The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 June 1977 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed.. June 22,1977

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BIGGEST CONCRETE JOB? — If not the biggest, the base concrete project for the new Maple Leaf Farms. Inc., feed manufacturing plant, located between Milford and Syracuse, certainly ranks among the biggest concrete jobs this area has ever witnessed. According to Grant Rainey, job superintendent for Hough Brothers of Sunfield. Mich., general contractors. 250 yards of concrete were poured in just two hours last Thursday. In all. there were 12 big Fidler Concrete Co. trucks on the road between the

loophole — (Continued from page 1) "The property tax in the sense that it is a tax on the value which the taxpayer has put into land and housing may be criticized as inequitable, arguing that it is unrelated to the individual's ability to pay taxes, that it is an inappropriate way to tax individuals, thfit it discourages improvements, that it encourages neglect of land or that it levies an excessive burden on middle and low income families, since they spend a much higher proportion for their individual budgets on housing needs The property tax lias little relation to the government services actually received by the taxpayer "In com pan ng a property tax bill from Kosciusko County with a bill from Grant County, a non adopting county, in regard to property tax relief obtained from the sales tax. I find for instance in the 1976-pay-1977-bill, the property tax relief percentage in Grant County was 20 08 per cent '(.in the Kosciusko County bill, it was 21 34 per cent. In adding to the county levy, the certified share of the option tax, I find we are still getting the 30 per cent share “Local units of government shall be able to increase their budgets by five per cent in 1978 and eight per cent m 1979. no matter what decision is made by the council in regard to the option tax. This information was supplied by Senator (John B.) Augsburger from information received in speaking to Mr

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Albright of the state tax board and from the text of the law "In regal'd to the question of whether we are losing our local option money to other counties. 1 have a letter from Donald H. Clark, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Revenue, and from Governor Otis R Bowen. Stating that the law requires that all funds collected from a county and all interest received on the balance in that fund must be returned to the county "In regard to the average taxpayer and how he comes out. as to whether we are option or non-option. there are many variables, which makes it difficult to compare. Those variables are the local property tax rate, income level, assessed value of their property, utility bills, as they are now and as they may become, if 64 cents is added on to the tax rate; if the option tax is discontinued, cost erf goods and services as they are now and as they may become; rental costs, as they are and as they may become; and whether or not they are working out of the county. A Syracuse resident working in Elkhart County will continue to pay the same option tax, half of which will be returned to this county, the other half, lowering Elkhart County property taxes to the amount of approximately' 550.000. Plus his property tax rate in Kosciusko County will increase by 64 cents per hundred "In regard to the utilities receiving the benefit from the local option, 1 cannot believe that if their tax rate increased by 64 cents, that they will not seek a rate increase to cover their in-

Goshen concrete plant and the job site during that period. Rainey came to the local project from a similar feed mill for Foster Farms at Turlock. Calif. Terry Tucker, president of Maple Leaf Farms. Inc., said the company would purchase local corn this fall, but that the mill would not be in operation until March. Billed as a |1.9 million project. Tucker said it would exceed the 12 million mark.

creased costs “In regard to the corporations saving at the expense of the average resident. 1 don’t believe that this is necessarily all true According to one accountant I spoke to, 10 of the 12 corporations that he worked for were subchapter S corporations, which are incorporated for liability purposes, but profits are paid down to the owners and are taxed at that point "In regard to the full corporations. one must ask doesn't a large corporation generally pay the stockholders fair return on investment and if there is a savings in property taxes, isn’t it likely that that money may be reinvested in machinery or ex pension, which provides more jobs? The council cannot really say However, I feel certain this does hare a positive impact as well as perhaps attracting new industry by having a lower property tax rate. "My decision to vote for the option tax is based on two major factors, first, we are talking in regard to the option tax of approximately 10 per cent of the total county funds. I believe in regard to this 10 per cent that it would be more favorable to tax according to ability to pay. rather tian add 64 per cent to the property tax rate. Second. 1.839 people working in other adopting counties will continue to pay the same income tax rate that they are now paying and their property tax rate will increase by 64 cents per hundred. This is approximately 10 per cent of the total county work force Also, there are. according to the 1970 census. 666 residents of nonadopting counties working here and paying approximately 520.000 that we will no longer receive, if we drop the option tax." Queen's—(Continued from page 1) MISS TOP OF THE INN - Victoria Leigh Wilson, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Elson Wilson. Her sponsor is the Top of the Inn. Warsaw. MISS FOX FIRE SQUARE - Deb Klug, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Klug. Chapman Lake, Warsaw Her sponsor is Fox Fire Square, Warsaw. MISS HOOSIER CLASSIC - Cynthia Lynn Reiter, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Clyde E. Reiter.

