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The Beacon Journal www.Ohio.com Page 118, Tuesday, December 14, 1999 Suspect sought in robbery Medina sheriff looking for man who robbed Hardscrabble Tavern in Liverpool on the front. He was seen driving a maroon, early 1980s car, possibly a Ford Thunderbird, with gray primer on the bumper and peeling paint on the front bumper making it partially yellow. An employee who answered the phone at the Hardscrabble Tavern yesterday declined to comment on the robbery. Anyone with information Ls asked to call the Medina County Sheriffs Department at 330-725-6631. phen Herte, before the assailant pushed them into the women's restroom and wedged a chair against the door.

The employees freed themselves about 20 minutes later, Herte said. Neither was injured. The suspect is described as a thin, white male, 6 feet tall, in his late 30s or early 40s, with unkempt dirty blond hair and an unshaven face. He was wearing denim overalls with holes in the knees and rear, along with a thigh-length denim jacket and a dirty baseball cap with a gold diamond emblem By Tracy Wiikki.kr Hrin-utl -Ititinitll slitfl it rtlcr Livkriooi, TWK: The Medina County Sheriffs Department is looking for a man who robbed the Hardscrabble Tavern yesterday morning, possibly at gunpoint. According to a sheriffs report, the man entered the bar at Columbia and Grafton roads shortly after 11 a.m.

and demanded money. While no weapon was seen, the man indicated that he had a gun in his coat pocket. The two women clerks handed over $450, said sheriffs Sgt. Ste Author Joseph Heller V. Associated Press file photo Writer Joseph Heller is pictured in January of 1998 by a Coney Island Ferris wheel.

Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. Writer of 'Catch-22' succumbs to heart attack at East Hampton home BY RICHARD SEVERO AND HERBERT MlTCANG Y'trk Tunis Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22, the darkly comic 1961 novel whose title became a universal metaphor not only for the insanity of war but also for the mad-ness'of life itself, died on Sunday night at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 76. The cause was a heart attack, his wife, Valerie, said. After Catch-22, Heller would go on to write such well-regarded novels as Something Happened, Good as Gold and God Knows, as well as two memoirs and several plays.

But as acclaimed as his other works were, they were always viewed less favorably than Catch-22, which became an American classic, selling more than 10 million copies in the United States, read in many of the world's languages, and turned into a 1970 film by Mike Nichols. Catch-22 was based on Heller's experiences as a bombardier with the 12th Air Force in the Mediterranean in World War II. The novel is about a bombardier named John Yossarian who believes his ambitious, mean-spirited commanding officers are more dangerous than the Germans. To avoid flying more missions, Yossarian concocts a mysterious liver ailment, sabotages his plane and Summit Bell, Stephen 93, of Bar-berton. Sunday.

Camp-ficld-Hickman-Collier funeral home. Braswell, Jack 69, of Stow. Sunday. Craver-Riggs funeral home, Milford. Chalk, JoAnn 66, of Cuyahoga Falls.

Saturday. Red-mon funeral home, Stow. Senk, Walter 49, of Cuyahoga Falls. Saturday. Johnson Romito funeral home, Bedford Siegferth, Maxine Elizabeth, 81, of Akroa Sunday.

Hummel funeral home. Spittler, Steven, 52, of Bar-berton. Saturday. Cox funeral home. Stuber, Martha 78, of Akroa Monday.

Prentice funeral home. Wandling, Willie B. "BUMc," 81, of Akroa Saturday. Newcomer-Farley funeral home. Stark Barbat, Pearl Costea, 90, formerly of Canton.

Saturday. Waltner-Simchak funeral home. Berstler, Jane, 74, of Cantoa Saturday. Williams funeral home. Brady, Ana 82, of Alliance.

Saturday. Walton-Schrader funeral home. Charltoa Joyce, 81, formerly of Akroa Monday. Heckcr funeral home, Uniontowa Clark, Doris 71, of Massilloa Sunday. Brooks funeral home.

DeGordon, Charles, 80, of Jackson Township. Saturday. Heitger funeral home. Dennis, John 58, of Canton. Saturday.

