Banner Graphic, Volume 20, Number 59, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 November 1989 — Page 8

THE BANNERGRAPHC November 11,1989

Obituaries Estel Shonkwiler

Estel Shonkwiler, 89, Brazil, passed away Friday morning at his residence. Bom Sept. 17, 1900 in Putnam County, he was the son of Oliver and Nancy (Hall) Shonkwiler. A farmer, Mr. Shonkwiler was formerly Madison Township trustee. He drove a school bus in Madison Township for 11 years and also worked for Jake McCurry for several years at the McCurry Funeral Home. He was a member of Beech Grove United Methodist Church and Morton Masonic Lodge No. 469. Survivors include his wife, Mary (Hood) Shonkwiler; four daughters, Mrs. Clema Perkins, Roachdale, Mrs. Joan Alcorn, Bainbridge, and Mrs. Loisdene

Chester B. Meagher

Chester B. Meagher, 89, a resident of Heritage House Convalescent Center, passed away early Saturday at Veterans Hospital, Indianapolis.

Elsie C. Cummings

Elsie C. Cummings, 88, Route 4, Greencastle, passed away Friday at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Bom March 12, 1901 in Putnam County, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Cordelia (Cox) Rockhill. On Sept. 14, 1921, she married Joy Cummings, and he preceded her in death on March 23,1988. A homemaker, Mrs. Cummings lived most of her life in Madison Township. She was a member of the Limedale Baptist Church since 1956. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Frances Nelson Barnett,

Library Board

extra hours, Mrs. Sedlack said. But an extra wage of about SSOO would be needed annually to hire a high school student page. Extra utilities costs would also be minimal, she said. After the board agreed to the extra 2 X A hours on Thursday, member Sharon Evans pointed out that added hours would run into the board’s current Thursday evening meeting time. The board decided it could change its monthly meeting day next year to either Monday or Wednesday. No final decision was made on which day to meet pending input by all board members. THE BOARD ALSO discussed adding Martin Luther King Day to its list of holiday closings. Action will be taken on that matter at the December board meeting since it is a policy change which must be discussed at two board meetings to be voted upon. In the financial report, Mrs. Sedlack told the board that the library accounts were in good shape. “1 think that we’re doing just fine,” she said. Some of the accounts are over budget for a total of $1,263.94, and the recent purchase of a filing cabinet and more periodical subscriptions will send some accounts further into the red. HOWEVER, OTHER accounts are operating well above budget, Mrs. Sedlack said, and money should be leftover at the end of the year to transfer to the deficit accounts. In the monthly reports, the circulation of books was “comparatively high,” Mrs. Sedlack said. And the number of registered borrowers also increased during October by 59 for a total of 9,463. That count is 500 borrowers more

Putnam Patter

and getting a fire going or freeze in bed, and in the second place, it took a long time to coax enough heat out of the kitchen range to bake biscuits and fry meat. When hog butchering was in season, ham meat sliced butcherknife thick, hot biscuits prepared from scratch, gravy that was not too thick nor too thin and hot cooked cereal which we ate as dessert, made up the morning menu. Sometimes when the weather was so cold that the cows were reluctant to give much milk and the hens too cold to be in a laying mood, there wasn’t enough butter and egg money to buy much more than flour so rolled oats had to wait until next week. ( BUT WE STILL HAD our hot cereal. Father took a sack of rye to the blacksmith shop where there

Reeves and Mrs. Roberta Skaggs, both of Greencastle; two sons, F. Marshall Shonkwiler, South Bend, and Malcolm Shonkwiler, Greenwood; 27 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Nellie (Cofer) Shonkwiler; a daughter, Rosemary, and two brothers, Ralph and Maynard. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Beech Grove United Methodist Church. Rev. Albert Williams will officiate, with interment in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call 2-8 p.m. Sunday at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle, where Masonic memorial services are slated for 7 p.m. Sunday.

He was formerly of Cloverdale. Arrangements are pending at Whitaker Funeral Home, Clovendale.

