The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 36, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 September 1983 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., September 21,1983

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Webster board concludes September business

By JERRY KUHL The North Webster Town Board met on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to continue business that was interrupted due to a power outage at the Sept. 7 meeting. Present for the meeting were Howard Bemish, president, Larry Keim, trustee, and Eve Payne, clerk treasurer. Bills were authorized to be paid and several other matters taken care of including: Approved four-way stop at the intersection of Dixie Drive and Effie Mae Street. Because of an increase of traffic in this area stop signs were to be put up immediately, Sept. 15. Eve Payne, clerk, asked the board members whose responsibility it was to fill out insurance forms. Bemish said it should be the job of the clerk-treasurer. This was approved by the board. Police officer Judy Coleman, ordered new uniforms, when she picked them up, she paid for them in her name and paid for them out of her personal money. When she turned in the bill to the clerks office it was noted, in addition to the $68.94 charge, $3.45 for taxes. Had the bill been made out to the Town of North Webster, there would have been no tax charge. Bemish and Keim offered to reimburse Officer Coleman the $3.45 out of their own pockets, however, Mrs. Payne said she would have a tough time explaining the transaction to the auditor. It was decided Officer Coleman would take the sales slip back to the business where the uniforms were ordered and ask for the return of the $3.45 tax charge. Mrs. Payne told the

Dole grants funds

Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole announced the issuance of the first matching grants in a $12.5 million program of assistance to the states for recreational boating safety. The funds are for use by the states in their boating safety education and law enforcement programs. Federal funds are made available under a formula which takes into account the amount of each state’s funds devoted to its recreational boating safety program and the number of boats numbered by the state. Indiana will be receiving funding amounting to $243,743 To date, funds have been obligated to 44 states and four other jurisdictions by the US Coast Guard, which administers the program. The Coast Guard is

More on El Nino Event

Goshen College Weather Observer, Lores Steury, says the unusual weather the world has been experiencing could have been due to phenomenon called “El-Nino,” (child), caused by warming waters in the Pacific Ocean. Based on the August 1983 edition of “Weatherwise," meterologists say the unusual weather starts around Christmas when the ocean currents start to flow southward, associating with the warming of the surface water. Steury, talks more about the El Nino Event this week. He remarked the loss of El Nino event in economic and human terms is beyond exact accounting, but scientist feel many of the extraordinary weather conditions over the globe can be attributed to the effects of El Nino. Among the extraordinary weather events in this year have been: Pacific Coast storms with high winds, excessive rains in California, Washington and Oregon. California’s precipitation damage in February was estimated at S2OO million. Excessive flooding in Louisiana, Florida, Cuba; long dry spells in Hawaii, and the worse drought ever Mexico. In Ecuador, Peru and Balboa there was the worst flooding diaster in this century. High waters on the equator and temperatures near the coast of Ecuador and Peru were abnormally high resulting in many deaths. The fishing at the end of South America was extremely poor due to the warmer ocean currents. A widespread drought took place in South Africa. South India, Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. And in French Polynesia there were five exceptionally rare hurricanes including the worst hurricane in modern times that struck the islands.

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board members there is a procedure for purchases made. She is going to update a copy and give it to all department heads as requested by Bemish. Larry Keim brought it to the attention of the board, the town marshal, Greg Nance, wanted a key to the clerk-treasurer's office so he can use the copy machine at his convenience. Bemish pointed out all files in the clerk’s office are for public view but he felt the clerk is responsible for all correspondence and should be present when the office is open. Mrs. Payne noted the office is open every day from 8-12 and copies could be made at that time. She also told the board that if at anytime anyone needed copies ran during the evening, she would be more than happy to come to the town hall and run copies for whomever needed them. She has never refused to make copies for anyone. Due to the fact Marshal Nance was not present at the meeting, Bemish tabled the request until he and the board could discuss this further with him. President Bemish told those present that on Sept. 16, at 1 p.m. and again on Sept. 23, at 10 a m. meetings will be held at the State Museum, Indianapolis to discuss the new city park the town is trying to get funds for. Anyone who is interested in attending these meetings is asked to contact Steve Beavers or Dixie Pryor of the park board. Bemish indicated the more people who show up to plead the case the better. The next scheduled regular meeting will be held at 7 p.m., October 5, at which time an executive meeting will follow to discuss personnel.

