The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 March 1982 — Page 2

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H r TO PLYMOUTH — Bill E. Reynolds, left, who has been superintendent of postal operations at the Syracuse Post Office for the past 2® months, left Syracuse March 5 to become superintendent of postal operations at his hometown. Plymouth. Shown with Reynolds is Syracuse Postmaster Anthony Rudosics. He came to Syracuse to get the necessary background for the larger position he now holds at Ply mouth The Syracuse Post Office has 13 employees, while Ply mouth has 26. There are five rural routes at Syracuse, while Plymouth has seven. There is only one town carrier at Syracuse. Plymouth has five. Reynolds has lived at his present residence, between Bremen and Plymouth for 32 years. He began his career with the US Mail by serving as a railroad mail clerk for 18years. He then transferred to the South Bend office, where he held a number of positions over a nine year period. From there he obtained a position as acting Postmaster at the post office in Notre Dame, for 65 da vs. Then he was moved to Milford for two weeks as acting Postmaster, before problems at South Bend necessitated his return there, where he was customer service representative for three months. Then he came to Syracuse for 20 months and now feels he is ready for the position at Plymouth. (Photo bv Sharon Stuckman*

Much discussion, no solutions at special landfill meeting

i Continutxl from page I > Gray replied the private sector has had several years "to pick it up." but has failed to do so In discussing solid waste duposai alternatives, one citizen said he favored incmceration while another resident favored re-cychng Dorsey stated studies have found landfills are the most economic way of disposing of solid waste Miller agreed Teghtmeyer added that studies

Volunteer committee makes recommendations

iContinued from page 1 should be used as aides and that studentteacher class ratios should not be increased She also included that equipment belonging to the schools should be evaluated as to needing repair or not. in an effort to eliminate waste and duplication of equipment The committee also brought up that the length of the elementary school day should be looked into as some parents definitely feel it is too long Robert Trolson read the report for the junior high sub committee. Recommendations included a question concerning the need for separate elementary and junior high principals, where possibly, one principal could serve both positions; it was brought up that teachers should teach m their major field, and the issue of competitive sports: should be looked into more' closely, because some students are not read} for the stress of these Steve Y read the, high school committees report which again stressed further in vest i gat ion should be looked into concerning student-teacher ratios; freshmen should have more counseling as far as planning for college or vocations. investigate the possibility of six periods instead of seven cutting ••frill” classes, noting that seniors are graduating with 42-44 credits when only 32 are required; and making the school facilities more available to public through publicity The fourth commit tees report was presented by Jerry Badskey and included the concern of the committee that the schools had a lack of weatherstripping that raised utility bills; they suggested closing the drapes at the end of the school day to conserve heat loss; they recommended janitors do some of the .cleaning presently contracted. the need for photo copy machines in all the schools was made known; and other recommendations including the possiblity of a combination school nurse-athletic trainer to be on duty to prevent injuries during athletics The board agreed that the study was indeed worthwhile and an extension of two to three months would give the committee further time to study the more complicated areas. Other Busmess George Gilbert stated the total amount of dollar loss of the water damage at Wawasee High School happening earlier this year was

have found mcinceralion is more expensive and has a potential danger for accidents. Gray felt such alternatives were fine long term programs, "but the county needs to implement some short-term programs ” Commissioner Gerald Smalleysaid he realized the landfill issue is a “touchy subject." because most people don’t want a landfill in their area “But we need to pursue it from a level head position 1 don’t know what the

set at $7,600 Mary B Rigdon was reappointed to the Syracuse Library Board for another four years by the board -A list of 15 Adult Education Classes and instructors for the spring semester was approved by the board . The retirement resignation of Jack .Marlette was approved by the board becoming effective on June 11 of this year Don Arnold, superintendent of schools, stated that Marlette had an excess of 30 years of senice for the school and board members expressed their appreciation of the school counselor A list of the tabulated bids for the Milford Junior High equip ment was made available It was announced the board will hold a special meeting on Tuesday. March 16. to approve contracts for these bids George Gilbert gave a special school lunch report dun ng the meeting stating that at present the program is holding its own but he also detailed certain specific problems that are involved with this self-supporting program If inflation continues as it has and further budget cuts are made it may be necessary to someday fund the lunch program from the general.fund The meeting was adjourned With the board urging members of the public to attend the regularly scheduled meetings of the school board and all present were invited to the special meeting next Tuesday night Ice ruts cause * accident An accident involving Emma Rock. 70. 418 Dolan Dr . Syracuse, and Douglas L. Zoflinger. 18. 71301 CR 123 New Paris, occurred when Mrs Rock's auto became stuck in ice ruts The accident occurred at 7:55 a m Wednesday. March 3. on North Huntington Street. Syracuse. 600 feet south of the Elkhart-Kosciusko County Line Road. According to Syracuse Police. Mrs. Rock was northbound on Huntington Street in a 1979 Chevrolet when the auto became caught in ice ruts and traveled into the path of Zollinger's auto. Zollinger, driving a 1973 Chevrolet pick up truck, was southbound on Huntington Street Damage was estimated up to $2,500 to both autos.

