The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 36, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 September 1984 — Page 4

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Editorials t Handle with care < At almost every turn, in almost every farm field these finds farm equipment ready for the fall harvest which is “Farm work is one of Indiana’s most hazardous. <>c<wations. During the last 10 years, more than 430 farm family members have | been killed in farm work accidents. Many farm famines,_both owners and workers, suffer great personal and ™kp result of farm accidents each y ear , H^ sl . er ?f h , ou^ d . agriculture safer,” said Lt. Gov. John Mutz. ’ dent Ronald Reagan recently in proclaiming September 16 to 22 as Nat This is focusing on the protection and training of rural children. The National as about 1,800 deaths and ciisabling the result of agricultural work-connected accidents. Many of these . i»w jd i. is also a potential danger and needs tobe handled withcare . . ■ Farm accidents can be reduced if those who work on farms and operate the machinery remember to follow the rales. Mute listed the following reminders. They are worth putting into practice and will decrease farm accidents if... Greater educational efforts are taken to increase awareness of hazards to rural youth involved in farm-related activities. Extra or necessary riders are not carried on tractors or other machinery. Personal protective equipment is worn to protect eyes, ears, hands and feet. < , , . . . .. Special attention is given to the hazards of gram bins, especially the danger of Suffocation in flowing grain. Farm and rural families learn and practice first aid. World records The so-called Friendship Games, just concluded in Moscow, produced 18 new world records and 45 new Olympic records. The Russians claim these sporting events were not designed to compete with Qie Olympics at Los Angeles, which they boycotted. It seems evident they were. ’ The fact that more world records were set in Moscow (18 versus 11) and more Olympic records (47 to 45) is a clear indication the absence of Russia and East Germany from Los Angeles opened the way to U.S. medals predominace there. If all communist nations come to Seoul in 1988, there’s little chance American competitors will dominate as they did. this summer. Thus the U.S. team for 1988 should be the product of even greater effort than the 1984 team. Autumn, 1984 Autumn arrives on September 22 this year . And while some think of seasons in calendar months, autumn will last until just before Christmas. Os all the seasons, autumn is the most nostalgic. If spring brings new life and warmth, autumn brings the end of summer’s growth cycle, of hot days, school holidays and vacation freedoms. And it brings first hints of winter’s cold. The fields turn brown, gold or tan. Leaves of trees die — in yellow, red, orange, etc. Hunting begins in most areas, football causes many a heart to beat faster, food tastes better. One has more energy. ■ ? ■ The skies are clearer and a walk outside among falling leaves and northern winds never fails to bring back memories of years gone by. September and October in more northerly states and October and November in more southerly latitudes bring beautiful days for those who love fall. These are also the months to prepare for winter, for Christmas, for the end ok the calendar tax year. When autumn ends, tijpre are only four days ’till Christmas and ten until 1985.

What others say — Sue, sue, sue some more » Some matters are best left outside the legal sphere. . Lawsuits and lawyers cannot resolve all disputes v< especially those within families. But the unfortunate trend in that direction took a big leap forward with the record $2 million settlement of parental neglect shit in California. A 9-year-old boy has won a $2 millicm insurance settlement against his mother and grandparents. When Robert Blai/ was nearly two years old, he burned his lips badly at his grandparents’ house by putting a live electric wire in his mouth. His father, Richard Blair, was getting divorced from the mother at the time and filed the negligence suit on behalf of his son. Eventually the suit was settled with the Insurance Company of North America, based on the grandparents’ homeowners insurance policy. “Cases like this move us a little closer to a standard of strict liability or absolute liability for, parenting,” commented Aidan Gough, a University of Santa Clara law professor “I’m not sure that is a good thing. Anybody who has a 2-year-old knows you can’t keep an eye on him absolutely every minute. The question is do we hold someone to a standard that is reasonable or are we trying to impose perfection?” But Patrick R. McMahon, the attorney representing the father and son, was quite pleased with the settlement, suggesting that •this case just scratches the surface.” McMahon’s philosophy is what desperately needs to be debunked before everyone will need to call a lawyer before daring to diange a diaper. | “Eventually, we’ll see children seeking out attorneys to represent them against their parents for all kinds of wrongs,” he declared. “There is no question that children are victims of negligence of their parents all the time and sustain physical and mental injuries as a result. Maybe this case will point away so that children won’t always have to remain victims.” The winners win not be the children who start suing their parents right and left. The winners wUI be the attorneys who walk (rff with fat fees. , Some lawyers, of course, claim that they are not to blame for the astounding increase in lawsuits. But one knowledgeable lawyer does blame his own prosesSupreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger dedared earlier this year: beThe entire legal profession - layers, judges, law teachers - have become to mesmerized with the stimulation of the courtroom contes* that we tend to forget I thatweoughttobehealersofconflict." lawyers tike McMahon fight to be listening I I —tn I** I NTjI Aiw INIJLW o I I . .... " ■ —• ' 1 *

