The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 42, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 October 1985 — Page 5

Under the ... Courthouse flfjhc Dome wßjjtr By Ron Sharp JHgJß|||l LEGISLATIVE REPORT according to the House and Senate Journals, our assembly members (Senate and House) introduced or co-sponsored 96 bills in the last General Assembly. Os the 96 43 became law. Senators John Augsburger and V. Richard Miller both introduced or co-sponsored 27 bills, Harold Wheeler 24. Our two representatives: Thames Mauzy, 11 and Gregory Mishler, seven. » One of the poorest marks for achievement went to Paul John Hnc, a Hammond High School teacher, who introduced or co-sponsored 26 pieces of legislation and got one bill passed. Close behind was Charlie Brown, Lake County assembly member. A breakdown of Kosciusko County Assembly members’ records as to bills introduced, co-sponsored, and passed: Bills Introduced Passed REPRESENTATIVES: Thames Mauzy 11 . 4 Gregory Mishler 7 2 SENATORS John Augsburger 27 17 V. Richard Miller 27 9 Harold Wheeler 24 11 ACCORDING TO A REPORT filed recently in the county clerk’s office the county GOP organization spent $27,330.40 in 1984. The report on party activity reveals $24,568.32 was received by the treasurer Barbara Eastlund in 1984 with $3,453.36 being carried forward from 1983. Os the $24,568.32 collected only 39 per cent ($9,514.46) was accounted for (itemized). Barbara Eastlund, Warsaw Auto License Branch manager, gave $6,164.46 and Roxanna Hadley, manager of the Syracuse License Branch, $2,100; other monies listed as itemized were Al Rovenstine and Wayne Tombaugh, John Augsburger, each S2OO, Kingsbury Casting $250, and Charles Brower S4OO. Unaccounted for was Party records revealed that $27,330.40 was spent during 1984. Os this amount 75 per cent ($20,487.02) was accounted for (itemized). The treasurer didn’t itemize 25 per cent ($6,843.38). Large itemized expenditures are listed below: Richard Higgins for fish fries, $2,917.25. Indiana State Republican Committee, $8,844.46 (included fees for state convention). Reub Williams and Sons, $1,118.44. Linley Pearson for Attorney General, S3OO. Bud Hillis for Congress, S2OO. Warsaw Post Office. S2OO. Bartel Printing, $320.51. Hoosiers for Bob Orr, $1,150. Kosciusko County Fair, $2,057. Ronald Neely, rent $2,374. Telephone, $365.93. » Cash on hand, Jan. 1,1985, was listed as $691.28. —o— CORRECTION in our October 3 report on Warsaw City finances, a typographical error listed profit of $25,159 instead of $257,159 in the sewage disposal account. —o— DETERMINE INHERITANCE — Inheritance on the estate of Olive Bowser, a late resident of the Dewart Lake area, has been determined. The estates was valued at $223,706.40. Heirs were listed as Claudette McQuillian and Gregory Bowser. COUNTY EXTENSION IN GOOD SHAPE. Proposed Federal cuts of five percent starting Jan. 1, 1987, will not affect Kosciusko County Extension Department. Victor Virgil, County Extension Agent, reports that the county is ranked 10 (by the government) on a scale of 10. The county meets all criteria set by the U.S. Dept, of Agricuiture, so it will not suffer any cuts in personnel. The department has been notified that its postage allowance will be cut. The Kosciusko County Council in its September budget hearing approved funds for postage. Fifteen counties will be affected by this cut. In fact, 15 counties each year from 1987 through 1990 will be cut. Area counties to be affected will be: in 1988 Fulton, in 1989 Whitley, and in 1990 Huntington, Miami, and Wabash. During the annual conference of the county extension agents this month at Purdue University these cuts will be further explained to the county agents and their representatives. | -oTOURISM IN COUNTY. Deb Wiggins, Executive Secretary of the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce, credits Mrs. Paul “Mike” Hodges with the success of the bus tours in our county this year. Mrs. Hodges, using volunteers, planned and arranged the itinerars and schedules of the tours. Tour groups from Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana came to Warsaw and visited various places around the county. One tour leader from Ohio was so impressed with the Kosciusko County tours that she is bringing a second group in October. Mrs. Wiggins has credited these tours with bringing about $750,000 into the county during this year. ALL ROADS ON FILM according to the division of Extension and Research at Purdue University, all Indiana highways will be recorded in aerial photographs by the end of 1986. This will enable county and state highway departments to see where their highways are and what improvements can be made in right-of-ways.