solution is." he admitted Gray said he thought, at first, the county government was apathetic to the landfill problem, but now feels progress has been made As evidence, he cited the fact that a committee has been formed to study the issue and a special meeting was held to discuss it Gray promised the "full cooperation” of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce in helping to find a solution Slippery roads blamed for accident A 1978 Pontiac Sunbird driven by Kenneth L Miller. 19. r 1 Milford, was clipped by another auto which could not make a turn due to the slippery drr ing conditions Tuesday. March 9. According to Elkhart County Sheriff's Ptl Werner Wegener. Robbin L Knight. 20.1212 Prairie St.. Elkhart, was southbound on SR 15 and was unable to make a left turn onto CR 50 due to the road conditions and continued straight, clipping the Miller auto as he was attempting to pass on the right Miller was southbound on SR 15 Hobbs gives February police report Milford Marshal David Hobbs submitted a summary of activities for the Milford Police Department for the month of February 9 through March 9. The summary was submitted to the Milford Town Board on Tuesday evening. March 9 Milford officers received 112 complaints during that time period and investigated seven traffic accidents which resulted in $6,716 total damages. There were seven traffic arrests and two misdemeanor arrests made Officers made no juvenile arrests Officers issued one parking ticket and five warnings during the month There was one theft report investigated with Kosciusko County. Officers received no stolen propertyreports and no stolen property items were recovered Police in Milford issued two gun permits, responded to two dog complaints and impounded three dogs There were four record checks made and one car was removed from a city street. Officers responded to three alarms and received no lost person report Also there were eight courtesy services given and eight messages delivered Milford officers made 19 title checks and received no vandalism reports or answered no fire calls. The police car was (friven a total of 1.653 miles and used 190 gallons of gas with the department spending $242.65 on gas. I want to be an angel. And with the angels stand. A crown upon my forehead. A harp within my hand. -Urania Bailey.

Music program for BP W It was a night of memories for most member of the Syracuse Business and Professional Women's Chib Tuesday, March 9, as Ronald and - Virginia (“Ginny”) Kramer. Syracuse, presented a musical program at the March meeting. The program dealt with the hobby of Kramer, collecting records from the “Roaring 20’s." Kramer played a number of old tunes on an old Edison phonograph which played four minute plastic cylinder records. He started the hobby 20 years ago and has acquired a number of the recordings by buying and trading with other collectors. The songs which he played for the group included “What We Do on A Do, Do, Doey Day;” "Bye. Bye Blackbird;” "Yes Sire, That’s My Baby;” “Marfatten Beach,” performed by John Philip Sousa's band; “El Capatan;” “Oh How 1 Hate To Get Up In The Morning" from World War I; “I Walked Back From The Buggy Ride;" and "Parade Os The Wooden Soldiers ” Business Meeting During the business meeting members voted to send a donation to the Multilple Sclerosis Foundation and an amount on th BPW Scholarship was decided. In other business. Fredieta Money reported a gift certificate for food was given to a local family in which the father was raising five children, following the death of their wife and mother It was brought to the attention of members that projects or donations for the annual flea market June 12 is needed to be given to committee members or brought to the April or Maymeetings President Carol Elder read over the list of committees to refresh everyone's memory The meeting was held in a local restaurant with 21 members attending Barbara Matney was welcomed as a new member and there was one guest. Kay Lowe

