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Local 2 Kokomo (Ind.) Tribune Frldoy, Aug. 7, 1992 People perform PERU, Ind. Up With People, a multi-cultural touring group, will have concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Peru High School. Cast members who will perform this weekend are from 19 different countries.

Cast members stay in local homes in areas where they perform. Part of the group's purpose is to learn about other cultures and to teach others about their cultures. The group is trying to recruit members from this area. Tickets for the concerts are $8 for adults or $6 for children. Tickets may be purchased at the door, from Spiec6 Sales Inc.

in Kokomo, or from various ticket outlets. Rain predicted A strong storm system, with cold air behind it, will move across the northwest United States today, pushing hot humid air in front of it that will produce showers and thunderstorms across Indiana tonight and early Saturday. But before the showers fall again, skies will remain sunny and warm today, according to local weather observer Bob Wise. Showers should begin falling after midnight, before ending by late Saturday morning. Tonight's low will be near 64.

Rain fall amounts could range from one-half to three-fourths of an inch, Wise said. Skies will become partly sunny Saturday, with a high near 85. Saturday night will be fair, with a low of 65. Skies should remain sunny, with temperatures reaching into the upper 80s Sunday, Wise said. Salaries approved PERU, Ind.

The entire Grissom Community Redevelopment Authority Board approved the salaries of its coordinator, Richard Blair, and secretary Helen Svetlovics Thursday. The salaries are $30,000 a year plus an annual health insurance payment of $3,021.60 for Blair and $14,000 for Svetlovics. Both will receive one week of vacation after six months and two weeks after one year of employment. Each gets 12 days per year after 90 days' employment for sick leave and are paid 25 cents a mile. Social services United Way and its member agencies will distribute information about social services at The Great United Way Fair at Kokomo Mall Aug.

14. The fair will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Each agency will have a booth and will distribute information and answer questions. Prizes and balloons also will be handed out. Clemency denied WESTVILLE, Ind.

The Indiana Parole Board Wednesday denied clemency for a former Kokomo man who is serving a life sentence for the 1974 murder of a Russiaville woman. Charles E. Lockert's bid for clemency was denied because of the nature and circumstances of the murder of Connie Jo Fivecoate and his participation in the crime, Roy Smith, a parole officer at Westville, said today. Lockert, 39, has continually been denied early release from prison, and in 1990 he lost an effort to have his life sentence modified. Although Lockert has been denied clemency, he is scheduled to appear in Rochester Aug.

19 for a hearing related to a plea bargain he entered 17 years ago, a prosecutor said. During the hearing, Lockert will try to convince Special Judge Garrett Palmer of Miami Circuit Court that he did not know what he was doing when he entered the plea bargain that resulted in the prison sentence, and dismissed two other charges, Starke County Prosecutor Kim Hall said. In a petition for post-conviction relief, Lockert argues that he didn't enter his plea agreement knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently, Hall said. On Feb. 18, 1975, Lockert pleaded guilty in Fulton Circuit Court to a charge of felony murder during the commission of a robbery in the July 18, 1974 death of Connie Fivecoate, 33.

He faced a series of charges in connection with Fivecoate's death, and that of her 8-year-old son, Chad. Although he reportedly hesitated before pleading guilty, Lockert voluntarily entered the plea agreement that was written by David Wallsmith, then Starke County's prosecutor, and defense attorney James R. Fleming of Kokomo. A provision of the plea bargain placed an indefinite continuance on a murder charge involving Chad Fivecoate if Lockert ever escaped from prison, was released or attempted to appeal his sentence. Hall has said he is reviewing the plea agreement to determine if the charge related to Chad's death could be pursued.

Correction Because of a Kokomo Tribune error, the dates of two area events were incorrect. The Sharpsville Bee-Bop Festival is Aug. 15. The Honey Creek is Aug. 15 and 16, at 800 W.

Road 250South. museum needs help GRISSOM AIR FORCE BASE, Ind. Officials named six planes that will be leaving Grissom Air Park instead of just one, as reported last week at Thursday night's Grissom Community Redevelopment Authority meeting. Geoffrey L. Hays, coordinator for the United States Air Force Museum Program at Wright- Patterson Air Fvarw Base, Ohio spoke to members of the GCRA about its plans to help the Heritage Museum Foundation become a civilian-run operation.

