The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 April 1977 — Page 7

School bus inspection shows buses log 10,000 safe hours

School bus inspection teams from Indiana State Police Posts over the state have logged 10,000 hours for safety during the school year, reports State Police Superintendent John T. Shettle. Inspection sergeants and troopers conduct the annual inspection required of all vehicles registered in Indiana during the summer months Reinspections occur in the fall months and spot checks, or surprise visits, are made by officers to further assurs the readiness of the yellow busses to safely transport over 700,000 school age children over 340,000 miles per day. Over half the busses passed inspection, numbering 5,660 out

Youth center to hove Clean-a-thon

The Lakeland Youth Center, Syracuse, will be sponsoring a spring clean-a-thon in the Sy racuse-Wa wasee area Saturday, April 23. from 8-11 am. 'Dan Caskey, youth center director, said kids will be cleaning up along SR 13 picking up trash and putting it in trash bags to be collected and weighed When weighed, the kids will receive so much money per pound from sponsors to go to youth center projects Citizens may sponsor kids for a penny up to 50 cents per pound by signing up on sheets to be brought around by the kids Two groups of kids will be out collecting, both starting out in opposite directions moving towards each other Nothing heavier than beer cans will be collected

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violations contributing most often to the accidents. “Every citizen of Indiana should be concerned about the safety of our children as they both ride and walk to their classrooms. The almost overwhelming responsibility which school districts, bus drivers, state police and parents feel is shared by all licensed drivers who use our roads and highways.” stated Superintendent Shettle He added an appeal that all persons operating motor vehicles be doubly on the lookout for children who are taking to the outdoors during nice weather and who often forget to be mindful of safety rules as they ride, run and walk on the streets and roads

After a trash bag is filled. Caskey said he will pick up the beg in the youth center truck and take it back to the center for weighing. A recorder will be there with all the naflfes of kids collecting to record the weight and amount of all bags A $lO limit has been placed as to how much trash a kid can collect. Caskey also said they will make a pile of all the bags at the center to be taken to be dumped at one time. Kids can sign up to collect trash in the clean-a-thon at the schools. All the kids who collect $lO worth of trash will get a free trip to the dunes at Michigan Lake on May 14. Every kid who participates in the clean-a-thon will be able to go to a sock hop at the vouth center

of 9,318. Orders to repair were issued to 3,658 drivers, 65 busses were ordered out of service while being repaired and 10 were condemned. School bus accidents yielded no pupil fatilities, but 104 injuries to children were tabulated. Eightfour personal injury’ accidents were responsible for these injuries. while 394 accidents caused property damage. The majority of school bus accidents occurred during good weather conditions and during daylight hours. Statistics showfault to lie almost equally between the school bus and other drivers Backing, failure to yield, and improper turns were the driving maneuvers listed as

This is the first year the youth center is sponsoring a clean-a-thon Caskey said they thought this would be better than a bike a-thon or swim-a-thon. Money collected will go for such youth center projects as pee wee football, pee wee basketball, pee wee-track and field, little league baseball, gymnastics, basketball and summer day camps, girls softball, junior wrestling, high school and junior high dances, dog obedience classes, spring Tball and gymdancetics. A clean-a-thon will also be held in Syracuse on April 16 and also on April 30 by other Syracuse residents cleaning up in other areas Wawasee FHA host meeting By USA WELLS The Wawasee Chapter of Future Homemakers of America was the host of the 1977 spring district meeting held on March 29. Ten chapters attended with a total of 99 members present. The new district officers were formally initiated. The guest speaker for the meeting was Simon Deeb, vocational agriculture teacher at Rochester High School. Milford makes two fire runs Members of the Milford Fire Department answered two calls early this week The first was at 12 noon and was a grass fire at the Donald (“Red ’> Nyce property. The second was at 12:30 a m. when both the Milford and Syracuse departments were called to a false alarm in the Dewart Lake area

T I I > a ( READY FOR CATNAP — Michele Marie Leffler, nine, r 3 box 58 Syracuse, won honorable mention in a national photographic contest sponsored by the Camp Fire Girls and Eastman Kodak Co. Michele's photo. "Morris Junior Getting Ready for His Catnap." was taken in the bathroom of her home. Michele is a member of the Wa-Da-Ya-Ki Camp Fire Council. A third grader at Syracuse Elementary, she has been active in Camp Fire for three years.

Kindergarten round-up at Syracuse on Monday

Syracuse Elementary School will have its annual kindergarten round-up in the school cafeteria at 7 p.m. on Monday. April 18. All children eligible to attend kindergarten at Syracuse during the next school year should attend the round-up with their parents. Youths will be enrolled at the round-up To be eligible to attend kindergarten at Syracuse in September. a child must be five years old on or before September 1. and his parents or guardian must reside in Turkey Creek township or Pinecrest Mobile Home Court. Birth Certificate To facilitate the enrollment of these children, parents are requested to bring the legal birth certificate to the round-up. Hospital certificates are not acceptable. Legal birth certificates are obtainable from the health department of the county in which the children were born. If parents do not have a legal birth certificate, it should be sent for immediately. At the round-up, parents and future kindergartners will meet the school nurse. Mary Robertson; the two kindergarten teachers. Mrs. Edith Brice and

