The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 March 1985 — Page 5

8 Al |llk ■ * ■KA m HOUSE PAGE — Susan Hapner, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hapner, Syracuse, assisted legislators, currently meeting in Indianapolis, where she was appointed as a page to the House of Representatives. She is an eighth grade student at Syracuse Junior High School and was sponsored by Representative Thames Mauzy (RWarsaw). As a page, Miss Hapner assisted members of the House by distributing bills, delivering mail, and carrying messages for the lawmakers. In recognition of her service, she was presented with a certificate by Representative Mauzy and House speaker J. Roberts Daily. Shown in the photo is Representative Mauzy and Miss Hapner. Hi ■ ' YELL HELP — The CALL POLICE card is a new invention designed to help stranded motorists call for help when there is no other way. The card is available from two sources: any Hook Drug stores in Indiana and also from the National Council of Jewish Women in Minneapolis, MINN. Call police window stickers

Your car breaks down on a lonely stretch of highway late at night. You need to signal for help, but like most drivers you’re not carrying emergency flares or a CB radio. To get help, you have to leave the safety of the car. Now a lifesaver for stranded motorists is as close as your glove compartment. It’s called a Highway Emergency Banner. It’s available from the non-profit National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Greater Minneapolis Section, and it helps a driver call for help. The banner is easily secured to a car rear window with preaffixed double-faced tape. Reflective lettering makes the words CALL POLICE, printed in eight-inch florescent letters, visible both day and night. Some 150,000 banners have been distributed nationally in the past six weeks since they became available through the NCJW. Proceeds go to community ser-

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vice programs. The banner began with volunteers working at the kitchen table in a member’s home. But a notice about the banners in the syndicated “Dear Abby” newspaper column catapulted the local community service project to a major fullservice operation. Letters, delivered by the hundreds each day to the NCJW banner office, testify to the fear many motorists have of being stranded with a disabled car. The majority of the 45,000 letters have been from women, according to organizers. “Women identify with this project,” notes Francie Glickman, project coordinator, “because they identify with problems of personal security.” “What a good idea,” wrote a woman from Newton, Penn. “Only another woman would think of this.” Another woman describes her experience stranded in a disabled car on an east coast highway in freezing weather. Despite the fact that she hung her bra out the window to signal for help, she had to wait four hours until a state trooper noticed her stalled car and bra. Hook’s Drug Store is also offering a CALL POLICE help card program. The Hook’s CALL POLICE card is available at no charge at all Hook’s Drug Store Info Centers. The reverse side of the Hook’s CALL POLICE card offers rape and other crime prevention tips.

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Letters to the editor

More on the lakes Dear Editor: In your issue of January 20, I have two items to call to your attention. 1. In “Cruzin Around ’Cuse” it was stated quote: “We cite the case where channel condominiums have taken up some space for garages that had been used 'to park trucks and boat trailers.” Please be advised that the space taken up for the condo garages was not space for truck and boat trailer parking. This was private property, posted with no parking and private property signs. Also, was roped and chained off. Despite this, the bass fishermen did park their trucks and boat trailers there. They utterly disregarded the fact that it was private property and they were trespassing. The condo garages took nothing away from them. 2. On page five, the letter to the editor by Dick Wills, last paragraph, I quote: “We, the fishing public of Indiana, own the lake.” Therein the problem lies. They think they do own the lake and they can do as they please. Laws were not made for them and they have no respect for the property, the rights, and the right of some privacy by others. You can rest assured that lake property owners and local fishermen will do all possible to keep these bass fishermen from running our lakes. They do not own them regardless of what they think. With that attitude, and it is their attitude, they are most unwelcome. I would like to sign my name but having already had a couple of “run-ins” with these so-called sportsmen, I am afraid of their reprisal, both physical and property damage. Just sign me: One who has been a front row observer. Setting the record straight Dear Editor: On February 22nd I -was privileged to speak to the Milford Kiwanis Club about Bashor Home, a child-care facility for emotional youth. I was misquoted in one part of the article written in The Mail-Journal and I know that it would be a great disservice to the youth at Bashor to label them as “drug and alcohol dependent”. The fact is that Bashor cannot admit such a youth because the facility does not have staff trained to deal with those special problems. What I actually said was that drug and alcohol misuse in many of the homes these youth come from have caused family disruptions and abuse of all kinds to these children. The courts that place the emotionally disturbed youth in a child-care facility can do so only if that youth has broken a law. Thank you for straightening this out. Marilyn J. Brown Milford, Indiana Green lights Dear Editor: Last week you had a letter to the editor concerning red flashing lights. The writer mentioned the neglect and lack of concern from most people when they see a vehicle with red flashing lights. Believe me, I know how true this is, as I am an EMT. Our drivers do all they possibly can to safely get us to the hospital, but they cannot make people pull over. All they can do is sound the siren again and again and pray that it will be heard and acknowledged. The writer also mentioned how grateful she was about the speed in which our EMT arrived on the scene. This is our major concern. As EMTs, we are permitted to

