The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 August 1984 — Page 5

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

(Continued from page 4) We spent the night at the fabulous Bellevue Palace Hotel in Bern where we had fine rooms overlooking the winding Rhine River and much of this old ami storied city which is the capital of Switzerland. Our service in their large dining room we would have to rate as poor, although the “locals” eating on a large outdoor veranda seemed to fare far better. We had a two-hour dinner, which we rated good, what there was of it. We were headed for Geneva, French-speak-ing and easily the diplomatic center of the world. New York, with its United Nations headquarters, has not pre-empted Geneva as a world diplomatic center. This city ranks high as the most beautiful .city in the world with its flowers, fountains and much-used Lake Lemon. We stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel where Rolls Royces and Mercedes cars sat on their grounds. En route to Lausanne we were on the look-out for a large building that had a large sign “Baumgartner Papiers, Inc.” We saw it before arid were quickly past it. This time, we were at the - ready, and while our bus sped by, we got two snaps of it. Hope they turn out. We’ll claim these folks as “distant cousins.” Now we were headed for Zermatt, located at the foot of the Matterhorn Mountain, one of the world’s tallest. No cars allowed at Zermatt, and the one fairly-narrow street is lined with shops, mostly geared to the daily flock of tourists. Such We even ran onto two young Americans doing a break dance! Our hotel at Zermatt was the Schweizerhof, where we received some of our best meals and best service from a handsome, solicitous matre de. We took a cog train ride to Zermatt, and later took a cog train ride up to Gornergrat, to a height of about 12,000 feet altitude, where breathing became something of a problem. No racing at that altitude. The Matterhorn could be seen at a distance, frequently obscured by clouds. We rode the train at a 15-degree rise for 45 minutes to reach, this dizzying height. Such an engineering feat, we thought, and the Great Wall of China came to mind. High in the Alps we could see the snow melt and small streamlets trickle together forming larger streams. Finally, there was something of a creek formed, then it grew larger and larger As we descended the Alps the gathering streams grew ever larger until it became evident they were informing the small rivers that eventually made up the mighty Rhine River, one of the largest rivers in the world, which entered the North Sea at Rotterdam, Holland. We left Zermatt, pleased that we had “been to the summit,” going through Italy where we had lunch at the little town of Dongo where the ill-fated Duce of Italy was captured by Italian partisans as he and his mistress tried to escape into

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neutral Switzerland as his country collapsed under the onslaught of General Mark Claris’s Fifth Army. The Duce and his girlfriend were shot, then hung in the square by their feet. -We were headed for Lugano in southern Switzerland. Lugano is Switzerland’s Miami Beach, what with its palm trees. A beautiful city, with profuse use of flower gardens and a double tree-lined promenade along the bay. One night our group took a boat over to an Italian city where they sported a new casino. Again, the sidewalk cases with people mingling about in the warm evening air. The grandchildren delighted in this little excursion. * Jane accidentally ran across an Indianapolis couple with whom she and Mike go to church at the North Meridian Methodist Church. Talk about a small world! We passed the largd and famous Lake Como where the weather was just right for sailing. We wished members of the local yacht club could have seen this sight with hundreds of wind surfers on Lake Como and the many finger lakes we passed during that sunny afternoon. It wasn’t long until we were in Liechtenstein, the little 60-square mile duchy governed by a prince and princess. It’s 26,000 residents live well off revenues gleaned from elaborate stamps they produce and from tourists like ourselves. It was our second trip to Leichtenstein, and we found it absolutely enchanting. We were off to Zurch on the last leg of our trip, where we stayed at the Astor Hotel where we had stayed before. We called a sister of Jacquelin Amburgey, one of our employees at our Goshen office. Ronnie Swartz, whose husband is in the diplomatic corp in Poland but is currently stateside. We had a pleasant visit with Ronne, son Paul, and daughter Jennifer, before we began packing our bags for our trip home. A final indulgence was a ride from the Astor Hotel to the Zurich airport in a Mercedes-Benz seven-passenger limousine, with an immaculately groomed driver who was fluent in five languages, including English. We flew from Zurich to Frankfurt, Germany, then from there O’Hare in eight hours and 40 minutes. One of our cars was in the O’Hare parking lot, the other at the home of a WW II friend in Mt. Prospect, 111. When we reclaimed our baggage and finally headed down 294 for Indiana, the most urgent thoughts of our group concerned sorting out what we had seen and heard. Plus how soon could we get a good night’s sleep!

