The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 35, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 September 1980 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., September 17,1980

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(Continued from page 1) watch community spirit in motion. The success of the festival was due to so many people it is impossible to name each person individually.” said Mrs. Treesh. She continued by saying, “It would have been impossible without the cooperation of Brock’s facilities and personnel.” After the rains began to fall on Friday Brock agreed to the festival being held inside the transportation building. The majority of the activities featuring displays were set up in the building with the remainder of the activities being held outside. “It was great working with each and every one,” concluded Mrs. Treesh. United Way -r(Continued from page 1) tribution. Many companies offer payroll deduction to make giving easier for their employees. In-plant division chairman Bob Zeek commented, “In many cases, workers give up 'their break times or part of their lunch hours to learn about United Way. They respond generously." Captains working under Zeek are Ellis Rice, Tom Kail. John Rubley, Elmer Bausch, Keith Beiser and Charlie Taylor. Key people and their respective companies are: Bonnie Yotter, Armstrong Products; Steve Bolinger, Arvco Container; Terry Walsh, L.M. Berry; Ron Pressler, Bertsch Vending; Dane Miller, Biomet; Sam Stimmel, Champion Door; Larry Geyer and Hugh Warner, Commodore Corporation; Jim Kees, DaLite Screen; Dave Groenewoud, Dalton Foundries; Walter Spries, De Puy; and Frank Suchecki, R.R. Donnelley & Sons. Other volunteers are Charles Ker, Endicott; Mary Derry, First National Bank; Phil Myette, Free Methodist Publishing; Marla Hall, GTI Corporation; Anita Felger, Holiday Inn; Arden Warner, REMC; Bill Henthom, Lake City Bank, Becky Girard, Little Crow Foods; Liz Surface, Miller & Sons Lumber; Scott Monteith. Monteith Firestone; Susan Weismantel, Orthopedic Equipment; John Rubley, Owens Illinois; and John Rohrer. Parker Industries. Among others are Bill Gillman, Peabody ABC; Rogers Peters, Sears Roebeck; Bill Sanders, Dana Corporation; Tom Kail, Sun Metal; A. J Pummer, Tri State Advertising; Rod. Darling, Tyler Machinery; Gordon Hohman, Union Tool; Ellis Rice, Uniroyal; Grace Inman, United Telephone; Ken Bucher, Warsaw Chemical; Roger Rusnak. Whitley Products; Bettye Painter, Word Music; and Willard Brandt, Zimmer USA. “Industries also make very generous corporate gifts as well as allowing in-plant volunteers to show their community support," according to Bob Delp, corporate and executive division leader. Captains and volunteers working under Delp are Dick Bolesky, Don Reeves and George White. Crow request — (Continued from page 1) Pat Bitner asked that if the town decided in favor of the rezoning that a 10 foot bumper zone be a stipulation so not to depreciate private homes near the building. Fetters also favored a bumper zone but to control the drainage problem already in existance. His concern was that with all the fill which has been put in that area the water is not draining away and is backing up on the property of existing property owners. Schrumpf spoke up stating he is getting nothing but water entrapment and that the town was responsible in clearing it up. He questioned what the town could do to relieve the residents of that area of excess water from an area the town hasn’t kept up. A question was raised as to who’s responsibility McConnell’s ditch is, the county’s or city’s? It was believed the ditch does not belong to the county and Robert Reed, town attorney, is sure is does not belong to the town. Following a long debate about who was responsible for the ditch, which goes by several names and the matter of notification to the residents, Crow asked that the matter be tabled and he will take it under legal advisement. Schrumpf asked if the rezoning went through if the town would let the owner put a roadway up to Honeycutt Drive, which is already too narrow and if the town would maintain the road so it could be used by commercial traffic. At the moment Honeycutt Drive is a dead end street. Butt made a motion to go along with the plan commission’s request but a second was not made. After a long silence and more discussion Bill Hess moved to return it to the area plan commission for further study concerning the drainage problem. The vote was passed by

