The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 36, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 September 1984 — Page 5
"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"
(Continued from page 4) 1984 — America's Best Local Editorial in the Interest of Youth, 1983-1984.” Naturally, we’re mighty proud of it. And we plan to let our readers — and others — know we now have an award-winning newspaper. Other winners include Susan Barbosa, staff writer for the Lakeland, Fla., Ledger, a New York Times publication for her series on “Child Abuse: The Search For Answers,” which features ran December 11. to 15, 1983. Susan and I were recipients of the Golden Press Awards. Golden Mike Awards went to a handsome young couple, Hal and Joni Brice, of Heil-Brice PM Magazine, KTVK, Phoenix, Aril., for America’s Best Local Television in the Interest of Youth. And for radio the Golden Mike Award went to Fay Mitchell Henderson, a pretty young black reporter, who produced “Who’s Looking After Baby,” Parts I and 11, a storehouse of information on daycare options and possibilities for two-career or single parent families, produced by WI’MC Radio, Chapel Hill, N.C., for America's Best Local Radio Programs in the Interest of Youth. All award-winning entries were aired or printed between April 1. 1983 and .April 1. 1984. The trophies were presented by the National President of the American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Thomas Gear of Hampton, Va. There followed what seemed an inordinate amount of photo-taking of the winners. With one million members in 12,000 local units, the American Legion Auxiliary is the largest of the nation's women s patriotic organizations dedicated to programs of service to the community, state and nation
School board candidates speak out. . .
LAST WEEK statements written by three of the six Lakeland School Board candidates ap peared in the columns of this newspaper This week we feature statements by the otheir three candidates Two of the six will be elected to serve the' school board when voters go to the polls on November 6. The terms of Billy G. Little of Milford and Philip Pay ne of North Webster are expiring. Little is seeking re-election. Payne is not. Since each of the three districts in the corporation must have one representative and no district may have more than two and each district has one member on the board whose term is not expiring, any of the candidates may be elected. However, only one candidate from each district may be elected Candidates from District I. Tippecanoe Township, are George D. Lung. Paul Reith and Jeanne G. Thomas. Candidates from District 11, Turkey Creek Township, are Carol R. Swartzendruber and Stuart W alker. Incumbent Billy G. Little is the lone candidate from District HI. Van Buren and the east half of Jefferson Townships. BILLY G. LITTLE. Milford, is currently serving as president of the schoool board. His statement follows:
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Winning the Golden Press Award for our editorial impressed us mightily, but there were other thrilte.to last a lifetime. Hearing the president at close range was one, to be sure, and to see how well he is guarded. Everyone in the audience of some 8,- to 9,000 Legionnaires and Auxiliary members had to go through an airport-like metal detector, and all were asked to remain in their seats for 25 minutes following his talk. Security was tight. The previous night, at a large banquet of the twin organizations, commedian Bob Hope was presented with a 1984 Humanitarian Award “For The Memories” in Symphony Hall of the Salt Palace Center. Hope accepted graciously, then cracked jokes for 45 minutes. He said, yes, he had entertained overseas troops for years, as stated, and he would take Brook Shields, Jill St. John and other Hollywood beauties on another such trip to troop outposts “for his country!” Years before live audiences have taught Hope how to wring the most out of a joke. ■X We noticed a Naval uniformed young girl talking to Hope briefly, and were told she was the young Philadelphia girl who was the top student in the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, at its last graduating class. She is stationed in Spain, and was flown to Salt Lake City for a special award as an outstanding young woman. Her name escapes me. The four-hour parade down. Salt Lake City’s Main Street from the monument to Brigham Young, stepped off on time in the hot afternoon sun on Labor Day, featuring traditional Legion and Auxiliary Units plus others in individual form'and conveyances The city’s broad streets are marked off from this monument of founder Brigham Young at the corner of Main and Temple Streets where Young
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Our nation and locality have been made painfully aware* thru the tremendous publicity given the U. S. Department of Education's Commission Report “A Nation At Risk,” that we, as a society, face the difficult task of re-emphasizing our collective roles in education. To a large degree the
