The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 July 1983 — Page 4

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Editorials Welcome visitors As temperatures climb to the 80s and 90s so does the population of the Lakeland area as summer visitors come to the shores of the area lakes in hopes of finding cooling breezes. We join with area residents and businesses in welcoming them to our community. We hope each and every one of them enjoys the recreational facilities found here. The lakes in the area offer hours of recreational pleasure with their excellent beaches and picnic areas, marina facilities, boat rentals, boat rides and fishing. On Sundays visitors to Syracuse and Wawasee Lakes can attend the Boat-In-Worship service held at Oakwood Park. This is a come as you are service and persons may sit on the shore or anchor their boats and listen to the special music and sermon. A number of outstanding golf courses are open to the public and offer golfers a challenge. Visits to the Tri-County Game Preserve, the Palace of Sports and the Enchanted Hills Playhouse provide visitors with different types of entertainment. There are all types of restaurants for dining out, a variety of stores for your shopping pleasure and we’ve only touched the surface. .. if we haven’t mentioned your favorite hobby all you have to do is look around or ask someone and you’ll probably be able to find that it too is available somewhere in the Lakeland area. Again, welcome .. .we’re glad you came to visit us! Biking: 1983 In the present trend from gas-guzzling cars and less unnecessary driving, millions of Americans have begun to look again at cycling. It’s unfortunately true that the US has not, generally speaking, provided the paved bike lanes so often found in European countries. There cars have not been so plentiful and people have always depended more on bikes — thus greater concern and provision for cyclers. As bicycle riding and touring gain popularity, more communities should pro* vide safe and paved bike paths. They need not be more than a few inches thick and a few feet wide — and generally are routed beside a paved road. Steps which can make cycling safer, according to a recent study are (1) - The wearing of bright-colored clothes. (2) - Obeying traffic regulations as if in a car. (3) ■» Checking of bikes so that equipment works perfectly. (4) - Conservative riding habits an techniques. (In this connection, older riders have a lower accident rate than 16-20 year olds.) Because for decades we have been mostly cars, and often only cars and trucks on our highways, some American drivers show little respect for the cyclists, who have equal rights on most roads. Family mystery: How junior can know his lessons when he doesn’t look at his books. r ■ k What others say — Statue of Liberty crumbling — Repairs needed now ». Since its dedication in 1886, the Statue of Liberty has been our inspirational 'official greeter’ to countless millions of immigrants, visitors and returning tourists to our shores. Now, Lady Liberty needs our help. National Park Service engineers say Miss Liberty is in alarming shape. The intricate web of 2,000 iron armature bars, hidden beneath the hand-hammered copper skin, have deteriorated over the decades since they were designed by French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. And the 200,000-pound copper skin itself has thinned due to pollutants and acid rain. Pieces of the torch have fallen into New York Harbor; the torch and portions of the right arm may even have to be replaced. .Instead of going to Congress for funds to restore this priceless treasure, President Reagan is asking the American public to join in a national effort to rescue her — and rededicate the nation to the values she represents. The 151-foot figure was not built with government money. The people of France raised the two-million francs (then $400,000) so sculptor Frederic August Bartholdi could devote nine years to Lady Liberty’s creation. Meanwhile, in the United States a similar private effort raised the $101,091 for the pedestal; 80 per cent of this came in donations of less than a dollar. At President Reagan’s request, Chrysler Corporation Chairman Lee lacocca has agreed to coordinate the new grassroots fundraising campaign (Contribution to The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 1986, New York, New York 10018, are tax deductible). The 20-member advisory commission also includes Bob Hope and Douglas Frasser, former president of the United Auto Workers. This “Save the Statue of Liberty Commission,” according to an article in the July Reader’s Digest, has expanded its effort to include nearby Ellis Island. Almost two-thirds of those who emigrated to the United States came through Ellis Island, which has fallen into ruin since it was closed in 1954. The commission is now investigating the restoration of Ellis Island’s historic sites along with the Statue of liberty. The estimated cost for the joint project is $230 million. The official fundraising hadn’t even begun when the U.S. public began to respond. Bridgeport, Connecticut, had suffered a tragic pre-Christmas 1982 fire at its toy center for poor children — Christmas Village. And people from around the nation donated enough money to rebuild the center. In lieu of thank you letters, the city raised $3,600, all from nickels, dimes and quarters contributed by schoolchildren. This was then donated to help restore Lady Liberty. An elementary school in Hightstown, New Jersey, organized a festival, releasing hundreds of red, white and blue balloons containing notes asking funders to write for information about the Statue. They also raised S2OO selling cookies and turned this over to the restoration effort. A Tucson, Arizona, elementary school staged a three-mile Liberty Run with students collecting pledges for the run. They raised $2,400 for the project. The Hicksville, New York, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) chapter raised more than $l,lOO with a casino night; and the Jersey City, New Jersey, Business and Professional Women’s Club is collecting pennies, using the slogan: “Copper pennies for the restoration of the copper gown of Lady Liberty.” On October 28,1986, the Statue of Liberty’s one-hundredth birthday will be observed with a rededication ceremony. During the 1986 Fourth of July week, the commission plans a big todo ~ with the return of the tall ships that helped us celebrate our nation’s Bicentennial, with heads of states from dozens of countries, Army and Marine units on parade, navy ships booming their salutes, and Air Force jets zooming over a rejuvenated Lady Liberty. With the generous help of the American people, we will be assured that the Lady will still be lifting her “lamp beside the golden door” as she did for the last century’s, “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” - LAGRANGE STANDARD

