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The Pantagraph Tuesday, July 15, 1997 QJj Deaths iff Computer trainer wins yearly award for worst fiction writing Central Illinois Billy Ray Allen THAWVILLE-Billy Ray Allen, 59, of Thawville rlierl at 7 a Monday (July 14, 1997) at his home! July 15, 1997 Dowse, Bonita graveside service at 11 a.m. at the Kemp-ton-Hill Cemetery, Kempton. Harris-Martin-Burke Funeral Home, Cullom, has charge of local arrangements. Prather, Ketta B. "Betty," 10:30 a.m.

at Metzler-Froelich Memorial Home, Bloomington. Entombment in Park Hill Mausoleum, Bloomington. Trussel, Heather Marie, 10:30 a.m. at Waldo Mennonite Church, rural Gridley. Graveside committal service at 3 p.m.

at Oak Hill Cemetery, Danville. Froelich Memorial Home, Flanagan, has charge of arrangements. Survivors include his parents, Ken and Laurie Schell, 603 Hillview, Apt. 1, Normal, and Rick and Neda Cochran, West Lafayette, maternal grandmother, Patricia Engler, Otter-bein, maternal great-grandparents, David and Martha Yundt, Mulberry, maternal great-grandmother, Mary Engler, Dayton, paternal grandmother, Norma Jean Myers, Lafayette, paternal great-grandfather, Harold Cochran, Lafayette, stepgrandparents, Glenn and Peg Schell, Michigan City, Lois Schell, Rolling Prairie, and Woody and Kitty Inman, Lafayette, three sisters; Emily M. Cochran, Bloomington; Jeni D.

Cochran, West Lafayette, and Abby L. Cochran, Normal; and one brother, Jamie P. Dunbar, who is serving with the U.S. Army in Germany. He also was survived by one niece and two nephews.

Mr. Cochran was born July 17, 1979, in Battle Gound, Ind. He was the son of Rick A. and Laurie C. Engler Cochran.

He was a senior at Bloomington High School. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Prose poseurs have a new clown prince. Artie Kalemeris, of Fairfax, won top honors Monday in the Bui-wer-Lytton fiction contest, an annual tribute to wretched writing. Mocking detective fiction conventions, he wrote: "The moment he laid eyes on the lifeless body of the nude socialite sprawled across the bathroom floor, Detective Leary knew she had committed suicide by grasping the cap of the tamper-proof bottle, pushing down and twisting while she kept her thumb firmly pressed against the spot the arrow pointed to, until she hit the exact spot where the tab clicks into Kalemeris, 43, in charge of training and communications for a computer company, said he's known for writing strange sendoffs for go-ing-away parties. A friend read about the contest and talked him into entering.

"It's not easy to write a bad sentence," Kalemeris said immodestly. The competition to write the worst opening to imaginary novels is named after Victorian novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lyt-ton, who began his 1830 novel "Paul Clifford" with the infamous opening line, "It was a dark and stormy night." San Jose State English professor Scott Rice, who has run the contest for 16 years, said thanks in part to the Internet, entries doubled this year with a large international con-, tingent from Australia, Canada and South Africa, and from as far away as China. Each year there are inexplicable themes to the entries, and 1997 was no exception. "We had a lot of retching for some reason, and there was a lot of Clinton stuff, most of it unprintable," Rice said. "Animals were big, too." Rice said he plans to keep the contest going as long as the public can stand it.

And he assures professional writers there is something to be learned from bad prose. "There are a lot of sacred cows out there to be gored," said Rice, mashing a metaphor in classic Bul-wer-Lytton style. Cremation rites will be accorded; A private service will be at a later, date. Knapp Funeral Home, Onarga, has charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Olga Rosenberger Allen; one daughter, Michelle Behrens, Cissna Park; three sons, Michael Allen and Bill Allen, both of Thawville; and Troy Allen, Covington, one sister, Bonnie Moore, Conroe, Texas; three- brothers, John Allen, Mundelein; Bobby Allen, Indianapolis; and Glenn Allen, Churchill, and nine grandchildren.

Louise B. Bromley PQNTIAC Louise B. Bromley, 100, of Pontiac and a resident of Pontiac Haven for the past 10 years, died at 3:58 p.m. Monday City, IL 61842. Survivors include seven brothers, Thomas Plunk, David Plunk, Joseph Plunk and Gregory Plunk, all of Mansfield; Robert Plunk, Riverton; William Plunk, Benton; and Stephen Plunk Maricopa, and four sisters, Margaret DeBord, Peoria; Martha Cox, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Mary Hughes, San Diego, and Carol Feeney, Carmel, Ind.

