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Kokomo Tribune (Newspaper) - June 3, 2004, Kokomo, IndianaPJl I Three local trails offer LOCAL SPELLER GOES TO READY FOR THE FINAL AROUND INDIANA summer Page C1 fall OLltSiCie LOCAL Page A3 SPORTS Page B1 KOKOMO TRIBBNE June 2OO4 TFI i Expert says hum is not a sound The city is likely done with the though complaints By KMHERINE LEWIS Tribune staff writer Linda Monroe is tired of feeling swollen all the Since when she and more than 100 other residents say they were sickened by mysterious phenomenon known as the Kokomo she has felt confused and She said her granddaughter feels as if she is constantly walking in a When Monroe learned that tones traced to Haynes International and DaimlerChrysler tones that some people thought were the source of her trouble had been all but she said something more needed to be I dont think its she When I I feel a but I dont want to leave my James a senior consultant with Acen said he doesnt believe residents health problems have been In a fourpage report sent to City At torney Ken Cowan said al though the tones he was hired to study have been residents who complained about the hum are not feeling much Cowan identified two tones last year one low in frequency and the other below the threshold of human hearing coming from industrial One tone came from a cooling tow er on the roof of Building C at Daim lerChryslers Kokomo Casting Plant personnel told Cowan they re duced the noise by balancing the cool ing tower fans and replacing a gear according to the Measured 10 feet from the cooling the tone was reduced by 14 A decibel is a measurement of The larger the the louder the sound Measured feet north of the cooling at Dogwood Drive and Appletree the same tone had dropped nine according to Cowans Cowan said although the tone is still evident at that it is at a level comparable to normal back ground Generally the human ear is capable of detecting sound waves ranging between 20 and though some people report hearing sounds at lower People are most sensitive to sounds ranging from to The Chrysler hum was first measured at 36 T See HUM Page A12 KT photo I Tim Bath OFFICER Officer Chuck Nichols talks with Martha Coppock at Tipton City Tipton police started bike patrols last PEDDLE POWER Tipton Police Department is using bikes to fight crime Ctar utac rialauori nno r him cniiarl rar nairnlc nn parh cliift By DEREK SMITH Tribune staff writer TIPTON A 21speed Gary Fisher mountain Thats Tipton Police Departments lat est weapon against Chief Gordon Tocco said he came up with the idea of a bike patrol as part of a threeyear plan he submitted to for mer Mayor George Ive been giving this some thought over the past three or four Toc co Tocco said a bicycle can be more effec tive than a car in narrow areas like Bicycle patrolmen will focus on the drys swimming park and sports Start was delayed Staffing limitations and a communi cations system upgrade delayed the start of the bike The department finally reached its full capacity last year 12 fujltime and two parttime offi Tocco Sgt Thomas Clark supervises the new which began last Officers John Kevin Steven Jeff Stout and Charles Nichols will be on the Tocco said the bike patrolmen will un dergo 16 hours of classes with a certified instructor from Elwood Police Depart ment They will receive additional train ing in firearms and defensive Weather Tocco he would like to add one bike patrol to the one or two squad car patrols on each shift In emergency a bike officer will switch to a Tocco said a firstshift bike patrol wont start until July since all the bike patrol men work either second or third shift Tocco credits Mayor George Ogden and city council for allowing him to spend on the project The money paid for the mountain as well as belts and handsfree Officers will also have cell In researching the bike patrol con Tocco said he spoke with the po lice departments in Elwood and T See BIKES Page A12 Lung cancer rates decrease for women Survival for many cancers improves for both men and WASHINGTON AP Lung cancer is inching down among women after decades of smokingfueled increases and overall survival rates are improving for most types of tumors among both men and Not everyone is reaping the gains Mi norities still arernore likely than whites to die from says the nations an nual report on to be published today in the journal But the news remains Death rates from cancer In general have dropped percent a year since and Thursdays report confirms that decline continued in Rates of new cases are declining about half a percent a Most striking in this latest tally is whats happening with the 1 cancer killer Rates of female lung cancer diag noses have declined about 2 percent a year since years after men began a similar female death rates from lung cancer have leveled remaining virtually unchanged since the report For the first we are turning the corner in the lung cancer epidemic in said Ahmedin Jemal of the American Cancer who cowrote the report with scientists from the Na tional Cancer Centers for Dis ease Control and Prevention and North American Association of Central Cancer We have been this for a long Jemal It has been Cancer rates decline Survival rates for many cancers have