Banner Graphic, Volume 18, Number 212, Greencastle, Putnam County, 14 May 1988 — Page 1

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Rising the carousel is part of Preservation Fair fun Friday afternoon for Amber Saathoff, 4, (left), and brother Donovan, 2, and Tina Saathoff steadies their course. The fifth annual Preservation Fair, featuring a variety of concessions, entertainment and shopping bargains continues Saturday and Sunday on the square in Greencastle. Most merchants have extended shopping hours to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m Sunday. (Banner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman).

Ownership question on library building probed

By BECKY IGO Banner-Graphic News Editor Representatives of the Putnam County Library Board are requesting a meeting with the county commissioners to discuss ownership of the library building. That action evolved Thursday night as members Bob Haymaker, Harriett Dobson, Suzanne Bates, D. Robert Nees, Ann Chandler and Sharon Evans met in public session. THE QUESTION of ownership arose years ago, when Library Board members pondered die future of the building located at 102 E. Walnut St, if a new library situation did become reality. “This question of ownership of the building is something we’ve talked about before,” Haymaker began. “We do not have the deed, but we feel we have the title and possession is nine-tenths of the law.” The commissioners, he added, have the deed to the building and property. Haymaker asked fellow board members if they would be receptive to the Liteary Board contacting county attorney Bob Lowe, along with the commissioners, to work toward an “accommodating feeling” regarding library ownership. BOARD MEMBER Sharon Evans believed that was a good proposal. “I certainly would like to see the board open up communications and perhaps contact the commissioners,” she said. “Let’s have an open dialogue and request a joint meeting with them in regard to the ownership of the building.

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Cornerstone holds key, too

By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Editor As long as the courthouse stands in the middle of the Greencastle square, Putnam County will never go completely broke. Safely hidden in its massive cornerstone is one lone penny, placed there 85 years ago, and the oily accrued interest has been the non-tax-able human nature kind. When the courthouse cornerstone was laid in 1903, Dr. A.T. Keightly pitched in an 1828 penny which had been out of general circulation since 1850. AT THIS POINT, it would be wise to point out to coin collectors

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“Let’s have a meeting to air these opinions and find out what are the conflicts,” Evans continued. “I’d like to know what is causing these conflicts. We’re all supposedly here for the same reason. So, I would propose a joint meeting.” HAYMAKER SAID he would be willing to write a letter to Commissioners Gene Beck, John Carson and Don Walton. “We can tell them we’d like to meet with them and let them set the time and place to meet We should give them that courtesy.” “Does the rest of the board want to have this meeting?” Liteary Director Ellen Sedlack questioned. “I think it’s important to have dialogue and get this issue settled,” Ann Chandler said. “It’s been going on for years.” HOWEVER, THE majority of the group indicated the board, consisting of seven members, may be too intimidating in contrast to the commissioners’ three-member panel. Therefore, members decided only a few of the Library Board members would attend to discuss the issue with the county representatives. Board member Suzanne Bates, who said she was unfamiliar with the history of the issue, asked what the board hopes to accomplish. “I would like for the commissioners to see that this board has a deep commitment to this building,” Haymaker responded, “and are interested in its ultimate disposition.” CHANDLER SAID it is important the Liteary Board convey it wants to discuss the matter, not debate the issue. “We’re not trying

and others anxious to get their hands on rare money that this coin, according to an informed source, is probably worth but little more than the price of a hammer and chisel needed to chip away the more than three-foot massive block of limestone. It was a festive day when the cornerstone was laid on Oct. 29, 1903. Bands and other marching units from as far away as Terre Haute and Crawfordsville converged (Mi the Putnam County seat, adding a spectacular parade touch to ceremonies. As carving on the stone indicates, the Masonic I /idee was in