Bill- B Bmv — STRIPING HUNTINGTON STREET — State Highway Department workmen out of the Goshen office were busy late last week and early this week painting strips on crossings on Huntington Street. <is photo was taken Friday afternoon when they were at work in the uptown area. The men working in Syracuse said they were similarly striping state highway crossings throughout Kosciusko County. A new machine used for striping “burns” the paint on. Vehicles can cross immediately without tracking the new fresh paint.

Leesburg budget to be reviewed

A budget hearing will be held on Monday, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall of Leesburg. Proposed use of general revenue sharing funds will be discussed at this time. The meeting will be held for all interested citizens of the Town of Leesburg. The amount of general Serving our country SHELTON PARSONS Pvt. Shelton O. Parsons Jr., son of Bonnie Himes of r 1 and nephew of Mae Tope of r 1 Leesburg, has completed one station unit training (OSUT) at the US Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. OSUT is a 12-week period which combines basic combat training and advanced individual training. The training included weapons qualifications, squad tactics, patrolling, landmine warfare, filed communications and combat operations. Completion of this course qualifies the soldier as a light-weapons infantryman and as an indirect-fire crewman.

revenue sharing funds to be discussed for fiscal year 1985 is $4,585.44. All interested citizens will have the opportunity to give written and oral comments on the uses of the funds. Senior citizens are encouraged to attend. Handicapped persons wishing to attend, please contact CJerk/Treasurer Rebecca J. Hartman at 453-3286, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. The town board has set a proposed levy of $1,303 with .703 in the general fund and .60 int he motor vehicle highway fund. .2786 levy for Washington Township A .2786 levy has been proposed for 1985 by Washington Township Trustee E. W. Hackbirth and members of his advisory board. the net tax rate proposed in the township fund is .12 with .14 in the fire fighting fund, .016 in the recreation fund and .0026 in the EMS fund. They will conduct a, public hearing on said budget on August 21 and adopt the budget in a meeting on August 28.

Etna Green's rate is set, at $2.77 The tax rate for the town of Etna Green has been set at $2.77, according to a legal notice in this issue. Clerk-treasurer Jayne Gault and members of the town board will meet on August 20 at 5 p.jn. to coriduct a public hearing on the proposed budget. A second meeting will be held on August 27 for adoption of the budget.

f 888 1 K UU . .A ■ A? CUB REPORTER — David Broekers, Eagle Scout, Troop 728, Syracuse, spent a day in The Mail* Journal office Wednesday, July 25, learning exactly how a newspaper is put together. Derria Hill, employee at The MJ, shows David the finer points of preparing a newspaper page for print. David, who will be a sophomore at Wawasee High School, has 80 merit badges out of 119 possible badges. Right now, he’s working on the Printing/Communication, Journalism and Pulp and Paper badges. David would like to someday be a chemical engineer. (Photo by Jo Sturgis)

Wawasee FFA team wins

The Wawasee FFA Tractor Trouble-shooting Team placed first in the 1984 District Tractor Trouble-Shooting Contest held last week. Rader’s Equipment Company of Bremen hosted the event, and served as official judges. Wawasee team members Dave Roberts, Scott Barker and Kevin Clark teamed up for a total of 113 points to outdistance second place John Glenn's 87 points. Warsaw Pact games Soviet-led Warsaw Pact field maneuvers in East Germany are the biggest in five years with about 60,000 troops engaged in mock warfare that will be closely watched by U.S. and NATO intelligence, Pentagon sources say. Farm income drops Net farm income in 1983 dropped to its lowest levej in 12 years instead of holding fairly stable as indicated by earlier forecasts, according to figures published recent by the Agriculture Department. I W I Kib I I I S 8 i i " W S wB Happy Birthday Melinda & Shannon Love, Uncle Larry, Aunt Cathy -

