Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 308, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 August 1986 — Page 1

Banner Graphic Greencastle, Putnam County, Thursday, August 7, 1986 Vol. 16 No. 308 25 Cents

Shock is the reaction of Horace Vandergelder (Putnam County Playhouse veteran Jim Poor) as he finds out he's been fixed up with Ernestina Money (Alice June Hacker) in a scene from the musical comedy "Hello, Dolly!" The play opens at 8 p.m. Friday on the stage of Hazel Day Longden Theatre on Round Barn Road in Greencastle. Judy Hacker is featured in the title role as the matchmaking Dolly Levi. Tickets are still available at $3.50 each at the theater box office or at Gjesvold's Photo and Art Center (653-3272). Besides performances Friday and Saturday, the musical will be staged Aug. 14-16. (Banner-Graphic photo by Eric Bernsee).

Hearing set on Bainbridge facility

Judge halts HCH project

Putnam Circuit Judge William C. Vaughn 111 has issued an emergency restraining order to halt construction of a medical facility in Bainbridge by the Hendricks County Hospital Foundation. THE ORDER WILL remain in effect through Tuesday, when Vaughn will conduct a hearing to determine if it should be extended. In June, the Putnam County Hospital Board filed a lawsuit against its counterpart in Hendricks County, claiming that Hendricks County Hospital was unlawfully attempting to open a facility in Bainbridge. The complaint, which asked for a restraining order, also named the Hendricks County Hospital Foundation as a defendant. According to the suit, filed by attorney Jerald Calbert, Hendricks County Hospital Foundation acquired title to property in Bainbridge last September. Sub-

Deadline is Sept. 5

Filing for school board seats begins

By LARRY GIBBS Banner-Graphic Publisher One incumbent submitted her candidacy petition Wednesday as filing opened for eight school board seats at stake in the Nov. 4 Putnam County general election. The filing period will continue until noon Sept. 5. Mary Martin, Route 2, Coatesville, filed her petition in the county clerk’s office in a bid for re-election as the Floyd Twp. representative on the seven-member North Putnam School Board. TWO OTHER NORTH Putnam board positions will be before the

Thundering through

Cloudy overnight with a 50 per cent chance of thunderstorms developing. Low 65-70. An 80 per cent chance of rain on Friday with high near 80. Southwesterly winds at 5-10 mph. Indiana Extended Forecast Saturday through Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday and Monday. Lows through the period in the 60s to low 70s. highs from the 80s to low 90s.

If y. ■' ' p rJ. i a mkmm & t'W : / i iHI 1 " vs Mm wOm 1 «l!i t i. <ws * '■■-WN irBSS 1 * jg|

Dr. Reinhart in private practice at Union Optical

Dr. Stephen G. Reinhart is now in private practice in the Union Optical Building at Putnam Plaza. Dr. Reinhart received both his bachelor and doctorate, degrees from Indiana University in Bloomington. He spent the last three years on staff at the Naval Hospital, Patuxent River, Md., where he was responsible for routine and emergency eye care for active duty military personnel, their dependents and retirees. He is a member of the

sequently, the lawsuit contends, the Hendricks County Hospital Board

voters this fall. They are the Clinton Twp. seat, currently held by A 1 Gray, and the Jackson Twp. seat, now occupied by Joseph Crosby. At Cloverdale, the three of seven board seats that will be on the ballot are those held by Daryl Branneman, Cloverdale Twp.; Kenneth Kahlenbeck, Jennings Twp., Owen County, and Lawrence Hughes, Taylor Twp., Owen County. South Putnam will have two of its five board positions on the Novermber ballot. Those seats now are held by Sherman Hacker, Jefferson Twp., and Sandra Langston, Warren Twp.

Index Abby A 4 Calendar A 5 Classifieds A12.A13 Comics A 8 Crossword Al 2 Editorials A 9 Heloise A 5 Horoscope Al 3 Obituaries Al 4 People A 8 Sports AIO.AII Theaters Al 4

American Optometric Association and former member of the Armed Forces Optometric Society, Mid Atlantic Occupational Medical Association and American Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. Dr. Reinhart is married to Jayne Rae, who is the projects with industry coordinator with the Putnam County Comprehensive Services. He and his wife reside in Greencastle with their two sons.

