Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 9, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 September 1984 — Page 8

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, September 13,1984

Underwater cable snafu interrupts phone service

By KATHY PERRY Banner-Graphic Staff Writer HERITAGE LAKE-Telephone users in the Jefferson Valley section of Heritage Lake lost phone service for five hours Wednesday. Linda Owens, customer service manager for the Clay County Rural Telephone Cooperative, explained that 253 customers were out of phone reach from 4 until 9 p.m. because of mistakes made during a parking lot construction project.

Greencastle

“We worked with Mrs. Boling to assure that each class offering would have educational objectives,” Church said. “I am very, very pleased with what the faculty has come up with.” IN OTHER BUSINESS, the board: -Approved a request by the Greencastle Chamber Orchestra for use of the high school band room and one other nearby room for Monday night rehearsals. The board also agreed to waive the usual rental fee, which would be S3O per session for the two rooms, but added the stipulation that school events would have priority in the event of a schedule conflict. Bill Dory, a member of the orchestra’s board of directors, requested rent-free use of the facilities, telling the board that the 45member orchestra anticipates 20-25 weekly rehearsals during the school year. -Authorized Peck to contact the Facilities Planning Office of the Indiana Department of Education to invite a state inspection of land south of McAnally Center where the superintendent has proposed construction of a new middle school. Peck said the inspection visit would not obligate the corporation to anything, but explained that it is necessary for the Facilities Planning Office to approve the site before any further planning can be considered. -APPROVED THE HIRINGS of Tony Robertson as lay coach of the seventh-

$50,000 bill for a leaky toilet?

CHICAGO (AP) An elderly widow said she never became suspicious of a contractor who allegedly charged $16,000 for six visits and told her it would cost $50,000 to fix a leaky toilet. But a concerned bank clerk did, and called an off-duty police officer moonlighting as a guard. They may have saved 84-year-old Rose Rolek’s life savings. “I was never suspicious, but the price always seemed too high,” Mrs. Rolek said. “My sister-in-law was always hollering at me, ‘You’re paying way too much.’ “How was I to know? When you get someone to do some work, and they come out and see there’s no man in the house, they can charge you anything they want.” Eight Central Home Improvement Contractors employees we e arrested Wednesday as they tore up the floor of Mrs. Rolek’s basement. They were charged with criminal damage to property and released on SIOO bond pending an Oct. 11 court appearance. Central owner Willie Nearn Sr., was unavailable for comment Wednesday. An answering service handling the company’s calls said no employees were in the office “and probably wouldn’t be for the rest of the day.” There was no answer at the company’s offices today. Bank clerk Joyce Nerducy began unraveling the case when Mrs. Rolek went to Citicorp Savings on Monday and withdrew $25,000. After being told it was for a plumbing job, Ms. Narducy summoned James Ryan, a 22-

Hospital

FAJT AND BOARD members, Noal Nicholson, John R. Long, Dr. Keith Ernst, Frank Ross and Charles Whitaker, plan to attend a legislative seminar in Terre Haute on Oct. 3. This affair is sponsored by the Central Southwest District Indiana Hospital Association. Reporting for a meeting held at Methodist Hospital for the recruitment of physicians, Fajt said that nine had expressed interest in Greencastle area. The matter of hospital purchase of an EKG computer system has again been tabled since the company selling the equipment has not yet provided references from hospitals who have made use of it over an extended period. PATTI TERRY, DIRECTOR of nurses reported to the board that six classes of 20 persons each have been scheduled at IBM as a part of the hospital’s CPR program in October. She also reported that blood pressure measurement certification has

Landscapers from R & D Landscaping struck the phone cables as they were dredging Heritage Lake because they did not know that phone lines rested on the bottom of the lake, the telephone company spokesman said. Ms. Owens said that new cables will be put in place in approximately five days, depending on the repair method used. She assures that telephone service and lake use will not be interrupted in the process.

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grade boys basketball team, Jeff Stevens as lay assistant coach of the high school girls track team and Mary Traub as freshman girls basketball coach. Also approved were the hirings of Bech Buchanan and Teresa Baynard as noon cafeteria aides at Northeast School. -Accepted the resignation of Rebecca Paul as noon cafeteria aide at Northeast. -Heard Peck report financial balances for the month ending Aug. 31. They included: General fund, $184,272; debt service fund, $207,765; cumulative building fund, $1,211,882; transportation fund, $170,637, and school lunch fund, $19,953. The total amount invested by the corporation in interest-bearing certificates was $1,042,240 as of Aug. 31, the superintendent reported. PRESENT WEDNESDAY night were board members Robert Delp, Patricia Hess, Bayard Allen and Ed Meyer. Dale Pierce was absent. Joining Peck in presenting items of business was Assistant Supt. Robert Harbison. After the regular meeting, the board convened in executive session for discussion of collective bargaining on a new master contract for teachers. The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the middle school.