The six planes to be relocated are the F-104, F-105. F-W, F-84, U-3 and the O-2. These planes were found to have no historical significance to Grissom Air Force Base. This also lessens the burden on the Heritage Museum to have to maintain the aircraft, Hays said. Hays is working with the Heritage Museum Foundation at Grissom Air Force Base in trying to get it qualified as a civilian museum.

The hope was to either have it taken over by the Air Force Reserves or to be run as a civilian museum. It is no longer a viable option for the reserves to take over the museum from the active-duty, Hays said. There is no money in the reserves budget for this option, he added. So there are two options, Hays said. One is to close the museum, which they don't want to do, or to qualify the Heritage Museum Foundation to operate as a civilian museum.

"And that is the option that we're going to pursue," Hays said. There is a qualification process which the museum has to go through, Hays said. Part of it is administrative, which is the legal aspects getting a 501-C3 status etc. The other half, and more difficult part, Hays said is the operations qualification. In this portion, finances are looked at as well as the manning who will run and operate the museum.

"Our sole goal is to make sure our aircraft on loan to the foundation will be taken care of," Hays said. He is responsible for almost 1,600 aircraft on loan around the world. About 300 aircraft are being handled by civilians. "We want to make sure the organization has really, in effect, a 'fighting chance' of surviving on their own," Hays said. There originally were seven aircraft to be taken from the Air Park, Hays said.

But they found out that one of the aircraft, the F-100, was indeed a player in the Grissom Air Force Base history. The only plane of the six to actually have a home right now is the F-104, Hays said. It is going to southern Indiana to a veterans organization there. Hays said the status of the museum depends on how quickly it can get its feasibility study in and when the rest of the information is gathered. He estimated it would take USAFMP about 60 days, once the information is received, to make a decision.

"Our bias is to try to qualify them," Hays said. "What I really don't need right now is more airplanes to relocate. I have approximately 183 involved in base closure that we have to do something about." Moving the aircraft is not really an easy alternative, Hays said. It's a tremendous burden on his office. If the planes do not find a good home, they stay where they are, Hays said.

They are not arbitrarily turned into salvage, he noted. In a related matter, Peggy Rutledge, development director with the Indiana Department of Commerce Marketing and Tourism Development Division, announced their intention to help the Heritage Museum fund its feasibility study. It also hopes to help market Grissom. Tennis tactics Kyle Hardie, 11, Kokomo, was one of roughly 100 first- through eighth-graders to participate in the Wildkat Tennis Camp at Kokomo High School, south campus, during the past two weeks. The camp, which stressed techniques of the game, was organized by Charlie Hall, KHS boys varsity tennis coach.

The camp is said to be one of the largest in the area. Here Hardie reacts to a winning shot he made during a drill with fellow students. (Tribune photo by Brian Reynolds) Clients interested in Grissom facility PERU, Ind. Richard Blair, Grissom Community Redevelopment Authority coordinator, told members Thursday of eight clients interested in developing parts of Grissom Air Force Base. Maintaining the U.S.

Postal Service at Grissom is being looked into, Blair said. Another client, which is a financial institution, owns the building, but not the property on which it sits, Blair noted. The building is over a $500,000 structure and sits on about a third of an acre. The institution would like to retain the land and has first right of refusal on the property, he added. Another client called "education" is a couple of organizations interested in expanding an educational system at Grissom.

Blair believes they plan to work together on this project. Another educational institution, Ball State University, is not interested in maintaining the offices where it is now. Blair believes they will be going to the reserves to see if there is an area there it can lease. "Big Guys," are out-of-state clients who want a place to work on three large pieces of machinery they have. They do not want to buy a facility, but to lease one, Blair added.

The "Southern Guys" represent clients who have remained nameless to date, but are interested in the runway and all of the facilities along the runway having to do with hangars and shops. Grissom is in competition with two other bases. Blair sent the client pictures, and they have expressed an interest to visit the facility. Southern Guys are also interested in the Big Guys. Other clients called "Keepers" want 250 to 300 acres of flat land.

They would employ 250 people 60 percent of which will be hired from this area if available. They buy most of its materials from the local area. The clients will build their own facility which costs about $50 million. Their annual budget is $35 to $40 million. The "Suppliers" clients came from New York and California to check out Grissom, Blair said.

