Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 130, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 February 1987 — Page 14

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC. February 3.1967

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Indiana State Police Damp roadways, coupled with below-freezing temperatures just before dawn Tuesday, resulted in several area traffic accidents, Indiana State Police at Putnamville reported. Sgt. Tom Strader told the BannerGraphic that Putnamville units were working three accidents around 8 a.m. Strader said the slippery conditions were apparent from Greencastle on south through the county. No details were available at presstime on any of the mishaps. City Police A three-vehicle accident Monday afternoon resulted in one injury and two traffic tickets, Greencastle City Police reported. Six-year-old John Tomaw, a passenger in a car driven by Cheryl Tomaw, 32, Route 2, Greencastle, suffered minor facial bleeding as a result of the 4:04 p.m. accident at the intersection of Bloomington and Seminary streets. A 1978 OLDSMOBILE, driven by Charles V. Jones, 36, 201 E. Franklin St., Greencastle, turned left off Bloomington Street into the path of Tomaw’s 1978 AMC Hornet, police said. , Sgt. Paul Wilson and Officer Ernest Newby arrested Jones for operating a motor vehicle while in-

Mary E. Rader, 85, Greencastle, died Monday at Putnam County Hospital. Born July 3,1901 in Ladoga, she was the daughter of Lawrence R. and Susan Elizabeth (Snider) Alvord. She married Earnest V. Rader on Sept. 8, 1918. He preceded his wife in death on Aug. 14,1969. Mrs. Rader was a homemaker. She assisted her husband with the Commercial Grocery Store for four years. Mrs. Rader was a member of the First Christian Church, Greencastle. She was also a member and active in the Putnam County Senior Center and was a member of the Retired U.S. Postal Service Club. In addition, Mrs. Rader was a past member of the Mothers Service Club, several homemakers clubs and was a past member of the VFW Auxiliary. She was also

Retired Teachers to hear Thomas Feb. 9

The first meeting of the Putnam County Retired Teachers Association for 1987 will be held at noon Monday, Feb. 9 at the Double Decker Restaurant in Greencastle. Rep. John Thomas (R-Brazil) will be the speaker.

Board of Works

unit-price bids on items like sidewalks, curbs, asphalt, etc., the city was actually inviting negotiation of the bid, Casey argued. “We can bring this project into any budget you want,” he added. “All the tools are there in bid form to do it with. I’ve already given a price. Now its’ up to the architects to say take out his 50 feet of curb here or those three trees over there. “YOU’VE GOT ALL the mechanics to custom-fit this,” Casey continued. “It’s really not negotiating. It’s really the architects telling us which to do and which not to.” “Can we accept the low bidder and not the low bid?” Mayor Warren asked. Casey said an identical situation developed with his company on an Indianapolis project. The firm and the architects involved worked out the elements of the project within

Cloverdale

required name changes for three classes. -Approved Tom Dukes to coach the fifth- and sixth-grade basketball program at the elementary school. -APPROVED FOUR, USE of facilities requests. Rhonda McCammack requested the use of an elementary room and gym for 15 minutes each Tuesday while school is in session for a Cub Scout den meeting. Mrs. Mergen requested the use of the elementary library and the teachers' workroom on Feb. 7 for her educational sorority. Becky Duncan requested use of the elementary school gym for the Girl Scout awards banquet May 7. The Lucky Clovers 4H Club requested the use of a high

toxicated (a felony charge) and for failure to yield right of way. The Tomaw and Jones vehicles collided and the Jones car went on to strike a 1973 Ford, driven by John Byrd, 48, 1144 Avenue D, Greencastle. DAMAGE TO BOTH the Tomaw and Byrd vehicles was estimated at S2OO-sl,ooo while damage to the Jones car was listed at sl,ooo-$2,500. Tomaw was ticketed for an expired operator’s license. At 4:45 p.m. property-damage accident Monday resulted in a ticket for failure to yield being issued to Michael Quinnette, 37, 109 Lincoln Ave., Greencastle, Sgt. Wilson reported. Quinnette reportedly pulled his 1977 Chevrolet into the path of a 1986 Pontiac, driven by Melissa Smith, 24, Terre Haute, on South Jackson Street, 1,200 feet south of Sunset Drive, police said. DAMAGE TO THE Smith vehicle was listed at less than S2OO, while the Quinnette vehicle sustained an estimated S2OO-sl,ooo damage. One additional traffic ticket was issued by city police Monday night. Thomas Meyer, 41, Indianapolis, was cited for speeding on Indianapolis Road at 9:07 p.m. Officer Newby clocked Meyer at 45 mph in a 30-mph zone.

Obituary

Mary E. Rader

a member of the National Council of Senior Citizens, AARP and the local Coon Club. Survivors include three sons, Vurlin E., Maurice L. and Kenneth E., all of Greencastle; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy (Trevaun) Sillery, Plainfield, and Mrs. Edna (Alva) Shillings, Greencastle; nieces and nephews, 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by 11 brothers and sisters, her parents, three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle, with Rev. Paul Bowen officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 2:308 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Members are asked to phone reservations to one of the following by Friday, Feb. 6: Bernice Steward, Bainbridge (522-6727); Mary Mabel Morris, Cloverdale (795-4907); or Dorothy McCammon, Greencastle (653-4532).