concluded his march westward on July 24, 1847, and made his famous statement, “This is the place,” to his tired followers. Among the parade entries was the “General,” the steam engine of Pierceton’s Menzie-Reece Post 258, in which were Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Danner, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Max Miller, all of Pierceton, and Mary (Plant) Dean of New Braunfels, Texas, formerly of Sidney. The three aforementioned couples dedicated to the American Legion and its causes, drove the “General”, formerly known as the “Flipper”, all the way to Salt Lake City, sleeping in its coal tender at night and cooking most of their meals along the way. Fashioned on a 1971 International truck, they spent 40 hours on the road from Pierceton to Salt Lake City. On the side of the General’s boiler was painted: Washington, D. C. 1982; Chicago 1972 & 1982; Indianapolis 1961; and Seattle, Wash. 1983. The General really gets around. It created quite a stir in the Salt Lake City parade, as its smoke stack belched out steam at the tug of the throttle. A morning side trip on the 4th took us across the street to the six-spired Mormon Temple and Tabernacle. The public is not admitted to the Temple whose highest pinnacle reaches 210 feet, but small tours go through the Tabernacle and hear “the Mormon story,” well told through a guide and films. The Tabernacle’s perfect acoustics is demonstrated as an individual speaks from the lecturn to us, some 170 feet away. And three straight pins are dropped on a small wooden table, with its sounds audible at our distant seats. The domed Tabernacle was built in 1830 entirely without the use of nails and houses the
-emphasis was on what was wrong, rather than what was right, and yet, I feel that much is right and positive with our local educational picture. Os course, our need is for a citizenry of peoples who can read, write and function with a high degree of literacy. The debate will continue as to how well, or if at all, our schools are dealing with the multitude of external influences on student achievement — television, latch key and single parent affect or ex' tra curriculum activities. To channel the enthusiasm of a youthful generation is the task of all of us connected with the Lakeland CommunitySchool Corporation. Our task is to encourage, and hear, the appeals of our students, our innovative teachers and administration. We are to encourage those students, and staff — teachers and administrators alike — to seek fulfillment thru classroom excellence and skills application. We must support|the continued striving of our staff to upgrade thfemselves. Our local patrons have exhibited a commendatory interest in our school system thru volunteer programs, committee participation and booster groups. This must be continu|ed and enlarged- It is this awareness by parents, and non parents alike, that is needed to show by example that education is a life long pursuit and is not destined to end with the completion of our formal school experience. € Our corporation must be receptive to the needs and input of our community and to involve them., as has been the case, in policy making within the scope of sound management practices and confines of applicable state statues. To be blind to those needs condemns us to failure to maintain and increase our excellence both in performance and accomplishments. We must support, and expand, programs at both ends of the talent and achievement scale — both as to our gifted and talented and those in need of remedial offerings. Our attention to time on task must be with resolve, with emphasis on writing instruction and improvement of basic reading skills. We must be aware of the need to improve, and to program that
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STUART WALKER
STUART WALKER is a resident of Syracuse and had the following to say: Everyone who lives in the Lakeland Community benefits from its educational system, either in the goods produced or the services rendered by those who have been educated in the schools. We have been fortunate to have an excellent school system to serve our continuity. There are many dedicated teachers and administrators, and volunteers both in the classroom and those citizens who serve on the advisory committees to vocational or curriculum departments, and the past and present board members. There are many major decisions our school board will be facing in the near future, as the new federal mandates regarding education are being forced into the local decision-making processes. The potential tax burden to implement these mandates would be felt by all taxpayers. Those elected to the board will represent a district, but will serve all taxpayers in the school district. They will have the dual responsibility to fairly represent the local taxpayers as well as implement these state, federal and local policies. Our system has a great variety of educational- opportunities, some of which include vocational education, adult and continuing education, general studies and college prep.
