Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 37

A Tl I '1 Tl Herald Review- (temttrrafl nHflnnMDns Decatur, Illinois, Friday, September 23, 1988 Page A3 Olympian feats turn s-m-a-l-l Logan County State's Attorney facts, figures Duties: Prosecute criminal and traffic cases, plus advise county officials on legal matters. Salary: $64,000 annually. Term: Four years. Turner formerly was Logan County public defender. He will assume the position on a full-time basis Oct.

10. Roosevelt said Thursday he is excited about his new position. He said he is "looking forward to a change," after working in the state's attorney's office 12 years. He was an assistant before becoming state's attorney. He was named state's attorney in January 1987, replacing Gerald Dehner, who became a circuit judge.

Roosevelt's new job is with a law firm that specializes in personal injury defense work. Roosevelt said he feels the experience he gained in litigation as state's attorney will aid him in his new position. By JUDY WEIKEL Herald Review Clinton Bureau LINCOLN The state's attorney's position is changing hands sooner than Logan County State's Attorney Greg Roosevelt's last day on the job is today. He has resigned to join a private law firm in Madison County near St. Louis.

John Turner who defeated Roosevelt as Republican nominee for the position in the March primary, has been appointed by the county board to fill the position. The temporary appointment extends until the beginning of the new term, Dec. 1. There is no Democratic nominee for the position, so Turner was virtually assured the office in November anyway. County Clerk Weldon Frantz Turner will I John Turner ever, the first couple of weeks on the job will be part-time.

Frantz said Turner will be finishing cases handled by his law firm of Turner Rossi in Lincoln. "People are really helping, and we want to thank them." Donations of clothes, food and household items can be made by phoning the Areola church at (217) 268-3124. As Garza and Barrientos prepared for their 30-hour journey in their heaping pickup truck and trailer, a yellow bus belonging to the church was parked outside. It will make the trip today, after stopping Greg Roosevelt officially be considered state's attorney Saturday, upon Roosevelt's resignation, Frantz said. Turner will begin working in the state's attorney's office Monday.

How (LOOD Mexicans have responded enthusiastically. For almost a week, carloads of local people have been heading south, bringing food, clothing, and fresh water. Those who remain in town including the Cranmers have spread the relief effort throughout Illinois. "Since it came out in the paper, we've been getting calls from Decatur, Springfield and all over," said Ruth Cranmer. Barrientos and Jaime Garza tie Greanias said it was represented that the Decatur landlord had undergone surgery and would be hospitalized two weeks in Chicago.

The guilty verdict covers seven charges filed against Karmatzis, including conspiracy to sell drugs, unlawful possession of them, possession with intent to deliver them and four counts of actual delivery. Arguing Thursday for the guilty verdict, Spence emphasized that prosecutors had presented evidence during the four-day trial incriminating Karmatzis on every charge: "The evidence has shown that Nickolas Karmatzis did indeed conspire with Lloyd Heckman and Johnny Karmatzis in How to remove Here are the procedures to.be followed in eradicating head lice, which are grayish-tan, wingless insects, or their white eggs, which are known as nits: Examine the hair and scalps of all family members. Nits are easier to see than the lice and usually are attached to hairs close to the scalp at the nape of the neck and behind the ears. If lice or nits are found, contact a physician to prescribe shampoo to kill them. Follow the directions for repeated applications.

However, the shampoo may not kill all the nits. After the hair has been shampooed and dried, nits should be removed with a miVSy For down supplies headed for Hurricane Gilbert victims in Cadereyta, Mexico. Two years ago, I watched with pride as my daughter Lori marched in Pana's annual Labor Day Parade. She was a member of the Pana High School band. The band had recently returned from Walt Disney World in Florida, where it had been invited to play.

I remember her humming "It's a Small, Small World" a song played at an exhibit there for days after returning home. The theme of our Labor Day parade this year was "The Olympic Dream." I got a lump in my throat as Pana's high school band, The Marching Panthers, passed by. The lump came back when I saw a float with raisin men singing "I'm a 'Seoul' Man." A small, small world. Lori was not marching in this band but she is living in Korea, just 10 miles from Seoul. Her husband, Bryan Rhodes, is stationed there with the U.S.

Army. Lori used to work as a lifeguard at the Pana pool. In Korea, she met a lifeguard who I said his wife was teaching at Western Illinois University at Macomb. The lifeguard was amazed when Lori pulled from her beach bag her favorite T-shirt. It said Prairie Talk Diane Moore "WIU," and had the raisin men pictured on it She had bought it while attending band camp there.

