Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 182, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 April 1984 — Page 1

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KEN CHYMIAK

Who's news

Compiled by ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor KEN CHYMIAK, owner of the Pontiac-Olds-GMC Truck dealership in Greencastle that bears his name, has announced the addition of LARRY LISTER as his service manager. Lister joins Chymiak in moving to Greencastle from Rolla, Mo. Lister and his wife Sharon are the parents of three children Jason, 7, Jodie, 5, and Jaime, 3. He has 12 year’s experience in the lumber business, as well as a background in construction. Chymiak, of course, bought the former Murphy Brothers dealership. He and his wife Susan and daughter Nikki, 8, have purchased a home in Greencastle since taking over the auto dealership officially March 15. Chymiak has been involved in various phases of the automobile business for 20 years, starting with cleaning cars to owning a new and used car dealership the past 16 years. He plans to specialize in quality used cars and trucks as soon as the business, located just north of Greencastle on U.S. 231, can begin displaying the vehicles. Chief deputy ROBERT PATTON of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department, and JULIE HOFFA, matron of the Putnam County Jail, completed a 40-hour jailer school at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, Plainfield, March 30. The school, sponsored by both the National Sheriff’s Association and the Indiana Sheriff’s Association, began March 26 and drew 128 participants from various departments statewide. Chief deputy Patton emerged with a 97 per cent grade average, good enough to rank No. 1 among the participants. The feat earned the officer several miscellaneous gifts including free memberships to both associations and the training textbook used during the sessions. Among the topics explored were jail procedures and policies, including tips on preventing lawsuits filed by inmates and information on supervising jail personnel and inmates.

PAGE CURRY, French and Spanish teacher at Greencastle High School and methods instructor at DePauw University, has been awarded a summer scholarship through the American Assn, of Teachers of French to study French in Avignon, France. Purpose of the scholarship is to improve a teacher’s capacity for instruction and to further her understanding of the French culture. Mrs. Curry is a career teacher of languages, having taught in Greenwich, Conn.; University School, Bloomington, and GHS and DPU. One of 35 recipients of these French Cultural Services scholarships, Mrs. Curry will live on the campus in Avignon for four weeks in July, studying French language and civilization. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Middlebury College and has done graduate work at DePauw, lU, lUPUI and Purdue universities. BARB F. POOR, local watercolor artist, has won first prize in the annual Brown County Art Guild Sup-

Cool, wet. What else is new?

Tonight increasing cloudiness with a 30 percent chance of rain toward daylight. Low around 40. Wind east 5 to 10 mph. Sunday a 60 percent chance of rain and cooler. High in mid to upper 50s. Extended forecast Unseasonably cool with a good chance of showers Monday. Lows in

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porting Members Show in Nashville. The show was open to all supporting members of the Brown County Art Guild and will be on display through April 30. The winning painting, “The ‘A’ Team,” is a watercolor of a twohorse work team. Cloverdale High School students DAWN BACK, TODD COX, JEREMY WINNICK, TONI DONALDSON, CHRIS HOFFA and AVA McKAMEY will attend the April 12-14 Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) at Indiana State University. The students will attend research presentations and learn about careers in science and humanities. They will also tour ISU laboratories for observation of professional scientific research in progress. Spec. 4 REX M. STEELE of A Battery, 2nd 150th Field Artillery, Greencastle, has been selected as “Soldier of the Month” for April. The award is presented each month to an individual who has proven himself as a soldier who has clearly demonstrated all the important qualities of motivation, discipline, physical fitness and an ability to learn. Steele resides in Cloverdale with his wife Marci. ANNETTE WEST, daughter of Robert D. West, 125 Wood St., Greencastle, has pledged Pi Beta Phi sorority at Indiana University. Twenty-two campus sororities this year pledged 578 girls from 228 cities in 30 states and three countries. DR. DAVID G. MOHR, Greencastle Chiropractor, has just completed a year of advanced training. In the ongoing research and training program, conducted by Practice Consultants, Dr. Mohr regularly submitted research papers on the different aspects of his clinical practice. Dr. Mohr was commended for his indepth clinical results in the patient treatments for low-back and disc problems. Pvt. ROBERT A. WALTERS, son of Carl A. Walters Jr. and stepson of Margie L. Walters, Route 1, Fillmore, has completed basic training at Fort McClellan, Ala. During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, first aid, and Army history, and traditions. His wife, Nancy, is the daughter of Harold D. and Judy K. Murphy, Route 5, Greencastle. EILEEN D. BURKETT, an Indiana University student from Bainbridge, has been awarded a grant to attend the joint meetings of the Indiana Library Association/Indiana Library Trustees AssociationAssociation of Indiana Media Educators in Indianapolis this month. Burkett is a graduate student in the IU School of Library and Information Science. The award, announced by the Junior Members Roundtable of the Indiana Library Association, is granted by Baker & Taylor, a national library acquisitions agency, to one student in each state. The purpose of the award is to allow library science students to attend a state conference and view firsthand how their state library association functions.

