The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 February 1982 — Page 5

Letters to the editor

Teachers help children

Dear Editor: Last Saturday culminated a month of music contests for our junior high and high school students and teachers. Do you parents realize how much work the teachers put into preparing your children for these contests? Just think of the extra time and money it took for them to drive to Goshen to purchase music for their solos, the mornings before school and the afternoons after school they spent rehearsing their pieces and the Saturdays they spent away from their families giving support to your children at Wawasee. Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. These teachers are not required to do these things and they are not reimbursed for the gasoline or food while they are at these contests. They are fine, dedicated people and I hope you realize how lucky, you and your children are to have them in this school system. After you finish reading this letter, why don't you write a REALTY 2 I 116 E. Main Si. Svracuse, Ind. 1 Ivan I). Rinehart Hroker Hus 219-457 4455 Res 219-856 2252 X

This Is Where Your NIPSCO Energy Dollar Goes.

PAYROLL-8 5C ($-■ TAXES-7.7C To assure our employees competitive Like everyone else. NIPSCO pays taxes wages fringe benefits and good working to federal, state and local governments We , conditions. B’. cents was allocated to are one of the largest taxpayers in the payroll We operate in an area with the State of Indiana highest average wage rates in the State OPERATIONS AND MANTENANCE.- 6.6 C FUEL A NIPSCO must maintain over S 2 5 billion LJ ; ot generating plants substations yffA k By the largest compogas storage facilities transmission and nent of your NIPSCO gas distribution service lines offices and e,ec,nc dollar goes and other serve facilities J *or the purchase of We must also pay for the natural gas from installation and maintenance JW .. wholesale suppliers. Os millions of dollars worth o! < W Ak /M electrc f J g W ' generation. Also / / Mt ' \\ * s po* er If A WV pu-chased from INTEREST ANO OTHER W DEDUCTIONS-3 6C // V Al To operate g f RM bases we go Bl borrow <j debentures or through I1 . T t Short term II DEPRECIATION 4 Vl fJ each oonar n set w* JF/ percent of depreciation is set by the Pubic Service Jf' .. Commission o< Indiana Wjk . . DIVIDENDS - 5 6C To your energy .. we sell stock in competition with other utilities and other companies to acquire the necessary money As of September 30. 1981 build plants and facilities To pay our common and preferred stockholders for the use of their money, we pay dividends ncraitecn m just as we pay interest on money borrowed THEBWINttS -0 Bt After dividends to stockholders are deducted from net income the remainder is "plowed beck" mto the Company and added to borrowed funds to help finance the Company s construction of needed new fecrltbes

thank-you note to them letting them know you are aware of what they have done. You'd be amazed how good it would make them feel for all the extra hours they have spent away from their families. Just sent it to the Music Department at Wawasee High School. Syracuse. Ind.. 46567. Mrs: Ila R Geyer Some surprise! Dear Editor: I have never written a letter such as this, but I feel now is the time to do so I have been unemployed since October 19. 1981, and since then I have been unable to find steady work because of the closing of sc many area factories I had hoped to go to college this coming fall, and I only recently finished suffering through the pages of paperwork necessary in applying for federal student assistance, only to be told by a local bank that I “shouldn't get my hopes up because the future of student aid is not good" In order to go to college I would have to have some kind of financial aid because neither my parents nor I can afford it on our own How can I ever hope to get a decent job with decent wages if I can't get a decent education'’ With President Reagans budget cuts -proposal, federal assistance to students would be cut almost in half He justifies this by saying that the burden of paying for college should be on the students and their families, and not on society in general I agree But I'm not saying that society should pay for my education What I am saying is that it could loan me the money

That’s good to know! This is where your NIPSCO gas and electric dollar goes. Please note that almost two-thirds of each gas and electric revenue dollar you pay us goes for the purchase of fuel (natural gas or coal) and to pay interest on borrowed money —items whose prices are either set by market forces or

authorized by Federal agencies. In addition, we must pay taxes and continue to install expensive, nonproductive environmental controls. As these major costs and all our other costs increase with inflation, so must your NIPSCO gas and electric service bills.

