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C2 Local Journal and Courier Saturday July 16 2005 Expo hears report on state of black youth 0 By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Indiana Black Expp hopes a new report comparing education health andother conditions for black youth in 14 cities across Indiana will lead to local initiatives to correct some of the problem areas The report called of Our Black was released ri day during a town hall meeting on black families as part of Black showcase annual event its Summer Celebration in Indi anapolis The 92 page study compiled by the Indiana Youth Institute compared well ness indicators in 14 cities where Black Expo has local affiliates and identified their strengths and weaknesses The 14 communities are Ander son East Chicago Elkhart Evansville ort Wayne Gary Hammond Indianapolis Jeffer sonville Kokomo Lafayette 'Muncie South Bend and Terre Haute Arvis Dawson Black chairman of the board said com munities can take the data and design programs to address ar eas where they can improve or example Elkhart where Dawson is a city councilman and a middle school health and physical edu cation teacher needs to improve in several education indicators including its black dropout rate and ISTEP scores Dawson said he plans to take the report to his school board so it can develop practices that the education a keen interest in making sure everyone can reach the Dawson said in an in terview The report covering On the Net Indiana Youth institute: www iyiorg Indiana Black Expo: wwwindi anablackexpocom some 184000 black youth also presents data in the areas of fam ilies economics health child pro tection high risk behavior and protective factors such as the number of libraries or agencies serving youth Bill Stanczy kiewicz the pres ident and chief executive of the Indiana Youth In stitute said the data presented in the report is largely consistent with national re ports on the sta tus of black youth economically educationally and in other areas On a statewide level the per centage of black households own ing their homes rose to 441 per cent in 2003 from 417 percent two years earlier while during the same period the median black household income fell to $28537 from $30175 Th un employment rate for blacks 16 and older rose to 196 percent from 119 percent during the same two years an economic down turn the people who suffer most are those on the lower rungs of the employment Stanczykiewicz said The report culls its data from the US census reports the Indi ana Department of Education and other state agencies gives everyone involved the same scorecard even if folks disagree on a proposed Stanczykiewicz said "There's a keen interest in making sure everyone can reach' the bar" Arvis Dawson Black Expo chairman amilies asked to repay mistaken flood aid By The Associated Press HAZLETON Six families who received aid from the eder al Emergency Management Agency following January flood ing in their southwestern Indiana town are being asked to repay the money because of a computer er ror EMA spokeswoman Linda Sa cia said the cheeks were erro neously sent to families who live in or around the town of Hazle ton which flooded in January af ter a rain swollen White River burst through a levee But the town about 30 miles north of Evansville does not participate in the National lood Insurance Pro gram and was therefore ineligible to receive EMA assistance was a Sacia said from EMA) spelled the name of the community Sacia said the agency can do lit tle to assist flooding victims who have no federal insurance i ignore our regula Sacia said why peo ple are having the money re i The January flooding forced Becky Newlin from her home in Hazleton She received a $3500 aid check from EMA for repairs and temporary housing but last week she got a call from EMA asking her to repay the money Newlin's relatives said Becky Newlin had already spent the money and that repaying it would be a hardship Pam Bright a spokeswoman for the Indiana Department of Home land Security said that the state agency would urge EMA to let the families keep the money be cause was error not the error or the Sacia said people who mistak enly received EMA money will be allowed to pay it back on a long term low interest loan program that she described as liber Deaths Eugene Hoppes 88 Earl Eugene Hoppes 88 of Gainesville la died Thurs day July 14 2005 after an ex tended illness Hoppes Born at home June 12 1917 near Tab in War ren County he married Doris Ca nine June 12 1938 in Oxford He was a grain and dairy farmer in Indiana and also sold real es tate He retired to Gainesville in 1982 Mr Hoppes was a 59 year mem ber of the Masonic Lodge He en joyed country music and played banjo and guitar in a square dance band Hoppes and the Satellites He was a charter member and Richard Cripe 64 Richard Cripe 64 1513 