Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 119, Greencastle, Putnam County, 25 January 1984 — Page 1

New spirit, structure for city police

ByBARBARACARHART Banner-Graphic Staff Writer There are no miracle cures or overnight remedies. What new Greencastle Chief of Police Jim Hendrich offers is a new approach to some old problems as he attempts to revamp both the structure and the spirit of the Greencastle Police Department. There are already telltale signs of what the new skipper calls “a major overhaul”-a new organizational style, including weekly department briefings...a new concept of working together instead of apart...a revival of the old cliche “public servant”... THE LATTER TWO CONCEPTS deserve special recongition here. Just three weeks into the new administration two city police officers working together solved 33 cases of vandalism which occurred during the past three months. An intensive one-week investigation yielded confessions from four of the five suspects involved. More of the “less-talk, more-action” brand of law enforcement is in store for Hendrich’s band of public servants. “It’s our feeling that we have to be sensitive to the community,” Hendrich said, explaining his strategy from his department office. “We have to be aware that we’re public servants. “Any person in the position of public trust has got to be the person who fills that need. ” TO FILL THAT NEED Hendrich is utilizing the “attack-the-problems-now” approach in an ongoing program to lead his troops up the ladder of law enforcement ranks. “Generally, the public in the past has compared the state (state police) and the county (sheriff’s department),” Hendrich said. “We’ve always placed third.” He added, “With training and a general attitude change, people will become aware that we’re not less than, but just as good as anybody else.” Although Hendrich cautions that his department is not in a race with other law enforcement agencies, he does affirm his commitment to regain what problems of the past have taken away--public trust. “I AM ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR patie.nce-to understand that the kinds of things we’re going to incorporate are going to take time,” he explained. “I’m the type of person that the problems are past and they will be corrected. This is my plan of attack.” In order to lead this attack, Hendrich knows he must be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. “The ball is in my court, so to speak,” he added. “I’m the person the mayor looks to to solve these problems.” The solutions Hendrich will outline in a new policies and procedures manual have the full support of his boss, Mayor Gerald Warren, whose philosophy behind effective and professional law enforcement “basically jives with mine.” The backbone of the new approach will be three words muttered frequently in recent pow-wows at city hall-discipline, education and leaderhip. TO EFFECT THE CHANGES necessary, Hendrich plans to expose the problem and douse it with all of his department’s resources. “The biggest problem in the past is that there were no guidelines so the officer didn’t know what was expected,” Hendrich explained. “The problems were never corrected.” Now, he added, “They will either be corrected or proper action will be taken.” The police chief said the new policies and procedures manual, which was structured after Plainfield Police Department guidelines, will eliminate many of the problems of the past. “WE WILL GO OVER the manual with each officer, they will sign it and comply with it,” Hendrich said. “At that point, responsibility will fall on the officer. Failure to comply will result in disciplinary action. ” The Board of Works will have an opportunity to review the new manual in mid-February when Hendrich plans to ask the mayor for a meeting of the board. In preparation for the unveiling of his new program, Hendrich said he has already made adjustments through the

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Putnam Patter "z?. Seller's Cave attracted the daring

By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Affairs Editor Ranks are thinning, if not altogether gone, of those for whom Seller’s Cave was once the symbol of adventure, discovery and daring. Sandwiched between DePauw University’s football stadium and the Monon (L & N) railroad this natural formation spawned stories of near pre-historic finds to cavern explorations extending for various distances beaneath the countryside. WHILE THERE COULD have been some proof of reports from youngsters who emerged from the damp and dark depths of Seller’s Cave, reports from the Indiana Department of Geology may be more factual but lacking in local color. Once called University Cave, the underground formation was said to have once been a focal point for DePauw students, and state records do indicate that a number left their names on cavern walls. To separate fact from fancy, Hon. John Collett, state geologist, in 1884 commisioned on John P. Reasoner to make a partial examination of the cave. And this is

