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I Iiiiiq I iLRwfwiRWRRRWWWWWWR Journal and Courier Sunday August 5 1 990 Deaths 4 Indiana in Brief Tejl Cooperider a Deaths Elsewhere pro was i i Campus Calendar the Tim 42 brother was the last survivor of that group of avant garde super technicians of the Tomaso said of Maserati one talks a lot about overall qual ity but in those days the Mase ratis controlled their creations one by one piece by Piirdue University News 111 "JW 111 Dorothy Ardapple 86 widow of businessman Dorothy Irvin Ardapple 86 widow of Walter Ardapple who founded Ardapple Storage and Moving Co died at 4:40 am Saturday in Home Hospital She had been a patient there one week The Ardapples were married in 1919 in Lafayette He died May 23 1958 Bom Dec 22 1903 in Oxford she lived at 2201 Cason St and had lived in Lafayette most of her life Mrs Ardapple was a member of irst Christian Church and a former member of Hope Chapter Order of Eastern Star Surviving are a daughter Mrs Robert (Kathryn) Kelly of West Lafayette and a son Warren Ardapple of Lafayette Allison Gas gets Army contract INDIANAPOLIS Allison Gas Turbine a division of General Motors Corp has been awarded a $31 million contract by the Army for the constriiction of helicopter engines Sen Dan Coats Ind announced The contract is for the con struction of 270 T63 A 720 engines to be used in OH6 and OH58A Bell helicopters All work for the contract will be done in Indianapolis The project is expected to be completed by March 31 1992 Coats said The contract is worth $31155666 Ohio man held in death of wife takes life WINCHESTER An Ansonia 1 Ohio man jailed in connection with the shooting death of his est ranged wife apparently hanged himself in his Randolph County Jail cell authorities said Satur day The body of Timmy Allen Brown 33 was found by dther inmates around 8:30 pm hanging by a bedsheet Indiana State Police said They called the death a suicide Brown had turned himself into authorities after the fatal shooting of his wife last Tuesday at her home in Union City Pa tricia Brown 23 died of a gunshot wound to her head on the same day her divorce would have been final Ettore Maserati 96 founder of car company By The Associated Press BOLOGNA Italy Ettore Maserati a founder and guiding force of the famed racing car company died Saturday He Whether reassessment now done every four years should be done every other year or even continuously Legislative fiddling with property tax reas sessment would have a substantial impact on Hoosier taxpayers by altering the method state and county officials use in determining property value Ultimately tax rates the amount levied by local and state governments are determined by property value Property taxes raised about $24 billion in state revenue in 1989 according to the Indiana Tax Board About half that amount goes to support local school districts State lawmakers need to look at ways to make the reassessment procedure more com fortable for property owners said Sen Allen Paul Richmond Paul is author of the legislation that set up the study committee goal is to give the taxnavnr a IpvpI GVinrt PiAlrl a i lie skiiu we nave rn navp criteria set up so that the taxpayer get ripped The committee will hold at least two more meetings before preparing a report for the General Assembly The next meeting is ten tatively set for Aug 22 in Richmond Donald Welker at Carroll County REMC in Del phi retiring as a lineman in 1972 He and his wife then moved to Downey Calif and managed an apartment complex for seven years They returned to Delphi in 1979 Bom Sept 5 1917 in White County he graduated from Mon ticello High School He married Daisy Black on Oct 8 1938 in Monticello She survives Mr Welker was a member of Delphi United Methodist Church and American Legion Post 75 He served in the Coast Guard from 1941 until 1945 in Europe Surviving are a daughter Donna Welker of ort Lauderdale la five sisters Catherine Stoner of Delphi Ruth Homan of Orangeville Ill Marybelle Wright of Monticello Esther Welker of Delphi and Jane Darr of Sioux alls SD Dorothy Eddy widow of ex Purdue coach Dorothy Cassidy Eddy of 201 Navajo St WL died at 3 pm riday in St Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center She had been hospitalized one day Bora in Troy Ind she had lived in Lafayette since June 12 1950 coming from Madison Ind She was a graduate of Im maculate Conception Academy 'in erdinand Ind and St Mary Elizabeth School of Nursing in Louisville Ky She married John Ray Eddy on May 30 1936 in Tell City He coached basketball at Purdue University from 1950 until 1965 and was associate athletic director from 1965 until 1976 Mr Eddy died Sept 20 1986 Mrs Eddy was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church West Lafayette John Purdue Club Purdue Club and Tri Kappa Surviving are a son John Eddy of Anderson two daughters Mary Martha Eddy of West La fayette and Mrs Ralph (Sarah) Harnett of Los Altos