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to provoke a fight,” she related. “We’re trying to settle an issue peacefully.” Director Sedlack suggested some of the Library Board members, who have been on the board the longest, might be the best representatives to send as they would be more familiar with the situation. Sedlack also asked if she could attend the meeting between the board and commissioners. “NO,” CHANDLER responded. “No offense, but this is a board matter.” Chandler made a motion Haymaker and Dobson set up a meeting with Beck, president of the Board of Commissioners, to “have a dialogue” concerning the ownership of the present library building and report back to the full Library Board membership. Chandler’s motion was seconded by Nees and made unanimous. In later action, discussion evolved regarding the need to repair the library sidewalk which fronts the building on East Walnut Street. EARLIER, THE BOARD received a letter about that matter from county Commissioner John Carson. The letter stated if the Library Board wishes to follow the Main Street sidewalk design plan for its front sidewalk repair project, the county would pay half the cost. However, Carson’s letter continued, if the Library Board chooses to repair the sidewalk like the one constructed at the First Christian Church’s parking lot (at the intersection of South Jackson and Walnut streets), the county Col. 5, back page, this section

charge of the affair. Inside the stone are names of officers and members of the Greencastle, Cloverdale, Groveland, Applegate, Morton, Russellville, Roachdale and Fillmore Masonic units. ALSO INSIDE THE stone are names of officers of Lawton Temple Rathbone Sisters of Russellville, Otoe Tribe 140 of Greencastle, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lotus Council 320 and Royal Areanum. Other memorabilia placed in the stone’s 10-inch deep, eight-inch wide and 12-inch long container are names of county officials, postCoL 3, back page, this section

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Teaching methods not foreign to GCSC staff

By JOE THOMAS Banner-Graphic Assistant Editor The promise of new jobs in Greencastle, thanks to six new companies locating operations here, also brings the promise of more students for local schools. But because three of the companies will bring in Japanese workers, the schools must also prepare for the possibility of the enrollment of foreign students, some of whom may not even speak English when they show up for class. IT IS A CHALLENGE the Greencastle Community School Corp. is looking forward to, says Janett Boling, director of special programs. “We hope we do have some”, she said, referring to non-English speaking students. “It is not an everyday occurrence, certainly, but it is not unusual with the university here,” she said. In fact, the GCSC has educated Vietnamese students in the past, and currently has a first-grader at Ridpath who came to class Tot the first time in January knowing only two English words. Jie Wu, a six-year-old from Shanghai, China, could say only “hi” and “bye” when she was enrolled in Mrs. Judith Idle’s first-grade class in Janaury. Now, she is working on her third reading unit, and speaks enough English to function in the classroom. The daughter of Qingyang Wu and Xiongjie Ma, of Greencastle, Jie gets a lot of support from home, Mrs. Idle said. QINGYANG WORKS in the Physics Dept, at DePauw University and speaks English. Mrs. Idle said she can send home assignments, confident that he will help Jie learn, not only the language, but each lesson. The knowledge GCSC teachers have culled from their experiences

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with these students should serve them in good stead if any Japanese students arrive in the future. Phillip Roth, language minority consultant with the Indiana Department of Education, is one of the state’s contact people for school districts confronted with this special problem. He said the best thing to do with a non-English speaking student is to put them in class with kids their own age, and begin by teaching them some of the simple things in the classroom. “Place them as near to their English speaking peers as possible,” Roth said. And then, “Start with the inner environment of the child in the classroom. Name objects for them; give them simple commands to follow such as ’sit down’, ’stand up’, or ’get the chalk.’” ROTH SAID IT IS important to build an auditory repertoire for the child, and by having the child write down the commands he is hearing, he can begin to associate meanings with words. It is important to teach simple concepts like the beginning, the middle, and the end, as well as ordinal numbers, he said. Roth suggested teachers teach the alphabet, and then review the beginning, middle and end of the it. To help reinforce the point, the teacher can ask the foreign student to identify the first letter of a word, the middle letter of a word, or the last letter in a word. That helps the foreign student understand ordinal numbers like first, second, and third. Roth said categorically it is not necessary to place these students below their natural grade level, pointing out that some misconceptions accompany that idea. “IF YOU PLACE these students in kindergarten, assuming they need to catch up from the begin-