“advertised for and presumably received certain bids for con-

IN EACH SCHOOL corporation, prospective board candidates must be at least 25 years old and a resident of the school district for at least the previous three years. At the time of filing, a school board candidate must present a petition bearing the signatures of at least 10 legal voters residing within the school corporation. Board members elected or reelected Nov. 4 will serve four-year terms that begin next July 1. Holdover board members not involved in this year’s election include:

'Dolly!' to open Friday

Reviving its 1971 hit, Putnam County Playhouse continues its silver anniversary season with the musical comedy “Hello, Dolly! ” The play will be staged at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Additional performances at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre on Round Barn Road in Greencastle are scheduled Aug. 14-16. DIRECTED BY Vickie Parker, “Hello, Dolly!” is the story of Dolly Levi’s efforts to marry the wellknown half-a-millionaire, Horace Vandergelder, played by Playhouse veteran Jim Poor.

Lease agreement wins GCSC approval

By LARRY GIBBS Banner-Graphic Publisher The Greencastle Community School Corp. and the Greencastle Middle School Building Corp. approved a proposed lease agreement Wednesday night that sets the maximum amount the school corporation will pay in semi-annual lease-rental payments on a new middle school and new construction at the high school. Still subject to modification, the proposed lease will be the subject of a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, in the school board’s new meeting room in the former Miller School building. AS APPROVED, THE agreement sets $507,500 as the maximum semiannual payment the school corporation can make over the course of the 25-year lease. Once that figure is advertised in an upcoming legal notice in the Banner-Graphic, it can be lowered but not raised, according to Supt. James Peck. Addressing the school board and members of the building corporation’s board of directors, Peck emphasized that Wednesday night’s action would do nothing more than set a ceiling on the semi-annual lease-rental payments. “You’re really not locking into anything except a maximum. This is not a final decision on the lease agreement,” Peck said. ALL FIVE SCHOOL board mem-

struction improvements to be constructed upon such real eastate, which improvements are to be used for hopsital purposes.” THE COMPLAINT did not allege what specific purpose the hospital intends for the property, which presumably could be used as a clinic or physician’s office. However, the lawsuit argues that Indiana law, which allowing a hospital to acquire buildings in another county, specifies that the hospital must have the approval of the commissioners of the county in which the hospital is located and the approval of the commissioners of the county in which the building is located. The complaint states that the Hendricks County Hospital Board had not sought approval of the Putnam County Commissioners before proceeding with construction of the Bainbridge facility.

-Cloverdale: Fred Mann, Cloverdale Twp.; Terry Hoffa, Cloverdale Twp.; John Whitaker, Cloverdale Twp., and Ron Rubeck, Jackson Twp., Owen County. -North Putnam: Bryon Gough Franklin Twp.; Joseph Ferrand, Monroe Twp.; Raymond McGaughey, Russell Twp., and David Lane, the board’s at-large member. -South Putnam: Don Spencer, Marion Twp.; Mike Rissler, Washington Twp., and Jim Proctor, at-large member.

Cloverdale’s Judy Hacker is making her stage debut in the title role of Dolly. The match-making Dolly also works to pair off Vandergelder’s head clerk, Cornelius Hackle (Max Murphy) with New York hat shop owner Irene Molloy (played by Sandi Ulrey). Murphy, a PCP newcomer, has had much stage experience elsewhere. He teams with sidekick Barnaby Tucker, portrayed by Aaron Steiner, a 1986 Greencastle High School graduate. Col. 3, back page, this section

bers-Bayard Allen, Patricia Hess, Ed Meyer, Bob Delp and Clyde Spen-cer--were present. Representing the building corporation board were members Dale Pierce, Bob Shuee and Bob Hutchings. Two other members, Jerry Calbert and Dave Hurst, were absent. The building corporation’s function will be to sell bonds to raise the bulk of the money needed to build a new middle school (for grades six, seven and eight) south of McAnally Center and finance an addition to the high school. Right now, the combined projects are estimated to cost from sll.l million to somewhere in the neighborhood of $12.5 million, depending on the way project bids and interest rates settle over the next few weeks. The 75,300-square-foot middle school and the new construction at the high school will remain the property of the building corporation until the schedule of lease-rental payments is completed. EXPLAINING THE PROPOSED lease agreement further, Peck said the $507,500 semi-annual maximum payment was based on a bond interest rate of 8.25 per cent on a total bond issue ranging from $8.5 million to $10.5 million. “We used 8.25 per cent as a worstcase scenerio. We think the interest rate will be more like 7.75 to 8 per cent,” he said.

