Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 119, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 January 1992 — Page 12

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC January 22,1992

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Sheriff’s Dept. An estimated S2OO-$ 1,000 damage was done to a Greencastle man’s 1976 Oldsmobile after it struck a deer Wednesday morning. According to Chief Deputy Tom Helmer of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department, Russell W. Huff, 41, Route 6, was traveling on County Road 300 West near West Walnut Street when a deer jumped into the road about 5:30 a.m. Huff reportedly could not avoid a collision and struck the animal. Huff was not injured in the accident. Three arrests were reported overnight, according to jail officials. Danny Siler, 36, Route 1, Cloverdale, was booked into the jail at 6 p.m. on a warrant for an emergency commitment. He was transferred to Methodist Hospital. Sandra M. Wallace, Route 6, Greencastle, was booked into the jail at 10:10 a.m. on a court order. She was later released. Pamela S. Coqbum, 41, Indianapolis, was booked into the jail at 10 p.m. by Roachdale Town Marshal Mike Howell on a warrant for fraud. City Police Five speeding citations were issued Tuesday night by Greencastle City Police. At 8:28 p.m. Officer Albert Epple ticketed Jonathan Huxley Timmons, 18, Louisville, for 37 mph in a 20-mph zone on College Avenue. Timmons was also cited for having an expired license plate. Sgt. Terry Eastham issued four speeding tickets overnight. At 8:50 p.m. he cited Lori Barger, 27, Route 1, Fillmore, for 50 mph in a 30-mph zone on Bloomington Street. At 9:30 p.m., Greg Selvia, 432 E. Franklin St., Greencastle, was ticketed by Sgt. Eastham for 49 mph in a 30-mph zone on Bloomington Street. Sgt. Eastham cited James F. O’Brien, 17, 816 Stadium Drive, Greencastle, at 9:50 p.m. for 49 mph in a 30-mph zone on Bloomington Street. At 11:48 p.m., Robert T. Schmitz, 24, Route 1, Bainbridge, was ticketed for speeding at Veterans Memorial Highway and First Street. He was cited for 60 mph in a 40-mph zone. Greencastle Fire Dept. City firefighters responded to an alarm at the Ridpath Elementary School Wednesday morning. They received the call at 8:55 a.m. and after arriving at the scene, learned the school was conducting a fire drill. School officials reportedly forgot to notify GFD that it was only a drill. Correction It was erroneously reported in Tuesday’s Banner-Graphic that Putnam County Assessor Charlotte Gould’s term is up in 1992. Her term actually ends in 1994. Special session for South Putnam The South Putnam Community School Corporation will meet in special session at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 at Central Elementary School to consider the non-renewal of administrative contracts. The meeting is open to the public.

City Council

“If you didn’t capture TIF, you’d have had a slightly higher assessed value and a slightly lower tax rate,” she said, reminding everyone that cities are subject to a frozen levy that allows only a five percent annual increase anyway. MEANWHILE, Dick Andis, director of the Greencastle Development Center, said, “TIF, if used properly, is an effective economic development tool.” It is particularly useful, he said, on “mega-projects,” like the two steel-processing plants that have considered Greencastle in recent years. “We were bridesmaids on two S3OO million projects,” Andis said, noting that TIF would have made the difference in landing those industries locally because it would have given local officials the means of providing the additional infrastructure needed. REQUIREMENTS for making those projects possible locally included a $1 million bridge, a $1 million sewer and a $5 million bypass, Andis said. State officials agreed to fund a portion of such

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Members of the Preservation Fair Committee are already in the planning stages of the 1992 event, scheduled for May 15-16 on the square in Greencastle. The committee includes (seated, from left) Marcia Murtaugh, Tom Boese, Karen Bailey and Mary Jane Mace; (standing, from left)

Hospital notes

Putnam County Hospital Dismissed Monday: Adrianne R. LeJune and daughter, Waynetown; Viona Moore, Greencastle; Carol Ann Ross, Greencastle; LaVaughn Vogel, Greencastle; Betty J. Zeiner, Greencastle. Dismissed Tuesday: Georgia C. Bacon, Greencastle; Martha Szewc, Greencastle, Billy Talbott, Greencastle. Birth: Jan. 19 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas LeJune, Waynetown, a girl. New Arrival Terry and Debbi Richards, formerly of Greencastle, are the parents of a baby girl, Jenna Alayne, bom Jan. 13 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette. She weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces and was 18 inches long at birth. Sisters Ayrica, 8, and Alyson, 3, are waiting to welcome her home. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James Richards and Mrs. Bob Ford, all of Indianapolis.