One day, I received a very gracious and surprising phone call from Dr. J. Yoon of Decatur. Introducing himself as a reader of Prairie Talk, ne told me his hometown happens to be Uijongbu, Korea. That's where Lori now lives.

He came to America from Uijongbu in the year she was born. A small, small world. After the regular Olympics in Seoul, Mike Milligan of Herrick will compete there in games for disabled athletes. A member of the.U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Shooting Team, Mike lost the use of his legs in Vietnam.

Mike had his locker near mine at Pana Junior High School and graduated from Pana High School with my husband, Don. Lori and Bryan hope to entertain Mike in the "Host a Jock" program for Paralympic athletes in Korea. Glenn Dameris is a neighbor of ours. His son used to play baseball with our daughter. Glenn showed me his Korean flag and old pictures from his tour of military duty there.

Talking to the Rev. Lawrence Gibson of Pana, I learned he had been stationed in the military in Korea the year I was born. He performed my daughter's marriage ceremony. Lori writes that Korea is tense. American servicemen are on alert.

There's a lot of talk about "the Red Army or North Korea doing something to ruin the Olympics." A small, small world. I am wearing the T-shirt Lori sent me which bears the words "Korea, Seoul 88 Olympic." It is imprinted with flags of all the competing nations inside the symbolic Olympic rings. The American flag touches the one of Korea. A letter I recently sent Lori required two stamps. Side-by-side I placed one representing the 24th Olympiad.

The other (bearing a perfect rose) in my mind stood for our home, Pana, DL It's known as "The City of Roses" because that flower is grown mere in greenhouses. Lori and Bryan will attend the Olympics during volleyball competition. They'll hold a sign saying, "Illinois." Ill be watching for them on TV. My 19-year-old daughter is on the other side of the planet. But what a small world it is.

Diane K. Moore lives in Pana, where she is a dental assistant. She and her husband Donald are the parents of three children. Hoax nets sentence Herald Review Pana Bureau TAYLORVTLLE A man who created an assassination hoax against several Christian County officials was sentenced to 46 days in prison, with credit for time served Larry Ferguson, 17, of Taylorville also was sentenced to 30 months probation on a charge of illegal possession of explo-sives Ferguson told police on Sept 2 another Taylorville man, Larry Heinrich, 31, was planning to use 50 blasting caps to assassinate State's Attorney Greg Grigsby and two judges. Police discovered the blasting caps in Heinrich's possession, but it was later revealed Ferguson had planted the caps in an effort to frame Heinrich.

ion less, Sham how km By KEVIN McDERMOTT Pana Bureau Chief ARCOLA In a small, empty church, Jaime Garza and Manuel Bar-rientos received the most important supply for their long trip south. "We pray you guard these men and give them a safe journey," Ruth Cranmer said, as Garza and Barrientos, his son-in-law, bowed their heads in prayer at the Church of the Spanish Nazarene in Areola. Cranmer arid her husband, Pastor Roy Cranmer, built the small church about five years ago. The sanctuary is eight rows of wooden pews in a converted room or their nome. It now serves not only as a place of worship, but also as a relief center for needy people 13,000 miles away.

Hurricane Gilbert's destruction in Northern Mexico has touched a deep nerve in this Central Illinois community of 2,700. Almost 300 residents are from Mexico, lured by the brisk broom-making industry here. Most of them from Monterey a city of more than 1 million about 150 miles south of Texas and its smaller neighbor, Cadereyta, population 47,000. Those two cities were devastated by Gilbert, which stunned local residents and experts alike by striking more than 200 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Despite the spotty phone service left in Gilbert's wake, Areola's Mexican community has learned through the media and the "grapevine" what is happening there.

Most of the damage came from flash floods which raised the level of the Santa Catarina River by as much as 40 feet, wiping out homes and spreading disease as livestock drowned in it "The poorest people live near the river (in said Barrientos, who came to Areola in 1977 and married Garza's daughter, Rosario, a year later. "They're the ones who got it the worst" Areola residents Mexicans and non- By SUE BROWN and JUDY TATHAM Herald Review Criminal Justice Writers A jury took less than an hour Thursday to convict absent Nickolas Karmatzis of trafficking in cocaine. Karmatzis, who is believed to have been in Greece, may now be in Chicago. Prosecutors will attempt to locate him to bring him to Decatur for his Oct. 28 sentencing, according to Assistant State's Attorney David Spence.

Karmatzis' attorney, Basil G. Grea-nias, earlier this week asked for a continuance in the trial, saying he had received a telephone answering machine message from someone identifying himself as Karmatzis. By RON INGRAM Herald Review Education Writer Decatur pupils are bringing an unwelcome guest to school with them head lice. "We do have quite a problem this year," said Ann Chelette, coordinator of health services for the Decatur School District "It's not unusual to have widespread outbreaks at this time of year," she said. "We monitor the children for head lice throughout the school year.

