Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 380, Greencastle, Putnam County, 25 October 1985 — Page 1

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By BARBARA CARHART Banner-Graphic Staff Writer A tentative agreement has been reached with Illini-Swallow Bus Lines to originate daily service to Indianapolis beginning Nov. 15. Ollie Reynolds, owner of JBR Travel Service, has negotiated with the bus lines for the service and announced the tentative plans to the Banner-Graphic Friday morning. ACCORDING TO REYNOLDS, the bus will make two runs daily to downtown In-

Senate action could void OT ruling INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Legislation approved by the Senate amending a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act could save Indiana taxpayers more than S2O million, Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., said today. The legislation, passed by voice vote Thursday night, was a compromise with labor unions, allowing the compensatory time only when given at time-and-a-half, but still saving state and local governments millions of dollars in overtime costs. The Supreme Court ruled in February that state and local governments must pay overtime to all employees who work more than 40 hours in a week. The decision, in Garcia vs. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, was at first hailed by unions which contended that state and local governments should be covered by all provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. But Congress, reacting to pressure from governments fearing huge overtime bills and tax increases to cover them, moved to overturn the decision. The unions then sought a compromise and won the bill’s provision for compensatory time at time-and-a-half. House approval of similar legislation is expected soon. According to Lugar’s office, a study by the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns earlier this year showed local government would pay sl7 .9 million in 1986 if the law remained unchanged.

New ice-breaker:'Why Greencastle?'

By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor Forget Trivial Pursuit. Chuck Charades. Trash Twister. Mash Mr. Potato Head. The newest party game in town is cerebral. And it’s as close as your resume. Will the real Greencastle residents please stand up? Next time you get together with someone other than Bartles and James, ask your friends how they got here. Why they came here. And why they stayed. YOU MAY BE SURPRISED by the answers. Members of the Greencastle 2001 Community Marketing task force .were. They realized Thursday night that why we live where we do, and how we feel about our hometown are vital parts of mapping out Greencastle’s future. The 10 members of the task force who convened for a dinner meeting at the Annex offered varied responses to how and why they became a part of the Greencastle/Putnam County area. Yet the representative leaders of the business, agricultural, educational and retail aspects of our local community were in perfect “We-are-the-World” harmony in their desires to stay. The cultural phenomenon was expressed best, if not first, by Norman Knights this past July. Expounding on his decision to leave the community for a Florida retirement, Knights spoke of Greencastle transplants. “PEOPLE WHO COME TO Greencastle have always liked it,” he said, “while those who grow up here can hardly wait to leave.” Some of them, however, are coming home. Committee members Jinsie Bingham, Bob Evans and Steve Jones to name a few They are among those who brought the new party game to life on an exercise suggested by Larry Taylor. The committee members are well aware that any marketing plan will have to sell the community on itself first and then concentrate on impressing outsiders. “I’VE BEEN HERE SINCE day one,” said Taylor,

Sun city Clear and cool overnight with low 40-45. Sunny Saturday with high in the low 70s. Winds light and variable during the period. Indiana Extended Forecast Partly cloudy Sunday, mostly clear Monday and Tuesday. Lows in the 40s with highs in the upper 50s to upper 60s.

dianapolis and will include stops at Stilesville, Belleville, Plainfield, Indianapolis International Airport and finally to downtown Indianapolis. The bus will leave from behind the Culligan building each morning at 6:30 and arrive in Indianapolis at 8 a.m. It will make a return trip to Greencastle at 10 a.m. arrive back at noon and leave Greencastle for Indianapolis at around 2 p.m. to bring back commuters to Greencastle. The Culligan building will be the official

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One of the best things about Grandparents Day is sharing knowledge you obtain from the school day. Bainbridge Elementary fourth-grader Emily Havens, rural Bainbridge, does just that with grandparents Lucille and Don Kite, 891 Sunset, Danville. Looking on is Bainbridge

born and raised in Greencastle with brief time off for good behavior at Indiana University. “My parents met here at DePauw,” he said, “and after living several other places while my dad worked for newspapers, they decided they wanted to live in Greencastle.” Succeeding generations of Taylors are no doubt glad. Roots also brought Jones and Evans back. Each has attended DePauw. Jones liked the town and not only made it home for his family, but also his new car wash business. Evans was among those ready to get out of town, however, at one point in his life. The area has never completely been out of the Green-castle-born Evans’ life, he says. But he can pinpoint the day he decided to stay. “I WAS ON MY WAY TO the West Coast (from Indianapolis) with a Hobie Cat attached to the back of the car, and the whole thing,” Evans laughed. “I was going to stop in Greencastle just to say goodbye to the folks.” Some years before, he recalled, his father (P.G. Evans) had convinced Bob to obtain his real estate license. His dad needed someone to watch the real estate office that day, and Bob agreed, putting off his West Coast junket for the moment.

