The Greentown Grapevine – 2004-05, 11:05

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Sisters Erect Sign
Winifred Wyant and Carolyn Donson with the new Plevna sign they erected
Photo by Rachel Jenkins
Carolyn Donson and Winifred lot is not large enough to build a home
Wyant, daughters of the late Dr. A. L. on so it will become a part of their
Keim and Marjorie Naphew, recently mother’s property.
erected a sign at the location of the Carolyn had seen a sign with a
former . Lantz Store at the main photograph on it and contacted the
intersection in Plevna. The sisters sign maker about one for Plevna. She
purchased the store, which was did some research to determine the
directly east of their mother’s home founding date of Plevna. She reported
and the former veterinary office of that Fred Odiet, County Historian, was
their father. The store had been closed very helpful. The community was
and fallen ’ into disrepair. Carolyn previously called Pleasantville.
explains, “ When we purchased it, the According to writings, it was first
only thing holding up the roof was the called Plevna in 1878. The new sign
shelving.” They had the building identifies the community and
. demolished. memorializes the store.
Carolyn said they miss the store
where their family traded. She said the Relatedphoto on page I1
Randy Maurer Named Eastern Elementary
School Assistant Principal
Randy Maurer
The Board of Trustees, Eastern
Howard School Corporation, named
Eastern fifth grade teacher Randy
Maurer as the new Assistant Principal
for Eastern Elementary School.
Mr. Maurer, a teacher with nine
years of classroom experience, will
replace Mr. Randy Colglazier
beginning with the 2004- 2005 school
year. Mr. Colglazier is retiring at the
end of the current school year tvith 33
years experience, 15 years at Eastern
Howard School Corporation.
Mr. Maurer said, “ I’m pleased to be
continuing at Eastern in this new
capacity. It seems right for me at this
time in my life. I am happy that I will
be working with the complete student
body.”
First Female Firefighter
History was made recently when the
Greentown Volunteer Fire Company
added the first female firefighter since
the founding of the company in 1944.
Cami Hensler, 19, took EMT training
in the fall of 2003 at the same time her
father, Gregg, took the class. The six-month-
long training involved two
meetings per week of three hours each
for a total of one hundred and forty-four
hours plus sixteen hours of
clinicals. Cami passed the course and
was certified March 2004.
Gregg has been a firefightedEMT
for nine years, seven of those being in
Lancaster, Penn. He took the EMT
class for re- certification, required after
moving back to Indiana. ( Gregg is an
Eastern graduate.) Cami took the class
because “ I like the idea of helping.
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I’ve always had a passion for people.”
After becoming certified as an EMT,
Cami took the twenty- four hours of
training mandated by the state to
become a firefighter. She will
continue her training in firefighting.
She said at first she thought she would
concentrate on EMT work, but now
that she has taken firefighting training,
she has “ a real interest” in firefighting.
Fire Chief, Vince Jaenicke, said,
“ Cami is an asset to the company. She
is willing to do what is required and is
a team player.”
Cami works at a daycare at
Crossroads Community Church. She
is one of five new firefighters in the
Greentown Company this year. The
others are Jason Davis, Jason Grider,
Eric Utterback, and Ryan Trosper.
First father- daughter team of Greentown firefighters. Gregg Hensler and his
daughter Cami, the first female Greentown Firefighter
Photo by Rachel Jenkins
Renovation Project Will Close
TracWFootball Area and Tennis Courts
for Most of the Summer
Starting May 27, 2004, the Eastern
track and football field area will be
closed to the public for resurfacing and
renovation. This . renovation will
include bringing the bleachers up to
ADA code and renovating the press
box, as well as the track resurfacing
project.
During the construction project, the
elementary parking lot east of the
track/ football field will serve as a
construction site and will be closed to
all public traffic.
As part of the overall project, the
tennis COU& south of Eastern Jr./ Sr.
High School will be resurfaced and the
parking % ea just north of these courts
will be closed for use as a construction
site.
These projects are scheduled to be
completed by August 13,2004.