run green flashing lights asking for the right-of-way. How many people do you think actually know what a green light signifies? Apparently not too many do for I have had people beep and honk at me angrily for trying to get by them. . As the previous writer said, “The next time it may be your loved one we are trying to get to or get to the hospital.” Please take time to pull over — it only takes a moment! Thanks, Maryellen Morganthaler Syracuse EMT Spiritual blindness in teachers Dear Editor: Many American colleges have made a grave mistake by employing atheistic and homosexual instructors on their teaching staff. One example is York College of Pennsylvania. Their campus ministry sponsored two Russian churchmen with their atheistic views but when Dr. Mclntire asked for equal time to witness the truth of God’s word the director replied “We will reserve time and chairs in the art auditorium with microphone service but our campus ministry will not sponsor

Congressman's Report , JOHN HILER

Farming in America is in trouble, and unless somebody can figure out how to stop eating, it is a problem that concerns all of us — farmers, agribusiness suppliers. bankers, consumers, public officials. Many say that the government itself got farmers into trouble, and there is a ring to truth to that. The Carter administration grain embargo coming at the same time farmers had been encouraged to plant fence-to-fence is a good example. Also, in recent years, farmers have had to deal with double-digit inflation and record interest rates. This has been hard on all sectors of our economy, but especially so for agriculture where the producers are at the mercy of Vo many variables like droughts and floods. And, the government support programs have actually worked to the disadvantage of farmers by offering few incentives for self-reliance and by building huge governmentsponsored surpluses that drove down commodity prices. Government farm policies have been every bit as circuitous as those wonderful round barns that dot our Hoosier countryside. We have, in effect created a vicious credit circle where some farmers — especially the ones that a high debt-to-asset ration — are now meeting themselves coming and going. How then does an issue as critical as this get tied up in Washington with African famine relief, the confirmation of new Attorney General Edwin Meese and passing budget-busting bills to force a Presidential veto? It’s called political football. It’s played on the banks of the Potomac. And, unfortunately, while the politicians win, both the people affected by the programs and the taxpayers who pay for them lose. That’s what is happening now with all the political maneuvering on emergency credit legislation now being debated in Congress. We must have an emergency credit program to allow spring planting for farmers whose local banks have failed and who cannot find new sources of credit without government guarantees. But we cannot load down this program with billions of extra budgetbusting dollars that will surely prompt a veto from the President, and I have voted against attempts in the House this past week to do that. The same government that played a part in the unhappy circumstances many farmers face should not now be playing politics with their misfortune. The long-range issue that looms before us is the 1985 Farm Bill. With this comprehensive legislation, we will undertake a reorganization of our system of farm subsidies and hopefully correct the inequities that have contributed to the farmers’ plight. This will allow prices to rise in the free market to a level where producers can survive. We have tried special subsidies, incentives, and exemptions, and what we have learned is you cannot buy prosperity for agriculture. Timing will, obviously, be a key ingredient of any overhaul of our farm programs. We cannot do it tomorrow. We must have a reasoned, gradual approach to getting government out of the business of rigging agricultural markets. Because this problem begs input from all of the people affected, I have scheduled a district-wide public meeting on