It takes a lot to kill a snapping turtle

By M ARIE STEFFEN Indiana Audubon Society It takes a lot to kill a snapping turtle, according to the Indiana Audubon Society. Inc The snapper is an ugly dragon It is a turtle that walks on long legs, lifting its comparatively small shell well off the ground The snapping turtle has been known to live 24 hours in a chamber filled with pure nitrogen gas So. perhaps it is not too astonishing that the researchers in New York State who analyzed snapping turtles found that the reptiles' fat contained up to 7990 parts per million pf polychlorinated biphenyls While the whole spectrum of living creatures has not been analyzed for PCB content, it seems unlikely that many other oganisms could accumulate such a load of PCBs and remain alive To help one s thinking on the matter: The average fish from Canadian fresh waters ap parently tests at about one-tenth of one ppm The readings m New York State were based upon samples of the edible parts of fish that would be sold in the market The extreme high level of PCBs was found among snapping turtle* taken from the Hudson River The New York Department of Environmental Conservation made the tests because snapping turtles are considered a delicacy m some circles Also, the department studied the turtles as possible indicators of water contamination. Since soup is the common form in which snapping turtles are consumed, researchers made soup of a Hudson River turtle that tested at 7258 ppm and a White Creek turtle that tested at 2281 ppm The Hudson turtle was used as is; the White Creek turtle was freed of all fat before cooking The result was a Hudson turtle soup testing 230 ppm and a White Creek soup that tested 091 ppm The Hudson River turtle soup contained over a hundred times the two ppm limit on PCBs that the federal government has set for seafood destined for human consumption Just what happens to persons who overindulge in PCBs seems to vary with the individual and with numerous other factors, such as other stresses placed on the person's system at the time The most common symptoms are skin eruptions, and many of these eruptions remain for months, regardless of treatment. Tests on rhesus monkeys produced fatal results in prolonged use of a diet containing 10 ppm PCBs The monkeys died in six to 10 months on the diet. On a diet of 5 ppm. rhesus monkeys survived but the females were unable to bear young. At 2.5 ppm. rhesus monkeys suffered severe reproductive impairment and the young that survived demonstrated poor learning capacity. Despite the high PCB levels, the Hudson River snapping

DANA EMPLOYEES DOUBLE GIVING — Pictured above are Dana Corporation employ ees who served as United Way solicitors of their plant in Syracuse. Dana Corporation more than doubled its employ ee giving and ranked among the top three plants in the county in the IM-5W employee category. / The Dana United Way volunteers are, left to right. Majorie Coy. Nancy Peterson. Dan Somers. Ralph Caudill. Mary Jane Byrd and Dixie Kehr. Not pictured are Lester Wright. Marilyn Bartman. Dorothy Murphy. Carol Whetten and Bill Sanders, who was in charge of the Dana project. The overall total reached by the 1981 United Way campaign recently went to 1492.236.88. Although, the $411.6* goal was not reached. United Way officials felt it was a successful campaign in that the total reached in 198# was $369,800. (Photoby Terri Chilcote)

Milford sewer project to begin March 15

(Continued from page 1» will give us support," stated Stath Park Board Member Neeed The town board decided to let the park board find Seely's replacement and then bring their nomination before the town board for approval. Other park board members are Marion Acton and Jodi Brown. In other park board business. Stath asked permission for the park board to use the town's mower to mow the park's grass this summer. According to Stath, the park board has been paying $35 to S4O an hour to have it mowed

turtles seem to be thriving Researchers found them ’abundant, at least locally, in the Hudson River." Although i research has not been conducted on Snapping turtles in Indiana, it would seem wise to question the PUB possibility of a body of water before consuming a harvest of the delicacy. PCBs are used in industry and are found primarily in tran-

Common cold an uncommon ailment

Despite many advances in modern medicine, it looks as if one of man s most familiar ailments, the common cold, is going to be common a while longer No drug or other treatment has yet been found to cure it. or even shorten its stay, although its symptoms may be relieved. The person who insists that his doctor treat and cure his cold is likely to get the medical man s sympathy, perhaps something to relieve the misery a bit. and sometimes advice to keep an eye on the calendar The physician knows well enough that the day will arrive when the cold is gone, having run its course. Not counting home treatment concoctions, old wives remedies and other mix-your-owns. some 50.000 products are available in the marketplace for treating colds and a group of somewhat related ailments: cough, stuffy head and nasal passages, allergies and asthma. Americans spend around S7OO million each year for these products, jsokl without prescriptions The futility of actually curing a cold with drugs was duly noted about five years ago in a report by a group of scientific experts studying the safety and effectiveness of 90 or so active ingredients, most of which were used in name-brand over-the-counter drug products for treatment of colds and other ailments. In its report the study panel, made up of nongovernment scientists under contract to the Food and Drug Administration, listed those ingredients it believed were safe and effective in relieving some of

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The town board granted permission with the stipulation the park board provides the gas and a reliable person to operate the mower. Stath asked town board members for suggestions on how the park board can improve the park. Town Board Trustee Jean Treesh suggested a sign be posted listing swimming hours Stath said the park board is considering a small roped off area for small children to swim in. Reserve Water Pump Needed Town board members discussed the need for the town to purchase a reserve water pump that would be used in

sformers. capacitors, hydraulic systems, and thermal systems. PCB wastes into water supplies, but in some salvage and scrap operations transformers are broken apart to salvage the copper, and PCBs can leak into the ground water supply, or a local open water supply. For more information, send a stamped envelope to PCBs. P.O Box 488 Milford. Ind . 46542

