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i v- The Evansville Courier Saturday Septembers 1983 Page 13 Ite! leA -j: 8 area counties get disaster status By LJ CAMPBELL -v2 i ti tisS V-ifc- -1 lift Vi i the drought They must also prove they can repay the loan They may apply for the program at any time but no mooey will lie loaned until yields are certified at harvest time Certification involves comparision of 18SS yields a five-year average of normal production Kerns said The loans will be made at percent if the fanner borrow from any other source If the former can get credit elsewhere the VmHA loan will be made at 1175 percent Currently the only help available for formers suffering losses from the drought are the disaster loan payments for the Federal Crop Insurance Program and a relaxation of the government payment-in-kind program which allows livestock grazing on set-aside acres Block met Friday with governors and legislators from states affected by the thought to discuss crop disaster aid for farmers and form-related businesses The secretary received requests" to open PIK set-aside acres for baymaking said Ith Distict Democratic Rep Ftank McCloskey Bay from these acres would only be used as livestock feed but not sold Eight southern Indiana counties are among 57 counties in the state declared agricultural disaster areas Friday by Secretary of Agriculture John Block -Indiana's counties are the first in the nation to receive the disaster status which makes low-interest loans available at harvest for qualifying fanners Kentucky and Illinois have requested but not received a disaster declaration Vanderburgh Posey Gibson Daviess Dubois Perry Pike and Spencer counties in southern Indiana were among those declared disaster areas because of the drought Warrick apd Knos counties were not designated on Friday but drought-related losses will be reassessed in the fur-ture" along with the other 13 counties that were not named said Fred Kerns chief of farmer programs for the Indisna Farmer's Home Administration The designation activates a federally funded FmHA low-interest loan program for actual losses Farmers in designated counties may be eligible far the loans if they have lost more than SO percent of a cash crop because of Judge orders school transfer reconsidered i (lOk power plant taking applications SsacMIilMGMrlar ROCKPORT Ind Applications for employment at Indiana and Michigan Electric Rockport generating plant will be accepted Sept 4-9 at the Energy Information Center across from the plant on UA ML A spokesman for the new power plant Dick Morris said 170 people will be employed by the end of this year and a total of 259 employees will be needed by the middle of 1994 expect the morning and foe early part of the week to be the busiest times so applicants may want to take this into consideration to avoid the rush" said plant personnel supervisor Randy Chambers Applications win be accepted between 9 am and ISO pm Most of the positions to be filled are in maintenance operations coal handling and performance The plant will be controlled with digital and analog computers and electronic mechanical electrical and pneumatic systems people we want are those who can work ta the high-tech ana" Morris said although nonekilled workers will also be hired Every effort will be made to "streamline" the Job application process he added to order to accomodate the high number of Job seekers expected Fire damages historic home iMCMWTUtCMri MOUNT VERNON Ind Fire of undetermined origin broke out ta a historic home at 5S0 College near downtown Mount Vernon Friday morning causing damage to the aecond story before being extin- guished ta about 20 minutes Fire Chief Leonard Kuhn said Friday aftnoon that be still hadn't determined the cause of the blase which broke out about 9 am The 114-yearold bouse was listed on foe National Register of Historic Places in 1979 Known as the Pitcher-Fullinwider House the building is owned by foe Grover and Leqa Keck Trust Bill Keck brother of trustee John Keck said fire damage was confined to an upstairs bedroom Keck said an electrical short might have caused the fire The family that rents the house was not home at the time of the fire he said Hunting accident is fatal iMlMUTStOllWr JASPER Ind A hunter checking Us groundhog traps was accidentally shot to death north of Jasper Thursday afternoon according to the Indiana State Police Charles Rascbe 41 of RL 2 was climbing a wobbly woven wire fence at 4:20 pm Thursday when Us shotgun accidentally fired and be was struck ta the face according to police He died at the scene Ruche who was by himself bad numerous ground hog traps ta the area about two miles north of Jasper police k-t vi Jkfej jpSg ifr -T By CONNIE WIRTA rr 4 4t I 1 SI 4 St v'-r I -f- i4 L- Tennyson SOS (Save Our School) Citt-sens attorney Anthony Long and president Glen Wrinkles said they had not had an opportunity to review the decision either want to bold it (the board's decision) ap and let them think about it a little" Wrinkles said from his Tennyson home serious about what they did and we want them to reconsider and leave the kids In bis ruling Hendrickson said foe decision was arbitrary and capri-doM because it did not give consideration to facts and circumstances" He said the board never was furnished or considered" data it requested concern-tag a similiar transfer of Degonia Springs students in 1971 Neither did it surveys options reports or data" concerning the utilisation of educational facilities in the northeast corner of the county The Judge pointed to past minutes that showed the board contracting with an architect and getting a state project number for a new elementary school at the present Tennyson school site in 1979 The hoard voted in September 1979 to table construction for one year but the matter was never considered agaia The Judgment also pointed out the board failed to