Pearson

general’s office shows he is better equipped than Bayh for the job. HE POINTS OUT that, in terms of per capita cost, Indiana already had the cheapest attorney general’s office in America when Bayh imposed a hiring freeze in 1990. While Bayh was adding 1,041 full-time employees and 1,300 parttime workers to the state’s payroll in that time, Pearson was cutting his budget 17.7 percent, including a 10 percent cut in personnel costs.

Putnam Patter

get the cold. BEFORE RELATING this incident, I need to explain, for the uninformed, that the carriage came equipped with detachable side curtains that would keep out most of the snow and a little of the wind. A protective covering called a storm front was fitted with a mica window and a slot for the driving reins. (We called them lines.) The inside of this storm front was covered with fleecy stuff which might have been for insulation or

costs, “but no way, Jose,” could it fund all of it, Andis said. Use of TIF, he added, could have filled in the funding gaps. Previously, infrastructure requirements of new industry have been in the 5400,000-5600,000 range, Andis said. State grants have provided 75 percent of many of those costs, while the city has used sewer and water funds for its local match on respective sewer and water projects and interest money from the Industrial Development Fund for the local share of road projects. State and federal grants, however, are drying up. And interest rates are down, so interest earned by the city is suffering a similar fate. “THE ISSUE TODAY,” said Andis, “is where is the local match coming from?” Downs said the state, in providing assistance on an economic development project, now almost certainly requires a local community to have TIF and the County Economic Development Income Tax (CEDIT) in place, yet will

Commissioners—the other sites would be costly. The borings at the Keightly Road site came with a $2,600 price tag. “LOCATION-WISE, we thought this was the best place for the jail by keeping the cost down,” Walton said. “We have seven other sites and with the potential for a conflict of interest, maybe we need to look at the other sites.” The commissioners favored the Keightly Road site since it was located close to the courthouse and hospital and would be easily accessible to U.S. 231 and the Veterans Memorial Highway. The other sites considered as possibilities included 20 acres of ground northeast of the old IBM site; 18-20 acres of land known as the Sgt. Cunningham property, located along Fillmore Road off State Road 240; 20 acres of land

Ridenour due at DPU tonight

“It is the responsibility of environmentally involved organizations like the National Park Service to set a good example for the public,” James Ridenour, director of the National Park Service, says. THIS IS ONE of the issues Ridenour will be discussing when

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It all means that one of Pearson’s top priorities is ending deficit spending in Indiana. And raising taxes won’t do, he says. “IT’S A MATTER of balancing the budget, which means, in the State of Indiana, that you’re making sure you cut spending. How you do that is you make sure you don’t have spending growth the way the governor has,” he said. Pearson would not endorse Putnam County GOP Chairman Tim

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maybe looks. It was definitely not fireproof. And now back to father’s pipe. Normally, when he lit it, he would strike the match on the seat of his pants, but dressed as he was, this wasn’t practical. So he struck the match on the storm front, creating a flash fire he was able to beat out with his hands. I CAN’T RECALL word for word what mother said, but the general idea was that there were a lot of brighter things he could have done.

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“still ask you to throw in the kitchen sink.” In voting in favor of the measure, City Councilman-at-large Mike Rokicki stressed that there has to be a better way to cover the cost of development rather than the city using its water and sewer funds and Industrial Development interest. “IT’S MY FEELING,” he said, “that one of the reasons we’re considering TIF is that development ought to pay the cost of new development. (Without a change) eventually we’re going to have nothing but high sewer rates, high water rates and an Industrial Development Fund that’s broke, and that would be a tragedy for Greencastle.” Councilman Jerald Calbert, who was assured that controls added to the ordinance will not allow the Redevelopment Commission to issue bonds or other obligations without prior approval of the City Council, asked about the likelihood of using TIF to finance sewers in Foxridge.

