Banner Graphic, Volume 19, Number 176, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 April 1989 — Page 1

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A proclamation, symbolically printed in crayon, is read by Greencastle Mayor Mike Harmless in observance of “The Week of the Young Child," slated April 2-8 to call attention to educational and service programs presently available to youngsters. Children on hand to witness the occasion outside City Hall are (from left) Alison Barnes, Peace Lutheran Preschool; Natty Looster, Greencastle Community Child Care; Ashley Wirth, First Baptist Preschool; Andrew O’Hair, The Learning Castle; Ayricia Richards, Putnam County Comprehensive Services Preschool; Donovan Saathoff, Putnam County Headstart, and Holly Dennis, Kiddie Corner Child Care Center. The highlight of the week will be a 9:30-10:30 a.m. community celebration .Wednesday, April 5 at Bowman Park on the DePauw University campus. (Banner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman).

Don’t touch that dial... or your clock INDIANAPOLIS (AP) When most of the nation switches to Daylight Saving Time Sunday, the majority of Indiana clocks will not budge. The official moving of clocks ahead one hour is at 2 a.m. Sunday in accordance with the Uniform Time Art of 1967. Daylight time will remain in effect until late October. IN INDIANA, 76 of the 92 counties including Putnam County keep Eastern Standard Time throughout the year. Eleven Indiana counties in the Central Time Zone do observe daylight time, so residents in those will change to Central Daylight Time. Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter and Starke counties in northwestern Indiana are on Central time so that clocks there keep pace with those in nearby Chicago. THE CITIES OF East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Knox, LaPorte, Michigan City, Rensselaer and Valparaiso are included.

Pierson responds to Baugh slander suit

By JOE THOMAS Banner-Graphic Assistant Editor Former Greencastle attorney Stephen S. Pierson has denied the allegation that he slandered Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputy James E. Baugh during a trial in Putnam County Court. In a response to Baugh’s complaint for slander, filed in Putnam Circuit Court, Pierson denied allegations claiming he called Baugh names and insinuated that he was dishonest and had planted incriminating evidence against Pierson’s client. PIERSON OFFERED two defenses against the allegations. First, Pierson claims, “any statements the defendant may have

April showers, of course

Variable cloudiness and not so cool overnight with low around 40 after a daytime high in the low 50s Saturday. Showers likely Sunday, with a thunderstorm possible. High Sunday in the low to mid 60s. Chance of showers 60 percent. Indiana Extended Forecast Monday through Wednesday: Cloudy with a chance of rain Monday. Lows 35 to 45. High in the 50s to mid 60s. Rain likely

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Indy bank seeking $236,000 from Ashley Square owners

By BECKY IGO Banner-Graphic News Editor Merchants National Bank and Trust Co., Indianapolis, is seeking $236,166.33, plus interest, for the alleged nonpayment of note, mortgage and guaranty owed by the partnership and individuals connected with Ashley Square Cinema in Greencastle. Named as defendants in the Putnam Circuit Court lawsuit are Ashley Square Associates, an Indiana Gener j Partnership located at 3003 E. 96th St., Suite 201, Indianapolis; Leonard A. Newman, Elizabeth A. Edwards, Norman A. Edwards, the State of Indiana and First State Bank. THE LAWSUIT, meanwhile, has nothing to do with Alan Teicher* of Teicher Theatres based in Troy, Ohio. Teicher currently rents the twin cinema building (located at the comer of Seminary and Indiana streets) from Ashley Square Associates. In addition, the complaint deals strictly with the movie theater property and not the Ashley Square shopping complex. Documents filed in the Putnam County Clerk’s Office show the

made about the plaintiff are true.” Second, Pierson claims his comments earn First Amendment protection because Baugh is a politician, a former elected official (sheriff), and currently a public employee. Baugh is seeking unspecified damages from Pierson for slander over statements Pierson allegedly made after the trial of Michael Kent Hanlon. Hanlon was on trial for possession of cocaine as a class D felony, and was found not guilty of the charge. In the same case, the defendant pleaded guilty to public intoxication and disorderly conduct, receiving a suspended sentence and one year on probation.

