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I VICTORIOUS WARRIORS — The Wawasee Warriors were jubilant following their 49-45 victor? over the Warsaw Tigers Saturday night but took time to pose for this photo with the game ball and championship trophy before returning to the Wawasee High School gym and a victory celebration there. In the front row are Dave Kleeman. Kevin Smith. Kent Stickler. Dave Roberts. Jeff Long. Brian Walls. Jay Auer and Kirk Stickler.

Much discussion, no solutions at special landfill meeting

By TERRI CHILCOTE About 35 persons met with Kosciusko County Commissioners and State Board of Health officials .Monday af‘temoon. March 8. to discuss the closing of Scott's Sanitary Landfill and the county’s solid waste disposal problem Many residents, including the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, are concerned about the lack of solid waste disposal facilities in the northern part of Kosciusko County and the m creased gate fees due to a cut-off of county subsidies » The closing of Scott's Landfill, near Dewart Lake, leaves the county with only one landfill, owned by Dan Ransbottom, near Packerton The Elko Landfill, owned by Harlan Beer, is located near Gravelton. across the Kosciusko-Elkhart County Line Scott’s Landfill was closed by the State Board of Health January 1. because it was considered to be in an unsound geographical location and a potential pollution threat to ground water and the en ~VrsuHment

Need $12,000 — Plan Easter bazaar to benefit community building

Marci Haab and Jean Treesh. cochairwomen of the project to raise 112,000 to finish the .Milford Community Building, have decided to hold a huge garage sale and Easter bazaar on Thursday. Friday and Saturday. April 8. 9 and K) The event will take place at the community

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Hoping To Catch Problems Stuart Miller. field representative of the State Board of Health for Northwest Indiana, assured those attending the meeting the state does not plan to phase out all landfills, only- those judged to be in unsound geographical locations 'The phase-out program was implemented according to the potential danger <of pollution). We re hoping to catch problems before they begin,' Miller explained According to Miller, the judgment that Scott's Landfill is a potential pollution threat was based on soil types and soil surveys Col Joe Gray, executivesecretary of Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, asked if the state had gone down 18 feet to test if the landfill was actually polluting or merely had the potential to pollute. "That sounds like you're guilty until proven innocent." he remarked Miller replied he could not answer the question, since he was not on staff when the testing was conducted, but added. “We did an indepth study and according to

building. Mrs Treesh stated the hours will from 9 a.m. to 5 p m. on Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 5 pm. on Good Friday and from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday. The v are in need of good, c lean used clothing and other good

the information available to us (the State Board of Health) it was proven to be a potential threat to ground water" Bill Beemer of Syracuse said he feels the state should do more testing to find exactly how much of a potential threat the landfill is to the environment. Miller said more indepth testing would involve cons true ting a monitoring well which would be expensive. "(Richard> Scott could dig wells and spend all that money to find out what the state has already told him." Miller stated County Commissioner Maurice Dorsey asked Richard Scott of Scott's Landfill if be planned to conduct more testing. Scott replied it would be financially unfeasible to do so Advanced Notice Os Closure Miiier pointed out the county knew of the closure date of Scott s Landfill and had three years to provide alternatives. Dorsey denied the county commissioners have been apathetic about finding a solution, pointing out the county council cut off funds when it stopped subsidizing landfill

items as well as fabrics, picture frames, silk flowers, baskets and vases for bazaar items and plenty of volunteers for marking and selling A “big” bazaar will be planned later Mrs. Treesh said it is hoped all organizations will take one project and donate the funds to the finishing of the building.

