Banner Graphic, Volume 20, Number 179, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 April 1990 — Page 8

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC April 4,1990

Obituaries Walter E. Wood

Walter E. Wood, 81, Route 2, Roachdale, passed away Tuesday Putnam County Hospital. He had been in failing health the past several years and was seriously ill the past three weeks. Bom May 29, 1908 at New Winchester, he was the son of Gideon and Rolcva (Baire) Wood. On Aug. 14, 1933 at Barnard, he married the former Dororthy Beason. She survives. Mr. Wood was a member of the Hanna Street Baptist Church. He was a retired farmer. "Besides the wife, survivors

Corena L. Reininga

Corena L. Reininga, 89, a resident of Asbury Towers, Greencastle, passed away early Wednesday. She was the widow of

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And so it was with Woody. He over-reacted and lost his house privileges, especially at meal time, and was just plain dog much of the time, instead of a spoiled pooch. There was nothing wrong with his “barker” or his “smeller,” so on days fried chicken was the table centerpiece, he parked close to the screen door, hoping some careless kid would let him in for his favorite bones. IT DOESN’T TAKE too long for kids and puppy dogs to undergo a disposition change, and temper tantrums are a common way to get their own way or to resent the human race in general. Kids who should have known better, began to tease the growing pup, and the time came when Woody would make a dive at anyone who pointed a finger in his direction, a bad habit he never outgrew. Like others of his breed, he was never very large as dogs go, but what Woody lacked in size, he made up in courage, and would often tackle those of his kind bigger than he was. Woody was not the only house pet who had limited inside privileges. There was a cat, almost his size, who had a well-developed

Michael

at hand. “I think we need to communicate with the state,” she determined. "I may need to relay something to (State Sen.) Bob Hellman (D-Terre Haute), but if I don’t talk to him directly, he won’t know what our concerns are.” MRS. MICHAEL understands things are not improved overnight, but that still shouldn’t deter someone from trying. “I can’t say that I’m going to get in there and change things,” Mrs. Michael related, “but I can say that I have been honest and committed to this county the last three years, and I would like to have the opportunity to renew that honesty and commitment.” Meanwhile, Mrs. Michael believes the experience she has gained in the clerk’s office, in addition to the Indiana Department of Corrections and the auditor of the state the past six years, is invaluable in running for county council. “PUBLIC RELATIONS is a very important aspect of any public office,” she points out “This

include a son, James and daughter-in-law Jo Ann Wood, New Maysville: two grandsons, Terry Wood and wife Terri Ann, Bainbridge, and Gary Wood and wife Marci, Darlington; four great-granddaughters, Amber, Danniel, Heather and Megan; two nephews and five nieces. He was preceded in death by two brothers. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday from Service and Morgan Funeral Home, Roachdale, where friends may call 3-8 p.m. Thursday. Rev. David Clark will officiate. Burial will be in New Maysville Cemetery.

Theodore Reininga. Services are pending at Hop-kins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.

CCRTC slates annual meeting for Saturday CLOVERDALE Though there is nothing funny about dial tones and clear connections, humor will be the featured item during the Clay County Rural Telephone Cooperative’s annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at South Putnam High School, at the intersection of U.S. 231 and U.S. 40. Walt Buescher, an author and retired sales promotion manager for Allis-Chalmers, will be the featured speaker. All CCRTC members are invited to attend. Buescher is originally from Bremen, but currently lives in the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee. Registration will be at 6:30 p.m. Social hour and refreshments will follow with the meeting begining at 7:30. Following the guest speaker’s presentation, door prizes will be awarded.

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sense of territory ownership when it came to sleeping places. OURS WAS THAT oldfashioned kitchen with range for cooking. Back of it was a space of a foot or so between stove and the wall. Actually, it was often the wannest place in the house during winter. When Woody came in from a brief time outside, and found the cat asleep in his favorite spot, there was bound to be a battle. This cat was not the timid tabby sort of feline and was ready for a fight when she felt rights were being violated. THE FREE-FOR-ALL was a brief but noisy affair. I don’t recall any time when Woody had to tuck his little stub of a tail and leave in disgrace. He had the courage, or the lack of good sense, to interrupt a ground hog in process of digging a new den. And a bloody nose didn’t cause him to admit defeat. If there had been cars to chase, he would have been in his glory. There were other times when he seemed to have more courage than common sense, but in spite of all his escapades he lived to the limits of whatever is a proper age for dogs.

