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(07/25/02 8:23pm)
After the Thomas Hart Benton murals were displayed at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, they sat forgotten in a barn until Herman B Wells rescued them. They now adorn the walls of several campus buildings, including the IU Auditorium. \nThe murals were Wells' most famous art find, but not his only one.\nAn exhibit, "Living With Art: The Legacy of Herman B Wells," at the IU Art Museum will showcase the pieces he rescued or retrieved during his many travels from the 1930s until his death in 2000. \nThe exhibit starts Saturday.\n"Dr. Wells was, in a way, the patron saint of the arts in Bloomington," said Brian Kearney, director of development for the IU Art Museum. "He loved the arts and envisioned an excellent University-based art museum. Today the IU Art Museum is the best in the country." \nThe paintings, prints, watercolors, sculptures and furnishings on display were part of his donation to the IU Art Museum and the Campus Art Collection.\nThe exhibit contains art and furniture from his 10th Street residence, the Indiana Memorial Union and Woodburn House, which was his residence for many years while he was University president. Also of interest are small-scale versions of the "Birth of Venus" sculpture in Showalter Fountain and a working model of Alexander Calder's sculpture in front of the Musical Arts Center.\nAssociate professor James Capshew, who is writing a biography of Wells and who was one of Wells' houseboys, said Wells grew into a great love of art.\n"He was not a connoisseur. His taste in art developed over the years and was more of an emotional attachment." \nWhat started as an exploration to relieve stress developed into a taste for collecting antiques and works of art and resulted in a personal collection that tells the story of his wide-ranging taste and travels, from England to Southeast Asia and back to the hills of Brown County.\n"He thought of the entire campus as his home and wanted it to reflect the finest things of life that people had created. He appreciated art in all venues, settings and expressions," Capshew said. \nThe exhibit will include on-the-wall artwork and unusual works like gongs and sounding sculptures.\nKathleen Foster, the museum's curator of 19th and 20th century art, explained that as a small-town Indiana boy, Wells had an idea about university experience. The impact of art on his own life and the knowledge that many Hoosier students would not be able to travel the world, made him determined to bring the world to Bloomington, Foster said. \n"What impressed me the most," she said, "was the scope of his vision for the arts at Indiana University -- beginning with his notion of a 'Fine Arts Plaza' at the heart of the campus that would gather great musicians and performers, the treasures of the Lilly Library and the studios and galleries of the fine arts department. All in one central place." \nThe result, she added, is one of the greatest music schools in the world and one of the best university art museums in the country.\nWells believed art should be a part of everyday experience, and the exhibit is aimed to reflect that, Foster said.\nFoster said Wells' life was full of art.\n"He treated people as though they, too, were works of art, to be treasured and treated with kindness, courtesy and respect. He also lived with art; beautiful art chosen because he loved it and it enriched his life on a daily basis, adding to the civility, grace and poetry of his life," Foster said.\nIU Art Museum Director Adelheid M. Gealt said a special advisory committee was formed by the museum to help raise funds for the exhibit, gather ideas for programs and help raise awareness for the exhibit. The committee consisted of Wells' friends and colleagues and raised more than $25,000 in support of the show.\nThe exhibition runs from Saturday until Dec. 23.
(04/23/01 4:40am)
The referee tossed the ball, and the battle for possession started. Players zipped around the court at full speed, expertly passing the ball and looking for open spaces in the opposition defense to hoop the first basket for their team. \nThe game had all the excitement of any competitive basketball event with one difference -- the players were all in wheelchairs.\nThe Lafayette Spinners, in conjunction with the Disabled Student Association and Abilities Unlimited, held a wheelchair basketball match Sunday at the University Gymnasium. \nThe game was the second in a row after a gap of six years. The first event was held in 1994. The game was a fundraiser for camp scholarships for children with disabilities within the Monroe County area. \n"We are aiming to raise about $5,000 to send about 20 children to various camps," said Judith DeMilo, president of the Abilities Unlimited board. \nThe money comes from tickets, food and T-shirts sold at the event and from private and corporate donations. Many students brought food purchased with their extra meal points and donated it to be sold at the game, she said. \nFormer Hoosier and NCAA player Archie Dees and fellow NCAA ex-player Landon Turner, who lost his legs was in an accident, turned out and played with the Spinners. \n"The last time I played, a few years ago, I was totally outdone and out-maneuvered," he said, and quipped, "But these guys are nice, despite being from Lafayette."\nThe Spinners played among themselves and while in the second half, they played against women's basketball coach Kathi Bennett and women's basketball players. Matt Bollant and Trish Belthauser coached the team. \nA gasp went up from the audience when one of the players' wheelchairs tipped over and the player fell out. But the players continued on unphased, and Spinners' captain and coach Eric Muller came to the sidelines and informed the audience, "We usually have about one chair-tipping over every five minutes, and so far, we've just had one more than halfway through the first half. So this is a good game."\nSenior center Jelena Lazic said while some players were nervous, it was also exciting to be participating in the game. \n"It's just neat to be here, but we tried to practice and I was so scared that my chair would turn over because it kept tipping back," she said.\nAnother wheelchair tipped over as two players crashed into each other in an attempt to gain possession of the ball, causing Lazic to laugh nervously. Almost in reply to her, a player shouted from the court, "Don't worry, we will be nicer when we play with you."\nThe atmosphere remained competitive but friendly in the second half. When IU women, playing with some of the Spinners on their team, couldn't hold onto the ball, Lazic put the ball under her T-shirt and zipped across the court to try and score a basket. \nAnother time, another player seeing that the ball was going to pass her by if she stayed in the wheelchair, got up, grabbed the ball and quickly passed it to another player before getting back into her wheelchair, sending the audience laughing and the players shouting in friendly and good-humored protest.\nMuller said the Spinners were a community team with people from various regions and varying from 15 to 56 years old. \n"It's difficult to raise the money to maintain the team, but we want to keep it going because there are only three such teams in all of Indiana. Indianapolis had a team earlier, which was broken up, but now they are trying to rebuild it again," he said.
