Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 125, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 January 1986 — Page 1

Learning about articles of clothing, four-year-old Jennifer Rebecca Sheese, 401 W. Franklin St., Greencastle, receives instruction as a participant in the Putnam County Home-based Head Start program. Head Start teachers, such as Patty Alexander (right), conduct home visits once a week, in addition, Head Start students are part of a group activity planned at the center located in the Sherwood Christian Church, Greencastle. A field trip, to encourage social interaction, is also planned each month. With Jennifer is her mother, Penny. Not pictured is Jennifer's father, James Sheese. (Banner-Graphic photo by Becky Igo).

Quality won't tell about finances

ByERICBERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor The City of Greencastle may get Quality, but it’s not going to get quantity, an official of the cable television firm told the Ban-ner-Graphic. Quality CATV of Sheridan is negotiating with the city to become a competitor of Horizon Telecommunications in the Greencastle cable TV marketplace. The Sheridan firm, which operates 25 other systems, including Roachdale, will respond to the city’s request for information, but will not forward a company financial statement, Quality CATV vice president George Pancner said Thursday morning. “WE HAVE RECEIVED a letter from your city attorney (Jerald Calbert),” Pancner said, noting that the letter states that the city cannot give permission for Quality CATV to build a system until it has applied for a franchise by completing the franchise agreement and negotiating with the city. Essentially, the communique from the city includes a model ordinance and a request for information. Therein lies the rub, according to Pancner. “I’ll be sending out our reply today to the model ordinance,” he said, noting that

Phase 111 done by late winter at Canterbury?

Construction of the third phase of Canterbury Estates Apartments for retired adults was begun in November by Cloverleaf Enterprises, one of the largest builders in the Midwest, with executive offices in Indianapolis. The apartments in Phase 111 will be similar to those in Phases I and 11. The 16 new units will also be one bedroom, on one floor. Rental is set at approximately S2OO per month. Financing for the project has come from the Farmers Home Administration. RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE to use the existing Canterbury clubhouse, with its

We may see 50 again by this weekend Clear and mild overnight with low around 30. Mostly sunny and even warmer on Friday with high around 45. Winds southwesterly at 10-15 mph during the period. Indiana Extended Forecast Mostly sunny and mild on Saturday. Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday. Lows Saturday and Sunday in the upper 20s and 30s. Highs in the 40s to low 50s. Colder on Monday with lows in the 20s to low 30s. Highs in the 30s and 40s. AM»y A 5 Calendar A 4 Classifieds AB.A9 Comics A 6 Crossword A 8 Horoscope A 9 Obituaries AlO People A 6 Sports A7.AB TV A 6 Theaters Aio

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in response to the city’s request for financial information, however, it will receive no quantities of funds, just two credit references. “I’m advising the city to contact Dunn and Bradstreet for our credit rating and to talk to our bank. They won’t get a list of stockholders and a financial statement. I think that’s private. It’s personal. “WE’RE A PRIVATE company,” Pancner continued, “we don’t go in and tell our subscribers we’re not sure they can cut it because they don’t have enough money.” A private company making public disclosure of its stockholders and finances, he said, could lead to someone coming in and offering “bucoo bucks for that stock and trying to take over your company.” Quality CATV is not about to let that happen, as much as it wants to add Greencastle to a growing list of systems that added Walkerton-North Liberty recently. Pancner concedes that Calbert’s letter indicates the city will not waive the request for such financial information. However, he argues that not one other city or town has made a similar request in negotiations with Quality CATV. “MOST PEOPLE LOOK AT your track record,” adds Pancner, who might be in attendance when the City Council next

laundry and meeting room built for residents in Phases I and II of the project, as well as the clubhouse in the adjacent Castlebury Apartments. According to rental manager John Carson, Cloverleaf Enterprises, which currently manages Canterbury I and 11, has maintained “an excellent working relationship” with the town of Greencastle. Cloverleaf is also the builder of Castlebury, an adjacent project of 108 family units. Phases I and II of Canterbury Estates, with a total of 51 units, was com-

Drs. Veach, Manus to be feted on Saturday

BAINBRIDGE-A public reception honoring Dr. Richard Veach’s 40 years of service to the Bainbridge community and Dr. Arthur Manus’ arrival is set for noon-3 p.m. Saturday at the Bainbridge Medical Office. THE PUTNAM COUNTY Hospital Board of Directors is inviting all interested persons to attend. The afternoon festivities will include presentation of a plaque to Dr. Veach. The plaque will be placed in the newly remodeled office, commemorating the work and dedication of Dr. Veach and his father before him. Dr. Manus has moved to the area from Plantation, Fla., where he was chief of medical staff at Doctor’s Hospital. THE RECRUITMENT OF Dr. Manus to this practice was a joint effort by Dr. Veach and Putnam County Hospital to ensure that a permanent fulltime physician would be taking over the Bainbridge Medical Office

meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. “We’ve been building and operating cable systems since 1980 and now have 25 of them. That’s a pretty good growth rate.” Other than the financial disclosure, Quality officials “basically agree” to most of the franchise agreement points, Pancner said. “According to the letter from Mr. Calbert, there is nothing to keep us from reaching agreement prior to the end of the six-month contract period with Horizon,” he added. Horizon was granted a six-month extension to May 1986 when its 20-year contract expired last Nov. 11. Quality CATV has offered to move in and build its own system in direct competition with Horizon. “WE’VE OFFERED TO GO head-to-head with the largest cable television company in the country,” Pancner said. “We’re willing to build the system with no guarantees as far as our rate of return. We’re willing to comply, but to a point. I think it’s up to your mayor and Council to give Greencastle citizens what they want.” The Quality CATV executive said if his firm reaches agreement with the city, it would then have to receive FCC documentation and line up pole agreements with

pleted in the mid-’7os. Units have maintained full occupancy, with names of prospective residents placed on a waiting list. CLOVERLEAF ENTERPRISES has developed extensive expertise in the construction and management of real estate projects, including those especially designed for retired residents. In September, it completed a 50-unit project, Charles Major Manor, in Shelbyville. Construction is under way in Danville for Meadow Manor, a project similar to Canterbury Estates. Retired adults in

DR. RICHARD VEACH To be honored Saturday

following Dr. Veach’s retirement last month.

local utility companies. Some $20,000 to $40,000 would have to be spent to engineer and “map out” the system, he said. The Council would then have to approve that proposal before construction could begin. In other words, the earliest possible construction starting date, Pancner said, would be June I—if all goes well. After that date, the system would be 20 per cent operational within six months and 90 per cent operational within a year. QUALITY’S 32-CHANNEL proposal has not changed since it was unveiled in the Banner-Graphic Dec. 9. It provides a starting point of 11 off-air (no cable channels) stations for $3.50 monthly; $11.50 for 29 cable channels; and four premium channels (HBO, Showtime, the Disney Channel and the Movie Channel) available at an additional $10.95 per month. Pancner said he doesn’t expect much, if any, action on Quality’s status at next Tuesday’s Council meeting. “I expect the mayor to say something like ‘We are in receipt of this reply.’” He expects that the response will be forwarded to the city’s new communications consultant, Gary Matz, in Minnesota for his review prior to any action.

Indianapolis will also have available a new 128-unit Cloverleaf luxury, lake-front apartment complex opening in December, called Morning Side of College Park. Other projects for retired seniors built by Cloverleaf are located in Martinsville, Clay City, Jasonville, Columbia City, Huntington, Wabash, Greensburg, Ashley, Plainfield, Speedway, Avilla, Crawfordsville and Indianapolis. Canterbury Estates, Phase 111, is expected to be completed in the late winter, weather permitting, at which time it will be ready for occupancy, company officals said.

Suit’s dismissal requested

Massage parlor motion pondered

By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor Putnam Circuit Court Judge William C. Vaughn 111 has set an 11 a.m. hearing for Friday, Jan. 31 on a defense motion to dismiss a suit filed by Hendricks County officials against the Palace Massage Parlor of Plainfield. The suit has been venued to Putnam County from Hendricks County. The action seeks injunctive relief in the form of closing down the Palace and forbidding persons involved in its operation from opening a similar establishment anywhere else in the state. HENDRICKS COUNTY authorities obtained a temporary restraining order against the controversial massage parlor on Dec. 6, citing one conviction for prostitution and three additional prostitution arrests at the establishment owned by Indianapolis real estate broker Warren L. Roller. The restraining order, according to Hendricks County attorney Art Welling, prohibits the Palace from permitting any lewd acts or prostitution to occur on the premises. It also bars the removal of any

Architect seen as supervisor for school work

By LARRY GIBBS Banner-Graphic Publisher The Greencastle School Board is leaning strongly toward having its architect also supervise construction of a new middle school building and the remodeling of the high school. Work on the two projects is expected to begin this summer. Pros and cons of assigning work supervision to the architect-as opposed to hiring a separate construction management firm-comprised one of two major questions discussed by the five-member board during a special session Wednesday night. The other issue centered on the merits of public vs. private holding companies for the sale of an estimated $8.5 million in bonds to help finance the work. THE OVERALL BUILDING project, which has a total estimated price tag of sll.l million, involves construction of a $5.1 million, 75,000-square-foot building south of McAnally Center for grades six, seven and eight. Also part of the total plan is a $3.4 million restoration of the high school-involving both remodeling and new constructionthat will add about 20,000 square feet to the 27-year-old building. An estimated $600,000 for site development and a number of auxiliary costs hike the combine projects cost estimate to sll.l million. THE SCHOOL CORPORATION already has a $609,000 contract with The Inter Design Group of Indianapolis for all architectural and engineering fees associated with the construction and remodeling work. Supt. Thames Peck and corporation attorney Jeff Abbott said Wednesday night that a decision to also utilize Inter Design to supervise construction would require a $250,000 addendum to the contract. Both Peck and Abbott, who met earlier with Inter Design and with several construction management firms, estimated that using the architect to supervise the actual work would save about SIOO,OOO over the probable fees of a construction management company. But while the need to keep costs down was mentioned several times, board members also expressed trust of Inter Design and a desire to continue working closely with the firm whose past services included correction of a wall-leaning problem at McAnally Center and design work for new roofs at Jones and Ridpath elementaries. “I’d like to see Inter Design handle it all,” said board member Bayard Allen. “We’ve worked with those people and I don’t feel we need anyone else to check their work.” “EVERYONE I’VE SPOKEN TO is in favor of one firm handling it all,” agreed Ed Meyer. Similar comments were expressed by board members Robert Delp, Patricia Hess and Clyde Spencer. “I don’t want to mislead you,” Abbott emphasized. “We might get a construction management firm to do the work for the same price as Inter Design. But I think we

