The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 48, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 December 1982 — Page 1
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VOLUME 19
LT J zTSC KM FIRST WINNER <- Mail Journal >ports reporter Gary Cewis is shown here presenting a check to Charles Frushour. Syracuse, who won the first weekly basketball contest. Frushour first winner Mail-Journal readers now have the opportunity to test their knowledge of Hoosier Hysteria in the first Mail-Journal Basketball Contest which began last week. Charles Frushour, r 4 box 186 Syracuse, won $5 and a chance for 1100 more when he picked the moat correct in last week’s eight game slate * , , Each week, The Mail Journal will have a slate of high school and college basketball games for its readers to pick the winners from. To participate, read the coupon in the sports pages of this week's edition, make your selections, guess the difference in the tie-breaker, and mail or drop off your entry at the Milford or Syracuse office of The Mail-Journal, located on Main Street in both towns Be sure your entry reaches us by 4 p.m. Friday evening. The drop slot at both offices may be used on Wednesday and Thursday night* Each weekly winner automatically qualifies for the Grand Prize of 1100 to be awarded during tte beys high school state tournament.
Pet deer poisoned
How could someone be so cruel to an animal'’ That is the question probably going through the minds of the Ben Waldbeser T family, r t Milford. The Waldbesers pet deer • Rudi’’ was poisoned over the week end and died at 6:30 pm, Sunday evening. Rudi had been with the Waldbesers for about one year How did he become a pet'’ Mrs. Waldbeser stated Rudi had been out in their corn field last winter He was too small to jump the fence, so he stayed in the field Then one day Waldbeser noticed Rudi was limping, so the young deer was picked up and taken to the Waldbeser home The deer had been shot in the hind leg which had to be amputated above the hoof by a veterinarian. A pen was made for him at the Waldbeser home where he ate grass and corn. Through time be became a tame animal and he became a family pet There have even been boys from the Chicago Boys Club of Warsaw stop at the Waldbeser farm to see Rudi. Then it happened. On Sunday evening Waldbeser went out to feed and water Rudi and noticed he was side. A veterinarian indicated Rudi s symptoms were that of Thinking back to the evening before, Waldbeser remembered hearing their dogs barking a lot around midnight and he thought at that time he saw someone
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READY IN FORCE - Members of the Syracuse Street Department are ready to flgbt the impending winter weather with their equipment wMch inctades a read grkter. three anew plows, a V-ptow. two salt hexes and a backhoe.
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outside the fam i,v home. But at the time he didn't think too much about it. The Waldbesers had a permit to keep Rudi as a pet and don’t understand who would want to kill the animal. Joe Anderson new Syracuse fire chief Joe Anderson, 701 Front Street, Syracuse, has been elected fire chief by the Syracuse Fire Department Anderson s name will be submitted to the Syracuse Town Board for the 1983 appointment as chief Anderson, a member of the fire department for 13 years, was previously first assistant fire chief. He has held other offices such as lieutenant in 1981; captain in 1980; and second assistant in 1979. He is employed at Northern Indiana Public Service Company as a district dispatcher. His wife, Cindy, is also employed at NIPSCo. The Andersons have three children, Monica, 15; Sean, 13; and Christopher, 10. Other officers elected are: Larry Weaver, first assistant; Howard Birkd, second assistant; Tim Weisser, captain; Tommy Ryman, lieutenant; and Ken Oswald, secretary-treasurer
Winter Carnival badges, discounts, retail topic
By GARY LEWIS President Jeannie Gardiner had a full agenda of business to discuss at the final meeting of the Syracuse-Wawasee Retail Merchants for 1982 Monday morning at the State Bank of Syracuse board room All merchants were urged to finalize their plans for the Syracuse-Wawasee Winter Carnival scheduled for February 5 and 6. The merchants offer discounts on merchandise or free paraphernalia to all carnivalgoers wearing the official winter carnival badges. These badges are sold about a month before the carnival and qualify the purchaser for discounts from Syracuse merchants. These discounts are good only during the week end of the carnival, Gardiner said. A list of the merchants' discounts is needed by the carnival com-
