Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana (2024)

May 26, 2000

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Journal and Courieri

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Lafayette, Indiana

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Friday, May 26, 2000

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10

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lv? rl 'B fl Journal and Courier riday May 26 2000 B2 Local say When a parent of a student Lawson JE Staff and Wire Reports ABATEMENTS GEORGE IVAN LAWSON Continued from Page B1 THREAT wwwsoller bakercom UNERAL HOME HILLSBORO 798 5555 Other Seeds of Excellence recipients Caroline McConnell 77 OWLER Caroline Mc Connell 77 of 506 Seventh St died at 2:15 pm Thursday May 25 2000 in Home Hospital No further information was available Shelbyville woman charged with furnishing alcohol to minors uneral Homes Inc Obituary Line 474 3113 ADMPHONE: 474 1111 $37500 average Instead the com pany hired 95 new workers and they earn $7 million That aver ages out to $73726 per job Redevelopment commission members Bill Powers Dick Terry John Willis Garry Smith and Bob Reiling Jr had final say in ap proving the statements for all the Georgia A Henricks 73 RANKORT Georgia Alison Henricks 73 of 9 Barner St died at 6:47 pm Wednesday May 24 2000 in her residence She had been ill for 2fe months She was bom on Sept 26 1926 in Huntington and was a 1944 graduate of rankfort High School She was a homemaker and had worked at PR Mallory Co for 10 years On Dec 23 1945 she married William Henricks and he died eb 26 1989 Surviving are two sons William A Henricks of Yeoman and Gary Henricks of rankfort $37 million a year Rea Magnet which makes mag netic wire used an transformers motors and other electrical equips ment promised to create 20 jobs that pay $750000 annually for a tributing to the delinquency of a minor Principal Ramsey said he was shocked to hear of the charges and said Newell tell him why she was leaving her post has been a great volunteer in our school and has done a vari ety of great Ramsey said Charles Talbott 75 Charles Talbott 75 of Lake Havasu City Ariz father of Lafayette residents died Wednes day May 24 2000 in his residence He was bom Jan 13 1925 in Assumption Ill He had resided in Lake Havasu City eight years coming from San Diego or 15 years he was manager for San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista Calif His marriage was to Barbara Talbott and she survives Mr Talbott was an Army veter an serving in World War II and receiving a Purple Heart and Sil ver Star He was a 53 year Mason and a member of Club Managers Asso ciation of America and Alcoholics Anonymous for 23 years Surviving with his wife are three sons Randol Talbott Robert Tal bott (wife: Susie) and Mark Tal bott (wife: Marchelle) all of Lafayette a stepson Mark Ander son (wife: Debbie) of San Marcos Calif and a stepdaughter Micki Lay (husband: Mark) of Lake Havasu City Services are Saturday in Lake Havasu City Theodore Harris SEATTLE Theodore Harris who parlayed a lifelong love of dancing into a job as man ager of a leading West Coast ball room during the Big Band Era died riday He was 96 Harris booked the Dorsey broth ers Lawrence Welk Duke Elling ton and other top bandleaders as manager of the Trianon Ballroom from 1930 to 1956s In 1930 he became manager of the Trianon named for a more fa mous Chicago ballroom The 1927 Moorish brick auditorium featured palms settees balconies and a 10 000 square foot dance floor or two decades before the ad vent of jukeboxes and television the Trianon was the epicenter of the entertainment scene Dayton Elementary School Lunch and Learn $62090 Wea Ridge Elementary School All Systems on Go: Launching into a Healthy You $113902 got CLASS $43508 Math Lit Backpacks $59779 Murdock Elementary School You Got Mail $703 Hershey Elementary School Making Positive Choic es for Everyone $21650 Bridging the Gap in History $270 Miller and Earhart ele mentary schools Galleries of Contemporary Art $1800 Glen Acres and Battle Ground elementary schools Around the World in 180 Days with Madeline $2050 Klondike Elementary School and Harrison High School 9 to 5 $980 East Tipp Middle School Rediscovering Prophetstown: A Living History Project $2852 West Lafayette JrSr High School A 1000 Pixels are Worth a Thousand Words $2100 Tec*mseh Middle School Construction of Scientific Mod els as Tools for Explanation $1000 antasy Meets the New Millennium 2001: Clay Odyssey $1000 Branson to Gary: expect too much from pageant By The Associated Press GARY The Miss USA pag eant may look attractive to area businesses but most probably will not see a big boost said a Cham ber of Commerce spokeswoman in Branson Mo where the pageant was last held Branson it was not some thing that attracted a lot of people like a convention or a big event It attracted the number of peoplewho could fit in the venue which for here was about said Claudia Vecchio vice president of communication for the Bran sonLake Area chamber of those were family members the Miss USA organization brings in a certain number of people and then there were some local peo Vecchio said area businesses re James Holderby 88 MOROCCO James Loren Holderby 88 died