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-V 4 (II.) Journal Gazette Saturday, April 6, 1985 Local flOaOo State JiAujthole be announced in the "coming weeks." winter, so we think we will be able has begun in some areas of to make some signficiant strides in Southern Illinois, where the permanent repairs' of our temperatures have stayed alj the 40-deeree Farenheit marlf. roads," Baise said. SPRINGFIELD (UPI) State Transportation Department officials inrlday1auTiChedTr330Tniler $34 million pothole repair program aimed at sealing, patching and paving winter-damaged roads. None of the work scheduled will be in Coles or surrounding counties. Greg Baise, state.

transportation secretary, said a milder than usual winter and 30 percent more funding than last year means the spring repair program will play an important part in bolstering overall highway maintenance efforts. "Illinois has been fortunate this program will contain few suprises. "1 doubt there will be anything significant than what has already been proposed in the governor's 'Build Illinois program," Baise said. Gov. Jamas R.

Thompson's Build Illinois' public works repair program includes construction of two major projects: 51 miles of U.S. 51 from LaSalle-Peru to Bloomington-Normal and the Central Illinois Expressway, from Illinois 100 to Illinois 336 south of Quincy which is needed to allow the patchwork to set. Sites for spring repairs were selected by highway officials although citizen complaints prompted some of the work, Baise said. But, he said, "if we acted on all the complaints (from drivers), we'd probably have more than we can get to." The transportation secretary said the $34 million spring repair program will be part of the state's annual highway rehabilitation and construction program, which will Baise said the majority of the repair work should be completed by the June 30 end of the current fiscal year after bids begin to be let in May. A total of $26 million in repairs will be handled by private contractors while state maintenance crews will repair another $8 million in patching work.

Most of the work involves intermittent resurfacing of roads, he said. Baise said repair work already I lrp 1 i mm 4j 0kXm: Sandra Rives, seated, and Marilyn Morrow. Area women write elder abuse guide Collection donated Clarence C. Kruse of 2805 Moultrie is shown with some of his 30-book collection which he donated to the Mattoon Public Library. Many of the books featured pictures and stories about trains and fire trucks.

CHARLESTON Two Charleston women are authors of a new book designed to aid in providing services for elder abuse victims. Sandra Rives and Marilyn Morrow produced the 255-page book titled "Guidelines to Pro-, tective Services for Senior Citizens Mrs. Rives is immediate past president of Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CADV), covering the counties of Coles, Cumberland, Clark, Douglas, Edgar. Shelby, and Moultrie. Ms.

Morrow is a faculty member in the Health Education Department at Eastern Illinois University. "Elder abuse is emerging as a social concern," Mrs. Rives said, "and there is an increasing need for the type of resource guide and training manual we have produced. "Our effort is a uniaue resource for persons involved" in aging, criminal justice, law enforcement, nursing, public aid, mental health, and domestic violence," Mrs. Rives said.

In CADV's seven-county area elder abuse does exist, said the authors. "As an element of domestic violence, elder abuse is legally a crime," Ms. Morrow said. The book stemmed from an "Elder Abuse Awareness" project developed by CADV and funded by the Eastern Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging through Title III (Older Americans Act). The book is available to agendas and individuals through the CADV office with a suggested donation of $2.

Additional copies to the same address are 50 cents each. Requests should be sent to Post Office Box 732, Charleston, Illinois 61920, with a check made out to CADV. Lotto aids non-state residents Firm fined for PCB dumping CHICAGO (UPI) An Illinois waste management firm has agreed to pay a record $2.5 million fine for illegally dumping and storing PCBs at its Vickery, Ohio, hazardous waste facility, federal officials announced. "Today's action represents the largest administrative penalty settlement in the history of the agenf cy," Valdas V. Adamkus, administrator for EPA Region announced Friday.

Chemical Waste Management based in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, entered a consent decree with the EPA, under which the firm will be required to pay the fine by May 5 and take corrective measures at the site. "The company is very pleased to have reached this agreement that resolves all the issues concerning the site," said company spokesman Don Reddicliffe. "It resolves the siqgle most pressing issue remaining between us and the EPA." The EPA, which had originally sought a $6.8 million fine, filed a complaint last Jan 24 alleging the firm illegally diluted PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) with liquid wastes at Vickery, and sold about 6 million gallons of the resulting material as reclaimed oil. The company also was charged with Illegally storing PCBs in lagoons. PCBs, a carcinogen in animals, are toxic and accumulate in the environmnt.

The federal EPA requires incineration of liquids containing more than 500 parts per million of PCBs. After months of negotiations that began last fall, the company agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine and take specific environmental measures at the site, some of which exceed what is required by federal law "We don't feel sold short because we're getting so much environmental work at the site," said EPA spokesman Kathleen Osborne Clute. Chemical Waste began taking corrective measures at Vickery in 1983, after becoming aware of the PCB allegations. The consent decree, along with a 1984 Ohio agreement, should address all known problems at Vickery, the EPA said. The EPA estimated it will cost the company between $20 million and $25 million to abide by the terms of the agreement a cost Reddicliffe said the company was willing to absorb.

"We consider the settlement amount to be expensive given the circumstances, but we are fully committed to complete a remedial program we started immediately after problems were discovered at Vickery more than two years ago. Reddicliffe said. "The improvements already completed or under way, together with the additional commitments contained in the agreement, will ensure that the site will meet all requirements for continued operations," he said. Celebrate Easter At The Honor students at Cumberland listed First United Methodist Church Sixteenth Charleston, Mattoon SUNRISE SERVICE 6:30 a.m. (Breakfast Following) TRIUMPHANT WORSHIP SERVICES 8:30 a.m.