Hills Calif? and a sister Althea Rohn of City Local State Cooperider takes reins Jay Cooperider has joined Pur due Office of Pub lications as an assistant director of publications 35 The committee is one of Whether county assessors should be given four now looking at the is more power to monitor and direct county sues of property reas property reassessment sessment and property taxes do think this com mittee can accomplish something very very posi said Sen Lawrence Borst Indianapolis the committee chairman will have some rec ommendations for legislat Gery ive action We can add our voice and it will be quite a considerable The committee intends to examine: The role of computerization in the prop erty reassessment procedure Seventy eight of 92 counties now use computerized Violet Sullivan 64 Violet Sullivan 64 formerly of Lafavette died Saturdav morn ing in ort Sanders Regional 96 Medical center in Knoxville tenn No further information available we are the ones who fight the fires and have to go in way we should have the right to decide who is qualified to join the Broecher said Richards was appointed in Jan uary 1988 when her predecessor Kermitt Lindsey was forced to resign for his part in an illegal vote buying scheme in Rockport and Spencer County Since she assumed the job Richards has tried to bring the force more closely in line with rules and regulations governing the operation feel that the operation of the fire department and who is on the force is something that is a shared she said May Bertrand 72 retired restaurant owner MOROCCO May Bertrand 72 formerly of Mor 'Occo died at 8:50 pm riday in Riverview Medical Center in Kankakee Ill She lived in Ir oquois Ill Mrs Bertrand owned and oper ated Cafe in Iroquois from 1967 until she retired in 1976 Born May 2 1918 in Morocco she had been an Iroquois resident since 1967 In 1948 she married Charles Bertrand in Mor occo He died in 1984 Mrs Bertrand was a member of Donovan Church of Christ Surviving are two sons William Bennett of Morocco and John Bennett of Edgewater Park NJ a daughter Mrs Dean (Darlene) Denton of Lake Village a brother James Printy Jr of Morocco and a sister Mrs Sybil Munyon of Momence Ill 40 of firefighters quit By The Associated Press ROCKPORT Ind orty per cent of the volunteer fire depart ment in this southern Indiana community has quit in a dispute with their township trustee The department had 20 fire fighters before the dispute began really felt that we had no choice but to said Rich ard Broecher former president of the volunteer as sociation and the assistant chief One point of contention was Trustee Shirley de sire to have a voice in the selec tion of new fire department members Since 1988 he has been ag ricultural sci ence editor in a joint appoint ment with the Purdue Univer sity News Ser vice and the Agricultural Communication Service Cooperider will be manag ing editor of Perspective the tab loid distributed quarterly to 250000 alumni staff faculty parents of undergraduates and other Purdue supporters He also will work on other period icals and publications Cooperider is a 1984 graduate ofthe University of Cincinnati Planning class focuses on career reassessment Planning for a noncredit evening course designed particularly for wqmen reassessing career and educational goals will be offered this fall through Purdue Univer sity Continuing Education Cecelia Zissis former director of the Span Plan program for adult students will present the eight week series which begins Sept 10 and concludes Oct 29 Classes will be in Room G5 of the Krannert Building Registration information and adult evening class brochures are available from Purdue Continuing Education at (317 494 2973 or Zis sis at (317) 743 1014 $2500 Alcoa grant to pay for speech therapy Xn Alcoa oundation grant for $2500 was presented to Barbara SW Solomon director of the Speech Language Clinic The money will be used to pay for speech therapy for children and adults with speech language voice fluency or hearing problems who are unable to pay for speech therapy software used in other counties Whether Indiana should begin reassessing playing field piupeny using a iair marxet value approach or continue to use depreciated reproduction cost basically what it would cost to rebuild a structure minus depreciation Only Indiana California and Nevada use depreciated rep roduction in figuring value Youth kills self in accidental shooting INDIANAPOLIS A 12 year old Indianapolis youth accidentally shot and killed himself while playing with his handgun Marion County Coroner Dennis Nicholas identified the victim as Paul Taylor Jr The youth took the large caliber handgun from a cabinet and loaded it then placed it to his forehead and pulled the trigger Sgt Roy West said Taylor was found dead in the living room of his eastside home riday Nicholas said he died of a head wound Taylor and his 10 year old brother were home alone at the time of the 3 pm shooting police said Their