Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 70, Greencastle, Putnam County, 21 November 1986 — Page 1

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STEVE HOLLAR 'Just a job'

'Hoosiers' roles earn DPU eagers NCAA suspension

By KEITH E. DOMKE Banner-Graphic Sports Editor What was “only a job” for DePauw University sophomore Steve Hollar has recently turned into quite an adventure. Hollar - who stars in the current statewide box office smash “Hoosiers” - turned in his Hickory High School (the team in the movie) basketball uniform for one from DePauw and was planning on making the trip to Anderson Friday with the rest of the Tigers for their season openers this weekend in the Anderson College Invitational. BUT THE NATIONAL Collegiate Athletic Association said no way and has - at least temporarily - ruled Hollar and junior teammate Griff Mills ineligible for accepting pay for appearing in the basketball-related movie.

Thanksgiving holiday ad deadlines set Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Banner-Graphic will not be published on Thursday, Nov. 27. Consequently, advertising deadlines have been advanced. The deadline for advertisements scheduled to appear Friday, Nov. 28 will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25. Deadline for ads slated to run Saturday, Nov. 29 will be at noon Wednesday, Nov. 26. For ads scheduled to appear Monday, Dec. 1, the deadline has been set as noon Wednesday, Nov. 26. The editorial and business offices of the Banner-Graphic, 100 N. Jackson St., Greencastle, will be closed all day Thursday, but will reopen at 8 a.m. Friday.

Looking good for Saturday Fair overnight with low 30-35. Increasing cloudiness on Saturday with warmer temperatures. High Saturday in the mid to upper 50s. Southerly winds at 5-10 mph during the period. Indiana Extended Forecast Sunday through Tuesday: A chance of rain Sunday, turning partly cloudy on Monday and Tuesday. Mild through the period, with highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s and lows in the mid 30s to low 40s. Index Abby A 4 Calendar A 4 Church A6,A7 Classifieds AIO.AII Comics A 5 Crossword A 5 Horoscope All Obituaries Al2' People A 5 Sports AB.A9 TV B Section Theaters Al 2

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GRIFF MILLS Only seconds

According to Bob Loring, DePauw’s faculty representative to the NCAA, the two are in question of breaking the NCAA Constitution 3, Article 3-la (3), which states: “If you take pay from the sport in which you are participating, you are ineligible in that sport. You can’t use your athletic skill in a sport for pay.” Which brings up the controversy. “I’m very disappointed,” Hollar said from his dorm room Friday morning, “because I feel I did nothing wrong. I was paid to be an actor, not a basketball player. To me, I would’ve had to have accepted pay to play in a game, which I did not do. Everything in the movie was choreographed action. We never played a game. No one ever won or lost anything. It was acting. It was only a job. Col. 5, back page, this section

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Moving to Mechanicsburg? Chance to dispel rumors Sunday at Walden Inn

By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor There seem to be as many rumors as there are IBM employees these days. Let’s put one to rest right now. The people in Mechanicsburg, Pa., are not busy staking for-sale signs in their front yards. Price tags are not being inflated all over the south central Pennsylvania area. “I’VE HAD TO SQUELCH the rumor with some (Greencastle) people that housing prices were going to escalate 30 percent,” realtor Greg Schiavone said via telephone from his Camp Hill, Pa., office Friday. “That’s untrue. It just can’t happen,” added Schiavone, who will lead a Mechanicsburg entourage into town for an informal meeting with Greencastle IBMers and their families, beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday at Walden Inn. “The area involved here is just too big. We have enough houses; there’s no question.” Schiavone said figures quoted publicly in Mechanicsburg indicate somewhere between 100 and 300 former Greencastle residents will be migrating to the area. “Assuming the largest number, 300, coming in within the next three months, it would have an effect, but we could handle an influx of more than that,” he stressed. THE PENNSYLVANIA realtor said word of the Greencastle IBM plant closing (by March 1987) is known to real estate people and IBMers there, but the general public has had no noticeable reaction. “In all honesty,” Schiavone said, “it’s not a major headline story here. There was a small story in the papers, but it’s not been major news like it probably was there. It’s really very insignificant when compared to the size of our area. ’ ’ Mechanicsburg itself is a community of 9,000, located seven miles west of the state capital, Harrisburg. The suburban area is all built up, with little farmland between Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg, Schiavone said.

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808 LORING NCAA 'rep'

Main St. reveals endowment

By BECKYIGO Banner-Graphic Area News Editor Barbara Lane asks for patience and vision. Ken Heeke maintains financial commitments show a real concern for the future. Bonnie West stresses people are the lifeline of a community, while Bill Dory says Greencastle is the envy of the state. So went the second Town Meeting conducted Thursday night by a core group of Main Street Greencastle members, whose goal is to breathe new life in the downtown area, while preserving Putnam County’s heritage. APPROXIMATELY 40 people, mainly local businessmen and women, attended the public affair at the Walden Inn. Financial, membership and Main Street’s newest project-total refurbishing of the sidewalks and curbs in the downtown area-dominated discussion. “Your attendance here tonight shows you have a true concern for this community,” Heeke, Main Street’s financial representative, began. “I think we are heading for some challenging times.” But Main Street Greencastle, the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce and the new Greencastle Economic Development Center will more than meet those challenges, Heeke said. “MAIN STREET IS a non-profit, privately-funded volunteer organization,” Heeke related. It is now operating on a $33,000 per year budget, he added. “Our total budget,” Heeke stressed, “is funded by our memberships.” The biggest project being undertaken so far is the uprgrading of sidewalks and curbs in Greencastle’s downtown area, Heeke pointed out. Funding for the project was made available by a grant to the City of Greencastle. The $431,000 project includes a

