The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 31, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 August 1984 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., August 15,1984

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Editorials

MADD, SADD and now HADD! First there was MADD — Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Then there was SADD - Students Against Driving Drunk. Now there is HADD — Hoosiers Against Drunk Driving. HADD will be convening in downtown Indianapolis August 31 and September 1 for a conference held by The Governor’s Task Force To Reduce Drunk Driving. Governor Bob Orr and Senator Dan Quayle are joining the efforts of their two successul groups — the task force and the Voluntary Opportunities in Leadership program “HADD will launch a model statewide thrust for high school students and adults who wish to prevent drunk driving,” said Orr, “and we believe it will be the first effort of this kind held in the nation.” ~ , _ ... The conference is designed to provide a forum for groups with similar goals to gather information and formulate strategies with which to fight the drunk driving problem says Stephen Goldsmith, chairmani ofithe task force. The conference is primarily for Indiana high school students, but will also include substance abuse teachers high school sponsors, representatives from MADD chapters and Chemical People task forces, and other interested individuals. . “The involvement of our high school students is critical if we wish to reverse the drunk driving statistics,” said Quayle. Drunk driving accidents are the number one cause of death for 15-24 year olds, and that same age group is involved in 50 percent of drunk driving collisions. Included in the workshops will be one on how to start a SADD chapter. We are more than happy to report that Wawasee High School has a jump on many schools in the area with an active SADD chapter at the school. All in all, it is hoped that MADD, SADD and HADD can get people to think before they drink and drive. It is hoped that the time and energy being put into these programs will pay off in the number of lives that are saved. The figures are staggering. On Friday and Saturday nights, one out of every 10 drivers on the road is drunk. Drunk driving is the number-one highway-safety problem in Indiana and across the nation. More than 25,000 Americans died last year in alcohol-related traffic accidents. Drowning season Each year thousands drown because sensible precautions are not followed by victims. The following safety rules are worth consideration: 1 Don’t swim alone. 2 Use supervised pools. 3 Stay ashore in heavy weather. 4 Keep children out of boats without life-preservers or good swimmers. 5 Teach children to swim early. 6 Wait an hour after eating, before swimming. 7 Use excessive caution when fishing from a boat after dark. 8 Always carry extra life-preservers in boats. 9 If you are deathly afraid of water, stay away from it. One other suggestion is to try one of several floating techniques when next in the water. Many people can float indefinitely with little effort if they hold their heads back so that only the nose is above water. The beauty about youth is its faith and confidence ... the two worthwhile possessions of the human race. A person who sticks to their principles is stubborn; the person who doesn’t is a hypocrite. What’s your answer?

What others say — Loss of a reputation In an article written last week by William Raspberry of the Washington Post Writers Group, he discusses the recent resignation of Venessa Williams, Miss America the past ten months, and what it means to a person’s reputation. His comments are the most important we have read since the beauty queen stepped down. His column that day began with these words: Reputation, reputation, reputation! O! I have lost my reputation. I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. — Cassio in Othello Comments from Raspberry’s article read: “Until last week Venessa Williams, beautiful, charming, poised and intelligent, was only a role model for our daughters. Today the first black Miss America is an unforgettable lesson in life for our daughters and sons. x “Her sudden, tragic disrepute underscores what we parents have been trying, not always successfully, to say to our children: That reputations, being easy to lose and, once lost, all but impossible to regain, must be guarded as jealously as life itself. “It matters not a whit that Williams meant no harm when posed for the photographs whose publication in Penthouse magazine would lead to her downfall. It doesn’t matter whether she thought what she was doing was not wrong, or if she only expected never to be found out. The gain was too small, the potential for loss too great to undertake the risk. She knows that now and so, if they are paying attention, do our children. . . the lesson isn’t clear as it might be, because too many of us adults refuse to make it clear. We suggest, as many have, that the Miss America standards are unrealistic . . . that Williams is a victim of unreality. (Shouldn’t we make sure that our children understand that to buy into the game is to buy into the rules, however unrealistic?) . . nudity really isn’t that big a deal. I might have been tempted to make that argument myself, but then I saw the Penthouse photos. I can tell you that nudity is the least of the problems. The thing is indefensible, and we ought to stop confusing our children by suggesting otherwise. “... the key lesson for our children, most particularly those ambitious ones who hope some day to “amount to something,” is that the time to start protecting their reputation is before they ever have one. It’s something for our children to think about when they are tempted to shoplift, engage in premature sex, take illegal drugs or any number of other “harmless” things. “Their reputation is “the immortal part” of them, at once the most precious and the most fragile. Vanessa Williams, who inspired some of our children with her unprecedented success, may in fact have helped more of them with her headlong plunge. But only if we help them to understand her tragic lesson. Now that you have read Raspberry’s comments, we suggest that you read them once more. Then, not until then, for a third time read the last sentence before this paragraph do what it says. - CARROLL COUNTY COMET

