The Mail-Journal, Volume 18, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 June 1981 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed.. June 10,1981

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Webster couples among dancers in New Zealand

(fCMTOTS NOU Foul »oyar o> North Wobs/or 1» o roHrod sdonco toochor In Wowosoo High Schoo/, a poi» ho hold for 10 yoors Bolero fhof ho taught science, moth and coached ot the North Webster High School lor 28 years lh alt he fought 42 years His wife. 10/s taught X fan mast bl if as on elomontory teacher in the North Webster Elementary School They become avid square dancers In IM? ond hove continued if os a hobby )

Mr and Mrs Paul Royer, recent returnees from Florida, tell of their trip to New Zealand and Australia The trip came about as a result of a visit to Indiana in 1978 of square dancers from New Zealand After being entertained by their Indiana hosts they tendered an invitation to the Indiana Dancers to come to New Zealand Square dance caller Ted Vaile and his wife. Betty, headed up the plans Many letters went back and forth with New Zealand friends before plans were finalized The Vailes. Royers and four other couples made the trip The tour started from Chicago on a cold January day with the temperature near zero and ended up in Auckland with a temperature of 80 degrees New Zealand is a nation of two large islands and several small ones Auckland is in the North Island and lies about 1.500 miles east of Sydney. Australia The South Island lies south and east of Australia The North Island, especially the north part, is subtropical while the South Island is temperate Several days were spent in Auckland, the nation's largest city It is a very clean and beautiful city They take pride in their flowers, and almost every home has a large variety of roses.hydrangeas and fuchias Every city and town visited • had a beautiful park and formal rose garden Auckland also has the distinction of having a number of extinct volcanoes w ithin the city From Auckland a fourxiay bus tour was taken over the southern half of the North Island The tour was enlivened by a group of 30 Australians and one couple from South Africa who shared the bus on the tnp Waitomo and the famous glow worm caves were visited Thousands of glow worms provide a dim light for boaters floating on the waters through the caves Rotorua. the geyserland of New Zealand, sits on a bed of geothermal energy which is harnessed by the townspeople for heating and electrical energy ®here are many geysers and mud pots which reminds you of Yellowstone park Rotorua is also the center of the Maori culture The Maori, of Polynesian descent, arrived here several hundred year> before Captain Cook claimed the land for the English The Maori arrived in seven giant, hand carved canoes Today's seven tribes trace their heritage back to these canoes They number about ,300.000 out of a population of about 3.000.000 The Maoris are noted for their weaving and wood carving Much of New Zealand is pasture land The lush green of the pastures, with 11 months growing season, resemble the British Isles Pastures are often fertilized by airplane This is particularly effective in hilly or mountain areas The bus tour ended in the city of Wellington, the southernmost city of the North Island It is the capitol of the country and is built around a small but beautiful harbor. A large part of the business section is built on land reclaimed from the shallow parts of the harbor. The residential sections are built on the hills surrounding the harbor, and the result is that people have a fine view of the harbor The group flew from Wellington to the largest city on theTsouth Island, where they were met by a group of square dancers waving a large welcome banner from the balcony of the airport. Each Indiana couple was taken to a New Zealander's home as a guest for the next ten days. Mr. and Mrs. Royer stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Ike Gallagher and their family. The hosts and other square dance couples provided many interesting trips over the South Island, including one across the Southern Alps to the West coast and one to Queenstown and Dunedin A large sheep station was visited where a fabulous meal was served. Pavlova, a fluffy dessert was much enjoyed Hosts and guests danced on the lawn to the music "It's a Small. Small World" The owner took the group by four-wheel drive trucks up the mountains to see some of his flocks in the paddocks (pastures) New Zealanders joke that sheep outnumber people 80,000,000 to 3,000.000 The southern and western part of the South Island is very drv and resembles the rangeland of our Western states The Southern Alps are truly alpine and many of the mountains are

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WITH NEW ZEALAND COUPLE — Paul Royer, author of the accompanying article, is shown with his wife lahs. On the right are Dorothy and Ike Gallagher, with whom they made their home while in Christchurch. New Zealand.

