Muncie Evening Press from Muncie, Indiana • Page 2

1 The Muncie Evening Press Page. 2 Thursday, March 24, 1983 In the Press of things By DICK STODGHILL sh in I I dn eiaeny and other tidbits rr- ''par i i ii i i i i 'i i nr n- II mi nrniiiiinri mum I. Saturday is daffodil day Three-year-old Ryan Tolle helps his mother, Ruth Ann, choose some daffodils offered by Linda Reese, president of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. Members of the organization will be participating in the annual daffodil sale to benefit the American Cancer Society. The flowers will be on sale at all Marsh, Ross and Wise grocerv stores Saturday for 30 cents each or 10 for $3.

Proceeds will benefit cancer research. Evening Press photo. Lottery bill had 58 in Muncie, informal nu nppr vi Ml I wanted to stop by the News-Dispatch on a little business but Jackie said we were going to the zoo instead. I told her there is little difference between a newspaper office and a zoo but it didn't work. The zoo is in a park on the shore of Lake Michigan and it's a nice one.

We saw everything but the baby tigers, which apparently were inside with mama tiger. I didn't pursue the matter because daddy tiger was pacing up and down outside the door. Of course that probably is normal behavior for a tiger on the shore of Lake Michigan in March. Like most animals, the deer came running over when we reached their enclosure. They were expecting a treat but we were empty-handed until I discovered the remains of a hotdog bun on the ground.

Both of them acted like they hadn't eaten for a month and ol' dad, being bigger and having horns, butted his mate out of the way. We outsmarted him, though, so they ended up splitting the bun. When the food was gone, mama lost interest and left. Not ol' dad. He stood on his rear feet, front ones braced against the fence, looking as pathetic as he knew how.

Then he started whining like a dog. We went across the way to see the camel, who went back to eating straw after checking to see what we had in our hands and finding nothing. The deer went on whining. We walked on down the path so he whined a little louder. When he finally decided it was hopeless, he took a couple of swipes at the fence with his horns, then went on to greener pastures.

Michigan City has many interesting things to see and places to visit. I scribbled a bunch of notes and intended to write about the downtown plaza and our ride on the South Shore Line. That's the electric railway that runs from South Bend to Chicago and is about the closest thing you can find to an interurban line still in existence. Obviously something v.cnt wrong so all that will have to wait for another time. However, I am proud that like Percy Parker, I am a man of iron will.

I had decided to cut down a bit when putting on 'the feedbag and ate nothing except pancakes and eggs in Frankfort, cherry pie ala mode in Michigan City, and a hot cross bun and chocolate cookie in Chicago. Until dinner, of course. TRAIL to women's group Zoning Appeals, Metropolitan Plan Commission and Muncie School Board and as a busines-sperson. She said the mayor must be willing to act, but must also be a listener to complaints and suggestions. She said as mayor she would be a willing listener and would seek out opinions by attending neighborhood meetings and similar activities where people would be talking about city affairs.

kick off campaign Hall, assistant to Sen. Richard Lugar, and Joseph Wat-kins, assistant to Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind. Williams' campaign headquarters is at 1112 S. Hackley.

Telephone number is 284-4515. Johnson campaign State Rep. Hurley Goodall, D-Muncie, will be co-chairmen of his campaign committee for the May 3 primary election. By PATRICK BLACK Evening Press staff reporter The latest failed effort in the Legislature to legalize gambling in Indiana apparently had majority support of Muncie people. A random poll of 12 Muncie residents, surveyed after a lottery resolution was killed last week by a tie vote in the House Commerce Committee, showed 58 percent of them favor lifting the state's constitutional ban on gambling.

Similar percentages had been reported in several opinion surveys throughout the state. The 12 Muncie persons were asked in telephone interviews: "Do you believe lotteries should be legalized in the state of Indiana?" Seven expressed favor, four were opposed and one had no opinion. The lottery resolution, which was passed earlier in the Senate by a 28-22 vote, failed to reach the full House floor because of the Commerce Committee's 5-5 tie vote. The bill, which needed six votes to pass, will be unable to come to another vote again during the 1983 legislature. The resolution would have required approval by the 1985 legislature before it reached a voters' referendum in 1986.

