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Page 9C Southern Illinoisan, Sunday, August 7, 1994 Deaths Region State Thiree Colp resident Raymond J. Schneider CARBONDALE Raymond J. Schneider, 78, of 1229 Lynn Highland, died at 9:10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 1994, at Oliver C.

Anderson Hospital, Maryville. enrtenced on drug cBwg The 10 were accused of distributing amounts of cocaine ranging from .06 grams to 4.2 grams. The seven other defendants re-, ceived sentences ranging from 15 years in prison to 2Vi years in a federal prison boot camp. Leonard Bowen, 33, of Colp, received 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and five counts of distribution of crack cocaine. Court records indicated that Bowen supplied most of the crack cocaine that was distributed in Colp.

Abraham P. Flagg, 31, and Andrew Vaughn 23, both of Colp, also received 15-year sentences. They pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine. Mike A. Vaughn, 20, of rural Car-terville, was sentenced to seven years By Pete Rosenbery The Southern Illinoisan Three Southern Illinois residents have been sentenced in connection with a crack cocaine distribution organization that operated in the Colp area.

Alice K. Blanding, 41, Sidney Cornell Anthony, 22, and John L. Vaughn, 21, all of Colp, were sentenced Friday by Judge J. Phil Gilbert in U.S. District Court in Benton.

Anthony was sentenced to 10 years in prison; Blanding, 5Vi years; and Vaughn, five years and three months. In April, they were convicted of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and of distributing crack cocaine. They were among 10 people charged last fall with conspiring to distribute crack cocaine between September 1991 and October 1993. Tax free' tollway paid for by state LaDeane Kirby CARBONDALE LaDeane Martin Kirby, formerly of Carbondale, and a former board member and daughter of Martin Oil Co. founders Thomas Walter Martin and Elizabeth Martin, died Satur day, Aug.

6, 1994, in Nashville, after a long battle with can cer. Mrs. Kirby, along with her sister, Pat Herod of Nashville, Tenn. and Dale Martin of Columbus, pi oneered the independent oil business in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The Mar tin Oil Co.

was a founding member of SIGMA, the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers Associa tion, the industry's leading trade organization. She was preceded in death by her father and mother; a brother, Harold Martin, the founder of Martin Oil Services and two sisters, Lola Deming and Angela Westerfield. She is survived by her sisters, Pat Herod of Nashville and Jean Glad- ders of St. Louis; a brother, Dale Martin of Columbus, her sons, Martin Hamilton Kirby of Pinckney ville and H. Briton Kirby III of Nashville; her daughter, Kathryn Kirby-Schulze of Exeter, and four grandchildren, Amanda Kirby, Kathryn Kirby, Henry Briton Kirby IV, and Haley June Kirby.

Mrs. Kirby was a member of Al pha Delta Pi for more than 50 years and a member of PEO for more than 30 years. Visitation will be on Monday, Aug. 8, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Roesch Patton Austin Bracey and Charlton Funeral Home, 1715 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn.

A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 10 a.m. at the Martin Mausoleum in Marion City Cemetery, Marion. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer So ciety, 2008 Charlotte Nash ville, 37203. Local arrangements will be con ducted by Pyatt Funeral Home, Pinckneyville.

Christopher Attig MURPHYSBORO Christo pher Michael Attig, 19 months, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 1994, at Chil dren's Hospital in St. Louis. Services will be at 1 1 a.m. Monday at Pettett Funeral Home, with the Rev.

P.K. Sunny officiating. Burial will be in Good-bread Cemetery, Gorham. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today and Antonio Vincenti CHRISTOPHER Antonio E.

Vincenti, 91, of Springfield, formerly of 401 Sylvia Christopher, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 1994, at St. Joseph's Home in Springfield. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St.

Andrew's Catholic Church, with Father Walter Barr and Monsi-gnor Angelo Lombardo officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Monday at Gilbert Funeral Home, Christopher. The rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m.

Monday at the funeral home. Mr. Vincenti was retired from Peabody Coal Co. in Du Quoin and Egyptian Service Station in Christopher. He was a member of St.

Andrew's Catholic Church in Christopher and a charter member of Brotherhood Torinese. He was born Dec. 6, 1902, in Christopher, to Joseph and Margaret (Sarto) Vincenti. He married Marie Bertotti on Feb. 1, 1940.

She died Sept. 26, 1988. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Marie A. and Mike Giacomelli of Springfield; and one sister, Tillie Parks of Du Quoin. He also was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Minnie Pirozzini.

Warren Thomas SPRINGERTON Warren T. Thomas, 86, of Elgin, formerly of Springerton, died at 10:20 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 1994, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday at Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro, with burial in Springerton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Ralph P. Coleman CAMBRIA Ralph P.

