The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 33, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 August 1983 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., August 31,1!

What to expect in September

According to Goshen College weather observer, Lores Steury, area residents can estimate temperatures and precipitation by examining past September weather records. The average temperature for September is 64 degrees with 1978 as the hottest year for the month with a recorded average temperature of 69.2 degrees. The warmest temperature ever recorded in September was the first and second of the month in 1953 when the mercury climed to 101 degrees. The same temperature was also recorded on September 5,1959. In 1975, the coldest month had a recorded average temperature of 56.7. The. coolest temperature recorded on September 28,1942, was 25 degrees. The average amount of precipitation for the month is 3.22 in<ies with 9.97 inches recorded in 1972 and no rain recorded in 1979 for the wettest and dryest months, respectively. One-fourth inch of snowfall was recorded on September 28, 1942.

Webster's tax rate approved at $2.97

(Continued from page 1) This was approved by the board and she will begin her duties effective August 29. The town is now accepting applications for alternate dispatchers. If anyone is interested he New M-J subscribers Jack Crum 11434 Orange Blossom Lane Boca Raton, Fla. 33433 Carla Darr 350 Hawkins Grad House West Lafayette, Ind. 47906 Jennifer Darr Emison Hall Room 118 Vincennes University Vincennes, Ind. 47591 Barbara Hamman 1666 S. Extension Road Mesa, Ariz. 85202 LaDoit Hollar R.R. 2 Box 22-A Milford, Ind. 46542 Laura Jones Indiana University 915Willkie North Bloomington, Ind. 47406 Opal Keim 131 N. West Main St. Westfield, Ind. 46074 Luke L. Kruit 316 N. Oakwood Dr. Griffith, Ind. 46319 James Norman R.R. 1 Box 172 North Webster, Ind. 46555 Todd Reiff 629 West Hampton Box 196 Indianapolis, Ind. 46208 Lowell E. Sidwell 7928 Benjamin Dr. Indianapolis, Ind. 46226 Cissna Park News 119 W. Garfield Ave. Cissna Park, 111. 60924

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or she is asked to contact the town board. The next regular board meeting is scheduled for September 7, at 7 p.m. There will be an executive session following to discuss personnel. Waiter buys his fortune In San Francisco one man’s $3.99 a bottle wine became another man’s fortune. Waiter Robert Kandell entered a grocery where rare wine was being sold for $3.99 a bottle. Kandell, knowing it was worth a lot more bought 18 bottles. Later he was told by a wine dealer the true value of the wine was SIOO to $125 a bottle. The grocer had found the bottles in a storage room when he purchased the store a few months before. Afow rf's PAT for puppies A couple in Rochester, N.Y., has developed a test to determine the compatability of a dog and its owner. It is called PAT, or the puppy aptitude test. The personality test considers how a puppy responds to calls, the manner in which it wags its tail and the type of bark it has. It determines if the dog is the biting kind or the sort that is playful and cuddley. All this information is then used to decide if the personality of the dog and that of its prospective master’s gel. Quick thaw To thaw frozen juice in a hurry, spin concentrate with water in a blender for a few seconds. Equals One-eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder equals one small clove.

New drunk driving law to come down hard on offenders

A new series of statutes regarding the penalties Indiana courts can inflict on drunk drivers and habitual traffic offenders will go into effect tomorrow (September 1), and over 7,000 Hoosiers will be receiving notices from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles that due to past offenses, they will be losing their driver’s license, some for as many as 10 years. According to Kosciusko County sheriff Al Rovenstine, the new regulations will also come into play in the enforcement of the law. ' “Basically, after September 1, the main change in the statute states that there is a charge for going over .1 on the breathelizer,” Rovenstine said. “This is a separate charge from the Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) charge. The basic problem now with arresting someone for OWI is the probable cause. For the most part, the officer must see someone driving erratic.” The new law will bring about change, at least to a degree, in Rovenstine’s department. “Basically, it’s going the way things are handled here a little bit,” he said. “Once a suspect is run on the breathelizer, and he does test over the .1, there will be a charge filed.” Rovenstine said the changes in the penalties for drunk driving