Society can mly benefit from what I learn. I will repay society the money after I graduate, plus I would be a greats* asset to society by utilizing the knowledge I will have gained. The more I learn, the more I can do. In his proposals he also claims that students can pay for their own education by working parttime. Mr. President, now I ask you. if there is no work for skilled laborers, where do you think untrained teenagers are going to find work? Another of his proposals is to drop funding for Work Study grants by 27 per cent. This, to me. is one of the most asinine ideas yet! What other way is there for a student to earn money while getting an education? As for graduate students, Mr Reagan seems to say “forget about them, let them worry about it.” It seems to me that they deserve the most help because they have already completed several years of college and are now just about ready to get out and return the favor to society. Question: What is the future of this country if today’s lower and middle class youth can't get enough money to go to college? Answer; Tomorrow the country will be led by the rich — some surprise, huh? Sincerely yours. Bob Hickman Syracuse. IN A tip of the hat Dear Editor: What ever became of the business man whose concern for service took preference over personal convenience? Last Saturday evening, we found him alive and well at Auer's Auto Supply in Syracuse After experiencing the un fortunate circumstance of a tank

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full of gasoline mixed with water at 4:30 p.m., a young mechanic gave up his Saturday evening plans to work five hours overtime to aid a stranded Indianapolis motorist. After disassembling, flushing, and reassembling the fuel system several times, charges for his inconvenience were minimal. A tip-of-the hat to a business man interested in delivering quality service in a small town with a big heart. Respectfully, Karen S. Stahly Indianapolis. IN Paint job creates stealth bomber The Air Force may have found a new way to paint over the old problem of concealing its planes from radar screens. The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo is buying sample paint from a Japanese company, which says the stuff makes planes invisible to radar The TDK company says the paint contains ferrite, the same material to prevent leaks from microwave ovens, which is capable of absorbing radar and protecting planes from prying enemy eyes Abandoned vehicle struck by truck An abandoned vehicle owned by Marcella Miller, 16815 US 6 Syracuse, was struck by a truck operated by Olin D. Helmuth, 37. r 1 Middlebury in an accident on SR 13 north of CR 20 at 6:30 a.m.. Monday. Feb. 22. Elkhart County Sheriff’s Ptl. Gary Shireman reported Helmuth was northbound on SR 13 when he saw an abandoned vehicle in the road ahead. He applied the brakes but the 1970 CI--10 pickup truck skidded sideways on ice and overturned on its side. Damage was estimated at over S2OO

Under S2OO damage to two vehicles Damage of under S2OO was done to each of two vehicles which collided at the corner of South Huntington and Carroll Street, Syracuse, at 10:35 a.m. February 23. Robert O. Jefferson, 64, r 4 Syracuse, was driving south on Huntington Street, when his vehicle was struck in the right fender by a vehicle operated by Naomi E. Brennett, 76, r 1 box 460 North Webster. Brennett told officers she was turning right onto Huntington Street off of Carroll and watching another vehicle. She did not see Jefferson’s vehicle. Rough all over If your fireplace has blackened brides, try rubbing a broken brick over the stain. The rough brick will sand away the stain and camouflage any discoloration.

1 Sen. Dick Lugar WASHINGTON MA WATCH

MORE TAX REFORM NEEDED

One of the major items of business in Congress this year will be the continuing effort to reform our federal tax laws. Last year, Congress gave the working men and women of America their first real tax cut in 20 years. We also made sure that never again will people find themselves pushed into higher tax brackets just because they worked harder to keep up with inflation. Business was given its first real incentives in many years to create more jobs. Now we have to continue that process of tax reform and eliminate many of the special interest loopholes that have been created over the years. The essentials of a strong tax relief program are in place, but I think we need some cleanup work done in the interest of fairness. President Reagan’s tax cut plan was very straightforward. But to get the fundamentals of his tax reforms passed, a lot of extra baggage was loaded on by Democrats and Republicans alike. Now we have to pare away this excess. I see three major areas for tax reform. First, is the repeal of the so-called tax “leasing” provision which allows the sale of tax breaks between corporations. The tax leasing rule was another classic case of a possibly well intended program creating the wrong results. Proponents of it said that it would

You: A Potential Stroke Victim?

