The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 16, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 May 1977 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., May 11, 1977

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Area Plan Commission reconsiders Byrd petition

Twenty minutes before the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission began reconsidering the preliminary plat approval petition of Don Byrd, held over from the April meeting, papers were served to both parties seeking an injunction against Byrd and the commission The action was filed by Merchants National Bank and Trust, administrators of the estate of Eli Lilly, deceased, et al, vs the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission and Donald G Byrd, r 1 Syracuse, in Kosciusko Circuit Court The plaintiffs seek to stop further development of real estate prior to public hearing Richard Ver Wiebe, attorney for Byrd, said to continue the matter of the plat approval indefinitely would be unfair and final plat approval would still have to come later Answering a question posed by Gale Creighton, president of the plan commission, commission attorney Richard Sand said. “If you did go ahead and approve the preliminary plat, there’s nothing irrevocable But the commission's decision could be overruled by a judge Henry Kazimier. director of the Indiana Aeronautics Commission, proceeded with his report on the impact of the proposed development on the Wawasee Airport Two letters from the Federal Aviation Agency and a new state law on compatible land use near airports were presented A petition, endorsed by 13 Syracuse businesses and other residents, was also presented, encouraging the use of the airport Kazimier also elaborated on the possible growth of the airport In question was an area of the proposed development? extending one mile beyond the runway. The FFA suggested the plat be discouraged because houses would be built in the onemile area and in a recommended clear corridor 1.500 feet on either side of that mile Homes m this area would be subject to the noise and flight path of the aircraft Howard Heckner. attorneyrepresenting airport owners Mr and Mrs Don Hayden, asked the hearing be reopened after additional investigation and study has been made of the case, as some information is not before the board The Commission okayed a motion by board member Ron Baumgartner, with an abstention by Charles Brower, who surveyed the plat, to reject the present preliminary plat because the land or buildings cannot be approved by the commission unless that use is “without undue danger to health or peril

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from fire, flood or other hazard.” A revised plat of the development, with a clear 3,000 foot corridor is to be submitted at the meeting June 1, at 7 p.m. in the commissioner’s room, county courthouse, Warsaw. Sands announced attorneys representing the parties involved in the jurisdictional dispute over Turkey Creek Township have met in a pre-trial conference to sketch out the agenda for the case Sands said a meeting has been requested with the Syracuse Town Board, Syracuse Plan Commission, area plan commission, county commissioners and legal counsel to discuss the declaratory judgment.

fir LI JI ■ * J A » IF Vk. - ,'<*l O READIES FOR NIGHT — Greg Smith, vice president; Chris Clodfelter. secretary; Diana Walker, finance chairman; of Concerned Citizens readies for the group s Stay at Home Night ticket sales by making posters. Tickets for the night, set for May 23. may be obtained from Mrs, Betty Reeder. Milford; Mrs. Donald Harreld. North Webster; and Mrs, Clodfelter. Syracuse.

Round Table Ladies close out club year

The Ladies of the Round Table, Syracuse, ’closed the club year with a dinner served by the home economics classes of Wawasee High School Monday night. May 9. under the direction of Mrs Jan Baumgartner Following the dinner, chair woman Mrs Paul Rush introduced David Blackwell, music director, who gave a brief history and explained the mechanics of the clarinet Blackwell then introduced Jamie White, freshman music student, who accompanied and played in two clannet selections Mrs James Nelson, countypresident. next held an installation ceremony for the 197778 club officers These officers include President Mrs Tom Stiver Vice president — Mrs Steve Eldridge Secretary Mrs John Van Lue Treasurer — Karel Hollingsworth Appreciation gifts were next presented to the past officers by past president, Mrs Ross New vice president, Mrs Steve Eldridge then gave each member a new program booklet for the new club year

•‘They want to see if you're really interested in administering the territory,” Sands added. The commission agreed to meet in a closed meeting the evening of May 18. Four persons are being considered for the position of director of the plan commission. The choices include acting director Cinda Overmyer. Material on the candidates will be mailed to the commission members, who will meet on the matter later. Overmyer said she has one individual in mind for the deputy director’s job. The commissioners approved a special exception for a bulk fuel tank in a light industrial zone.