Reed funeral home. Evangelistia, Dorothy, 78, of Akron. Sunday. Schneeberger funeral home, Canton. Fry, Mildred 91, of Waynesburg.

Sunday. Fine-frock-Gordon funeral home, Magnolia Gasca, Jack 87, of Massilloa Sunday. Paquclet funeral home. Haines, Ruth, 82, of Alliance. Saturday.

Walton-Schrader funeral home. Hanna-Ott, Virginia 85, of Massilloa Sunday. Atkinson-Feucht-Shaidnagle funeral home. Howell-Pickett, Diana, 55, of Cantoa Saturday. Reed funeral home.

Indorf, Delmar 83, of Navarre. Saturday. Atkinson-Feucht-Shaidnagle funeral home, Massilloa Jackson, Louise, 75, of Canton. Dec. 8.

Brogdon funeral home. Kamph, Roy 75, of Massilloa Saturday. Paquelet funeral home. Mondok, Anthony, 90, of Cantoa Sunday. Welch-Sek-eres-Lewis funeral home.

Nervi, Nancy 87, of Alliance. Saturday. Sharer-Stir-ling-Skivolocke funeral home. Nussbaum, Julia 78, of Massilloa Sunday. Paquclet funeral home.

Sacco, George, 75, of Alliance. Monday. Sharer-Stir-ling-Skivolocke funeral home. Slates, Patricia 56, of Cantoa Saturday. Reed funeral home.

Medina Conley, Jonathan 21, of Seville. Sunday. Armstrong funeral home. Hofmann, Michael, 92, of Wadsworth. Monday.

Hilliard Mullaney funeral home. Wayne Durbin, Harold W. "Bill," 70, of Wooster. Monday. Caster funeral home.

Portage Haas, Bernice, 93, of Streets-boro. Sunday. Bissler and Sons funeral home, Kent Howsare, Leora, 91, of Stow. Saturday. Bissler and Sons funeral home, Kent Other Scalia, Rita Arnone, 72, of Charlotte, N.C.

Sunday. M.L Ford Sons funeral home, Clover, S.C. Schmellzer, Robert of North Fort Myers, Fla. Melanie Joy (Maughan) Behanna STOW Melanie Joy (Maughan) Behanna, 37, died Dec. 13, 1999.

Bom in North Charleroi, she had lived in Stow three years and was employed at Step 2. She is survived by her husband, Paul daughter, Penny; sons, Paul Bruce, George, and Timmy, all at home; parents, Elmer and Janet Maughan of Mesa, sisters, Mal-inda Davis and Kimberly Karpinecz, both of Streetsboro, Gayelynn Bruns-don of Northfield, Valerie Williams of Mesa, grandmother, Mabel Nich-olls of Belle Vernon, many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Friends may call Wednesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., at Redmon Funeral Home, where Pastor James Cox will conduct services at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial at Edinburg Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the family. (REDMON, STOW, 688-6631.) Jack A. Braswell Jack A. Braswell, formerly of Stow, died at his home in West Chester, Ohio on Dec. 12, 1999, in his 69th year, following a long illness.

He was the beloved husband for 41 years of Katharine Braswell; loving father of Steven (Marie) Braswell of Green, Jeffrey (Sharon) Braswell of Bellingham, Gregory Braswell of Cincinnati, Elizabeth (Thomas) Green of Randolph, and Michael (Nicole) Braswell of West Chester; devoted grandfather of Jeffrey, Jessica, David, Nathan, Lauren, and Kelsey, and is also survived by many loving relatives and friends. A memorial service will be held at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1999, at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made in his honor to Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.

(Craver-Riggs, 1-513-831-3134.) Louise Brewer Louise Brewer passed away Dec. 13. Announcements later. (Stewart Calhoun, 535-1543.) Robert E. Brilhart FLORIDA Robert E.

Brilhart, 72, of Bonita Springs, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999, at Hope Hospice House in Ft. Myers, Fla. Mr. Brilhart had been a resident of Bonita Springs for the past nine years, moving from Ravenna.