study evaluate and consider previous board action or inaction concerning Tennyson students and related schools Finally the Judge found the decision on March II and foe board's inaction on Aug: -15 violated Tennyson citizens' due process rights Hendrickson said the board did not make any reports data or surveys that it considered in its decision available for public inspection Also foe board and school corporation administrators had promised Tennyson residents they would have adequate notice and be allowed a public hearing before a decision was made fwwniliigtlnirdvhll in fact the pisintiffa were notified less than 20 days of the defendants board meeting that a 'discussion' would be held and such notice and agenda notices were in violation of tbe plaintiffs right to a public bearing promised by the defend- Fireball BOONVILLE Ind A Judge has given' tbe Warrick County school board 45 days to rescind and then reconsider its decision to transfer Tennyson's seventh and eighth graders to Boonville Junior High ScbooL Warrick Circuit Court Judge Donald Hendrickson ruled Friday the board's March II decision was arbitrary and against state law He ruled that the action also denied Tenqyaon residents their due process rights -Tennyson's SOS (Save Our School) CUi-aeus filed an injunction against the school corporation Aujt 17 to prevent about 50 Junior high students from being transferred During a three-day hearing on the injunction Hendrickson lifted a temporary restraining order and the Tennyson students began attending Boonville Junior High School last Tuesday In his ruling Friday Hendrickson- out- lined an eight-step process by which the school board could reconsider its decision before Oct 17 If the school board follows the process outlined by state statute it can vote again to transfer the students Under Indisna law a judge can only review an administrative body's decisionmaking process not its decision If the board does not reconsider Hendrickson has ordered tbe children returned to Tennyson School on Oct II -School corporation attorney Mark Neff said the decision our position that the decision to transfer belongs to the board" He said Judge did not rule the decision was capricious but rather the boanTs lack of documentation for foe decision was capricious Neff said he and school corporation administrators will prepare a proposed resolution on tbe Tennyson student transfer for the board's Sept IS meeting Tbe resoltuion he said will include the nececssary documentation for the board to study and review before voting again probably at its Oct I meeting Dr Gary Meyer the school president said be had not seen the Judgment and therefore could not comment on what action the board might take reported The cars contained sulfuric add iso butane liquid plastic and other materials Fires and explosions followed the derailment (AP Laserphoto) Rames shoot up to1000 foot in the aky near Newman III after a 50-car freight train carrying highly flammable liquids derailed Friday No injuries were Fort Branch suspect pleads innocent By STEVE KINNEY injuries received by Mumier were more tentative Steps in foe hospital hallway temperature rose Tuesday however and be underwent nearly four hours of surgery to treat infections related to his wounds Mrs Munnier said docton told the family after tbe operation that the next 72 hours were critical to his recovery wife and son Glenn a Princeton policeman were allowed to visit him for 10 minutes every two hours Friday Other relatives kept vigil ta foe waiting room Another son Paul Stephens took care of business st the Fort Branch appliance store Mrs Munnier said family funds woe rapidly being depleted by hospital tails She said her husband was not covered by disability insurance and medical insurance through her Evansville employer was not enough to cover all her husband's bills Charles Malott of Seymour bid plesd-'ed innocent to burglary and attempted murder Friday while the man be allegedly gunned down during an aborted break-in at a Fort Branch Ind business remained in critical condition at Welborn Baptist Hospital Gibson Circuit Judge Walter Palmer appointed Evansville attorney Mirharf Keating to represent Malott S3 He is accused of shooting George Munnier after foe business owner responded to a burglar alarm at bis Munnier Electric Shop at 110 ajnAng19 Munnier and Malott both had handguns and exchanged gunfire at the rear of the store on UK 41 in south Fort Branch Both were taken to Welbora Hospital in Evansville suffering two gunshot wounds The Malott whose Jury trial was scheduled Friday for Nov 14 was released from the hospital a week agoand taken to the Gibson Comity Jail where he is Jailed in lieu of a $100000 surety bond After his court appearance Friday Malott was taken to Evansville for a medical checkup and then returned to custody Meanwhile several of relatives spent Friday afternoon in Welborn 's intensive care unit waiting room One bullet perforated both of lungs and also damaged his stomach liver colon and intestines But neither wound reached heart or spine Four days after bring shot Munnier was removed from intensive care and his condition was upgraded to On Aug 14 be surprised his wife Jo by taking a few 1 tli Walk first talk later Brown says Vehicles found in pit ISKMWiatCinr WINSLOW Ind A Pike County Sheriffs officers have not determined who wu responsible far putting throe stolen vehicles ta the WUtney Pit four mike couth of Window Officers went to the pit Thursday morning after Sheriff Roger Brewster received a tip that some stolen vehicles were under water The vehicles were located by Indiana State Police divers A sheriffs spokesman said one car was stolen from tbe Quick Brothers salvage yard ta Petersburg two or three weds ago A church van stolen from Oakland City within the past month wu abo recovered the spokesman said The third vehicle a car stolen from Gibson County several