JGlmXAL AK3 COURIER LOCAL EDITCSt PHILLIP A. FICRml Phone 420-5231 Fax420-5246 E-mail fiorinijcyahoo.com Journal and Courier online: www.jconline.com 7 town i fr w-1. tr. Si I On the Net Freshman By Amy Patterson-Neubert Journal and Courier Purdue University student Bill Conley will soon be "standing" to play darts and pool once again, thanks to winning ww.thestanding company.com. IP council vice president Rachel Klutz said the group would also donate any clothes that did not 4 By Matt Holsapple Journal and Courier A group of Purdue University students cleaned out their residence hall rooms to help out a Lafayette charity.
The Meredith Hall Freshman Council sponsored a yard sale that raised about $300 for the YWCA of Greater Lafayette's Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Project shelter. aIt all goes to them," said Klutz, a freshman majoring in communication and political science. "Last year there was a truckload of clothes left to go along with the money." Items for sale were donated from students, most of whom live in Meredith Hall. Most of the items were clothing, but other things for sale See SALE, Page C2 a state-ot-t e-art wheelchair. Conley, 22, has been restrained in a sitting wheelchair since a January 2001 ski sell in the sale for the shelter to residents and ITilYEKITY distribute to other clients.
By Michael HeinzJournal and Courier 'TREASURE' K'JNTER: Shoppers look at the bargains Saturday at the Meredith Hall "My Trash, Your, Treasure," yard sale. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Lafayette Women's Shelter. INSIDE work and when participating in Boy Scouts as a chairman for Troop 335. Not only does this style of chair increase one's mobility and accessibility, it can also alleviate chronic skin breakdowns that are common when someone is confined to a sitting wheelchair. Consistent, passive standing in the SuperStand Wheelchair can alleviate the occurrence of pressure sores.
Conley won the $6,000 wheel chair manufactured by the Standing Co. in Saginaw, by simply trying it out for the company's annual "Free Wheelchair Contest." Conley, a West Lafayette High School graduate, attended Whitman College in Washington state for a liberal arts degree. He is studying mechanical engineering at Purdue. ing accident that left him a paraplegia Now he will be able to stand, with the SuperStand Wheelchair. This piece of medical equipment allows someone who is normally confined to a seated position to stand with ease and safety.
"If you don't see it, you can't believe how phenomenal it is," said Carole Conley, his mom. In addition to throwing darts and playing pool, the chair will also increase his mobility in the mechanical engineering lab for class A life lesson A day before the Frontier High School prom, students get a lesson about the dangers of drinking White County C5 iiiiB WSMW thr State budget shortfall forced action by trustees By Kevin Cullen Journal and Courier A 10 percent tuition hike this summer is regrettable, but given the state's budget situation, unavoidable, the head of Ivy Tech State College-Lafayette says. The hike was approved by Ivy Tech's state board on Thursday. It will add $6.60 per credit hour to the present rate of $66.20 per credit hour, and will be in effect for By Frank OliverJournal and Courier LOOX OUT! Josh Scheu, 7, pretends to hide from a tornado rrient of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. The annual event Saturday in front of a picture of the storm at Spring Fest at also features the Bug Bowl with its co*ckroach racing and Purdue University.
The display was put on by the Depart- cricket spitting contest all Ivy Tech campuses. "We (the dom, and none said that even a 13 percent hike would keep them from attending classes. "The ones I talked to seemed determined to get their education. Hopefully, with the financial aid we can give, they will still be able to come," Doversberger said. Some, however, will have to work extra hours to pay their tuition, which could mean lighter class loads and extra semesters to earn a diploma.
Ivy Tech, with 23 campuses statewide, had frozen its tuition at $66.20 per credit hour for three years. Most students work and take only six or seven credits per semester. When asked about the proposed 13 percent hike, several students said its impact wouldn't hit too hard. "We'd still be cheaper than most other colleges," said Brooke Krug, a business management major. "It would still be very affordable." "I don't think well lose students," said David Bathe, dean of student affairs.
"We've held tuition down for three years. Most students do work and many get financial aid so we return money to them." The state trustees also imposed a temporarily $1 per credit hour fee to establish an emergency repair and rehabilitation fund for the college's building needs. It will be dropped as soon as the See IVY TECH, Page C2 Bug Bowl only part of clay's festivities Fighting for kids' health Parents want a Roselawn school closed until state officials declare it safe for their children Region C4 Lafayette regional board) had recommended $75 per credit hour, so this is not a whole lot different," and science departments. The event drew thousands of people to campus. "The kids like it a lot," Doversberger Chancellor Betty Dovers Today's schedule Purdue University's Spring Fest celebration continues from 1 0 a.m.
to 4 p.m. today. Activities include the Bug Bowl, Horticulture Show, agricultural and biological engineering demonstrations and displays, plus events tied to agronomy, plant pathology, consumer and family sciences, 4-H, animal sciences and agricultural economics. All events are free and most are on the agricultural campus, south of State Street. said Johns, who attended the event with her sister and two children.