A referendum should be held, according to Gary Teegarden, one of the Muncie persons polled. He favors the idea of appealing to Board member criticizes talks over Burris fate By KAREN TERHUNE Evening Press staff reporter As Ball State University officials await action by the Legislature to determine the fate of Burris Laboratory School, speculation continues on what will happen to its faculty members if the school is closed. The latest discussion comes not from the university, but from criticism by a Muncie Community Schools board member who is upset by "closed door communication" between Ball State and Muncie Schools administrators. Marilyn Rector, a member of the board since last July, voiced her complaints in a letter submitted Wednesday to The Evening Press. That letter appears on page 4 of today's Press.

Mrs. Rector calls for communication concerning Burris to "be brought to the public, to the Burris parents, and to the Muncie community." Muncie Teachers Association (MTA) president Linda Hollis said today that she feels Muncie Schools superintendent Donald Slauter has been fair in sharing information concerning Burris with the teachers association. Mrs. Hollis said the teachers have not been involved in meetings with university officials, but points out that there is no need for such meetings until a decision to close the school might be made. "It's not our concern at this point," Mrs.

Hollis explained, "That's an administrative decision for Ball State." In her letter, Mrs. Rector addresses a plan drafted by the university concerning the transfer of tenured Burris faculty to the Muncie Community Schools. The plan, which was drafted as an amendment to a bill pertaining to laboratory schools, has not been introduced to the Legislature and university officials don't believe it will be before the session ends. The amendment provides that Burris faculty members be allowed to transfer years served as a tenured faculy member to the Muncie school corporation, if they are offered a position in the local schools. According to the plan, seniority would relate to contract status and salary determination.

Mrs. Rector said she opposes the proposal and believes the Burris faculty members should be hired as first-year teachers. She writes that she will support the right of the Muncie teachers to negotiate on the issue. Mrs. Hollis said she finds it encouraging that Mrs.

Rector, as a board member, is supportive of the teachers' position on the issue. MTA's position is that years of experience should be accepted if teachers are hired from another school, but seniority should not. The seniority issue would be relevant if declining enrollments continue and teachers must be laid off. Mrs. Hollis said the superintendent has shared with teachers what effect the closing of Burris would have on the enrollment at Muncie Schools and how teachers might be affected.

School administrators have indicated that the corporation could absorb 600 students from Burris and about 25 teachers. The increase might offset declining enrollment and eliminate the need to reduce teaching positions. Neither Muncie school officials nor Ball State administrators have denied that meetings have been held to discuss the Burris situation. Bell said last week the talks have been going on for quite some time. Whether or not the school will be closed is, ultimately, a financial decision based on the Legislature, according to Ball State officials.

Administrators have indicated the facility can be maintained only if the General Assembly approves the budget requests made by the university. wwr 'wv-i Advance registration is required and can be made at the HRC office in City Hall. Registration deadline is April 22. Cost is $12 per person or $18 per couple. The HRC will allow the cost per couple to be applied to any two people attending together.

Registration forms can be obtained by writing to the HRC at City Hall, 220 E. Jackson, Muncie, 47305, or by calling 747-4854. Car death at Westfield WESTFIELD (UPI) Joan Sick-ler, 51, Indianapolis, was killed Wednesday in a two-car collision on a Westfield street. Did you know a deer will whine if ne nopsn i pet nis nwn wav wp hp will, and that's the kind of stuff you learn if you visit Michigan City. Did you know a red caboose is on display in downtown Monon? Proba bly not because most people don't know Monon has a downtown.

Some have forgotten Monon altogether since they boarded up the high school and built a new one called North White. If you think that name u'ac thp hrainrhiM nf cnmpftnA with a hart raw nf hp hl.ihs thprp is another a little farther along on U.S. 421 called West Central. Of what, do you suppose? Well, I think you can see our recent trip to Chicago for a chapter meeting oi mystery writers oi I America turned up some interesting information and found us visiting "many, uiaces. wnaimeis, mr instance, and Grass Creek and Kewanna.