According to the American Heart Association, stroke affects some 1,950.000 people a year and kills over 188,000. That’s close to one in every 110 Americans who suffer strokes, and nearly one in every 1,100 is killed by them. Fortunately, those statistics are decreasing- as American medical experts work on ways to prevent stroke and help stroke victims. The Heart Association warns your chances of stroke increase if you are a male between 40 and 65, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes, are overweight; exercise little and smoke a lot —or even moderately. Even if you don’t fit that description, have your blood pressure checked every year and look out for: • A sudden, temporary weakness or numbness of the face, arm or leg. • Temporary difficulty or loss of speech or the ability to understand speech. • Sudden, temporary dimness or loss of vision, particularly in one eye. • An episode of double vision. • Unexplained headaches or a change in your headaches. • Temporary dizziness or unsteadiness. • A recent change in personality or mental ability. NO DAMAGE Milford Firemen were called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rann Smith, 506 W. Section St, Milford, when the creosote in their chimney caught fire. The chimney fire was Saturday evening, Feb. 20. after 9 pm. There was no damage reported by Milford Fire Chief Max Duncan

help struggling companies take advantage of the new depreciation rules and other business tax incentives, but the result has been the opposite. Profitable corporations appear to be the prime beneficiaries. The second area is an expanded cross-checking and enforcement effort on the part of the government to reduce tax cheating. And third, I support legislation to enact a minimum tax on corporations to ensure that no firm with real income escapes taxation entirely. As a side issue of tax reform, 1 also support a repeal of the special tax break Congress gave itself right before Christmas. I voted against the tax break, which passed 46 to 44. With public support I think it can now be repealed. Members of Congress should not receive special tax privileges. 1 favor identical treatment for congressional taxpayers with all Americans, just as 1 favor including Members of Congress under the Social Security tax like the vast majority of our fellow citizens. To make our tax system more fair, 1 am preparing legislation to “sunset” or automatically repeal at a given date all special tax legislation so that Congress is forced to review special tax incentives to make sure they are actually helping this nation grow and create more jobs.

If you notice any of these signs, see a doctor. Prompt and proper care can lessen stroke’s powe.. One thing many doctors tell their stroke-prone patients to look out for is constipation. Doctors have found that this problem can cause a strain on the heart and blood vessels. One way to control constipation is with a gentle and predictable laxative such as Senokot Tablets or Granules. Virtually free from side effects in appropriate dosage, this natural vegetable laxative can be a great help keeping people in good health. Window broken gasoline taken The following incidents have been reported to Syracuse Police recently: On February 16 at 8:41 a.m. Carolyn Michael, owner of Designer's Hair Gallery. Wawasee Village, reported to police that someone had broken the window in the front of her business Nothing was disturbed and entry was apparently not gained. Damage to the window was placed at sls. On February 17 at 3:36 pm. Jim Kernstein reported to police •» that someone had been regularly siphoning gas from his vehicle while parked at his residence at 600 North Huntington. Syracuse. Donald Curry, 210 'North called police to his residence to investigate the theft of gasoline from his vehicle. He told officers that he had a full tank of gas when he parked the vehicle and in the morning the tank showed only one-fourth full. Value of the stolen gasoline was placed at $25.

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

The Mail-Journal Employee Nancy Replogle Nancy Replogle is in charge of the typesetting department at The Papers Incorporated in Milford. It is her responsibility to make sure all of the type needed for the various publications is set each week. A former housewife and secretary, she has been employed here for four years. Nancy and her husband, John, reside in Syracuse. They are the parents of three daughters, Becky, a teacher in the Middlebury Community School Corporation; Kat hi. who is currently coaching in the Middlebury Community School Corporation with plans to marry in May; and Brenda, an employee of Chore-Time Equipment, Inc., in Milford She was bom in Fort Wayne and lists her hobbies as sewing and reading.

