The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 February 1985 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., February 6,1985

Editorials

Time for step two . . . For a time last Saturday night the skeptics said Wawasee was going to lose the sectional crown to Warsaw. However, loyal fans never doubted and kept saying the Lady Warriors would not fall in the sectional. Those of us who had faith in the team prevailed. Wawasee defeated Warsaw 39-35 in a come-from-behind victory. The Lady Warriors, ranked third in the state, are now ready for step two — the regional. They take an 18-1 record into the tournament tomorrow night. Wawasee will play Caston, coached by former Tippecanoe Valley boys’ coach Floyd Henson. We congratulate the Lady Warriors on their victories and their fifth straight sectional crown and wish them good luck in the second step on the road to Indianapolis ... the regional tournament. We agree with Augsburger This editor is in agreement with State Senator John B. Augsburger of Syracuse on Senate Joint Resolution One, the so-called “lottery resolution,” which was approved by a 26-23 vote on January 29. The resolution would remove from the Indiana Constitution Section 8 of Article 15, which reads: “No lottery shall be authorized; nor shall the sale of lottery tickets be allowed.” Augsburger voted no, as he has in the past, and his reason is very simple. He does not believe the state should be involved in the promotion of gambling. State sponsorship distinguishes this moral issue from such matters as alcohol and cigarette consumption. Citizens have the freedom to choose whether or not to consume these products, but alcohol and cigarettes are not endorsed by the state. With a lotters, Indiana would be in the gambling business, including a great deal of advertising aimed at convincing Hoosiers to buy gaming tickets. The amount of revenue the state might realize from lotteries such as those operated in neighboring states could amount to roughly S4O million to S6O million per year. This revenue would amount to only about two percent of the state’s budget and not really solve any financing problems of any agency. In Augsburger’s opinion, the operating capital necessary for a lottery would be better spent if invested in programs for economic development. Putting more Hoosiers to work at better-paying jobs would result in increased income and sales tax collections and, at the same time, decrease expenditures for unemployment compensation and public welfare programs. One of the most misused words in the language is the word “love.” Friendships are not the results of a rushing acquaintanceship. The mind has a lot to do with body ailments, which isn’t easily explainable. Leaders get credit for the work they can persuade others to do. Life would be very simple if more people are willing to be themselves.

What others say — Fine tuning branch system Don't expect any major changes in the Indiana auto license branch system, despite all the rhetoric by Senator Wayne Townsend in the last gubernatorial campaign. The present system shouldn’t be scrapped until someone comes up with a better plan. But some fine tuning should be done. We have thought for some time that some plan could be devised whereby an existing county government office could take over the task, but changing any established system of government isn’t simple. Probably the best thing that could be done at this time is for the state to be more active in supervision of branches, making certain residents of all areas are getting good service and that the state is getting the money it deserves. Some big branch shortages, like the situation in Mishawaka, makes everyone a little suspicious of the entire system. And this isn’t fair because a vast majority of branches have no fund shortages and provide good service. Another change that could be made in the system would be to eliminate the big payoffs to the Democrat and Republican state political parties for part of the fees collected for the personalized plates that are sold. Sen. Townsend raised this issue during the campaign and he’s right. Why should any of this money go to the political parties? Let’s put it in the state general fund, and even use it to build roads and bridges as he suggests. The ‘take’ from this special plate sale is substantial in six figures and helps finance the general operation of the state headquarters offices of the two parties. Elimination of this funding for the two parties would help take the bureaus out of politics. But do Democrats really want this? Political patronage for branch managers would continue, but the private sector always seems to operate less expensively than does government. Senator Dick Shank is chairman of the Senate public policy committee which may or may not consider a license branch bill. Any bill will face a variety of amendments if it is proposed and there’ll be mass confusion in the legislature. So Shank is the man on the hot seat in the Senate and he must decide whether to consider the bill, along with a number of others that are mighty controversial. The House is considering a license bureau bill and Michael Packard, director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, testified at a hearing last week that roughly 80 of 184 branches coul(| be eliminated in a reorganization if the state took over operation of the present system. Packard said about 80 branches currently don’t do enough business to break even, and some present branches could be expanded if the state took over. One of these branches that would be eliminated in Elkhart County might be at Nappanee. Goshen and Elkhart branches could serve the county, but Nappanee area residents would lose the convenience of a branch in their area. This would happen all over the state. The state would pay employees the ‘going rate’ for state workers with usual fringe benefits. Now, in many branches, managers pay minimum wage with no fringe benefits. It’s the only way some can keep the branches open and make any money. But government couldn’t operate this way. Packard estimated that it would cost $6.5 million annually to bring the branch employees into the state merit employment system with an unknown impact on the state employee pension plan. Many Hoosiers, with prompting by she media, don’t like the present branch system. Certainly it isn’t perfect. But we don’t think people want to spend millions of more dollars just so they can buy a plate from a clerk working for the state and not from some political appointee. And nothing says some state workers throughout the 92 counties might not steal too. this might be the year to fine tune and start ‘depoliticizing’ the state branch system. Maybe someone will come up with a better plan. But a plan to turn the entire operation over to the state is simply too costly. — Goshen News

