The Mail-Journal, Volume 18, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 April 1981 — Page 1

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EASTER COLORING CONTEST WINNERS — Pictured above are winners in this year's Easter Coloring contest, co-sponsored by area merchants and The Maiklournal. In the front row are Anthonv Gerardot. Goshen, winner at Evans Familv Store. Milford: Richie Heche. .North Webster, winner at Syracuse (Hardware; Danny Gallmeier, Syracuse, winner at Three Flags Drive-In. Syracuse; David Schmahl. Syracuse, winner at Augsburger's. Syracuse and North Webster; Mike Heche. North Webster, winner at Ben Franklin. Syracuse: and Chad Zartman. Milford, winner at Bailev‘s Service Station. In the middle row are Melanie Hobbs. Milford, winner at Milford Shoe and Clothing: Debbie Shirk. Milford, winner at Bruce's Marathon. Milford: Jennifer Beer. Syracuse, winner at First Federal Savings and Loan. Syracuse: Jenna deSomer. Syracuse, winner at Klink's Super Market. Syracuse; Renee Manges. Milford, winner at Burger Dairy Store. Syracuse; and Sheila Melendez. Syracuse, winner at B and K Drive-In. Syracuse. In the back row are Tina Scott. Milford, winner at Doti's Decorating Center. Milford: Sara Wilkinson. Syracuse, winner at the Dairy Queen. Syracuse . Donna Bowling. Syracuse, winner at Gropp's Famous Fish of Stroh. Syracuse: and Chrisy Burr. Syracuse, winner at My Store. Syracue. Winner* not pictured are Cathy McDonald. Syracuse, winner at Syracuse Case: Tonya Swartzendruber. Syracuse, winner at CountryHome Floral Shoppe. Syracuse; Gina Swartzendruber. Syracuse, winner at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Syracuse. Lori Stiver. Syracuse, winner at Wawasee Bowl. Syracuse; and Victoria Beer. Milford, winner at Richard D. Smith Painter and Carpenter. Milford. (Photo by Deb Fox)

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GRAND PRIZE WINNER — Mail-Journal Editor Jeri Seely b shown above presenting a 150 savings bond to Sheila Melendei. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Melendei of Syracuse Sheila won the grand prue in this year's Easier coloring contest. Sheila entered her priie-winning Easier picture at the B and Drive-In in Syracuse. < Photo by ! >«-b Fox > ’ •*

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Lakeland Kiwanis marks 12th anniversary

The Lakeland Kiwanis Club marked its 12th year of existence withal anniversary dinner at Restaurant m North Webster on Monday night, and heard a witty and inspirational talk by the Executive director of the Indiana Library Association There were 31 Kiwanis Chib members and their ladies present, plus an assortment of dignitaries Included in the dignitaries were Mr and Mrs Robert Steele of Warsaw Mr. Steele is Land-of Lakes Division Lt. Governor And club member and Mrs Sherman Bryant Mr. Bryant is Indiana District New Chib Building Chairman The Lakeland Kiwanis Club

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was sponsored by the North Manchester Kiwanis Club in 1969. and now has somme 80 members The club meets at The Classic Restaurant every Monday morning and has a broad and diverse membership It has spawned such illustrious members as the late Loren Badskey. who was instrumental in its founding and who went on to become the organization's International President Mr. Badskey was in Chicago working on Kiwanis affairs, some of which had to do with moving the International Headquarters from Chicago to Indianapolis, when he died in his hotel room recently Member Chns Kober led the group in singing the National

Milford denied HUD grant, not RR crossing lights grant

The Mail-Journal erroneously reported in last week’s < Apnl 15> issue that the town of Milford was turned down for a federal grant that would pay for the installation of railroad crossing lights at Catherine Street and Fourth Street crossings The report should have noted the town was denied a $1 million neighborhood rehabilitation grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development < HUD» The town of Milford had applied for the HUD grant to enable it to improve neighborhoods and upgrade property values Had the grant been approved, the project would have involved such things as acquisition, relocation and rehabilitation of housing, sanitary sewer lines, sidewalks and curbs and water lines At the April 14 town board meeting. Grant Consultant Bob Murphy said only two applications out of 16 had been approved by the government He said he did not know why Milford had been turned down, but he would review all the applications in September !*to see what they <the approved applications) had