Who’s news

Compiled by ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Editor DOUG RILEY, son of Marleen and Wayne Riley, Route 2, Greencastle, has been named a Collegiate Scholastic AllAmerican, according to thte U.S. Achievement Academy. Riley, was was graduated as valedictorian of the Greencastle High School Class of 1987, is a freshman at DePauw University. He has previously been initiated into the DPU Chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, a national freshman honor society and Alpha Lambda Delta, a national scholastic honor society for freshmen. A member of Delta Upsilon fraternity at DePauw, Riley was nominated for the national honor by Troy Smith. Riley will be listed in the Scholastic AllAmerican Collegiate Directory, which is published nationally. Scholastic All-American Scholars must earn a 3.0 or better grade-point average and be nominated by a school official of other qualified sponsor. SEAN F. PACK, was graduated May 8 from the University of Evansville with a bachelor of science degree in business administration. His mother, Helen Webb, resides at Route 1, Cloverdale. His father, Ira Pack, lives in Washington, D.C. A South Putnam High School graduate, Pack was a member of the Evansville varsity football team and holds the school’s all-time punting record. A 1-6 p.m. open house is being held today (May 14) in his honor. All friends and relatives are welcome. Named recently as Roachdale Optimist Club Student of the Month winners at Roachdale Elementary School were BREANNA ADAMS (March) and CHARITY BOLLER (April). Breanna, a fifth-grade student of Mrs. Denny, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rick

ning, you are also assuming that they do not have a language background. Of course, they do have a language background ... it’s just not the one we use in the classroom. “But that also assumes that kindergarteners do not have a language background when they have some well-developed language skills,” Roth said. By placing foreign students with pupils their own age, the children can teach one another, Roth said. “A lot of neer learning takes place when they are placed with children their own age,” Roth said, adding he has heard stories of American students teaching foreign students swear words. ‘THE TEACHER CAN then monitor what the other kids are teaching the student, and when that happens the teacher can have a talk with the student about what is appropriate,” Roth said. Boling, who was part of a GCSC team that traveled to Japan last summer, pointed out that English is a routine part of the Japanese curriculum after the seventh grade. Roth said that many Japanese students are advanced when they come into an American school, and so placing them back a year or two would only frustrate them. When Jie Wu came to Ridpath, the decision was made to place her in the first grade, even though she would be the youngest in the class. GCSC educators felt it was important to place ho* with children her own age, even if she did not yet share a common language with them. MRS. IDLE SAID JIE is an extroverted girl who is also “independent and capable. She was well received by the other students.” Still, on that first day, Jie knew so little English that, at recess, she had to be taken by the hand and led CoL 1, back page, this section

Adams, Route 1, Roachdale. Charity, a sixth-grade student of Mr. Gilliam, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Boiler, Roachdale. Among recent Student of the Week winners at Greencastle High School was KATIE GRETTER, daughter of Sandy and Gary Gretter, 708 Crescent Cl, Greencastle. Active in Thespians, as a varsity cheerleader and in the Greencastle Classics, Miss Gretter plans to attend St Mary’s College. A member of the Cumulative Honor Roll at GHS for seven semesters, the senior is listed in “Who’s Who in American High School Students.” She is a Greencastle Blazer, member of the National Honor Society, French Club (serving as secretary, vice president and president), Key Club, Pep Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and 4-H. In 4-H, she was junior overall champion and state alternate in the Dress Revue. JULIANNA MARIE SUBLETT will graduate from Purdue University Saturday, May 14. She earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and associate degree in computer science. During her years at Purdue, Miss Sublett did co-op work with the Department of Defense. She has accepted a position with General Dynamics in Ft. Worth, Tex., and will begin employment in July. Miss Sublett is a 1983 graduate of Cloverdale High School, where she was the school’s valedictorian. A 1 Carney of A 1 Carney Chevrolet-Buick, Greencastle, has announced the addition of TERRY BITTLES to his sales staff. A Greencastle High School graduate, Bittles was also j graduated from the Indiana Col- I lege of Mortuary Science and has been associated with the j CoL 1, back page, this section

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