The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 August 1980 — Page 2
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., August 6,1980
Concrete poured, walls go up
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1 THE WALLS GO UP — The Stichter family volunteered their masonry know-how for the new Milford Community Building. Mason Robert Stichter and his sons Phil, Kirk, Kent and Keith, along with other volunteers, laid blocks Monday, Aug. 4. < Photo by Terri Chilcote) >
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DONATING THEIR LABOR — Milford men have been donating their labor for the new Milford Community Building, but many more are still needed. Above a group of volunteers pour cement Saturday, Aug. 2. (Photo by Bruce Bultemeier)
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POURING CEMENT — A crew of volunteer workers pour cement for the new Milford Community Building Saturday morning, Aug. 2. (Photo by Bruce Bultemeier).
$ 4,000 taken from Wawasee Plaza Marina
The Wawasee Plaza Marina, located on the east side of Lake Wawasee, was' broken into on July 27 or 28. Approximately Lions plan consignment auctioh Members of the Milford Lions Club voted Monday night to hold their second annual consignment auction on Saturday, Sept. 13, with all proceeds going toward the new community building. The auction will begin at 10:30 a.m. according to chairman Dean Cousins and will again be held at the Milford Large Animal Clinic on SR 15 at the north edge of town. Auctioneers will be Ernie Rookstool, Ernie Banks and Lee Beer. Cousins said the Lions would welcome large farm items, cars, trucks, household items, miscellaneous items, etc. Individuals and businesses alike are urged to participate. “Last year’s sale was well received,’’ he said, “and the Lions are looking forward to an even larger number of consignments this year.” Persons with items to sell should contact Cousins or call the Milford Large Animal Clinic during business hours. Cousins also noted food would be available on the grounds.
$4,000 in cash was removed through the showroom area. According to State Police Detectives Ray Carich and Sid Fish, the theft took place between 6 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday. State police reported that the showroom’s sliding garage door was forced open. Thieves then went into an office area and broke into a locked file cabinet. Helen Funk home from Germany Helen Funk, Milford, returned from a 16-day stay in Europe on Saturday, Aug. 2. She left from Chicago’s O’Hare airport with the Travellink Tours International on July 17. During he- visit she observed the world-famous Passion Play in Germany. Other places in Germany which she visited included Munich, Nuremburg, Leipzig, Wittenburg, East Berlin and West Berlin. From Germany the group traveled to Denmark and Norway where they departed from the Fornebu International Airport. Mrs. Funk has traveled all over Europe, including all three parts of Switzerland. Several years ago she visited • Czechoslovakia, Japan and Hong Kong. She would like to visit India, Russia and China.
The concrete for the new Milford Community Building was completed Saturday, Aug. 2, and the walls were begun this week. Robert Stichter and his sons Phil, Kirk. Kent and Keith donated their masonry skills Monday, Aug. 4 and laid cement blocks the perimeter of the building and about five and onehalf feet high. They were assisted by a handful of other volunteers. According to Bill Stath, building supervisor, about onefourth of the block has been laid. Stath said they will be laying blocks Saturday, Aug. 9 and anyone who knows how to lay blocks or who can carry mortar should report to the building site on Main Street at 7 a.m. Saturday. The more people volunteer their labor, the faster the Milford Community Building will be completed and the sooner Milford area residents can make use of the long-needed facility. Set your alarm clocks early Saturday morning and help out.
State police issue report F Sgt. Robert L. Meeks, district commander, Indiana State Police, at Ligonier Post, announces the following activities for the month of July in Kosciusko County: Hours worked 1,150.5 Miles traveled 20,259 Accidents investigated 15 Arrests effected 176 Warnings issued 219 Motorists assisted 181 Kosciusko County is staffed by six troopers and one sergeant. Ligonier district serves the six northeastern counties in the state. Units assigned to Ligonier conducted 123 criminal investigations, resulting in the arrests of 20 persons. The fatal accident total in Kosciusko County is four persons killed in 1980 as compared to the same period last year when 10 persons were fatally injured on state and county roads; a decrease of six persons. District wide in the six counties, 34 persons have lost their lives in 1980, as compared to 43 persons in 1979, a decrease of nine persons. Retail merchants meeting date is changed The meeting of the Syracuse Retail Merchants Association, Friday, Aug. 8, has been postponed until Friday, Aug. 15, at 7:45 a.m. due to sidewalk sales in Syracuse.