renowned 375-voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir and their organ consisting of 10,742 pipes. It’s Sunday morning broadcasts are widely heraled. The grounds are absolutely beautifully flowered and groomed. We got the pitch to purchase a Book of the Mormons and to leave our addresses at the door, but we could not fault the hospitality of these people. We were surprised to learn the Great Salt Lake, after which the city was named, is the saltiest body of water in the world outside the Dead Sea in the Holy Land. Because the lake is so full of minerate, swimmers float on the water’s surface like buoys. It’s water is seven times saltier than the ocean, and the salt air kept us in a constant state of thirst. We were able to fly out of Salt Lake City at 5 p.m. on the 4th for San Francisco, Calif., where I met my brother Ted at the airport. Also meeting us in San Francisco were nieces Janet Allison, her sister, Audrey Smith, and her husband Claude of Stockton. We were able to visit briefly with Tom and Nancy Mathews at their Tracy, Calif., Press. We traveled to Europe to visit the NATO and Common Market nations in October of 1983 with Tom and Nancy. Then Ted and I drove an airport Skylark to the Los Angeles area where we visited Hoy and Ollie Jones at Ventura, Harry and Ferrie McCann at Santa Paula and sister Clara, at 93 years of age appearing in good health, at the home of her daughter, Dorothy Krizer, and her family at Fillpfore. How better to spend 10 days than to collect a prestigious plaque for our office for what we considered a humble editorial effort, and to visit relatives and old friepds to boot.
improvement, in course offerings which formulate a positive self image, sound work and study habits and the establishment of a workable relationship with adults and peers. Students from nearly ground zero, must be exposed and encouraged to learn and to apply, to evaluate, to follow instructions and to comprehend. As we have a heavy responsibility to assist our young people to understand the possibilities and challenges of future careers, we must be exceedingly helpful to those students intending to enter the work force immediately to assure that they possess the basic skills as well as job seeking skills. The root question is how does one school corporation and one staff provide all of these needs and fulfill all of these desires to all our young people? How can we provide young people with certain basics, necessary to common citizenship, and yet give them enough diversity as required by their varied abilities? To be all things to all people is too heavy a charge, yet we must attempt — and in the simplest form we will attempt to supply the greatest good to the greatest number. The vast majority of our student bodies are willing to work bard for their educational exposure by accepting a challenging curriculum, yet continue to realize the importance of main track courses. I have been associated with our local school corporation as a school board member since 1969 and feel that in that interval I have been able to acquire an overview of our corporation’s strengths and our weaknesses. I have been tremendously impressed with the dedication and professionalism of our teaching staff and our administrators. My wife, Edie, and 1 have had the good fortune to have had. in a sense, a second family as we have a son. Mac, who is currently a Wawasee student and have had two daughters who shared that schooling experience some years ago. I would appreciate the opportunity of being able to continue my direct involvement in our school corporation.
When my family moved to this school district in 1969, my three children were enrolled in first grade, kindergraten and nursery school. Today I have two enrolled at Ball State University and one at Wabash College We are only one of many parents who owe gratitude to those in our district who have given the dedicated efforts to educate our young people, not only teachers and administrators, but volunteers in the classroom, citizen advisory committees, PTO members, etc. My work experience and education would seem to prepare me for the post of trustee. 1 attended Bowling Green State University and graduated from industrial management training at J-M with special schooling in personnel and labor relations. Business experience includes 14 years in this community as president of Staronjac Builders. Inc., and presently employed as branch manager for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wabash. Since moving to the area I have been very active in serving the community as a volunteer. I have coached youth league baseball for 15 years, served a term as chairman of the building trades advisory committee to the school, past president of the PTO, past board member of Lakeland Youth Center, elected chairman of the 60-member citizens committee from all three districts that evaluated school needs for the school board in 1982. In addition, I served one year of an unexpired term on the school board in 1977-78, having been appointed to that position by the board itself. Thru that experience it has been my desire to be elected to a full term. Also, now that my children have graduated, I feel I could be much more objective in making a decision, than when my three children might directly benefit from that decision. Because of. the many serious decistoes facing local education la the near future, I would consider M a challenge and an honor to serve on the board of trustees for the Lakeland Community Schools. A current study shows the trend in the Ms for Indiana schools to spend a higher percent of the total education dollar on building* than on actual education of the child. With new building having been completed in our local district already in the Ms and because of “Operation Prime Time’* and ether programs, we are beign told of local needs for more building space. 1, for one, would hope that the board be very prudent in facing these potential decision*, lest our tax dollar be tar-