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county is very fortunate to have the many people we have representing us, but it is not something we can take for granted. “Situations are constantly changing. Having knowledge of how to better our people, and having the lime to find ways to help the people of our county, is essential. “Having an ear for the concerns of our people, and taking those honest concerns to the other members of the council, is something that I want to do for this county,” Mrs. Michael adds. “I HAVE CHOSEN to live here in Putnam County because I love Putnam County and the people here. What I like most, though, is giving time and doing what I can to better our people. “I think that as clerk, I have been very attentive to the situations at hand. I have always been eager to help in the needs of my patrons and the state.” By being an officeholder, Mrs. Michael can closely identify with their needs and concerns of county employees.

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Kelly Smith (left), an eighthgrader, will represent Cloverdale Jr.-Sr. High School Thursday when the Putnam County Spelling Championship begins at 7 p.m. at Ridpath School in Greencastle. The Cloverdale winner is the

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City Police Greencastle City Police report one arrest Tuesday. Officer Don Rumley arrested William E. Craig, 48, 1052 Avenue D, Greencastle, on a warrant for failure to appear in court. Craig was due to appear at a 10 a.m. hearing and did not show up, police said. Craig was arrested at the courthouse at 12:30 p.m. and incarcerated at the Putnam County Jail. Real Estate Transfers A.H. Hoffman Inc. to Calderon Bros. Vending Machine Inc., corporate warranty deed, part of Greencastle Township. Elizabeth Ann Cooper Swanson to Louis J. Fontaine, warranty deed, lot in Eastern Enlargement, Greencastle. James Pritchard and wife to Kyle Williams and wife, warranty deed, part of Greencastle Enlargement, Greencastle. Patrick R. Bacon and wife to Norman L. Varvel and wife, warranty deed, lot in Arlington Heights Addition, Greencastle. Robert S. Polley and wife to Ted David Peters and wife, warranty deed, part of Greencastle Township.

Zoning Board

question could be resolved as part of DcPauw’s appearance before the City Plan Commission. The Plan Commission, City Attorney Larry Wilson explained, will have to act on vacating the plat upon which Hanna Court is presently developed. That action is expected at the Plan Commission’s Monday, April 23 meeting at City Hall. “This building is the key to the academic planning of the university,” Bottoms said in conclusion. “We can’t have a biology building lurking in Harrison Hall anymore. And there just isn’t space anywhere else on campus for it” THE MOTION TO grant DePauw’s special exception was made by Terry Hall and seconded by Jerry Rud. It passed unanimously. A second DPU request to use houses at 412 and 500 E. Seminary St. (the former homes of Cliff Torr and Gaumey Neal) as offices in an R-3 area also passed unanimously upon a motion by Warren Harlan and second by David Wood. The two projects are interconnected, Bottoms explained, since the former residences will provide temporary office space for faculty and staff uprooted from the old

“AS A COUNTY councilman, I would work for the county,” she said. “I would not only represent the taxpayers, but I would also be representing the employees.” Without dedicated employees, she points out, the county cannot function. And in order to have good employees, the candidate believes workers must be paid a respectable salary. Also, as an officeholder, Mrs. Michael knows the ins and outs of preparing a county budget “BEING FAMILIAR with the county’s operations I feel is a great advantage to my being a candidate for county council,” she said. “I have experience in the budgeting process which is a critical area of concern for all members.” Mrs. Michael also believes it is important for a councilman to be involved and keep abreast of each county offices’ needs. “I would always hope the council would have the knowledge of what they may be approving or disapproving,” she said. “I know it will take time to learn the job, but

daughter of James and Anita Smith, Cloverdale. Seventhgrader Robert Stohler, son of Terri Stohler, Quincy, was run-ner-up at Cloverdale. (BannerGraphic photo by Gary Goodman).

