The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 March 1984 — Page 5

What You Think FEBRUARY 1984 The Most Read Articles By Mail-Journal Readers

/ ruu f |—■l—i IHII inwiiwiiiiii ni fill The readers’ survey for the month of February saw Crazin' once again move to the top of the list. It was tied with letters to the editor and the Syracuse old news. Each received 33 votes. In second place was weddings and engagements with 31 votes. Hospital notes and obituaries each received 30 votes. t A total of 118 persons returned survey cards with 62 filling them out. Complete results follow: Feature stories 29 School news .................. 24 Letters to editor ~.. 33 Main Street 23 Hospital notes < .... 30 Obits 30 Editorials 23 Court news 28 Unsung heroes 15 Crazin' 33 M-J Pulse • 11 Political reports 6 Weddings and engagements 31 Horoscope 9 Extesion news .. 8' Sports 21 North Webster '............ 14 King Arthur 7 Church page 19 Milford old news 25 Syracuse old news 33 School and town board meetings 22 Police log < 16 Crossword 4 Calendar .13 Club news 14 Classifieds 20

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Comments made follow: I like to read everything in The Mail-Journal. I enjoy it so much. Well satisfied with present format! Could Mrs. Willman write about something else other than her cat in her column every week? Enjoy the whole paper. So do a lot of my patrons. Like the local news reporting that you don’t get in other papers. Love it — ’cept don’t believe in horoscopes and hate to know others read it; otherwise, it’s great. Very good paper. Need more Leesburg news. I look forward to the MJ each week. Also, ‘the PAPER,’ but sometimes I don’t receive it until Thursday. In May I’d like to see a lot in this section (it happened in Milford) about 1959. Memories, I’d guess you’d say. Classified ads are number 1. It seems that the past t,wo months have really been low on school news except sports. Come on now! Too bad, not one word was written about the fall musical and no pics. Like ‘Crazin’ Around ’Cuse column if not always travelogues. < We normally read The MailJournal from front page to back. I keep it for reference till the next issue comes out. How else would I know what’s happening in “Our Town.” Be sure numbers in puzzle do not interfer with puzzle itself. Place in lower right hand corner of space. You have a very good group of people working for you. I enjoy looking over the whole paper. It’s very well written and interesting. Just keep it coming. A series of articles concerning the value of your summer residents. We love and appreciate Syracuse too. “Enjoy the newspaper.” I like your paper very much. Read it from cover to cover.

Robert Price to seek second legislative term

State Representative Robert L. Price (D-Elkhart) announced plans late last week to seek re-election to the Indiana House of Representatives in District 5. He is completing his first term in . the General Assembly in the district that serves part of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties.

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ROBERT L. PRICE Rep. Price served on the Rhoads & Transportation Committee and the County & Township Committee in the House. He co-sponsored 12 bills during the session just ended, nine of which will be signed into law. Rural Syracuse man sentenced Craig A. Cripe. 20. 16536 CR 50 Syracuse, was assessed S4O and given a five-day jail sentence in Goshen City Court for illegal consumption of alcoholic beverages. The jail term was suspended providing he not commit an alcohol offense for one year and attend an addiction education program. Cripe was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped in the 400 block of West Lincoln Ave., in Goshen on February 24.

Senate approves resolution

INDIANAPOLIS - A resolution offered By State Senator John B. Au gs burger (R-Syracuse) urging local school* corporations throughout Indiana to delay the start of fall classes until after the Labor Day holiday was approved by the Senate. Augsburger commented, “While the Senate voted previously in favor of a bill I authored requiring that public schools not »begin the fall semester until after Labor Day, the prevailing attitude in the House was that th® state should not mandate this move.

“One of the most significant measures taken this session has been the passage of legislation to give our local governments the financial tools they need .to provide adequate police/fire protection, road* repair, and water/sewage treatment,” Rep. Price said. “The town House Committees I served on have reviewed many bills that affect local governments.” Rep. Price has also filed as a Delegate to the State Convention, and as Precinct Committeeman. Rep. Price and his wife, Isabelle, live at 28272 C.R. 4W. in Elkhart. A WWII veteran, Rep. Price is a materials purchasing agent for Conrail. He is a volunteer for the United Way and the Boy Scouts. “I have greatly enjoyed my first term in the Indiana General Assembly because of the opportunity to serve the public,” Rep. Price said. Rep. Price is a former Milford resident, where he graduated from high school with the class of 1942. Letter to the editor Thanks for coverage Dear Editor: I would like to thank you for the article about my daughter Kathy in the “Cruzin around ‘Cuse” column of the December 28 Mail-Journal. I think The Mail-Journal is a most professional newspaper and one that any community would be proud to have covering it’s area. Sincerely, Becky Harper Gibson 2409 Spring Creek Drive Bozeman, Montana 59715

“Because I still feel strongly that mid-August is too early for school to start, I introduced this non-binding resolution which merely expresses the sentiment of the Senate.” “For the benefit of both students and faculty members who must endure 90 and 100 degree temperatures inside school buildings, and for the benefit of the Hoosier outdoor recreation and tourism industry, it is my" hope that school ad- - ministrators will consider more sensible fall starting dates for our public schools,” he concluded.

