The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 August 1984 — Page 4
THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., August 1,1984
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Editorials
Take time to read the legals For the second week in a row this newspaper is carrying six classified pages in order to print the large number of legal notices which must be published during the months of July and August. These legals are important. They keep taxpayers informed. It is not only our right as Americans to know what is going on in the government bodies in our school corporation, town, township and county; it is our duty. Taxpayers need to keep informed and to act when they object. If no one appears at a budget hearing the officials of that taxing district can only think no one objects, or that no one cares what they do. If taxpayers are to keep taxing units in line they must take the time te read and to act. They must also remember that taxing units have to have money in order to do that which needs to be done. Most clerk-treasurers, trustees, school board, town board and advisory board members keep a watchful eye on their budgets, trying to keep them as low as possible. They have to have money to pay township bills, to finance fire departments and police departments, emergency medical services, keep school buses on the road, and all the other expenses necessary to run a corporation. Taxpayers must keep in mind that while they expect pay raises from their employers, school, town and township employees likewise expect pay raises from their employers too. » Therefore, we are asking our readers to be good Americans. Read the legals. Give them careful consideration. Make your feelings known. But, remember that it does take money to operate a taxing unit, just as it takes money to live in a house and raise a family. Object where objects are necessary. Praise government officials where they have held the line. That’s the American way. That’s democracy in action. Where they are Much will be heard about electoral votes in the next three months. They are what elect presidents — not the popular vote. There are 538 electoral votes, one for each member of the Senate and House, for each state, and three for the District of Columbia. The tricky part is that each state’s electoral vote is cast as a bloc for the lead candidate in that state. For example, if Ronald Reagan gets one more popular vote in Texas than Walter Mondale, he will get all of Texas’ 29 electoral votes. A majority of electoral votes elects a president — 270 to be specific. States with the biggest electoral votes in 1984 are: California — 47; New York — 36; Texas — 29; Pennsylvania — 25; Illinois — 24; Ohio — 23; Florida — 21; Michigan — 20. V Next are: New Jersey — 16; North Carolina and Massachusetts — 13; Georgia, Virginia and Indiana - 12; Wisconsin, Tennessee and Missouri — 11; and Maryland, Minnesota, Louisiana and Washington — 10. 98th's record Much crowing is being done by a few members of the 98th Congress, to the tune that much was accomplished in Washington from January to the July recess. But few major bills were passed and even those were less than the needed remedy. Congress took the first step to trim the deficit, approving a $63 billion tax-hike and spending-cut bill for the next three years. This can look good, however, only by comparing it to doing nothing. Congress passed a compromise immigration reform bill (years late) but not finally. Those who have concluded this is the law are premature. Both houses must approve a conference committee compromise bill after Congress reconvenes, July 23. It wouldn’t surprise some observers of today’s House leadership to see a snag develop in the lower body, blocking final passage there. So we must wait and see about that claim. Congress passed a law penalizing states which didn’t raise the legal drinking age to 21. It reformed bankruptcy laws. But that’s about all. It also made provision to raise members’ salaries, already too high, by about $3,000. All in all, Howard Baker is right. Congress should meet for three or four months, or a little longer, and members should enact the necessary legislation in that time and go home. The present system makes well-heeled bureaucrats out of congressional members, who don’t stay in their districts enough to keep in touch with reality, the average voter and living and working conditions in the real world. What others say — Our future is bright During the nation’s Bicentennial, Bruce Catton, the great historian of the Civil War, said that “the great American story is above things a continued story. It did not start with us and it will not end with us.’’ Mr. Catton had faith in America. Millions of Americans share his faith, and it is a kind of mystical faith. Sometimes the available evidence points to terrible disarray in our country — indeed to the end of the American story. Yet only a few pessimists are willing to embrace that view. If there is hope anywhere in the world, it is in the United States. Certainly, millions of people around the world continue to have hope in the United States. They move heaven and earth to come to these shores. Mr. Catton’s statement is worth recalling in this election year, which represents another of the turning points in the nation’s history. Thoughtful citizens listen to some of the proposals advanced by self-styled leaders, and wonder whether the republic will endure. Well, it has endured; there is every reason to believe that it will endure. The political history of the United States isn’t perfect, but it represents a pretty good record of decision-making on the part of the people. The line from Washington to Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower is a straight line in terms of national vision. The republic could have gone off in destructive directions many times in the past. Sometimes the country has had narrow escapes. It could have had Henry Wallace as President. Instead, it got Harry, Truman, who turned out to be a very strong President indeed. No one can know for sure what the American people will do in choosing a path for the future. The historical record, however, suggests that Americans will not follow the counsels of fear or guilt and will not accept the notions of those who, for perverse psychological reasons, are angry at the America that has been such a success story. The historical record suggests, therefore, that the American people want affirmative leadership. Why not? After all, the United States represents an affirmation of all the good qualities in Western civilization. -LAGRANGE STANDARD
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Court news
Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Wertenberger — Dennis L. Wertenberger and Charlyn A. Wertenberger, r 3 box 169, Warsaw. The couple was married Dec. 30, 1966 and separated July 12,1984. There is one minor child. Burdick — Judy A. Burdick and Joel W. Burdick, 111, r 2 box 320, Leesburg. The couple was married June 5, 1982 and separated July 19, 1984. County Court The following persons have been assessed fines and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: Speeding — Paying $65 fines were: David P. Wilson, Syracuse; Kevin M. Pohl, Syracuse; Lisa J. Hall, Leesburg; David L. Coy, North Webster; Danny J. Manges, Milford; Douglas S. Plummer, Syracuse Paying SSO fines were: Stephen R. White, North Webster; Stacy R. Sylvester, Syracuse; Janie Y. Gonzalez, Milford; Danny J. Manges, Milford; Paying S4O fine was: Jeffrey R. Young, Leesburg Improper tires — Londa L. Tippy Township has .1823 levy The proposed tax levy for Tippecanoe Township for 1985 has been set at .1823 by Trustee Richard Mitchell and members of the advisory board. If the budget is not changed, taxpayers in Tippecanoe Township will pay a .0641 rate in the township fund, .0101 in the township bond fund, .0437 in the fire fighting fund, .0018 in the recreation fund, .0026 in the EMS fund and .0600 in the cumulative fire fund. The levy would raise $48,771 with the budget set at $123,429. The trustee and advisory board will meet on August 21 to hold a public hearing on the budget with final adoption slated for August 28. Proposed tax levy set for Turkey Creek Members of the Turkey Creek advisory board and Trustee L. M. Kuilema have set the following levy for the 1985 budget: Township fund . 016 Fire fighting . 20 Recreation .0018 Cumulative fire . 05 Total .2678 The officers of the township will meet on August 21 to conduct a public hearing on the budget. Final approval by the township will be made at a meeting on August 28. Both meetings are slated for 7.30 p.m. in the Syracuse Town Hall. Silver Lake budget set at $2,510 i Members of the Silver Lake Town Board and Clerk-Treasurer Billie Risner have set the tax rate for that community at $2,510 for 1985. The board will meet at the town hall at 7 p.m. on August 15 to conduct a public hearing and again on August 22 for final adoption. The tax rate proposed in the general fund is $2,126 wifi the tax rate in the motor vehicle highway fund being .384. The total to be raised in the general fund is $27,351 and the total in the MVH fund is $4,944. Proposed rate in Prairie set at .145 The proposed tax levy for 1984 as set by the Prairie Township Advisory Board and Trustee Julia A. Good is .145 with .14 in the township fund and .006 in the recreation fund. The board will meet on August 21 to conduct a public hearing on the proposed budget and again on August 28 to adopt the budget.