Greencastle; a brother, Elbert Rockhill, Gary; two grandsons, Dale Nelson and Raymond Furney; a granddaughter, Patty Carmen; seven greatgrandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Norma Fumey; two sisters and five brothers. Graveside services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Boone-Hutcheson Cemetery. Rev. Mike Thomas will officiate. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.

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than were registered in January. In a daily count of patrons. October’s five Tuesdays totalled 450 library users for the top day while Saturday patrons totaled 343. Wednesdays were the least busiest days with 207 people counted. Patron counts tend to be lower than the actual number of library users, Mrs. Sedlack has pointed out, since the staff might not see all of the people who enter the facility. IN HER DIRECTOR’S report, Mrs. Sedlack showed that $359.90 had been made in the Oct. 6 and 7 Friends of the Library book sale. Another sale on Oct. 28 netted $119.80. Reference Librarian Maijo Cavanaugh told the board that a review of PCPL’s card catalog was made by Nancy Lair of the Indiana University library school faculty. Professor Lair said the card cataloging was “very respectable,” Mrs. Cavanaugh said. Ms. Lair also pointed out ways the reference staff could break down tasks and use volunteer help, rather than do the entire cataloging themselves. IN OTHER BUSINESS, the board: Learned a grant from the Indiana Humanities Council has been officially approved for an American poetry workshop next year. Was told that three participants erf the “Let’s Write About It” poetry workshop will read their writings at a Kiwanis meeting. Was reminded that the state Board of Ihx Commissioners hearing on the library’s 1990 budget will be next Tuesday at the courthouse. The next meeting is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14 at the library.

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was a grinding mill in a side room. The resulting rye meal was the poor man’s cream of wheat. Rye meal made a rather dark porridge with a strong taste to match. This could be neutralized with plenty of sugar and cream thick enough to be forked when we had it As I sit down to breakfast nowadays and survey a slice of slightly burned toast, orange juice and some kind of dry cereal that is supposed to do something good for athletes and growing kids, I get mentally hungry for farm breakfasts I once enjoyed. BUT AFTER SO so many years of early day short rations, my stomach has probably become so conditioned to a token breakfast that it wouldn’t accommodate such a feast until much later in the day.

Putnam scanner

Cloverdale Police A robbery at the IGA store in Cloverdale was under investigation by Officer Ken Grundlock of the Cloverdale Police Department at presstime Saturday. According to a spokesman at the Indiana State Police Post at Putnamville, the robbery was one of a series of overnight incidents occurring at Cloverdale, Brazil, Plainfield and Mooresville. No other details were available at presstime Saturday. Indiana State Police A 40-year-old rural Cloverdale man was arrested early Saturday on alcohol-related charges, according to Putnam County Jail records. Tim Beaumont, Route 2, Cloverdale, was arrested by Trooper John Mishler on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was lodged in the Putnam County Jail at 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Putnam County Court Criminal cases filed: Thursday, Nov. 2 Walter Dale Craig Jr., theft Friday, Nov. 3 Darrin P. Pursell, driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated with prior conviction; John Blakeley, driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana; Michael J. Thompson, driving while suspended; John Haltorn, theft. Monday, Nov. 6 Christopher Kruz, criminal mischief. Small claims filed: Wednesday, Nov. I George A. and Elizabeth Schneider 111 vs. Linda Mundy; Robert A. Hutchens vs. Richard W. Newman; Robert A. Hutchens vs. Rodney L. Franklin. Thursday, Nov. 2 Superior Bearing and Supply vs. D. & M. Performance Mfg.; Kersey Music vs. the following: Edward and Carol Peck, David and Cindy Minards, Jeffrey and Karen Shaw. Marriage License Garry Don Wallace, Jefferson, Ark., and Sharon Irene Weinman, Bainbridge. William Green Cook, Reelsville, and Carol Sue Lakin, Reelsville.