Sobering Advice n cansayeU a life M The Governors Task Force to Reduce Drunk Driving

Court news

Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jean Mess more: Wilson-Keim Timothy L. Wilson, 30, r 2 box 535, North Webster and Rosalie C. Keim, 22, P. O. Box 355, North Webster Moody-Joyce Jack S. Moody, 25, r 6 box 135 Warsaw and Laura J. Joyce, 21, r 5 box 324 Syracuse Galloway-Upson Scott L. Galloway, 19, r 1 box 580 North Webster and Ronda L. Upson, 19, r 2 box 190 North Webster Mock-Pischke Timothy R. Mock, 29, r 1 Pierceton and Lorri M. Pischke, 22, r 2 box 78C Syracuse Marriage dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Circuit and Superior Courts: Secrest - Joseph R. Secrest, r 2 box 119, North Webster and Debra K. Secrest, Cromwell. The couple was married on August 28, 1978, and separated June 21,1981. There is one minor child. Cooper — Jackie S. Cooper, Lake Shore Mobile Home Court, Winona Lake and Samuel W. Cooper, P.O. Box 99, Leesburg, The couple was married on June 27,1969, and separated May 1984. City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Steven W. Street, 19, Syracuse, $45 Possession of marijuana — Johnson E. Richardson, 18, Milford, S4O, five days in jail, suspended on condition defendant not commit a similar offense for one year, attend AEP classes, three months probation Illegal consumption of alcohol — Raymond Pena, 18, Milford, S4O, five days in jail, suspended on condition defendant not commit a similar offense for one year, attend AEP classes, three months probation Operating motorcycle after

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daylight hours on a motorcycle permit — Daryl L. Gans, 22, Syracuse, $36 Small claims The following judgments have been made in Kosciusko County Small Claims Court, Judge James Jarette presiding: Collection Bureau of Warsaw vs John L. and Colleen A. Byrer. Defendants ordered to pay S7OO plus costs. E. G. Tridle vs Mike and Nimia Osterman. Defendants ordered to pay $947.75 plus costs. Norma Alberson vs Elizabeth' Herman Roush. Defendant ordered to pay $22 plus costs. Carl Bibler, doing business as Carl Bibler Enterprises, vs Sterling Hall. Defendant ordered to pay $79.05 plus costs. Roxanne Wildman vs Carol L. Polston and Lee Polston. Defendants ordered to pay $615 plus costs. Circuit Court The following complaint has been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sands presiding: Reciprocal Support Esther M. Nedd vs Hubert A. Nedd, Greenhaus Apartments, r 4, Syracuse, for support County Court The following persons have been assessed fines and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County court, Judge James Jarette presiding: Speeding — Paying $65 fines were: Brian L. Gerard, Leesburg; Joan A. Elward, Leesburg; Kenneth S. Hamman, North Webster Expired license plates — Paying SSO fines were: Ronald L. Strieby, Syracuse; Samuel D. William, Leesburg; Kevin D. Lark, North Webster; Roger Northrup, Leesburg Failure to yield — Dorothy J. Collar, Syracuse, SSO Operating an off road vehicle on a public highway — Jason M. Kramer, Leesburg, SSO Disregarding stop sign — Pamela A. Kerns, Milford, SSO (Continued on page 5)

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"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

