The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 March 1980 — Page 2
THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., March 12,1980
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Milford Town Board reviews building ordinance and new insurance policy
By TERRI CHILCOTE The final reading of the unsafe building ordinance and reviewing the new insurance policy were the major events at an otherwise uneventful Milford Town Board meeting. The board met Monday evening, March 10. Milford Town Attorney Tim Blue publicly read the unsafe building ordinance.. Since the ordinance has not yet been published in the local newspapers, the ordinance was not passed at Monday night’s The board is expected to vote on the ordinance Monday, April 7.
Hobby turns into business
By VICKY HYDE-HICKEY Larry Cook has taken what was once just a hobby and turned it into a profitable business. Syracuse residents Larry and Jacqueline Cook opened Cook’s RSre Coins Saturday, March'!, in Pickwick Place, Syracuse. From all indications, this business, unique in Kosciusko County, is going to be quite successful. “There seems to be a real need for a coin shop in Kosciusko County,” commented Cook. “Our nearest competition is in Bremen or in Elkhart or in Fort Wayne to the east.” Cook started out collecting coins as a hobby about 10 years ago and quickly became fascinated with rare old coins. At the time he was working with “Trailer Life” and then later with "Woodall’s”, both mobile home magazine publishing firms. In January “Woodall’s” wanted to transfer Cook to southern Florida Tat that point Cook opted to quit and start his own business in Syracuse. The new business will feature both the buying and selling of rare coins as well as the buying and selling of gold and silver bullion. Cook says that he would like to establish himself as an expert in the field of .rare old coins but he knows too that with the price of gold and silver skyrocketing as it has in the past few months, a large part of his business will be devoted to buying gold and silver pieces from area residents. Cook has most of his own collection of rare coins on display and for sale in the store. Many of the coins are exquisite pieces of art, valuable for their detail and antiquity as well as their precious metal content. When asked how one goes about starting a coin collection, the new owner explained, “The really neat part of coin collecting is that
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Bill Nellans of First Charter Insurance Agency of Syracuse reviewed the town’s new insurance policy with the board members. The town of Milford had switched insurance policies from Little and Clark Insurance Agency of Milford to First Charter Insurance Agency in December when the former insurance policy expired. Town Marshal David Hobbs presented his police report to the board. According to Hobbs, February was a low crime month. He attributes the low crime rate to bad weather. Hobbs also reported a survey had been conducted of persons who have run the stop light at the in-
it Can cost as little or as much as the person is willing to invest. You can start with as little as SIOO and build from there.” Anyone interested in starting a collection can find the right tools at Cook’s Rare Coins. “A good place to start is with a couple of educational books and some lower grade coins and then familarize yourself with a certain type of coin. Then build on the collection from that point,” Cook \continued. “I’ll trade with the \person who has a collection and wants to upgrade it or I’ll buy it or I’ll sell you coins to add to the collection.” Cook added that as soon as time allows, he would like to sponsor a coin club at school. “There are more and more young people getting into coin collection,” he explained. What will be the top market price for gold this year? “I thinjc it will peak at SI,OOO by the end of the year. However, I feel it will gb higher than that in the future but' probably at a slower rate than in the past few months,” he speculated. And the price of silver? “You can generally figure the price of silver at onesixteenth the market price of gold,” he explained. Cook feels that coins are going to be the investment of the future. "Eventually they will replace a large part of the stock market as a good sound investment. The Europeans have known about the rare coin market for years; the Americans are just finding this out. The appreciation of coins far outweighs that of other investments,” he said. Cook added that he welcomes both the interested buyer and seller to his new store as well as the person who is just browsing. And a visit to Cook’s Rare Coin Shop in Syracuse could provide an interesting as well as informative way to spend an afternoon. '
tersection of SR 15 and Emeline Street. He said 50 per cent of the offenders were local people. Clerk-Treasurer Maria Lozano reported the State Board of Accounts requires purchase orders for all purchases. The town has not been using purchase orders. Mrs. Lozano said she has ordered purchase order forms with identification numbers for each department. Mrs. Lozano also stated she needed a typewriter table for the town hall office. The board -okayed for her to buy one “within reasonable price range.” Fire Chief Bill Leemon turned in bills and informed the board he will be sending men to a fire
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NEW SYRACUSE BUSINESS — With the opening of Cook’s Rare Coins in Pickwick Place, Syracuse, Kosciusko County has its only coin shop. Owner Larry Cook here shows some of the rare old coins on display in his store. (Photo by Vicki Hyde-Hickey)
55,000 in county —
State does not show population growth
There has been a population increase in Kosciusko County of 7,200 over an eight year period, 1970-1978, according to Morton J. Marcus, research economist for the division of research at the Indiana University School of Business. The change has been 14.9 per cent. The per cent change from 1970-1974 was 7.6 and in 19741978 the change was 6.7 per cent. Estimated population in 1978 was 55,000. According to Marcus, Indiana along with other northern industrial states, is not enjoying the steady growth of population experienced by much of the rest of the nation during the past nine years. In citing population estimates released by the U.S. Bureau of Census, Marcus says that although Indiana has grown by 3.9 per cent, that represents less than half the national average of 8.3 per cent growth. Population estimates who relatively slow growth for a solid band of midwestern states, Indiana Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, lowa and Missouri. These figures appear in an article prepared by Marcus in the current issue of the Data Supplement to the Indiana Business Review, published by the US business school. “Failure to grow at the national average is equivalent to an outward shift of population of 244,000 people in the last nine years, and amounts to a shift of more \than two million from the Great Lakes states,” Marcus
school at Indiana UniversityPurdue University at Indianapolis April 12-13. The board appropriated money to pay for their expenses. In the last item of business, board member Bob Auer said the town needs new street signs, since some of them are very difficult to read. It was decided to have Street and Water Superintendent Terry Beatty look into the matter when he is well. Beatty has been in the Goshen Hospital since Sunday, March 9. The meeting of the Milford .Town Board concluded at 9:10 p.m. The next regular meeting will be Monday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m.