improved overall for all ages for both men and Increase in survival 197579 compared with 19952000 Male Female All cancers Lung and bronchus Colon and rectum Leukemia Shows the 19952000 survival rate minus the 197579 survival V See CANCER Page A12 SOURCE American Cancer Society AP Wellbeing of children improving in most states The quality of life of American children has improved in a number of according to a study released Percent change In general wellbeing Indicators 19962001 LowWrthwolght babtee Infant mortality rate per live births Teen birth rate perl 1617 High school dropouta I i i I bhiWrenlni Families headed I by a single parent I 25 20 15 10 5 0 5 Shows change between 1995 and 2000 SOURCE Annie Casey Foundation AP The study shows improvements in the lives of WASHINGTON AP Fewer Ameri can babies are kids are less likely to live in poverty and fewer youngsters are dropping out of school than in the mid Despite the nearly one in six young adults million Americans from 18 to 24 was not enrolled in had no job and held no degree beyond a high school diploma in the Annie Casey Foundation said in its annual Kids Count The released shows im provements in the lives of children early this decade compared with the Between 1996 and improvements were reported in eight of the 10 indicators that the report uses to measure Among those measures children in pover children living with a parent who lacks a secure yearround job and children drop ping out of high But child advocates flagged what they called a disturbing trend 15 percent of 18 to 24year olds are meaning not in school or the The number of those young adults grew by a 19 percent increase over three Over million disconnected youth face a greater likelihood of bad now and in the which hold severe implications for our said Douglas president of the a private research and grantmaking con cern that focuses on On the 21 states and Washing improved on at least 7 out of 10 indicators of child Thirtyfive states and Washington improved on at least 6 out of 10 The study linked some of the good news to economic growth and expansion of pub lic programs during the period The data covers years before the economy grew Not all indicators For exam the percentage of lowbirthweight ba bies increased as did the percent age of families headed by a single The based on government found that between 1996 and 2001 Infant mortality death during the first year fell 7 from 73 deaths for every live births to Despite nation al the infant mortality rate increased in 11 states and went unchanged in Child deaths declined to 22 out of every children ages 1 to from 26 per The child death rate in creased in five states New Hampshire and T See CHILDREN Page A1S Crops are in deep water Corn and soybean plants face drowning due to recent By HICK GALIAHAN Associated Press writer Violent thunderstorms that dumped more heavy rains on Indiana last week swamped many farmers lowlying threatening to drown or stunt young corn and soybean agricultural officials Even fields without standing water are having As of 52 per cent of Indianas cropland was reported as having surplus topsoil That either means theres standing wa ter or the soils so saturated it cant absorb much more said Greg di rector of the Indi ana Agricultural Statistics Preston said it was too early to tell what impact the soggy condi tions will have on crop but rainweary farm ers are eager for dry weather so they can finish planting and in some re planting Last In diana farmers had an average of only days suitable for field and that was before Sundays tor nado outbreak and torrential rains wal loped the All that rain has left many lowlying particularly southern Indianas rich ponded with water that can kill or stunt In Vanderburgh County near Evans flood conditions along the Ohio Riv er forced officials to open up a levees flood gates a few days inundating about acres of bottomland with muddy Ranging in depth from a few inches to several those waters will likely wipe out all of the crops several farmers said David executive director of the Department of Agricultures Van derburgh County Farm Service Itll be a pretty major crop he A few of the farmers down all they farm is right and it will take pretty much everything theyve Sturgell said Ohio River flooding is com mon in the but rare this late in the He said the levees floodgates were opened to prevent it from being damaged be cause the river had risen above 39 feet and would have topped the structure Greg a statistician at the Purdue based agricultural said wet soils retard root growth and reduce how much nitrogen and other nutrients plants can absorb from muddy That often leaves young plants with a yellowish A few of the fanners down all they farm is right and it will take pretty much everything theyve David Sturgell Executive director of the Department of Agricultures Vanderburgh County Farm Service Agency V See CROPS Page A12 TODAY business AS classified CSC10 comics G4 entertainment C3 lifestyle C1C2 local news A3AB obituaries A2 opinion AT sports B1B4 274 V WEATHER Today Mostly High 74 Low 52 Tomorrow Partly High 77 Complete weather A12 I Todays A1 designed by Addle Howell 10 SUUSCHIBt 387 OH Ubb 4b9 10 AlMHTISl ClttSSIfUU I ttUO OFflCE HOUKS MON Mil AM IU b CM SAI H A IVI It NUUN

