The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 35, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 September 1983 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., September 14,1983

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ft x, \ 13 K. w s St '*’ JMSt' "M v w< ‘'BIMI /-'' ’ s M ' - 'A’ 1 •*» * z igf. . ' ’ '’B ' ■ ft \v « .MHMk.; Sr fe* ;#i«WwT«WARRIOR OF THE MONTH — Wawasee High School will again be presenting a monthly Warrior of the Month award, and pictured above is this month’s winner, Robert Kocher of Noble Cable TV*, who is shown with Wawasee principal Dr. Howard Hull, left. Since his arrival in Syracuse with the advent of cable television, Kocher has been very active at Wawasee. Besides being a loyal and attentive Warrior Booster, he has seen fit to install free cablevision in the high school, giving Wawasee High School access to educational television. He has been receptive to use of the message center by Wawasee by airing its weekly schedule of events and announcements, and he has shown the TV-Drama class production of “Warrior Review” incurring personal expense in time and equipment. Finally, the Channel 6 message center control and monitor has been permanently installed at the high school and through school secretary Janet Hamman, now a trained operator of the equipment, Wawasee has bulletin and message access to all cable homes in Milford and Syracuse (North Webster has a different system). The monthly Warrior of the Month award is presented to a citizen not employed by the Lakeland Community School Corporation who has contributed in some way to Wawasee High School. (Photo by Doug Walker) IWfeWB? ; ' '1 tl ? i t 11 * m BjESEHiI wfß"'• - ■ ■* : j St9u. bI p- : DANA DONATES EQUIPMENT TO HIGH SCHOOL — Dana Corporation, Syracuse, recently donated a large quantity of machinery and equipment to Wawasee High School for use in its machine trades, auto mechanics and building trades classes. Pictured in front of a drill press that was part of the contribution are Lakeland Community School Board President Bill Little; Richard Rice, Dana plant manager; Dr. Howard Hull, Wawasee principal; Lakeland Community Schools Superintendent Don Arnold and Bill Sanders, Dana personnel manager. Other items donated to the school included a lathe and equipment, an arbor press, an assortment of gas cans, storage bins, and student and storage lockers. (Photo by Doug Walker)

i' 1 '! if tn ii'i 1 111 Et '* ilitj (J}... jr -- | | I l ' r H t Jf lijh |a|l|k. H'm THERE’S STILL A NEED for a GENERAL PRACTITIONER IN THE BANKING BUSINESS First National Bank of Warsaw continues to offer the personal service, cooperation and friendliness that is sometimes overlooked in this computerized day and age. We have kept up with the times, continuing to be a leader in offering new services. Our 24-hour teller bas been in service for 9 years now. Our X computerized services are as progressive and as NT A T professional as possible to offer our customers the xAv very best. Yes, we have grown, but our philosophy has not changed. We have combined the best of ibe old and the new. ■ We are not a big city bank, j but we offer “big city bank” y services with small town friendliness and cooperation, vvlj WA Rh ' Warsaw •Claxpool* Milford PAv Member FDIC Grow with us into tomorrow. Oil