four ayes and one nay which was by Butt. Bids Bids for the new ambulance ranged from $41,870 to $30,310 on various types of ambulances. Halterman’s General Fire Equipment, Macy, bid $41,870 for a 1981 Ford aluminum body ambulance, $40,123 on a . 1980 aluminum body ambulance; and $36,110 on a 1979 Ford recreational vehicle model with a 1980 aluminum body. Their bids included trade-in. Travel Equipment Coach Company, Goshen, submitted a bid on a 1980 aluminum body, in the amount of $34,429 less the trade in of $4,119 on the old ambulance for a total of $30,310. Ries Equipment Company, Indianapolis, bid $34,900 on a new ambulance and gave the town a trade in of $6,800 The company said delivery would be 90 to 100 days from order. Hawk Equipment Company, Noblesville, bid $39,522 on a 1981 “Ford aluminum body less a trade in of'UraOO for the old ambulance. In their bid they included a number of add ons and the costs of each add on. Delivery stated for this ambulance was 60 to 90 days upon receipt of the chassis. E & A Sales and Leasing, Indianapolis, bid $36,532 on a 1981 aluminum body Ford less a trade in of $1,500 for a total of $35,032. On a 1981 steel body ambulance the amount was $33,532. Kenny Johnson, fire chief, commented the department has only looked at the ambulances of TEC and Halterman’s so the other company products were new to them On the police car two bids were received with very close figures. Smith Ford, Inc., Warsaw, gave a net bid of $7,509 on a 1981 LTD four door with the special police package. They allowed $1,852 for trade in on the 1978 police car. Wyant Chevrolet, Syracuse, gave a net bid of $7,369.60 on a 1981 Chevy Impala four-door with the police package. They allowed $2,267.99 in trade in. Both departments will take a look at the bids and make recommendations to the town board at the special meeting set for Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. ■ SV x \ r NEW LIBRARIAN — Mrs. Doug (Jodi) Brown. Miford, formerly Jodi Fullmer, Elkhart, will be taking over as the new Milford librarian at the end of October, replacing Carolyn Groves, current head librarian. Until October Mrs. Brown will be working with Mrs. Groves. Mrs. Brown is a graduate of Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in forestry. She has worked in Elkhart Public Library, Warsaw Public Library and Purdue University Library. She would like to take some library science classes next semester at either Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne or Indiana University South Bend. She and her husband. Doug, moved here from Crawfordsville and live north of Milford. Mr. Brown is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown of Milford. Leesburg man injured as truck leaves road Steven R. Young, 27, r 1 Leesburg, escaped injury when his truck dropped off into a ditch at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, on SR 19, six miles south of Mentone. Young told police a car was traveling left of center and forced him over to the right. Young’s truck, a 1979 truck owned by Farmwald Lumber and Home Center, Inc., 205 South Main St., Nappanee, dropped off the edge of the road while reportedly avoiding the auto. Kosciusko County Patrolman Jeffrey Bronsing investigated.

Fall trip planned by county homemakers

By PATRICIA M. RATHBUN Extension Agent, Home Ec The Kosciusko County Extension Homemakers will once again take a fall trip. The trip is scheduled for October 16 and the destination is Indianapolis. Two buses will leave from the fairgrounds at 7 a.m. The first stop will be the Indianapolis Market where they will have time to tour the Market and eat lunch.

