The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 3, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 February 1980 — Page 2

THE MXIL-JOURNAL — Wed., February 6,1980

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(Continued from page 1) The final question asked of the board members and Arnold was, “What are the advantages, disadvantages of three separate junior high schools?’’ Little remarked the advantages of three separate junior high schools would be maintaining the public identity within the local school system and the schools tan have the Support of the parents who are interested in the educational program. Other statements from the members were strong comments that the board does not have any sentiment for a central junior high at the present time. . The major discussion before the board about the junior high schools seems to have been concerning the energy conservation and handicap regulations being required by the government. During the discussions, the major topic has been what can be done with the Milford Junior High School. Should it be renovated or should a new building be built in the area of the Milford Elementary School? Mrs. Hoerr said, “As a new board member I’ve been extremely impressed by the quality of teacher cooperation between teachers and the administration. I think as a board member, we constantly look and upgrade the curriculum that’s offered and be in tune with the recommendations which come from the administrative staff. Little remarked further about; the board s discussion on the subject. He stated, “The board has never spent a moment in discussion about this, we all feel strongly about the reconstruction of the Milford Junior High School. Everything we have been led to hear in the past 10 years, there has not been a single reference to that and it only comes up at a board meeting when there are rumors about it. Arnold remarked that he has talked to many in the community and there is no sentiment in having a central junior high school. He added, “In fact, it’s the opposite way.’’ He also feels the corporation would have some savings in building a central junior high school but he doesn’t believe the saving would offset letting the kids get involved. In the area of athletics, exposing the students to all sports is the philosophy of the junior high schools. Arnold stated that if there were consideration on the consolidation of the junior high schools, it would be because the corporation was growing and expanding and the schools exploding with students. “Then,” he stated, "we would have to do something but we have had a decrease of 50 students in the last several years.

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Jon Cousins on Stafford dinner committee

MIDLAND, MICH. - Johnathan J. Cousins, Northwood Institute freshman from Milford is on the general committee for the college’s Fifth Annual Stafford Memorial Dinner held February 7 on Northwood’s Midland campus. Cousins, majoring in hotel and restaurant management, helped to plan, organize and prepare the annual event which is 5 a scholarship fund raiser in honor of the late William Stafford, a former director of the hospitality . curriculum on Northwood’s Michigan campus. Aoceeds from this dinner help to provide annually six to 10 scholarships for students majoring in the hotel and restaurant field. Northwood Institute is a private, coeducational accredited college specializing in practical career preparation in those business fields where there / are job opportunities. The f college’s curriculums include J both two-year and four-year V career degree programs. NorI . 1

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thwood has three campuses located in Michaigan, Indiana and Texas as well as external plans of study with extension centers in Radcliff, Ky.; Selfridge Air Force Base and the Bloomfield Hills Academy both located in the Detroit area. Cousins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cousins of r 2 Milford. Doctor — \ (Continued from page 1) facilities for doctors once they have been found. He added the purpose of the county-wide program is to bring better medical and health services to the entire county and numerous communities. “At this early date, considerable success has been met to bring more doctors to the area.” “The common good” and the “general welfare” are often overlooked.

Estimates — s (Continued from page 1) there is no assessed value on that land. Since it is not on the tax roll because it’s a school, it has never been assessed. Giving his personal opinion Arnold stated, “If something is done in the future the land should never be sold with the building on it.” The reasoning was that the building would not be left as a warehouse or to depreciate the property in the area. The school corporation will have the Wawasee High School building paid off in January 1983. Arnold commented the corporation can build a new school by going through a holding company and rescheduling it to be repaid. He further added that Whatever additional obligations there are will coincide with the final payment. The board’s feeling was not to increase the indebtedness. Another way the board can renovate or build a new school is for the corporation to bond the project for the entire cost. Presently, Arnold added, the corporation has $550,000 in bonding against itself and the new assessed valuation is SBO million. The regulation on bonding allows the corporation to bond itself oh two per cent of the assessed valuation. The maximum net amount which can be bonded is sl.l million. Before leaving the subject of the Milford Junior High, it was brought to the public’s attention that the only major repair on the Milford Junior High is the boiler system and a number of minor repairs. Brown commented the building is well maintained for the amount of money spent on it and he does not feel it is a fire trap but it needs to be fixed as soon as possible. The board was given the plans of the renovation in a 30-plus page report and Bill Little, school board president, stated, by comparing the renovation and new school idea, the board is definitely leaning toward a new facility and he is seeing some question marks on the $l.B million renovation. When the preliminary plans are completed on the new school, the board will be meeting with the Milford community.

