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LOCALSTATE 4A Thursday. June 7, 2001 Battle Creek Enquirer OBITUARIES Pirooe DEATH NOTICES Barn Theatre's Wayne Lamb dies Teamsteirs leader "I was looking for the worst, but I was prepared to go farther on this because I knew we did nothing wrong." Larry Brennan President of Detroit Teamsters Local 337 at the Barn Theatre in 1996. Lamb retired from the faculty of Purdue University in the late 1980s and was given the title of professor emeritus of theater at the university. He first went to the university in i960 as a visiting artist and taught theater, dance and choreography full time there beginning in 1966. He danced on Broadway in "Day Before Spring," "Yours Is My Heart." "Call Me Mister" and "Make Mine Manhattan." He also worked on television shows and appeared on Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town." He toured nationally as a concert dancer, was choreographer for his own concert group and an NBC-TV variety show and headed the ballet department of New York's New Dance Group.

Surviving are his lifelong friend and companion of 55 years, Ange-lo V. Mango; nephews, Dean Price of Pharr, Texas, and James Schrad-er of Bartlesville, Okla and longtime friends, Joe and Robin Stock-dale. Community involvement, hobbies: Member of the Indiana Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion Post 298 in Battle Creek, the Actors Equity Association AFL-CIO New York, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and AARP. Enjoyed working with young actors as a mentor. Also enjoyed working in his garden, reading and animals.

Visitation: After 2 p.m. today at the Farley-Estes Dowdle Augusta Chapel, where the family will be present from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Services: 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Buriat Fort Custer National Cemetery with military honors. Memorials Kalamazoo Animal Rescue or the Arthritis Foundation, Michigan Chapter. At a February review panel hearing, retired Department of Labor investigator Craig Woodhouse said officers in the union voted to give themselves a $ioo-a-week pay raise in 1996 without approval, and that some of the money went into the reelection campaign.

Review board investigators said union officers got a bonus instead of a raise of at least $2,000 in April 1996, with a second payment to be made later that year. The leaders asked for the early half of the bonus because they were afraid that then-Teamsters President Ron Carey would put the local into trusteeship, union officers said. The $ioo-a-week raise was to be a payback for depositing the $2,000 bonus check into the union campaign account, the board's 42-page report said last June. But the union ended the raise after 13 weeks because it was running a deficit. While saying it "carefully considered" testimony in February, the review panel ruled Tuesday that "while it is a close question, we have decided that it falls short of the convincing quality we would want before finding that it should be held as implicating Brennan and the other respondents in all of'the aspects of the scheme charged." In February, Brennan called the allegations ludicrous.

"I had access to millions of dollars. Do you think I do something illegal over $100 a week?" he said. "If they had anything, they would have indicted me instead of putting on this show trial." "I call it 12 years of the long knives," Brennan said. "(The review board) has served its purpose." The Teamsters said Tuesday's ruling was the first acquittal by the federal watchdog in 12-year history, though a spokesman for the review board Wednesday said he could hot immediately confirm that claim. Last month, the oversight panel accused William Hogan a prominent Teamsters official in Chicago, and Hoffa aide Dane Passo of trying to steer Las Vegas convention jobs away from the union and to Hogan's brother's temporary labor firm, which used -nonunion workers.

Investigators claim Mike Hogan and another official at their Chicago-based United Services Co. offered to pay thousands of dollars in kickbacks to officials at the local in return. The Las Vegas local never accepted the deal but did give some work to the firm, according to the oversight panel's 192-page report. Wayne Lamb, 80, of Augusta, retired longtime associate producer of the Barn Theatre, died Tuesday in Battle Creek Health System after a two-year illness. He was born Oct.

24, 1920, in Centerville, Kan, to Marno W. and Clara (Burdue) Lamb. He attended school and stud ied dancing in Wichita and attended the Uni Wayne Lamb versity of Wichita before joining the US. Army. He served in France, Belgium, Holland, England and Germany during World War II in special services as a staff sergeant, earning the Bronze Star.

He worked at the summer-stock theater in Augusta from 1955 through 1989. He left a career as a Broadway choreographer and top dancer to join the Barn. 1 hired him as a choreographer in 1955 for one show and then the next year for two shows," said Jack Ragotzy, ownerproducer of the Barn Theatre. "We got to know each other welL He was an extremely close friend and like a member of the family. He will be missed As a personal friend, he really cannot be replaced." He said although Lamb retired from the Barn in 1989, he often attended shows at the theater and remained good friends with Ragotzy and Ragotzy's late wife, Betty Ebert Lamb was a dancer and choreographer, along with all the other hats he wore at the Barn Theater.

