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Page A2 Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana, Thursday, March 5,1998 CALENDAR Saturday Breakfast: Breakfast will be served from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Walton Masonic Lodge. The menu includes, sausage gravy and scrambled eggs or trench toast and sausage patty, coffee and orange juice. Donations will be accepted. Free Lunch: A free lunch will be sewed from 11 a.m.

to 12:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. All are welcome. Sunday All Saints Chicken Noodle Dinner: The Daughters of Isabella are sponsoring a chicken noodle dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

at the Knights of Columbus Home, 100717th St. The price is $5 for adults, $2 for children 10 and younger, and includes pie and coffee. AGENDA Today THE DELPHI BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY will meet at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers, A DELPHI CITY COUNCIL meeting will follow at 7 p.m. THE LOGANSPORT SCHOOL BOARD'S POLICY COMMITTEE will meet at 3:30 p.m.

in the Franklin Elementary School library, 410 W. Miami Ave. THE WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL BOARD will meet at 3:1 5 p.m. in the West Central Junior-Senior High School cafeteria. Monday THE TRl-COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD will meet at 7:30 p.m.

in the board room of the administration office, 200 W. North Wolcott. THE TIPPECANOE VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD will meet in executive session at 7:30 p.m. in the Tippecanoe Valley Middle School conference room. A regular meeting will follow at 7:30 p.m.

and a second executive session will follow that. THE PERU REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE MIAMI COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION will have a joint meeting at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. LOTTERIES Hoosier Lottery Wednesday's drawing Daily Three: Daily Four: 8-8-8-4 Lucky Five: Lotto: 5-9-11-22-34 Saturday's drawing Lotto Cash Jackpot: $1 million Hoosier Lottery Hotline: (900) 420-CASH (There will be a fee for this call) Powerball Wednesday's drawing Daily Millions Red: 19-21 White: 11-15 Blue: 10-16 Wednesday's drawing Lotto: 3-19-30-33-39 Powerball: 9 Powerball Jackpot: $14 million Illinois Lottery Wednesday's drawing Lotto: 4-13-36-38-43-46 Lotto Cash Jackpot: million CALL OR FAX Us If you have an item for the Pharos-Tribune, please call us at (219) 722-5000 or (800) 6764125 at the extensions and times listed below, After hours, leave a Voice Mail message and your call will be returned as soon as possible. CUSTOMER SERVICE (weekdays 8 a.m.

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Heater, 91, of Chase Center, formerly of 820 15th will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in All Saints Catholic Church. Mrs. Heater died at 8:38 a.m. Wednesday, March 4,1998, in Logansport Memorial Hospital.

Bom July 4,1906, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Eli and Mary Jane Stitt Dailey. In 1926, in Logansport, she was married to William W. Heater, who died in 1952. Mrs. Heater had been employed at the H.

W. Gossard Company. She attended St. Joseph Elementary School and graduated in 1923 from St. Joseph Commercial School.

She was a member of All Saints Catholic Church, All Saints Ladies Society and Daughters of Isabella. Surviving are one son, Harry Heater, Logansport; two daughters, Marilyn C. Cook and Shirley Wootten, both of Logansport; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Two sons, one brother and four sisters preceded in death. Fathers Donald Gross and Leo Haigerty will officiate at the services.

Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in Kroeger Funeral Home, where the rosary will be said at 8 p.m., followed by a Daughters of Isabella service. V. Pearl Reid Services for V.

Pearl Reid, 86, of 2920 High will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Kroeger Funeral Home. Mrs. Reid died at 7:55 a.m. Wednesday, March 4, 1998, in Logansport Memorial Hospital.

Born July 7, 191 1 in Gotebo, she was the daughter of Bill and Susan Jane Kelly West. She was married to Carl Reid, who preceded in death. Mrs. Reid was retired from the H.W. Gossard Company.

Surviving are one daughter, Carlene Hathaway, Logansport; two brothers, Cloyd Harrison, Mountain View, and Jack Harrison, Prague, four grandchildren and their spouses, Dawn and David Downham, Scott and Vicky Hathaway and Ted and Kelly Hathaway, all of Logansport, and Jack Hathaway, Rochester; 10 great-grandchildren; three great- great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. One brother and one sister also preceded in death. Larry Molaski will officiate at the services. Burial 1 will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.

