The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 October 1983 — Page 2

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Banner exchanged The Home Club of the District Governor's banner was presented by the North Webster Lions Club to the Osceola Lions Club on Saturday night during annual Banner Night ceremonies held in Wakarusa. The banner had been on display at North Webster Lions meetings during the past year in honor of Earl Roberts who served the organisation's district 25G as governor in 1982-83. It will remain in the possession of the Osceola Lions for the current year in honor of Jerry Martin. 1983-84 governor. In the top photo Mr. and Mrs. William Metcalf. North Webster, accept a plaque from Roberts, right, for work done for the district while Metcalf served as cabinet secretarv during the 1982-83 year. In the photo to the right are Osceola Lions president Jerry Bach and North Webster president Carlos Williams with the banner.

Hughes, Tranter conflict is back on rear burner

A war of words between Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals members Joseph Hughes and James Tranter has let up in recent days, with no apparent changes in board membership resulting from the squabble. The conflict between the pair resulted from Hughes’ remarks at a September 22 Syracuse BZA meeting, which Tranter did not attend. Hughes expressed his disgust at the failure of board members to attend the meetings. The September 22 meeting had been rescheduled because only two of the five board members had shown up for a meeting on September 15. Board members Charles Miller and Tranter missed both meetings due to other commitments. William Pipp, who had been ill, missed the first meeting but attended the second. Near the end of the September 22 meeting, Hughes made of a motion to relieve Tranter of his BZA duties. The motion died for lack of a second. Tranter said he missed the September 15 meeting due to a prior business commitment out of town, and that he had informed Area Plan Commission director Dan Richard’s office that he would be unable to attend. Tranter said he was attending his son’s football game at South Whitley on September 22, and would have come to the meeting following the game had he not known that enough board members would be present to form a quorum. “When Carl Myrick (Syracuse

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town board president) talked to me three years ago about an appointment to the BZA, 1 told him that starting a new business and my children’s activities might interfere with my attendance,’’ Tranter said. “When I was notified of the September 22 meeting I told (board chairman Dee) Stiver my son had a football game at South Whitley which I planned to attend. I also told him the game should end around 7:30 p.m., since he was concerned with having a quotum. I told Stiver I would come to the meeting as soon as I could make it, but that it would probably be 8 or 8:30 p.m. Then about 5 p.m., I saw William Pipp and he told me he was planning to attend. Then I knew they would be having a quorum and I did not worry about trying to rush back for the meeting” Tranter suggested that Hughes

September temperatures were above the normal Goshen College Weather Observer Lores Steury reports the normal average daily temperature for the month of September is 64 degrees, however, the average temperature was 68.4 degrees, 1.4 degrees above normal. The warmest day was September 10 with 95 degrees and the coolest day, September 24, with 33 degrees. There were five days with 90 degree weather or above and the normal precipatation for the month is 3.20 inches of rain. The area received 3.12 inches of precipitation, .08 below normal. The accumulation between January 1 and October 1 was 24.45 inches, 1.88 inches below the normal of 26.33 inches. During the month there were 13 clear days, 13 partly cloudy and four cloudy days.

himself might have reason to submit his resignation to the board. “If Joe wants my resignation because I missed a few meetings, then I believe he should submit his resignation for acting on decisions that could be considered a conflict of interest for personal gain,” Tranter said. “Because of his type of work (Hughes operates a digging service), Joe sometimes gets work on things he has voted on. Instead of voting,; he should abstain.” Members of the BZA receive no monetary compensation for serving on the board, and are selected by the town board. Tranter declines to speculate on whether Hughes’ action might have been in order to gain publicity for the November election. Hughes is running for the Syracuse Town Board on the Democratic ticket.