Williamson request denied by APC for second time

By GARY LEWIS One year ago, Robert Williamson tried to rezone his property, located south of North Webster near Armstrong Road, to light industrial. He wanted to gain the new zoning status so he could operate his growing metal shop. He was denied, and an ensuing appeal to the Board of Zoning Appeals failed too. Williamson tried one more time last week, and it failed again, although this time the vote was much closer. The commissioners, in a 5-2 vote, denied Williamson’s, petition to rezone one acre of property one-half mile north of CR 400. * The entire area has been a sore spot for the zoning commission since Williamson first introduced the area when he successfully applied for a home occupation permit. The permit specified Williamson’s limits in operating his business which includes no outside storage and a sign size restriction. Cinda Overmyer, Ordinance Administrator, informed board members that the BZA has filed a lawsuit against Williamson because he “has been, and has continued to be, in violation.” Williamson said his business has been growing since he was layed-off from his full-time job in Warsaw and he needed the rezoning change to continue working. Kosciusko County Sanitarian Carroll Sherman came under some sharp criticism by APC members and remonstrators while the board deliberated over a rezoning petition near Bonnie Brae Manor subdivision, Turkey Creek Township. The board tabled Joe Baker’s petition to rezone 4.3 acres from agricultural to residential on the south side of SR 13, east of Bonnie Brae Manor. After examining the soil reports on the property, the board tabled the issue so Sherman could be contacted and appear at the next meeting so he could explain why he issued the septic system permit. Baker wanted the rezoning so he could place another mobile home on the property and build a pole barn behind it and subdivide into two lots. Two cases involving Milford properties appeared before the APC during Wednesday’s meeting. A one-half acre lot on the southeast corner of Section Street and SR 15 intersection was denied after several remonstrators spoke against the rezoning petition. Realtor Phil Beer, representing George R. Casto at the meeting, said the land would be used for a mobile home insurance v office. At one time the property was used as a gas station and as a veterinarian’s office. He said the property, based on the surrounding area, should have been zoned commercial when zoning came into effect in 1975. Mr. and Mrs. Doral McFarren said the current zoning, residential, is the only suitable use of the property. If it was zoned commercial the area could become a threat to their grandchildren in some future use of the property, they said. Ted Brooks disagreed with Beer about the actual size of the property saying it “is not nearly as big as Mr. Beer and Mr. Casto said it is.” The size of the long, narrow tract was obtained by Beer from the county’s plat books. But according to Brooks, the plat book is incorrect on several properties in the area. The APC decision will now go before the Milford Town Board. The board approved a petition for a preliminary plat on a 3.09 acre tract of ground located on the west side of old SR 15, north of CR 1250 N. Consulting engineer Russell C. Eck, representing Howard Sellers, made the presentation before the commissioners. Area Planning Director Dan Richard did not receive notification from Sellers that neighboring property owners were properly notified of the petition, and Reith attends banking school Paul E. Reith, First National Bank of Warsaw, Milford, is among those who attended the 39th annual session of the Herbert V. Prochnow Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this summer. The school, sponsored by the 16 state bankers associations in the Central States Conference of Bankers Associations, was established in 1945 to provide bankers with advanced study and research in banking, economics and monetary problems. This year 1,225 students from 43 states and Puerto Rico attended. Instruction in the Graduate School of Banking comes in three two-week summer sessions, along with home study work, to be completed in the period between summer resident sessions. The school’s faculty of over 160 people includes leading bankers, economists, educators, consultant and government officials.