Kokomo Tribune (Newspaper) - June 3, 2004, Kokomo, IndianaPJl I Three local trails offer LOCAL SPELLER GOES TO READY FOR THE FINAL AROUND INDIANA summer Page C1 fall OLltSiCie LOCAL Page A3 SPORTS Page B1 KOKOMO TRIBBNE June 2OO4 TFI i Expert says hum is not a sound The city is likely done with the though complaints By KMHERINE LEWIS Tribune staff writer Linda Monroe is tired of feeling swollen all the Since when she and more than 100 other residents say they were sickened by mysterious phenomenon known as the Kokomo she has felt confused and She said her granddaughter feels as if she is constantly walking in a When Monroe learned that tones traced to Haynes International and DaimlerChrysler tones that some people thought were the source of her trouble had been all but she said something more needed to be I dont think its she When I I feel a but I dont want to leave my James a senior consultant with Acen said he doesnt believe residents health problems have been In a fourpage report sent to City At torney Ken Cowan said al though the tones he was hired to study have been residents who complained about the hum are not feeling much Cowan identified two tones last year one low in frequency and the other below the threshold of human hearing coming from industrial One tone came from a cooling tow er on the roof of Building C at Daim lerChryslers Kokomo Casting Plant personnel told Cowan they re duced the noise by balancing the cool ing tower fans and replacing a gear according to the Measured 10 feet from the cooling the tone was reduced by 14 A decibel is a measurement of The larger the the louder the sound Measured feet north of the cooling at Dogwood Drive and Appletree the same tone had dropped nine according to Cowans Cowan said although the tone is still evident at that it is at a level comparable to normal back ground Generally the human ear is capable of detecting sound waves ranging between 20 and though some people report hearing sounds at lower People are most sensitive to sounds ranging from to The Chrysler hum was first measured at 36 T See HUM Page A12 KT photo I Tim Bath OFFICER Officer Chuck Nichols talks with Martha Coppock at Tipton City Tipton police started bike patrols last PEDDLE POWER Tipton Police Department is using bikes to fight crime Ctar utac rialauori nno r him cniiarl rar nairnlc nn parh cliift By DEREK SMITH Tribune staff writer TIPTON A 21speed Gary Fisher mountain Thats Tipton Police Departments lat est weapon against Chief Gordon Tocco said he came up with the idea of a bike patrol as part of a threeyear plan he submitted to for mer Mayor George Ive been giving this some thought over the past three or four Toc co Tocco said a bicycle can be more effec tive than a car in narrow areas like Bicycle patrolmen will focus on the drys swimming park and sports Start was delayed Staffing limitations and a communi cations system upgrade delayed the start of the bike The department finally reached its full capacity last year 12 fujltime and two parttime offi Tocco Sgt Thomas Clark supervises the new which began last Officers John Kevin Steven Jeff Stout and Charles Nichols will be on the Tocco said the bike patrolmen will un dergo 16 hours of classes with a certified instructor from Elwood Police Depart ment They will receive additional train ing in firearms and defensive Weather Tocco he would like to add one bike patrol to the one or two squad car patrols on each shift In emergency a bike officer will switch to a Tocco said a firstshift bike patrol wont start until July since all the bike patrol men work either second or third shift Tocco credits Mayor George Ogden and city council for allowing him to spend on the project The money paid for the mountain as well as belts and handsfree Officers will also have cell In researching the bike patrol con Tocco said he spoke with the po lice departments in Elwood and T See BIKES Page A12 Lung cancer rates decrease for women Survival for many cancers improves for both men and WASHINGTON AP Lung cancer is inching down among women after decades of smokingfueled increases and overall survival rates are improving for most types of tumors among both men and Not everyone is reaping the gains Mi norities still arernore likely than whites to die from says the nations an nual report on to be published today in the journal But the news remains Death rates from cancer In general have dropped percent a year since and Thursdays report confirms that decline continued in Rates of new cases are declining about half a percent a Most striking in this latest tally is whats happening with the 1 cancer killer Rates of female lung cancer diag noses have declined about 2 percent a year since years after men began a similar female death rates from lung cancer have leveled remaining virtually unchanged since the report For the first we are turning the corner in the lung cancer epidemic in said Ahmedin Jemal of the American Cancer who cowrote the report with scientists from the Na tional Cancer Centers for Dis ease Control and Prevention and North American Association of Central Cancer We have been this for a long Jemal It has been Cancer rates decline Survival rates for many cancers have improved overall for all