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MOVING DAY AT TOWN HALL — Tuesday was moving day for the first to occupy quarters in the new Syracuse Town Hall. Charlene Knispel, Turkey Creek Township Assessor, and her three deputies were hard at work at the chore of moving desks, files and a wide assortment of official papers of her office. She said her office would be closed to the public until next Monday, in order that they could make the move complete. The new assessor’s quarters is 950 square feet, approximately the same they had at their former location, but that it appears much more roomy. The office, located in the well lighted northwest corner of the building, consists of a large room, measuring approximately 30 by 35 feet, a smaller private office for the assessor, plus a fair sized storage room. She works with three deputies: Miriam Ridings, first deputy; Bet-

Area Plan Commission denies Scantlin rezoning petition

A petition by Barbara Scantlin to rezone .486 acres in Syracuse from residential to a commercial district was unanimously denied by the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission last Wednesday. The petition had been tabled in November at the request of Scantlin’s attorney, Jack Lawson, to allow his client time to consider changing her request from a rezoning to a special exception in the residential district. This change in the petition was not made as attorney Steve Snyder represented Scantlin at this meeting. He contended that she had put a gift shop operation on the site after being made aware that the property was zoned for commercial use and would lose monetarily if the property is not rezoned. Board members Steve Butt and Dee Stiver maintained that the area had never been zoned commercial. While opinions about the zoning status varied, the board had at the previous meeting seemed willing to approve an exception in a residential district. Adjacent property owner Betty Dust again stated her remonstrance to the area being rezoned because the business operating in the building could be changed without any proper controls. She was not against a business similar to the gift shop, which could operate under a special exception, continuing to function in the area. The board also voted to not recommend to the Kosciusko County Commissioners the request of David and Nora Mort to

Two Syracuse men sentenced on gambling charges

Wally Young and Charles B. Kleinricheft, both of Syracuse, were sentenced to two days in the Kosciusko County Jail, ordered to make restitution to the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, and fined $250 plus court costs on misdemeanor gambling charges. The pair was sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Kosciusko Circuit Court. Young is the owner of Das Keller and Kleinrichert, is a bartender at Cocineros, Syracuse. Kosciusko County Police conducted a raid last April at three area taverns with the arrest of three men. Electronic poker

rezone 1.23 acres from light industrial to a commercial district. The Morts planned to construct a 35 x 40 foot building to house their home in the back portion and Mrs. Mort’s typing business in the front. The board referred to an existing ordinance which states that legally there cannot be a residence and a commercial business on the same lot in a commercial district. The property is located on the south side of CR 250 N mile west of CR 100E in Plain Twp. The petition of Don Roop to rezone a parcel of ground from agricultural to a residential district was recommended for approval only if proof could be produced that advertising had been properly published in a newspaper. The property, on which Roop intends to build a retirement development for people over age 54, is located on the east side of CR 325E, 880 ft. northwest of US 30 ip Wayne Twp. The APC voted to recommend approval of the petition of Jim H. Baik to rezone five acres of land from agricultural to a residential district. Dr. Ralph Wood spoke for DaVid Leiter, executor of the estate of Rebecca Leiter, an adjacent landowner. His remonstrance stated the use of Baik’s property for trailer parking would decrease the value of the Leiter property. The property, on the east side of CR 100E and 540 ft. north of CR 300 S in Wayne Twp. will be divided into 13 individually owneed trailer sites. Dan Richard mentioned to the board the coming retirement of member Dee Stiver. It was noted that Stiver had given 30 years of

gambling machines were confiscated in the raid. In addition to Young and Kleinrichert, Larry Lee Summy, owner of The Keg, Leesburg, was also arrested. The three were each charged with two counts of gambling, one a class D felony and the other a class B misdemeanor. Young and Kleinrichert allegedly made a cash payment last March to an undercover police officer who had won points on an electronic draw poker machine inside each business. Summy also was charged with making a cash payment last March to the same undercover officer after he won points on the

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ty McCullough, second deputy; and Susan Myrick, third deputy. Meanwhile, workmen are busy putting down carpeting and doing other finish work in the remaining rooms of the all new building, and that Township Trustee Lou Kuilema, Clerk-Treasurer Jennifer Lewis, the police and other occupants of the building are to move into their new quarters in the very near future. The Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce will also have permanent quarters in the building for its executive secretary, Nancy Myers. , , Town Board Member Steve Butts said on Tuesday that there is no established name for the new town hall as yet, in spite of the number of names that have been suggested. The Syracuse Town Board commented earlier that it would cheerfully accept creditable suggestions from the public.

service on the Syracuse and Kosciusko County Planning Commissions as of this meeting. The next regular meeting of the Kosciusko County APC has been set for Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 1 p.m. School Corp, to open bids on Dec. 23 The Wawasee Community School Corporation will accept bids on office equipment until 2 p.m. on Dec. 23. Bids will be opened at that time in the board room located at the administrative offices in Syracuse. The Wawasee Community school board reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. A certified check of 5 percent of the total bid price shall accompany all bids. All bids shall be good for 30 days from the date of the bid opening. and proper bid forms are available at the administrative offices. MAD to meet on Saturday The Milford Area Development Council will be holding it December meeting this Saturday, Dec. 14, at 9 a.m., in the community building. All MAD members are encouraged to attend this end-of-year meeting.

