VINCENNES SUN-COMMERCIAL, Obituaries Robert F. McCormick Robert F. McCormick, 87, N. McCormick Road, died at 5:27 p.m. Monday, June 24, 2002, at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Born Feb. 15, 1915, in Vincennes, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed McCormick. He retired after 35 years working for Bringwald's Transfer.
He was also a local farmer. His wife, Mary L. (Hatton) McCormick, died July 13, 1986. Three sisters are also deceased. Survivors include two sons, Charles R.
McCormick and William J. McCormick, both of Vincennes; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Mount Calvary Cemetery by the Rev. George Ford.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Goodwin Funeral Home. Floyd Raymond Summers BICKNELL Floyd Raymond Summers, 89, Edwardsport, died at 3:05 p.m. Sunday, June 23, 2002, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Born May 30, 1913, in Daviess County, he was the son of Benjamin F.
and Ora A. (Simison) Summers. A retired farmer, he lived in the same house and farm all of his married life. He was a member of the Knox County Farm Bureau. He was baptized in the White River in 1928 and has been a member of the First Baptist Church in Edwardsport ever since.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby R. (Riddle) Summers, whom he married July 20, 1933, in Lawrenceville, three sons, Jim L. Summers and Benjamin M. Summers, both of Edwardsport, and Bill F. Summers of Washington; 11 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
A brother and three sisters are deceased. The funeral will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at WamplerShaw Funeral Home in Bicknell by the Rev. Tim Baxter. Burial will be in Edwardsport Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Edwardsport Baptist Church Memorial Fund. William Obermeyer LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. William Obermeyer, 60, Lawrenceville, died at 5:50 a.m.
Monday, June 24, 2002, at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson. Born Nov. 7, 1941, in 1 Hammond, he was the son of Lawrence and Pearl (Whorton) Obermeyer. He was a worker and was a member of the Russellville Community Church. Survivors include his father of Lawrenceville; a son, David Obermeyer of Oaktown; a daughter, Brenda Obermeyer; a brother, Annuel Obermeyer, Hobart; several grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
The body will be cremated, with a memorial service to be announced at a later date. Emmons-Macey Steffey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Denzil D. Jones ROBINSON, Ill. Denzil D.
Jones, 82, Hardinville, died at 3:10 a.m. Monday, June 24, 2002, at Crawford Memorial Hospital. Born Feb. 13, 1920, in Lawrence County, he 1 was the son of Jesse D. and Emma (Ferguson) Jones.
He was an area farmer and worked in the oil fields for Marathon Oil Co. for 19 years, retiring in 1983. He was a member of the Hardinville Christian Church, Robinson Masonic Lodge No. 250, Crawford County Shrine Club, Danville Consistory, the Ainad Shrine of East St. Louis, and was a past master of Hardinville Masonic Lodge No.
756. His wife, Nellie Pauline (Richart) whom he married June 19, 1941, died Dec. 28, 2001. Survivors include five sons, Eugene Jones and Carl Jones, both of Robinson, Larry W. Jones of Lake Station, Jesse Jones of Oblong and Stephen Jones of Waterloo; a brother, Hugh Jones of Lawrenceville; four sisters, Leota Richart of Robinson, Bernice Sanders of Oblong, Faye Weger of Terre Haute and Lenora Satterfield in Lawrenceville.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Goodwine Funeral Home in Robinson. Burial will follow in the Hardinville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with a Masonic service at 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made, to the Hardinville Christian Church with envelopes available at the funeral home. Patty Ruth (Salter) Gaynor SAN CARLOS, Calif. Patty Ruth (Salter) Gaynor, 74, formerly of Vincennes, died Thursday, June 20, 2002, at her residence in San Carlos. Services are pending in San Carlos. Memorial contributions can be made to the Mid Peninsula Pathways Hospice, 201 San Antonio Circle, Suite 104, Mountain View, CA 94040.
