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THE EVENING PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1995 IN THE PRESS OF THINGS 1 7 PACE 2 MUNCEISINBMNA 7 f. I 1 ROBIN GIBSON Reporter Prepare yourself for marrying month Tune is fast approaching, which means i' i i vV 1 1 WCUUlllga will BUUtl uc uuauii uui ou uti. Oh, sure, there are 11 other months of the year in which weddings are possible, even easier if someone is adverse to paying nonrefundable deposits three years in advance for the a.m. slot on the second Wednesday, the Associated Press BACK IN TIME: An Amish woman and her daughter walk across a frosty Hoosier field Tuesday morning while in the background, a horse-drawn buggy approaches, only remaining half-hour in which the hall is available all June. But June is always the top choice for nuptials, the wedding-month Mecca of truly ambitious brides and grooms.

Just mention the word "June" in the vicinity of the newspaper lifestyle department and watch folks cringe as if already faced with that bottomless stack of wedding announcements to he tvned. (Go on. I dare vou.) Ml km And with a mere three months io go, it's high time to shift into panic mode. I don't mean the June brides, either. If they're The commissioner said he doesn't believe a restrictive landscaping law would discourage "big" developers, adding, "The ones it will discourage is the small ones.

A lot of big businesses started as small ones, and a lot of people in Delaware County work for small businesses. "Those people are willing to do it," Hartley added. "They just don't want to be "I don't think everyone will do it unless they're legislated to do it," Rundell said. "The majority of business owners, large and small, have not taken it upon themselves to landscape adequately. zt "I don't think people have been doing the.

job Bob says they are," Rundell added. Rundell argued that developers can live with a landscape ordinance because it can reduce the cost of paving parking lots and protect property values. During debate over the ordinance last year, Hartley seconded a comment made by an opponent who compared Muncie to an affluent community north of Indianapolis. "Somebody in the meeting said, 'This is not and I agree," the commissioner said. "He's right.

We're not Carmel," Rundell said today. "It doesn't mean we have to be an ugly town just because we're Muncie." prompted commission members to rewrite the ordinance. Proponents, including Rundell, complained that the rewritten ordinance was ineffective. Provisions requiring developers of new businesses to plant trees to break up large expanses of parking lots were dropped, for example. The strongest provision in the ordinance passed Thursday would require a 30-foot green belt between parking lots and major roads.

Approval of the ordinance came only after a change in the makeup of the plan commission. In October, Mayor David Dominick named James Segedy, an associate professor of urban planning at Ball State University, to the commission. Dominick named Rundell to the board in November. Teacher Barbara Shepperd followed. Those three joined James Lowe, a mechanical engineer at Ball State, and Ball Corp.

executive Tom Silvers in voting for the ordinance Thursday. Hartley and farmer Bill Whitehead voted against. Realtor Rickie Sipe who has opposed the ordinance and city firefighter Monte Murphy were absent. The Issue of creating green spaces around businesses "has been addressed by developers and I think it should be," Hartley said today. By KEITH ROYSPON Evening Press reporter The Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission approved a new landscape ordinance Thursday evening, but that doesn't ensure that the view from you car window will be looking greener.

Muncie City Council and the Delaware County commissioners must now approve portions of the ordinance that apply to areas of their jurisdiction. Landscape architect Deane Rundell a member of the plan commission said today, "I feel confortable City Council will pass the ordinance, but I don't know what the commissioners will do." County commissioner Robert Hartley today wouldn't speculate on what he and fellow commissioners Robert Donati and Ron Bonham might do at their March 13 meeting. But Hartley is also a plan commission member and cast one of two votes against the ordinance during Thursday's meeting. Passage of the ordinance by even the plan commission wasn't possible last year. Month after month, poor attendance by commission members caused meetings to be canceled.