at 2:30 pm Wednesday May 24 2000 in Jasper County Hospital Rensselaer He was on Sept 14 1911 in Carmi Hl and had been a Mo rocco area resident since 1957 coming from Heyworth DI He was a retired self employed farmer On Jan 12 1935 he married Jule Blahut in Chicago and she survives Mr Holderby was a member of irst United Methodist Church of Morocco Surviving with his wife are a son Dennis Holderby (wife: Dee) of Morocco four daughters Patri cia Arbuckle (husband: Gene) of Normal Ill Jovce Brandt (hus band: Dave) of Knox Gloria Gar mong (husband: Rick) of Brook and Judy Brandt (husband: Steve) of Morocco and a sister Marguerite Nabel of Bloomington DI Maxine Bradtmiller 65 Maxine Ruby Bradtmiller 65 of ort Wayne mother of a local res ident died Thursday May 25 2000 in her residence She was bom in brt Wayne and was an administrator at GTE for 31 years Her marriage was to Larry Bradtmiller and he survives Mrs Bradtmiller was a member of St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church and brt Wayne oster Park Lions Club She also was a volun teer for Embassy Ambassadors Surviving with her husband are two sons Donald Hill of Columbia City and Daniel Hill of Lafayette two daughters Connie Meyer of ort Wayne and Cheryl Stier of Harlan two stepsons Brett Bradt miller and Jeff Bradtmiller both of ort Wayne her mother Velma Jackson of ort Wayne and a brother John Teders of ort Wayne Services are Saturday in ort Wayne Public may comment on expansion A public hearing to discuss a proposed expansion of Chocolate Shop will be heard at the Area Board of Zoning Appeals meeting at 7 pm June 28 in the County Office Building 20 Third St The hearing originally sched uled for Wednesday was postponed until all the" interested parties were notified of the expansion plans is seeking a vari ance to allow them to expand with out adding the requisite number of parking spaces xMso Wednesday the board: Granted a variance for JPI Apartment Development LP The petitioner will not have to install the required bufferyard along the west line of a student apartment development where it abuts com mercial zoning The property is lo cated at 2340 US 52 in Wabash Township Granted a variance for John And Connie Basham The property owners may put an ad dition on an existing apartment building at 401 Chauncey Street in West Lafayette with a setback of 25 feet from South Chauncey btreet instead of the required 60 feet '1 Blood donors will receive free meal Community members who do nate blood today will receive a free meal certificate at MCL Cafeteria The Indiana Blood Center loca te purchase seeds mulch lumber for several birdhouses and but terfly homes Teachers will begin working on the project this sum mer she said and nearly every de partment is involved The math department staff will figure out the areas where plant ing is to be done and at what dis tance the science department will plant the wild flowers and the so cial studies department will study the history of the prairie in the fall It will be two years before teachers and students will see the full fruits of their project she said At Cumberland Elementary School Maggie Samudio a re source room teacher will use her $133617 grant to purchase 32 books about animals a tape to go along with that book and plush animals for these books Samudio works with students in grades kindergarten through third who need some help on their reading skills She said a good way to get students motivated to read noticed with some of the other projects done here how much children love reading and learning about she said She said she is grateful to the foundation and local businesses that provide funding for the grants are a lot of things that teachers want to do but they have the funds to do she said opportunity to apply for these grants is really a dream come true for teachers it opens a lot of doors for George I Lawson 80 VEEDERSBURG George Ivan Lawson 80 of 2146 East County Road 300 North died at 9:45 pm Wednesday May 24 2000 in his residence He was bom on eb 1 1920 in Loda DI and was a 1938 graduate of Covington High School where he was a member of the varsity base ball and basket ball teams or 32 years he worked at Radio Materi als Co of Attica retiring in 1982 as a production su pervisor After retirement he con tinued repairing and refinishing furniture in his shop On Oct 8 1942 he married Jean Elizabeth Smith and she survives Mr Lawson was a veteran of the Navy Reserve serving from Sept 21 1941 to Oct 2 1945 in Lighter Than Air Squadron 3 He was sta tioned in Lakehurst NJ Moffett ield Calif and Tillamook Ore Naval Air Station He was a member of Newtown Community Church where he was a trustee and choir member He also was a 50 year member of Quigie Palin American Legion Post 394 serving as commander and sergeant at arms His hobbies included wood working Surviving with his wife are three sons David Bruce Lawson (wife: Edie) of West Lafayette Daniel Lewis Lawson (wife: Gail) of Danville Ky and John Michael Lawson of Newtown two daugh ters Karen Kay Niemeyer (hus band: red) of Thorntown and Trudie Jean Dillon (husband: Jeff) of Newtown and a sister Viola Campbell of Attica Joseph Loveless 67 ROSSVILLE Joseph Love less 67 died at 3:45 am Thurs day May 25 2000 in St Elizabeth