The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 48, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 December 1980 — Page 2
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OPEN HOME CENTER — Members of the Ev Gans family of Syracuse were on hand Tuesday and Wednesday of this week at the opening of the new American Home Center, located on Road 36 east of Warsaw. The family has owned and operated American Industries, a similar home building center, in Syracuse for a number of years. From left are Dale Ganz, assistant manager of the new center: Steve Unruh, manager; Ev Ganz: Billie Ganz: and Dave Ganz.
'* | A jBBL r ■ _.,r wW HOME CENTER’S FIRST CUSTOMER — Calvin Bolt, 1600 East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw, was the first customer at the new American Home Center in Warsaw, having purchased $239.15 worth of paneling and moulding. Shown above from left are Steve Unruh, manager of the home building center which opened formerly todav (Wednesday), assistant manager Dale Ganz and customer Bolt.
Active — ( from page 1) and McGuff, $59,000. Miller & Sons offered a combined bid with a base bid of $62,985. Responding to contract number ”15, aluminum door and glass with base bids were: Brooks Plate Glass, $59,178; Interstate Glass Co., $46,371; D & M Glass Company, $43,900, and Hoosier Glass Co., $49,000. On contract number 16, aluminum sash, four companies answered bids. Offering base bids only were: D & M Glass Company, $20,500 and Clark Engineering, $28,648. Interstate Glass Co. offered $22,500 with a combined bid and Brooks Plate "Glass responded with $22,790 and a combined bid. City Glass Specialty was the only firm offering a combined bid only of contracts 15 and 16 for $69,180. Only base bids were offered for contract number 17 on ceramic. The two companies were: Art Mosaic & Jile. $86,580 and F & M Tile, $91,286. Two firms responded to base bids for contract number 18, terrazzo, as follows: Art Mosaic & Tile, $66,600 and F & M Tile, $73,041. Only Foster Flooring Corp., answered with a base bid of $48,130 for contract number 19, wood floors. Responding to base bids on contract number 20, resilient tile, were: Interior Finishes, $10,797; McFerran-Kane Co., $12,400; Strahm, Inc., $11,904; and' Dietrich, $10,716. Answering base contract number 21, synthetic floor, were Foster Flooring Corp., $29,750 and Martin Surfacing and Decking, $26,500. Six firms responded to contract number 22, carpet. Offering base bids were: McFerran-Kane Co., $34,500; Interior Finishes, $35,494; Carpetland USA, $34,733;' Interiors for Business, $26,201.18; Straum, $36,600; and Business
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Furniture Corporation, $33,243.55. On contract number 23, carpet, two companies responded wittf base bids as follows: McFerranKane Co., $36,700 and Straum, $37,200. Covering base bids only on contract number 24, painting, were: Odle Painting, $71,784; O’Hara Decorating, $88,918; Colours Decorating, $68,839; Roesener Decor, Inc'., $76,885; and Bowen Decorating Service, $58,900. Three firms answered contract number 25, chalkboards, as • follows with base bids: Wilson.Partenheimer, $35,657; Peninsular Slate Co., $25,966; and Institutional Equipment, $28,764. On contract number 26, metal lockers, were base bids by: McElheny Co. Inc., $21,576; Lee Company, $24,192; Interiors for Business, $31,243.75; Republic Steel, $20,175; and Schriker Co., $24,732. Responding to contract number 27, ventilated lockers, were: McElheny Co. 1nc.,.513,990; Lee Company, $15,293; and King School Equipment, $19,768. Only Tarpenning-LaFollette responded to contract number 28, metal heat enclosures, with a base bid of $25,400. On contract number 29, gym equipment, Lee Company offered a base bid of $29,290. Offering combined and base bids weref Institutional Equipment, $32,179 and Keiger, $37,490. Base bids were opened on contract number 30, kitchen equipment, by six companies as .follows: C & T Design & 'Equipment, $135,700; Aikman Incorporated, $136,095; Willoughby Sheet Metal, $128,544; Great Lakes Hotel Supply, $133,260; Hale & Associates; $138,549; and Elliott Distributing Company, $129,114. Four companies responded to contract number 31, science \ equipment, with base bids as ifollows: Hermann & Son, Inc., / $24,126; Kiger & Company, $31,147; Robbeloth Associates, $29,309; and Lee Company,
On contract number 32, Home Economics equipment, base bids were offered by: Hermann & Sons, Inc., $36,151; two Robbeloth Associates bids, ’ $45,350 and plastic bid $33,500; and Lee Company, $39,200. Three firms responded to contract number 33, folding bleacher. Base bids were as follows: Lee Company, $39,860; King School Equipment, $45,457; and Interkal, $37,864. On contract number 34, wood built-ins, Hermann & Son, Inc., offered a base bid of $26,826 with a combined bid and Robbeloth Associates offered a base bid of $28,920. Responding to contract number 35, plastic built-ins, were two companies offering base and combined bids as follows: Lee Company, base bid of $24,400 and Robbeloth Associates, $29,654 base bid. Riddle School Equipment submitted a base bid of $17,900. The meeting adjourned allowing the school board and architectural firm of Everett I. Brown to review the contract proposals. A decision will be mad 6 at a later date. Migrants — (Continued from page 1) received the important post in large part through his ability to communicate with the young folks of the community through his summer recreational program, and with his special rapport with the Hispanic community. He said he hopes to prove the worth of the program, that it will be continued. ’ Hear Hobbs David Hobbs, Milford Town Marshal, also appeared at the Monday night meeting and explained a program for bicycle licensing he would like to initiate in the Milford community. He said there were some 300 bicycles in the community and