Landfill

commissioners heard from Harry Ross, representing the Corps of Engineers. Ross was on hand to detail what monies may be available that Putnam County can use for stream bank erosion control projects, particularly along Big WalnuL ROSS NOTED “UP to $500,000 on a single project” can be provided to help Putnam County with such problems. The county, in turn, would be required to pay 25 percent of the total project cost and five percent of that must be in cash. Ross took with him a “letter of intent” the commissioners prepared indicating Putnam County’s interest in working with the Corps of Engineers on such projects. The board also identified other problem areas being along Mill Creek, Cray’s Creek and several other tributaries that funnel into Big WalnuL IN OTHER ACTION, the board: Signed an agreement reaffirming the commissioners’ support to the Reelsville Water Co. in its effort to receive Community Focus funding to provide better water service. It was noted these funds will be used to extend water service in the area to homesites where there is currently low cm- no water at all. Approved the naming of a road in Greencastle Township as “Glen Browning Drive.” The request was put forth by Tim Gruenholz, who received approval from all homeowners in the area, as well as Browning’s daughter, to designate the drive by the special name. Gave permission for the “Canopy of Lights” to again be erected in downtown Greencastle, utilizing the courthouse as a focal point. According to Main Street Greencastle Project Manager Bill Dray, Cundiff Electric will again

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School board-

with discipline issues such as suspension, expulsion or exclusion were education records protected under the U.S. Family Educational Rights and Privacy AcL Therefore, revealing that information to anyone including a governmental agency like the BMV was a violation of FERPA and a student’s privacy. IN A LETTER TO IDOE attorney Lisa Tanselle, Leßoy S. Rooker, director of Family Policy and Regulations Office in the U.S.D.O.E. explained, “In general, FERPA seeks to protect a student’s privacy interest in education records, or personally identifiable information from an education record.” Rooker goes on to note, “It does not appear that the Indiana law requires schools to report specifically that any given student has been expelled, excluded, suspended or adjudged to be a habitual truant. Rather, it appears that the law requires schools to report the identity of students who have become ineligible fra a driver’s license or learner’s permiL” As fine as that distinction seems to be, it is enough to make Indiana’s law legal. And because the Indiana law is legal, the GCSC’s policy is also legal. That policy brings the school system into compliance with the

North Putnam

“THAT’S WHAT WE DID with the sex education policy, the drug-and-alcohol policy and so forth,” Rohr explained. But again, the superintendent stressed, because the language arts curriculum must follow state guidelines, and is actually what teachers routinely teach in the classroom, the board, Rohr maintained, could feel comfortable in making the decision to approve Thursday night. Rev. Johnson said he was not challenging the integrity of the teachers who worked on the proposal, but was concerned the board approved the plan without what seemed to be a thorough review. MEANWHILE, MUCH earlier during the meeting, teacher Jana Brothers represented the committee that compiled the language arts curriculum, briefly going over the material for board members Thursday night. Brothers said the committee included Rohr’s administrative assistant and Russellville Elementary Principal Sheila Smith, in addition to teachers Linda Jones, Frances Reed and Roger Cook. The members wrote the curriculum after visiting other school corporations to see what they offer, in addition to incorporating state guidelines, etc.

do the installation. Meanwhile, the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce will once more pick up the tab for insurance. Dory invited the commissioners and all county employees to participate in the upcoming Christmas-related activities in downtown Greencastle. APPROVED THE Greencastle Merchants Association’s use of the courthouse during the 5-8 p.m. Nov. 20 Christmas parade in downtown Greencastle. In making the request. Merchants representative Sue McCune sent word the commissioners and county employees are invited to attend. During the discussion, Greencastle resident Laura Jean Wilson noted she and some other county residents are concerned about a Christmas parade being held before Thanksgiving, saying she personally believes it is “out of line” to do so. Approved for the auditor to advertise an ordinance prepared by county attorney Bob Lowe relative to the auditor’s office charging a $1 fee to make copies of deeds. Proceeds from that will be used to pay for the updating of Putnam County plat books on a continuing basis. After the ordinance is advertised and approved by the commissioners, the $1 fee will go into effect Jan. 1. Acknowledged board President Carson signing an application for renewal so the Putnam County Highway Department can continue use of its radio dispatching equipment

