The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 January 1979 — Page 1

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s 15,000- 5 20,000 raised — Despite rainy weather, Sled-a-thon is a success

Even though on the outside they wore wet and cold, on the insides ..snowmobilers from all over Indiana had warm hearts as they participated in the second annual Heart Association Sled-a-thon and Winter Carnival held last Saturday and Sunday in North Webster. The Lakeland Snowmobile Club hosted the event. The snow came one day late as cold, rainy weather awakened snowmobilers on Saturday morning. Because ot the wet conditions, many snowmobilers had to come by trailer rather than on machine. One man. the first to register, did make it to North Webster on his snowmobile. He.traveled over

Baby, it's cold outside — record lows

k - i- _ iii M I I I ' w / - ikl I / <«* wkx I SNOW SPLENDOR — Four to five inches of snow fell over the Lakeland area this past week creating a bit of winter splendor. Freezing rain over the week end and last night (Tuesday), however, turned some of the beauty to a burden for area residents as they battle slick and hazardous roads. Ereezing rain is reported for all day today (Wednesday) changing to snow tonight. Another winter storm might be heading into the area by this week end.

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188 miles from Columbus to take part in activities. A snowmobiler was also reported to have traveled from North Dakota. Successful The overall purpose of the sled-a-thon was to raise money for the Indiana Heart Association. Despite the bad weather. Phil Rinker, publicity chairman, commented. “It was rhore successful than last year.” An estimated $15,000-$20,000 should be collected for the heart association. A total of 110 snowmobilers recorded pledges for the number of miles traveled. In all. over 1.000 snowmobilers from 11 Indiana snowmobile clubs participated. These included: The Snow Blazers, a

central Indiana o club: the Frankton Snow Devils; the South Bend Snowmobilers; the Winter Wanderers, a northeast Indiana club; Hoagland Blizzard Blazers; Hoosier Sno-Trac; LaPorte SnoGoers; Bartholemew County Club; Northeastern Indiana Snowmobile Club. Fort Wayne; Eastern Indiana Snowmobile Club, Muncie; and the Cripple Creek Club from northeastern Indiana Snow Queen One of the sled-a-thon’s highlights was the crowning of the 1979 Indiana Snow Queen. Taking top honors was Janet Lynn Bishop. 18. of Fort Wayne, representing the Northeastern Indiana Snowmobile Club. The Snow’ Queen is chosen by

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the amount of money raised for the heart association. Bishop collected $1,430.30. First runner-up was Christy Lynn Schnelker of Hoagland. She raised $537.05. Second runner-up collecting $250 was Beth Ann Hartman of Hanna. Other candidates were Mona Paulus. Lakeland Snowmobile Club. North Webster; and Denise McGraw of Muncie. State Representative Dean Mock of Elkhart acted as master of ceremonies. Mock is a 1947 graduate of North Webster High School. Crowning the Snow Queen was “Miss Indiana”. Terry Kaiser from Etna Green. In all. a total of $2,470.63 raised through the Snow Queen contest.

Outside the snow is falling and falling . . . Not only do area residents have to cope with subzero temperatures; a moderate sprinkling of powdered snow has made traveling a bit uneasy this past week. " Approximately four inches of snow fell over the lakeland area this past week end. creating a bit of beauty as as a burden. Snow plows could be seen making their rounds Saturday night and all day Sunday, trying to make roads passable for motorists. Even though most of the roads have been cleared, ice underneath the roads is making driving hazardous. Extreme caution should be used while traveling. A bit more snow fell on Monday, however not enough to cause alarm. The beauty of winter came through on Tuesday with bright sunshine making the snow seem pure and clean. A winter storm watch was predicted for last night (Tuesday), but only a minor sprinkling of the powdered stuff came down. The main hazard which fell from the sky was rain and freezing rain causing already hazardous roads to be even more slick. Record Temperatures Record low temperatures were recorded early Monday morning. In Milford, a low of 16 below zero was recorded at the Lloyd Coy residence. At 7®Bo a.m.. the temperature sign at the First National Bank in Milford showed a temperature of minus 15. Even lower temperatures were recorded in Syracuse. At the Charles Searfoss residence, a temperature of 23 degrees below zero showed up on the thermometer. Other low temperatures in Syracuse included: Tom Gilbert, minus 16 and Lois Schleeter, minus 20. Os course, what made things really seem cold was the wind chill factor. High winds caused many residents to wish they were in Florida as a wind chill factor of below the minus 40 degree mark was noted. Escape Blizzard Conditions One thing area residents can be happy for this week is the fact they live in Milford or Syracuse and not South Bend or Chicago. A record 20-some odd inches of snow fell in Chicago closing O’Hare International Airport and stranding many. South Bend and Elkhart also received their share of snow with over 15 inches reported.

Syracuse Town Board fails to re-organize

Members of the Syracuse Town Board failed to re-organize last night (Tuesday) due to the absence of John R. Cripe, president A new' president should be selected at the February 20 meeting. A rezoning ordinance establishing a new zoning map for Syracuse was approved When Syracuse and Turkey Creek Township joined the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission, the tawnship and town maps failed to comply with county standards. A threemember committee of Mrs. Betty Dust. Dee Stiver and Gene Hail came up with the new maps. Three public hearings were held on the maps, the last January 3 in Warsaw. Board members called the new zoning an ‘‘improvement.’' The township map has already been approved by county commissioners.

