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RegionB2 The Buzz PageB4 ObituariesB6-8 WeatherB8 The Indianapolis Star tf IndyStar.comnews Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Section Dry spell helps harvest but holds back leaf color. B3 Eiteljorg official will leave post. B4 Parties tow saw Kernan, Daniels camps agree to let Libertarian in debate 4 DECISION 200 But neither Bill Oesterle, Daniels' campaign manager, nor Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Kip Tew, who negotiated the debate for Kernan, were optimistic that the debate would reach the wider TV audience found on network affiliates. "I'm willing to bet nobody airs it other than public TV," Oesterle said. The debate will be shown on both WFYI (Channel 20) and WTIU, the See Parties, Page B8 90-minute debate, the same time allotted for the first debate on Sept.

28 at Franklin College The major-party campaigns initially had wanted a 60-minute debate, starting at 7 p.m., in hopes of getting network affiliates in Indianapolis and elsewhere in the state to broadcast the event live. Now, Sunday's debate will begin at 6:30 p.m. Indianapolis time, still ending before prime-time entertainment shows begin. By Mary Beth Schneider mary.beth.schneiderindy5tar.com All three candidates for Indiana governor will be in Sunday's final debate after all. A day after the campaigns of Republican Mitch Daniels and Democratic Gov.

Joe Kernan excluded Libertarian Kenn Gividen from the debate, both sides relented on Tuesday. The armistice over the debate skirmish came after hours of finger-pointing, as both Republicans and Demo- Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan Libertarian Kenn Gividen Republican Mitch Daniels Governor's race crats blamed the other for wanting to exclude Gividen. Gividen now will join Daniels and Kernan at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany on Sunday for a To see the debate: Information about tickets and broadcasting is on B8. l.

'''i'ii'wmjMMnnguL- hi' mi' m1 WMim i mi I I I' 'p warn. jw The trick's in picking time to treat Some communities settle on Halloween's traditional date, but others prefer Saturday. By Eunice Trotter eunice.trotterindystar.com Halloween, the spooky day featuring ghosts and goblins and demands for candy, falls on a Sunday this year, but where you live will determine when youngsters should go door to door for treats. While most communities will celebrate Halloween on Oct. 31, some will observe it on Oct.

30 a Saturday. Plainfield Town Manager Richard Carluc-ci said his community, with its Quaker heritage, traditionally has allowed children to trick-or-treat, but never on Sundays. "We're a commu- Mpozl Mshula Idbert The Star Trick-or-treat schedules Halloween will be observed on Saturday, Oct. 30, or Sunday, Oct 31, depending on the city or town. Oct.

30 Danville: 5 to 8 p.m. Martinsville: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Pendleton: 6 to 9 p.m. Plainfield: 6 to 9 p.m. Oct.

31 Avon: 5 to 8 p.m. Beech Grove: 6 to 9 p.m. Brownsburg 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Carmel: 5 to 8 p.m. Fishers: 6 to 8 p.m.

Greencastle: 6 to 9 p.m., pending council approval Greenfield: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Greenwood: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Lawrence: 5 to 8:30 p.m. Noblesville: 5:30 to 9 p.m. Shelbyville: 6 to 8 p.m.

Speedway: Early to 8:30 or 9 p.m. Westfield: 6 nity with in excess of 35 churches," ci said. "Plus, I think' there's some concern Ringing numbers: Trick-or-treaters are on rise in state. B2 OFFICER HURT IN CRASH NEAR SCENE OF HEIST about kids being out before a school day. We're a conservative town, fast-growing, but the churches play a pretty big role here." Though not a religious holiday, Halloween has roots in Celtic paganism and the Christian observance of All Saints Day on Nov.

1. Immigrants from European countries brought their traditions to the United States. By the 20th century, Halloween became associated with destructive pranks such as overturning outhouses and soaping windows, especially in large urban communities. To limit destructive pranks, community celebrations and controlled trick-or-treating, in which youngsters dressed up in costumes to go door to door for candy, grew in popularity. Though not for the same rea jjjy I AY iJi Banking cjn ZZZfeY 1 t- iiil "1 lj Li: bv Zl BZionsviiie: Indianapolis Police Lt.

