Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 211, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 May 1987 — Page 1
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Wondering who's been eating from their bowls, the Three Bears will soon learn that Goldilocks (Lindsay Lieske, seated) has also been sleeping in their beds (chairs, here) during a nursery school skit this week at Roachdale Baptist Church. David
Orr signs education reform
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Gov. Robert D. Orr has signed into law an education reform package he calls “the most important piece of legislation that has been enacted during my terms as governor.” Orr signed House Bill 1360 Thursday during a ceremony that was beamed by satellite to television stations across the state and in neighboring states so they could show the event live on their evening newscasts. “Our state has a chance for a better school system and a better education for our kids,” the secondterm Republican governor said. Orr signed the $460 million education package and the tax increases to pay for it during a ceremony on the lawn of the Governor’s Residence on North Meridian Street. He praised the General Assembly for its “vision and courage” in ap-
Ides of May means taxes
May 15 is the deadline for filing personal property taxes. Indiana law holds the taxpayer responsible for reporting personal property, which include farm and business inventory, boats, campers, trailers and any vehicle which the taxpayer does not pay excise tax on at the license branch. INDIANA LAW also states that persons harboring a dog must pay a dog tax. There is a $25 penalty plus 20
Symphony finale set
More than 150 musicians will participate when the DePauw Symphony Orchestra presents Mozart’s Requiem and the Overture to “The Magic Flute” in its final concert of the season at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 10, in Kresge Auditorium. Included in the performance will be the Concert Choir, Festival Choir, Century Singers and faculty soloists. Requiem soloists are Vergene Miller, soprano; Eunice Wilcox, alto; Thomas Fitzpatrick, tenor, and Stanley Irwin, bass.
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Fair and cool overnight with low in the mid 40s. Sunny and warmer on Saturday with high in the upper 70s to low 80s. Winds light and variable throughout the period. Indiana Extended Forecast Sunday through Tuesday: Fair and warm Sunday and Monday, partly cloudy Tuesday. Lows in the upper 40s to the low 50s. Highs 75 to 80 Sunday, low and mid 80s Monday, mostly in the 70s Tuesday.
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proving the education reforms. Orr was accompanied at the signing by 11 legislative leaders, including House Speaker Paul S. Mannweiler, R-Indianapolis, and Senate Finance Chairman Lawrence M. Borst, R-Indianapolis. Superintendent of Public Instruction H. Dean Evans could not attend the ceremony due to a speaking engagement at a school function in Jasper. H.B. 1360 was approved last week by a special session of the Legislature. The measure carries many of the the proposals Orr and Evans made in their 31-point, $306 million “A-Plus Program for Education Excellence.” Orr said Hoosier citizens could expect to see results from the program as early as next spring. Among the Orr-Evans proposals included in the bill are: —Expanded statewide proficiency
percent of the taxes due for personal property that is not turned in to the township trustee; or if a resident of Greencastle city or Greencastle township, reported to the Greencastle Township assessor in the Putnam County Courthouse. Persons may also turn in their assessment to the Putnam County assessor. THOSE WHO DO not know the name of their trustee may call the county assessor (653-4312).
The symphony is under the direction of brcenith Smith. “Mozart’s Requiem is one of the great monuments of choral music.” Smith says. “ Not only does the work have special merit from the standpoint of compositional interest, but the very reasons for writing the work bring an extremely poignant viewpoint to the text. Mozart never finished this requiem. Many people believe that this work was a premonition of later events.”
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McCullough (left) is Baby Bear, with Renee Crosby as Momma Bear and Adam Windmiller as Papa Bear in the end-of-school program that featured such skits and other learning demonstrations. (Banner-Graphic photo by Bob Frazier).
testing and required remediation in English and mathematics for up to 16 percent of students who do not meet state standards. The tests will eventually be given to students in grades 1,2,3,6,8,9 and 11. —A new school accreditation system that takes into account student performance on the standardized proficiency test, graduation rates and other factors. —A $lO million rewards system, beginning in 1988-89. to give financial awards to schools that show improvement. —A five-day addition to the school year, beginning in 1988-89, to increase the minimum number of required school days to 180. —Makeup of school days lost because of snow or other factors. —Expansion of Project Primetime for four grade levels, kindergarten through third grade. Col. 3, back page, this section
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Design unveiled for DPU Media Center
DePauw University officials have unveiled a preliminary design for the structure that will house the new Center for Contemporary Media. The new structure, which will be located on Anderson Street near the Administration Building on campus, will be of an “L” shape design using the basic framework of the former Delta Zeta sorority house as one side of the “L” and a new addition that will constitute another wing. THE UNIVERSITY PURCHASED the property from Delta Zeta, and the sorority has moved to the former Sigma Nu fraternity building. The building is designed to contain under its roof all the many facets of media education and training in the liberal arts environment at DePauw, including radio, television, design, writing, newspapering and creative production. Mabry hopes the building’s overall design encourages the many forms of media work to
First CAGIT money going to 25 local units
By BECKYIGO Banner-Graphic News Editor Twenty-five units of government, including school corporations and libraries, will soon receive the first of two distributions this year of monies derived from the County Adjusted Gross Income Tax, others otherwide known as CAGIT. CAGIT was implemented by the Putnam County Council in mid-year 1986 with the revenue becoming available for distribution twice in 1987. Its purpose is to tax all income earners in the county and to spread tax responsibilities equally, instead of placing the burden mainly on large landowners such as farmers. AND, ACCORDING TO Putnam County Auditor Myrtle Cockrell, it seems to be working. “Personally, I think it’s great,” she said Thursday afternoon, releasing information as to what governmental units will receive. “I think because it can be used to lower the property taxes is also great. “What it does,” the auditor added, “is pick up those people that had never paid property taxes before and lets them pay their share.” Although the figures being released may make some feel units of government are swimming in extra money, Mrs. Cockrell said that is not the case at all. “ON THE COUNTY LEVEL, we are getting about the same amount from taxes that we got before,” she noted. “The state allows us to collect only a certain amount. “We’re getting about the same amount of money. The only difference is we are using a different method of getting the money,” Mrs. Cockrell explained. For its first collection in 1987, Putnam County received $512,015.50. All of it will be placed in the county general fund, Mrs. Cockrell said. “EVEN THOUGH WE received this money, our budgets were set last year and this (CAGIT) was included as to what we needed to operate our budgets on,” the auditor noted. “I imagine it will be the same with others that receive this money. Their budgets were also put together last
DePAUW MEDIA CENTER: Artist's conception of proposed campus structure
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DRAKE MABRY Details two big 'ifs' meld into one cohesive concept, through all the use of open spaces and easily accessible work and study areas.
