The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 May 1982 — Page 1

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FLOTULLA COMMITTEE MEETS.— An enthusiastic group of Lake Wawasee Uotilla Festival Committee members gathered last Thursday evening to plan the events for the Fourth of July week end activities. In the front row from left are: Dick Green. Flotilla Super Swim: Ted Rogers: Bob McNary: Festival Chairman Jon Sroufe; Julie Rogers. Donna Johnson. T-shirt

Plans firming up for 1982 Flotilla week end

By RON BAUMGARTNER Plans for this year's Wawasee Flotilla Festival — christened America the Beautiful'* .^Twere firmed up at a meeting of the Flotilla s several committees at Maxwelt on Golf Course last Thursda > evening The events are expected to fill the Fourth of July week end Os principal interest is the change of the starting and finish area of the Flotilla for boats and other craft that will circle Lake Wawasee on Sundav afternoon. July 4. the

Apologies come from Goshen — Damage at Wawasee High School to be nearer SIO,OOO-plus: Gilbert

The extent of the damage done by two Goshen High School students at the Wawasee High School complex in the early morning hours of Sunday. .May 9. is expected to be closer to SIO,OOO than it is to $20,000 as reported last week This word came early this week from George Gilbert, assistant superintendent of the Lakeland School Corporation Gilbert said the school is continuing to complete its list of estimates on damages done, using the figures from various contractors When the list is

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FISH FRY RAISES 11.488 — The Milford Junior High School’s fish fry Saturday raised an addhiionalll.4Bß.ls for the Milford Community Building >. A total of 554 persons — 57a adults. 123 children and 2Ct carry outs — were served during the evening. A total of MC pounds of fish and M pounds of potato chips were served. Shown sen mg are Darcy Mock and Paula Popenfoose. facing camera; Melinda Roose and Carol Landrigan. backs to camera;,and workers Dave Mali and Sherri! Wise. (Photo by Roa Baumgartner’

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high pant of the busy w eek end All Flotilla entries wiU have as their marshaling area a site in front of the old fish hatcheries at the southeast corner of the big lake Tom Kit ch. Kosciusko County juvenile officer and a committee member, commented that the old fish hatcheries location was a “good idea because it eventually .will be a good location Plans are now being considered by the Department of Natural Resources to turn the area into a park

complete, he said, the final figure w ill be made public Damages were extensive to the building complex and to its contents, and an early survey of the damages would render it easy to arrive at an unduly high figure In all. S 3 w indows were broken Meanwhile, “the school is trying to get back to normal, was a comment made by Wawasee High School Principal Howard J Hull He had unlimited praise for teachers, their families, custodians and their families and members of the student body for their work in

committee; and Marge Troutman. In back are: John Kroh. fireworks; Bill Beemer, festival treasurer and bike race; Gene Kay: Sandy McNary; Sandy Green, dance committee and Super Swim; Jane Nearing; Barbara Kay; Betty Ganshorn. publicity; Max Ganshorn: Ernie Rogers; Jerry Johnson: and Bob Troutman.

Kitch went on to volunteer to line up a PA system for the awards program arid talk to Doug Anderson, owner W Southeast .Manna, located next to the old Fish Hatcheries, about a passible location to hold the program Schedule Os Events The first activity of the festival will be Friday evening. July 2. The second annual bicycle race will begin at 7 p.m at the Syracuse City Park Race Chairman Bill Beemer stated that the event consists of two races and the course will be the

restoring the building on Sunday. May 9. m order that school could be opened uninterrupted on Monday morning of last week Youths Out On Bond The two Goshen High School youths who allegedly did the damage at the school. Douglas Andrew Roth and Tracey Leon Bailey, both 18 and reported to be good students with excellent athletic records, are free on $2,000 bond, but are scheduled to be arraigned before Kosciusko County Circuit Court Judge Richard Sands at 9 a m Tuesday. May 25. for further disposition of