Former State Fair Queen Lisa tries hand at TV role

ByERICBERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor There will be a familiar face on the television screen Sunday for those watching the 1986 Indiana State Fair Queen Pageant from Indianapolis. GREENCASTLE’S Lisa Larkin, former State Fair Queen and Miss Indiana-USA, has been selected to co-host the live televised pageant with WRTV, Channel 6 newsman Clyde Lee. The pageant will air 8-9 p.m. Sunday on Channel 6. So with a wardrobe furnished locally by Heathcliff and a hairdo by Cindy Cross of Cross Cuts in Greencastle, Mrs. Larkin will take center stage again Sunday, where she made her mark in 1970 as Lisa Childress, a 16-year-old blond from Spencer. Her talent-winning act that year has become legendary. Lisa played the piano wearing socks on her hands, a mean feat, to be sure. She laughingly swears her act is the real reason the talent portion has been eliminated from current competition. MRS. LARKIN, THE 32-year-old wife of Dr. Greg Larkin and mother of six-year-old Nicholas, has remained active with the state pageant the past 16 years. Besides her duties with Channel 6 this year, she has retained her role as coordinator of the State Fair Queen Contest. The 1974 Miss Indiana winner will be going over to Indianapolis Friday to begin helping Miss Putnam County Leanne Mitchem and 87 other contestants prepare. Mrs. Larkin will also be taping several behind-the-scenes events for the televised portion that airs statewide Sunday. In replacing WRTV’s Tracey Horth as co-host, Mrs. Larkin says she’s looking forward to working with Clyde Lee. “It means I’ll be standing by his side the whole hour,” she beamed. THE STATE FAIR Board showed its confidence in Mrs. Larkin by suggesting to Channel 6 that the Greencastle aerobics instructor and registered nurse

By advertising the lease-rental payment at its maximum amount, Peck explained, the school board will have more flexibility in deciding how much of the project will be financed through the bond issue and much of it can be funded from the school corporation’s own cumulative building fund or from a loan of just over $1 million from the Indiana Common School Fund. WHATEVER THE FINAL combination of funding sources, he said, the school board’s objective will be to limit the building projects’ impact on the property tax rate to the figures outlined at a public hearing last fall. At that time, the school corporation estimated that the maximum impact on the tax rate in any one year would be $2.40. The projects’ budget that was presented at that same hearing called for a bond issue of just over $8.5 million, the use of $1.5 million in cumulative building funds and a Common School Fund loan of $1,065,000 to meet a total anticipated cost of sll.l million. When construction bids were opened July 29, the lowest figures submitted by contractors exceeded the project estimates, particularly at the high school. Although declining bond interest rates are expected to generate an additional $1 million in revenue without increasing the estimated impact on the Col. 3, back page, this section

V JfiMl

LISA LARKIN Co-hosts TV special replace Miss Horth, an on-air Channel 6 personality. “They asked me,” she said of Channel 6. “Then the State Fair people called and asked me if I’d be willing to do it. I was extremely flattered. Their confidence in me gave me a little bit more confidence, and I said, ‘Sure.’” Earlier this summer, Lisa attended the International DanceExercise Association annual convention in Anaheim, Calif., where she was one of an inaugural nationwide class of 1,200 to take the first-ever standardized instructor certification examination. She has operated H.E.R. Exercise in Greencastle for three years. AEROBICS AND aquatics are some of the things the 88 contestants will have in store for them this weekend as Mrs. Larkin resumes her duties as coordinator, producer and director of the pageant. But when it comes to Sunday’s televised pageant, Lisa promises one thing. The co-host will not wear socks on her hands. “No, I don’t think I’ll do that again,” she laughed.