Fresh winter / salad greens Just when you’re probably thinking you’d give up half of next July to get some fresh greens into your winter diet, you may well be able to take a walk and gather watercress, a common wild flower that grows abundantly near streams in every state, as well as in southern Canada. This little plant thrives all year round; and even when the temperatures plunge well below zero, you can still count on that cress. “How s that possible?” you might ask. “Oh, it’s no problem at all,” reports Wulf Knausenberger, who transferred some of the peppery edible plants to the banks of his homestead’s everflowing spring. “That spring water comes out of the ground at a. constant 55’F . . . which keeps the plants from freezing, no matter how cold the weather might get.” Cress is a plant that sometimes seems absolutely anxious to put heaping platefuls of smartly flavored, vitamin-rich greens on the table at the very time (winter) that most other salad plants have long since given up the ghost. Watercress is probably the easiest “garden” plant you’ll ever attempt to grow ~ . especially if, like Wulf, you’re lucky enough to have a spring or stream on your property. Once you’ve planted a few sprigs of the cress in the bubbling natural well, you’ll find this member of the pepper family quite capable of thriving, and multiplying with great speed, entirely by itself. About all you should have to do is harvest some of the foliage from time to time, which seems only to encourage the plant to grow even faster. During the winter, the leaves of Wulf’s watercress stay at or near the surface of the water bubbling from the Knausenberger family’s spring ... and Wulf harvests them by snipping off the upper part of the plants with a pair of scissors or a knife (carefully, so that roots won’t be dislodged). By late spring, the cress starts growing in earnest and becomes too coarse and too peppery for most folks’ taste. That’s when it also starts producing hundreds of tiny white flowers. Once the blooms have passed their prime. Wulf performs a once-a-year thinning, to leave room for new plants. But what if you don’t have a spring of clear, pure water, or you can’t find a sizeable crop growing at a nearby stream? No problem. You can still raise enough watercress for your family, right in your home. Take a fair-sized fish tank, put a small amount of good compost and soil in its bottom, and poke a few slips of wild watercress (Nasturtium officinale). Fill the tank with water up to about 2 or 3 inches above the soil level. The stems should quickly root themselves and be off and running. Other than harvesting a few plant tops from time to time, you should have to do little for the cress but siphon out the tank’s old water whenever it becomes cloudy and refill the container with fresh. You can use the tasty plants for more than just salads or the dainty little watercress sandwiches that are popular at bridge parties. The plants make good "boiling greens” when served like spinach, and are great as a stir-fried addition to a wok meal. To prepare a special “Chinese” watercress, simply heat two tablespoons of cooking oil in a large skillet or wok. then sprinkle one tablespoon of grated fresh ginger root into the hot oil and let it cook for two minutes. After that time is up, add one pound of washed cress, stir, and cook for four minutes more before removing the treat from the stove. Toss the mixture with a few drops of soy sauce prior to serving it up! Watercress soup is also a tasty, soothing way to start off dinner or lunch. Just wash and pick over one pound of watercress, cover it with water, and boil it for ten minutes. Then drain off the water, add three tablespoons of butter, and cook the greens — very slowly —for 15 minutes more. While they’re simmering, melt two tablespoons of butter in a separate pan, and blend two tablespoons of flour into them. Slowly add three cups of milk to the flour and butter, keep stirring, and salt this mix lightly. Cook it about five minutes or until the flour taste is gone Add the contents of the second pan to the watercress and heat for about one minute, then pour the soup into thick bowls and serve it with corn bread. Before you head for the nearest running water, though, here’s a word of warning about gathering wild cress from just any stream. Nowadays, you have to be aware of the amount of pollution in the water in which the cress is growing. If you suspect that your favorite watercress brook might be contaminated, soak the foraged harvest in water containing dissolved Halazone tablets. For FREE additional information on wild foods or on THE MOTHER EARTH NEWS’ magazine, send your name and address and ask for Reprint No. 816: “Salad Greens All Winter Long". Mail to Doing MORE . . . With LESS!, P.O. Box 70, Hendersonville. N.C. 28791, or in care of this paper TNI CLASSIC, NOfD 4 i RESTAURANT - LOUNGE £ s SUNDAY BUFFET st.ratricr" s ss»s . § Donee 9 P.M.-1 A.M. « 11 A.M. Ta 4 P.M. .. 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