The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 2, Milford, Kosciusko County, 30 January 1980 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., January 30,1980

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WHS student registration for 1980-81 to begin February 11

A complete list of titles and descriptions of courses to be offered at Wawasee High School for the 1980-81 school year has been compiled by department head teachers and turned in to Jack Marlette, director of student registration. Distribution of these curriculum guides to grades 9-10-and 11 is February 11. This is also the date of the first of the Parent Night Programs to be given at all three junior high schools. Representatives from the administration and guidance department of Wawasee High School will explain the curricular and extra-curricular activities of the high school, as well as the book

Change of address for county planned parenthood

During the first week in February, the Kosciusko County Chapter of Planned Parenthood of North Central Indiana will be vacating the present office space on S. Union St., Warsaw and will move to Buffalo Square. The Buffalo Square address is 630 S. Buffalo St., Warsaw. The first clinic to be conducted at the new site will be February 7 from 9 to 12 a m. The regular office hours are Monday-Thursday from 8:30a.m. to sp.m. Planned Parenthood has a variety of services Jo offer to the community and the county. One of our purposes is to make American teenagers, parents and communities aware of the issues involved in teenage pregnancies. Some startling statistics are: 11 million teenagers are sexually active and about one million teens become pregnant each year. In Kosciusko County in» 1978, according to statistics from Indiana Family Helath Council, Inc., there were 172 births to teenagers, 31 of these were teens 16 years or younger. Teen pregnancies are not surprising when records show 25 per cent of unmarried, sexually active youths aged 15-19, never use contraception. A Community Educator is at work in Kosciusko County to aid teens, parents, and interested others in dealing with these issues. The aging coordinates with school, community, civic, and professional groups providing education about marriage, family life, and sexuality. Planned Parenthood in Warsaw has a full-time nurse-super-

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rental fees, attendance regulations, graduation requirements, and general policies and atmosphere of the high school. The schedule for these meetings is as follows: February 11 — Milford Parent Night. 7 p.m. February 25 — Syracuse Parent Night, 7 p.m. February 28 — North Webster Parent Night, 7 p.m. Students and parents in attendance at these meetings will receive registration materials the night of the meetings. Those not in attendance will receive their materials from their counselors at the junior high schools on their next day of attendance.

visor responsible for maintaining high standards in reproductive health care and education. She is also responsible for providing information and counsel in areas of cancer screening, nutrition, sterilization, infertility and genetic counseling. A secondary is in the office fulltime so that phone calls and other medical or educational requests can be handled promptly. Planned Parenthood advocates moral decision-making strengthening the family, the rights of children and the freedom of choice. Planned Parenthood Federation of America is the largest national, voluntary family planning organization. Leesburg men booked at county jail Denny Lavon Brookins, 37 and Larry Michael Stauffer, 21, both of Leesburg were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail by area police over the week end on court warrants. Brookins was released on SI,OOO bond after being booked on two counts of check deception in Kosciusko County Court. • Stauffer was arrested for failure to appear on a charge of fishing without a license. Golden Gleam Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. -Jefferson.

The target date for completion of course selection activities has been tentatively set for March 14 for the junior high schools. Registration at the high school will begin Wednesday, Feb. 13. Completion target date of course selection will be March 28. The following counselors will be responsible for assisting in class selection: GRADE 9 - Mr. Marlette . GRADE 10 — Mr. Gunter GRADE 11 — Mrs. Curtis The counselors are asking parents to please go over the course description book with the students. If parents have any questions or desire a conference, please call the counselor.

