The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 33, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 August 1985 — Page 1

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Another SR 13/Bowser Road crash — Chris Beezley dies in a car-motorcycle accident

A 21-year-old Syracuse man was killed Thursday evening at 6:25 p.m. in a carmotorcycle crash on SR 13 at the south edge of Syracuse. Christopher L. Beezley, r 3, died of massive head injuries when the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a car driven by Todd Combs, 18, Syracuse. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Kosciusko County Coroner Gary Eastlund. Combs was treated at Goshen General Hospital for minor abrasions and was released. The accident occurred at the intersection of SR 13 and CR 1200. Combs was traveling south when he turned into the lot of the Phillips 66 gas station. Beezley’s motorcycle struck Combs’ vehicle broadside. The accident is being investigated by the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department. Services Sunday Beezley was born on November 5, in Goshen, to Paul A. and Jill (Largen) Beezley. He was a lifetime resident of Syracuse, and a 1982 graduate of Wawasee High School. He was employed at the Yoder Cabinet Company, Nappanee. Survivors include his parents, one sister, Mrs. Donald (Kimberly) Buhrt, Syracuse; one brother, Jeff Beezley, North Webster; and

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grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Largen, Ligonier and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Henwood, Syracuse. Funeral services were held Sunday, Aug. 11, at 1:30 p.m., in the Harris Funeral Home. Rev. C. J. Mowrer, interim pastor at North Webster Church of God, officiated. Burial was in McClintic Cemetery, North Webster. Webster board to meet North Webster Town Board members will have a number of items on the agenda for the monthly board meeting tonight (Wednesday). The meeting begins at 7 p.m., in the town hall. Items on the agenda will be the drainage problem at SR 13 and Huntington Street, a preliminary discussion on the sewage rate study with Umbaugh and Associates, alley vacation request, information on flood insurance and reports from the police, sewage, street, and park departments along with other enities of the town. The final item on the agenda is comments from citizens present. An executive session will follow the regular meeting to discuss personnel matters.

x ''" : ik \ / I f / CHRISTOPHER L. BEEZLEY Tent stolen A tent was stolen from a garage on Main Street in Syracuse sometime between August 1-8, according to police reports. Chris Smith, Syracuse, told police his tent was in his sister’s garage across from 518 Main Street. The tent was discovered missing and reported by Smith at 2:32 p.m., Aug 12. There are no suspects in the theft at this time.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14,1985

Long list of business — Discuss $2.5 million Syracuse school renovation

By DAVE STRAUB Staff Writer Plans to renovate Syracuse Junior High School were discussed at last night’s Wawasee School Board meeting. This topic headed a long list of business items. Following a feasability study done by the Everett I. Brown Architectual firm, representative Ken Brown delivered the results to board members and the public. He mentioned the facelift includes minor and major renovation. This concerns knocking down present walls to enlarge classrooms as well as eliminating the ramps so new stairwells can be built. According to Brown, major renovation of a building often includes bringing other parts of it up to code, which is required by the state. That is why many classroom sizes need to be enlarged since certain standards have to be met. In addition to the physical aspects, Brown mentioned the project could be an 18-20 month task. Therefore, he suggested the board act promptly to meet its completion goal, which is the fall of 1987. The estimated cost of renovation is about $2.5 million. “There’s a lot of planning involved in something like this,” said Brown. “Even when you advertise for bids and award contracts. A lot of time goes into it before actual construction.” Budget Hearing An overall tax rate of $4.25 was proposed at last month’s meeting. This is an overall increase of about nine percent, according to Assistant Superintendent for Business Roger Kryder. The public hearing went smoothly as no complaints were heard. North Webster Renovation A public hearing was also conJohn Replogle to be featured John Replogle will be featured on John Hammes’ “sth Base” sports report on channel 28. It will be aired Thursday, Aug. 15, on the 6 p.m. news show. The report is about softball, and Replogle has played it for 34 years. In addition, his daughters have been active in the sport since Becky and Kathi played in college. Brenda was a member of two state championship teams.

