The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 30, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 August 1983 — Page 1

Syracuse Sidewalk Days

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NEW KOSCIUSKO COUNTY FAIR QUEEN — Pretty 18-year-old Melody Smith who entered in the Kosciusko County Fair Queen contest as “Miss Warsaw II” was crowned Fair Queen Saturday night at the Shrine Building to highlight this year’s week-long 4-H fair. She is shown here flanked by her two runners-up: On the right is Sheila Ousley, “Miss Pierceton,” first runner-up. Sheila is the daughter of Junior and Linda Ousley of Pierceton and will be a junior at Whitko High School this fall. Second runner-up was Melody Newby, left. She entered as “Miss Warsaw III.” She was also voted “Miss Congeniality.” She is the daughter of Edith D. Newby of Warsaw, and will be a sophomore at Ball State University, studying nursing. » The three beauties were crowned by Angie Conley of Pierceton, the reigning queen. Melody Smith won the crown by raising over $4,700 in the penny-a-vote contest. She is the daughter of Steven and Vanda Smith of 1825 Nye Street, Warsaw, and will be a Warsaw Community High School senior in the fall. She raised her money by holding raffles, cake walks, bake sales, garage sales, among her many fund-raising projects.

Sidewalk Days discussed by Syracuse Retail Merchants

The Syracuse Retail Merchants Association discussed final plans for the Sidewalk Days promotion scheduled for August 11-13 at their Tuesday morning meeting at the State Bank of Syracuse. Sidewalk Days chairman Bob Pilcher announced that a total of SIBO had been spent for television ads promoting, Sidewalk Days that will appear on South Bend television Channel 22. All but $24 of that total has b4en raised through donations from merchants, Pilcher said. Syracuse grocer Darrell Bales confirmed he would be setting up a “deli” outside his butcher shop throughout Sidewalk Days to provide food for downtown shoppers,

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By GARY LEWIS Joe Gray’s protest of a proposed rezoning petition north of North Webster, across from the Wawa Drive-In, was too late for members bf the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission James Kilchenman expanded his 12-acre tract of land for light industrial to 20 acres by adding an additional eight-acres he owns which is adjacent to the property. The 12-acre tract was approved for rezoning at last month’s meeting. Gray, representing the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, asked the board which town board and chamber of commerce was advised. He pointed out that the property in

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something many merchants thought was missing from their last promotion, Sagebrush Days, earlier this summer. The Retail Merchants continue to search for a chairman to head the Christmas Shop Syracuse

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question is located in Turkey Creek, and not Tippecanoe Township. F Members of the APC met with ' North Webster Town Board officials and with members of the newly-formed North Webster Chamber of Commerce about the 1 petition last month. But the board did not meet with the Syracuse Town Board or the SyracuseWawasee Chainber of Commerce, as Gray pointed out to the I board. > Gray said Turkey Creek Township officials agreed to encourage further growth of the township north of the railroad * tracks in Syracuse when the Turkey Creek Township first became a member of the plan i commission.

promotion in December. The group’s next meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 8 a m. at the State Bank of Syracuse, to discuss plans for the Moonlight Madness event, planned for October 20.

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Gray also was against the project because, “If we’re not careful, we’ll have strip zoning from township line to township line,” Gray explained. Kilchenman plans to construct a building for his electronics manufacturing firm at the site, which is located on SR 13 across from the drive-in theater. Board members rebuffed Gray’s argument because public meetings on the matter had been highly publicized over the last two months. Gray said he has been out of town lately, and did not know about the situation until last week. The rezoning of the eight acres was approved by a 5-2 vote. The acreage was added to the tract to allow other businesses to locate

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10,1983

Democrats nominate at Milford By DEBFOX Milford Democrats nominated all three current 1 town board members for re-election in the upcoming town election at the Democrat caucus Saturday afternoon in the Milford Community Building. The slate of candidates is Steve Miller, ward one; Mrs. Glen (Jean) Tresh, ward two; Darrell Orn, ward three; and Mrs. James (Margaret) Brooks, clerk-treasurer. Mrs. Brooks has been serving as interim clerkatreasurer since the resignation of Maria Lozano in July. Orn stated before he was nominated he plans to retire in two years and would also possibly give up his position on the town board. No one else was nominated for that ward. There were approximately 30 town Democrats present in addition to Don Bixel, County Democratic Chairman. Town chairman, Orn presided over the caucus and reported he assumed the town election will be held at the community building. It was also mentioned that only those town residents who are registered to vote may vote in the local election. To register persons should contact the clerktreasurer at the town hall or the clerk at the county courthouse in Warsaw. Myrtle Felkner was appointed by Bixel to be a Democratic member on the election board. Those who volunteered to work at the November election include Glennis Stump, Mary Helene Levernier and Helen Leemon. Officers for the Milford Democrat party are Orn, chairman; Mrs. Treesh, vice chairwoman; Fay Hollar, secretary; and Elsie Free, treasurer. The Wards As in years past'candidates for the town board were nominated from each of the three wards. Miller, who is the incumbent from ward one, represents those residents living east of Main Street within the town limits. Mrs. Treesh, the incumbent candidate from ward two, represents those who live north of Emetine Street and west of Main Street. Orn, the incumbent candidate from ward three, represents those residents who reside south of Emeline Street and west of Main Street. The candidates Mrs. Treesh is running for her (Continued on page 2)

there. Other Business In other business, the board: e Denied a petition to rezone 76.77 acres from an agricultural district to a light industrial district by Douglas Robinson. The board said the time is not right for more residential development in the area. It is located on the north side of Old 30 East, one-quarter of a mile west of CR 300E in Wayne Township. • Denied a petition by Forrest Schinbeckler to rezone property where a one-room schoolhouse is located. The property, zoned agricultural, is located on the north side of US 30E, on CR 900E in Washington Township.