He retired In 1990 as the vice president of the Ruhlin Construction Co. of Akron. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Army, was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles 2805 of Bonita Springs, and was a 32nd Degree Mason. He is survived by sons, Barton E. Brilhart of Alexandna, and Terry L.

(Marilyn) Brilhart of Grove City, Ohio; daughters, Denise (Todd) Anderson of Ravenna, Ohio, Brenda Brilhart and husband, Peter Lagattuta, of Naples, and Cathy A. Brilhart c' "Word, brother, Jim Brilhart of v. iirton, sister, Betty Hicks of Punxsutaw-ney, Pa; seven grandchildren; and his companion, Bernice Rizzitano of Bonita Springs, Fla. A memorial service for Mr. Brilhart will be Thursday, Dec.

16, 1999, at 1 p.m., at Walter Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home, with Rev. Budd R. Johnson officiating. A reception will follow at the Order of Eagles, 26511 South-em Pines Bonita Springs, Fla. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Hope Hospice, 9470 Health Park Circle North, Fort Myers, FL 33908, in his memory.

(Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home, 1-941-992-4982.) Logen Anthony Burros Logen Anthony Burros, 3 weeks, went home to be with the Lord on Dec. 10, 1999, after a short illness, at Childrens Hospital. Logen leaves, to cherish, his dear loving parents, Harold and Nikkol Burros; sisters, Sydney, Raven, and Sierra; brother, Harold grandparents, Terry and Bernice Ware, Leander and Vivian Burros; great-grandparents, and a host of aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec.

15, 1999, at Greenlawn Cemetery. Condolences may be sent co Sommerville Funeral Home, 1695 Diagonal Akron 44320. (Marco Sommerville, 836-2725.) Roger B. Farver Roger B. Farver, 89, of Arizona, died Nov.

14, 1999. Born Sept. 9, 1910, in Green Springs, Ohio, he resided in Akron must of his life. He retired from Goodyear Tire Rubber, Plant 1, as a general shift foreman. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Akron.

He was a member of all Mason bodies, including 32nd Degree Mason and Shriners, AMVETS, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign War. He served as a Navy chief machinist in World War II. Preceded in death by father, John K. Farver; mother, Julia Cleveland; and daughter, Madeline Farver, he is survived by wife, Thelma Dill; sons, Roger L. Farver of Canfield, Ohio, George E.

Farver of Akron; daughters, Karly L. Collum, Linda L. Farver, both of Mesa, sisters, Marceda Hiser of Florida, Mary Louise Glueck of Pennsylvania. Private services were held Dec. 11, 1999, at Engle-Young Funeral Home of Green Springs.

Rev. Andy Angel officiated. Burial at Butternut Ridge. Memorials may be made to Shriners Crippled Children, Akron Children's Hospital, or Salvation Army. CARD OF THANKS Take a moment to thank those who helped and supported you during your loss.

Place a Card of Thanks in the Beacon Journal. Call Ms. Walker at 996-3333. JoAnn G. Chalk CUYAHOGA FALLS JoAnn G.

Chalk, 66, died suddenly Dec. 11, 1999. Bom in Detroit, she was an area resident 26 years and retired from Hudson Schools as Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent in 1997 with 20 years service. Mrs. Chalk attended First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls.

She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Arthur; daughter, Leslie Chalk of Columbus, Ohio; sons and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Peggy Chalk of Tucson, Brian Chalk of Ft. Lauderdale, grandchildren, Julia and Laura; brother, Robert Cave of Warren, Mich. At JoAnn's request, cremation has taken place. Memorial service 7 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls, corner of Portage Trail and Third Rev.

Paul Beal officiating. The family will receive friends 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Redmon Funeral Home in Stow and immediately following the memorial service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Assoc. or American Cancer Society.

(REDMON, STOW, 688-6631.) Margaret M. Flanagan (Haught) Margaret M. Flanagan (Haught), 91, passed away Saturday, Dec. 11, 1999. Bom in Smithville, W.

she was the daughter of Newton and Millie (Higgins) Hayhurst. She was a charter member of the Church of God, Cuyahoga Chapel. She was preceded in death by her husband, Basil, on Nov. 6, 1991. She is survived by son, David (Donna) Haught; daughter, Eleanor Ash; sisters, Edith Durby and Esther Carroll; grandchildren, Sandy Smith, Alan Ash, Jeff Haught, Deeann Fry, and Chris Haught; four great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1999, al Adams-Mason Memorial Chapel, 791 E. Market where friends may call two hours prior to services. Rev.

