The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 May 1984 — Page 5

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

(Continued from page 4) THE SALE of the Village building known as the Klink Building, that recently housed Syracuse V alu-Buy, has been made by Bernice Klink to Tim Pinnick and Tai Smith. The two men own the Liquor Locker in Syracuse and King’s Keg in North Webster, both package liquor stores. They have made no mention as to what they propose to do with their new acquisition. —o— FIVE SYRACUSE area men appeared before the board of county commissioners Monday morning concerning the re-zoning of a tract of land on the Stoffel farm along State Road 13 between Syracuse and North Webster only to find their efforts delayed once more. The re-zoning passed the Kosciusko Area Plan Commission and was referred to the commissioners for appropriate action. The commissioners had reservations on several points, among them access to and from the site from SR 13 and drainage and sewage hook-on. Actually, the commissioners referred the action back to the Plan Commission for further consideration at their June 6th meeting. Then, the commissioners will reconsider the request at its June Bth meeting.

Leaf fire spreads, picket fence bums Mrs. Floyd Jones, Syracuse, contacted Syracuse Fire Department at 4:51 p m. Sunday, May 6, after fire from burning leaves spread. The Jones' reside across from Eli Lilly’s on Warner Road. Damage was estimated at $300: Syracuse Fire Department officials report the grass fire destroyed several rolls o picket fence which were burning when they arrived. The fire was quickly extinguished.

| DENTIST OFFICE] s 4 ' Stephen P. Hunt, DDS PC Member Os The DMCC Technology & Business System PROFESSIONAL DENTAL CARE! • General Dentistry: Crowns, Fillings, Bridges, Root Canals, Extractions • Dentures, Partials, Repairs, Relines • Braces • Implants • Cosmetic Dentistry • Special Membership Plan Available To Aid Patients Without Dental Insurance We Welcome Mew Patients! Wawasee: 457-3138 Warsaw: 269-5050 Call For An Appointment Or More Information Dr. S. Hunt, $. Cullison, C. Miller, K. Scripture A Greg’ Looking Smile On ¥ou Is A Greqt Reflection On Us

I cX < zJk Qood . | I I % - I I Perhaps, there will come a time when elegance will mean nothing. Perhaps, there will come a time when a home’s furnishings will say little about its habitants. I Perhaps, there will come a time when I the inspired design of Grosfillex Boutique furniture seems routine. c Perhaps, there will come a time when man will create a substance more resilient and * weather-defiant than Grosfillex’s synthetic resin shell. Perhaps. i I | * * ' j i I I wk ' S »• I W. < I I X'■* e » a THE JIVING If\UARTERS I ■ J W*|B. OMM? Wicker And Rattan SR 135 457-3434 SyrncaM

Re-zoning of the land was for the formation of an industrial park, which is actually in Turkey Creek Township but would benefit both North Webster and Syracuse. ■A i Those attending the Monday meeting, were members of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce and the Syracuse Development Company: William Beemer, Joseph A. Gray, Ernest Rogers, Stephen Snyder and Robert Westfall. —o— WE’VE KNOWN for some time that attorney Steve Hagen had a youthful air about himself. But now we find out others thought the saihe thing. The former Ligonier Mayor was in a party that attended the recent Kentucky Derby at Louisville but stayed at a Ramada Inn at Scottsdale, Indiana, during their three-day stay there. When Steve entered the Inn’s lounge, he got “carded,” asked to show his age identification. His actual age: 33. He was flattered, but still the butt of some considerable joshing from his dad, former Noble County Circuit Court Judge John C. Hagen.

Meeting slated May 17 for Buccaneer Days merchants

Merchants interested in participating in the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce sponsored Buccaneer Days are asked to attend a meeting at South Shore Restaurant on Thursday, May 17, at 12 noon. All participating merchants are requested to attend in order that the June 2 and 3 festivities may be discussed, and all plans may be

finalized. Interested merchants are also urged to contact Barbara Myers at Anchor Man. Again merchants are reminded to select seafaring names to give their stores over the two-day period. Activities at Buccaneer Days will include a merchant’s “Treasure Hunt” in which a number of prizes will be awarded by participating merchants, a kiddy carnival, chicken barbeque. square dance demonstration, all-day garage sale, a halfacre bazaar (pirate treasure), children’s games and a costume contest judged by Blackbeard the Pirate. Those individuals and organizations interested in operating craft, food, game or other types of booths at Buccaneer Days are asked to contact Jeannie Gardiner at the State Bank of Syracuse. Gun cabinet and other items are stolen from home Rusnell Brown, r 1 North Webster, reported to local police the theft of a gun cabinet and several other items from his home Tuesday, May 1. Brown reported the gun cabinet, valued at $825, a stereo and speakers; sweeper; wood-framed picture; three coffee tables; two end tables; two lamps and a sander; was stolen. The total 'worth of the items is $2,279. Brown’s home is located on Backwater Road. He told police he discovered the theft after returning home from Florida.

