The Tribune, Jackson County, Ind. OBITUARIES Wednesday, December 29, 2004 Page 3A Indiana colleges worry about new student visa requirements THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jischke agreed Tuesday The presidents of Indiana and Purdue universities asked Congress to allow more flexibility in foreign student visa rules, but school officials believe that new legislation instead toughened those restrictions. The intelligence reform legislation that Congress passed this month requires that academic visa applicants have in-person interviews at U.S. consulates before gaining permission to enter the country, officials said. The bill mented recommendations by the government's commission.
Chris Viers, IU's director of international services, said that university officials were disappointed with the legislation and had supported giving officials authority to waive the interviews in low-risk cases. Purdue President Martin Jischke and IU President Adam Herbert told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in October that tougher visa rules since the 2001 terrorist attacks have scared international students and scholars away from American colleges. Vic Johnson, associate executive director at National Association of Foreign Student Advisers, said the new provision would choke off talks between educators and the State Department about balancing security and flexibility. He said requiring interviews for everyone creates bottlenecks but did not improve national security. The State Department also does not have enough people to conduct all the interviews, he said.
that interviewing all who want student visas was impractical. He said the State Department should concentrate on those who might pose a risk: Those returning from a visit to their country or have been the United States several times before should not have to go through the interview process, he said. Some members of Congress have urged the government to take a harder line on admitting foreign students after the terrorist attacks in the United States. Jischke said he understood that Congress wanted to make the country more secure, but that there were more efficient ways to do it. "It's not the wisest use of resources," he said.
Herbert and Jischke told the Senate committee that foreign student enrollment at the two schools was down this year for the first time in three decades. To study at an American school, a foreign citizen must first obtain a visa, which says how long the person may stay in the United States. About 13,500 foreign students enrolled at Indiana colleges and universities last year. Total international enrollment at Purdue since the 2001 attacks has dropped by 3.4 percent to 4,921 students. That figure is down 173 students from last fall.
Jischke said Purdue has seen a decline in students especially from the Middle East, China and India. IU reported.4,455 international students on its campuses, down 4.5 percent eight from a year ago. Small plane crash in Michigan's Upper Peninsula leaves 5 dead IRONWOOD, Mich. (AP) family routinely visited the A small plane that was having mechanical trouble crashed near the GogebicIron County Airport while trying to land, killing the pilot, his wife and three children, authorities said. The twin-engine Piper crashed about 11:30 a.m.
CST Tuesday in Ironwood Township, just outside this Upper Peninsula community of an estimated 6,300 near the state's border with Wisconsin, said Gogebic County Deputy Jay Kangas. Identities of the victims weren't released Tuesday. However, Peter Burla of the Ketola-Burla Funeral Home, which will be handling arrangements, said the pilot grew up in Ironwood and his mother still lives there. Neighbors of the pilot's mother, who lives just southeast of Ironwood, said the pilot had left the area to pursue a medical career. They said the pilot and his GOP area.
"He's a very nice guy, very friendly," said Joe Templer. "I talked to him a couple times when he was cutting the grass." Paul and Janine Strand, who live across the street from the pilot's mother, said the timing of the crash between the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays made the tragedy seem even worse. "It will be the talk of the town for quite a while, a small community like this," Paul Strand said. Officials said the weather was clear at the time of the crash. "The pilot reported an engine problem followed by a landing gear problem, and was circling the airport at the time of the crash," said Ted Lopatkiewicz, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board.
Continued from Page 1A "I never dreamed it'd be this long," he said. "It makes sworn in for a fifth consecu- you proud and humble at the tive time, making him same time." responsible for carrying out "I just try to do my job the duties for the county for 20 way it's supposed to be done," years after his next term is Darlage added. completed. The officers will take on "It's just a great honor," their responsibilities after Darlage said. "It makes you the first of the year.
feel proud to know people Republican Party Chairperhave that kind of confidence son Tammy Koerner orgain you." nized the ceremony. Darlage said he was proud The Democrat Party swearto represent the people of ing-in ceremonies will be Jackson County and that he held at a later date, Jackson would continue to serve them County Democratic Chairas he has aimed to do in his man Jeanette Hackman said last four terms of office. Tuesday afternoon. REAL ESTATE INSURANCE INC. 522-2112 AUCTIONS' Thursday's Funeral Services Ethel M.
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Earlier this year, a portion of one dock slipped under about two feet of water, they said. "It was a disaster waiting to happen," Dennis Copenhaver, of Indianapolis, told The Herald-Times for a story published Tuesday. He believes his 40-foot cruiser is one of the boats that was sunk by the fallen roof, and said a second boat he owns is severely damaged. At least one houseboat sunk when the dock's roof collapsed under the weight of drifting snow, said Jeffery Hammond, general manager of Fourwinds, where docks were closed after the collapse. He said an investigation into damages was ongoing.
