The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 7, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 February 1984 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., February 29,1984

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Editorials

Ronn Beer remembered... Wheßßonn Beer, 25, left his wife and daughter Saturday morning, no oneknew when he returned home, it would be a different home than the one he left. In the words of his uncle Maurice Beer, “Ronn was a fine young man. A Christian boy and very ambitious. He had an outstanding herd of cattle which was a great accomplishment for someone of his age.” It’s easy for a writer who was close to Ronn’s age to wonder where the justice is in a situation like this. Here was a young man with a wife, young child and another child on the way who was suddenly taken from this world in a car-train accident. By examining Ronn’s accomplishments, there is still hope for those of us wondering about justice. Even though his life was short, Ronn had many accomplishments. He was part of the 1981 “Indiana Dairy Family of the Year” and after buying part of his present herd from his father, developed “excellent homebred cows,” according to an article in the January 10 issue of “Holstein World” where he and his wife Shari received national recognition for the accomplishments on their Milford farm. Ronn began dairying in partnership with his father in 1975, one year before he graduated from Wawasee High School where he was a four-year member of the Future Farmers of America, the wrestling team and also served on the student council. In 1978, Ronn left the partnership and started his own operation. In the same year, Ronn fell while filling a silo on his brother’s farm and broke his back. But the injury which had the potential of crippling him for life, didn’t stop his momentum. On Nov. 16,1980, he married Shari Kaehr who joined him on the farm; and it was the two of them with the help of other family members who developed Hilliana Holsteins. The 10-year member of the Milford Junior Happy Bachelors 4-H Club used four of his 4-H animals he raised and two bought from his father to develop the present operation. His farming background also qualified him to become District II President of the Indiana Holstein Association. - GAIL WIDMOYER Go Warriors! With the boys’ basketball sectional slated to get underway tonight at Triton and the girls’ gymnastics sectional being held this week, weather permitting, we can only cheer, Go Warriors! and show these young athletes the Lakeland area is behind them. Both teams have a good chance of winning their respective championships. Both teams have talented members who work hard in their respective sports. / The gymnastics team frotn Wawasee is always a contender and the school has a number of sectional championships to its credit. The boys have an upward struggle in their attempt to win the Triton Sectional. We know, however, they can do it. They face state-ranked Warsaw. The Tigers captured this year’s Northern Lakes Conference crown. The game is Friday night. Warsaw defeated Wawasee earlier in the year but our boys are talented and we know victory can be their’s. Go Warriors! w Smiles Smart salesmen have learned selling is easier when smiling. Public relations types know smiling disarms contacts. Cute things use their smiles as come-ons. And some have learned one can sink a verbal dagger deeper while smiling. The cheerful smile is, thus, often abused. That doesn’t mean smiling isn’t still an asset. It’s pleasant and desirable — if genuine. The trick these days is to know whether the smile is being used professionally or is genuine. For the young, who see so much phony smiling (and laughter) on commercial television, the difference isn’t easily discerned.

What others say —

Mourn for the doves We aren’t sure how many Hoosiers realized the General Assembly was about to recommend that the Department of Natural Resources permit hunting of mourning doves. We assumed that the mourning dove was safe in Indiana, the same as the cardinal, our state bird, and other songbirds like the robin, the house wren and the bluebird. The plaintive call of the mourning dove is familiar in Indiana neighborhoods, and the birds show little fear of humans as they make their nests close to Hoosier homes. Like the cardinal, the mourning dove chooseSHo spend the winter here, captivating shutins and others who like to watch and feed the birds throughout the year. Advocates of hunting the mourning dove trotted out a lot of trite rhetoric to convince the lawmakers to approve the hunting revolution. The Senate voted 25 to 21 Wednesday to request a hunting season on the birds; the House earlier voted 49 to 47 for a similar recommendation. One proponent of dove hunting said the dove season would be boon to Hoosier business through increased sales of ammunition. He said it typically takes five shots to hit a mourning dove. That must mean dove hunters’ aim isn’t very good or that the dove is too small for a gamebird. There certainly isn’t much there for food, particularly if it is laced with birdshot, \ Another said 80 percent of mourning doves die in the winter anyway, an argument that would seem to us to discourage hunting rather than support it. The Department of Natural Resources must make the final decision whether to permit dove hunting in Indiana, but it may be too late to dissuade it from doing so. The debate ought to be widened in order to let foes of dove hunting be heard, so that the lawmakers can reassess their position next time. In the past, the DNR has tended to view hunters as its constituency and has catered to their wishes and needs, even though they represent a minority of Hoosiers. The environmental movement has broadened interest in the out-of-doors, creating a demand for a broader view. Even among hunters, we suspect only a minority wants dove hunting permitted in the state. Widely viewed as a symbol of peace, the mourning dove may soon face an onslaught of hunters in a state where it has been treated as a songbird and friend. Mourn little dove, mourn for yourself. -SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