County and Townships Certified Shares County General $460,462.50 Clinton $1,501.50 Cloverdale Twp. $3,031.50 Floyd $2,530.50 Franklin $2,340.50 Greencastle Twp. $24,106.50 Jackson $1,781.50 Jefferson $2,010.50 Madison $1,671 Marion $2,956 Monroe $2,426 Russell $1,768.50 Warren $2,281 Washington $4,346.50 Greencastle City and Towns Greencastle $189,760 Bainbridge $6,861.50 Cloverdale Town $17,029.50 Roachdale $12,239 Russellville $2,961.50 Libraries RoachdaleFranklin Twp. $4,035 Putnam County Library $28,837 School Corporations South Putnam North Putnam Cloverdale Greencastle
year and they will need the CAGIT money to operate on,” Mrs. Cockrell said. “This money was already obligated last year. ” -*• On the county level, things will change somewhat as CAGIT monies are collected in 1987 and distributed in 1988. Recently, the Putnam County Council passed a resolution saying that any excess CAGIT funds are to be given to the Putnam County Highway Department in the 1988 distribution. Currently, the highway receives no CAGIT fund. ACCORDING TO THE auditor, the state will also have a new formula for her office to follow for 1968
“Were trying to get some air into the building so everyone is not isolated in their compartments,” he said. “We want to make sure the innards of this building actually work.” The design will feature an atrium at the “elbow” of the structure where the two wings meet, with ramps that connect the floors of the two structures and a small open tower in the atrium. The overall style of the building is one that will mesh with the existing campus buildings, including the Administration Building, Mason Hall to the south and East College to the west, according to Drake Mabry, director of the center. Its overall exterior design was meant to blend in with the surroundings with an attractive, yet striking, timbre. THE BUILDING’S OVERALL design is the work of Ben Weese, a Chicago architect with the firm of
1987 CAGIT DISTRIBUTION (First of two)
Prop. Tax Relief Total $51,553 $512,015.50 $l6B $1,669.50 $339.50 $3,371 $283.50 $2,814 $262 $2,602.50 $2,699 $26,805.50 $199.50 $1,981 $225 $2,235.50 $lB7 $1,858 $331 $3,287 $271.50 $2,697.50 $l9B $1,966.50 $255.50 $2,536.50 486.50 $4,833 $21,245.50 $211,005.50 $768 $7,629.50 $1,906.50 $18,936 $1,370.50 $13,609.50 $331.50 $3,293 $452 $4,487 $3,228.50 $32,065.50 $45,075 $45,075 $42,217 $42,217 $9,527 $9,527 $74,732 $74,732 Grand Total $1,033,250
distributions. The CAGIT money, Mrs. Cockrell again stressed, is considered part of the unit of governments’ budgets for this year. “They have to use the money to operate their budgets,” she explained. “If their is any excess over their budgets, they can then use the extra money for whatever purpose.” CAGIT monies not used in 1987 carry over to 1988, if it is obligated for a specific purpose, the auditor pointed out. SINCE THE FIRST distribution checks have been sent out this month, the second is due to go out in December, Mrs. Cockrell concluded.
Weese Hickey Weese. “The building concept is set, the site has been set and the interior planning of the building has been started and will be worked on in the coming months,” Mabry said. Still yet to be done on the interior planning are four stages of development - - preliminary interior planning, detailed drawings, final design and the actual construction blueprints. Mabry said the target date to break ground has been tentatively set for sometime in the spring 1988. THERE ARE TWO big ifs’ -if the funding is in place and if the interior designs are done,” Mabry said. “It’s a very complex thing and several steps are involved. We’ve got to get a set of preliminary interior designs from the architects, then we must take those plans to the faculty and the students -- the people who will be using the building - for necessary revisions.”