Harris, North Webster, S4O False registration — Christopher L. Montgomery, Leesburg, SSO Improper passing — Charles B. Kleinrichert, Syracuse, SSO Disregarding automatic signal — Paying SSO fines were: Georgia M. Cormicanz North Webster ; Landon O. Harmon, Leesburg; Daryl L.Xlans, Syracuse Expired license plates — Paying SSO fines were: Troy R. Stephenson, Milford; Karen E. Ringler, Syracuse; Frank E. Sammon, Jr., Syracuse Disregarding stop sign — Paying SSO fines were: Ken W. Swartz, Syracuse; Tag L. Hunter, Syracuse Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office Os Kosciusko County Clerk Jean Messmore: Stiffler-Haab Timothy S. Stiffler, 22, r 5 box 139-A, Syracuse and Robin R. Haab, 20, r 5 box 139-A, Syracuse Lewis-Hughes William G. Lewis, Jr., 24, r 4 box 78, Syracuse and Jennifer L. Hughes, 47 N. Shore Dr., Syracuse Gronendyke-Dunakin Wayne J. Gronendyke, 24, r 1 box 117, Syracuse and Carrie M. Dunakin, 24, Fort Hood, Texas Shear-Clayton Anthony W. Shear, 24, r 2 Syracuse and Melani K. Clayton, 21, r 3 box 268, Syracuse Fribley-Barker James E. Fribley, 31, P.O. Box 81, North Webster and Debra Sue Barker, 37, r 1 Oakwood Circle, Pierceton Circuit Court The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit, Judge Richard Sand presiding : Complaint Papakeechie Protective Association versus Alden Stuckman and Ned Stuckman. Plaintiff is asking for the issuance of preliminary and permanent injunctions enjoining the defendants from installing mobile homes on the real estate described in the complaint, for all costs of this action and all other relief. Superior Court The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint For Immediate Possession Os Real Estate Robert C. McNary and Sandra L. McNary versus Hollis R. Kaehler, Jr., 88 N. Shore Dr., Syracuse. The plaintiffs are seeking judgment for immediate possession of real estate and to declare the contract with the defendant null and void. The plaintiffs are further seeking damages in the sum of the interest accrued on contract prior to judgment, unpaid sewage charges and utility charges, attorney’s fees and costs of action City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Brenda L. Long, 17, Syracuse, $45; Thomas R. Kauffman, 24, Syracuse, $45 Operating on expired registration — Jesus G. Salazar, 59, Milford, $36 Disorderly conduct/obstructing vehicular traffic — Steve M. Dunithan, 18, Syracuse, S4O Violation of driver’s license restriction — Kris E. West, 16, Milford, $36 (U.S.P.S. 3258-4000) Published by The Mell-Journel every Wednesday and entered es Second Cless matter at the Post Office at Syracuse. lndiana46M7. Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main Street, Syracuse, Indiana M 547 and at additional entry offices. Subscription: *ls per year in Kosciusko County; SIS outside county. POSTMASTERS: Send change of ad dress forms to The Mail-Journal, P.O. Box IM. Milford. Indiana 44542 (of
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I ■ >1 T I t mHßm** I I r AMERICANS IN PARIS THIS DESK is indebted to three able scribes for keeping its chair warm during the past three weeks, while the resident occupant was galavanting around Europe retracing some old steps. We never cease to be amazed at the local talent to be called upon, and which graciously rises to the occasion, when we decide to be off again to some far away place, some well known, others not. And of course we refer to our good journalistic friend Bill Spurgeon, executive editor of The Muncie Star, who is about as well acquainted in the Syracuse and Lake Wawasee area as he is in his native Muncie. Bill has always been a welcome and accommodating fill-in for us, and contributor of things so disparate as the ongoing affairs of the Enchanted Hills Playhouse (one of his favorite topics) and the history of the Big Lake. If we were to choose a historian to pick up the baton of the late Eli Lilly to keep alive the ongoing history of Indiana’s largest and favorite natural lake, of course it would have to be Bill Spurgeon. His account was followed by an equally interesting account of what’s happening at the Playhouse. We prevailed upon Jill Stover of Nappanee, owner/producer of Enchanted Hills. She seems to have succeeded where others had moderate success with this worthy cultural endeavor in our midst. Jill chose one Dr. Jeffrey Koep, artistic director and associate professor at IUSB and chairman of its communication arts department. If you missed his piece, you should retrieve it. It’s worthy of our readers’ attention. None of this fine work is to overshadow a feature last week by Robert Troutman, who recently became president