EVANSVILLE COURIER PRESS I I I I I I I I TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007 B5 OBITUARIES TAX Continued from Page B4 Surviving are her husband, Winters Sr. Trent Hascel; and Shannon daughters, Johnson; Linda Bobby PRINCETON Bobby sons, Michael and Anthony Winters 76, died Saturday, Dreyhaupt and Dennis JohnAug. 25, 2007, at his home. son; a sister, Rita Trader; eight He retired from Alcoa and grandchildren; and five greatwas a member of the United grandchildren. Presbyterian Church.
Services noon ThursSurviving are a son, Chuck; day at Holy Name of five grandchildren; and two Jesus Catholic Church, burial in great-grandchildren. Fairmont Cemetery. Services 10 a.m. Thurs- Visitation is 1 to 8 p.m. day at Colvin Funeral Home, Wednesday, with a 6 p.m.
burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. prayer service, and to 11:30 Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. a.m. Thursday at RudyWednesday, with a 7 p.m. Ma- Rowland Funeral Home.
sonic service. Memorials may Memorials may be made to be made to the Keimer Christ- her church building fund. mas Fund. INDIANA FUNERALS a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
LAMAR Harold L. Hunter, 81, services 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter's United Church of Christ, burial in Garden of Memory Cemetery in Gentryville, Ind. Visitation 2 to 8 p.m.
today at Youngblood Funeral Home in Chrisney, Ind. KENTUCKY Johnny Brown MADISONVILLE Johnny Brown died Aug. 26, 2007, in Louisville. He had been a correction officer and was a Vietnam War Army veteran and member of Marion Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Sarah Brown; sons, Brian and Daven; mother, Anna Brown; sisters, Pat Kirk and Vicki Goble; and a granddaughter.
Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Harris Funeral Home, burial in Prospect Church Cemetery near Dalton, with military rites. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today. WASHINGTON Laura Ferguson, 80, services 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday at Gill Chapel, burial in Fairview Cemetery in Elnora, Ind. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today and after 9 Anna Clement HENDERSON- Anna (Favor) Clement, 89, died Friday, Aug. 24, 2007, in Lakeland, Fla. Surviving are daughters, Dolores Lerch, Elizabeth Hugo, Helen Clement, Laura Mitchell, Sherry Kirkland and Rhonda Brown; sons, James and Jesse; 27 grandchildren; and 64 great-grandchildren.
Services 1 p.m. Wednesday at Tapp Funeral Home, burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation is 10 a.m. to service time. Memorials may be made to Palm Terrace Hospice in Lakeland.
Louise Gorman HAWESVILLE Louise (Raley) Gorman, 90, died Monday, August 27, 2007, at Heartland Villa in Lewisport. She had worked for the Republican Headquarters and General Electric and was a member of Hawesville United Methodist Church. Surviving are a son, Roy daughter, Kay Beth Adkins; six grandchildren; and 11 greatgrandchildren. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hawesville United Methodist Church, burial in Serenity Hills.
Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. today and 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Gibson Son Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hawesville United Methodist Church.
Gordon Holland PRINCETON Gordon Holland, 62, died Aug. 26, 2007, at Crittenden County Health System in Marion. He was a Baptist minister. Surviving are his wife, Brenda; a son, Eddie; sister, Dottie Peters; brothers, Bobby and Dickie; and three grandchildren. Services 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Morgan's Funeral Home, burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 9 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to Gideons International. Barbara Johnson HENDERSON Barbara Johnson, 63, died Sunday, Aug.
26, 2007, at her home. She had been an accounting assistant and was a member of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Continued from Page B1 The two biggest sources of state funding are sales taxes and individual income taxes, so the agency looked to those as possible pools of replacement revenue for property taxes. Powers said lawmakers could cut property taxes in half if they increased the flat 3.4 percent individual income tax rate by an additional 2.6 percent, making the rate 6 percent. To replace property tax levies completely, the income tax rate would have to be raised by 5.6 percent for a new rate of PICKUPS Continued from Page B1 While the attorney general's official opinion is nonbinding, Senate Transportation Chairman Thomas Wyss, the law's author, said he hopes police agencies will interpret it the way Carter has. Wyss was dismayed by the Criminal Justice Institute's legal opinion and requested Carter review it.
"If somebody wants to challenge it and take it to court, so be it. I will certainly abide by that," said Wyss, R-Fort Wayne. State Rep. Suzanne Crouch, R-Evansville, co-authored the bill in the Indiana House. She said legislative intent was always to ban the dangerous practice of passengers riding unrestrained in truck beds.