Gifts were also exchanged at the dinner and secret pals revealed Carnation corsages were presented to each club member by the home economics class Invocation to the dinner was given by Mrs Paul Rush, chairwoman

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By BONNIE BJELLA Wednesday, May 11, will be the last story hour of the season at the Syracuse Public LibraryStories and a film will be featured They will resume again in the fall. * The summer reading club material has arrived A ‘Monster Club" theme will be used this summer Children are urged to enroll June 1 or after and begin reading for those ribbons and certificates Rules and regulations will be explained when the child enrolls Start early and avoid that last minute rush to get those books read. The children's room now has a birthday calendar If you have a birthday in the month of May, bring your little snapshot or billfold size picture into the Library and it will be mounted on the calendar for that month Pictures can be returned at the end of the month Some new books in the children s department «ure: Hanging' On: How Animals Carry Their Young by Freedman Me and the Man on the MoonEyed Horse by Fleischman Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by Gackenbach Love from Uncle Clyde byParker The Complete Book of Candle Making by Webster Let's Start a Circus by Enevig Jesus — Where It All Began by Bushell A Child s Book of Birds by Daly A Child's Book of Insects by Daly The CB Radio Caper byPaulson The Sy racuse-Wawasee Garden Club is celebrating the month of May with a lovely Maybasket full of spring flowers, made by Mary Bushong. 'Enjoyed it!' — {Continued from page D the former senator from this district His father sponsored a bill in 1973 to exempt senior citizens from paying for fishing licenses. During a reading of a bill posting a one dollar cost for

This will be added to the special exceptions list. Other cases before the commissioners included the okay of the preliminary plat approval for Stanton Lake Estates. Howard Koeningschof petitioner. Three other Koeningschof properties were approved for zoning changes from agricultural to residential. These areas are 11 acres on the west side of Grassy Creek and 550 west of state road 13. adjacent to the Grassy Creek Addition; 3.62 acres on the north side of South Barker Drive, 2.200 feet west of state road 13. and 14 acres on the west side of South Barbee Drive, one-fourth mile east of 650E. All properties are in

the license to senior citizens, the freshman senator spoke against the measure, which was eventually killed A lot of people wrote the. senator for answers to personal and family problems, involving governmental agencies. Senator Augsburger referred them to the agencies. US senator Richard Lugar's office or Senator Dan Quell's office The senator is presently home in Milford, participating in the family business. He said he favors the part-time legislature like Indiana's because, "The thing I like about that is we have to come back." He said this is unlike senators in Washington who just make constituent visits to their district. He has found that the legislatures only get as much work done as the Indiana legislature does now This summer he hopes to get on the natural resources advisory committee, an interim committee studying environmental problems Southern strip mining and wetlands will be two topics under consideration. “I think we need input up here.” Senator Augsburger said, because of the number of lakes in the area Meanwhile, he is preparing for the special session to talk over the state budget and other moneymatters Bridge-O-Rama presents awards The Lakeland Ladies Bridge-O-Rama held a luncheon-business meeting Monday, May 2, at the South Shore Golf Club, Syracuse Awards for the 1976-77 season were presented by chairpersons for the afternoon. Mrs Gordon Medlock and Mrs W DeFord Hite High Gross winners were the teams of Mrs Paul Knauer Mrs Gorden Medlock, first. Mrs Joseph Gray-MrS K K McGarvey, second, Mrs Charles Nearing-Mrs M D Umbaugh. third; and Mrs William Brammer-Mrs. Peter Blue, fourth High net went to the teams of Mrs Ralph Thornburg-Mrs Walter Davidson, first, Mrs R J Brodnck Mrs William Dyer, second Mrs Harry Alfrey-Mrs Ronald Silveus, third, and Mrs Dale Allen-Mrs Ralph Chngaman, fourth A recognition award was given to Mrs Nelson Miles and Mrs George Kleopfer It was decided a check will be given to the Lakeland Youth Center from funds raised by the bridge-o-rama this year New officers were elected for the 1977-78 season They are Mrs Robert Dearu and Mrs C E Warner Bridge was enjoyed during the afternoon High scorers were Mrs G W Stalter first. Mrs R J. Brodnck. second; and Mrs. Paul Knauer, third

Tippecanoe Township. Approved unanimously was the petition by Maurice Neibert, on preliminary plat approval of Sunshine Gardens. The site is on the north side of Leesburg on the North Webster Road. 400 feet west of 475E in Tippecanoe Township. Zoned from agricultural to residential was eight acres owned by Henry Beer, on the south side of Beer Road. 70 feet east of East Catherine Street. Milford. The board approved a motion requesting George Paton to submit a rough sketch of his campgrounds, to be checked out by Overmyer. Answers — (Continued from page 1> enrollment decrease so the facility would not be used to its full extent 9 Arnold again answered the question, saying the enrollment will probably stabilize m the next 10 years with maybe a slight decrease according to the birth rate and howmany people move in or out of the corporation. Philip R Payne, member of the board, stressed the fact that girls will not be the only ones to use the facility. "This facility is not for girls, we want to get rid of that idea. it s not a girl's gym.” Boys basketball and wrestling will be two of the several boys sports practiced in the new facility. Billy G. Little, school board president, added that adults will also be using the new facility. Apathy At Meetings Mrs Bachelder next wanted to know why the public is afraid to come to the school board meetings. “You have been elected, check with the people who voted for you and see what they want.” She felt the reason for the apathy is because some people might have been ridiculed by the board; Little replied to this bysaying, "I know for a fact no one has been ridiculed, made fun of