Stoneripple Circle died at 1:54 pm Thursday July 14 2005 at St Elizabeth Medical Center Born Aug 16 1940 in West Lafayette he had lived in the greater Lafayette area most of his life He was a 1958 graduate of Jefferson High Cripe 1963 School He mar ried Diana Lentz on Aug 20 1961 in Lafayette Mr Cripe was the owner and operator of Venture One Ap praisals in Lafayette and was a certified real estate appraiser and an Indiana real estate broker He served in the Army from past deacon of the Covenant Pres byterian Church in Gainesville He enjoyed church and yard work Surviving are his wife two daughters Rebecca McIntyre of Olympia ields Ill and Melinda Coleman (husband: Mark) of Aug 26 1963 to Aug 25 1967 He was trained by the Army Se curity Agency and served part of his tour of duty in Korea Mr Cripe was a charter mem ber ofCrestview United Brethren in Christ where he was very ac Kemper Mrs Harshman was a home Martha A Kemper 84 Martha Alice Cahoon Kemper 84 died riday July 15 2005 atthe Indiana Veterans Home inWest Lafayette Gainesville la and two sisters Thelma Hoppes of Boswell and Barbara Haniford of Pine Village and Robert Harshman of Peru five daughters Connie Sprunger (husband: Duane) of Berne Re becca Lennon of Indianapolis Carol Rodriguez (husband: Michael) of Lafayette Betty Mc arland (husband: Ron) of Viola Del and Paula Picket (husband: Born in rank fort on Dec 20 1920 she gradu ated from rank fort High School and moved to the Lafayette area in 1952 She married Burl Kemper on June 1 1947 in Colfax and he died Oct 29 1992 She was a veterans service of ficer in Tippecanoe County for 13years and worked in the county nfhrp fnr 17 VAflrfi I Mrs Kemper was a member of Wesleyan Church Surviving are two sons tive He also was a member of the Lafayette Board of Realtors His hobbies were bowling golf ing playing cards and he enjoyed attending Purdue University bas ketball and football games Surviving are his wife three daughters Cynthia Tillema (hus band: Dean) of DeMotte Cath leen Stephens (husband: David) of Waynetown' and Charlene Turner Charles) of Lafayette and two brothers George Robert Cripe (wife: Nan cy) of Bradenton la and James Cripe (wife: Sharon) of Nineveh Blythe Harshman 91 Blythe Harshman 91 of 5233 County Road 900 Keystone mother of a local resident died at 6:15 am Thursday July 14 2005 at her home She was born Sept 5 1913 in Salem Washington County She marneu raui naisnnian on American Legion Post 11 where March 28 1931 in Covington He jshe was a service officer for 11 died on Aug 18 1980 fyears She was chosen Indiana Mrs Harshman was a home i Service Officer of the Year in 1982 maker and a member of Sonlight and was named a Sagamore of the (Wnhash in Shp had served las a sergeant in Army Harshman of Keystone I Auxiliary Corps in World War 11 Surviving are a son Monte i Kemper (wife: Donna) of I Lafayette a daughter Diana Sue Verhey (husband Darrel of West i Point and a brother James Cahoon of Lafayette Jerry Baugher 64 Jerry Baugher 64 of 6632 i County Road 200 Claypool i mother of a local resident died jat 8:10 pm Thursday July 14 2005 at her home i Born Aug 9 1940 in Colum bus Ohio she lived in the Syra i cuse area for 28 years and Clay pool for seven years She mar ried Alan Baugher on Dec 24 12003 Mrs Baugher a commercial seamstress for lexaust retiredin 2005 She was a member of Goldwing 1 Motor Cycle Club of Warsaw is Surviving are her husband four daughters Peggy Eppert (husband: Mike) and Donna I Barth (husband: Bill) both of I Syracuse Pam Ridings (husband: (Dave) of West Lafayette and Leann Anderson (husband: Tra i cy) of New Paris two sons Ed I die Colley (wife: Deb) of Sweet Home Ore and Arvil Colley (wife: Hettie) of Warsaw three stepdaughters Bobbi Kosins (husband: Eric) of Warsaw Traci i McDavitt (husband: Ken) and Ashley Doll (husband: Joe) both of Bourbon five brothers and three sisters Robert) of St Charles Moand a sister Pauline Illey of Indi anapolis Mary Walker 88 Mary Bill Walker 88 of 920 21st St died at 11:05 am Thursday July 14 2005 at Mul berry Health and Retirement Center She had been a patient there for two years Born April 19 1917 in Lafayette she graduated from Monitor High School She mar ried Samuel Walker on Nov 28 1948 in Lafayette He died in ebruary 1986 Mrs Walker was a homemak er and seamstress working out of her home She also worked for Sears for several years Surviving are two daughters Barbara Clinton (husband: Dr William) of rankfort and Mar ta oth of Lafayette Barbara Young 64 Barbara Knutson Young 64 of West Lafayette died Thursday July 14 2005 at St Vincent Carmel Hospital No further information was available Randall Shaw 51 ROSSVILLE Randall Shaw 51 of Rossville died at 12:01 am' Thursday July 14 2005 at St Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette Born June 11 1954 in Indi anapolis he grad uated from Del phi High School He married