year police veteran working mornings as a bank security guard. Ryan asked Mrs. Rolek if she had a contract for the job. “She pulled a piece of paper out of her purse,” Ryan said. The paper stipulated she would pay $25,000 immediately and make a series of $5,000 monthly payments, for a total of $50,000. Ryan called his station and two officers went to Mrs. Rolek’s South Side home, where the company’s employees were at work. A second contractor later told police that the clogged pipes for Mrs. Rolek’s leaky toilet simply needed to be cleaned out a job he estimated at $l5O. Attorney General Neil Hartigan’s office has received more than 40 complaints from consumers alleging use of deceptive practices by Central. Hartigan’s office filed a suit against Nearn in a temporary injunction barring the company from operating was issued Aug. 22, and that a hearing to determine if it should be permanently enjoined from doing business was scheduled for Sept. 24. Asked whether Nearn appeared to be in violation of that court decision, Manning said, “I don’t see how you can reach any other conclusion.” Mrs. Rolek produced documents showing that Central charged her more than $16,000 for six visits to her home since November 1980. She said a company representative would check the house once a year and always told her that something needed repair.

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been planned with Bernie Moon as instructor in this area. Plant engineer Larry Roberts reported that annual rebuilding of the boilers has been scheduled with state inspection to follow. He also reported that the computer system has resulted in a $14,000 savings in utility below estimates. From Medical Records, Donna Gannaway told the board that the computer system is running smoothly and the patient now has more billing information than was available before. Accountant Rick Norwood presented operating fund claims of $527,810.72 which were allowed by the board. DIRECTOR FAJT SAID that an educational program conducted by Sharon Black from the diet department and Dr. Mark Conway on the subject of diabetes was attended by 55 persons from throughout the county.

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Larry Modesitt and family of Reelsville exhibited the reserve grand champion Chester White in open class competition at the 1984 Indiana State Fair. Showing off

Landfill

Thursday by the Banner-Graphic. “We (Parke County) had a landfill at one time, but it was not being operated properly. There was a lawsuit and it was shut down,” he said. The problem, according to Fisher, was that Parke County landfill operators advised there would be “no odors,” or other problems. “The adjacent landowners found that not to be true and filed suit,” Fisher related. “A landfill has not been in operation in this county for about four years.” INSTEAD, TRASH FROM Parke County has been hauled to another location. “We have a contract with the Kanizer Co. in Vermillion County to haul our trash out for $3,000 per month. They will continue to do that until the last day of February. “By the first of March,” Fisher pointed out, “we will have a transfer station in operation.” According to Fisher, the Parke County commissioners sold three acres of land to Central Disposal, Switz City. There, that company will build and later operate the transfer station for Parke County. “They are supposed to break ground this month and begin construction and be ready to operate by March 1,” Fisher said, reading from Parke County commissioners’ contract with Central Disposal. “The company is to operate the entire business. There will be no county employees involved,” Fisher said. For that service, Parke County will pay the company $62,400 for the first year of operation, the auditor added. “FOR EACH YEAR thereafter, there is a percentage adjustment for gross national product and consumer price index changes. But,” Fisher clarified, “those adjustments are not to exceed 5 per cent annually.” The rates charged, for users other than the (county) board, will be set and adjusted by Central Disposal. “The contract said they will be fair and competitive,” the auditor said, pointing out Parke County will have no control on future prices charged to its taxpayers. The Parke County agreement calls for a five-year pact with the commissioners, extended for another five years if approved. The contract may be terminated after the first five years, only if there is written notification six months prior to the first termination date. BUT PUTNAM COUNTY Sanitarian Zeiner admits transfer stations are not really the answer, even though the operations are sanitary. Although trash may be collected at the transfer station site, it still has to be transported to a landfill for proper disposal. “Somebody still

First story hours slated

The first preschool story hours for the school year will be held at the Putnam County Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 18 and Wednesday, Sept. 19 in the Children’s Room. Four- and five-year-old children will Mrs. Hayes heads Cloverdale event Mrs. David Hayes has taken the lead as chairman of the St. Jude Children’s Research Bike-a-Thon in Cloverdale. Sponsor contributions will support research and treatment of children’s diseases such as sickle cell anemia and Hodgkin’s disease. This fall’s bike-a-thon is dedicated to “Jamie,” who was diagnosed with leukemia and is being treated at St. Jude’s. Mrs. Hayes will distribute sponsor sheets throughout Cloverdale for the event. Bikers will ride on Oct. 13. In case of rain, riders will take to the streets on Oct. 20.

