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i C.l' •-» )<•' ‘ '' ■-■'• ■ i ■ dm,*_ i MIMI ifek * EkJ V i GCMM HiikAi HGJy % - ? * vt “ Kk \ Z v ' I ■Jr KICK OFF — Key participants in the Goshen Hospital Fund Drive from the Milford area are shown above with Frank Yaggi, second from left, executive director of the hospital campaign, at Monday night's Milford kick off. Dick 'ieotry. on the left, is co-chairman for Milford and Syracuse communities. On the right of the photo are Jean Treesh and John Replogle, campaign vice chairmen in Mifford. Harlan Steffen and Rose Willets, vice chairmen in Syracuse, held their kick off meeting last week.

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Two days have passed and many hours of welcome rest have been enjoyed since Jo Ann and I returned from the twenty-three day European Tour with Varner Chance and the 1961 Sounds of Hope. The vigorous schedule and the life-long memories from the trip did not begin on June 20, but several months before that. This was the tenth tour that has been made by the Sounds of Hope. The group was made up of seventy six persons Sixty were vocalists, eight were instrumentalists and there were eight adult counselors All members were auditioned by Mr. and Mrs. Chance. Jo Ann and I decided to try out sometime last November. After being accepted we were sent a stack of 18 musical selections to memorize before meeting the other members of the tour. On June 30 all of us met at the Calvary United Methodist Church. That Saturday and the

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two days following we devoted to very heavy rehearsal sessions which began at 8:30 in the morning and ended at 10:30 at night. I was quite amazed with how quickly a group of so many strangers merged into a working musical unit. That amazement actually was shadowed by the impression I had of all the participants The age range was from 15 years through what might be called “senior maturity’. The Sounds of Hope was founded on three basic concepts. It was apparent that these were adhered in the selection of the participants, virtually all of whom were amateurs bound by an attraction to those objectives.

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175 join Goshen Hospital fund drive

More than 175 Syracuse and Milford area volunteers turned out for Kickoff meetings for the Goshen General Hospital Capital Campaign last week The volunteers wall be approaching over 1.300 area residents seeking giftinvestments in the $1,000,000 fund-raising drive NKJfiday evening, in the ChoreTime Brock Seminar Center. 85 Milford volunteers came to hear Frank Yaggi, executive director of GGH, and Dick Gentry of Chore-Time and a co-chairman in the area community section of the campaign, explain the need for the fund drive John tieplogle and Jean Treesh are campaign vice-chairmen in Milford Harlan Steffen and Rose Willets, vice-chairmen in the Syracuse area, brought their teams to a kickoff meeting last Wednesday evening in the Lakeland Youth Center Cher 65 volunteers attended the meeting. They have already started the solicitations in that area According to Gentry, ’The building project for Goshen General Hospital is a worthwhile cause that needs our community's support. The en-

Tour Objectives The objectives referred to were: 1 Show the people of other countries the concern for a clearer understanding of each other through the language of music. 2. To encourage Americans to actively par- i ticipate in human relations with other cultures through the Sounds of Hope Tour. 3. To maintain high musical, moral, and ethical standards in all erf their ac- j tivities. All of us have heard for many years the image of the "ugly American” which seems to I dominate the attitude that citizens of foreign lands have < about the American or at least ; the American tourist. There was i

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thusiastic turnout shows that our communities are indeed involved in the hospital.” Frank Yaggi added. “I’m quite pleased with the response that the surrounding communities have shown. We are hoping to reach a maximum number for area residents Your active participation assures me that we are going to be successful in our effort ” Response to both meetings was •‘enthusiastic’' according to one observer At one meeting he noted. “My gosh' Those volunteers are charging for the card tables ” The expansion plans call for the remodeling and additions of a total 24.400 square feet in the emergency room, out-patient surgery, laboratory, and X-ray areas The cost of the project is $3,819,000 Some of the funds have been obtained through ,a $2,000,000 bond sale and from hospital savings of $819,000. The capital campaign is aimed at raising a minimum of the $1,000,000 balance Currently gifts to the campaign total $762,000 Completion of the solicitations is expected by August 15th

no way for that image to have been conveyed by the Sounds of Hope participants. For example, we were instructed and we fully accepted that throughout the tour no one would wear jeans or shorts. The women would wear skirts and hose every day except the days of all day travel Men were to wear ties and jackets and at all times to represent our country and the pride we have in ourselves by looking and behaving in a most respectable manner. Jo Ann and I were particularly taken by the quality of the people who were on the tar, and the ease with which they accepted and lived high personal and moral standards — without ex-

