The Republic from Columbus, Indiana • Page 1

On being 'supreme' THE REPUBLIC Columbus, Indiana February 19, 1988 City puts a rush on utilities extension study JESSE BRAND, chairman of the utilities board, said the board declared an emergency because "people, especially the (city) council, need answers as soon as possible." The council passed on first reading Tuesday an ordinance declaring the site an economic growth area. The ordinance, up for a final reading March 1, would allow the city to extend utilities to the area to encourage economic growth. Existing ordinances prohibit extension of utilties outside city limits. Tacked along the length of a wall in the board's conference room were aerial photographs of the site, from Road 200N near Columbus to Road 800N along U.S. 31.

THE NORTHERN tip of the area, between U.S. 31 and Interstate 65, has been staked out by a Michigan developer for a $10 million shopping and industrial complex. But Brand said the proposed development was Utility Director Phil Smith. Sieco has done a variety of work for the board in the past, including development of the department's master plan. Sieco's fee for the feasibility study was $6,948.

By citing an emergency situation, the board was able to waive state requirements that it solicit bids for a study through advertisements. Such an advertising process can take as long as 60 days. By Jon Gard The Republic Declaring a state of emergency, the Columbus Utilities Service Board Thursday placed a rush on plans to service a newly designated "economic growth area" outside city limits. The emergency resolution called for Sieco a Columbus engineering firm, to begin a feasibility study. It will focus on extensions of sewer lines to a site in northwestern Bartholomew County targeted Tuesday by City Council as a potential growth area for industry.

MIKE MEYERS, Sieco engineer, said the study will look at several sewer-line routes and offer cost estimates of the alternatives. He said the study will be completed in 30 to 45 days. The study will help determine the impact an extension of utilities will have on ratepayers, according to Satanism stealing youths Arvin cuts won't affect local plants I i ff, By Joseph B. Gill The Republic Proposed contract revisions sought from employees of Arvin Industries Greenwood plant aren't planned at any other Arvin operations, including those in Columbus. William Kendall of Columbus, Arvin vice president of community relations, said problems at the Greenwood plant are unique to that plant, related to a severe loss in business there to competing manufacturers.

THE 145 GREENWOOD plant production workers will vote Monday on the proposed contract concessions. The plant could be closed if the concessions aren't accepted, said Joe T. Atkins, president of the North American Automotive Division of Arvin. Arvin makes catalytic converters and other exhaust-system components at the Greenwood plant, which opened in 1923, two years before the com Policeman says occult activity growing daily From Staff Reports "Satan is doing a fine job right now, and because of that, I think we are losing our youth." Garrett Police Chief Jerry Custer talked to more than 400 people ages 18 to 80 crammed into the City Hall's first-floor meeting room Thursday night. HE SAID SATANISM and devil worship were widespread and growing every day.

"Yes, it's even here in your community," he said. People sitting and standing watched Custer present videotapes and taped television programs, show hundreds of pieces of paraphernalia and play heavy metal music all related to growth of Satanism among the nation's young people. Custer said one of the biggest promoters of devil worship is heavy metal music. He cited five themes young people get from such music: Aggressive rebellion. Abuse of drugs, alcohol.

Graphic violence. Fascination with the occult. Graphic and explicit sex. Custer suggested parents should not tune out their children's music, but instead focus on its contents. "TEACH CHILDREN to think critically encourage children to select music more appropriate to their family's lifestyle," he said.

Custer played music from the heavy metal groups Ozzy Os-bourne, Twisted Sister, Motley Crew, AC-DC, WASP (We Are Satan's People), Venom and Judas Priest. Each, he said, carries lyrics or graphics on album covers that re- (See OCCULT, Back Page of Section) 1 i ait mfrf3 mt "incidental" to the city's long-range plans to extend utilities there. Edinburgh, meanwhile, has taken action to annex an area that includes the northernmost tip of Columbus' economic growth area. By annexing the site, Edinburgh would be required to provide utilities there. The proposed annexation would increase the tax base of the town by about one-third after construction of the shopping development.

pany began its Columbus operations. Kendall said there has been no discussion on what the company will do with its Greenwood business should the members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers reject the proposed contract revisions. IN FACT, KENDALL said Arvin was optimistic. "We expect things to continue there with great hopes of working out the differences," he said. Atkins, told Greenwood employees in a letter last week "We presented proposed contact revisions we feel are necessary in order for the plant to have a fighting chance to remain open." He continued: "There should be no misunderstanding about the seriousness of the situation.

In the absence of significant changes in the current contract, we cannot see how the Greenwood plant can remain open. "The only hope for the Greenwood plant is an even greater (See ARVIN, Back Page ol Section) State Legislature Orr to veto school-year legislation Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Gov. Robert D. Orr has compared the leaders of the Indiana State Teachers Association to "Chinese warlords" who bullied legislators into endorsing a bill that would cut the number of classroom days in Hoosier schools. Orr reacted angrily, Thursday after, the House of Representativesvoted for a proposal to allow two days of parent-teacher conferences to be counted toward the 180-day minimum required in Hoosier schools starting in 1988-89.