now processing requests for payment as received from each state. This year marks the resumption of federal funding of the grant program which was initiated in 1971. No federal funds were appropriated during the period from 1980 to 1982. Congress appropriated $12.5 million for the program in fiscal year 1983 and a similar amount in fiscal year 1984. The money predominantly comes from the federal fuel tax paid by boaters. Higher prices? The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the windfall profits tax on oil, a ruling that industry leaders said would lead to higher gasoline prices at the pump.

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Longest race One of the longest off-road races in the world is the grueling Baja 1,000 which runs from Ensenada to La Paz, Mexico. Last year’s distance was an actual 985 miles run through deserts, mountains, and an occasional road. The event also marked the first win for a threewheeled ATC.

Doty soys situation involving Widup house still up in the air

Milford contractor Harry Dale Doty, who also serves as the town’s building commissioner, said Tuesday that he has no firm commitment to repair the exterior of an unoccupied home owned by Richard Widup on James Street in Milford, despite comments made by Widup at last Tuesday evening’s Milford Town Board meeting. “I gave him a price (estimate for the cost of repairing the Computer demand With the onset of the computer age college campuses are seeing a run on computers that at some schools has created a major problem. Students are turning more and more to computers to help them complete their schoolwork. Today even pharmacy and home economics majors are reliant on computers. In fact computers have become such a way of life on campus that the University of Pennsylvania’s Religous Studies Department has become the first graduate humanities program in the nation to require computer literacy. Now it'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 hark 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.

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APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE — Syracuse Police Chief Warren Swartz present Susan B. James a certificate of appreciation. She was commended for her life-saving technique in rescuing a 12-year-oM boy at Syracuse Lakeside Park in July at last night’s town board meeting. (Photo by Gary Lewis)

UTS fights competition to keep costs reasonable

By GAIL WIDMOYER The first in a possible series of media conferences to explain United Telephone’s changing business was held Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Warsaw. “The changes we discuss here are not absolute,” stressed Ivan Oberlin, vice president of administration, who was one of several representatives of UTS present for the noon luncheon. “We want to help our customers understand what’s happening to the industry,” commented Thomas R. Rafferty, public relations director, whose background presentation preceded a panel discussion between media representatives and United’s George White, president; Bill Brennan, vice president of operations; Oberlin; and Rafferty. In his explanatory remarks, Rafferty called the scheduled changes for UTS including a rate increase in January as “dramatic and fundamental.” Primary to a scheduled January rate increase is competition. Previously UTS was the sole provider of telephone and long distance services, but with the introduction of businesses such MCI, a company that offers onlylong distance service, and individual manufacturers of telephone equipment, UTS has felt the need for “more profound and demanding changes.” Traditionally, customers paid less for local telephone service than it cost to provide because the rate for long distance calls was higher than the actual cost. Therefore, the excess received for the long distance charges subsidized the uncharging for local calls. Lack of competition allowed

home's exterior) two or three months ago," said Doty. “He never got back with me.’’ At last week’s meeting, Widup stated that Doty had agreed to work on the house’s exterior when an opening developed in his work schedule. The Area Plan Commission is preparing a preliminary injunc-

Jaycees to sponsor CPR course

The Milford Jaycees will sponsor a cardiopulminary resuscitation (CPR) course on September 29 and 30 at the Milford Community Building. There will be no charge for the course. However, an instruction manual may be purchased for a small fee. Local EMS personel will instruct the course which is open to

