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THE BANNERGRAPHIC March 14,1991

Obituaries Richard E. ‘Dick’ Lyons

Richard E. (“Dick”) Lyons, 61, Route 4, Spencer, died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack while playing racquetball at the Lilly Center at DePauw University. He was bom Aug. 10, 1929, in Detroit, Mich., the son Ralph and Dora (Campbell) Lyons. He had been with the DPU Admissions Office since 1964. Mr. Lyons served as the admissions liaison with the university’s athletic department. Survivors include his wife, Alberta (Finch) Lyons; two daughters, Jennifer Lyons, Indianapolis, and Janet Manning, Ashville, N.C.; a son, Eric Lyons, Greencastle; a brother, George Lyons, Naples, Fla.; two sisters, Ellen Hedges Allmann, East Lansing, Mich., and Mary Jane Balph, Kentucky, and two grandchildren, Trevor and Hannah Manning, Ashville, N.C. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother. Mr. Lyons was a 1952

Reba M. Cronkhite

Reba M. Cronkhite, 66, Las Vegas, Nev., formerly of Greencastle, died Tuesday morning at University Medical Center at Las Vegas after an extended illness. Bom Jan. 4, 1925 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Ralph R. and Edna V. (Turner) Randel. She was married to Robert Patterson, and he preceded her in death. She later married Dale Cronkhite, and he also preceded her in death. Mrs. Cronkhite moved from Greencastle to North Judson in 1963 and was employed by Patterson’s Restaurant until her retirement She moved to Las Vegas in 1980. Survivors include a daughter,

Ronald Lee Cox

Ronald Lee Cox, 57, Marion, died Tuesday at Marion General Hospital. He was bom March 4,1934 in Greencastle, the son of Noble F. and Mary I. (Hess) Cox. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Cox was discharged Feb. 26 1958. He was a former employee of the Ft. Wayne News Sentinel and Journal Gazette. He was also a member of the Simpson Methodist Church in Ft. Wayne. Survivors include a brother, Alan G. Cox, Bloomington; a sister and brother-in-law, Patricia (Cox) and Alex Ortega,

Elizabeth Cooper

Elizabeth Cooper, 89, Coatesville, died Wednesday at Cardinal Health Care Center, Danville. She was bom Feb. 18, 1902 in Hendricks County, the daughter of Clarence and Mae (Mills) Worrell. In February 1921, she married Clarence Cooper. He survives. Mrs. Cooper was a Clayton High School graduate and a homemaker. She was previously a sales clerk for the L.S. Ayres and Co. and H.P. Wassons. She was also a member of the Coatesville Christian Church.

Hugh Watson Uhls

Hugh Watson Uhls, 86, Route 1, Roachdale, passed away Wednesday morning at Hendricks Community Hospital, Danville. He was bom July 12, 1904 in Franklin, Ky., the son of Richard Thomas Uhls and Mallettie (Finn) Uhls. He married Mattie Pierce on Oct. 8, 1929 at LaGrange, Ky., and she survives. Mr. Uhls worked as a master mechanic at Allison Gas Turbine Division of General Motors in Speedway before retiring.

Along with his wife, he is survived a son, Carl, Groveland; five daughters, Mallettie Dorsey

Jazz Ensemble concert Wednesday

The 20-member DePauw University Jazz Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 in the Performing Arts Center, Thompson Recital Hall. The ensemble is directed by Randy Salman, DePauw’s director of jazz studies. A wide variety of music will be featured from the libraries of

graduate of Dartmouth College. He received his master’s degree in 1964 from Florida State University. He was an Air Force veteran and a member of the Methodist faith. His family will receive friends 4-7 p.m. Friday at West and Parrish and Pedigo Funeral Home, Spencer. Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Gobin United Methodist Church in Greencastle. Dr. Fred Lamar, university chaplain, will officiate. DePauw football coach Nick Mourouzis, soccer coach Page Cotton and DPU director of admissions David Murray will also speak during the service. A reception for family and friends will follow the service in the faculty lounge of East College. The family has requested contributions be designated to the Richard Lyons Scholarship Fund at DePauw University.

