Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 116, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 January 1992 — Page 8

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC January 18,1992

Pease people of our district and the state as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Indiana Commission on Trial Courts and the Code Revision Commission. “THE OTHER SIDE of the coin is that those responsibilities require more and more time to do, and do well,” Pease added. “At the same time, I have a fulltime job and continue to be involved in local and national youth and community service activities.” An attorney, Pease serves as assistant to the president for legal affairs at Indiana State University. He is also an instructor in the ISU Department of • English. AMONG HIS most notable accomplishments in the Senate, Pease cited his authorship of laws to provide more citizen access to government through the • public records act and legislation to strengthen the ethics code for legislators and state officials He also wrote legislation to overhaul Indiana’s correctional system, control pollution in • manufacturing and promote Indiana’s coal-mining industry. In addition to chairing the Judiciary Committee, Pease is a member of the Senate Natural Resources Committee and the Environmental & Consumer Affairs Committee. Last year, he

North Putnam rigation of the football field. And construction of a new grandstand and press box to be built, along with an updated lighting system. The financial impact of the project was a topic of debate for the patrons.

THURBER EXPLAINED that the total costs of the project are estimated at $12,434,000. That includes all non-construction costs such as architects fees, loose equipment and construction supervision. The funding for the project will come from four sources. The corporation has raised about $1.5 million through its capital projects fund for the building project. A Common School Fund loan of $684,000 is expected from the slate at an interest rate of five percent. A BOND ISSUE OF $lO million will cover the bulk of the project cost. The balance of the funding, about $250,000, would come from interest to be earned by investing Uic bond issue during the construction period. With the construction set to begin this summer, the new facilities are scheduled for completion by the opening of school in the fall of 1993. The tax impact of the project

Louisville minister to speak at DPU

Guest speaker Rev. Kevin W. Cosby from Louisville, Ky., and music will highlight a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at DePauw University Monday, Jan. 20. COSBY, PASTOR of St. Stephen Baptist Church, will speak about “The Power of Nonviolence,

Daniels speech

key parties involved as well as their extremist viewpoints in order to demonstrate to the students how they should develop their own views on the environment. “In examining the public debate on the environmental issues and any other issues, you have to take a look at the ideas of the groups and figure out why they are saying what they are saying,” Daniels said. “Don’t just adopt what one group > says because if you do, you may be missing out on some other valuable views,” she continued. Daniels said the most difficult part of her job deals with the extreme discretion which must be had

Putnam Patter

The hygiene section suggested that if those kids who came in from the woods and thereabout had used soap and water more often, the teacher wouldn’t have had to hold her perfumed hanky over her nose. Back at the cold storage unit the body temperature you brought in and the table surface may seem to have been equalized, but don’t be fooled into believing the janitor has upped the thermostat. Numbness always affects the human frame this way. IF YOU KNOW IN advance that you are scheduled for an X-ray, practice turning over and over in your bed. Sound simple doesn’t it? Now try this on the kitchen linoleum and you will realize how hard it is to turn this way and that without something to take hold of

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SEN. ED PEASE Will focus on career was named vice chair of the Law and Justice Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures. PEASE EMPHASIZED that he is not being considered for the presidency of ISU and that he will not seek the GOP nomination for attorney general of Indiana in 1992. Pease also expressed his appreciation to the Republican party and to his friends and supporters throughout Senate District 37.

depends on the method of financing its cost.

Thurber said the debt service tax rate of the corporation would increase about 80 cents in 1993 and, depending on the type of structuring of the debt to be incurred, between $1.30 and $1.70 in 1994 through 2013. THE DEBT SERVICE tax rate now stands at 92.76 cents. But Thurber pointed out that some of the debt now being repaid in that fund will soon go away as bonds and loans for other projects are paid off. The current assessed valuation of the school district is $57,251,190. Basing the rate on an assessed valuation will not increase, which is not likely, the debt service tax rate would need about $1.60 to $1.70 during the life of the debt to cover this building project. If the debt service rate is set up over a structured method that figures in an increasing assessed valuation, its tax rate could be about $1.30, Thurber said. But also figured into the picture is the reduction of the tax rate on the capital projects fund. Now set at $1.25, the maximum allowed by law, the School Board has indicated that the capital projects tax rate could be cut to an estimated 50 cents, Thurber said.

