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City makes case to fire Elliott Four-year police officer claims in hearing he used reasonable force. By MATTHEW S. GALBRAITH Tribune Staff Writer SOUTH BEND Police Chief Thomas Fautz believes suspended Cpl.Jess Elliott should be fired for slamming a handcuffed man to the ground in September. bordered on battery and could have had tragic circumstances for (the arrested Fautz testified Tuesday at a lengthy disciplinary hearing before the Board of Public Safety. Fautz has urged the public safety board to fire Elliott for using unnecessary force during the arrest.

four-year about 90 minutes in the witness chair saying he used reasonable force because the man had attempted to turn his upper body toward him with unknown intentions. the next move could be the the man could have done anything from pulling away to assaulting him. After an eight-hour disciplinary three-member public safety board was expected to announce a decision on the fate in an upcoming meeting. The board heard testimony from 10 witnesses. clear from repeated looks at a police car videotape is that Elliott performed a takedown on Anthony Wright of South Bend while leading a handcuffed Wright to his patrol car.

Elliott was placed on paid administrative leave shortly after the incident. See A popular downtown Mishawaka diner closes its doors. By K. AARON VAN OOSTERHOUT Tribune Staff Writer MISHAWAKA When 13-year-old Wayne Odiorne began working at a Main Street factory in did he know that as an would start a restaurant next door. During its 35-year tenure downtown, Place carved its name into Mishawaka history as it served everyone from police officers to Ball Band and Uniroyal employees.Now,Vi Odiorne, ex-wife and former owner of the shut down Place and filed for Chapter 7 to court records.

was time for me to step aside and close Odiorne said. going to be 82 this Vi Odiorne expressed no hard feelings about the closing but did say that the downtown environment has changed in recent years. so much competition was your business slowing way The closure surprised many local as Vi Odiorne had not earlier expressed any plans for retirement. know why they Ronnie Place patron for the last 20 think (business) slowed down Doug Diltz Sons Amusement leased the building to the Odiornes since Place opened. He did not notice a dramatic decrease in business until roughly three months ago, when Vi Odiorne dropped the 24-hour service and instead opened the restaurant only from 5 a.m.to 2 p.m.

soon as they cut the think in order for it to be needs to be a 24-hour Bob that he had not noticed any reduced business. does not believe that the closing is completely negative. was kinda sad to see it go because it was open for (so change is In is very good. He is now working as a cook at Country restaurant that replaced Place only five weeks after Vi Odiorne closed on Oct.2. With the new 24-hour restaurant comes an entirely new staff.None of original employees remain.

Sue Place waitress of 23 she was looking for a job outside the restaurant business. with said. Despite this new employment expressed sadness at the closing. See She shared her joy of learning and of life hen she thought they needed reminding, Lynn Butler would give her second-graders one of those looks and then many good nerves does Mrs.Butler Her Madison Primary Center class would answer in unison: you want to get on that one last good nerve, do And that was that. Lynn Butler may have been the most upbeat and cheerful person her students would ever she did have her limits.

joy of life rubbed off on her she could mean and they all knew Principal Jim Bankowski says. class want to see her with her hands on her hips and her foot tapping on the she could also make you laugh like nobody fellow second-grade teacher Peg Perrine. They laughed at some of the stories at her funeral last week, between the many tears. Lynn mother of two and the mentor of hundreds and hundreds of of an aneurysm Nov.20 while in her 20th year at South Madison School. She left school on never returned to tell her morning joke to Bankowski to toss out another nickname at one of her teaching cohorts to reach down and help a little child through his or her day.

all of her second-graders and all of the third- and fourth- graders whom Lynn had taught called their parents that says. See BLACK, (574) 235-6321, CORY HAVENS, (574) 235-6325, I HURSDAY RIBUNE Another family struggles to keep the heat on. I NDEX Voice of the B4 Michiana Point of View B5 METRO I NSIDE Billie S. Elliott, the ministry died Monday night. She was 79.