Tuesday. Continued mild. Low 40 to 50. High in the mid 50s to upper 60s. Rain ending Wednesday and turning cooler. .Lows 35 to 45. High 45 to 55. Abby A 3 Classifieds A6,A7 Comics A 3 Crossword A 7 Horoscope A 7 Obituaries AS People A 3 Sports A4,A5 Theaters A 8

Twin cinema sell-out for ‘Rain Man,’ ‘PA-6’

If there were ever any doubts about Putnam County moviegoing habits, they had to be dispelled by Friday night’s performance at the Ashley Square Twin Cinemas box office. THE POPULARITY of the Academy Award-winning “Rain Man,” featuring Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, spawned a ticket-buying line that stretched from the theater box office to nearly Seminary Street for the 7:30 p.m. showing Friday. Coupled with the popularity among the teen-age crowd of “Police Academy 6,” Ashley

defendants (Ashley Square Associates, Newman, Elizabeth and Norman Edwards) “agreed and guaranteed to Merchants National Bank and Trust Co. the full and prompt payment when due” of any and all present and future indebted-

IN HIS CLOSING argument in the Hanlon case, Pierson allegedly suggested to the jury that Baugh, or any jail official could have planted cocaine on his client. Just after the jury entered into its deliberations, Pierson came over to the prosecutor’s table and reportedly told Greencastle Police Officer Mike Hanlon: “I hope you didn’t think I was implying that you (emphasis his) planted the cocaine. I could see Jim Baugh doing something like that because he is a dishonest 5.0.8.” That claim came from an affidavit filed with Baugh’s complaint that was sworn by Officer Hanlon. LATER IN THE alleged conversation, Officer Hanlon claims,

Putnam Patter

When kitchens dispensed medicines

By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Editor They must call it the common cold since it’s one of the ailments the poor of the land can share equally with the upper crust of society. A bad cold (ever hear of a good one?) has been diagnosed as a borderline infirmity. The victim feels too tough to go to work but not quite tough enough to stay in bed. Since his cash flow is down to a mere trickle, he bundles up and

Square recorded a double sellout for the first showing Friday night. In the process, at least two dozen people were turned away at the box office after the last seats had been sold. “RAIN MAN,” which won the Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director Oscars Wednesday night, could be the first Academy Award-winning movie to be playing in Greencastle the very week it captured the honors, long-time local moviegoers agreed. The movie double-bill continues through Thursday at the local theater.

ness owed to the bank by the defendants. Court records also show Ashley Square Associates, Newman and the Edwardses “executed and delivered a mortgage upon the real Col. 1, back page, this section

Pierson supposedly accused Baugh of being “a thief and a liar” and stated the deputy “is no better than the trash he hauls in.” Baugh argues that those comments are “wholly false and without a scintilla of truth and totally defamatory.” He claims to have “suffered irreparable injury and damage to his reputation and character, and his standing among his peers and other diverse persons in the community has been diminished.” Baugh is represented by Greencastle attorney James William Phipps, while Pierson is representing himself in the case. Judge William C. Vaughn 111 has not set any dates in the matter.

goes to work where he either wears out the cold or it floors him first BEFORE THE FOOD and Drug people got so fussy over what folks take to relieve their miseries, there was already “medical” knowledge handed down from generation to generation by those who were living testimonials that their potions and practices really worked. Before drugstores were, the kitchen was. And upon its shelves or thereabouts were many of the

Eight-year plan for East Side storm sewers

By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Editor An eight-year plan to remedy a 30-year broken promise has been introduced before the Greencastle City Council. The plan would provide storms sewers in the area known as Commercial Place on the city’s East Side. The project addresses problems along Avenues B, C, D, E and F, with cost figures provided by City Engineer Jim Frazell at the request of the City Council. “THESE ARE high figures, liberal numbers,” Mayor Mike Harmless cautioned. “If anything the bids would probably come in less.” The desire was to keep the yearly phase of the project in the $40,000$45,000 range, the mayor said. The eight-year remedy would cost approximately $320,000 total, according to the estimates. “They (Commercial Place residents) were annexed into the city in the 19505,” he noted, “so it’s time to take care of this. The project makes progress in an area where the city has not addressed a long-standing problem. If we can

