Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 198, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 March 1986 — Page 1

Next step for city plan due

ByERICBERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor The next major step toward implementing a $431,000 project to bring Main Street’s Urban Design Plan to life will unfold Tuesday afternoon at City Hall. At 4 p.m., the Board of Public Works and Safety will open seven or eight proposals from professional consultants interested in preparing construction documents and producing blueprints for the Urban Design Plan. The project, which is being funded through a $276,900 state CIP (Community Improvement Project) grant and $154,000 in local matching contributions and in-kind donations, was given the go-ahead by the Board of Works at a February meeting. SINCE THAT TIME, the legal notice requesting proposals has been run and the city has been “aggressively pursuing” minor contractors, as outlined by the state, Bill Dory, Main Street project manager said. “The Urban Design Plan is a conceptual plan that gave us a vision and a lot of detail,” Dory explained. “In order to actually build the project, however, we have to have construction documents with actual dimensions.” The proposals to be opened at Tuesday’s public meeting are still subject to competitive analysis, Dory stressed. The goal, he said, is not to select the lowest bidder per se, but to choose the most-qualified person for the mostreasonable price. “The most qualified is not necessarily the most reasonable in price,” he added. THE BOARD OF WORKS is expected to narrow the field of seven or eight candidates to three in time for its regular monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 8. “Technically, we do not have to open the proposals at a public meeting,” Dory noted, “but since this is the first project of this kind, we thought it would be best to go ahead that way.” Consultants are to be evaluated on five criteria: --Specialized experience or technical expertise of the firm and its personnel in connection with the type of services to be provided and the complexity of the project. -PAST RECORD OF performance on contracts with the community and other clients, including quality of work, timeliness and cost control. -Capacity of the firm to perform the work within time limitations, taking into consideration the current and planned workload of the firm. -Familiarity of the firm with the type

Dry weather has caused its share of grass and field fires in the area, but that took on a new twist Easter Sunday in Roachdale as the volunteer firemen were called to the Billy Blaydes farm west of town to extinguish a straw pile that had caught on fire. No estimate of damage was available in the Sunday afternoon incident. (Banner-Graphic photo by Bob Frazier).

No April fooling here

Fair and continued mild overnight with low in the mid 50s. Increasing cloudiness with a 20 per cent chance of thundershowers Tuesday afternoon. High Tuesday in the mid to upper 70s. Indiana Extended Forecast Partly sunny Wednesday and Thursday, then a chance of thundershowers on Friday. Highs should range in the 60s in the north and the 70s in central and southern Indiana. Lows are expected from the mid 40s to the mid 50s.

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Crawfordsville being sued LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A wrongful death suit has been filed against the city of Crawfordsville and the driver of a city-owned truck that struck and killed an 8-year-old Crawfordsville boy last year. The parents of the victim, Matthew Hocking, filed the suit. Jerry Hocking, the boy’s father, has accused Crawfordsville police of failing to conduct a complete investigation into the June 13 death of his son. Scott Montrose, an Indianapolis lawyer representing the Hockings, said the suit asks for a jury to hear the case, but does not request specific damages. Under state law, the maximum award is $300,000, he said. The suit was filed in Montgomery Circuit Court, but Hocking says he will ask for a change of venue. Hocking said he was satisfied with the state police investigation, but that someone should be held accountable for his son’s death.

of problems applicable to the project. -Price. DORY SAID ONCE THE consulting firm has been selected, it is expected to take 90 days to develop the construction documents. “It’s not a complicated project,” the Main Street project manager said. Project costs, as itemized previously by Dory, include: Construction, $388,367; engineering, $28,113; administration, $4,070; legal services, $2,400; inspections, $2,100, and audit fees, $6,000. The project calls for replacing sidewalks on 26 block faces in the courthouse business district, repaving sections of Indiana Street (Washington to Walnut) and Vine Street (Washington to Seminary, replacing curbs on 26 block faces, repairing storm drainage in the affected area and installing street trees and tree grates. THE CITY’S $276,900 CIP grant was formally awarded Dec. 12 in a ceremony at the renovated offices of Wilson Hutchens and Reese with Lt. Gov. John Mutz making the official presentation. Ten per cent of the cost will come from the City of Greencastle ($42,600) and $5,000 from Main Street Greencastle. One-fourth of the project cost has been contributed by private property owners in the target area.

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Flying feet and quick hands were the order of the day Saturday at Robe-Ann Park as youngsters age 10 and under scooped up 4,000 plastic Easter eggs in less than five minutes. This high-spirited

Education costs go beyond taxes

Editor’s note: This is the second segment of a two-part series on the costs of education, researched and written by Kay Weaver, a Greencastle Community Schools parent, patron and building concerns committee member. In this first segment of this two-part series on education in Greencastle, the costs of public education to the community and the provisions of education were surveyed. Part II considers the cost to the student and the family beyond taxes. Many states provide all texts at no cost to the student, but a GCS student must rent his/her textbooks. The average high school student spends more than SSO a year for required book rentals, workbooks, and fees. This does not include paper, pens, pencils, etc. which the student must also supply. An elementary or middle school student pays from S2O to SSO per year in text rental fees depending upon grade level. IN ADDITION, ONE elementary teacher estimates the average teacher spends between S2OO and SSOO out-of-pocket on extra supplies for his/her classroom a year.