"It is gratifying to know the intent, as interpreted by the attorney general, will save lives Continued from Page B1 can in these monstrous budgets," co*ker said. The budget includes $6.3 million in debt service payments, some of which are for the Southern Indiana Career Technical Center. Resident Rodney Witherspoon wondered if a portion of fees paid by students who use the facility, such as those who attend night school classes, could go toward the debt service. Resident Gina Johnson noted the budget doesn't contain funds to bring full-time nurses back to all schools. Several nurse positions were eliminated in 2002-03 budget cuts.
Continued from Page B1 At-large candidates will debate in the first hour with Robert Dion, an assistant professor of political science at University of Evansville, moderating. Talitha Washington, assistant professor of mathematics at UE, will moderate the second hour, when the candidates in the contested ward races are scheduled to debate. One student from each high school in Evansville will be invited to attend the debate and submit questions, Heiman said. The public can submit questions via e-mail at Video presentations can be dropped off at the WNIN-PBS9 studios. Heiman said she expects topics to range from the city's sewers, parks, streets, property reassessment and the future of Roberts Stadium.
"We have some questions of our own, but we're going to see what the public comes up with," she said. "So far, it has been an almost non issue campaign except for the issues (Andrew) Smith has raised." Smith, a Republican atlarge, has criticized Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel, saying his administration should focus on improving the city's sewers before pondering the future of Roberts Stadium. He challenged the mayor to a debate earlier this month, but Weinzapfel declined and said he would only debate his challenger, Republican David Nixon. HALLMARK "On Your Lot" Affordable Custom Homes INC. Your Plan or Ours! We are Indiana's "On Your Lot" Affordable Custom Home Builder The "Whitehall" Shown with Optional Porch Since 1992! Starting from $135.047 2,668 sq.ft.
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433 E. S3rd Street 9 percent. The 6 percent sales mission is to find real answers warning that all the data had tax rate could be raised to 9.5 to real problems and measure to be turned in by Oct. 15, or percent to cut property taxes in factually whether we can get the DLGF could withhold i its half, or to 13.2 percent to elimi- there or not," he said. approvals of budgets and bond nate them, she said.
The commission's hearings issues. Another option would be to take place as the Indiana De- Meanwhile, conservative raise the sales tax rate to 11.1 partment of Local Government activist and lobbyist Eric Miller percent and apply the sales tax Finance, or DLGF, is reviewing testified at the Kenley tax comto all services except medical disparities between residential mission Monday and presentones. Most services are exempt reassessments, which went up ed a plan that calls for a state from the Indiana sales tax. significantly, and industrial constitutional amendment Commission chairman Sen. and commercial reassessments, abolishing property taxes, Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, which hardly changed in some which he said could be replaced said it was one thing to talk counties.
DLGF commis- by raising sales and income about eliminating property sioner Cheryl Musgrave has taxes. taxes, but another to actually requested three sets of assess- The earliest the amenddo it. ment data from all 92 counties. ment process could be purpose of this com- She issued letters to counties, ed is November 2010. KENTUCKY FUNERALS HENDERSON Nelda Cowan Beck, 72, services 10 a.m.
Wednesday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home, burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation 2 to 8 p.m. today and until service time at the funeral home. HICKORY Vera Deering, 90, services 1 p.m today at Tapp Funeral Home, burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation 10 a.m.
to service time at the funeral home. SEBREE Evelyn (Thomas) McCully, 87, services 1 p.m. Wednesday at Tomblinson Funeral Home, Sebree Chapel, burial in Springdale Cemetery. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
to service time at the funeral home. ILLINOIS Edward Curlock DAHLGREN Edward Curlock, 81, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2007, in Mount Vernon. He owned and operated Garage and was a World War II Army veteran. Surviving are his wife, Nadine; daughters, Brenda Kennedy and Vicki Clevenger; son, Gary; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services 10 a.m. Wednesday at Gholson Funeral Home, burial in Odd Fellow Cemetery, with military rites. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today. Eileen Englebright CARMI Eileen (Sefried) Englebright, 93, died Monday, Aug.
27, 2007, at the Wabash Christian Retirement Center. She had worked at Ainsbrooke and was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church. Surviving is a sister, Esta Sefried. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday at Stendeback Family Funeral burial in North Maple Ridge Cemetery.
Visitation is 10 a.m. to service time. Kenneth Jamerson CARMI Kenneth Jamerson, 72, died Monday, Aug. 27,2007, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. He had worked in the oilfields and as a bartender.
Surviving are daughters, Wenona Jamerson and Barbara Howard; two grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters. Services 1 p.m. Thursday at Stendeback Family Funeral burial in Maple Ridge Cemetery is pending. Visitation is noon to service time. ILLINOIS FUNERALS CARMI Ward Fuller, 96, services 11 a.m.
today at Campbell Funeral Home, entombment in White County Memorial Garden Mausoleum. Visitation 10 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. FAIRFIELD Wanda Murphy, 93, services 11 a.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, burial in Bestow Cemetery in Geff, Ill.
