Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 62, Greencastle, Putnam County, 14 November 1990 — Page 14

THE BANNERGRAPHIC November 14,1990

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Cloverdale

money to spend as they get the program off the ground, he said. ' “This is going to cost,” McKinney warned the board. “When you send people out to attend conferences and seminars, you have to pay their expenses. And when you have experts come in to talk to your folks, you have to pay them.” But it will lead down a path that has landmarks along the way like left-brain and right-brain learning and thinking, learning styles, out-come-based education, empowerment, and a host of other programs highlighted by catch phrases. “IT IS THE FUTURE of student academic achievement,” McKinney said, “that is how important we think this is.” And to allow students to achieve at the highest levels, Mary Ann Meyer highlighted four new antidrug programs she hopes to implement in the CCSC. One program, “Caring Aboui Cloverdale,” is a parents group thai will support students in their efforts to become or remain drug free. Mrs. Meyer said that, for example, the CAC could sponsor a New Year’s Eve party that parents chaperone. The “Safe Homes Program” would consist of households in which parents volunteer to chaperone any party there. They would also promise that drugs and alcohol would not be tolerated during those parties, Mrs. Meyer explained. That does not constitute an all-out ban on alcohol, she said, simply that it would not be available for under-age drinkers. MRS. MEYER’S PLAN also includes two student-assistance programs. The first is called - SCOPE an acronym for Schools of Cloverdale Offer Positive Education. The second is a peer assistance program that will help students tutor one another in academic subjects. But people are not the only thing being improved at Cloverdale. The administration is also trying to update its student data storage system with a new administrative computer hardware and software package. Principals Joe McNary and Leland McCammon told the board that the decision had come down to software packages made by Columbia and Specialized Data Systems. McKinney reminded the board that the money for this purchase is in the 1990 budget, and he sought the board’s permission to place an order as soon as the administration determines which package is the best one for Cloverdale. That order likely will be placed before the board meets again in December, McKinney said.

Innkeepers

office space available. They cited the building’s high visibility. BUT MEMBERS Phil Junker, Mannan, Steve Walters and John Zeiner opposed that motion for a 44 split. Junker, Mannan, Walters and Zeiner then raised the motion to locate the bureau in the 425 square feet at the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce depot, with a secondary office at the Partnership Center. Zeiner spoke in favor of the Cloverdale location, saying that putting a county office in that southern Putnam County town could give Cloverdale the motivation to grow and boost its economic base. It would be a brave move to bring the county together, he said. JUNKER SAID HE thinks that tourism can bring the county together. There is too much divisiveness now, he said. “Putnam County should come together and stop being Cloverdale versus Greencastle,” said Vera Hughes, Cloverdale Chamber member and past president “We need to work together and stop being political.” Hutcheson, Jackman, Katula and O’Neill opposed the Cloverdale location for another 4-4 split. Greencastle Chamber President Donna Bouslog and member Nelson Ford told the commission that Greencastle will support the tourism bureau no matter where it is located. Cloverdale Chamber president Eric Hayman said his community would also support the commission’s decision, but added that Cloverdale would feel left out in the cold if the location is Greencastle. “IT WORRIES ME to put a countywide interest in Cloverdale because you have such a chip on your shoulder,” Katula told Hayman. By having two offices, she said, the commission is telling its tourism director that the county cannot work together. “You’re sacrificing a good director to achieve a balance,” she said. Katula later suggested subsidiz-

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IT WAS A CHOICE that board member John Whitaker did not like. He recommended a software package by Surf Side software. “School corporations that I’ve talk to who use Surf Side say it is 90 percent user friendly and about half as expensive to use,” he said. McNary told Whitaker that the Surf Side package had been looked at, but was judged unsuitable for Cloverdale’s data management needs. The Jr./Sr. high school principal said the packages by Columbia and and Specialized Data Systems seemed better suited to the school system’s needs. However, when it came time to vote on granting McKinney permission to place an order, Whitaker said he could not support the motion. The motion passed on a 5-1 vote. IN OTHER BUSINESS, the school board: Recognized four Students of the Month. Winners were Ivy Rose Miller, the daughter of Brent and Mary Miller, Route 1, Poland; Anthony Snellenberger, son of Dan and Jane Snellenberger, Route 2, Cloverdale; Vic Markgraf, son of Robert and Bobbie Markgraf, Route 1, Cloverdale; and Jud Huber, son of John and Joan Huber, Route 2, Cloverdale. Renewed its membership in the Indiana School Boards Assocation. Learned that Jr./Sr. high school teachers average 12 parent conferences each during parentteacher conferences, while attendance at the elementary school was 78 percent. Adjusted the contracts for independent school bus drivers to help them adjust to the suddenly higher cost of fuel. Approved the administrative appointment of Lil Turner as elementary school cook, filling the position vacated by Jane Snellenberger. Hired Helen Holmes as a twohour dishwasher at the elementary school. Accepted the resignation of Gay Burk as the learning disabled teaching assistant. Hired Virginia Summerlot to replace Gay Burk. Hired Gerry Hoffa as assistant girls basketball coach. THE MEETING WAS followed by an executive session to discuss, prior to any determination, an individual’s status as an employee or student. That is an allowable reason for a closed-door session under Indiana’s Open Door Law. The Cloverdale School Boaro will meet again at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10.

