The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 August 1979 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., August 8,1979

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Editorials

A step in the right direction With the announcement of the 75 per cent grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for Step I costs of the proposed sewer system for Turkey Creek Township we would be amiss if we did not give credit to those hard working people who have been working to obtain said grant. Bob Jones is serving as president or the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District Board, Dr. V. Logan Love is secretary. Bob Jesse, Mike Shaefer, Robert Willets and Frank Ridenour are also members of board. All have given of their time to see to the success of the project. The purpose of the sewer district board ultimately to provide sewage treatment for the area outside the town of Syracuse; to improve the public health, safety and welfare of the district; and promote the improvement of water quality of Wawasee, Syracuse, Papakeechie and Bonar Lakes and Turkey Creek. The committee has been at work for about two years. It is estimated it will tax seven months to a year to complete Step I. The cost is estimated at $52,500 with the EPA covering 75 per cent of the cost and the state of Indiana covering an additional 10 per cent. Step I is the environmental assessment, facilities planning, public participation and hearings and application for Step 11. Step II will be preliminary planning and specifications; cost estimates, public hearings and final plans specifications and cost estimates; and application for Step 111. Step 111 is the actual construction. In a news item in this paper last week Love promised to keep the public informed on the progress. We think this is good since it will affect all those persons living in the area and the water quality of the lakes and wells in the area. Jones, Love and the others are to be congratulated for their efforts. Hard work pays off We’ve always thought that planning and hard work pay off. And now we’ve been gratifyingly reassured that this is true, with the emergence of Amy Speicher as Kosciusko County Fair Queen on Saturday night. Amy has been a worker all the way, in raising those pennies, nickles, quarters, half-dollars and dollars to make her far and away the winner in the dollar contest for Fair Queen. Really, it was a case of hard work. Determined, Amy set out from the beginning to win. This is in the true spirit of her family heritage. She washed cars, held a taco dinner, and had other fund-raising projects to raise money. (Note: See Main Street in Milford for an idea of how much she raised.) Amy is the daughter of Louis and Miriam (Beer) Speicher of r 2 Milford. It cannot be overlooked that she commandeered the Beer family (and they’re numerous) in her support for funds. You should have seen them in action at the taco dinner! She was sponsored by the Milford Area Development Council. Amy should know that the people in her home community of Milford are proud of her. If anyone deserves a full measure of credit for her accomplishment, it all goes to Amy. The lesson she undoubtedly learned from this exercise in competition is that hard work pays off. There's too much greed! Os late we’ve been hearing a lot of talk from our president about a “crisis of conscience,” and the editorial writers have been expounding on this with unusual alacrity. ZT:. We tend to agree, there is a crisis of conscience, and a crisis.of confidence as well. They even link this to the Watergate affair and to the ill-fated Viet Nam war. “The American people have never admitted they’ve lost the Viet Nam war, ’ ’ one of the columnists wrote. The American people have felt for some time that they cannot trust their that they’ve been consistently lied to. When compaigning Jimmy Carter told the American people “I’ll never tell you a lie,” they believed it overwhelmingly and made him their president. But we can’t help think there’s more to it than this — especially insofar as the number one American problem — inflation — is concerned. We would call it greed. There’s greed on the part of labor unions, big business and even our government leaders. There’s an attitude, “I’m going to get mine; if you don’t get yours, it’s your fault.” There’s certainly some greed among small businessmen, too, but with them it’s mostly a chore of keeping up. One person even suggested that the American people think wage and price controls are inevitable, and that when they come, they want their prices high, not low. President Carter’s suggested guideline of seven per cent wage and price increases have long since gone by the board. We feel greed is an underlying influence that is giving us double-digit inflation and is the cause of many of the world’s problems. Fishing success For a great many people fishing isn’t the sport and the excellent recreation that it’s supposed to be. If fishing requires the same mad pace that our daily routine requires, it provides little recreational value. The best example of successful fishing is the small boy or the man who sits happily dangling a hook from a bank — just taking it easy.