(04/09/01 6:11am)
Three hundred fifty participants made a mad dash for 3,000 plastic eggs spread over Bryan Park, 1200 S. Woodlawn Ave., for the third annual Egg Scramble Saturday. \nThe move from Cascades Park, where the first two events were held, to Bryan Park was part of the public demand for a larger area.\nParticipants jetted through an acre-and-a-half for prizes including car washes, sodas, movie passes, food vouchers and one grand prize of a weekend of two at the Beechwood Inn in French Lick, Ind. \nThe 21-and-over egg scramble, with a $6 entry fee, was held by the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department. The idea was the brainchild of Becky Barrick, community events manager for Bloomington Parks and Recreation. \nThe event sold out well in advance. The scramble was held in the dark starting after 8 p.m. Participants started arriving before the sign-in time of 6:30 p.m. \n"Each egg has at the least a piece of candy in it. But, most also have other things like Cokes and food and movie passes," said Cindy Miller, marketing coordinator for the scramble. "Everyone is asked to line up at a startline and then the line is cut and everyone just rushes to go out and gather as many eggs as they can," she said.\nParticipants compete individually or in twos and threes, but more often, they participate as groups. Bloomington residents Joyce and Jimmy Purtlebaugh, Rob Arnett and Mitchell Natalie formed a team. \nWe are just playing kids," Joyce said. "And, of course, there are all the cool prizes. Last time we won car washes and ice cream cones and pop and basketballs and lots of stuff." \n"We could definitely do with a weekend away," Jimmy said.\nMany weren't able to participate -- either because they were underage or they didn't pre-register. Those who didn't had to be turned back.\n"The maximum we can accommodate is 350; we just can't take any more than that," Miller said. \nBloomington residents Celeste Wolfinger, 25, and Eddy Riou, 26, were the first to arrive. Saturday was their second scramble. They said the prizes weren't as important as the event itself.\n"We did win a lot of pop and bird seed and candy and all that. But the main thing is the scramble itself," Wolfinger said. "I had expected the eggs to be hidden. I also thought the event would take some time, but it was over in, like, minutes."\nMost participants came equipped with flashlights and bags to carry their precious cargo. Many wore caving helmets because they wanted their hands free to collect more eggs.\nBloomington residents David Kaspar and Mike Jackson were first-time participants. "We can win all those cool prizes and its only $6," Kaspar said.
