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Tribune, Jackson County, Ind. Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Page 3A Weather service confirms 3 twisters in state INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The National Weather Service confirmed that three tornadoes hit Indiana during Sunday's storms. Two of the tornadoes were in southern Indiana around the Lawrence County town of Mitchell and at Seymour with the other striking southeast of Lafayette in Tippecanoe County, the weather service said Tuesday. Survey teams Tornado Continued from Page 1A: He and his son, Craig, were busy cleaning up damage to their home Monday morning. The roof must be replaced along with a garage door.

Fencing around a hot tub in back was destroyed, too, and their patio doors were sprung. "It came through here so darned fast," Rita Luedeman said Monday night. The family went to the basement for shelter just as the tornado twisted through the city. Ask folks in their neighborhood, commonly. known as "behind the high school," and many will tell you it's snakebitten.

Residents in the Gorbetts Chapel area of determined that all were F1 tornadoes, with wind speeds between 73 mph and 112 mph. The weather service said winds of at least 100 caused the significant damage in Indianapolis and the Daviess County city of Washington, about 50 miles northeast of Evansville. Dozens of windows were blown out from a downtown Indianapolis skyscraper, western Jackson may tell you the same. But Mike Shartran of the National Weather Service in Indianapolis said such trends or patterns are difficult to support scientifically. "I really couldn't even speculate on that," Shartran said.

"They can happen anywhere, any time, and they do. We really can't say they're more prone to happen in one area than in another area 20 miles away. "You're going to have similar tracks occasionally, but that doesn't mean to say it makes it more likely," he added. Why is it a difficult question? Tornadoes, don't occur often enough, Shartran STOCKS OF Market watch LOCAL INTEREST April 4, 2006 (as of close Tuesday) Dow Jones Stock Price Chg industrials 11,203.85 Am. Intl Group $66.07 BP PLC ADR $70.30 Nasdaq Citigroup $48.21 composite 2,345.36 Cummins Inc.

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Daily Three Midday: 8-6-5 CATTLE Evening: 3-9-4 AUCTION PRICES Daily Four Midday: 9-0-9-0 Indianapolis Evening: 2-4-4-2 Tuesday Lucky Five Steers and Heifers Midday: 1-12-13-23-36 Extreme top $84, Prime and Evening: 5-15-18-24-36 choice black steers Estimated Indiana Lotto million choice steers select steers pot: Estimated Powerball Jackpot: prime and choice heifers $174 million choice and select heifers CELEBRATIONS select heifers Birthdays Today prime choice Holstein steers Tom Bullard choice and select Holstein Anniversaries Today steers Bill and Angas Dailey Cows and Bulls Floyd and Nancy Wehrkamp Cows canner and cutter, cows utility and commercial, Mail Celebrations entries to: cows high dressing $60, butcher bulls P.O. Box 447 bulls high dressing $64. Seymour, IN 47274 GRAIN PRICES The local closing grain prices from Tuesday were as follows: Corn $2.02 Soybeans $5.21 Wheat $2.81 We can keep our eye on the right long-term goal when we trust in You, Lord. Amen. Today's Small Prayer courtesy of APOSTOLIC TABERNACLE -Pastor Larry Arrowood Third St.

Indianapolis Seymour; IN 522-7687 Sunday Worship Service 4pm For Prayer, please call Sunday Bible Hours 10am and 3pm Monday-Friday 9am-3pm Mid-Week Service, Wednesday Evenings Weekends 497-0472 SHAW MONUMENTS Family Owned Since 1953 Custom Design Granite and Bronze FREE GRANITE VASE with purchase of monument. "Monuments of Quality and Distinction" 46 Washington Vernon, IN (across from the water tower) 812-346-4654 Dollie Decker Owen May 19, 1916 April 5, 2006 Dollie Decker Owen died nieces and nephews, Gene which remained closed Tuesday. About 1,000 people were being kept away from their offices. in the 36-story Regions Bank tower, and city officials kept surrounding streets. closed as beams, broken glass and other debris dangled hundreds of feet overhead.

