The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 38, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 October 1983 — Page 5

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

(Continued from page 4) One fairly nice looking vendor kept telling Arch, “After you’ve seen it all, come see Greg. I’m Greg.” Every time we turned the comer in this teeming building, there was Greg. The Iron Market is located along one of this city’s main boulevards, which is heavily traveled and dusty beyond belief. The main public transportation is tap-taps, little enclosures built on the back of pick-up trucks. People are forever jumping on and off, and for the life of us, we never found out how they paid their fare. They are colorful, brightly painted, with local and religious scenes, and usually bearing a religious inscription. They reminded us of the Jeepsters in Manila, in the Philippines. We wanted to take a stab at Haitian art, which had been given so much credance since we arrived at Port-au-Prince, but were told to stay away from the “cheapies” in such places as the Iron Market or from street vendors. One person had a 14x24 brightly colored painting for which he initially asked S6O. In the short time we were in the market the price came to S4O, then S3O, then S2O, < then sls. His “final price” was sl2. We didn’t buy. However, we did go to Nader’s Art Institute, a few blocks away from the Iron Market, where first class paintings and carvings were on sale. We saw a young lady there whom we had met coming off the plane at Port-au-Prince, who said she had flown in from Caracas, Venezuela. At Nader’s she was studying paintings with the intensity of an art dealer who knew her product. Knowing very little about art — and especially Haitian art — we were nevertheless interested in what the big attraction to Haitian art was. Much has been written about the native art explosion in Haiti, that it has become a new national resource. Haitian art displays are cropping up in the United States, bringing art lovers here by the numbers. Some 800 creditable painters work in such out-of-the-way places as their village homes, and must be sought out. We were advised, “Buy something. Tell your friends it is ’Haitian art’. They’ll think it is expensive, since they’ll never know the difference. Think of the fun you’ll have. Only you will know the difference.” With Syracuse having an interesting and effective little art community. I’m surprised 1 never heard Haitian art mentioned among its practitioners. Perhaps this is something they should be looking into. Perhaps a buck could be made here. One piece of literature warned us that the Iron Market, “this crowded and untidy marketplace is not for the fastidious or claustrophic.” The iron structure, with its four minarets, was built in France 94 years ago for a market in India, and sent to Haiti by mistake. * SUB [! m Haitian Street Vendor

Letter to the editor

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Watching Jason and Jennifer bargain with their limited funds was a revelation, for they quickly caught on to this old and well accepted custom of bargaining. And when they purchased an item for half or less the original asking price, they were eminently delighted They even took delight in bargaining a price down with a street vendor, with no intention of making a purchase. Once, a vendor followed Jason a block or two, pleading the quality of his wares. Jason eventually became disgusted, Mopped, looked at the vendor with arms akimbo, and said, “Hey, I’m just a little kid!’* Second installment, on Haiti and the Dominican Republic next week. —o— EVE PAYNE, wife of school board member Phil Payne and president of the Track Boosters’ Club, is pushing sales of painters* hats this week to raise funds for track girls* sweat suits. The cute little hats are on sale at all school events, and will be sold at Friday night’s homecoming game against East Noble. Eve would have us think we’re never too old to join in the fun, wear a painters* hat, and help her track team fund at the same time. Oh, incidentally, her daughter Sandy is big in volleyball, basketball and track, and acquits herself admirably. —o— O A LAMBERT is still selling real estate, but his multiple interest have taken an updated turn in that he has enrolled in a word processor and/or computer school at Ivy Tech at South Bend. —o— TOWNSMAN KEN Harkless, waxed nostalgic when he posed for the picture in this issue of the new Rotary Club Memorial to the old uptown high school. “I saw them build that school, then I saw them tear it down,” he observed. Harkless, who was born in 1897 in a house on the site of his present home, at 300 East main Street, noted he was nine years old when they built the old school in 1908. Prior to that he attended the old brick school on the upper lot, later converted into a gym. and finally torn down. He graduated in 1916, from the school the memorial is to, and thought enough of this memory that he was easily persuaded to cough up enough money to pay for the expensive bronze plaque which bears a drawing of the old school as depicted by Harkless the artist. Right now several Rotary club members are considering plans to have the fitting memorial lighted. KENT ROBINSON, a Goshen News photographer, was embarrassed to lock his car doors, motor running, in front of the Syracuse Library Friday afternoon. Along comes NIPSComan Robert Westfall, a self-proclaimed “Chicago boy,” who bent a clothes hanger and opened the door with the facile of an old pro. —O'joe SAVAGE, 18 years of age and a 1983 Fairfield High School graduate, has the honor of representing the State of Indiana at the National Grange convention, to be held the week of November 13 at San Antonio, Texas. Joe is the son of Peter Savage and Mildred M. Ginger, both of this area. Joe’s father and brother Steve had a similar honor when the convention was held in Hershey, Pa., and sister Beth was so honored when the National Grange convention was held in Greensboro, N.C.

they were all vitally interested in accomplishing the task, and decided to forge ahead. Twelve meetings have been held, pledges and cash totalling over $6,000 has been donated. Two sites of land has been offered for construction of the building; one by Papakeechie on 13A near the old fish hatcheries and one in Enchanted Hills next to the town hall. Many donations of labor to aid on construction has been offered and at least 13 people, who are either certified firemen or are willing to take the training, have signed up for volunteer work.