Conservation, handicap —

School board studies plans

Kenneth Brown of Everett I. Brown Company, Architects and Engineers, presented preliminary plans to the Lakeland School Board Monday night. The plans were for energy conservation and handicap regulation projects at the various schools in the Lakeland Corporation. In September Brown was asked to make a feasibility study on the several schools in the corporation. The board felt at that time the $533,781 estimated cost could be reduced if the work could be done by local persons. The schools which were studied were the Milford Elementary, North Webster Elementary Junior High, Syracuse Elementary Junior High and Wawasee High School. Don Arnold, school superintendent, stated the corporation does not have to bring all of the schools up to standards as long as there is one in the corporation that does meet the standards. Currently the Syracuse Junior High is the only two-story building which meets the handicapped standards of ramps, instead of stairs, to the upper level. The board stated most of the handicapped provisions, except for the elevator at Wawasee could be done on a local basis. In the preliminary drawings Brown felt the board should get started on the appropriations for the elevator, which takes the longest to complete. Elevator at High School It has been suggested the location of the elevator be on the northeast side of the high school, outside of the language arts,lab on the second floor and behind the vice principal’s office on the first floor. There were two other possibilities also listed, in the south and north ends of the building. The construction would consist of a 35-foot, three sided brick tower against the existing building. The elevator will be 4x7. Brown stated by the time the elevator is purchased the cost will be between $85,000 and $90,000. He added the major cost is not the elevator but the cutting and patching which will need to be done. The board has until June 30, 1980, to install the elevator and if the board does not comply with the regulations it will place the federal funds in ’ jeopardy. These funds include funding for the special education programs. Board members assured those

Fire department gives report for Syracuse

Syracuse Fire Chief Ken Johnson has released the following information about the Syracuse Fire Department during the month of January. The department answered six fire calls during the month of January. One call was in town;

Athletic review tabled; to be discussed Tuesday

The review of the junior high athletic programs was tabled at the Lakeland School Board meeting, Monday, Feb. 4/ following several requests from those attending the meeting. It had been understood the subject would be discussed at the regular meeting next week. The main topics of review by Don Arnold, school superintendent, were the football and basketball programs. He mentioned additional athletic programs jn the junior highs. He stated the board has not taken any position to approve everything which is done athletically at the schools. With the existing program there are nine sports offered for the boys and eight for girls at that level. Some of the summer programs offered are tennis, golf, swimming and Little League. In the winter there are wrestling, gymnasitcs, basketball, volleyball, track and football. Arnold stated the high school head coach of each sport has input into the junior high programs and often the coaches will meet and discuss the tactics used. Guiding requests to alter the athletic programs is the athletic steering committee. On this committee are Henry Smith, Charles Haffner, Marion Acton, Wendell Bryant, Marsha Carpenter, Carl Meditch and Arnold. Requests Arnold submitted several requests by the head coaches for the junior high programs. Among the requests was one by head football coach Hal Traviolia of not permitting a sixth grade boy to play on seventh and eighth grade teams unless he was retained for one year. Another recommendation for change was from Mike Jones, head basketball coach. He recommended bringing together the sixth and seventh grade boys for training with the coaches in the evenings. A major change is the football teams may play four games a season instead of six, combining

present at the meeting the use of the elevator would be denied to other students. The elevator will be strictly for the handicapped and for the moving of equipment, such as typewriters and other business machines, on the second floor. The weight capacity will be 3,000 pounds. Other Schools At the Milford Elementary School, plans were submitted for the replacement of the gym floor, reroofing of 20,000 square feet and the covering of glass block windows. The temperature control renovation and rest room changes will be done by area persons. The gym floor in the school has buckled and is unusable for athletics. Brown suggested tearing out the old wood floor and replacing it with concrete and a vinyl floor. There were some questions on exactly what was wanted on the glass block windows and some changes in the plans will be made. The preliminary plans showed the windows partially covered on the outside with metal with the interior covering being tack board. Reroofing will consist of three-inch styrofoam over the existing roof. According to Brown, this will give an “R” value of 20. He stated one-third of the heat lost is through one-third through the exterior walls and one-third via the ventilation. Brown gave the roof a 10-year guarantee and stated it has proven very satisfactory to many other schools. The estimates which he submitted in September are still valid, “give or take 10 per cent.” of the gym floor was $14,580, the windows $27,500 and the roof SBI,OOO. Plans for the roof at North Webster were similar to the Milford school, but after some discussion the board decided to reconstruct the roof. The decision came after Brown stated the type of roof planned would not get rid of all the standing water. Board secretary Phil Payne stated he would prefer getting down to the beginning and avoiding any problems with drainage. Brown will get back with the board on the exact height of the roof’s pitch. According to Brown the cost of completely reroofing would double the initial cost of $16,500. The same procedure will be used on the glass block windows at the Syracuse Elementary/Junior High School as is