June 7 trial slated In intimidation incident

By LISA MEYER Banner-Graphic Staff Writer A 26-year-old Greencastle man faces a June 7 trial date in Putnam Circuit Court on charges of burglary, intimidation and two counts of battery as the result of an alleged incident at his estranged wife’s house. The class B felony burglary charge against David A. Gallaway, 404 W. Liberty St., stems from the March 21 alleged breaking and entering of the home of Stacie Gallaway, Route 1, Greencastle. The class A misdemeanor battery charges are from Gallaway’s alleged assault of Ms. Gallaway and Thomas E. Koeing, 32, Route 5, Greencastle. COURT RECORDS state that at 2:30 a.m. Gallaway entered the Clinton Township house through the front porch window and hit his

Ambler Hill featured in builders’ trade magazine

Ambler Hill Florist, Greencastle, is featured in the March issue of Rural Builder magazine, a business management publication for rural contractors. THE STORY features postframe construction as a solution to a more cost-effective project without sacrificing design or construction quality. The article stresses that Don and Karen Ambler’s selection of a Williamsburg theme for their floral shop, and the building’s exterior blue color with several Victorian features, reflect the

fixins for remedies that pulled great-grandpa through when most folks thought he was a goner. Some of these homemade preparations either had to be rubbed on or swallowed. A combination of usage could be doubly effective since the victim hurried up and got well in self defense. TURPENTINE HAD to be store boughten but lard was a kitchen staple. Even strong, dark and rancid lard could have medicinal properties since its main

solve a problem that’s been here since 1950, I think that would be great “We believe this is a plan we can work with,” Harmless added, “even without a grant if we do it in phases.” THERE ARE NO grants available for storm sewers under present programs, Frazell said, noting that the new Build Indiana Fund under the Bayh Administration might be a future source of revenue. “The intent” Frazell said of the eight-year plan, “is to minimize the effect of surface water; keep kids from playing in it falling into it and generally helping to clean up the area.” Commercial Place often floods during any significant rainfall because there are no storm sewers to carry the surface water away. Although the Council took no action on the plan at its March meeting, it heard Frazell note that Phase I should be Avenue E, east of Fifth Street. That project area could be done, he estimated at a $41,000 cost Phase 11, west of Fifth Street, Col. 5, back page, this section

wife in the mouth with his fist. Gallaway also allegedly struck Koeing. The intimidation charge, a class D felony, is based on Gallaway’s alleged intent to scare his wife, knowing that she is a crucial witness in a another pending criminal proceeding for battery against Gallaway, authorities said. Following the incident Gallaway was arrested by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputy Jim Baugh. Testing at the Putnam County Jail revealed that Gallaway had a .14 blood alcohol content at the time of the incident. A .10 BAC is considered legally intoxicated in Indiana. DURING AN INITIAL hearing Tuesday afternoon, Gallaway was assigned Rob Bremer as pauper counsel. The defendant is being held in the Putnam County Jail on $50,000 bond.

community of Greencastle’s “look,” since the town i§ investing in the renovation of 1930 and 1940 structures around the courthouse square. The commercial project is an example to others in the industry the new possibilities this kind of construction offers. THE AMBLER HILL Florist building, located at the comer of West Walnut and South Jackson streets, was constructed by Built-Rite Inc. of rural Coatesville.

purpose must have been to keep the turpentine localized. The greasy mess was liberally applied to throat or chest or both, but just to make sure the curative qualities moved inward where the trouble was, a flannel rag heated to the scorching point took care of that. Another sore throat cure was less drastic (or is the word caustic) and one which was within the law whenever applied. An old wool Col. 3, back page, this section