Coleman, 75, of Tuscon, formerly of Cambria, died Friday, Aug. 5, 1994, in Tuscon. Arrangements are incomplete at Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home, Car-terville. Thomas Pickins MARION Thomas G. Pickins, 48, of 1305 S.

Liberty, died at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, 1994, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Arrangements are incomplete at Jackson Funeral Home, Carbondale. Carl Jones MOUNT VERNON Carl L.

Jones, 87, died at 12:40 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 6, 1994 in Good Samaritan Regional Health Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Hughey Funeral Home with Rev. Ivan Ryan officiating.

Burial will be in Bethel Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Joseph Johnson JONESBORO Joseph Johnson, 52, died at 3:50 p.m. Saturday, Aug.

6, 1994, in Jonesboro Health Care Services will be at 11 a.m. Tues day at Spengel-Boulanger Funeral Home in Highland, with the Rev. Keith A. Karau officiating. Burial will be in Highland City Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 8 to 1 1 a.m. Tues day at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Louis Latzer Memorial Public Library in Highland. He was born July 16, 1916, in Highland, to Harry and Lena (Landert) Schneider.

He graduated from Highland High School in 1934. Following graduation, he worked for the Hagnauer and Knoebel Hardware Store selling John Deere farm equipment. In 1961, he sold his interest in Hagnauer and Knoebel and retired. In his retirement, he had sold two-way communication equipment, operated the Hi-Top Bowling Alley, and worked at Artex International in Highland. He was a bibliophile, who had read a book a day for many years.

He was a book and record collector and a woodworker who built his home following his retirement and enjoyed doing wood crafts. He also was a charter and life member of the Highland Optimist Club and a member of the Highland Senior Citizens Club. He was married to Norma I. Hirsch on June 14, 1936, at the Par sonage of the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Highland, by the Rev. Otto Basler.

Survivors include his wife of Highland; one daughter and son-in-law, Judy R. and Larry Jacober of Carbondale; granddaughters, Mrs. Jill Cecil and husband, Chuck, of Carbondale, and Jennifer Barnett of Carbondale; great-grandchildren, April Cecil, and Amanda, Michael and Brittney Barnett, all of Carbon dale; and two sisters, Mrs. Glenn (Marvene) Grotefendt of Marine, 111., and Mrs. Cletus (Valista) Hug of Highland.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Benton W. Schneider, on Jan. 12, 1991. Charles Ray MARION Charles Wesley Ray, 73, died at 7:20 p.m. Friday, Aug.

5, 1994, at Marion Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tues day at Mound City National Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Marion VFW Post 1301. Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home in Marion is in charge of ar rangements.

Memorials may be made to the donor's choice. Mr. Ray was a retired dentist. He was a member of the Metro politan Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., and was a World War II Army captain. He was born Oct.

5, 1920, in Washington, D.C., to Clifton K. and Lola (Bounds) Ray. He married Neva Coziahr on Sept. 1, 1946, in Joliet, III. She survives in Marion.

ijf lif i in prison. He had pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and to distributing crack cocaine. The three remaining defendants, George L. "Jay" Wright 22, Jason B. Spicer, 19, and Brandon A.

McKinney, 19, all of Colp, were sentenced to 2V2 years in a federal prison boot camp after pleading guilty, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Quinley said. Andrew Vaughn Mike A. Vaughn, and John L.

Vaughn are Blanding's sons; McKinney is a stepbrother to the Vaughns, and Bowen is a cousin. Also on Friday, Chester Lamont Rollins, 47, of Colp, was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $2,000. He was not named in the indictment with the other 10 people, but pleaded guilty in April to unlawful distribution of crack cocaine. The charges against him arose out of the same investigation. dy," said Robert Michaels, staff attorney for the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest.

State Rep. Cal Skinner R-Crystal Lake, said the tollway authority should pay market value to the state and the money should go back into the state highway fund. But Ralph Wehner, executive director of the tollway authority, said his agency is saving the state money by paying construction and maintenance costs for a road that needs to be built. FUEL ADDITIVE: By a vote of 51 for and 50 against, the Senate affirmed the Environmental Protection Agency's selection of corn-based ethanol as a new ingredient in gasoline for cities with the dirtiest air. The vote occurred during debate on HR 4624.

It killed an amendment backed by the oil industry, which wants methanol as the additive in reformulated gasoline required by the Clean Air Act. Methanol is derived from natural gas. Vice President Gore cast the tie-breaking vote in this dispute between the oil and farm lobbies. A yes vote affirmed the EPA's choice of corn-based ethanol as a fuel additive. Voting yes: Moseley-Braun, Simon.