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ing a welcome center at the Cloverdale depot that would be the responsibility of the tourism director’s office in Greencastle. That suggestion, however, never came to a vote. WITH NO END TO the standstill in sight Tuesday, the commission voted to table its decision on the location. The eight members are concerned, however, about upcoming appointments by the Putnam County commissioners to fill two vacancies on the 11-member innkeepers commission. Resignations from appointed members Gerald Baker, Bainbridge, and Palmer Holliday, Greencastle, were recently submitted for consideration by the county commissioners. But no action will be taken on those resignations until the county commissioners meet again Nov. 19. JUNKER TOLD THE board that member Jeff Branneman, who has attended only one innkeepers tax commission meeting, has indicated that he does not intend to resign. Bainbridge resident Leßoy Blocher has attended three meetings in place of Baker and was at Tuesday’s meeting, but since Blocher has not been officially appointed he has no vote at the meetings. Members said they were concerned that the vacancies would be used politically to influence the decision on the bureau’s location. IN OTHER BUSINESS Tuesday, the commission learned that more than 70 applications for director of tourism have been received. The field has been narrowed down to eight applicants to be interviewed by the four-member executive committee Wednesday and Thursday. Of those candidates, two or three will be selected for interviews with the entire commission. The commission set Tuesday, Nov. 27 as the tentative date for those final interviews. The next regular meeting of the commission is set for Tuesday, Dec. 11 in Bainbridge.

Putnam scanner

Indiana State Police An estimated $2,500 in damage was done to a parked semi in a leaving-the-scene accident reported by Indiana State Police at Putnamville. About noon Tuesday, Robert Raymond, Seymour, Mo., had parked his 1989 Freightliner semitractor trailer in the Dollar Inn parking lot, along the west side of U.S. 231 at Cloverdale, while he went to lunch. When he returned to his vehicle, the front part of the cab had been smashed. RAYMOND TOLD Trooper Harry Swank that when he parked his vehicle, a blue and white 1982 semi-tractor trailer was parked next to it. When Raymond returned to his vehicle, the other truck was gone and his cab had been damaged. Swank deduced that when the 1982 truck left the parking lot, he turned too sharply and the back end of the truck hit and smashed Raymond’s cab. There were no witnesses. MEANWHILE, in another incident, Trooper Swank reported that a 1990 Freightliner semi-tractor trailer hit a deer at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. 231 near Belle Union Road. Lynam Bedwell, Terre Haute, was northbound on U.S. 231 when the incident occurred. An estimated SSOO-S6OO in damage was done to his vehicle. The deer ran away after the collision. Greencastle Fire Dept. Burning leaves too close to a telephone pole caught the pole on fire Tuesday and sent firefighters to a north side scene. Firefighters extinguished the pole fire, located outside of the Warren Middleton house at 101 N. Arlington St. The fire reportedly began when burning leaves were moved to the side of the road and caught the pole on fire. Sheriff’s Dept. An Indianapolis man was picked up on an arrest warrant Tuesday, Putnam County Jail officials report Indiana State Police Trooper Brian Smith picked up Jason A. Young, 20, Indianapolis, on a warrant for burglary and theft. ' Young was taken to the Putnam County Jail.

Council

Continued from Page 1 Stan Lambert announce that the city park department is co-sponsor-ing a Christmas card-making project for U.S. armed forces in Saudi Arabia. He says a preliminary count indicates 600 cards will be sent to the 101st Airborne Division. Many of those cards will be displayed publicly 6-8 p.m. Friday in the commons area at Greencastle Middle School. City Council members Tim Conway, Bob Scdlack, Mike Rokicki, Sue Murray and Sheri Roach joined Mayor Harmless, City Clerk Berry and City Attorney Larry Wilson for the 80-minute meeting at City Hall. The Council’s next regular session is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11 at City Hall.

