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NOT ENOUGH ROOM — An unidentified woman found herself in trouble early Tuesday afternoon on’ the Syracuse-Milford Road. Travel on most of the road was limited to l-IU lanes and despite efforts by the Kosciusko County Highway Department to keep it open, as drifts soon cohered the road again. Bv late Tuesday evening this road

MAD finalizing plans for 'Citizen of the Year' banquet

By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer Plans are being finalized for the Milford Area Development Council, Inc., “Citizen Os The Year” banquet. Details of the March 29 event in the Milford Community Building were discussed by those attending MAD’s meeting Saturday morning, Feb. 9. Ticket prices will remain the same as last year and will be available in the near future at designated local businesses. Priscilla Myers and MAD president, March Haab, will be working on the decorations while Evelyn Orn is gathering information and photographs of this year's speaker, Senator John B. Augsburger. Mrs. Haab and Mrs. Orn will arrange the evening's meal, possibly buffet style, and acquiring the assistance needed. A committee for tabulation of the citizen of the year results have yet to be named. However, several names were mentioned to contact. Ceiling Falls Richard D. Smith and Elmer Sorensen reported a portion of the suspended ceiling was replaced and secured after falling several weeks ago. Smith commented the support wires for the frame had been stapled to the structure above and pulled loose after drying out. The area needing repair was in the northwest portion of the meeting room. Left-over ceiling tiles were found in the building and used to repladWhe damaged ones. Florescent light bulbs were purchased after some were

By MORRINE HALFACRE Staff Writer Five members of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission unanimously approved two petitions requested by Pacific Molasses Company of Syracuse (Vylactos Laboratories) producers of animal feed, during the board’s Wednesday, Feb. 6, meeting in the New Justice Building in Warsaw. Another controversial case involving the approval of the final plat for Lakeview Terrace Addition, a residential subdivision near Grassy Creek owned by Lewis Neibert, was finally passed by the board. Rezone Petition The board’s decision to approve the petitions for rezoning residential and commercial zoned property to light industrial came only after an indepth discusion between Pacific’s attorney, Steve Snyder, the board and one remostrator, Leßoy Sloan of Syracuse. The first case involved lots

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damaged in the collapse. Smith and Sorensen remarked other areas of the suspended ceiling were checked and resecured. Other Business Don Arnold, treasurer, reported the 1984 financial booklet is complete and the federal and state tax report has been filed. The annual registration fee of $lO to the state for being a corpora filed. A letter to United WaVof Kosciusko County was presented'for the

Brother of Leesburg woman in hall of fame

Roy J. Plunkett, Corpus Christi, Texas, brother of Mrs. Merlin (Jane) Cassell, r 1 Leesburg, has been installed in the Inventor’s Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C., for the discovery of teflon. Plunkett appeared Monday morning, Feb. 11, on the “Today Show” with Jane Pauley and had lunch with President Ronald Reagan on Tuesday. Mrs. Cassell reported her brother is a graduate of Manchester College, North Manchester, and earned his master’s and doctor’s degrees in chemistry at Ohio State. Until he retired he worked at E. I. Dupon Co., in Wilmington, Del. Plunkett discovered teflon just prior to World War II and his discovery was taken over by the government to be used in government research. The discovery was released just after the war. His discovery has proven im-

Pacific Molasses Co. gets ok

28-36 of Hillabolds Addition in Syracuse, residential, and lots 26-27, commercial. The residential property was part of four lots and three residences purchased by Pacific. The property is located on Baltimore Street. Snyder stated the proposed use of the property included the demolition of two of the three dwellings, with the third possibly being sold and moved, to make room for a 100’x253’ steel warehouse. The warehouse would suppliment current operations and create 10-12 new jobs. He stated there would be no odor, no fumes and no vibration from the operation. Sloan, owner of lot 36 of the addition included by the Area Plan staff in the petition to round out the section of lots, was present to remonstrate. “I don’t want my property rezoned into light industrial,” said Sloan. The Syracuse property owner expressed concern as to the noise levels and air pollution caused by Pacific’s current

and many county roads were closed because of drifting. Assisting this motorist are unidentified neighbors and other passing motorist. On Wednesday a snow emergency was put into effect in the county as winds continued to cause drifting snow. (Photo by Deb Patterson)

president’s signature, requesting MAD be considered for funds. Arnold remarked the request can be made due to certain groups meeting in the building. He reported on the membership dues and contributions stated 22 businesses have responded and church organization. Individual and family membership letters were recently sent and responses are just starting to be sent. Arnold (Continued on page 2)

portant in the National Aeronautic and Space Administration. The nose cone of a satellite has been made of teflon and the material used in making spacesuits are of teflon cloth, due to its heat resistance. Mrs. Cassell reported his greatest reward was when a man came to him and said “I’m living because I have a teflon valve in my heart.” Plunkett was awarded the John Scott award in 1952 from the City of Philadelphia, Pa., and in 1979 was awarded an honorary degree at his alma mater, Ohio State. Mrs. Cassell commented that while her brother was attending Manchester College his roommate was Paul J. Flory, a former Milford resident, and who won the Pulitzer prize in chemistry a few years ago. Flory also attended Ohio State.