Medical Center after a nine month battle with cancer He was bom on Jan 21 1933 in Lafayette and had resided in Rossville for 10 years He had also resided in Dover Del for 20 years On Nov 4 1989 he married Joan Bickett and she survives Mr Loveless served in the Air orce 23 years retiring in 1974 He served in the Vietnam War re ceiving the Purple Heart He later worked 10 years as a veterans rep resentative with the Indiana State Department of Employment re tiring in 1988 He was a member of At the Well Baptist Church of Rossville and a life member of Veterans of oreign Wars Post 1154 of Lafayette Surviving with his wife are twosons Joseph A Loveless of Rossville and Jerome A Loveless of Elton DeL a daughter Robin Lanette Ger heman of Harrington Del a step daughter Melodie Paul of rural rankfort and two brothers James Loveless (wife: Roxie) of Lafayette and loyd Loveless of Cicero tions in Indianapolis Anderson Lafayette and Terre Haute will be open from 9 am to 6 pm today The main branch at 3450 Meridian opens at 7 am A critical blood shortage de clared just after the Easter holi day has not been lifted And blood will not be collected on Memorial Day which the blood center said will further deplete existing sup ply The center needs to collect 500 units of blood each day for more than 40 Indiana hospitals Donors who come in for the to day only event will receive the $650 meal certificate or more information call (800) 632 4722 Court punishes former Clinton deputy prosecutor INDIANAPOLIS The Indi ana Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the law license of a for mer Clinton County deputy pros ecutor for his convictions on three counts of public indecency The high court suspended Paul Edmiston for two years and or dered him to pay legal costs for the disciplinary proceedings Edmiston was found guilty in Marion Superior Court of mas turbatingin an Indianapolis office building while following female of fice workers in 1996 He received a one year suspended sentence and was placed on probation for two years the respondent was serv ing as the chief deputy prosecuting attorney aggravates his miscon the court said in its order orities also arrested Matthew Williams 18 in connec Newell told 14 teen agers ages tion with the party He faces five 13 to 18 they could drink at a May counts of furnishing alcohol to a 6 party at her home and said minor and five counts of con What happens at my house stays at my house said Shelbyville Po lice Chief Kehrt Etherton According to state ments to police many of the teens ages 13 to 18 drank three to four beers At one point during the par ty Newell mixed a drink vodka and orange juice for a 17 year By The Associated Press SHELBYVILLE The former president of a parent teacher or ganization has been arrested for allegedly allowing underage stu dents to drink at her home during a party Carolyn Newell ex president of the Student Parent Teacher Al liance at Shelbyville Middle School was charged Wednesday with eight counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and four counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor She was released after posting bond According to court documents Newell served alcohol to 14 teen agers during a May 6 party at her home On another occasion in April Newell drove three 15 year old boys to a liquor store and pur with headliners such as Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong Gideon Waldrop NEW YORK Gideon Wal drop a composer and administra tor who served for 24 years as dean of the Juilliard School of Music died May 19 He was 80 During the 1950s Waldrop was the editor of the Review of Record ed Music as well as the Musical Courier He also served as a music consultant to the ord oundation He became the assistant to the president at Juilliard in 1960 and was appointed dean the next year In 1969 the school moved from its old building in the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan to its new $30 million building at Lin coln Center Wire Reports chased alcohol for them court old female records state allegedly told the group of She resigned from her position kids they could drink as long as it with the parent teacher group ear did not leave the house and they GRANTS Continued from Page B1 metal forming and assembly equipment the firm promised to add 25 jobs that paid $800000 a year or $32000 a job Instead the maker of power steering pumps remanufactured gears and col lapsibletilt steering columns for companies except Alcoa and air trucks added 116 jobs that pay fid Since those firms lie in a Tax Increment inance the vote represents a rec ommendation to the City Council which must make the final deter mination with the parent teacher group ear her this month said middle school did not tell police reports rnncipal Denny rcamsey Newell 43 could not be reached smelled alcohol on his child he for comment If convicted she faces called police Etherton said un to nine vears in orison and AutnontiAH i thousands of dollars in fines cVuk Continued from Page B1 said After she was told she con tinued over to the County Office Building frightened After all I grew up in Harlan County Ken tucky where such activity was she said laughing she added concern was for the 30 employees I super vise There