JIM HENDRICH Naw Greencastle Chief of Police

ranks, hoping not only to change the public image of the department but also effect positive changes in the officers themselves. “As I see it, we have to eliminate problems with the man in the uniform,” he explained. “And we have to help the officer manage the stress by setting goals and rebuilding his morale. By redisciplining him, we will have a well-rounded, betteradjusted officer.” ALREADY, HENDRICH SAID, all of the officers have had discussions with him in an attempt to set personal goals and strategies. “We’ve talked about stress management,” the police chief offered. “We also talked about limitations and improvement on those limitations. That’s one reason why physical and mental fitness is so important.” He added, “I’m not going to ask anything of them that I won’t do myself. That’s part of being an effective leader.” Hendrich said the reception to this new approach by officers has been enthusiastic. “THEY KNOW THAT the chief is an authority figure,” Hen drich explained. “What they want from me is to be fair, honest and helpful and to see what they are trying to accomplish so they have some direction inside the department. ” As problems and snags in the system crop up, Hendrich plans to deal with them on the spot, but explains there will be a formal system to review job performance. “We’ll have a year-end review and I’ll make recommendations to the board (Board of Works) based on job performance, attitude and professional work load,” he explained, “so that the officer will always know where he has been, where he’s at and where he’s going.” How the officer fits into the system will depend somewhat on the structure which Hendrich plans to introduce to the Board of Works next month. The investigation division will be the cog by which all other functions of the department revolve. Eventually, the investigation unit will be one of four divisions to include records, communications and uniform divisions. BOTH THE INVESTIGATION and uniform divisions will function side-by-side in an effort to investigate and process complaints effectively. Because of the necessity to work closely, the structure of the uniform division will be developed around the role of the two investigators who will carry the rank of sergeant in the department. Currently, Sgt. Rodney Cline and officer Charles “Sonny” Wood fill that role. “there will be an investigator on duty round the clock,” Hendrich said, explaining the two officers will be attending training on investigation techniques once their appointments are approved by the Board of Works. Under the new structure, an investigator will be assigned to each of the two wings of the department. One captain will oversee the performance of three uniform officers under his supervision. After Capt. Larry Roger’s retirement at the end of February, the remaining captains in the department will be Paul Wilson and Norman Varvel. “Officers carrying rank will have specific duties and functions,” Hendrich reaffirmed, “Authority of the captains will be Col. 1, back page, this section

what he did, only partial, suggesting that at some time the depths ought to be more thoroughly explored. EQUIPPED WITH a compass, a bull’s eye lantern, candles, matches and an old suit of clothes, Reasoner entered the cave, accompanied by a Professor DeMotte and a sophomore student. From his descriptions, it would seem that entrance to the cave was about 60 feet from the railroad and a half-mile from where the stadium now stands. The actual cave entrance is about 10 feet down from the surface, and Reasoner and his companions went through an aperture about two feet in diameter and five feet long. At this point there was standing room, and another hole 30 inches high led into the cavern which in Reasoner’s words was a “room about 20 feet square and eight or 10 feet high, from which all the side passages branched, the number branching from this room being four.” “We first took the one going northeast,” Reasoner wrote. “It was quite winding and had a good dirt floor, rock ceiling, and was about four feet wide and three and a half feet high. We went out for perhaps 150 yar-

PRC Consoer-Townsend firm really 'city engineer'

By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor The Greencastle Board of Works Tuesday night authorized the continuation of the city’s contract with PRC ConsoerTownsend to provide engineering services for the next four years. The contract, the same as it has since 1960, contains a 30-day termination clause by either side. The decision to continue with Consoer-Townsend means that in effect, Cliff Norton will again serve as city engineer, a position he has held through several administrations the past 24 years. “THERE IS NO CHANGE,” Norton told the Banner-Graphic Wednesday. “In actuality, the company is the city engineer. I’m just their representative, and that’s the way it’s been for 24 years.” But apparently the public perception of that arrangement hasn’t always been so clear. “Evidently a lot of people thought that I was drawing two checks, one from the city and one from the engineering company,” Norton added. “They’re wrong.” COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE Bobby