Th JAMES A. HURTEKANT Hurtekant appointed engineering manager at GTI, Leesburg GTI Corporation’s Circuits Division, Leesburg, has named James A. Hurtekant as engineering manager. He will be responsible for manufacturing engineering, quality control and new product development. Previously, Hurtenkant served as the division’s quality assurance manager. He replaces James E. White, who has taken responsibility as the division’s marketing manager. He has a BSEE degree from Tri-State University in Angola. He and his wife, Barbara, reside in Union, Mich. Lorraine Meek on dean's list Lorraine Meek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Meek, Syracuse, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester, 1979-1980 at Fort Wayne Bible College, Fort Wayne. Miss Meek is a sophomore studying toward an Associate of Arts degree in Biblical studies. She is a 1978 graduate of Wawasee High School. A 3.35 grade point average is required to be included on the dean’s list. Miss Meek has maintained a 4.00 grade point average. , jjjjr | | b 1 I % «: 1 1 | STAN PRICE | j C.S. Myers Ford | 8 658-4116 — Milford | I free I CARWASH jj; With Your Next Tune-Up a -CALLNOW-

4th in series — (Continued from page 1) Respondents were asked to rate the performance of the fire department, emergency medical service unit, street department, police department and town board. The results are: Fire Department — good, 82.6 per cent; average, 14.2 per cent; poor, none; no opinion, 2.3 per cent EMS Unit - good, 83.6 per cent; average, 8.5 per cent; poor, 2 per cent; no opinion, 4 per cent Street Department — good, 17 per cent; average, 44.5 per cent; poor, 25.8 per cent; no opinion, 7.1 per cent Police Department — good, 24.4 per cent; average, 46.5 per cent; poor, 13.9 per cent; no opinion, 7.4 per cent Town Board — good, 17.3 per c a nt; average, 40.8 per cent; poor 18.7 per cent; ho opinion, 14.2 per cent Respondents were also asked what the community should try to accomplish over the next 10 years. Over 10 per cent wanted the community to attract more industry and business. Nine and one-half per cent wanted to see improvements or changes in the sewer system while 8.8 per cent wanted to see improvements or changes in the water system. Over 7 per cent thought the town should be kept cleaner and 7.1 per cent favored the renovation or destruction of old, vacated buildings in town while 4.7 per cent felt the downtown area needed to be renovated. More restaurants were wanted by 6.1 per cent. Slightly over five per cent thought improvements were needed for streets and street department. More youth activities were believed needed by 4.7 per cent and 4.7 per cent also believed more community pride and unity were needed. Four per cent wanted to see improvements or expansion of the police department. Next week The Mail-Journal will publish the students’ findings on community projects which is the final article in this series. Fish — (Continued from page 1) dallville; Smallmouth Bass; four pounds, nine ounces; Pigeon River in LaGrange County Mike North of Yorktown; Largemouth Bass; seven pounds, five ounces; Sabo Pond in Henry County Thomas Alt of Avilla; Redear Sunfish; one pound, two ounces; pond in LaGrange County Elmer Joe Riggen of Hillsdale; Black Crappie; three pounds, seven ounces; pit in Vermillion County Dean Bowles of Edon, Ohio; Walleye; 12 pounds, nine ounces; Clear Lake in Steuben County Curt Cummings of Hammond; Brown Trout; 13 pounds, six ounces; Lake Michigan Bill Takacs of Hammond; Steelhead Trout-11 pounds, Chinook Salmon-19 pounds, eight ounces, Coho Salmon-six pounds; stream in LaPorte County Albert Shepherd, Jr. of North Judson; Sucker; seven pounds, two and three-fourths ounces; stream in Knox County

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■WL ■ ■'ET CANDIDATE — Vickie Patterson has announced she will be a Republican candidate for county treasurer. She is currently a deputy in the treasurer’s office under Kathryn Teel whose second four-year term expires December 31. Mrs. Pattersxw-worked in the assessor’s office for five months before fninsferring to the treasurer’s office last April. She was a displayer for home interiors and worked in the bookkeeping department at First National Bank. Mrs. Paterson and her husband. James, have two daughters. Lisa and Lori. She is a member of the Claypool United Methodist Church. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ford, r 2 Claypool, and was born in Wabash.„Most of her life has been spent in the Claypool area. Snowmobilers must obey traffic laws Milford Town Marshal David Hobbs reminds snowmobilers who operate their machines in the corporate limits that they must obey traffic laws. Snowmobile operators using the streets of Milford must be licensed drivers, their vehicles must be licensed and they must stop for all stop signs and obey the speed limit. Offenders will be stopped by the police. Syracuse Town Marshal Robert Houser states he has had no problems this year. Snowmobilers are reminded of the town’s ordinance which may be seen at the town hall. The ordinance carries a list of streets designated for the use of snowmobiles and notes the speed limit in the corporate limits is 10 miles per hour. Cemetery meeting at Milford on February 4 The bi-annual meeting of the Milford Cemetery Association will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4, «in the Apostolic Christian 'Church fellowship hall. An election of officers will be held. Persons wanting more information should contact Levi Beer.