snow covered the year around Goldmining was carried on in the foothills during the late 1880 s. and there are old goldmining towns around the vicinity of Queenstown One old town called Arrowtown has been restored and is very much like it was in the gold rush days At Dunedin, the group were guests of square dance couples, and a special square dance was planned for the occasion Many more friendships were made there There were square dancers there for the dance from as far as 100 miles In all. four square dances were held especially for the Indiana group One was held in Auckland, one in Christchurch, one m Dunedin and one in Sydney. Australia In every case dancers came Drs. Stark — (Continuedfrom page I) Fla . with a BS in nursing. 19711973 Her medical training was at Kirksville College ot Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Mo., m 1978 Dr Stark s internship was at Doctors Hospital. Cojumbus. Ohio. 1978 1979 She is licensed in Kansas and Missouri and has hospital affiliations with the Osteopathic Hospital of Wichita. Wichita. Kan She ts currently in her second year of practice and will be eligible for board certification in another year During 1979-19 WI she was practicing in Kirksville. Mo , and on the teaching staff at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Kirskville From 1980 to date she m pratice at Wichita. Kan Both doctors hobbies include horseback riding, swimming, canoeing and ail outdoor participative sports Accident as two vehicles attempt simultaneous turns John W Drook, 63. r 1. Leesburg, was involved in a twocar mishap at the intersection of Detroit and Center Streets. Warsaw, around 8:50 am Saturday. June 6 Drook s auto collided with an auto driven by Randal) E. Borders. 21. r 9 Suburban Acres. Warsaw Both were southbound on Detroit Street when they attempted to make a nght-hand turn simultaneously Damage was estimated up to SI,OOO to each vehicle. Warsaw Police investigated

I" BB k IML • * "*J?- ' mBl - * * *«ja& ** iSa ‘* ; '• HELP WITH CLEAN I P - Students in the Sammer Youth Employment from Milford helped with the clean up of Milford following the storm Monday afternoon and evening. These students are part of the program sponsored by Wawasee High School and CETA. Students attend classes for Bee hours a day and spend additional time working under supervision. The students will be setting up a budget bank account and learning money management for the approximately S9OO they will earn this summer. Shown above Dave Baumgartner, seated in the truck, te supervisor for the Milford group and shown in buck are Anne pay. LisaSatemr. Hghi Huynh and Mary Rico. (Photo by Deb Fox)

from many miles to these dances and we found that square dancers are much the same the world around While English is spoken in New Zealand, many terms have different meanings For instance: Sold out means divorced, a tidy bag is a litter bag. a give way is a yield sign, a panel beater is a body shop, a wind screen is a windshield, a telly is a TV. petrol boobers are gas stations, sweets are desserts, pinched means a stolen article and weight is measured m stones which are equal to 14 pounds. When it was time to leave for Australia it was like parting from old friends There were even a few tears m the eye as the good bye’s were said Many are hoping to visit the USA and Indiana in the future Special meeting at Webster Friday A special meeting of the North Webster Town Board has been called for Friday. June 12. at 7 p m in the town hall. The sewage rate or-dinam-e will be introduced Employment — (Continued from page 1) Program, a cooperative program for tow-income youths operated through the high school Funded through CETA. it is an eightweek summer job program in which students receive one-hour credit and a paying job The students work m the public sector This summer students will be working for the park departments in Milford. Syracuse and North Webster. Lakeland Youth Center and schools David Chastain, counselor and trainer for CETA's Summer Program for the Education and Development of Youth • SPEDY'. was not too optimistic about the summer job outlook, either ‘ There are a lot of people of all ages looking for jobs. he acknowledged. An arm of CETA. SPEDY is another summer job program for low-income youths m Kosciusko County Youths are placed in public sector jobs Roger Terrill is Kosciusko County's SPEDY’ representative For more information. tow-income youths may call the Warsaw Freshmen High School. County youths are finding summer jobs few and far bet ween which means mom and dad will have to dip deeper into their pockets to pay for Johnny’s and Susie's expenses this summer