Lou Kuilema, our present trustee, and his advisory board, have been in attendance at most of the meetings. Repeated requests for revenue sharing funds have been made to them for help and we ware always told there were no funds. At our last meeting in September when again bringing up the subject we were told that there was a meeting the previous week and the monies had been given to the Lake Patrol, the Historical Society, and the Scout Cabin. Granted that these are worthy projects, in all fairness and honesty the revenue sharing monies should be spent where the majority will benefit the most. We feel that a little help for fire service in the eastern half of the township should have been considered a priority, as response time could be cut from over 20 minutes to less than 10. We need another $4,000 to start construction of a building to

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At Large. . . “A view of the political scene in Kosciusko County”

NORTH WEBSTER WILL HAVE a new town board next year. Candidates who appear on the November ballot are: Sidney E. Markley, Jr., Tai S. Smith and Myron L. Clark, Republicans; and Earl Wayne Jernigan, Robert A. James and Thurman Burnworth, Democrats. An interesting note to the election in North Webster is the fact that none of the incumbents — Howard Bemish, Larry Keim nor Robert Breyer — is seeking re-election. Breyer’s wife, Marian Ruth, a Democrat, however, is running for clerk-treasurer against incumbent Republican clerk-treasurer Evalee M. Payne. Meet the candidates — Dennis Wuthrich seeks better organization

Milford native Dennis Wuthrich is running for the town board spot in ward one (his opponent is current town board president Steve Miller) because he wants to see better organization in the town’s government. Making his first bid for political office, Wuthrich has several ideas he would follow through on if elected to the board in November. “For one thing, 1 would like to see some more light industry in Milford," he said. “1 would also like to see some programs established for the young people in Milford. There’s really not much for them to do in town.” Wuthrich said he felt the town board needs to work more closely with community organizations, and that the town’s ordinances need changing. “They need to be updated to meet the problems of today, and not those of 40 or 50 years ago,” he said. If elected, Wuthrich said he would place much emphasis on receiving input on issues from as many citizens as possible. “You have to be able to listen to people,” he said. “You have to keep an open ear.”

North Webster gears up for Cable TV

(Continued from page 1) dividual, the mail must be delivered unopened. It was brought to the attention of the board that town marshal, Greg Nance, opened a letter addressed to reserve officer, Steve Iden, in the presence of one of the dispatchers. The board will act on this matter. It was voted and approved to purchase a necessary metal detector for the use of locating man hole covers. It cost S3O each time the town must rent one and they have had to rent one at least five times recently for a total expenditure of $l5O. A new metal detector can be purchased for ap-

enable us to keep the fire truck. Any help from the public would be greatly appreciated. All donations should be made to Turkey Creek Township Fire Station #2, State Bank of Syracuse, Fish Hatcheries Branch. H. Wayne Brockett Leesburg man in Warsaw collision Harold Scott, 74, 401 South Carolina St., Warsaw, told police he was going to turn left off Detroit Street near Gilliam Drive last Wednesday morning, but missed his turn and turned right instead, into the path of a passing car, driven by Gary Gross, 32, r 2 Leesburg. There was between S2OO and SI,OOO damage to Gross’s car and under S2OO to Scott’s automobile

DENNIS WUTHRICH A1967 graduate of Milford High people and new ideas. ” Milford's town board, Wuthrich believes, needs “new faces, new School. Wuthrich has been employed at United Telephone Systems for nearly 16 years. He has lived in the Milford area for his entire life, except for a fiveyear stay in Bremen that ended last May. Wuthrich lives at 208 W. James Street with his wife, Barbara. He has four children — daughters Dawn, 14; Karen, 14, and Renee, six, and son Dan, 12.