parents were at work Couple fulfill dream of ministering together INDIANAPOLIS The Rev Thomas light and his wife Joyce have fulfilled a newlywed dream of theirs to minister to gether at the same church Thomas light 60 recently was appointed senior pastor at Roberts Park United Methodist Church in downtown Indianapolis Joyce light 56 was appointed associate pastor always assisted me in my light said though she always been paid or even received any recog nition for have ministered together for more than 30 years but this is a new and welcome Joyce light said Cleo Rice 80 father of 10 children MONTICELLO Geo Ricq 80 of 414 Turpie St Monticello died at 5:15 am Saturday in Monticello Healthcare Center He had been a resident there for three years Born April 16 1910 in Chalmers he lived in White County and Monticello most of his life He married Goldie Mae Johnson on I Nov 10 1928 She died April 18 1 1978 Surviving are two daughters Mrs Phyllis Bending of Burn ettsville and Mrs Juanita Boehri 1 ing of Delphi four sons Wade Rice Marvin Rice and Gary Rice I all of Monticello and Normati Rice of Delphi Service is in Monticello Monday His death was reported by the ANSA news agency With one of his five brothers Alfieri Maserati produced his first racing car in 1926 Maseratis went on to become a power in racing with victories in the In dianapolis 500 in 1939 and 1940 and the 12 hours of Sebring in 1953 In 1937 the company was bought by the Orsi group in Modena where Maserati worked for 10 years as technical director After leaving Orsi he and his brothers founded a new can manufacturing company in 1947 called The Maserati company is now based in Modena controlled by Argentine born Alejandro de Tomaso Ettore Maserati retired in 1966 at the age of 72 the last surviving hrnfhpr 1 1 i Donald Welker 72 former REMC lineman DELPHI Donald Welker 72 of 512 Summit St Delphi died at 12:14 pm riday in the emergency room at St Elizabeth Hos pital Medical Center Mr Welker worked 25 years Today On the Air International Choral estival: a celebration of the joy of singing 1:15 pm WBAA 920 AM and 897 Cable Purdue Summer Commence ment: broadcast live from the Elliott Hall of Music 2:30 pm WBAA Monday On the Air Jazz in the Palm Court with music from Gertrude Rainey 4 pm WBAA 920 AM and 897 Cable Opera Box: a Ros sini is offered 9 pm WBAA Atlantic Theatre: humor on live stage 10 pm WBAA Tuesday On the Air Classic Performances: Boris Kroyt Murray Perahia and Harold wnght 2:05 pm WBAA Rainbow: South African Mind" with Warner 8 pm WBAA Wednesday On the Air Jack Bennv: This week's gram features humor and mystery 10:35 am WBAA Los Angeles Philharmonic: with Beethoven's Symphony No 1 in and Oedipus Rex 8 pm WBAA Thursday On the Air Selected shorts: Stories by Pritchett Weaver and Barthelme 8 pm WBAA Pride and Prejudice: an audio version of Jane lively and witty comedy on marriage and snobbery 10:30 pm WBAA riday On the Air Piano Jazz: Guest Claude Bol ling 10:35 am WBAA Car talk: Comedic auto advice from Tom and Ray 8 pm WBAA Riverwalk: celebrates the music Louis Armstrong 9 pm WBAA Saturday On the Air World of Opera: Montverdi's Ritomo in 12:30 pm WBAA Bluesstage: the blues and sould of Katie Webster AC Reed and Lowell ulson 8 pm WBAA Information for the Purdue Cal endar should be sent to the Journal and Courier Purdue reporter 217 Sixth St Lafayette 4 790 1 Legislators reassess assessment By JAMES GRASS Gannett News Service INDIANAPOLIS State legislators have started looking for ways to streamline the property reassessment process for Indiana taxpayers something they concede may take a while A1 bipartisan legislative study committee met for the first time Wednesday to examine hoVr counties and townships dete rmine the value of homes businesses and shops for property taxing purposes In the nextj 60 'days committee members hope to come up with a list of recommendations to improve the procedure and those recommendations would likely be proposed in the 1991 legislative ses sion The job is to ensure that In diana property owners are not being unfairly squeezed by the reassessment nrocess said Sep Michael Gery West Lafayette a reassessment Many computerized counties cofpmittee member Last done in 1989 the have software that cannot interact with the next reassessment is set tor 1993 view this committee as looking at how to make reassessment work to try and make it more fair and Gery said think the administration of assessment needs to be streamlined at the local levels so that the counties have more control over the whole JjM or the record and ire Calls Many police calls are reports of what people have told officials The reports do not necessarily reflect the final status of investigations Tippecanoe County am Saturday Lafayette Police Department Burglary at 3405 Sussex Carpenter tools toilet in a box extension cord stolen Value: $2325 6:16 am Saturday LPD Theft from car parked at Imperial Travel 2575 30th St Taken: AMM stereo