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FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING — The three persons shown above attended their first official meeting of the Lakeland Community Sclnool Bos rd last night (Tuesday). . w From left are new corporation busii i ess manager George Gilbert, who took over his new duties on July 1; Mrs. Robert (Margaurite > Hoerir and D ivid Carey, who took their oaths of office prior to the opening of the meeting. Mrs. Hoerr anil Carey vere elected to their seats last November as was.incumbent board member John F. hr oh.

Mrs. HoQrr, Carey begin terms on Lakeland board

Mrs. Robert (Marguerite B.> Hoerr of r 1 Milford and David L. Carey, North Webster, officially took their seats on the Lakeland School Board last evening (Tuesday) and incumbent John F. kroh began another four-year term as the board met for its first session of the 1979-80 fiscal year. Mrs. Hoerr, Carey and Kroh were elected last November. Mrs. Hoerr is from Jefferson Township, district three; Carey is from Tippecanoe Township, district one; and Kroh is from Turkey Creek Township, district two. They join Billy G. Little of Van Buren Township, district three; and Philip' Payne of Tippecanoe Township, district one. It was also the first meeting for new corporation . business manager George Gilbert. Gilbert replaced Marion (“Bud”) Lantz on July 1 when Lantz resigned to join CTB, Inc., at Milford. Little President The first matter of business at the re-organizational meeting was the election of officers. Billy G. Little was re-elected president and John F. Kroh was re-elected vice president. Philip Payne was elected secretary, replacing

Extension given for filing homestead credit forms

Word has been received by County Auditor Jean Northenor and County Assessor Avis Glister of an extension on filing Homestead Credit Applications. The extension to July 31, came from the state board of tax commissioners and state board of accounts due to the significant number of homeowners who quality for the hoihestead credit but had not been able to apply for it by July 2. The state board of tax commissioners and state board of accounts attributed the extension to at least three factors. The first is that there was not enough time for local officials to print and mail the forms. The act (Public Law 60, Acts 1979) passed the general assembly and was signed by the Governor on April 10. The state board of tax commissioners

Floyd Baker Aho did not seek reelect in to the board in last November’s election. Mri;. Phili],) (Evelyn) Fawley was re-appointed recording secretary and Robert Reed was ye-ajpointed the corporations attorney. Mr;;. Hoerr was appointed a memlier to tlie special education co-op advisory committee, replacing Beker and Carey was appointed io the vocational education advisory committee, replacing Pa /ne. No change was made in the regu .ir meeting of the board. It was set for 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the adm uistratirebuilding. Even the legal limit for sala ies for school board members is SI,OOO,- board men tiers voted to set their 1980 salaries at S3OO. This is the present rate. In other action before the board supplemental contracts for 20 days for placement and follow up were approved for Kenneth Stump at West Noble, Mary Ldidl at F i irfield ! ind Richard Wysong at W si wasee. | A supplemental contract was also approved for Susan Miller

ma led the prescribed application form to printers and cou ty audi tors on April 17, but in sonr■* counties there was a three to four week delay in printing the forrm. I ■ , A seconc factor was the law coriemplated that the appliciition form be mailed with the ass ssmenl notices. However, ma y comities had mailed the ass • ssmeni notices and this necessitated a separate mailing wh: i h has delayed delivery of the apj iicatior form to homeowners. Thi i was not the case in Kosciusko County. Only one ma ling was made here. The final factor being wic i spread confusion among hor i eowne rs as to their eligibility for I he homestead credit, largely related to the question of ownership and confusion about

for four weeks of summer band at North Webster. A temporary contract was approved for Sue Harman to teach math at North Webster Junior High for the first semester of the coming school year The temporary contract was necessary due to the leave of absence granted earlier to Stephanie Szynal. Also approved for staff members for the coming school year were Susan Miller, North Webster Junior High, /strings, band and chorus; J. Randal Siemer, Wawasee High School, business education; Hal Gunter, Wawasee High School (Continued on page 2) Sidewalk Days to be discussed by merchants The major topic of discussion will be August Sidewalk Days at the regular meeting of the Syracuse Retail Merchants Association at the Three Flags Drive In. The meeting will be at 7; 45 a.m. Friday, July 13.