John Joe Wallace and wife to Joseph D. Wallace and wife, warranty deed, parts of Greencastle Township. Marvin C. Reeves and wife to Danny Lee Wells and wife, warranty deed, lot in Eastern Division, Cloverdale. First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. as executors of Ella Angline Austin to Luella Mae Homer, Dawn (Horner) Chambers, Debby (Homer) Sutherlin and Debra Homer, executor’s deed, part of Marion Township. William A. Handlow and wife to Alpha R. Bond, warranty deed, lots in Apple Blossom Addition, Reelsville. Franklin P. Pardue to Franklin Donald Pardue, warranty deed, part of Floyd Township. Steven A. Dalby and wife to Violet Louise Dalby, warranty deed, part of Clinton Township. Lucinda Rissler to Mack M. Fultz and wife, warranty deed, part of Washington Township. Mack M. Fultz and wife to Leonard R. Outcalt etal, warranty deed, part of Washington Township. Coweta Grove to John S. Payne and wife, warranty deed, part of Cloverdale Township.

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heating plant building, as well as via a “domino effect” created by the work on Harrison Hall and the biology building, Bottoms noted. “NOW DON’T HOLD me to this timetable,” the DPU president said, “but in five years the biology building should be finished and Harrison Hall will be renovated and we’d have adequate space for our faculty.” In the night’s only other business, the Zoning Board issued a special exception for Joe L. Person Jr., Route 6, Greencastle (Old Rockville Road), to put an aboveground pool in a R-l zoned area. Person’s present fence is fourfeet high, while city ordinance requires six feet, Wilson said. The special exception was granted with the provision that Building Inspector Bill Lawrence approve the fence before issuing Person a building permit ZONING BOARD Chairman Jinsie Bingham was joined by members Rud, Wood, Harlan and Hall for the one-hour meeting. Mayor Mike Harmless and City Attorney Wilson were also present The board’s new regular session is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 at City Hall.

I’ve also been in office long enough to be able to understand how it works.” MRS. MICHAEL SAID said she would like to continue her work in public office for one reason: People. “There have been many people who have been very kind to me when I took the job as clerk. Everyone has been really patient and kind. It’s amazing how far you can go with a few kind words and if we all work with each other, we’ll all get a lot farther.” Most importantly, if elected to represent Greencastle Township, Mrs. Michael said she will listen to her constituents. “WHAT I AM, IF I am elected as the Fourth District councilman, is a representative of the people of Greencastle Township,” Mrs. Michael pointed out “I am interested in what people are thinking. “And it should be the taxpayers helping to make decisions in the county, not just a seven-member board,” she said of the County Council.

Senior focus High cost of health care concern for the elderly

“RSVP Reflections,” submitted by Frances Washburn, RSVP director and Hubert Clodfelter Most any group of people of all ages complain about die high cost of health care. Think of your own plight UNLESS YOU HAVE plenty of money, or work for an affluent employer who provides good insurance coverage without premium cost or with greatly reduced premium cost, or you are a retired employee of those concerns providing ample health insurance benefits, you are probably voicing your displeasure about your health care costs. Most of the elderly population have a rough time making ends meet because the natural course of life brings on aging and the illnesses that generally go with it. The disabled who receive Medicare, and the age 65 and over recipients, find that Medicare only pays about 43 percent of the medical cost Very little of nursing home costs are paid by Medicare, and prescription drugs are not a covered benefit. Many times the elderly do not have the funds to buy the prescription drugs to keep them alive, and for various reasons, they are not eligible for die Medicaid medical coverage generally used by the poor or poverty eligible. MANY OF THESE people cannot afford any type of adequate health insurance which should supplement the inadequate Medicare payments. Most persons receiving Medicare should have supplemental health coverage and the insurance premiums continue to increase. More than 37 million people living in the United States are without insurance coverage of any type and many more are underinsured. The publication Economist states that we in the U.S. spend nearly twice as much per person on health care than the French or Germans and three times as much as the British. Despite this cost, our life expectancy is shorter and our infant mortality is higher. A child bom to the inner city poor in Washington, D.C. has less chance of reaching its first birthday than a child bom in Jamaica. The Washington Post reports that the U.S. medical bill is about $550 billion a year and rising at twice the rate of normal inflation. The National Institutes of Health estimate that health care costs rose 180 percent between 1979 and 1987. WHY ARE HEALTH care costs so high? What can be done to provide needed health care for every man, woman, and child in this great country of ours? We have heard and read some statements from some non-caring persons that certain older people should have their medical care restricted or withheld when they reach a certain age and have serious physical conditions! Let us hope that practice is never adopted nor that those persons with adequate funds have good health care and those persons who are poor will receive inferior health care or none at all.