In spring 1994, pressure from landscape ordinance opponents Trmuau Brandon says he'll expand House turns back clock on daylight-saving time COP program laden bridal magazines bride advice books the hors d'ouvres with the mothers' hats can have quite a charming bride checklists months to go: Narrow your hairstyle choices down to five and start auditioning people for the all-important role of punch helpful friends and relatives get a dress with one of those sweetheart necklines, honey, it'll make your shoulders look even and of course newspaper articles The Perfect Wedding For Less Than then the brides have been in all-out wedding hysteria since last Thanksgiving. Even the bridegrooms of whom traditionally little is required except to wear a suit, show up and call the bride by the correct name are probably experiencing a gradual increase of anxiety about the logistics of the approaching Big Day. It's the rest of us who should be getting ready to panic: The prospective wedding party members and guests-to-be. Hey, we play a big part in all this, too, you know. We perform important tasks for the wedding, like forgetting to R.S.V.P.

until less than a week before the event. Or agreeing through gritted teeth disguised as a smile to wear a bridesmaid dress that will require a good hair-dye job and the loss of at least 10 pounds so that 150 guests won't be stuffing programs in their mouths to stifle laughter during the processional. Or offering "honest" opinions on which of the dozens of practically identical white bridal gowns looks best. think I liked the one with the thing in back, and the It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it or else the couple will never complete those 25 place settings of gold-edged, S95-per-saucer china. So, if you haven't started already, it's high time for any good wedding guest or participant to start planning.

Any jokesters among the attendants definitely should get cracking. After all, it takes time to come up with a comprehensive collection of the world's worst polka tapes with which to replace all the classic rock cassettes in the car the newlyweds will be taking on the honeymoon. The parents of any small children that will be attending or participating in the wedding need to allow Junior enough time to perfect his burping-on-cue skills if he is to properly disrupt the soloist's rendition of "Unchained Melody." Sticklers for proper form can get a head start on their polite griping about tardy thank-you notes if they get those silver egg-poachers sent off well ahead of time, while the bride and groom are still preoccupied with insignificant details like writing checks for the caterer. And if you think you can slack off just because you have no acquaintances who are planning to get married in June, or who are even likely to have a date by then well, you'd just better start hanging out in bridal registry sections and acting friendly. Because we all need to do our part for these June brides and grooms.

By DOUGLAS WALKER Evening Press chief reporter Democratic mayoral candidate Winston Brandon said Thursday he would like to expand Muncie's Community Oriented Policing program INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indiana House turned back the clock 30 hours early today, erasing an unwitting vote to put 77 counties on Eastern daylight-saving time. On Wednesday, a bill-drafting error had lawmakers voting to approve daylight savings time for the 82 counties in the Eastern Time Zone after earlier rejecting the change. In an unusual parliamentary maneuver, the passed bill was brought back for amendment, and the language fixed. The bill, as it now reads, calls for a non-binding referendum on whether Indiana should become part of the Central Time Zone. The measure also says that if Indiana ever adopts daylight time for the 82 counties in the Eastern Time Zone, five west central counties would be exempt: Parke, Vigo, "Goofy, goofy." Rep.

John R. Gregg, D-Sandborn Fountain, Warren and Vermillion. The bill does not affect 10 Indiana counties -five in the northwest and five in the southwest that are part of the Central Time Zone and already observe daylight-saving time. When lawmakers voted on the fixed bill, however, it failed to pass. The vote was 48-49.

Under House rules, the bill can be voted on a third time. The reaction of Minority Leader John R. Gregg, D-Sandborn, to the continuing saga: "Goofy, goofy." elected. "Crime is a major problem in our city at this time," said Brandon, a two-term member of Muncie City Council. "We intend to attack this problem, not dodge it." Brandon noted that as a councilman, he has been tive of funding for police equipment, including automatic UK Win urn i II i Sri nn is ISM The Muncie Evening Press "I have and will remain a Brandon ZZ strong supporter that our officers need adequate protection when transporting prisoners," he said.

"We cannot expect our police department; 0 provide first class protection if we provide second class equipment." "Let me say, I am not a police officer but I dp come from a police family," said Brandon. Three of the Democrat's best known opponents in the Democratic primary James P. Carey, Jacfe Donati and Charles Richmond are retired city police officers. Brandon's brother, Center Town ship assessor Larry Brandon, is a retired county officer. "We have met with numerous law enforcement people and we believe through some restructuring within the department, this would result in morg officers on the street," said Brandon.