a tribute” at 7 p.m. in East College, Meharry Hall. The program also will include comments by Greencastle Mayor Mike Harmless and John B. White, DePauw dean of academic affairs, as well as reflections on Martin Luther King by DePauw students. DePauw junior G. lan Fisher-

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in deciding whether or not to charge a company with civil or criminal suit, and whether or not to charge individuals within the corporation. “THE STIGMA OF a criminal conviction can dramatically affect the stock prices of a corporation,” she said. After a brief discussion of some of the specific cases her department has dealt with, including the recent Marathon Rock Island Oil Refinery situation in which harmful liquid gas by-products were being dumped directly into the sewage system, Daniels concluded by saying responsible environment enforce-

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while on the polished table surface. This will give you some idea of your problem when the technician tells you to roll this way and that, then monkey bars would be a great help for the victim. I’m still wondering if head shots are included in the picture session. I’ve been told that pumpkin seeds don’t photograph well and that a complete vacuum will produce little more than a wisp of smoke. It’s little comfort to leant that these rays will penetrate solid matter. I forgot to ask what happens to the many, many films taken. Why couldn’t they be developed in living color so the patient would have something to show and tell when folks came it to ask about his operation. TWO THINGS YOU must

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Sheriff’s Dept. Robert S. Harrison, 18, Room 223, Bishop Roberts Hall, DePauw University, was arrested at 1:45 a.m. Saturday by Greencastle Police Dept, officers Randy Seipel and Mike Hanlon for minor in consumption. His blood-alcohol level was tested at .09, while Indiana law says that .10 is legally drunk. Harrison was released on his own recognizance. Medeana L. Smith, 30, Route 1, Box 174, Ladoga, was arrested at 3:30 a.m. Saturday by Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Fenwick and Reserve Office Doug Nally for public intoxication. She remains in the Putnam County Jail. Phillip E. Sheets, 30, Route 1, Box 75A, Roachdale, was arrested at 3:45 a.m. Saturday by Fenwick and Nally for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, refusing to submit to a blood-alcohol test and driving while suspended. He is still in the local jail. Greencastle Fire Dept. No damage was done when a pick up truck caught fire at 11:57 a.m. Friday in the parking lot at 505 N. Jackson St. The truck, owned by Raymond Spurgeon, Route 1, Gosport, had accumulated leaves and grass hay in the area around the heater blower, allowing the resister to fail and a fire to start.

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THAT WOULD mean that the $1.70 tax rate would be an overall increase of only 95 cents over the current rate while the $1.30 tax rate would be an increase of only about 55 cents. Figuring that the biggest increase to the tax rate is the $1.70 estimate, Thurber said, that would take the total lax rate for the corporation to about $6.50. “I think these numbers, if anything, are more than generous for the lax rates,” Thurber reported, adding that as the project progresses, he expects the figures to go down. The current economy is a great environment for selling bonds, he said, since interest rates arc the lowest they have been in 15 years. HOWEVER, AREA farmer Hubert S. Blaydes Sr. said he did not think that any type of building project in the current economy would be wise. The farmers cannot afford to pay for the project, he said, and they will be the Hardest hit since the farmers of the North Putnam school district are the biggest property owners. Three other local taxpayers countered, however, that at least the taxpayers will see where their tax money goes as it improves the

Curley and freshman Shawntay Moore will provide the vocal music. Guest pianist will be Richard King from Detroit. There will also be a candlelight service. THE EVENT IS coordinated by University Chaplain Stuart C. Lord. Members of the community are invited to attend.

ment is essential for our nation and the world. “My own definition of responsible enforcement is stem, vigorous prosecution and protection of the environment, but tempered by an understanding not only of the effects of those laws on the environment, but also their effects on the marketplace,” she said. ‘THE BALANCE, IN my mind, must always tip in favor of the environment, as long as the enforcement efforts in question will truly benefit the environment to the degree which supports the other causes that are incurred as a result,” Daniels concluded.

remember are that a newspaper columnist must continually scratch his head for material and there’s nothing in the book that he can’t stretch it here and there and still stay reasonably close to the absolute truth. If you have been there these reactions will be familiar. If you are to be a first timer you will agree that a fur-lined mattress on the Xray table would be one of greater inventions of the age. After this experience, you will never again complain about a lumpy mattress. P.S.: My attorney advises that cruelty to dumb animals has no bearings on the case and neither does working like a dog entitle me to any Human Society benefits.