Terry Eden (above) was injured Tuesday in a traffic accident after a Northside bank robbery. The incident started about 2 p.m. at the National City Bank branch at 7040 N. College Ave. Sheriff's Capt.

Phil Burton said two men carrying guns and wearing ski masks robbed the bank, then fled on 1 of 3: Robbers foot. While crime lab held up three investigator Doug banks Tuesday. B3 Boxler (right) helped gather evidence, deputies searched the area, just south of Park Tudor School. Eden was nearby, watching traffic at 71st Street and Central Avenue. Police said Eden was outside his patrol car and had gone to speak to a motorist when that car was struck by a third car, pinning Eden between the second car and his patrol car.

Eden, who suffered a broken left arm and a fractured pelvis, was in good condition at Methodist Hospital, said IPD spokesman Sgt. Russell Burns. sons as Plainfield, Danville, Martinsville and Pendleton want children to trick-or-treat on Oct. 30. It's not the night before a school DUSK tO 9 p.m.

day, and officials in those communities say police patrols are heavier on Saturday. Most of Central Indi- anas large communities, including Indianapolis, Carmel and Lawrence, set trick-or-treating for Sunday. The Indianapolis Police De- mm See Trick, Page B2 IPD horse expected to recover after crash 2 plead guilty to bribery in license scam at BMV mm 51 I Mm-. I Si JL. 1 Marvin Fennell Vernetta Brown Police say Louie ran into truck's path on Westside and suffered gash, internal injuries.

By Tom Spalding Tom.spaldingindystar.com Indianapolis Police Department horses graze in a pasture along a Westside commercial corridor, giving a country feel to an urban setting. But the reality of the big city intervened Tuesday when Louie, a Thoroughbred, bolted into the street and was hit by a passing city Department of Public Works truck. The vehicle hit Louie, 5, on his left side, spun around and hit him again, police said. Louie suffered a severe gash and internal injuries in the 11 am accident The horse was in stable condition late Tuesday. "He took a pretty good hit on the midsection of his body," said games.

He also was one of four horses used to escort the caisson that carried the casket of slain IPD Officer Timothy "Jake" Laird through Crown Hill Cemetery on Aug. 23. The horses have been at their current home the open fields of the old Central State Hospital since April Normally, the animals are fed in an 8-acre pasture far north of Washington Street. But because of the dry weather, the horses have munched nearly all the edible grass in that section and have been walked to an area along Washington Street and Tibbs Avenue. A department employee was leading Louie and another horse by rope to the alternate pasture.

The employee was unable to keep the unsaddled horse from galloping down an asphalt drive and through the roughly 15-foot-wide See Horse, Page B2 mi i i mi mi mmmmmmmmm 1 Pros- try's safety and security," By Vic Ryckaert vic.ryckaertindystar.com Two former Bureau of Motor Vehicles workers on Tuesday pleaded guilty to bribery, admitting they forged documents for foreign nationals. Vernetta Brown, 39, faces a maximum of four years in prison, and Marvin Fennell, 38, faces a maximum of three years under terms of plea agreements filed in Marion Superior Court Judge Robert Altice scheduled sentencing hearings for Nov. 10. Police say Brown and Fennell, who worked at the license branch at 4050 Meadows Parkway, charged $300 per transaction to foreign nationals who wanted driver's licenses and state identification to stay in the United States illegally. "Brown and Fennell were more concerned with making money than ensuring this coun- The Star 2004 file photo A misstep: Louie (far right) was being taken to graze in an area near West Washington Street and Tibbs Avenue when he got away from a city employee and galloped into the street, IPD officers say.

ecutor Carl Bnzzi said. "If their scheme had continued, who knows who might have wound up with a valid ID or driver's license?" A probe into fake identification scams at the Northeastside BMV led to the arrests of 33 people 20 of whom have been sentenced. Investigators say that from See License, Page B2 are good. Louie, one of the youngest horses in the unit, works in crowd control at Downtown events such as Colts and Pacers Lt. Romona Rowlett, the supervisor for IPD's 16-horse mounted patrol unit.

"He's all stitched up and has fluid by his lungs, but so far he's stable, and the vital signs".