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Local Kokomo (Ind.) Tribune Friday, June 19, 1992 Cooler weather Local weather observer Robert Wise said cooler weather is in store for the Kokomo area this weekend. The high this afternoon should be about 70. Sprinkles are likely tonight, when the low temperature should be 47. Winds should be at 18 mph out of the north. Light showers or sprinkles, along with unstable cold air from across the Great Lakes are likely this weekend.

The normal high for this weekend is 82 and the normal low is 65, but the high Saturday should be just 65 and the low should dip down to 44. Wise predicted a near record low of 40 for Sunday night. The high Sunday should be 65. Monday should be sunny and warmer, with highs of 68. Alliance 2000 The Howard County Convention Visitors Commission voted Tuesday to join Alliance 2000, an umbrella group that includes the Chamber of Commerce, the Kokomo-Howard County Development Corp.

and both the city and county councils. However, the stipulation was that the commission would go along as long as it would not cost anything. The concept of Alliance 2000 was begun earlier this year with the idea of a central coordinating council serving as a central planning board for all three groups. Margie Johnson, executive director of the chamber said, "We've never really had a forum to talk about the direction that we should be rowing.The idea is to talk about plans for the future and to provide a vision for the future. It is not a governing group." 1993 budget The Howard County Convention Visitors Commission passed a motion that the 1993 budget that will be presented to the county for approval will be $220,000.

Last year's budget was $181,049. The increases were largely in the amount of grant monies given to various groups for events that would promote tourism, advertising expenditures and grants. This year the total grant money allocations amounted to $79,000 as compared to $65,044 the previous year. Event postponed The Howard County Museum which had planned to host a one- day arts and crafts show on Sept. 26 has postponed the event to next year.

The museum's director, Kelly Thompson returned the grant money of $936 to the museum to promote the event because she felt that they would not be able to accomplish their objectives within the time available. "We wanted to be able to organize it well and put on a really high quality show, so we decided to cancel Thompson said. Recommendations Kokomo-Center School 21st Century Project middle school area committee will submit its recommendations to the project's board of advisers Tuesday. During a meeting at 7 p.m. at the corporate administration building, the group's subcommittee chairmen will give their groups' ideas to the board.

The board will then consider those suggestions, along with those of other committees. The board of advisers is to give its final 21st Century Project recommendations to the Kokomo- Center School Board this fall. The last 21st Century committee to report to the project board of advisers, that dealing with alternative programs, will do so June 30. Phillips named RUSSIAVILLE, Ind. Western High School has a new assistant principal following Tuesday's meeting of Western School Board.

The board approved naming Ron Phillips to the position, replacing William Narwold. Narwold was named corporation director of maintenance, buildings and grounds and transportation at the end of the first 1991-92 semester. Phillips was then named administrative assistant at the high school, a temporary position. His new position is permanent. Corrections Because of a Kokomo Tribune error, the obituary for Maggie Imojean "Jean" Roop that appeared in Tuesday's paper contained an incorrect relationship.

William A. Roop Jr. is Maggie Roop's son. LOGANSPORT, Ind. Because of a Kokomo Tribune error, the time of death for Bethany Kollmar was incorrect in her Thursday obituary.

She died at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, June 17,1992. YoungmarvBecker House walls are still standing following Wednesday night fire (Tribune photo by Anne Mawhorr) Landmark struck by lightning Taylor Township may have lost a major historical landmark with the fire which gutted the Youngman-Becker House at 4359 S. Road 200 East Wednesday night. Investigators believe the home, which is listed on the national, and Indiana Historical Society Register, was struck by lightning.

No one was living in the home at the time. The owner is listed as Virginia King of Indianapolis. Firefighters have not listed a value to the home or its contents, but Rick Abresch, Indian Heights Fire Department deputy chief, said firefighters removed many water-damaged antiques from the home. The roof caved in during the fire, but the walls are standing. Firefighters listed the interior asguted.

The home was built in 1866 by Fred Youngman, who came to Howard County about the time of the Civil War to operate a drain tile factory in House as it appeared when Youngman lived there beginning in the late 1800s (Photo provided) Taylor Township. Youngman was a native of Bavaria, Germany. The Youngman homestead, southeast of Fairfield on Sharpsville Road, was considered to be one of the largest in Taylor Township. Youngman died Jan. 18, 1934, one of the township's oldest residents and its largest landowner.