Syracuse residents take problems to town board

By DEB FOX A number of problems were brought before the Syracuse Town Board Tuesday evening by residents concerning sewer problems, tap-on fees in Kitson Park and trash problems. Richard Ness, resident of Syracuse and contractor who was given permission to place water and sewer lines in the Kitson Park addition at his own cost, was concerned about the tap-on fee and the residents of that area paying double. He requested the town consider those residents pay the difference between his fees for the line construction and the town’s fees. Ness is charging the residents in Kitson Park SBSO to connect to water and sewer lines and the town fee is $1,300 for both. There are nine properties involved who would still owe the town some money for the difference in cost. Robert Reed, town attorney, stated there are no provision for that to be done in the current ordinances and it would require an amendment to those ordinances. The board voted to take it under advisement and give an answer at the next regular meeting. Sewer Problems Mary Ringler, Boston Street, informed the board she had sewer back-up problems in her home and wondered who was responsible in clearing the matter. She read a letter to the board from her sewer man, who has came to her house on number of occasions since the first of the year, who stated there are sewer problems which are outside of her property. She commented the sewer back-up has wrecked the carpeting in her basement and would like to get the situation corrected. Fred Personette spoke on her behalf by saying in 1973 a trailer was put in that area and either Northern Indiana Public Service Company employees or town employees damaged a tile in the alley at this time. The alley is located between Mrs. Ringler’s residence and the Donald Davisson residence. Vai Duggins, superintendent of utilities, stated the department just cleaned the line on Boston Street and didn’t hit anything. The only thing to do is dig it up. However, there is some question as to who owns the line in the alley. Duggins stated Bud Kline put in the line and may know who owns it and who is responsible. In the meantime Mrs. Ringler was advised to check with her sewer man about installing a check valve to keep the back-up from coming into her home. Trash Problems A representative from Darrell’s PDQ Trash Service, Goshen and contractor for the town trash pick-up stated he is having problems with rocks and dirt in the trash containers and residents placing appliances, furniture and other heavy items out for them to pick up. He commented his company just spent $3,000 in repairs for one of his trucks because of some items placed in the trash. Darrell stated it’s hard to tell until it’s too late that there are rocks and dirt in the trash because other trash is piled on top of it. Home Arts Club makes visit Mrs. Vera Schell was hostess recently to the Home Arts Club in her Milford home. Following the business meeting the club visited the Lakeland Loving Care Nursing Home. Mrs. Earl Naegele, club president, lead the pledge to the flag and club creed. The background of the song “Quilting Party” was given by Ruth Zimmerman. Mrs. Schell played the piano while the group sang the song. “Meditations by Morrison” were the devotions given as a musical reading of Psalms 23 by Nilah Jonasch with Mrs. Schell accompaning. Roll call was “Where we went to the first day of school and things remembered about it.” Mrs. Jonasch told about the reservations for the Christmas party and luncheon, gift exchange in October. Money for the flower fund was collected as well as money from each member for a refrigerator for the women’s buldihg on the fairgrounds. The club prayer was repeated and Mrs. Schell played a piano melody “He Leadeth Me” along with several other selections.

There is room for 94 passengers. Reservations are made by calling the Extension Office. Deadline for reservations is October 3. The second stop on the trip will be the Eli Lily Home and Museum. The final stop will be the Children’s Museum. The group will stop in Kokomo for an evening meal and arrive back in Warsaw around 8:30 p.m.

Robert Reed stated the town is not paying the service to pick-up appliances and furniture and stated he did not have to pick-up those items, just the trash. He was also asked to use a tagging system to mark those dumpsters which have rocks and dirt inside or items other than garbage. The board gave the trash service permission not to pick up items or dumpsters which weigh more than 60 pounds per man. Change Days Also he received permission to change Wednesday’s residential trash pick-up to Monday after November 1. He included that if the Monday is a holiday then the trash' pick-up would be on Wednesday and then back to Monday the following week. Darrell’s PDQ will be putting notices in local newspapers prior to the change to inform the residents of the changes. EPA Grant M. D. Wessler of M. D. Wessler and Associates, Indianapolis, stated the Environmental Protection Agency Grant has been certified by the state and is now before the EPA which should be out by the end of October. He again went over the schedule and work schedule for the step one application for the infiltrationinflow analysis and facility plant. Bill Hess, who was appointed by the board to sign necessarypapers on the grant, was asked to sign papers concerning the $85,000 estimated costs for engineering fees sent by the stream and water pollution board This cost is only engineering fees received in the grant for step one. Jim Wogoman, owner of Turtle Bay Trailer Court, questioned the rental he is paying on the fire hydrants in the park, since they were put in by a private owner at the owner’s expense. The board’s attorney stated it was a good question. The board will be having Kenny Johnson, fire chief, check out the hydrants in the park to see which of the two are good. The board will get back with him about the billing. Also, Wogoman questioned about the SI,OOO sewer tap on fee charge. He stated he will be hooking up a new sewer in the next month and wondered if he had to pay the fee. Reed stated no because the park has already paid the connection charges and it would be considered as a continuous sewer system not a new customer. Walter Young, president of Quackers, Inc., Pickwick Road, Syracuse, asked for a letter of recommendation by the board for a Sunday food and liquor sales permit, to be sent to the Kosciusko County Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The request for thet letter was passed by the board. New Business Emma Rock, 418 Dolan Drive, Apt. 2, donated a check for $362.60 to the town to be used as they see fit. The board will be writing her a letter in appreciation of the donation. The money will be used for the purchase of a weed eater and camera equipment for the police department. Several letters concerning claims against the town were discussed. A claim by Evidean Overholser in the amount of $32 from her doctor was suggested to be turned over to her insurance company. Mrs. Overholser fell outside of the Syracuse License Branch according to the accident report filled out by the Syracuse Emergency Medical Service. Also a claim by Frank Miller concerning an accident at SR 13 and Main Street in the amount of S9OO was rejected and the town will not accept liability for the accident. Cynthia Fry, clerk-treasurer and Carl Myrick, town board president will be attending a training meeting in Warsaw. Thursday, Sept. 25, the board approved the $6.50 fee per person. The session is sponsored by the FmHA on quarterly and annual reports. An Ordinance stating numerous traffic violation tickets be paid at the clerk’s office in Syracuse was read and adopted. The fines will not exceed $25 which is according to state law. If a ticket is paid within five days of the offense then the cost will be $5 but if paid after that period the