Milford hires engineering firm for sewer project

By TERRI CHILCOTE The Milford Town Board voted to hire a Crystal Lake, Hi., firm, Baxter and Woodman, to do a preliminary engineering study for the sewer project on the town's east side. The vote was taken during the town board's regular meeting Tuesday evening. June 9. The firm was chosen because it had done work for the town in the past and already had plans for the town that had been drawn up for past projects Since the firm would not have to make new plans, this will reduce the cost of its services The engineering firm is looking for a room to rent or sleeping facilities in Milford for the resident engineer white he is in town working on the project Fire Truck Discussion The board discussed various ways a new fire truck could be financed Jim Nichols from Hoosier Fire Equipment said his company’ could finance the truck through a five-year program with 20 per cent down He said the town was also free to seek financing from an outside lending institution instead of through his company "It makes no difference to us," he stated. Nichols explained he could not tell the board how much his company’s financing rate would be until he knows exactly when the town wants to purchase the truck, pointing out the dailylending rate fluctuations “It's extremely difficult to give you any figures at this time until you know exactly when you want the truck and then we ll g 6 from there." he said Clerk-Treasurer Maria Lozano informed the board it has $25,000 in revenue sharing funds that can be use towards <he purchase of the new fire truck. Interest from the $25,000 totals $7,600. She also said some of the $15,000 in the capital improvemnt fund The board will discuss financing in more detail at a special meeting to be announced later The town attorney, Roger Cosbey, presented the proposed mobile home ordinance and dog and cat ordinance for final reading: however, the town tabled final vote on both ordinances for filth er discussion Ordinances Tabled Board Trustee Bob Auer wanted the phrase “or fully skirted" inserted in the ordinancestatement: ‘The (mobile home’ residence must have a permanent, fully enclosed block foundation around the outside perimeter of the structure.' He felt the type of acceptable foundation should be more clearly defined The board decided to contact Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission Director Dan Richard to see how foundation restrictions could be more dearly defined Proposed by the Area Plan Commission, the ordinance is designed to place restrictions on mobile homes placed in the town; however, it would not apply to mobile homes in established mobile home parks The proposed dog and cat ordinance was also tabled for futher discussion The ordinance, if passed, would establish local licensing fees of $2.50 per year for each spayed or neutered dog or cat and $5 00 per year for each unspayed or unneutered animal Licenses would be available through the clerk-treasurer Resident Jim Amsden objected to having to pay a town fee on top of a county fee The board ex plained the ordinance was drawn up to control the animal problem in Milford Board trustees reminded Amsden it cost the town money each time they have to transport an animal to the county humane shelter in Warsaw, plus the cost of Milford police officers chasing the animals down Jeff Bradley presented a petition with 12 signatures to the town board requesting the speed limit on West Catholic Street be towered from 30 m.p.h. to 30 m p h and the signs more visibly

posted. The citizens were concerned about the safety of small children in the neighborhood. The board agreed to draw up an odinance that would reduce the speed limit not only on West Catholic Street, but on the entire west side of town. The speed limit will be reduced from Catherine Street to SR 15, from Fourth Street tp SR 15 to Elm Street, from Fourth to W. Section Street; from Maple Street to Fourth and from Emeline to SR 15. Town Board President Steve Milter stated the pier at Waubee Lake beach will not be put up this year, because of past problems with swimmers obeying the rules. He said this has caused troubles for the lifeguard. A fenced in or roped off area will be put up to protect small children from deep water Bradley asked if swimming lesson for children could be offered at the lake this summer Board Trustee Jean Treesh told Bradley the town can't afford to hire a swimming instructor, but perhaps the parents could go together and hire an instructor or find a volunteer Bradley was told to contact Park Board President Bill Stath. ] Mrs Treesh said the money the town receives from Van Buren Township for park and recreation expenses has been cut from $350 to $175 due to a tax cut from the State Board of Accounts Meter For Farm Bureau Street and Water Superintendent Ron Conley told the board that Farm Bureau's use of water from the hydrant with its fertilizer is “creating problems for the water department” “I’ve seen that water and it's blood red,” acknowledged Milter At the March board meeting, the board had. agreed to let the Milford Farm Bureau use water from hydrant and charge them a fee based on an established usage rate. However,’ at Tuesday’s meeting, the board voted to install a water meter and require Farm Bureau to hook up Conley reported tlje town’s water tower is in need of repair He said there are rusted areas and it leaks slightly. He informed the board there would be an initial charge for a firm to inspect the tower to determine what work needs to be done Mrs Lozano was instructed to call the Cromwell Town Board to find out who did the work on its water tower Conley presented prices for a new meter at the new junior high school under construction. He dkaid a three-inch turbine meter would cost $455 85 and a threeinch combine meter would cost $975.19 from Water Products of Wabash "No one has been as much help and they're cheap.' stated Conley No action was taken The board voted on an ordinance to transfer $1,700 from account 102 to 116 to cover unemployment compensation. Marian Deeter said he saw a NIPSCo electrician inspecting the meter at the town’s lift station, noting he thought the town was- not using NIPSCo electricity to run the pump Mrs. Lozano and Conley were instructed to call NIPSCo to investigate.