"This can be accomplished by using civilian employees and volunteers." The Democrat said he would form a "coalition'', of priviate citizens and organizations to "become' more active in assisting our police department. 'f, "Crime is not just a police problem, it is community program," he added. Ho takes complaints to state A Muncie City Council candidate this week 'too complaints about the city's handling oft law enforcement funds to the State Board of Bruce Wiemer seeking a Democratidl nomination for an at-large seat on council lasC week criticized the city for placing Drug Task; Force and Drug Abuse Resistance Education' (D.A.R.E.) money in a bank account with other city-funds. City officials denied using the police funds to" cover depleted municipal accounts, but confirmed that some police expenditure requests for the; money had been denied. Wiemer said State Board of Accounts officials assured him they would study the matter when-they conduct their annual audit of city govern-" ment's finances.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) Investigators' believe an elderly family friend who's now dead committed the 1990 molesting-slaying of a 7-year-old girl, a published report today said. The unsolved cases of 7-year-old Sarah Jean Bowker in 19S0 and a similar slaying two years earlier shocked the Fort Wayne community and Eirompted fears that a child killer was on the oose in Fort Wayne. Investigators closed the Bowker case Thursday after deciding there was enough evidence to Indicate she was killed by Roy Hensley, a former neighbor of her family, the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette reported today to a copyright story. Hensley died Jan.

28, 1994, in Aiken, S.C., of heart and lung disease. He was 75. Officials planned to meet with the Bowker family today, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Fran Gull said. Sarah disappeared June 13, 1230, from her family's Fort Wayne apartment complex and her body was found in a nearby grassy creek the next day. She had been suffocated.

Allen. County Prosecutor Robert Gevers II declined to say whether Hensley was also suspected in the 1283 slayirg of 8-year-oU April Marie Tiaslcy. He said the investigation into that desth continues. April from tcr Fcrt Yv'zysa neighborhood cn April 3, 1S33. Her body was found to a rural DcSalb County ditch three days later.

She had also been molested and suffocated. "I think the same person killed both of them," said Dr. Phillip O'Sfeaughsessy, the former coroner who examined both bodies. "There's too much similarity between the two "I think the same person killed both of then. There's too much similarity between the two cases.

If they have enough evidence to say that Roy Ilecsiey killed Sarah Bowker, then I believe Roy IUcsIey killed April Ttesley also." Phillip O'Shacghnessy, former coroner, cases. "If they have enough evidence to say that Roy Hensley killed Sarah Bowker; then I believe Roy Hensley killed April Tinsley also' O'Shaughnessy told the newspaper Hensley's son, David, and a woman who lived with Hensley for several years said the suspect knew both girls, the newspaper said. David Hensley said his father carried photographs of the two slain girls in his wallet. Gull said that investigators on the Bowker case had believed since last summer that Hensley was the killer. Thursday's meeting was to review the case and confirm what investigators already believed.

Investigators learned of Hensley Ln May 1992, when a relative came to police with suspicions that the man might have been involved Zrz.y$ c-th, Cu.l tcli the rv- hfyy.yf):: la several police Interviews' Eessley denied having anything to do with Sarah's slajir.s; end officers could cot corroborate their surp scions, Gull told the newspaper. A relative of Hensley, however, told police that Hensley had said ta killed Sarah and had urged the relative to kr-ep quiet, Gull said. Information-747-5700 I Press news desk 747-5730 Retail Advertising 747-5737 Press sports 747-5734 Classified Advertising 747-5777 Press LifeStyle 747-5728 I Advertising fax 747-5782 I Newsroom fax 747-5727 To subscribe or report I delivery problem? 747-5717 POSTAL INFORMATION The Muncie Evening Press (USPS 367-940) is published Monday through Saturday by Muncie Newspaper! 125 S. High St, Muncie 47307. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations.

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