The Greentown Grapevine – 1999-12, 06:12

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The Greentown
Volume 6, Issue 12 " a paper for the Deople" December 1999
Greentown Receives
$ 490,000 for Wastewater
Improvement Proj ect
Lt. Gov. JoeeKernan announced
November I8 that the Town of
Greentown will - receive a $ 490,000
grant from the Community Focus Fund
( CFF). CFF grants are awarded twice
annually by the Community
Development Division of the Indiana
Department of Commerce.
This grant will allow the town to make
some essential improvements to the
wastewater treatment plant. Homes,
churches and businesses have been
damaged due to the inflow of storm
water caused by the sewage back up.
This project will ensure the replacement
of broken sanitary sewer hes and create
opportunities for fbture growth in the
town of Greentown.
" The Town of Greentown is making a
commitment to improve the quality of
life of its resident," said Kernan. The
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CFF program helps make these lunds of
projects possible, and that means better,
healthier communities throughout
Indiana."
CFF is a federally funded grant
program administered by the Indiana
Department of Commerce. The funds
are available to small cities, towns and
counties for constructipn projects
designed to benefit low- to- moderate-income
individuals or to eliminate blight
in communities. Grants are awarded
twice a year through competitive
funding rounds to assist small
communities in long- term development
projects.
The Town of Greentown is one of 38
communities receiving grants in the
second round of funding for 1999.
More than $ 14 million will be awarded
statewide.
Bmnk Ditch Cleanup Team -
Conducts 3rd Project
On October 30 seven members of the
Brunk Ditch Cleanup Team removed 8-
10 large trash bags of trash from the
section of Brunk Ditch between US 35
and SR 213. A few large items also
were removed, including a foot bridge
which had been swept downstream and
was removed near SR 213. Two log
jams were cleardd by the use of chain
saws.
Participating were Garry Hill, Rick
Williams, Greg Swandt, Steve Rule,
Sarah Cotton and children Eric and
Abby.
The cleanup effort has been
designated an Indiana Department of
Natural Resources Hoosier Riverwatch
Adopt- A- River Program. A new Adopt-
A- River sign has been erected by the
IDNR on US 35 near the ditch. The
local cleanup program is sponsored by
the Greentown Area Residential
Association. Three cleanups are
scheduled per year. The next one will
be in the spring. For more idormation,
call Gany Hill, 628- 3155.
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HENRY 8 R U ~ K OUCH
CLEA~ UP JAM
D ern0 lit ion
Complete on Houses
"- Joan Beheler met the deadlines set by
the Town Council to have houses at 3 19
W. Main St. and 129 W. Grant Street
demolished. Both houses were down
and debris removed before November
25. Mrs. Beheler states that she has no
plans for the lots at this time.
' l'own hxpenences
4 4 - 4 0 Quadrennial blection
Adams Elected to Council
The right to elect those who will make
decisions affecting the operation of
government is a privilege enjoyed by
Americans. Once every' four years,
residents of the Town of Greentown
elect members of the Town Council and
a ClerWTreasurer. That right was
claimed by 324 voters who came to the
City Building on November 2, 1999.
The 324 voters represented 20.4% of
the 1,587 registered voters in the town.
Turnout for the last town election, four
years ago, was 254. Ballots were
placed in a wooden ballot box,
obviously with several years use. This
year the town's voting- booths were
deemed beyond use, and booths were
borrowed from the County.
* Only 13 votes separated Daniel A.
Adams, Republican, from Robe$ S.
Armstrong, Democrat,. in elections for
Town Council held November 2.
Adams received 166 votes to
Armstrong's 153.
Three hundred and twenty- four voters
came to the polls in the City Building to
vote for all seats on the Council,
including Clerk- Treasurer. ( Five ballots
were not marked for either Adams or
Armstrong) The Adams/ Armstrong
contest was the only one. All other
seats had only one candidate each.
Beginning in January 2000, Adams
will join incumbents, Roger Wzlfe,
James Harris, Don Flook, Michael
Hendr~ xa, nd Barbara Middleton on the
Council. He says of his anticipation of
membership on the Council, " There is a
lot happening in town, challenges to be
met and money which will have to be
spent." " I plan to work along with the
other members and do my part to
represent the people in my area.''
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Serving as election officials of the last Greentown election of the
millennium were Carolyn Cogdell, Inspector; Larry Hinesley and Keith
iush, Judges; and Bonnie Boneprake and Sara Jane Reed, Clerks.
Photo by R. Jenhins