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Wawasee's Jon Vitaniemi, pictured above against Elkhart Central, and his teammates will face Warsaw in the Triton Sectional at 7 p.m. on Friday. Good luck to the Warriors as they go after their second sectional championship in the past three years. . . i i 457-3666 Or M-J PUISe Call 658-4111, Ext. 17

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Should parents be required to use child restraint car seats? Results of last week’s question: Who do you think will win the Triton Sectional? I’d pick Wawasee because I really think they can win it. . . Having a son on the team, I’d go with Wawasee. But I really think they can beat Warsaw anyway because they play well together. . . Tippe Valley behind “Bad Shad. . . Go Vikes. . . I don’t know. I’m not a sports fan. .. Wawasee. . . Well tell me who plays first. .. Oh boy, Wawasee or Warsaw? Oh Wawasee will smear everyone. .. Who cares?... It’ll be Warsaw if anyone, but I hope Wawasee will win it. .. Warsaw has good talent and they play well together, but this time around I see “General John” leading his troups past the Tigers and everyone else in the sectional. . . Warsaw is the team to beat, and Wawasee will be the team to do it. . . I look for Tippe Valley to upset everyone in the sectional. . . I remember coach Wysong saying in an article in your paper that someone will make Warsaw “eat crow”. Well Friday night it will be the Warriors remembering December 9. . .

Court news

SUPERIOR COURT The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Robert Burner, judge: Complaint Joaquina Lopez vs David Hughes and Joyce Hughes, Milford. The plaintiff demands immediate possession of rental property in the possession of defendants CIRCUIT COURT The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Richard Sand, judge: Complaint State of Indiana vs Conejo Rex, Inc., Richard Moore Klocke as principal agent of Conejo Rex, Inc., and all unknown agents of Conejo Rex, Inc., Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking the court to permanently enjoin the defendants from engaging in deceitful acts of business and to impose a civil penalty on the defendants of not more than SSOO per violation MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Oviedo — Zeferino Oviedo vs Penny Oviedo, 113 Boston St., Syracuse. The couple was married September 19, 1982 and separated February, 1983. There are no minor children Connolly — Deborah A. Connolly vs Gary L. Connolly, r 2 box 3C, Milford. The couple was married,, October 20, 1979 and separated February 17, 1984. There are no minor children Grigsby — Mark Alan Grigsby vs Carla J. Grigsby, r 1 box 162, Cromwell. The couple was married December 16, 1980 and separated February 11, 1984. There are two minor children Volcker warns Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, warning again that a recession may be “way down the road,” said interest rates could be brought down as much as 2 points if the 1985 deficit is cut by SSO billion.

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CITY COURT The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Donald E. Stahly, 42, Syracuse, S4O MARRIAGE LICENSES The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jean Messmore: Cook-Lowe Christopher Kent Cook, 28, r 3 box 220A, Syracuse and Mary Frances Lowe, 26, r 3 box 361, Syracuse Yocum-Mon tel Todd Lamar Yocum, 21, r 5 lot 15E, Warsaw and Marsha Diane Montel, 20, r 2 box 289, Warsaw

from the Syracuse Police log —

Gas nozzle stuck in gas tank

The following information was obtained from the log of the Syracuse Police Department: February 22 12:34 a.m. — Kosciusko County reported an attempt to locate, Monte Carlo, possible damage to right front, wanted in Goshen for hit/skip and vehicle is stolen 8:16 a.m. - Subject reference dog running loose on Medusa Street 11:58 a.m. - Subject reference dead deer on railroad tracks by Enchanted Hills crossing - 5:04 p.m. — Subject advised of a male subject in the middle of the lake on hands and knees unknown if needs assistance 6:05 p.m. — Subject requested where to register to vote 6:17 p.m. - Subject advised a vehicle almost ran her down in Augsburger’s parking lot 6:27 p.m. — Hibschman Motors advised of vandalism to a vehicle on the lot 7:45 p.m. - Subject advised of window peekers 10:48 p.m. — Subject requested information reference returning a vehicle to the dealer February 23 2:15 a.m. - Augsburger’s requested heavy patrol reference subject who called about cashing a check 10:05 a.m. — Subject requested to speak to an officer reference a theft 10:05 a.m. — Officer on station with a wallet he found 11:29 a.m. — Subject called reference two dogs running loose 2:30 p.m. - Subject advised door open at Sports Center on Pickwick Road, no one there 3:34 p.m. — Subject advised lost a six-month old German shepherd 4:12 p.m. - Subject with information reference being harassed 7:58 p.m. - Property damage accident at Red-D-Mart