But now, they have had the entire summer to acquire them." Exactly why the outbreak is more severe this fall than normal is uncertain, Chelette said. "I've heard just about every problem that's arisen this year blamed on the heat but I don't know if it's true (in this case)," she said. There is no total case count but the problem is widespread among the district's schools, Chelette said. Cases have been reported in every elementary building. The head lice outbreak is a big concern to the district because it means pupils are out of school, Chelette said.

"Whenever we find head lice or their nits (eggs) on youngsters, we send the children home." When a child is found to have head lice, the parents are called and asked to come to the school and pick up their youngster, Chelette said. The school nurse explains to the parents the treat- mm eI in Decatur and other area towns to pick up donations. Garza, who came here in 1969 and brought his family here two years later, said the generosity of area residents doesn't surprise him. "American people are good people," he said in broken English. "When somebody needs help, yu can ask Americans they help." Photo by Herb Slodounik "I submit that each was dealing on his own," he said, referring to Nickolas Karmatzis, Johnny Karmatzis (Nickolas' son) and Lloyd Heckman, an employee of the elder Karmatzis.

Heckman had testified against Nickolas Karmatzis, telling jurors he'd helped his boss weigh and prepare cocaine for sale. Decatur undercover drug agents, state police and Champaign police officers in a special task force were involved in the investigation. Heckman testified he observed Karmatzis make "hundreds" of sales. Johnny Karmatzis is serving a 7 sentence for his role in the trafficking and his brother, Tom Karmatzis, is serving five years. Disabled are able to work: Edgar By SUSAN MUMM Herald Review Staff Writer The ability of developmentally disabled people to work is "the best-kept business secret in Illinois," Secretary of State Jim Edgar maintained Thursday.

"We hope to make it no longer the best-kept secret, but the most well-known fact," Edgar told a group of about 50 people gathered for a news conference at Macon Resources Facility, 3475 N. Maple St i Edgar is honorary chairman of Illinois Rehabilitation Facilities Week being celebrated this week. He was in Decatur to call attention to the skills of the develop-mentally disabled, and to encourage businesses to hire people with handicaps. "People with disabilities aren't looking for handouts they're looking for work," Edgar said. The Secretary of State's office has helped keep up to 130 disabled workers employed through Macon Resources Inc.

by manufacturing the state license plates. The office has paid the agency about $32 million for making more than 17 million license plates since production began in 1983. Kay Scrogin, Macon Resources executive director, said the facility has helped disabled workers find jobs at Caterpillar Mueller Wagner Castings Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and as janitors at Magna-Millikin Bank and the Illinois Department of Transportation. the sale of cocaine he was chairman, so to speak, of this enterprise," Spence asserted.

There is proof, he reminded jurors, that Karmatzis made three deliveries of cocaine to Kerry Songer, a trial witness. "All three deliveries occurred at an apartment house owned by Karmatzis," Spence continued, referring to the residence at 251 and 257 E. Central Ave. raided April 6 by Decatur police. Greanias conceded to jurors in his summation that his client had illegally possessed and delivered cocaine.

But there was no conspiracy, he insisted, protesting that Nickolas Karmatzis was innocent of the most serious charge against him. head lice head lice, nits special fine-toothed comb. Any nits not removed by combing must be pulled from the hair, a very time consuming, but essential, task. Wash in hot water or have dry cleaned any items that may have come in contact with an infected person's head. Such items could include combs, brushes, hats, scarves, towels and'bed linens.

Use a strong vacuum to clean the house. Sprays are available for use after the house is thoroughly vacuumed. Before using a spray test it on a seldom seen area of furniture and carpet to be certain it does not discolor fabrics. has spread, Chelette said. If the affected pupil has brothers or sisters, they and their classmates are checked as well, she said.

Not just the child but his or her entire family should be treated for the lice, Chelette said. "It requires strong efforts and it's expensive, she said. "We have families who keep their children out of school for weeks with this. If they have problems, we ask that they contact a school nurse. I'm not sure we can solve their problems but if we know what they are maybe we can try." ment required to rid the child of the lice and emphasizes that the child will have to be checked before being readmitted to class, she said.

Head lice are easily passed from person to person. "A lot of parents become emotional or angry when told their child has head lice," Chelette said. "We tell them head lice are not selective. They can, and have, chosen children from every walk of life." Once a child is found with the lice, a check is made of every pupil in that child's class to determine if the problem I.