Firefighters extinguised the fire and returned to station at 12:42 p.m. No damage was done when a catalytic converter on a 1979 Ford Fairmont station wagon overheated. The car, owned by Rebecca Quinnet, 912 S. Crown St., Greencastle, caught fire at 5:17 p.m. Friday in the parking lot across from the U.S. Post Office. Firefighters were back on station at 5:36 p.m. Firefighters theorize that an unknown truck driver who parks his Peterbilt truck near the McClure’s Mini-Mart on S. Bloomington Street apparently ran over a pile of snow, knocking loose the fuel line. About 50 gallons of fuel were spilled in an incident at 10:24 p.m. Friday. Firefighers cleaned up the spill and were back at their station at 11:02 p.m.

Hospital notes

Putnam County Hospital Dismissed Wednesday: Joyce M. Conner and son, Poland; Irene N. Lane, Bainbridge. Dismissed Thursday: Lee Roy Lunsford, Greencastle; Olga E. Stwalley, Cloverdale.

education of area children. “DON’T DENY THE kids,” Jeff Mendenhall said addressing the board. He said that Putnam County people have been willing to pay about $2 million into the state lottery and little of that money has come back to help the county. Mendenhall and his wife, Becky, both pointed out that their children will soon be graduated from the high school and will never benefit from the building project. However, the children coming up through the system deserve the best education they can get, they said. Patron Brian Butler also added that the school district’s tax base should be growing soon as an offshoot of the United Airlines hub to be built on the Marion-Hendricks County line. Following the public comment, Board Attorney Gene Hostetter read a resolution to proceed with developing final plans for the middle school. The board adopted the measure 6-1, with member Gough casting the dissenting vote. THE BOARD ALSO voted its approval of the construction documents. The board will meet again for a hearing on executing a lease at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 at the administration building.

At the library

PUTNAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 102 E. Walnut St. 653-2755 * ♦ ♦ LIBRARY ACTIVITIES JAN. 20-25 Monday, Jan. 20 Library closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday Wednesday, Jan. 22 Regular monthly meeting of the Library Board, 6:30 p.m. in the library (note chance in time. Regular public meeting to be followed by a closed-door executive session). * ♦ ♦ BOOKMOBILE ROUTES Tuesday, Jan. 21 Russellville Elementary School, 9:15-9:30 a.m.; Heritage Lake, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Van Bibber Store, 1-1:45 p.m.; Greencastle Nursing Home, 2 p.m.; Asbury Towers, 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 Children’s Center, 9:15 a.m.; Anna Street, 9:45 a.m.; Stardust Hills, 10-10:30 a.m.; Cloverdale Senior Center, 10:35 a.m.; Cloverdale Health Care, 10:45 a.m.; Cloverdale Community Building, 11 a.m.-noon; Central Elementary, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