Hammond. Her sponsor is Water Ski. Inc. MISS ALPHA CHI OMEGA OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY — Ann Louise Nyberg, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W Nyberg. South Bend Her sponsor is Alpha Chi Omega of Purdue University. MISS WAWASEE HIGH SCHOOL — Kim Beezley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beezley. Syracuse. Her sponsor is Wawasee High School. MISS INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY - Linda Sue Fleck, daughter of Mrs. Opal Fleck. Indianapolis. Her sponsor is Ye Olde Tackle Box. MISS COUNTING HOUSE BANK — Cindy Willits, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Robert Willits, Syracuse. Her sponsor is the Counting House Bank. MISS PRINCESS PARLOR - Kelly Hamman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamman, Syracuse. He* sponsor is the Princess Parlor. North Webster. MISS BACKWATER GROCERY - GiGi Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Martin, North Webster. Her sponsor is the Backwater Grocery, North Webster. MISS STAR SPANGLE - Jody Winebrenner. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ty Winebrenner, Albion. Her sponsor is Spangle Fasteners, Fort Wayne. * MISS SKI BEE - Barb Yoder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Yoder, Syracuse. Her sponsor is Lake Webster Ski Bees. North Webster MISS CHAPMAN LAKE - Lora Smith, daughter erf Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith, North Parker Street. Warsaw. Her sponsor is King’s Keg, North Webster. MISS MENTONE - Ellen Irene Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Marshall, Warsaw. MISS CROMWELL STATE BANK — Debra Ann Knafel, daughter of Donald Knafel, Ligonier. Her sponsor is the Cromwell State Bank of Ligonier. MISS LEESBURG - Debbie Cormany. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Sam Cormany, Warsaw. Her sponsor is the Leesburg Merchants Association. MISS ENCHANTED HILLS PLAYHOUSE — Tammi Franke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray FTanke, Syracuse Her sponsor is the Enchanted Hills Playhouse, Syracuse MISS AUGSBURGER - Vonda Haviland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haviland. Syracuse. Her sponsor is Augsburger’s Food Palace, North Webster. Syracuse and Milford 'Alive' — (Continued from page 1) Friday includes a Pike and Rifle demonstration by the SmithWalbridge Camp, an exhibition of one-man playing 36 instruments, baton twirling exhibitions, plus a melodrama — The Drunkard — to be performed by the Nappanee Civic Theater On Saturday afternoon. July 1 the Enchanted Hills Pit Orchestra. from the Enchanted Hills Playhouse near Lake Wawasee. will play overtures from coming musicals. A BarTHE MAIL-JOURNAL PMIiaMU ky TH •»•<» *IXI wSfH •» Cl*»l at tM Otttc* •» SyracM*. >««••»• «*M? FwMxamn No 33S**« Second cl*M pMta«« MX »W « M»> ttrwt. SyraCMM. UXXM MU’ MN •« *M>t>M*l Mtry «HtCM suMcn««»M M M» •• Kmc<«lM CMftty. t>» MKXc CMh ■ / I

