The Greentown Grapevine – 2003-01, 10:01

              The Greentown
" a paper for the people" January 2003
Historical Society Receives Grant
Hilda Burns, Vice President of the Community Foundation of Howard County,
pfesents a check to Beulah Cobb, Collections Management Chairman of the
Greentown Historical Society.
Photo by Rachel Jenkins -
The Community Foundation of
Howard County has announced that it
awarded nine competitive grants during
the second half of 2002.
One of those grants was to the
Greentown Historical Society for
Archival Materials. The amount of the
grant was $ 6,599. This will provide
startup funding to purchase archival
storage and environmental materials so
that the Society can begin to acquire
artifacts and fulfill its mission to
discover, record, and keep intact the
history of eastern Howard County.
The Greentown Historical Society has
been working for the past two years to
renovate the building at 103 E. Main
Street in Greentown. After the archival
materials of shelving, acid- free boxes
and paper, files, etc. are in place the
Society will be ready to begin accepting
materials to preserve, record, make
available for research, and to add to the
understanding of the history of the area.
When that date nears, notice will be
given in the Greentown Grapevine.
A grant of $ 3,000 was given to the
Eastern Howard Performing Arts
Society for the Jazzing up our Youth
program. This will provide- fbnding for
a multi- school jazz clinic/ performance.
Maynard Ferguson will spend quality
time teaching his techniques to students
involved with JdConcert Bands
throughout Howard County. The
students will also be able to perform on
stage with Mr. Ferguson the night of
the show.
Other grants given were: $ 4,500 to
Howard Community Hospital for the
Growing Through Loss program,
$ 1,200 to Blackford County Civil War
Reenactment Club, Inc. for Student
Discovery Day, $ 425 to Mayor's
Advisory Council for Disability Issues
for the DisabiIity Awareness
Recognition program, and $ 290 for
its Disability Awareness program,
$ 3,600 to Kokomo Family YMCA for
Sports World School Presentations,
$ 2,000 to United Way of Howard
County for Ramp- n- Roll project,
$ 4,000 to IUK Art Gallery for the " Arts
for the Parks" exhibit,
The Community Foundation of
Howard County, Inc. is a not- for- profit
charitable corporation created in 1991.
The purpose of the Foundation is to
serve the interests of donors, to make
grants, and to act as a catalyst around
issues of community importance in
Howard County. " These grants were
made possible through the generosity 01
Howard County donors," Foundation
Chairman Bob Hingst says. " We wan1
to thank everyone who has contributed
to the foundation for enabling us tc
award grants from these funds. WE
look forward to serving our donors and
the community forever."
Town to Allow
Small Park
Jolene Rule, Chairman of the Parks
uid' Trails committee of Greentown
Main Street Association, reported to the
Town Council on December 3 that
Bernie Dahl, professor of landscape
design at Purdue University, will
? robably recommend to his students
: hat they take Greentown's parks and
: ails needs on as a design project. The
; ommittee toured the town with Mr.
Dah1 and showed him possible .
? ark/ trails possibilities.
Jolene asked the Council for
? ermission for the Parks and Trails
Zommittee to develop the small triangle
3f land which the town owns bordered
by Grant, Hammer and Carter streets.
The committee would like to plant
some flower, shrubbery arid perhaps a
bench. The committee would provide
dl the materials' and labor for
installation and maintehance. The
each meeting exceeding 4 per year,
$ 15; payment for each permit issued,
$ 10.
Town Clerk Barbara Middleton
presented a petition from residents on
Lincoln Street to have the street
widened. It was given to the street
committee to be considered next year.
The Council approved a
recommendation from the Plan
Commission to rezone the fairgrounds
from R1 to B1. Councilman Roger
Wolfe stated that the town needs to
address the storm water runoff from the
fairgrounds before a building permit is
issued.
Emmett Herr was reappointed to the
library board for a term of four years
beginning January 2003.
A report was read from the Plan
Commission Administrator that 54
building permits have been issued in
Zouncil approved the requeit.
Mrs. Rule also recommended that the
zouncil estahlish a Park Board.. Mr.
2002 for a total value of $ 2,? 2 1,250. '
Glass Museum News
Dah1 had explained that such a body
would give another avenue for
requesting grants.
The Council approved the closing of
me or two blocks of North Meridian
Street for the Pump Fest, scheduled for
September 20.
The Council approved the request
from Greentown Main Street
4ssociation for $ 5,000. The funds will
: ome from Economic Development
Income Tax ( EDIT).
Councilman Craig Trott reported that
ne has been in touch with INDOT and
will be receiving literature on a federal
grant relative to a project of sidewalks
and curbs on a section of Grant Street.
The Council voted to pay current
dues of $ 1,024 to Indiana Association
of Cities and Towns.
Annual salaries were fixed. Salaries
of elected and appointed positions are
as follows: President of Town Council,
$ 3,450; other members of the Council,
$ 3,150; attendance at special meetings
by Council members, $ 15; Clerk-
The Greentown Glass Museum has a
new souvenir available. This item is a
watch with the chocolate dolphin on
the face and inscribed with Greentown
Glass Museum. They sell for $ 16.00
with a choice of men or ladies style.
Presently the watches are available at
Dave Turner's Greentown Antique Mall
and Judy Horner's Meridian Street
Antique Mall.
The museum will reopen March I,
Saturday and Sunday, 1 - 4 p. m.
Trustee
Announces' Hours
Linda Grove, newly elected Liberty
Township Trustee/ Assessor, has
announced hours and address. The
township phone is 628- 2402 and
township hours are 10- 4 Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. After
hours, please use the answering
machine. Patrons must call for an
appointment. The Trustee Office is at
1588 S 750 E, in the two- tone pole
Treasurer, $ 1 0,500; attendance at barn at the end ofthe lane.
special called meetings, $ 20; Retainer
for Town Attorney, $ 6,600; Members BUS Routes Advertised
of the Plan Commission, $ 50; Eastern Howard School Corporation
Attendance at meetings of the Plan has posted advertisement for six bus
Commission over 4 per year, $ I 5; . contract routes. This is a decrease from
Members ofthe Board ofAppeals, $ 50; the present seven routes. Bids are due
Plan Administrator, $ 400; attendance at January 13,2003.