blocker panels Value: $498 11:52 am Saturday Lafayette ire Department ire in two story house 1806 Wilson St caused about $10000 ddmage Electrical outlet in living room ignited fire in house of Spike Rice when no one was at home Births Home Hospital Aug 3 Mark and Chen arng Benjamin 708 SOgar Hill Drive West Lafayette a son Brent and Denise Eldridge Rensselaer ason Rodney and Cindy Maxwell lora a son Terence and Erin Mays 2918 erry St a son Stephen and Jennifer A Oteham West Lafayette a daughter and Gloria Vaught Lafayette a son Sf Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center Aug 3 Matt and Lori Salla Earl Park a daugh White County Memorial Hospital Aug 3 Charlene Boze Monon a daughter Births Elsewhere Edward and Susan Smith of New Or leans La are the parents of a daughter Clair Suzanne born July 27 Paternal grandparents are Adolph and Patricia Smith of Lafayette Condition Updates George Huspek 18 of Ham mond was in serious condition Saturday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after his moped was struck by a tractor trailer on Interstate 65 in Jasper County Jay Pauley 29 Route 2 Mon ticello was in stable condition Saturday at Indiana University Medical Center He was injured July 24 when his car hit a semi tractor trailer on Indiana 25 North at three lane hill Raymond Ryan 26 Box 384 of Darlington was in serious condition Sat urday at Indianapolis Methodist Hospital He suffered head and internal injuries June 21 when his car hit a tree on Montgomery County Road 500 North one mile west of Darlington Larry Taylor 22 Route 4 Attica was jn serious condition Saturday at In dianapolis Methodist Hospital He suf fered severe head and internal injuries July 27 when he lost control of his pickup in a curve and struck a tree on ountain County Road 50 West south of County Road 860 North Henry Williams 64 of Greenhill was in stable condition Saturday at Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis He was badly burned July 9 in a gas explosion in his rural Tippecanoe County home To call us We at the Journal and Courier want to hear from you our readers We're interested in your news tips story ideas complaints problems questions and comments in general To reach the newsroom calf 423 551 1 from 8 a to 5 pm on week days After hours and on weekends call the Local Desk directly at 423 5522 and the Sports Desk at 423 551 8 Outside Tippecanoe County call toll free (800) 456 3223 Here are the numbers to call newsroom editors directly: Donald Black managing editor 420 5242 Mark Mann assistant managing editor 420 5258 Thomas Campbell chief photographer 420 5201 Christopher Celek Local editor 420 5231 Steve Greenberg Sports editor 420 5235 Sig Kriebel news editor 420 5236 Robert Kriebel Opinions page editor 420 5262 Life and Times editor 420 5225 Staff Reports ARDAPPLE Dorothy No visitation Private family graveside service Spring Vale Cemetery the Rev Joan Williams officiating Surviving are 6 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren A sister preceded in death Memorial con tributions to the charity of donor's choice Soller Baker uneral directors in charge BERTRAND May riends may call 5 9 pm Monday at Cardwell uneral Home Morocco Ser vice there 1 1 a Tuesday the Rev Phil Hansen officiating Interment Oakland Cemetery Morocco Surviving are 10 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren A son a brother a sister preceded Me morials to Donovan Church of Christ EDDY Dorothy Visitation 4 7 pm today Soller Baker West Lafayette Chapel uneral Mass 1 0 am Monday Blessed Sacrament Catho lic Church ather Donald Hardebeck of ficiating Interment Grand View Cemetery Surviving a 5 grandchildren 1 great grandchild Preceded in death by 2 brothers Memorial contributions to Lynn Treece Boys and Girls Club or charity of choice SNAVELY Herbert riends may call 5 8 pm Monday Soller Baker West Lafayette uneral Home Service 10:30 a Tuesday Sel ler Baker West Lafayette Chapel the Rev Dr Norman Godby officiating In terment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Sympathy may best be express by me morial contributions to Tippecanoe County Chapter Americna Heart Associ ation Two granddaughters survive uneral Notices WELKER Donald riends may call 2 7 pm today at Horn uneral Home Delphi Service there 1 pm Monday Pastor David utrell offici ating Interment Masonic Cemetery with Delphi American Legion rites Surviving is a favorite nephew Jimmy Gates Pre ceded in death by a sister 4 brothers amily suggests contributions be made to Carroll County EMS equipment fund or Delphi Christian Church If UNERAL H0Me NC 742 7302 622 9th St IN BARBARA JEAN BOLINGER SMITH (Q SOLLERgAKER uneral Homes Inc Obituary Line 742 1161 Chapel SULLIVAN Violet ARDAPPLE Dorothy West Lafayette EDDY Dorothy SNAVELY Lawrence Herbert ADMPHONE: 742 1131 HAHN uneral Homes In Lafayette 1104 Columbia St 742 7873 MARY ASSNACHT WILLIAMS LORIST "When it hat to be perfect" ieth a KOSSUTH LAAYETTE 317 742 7202.