Aeolian Chamber Players perform Tuesday at DPU

An open rehearsal by the Aeolian Chamber Players and DePauw University’s Anne Reynolds, adjunct professor of flute, is scheduled at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in DePauw’s Performing Arts Center, Thompson Recital Hall. THE REHEARSAL, presented by DePauw’s School of Music, is free and open to the public. The Aeolian Chamber Players, which include pianist Peter Basquin, cellist Andre Emelianoff, violinist Lewis Kaplan and clarinetist Charles Neidich, along with guest flutist Reynolds, will rehearse George Crumb’s “Voices of the Whale”, a contemporary work which makes use of special sound effects and layered textures. The ensemble will conduct a

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The issues raised in this article are real and are serious. They are getting worse, and if the present trend continues, our method of health care provision must change. How should it be changed so that all people in our country may receive affordable, qualtiy health care? I do not have the answer but we certainly should be thinking about this serious problem. These issues will be discussed in future Senior Focus columns. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following volunteers: Charles Erdmann and Virginia Sweet 4-1; Hubert Clodfelter 4-3; Rachel Phillips and Mary Buckner 4-4; Russell Compton 4-5; Alice Shumaker and Cletus Sult 4-13; Mary Ann Sheldon 4-17; Eleanore Cammack 4-18; Hal Albro 4-19; Dorothy Stickle and Edith Bowers 4-20; Betty Pehan 4-23; Michael Rossok 4-25; Ellen Reed 4-27; Verna Turner 430. *** “Center Comments,” submitted by Jackie Campbell, Senior Center director The Center has had several complaints concerning actions of some health insurance agents. In many instances these agents are from out of town and some from out of state. The problem of over-aggressive insurance agents to the older community has been going on for quite some time. It comes in cycles and there is no consistency as to how they make contact. The first contact could be by postcard, letter, telephone or personal visit. THE STAFF BRINGS this problem to the attention of the State Insurance Commission. The Center has some elderly people, generally widows, who have purchased health insurance on the spur of the moment due to the insurance agents’ aggressiveness or intimidation. If you have had an unwanted visit from some of these insurance agents, contact Jackie Campbell at the Senior Center, 653-8606. Please be prepared to give all details that you have in order that the complaint may be followed up and information reported to the Insurance Commission. ♦♦♦ ON APRIL 12 THE Senior Center will be holding cholesterol screenings. This is being done as a service to the senior citizens of Putnam County by Waldorf Health Care Service. J They are charging a $5 fee to help defray costs. They will be here from 9 a.m. to noon. ♦*» The staff would like to remind people about Friday night bingo. Doors open at 6 p.m. and play starts at 6:30 p.m. THE COST IS 25 cents per card and they are good for 16 games. ‘ You may purchase as many cards as you wish. After the first eight games, there will be a separate cover-all. This is six cards for 25 cents. After the cover-all, they will play eight more games and then have another cover-all at six cards for a quarter.

rehearsal of the work which should provide the audience with a perspective on the piece different from that of a concert. FOUNDED BY KAPLAN in 1961, the Aeolian Chamber Players have developed an extensive repertoire of both traditional works and more than 100 contemporary pieces written expressly for the group by numerous composers.

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