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Page A 2 URBANA DAILY CITIZEN Thursday August 10 1995 1 or the record IV Obituaries James Alexander James Puts Alexander died on July 28 1995 in Roosevelt Hospital Manhattan after an extended illness He was born on Aug 29 1949 in Waynesville NC the son of Richard Jr and Margaret Pitts Alexander formerly of Mechanicsburg He was a graduate of Burris High School and Ball State University of Muncie Ind He was the journals director of Cambridge University Press He was a recipient of the Oliver Academic Scholarship to attend Columbia University in 1967 He served on the Copyright Committee for the Association of American Publishers and also served on the AAP Journals Committee He was the grandson of the late Brown Rankin Pitts and nephew of i Mr and Mrs Edward A Hunt Mechanicsburg He is survived by his parents and two brothers Thomas AlexanderWaynesville NC and Edward Alexander Indianapolis A memorial service will be held in the fall Eugene Haney Eugene Haney 64 lUrbana died unexpectedly on Tuesday Aug 8 1995 in Mercy Medical Center He was bom on June 13 1931 in Carter County Ky the son of Paris and Rebecca (McGlone) Haney He was employed by Navistar international with 45 years of ser vice He is survived by three daughters and sons in law Jenny and Ora Ackley Jeannie and Tom oster all bf Springfield Jaque and Jerry Mathers North Hampton two sons hnd one daughter in law Lester and Kathy Haney Urbana Michael Haney Springfield three sisters and brolhers in law Woncda and KennyKnight Springfield Gladys and iZalvin Amstead remont Carolyn ind Dave Mitchell Olive Hill Ky wo brothers and sisters in law LJ nd Mary Haney Carl and Julie Haney all of Springfield eightgrandchildren and several nieces Sind nephews He was preceded in death by his Barents his wife Emma Haney En 1973 and one sister Ruth HCqoper riends may call from 5 to 8 fjim riday in the Littleton Rueuneral Home The funeral service will be held Sit 9:30 am Saturday in the funeral liome Burial will follow in Hill Cemetery Thackery i Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart House und Urbana Daily Citizen USPS 620 700 156th Year Vol 98 Thurs August 10 1995 Published dally except New Year's Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Dey and Christmas Day by THE BROWN PUBLISHING CO at 220 Court SL Urbana Second class postage paid at Urbana Ohio Linda Anderson Publisher POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Urbana Daily Citizen 220 Court St Urbana Ohio 43078 HAVE A NEWS STORY? 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Yes the debt is more than $7 million Consider the debt similar to a mortgage loan Mercy makes pay ments each month for many years The debt is the obligation of the Sisters of Mercy who own the building Westlake said those with ques tions should call Planning and Marketing at 328 7012 Extended orecast SaturdayA chance of thunderstorms northDry south Hot and humid with lows in the lower 70s and highs 90 to 95 Sunday and MondayDryBut hot and humid Lows in the lower 70s and highs in the 90s sake of all the Junior air Market Hog Sale is at 3 pm in the Swine Arena The Junior air Dairy Sale is at 2 pm today also in the Swine Arena 38 1229 Road arrested primary care services and programs should have a positive impact on the economy or the community as prospective businesses and employ ers see a state of art quality cost effective health care system serving the area Will this change affect employment at Mercy Memorial? Some jobs that are part of inpatient services will be lost Wherever possible just as as the case under Care Management asso ciates will be offered positions else where in the system What is the future of the exist ing Mercy Memorial Hospital build ing? Most of the building already is used for outpatient services New investments will be required to ren ovate the building for additional out patient services The future of the building is tied to support of Mercy Memorial by physicians and the community Do you still owe money on the (Continued from Page 1) anymore People use lard like they used to and pork is now viewed as Other White Sloan said it became taboo to eat pork as Americans began to change their eating habits and curtail the consumption of fatty meats the year 2000 our goal in the pork industry if to be the meat of said Sloan fair exhibitors have to fill out a project book to prove they understand their animal They answer questions about the health the feed ing of the animal and how to care for hogs are raised on a carefully mixed diet of ground corn soybean meal and vitamin he added the kids exercise the animals to keep them muscled for the show To top it all off pork producer is keeping the animals lean through The junior fair swine competi tion has been divided slightly this year as sale buyers will notice this afternoon at the Junior air Market Hog Sale There will be a Grand Champion Market Gilt sold and also a Grand Champion Barrow as opposed to past years when the Grand Champion Market hog was the mar quee product in the sale Sloan said the gilt and barrow will vary each year in the top spot of the sale think it was really fair to have gilts and barrows com peting against each other anymore like boys and girls competing sit orecast