Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 121, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 January 1986 — Page 10

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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, January 6,1986

Senior focus

Sue Perkins aids Store Room

"RSVP Reflections,” submitted by Mary Skidmore, RSVP director, and Thelma Burkhardt, assistant director The Store Room is a used clothing outlet sponsored by Putnam County Council on Aging. It is located on the second floor of the Senior Center, and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Several volunteers donate their time to this operation, sorting and distributing clothing to those in need. AMONG THESE VOLUNTEERS is Sue Perkins, who will soon celebrate 5 years of service to the Store Room. Sue was born in Putnam County but moved to Phoenix, Ariz., after her marriage in 1942. After 30 years she returned to Greencastle to help care for her aged mother and decided to remain. Sue’s efforts are appreciated and the staff looks forward to a long relationship. The January Meet & Eat will be Friday, Jan. 10 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Bring a bag lunch and a pair of scissors. There are lots of stamps to trim. RSVP will provide dessert and drinks. •** YOU HAVE ONE MORE week to sign up for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, VITA, as a volunteer and take the instructions offered by the Internal Revenue and the Indiana Department of Revenue departments. Next Monday, Jan. 13, training will start at the Senior Center on the north side of the square in Greencastle. The first two days will be devoted to first time volunteers and the last three (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) will be for all volunteers who need to review and pick up on any new laws involved with filing the 1985 tax returns. Volunteers include college students, retirees, professionals and many other with time to give and a desire to help. If you think you would be interested in this program call the RSVP office right away (653-3011) and sign up. *** “Center Comments,” submitted by Hubert Clodfelter, president, Putnam County Council on Aging Thanks go out to the Putnam County community for its support of the Putnam County Council on Aging during 1985. All types of helpful assistance was received from governmental, church, civic, business, educational, service and social organizations in our county. United Way was and is most supportive and the local media have been generous with favorable and factual publicity. Among the most helpful are the individuals who give of their time, talents and economic assistance for the provision of the many services that are sponsored by the Council on Aging and flow from the Senior Center. The thousands of hours provided by volunteers for our community are worth more than $150,000 a year. Most of these volunteers provide services which are humanitarian in nature and beyond monetary calculation. MANY VOLUNTEERS NOT only give of their time and talents but receive a positive feeling of being an active compasionate productive member of our community. Without question such active participation results in happiness, dignity and a healthier longer life. It is a wonderful feeling. You do not have to live without it--call 653-3011 or 653-8606 to volunteer your services or to obtain assistance from services provided. **• Without question, bills will be introduced

Legislature

Tri-West High School whose District 24 encompasses Franklin, Floyd and Jackson townships in Putnam County. “Small businesses are really up against the wall. I’ve talked to many who can’t even get liability coverage.” Thompson, a former state representative who succeeded Lillian Parent as the District 24 senator, also represents parts of Hendricks, Montgomery, Boone and Hamilton counties. ONE PROPOSAL PENDING before legislators would allow municipal governments, schools and universities to enter an insurance pool to provide liability protection. That plan would call for the Department of Insurance to determine assessments through its actuaries and the insurance commissioner would be responsible for collecting and supervising the payment of claims. Pease said the pooling plan has merit, but he cautioned that it will be easier for the legislature to provide remedy for public agencies than for the private sector. “I think we’ll look at how we can ease the liability insurance problem for local governments and not-for-profit corporations,” Pease said, “but I don’t know how much we can do to help the private sector. One possibility might be legislation to limit the amount of major punitive damage awards in court actions, which of course drive up the cost of business.’ On the question of a state lottery, Thompson said the chances are better than ever for enactment. “I feel a lottery has the best chance it has ever had. My opinion polls show a very definite swing toward it,” he said. “When I first came to the legislature, opinion

