The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 January 1985 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., January 23,1985

BZA denies Spanish food store in Milford

The only {petition denied during the Monday, Jan. 14, meeting of the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals was for the prosposed Spanish food store in Milford. Several Milford residents were present to voice their concerns regarding the petition sought by Miguel Navarro. Navarro had planned to convert the two-unit apartment house and single family dwelling housed on one lot in a residential neighborhood into a house and Spanish food store. However, concerned Milford residents pointed out the store would create parking problems for the neighoring church, unwanted loitering and debris in the area. Board member Robert Hartzell voted to deny the petition stating that the area selected was not a suitable place for a commercial store. Other Business A variance request by Blanche Mason to construct a singlefamily residence on a lot 3,983 square feet short of the ordinance requirement was tabled by the board. The property sits east of Martin Drive, north of Cassandra on Venitian Island, Lake

Lowest combined bid: $488,006 — Mood is 'go' on new Syracuse Town Hall

(Continued from page'l) to be heard. James Hughes is on vacation and did not attend last night's meeting. The board decided to meet next Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m. to make a final decision. Bill Hess, board member, will not be able to attend next week’s meeting so he stated his opinion on the project last night. “We worked pretty hard on this and I’m for going ahead (with the project) and I wouldn't like to see any changes in the design, either,” Hess said. « Myrick added, “I’m glad you Bloodmobile record set at Wawasee Wawasee High School hosted its sixth American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on Tuesday, Jan. 15, with a total of 133 pints of blood collected. The record collection was made possible by numerous Lakeland Community civic organizations and voluntary personnel in conjunction with the Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Red Cross. Cindy Peterson, Wawasee physical education instructor, was responsible for organizing the blood drive. She supervised the equipment set up and take down operations, and kept a close check on canteen supplies. An estimated 200 volunteer hours were donated to the oneday effort with the Gamma Sigma Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, a, local sorority, and the Wawasee High School Key Club being responsible for the actual construction of the bloodmobile. Seven local nurses offered their services and Dr. Jack Clark Os Syracuse was on call in case of an emergency. This year’s bloodmobile was a tremendous success thanks to the volunteer efforts of the community including 54 students, 10 faculty and 69 residents. The shortage of B— and A+ blood by the American Red Cross was corrected. Kosciusko County is one of 30 Indiana counties covered in the Fort Wayne Chapter, as well as seven counties in Ohio.

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Wawasee. Dr. Susan K. Mort received a home occupation permit for a chiropractic office in a residential area south of Pierceton, west of SR 13, north of 3505. A variance by Carl Lehman by, granted for a garage 14 feet from the property line. The property sits north of CR 450 N and 400 feet west of CR 175E in Plain Township. Royce Myers received two variance for a boat and car service shop in the Enchanted Hills subdivision. East of Treasure the property is nortlr of Tiny Tim Drive in Turkey Creek Township. Helen Blackman was granted a variance to construct a garage along the road right-of-way. The property is on the southwest side of Big Chapman Lake in Plain Township along a private road. The board will meet February 11, 9 a.m., at which time additional informalion of the proposed Dalton Foundries, Inc., landfill near Tippecanoe River will be provided. The BZA tabled the case until board members could inspect the site and more information regarding the exact analysis of the waste materials is to be provided.

