Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 277, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 July 1985 — Page 1

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BARBARA TESTER

Who's news

Compiled by ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor Two Greencastle physicians were elected to state offices during the recent annual meeting of the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians at Indianapolis. GREG LARKIN, M.D., named president-elect of the academy, will assume the top office next June. FRED E. HAGGERTY, M.D., was elected as Assistant to the Speaker of the Congress. The function of the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians is to promote the continuation of family health care. Members are committed to providing quality preventive medical care, as well as the treatment of chronic concerns. The academy is governed by a congress that meets yearly and a slate of statewide officers.

Another Greencastle physician, ROBERT WINDERS, M.D., also was a key participant in the recent annual meeting. Dr. Winders, who joined Greencastle Surgical Associates, Inc. last year, was asked to be a presenter at the academy’s 37th annual Scientific Assembly program. He spoke on “Newer Aspects of Thyroid Surgery.” DONNA GRAY, Assistant Cashier at Central National Bank in Greencastle. has graduated from the School for Deposit Counselors. The school is sponsored by Financial Products Group, Inc., a financial marketing and consulting firm based in Chicago. Mrs. Gray was one of more than 300 bankers throughout the country who attended classes in economics, finance, securities and money market investments, as well as principales basic to financial counseling. In addition, graduates must display an above average ability to deal effectively with the financial customer in a personable and professional manner. Central National President F. Mace Aker offered his congratulations to Mrs. Gray, saying, “The complicated nature of today’s saving and investing environment requires a higher degree of knowledge and expertise among bankers who advise customers about money management and financial planning. We at Central National Bank intend to offer the best in professionalism through a new breed of service personnel, the Deposit Counselor.” IBM Greencastle recently named BARBARA TESTER financial systems programs manager. Ms. Tester, who began her IBM career at Greencastle in 1983 as an associate programmer, resides in Greencastle JIM SKINNER recently was named financial planning manager at IBM Greencastle. He began his IBM career at Greencastle in 1984 as an associate accounting analyst, the position he held prior to his new assignment. Skinner resides at Brazil with his wife, Stephanie, and children, Jesse and Jacob. Two students from Putnam County have been named to the dean’s list for the spring term at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. CHRIS A. HUBER, Route 1, Fillmore, son of Rober and Urie Huber, and ROBERT MAYER, son of Edward E. Mayer and Margaret A.

Bring on the iced tea

Tonight partly cloudy and warm with a 30 per cent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the lower 70s. South winds 10 mph. Sunday mostly cloudy, hot and humid with a 50 per cent chance of thunderstorms. High in the lower 90s.

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Glover, were among 387 undergraduate students who earned at least a 3.3 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale, according to Dr. Jess R. Lucas, vice president for student affairs. Rose-Hulman has a student enrollment of nearly 1,300 men. The college near Terre Haute offers degrees in chemical, civil, electrical and Mechanical engineering, chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics and physics. GAY REESE, a partner in the Greencastle law firm of Wilson Hutchens & Reese, recently was elected secretary of the Indiana Leadership Celebration, a statewide organization that honors women leaders in all professions. The Indiana Leadership Celebration sponsors an annual dinner for approximately 400 of the most prominent women leaders in Indiana who represent business, law, the arts, medicine, education, science and other areas. Reese has been on the organization’s steering committee since the group’s inception in 1983. A North Putnam student has won a full scholarship to the 1986 Purdue University summer music camp. KEVIN D. AUSMAN, Bainbridge, received the scholarship during the recent camp.

A first-chair French horn player, Ausman played in the camp’s symphony band, conducted by Lt. Col. Dale Harpham, former conductor of the United State Marine Band. Airman CONSTANCE L. KUMPF, whose former guardians are Mr. and Mrs. James McLean and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sweeney, all of Cloverdale, has graduated from the U S. Air Force administrative specialist course at Keesler Air Force Base. Miss. Kumpf is scheduled to serve with the 549th Tactical Air Support Training Group at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. She is a 1984 graduate of Cloverdale High School. Army Pvt. STEPHEN E. McCLURE, son of Albert E. and Jo A. McClure, Route 5, Greencastle, has completed a motor transport operator course at the U.S. Army Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. During the course, students received training in the operation and maintenance of light military vehicles. Instruction is also given in the transportation of personnel, equipment and supplies. He is a 1983 graduate of South Putnam High School. Airman STEPHEN W. WINSLOW 11, son of Stephen W. and Kathy W. Winslow, Route 5, Greencastle, has graduated from the U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Winslow is scheduled to serve with the 63rd Field Maintenance Squadron at Norton Air Force Base, Calif. The airman is a 1982 graduate of South Putnam High School. Airman BRIAN K. ELLIOTT, son of Loretta L. Elliott, Route 2, Coatesville, has graduated from the U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Elliott is scheduled to serve at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. His wife, Leah, is the daughter of Joel D. and Janet Watson, Route 1, Clayton. He is a 1982 graduate of Cascade High School.

