The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 30 November 1983 — Page 5
"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"
(Continued from page 4) THE SPLIT CROSS IN FRONT OF MARTIN LUTHER’S CATHEDRAL IN MAINZ. GERMANY English and making ample use of American idiom, took us through the family-owned winery and explaining all the processes in making a fine wine. His family has owned the winery for over 250 years, with some 70 acres of their own well-tended grapes. Then, they purchase grapes from private growers. Martin said his family winery makes 50 different wine specialties — the whole range of “Rhinefalz” — quality wines, from the popular “Liebfraumilch” to noble “Riesling Beerenauslese.” On Oct. 4 this winery was presented a Gold Medal in this year’s International Wine and Spirit Competition in London for its Kleinkarlbacher Heerenberg Riesling Spatlese 1979. We had occasion to taste this prize-winning elixir, along with six others as Martin ably gave us a commentary on each one. He also told us that when Spain enters the EEC community, as it is sure to do, it’s fine wines will compete in the Common Market with French wines, and “give the French a real headache’’ in the marketplace. And so it was on to Kaiserslautern where we were to spend Sunday night at the Dorint Pfalzerwald Hotel, Visit Ramstein Air Base The next day, Monday, Oct. 17, was truly a memorable day. Our group visited the American Air Base at Ramstein, Germany, and got a first hand look at the American firepower which is committed to the air defense of Europe as part of the NATO forces. A briefing by a well informed young Captain, one James E. McCormick, told us Ramstein was part of the 17th Air Force in Europe. The 3rd Air Force is stationed in England and the 16th Air Force defends southern Europe from Spain to Turkey. After lunch Wing Vice Commander Col. Larry R. Keith of Peoria, 111., briefed us on the Ramstein mission, then took us to the flight line where F4E Black Knight jet fighter planes were stored. Col. Keith told us a practice Zulu Scramble would be taking place some time during the afternoon — and sure enough we got to see this exciting action! A scramble — real or simulated — took place with two F4E fighters taking just four minutes and forty seconds to be airborne and racing to intercept their target. The pilots are on duty 48 hours, then off 48 hours. Each fighter takes off with 10 tons of fuel and uses up seven tons within an hour in the air. We got a strong lecture from Col. Keith on the necessity of keeping a strong air defense in Europe. “Strength is the only thing the Russians understand,” he said with a determined look on his handsome face. We were told the Russians have violated NATO air space “a lot over the years,” but that no
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big fuss is made of it. Our planes follow the violator and lead them out of the air space, is about all it amounts to. Our briefing officers could see absolutely no justification for the Russians shooting down the Korean jetliner north of Japan. The strong impression we received while traveling through Germany, capped by what we heard at the Ramstein Air Base, is that the United States can only negotiate with the Russians from a position of strength. Anything short of that could be disastrous. When we asked about the anti-missile, demonstrations, we were told most of the fuss about the demonstrations was exaggerated in the press. The German people themselves don’t like the demonstrations, Col. Keith told us. “One of our biggest police problems is keeping the German people away from the demonstrators,” we were told. On To Trier We had one more stop in Germany before we moved over the border into Luxembourg, and that was to visit the city of Trier, on the Mozelle River. Kids, your grandpa went through Trier in February 1945 when he was with the XIX Tactical Air Command during World War 11, and it was near there that his unit crossed the Rhine River. So visiting Trier was of some significance, although memories were about all that was left. Little other than this could be identified by your grandpa. In the center of Trier was the enormous Por tonegra, a three or four-story high “gateway to the ancient city” constructed by the Romans when they inhabitated this land. Several of us walked into the busy shopping area, one of those where no cars are allowed, and visited the ancient cathedral. Our stop here was brief, and soon we were back on the bus to make the last lap of our tour in Germany. It was a most pleasant drive from Trier to the city of Luxembourg, as darkness fell across the land and the evening lights came on. We were to spend Monday night, Oct. 17, at the Kons Hotel in Luxembourg, capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. —O'SANTA CLAUS was in his full glory Saturday afternoon and dutifully greeted over 50 youngsters of the community in what could only be described as a cheerful event —for the youngsters, their parents, and yes, for Santa Claus as well. It represented the official opening of the Christmas holiday season for the Syracuse community. Among others, merchants were delighted at the turn-out and at the prevailing spirit of good cheer. Bk w JH In the above photo Santa is spreading the good word to Kassie Plikerd, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. “Butch” Plikerd of 224 E. Boston Street, Syracuse, and Kamby Essig, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Essig of 64 N. Shore Drive, Syracuse. The long file of expectant children waited their turn to greet Santa Claus with baited breath.