Richard Woodin will be conducting services. Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. (Adams-Mason, 535-9186.) Edna P. Fusco Edna P. Fusco died at home after an extended illness.

Visitors may call at the Kucko-An-thony-Kertesz Funeral Home, 95 W. Waterloo TODAY, Dec. 14, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A service of remembrance will take place at the funeral home Wednesday, Dec. 15, a' 1 p.m., followed by a service of Chrisi tian burial at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

(Kucko-Anthony-Kertesz, 724-1281.) Clarence Gardner Clarence Gardner passed away Dec 13. Announcements later. (Stewart Calhoun, 535-1543.) Matthew K. George Matthew K. George, 45, of Canton, passed away Sunday evening.

A life resident of Canton, he was preceded in death by parents, Salem "Sam" K. and Georgia (Racey) George; and brother, Sammy Jr. He is survived by son, Matthew R. George of Canton; brother and sister-in-law, Michael T. and Jane George of Columbus; sisters and brothers-in-law, Diane K.

and Larry Ciavarella of Kent, Norma J. and Peter Petit of Doylestown; and many loving aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. Friends may call Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Rossi Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m.

at the funeral home, with Rev. Fr. Louis Mahshie officiating. Interment will be at Ft. Laurens Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in Matthew's name can be made to Needy Families, co St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 3204 Ridgewood Akron 44313; or Margaret B. Shipley Child Health Clinic, 919 Second St. N.E., Canton 44704. (Rossi, 492-5830.) Richard "Dick" Green Richard "Dick" Green, 63, passed away Dec.

11, 1999, at Akron General Medical Center. He was bom in Wooster, Ohio, and had lived in the Akron area all his life. Dick was a member of Portage Lakes Eagles and a social mem- ber of Firestone v.r.w. rosi oooj. He had worked for 27 years at Wright Tool Forge and the last 10 years with Progressive Power Washing Painting, where he was known as "Pops." Until his illness, Dick had been a very active man, pitching for the Cuyahoga Falls V.F.W.

baseball team and pursuing the hobbies of bowling, hunting, and fishing, which he loved. He is survived by wife, Eva; sons, Michael (Donna) Green of Akron, Jimmy Green of California; daughters, Debbie (Larry) Walz of Green, Tami (Jon) Smith of Hartville; stepchildren, Donna Levan, David (Kathy) Davis, both of Akron, Dennis (Billie) Davis of Franklin; 23 grandchildren; brothers, Harold Jr. (Glenna), Robert Leroy, Ronald Eugene (Charlene), Raymond Allan (Margie); sisters, Mary Helen Koch, Donna May Murdock, Nancy Marie (Ervin) Cole; many nieces and nephews; special aunt, Myrtle Gable and her friend, Richard; and Dick's dog and best friend, Freddie. Funeral services Wednesday, 11 a.m., at Prentice Funeral Home, 1154 Kenmore Rev. Glenn Rogers Jr.

officiating. Burial at Greenlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. TODAY. (Prentice, 753-7721.) Continued on next page CARD OF 1 HANKS Take a moment to thank those who helped and wipixirted you during your loss.

Place a Card of Thanks in the Beacon Journal. Call Ms. Walker at 996-3J33. dies at 76 friends. In time Yossarian became everybody's favorite survivor; by the mid-1960s, Newsweek was referring to the "Heller cult," consisting mostly of young people addicted to the book.

Heller reintroduced John Yossarian in Closing Time, a 1994 novel that Simon Schuster called "the sequel to Catch-22," although Heller preferred to call it a complement to the original. Heller was born in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, in New York City, on May 1, 1923, the son of Isaac Heller, who drove a delivery truck for a wholesale baker, and Lena Heller. impossible to complete the hike in one year because of the snow at high altitudes. On the trail, Banfield typically carries 35 to 40 pounds of gear and tries to hike 15 miles a day. He generally hikes alone, although he frequently hooks up with other hikers.

