Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 103, Number 7, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 18 July 1979 — Page 2

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Nappanee Advance-News Wednesday, July 18, 1979

Budgets pared with $5,090 in 1979. Rent of the south parking lot from Conrail has increased from $25 to SIOO annually. —Cumulative fire equipment fund: $12,000. —Police pension fund: $18,372. The complete city budget will be presented in ordinance form at the

Revenue sharing hearing scheduled

Mayor John Mellinger has announcedan amended proposed use hearing for general revenue sharing purposes will be held on July 30. 1979 for all interested citizens of the City of Nappanee. The amount of general revenue sharing funds to be discussed for this hearing is $27,355.86. The meeting will be held at

Salary the council spent the remainder of the meeting working on the 1980 budget. Bob Gessinger, attending as a member of the Aviation Commission, commented that council proceedings may be confusing to the average citizen as city agencies submit reports without the reports being read aloud. Police chief Tom Rohr said that he had read his monthly reports aloud but felt “foolish” doing so in the absence of spectators while the council members had copies of the report before them. “I sat out there for three months,” confessed Bill Dawson, who was named to the council last December, “and it was boring." It was suggested that a place be set" on the council agenda for citizen input rather than having citizens wait to speak until time for new business, the final item of the meeting The Board of Public Works and Safety, which meets the first and third

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Cont. from pg. 1 August 6 meeting with final passage at a special meeting August 27. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for Monday, August 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers of the Municipal Center. The public is also encouraged to attend the August 6 meeting to comment on the proposed budget.

7:30 p.m. for the purpose of discussion of possible uses of general revenue sharing funds at the Municipal Center, Council Chambers. All interested citizens will have the opportunity to give written and oral comment on use of the funds. Senior citizens are encouraged to attend and comment.

Cont. from pg. 1 Saturday of each month at 8 a.m. at the Muncipal Center, opens with time for citizen input. Councilman Pete Adams explained that he was not trying to “hassle” anyone in asking questions on budget items but was trying to represent the people of the city who do not attend meetings. In other business: —The* council approved a request by the park board for a transfer of $2,350 to meet payroll obligations for the remainder of 1979. —The June report of activities at the Municipal Airport showed an estimated 700 takeoffs and landings, 12 aircraft serviced, 281.4 hours of aircraft rental and 90.3 hours of student instruction for 25 students. A total of 21 aircraft are based at Nappanee of which an estimated five or six are owned by local residents.

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In Charge Jim Fryback was hired last week by the park and recreation board as superintendent for the new municipal golf course. Fryback is shown inspecting the site east of Stauffer Park. He will be supervising construction every weekday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and invites.citizens to inspect the site and ask him questions.

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Service station rezoning cleared

The city plan commission has recommended to the Common Council rezoning for South Side Truck Service, 853 S. Main St., from residential to business. A public hearing on the rezoning was held last Tuesday. The service station is presently operating in a residential zone. According to city attorney Maynard Shrock, the station was one of several nonconforming uses allowed when the city zonirig ordinance was passed. Shrock explained that when the ordinance was being written, planners

The following cases have been handled through the Nappanee City Court. Charles Davis is the judge. % Tamara L. Jennings, Nappanee, charged with not having a registration plate, paid total fine and costs of $36. Karen Vollmar, Clarksville, charged with not having an operator’s license, paid total fine and costs of $36. Edward Bringman, Nappanee, charged with passing a school bus while loading or unloading passengers, paid total fine and costs of s4l. Cornelious Reuter, Milford, charged with not having a safety sticker, paid total fine and costs of $36; also charged with oversized load, paid total fine and costs of s3l. Leland Slabaugh, Nappanee, charged with speeding 69mph in a 55mph zone, paid total fine and costs of ssl; had license restricted, pending attendance at Driving school within 90 days. Gene Heckaman, Nappanee, charged with a stop sign violation, paid total fine and costs of $36. Lloyd Hershberger, Bremen, charged with speeding 63mph in a- - zone, paid total fine and costs of

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Profile Jim Fry back to manage golf course