At Large. . . I| “A view of the political 11 11 1 scene in Kosciusko County” 11 BOTH POLITICAL parties in Kosciusko County — Republican and Democratic - will hold re-organization meetings on Saturday to elect officers for their respective central committees. While the Democratic meeting promises little if any contest, this cannot be said for the Republican meeting. As precinct committeemen and -women gather, the division in GOP ranks seem to be sharpening for a real fight. Early this week there was no announcement as to where Republicans would hold their meeting, and those wishing to unseat the present leadership have taken this reluctance to announce a site for the meeting early on as some sort of ruse to “confuse the opposition." These lines of division were sharpened further on May 3 with the issuance of a letter from George Klinger and N. Pauline Jordan, candidates for chairman and vice chairman, respectively, in which they charge Warsaw liberals are attempting to purge the conservative wing of their party. (Note: Chairman Jean Northerner has long contended there were no “liberals” or “conservatives” in the county Republican organization, only “Republicans.”) The letter to “precinct friends” states they would return the party to the precinct people, seeking their support and guidance, and notes that the county manager job is still orythe burner, but that the salary for such a person (always presumingfit is designed for Mrs. Northerner) has been upped from $16,500 to $40,000. The entire letter over the signature of Klinger and Jordan follows: Dear precinct friends. Some of you have asked, “What is going on in Warsaw?” I believe you as precinct people should have the facts so you can see how very important the re-organization meeting is to the future .of the Republican party. It is no longer a matter of personality or whether we like one person more than another. The problem is that we will have a Republican party with input and control from the precinct people or will our party be controlled bya-liberal power structure in Warsaw. The Republican party has been split by the purging of conservative Republicans. Just look at a partial list of conservative Republicans that have been purged or slated to be purged by the liberals. Lawrence Butts, Thames Mauzy, Fred Gilliam, Charles Lynch, Tom Anglin, Ron Sharp, George Klinger, Phil Roy, Betty Dust, Terry Klondaris, Charlene Knispel, Julia Goon, Bill Dalton, Margaret Stutzman, Keith Horn, Pauline Jordan, Nellie Garman, and there are more. Before the Warsaw liberals can get complete control of the party, they have to render the precinct people ineffective. This is being done by not having precinct meetings, by not giving you information. For instance, did you know that the county manager job is still being promoted? This time the salary is $40,000.00. Ask Kathryn Teel and Maurice Beer if they were at a meeting at the Holiday Inn on Friday, the 27th? Ask them if they are committed to a county manager? This county manager could be a dictator in the court house and take over from the elected officials. I believe when the control of the Republic party is back in the hands of informed Republican precinct people, the Republican party will again be a united party. ' Let’s stop purging good Republicans — let’s re-unite the Republican party. Yours truly, George Klinger N. Pauline Jordan

Drama Association in search of title, logo

The Lincoln boyhood Drama Association needs a logo and title for its proposed outdoor drama portraying Abe Lincoln’s 14 years spent in Indiana, from his arrival at the age of seven until the family’s departure when he was 21. The association is launching a contest, open to anyone, for a black nd white or color sketch of a logo that will be used on brochures and other promotional Contestants are asked

[ What You Think ~s s April Reader Report | The Most Read Articles ■ i I By Mail-Journal Readers

This month’s reader’s survey cards were filled out by 27 of the 60 persons renewing subscriptions. The most popular item was feature stories, checked by 14 of the 27 persons In second place were Cruzin’ and weddings and engagements with 13 each and in third place were letters to the , editor, hospital notes and editorials with 12 each. The complete break down follows: Feature stories 14 School news . 11 Letters to editor 12 Main Street .................. 4 Hospital notes 12 Obits 8 Editorials 12 Court news 11 Cruzin’ 13 M-J Pulse 4 Political reports 3 Weddings and engagements . 13 Extension news ; 5 Sports .............. 5 North Webster 6 King Arthur 2

pickwick THEATRE «" Sects X

Fri.SSot.7a9, Sun.sa7 Mon.-Thurs. 7:00 Now Showing "Unfaithfully Yovrs"PG jisi i* mMy "lcoPi<wto«" P G

to suggest a title for the drama but the title is not crucial to winning. Cash prizes will be awarded for first through third places. Deadline for entries is May 30. All entries should be sent to: Lincoln Boyhood Drama Association, P.O. Box 1000 Lincoln City, Ind., 46552. Entries may also be hand-delivered to the office at Lincoln State Park or to Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial.