His career, which spanned five decades, began before World War in New York, where he was cast in hundreds of plays before retiring. He was named producer emeritus Rita J. Kurtz Marshall Rita Jean Kurtz, 69, of Marshall died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at home: She was born Jan. 27, 1932, in Zanesville, Ohio, to Robert and Pearl (Miller) Griffith. She resided in North Canton, Ohio, most of her life until moving to Marshall in 1990 to live with a daughter.

She worked at Kmart stores in North Canton and Canton until retiring in 1990. Surviving are sons, Paul D. Kurtz Jr. of Rochester and Gregory A. Kurtz of Lake Orion; daughters, Bonnie Kurtz of Marshall, Marge Dale of Massillon, Ohio, Connie Mallette of Anchorage, Alaska, and Paulette Moore of Uniontown, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Pearl Griffith Petti-grew; and her stepfather, John Pet-tigrew. Community involvement, hobbies: Enjoyed music, playing bingo and spending time with her children and grandchildren. Visitation: 7 to 9 pm Friday at Karlo-Feucht Funeral Home, North Canton, Ohio Services: Noon Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Reid Firestone officiating. Burbt Sunset Hills Burial Park, North Canton.

Memorials: Oaklawn Hospice, Marshall. Local arrangements Craig K. Kempf Funeral Home, Marshall. CIRCUIT COURT SENTENCINGS Elizabeth G. Carlson Battle Creek Elizabeth G.

Carlson, 81, of Battle Creek died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, in the Laurels of Bedford. Arrangements are pending at Farley-Estes Dowdle Funeral Home. Alma M. Holtz Bruce Crossing Alma M. Holtz, 93, of Bruce Crossing, and formerly of Colon, died Tuesday, June 5, 2001 in Maple Manor, Ontonagon.

Arrangements are pending at Schipper Funeral Home, Coloa Anna M. Pauzer Battle Creek Anna M. Pauzer, 90, of Battle Creek died Wednesday, June 6, 2001, in the Calhoun County Medical Care Facility. Arrangements are pending at Farley-Estes Dowdle Funeral Home. Margie M.

Reavis Marshall Margie M. Reavis, 78, of Marshall died Tuesday, June 5, 2001 in Battle Creek Health System. Arrangements are pending at the Bachman Hebble Funeral Service. arcella Reeves Hastings Marcella Reeves, 87, of Hastings died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, in Tendercare Hastings. Arrangements are pending at Wren Funeral Home, Hastings.

DEATHS AND FUNERALS For paid obituary notices, call the Enquirer at 966-0672. HAYS, N. PEARL: Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the FARLEY-ESTES DOWDLE FUNERAL HOME, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today.

For additional information, please call 962-5527 or see wwwJarleyestesdowdlexom, where you may leave personal messages for the family. LINSTEAD, PAUL JUNIOR: Friends may call today at the FAR-LEY-ESTES DOWDLE FUNERAL HOME, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.ra Funeral services will be held at 1 pjn. Friday at the funeral home. For additional information, please call the funeral home at 962-5527. POUPARD, HERMAN Friends may call after 1 p.m.

today at the FARLEY-ESTES DOWDLE FUNERAL HOME, where the family will receive friends from 1 to 8:30 p.m. today and where funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday. For additional information, please call 962-5527 or see wwwJarleyestesdowdle.com, where you may leave personal messages for the family. REAVIS, Mrs.

MARGIE Friends are being received after 1 p.ni. Friday at the BACHMAN HEBBLE FUNERAL SERVICE, 223 N. Bedford Road, where the family will be present Friday from 1 to 3 pjn. and 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at a.m.

Saturday in the Bachman Funeral Chapel with Pastor James Roberts officiating. Private interment in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial tributes may be made to charity of one's choice. DEATH ELSEWHERE Wayne W. Dack Parma Wayne W.

Dack, 83, of Parma died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at home. Among survivors are a son, David Dack of Albion; a daughter, Ruthann Twiss of Springport; a brother, Floyd Dack of Springport; and a sister, Lula Fitzpatrick of Albion. Visitation: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 pm to 8 pm today at the Tidd-Williams Funeral Chapel, Parma.