VIEWING TERRA-COTTA FIGURES AT XIAN, CHINA

C.E. AND MARILYN CURTIS AT THE GREAT WALL, OUTSIDE PEKING, CHINA

WHEN THIS column asked Marilyn and C. E. (“Curt”) Curtis to furnish us with a comment on their trip to Hong Kong and China, we found willing participants. Last week we were pleased to publish Marilyn’s article on fabled Hong Kong, and now we have her second piece, the one on China. Marilyn is guidance counselor at Wawasee High School. Her article appears here, in full as submitted. It is of particular interest, in that more and more people are becoming interested in China following a long dry spell when our two great countries stood apart in their political ideologies. Not surprising, both have found something they have to offer to the other. Marilyn’s article follows: “What will I remember as the top item on my recent trip to China? Climbing the Great Wall would win top billing with the Terra-Cotta figures at Xian coming in second. “Xian (Sian) is located in the center of the Guanzhong Plain. It is the capital of Chanxi Province. It did serve as capital of China during 10 dynasties. Xian was the starting point of the world famous “Silk Road.” Xian has 5.1 million people and 1 million bikes. The bus drivers go down a road and just plow through a mass of bike riders. We would look back and see riders lying in the roadside as they tried to miss getting bit. Perhaps this is away to reduce their population. Our local tour guide (we had there with us at all timesj in Xian was the most enjoyable one we had in China despite the group giving him a bad time about our hotel. The hotel (I use the word loosely), we were told would be nice. We were to stay in the addition built in 1983. How they can build something and have it look 50 years old must take real planning. It was neither nice nor clean. A rather large bug killed the first night still remained on the floor during our stay. We left it there to see if anyone ever cleaned. Everything in the “new” building was old. Furniture looked like the leftovers of a garage sale; carpet was very used and cut in strips. Needless to say, we were not issued keys, but everything was safe. This hotel was on a lovely estate of a warlord — gardens in need of weeding and repair but still very beautiful. “Back to the Terra-Cotta figures. In 1974, a farmer digging a well found the first of the figures. Excavation found a 3.5 acre pit of more than 6,000 lifelike terra-cotta warriors and horses for pulling chariots deployed in battle formation. These pottery figures from the Quin dynasty not only reproduce a view of the then Qin State leading “an army one million strong, with one thousand chariots and ten thousand horses,” fighting in the battlefield to unify China, but they also display the remarkable achievements of the sculpture over two thousand years ago. The bronze weapons unearthed here remain sharp and shiny with metallic luster despite two thousand years of burial in earth. In 1979, a Museum was built over the excavation site and tourists may walk around the entire area. Nd photographs are permitted in the area but they do have figures on display in another building that you may photograph. It is an archeologist's dream come true. Well modelled, they look very much like real persons. From their expressions, gestures, and dresses, it seems they belong to different age groups and have different experiences. It was really amazing to see these figures which have been buried in the subterranean vault for over 2000 years. "The following are just a few of my China notes that I marked for special worth and entertainment:

• Thrilled with the gift of a lovely fan as we boarded a China plane only to learn that it was the “air conditioning.” • Noticed the wonderful care and love the children receive. They are held almost all the time and they seldom cry. They are so proud of their children. Many of my best photos are of the little ones. • Wawasee students would not like the way grades were posted — on a large outdoor bulletin board for all to see. • Drab clothing for adults — grey pants and white tops (would not have to waste time each morning deciding what to wear.) Children do wear some colors. Special note on children’s pants, the inseam is not sewed — certainly makes it easier going to the bathroom. • Women in the group rated the toilets on a 10 point scale. We never saw one over 3.5 and most were a 1. • In Xian, a couple must own a bike and a sewing machine before marriage is allowed. • In Shanghai, it was difficult to leave the bus area as students wanted to talk to practice their English. • In Shanghai, we heard a rumor that there was “cold” ice cream in the bar. We had some difficulty explaining what we wanted — most people do not “eat” in a bar. • Women retire at 55; men work until 60. “Returning from China where the “Government” tells who may be educated, who may marry, who may live where, etc., I think it is interesting to note the findings of an article Dr. Hull gave me to read. The pamphlet is called “The Mood of America Youth* and it is based on a 1983 survey of American youth published by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The students were asked to report their level of agreement with the statement, “There should be a guaranteed annual income to insure every US citizen a decent and adequate standard of living.” The students do report strong support not only for- - guaranteed annual income, but also for a national health plan and subsidized housing. More than 70 percent of the students expressed agree- . ment with the idea of providing a guaranteed annual income for all citizens. A total of 84 percent of the students subscribed to the statement: “Adequate health care for all should be provided through a national plan.” Additionally. 64 percent of the students registered their support for their government providing “safe, decent, and sanitary housing for all Americans, whatever the costs.” These students should consider traveling to the Peoples’ Republic.” ALMOST LOST in the rash of the last week’s news — what with Sidewalk Days planned at Syracuse and North Webster, plus the usual stream of local news this time of year — is the fact that Rotary District Governor of District 654 made his annual visitation meeting at the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club, at its regular Tuesday luncheon meeting. Governor Rufus B. King of North Manchester spoke to local Rotarians on “To Discover a New World of Service.” These annual visitation meetings are Mg stuff to service dubs. THE AX fell on the necks of about 15 people at the executive offices of the Commodore Corporation in Syracuse during the interim administration, it was learned this week. Much information concerning the shift of top personnel, including dismissal and rehiring of its top executive officer Ray J. Gans, has been shrouded in a cloak of misinformation, or, better yet, simply a lack of public information. The fast-growing national company which rated mention in the Fortune 586 list some time (Continued on page 5) c