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budget constraints even after all bids came in above budget. DORY SAID IT WOULD be necessary to trim about $50,000 from the base bid to make everything even out financially. “What if we took out all the trees in the bid?” Calbert said as an example, noting that the trees could be bid separately, and probably at a much lower price than $650 per tree as estimated in current bids. Dory indicated that removing the trees from the base bid would make it “pretty close.” Noting, however, was formally proposed, pending this Friday’s session with the architects. CALBERT INDICATED that the Board of Works has three choices: Reject all bids; negotiate with all four contractors about a lower bid within the $380,000 construction budget; or accept J. Cris Co.’s bid and modify it as necessary. Dory indicated that rebidding the

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school room to conduct an organizational meeting and a regular meeting thereafter Feb. 19. --Approved three overnight field trips. Choral director Mrs. Thompson requested permission to take four students to an honors choral festival in Evansville. Mrs. Austin requested permission to take three honor band students to Indiana State University Feb. 12-15 to a band honors program. Mr. Huge requested permission to take six FFA award winners to the National Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 13-14. "PROFESSIONAL LEAVE requests were granted to: Jo Puckett, James Wojahn, Debra

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Nicole Michel, a Greencastle High School freshman, was selected to perform with the Indiana Bandmasters Association-sponsored All-Stat-e Band. Miss Michel, 607 E. Seminary St., Greencastle, performs at 3 p.m. March 15 at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis. Six Greencastle students auditioned for the honor with more than 1,000 applicants.

Home Care

wide range of home-based services is not available to the majority of people in Indiana.” Clodfelter of Greencastle, the Putnam County Council on Aged and Aging president, added, “I’m 75 years old and some of these days I might be faced with that choice - to stay home with adequate care or go to a nursing home. I don’t want to go to a nursing home.” Scott Severns, senior policy analyst for United Senior Action, said the alternative to establishing a home-care system “will be to let a massive, expensive system of institutional care develop.”

Hospital notes

Putnam County Hospital Dismissed Monday: Monice Buis, Burley Malayer, Lyle Thompson and Donna Weihert and daughter. Birth: Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Biggs, Route 2, Greencastle, a boy.

work would not be a significant delay, estimating two extra weeks. “We were discouraging work beginning before April 1 anyway,” the Main Street project manager said, “because of the way the weather is around here. It could actually work to our advantage to avoid a freeze and thaw.” DORY ADMITTED THE advisory group was “thoroughly floored” when all bids came in over estimate. Besides comments by Casey, the only other remarks from the audience came from Theresa Hassler of Hassler Trucking Co., Route 2, Greencastle. She urged the Board of Works to accept the Cris Co. bid, noting the large disparity between the low bidder and three also-rans. Rebidding, she suggested might delay contractors and subcontractors and put them in a bind with their schedules later in the year.

Summers, Mrs. Steele, Mary Ellen Cummings and JoAnne Bayer. -Approved general education development certificates to Rexanna Spurgeon and Pamela Bellmore. -Established a $25 petty cash fund for food service to meet needs such as bad checks and small items purchased. -Approved a science and health textbook committee that will study and adopt elementary junior and senior high school textbooks. Board members present, in addition to Leturgez, were Larry Hughes, Kenneth Kahlenbeck, Fred Mann, Terry Hoffa and John Whitaker. Board President Daryl Branneman and board member Ron Rubeck were absent.

Greencastle High School band Director Jon Hamm, pictured with Miss Michel, said this is the first time Greencastle had a freshman in the competition. Miss Michel, the daughter of Maurice and Claudia Michel, cited Hamm and private clarinet teacher Kathryn Dory with helping her to attain the achievement. (Banner-Graphic photo by Becky Igo).

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H.B. 1338 and Senate Bill 158, a similar measure, won the endorsement of a coalition of senior citizen, religious and labor groups. However, others questioned the need for the home care system, its cost estimate and the state’s ability to finance it. Jean Merritt, director of the Indiana Department of Aging and Community Services, said the Legislature should consider before passing the legislation the existing network of services the state provides. Those services, which cost more than S2O million a year in federal and state funds, include home health aid, adult day care, homebound meals and other programs. Not all the services are available statewide, she said. Rep. Robert K. Alderman, R-Fort Wayne, warned the committee the Legislature would not look favorably on a proposal to spend more money without a companion suggestion to raise the funds. The two bills the committees are considering carry no funding source.