in the 1985-1986 Indiana General Assembly dealing with home care legislation. The need for such legislation was made more critical with the introduction of the D.R.G. Prospective Payment procedure which results in the discharge of some. Medicare patients “quicker and sicker.” Most of these patients have no available home care and find that nursing home confinement is more expensive than the family or patient can afford. Normally such nursing home care is not paid for by Medicare and most patients do not have Medicare supplementary insurance which pays for non critical care in a nursing home. THE NUMBER OF ELDERLY persons over age 65 are increasing each year the number of over-age 80 persons are increasing in greater numbers. The need for chronic illness card is increasing dramatically and such care in many cases could be provided in the home. The care in a home setting may be more economical and most generally the patient is more contented. The big problem is that such care is not available in many areas of Indiana. As of this date a state or federally funded comprehensive home health care plan does not exist. The critical need for an adequate and affordable home care plan is recognized by many state legislators. The families of many chronically ill elderly persons are desperately searching for a plan which can provide this needed care. State funding for such services is vital to obtaining a comprehensive home care system. Many professionals, i.e. doctors, nurses, hospital adminstrators, social service personnel, etc., are aware of the need for a good affordable home health care plan but most do not have the time or inclination to lobby for the needed service. The push for such a plan must come from the general public especially from those families who have experienced or are experiencing the depressing and exasperating chore of obtaining home care for a beloved elderly relative. YOU CAN HELP BY contacting your state representatives and letting them know how you feel about matters here referred to. Rep. John Thomas representing Putnam County may be contacted by toll-free Statehouse phone 1-800-382-9841. His home address for a letter is P.O. Box 194, Brazil 47834. Sens. William Dunbar, Edward Pease and Richard Thompson all represent Putnam County. Their toll-free phone number is 1-800-382-9478. Their statehouse address is: State Senate, Statehouse, Indianapolis 46204. *** Euchre will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8 and Saturday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. *** SENIOR ACTIVITY SCHEDULE Tuesday, Jan. 7-9 a.m., Banner-Graphic project; 9:30 a.m., quilting; 11:30 a.m., lunch; 1 p.m., Banner-Graphic project. Wednesday, Jan. 8-9:30 a.m., coffee hour; 11:30 a.m., lunch; 1 p.m., BannerGraphic project; 1 p.m., euchre. Thursday, Jan. 9-9:30 a.m., quilting; 11:30a.m., lunch. Friday, Jan. 10—11:30 a.m., lunch; 1 p.m., Banner-Graphic project; 6:30 p.m., bingo. Saturday, Jan. 11-7 p.m., euchre. Monday, Jan. 13-11 a.m., bingo; 11L30 a.m., lunch; 1 p.m., Banner-Graphic project.

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among my constituents was 80-20 against it. Last year, it was about 50-50.” PEASE SAID HE BELIEVES lottery enactment legislation will pass the Senate, but said he could not predict what it’s fate might be in the House. Emphasizing again how tight state finances are, Thompson said there would not be any new money for public education. “There will be, probably, approval of $lO million to fund the schools formula passed last session,” Thompson said. “That formula fell about $lO million short of what it was supposed to produce, so this will not really be new money.” On the subject of license branch reform, Pease said the Senate likely will approve Gov. Robert Orr’s plan to take branches out of political control and subject them to state control. “AGAIN, I SEE SENATE approval, but I can’t predict final adoption because I’m not sure what the House will do,” Pease explained. “That’s not a negative comment about the House; I just don’t know how that body will react.” Last year, the Senate passed a similar license branch measure, but it stalled in the House. Both Pease and Thompson are beginning the second year of four-year terms. Dunbar, starting the final year of his second term, has not yet indicated if he will seek re-election this year. DUNBAR’S DISTRICT 38 includes the Putnam County townships of Clinton, Greencastle, Madison, Monroe, Russell and Warren. A public relations adviser in Terre Haute, Dunbar also represents Parke and Vermillion counties and most of Vigo.

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Poland man ‘saw’ a way to save truck BRAZIL, Ind. (AP) When Paul Zurcher saw a stranger driving off in his pickup, some quilk thinking and the not-so-subtle threat of a roaring chain saw stopped the truck in its tracks, as well as the suspect. Shortly after noon Saturday, Zurcher, 34, of rural Poland, saw someone drive off in his pickup from a truck stop at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Indiana 59 south of Brazil, the Clay County Sheriff’s Department said. Zurcher grabbed his truck’s tailgate and held on as speeds hit an estimated 60 mph. In. an effort to shake Zurcher, the driver, Christopher T. Burton, 21, whose address is unknown, began to weave back and forth on Indiana 59. But Zurcher yelled at Burton to stop so he could get off, officers said. Burton slowed down to about 15 mph, but instead of letting go Zurcher scrambled into the bed of the truck. He started a chain saw he had in the bed, opened the cab’s rear window and reportedly said, “Stop my truck or I’ll cut you up,” officers told the Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Burton stopped the truck and fled. Thirty minutes later, Sgt. Doug Smiley apprehended Burton in a wooded area about six miles south of Brazil. Burton, facing possible charges of criminal mischief and auto theft, was being held Sunday on SIO,OOO bond in the Clay County Jail, officers said. Burton had other problems. He admitted stealing two other vehicles. After the vehicle stolen in Indianapolis broke down on Interstate 70, Burton tried to heat a can of chili in a room at the motel by lighting a roll of toilet paper on the back of a toilet, officers said. The ensuing fire cause $375 damage, according to a motel manager.