Linda Cronkhite, Las Vegas; four sons and two daughters-in-law, Robert and Barbara Patterson, Jerry and Lois Patterson and Joe Cronhkite, all of North Judson, and Jim Cronkhite, Las Vegas; four grandchildren, Scott, Lee, Jonathon and Ashley Patterson, and a great-grandchild, Tyler Patterson. In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by her parents. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle, with Rev. Joseph Eubanks officiating. Burial will be at Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Capistrano, Calif.; three aunts, Ethel Vermillion, Greencastle, Marion Campbell, Roachdale and Dorothy Cooley, Laguna Hills, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Winifred Huddleston and Marjorie Kinnaman, and a brother. Noble F. Cox, Jr. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle. Rev. Paul Taylor will officiate. Friends may call from noon until time of service Friday. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Survivors, in addition to her husband, include a daughter, Rachael Andrews, Indianapolis; two brothers, Harry Worrell, Mooresville, and Raymond Worrell, Clayton; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Wingler Funeral Home, Coatesvile. Rev. Guy Lawyer will officiate. Friends may call 2-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Stilesville Cemetery.

and Lois Layson, both of Indianapolis, De Shea Villoch, Corpus Christie, Tex., Joyce Norris, Brownsburg, and Sherry Boiler, Broadway, Va.; 19 grandchildren, 19 greatgrandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Phyllis Green. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Servies & Morgan Funeral Home, Roachdale, with Rev. Phil Bilyou officiating. Friends may call 3-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Hebron Cemetery.

Woody Herman, Count Basie and others. Featured selections include “Freedom Jazz Dance” by Eddie Harris, “A Child’s Blues,” by Phil Woods, “Angelika” and “In Retrospect” by Frank Mantooth, “Frankie’s Tune” by Bob Mintzer, “Sax Shooter” by Lennie Niehous, and “Tribute to The Count.” The concert is free and open to the public.

Putnam scanner

City Police A three-vehicle accident was reported Wednesday afternoon in downtown Greencastle, City Police said. THE UNUSUAL 4:08 p.m. mishap occurred as Richard L. Davis, 17, Indianapolis, was westbound on Washington Street, approaching Indiana Street. A witness said Davis ran the stoplight, resulting in his 1977 Chevrolet truck colliding with a 1989 Chevrolet Citation, driven by Jana Grimes, 27, 25 Sunset Drive, Greencastle. Davis told police the light was green when he entered the intersection. The Grimes vehicle, meanwhile, had entered the Washington-In-diana intersection on the southeast comer of square. She was southbound on Indiana Street when the collision forced her vehicle west onto Washington. According to Assistant Chief Jim Hendrich’s report, the impact of the accident caused articles inside the Grimes car to become lodged against the floorboard and accelerator pedal. That caused the car to go out of control, police said. Grimes was able to steer the vehicle north onto Jackson Street, where it struck a parked 1987 Chevrolet truck, owned by Russell Evans, Bainbridge. Grimes suffered a contusion or bruise to the head and was taken via Operation Life ambulance to Putnam County Hospital. DAMAGE TO THE Grimes car was estimated at $2,500-55,000, while damage to the Evans and Davis vehicles was listed at S2OO- - Assistant Chief Hencirich and Capt. Paul Wilson were assisted at

