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SUNDAY Rain stalls search for victims AM Red Cross to send aid DIGEST 11 left Community pitches in to recycle Also considered was the overall writ Deal for airport facility hits snag said he was surprised to learn of with the lease Schwartz had been Related stories on page B1 0 this week All the projects created by the 48 students were judged by 60 members of the community who volunteered their time Students were not in com petition with each other but were evaluated on the merit of what they arm and he may not be the only one the BI is seeking have at least one and there could be said Weldon Kennedy special agent in charge of the investi gation is much work left to be Much work remained at the bomb site as well Rescue efforts stalled Saturday morning by stiff winds 20 degree wind chills lightning and steady rains resumed at mid morning as workers began the heartbreak ing job of digging through the part of the collapsed building that had housed a day care cen ter firefighters are picking up toys and looking at them and handing them to each said Jon Hansen assis tant fire chief clutching a red plastic fire truck in the down pour hard to describe really having kids in there hope that there may be a child still Roger Zerkle had planned to donate his own time and money to develop and build the facility at Mid American Air Center until he received the final lease agreement in mail Visitors got their first look inside the Southwest Indiana Regional Youth Village during an open house Saturday The visit included a guided tour through the 80 acre site which is located off Old Decker Road near the Vincennes Industrial Park The facility will serve 16 Indiana coun ties really excited about said Director of Programs Dr Mary Robertson is looking forward to the opening and working with the The first youths will arrive at the 140 bed facility on Monday A rib bon cutting ceremony will be held at 8 am The not for profit facility is owned by Knox County Children and amily Services Inc and is being managed by Corrections Partners Inc of Nashville Tenn selected topic do a lot of writing to differ ent people and asking for informa tion on a subject they Klemeyer noted of the students John oley a fifth grader at he said broken toy is maybe a sign of broken In the early afternoon res cuers were ordered to leave again for fear the building was shifting They resumed only to be ordered out again because of an unauthorized person on the site The death toll remained at 78 Saturday with another 150 people still unaccounted for More than 400 others were see SEARCH page A8 Executive Director Charlotte Willis Nesbitt said at first the vil lage will be taking only a few chil dren at a time to ensure that all pro grams are working and in place The facility should be fully opera tional by this fall The site will provide both long and short term residential care tran sitional or independent living and secure detention for youths age 9 to 18 Robertson and Nesbitt both stressed that the 10 building com plex is not a prison for youngsters but a place that abused and neglect ed children can call home while undergoing counseling and individ ualized treatment The facility offers a full continuum of care that includes treatment programs that see YOUTH VILLAGE page A8 Thought for today not afraid of great ness: Some are born great some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon rom by William Shakespeare (1564 1616) By DEANNA RATTS staff writer Sun Commercial Is printed on re cycled paper Pleast read then Re By DEBBIE LEONARD staff writer By DEANNA RATTS staff writer Staff photo by Rob Edwards CHALLENGING PROJECT Janie Haggard left listens to Kelly Hacker 11 explain her Challenge air project and inal Saturday at Lincoln High School Protesting decision Gay rights advocates assailed a Virginia Supreme Court decision denying a lesbian custody of her son while conservative groups hailed it as a A4 victory for decency stopped then already be spending to improve the airport with the construction of the new building was Zerkle said was to be a partnership But now that has changed Now can we get in Roger pock Airport Manager Kurtis Schwartz late riday afternoon OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Holding toys from what once was a day care center drenched and chilly rescuers searched searched again Saturday through the bombed out shaky ruins of the federal building The second of two original sus pects remained at large The suspect one of the men whose sketches had been circu lated worldwide is described as square jawed with thick hair and a tattoo on his Vol 64 No 97 CENTRAL NEWSPAPERS INC: VINCENNES INDIANA 48 Pages $100 coordinator of the fair Children who are invited to partici pate are selected through a screening process Teachers and administrators consider creativity decision making and academics and each child Klemeyer explained The projects require written and oral explanations of the projects as well as visual displays After all the1 work is completed the Challenge air takes place for viewing by the public This showing was in the cafeteria at Lincoln High School 0' Staff photo by Rob Edwards the center while Betty Weiler of Vincennes looks Southwest Youth Village gives pre opening tours rom comic strips to sharks area fourth and fifth grade students explained what they knew about a wide range of subjects Saturday dur accomplished in the areas of creativi ing the 15th annual Challenge air at ty decision making and academics