said that Bill because I can tell you I’m going to vote that way too. I can’t see changing the design, either.” Bid Tabulation The entire list of bids received on the project were as follows: General construction bids were received from: Construction, Inc., Fort Wayne, with a base bid of $323,300, less $3,000 for skylight and less $7,400 on parking lot paving. They estimated 180 calendar days for completion. Simmerman Construction Unlimited, Fort Wayne, submitted a base bid of $379,600, less $7,600 for skylight and less $11,300 on parking lot paving. A 200 calendar day schedule was estimated for completion. W.J. Carey Construction Corporation, South Whitley, submitted a base bid of $382,000, less $3,540 on skylight and less $8,300 on paving. A bid from Hamstra Builders, Inc., ,Wheatfield, submitted a unified bid on all three areas for $643,963, less $3,300 on the ‘skylight and less $5,000 on the paving. Mechanical bids were: J.O. Morey, Inc., $108,854; Dye Plumbing & Heating, Inc., LaPorte, $109,948; Adams Comfort Engineering, Inc., LaPorte, $109,966; DVT, Inc., Fort Wayne, $115,720; and Leon Brown, Inc., Fort Wayne, $118,990. Electrical bids were: FAL Electric Co., Inc., Fort Wayne, $55,852; Grouthaus Electric Co., South Bend, $57,975; Whetstone Electric, Inc., Columbia City, $65,650; Derry Electric, Warsaw, $70,700, less $2,700 on alternate fictures; Alectrico, Mishawaka, $71,800, less $2,500 on fictures; and Hamilton Electric, Fort Wayne, $72,150. New treaty ROME - Italy and the Vatican signed a revised treaty recently that ends the status of the Roman Catholic Church as state religion and reduces the emphasis on religious instruction in public schools. Condemns raids The State Department condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the recent Vietnamese raids against settlements along the Thai-Cambodian border that house tens of thousands of people.

Crime-Stoppers program for Milford Lions The inner workings of Crime Stoppers — the South Bend based citizen-participation group bent on curbing wanton crime — was explained to the Milford Lions Club Monday night. Tom Kitch of near Syracuse,, with 11 years as detective sergeant with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, called Crime Stoppers ly successful.” He explained the anonymity of the sources who feed information into a South Bend “800 number,” a toll-free line, and how this works to solve local crimes. Officer Kitch cited 30 felony arrests in Kosciusko County alone as a result of this citizen participation. One case close to home was the solving of the Leesburg liquor store break-in, which eventually led to the solution of other crimes in the county. Crime Stoppers had its origin in Florida, officer Kitch pointed out, and came to South Bend in 1972. It has had excellent newspaper, radio and television coverage and participation. “We’re not a rural, isolated county anymore, as one might think,” officer Kitch noted, citing the heinous and vicious murder of Barbara Hulley of Syracuse some months ago. “That case continues to frustrate us,” the speaker noted. So much so, he said, that expert assistance was brought in and yet no solution has been found. “It had to be someone acting alone,” he concluded. Milford Lions were taken with his talk, and voted SIOO to Kosciusko County Crime Stoppers. Officer Kitch worked for four years with the youth of Wawasee Prep before going with the county sheriff’s department, and four years prior to that with the Syracuse Police Department. Attending the meeting with him was Dick Waterson, owner of Waterson’s Grocery, located near the old fish hatchery on the south end of Lake Wawasee. Waterson is a patrolman deputized by county Sheriff Al Rovenstine. Most of Waterson’s duties pertain to lakes patrol. In other business, the Lions are planning a ladies’ night, possibly in February, with the Milford Kiwanis Club.

Harold ('Butch 1 ) Stiver dies in weekend mobile home fire

A malfunctioning carburetor in a fuel oil space heater was the cause of a fatal mobile home fire in North Webster Sunday morning, Jan. 20. Harold Arthur (“Butch”) Stiver, 37, Black's Trailer Court, r 2 box 121 North Webster, died of smoke inhalation. His sister, brother-in-law and nephew sustained injures. Vernon Harold Davis, 42, sustained first degree burns to his forehead and smoke inhalation; Patricia Davis, 34, suffered frostbite to the feet; and Vernon Harold Davis, Jr., 16, had a possible fractured finger after slipping on a patch of ice and falling. The Davis’ were treated at Kosciusko Community Hospital and released. Stiver’s mother, Evelyn (Stiver) Hewitt was not injured. Gary Hill, president of the North Webster Fire Department, reported firemen were called at 8:39 a.m. to the home where all five were residing. When the first fireman and first fire truck arrived, the home was totally engulfed in flames. The department responded with five trucks and approximately 15 firemen who were at the scene for 3*2 hours. Firemen were hampered in their effort by high winds and the extreme temperatures, as the pumps on all trucks froze. There were several firemen who received minor degrees of frostbite. Tries Rescue Davis told police he tossed the stove out the front door of the mobile home and ran to a rear bedroom to warn Mrs. Hewitt and Stiver of the fire. Davis had everyone else out of the trailer and returned to lead Stiver out to safety. Davis stated he almost had his brother-in-law out the trailer door when he (Stiver) apparently panicked and broke away, running back into the trailer. Davis apparently made a second attempt to locate Stiver but it was not possible due to heavy smoke. Stiver was found in a back bedroom. The family was living in a smaller trailer, owned by Mrs. Hewitt, which was attached to a

