The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 30, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 August 1983 — Page 5

"CRUZIN around 'CUSE"

(Continued from page 4) classrooms the early part of the forthcoming school year. Paul Royer of North Webster, with 42 years of teaching experience under his belt, has enjoyed the past five years in easy retirement. In fact, of late, searching for a new lifestyle, he has been trying his luck at growing a mustache, something his wife Lois, a retired elementary teacher at North Webster, views from the corner of her eye. Superintendent Don Arnold has been trying to coax Royer back into the science classroom to substitute for about nine weeks for Pam Schumm, who is at home with her new daughter, Katrina Jean, born July 26, for a get-acquainted period. Royer will only admit to “giving it some serious thought.” —o— WHILE THE hot temperatures have kept most area residents indoors, August means football practice time for the high school prepsters. Coach Myron Dickerson’s Warriors began

Hundreds of dangerous drivers will be removed from Indiana roads and highways under a new law that will go into effect Thursday, Sept. 1, according to one of the co-authors of the law, State Senator John Augsburger (RSyracuse). Augsburger said the state’s new Habitual Traffic Offender law could result in the suspension of driving privileges for up to 10 years for persons with several serious driving violations on their records. “Essentially, the new law changes the method by which persons with poor driving records are certified as habitual traffic offenders,” Augsburger said. “It will now provide for the administrative suspension of driving privileges by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for persons determined to be habitual traffic offenders. The old method had proved to be a cumbersome and ineffective one in, that the local county prosecutor was required to investigate and take the habitual traffic offender to court to revoke his driving privileges. As a result, only about seven per cent of the drivers able to be prosecuted under the old method ever went to court.” Augsburger said the new law recognized three categories of violations for the habitual traffic offender status. “For instance, a driver having two or more convictions in the last 10 years for such crimes as reckless homicide or voluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, or a hit and run accident resulting in death or injury, would be considered a habitual traffic offender and

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would lose his or her license for 10 years,” he said. “Three convictions in the last 10 years for such crimes as driving while intoxicated or with a suspended or revoked license, drag racing, or criminal recklessness, would also result in the loss of driving privileges for 10 years. Finally, 10 or more convictions in the last 10 years of any moving traffic violation, or any of the above more serious crimes would result in the forfeiture of driving privileges for a period of five years,” Augsburger added. Under the new law, persons losing their driving privileges may contest the suspension in court, where a judge may make one of three decisions: maintain the suspension; reinstate the license; or place the, offender on probation. Augsburger said that habitual offenders found operating a motor vehicle during the time of suspension would be guilty of a Class D felony. “A conviction under this provision will also result in the forfeiting of the offender’s driving privileges for the remainder of his or her life,” he said. According to Bobby Small, director of the state’s Criminal Law Study Commission, over 15,000 Indiana drivers could lose their driver’s licenses, when the new law takes effect. Small has' called the new law, “One of the most significant things Indiana has done to curb dangerous driving.” Augsburger concluded by saying he felt the new law “will give us a new tool by which we can effectively and efficiently remove dangerous drivers from the roads and highways of Indiana.”

two-a-days this week, in preparation for the earliest start in Indiana football history. “They’re trying to make football a summer sport,” grumbled Dickerson in an interview this summer. The August 19 home-opener against rival North Wood will only give the Warriors 19 days to prepare — very little time for the inexperienced a squad to recover from the departure of 14 seniors. —o— THE UNITED States Twirling Association is in the process of moving out of Syracuse to a new home in Seattle, Washington, according to Jack Crumm, director. tvhile the USTA will be moving their administrative offices north, Crumm will be moving south, taking a position with Stariine Baton Company in Pompano Beach, Florida. Starline is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of batons and Crumm will be joining the company as part owner. Good luck to Jack and the USTA.

Democrat editors to hear Glenn

U.S. Senator John Glenn of Ohio, a front runner in the race for the Democratic nomination for President, will be the featured speaker at the 103rd Annual Indiana Democratic Editorial Association Convention at French Lick, Indiana, on August 27, 1983, according to an announcement today by John G. Krupa of East Chicago, IDEA President. Senator Glenn, a former astronaut and businessman and present Senator from Ohio, will make a four hour stop at the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association’s annual convention in his campaign for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. He is scheduled to fly into French Lick around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 27, and will attend both a press-media conference and an IDEA reception hosted by mayor Michael D. Vandeveer of Evansville, before addressing Indiana’s Democratic editors and their guests at the IDEA’S annual banquet. The Indiana Democratic Editorial Association convention at French Lick has long been known as the “kick-off” for the Democratic party’s fall cam* paigns in Indiana and is always a gathering place for Democratic politicians either as candidates or aspiring candidates. In addition to Senator Glenn’s appearance at the banquet, President Krupa announced that State Senator Frank O’Bannon of Corydon will address the IDEA’s’s annual Past Presidents’ dinner on Friday nigh, August 26, chaired by John A. Hillenbrand of Batesville, immediate past president of the IDEA. Mayor Robert Pastrick of East Chicago will address the editors and their guests at the editors’ noon luncheon on Saturday which precedes the annual election of officers and business meeting of the IDEA members. According to Krupa, other dignitaries invited to speak at the convention include: U.S. Representative Francis X. McCloskey of Bloomington, State Auditor Otis Cox, and State Democratic Chairperson Jerry Miller and Vice-Chairperson Linda Hatch. Current officers of the association in addition to Krupa include: Tom Edwards of the Clay City News, vice-president; William C. Miles of the Bloomfield Evening World, secretary; and Randy Haymaker of the Mooresville Times, treasurer. Booked at jail The following persons were booked into the Kosciusko County Jail recently: Marvin Leßoy Hampshire, 43, r 1 Leesburg, for failure to appear. Gerald Dean Zartman, 32, Milford, for public intoxication and resisting arrest. — ItOYALCAmm — W* Cater For All Occasions Large Or Small Call Linda Cram 21 9-I4S-5335 Or Fran Castnttnr 219-125-9132