Friday in theluneral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Phyllis M. Elliott LAFAYETTE Services for Phyllis M. Elliott, 91 of 305-1 13 Montefore will be held at 10 am Saturday in Soller-Baker Funeral Home, Lafayette Chapel.

Mrs. Elliott died at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, 1998, in Home Hospital. Bom April 1 1906, in Wheeling, she was the daughter of Berton and Minnie Atchley Kirkpatrick. On June 14, 1931, she was married to George D.

Elliott, who died March 30, 1973. Having lived in Lafayette most of her life, Mrs. Elliott attended Young America High School in Wheeling, and Indiana Business College with an emphasis on bookkeeping. She was employed at Weast Music, where she was a bookkeeper for 1 1 years, at K-Mart, where she was manager of appliances, and was the co-owner of the former Elliott's Grocery Store on 26th and Main streets. Mrs.

Elliott was a member of the Sweet Adelines of Lafayette, a ladies barbershop group. She was treasurer of the singing group. Surviving are one son, Kirk Elliott, Lafayette; one daughter-in-law, Bridget Elliott, Lafayette; one sister, Thelma Elliott, West Lafayette; one grandson, Jason A. Elliott, Piano, Texas; and several nieces and nephews. Pastor Dan Pongratz will officiate at the services.

Burial will be in Kilmore Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Eastside Assembly of God, P.O. Box 5947, Lafayette.

FUNERAL NOTICES Brugh A funeral Mass for Charles "Chuck" Brugh, 78, of 131 1 E. Market will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in All Saints Catholic Church. Burial, with military rites, will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m.

today in Kroeger Funeral Home. Jones DELPHI Graveside services for Robert L. Jones, 87, of Rockfield, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Rockfield IOOF Cemetery. There will be no visitation.

Horn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Morris Memorial services for Gladys Marie Morris, 99, of 1005 Helm will be held at 1 1 a.m, Saturday in Wheatland Avenue United Methodist Church. Fisher Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Sink Services for Cutha Sink, 102, formerly of 2312 George will be held at 1 p.m. today in McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Camden Cemetery. Louise Dougherty Louise Dougherty A funeral Mass for Louise Dougherty, 88, of 513 W.Clinton will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in All Saints Catholic Church. Mrs. Dougherty died at 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday, March 4,1998, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Born Sept. 5,1909, in Logansport, she was the daughter of Anthony and Mary Morter Fettig. On Sept. 16,1937, in St.

Joseph Church, Logansport, she was married to Robert J. Dougherty, who survives. Mrs. Dougherty retired from the former St. Joseph Hospital, where she was head bookkeeper and one of the last employees of the hospital when it closed in 1978.

She attended St. Joseph Elementary School and graduated in 1926 from St. Joseph Commercial School. In her younger years, she was active in school and church activities. Mrs.

Dougherty was a member of All Saints Catholic Church, All Saints Ladies Society and the Daughters of Isabella. Surviving are one son and daughter-in- law, Robert J. Jr. and Darcy Dougherty, Elgin, one daughter and son-in-law, Ann L. and James Phillips, Fort Wayne; three sisters-in- law, Leona Fettig, Logansport, Gertrude Dougherty, Florida, and Edith Dougherty, California; and several nephews and nieces, including Many Lou Will, Logansport.

One infant son, four brothers and five sisters preceded in death. Fathers Donald Gross and Leo Haigerty will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in Kroeger Funeral Home, where the rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m.

followed by a Daughters of Isabella service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cass County Kidney Patient Fund. Continued from Page 1 Cecil Adams FLORA Graveside services for Cecil Adams, 79, of Brethren Healthcare Center, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Maple Lawn Cemetery. Mr.

Adams died at 2:18 p.m. Wednesday, March 4,1998, at his residence. Pastor Dave Rosner will officiate at the Friends may call from 1 p.m. until the time of services Friday in Reinke Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Brethren Church.

Pursch Doris I. Pursch, 79,1527 McCarty died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Kroeger Funeral Home. Zelda E.

Wilson FORT WAYNE Graveside services for Zelda E. Wilson, 78, of Fort Wayne, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 14, in Riverside Cemetery, Attica. Mrs. Wilson died Wednesday, Feb.

25, 1998, in Fort Wayne. Born Oct. 28,1919, she was the daughter of Boston and Emma Burke Rice. On Feb. 14, 1947, she was married to Charles G.