School board

thought about the issue a lot since the February meeting, she offered the compromise. “Why don’t we allow the raise for this year but bring it back to the board when we know what the financial situation looks like for next year,” she said. Druckemiller endorsed the idea, telling the board, “If the legislature continues on its current path, it will be difficult for any group to get raises next year. You arc bound to the increment for teachers, but next year you may be freezing salaries.” THE INCREMENT raise is an approximately three percent increase teachers automatically receive every year. It is designed to reward the accumulation of professional experience. Any other negotiated raise is beyond the incremental raise. Druckemiller warned the board that a straight-lined budget or one that does not allow for increases in funding could result in program cuts and staff reductions next year. So far, Democrats are calling for a straight lined budget for the Indiana Department of Education, though that debate is far from over. He called Mrs. Ralph’s approach, “a prudent way to look at it.” And once Spencer accepted Mrs. Ralph’s idea as an amendment to his motion, the pay raises passed on a unanimous vote. “I DON’T KNOW HOW this will work out, but we’ve got something down in black and white to work on,” Allen said after the vote. But the GCSC’s financial future continued to concern the board members and the administration. With House Democrats drafting a state budget that docs not allow for any increase in state aid to schools and a wide variety of bills dealing with programs, no one is exactly sure what to expect from In-

SPHS homecoming queen vies for title

South Putnam High School senior Charity Owen, daughter of Sandra and Tim Hood, Cloverdale, and Jimmy Owen, Reelsville, is a finalist in the state pageant of the 11th annual America’s Homecoming Queen contest. She will compete Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17 at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Columbus. MISS OWEN WAS crowned 1990 South Putnam Homecoming Queen last fall. The 18-year-old was Student of the Month for January at SPHS. The young woman selected as Indiana’s Homecoming Queen will receive a cash scholarship plus an expense-paid trip to compete with queens from the other 49 states for the title of America’s Homecoming Queen this July in Honolulu. MISS OWEN PLANS to attend Vincennes University next fall. She

the scene by Putnam County Sheriff’s Department personnel. One traffic citation was issued overnight by city officers. Bruce M. Broadstreet, 23, Crawfordsville, was ticketed by Officer Darrin Cox for disregarding a stopsign on Avenue B. Sheriff’s Dept. A rural Greencastle man was arrested Wednesday evening for driving under the influence of after crashing his car into a fence about three miles west of the city, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department reported. Frank Long, 52, Route 6, was eastbound on West Walnut Street at 8:15 p.m. when he lost control of his 1978 Cadillac and crashed into a fence at Walnut Creek Farms. According to a report by Deputy Mark Albright, Long tested a .20 blood-alcohol content. He was also driving while suspended. Long was arrested and taken to the Putnam County Jail. Indiana State Police A New Ross woman was arrested Wednesday night for possession of marijuana under 30 grams, Indiana State Police at Putnamville reported. Zonia J. Thompson, 32, New Ross, was stopped at 11:45 p.m. by Trooper Jason Fajt for failing to dim the headlights of her vehicle. She was northbound on U.S. 231 near County Road 350 North when Tpr. Fajt stopped her. Upon investigation, Tpr Fajt smelled a strong odor of marijuana from the inside of the vehicle. He reportedly confiscated under 30 grams of the substance. Thompson is being housed in the Putnam County Jail.

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dianapolis once the General Assembly is over. The budget that passed out of the House has been criticized by virtually every faction in the legislature, including some of the House Democrats who voted for it. Attempts to rewrite it or alter it in the Senate are under way. Some of those attempts are gaining support from both sides of the aisle in both chambers. And they hold out the promise of additional dollars for education. But nothing is complete and the whole issue seems to be headed for a conference committee in the final week of the session some 516 weeks from now. COMPLICATING that complex picture is an attempt to rewrite the state’s funding formula, which is also being attacked as unconstitutional in a state court. That formula could straight line education funding, or it could be altered to increase that funding. Debate on that bill also is continuing. Throw in issues like collective bargaining rights for non-certified employees, the possible elimination of Prime Time or At-Risk funding, and a plethora of other ideas, and predicting the future of education finance in Indiana becomes a very tricky art. “I’m not expecting to get any relief from the legislature this year,” Druckemiller told the board. He complained that the budgeting process has become highly politicized with eyes on the 1992 governor’s race. NONETHELESS, the board asked Druckemiller to prepare a report on the financial future of the school system, to be presented at the board’s next meeting, which is set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 at Miller Education Center. Other board action will be covered in a future article.