proximately $197 plus $46 for a motor case. The board members voted to spend SIOO to repair the road at the end of Dixie Drive south of the town line. Property owners whose sewer” bills are four or more months delinquent will have a hen put on their property, decided board members. Ordinance 83-9 was passed by the board to transfer funds from the sewage account to the general fund and motor vehicle account in order to pay bills. The loan will be repaid when the town receives it’s December tax monies. When “trick or treat” will be held in North Webster will be announced in the near future and the next board meeting is scheduled for November 2, with an executive meeting following. The meeting that was scheduled for October 5, (tonight) has been cancelled due to board members having other engagements. The appropriation monies will be discussed at the November meeting. HHer visits Syracuse John Hiler, Congressman from the Third District, will be present for a meeting in Syracuse Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the fire station at 6 p.m Anyone interested in talking to Hiler is encouraged to attend. Milford men injured in accident Two Milford men were injured in a one-car accident near New Paris at 11:35 p.m. Saturday. Kent D. Elliot, 19, r 2 Milford, was driver of the auto, sustained minor facial cuts. He was not hospitalized. John Stump, 19, r 2 Milford, a passenger, was taken to Goshen General Hospital for treatment of minor facial cuts. According to Elkhart County police, Elliot was southbound on CR 21 north of CR 142, failed to negotiate a curve, struck a utility pole and then shrubs and a tree at the Walter Steffen property. Damage was listed at more than $2,000 and charges are pending, according to authorities. Hit and run in parking lot Jeff Burket, r 1 Milford, reported to authorities that a car in Augsburger’s parking lot in Syracuse struck his parked auto and fled the scene. Witnesses said the ear inflicting the damage, estimated at S2OO, was a late model Z-28 Camera

School ground disposition draws crowd, wide interest

(Continuedfrom page 1) relocated a number of employees from a southern plant to the Milford plant and some are living in Goshen, some in Syracuse but none in Milford. This, he said, bothers him. He continued by saying there isn’t anything wrong with Milford, but there is a lot • that can be done with the town. Hamilton said the people of Milford have to decide what they want to see done with the land. Do they want it used for recreation or for some other purpose? Milford is nice but it could be outstanding with a little effort and the school property could be put to work promoting the town, he added. Government figures on a neighborhood playground park were quoted with towns having one such area for each 1,000-5.000 population. Recommendations are for parks to be 2.5 acres. An inventory of the area as taken with trees and the parking area being noted. Steffen has recorded the types of trees and their expected life span. A landscape architect from Leßoy Troyer and Associates, Mishaw aka/Goshen, was hired and an active and passive area were each planned. Sildes were shown of proposed areas in the park — tennis courts, a tot playlot, a timberform play area, shelter areas for picnics and a small pond for nature study and beauty. Again Hamilton stressed the fact the area could be an advertisement for Milford. Project costs, based on the national average for landscaping, the tot lot, timberform area, pic nic tables and land, totaled almost SIOO,OOO. This, he said, would be actual costs. Donations, memorials and a possible gift catalogue or other fund raisers could be used to pay for the park. Hamilton said the park would offer no traffic problem, no noise problem and no garbage, etc., problem. He concluded by saying. “The time is now to take the community’s future in hand.” Following Hamilton’s presentation Lakeland School Board President Bill Little, a resident of Milford, said there were legally three ways the board can dispose of the property. It can be sold to another governmental unit or it may be put up for bid and sold to the highest bidder or it may be sold at public auction Little said since the land is owned by the school corporation it’s disposition isn’t just a Milford problem but a Lakeland Community School Corporation problem (the school corporation is composed of Van Buren, the east half of Jefferson. Tippecanoe and Turkey Creek Townships). He said the school board members present — Philip Payne, Henry Smith, David Carey and himself — and Superintendent Don Arnold were at the meeting to hear comments on the use of the land. They will then address the subject at their meeting next Tuesday night. Second Presentation The second presentation, made after a number of comments from the floor, was by Milford businessman Phil Campbell and Charles Berhalter, a sales and design consultant from Kendallville. Campbell would like to buy the land and build a supermarket there. He had designs for his proposed store, which would be a little more than double the size of the current Campbell’s Market on Main Street. He said he feels the new store would draw shoppers to Milford. Questioned as to where on the property the store would be located, he said he didn’t know as that would have to be worked out with a contractor. However, he said the drive would not be on the highway. Questioned on the price of the new store, the Milford businessman said it would cost $650,000 to open the doors. Ask if he would consider a highway location with residential on the back side, Campbell said he wasn’t sure he wanted a highway site and he dosen’t want to be land-locked like he is in his downtown location. Campbell said he would build elsewhere if he does not get the property. The proposed store would be openfrom7a.m. until 10 p.m. and would employ from 25 to 30 people. Opinions Yoked Between presentations and following Campbell’s remarks, many questions were voiced and many opinions were expressed. Clerk-treasurer Monica Bice wanted to know how the park would be maintained. Who will mow the lawns? Pay for the lights? Mrs. Treesh said it really wouldn’t cost that much, adding, “If we want something nice we have to pay for it.” Donations and memorials should help and high school or college students could be hired to do the work in the summer. With help from park board member Marion Acton, she noted $6,600 has been budgeted far the town-owned Lakeside Park at Waubee Lake this year for

