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Miami County 8 Kokomo (Ind.) Tribune Sunday, June 13, 1993 Residents recognized for keeping Converse clean By ANN HUBBARD Tribune Peru Bureau Third-grader Kimberly Knight poses with her erasable wallpaper invention (Tribune photo by Ann Hubbard) Erasable wallpaper? Local student By ANN HUBBARD Tribune Peru Bureau GALVESTON, Ind. Kimberly Knight, al Galveston Elementary School third-grader, has created erasable wallpaper. Knight is one of 47 young inventors participating in the Regional Invention Fair this weekend at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. She won the state competition in her grade level in May and will go on to compete against young inventors representing 10 Midwestern states. Knight, who lives in Walton, first entered the "Invent America" contest when her school had its own Invent America is a national education contest for children in grades kindergarten through eighth grade.

It is designed to challenge youngsters to find solutions to everyday. problems. Knight, who is the daughter of Theron and Ingrid Knight, said she thought long and hard about what her Obituaries Ermah B. (Barnett) Fleming, 95, Wabash R.R. 5, died at 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday, June 2, 1993, at Wabash County Hospital. Services were June 5 at the Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Main Street Chapel, Wabash. Robert Eugene Setty, 60, Wabash R.R. died Wednesday, June 2, 1993, at Byron Health Center, Fort Wayne. Services were June 5 at the Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Roann Chapel.

Uneta Marie (Siberts) Ogden, 89, Roann, died at 2:10 p.In. Friday, June 4, 1993, at her home. Services were Monday at the Rounn First Brethren Church. Charles L. Duff, 79, Chicago, formerly of Peru, died Friday, May 28, 1993, at his home.

Graveside services were June 5 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico, Ind. Christopher Nicholas Fowler, infant, died at birth Sunday, May 30, 1993, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Private family services were conducted. James H. Huff, 76, Peru R.R.

4, died at 7:38 a.m. Saturday, June 5, 1993, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. A memorial service was Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, Peru. Dessie G.

(Edwards) Renefroe, 83, Macy, died at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 6, 1993, at Miller's Merry Manor, Conventry Place, Indianapolis. Services were Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Debra K. (Rhinesmith) Miller, 37, Peru R.R.

4, died at 3:10 p.m. Saturday, June 5, 1993, in Mongo. Services were Tuesday at Mongo Meth- advances to Regional invention would be. When sitting around, Knight said she sometimes accidentally marks on the walls with a pencil. This gave her the idea to invent erasable wallpaper.

With that idea she was off and running. Within a day her invention was complete. Knight said she knew she necded something shiny, so she decided to try lamination paper. The erasable wallpaper is regular wallpaper which is laminated and then applied to the wall. Her mother, In Grid, was skeptical, until she saw it work.

Knight wrote on it, and it erased. Knight believes her invention would be especially good for nurseries, where young children may get into mischief and write on the walls. The erasable wallpaper will erase anything from crayon to permanent marker. And pencil does not even show up. All it takes is a dry tissue to take the markings off.

Some of it just takes a little more "elbow grease' to get off, she said. A poster accompanies her project odist Church. Philip O. Sheridan, 83, Greentown, died at 4:20 p.m. Sunday, June 6, 1993, at Sycamore Village Health Care Center, Kokomo.

Services were Wednesday at the Sycamore Friends Church. Leamon C. Wright, 48, 630 W. Second died at 7:40 p.m. Friday, June 4, 1993, at Dukes Memorial Hospital.

Services were Tuesday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home. Mildred Frances Aveline, 95, Methodist Village, Kissimmee, died Saturday, June 5, 1993, at Osceola Regional Hospital in Kissimmee. Graveside services were Wednesday at Thruilkill Cemetery, Swayzee, Ind. Mabel M. (Bonney) Spellman, 79,378 N.

Fremont died at 11:35 p.m. Sunday, June 6, 1993, at Dukes Memorial Hospital. Services were Wednesday at St. Charles Catholic Church. Alma Naomi (Whisler) Pritchard, 69, Fort Wayne, died at 5:40 a.m.

Monday, June 7, 1993, at her home. Services were Wednesday at D.O. McComb and Sons Maplewood Park Funeral Home, Fort Wayne. David Ray Finnegan, 46, Wabash, died at 8 p.m. Monday, June 7, 1993, at the Veteran's Hospital, Indianapolis.

Graveside services were Thursday at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Milton "Pete" Reed, 84, 274 W. Sixth died at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 1993, at Dukes Continuing Care Center, Peru. Services were Friduy at the Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home, Peru.

Emma Louis (Wittchow) Redevelopment commissions schedule closed session and PERU, Ind. -The Peru and Miami County Redevelopment commissions have scheduled a closed session for 3:30 p.in. Monday in the Miami County Courthouse GAR Room. The session is for negotiations between the commissions and industrial or commercial prospects. CONVERSE, Ind.