Mr. Plunk was preceded in death by his parents. He was born April 7, 1962,, in Monticello, a son of Robert L. and Frances Jane Carey Plunk Jr. He was a yard manager for the Indiana Auto Storage Pool.

Mary Rich MINONK Mary Francis Rich, 44, of Phoenix, formerly of Minonk, died Thursday (July 10, 1997) at her Phoenix residence, the victim of a homicide. She was cremated. A graveside service will be held at a later time at Farmington Cemetery, Farm-ington. There will be no visitation. Froelich Memorial Home, Minonk, has charge of arrangements.

She is survived by her mother, Lorene Halberg, Minonk; and a daughter, Judith Rich, Phoenix, Ariz. George Simmons LeROY George "Bill" Simmons, 68, of 207 W. Green, LeRoy, died at 3:21 p.m. Monday (July 14, 1997) at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.

Arrangements are incomplete at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, LeRoy. Carleen Marie Tinker CHATSWORTH Carleen Marie (Gullett) Tinker, 65, of 4508 Chelsea Lisle, formerly of Chatsworth, died Friday (July 11, 1997) at her home. Her graveside service was Monday at Chatsworth Cemetery, the Rev. Sharon Monroe officiating. Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, Lisle, had charge of arrangements.

Survivors include two sons, William (Suzanne) Tinker and David (Jacqueline) Yelton; one sister, Marinell Jones; and five Joint Chiefs picks narrowed to 4 Brock, Brunswick, one sister, Shirley Felton, Brunswick, and six grandchildren. Mrs. Harnacke was born July 22, 1941, in Brunswick, the daughter of Jimmie A. and Mary Bunkley Eason Miller. She married John F.

Harnacke Aug. 23, 1963, in Brunswick. Her father and one brother, Stephen, preceded her in death. Mrs. Harnacke was a former nurse's aide at Mary Henry Nursing Home, Lincoln, and had been employed at Eaton Corp.

in Lincoln. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church. She was raised and educated in Brunswick and graduated from Glynn Academy Class of 1959. She was a homemak-er and grandmother. Wayne Iverson (July 14, 1997) at Pontiac Haven.

Arrangements are pending at Harris-Martin-Burke Funeral Home, Pontiac. Vivian Cargill MNONK Vivian Cargill, 73, of 217 W. First Minonk, died at 7:15 a.m. Monday (July 14, 1997) at the BroMenn Regional Medical Center, where she had been a patient for six weeks. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m.

FLANAGAN Wayne L. Iverson, 69, of R.R. 1, Flanagan, died at 6:23 Wednesday at the Minonk mii'M Me i Church, the ReV." Connie Jenkins officiating. Burial will be in the Minonk Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

today at the Folkers-Froelich Memorial Jiome, Minonk, and from had a top general as Joint Chiefs chairman. Army Gen. Dennis Reimer, the Army chief of staff, who is known for his low-key management style. But he has been plagued by the Army's series of sexual harassment scandals. Army Gen.

Henry Shelton, head of the U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, who won praise for his role as a major commander of the Haiti operation. White House officials said Clinton had not yet met with Cohen, though a meeting was possible this week. A decision was not imminent, so officials were reluctant to handicap the field. One aide said Clark "had the making of a Clinton pick," but only because he hailed from Arkansas and is a Rhodes scholar.

The official said Krulak, Shelton and Reimer are known by Clinton, and are all good prospects. Another Marine, Gen. John Sheehan, head of the U.S. Atlantic Command, has twice rejected overtures about becoming Joint Chiefs chairman, military sources said. Sheehan's acerbic style has ruffled feathers at the Pentagon.

Lesser-known commanders who could be in the running include Air Force Gen. Eugene Habiger, head of the U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, and Air Force Gen. Walters Kross, head of the U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, 111.

Another possibility is Adm. Joseph Lopez, head of NATO's southern flank in Naples, Italy. Lopez served as former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney's senior military assistant and was responsible for the Navy's future budgets and weapons programs. "It's more of a challenge than people think," said William Owens, a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs who is now president and CEO of Science Applications International in San Diego, Calif. Owens noted that the choice has been made more complicated by the scrutiny given Ralston.

Candidates see tough scrutiny in wake of Ralston withdrawal WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) Turning anew to the selection of the nation's top military leader, Defense Secretary William Cohen says he has whittled the list of candidates to three or four. Cohen's first choice as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Joseph Ralston withdrew from contention last month after disclosure of an adulterous affair. Cohen, who was returning Monday from a week in Europe, told reporters during the trip that he was looking for "a sound war-fighter" who gets along with President Clinton, Congress and his comrades in arms.