electronic draw poker machine inside that establishment. A plea bargain agreement was reached between the prosecuting attorney and attorneys for Young and Kleinrichert, in which the two pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor gambling charge. The felony charge was dismissed. Since the two men served one day in jail when they were booked they were given credit for that day previously spent and were discharged. The restitution was for the investigation conducted by police. Summy was sentenced on September 12 in Circuit Court and received the identical sentence.

electronic draw poker machine inside that establishment.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11,1983

Byland attends 3-day seminar Gerry Byland, IRA coordinator for State Bank of Syracuse, recently attended a three-day seminar in a Chicago hotel. The seminar was conducted by Institutional Pension Consultants, Inc. IPC is an organization which provides employee benefits training, consulting and a monthly news service to over 3,500 financial institutions nationwide. IRSt approved retirement plans are provided through membership in an affiliate company, National Retirement Plans Training Conference, Inc. Topics covered during the seminar included Individual Retirement Accounts, Simplified Employee Pensions, retirement plan update and year-end reporting and withholding procedures. Marion Stackhouse re-elected president Marion Stackhouse, former voag instructor at Milford and Etna Green native, was re-elected president of Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., the state’s largest farm organization with 258,035 member families. Stackhouse was first elected president in 1976 and will serve a two-year term. He faced no opposition. He is a grain and hog farmer at rural Westfield. Stackhouse, along with eight other board of directors, will also serve as delegates to the American Farm Bureau convention to be held in Atlanta, Ga., on January 12-16,1986.

Successful weekend for Syracuse merchants

By LESLIE MILLER Staff Writer Santa’s arrival in Syracuse on Saturday, Nov. 30, was the main topic of business under discussion during the Friday, Dec. 6, meeting of the Syracuse-Wawasee Retail Merchant’s Division of the Chamber of Commerce. The weekend was deemed successful by the chairman of the event, Cindy Allen, as she reported on the steady flow of visitors into the Syracuse area. Butch Plikerd, playing Santa Claus, arrived on schedule via fire truck to add to the festivities. Cindy Allen mentioned that numerous people remarked

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Dr .Winston Becker named Milford schools principal

ByDAVESTRAUB Staff Writer The Wawasee School Board officially appointed Dr. Winston Becker as the new principal of Milford Elementary/Junior High School at last night’s meeting. The meeting was held at the Wawasee High School cafeteria annex. This position was vacated when Ned Speicher was appointed principal of Wawasee over a month ago. Becker will begin his duties as principal of Milford on Jan. 6,1986. ? Becker possesses a wealth of administrative experience. He comes from the Hammond Public Schools System, where he spent 17 years as principal and six more in the district office as supervisor of instruction for grades K-12. Becker earned his bachelor of arts degree at Huntington College with majors in English and math. He then earned a master of science degree and doctorate in education degree at Indiana University. Becker will be mov- »*.< to the area in January. This decision resulted from a 30-day search in which the board screened and interviewed several applicants. The board also approved the resignation of Lisa DiPaolo as a teacher of English at Wawasee. DiPaolo is presently on materniUmbaugh named new director The Indiana Chamber of Commerce re-elected Chairman John A. Hillenbrand II and other officers to a second one-year term and named 16 new directors to b the board, Friday, Dec. 6. Also ’ re-elected were 25 members of the board. Mike Umbaugh, president of Barth, Inc., Milford, and Thomas H. Hughes, president of Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, were among the 16 new directors named to the board. More than 1,000 attended the luncheon in the “500” Ballroom. They heard Indiana’s senior senator, Richard G. Lugar, deliver an address on foreign and domestic affairs. Indiana Chamber members attending the annual meeting saw and heard a multi-media report on the organization’s activities during 1985; Staff members made presentations on some of the legislative issues that business will face in 1986. Also a meeting of the Chamber’s Indiana Small Business Council and a conference to acquaint local chamber of commerce volunteer workers from around the state with legislative, political, and economic development issues.

about the “personal touch*’ that Plikerd gave toward each individualchild. Mrs. Sherry Lantz’s fifth grade carolers were unable to attend the event due to a prior commitment. But, due to Cindy Alien’s ingenuity, music was provided. Posing as carolers with tape recorded music were two of JA Business Services’ furry muppets, donned in stocking caps and scarves. Hot chocolate and cookies from Augsburger’s kept the crowds warm as parents with their children waited in line for pictures with Santa Claus. Over 60 pictures in all were taken by photographer Tim Yeager. The merchants decided to

ty leave and has decided not to return to her position. Class Trip Presentation Donna Yargosz, a teacher of Spanish at Wawasee, along with three students, prepared a thorough presentation of a class trip to Mexico. This was accompanied by a slide presentation, showing various monuments, castles, cities and other sights the class visited during the trip. Tax Anticipation Warrants Almost a month ago, the board approved to advertise tax anticipation warrants totaling over sl.l million. Last night, it considered three bids from local banks. The First National Bank of Warsaw and the State Bank of Syracuse offered annual interest