' F a 4 During the summer months many people come to the Lakeland area to enjoy the cool, refreshing waters of the lakes. f ka i r> M-J PUISe Ca 11658-4111, Ext. 17 QUESTION OF THE WEEK: China and Great Britain are currently discussing the fate of Hong Kong when the British lease over most of the colony expires in 1997. What do you think should happen to Hong Kong? Results of last week’s question: Should there he a lower minimum wage to encourage hiring of young people? Yes, that sounds like a good idea. 1 think it would encourage more hiring . .I’m not sure what good it would do. It would probably depend on how much it was. . .No. There’s too many adults with families out of work the way it is, and that wouldn’t do anything but hurt their chances at getting work.. .I’m not sure. I haven’t heard that much aoout it lately.. .It would depend on how much it was. You wouldn’t want it to be so low that the kids were working for practically nothing.. .I’d be afraid that some people might take advantage of something like that. What if they let their employees they have now go to be able to hire the younger ones at the lower wage?.. .It’s hard to say. There’s a lot of kids working now who get below the minimum wage the way it is.. .1 don’t think that’s the answer. It really wouldn’t change the number of jobs out there. Rev. Richey — Honest Mary!

If anyone should contest my wife’s honesty, I would question their integrity. I really would! After my bump on the head at the tennis court on January 19, 1982, I landed in Lutheran Hospital at Fort Wayne. I was unconscious, but because of my blood thinner, I had to wait until they got it thickened up so that it would clot during the surgery process to prevent me from » bleeding to death! J On January 25, I had

Court news

SUPERIOR COURT The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Robert Burner, judge: Damages Northern Indiana Public Service Company vs Ray McNeal, r 1 box 85 Warsaw and Steve Stout, r 1 North Webster. The plaintiff is seeking a judgement against the defendents for the sum of $1,241.08 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action for damages to NIPSCo property resulting from an auto accident MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Circuit and Superior Courts: Hamman — Susan D. Hamman vs Rick E. Hamman, r 2 /

"rwwwwwwww w w w w w wviny w rte-wir Report from HPWI * your United < States Senator : DAN QUAYLE J

Saying that total decontrol of natural gas would hurt Indiana consumers, Senator Dan Quayle (R-Indiana) joined several of his colleagues in sending a tetter to Energy Committee Chairman James McClure outlining his concern for the proposal. The Senate Energy committee is currently considering a Reagan Administration proposal to decontrol all categories of natural gas by 1965. “Decontrol of natural gas currently under price controls would add SI,OOO to the bill of the average Indiana residential consumer over the next three years,” Quayle said. The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 provided for the phasing out of price controls on “new gas” discovered after April 1977, but left price controls on “old gas” discovered before April 1977, Quayle explained. Proponents of total gas decontrol feel this situation has distorted the market, encouraging production of expensive new gas and discouraging production of less expensive old gas. In the absence of price controls they believe, old gas prices win rise

craniotomy. And for another week, I was not “with it.” When I finally came around, I had the same fears that I’ve heard most decent people express: “Did I make a fool of myself white I was ‘out?,’ ” I asked Mary, and her quick and serious response was “No Ross, you didn’t! As a matter of fact, you made more sense than you usually do!” Now, that’s being honest!