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Daze Work

PUTNAMVILLE-Residents of the Putnamville area have grown accustom to the face of construction this spring and summer with bridge work at two locations along U S. 40 in western Putnam County. THE LOCATION WILL shift to the south somewhat, but two more bridge projects are scheduled for the Putnamville area, the Indiana Department of Highways has announced. Both new bridge projects will be on State

bus stop, Reynolds said, and tickets, tentatively priced at $8 per round trip, can be purchased at the JBR Travel Service. An added bonus to the bus service will be freight capabilities, Reynolds added. “WE CAN SHIP WITHIN a 500-mile radius,” he explained. “If you had a package from Florida at the airport, we could pick it up and deliver it the same day.” Reynolds said Illini-Swallow believes there is a market for Greencastle and

Elementary Principal Doug Rose, who noted approximately 192 grandparents came to the school Tuesday and Thursday to observe the special occasion. (Banner-Graphic photo by Becky Igo).

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More bridge work slated in Putnamville area

plans to look at the service in the long term. “Gilbert Wilson (director of the Indiana division of Illini-Swallow) agreed to give it time,” Reynolds offered. “He (Wilson) agreed to look at this thing in the long range.” One reason Illini-Swallow wants to make a go of it in Greencastle while Greyhound and Trailways bowed out is low operating costs, Reynolds said. “HE (WILSON) TOLD ME their operating costs are a lot less,” Reynolds

The phone and destiny rang. Bob answered, sold a 1,000-acre farm and the rest is local history. “I thought, ‘This is the way it’s supposed to be,”’ he said Thursday night, “and I’m still looking for that next 1,000-acre farm.” JINSIE BINGHAM “CAN’T imagine living anyplace else.” She lives in the same town in which her father introduced the first laundromat and the first pre-fab building, the Monon Grill. Growing up here “as an accident of birth,” the WJNZ radio station owner also counts herself among those ready to fly the nest, high school diploma in hand. A few short years elsewhere, she concedes, and she knew Greencastle was meant for her. Job opportunities brought yours truly (sight unseen), Extension Agent Mark Legan (who married a Fillmore girl) and Patty Weigand (thanks to IBM). Twelve years ago Jim Peck was a coach in Vigo County, eager to leave sports behind for administrative duties. The lure of Greencastle, he said, was that it was a college town, and from a distance, he had seen Greencastle exude a good image. Now a superintendent of schools with an sll.l million building program on the horizon and a daughter in second grade, he, too, is content to happily call Greencastle his home. And why? PERHAPS EVANS POINTED to some of the key factors during the committee’s session. “I’ve grown accustom to Greencastle being an exciting little town,” he said, pointing to “tremendous diversity” of employment and other opportunities. He noted the oft-quoted geographic presence - an nour away from Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Lafayette, Bloomington. Four hours to Chicago. “We have the benefits of those areas,” he stressed, “but not the problems.” Thus for the moment, the only problem appears to be spreading the word

Road 243 between Putnamville and Interstate 70. A continuous reinforced concrete slab-type bridge will be built over Rocky Fork Creek, 0.7 miles north of 1-70. Meanwhile, a continuous prestressed Ibeam bridge will be constructed over Mosquito Creek, 2.8 miles north of 1-70. The Indiana Department of Highways will open bids on the bridge work-as one construction project-Tuesday, Oct. 29. "I DON’T HAVE A (bridge) closing date

explained. “That’s why they think they can make it here.” One of the initial costs of the operation, Reynolds said, will be to relocate a driver to Greencastle. “The company is union and they would have to post the job for people to bid on it,” Reynolds explained, “and then they would have to relocate the man to Greencastle.” So far, local community leaders all agree with the Illini-Swallow - prospects are ripe for service in Greencastle. “I TALKED TO A LOT OF people