the term of “homestead.” As a consequence, many eligible individuals have not submitted homestead credit applications because they are not certain they quality. Also, there appears to be a misunderstanding, because of certain provisions of the law, that if the application is not filed, a taxpayer may nevertheless receive a refund of the homestead credit after taxes are paid in the year 1980. A close examination of the law discloses that refunds will be payable only to eligible applicants who file on or before July 31. Therefore, if an application is net filed on or before the date due, no credit may be allowed or refund made for the year 1979 for taxes payable in 1980. Jean Northenor urges that all eligible applicants file their application on or before July 31.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11,1979 I

Foo & Foye reopened, now serving lunches Foo & Faye Cantonese Restaurant in Syracuse has reopened and for the first time is serving lunch as well as dinners. The popular restaurant was closed down by the Kosciusko County Board of Health because of 31 sanitary violations at the end of June. The sole owner is Raymond Yuen, who said he recently bought out the share of the other owner, Bobby F. Yee. Yuen said the restaurant re-opened Monday, and is serving from noon until 10 p.m.

Divert Laurel Mitchell fund to No. Webster library, IMS

By MARY LEE WILLMAN A meeting of the Laurel Jean Mitchell reward fund committee and interested contributors was held at p.m. July 10 at the Counting House Bank in North Webster. A reward fund was established in August of 1975 following the rape-murder of 17-year old Laurel Mitchell of North Webster. Within a short time the

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SHOWING JIMMIED LOCK — Jack Schacht is showing the lock on the Pepsi-Cola machine at his Schacht Rubber Products that was jimmied during the break in last Wednesday, July 4.

With S SOO reward —

Schacht launches one-man crusade

One Syracuse businessman is mad ... he’s madder than hops! An he intends to launch a oneman crusade to do something about his vexation. Jack Schacht, owner and operator of Schacht Rubber Products, located on road 13 south of Syracuse, is tired of having his business establishment broken into. Such was the case in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 4, when one would think all would be peace and quiet around the lakes area. ‘For A Few Dollars..x The company has been broken into five times in the last seven years, and he’s tired of it. As a result, he’s running a full page advertisement in this issue of The MaiWournal, offering SSOO cash to anyone supplying him with information leading to the arrest and successful\prosecution of the person or persons breaking into his establishment. He says the information will be kept in strictest confidence. “They only got a few dollars,” Schacht says, pointing to the senselessness of the break in. He alluded to the fact that the culprits were probably on dope

sum of SIO,OOO ha.d been raised through donations and pledges. The money was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Laurel’s killer. To date no arrest has been made and several businesses and groups that pledged money are no longer in operation. Also, individual pledges were made by persons who have since moved (Continued on page 2)

when they entered his place. They broke into the coke machine where they got the small amount of change. They took all the pop, but did not touch the diet Pepsi, he said. In all, they didn’t get more than sls, Schacht said. They damaged the door where they gained entrance, and took a postage and gram scale and a parts weighing scale — amounting to about SI,OOO in Schacht s?iid the theft amounted to from SI,OOO to $1,500, while damage amounted to from S4OO to SSOO. They threw a typewriter across the room, breaking two windows and a screen. “No one in their right mind would do this,” he said. Neighbor Heard Nothing Schacht spoke to his neighbor, David L. Heckaman, who said he went to bed at 1:15 and did not see anything suspicious. As a result of this, Schacht established the time of break in sometime between 1:15 a.m. and 8 a.m. when he opened up for work. Schacht said he had a full day of work planned for July 4, as usual, but that the break-in disrupted his work schedule.

BuiiZßHn a- i w »- M'' t > I 1 I>V H IWn’ = ... 1 / / -' LONG RUN WINNERS — Shown above are the men who placed in the 7.9 mile Flotilla Road. Run last Tuesday. In front are Tad Schrock, first in 14 and under; Tom Lower, first runner across the line with a time of 44:32 and first in 15-19; and Cam Boyer, second, 15-19. In back are Bryan Sponseller, second in 20-29; Rex Reed, first in Ron Baumgartner, second in 30-39; Roy Hartzler, first in 40 and over; and Ralph Bushong, second in 40 and over. Not pictured is Mark Lisak, first in 20-29.