Extended forecast Monday through Wednesday: Chance of thundershowers Monday and Tuesday, then partly cloudy Wednesday. Highs in the lower 80s north to near 90 south Lows mostly in the 60s.

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DONNA GRAY

Competency testing data not for public, bill's author claims

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Disputing an opinion by the state attorney general, a lawmaker says any state official who releases data comparing school districts’ scores on state competency exams risks prosecution. Rep. Ray Richardson, R-Greenfield and author of the testing legislation, said Friday the only purpose of the competency tests established in 1984 was to identify pupils who need remedial instruction. Attorney General Linley E. Pearson, in an official opinion to the State Board of Education Thursday, said test results for each school system are public information. He said data regarding school system test results other than individual students’ scores are public because they are collected to carry out funding for remedial instruction. Nothing in state law says test data relating to school districts should be confidential, and the Indiana General Assembly has tended to favor open records, Pearson said. The statute included language that said, “The results of the tests required by this section shall be made available only to the student and the student’s parent or guardian, or when required for use for purposes of this section.” “He’s twisting the meaning of the legislation,” Richardson said of Pearson. “He’s interpreting it as if it (the limit on release) doesn’t exist.” Richardson, an attorney, said that as far as he’s concerned the limitation means the only information the Department of Education may release is the amount of state money each school system gets to pay for remedial classes.

County schools reported test figures last spring

Results of a standardized competency test given to all third-graders in February were reported by all four of Putnam County’s public school corporations last spring. The test, which involved a 65-item reading exam and a 40-item math exam, was the first to be administered statewide under legislation adopted by the 1984 Indiana General Assembly to measure students’ comprehension of basic skills. WHEN A STATE tabulation of the testing results was announced late in April, the Banner-Graphic contacted the Indiana Department of Public Instruction to inquire about specific figures for each county school corporation. At that time, state school officials declined to release individual corporation data, saying it had not been determined whether the information could be released. However, officials said each corporation could announce its own figures, if it chose to do so. A total of 63,134 third-graders in Indiana took the competency test during the last week of February. On a statewided basis, the average student correctly answered 87.5 per cent of the 105 test items. A total of 9,540 pupils, or 15.1 per cent of those taking the exam, scored below the statedetermined cut of 81, thus qualifying for remedial instruction during the summer or early fall.

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Camper's way to water conservation

By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Affairs Editor It may be easier to send a youngster to summer camp than it is to send him around the world, but the difference is mostly in money. I would say the preparation problems are about equal. Packing enough of life’s necessities to enable the camper to survive away from home may sound like a routine process but in reality, it may develop into a major family project. MOTHERS OF first-time campers may be at a loss to know just what size wardrobe to pack. If the kid changes as often as he should, outfits need to be numbered by camping days. On the other hand, if he is so enthralled with his new camping experience that he wears the same outfit all week (a reasonable possibility) his belongings could go into a grocery sack rather than a suitcase. Along with his earthly possessions, the beginner camper will take along as much parting advice as his mother feels is necessary for one who is making his initial

Release of any other information would be illegal, Richardson said. He referred to figures such as the number of pupils who took the test in a district and the number enrolled in that district in the grade being tested. This information would allow calculations of the percentage of a school district’s pupils needing remedial aid. “It’s a Class A misdemeanor” to release that kind of information, Richardson maintained. For that reason, he said, the law doesn’t have to be rewritten to specify the confidentiality he wants. Richardson recalled that when he wrote the final version of the law, he deleted the Senate’s provision that specified there would be public release of the test results. “The test results do not indicate whether a school system is doing a good job,” Richardson said. The reasons, he said, are that pupils scoring in the bottom 15 percent statewide were to receive aid, no matter what their score; it would be inaccurate to judge a whole school system by a test scored on that basis, and differences in socioeconomic backgrounds could mean a district with a high rate of failure may be doing a better job of teaching under the circumstances than a district with a lower rate. H. Dean Evans, who became state superintendent of public instruction on July 1, said he has asked his staff to spell out the advantages and disadvantages of releasing the test results. If anyone insists on data regarding his school system, and won’t wait, Evans said, “I’ll tell him to take whatever legal means he needs to.”