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program director for the Indiana Department of Education. Miss Stafford spoke to the G/T committee Thursday night. Gifted/Talented programs should be extensions of the general education program already in existence in Hoosier schools. And because the general education programs across the state are all different, then all of the G/T programs should be different, she said. “When you go into these schools, ask them what resources were in place that made their program possible,” Miss Stafford said. And once the visitors have that answer, they should look for the parts of the programs that will work in Greencastle. And Miss Stafford offered some guidelines that will help the committee members make that very decision. “Every child has a right to expect to be challenged when they come to school,” she stressed. “We are morally bound and obligated to provide those challenges ” Thus, a GfT program in Greencastle should identify students who are not being challenged by the general curriculum and offer them enrichment so that they are challenged in the G/T setting. And all the G/T program should do is meet the needs of those children. It should not offer anything new to education, and it should not offer anything that other children could benefit from. As the state’s G/T coordinator, Miss Stafford said one of her favorite telephone calls is from an angry parent complaining that a G/T class is on a field trip that other children can benefit from as well. “I tell them that that is a local decision and that I have nothing to do with that so they need to complain to their school board,” Miss Stafford said. But that field trip is a microcosm of what a G/T program should be. These students should not be doing things differently from other students. What makes it a giftcd/talentcd project are the expectations the teacher has for the children, the depth with which a concept is explored, the speed at which students are expected to master the material and what is expected as an outcome for the project. One way of measuring all of these things in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives created in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom. The six levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy are: 1. Knowledge: A level at which students arc able to recall basic facts, give definitions and provide descriptions. 2. Comprehension: A level at which students are able to summarize or provide examples that explain their understanding of a concept or principle. 3. Application: A level at which students are able to illustrate, construct or apply principles to solve a wide range of problems in any subject area. 4. Analysis: A level at which students may classify, compare, contrast, investigate or deduce. Experiments in science, small-group discussions in social studies, and expository writing in language arts are examples of activities where students operate at the analysis level. 5. Syntheses: A level at which students dissect knowledge. Synthesis arranges and rearranges knowledge and ideas to create an original piece of work. Examples include writing a story, giving a speech or developing a theory. 6. Evaluation: A level at which students use accepted criteria to evaluate and to make judgements. Students criticize and interpret, verify and judge, select and defend, look for inconsistency in writing, rank alternative solutions to a

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problems and assess the weight of arguments. A gifted/talented program can take the same lessons and the same experiences as those offered in the general education program. But the G/T students should be expected to move higher up on Bloom’s Taxonomy with the material. The school board has been apprised of the committee’s activities every month at the regular board meeting. Co-chairs Dr. Susan O’Brien and Kelsey Kauffmann have shared that duty, with Dr. O’Brien talking with the board last Wednesday. IN OTHER BUSINESS, the school board: Received a report on proposed course offerings for the high school for the 1992-93 school year. Most of the changes involve new course titles and some editorial changes in the course offering guide. A vote is expected in February. Approved a field trip request from Dawn Puckett to send eightgraders on a one-day field trip to St. Louis. Mrs. Puckett said the trip will be part of the westward expansion unit the students will study in the second semester of this school year. The trip is planned for Friday, April 24. Gave the administration permission to advertise for bids on two new school buses and a new extracurricular van; for food and dairy products for the final quarter of the school year; and for new furniture and equipment at Ridpath and Jones schools. Gave permission to advertise for bids on a bank loan. Mrs. Boling told the board that, although the school system has a healthy cash balance now, there could be problems in the offing. She noted a $104,000 general fund shortfall due to corrected errors in the county’s reassessment as well as a new payment schedule from the IDOE. She said she put money into the 1992 budget that will pay for any interest charges generated by such a loan. Approved the transfer of $17,826 from the general fund to the Preschool Fund for start-up costs on the GCSC’s new handicapped preschool program. That program will ultimately be paid by a one-cent tax rate levied against local property owners for that purpose. However, that money will not arrive from the state until sometime in April. This transfer will cover expenses until then. Approved tne hiring of Karen Horvath as high school girls’ assistant track coach. Learned that the GCSC received a clean bill of health from the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Dennis Liffick, director of Extended Services, said lOSHA made a surprise inspection in Greencastle on Dec. 20 and was impressed with what it found. Liffick said the inspector was pleased to find the school system in complete compliance with the Right to Know law that dictates that employees are to be informed of any hazardous substance in their workplace and are to receive training on how to deal with those substances. The law also requires the GCSC to keep a record of information sheets calls MSDS’s on each of such chemicals and that record is to be kept in each GCSC building. Liffick also said the inspector was so impressed with the condition of each of the GCSC’s boiler rooms that he likened them to hospital boiler rooms. Attending Wednesday night’s meeting were board members Dorothy Brown, Ruth Ralph, Jeff McCall, Clyde Spencer and Bayard Allen. The board will meet again in public session at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12.