The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 March 1984 — Page 1
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GROUNDBREAKING HELD — Ground has been broken far the new Campbell’s IGA Market at the former Milford Junior High School site on SR 15. Several interested persons gathered Monday for the ceremonies for the store which should be completed July 1. Pictured above in the front row from the left are: Fred Collins, contractor; Jean Treesh, Milford Town Board president; Phil and Clarann Campbell, co-owners of the business; Lew Cummins, director
KCH employs architectural firm to establish growth pattern
The Kosciusko Community Hospital Board of Directors voted Monday night to approve a recommendation of its building and grounds committee to employ the architectural firm of Boyd and Sobieray of Indianapolis to do a growth feasibility study. Boyd and Sobieray was picked over five other competing architectural firms, after the buildings and grounds committee had extensively interviewed all firms. The committee was chaired by Darrell M. Frantz of Sidney. Essentially, the hospital board of directors is moving to make maximum use of a 36-plus-acre tract of land it recently purchased, which lies adjacent to the present hospital property in War-
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VOLUNTEER SERVICE DOES IT - Orman McKinley, with m his hands, vohmteered to da some work in the Bay Scaat Cabin remodeling pregram at Syracuse. He was canght by a Mafl-Jaaraal photographer last week doing insolation and paaeMag aa the east room. New wiadows aad dears have been pet la and several windows have been dosed. “We’re making this boOtog energy-effideat,’’said Bob Tiowtmsr chairman of the committee involved in the improvement program. He said fends have been coating in nicely, hot that there’s stiU a ways to go. and mere fends are needed.
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It has asked the architectural firm to consider four fronts of development: 1. Develop a long range master plan for hospital development. 2. Design a professional building to accommodate additional space for doctors. 3. Restructure present hospital facilities, and. 4. Develop a multi-disciplinary structure for health-related services. The 110-bed hospital has been suffering from low occupancy in recent months, the same as hospitals throughout the country, and is taking steps to bring costs in line with diminishing incomes. Administrator L. Milton Holgrain noted that the annual meeting of the full hospital board
of store development for Wetterau, the IGA wholesaler; Larry Narwold, Wetterau zone manager; and Dan Bash, contractor. Row two: Darrell Orn, town board member; Tim Campbell, meat manager for Campbell’s; Tom Campbell, grocery manager; Paul Reith, vice president of the First National Bank of Warsaw, Milford Branch; and Tom Prichard, assistant First National Bank vice president. (Photo by Gail Widmoyer)
of directors will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 26, in the hospital’s cafeteria room. ,3 Recognize Three Special recognition was given to three longtime members of the board of directors: Darrell M. Frantz, J. Robert Bishop and Don E. Forney. Frantz represents Jackson Township, Forney represents Etna Townships, and Bishop represents Prairie Township. All three were given handsome placques for their service to the hospital and to the community by board president J. Gerald Wallace. The three members joined the board of directors in 1969 when the idea of a new hospital facility for Kosciusko County was first proposed, and their terms expire this month. Joseph Gray development group head The annual meeting of the Syracuse-Wawasee Development Company was held on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in the State Bank of Syracuse. During the meeting directors were elected to serve a three-year term and officers were elected in a special meeting of the board of directors following the annual meeting. Directors serving a three-year term are: James Caskey, Edward McLean, Steven Snyder and William Beemer. Officers elected for the coming year are: President - Joseph A. Gray Vice president - Ernie Rogers Treasurer-James Caskey Secretary - Robert Westfan Farm Bureau sets county meeting A Kosciusko County meeting for Farm Bureau Inc. is scheduled for Monday, March 12, at 7 p.m. in the small room of the Shrine Building at the Warsaw Fairgrounds. A carcass cut-up demonstration bv Join Raiwh, Indiana Farm Bureau Commodity Department, win be presented with the cuts of meat given away M door priw AH county members are encouraged to attend.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7,1984
REACH 8100,000 — Tippy group buys 217-acre tract of land Members of the Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners, Inc., are celebrating reaching their goal of SIOO,OOO to be used for wetland purchase. This sum was matched two-for-one by the Muncie YMCA, founders of Camp Crosley. The fund received for purchase of the wetlands was launched in 1981 with Margaret Weaver and her family donating $20,000. In May, 1982, Barbara Ehrhardt and Karen Thomas co-chaired a successful fund-raising drive. After a year, executive secretary Vicki Johnson assumed chairmanship of fund-raising, and in late December, 1983, the SIOO,OOO goal was reached. The fund enabled the purchase of 217 acres of wetlands from developers who planned to fill them in. The acreage is located on the west shore of James Lake (Little Tippy) and the south shore of the channel which runs between Little Tippy and Lake Tippecanoe. The Nature Conservancy purchased the land with the donations from the Tippecanoe Property Owners and Muncie YMCA funds. The land will be owned by the Muncie YMCA and will be dedicated as a State Nature Preserve and used as an environmental education site by Camp Crosley. The dedication will take place on June 16. Future projects of the 417-member Tippecanoe Lake Property Owners Association include a logo contest with the primary purpose of enhancing public pride in and awareness of Lake Tippecanoe and its fine resources and encouraging preservation of the lakes. First prize in the contest is SIOO. Entries made on two 9 inch by 12 inch sheets, one for the logo which must contain the name Lake Tippecanoe, and one for name, address and phone number, must be sent to Logo Contest, c/o Lake Tippecanoe Property Owners, Inc., PO Box 224, Leesburg, Ind. 46668, and postmarked no later than April 30, 1984.
