The Vincennes Sun-Commercial from Vincennes, Indiana (2024)

March 11, 1998

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The Vincennes Sun-Commerciali

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Vincennes, Indiana

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Wednesday, March 11, 1998

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2

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A2 VINCENNES SUN COMMERCIAL WEDNESDAY MARCH 1 1 1998 Deaths and funerals Mildred Gore OAKTOWN Mildred Gore of Oaktown died at 2:45 am today at the Indiana University Medical Cen ter in Indianapolis Arrangements are pending al Gordon Utt uneral Home in Oaktown lossie Cathryn Nalker WASHINGTON lossie Cathryn Nalker SI of Sunset Towers died at 4 am Tuesday at Daviess Coun ty Hospital's Extended Care Unit Born Nov 6 1916 in Daviess County she was the daughter of James and Mary (Kirk) Purcell A member of Central Christian Church she had been a nurse's aide at Daviess County Hospital i She married Walter Nalker and he is deceased Three sisters and two brothers are also deceased Surviving are three daughters Cathy Speth ot Vin cennes Phvlhs Meadows ol Phoenix Ariz and Linda Cook of Broken Arrow Okla and four grandchildren The funeral will be at 10 am riday at Poindexter Hall McClure uneral Home with the Rev Jim Payton officiating Burial will be tn Oak Grove Cemetery Visitation will be from 6 to pm Thursday at the tuneral home Herbert Schreiner WASHINGTON' Herbert Schreiner 91 of 8 Woodmere Drive died at 12:30 am Tuesday at Wash ebrated at 1 1 am today at Old Cathedral Catholic Church by the Rev John Schipp Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery Pallbearers were David Linn Sandy Holscher Lou Anne Linn Mary Beth Salyers Stephen Linn Jim Linn and Ed Linn Duesterberg redrick uneral Home handled arrangements Memorial contributions may be made to the Old Cathedral Restoration und Michael LeRoy Weirich LAWRENCEVILLE 111 The funeral for Michael LeRoy Weirich was at 2 pm CST today at Emmons Macey Steffey uneral Home in Lawrenceville Bur ial was in May Chapel Cemetery Memorial contributions may be made to the Ameri can Diabetes Association or to a college fund for his daughter elicia Corrinne Arnold CRAWORDSVILLE A graveside service for Corrinne "Peggy" Arnold was conducted today by the Rev DB Cavanaugh in orest Hill Cemetery in Moores Hill Powers Priebe uneral Home handled arrangements Memorial contributions may be made to Moody Bible Institute 820 LaSalle St Chicago Ill 60610 3284 Staff photo by David Kollar fc Ite a Ji lbw si Career day Mark Goodrich chairman of the athletic department at Vincennes University discusses the oppor tunities available in athletic training with Michael Allen a sophom*ore at Lincoln High School on Tues day morning during Career Day at Vincennes University VINCENNES SUN COMMERCIAL 702 Main St Vincennes Ind 47591 Telephone 812 886 9955 USPS 659 820 Published daily except Saturdays by Vin cennes Newspapers Inc 702 Main St Vin cennes Ind Periodicals class postage paid at Vincennes Ind Postmaster: Send address change to Vincennes Sun Commer cial PO Box 396 Subscription rates: $200 per week by car rier: $225 per week by motor route By mail: One year $160 six months $81 three months $4050 Mail subscriptions not accepted where carrier or motor route ser vice is available Single copy prices: Daily 50 cents Sunday $150 Member of Associated Press and Audit Bureau ot Circulation The Associated Press is entitled to news stories' originated or pub lished by this newspaper The Vincennes Sun as The Western Sun ounded in 1 804 The Vincennes Commercial Established 1884 Sun Volume119 No 60 Commercial Volume 1 15 No 60 ington Nursing Center Born March 6 1907 in Warren Ohio he was the son of John and Katherine (Titus') Schreiner A retired sales representative for Shell Oil Co he was a graduate of Warren High School and an Army veteran during World War II He was chairman of the Lyon County Ky Port Authority for 12 years He was a member of the Methodist Church in Kut tawa Ky the Masonic Lodge in Columbus Ohio the Rispah Shrine Temple in Madisonville Ky the shrine club in Cadiz Ky and a charter member of the shrine club in Princeton Ky Surviving are his wife Bertha (McCrary) Schreiner whom he married Aug 6 1966 a stepdaughter Judy