The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 February 1982 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., February 24,1982

Lakeland schools have speaker's bureau

(Continued from page 1) “I’m Okay, You're Okay;” “Disposable People — Break Down In Human Relations;'' Beyond Success and Failure;” and “Inferiority — Little People In A Vast Universe" Jan Baumgartner and Sally Hanson, high school home economics teachers, "Who Needs Family and Single Living Skills?” Marilynne Curbs, guidance director, “College Financial Aids — What Has Happened this Year — The Need For Local Scholarships;” “Affect of

$150,000 law suit filed against Leesburg, Milford men

Kenneth J. Graff, 34. Leesburg, has filed a $150,000 law suit in Kosciusko County Superior Court, stemming from an automobile accident. December 4 near Milford Graff ‘is seeking a $50,000 judgment against Randy P Webb also known as Perry Randall Webb. 29. Leesburg, whose car allegedly struck Graff’s causing him multiple contusions and fractured nbs He is also seeking $50,000 against Charles Berkeypile. owner of the car Webb was driving and $50,000 against The Keg. Inc. Leesburg, which Court news The following residents of Kosciusko County have had fines assessed and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County Court. James Jarrette, judge Reckless driving — Carl Wagoner. 42. Leesburg. SH4 No brake lights — James B Cox. 25. Syracuse. S4O Stress higher for workers Laborers and secretaries suffer more stress on their jobs than their bosses, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which says the most stressful occupations are occupied by waiters, waitresses and farm owners A waitress has more stress than a corporation president because of her busy workload and being bossed around by others, according to Dr Marvin Dainoff. a psychologist at the institutes labs in Cincinnati The amount of stress depends on the amount of control you have over decisions affecting you. and the pressure of the workload.' says Dr Dainoff “A top executive with a lot of responsibility doesn’t have the same stress because he has control over organizing his own day. and then can divide the workload among others ’ Dr Dainoff says people can relieve stress b> sitting quietly, closing their eyes and repeating a familiar word, prayer, sound or phrase

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Divorce On Students — How It Affects Their Educational Process;” and Guidance Services at Wawasee High School” Glenn Byers, North Webster Junior High guidance, “Career Guidance Program In The Lakeland Junior High Schools” Philip K. Fawley, high school language arts coordinator. “Language Arts — What's It AU About?” . Michael Neff, high school math coordinator. "The Computer Age Is Now,” Pam Pletcher, high school reading instructor, "Explanation Os The Ninth And 10th Grade Reading Program At Wawasee

allegedly continued to sell Webb alcohol, knowing he was already intoxicated Police reports said Graff flashed his lights an pulled to the side of the road when he saw the Webb car coming at him. However. Webb apparently drove left of center for several feet, striking Graff s vehicle. In a superior court arraignment Thursday. Feb. 18. Webb entered a not guilty plea and his case was set for trial on March 11. at Ha m.

How to make a speech

By George Plimpton Mr Plimpton is an author who writes books about facing the sports pros (like “Paper Lion" and “Shadow Box"). He's in demand as a speaker. This article is part of a series prepared at the request of Inter" national Paper Company to help all Americans read bet ter, write better and communicate better One of life’s terrors for the uninitiated is to be asked to make a speech. “Why me?” will probably be your first reaction. “I ' don’t have . A anything to say.” It should 1 V be reassuring \ 1 (though it rarely is) that since you were Plimpton asked, somebody, must think you do. The fact is that each one of us has a store of material which should be of interest to others. There is no reason why it should not be adapted to a speech. Why know how to speak? Scary as it is, it’s important for anyone to be able to speak in front of others, whether twenty around a conference table or a hall filled w ith a thousand faces. Being able to speak can mean better grades in any class It can mean talking the town council out of increasing your property taxes. It can mean talking top management into buying your plan. How to pick a topic You were probably asked

High School,” Norma Rush, foreign language instructor, “The Need For A Strong Foreign Language Program In Our Schools.” Richard Welborn, wrestling coach, “The Total Wrestling Program In The Lakeland Community Schools, Alan Zerkel, speech instructor, “The Teacher’s Role In the 80’s" Vernon Zurcher. high school social studies instructor, “W’hat's Right With America;” “Lincoln Heritage Trail.” slides and story of 40-45 minutes; "Civil War Battles,” slides and story; and “Andersonville.” slides and story on Prison Camp of the south

License branch open on Thursday The Syracuse License Branch will be open Thursday, Feb. 25, to avoid problems with the rush to purchase license plates Friday and Saturday. WINDOWS BROKEN George Francis, r 1 Warsaw. Barbee Lake, reported to Kosciusko County Police that windows were broken in two rental properties sometime around Christmas. The windows were damaged at a trailer and cottage.