By Tony Barker Jim Fryback will help mold the mounds of dirt on the far side of Stauffer Park into the Nappanee Municipal Golf Course. Fryback was hired last week by the city park and recreation board to be superintendent of the new golf course, a job that the Bluffton native has always wanted. Who wouldn’t want to manage a golf course? It seems like a dream job, but Fryback says it’s not as easy as it may appear. “You have to be a jack of all trades/’ he exlained. “Carpenter, mechanic, irrigator, drainage engineer... The new city employee developed his skills for three summers at the Tippecanoe Country Club in North Webster, where he was promoted to assistant superintendent upon his graduation from Purdue University with an associate degree in soil science. “A golf course is a highly maintained area,” he said. “The grass must be mowed constantly: three times a week for the fairways, and every day for the greens. “Then there’s the disease problem with the grass,” he continued. “I’ll probably be using fungicide every 10 days, depending on the budget.” “You trim trees and fix tee stations. There will always be things going wrong,” he added. “Once you think things are all right, something breaks down.” Fryback’s interest in golf course work began when, as a junior in high school, he got a summer job working in the pro shop of a Bluffton golf course. “I decided that I din’t want to stay

felt that the neighborhood should be residential and had hoped that the station would eventually be phased out. Under the present zoning, the owners would be unable to sell the property as a business. Before the board voted, Shrock expressed concern over what he termed junk cars on the station site and suggested the commission make the rezoning recommendation only on condition that the property be cleaned. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Gaut of 535 5. Elm St., the only neighbors present,

Court news

$44. • Frank Hoffer, Nappanee, charged with speeding 70mph in a 50mph zone, paid total fine and costs of ssl. CHARGES DISMISSED Robert A. Martz, 18, Nappanee; Daniel Slabaugh, 25, Nappanee, and Todd Bellman, 19, Nappanee, who had all been charged with contributing to the delinquency, all had the charges dismissed by the State on July 11,1979. Mayor to attend Democrat meetings Nappanee mayor John Mellinger will be among Elkhart County Democrats attending breakfast meetings Thursday with party gubernatorical candidate John Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand will be in Elkhart all day Thursday to meet with party leaders, labor leaders, candidates in this year’s municipal elections, and the general public. In addition to three breakfasts in the morning, a fund raising reception and a carry-in picnic is planned for the afternoon.

inside. That was too boring,’ he said. “1 wanted to be outside so the next year, I was transferred outside.” He’ll see a lot of the outside during the summer months as he supervises the golf course construction. He will be at the site every day from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and wants residents to feel free to ask him questions coneming the new course. Overseeing construction of the site also has other benefits. “The drainage tile is going in now, so I will know exactly where it is and how deep. In two or three more weeks, I’ll see the irrigation system put in and that’s an integral part of the course,” he said. “If I see a mistake, we’ll be able to correct it before the grass starts growing.” t The new superintendent hopes the grass will be in by mid-September and would like to get at least one moving in, depending on the unpredictable fall weather. Also unpredictable is exactly what his initial season as golf course superintendent will have in store. “The first year will be guess and go as to how things get done,” he said. “It will be what I and the park board feel is important.” When not supervising construction work this summer, Fryback hopes to get some time in water skiing and sailing on the lakes near North Webster, where he lives with his wife JoLene, who will receive a commercial art degree this fall. And next summer, if his duties permit, there might just be a little time squeezed in for a round of golf at the new Nappanee Muncipal Golf Course.

agreed with Schrock’s suggestion, saying that at least a fence should be installed around the disabled cars. The board first considered a motion to recommend the rezoning with no conditions. That motion was defeated with a 3-4 vote and one abstention. A second motion to recommend the rezoning with a cleanup stipulation passed unanimously. In the only other business, attorney Shrock reported that a request to close the alley between Rosenberger and Williams Street off Lincoln Street had been withdrawn.

Voter information available Over 9,500 registered voters in Elkhart county, including 711 In Nappanee, will be removed from voting lists by August 1 unless registration is renewed. Purge cards were recently mailed to those registered who did not vote in the last two general elections, excluding primaries. Those receiving purge cards who wish to retain their voter registration may sign the card and return it to the voter registration, if the card is not returned, registration will be revoked. County officials report the number of purge cards mailed this year is the highest in memory. Anyone who has questions, or who wishes to register to vote, may contact Peg Hunsberger, 773-4074, or Dee Jordon, at the License Branch, 773-4641.