White of Washington three stepgrandchildren and three stepgreat grandchildren A private funeral will be held at Gill uneral Home with Bro Ben Bean officiating Burial will be in Sugar land Memory Gardens There is no visitation Edward Cox OBLONG III Edward Cox 72 of LaMarque Texas died at 7 am CST Monday at Ridgeview in Oblong Born Nov 24 1925 in Licking Township in Craw ford County he was the son of Charles and Blanche (Ault) Cox Cox worked for Whirlpool for 15 years in LaPorte Ind as a warehouse manager He retired from Hasco Home Improvement in LaMarque in 1991 He served in 1 the Navy during World War II and was a lifetime mem ber of the LaMarque Veterans bf oreign Wars post He married Iola Dennis in 1946 and she sur vives Also surviving are a son Michael Cox of Oblong two brothers Ken Cox of Joliet and Bill Cox of Pharr Texas and two granddaughters A brother is deceased The funeral will be at 10 am: CST Thursday at Pul liam uneral Home in Oblong with'Bro David Huey officiating Burial is in Bellair Cemetery Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Oblong Ameri can Legion and VW posts Visitation will be from 6 to 8 pm CST Wednesday and until the time of service Thursday at the funeral home orrest Opell The funeral for orrest Opell will be at 1:30 pm The Rev Rodney Gillespie LAWRENCEVILLE Ill The funeral for the Rev Rodney Gillespie was at 10 am CST today at Shiloh Baptist Church in Bridgeport with the Revs Dwight McDaniel and Doug Brown officiating Burial with military honors was at 2 pm CST today in Ewing Cemetery in Ewing Smith uneral Home handled arrangements Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Lawrence County Chapter of the American Cancer Society or to World Vision for Mari cho Valentia a "sponsored daughter" who lives in the Philippines Marcus Wayne Taylor The funeral for Marcus Wayne Taylor was at 1 1 am today at Goodwin uneral Home with the Rev Mark Nielson officiating The organist was reddie ay Burke Burial was in Hamline Chapel Cemetery in Monroe City Pallbearers were Bill Beaman Joe Lanning Steve Lanning Kevin Merry Chris Lanning and Ken Green Jon Robert Trowbridge WASHINGTON A Mass of Christian burial for Knox safety forces Icy pavement triggers crash The following comes from reports provided by the Vincennes and Knox County police departments' and Good Samaritan Hospital All charges not involving warrants are preliminary and may be changed before formal filing by the prosecu tor's office Icy pavement triggered an early morning collision at Sixth and Vigo streets Tuesday police said About 5:55 am Cheryl Wilber 37 Rt 5 was driving north on Sixth Street and Sherri Stone 35 St rancisville Ill was dri ving east on Vigo Street police said car slid through the flashing red light and into the path of car police said Damage to car was estimated at $750 to $1000 and to car at $1000 to $2500 Other wreck About 2:01 pm Monday a northbound pickup truck driven by Carl Mahan 16 Washington was slowing to make a left turn from Ind 67 onto Mulberry Street in Bruceville police said when it was struck in the rear by a pickup truck driven by Jonathan Julian 19 Edwardsport Mahan complained of neck pain police said He was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital then released Damage to each truck was estimat ed at $750 to $1000 Complaints Stephanie Goldsberry 526 Scott St told police she returned home to find her front door unlocked and a VCR valued at $100 missing Caminie Jo Giorgio 318 Hart St told police someone entered her unlocked apartment and took a video game valued at $200 Arrests Police arrested Reed Neigh bors 19 821 Ninth St and Bradley Alan Hettich 32 120 Minneapolis Ave under Knox County Superior Court II warrants charging them with failing to appear in court Hettich was also arrested under a second warrant charging him with check deception Each remained jailed this morning without bond Jon Robert Trowbridge was celebrated at 10 am today by the Rev John Gillig at St Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Decatur Burial was in St Joseph Cemetery in Decatur Gill uneral Home handled arrangements Memorial contributions may be made to the Tyler and Taylor Education und at the irst Bank of Berne Elizabeth Garrigus RUSHVILLE A memorial service for Elizabeth Garrigus will be conducted at 1 pm Thursday at St