said the board had to make the approval contingent on proper proof of notification. The board decided to table Pierceton’s Town Board request for rezoning of five lots from residential to commercial after several residents and neighbors of the property, located on the west side of SR 13, north and south of Elm Street, told the commissioners they were not aware the town board was considering the zoning switch. Bill Warren, a real estate agent who is purchasing the property, originally requested the APC to rezone one lot in the five acres to commercial. But the commissioners rejected the rezoning bid, because they felt it would be spot zoning. When the decision was forwarded to the Pierceton Town Board, the town trustees decided to rezone four other lots in the area. - In other business, the board: • Approved a preliminary and final plat for a residential subdivision in Plain Township. The property is located on the west side of Nellie Bay Drive, north of Poplar Drive. • Denied a request by First National Bank, serving as executor of the Osborn estate. The property, located on the east side of SR 13, south of Carroll Street in Syracuse, is currently residential and the house on the parcel of land is livable. David Simpson, representing the bank’s trust fund, said it is the bank’s job to find what is the most valuable use of the estate for their client. However, a neighbor to the property protested the move because it might decrease the value of a home he is planning to purchase at 106 E. Carroll Street. The APC recommendation will now go before the Syracuse Town Board. • Modified a rezoning request of property located near a wetlands area in Plain Township. William Dalton requested 31 acres, which is currently zoned agricultural, on the north edge of the Riverlawn subdivision east of SR 15 to be switched to residential. He told board members that most of the property is located in a flood plain, and that only seven acres are now suitable for development. To save time in the future, however, he wanted the entire 31-acre tract to be rezoned so he could develop any other high portions of the property in the future. The commissioners, after hearing testimony from Tom Hamilton of the county’s flood task force and neighbors of the property, decided to restrict the zoning change to the usable seven acres. • Approved Larry Buffer's request to rezone three acres on the south side of CR 400 N, east of Barbee Lake Road, from agricultural to residential. New M-J subscribers Isabelle Blackburn r 1 Mentone, Ind. 46539 Bart Bowser 1028 State St. West Lafayette, Ind. 47906 Michael Clark #20943 P.O. Box 127 F Unit Plainfield, Ind. 46168 Terre Farver 2800 N. Lake Shore Apt. 3810 Chicago, 111. 60657 Rob Green Beta Theta Pi 919 East 10th St. Bloomington, Ind. 47401 Lori A. Keim 1400 East Hanna Ave. Indianapolis, Ind. 46227 Kathryn A. Lemmon 3921 Maybury Mall Apt. A-3 Bloomington, Ind. 47401 Florence Mabie P.O. Box 361 Milford, Ind. 46542 Shari A. Miller Beeman Hall Box 44 Muncie, Ind. 47306 Cynthia L. Myrick 118 Waldron Zeta Tau Alpha West Lafayette, Ind. 47906 Susan Payne DeMotte Hall Box 56 Muncie, Ind. 47306 Linda Perry 615 North Dill Apt. 3 Muncie, Ind. 47303 Paul Siegfried 15-7 Roas Ade Dr. West Lafayette, Ind. 47906 Norine Sorensen Box 525 Meredith Hall P.U. West Lafayette, Ind. 47900 KentStichter Swinford Hall Box 89 Muncie, Ind. 47306

• Gave final plat approval to Robert Kline for South Haven Subdivision on the north side of CR 200S. The plat included five lots, and was accompanied by a drainage plan by Steve Boeder of the Soil Conservation Service. • Accepted the resignation of Pat Watkins, Assistant Planner. Watkins has accepted a position as Planning Director in Marshall County. He will continue work on the county's comprehensive plan until it is completed. He passed out additional sections of the comprehensive plan which will be discussed at several public meetings in the next two weeks. A case filed by Naomi Braun and Elzie Spencer as agent was dropped. All decisions made by the plan commission, except those made in the corporate limits of towns, will be referred to the Kosciusko County Commissioners and placed on the October 6 agenda. Decisions made by the APC involving towns will be referred to the particular town board at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

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Unusual weather in August . Goshen College Weather Observer, Lores Steury, this week talks about how weathermen say or explain the unusual weather as stated in the August 1983 issue of “Weatherwise,” a magazine on weather. Steury said weathermen feel the unusual weather is started in the pacific around Christmas time when the ocean currents start to flow southward, associating with the warming of the surface water. Every few years the warming area becomes more extensive than normal and this is one of those years. This year in that period of time the water, is as much as six degrees centigrade warmer in the Pacific. This involves a good portion along the equator. Weathermen call it El-Nino or child because of the change of direction in the winds. Normally in the equator, along the Pacific, the winds are from the east but for that period the winds are from the west, thus having an effect on the barometric pressure. Last year in the Gulf of Alaska the barometric pressure, in February, was the lowest it has been in any other month this century. It happens every year, this year more than normal. Next week Steury will tell how weathermen feel it effects the weather world wide. i

Cars collide A car driven by Randy Niles, 118 Medusa Court, Syracuse, was travling south on SR 13 in Syracuse when he attempted to turn left onto Chicago Street and struck an auto driven by Cheryl Pittenger, Bremen. Niles told authorities he did not see the Pittenger auto when he attempted to turn. An damage estimate was not available.

Backs into Goshen car Yolanda Garza, 20, r 1 Milford, backed her automobile into a parked car owned by Phyllis Becker, Goshen, at the T and L Supermarket parking lot in Goshen last Wednesday morning. Authorities reported damage was minor.