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Volume 1, Issue 4 April 1994 On May 3 we will have the opportunity to vote for 2 Eastern School Board seats and to help decide which aspirants will move on to the General election in situations where there are more from one political party seeking the right to be on the ballot in November. To be elected this fall are all township trustees and trustee boards. The candidates for those positions in Liberty, Jackson and Union Townships will be on the primary ballot, but, barring the unforseen, will all also be on the ballot in November. Jackson Twp. Trustee R - Gary G Minnich D - Gerald Cheek Jackson Trustee Board D - Ted Hullinger Voting Facts by: Rachel Jenkins To register to vote: You can register until April 4 at the Court House. To find out if you are registered, call Voter Registration at 456- 22 19. Seventeen year olds can vote in the Primary if they will be 18 by Nov. 8. They cannot, however, vote for school board. Absentee voting runs Apr 4 - May 2, at the Court House unless you are confined. Where to vote: Jackson Twp. - Sycamore Friends Church, Union Twp. - Center Grove Baptist Church, Liberty Twp. 1,2,3 & 4 all at Eastern Elementary Gym. If you don't remember which Liberty precinct you are in, the nice people at the registration tables will help you. How many people usually vote in a Primary? We go back to 1990 in order to make the closest comparison to 1994 ( not a Presidential election year). In Jackson, Liberty and Union Twps. Primary Elections to be May 3 Liberty Twp. Trustee D - Jack Lantz Liberty Trustee Board D - Philip K. Rush D - Don Winger R - Stan Zirkle Union Twp. Trustee D - Paul Schini Union Trustee Board D - Phil Hueston D - Charles Streaval Eastern School Board At Large Bill Heck Dan Murphy Jef Buckley Teresa Nicholson Greentown To vote for Trustee, Trustee Board and other names on the ballot excepr school board, you must select the ballot for one party 840 people voted of 3107 registered, or 27%. Can we do better this year? I'll be checking the statistics and reporting to you later. County Clerk, Jem Bourff, made two statements worth consideration if you are tempted not to vote, " Every vote does count; some elections are determined by a very small margin." " The election costs the County ( you) the same amount whether no one turns out or everyone does. " Recycling Made Easier for Greentown Area Residents The Howard County Solid Waste District has placed new green colored recycling bins at the west side of Eastern High School for the public's use. The drop off center provides for seven categories of recyclables, newspaper ( tied or sacked), steel cans, aluminum cans, green glass, brown glass, clear glass ( remove lids) and cardboard ( broken down flat). only. It does not need to be the same party you have selected before and has nothing to do with how you voted in any previous elections. You may vote for school board even if you do not want to vote for any other candidates. School boards are chosen by various methods around the state. At Eastern all school board seats are elected for a 4 year term on a rotating basis. Regardless of where you live in the school district you can vote for one At large candidate and one Greentown candidate. Elsewhere in this issue are statements from the 4 school board candidates. For these and all candidates, if you have questions, please contact them. Unusual Phenomenon Were they the work of snowman-builder Calvin of the comic strips? Did aliens come down during the night and form them for our puzzlement? Did the rabbits and raccoons make them in preparation for some Wild Winter Olympics? No, they were formed by the swirling winds of February 25 in open relatively bare fields. These " snowballs" were sometimes round, sometimes bugle or jellyroll shaped and had indentations in one or both ends. Don Kendall, who has lived in Greentown for years, said he has never seen anything like this occurrence. Mystery " snowball" in shape of dog's head
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Title | The Greentown Grapevine – 1994-04, 01:04 |
Subject | newspapers |
Subject, Local | Greentown, Howard County (Ind.) |
Item Type | newspaper |
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Item ID | im-kokomo-news-greentown-1994-04 |
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Date Original | 1994-04 |
Date Digital | 2008 |
Publisher | Greentown Area Residential Association, 1993- |