-In an effortto clean up the town, the Converse Beautification Committee set about the task of recognizing its residents for their efforts. It started as an incentive program about a year ago when the Converse Economic Development Commission formed the Beautification Committee, which has six members, said Jane Mitchell, Beautification Committee chairwoman. The task also was to improve the downtown area as well as the residential area. "In an effort to do that, we developed what we call the Valuable Neighbor Program," Mitchell said. Three awards are given each month.

They are the "Long-standing Valuable Neighbor," which goes to someone who has been a member of the community for a while and always maintained their property and kept it attractive; the "Most Improved Valuable Neighbor," which goes to someone who has improved their property to a degree, by painting, siding their home or even planting flowers; and the Street Attraction Award," which goes to a downtown business which has improved its business in some way. Because Converse is such a small community, the Main Street Attraction Award is sometimes not given every month. The program was first started last May in a program called "'Think Spring." The town purchased bulk loads of mulch, peat moss, flowers and other items wholesale a and sold them to residents at cost for one weekend. This enabled them to do some property improvements for very little costs, Mitchell said. "'The response to that day was just tremendous," Mitchell said.

"'People were planting flowers, who never had a flower in their yard before." The program was so successful that the "'Think Spring" weekend this year tripled in size, including landscaping materials and lawn furniture. Not just properties within the city Joint meeting scheduled PERU, -The Worker Adjustment Assistance Committee and Labor Management Committee scheduled a joint meeting for noon June 21 in the North Central Indiana Private Industry Council office, 36 W. Fifth Suite 102-B. For more information contact the NCIPIC at 473-5571. limits are considered for awards, those homes along some of the main thoroughfares are also included in the monthly judging.

These homes have an impact on the appearance of the community as well, 1 Mitchell noted. Three members of the committee judge the homes in the community for the award, which are given starting in the spring until December. Most recipients are very pleased and feel honored when they receive the award. "It's nice that someone notices their efforts," Mitchell said. "And their neighbors do value them Don and Pat Shaw, 502 N.

Jefferson, are this month's recipients of the Valuable Neighbor, Long-Standing resident, award. The Shaw's, 10-year residents of their current home, recently put up new siding. They always keep their yard nice, Mitchell said. Before they moved in, the house was abandoned, she said. They have greatly improved the appearance of the home.

"It was the happiest day I had for a long time," Pat said of receiving the award. "And my husband, he was so Raejean and Allen Owen, Converse R.R. 1, won the Valuable Neighbor award, Long-standing resident, in December for their Christmas lights. Raejean said she was surprised at receiving the award. Every year they put many lights up around the home and yard, and they try to add something different each time.

The judges drive around town periodically throughout the month and make notations on any changes made at homes. "We have to do it on a regular basis so that we notice all: improvements. We make notations on houses that we know need improvement so that when they do start to DWIGHT FOUTS TIRE U.S. 31 BYPASS N. 457-7274 Offers Full Tire LinesE Cooper Armstrong Firestone Michelin Springfield Uniroyal Your Tire Service Specialist Financing Available COTTON ON DEMAND LONDON Largest Selection in North Central Indiana Gree Gift Wrap baileys Hours: Downtown BROADWAY 219-722-6200 AT Logansport Fri.

FIFTH make improvements, we notice it right away." To have a basis to work from, the committee evaluated the community and graded the properties at the beginning of the program. Each property was given a grade of through to give the committee a system to track future improvements, Mitchell explained. It doesn't always take money to make improvements either, or to win the award, Mitchell said. It may mean just cleaning up a trash area or cleaning up their landscaping. Recipients have a sign placed in the yard for all their neighbors to see.

And their name is published in the community newspaper. Mitchell believes the program has worked so far. Plans are to continue it indefinitely. Invention Fair explains how she invented the wallpaper. Other ideas submitted at the regional level are a sleeping bag with feet, a self-draining pool cover and solar Christmas lights.

For winning the state competition, Knight will receive a $200 savings bond. The school received 25 books for its library and received other classroom materials for next year's Invent America contest. Invention Fair participants are coming from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. The inventions will be displayed in the museum along side exhibits featuring Thomas Edison, Elija McCoy and generations of ingenious Americans. Knight and her entire family made the trip to Michigan this weekend for the competition.

Nine Midwest regional Invent America winners will be announced at 1:30 p.m. today. Kerkhoff, 82, Kokomo R.R. 2, died at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 8, 1993, at her home.

Services were Saturday at Faith Lutheran Church, Kokomo. Dorothy Mae (Campbell) Conrad, 74, Twelve Mile R.R. 1, died at 8:52 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 1993, at Logansport Memorial Hospital. Services were Friday at the McClain Funeral Home, Denver.

Joseph D. Vallo, 27, 284 W. Canal died at 8:24 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 1993, at Miami County Road 100 North, one mile west of U.S. 31, as the result of a motorcycle accident.

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