What others say —

Flouting the 55-mph limit A Purdue-based study, supported by findings of the Highway Users Federation, claims more and more Indiana motorists are flouting the 55mph speed limits There is the threat that federal bureaucrats could use the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to punish Indiana for its speeding by withholding a percentage of its federal highway money. But these is another reason Hoosiers would do well to obey the speeding laws and that’s safety. Before the 55-mph limit was imposed in 1974, as a gasolinesaving measure following the Arab oil embargo, Indiana’s annual traffic deaths had been in th£ 1,600-a-year bracket while from 1974 on, the toll has dropped to some 1,200 a year. So Indiaha should shape up. Obviously. But it’s not that easy. Why? The generalized answer is that neither Hoosiers nor Americans as a whole will submit gracefully to ill-considered, hastily drawn, overly broad government regulations of the type almost perfectly exemplified by the 55-mph speed limit. More specifically, if elected officials and others expect public cooperation on the 55-mph speed limit and other traffic-safety and fuel-conserving measures, they should rely less on “wall-to-wall” rule making and more on specific regulations observant of available statistics. Indiana State Police statistics show, for instance, that in Indiana fatal accidents on state and U. S. highways and county roads are almost 11 times as frequent as they are on interstate or toll highways. From the safety standpoint this ought to suggest substantially different speed limits for different classes of roads. In terms of fuel economy the same adaption of speeds to roads ought also to apply, as indeed it might between lighter vehicles and heavy trucks. If safety and fuel-economy goals are to be attained, what’s urgently needed is for legislators to learn the facts, then pass reasonable laws that Americans will readily obey. — The Indianapolis Star

m■j i ■ I1 || ■ iaH •* L a “The community agreed; the state agreed; and the U.S. EPA has agreed that there’s a need,” says Dr. V. Logan Love, secretary of the Turkey Creek Township Regional Sewer District Board, about the pollution problem of Turkey Creek Township.

Congressman Floyd Fithian Reports

While we work toward longterm solutions to the energy crisis like biomass, many Hoosiers ask me, “What can I do right now to help out?” Some simple answers to that question came at a meeting of the Environment. Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee, of which I am a member. At the committee s insistence, the Department of Energy reported recently on conservation measures which could save as much as 2.5 million barrels of oil a day — and also save money for consumers who apply them. Four of these energy-savers don’t cost anything to try: For example, with all our modern appliances, too many Americans have forgotten what rural families know — that you can dry clothes most of the year on a clothesline. DOE reports that use of a line, plus washing clothes in cold water, can save about SB4 a year on the average. • Lowering the temperature setting on your water heater to low or medium range can cut your energy bill anywhere from Milford woman in accident at Goshen Cherylan Fervida, 33. r 2 Milford, was attempting a left turn when her auto collided with an auto driven by Linda J. ‘Boshart, 19, 1001 S. Seventh St., Goshen. The incident was at 2:54 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2. Fervida was turning from Lincoln Ave., onto Chicago Ave., in Goshen, when the accident occurred. No one was injured and damage to the 1979 Chevrolet van and 1973 Audi was set at $2,300. Goshen City Police Lt. Craig C. Leslie invistigated the accident. LAWN CHAIRS TAKEN A relative of Fred Weaver, r 4 Syracuse, by Main Channel Marina, reported the theft on Friday, August 3, at 3:02 p.m. of lawn chairs taken off the porch. Two green folding lawn chairs were taken from the channel side of the house. Estimated value was $25. Tweety the canary was no dumb bird Animal behavior specialist Peter Marler is out with the word that nature’s most complicated communications may be birdsong. Marler, writing in “Mosaic” magazine, says feathered to tweet about the same way hqmans learn to talk by listening to others. Marler studied deaf sparrows, robins and other common birds which had no opportunity to learn their species’ songs. Instead of singing, Marler said, the deafened birdies produced only “exceedingly scratch, buzzy and amorphous” noises. "Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors." Emerson

SSO tos2oo a year without harm — sigce most of us have to temper the hot water w ith cold anyway. Remembering as small a thing as closing curtains for shade in the summer and opening them to tet the sun in in winter can save a handy $25. and setting home thermostats at 78 degrees in summer and 65 in winter (as public buildings are now required to do) can save a minimum of SSO, possibly much more. Particularly valuable for big familes .are “flow’ controllers”, which can be installed on faucets and showers to cut down on wasted water. Installation costs about $4 for the do-it-yourselfer or S3O for a plumber, and savings in energy to heat water can run as high as S2OO a year. According to DOE,, the installation of “flow- controllers” in half the homes in America could save an estimated one million barrels of oil a day. Consumers can save S2O to S3O simply by making sure that the damper in any fireplace is closed and tightly sealed when the fireplace is not being used. Sealing gaps and holes around pipes and ducts w'here they enter the attic or leave the basement costs little and can save up to S2OO, depending on the house. Similarly, insulating or weatherstripping the entrance to the attic can stop heat from escaping in winter and, in some cases, save as much as S2OO. For consumers with hot air heating, it’s worth the time to check the hot and cold air ducts which circulate air through your house. Seal any leaks with flexible caulking, and insulate the ducts wherever they pass through unheated areas of the house. The savings run about $25 a year. Our subcommittee faulted DOE for not paying more attention to such energy savings measures. Americans are willing to their part for energy conservation, particularly when they can save precious dollars at the same time. I will welcome more suggestions for small changes which add up to big energy savings like these. In the long run, we can solve many energy problems with exciting new sources like biomass and solar. But for today, we can help control shortages with simple conservation measures - like the familiar A clothesline.