that 50 of them are stolen per year. “The program of licensing helps us identify stolen bikes and assists us in returning them to their rightful owner,“he noted. He cited Goshen as having 376 per cent decrease in bicycle thefts after they initiated a similar program. Hobbs, who was accompanied by Ron Conley, superintendent of the Milford Street and Water Departments and Milford deputy asked the Lions to support the program by purchasing the license tags. It was taken under advisement. Lions Gervis Schaefer complimented the Lions for their turn out in working on the community building on Saturday, Dec. 6. District Governor Gene Downhour will make his visitation meeting at the Milford Club at the January 5 meeting, president Paul Reith noted, urging Lions to turn out for this meeting. Duggins — (Continued from page 1) Insurance Changed Carl Myrick, town board president, stated he was informed that the town’s insurance premiums, with Prudential, for town employees has increased. He notified Paul Isbell, insurance consultant, to check into other firms with lower premiums, but with just as good coverage. Isbell’s report was read by Myrick. Isbell checked out Travelers Insurance and Blue Cross-Blue Shield and recommended Blue Cross-Blue Shield. He stated both those companies have better coverage overall than Prudential. Rates with Prudential went from $35.14 for the towns part for employees and dependents to $94.42. Blue Cross-Blue Shield’s rates will be $38.97 per employee, $68.59 for employee and children; $89.65 for employee and spouse; and $98.31 for employee and dependents. Traveler Insurance was based at $47:76 for each employee and $116.96 for employee and child, employee and spouse and employee and dependents. Blue Cross-Blue Shield said if the town accepted the company prior to December 24, the premium rate would be guaranteed for one year. Traveler Insurance also guaranteed its rates for one year. Rezoning Denied Dan Richards of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission submitted a request for rezoning of a residential area to commercial and added the APC had already denied the request. The petitioner, State Bank of Syracuse, asked that the area where the Lawn and Garden Shop on SR 13, near Saint Andrew’s Church, was formerly located, be changed. The town board also denied the request. Richards read what could go into the building if rezoned and stated the building is in nonconforming use. Mrs. Kenneth Knisley and Don McFarland were at the meeting to oppose the rezoning. Mrs. Knisley stated a number of businesses have been in that building and there has been semitractor trailer rigs parked there all night with their engines running and trash burning. She said these are some of the reasons why residents in that area object to the rezoning. She also stated she was given permission to give other neighbor’s names if requested. McFarland, whose property is on the east side of the lot, stated that every time a business or ’ manufacturer moved in he received the effect and remarked he would consider approving the rezoning if the bank would come up with a business which would not be harmful to the residents. Water Bill Problem Betty Dust, Turkey Creek Township Trustee, approached the board concerning its policy on adjustment of malfunctioning water meters. She stated that as a trustee she has a bill she may be paying . shows a problem in the water usage reading and suggested the board go back to
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September when the readings increased by 25 per cent from July. She stated she may want an adjustment from August depending what the reading was at that time. She added she was not given the August bill but the reading should be on the books. Following a long discussion between board members and Mrs. Dust, the board agreed Hess and the water department will check out th* residence in question and get back with Mrs. Dust. She also stated she hoped the water will not be shut off until the matter is solved. The board agreed it would not. Myrick stated it didn’t seem right to wait so long to complain about the bill. Mrs. Dust stated she did complain and the town sent people out to check it and they put a new meter in. She added the December reading was norma] after the new meter was putin. Old Business Hess reported he started checking into the three trees in Bachman’s second addition to Potowatami Park or Purdee’s addition. He talked to three residents and checked with Reed when he found out that the alley was not into the network of town streets, but still under the ownership of Dee Stiver. In talking with Stiver, Hess stated a letter would be needed relinquishing all rights to the area in question and Stiver thus submitted a letter to the town. Hess will do more checking with Stiver and others and get back with the board for the cost of extracting the trees. He stated it will be after the first of the year before he gets to this matter. Howard Kyle, water department head, stated he has been at Kitson Park and can never find people home and is not sure who to contact. Vella Bumbaugh, assistant clerk, stated she has not heard a word from Richard Ness concerning turning the water on in that area. Hess stated the meters are being checked and the water