operations. He brought up the fact the firm had been given certain restrictions by the Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals during the November 1 meeting. The BZA required that the noise levels and suspended particals from the smokestack be tested further by private labs. Sloan stated,“He (referring to Henry Whalen of Pacific) should not be allowed to expand when he hasn’t taken care of what. he has,” he added,“There’s still some serious problems.” He then presented a petition containing the names of 85 individuals, some of which live in Syracuse and others who work with Sloan at Dana Corporation, protesting the expansion. Board member Robert Hartzell asked Henry Whalen if he had been granted an air pollution permit by the Indiana Department of Health. Whalen affirmed that he did have a valid permit. Snyder stated that Pacific had no problems omitting lot 36 from the petition. Hartzell moved that the board approve the rezoning

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1985

Warriors Action IjA BRAD TRAVIOLIA AND LANCE LANTZ wrestle in the state meet in Indianapolis this Saturday, Feb. 16, beginning at 9 a.m. WAWASEE’S LADY WARRIORS OPEN SEMI STATE competition Saturday, Feb. 16, against Kokomo. Tip-off is slated for 11:00 a.m., with the championship game scheduled for 8:15 p.m. See additional sports coverage of these athletes on pages 9 and 10.

$30,000 barn fire at Syracuse

Syracuse Fire Department, along with New Paris and Benton Fire Departments, worked together Sunday. Feb. 10, to fight a fire at a barn, owned by Rex Eby, 71820 CR 29 Syracuse. Damage was estimated at $30,000 by Syracuse Fire Department. No animal loss was reported and the cause is believed to be electrical. Syracuse received the call at 5:34 p.m. and upon arriving, at the scene, found the fire had

with the exception of lot 36. The vote was four to one in favor of the petitions when Steve Butts went on record as changing his vote in order that the petition should go before the Syracuse Town Board on February 19. The board then unanimously passed both petitions. Sea Walls The Lakeview Terrace Addition case, located a quarter mile west of Grassey Creek on the north side of Armstrong Road, was presented to the board for final plat approval. Richard Helm, attorney for Neibert, requested the board approve the petition for final plat and grant a bond or letter-of-credit for road and drainage improvements. An additional paragraph was also proposed to be added to the covenants to meet with the county sanitarians approval regarding addition fill necessary for the installation of septic tanks. Barbara Ehrhardt, president of the Tippecanoe Lake Property owners, asked the APC to consider changing the word ‘sold’ to

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Letting of bids tabled by Milford Town Board

By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer Milford Town Board meeting Monday evening was off to a late start, due to confusion on where the meeting was to be. the town hall or Milford Community Building. A number of items were tabled due to various problems. The letting of bids on the water and sewer improvement project was tabled because of a problem with a land description at the site of the new well. Bob Kirsch, attorney for the town, advised board members to be safe it would be wise to table the matter. Also Kirsch stated the First National Bank of Warsaw, is the only bank interested in bonding the project. He checked with two Indianapolis banks and Lake City Bank. Warsaw, but they were not interested. It was suggested he check with a bond bank pool which is operated through the Treasury Department of the

broken through the roof. Assistance was called from the two neighboring departments at 5:41 p.m. and the investigation was turned over to the New Paris Department. The barn is located on CR 29 just north of US 6 in Jackson Township, Elkhart County. Approximately 30,650 gallons of water were used. The Syracuse Firemen left the scene at 7:15 p.m.

‘developed’ in a convenent in the plat involving sea walls.

The covenant states that when individual lots are sold in the addition, that seawalls must be installed. Ehrhart expressed her concern that if Neibert were to lease the properties, that the sea wall installation might be ignored causing serious erosion proplems. After some discussion by the board on the matter Helm told the board that he was upset with the remonstraters for waiting until the plat was in its final approval to find fault. He reminded the board that sea walls are not in their jurisdiction. He pointed out that his client had fully complied with the covenants proposed by the board and that the plat should be approved. The board voted 5-0 in favor of the final plat, the addition paragraph and the bond or letter-of-credit. Other Business Jack Nash received approval (Continued on page 2)