the mid 30s to low 40s. A chance of showers possibly mixed with snow flurries in the north Tuesday. Highs Monday and Tuesday in the upper 30s to 40s. Lows mostly in the 30s Tuesday and Wednesday. A chance of showers Wednesday. Highs in the 40s to low 50s.

LARRY LISTER

Statewide program begins next fall

Third-graders first for competency testing

By LARRY GIBBS Banner-Graphic Publisher Although many of the specifics remain to be determined, a statewide program of competency testing will begin in thirdgrade classes next fall under provisions of legislation adopted by the 1984 Indiana General Assembly. All public school corporations will be required to test third-graders in math and reading, using a uniform basic competency skills test prescribed by the State Board of Education. Tests must be administered before March 1,1985. "THE INITIAL YEAR of this staterequired testing (1984-85) will involve only third-graders,” explained James Peck, superintendent of the Greencastle Community Schools Corp. “Two additional grade levels, as determined by the state board, will be added in succeeding years,

Purdue set to squeeze ethanol from cornstalks

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue University research and a dusty, old U.S. Department of Agriculture report are being incorporated into a new federal project that will convert green, leafy cornstalks into ethanol. Back during the oil embargo of 1974, ethanol was seen as a way out of the country’s dependence on foreign oil. But the relatively high expense of corn kept ethanol from wider use, and as of October 1982 gasoline-ethanol mixtures made

Putnam Patter

Camera much too honest for flattery

By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Affairs Editor Folks who make a business of studying the human anatomy tell us that about a fourth of our muscles are located in the neck and face, so it seems odd that we have such little control of our looks when staring into the lens of a camera. It beats all how “handsome” folks lose face in the dark room. One may muster all his powers of facial expression before the flash bulb pops and then when he sees the results screams to high heaven and insists on a retake. EVEN THE BEST OF photographers may fail to catch us at what we consider our most favorable angle, but on the other hand, we may have forgotten what other people have to look at all the time. For one thing we should be thankful: Even the lousiest of shots will be handsome when compared with the tousled and squint-eyed apparition that stares back at us each morning from the bathroom mirror.

one in 1985-86, the other in 1986-87. While those two grades have not been officially selected, there are indications they will be grades six and eight.” By the end of the program’s third year, testing will be done annually at all three grade levels. Classroom teachers will administer the tests to students in their individual classrooms. House Enrolled Act 1202, which outlines provisions of the statewide testing program, specifies that students who do not achieve satisfactory test scores must be enrolled in a summer remediation program of at least four weeks. Upon request of a school corporation, the state board may allow substitution of a remediation program during the fall semester of 1985. REGARDLESS OF WHEN the remediation is completed, each student

up only 2.7 percent of the U.S. motorgasoline market. To reduce ethanol’s cost, researchers at Purdue and elsewhere began searching for a way to squeeze more ethanol from an acre of corn by utilizing not only the grain, but the plant itself. “Basically, we’ve found a way to break cornstalks into sugar, and the sugar can then be fermented into ethanol,” said Mike Ladisch, an agricultural engineer who works in Purdue’s Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering.