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maintenance, equipment and $2,400 of the amount was for the lifeguard. Townsman Doh Wolferman ask how the people could support the community building. Lakeside Park, youth league and an additional park. He said he felt the land should be put on the tax rolls. His wife was in full agreement as were others present. Much discussion, at one point heated, followed on this topic and on maintaining a second park. Robert Brown said before the people get excited about maintaining a park they have to secure the land and it was his understanding the school board planned to sell the property, not give it to the town. Little confirmed this, again noting the property belongs to the entire corporation, not just Van Buren Township and Milford Brown said they (the Milford community) would have to address the fact of acquiring money if the land is to be purchased for a park. Glen Treesh asked if anyone had checked on federal grants. Hamilton said there are grants, however, since the school board wants to dispose of the property in the near future there is no time to apply for same. Grants take time. However, grants could be used for the construction of the Dark On Ballot? Russell Ruch asked why a decision couldn’t be reached the “American way with the question being put on the November ballot, therefore obtaining the voice of the people. ” This question came up a second time with Mrs. Treesh saying she would check into the possiblity. Other opinions expressed were both for and against a park with reasons varying from the area being unsafe for children to creating a place where drugs could be distributed. Jim Heck a man said most parks he had visited around the world were not safe at night. He felt a park could be put elsewhere and the land used for commercial purposes to create more jobs. Becky Doll said people voiced objections to the community building. She further stated negative thoughts never created a positive thing. Mrs. Wolferman said she had lived in Milford the the past five years — since their farm had been annexed — and hadn't gotten any extras (water, sewer, etc.) yet. She questioned additional tax dollars for a park and whether or not people were willing to donate to yet another project. Richard Rhodes said he wished the property could be split three ways —a park, a grocery and some housing — but since this appears to be impossible he would vote for a park. He continued by saying a fund-raiser could be held each year, concluding with the statement, “Kids had it (the land) and it should be given back to them ’ Hamilton said the best plan for a park is on a well-traveled road (like SR 15). He said a community needs something to attract industry. CTB is here and expanding but CTB officials know Milford. The town needs to work on something to attract new industry. Work on a park is an investment in the future. Mrs. Treesh noted that once it’s gone (the land) it won’t be back and stressed her feelings on youth being the most important product the town has. Questioned on who is pushing for a park — the town? MAD? Taxpayers? Superintendent of Schools Arnold said he is also the treasurer of MAD and that organization has never taken a vote to either support or reject the park. Vera Schell said she felt the town needed more housing and

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questioned turning the land into building lots. Treesh questioned the school board about when a decision on < the land would be made. Little said there is no set date, the board just wants to get the job done and has delayed 60-90 days now. Treesh also asked the school board if it had considered the fact the land would have to be rezoned if used for anything but a park Payne questioned if the zoning board would stand in the way. He was told the proposed use of the land would have to go before the area plan commission whose decision would be sent to the town board for approval or rejection. Henry Smith said the school board's responsibility, as he saw it, was to determine the date to take bids on the land and the bidder would have to do the leg work on rezoning. At this point Mrs. Treesh told the people to go home and think about it and to think positive. She again stressed this at the close of the meeting. Again the question, “Why can’t this be put on the ballot?” was voiced from the floor. Little wanted to know the time frame in zoning changes and was told changes had to be filed 30 days before the area plan meeting which is the first Wedensday of the month. The town board then meets the second Tuesday of the month. Randall Dewart, who recently returned to Milford after living in the south for 18 years, said he wouldn’t have moved back if he hadn't been interested in Milford. He said he appreciated the work that had been done and knew the town needed a park and a store. He also said housing is needed — some people would have moved here but there were no houses. Dewart paid high compliments to the fire department and work on water and sewers as well as to the school system. He challenged those present to look at a long range plan, concluding with the fact he feels Milford is a “great place.” Larry Speicher addressed earlier comments on drugs saying the place to curb drugs is in the home. He spoke in favor of a park because he feels there isn’t enough for kids to do in Milford. Carey said he wanted the people to know that the way Milford works as a community together doesn’t go unnoticed. Other area towns recognize this community togetherness. Again. Mrs. Treesh told those in attendance to go home to think about it and talk about it. Orr proclaims energy month Gov. Robert D. Orr has proclaimed the month of October as Energy Month, created to focus attentions on the state’s energy demands and uses. During October, Gov. Orr asks that Indiana residents take time to examine home energy management demands. Energy publications concerning home energy usage can be obtained free of charge from the Indiana Energy Information Center, a program administered by the Division of Energy Policy of the Indiana Department of Commerce under the direction of Lt. Gov. John M. Mutz.. For more information, contact the Indiana Energy Information Center at 1-800-382-4631; or write the Indiana Energy Information Center. Indiana Department of Commerce, Indiana Commerce Center, One North Capitol, Suite 700, Indianapolis, Ind., 46204.

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