Santa actually arrived at Pickwick Place at 2 p.m. Saturday atop a Syracuse fire truck to heighten a program which began at 1 o’clock. The Wawasee High School choir began singing carols at 1 p.m., followed by a dedication of the town's newly-installed Christmas decorations by Bill Beemer, president of the S-W Chamber of Commerce. Rev. David Maish, pastor of the Calvary United Methodist Church, spoke briefly on the meaning of the Christmas season, then Miriam Speicher, representing the chamber’s retail committee, lighted the Christmas tree. The choir sang more holiday season songs, with the audience joining in. The Pickwick Theater joined in the festivities by providing free live entertainment at the nearby theater at land 2:36 p.m. A real way to begin the holiday season! —o— AND SPEAKING of the Christmas lighting, in both the uptown business area and in the Village, credit is due members of the Chamber of Commerce for putting up the lights Sunday morning. Among those who turned out for the difficult chore besides the Chamber President Beemer were: Ernie Rogers, Bob Troutman, Nelson Auer and Kip Schumm. Providing their front end loaders and doing their share of work were Carl Freel and Leonard Kline. Beemer says there are now 36 lighted decorations in the community. 12 more than a year ago. Two decorations in the uptown area and two in the Village are on constantly, the others being on dawn to dusk goveraored by a sensor device. Beemer estimates cost for burning the lights this year will run from S6OO to S7OO. the cost to be borne equally by the Chamber and the town of Syracuse. Once the work was done Sunday morning Forrest and Lil Cook of the Anchor Bar provided hot coffee and rolls for the tired workers. —o— HUBE ANGLEMEYER liked the picture of his neighbor and golfing partner Merl Smith, which appeared in this column last week, so well that he had an 18 by 22 copy of it made. What he plans to do with it is anyone’s guess. —O—WE LIKE to provide good news in this column, but this item is one of not-so-good news. We learned on Monday that there will be no Bell Walk this year, to the considerable disappointment of many regular attenders of this event. It’s a highlight of the season for the sponsoring Syracuse-Wawasee Garden Club, is, in fact, the club’s only money-making event. According to member Mary Lee Clingaman, “we decided to take it easy this year, but we'll be back in full force next year.” She confided the 13-member club had a little difficulty this year lining up folks who would cheerfully open their homes to the Bell Walk. It is the 19th year for the Bell Walk, Mrs. Clingaman said, and to not have the event this year is a disappointment for more than just the club members. Linda (Mrs. Larry) Harkleroad, language arts instructor at WHS and resident of Kanata Manayunk, is the club’s president. —o— PAUL BEEZLEY seems to be doing a whopping business with his mini warehouses, on Old
Two from WHS to Tomorrow' symposium
US Senator Dick Lugar announced that Keith Burbank and Brad Mitchell from Wawasee High School have been selected to
Road 8 (r 3), Syracuse. He recently added a 80-foot addition to his original structure, providing 18 additional rental storage units. In all. he has 52 units, “and they’re all filled up.” Beezley states. —O'WANT SOMETHING to do New Year’s Eve? The Heart of the Lakes Club is presenting The Santa Fe Trail Band at a New Year's Eve party at Camelot Hall in North Webster, beginning at 8 p.m. and lasting until 1 a.m. New Year’s Day. Patti Richey, waitress/manager of the Syracuse Case, known for her skill as a square dancer, is pushing this unusual New Year’s Eve dance and is hawking tickets to her friends. —o— OUR FRIEND Mary M. Bushong, of 48 North Shore Drive, sends along this note: “I can’t resist writing to compliment you on publishing Dr. Robinson’s excellent article - The Day After - as seen the day after. It should be published by other editors. “It certainly makes everyone that watched the movie understand its meaning. 1 have read the article several times and agree with Dr. robinson that many of us need to be shaken into (today’s) reality.” -0WHEN THIS column mentioned Jay and Lucille Peffley as holders of basketball tickets for 23 straight years, we opened a can of worms. “You got me into some real trouble,” responded Peffley. All of which caused us to call athletic director Hal Traviola to see what other loyal fans have been regular Warrior fans for a prolonged period. The athletic department has no such record, but Traviola was able to furnish plenty of names of fans who just simply wouldn’t miss a game, at least a home game. Among them are Sam Bushong, Jim Stucky. Tom Prickett. Bill Beemer, Phil Payne, Bill Little, Bob Brown, Don Wolferman and Pete Wuthrich. Now we're in real trouble, for the list goes on and on. All of which should make the Warriors mighty proud to know they have such a coterie of loyal supporters. —o—- * 808 TROUTMAN, chairman of the local Boy Scout committee who is providing the impetus to get the Scout Cabin shaped up and on something of a paying basis, is milling over a large basket of accumulated information concerning the cabin’s history. One thing he found, the Scout Cabin was dedicated on October 2. 1956, and its board of directors was organized on January 5, 1951. Nelson Auer was among its first scout cabin leaders. — o— INCIDENTALLY, The S-W Rotary Club plans to sell 500 fruit cakes to raise money for the Scout Cabin renovation. Rotarians have been Scout supporters of long standing. Georgia Buster is so delighted that the Scout Cabin Committee is considering re-instating the Scout Cabin as a meeting place for area senior citizens that she has volunteered to sell some of the fruit cakes.
attend his ’’Symposium for Tomorrow’s Leaders” at Indiana Central University in Indianapolis on December 10.