10:31 p.m. — Subject advised of suspicious vehicle at gas station, two subjects got out, vehicle left

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This wook's column is writton by Robort Wostfall, NIPSCo mcnagor at Syracuso. Ho sorvod as assistant to tho division managor of NIPSCo in Fort Way no, prior to taking ovor his post in Syracuso ono yoar ago. Wostfall is a rativo of Chicago and has an onginooring dogroo from Purduo Univorsity. His nowspapor oxporionco includos working for tho Chicago Tribuno for ono woek. Recent cancellations of Cincinnati Gas and Electric’s Zimmer and Public Service of Indiana’s Marble Hill nuclear power facilities bring up some inquestions regarding the future of nuclear power in the United States. This article will explore the nuclear issues and the alternatives to nuclear created energy. My fascination with atomic energy began back in the mid 1950 s when, as a member of Cub Scout Pack 3671, we toured the just completed Dresden Atomic Power Plant operated by Commonwealth Edison. The bus trip from Chicago to Morris, 111., seemed to fly by because we were to visit the first atomic power plant in Illinois. Our tour included the plants control room as well as the reactor area. We wore the little tags for radiation detection and received the*VlP treatment. I recall looking down as we crossed a cat walk over the reactor and thinking to myself, how do they do that? In that green colored water some 30 feet below they were splitting atoms and making electricity. It was something that was hard for a nine-year-old Cub Scot t to understand. I spent 17 years growing up in Chicago. We played at the parks and enjoyed building snowmen in the winter. Every boy eats snow and I remember having to scrape the soot off the white snow before dining. Our home was heated with coal as were most houses on our block. The gas company came one summer and put a line in that would take the place of our basement coal pile. Imagine that! Now dad could build a workshop in the basement area where the coal was stored. No more ashes up the stairs in the winter. The snow gradually was whiter and whiter as more homes converted to natural gas and electricity. I remember buying mother a portable dishwasher for Mother’s Day. Last year I drove by the house I grew up in and noticed an air conditioner was now installed in my bedroom. Boy could I have used that on many hot Chicago nights. America has helped pioneer the technology to build and operate nuclear power plants throughout the world. Today nearly 13 percent of out* nation’s electricity is produced by nuclear power. Our neighbors in Illinois generate one third of their electrical needs by nuclear power plants. Last year the industry produced 283 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in the United States through nuclear energy. But where are we going from here? '"■«»’ •* ——» q r ****¥! -'l* The European community understands the importance of nuclear energy. In 1983 France began commercial operation of four more nuclear power plants. If you add these to the 32 currently operating, nearly 50 percent of their total electrical needs are being met with nuclear power. Twenty three more are now under construction in France. The cost of producing a nuclear kilowatt-hour in France is 25 percent cheaper than with coal and 55 percent cheaper than with oil. The truly remarkable thing is that it only takes six years to build a nuclear power plant in France. We cannot get a coal fired plant built in less than eight!

February 24 12:56 a.m. - Subject on station needs assistance uptown 9:27 a m. — Business advised a cars gas tank is leading gas, requested someone wash it down 5:20 p.m. — Man in and picked up his dogs 11:33 p.m. - Indiana State Police advised that an officer will bring in keys to a vehicle parked at US 6 and SR 13, both subjects in vehicle have no valid licenses February 25 4:56 a.m. - Officer requested a wrecker for a vehicle in the ditch by Ivy Hut 7:08 a.m. - Kosciusko County requested contact the fire department have them on station to stand by for possible assistance with jaws reference accident 12:04 p.m. - Subject called reference dog running loose uptown February 2* 3:38 p.m. - Subject reported, for our information, her vt hide is running unattended, Mair Street, warming up to take her mother to Goshen Hospital ° 10:06 a.m. - Subject advised dogs running loose on Parkway Drive 5 p.m. - Gas station requested a fire officer reference a gas nosal stuck in a gas tank 6:37 p.m. - Property damage accident reported on North Street 9:47 p.m. - Man advised someone is out by his dog . 11:08 p.m. — Subject on station advised of a possible into seated driver heading south, gave vehicle description February 27 8:10 a.m. — Subject on station with found money. 9:11 a.m. — Officer advised he picked up a basketball fr«n the street. It can be picked U( at the police station. 10:13 a.m. — Officer advised contact the state highway reference sand needed on Huntington hill. 2:09 p.m. — Subject advised