(03/06/01 5:45am)
Rachael Honegger, the women's basketball player who was convicted in October of forgery, was dismissed from the women's basketball team after she was arrested Sunday. \nShe was arrested for violating house arrest from the original forgery conviction, police said. \nHonegger was arrested at 1:16 p.m. Sunday on the 3900 block of West Roll Avenue, said Capt. Joe Qualters of the Bloomington Police Department. Judge David Welch issued a warrant for her arrest, Qualters said. \nHonegger, who had been placed under house arrest instead of incarceration, had been advised that she had to get permission from her probation officer every time she left her home. She had been getting permission to go to her basketball games, including the Big Ten tournament in Grand Rapids, Mich., last weekend.\nIowa eliminated IU from the tournament Saturday 81-76.\nAuthorities were apparently unable to locate Honegger after that, and Welch issued a warrant for her arrest Sunday afternoon. \nIn October, Honegger had pleaded guilty to forgery for embezzling from her previous employer, the Ellettsville IGA. She was forced to pay back about $13,000. Welch gave her a three-year prison sentence, with all but six months suspended, and she had been placed under house arrest.\nPending investigation, IU President Myles Brand suspended Honegger from the team for five games. After reviewing the decision, the Faculty Athletics Committee had recommended that she be allowed to play on the team again. \nCommittee chairman Bruce Jaffee, a business school professor, said the committee had reviewed both the specifics of her situation and the procedures in place internally and externally for dealing with student-athlete misconduct.\nThe 19-member group had concluded in its report that Honegger's case had not been handled properly by the athletics department "through no fault of her own."\nJaffee said he was disappointed Honegger didn't take advantage of being able to continue playing.\n"It was very unfortunate that this should happen, especially after the committee had recommended that she be given a second chance," he said.\nHandling the matter internally, the team -- which will play in the postseason -- immediately dismissed Honegger. \nIn a faxed statement, Coach Kathi Bennett said, "I gave Rachael a second chance, and she did not take advantage of that opportunity." \nBennett said she wouldn't comment further, saying it would violate Honegger's legal rights.\nHonegger had been allowed to play on senior night last Thursday against Illinois, after serving a five-game suspension. \nSusan Dillman, spokeswoman for Brand's office, said the president did know about Honegger's arrest. \nIn a press statement, the president said the Faculty Athletics Committee had unanimously asked for her suspension to be revoked and he felt that had been the right decision at that point. \n"But it is obvious she failed to take advantage of the second chance she had been given," he said, adding that he fully supported the latest decision to dismiss her from the team.\nHonegger is being held at the Monroe County Correctional Center without bail until her next court appearance.
(02/22/01 5:47am)
As Rev. Dan Cloud of the Free Methodist Church read aloud from a poem, "The Man in Black," there was not a dry eye among those gathered for the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Service Wednesday at the Deremiah-Frye Mortuary Greene & Harrell Chapel, 700 Gourley Pike. Author Robert Ellsworth Stalcup stood quietly in the back. \nChildren and grown-ups stood hugging one another -- crying unashamedly -- and coming together in their time of grief. \nMost wore Earnhardt's No. 3 racing jackets. A father and son attended the service sporting Dale Earnhardt and Earnhardt Jr. jackets and crying in each other's arms.\nRodney Harris, 27, is a racing driver himself. He said he received a phone call from Daytona 15-20 minutes after the accident telling him the legend had died. He cried for three days, he said. \n"My dad and Dale were my two heroes. I felt like someone had ripped my heart out," Harris said. \nKelly Cissell, mortuary director, said the idea behind holding the memorial service was to help people come together and share their grief. \n"There are so many people out there, crying alone. We wanted them to have someone to share their pain with," Cissell said. \nDuring the service, the mortuary provided mourners with stationary and cards printed for the service to write down messages. Cissell said these would be forwarded to Earnhardt's family. Children drew posters that were pasted on the walls. \nTwelve-year-old Evan Vibbert said he was still in shock. Vibbert, who owns more than 200 racing car models, said he never missed any of Earnhardt's races until this one. \n"And I am glad I missed it. I didn't want to see my hero die," Vibbert said.\nEleven-year-old Gregory Garrison watched the race live and said he couldn't believe it. "I kept telling myself it wasn't so bad. He would be OK," said Garrison, who painted a poster showing the seven-time Winston Cup winner toeing the finish line in his No. 3 car with Earnhardt Jr. close behind in his No. 8.\nOne poster said, "Dale Earnhardt: The best driver ever on the road." Another said, "I love you No. 3. You were The Man."\nCissell, who not only watches but also tapes all the races, said Nascar drivers and fans are like a family. "We all feel like we lost a member of our family," he said. \nBloomington residents Gerald and Connie Freeman said the death had devastated them. "I watched him for years and never knew what a great loss his death would be to me," Gerald Freeman said. "He kind of grows on you," Connie Freeman said.\nKurt Van der Dussen, a Bloomington Herald-Times sports reporter, spoke of his experiences as a sports writer and the times he came across Earnhardt. He read a piece Dale Earnhardt Jr. had written in his diary about his father, describing him as a man who took on every challenge and reveled in finding solutions. \n"A man who could lead the finest army in the world," he read. Dussen said the fans that had gathered were part of Earnhardt's army.\nSheila Steven, a host on Big Red Country 105 radio station, modified and read a poem that a listener sent to the radio station and sang "Go Rest High on the Mountain," also modified in Earnhardt's memory.