your message, meaning Dr. Mclntire would have to finance and advertise his message. Issue number 37 of the Christian Beacon states the Peruvian Heirachy has reached a compromise on Liberation Theology, referred to as L.T. The approved document agreed on advice of the Pope, not to harshly denounce the dangerousness and errors of the L.T. which is definitely Marxist oriented. The L.T. takes on the Marxist scheme of deceit through class struggle and violet revolution. The L.T. will pervert the text of God’s word in supporting Marxism by trying to favor the liberal evil side versus the conservative side. The gospel command to love is used by the Marxist as a command to. enter any class struggle and lead it to a violent revolution. We must as patriotic Christians, resist, supress and conquer this Liberation Theology or same as Humanistic Theology, that leaves God out of our lives. Here are the facts. 1. It is not Christian. 2, It is not a religion. 3. It is a satonic way of life. 4. It is a blasphemic Bible interpretation that betrays the absence of moral and intellectual integrity. It is a sad day when the Liberal eccumentical churches controlled by the WCC and NCC are condoning the homosexuals, lesbians, gay crowd and are organized as deserving minority group to get millions of tax dollars as support It is regretable and satonic. Byron Ulrich

Saturday, March 16, in southern St. Joseph county. The meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Laville Jr.-Sr. High School auditorium on U.S. 31 between Lakeville and LaPaz. I urge you to join me, the Indiana Farm Bureau and Farmers Home Administration for this brainstorming session on this critical issue. I have no speeches; I want to hear the concerns and suggestions of Third District residents. Please mark the date on your calendar, and in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to write me about this or any other issue before Congress at 407 Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC. 20515., , Area crimes investigated The following cases involving area residents were filed with the Kosciusko County Sheriff Department: Robert Stover of 1003 Beechwood Dr., Nappanee, reported to county police on Sunday, Feb. 24,6 p.m. that someone had broken into his summer liv-. ing quarters and entered the Enchanted Hills Playhouse. The suspects broke down the front and inner office doors. Nothing was reported missing only some drawers had been gone through. In another incident at Enchanted Hills in Syracuse, Ron Miller, reported someone had stolen his 12 gauge Remington shotgun sometime over the weekend of March 2 and 3, from his front closet. A breaking and entering was reported by Rose Schmucker at r 1 Leesburg who told codnty police someone had entered her house and removed some change from the dresser. The suspect also dumped some papers in the bathtub. Schmucker informed police that when she entered her residence she heard someone running from the house and drove off but she was unable to see the vehicle. Mobile Home Tires Mrs. Kathren Bouse of r 1 Leesburg informed police on Tuesday, Feb. 26, that suspects went from trailer to trailer at the Bouse Pine Bay Trailer Park on Sullivan Road checking for mobile home tires and rims that were unattached to the trailers. Some skirting had been pulled off the trailers and the suspects drove away in a vehicle. Black’s Trailer Court of North Webster was also the scene of a disturbance involving suspects shooting BB guns through windows. Joe Yoder of r 2 box 183 Leesburg reported the theft of his Colt 45 automatic gun, a half box of copper bullets, and a necklace made from 1800 silver dollars. The articles were stolen from his home on CR 300 E north of Armstrong Road. The thief gained entry through a window at the residence. Gary Popenfoose of r 1 Leesburg, located on CR 450 N, reported that someone had loaded one of his cows into a truck or trailer over the past month and stole it. The light tan heifer with a white face weighed about 500 pounds and was valued at $250. In a case filed Monday, March 4, by Phil Mclntire of Hartford City, the theft of a 2-wheel ’7B Shorelander trailer was reported at Patona Bay.

REMODELING AT BANK — Counting House Bank, Camelot Square, North Webster, has recently undergone remodeling changing according to Eric Weaver, assistant vice president of the bank. Weaver noted several of the changes included the addition of a suspended ceiling, ceiling fans, painting, installation of three new furnaces, and air conditioners. The remodeling also including enclosing a portion of the excess space on the south side of the bank into office space for Lucas Realty. The photo shows some of the ceiling fans installed and the enclosed office space for Lucas Realty. (Photo by Deb Patterson) •; ■ . -a? omwwt # If Ak ' I- X T* 'E jFV ’* ' -'w**/.- irf MHr * ■> - * 1 / A 'Hr V S V l/ ' ’ *%. vsEXCELLENCE ’S3 IT I T f I ■ -bHHHHHHHb ARTIST’S DRAWING OF PROPOSED YMCA EXPANSION Major expansion, renovation plans announced for YMCA