Lincoln High School The Challenge air is something a ten oral and visual materials of each select group of students at the Vincennes public schools work on throughout the school year It requires them to do a great deal of research on the subject of their choice said Pat Klemeyer principal at Riley Elementary School and Tecumseh Harrison Elementary Xrhnn ninn havp miir'h trnnhla U1UU 11MVV 111UVU UVUU1U selecting his topic which was Life size cardboard posters of the ever popular Capt James Kirk and Spock from the original stood beside project table and looked as if they would fire Air Center phasers if anyone touched it mother helped him dress the part by sewing him a gold and black uniform just like that of Captain Kirk complete with the see CHALLENGE page A8 Youth group spends spring break helping others Wedding bn ice DETROIT (AP) The bride was trembling It may have been nerves or the chill from the ice beneath her feet Tracy Witak and Matthew Ray took their wedding vows before 1 9000 people who came to Joe Louis Arena for a hockey game between the Detroit Red Wings and Winnipeg Jets used to joke with her it be neat to get married at center said Ray 32 a longtime Red Wings fan teased her enough that she turned the tables on Witak 25 wrote the Red Wings a letter requesting the on ice wedding when she found out this month that Ray has throat cancer He begins chemotherapy this week a normal request and we felt it was important to do it for said Red Wings marketing director Ted Speers 1 Weather Breezy and with a 60 percent chance of showers High in the mid 50s Monday will be mostly cloudy with high to 65 Knox County Red Cross is setting up blood mobile sites locally to aid victims of the bomb blast in Oklahoma Blood will be drawn from 9 am to 2 pm Tuesday at Lincoln High School and 1 to 5 pm Wednesday at Crestview Nursing Home The Red Cross also is accepting inquiries about people who may have been in the area of the explosion Wednesday Questions must be about immediate family members The number is 882 To make a financial donation to assist the Red Cross during this and other disasters call 1 800 HELP NOW (1 800 435 7669) or send donations to Knox County Chapter American Red Cross 214 Buntin St Vincennes IN 47591 APRIL 23 1995 Bi State Edition Zerkle said that although no mention had ever been made of the misunderstanding and had not charging him for the lease the yet been informed of any problems lease inciuaeo a jMb per year tee in addition to the cost he would under the impression that both par ties involved were happy with the final arrangements Schwartz said he would make immediate contact with members of the Bi State Authority the gov erning body for Mid American Air Center to inform them of the situ ation Schwartz said he and the board see AIRPORT page A8 About 1000 area residents disposed of their household hazardous wastes and paper goods Saturday during a special collection sponsored by the Knox County Solid Waste District Director Kaye Driskill said she was over whelmed by the response to the event which coincided with the 25th anniversary of Earth Day had no idea we would get this kind of she said shortly before closing the collection site at 1 pm have one semi tractor full of magazines and telephone books and another truck where really having to squeeze to fit things 'Items were dropped off in the gravel lot across from' the Vincennes Executive Inn At times Driskill said traffic was backed up to Sixth Street and people had to wait 10 to 15 minutes to unload the goods think this reinforces to the district that peo ple do want to recycle and will if they have the she said lot of people are thanking us and asking us to do this Driskill hopes to offer a Collection again in the fall In addition to collecting hard backed books and newspapers the 19 volunteers were also accepting household hazardous wastes such as antifreeze oil filters used oil and paint Safety Kleen Manager Michael Metric said his firm received about 11000 gallons of paint during the four hour event Organizers had hoped to get about 2500 gallons Residents also brought in 1100 gallons of oil and antifreeze and 1500 used oil filters said Metric whose firm will recycle the materials ima Uic HIM lime uic utsuivi Udb cuiiccicu Staff photo by Rob Edwards those problem wastes DOING HER PART Louise Miller drops off her Driskill said Safety Kleen will mix the paint papers and magazines at the recycling site across from see RECYCLING page A8 the Executive Inn Saturday morning Challenge air gives knowledge a forum Under suspicion A male nurse at Vermillion County Hospital was on duty when 130 patients died under questionable circumstances ae etata nffiriata qpv Briefly TOUR Kenneth Johannipg a math and science the center while Betty Weiler of Vincennes looks teacher at the Southwest Indiana Regional Youth into one of the classrooms Tours were given Village explains to visitors Pam and Will Pugh of Saturday at the facility which is scheduled to open Lvansvuie wnat classroom education will be like at State' Nation By CHRYSTAL HOLMES Illinois bureau chief LAWRENCEVILLE Ill A misunderstanding between airport officials and a lat Rock business man may have halted a deal for an ultralight facility at Mid American E1 BtVlNCENNES I Wi Gomirref ciall the XKJ A8 i fT I 7 4 3 Vs fir 'f Jffc 1 fsJSIl cj Rm "'a wgaii him i Ila Ji MKayK?" f1 Business D1 2 Classified 1 12 Community focus B2 Courts 9 Crossword 10 Deaths A2 Editorials A6 arm news D4 un page 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