In The News... Church . 11 Classified - Lega Is ..... 1245 Cruzin ItF Community Corner 64 Main Street 5 Sports 8-9 It was a big week end for the ’wowmohilers at North Webster. See article and photo on this page and additional photos on page 7. Read the year end reports of trustees and clerk-treasurers on the legal pages of this paper and protect your American rights. The Milford Area Development Council will meet at Doll's Decorating next Tuesday at 7 p.m. If the weather's bad they will move the meeting up to 5 p.m. The topic for discussion will be the “Citizen of the Year” banquet sef for March 3. An ALS Community Bazaar meeting will be held Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the home of Jean Treesh on Emeline Street. Everyone is welcome to attend and help plan this community project to raise fund for the new equipment.

Clean Turkey Creek The board decided to go before the Kosciusko County Drainage Board at its next meeting to petition to have Turkey Creek cleaned The board met with Robert Glazier of the Department of Natural Resources 1 (DNRi and Carol Leatherman from the Attorney General's office January 3 to discuss the lake levels of Lakes Wawasee Pick-up trucks go through the ice at channel Two pick-up trucks were reported to have gone through the ice at a pressure crack at they entrance of Harkless Harbor, near the Harborside Condominium Apartments, during the week end. A black Chevrolet pick-up entered the channel near the Wawasee Boat Co. at about 3 p m Saturday and the rear end of the truck was submerged in water The driver of the truck was not ascertained, but the truck was pulled out. At about 7 a m. Sunday a new 1979 Dodge 4-Wheel pick-up truck, with 1.200 miles on its speedometer, went down at the samesite. Ken Butt, an employee at Wawasee Boat Co., bore witness to the two accidents. Everett Edgar and his son Rick pulled the Dodge out of the water. The name of the driver is unknown Meanwhile, the warning went out for all vehicles that travel on the ice to beware of thin ice and pressure points such as the one where the above two accidents occurred.

f l Kt- ’ H *R ■ r* V; *i 1 ’i *. ' • .71 << (J 'ritj u /J tt if I;if Tm ‘ fml m nhtn MILFORD KIWANIS OFFICERS — Shown above are officers of the Milford Kiwanis Club at their organizational night activities last Friday. From left are Fred Powell, president: Donn I). Kesler, president-elect; A. W. (Torn) Spencer, vice president: Richard Bender, secretary: Darrell Orn. assistant secretary: and Bob Hall, treasurer.

Milford Kiwanis Club formed

The new Kiwanis Club of Milford was officially organized Thursday, Jan. 11, at a dinner meeting in the iFire Station. Some 25 business and professional men were in attendance. Final steps in the club’s organization were directed by Fred Winebrenner, field representative of Kiwanis International. Lorin J. Badskey. past international president of the organization, explained the function of the various officers and the methods of administering the club, and carrying out its community service activities. Club officers a re:

and Syracuse The DNR felt Syracuse was violating the established water levels of the lakes when the dam was being opened in prevention of spring flooding This meeting was held to come up with some sort of compatible solution Four tentative agreements were reached. First, the town board will operate the control dam So as to maintain the water level of the lakes at their court established water levels Secondly, the town board will consider requesting the DNR to study the effects of a temporary lowering of the water levels during the winter months. Thirdly, the DNR will have a

water in Milford Monday A leaking seal, in the bottom of the standpipe, was the $ inadvertant cause of the loss of water pressure in the town of : : : Milford on Monday afternoon $ In order to fix the seal, the standpipe has to be drained, allowing workers to enter the standpipe- V\ hen this is done, the $ town receives its water supply via pumps which carry it directly from the wells into the mains. The equipment was in place on g $ Mondav for the change-over. The standpipe* was drained £ <• However, rust and sand in the gate valve would not allow it to be ; ; ; K closed and the water pressure could not function properly The result: no pressure. No water It took town officials one hour to contact Peerless Midwest, the company that works on Milford's wells. Ten minutes later water pressure was returned as the valve was closed and the .;. $ well started again. •£ Town board member Dr. T A. Miller stated this method ot & »;• going from the wells into the mains will be among those things v. changed when a new water system is installed in the town Miller also said since the mains were disturbed by the v problem townspeople may find rust in their water He said all X who called on Monday were understanding This was ap- * preciated. j-: $ Additional problems developed on Tuesday when it was g found a pipe* was split. A new pipe was ordered and armed m £ X Milford on Tuesday night «:• X The water supply to Milford residents was shut oit at to a m £ $ and is expected to be off for two hours !:•

President — Fred Powell President-elect — Donn Kesler Vice president — A.W. (Tom) Spencer Secretary — Richard Bender Assistant secretary — Darrell Orn Treasurer — Bob Hall Named to the board of directors were the following men. Three-year terms — John Replogle, Max Evans and Don Bucher Two-year terms — Bob Auer and Eldred Mabie One-year terms — Greg Jackson and Phil Angle The new Kiwanis Club of Milford is sponsored by the

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new water level gage installed at a location where it is not influenced by the opening of the gates in the control dam And, fourthly, the town board will petition the drainage board relative to cleaning Turkey Creek • Wait On Study It was agreed to wait on the study until all four members could be present to make a decision The board was also afraid since the DNR would be making the study, a fair evaluation might not be made Darrell Grisamer. acting president for Cripe, said, ‘‘l think a lot of this is actually personal. ' (Continued on page 2 >

Kiwanis Club of Lakeland. Chairman of the sponsoring committee, who was in attendance, is Chris Koher of Syracuse. The first act of the new club’s board of directors was to appoint a special committee to arrange for a charter night to be held March 5. Weekly meetings of the new Kiwanis Club of Milford will be held Friday a? 6:45 a m. in the Milford Fire Station The newly-formed club is one of nearly 7,800 such groups which are located in 59 countries of the free world The total Kiwanis membership is 287,000.