The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 November 1979 — Page 13

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*3 million bond issue approved for new jail

An ordinance appropriating a $3 million general obligation bond for the construction of a new courts-jail complex was approved by a unanimous vote at the Kosciusko County Council meeting Thursday, Nov. 15.

The vote was three weeks after the county = commissioners recommended approval of the bond issue and more than 95 years after $197,000 was appropriated by the county for the current courthouse.

Action on Thursday is one of the final steps before construciton can actually begin. First the appropriation will need to be legally advertised and a 30day remonstrance period following. At the end of the remonstrance period, which will be December 21, the sale of the bonds can begin. There was no opposition by the three local taxpayers present at the meeting.

Old-Fashioned Christmas Holds Appeal

This is the time of year when our thoughts travel backward in time, to Christmases of recent memory, or perhaps to Christmases of long ago. For even though most of us have never celebrated an old-fashioned Christmas, its memory is lovingly perpetuated through song and art. “Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh,” sing youngsters whose acquaintance with a horse may be through television. Choirs sing, "God rest ye merry, gentlemen,” bringing to mind scenes of Victorian England at Christmastime, when carolers gathered beneath lanterns.

County representatives will be traveling to Indianapolis to meet with the Property Tax Control Board on November 29 to get expected approval of the ordinance. If all goes as planned, bids will be let for the project in February or March and ground breaking will following shortly thereafter. County fcouncilmen Thomas Anglin, Keith Horn, Norman

Nostalgic Christmas cards recall such scenes to us with fond artistry. Today’s tree glitters with bright baubles, but we speak wistfully of the old-fash-ioned tree, strung with popcorn and cranberries, by the children's hands. And, in the good old days, Dad and the youngsters would have chopped down the tree themselves, and brought it triumphantly home on Junior's sled. In days gone by, the stockings really were hung by the chimney with care — and, in the fireplace, logs would be crackling away with cheery warmth. The sounds of Christmas" were very special in those days. Sleighbells had their own magical music and church bells called out to the faithful with a joyous peal. But, most of all, Christmas was a time for laughter. The laughter of children skating merrily across a pond or neighbors exchanging greetings of the season as their sleighs passed. Perhaps no other era symbolizes the spirit of Christmas so well as the Victorian era, however. No doubt the popularity of Dickens' stories have helped perpetuate this image of Victorian England, merrily celebrating the holiday season. The exchange of gifts and cards were an important part of the Victorian Christmas, as was the holiday feast. There was much visiting back and forth among family and friends, in horsedrawn coaches that wended their way along snowy thoroughfares. Couples kissed under the mistletoe and children exclaimed delightedly at the

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DeGood, Carl Latta, Eldred Metzger, Ronald Sharp and Larry Teghtmeyer unanimously passed a resolution to do away with the cumulative jail fund, beginning in 1980. County commissioners Maurice Dorsey, Fred Gilliam and Gerald Smalley, earlier voted to end the cumulative courthouse fund. The jail fund put a 14 cent per SIOO assessed valuation levy on

arrival of the blazing plum pudding at holiday tables. All these activities created a tradition of revelry and plenty that still influences us to this day. But, though the externals have changed greatly — we now go off to Grandma's in the family car instead of a sleigh — we still celebrate Christmas in the same spirit of joy and generosity that characterized Dickens' England and the America of yesteryear. Joyful carols are still part of every Christmas today, as are gifts lovingly chosen and holiday dishes that have been painstakingly prepared. Whatever the era, Christmas is still Christmas ... a season of love and laughter that transcends both space and time.

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the county taxpayers property, while the courthouse cumulative fund was set at five cents per SIOO assessed valuation. Hershel Umbaugh. accountant for Umbaugh and Associates, Plymouth, remarked the costs on the bond issue will be less than seven cents per SIOO assessed valuation. With this rate, property owners will be paying a lower rate for the court-jail bond issue, than they now are for the combined court and jail comulative funds. Umbaugh and Associates will be directing the finances in the project. With the existence of the cumulative funds the bond issue represents 39 per cent of the total bill for constructing the new-

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building and remodeling sections of the existing courthouse. The ending of cumulative funds brought a question from Councilman Horn if it would be wise doing away with the funds if the county would decide to undertake another building project. Councilman Sharp noted that if the money is there the council will be tempted to build something which is not needed and the councils responsibility is to provide tax relief. A list of 495 signatures of property owners in the county supporting the bond issue was presented by Attorney Michael Armey. Only 50 property owners need sign a petition to take a vote on appropriation

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