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JOINS TRUSTEES — Richard G. Adams, executive vice president of Lake City Bank, has agreed to serve as a trustee of the Indiana Bankers Association Commercial Lending School for a three-year term. The Indiana Bankers Association board of directors approved the new educational venture for the association as part of a collaboration effort between the American Bankers Association and the Indiana Bankers Association. I These one week schools will be developed as part of the professional development in banking with the ultimate goal of improving the quality and delivery of banker education in Indiana and throughout the United States. Adams stated “The challenge is great and the need very evident. I’m pleased to be asked to serve on this important project.**

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"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

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“What we — as a society — need to do to move through the excessive individuality of the current addictive era to a new cooperative society. We have to achieve a more effective balance between the needs of the individual and the needs of our communities.... Together we will change things. Nobody will do it for us. Welcome aboard. We are the solution.**

I MENTIONED earlier that Toughlove involves both parent and teen groups. I’m really pleased to report that the Wawasee Community Toughlove group has joined with a Columbia City parent organization to start a teen support group. A young man and his wife from the Columbia City area are enthusiastic about this prospect and have offered to lead it. It has just been started and has met only a couple of times. We won’t know its effectiveness for awhile. The reason for a group like this is because of peer pressure. Peer pressure isn’t always bad. When teens feel “pressured** to become involved in athletics or drama or music, that’s not always bad. When teens feel “pressured” to make good grades because their friends are on HIT, that’s not always bad. But when teenagers believe they must take drugs or drink alcohol to be accepted, that is self-destructive. Very few teenagers can say “no” to this kind of pressure, although I hasten to add that some have said “no” indeed. If those who say “no” can speak out and “pressure" others to also say "no,” that is positive peer pressure. And it’s effective; it works. That’s the point of this teen support group — to offer encouragement and support to those who are trying to say “no.” Any teenagers interested in this should see their counselor or talk to any student who is presently attending.

THE WAWASEE High School guidance department did not start the Toughlove groups, but we have tried to be very supportive. We have started a couple of groups in the high school, however, and we’re really pleased with them. One of them is WE CARE, which is a peer facilitator group. We train interested young people to be able to help other teens. Every Friday before school t they gather faithfully to study and learn listening skills and ways to help with peers’ problems. They have also taken on some major projects, like WEE CARE, which is a corporation Big Brother-Big Sister program. Other projects include new stu-

Letters to the editor

Halley's Comet

Dear Editor: Some reflections concerning Halley’s Comet. I was born in the year 1906. In 1910, four years later, as a small child of four years, I first observed the famous comet. We lived in the country south of Leesburg where, at night, the sky was very clear and distinct and not particulary obscured by the bright city lights. My family was out in the yard one night looking up toward the heavens and there what could be seen but a strange eerie sight with a long tail atrailing. I asked, ‘What is it, Mom?‘ She replied, * they call it Halley’s Comet.* The tail, to me at that early age, didn’t seem too long, but I have since read that it is estimated to be 50 million miles in length. That first observation, which I can vividly recall, took place 75 years ago. I am now looking forward to viewing this famous celestial phenomenon for the second time, which according to all current accounts will come into view this November, December and early 1986. Since then, right or wrong, the more popular pronunciation of the word has been Halleys as in Baileys. However, last winter I attended a program on comets at the Bishop Planetarium in Bradenton, FL. The main feature, to be shown and discussed, was Halley’s Comet. The narrator indicated that there were three different ways that some

dent support, Bth grade orientation, and a “rap room.” It is interesting to note the top eight problems confronting teenagers today according to WE CARE members: Peer Pressure Drugs-Alcohol Suicide Lack of Communication School Pressures — Achieving Divorce Loneliness Low Self-esteem It isn’t easy to find time to meet each week and to respond to individual requests from counselors to help another student. They deserve a lot of credit. It takes time to care.

