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I Lions Club Chili Cook-Off and | Sidewalk Sales are a success I

X By DEB FOX X and TERRI CHILCOTE If you love chili and missed the Syracuse $ Lions. Club Chili Cook-Off Saturday at Syracuse Rubber Company, you missed a I great time and the taste treat of your life. X Lions club officials were very pleased with the first year turnout but are hoping for more next year. There were 10 contestants trying for the S local championship and a chance to go on to £ the state chili cook-off in Indianapolis in g September. Each of the contestants had his or •<: her own ingredients. making it hard for the '<■ six judges to pick the top three winners v The winning chili was made by Dave Rzepa $ of Zips Chili. Jackson. Mich. Second place f was received by Joe Gray of the Syracuse Wawasee Chamber of Commerce and third place went to Dave Wortx and the Trans $ Mich.. Co-Op Gas Co. Other competitors included: Rick Silvari. £ Melvindale. Mich.. Jun Nelson, Buffalo Chip

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Society of Stone Trace Regulators; Dick x Maresh. Maresh and Maresh; Margaret S Smith. Smith Waldbndge Camp; Paul Gibson. PJ’ers; Thomas Stametz and crew, Syracuse; John Tedstrom, Therm-Co Products. Syracuse Each chef was allowed 10 team members. only two of whom were allowed to help with the cooking The remainder served as a x support team The day started off with contestants gathenng at 10a.m. in the parking lot < of Syracuse Rubber At 11 a m the cooking :% fires were lit and there were three hours of chili cooking before the judges declared a winner. $ The judging took ptace at 2 pm. with the x judges looking for the duh with the best •< character. During the judging, contestants $ sold their chili to spectators for sampling. By the time the judging was over, practically every contestant was out of chili. Judges were John Kirkendall. Upsilanti. Mich., vice president of the National Kidney t Continued on page 2 >

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19

Milford Lions to hold 3rd annual auction The Milford Lions Club will sponsor its third annual Consignment Auction Sale on Saturday. Sept 12.10:30 am. at the Milford Large Animal Clinic on SR 15 north of Milford The auction will feature cars, trucks, farm tractors and all types of farm equipment along with boats, motors, campers, motorcycles and other items The auctioneers will be Lee Beer, Ronn Beer and Jerry Lambert of Milford; Everett Rookstool of Leesburg and Ernie Bankserf Knox Commission fees will be based on percentages and there will be a fee charged for no sales. All consignments listed before August J will prior to the sale — the sale will be well advertised Items will be accepted on September 10 and 11 from 2-7 p.m. and on September 12 at 8-10 am To list consignments or for more information call the Milford Large Animal Clime from 8-5 p.m. or call after p.m Jerry Curry. Paul Reith, and Elmer Sorensen If you have any items you would like to move please consider the sale. All profits from this year s auction will be donated to a variety of Milford projects

Chamber wants public opinion on SBC ideas

ByKIMHIEBER The Synacuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce is interested in public opinion about the State of Indiana Small Business Council Education Committee ideas. The SBC Ralph Neff 'Volunteer of the Year' Ralph Neff of Milford was recently honored by District Two of the Indiana Health Care Association when he was selected for nomination as "Volunteer of the Year,” in the associations s annual competition. Neff has been an active volunteer for the past year at the Lakeland Loving Care Center in Milford, working with other volunteers and staff members contributing time and talent for the benefit of the residents, according to James Synder. administrator of the LLCC. , The winner of the District Two competition will be submitted for the state competition in September. All district winners will be honored at IHCAs Annual Convention tn Indianapolis State winners will be forwarded to the American Health Care Association (AHCA) in Washington, DC, as candidates for national volunteer honors The Lakeland Loving Care Center is an active member of the IHCA, which represents nearly 275 licensed long term care facilities in the state. The association's membership includes both proprietary and nonprofit convalescent and community care facilities. Providing quality care for the resident and patient in facilities for the aged and chronically ill is a major thrust of the association and its membership. The LLCC and all other association member facilities invite the public to visit at any time and become a volunteer. IHCA’s theme is, “Love is Ageless . . . Visit a Nursing Home Resident.”