TodayPartly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of afternoon thunder storms Some storms may be severe Warm and humid with the high in the upper 80s Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph TonightParlly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms Muggy with the low 70 to 75 Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph Chance of rain 40 per cent riday Partly sunnyHot and humid with scattered thunderstorms High in the lower 90s Chance of rain 50 percent Ray Sherner Ray Sherner 80 842 Amherst Drive Urbana died at 5:15 pm Monday Aug 7 1995 in Mercy Medical Center Springfield He was born on June 17 1915 the son of Carey and Catherine (Predmore) Sherner He was a veteran of WWII serv ing in the US Army He was a Linotype operator for the Springfield News Sun newspa per for 28 years prior to his retire ment was a member of St Mary Catholic Church and of Urbana He had also volunteered at Mercy Memorial Hospital for several years He is survived by his wife rances Sherner one daughter and son in law Susan and Vaughn Martin Bogota Columbia two grandchildren Nicholas and Alexandra Martin one brother and sister in law Willis and Dorothy Sherner Kenton mother in law Angela Burt Surrey England and sister in law and spouse Susan and Barry MacKenzie Williams London England He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Paul Sherner The family will receive friends from 3:30 to 5:30 and 7 to 9 pm riday in the Walter Schoedinger uneral Home Urbana A prayer service will be held at 6:45 pm riday in the funeral home A funeral Mass will be held at 9:30 am Saturday in the St Mary Catholic Church with the Rev ather Thomas Espelage as cele brant The graveside funeral service and burial will be held at 11:30 am Saturday in Grove Cemetery Kenton Memorial contributions may be made to the Urbana Paramedics und advised about burning laws The department investigated a report of a natural gas leak in the 300 block of South Locust Street at 5:58 am Tuesday Investigation continued to East Reynolds Street No hazard was found irefighters went to the 200 block of East Hickory Grove Road at 5:58 am Tuesday They assisted Paul Hardman 54 1067 Road 153 Middleburg whose van went off wet pavement onto its top The dri ver was transported from the scene to Mercy Memorial Hospital Urbana by the emergency squad An alarm drop summoned fire fighters to Messiah Manor 848 Court St Urbana at 6:17 am Tuesday Lightning struck the com plex but no fire was found A fuel leak was caused by high water against a tank at the residence of Jerry McKeever 24 Route 560 Westville at 6:22 am Tuesday uel fumes permeated the house irefighters pumped water from the basement and stopped the fuel spill At 6:25 am Tuesday the department went to the residence of Bruce Ballentine 566 Three Mile Road Urbana during a severe thun derstorm Smoke was in the house after an antenna was destroyed by lightning Lightning ignited the roof a wood structure at Berry arm 3133 US Route 36 Urbana irefighters responded to the farm at 6:36 am Tuesday after a crew enroute to another emergency noticed smoke The west wall and roof of the market building were damaged by fire Alvira Long Alvira Long 72 a resident of Dayton and a native of Urbana died on Aug 3 1995 in Hospice of Dayton following a brief illness She was born on July 14 1923 in Urbana the daughter of Albert and Eva (Mosely) Williams She retired from the US Department of Defense after 35 years of service served on the Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority Board of Housing Commissioners for 14 years having held the position of chairperson for two terms held national offices with the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) and was a member of many community organizations in Dayton NAHRO recognized her accom plishments and service at the nation al level by awarding her the distin guished Elizabeth Wells Memorial Award in October 1994 The North Central Regional Commission of NAHRO has a simi lar award for regional offices and starting in 1996 this regional award will be known as the Alvira Long Memorial Award She is survived by her husband Leonard Long and many other relatives including many cousins in Urbana Services and burial were held on Aug 7 in Dayton Bullard Rutan Road Mechanicsburg second moving vio lation in a year and Donald Whetstone 3136 McClelland Drive Urbana Urbana Police: Douglas Smith 34 133 Washington Ave Urbana was cited Tuesday for driving while under license suspension AMBULANCE SERVICE Urbana Emergency Squad: The following were transported to Mercy Memorial Hospital 904 Scioto St Urbana: Monday Harold Bowen 84 Heartland of Urbana 741 Water St Urbana illness at 2:57 pm George Weaver 61 1063 Main St Urbana illness at 4:41 pm Linda Blair 46 425 Main St Urbana from LewiSystems illness at 5:12 pm Tuesday Tony isher 28 451 Buckeye St Urbana bum at 10:49 am Virginia Gist 65 125 Ward St Urbana illness at 1:15 am Wednesday Marcy Tomlin 14 18295 Inskeep Crotty Road North Lewisburg from Champaign County airgrounds illness at 1:15 am and Mary Rupert 85 2296 Jackson Hill Road Urbana illness at 3:06 am IRE ALARMS Urbana ire Department: A response was made to the Champaign County airgrounds at 8:49 pm riday where wires on a utility pole near the Junior air Barn