Sidewalk — (Continued from page 1) guarantee that the raised money will go back in the community. The Syracuse Fire Department will sponsor a hog roast in conjunction with sidewalk days at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9. Regardless of rain or shine, the auction and sidewalk sales will go on. Everyone is encouraged to attend and join the spectacular event and thanks to Jim Wogomon, who’s donating his time, the town will not have to pay an auctioneer. Split cost — (Continued from page 1) used in purchasing the amThere is enough money in the cumulative fire fund to cover the cost of the balance on the ambulance, for both boards. The town asked if the township expected them to go 50-50 or how they expected this to be done. The township advisory board and trustee were in favor of going 5050 and so were several board members. The ambulance runs have been 40 per cent for the town and 60 per cent for the township. Alfrey stated it seemed to him if the township purchased the first one, six years ago, they could go 50-50 and in the future discuss the cost again. When the first ambulance was purchased, the town had no funds available and the township took the money needed from revenue sharing. At that time the ambulance cost $25,000-$26,000. Joe Morganthaler, board member, suggested going 45-55, a compromise on the 50-50 and the percentage of runs in the town and townships. After about a 25-minute conference between the two boards Morganthaler motioned the 45-55 per cent split and included in the motion the next time the cost of the new ambulance came up on the chassis it be based on the use of the ambulance. The motion was seconded by Steven Butt. Myrick continued the discussion by commenting he couldn’t understand why the advisory board was saying “the town got the first ambulance free,’’ when he lives in Turkey Creek Township and the town of Syracuse. Mrs. Dust stated she agreed, but added the money could have been used for some other purpose. After the town’s motion was finally voted on and unanimously passed, the township stated that for S9OO difference they were not going to quibble. Mrs. Dust said she felt the transfer of the equipment should come out of the operation fund. Film Shown Kosciusko County Capt. Ron Robinson of the sheriff’s department showed a 30 minute video tape on the emergency 911 number which may be used in the future in Kosciusko County. He stated he and Kenny Johnson, fire chief, observed the 911 number in use in Adams County in early spring. The emergency number has already been in effect for the city of Warsaw for one and one half years. Robinson stated this central dispatching could be a possibility with the new jail completion. Having the 911, or central dispatching, would eliminate dispatchers to some extent and save the town some money and upgrade the Following the showing the of video, Robinson was available for questions. The tape showed what is available and how it operates in Adams County. He stated this type of system is in effect in Elkhart City and Elkhart County is working on a survey and Nappanee is working on the system also. The systems, which is being looked into, had an initial cost of SBO,OOO and then it was lowered to $50,000. Robinson stated when he spoke to United Telephone officials at 4 p.m. that afternoon they said the cost would be $5,300. He added he still had some
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questions about the cost and would be looking into the matter, because of the considerable drop in pice. Mrs. Dust asked what could be done if the board is interested in this operation. Robinson suggested they contact their county commissioners on their feelings. Maurice Dorsey is commissioner form the northern district. For the cost part, Robinson mentioned there is federal funding available on a 50-50 basis and added this system may be two years off and will take a lot of work on the community’s part. He also stated he would be glad to show this film to any chib or organization who is interested in seeing the operation work. Robinson also asked if there were any questions about the new jail complex and was asked when it would be completed. The completion date is proposed for January 1982. With the showing of the video tape, Hess made a comment concerning a request by the police department for tape recorders costing $4,500. Included in this request was a recorder to be placed on the police and fire phones. The board decided to drop the purchase of the tape recorder for the time being and Robert Houser, police chief, is not to pursue the request further. During the discussion concerning the recording equipment, Mrs. Dust asked if Myrick had signed any papers concerning funding for