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Await county response to — New Syracuse Town Hall floor plan
By TOM CHARLES Staff Writer The Syracuse Town Board gave its final approval on a design for the new town hall last night, pending the results of a meeting with the county council and county commissioners County officials are faced with a decision on whether or not to rent space in the building for the township assesor’s office. The current design includes a 1,000 square foot assessor’s office. According to D. Malone Zimmerman, of James and Associates, the space rented by the county would account for 15 percent of the total structure. Therefore, lease and utility payments should be figured at 15 percent of the overall costs. Using this scale, the county would owe $8,700 iiFannual lease payments and $2,000 in utility costs. Total lease payments, based on a 15-year payment plan, are - zwtteated to be $58,550. Total utility costs are expected to be close to $15,000. Once county officials have reached a decision, James and Associates can prepare final design drawings. The firm needs approximately four weeks to finalize the drawings before bids can be accepted. In other town ball business, Dave Matson, also of James and Associates, presented the board with proposals for heating and air conditioning systems. According to Matson, the present design calls for a cast iron boiler with circulating hot water heat. Air conditioning would be handled by individual remote condensing units. This design allows for the building to be divided into five (Continued on page 2)
No break in bank's missing money case
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s deputies and members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are continuing their probe into the case of the missing SB,OOO at the State Bank of Syracuse Village Branch, it was learned this week. It must be noted, however, that there is no significant break in the mysterious case. On Monday of this week deputy sheriff Tom Kitch, whose residence is in the Syracuse area, and Kosciusko County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Miner were in Syracuse to consult fur-
p 4 F 3 J£2r*w TV Bwrfl 1 - 123? \ L- - JAf -V .- J / ' mH t Job ’ 1 $■ ..oHb SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS — The Warsaw Tigers, 20-2, eaptared their second straight Triton Satfiaaal crown with a 82-57 root of Triton Satarday eveatag. Hrt^ SMiIM: , Maunr: 4e«T»cter; MBeNwrta: Str,, lWl,r; JaeSaMh: IMltaaMi: MUtylekmaa. HeMCMat *> Rhodes; Greg Marsh; Robert Johasoa; Mike Lynch; Jeff Grose; Mike Hall; Scott Long; sectional The Tigers advance into Friday evening’s second contest with the Penn Kingsmea at Elkhart s North Side gym. See section details on sports pages. (Photo by Mark Wfimtein) , '•< *
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NEW TOWN HALL DESIGN — This is a model of the proposed Syracuse Town Hall currently under design by James and Associates of Fort Wayne. This view Is of the main entrance on Huntington Street. The windows to the left are in the Township Assessor’s office, an area which may be eliminated from the structure if the county decides not to rent from the town. (Photo by Tom Charles)
Property owners retain attorney
Wawasee Property Owners Association has retained Stephen Snyder as their attorney in contesting a laivsuit filed by D. Dean Rhoades, president of Worldmark Investment, Inc., who owns a home on Ideal Beach Drive, Lako Wawasee, to vacate a county road. The Kos liusko County Commissioners denied his request in December and Rhoades’ attorney, Rirhard Helm, subsequently filed a suit against the commissioners stating it was improperly denied. Motion To Intervene Snyder, on behalf of the association, filed a motion to intervene as an additional defen-
ther with tank officials. Officer Kitch also talked with Syracuse police officers in matters relating to the case. ’Nothing New* Officer Kitch told The Mail-Journal his office has “nothing new*’ to report, but that the investigation continues. He refused to say it was an “inside case” but dd note that whomever made off w th the sizable amount of money “ cnew what they were doing.” Polygraph tests were given to five bank employees, officer Kitch said, adding that they all “passed with flying colors.”
dant in the case. The motion was granted by the court on behalf of the property owners, and Snyder answered the complaint stating the property owners feel the request was properly denied. The property owners association is interested in seeing the roadway remains open to the public and not just the residents of that vacinity and others around the lake. Snyder remarked that the court, in granting the motion to intervene, recognized the property owners have an interest that could be protected. Matter On Hold Currently the matter is on hold, until Rhoades decides if he wants to continue with the suit or
The money turned up missing on Tuesday, Feb. 7, when employees at the Village Branch made a final accounting of the day’s receipts. It was immediately reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to local police officers, as required by law, James E. Caskey, president of the State Bank of Syracuse, said. Activity at the bank and its branch the following day, Wednesday, Feb. 8, was considerable as officers made their preliminary investigations. Only two sets of keys are in existence, according to Caskey, one at the bank’s uptown main office
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discontinue it. Snyder stated he has heard from several sources that approximately 20 years ago someone tried to vacate that location and the court denied the request. The old court records, according to Snyder, should show the denial and that the area in question is a road and was dedicated as a baptismal for the Catholic church. At this point Snyder has not researched this avenue. However, he stated if the appeal starts moving he will look into the old court records. Snyder commented if what he beard is true it will put a different light on the matter.
and the other in the hands of the branch manager. ‘May Never Solve Case’ Caskey said earlier, that anyone who did off with the funds knew just how to go about it, inasmuch as they had to know how to activate the branch’s alarm system before opening the door to the building. And, once inside, they had to know the combination to the safe where the money was kept. On Tuesday of this week officer Kitch said “at this point we’re stumped, and there’s a real possibility we may never solve the case.”