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ther eroded in expenditures on buildings instead of programming. I thank The Mail-Journal
GEORGE LUNG
GEORGE D. LUNG is a resident of r 1 Pierceton and had the following to say: Presently our school corporation provides the students with a good academic background for their future. I believe that this has been accomplished by a coordination of efforts between the teachers, school administrators and input by concerned taxpayers through the school board members. I feel that we continually need to upgrade the quality of education that our students receive. One measure that is being used to accomplish this is the Prime Time Program which is state supported. In this program they are trying to reduce the student/teacher ratio to 18:1. Another way that the quality of education could be improved is through constructive teacher evaluations. If a teacher has an area that could be improved, I feel that the administaration should help the teacher become stronger in that area through effective training. Over the next several years, there will be major issues that will need to be decided by the school board. One of these issues will be the problem that our school buildings are reaching maximum student capacity. A
Court news
Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Bad Checks Augsburger’s Super Valu versus Fernando Garza, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking judgment for the total sum of $310.15. Wawasee Service Center versus Robert W. Hersha, r 1 Larwill. The plaintiff is seeking judgment for the total sum of $256. Circuit Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Carlyle L. Mason and Mildred H. Mason versus Stephen Hunt, D.D.S., South Bend. The plaintiffs are alleging unreasonable delay in the performance of real estate agreement to purchase real estate owned by plaintiffs. The plaintiffs further allege that the defendant has failed to make a closing on said real estate and to complete the purchase agreement. The plaintiffs pray that the defendant either be required to perform the purchase agreement or pay plaintiffs the sum of $50,000 plus interest to date, attorney’s fees and costs. Reciprocal Support Lisa Marie Sands versus Donald Wayne Honeycutt, P.O. Box 106 Milford for support. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk
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Staff for this opportunity to present my background and views for this very important position.
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decision of this magnitude will need to be made with community involvement in conjunction with the teachers, administrators and school board members. With my educational and business background, I can contribute to the decisions that peed to be made by the school board. I feel that being a lifetime resident of the community will help me be sensitive to the school community needs. I have a deep concern that the students should attain their full potential. A school board member needs to keep open lines of communication in order to help meet the student needs. It would be my privilege to * serve our community as a school board member. I graduated from International Business College in 1976 with an associate degree in accounting. In 1982 1 graduated from St. Francis College with a bachelor’s degree in business. 1 am employed as a CPA with Central Soya as a corporate accounting supervisor. 1 am a member of the superintendent's selection criteria committee. My wife, Sandi, is a selfemployed beautician, my daughter, Wendy, is a freshman at Wawasee. and my son, Chris, is a third grader at North Webster.
Jean Messmore: ■ Stoddard-Egolf ■ Mark Alexander Stoddard, 21, r 1 Leesburg and Lisa Renee Egolf, 18 Barbara Dr., Columbia City Kerby-Buck Jerry Allen Kerby, 28, r 1 box 135. Milford and Debra Kay Buck. 27. r 1 box 35, Milford Smoker-Vaccaro David Allen Smoker, 22, box 193 Leesburg and Grace Denise Vaccaro. 21, 730 N. Dogwood Lane, Warsaw School to start new club The Milford Junior High will sponsor a club for all sixth grade students who wish to participate. The club is designed to help the students have fun while learning about leadership, co-operation, our community and the enjoyment of accomplishing goals. Meetings for the club will be once a month, and held right after school. The activities will not conflict with other school functions and some may even occur on the weekend. Interested students must attend the first meeting Friday, Sept. 21, at the school. At that time, a picture will be taken by a Mail-Journal photographer for publication in the newspaper. Charles Haffner, faculty sponsor, informs students interested in joining that a yearly fee of $1 will be collected at the first meeting. Also, students are to take a pencil and their enthusiasm to the meeting.
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