The Kosciusko Community YMCA of Warsaw will soon be kicking off a campaign to raise $1,500,000 for construction of a new exercise area, full-size gymnasium, meeting room, lobby/lounge, administrative office area and public restrooms, and for extensive renovation and remodeling of the existing facility along with site development. On August 16, 1984, the YMCA board unanimously approved a 10-year building plan as presented by George P. Stszeszynski of the Building and Furnishing Service (BFS) of the National YMCA. The plan would include construction of a double gymnasium with seating and storage, suspended jogging track, exercise area, Nautilus area, handball and racquetball courts and gallery, locker rooms, restrooms, showers, sauna, whirlpool, offices, lobby, lounge, areas for the general public, and a special purpose meeting room. In addition to new construction, the plan provides for extensive interior and exterior remodeling and renovation to include site development, parking and drives, services, fees, utility hookups and furnishings. The plan would be acccomplished in phases with phases I and II initiated in 1985 and the final phase completed before 1995. “The $1,500,000 figure represents a conservative approach to a much-needed expansion,” said Joy Jackson, executive director. A developmental study conducted in November, 1984, in-, dicated the present goal to be attainable. Eighty-four confidential interviews were conducted with business and community leaders to determine the fund-raising potential for the new Kosciusko Community YMCA facilities. The conclusions of the study indicated “the Kosciusko Community YMCA, while enjoying recognition of 251 being tried NAPLES — Italy’s biggest organized crime trial began recently as 600 armed police guarded a courtroom constructed inside a prison at a cost of $1 million. A priest, nun and several entertainers were among the 251 defendants. To investigate UNITED NATIONS - Twenty nations recently signed a convention that sets up a committee to investigate “well-founded indications” that torture is practiced systematically in any state party to the treaty.

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its quality programs, is seriously hampered in meeting the needs and demands for a wider range of services to all ages by a limited facility subjected to everyday member wear, coupled with normal deterioration, that will escalate problems and contribute to a dwindling of programs and participation. Something must be done, and soon. A goal of $1,500,000 is commensurate with responder estimates of real life potentials.” YMCA board president Tom Prichard stated, “The Kosciusko community has expressed a need for a full-service facility. With the present membership at 2,100 plus, we have outgrown our present building. During the past year we have had 6.200 participates in our broad and varied programs. “We are presently renting different school and private facilities due to the limitations of our present plant. Over 100 children are unable to participate in gymnastics because there is no space available October through February. Many programs are subject to cancellation because of conflicting school scheduling. During the summer months we cannot offer many programs because the school corporation’s buildings are unavailable. “With membership nearly doubled and program participation tripled in the past three years, something must be done if we are to continue to serve the community,” Pritchard said. “The community response is essentia] to keep our area growing and attracting not only industry, but quality families and individuals. The new construction will be vital to the area’s population in allowing us to continue our excellence in serving the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of the community today and in the decades to come.” Joy Jackson stated, “The campaign will be known as ‘Discover Excellence Y 85,’ in accordance with our board of directors’

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policy of striving for excellence in programming and service to the community.” She went on to say that of the expansion project, “I think it is a great tribute to the community. It will take a lot of hard work, but, with the peopie involved, I think we can bring Discover Excellence into reality.” Prichard said that within a few days he will be announcing the name of a community leader who will serve as campaign chairman for the expansion project. He added that the board hopes to wind up the fund drive by mid to late June and start construction in the late summer or early fall. FmHA farm borrowers workshop Farmers Home Administration County Supervisor, Robert Taylor, ris asking farmers in Wabash and Kosciusko Counties with FmHA loans to try to attend one of a group of meetings that are being held across the state by the Indiana Cooperative Extension Service. This program is a one-day workshop entitled. “Better Farming and Better Living," that will be held at 22 different locations beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 3:45 p.m. The meeting scheduled for this area will be Thursday, March 7, and will be held at the Atwood, Kosciusko Community building. FmHA personnel will be on the program in the afternoon and will discuss financial programs and financial planning consultation services. Taylor stated that it is imperative that all FmHA borrowers try to attend one of the workshops. For additional information, contact the FmHA office at Warsaw at 267-5853 or the county extension office nearest you.

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