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In back are Bryan Goshert. Jim Schlabach. Jeff Thorn. Jon Vitaniemi. Brian Geiger. Todd Davis. Coach John Wysong. Ron Spunar. Pat Hare. Assistant Coach Gary Baker. Steve Alford. James Alford. Donn Kesler and Ron Corson. WHS Principal Dr. Howard J. Hull. Jr., is partially hidden behind the team. See sectional photos and news items on sports pages of this issue.

operations "The commissioners hands are tied, because the council has cut off funds We can only give moral support to someone who wants to open a landfill.” he stated. “The commission has been sitting on its tail." retorted County Councilman Norman DeGood “Don’t try to pass it onto the council " DeGood said the council can not initiate any action; that must come from the commission Dorsey reminded DeGood the commission had located two potential landfill sites, but the sites had been turned down Hopes For Private Sector Councilman Matt Dalton, who. along with Councilman Larry Teghtmeyer. has been appointed by the council to serve on a committee to study the landfill issue, stated he expects the private sector "to pick it up” byopening a new landfill • Continued on page 2 *

Rstoiters rcsdisdiHc meeTing, win consider disbonding The Retail Division of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce will hold its March meeting Tuesday. March 30. at 7:45 a m at Gropp's Famous Fish of Stroh in Syracuse The retail division cancelled its meeting originally scheduled for Monday evening. March 8. due to the illness of its President Diana Walker. Vice President Jeanne Gar diner announced a decision will be made at the March 30 meeting whether the retail division will disband or continue as an organization According to Mrs. Gardiner, attendance has been poor throughout the waiter

r Meet to pl&n Flotilla activities

Syracuse-Wawasee Flotilla Festival committee met on Thursday evening. March 4. to discuss plans for the Fourth of July activities There were 20 people attending the meeting which was presided over by Jon Sroufe. Syracuse, festival president Bill Beemer is the festival treasurer The major topics of discussion were the upcoming events and

Volunteer committee makes recommendations

By .MORRINE HALF ACRE The Community Study Committee made up of an allvolunteer group of parents, teachers and lay people from the community presented its findings after an in-depth study of the schools before the Lakeland Community School Board on Tuesday. March 9. The committee which formed in October of last year had 45 members which divided into four committees. The group had a total of eight combined meetings before breaking down into subcommittees to investigate areas where budget cuts might be made if necessary in the areas of elementary, junior high, high school, and a fourth group covering all other areas of education including special education, athletics, extra curriculars. and administration Common Goals The chairmen of the different committees read their committee's reports before the board and answered questions at the end of each presentation The four committees seemed to have reached several common conclusions They are. 1) The committee would be willing an eager to continue as an investigative and advisory com--7

what needed to be accomplished Committee members also discussed a possible theme for this year's flotilla. The efforts of the Winter Carnival Committees were recaped and congratulations to those committees were extended The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday. April 15. at 7:30 p m in the Maxwelton Country Club

mitee; 2> Volunteerism should be investigated by the school board; 3) The last place to make cuts is where it will hurt students academically; 4> Computerization could be utilized for additional duties in school offices; 5) Scheduling needs to be looked into more closely as per the length of day. number of periods offered, and curriculum balance; 6> Need to establish a cost of operation for all activities and establish an appropriate fee structure for the same; 7) Need of better communication between all levels of responsibility; 8) Productivity of all personnel be evaluated Stuart Walker, head of the volunteer committee, reported that members had agreed in the initial meetings that if they were not present for 90 per cent of the meetings they would not be able to vote. He added that he received 100 per cent cooperation from members in participating in the studies. Committee Reports Alesia Kiser, chairman for the subcommittee on the elementary study, made recommendations for fee increases for art and supplies for students to be paid on registration; more volunteers (Continued on page 2»

Milford sewer project to begin on March 15

By TERRI CHILCOTE Milford Town Board President Steve Miller announced construction of the town's east side sewer project will begin March 15. Miller said a town official will be visiting residents to ask where they want their sewer taps installed. Residents will be responsible for installing private lines from the main sewer line into their homes. Regulations for building sewer installations require “a sewer tap permit must be obtained from the clerk-treasurer prior to the construction of any building sewer installations which will connect to the Town of Milford sewers. The cost of this permit is $75. “This tap permit is to be obtained 24 hours prior to construction. The contractor is to notify the sewage utility superintendent at least four hours prior to the required building sewer inspection. Contractor's tap permit to be available on the site for verification by the superintendent. All tap connections and building sewer installations are to be inspected and approved by the sewage utility superintendent prior to backfilling. “The size of the building sewer is recommended to be six-inch diameter and the various materials allowed are as follows: Type of pipe — poly vinyl chloride (PVC) and vitrified clay pipe tVCP>; ASTM pipe spec — £>-3034 SDR-35 and C-700-71R; ASTM joint spec -* D-18SS and C--425-71 “Note: Existing six-inch tap lines are PVC If other pipe materials are used for the building sewer an appropriate