Leesburg. The couple was married March 8, 1974 and separated July 1,1983. The plaintiff is seeking custody of the couple’s two minor children MARRIAGE LICENSES The following couples have filed for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jean Messmore: Yeiter- Allen Ronald Lynn Yeiter, 23, r 2 box 74-A Leesburg and Kimberly Jo Allen, 21, 511 S. Columbia St., Warsaw CITY COURT The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Kevin L. Meek, 24, Milford, SB3, license supsended for 30 days

and new gas prices will fall. “My concern,” Quayle said, “is that old gas prices will rise higher than new gas prices will, all raising the average price.” Quayle further explained, “This increase would be especially harmful to Hoosier consumers who depend to a large extent on old gas . ”

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"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

TO BUILD or to re-model, that seems to be the question, with apologies to Bill Shakespeare. But it is a question of growing concern to members of the Syracuse Boy Scout Cabin Committee, as they continue to gather funds for what was originally thought to be a remodeling job on the old building on West Henry Street. The old structure is in need of considerable repair, the new Scout Committee found out when it recently reorganized and set about to see what could be done. A delinquent utility bill that had to be addressed was only one thing that triggered a closer look at the Scout Cabin and its problems. The Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club, sponsors of the local Boy Scout Troop, has generously contributed to the new fund, as have others. In fact, just a week ago, the new committee received a SSOO anonymous contribution to further its efforts. But the question persists: Should the committee remodel the old building at considerable expense and still have an old building, or should it go the Big Route, tear the building down and, as one interested party said, “do the job right?” The Scout Cabin Committee has no plan set in concrete, and is welcoming any input anyone wants to give. If you have an interest in the Scout Cabin’s future and want to be heard, contact any one of the following committee members: President, Robert Troutman; vice president, Joan Kline; secretary, Barbara Matney; treasurer, Mike Tallon; or members Bill Coburn. Robert Westfall, Orman McKinley or Steve Butt. BARBARA SCANTLIN is looking for someone with a Guinness Book of World Records, to see if she holds a record for finding the largest amount of Four Leaf Clovers. She claims to have found 45 last year and 40 already this year. “Why, just the other day I found one, then dropped it on top of another one,” she said at her historic home at 301 West Main Street. She added, “Normally I don’t have that much good luck. ” But with all those Four Leaf Clovers her good fortune might be changing. THE DAM on South Huntington Street is dry as a bone right now, due to the long hot summer days and lack of rainfall. The dam, erected some years ago primarily through a generous contribution from the late Eli Lilly, serves to control the flow of water from Lake Wawasee to Turkey Creek, a creek that eventually flows into the Elkhart River. Darrell Grisamer, NIPSCo employee and former Syracuse Town Board member, is the board’s representative on the dam committee, who, for all practical purposes, has control of the dam’s ongoing functioning. Grisamer concedes that “nothing is going over the dam right now due to dry weather,” this photo taken last week indicates as much. He also concedes the dam should be “open for an hour or so” to let the accumulation of debris flow through. Meanwhile, Lake Wawasee waters have been kept up, although evaporation might have caused the lake level to drop several inches. A good rain could remedy this, he says. IF THERE’S such a thing in Syracuse as an uptown beautification committee, it owes a debt of gratitude to Tammy Goodspeed for the constant grooming and watering of the large flower pot in front of her parents’ place of business on South Huntington Street. Those flowers are receiving a full share of TLC. The business, V. Goodspeed, Inc., is owned and operated by Tammy’s parents, Vaughn and Betty Goodspeed, and is located in the old post office building, with Betty and daughter Tammy, a junior in business administration at Taylor University, serving as office managers. The job allows Tammy plenty time to tend her flowers. The Goodspeeds, residents of r 2 Syracuse (Morrison Island. Lake Wawasee). are in their fourth year in business, serving truck stops with truckers’ supplies in a 17-state area. WHAT’S THE latest thing? You’d never guess. According to drug executive Ralph Thornburg, it’s painters’ caps. At any rate, his drug chain has purchased “a bundle of them.” and is distributing them through its six stores. Os course, with the stores* logo prominently displayed on the caps’ crown. HENRY SMITH, WHS principal turned banker, was absent at last Tuesday’s organizational meeting of the Lakriand school board, when he was to be officially sworn in, but all with good reason. Smith and his wife Karen, a recent hospital