Joyce Neff on April 20 1990 'in Pyr mont Mr Shaw owned and operated Con struction He was an Army veteran a specialist fourth class serving from June 30 1971 to June 24 1974 He enjoyed fishing and hunting Surviving are his wife a daughter Holly Shaw and a son David AT Shaw both at home a stepdaughter Tina Keeton of Rossville his mother Estell Shaw of Delphi three sisters Nina Jer lene Kibler (husband: Lowell) of Delphi Shirley Kathlene Moore (husband: Bob) of Rossville and Darlene Spencer (husband: Stan) of lora and four brothers Roy Shaw (wife: Velma) and Loy Shaw (wife: Carolyn) both of Del phi Leland Dale Shaw of Craw fordsville and Larry Shaw of Lafayette Al Jst" A Shaw Julana Kiel 93 Julana Stepp Kiel 93 of Columbus Ind mother of a lo cal resident died at 7:50 am ri day July 15 2005 at our Sea sons Health Care Center in Columbus She was born on May 20 1912 in Bartholomew County She mar ried Herbert A Kiel on Nov 12 1937 He preceded her in death Mrs Kiel formerly was em ployed at the Bartholomew Coun ty office She was a member of irst Baptist Church a founder of the lower Lane Garden Club and sponsor of the Mud Lark Garden Club all in Columbus and the last surviving local founder of Sig ma Phi Gamma sorority She en joyed flowers and bird watching Surviving are a son ritz Kiel (wife: Sylvia) of Columbus a daughter Shari Kohne of Lafayette and a sister Alis Rick etts of Sioux alls SD Bertha Rood 74 Bertha Elizabeth Rood 74 of Sheridan sister of local and area residents died Thursday July 14 2005 at Riverview Hospital in No blesville She was born March 19 1931 in Monon Her marriage was on May 13 1946 to Robert Rood He died Nov 9 1985 Mrs Rood retired from Sheri dan Healthcare Center where she was a aide in 1993 She was a member of KV El liott American Legion Post 67 Auxiliary of Sheridan Surviving are two sons rank Lee Rood and Charles Richard Rood both of Sheridan four daughters rances Jones and Dorothy Phillips both of Sheri dan Bernice Kay Rood of Lebanon and Shelia arris (hus band: Paul L) of Lisdon a broth er Merle Campbell of Lafayette and two sisters Vir ginia Keller of Mulberry and Bar bara White of rankfort Winifred Rosen 79 Winifred Rosen 79 of 341 Smiley St WL died at 2:43 pm riday July 15 2005 at her res idence No further information was available LOGJAM Putting fill in the creek was a violation next Officials with the Indiana De partment of Natural Resources and the Army Corps of Engi neers plan to return to the site of the logjam on Wildcat Creek at the Norfolk Southern Railway trestle next week to update the cleanup's status DNR and the Army Corps also say they are willing to dis cuss how Norfolk Southern can continually maintain its trestle over the Wildcat and still be wittv in the environmental regulations set forth at the state and feder al level Continued from Page C1 area and over the swift moving creek The cleanup stopped after questions about the effort were raised earlier this week un clear how long the excavation work has been going on but rep resentatives of the Army Corps of Engineers and the DNR indi cated riday they were first 'made aware of the cleanup effort this week expect to have everything done by the middle of next week and have everything restored the way it was said Rudy Husband a spokesman for Nor folk Southern in Philadelphia Army Corps officials initially said they think Norfolk 1 Southern needed the federal per mit for the work Law was violated But after touring the site ri day Deborah Snyder a regula tion specialist for the Army Corps in Indianapolis said the railroad company violated federal law when it used fill from the nearby sandbar to construct the road over the creek without a permit of fill into the creek was a she said we treat it asa violation because they are working with us on fixing the problem The goal is to get this cleaned I Meantime she said the Army Corps will grant Norfolk South ern a after the so it can restart the work and rectify the problem as quickly as equip ment can be brought back in Timing also is an issue since the debris and sizable trees pose a health and safety hazard I meeting was at the edge of the Wildcat where re gional Norfolk Southern officials Jim Kazmierczak and Bill Hayes met with Brian Boszor a West Lafayette biologist with the Division of ish Wildlife as well as Thompson and Snyder Two Norfolk Southern work ers who helped with the cleanup arid Chuck Weis of the Wildcat Creek oundation also attended Husband at Norfolk Southern i comment about how the i company would handle future logjam problems at the site say ing focused solely on resolv ing the current issue thought we had the prop i er paperworkf but it turned out: we he said Confusion about request That confusion according to Norfolk Southern stemmed from its request last year for a permit 1 costing $200 to use heavy equip ment to clear debris from a log jam on