Tim Hamman, Tom Lower winners —

Flotilla Road Race draws Sen. Lugar, 229 others

Last year Tim Hamman of Syracuse placed second in the 3.3 mile Mail-Journal Fun Run with a time of 18:08. This year he said it was, “His race.” And, his race it was. The 20-year-old Grace College junior finished in front of the entire field as he ran the 3.3 Flotilla Road Race in a time of 17:45. In second place was Rich Minier with a timeof 17:48. The 1978 event was won by Tom Lower of Goshen who finished with a time of 17 36. This year Lower elected to run the 7.9 race and the 19-year-old took first place in it with a time of 44:32, in spite of the fact the leading runners were held up by a train. Last year Cam Boyer of Syracuse took first place in the long race with a time of 45:35. Boyer finished fourth in this year’s race. Mark Lisak was second with a 44:54.

Town board session denis with sewer project, fire contract

Issues related to town improvements were dealt with in a lengthy session of the Milford Town Board Monday night. Among the topics of discussion was the highly pubicized sewer line project. Tjvo bids were presented before the board, one from Gale Smith Excavating, Winona Lake; and the other from Haskins, Inc., Lakeville. Smith’s bid totaled $136,893.90' while Haskins quoted a figure of $127,842.00. Board member Dr. T. A. Miller made a motion that the board take these bids under advisement and make the decision within 10 days. Jim Brooks, town board* member, seconded the motion and it was carried. The board will meet July 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall. Once notification has been given to the bid -winner, the project must start within 14 days

Growing Event A growing event, entrants jumped from 64 in the 1978 event to. 230 this year. Publisher Arch Baumgartner of the sponsoring Mail-Journal said the race promises to grow into one of the better road races in the area. After last year’s race Baumgartner said he hoped entrants in the 1979 race would double. The number was more than triple of the 1978 figure. Participants came from as far away as Texas and California. Baumgartner said he was, “Pleased with the public response to the event.” He was quick to compliment Wawasee High School Athletic Director Carl Meditch, High School Principal Henry Smith and their wives and other school personnel who worked so hard to make the ,road run the success it is

of notification and the entire project must be completed within 60 days of such notification. Completion date for the sewer project will be September 19. Water Problem In a somewhat related issue, Orville Kilmer, owner of the Loving Home Care Center, informed the board of a water pressure problem on a line that runs from the corner of Fourth and Maple streets west 360 feet to the hydrant on Fourth, plus the line that runs from the hydrant on Fourth north to the nursing home, approximately 160 feet. Kilmer noted that there is not enough water pressure in the line to meet state nursing home fire standards. The fire hydrant needs to be replaced with a larger one to handle the water flowing through new six inch pipes that have to be installed all along the line in question.

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becoming. Among the runners were V.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indianapolis and. State Senator Richard Shank of Goshen. Shank went home with a first place trophy. Lugar, also an avid runner, placed 50th over all in the short race and was on hand because of the efforts of Meditch. The WHS athletic director was an Indianapolis Tech High School coach when Lugar was mayor of that city. Lugar would join the school’s track team, running \yith the students. Lugar assisted Meditch in passing out trophies at the close of the event. ; Both Meditch and Smith ran the Short race. Other Lakeland teachers, who were not busy working with the run, joined in the fun, some participating with members of their family. (Cont inued on page 8)

Kilmer asked the board if the town could pick up the bill to replace the pipe down the 360 foot stretch plus the installation of a hydrant at the corner of Fourth and Elm streets. The bill for this project would run roughly $8,300. Dr. Miller expressed concern that it would be difficult for the town to finance this project and that no matter what the cost might be, the town would have to borrow the money. Kilmer then suggested that he put the entire line in and wondered if the town could reimburse him through the home’s water use. The legality of such a move was uncertain, but is to be checked out as to its feasability. Street and water commissioner Terry Beatty stated his department could install the new lines with a substantial cut in the cost. (Continued on page 2)