Phyllis Louden elected chamber president PhyUis Louden was elected Syracuse-Hawasee Chamber of Commerce president on Monday. July 20. by a large majority of the voters during a meeting held at the State Bank of Syracuse. Mrs. Louden received 45 of the 52 votes cast. She will serve for fiscal year 19&1L-&2. Other votes were cast to: James Caskey, two votes: Jean Rogers, two: Phil Beer, one; Ric Schaekel. one; and one abstaining vote. Present at the meeting for the purpose of tallying votes were Phyllis Louden. James Caskey pnd Jean Rogers.

Syracuse man injured when car hits tree I /lames Gallagher. 20. P.O Box 416 Syracuse, suffered minor injuries in a one-car crash on CR K. north of CR 42. in Elkhart Vbuaty. The accident was "pnorted at 5:09 am. on July 19. l|L«e was driving north >n CR 15 at a high rate of speed when he apparently lost control of his 1973 Ford Torino The vehicle skidded left of center for over 200 feet before striking a fence and tree. Damage was estimated at over SI,OOO.

Don't let children play with wild animals A warning is being given to persons in Kosciusko County following the shooting of a skunk which was later confirmed to have rabies. The animal entered a yard and was near the family's dog. While no one saw the skunk attack the dog. the dog did have blood on its nose and it has been assumed it may have been bitten by the skunk. Pets should have up to date rabies shots and youngsters should not be allowed to play with wild animals. Area veterinarians are urging persons not to bother animals that act strange (a wild animal’s natural instinct is to run when humans are present) but to seek help. They are warning people who find it necessary to destroy wild animals because of their behaviour to be careful in the way they do it and not to damage the head of the animal. This is the part of the body that is sent to Purdue for rabies checks. The current case has been reported to the county health department

ception. Another background which constantly impressed me — we gave 18 concerts in 23 days of travel through eight countries in Europe. All of these concerts were without charge for the Sounds of Hope. In some countries admission was charged but the money was directed to * local charity. During most of the nights in Europe we were guests of local hosts Without this assistance we could not have financed the tour, at the level of financing done. Even more importantly, being in the homes and communicating with the families in these countries certainly head the list of pleasures and satisfaction that

Athletic management approved — Seek new basketball coach for Wawasee

The resignation of varsitybasketball coach Mike Jones was accepted by the Lakeland School Board during a special session last evening (Tuesday). Jones noted the “deep regret of leaving these young men.” to take another position. He will become head coach at Delphi in Carroll County. Jones has been at Wawasee for three years, having one year to go on a four year contract Jones’ record at Wawasee was 28-35 over the three seasons. During the 1978-79 season the Warriors turned in a 13-8 record. In 1979-80 their record was 6-15 and in 1980-81 their record was 912. His letter of resignation contained words of appreciation for those who helped him — Henry Smith. Carl Meditch. Gary- Raker and Dick Knapp and a thank you to Superintendent Don H. Arnold and the school board members for the ‘support and opportunity of guiding the new and innovative ISS (In School Suspension) at Wawasee Henry Smith, principal of Wawasee High School and chairman of the screening committee, is now accepting applications for the varsitycoaching position. Management Concept Approved unanimously at the meeting was a new athletic management concept. It will be tried for a one-year period

Revenue sharing funds decided, new engineer hired in Milford

By TERRI CHILCOTE The Milford Town Board met in a special session Monday evening. July 20. to discuss uses for revenue sharing funds. The board voted to split next year’s $4,480 m revenue sharing funds with one-half going towards mosquito control and the other half for purchase of motor equipment in 1982. No townspeople attended the meeting. The town intends to spend $35,240 in 1981 revenue sharing funds for a new fire truck. The board also signed the contract to hire Philip L. Schnelker. Inc of Fort Wayne as engineering consultants for the town’s east side sewer project. The board decided at a special Friday afternoon, July 17,