B2 CYANMAGENTAYELLOWBLACK EDITION 50R Section Wednesday Dec. 1, 2004 South Bend Tribune reach deal for Indy flights Deal could suffer or vanish if airline bankruptcy plan goes sour. By JOHN DOBBERSTEIN Tribune Staff Writer SOUTH BEND Flights from South Bend and Evansville to Indianapolis could begin next month under an agreement announced Tuesday by ATA Airlines. But the survival depends on a favorable ruling for ATA in U.S.Bankruptcy Court in the airline sought protection from creditors this year. Indianapolis-based ATA wants to sell its 14 gates at Midway Airport and shift the hub operations to Indianapolis International Airport.

The city of operates Midway threatening to sue over control of lucrative gates at prolonging court battle. If ATA were dissolved into another no guarantee the deal between South Bend, Evansville and ATA would John director at South Bend Regional Airport. But he prefers to stay optimistic. South Bend Regional lost intrastate service to Indianapolis in 1997 when U.S.Airways dismantled its hub there.Evansville Regional Airport lost its flights to the state capital a day after the Sept.11 terrorist attacks. The agreement between South Bend Regional and ATA must still be formally approved by the St.Joseph County Airport Au- thority.The service is being subsidized by a $1 million state grant.

is the answer to everything that we ever hoped Schalliol told sorry ATA has to go through this bankruptcy they do come out of it a better In addition to the intrastate also announced plans Tuesday for service between and additional nonstop flights from Indianapolis to Las Vegas. Beginning Jan.11,ATA plans to offer four daily flights from South Bend Regional to Indianapolis at $49 a introductory price that will increase to $59 a short time later.Another flight from South Bend would be added in February. Using 34-seat Saab turboprop Bend Regional officials are projecting to seat 32 passengers on each flight to Indi- anapolis.ATA plans to replace the turboprops next spring with 70-seat regional said. See Osceola Mishawaka South Bend Roseland 23 2 31 80 933 933 933 23 31 20 Michigan Street Main Street 20 20 90 Indiana 933 relinquishment St. Joseph River 20 Tribune STUMP The Indiana Department of Transportation has notified Roseland, South Bend, Mishawaka and Osceola of plans to turn over Indiana 933 to local municipalities, forcing them to pay for upkeep.

The municipalities oppose the idea. gives up its place Schalliol Tribune ALLISON With the help of Transportation Security Administration screener Robert Hayward, passenger Linda Baker of Osprey, checks in Tuesday afternoon at the ATA Airlines gate at South Bend Regional Airport. ATA announced planning new flights between South Bend and Indianapolis. State force 933 relinquishment Area towns asked to submit wish list for improvements. By LAURA STEELE Tribune Staff Writer Representatives from five municipalities affected by the proposed Indiana 933 relinquishment prepared to hear the worst from Indiana Department of Transportation officials Tuesday.

Some came armed with manifestos and entire town councils to argue they could not take respon- sibility for the road. But the individual meetings in which most officials expected to be told they had no out to be informational sessions that emphasized the state could not force the localities to take over the state road. do you see as your vision for 933 in 10 to 15 route transfer specialist Jamie Gallagher asked representatives from the city of town of County and the city of South Bend in each of their separate hourlong meetings.Don district devel- opment Jamile InDOT program development attended the meeting. The unexpected question left officials silent each time it was asked.Gallagher said he did not expect an immediate response.In- asked each entity to submit a wish list of repairs or improvements by February.Those with state keep the road in good repair for at least a decade if the road was said. Gallagher said he made the same request to the town of could take on .71 miles of Indiana 933.A Tribune reporter was asked to leave that the Roseland Town Council labeled an executive session.

Sandra director of Michiana Area Council of she set up the meetings with each of the entities and InDOT as a while not meant to invite public not strictly closed to the public. See Bill Moor Commentary Butler Tribune AARON VAN OOSTERHOUT Muralist Sharon Stewart paints a wall scene for Country Kitchen, which is now in operation where Place used to be. This sign in the window of Place thanks customers for 40 years of patronage. The business actually was open for 35 years, according to Wayne Odiorne, the former owner. ocal Elliott.