Approve new Fire Dept, agreement at Milford

By MARK HUFFMAN Staff Writer The Milford Town Board approved a new fire department agreement for 1986, at a meeting Monday night, Dec. 9. The new agreement calls for a five per cent budget increase over 1985. A new town employment policy was also accepted. This is the first such policy for the town. Two payments of $4,237 are to be made to the fire department under the new agreement. The first installment of $4,237 is to be paid to the department on the 30th of January while the remaining $4,237 will be paid in two equal installments on the 30th of July and October. The money is to be used to insure, maintain, and repair the fire fighting apparatus and equipment; to endure and maintain the fire station building; to pay the cost of expense of any compensation to the department’s personnel, clothing allowance, and all insurance that may be required by law, and to purchase fire fighting apparatus or equipment of any description, as deemed necessary in the judgment of the department. Ordinance 85-22, dealing with the transfer of town funds, for 1985, within several departments was also unanimously approved. In other business, Bill Knowles, street-sewer-water superintendent, reported that the pumping station behind Milford Motors, on SR 15, should be working properly again. There had been problems with the controls on the station, said Knowles, who added, there are trivial problems to be solved and once the bugs are out of the new system, “it will run itself.” Dennis Wuthrich ask if this was the reason for rusty water. Knowles responded it was due to switching between the two well sites, keeping the rust stirred up.

prepare notes of thanks this week to send to all of the people who have donated their time and assistance to make the day a success. All and all, the day ran smoothly and the only changes to next year’s event will be the purchase .of additional Christmas decorations for the Retail Merchants* use. The next order of business was an update on the transient merchant difficulties. A proposal, defining how the city would handle such situations, has been made and given to the town’s attorney, Bob Reed, to review. The next step is to get the proposal put onto the town board’s agenda for approval. This is hoped to be

rates of 5.625 percent. The bid from Lake City Bank was 6.7 percent. However, the board decided to table the issue for further consideration. Two Policies Dr. Howard Hull, instructional services director, pointed out that the state presently requires homework policies for schools. Such policies include the definition of homework as well as roles of students and teachers. The policy will be adopted at a later meeting. In addition, the board approved a policy concerning field trips “to lend some framework to future field trips,” according to Hull. Schools Superintendent Dr. Ken-

“Until we decide which site we’re pumping at, we’ll continually have the problem,” Knowles remarked. He also reported that the sewer and storm water projects were “coming along.” It was agreed that Knowles and Randy Veach be allowed to take some time off at the end of the month after Knowles assured the board that replacements would be readily available if needed. It was also agreed that trim be put around the door and window of the building at the former water tower site on Main Street, after a request by board member Darrell Orn. Seek Street Light Byron Ulrich, Milford, asked that a street light be placed near the intersection of Charlie Byrd Lane and SR 15, the request was tabled by the board members un-

I I Bi i J B ' U Hot--3 ■ .r CHECK PRESENTATION — Joann Boyer, Syracuse, is shown receiving a SIOO check from Elmer Sorensen, president of the Milford Lions Club. The club recently sponsored a logo contest and awarded Boyer for the best design. Her design is now the official logo of Milford’s Sesquicentennial celebration.

accomplished yet * this winter, before the problem arises again in the spring. Finishing up the meeting with a discussion on the upcoming Cabin Fever Days and the Winter Carnival, the merchants discussed who the chairpersons are and how the events will be operated. The Winter Carnival, sponsored by the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, will have Jeanne Gardiner as chairman. As treasurer of the Retail Merchant’s Division, she has asked that merchants show their participation for this event by helping where needed. The Cabin Fever Days will take place several weeks after the Winter Carnival with Bob Pilcher

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neth E. Webster mentioned that this is the first policy to go through e new process, where a series of created committees review proposed policies before official action is taken. The new field trip policy was intensly reviewed by the cirriculurti coordinating committee. To Honor Football Team The board will officially recognize the state runner-up Wawasee football team at tonight’s awards banquet, which is at 6 p.m. Webster pointed out that much work and effort by the athletes, coaches, athletic department, assistants to the team and supporters made an exciting season possible.

til they can look further into the proposal. Dennis Wuthrich, board member, informed Knowles that residents on north Henry Street, south of Syracuse Street, had requested that a sewer-line be laid the distance of the street. Knowles said he believed the area was too shallow for a sewer line but that he would look further into it and report his findings at the next meeting — Dec. 16. Knowles was also complimented by Dave Hobbs, of the x Milford Police Department, for the job the street department did during last week’s snow. Hobbs also requested to use Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department Reserve Officers to fill in at the end of the month for him and Aaron Rovenstine who will use their remaining vacation time in (Continued on page 11)

as chairman. This sales event will help the merchants to reduce their winter inventory and prepare for spring. The actual dates and happenings will be completed as the time draws nearer, at which time the Retail Merchants will begin promoting. The meeting closed with a reminder that the next meeting will be on Friday, Jan. 10, at 8 a.m., on the second floor of the State Bank of Syracuse. The meeting is open to all merchants who wish to attend and participation in the community is strongly encouraged by the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Division.