Greencastle High School Tiger Cubs in the late 19705. Robertson, who is now a lay coach in the Greencastle System, and his family reside at 919 W. Washington St. (BannerGraphic photo by Jeff Siner).

Hospital notes

Putnam County Hospital Dismissed Friday: Lula Malone, Robert Rady, Carl Sims, Dellora Stafford, Cindy Waggoner, Brenda Wells and son and Rachel West. Birth: Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dorsett, Route 2, Box 174-S, Cloverdale, a boy. Dismissed Saturday: Sheena Aker and Jack Patterson. Dismissed Sunday: . Loraine Allen, Gilbert Cox, Debora Dorsett and son, Starlet Fuller and son, Dortha Penn, Gertrude Stacy and Stacey Stewart.

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Indiana State Police Trooper Mike Shelton made three alcohol-related arrests Sunday. At 1:30 a.m., he arrested Scott A. Hess, 21, Greencastle, on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Trooper Shelton also arrested Bradley C. Sellers, 21, Route 4, Greencastle, on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and Thomas R. Conrad, 20, Greencastle, for being a minor in consumption of alcohol. All three men were lodged in the Putnam County Jail before being released on bond. Sheriff’s Department Sheriffs deputies Sunday arrested Harold Thomas Boswell, 26, Route 5, Greencastle, on an active warrant from Putnam County Court. At 9:29 a.m. Friday, deputies arrested Terry B. King, 22, Coatesville, on a charge of contemp of court.

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who have no steady job, to work on roads with Putnam County Highway Department crews. “It offers a sentencing enhancement,” Hoffa noted, “and gives the prisoner a day off his sentence for every day he works.” Hoffa has also implemented a full-time investigator during his first term as sheriff. “The sheriff’s department had an investigator before, so this is not something that is totally new,” Hoffa noted. , “But,” he added, “the investigator is now a full-time position and is one of our deputies. He is responsible for doing follow-up investigations on criminal complaints. “IN THE PAST, WITH everything a deputy normally has to do, a deputy really didn’t have the time,” Hoffa maintained. “Not with it being a full-time position, we are seeing some real success with it. ” Finally, Hoffa has worked during his first term as sheriff to establish a training program for reserve deputies. “We have our reserves complete 450 hours of training prior to being authorized in uniform to work,” Hoffa said. “I help do some of the training myself, along with the regular deputies. We also have guest speakers for the reserves to speak on special subjects for training purposes.” As far as future goals are concerned, Hoffa turned his attention to the jail. "We

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City Fire Dept. Greencastle firefighters were called to a fire in a wood and metal hog house owned by Oakalla Valley Partnership on the property of Larry Gottschalk, Route 4, Greencastle, at 11:45 p.m. Saturday. The one-story structure had caught fire due to a faulty LP gas furnace, firemen said. Damage was estimated at $3,000. No livestock were injured in the incident. City Police Dianna L. Whipps, 29, 1130 Castlebury Apartments, Greencastle, was arrested at 3 a.m. Saturday on North Jackson Street. Capt. Ernie Newby made the arrest, charging Ms. Whipps with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. At 5:30 a.m. Saturday, officer Mike Hanlon arrested Dennis R. Code, 24, Danville, on a charge of public intoxication. He was lodged in the Putnam County Jail, but has been released on bond.

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do need to get some more work done on the jail to get it in good condition,” he notes. “It is clean and we have made a lot of repairs. “BUT THIS YEAR, I feel like we need to do some repair work on our audio and video monitoring systems,” Hoffa said. “We also need some more attention on the jail’s electrical and plumbing system. “I would also like to see the visitor space area improved,” Hoffa added. “Right now, all the visitors can do is talk to the inmates through very small windows.” Again, Hoffa realizes county funding is limited and he prepares his jail and sheriff’s department budgets with that in mind. “I try not to go in and ask for more money than I will need,” Hoffa said. “But there are some areas that you just can’t predict like prisoners’ health care needs and meals. “WITH PATROL CAR repairs, we try to do some of the minor things ourselves like oil changes to save money,” Hoffa related. “Some things you can’t cut. Our utility bills are high because of the building being so old and a majority of the windows in the jail won’t completely shut. “But,” Hoffa maintained, “one thing I do is keep track of my budgets. That way, I know where I’m at (financially).”

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