He said finding a successor to Army Gen. John Sha-likashvili, who retires in October, would be his first order of business upon returning to work at the Pentagon. "I've got to have some time to sit down with the president and talk about some of the candidates," Cohen said. Clinton would make the nomination, which must be approved by the Senate. The defense secretary said, without mentioning names, that he had gotten his list down to three or four people.

By law, the only candidates are the top generals and admirals for each of the services and the commanders of the war-fighting and supporting commands only 13 four-stars. Pentagon sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said likely top candidates included: Army Gen. Wesley Clark, who recently took over as NATO's top commander and head of all U.S. forces in Europe. He helped broker the peace accords on Bosnia and could be deemed too valuable there to move.

Like Clinton, he's a former Rhodes scholar and Arkansas native. Marine Commandant Gen. Charles Krulak, a proponent of tough training and character-building in his service. The Marines, the smallest branch, have never Vivian Cargill Bloomington-Normal Gary J. Clark A memorial service for Gary J.

Clark, 57, of 710 Hester Normal, will be scheduled at a later date. He died at 10:45 p.m. Saturday (July 12, 1997) at BroMenn Lifecare Center, Bloomington, following a a.m. Monday (July 14, 1997) at OSF Saint James Hospital, Pontiac. His funeral will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Flanagan, with the Rev. Thomas Delk officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery, rural Flanagan, with military rites accorded by the Flanagan American Legion post. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.

today at Froelich Memorial Home, Flanagan. Memorials may be made to the Flanagan American Legion Building Fund. He is survived by two sons, Keith Iverson and Charles Iverson, both of Flanagan; a daughter, Kathy Kuebler, Flanagan; three brothers, Ivan Iverson and Edward Iverson, both of Flanagan; and Paul Iverson, Long Point; and 11 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. He was born Jan.

11, 1928, in Long Point Township, Livingston County, the son of Alva H. and Mary E. Richardson Iverson. He married Charlotte J. Brucker April 8, 1956, in Flanagan.

She died Sept. 30, 1991. Mr. Iverson was a lifelong farmer in the Flanagan area. He and his father operated LVH Iverson Son Shelling Baling.

He served on the Nebraska Township Mutual Insurance Co. board. Mr. Iverson served as a Nebraska Township trustee for the last 17 years. Previously he had served as Nebraska Township cemetery sexton.

He was a member of the Flanagan American Legion and St. John's Lutheran Church, Flanagan. He was an Army veteran. Oil THE RECORD 20-year battle with cancer. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to McLean County Humane Society or WGLT Radio.

Metzler-Froelich Memo of the 2000 block of East Empire Street, Bloomington, fined $100 and sentenced to 18 months of court supervision for criminal damage to property. Must pay restitution of $222.71 for damage to a hand held scanner. Harassment Richard L. Williamson 23, Clinton, fined $100 and sentenced to two years of conditional discharge for harassment by telephone. rial Home, i 4 Police Summary BLOOMINGTON Burglaries South Main A stereo, climbing equipment, a Toshiba Laptop computer and a Canon printer were stolen from a self-storage locker in the 2400 block of South Main Street between May 15 and June 13.

A report was filed with police Sunday. Value of items stolen was more than $5,000. North Madison Fishing poles, golf clubs and related equipment valued at $1,300 were stolen Friday from a residence in the 1200 block of North Madison Street. Method of entry was unknown. sentenced to 18 months of court supervision for contributing to the delinquency of a child.

Battery Chad A. Soenksen, 21, Fulton, fined $200 and sentenced to 18 months of court supervision for battery. Theft Salvador L. Gamino, 20, of the 100 block of West Phoenix Avenue, Normal, fined $200 and sentenced to two years of court supervision for theft of lost or mislaid property by possession of a "No Parking Anytime" sign owned by the Town of Normal and unlawful consumption of alcohol. Indecency Stephen F.

Rainbolt, 23, LeRoy, fined $200 and sentenced to 18 months of court supervision for public indecency for lewd exposure. Indecency John Allen Wilson, 29, Champaign, fined $200 and sentenced to 18 months of court supervision for public indecency for lewd exposure. Damage Linda Marie Hook, 26, rnuumiiigiuu, is in charge of arrangements. Surviving are two daughters, Graduate Gary J. Clark Northwestern University Heather O'Connell, a graduate of Normal Community High School, received a bachelor of science degree June 20 from Northwestern University, Evanston, Robert R.

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. O'Connell, daughter of Margareta O'Connell of Lawrence and Patrick O'Connell of Springfield, majored in civil engineering with an environmental emphasis and achieved a master's degree in environmental engineering. She received a Society of Women Engineers Academic Achievement Award and completed Walter P. Murphy Cooperative Engineering Work Program internships in Sweden, Australia and France. 10 to 11 a.m.

