No. 1 Music Workshop still among 12 4 . ovir 70 , !ty t ' IT * *, - 4 „.„ 4t . ,s lr, • It . / : . An, • • 44. • " , Charmaine Kowalski Saturday night at 10:30 Kowalski will find out if she or someone else will be the next Miss America. There is a $20,000 scholarship waiting for the new winner and more than $50,000 worth of personal ap pearances. That can come in handy, especially for Kowalski, who plans to eventually attend medical school. II ■n Ousny
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