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Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Primary Elections to be May 3; Voting Facts; Recycling Made Easy for Greentown Area residents; Unusual Phenomenon |
Language | en |
Contributors | Kokomo-Howard County Public Library; Greentown Historical Society |
Source | Original newspaper: The Greentown Grapevine, April 1994, Volume 01, Issue 04 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | [PDFs are fully searchable] |
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Title | The Greentown Grapevine – 1994-04, 01:04 - Page 1 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | Volume 1, Issue 4 April 1994 On May 3 we will have the opportunity to vote for 2 Eastern School Board seats and to help decide which aspirants will move on to the General election in situations where there are more from one political party seeking the right to be on the ballot in November. To be elected this fall are all township trustees and trustee boards. The candidates for those positions in Liberty, Jackson and Union Townships will be on the primary ballot, but, barring the unforseen, will all also be on the ballot in November. Jackson Twp. Trustee R - Gary G Minnich D - Gerald Cheek Jackson Trustee Board D - Ted Hullinger Voting Facts by: Rachel Jenkins To register to vote: You can register until April 4 at the Court House. To find out if you are registered, call Voter Registration at 456- 22 19. Seventeen year olds can vote in the Primary if they will be 18 by Nov. 8. They cannot, however, vote for school board. Absentee voting runs Apr 4 - May 2, at the Court House unless you are confined. Where to vote: Jackson Twp. - Sycamore Friends Church, Union Twp. - Center Grove Baptist Church, Liberty Twp. 1,2,3 & 4 all at Eastern Elementary Gym. If you don't remember which Liberty precinct you are in, the nice people at the registration tables will help you. How many people usually vote in a Primary? We go back to 1990 in order to make the closest comparison to 1994 ( not a Presidential election year). In Jackson, Liberty and Union Twps. Primary Elections to be May 3 Liberty Twp. Trustee D - Jack Lantz Liberty Trustee Board D - Philip K. Rush D - Don Winger R - Stan Zirkle Union Twp. Trustee D - Paul Schini Union Trustee Board D - Phil Hueston D - Charles Streaval Eastern School Board At Large Bill Heck Dan Murphy Jef Buckley Teresa Nicholson Greentown To vote for Trustee, Trustee Board and other names on the ballot excepr school board, you must select the ballot for one party 840 people voted of 3107 registered, or 27%. Can we do better this year? I'll be checking the statistics and reporting to you later. County Clerk, Jem Bourff, made two statements worth consideration if you are tempted not to vote, " Every vote does count; some elections are determined by a very small margin." " The election costs the County ( you) the same amount whether no one turns out or everyone does. " Recycling Made Easier for Greentown Area Residents The Howard County Solid Waste District has placed new green colored recycling bins at the west side of Eastern High School for the public's use. The drop off center provides for seven categories of recyclables, newspaper ( tied or sacked), steel cans, aluminum cans, green glass, brown glass, clear glass ( remove lids) and cardboard ( broken down flat). only. It does not need to be the same party you have selected before and has nothing to do with how you voted in any previous elections. You may vote for school board even if you do not want to vote for any other candidates. School boards are chosen by various methods around the state. At Eastern all school board seats are elected for a 4 year term on a rotating basis. Regardless of where you live in the school district you can vote for one At large candidate and one Greentown candidate. Elsewhere in this issue are statements from the 4 school board candidates. For these and all candidates, if you have questions, please contact them. Unusual Phenomenon Were they the work of snowman-builder Calvin of the comic strips? Did aliens come down during the night and form them for our puzzlement? Did the rabbits and raccoons make them in preparation for some Wild Winter Olympics? No, they were formed by the swirling winds of February 25 in open relatively bare fields. These " snowballs" were sometimes round, sometimes bugle or jellyroll shaped and had indentations in one or both ends. Don Kendall, who has lived in Greentown for years, said he has never seen anything like this occurrence. Mystery " snowball" in shape of dog's head |