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same as last year The shorter 6.5 mile race will make two laps traveling the north shore of Syracuse Lake. East Shore Drive. County Line Road and W.E Long Drive to the finishing area at Syracuse Park The longer 13 mile course will travel the same route four times. Trophies will be awarded to first place in each division Ribbons will be offered to the next five finishing positions There is an entry fee. Beemer commented that the race will again offer four age

the case Last Monday afternoon, after spending Sunday evening and Monday morning in the Kosciusko County Jail, the two Goshen youths appeared before Judge Sands where a $2,000 bond was set for their release The bond was posted and they were released at 5 p m Monday. It was thought the bond,was set so low due to the fact that the boys came from what was considered by the court to be “good families” The youths told investigating officers Tom Kitch and Tom Brindle the damage they did at the school was the result of an allnight drinking party at a North Shore Dnve home They denied having had any drugs, according to officer Kit ch Clean Up Chemicals One of the most difficult and dangerous part of the Sunday clean up at the school was in the science department where many bottles of chemicals were thrown on the floor and allowed to mix. Brothers William and Robert Kitson. who teach in that department, took charge of this clean up task They used gas masks provided by the Syracuse Police Department and worked throughout the afternoon to restore that department to some semblance of a working classroom area. Bill Kitson said between the two they used up eight tanks of oxygen, each tank good for well over 20 minutes Kitson also commented that chemicals are stored according to their com patabtlity. and that if another cabinet of chemicals had been mixed with those already strewn throughout the room, a most lethal chemical reaction would most certainly have resulted It is entirely possible. Kitson said, that the two youths thenselves would not have escaped dire consequences as a result ot (Continued on page 21

groups: 18-years-old and under: 19-35; 3649; and 50 years old and over Information about the bicycle rpce can be obtained by calling 457-3274 and entry blanks will soon be available at area businesses. New Swimming Event Richard and Sandy Green of r 1 Syracuse apprised the 20-plus member committee that the Wawasee Swim Club is sponsoring a swim-a-thon to raise funds for the purchase of racing touch pads for the Wawasee High School pool The swim-a-thon. dubbed the Flotilla Super Swim, will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday. July 3. Registration will be at 7 a m. Participants, expected to be 100 strong, will line up sponsors and have the option of swimming laps at the school pool or make a twomile swim across Lake Wawasee Those making the lake swim are expected to be physically capable of the open water event and must furnish their own observer. row boat and life preserver. Swimmers will enter the water at the Richard Green residence and swim a two-mile stretch to the Jack Darr home. Dick Wysong. vocational director at Wawasee High School, is chairman for the Super Swim The Wawasee Lake Patrol will furnish safety control, according to Kitch The Mail-Journal Flotilla Road Race will follow the swim-a-thon at 9 a.mon Saturday. The fifth annual event will again include a 3 3-mile race on the county roads around Maxwelton Golf Course and the north shore of Syracuse Lake and an eight-mile race around both Maxwelton Golf Course and Syracuse Lake. Both races will begin and end at Syracuse City Park An enlarged awards program will offer 90 plaques to the first three finishers in 15 categories in both races and handsome trophies to the overall first place male and female finishers in both events. Half of the entry fees from the road race will go to the building program of the Lakeland Daycare Center this year Carl Meditch is again serving as race director. As pre-race entertainment. (Continued on page 2)

May is warmer, dryer

We have been having a wanner and dryer May than normal for the first 13 days according to Goshen College weather observer Lores Steury. He reported that the average temperature has been 64.8 degrees while last year at the same time the average was 52.5 degrees. The normal average for the entire month is 57 degrees. The warmest May occurred in 1977 with a 68.1 degree average temperature and 17 days with 85 degrees and above. The coolest May was in 1924 with a 52.2 degree average. Steury also reported that the first 13 days of May have been dry with a total of .44” of rain. The averge amount of precipitation for the month is 3.46“ while the driest May on record was in 1925 with 1.21” of rain.

Commencement Sunday at 3 p.m. Commencement exercises for the Wawasee High School graduates of 1982 will be held on Sunday. May 23. at 3 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Dr. Howard Hull, principal, will be speaking to the class of 223 graduates that boasts a Valedictorian. Norine Gale Sorensen, and Salutatorian. Suzanne Christine Schmucker, during commencement. GRADUATION INSERT See graduation insert elsewhere in this issue. The 1982 senior class officers are: President — Lori Staley Vice president — Nancy Norman Secretary — Susan Geyer Treasurer — Jill Haab The senior class council members include Annette Beer. Ronda Black. Sonya Crow. Angie Laub. Joni Schultz. Tonda Yeager, and the class sponsor is Ron Corson, a social studies instructor at the school. Yesterday (Tuesday) was the last day of school for seniors at Wawasee. The Senior Breakfast will be held this Thursday morning at 8:15 a m at the school. Later in the day practice • will be held for both graduation and Honors Day activities from 9 am.-12 noon Seniors are to pick up their caps and gowns on this day as well. The Honors Day Program will be held on Friday, May 21. at 1:30. This year marks the 14th annual awards program erf Wawasee and several new awards will be given out The public is invited to attend this program that will be held in the school gy m The Class erf 'B2 will leave behind an impressive list of achievements both in academics and athletics for the school, community and their families to take pride in

