Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 35, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 October 1990 — Page 8

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC October 13,1990

Piece of P.I.E.

Proving Murphy’s Law: ‘Little drinks’ lead to big problems

Editor’s note: This column is designed to provide information on topics relative to the prevention of substance abuse. The column, provided every-other Saturday, is sponsored by the PJ.E. Coalition of Putnam County, an organization dedicated to a prevention, intervention and education program locally. By Margo Bode Everyone has experienced those days that prove Murphy’s Law. Work, the kids the car, the plumbing; everything that can go wrong does go wrong at the worst possible time. After such a day, some people go home and kick the cat, but others reach for a drink. Alcohol, a depressant, has a relaxing effect that can reduce feelings of stress. A drink or two after a bad day may seem harmless enough; a little help to make it over the rought spots. According to the National Council on Alcoholism, however, those little drinks taken for relief can be the first phase in the distinctive cycle of alcohol addition. MOST OF US KNOW people who have gone over the edge to become alcoholics; the high school friend who slipped into addiction and out of sight, a parent for whom the trials of living were too much to

GREENCASTLE Oct 15-19 Monday Pizza, hash browns, broccoli and cheese sauce, pineapple slices, milk. Tuesday Submarine sandwich, potato chips, pear and peach slices, ranger cookie, mihc Wednesday Lasagna, tossed salad, garlic bread, desert, milk. Thursday Sausage links, scalloped potatoes, green beans, fruit cocktail, muffin, milk. Friday Comdog, French fries, buttered com, pear half, plantation crunch, milk. ♦ ♦ • SOUTH PUTNAM Oct 15-19 Monday Pizza, French fries, tossed salad, no-bake cookie, milk. Tuesday Chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli, hot roll, milk. Wednesday Hamburger, tater tots, fruit, chocolate pudding, milk. Thursday Nacho chili, half a peanut butter sandwich, tossed salad, fruit, milk. Friday Cook’s choice. * * * NORTH PUTNAM Oct 15-19 Monday Parent-teacher con-

DeVore

hardware with modem software. AND PLENTY OF glitches that have resulted in problems such as those state employees had with their paychecks last year. Some of those glitches, although preventable, were inherited, DeVore said. For example, the program written for the old computers was written in-house. However, no one bothered to document that program at all. Adding to the problem was the fact that the old program had been tailored at will, as problems arose. And none of those changes were document. And there were some small

North Putnam

Agreed to hire Jo Ann Bryan as a teacher’s aid in the Old National Trail Special Services Co-op to assist Courtney Dickey at Jones Elementary School. Hired basketball coaches for elementaries and junior high classes. They are Jennifer Noll as Bainbridge girls coach, Ronald Simpson as Roachdale boys coach, Jo Ellen Pickel as Roachdale girls coach, Kim Suitors as Russellville boys coach, Laura Torr as Russellville girls coach, Donald Simpson as seventh grade boys coach, and Paul Clodfelter as eighth grade boys coach.

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face without help from a bottle, a husband or wife so consumed by addiction that an entire family was destroyed. It happens to ordinary people who don’t see it coming. Like other addictions, alcoholism’s early symptions are easy to ignore, but there are clear warning signs. Occasional drinking for relief slowly evolves into a habit That habit leads to a tolerance for liquor and creates the need for increased consumption in order to gain a temporary sense of well-being. Losses of memory occur. Soon that first drink of the day becomes essential, and the drinker recognizes his dependence upon it. ACCORDING TO experts, the next step in the cycle of alcoholism is the onset of guilt. At this stage of the disease, most addicts refuse to discuss their problem with anyone, but as the drinking continues, symptoms multiply and become more severe. Memory begins to disappear in large chunks. Invented excuses create new reasons to drink. An addict’s behavior may deteriorate to aggression and violence. In the aftermath come feelings of intense remorse coupled with promises to reform. Attempts to stop drinking end in failure. When alcoholism reaches this stage it is often followed by an at-

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ferences, students attend morning only. Tuesday Parent-teacher conference, students attend morning only. Wednesday Salisbury steak and gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls and butter, ice cream, milk. Thursday garden fresh salad, breadsticks, chocolate pie, milk. Friday Circus Day: Foot-long hotdogs, curly fries, com on the cob, animal crackers, milk. * ♦ ♦ CLOVERDALE Oct 15-19 Monday Fried chicken, whipped potatoes, mixed vegetables, pineapple or grapes, milk. Tuesday Lasagna, tossed salad, green beans, chocolate brownie, milk. Wednesday Hamburger or cheeseburger, French fries, tossed salad, blueberry muffin, milk. Thursday Tuna salad or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, hash browns, buttered com, mixed fruit, milk. Friday Spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, garlic bread, orange or apple, milk.