Tracey Bailey released, on probation Tracey Bailey, 19, one of two Goshen High School youths convicted of breaking into Wawasee High School on May 9, 1982, and causing $13,671 in damage was released from the Indiana Department of Corrections and placed on probation last week in Elkhart Circuit Court. Bailey’s prison term ended September 30 and arrangements are being made for him to pay restitution estimated at more than $3,000. Also charged with the Wawasee break-in was Doug Roth. Judge Gene Duffin warned Bailey that a violation of probation would result in his serving the balance of his five-year sentence, but a program may be worked out so Bailey may attend Florida Institute of Technology in January. Bailey’s probation with Kosciusko County will be transferred to Elkhart County. Milford police give report, 181 comptaints listed The Milford Police Department’s report for the month beginning on September 13 and ending on October 11 was released recently, and indicated that a total of 181 complaints were received by the department. A total of eight accidents were investigated, with total accident damage estimated at $7,200. Twelve traffic arrests were made, with three misdemeanor arrests, three juvenile arrests and two parking tickets issued. The department received seven dog complaints, impounded three dogs, issued one gun permit, made four record checks, received one lost person reports, removed three one car from the streets and answered two alarms. Nine courtesy services were given, 27 title checks were made, and one report of vandalism was received. Officers traveled a total of 1,672 miles during the period, using $220.30 worth of gas and oil.

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Long distance rates may go down, local calling goes up

United Telephone Company of Indiana’s customers who use American Telephone and Telegraph’s interstate long distance service could see rates for interstate long distance calls go down beginning January 1, 1984. (Most long distance calls between states use AT&T lines ! On Monday, Oct. 3, AT&T asked the Federal Communication Commission for permission to reduce AT&T’s interstate long distance rates by $1.75 million. The proposed new rates would average 10.5 per cent less than current rates. Actual reductions in individual rates would range

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from about nine per cent to about 16 per cent. But AT&T also told the FCC that the rate reductions are contingent on the FCC’s access charge plan being implemented as scheduled on January 1,1984. The FCC’s access charge plan is designed to change the way telephone users and long distance companies pay for the use of a telephone company’s local network of lines and switching equipment. The access charge plan would reduce, and eventually eliminate, the long distance revenues which for decades have been used to subsidize local telephone service. The plan calls

APC tables Lakeview Terrace »*'■* C ■ / t preliminary plat petition

By CATHY BRILL Stuff Writer The Kosciusko Area Plan Commission tabled a preliminary plat petition for Lakeview Terrace, a residential subdivision in Tippecanoe Township, after concerns were voiced over sewer hazards and the first motifin for plat approval, with restrictions, failed to pass. The APC met Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 5, and reviewed a total of 11 cases. The petition was tabled after members listened to lengthy debate between the council representing Lewis Neibert’s Lakeview Terrace Inc., the petitioner, and Steve Snyder, the council representing the remonstrating Tippecanoe Lake Property Owners Association. The debate concerned the 22.75 acre property located on the east side of Woodview Drive, 812 feet north of the Armstrong Road, in Tippecanoe Township. The remonstrators, represented by Snyder, pointed out that there were several major concerns with the plat. The concerns expressed were with silting, the possible formation of a delta and that the court ordered wooden seawalls were failing to hold back the soil and some had even floated out into the water. After discussion board member Dee Stiver made a motion to approve the preliminary plat with restrictions which stemmed from the discussion between Snyder and Neibert’s attorney and engineer. The motion was seconded, but failed when it did not receive a majority vote. Further complications arose concerning the plat when the board stated another area of concern. This involved the capability Cars damaged in parking mishap Roy Stetler, Syracuse, was backing into a parking space on Huntington Street in Syracuse Saturday morning when he struck a parked vehicle owned by Greentown Equipment. Damage to the Stetler auto was estimated at SIOO, while damage to the parked vehicle was listed at S3OO.