department is getting static from residents who do not want the meters put in. Reed said he should give him the names and addresses of those people and he will send them a letter. Other Business The board ammended the first resolution pertaining to the Environmental Protection Agency Step One application for the grant which stated a public law code. The EPA stated that code has been changed and the new public law code has to be used. Darrell of PDQ requested his check this week for the pick-up of city trash. Hess stated he was not in favor of this request because the town was in trouble before and added “we have done him favors before, be made the switch and got fouled up.” Hess stated after the switch of days for trash pick-up he received a number of calls. Myrick agreed with Hess and stated he will receive the check at the regular time. Department Reports Kenneth Johnson, fire chief, received permission to purchase six, 50 feet, inch fire hoses at the cost of $560 and for the Emergency Medical Service to purchase a back board for extraction of patients with back injuries in accidents for $143.95. Clerk-treasurer Cynthia Fry will be checking to see if funds are available for the fire department to purchase an air compressor for $3,000 from a Warsaw firm going out of business. Johnson stated the compressor is less than four years old, will be operated by electric and will be used to fill the Scot Air Paes. Currently the department has a gasoline air compressor which is owned by a town resident. Johnson stated the owner stopped by the station recently to look at the compressor and found it needed to be cleaned up. He also stated the owner may reclaim the generator some day and they will need to travel to Goshen or Warsaw to have the air pacs refilled. Robert Houser, chief of police, received approval to purchase four new hat badges for reserve officers at the cost of $72 and one dozen ties for the officers at $36. He also stated the radar gun
needs to be sent in for the annual calabration which will cost $120.. Kip Schumm, president of the park board, requested approval for the purchase of at least five new eight foot aluminum picnic tables for the park at $269 each or a total of $1,345. He added these picnic tables can be cemented into the ground and are similar to those purchased earlier. Also seven picnic tables were thrown out after the summer due to rotting wood. A motion was made for Mrs. Fry to check and see if funds were available. Kyle asked whose responsibility it was to take out the public pier. Clifford Boyer, board member, stated Dale Sparklin contacted Duggins before he left for Florida and stated he would help, but nothing was done. Kyle will be checking with local pier removers and report back to the board on the cost. Boyer stated the pier already has a layer of ice around it. The town board will have a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 6 p.m. to handle any business necessary before the end of the year. The meeting will be held in the town hall. Survey — (Continued from page 1) problems respondents listed better services; recreation facilities for youth and adults; better law enforcement; decay of the town; another doctor; day care center; railroad crossing lights; additional stores; retirement apartments needed; and better utilization of the library. Suggestions for solutions to these problems included outside help, improvement of job descriptions, community effort to utilize present facilities, individual responsibility, research problems, appointment of a coordinator, use of local groups and enforcement of laws. Six said there were no solutions. Groups or persons listed that could help meet community needs included local clubs, town board, merchants and bankers, churches, interested people, college and schools, corporate store chains and theater, law officers and maintenance crew and hospitals. One person responded most groups already have their own projects. Four respondents were members of a community group or were interested persons who could help meet communityneeds. Thirteen said they were not; two replied they were willing to help; and two indicated the question was not applicable. Nine indicated they saw no problems that stand in the way of taking care of community needs. Others cited cooperation, financing, assu/ning.responsibility and informing and reporting as possible obstacles. Suggestions for eliminating these obstacles included town board and town employees assuming their responsibilities; more input from people, Cbmmit-
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Two new officers for Dona Corporation
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various operating and financial positions. Gustafson is director of the General Ohio SAL Corporation; Ohio Medical Indemnity Corporation; Linbeck Construction Company; Highway Users Federation; Automotive Information Council; Spicer. S.A., Mexico; Metalcon, Venezuela; a trustee of the University of Toledo Corporation; and Friends of Saint Luke’s Hospital, Toledo. Ohio, member. Gustafson is a member and past president of the Financial Executives Northwestern Ohio Chapter, member of the Financial Analysts Federation and the Ohio Society of CPA’s, member and past president of the Northwestern Ohio Quarter Midget Racing Association and a % North American Minichamp Racing Association member. ' Hit and skipped in Syracuse Rose M. Calbeck. 400 East Boston St., Syracuse, reported someone hit her 1974 Ford car on a parking lot off of SR 13 South near her residence and left the scene. Damage was set at $1,500.