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or belittled at a public meeting, nor will they be made fun of so long as I occupy this chair.” Betty Dust, clerk-treasurer for the town of Syracuse, said she doesn't feel there is apathy, the people just don't want to come because they know everything has already been decided, and all they're going to see is a presentation. Mrs. Dust added, however, that "I have never been mistreated.” The use of energy in the addition was also questioned by the floor. Payne said every measure to conserve on energy has been utilized by the Brown firm. Arnold added that. “I think as we go on down the road, schools are like homes. They are going to have to look into their energy needs ” Contract Signed Approval for the signing of the contract for Everett I. Brown Company was granted at the meeting. It was announced that approximately Q 5 companies plan to prepare bids for the project with the final bid date being Thursday, May 26. at 2 p.m. in Wawasee High School auditorium. Also approved by the board was an additional $400,000 from the cumulative building fund to be used for school site improvement for Wawasee High School, project 6868 It was reported the board is in a state of emergency, needing more money for the improvements than was originally allotted in the budget for the school year The board now has to get further approval from the state board of tax commissioners. Reports To Board Superintendent Arnold gave a report at the meeting concerning kindergarten enrollment for the coming school year He said as of May 10. 38 children are enrolled in Milford kindergarten. 62 in North Webster and 78 in Syracuse. This compares to the present 71 enrolled in Milford. 76 in North Webster and 112 in Syracuse. .Arnold also mentioned that a survey was taken in November which, showed there will be a reduced number in enrollment over the next several years. He attributes this to the lower birth rate and people moving in and out of the corporation.

A report was given by Ron Corson, teacher of consumer education at Wawasee High. School. He stated this course is required of all seniors and covers a nine week period. The first nine weeks deal with the federal government, the second with consumer expenditures, the third state government and the fourth topical research problems dealing with government. Corson continued to say that the course mainly covers two areas — income calculation and income management, the last covered the more strongly. The signing of ‘a year's lease for Cardinal Learning Center for the handicapped in Warsaw was next brought before the board for its approval. An executive committee compromised of five school corporations, including Lakeland, under the co-op program had approved the extension of the lease, then taking the proposal to each of the five school boards for their approval. Arnold said the only change in the lease was an increase in price from $20,000 to $24,000, based on square footage used at the center. Arnold added that the corporations will eventually have to find some other place suitable for the handicapped due to the fact the lease is only for one year, with the option of renewing the lease for an additional year He also said McKinley School in Warsaw was thought to have been suitable for a school for the handicapped, but it did not have needed ramps. It was decided to approve the signing of the lease for another year. Marion (Bud) L. Lantz, business manager and treasurer, next brought a proposal before the board concerning a blacktop sealing maintenance contract with Wollman and Sons, an asphalt sealing business. He said Bill Wollman. manager of the firm, talked to him about an agreement where he would clean and seal all the asphalts areas in all the schools in the corporation over a four-year period Each area would be resealed every four years with cleaning and general maintenance done inbetween The price Wollman is asking is $3,750 per year over the four years. This figures out to about

three cents per square foot, or a total of approximately $15,000 for the four years. Lantz also said the last time the asphalt was sealed was in 1972 at a cost of $16,000 for all the schools. Payne brought up the fact the board doesn’t have anything to compare Wollman’s contract with. Little suggested the board should get together with Wollman at a later date to discuss the agreement. Lantz will ask Wollman to come to a future board meeting. A certificate payment submitted by Pettigrew & Sons Company, Inc. for the amount of $3,247.10 was next approved by the board. This amount was approved by the architect for payment on project 6409, roof replacement at Syracuse which has almost been completed Authorization was also given to submit the application for the Title I program for the elementary, junior and high schools for the 1977-78 school year. The State Bank of Syracuse reported a balance of $50,738.01 as of April 30, 1977. Other banks reporting their balance for the end of April were the Counting House Bank of North VVebster, $55,115.23; Lake City Bank of Warsaw. North Webster branch, $7,112; and the First National Bank of Warsaw, Milford branch. $37,336.78. Other measures approved by the board at the meeting Tuesday night was the financial report of April 30. 1977. extra curricular reports, all claims and the minutes to the meetings of April 12. 19 and 26.

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