LIFESTYLE ISSUE: The Senate voted 63 for and 36 against to deny elementary and secondary education aid to schools whose curriculums have "the purpose or effect of encouraging or supporting homosexuality as a positive lifestyle alternative." The vote occurred as the Senate sent to conference with the House a bill (S 1513) reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at a FY '95 cost of $12.5 billion. The House version contains no comparable language. A yes vote was to adopt the amendment. Voting no: Moseley-Braun, Simon. An 18-year-old O'Fallon teenager was injured in a single car accident about 9:30 p.m.

Friday in Pope County. Richard Overt was on One Horse Gap Road, northwest of Gol-conda, when his car ran off the road and into an embankment. Overt was taken to Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare before being transferred. A hospital spokeswoman said he was taken to Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, but officials there had no record of him. Police said he was wearing a seat belt.

Federal Court Two Carbondale men have been convicted of distributing crack cocaine. Darren Green, 28, and Charles Howard, 33, were convicted after a three-day jury trial in U.S. District Court in Benton. Evidence showed the two had distributed crack cocaine at Carbondale Mobile Home Park on Aug. 31, a news release from the U.S.

Attorney's Office said. Green and Howard will be sentenced Nov. 5. Each faces up to 20 years in prison. Frankfort Discharged Fisher, Robert, Goreville Moore, Lisa and daughter, Johnston City Murphysboro St.

Joseph Memorial Hospital Admitted Aug. 5 Yow, Lillie, Carbondale Sikora, Richard, West Frankfort Wallace, Lorene, Murphysboro Discharged Dewitt, Denise and daughter, Christopher Trexler, Joe, Alto Pass Thompson, Thelma, Murphysboro McCuen, Bertha, Murphysboro The Sun-Times reported on the agreement in a copyright article in its Sunday editions. The tollway system as created by the Legislature is financed by bonds that are retired with toll revenue. The tax-free image has been important in getting broad-based political support for tollways, without incurring paralyzing opposition from downstate taxpayers. The agreement to donate right-of-way "amounts to a taxpayer subsi Voting yes: Costello, Poshard, Durbin.

Senate SPACE STATION: By a vote of 36 for and 64 against, the Senate refused to kill the space station Alpha by removing its funding from NASA's FY '95 budget (HR 4624). The vote preserved $2.1 billion for continued development of the manned research facility, which is slated to go in orbit early next decade as a joint venture with Russia. About $12 billion has been appropriated to date toward an estimated $28 billion total project cost. A yes vote was to kill the space station. Voting no: Sen.

Carol Moseley-Braun, D-Chicago. Voting yes: Sen. Paul Simon, D-Makanda. VETERANS HOSPITALS: The Senate approved, 62 for and 36 against, spending $428 million next fiscal year to expand veterans hospitals at Memphis, Honolulu and Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento. This kept money for the projects in the Department of Veterans Affairs FY '95 budget (HR 4624).

It killed an amendment to transfer the money to veterans' outpatient treatment. A yes vote was to fund the veterans' hospital construction. Voting yes: Moseley-Braun, Simon. of a car driven by Misty J. Carter, 21, of Marion, state police said.

Carter was eastbound on Illinois 1 3 and had stopped at a stop sign. After colliding with Carter's car, Brown's car "hit a truck driven by William G. Holmes, 48, of Marion. Altha Brown and Holmes were not injured. Carter and a passenger in her car, Dakota J.

McClure, 3, of Marion, were treated and released from Marion Memorial Hospital. Altha Brown was ticketed for failing to yield turning left; Carter was ticketed for failure to secure a child in a safety seat, police said. Williamson County Two teen-agers have been charged in connection with the June 1 1 burglary of a garage in Johnston City. David Michael Lehman, 18, and Tony Lee Norris, 18, both of Johnston City, were arrested Thursday. Each is charged with one count of burglary and is in the county jail in Marion in lieu of $2,500 bail.

They are accused of taking items from a garage owned by George Kee. A preliminary hearing is set for 9 a.m. on Aug. 30. Hospital Notes Anna Union County Hospital Discharged Aug.

5 Miller, Eva, Buncombe Chester Memorial Hospital Admitted Aug. 5 Haberberger, Cheryl, Chester Gaby, rebecca, Sparta Discharged Jeffers, Zelda, Steeleville Huey, Richard, Chester Ebers, Norman, Chester Kulich, Janice, Benton Helmers, Christina and daughter, Chester Du Quoin Marshall Browning Hospital Admitted Aug. 5 Nehrkorn, Amy, Discharged Nevill, Nolan, Du Zinkann, Aloysius, Harrisburg Medical Center Discharged Aug. Edington, Sonia, Askew, Randee, Curry, Mary, Christie, Opal, Marion Memorial Hospital Admitted Aug. 5 Bullington, CHICAGO (AP) The tax-free tollway extension of Illinois 53 in Lake County will be built on land bought with $26 million in motor fuel taxes under an agreement between state transportation and toll authorities, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's mission, as proclaimed on its stationery, involves building and maintaining roads "paid for by toll revenue not federal or state tax dollars." Roll Call Report Roll Call Report Syndicate WASHINGTON Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes in the week ending Aug. 5. House CARGO SHIP SUBSIDIES: By a vote of 294 for and 122 against, the House sent the Senate a bill (HR 4003) spending $1.3 billion over ten years to subsidize companies that build and operate cargo ships under the American flag. The money would be raised by increasing tonnage fees on commercial vessels entering U.S. ports.