Keith Brackney, Bill Hamm, Bill Dory, Pat McCune, Wes Wilson, Sandy Gretter, Zaida Benassi and Larry Gottschalk. Not pictured are committee members Sue McCune, Cindy McCammack, Linda Cain and Sheri Roach. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman).

south of Greencastle and north of. Medallion Drive; an L-shaped, four-acre area off Martinsville Street at Cedar Drive; a .6-acre Poe Oil site, (formerly Mel Mangus’ Pro gas station) at Daggy Street and U.S. 231; the 1.2-acre Ford block in downtown Greencastle and 15 acres of land at the County Home location. THE LAND NORTHEAST of the old IBM site and the Sgt Cunningham site were seen as the commissioners second and third most favorable options. The commissioners did not further discuss their plan of action for securing a jail site but Putnam County Council members will discuss appropriating SI2S,(XX) for land purchase at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the commissioners’ courtroom.

he speaks to DePauw University’s freshman class and the Greencastle community at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 at DePauw’s Kresge Auditorium. Ridenour’s speech is part of DePauw’s Core Freshman Winter Term program, which is focusing on environmental topics.

Bookwaltcr as his replacement in the attorney general’s office. Bookwaiter is said to be putting together a campaign team to make a bid for the job, though he has yet to make a formal announcement. “I want to leave that up to the convention,” Pearson said of Bookwaiter’scampaign.“Theßepublicans have not had an open convention in a long period of time and I think that would probably be a good thing.”

On one of these planned trips to grandma’s, father decided we would ride in style, so he dickered with a fellow who had an automobile for hire. But this didn’t pan out, because the driver wanted five dollars, and father wasn’t about to squander a week’s grocery money for a quick trip. Maybe this was just as well. The auto had no heater and had Happy side curtains, just like the carriage, so we would probably have been just as cold but not cold as long.

“It’s not very likely,” Mayor Harmless responded, offering other options such as a Community Focus Fund grant for funding the sanitary sewer project. COUNCILMAN Tom Roach, meanwhile, said he had “trouble creating additional government if what’s already in place is doing the job.” Council President Murray, however, reminded him that the days of 75-25 or 80-20 matching grants appear over as state and federal dollars are becoming more scarce. “It’s not the same game it was in 1987,” she said, alluding to the seven major new industries that have been attracted to Greencastle since the IBM Corp, pullout in 1987. IN ADDITION TO the City Council providing checks-and-balances control on the Redevelopment Commission, it is also subject to some approvals by the City Plan Commission and even the State Board of Tax Commissioners. Public hearings would be required for any issuance of bonds.

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Obituaries Ruby S. Heybach

Ruby S. Heybach, 67, Route 1, Greencastle, died Tuesday morning in the emergency room at Hendricks Community Hospital. Bom Feb. 13, 1924 in Crown Center, she was the daughter of Jesse James Smith and Lovay Catherine Turner. She was retired after 26 years as an assembler at Western Electric, Indianapolis. Survivors include a daughter, Linda Darlene Bohn, Tracy, Calif.; a son, Terry Dale

Daniel Franklin Pleake

Daniel Franklin Pleake, 98, Route 1, Stilesville, died Tuesday morning at Plainfield Health Care Center. Bom June 10, 1893 at Crown Center, he was the son of Thomas Franklin and Laurena (Curtis) Pleake. His wife, Mary Ruth Willhite, died Nov. 13,1984. A retired fanner, he was a member of Mt Tabor Christian Church at Crown Center. Survivors include five daughters, Helen Miller, Lewisville, Kathleen Wood, Stilesville, Loraine Oxley and Lucile Meyers, both of Huntington, and Maxine English, Martinsville;

Roxie Irwin, 91, Indianapolis, formerly of Fillmore, died Tuesday morning in Indianapolis. She was bom April 30, 1900 in Fillmore, the daughter of Grant and Mae O’Neal. Survivors include a niece, Wilma Ross, Greencastle, and a nephew, Willis Bostin, Indianapolis.