Stardust Hills system SIO,OOO rehabilitation is termed a bargain

By BARBARA CARHART Banner-Graphic Staff Writer CLOVERDALE-Rehabilitation of the three lift stations at Stardust Hills carries with it a $10,128 price tag, public utilities superintendent Don Thomas told the Cloverdale Town Board of Trustees Tuesday evening. Consensus from town attorney Rexell Boyd and town board members alike was that the rehabilitation price is a bargain. In fact, the Stream Pollution Control Board-which accepted hearing officer Patrick Haynes’ recommended order dated Dec. 30, naming Cloverdale as the sole respondent in the case involving pollution of the Ferguson Branch of Cataract Lake-had estimated the rehabilitation project would put a bigger dent in the town’s finances. “Don (Don Thomas) has done a great job,” Boyd told the board. “His quote is 66 2/3 per cent less than what the Stream Pollution Control Board considered.” IT WAS THE STREAM Pollution Control Board which forced the town’s hand by accepting Haynes’ recommended order mandating both a short- and long-range plan to abate sewage overflowing from the Stardust Hills subdivision into the Ferguson Branch of Cataract Lake. Failure to file such abatement plans with the technical secretary of the Stream Pollution Control Board within the specified time frames would prompt the stream board to levy a SIOO-a-day fine on the town. According to Boyd, the statute sets a maximum of SIO,OOO a day for non-compliance The board agreed to accept Thomas’ abatement plan to effectively beat the 60day deadline set by the stream board. Abatement of pollution must occur within 45 days of final approval of the plan or the town will be subject to the fine, according

ds, til we came to a seemingly impassable place, which being about three feet from the level of the floor of the cave, wound nearly around and let me into a large cavern 20 to 22 feet long, nine or 10 feet high and five or six feet wide. “THE WINDING ENTRANCE to which I gained access to this was nearly round and about one and three-quarters feet in diameter, and in getting through, I sprained my shoulder.” Reasoner reported that this second cavern wound around and at the bottom was a small, two-foot hole through which he was unable to pass. Using his bull’s eye lantern, he saw there was still a larger cavern of which he said, “were the entrance blasted out, would probably lead uptown (Greencastle).” Returning to the original cave room, Prof. DeMotte apparently decided to quit while he was ahead. The winding path of the cave and the number of side passages branching off made it too easy to get lost, in his opinion. ENTERING A SECOND branch from the main entrance room, Reasoner found the passage to be feet high and three

Albright admitted he was one of those confused about the issue. “There are people in Greencastle who aren’t too happy about the city engineer working for the city and being paid by the contractor,” Albright said in addressing the concern Tuesday night at City Hall. “I don’t get a dime from the city,” Norton was quick to respond. “All (he checks are written to PRC Consoer-Townsend, which pays my salary.” The newly-agreed-to contract calls for a $425-a-month engineering charge to the city. Norton said his office turned over more than $3,000 in building permit fees and $350 in zoning fees to the city last year, almost paying for the cost of the annual contract. IN RECOMMENDING the continued relationship with PRC Consoer-Townsend and Norton, Mayor Gerald Warren cited three unfinished areas of concern- the post-start-up phase of the wastewater treatment plant which still requires periodic visits by Norton to make minor adjustments; the wastewater equalization basin (or holding tank) project that will

to the terms of the recommended order. The recommended order also requires the town to file a plan for long-term solution of the pollution problem within 180 days of receipt of the order. Still undecided is the board’s approach on how to finance the rehabilitation project. Some, like town board president Harley Janssen, believe the burden should be shared. “I DON’T THINK IT (the money) should come from the town as a whole,” Janssen told the board. “There are 76 residents out there plus some lots. Spread over, the cost would not be that great.” Janssen added, “I think everyone would agree that we want to get operating. ’ ’ Boyd agreed with the board that a source to finance the rehabilitation would have to be found before signing any contracts with bidders. Thomas said he had received five bids for the mechanical repair and replacement of the lift stations and three bids from electrical firms. Jack Dalton, representing a group of local people interested in investing in Stardust Hills lots, addressed the board explaining that their interest in the subdivision was for “the betterment of all involved.” DALTON EMPHASIZED the group’s “start-over approach” and said no one in the group wanted to be burdened by past debts. “We are in no position to assume past commitments,” Dalton told the board. Dalton, who operates Dalton Asphalt Co., Cloverdale, said he had several questions concerning the sewer ban and a supposed trailer ban and wanted to address the group Wednesday evening with some answers. “THIS WILL HAVE TO be looked over Col. 3, back page, this section