to speak in the first place in the hope that you would be able to articulate a topic that you know something about. Still, it helps to find out about your audience first. Who are they? Why are they there? W’hat are they interested in? How much do they already know about your subject? One kind of talk would be appropriate for the Women's Club of Columbus, Ohio, and quite another for the guests at the Vince Lombardi dinner. How to plan what to say Here is where you must do your homework. The more you sweat in advance, the less you’ll have to stveat once you appear on stage. Research your topic thoroughly. Check the library for facts, quotes, books and timely magazine and newspaper articles on your subject. Get in touch with experts. Write to them, make phone calls, get interviews to help round out your material. In short, gather—and learn—far more than you’ll ever use. You can’t imagine how much confidence that knowledge will inspire. Now start organizing and writing. Most authorities suggest that a good speech breaks down into three basic parts—an introduction, the body of the speech, and the summation. Introduction An audience makes up its mind very quickly, Once the mood of an audience is set, it is difficult to change it, which is why introductions are important If the speech is to be lighthearted in tone, the speaker can start off by telling a good-natured story about the subject or himself. But be careful of jokes, especially the shaggy-dog variety. For some reason, the joke that convulses guests in a living room tends to suffer as it emerges through the amplifying system into a public gathering place. .Wain body: There are four main intents in the body of the well-made speech. These are 1) to entertain, which is probably the hardest; 2) to instruct, which is the easiest if the speaker has done the research and knows the subject; 3) to persuade, which one does at a sales presentation. a political rally, or a town meeting, and finally, 4) to inspire, which is what the speaker emphasizes at a sales meeting, a sermon, or at a pep rally. (Hurry-Up Yost, the onetime Michigan football coach, gave such an inspiration-rilled half-time

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Greg Mishler throws his hat in the ring

Gregory Mishler, 35, a Bremen funeral director and a Milford native, has become the third person to seek the Republican nomination for State Representative in the 22nd District. Mishler was recruited in 1980 by the 18th district GOP leadership to fill a vacancy created by Howard Abbot, Plymouth, who later died of cancer. Mishler accepted the candidacy on August 1,1980, only three months prior to the general election. He was defeated. Mishler served on the 1972 and 1976 committees to elect and reelect Governor Otis R. Bowen, a fellow Bremen resident, He feels the exposure working with the Gov. Bowen campaigns kindled his interest in the political process. In June 1981, Mishler was appointed by Speaker of the House J. Roberts Dailey to serve on the Legislative Interim Study Committee on nursing and retirement homes. That committee met the entire summer and proposed , various fines and sanctions for nursing home deficiences within the facilities and health care areas. Members also dealt with the protection of investments by senior citizens entering retirement homes He is a strong proponent of the property tax relief program and feels some top priorities of the General Assembly should be getting 270.000 Hoosiers back to work. He also feels adopting accelerated depreciation

talk that he got carried away and at the final exhortation led his team on the run through the wrong locker-room door into the swimming pool.) Summation: This is where you should “ask for the order.” An ending should probably incorporate a sentence or two which sounds like an ending—a short summary of the main points of the speech, perhaps, or the repeat of a phrase that most embodies what the speaker has hoped to convey. It is valuable to think of the last sentence or two as something which might produce applause. Phrases which are perfectly appropriate to signal this are: “In closing...” or “I have one last thing to say?..”. Once fully done—fully written, or the main points set down on three-by-five index cards—the next problem is the actual presentation of the speech. Ideally, a speech should not be read. At least it should never appear or sound as if you are reading it. An audience is dismayed to see a speaker peering down at a thick sheaf of papers on the lectern, wetting his thumb to turn to the next page. How to sound spontaneous The best speakers are those who make their words sound spontaneous even if memorized. I’ve found it’s best to learn a speech point by point, not word for word. Careful preparation and a great deal of practicing are required to make it come together smoothly and easily. Mark Twain once said, “It takes three weeks to prepare a good ad-lib speech.” Don’t be fooled when you rehearse. It takes longer to deliver a speech than to read it. Most speakers peg along at about 100 words a minute. Brevity is an asset A sensible plan, if you have been asked to speak to an exact limit, is to talk your speech into a mirror and stop at your alloted time; then cut the speech accordingly. The more familiar you become with your speech, the more confidently you can deliver it. As anyone who listens to speeches knows, brevity is an asset. Twenty minutes are ideal. An hour is the limit an audience can listen comfortably. In mentioning brevity, it is worth mentioning that the shortest inaugural address was George Washington’s—just 135 words. The