Bennetts Switch, too, and Wapecong and Sweetser. Sweetser was much bigger than 1 expected. We also found out about Percy Spurlock Parker and the carmel corn. Percy is a prolific writer of mysteries, many about a tough black private eye named Bull Benson. He also is a man with great will power because he loves carmel corn and every day when he picks up his wife Shirley after work he goes right past the place that sells tthe best carmel corn you can find for one dollar a pound.

Percy never buys any. He hadn't, anyhow, until one day last week when his will power let him down. He bought three pounds of it. Then, when he saw Shirley she said, "I know how much you love carmel corn, but you never have any so today I bought three pounds of it for you." That just may cure him of the The caboose in Monon is, natu-; rally, a Monon caboose.They called the Monon the "Hoosier but i in 1971 It became part of the Louis- ville i Nashville. The railroad began at Michigan City and ended at Jeffersonville, or vice versa depending upon which part of the state you come from.

People said it ran from one prison to another -because of that. They ceased to do so when the prison in Jeffersonville became a Colgate factory. Nothing stays the same, not even prisons and especially railroads. While we were in Michigan City I i CAMPAIGN Mrs. Cherry speaks "I honestly believe that my experience especially qualifies me to become the next mayor of Muncie," Mary Alice Cherry, candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor, said Wednesday at a forum sponsored by the American Association of University Women.

She cited her experience as city controller, as a member of the Board of Public Works and Safety, Delaware County Tax Adjustment Board, Board of Rev. Williams to The Rev. J.C. Williams, candidate for the Republican nomination for a City Council at-large seat, will kick off his campaign Friday at 7 p.m. at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. James W. Williams, 3125 W. Amherst. Guest speakers will be John Goodall, Kelley to Albert Johnson, candidate for the Democratic nomination for an at-large City Council seat, has announced that retiring City Councilman Dan Kelley and jSanitary board buys 3 trucks The Muncie Board of Sanitary Commissioners met in a special session today and agreed to purchase three pickup trucks from Bill "McCoy Ford, Muncie.

The meeting was held today rather than the regular Monday meeting date because acting com- niissiuii presiueni oian man, city engineer, will not be able to meet Monaay. The cost of the pickup trucks is $25,500 and includes Uic uaue-iu ui live uuiiu. mivu; was the lowest of three bidders. Bids were opened Monday. The board will meet again at 10 a.m.

April 4. support poll finds legalization confessed that he was kind of biased about the topic. "Personally, I'm a gambler at heart," said C.W. John Christy. "I have two sisters in Ohio, so I'm able to play lotteries there.

People who want to gamble they're gonna gamble." Ressie Dickey, in arguing for the defeated resolution, said the Indiana state government would be able to collect taxes made from legalized lotteries to secure its economic base. "I don't know why all this money should go to other states when Indiana should have some of it," she said. Those persons who were not in favor of lottery legalization referred to its immorality and potential trouble when giving reasons why it shouldn't be legalized. Martha Alice Sheets was one of those who just didn't like the idea of it all. "Well, I'm not a gambler myself," she said, "I am a retired school teacher and I have seen the results of gambling among less literate people.

I think we should be able to get along with the amount of taxes we already pay." Another opposing viewpoint was offered by Becci Garringer. "No, I don't think it would be a good idea," she said. "I think it would bring in a lot of undesirables into the state I'm talking about the syndicate." driver education programs. The bill, which passed the Senate unanimously in a slightly different form, sets a maximum penalty of 60 days in jail and a $500 fine for failing a blood-alcohol test. It extends the minimum period of license suspension for first-time offenders from 60 to 90 days.