First joint Sidewalk Sales: 'good,' 'fantastic' By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer The degrees of success for Syracuse and North Webster Sidewalk Sales are varied. However, the overall comment range from “real good” to “fantastic.” Weather was not a problem for shoppers but the high temperatures and humidity, may have been the cause of early shoppers in both towns. Bargain hunters were out early as Syracuse Police officer Joe Thornburg could attest. He spotted sidewalk sale shoppers at 8 a.m. The large barrage of shoppers was seen walking from store to store in quest of bargains, especially in Wawasee Village Where traffic was quite heavy and parking sparse. Drivers in North Webster and Syracuse had to keep a keen eye on pedestrian traffic as clusters of shoppers crossed SR 13 to search for special buys. Out of town shoppers were noticed in both towns and comments were heard between shoppers of their plans to continue sidewalk shopping in Syracuse or North Webster, whichever town they had not yet shopped. Syracuse The view of shoppers in uptown Syracuse could be seen by everyone who traveled through town. Doug Pilcher Shoe Store employees reported sales went well, not just on sidewalk sales but nonsale items. The warehouse sales room reportedly had better response than the main store. Love Furniture co-owner Diana Hubbard reported sales were “fantastic” with numerous sales from the sidewalk. But even more merchandise was sold from inside the store and they are still selling items. Mrs. Hubbard reported she viewed a lot more people out shopping with better sales than last year. In Wawasee Village, Teghtmeyer’s Ace Hardware, Ben Franklins, and Country Mouse reported good results from their sales. At Ben Franklin’s sales were up five percent with a good crowd of shoppers. Thornburgs, too reported excellent sales. Dick Meyers at the Anchor Man reported sales were a little off from last year but he was not unhappy with sales. “Overall it was good,” remarked Meyers. Big sale days for his store were Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and he remarked, “Friday was a real bummer.” (Continued on page 2)

ducted for the North Webster School renovation. According to Kryder, $40,000 has been directed towards modifying a public address system, installing carpeting and moving a few walls. More Personnel Moves The board approved six personnel changes within the corporation. They are: The granting of a one-semester maternity leave for Darcy Mock, a home economics teacher at Milford Junior High. The resignation of Kirby Stahly as mathematics teacher at North Webster Junior High. He has accepted a position in industry. The granting of a one-semester teaching contract for Beth Wood. She will temporarily replace Mock by teaching home economics. Wood has two years of teaching experience. The hiring of Kara Wenger as language arts teacher for grades 6-8 at Milford Junior High. She is a 1985 graduate of Manchester College and is licensed as an elementary teacher as well as in

Concerned citizens at Milford Town Board meeting Monday

By JIM BRODERICK Staff Writer Several concerned citizens attended the Milford Town Board meeting Monday night to voice their complaints against the burning of garbage outside of Campbell’s IGA in Milford. Some of the residents who live near the store complained of blowing garbage and ash, as well as offensive odors coming from the burning garbage. “You wouldn’t like it if it were in front of your house,” Levi Beer, spokesman for the group, told the board. “We don’t like it, and it’s not in front of our houses,” said Darrell Orn, board member. Beer told the board he’s had to clean his yard as many as three times in one day because of the garbage situation. Beer also told the board that none of the residents who were present had anything against

language arts. The hiring of Kristi Harris as a mathematics teacher for grades 6-8 at North Webster Junior High. Licensed in computer science and mathematics, Harris previously taught at West Lebanon and is a graduate of Manchester. The resignation of Gayle Staley, a special education teacher at Syracuse. She has accepted a position closer to her home in Elkhart. Milk Bids In addition, the board accepted bids from Burger Dairy to supply milk. Prices are: 13.4 cents for half pint, $1.60 for two percent half gallon, $2.71 for vanilla shake mix, $2.76 for chocolate shake mix and $4.07 for cottage cheese barrel. With this came discussion about the hot lunch program. Kryder said he has been working with Theresa Brown, the new food services director. Together, they have been reviewing the revenues and with the aid of extensive board discussion,

