Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 104, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 January 1992 — Page 6

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC January 4,1992

Another budget debate not on state agenda

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) As the recession buffets state government revenue, most Indiana lawmakers want to ride out the storm with the current two-year budget rather than stir up another tempestuous debate on spending. With no new money to spend and uncertainty that there is enough money to meet the obligations in the current budget, the 1992 short session of the General Assembly could become the first in two decades not to pass a supplemental budget, legislators predict. “REALITY HAS to set in, and the reality is we don’t have the money to spend,” said House Ways and Means Chairman B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend. In 1991, legislators haggled over a budget for almost six months, through a long legislative session and two special sessions. Those meetings, often contentious and always partisan, produced a twoyear spending plan that appropriated about $22 billion to operate state government through

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GREENCASTLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS JAN. 6-11 Monday, Jan. 6 All schools Classes resume following Christmas break. Tuesday, Jan. 7 High School Math League Contest 2 Student Council meeting. Jones Elementary Josten’s computer open house, 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8 High School Media Club meeting. Ridpath Elementary PTO ice cream party for students. Friday, Jan. 10 Ridpath, Jones Elementaries Primary School Night at GHSWest Vigo varsity boys’ basketball game, McAnally Center. High School Pep Club meeting. Middle School Parent Committee meeting, 9 a.m.

SAT coaching

students did not attend an effective SAT preparation course, and may instead be admitting students from wealthier homes.” Bob Schaeffer, who coauthored the FaiiTest report, was more blunt in his assessment of the effects of SAT scores inflated by coaching. “Coaching only benefits those who can afford expensive test preparation courses. It further harms many groups unfairly disadvantaged by the SAT’s biases minorities, low-income students and those whose first language is

New landfill

on the new facility. TOO LATE FOR ZONING? Currently, the Putnam County Plan Commission is reviewing a proposed zoning ordinance, developed by consultants from the Snell Environmental Group. To date, the first step of implementing zoning has been adopted through the approval of a land use plan. Although Plan Commission members are pleased with S.E.G.’s work, they have expressed their dissatisfaction with the company due to the lateness in completing the zoning ordinance. According to the contract signed Sept. 1990, the complete plan should have been finished in 12-months. A penally clause for the completion date of the project was not included in the contract. IT WAS A proposed landfill intended to be placed near Bainbridge in 1989 that started the zoning ball rolling as the commissioners passed a one-ycar moritorium disallowing the construction of a sanitary landfill or new hazardous waste facility in the county. That moritorium also included that the county study the development of a zoning ordinance. But Price said that the county zoning issue had nothing to do with Heritage’s application being filed in November. “We were going to do this anyway, it was just a coincidence that it came up at the same time (as the zoning process),” he said. “The only thing we are doing is a notification of the (disposal) process.” The company was also able to beat an IDEM fee application increase, according to Don Fitzpatrick, IDEM Public Information Officer, by filing the application before a Nov. 10 deadline. Since the application was made Nov. 8, Heritage paid SI,OOO, Fitzpatrick said. If it had been made aftter Nov. 10, a $20,000 fee would have been needed. PRICE AL > said that he was not too worried about the moritorium, which has been extended twice, since other moritoriums have not been upheld in the county. In 1991, the county lost a court battle where a similar moritorium was placed on the building of a race track. County Attorney Robert Lowe

REP. B. PATRICK BAUER No money to spend

mid-1993. The budget dipped into the state’s cash reserves, delayed some payments and employed other unusual accounting techniques to allow the state to weather the recession. THE BUDGET bill also put the

not English,” he claims. THE EDUCATIONAL Testing Service, which constructs and administers the SAT under a contract from the College Board, has promised a new SAT for use in the spring of 1994. But the Fair Test report indicates that a revision of the test will not likely alter the benefits of coaching. “Initial studies indicate that one of the most coachable item types, reading comprehension, will have an even greater weight in the new test,” Fair Test argues. “Coaching