"They have a lot of fun and they INSIDE partment's annual Bug Bowl, now includes not only the bowl, but a horticulture show, Mothers' Weekend events, livestock demonstrations and many other science-related activities for kids of all ages. And of course, many youngsters ate a bug or two. Andrew Farmer, 7, from Mishawaka, was most excited about the chocolate-covered cricket he gulped down. "It was great," he said, bouncing excitedly. "My sister thought it was gross.
I tried to get her to eat one, but she See SPRING, Page C2 By Matt Holsapple Journal and Courier Sunshine beat down Saturday as children of all ages covered Purdue University's campus, flying balloons, learning about livestock and eating crickets. "It's so pretty out this afternoon!" said Lafayette resident Sherrie Johns. "There's no way we could have stayed home." Had she stayed home, Johns would have missed Spring Fest, Purdue's annual celebration featuring educational exhibits by many of the school's agriculture OYZT.SITY. berger said from her home, where she is recuperating from a mild heart attack. On March 11, Doversberg-er's board passed a resolution asking the state board to hike tuition by 13 percent this fall.
It would have raised tuition by about $57, instead of by the $53.20 that the state trustees approved Thursday. Doversberger said she has discussed a possible increase with several students at ran- Communities C3 Campus Deaths C2 For the Record Meetings calendar C8 RegionState C5 Restaurant Inspections C8 Things To Do calendar C3 State news C5 White County C4 learn things, too. I'm not even sure they realize they're learning things." Spring Fest, which grew out of the entomology de- I i Old life into Attica's Library Women working to breathe The books can't be checked out, but they can be read -r- gen-; tly when the Old Library is open for scheduled tours. "We'd like to have a 'quiet 1 r- 1m 4m hour here maybe once or twice a month," Ruhlman says. Although the building has a modern furnace, they would like to find a fancy Old 1890s heating stove, just for looks.
Parks Department, Northwestern University and Evanston, 111., which was named after him. A personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, Evans was appointed governor of Colorado Territory and later was a U.S. senator from Col-. orado. He founded the University of Denver and Colorado's Mount Evans was named after him.
His first wife and their three infant sons are buried in Attica. Plans are being made to restore their graves. "Of all the people who have lived in Attica," Bauerband says, "he went the furthest." Each week, reporter Kevin Cullen visits interesting people, places and things outside Greater Lafayette. To share a story idea, call him at (765) 420-5202 or (800) 407-5813 or write him clo Journal and Courier, 217 N. Sixth Lafayette, IN.
47901. brary Association" identification i labels pasted inside. Dozens of other titles are the same as those found in a pre-1904 inventory. Sitting in the old building and picking up a volume from a cen- tury ago, Bauerband says, is "like leap-frogging back in time." She also has assembled the most complete grouping of items related to Dr. John Evans's Indiana years.
The collection includes books about Evans, personal correspon- dence, information about his At- tica home and his business dealings, plus files compiled by former Mayor Harold Long. Some items came from the Ohio and Colorado state archives. Evans, 1814-1897, began his practice in Attica in 1839 and lived here until 1846. He helped establish Indiana's first mental hospital, Mercy Hospital in Chicago, the Chicago Public School system, the Chicago ATTICA When Joanna Ruhlman steps inside the "Old Library" here, 100 years melt away and she can see her long-dead grandmother quietly browsing the shelves. "She was always a reader," she says.
Ruhlman is involved in a 2-year-old project to return vintage fiction and nonfiction books to the pretty little Victorian structure at 101 Brady St. Ruhlman and Lela Bauerband have been searching antiques shops, auctions, rummage sales and Internet booksellers for books from the 1885-1905 period. Through purchases and donations, they have amassed more than 400 volumes, including 26 written by Hoosiers George Ade, Theodore Dreiser, Booth Tark-ington and Lew Wallace during the "Golden Age" of Indiana letters, between 1900 and 1940. $1 a year at first, but in 1901 it was turned over to the city for free, public use. By 1902, the library loaned out 11,628 books.
The present Carnegie Library was built in 1904 a few blocks away, and the "Old Library," with its hardwood floors and glowing stained glass windows, was used as City Council chambers, for Potawatomi Festival offices and the Bi-County Chamber of Commerce. In 1997, the city deeded it Historic Landmarks Foundation of Fountain County, which raised $20,000 for a major restoration that was completed in 1998. Although it is mainly used for meetings, Bauerband wanted it to reflect its heritage and started collecting period books and filling small bookcases that were built for the reading room. Nine books have been found with their original "Ladies Li Kevin Cullen Been There The Old Library is owned by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Fountain County. It was built in 1889 by the Ladies Library Association, a group of local women who loved books and wanted to share the world of literature with the whole community.
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