Paul United Methodist Church in Rushville by the Revs William Schwcin David Patrick and David A Williams A Visitation will begin at noon Thursday at the church Arrangements were made through the Moster and Cox Mortuary in Rushville Donald Witsman ANGOLA A Mass of Christian burial for Donald Bill aims to get disabled more jobs WASHINGTON CAP) Each month the government mails more than $4 billion in checks to 66 mil lion working age disabled Ameri cans The vast majority of them will stay on the mailing list until the day Mhey die Hoping to encourage more people to find jobs new legislation would remake the disability programs giv ing recipients service providers and employers new incentives to find work Lawrence safety forces ire causes $3000 Social Security disability program is like a big black hole Once people fall into the program they never seem to make their way said Rep Jim Bunning Ky who is co sponsoring the proposal with Rep Barbara Kcnnclly Conn Bunning chairman of the House Ways and Social Security subcommittee has been examining the issue for the past three years The problem: Less than 1 percent of beneficiaries ever leave the pro damage to truck gram for workers who become dis abled known as disability insur ance Just 23 percent leave the dis ability program for the poor called Supplemental Security Income In many ways the proposed changes are similar to welfare over haul that began in the states years ago including new plans to extendhealth coverage to people making the transition off the rolls and giv ing employers tax breaks for hiring people off the rolls Lotteries Indiana Thursday at Goodwin uneral Home 'with the Rev Roger Wright officiating Burial will be in airview Cemetery Visitation will be from 3 to 7 pm today at the funer al home Louis Linn A Mass of Christian burial for Louis Linn was ceL Witsman will be celebrated at 10 am Saturday at St Anthony Catholic Church in Angola with the ather red Pashe officiating The body was cremated Visitation will be from 3 to 5 pm and from 6 to 8 pm riday at Weicht uneral Home in Angola Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Northwest Ohio or Cameron Hospice and Home Health or any other hospice organization ffffi Daviess safety forces 1 person hurt in 2 car accident The following comes from reports provided by the Daviess County Sheriff's and Washington Police Departments Charges not involv ing warrants are preliminary and may be changed before formal fil ing bv the prosecutor's office" 2 WASHINGTON One driver 2 was injured iri a two car accident Tuesday Kathleen Miller 65 Rt 4' was westbound on Ind 57 and Robert Wininger 65 1 303 NE ourth St was eastbound on National Highway when the two cars collided at the intersection The Wininger car then struck a flower box in front of the Shell Mart Both drivers told city police they had the green light A witness fol 2 lowing the Wininger car said that he had the green light Miller com plained of chest pain and was taken to the Daviess County Hospital where she was treated and released Arrests Kelvin Pasley 28 Coldwater Miss was arrested Tuesday by city police and deputies on a warrant charging him with three counts of aiding inducing or caus ing robbery with a deadly weapon three counts of aiding inducing or causing theft and aiding inducing or causing intimidation lie is being held at the Daviess County Security Centqr on $45000 bond Erik Tosti 20 Odon was arrested today by sheriffs deputies and charged with possession of marijuana He is being held at the Daviess County Security Center on $2000 bond Complaints At 4:14 pm Tuesday Kevin Barges reported to sheriffs deputies a break in at the Maysville Recycling Center Some tools were stolen At 6:58 pm Tuesday Brandi Ivy 1510 Vincennes Ave reported to city police that someone had been in the house They discovered the front door open and the stereo on At 10 pm Tuesday Ray Bernard 303 Hefron St report ed to city police that a window had been broken out of his truck The glove compartment was ransacked and the ignition broken At 4:22 am today Delphine Duke 1809 North St reported to city police that someone kicked in the front door 7 Ex governor denied bid to stay out of prison PHOENIX (AP) A judge has rejected former Gov ife Syming ton's request to remain free While he appeals his bank fraud convic tion