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No marina at Grassy Creek

By GARY LEWIS Members of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission ended months of controversy last week when it voted down an attempt by Lewis Neibert to erect a marina on a channel off of Grassy Creek. The board voted during its regular meeting Wednesday afternoon to not allow the wetlands area to be rezoned from agricultural to residential or commercial. Neibert filed two petitions with the APC after the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals, two months ago, voted to disallow the marina as a special exception. A marina is listed as a special exception in both commercial and residential. The board’s decision in the two cases will be presented to the Kosciusko County Commissioners for final approval in September. The decision ended several months of controversy over the 3.9 acre property, which was before the APC in July but was tabled because Neibert failed to show. Hamilton Leads Opposition Tom Hamilton, chairman of the Kosciusko County Flood Control Task Force, led the four remonstrators who spoke on the petition. He presented a two-page letter, complete with maps, to the board in outlining his objections to the rC'oning. Hamilton’s basic reasoning was that the petition should be denied because more than 75 per cent of the property are wetlands and that soil maps show the land to be unsuitable for residential or commerical use. “An important consideration is the fact that a marina would require that gasoline tanks be buried in such unsuitable soils. There is a serious liability hazard from the tanks rupturing, or floating out, both from a human safety standpoint and the devastation of the adjoining wetlands and water,” Hamilton read from the letter. Snyder, representing the Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners, and the property owners president, William Starner, both spoke against the project. Snyder told the commissioners that they should forget any evidence for a marina. “All evidence regarding a marina ought to be discarded,” Snyder said. The decision for a marina would be up to the BZA, Snyder maintained, and the only decision the APC should consider is if the land is suitable for residential or commercial use. “What’s the point of putting a marina on a swampland when there are three or four other marinas on the lake?” he said. Snyder said the zoning change, if made, “would be nothing more than spot zoning, because this board could not establish a marina as a special exception in an agricultural area.”

He said the soils would not be

NIPSCo gets 20% rate increase from PSC

Thursday is the one-year anniversary of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s rate increase, and the 1983 increase, announced last week, is right on schedule with last year’s mark. Last Wednesday, the Public Service of Indiana shaved off $78.3 million from NIPSCo’s original request of $240 million. The commission’s approval okayed an increase of $161,684,000, which will provide a 20 per cent increase in gross revenues. The state utility regulatory commission announced the figures eight days prior to the 1982 increase, which was approved August 11. The increase will push the average residential customer’s bill up 20 per cent to sllO a month. The cost to NIF*SCo residential customers will be increased more than the small commercial and large industrial users. The small

suitable for residential development. Also objecting to the rezoning was Phil Flinn, and adjoining property owner. Barbra Earhart. speaking for Flinn, said he is donating the land to the Nature Conservancy, and plans to build homes on a portion of high ground. Terry Jones, of YMCA’s Camp Crosley, also objected, saying boat traffic on the channel would be a problem. Helm’s Rebuttal Neibert’s attorney in the issue, Richard Helm, maintained that much of the concern voiced by the opposition would be controlled by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. “They’re asking you to assume the police power of the state,’’ Helm said. “We tried to do this the best way we could by getting the special exceptions,” he said earlier in his rebuttal. In the July BZA meeting, the board members advised Neibert to obtain a rezoning classification after rejecting the original special exception petition. “If we are going to let wetlands remain as wetlands wetlands, we have to start somewhere,” commented APC board member Bob Hartzell. The vote to deny the rezoning was unanimous, and the denial of the residential zoning was approved 5-2. How to dry flowers Dried flowers are especially useful during winter — but they can be used at any time. They can be combined with candles, fresh flowers, evergreens, or sculpture. In fact, their use is limited only by your imagination. For infinite variety, Michael Dna, Purdue University extension horticulturist, advises collecting fresh flowers and drying your own. A number of methods can be used, but none is foolproof. The most simple method is air-drying which involves preparing flowers hung upside down in a dark, dry place for several weeks. The silica-gel method involves the use of Silica-Gel crystals as the drying medium. Borax and sand also can be used. Glycerine is best for preserving small, leafy tree branches. Pressing has been used for generations and is popular for small flowers, ferns and autumn leaves. Skeletonized leaves are processed so only the veins remain. For directions on how to use each method contact your county extension office or the mailing room, 301 S. 2nd St., Lafayette, Ind. 47905 and ask for “Drying Flowers” HO-102.