Otis O. Redmon Sr.

Otis O. Redmon Sr., 86, Terre Haute, died Sunday afternoon at Union Hospital, Terre Haute. Bom Oct. 2, 1905 in Lost Creek Township of Vigo County, he was the son of Thomas and Jemima (Andprson) Redmon. He was retired from Ibrre Haute Malleable. His wife, Stella Mae Redmon, died in January 1992. He was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church, American Legion Post 340 and Dames Lodge No. 4. Survivors include four daughters, Jessie Trigg, Greencastle, Gladys Dillahunt, Anna Barnhill and Darlene Redmon, all of Terre Haute; five sons, Otis

Candidates-'

Jerry Brown and former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas. GOV. EVAN BAYH is Qxpected to be unopposed in the Democratic race for governor, while Republicans will choose from Attorney General Linley Pearson, SupL of Public Instruction H. Dean Evans and Valparaiso businessman John Johnson. State Rep. Susan Crosby (DRoachdale) is expected to announce her bid for re-election in the 44th District after the current short session of the General Assembly ends: Republican Sharon Koehler of Brazil has already announced her candidacy for the seat State Sen. Ed Pease has announced his retirement from that chamber, opening that race. State Rep. Richard Bray is expected to make a bid for the GOP nomination while Rebecca Buse is expected to run for the Democrats. On the local level, incumbent GOP Judge William C. Vaughn 111 has announced his intent to seek a third term as Circuit Court judge while Chief Deputy Prosecutor Diana LaViolette has announced a

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Angleton, Indianapolis; three grandchildren, Terry Ray Arthur, Todd Norman George, and Jesse Dale Hom; a great-grandchild, Ray-Anne Catherine Arthur; and a nephew, George O. York, Route 1, Greencastle. Services are set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale, with Rev. Bill Byrd officiating. Burial will be in Crown Center Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

three sons, Lowell Pleake, Quincy, Richard Pleake, Ft. Myers, Fla., and Daniel Pleake Jr., Belle Union; a sister, Gladys Moss, Houston, Texas; 24 grandchildren, 33 greatgrandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Jewel Pleake. Services are set for 10 a.m. Friday at Ml Tabor Christian Church with Pastor Steve Ranson officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at Hall. Visitation is scheduled 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale.

Roxie Irwin

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Albert and Edgar O’Neal, and two sisters, Jesse Bostin and Ena Mae O’Neal. Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Fillmore Cemetery with Rev. Paul Taylor of the Methodist Church officiating.

Redmon Jr., Lawrence Redmon and Michael Redmon, all of Terre Haute, Paul Redmon, Dayton, Ohio, and Anthony Redmon, Indianapolis; two sisters, Nellie Tyler and Marvel Haiper, both of Terre Haute; 28 grandchildren, 26 greatgrandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. t Services are set for 1 p.m. Thursday at St. John Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Kenneth Ladd officiating. Burial will be in Stewart Lawn Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled 5-9 p.m. Wednesday at Russell Funeral Home, Terre Haute.

challenge to Vaughn. No Democrats have entered the race yet. Along with Walton, First District Commissioner Gene Beck has announced his intent to seek re-elec-tion, although he has not filed his declaration of candidacy.

Thank you to all who made the 1992 Bridal Review a great success. WINNERS Angela Shrout-Cakes Plus, Mary Kay & Eitels; Jenny Booher-Merle Norman; Debra Rief-Elegance Unlimited & Seminary Place; Melanie Boyer-Ambler Hill; Laurie Hootman-Paper Magic; Lee Baker-Jody Davies Disc Jockey; Kim Jones-Cross Cuts & Isle of Erin; Lenora Porter-Cross Cuts; April Sutherlin-lsle of Erin; Debbie Danhour-lsle of Erin & Chucks Rental; Jodie Lucas-The Walden Inn.

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