Among other outlays, the bill authorizes $399 million in FY '95 for the Maritime Administration, up 6 percent over the agency's 1994 budget. Voting no: Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, Rep. Glenn Poshard, D-Marion, Rep. Richard Durbin, D-Springfield.

COMMUNITY BANKING: By a vote of 410 for and 12 against, the House passed a bill (HR 3474) providing $382 million in capital through FY '98 to banks doing business in poor communities, making credit available for economic development. A new government corporation would run the program. The bill also authorizes $50 million for state-sponsored small business lending programs, and grants regulatory relief to smaller banks. Police State Police An 83-year-old Williamson County man was injured in a three-vehicle accident Saturday morning on Illinois 13 in Williamson County. William V.

Brown of Pittsburg was in stable condition Saturday night in Marion Memorial Hospital after the 9:10 a.m. collision at the intersection of Illinois 13 and Illinois 166. A car driven by Altha H. Brown, 76, of Pittsburg, was westbound on Illinois 13 when she turned left into the path Court Perry County A 46-year-old Pinckneyville man was arrested about 7 p.m. Thursday after a traffic chase that exceeded 85 mph.

Jerry L. McConnell was charged with driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license, speeding, disobeying a stop sign, fleeing to elude police, improper lane use and leaving the scene of an accident. Sheriffs deputies said he lost, control of his car on U.S. 5 1 and ran into a ditch on the east side of the highway. McConnell reportedly fled into the woods on foot, but was arrested several minutes later when he returned as his vehicle was being towed.

He was in the Perry County Jail on Friday in lieu of $300 bail. Notice Boil order lifted: The boil order for the South Highway Water District has been lifted. Births NEHRKORN, Jay and Amy of Tamaroa, a daughter, Friday, Aug. 5, 1994, Marshall Browning Hospital, Du Quoin. Center.

Arrangments are incomplete at Al- gee Memorial Funeral Chapel Inc. of Cairo, urn iii A KIND Pleasant Gwve Memorial ftirk inc. ALL IN ONE LOCATION Funeral Home Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel Monuments Markers Cremation Services until services Monday at the funeral home. Attig Memorials may be made to the Children's Hospital Pediatrics ICU No. 1, Children's Place, St.

Louis, 631 10. Christopher was born Dec. 7, 1992, in Carbondale He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Murphysboro, and he attended the church nursery. Christopher had a very special ability of touching the hearts of ev eryone with whom he came in con tact. Survivors include his mother, Kel ly Burton of Murphysboro; his father and special friend, Chuck Attig and Brook Gallino of Murphysboro; grandparents, Alan and Margaret Coleman of Murphysboro, David H.

Burton of Coulterville, and Charles L. and Ruthelma Attig of Murphy sboro; great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Coleman of Murphysboro, Virginia McLellan of Gorham, Harry Montine of Granite City, Mr. and Mrs.

Herman Burton of Coulterville, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Attig of Murphysboro and Ruth Allard of Murphysboro; great-great-grandmother, Margaret L. Price of Gorham; three uncles and one aunt, Jamie Burton of Murphysboro, Jason Coleman of Murphysboro, Timmy Coleman of Las Vegas, Timmy Attig of Murphysboro; and many other great aunts, uncles, cousins, family and friends. Violet Williams ANNA Violet Williams, 92, passed away at 6:05 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 5, 1994, at Hillside Terrace Nursing Facility in Cobden. She was born July 16, 1902, in Granite City, the daughter of Lewis Alvin and Sarah (Verble) Carlock. She was married on Nov. 27, 1926, to Claude R.

Williams, who preceded her in death on Sept. 8, 1966. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Anna, the Golden Rule Sunday school class, member and past matron of Anna Star Chapter 522 of the Order of the Eastern Star, and a 60-year member of the Royal Neighbors of America. She was a retired psychiatric aide at Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna.

She is survived by several cousins. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, with the Rev. Larry Shacklee officiating. Interment will be in Anna Cemetery.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Eastern Star Services will be conducted by the Anna Star Chapter 522 of the OES at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. ONE OF Kyraiii Pleasant Grove Chapel Old Rt.

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