of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce. He wrote of the problems and successes of the chamber, highlighting some of the aims and aspirations of the chamber. Troutman put his shoulder to the wheel when he found a local need to upgrade the Boy Scout cabin in Syracuse and the new, updated scout cabin facility is the result of his work and cajoling others to get aboard on what he felt a worthy local cause. And so, we’re indebted to these three. We hope they’ve benefitted by this exercise; certain we and our readers have. — o - AND WHILE all this was going on at home we two (Della and I) took five other members of our family to Europe where we visited points of interest in France, Belgium, Holland, West Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and crossed the northern-most tip of Italy. We made no attempt to account for our time spent in depth, but suffice it to say we were kept busy with accommodations and luggage for seven and explaining the wonders of the Old World to three sets of young eyes and minds. Besides the two of us, there was in the party our daughter Jane in Indianapolis and her 11-year-old son Jason; daughter-in-law Gloria and her two daughters, Criss, 16, who was with us in China in February, and Jeny, 12. A new language in each country visited, plus new and different customs coming on us like a torrent kept interest at a high peak and almost invariably insured a good night’s sleep. Take France, for instance. This writer had been there during the Big War, and we were back last October when we visited NATO and EEC countries with members of the National Newspaper Association. While it was not all that new, we had not traveled the famous underground Metro for many years, and it can be a daily learning experience. We had to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower and look over the 5,000-year old City of Light. That’s always a thrill. We went atop Napoleon’s Arc de Triomphe from which vantage point we got another exquisite overview — and the day was clear and sunny. We walked the length of the famous Boulevard Champs Elysees where shops glistened with merchandise and people — thousands of them — walked aimlessly past the many sidewalk cases. The boulevard is easily one of the most famous and talked-about promenades in the world. We came to the Place de la Concorde, the wide open expanse where King Louis XVI and his beautiful queen Marie Antoinette were beheaded during the French Revolution, along with literally thousands of others. Just off to the side was the famous Crillon Hotel where this writer was billeted in 1945. It had been the headquarters for General Foch during WW I, and has its place in the history of great and luxurious hotels of the world fixed for time immemorial. We had to go inside and taste again the exquisite appointments. We remember seeing and hearing a Russian lend-lease band in the hotel’s big dining room in younger days. We had lunch in the Tuileries Gardens and watched young couples in their more tender moments, an inspiration to hearts both young and old.
It wasn’t far now from the famous Louvre, the art galleries that house the most famous paintings and sculptures known to man. It requires no end of study to take in the many rooms of art, most of the paintings well known to the art world. No serious artist can pass up the Louvre. When one is reminded that many (most, in fact) of these art treasures were spirited out of the country during the four-years of Germany occupation, one realizes the real testimony to art of the French people. We walked over to Notre Dame (Our Lady), the huge cathedral that ranks with the cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Metz, France, St. Paul’s in London, to mention several, one could see why France is a predominately Catholic country. It’s impressive, to be sure. It was not our first visit there, but a guide on our second visit gave us a detailed account of the figures on the portals of the centuries-old building. We went to the Palace of Versailles, some 20 miles outside Paris, saw the famous Hall of Mirrors and gardens studded with flowers that defy description. Versailles was the home of kings and queens, and the site where the infamous Treaty of Versailles was promulgated after WW I. We also visited the Sacre Coeur, the equally famous sacred heart church, perched high on a hill some 20 to 30 minute Metro ride from our St. Jacques Hotel. The many steps that led to the church were not meant for the weak-hearted. It was a nice morning’s bus ride to Brussels, Belgium, the home of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Economic Community (EEC). While our stay