The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 December 1985 — Page 18

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., December 4,1985

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Milford's Main street

STRAWBERRIES IN November? Whoever heard of that? One person who has is Marion C. Deeter of 317 East Fourth Street in Milford. Marion turned up last week at The Mail-Journal

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office in Milford with two not-so-ripe strawberries, one small and the other one fair-shed, which he had just picked from his garden. It’s a good thing he didn’t wait until this week, or he would have harvested in the snow.

Deeter is best remembered as former Milford street and water superintendent, a post he held for 11 years. He’s a homespun gardener, and he just had to tell someone about his November strawberries. He called the strawberries, “just one of those freaks.” FALL FELL quickly into winter last Sunday night! At least the old barrier of State Road 6 kept most of the snow up north. Even though snow on the streets is a nuisance, a trip out into the country reveals a whole new beauty as a blanket of snow lies on the fields which so recently stood brown after the fall harvest. Jeri and D.G. (Bud) Seely received the full effect of the changed weather as they returned home today from a week’s trip to the balmy sunshine of Hawaii. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, put up last weekend by the Milford Street Department, survived the severe winds of Sunday night and add a tone of Christmas to Main Street. ± SPECIAL MADNEE * 2 Rainbow Brito & Star Stealer 7 4- Sat. 4 Sun. 1 P.M. - $2.00 6* F 1 LAKE CINEMAS M ROCKY IV P 6 I Sorry No Bargain Prices IS KING SOLOMON I BIESKES Starring Richard Chamberlin I Chevy Chase Dan Aykroyd ■ P 6

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CONGRATULATIONS TO Joann Boyer on designing the winning logo in the Sesquicentennial Logo Contest sponsored by the Milford Lions Club.

Joann is an MJ employee who previously submitted the winning design in the Syracuse Sesquicentennial Logo contest. THE MILFORD Jaycees are going to soon have souvenir calendars pertaining to the Sesquicentennial celebration. They will include several old photos from Ted Baumgartner’s album. The calendars will be available for purchase from local Jaycees. — More on this later — CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS Bazaar will be held Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9 a.m to noon at the Milford Elementary School gym. Kids can buy gifts that are handmade for a small fee for parents, grandparents, brothers or sisters. Santa will be there and kids can have pictures taken by Yeager Photography for a small fee. The event is sponsored by W.0.T., formerly Jayceettes. Money earned will be donated for renovation of the Milford Public Library.— GGL

Lower gas rates

Northern Indiana Public Service Company stated Monday, Dec. 2, its gas rates will be lower this winter than they were last winter. “An abundance of gas supplies as well as competition among suppliers and fuel sources have brought about lower prices which should result in a decrease in natural gas rates of approximately three percent for NIPSCO customers this winter,” Jeffrey W. Yundt, NIPSCO vice president of gas operations, said. Yundt also said an American Gas Association rate comparison study released in mid-November showed that NIPSCO’s residential gas rates remain among the lowest nationwide. The AGA study, which covered the quarter ending September 30, indicated that monthly bills of NIPSCO residential customers are the 25th lowest otthe 121 service areas surveyed compared, or among the lowest 20 percent. NIPSCO industrial and commercial gas rates ranked among the lowest 13 percent of the companies participating in the survey. The highest gas rates in the study belonged to Great River Gas Company, headquartered in Keokuck, lowa. Missouri customers of that utility paid a

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Lotteries are big business

EDITOR ’S NOTE: Is the stateoperated lottery a major boost to financing government services or, as some contend, simply “a fickle form of finance?” Indiana University public finance analysts John L. Mikesell and C. Kurt Zorn examine the evidence. Their findings are included in a three-part series, beginning with this historical look at the growth and development of the games. BLOOMINGTON - State lotteries have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade, both in terms of their dollar volume and the number of states operating them, according to a study by Indiana University public finance analysts John L. Mikesell and C. Kurt Zorn. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia currently operate such games, and another state will be added to the list in early 1986, the faculty researchers in lU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs noted. This compares to 14 states five years ago. “Some states implemented lotteries due to the revenue lost to neighboring states,” the authors said, “but more important was the lure of revenue without new or increased taxes.” In addition to Washington, D.C., which initiated a lottery in 1982, and 22 states are: Arizona (1981), California (1985), Colorado (1983), Connecticut (1972), Delaware (1975), Illinois (1974), lowa (1985), Maine (1974), Maryland (1973), Massachusetts (1972), Michigan (1972), Missouri (to begin in early 1986), New Hampshire (1964), New Jersey (1971), New York (initial lottery 1967-75; reintroduced in 1976), Ohio (1974), Oregon (1985), Pennsylvania (1972), Rhode Island