But some boat owners who went to the site say several boats sunk. Parts of metal roofing, which came to rest on the tops of several boats, damaged canvas tops, windshields and metal railing, boaters said. The roofs of at least five docks were seriously damaged by the winter storm. Hundreds of boats are kept at the marina, paying fees between about $1,200 and $6,000 a year. Other regional marinas, including facilities along the Ohio River, also saw significant damage caused by heavy snows.
"It's clearly an act of God and not something we had control over," Hammond said. On Monday, Fourwinds staff continued to clear snow from dock roofs and assess damages. It's not known how long it will take 'to replace collapsed dock roofs and other related infrastructure. Boat owner Sandy Jones said she thinks her 36-foot boat may be damaged. boat is about ready to sink, and we have not received one call from the marina," Jones said.
Hammond said he'd contacted numerous boaters about the incident and made a list of others to call once he knows more about damage to boats. State gives nursing home money, then takes it back COLUMBUS (AP) An Ohio agency blamed a Toledo-area nursing home after the agency mistakenly overpaid the home by $262,000. A spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said the Little Sisters of the Poor convent pointed out the error with its nursing home in Oregon, Ohio. But the agency said the Little Sisters did not give proper notification of a new address and caused duplicate Medicaid payments for its elderly residents to be sent to its old address. "Just because they received an overpayment they were not entitled to, they are obligated to report it," department spokesman Jon Allen said.
"They shouldn't be rewarded for that." Molly Long, a spokeswoman for the convent, said the nursing home, Sacred Heart Home, depends on Medicaid payments and private donations and that nuns often go door-to-door seeking donations. "We could have used that money," Long said of the overpayment. "But if it is not above-board, it's not allowed around here." Little Sisters built a new facility in suburban Toledo and moved into the home last December. Their front door now faces a different street, and the address had to be officially changed. Allen said the nursing home was operating out of both facilities for a short time, making it hard to decipher how many residents were in the nursing home.
"They didn't move everybody at one time," Allen said. "This wasn't simply closing facility A and opening facility B. It was 'we're moving some from A to and others to Long said the Little Sisters filed all the necessary paperwork and doesn't believe it is responsible for the problem. The department sends more than $3 billion a year in Medicaid payments to over 900 Ohio nursing homes. Beginning next July, nursing homes will be required to bill the state for services rendered and be reimbursed.
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She was a member of Order of Eastern Star, Hayden. She enjoyed sewing, crafts and baking pies and was an avid John Wayne and Indiana University sports fan. Born Feb. 21, 1934, at Kalamazoo, she was a daughter of Johnny Tando and Margaret Johnson Tando, who preceded her in death. She married Harold F.
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Memorials may be made to Jackson County Hospice. Arrangements were handled by Dove-Sharp Rudicel Funeral Home, North Vernon. Gunmen rob shoppers near Lake County mall HOBART (AP) Robbers armed with a sawedoff shotgun confronted five shoppers near Lake County's largest shopping mall, sparking an hourslong police search. Investigators on Tuesday arrested three Gary men, ages 17 to 19, on charges they committed the armed robberies at the Westfield Southlake mall and a nearby strip mall. The suspects Ryan Martel Herron, 18, William L.
White 19, and a 17- year-old juvenile were each being held on $150,000 bond Tuesday in Lake County Jail on four counts of robbery and one count of attempted robbery. If convicted, each could face from six to 100 years in prison. No one was injured in the robberies Monday evening near Interstate 65 and U.S. 30, although police said a woman was slapped when she refused to give her purse to the robbers. A police helicopter flew over the mall for more than an hour after the robberies, as several officers joined security guards in patrolling the parking lots.
Police Lt. Leo Finnerty said investigators tracked down the three men who were arrested by tracing calls made on a cellular telephone stolen in one of the robberies. The victims reported that at least two men were involved and they were driving a dark minivan. "We had a manhunt out there," Finnerty said. "We had four armed robberies in the term of two hours and that's unheard of." Three of the robberies happened in the mall's parking lot, while a fourth person was held up at a nearby strip mall.
In a fifth case, the robbers fled when the victim screamed, police said. One of the robbery victims, Caroline Hirc of Portage, said she was too afraid to get a good look at the men who confronted her in the Southlake mall's lot as she left her car to return a Christmas gift. "I thought I was going to die," Hirc said. "I didn't want to look at them too much because I didn't want to get my head blown off." SEND E-MAIL to newsroom personnel by typing the person's first initial followed by their last name followed by Example: Editor Dan Davis is ddavis tribtown.com. BE IDgE AKOTA Chef Zickler's ONEW YEARS EVE Executive Buffet Friday 31, 2004 All You Care To Eat: Prime Rib Crab Legs Peel Eat Shrimp Grilled Oriental Salmon Fresh Sea Scallops.
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