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STEVE ROSS, WIFE JILL, SON JED

Ross declares state of economy as main issue for campaign

By CATHY BRILL Staff Writer Steve Ross, a contender for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the Third District’s race for Congressional Representative, paid a brief visit to Milford and the offices of The Mail-Journal Tuesday. Ross, accompanied by his wife, Jill, and four-year-old son, Jed, stated his reason for running for the seat as, “I want to make it a better-place for my family to live. I am a businessman and I am concerned about the economic future.” A resident of South Bend, Ross and his wife, a physical therapist. at Memorial Hospital, have three children, Jessica, nine; Jack, seven; and Jed, four. Ross is the owner of a small Mishawaka retail business called Framers Workshop and also owns the Grape Road Plaza shopping center there. Before moving from Connecticut to South Bend eight years ago, Ross was employed for eight years as a special education teacher at Bellview Hospital. He possess a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in school administration. In this, his second attempt at the Third District Congressional seat, Ross presents the most important issue in the third district as the state of the economy. He also mentions health care policy,

Trustee's office at Baumgartner’s

Van Buren Township Trustee Mrs. Sam (Marcia) Baumgartner is now accepting assessment forms at* her home at 301 East Catherine Street in Milford. The office has been in her home since she took office on January 1. Mrs. Baumgartner said all forms should be in the mail this week and persons wanting to make an appointment should call her before 7 p.m. She reminded persons that forms 101 and 104 will not be filled out by the trustee but must be done by the taxpayers. She said there have been changes in the laws and reminds township residents to be sure and answer all questions even if they have to use NA (no answer). There are, she said, penalities for incomplete forms. She said it is also time to pay dog taxes with the tax being $1 for a nurtured dog and S 3 for nonnurtered. .- Home owners’ insurnace is used to pay damages when a dog owner is knows. The tax monies collected from dog tags is used only when the dogs doing the damage have no owners. The

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defense, “women’s issues”, government regulation, education, natural gas decontrol and energy as issues in which the current administration has short comings in policy. “If elected I would make job retention my top priority,” Ross is quoted as saying. In keeping with this statement he is a strong supporter of the National Employment Priorities Act (HR2847) which is now before the House Labor and Education Committee. The act would require com- = panics which employ more than 100 people: 1) to give workers and communities one year’s advance . notice of intent to close a plant. 2) to assist displaced employees with job training, job placement and assistance with education costs. 3) to provide assistance to local government to make up for lost taxes and increased costs borne by the community. 4) to continue health care plans for one year after workers lose their jobs. 5) to study and report to the community on the impact of plant closings Ross concluded the interview with this reporter saying, if ’ elected, he intends to position .mobile offices once again throughout the third district so towns like Milford, Syracuse, Nappanee and New Paris could receive the same opportunity as larger towns like Warsaw in : which there are congressional offices.

trustee also reminded persons that damages must be reported within 20 days or she can not reinburse people for damages. She also noted she can not pay for dogs injured in dog fights. Persons with questions are urged to call the trustee. Man suffers eye laceration Michael K. Waggoner, 30, r 3 box 74 Syracuse, suffered a minor eye laceration as he result of a mishap at the bridge on Front Street, Friday, March 2, at 10 p.m. ' He was traveling south on Front Street in a 1974 Ford Mustang and did not make the curve at the bridge, striking the bridge railing. Damage to the railing was estimated at S2OO and damage to the Ford Mustang, owned by James A. and Delores Sawer, 412 E. Boston St.,' Syracuse, was under $5,000. Syracuse Police Officer William Fisher investigated.

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At Large. . . || “A view of the political „ II 11 scene in Kosciusko County" 11 KATHRYN TEEL of Mentone and former two-term Kosciusko County Treasurer, is reported to be putting a wet finger to the wind to assess the possibilities of her running for the Kosciusko County Council. She served well as treasurer, always helpful to the most humble, and is now marking time as third deputy in the county auditor’s office doing menial work in the catacombs of their records department. She’s stimied there, her talents are not challenged, and she misses the “front office” contact with the public. Don’t be surprised if you hear more about this as the weeks and months move closer to the November election. " —o— AND ALSO don’t be surprised if you hear something about an embryonic Republican women’s movement for a so-called Women’s Republican Club in the northeastern part of Kosciusko County, roughly in the circulation area of this newspaper. If we have our sketchy facts anywhere near correct, it would include GOP women activists of Milford, Syracuse, North Webster and Pierceton. Leesburg GOP women would be welcomed, too, we were informed. There was a county women’s Republican club, but it has been relatively inactive in the past three years. Women are “feeling their oats” recently, with more and more women becoming active in politics, even to the point where there’s talk (among women at least) about a woman vice presidential candidate — or even a presidential candidate! WOW! Either of these might be a remote possibility at this point in history, but all this loose talk is enough to stir the women’s adrenalin in the hustings. If there’s anything to this at all, it will become known in the not too distant future. We’ll just have to wait and see if there’s any real truth to the story, and just who this “hard core” of women is. Keep tuned. —o— THIRD DISTRICT Representative John Hiler of LaPorte was in Warsaw recently talking to the party faithful and lining up support for another bid for his congressional seat. John, young and attractive, has not yet learned the “Floyd Fithian lesson,” that there is strength in the precincts and that he should, really'get out into the small towns of the Third District. He might be surprised what he’d find there. But then, again, maybe he should be forgiven, for he only recently became a married man, and, as anyone who has undergone this touching experience will readily admit, this can be time consuming! Good luck, John, and come and see us when the honeymoon wears 0“ ■ -oTHERE’S MORE political news than just New Hampshire and the Hart-Mondale race, and some of it is right here in Indiana's Third District. It’s on the Democratic side, what with three “beavers” going out for the Democratic nomination, to be decided in the early May primary election. It’s a contest between St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Barnes, Mishawaka businessman Steve Ross, and television personality Dave Barrett. Ross, in. his second try for the nomination, was in Milford Tuesday, and emphasized his door-to-door effort, plus his insistence on entering all towns, large and small. He said he learned this lesson from Floyd Fithian of Lafayette, whose consistant win in a Republican Second District had GOP bigwigs baffled. The only way they could get rid of Fithian was to have a Republican General Assembly gerrymander his district out of existence. Ross wants to use this same approach to win the primary. He was with his attractive wife Jill and four-year-old son Jed.

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