monthly bill of $269.92 for 250 therms of gas. NIPSCO customers using this amount of gas paid $124.02. Customers of Enstar Natural Gas Company of Arkansas paid the lowest rates, $72.14 for 250 therms a month during the three-month period. Yundt also said that NIPSCO has adequate supplies to meet all its customers’ firm requirements this winter. In a letter to the Indiana Department of Commerce, the utility vice president stated “Official company forecasts of gas demand and supply for this winter indicate that all firm gas requirements in our service territory can be met, barring any unforeseen supplier capacity or supply shortages. ” He said NIPSCO expects to continue to receive its full contracted daily supply of 910 million cubic feet from suppliers, which can and will be supplemented by more than 32 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage from NIPSCO-owned facilities and from storage reserves contracted with suppliers and other companies. “Adequate supplies and stabilizing prices will keep natural gas the least expensive heating fuel in northern Indiana,” Yundt said.

(1974), Vermont (1978), Washington (1982) and West Virginia (1985). Some states earmark at least a portion of lottery proceeds to specific uses — education being one of the most frequent — but more states place the proceeds in their general funds. In fiscal year 1983, the most recent year for which complete revenue data is available, net lottery proceeds of more than $2 billion accounted for 2.2 percent of the total revenue generated by the lottery states. “If one considers only the states with lotteries functioning throughout both 1978 and 1983, that percentage has grown from 0.08 percent to 2.3 percent,” Mikesell and Zorn said. While the state lottery is not a dominant revenue source, they added, it enjoys a popularity that is rare among government revenue sources. For example, of the total 274 counties involved in 1984 lottery referenda in‘California, Missouri, Oregon and West Virginia, only 10 failed to receive more than half the votes cast on the question. A lottery, as defined by the Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling, is “a form of gambling in which chances to share in a distribution of prizes are sold.” Most of the prizes are cash. Lotteries follow one or a combination of four formats: — Passive. A passive lottery involves a periodic drawing of game entries, with the winners receiving a defined set of prizes. (This format does not generate a sizable revenue.) — Instant. The instant games, introduced by Massachusetts in 1974, let the players know whether the ticket is a winner or a loser as soon as an opaque coating is scratched from a section of the ticket. (In 1984 all lottery states but Maryland operated at least one instant game.) — Numbers. The game, patterned after the illegal gambling activity with the same name, has the player bet on the selection of a three- or four-digit number. There is a fixed payoff for winners. (New Jersey started the first state numbers lottery in 1975. This form is the largest lot-

Registration period extended

Bureau of Motor Vehicles Commissioner (BMV), Michael M. Packard, announced the Bureau’s decision to extend Indiana’s vehicle registration period from six months to 10 months, at the request of Governor Robert Orr. The new system will take effect in 1986. The decision is the first of a series of steps designed to improve public service at the state’s license branches. These improvements are a part of the governor’s overall program for license branch reforms which he expects will be enacted during the upcoming session of the General Assembly. “We see this as a reform which will benefit the public. In many urban areas of the state there are long lines at the end of the month, this is an attempt to shorten those lines,” Packard said. The BMV was given authority to extend the registration by

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tery sales producer in most states.) — Lotto. Lotto is a pari-mutuel game in which the player selects a set of numbers, usually six out of a range of 40. Prize money not won in the drawing, usually weekly, is carried over to the next prize fund. (It ranks behind the numbers games in sales and relative significance in states.) USDA to survey Indiana farmers During late November and December, Indiana farmers will be asked to participate in a nation-wide survey which is used to develop estimates for livestock numbers including cattle, hogs, sheep and chickens. The survey will also provide data used to develop the first indication of fall seeded winter wheat acreage for the 1986 crop. The survey will be based on a sample of severa’ hundred farmers located throughout the state. Collection of data began November 20 and will continue through the first week of December. Data will be collected by two methods. Enumerators from the office of Karl L. Park, statistician in charge of the Indiana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, will personally interview a cross-section of farmers while other farmers will be asked to complete and return the questionnaire they receive in the mail. Cooperation of farmers is necessary in order to establish reliable estimates and Park states that all information reported is kept confidential. Results from the survey will provide farmers, business firms, policy makers, and other data users with information helpful in planning future activities. Decisions based on facts have a much better chance of success than do those based on misinformation or no facts. Mars wet? MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — Mars has up to 100 times more water than was previously believed, and that may help sustain manned missions to the planet, NASA researchers said recently.

Public Law 118 of the 1983 session of the General Assembly. While the new schedule takes effect in 1986, the expiration date of current registrations will not change. Registrations issued in 1986 will reflect the new schedule. “The change to a 10-month distribution schedule will result in no additional costs to the motorist,” Packard added. The new distribution schedule is as follows (those with a current expiration date of January will not change). Those with last names beginning with: A-B: February (expiration date) , C-D: March E-G: April H-I: May J-L:June M-O: July P-R: August S-T: September U-Z: October