Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

If dDl rfT 1W3U Partly sunny and warm with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Complete forecast on A7. Mattoon, Illinois 11 9th Year, No. 118 1995 Mid-Illinois Newspapers Inc. (pood Gffaidlys Lfiffegesiiris sure mot Mltoy sStttos EVERYBODX LIKES rwTToo: 1 out into the water," Grady said.

"The adults have got to be in the water with them. There's no option toit." Sometimes several hundred people are in the pool at once, Grady said. The role of lifeguards is to work for the safety of all, primarily in a preventive role and in keeping swimmers from endangering themselves and others. With small children, lifeguards looking at dozens of heads cannot always see a 3 -year-old getting too far out. "By the time we knew there was a situation, the lifeguard re-' sponded immediately," Grady said.

"It just takes a second (for a child to go under). It seems like most of our problems recently have been with young kids (not being watched by adults). The pool is not a baby sitter, and it's not a bathtub. Water can be dangerous." The pool had 1,275 people on opening day on Saturday and 850 breathing. After five cycles, the child vomited for the second time and began breathing on his own.

The rescue squad arrived within three minutes, Grady said. Lifeguard Jill Diepholz assisted with the rescue. Pool regulations require that the pool be cleared during rescues. This rescue occurred in the first hour of opening day. The child's aunt and mother were at the pool.

But the child wandered into the deeper water without an adult at his side. In the other two cases on the pool's first weekend, the children were pulled from the pool before other family members realized there was a problem. In one case, a baby sitter was supposed to be watching the child; in the other, a parent was there. Pool regulations require children under age 8 to be supervised by an adult. "It's just totally irresponsible to sit at the side of the pool and let a small child who can't swim bop By CARL WALWORTH StaffWriter MATTOON Lytle Pool lifeguards work to prevent accidents and make the pool safe for everyone, but cannot baby-sit every child at the pool, pool Manager Justin Grady said.

A 3-year-old boy got into water over his head Saturday and was resuscitated by a lifeguard, making this the third consecutive year there has been a major rescue of a child who wasn't breathing when pulled from the pool. In two other instances on this year's opening weekend, lifeguards pulled out youngsters who were in water over their head. In both those cases, the child was breathing. In the first case on Saturday, an aunt first reached the child in the pool. Lifeguard Lori LeGrand saw the trouble, took the child out of the pool and performed rescue Postseason ends Chatham Glenwood's Todd McClure had his own Kirsonal scouting report on attoon's basebaUJeam.

Ptwto by Doug Lawhd A teen hits the water Monday at Lytle Pool. Parents are cautioned to watch their young children to help keep them safe while at the pool. on bunday, Grady said Apparently itlhelped. SeeB1. Special account for transition costs not enough for EIU ValedicWiai By KELLY ALLEE StaffWriter Edgar won't interfere in EIU squabbles, sticking with plan for naming trustees By KELLY ALLEE StaffWriter wise, we'd be refereeing" all the time, he sajd, "Certiurdy, stability is ImportanvJae added.

Some people have raised concerns thatthe problems between local BGU trustees and Jorns is indicative of how a local governing board will operate. Livingston said Edgar wants to avoid such a scenario where a board of seven local trustees is running the institution. "That's not what we want "The governor is definitely looking to achieve balance is concerned about fairness and balance in a number of different facets Livingston said. The new boards will take charge Jan. 1, and the BGU and Board of Regents will officially be abolished at the end of that month.

university will educate them about Eastern and their responsibilities as a trustee. Community interest in the new board has recently developed because of conflicts between EIU President David Jorns and local Board of Governors Universities trustees and EIU Foundation Board mem-bers. Tom Livingston, Edgar's higher education assistant, said the governor is aware of the problems but doesn't plan to get involved. "It's going to be something, hopefully, the president and board can work out," Livingston said Monday during a telephone interview from Springfield. Edgar tries to stay out of conflicts at all universities, "other cluding EIU, will get their own governing boards.