years ago wu also pulled from the water Officers are following leads but have uncovered nothing definite on why the vehielu were placed in the pit lot of vehicles are found ta the pits over the a sheriffs spokesman uid "It'S a good place to dump them off" Toll prices increasing CHICAGO (AP) The nitaok State Toll Highway Authority issued a reminder to motorists Friday that highway talk for automobiles ta the state will increase from 20 cents to 40 cents next Friday Sept 9 0 Saying "not all foe press corps looks in perfect Kentucky Gov John Brown told reporters they had to walk a mile with him Friday before they could ask questions at a press conference Brown shown here third from left Is recovering from heart bypass surgery and takes the mile walk three or four times daily After the exercise homemade lemonade was served and the press conference continued (AP Rossanna McGinnis Enlow: She was far more than 'Our Mrs Pynchon' thou large Juicy Jumbo shrimp with a tangy red uuce in huge silver serving trays They were so much a part of ber annual Chrktmu party for The Courier staff that they almost became a part of her and the ravenous staff members over the years consumed shrimp ta such unprecedented quantities that we became rather celebrated for it joe aaron A Morning Assignment One year I remember sbe got the improbable idea that i floating arour would be a welcome change of pace for foe party menu and shrimp I I around in dainty littlw cups of orange juice bought ber a fancy desk set being the last of the truly big-time spenders that we are and again we all went down to her office carrying a birthday cake with But instead of uving the set engraved with her own name we bad it engraved to Own Mrs after the actreu who played the newspaper publisher on the Lou Grant television aeries THEN BECAUSE we are inventive well big-spending we made elaborate arrangements for Mrs Pyncbon from the series to call her whik our little party wu going on to wish ber a happy birthday When tbe telephone rang and tbe caller Identified herself Mrs Enlow looked suspiciously around at our smiling facesu certain she had ever been of anything that it wu all some kind of shoddy trick to pull on a 75-year-old lady But then she realised sbe WAS talking to the real Mrs Pynchon instead of to some cheap substitute we bad cast into the role and she mentioned about a docen times since then what a thrill it wu for her not became she talked to the television actreu but became we had gone to the trouble of arranging and then stood then looking so much like a classroom of delighted children she talked And when we think of her ta the years to come and remember this lady of such class that we once knew we will do it with the same ddight that sbe uw ta our eyes that day when shewu 75 God bleu you Our Mrs Pyncbon except you were always tar more than that You were Our Mis Enlow But you were even more than that You were our beloved friend I had already left the newsroom that afternoon when word came thatshe had died butlam told the siknceat first wuso deep you almost could have reached out and touched it with your hand People stood around in indecisive little clusters not saying anything for awhile not knowing wbat to say knowing only that a great sadness had taken hold of them and that a groat and irrepkeeabk Ion has taken from them a beloved friend And that beyond all eke that she was wu what Mrs mi MAiimisEnlnwwu to ns of The EvansriDe Courier staff She wu our friend SHE WAS OUR publisher too of course and our champion going to bat for time and time again making our working lives far more pleasant than they would have been-without her But most of aU she wu our friend and she wu proud of us we were of her and that the lasting thing I suspect that we wiHromember about her Even the youngsters on the staff knew she wu somebody special Apd now she wu dead and nobody could believe 1L Nobody 4onld taka it in Shebadbeeu desperately ill so many times before and she bad become tiny and frail walking only with help for fear of falling fromthereonstant battle for life foe faced But siways with foe pure grit of a fighting lady and a cheerfulness that never abandoned ber she had recovered the way she served them BUT SHE LAUGHINGLY conceded In Uter years that it had been a disaster became when the night grew late and tbe party had dwindled down to those hardy few you could see dosens of dainty cups of untested orange Juice all around her basement au of the shrimp of course removed and eaten Well reporters can buy their own orange juice thank you Just bring on those great big wonderful shrimp! Even after ber husband Bob had died and she had become so frail the party wu too much of a strain for her she set up a preOristmas shrimp buffet ta her of ice downstairs and we'd all go down there and help ourselves often hiding tbe telltale toothpicks ta our pockets so nobody could count how many shrimps we hut eaten It will be an office Joke I expect for along long time and we will all remember Enlow Shrimp Party" with plea- I guess we thought she always would And always she would return to her office downstairs her wit sparkling snd her mind sharp ever it bad been dismissing with a quip her latest hospitalisation SHE PRETENDED IT wu nothing at all and we gladly believed her became we wanted to But now ta her 77th year abe hu lost that battle she fought so long and only now is the disbelief beginning to fade But I am almost glad she cannot read this love song I am writing to ber became it would have embarrassed her and she would have quickly changed the subject she always did when you paid her a compliment I knew her so long and loved her so and respected ber so for all the kind and thoughtful and generous things she did for tbe community but I suppose I will ever be able to think of Mrs Eklow without automatically thinking of shrimp And on the year that she wu 75 we all chipped in and.