Bi la Christy Speicher showed the thrill of victory as she took her turn at cutting down the net last Saturday night.

Letter to the editor

In defense of the Bass — again! Dear Editor: I read Mr. Wills’ articles and never once has he stated why the bass clubs schedule contests during the month of May and early June. I’ll tell you why: The bass are spawning at this time and the male bass is very aggressive in the protection of his eggs and will strike at most any bait that comes close to his bed. You don't have to be a professional fisherman to take a male bass from his eggs but you do have to be a non-sportsman. I have fished Lake Wawasee for 49 years and have lived on a channel off Johnson’s Bay for 23 years. I have not eaten a bass in three years. Every April I clean the bottom in front of my seawall and this usually coaxes in a couple pairs of spawning bass. I have to nail tree limbs to my pier, over the beds, to keep bass club members from raping these beds. If a bass is removed from his

Court news

Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner, presiding: Complaint Samuel L. and Ann M. Popenfoose versus John C. Lamb, r 1 Leesburg. The plaintiffs are seeking judgment against the defendant asking that the court order defendants to remove the building and swimming pool erected and built on land owned by the plaintiffs, plus attorney’s fees and all costs of action. Violation Os Lease Ray F. and Kay J. Franke versus Thomas R. Lees, Syracuse. The plaintiffs are seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $1,708.33 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action, for expenses, upkeep and utilities as required in a lease agreement with the defendants, Sept. 15, 1984. The plaintiffs are also asking judgment for the. sum of $1,489 for a check received from the defendants, returned for insufficient funds. Returned Checks Augsburger’s Super Valu versus Otto Boggs, r 4 box 171, Syracuse. The plaintiff is seeking $1,336 for a check returned for insufficient funds. Kay’s Next To New Shop versus Marlene Ferguson, Cromwell. The plaintiff is seeking $466.45 for a check returned for insufficient funds. City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Rose M. Pamer, 21, Milford, $45 Violation of learner's permit — David C. Mills, 17, Syracuse, $36 Circuit Court The following complaint has been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Complaint Yogi Bear Membership Corporation versus James O. Painter

eggs, it will only take a few minutes for two or three inbred channel bluegills to eat every egg. This amounts to 100 percent kill of the reproduction of that bass and this will happen to 100 percent of all the bass that spawn in the channels. One of the Journal-Gazette sports writers once stated in an article in the Sunday edition that the Chain-O-Lakes had a size limit on bass.of 14 inches and that this was very good because this allowed bass to spawn two years. In another article in the Sunday Journal-Gazette he stated that it was alright to take fish from their beds. You try to figure this out. I’m not sure if Mr. Wills wrote these articles but if the, shoe fits, wear it! I will agree with Mr. Wills on the need for a public boat ramp on Wawasee Lake, but since bass club members are so-called professional fishermen, they should have to pay dearly for the right to rape our lakes during spawning time. These are not just my thoughts on Wawasee fishing, I can get signatures of many, many of my older fisherman friends. William E. Baumbaugh

and Nora L. Painter, Milford. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants for the sum of $506.77 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action, for delinquent maintenance fees. Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Circuit and Superior Courts : Beezley — Carroll Ann Beezley and Robert Ray Beezley, r 1 box 454A, North Webster. The couple was married Oct. 7, 1972 and separated Jan. 16,1985. There are two minor children. Godshalk — Linda Godshalk and Jerry Godshalk, r 2 Leesburg. The couple was married March 21,1982 and separated January, 1985. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Eyer-Clingerman Todd R. Eyer, 21, r 2 box 28, Syracuse and Kimberly Clingerman, 20, r 2 box 28, Syracuse Dunnaway-Salazar Paul Daniel Dunnaway, 18, 501 N. Winona, Syracuse and Elizabeth Kay Salazar, 20, r 2 box 1718, Milford