Church page 9 Milford Old News 10 Syracuse Old News 9 School and town board meetings 11 Police log 10 Crossword 2 Calendar 7 Club news 8 Classifieds 5 Several people wrote comments and suggestions at the bottom. They follow: Probably you could be more outspoken in support of “law and order.” "At Large” page 5 erf current issue was very informative for those who fcould like to understand what is going on politically in the county. I like all types of tales about Indian Life here in the immediate vicinity —a new generation of children is coming up who may not know about this. And, I like all stories about early families not only here in Turkey Creek but the county as well. Lake Wawasee news. Everything is fine. Dining out, things to do, places to go in area. Enjoy Cheers in ‘the PAPER.’ Your coverage of sports other than basketball has improved in the last year. Please continue this coverage. More Webster news. More pictures.

Letters to the editor

Questions American churches

Dear Editor: Will the ecumenical churches here in America ever wake up to the fact they are secretly controlled by the National Council of Churches or the World Council of Churches? Both of these organizations control the properties and the elimination of basic Bible truths that their pastors teach. Very slyly they extract a portion of the tithes from each ecumentical church and use it to finance guerrilla warfare, aiding the Soviets to take over another part of Africa, Asia, Europe or the Americas. Dr. Aurel Selton, author of this article, was a prisoner for 15 years by the communists in Rumania. He reports seeing signs such as these posted on the doors of churches thaft are closed: “Closed for lack of customers.” Why? Because the church members were afraid of losing their jobs if they were found attending a Christian church and preferred to worship at home with their families. Closed because “God doesn’t exist,” so they say. But the Rumanians, for the most part, are true to their faith and invoke God’s help in many monasteries, retreats and presses set up throughout the countryside. When the Soviet Bolsheviks took over Rumania, they closed thousands of churches and made warehouses and stables of them.

Diluted Disciplinary Action

Dear Editor, I am directing this letter to the Lakeland Community School Corporation’s Superintendent and Board as an expression of shock and disbelief over the action taken several weeks ago at the Third Step of the Corporation’s problem resolution procedure. As a parent who believes in proper disciplinary action stemming from published rules and Codes of Conduct fairly administered, the Third Step decision of diluting disciplinary action taken against a student for conduct unbecoming an athlete clearly sets the precedent for considerable erosion of school administration policies. In effect the result will be a significant lowering of behavioral standards because the Corporation has chosen to not support the Administration in its effort to promote the basic understanding of societal rights and wrongs. Specifically, the panel, comprised of the student, his parents, their attorney, and representatives of the Corporation office ignored and glossed over the following issues. 1. High School athletes commit to a Code of Conduct that prohibits the use of alcohol or controlled substances, or being in the presence of same. Once the student “buys into” this Code, he or she is on record to support the Code, or suffer the consequences of any behavioral deviation that violates*the Code’s tenets. At the hearing the parents forgot that the Code addresses ethics, morals, and personal commitment, the basic “stuff” within a free society. 2. The student willfully entered the premises where alcohol and controlled substances were being consumed by fellow students. Whether the entrance was made through the front or rear door, or whether he paid admission is irrelevant. The fact is, he was there; and in doing so, he violated the Code of Conduct and the laws of Indiana pertaining to minors. 3. The student was on probation for a previous incident during the school year. He willfully placed himself in double jeopardy by being at the party, for whatever reason 4. The student, his parents, the attorney, and Corporation officials all lost sight of the fact that the rules were applied consistently to all students involved in the incident. They also forgot that a two step review process had occurred, and each step supported the Administration’s original disciplinary ’ action. Thus, the parents and attorney, not through technicality or error in judgment, but through pure power and threat were successful in getting the student's penalty adjusted. In doing so, the message is out to all students that in the future, the Code of Conduct is just another piece of paper, i.e., worthless. Forget it. Protest and you got it made. . 5. The Corporation officials sitting on the panel ignored the real message coming from the parents when they said the. punishment was far greater than the crime. What they really meant, and what they were successful in persuading Corporation officials about was their belief that “our son does not have to follow the rules like all other students." This is inexcusable. 6. Finally, the panel’s action was totally inapprofriate as to the outcome because each party approached the hearing in an adversarial role: They were out to win. Absent was an impartial arbitrator who could rule on the