points, some technical details, a few conveniences built into the old system that everyone had forgotten about. So when the old program was translated into the new software package, the long-forgot-ten points, details and conveniences turned into glitches, DeVore explained. IT TOOK A TEAM of computer experts and DeVore’s staff members to straighten it all out. But now, DeVore says, “The glitches are all taken care of.” The fact that there have been some problems should not surprise DeVore, who claims she has in-

Approved Roachdale Elementary Principal Kevin Emsweller’s request to attend a state elementary principal’s conference in Indianapolis. Denied a request by elementary music teacher Cindy McCormick to use two personal days and take one unpaid day during fall break week to go on a vacation with her husband. Re-approved an additional appropriation of $1.2 million toward the Bainbridge Elementary

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tempt to escape; a move to a new place, another neighborhood, another town. When this brings no relief, an addict may loose interest in life and avoid family and friends. Troubles develop at work or with money or loved ones. Bitterness arises. IN THIS CRUCIAL phase in the addiction, an alcoholic may neglect food altogether. The day starts with tremors that only a drink can steady, but the body can’t tolerate much alcohol anymore and that first drink in the morning brings on intoxication. Physical health deteriorates and the alcoholic experiences long period of uninterrupted drunkenness. Eventually, the ability to reason goes, and die victim becomes subject to indefinable fears against which the only defense is continued drinking. This chronic phase of alcoholism, hitting bottom can lead to death, but recovery is possible. At any stage in the cycle of addiction, even at the lowest point of obsessive drinking, an addict can reach out for help. Alcoholics Anonymous, a well-known source of assistance, has a number listed in the phone book along. So do several other organizations that offer treatment for alcohol abuse and addiction. A critical factor neces-

Plan Commission

surance Board, the Board of Health and the Board of Realtors. Other members may be added laten “We want to make sure to have a cross section of the county,” S.E.G. Plan consultant Kevin Parsons said. The advisory board will serve as a sounding board of ideas for the plan. After board members decide what types of action to take, they will then bring those recommendations to the plan commission. PARSONS SAID HIS company has already started on the project by gathering existing data such as county maps, state highway information, utility information and

Absentee vote continues through noon on Nov. sth

The Putnam County Clerk’s Office has announced that the Absentee Voting Board is available now until Monday, Nov. 5. IT WILL BE OPEN 9 a m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, County Clerk Nancy A. Michael said. Also, for the convenience of voters who are gone during the week, the board will be open 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 27; 6-8 p.m.

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stituted more changes in the Auditor’s office than in the 16 years prior to 1986. And a test of that system came with the recent spate of flood and tornado disasters across the state. With 27 of the state’s 92 counties declared federal disaster areas, approximately $10.7 million in aid has been designated. While in the past it has taken weeks or months for victims to receive their aid, DeVore’s new computer system was able to issue the warrant immediately to some victims at the disaster site.

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School. The board had originally passed the measure in September, but an eiror in the legal advertisement of the appropriation listed the wrong dollar amount The slate board of accounts said it was 90 percent sure the state would pass the appropriation, Bates said, but the board had another hearing on the appropriation Thursday night as a precaution. Learned that member Lora Scott received a call recently from a parent concerned about fumes in

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sary to start rehabilitation is education. the alcoholic must leant that the addiction can be arrested. INSPIRED BY HOPE, the alcoholic stops drinking. Former addicts provide role models for success and help the victim take an honest look at the causes and consequences of addictive beharior. The road to rehabilitation is difficult but well travelled, and its milestones are easy to recognize. Recovery requires medical attention, group therapy and a lot of help from family and friends. These things give rise to increased self esteem, clear thinking and the ability to cope with reality. New interests develop, ideals are reborn and the addict wins a new chance at life. EXPERTS NEATLY chart the cycle of alcohol additin and rehabilitation, but clinical terms written in black and white along a sloping line don’t convey the agony that an alcoholic endures. Charts can’t describe the years of productive life lost, the price in friendships destroyed and loved ones betrayed. Charts do serve a purpose however. People who know the danger signs of addiciton may not be immune to its ravages, but if they fall victim, they won’t have to hit bottom before reaching for help.