School administrators to receive 6% pay increase
By GAIL WIDMOYER A six per qent pay hike for administrators’ pay schedule was approved by the Lakeland Community Board of School Trustees at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 7 pm. in the administration building. The following pay schedule for respective administrators will be effective on January 1,1983: Don Arnold, superintendent, $43,100; George Gilbert, assistant superintendent, $36,600; Howard Hull, Wawasee High School principal, $36,100; Donn Kesler, Wawasee High School vice principal, $32,200; Myron Dickerson, dean of students, $26,085, Harold Traviolia, Wawasee High School athletic director, $28,816; Richard Wysong, vocational education director, $28,776; Carl Hadley, director of buildings, grounds and transportation, $24,690; Principals’ salaries at the three junior high schools were set at $30,200 for Marion Acton, Milford; Wendell Bryant, North Webster; and Charles Haffner, Syracuse. The elementary school principals will receive the following salaries: Ned Speicher, Milford. $36,000; Richard Long. North Webster. $28,600. John Naab, Syracuse, $29,200. The amount of life insurance
Inside... TV crew visits Milford: Opera house demolition story, photos Page 20 75th year for library Page 14 BZA votes to evict landowners.. Page 15
Pictured with the Syracuse equipment to part of the anew removal force: Baldy Himes. Jim Hall. Hargus Tackett. Steve Smith. Bob Kaufman and Ron Conley. (Photo by Gail Wldmoyer)
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mittee by the first of the year. A committee, headed by Oops’ Jim Stillson, was formed to develop the details for a springtime event. The merchants tentatively decided on a western theme to be scheduled for a week in April. Stillson suggested a country and western band be contacted for possible entertainment at the event and he also suggested the streets be blocked off for the day. Other suggestions included a chili cook-off similar to the one sponsored by the Lions club each summer and a square dance. The committee will report back to the group with proposals. A committee investigation of the success the Goshen merchants have had in combined advertising and Christmas decorations was released to the local merchants. Gardiner said "unity was the key word.’’ „ “You probably couldn't miss the Christmas shop Goshen’
carried for the administrators was also increased from $20,080 to $25,000. The pay increase for suppAl, staff in the Lakeland systeui averaged between six and 6 r » per cent with the head custodian at the high school and the bus mechanic receiving merit increases. The support staff will receive) the following wages beginning January 1: corporation bookkeeper, $20,853; assistant bookkeeper, $12,098; business and transportation secretary. $13,153. Custodians will be paid an hourly rate ranging from $4.85 to $7.83 per hour; night custodians, $4.95 to $7.93 per hour; food servic£_personnel, $3.80 to $5.12 per hour; food service director. $5.75 per hour; bus mechanic. $8.75 per hour; school nurse, $8.14 per hour; secretaries, $3.85 to $5.80 per hour; bookkeepers, $4.05 tos6 per hour; aides, s3.Boto’ $5.41 per hour. Fringe benefits for the support staff was also increased. Health insurance was increased SIOO for family and $35 for single rates; life insurance was increased to $10,000; retirement severance was increased to $lO per day of accumulated sick leave; and uniform allowance for cafeteria personnel was increased to S4O. The base rate per day for bus
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supplements which have dropped out of nearly every newspaper delivered in our area,'* she said. She added that cost of combined advertising for merchants is much less than when each merchant advertises separately. A new Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce brochure will feature a new fold-out map. Each merchant will have the opportunity to take an ad out in the brochure at a cost of $25 or less. The chamber will provide each merchant with details on the new-look brochure. A Christmas decoration committee will now be responsible for the decoration budget, it was announced at the latest chamber meeting December 7. This will relieve the retail merchants from any further budgetary responsibility for the decorations in the future. The meeting date for next month's meeting was changed to January 11 at 8 a.m. at the bank.