ages for both men and Increase in survival 197579 compared with 19952000 Male Female All cancers Lung and bronchus Colon and rectum Leukemia Shows the 19952000 survival rate minus the 197579 survival V See CANCER Page A12 SOURCE American Cancer Society AP Wellbeing of children improving in most states The quality of life of American children has improved in a number of according to a study released Percent change In general wellbeing Indicators 19962001 LowWrthwolght babtee Infant mortality rate per live births Teen birth rate perl 1617 High school dropouta I i i I bhiWrenlni Families headed I by a single parent I 25 20 15 10 5 0 5 Shows change between 1995 and 2000 SOURCE Annie Casey Foundation AP The study shows improvements in the lives of WASHINGTON AP Fewer Ameri can babies are kids are less likely to live in poverty and fewer youngsters are dropping out of school than in the mid Despite the nearly one in six young adults million Americans from 18 to 24 was not enrolled in had no job and held no degree beyond a high school diploma in the Annie Casey Foundation said in its annual Kids Count The released shows im provements in the lives of children early this decade compared with the Between 1996 and improvements were reported in eight of the 10 indicators that the report uses to measure Among those measures children in pover children living with a parent who lacks a secure yearround job and children drop ping out of high But child advocates flagged what they called a disturbing trend 15 percent of 18 to 24year olds are meaning not in school or the The number of those young adults grew by a 19 percent increase over three Over million disconnected youth face a greater likelihood of bad now and in the which hold severe implications for our said Douglas president of the a private research and grantmaking con cern that focuses on On the 21 states and Washing improved on at least 7 out of 10 indicators of child Thirtyfive states and Washington improved on at least 6 out of 10 The study linked some of the good news to economic growth and expansion of pub lic programs during the period The data covers years before the economy grew Not all indicators For exam the percentage of lowbirthweight ba bies increased as did the percent age of families headed by a single The based on government found that between 1996 and 2001 Infant mortality death during the first year fell 7 from 73 deaths for every live births to Despite nation al the infant mortality rate increased in 11 states and went unchanged in Child deaths declined to 22 out of every children ages 1 to from 26 per The child death rate in creased in five states New Hampshire and T See CHILDREN Page A1S Crops are in deep water Corn and soybean plants face drowning due to recent By HICK GALIAHAN Associated Press writer Violent thunderstorms that dumped more heavy rains on Indiana last week swamped many farmers lowlying threatening to drown or stunt young corn and soybean agricultural officials Even fields without standing water are having As of 52 per cent of Indianas cropland was reported as having surplus topsoil That either means theres standing wa ter or the soils so saturated it cant absorb much more said Greg di rector of the Indi ana Agricultural Statistics Preston said it was too early to tell what impact the soggy condi tions will have on crop but rainweary farm ers are eager for dry weather so they can finish planting and in some re planting Last In diana farmers had an average of only days suitable for field and that was before Sundays tor nado outbreak and torrential rains wal loped the All that rain has left many lowlying particularly southern Indianas rich ponded with water that can kill or stunt In Vanderburgh County near Evans flood conditions along the Ohio Riv er forced officials to open up a levees flood gates a few days inundating about acres of bottomland with muddy Ranging in depth from a few inches to several those waters will likely wipe out all of the crops several farmers said David executive director of the Department of Agricultures Van derburgh County Farm Service Itll be a pretty major crop he A few of the farmers down all they farm is right and it will take pretty much everything theyve Sturgell said Ohio River flooding is com mon in the but rare this late in the He said the levees floodgates were opened to prevent it from being damaged be cause the river had risen above 39 feet and would have topped the structure Greg a statistician at the Purdue based agricultural said wet soils retard root growth and reduce how much nitrogen and other nutrients plants can absorb from muddy That often leaves young plants with a yellowish A few of the fanners down all they farm is right and it will take pretty much everything theyve David Sturgell Executive director of the Department of Agricultures Vanderburgh County Farm Service Agency V See CROPS Page A12 TODAY business AS classified CSC10 comics G4 entertainment C3 lifestyle C1C2 local news A3AB obituaries A2 opinion AT sports B1B4 274 V WEATHER Today Mostly High 74 Low 52 Tomorrow Partly High 77 Complete weather A12 I Todays A1 designed by Addle Howell 10 SUUSCHIBt 387 OH Ubb 4b9 10 AlMHTISl ClttSSIfUU I ttUO OFflCE HOUKS MON Mil AM IU b CM SAI H A IVI It NUUN