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also said it would be up to a judge to decide the validity of the landfill moritorium. “The moritorium was tested in other courts and in this case, it would be up to a judge to see if it could be upheld.” And with no zoning in place at all, HES does not have to appear before any Putnam County governmental board for approval. “They (HES) got all their ducks in a row with the zoning and if S.E.G. had done their job and we were number one priority, this may have been averted,” Gaston said. “1 don’t know if the county could’ve stopped it but at lease we could’ve had input on it.” LESS COUNTY FUNDS? Gaston also questioned a concern that if the new landfill would house about half of the whole amount of material being put in the existing one, would the county lose money from the tonnage tax. In 1991, the county earned about $250,000 total from the dumping and overall, the 1992 began the year with $829,062 in the hazardous waste fund. Last year, part of that money was used for equipment for the Enhanced 911 system and other improvements to monitor the site. ACCORDING TO Indiana law, the county that hosts as hazardous landfill receives a percentage of tonnage tax that the owner pays. That money is to provide appropriate public safety training including establishing monitoring wells, analyzing samples, testing, special equipment research and remedial action on the facility if necessary. And if part of the material is landfilled in a different facility, the county may not receive adequate compensation. Price said that he would like to negotiate that concern and feels like there could be “some kind of fee to cover the expenses of the county.” Approval or disapproval of HES’s plan will come from IDEM. Price said that once the application is in line, IDEM’s decision could come anytime between one and two years. And until a permit is issued, Price said that construction on the new facility will not begin.

state in the unorthodox position of spending more revenue than it takes in; Republicans estimate spending will exceed revenue by more than $1 million a day during the two-year period. Recently, legislators got more bad news when a revised revenue forecast estimated that the state can expect to receive sl6l million less revenue than previously anticipated during the next 18 months. A handful of Republicans, most in the House of Representatives, called for the budget process to be reopened so lawmakers could have some say on what spending should be cut. BUT DEMOCRATS and Senate Republicans say the administration of Democratic Gov. Evan Bayh, in consultation with the State Budget Committee, ought to manage the budget and trim spending. “I don’t want to be here for four months” debating budget cuts, said Senate Finance Chairman Lawrence M. Borst, R-In-dianapolis.

Wal-Mart attempting to eliminate middle man, Journal reports

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is attempting to cut out a layer of the productpurchasing process, eliminating a middle man and sending ripples through the retail industry. According to a Wall Street Journal report, David D. Glass, Wal-Mart’s chairman and chief executive officer, sent out a memo on Nov. 6 stating the firm has decided to deal only with employees of .its suppliers. Those who represent more than one company, such as a

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companies typically advise testtakers to read the answer choices on reading comprehension items first (the opposite of the directions given on the test) and then locate any information they may need to answer the question.” THE FAIRTEST report found a study by Dr. Stuart Katz at the University of Georgia that confirms that this technique works. Katz found that students can choose the correct answer to about 43 percent of the questions on the

Middle school-high school plans on N. Putnam agenda

BAINBRIDGE The North Putnam Community School Corp, has set a special session for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7 at the administration office. The meeting was set to hear a report from Schmidt Associates Architects Inc. regarding the middle school/high school renovation project. The public is invited. The school board set the meeting on a different date from the regular

Putnam Patter

slightly less hazardous than wheeled contrivances on the steps where the light may be dim at best Physical injuries, hopefully, may get well in time, but damage to your mental health may not be so easily healed. The sanity of many a parent has been threatened when he has miserably failed to assemble something the box indicated a child with normal intelligence could do. Wounded pride may not be fatal but it cuts deep. OF COURSE, THE answer to the toy-scattering problem is simple. Kids are to be taught that there is a place for everything and everything should be in its place. For a lot of folks, this is a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do type of sermon. But even when there is an attempt to enforce this type of law and order, there is a tendancy to relax a bit at this season of year. No one wants to spoil a little one’s holidays with unhappy suggestions. While additional short-term ac-

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Senate President Pro Tern Robert D. Garton, R-Columbus, said that if the budget is reopened, it would be only to implement spending reductions. But he quickly added, “That’s not anything I’m pushing for.” THE BAYH administration also doesn’t want to engage in the budget debate again. Reopening the budget would only invite trouble, said Stanley G. Jones, Bayh’s legislative director. “Sometimes I think the budget might better be called Pandora’s box because once you open it, you can never control it,” said Jones, a former legislator who served on the Ways and Means Committee. That sentiment was echoed by many legislators who responded tc an Associated Press survey. “READJUSTMENT of par ticular line items will cause unnecessary debate,” said Sen. Thurman Ferree, D-Hammond. Rep. Brian C. Bosma, an Indianapolis Republican and a member of the Ways and Means Com-

broker or a manufacturer’s rep, won’t qualify. In fact, some WalMart buyers are saying those people will not even be welcome at the Bentonville, Ark. headquarters, The Journal reports. UNDER THE OLD productpurchasing system, a manufacturer would make an item and then sell it to a broker, who, in turn, would offer it to as many retailers as possible. Wal-Mart is trying to do away

SAT reading comprehension items without ever reading the passage. Katz’s study also indicated that the SAT’s new reading comprehension items are even easier than the current ones, which students answered correctly at a rate of 36 percent. Fair Test points out that antonyms, which are currently on the test and are the most difficult verbal item to coach, will be dropped from the new SAT.

monthly board meeting to avoid lengthening the already lengthy regular board sessions. The school board’s next regular monthly meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9. Following Tuesday’s meeting, the school board will meet in executive session to discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees. That meeting is closed to the public.