GMS honor roll

GREENCASTLE MIDDLE SCHOOL B+ Honor Roll, Fall 1986-87 GRADE 6 Heidi Daugherty, John Henderson, Mark Hiemenz, Billy Hudkins, Lora Jones, Molly Murray, Chelsea Smock, Matt Stelzner. GRADE 7 Leslie Bottoms, Cassi Cox, Lisa Cummings, Daniel Dobson, Chris Geckeler, Sara Gretter, Beth Haymaker, David Huffman, Susan Hunter, Tony Jackson, Kelly Nealon, Eva Rambo, Brad Resner, Samantha Ruark, Susan Stark, Drew Swalley. GRADE 8 Marie Arden, Aimee Cunningham, Michael Greenawald, Heather Harmless, Angela Hood, Terri Lancaster, Steve Mays, James Powell, Jeff Shively.

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S4O million goal set by Wabash CRAWFORDSVILLE - Wabash College has announced the most ambitious capital fund drive in the school’s 155-year history. The S4O million goal exceeds by far all previous fund-raising efforts combined. “This campaign should be accomplished within four years and is designed to preserve the college’s reputation for excellence and independence,” A. Malcolm McVie, president of the Board of Trustees, said. Calling the campaign “the single most important event of the college this century,” Development Directory Richard O. Ristine said, “We have the utmost faith and confidence qur objectives will be reached, and on time.” Priority projects targeted for campaign funds include improvements to the Art, Music and Modern Languages Departments; expansion of 28-year-old Lilly Library; an indoor athletic facility and expansion of computer operations for students and faculty.

Commissioners

Lowe, determined the county is only required to pay for a maximum leave time of 15 days per year beyond vacations and sick days, etc. THE SHERIFF SAID the deputy can take vacation time, if he wished, to receive pay for time off. The commissioners determined Hoffa is abiding by the statute and noted the matter is to be worked out between the sheriff and the deputy. Finally, Hoffa thanked the commissioners for proposing to establish a cumulative jail fund, of which moneis can accumulate toward the possibility of building a new jail in 10-20 years. The commissioners are suggesting a five-cent tax rate be imposed, starting in 1988, for that purpose. A public hearing on the proposal is scheduled to be held Feb. 17 at the courthouse. THE BOARD ALSO: -Established a policy to furnish a limited number of keys to courthouse officeholders, who must sign for the number of keys taken and note they will not give the keys to unauthorized personnel. The commissioners also made a listing of how many keys courthouse offices will receive. -Heard information from John Crooks relative to county bridges. -Tabled a decision regarding a proposal from Barry Grimes Inc. to patch and plaster, along with stripping and refinishing woodwork, in the first floor ladies’ lounge. -NAMED RICHARD FORDICE, Russellville, to serve as a liaison to the commissioners with the Putnam County Board of Health. Fordice will be a non-voting representative. However, he is to provide input to the Health Board relative to any concerns northern Putnam County residents may have. -Approved to ask the County Council for an SB,OOO additional appropriation to place a pipe structure on County Road 600 south, just east of Belle Union. Huber Construction submitted the proposal. -Voted to request additional appropriations of $60,000 and $31,000 for

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PSI hikes wholesale rate 9.1% INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Public Service Indiana has received temporary authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to collect a 9.1 percent rate increase from its wholesale customers. The FERC said Monday that PSI can begin charging new rates effective Feb. 1, but if the commission later finds the increase is not justified, money collected in the meantime would be refunded. PSI and its wholesale customers earlier agreed to the 9.1 percent, $5.9 million annual increase, followed by a four-year rate freeze. With few exceptions, the wholesale rates could not change again until 1991. As part of the settlement, PSI agreed it would not try to recover any costs of the canceled Marble Hill nuclear plant from its wholesale customers utilities that buy power from PSI and sell it to consumers.

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replacing a bridge located just south of Thomas Lake and the Fillmore Road bridge. Huber Construction will do the work. -Tabled a decision regarding replacement of Bridge 39 on County Road 900 north in Franklin Township as submitted by Huber Construction. -VOTED TO APPROVE a $61,780.90 bid be accepted from Huber Construction to replace Bridge 161 on the Butler Schoolhouse Road just south of U.S. 40. -Agreed to request a Construction on a Floodway Permit from the DNR for Bridge 39. The commissioners will ask the County Council to appropriate S6OO for the permit. -Agreed to ask for $50,000 for Bridge 58. -Agreed to request SIBO,OOO in R & S funds for stone, bituminous and engineering fees. -ACKNOWLEDGED a letter from Main Street Greencastle, thanking the commissioners for the county’s share of funding relative to the CIP downtown sidewalk project. -Approved reports from the Microfilm Department and Green Acres County Home. -Hired Nancy Clifford and Jerri Colvin, both of Bainbridge, to work on county plat books for the upcoming reassessment. Each will be paid $5 per hour based on a 35-hour work week. -Named Marvin Steele and Juanita Crosby to the Board of Review. -APPROVED ALL PROPOSALS relative to receiving public funds on deposit. The institutions approved were the First National Bank of Cloverdale, all Tri-County banks in Putnam County, Central National Bank and First Citizens Bank and Trust. Greencastle Federal Savings Bank was also approved to receive a maximum of SIOO,OOO in investments as limited by law. -Agreed to send back a right-of-way agreement to Scott Edmondson regarding Bridge 39. The commissioners determined the agreement will not be accepted as presented.

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