Wilson who survives. A native of Attica, Mrs. Wilson retired in 1966 from General Telephone Co. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, both in Attica. Also surviving are one son, Garold Wilson, Gilbert, two daughters, Norita Lough, at home, and Jacqueline Wicklander, Lombard, 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity. D.O. McComb Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Reform Continued from Page A1 vision to say if we change our tax structure and that's going to create more jobs in the State of Indiana, we can't be so fixed on what it's going to cost in the next few years that we don't get anything done." O'Bannon also responded to criticism from some legislators who said he should have taken a more active role during the recent 1998 session to foster reform. "I certainly want the legislature to work as well as it did last year when we passed legislation and cut taxes by $300 million.

Certainly they could have done that this year. For me to say, 'This is the idea that should I don't think would have worked." O'Bannon says legislators may have resented him taking the lead on the tax restructuring issue. HOSPITAL NOTES Logansport Births: Wayne and Diane Schroeder, Idaville, are the parents of a daughter, Jacalyn Alexie Schroeder, born Thursday, Feb. 26,1998, in Logansport Memorial Hospital. Maternal grandparents are Tim and Leesa Criswell, Burnettsville.

Maternal great-grandparents are Boyd and Jean Criswell, Burnettsville. Paternal grandparents are Aiden and Sue Schroeder, Idaville. it. It smells like the bank owns it, and I believe the bank owns it," Franklin said. Salin Bank Trust spokesman Arden Cramer said the bank has no comment on the building because the ownership issue is currently involved in litigation.

David Blue, who now operates another firm in Elkhart, said it's an issue he would like to have resolved. "No one really knows who owns the building," he said. The ownership may be decided at a July trial, Blue said, but it has been part of a Jegal dispute involving himself and the bank for several years. Blue said the dispute had reached the appellate court level but will be heard again at the county level. He said he is unsure about what court the case will be tried in.

"I would like to see an out-of-court resolution to the problem of the property," Blue said, "The problem really lies in the bank not being willing to negotiate a settlement. There have been people willing to buy that property and clean it up. At this point, we haven't seen that the bank wants to do that. That's probably because the guy who owns the bank doesn't live in that town." "Clearly, the building is an eyesore from a neighborhood and community standpoint. It's not serving any function to the neighborhood or the economic benefits of the city." Blue said the warehouse roof collapsed approximately 60 to 90 days after his former firm gave up possession of the building.

Vernon expressed some concern the warehouse will become another H.W. Gossard building an abandoned eyesore that will linger in a deteriorating state for years. Board member Eugene Monahan, a former three-term mayor, said he hopes county officials don't allow the property to deteriorate at the city's expense like the Gossard did. "I don't think the county will spend a dime to improve anything in the city," Monahan said. "It seems that the city is not part of the county.

This has always upset me to the core." Sears Continued from Page Logansport. Holcomb's injuries resulted in permanent impairment to his body, loss of wages, lost future earning abilities and loss of the ability to fully enjoy life, according to the complaint. The plaintiffs allege the defendant negligently failed to invest, develop, design, research, manufacture, test, etc. the product before selling it. The Holcombs claim Sears failed to provide adequate and fair warning of dangers of the product as well as that it failed to recall the product or repair the defects.

In the complaint, the Holcombs also allege Sears "refrained from making the necessary cure of the defects in order to save money and make bigger profits" and that the business is "guilty of malice" because of its "conscious disregard" of its customers' safety. Paula Davis, a spokesperson for Sears, could not comment on the case, saying that it is policy not to discuss pending litigation. However, Davis did say that impact resistant glasses which are not completely are sold by Sears Optical, a store licensed by Sears, and customers can purchase a two-year warranty in which the company will replace the glasses. Without a warranty, glasses may not be replaced free of charge, she said. The Holcombs have asked for "exemplary and punitive damages in the amount sufficient so that an example will be made of (Sears) and so as to promote safety and make it good business to cure defects." No dollar amount was specified in the claim.

They are asking for damages to compensate for losses and costs of this action and all other reasonable and proper relief, the complaint stated. A jury trial has been requested. Steele Continued from Page A1 States. In Washington, Buyer's press secretary, Mike Gopher, said there were several reasons why Buyer opposed fast track, and among those reasons was granting President Clinton the authority to negotiate the agreement. "His problem in recent years has been that the United States has 28 formal trade disputes with our trading nations right now Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Brazil and Canada just to name a few.

