The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 41, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 October 1985 — Page 18
THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., October 9,1985
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BIG RED ON THE MOVE — The Big Red flag of Indiana University is flying high in front of Bill Little’s home as are his spirits because his beloved IU is playing great football with a record of four wins and no losses.
DO YOU have a dirty car?
Don’t wash it. Plan now to take it to the fire station on Saturday, Oct. 19, and help the firemen and the EMS with their fund raising project.
The two departments will hold a joint car wash on the 19th in an attempt to raise $2,000 to purchase equipment for the equipment truck operated by the fire department.
The car wash will be held between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on a donation basis. There will be no set fee.
The money will be used to purchase air bags for lifting or stabilizing vehicles or moving a steering column off of a victim in an accident. It will also be used to purchase a back-up handpowered system for the JAWS unit;
WOW! HAVE you noticed all the improvements being made on homes on Henry Street? And, there are soon to be more noticeable improvements made to other homes on that street if what we hear is correct.
AN OPEN house is slated for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11 and
Mary Reece initiated in sorority
The Alpha Nu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met at the Argos United Methodist Church on Saturday, Sept. 14. Members from Marshall and Kosciusko Counties met to witness the initiation of the chapter’s first honorary member, Mary Reece, of Claypool. Mrs. Reece is very active in the State Retired Teacher’s Association. A thank you was read from Darla McCune. Miss McCune recently received the scholarship presented annually to a young woman interested in a career in education. Miss McCune is a graduate of Argos High School and is attending Indiana State University. Pam Pletcher, membership chairman, presented an interesting overview of the chapter’s membership, with a plaeque for perfect attendance of 10 members and best percentage of members from the SyracuseNorth Webster area. The next meeting will be Monday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m., at John Wong’s Restaurant, Warsaw.
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12, at the new home of Jim and Joy Hostetler.
The home is located" on the south side of Waubee Lake, on Groves Road. It features an European styled kitchen, full walk-out basement and custom oak interior trim. It was custom built and is energy efficient. It is considered the “ultimate in modern construction.’’
THE FIREMEN served their usual delicious BBQ chicken on Sunday. The event fell on the same day as the homecoming dinner at the Christian Church but several members managed to purchase chicken anyway.
In fact. Barb and Wayne Richardson of J.W.’s purchased chicken and served it at the homecoming dinner.
SATURDAY IS the day for the St. Jude’s Bike-A-Thon at Milford. Bill Little is serving as tjiis year’s chairman.
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SELECTED TO HONOR SOCIETY — Elaine K. Bigler, now attending Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, lowa, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bigler of Nappanee has been selected as a member of the Pi Tau Delta International Chiropractic Scholastic Honor Society.Membership is limited to students who have attained a 3.5 (A) average scholastically throughout their professional four-year course of study. Bigler graduated from North Wood High School in 1977. She received a bachelor of science degree from Goshen College in 1981. She was employed at the First National Bank in Nappanee before enrolling at Palmer College. She will receive her doctor of chiropractic degree this December.
The event will take place at 10 a.m. on the junior high track. Bill has a number of area residents helping with this project, including Robert Groves, who is supervising the rider recruitment. —o— OBSERVATION: HAVE you noticed the colors of the leaves the past two or three days? They are beautiful. Fall is one of this editor’s favorite times of the year. No, I don’t like the cold weather! I like the blue sky, the fresh feeling of the fall air and the turning of the leaves. I also like to smell burning leaves. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not in favor of raking leaves ... I want to smell other people’s burning leaves ... that way I get all of the advantages with no hard work! Besides, we only have two trees at our house that we have to worry about leaves ... the rest are either pine or are still to small to worry about the six or seven leaves that fall. But, one of these years I’m going to have to get back in the swing of leaf raking. As far as color goes, this year’s top award <if there was such a thing) would have to go to the bright red tree in front of the home of the Zehrs on South Main Street. It’s beautiful. Cheap wheat may cause digestive upset Cheap wheat this fall means more beef producers may include wheat in their cattle rations — and may see more digestive upset and cattle off feed as well. John Brethour, professor of animal nutrition at Kansas State University says. “Wheat is a wonderful source of protein for cattle. Wheat has a higher nutritional value than corn or milo and provides good animal response in growing and finishing cattle. ” But he cautions that because wheat is a rich, quickly digested grain, some precautions may be necessary. Wheat ferments in the rumen faster than corn or milo, so buffering with sodium bicarbonate may be required to avoid digestive upsets and reduction in feed intake. The feed additives monensin and lasalocid (Rumfensin and Bovatec) are also effective in reducing acidosis arid can be included in those rations that contain substantial; portions of wheat. When economics favor feeding wheat, keep these guidelines in mind. • Add wheat to the ration gradually to give cattle time to adjust to the higher energy level. Maintain at least 10 percent roughage on a dry matter basis in finishing rations. • Try to keep feed available at all times. Hungry cattle overeating often causes digestive trouble. • Include wheat at no more than 50 percent of the grain portion of the ration. Higher levels can be used with careful management, very gradual increase and use of adequate fiber. • Be concerned about rumen acidosis and include either monensin, lasalocid or sodium bicarbonate in the ration. Retire or not WASHINGTON - A government survey of new Social Security beneficiaries indicates that one-third retired simply because they were tired of working, while one-quarter said they were driven from the work force by poor health.