drivers was set at $19.38 and can go as high as $28.45 for those who drive 60 miles per day. The base rate covers zero to one mile driven in a day and 15 cents per mile is added for drivers covering between two and 38 .miles. For those who drive 39 I miles or more, 16 cents per mile is added. The following schedule is used for special runs: $9.69 per day for express runs; $6.46 per day folate runs; $9.69 per day for second routes; $4.85 per day for second routes in the morning or evening only, $4.85; extra curricular driving, no sub used, $4.00 per hour; extra curricular driving, sub used, $3.00 per hour; extra curricular driving during school hours, $lO minimum; and extra curricular driving outside school hours, $lO minimum. Reports George Gilbert compiled a report on financial status of the school lunch program reporting that total costs have increased 16 per cent; receipts have increased five per cent; and the total number of meals served under the type A classification increased one per cent. The cash balance for this year in the lunch program is $47,235 compared to $47,228 last year. Gilbert reminded board members of the rate increase in lunch prices instated in August. He further recommended lunch prices stay the same for the remainder of this year noting the probable need to raise prices again next year. Enrollment reports were also distributed with the corporation total set at 2,927 A list of policy changes and corrections for school board members* handbooks were given to those present Changes involved: the time new bbard members take office; admission (Continued on page 2)
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; W ■ • J w ; .~Lx3ijL- W PREPARING FOR COMMUNITY CAROLING — Hie Lions, Kiwanis and Jaycees combined efforts to put up and adorn the community Christmas tree in front of the Milford Town Hall in preparation for the Community Christmas Caroling to be held on Thursday, Dec. 17, at the town hall. The caroling will begin at 7 p.m. and last for approximately one-half hour. The Milford fifth grade Special Choir, under the direction of Donna Pollen, will sing several numbers at the event organized by the ministerial association. in order to accommodate all of the citizens, part of Main Street will be blocked off from traffic. Pictured above trying to secure the Christmas tree are: Ray Sorensen, Kiwanis member (hidden in the tree): Bob Groves. Kiwanis member; Randy Veach, Milford town employee; and Dr. W. J. Zehr, Lions chib president (on the ladder). (Photo by Gail Widmoyer)
Lakeland Daycare Center receives green light
The Lakeland Daycare Center has a verbal’green light to move into its new facility from the Indiana State Board of Health. The water meter was put in on Tuesday and the move will take place at 9 am. on Saturday, according to Carol Hurd, daycare center director. At this time, however, no written approval has been received. For the past month the daycare staff and directors have encountered water problems. because test readings from the site were not satisfactory. Thus the state board of health would not let the center make the move. On Friday, Dec. 10, at 9:30a.m.
Lakeland towns ready for winter weather
By GAIL WIDMOYER Whether people like to admit it or not, the snow that hit the Lakeland area last Friday is a simple reminder of what snow and ice can do to road conditions. However road crews in Syracuse, Milford and North Webster are prepared to fight the winter weather and open streets despite the white blanket that often makes travel difficult and dangerous. “Asa general rule, people did a good job in cooperating with snow removal procedures and we (the snow removal crew) appreciate their cooperation,” stated Joe S.
Joe Dock, utility supervisor for Syracuse, was notified that the last test samples sent from the center were all right. These test samples were sent to a Fort Wayne laboratory that is authorized for such tests by the state board of health.
Post office announces holiday hours
The Milford Post Office will operate on a holiday mail schedule Saturday, Dec. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 1, in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day.'
Dock, utilities superintendent for Syracuse. Dock is facing his second winter in the Lakeland area and he and his crew will begin the winter with equipment and manpower that is as good or better than last year. He views snow removal as the crew’s responsibility to make travel easier for local citizens. Street Routine The Syracuse Street Department has a set pattern for cleaning off streets. First, two sweeps with a plow open a street only enough for emergency vehicles. This first step is performed on all city
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According to Dock, the problem was not in the town’s water supply but strictly in the new line put in for the center. The trouble came when unsatisfactory test readings were received from the tap at the center.
Postmaster Charles L. Spillman said regular residential and business deliveries and pickups from collection boxes will not be made on those days, and usual post office lobby services will not be available.
streets before the crew moves into the second stage of snow removal. Next, a widening pass, usually done during the night, opens the street to full width and makes travel easier. Finally, a cleaning pass removes the snow from the curbside, opening the street for parking as well as driving. Five streets in Syracuse are considered snow routes and are designated as such by the president of the Syracuae-Town Board when conditions are extremely bad. If a snow (Continued on page 1)