the symptons of these ailments. The group also named the drug ingredients it did not find to be safe or effective or both. For some ingredients sold byprescription only, it recommended that they be made available over the counter, while the recommendation for some over-the-counter drugs was that they be restricted to sale bydoctor’s prescription only. The panel thought information was lacking about the effectiveness of more than half the 90 ingredients, a total of 52, and recommended that their makers be required to show their effectiveness within three to five years. Syracuse man cited following accident Frederick E. Mick, 60. 106 Medusa Court. Syracuse, was cited by Goshen City Ptl. H. Wayne Jennette for failure to yield the right of way following a two-vehicle accident Monday. March 8. at 9:37a m. in Goshen. According to reports, Mick’s 1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass collided with a 1971 Ford Mustang driven by Harold L. Warner. 45, Goshen The accident occurred at Plymouth and Indiana Avenues Ptl. Jennette estimated damages at more than $2,000. EARLIEST RECORDS Egypt has the earliest records for conserving natural resources, dating from 3,000 B.C. Penalties were levied for cutting certain trees and for destroying marshlands. During the Middle Kingdom, waterfowl hunting licenses were issued, notes Indiana Audobon Society.

emergencies when the town is without electricity. “We have an old one. but it's obsolete You can't even get parts for it,” Miller pointed out He cited the incident a fewyears ago when high winds knocked out the town's electricity and a generator had to be brought into town which was costly. “A lot can happen waiting for the generator to get here.' he added “I would fully recommend it myself." stated Milford Fire Chief Max Duncan. "The tornado path is changing to this area and will remain so for about the next 28 years." Civil Defense Director Don Wooten agreed “We're in the worst path of tornados ever in this part of the country. It used to be Oklahoma." he said. The board tabled the matter until Street and Water Superintendent Ron Conley can get prices Miller stated the town refuses to pay a towing bill sent to it by a resident of Meadow View who got stuck in the snow because the streets had not been plowed yet. Board Trustee Darrell Orn said he received a call regarding the incident and sent a town snowplow to Meadow- View to plow the street. Milford Marshal David Hobbs said he was in the tow-n hall when Clerk-Treasurer Maria Lozano received the resident s complaint. Hobbs said he went to the man's house and offered to push him out of the snow, but the man refused, saying he would rather call a tow truck “I'm sorry this happened." commented Miller, adding the town tries its best to keep streets plowed, “but we re not miracle workers.” Plow Sidewalks Orn voiced his concern about sidewalks not being plowed. "For years, up to this board, we've had the sidewalks plowed." he remarked. Miller explained the town had considered purchasing a small tractor that could plowsidewalks. but felt it could not afford to do so this year in addition to the cost of replacing the large tractor He also pointed out it's the property owners responsibility to shovel his or her own sidewalk “What about the property* owner who's in Florida all winter." Orri pointed out. "11131'5 true." replied Miller The board agreed to look into the matter for next winter. Crossing Guard Hired The board voted to hire Noble Fisher as the school crossing guard He will begin his duties in Whale quota down The International Whaling Commission has reduced the worldwide whalecatch quota to 14,070 for 1982 No sperm whales may be killed

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September. The position pays SI.OOO a year and Fisher will w ork under the supervision of Hobbs. In his fire department report. Duncan asked the board's permission for the department to implement its own maintenance program for the town's fire truck. "We have several on the department that are good mechanics and we'd like to save the town a little money,” explained Duncan. The board gave its permission. Duncan said he was pleased to see several fire hydrants had been shoveled out by residents He announced the new mi mt or has arrived. A new minitor, a paging device worn by the firemen, was purchased to replace one that had been lost. The board instructed Mrs Lozano to call Van Buren Township Trustee Walter Wuthrich to ask if the township will pay for part of the minitor. Firemen Take Training Firemen • Bill Leemon. Jim Amsden and Doug Ruch, along with Hobbs, recently attended an arson seminar. Duncan said. Fireman Mike Miller attended first aid training sponsored by the Warsaw Fire Department. Wooten said he plans to attend civil defense instruction in South Bend. Hobbs submitted his monthly police report. He informed the board he is still looking for a camera for the police department. He would like to begin enforcing the new junk vehicle ordinance, but will need a camera before he can do so. Hobbs was instructed to check with the Kosciusko CountySheriff's Department to see if they still have a squad car for ° sale. If so. he was told to arrange a time when the board and police officers can look at the car. Miller read Conley's street and water department report, since Conley was in Lafayette receiving special training. According to the report, pot holes will be patched as soon as the weather permits. In his report. Conley Jhanked the Milford Kiwanis Club for helping to take down the street Christmas decorations. When Conley returns, the board will ask him when he plans to remove the huge snow pile on South Main Street Miller announced the street and water department has purchased a beeper and Conley can now be reached at all times. George Mansfield of Design Masters, an organization of architects and engineers in LaGrange who provide planning and building services, offered his firm's assistance in helping the town improve its facilities. The board listened to his presentation and thanked him for coming to its meeting. The meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m. The next meeting of the Milford Town Board will be Tuesday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m.