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30 YEARS IN POSTAL SERVICE — Gene Kitson and Carroll Koble, U.S. Postal Carriers for Syracuse, have accumulated 30 years each in postal service. These two carriers have the most years of service at the Syracuse Post Office. Kitson has spent his service years as a city carrier while Koble started as a window distribution clerk then took the position of rural carrier. Koble is responsible for Syracuse rural route three. Ruby Bell, a rural carrier, honored the men by baking a cake for the celebration. Shown in the photo are Syracuse Postmaster Anthony Rudasics presenting Kitson and Koble with their gold 30 year pins and letters of accommodation from the U.S. Postal Service. (Photo by Deb Patterson)
Go south, bad mouth
By CHAR BUTLER Guest Feature Writer
One recent evening, early, I dropped into my favorite neighborhood tavern. Nearly the size of three volleyball courts, the wood booths glisten in daylight or candles; large copies of famous oil paintings hang straight on the tan walls and the ; white tile floor is always trackless. Pete, in business the past 20 years this month, serves good, moderately-priced food and drink, caters to families (pretty room) and long ago established house rules including “No profanity” and “No bothering the patrons or the help.” casting out Video camera is stolen from business A video camera worth more than S9OO was stolen from Curtis TV, on Pickwick Road in Syracuse. The camera, which is believed to have been taken on Oct. 1 or 2, was reported missing by Fred Curtis. The police are investigating the theft. Hubcaps stolen Four hubcaps valued at $l5O were recently stolen from a car parked at the Greenhaus Apartments in Syracuse. E.D. Hutchings, a resident of Greenhaus Apartments, reported the hubcaps stolen from his 1977 white Buick. Police say the crime, which has no suspects, took place on Oct. 5
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miscreants and setting a pleasant atmosphere. Usually, conversations are a quiet hum and laughter, goodnatured and low in decibels. But tonight I was in for a change of pace. I knew it the moment I sat down, my back to two elderly couples, the younger man talking loud as if standing on a soap box in a park. Though other diners tried to ignore his table talk, we soon learned they were all from a little town near Muncie; the men, brothers-in-law, retired from the same factory and now, they all lived in Florida. The younger man’s voice rasped — worse than the sound of a fingernail scratching a school blackboard and his loud laughter and coarse four-letter words made him a candidate for “vulgarity champ" in The World Book of Records. He was obnoxious and embarrassed all of us including his wife and in-laws. They tried, without success, to shush him and I chalked up the buffoon as “Loud Mouth Nerd of August" when he said to a pretty, young, distraught mother, “Why don’t you put him in a bag?" as her son, four years or so. deviled for a Coke rather than milk. She laughed politely. I wiggled nervously in my chair and concentrated on my food. Things quieted — the calm before the storm. Other diners, a young family of four and six older couples sat silent. I thought about tossing a glass of ice water on him . . . and he sensed our animousity. “Hummm. I don’t care . . . whadda I care what people think?" “Shush!” from his wife. “I won’t shush! I’ll say what I wanna!”
“Shush!” said his wife and sister-in-law. “No, I won’t!” and he tapped with a spoon on his water glass with every word. As in the movies, it was. time the hero appeared from some place! Just then, as if reading my mind, a big blonde fella, ’bout six’n a half feet, pushed out of his booth and lunged over beside Obnoxious and stared down at him. “Shutyer mouth,” blonde said (with the same politeness as if he’d apologized with “I beg your pardon”). Obnoxious stood up (a chubby five-ten), and his relatives did the same, all wearing bright red faces. Evidently they’d paid for their meals as I noticed a couple dollars, tip money, on the table .. . and they headed out the family room door to their car, not one word coming from any of them. As the door closed we all applauded our blonde hero. Dunno what the other diners thought about those folks, but I hoped that four-some didn’t linger too long in any one place before returning to Florida. Obnoxious is the type that gives Hoosiers a bad image...
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NIPSCO's board approves credhs
Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s Board of Directors has approved the continued operation of the not-for-profit Energy Assistance Program for the 1965-1966 heating season. The company will again provide up to $500,000 in matching credits this year. During the 1984-1965 heating season, Energy Assistance Fuel Funds in NIPSCO’s service area assisted 3,620 families and the company provided $412,325 in matching credits. The credits, when matched to the funds raised locally, provided a total benefit of $824,650 in energy assistance. The Energy Assistance Program was established in 1962 with NIPSCO making up to $300,000 available in matching energy credits to assist needy customers in the payment of winter heating bills. The company increased the matching funds available to $500,000 in 1983-1984 and 1984-1985. NIPSCO’s matching credits are provided by the utility’s stockholders. In announcing the continuation of the program, Edmund A. Schroer, NIPSCO chairman and chief executive officer said, “In the face of generally increasing household and energy costs over the years, we recognize the particularly difficult plight of the economically disadvantaged in paying their utility bills, especially during severe winter weather when the monthly usage and billings are typically highest. “In the absence of an adequate legislative solution at both the state and national levels to this ever-increasing problem, NIPSCO is taking this action to help those qualified customers who request assistance,” he said. Again this year, administration of the fuel fund will be the responsibility of various charitable organizations operating in NIPSCO’s 30-county service area. Last year some 21 organizations participated in administer-
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Syracuse library to be closed
Syracuse Public Library will be closed Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to Rosalyn Jones, librarian. Mrs. Jones and Bonnie Bjella, children’s librarian, will be attending the district Indiana Library Association meeting. The library will reopen Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 12 noon.