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"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE”

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Mrs. Jack (Karen) Parr, North Webster, is a parent volunteer at Wawasee High School as an assistant to David Blackwell, band director. She is also a substitute teacher within the school corporation. The Parrs have lived in the community for five years and have three children attending the Lakeland Schools.) KAREN PARR IKM ■F *1 r, ' I WAS honored and excited when invited to be a guest columnist of Crazin’ Around ’Cuse and thought it would be a fairly easy task, as I once wrote a weekly column much like this one for my college newspaper. However, as I sat at my typewriter, a bright, white and very blank sheet of paper staring at me, I ,was reminded of those times, apparently forgotten, when I struggled to fill the page with words; not just any words, but words that would be interesting to my readers. All the while, my editor stood looking over my shoulder, waiting to set those words in type. Now, as then, finding the words was not so difficult, but the subject became a challenge until I remembered the words of a journalism professor who advised his aspiring students, that when in doubt, to write about familiar subjects and to draw upon their own experiences. That advice wise and as I have spent much of my time at Wawasee High Schoobas a parent volunteer in the relatively new parentvolunteer program, I decided to write about happenings at the school which are not ordinarily publicized. - o— IN THE last few weeks, this paper has published several articles about the Wawasee Marching Warrior Band an the trip to the Peach Bowl. It was so successful and such a great experience, there have been rumors of another trip in a couple of years — perhaps the Orange Bowl? David Blackwell, band director, has planned an evening for presenting highlights of the Band’s Peach Bowl activities on Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Parents, students and interested persons in the community are invited to view a slide presentation, as well as video tapes of the Band’s performance. It was a great time for our Marching Warrior Band and I think you would enjoy seeing them in action. THE MUSIC department is presenting its winter concert on Feb. 28 and all of the music groups will be featured, the girls’ treble choir, mixed and concert choirs, the Varsity Singers, and orchestra, symphonic and concert bands and a special edition of the marching band which will present a salute to the Peach Bowl. The band will be playing two of the selections featured during the pre-game Peach Bowl show. According to Steve Bailey, choir director, one of the features of this concert will be the combining of all the choirs in the presentation of musical selections. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. ON FEB. 21, Theta Sigma chapter of Psi lota Xi Sorority will sponsor an annual Variety Concert which will feature the Jazz Ensemble and the Varsity Singers. The Duke Ellington favorite, Perdido and the jazz ballad, Solitude, will be included in the program, while the Varsity Singers plan to present a tribute to Irving Berlin. Small groups will also perform, including a girls’ ensemble and a barber shop quartet. The groups will pool their talents in presenting “America the Beautiful.” Concert time is 7:30 and all of the proceeds are used by the music department for the purchase of special needs, equipment and music. THE MUSIC department has been a busy place in the last few weeks. The Jazz Ensemble, Varsity Singers and concert choir recently spent a day on tour of the three junior high schools in our community, presenting a concert at each school. The purpose of the tour is to provide student musicians with the experience of performing and to encourage and inspire beginning junior high musicians, as well as recruit some yet undiscovered talent. A by-product of the tour is. of course, an hour of entertainment and, as I am sure any junior high student would tell you, a brief respite from math, English or social studies. THE MONTHS of January and February have always been important ones to high school musicians in the state of Indiana. The Indiana State School Music Association has sponsored for many years (even when I was in high school) district contests to provide students with the opportunity to prepare and perform musical selections and to be judged on that performance by a professional musician. These contests take place in high schools throughout the state and one Saturday is set aside for vocal and piano performances; another for instrumentals.

