The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 September 1984 — Page 1

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TURKEY CREEK TOWNSHIP FIRE STATION NO. II — The new Turkey Creek Township Fire Station No. 11. located on the east side of Lake Wawasee, is fast taking shape, thanks to a lot of fund-raising and volunteer help. On Saturday morning Don McCulloch and his son Danny moved their big crane on the job site to lift the room beams into place, as volunteer workers moved in to put them into place. Total cost of the two-bay fire station will cost about 115,000, workmen said, and about 312,000 has already been raised by doifa-

Six entered in school board race

All but one of the announced candidates for the fall Lakeland School Board election have officially filed with the Kosciusko County Clerk. The remaining candidate. Paul Reith, r 6 Warsaw (District I), has announced that he plans to file today, Wednesday, Sept. 5. The deadline for filing is noon on Friday. Sept. 7. Overall, six candidates have entered the race for the two positions created by the expiring terms of Board President Bill Little (District III) and board

y AMU SI KjV O&wllpK ■ ■ . - Jw__ i V STATE CHAMPIONS—The Chore-Time fast-pitch softball team captured the championship of the Indiana Class “C” tournament on Monday. Sept. 3, at Terre Haute. Pictured above with the trophies from the tournament are Chore-Time General Manager Brad Donahoe, softball team manager Darrell Orn and softball team assistant manager G ary Thorns bury. Chore-Time won the championship game over Kokomo by the score of 64. John Repiogle hit a home run in the game and Al Wells, a player who was added to the roster from Maple City Bowl, was the winning pitcher. Other Chore-Time wins were over Mishawaka (04). Anderson (7-3), Fort Wayne Farm Bureau (84), Terre Haute Coca-Cola (74) and Mishawaka Diehart Litho (4-3). The team’s only loss was a 5-3 decision to Kokomo. Members of the Chore-Time team included Jay Auer. Grant Geiger. Dave Meade, Jay Kaiser. John Repiogle. Gary Thorasbury. Tony McDowell, John Haugh. Jerry Rohyans, Darrell Om. Randy Angle and Mike Schnell. By virtue of their win. the team receives an autematir berth in the IMS “B" state finals. (Photo by Tom Charles)

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member Phil Payne (District I). Little has filed and will seek reelection. Payne will not run for another term. Other candidates who have filed are Stuart A, Walker, 119 W.E. Long Dr., Syracuse (District II); Carol R. Swartzendruber, r 4 Syracuse (District II); JeanneG. Thomas, r 2 North* Webster (District I), and George D. Lung, , r 1 Pierceton (District I). Board members whose terms do not expire this fall are Dave Carey (District I), Henry Smith (District II) and Marguerite

tkms. Turkey Creek Township has donated a 22-year-old International fire track, and will provide equipment forjhe truck and the nine-man volunteer department, plus insurance for the men, one two-way radio and one-way radios for the men. Enchanted Hills provided the land. All training for the new fire station will be by Syracuse Fire Department members. Working on Saturday besides McCulloch and his son were Larry Singleton, Ron Sims, Russ Richardson, Glen Swihart, Paul Nord, Jim Bardsley and Earl Kring.

Hoerr, (District III). Former Wawasee High School teachen and coach David Baumgartner has announced that he will M>t seek election as he previcusly announced. .Baumga tner, now a teacher at Warsaw I Middle School, cited “persona) reasons” as the motive for withdrawing his name. Under bakeland School Corporation regulations, all three districts must be represented on the school board and no more than two people from any district may serve on the board at the

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same time. Due to the fact that all three districts are represented by continuing board members, the top two vote getters — as long as they are not from the same district — will win the election. Retail Merchants , to meet Sept. J L , The Retail Merchants Division of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 8 a.m. at the State Bank of Syracuse. According to Merchants Division President Jim Evans, topics to be discussed include the recent sidewalk sales as well as next year’s sales and plans for the upcoming Moonlight Madness sale in conjunction with Halloween. All members of the Retail Merchants Division are encouraged to attend.

M9fora alley to become one-way when railroad lights are installed

z? Officials from the state of Indiana, Milford’s Town Board and Conrail Railway Company met Friday, Aug. 31, to discuss the completion of the new lights at the Catherine Street railroad crossing. The 10 a.m. meeting, which was held at the Catherine Street crossing, answered several questions in the minds of those present. The first question answered was the placing of the flashing unit. Conrail officials, along with state officials, agreed that the unit should be placed around 10 feet away from the tracks. Because of that, the unit will be in the middle of the alley which is used regularly by many Milford merchants. The second phase of business centered on the use of the alley,

Mrs. Mikel improving — County Lt. Rich MHcel and wife injured in car-bike accident

Dixie Mikel, wife of jKosciusko County SherifFs Department Lt. Rich Mikel, remains in Fort Wayne’s Parkview Hospital after a car-motorcycle accident Thursday, Aug. 30, on US 30. Her once critical condition status has improved, and she is now is listed in good condition, according to a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department official. Mrs Mflcel, 48, of Nappanee, in mt? voiiioiun wihuii mzvm i <?u ®l