SADD (STUDENTS Against Driving Drunk) is another counselor-initiated project at WHS. We started it a couple of years ago, but membership declined. Marilynne Curtis worked at keeping the idea alive last year, but this year it has really caught on fire due to the push of a couple of enthusiastic students. SADD is meeting twice a month, once during Homeroom and once on a Tuesday night. We hope to achieve several lofty objectives, the most significant of which is to raise school and community consciousness that drinking and driving is a lethal combination. In conjunction with SADD, we are also aware of an effort to organize a local MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) in this area. The target date for this group is mid-October. If you are an adult interested in becoming part of an organization that wants to save lives, please call Marian Breyer (834-7249) or watch the newspapers for meeting announcements.

WELL, THAT’S it. You see, there is a lot going on; that’s why I’m excited. This isn’t all that the Wawasee High School guidance department is involved in, but it’s a part of what we do. Perhaps a Stephen Grellet quote often used in WE CARE describes why we work on these kinds of programs: “I shall pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore I can do, or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

would pronounce it: Halleys, as in Baileys; Halleys as in alley or valley; and still, Halleys as in hall or wall. Be that as it may, to each his own, which ever way the pronunciation, each way will refer to the famous comet. After all, what is there in a name? Would not a rose smell just as sweet if called by some other name? No wonder the populas of long ago was awe-struck by this eerie,

Bridge awaits repairs

Motorists driving north of Warsaw need not be alarmed if they notice large openings in the concrete apron on the east side of SR 15 high on the bank under the US 30 overpass. Wayne Johnson, State Highway Department Superintendent in Warsaw, stated this week that the openings have been cut with air

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majestic, splendor and viewed it as an omen of some impending disaster. However, the English astronomer Halley’s calculated prediction of its return 75 years later dispelled all superstition of the comet and its unfounded dire effects. However, pronounce it as you may, happy viewing of Halley’s Comet in the next few months. Arthur ‘Ted* Baumgartner

hammers in preparation for filling with concrete large washouts which have occurred under the apron. When a special piece of equipment is received from Fort Wayne a slurry mix will be pumped into the voids. Johnson said the condition has not decreased the load-bearing capabilities of the bridge.

Summy goes before state ABC

The Kosciusko County Alcoholic Beverage Board last week voted to recommend renewal of Larry Lee Summy’s beer and wine retailer permit for The Keg tavern in Leesburg. Final approval of the renewal must be given by the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Sununy also was scheduled to appear in a pre-hearing before the state ABC today to face administrative charges of promoting professional gambling and failure to maintain a high and fine reputation. If the state beverage commission officials find him guilty he could be fined or have his liquor permit suspended, or both. The state charges against Summy are related to his being

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COMPLETES BANKING COURSE — Donald L. Denney, vice president at State Bank of Syracuse, recently completed the classroom portion of his first year of the Graduate School of Banking. This three-year school was created to provide a means of preparing bankers to assume top management responsibilities in the banking field. The school is conducted at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, each August. Between annual sessions, a student must periodically complete a series of case studies relating to his own bank. These studies, combined with the classroom participation, comprise the opportunities for grading, evaluation and ultimately, graduation." Denney is responsible for the State Bank of Syracuse’s commercial and installment loan departments. He has an associate degree in business management from Indiana State University; has attended several Indiana Banker’s Association courses; and has acquired 15 years of financial services expertise. He and his wife, Tara, and daughter, Rochelle, live on Secrist Lake. Prune shrubs Spring-flowering shrubs such as azaleas, forsythia, flowering quince and camelias, need to be prunned to assure ample blooms next spring.

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sentenced on Sept. 12 in Kosciusko Circuit Court for making a cash payment to an undercover police officer who had scored points while playing on an electronic draw poker machine at The Keg on March 20,1985. The Keg was one of three area taverns raided last April by the Kosciusko County Police Department. Arrested in the raids were

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Summy ; Charles B. Kleinrichert, a bartender at Cocineros in Syracuse; and Wally Young, owner of Das Keller in Syracuse. Each of the three was charged in Kosciusko Circuit Court with two counts of gambling, one a Class D felony and the other a Class B misdemeanor. The cases of Kleinrichert and Young are still pending.

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