commercial users will pay 18.5 per cent more and large industrial customers will face a 19 per cent increase. The main area of reduction comes in the form of a reduced rate base. NIPSCo asked that investments valued at $2 billion be included in its rate base. The Commission denied NIPSCo’s investments in the SO2 system at unit 11 at the D.H. Mitchell Generating Station of SIO.B million, a cash working capital allowance of $35.8 million and the value of the excessive fuel inventory amounting to $57.7 million. The total rate base reduction was $121.6 million. Therefore, rate base authorized totals $1.9 billion. The Commission found that the SO2 system at Mitchell was not

Temperatures above normal The average temperature for the month of July was 76.8 degrees with the normal temperature at 73, making the month’s temperature reading 3.8 degrees above normal according to Lores Steury, Goshen College weather observer. The warmest July was in 1955 when the average temparature was 78.2. however the warmest July ever, reached 78.6. The warmest temperature for the month was 97 degrees on July 21, 22, 28. There were 18 days above 90 degrees during the month. The coldest day was on July 6 when the temperature reached 46 degrees. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.27. however, in July the precipatation was 2.34 inches, .93 inches below normal. The driest July was in 1946 with .30 inches. The normal accumulation of rain between January t and August 1 is 19.79. In 1983 the accumulation has been 18.85 inches. .94 inches below normal. Steury reported there were 12 clear days. 11 partly couldy and eight cloudy days during July.

RESERVE CHAMPION BARROW -- Pretty Lisa Kaiser, daughter of Dick and Helen Kaiser of r 2 Milford, looks proud as she displays her reserve champion barrow at the 4-H livestock auction at the county fair Friday afternoon. “Tody” weighed 256 pounds and sold for $2.50 per pound, for $616. Buyers were the Leesburg Elevator and Leesburg Mill. Shown here are mill representatives Jerry Kammerer left and J. R. Bleile and in the background are auctioneers Larry Evans, left and Gene Messmore. j Lisa represents the last of a long line of Kaiser family members who participated in 4-H fair competition. Others were her sisters. Ann (Mrs. Wes) Bell of North Webster and Lynn, and brothers Greg, Brent and John.

Syracuse chamber discusses spot zoning

Members of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors took a stand against “spot” zoning at their August 3 meeting. The zoning issue was brought up in reference to the “spot” zoning of a piece on property from agricultural to light industry on the Turkey Creek Township side of the township line north of North W'ebster. The board members expressed support for the influx of light industry into the area, but questioned the establishment of a new industrial park in the area when one is available in both North Webster and Syracuse. Executive Director Joe Gray agreed to take the board's concerns before the area plan commission and county

used and useful, therefore should not be included in the rate base. Also. NIPSCo failed to show that investor supplied cash wiorking capital was needed to pay day to day expenses, and for that reason an allowance for such was denied. Edmund A. Schroer, chairman and chief executive officer of Northern Indiana Public Service Company, said “We regret the necessity for rate increases, however, high technology additions to pland and shortfalls in prior orders make them inevitable if we are to maintain our service capability. We believe our request was fully justified and reflected the true costs of providing adequate service to customers.”

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commissioners. Ralph Thornburg appeared before the board to discuss the shortage of doctors in the Lakeland area, and what the Kosciusko Community Hospital (KCH) might be able to do about this situation. Thornburg said KCH is currently involved in setting up satellite offices in North Webster, Milford, Mentone, Silver Lake and Pierceton. KCH hire a search firm to look for doctors if an area is interested in the program. The community then forms a committee to meet with the administrator of KCH. The hospital will buy the land, erect a suitable building and guarantee the first year’s salary of the doctor up to $50,000, with the provision that the doctor must use the facilities at KCH: The doctor then buys the property on a long-term basis. Thornburg said the SyracuseWawasee community could use two more doctors within the next year, and that he would like to see the board support the KCH program for one doctor. The program is projected one year in ad-

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vance as it takes that long to get the doctor and set up the program in the community. Board president William Beemer formed a committee composed of himself, James Caskey, Henry Smith and Joe Gray to meet with KCH Administrator Milton Holmgrain at a future date. Beemer brought up the matter of the signs along SR 13 south of Syracuse. He said that the signs within the right of way were illegal. but that no governing body had enforced the law in this respect. Beemer suggested that if it was the consensus of the town the signs should remain, they should at least be uniform in appearance. He and Gray will question the town board about the matter at its next meeting. Also during the meeting, Jeanne Gardner stated that the town of Syracuse will celebrate its sesquicentennial in 1967 and should begin planning for the event. A committee composed of Mrs. Gardner, Beemer, Gray and Kip Schumm was formed to look into the matter.

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