flf& . ‘I K L \ jfl.L ; V., As farmers go into the fields to harvest this year's crops they should remember to take care and to put safety rules into practice.

Court news

Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner, presiding: Complaint Building Commission of the Town of Milford Junction versus Ronald E. Davidhizer, 203 Middlebury St., Goshen. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for relief pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-9-17 and mandatory injunction against the defendant to comply with the order of the Milford Junction Building Inspector. Complaint For Permanent Injunction Duane Gardiner and Jeanne Gardiner versus Robert H. Smith, Jr., and Winifred Smith, r 1 Syracuse. The complaint alleges that the defendants have located a structure on lot 22 in Mason’s Venetian Isles, less than one foot from plaintiff and defendant’s common boundary, in violation of Kosciusko County Zoning Ordinance 2.10 and 3.9. Plaintiffs pray for a permanent injunction against the defendants requiring them to locate said structure not less than ten feet from the common boundary, and for attorney’s fees and all costs of action. Complaint For Eviction Joe Baker versus Michael E. Heintzelman, r 5 box 481A, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant alleging that a verbal lease entered into by the plaintiff and defendant was terminated April 1. 1984. The plaintiff prays for an order of eviction against the defendant, plus attorney’s fees and all costs of action. Small Claims The following judgments have been made in Kosciusko County Small Claims Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: Empire Gas, Inc. of Warsaw versus Alan Dixon. Defendant ordered to pay $516.11 plus costs. Empire Gas, Inc. of Warsaw versus Paul Stevens. Defendant ordered to pay $267.17 plus costs. Joe Mater & Associates versus Rodney C. Scott. Defendant ordered to pay $426.96 plus costs. Desmond Jackson versus Clara Gorman. Defendant ordered to pay sll9 plus costs. Northeast Lindsay Water Services versus Hollis Kackler, Jr. Defendant ordered to pay $50.25 plus costs. Emory and Iris Davis versus James Glidden, doing business as Glidden Roofing Co. Defendant ordered to pay $550 plus costs. Theodore Melton vefsus William D. Jacobs and Will Barrus. Defendants to surrender possession of mobile home, plus costs of action. Rod Wildman versus Lee and Carol Polston. Defendants ordered to pay sllO plus costs. Kenneth Davidson versus I.M. Dougherty. Defendant ordered to pay $1,245 plus costs. Credithrift of America, Inc. versus Bernice Hannon. Defendant ordered to pay $593.76 plus costs. Etna Green Municipal Utilities versus Randy Grimm. Defendant ordered to pay $203.23 plus costs. Charles Burns, doing business as Beachwood Trusses versus Bill Krachinoki. Defendant ordered to pay $1,643.25 plus costs. E. G. Gridle versus Joe and Bonnie Hurd. Defendants ordered to pay $lO phis costs. Stanley Pequignot, doing business as Rockhill, Pinnick, Bent and Pequignot versus James W. Hester, Jr. Defendant ordered to pay SBOO phis costs. David Patterson, doing