They have asked for a lot of information. And the "SFMO" clients have visited Grissom four times and were visiting the area again today. Blair said it is a very positive situation. In other GCRA business. Bill Friend, treasurer, noted the GCRA had received $5,000 of Cass County's promised $10,000 for GCRA use.

Police blotter Burglar escapes A man who burglarized a downtown sporting goods store early Thursday escaped from police after a brief chase. According to Sgt. Thomas Kelley, a Kokomo police detective, patrolman Linke Catron, who was patroling in the 200 block of North Washington Street, saw a man carrying several large bags walking along the street. As Catron tried to stop the man for questioning, the man fled through an alley. Catron found the bags discarded in an alley behind Owen L.

Bolinger's law firm at 215 N. Washington St. The bags contained shoes and athletic apparel. Minutes later, Kelley said police learned that Sanburn-Kessler Sporting Goods, 112 S. Washington had been burglarized.

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Officials investigating the Monday murder of a Peru attorney noted articles have been reported missing from the victim's home, leading them to believe a burglary took place at the time of the murder. James Hurst Grund, 47, 7 Summit Drive, was found by his wife, Susan, at 11:55 p.m. Monday shot to death in his home. There was no evidence of a forced entry. Police have not released whether there was any sign of a struggle or where and how many times Grund was shot.

Dr. Dean Gifford, a pathologist who performed the autopsy, released to some media that Grund died of a ui wound to the head. Another media report claims Miami County prosecutor WIT Siders has requested informatUjlL; from the Indiana Department of- Correction of recent prisoner, releases. But Siders doesn't lieve the list of names will lead to" anything he's just covering 811 the bases. Grund was Miami County prosecuting attorney from 1978 tloT 1982.

Bob Brinson, a senior trooper- detective with the Indiana Stale: Police, said Tuesday the police, were investigating the incident as a murder, but there was no one ift particular at that time as suspect. Officials relent, haul out bug spray Tipton fogging continues Saturday By Anne Mawhorr Tribune Tipton Buruea TIPTON, Ind. The bugs are back, and they're back with a vengeance. After record-setting rainfall in July, Tipton residents are plagued by swarms of mosquitos. They lay eggs in standing water.

So many residents have com- lained about the pesky insects hat Tipton Mayor David Berkemeier has relented from a previous policy of no fogging. At the last Common Council meeting in July, Berkemeier stated city employees would not spray chemicals into the air in an' attempt to kill mosquitos. City workers fogged from 5 to 7 a.m. today and will do the same Saturday. "I'm totally against spraying," Berkemeier said.

"I don't believe it is effective, and I also don't believe it is harmful. The next time we get 12 inches of rain in one month, I'll do it again," he said. He also said people have little reason to fear mosquitos because there has not been a case of encephalitis in Indiana since 1972. Mosquitos are known to transmit the disease. For more than 16 years, the city has mixed the chemical malathion with diesel fuel and spread the mixture around town with a thermal fogging machine.

The fogging was halted during the summer of 1991 because citizens were concerned the mixture would cause health problems. Beth Hirtzel, who has opposed the fogging for four years, maintains that malathion, an organophosphate, can casue acute and sub-acute poisoning. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, often confused with the Problems which can appear over time include respiratory ailments, cancer, chromosonal mutations, lung lesions and suppression of the immune system. Hirtzel also said the chemical is made especially dangerous wheff, mixed with fuel because it breakdown. Berkemeier said he still is looking into other forms of mosquito, control.

"I'm not happy about spray-' ing," he said. ''But even though I don't agree with it, I represent everybody, and many want to Berkemeier said he advises residents to rid their property of any standing water. People should clean out gutters, empty birdbaths and get rid of old tires. He also recommended cutting high weeds. Hirtzel said her phone has been ringing off the hook because other people who opposed the fogging are surprised at the turnaround.

"People feel let down," she said, adding it will be more difficult to work against the spraying now. In the past, she and others hoped to educate city officials about the. dangers and ineffectiveness of malathion and then persuade them to stop the fogging. "But this administration admits fogging does no good and is still going to expose us to the chemical, Hirtzel said. Local update Free bike checks INDIANAPOLIS Free bicycle checks will be available at a bicycle fair scheduled for 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Aug. 21 at the Indianapolis' Childrens Museum. The fair, sponsored by the Indiana SAFE KIDS Coalition, will focus on bicycle safety. A helmet and bicycle will be given away during the fair.

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