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of the soil in the area to handle the proposed septic systems. Carroll Sherman, the county sanitarian, who was present for another case, told the board that a central sewage system would be preferable to individual sewer systems in the particular soil type. He added, however, that individual systems on each lot could work if extra stone was added to the septic systems when installed. The board tabled the Lakeview Terrace case in a 5-2 vote until the next regularly scheduled meeting, at which time further information on the appropriate septic systems and computer information involving soil types and water levels will be reviewed. Among other petitions tabled was another by.Lewis Neibert which had been refered back to the APC, who had previously denied it, by the County Commissioners. It involved the rezoning of 3.90 acres from an agricultural district to a residential district. The property is located on the north side of CR 500 N, east of Brown Road, in Tippecanoe Township. This petition was tabled, because the commissioners had failed to provide the necessary list of reasons for their referal. The APC tabled another petition which had been referred back to them for the same reason. This petition was by Douglas Robinson. It involved the rezoning of 76.77 acres of land from agricultural to residential. The property is located on the north side of Old 30E, one-quarter mile west of CR 300E, in Wayne Township. Area Plan Director Dan Richards explained that there had been some confusion concerning who was to prepare the reasons to ha ve been provided by the commissioners, but that the reasons would be provided for the next scheduled APC meeting on November 2. Carroll Sherman's input was requested reguarding a case which had at last month's meeting raised concerns over the safety of the proposed septic system. This continuence involved the case of Joe Baker, a petition to rezone 4.33 acres from an agricultural to a residential. The property is located on the south side of SR 13. east of Executive Estates, formerly known as Bonnie Brae Manor, in Turkey Creek Township. Last month Sherman’s approval of the septic system was questioned. Sherman explained his grounds for approval at this meeting. The property is five feet above the water table, enough for it to meet safety standards established for septic systems, explained Sherman. Jerry Grady, APC member, reported having seen water lying in a furrow dug from the septic system while he was inspecting. Snyder, who acted as council on behalf of Baker, explained the water that Grady had seen was caused by rain or some other source and did not involve the water table level. The elevation of the property

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had become an area of question at last month's meeting. In response to this concern Snyder explained that historically there has been no problem with flooding and that the flood hazard maps which had been presented to the APC were only estimates for comparison. Baker’s petition was approved in a-5-1 vote with one member abstaining. It was stated at this time that in order for Baker to be granted final plat approval by the APC for further developing restrictions would have to be made. Remaning Cases Approved The remaining cases approved were as follows: ■ • A petition for a residential planned unit development (PUD) was presented by Shamrock Turtle Bay for a 21.3 acre property and preliminary plat approval was given. The PUD will now be considered for final plat approval by the Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals. The property concerned is located on the east side of Chicago Street, and 1,840 feet east of SR 13. in Turkey Creek Township. • A petition by Dennie Conley to rezone 4.57 acres from agricultural to residential. The property is located on the west side of SR 13 and 900 feet south of 100 S, in Wayne Township. It was approved unanimously. • A petition by Larry Huffer for preliminary plat approval for a residential subdivision on a 3.0 acre tract of ground was approved in a vote with six in favor and one abstention. The property is located on the south side of CR 400 N and 500 feet east of Barbee Lake Road, in Tippecanoe Township. • The preliminary and final plats for a two-lot residetial subdiv is ion were approved unanimously by the APC. The property in the case belongs to petitioners. Maxine Nice and Lorene Stump. It is located on the end of Lakeview Drive, on the west side of Hoffman Lake, in Prairie Township. • Walter Real's petition for preliminary plat approval was unanimously approved by the board with the stipulation that a water retention basin be devised and placed south on lots 19,20 and 21. The property is located on the south side of CR 350 N, one-third mile east of CR 100E, in Plain Township. • In another case involving a preliminary plat in Plain Township the board again unanimously approved the petition. William Dalton II was the petitioner in the case which concerned a residential subdivision planned for a 2.61 acre tract of ground located on the north edge of Thompson's Riverlawn Addition. • The final plat of the Sunblest Subdivision, submitted by Rusty Koenigshof, was also approved by the APC at this meeting. It is located southwest of the Barbee Lakes. The next meeting of the Area Plan Commission will be, Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m. in the basement meeting room of the Justice Building.