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the phone company to offer a savings on local rates by compensating with long distance prices; however, since competition has been introduced into the market, local rates will be forced up while long distance rates will decrease. According to Rafferty, the Federal Communications Commission will add an interstate access charge of two dollars to all phone bills beginning January 1, 1984, and another two dollars for an intrastate access charge will also be added. The interstate charge is a “subsidy replacement fee” which will help compensate for lost long distance business due to existing competition. Other increases are scheduled for consecutive years through 1990. Unfortunately, since base rates for local service have been half of their actual cost, it is possible that phone bills will double by 1990. Concerned The possible doubled local rates “causes a good deal of concern” for the telephone company because as the local rates increase, customers will begin to drop from the service and as more and more customers discontinue the service, the rates will continue to increase to compensate for the lost business. The FCC has designed a transitional plan for a six-year period during which local service rates will increase to the actual cost for the service. In the meantime as more money covers the local rates, less will be charged for long distance calls. Although the changes will not be effective until January, the UTS executive staff is in the process of “trying to control costs and offer customers away of controlling costs.” ■ One possible way of controlling

tion to be filed against Widup in conjunction with the items in his yard constituting a junk yard, according to Cinda Overmeyer, ordinance administrator for the commission. The Area Plan Commission has been attempting to get Widup to clean up his property for several months with few results, she said.

any interested persons. The twosession course will begin each evening at 6:30 p.m. Each session will last approximately 2U to three hours. A written and practical test will be administered on the second evening. Those passing the test will receive CPR certification. Call 658-9611 for further information.

the costs has been dubbed “Local Measured Service.” LMS offers the customer the opportunity to pay for telephone service based on usage or in other words, “You pay for what you use. If you use more. you pay more. If you use less, you pay less.” Since the media conference was held prior to actual rate increases and LMS isn’t a possible option until April 1984, definite solutions to possible inflated phone charges in the next few years are nonexistent. UTS assured those attending the conference that it would keep the public informed on all rate increases and possible alternatives to keep phone costs reasonable.

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Gas prices reported stable in September

Nearly three-fourths of the gasoline dealers surveyed in Illinois and northern Indiana reported stable prices during the first two weeks of September and prices averages changed only fractionally, the AAA-Chicago Motor Club’s latest Fuel Gauge reported. In Cook County, the average of all pump prices was the same as two weeks ago. Downstate Illinois averages dropped twotenths of a cent and prices increased one-tenth of a cent in northern Indiana, the Club said. Small increases in prices at some pumps were reported by 11 per cent of the surveyed dealers, while decreases were reported by 19 per cent. In the last six weeks, price averages have advanced by only four-tenths of a cent, according to AAA-CMC. The Club’s survey showed a spread of 76 cents between the highest and lowest prices among all grades of gas. , Here is a breakdown of this week’s report and price range: Full Serve Regular — Low ($1,150), high ($1,789), difference, 63.9 cents Unleaded regular — Low ($1,230 cents), high ($1,829), difference, 59.9 cents Unleaded premium — Low ($1,279), high ($1,899), difference, 62 cents Self Serve Regular — Low ($1,139), high ($1,399), difference, 26 cents Unleaded regular — Low ($1,189), high ($1,479), difference, 29.0 cents Unleaded premium — Low ($1,249), high ($1,649). difference, 40 cents Northern Indiana averages were as follows: Full Serve Regular — Average prices was $1,393, increase of 0.2 cents in past two weeks; same as 12 months ago Unleaded regular — Average

price $1,449. no change in past two weeks; 0.2 cents higher than 12 months ago Unleaded premium — Average price $1,548, increase of 0.1 cents in past two weeks, 2.9 cents higher than 12 months ago Self Serve Regular — Average price $1,206, decrease of 0.1 cents in past two weeks; 2.3 cents lower than 12 months ago Unleaded regular — Average price $1,273, increase of 0.1 cents in past two weeks; 1.8 cents lower than 12 months ago Unleaded premium — Average price $1,402, increase of 0.3 cents in past two weeks; 0.7 cents higher than 12 months ago Unemployment claims down Unemployment insurance claims filed the week ending September 10 totaled 66,764, down 7,182 from the previous week, according to the Indiana Employment Security Division. Claims totaled 90,965 for the comparable week a year ago. Initial claims decreased in 71 percent of the local offices and there also was a significant decrease in continued claims. There were 1,649 new claims for federal supplemental compensation Factory orders slip New orders for factory-made goods slipped 1.7 per cent in July, but administration spokesman said that the reversal does not mean economic recovery is running out of steam. Self-reliance The surest place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. — Globe, Mason City, la.