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cost will be $5 plus $1 for every day after the violation, not exceeding $25. Department Reports A request for six tubes of special grease for the new fire trucks was approved for the fire department. The cost will be approximately S3O-36. Also Johnson commented he would like to see the fire hydrant painting finished. Carl Myrick, town board president, stated he will be talking to the University club to see if they have any intentions of finishing the project. In the street department, Duggins requested the purchase of a weed eater to clean-up around signs, sidewalks and other hard to reach places with a mower. The cost is $l2O. This was approved. The board also approved. if money is available, the purchase of a gas heater for the garage area, this cost is approximately between $1,400 and $1,600. Duggins also suggested the board consider purchasing a tractor and loader at an estimated cost between $17,000 and $20,000 since the one owned by the town is a “dead horse.” A second garden tractor wa« also requested by next summer for mowing the parks. In other statements made by Duggins he said a letter of authorization by the board would be needed to get NIPSCo to put up street lights in Lingofelter Park. This was decided to wait until the board could find out how much it would cost in electric bills for three additional lights. Duggins commented work in the Stuckey addition and W E. Long Drive area should be completed by the middle of next week. He also stated he has accepted a chance to teach evening classes at Ivy Tech, Fort Wayne in waste water. He was recommended by the State Board of Health for this class and will be teaching every Wednesday evening for 10 weeks. Kip Schumm, park board president, asked about the cement building at Railroad Park and if something could be done with it before someone is injured. The board decided to temporarily board the door shut until it is checked out as to what is could be used for. The board members stated they did not want to go to the expense of tearing it down. Clifford Boyer asked when the sign designating park hours would be finished. Schumm stated he had no idea and was asked by the board to see if it could be finished soon or find someone else to do the job. In the meantime a temporary sign with the hours will be placed on the park sign. Robert Houser, police chief, requested S2OO for the purchase of ammunition to qualify the five regular officers and four reserve officers. Other Business Bill Hess will be looking into the alley behind Ray Miller’s home on Maple Grove Street and talking to Harley Conrad about what should be done. The board stated it has been the policy not to start fixing the alleys in town before the streets. Hess read a letter from Wayne Blakesley concerning the parking lot next to the apartment building on West Main Street. He stated in the letter that for approximately the last 16 months the lot has been used for public parking and asked that the town take over the maintenance of the lot for a fee of $lO per month. The town had contacted Blakesley about the condition of the lot and asked him to clean up the weeds in that area. The board decided to reject Blakesley’s proposal and stated the town doesn’t want to take the responsibility of another parking lot when it is not needed. Robert Reed will be writing a return letter to Blakesley. Several ordinances were read for additional appropriations including appropriations for the purchase of the city’s share of the ambulance cost and payment to Phend and Brown, Inc., Milford, onstreet repairs.

The town board will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the town hall. The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m.

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Albion family in 2-car accident

A Saturday morning, two-car accident at the comer of US 6 and Elkhart CR 38 left four members of an Albion family injured. Time of the accident was given as 10:20. Injured and taken to the Goshen Hospital in the Syracuse EMS ambulance were Earl Perlich, 42, r 1 Albion, driver of the 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass that was headed west on US 6; his wife, Kathy. 39, listed in fair condition with internal injuries and abrasions; a daughter. Pamela, 18, in fair condition with a fractured pelvis, contusions and abrasions: and a son, Lance, 14, treated for lacerations and abrasions and released. Perlich turned left, crossing in Senff booked on warrant Stephen Russell .Senff, 25, r 2 North Webster, was booked on a body attachment warrant from Marshall County on September 9. He was later transported to Marshall County Jail.

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