there was brief, it gave us opportunity to see an annual pageant of men and horses in the Gran Place, a six-to eight-acre square ringed with 400to 500-year-old medieval buildings of the Old World. It was fun walking the narrow streets, completely devoid of cars, passing case after case — until we finally ran onto a McDonald’s! American coffee at least! We left Brussels for Amsterdam, but first x visited Brugges, the 15th century city that stands as much as it did 400 years ago. What an opportunity for picture-taking! Most of Holland is reclaimed land, by virtue of the many dykes that hold back the North Sea. One thing they can’t forgive Hitler for, is that he bombed the dykes and allowed the salt sea water to innundate their land, making it useless for growing crops for some 20-years. We found Amsterdam, capital of Holland, with its canals and 1,100 bridges all that we had remembered it to be. No telling how many people live on house boats in Amsterdam, and how the American Environmental Protection Agency would throw up its hands at trying to reclaim the polluted canals. Everyone visiting Amsterdam stops by the famous Rijksmuseum, where Holland-born Rembrandt has most of his paintings. His large “Nightwatch” continues to draw crowds. Several years ago, just days before we saw it, a fellow slashed it with a knife, but it has been miraculously restored. Oh, yes, Amsterdam is the home of the Heineken Brewery. We motored the length, north to south, of West Germany, skirting Cologne due to lack of time ■ where we had hoped to show our family the large cathedral that was spared by Allied bombers during the war while the city was 95 percent destroyed. “Alles kaput,” as the Germans said. Our group did take the traditional ride down the Rhine River, passing riverside towns and mountain castles. We stopped at Heidelberg, where the castle is perched atop a hill overlookingthe ancient city. The Nekar River divides this city which claims one of the oldest universities in the world. Aside from our party of seven, there were only six more on our trip so far. We were next to arrive at Zurich, Switzerland, to begin our seven-day odyssey of the land we claim as the home of our forefathers. We found our limited German useful in Germany and helpful in . Switzerland. ■■ L ' * Certainly, when it comes to landscape, it’s hard to beat central Europe, and Switzerland, with its towering Alps is the center of it all. A nighU at Zurich and we were off to Lucern where we spent an afternoon and night at the Monopol Hotel. • We had a boat ride on Lake Lucern and walked across the covered bridge (doesn't everyone?),; and had fun going through Bucherers, the famous watch store where every conceivable watch and clock were offered to shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. No McDonald’s but we did find a McCheaper’s! It was about the same fare. By now we had made the acquaintance of two members of our party — one Queenie Osinoff, a native of India, but now a Los Angeles travel consultant. The other was Athene Athanasiadis, a Cape Town, South Africa, secondary school teacher. We enjoyed them both; Queenie (that’s her real name) for her demands for top-rate hotel service, and “Tina” for her insight on South Africa and for her support of South African olympian runner, Zola Budd. We should have had Queenie along at the Bern Palace Hotel, for she insisted on hot coffee or tea, prompt and efficient service — and usually got it. She told intimidated waiters she “was no charity case,” and not threatened to “go to the top” if not appropriately attended to. When Athene left us at Zurich, she was off to Athens, Greece, her native land, then to England and Ireland before returning to her South Africa classroom. And Queenie left for an Italian tour, writing us later from Rome with glowing reports of Italian hospitality. We were off to Brienz, the wood-carving capital of the world where cuckoo clocks of all sorts were made, displayed and sold. Jason took particular note of this, inasmuch as he anxiously purchased a cuckoo dock earlier, in Titisee, the . resort town in the German Black Forest. - , We stopped at Interlocked the beautiful little city between two story-book lakes, and not far from there took cable ski chairs up a mountainside at Grindelwald to a point where there was snow. > With two in a chair, it became quiet as we ascended to Mt. First, with the snow-covered Jungfrau mountain off to the side. Someone said, “You could hear a cricket chirp.” The kids had fun throwing snowballs, but in-* asmuch as we were at an altitude of 17,000 feet above sealevel, one’s exertion was very limited. (Continued on page 5)