(02/09/01 5:10am)
The Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission won its petition to make McDoel Gardens the city's first historic conservation district. \nBut the attempt to hold the district together fractured the community.\nThe petition was passed by a vote of 6-3 in the city council meeting Wednesday, but not without a debate between supporters and those opposing the petition.\nDiscussion on the petition, which began at 8 p.m., continued until the early hours of the morning. The area being designated as a historic preservation district means the commission would have to approve any demolitions or relocations of houses or businesses, as well as any new construction in the district.\nNancy Hiestand, staff member with the Historic Preservation Commission, said during the past several years, the Bloomington Hospital, situated on the boundary of the proposed conservation district, had been expanding extensively. \n"The residents want to stabilize the neighborhood and favor the petition because they want to provide property owners basic protection of their rights without reducing the affordability," she said.\nThe area covered by the ordinance spans from West First and Wylie streets to the north, CSX railroad to the east, South Patterson Drive, the Indiana Railroad right-of-way and Rogers Street to the west and West Hillside Drive to the south. \nDistrict 5 Council Member David Sabbagh, who is the representative of the area in dispute, voted against the petition. Others who voted against the petition were District 4 Councilmen Jeffrey Willsey and District 2 Councilman Jason Banach. The issue had been discussed in the previous city council meeting two weeks ago; the vote had been 4-3-2. \nHiestand had to face several questions regarding procedure of the petition from the council and accusations from residents who were against it.\nWillsey asked whether an ad-hoc committee had been formed to discuss the proposal as it advanced and whether the members of the committee were all residents, which is required by law. He questioned whether Sabbagh had been invited to join the committee as it existed.\n"I had been kept informed about what was happening, but then so were many others who are here. I was not invited or even informed that I was expected to be part of any such committee," Sabbagh said.\nRobert Shaw, a Bloomington resident, echoed an earlier statement from the Nathan Hadley, who is the executive assistant for economic development to Mayor John Fernandez. He said the residents had not been given enough time to review things and arrive at a decision for themselves.\n"If the Mayor's office is not comfortable with it, why should we be? We do not trust the commission, it's as simple as that," Shaw said. \nMark Crain, vice president of the Bloomington Hospital, said the hospital's survival and efficiency depended on being able to expand. \n"We want the boundaries to be withdrawn from the area immediately adjacent to the hospital property, so that the possibility of further expansion for the hospital in the future remains open," he said.\nMcDoel Neighborhood Association supported the petition. \nJack Baker, an executive committee member, said they did not want to prevent change or development in the area. He said they want to slow down the rate of change and give residents a chance to preserve their neighborhood. \n"We are asking for a little more consideration than other districts, but it is not too much more," Baker said.\nChris Sturbaum, chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission, said the opposition was a purposeful attempt to mislead the people against what was "an attempt to protect, nurture and help a neighborhood." \nHe said the protest had been stirred up by people looking to serve their own interests or people who had been scared into believing what was not true.\nRoger Allen Hayes, another resident, protested that the petition and the subsequent procedures had not involved the people who lived there. \n"We want to preserve the neighborhood too, but we want the residents to be involved in the process," Hayes said, citing that more than half of the residents were against the proposed conservation district.
(01/16/01 6:09am)
Paul Schoonmaker, a retired senior citizen, celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by volunteering for a food drive for the needy. He collected more than 400 pounds of food. \nThe drive, conducted by the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, 615 N. Fairview St., and the Area 10 Agency for Aging, 7500 W. Reeves Road., covered Ellettsville and the surrounding areas. \nSchoonmaker was one of nearly two dozen volunteers who took part in the drive, which included students, family groups and volunteers from the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of the Area 10.\nBy mid-afternoon, food collections hit 1,000 pounds and volunteers weren't done weighing in the goods.\nMarjorie Hershey, a Girl Scouts leader who has been volunteering for more than 13 years, and her daughter Lani, collected more than 100 pounds of food. \nThe drive began during the weekend with groups of volunteers distributing fliers for the upcoming food drive. Monday morning, volunteers collected the bags of donated food and brought them into the Agency. \n"There are people out there with health problems or disabilities who cannot go out and help themselves. That is why others need to help them," Schoonmaker said. \nJoann Walder, who coordinates the Food Pantry program and is an Americorps Vista worker, said the food collection surpassed her expectations. \nDonations came from unexpected quarters. Walder said after the food collection was complete, the Agency received a call from a senior citizen living in the Ellettsville area who had been sick and could not put out her food donation in the morning when she was supposed to. They went back and collected the food. \n"It was so obvious she could probably have done with the food herself. But, she wanted to help and requested us to come back and pick up her donation," Walder said.\nVolunteers said they found the project satisfying. \nHershey said food drives and other similar projects are valuable services. \n"I like to participate in such projects because my entire family finds it such a rewarding experience, and we have so much fun," she said. \nOrganizers said they were impressed by the community's response.\n"We did not really know until the last moment how many people would come out to help us," said Georgia Schaich, director for RSVP. "But, it was so satisfying to see so many of them turn up and such diverse groups of people too -- all willing to help"