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Four-year-old Kyler Faust of Cloverdale looks around like there might be something fishy going on as she rides one of the Allen Amusements Co. rides at the Putnam County Fair. Carnival activity was expected to reach its peak Saturday with Kiddies Day at the fair featuring a 1-5 p.m. period in which youngsters ride all they want for one price. The annual fair was in its final day Saturday with a first-ever flea market among the features. (Banner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman).
MICHAEL HURT
Who’s news
MICHAEL HURT of the Bitties and Hurt Funeral Home in Greencastle, was recently installed as District 6 Director of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association. District 6 encompasses the counties of Putnam, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo. Hurt serves on the board of directors, the policy-making body of the association. IFDA is one of the leading trade associations in the country. In addition to his activities with IFDA, he also serves as Putnam county Coroner and has been active in the funeral profession for over 20 years. He and his wife, Stephanie, are the owners and operators of the Bitties and Hurt Funeral Home in Greencastle. ORA “BUD” LADY has been added to the Waldron Co.’s real estate staff. Bud and his wife Patricia, reside at 613 E. Walnut St., Greencastle. “My choice to affiliate with the Waldron Co. was confirmed because of the fine service that my daughter Kimberly and son-in-law Ron Eubank received when they purchased their home. My goal now is to provide the same good service to other buyers and to do the same for sellers,” Lady said. He was formerly with the IBM Corp, for 32 years. Active in community affairs, he is past president of the Greencastle Lions Club.
Hot time ahead Sunday
Continued fair overnight with low around 70. Partly sunny and hot on Sunday with high in the low 90s. Winds light and southeasterly during the period. Indiana extended outlook: The forecast calls for a chance of a chance of thundershowers in the north on Monday and in the south on Tuesday. Wednesday will be pleasant. Highs will range from the middle 80s to around 90 on Monday and
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Cadet CapL JOSEPH W. KRIDER, son and stepson of James W. and Vicky L. Krider and grandson of Alice Krider, graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a B.A. degree in Soviet Studies. While at West Point, he was captain of the West Point Cycle Team. He is currently on an extended 60-day leave and is racing independently with the Army Cycle team throughout the country. His next assignment is the U.S. Army Ranger Training School. MICHAEL WELLS, Greencastle, was one of 337 students awarded degrees during the College of Wooster’s 120th commencement May 7. Wells, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wells, 610 Anderson St., earned a bachelor of arts degree with a major in historv. GORDON REED SUTHERLIN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sutherlin, Greencastle, received a doctor of education degree in curriculum and instruction from Memphis State University during commencement exercises May 5. Sutherlin and his wife, Cynthia, live in Cabot, Ark. KRISTA MONTGOMERY, a student from South Putnam High School, will participate in the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities this fall at Ball State University. The academy, a residential school for gifted high school students, opens Aug. 18
Tuesday but will remain in the 80s on Wednesday. Index Abby A 3 Classifieds A6,A7 Comics A 3 Crossword A 7 Horoscope A 7 Obituaries A 8 People A 3 Sports A4,A5 Theaters A 8
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JOSEPH KRIDER
New DePauw focus on science research
DePauw University, building on its tradition of excellence in science education, has established the Science Research Fellows Program, the only program in the nation in which students can focus on science research for all four years of their undergraduate education. Science Research Fellows is an honors program for DePauw students who plan careers in research or want extensive research experience in preparation for graduate school. They will participate in intensive classroom and laboratory work, summer research experience and a guaranteed semes-ter-long internship in an industry or other research setting. Currently, colleges and universities around the country provide these kinds of research opportunities and internships only to graduate students. JOHN B. WHITE, associate dean of the university, said, “The Science Research Fellows Program grows out of DePauw’s commitment to continue to lead the way in science education in the United States. We want to attract more of the best and brightest science
McCullough creates ‘Mac’s Mini-park’
By ANGIE HOWLAND Banner-Graphic Staff Writer For two years, the vacant lot where Mac’s Clothing Store used to stand in the heart of downtown Greencastle has been boarded up, with paint flaking off the walls of the adjoining stores and weeds springing up in the dirt. Tired of looking at an unattractive burned-out area, Greencastle resident John McCullough decided to start his own little enterprise on the property for all to enjoy. “I KNOW I’M SENILE and don’t have any sense working in this hot weather but I go by that place every day and it is such an eyesore so I’m going to fix it up,” McCullough said. “Mac’s Mini-Park” was unveiled Friday complete with park benches, tables, flowers and trees. Mac’s went out of business after an Oct. 22, 1988 fire, caused when Col., 3, Back Page, this section
Putnam Patter
Kids are professional fundraisers
By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Editor Organizations wanting to raise funds could do worse than employ children for the job. In spite of their tender years, these little ones are professionals at prying money from reluctant sources. It seems to a family man that most children are bom with a tendency to keep the palms of the hands turned up. Another inborn trait is the ability to close the fist quickly when the coin is dropped.