property from the location. Terming the action “unconstitutionally vague,” defense counsel Stuart Bench Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss the case. The Indianapolis attorney supports his contention with a 20-page memorandum of law. “THE INDIANA INDECENT Nuisance Statute is unconstitutionally vague on its face because it fails to provide adequate definition for the terms ‘lewdness, assignation and prostitution,”’ Bench writes. “Statutes are declared void for vagueness if they fail to specifically describe the forbidden activities so that a person of normal intelligence, and those affected by the statute, can understand what conduct is proscribed or subject to regulation,” he added. Bench says although Indiana code defines nuisance as a “place where lewdness, assignation or prostitution is conducted or permitted,” it fails to define those terms. While the nuisance statute is not specifically directed as particular forms of expression, Bench argues “its incidental impact it to chill the exercise of First

would feel more comfortable with Inter Design.” Abbott called the proposed $250,000 contract addendum “a very competitive price” and stressed the fact that the contract language had been drafted by the school corporation. “THE LANGUAGE OF THE contract will protect us,” he told the board. “We’re saying to Inter Design, ‘We want you to design this work and supervise the construction, but if anything goes wrong we’re going to come back on you.’ Inter Design is willing to accept that responsibility, as specified in the contract.” “I think Inter Design has always tried to do what we’ve asked...and do it right,” Mrs. Hess added. Peck explained that the designation of Inter Design as construction supervisor will require the company to hire a reputable, knowledgable individual to be on the schools site daily. His direct daily supervision of new construction and remodeling would be supplemented by a minimum of twice-weekly visits by Inter Design architects and engineers. DURING THE DISCUSSION, Abbott also clarified an apparent contradiction between Indiana statutes regarding the legality of using an architectural firm to also supervise construction. One statute prohibits an architect from serving as construction “manager,” but the attorney said part of the statutory definition governing an architect specifies that an architect may serve as a construction “supervisor.” “We’ve done research,” Abbott said. “I don’t see any conflict with the architect serving as construction supervisor.” There was no formal decision Wednesday on the use of Inter Design to supervise the work, but Peck asked the board to be prepared to take action at the regularly schedule meeting Jan. 15. In the interim, Peck and Abbott will meet again with Phil Howard, president of Inter Design, to review school corporation requirements in the contract addendum. A DECISION ABOUT whether to use a public holding company or a private one to raise about $8.5 million through bond sales will not be made until March or April. Pertinent factors will include the level of interest rates, the state of the bond market and the time element involved in raising revenue. Bernard Perry of Municipal Consultants, Inc., Indianapolis, the school corporation’s financial adviser, told the board Wednesday night that interest rates are declining. Perry, who estimated several months ago that the interest rate on bond sales would be about 9.45 per cent during the summer of 1986, said the present rate is about 8.95 per cent. “Interest rates are declining,” Perry said, emphasizing that there is no way to assure absolutely that the trend will continue into the summer. “There really is nothing happening in the bond markets now. Given the uncertainty of the tax act effective date (still pending in Congress), Col. 1, back page, this section

Amendment rights through live nude entertainment for fear that the activity may be deemed lewd...or any touching may be deemed an act of prostitution as a result of the lack of concrete definitions in the code.” IN SUCH A WAY, BENCH says, overbroadening use of the statute constitutes unconstitutional prior restraint. "Just as the Shakespearean theater cannot escape the prior restrairtt of I.C. 34-1-52.5, neither can the adult entertainment establishment operated by defendant in the case at bar. That adult entertainment may be of lesser ‘value’ than theater, or may be more ‘obnoxious’ to some persons, does not make it any less deserving of the protections against prior restraint afford by the First Amendment.” The case has been venued to Putnam County at the request of Bench because a group of massage parlors operating in the Clermont and Plainfield areas of Hendricks County have filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against officials of that county who imposed a massage parlor ordinance. MEANWHILE, AN OWNER of one of Col. 2, back page, this section