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Civil War exhibit The Indiana Historical Society, 315 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, will open its newest exhibit, “To Save the Union: Indiana Regiments in the Civil War,” on Friday, Feb. 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The highlight of the opening festivities will be a 5:30 p.m. presentation of “Billy Yank: Common Hoosier Soldier for the Union.” This living history dramatization features Kevin Stonerock as the Civil War soldier, William Fentress. The exhibit will be on display through June 1. For more inf or-' mation, contact the Society at (317) 232-1882.

larger mobile home owned by Davis. It’s reported the larger mobile home was sealed off sos the winter. Both mobile homes, along with a station wagon parked near by, were destroyed. North Webster Emergency Medical Service transported the injured to the hospital. Goshen Native Stiver was born on September 29, 1947, in Goshen and moved to North Webster 10 years ago with his mother, Mrs. Evelyn (Stiver) Hewitt. She survives. Additional survivors include one sister, Mrs. Vernon (Patricia) Davis, North Webster; one brother, Charles R. Stiver, Syracuse; and one halfbrother, Rolland D. Miller, Syracuse. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, Goshen. Rev. Chester Reed officiated and burial was in Byers Cemetery, Cromwell. Car, chimney fires at Syracuse Syracuse Firemen were called out twice during the past weekend with one fire resulting in $9,000 damage. The department was called to the John Edgar home at 206 S. Harrison St., at 8:06 p.m. Friday evening, Jan. 18, for a chimney fire. When firemen arrived the fire was out however chimfix was used to help put out the fire in the chimney. No damage was reported. On Sunday, Jan. 20, the fire department was contacted by Tim Blackburn, at Pinecrest Trailer Court, Milford-Syracuse Road, of a car fire. Firemen found that a household lamp had been placed under the hood next to the battery and is believed to cause the fire. Damage to the vehicle was set at $9,Q00. Firemen used 50 gallons of water on the fire.

Last 'Mom and Pop store' does lots of business in winter too

By BEN SMITH SYRACUSE - When icy blasts of wind and snow skate their way across the now-frozen ripples of Lake Wawasee, Richard Waterson, 46, is happy. Perhaps not as happy as when summer breezes tickle the tanned bodies of waves of summer residents who frequent his allpurpose grocery, but cold and snow in the off-season can mean business — lot of business. Waterson and his wife Linda, 47, have since 1980, owned and operated what he calls “the last Mom and Pop store on Wawasee.” Daughters Peggy, 23, and Julie 20, who used to help out, are now pursuing their own careers. Son Zach, 12, is still at home. Waterson’s Grocery, located on Old next to former Hatchery land, caters to both summer and winter lake visitors who in many cases, says Waterson, are fourth and fifth generation sons and daughters of the original property owners. Before Waterson bought the business, it had been in the Forrest Galloway family for 52 years. “We’re the second family to own the store,” says Waterson, adding that the present structure was built in 1936, the original having been built in 1927. “This store is the last of aMying breed, in this area anyway,” he notes. “We’ve expanded, put in a deli and. we’re known for our freshly-cut meat.” Year-round customers are very important, says Waterson. In addition to local working-age people, more and more residents are staying all year-long — residents who used to maintain two or three large homes.

