Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 5

Decatur, niinois, Friday, September 11, 1987 PageA5 -Central EUinois- CARE PRODUCTIONS AND THE CENTER PRESENT Maps can be viewed CONCERT ing and three farmers, Norman Jordan of Blue Mound Township, John Pedigo of Friends Creek Township and Robert Brame of Austin Township. The farmland review board decided not to recommend any changes in assessed valuations for ground lying in areas that flood. The Manatron-produced maps indicate which acres are cropland, farmsteads, timber or other uses as well as outline Qoodprone land. Cyclist injured An 18-year-old man was hospitalized Wednesday after a semitrailer ran over his arm. Robert Nellis, no residence available, was listed in stable condition in St Mary's Hospital.

He was injured while riding his bicycle at 3:10 pjn. on Illinois 48. about 300 feet from South Side Drive. The truck driver, James A. Bratcher, 37, of 1314 Delta Circle, said he saw Nellis' bicycle weaving on the road in front of him.

Bratcher told police he believes Nellis was thrown off the bicycle when he hit gravel on the side of the road. Bratcher said be swerved to try to avoid the man. A witness indicated Nellis had fallen off before being hit by the truck. Police issued no tickets. They were unable to interview Nellis Wednesday.

Bill said landowners can review the maps, see if they agree with S. Mark Hill, county supervisor of assessments, said Wednesday. Townships whose maps are ready for review are Austin, Maroa, Friends Creek, Hickory Point, Whitmore, Mini, Harris-town and Niantic. Also ready are the north halves of Oakley and Decatur townships, the north one-third of South Wheatland Township and the north one-quarter of Blue Mound Township. Hill said the only way some landowners will be able to determine if their maps are available is to visit his office.

He said maps of the southern portion of the county will be available later this fall. The supervisor of assessments office on the first floor of the Macon County Building is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Maps that have been completed were reviewed Wednesday by the Macon County Farmland Assessment Review Board.

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'SZ'm Nuding said the maps will not be used for 1987 valuations, but will be the basis for assessments in 1988. On Oct 1, the maps now in his possession will be returned to Manatron so numbers indicating soil types can be added to each one, Hill said. Computers will be used to figure the acreage in each sou classification on every farm, he said. Stake Out (5:00 $2.50) 7:30. 9:55 (R) Dirty Dancing (5:45 $2.50) 8:15, 10:15 (PG-13) Born In East LA (5:30 $2.50) 7:30.

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Lanham charged she was disciplined more severely than other workers in the office when she was fired for two arguments with her supervisors. The dismissal took place 3 months after a unionization vote by workers in the General Assistance Office, which processes township relief claims. Lanham claimed she was really fired for her part in the unsuccessful union drive. A labor relations board hearing examiner found that neither charge could be proved. "The bottom line is the charge has been dismissed," spokeswoman Beth Killion said.

Killion said the examiner found: The October 1986 firing was so long after the July 1986 union election that a relationship could not be proven. "That 3-month gap was a problem," Killion said. Evidence was insufficient to show that Lanham was treated different from any other worker. Killion said the case "has just really been different" because of the Decatur Township office's lack of formal employee rules. "They MONEY CAN BUY POPULARITY BUT IT.

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in this flick is as thrilling as any in a decade." aon nave any set procedures. Either side may appeal within 30 days. If the case is not taken to the full panel, the decision is binding on both parties, Killion said. Since her firing, Lanham has been hired by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, which provides funding for the township office. Lanham began working as a caseworker in the Decatur public aid office on July 1 and earns at most $16,000 a year, according to the state comptroller's office.

Man found fit for trial By JUDY TATHAM Herald Review Staff Writer Kevin G. Brown, 36, has been released from a state mental health facility after being found fit to stand trial on charges stemming from a May 1 police chase. Brown is the man who had about 300 containers of chemicals in his rural Blue Mound home. They are not the basis for charges against him, however. Brown was found in a hole covered with refuse at his home when firefighters responded to a fire about a week after the chase.

Some of the substances at his residence could have been dangerous, investigators said. In June, Brown was found mentally unfit to stand trial on charges involving the traffic chase through Macon and Sangamon counties. Because of the more recent finding concerning his mental state, be is to have a preliminary hearing Sept 17 on charges alleging he caused more than $300 in damages to a police car. He had deposited bond of $200 earlier on the charges so there were no grounds for detaining him after he appeared Wednesday before Chief Circuit Court Judge Rodney A. Scott.

A report from the Andrew Mc-Farland Mental Health Center in Springfield said he is able to work with his defense attorney and has exhibited calm and cooperative behavior while living there. However, the report by a physician recommended Brown remain hospitalized. It also said if he refused to take medication to control his condition he could suffer a relapse and subsequently again be unfit to stand trial i The report said he had refused to take the medication while at the Springfield Center but he had im- roved because he was kept in a lerapeutic environment I Dr. Shirley Eyman described him as being a chronic paranoid schizophrenic. Brown's defense attorney, Garry Bryan, asked on Brown's behalf that he he released.

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