practices would be one excellent method in assisting the agricultural community, business and industry. He also believes certain tax exemptions on interest earned from personal savings accounts would be another excellent stimulant for the Hoosier economy. Mishler has owned Mishler Funeral Home at Bremen for 13 years and is married to the former Brenda Schramm. They have one son, Ryan, 13, a student in the Bremen Public Schools. Mishler is a graduate of Milford High School and the Indiana College of Mortuary Science, Indianapolis. He is also a member of the board of directors of Bremen Gias, Inc., a Bremen company that manufactures bathtub and shower units for the housing industry. On January 9,1981, Gov. Bowen honored Mishler with the Sagamore of the Wabash, the highest honor the governor can bestow upon a private citizen, to show his appreciation for serving the Bowen family during the loss of Indiana’s First Lady, Elizabeth Bowen. Mishler is a member of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce, Past President of the German Township United Way, formadirector of the Bremen Jaycees, member and’former director of the Bremen Jaycees, member and former service officer of the American Legion Post 191 and board member of the Marshall County Chapter of the American Heart Association.

longest was William Henry Harrison’s in 1841. He delivered a two-hour 9,000-word speech into the teeth of a freezing northeast wind. He came down with a cold the following day, and a month later he died of pneumonia. Check your grammar Consult a dictionary for proper meanings and pronunciations. Your audience won’t know if you’re a bad speller, but they will know if you use or pronounce a word improperly. In my first remarks on the dais, I used to thank people for their "fulsome introduction,” until I discovered to my dismay that "fulsome” means offensive and insincere. On the podium It helps one’s nerves to pick out three or four people in the audience — preferably in different sectors so that the speaker is apparently giving his attention to the entire room—on whom to focus. Pick out people who seem to be j having a good time. How questions help A question period at' the end of a speech is a good notion. One would not ask questions following a tribute to the company treasurer on his retirement, say, but a technical talk or an informative speech can be enlivened with a question period. The crowd The larger the crowd, the easier it is to speak, because the response is multiplied and increased. Most people do not believe this. They peek out from behind the curtain and if the auditorium is filled to the rafters they begin to moan softly in the back of their throats. What about stage fright? Very few speakers escape the so-called “butterflies.” There does not seem to be any cure for them, except to realize that they arebeneficial rather than harm- • ful, and never fatal. The tension usually means that the speaker, being keyed up, will do a better job. Edward R. Murrow called stage fright “the sweat of perfection.” Mark Twain once comforted a fright-frozen friend about to speak: “Just remember they don’t expect much.” My own feeling is that with thought, preparation and faith in your ideas, you can go out there and expect a pleasant surprise. And what a sensation it is—to bear applause. Invariably after it dies away, the speaker searches out the program chairman—just to make it known that he’s available for next month’s meeting. Grizzlies cling' to park One of the last holdouts of grizzly bears in the lower United States is Yellowstone park and the surrounding wilderness. Two hundred to 400 of the gigantic beasts roam that area.

BATTLING THE BLAZE — Two Milford Volunteer Firemen, Denny Newcomer and Keith Hunsberger, shown left to right, are spraying the flames which engulfed the old C. S. Myers garage building, currently owned by the First Brethren Church of Milford, late Thursday evening, Feb. 18. Firemen were on hand most of the night and into the early hours of the morning controlling the flames and putting out the fire that destroyed the central portion of the building. (Photo by Ron Baumgartner)

Little known facts about animals

While many Americans are as curious as cats about animals, few really knowhow many kinds there are in the world — and the many kinds of services they perform for us all. Surprisingly, scientists have classified almost a million kinds of animals. The more than 800,000 insects make up by far the largest group. There are more than 30,000 different kinds of fishes, over 9,000 kinds of birds, about 6,000 kinds of reptiles, about 3,000 kinds of amphibians, and about 5,000 kinds of mammals. Here’s a little known fact worth listening to—the largest ears of all animals are those of the African elephant. They may grow as large as four feet across. The largest eyes? That prize goes to the ostrich, whose eyes are about one and a half times the size of ours. There’s usually a big interest in the smallest bird, the bee humingbird, which grows only two inches long. No small fact is the giraffe, which is the tallest of all the animals. Lives of animals range from several hours to many years. An adult mayfly lives only a few hours or a few days at most. The giant tortoise can live more than 100 years. However, many animals’ lives are cut short because they are bred for safety tests and medical research. Currently, animal testing is often the only safety substantiation accepted by the government and the scientific community. While government regulations already ensure that they must be treated humanely, one firm, BristolMyers, is seeking ways to save animals from under-

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