meaning he may begin serving a 2 l2 year prison sentence next week ife has to go in he's pre said his attorney John Dowd Dowd said he was optimistic about the chances of winning an appeal of Tuesday's ruling by US District Judge Roger Strand before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals Both sides agreed however it was unlikely Symington actually would begin serving his sentence on March 20 as scheduled since motions could extend his freedom to early April attorneys' had argued before Strand that they have a strong case for getting the convic tion overturned and that Symington would be in danger in prison because: of his reputation for being tough on crime Symington 52 resigned after being convicted Sept 3 of filing false financial statements to lenders to win loans and gain loan conces sions for his real estate develop ments in the late 1980s The jury acquitted Symington of three counts and deadlocked on 11 Strand dismissed those 1) counts without prejudice meaning prosecutors could refile them if convictions are over turned The following information was taken from Lawrence Allison ire Protection District report LAWRENCEVILLE Ill Units of the Lawrence Allison ire Protection District responded to a truck fire at 8:34 pm CST on Tuesday on US 50 just west of the Indiana Illinois state line About $3000 damage was done to the truck which was owned by Michael Hunt of Patoka Ind According to fire officials the cause of the fire was unknown' INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Here are the winning numbers selected Tuesday in the Hoosier Lottery: Daily Three: 6 4 7 Daily our: 2 3 6 8 Lucky 5: 1 1 13 14 26 28 Daily Millions: Red 9 12 White 8 19 Blue 8 10 Estimated Hoosier Lotto jackpot: $2 million I Tornado Spotters Seminar planned A Tornado Spotters Seminar will be held at 7 pm on March 18 in Bruceville at the Washington Township ire Department on Ind 67: It is being sponsored by the Knox County Emergency Management Agency Dave Tucek from the National Weather Service will present a pro gram on how to spot tornadoes and what to do if tornadoes occur The 20th annual statewide toma Michael Miller of Robinson Ill has had his physician and surgeon license placed on indefinite proba teaur MHf i do exercise was held between 1:30 and 2 pm today including in Knox County This was a test of the com munications and warning capabili ties within the state Gov rank has pro claimed this week as Weather Awareness throughout Indiana The purpose of the proclamation is to focus public attention on the approach ing tornado and severe weather lion by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation for demon strating a pattern of incompetency "Estimated Powerball jackpot: $16 million Illinois SPRINGIELD Ill (AP) Here are the winning numbers selected Tuesday in the Illinois State Lottery: Pick Three Midday: 7 0 5 Pick Three Evening: 1 7 7 Pick our Midday: 3 6 7 2 Pick our Evening: 9 8 0 2 The Big Game: 7 19 24 28 32 Big Money Ball 21 Estimated Lotto jackpot: $33 million Estimated Game jackpot: $17 million season Doctor on probation for incompetency Crop insurance sales closing date near and seed coni is Sunday LAWRENCEVILLE Ill Pro ducers are reminded that the eder al Crop Insurance sales closing date for spring planted crops com grain sorghum soybeans green beans Anyone in Lawrence County who is interested in 'obtaining insurance coverage on their spring seeded crops should contact their insurance agent Hospital notes Good Samaritan Admissions Chloe Goodman Bruceville Cicily'A Green Bicknell Betty Hume 327 New Hamp shire Place Rebecca Hauser Washington Discharges Gary Meese Oblong III Lawrence County Memorial Admissions Joseph Waller Sumner Lena Phillippe Lawrenceville lorence Brosman Sumner Discharges Cheyenne Dardecn Lawrenceville Roberta Smith Sumner Bryce Noble Lawrenceville Daviess County Admissions April Williams Washington Discharges Linda Lengacher Loogootee Lotteries Hospital notes fc Kter A Staff photo by David Kollar Career day Mark Goodrich chairman of the athletic department at Vincennes University discusses the oppor tunities available in athletic training with Michael Allen a sophom*ore at Lincoln High School on Tues day morning during Career Day at Vincennes University.

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