A team of engineers and other experts was expected to' begin evaluating the said. Indiana sees an average of 14 a year. Compare that to temperature norms, where the weather service is using daily reports from many weather observers such as Ruth Everhart of Rockford and of Robert Zollman of Medora every day of the year over 30 years. "We just don't have the data to even speculate," Shartran said. Some Jackson County residents say thunderstorm cells follow the East Fork of the White River, spawning tornadoes.

Craig Luedeman's among them. That, Shartran said, holds building today to develop a plan for making repairs, said Myra Borshoff, a spokeswoman for the owners. "Safety and repair are a priority, but so is helping the tenants get back to work," she said. Sunday night's storm wave destroyed seven homes in Washington and damaged more than 100 others. greater possibility of being accurate, saying he wouldn't dismiss that as a wive's tale.

There could be topographical reasons and other factors that may feed the mix of hot and cold air that lead to tornadoes, and a river could be among them. "But again there's really not a lot of historical data," he added. Shartran pointed out that an area may more often see damage resulting from straight-line winds rather than tornadoes. "They can produce as much if not more damage than a tornado," he said. RECORD BOOK HOSPITAL TUESDAY ADMISSIONS Nancy Maxine Daniels, Seymour Joseph Eugene Goss, Seymour Erika Mondragon, Seymour Infant female Mondragon, Seymour Charles Edward Pelston, Seymour Jaden Perry, Seymour Robbie Allen Rogers, Ellettsville Shannon Dale Salyers, Austin Kimberly J.

Sneed, Seymour Crystal L. Sweet, North Vernon Infant male Sweet, North Vernon DISCHARGES Cassie Barnett, Austin Tanner Lee Bell, Brownstown Donald Ray Brough, Seymour Elmer Couch, A Austin Kaylyn Nicole Holman, Brownstown Jennifer Laiz, Seymour Pamela Louden, Seymour Norma J. Murphy, Seymour Charles Edward Pelston, Seymour John W. Phillips, Seymour Robert L. Runge, Seymour Ethan Jacob Allen Shultz, Scipio INCIDENTS JACKSON COUNTY Family fight, 6300 block North County Road 200W, Seymour, 6:13 p.m.

Tuesday. SEYMOUR Intoxicated male subject, 800 block Oesting Street, 9:37 p.m. Tuesday. David Scott H. Foster, 36, Seymour, was arrested for resisting law enforcement and public intoxication.

Battery, 500 block R. Pardieck Avenue, 9:29, p.m. Tuesday. Female, 15, Seymour, was arrested for battery. Theft of food, 513 E.

Third 9:29 p.m. Tuesday. Failure to pay for $16.32 in gasoline, Circle 612 E. Oak 7:51 p.m. Tuesday.

Family fight, 600 block North Park Street, 6:41 p.m. Tuesday. Criminal mischief involving windows broken out of a vehicle, 400 block West Eighth Street, 6:36 p.m. Tuesday. Disturbance, 600 block East Oak Street, 6:12 p.m.

Tuesday. Fraud involving a suspicious check that came in the mail, 1100 block East Oak Street, 5:42 p.m. Tuesday. Theft of firewood, 471 Manor Drive, 5:04 p.m. Tuesday.

Male selling drugs in Shields Park, 600 N. Broadway, 4:29 p.m. Tuesday. Attempted break-in, 200 block East 14th Street, 3:52 p.m. Tuesday.

Theft involving failure to pay for books, Jackson County Public Library, Seymour, 303 W. Second 2:42 p.m. Tuesday. Theft of a license plate, E. Second 2:40 p.m.