Syracuse Board approves plans for rural development grant

By DEB FOX Joe Gray, representing the Sy racuse-Wawasee Area Development Company, Inc., asked the Syracuse Town Board to approve plans to be submitted to the State Department of Commerce for Rural Development Funds The board approved of the proposal last evening (Tuesday) during its regular meeting. Included in the proposal was a letter to John Whitaker from the town board stating the need for industrial expansion The letter states there are 24.83 acres of land within the town limits but are unaccessible due to the fact that access roads are blocked by Turkey Creek which bounds the area on the south. A request of the Business and Financial Services Division of the Department of Commerce to match funds needed for. the project was included in the letter. A grant from the Rural Development Fund would only be a 50 per cent grant. The matching funds would be a total of $14,363 or 50 per cent of the construction costs and 52.500 for preliminary plans and estimates. The estimated cost of the

wishes to help communihes plan programs featuring speakers and seminars on topics of interest to its residents The education committee is designed to help small business people run their business better or to begin a new business wisely with the help of educational programs. Possible topic areas suggested by the committee include using lawyers, advertising marketing for small businesses, internal auchting. making contacts, time management, public speaking training and capitalization and the small business The SBC committee contacted all Indiana Chamber of Com merce and small business councils with a needs assessment

Permission granted for unlimited sales

The Public Service Com mission of Indiana approved Northern Indiana Public Service Company's request to allow the utility' to sell natural gas to its customers without limitations, on Thursday. Aug 13. Citing improved supply, increased peak load storage capacity and elimination of curtailments by suppliers. NIPSCo requested the Commission to allow unlimited sales to customers on April 29. A hearing on the request was held July 13. The commission's new order lifts restrictions on gas sales that were established in 1977 and amended upward in 1979 and 1960 With industrial customers using larger natural gas volumes for more sustained periods than residential customers, who use the fuel primarily for homebeating during the colder months, these industrial customers make a greater contribution to NIPSCo s fixed or overhead costs. This allowed the utility to use its system more efficiently and reduce the share

project will be $31,236 A break down includes. $8,500 for access road surfacing; $20,226 for a suitable bridge over TurkeyCreek; $2,500 for preliminaryplans. surveys and specifications A letter from Ray Franke of the Ener-Trek Corporation. Syracuse, was enclosed in the package stating his company is willing to move into the new industrial area once completed Another letter from Frank Bush, president Tcdd Realty C.1.D.. Inc., stated tie group which owns the industrially zoned land will find the private sector funding to finance one-half of the cost of the access road and the bridge across Turkey Creel; No Cost To Town Gray reminded the board that this project will be of no cost to the town. Following the approval the plans viU go through the developmenl company who will continue to follow through on every angle and see that it is being done. William Hess stated. “It gives us a change for light industry in there ” The etter was approved. Hess acted as president in the place of Carl Myrick who was unable to attend the board

survey asking for further ideas and suggestions The committee volunteers help in locating a speaker and providing an entire program. According to the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce Executive Secretary Col. Joe Gray. “We would like the public to express their opinions to us before the next chamber board meeting. .September 2. Anyone may come in and talk to us or just give us a call.*’ The SBC committee supports small businesses and local chambers and is willing to sponsor "low to” conferences for the benefit of small business For the local chamber to complete its job. it must know the publics opinion.

of these costs which residential customeis would otherwise be paying

1 EXTENDING SERVICE — Workers for Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCo) wen laying six-inch pipes along Old Slate Road south of Milford this week. The company plans to extend gas service to Maple Leaf Farms. Inc., and to the Dewart Lake area. (Photo by Terri Ch & rote)

meeting Floor Discussion T. L. (“Bud”) Kline and NancyMyer of the Red Door Inn were present to ask if the new building can be hooked into the city, water system He stated state approval has already been obtained for a sewer system. The board approved the request stating the town’s water supply is m good shape. The standard connection fee will be paid The Red Door Inn is being built on the west comer of Bowser and SR 13. Other Business The town approved an ammended salary ordinance allowing eligible town employees seven days sick leave with pay, not cummulative and the purchase of a used copy machine by the clerks office. The copy machine cost was $795 and the old machine will be used at the town utility plant. An ordinance transferring $620 and an additional appropriation ordinance for $4,575 was approved by the board

I gfe A W REGISTRATION — Syracuse Lion Jim Stuckey is shown as he registers Eddie Jarrett of the Ardmore Lions Club. left, and Steve Tatay of the Centre Tow nsh ip Lions Chib, right, both of South Bend. The annual District 2SG Lions golf outing is being held today at the .Maxwelton Golf Chib with Lions from the seven-county district participating. (Photo by Arch Baumgartner)

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A question was raised about an ordinance passed on September 16. 1980. concerning traffic violations and what happened to the ordinance. Robert Reed, town attorney, stated he would take the blame for the stand still and asked Robert Houser, chief of police, to stop by his office to pick up the forms needed Reed read a letter from the (Ytessie Railroad System concerning the weeds and debris at the depot. The letter was dated July 13 and stated the railroad company was having a clean up campaign which would run until the second week m August. It was noted by the board the depot was cleaned up following the July meeting Kenny Johnson asked Reed if anything has been heard about repairing the crossing on Main Street. He stated he has done a lot of traveling and has not found a* crossing as bad as in Syracuse So far nothing has been heard Betty Dust asked the town to have someone look into the (Continued on page 2 >