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Innkeepers

enough and by working with a small amount of funding he began developing various programs to revive interest in the recreation area. Since 1986, Albietz and his staff put in a physical fitness trail, basketball courts, shuffleboard courts, horseshoe pits, an activity center where basketballs, softballs and other sporting paraphernalia are passed out for free. THE PARK ALSO developed water safari boat trips that arc greatly in need and holds volleyball, whiffleball, basketball, euchre, bridge and other tournaments. Beach games for adults and children are also offered. A Civil War weekend is also held during the summer that features an actual battle and ball. A highlight of the fall season is the annual Trail of Terror haunted nature trail. Albietz said that last Halloween, 117 volunteers put 4,000 people through the attraction in one weekend. CURRENTLY, THE recreation is making preparations for the annual Easter Egg Hunt The hunt kicks off at 11 a.m. March 30 at the park where children from toddler age up to 12 years old may hunt for plastic eggs filled with candy. Special areas will be available for handicap children and special treats for diabetic children. Albietz said that when the first hunt was held three years ago, 1,200 eggs were put out. This year about 10,000 will be hidden. ONE OF THE MOST important aspects of all the activities, Albietz said, is that all are handicapped accessible and the activities are free. The park’s programs have grown so significantly from 1984 when no structured programs were held that in 1989, a total of 515 programs v.crc held. Those programs and others continue today. These programs have also led to lower incidents of vandalism and higher revenue increases for the park. Albietz explained that from 1981-88, park revenue increased by 17 percent. From 1985-89 the revenue increased by 50 percent. HE ATTRIBUTES the success to community support, donations and volunteers. “This is all about people having fun,” Albietz said. Tourism Board president Junker agreed and felt the bureau could work with the park and other county recreation areas to promote the various activities held at the facilities. “There arc so many direct parallels between Lieber and what we arc trying to do,” Tourism Director

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Bill Patterson said. “We are both selling fun.” PATTERSON SAID that the bureau needs to start working with all festival organizations and county organizations to promote their activities. Junker said that he would like the bureau make a monthly calendar of events available to hotels to put in rooms. Patterson is asking for any group that sponsors a festival or any special event to notify him of the particular event, date, anticipated attendance, contact person and phone number. He is also wanting to list particular events and festivals in the fall/winter brochure put out state-wide from the Indiana Division of Tourism Development. Deadline for the festival guide is March 18. PATTERSON CAN be contacted at 653-8743, 1-800-458-5980 or 2 South Jackson St., Greencastle, 46135. In other business Tuesday night, the board discussed how to enforce hotel/motel owners to pay their share of the innkeepers tax. Board members were concerned about a few Putnam County establishments not paying the tax. According to Indiana State Statute, the tax must be paid by the 20th of the following month. “WE NEED TO monitor this or we may be losing a lot of revenue,” Patterson said. President Junker said that the board does not have a problem with this yet but wants to find out where they stand with the particular hotels and the tax money. “We want to work with these people,” he said. Treasurer Jatkman reported that as of Feb. 28, board has $2,147 in the checking account and $9,517 in the savings account. Patterson also asked approval to begin the design stages for a bureau logo. The board unanimously approved the request. HE ALSO TOLD the board he is looking into the purchasing of welcome banners to be used for convention groups that come to Putnam County. Patterson said that by purchasing banners with removable letters, the county can personalize a group’s name and make them feel special. “The banners would really make a group feel special and also puts the word out to the community that something is going on,” he said. President Junker also asked the board to consider studying a visitor bureau in Cloverdale. The board decided to further investigate the idea. The board’s next meeting will be held April 9 in Greencastle at the tourism office.

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