Visitation 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. in the future," Crouch said. Until now, Indiana State Police had interpreted the law as not applying to riders in truck beds because truck beds did not come equipped with manufacturer-installed equipment, ISP First Sgt. Brian Olehy said.
State Police Superintendent Paul Whitesell had just seen Carter's legal opinion and still was reviewing it with attorneys Monday, Olehy said, so it was not yet determined whether ISP would enforce the law differently now. Legal staff of the Criminal Justice Institute also are deferring comment until they review the attorney general's opinion, according to spokeswoman Mica Perry. Vanderburgh County Sheriff Eric Williams said deputies will begin enforcing the pickup Many children need daily medications for conditions ranging from diabetes to bipolar disorders, and health professionals should be giving those, Johnson said. The School Board will vote on the budget Sept. 10.
Board President Dana Willett said the board will be "very diligent" in answering questions asked at Monday's hearing. The board will reconvene Wednesday in closed-session retreat, during which it will develop an evaluation procedure for Superintendent Vincent Bertram. "Nobody will hold me to a higher standard than I will hold myself," Bertram said, provision of the new law. "Rest assured, if the attorney general says we can write tickets for it, we are going to," Williams said. The Evansville Police Department previously had interpreted the seat belt law as not applying to truck beds.
But Assistant Police Chief Rob Hahn said the opinion would lead to enforcing it differently. "We'll put it out to (the officers) that 'Hey, this is the opinion, this is how we'll do business," Hahn said. If a motorist gets ticketed and decides to challenge the legality of the law, ultimately a court would decide. "We don't want to be a test case, necessarily. But in this case, we see these young kids riding in the beds of pickup trucks; it's a horribly dangerous thing to do," Williams said.
adding he is focused on developing a strategic plan for EVSC. Bertram sought to distinguish the upcoming strategic plan from the two-year-old MGT of America study, which is largely focused on finding cost savings. The school corporation needs a strategic plan on how to best meet the community's expectations, according to Bertram. "I view our children and families as our customers," he said. Also during Wednesday's retreat, the School Board will have a session with a mediator from the Indiana School Boards "It would be nice to write a ticket if we can't gain compliance by other means." If a deputy stops a pickup with too many occupants for the seat belts, he might issue them a warning if they call someone to pick up the excess passengers, Williams said.
Violators of the seat belt law could face a $25 fine. The law was an effort to close longstanding loopholes in Indiana's seat belt laws by requiring all adult occupants of truck-plated sport utility vehicles and pickups and all back-seat passengers to buckle up. Children under age 16 already had to use seat belts or child-safety seats. Patients in ambulances, riders in the living quarters of recreational vehicles and operators of farm vehicles are still exempt. Association on how it can, in Willett's words, "sharpen the saw" and work more effectively as a group.
In other business Monday, the School Board: Heard Willett report that a donation of more than $8,000 was made by the Evansville Regional Business Committee to defray transportation costs associated with the superintendent search. "It was a very generous offer," Willett said. Passed out certificates of recognition to those involved with the Public Safety Summer Academy, which was attended by about 400 middle school students. Welfare services to change Food stamps, other benefits becoming automated By KEN KUSMER Indiana will begin to roll out the new Associated Press writer automation on Oct. 22 for a 12-counMARION, Ind.
The state human servic- ty swath of northern Indiana. es agency provided a look Monday at a service center that will change the way the state de- employees of the vendors and FSSA demonlivers food stamps and other welfare benefits, strated the systems intended to streamline but questions remain among some advocates current processes and supplement 107 local and others who work with recipients. FSSA offices, which will also continue to take Top leaders of the Family and Social Ser- applications. vices Administration and the IBM Automated telephone services will walk team of contractors that is automating the callers through a menu of options, or, if the process said the new system will deliver on callers prefer, connect them with a person the promises its backers have made in the who might better answer their questions. face of widespread skepticism.
An interactive Web site will ask applicants The state will begin to roll out the new about their households, assets and needs, automation on Oct. 22 for a 12-county swath show which benefits they appear eligible for of northern Indiana from White County and even fill out applications that can then be north of Lafayette to Randolph County east printed, signed and returned. of Muncie that's home to about 10 percent Client advocate Beryl Cohen of the watchof the state's welfare population. The area dog group Citizens Action Coalition warned will be the pilot project for the new way of that FSSA, IBM and their partners still have applying for and receiving food stamps, Med- glitches to work out before the project begins icaid and financial assistance. in less than two months.
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