Local concerns 'broader'than ILWD permit

By BECKY IGO Banner-Graphic Area News Editor If all goes as expected, Indiana Liquid Waste Disposal (ILWD) will have its special permit from the Indiana State Board of Health to deposit treated storm water run-off into Raccoon Creek by early November. That observation was voiced from some of the 15 Putnam County residents on hand Thursday evening for the State Board of Health’s public hearing on the permit. The hearing was conducted in the Putnam County Courtroom. Mark Stanifer, a member of the State Board of Health’s Water Pollution Control Division, served as hearing officer. He also authored the state’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit ILWD, an Indianapolis firm, seeks ASSISTING STANIFER WAS Steve Rousch, also an employee of the Division of Water Pollution Control at the Indiana State Board of Health. Although several Putnam County officials were on hand, none really addressed the issue except county Health Officer Dr. John Ellett. Also in the audience were county Sanitarian Vernie Zeiner, Dr. Don Brattain, president of the Putnam County Board of Health; Don Hazlett, also a member of the county Board of Health and John Whitley, the northern Putnam County resident appointed by the commissioners to independently monitor ILWD’s actions at the company’s Russellville-area hazardous waste landfill. Stanifer began the session, telling all to keep comments relative to ILWD’s request for the NPDES permit. “This is to give the public an opportunity to have input in the permit decision,” he told those present. IN ADDITION TO COMMENTS voiced Thursday evening, Stanifer said written comments will be accepted by the Indiana State Board of Health’s water pollution control office for an additional 15 days. “That means all comments should be to our office by Nov. 8.” Stanifer advised. Comments may be mailed to Stanifer in care of the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board, 1330 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis, 46206-1964. Comments should be put to Stanifer’s attention at the Water Pollution Control Division. “I realize the concern the people of Putnam County have about ILWD is broader in scope than the NPDES permit,” Stanifer added. “But that is the only thing we are to allow tonight as of this hearing.” The first person to address Stanifer was Norman Hughes, a rural Roachdale resident whose home lies adjacent to the Russellville-area landfill operated by ILWD. He referred to documentation noting the State Board of Health cited ILWD for violations at its Putnam County landfill. The violation notice was dated Oct. 26,1984. "THAT’S WHAT THIS meeting is all about tonight,” Stanifer said, alluding to the fact that ILWD needs the NPDES permit because of that violation. “Are there any fines or penalties being assessed for that?” Hughes asked.

yet,” Department of Highways spokesman Teresa Breach told the Banner-Graphic Friday. “This project calls for 120 working days, and the normal construction season is 110 days, so this will take a little over one season.” Mrs. Breach said construction will close not only the existing bridges, but also State Road 243, the main north-south artery through the Lieber State Park area The district hasn’t yet established detours.

locally,” Reynolds explained. “The mayor is 100 per cent behind it, and so is IBM.” One of the reasons for the support, Reynolds said, is the service for commuters. “They feel they can get people who live in the high tax area in Indianapolis and work there to come out to Greencastle and live if they know there is a bus service,” Reynolds offered. “That’s one of the reasons Crawfordsville has grown so much. They have had bus service from Col. 5, back page, this section

“There can be once this permit is issued,” Stanifer answered, “because ILWD will have to stay within the limits we set. If there are violations of this permit, there will definitely be penalties.” Hughes asked Stanifer if he was aware of a “lack of enforcement” at ILWD’s Columbus, Ind., facility, now believed to be no longer in use by the company as a hazardous waste landfill. “I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE of the Columbus landfill,” Stanifer responded. Hughes’ main concern is surface run-off water, which will eventually end up in Raccoon Creek. It will run directly atop the area where the hazardous waste material is buried, he said “The point is,” Stanifer interjected, “is that ILWD will have to meet these numbers (standards).” “But there are so many ‘ifs,’” Hughes stressed. “You hope to get things eorrec ted, if there is a violation of the numbers, but it will have already happened. SHERMAN CHANCELLOR, representing the Raccoon Lake Homeowners Association, believes the water run-off should be specifically tested following large rains. He also noted his home, which rests along the lake, gives him the opportunity to view it year-in, year-out. “WITH THE LARGE SPRING rains we have, and with the mud at the bottom and the farm chemical run-off, I’m afraid with ILWD’s run-off that we will, over a period of time, have a toxic time bomb up there,” Chancellor said. Observing Raccoon Lake from year to year, Chancellor said it goes through a “transition” period. “It goes from a muddy brown, to a gray, to a darker gray and then to a dark green,” he noted. Closer to where Raccoon Creek adjoins the lake, the dark green color, which signifies healthy water conditions, Chancellor said, it is not as apparent. “I’m concerned that no more (pollutants or discharge) be added.” He also expressed concern regarding fish in the area being free of contaminents. However, Stanifer said DPU Prof Dr. Jame Gammon has made periodic studies of the water, since ILWD located in the area almost four years ago. There have been no major problems, according to Stanifer, except for what appears to be run-off problems from area farmgrounds. “AT THE STATE, WE ARE also starting a program where biologists will go to 30 bodies of water in Indiana to test fish for certain pollutants,” Stanifer said. “The pollutants we will be looking for are PCBs and pesticides.” “We’re hoping,” Chancellor interjected, “to keep Raccoon Lake and Raccoon Creek from joining that infamous legacy.” “Unfortunately, when we do test those waters around the state, if something shows up positive that means it will have been there for a while,” Stanifer said. “That’s what we feel is important to stop every bit of containment we can prevent,” Chancellor reasoned. AT THE CONCENTRATIONS listed in ILWD’s NPDES permit, the allowable Col. 3, back page, this section

“I don’t know whether they’ll get started on it before the winter or not,” the highway spokesman added. “Once we get a bidder, we’ll know a lot more. They usually have a plan in mind.” BIDS ON 38 OTHER state contracts will be opened at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Indianapolis. The only other project affecting the area involves new bridges over Crooked Creek and Birch Creek on State Road 46 in southeastern Clay County.