The bill preserves the Class A misdemeanor offense for driving while intoxicated, but to convict a person for that crime, proof of impaired driving still would have to be shown. The House voted 89-7 to make it a felony punishable by up to four years in prison to promote animal fights and sets a 60-day maximum jail term for attending such fights. the General House-Senate Assembly or in a conference commit- tee." Guy said many people had criticized the House bill that contained more than 20 amendments, some of them contradictory. He said he was afraid similar inconsistencies might have occurred in the Senate. "Such a process would not result in true utility reform and would only make a mockery of the legislative process," he said.

Sen. Wayne Townsend, D-Hart-ford City, criticized Guy's decision, saying he "has cast a very serious shadow over the possibility of meaningful utility reform." House OK's new alcohol level to stiffen drunken driving law voters on the issue, rather than allowing a legislative committee to make a decision. "People in Indiana participate in gambling in other states," he said. "If people weren't running to other states and spending their money (on lotteries), it would help our tax structure. Now, if the people decided not to have lotteries, that would be okay." Betty Manlove was another who favored a people's vote, rather than a legislative one.

"I believe people should be allowed to vote whether they want a lottery or not," she said. "The people who are against lotteries are in the same category as people who vote for 'sin such as cigarettes and alcohol. I don't think legalizing lotteries is a moral issue. I don't know why Indiana has this 'holier than thou' attitude." Even the person who had no opinion in the surveyed group said he would be in favor of lotteries if the people had more of a say-so in the decision. "I don't care either way," Steven Ramsby said.

"I do think the legislature was quite shortsighted in not letting the populace vote on it. It's something that is affecting us because of all the money that is going outside the state. Now, if the voters decide not to allow it, then that would be fine." Another person in favor of lottery makes it a crime in itself to drive with a blood alcohol level of .10 or above. Under current law, the results of a Breathalyzer or chemical test can be used only as compelling evidence of driving while intoxicated during an arrested motorist's trial. "We have a pretty tough drunken driving law In Indiana right now," said Rep.

John Donaldson, R-Leba-non, House sponsor of the bill, which was recommended by the Governor's Task Force on Drunk Driving. Donaldson said the measure will bring Indiana's law into compliance with federal guidelines, enabling the state to qualify for more than a million dollars to help pay for advance to the passage stage. Sen. John Guy, R-Monticello, made the decision not to call down the House bill, which had been significantly changed in the Commerce Committee he chairs. Among other changes, Guy had replaced a ban against Construction Work in Progress in a utility's rate base with permission to allow it.

Guy said it would have taken the Senate six hours to review more than 46 amendments filed on the bill. "The issue of utility reform is not dead," Guy said in a statement. "We will make every effort to address the utility reform issue in other bills currently pending before INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Motorists who drive with a blood alcohol level of .10 or above will face more likely conviction for drunken driving under a measure winning 97-0 House approval. The bill stiffening Indiana's drunken driving law was one of dozens debated Wednesday as lawmakers rushed to meet today's deadline for the passage of bills. The Senate advanced the $13.8 billion state budget to final reading.

Republicans voted down nearly a dozen Democratic amendment efforts. The drunken driving bill, which must return to the Senate for concurrence with House amendments. Future of utility reform awaits action in Assembly's last days Reservations being taken for human riahts arming hanrmot By ANDREA NEAL INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) The fate of a hotly-debated utility reform proposal apparently will be decided during the final days of the 1983 Legislature. An amended version of a House-passed utility reform bill died Wednesday when its Senate author failed to call the bill down for possible amendments. Both the author and angry House members, however, promised to revive the issue during the conference committee stage when differences are worked out between the two chambers.

Under legislative rules, Wednesday was the deadline for bills to "Civil Rights: What Direction Now?" is the theme of the Muncie Human Rights Commission annual awards dinner at 5:30 p.m. May 5 in the ballroom of Ball State's Pitten-ger Student Center. Speaker will be Dr. Arthur Fleming, former chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and president of the National Coalition for Quality Integrated Education.

HRC director Charles Abrams commented, "Dr. Fleming's experience and involvement the advancement of civil rights and human dignity span several decades." it.