Information about the home was provided by the staff in the Indiana-Howard County room at the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library. Power lines humming again By Dave Phillips Tribune staff writer About 60 residents of Greentown and Walton remained electricty today as PSI Energy Inc. crews worked to restore power following severe thunderstorms this week. PSI Energy Superintendent Jim Mehring said the utility expected to have the customers back on line by mid-afternoon today. Thunderstorms Wednesday and early Thursday spawned tornadoes and high winds that downed trees and power lines throughout central and northern Indiana.

Up to 5,000 customers in PSI's eight-county Kokomo district lost power during the storm. PSI crews were able to restore power to a large block of customers by 2 a.m. today, Mehring said. Company spokesperson Rob Norris said the Plainfield-based utility still had 800 customers without power throughout its service area. After surveying affected areas Thursday, state emergency management officials were meeting with Gov.

Bayh this mor- ning to determine what assistance may be available. Howard County Civil Defense officials said the county was spared major damage from the storm, which created wind gusts up to 65 mph. Up to 5 inches of rain fell in some areas. Insurance companies were surveying homes and businesses hardest hit by the storm. City Hall employees used fans to keep cool Thursday after lightning hit the building's air conditioning unit.

Meranda Steel Inc. suspended construction on a Wal-Mart Plaza near Goyer Road and Markland Avenue, after high winds toppled a 430-foot long section of a 13-foot high brick wall. The fallen wall crushed several electrical transformers that serve the site. Construction site superintendent Don Smith said the site also sustained major water damage. A drop in water pressure forced Delco Electronics Corp.

to temporarily shut down equipment in the company's semiconductor manufacturing plant at Lincoln and Goyer roads. The company relied on water from the plant's cooling tower. Indiana-American Water Co. officials were able to restore normal water pressure to Kokomo customers by noon Thursday. Lightning knocked out power to the utility's main pumping station on Carter Street, causing a drop in water pressure for the company's 17,000 customers.

Lightning also damaged the utility's diesel-operated auxiliary equipment used as a back-up in case of emergencies. "We should be in a position to get through any recurrence without any problems," said Randy Edgeman, Indiana-American Water Co. operations manager. "It took us the remainder of the day to recover our storage capacity." Utility officials were still investigating the cause of a water main break at Walnut and Washington streets. Edgeman said a surge in water pressure, caused by the power outage, likely caused the break.

"It's going to be a very expensive day, "said Edgeman. Red Cross in need of funds By Catharine Fernando Tribune staff writer Had Wednesday's severe storms caused major damage, the American Red Cross would have immediately stepped forward with victims' assistance despite having already depleted its Disaster Relief Fund. The Red Cross would have come through despite that fact, said Paul N. Block, chairman-elect of the Howard-Tipton chapter of the American Red Cross. Block appealed to the community Thursday for help in meeting the Red Cross' fund-raising goal of $13,500 by the end of August.

The national goal is $30 million. "This ($13,500) is over and above the funds that we need to operate our local programs," he said. The fund is a reserve maintained at a targeted minimum level of $20 million to offset extraordinary disaster relief operations. But by the beginning of fiscal 1991, all contributions, as well as disaster relief budgets, at headquarters were used, as well as the entire $20.9 million balance in the Disaster Relief Fund. The organization had to dig into its safety training programs budget to finance its depleted disaster budget.

This financial predicament is because in the last two years, some of the worst disasters of the Red Cross' ill-year history have occurred. The Red Cross has already spent as much on disaster services in the first two years of this de- cade $408.5 million than in the last four years of the 1980s $409.3 million. In the fiscal year ending last June, the Red Cross provided assistance for the victims of more than 8,000 devastating disasters, which strained the organization's finances to the tune of $184 million. Some of the worst disasters included $6.7 million to help 8,800 Louisiana families displaced by torrential rain and flooding; $4.6 million to help 4,700 families in Texas flooded out of their homes; $1.9 million to assist 15,000 victims of a freak spring ice storm in central New York; and $1.1 million for Kansas tornado victims. Closer to home, in 1989, $59,220 was given to area victims hit by a tornado in Kokomo.