Phil Campbell, owner of the IGA. Most of the residents at the meeting had signed a petition allowing the IGA to be built at its present location. “We don’t want to •'hurt his business,” Beer said, “but we would like to see him keep the outside of his store cleaner.” Board President Jean Treesh said “It would be good if you could work it out as neighbors.” Treesh, however, said the town board would refer the matter to the board of health, and informed residents that they should also notify the board of health about their complaints. The board accepted a bid from Wuthrich and Sons for repair work on the old water department building. The bid was for $1,945. The only other bid submitted was from Harry Doty, with a proposed cost of $2,196.60. Board Member Denny Wuthrich abstained from the vote. Jennifer Richmond, of Kosciusko Development, Inc., presented the board members with an agreement to sign. The document stated that KDI would use its funds to continue generating new economic interests in the county. Monica Bice, clerk-treasurer, termed the signing of the agreement “a goodwill gesture.” Progress Report Mike Fitch, of Bonar and Associates, briefed the board on the progress of the proposed Syracuse Street — Old State Road construction project. Fitch tdld the board that actual

HBB WWhifmi HMI ‘ AT SYRACUSE — Shoppers were out early on Thursday to take advantage of sidewalk sales throughout Syracuse. There were times when clerks barely had the items marked and out of the boxes before they were purchased. Many bargains were found throughout the weekend sale at all participating businesses. The above photo shows shoppers at Thornburg’s Drug Store in the village.

member Henry Smith proposed that lunch prices should be 85 cents at the elementary level, 90 cents for junior high, $1 for high school and $1.50 for adults. These are slight increases, with the largest coming at the high school level (15 cents). This move was passed, with the condition that there will be a report on price effectiveness after the first semester. Cirriculum Committees Instructional Services Director Dr. Howard Hull reported that four new committees have been created: the corporation cirriculum committee, the building cirriculum committee, the book adoption and cirriculum development committee and a committee consisting of K-8 principals within the corporation. These groups will meet regularly for efficient reviewing and revising of courses and text materials. Summer Building Update Building and Grounds Director Roy Stiffler reported that corporation building maintenance is going smoothly. In addition, roof-

construction could begin in the fall of 1986. The project involves reconstruction of the street, installation of curbs, widening of the shoulders, and construction of new storm sewers. Further studies will have to be conducted, Fitch said, before the engineering agreement can be signed for the $1.2 million pro-

Senate/House slash $55 billion from budget By EDWARD THORLUND Last-minute agreement by Senate and House conferees to cut the 1985-86 budget-about $55 billion next year and perhaps S2OO plus billion in three was welcomed by investors and brokers. The congressional budget-cutting wasn’t enough but the feeling in financial centers was that if some reduction hadn’t been agreed on, confidence in the U.S. economy and the dollar would have suffered badly, here and abroad. The suspicion among many, however, is that the slower economy of recent months is going to lower estimated revenues. So the deficit will remain very high. If nothing more is done to cut spending by the 99th Congress this year, the threat of inflation many increase. That’s the theory of those who say a bigger money supply, both to stimulate growth and hold down interest rates, could cause inflation. That might explain some of the bullishness in the market this summer — the deep-down feeling of many that inflation can’t be held in check with looser money and huge deficits. Inflation could raise the price of many stocks. The president served notice the week Congress recessed that more savings would be realized after members return to Capitol Hill. But Mr. Reagan didn’t say how this was to be done.

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ing and renovation work at North Webster is almost complete. As for Wawasee High, asphalt work is finished while roofing and painting are in progress. Other Items A symbolic crest for the corporation has been proposed, tying in aspects of educational goals as .«> well as qualities of the area. A drawing was submitted to the board. Also, the board wrestled with the field trip policy issue/Usually, such matters are handled individually, though limits on some field trips seem to be necessary. Thus, the board discussed adopting a policy to regulate trips; however, the issue was labeled for further examination. Finally, Schools Superintendent Dr. Kenneth E. Webster mentioned that advertisement for the principal’s position at Wawasee High is under way. The corporation plans to circulate notice to neighboring states so more quality candidates are brought in.

ject. He said he expected an agreement to be reached in six to nine months. Fire Chief Max Duncan told the board that he was surprised and pleased at the success of the pork chop barbecue, which was the final fund raising event for the (Continued on page 2)