students who can benefit from undergraduate collaboration with our scholar-teachers.” Students in the program will take a special interdisciplinary seminar in their first year that will introduce them to the methodologies of various science disciplines. They will be guaranteed summer research opportunities with DePauw faculty members, and, in their junior year, will have a semester-long internship in a major laboratory either in the private or public sector. A senior capstone seminar will complete the program. Charles E. Mays, DePauw professor of biological sciences, has been named director of the Science Research Fellows program. MAYS, WHO JOINED the DePauw faculty in 1968, has conducted a great deal of collaborative research with students, particularly in the area of the effects of passive smoking on laboratory mice. Mays earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in zoology and physiology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Ph.D. in zoology from Arizona State University.
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There is one exception to this rule. If copper money is used, the hand may remain open until more suitable coins are forthcoming. IT SEEMS THAT a child doesn’t have to be much more than able to walk to realize that while pennies are legal tender up to a point, they still won’t buy anything of consequence. Silver money is much to be preferred, and there comes a time in a kid’s life when anything less than $1 brings a look of disap-
New execution date of Aug. 29 set for Minnick
An Aug. 29 execution date has been set for Greencastle convicted murderer William A. Minnick. However, officials do not expect the former Greencastle man to be put to death any time soon. The execution date was set this week by Lawrence County Court Judge Richard Mclntyre following a request by the Putnam County Prosecutor’s Office, deputy Prosecutor Del Brewer said. BREWER, WHO tried the Minnick case first in Clay County in 1982 and then in Lawrence County in 1985, said the request for a new execution date was filed several weeks ago following the Indiana Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Minnick’s murder conviction and death penalty. Asked if Minnick will actually be put to death on the designated date, Brewer said, “I don’t think so.” He said establishing the date “at least forces the defense to make its next moves. They can’t wait another year to file something. This at least keeps the ball rolling.” MINNICK WAS twice convicted of the October 1981 slaying of Martha Payne, a 25-year-old Greencastle housewife who was strangled, stabbed and electrocuted in her 9 S. Locust St home. The case was venued to Clay County in 1982. Minnick’s subsequent conviction and Clay Superior Court Judge Emest Yelton’s deathpenalty declaration, however, were overturned by the state, which or-
Coats for Kids project under way in 2nd year
Hoping to top last year’s successful initial effort, the Coats for Kids project is again under way in Putnam County. APPROXIMATELY 120 coats were given to needy children and their families last fall. Many of these were used items given by community members while others were purchased with more than S4BO in cash donations. All of last year’s funds were ex-
proval. This has been the time of year when homecomings, fairs and assorted other celebrations bring this money-mooching situation to a head. Each event is accompanied by countless opportunities to spend money. EVERY KID HAS dreams of collecting sufficient funds to take a whirl on every ride and to tank up at every refreshment stand. Since this is almost beyond the limits of possibility, he will settle for as
dered a new trial. At issue was Minnick’s alleged denial to confer with counsel and thus a violation of his constitutional rights. The confession the suspect had given police, Brewer said, was not actually declared invalid. THE NEW TRIAL came in 1985 before then-judge Linda Chezem of Lawrence Circuit Court at Bedford. Again the jury returned a guilty verdict, but die jurors declined to impose the death penalty. Judge Chezem, however, overrode the jury and imposed the death penalty against the Greencastle man, who was 18 when the murder was committed. Judge Chezem’s decision, as well as Minnick’s guilt, were upheld this past year by the State Supreme Court. Although two of the justices dissented on the rape and robbery convictions, the murder conviction was unanimously upheld. MINNICK’S CASE can still be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court if the high court agrees to hear it. However, Brewer expects the defense’s next tactic to be a quest for post-conviction relief. He also expects defense motions to take the case to federal court this time. As he has during all the various appeals stages, Minnick, now 27, remains on Death Row at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.
hausted with these purchases, while extra coats were distributed by the Storeroom operated by the Senior Center. The project already has a good start thanks to a donation of $250 from the Intervarsity Campus Christian Fellowship at DePauw University and with S6OO raised through a recent rummage sale. However, Coats for Kids is expandCol., 4, Back Page, this section
Retired teacher and cattleman John McCullough said he was tired of looking at an empty lot left after a 1988 fire destroyed the Mac’s Clothing store on the south side of the square in Greencastle, so he decided to become a landscaper and do something about it himself. McCullough, a Greencastle resident, has turned the vacant lot into “Mac’s Mini-Park.” (Banner-Graphic photo by Angie Howland).
much cash as he can squeeze from his natural conservative scotch parents. Without previous instructions of any kind, the kids have invented fundraising tactics so effective that professional money raisers could profit by taking note. Perhaps the whole procedure could be summed up in one word: “Confidence.” The youngsters carry away the cash because they knew in the beginning that such would be Col., 3, Back Page, this section