two calls were in the township. The firemen answered one call in Benton Township, one in Jackson Township and one in Van Buren Township. Fire damage for the month of January was estimated at $35,300 and-a total of 3,400 gallons of water were used.

for the final two games. With this idea the schools would be able to play larger schools, such as Warsaw, in the final games. Arnold stated it is getting harder to find schools the same sizes as the junior highs. In order to get the six games in, the schools play each other, sometimes twice. The coaches have requested the three schools not play each other during the regular season. Arnold believed the idea behind combining the teams is to keep the boys interested in the sport. He added this year there are 32 boys on the Syracuse eighth grade football team and 11 on the seventh. At North Webster there were 17 boys on the eighth grade team and 11 on the seventh grade team. While at Milford there were 20 on the eighth grade team and five on the seventh. Jim Redslob, r 5 Syracuse, read a letter to the editor of this paper to the board concerning the football program at the junior high level. The letter appears on page four. In response to a question if all thlMjoys will be playing in the final two games, Arnold replied Traviolia has stated all boys are goinhtoplay. If this program is approved it would/ on a trial basis only. Arnobr replied there were some coaches who were not in favor of it when it was first discussed and he is not sure they are all in favor of it now. Other Board Items A request of approval to expend SIO,OOO for hand tools, repair power equipment and replace some additional equipment in the industrial arts departments was approved. John Naab, curriculum coordinator, stated these were in need and would be purchased locally and put in locked areas. The tools would be for all three junior highs. The board members rescinded their vote on the 1980-81 school calendar after Arnold said he submitted the wrong calendar to the board. He stated the calendar submitted to the board last month was not discussed with the

used at Milford. The renovation of the showers and rest rooms in the old gym will be comparable to what is in the new physical education facility at the high school. The plans call for mosaic ceramic tile on the floor and epoxy paint on the walls. The walls in the shower room will be ceramic all the way to the ceiling. The board will be meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 12, a regularly scheduled meeting and on Tuesday, Feb. 26, to finalize the plans. On Tuesday, March 18, the board will be accepting bids on the projects.

t ' t | Nomination Certificate For Milford I £ Man Os The Year — Woman Os The Year Bj a ra A | am greatly honored to place in nomination for the MAD Council annual Citizen of the M ? ~ Ln »*« Year award the name of—- — L*J who has contributed so greatly to the improvement and the development of our city as a ■£» . t ( m better place to live, to work and to play. LN I I X I am willing to the best of my ability, to furnish the committee information concerning Ln a this nominee. KN $ NAME 2 i — m ADDRESS — HI ❖ PHONE pl $ (Note*. To insure complete secrecy, please return this ballot in an envelope addressed to M Y the attention of Man-Woman of the Year Award Committee, MAD Council, Box 46, UJ Milford, Indiana 46542.) E Deadline Date: Friday, February 22, 1980 m Winner Will Be Announced At The MAD Banquet * CiOOOiftOOOOOO O Ci O O O O i>Vl