Meeting at Cloverdale The Cloverdale School Board will meet in special session at 7 p.m Monday, July 15, to discuss employment of an assistant principal and athletic director and a head basketball coach. The public meeting will be conducted in the superintendent’s office.

PUPILS IN ALL FOUR of the county’s public school corporations scored above the state average. Only summary totals were announced; no information was released concerning individual students. At Greencastle, 133 third-graders took the test, scoring a corporation average 96 correct answers out of 105 test items. Eight students, representing about 6 per cent of those who participated, scored below 81. At Cloverdale, an average of 90 was scored by 76 third-graders. Seven pupils, or about 9 per cent, scored below 81. At North Putnam, 108 third-graders attained an average score of 90.5. The students, or about 9 per cent, scored below the 81 cutoff. Col. 1, back page, this section

venture into an unknown environment. All keyed up with excitement, the listening quotient of the beginning camper may not be fully functioning, so these do’s and don’ts need to be repeated more than once and finally as he is dropped off at the camp site. There’s considerable truth to the old saying that what some people hear goes into one ear and out the other. This will explain why much of what the kid’s mother has said has been wasted breath as far as she is concerned. A MOTHER S CONCERN for her child is commendable. If while at home he needs periodic reminders to brush his teeth, wash behind his ears or regularly change his socks, what reason is there to believe he will do these things on his own with no one to motivate him? A stamped and preaddressed card included in his gear- just to let the family know that he is well and eating at least three times a day- may arrive in the morning mail on the day on which he is to be picked up in late afternoon at close of camp.

Appearing before audience a part of Melanie's goal

By BECKYIGO Banner-Graphic Area News Editor With the hope of a career in communications, you can’t be too timid to appear before a crowd. That type of experience is what 18-year-old Melanie Murray seeks as a 1985 Putnam County Fair Queen candidate. A Greencastle High School graduate, Miss Murray, Route 4, Greencastle, plans to attend Indiana University this fall, where she will major in communications. Eventually, she hopes to work with deaf children. "I FELT LIKE I needed to learn how to get in front of people,” she said of the fair queen pageant, which her father encouraged her to join. “I also knew I would learn a lot about makeup and it would be neat to meet different people.” At the Putnam County Fair, children and adults alike can find varied forms of entertainment, she points out. “There’s something for everyone,” Miss Murray related. “It’s just not for kids. “Parents can look at the exhibits, kids can ride the rides and it’s just a neat time to socialize.”

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Jennifer Everman, 5, and Scott Priebe, 4, reigned as “Little Miss" and "Little Mr." Wednesday during opening-night events at the TriCounty Fair at Russellville. Jennifer is the daughter of Phil and Lynn

When the camper is home again, he will spend much time telling all that went on in one of the most wonderful weeks of his life, but an alert mother will soon know other things about camp life he had forgotten to mention. Unpacking his luggage will be a revealing time in which some mother’s concerns have been confirmed. And what he didn’t do is more to the point than what he did do. IF THE BAR OF SOAP retains most of its original sheen, an indication that a bare minimum of water has been used-or worse still, the soap is still in its wrapper-the message is clear that the camper has circumvented such bathing facilities a camp in the woods has. If the tube of toothpaste, brand new when belongings were packed, shows that it has been squeezed lightly, if at all, it isn’t hard to compute how many brushes have been missed. If the camper’s extra clean pairs of socks are still neatly folded in the suitcase,

MELANIE MURRAY Fair queen candidate

While attending GHS, Miss Murray was president of FCA and was a member of the G-Club, Key Club, Latin Club, Student Council, National Honor Society and Pep Club. She was also a class officer, an ICE student, office Col. 1, back page, this section

Everman, Russellville, while Scott is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Priebe, Parkersburg. The fair continues through Saturday. (BannerGraphic photo by Becky Igo)

it’s a safe assumption that the pair he has on will probably stand alone and more than one time through the suds will be needed if they are to come clean again. When situations like these come to light, there may be a temptation to put the camper on the green carpet to answer why he neglected certain rules of sanitation which have been a way of life at home. ON THE OTHER HAND maybe she should commend him for his small part in conserving the nation’s dwindling water supply. But of course any water economy effected at camp will probably be more than offset by the amount of water it takes at home to restore his wardrobe to its original state of cleanliness. A more likely conclusion to this episode at first-time camp would be that mother is so busy rejoicing that her child has survived his initial experience away from her care and that he is now safe and sound again at home, that she will forget all she told him to do and not do.