Anthem and in pledging allegiance to the American Flag and led the group in singing several songs with Linda Hoy at the piano. Phil Hoy proved an able ' sheriff" (or “pumpkin man") in collecting fines as Jon Roberts held the podium to read off news accounts that proved costly to members. A Dixie-Hoosier Club President Jim Hermann conducted the meeting and member Larry Stockhouse introduced the speaker. Elbert L. Watson. Executive Director of the Indiana Library Association and the Indiana Library Trustee Association. While he is a resident of Indianapolis. Watson hails from

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that l didn't " The town will not be able to reapply for the HUD grant until next December Acquisition of railroad crossing lights for the town is still waiting state approval According to Murphy, the federal government will pick up 90 per cent of the cost of the $154,000 project with the Public Service Commission covering nine per cent of the cost and the town paying the remaining one per cent The tow n will later be reimbursed by the Public Service Commission for the one per cent cost.

Park Board meeting to be held Thursday Members of the Syracuse Park and Recreation Department’s board of trustees will meet at the Syracuse Town Hall at 7:15 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday). All area residents are invited to attend the meeting and to voice opinions.

Birmingham. Alabama, and calls himself a "Dixie-Hoosier." He is an accomplished speaker and writer with three books to his credit. “A History of Etowah County Alabama '. "Tennessee at the Battle of New Orleans", and "United States Senators from Alabama". His latest book. "In Hoosierland 11l Take My Stand," will be published in 1981. He claims to be owner and publisher of a weekly newspaper. The New Palestine Press. Speaker Watson had a lot of fun poking jokes at the differences between the North and South, and said be read inscriptions under Washington statues of Civil War heroes that were somewhat

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To reduce corporation teaching staff by 16

By KIM HIEBER The Lakeland Community School Board met last evening (Tuesday) to discuss staff reductions for the coming 1981-82 school year. In a unanimous board action. Margaurite Hoerr recommended the 16 teachers be released with John Kroh seconding the motion Effective May 28 the following teachers will be released from the following schools according to projected financial conditions: Milford Elementary, Mary Ann Banks (federally funded). Cynthia Kaiser. Carol Landrigan; Syracuse Elementary. Kimberly Conrad. Kathryn Bishop; North Webster Elementary. Donna Stinson and Tim Yeager (temporary contract); North Webster Junior High. Susan Miller; Milford Junior High, Paula Popenfoose and Stephen Tyler; Syracuse Junior High. Jan Lant (temporary contract). Gerald Yager and Richard Knapp; and Wawasee High School, Martha Ozinga, Randall Seimer and Terri Stevens The board anticipates some of the above staff reductions will be reinstated when the 1982 budget is approved. Syracuse Parent-Teacher Organization President Christine Clodfelter questioned the board about whether the teachers being let go would be available for consideration later. She expressed concern that the teachers let go and those reduced to parttime employment would seek jobs elsewhere “1 don’t foresee this as a problem. I think these people will be looking for jobs, but because of the current job market will still be there I will encourage them to stay with us until we can work the teachers back to full-time positions I especially don’t want to loose the elementary teachers because the first few years, primary first grade is the most critical and class size should be smaller.” explained Don Arnold, superintendent of schools. Mrs Clodfelter stated, “I hope we re not only looking at dollars here We need to make sure our children, your students, get the quality education they deserve." The board members emphasized teacher reductions were selected basically on enrollment. Arnold told the 21 guests that the corporation is down approximately 200 students Due to pupil enrollment figures, two Syracuse Junior High teachers are recommended for transfer The teachers are Harold Hall, language arts and Ted Mahnensmith, mathematics. Three teachers will also be reduced to part-time teaching positions. Two of the teachers are being cut to part-time because of decreased class enrollment. The

different from what they actually He called the Northern Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman the first person to institute an urban renewal program. He spoke about the southern Sun Belt and the Fun Belt. Three of his most popular talks are: "In Hoosierl- ud I’ll Take My Stand." “Indiana - The Sun Felt State,” and "Learning from Unmln " His talk was well received and fitting for the occasion. Syracuse Kiwanis members who attended were Wawasee Kiwanis Club president C. J. Mohler. Ron Roberts and Jack Oswald and their ladies