Services Mary Jane (Whitlock) Jansen CENTREVILLE, Va. The funeral for Mary Jane (Whitlock) Jansen will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Price Funeral Home in Manassas, by the Rev. Marcus Pollard. Burial will follow in Stonewall Memory Gardens, Manassas.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Lotteries Home planned for endangered bat INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Winning numINDIANAPOLIS (AP). More bers selected Monday in the Hoosier than 700 wooded acres west of the Lottery: Daily Three-Midday: 9-0-5 city will be protected under a plan Daily Three-Evening: 1-6-5 to help guarantee habitat for the Daily Four 1-2-9-8 endangered Indiana bat. Daily Four-Evening: 2-3-0-0 The plan will allow for construcMAX 5-Midday: 8-14 MAX 9-18 tion of a new Interstate 70 inter5-Evening: Lucky 5: 3-6-9-26-27 change near Plainfield.
Est. Hoosier Lotto jackpot: Est. Powerball jackpot: $12 million $6.5 million Hospital notes ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Winning Good Samaritan numbers selected Monday in the Illinois Admissions State Lottery: Gordon Fryrear, Princeton Pick Three-Midday: 5-3-3 Martha E. Jacobs, Oblong, Ill.
Pick Three-Evening: 0-8-5 Discharges Pick Four-Midday: 6-3-5-6 Jennifer M. Joyce and daughter, VinPick Four-Evening: 0-9-8-7 cennes Little Lotto: 08-09-11-25-27 Lawrence Co. (111.) Memorial Est. Lotto jackpot: $20 million Discharge Est. Mega Millions jackpot: $60 million Rachael Eagleson, Lawrenceville Meetings Today Thursday Vincennes Board of Zoning Appeals Catholic school board 7:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., city hall old Catholic school Wednesday Monday Vincennes University Board of Knox County Commissioners 9 Trustees 10:30 a.m., Indianapolis a.m., courthouse Criminal Justice Advisory Board North Knox School Board 7:30 4:30 p.m., city hall p.m., administration building TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2002 LYLES STATION Settled in late Lyles.
18408 former slaves by Joshua and Sanford African Methodist from Tennessee. Church (since 1860) and Episcopal (1865 1958) play. Important roles On in land susta' the community. Joshua Lyles, ratiror maintained a stat 1950s for pass and mai' (Continr AP First lady of Indiana Judy O'Bannon helps unveil a marker in front of Lyles Consolidated School Monday. Built for children of the black settlement of Lyles Station in 1919, the school operated until 1958.
Restoring the past Vincennes architect playing key role in bringing back school for children of ex-slaves LYLES STATION, Ind. (AP) week, said Vincennes resident Returning the schoolhouse to a A school that once served this com- George Ridgway, the project's place of learning is a vital and highmunity's population of freed slaves architect. ly anticipated part of the project. has begun a restoration project. Historians claim the site is proba- As a Heritage School, Lyles StaIndiana first lady Judy O'Bannon bly the state's most intact African- tion School would be available for unveiled a new state historic marker American community.
Built in 1919 area students to visit and spend a commemorating the Lyles Station and last used in 1958, Lyles Sta- day in an old-fashioned classroom. School in Gibson County settled in tion's school is listed on the Nation- The outdoor restrooms and sack the 1840s by former slaves. al Register of Historic Places. lunches provided to students will A nonprofit preservation group Ridgway said plans are to reno- complete the experience. Visitors, has raised $1.1 million to restore the vate the masonry of the building's will be able to watch the classes on school about 30 miles north of lower portion and reconstruct the monitors without interrupting the Evansville and turn it into a commu- wooden portion from the brick up.
students. nity center, museum and living-his- A 400-square-foot addition on the At its peak, the community of tory Heritage School. back will allow for handicapped Lyles Station had 55 houses, the eleA grant for nearly $800,000 was accessibility and an elevator without mentary school, two churches, two presented Monday by a representa- marring the building's historic pre- general stores and a lumber mill. tive of the U.S. Department of Agri- sentation from the front.