feet wide near the entrance and larger thereafter. On the walls he found what appeared to be the date of 1830 and other names of former DePauw students. He followed this to the end of his first ball of twine. He continued through a much smaller passage until his second ball of twine was exhausted and then continued for what he estimated was the length of another ball of twine. “The train passed over me and I could hear the rocks jar overhead,” Res oner wrote. “It is truly wonderful how far one can hear in it, as I wound around several right angles and could still hear a ‘hello’ from nearly the entrance.” COMING BACK TO the entrance, Reasoner decided he had had all the exploring he wanted without a guide, but on the way out, he discovered signs of some possible human habitation. Details of this find, local facts about Seller’s cave and notes of a not-so-courageous explorer will be continued in Saturday’s Putnam Patter.

begin construction this summer; and a possible review of the EPA-rejected Southside Interceptor sewer project. Warren called Norton a “city engineer of long standing” with knowledge of “a wealth of information” about city projects. The city’s relationship with both the engineering firm and Norton, Warren said, “has not always been understood. ” “Most of the time, most of the people doing the talking are the ones that have the least number of facts,” City Attorney Jerald Calbert, a Board of Works member along with Albright and Warren, said after a reference to questions about conflict of interest that have surfaced in connection with the city engineer’s job. “AS FAR AS WE’RE concerned,” Norton assured Wednesday morning, “nothing has changed. If somebody wants to know something somewhere along the line, they still have to come to this office. ” Besides the city engineering question, the Board of Works also considered video game licensing, water and sewage rate adjustments, the city’s cable TV contract, Col. 3, back page, this section

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LARRY EYLER Scared and confused'

Tire and boot tracks evidence against Eyler? WAUKEGAN, 111. LAP) - A Lake County sheriff’s detective has testified that tire tracks and boot treads link murder suspect Larry Eyler to the muddy field where the body of the man he is accused of killing was found. Detective Daniel Colin testified Tuesday in a hearing to determine whether that evidence and other clues, discovered after Eyler was stopped by Indiana State Police on Sept. 30, will be admitted in his trial. Eyler, a 30-year-old Chicago housepainter, is charged with murder in the Aug. 30 death of Ralph Calise, a Chicago electrical worker. In Tuesday’s hearing, Eyler said he was “scared” and felt, coerced into allowing a search of his truck after he was stopped by Indiana authorities. Eyler, who has been held in the Lake County Jail since his arrest Oct. 29, told Lake County Circuit Judge William D. Block that he believed Indiana police intended to hold him “indefinitely” unless he cooperated with their investigation. “I would have done anything to get out of there,” Eyler said. “I was scared and confused about what was going on.” Eyler was detained for nearly 12 hours by state police in Lowell, Ind., after officers learned he was wanted for questioning in the Calise killing and other cases. Colin said Eyler allowed Lake County sheriff’s police to take his truck to Waukegan to be examined. Police found that tires on the truck could have created tracks that were found in the field near Lake Forest, where Calise’s body was found. A former Putnam County resident and a native of Crawfordsville, Eyler is considered a suspect in the December 1982 and May 1983 slayings, respectively, of John Lee Roach, 21, and Daniel Scott McNeive, 22, both of Indianapolis. Roach’s body was found in a Putnam County field near the Ind. 243 and Interstate 70 interchange, while McNeive’s body was found in a western Hendricks County field near the 1-70 interchange with Ind. 39.