Fithian releases results of informal farm poll

WASHINGTON — Congressman Floyd Fithian has released the results of an informal poll of farmers about ways to offset the grain embargo's effects, and increased gasohol production headed the list. Seventy per cent of the farmers polled listed expanded gasohol production among the three most effective ways to offset the embargo. Twenty-seven per cent of those polled listed gasohol production as the most important answer. Fithian met with 80 farmers last Thursday in Lafayette in an

Area brothers admit to area burglaries, thefts

John R. Dove, 22 and Terry Alan Dove, 20. both of Warsaw, admitted to Kosciusko County Police and Winona Lake police about their involvment in burglaries which took place between 1975 and last fall. Among the 27 burglaries. 16 thefts and three auto thefts, they admitted they were involved in the following thefts in the Lakeland area: Arrow Corporation, SR 15 south of Milford, was burglarized twice when were broken to gain entry. There was approximately $lO cash stolen the first time and change, food and two fire extinguishers removed in the second burglary. Sellers Manufacturing, Old SR 15, Milford was burglarized twice when hooks were removed to a back door. A crowbar and S3O cash were stolen the first time and tools, hammer, prybar, .flashlight and change from a pop machine were taken the second time. There were no items stolen from two separate burglaries at Martin’s Feed Mill, Leesburg. Hooks were unlocked to gain entry each time by the two brothers. Gasoline was taken from a vehicle parked at Leesburg Arco Station on SR 15 Leesburg. An amount of money and candy bars were stolen from two different burglaries at Foundry Flax, located between Milford and Leesburg. Included in the 10 soft drink machines stolen were a machine from Terry Lynch’s Leesburg Arco Station on SR 15; two machines taken from the Milford Sunoco Station. The pop machines were reportedly loaded into Terry Dove’s van and pried open later. Money was stolen from the machines coin changers.

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open discussion of the embargo of grain sales to the Soviet Union. Sixty farmers answered a questionnaire which asked them to rank in order of preference nine proposed ways to offset the embargo’s impacts. Fithian, a long-time proponent of gasohol and other alternate energy resources, said he was “extremely pleased” that gasohol is viewed so favorably by the farmers. "Energy technology like that used in the production of gasohol is the quickest, most costefficient means we have of

A .12 volt car battery was taken from a new vehicle parked at C. S. Myers Ford Sales, Milford Both Doves confessed their part in the theft. The youngest brother confessed to the theft of a red Mustang from the service station parking lot of Leesburg Arco Station, SR 15 Leesburg. The vehicle was driven until it was out of gas at the intersection of SR 15 and CR 900 N. The vehicle was later recovered. Both Doves are awaiting sentencing on other charges.

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developing alternate fuels and reducing our dependence on foreign oil,” Fithian said. “And it represents a potentially great market for crop wastes which are produced by the tons by Indiana farmers.” Fithian said he would convey the farmers’ views to members of the House Agriculture Committee when it meets to discuss the grain embargo late this month. A breakdown of the farmers’ number one recommendations follows: , Expanding gasohol production substantially — 27 per cent Increasing efforts at foreign sales in the non-Soviet market — 22 per cent Opening the reserve program to all 1979 crops —lB per cent Opening the loan program to all 1979 crops — 9 per cent Raising the price support loan rate — 8 per cent Providing low-interest loans to holders of agricultural commodities not sold due to the embargo — 5 per cent Providing long-term credits competitive with those of other grain exporting countries — 0 per cent Establishing a set-aside program for the 1980 crop year - 0 per cent Increase the Food for Peace (PL. 480) program — 0 per cent