teachers’ organization. Phil Payne asked Lera Rhineholt, president of the Lakeland Classroom Teachers Association, if the teachers objected because of procedures or the calendar. At that point she seemed to lose her cool and stated “What did we tell you the last time.” Payne remarked the teachers wanted a day off in the middle of the school year. Rhineholt stated that is what the teachers are concerned about. A temporary contract for Gayle Staley, who is substituting for Mrs. Karen Bell in special education at North Webster, was approved. Mrs. Bell was granted a leave of absence for the balance of the school year. In connection with the flu outbreak, Naab stated Wawasee currently has a problem with absenteeism but it is spotty. He reported attendance has been about 94 to 95 per cent and they are watching the situation carefully. Premiere Corp. at Syracuse not closing The four-year-old Premiere Corporation, located at West Brooklyn Street in Syracuse, is not closing its plant, according to Rich King, plant manager, as has been rumored. The plant has been closed for two weeks for remodeling and repairs, but most of the work force should return to their jobs next week, according to King. The firm employs variously from 50 to 80 people, manufacturing storm windows for the mobile home and travel trailer market. During the brief shut-down the company has shifted its orders to its Dayton, Ohio, plant, King said. Schrock files for appeal Syracuse resident Bradley Schrock, who was found guilty by a jury of three counts of possession and distribution of cocaine last October, filed an appeal in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Friday, Jan. 25. Schrock had been sentenced on December 17 to seven to 19 years in prison and a $50,000 fine but a final opinion and order on the case was postponed until January 25 because of motions pending. The appeal will be heard in Cincinnati at the court of appeals. The $250,000 cash and surety bond for the defendent was continued.

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PHIL RARICK

Rarick throws hat in ring, Roy also announces candidacy

Warsaw attorney Phil Rarick has announced he will seek the Indiana House of Representatives seat currently held by Thames Mauzy, R., Warsaw. Rarick, 28, an associate in the law firm of Milo W. Lightfoot, is a newcomer on the local political scene. Rarick said the major issue of the campaign will«be leadership. “The greatest threat local government and business face is the overreaching and overregulating of big government,” Rarick said. “We need strong, vigorous leadership on the local level capable of counteracting and in fact reversing the trend toward centralized government,” he said.

Net assessed valuation given for taxing units

Net assessed valuation figures for the several townships and towns in Kosciusko County have been released by County Auditor Jean Northernor and show an average increase of 52 per cent. The report for 1979, on taxes payable in 1980, shows a total of $306,775,290. In 1978, payable in 1979, this total was $202,104,080. Township 1978-79 1979-80 Clay 3,696,220 5,742,940 Etna 3,181,920 4,460,100 Franklin 4,262,830 6,514,860 Harrison| 7,862,950 12,134,630 Jackson 3,116,870 4,724,110 Jefferson-east 2,091,110 3,323,430 Jefferson-west ! 2,008,310 3,002,370 Lake 3,740,910 5,609,860 Monroe ) 2,321,320 4,025,720 Plain 13,701,020 21,710,120 Prairie 6,223,240 9,444,620 Scott 3,260,900 4,803,930 Seward 5,722,180 9,354,890 Tippecanoe 12,697,140 22,894,090 Turkey Creek ! 19,435,280 28,681,100 Van Buren 6,364,760 10,500,180 Washington 4,596,130 7,634,480 Wayne 22,908,750 34,752,420

PHIL ROY

With the announcement earlier this week by Warsaw city councilman-at-large Phil Roy for the same 17th district seat, and with the expected try by Mauzy for yet another term, the May 6th primary race for the Republican nomination promises to be one of the liveliest campaigns in years. Rarick is currently a member of the American Bar Assocation, the Association of Trail Lawyers of America, the Indiana Bar Association and is a member of the Warsaw Noon Lions Club and Warsaw Racquet Club. Rarick, a lifelong resident of Wawasee before moving to 613 S. Lake Street, Warsaw, attended Wheaton College and Indiana University where he graduated with honors.

Corporations 1978-79 1979-80 Burket 393,280 527,440 Claypool 362,930 628,090 Etna Green 871,860 1,329,590 Leesburg 1,140,100 1,625,330 Mentone-Franklin 646,390 977,300 Mentone-Harrison 1,324,440 2,041,910 Milford • 3,380,310 6,529,710 North Webster 2,439,250 4,191,430 Pierceton 1,657,160 2,626,230 Sidney 185,550 293,660 Silver Lake 847,990 1,206,770 Syracuse 10,156,050 13,524,180 Warsaw 47:882,180 65,938,130 Warsaw-Plain 32,560 582,970 Winona Lake 3,592,190 5,438,700 Chimney fire at Gingeriches Milford firemen made an early mornling run Sunday to the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gingerich, located on CR 400 N, west of Milford. According to Mr. Gingerich, a fire started in a chimney which threatened the house, but firemen quickly extinguished the blaze. Damage was minimal.