ignited At 3:54 am Saturday the department was called to a trash fire in the yard of Larry Stevely 5439 Prairie Road Urbana: The fire was extinguished and the occupant was Janie Ballentine Janie Ballentine 40 566 Three Mile Road Urbana died at 1 1:45 am Tuesday Aug 8 1995 in her residence She was born on June 20 1955 in Pike County the daughter of Howard and Viola (Mattox) Gibson She had been employed by Little Pizza Company She is survived by her husband Bruce Ballentine two daughters Jennifer and Michele both at home her mother Viola Gibson Urbana two brothers and sisters in law John and Becky Gibson Ronald and Terry Gibson Anderson Ind one sister and brother in law Joyce and David Parker Urbana brother in law and spouse Michael and Pam Ballentine Urbana mother in law Gladys Ballentine Urbana and sev eral nieces and nephews The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 pm Thursday in the Walter Schoedinger uneral Home Urbana The funeral service will be held at 10 am riday in the funeral home with the Rev Grant Ingersoll officiating The graveside funeral service and burial will be held at 1:30 pm riday in Westwood Cemetery Pike County Stephen Hegele Stephen A Hegele 52 Urbana went to be with the Lord at 2:15 am Aug 10 1995 following a lengthy illness He was born on Jan 13 1943 in Champaign County the son of Chester A (Budd) and Virginia I (Griffith) Hegele He was a graduate of Urbana High School received an degree from Urbana College and earned a degree from Miami University He married Cathey Wilkinson on June 19 1965 He was a repre sentative for Crawford Manufacturing Company Richmond Va until disability retirement in 1975 He was a member of the Urbana United Methodist Church He is survived by his loving fam ily including his wife son and daughter in law Edward and Stacy Hegele Grove City daughter and son in law Heidi and Kevin Sawchuk Cincinnati mother Virginia I Hegele Urbana grand children Bryan Hailey and Cole brother and sister in law Budd and Nancy Hegele Venice la brother Phillip A Hegele Miami la several nieces and nephews and a loving mother in law Mary Mowen Urbana He was preceded in death by his father Chester A Hegele and an infant brother Visitation will be held from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm riday in the Walter Schoedinger uneral Home Urbana The funeral service will be held at 2 pm Saturday in the Urbana United Methodist Church with the Rev Thomas A Gaiser officiating The body will lie in state for one hour prior to the service Interment will follow at Oak Dale Cemetery Urbana Memorial contributions may be made to Mercy Memorial HomeHealth Care or to the United Methodist Church NOTE: While charges have been filed against the following people by law enforce ment agencies they have not been found guilty of any violation Charges against the defendants may be dismissed or they may be found not guilty in a court Therefore until found guilty those named remain not guilty CHARGES ILED Champaign Sheriff: Allen Bullard Bullard Rutan Mechanicsburg was Monday Charged with domestic violence Bullard was held in the county jail Urbana Police: Jerry Hobbs 4380 Route 560 Westville was charged felonious assault Tuesday TRAIC VIOLATIONS Champaign Sheriff: Randall A Wagle 24 6933 Old Troy Pike St Paris was cited Wednesday for driving on a closed roadway Wagle entered the 2000 block of St Paris Jackson Road after it was closed to vehicular traf fic because of flood conditions Angela A McCarty 22 1652 Selma Road Springfield was cited Wednesday for operating a motor vehicle without a license and for speeding Speeding tickets were issued to the following: Saturday Richard Oxley 55 228 Beverly Drive Dayton Sunday Thomas Beamer 38 7400 Cook Jones Road Waynesville Monday Rick Conley 33 413 Church St Urbana second moving violation in a yean Mary Pence 29 770 Hospital (Continued from Page 1) Will this change make it more difficult for Champaign County to attract new business? Emergencyurgent care ser vices ambulatory surgery and other outpatient services along with pri mary care physicians are the basic ingredients of a system that will meet the needs of the community The commitment and ongoing pres ence of Mercy Health System Western Ohio in developing a regional integrated system for Clark and Champaign counties should be an asset to economic development Once this change is imple mented how will it affect the econ omy of the community? Initially there may be some minor impact as jobs are relocated or eliminated In many cases how ever associates will simply be pro viding services in different settings within the health care system rom a broader perspective the develop ment of expanded outpatient and Photo by Brenda Burns Steadily going hog wild: April Loveless is one of hundreds of junior fair exhibitors who have helped make this year's combined swine show a record setter in Champaign County air history said Sloan hoping this will de empha size the growing desire to win for the money alone and bring back more fun to the show itself for the Local Weather Local weather for a 24 hour period ending at 8 am today: High temperature 83 Low temperature 68 Precipitation trace Precipitation to date 1995 3236 Precipitation to date 1 994 2073 an a jj jgT I i 1" tn? ii MglM I Wi 1 Min: A rf'YWiWIk Si.