Every high school in Indiana has been invited to select two outstanding juniors to attend the all-day conference. Last year, more than 500 students in almost 92 counties across the state, attended the event. Participants will enroll in three sessions during the day. At each session, leaders from business, labor, academia, and government will debate on one of the nine topics selected for the symposium. The topics of discussion include: acid rain, abortion, nuclear freeze, U.S. involvement in the Middle East, and the national drinking age. Lugar will address the opening session of the symposium in Ransburg Auditorium speaking on currect issues facing the United States. Some people never have reflections unless they’re standing in front of a mirror. — Tribune, Chicago
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At Large... “A view o/ the political scene in Kosciusko County”
IT HAS BEEN RUMORED that members of the remonstrance committee against the Warsaw Community School board’s proposed $2.1 million dollar bond issue to finance a swimming pool have been less than happy with the media’s coverage of their point of view to date. When ’At Large’ contacted Margaret Stutzman, one of the remonstrance group’s most vocal spokespersons, she confirmed the group’s displeasure with the way news coverage of the issue has been handled. “In my opinion.” she said, “the media coverage (of the pool issue) up to this point has been completely biased on behalf of the pro-pool petitioners.” Mrs. Stutzman said she feels the bond issue is something only the voters within the Warsaw School Corporation can decide and would like to see the issue put on the next ballot. “The school board has the power to put the pool issue on a referendum,” she added. ’’lf they refuse to do so, it will become necessary to obtain the required number of signatures.” , Another remonstrance committee member who has supposedly been unhappy with the media coverage is Bill Chapel. He declined comment on the coverage problem, but said he “wishes all groups involved in the pool issue could get together and work to get a pool for this community.” He quickly clarified that statement, however, by adding, “I don't want a pool built in this community if it takes money away from the academics of our children.” Chapel said that his opinions are strictly his own and that he does not, in any way. presume to speak for the Concerned Taxpayer’s Association. “For some reason I have been appointed the spokesman for the association by the press and this simply is not true.” He went on to say that “To my knowledge, no member of the press has contacted Bob Moore (president of the Concerned Taxpayer's Association) to ask what the position of the association actually is.” 'At Large' attempted to contact Moore several times, but was unable to reach him for comment. Meanwhile the pro-pool petitioners are not sitting idle. In a recent letter sent to carriers of the pro-pool petition by committee chairman, Karen Garrard, she reassures proponents that they “have not been defeated yet.. there are many things to do before an actual count is confirmed. ” She goes on to say that there are many irregularities in the remonstrance itself.. .“people signed more than once, some signed both ours and theirs, and it appears that hundreds of people signed for others.” The letter adds that apparently “the organizers of the remonstrance followed different rules than were obeyed in the initial petition process.” The letter closes by urging everyone involved to call or write the members of the school board and “tell them you support their efforts and you want to get this pool built. Once it is built and into use we will probably hear “this is the greatest thing ever! 1 was for it from the beginning!”. . . It would seem that the pool issue is not going to die a quick and quiet death after all. PATRICK N. WATKINS, director of the Marshall County Plan Commission, appears to be first in line to fill the newly created office of director of the Warsaw Plan Department. This fact was made known this morning (Wednesday), and is appearing in print here for the first time. Warsaw Mayor-elect Jeffrey W. Plank has announced plans to employ a city planner as a means of co-ordinating many of the city of Warsaw’s future plans for growth. The announcement that the new mayor has such plans underway was made known recently. Actually, Pat Watkins is no stranger to Kosciusko County and sounds like a first-rate choice for the new office. Pat is in his mid-20s, single, and was assistant to Dan Richards, director of the Kosciusko Area Plan Commission, for a year and a half. He left that job in mid-September to take the Marshall County post, but never moved to Plymouth where his job was. Really, Pat’s heart is in Kosciusko County. He resides at Cost-a-Plenty Ranch, a condominium complex on r 3 Warsaw. Mayor-elect Plank is anxious to get his new administration underway on January 1, when he will be sworn in as Warsaw’s new Mayor. He came in for considerable criticism when he continued to hold his post on the city council as a Democrat, yet ran (and was elected) Mayor as a Republican. AU this notwithstanding, Plank, a personable chap, won the mayoral race handily. He hopes to announce his major appointments in the near future, but the announcement of Pat Watkins as city planner has been tossed out as a test balloon, so to speak, and, as near as can be detected, had met with approval. At least, it has little opposition. Os course, the Warsaw city council must approve the new post. The $16,000 budgeted for the building commissioner’s salary will be used to pay the city planner, and the $12,000 for clerical help will go to the building commissioner. Plank thinks the new city planner wiU provide Warsaw programs to provide additional local jobs, bring new businesses to the city and county. He will be working with the state and federal departments on land use plans, as well as with local agencies. We predict: If Pat Watkins’ name is put forth as the new Warsaw City Planner, he will be approved. He’s young, energetic, knowledgeable, and looks like the right fellow for the job. We could only applaud Mayor-elect Plank on this decision.
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