Weekend cold spell sets record low

A blast of artic air, bitterly cold, teamed with high winds caused much havoc this past week end in the Lakeland area freezing water lines and disabling autos. The National Weather Service dubbed the cold front an “Alberta Clipper” and reported record lows from North Dakota to northern Alabama. The sub-zero temperatures were recorded locally at 22 below on Sunday morning at 6 a m. causing many local churches to cancel their regularly scheduled services. North Webster firefighters, responding to a Sunday morning call, found their water supplies freezing in their trucks. The Syracuse Fire Department* found similar conditions with water frozen at three lift stations. It took Syrcuse Street Department employees until 2a.m. Monday to free a frozen water tower valve discovered on Sunday morning at Dana Corporation. Because there are two water towers the frozen valve posed no immediate threat to the community. Officials made their decision on Sunday afternoon to close Lakeland Community Schools on Monday. Schools were back in session on Tuesday. All athletic events were postponed by area schools as well. The doors of Milford Public Library were closed and area clubs called off monthly meetings. School Board named in law suit (Continued from page 1) wage scale for the proposed projects. In the suit, the AFL-CIO claims that its wage scale should be used in setting salaries for the construction work.. Board member Dave Carey drew up the wage scale, which was adopted by the school board at its January 2 meeting. The wages on that scale average 25 percent lower than those on the union scale. The projects under question in the suit include re-roofing at Syracuse and Wawasee as well as replacement of the heating system at North Webster. The combined projects are expected to cost nearly $900,000. According to school board attorney Robert Reed, law suits are common in this type of situation. “Every time you don’t follow the union scale, this type of thing is common,” he noted. “The union is seeking to compel the corporation to pay higher wages than what are in its scale. The question for the court to decide is whether or not the coporation was justified in setting the lower scale.” The suit seeks to halt further proceedings on the construction projects until the union scale has been adopted. The first hearing on the case will be Wednesday, Feb. 6.

“And that included their socalled cottages,” he adds. “Make no mistake, they aren’t really cottages, but large homes.” The cost of maintaining several large residences today is simply worth the hassle, Waterson surmises, so many Wawasee Lake residents hang onto their lake place and head for Florida during the coldest winter months. Mild winter weather is bad for business, he says. Waterson estimates 90 per cent of Wawasee homes are winterized, so lake people residing in Fort Wayne Marion and other nearby cities are anxious to pack up their snowmobiles, skates and other entertainment aids and “head up to the cottage” when snows arrive. Summer sees income levels and life-styles more sharply defined, he notes. “One morning last summer, I looked out the window and saw a Rolls Royce, a Mercedes-Benz, a Cadillac, an ancient Ford, a subcompact and a pickup truck sitting outside,” he says with a laugh. “Come Sunday . mornings they’ll all fight you for the newspapers,” Waterson adds His store carries many publications from residents’ hometowns. When the snow falls, he sometimes receives calls from folks wanting him to relay messages, answer questions about one thing or another or just plain visit about the lake over the phone. Waterson is also a special deputy for the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, working the Wawasee lake patrol. Though business at the grocery is brisk seven days a week during the summer, Waterson says he not only needs year-round resi-

Real Services and Kosciusko County Home Health Care cancelled out with all Kosciusko County Courthouse offices closed. Many factories and area businesses including Maple Leaf Farms cancelled shifts on Sunday and on Monday worked with skeleton crews due to the poor roads and disabled vehicles. KABS buses didn’t run and Kosciusko County Highway reported problems with some of their vehicles having to do with frozen diesel fuel. Road crews cleared roads on Saturday only to have them drift shut by Saturday night due to the 25-30 mile-per-hour winds. Business meetings were cancelled including the

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dent’s trade, “I also feel an obligation to them to stay open year-round.” A Wawased area resident all his life, Waterson and wife Linda were delighted last summer when daughter Julie won the Queen of Lakes beauty title at North Webster’s Mermaid Festival. Julie will now enter the Miss Indiana Pageant at Merrilville in March. A proposed park with a boat launching ramp to be located directly acrpss from the store may bring even more business,

Kosciusko County Farm Bureau, Wawasee High School’s college financial aid meeting and the North Central Indiana Special Education Support Group.

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he acknowledges, however, controversy over the project is strong. Many Wawasee residents don’t want the extra congestion which they feel would be generated by the park. Nonresident boaters, including bass fisherman’s groups, argue there are almost no public access sites on Wawasee now and, that as taxpayers, they have as much right to use the lake as do the lake residents. * Whatever the outcome, says Waterson, his grocery-deli landmark will keep right on serving all who come by.

Yesterday’s warmer temperatures allowed schools and area businesses to return to near normal schedules once again.