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cident insurance for parents may be advisable, agents are a bit leery of providing protection for such poor risks as older people in a holiday mood are apt to be. GRANDPARENTS really are more acceptable risks since their littering offspring are now risking life and limb in homes of their own. But then experience does count for something and grandpa and grandma may keep their necks intact with built-in cautions. Then, too, these aging beings no longer step as high as they used to and as they shuffle along the carpet, a stubbed toe may be the extent of their injuries when they collide with some object of holiday clutter.

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mittee, said the state is “in an even more dire financial position than previously predicted.” If there’s a budget debate, it should focus only on strategic cuts, not new spending, he said. However, some legislators say it might be impossible to avoid having a small supplementary budget to address new problems. FOR EXAMPLE, public school enrollment turned out to be higher than predicted when the current budget was written. As a result, the state may need to come up with an additional $9 million to live up to its promised level of per-pupil support for schools. “There would have to be a budget” to correct that problem, said Rep. Brad Fox, R-Rome City. With or without a budget bill to debate, financial issues will still consume much of the time and rhetorical efforts of lawmakers. Even if they can’t do anything about it, they like to talk about the budget

with the middle level of the process, so that manufacturers offer their products to America’s largest retailer. However, the Journal points out, some manufacturers are not thrilled about Wal-Mart’s attempt to influence the way they do business. One reason is that many firms find it cheaper to use a broker than to hire its own sales force. While Wal-Mart’s desire to sell at the lowest possible price is one obvious reason for pursuing this policy, another is the company’s new, advanced computer system. THAT SYSTEM allows manufacturers to look inside WalMart’s stores and warehouses to check inventories. It allows product makers to analyze their own sales, track inventories at Wal-Mart stores and warehouses and to check invoices. Wal-Mart insists the suppliers keep this information confidential from brokers and reps. In his memo. Glass noted that and the need for “improved communication and increased reaction time” as the reason for the new policy, according to the Journal.

Typical Indy

tional averages was declared the most typical. The list is prepared every 10 years, using the new census data. Tulsa was also ranked “most typical” in the 1980 census data. “I don’t think many outside Tulsa would think of us when it comes to that description,” Randle said. “But I can’t imagine any Tulsans thinking we fit that descrip-

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Marriage Licenses William Alan Creamer, 19, Greencastle, and Christy Kay Maikranz, 20, Greencastle. Gary Alan Cowan, 41, Greencastle, and Gloria Ann Rector, 37, Greencastle. Douglas Reed Beck, 25, Renton, Wash., and Renee Marie Lirette, 24, Greencastle. Ai-Sheng Mao, 34, Denton, Tex., and Min-Min Li, 27, Greencastle. Charles Richard Keller, 52, Cloverdale, and Wilda Lila Schneidewind, 48, Cloverdale. Robert Vance Buckner, 30, Bloomington, and Tammy Vanne Callender, 25, Greencastle. Harley Davidson Tinsley, 20, Gosport, and Melissa Sue Clodfelter, 20, Bainbridge. Timothy Allen Thurston, 19, Greencastle, and Suzanne Michelle Beck, 18, Greencastle. Shawn Michael Shipp, 20, Cloverdale, and Dawn Michelle Lindsey, 18, Cloverdale. Roger Dee Lehr, 18, Cloverdale, and Charla Louise Kincaid, 17, Cloverdale. Holbert Eugene Nickerson, 41, Cloverdale, and Diana Kay Beaman, 30, Cloverdale.

Hospital notes

Birth Mr. and Mrs. Donald Perdue, Greencastle, announce the birth of their son, Dustin Jeremihah, bom at 9:51 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22 at Putnam County Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces and was 21 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Williams, Greencastle. Paternal grandfather is Jess Perdue, Greencastle. Maternal great-grandmother is Hallie Williams.

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tion, either. “This survey fits into what we view as positive in Tulsa,” he said. “Tulsa is a piece of this country that reflects all of the best typical and traditional American values.” While being named a good city for test marketing doesn’t create jobs or boost tourism, Randle said it at least helps to put Tulsa, population 367,000, on the map.

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