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BUT LIKE GREENCASTLE, with its rural atmosphere within a. hour of major cities, Mechanicsburg can offer the “best of both worlds,” the realtor said. The urban pace is available in Harrisburg, with suburban living in Mechanicsburg and nearby Camp Hill. Ten to 12 miles west of Harrisburg, it’s rolling hills and farm country for those who want something that looks like our Madison Township. “Some of the people (from Greencastle) I’ve talked to said they want a lot more land. That’s possible. What we want to get across is that we can offer a lifestyle they’re most accustomed to.” Agriculture is still the major industry of the area, with plenty of farmland on the outskirts, he noted. The area has varied employment, with IBM a big employer, but not the biggest. The realtor said his group will provide informational materials from the Chamber of Commerce and local schools. Real estate sales people in the area, he said, have been receiving extra training in recent days. “We’ve been telling agents to treat these people like first-time buyers,” he said, focusing on the potential customers’ lack of knowledge of the area. Col. 4, back page, this section

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Main Street Greencastle President Barbara Lane outlines some of the upgrading to take place in the downtown area to one of the city's newest residents, David W. Funke, an employee of an Indianapolis commercial real estate firm. Funke, whose wife works at DePauw University, joined

$276,900 Community Improvement Project grant administered by the state Department of Commerce. The remaining funding was obtained via local property owners’ contributions, the City of Greencastle and Main Street Greencastle itself, along with Putnam County officials’ $2,100 input. HEEKE OUTLINED some of the

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approximately 40 people Thursday night at Walden Inn as Main Street conducted its second town meeting. Financial aspects, a membership drive and future goals were discussed. (BannerGraphic photo by Becky Igo).

projects undertaken by Main Street Greencastle so far, the first being the urban design study completed by the Colorado firm of DowningLeach. That project cost $30,000 with program memberships making up the bulk of that expense. DePauw University provided $7,500. “This is a guide of what the down-

Santa parade, free movie in Greencastle next Friday

A day off of school, a parade, Santa Claus, a free movie and free popcorn... What more could a kid ask for? HOW ABOUT some places for mom and dad to shop as the kids enjoy all of the above? The Greencastle Merchants Association has those, too. Friday, Nov. 28 is the big day as Santa Claus comes to Greencastle in the annual Christmas parade, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The parade route will begin at Olive and Locust streets, proceed north on Locust to Washington and west on Washington Street to the square. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be joined by some 25 units, including Jon Hamm and the Greencastle High School marching band, a Fillmore Elementary School float featuring first- and secondgraders and the South Putnam Elementary Band. SANTA AND MRS. Claus, who will be riding in separate authentic sleighs, will dismount and adjourn to the rotunda of the courthouse, where they will pass out

'Light the Way' effort, home decoration contest set

“Light the Way,” a holiday program that last year inspired Greencastle residents along major routes to town to put a lighted candle in each window, is expanding to a countywide effort this year. THE PROGRAM, inspired by the Greencastle Merchants Association, Main Street Greencastle and the Greencastle Civic League, asks that residents place a sing’e, lighted electric candle in each window facing the street. Notices to that effect have gone out in bank statements sent countywide by First Citizens, Central National Bank, Greencastle Federal and the IBM Credit Union. Organizers see the lighted way as Greencastle and Putnam County’s “signature to welcome visitors” and establish a warm holiday feeling for everyone. They ask that the lights be turned

town should look like,” Heeke said. He related it will describe to local businessmen and women how to economically refurbish buildings. Copies are available at $25 for the two-volume set. AS FAR AS VISUAL appeal is concerned, Heeke said the $9,900 parking lot improvement along Vine Col. 2, back page, this section

candy to children for an hour. That’s only the beginning. Parking will be permitted free all day in the square area for shoppers. City officials have agreed to suspend parking tickets next Friday. And at 2 p.m., the Merchants Association will combine with Hardee’s, Wendy’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken to sponsor a free movie, “Ghostbusters,” at Ashley Square Cinema. ONLY 192 TICKETS are available for the one-time showing. Admission will be a ticket and one canned food item to go the the Food Pantry. Tickets, however, are available at the three restaurants mentioned above, as well as from RSVP. The movie will last 90 minutes and youngsters will be provided free popcorn. Coinciding with Santa’s arrival, most Greencastle merchants will begin holiday hours on Sunday, Nov. 30. Extended hours are 1-5 p.m. Sundays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.

on beginning, Dec. 1. Those who can’t afford to do all windows are urged to start with one a year. FOR RESIDENTS who would like to be more elaborate with their Christmas decorations, the Greencastle Merchants Association is sponsoring a Home Decoration Contest. Forms are available at all Merchants Association member businesses, at the library and the Chamber of Commerce office. The form will also be run in the Banner-Graphic at a later date. The contest is open to anyone in Putnam County. Registration forms, however, must be completed and returned by Dec. 5. Judging will take place 6-11 p.m. Dec. 1214. FIRST-PRIZE winner will receive a SIOO prize, with SSO for second place and $25 for third. Winners will be announced Dec. 18.