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has to take the trash,” Zeiner simply stated. Zeiner said an ideal suggestion would be for Putnam County to consider a “multicounty landfill” with other areas. “Personally, in my own opinion, I think we need to do that,” he remarked. “It’s getting to be more and more that the smaller counties, and smaller populations, are cooperating with each other on this,” Zeiner pointed out, “with having just one landfill.” The problem surfaces when it comes time to decide which county will be taking the trash. “That’s always the case and it always becomes a problem,” Zeiner agreed. BUT THERE ARE ONLY two choices for taxpayers to make, in Zeiner’s opinion: Residents can either pay for the services of a new landfill or transfer station, or make more conscientious efforts to recycle materials. “I’ve always been a believer in recycling,” Zeiner maintains. “I believe you should return a newspaper, before you get another newspaper. You should return an empty can, before you get other cans. “We can recycle the many things that we have been putting out at the landfill now. We don’t need to be bringing all of the stuff out there that we do. If we are going to save our landfills, we’re going to have to decide to start doing this.” Starting those type of efforts could have gone a long way in getting greater use out of Putnam County’s present landfill, according to Zeiner. “We could have gotten several more years out of it, if we had recycled more.” GETTING DOWN TO the “nuts and bolts” of the present alternatives, Zeiner said costs associated with a new landfill, or a transfer station would be comparable. “You really don’t have to haul,” he noted. “You can transfer about as cheap today as what you can operate a landfill. It’s a very competitive business.” There is another alternative that has yet to be discussed, according to Zeiner, and that is for a group of private investors to choose to operate a landfill. Still, getting acceptance would be difficult, he believes. “If a group of private investors wanted to get together to keep the big businesses out, it could probably work, ’ Zeiner said. “But how many people do you think you’d get, if you walked down the street and tried to sell shares in that? You’d get none.” WHATEVER THE SOLUTION, the sanitarian notes, as have county and city officials, not everyone will be pleased with the officials’ decision. “There should be some type of decision made by December,” Zeiner said. “All I know is that we have a big problem ahead of us.”

meet each Tuesday morning this fall, and three-year-old children will have story hour on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. For any further information, persons may contact the library at 653-6216.

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Dr. Harry L. Hawkins, 73, 201 N. Arlington St., Greencastle, passed away Thursday morning at Putnam County Hospital. He was an emeritus professor of psychology at DePauw University. Born Jan. 30, 1911 in Chicago, he was the son of Harry L. and Sadie (Johnson) Hawkins Sr. Dr. Hawkins, a faculty member since 1946 in the Department of Psychology, was twice selected as DPU’s best professor by the Interfraternity Council (1970 and 1976). He received his A.B. degree from Lake Forest College, his M.S. from Purdue University and his E.E.D. from Columbia University. The deceased taught high school in West Lafayette and served in the U.S. Navy during World War 11. He was formerly psychologist and director of classification at the Indiana State Farm. For several years, he was the Putnam County represen-

Putnam scanner

City Police Greencastle police investigated an attempted theft at the Robert L. Crawley residence, 307 W. Liberty St., Apt. 1, Greencastle. A suspect attempted to push a 1978 Honda 750 motorcycle, owned by Crawley, off the property and down the roadway on Johnson Street, Officer Terry Kendall reported. The incident occurred at midnight Wednesday, police said. The motorcycle was recovered, according to the report. Police investigated an incident of vandalism at the Brewer, Lowe, LaViolette law office, 110 W. Walnut St., which occurred between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Ken Hirt reported. Approximately $l5O damages was sustained by a windshield struck with a large, round, hammer-type object, according to the report. Putnam County Jail Martin W. Delaney, 22, 7605 Homestead Drive, Indianapolis, was arrested for operating a motor vheicle while intoxicated at 11 p.m. Wednesday by Owen County deputy Joseph A. Sanders.

Hospital notes

Putnam County Hospital Dismissed Wedensday: Mildred Kester and Brenda Sanders Birth: Mr. and Mrs. James Rossok, Route 1, Box 217 A, Reelsville, a boy *** New Arrival Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cunningham, Greencastle, are the parents of a boy, Joshua Lee, born at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12 at Clay County Hospital, Brazil. He is the couple’s third child, joining Jeffrey, 4, and Joy, 2. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. David Suit, Greencastle. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cunningham, Fillmore. Great-grandparents are Mabel Petro, Texas, and Herman Trout, Loogootee.

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Obituary Harry L. Hawkins

tative to the State Mental Health Assn. Dr. Hawkins was a member and lay leader of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday School for 25 years. He was a member of the American Association of University Professors, Greencastle Elks Lodge and the American Legion. On Dec. 25,1940, he married the former Bernice Stover, and she survives. Also surviving is a brother, Kenneth S. Hawkins, Santa Barbara, Calif. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Gobin Methodist Church with Rev. Fred Lamar officiating. Interment will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. There will be no visitation at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements. Those who wish may make contributions to the Harry L. Hawkins Scholarship Fund at DePauw University.

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