Tuesday. Property damage wreck involving a maroon Chevrolet S-10 that left the scene, 2600 block East Tipton Street, 12:03 p.m. Tuesday. Disorderly conduct involving a female subject who came onto a construction site, broke several things and left, 500 block Cara Court, 10:36 a.m. Tuesday.

ARRESTS JACKSON COUNTY Phyllis R. Simmons, 41, Indianapolis, Jackson Superior Court warrant failure to appear, no bond, 2:06 p.m. Tuesday. SEYMOUR Omar Galicia-Santos, 23, Seymour, battery, $700 bond, 4:35 a.m. today.

David Scott H. Foster, 36, Seymour, resisting law enforcement, public intoxication, $700 bond, 11:35 p.m. Tuesday. THURSDAY'S FUNERAL SERVICES Patricia A. Lucas 10 a.m.

Redeemer Lutheran Church, Seymour Custom Ear Set LIGHT WEIGHT ONLY 0.5 oz 7 HOUR TALK TIME, 240 STANDBY 2 HOUR RECHARGE CUSTOM MOLDED EARPIECE Dani Land, BC-HIS 17 COLORS TO CHOOSE FROM A Hearing Service 113 W. Second Street, Seymour, IN 812-522-4625 Employee of the Month Christi Speer March, 2006 Lutheran Community Home April 5, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Owen and her husband belonged to the Uniontown Baptist Church and were quite active in the church until age and health problems took over. She served as president of the Ladies Aid, as an usher and trustee of her church.

She was a good homemaker and was always interested in her yard and rode her lawn mower a lot of miles. Born May 19,. 1916, in Annata, in Grayson County, she was a daughter of Saul and Rose Decker, both of whom preceded her in death. On July 3, 1942, she married Harley Bernard Owen in Scottsburg. Survivors include a brother-in-law, Howard E.

Owen, Columbus; one stepson, Ron Owen; four stepgrandchildren, Kathy Taylor Lee, Karen Martin, Kelly Perkinson and Keith Owen; 11 Stivers, Al Beckner, Marla Thompson, Terry Beckner, Patrick Ashcraft, Tom Ashcraft, Gregg Ashcraft, Martha Kline, Jeff Ashcraft, Rita Stepp and Robert Ashcraft; and 11 great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one infant brother; two sisters, Donna Decker Stivers Beckner and Della (Tootie.) Decker Ashcraft; and stepgrandson, Kenney Owen. Pastor Bill Ramsey will conduct funeral services at 10 a.m. Friday at Voss Chapel, Seymour. Burial will take place at Uniontown Cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until time of service Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to Uniontown Baptist Church.

www.vossfuneralservice Steven Thomas Ritz Aug. 3, 1952 April 3, 2006 Steven Thomas Ritz, 53, Crothersville, died at 7:03 p.m. Monday, April 3, 2006, at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Mr. Ritz had worked at Regal Insulation as a forklift operator and Seymour Electronics in the warehouse for more than 20 years.

He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and loved to fish, camp, work on cars and play solitaire. Born Aug. 3, 1952, in Seymour, he was a son of Carl Ritz and Margaret (Trapp) Ritz. His father preceded him in death and his mother survives. Other survivors include one son, Shannon (Tina) Ritz, Medora; two', daughters, Stephanie (Jason) Teipen and Christie Ritz, both of Seymour; one sister, Sandra (Jesse) Law, Crothersville; four grandchildren, Stephen Ritz, Zachary Doty, Brooklynn Robbins, all of Seymour, and Jonthan Ritz; three stepgrandchildren, John McKain, Angela McKain and Rachel McKain, all of Medora.

Funeral arrangements are pending. Memorials may be given to the family. Obituary policy The Tribune accepts obituaries from people in our readership area or with friends and family here. All information must come through a funeral Bridge Continued from Page 1A In the past, Fee has said the grant and local match would cover work needed on the west and center spans of the bridge and put a new roof over the entire bridge. Fee also sought and received tentative approval for a change order for the Sparksville bridge.

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