Wed., August 1,1984 - THE MAIL-JOURNAL

At Large... r | [ “A view of the local 11 11 scene in Kosciusko County” I! Papakeechie resident Ben Smith is back in the movie business, it seems. A former Mail-Journal reporter, he once wrote screenplays for Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures. Smith returned to his home state, Indiana, several years ago for a break from what he terms the “fastest track outside of Washington.” The bright lights have called again, however, and Smith is now reteamed with is longtime writing partner David Tyrone, a pro-ducer-actor whom he met in 1970 while both were employed in the mailroom at Universal. According to Smith, they had quite a time back then. “We were hippies, only with jobs,” he explains. The two writers are developing three screen projects, one of which may be filmed in this area,” providing the Indiana Film Commission and other entities are able to offer us a good package,” Smith says. One story is a comedy treatment of the wolfman theme, he notes. “The wolfman movie has always been a viable vehicle and we believe we have a lively, extremely funny concept.” It is the wolfman film which may be shot in the area, with Ligonier and Leesburg high on the list of potential locales. Ligonier is Smith’s hometown. In addition to the werewolf project, Smith says he and Tyrone are involved in the preparation of a project with a “nature run wild”, theme, “The Pruning.” The third project, with the tentative title of “The Pecking Order,” will be produced by Tyrone. Smith will serve as associate producer and Academy Award nominee lan Rakoff is slated to write the screenplay. The story has to do with Nazi-hunting. “The Pecking Order,” in its initial stages, is to be financed by many small investors, Smith says. This somewhat unique practice will be “a controlled experiment, at least in the beginning.” Smith explains their other two projects will likely be financed “the normal way,” with major studio backing and/or financing from banks or corporations which may or may not own film studios. “There are other ways to go also,” he adds. Smith says he’ll be talking with representatives from the Indiana Film Commission in the near future.

Placing third was the FFA team from Warsaw with Bremen finishing fourth. In Tractor Trouble-Shooting, experienced mechanics place intentional malfunctions in the electrical and fuel systems of a tractor. This simulates actual problems that might occur. Team members must identify and correct those malfunctions, adjust points, set the timing and get the tractor operating within the allotted 45-minute time limit. By virtue of their first place finish, the Wawasee team will now advance to the State Tractor

A Letter They Didn't Publish The letter below woe moiled to the Warsaw publication, which they hove not published I do not believe the Moil-Journal should correct the Warsaw publication s misleading impressions free. So I have purchased this ad. July 10. 19R4 Dear Editor. Times-Union: I would like to respond too column printed on July 6.1904. concerning a letter I wrote , Dear CokmvWst. I find H amusing that you should accuse me of attacking Mrs. Jean Northemor and a member of your staff Considering the shrill attacks your paper has launched upon me. I am a novice in comparison when R comes to goring people. Your paper has become a firm practitioner of the school of New Journalism, i.e. believing it is the staff member and the paper's right to decide what an individual meant in his words or des dr. When this interpretation Is faulty. I reserve the right to point out such errors. 1 could have accused your paper of deliberately misleading the public as to the true condition of the county's finances, but since your paper practices self-censorship.r- that is not printing letters presenting another side to the story (My letters would only oppoor because the primary is lang over with.) — It would be pointless. This self-censorship has been a boost to the MNord Mail-Journal - to which county residents have to him If they want both sides of a story. It amused mo further that you should lecture me upon the need for explaining what I meant. In the series of stories concerning the county budget your paper went well out of its way to portray me as the bad guy. Never once was I approached by your staff to loam what I thought. Your paper was not interested in what I had to say. but In what others had to soy about me. Your paper foiled to demonstrate loir ploy, one of the Mnch-marks of journalism. My point is not to be vitriolic, nor to leach you the intricacies at county financing, but Io reiterate my warning concerning the county budget. The county will not be in financial difficulty as long as it does not spend more than It takes in. I am not inferring that present of-fice-holders pad their budgets, but a dangerous trend was started in 19RI with money being taken from excessive funds to meet budgets. The continuance of this trend can result in financial hardship. During the Northemor years the County Council passed along responsibility for watching the money coming in and going out to the auditor. TNs was a mistake - the Council should have maintained a tighter rein upon the county’s finances. The responsibility for this mistake must be shared among a number of people including myself. With the 1984 budget the Council once again has assumed responsibility for the county's finances. I am not amused by your inference that I do not consider my county duties of prime importance. This undercuts my attempt to warn the public of potential problems by portraying me as ■omtont who find* county busino** distracting to my other acthritie*. This influence was also a cheapshot. The people of this county deserve more than someone who shows up once a month far meetings and lor two days in September for budget hearings. I have made every effort to see that the people get more than their money s worth. I have averaged o minimum of ten hours per weeh for the last ten years working on county business. For the past ten years I have tMien time during the month of August to attempt to tok personally with cash office-holder about his or her budget in preparation for the September hearings. For the last two years I have eeponded my duties to inchide a monthly review of expenditures. I feel I have spent mare time on county business than any of my counterparts on the Council, bi fact. I am the only member of the Council to have formal training in the area of county financing. While this letter has been of a critical nature, which I find necessary but dWastohd. I wUI commend you upon recognising that the county has a surplus rather than using operating funds. Please explain ihis difference to your staff Sincerely yours. Ronald C. Sharp P .S. What io a tax flow ADV.

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