Seek to reach goal by May 31

Chairman of community donations for the Milford Community Building Fund. John Replogle, announced at a meeting held Monday that between $7,000 and SB,OOO is still needed to complete the building Since May 31 has been set as the date to reach the final goal, he and his committee will be soliciting the merchants and businesses in a final thrust to reach the goal Activities planned for the Memorial Day week end will also add to the fund. Projects held recently, which have brought the amount needed down from $12,000. include a garage and bake sale which netted about $2,400; and the fish fry sponsored by the staff of the Milford Junior High School last Daycare Center open house The Lakeland Community Daycare Center, an agency of the United Way. will hold its annual Open House on Thursday. May 27. The center is located on the second floor of the Calvary United Methodist Church, Syracuse It will be open to the public from 8:30 am. through 11:30 a m. and again in the afternoon from 2:30 through 5:30 p.m. Parents, grandparents, friends and anyone interested in finding out just what the children do throughout their active day. are invited to visit the center

Bill Cable is elected Rotary District Governor

William Cable of Syracuse was inducted as District Governor for district 654 of Rotary’, at the District Rotary Conference held at the Holiday Inn. Merrillville, on May 14 Cable is chairman of the board of. the State Bank of Syracuse and he and his wife. Miriam, reside on North Shore Drive. Syracuse He became a member of Rotary in September of 1973 and in 1974-75 was the Rotary Foundation Chairman of the club at Syracuse. In 1975-76 he was president of the club and has since been secretary and treasurer. He is also chairman of the board of the Albion National Bank and is very active in hospital work in Chicago. Mr and Mrs. Henry Whelan. James Caskey. President Paul Schmucker. Rev. David Hyndman, Lewis Immel. Richard Ditmer. Steve Arnold and Mr and Mrs Jay Peffley also attended the conference Mr. and Mrs. Whelan. Mr. and Mrs. Peffley and Paul Schmucker hosted the hospitality room to honor Cable s induction, on both May 14 and 15.

Airport contract for Phend and Brown

Phend and Brown, Inc.. Milford, waj hired to do some repaving work at the Warsaw Municipal Airport Tuesday, May 11. This work is not in connection with the construction The Milford firm will be widening the existing east-west taxiway an additional 10 feet in width for 600 feet This taxiway serves Zimmer s Inc . and the new city owned hanger The paving company will also be widening some radiuses to 50 feet

Saturday earned $1.488.15. The Lions. Kiwanis and Jaycees Clubs have made donations as have other organizations and churches. Individuals have also contributed to the fund. At 5 o'clock on May 31 the thermometer will be burned, according to Replogle. Milford community, persons at

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LABORERS ON STRIKE - The State of Indiana District Council of Laborers went oat on a wildcat strike Monday morning. May 17. This strike included labor workers of Local 645 who wort for Phend and Brown. Inc.. Milford. The strike effects all paving outfits in the state and the labor union reportedly called the strike after negotiations became uneventful. On the local level only five laborers were effected. Shown above are Troup and Rink at the construction site for First National Bank. Milford Branch in Milford. Rink stated the contractors and tabor union were to have a meeting Tuesday in Indianapolis. (Photo by Deb Fox)

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1 , w \ WILLIAM CABLE District 654 has 55 clubs, and covers the northern third of Indiana. with approximately 3.400 members. Mr. Cable will take office July 1

radius, making it easier for the air craft to turn onto the main north-south runway. According ito Dan Brown, secretary-treasurer of the firm, the Warsaw Board of Aviation Commission approved the job at the cost of $8,208 The price which was given to the board was the same price given for work with the Warsaw City Street Department. Work was started on the taxiway Thursday. May 13.

the meeting stated, has been an example of what can be accomplished when even one worts together The EMS is community supported with no tax funds involved. The community building has no tax support. They concluded with the statement. “Let s get the job done and burn that thermometer on Memorial Day!”