Two his- The community survived heavy culture's Rural Development pro- toric outhouses, but with modern flooding in 1913. Several current gram. plumbing, will complete the restora- residents are descendants of original Construction is set to begin this tion. settlers. LCMH seeking more public support BY ANDREA PRESTON employees and administrators.
or when it will start to arrive here." staff writer Overall, the budget is up 8 pecent Lay said a tax increase had been LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. In over last year. talked about for sometime, because an attempt to get more state money, In other budget news, Lay said the current rate of 8 cents had been Lawrence County Memorial Hospi- the hospital has "taken a hit" in the in place for a "number of years." tal has reduced its occupancy, but last 30-40 days, since the state is Lay said the hospital receives as only by two beds. more than $200,000 behind in Med- reimbursem*nt for the ambulance "There are a lot of grants out icaid payments. service, since taking over operathere for small hospitals and the Since the state is battling budget tions more than four years ago, and magic number for that is 50 beds," problems, it has dramatically cut each year the reimbursem*nt has Administrator Sam Lay told the back Medicaid payments and is in stayed the same while costs continboard, which unanimously some cases two and three months ued to rise.
approved the move Monday night. behind in payments; he said the The current tax of 8 cents cannot The board also approved writing hospital received one of its March be raised any higher than 25 cents to the Lawrence County Board ask- payments only this week. by the county board without the ing them 'to raise the tax to support "Anyone that receives state funds taxpayers voting on it at an election. the local ambulance service to help has been experiencing a slow-down, The finance committee plans on generate more money for the county like our local city and county gov- meeting later this month to deterand the hospital. ernments," Lay said.
mine how much of a raise to ask The bed count would change Gov. George Ryan said Monday for. from 59 to 49. But Administrator he plans to borrow $1 billion to At the meeting, county board Sam Lay said the new count actual- help pay overdue bills, such as members Gene Hayes and Don ly only affects two beds as several Medicaid, which Lay thinks is great Scaggs, who serve as a liaison were in the department and reassuring news. between the two entities, both said which closed more than a year ago.
"It will be nice to get some of they were appreciative about the The board also approved a new that money coming in again," Lay matter. A vote on raising the tax $18,112,574 million budget that said. "However, it is hard to say will take place at either the July or included 3-percent raises for all how that money will be distributed August county board meeting. Incumbent politicians benefit from PSAs BY AMANDA YORK Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell and his band Medicine Hat sometimes give free performances to raise money for charity.
Maybe a few hundred people will hear Ramsdell, the Republican candidate for comptroller. His Democratic opponent, incumbent Dan Hynes, does public service, too. Except his involves radio advertisem*nts, heard by people all over the state, urging taxpayers to file returns electronically. Such public service announcements are one of the big political advantages for incumbents in Illinois. While their opponents must buy advertising to introduce themselves to voters, incumbents can use their voice or face to promote a cause, often at taxpayer expense.
Incumbents defend the practice, although it is questioned by some lawmakers, watchdog groups and political opponents except for Ramsdell. Ramsdell says he considers public service announcements just another advantage of holding office and does not criticize Hynes for making them. It's another story with Tom Dart, however. Dart, a state representative from Chicago, is the Democrat running against Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka. He objects to commercials featuring Topinka promoting the college savings program Bright Start.
Salomon Smith Barney, the firm Topinka hired to run the program, pays for the ads. OUABACHE TRAILS PARK Third cabin now available Cabin 3 at Ouabache Trails Park will be available for rental Friday. Knox County Park Superintendent Tracy Newberry said construction of the cabin has been completed and the maintenance crew was moving furnishings into the cabin today. Newberry said 87 future rentals of the cabins had been scheduled as of Monday, with most being on weekends and holidays. All the cabins are booked for July 4.