business as Northeast Lindsay Water Service, Inc. versus Glen R. Miller. Defendant ordered to pay $1,199.55 plus costs. Virginia Cain versus Howard McNeal. Defendant ordered to pay $637.81 plus costs. Winfred Kittrell, doing business as Windy’s Marathon versus Dave Owens. Defendant ordered to pay $153.95 plus costs. Larry E. Konkle versus Lisa Higgley. Defendant ordered to pay $101.19 plus costs. Cheryl M. Graber versus Elwyn and Dorothy Brumbaugh. Defendants ordered to pay $64 plus costs. Norma Alberson versus Don Stogsdill. Defendant ordered to pay $407 plus costs. Strayer Insurance Company versus Sherry L. Howard. Defendant ordered to pay $156 plus costs. Strayer Insurance Company versus Galen Lee. Defendant ordered to pay $95.43 plus costs. Strayer Insurance Company versus Steve Payne, doing business as Payne Construction. Defendant ordered to pay $1,213.38 plus costs. Virginia Cain versus Helen Morrison. Defendant ordered to pay $196.20 plus costs. Virginia Cain versus Marjorie Johnson. Defendant ordered to pay $341.26 plus costs. Gladys Moore versus David Bomes. Defendant ordered to pay $265 plus costs. Windy’s Marathon Service versus Sharon K. Tobias. Defendant ordered to pay $209.88 plus costs. Tom and Julia Wilson versus Bill Puckett. Defendant ordered to pay $2,300 plus costs. i • Montgomery Ward versus Frank and Mildred Roof. Defendants ordered to pay $1,968.94 plus costs. Bernice Rater versus Phillip Johnson. Defendant ordered to pay S3OO plus costs. Danny Hawkins versus Carl W. Click. Defendant ordered to pay $308.05 plus costs. Joseph A. Koors, doing business as Koors Amoco versus Linda Owens Stokes and Todd Stokes. Defendants ordered to pay $728.16 plus costs. William Chapel versus Kevin and Mary Whipple. Defendants ordered to pay $406 plus costs. Senff Trailer Court versus Tammy Sexton. Defendant ordered to pay $414.75 plus costs. City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — William J. Scherer, 26, Syracuse, S4O; Danny W. Shoopman, 24, Milford, S4O Violation of driver’s license restriction — Teresa K. Boyer, 18, Syracuse, $36 Public intoxication — Paul F. Fergison, 20, Syracuse, SSO, 10 days in jail, suspended on condition defendant not commit a similar offense for one year, nonreporting probation for three months, make restitution to landlord for damages

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11 ■ ■ Illi I (EDITOR'S NOTE: Anna Goar, president of the National American Legion Auxiliary, presents MailJournal publisher Arch Baumgartner with a handsome award for having "America's Best Local Editorial," at the national Auxiliary convention at Salt Lake City. Utah, on Tuesday. Sept. 4) By ARCH BAUMGARTNER WE WERE rubbing shoulders with the Big Boys early this month, and thought we should use this space this week to tell our readers about it. The American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary held their national conventions — the 64th — concurrently at Salt Lake and “shot the town up" with their big four-mile parade and usual raucous behavior. The old World War II vets aren't quite as raucous as they were in earlier years, however, and 9 and 10 o'clock in the evening found them turning in for a night’s sleep. Salt Lake City, being a dry city in a dry state, might have had a little to do with this, also! What took me to Salt Lake City, however, was not the good times — even though I am a Legionnaire in good standing — but the recognition of one of our Mail-Journal editorials, through the good offices of the National Auxiliary. Let’s go back a little. On January 3rd of this year several Wawasee High School students appeared before the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club with a class sponsor to explain the forming of a local chapter of SADD — Students Against Drunk Driving. It was a sort of follow up on MADD — Mothers Against Drunk Driving. There has since that time been the formation of HADD — Hoosiers Against Drunk Driving. Everyone is getting into the act. 1 thought in this announcement of SADD these young folks had something. I, like a lot of adults, have had about enough of putting the young folks down. All I could see out there were bright, for the most part well groomed, upwardly mobile young boys and girls. And the more I thought the more I thought we should say on our editorial page what was on our mind. I put a piece of paper in the typewriter and began pouring out my thoughts. What resulted from five minutes at the typewriter was a short piece that we chose to title, “Don’t count the young folks out.” And that, we thought, was that. But not so. The editorial caught the eye of Elinore Enyeart, President of Unit 253, American Legion Auxiliary, Syracuse. She clipped the piece sent it along to state Department of Public Relations chairman at Indianapolis. And, would you believe, the editorial won the state Goldeh Press Award. As such, it went into competition for the national Golden Press Award. And it won there! A committee of five spent three days in Washington, D. C., pouring over hundreds of