Wed., May 9,1984 ? - THE MAIL-JOURNAL

They even closed convents, seminaries and printing shops, thereby destroying all Christian organizations. Orthodox Christianity was subdued. All Orthodox bishops were assassinated or imprisoned and tortured. The Reds set up a fake church, a religious organization controlled by the state. One priest they chose was a man who divorced his wife and married his secretary. He later poisoned and killed the archbishop who was slated to become the Patriarch, and with the help of the communists, he took the highest position in the Rumanian Orthodox church. Here are the Kremlin orders: — All priests who wanted to keep their jobs must immediately join the communist party. — Each priest must inform the authorities of every person in his parish opposed to the Red regime or against the USSR. —All of thp priests must install in the entrance to their church pictures of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin. — After each mass they had to read inserts from Marxist Leninist ideology. All this was done to keep up the appearance of functioning free churches. What a deception. I would suggest we denounce the ecumentical titles of our churches and become Free Methodists, Free Baptists, Free Brethren, etc. Byron Ulrich

meHts of the case, not on emotion, parental pressure, or legal manipulations. The proper outcome should have been to refer the matter to a higher step: Either arbitration or judicial review. The Corporation ducked their responsibility in supporting the Administration until all avenues of review were exhausted. The decision raises a question parents in our community will wrpstle with for months to come. It’s philosophicalin nature, but at the same time practical as well. That is, how do you convince sons and daughters to recognize the difference between right and wrong when they know an attorney can defend someone's action judged wrong by an established Code, peer groups, respected instructors, and the majority of citizens within the community. Does a Code of Conduct mean anything at all? Apparently not to the student and parents in question. I for one find it extremely difficult to justify the outcome and I am left with a feeling that the Corporation officials let the community down. It appears the Cor poration was scared off because they did not support their own Administration. They did not stand * for a common conviction that a code of behavior is the building

immmmNMaiiMMaiaiaiaiiianMWM :: General Contractor RAYBUHRT Quality Residential & Commercial Building For 37 Years State Road 1 3, Syracuse Phone 457-3431 Or 658-4846 “Let your love shine T on Mother’s Day.” . Merlin Olsen wKtJi • Blooming Plants & Ro*®* • Silk Flowers The Tea Kettle™ Bouquet from your FTD* Florist. Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13. f ORDER EARn! j I ys4 5. WMww St.y 773-4341 I Send your thoughts with special care.'" *Registered trademark at Roosts Transwortd Delivery Association j| I -

block in achieving a decent tyThe precedent has now been established for constant ■ challenge of any disciplinary action school officials may take, and while I don’t think that was * the Corporation’s intent, it is surely the end result. Stephen Arnold R.R. #3 Syracuse, Ind. 46567 Salute to teachers Dear Editor: On May 9, our PTOJsoard and the 286 families who are PTO members would like to pay special tribute to our Syracuse teachers. These men and women have devoted themselves to helping our young people succeed. We want to publicly thank them and let them know how much,we appreciate their efforts. We do care about them and their daily striving to make our children better and more productive citizens in Syracuse and in America. The continuous challenge of providing quality education for all young people is being met by these teachers not only in the classrooms but in their giving of time, effort and love. We salute these special people as they continue to help build a stronger and better America. They are truly a great influence on America’s most important natural resource - it’s children. Sincerely Syracuse PTO Please help Dear Editor: I am a fourth grade student at Leesburg School. We are having an aluminum can drive for the Statue of Liberty repair, April 18-May 46. There is a blue and white recycling can by the Leesburg School entrance. The Statue of Liberty was given to us as a gift from France. They want to repair her before her - 100th birthday. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars has been donated by school children. The repair will cost 40 million dollars. The repair will take many mon-, ths. They have received a quarter 4 of a million dollars. Please help Miss Liberty! Sincerely, Trish Marshall Tires missing Rhonda Orten, r 3 box 74 Syracuse, contacted Syracuse Police at 7:20 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, after discovering four tires, three mag tires and. one regular tire, left at an apartment on Boston Street were missing. Syracuse Police Officer Ron Moser estimated the value of the tires at SIOO. Sad fact Retirement takes all fun out of Saturdays. — Press. San Francisco.

5