Orr pledged to veto the school-day proposal if it wins final approval in the General Assembly. The Republican governor claimed the proposal, which had the heavy support of the ISTA, would cheat school children and taxpayers. "It seems to me the ISTA has driven us to the position where kids are being cheated and so are taxpayers. Kids are being cheated of two days of instruction and taxpayers are being cheated by paying for something that they're not getting," Orr said. Road commitment assures Senator Simpson's vote on bill.

Page AS Fate of blood-test bill still up in air for the Garrett room only crowd about satanism groups and to a standing items used for satanism Thursday. signs of occult follower The Republic photo by Darron Cummings The most recent flurry of occult-related activity occurred around Halloween when rumors of satanic sacrifice were fielded by local authorities. The rumors were investigated but were proved to be false. Jerry Custer, chief of police Police Department, explains The tell-tale From Staff Reports Swastikas, inverted crosses and pentagrams, the number 666 and incessent heavy metal music are a few of the clues parents can use to detect whether their children are interested in the occult. Quinco, JiCH join services Mental health care, centers to be combined "We expect the affiliation will allow our organizations to enrich existing programs, provide creative planning for new services, and provide a single crisis intervention system.

We are not going to go out and turn anything upside down." John McGinty President. Bartholomew County Hospital "Those things are out there, being used every day, by young people everywhere. And that includes right here in your city," said Garrett Police Chief Jerry Custer to a packed audience in City Hall Thursday. skeptical of a "worst case scenario" that could mean the loss of control and identity by Quinco. THE AFFILIATION, he said, will result in future Quinco directing boards being subject to approval by the hospital's governing board, Southeastern Indiana Health Management Co.

"They could technically take over Quinco. Now, we're a self -perpetuating board," he said, adding again, however, the arrangement should strengthen offerings as a whole. Riddell said he dropped earlier reservations about compromising relations with hospitals in the other four counties served by Quinco after administrators for those expressed no complaints about the proposed agreement. Bartholomew County Hospital serves an 11-county region. By Susan Ehlers The Republic A mandatory blood-alcohol testing bill could lose its ticket to becoming law if an Indiana senator decides it is too controversial to remain packaged with his legislation.

Sen. Harold Wheeler, R-Larwill, said today he will decide over the weekend whether the blood-testing bill, introduced by Rep. Robert Hayes, D-Columbus, represents a threat to his biU (S.B. 14). Wheeler's bill relates to the right of habitual traffic offenders to ask for reinstatement of driving privileges after 10 years.

THE CONTROVERSIAL blood-testing measure was believed to be dead after House Speaker Paul Mannweiler, R-Indianapolis, failed to bring it down for a final vote. It was revitalized, however, when Hayes was able to get the language inserted into Wheeler's bill in the House Courts and Criminal Code Committee. The legislation would require hospitals to obtain blood samples even it reasonable force is necessary from injured drunken driving suspects involved in serious traffic accidents, whether or not they consent. Uninjured suspects would be tested elsewhere. Wheeler said he is considering amending Hayes' bill to clarify the meaning of "reasonable force," or stripping the legislation from his if he decides it may jeopardize his proposal.

"I am not going to let that bill kill my bill," said Wheeler. He added he is working with representatives of the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council and the Indiana Hospital Association to effectively amend the force portion of the blood HE ESTIMATED he will have reached! a decision by Monday afternoon. If successfuly amended in conference committee, the tfltal package will move to the Senate floor for confirmation. If approved, the next step is to the governor for his signature. Weather Data, Page A9 Tonight: Cloudy Low in upper 20s Tomorrow: Partly cloudy High near 40 Area Deaths By Susan Ehlers The Republic In a near unanimous decision, the directing boards of Bartholomew County Hospital and Quinco Consulting Center have agreed to affiliate for the purposes of expanding and improving mental health services.

Taking a recommendation from Bartholomew County Hospital President John McGinty, the hospital board of trustees voted 4-0 Thursday night to approve a 10-year agreement, or "working relationship," with Quinco. The decision followed approval by the Quinco board on a 4-2 margin Wednesday. THE AGREEMENT, which officials report was eight months in the making, will result in consolidation of independent mental health centers offered by both agencies. A contract was drafted and the i Indianapolis law firm of Ice Miller Donadio Ryan retained to oversee the arrangement. McGinty, one of the original advocates of the plan, said it should result in improved service to the community while preserving existing employer-employee relationships.

"We expect the affiliation will allow our organizations to enrich existing programs, provide creative planning for new services, and provide a single crisis intervention system," he said. "We are not going to go out and turn anything upside down." ROBERT DYER, executive director of Quinco, a five-county mental health service provider based in Columbus, said the problem of duplicated services will be eliminated under the new arrangement. A planning committee consisting of psychiatrists and representatives from both health care providers will be formed to plan future services. Any changes developed by the committee are not expected for several months. The only opposition to the plan came from Quinco board members Joseph Riddell of Decatur County and Deborah Landberg of Brown County, both of whom voted against the proposal.

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