explained. In addition, in Indiana the rate of increase is slowing from 2.3 per- cent in the four year period from 1970-1974 down to only 1.1 per cent in the 1974-1978 period, he added. “You can look at this in several ways — smaller markets in which to sell your products, fewer people contributing to the state tax base or less people competing for available parking spaces.” He noted that the general trend is an outward shift of population from the midwestem and New England states to the “sunbelt states” of Florida, Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico and other western states. “Population growth patterns of various regions within the state have been markedly different,” remarked Marcus. “By and large, western and southwestern areas have been growing slower than the state average while central and northeastern areas are developing more rapidly.” Webster police to crack down North Webster Police are going to crack down on motorists who are disobeying the parking signs in that town, according to Town Marshal Charles Parker. Parking tickets will be issued to vehicles parked in no-parking zones, vehicles double parked, improperly parked and those blocking a driveway or alley. Parker said that the worst areas are near the Counting House Bank and the Post Office and at the SR 13 and Washington Street intersections. Those ticketed may pay the fines at the police station or mail them to the police station. The fine for the first offense is $1; additional offenses will be fined $2. Parker stated that if the fine is not paid within 72 hours, the amount due is doubled. Parker also added that warrants will be issued for those violators who fail to pay the fines. YOLKS CRUMBLE? To keep egg yolks from crumbling when slicing hardcooked eggs, wet the knife before each cut.
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AREA PLAN COMMISSION — The 1980 Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission elected officers Wednesday, March 5. Pictured in the front row are Jerry Grady of Syracuse, appointed by the county commissioners: Dee Stiver of Syracuse, vice chairman, appointed by the town of Syracuse: County Extension Agent Victor Virgil of. Atwood, chairman, appointed by virtue of his office: and Bob Hartzie of Etna Green, appointed by the county council. In the back row are Don Ahrns of Milford, appointed by the Lakeland School Corporation: Steve Butts of Syracuse, appointed by the town of Syracuse; and Ron Baumgartner of Milford, appointed by the tow n of Milford. Not pictured is County Surveyor Charles Brower of North Webster, secretary, who is appointed by virtue of his office. The Small Town Advisory Board has yet to appoint someone to the 19X0 Area Plan Commission. (Photo by Terri Chilcote)
APC okays plat for subdivision
By TERRI CHILCOTE After two months of, public hearings, the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission approved a controversial preliminary plat for a residential subdivision on Tippecanoe and James Lakes on Wednesday, March 5. Filed by Lakeside Associates, a partnership of Jim R. Chiddister, Jerry L. Chiddister and Ernest D. Schaefer, the plat involves a 48.4 acre tract of land located on the north side of CR 500 N, 1,300 feet east of Grassy Creek in Tippecanoe Township. The case first appeared before the APC in January. The board had tabled the petition until some questions about the plat were resolved and to give remonstrators and petitioners time to work out their differences. Last month the board heard more discussion but came up with a no action vote. The case was again tabled and this month the board voted to approve the preliminary plat. The board gave conditional
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approval for a preliminary plat of a residential subdivision in Tippecanoe Township Filed by Phyllis Miller of North Webster, the petition involves a 1.44 acre tract of land on the east side of Kuhn Lake west of SR 13 and consists of four lots. Approval is contingent upon Mrs. Milter filing the necessary affidavit. Also approved was a preliminary plat of a residential subdivision on a 2.05 acre tract of land located on the north side of Armstrong Road south of Tippecanoe Lake in Tippecanoe Township. The petition on the five-lot plat was filed by Lewis Neibert. The board asked Neibert his plans for a vacated road on his property. Neibert said he had no plans to reopen the road unless adjacent property owners wanted it reopened. The board discussed whether the road should be reopened to make easier access for mail carriers, school buses, snowplows and fire trucks. The road had been closed seven years ago to eliminate through traffic and re-routed.
William Stahl, an adjacent property owner, explained area residents had petitioned the county to close the road and did not tfant it reopened. Stahl added he and the other adjacent property owners were in favor of the development as long as there were adequate restrictions. The APC approved the plat with the recommendation one lot, which is below the minimum size, be referred to the Board of Zoning Appeals and a perk test be conducted on two other lots. The board decided not to require reopening of the vacated road. A petition, filed by August and Mabel to rezone .17 acres from a public use zone to a residential district was tabled
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until next month at the request of the petitioners. The property is located on the southwest side of SR 13, 400 feet northwest of CR 1060 N in Turkey Creek Township. The land is surrounded to the north, west and south by South Shore Golf Course. In other business, the APC elected its 1980 officers. County Extension Agent Victor Virgil of Atwood was re-elected chairman of the board. Dee Stiver of Syracuse was elected vice chairman and County Surveyor Charles Brower of North Webster was re-elected secretary. Stiver replaces Betty Dust, who resigned when she was appointed Turkey Creek Township trustee, as vice chairman.