John Holden asked if the town could pass an ordinance which would allow the town to hire a contractor to pick up the town’s trash and then bill residents on their water bills. He complained that some residents are not property disposing of their trash The board told Holdeq that this would be ven costly for the town to become involved in and most towns are getting out of the trashhauling business They also pointed out the town has no place to dump trash, since county landfills are being phased out Leaking Hydrant Fire Chief Bill Leemon and Miller told the board the fire hydrant at the fire station leaks and Conley was instructed to check into the problem The board also discussed purchasing an air tank for the fire department Leemon said he will get prices and bring them back to the board. He was also instructed to check into the possibiiy of sharing the cost of the air tank with the township. Civil Defense Director Don Wooteh said he is looking for places that can be used for storm shelters. He said living quarters can not be located above a storm shelter and some of the present shelters are in violation of this requirement. It was suggested he check with various churches for ice of their basements as emergency storm shelters According to Leemon. the American Legion had discussed the town reimbursing them for Memorial Day expenses such as flags and flowers used at the cemetery Mrs. Loaano said the town has set aside SIOO for these expere«, but she must first receive a claim from the Legion. Miller informed citizens who are interested in mosquito control that insecticide is available from Lawn Rangers in Warsaw for $57.70 a gallon The insecticide is sold in two and five gallon cans. “Tve checked other towns in the county and that’s where they get theirs," he commented.

1 11'12!® ilh u I ilia n K I ilhmF; | I ■ I v • • v ct • * L * I r it -ii r 8 * E E—J BM’Sk iBES® *«mi rooo I Jgw JIMKMi <y> our § * 2 —- — * I t $ " IMPROY E BUILDINGS — Improvements were being made during the past week on two Village v business buildings — Car Parts’Depot. Inc., and the Maryann Drive-In. £ At Car Parts Depot. Inc., owned by Jim Norman, his son. manager John Norman, said they were re-doing the entire building, although the most visible is the front. The old front was torn off and it is X being replaced with two and a half fee* of brick, the upper part to be natural cedar siding. A mansard < awning roof with cedar shake shingles will give the building a new look, so states Norman. The show X room will be enlarged, new ceiling added and new carpet in the selling area. The building will be reX painted to match the color of the front. Norman said. “We’re really dressing this place up!” £ At the Mary ann Drive-In. owned for over seven years by Peter and Helen Pang, the old metal ft canopy came down last week. “Canopies are out of date.*’ stated Peter Pang. He plans to add a large X new sign on the building’s front, but hasn't made a firm decision on this, he states.• In the case of both buildings the work adds up to marked improvements. X

Add six teachers —

Approve staff changes for 1981-82 school year

By KLM HIEBER At the Lakeland Community School Board meeting last evening (Tuesday) several teaching staff chimges were unanimously approved Six teachers were added to the 1981-82 school year, three were previously on ithe reduction of staff list. Returning to the Lakeland system will be Jan Lant. teaching English at Syracuse Junior High; Kimberly Conrad, teaching at Syracuse Elementary, and Terri Stevens, instructing girls’ physical education at Wawasee High School. New teachers include Joan Alford, instructing home economics at the Syracuse Junior High; Douglas Krantz, the new strings instructor for the school corporation, and 'Cynthia Bryan, teaching art at Wawasee Three leaves of absence were also granted for child-bearing purposes. These teachers include: Julie Gunden, for a oneyear absence at Milford Elementary; Gayle Staley, at Syracuse Elementary from August 31, 1981. itlirough January’ 22. 1982; and Kristine Ummel. North Webster Elementary, from November 30. 1981. until February 12.1982. “We have not proceeded with assigning replacements for these three women However, we will be discussing replacements in the near future. '* explained Lakeland School Superintendent Don Arnold Two resignations were accepted from Laura McKee of North Webster Elementary and James Kaiser ol: Milford Junior High. McKee is temporarily leaving the teaching profession and Kaiser accepted another teaching appointment at a different corporation In other board business, the recommendation of textbook adoptions for science were also accepted Faitowing textbook reviews by addition committees composed of Uachers. parents and administrators, the board approved their recommendations. The elementary schools will use the D. C. Heath and Company science textboolcs. Heath Science Program, for six years. Previously, a new was necesary every five years. Elementary health books wig be furnished by Scott, Foresman and Company , the Health and Growth Program. Accepted junior high science texts include; Metric Physics and Metric Chemistry, by Globe Book Company for grade six; exploring Earth and Space, by Laidlaw Brothers, grade seven; and Exploring Living Things, by Laidlaw Brothers, for grade eight. Following careful examination the following high school textswere accepted; Holt General Science, WTO Edition. Holt, Rinehart and Winston; Focus on