France is not alone. Japan is 25 percent nuclear and will double this by 1990. They have 11 reactors under construction today. The SovietUnion has 40 units operating and another 31 under! construction. Spain has 11 under construction; ‘ West Germany 12; and the United Kingdom has 10» under construction. Does this mean that these ‘ countries are throwing caution to the wind and' building unsafe facilities. I think not! They see the » advantage of the technology and are moving l ahead. It is cleaner, cheaper to operate, and more l practical in the long run. What will happen to the 60 plants currently 1 under construction in the United States? If they l meet a similar fate as Marble Hill and Zimmer we will need to supplement the electric power system by 80,000 megawatts in the next decade. The U.S. Census Bureau says we will have a population increase of 34 million people in the United States by the year 2000. All the conservation efforts multiplied by 100 could save enough energy to provide power for these future citizens. While Europe moves ahead we still debate the nuclear power issue. The worst nuclear disaster in history occurred on March 28, 1978, in Harrisburg, Pa. That afternoon cooling water began leaking from the reactor core at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. An equipment failure and operator confusion created the worst accident in nuclear history. Isn’t it strange that not one life was lost; no serious injuries. There was never a serious danger to the public as a result of this leak. No cooling water escaped from the containment building. In fact, a person watching television that day absorbed more radiation at their home than if they had been standing at the gate of the Three Mile Island facility during the whole week of the accident. A flight from New York to Denver exposes you to five times the radiation than if you had been in Harrisburg. We have killed more people at water filtration plants with chlorine gas than we have with radiation in nuclear power facilities. Nuclear power plants have the best safety record of any industry. No one has ever been killed or seriously injured because of a radiation accident. There is a risk factor involved when generating electricity by nuclear means. The industry has greatly improved their safety and operational habits as a result of the Three Mile Island accident. Regulations and operator training has gone through extensive review and is much safer because of this accident. Nuclear waste is probably the hottest topic when we hear about nuclear power today. The public has been given the impression that scientists and engineers do not know how to safely dispose of high-level nuclear wastes. The public feels that we are storing the wastes on the reactor sites because there is no way to dispose of them. The reactor site is designed to store the nuclear wastes from the plant until a final decision is made by the government on an acceptable method for disposal. There are any number of safe well understood methods for disposal, but there is no real urgency from a technical or health standpoint. The favored opinion of many and myself is to solidify the waste and bury it in a geological stable environment a half mile or so underground. There are many areas around the country that are suitable for this type of disposal method. No one wants this thing in his or her back yard. They will let a gasoline station bury tanks nearby that can corrode and leak to poison the nearby water shed but they refuse to let nuclear wastes be disposed of two thousand feet below that.

car off road at Boliver Hill. 4:16 p.m. — Kosciusko County asked if officer could check on a car in the ditch, one-fourth mile west of the bowling alley. 9:32 p.m. — Party advised of an open store door. February 28 12:43 a.m. — Subject requested message be delivered on CR 530E. 6:18 a.m. — Subject advised stuck in drift on County Line Road. 7:41 a.m. — Firemen advised Syracuse-Milford Road closed. Kosciusko County is taking all plows off the roads. 9:45 a.m. — Subject requested name of U-Haul dealer in Syracuse. 10:40 a.m. — Subject advised for information on subject walking on Warner Road, east of Beck Addition. 11:21 a.m. — County highway

Letter to the editor

Taxes and equality

Dear Editor: Interesting questions arise from an editorial in another area newspaper. Since farmers are so unimportant, what of their huge investment in time, real estate, equipment, animals and interest on all? (U.S. economy gets $6 in business from every $1 of farm income! As farmers go, so goes the nation!) If utilities pay well over nine percent of our taxes, where is the recordof taxes we paid them, for which we get no tax credit? Where is proof of taxes they paid for land under lines and over pipes? When did they pay in full for crop land damaged in the maintaining of same? When are utilities or oil cartels audited for record of taxes past

employee advised has snow plow at home if needed for ambulance or fire truck. 1:11 p.m. — Same subject advised if plow needed, should contact highway department. All trucks out clearing north-south roads. 7:04 p.m. — Man asked if someone could check a funny smell in his house. 11:16 p.m. — Subject advised of something burning in middle of South Lake Street. Leaves bubble HOUSTON - David, 12 years old, born with so little immunity a common cold could kill him, left his sterile “bubble” for the first time for treatment of an illness and received a first-ever mother’s kiss, doctors said recently.

due? When did you learn of timber companies paying in full for cuttings on public lands? Where are all the billions of oil windfall profits from this administration? Where are the figures of back taxes due Elkhart County (or your county) and its cities from the railroads? The John Young yards produce how much tax yearly? How much tax from equal areas adjoining? The crossings (railroad) costs what from our taxes yearly? Our tax subsidy comprises what part of the railroads* incomes? Think on these things. 1 hope you find some fairness. George Weybright 133MCR48 Syracuse 1 >