■ HI W■l lin t JLa . ■At mmi a '■ ... r aJ-i jp' THE ‘GENERAL’ AT SALT LAKE CITY—The “General.” the steam “locomotive” mounted on a 1971 International truck chassis and owned by the Menzie-Reece American Legion Post 258 of Pierceton, is shown here as it entered the parade route of the four-hour parade at the National American Legion Convention at Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday, Sept. 3 (Labor Day). The national Legion convention was held concurrently with the National American Legion Auxiliary Convention. On the “General" were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Danner, Mr. and Mrs. Max Miller and Mary (Plant) Dean of New Braunfels, Texas, a former Sidney resident. In the background is the famous Mormon Temple and on the right is the statue of Mormon patriarch Brigham Young, located on the spot where Young announced “This is the place” and founded his fledgling church there and the city of Salt Lake grew around it. The Russels, Danners and Millers drove the unit, which is well known for its appearance in area parades, to Salt Lake City over a 40-hour period. They slept in the coal tender on makeshift cots and cooked most of their meals along the way. The Legion members drove the General, formerly known as “Flipper,” to the following national conventions: Washington, D.C. 1982, Chicago 1972 and 1982, Indianapolis 1981, Seattle, Wash. 1983. Photo by Arch Baumgartner, publisher of Hie Mail-Journal who was in Salt Lake City to receive an Auxiliary editorial award.

editorials pertaining to the youth of our country. When one considers there are some 1,500 daily newspapers and about 7,500 weekly publications in America, to have one’s own editorials singled out for National recognition gives a person a very special feeling When the presentation was made before several thousand Auxiliary members in the large Salt Palace Assembly Hall, it was my understanding President Reagan would be on the same platform. That was not to be, but I had a little tale to tell, comparing the presidency and its loneliness with that of a community newspaper editor. I was going to tell the president how we journalists sit at our typewriters wondering if anyone actually reads what we write, or are we whistling in the dark? Radio and television people often sweat out this same lonesome syndrome. All one has to do is make a good blooper to find out just how msny are reading or listening! ’ The President did appear, but it was in the late morning joint session of the Legion and Auxiliary. Our program was in the afternoon and there were only Auxiliary members present. Layton K. Hurst, program Coordinator, said he was a former radio announcer, and that once while on the air he was handed a late announcement concerning a big Hollywood production called “Rage In Heave.” He said he tore into the commercial with such cocksure confidence that what came out was “Rape In Heaven.” “That attracted attention all right,” he said. Hurst said in 1957 the American Legion stepped into the breach with a child welfare resolution calling upon its members to use their influence with the media to emphasize stories of juvenile decency over juvenile delinquency. Not enough has been done in this regard, the American Legion suggested. The American Legion Auxiliary answered this challenge by establishing an annual Golden Mike Award for the best local radio and TV programs “in the interest of youth.” Then in 1967, ten years later, it added the Golden Press Award for the best local editorial and the best local feature article in the same interest. The winners in these four categories this year were flown into Salt Lake City for special recognition, feted at the posh Hotel Utah just across Main Street from the well known Mormon Temple and Tabernacle as distinguished guests. Betty (Mrs. Robert) Bohn of Flemington, N.J.. chairman of the select committee making the judgment of editorial excellence, stood at the microphone making the announcement. 1 was first up. She said. “America’s best editorial in the interest of youth this year certainly emphasizes juvenile decency over juvenile delinquency for its headline reads: ‘Don’t counUthe young folks out.' It is short. It is pungent. And it leapt right off the January 4th editorial page of The Mail-Journal... of Milford, Indiana." My comments to the assembly were brief, barely five minutes, during which I told of the local SADD program and of the courageous young folks who thought they should shoulder the responsibility for their peers in what has become a serious juvenile problem. I told of how 25,000 motorists will die in 1984 in alcohol-related accidents, 7,000 of whom will be teenagers. I told the rapt group how Wawasee High students put a wrecked car that had been involved in a drugrelated accident — with a sign warning promgoers not to let this happen to them — in front of the school during senior prom week. I also told of the Contract for Life, to be signed by the student and his or her dad, that the young boy or girl could call home for help whenever he found himself in an untenable circumstance due to alcohol; and that dad would come to his or her rescue, at any hour, no questions asked. "But we’ll talk about it later," the contract reads. The handsome plaque which hangs majestically on a wall of our Milford editorial offices reads: "American Legion Auxiliary Golden Press Award to The Mail-Journal of Milford. Indiana, for Don’t Count The Young Folks Out,’ January 4, (Continued on page 5)