Area planners drop four of five cases

By TERRI CHILCOTE The Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission dropped four of the five cases on the agenda at its meeting Wednesday afternoon. March 3. The cases were dropped at the petitioners' requests. A petition, submitted by Larry Heckaman, to rezone 7.5 acres from a public use to a residential district was dropped. The property is located on the east side of the Maxwelton Manor Road, north of Maxwelton Drive in Turkey Creek Township. James Myers asked that his petition for preliminary plat approval be dropped. The plat is for a residential subdivision on a 15-acre tract of land The property is located on the north side of Syracuse Lake, along North Shore Drive in Turkey Creek Township Another preliminary plat petition for a residential subdivision an Turkey Creek Township was also dropped. The proposed subdivision, called Northwood Estates, is located on a 7.87-acre tract of land on the south side of the ElkhartKosciusko County Line Road (CR 1400 N) and 3.330 feet east of SR 13. Also dropped was a petition, submitted by Joseph Sparduto, to rezone 5.17 acres from an agricultural to a residential

February colder than normal, says weather observer Steury The month of February was cokier than normal according to weather observer Lores Steury. The normal average temperature for the mcmth is 27.4 degrees, while the past month had an average of 21.6 degree* The warmest month came on the 15th vrith a 44 degree readily, while the 10th had the coldest reading with 44 degrees The precipitation total for the month was IJB indies. which is down from the normal 157 inches. The total snowfall for the month was above normal with 11.4 inches as compared to the normal of six inches. Total snowfall from October 1 to March 5 has been 66 taches. ru€To Wzi 6 four mcncs on tnr grvunu un r tvruary 40. I I ■ ' - — - ---- - - - J

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adapter will be required. “The minimum slope for building sewers is recommended to be one-eight inch per foot (onefourth inch per foot is preferred) with uniform slope and alignment being maintained. “An outside clean-out is recommended on each building sewer at or near building being served “No roof drains or any source of clear water is to be connected to the sanitary sewer tap (or to the main sanitary sewer).” Copies of these requirements are available at the Town Hall and posted in the post office and First National Bank. Selge Construction, Niles, Mich., is the sewer contractor. Keep Faucets Dribbling Miller reminded residents to keep their faucets dribbling to prevent their water pipes from freezing. He explained that, as the temperatures get wanner, the freeze line is forced further down into the ground. This increases the chance of pipes freezing until the ground is completely thawed. He said the town has a S9OO bill incurred when the main water line on North Main Street at Chore-Time froze and had to be thawed. The president informed citizens Main Street sewer lines were recently cleaned by Sewer Tech, because the lines were "getting sluggish.” Bill Stath, president of the Milford Park Board, announced park board member D G. Seely’ has resigned. Stath asked the town board who they wanted to appoint to replace Seely. “I want someone who is a good, strong, progressive person who (Continued on page 2)

district The property is located on the north side of CR 100 N and 1.320 feet east of CR 300E in Van Buren Township. The only case considered by the board was a petition, submitted by Frank Sanders. Jr., for preliminary plat approval of a residential subdivision in Clay Township. After much discussion about the plat's road and drainage, the board voted to approve the plat with amendments. The property is located on a 25.3-acre tract of land on the east side of CR 200W and 654 feet north of CR 700 S. In other action, the board voted to change the Area Plan Commission's rules and procedures by adding to the subdivision control approval procedure the requirment that the APC holds each plat in the APC office and takes responsibility foFfecording it. APC Director Dan Richard passed out the board's 1981 annual report. He announced the new assistant planner. Roxane Hammaker of Leesburg, will attend the next APC meeting Wednesday. April 7, at 1 pm Miss Hammaker will graduate from the University of Minnesota this month. In closing the meeting. Richard asked board members to attend a special county commissioners’ meeting March 8 regarding the closing of county landfills and the solid waste disposal problem.