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each of us had. Ah. Amsterdam The tour began about noon on Tuesday, June 23, when our two buses left Calvary Church for Chicago's O’Hare field. The KLM 747 flight flew directly from Chicago to Amsterdam, leaving on time at 5:30. Many of us experienced Jet lag for the first time fa* it was a mere 8 hours later that we landed in Holland to be greeted by an 8:30 a.m. breakfast. We quickly learned that sleep was to be considered incidental during the trip. While in the Amsterdam airport we were met by our two tour buses whose drivers and equipment stayed with us throughout the following twenty

iH-’ MIKE JONES “This athletic concept was set before we knew of the basketball resignation. It bothers me that I heard about this resignaLoa from the Fuller Brush man this afternoon. The new basketball coach might affect the concept, said board secretary Phil Payne. Recommended by Smith, the athletic management proposal divides the duties previously handled by athletic director Carl Meditch between existing corporation employees. Meditch resigned earlier this summer and the dividing of the duties will eliminate the hiring of a replacement. “We reviewed this one week ago in private session,” ex-

meeting to no longer engage the services of Crystal Lake. 111. firm. Baxter and Woodman Engineers, hired in June. Baxter and Woodman Engineers had originally estimated it would cost $275,000 to complete the project, but changed that estimate to $600,000 at the board’s July 8 meeting In other business, the board voted to purchase a diesel tractor and mower deck from Sharp s Hardware in Milford. The town will trade-in its old tractor The board concluded the meeting by working on next year’s budget. Friday Meeting The Milford Town Board also met Friday. July 17,3:30p.m . in a special session to discuss fire truck bids and discuss the proposed sewer project

two days. The first stop perhaps should have been to a motel or hotel for rest, but instead it was to a large boat and a canal tour of some two hours through the beautiful and historic city of Amsterdam There will be no pictures for this article for our many many photographs are being processed. Among them will be several views of the numerous bridges we saw in Amsterdam. Actually, the city is a major seaport marked with almost one hundred linear miles of canals. We were told by our guide that there are over 1,000 bridges in that city of 800,000 people They were of all sizes and shapes but perhaps the one that

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plained Board President Billy G Little. Vice Principal Donn D. Kesler will sene as coordinator for the program. He previously handled all of the school's business aspects but sports. Athletics will now be added to his duties. Helping Kesler will be social studies teacher and former head football coach Hal Traviolia. Swimming coach Tim Caldwell will work with the boys and Chris Kline of the mathematics department will work with the girls. Traviolia will be relieved of two classes this fall with Dale Brannock taking over these classes. Traviolia will be a parttime instructor and help with finance as well as athletics. Caldwell and Kline will contact officials and represent the school system Athletic secretary SallyBaker will continue to help with the paper work in the office. “This will be spreading the responsibilities among the people already there I would like to try this for one year,” .said Arnold, who continued. “ Besides it will save a considerable amount on the budget rather than hiring someone new.” Smith stated, “‘This must be approved at this meeting Athletic concerns need to be done immediately. We really can’t wait until the next meeting to decide.” (Continued on page 2)

The meeting opened with discussion of fire truck bids which had been opened at the board s regular meeting July 14. Town attorney Roger Cosbey advised the board in its legal obligations in accepting bids. Fire Chief Bill Leemon was instructed to study the lowest bids and specifications before the board makes a decision Wednesday, July 22. at 4:30 p.m. Jim Lauer presented the recommendations of Philip L. Schnelker. Inc engineering firm. The board members said they would study the contract. The board instructed Cosbey to inform Baxter and Woodman Engineers they have decided to hire another engineer for the sewer project. The decision was made after a lehgthy discussion.

impressed us most was a one lane bridge crossing a canal at that * point was perhaps 200 feet wide. The heritage of the bridge is that there were two sisters whose name was “Skinny”, one of whom lived on each side of the canal. The Sisters enjoyed each other's company and wanted to have coffee daily with each other. Because it was too difficult to traverse around town to get to each other’s bouse, they concluded the obvious, to build a bridge across the canal from one home to the aher. so that daily they could get together for their coffee. It is still known as the “Skinny Bridge" and interestingly enough is still used. Although an unusually clean city for its size, we were impressed with the utilization of space. The town house structure of residence — one being immediately attached to the next were three stories high and anywhere from ten to fifteen feet (Continued on page 2)