Services: 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Revs. Lambert McClintic and Jack Fugate officiating. Buriat Tompkins Cemetery. Memorials: Great Lakes Hospice or Pope United Methodist Church.

PET CENTER Jim Suhr Associated Press DETROIT Michigan's top Teamster on Wednesday cheered an anti-corruption watchdog's clearing him of claims he orchestrated a scheme to divert member dues to his 1996 re-election campaign. Larry Brennan, president of Detroit Local 337 and a former employer of Teamsters President James P. Hoffa, said the Independent Review Panel's ruling Tuesday exonerates him and five of his officers. "I was looking for the worst, but I was prepared to go farther on this because I knew we did nothing wrong," said Brennan, 70, head of Local 337 since 1988 and a Teamster for more than four decades. "What can I say except that we're exonerated.

A win is a win no matter how you get it" Now, Brennan wants the three-person review panel disbanded, convinced it has run its course as "the judge, jury and hangman" since being formed in the wake of 1989 allegations of Teamsters corruptioa In its ruling, the -review board wrote that its considerations of the evidence and investigative reports determined that the charges against Local 337 officers were not proved, and that "suspicions alone are not enough." The review board recommended last year that Brennan and the five other Local 337 board members be disciplined for allegedly funneling $30,000 in union dues to Brennan's re-election campaign. A Teamsters panel dismissed the charges and referred its decision to the board. State panel approves repeal of helmet law Associated Press LANSING Scores of motorcyclists parked their motorcycles Wednesday on the streets surrounding the Capital to support a bill repealing the state law requiring riders to wear helmets. The House Transportation Committee voted 11-5 to pass legislation that lifts the helmet requirement for people 21 or older who have two years of riding experience or have completed a motorcycle safety course. The state Board of Education would have to design the safety class under the bill introduced by Rep.

Gene DeRossett, R-Man-chester. Helmets have been required by state law since the 1960s. The rally by motorcycle riders who oppose the law has become an annual event. Michigan is one of more than a dozen states that require helmets for all riders. Those in favor of requiring helmets say the helmets protect riders from serious head injuries.

Seventy-two lives would have been saved in Michigan from 1984-97 if all riders had worn helmets, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. But those who support repealing the law say the helmet requirement is a Big Brother infringement on motorcyclists' right to decide for themselves if they want to wear a helmet. They also say it deters riders from driving through Michigan. "This commonsense reform will increase tourism and allow riders to once more experience the joy of the open road," DeRossett said in a written statement. The legislation now moves to the full House.

Similar bills have been approved by the House in previous years, but usually fail in the state Senate. The bill The motorcycle helmet law is House 4823. Baby Ball Pythons Patricia A. Wolney Battle Creek Patricia A. Wolney, 57, of Battle Creek died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, in Battle Creek Health System.

She was born June 29, 1943, in Kalamazoo to Raymond J. and Dorothy E. (Me-zak) Wolney. She attended St. Joseph and St.

Philip schools and received an associate's degree Patricia A. Wolney from Lansing Community College. She spent the early part of her life in Battle Creek, lived in Lansing after graduating from Lansing Community College and returned to Battle Creek in 1996. She was employed for several years at Michigan State University as a laboratory technician and later by the Michigan Department of Agriculture. She retired in 1996.

Surviving are her mother, Dorothy Wolney of Battle Creek; brothers, Ronald A. Wolney of Ceresco, Daniel Wolney of Battle Creek and Raymond M. Wolney of West Palm Beach, and sisters, Jeanette R. Millard, her twin, and Joanne Bagwell, Mary Anne Wolney, Sharon Wolney and Kathryn Hennerman, all of Battle Creek, Linda K. Federico of West Palm Beach, Fla, and Judith Wolney of Utica.

She was preceded in death by her father in 1999; and by a brother, Joseph W. Wolney, in 1976. Community involvement tobbies: Member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Enjoyed playing golf, fishing, guitar, cards, cribbage, dominos and spending time with her nieces, -nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

Played Softball in her early years. Visitation: After 3 p.m. today at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home, where rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Services: 1 pm Friday in St Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev.

James S.01eary officiating. Buriat Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials: Right to Life. contest to a weapons charge: 12 months in jail with credit for 3 days served; $1,535 in fines, costs, and fees; 24 months probation; $30 per month probation fee; defendant must serve 50 hours of community service work. Sentenced recently by Circuit Court Judge Allen L.