the equipment. Myrick stated he wasn’t sure if he signed anything pertaining to the recorders and stated Houser hasn’t been authorized to purchase anything, only to make out the forms to get the cost before going to criminal justice to see if it could be financed. Census Report Myrick received a letter from the Census Bureau which included the computer list on the housing count for the town and township and requested the board let the bureau know if the town wanted to pursue the figures further. The board decided not to mess with the figures which showed 1,201 houses in the town and township with 165 vacant and a vacancy rate of 14.1 per cent. For the population it showed 2,554 people with the population per housing unit to be 2.54 per cent. The population change from 1970 was 65.2 per cent. The town board will meet on Monday, Aug. 18, for a regular meeting and budget hearing. 3 from WHS attend music clinic at BSU Three Kosciusko County students are among 523 high school instrumentalists and singers who attended the second of third Mid-America Music Clinics at Ball State University, July 13-19. They are David Blackwell, a ninth grade cornet player at Wawasee High School, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Blackwell, box 26 North Webster; Lisa Clever, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Redslob, r 5 Syracuse, a 10th grade violin player at Wawasee: and Sunny Boggs, r 1 Warsaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale H. Boggs, 12th grade baritone player at Wawasee High School. Mid-America clinics offer high school students the opportunity to spend a week on the Ball State campus working in performing groups led by School of Music faculty members. The student musicians concluded the clinic with a grand concert in Emens auditorium by playing and singing contemporary and classical music. Conductors were Ernest Threlkeld, Donald Litherland, Kurt Schuster, Raymond Grivetti, Roger McConnell and Larry Boye.
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OLD POLITICAL BATTLES FORGOTTEN — County fair time is a time to forget politics. And this seems to be the case with these old political protagonists. The above photo was taken Monday night at the opening of this year’s fair— from left, Stanley Nice, chairman of the Kosciusko County Democratic Central Committee; State Representative Thames Mauzy; and Warsaw Mayor Paul E. (“Mike”) Hodges. The topic of their conservation shall remain a secret.
IU classes begin on Labor Day
Labor Day 1980 may seem like just that for Indiana University Bloomington students. That is the first day of fall semester classes. . Students actually will begin arriving on campus August 24 for orientation, counseling and testing, leading up to course registration on August 27-30. For the first time, all full-time military personnel residing in
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MILFORD MAN INJURED — David L. Hughes, 28, r 1 box 16A Milford, sustained head lacerations and contusions plus a fractured left hand following a one-car accident Tuesday evening, Aug. 5, at approximately 11:95 p.m. The accident occurred on CR 1300 N near the Pine Crest Trailer Court. In the above photo Hughes is being helped by the Syracuse Emergency Medical Service and Fire Department. Hughes was traveling west on the county road when the auto traveled 420 feet off the north side, then skidded 120 feet back across the road stricking a mail box owned by Gary Price, Milford and 75 feet offence owned by Dr. Gervas Schafer, r 5 Syracuse. The vehicle then traveled an additional 117 feet after the auto left the road on the south side. The auto ended up on its wheels in the lawn of Dr. Schafer with Hughes* arm pinned under the right front wheel. Kosciusko County Police officers listed the 1972 Lincoln as a total loss at SI,OOO. Damage listed to the fence was S3OO and SSO to the mailbox. Officers investigating were Kosciusko County Officers Thomas Brindle and Gerry Moser, along with Syracuse Police Officer Corky Wong. (Photo by Deb Fox)
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Indiana will be granted resident tuition and fee status for courses taken on any of lU’s eight campuses. The new policy reduces registration fees for eligible military personnel by more than 50 per cent. First semester classes will end December 17, followed by three days of departmental examinations. Registration for
the second semester is January 710 with the first classes on January 12. Other special dates during the, 1980-81 school year are: Thanksgiving recess, after last class November 25, resuming classes December 1; spring break, after last class March 21, to March 30; Founders Day, April 15; and the end of classes, May 1.