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■A..\ I ’ K?. ; Hz’Z I -v: - • m rip] SOMETIME DURING the month of June 1979 several young lads entered the horse barn at the Kosciusko County fairgrounds, lit a match and, inadvertently or otherwise, burned the barn to the ground. Don Hostetler, a well known horse lover who hails from Pierceton, and others, felt bad about the incident and set about to place a marker at the site of the old barn, the second oldest building in the animal barn complex on the east end of the fairgrounds. And so. in Boot Hill style, they erected the above marker. As it indicates, the bam was built in 1961 and burned in 1979. RIP means, simply, rest in peace. —o— THE LAKELAND school board and Lakeland Community Educators' Association should be credited with good judgment in coming to an acceptable agreement concerning 1980 wage negotiations. The proposed 6.5 per cent w age increase for the corporation’s 160 teachers was agreed upon by the Educators’ Association by a vote of 39 to 16 in a meeting held at the high school building Monday night, July 30. And then, meeting Friday noon at .the administrative building, the school board voted unanimously to accept the proposed wage package. It should be noted, however, that the wage package does not include administrative or noncertified school personnel. Besides reaching an agreement on amicable terms, it represents a cash savings to the school corporation. If an agreement could not be reached, the alternative is to ask for state mediator. Then, if with a mediator’s assistance, an agreement could not be reached, a fact-finder would be called in to hammer out an agreement that would be more compulsory for all parties concerned to accept. Last year, in fact, this route was followed, at a cost to the school corporation of $7,200 for legal fees. The state mediator and fact-finder are paid for out of state funds. At the present time, the South Bend Community School Corporation is locked into one of these impasse situations, and the state is being called in to mediate their dispute. At best this is a nasty situation — not conducive at all to the educational process. At Lakeland we may well have had our differences between more militant teachers (as the 3916 vote would indicate) but we’ve experienced no banner-carrying in front of the high schools as they’ve had in South Bend. The teaching profession has come a long way from what was once an ill-paid profession. Their lot. with a short working year, excellent physical facilities and a

f’X — U-—— gtw. TMTimir' A | fl r j ’1 »■ if ■■ * 7 IN FRONT OF EVERYONE — Here’s a photograph Joe Ulrey, left, and Bruce Tierney would just as well never have seen the light of day. They were crossing road 13 at the corner of Chicago Avenue last Wednesday afternoon when the disassembled boat lift, in a pick-up truck belonging to their employer, Larry Michael, of Michael Pier and Boat Repair, slipped and sprawled over the corner.

pay scale that isn’t all that bad. appears to be a good one — and most teachers who are looking around them at ail and doing any thinking know it. This is especially true now that we’re seeing massive lay-offs all around us. ANOTHER BUMPER slicker reads: “America. Handle With Prayers.” THERE’S GRUMBLING concerning the four curb bumpers at the new post office north of town. Minor accidents can be avoided only by very careful driving on the part of motorists. Instead of adding additional parking, the bumpers seem to have caused confusion, if ’not a danger zone. WE’VE BEEN asked, "Is the post office going to install an uptown postal drop?” We don’t have the answer to this. JERRY CLAYBAUGH, a resident of the fish hatchery area, is still smarting under the lack of response from the county sheriff’s department when he reported there were no detour or road repair signs where the Chessie Railroad line crosses County Road 900 East. As a result of the lack of caution signs. Claybaugh drove his 1977 Grand Prix onto the tracks at 7 p.m. Saturday in a downpour of rain. He was forced to turn around and head south again. Claybaugh was put out when he narrowly avoided a serious accident. but was doubly put out when he reported the incident to the county sheriff’s department and received no response. SCOTT BURTON, who has been spending several weeks with his grandfather. Lou Craig, at his Lake Wawasee home, will return to Baltimore this week where he will become a senior in high school. —o— UPTOWN MERCHANT Doug Pilcher does his duty as a good citizen. Crushed pop cans on the street are his nemesis, and on Monday he was seen picking them up and placing them m a nearby trash container. —o— GEORGIA BUSTER at 74 is out looking for a job. She recently was dismissed from the hospital, and she’s the can’t-sit-still kind. For the past two-and-a-half years she has headed up the local REAL organization. —O’STEP ONE in the Fry. Wells and Rogers move to establish satellite real estate offices has been accomplished with the opening of an office on the south shore of Lake Wawasee. The office is at Heil’s Haven and will be operated by Jim and Jane Fry. Other offices are planned. (Note: See the announcement in their page 17 ad. > —o—“I’M DOING my part to help Jimmy-Boy,” so says Tom Tuttle as he tools around town in his Datsun. “I’ve had those gas guzzlers.” he adds. Recently Tom became the owner of a moped which he rides from his Lake Wawasee home to the South Shore Golf Course, says he likes it real well. —O'808 AND Roselyn Jones plan to leave Friday for Indianapolis where they will board a plane for New York, then embark on a 14day freighter trip that will take them to Amsterdam. Bremerhaferi and other points of interest in_Europe. They will fly home, arriving here by Sept. 1 prior so opening classes at Michigan State University where Jones teaches