Teachers to receive 6.5% pay hikes in 1984 and 1985

By TOM CHARLES Staff Writer ■ f . / •'“ Lakeland Community School Corporation teachers will receive a 6.5 percent pay increase in 1964 and 1985 according to the terms of a new two-year contract with the school corporation. Details <rf the contract were • made public by Assistant Superintendent George Gilbert at a special Lakeland Community School Board <rf Trustees meeting Aug. 30. The contract, which was unanimously approved by board members, was ratified by Lakeland Community Educators Association members on Friday, Aug. 24. This is the first time in at least four years that teachers have started school with a ratified contract. > The salary increases will raise the base salary to $14,253 this year and $15,179 in 1985-86. Teachers at the top of the pay scale will earn $26,791 in 1984-85 -and $28,532 the following year. In addition to the wage hikes, the contract includes increases in insurance benefits, retirement severance pay, the number of sick leave days and reimbursement for seacher attendance at workshops and seminars. Other changes in the contract *d£lude minor modtficaticms in , the extra duty pay schedule as well ks the addition of reduction in force and workman’s compensation policies. The reduction in force policy contains the guidelines for determining the order of teacher layoffs if they become neccessary. “You never get everything you want,” said LCEA President Phil Metcalf, “but considering the times we’re in, I think this was a fairly good contract.” Metcalf and LCEA member Dave Matz represented teachers in the contract talks. Gilbert and

which is just behind the merchant’s buildings, west of the trades. It was stated that Milford and Conrail officials must reach an agreement on a lease for the use of the alley. After both sides come to terms, a guardrail must be constructed to cover the entire alley way. It was decided the alley could be made one way with only southbound traffic. Another question that was answered was h6w people would enter the alley from Catherine Street. Since the flashing unit win be placed in the middle of the alley, the alley’s entrance wiH be blocked. Because of this, Dennis Sharp told the town that it can reconstruct the Sharp Hardware parking lot entrance so that the alky wiH be more accessible from Catherine Street. Conrail win continue its work at the Catherine Street crossing.

the intersection of US 30 and CR SOON. She was the passenger on the motorcycle driven by her husband According to police reports, the Mikels were westbound on US 30 when a vehicle driven by Jodi Keough, 18, Warsaw, pulled into the path of the motorcycle from at 200N. Mrs. Mikel, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the aertdent, was hit by the car. tier nusoana was inrown over tne

Superintendent Don Arnold negotiated for the corporation. This was a new procedure for the talks, and both Gilbert and Metcalf were pleased with the results. “Previously, we had five or six people on the teacher’s side of the table and three or four bn our side, not to mention the people behind the table,” Gilbert said. “This arrangement made things much easier.” “We had a good exchange of dialouge,” added Metcalf. “It was very beneficial to both sides. We were able to get down to business quickly. I would like to see it continue.” Budget Approved In other business, the board gave its final approval to the $4,179,800 budget for the 1985 budget year. The budget is based on a tax rate of $4.07 per SIOO of assessed valuation. No remonstrators were present at the meeting. The board also accepted the Correction It was incorrectly stated in last week’s Milford Town Board article that a 50 percent water increase will take place beginning September 1. Rather, a 50 percent sewage increase, based on an individual’s water usage, will take effect the first day of September.;

and according to BUI Knowles, Milford Street and Water Superintendent, it should be completed soon. Once the lights have been installed, no person may use the alley until the other requirements have been completed. Winter Carnival meeting slated far Monday An organizational meeting far the 1985 Syracuse-Wawasee Winter Carnival has been scheduled for Monday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Syracuse Scout Catan. The Carnival is scheduled for January 26 and 27, 1985. All interested persons are urged to attend this meeting.

car, eliminating more severe injuries. Mikel, 50, was admitted and later released from Kosciusko Community Hospital with severe ahrasitow and lacerations and a broken arm. His wife was also G treated at KCH before being later transferred to the Fort Wayne Hospital The Warsaw teenager was cited for failure to yield. S»e suffered a minor nose iniurv and as ircab©G ac inc scene»

resignation of Wawasee High School speech teacher Alan Zerkel. Zerkel, who had been with the corporation for approximately 12 years, resigned to become the assistant principal at Fairfield High School. Board members then approved the hiring of Charlotte Erp to fill Zerkel’s position at Wawasee. She is a 1984 graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in speech communication. She will coach the speech team and help with drama productions in addition to her teaching responsibilities. Attendance figures for the first day of school were presented to the board by Superintendent Don Arnold. Although no official count is taken until September 16, indications are that this year’s enrollment will be slightly higher than 1983-84.

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Overall, 3,098 students were in attendance on the first day of school. That figure is 85 students above the official count of 3,013 in 1983-84. Syracuse Elementary has 42 students more than last year, the largest jump of any corporation school. “We are tight, full, loaded at Syracuse,” Arnold said. “We are alright as far as physical space is concerned, but some of the classes have as many as 27 or 29 students.” - Arnold also noted that additional aides and been hired at the school to help with the increased enrollment. The largest drop in enrolhnent is at Milford Junior High. There are 23 tewer students in that school now than a year ago. Arnold cited the departure of last year’s large eighthgrade class as the reason for the decline.