needs to be a better system of informing county em: ployees when there is a possibly threatening Murtaugh said his officers were aware of the situation and were on alert monitoring each of the courthouse entrances High on the list of people the bailiffs were looking for was a man who was asked to leave the court house property on Wednesday Shortly after that incident a 911 caller said the police should arrest Tippecanoe County prosecutor Jer ry Bean There have been at least two bomb threats and other scares since someone drove an explosive laden pick up truck through the front doors of the courthouse in August 1998 No one was hurt in that inci dent and the case has yet to be solved Murtaugh added that county employees both at the courthouse and the county office building' should be aware at all times time they walk around the comer they should be obser vant about going he said in the courthouse with the criminal and civil proceedings going on they should be on their toes at all times need to be aware of any thing that goes on in the court house so they can alert the Murtaugh said of these guys call before they do some ally affected by the de parture of the pageant But she said the pageant did help Bran son publicity that came from this that people saw Branson in a new light the important part of the Miss USA pageant and the long term residual she said Gary officials are hoping the pageant will help the image of the city which is paying $12 million to host the event About 60 business people from the Gary area attended the Miss USA pageant vendor fair Wednes day Businesses learned the scope of the pageant and its needs rUNBKAI HOME ING WILLIAM WALKER People who know you People you can rely on 60 years 822 Ninth St Lafayette IN 742 7302 Robert Jacobus 70 Robert Jacobus 70 of rural Princeton father of a local resident died at 4:20 am Wednes day May 24 2000 in his residence He was bom on May 28 1929 in Hazleton and had resided in the Princeton area since 1941 He was a retired self employed trucker and had formerly worked for Al coa Babco*ck Wilcox and Interna tional Steel His marriage was to loy Ja cobus and she survives Mr Jacobus was an Air orce veteran serving from 1948 to 1954 during the Korean War He was a communications specialist sta tioned in the Pacific Rim He was affiliated with Indepen dent Trucking Ministries of Mar tinsville Va and was a life mem ber of ort Branch Veterans of or eign Wars Post 2714 Surviving with his wife are two sons Robert Jacobus of rench Creek WVa and Benjamin Ja cobus of Princeton two daughters Rebecca Sherfey of Lafayette and Beth Smythe of Channahon Ill and a brother Max Jacobus of Columbus Services are Saturday in Prince ton Mary Prater 90 Mary Elizabeth Scarberry Prater 90 of lorence Ore sister of a Lafayette resident died Wednesday May 24 2000 in Eu gene Ore She was bom on Dec 13 1909 in Paw Paw Ky and had resided in lorence 50 years Surviving are a son Jerry Prater (wife: Ida) of lorence five daugh ters Laura Wieczarek (husband: Joe) and Ruby Pace (husband: Jer ry) both of Eugene and Det Scar berry (husband: Cornelius) Vi Ruede (husband: Owen) and Gertrude Center (husband: Carl) all of lorence a brother Ken Scar berry (wife: Osey) of lorence and two sisters Ida Dotson of Lafayette and Shirley Shelton (husband: Robert) of lorence Services are Saturday in lo rence uneral Notices HENRICKS Georgia A Calling 4 8 pm today at Goodwin uneral Home rankfort Services there 10 am Saturday Pastor John Leitzel officiating Burial at Bunnell Cemetery Surviving are 3 grand children Memorials to Clinton Coun ty Cancer und envelopes at Good win uneral Home HOLDERBY James Visitation 4 8 pm today at Lang neral Home Morocco uneral there 1 1 am Saturday the Rev Tim Pow ers officiating Interment following at Memory Gardens Rensselaer Sur viving are 12 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and 5 stepgreat grand children Memorials to irst United Methodist Church of Morocco or Kid ney oundation LAWSON George I riends may call 4 8 pm today at Maus uneral Home Attica Services there 1 1 am Saturday Mike Parks officiating Burial with military grave side rites at Newtown Cemetery Sur viving are 1 1 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren Preceded by a sister Phyllis Trott and a brother Leonard Lawson Memorials to Newtown Community Church Organ und LOVELESS Joseph Calling 4 8 pm today at Bodine neral Home Rossville and 1 hour pri or to service at 1 1 am Saturday at the church Pastor Michael Pierson officiating Burial at air Haven Ceme tery Surviving are 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren Preced ed by her parents Earl and Mary Ca vanaugh Loveless 3 sisters and a brother PRICE Margaret Visitation 1 hour prior to memorial service at 10:30 am Monday at Voorhis Draper uneral Home Mon ticello Burial Tuesday in Hughes Cemetery Memorials to Cerebral Pal sy oundation Alzheimer's ounda tion or Monticello Christian Church HAHNS LAAYETTE Cl I APEL 742 7873 OXORD CHAPEL LINDEN CHAPII 385 2119 339 1321 Lafayette Chapel 1104 Columbia St 742 7873 ELMO BURTON ALBERDEEN WAGNER Oxford Chapel 304 Justus 385 2119 Caroline McConnell 'When it has to be perfect' 18th KOSSUTH LAAYETTE IN ll atfc.

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