State set up to help municipalities with bonding. Before the money from the Industrial Incentive Program and Community Development Incentive Program, received from the CTB grant, can be used for the water and sewer improvement project, the audit from Blue and Company on the grant’s money use has to be solved. A problem with the interpretation in some areas, by Blue and Company, is holding up progress. Bob Sante. Community Development Association, will go through the audit ironing out problems and talking with Blue and Company. Sante was hired by the town to assist on receiving grants. The grant money will be used to runlvaterlines from the new well to tne new water tower, as well as provide Barth and residents of that area with town water. Conflict Os Interest? Bids on the construction of a new street department building were opened and tabled after the town attorney read the Conflict of Interest law concerning one of the bidders. Wuthrich and Son s. Milford, bid $8,353.21 on a 30 by 40 pole barn with a cement floor and steel door. He also submitted costs for steel doors without a cement floor and wood doors with and without a cement floor. ; Ideal Construction, Etna Green, bid was for $9,345 and Pacemaker. North Webster, who submitted a bid on a 30 by 42 building, was $9,946. Both of these included concrete opposed to no flooring and steel doors. Because Dennis Wuthrich, a board member, is a part of Wuthrich and Son's a question was raised if this was legal. Kirsch, after finding the law. stated the bid was acceptable, but Wuthrich would have to follow the statue to the letter, and he (Kirsch) advised Wuthrich not vote on the decision. The code. 24-44-1-3 subsection Dl through D7 states that a disclosure is required and must be in writing. The other board members. Jean Treesh. president; and Darrell Orn. decided they could not do anything further until Wuthrich gets the paperwork finished. The new building will replace the old street department building on Main Street, next to Farm Bureau Co-Op. which will be dismantled. Problems Solved The two cases, concerning sewer connections among those who had until Febfiiaw 8 to pay the tap on fee, referred to the town attorney w'ere settled. Kirsch recommended resisting a rebate to Richard Widup on the sewer bills paid to date on a home strictly used for storage and contained no plumbing or heating and exempt it from sewage hook up. Widup made it known at the special meeting January 30. for the first time according to Bill Knowles, utility superintendent, the house had no plumbing or

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heat and was strictly for storage The attorney found no problem with exempting Widup from hooking on or to charge him. However, it was made clear if the building was ever sold and used as a dwelling then the tap-on fee would be charged. Mrs. Treesh commented Harry Doty, building commissioner, had said to her, after talking to Widup. he had plans to tear the house down in the spring. Max Beer, the other case referred. was granted an exemption also from connecting to the sewer. Beer stated the home and the greenhouses are on two separate deeds and that the greenhouses and former flower shop have been closed and are not in use for any type of business. No water is running onto the property. A motion, by Orn. to approve the exemption included a statement that Beer would not be charged sewage fees until the buildings were placed back in operation and that it must have a restroom and sewer Monica Bice, clerk-treasurer, remarked a lein for past sewage payments had been filed, against the property at the county auditor’s office. Mrs. Treesh advised Beer it must be paid and when asked if he would see the bill is taken care of. he replied. "I’ll look into it.” She remarked of the 28 connections needing to be made as of the January 30 meeting, all but two. in Meadow View Addition, have paid the tap on charge. Kirsch was asked to send a certified letter informing them of the action to be taken if response is not received in several weeks. Kirsch was asked to take the residents to court as the next stop Other Business George Lehman, owner of Lehman s apartments on Emeline Street, felt the new ordinance prohibiting parking from the alley west of Main Street to Henry Street, was unfair and discriminatory/Included in his objection was there were never problems before Knowles took over, and that no parking should be enforced the rest of the way on the street. "It was ok for years until now." remarked Lehman adding the street is wide enough, even with the cars parked there, to get two cars through. “There was no problem until you came here, the guys ahead of you never had a problem," Lehman directing his remark to Knowles. Knowles commented the problem is people living in the apartments park on the street where persons living elsewhere on Emeline have driveways and don't park on the street. Lehman was contacted by the board several times concerning the problem, especially with snow removal. He remarked he felt if there was a problem he should have been contacted and never had.an opportunity to voice his opinion until after reading in the paper the ordinance had been passed. Lehman also said his tenants were told to keep the cars

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off the street during the day? The ordinance was adopted at the January 16 meeting and has been published the proper times, thus making the ordinance enforceable. Knowles stated signs are ready to be erected, as soon as they can get it into the ground. Knowles was given approval to attend the annual meeting of the American Water Works Association February 21-22 in In dianapolis. if the weather per mits. He also reported the old standpipe has been drained and he and Randy Veach will insert the new valve when weather permits. The total cost will be less than SI,OOO. To date only one quote has been received on dismantling the standpipe, more are expected. Board members approved moving the street light from the southeast corner of SR 15 and Emeline Street to the northeast corner, providing there is no charge. There was concern of it 's present location and not seeing children coming from the west. A quote from Sewer Tech on vapor routing on Emeline Street from Man to the lift station was read. It would cost $3,640 for 2.600 linear feet of the line or $1.40 per linear feet. The job could be com pleted in one day and two weeks notice would be needed The earliest it could be done is the first part of April. The firm suggested the town could purchase the vapor route and have them do the work. The foam is to be good for seven years. Before a decision is made Knowles will be contacting another firm in .Wanatah for quotes. A certificate of approval from the Department of Natural Resources was received for the water extension project. The board voted to join the American Water Works Association at slls per year. This allows the town to keep up to date with regulations or any changes in regulations. A tentative date of Thursday. (Continued on page 2)

Meetings cancelled North Webster Town Board and the Lakeland Community School Corporation Board of Directors meetings were both rescheduled for next week. The North Webster board meeting was scheduled for'7 p.m. this evening (Wednesday) and has been reschedul ed for next Wednesday, Feb. 20. at 7 p.m.. in the town hall. Among the business will be the opening of bids on the old police car. The Lakeland School Board meeting was postponed from last evening i Tuesday) to next Tuesday evening. Feb. 19. at 7 p.m.. an executive session will follow this meeting.