Make your own camping oven

Here’s a nifty little oven you can put together in minutes to make that camping trip or backpacking expedition an overwhelming success. If the family is planning a campsite week end down by the river, this low-cost portable oven will be perfect for cooking those fish you’re likely to catch. Then, too, this little cooker is just right for the hiker who’s concerned about the weight of packed goods he or she will be toting. And the obvious benefits of its design — sturdiness, light weight, and small size — tell only part of the story. Not only can this airtight, waterproof oven be used between meals to store food or other goods, but it can also serve as a drinking water container or function as a wash basin. It takes about five minutes to construct this budget piece of camping equipment and — unless you have to purchase some of the easily found components — it can be assembled for virtually nothing. If you do have to buy parts, they’re all available in most hardware stores for a total of about $5. Start by locating a round or square lard can (or any other lidded metal container, preferably one with handles) that measures about nine inches wide and 12 inches tall. Using an awl or a sharp nail, pierce both the lid’s edge and the upper lip of the can to form two holes — one-half inch apart -- in each piece. To facilitate opening the cover fully and to allow steam to escape, take the time to elongate these openings with your tool. Next, pass a loop of wire through the holes in the can and its cap, and twist the free ends to form a loose ring which will serve as a hinge for your oven’s lid. Finally, take a section of heavy, galvanized hardware cloth (our metal web measured 10 1/2 inches by 18 inches), and bend its two opposing edges at right angles to its flat surface ... so that it will fit inside the airtight stove snugly — the long way—- — act as a shelf for a cooking tin or a piece of foil to rest upon. The exact position of this rack within the oven is up to you ... but remember that you must leave enough room above it for a pan and victuals. For the sake of safety, it’s best to put your oven through a “cleansing” fire to eliminate any fumes from the galvanized material before cooking. You could, of course, construct your rack out of some other material instead ... try scavenging an old metal barbecue grill, for example. To use the tim oven, merely place the food of your choice (on foil or in a pan) on top of the wire shelf, add a small amount of water if you want the edibles steamed, press the container’s cap on securely, and rest the stove on its side upon several

and several traffic offenses will bring about more changes in the courtrooms than in the police stations. “It will mainly go back to the courts,” he said. “The big change there is, up until this time, it’s been up to the prosecutor to tag and catch them (habitual traffic offenders) as they come through Os course, with the prosecutor’s many duties, and as busy as the prosecuting staff is, there’s been a lot of them that have slipped through. “Now, it’s my understanding that it’s computerized at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the computer will kick them out as they come through. We won’t know how it’s going to wort out yet until the process begins and we get a few of them and see bow it’s going to be handled.” Rovenstine said he was uncertain how successful the new law would be at keeping drunk drivers off the road. “I wouldn’t want to say (how effective the new law will be) right now,” he said. “I believe it’s going to catch a few of the more flagrant drivers, but until we get into the program and find out what happens, I can’t answer that.” Rovenstine said he felt that beefed-up laws concerning drunk driving were needed. Well over half of the traffic fatalities in Kosciusko County this year were

rocks or a couple of logs placed within or around your campfire. To make cleanup chores easier, you might want to rub a layer of soap over the outside of the can so that soot will stick to the cleanser — which can be rubbed off — rather than to the metal itself. After the required amount of baking time, open up your campfire oven and enjoy the hot meal. You’ll find that food prepared in this manner will be absolutely delicious and will require a minimum amount of fuel (which will make your fire safer). With a bit of creative planning, you can cook just about anything in your homemade stove. You can even bake biscuits or a pie if you’ve a mind to. But, since camping out is generally a lightweight affair, you might want to keep your dishes simple, without using lots of ingredients. Fish, wrapped individually in aluminum foil and sprinkled with lemon juice, will come out piping hot in about 30 minutes. Fresh corn can be delicious roasted in its own husk. (You may want to pull the husk back just far enough to remove the silks, and then replace the outer covering . . . perhaps holding it together with a strip of husk tied around the outside). Or you can wrap shucked and silked corn in foil for roasting. Baked potatoes come out tasty after about 40 minutes. And you can create individual stews: Place a small piece of meat, some potato, sliced carrot, onion, spices, or whatever else is available on a piece of foil, close the wrap, and cook your servings in the oven. Coffee related to heart risk The risk of heart disease may be increasing with each cup of consumed, says a study recently conducted in Norway. In the study of people living in the northern part of Norway those who drank more than nine cups of coffee a day had a 14 per cent higher cholesterol level than non-coffee drinkers. In another portion of the same study 14,581 people living in Tromso, a rural community in Norway, found that the levels of hazardous cholesterol increased with every cup of coffee the test group consumed. Fat stops malignant growth Researchers at the University of California and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center have found that fatty acids located in every human body cell can stop the growth of malignant tumors. The indications of this study are that prostaglandins, hormone-like acids, may be able to aid as anti-cancer agents. The study may also lead to the development of new cancer therapies. Operating loss The nation’s airlines carried more passengers last year than they carried in 1981, but vicious fare wars left them with a record operating loss of $733 million, the Air Transport Association reported recently. Illegal aliens There are at least two million illegal aliens in the United States, but the Census Bureau says it can’t figure out how many more there may be.