The University of Illinois will be taking over Sangamon State University in Springfield. In related business, Edgar is expected to sign a higher education budget that includes a $58 million operating budget for EIU for fiscal year 1996. That figure is up $2.7 million, or 4.9 percent, from the current year's appropriation. It is the second largest increase among all state universities. The appropriations account for a 3.5 percent salary increase for faculty and employees.

On the down side, the Legislature failed to forward a capital budget to Edgar, meaning $1 million designated for the planning of an expansion at ERPs Booth Library is on hold. Higher education officials hope a capital budget will pass in the veto session. BGU Spokeswoman Michelle Brazell said their office pates having more savings in salaries by the fall veto session. The budget sent to Edgar is for almost $2 million and reflects a $156,900 decrease in current year appropriations. The decrease accounts for the salaries of four people who are leaving by July 1, including BGU Chancellor CHARLESTON Gov.

Jim Edgar is sticking with a plan to name trustees to Eastern Illinois University's governing board in the fall. He just started reviewing people interested in serving on one of the eight new governing boards and is still has names coming in. As part of a reorganization of higher education, EIU and six other state schools will get their own boards of trustees. Edgar will also name new members to the previously-elected University of Illinois Board of Trustees. From ERTs point of view, the sooner the better.

Once the seven members are named, the CHARLESTON The General Assembly set up a special account with $344,000 to cover the costs of overhauling higher education's governing system. That is hardly enough to cover Eastern Illinois University's anticipated costs of operating its own board, but it is a beginning, lawmakers said. "That $344,000 is a start," said state Rep. Mike Weaver, R-Ash-more. "I think it was a good compromise.

I had been pushing for $150,000 for each of the universities and $1 million for the of Tom Livingston, Edgar's higher education assistant, said he hopes the fund will grow as more and more Board of Governors Universities and Board of Regents employees leave. No one can touch the special fund that is made up of savings from the systems' central offices. "As we get closer to January well take a look at the systems' expenditures and divert more money" to the fund, Weaver said. He said he hopes they have more than $1 million in the fund by Jan. 1, the day the new governing boards take over.

Seven state universities, in salutatorian speeches A6 Scandal strikes funeral dihector ST.JOHNSBURYtVt.(AP) After Joyce Metcalf died at age 60, her Jewelry and the money she had been saving for new appliances couldn't be found. Her four sisters, suspecting foul play, had the body exhumed. When the coffin was opened, they found that the body had not been embalmed. The dress the family had provided for her burial lay crumpled inside the casket; Instead, she was still wearing her nightgown and had been wrapped In the sheets from the bed In which she died. That was the first hint police had of the scandal that has since touched virtually everyone In St.

Johnsbury and surrounding areas of northeastern Vermont. During his six years in business In Vermont, state regulators say, funeral director Larry H. Titemore mishandled hundreds of burials virtually every case he dealt with. Regulators say Titemore, 44, failed to store or embalm bodies properly, put some corpses In cheap coffins Instead of the expensive ones relatives bought, and pocketed $75,000 that people had paid In advance for funerals. funds to pay for legal counsel, insurance, labor relations and board member support.

"We remain concerned about money is put into the special account will be divided among the seven universities getting their own boards. The of I will get its own appropriation, Weaver said. Universities will need extra TomLayzell. All of the universities submitted anticipated transition costs. They ranged from a low of $390,000 for Eastern to $2 million for the of I.

However, whatever Continued on A3 U.S. receiving possible F-16 signals General Assembly votes LLC 7.3 percent grant increase 66 By AMY KAISER StaffWriter CLASSIFIEDS B9-12 COMICS B8 ENTERTAINMENT B7 LIFESTYLE B5 'LOTTERY A7 OPINIONS A4 I PEOPLE B6 RECORDS A7 SPORTS B1-3 WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. officials have been receiving signals that could be coming from the pilot of the Air Force F-16C that crashed over Bosnia on Friday, a senior Pentagon official said Monday. "The signals alone aren't enough for us to conclude that the pilot is alive, but it is encouraging," the official told reporters. "We are doing our utmost to locate these signals "he added.