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School board meeting dominated by ongoing personnel concerns

By GAIL WIDMOYER

Personnel concerns dominated the agenda of the Lakeland Community School Board of Trustees’ regular meeting last night (Tuesday) with Don Arnold making a plea to interested community people for junior high coaches in football at Syracuse and basketball at Milford. Board members also approved the previously published budget for the 1983-84 school year. _ All vacant classroom positions “were filled with the following contracts approved by the board: Julie Gunden, part-time kindergarten teacher at Milford, *was granted a family leave of absence for the 1983-84 school year. A temporary contract for Paul Royer to replace Pam Schumm for the first nine-week grading period was granted. Mrs. Schumm is on maternity leave and Royer is a retired teacher who was formerly employed by Wawasee. Marianne Guiney, a beginning LCEA, school officials turn to mediation Following two meetings on July 14 and July 21, respectively, the Lakeland Community School Corporation and the Lakeland Community Educators Association have failed to agree on teachers’ contracts and “mutually agreed to go to mediation,” commented George Gilbert, assistant superintendent. The mediation session, closed to the public, will occur on Monday, Aug. 15, at 6:30 p.m. If that session is also unsuccessful, the two sides will participate in a fact-finding session which will be open to the public. Gilbert noted mediations “are not all bad’’ and the disagreements involve health insurance and proposed salary increases. Since this is the second year of a two-year contract, only the two issues are being negotiated.

• Rejected a petition by David Longenecker to rezone 7Vz acres from agricultural to residential. The property is located on the west side of CR 400 W, east of CR9OOE, in Washington Township. • Denied Breck Walls’ petition to rezone two lots from residential to commercial. The property is located on the south side of Market Street between Third and Fourth Streets, in Pierceton. The APC decision will go before the Pierceton Town Board for approval. • Approved a 1984 budget proposal of $75,830 for the Area Planning Office. The proposal will go before the Kosciusko County Council during budget hearings. The 1983 budget was $62,496.

teacher and Indiana University graduate, will fill a vacant position in first grade at Milford. According to Don Arnold, superintendent, she was “selected because of her Spanish speaking ability.” Arnold further noted approximately 17 per cent of the student body at Milford is Spanish speaking, some of the students entering school know very little English and many of the parents are not fluent in English. Wanda Bollman will fill the vacancy in the special education class at Milford and Rosalee Pletcher, a “very excellent teacher” who previously worked for the corporation for nine years, will take the open first grade class at North Webster. Approve Budget A 6.9 per cent increase in the general fund to $5,825,614 and a 6.98 per cent increase in the transportation fund to $434,747 was approved in formal action by the board. With, the reintroduction of the building trades classes, a

VOL r 'he, 'I • mtw 4 'H BE? 5 ’ GRAND CHAMPION BARROW — Easily walking off with grand champion honors in the barrow class at the county fair was Alien Sutherlin of r 2 Syracuse. His 250-pound barrow brought $4.60 per pound, for $950, at the Livestock Auction Friday and was purchased by Chore-Time Equipment Co. of Milford. Shown here with Allen is Steve Bryant, who made the purchase for Chore-Time. The auctioneer called young Allen “a real showman,'’ and his broad smile indicated his pleasure at the price his hog brought at the sale.

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substantial increase registered under the instruction program. The account increased from $3,046,426 last year to $3,110,528 for the upcoming year. Another increase showed in the special programs because the gifted and talented program was taken from the library account. Therefore, the special programs increased to $231,833; and the library program decreased to $lOl,BOl. The total amount budgeted for the support services, instruction staff, increased to $162,968, support services, pupils, increased to $98,195; general administration increased to $76,217; school administration increased to $494, 817; business rose to $1,095,739; and central support services increased to $310,231. The adult continuing education program’s budget was unchanged at $15,100; addition of the extra curricular program to community services rose that account substantially to $133,500; while the non-programmed charges decreased to $53,600.

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Milk Bids Three bids for milk in the school lunch program were tabled so Assistant Superintendent George Gilbert could bring a “break-down” to the next meeting. Bids by Allen Dairy, Fort Wayne, and Burger Dairy, New Paris, were nearly identical. Allen Dairy bid 11.96 cents per one-half pint, $1.65 per gallon, $2.25 for vanilla shake mix and $2.35 for chocolate shake mix; while Burger bid 11.9 cents per one-half pint, $1.63 per gallon, $2.74 for vanilla shake mix and $2.79 for chocolate shake mix. A spokesman for Burger Dairy noted the company had a higher milk content in their shake mix, but Gilbert mentioned Allen granted a one per cent discount for bills that are paid ih advance. The third company, Auburn Dairy, bid 12.5 cents per one-half pint, $1.75 per gallon. $2.45 for vanilla shake mix and $2.55 for chocolate shake mix. Since the school lunch program (Continued on page 2)