bershop Quartet will also stroll into Pickwick Place Mini-Mall stores and sing. Then, from 8 to 9 pm., the Bill Cutter Combo will play, followed by a block party of all uptown merchants. Webber said a coffee house act will also probably be featured sometime over the three days. Carnival Atmosphere Along with the entertainment, Webber said there will be rides for the tods, a tent full of arts, crafts and food, as well as free Walt Disney balloons for the kids. Prizes will be given away every night at 6:30 pm. Deposit boxes and forms will be available in five stores in the uptown area. Webber said “hundreds of prizes will be given away." All the prizes have been donated from the uptown merchants as well as other merchants in the SyracuseWawasee area. No purchase is necessary to be eligible for the dkawings. Special sales will be offered in the uptown stores and music piped from several of the stores will add to the general carnival atmosphere. Committee Members Those uptown merchants working on the Flotilla Progress Days include Jack Crum of the U.S. Twirling Association on entertainment, Fred Curtis of Curtis TV and Appliances on rides, Barbara Midget of the Discount Mart on tent arrangements, Arch Baumgartner of The Mail-Journal on publicity, Bruce Bultemeier of The Mail-Journal on advertising, and Mariam Speicher of My Store on tent usage. Also Jerry Ganshom of Ganshorn Printing on signs. Gene Berghorn of Das Keller on utilities. Les Webber of the Cow Palace on solicitation. Margaret Freeman of Gulliver’s Travels on drawings and Warren Benson of Syracuse Cleaners on prizes. Other committee chairmen include Gerry Bauer, of My Store, Dina Hubbard of Love Furniture. Sherry Keim of The Little People Shoppe, and Gerald Hubbard of Lore Furniture. All entertainment, rides and features will begin at 9 a m. each day and will end at 9 p.m. at night. The street will be blocked off from the State Bank of Syracuse to the Syracuse Public library. A tent will be on the east side of the half-block with a stage on the west end.

Congratulations to North Webster On Its 32nd Annual Mermaid Festival WHILE AT THE LAKES KEEP ,N TOUCH —rCjfcjfip WITH FRIENDS AT HOME Your Lakeland community is , very important to us kal. §,,—— l y Irnl I - H $;/ BUsgaj,Qy Bet —J' Because your community is our community. It's the place where we live, where we go to church and where our children go to school. It's where we buy our food, our clothes and our cars. It's where we pay our taxes and vote. It's where we participate in community affairs and civic organizations and it's where our friends are. Like any good citizen, we want our community to prosper. That's why we back, and sometimes help initiate, community projects. And that's why we encourage our people to keep involved in community activities of all kinds. The community is, indeed, very important to us. Not just for the services we provide as a business, but for those we offer as a citizen as well. United Telephone Co. Os Indiana, Inc. 999 . Member United Telephone System m Operated By United Telecommunications, Inc. r

gtyji I v KSv CONSERVATION OFFICER TALKS — Dave Anderson, second from right, receives a guest speaker’s certificate of appreciation from Jay Boyer, right, president-elect and program chairman of the Kiwanis Club of Lakeland. North Webster. Other Kiwanians shown are Jesse Huntzinger, president of the Lake Webster Conservation Association and Dean Jessup, director of Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area.

Conservation officer speaks to bikeland Kiwanis Club members

Conservation officer Dave Anderson was guest speaker for the Lakeland Kiwanis Club meeting on June 13. Officer Anderson described his responsibilities in Kosciusko County in law enforcement for the Indiana Department of Conservation. His duties include the following:

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Checking on fishing and hunting licenses Boat registrations - Life savers Boating safety Assisting with training programs for proper boat operation Gun safety He explained that enforcement

is especially strict in connection with passengers riding on gunwales of power boats because of the danger of serious injury. The conservation officer mentioned that several complaints have been received regarding violation of the 10-mile-per-hour regulations for power boats within 200 feet of the shore on larger lakes in the county. He also reviewed the laws defining age requirements for operation of boats with motors over 10 horsepower. Several examples were given by Officer Anderson to illustrate how disregard for safety rules has caused serious accidents in boating. He emphasized the need for boaters to become familiar with all boating regulations to help promote safety while enjoying the recreation facilities of the lakes CALLANDER INSURANCE All forms of personal and business insurance 155 W. Market Ph. 773 4103 Nappanee