Physical Science. 1981 Edition. Chas. E. Merrill Co.; Investigating The Earth. 1978 Edition. Houghton-Mifflin Co.; Biological Science, An Inquiry into Life. 1980 Edition. Harcourt. Brace. Jovanovich. Biology. Fourth Edition. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.; Chemistry: A Modern Course. Fifth Edition, by Chas. E Merrill. Co ; Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology. 10th Edition. The C. V. Mosby Co.; Physics. Principles and Problems, 1977 by Charles E Merrill Co. ” The instructors and supervisors for the Summer Recreation and Summer School programs through the, corporation were accepted as presented. Those discussed included driver training, instrumental, swimming program and the recreational Pony League program, still utilizing a percentage of tax funds Driver training instructors include: James Alford, Vernon Zurcher, Jerry Minton. Harold Traviolia. George Vitamemi. Don Storey. Ted Mahnensmith and Date Brannock Instrumental teachers accepted are: David Blackwell. David Sand. Susan Miller and Douglas Krantz. Approved swimming instructors are: Cynthia Peterson. Celeste Cutter, Linda Baumgartner, Sue Gans horn. Joan Butetty, Don Curry. Terri Caldwell. Angie Reed. Jan Milter and Tim Caldwell Recreational programs for the sumemr include: Mark Lantz, for the North Webster Junior High Pony League; Gary Sorenson, the Milford Junior High Pony League; Stu Walker and JayKaiser, sharing the Syracuse Junior High League; and Terri Stevens, instructing Wawasee Giris’Softball The Milford Junior High School Building Porgram claims were discussed. Approved for payment were Burton Mechanical Contractors, Inc , for $6,293.75 for the Lakeland Community School Corporation. For the MilfordLakeland Community School Building. Inci, approved claims included. Wright Construction Co., $39,092.50; Burton Mechanical Contractors, Inc.. $108,822.05; Delta Star Electric, Inc., $25,650; to Escrow Account, $10,868; E. I. Brown Company. $11,908.61; Rock Masonry. Inc.. $39,117; and Shilts, Graves and Associates, Inc., $108.90. Business Manager George Gilbert requested approval to continue with the state on the school lunch agreement. Permission was granted. The board was notified by Jill Stover, of the Enchanted Hills Playhouse, that permission received for use of the Wawasee Autfitorium will not be needed. They roof is now on the playhouse It was damaged during a storm earlier in the year. The performances will be

held at the playhouse and the temporary school site will not be needed

held at the playhouse and the temporary school site will not be needed The NCI Special Education Coop budget will be discussed following advisory committee action at a later date The school corporation may not proceed until committee action is completed The school board agreed to meet in two weeks, on June 23. at 7 p m at the corporation office. The board met for a closed executive session following the public meeting, regarding personnel concerns Cable TV — a (Continued f rompage 1) Hess made.a motion stating. “If he wants to sell insurance, he will have to do so on his own, not through us ’ This motion was. seconded by Myrick and Steven Butt abstained from voting. Butt questioned if the town was still picking up tree limbs and clippings since his father had some clippings along the road which were not picked up. Hess stated the street department is still picking up the small limbs and clippings on Friday, but they will not pick up remains of trees left by tree trimmers. “If they have a reasonable amount of stuff they should have it picked up and taken to the dump ” Hess also feels there should be an ordinance against people who have trees cut and then the limbs thrown into the street, The board members will meet next Tuesday evening. June 16, for a regular monthly board meeting. The meeting will start at 7:30p.m. 159 enrolled in Syracuse reading club The Syracuse Public Library summer reading club is in full swing. As of Thursday, June 4, 159 children enrolled in the two programs The younger children, preschool through kindergarten, use the “Bug of Knowledge” reader card. Older readers first through fifth grade, are eligible for “Moon Goon” stickers. Children are reminded to start reading early and avoid the last minute sticker rush. The program ends Saturday, Aug. 8. Vandals damage car Vandals damaged the grille, hood and windshield of a vehicle owned by Donald R. and Dan Morris, Syracuse. The vehicle was at their home. According to reports by Kosciusko County Police there was approximately 1471 damage.