Gar-brecht were: Stanley Duane Fenner, 69, pleaded no confest to criminal sexual conduct, 2nd degree: 15 months to 15 years in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections, with credit for 1 day served; $60 for Crime Victim Rights Fund; $150 for forensic lab test. Mark Anthony Mosley, 25, of 317. Poplar pleaded guilty to probation violation: 24 days in jail; $1,685 fines, costs and fees; defendant to serve eight consecutive weekends from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Harold Holbrook, 32, of Saly-ersville, pleaded no contest to assault with a weapon: 24 to 48 months in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections, with credit for 408 days served; $5,832 restitution, $60 to Crime Victim Rights Fund; sentence is concurrent with one being served in Tennessee. Lorinda J. Swain, 40, of 6504 Oak Grove Road, Burlington, pleaded guilty to probation violation: 1 to 5 years in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections, with credit for 72 days served; $5.13446 in restitution, $60 to Crime Victim Rights Fund; probation revoked. Tammy Lynn Hoag, 36, of 430 S. Byron Lot 51, Homer, pleaded guilty to uttering and publishing: $1,711.64 in fines, costs, restitution and other fees; $540 probation fee; restitution must be paid to victim.

Chad Curtis Harris, 23, pleaded guilty to probation violation: 30 days in jail with credit for 2 days served; $1535 in fines, costs, and fees; probation continued. Johnny Lee Ehret, of 39 Broadway pleaded guilty to probation violation: 180 days in jail with credit for 100 days served; probation revoked. Bobbie Jo Bombard, 27, of 182 W. Fountain pleaded no contest to possession of a controlled substance, less than 2s grams: driver's license suspended for 365 days and restnctea ior 00 aays; 100 aays in jail with credit for 68 days served; $585 in fines, costs and other fees; sentence is to run concurrently with previous probation violation and sentence. Sentenced recently by Circuit Court Judge Stephen B.

Miller: Utah Franklin Shirley, 47 of 11117 Drive Ceresco, pleaded no contest to assault with a weapon: 60 days in jail with credit for 30 days' served; $720 in fines, costs, and fees; bond money to be forfeited and applied to any monetary due. Dennis Ellsworth Aggers, of 214 W. Goguac pleaded guilty to fleeing and eluding, 3rd degree, and operating a vehicle while under the influence of liquor months in jail with credit for one day served plus 93 days in jail with credit for one day served; $6o to Crime Victim Rights Fund; sentences are to run concurrently. Justin Lee Burton, a.k.a: Santo Smith, 27, pleaded no contest to assault with a weapon: $4221 in fines, costs and fees; 24 months probation; $20 per month probation fee; defendant must enter into and successfully complete 90 days on tether; must have no contact with victim. Robin Pernell Cochran, 38, of 66 Fremont Apt.

1, pleaded guilty to probation violation- 90 days in jail with credit for 34 days served; $1,614.82 in costs and fees; probation revoked; bond money is to be forfeited and applied to monetary due. David Lee Wilson, 46, of 5340 12V, -Mile Road, Burlington, pleaded guilty to probation violation: 45 days in.jail with credit for 2 days served; $1,250 in fines, costs, and other fees; probation continued; in lieu of jail, defendant is to enter into and successfully complete 45 days on tether. William Herbert Chapman, 30, 3953 Capital Ave. S.W., pleaded guilty to probation violation; $1,845.69 in fines, costs and fees; probation continued; defendant is to serve 16 consecutive weekends from 6 p.ra Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Alfred Eugene Satterfield, 35, of 73 Greenwood pleaded guilty to false pretenses; 60 days in jail with credit for 1 day served; $625 in fines, costs, and fees; if monetary due is not paid, defendant must report for jail sentence; if only part of money is paid, sentence wiU be reduced accordingly. Toni Lyn Johnson, 31, of 66 South pleaded no contest to escape while awaiting trial for a misdemeanor: 9 months in jail with credit for 3 days served; $1535 in fines, costs and fees; 24 months probation; $10 per month probation fee. Clark Andrew Vonhout, 40, of 37 Heather Ridge Road, pleaded no INVESTMENT ADVICE RETIREMENT ROLLOVERS s. 1 1 MATTHEW R. WOLFF, I 'fffsS' 1 CertifjetfFinarjg-ir I 'y jsr 401k Rollovers, Retirement, i Investment and Estate Planning I Over 14 years expert: I Call Matt today at 1-800-2ZZ-U A1 1 visit his website at www.mattwoStf.cy 1 'r I Securities offered through IntoSecurities, he.

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