Wednesday at the church. Memorials may be made to the Filger Library in Minonk. Survivors include one son, Daniel Cargill, Minonk; one daughter; Lynn Smith, Lanark; four Velda Kroeger, Santa Barbara, Dolores Elleson, Clinton," Iowa; Dorothy Lichtenstein, Grand Mound, Iowa; and Arline O'Connor, Grinnell, Iowa; one brother, Gerald Kallenbach, Port Clinton, Ohio; and four grandchildren. was preceded in death by her parents. fMrs.

Cargill was born July 3, 1924Tin rural Grand Mound, Iowa, a "daughter of Alfred and Martha Stankeff Kallenbach. She married Frobie "Toby" D. Cargill on Nov. 30,4946, in Clinton, Iowa. He died May 8, 1991.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Minonk. She attended Grand Mound High School and also nursing school. She was employed by the Shick Army Hospital in Clinton, Iowa, and, the Waukegan Hospital in Waukegan before being employed by the Collis Company in Clinton, Iowafor more than 29 years. Alta Click LATHAM Alta Click, 85, of Latham, formerly of Lincoln, died at .10:35 p.m. Saturday (July 12, 1997) at Country View Living Center, Latham.

A graveside service will be at 11 a.m: Wednesday at Long Point Cemetery, Niantic, with the Rev. Jim Poole officiating. There will be no visitation. Styninger Funeral Home, Mason City, has charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Country View Living Center, Latham.

She is survived by friends, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rosetto, Niantic. Jeanette Harnacke BEASON The funeral for Jeanette Ann (Miller) Harnacke, 53s, pt Beason will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Lincoln, the Rev.

Mark Carnahan officiating. Burial will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland. Visitation will be frorri 6 to 9 p.m. today at Holland and Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln, and one hour before the service at Wednesday. She died at 8 a.m.

Sunday (July 13, 1997) at her home. 'Memorials may be made to Wayne J. Schall Hospice at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln, or Zion Lutheran Church. Court Notes McLEAN COUNTY CE--L A I Jennifer Clark Abraham and Sarah Clark, both of Bloomington; a son, Robert Clark, Normal; his stepmother, Marie Clark, Salt Lake City; and one granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.

Dr. Clark was born June 28, 1940, at Ogden, Utah, a son of Gerald and Agnes Janezic Clark. He married Leonore Thompson Sept. 10, 1968, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr.

Clark received his bachelor of science degree and later his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1970 from the University of Utah at Salt Lake City. He was professor of chemistry at Illinois State University for 28 years. A U.S. Army veteran, Dr.

Clark was a member of the Unitarian Church, Bloomington, and the American Chemical Society. Since 1872 Thank you BloommgtonfUorm.i area families for 125 years of confidence in our services. Misdemeanors Alcohol Matthew R. Spaulding, 19, McLean, fined $500 and sentenced to two years of court supervision for driving under the influence of alcohol and conviction for illegal transportation of alcohol. Must complete recommended treatment and 100 hours of community service.

Alcohol Michelle Lage, 24, of the 1100 block of Rosney Avenue, Bloomington, fined $500 and sentenced to two years of court supervision for driving under the influence of alcohol and conviction for speeding. Must complete recommended treatment. Contributing Timothy S. Petersen, 21, of the 20 block of Norbloom Avenue, Bloomington, fined $500 and JL I'SHP i Bradley Cochran The funeral for Bradley Kay Cochran, 17, of 303 W. Union Bloomington, will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington, the Rev. David Hummel officiating. A 1 Louis Knapp STREATOR Louis C. Knapp, 88, of 53 River Road, Fenton, died at 2:30 a.m. Saturday (July 12, 1997) at St.

Joseph's Hospital, Kirk-wood, Mo. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Winterrowd-Hagi Funeral Home, Streator, with the Rev. Brad Bault officiating. Burial will be in Long Point Cemetery, rural Streator.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the time of the funeral Wednesday at the funeral home. He is survived by his wife, Frieda Mae Maddux Knapp; a son, Gregory Michael Knapp, Orland Park; a brother, Roy Knapp, Sappington, and two grandchildren. James Edward Plunk MANSFIELD A memorial Mass for James Edward Plunk, 35, of Brownsburg, formerly of Mansfield, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Farmer City, the Rev.

Gerald J. Benbenek officiating. Burial will be in Mansfield Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church, with a prayer service at 8 p.m.

Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Mansfield, has charge of arrangements. He died at 1 a.m. Friday (July 11, 1997) at his residence as a result of a fire. A story is on Page A7. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the James E.

Plunk Education Fund in care of Blue Ridge Community Unit School District No. 18, 309 N. John Farmer graveside service will be at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Battle Ground Cemetery, Battle Ground, the Rev. Mark Hill officiating.

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