Mug shots, those that portray us from the neck up, may really be our best side since they conceal bulges and sags that come from age and from loitering too long at the dinner table. OF COURSE, YOU WANT folks who see your picture to take note of what a wideawake character you really are, but be careful you don’t overdo it by opening your eyes too wide to appear alert. Such action is likely to pull other face muscles out of shape, and what the eye of the camera sees may remind others of an owl, assuming you have a “beak” to match the saucer-like eyes. Most of us want our pictures to show strength of character, so there’s a conscious effort to look as dignified as possible with a strong and determined jaw. Chances here are that the glum image will look like rigor mortis was well advanced. A MUCH GREATER challenge than keeping one’s face at its photogenic best comes when the family gathers for a group picture which will grace the album for now

will be retested then a determination made as to whether he or she should be promoted to fourth grade. “The prediction is that 15-18 per cent of all students tested will need remediation,” Peck said, noting that other evaluation techniques, including classroom performance and teacher observation, may also be used in deciding which pupils are to be assigned to remediation. “The state will pay for that instruction, allowing the school corporation S2OO reimbursement per child. That money will cover the cost of hiring a teacher and providing the materials necessary for summer classes.” A TOTAL OF $2.8 MILLION has been appropriated to fund first-year costs of administering the testing and remediation program in all 92 counties. The law also provides that individual

A process developed in part by the Purdue laboratory will be put to the test this summer in Muscle Shoals, Ala. That is where the Tennessee Valley Authority is constructing an experimental plant that will produce about 10 gallons of ethanol per day from cornstalks. The $650,000 plant is 75 percent complete, an official said Thursday. Although the technology is new, the idea for turning cornstalks into ethanol began more than 40 years ago during World War 11.

and for generations yet to come. To best preserve the family image, it would be helpful if all members would look intelligent at the same time. Surely they try to but it may be hard to convince some family members that the camera is too honest to show them as they would wish to be. The big hassle will come when a selection of proofs is to be made. This is an extremely poor way to keep peace in the family, especially among those who are naturally opinionated anyway. As a compromise, there may be a meeting of minds as some will settle for shots that make them look less stupid, in their opinion. SOMETIMES IS heard what could be called a critical compliment. The outburst: “It’s good of everyone but me!” This may be followed by: “Do I really look as awful as that?” Anyone diplomatic enough to gracefully talk himself out of this corner is destined for greater things than calming the waters

test scores are to remain confidential, except for disclosure to parents and for program purposes. However, school corporations are required to publish composite scores. Details of the testing procedure remain unclear because specific rules for implementation will be developed after the State Board of Education organizes on July 1. Separate legislation passed by the 1984 General Assembly specifies that the state board will have 11 members with the Superintendent of Public Instruction designated as a voting member and chairman. The restructured 10-member board will combine the present Commission of General Education, Textbook Adoption Commission and Teacher Training and Licensing Commission.

As part of the wartime effort, the U.S. Department of Agriculture was assigned the task of producing valuable chemicals such as ethanol from green plants. Agriculture Department scientists in Peoria, 111., discovered a way to break down the cellulose in plants into simple sugars. But the low cost erf imported petroleum after the war put the research on the back burner, and the Peoria Process as it came to be called eventually was shelved. Col. 3, back page, this section

Mile Brock, 11, found that a sunny day in Russellville was ideal for getting his bicycle ready for warm weather. Temperatures soared to more spring-like levels Friday afternoon, chasing away the blahs of so many recent cloudy days. The weatherman promised ideal conditions for part of the weekend, but warned of more showers Sunday or Monday. (Banner-Graphic photo by Bob Frazier)

before they spout into a family squabble. The best way to get a picture which is the spittin’ image of yourself is to take a lesson from the family dog. He will always take a good picture unless a pestiferous flea nips him a split second before the camera clicks. THE SECRET: HE doesn’t worry about watching for the birdie or trying to look like somebody he isn’t or worrying that the finished picture may not flatter him. So he just looks natural. Looking natural comes hard for humans when picture taking is involved. We often try to look better than we really are and thereby do an injustice to the face nature gave us. It would help all of us to adopt the philosophy of a couple looking over a picture taken on their 50th wedding anniversary. The conversation ran like this: The lady exclaimed, “Sam, Sam! It shows your double chin!” To which he replied: “Minnie, I’ve got a double chin.”