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new law’s notification requirements, as well as defining an habitual truant AS WRITTEN, THE policy said any student who accumulates six truancies during a semester, 10 during a school year or 20 throughout a school career is an habitual truant. However, the school board felt that policy was too lenient and it voted to cut those numbers in half. Under the revised policy, any student with three truancies a semesters, five in a year, or 10 during a career becomes an habitual truant and thus ineligible for a driver’s license or learner’s permit However, before the notification is sent to the BMV, the school system will allow the student a closed hearing before Supt. Gary Druckemiller or his assigned agent If the hearing examiner upholds the finding of habitual truant, or if a hearing is not requested within seven days of notification, the school system will notify the BMV, according to the policy. IN OTHER BUSINESS, the board: Accepted the resignation of Jones Elementary School secretary lola Miller, effective Dec. 31, 1989.; Hired Rosemary O’Neal as a second-grade assistant at Northeast. Hired Lisa Clark as a third-

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AGREED TO MEET with local judges and other officeholders relative to setting the 1990 holiday schedule. The meeting will take place the morning of Nov. 20, when the commissioners stamp countyrelated claims beginning at 9 a.m. A decision regarding the 1990 holidays will be made that same evening during the commissioners’ meeting at the courthouse. It is hoped to coordinate Putnam County’s holidays with the state schedule. Signed “tracings” connected with Bridge 204 located on County Road 1,000 east in Jefferson Township, as presented by Ken Minetl of Sieco Inc. Also, signed an agreement that allows Sieco to be in charge of the right-of-way engineering services. Agreed, after hearing information from Commissioner Walton, to write a letter to the West Central Indiana Private Industry Council District supporting the latter agency’s position regarding the

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grade assistant for Jones. Hired Marty Johnson as high school drill team instructor. Hired Teresa Batto as outside resource person to assist nonEnglish speaking students learn the English language. Hired Barbara Boese to fill in for speech/hearing therapist Allyson TeGrotenhuis. Appointed Larry Vaughn as Saturday elementary basketball director. Recognized Troy Cummings, Pam Mourouzis and Randi Weaver as commended students by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.; Recognized Randi Weaver as a semifinalist fra the National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Negro Students; Recognized David Stark and Jae Billingsley for their publications in The Junior High Writer of the Midwest ; Recognized Mrs. Dawn Puckett’s middle school publication The Inkling for earning first place at Ball State University’s Junior High Journalism Day; Were invited by Assistant Supt Janett Boling to schedule appointments to learn of the impending annual end-of-the-year interand intra-fund transfers. The board will meet again in regular session at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Miller Education Center.

“WE MET IN THE SPRING and came up with policies that encompass all erf this,” Mrs. Brothers said of the committee’s research. The goal, she said, is to make students “literate adults.” Included in the curriculum is a philosophy of composition, Mrs. Brothers said. There is also an emphasis on reading (stressing students need the ability to read everything from literary classics to soup labels), grammar, language mechanics, phonics and vocabulary. ' Mrs. Brothers also noted the committee wanted something teachers could really use in the classroom and members believe the curriculum will serve that purpose. < BOARD MEMBER Mary Martin made a motion to accept the language arts curriculum. Her motion was seconded by David Lane. The motion passed with “yes” votes from Martin, Lane, Gough, Helen Galford, Ron Richardson, David Ferrand and Don Lambermont. *1 Gough and Rohr expressed the administration and board's appreciation for the committee’s work. The remainder of the North Putnam School Board meeting will be reported in a future Banner-Graphic article.

Summer Youth Employment Program. Walton said the Private Industry Council is concerned that families of youths involved in the program lose food stamps and other benefits they are eligible for because of the extra income coming in. The commissioners agreed the youths’ families should still be entitled to these benefits, whether or not the youth is employed with the summer work program. SIGNED AN agreement for Beam, Longest and Neff to serve as consultant on Bridge 160 in Washington Township. Also, signed a supplemental agreement concerning engineering fees connected with the project. Approved the change in county tire specs which will be sent to vendors, prior to tire bids being accepted. Approved the Green Acres County Home and Microfilm Department reports. Also, acknowledged the minutes of the last Putnam County Library Board meeting.