WAWASEE WAS the host last Saturday for the District 4 Solo and Ensemble Instrumental contest. Approximately 600 musicians from 15 schools participated, turning the high school into a gigantic concert hall. The Wawasee Music Boosters provided workers for the all day event, serving as room monitors, judges’ assistants and tabulators. Those students who received a first place rating in Division I are invited to participate in the state contest in Indianapolis on Feb. 16. < ' SPEAKING OF the Music Boosters, Presidents Clark and Sue Smith have announced that plans are being made for the 3rd annual auction to be held at the school on April 13. Donations of items are now being accepted and they point out that this is an excellent opportunity for you to clean out your attic, garage, basement or closet and rid yourself of those unnecessary items that have been cluttering your home. Any items will be accepted, big or small, old or new. A pick-up service is being offered and you can arrange this by calling the Smiths in Milford, Jerry Dain in Syracuse or Jack Parr in North Webster. Perhaps this is just the incentive we need to dive into our spring (it is coming) cleaning. Does anybody really do that anymore? The saying, “One man's junk is another man’s treasure’* is always true, as I am certain you will discover when you'attend the auction. There are very few of us who can resist a “bargain” and no one ever comes home from the Music Boosters auction empty handed. Softietimes, we even buy something we truly need ANOTHER COMING event to mark on your calendar is the Corporation Music Festival on March 15 at 8 p.m. This involves all of the schools in our system and every musician will participate, including a combined choir of 4th and sth grade students, a combined junior high band and a combined orchestra. The theme is the Golden Age of Rock and Roll and music of the 50’s and 60’s will comprise'the program. It's a great evening of entertainment and a chance to hear that “oldie, but goodie” you haven’t thought of in years. —o— THE STAGE in the auditorium, quiet since the sets from “Annie” were struck in November, is beginning to come alive again as the Drama Club starts rehearsals for the Spring production, “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder. Charlotte Erp, ohe of the play’s directors, says, ‘“Our Town’ is a home town kind of play that makes a statement about life. It’s an unusual, but well-known play that will be a good experience for the students.” “Our Town” is a classic play by one of America’s great writers and is timeless in it’s message and entertainment. Lesa DiPalo will be the co-director and Max Ellen Meditch will assist in the production. The “curtain will rise” on “Our Town” March 22 and 23 at 8 p.m. MEMBERS OF Donna Yargoz’s Spanish classes are preparing for their coming trip to Mexico during spring vacation. Eighteen students, accompanied by Mrs. Yargoz and Lisa Hull, will leave O’Hare airport on March 28 for six days of study in Mexico. The trip is being planned to provide students with practical experience in conversational Spanish. They will be required to converse in Spanish while ordering meals, asking directions, making purchases and participating in the Mexican pastime, bartering, which should prove to be the ultimate experience in speaking Spanish. The group will stay in Mexico City at the Del Prado Hotel which houses the famous Diego Rivera mural. They will tour historical Mexican landmarks, including the Aztec ruins and the Museum of Anthropology. Side trips will be taken to Alcapolco and Taxo. While in Alcapolco, they are anticipating seeing the cliff divers of La Quebrado. DID YOU know ... the guidance department has an organized tutoring program to assist students with courses they find difficult? The tutors are other Wawasee students who excel in their subject area and they are available to help students requesting aid during study halls and after school. A unique program is being innovated by the guidance department called “We Care.” It currently involves 12 Wawasee students in grades 9-11, who are being trained to become peer facilitators. The program is under the direction of counselors Ruth Angle and Marilynne Curtis and its purpose is to provide a student peer group to aid others in combating peer pressure and to help with everyday problems and decision making. Mrs. Curtis defines a peer facilitator as, “not an advice giver, but a problem solver; a good listener who uses communication skills to encourage self exploration and decision making.” The students are presently involved in training sessions and meet every Friday morning at 7:30. When these are completed, the peer facilitators will be available to help Wawasee students if they desire and may be identified by the “We Care” buttons they will be wearing. WAWASEE PRINCIPAL Dr. Howard Hull has announced that Wawasee High School is one of five schools in Indiana which has been selected by Indiana University to host a college level English composition course. the course, available to qualified seniors, is a one semester course, following a freshman college syllabus. College credit, which will be transferable to any college, will be given for completion of the course. It will be taught by faculty member, David Goodrum. EARLIER IN this column, I mentioned the . Parent-Volunteer program at Wawasee. It was begun three years ago and in that time many hours have been donated by parents and persons in the Lakeland School community. These volunteers have assisted the school in many ways, (Continued on page 5)