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teachers are Gaynette Smith, string instruction and Gene Duesler. Wawasee building trades instructor, advanced. A teacher yet to be hired is parttime vocational home economics at Wawasee The position of auto mechanics aide, held by Joe Schaefer, will be eliminated. His position is paid through federal funds which cannot be applied for until

Sewer lines slated for i east side of Milford

Between 20 and 25 Milford residents voiced their opinion in favor of extending sewer lines to the east side of town during a special Milford Town Board meeting Tuesday night The meeting, held in the fire station, was for the express purpose of discussing sewer lines in that area of town Asking for a show of hands from those present who were in favor of extembng sewer lines to that portion of town, board members found those in attendance were unanimous in their vote for the extension of the lines Board President Steven Miller asked Robert Murphy, grant consultant and engineer, to explain where and how the proposed sewer lines will be placed Murphy stated has approximately SIBO,Qw tn the cumulative sewer funcr part of which can be used for new sewer lines There is a lift station on the east side of the railroad tracks that can be used. He proposed dividing the area at Fourth Street and doing the area north of Fourth Street and as much of the area south of Forth Street as money will allow He noted the bids could be taken m sections to allow for this Clerk-treasurer Maria Lozano later noted the town has $185,043.03 in the cumulative* sewer fund with $170,000 to be used for new sewer lines The additional monies must be kept for emergencies Questioned as to why Murphy proposed doing the area north of Fourth Street first, he said there were 55 houses north of Fourth Street and only 45 houses south of

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HIGHLIGHT KIWANIS AFFAIR — Principals at the I2th anniversary dinner of the Lakeland Kiwanis Chib Monday night at the Classic Restaurant at North Webster were, from left. Club President James Hormana; Elbert L. Watson. Executive Director of the Indiana Library Association and speaker an the occasion: Larry Stackhouse. Club Vice President: Robert Steele of Warsaw. Land-of-Lakes Division Lt. Governor: and Sherman Bryant. Indiana District New Club Building Chairman.

summer The board believes action must be taken now. Some of the teachers to be let go will be considered for substitute positions. They will be the first ones called on the list of substitutes, with four to five teachers assigned to substitute duty full time These teachers will be assigned to a building, especially at the elementary level where teachers are absent

Fourth Street He said the actual decision as to what area would be done first would have to be up to the town board. Murphy estimated the entire project would cost $260,000 but noted bids have been coming in lower than estimates and it could be possible to do the entire project if bids were low enough President Miller stated that whichever project was done, it wouldn't end there, ' as soon as we get the money we’U do more. ” Questioned as to how fast the money accumulated. Miller stated the levy had been 75 cents per SIOO valuation but had been taken off when the last bu(&et was made out because of the need

Two Syracuse teachers run in Boston Marathon

Betty Hite, a teacher at Syracuse Elementary School, and Ralpt' Bushong, a teacher at Syracuse Junior High School, were participants in the Boston Marathon held Monday. Apnl 20, in Boston. Mass Mrs Hite and her husband. Jim. left Saturday evening by plane and spent all day Sunday browsing and taking in the sights of Boston On Monday the weather was cold and windy before the race but eventuallywarmed up enough to make running comfortable Between seven and eight thousand spectators hned the race route cheering and encouraging runners in the race

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more often due to illness No permanent substitutes have yet been chosen. “It’s too bad the first and second year teachers take the blunt of laws of the state. Hopefully many of these teachers will be back on our lists. We had 19 on the reduction list and now it’s 16. We hope by summer we (Continued on page 2)

for monies in the general fund when the budget was cut by the state tax adjustment board The town board proposes to establish a new, lower cumulative fund Asked if the town could go m debt and do the entire project, board members said this is possible Board members also confirmed it may be done once bids are in and they can see what the costs will be. . . Townspeople noted they had been promised sewer lines for the past 25 years but nothing has been done “Will something be done now ." they questioned: Board members stated the meeting was being held to get (Continued on page 2)

“The crowd makes it so exciting.” said Mrs. Hite, “It was like a carnival atmosphere . . just very exciting.” The first part of the race was so crowded that runners could only walk or stand still Mrs. Hite completed the course in three hours and 16 minutes qualifying her to participate in next year's marathon Due to the fact the start of the race was a handicap it is uncertain at this time whether the judges will consider this in the final scoring and placement of winners She will be notified in the form of a certificate 4 her exact placement Mr. and Mrs Bushong traveled to Boston by train and have not yet returned home.