caused by alcohol, he said. “It seems that in fatal accidents, the drinking driver is involved,” he said. “At this point of the year, we have 11 or 12 fatalities in the county, and I know that in at least eight of them, alcohol was reponsible or played a part. “I believe that within the last year, the driver has become much more conscious of drinking and driving. It has slowed down. Maybe with the new laws; it will slow down even more.” Syracuse Police Chief Warren Swartz concurred with Rovenstine’s belief that stricter drunk driving laws were needed, but added that it would now be up to the judges to consistently enforce the laws when drunk drivers and habitual traffic offenders are brought before them. According to reports released by the Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the following statistics back up the need for stricter drunk driving penalties: A total of 250,000 Americans lost their lives in alcohol-related auto crashes in the past 10 years. Approximately 26,000 citizens are killed in drunk driving accidents yearly. Nearly 70 Americans are killed in drunk driving incidents every day. One American loses his or her life every 23 minutes in alcoholrelated auto crashes.

For breakfast, break your eggs into a pan that will fit inside the oven and put strips of bacon around the sides of the pan. Cook it all together until the bacon is crisp. Cored apples with a bit of honey dribbled inside and baked in tin sheets will make a tasty accompaniment to your outdoor breakfast or diner. Or make a slit about three inches long in the skin of each of a number of unpeeled bananas . . . place a tablespoon of honey into each slit ... let them stand about a half-hour , . . wrap them in foil and bake. Foil-roasted onions, or tomato halves sprinkled with cheese, bread crumbs, and butter, make for easy and delicious fixings, too. For free additional information on make-it-yourself projects and on The Mother Earth News magazine, send your name and address and ask for Reprint No. 1658: “An Indoor Clothes Dryer.” Write to Doing More . . . With Less, 105 Stoney Mountain Road, Hendersonville, N.C. 28791, or in care of this paper. Copyright 1983 The Mother Earth News, Inc. Civil Defense needs volunteers Robert Wooten, Syracuse Civil Defense director, states the organization is in need of volunteers with four-wheel drives and snowmobiles for the coming winter. The re-organized unit currently meets the third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Civil Defense building on Downing Street in Syracuse. Persons wanting an application or more information should call 457-4669.

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GOP NOMINEES — The Syracuse Republicans met last week and slated the following candidates in the November 8 election: William Hess for town board; Jennifer Hughes for clerktreasurer; and Steven Butt for town board. Not pictured is Joe Morganthaler who was nominated for town board. (Photo by Gary Lewis)

Here's what's cooking!

It seems more and more people are brown-bagging it along with school children these days. We usually pack the traditional sandwich with fruit, vegetable and beverage, but how about that something extra? It’s just something extra that makes the lunch box more appealing for grown-ups as well as kids. Lunch box treats need not be only delicious but nutritious as well, as exemplified in these recipes. PEANUT BUTTER BALLS cup (7 T.) peanut butter 4 cup honey 1 cup toasted wheat germ 2 T. powdered milk Mix ingredients well, into balls, then roll in coconut or pat flat in pan for fudge. Refrigerate. GIANT POLKA DOT COOKIES * 2 cup shortening 1 2 cup granulated sugar 1 2 cup brown sugar *2 tsp. vanilla legg 1 cup flour *2 tsp.soda *2 tsp. salt 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats 7 oz. pkg. M&M candies 1 tsp. water Thoroughly cream shortening, sugars, and vanilla. Beat in eggs, then water. Sift together flour, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture, blending well. Stir in rolled oats. On greased cookie sheet, spread 3 tsp. dough into a 3*2” circle. Make circles 2'2” apart. Press in caddies. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-14 inutes. SOFT PRETZELS 2 (16 oz.) frozen whole wheat bread dough, thawed 1 egg white, slightly beaten 1 tsp. water coarse salt (optional) From each loaf shape twelve I*2 inch balls. Roll each ball into a rope approximately 14 inches long. Shape into pretzels by forming a knot and looping ends through. Arrange pretzels one inch apart on well-greased baking sheet. Let stand for 20 minutes. Brush combined egg white and water on pretzels, then sprinkle with coarse salt. Place a shallow pan containing one inch of boiling water on a lower rack in oven. Bake pretzels on a cookie sheet on a rack above the water at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 24 pretzels.

MUFFIN DOUGHNUTS 1 3 cup shortening or margarine 1 cup sugar legg 1 1 4 cup flour 1 1 2 tsp. baking powder s, 2 tsp. salt '2 tsp. nutmeg 1 cup milk Melted butter Cinnamon Sugar Cream shortening or margarine and sugar together. Add egg, flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and milk and mix.

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Bake in paper baking cups in muffin tins at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Let cool then swirl in melted butter on top, around the sides and bottom. Roll muffins in cinnamon and sugar mixture and replace in clean paper baking cups. Makes 1 dozen. Vinegar rinse If a mopped floor dries with a film that dulls the luster, pour one cup of white vinegar into a pail of water and go over the floor again.