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other. Eight public hearings will be held with the first one an informational gathering session to hear citizen’s concerns and ideas of how they would like to see the county grow and develop in the future. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Parsons said his company’s representatives will stay until the last person has said their comment. PARSONS ADDED that the information gathered form the meeting will be used to help establish the basic theme and goals of the county comprehensive plan.

Tuesday, Oct. 30 and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 3. On Monday, Nov. 5, the deadline for voting absentee will be noon. ANYONE WHO knows of an individual desiring to vote but who is confined to their home should contact the County Clerk’s Office (653-2648) to make arrangements for the ballot to be voted in their residence.

OFFICIALS FROM THE Federal Emergency Management Agency told DeVore that Indiana was the first state to be able to issue checks on site to disaster victims. “While I am not able to personally issue warrant on site each day, a system is in place which allows the warrant to be issued the same day the victim filed the claim,” DeVore explained. “By using a fax system to the Emergency Service Agency, if the claim in released by 9 a.m., the warrant is issued by 2 p.m. the same day.”

the high school darkroom area. Was told by Ferrand that a power outage had occurred recently at the high school and some of the emergency lights did not come on. Those attending Thursday’s board meeting included Bates, Ferrand, Scott, Helen Galford, Byron Gough, Ron Richardson, and attorney Gene Hochstetter. Board members absent were Mary Martin and Don Lambermont. The next regular board meeting is set for 7:30 p.m., Nov. 8.

Obituaries Mrs. Ruth B. Bridges

Mrs. Ruth B. Bridges, 88, Greencastle, passed away Friday afternoon at the Regency Place

Mrs. Sylvia Mildred Benson

Mrs. Sylvia Mildred (Cohen) Benson, 77, Bainbridge, passed away Thursday at her residence.

Mrs. Kitty L. Burgess

Mrs. Kitty L. Burgess, age 67, Roachdale, passed away Saturday morning at the Putnam County Hospital. Arrangements

DePauw calendar DePAUW UNIVERSITY OCT. 14-21 Sunday, Oct. 14 Union Building. Monday, Oct 15 Noon, Brown Bag Lunch with artist Mary Beth Edselson, DPU ’55, Emison Art Center gallery. Tuesday, Oct. 16 Noon, Tiger Talk, room 221, Union Building. Wednesday, Oct 17 professor of Third World Theological Studies, Iliff Theological Seminary, “Exiled from Bolivia,” Meharry Hall, East College. “Shape Shifter Seven Mediums,” lecture in connection with gallery show, room 107, East College. -6:30 p.m., Opening reception for Mary Beth Edelson exhibit Oct. 17-Nov. 16. Issues Panel, professionals from Allison Transmission, Chubb Insurance Co., Citicorp and Lazarus, room 318, Harrison Hall. Hall. Thursday, Oct. 18 Noon, “What Matters to Me and Why” luncheon discussion featuring John Kaemmer, Campus Ministries Center. Century art music, Thompson Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. of the School of Music. Richard Steinbach, pianist, Briar Cliff College, guest artist. Featuring works by John Corigliano and DPU student composers, Thompson Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Saturday, Oct. 20 derson, Blackstock Stadium. Sunday, Oct. 21 - 1 p.m., Terrace Room brunch, Uniopn building. Orchestra, featuring a performance of works by David Ott. Raymond Leppard conducting, Kresge Auditorium, Performing Arts Center. *** Continuing exhibit: Through Nov. 16 Mary Beth Edelson, Emison Art Center. * * • Program highlights of WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw University radio station: Saturday, Oct. 13 1 p.m., Pregame coverage: DePauw-Manchester football. Sunday, Oct 14 Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. -9 p.m., Oldies Show with Laura Frey and Julie Ridenour. Tuesday, Oct. 16 -9 p.m., Metal Mayhem (heavy metal music) with Greg Mefford. Wednesday, Oct 17 -9 p.m., Live coverage of Candidates Forum, sponsored by WGRE and the League of Women Voters. Candidates for the offices of Putnam County Council, county commissioner and sheriff will answer panelists’ questions before a live audience at Meharry Hall. Saturday, Oct. 20 1 p.m., Pregame coverage: Anderson-DePauw football.

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Nursing Home at Greenwood. Arragements are pending a the Bitties and Hurt Funeral Home.

Arrangements are pending at the Bitties and Hurt Funeral Home.

are pending at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home in Greencastle.