The jet fighter, whose pilot has not been identified, was shot down Friday by a Bosnian Serb surface-to-air missile over northern Bosnia while on a NATO air patrol. A U.S. search-and-rescue effort has been under way since then. "We have been doing everything we can, but it's best that we say as little as possible." President Clinton said Monday night on CNN's "Larry King Live" show when asked about the pilot and the radio signals. Gen.

John Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said over the weekend that in the immediate aftermath of the shootdown there had been a "microburst" of communication that may have been from the pilot's beeper. Shalikashvili stressed that this one-time communication was inconclusive. The Pentagon official who spoke Monday said the latest signals had been emitted over a period of 20 to 24 hours, as of Monday evening Washington time, in a pattern that may indicate the pilot or whoever else is sending the signals is making the communication deliberately. "We've been receiving beeper signals, which is encouraging," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The signals were being received by NATO aircraft and intelligence sources in the region, officials said.

his commitment to higher education." Luther said the budget increase reflects Lake Land's needs that coincide with its increasing enrollment Some of the increase appropriated will go to the Danville Correctional Center for future instruction. Other money will be directed to credit grants, economic development, retirement fund and operating budget, to name a few. All 38 Illinois community colleges 'received the budget increases from the General Assembly that were recommended by the D3HE and Edgar. Overall, Edgar called for a $2,569 billion budget for higher education a 4.6 percent increase over this year. "Because taxpayer dollars are being used more effectively at state universities and colleges, I have been pleased to fully fund the Board of Higher Education's budget request for the last two years," Edgar said in an earlier news release.

"The state budget approved by the General Assembly does not include funding for any new capital improvement projects, Richard Wagner said in a memorandum from the IBHE. "Both houses of the General Assembly were unsuccessful in attempts to attain the three-fifths vote requirement necessary to increase the bonded indebtedness of the state to fund new capital projects The signals alone aren't enough for us to conclude that the pilot is alive, but it is encouraging. 99 Initial word of the beeper signals came from Gen. Ronald Fogleman, the Air Force chief Of staff, who mentioned it to reporters at a Pentagon reception. A fuller explanation was then provided by a Pentagon official speaking anonymously.

The official noted that the F-16's wingman reported that the plane was "hit in the underbelly" by the missile and broke in half, with the rear end of the aircraft exploding and the front end disappearing through the clouds. "We've not found the front end of the plane," the official said, leaving open the possibility that the pilot could have ejected before crashing. Television footage of what Pentagon authorities say appears to be the rear of the F-16 wreckage has been shown since the weekend. The Pentagon says the footage tells them nothing conclusive about the possible fate of the pilot There is a chance someone has found the wreckage and is using the communications device carried by the pilot Bosnian Serbs, for example, could be operating the beeper or one like it as a ruse, military officials said. MATTOON The Illinois General Assembly voted to give Lake Land College the 7.3 percent grant increase for fiscal year 1996 that was initially requested by the Illinois Board of Higher Educatioa The General Assembly adjourned its spring session May 26, giving the $4.92 million in grants to Lake Land an increase of $333,796 over last fiscal year.

"The average increase in community colleges is 4.3 percent," D3HE Deputy Director Ross Hodel said earlier. "Lake Land is above average by far." Lake Land's percentage increase represents the 12th largest among the 38 community colleges. Although Lake Land's increase does exceed the average, it is not as big an increase as last year, when it received a 9.1 percent grant increase of $383,000 from fiscal 1994. All IBHE recommendations were sent to Gov. Jim Edgar earlier this year, allocated in his budget and recommended to the Legislature.

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