the Wildcat at the trestle That request was filed in late Jan uary 2004 but in mid March 2004 a DNR official observed that the work had been completed be fore the permit had been grant i ed The result was a $1500 fine i Thompson however said ri day it should have been clear to Norfolk Southern that that per mit was for work already com pleted and that a new request for I a permit should have been filed for the current logjam Weis said thankful that wildlife was not affected in a ma jor way by the railroad And satisfied with the outcome of ri meeting and the cleanup deadline set for Norfolk South ern to an extent wish they have to go back in with the heavy equip Weis said no way to undo this without Births 1 Home Hospital July 14 Josh Williams and Amanda Bennett Lafayette a son Gary and Elizabeth Carr Rensselaer a daughter Brad Gephart and Carrie Mussar Gephart Otterbein a daughter Kevin and Jenny Macias Lafayette a son Sean and Melissa McTague Lafayette a daughter Ted and Amy Sander Monti cello a son John and Jodi Zero West Lafayette a daughter Elizabeth Hill Lafayette a son Efrain and Delia Huizar Lafayette a son Isaac Wyatt and Allison Bright Lafayette a daughter Ryan Logan and Roxanne Zorola Lafayette a son Marvin Jeffrey and Mindy Martin Rensselaer twin daugh ters Benda Hamilton and Keith Quillen Monticello a son uneral Notices CRIPE Richard Visitation 1 4 pm Sunday at Soller Baker Lafayette Chapel 400 Twyckenham Blvd Service there at 10:30 am Monday Pastor Dan Young officiating Interment Dayton Cemetery Surviving are 6 grand children Dean III Joshua and Caleb Tillema Nicole Stephens and Jus tan and Brady Turner Preceded in death by his parents the Rev George and Velma Murr Cripe Memorials to Crestview United Brethren in Christ Building und 1400 Ortman Lane Lafayette 47909 wwwsoller bakercom HOPPES Eugene 2 pm (EDT) Sunday July 17 at Covenant Presbyterian Church Gainesville la Surviving are 4 grandchildren 3 great grand children He was beloved to the grandchildren and friends He enjoyed his family and friends In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Covenant Presbyterian Church 100t NW 98th St Gainesville la 32606 Arrangements by Williams Thomas uneral Home Gainesville KEMPER Martha A Visitation 5 8 pm Sunday July 17 2005 at Hippensteel uneral Home with the funeral Monday July 1 18 2005 at Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette Chaplain Guy Studebaker officiating Interment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Sur viving are 9 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Preceded in death by parents Orus and Eva AWarren Cahoon and a sister MaryPurvis Memorials to be made to American Cancer Society or amily Physicians through Hospice KIEL Julana Calling 2 5 pm Sunday July 1 7 2005 and from 9:30 am until the service time at 10:30 am Monday July 18 2005 at Myers uneral Ser vice at their Reed Jewell Chapel 3729 25th St Columbus IN the Rev: Jon A Carlstrom officiating In terment Riverview Cemetery Seyr mour our grandchildren 7 great grandchildren survive Preceded in death by her parents David and Anna Miller Stepp: a brother Lavene Stepp: a sister Margaret Stemply Memorial contributions: Hospice of South Central Indiana or irst Bap tist Church oundation ROOD Bertha Visitation4 8 pm Monday July 18 2005 at Kercheval uneral Home Sheridan Service there at 2 pm Tuesday July 19 2005 the Rev George Cooper officiating Interment Crown View Cemetery Sheridan Surviving are 15 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren 7 great great grandchildfen a sister in law Vir ginia Maxine Gader of Lebanon several nieces and nephews Pre ceded in death by a son Gleasel Al bert Rood Memorial contributions': Indiana Chapter of the American Di abetes Association SHAW Randall Visitation 4 8 pm Sunday at David son uneral Home Delphi Service there at 1 1 am Monday July 18 2005 Pastor Guy Studebaker off ici atmg Interment IOO Memorial Gar dens Delphi Two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews survive? Preceded in death by his father Arthur Shaw on Oct 26 2003 Memorial contributions may be made to the family WALKER Mary riends may call from 12:30 pm un til the time of service at 2 pm Mon day at Soller Baker Lafayette Chapel 400 Twyckenham Blvd the Rev Dr Clayton Kendall officiating Interment 'Spring Vale Cemetery Lafayette ive grandchildren 1 great grandson survived Preceded in death by 2 brothers Memorials to American Cancer Society 401 2C Earl Ave "Lafayette IN 47905 wwwsoller bakercom YOUNG Barbara Arrangements pending at Hippen steel uneral Home Rrmtmbering Begiru" MARTHA A KEMPER BARBARA YOUNG rer 742 7302 9th Salem HippeniteeLfiineralhomecom SOLLERgAKER uneral Humes Ittc 400 Twyckenham Blvd CRIPE Richard BOWMAN Betty WALKER Mary Bill Lafayette 1 184 Sagamore Pkwy ROSEN Winifred Obituary Line 474 31 1 3 ADM PHONE: 474 1111 wwwsoller bakercom.