He filters his drinking water and carries freeze-dried food to supplement the pasta and rice he cooks over a portable stove. "Food is real important, and good food is what I miss most when I'm on the trail," he says. Long-distance hikers may burn 5,000 to 6,000 calories a day. Visits to nearby towns provide food supplies, a hot shower and use of a washing machine. Banfield's long-distance hikes cost about $3,000, money that he must save during the year.

He works for a Sharon Township tool-and-die company and part time for a local outfitting company. He intends to start law school in the future. But he still has more hiking ahead of him, perhaps doing the Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest trails again in 2001. "There's just more hiking to be done," he says. "There's more out there to see and do.

I want to see what's around the next corner. I'm just naturally inquisitive, and I want to see what's out there. I've got more hiking in me." tries to get himself declared insane. Yossarian discovers that, in the military rule book, anyone who is declared insane must be excused from flying death-defying missions. The catch is that one must ask to be excused, and anyone smart enough to show "rational fear in the face of clear and present danger" is obviously sane and must continue to fly.

With poor reviews from some of the most influential media, Catch-22 got off to such a slow start that it might have faded away completely had it not been for strong recommendations by people who had read it and passed it along to land, and Banfield met his first AT through-hikers people who hike the trail in one year. "I need to do something like that," he said. The following year, he hiked from Springer Mountain, to Mount Katahdin, Maine. It took him nearly six months. In 1995, he tackled the 500-mile Colorado Trail.

The following year, he hiked Vermont's 270-mile Long Trail twice. In 1997, he spent nearly five months hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, which stretches from the Mexican border through the Sierra Nevadas and Cascades to Canada. He still has to hike 1,100 miles of the Continental Divide in northwest Montana and through southern Colorado and the deserts of New Mexico. The three long trails the Appalachian, the Pacific Crest and the Continental Divide differ greatly. "It's like the difference between a bachelor's degree (the Appalachian), a master's degree (the Pacific Crest) and a Ph.D.

(the Continental Divide)," he says. The Continental Divide Trail exists on paper, but it is nonexistent in many places. That leaves hikers bushwhacking their way cross-country and frequently getting lost Banfield is completing the trail over three summers because it's Photos courtesy of C. W. Banfield C.

W. Banfield rests for a moment on the Pacific Crest Trail near Mount Whitney in California. The 35-year-old Medina County man has logged more than 9,000 hiking miles in the last six years. HIKE 'There's more out there to see and do' Continued from Page Bl that I don't find in other pursuits. "It's a wonderful feeling to finish a trail, but that feeling is fleeting.

The experiences along the trail are just as important." In his travels, Banfield has encountered unruly bears, killed 10 pairs of hiking boots, survived bad weather and developed his own camp cooking skills. He has fallen in love with the northern Rockies, his favorite hiking spot Close behind are the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, the Sierra Nevadas and the North Cascades. Banfield, who is single and lives in Wadsworth Township, got hooked on hiking in 1993, when he was seeking something new in his life. A 1982 graduate of Wadsworth High School, he had earned a bachelor's degree from Michigan's Adrian College. He met Army Reserve commitments and worked on a master's degree in economics from the University of Akroa He and a friend hiked part of the Appalachian Trail in New Eng Death Notices Stephen Bell BARBERTON Stephen L.

Bell, 93, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1999. He was a life resident of Barberton, retired from Seiberling Tire Rubber after 44 years of service, and was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Barberton. Preceded in death by wife, Margaret he is survived by sons, Stephen L. Jr.

(Betty) of Bradenton, George R. (Wanda) of Barberton, and Donald E. (Bonnie) of Barberton; nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren; and good friends, William and Lee Love. Funeral services Wednesday, 10 a.m., at the Campfield-Hickman-Collier Funeral Home, with Pastor John Fumo officiating. Burial at Greenlawn Cemetery.

Visitation TODAY, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials may be made to the church. (Campfield-Hickman-Collier, 745-3161.).