G Youth Center Events

THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Bonnie Pruden Inches Off Class 9-10, free time 3-6, Junior wresting 6-7. ladies dancercising 7:15-8:15 FRIDAY. APRIL 15 Spring T-ball classes, class one 3:15-4:15. class two 4:15-5:15, Junior high dance and party 7:3010 SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Gymnastics classes, beginners class one 9-10, advanced class 911, intermediate 10-12:30, beginning class two 12:30-1:30 Spring Clean-Up The Lakeland Youth Center will sponsor a Spring Clean-a then in the Syracuse-Wawasee area, whereby youths will be cleaning the highway rightaways and ether areas and citizens can show their support of this project by sponsoring the youths participating Youths bringing sign-up sheets may be sponsored for a penny. up to 50 cents per pound Participants will be given trash bags to fill, then will be recorded by weight. All monies raised Local WCTU poster winners Area students who won iocal honors in the Women s Christian Temperance Union s annual poster contest are as follows. Division 1— Tammy Beer Division II — Shelly Traver Division 111 — Debbie Lechlitner Honorable mention — Chris Wolferman. Arlen Lehman. Stacy Wall. Heather Beer and Shawn LoweryEach year the MilfordSyracuse union sponsors the contest. Milford Junior High students made 200 posters under the direction of art teacher Mrs Chris Troyer A total of 50 posters were chosen to be sent to the county judging for display. The theme was based on alcohol, other narcotics and tobacco as they relate to problems in the home, social welfare, health, crime, safety, etc.

Miss Karel Hollingsworth; the principal. Robert D Hamman; and other parents and children There will be an opportunity to tour both kindergarten rooms informally, and visit the teachers. The children will not just be bystanders, they will be actively involved while visiting the rooms. A kindergarten census form has been sent home with all elementary students in order to determine the number of children who will be attending kindergarten classes in Syracuse in September Parents or guardians of eligible children who did not receive one of the forms or failed to return one to the school, should contact the school at once to have the form completed. I Invitations Personal invitations for the round-up will be sent to those completing the census forms. If individuals know of families with eligible children, they are urged to contact them on the round-up. Also, if a youth is old enough for first grade in September. but did not attend kindergarten this year, the school office is to be contacted. Children not attending kindergarten should be tested to determine their readiness.

during the April 30 event will go toward youth center projects. Center director Dan Caskey said the facility now works with over 200 children in many activities including football, basketball, track, field, baseball, gymnastics, summer day camps, softball. T-ball. wrestling, dances, camping and canoe trips, dog obedience classes, gymda ncetics, dancercising, major league baseball and college basketball trips, and high school football game trips. Adult Couples Softball The youth center will sponsor adult couples softball this spring and summer with all games on« Wednesday nights A kick-off meeting is set for 8 p m on Wednesday. May 4. at the center with all interested persons to attend Games will start on May 11 with starting tiines at 6 p.m. during May, and June and July at 6:30. A $5 couple fee will be due cm meeting night Couples not able to attend the May meeting are urged to contact the youth center to get their name on a team list. The last game will be on August 3. Musk marathon at Wawasee on April 29-30 A music marathon will be held at the Wawasee High School on April 29 and 30 between the hours of 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The event will begin with the annual spring concert. Featured will be the concert orchestra, cadet and concert choir and the concert band. Also featured will be students who took solos and ensembles to the contests and other individuate who are participating. Students are currently seeking sponsors Donation boxes will be available for those who wish to contribute but who are not sponsoring a student. The money will go to the music department.

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Wawasee honor roll released

Principal Henry L. Smith, Wawasee High School, has released the names of honor students for their third nine weeks’ grading period. They are as follows: \ High Roll Seniors — Steve Badskey. Debbie Bailey, Kim Beezley, Garry Brown, Rhonda Byrd, Brett Clow. Caryl Coy. Sue Gans. Vickie Glancy. Andrea Griffith. Todd Haines. Tim Hamman. Scott Hartter, Phyllis Horvath, Bob Johnson. Margie Jones, Esti Keen. Diane Kesler. Craig Koble, Joan Kussmaul. Steve Lippman. Lori Littlefield, Brian McClure, Judy McCullough. Pat McQuillian, Tim Morganthaler. Sharon Oaks. Ken Oswald, Diane Perry. Deb Phillips, Dawn Price, Deb Pryor. Sandy Rinker. David Ruth. Roxann Sawyer. J. C. Schrock. Paul Schrumpf. Susan Shank. Cheryl Skelton, Brian Slabaugh, Marie Startek. Peggy Tingley, Doug Troyer. Robyn Watkins. Janet Weaver, Fran Weicht, Ron Wuthrich and Lisa Bosstick Juniors — Roger Baumgartner. Teresa 'Blue, Kim Calobrace. Teresa Carpenter. Tammi Franke. Lisa Gose, Eileen Harbes, Vicki Medlock. Lorraine Meek. Diane Pittman. Janet Rhodes, Phil Stichter. Brent Stutzman. Mark Walgamuth and Judy Willard Sophomores — Nancy Amos. Scott Arnold. Mary Baumle, Kathy'Bice, Teresa Coy, Janie England. John Haffner. Lynn Haney, Bill Hay’s. Lori Henderson. Jo Hepler. Mischelle Johnston, Lorrie Morgan. Kelli Price, Teresa Pruett, Mike Slabaugh. Lori Sliger. Darsee Staley. Mark Stiffler and Doug VanLue Freshmen — Cam Boyer, Mike Brannock. Greg Carpenter. Carla Darr, Rod Hamman, Raymond Hively. Sharon Meek. Greg Moerchen. Linda Perry, Marjie Pittman, Jill Slider. Debby Smith, Richard Steele. Alice Steffen and Chris Wozniak Regular Roll Seniors — Mark Amos. Judy Bachtel, Sam Baumgartner, Dawn Bemish. Bryon Berry. Don Bice. Carolyn Brown, Rebecca Busch. Kathy Carlin, Ginger Christner, Karen Cooper, Keith Cripe. Stephanie Davenport, Dave Denney. David Engelberth. Johnna Gansert, Ginger Gant.

