The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 November 1976 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., Nov. 17,1976

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Operation Impact —

(Continued from page D took part, including several from sheriff Hammersley’s department in Kosciusko county and sheriff Harold Taulby's department in Whitley county. First, it was a helicopter ride along road 30. mostly west of Warsaw where state police pilot Sgt Charles Prince commanded one of the state’s five helicopters with obvious calm

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He explained how his in the patrol worked, pointing to three white lines on the US highway near a wooded area near Etna Green. "Wedon’t see any white lines,” we told Sgt. Prince, but he pointed them out as barely visible He asked us to watch the white police car as it passed between the white lines, which were

located 660 feet apart He used a stop watch to clock the seconds it took to pass between the white lines, and referred to a table "He’s going 70 31 miles per hour,” Prince told us, then radioed to the trooper to ask his speed “Just over 70 miles per hour,” came the reply from trooper Melvin Keplinger Prince told us the method was very accurate, but let us in on the little tip that some courts don’t honor the method of clocking speed, since the trooper clocking the speed isn't present to sign the affidavit. Bears Are Out It wasn’t long at all before motorists and truckers were passing the word along state road 30 that the "bears are out.” The bears, also called Smokey the Bear, have been named after the well known bear who for years has warned us against starting forest fires. Incidentally, the celebrated bear died just a week ago at 26 years of age We first noticed the flash warnings between owners of CB radios when we entered a well marked police car driven by twoyear trooper Gary D. Leatherman of r 1 Pierceton. Trooper Leatherman is a graduate of Central Noble high school (Albion* where he was a basketball star. Tall, trim, polite, wearing a sandy mustache that set off his handsome face, he looked like everything a state trooper should be. His car had a conventional radio, a state police radio and a

CB radio. “Do you have oue of these things,” he asked, and we told him no, “they just make too much noise for us.” We sat on the brow of a hill along the Fox Farm road and trooper Leatherman showed me how the hand-held radar worked and how accurate it is. Working with us in another vehicle was trooper Mike Barnett of Waubee Lake. Barnett did not have a radar with him, so he acted on information from trooper Leatherman. And we became fascinated with CB lingo. “It’s a game with them.” says trooper Leatherman, commenting that it must be lonelydriving the big trucks across the country. He admitted to getting a little piqued when, as in a case he reffered to, CBers assisted a thief make a get-away. He said his parents have a CB, and with his dad having a severe heart problem, they felt he put his CB to good use The first signal we had was a crack that "there’s wall-to-wall bears from the Buckeye line to Illinois'' Almost all the big trucks have CB radios, we were to learn "The bears are out for a big meal before hibernation,” came a crackly voice over the CB. Another. "Don’t have to worry about the bear by the International Harvester, he’s got himself an 18-wheeler and he’ll be busy for some time. We learned such terms as these and more: that there are such things as four-wheelers, front door and back door, and putting the hammer (accelerator) down. Usually the voices came over garbled and a novice such as I had to listen closely to get it all. However, once in a while one would come over plain and clear. “That’s from a base station,” trooper Leatherman told me. The term "good buddy” was passed back and forth between truckers as informational tid-bits kept the coast clear for truckers. One Not So LuckyOne Warsaw trucker passed us well over the speed limit, talking away on his CB mike as unconcerned as could be. We clocked him on our radar at 64 mph. Trooper Leatherman never took the high speed figure, but let the driver back off one or two miles per hour before he set his radar He locked it in so it could be seen by a speeder. Very few dispute his word, he told us. Trooper Leatherman was in a generous mood and usually gave warning tickets when we were along He said everyone thanks him for tickets. “I don’t know- why,” he added, noting that they usually back off a little, as if to wonder why they said thanks One Etna Green lady was going east, just minding her own business, but going 64 miles per hour When we stopped her she said. "I’ve been driving all these years and this is the first ticket I’ve ever received.” Just after this came this remark. "What are you fellows doing, making a survey out there?” Trooper Leatherman was feeling good, picked up the CB mike and said. "Yeah, want to join in?” This was his only break into the line. Another said. "The governor just got re-elected and someone has to pay for the ball." At one time we crossed the grassy median to catch a car with one light We quickly revved