Cabin 1 was first rented in early June and cabin 2 a week later. Heavy rains in May delayed completion of the cabins by a month. Cabin construction was funded by a $215,990 grant in 1999 from the Wabash River Heritage Corridor Commission. Newberry said $112,000 was left in the grant, which will be used to build a new modern restroom facility in the main recreation area. Any remaining funds will be used for enhancement work on the Pucachee streamway and to supplement the, cost of a fourth cabin, if one is built' in the future.
A laundry service center will be built this summer as an addition to the shower house in the campgrounds area, 1 Newberry said. It will be funded by $35,000 remaining, from a Build Indiana Fund grant. The grant will also pay for leveling and adding gravel to recreation vehicle sites at the campgrounds. Knox safety reports Man charged with illegal consumption The following comes from reports provided by the Vincennes and Knox County Police departments. Charges not involving warrants are preliminary and may be changed before formal filing by the prosecutor A Vincennes man was arrested at 1 a.m.
today by city police and charged with illegal consumption of alcohol. William J. Moore 20, 132 Autumn Ridge Lane, was being held on $2,000 bond. Other arrest Jeff W. Wyatt, 31, Bloomington, was arrested by county police at 1 p.m.
Monday in Vincennes on a charge of contempt of court. He was being held without bond. Man sentenced to more prison A man already doing time in an? Illinois prison was sentenced to 10" years on a drug charge Monday in; Knox Circuit Court. Matthew Hoke, 32, was part of a trio busted in March 2000 at Doll's Motel in Vincennes while in the process of manufacturing methamphetamine, the record shows. Judge Sherry Biddinger-Gregg; accepted a negotiated plea agreement and sentenced Hoke to 10 years in prison, to run concurrently with two Illinois sentences, the nature of which could not immediately be determined.
Hoke is serving time at the Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro, Ill. You would have to be deaf, dumb and blind and stupid not to know what (Ill. State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka) is up State Rep. Tom Dart Dart says there is no reason for Topinka to appear in the commercials except for self-promotion. "You would have to be deaf, dumb, blind and stupid not to know what she is up to," Dart said.
"She is promoting herself and trying to get her name recognition up, and that is wrong. It is the reason why people have such a horrible opinion of politicians." Topinka spokeswoman Carolyn Barry said the treasurer plans to pull the commercials 30 days before the November election to avoid any perception of impropriety. Secretary of State Jesse White was all over television and radio and even movie theaters last month with an ad promoting organ donation. It featured Olympic bronze medalist Chris Klug, an organ recipient, blasting down snow-covered mountains on a snowboard. Randy Nehrt, spokesman for White, said the ad agency spent $50,000 producing the commercial and $1 million buying airtime.
Radio commercials and formatting the ad for theaters added $35,000 to the final price, he said. The ads run every year from mid-April to the end of May, regardless of elections, he said. White's Republican opponent, Kris Cohn of Rockford, said he shouldn't use taxpayer dollars to further his political career. Both Cohn and Dart say they will not run such ads if they are elected. "What would be most important is making sure that organ donor programs would not be commingled with political careers," Cohn said.
Yet they both defend the ads run by incumbents from their own party. Dart says the secretary of state's office should promote organ donation, and Cohn praised Topinka for having a private business pay for the Bright Start ads. Some lawmakers, such as Sen. Kirk Dillard, R-Hinsdale, say legislation is needed to ensure future office holders don't abuse the power. Dillard doesn't have a problem with the commercials of Topinka and White, calling them classy.
Still, there's an obvious gray area that needs to be monitored, says David Morrison, coordinator for the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. "There certainly is a public good there to publicize those programs," Morrison said. "At the same time, it gets tricky when you have a political candidate serve that promotional role." How to reach If you have a story idea or correction for the Sun-Commercial, contact Chrystal Holmes, news editor, at 812-886-9955 or 800-876-9955. MAIL: S-C News, 702 Main P.O. Box 396, Vincennes, IN 47591.
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