Chambers sponsor seminar

Judge Ziglar, one of America’s foremost sales and management trainers, will conduct a sales training seminar at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 3 at Hulman Center in Terre Haute. THE SEMINAR IS being sponsored by the Cloverdale and Greencastle Chamber of Commerce, along with other area chambers and the Western Indiana Private Industry Council Inc. The seminar is entitled “Timid Salesmen Have Skinny Kids”, and topics to be covered are: Setting the sales stage, how to get appointments, overcoming buyer’s fears, and how to close a sale. Judge Ziglar has been a successful salesman and sales trainer for more than

action was in the 6-7 age group. The annual Easter egg hunt, which draws approximately 1,000 youngsters to the park, for once was conducted under sunny skies with temperatures in the 70s.

None of the athletic offerings of the GCS system is funded by public monies except for teachers’ salaries. At the high school level football is nearly self-supporting from gate receipts and concessions. Basketball receipts support the basketball program and all other sports activities: Baseball, golf, swimming, volleyball, wrestling, track, etc. Participants provide their own insurance and in the “minor” sports, their own equipment. A pair of track shoes, for example, costs about SSO. All music programs, trips, contests and performances are essentially selfsupporting except salaries. At the middle school and high school levels S6OO is available from the school system for music and instruments in each school per year. Most students provide their own instruments. LAST YEAR BAND students raised $450 each for a trip to Washington, D.C., and to participate in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Parade in May. This year the choir must raise $250 each to perform at Six Flags, St. Louis. These trips expand the horizons of the students, give them a goal toward which to practice, and

37 years, he is a salesman’s salesman. Ziglar has received the prestigious American Sales Masters Oscar, awarded once annually for the past 20 years to the top salesman in America. Ziglar’s real qualification is that he has made more than 30,000 individual sales calls in offices, factories and stores and over 20,000 individual sales calls in homes. He is author of “Timid Salesman Have Skinny Kids”. TICKETS ARE ON SALE now for $25 per person. For tickets or additional information, persons may contact the Cloverdale chamber office at 795-4438 or the Greencastle chamber office at 6534517.

bring credit and publicity to Greencastle. Instrument repair and replacement of uniforms are the responsibility of the Music Boosters, parents of music students. The Board of Education pays half the initial cost of uniform purchase. Students pay to have uniforms cleaned. Trips taken by language department students are funded by the students themselves and their families. In any class field trips are paid for by the students. Year books and school pictures are student paid not taxpayer paid. MOST OF THE COST of those programs frequently labelled “frills” (anything other than the 3R’s plus science) is borne by the participating students and his/her family. The taxpayer doesn’t foot the bill. These questions can be raised about these family costs: 1. How valuable are these activities in the total education of the student? 2. Should every student have the opportunity to participate? 3. How many are excluded because of costs involved? 4. Should every student be enabled to participate in these activities whether or

Fort Worth cites ex-local woman's work FORT WORTH, Tex.-Former Greencastle resident Jane Schlansker has been selected the Altrusa Club’s 1986 First Lady of Fort Worth. The civic award will be presented at a banquet at Ridglea Country Club April 29. The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Laurel Turk, 209 Hillsdale Ave., Greencastle, she is a 1963 graduate of DePauw University. MS. SCHLANSKER IS president of PR/Texas, a Fort Worth public relations and advertising firm. She also serves as chairman of the Fort Worth 150 Commission, the official coordinating body for the city’s Sesquicentennial celebration. “Jane’s work with the Fort Worth 150 Commission has had an impact on every segment of Fort Worth-social, civic, business, the arts, historic preservation and environmental beautification,” the club noted. “Since this is the highest civic award we make, we were pleased to be able to honor Jane for her real commitment to improving and enhancing our community.” In announcing the award, the club cited Ms. Schlansker’s ability to bring together widely divergent elements to agree on common goals. Serving on a voluntary basis, she has helped spearhead efforts to raise some $1 million for Fort Worth’s participation in the Texas Sesquicentennial celebration.

The hunt is co-sponsored by the Greencastle Jaycees and Hardee's Restaurant. (BannerGraphic photo by Eric Bernsee).

not he/she can pay? 5. The other side of question 4 is should an entire class or group be denied an experience because a few cannot afford to pay? THE TAXPAYER-YOU and I-and the entire community benefit from our investment in education. Every student who successfully negotiates the school curriculum to graduation will be in a position to become a contributor to the community in service and as a taxpayer. Without a decent education the individual is most likely to end up on the welfare rolls or in the penal system where he/she then becomes an expense to the community in both dollars and talent lost. Industry and business look at a school system when selecting a community in which to locate. Individuals deciding where to live are influenced by the quality of the school system in a community. The dividends from a good educational system in a community are better property values and increased employment opportunities. When we support excellence in our schools, we are really serving ourselves by making this a better city in which to live regardless of our age.

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JANE SCHLANSKER Civic award winner

THE DePAUW UNIVERSITY product has worked diligently to help assure that this investment will bring returns to the community far exceeding the initial funding, club officials noted. National and international attention have been focused on Fort Worth through the efforts of Ms. Schlansker and the 11member commission she heads. Projects valued at $6 million have already been initiated for Fort Worth’s celebration with another SB-10 million in the develoDment stages. In a letter endorsing Ms. Schlansker’s nomination, Fort Worth Mayor Bob Bolen said: “Jane has been the guiding force behind the planning of the year-long Fort Worth 150 Celebration. “IT IS PROBABLY SAFE to say that no other person’s activities will have as broad an impact on our community this year as Jane’s,” the mayor added.