And 10:30 a.m. Sermon: "Easter Is Victory" CHURCH SCHOOL 9:30 a.m. Nursery For Pre-Schoolers Sophomores Scott Glenn, Renita Jones, Cheri Morgan, Tami Paul, Nila Stuckey, Jennifer Warner, high honors; Fred Adele, Tim Brandenburg, Darlene Croft, John Davidson, Je(f Decker, Edd Johnson, Jackie Murphy, Gail Wellbaum, honors. Freshmen Jennifer Bradley, Rhonda Drum, April Faires, Jodie Flood, Gayle Hawes, Karen Lewis, Shawn Light, John McKinney, Brian Stierwalt, Troy Warner, high honors; Jackie Houser. Aaron Kuhn, Robbi Jo Oakley, Don Phillips, Kendra Robinson, Lisa Schaefer, Gary Shaw, honors.

TOLEDO The Cumberland llih School honor roll for thi? third quarter hus been announced. Honor students are: Seniors Curtis Buescher. Karen Huff, Angela Jones, high honors; Todd Brandenburg. Allen Matteson. Bruce Tucker, Brian Warfel, honors: Juniors Sheila Dalrymple.

Itocky lwis, Nichols. Chris Heals, high honors. Don Bloemker, Nancy Holsapple, Kelsey Lewis, Kim Pierce. Jamie Veach, honors. CHICAGO 1 UPI) The Illinois State Lottery is making a lot of people especially out-of-state people rich this year.

Lottery officials said Friday that 23 people have hit it big in the Lot to game this year, and 13 of them have not lU'ed in Illinois. "This is just a blip in the law of averages," Michael Jones, director of the lottery, said of the figures. "Over the millennium, things will even out. Believe me the lottery always has had a history of strange occurrences." Frederick Schultz, 45, a property management worker from Greenwood, claimed his first installment of a $2.2 million Lotto prize this week the seventh Indiana resident to win since Jan. 1 Also this week, a Minnesota woman, Jolanda Stammler, 32, of Cottage Grove, learned she will receive a 20 year annuity worth $2 2 million as the second of three winners.

Two people in Missouri, two in Iowa and one in Wisconsin also have won the Lotto this year. Jones said lottery revenues for the state compensate for money won by those outside of III inois. "When you consider that 41 percent of every dollar spent in lottery sales goes directly to the state, then you can see that the big winner is not someone in Indiana, but the State of Illinois itself," he told the Chicago Tribune. "We're getting 41 percent of their money directly into the state general fund, and we deduct 2.75 percent in state income taxes right off the top. It's not embarrassing at all Paid Circulation Means Guaranteed Readership! Area tour scheduled by college musicians MATTOON The schedule for CELEBRATE Your Are Invited Sunday, April 7, 1985 First Presbyterian Church 100 Charleston Ave.

ast, Mattoon WORSHIP 8:30 A.M. and 10:30 A.M. Westminster Choir and Bell Choirs BREAKFAST 8:45 A.M. HI. me nin annual i.ake i.ana college jazz ensemble and swing choir tour of area schools has been announced "The tour is our big performance of the year," said Wayne Bradtke.

Lake Land music instructor "The purpose of the tour is to promote Lake Land College We want students to become familiar with the college and we want them to know we have an excellent, comprehensive music department right here in the district," Bradtke said. The students will perform a 50- minute show at 12 different high schools this year. "The four-day tour is rigorous hut good experience lor our students," Bradtke s.iid. Typically the students will meet on campus at 7:30 a will be on the go all (fay and will not return to Lake Land until about 4 pm. The schedule for the tour is Tuesday, April 1.6, 2 p.m., Mat toon Junior High School.

Thursday, April 18, 8:30 a.m., Oakland schools; 10:45 a.m., Miiloh-Hunie. 2 pm. Marshall I ''gh School. Friday, April 19, 20 am, High School, in ill a rri "vWTicld High School. 2 Kansas schools Monday April 2.2.

8 2i a Ar-; High School. II a ni Fmdlay Hign school p.m., Kemmerer Village. April 23, 8:45 a.m.. Tower Hill schools; 11 Cowden-Herrick; 2 p.m., Effingham St. Anthony.

Safety course set STRASBURG A hunter safety course will be held from 8:30 a m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Strasburg Community Building. The course is sponsored by the Department of Conservation, Shelbyville Jaycees and Strasburg Lions Club. Hunters of all ages are invited to attend the free course.

Topics covered will be respon sibilities of hunter safety, hunter ethics, wildlife conservation, fun-' damentals of arms and archery, survival and first aid and game care and identification. Participants should bring a sack lunch, but no firearms. Persons desiring to take the course should call 644-3091 before April 25 for reservations and further information The Department of Conservation will issue no hunting licenses to persons under 16 years of age unless they have previously held such license or have satisfactorily completed a hunter safety course THE GOODWILL TRUCK will be in ON TUESDAY, APRIL 16th -FOR HOME PICKUP CALL 1 -000-252-0930 Before Monday April 1 5 GOODWILL IS IN NEED OF DISHES FURNITURE HOUSEWARES and clothing (Sponsored by-Senior Mighs) FELLOWSHIP PERIOD 9:30 A.M.-10:30 A.M. Coffee doughnuts served Nurseries provided during all services May The Glad Dawn Of Easter Morn Bring loy To You 2E.