economics and finance. —o— IF REV. Paul Steele, pastor of the Calvary United Methodist Church, ever gains any weight, part of it al least we can lay at the doorstep of Helen Miller, secretary at the church. A regular little "cookie-maker.” she is good at setting a small plate of cookies in front of the good reverend when he is hard at work. (Note: And they’re delicious, too!) Court news Violations No vehicle inspection sticker — Carl J. Barnhart, Syracuse. $35 No boat registration — Dave Harwood, 23, Syracuse. $35 Insufficient life savers — Stephen J. Cromer, 20, Syrcuse, $35; James C. Killen, Syracuse, $35 . ' • Boat speeding — James C. Killen, Syracuse, $35 Expired licenses — Randy J. Niles. 24, Syracuse, $35 ELKHARTCOUNTYCOURT The following were fined in the Elkhart County Court: Speeding — Debra J Bryan, 22, Leesburg. $35; Charles k. Rassi, 38, Syracuse. $35; Michael D. Atkinson, 21, Leesburg. $37; Keith F. Berkey, 20, Syracuse, $35; Randal L. VandermoJen. 21. Syracuse, $35 \ Failure to have vehicles inspected — Michael W. 23. Milford. $33 .No valid registration plate — Sue A. Golden, 27, Milford, $35 Fishing without a license — Darrell R. Dotson, 29, Syracuse, $35 GOSHEN CITY COURT The following fines were assessed in Goshen City Court: Disregarding automatic signal — Craig W. Luttman, 18, Syracuse, s4l; James S. Fidler, 18, North Webster, s4l Expired registration plate — Daryl L. Umbower. 42, Syracuse. $32 ’ MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS Anderson — Joseph C. Anderson. 313 S. Lake St., Syracuse and Kathleen Anderson. 313 S. Lake St., Syracuse. The couple were married on April 19, 1968 and separated March .30, 1979. '- - The wife is the person suited to have the care, custody and control of the couple’s minor children, the husband will have temporary custody every other week end and other such times as can be worked out between both , parties and the husband will pay $25 per child per week Stump — Thomas D. Stump and DeAnn R. Stump. P.O. box 361 Pierceton. Petitioner prays that said marriage be dissolved, that the court make an equitable division of the property of the parties and for all other relief proper in the premises. The couple was married May 6. 1978 and separated July 20.1979 Stabler — Dixie D. Stabler and Larry Stabler, r 3 box 435 Warsaw. Wherefore thd petitioner Dixie D. Stabler prays that her marriage with the said Larry D. Stabler be dissolved, that the care and custody of the minor child of the parties be awarded to her. that the court make an equitable division of the real and personal"property of the parties and for all further relief proper in the premises Syracuse woman uninjured in 2-car accident Carma J. Schrock, 31, Syracuse, was uninjured in a twocar collision at the intersection of Cottage Ave., and Lincoln Ave., Goshen. The accident was at 3:31 p.m. Thursday. Aug. 2. Alison M. Waun, 52. 23626 Creek Park Drive, Elkhart, drove south from Cottage onto Lincoln Ave., when her auto hit Schrock’s 1970 Oldsmobile. Damage to both autos was set at $1,400. Investigating the accident was Goshen City PtL Robert Taylor.