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David Ganz, Paula Grisamer, Vince Gronendyke, Benji Hall. Jane Helvey, Jeff Hoerr, Jay Hoile, Mark Hoover, Terri Holtzclaw. Stephanie Jemigan, Marie Kitson, Al Johnson. Katie Lemmon. Sheri Long. Dan Martin. Ron Mason. Cindy McCreary, Mary Millbem, Don Minear. John W. Naab, Marcia Pifer Joel Popenfoose. Bill Rensberger, Brenda Rhodes, Kirk Rockenbaugh. Leslie Shenefield. Cindy Sprague, Dennis Troyer, Cara Wagoner, Gary Webb and Marty’ Welker Juniors — Becky Ball, Kathy Beer, Kathy Brouwer. Stuart Bryant. Pam Custer. Tammy Deßolt, Jeanne Dye, Mark Eisfelder. Shirley Hathaway. Maureen Jackson, Stan Kroh. Mark Krug. Rick McKibben. Jeffrey Peterson. Beth Reiff. Nancy Shock. Curt Singrey, Bryan Smith. Teri Smith. Terry Smith. David Stewart, Rachel Stiffler. Ann Stucky, Judy Thomas, Laura Tucker. Lydia Tucker, Lisa Twait, Linda Ummel. Debbie Valentine, Kim Wagoner, Steve Walker. Dave Wall. Janet Wright and Rex Wuthrich Sophomores — Mark Baumgartner, Phil Beer, Andy

Sorority to sponsor free vision-hearing program

The Warsaw, North Webster and Mentone chapters of Psi lota Xi sorority will sponsor a free pre-school vision and hearing screening program on Satrday, April 16 and Saturday, April 30. between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Screening will be done at the Methodist churches in Mentone. North Webster and Syracuse, on April 16. The Cardinal Learning Center in Warsaw will be the site used for screening on April 30. The primary target of the program is Amblyopia, or lazy eye. which can cause blindness if not corrected before the age of six. One of every 30-preschoolers has some type of vision problem, according to statistics from he state society for pevention of blindness.

Brown. Carmen Bryant, Tonya Coquillard. Elizabeth Davenport, Joni Denney. Scott Detwiler, Debbie Dieterly, Melissa Finney, Linda Glassley. Daralea Grisamer. Sonya Hoover, Logan Jones. Scott Jones, Cindy Kammerer, Laura Keen, Kayle Knafel, Vicki Kreider, Mark Lantz, Natalie Leach, Jackie Mangas. Tammy Miller, Tina Minnix, Lisa Mohler, Sondra Moore, Laurie Pryor, Julia Rhodes, Cindy Sojomon and Charlotte Tatman Freshmen — Fred Avery, Debbie Bause, Carl Bice, Candy Bomman. Bart Bowser. Julie Brandon. Elizabeth Brewer, Laurie Brouwer. Lynn Brown. Beth Burke. Roberta Busch, Mary Cox, Alley Coy, Debbie . Dove, Angie Farrington, JaneHaffner, Tyler Haines. Lisa Hummel. Brenda Iden, Robin Irwin. Tim Kaufman, Sandy Koenigshof, Sharon Kortenber, Laura Kroh. Robby Ladner. Kent Lawson. Jan Miller. Marianne Mullinex, Mike Murray. Charles Myers. Todd Niles, Carol Phillabaum, Aurea Roa, Janice Siebert. Linda Snyder, Ted Tobin. Melodie Tom. Janet Wall, Judy Wall. Peggy Waterson, Michelle White and Melanie Zurcher

Children failing the Screening will be referred to an eye specialist or hearing specialist for a complete examination. Parents are encouraged to bring children from three to five years of age to one of the sites. Craig Sorensen on Tri-State's president's list Students named to the president’s list for the winter quarter at Tri State Univrfsity, having achieved a 3.75 grade point average or better, include Craig R. Sorensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Sorensen. 105 South Henry. Milford. A graduate of Wawasee High School, he is majoring in computer science.

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