it up to 80 mph and finally caught a young lady driver. A student, she was oblivious to us until the red dome light went on. Earlier, we noted a stalled car on the right side of the road headed west. We stopped, then saw two small boys coming up to the car zipping up their pants. “Oh. one of them,” trooper Leatherman said. We waved at the dad behind the wheel and we went on. “Hells, bells, we’re out here working and they’re playing games.” intoned a trucker. This went on and on. We couldn’t help but feel that Operation Impact livened up the day for truckers and CBers along road 30 on Friday. One thing we can promise you, it slowed down traffic as the word went out along the US highway. It didn't convince us we should have a CB, but we learned a lot more than we knew about "the man upstairs.” Tap-on — (Continued from page 1) Along this line, Mr. and Mrs. James Wagoner, owners of Turtle Bay trailer park, asked if their lift station would be eliminated, and were told it would not. Mr. Wagoner also asked about city garbage pick-up for his park and was told it was private property, and that garbage would have to be at the street's edge to qualify for city-pick-up. 'No' To Xmas Lights The town board in effect said ‘‘Thanks but no thanks" to a Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce offer of existing Christmas lights, now stored at the bank, which would mean in effect the board would have to upgrade the lights and install them. Attorney Reed said the town could not spend public funds for decorations and could not legally accept the offer. Board president Tranter said a letter would be sent to the chamber "with regrets” but offered the use of the town’s new ladder truck to be used in putting the lights up. To Cap Meters In an other important action, the board voted to cap uptown parking meters from Wednesday. Dec. 15, through Christmas day, but to use them again on Monday, Dec. 27. The board passed Ordinance 76-21, an emergency appropriation ordinance, and voted to pay an old $86.13 NIPSCo bill. They honored a clerk-treasurer request that department heads provide the board wyth a prioritylist. including prices of items, by the next board meeting. A new blade for the town’s Chevrolet truck was authorized at a cost of $1,285, and building commissioner Al Bauer reported Carl Hepler had put up noparking signs in front of his Dairy Queen as requested. Bauer also noted that no one is living in the Harborside condominiums as yet. The board refused the resignation letter of member Clifford Nicodemus, noting it was issued in a moment of pique. j Nicodemus* withdrew the letter. He is a board representative on the Scout cabin committee and liaison to the town dispatchers. The board said it would install a street light on Sycamore street, just off Chicago avenue, and another on East Baltimore street as requested earlier. The seven lights in Wawasee Heights are to be installed on corners and not at mid-block Police chief Ron Robinson asked to have police forms updated and requested the town to pay five per cent ($19.50) toward a 35mm camera He also asked the town to purchase a radio base station to monitor ILENE (emergency) calls, at a cost of SBO He also reported that officer Danny Gallmeter is attending a public relations school at Fort Wayne, put on by the state, at no cost to the town The town honored a request by Robert Farber that leaf pick-up be made next Monday and Tuesday, and thereafter on Thursdays. Engineer Lessig said the Boston street project has been delayed briefly because of running into NIPSCo gas lines, but the delay would be minimal. All board members were present except Darrell Grisamer.

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BMEjIZa3B [ r k Jhß CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY — Volunteers of the Milford Emergency Service will celebrate their second anniversary with an open house Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the EMS building, North Main street, Milford. Front row volunteers are left, Dennis Wuthrich. John Murphy. Max Evans, Arden Miller, Pat Speicher and Bruce Hunsberger. Beginning the second row is town marshal Melvin Jordan; Mrs. Jordan, dispatcher; Marlene Evans; Connie Stumbo; Monica Bice; Shirley Ringler; John Perry, EMT president; and Fred Powell. Emergency medical technicians not pictured are Rick Vanlaningham. vice president; Tom Levernier, treasurer; and Betty Stutzman.

Milford EMS celebrates second anniversary

Members of the Milford Emergency Service will celebrate the second anniversary of the organization Saturday, from 10 a m. to 2 p.m., at the EMS building. North Main street, Milford. During the second year, a total of 110 runs were made by the ambulance, with a total of $1,711.50 collected from the runs. This figure represents an 85 per cent collection rate. Over $3,000 in donations have been given to REAL site receives area award The Syracuse REAL nutrition site in the Scout Cabin was presented a traveling plaque Monday noon by Lester Fox, executive director of REAL Service of South Bend, to Georgia Buster, nutrition site director. The plaque is awarded each month to the site in five counties with the highest percentage of new visitors. Mr. Fox spoke on the work of the REAL Service program and about its aims and purposes. A group of 32 were present, including Mary Alice Santos, nturition site program director from South Bend; Senator-elect John B. Augsburger of Milford and Larry Kinsey, manager of Augsburger’s Syracuse store. Senator-elect Augsburger and Mr. Kinsey informed the group the senior citizens membership courtesy cards available in any of the three Augsburger’s stores which allow a senior citizen to purchase any sale item without the minimum purchase ordinarily required The nutrition site is open five days a week and is funded by the federal government CLOSER TIES The Nationalist Chinese government has called for still closer economic cooperation with Korea in a statement signed jointly bySouth Korean leaders as well. FOOD SHORTAGE Increased demand is outstripping world food production, says a Stanford Research Institute study

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the service during the year, with expenses totaling $4,823.71. A portion of the expenses. $1,727.31, represents purchase of scanners for personnel. John Perry, president of the emergency medical technicians said that the group is selfsustaining. with insurance costs for the group paid on alternate years in the amount of $1,200 by the town and township. Perry estimated the worth of the service. building and equipment at approximately $30,000 “Our people receive absolutely no pay,” Perry said, stating that more EMT’s are always needed. The group has purchased an old limousine ambulance which it is furnishing for a transfer ambulance to transfer hospital patients. The purchase was made. Perry explained, "So the emergency vehicle won’t be out of service.” Two years ago some factfinding was done to conclude whether such a service was needed by Rick Vanlaningham. Interested persons, 13 of them, attended emergency medical

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training school in Warsaw. These persons later gathered at an organizational meeting to elect officers John Perry, president; Rick Vanlaningham, vice president; and Nancy Levernier, treasurer. A canvas was made and Milford residents listed in the phone directory were asked for donations. Later, persons in the Dewart Lake and Leesburg areas were solicited. “Then the clubs got involved,” said Perry. Other organizations such as churches, auxiliaries, the Lions club and Chatterbox members gave donations. Chatterbox ladies use the emergency medical service building for activities, one of which is to make supplies for the service. During the first year of operation, the service logged 99 calls for runs. Future goals for the service are to have a disaster plan for the area and to conduct a cardiacpulmonary resusitation (CPR) class for laymen to learn proper techniques.