During the January 1989 flood, 116 local victims received $67,502 in food, shelter and clothing, and in the March ice storm last year, Red Cross volunteers sheltered 275 people and served 7,722 meals to residents for eight days, which cost $16,244. Last year, 129 local fire victims were assisted with food, shelter and clothing. Police blotter Officers battered Two Kokomo police officers escaped serious injury after being struck by a man they were attempting to arrest early today. According to a report from Kokomo Police Lt. Larkin Fourkiller, police were called to 708 N.

Jay St. at 1:06 a.m. on a robbery report. But Kokomo Assistant Police Chief Charles S. Hackett said later this morning that the situation was discovered to have resulted from a domestic dispute.

Arrested on the scene was Dino D. Tyler, 25, 302 S. Calumet St. He allegedly stole a purse from an aquaintance, Michelle Curry, 22, of Kokomo. When police arrived on the scene, they found a man later determined to be Tyler carrying the purse.

When they approached Tyler, he allegedly ran eastbound from them, stopped only after a two- block chase. He struggled with police during the arrest, striking officers Kevin Ogle and Kevin Scott in the groin and leg areas. Tyler was arrested on two counts of resisting law enforcement, battery on a police officer and domestic violence battery. No details on the relationship between Tyler and Curry or what led up to the robbery were available this morning. Ogle's and Scott's injuries were not serious and required no medical attention.

State Police probe 3-fatality accident Alcohol possible factor in fiery crash ByRlckKughen Tribune staff writer GALVESTON, Ind. Indiana State Police are trying to determine if a Wednesday night accident that killed three Cass County people was alcohol-related. Sgt. Jeffrey L. Stinson said state police suspect alcohol could have been a- factor in the crash that killed Justin R.

Burrous, 20,106 E. Grace Walton; Bethany A. Kollmar, 17, 3113 E. Broadway, Logansport; and Jenny L. Gossett, 20,324 Wilkinson Logansport.

Trooper Marshall D. Talbert said several charred cans were found inside the car, but said police have not determined whether they were alcohol containers. Talbert said a blood- alcohol content test will be conducted on Burrous, who was driving the car, a newer-model Dodge Daytona. Miami County Coroner Dan Roberts could not be reached for autopsy results. A fourth passenger, Ryan Willis, 19, Logansport, was listed in critical condition today at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

Talbert said Willis is undergoing treatment for injuries to his pelvis and legs. He also suffered smoke inhalation. Willis was freed from the burning car by Rod Hanes, 35, Galveston, seconds before the passenger compartment became engulfed in flames. "I pulled one person out, but I just couldn't get anybody else out," Hanes said today. "The car was engulfed in flames.

Man, it was bad." Hanes said he just finished a work shift at Chrysler Corp. in Kokomo when he saw the wreck 1 He freed Willis from the hatchback area of the car. "Everyone else was pinned in," Hanes said. "There was nothing 1 could do. I just wanted the family to know that I tried." Hanes was released after treatment at Saint Joseph Hospital Health Center in Kokomo for burns to his shoulders, back and one leg.

Talbert said the fire apparently started in the engine compartment of the car and spread into the pas-i senger compartment. The trooper said Burrous was northbound about 11:50 p.m. Wednesday on Miami County Road 500 West (Miami-Cass County Division Road) when he apparently failed to negotiate a one- lane bridge and crashed head-on into the concrete bridge wall. The' bridge is on 500 West over Little' Deer Creek. Talbert said Hanes tried to; rescue Kollmar, who was sitting the passenger seat, and who was seated behind but was unable to open the passenger side door.

He then was driven back by intense heat and flames. Police could not say whether the occupants of the car were wearing seatblets, but Talbert said he suspected that Willis was not, since he was thrown into the hatchback area of the car. Troopers spent several hours trying to identify the youths and notify family members. Police later learned that Burrous and Kollmar were dating each other and that Kollmar had just graduated from Logansport High School. FOR DAD SAVE ON RECLINERS BY BARCALOUNGER BERKLINE FLEXSTEEL STARTING AT 299 00 GRANNY'S FURNITURE 100 E.NORTH ST.

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