He has been not only supportive of the administration but prodding the administration to make sure those nations provide the same access to their markets as we are providing to ours. With some of these nations, that clearly is not the case. He believes right now, the president's focus is misdirected. We need to stop and look at what trade disputes we have and resolve those and focus on the compliance of existing agreements before we enter into negotiations in new markets." Gopher said one agreement involved Monon Trailer's shipment of semi-trailers for use on highways in Mexico two years ago. Mexican officials ruled the 53-foot trail- ers were too long and were unsafe.

Trucking firms were forced to go with smaller trailers as a result. Steele also said he supports national education standards, but flexibility in federal funding that allows local school boards and administrators to make their own decisions. Steele said American students are "significantly underperforming" overall and a level of national standards has to be set to ensure a strong education system. America still has great universities, he said, but many of the people who are either teachers or students at universities are not products of the nation's education system. "This is a national crisis," Steele said.

Gopher said Buyer's position is that the federal government ought to keep its hands out of schools. "He believes and I think he's got a record that will back it up that he doesn't believe the federal government should be in the business of setting standards and telling Hoosiers what should be taught in Indiana schools. If the bureaucrats get their way on national standards, then they'll be telling teachers how they will teach to attain those standards. Congressman Buyer believes we should allow Indiana teachers, school boards and parents to teach what Indiana children need to be taught." Deal Continued from Page A1 location to operate if water and sewer lines could not be extended to the city. John Combs, president and principal owner of Independent Ventilation Systems, asked council members if they would consider spot zoning to bypass some of the businesses along East Main Street.

Combs asked if the council could defer tax rates or negotiate with local residents. "Can you make it as easy as possible on us if you're going to annex us?" he asked. Councilman Mike Fincher said it makes sense logistically for the city to annex the entire East Main Street area as part of the effort to extend water and sewer lines east from the city limits to the new Hoosier Heartland Corridor. Combs said after meeting with Eel Township Assessor Shelby Ridenour Tuesday night, he and other people who live and work along the street have learned their taxes probably will increase 30 percent as a result of annexation. Combs also raised the issue of the cost of shutting down wells and septic systems when water and sewer lines are extended to buildings along the street.

But city officials said there are advantages and reasons for annexation that have to be considered as part of the entire municipal government picture. Plan Director Steve Edson said being in the city could allow Combs and other businesses some future advantages because the city has been designated an economic revitalization area. Edson said if Combs does decide to expand his plant at its current location, he may find it easier to provide automatic sprinkler systems for his plant with city water than his existing well water, and that will mean lower insurance rates. Deputy City Attorney Tom Perrone said annexation of East Main Street and other areas surrounding the city is a right cities have. Fincher and Councilman Ted Franklin said annexation is one vehicle for broadening the tax base that will allow the city to grow, partic-; ularly since the city will be taking on more expense when it assumes responsibility for maintenance of U.S.

24 and Ind. 329 once the Hoosier Heartland is completed. Corner said cities have to grow somehow. "We can't just sit here and stagnate. We have to be looking to the future." Theft Continued from Page A1 "(Fry) was an innocent victim here," Rozzi said.

"He just happened to be a passenger in the vehicle." Rozzi said that Bauman had come to Logansport to help Fry with some house repairs and that they had run to the store for supplies when the traffic stop occurred. LPD officer Ray Bean stopped the 1987 Chevrolet Camaro, driven by Bauman, at Main and Cole streets for a speeding violation A written warning was issued. After running a check on the driver and license plate through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Bauman was allowed to leave the scene, according to Bean's report. Minutes later, Bean was informed by dispatchers that the vehicle had been reported stolen from Indianapolis. Bean was able to locate the car at the intersection of 18th Street and South River Road, where he initiated a second stop and arrested Bauman and Fry.

Police confiscated a bag containing a green leafy substance, a package of rolling papers and a scale with a white substance on it during a search of the vehicle. "I don't blame the uniform division for making the arrest (at the time)," Rozzi said. But after talking with Fry, Rozzi said he believed Fry was not involved in the crime. "I don't believe he had any knowledge the vehicle was stolen," he said. Bauman told police that his boss, Derwood Givens, registered owner of the vehicle, had allegedly loaned him the car about one week ago.

The charges against Bauman still stand, Rozzi said..