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County zoning

talk to our commissioners about what we want They are just like us and we elected them. We should have faith in them because they won’t do something crazy,” she said. “Zoning is to protect us and the plan will give the commissioners the dos and don’ts of what should come into the county,” she said. In the last year, the county has faced the possibility of a landfill, race track and quarry being constructed. For future developments, the plan will give guidelines to the county commissioners and Plan Commission of what can be constructed. ONE GREENCASTLE resident questioned where a landfill would be built Parsons replied that whether to build one or not is up to the county commissioners and that a completely different geological study of the land would have to be done. The land-use plan would not designate where a landfill would go. Several Jefferson Township residents expressed concern about the construction of a high-performance race track in the middle of their area and how the noise and pollution would harm the agricultural area. Parsons said if a land-use plan had been in operation prior to when 200 acres of land was purchased for the track, the residents would have some leverage to stop the construction because the business would not fit into the make up of the current land-use. Jefferson Township resident Todd Crosby suggested the plan protect the existing farmlands and woodlands and keep the pollution out of the area. JACKSON TOWNSHIP resident Barbara Brookshire, told the members of the audience that her next-door neighbor was in the tire business and there

Obituary George H. Kelly George H. Kelly, 83, Russellville, passed away late Tuesday night at Heritage House Nursing Home, Greencastle. He was bom Feb. 22, 1907 in Putnam County. Services are pending at Servies and Morgan Funeral Home, Roachdale.

Mars can be seen Friday at McKim open house event An open house is scheduled Friday night at DePauw University’s historic McKim Observatory at DePauw and Highridge avenues. The 7:30-10 p.m. open house should allow the public to view the planet Mars through the McKim telescope, according to Howard Brooks, associate professor of physics and astronomy. If skies are clear, Brooks promises Mars “will be the prettiest it’s been in two years.”

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are currently thousands of old tires on the land. She said the man left town and now she and her other neighbors are left with rats and mosquitoes. She questioned if zoning would help this type of problem. “This and junkyards can be covered by zoning. It would provide the leverage to shut the man’s business down,” Parsons said. Other residents expressed concerns about economic growth of the county. “We need to keep more young people in the county but some of the industries don’t pay enough to support a family,” one resident said. But another resident said she doesn’t want to see a lot of industry come to the county and the water quality diminish. “I like the community I moved into and I don’t want a lot of traffic jams and crime.” “WE CAN CONTROL WATER quality and air pollution and industry with the zoning,” Larry Girton, Washington Township resident said. “I don’t mean to dictate it, but everyone should have a right to protect themselves.” The final plan should be completed in the next 1012 months and final approval will be given by the Plan Commission. Some residents questioned if a referendum could be taken by county residents to approve or disapprove of the final plan. S.E.G. representatives will present their conclusions from Tuesday’s hearing at 7 p.m. Nov. 28 at the County Plan Commission’s regular monthly meeting. The meeting will be held in the Ladies Lounge in the County Courthouse and it is open to the public. The second public hearing on the plan will be held in January 1991.

Board of Works sets Thursday special meeting The Greencastle Board of Public Works and Safety will meet in special session at 4 p.m. Thursday at City Hall. The board is scheduled to make a determination on the two proposals for refurbishing the fire department’s Mack pumper. Proposals were submitted Nov. 8 by Summit Welding and Fabrication Inc., Edgewood, Ky., and Midwest Fire Safety Co., Indianapolis. Summit had a base bid of $81,125, while Midwest’s base bid was $80,836. The two proposals, however, differed greatly on adjustments to the pumper’s transmission. In other business Thursday afternoon, board members Bill Lawrence, Dorothy Crawley and Mayor Mike Harmless will consider release of a performance bond posted by John D. Wood Builder Inc. for Southwood Village subdivisionrelated work. The meeting is open to the public.

Compensating a clergyman for his assistance during a time of bereavement calls J for discretion. Are there any set policies that should J __z. J-nairer As a matter of equity, it is generally I understood that a clergyman should be compensated for his time and services just like any other professional person. Some religious groups have established suggested funeral stipends whereas membership resumes this pastoral attention in some other churches. Among most church groups there is no established policy. The honorarium given to the clergyman by the decedent’s family reflects their gratitude for his participation in the funeral service. One thing common to all religious groups is the fact that no clergyman expects a funeral stipend if it would cause a financial problem to the decedent’s survivors. When requested to do so by any family we serve we will take care of the clergyman’s honorarium and add it to the funeral account. Funeral Home 703 E. Washington St., 653-6262 Terry & Debbi Richards Family owned & operated

Thursday, Nov. 15 is proclaimed “Leave the Pack Behind Day" in Greencastle in support of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout. Witnessing Mayor Mike Harmless’ signing of the proclamation are (front) Margie Newnam, Putnam County ACS president and (back, from left) Mavis Broadstreet, ACS treasurer; Ed Mathea, ACS vice president, and Joyce McCammack, recording secretary. The proclamation notes that a 1970-1985 study lists lung cancer as the No. 1 cancer killer in Putnam County. (Banner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman).

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