patient herself, were in Lafayette to be with their son Mark and his wife Ginny and their six-month-old son Benjamin who was to undergo major surgery at 4 p.m. that very afternoon. Young Ben is reported to be doing well in his recovery. Mark is manager of the Furrow Lumber Co. in Lafayette and is remembered as a Warrior standout, while his wife, the former Jennifer Cox of this community, was an all-around state champion in gymnastics. Mark graduated in 1974, Ginny in 1976. IT’S ALWAYS good to see local students do well and to be properly compensated. David Roberts, who will be a senior at Wawasee in the fall and who is the son of Ron and Phyllis Roberts of r 2 Syracuse, was selected by the Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives and the 4-H Extension at Purdue University to tour the nation’s capital. Dave is one of 36 Indiana youths awarded the tour in recognition of outstanding achievements in 4-H project areas, and is a student under vo-ag instructor Randy Warren at the high school. —O'NELL WEBB of Main Channel Marina is happy as a lark for having sold a $19.000-plus pontoon to a fella “I had never met” in Little Rock. Arkansas. She said the Harris Float Boat Co., manufacturers of the pontoon, recommended the Webb’s marina, and, 10, the customer called from Little Rock and bought the pontoon sight-unseen. Their sales manager. Chuck Cavert. will deliver the pontoon. Nell reports marina business as being “just super’’ with the coming of the hot weather, and predicts it will remain so until September. Like reports are coming in from other marinas. A SIGN of the economic times comes from local used ear dealer Buzz Keck this week. Bun, located on South Huntington Street, points out that just a year ago special finance rates on used cars stood at 17.50 per cent, while he is. advertising in his July Sale rates of 11.9 per cent. Another sign is that auto sales, along with new home starts, is picking up here and in other parts of the country. Both are prime indicators of the nation’s economic health. WORD HAS been received of the resignation of Jack Crum from the Syracuse chapter of the USTA (United States Twirling Association Inc.). Crum’s resignation will be effective sometime in September and the future of the USTA in Syracuse is still uncertain. As soon as details are reteased in early August. The M-J will carry all " the information. BARBARA GRIFFITH bad an experience on Friday. She had taken her car to have a last minute check up before leaving on her vacation to Alabama on Monday. She pulled her car into the parking lot of Wyant Chevrolet to wait for a friend to pick her up. As she pulled her car forward, she hit what appeared to be a. cement slab. Sticking out of the cement was a steel bar. She got her car caught on the steel bar and there she sat. Her ear would go neither forward nor backwards. She said she was standing outside her car steaming and yelling when two gentlemen came along in a white car. After looking over her situation, the two gentlemen graciously lifted the car in the air and sat it back down. _ Barbara didn’t know the two men and they accepted a thank you and went on with their business. As far as we know Barbara is on her way to Alabama by now. IT WAS a fun party at the Kate Island Beacon all day Saturday and Sunday as Don and Janet Hayes observed the 25th anniversary of their popular eating establishment. “It was a lot of fun and a lot of people enjoyed it,” is how Don characterized the two-day bash. The Beacon was festooned with crepe paper and balloons, everything to give the place a party atmosphere. Punch and cake were served to 246 on Saturday and 208 on Sunday. The big cake had an outline of Lake Wawasee and Syracuse Lake, property denoted, and the big sign read HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEACON. j 808 AND Diana Marion, former co-managers of the Syracuse Ben Franklin stere, are situated at 5055 Tamarus St.. Apt. 1103, Las Vegas. Nevada, 89119, it was learned this week. Diana is working in a Vegas bank and Bob is managing a store similar to the one in Syracuse. They were the first and only managers in the local store until making the move to Las Vegas. They plan to rent their home on the Syra-Web Road, near the high school. ROBERT SOULE (everybody calls him “Tiny”) and his wife Marie spent a brief time with Syracuse area friends and did some fishing en the St. Clair River north of Detroit on their vacation trip. He was a former South Share bartender and worked at Vega Corp, for a time. Their home for the past four years has been at Tavares, Florida, where Tiny has been working in the juvenile division of the Lake County’s sheriff’s department.