The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 February 1986 — Page 5

■Under the . . . Courthouse Ofe Dome wW|r By Ron Sharp HOW TO PUT A CANDIDATE DOWN THE DRAIN. Lt. Gov. John Mutz’s campaign to succeed Bob Orr as Governor may have lost ground in Kosciusko County. Mutz appeared as speaker at the annual Warsaw Chamber of Commerce banquet. Kosciusko County GOP Chairman Jean Northenor took him “under her wing” and with a tight leash steered him around the banquet hall. The county chairman, according to reports, passed by prominent GOP faithfuls to introduce him to her friends. Mutz, who is in charge of securing new industry for Indiana, is already under fire for his failure to attract any sizable industry to the state. Many see Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut as a viable candidate for the governor in 1988. Hudnut would not be encumbered with the liabilities of the Orr administration or Mutz’s inability to attract large industry. BUILDING OF SINGLE DWELLING HOMES has increased by 34 percent in 1985 over 1984, according to figures available in the County Planning office. Planner Dan Richard’s department registered 206 single family dwelling permits in 1985 as compared to 153 in 1984. This does not include any new homes built in Warsaw, Winona Lake, Mentone or Leesburg. The county building boom figures are more significant when compared with national figures that show a one percent decline in 1985. The figures on the county level also reveal that property owners are increasing the value of their new homes. The cost of the new homes in 1985 was estimated at $10,660,000 as compared to $7,321,000 in 1984. RECORDER FEES UP. On the upswing also are fees collected in the Recorder’s office. Figures from County Recorder Betty Dust’s office reveal an increase in fees collected in 1985 of more than 14% as compared to 1984. The county recorder was quick to point out that when the economy is on the increase more people buy and so there are more recordings. The recorder’s budget in comparison with fees collected: Year Fees Budget 1982 $48,411 $48,053 1983 64,646 49,631 1984 69,140 56,826 1985 78,994 60,156 DANGER PERIOD. A check of divorces filed during Jan. 1986 reveals that the dangerous period for marriages is the one-to-three-year period. Thirty-one percent of the divorces were filed by couples who had been married from one to three years. Below is listed the couples’ years of marriage and the percent they represent: X Years Percent 1 to 3 years 31% 10 to 16 years 24% 5 to 10 years 21% 4 to 5 years 14% less than one 10% Apparently the honeymoon was over for one couple. They stuck it out for three months before filing. Sixty percent of those filing had at least one child. FOOD STAMPS ON INCREASE. Kosciusko County Welfare Director Peggy Shively’s department issued $1,125,362 in food stamps during 1985. This compared with $1,103,337 in 1984. The bad news is that the last quarter of 1985 showed more than 20 percent increase over 1984. ' By all indications the 1986 figures, will show an increase, if the last quarter is any sign of things to come. THEY MAY HAVE “DID IT TO YOU” AGAIN. Indiana House members passed a new tax. The new tax would permit a county council to levy a sales tax of one percent against food and beverages. It is not clear whether this bill passed the Senate or would be signed by the governor. If this becomes law, it will keep the assembly’s slate clean on passing some type of taxation every time they meet. Here is the GOP-controlled General Assembly record: Wheel Tax, increase in Gross Income Tax, increase in Sales Tax, a new Local Option Tax, a Local Sales Tax on food and beverages. To top this off, the legislators are already gearing up to get into your pocketbook in 1987 because the operating balance of the state is shrinking. Not a whisper about cutting expenditures. COUNTY MANAGER. Will County Councilman Norman DeGood revive the county manager position, if J. D. Geiger loses out to Thames Mauzy in the State Representative race? Some believe that DeGood will push for a county manager with J. D. getting the nod. DeGood tried to circumvent the County Commissioners three years ago to try to get the position for then Auditor Jean Northenor. The proposal never came to a vote in the council when it was withdrawn by DeGood. He found he did not have the votes to put it across. Commissioners at that time — Fred Gilliam, Charles Lynch and Maurice Dorsey — all opposed the proposal. As the proposal was drawn up, it would have given the County manager sole to hire and fire county employees. The only person to whom the manager would have been responsible would be the chairman of the County Council.

Plan St. Patrick's Day chili supper at Syracuse

Plans to raise funds for the Syracuse Sesquicentennial Celebration was the major topic of business at a meeting Monday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. The nine persons attending will be working on plans in the near future for the March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Chili Supper. Additional information will be available next week. Among the items of discussion the committee agreed samples of the souvenir items, to be sold for the Sesquicentennial Celebration will be on display in the main branch of the State Bank of Syracuse until April. These items have been suggested to be sold, any persons with additional suggestions may contact a member of the executive committee. A mass mailing of 338 letters to clubs, organizations, businesses and industries was announced asking for donations towards the $30,000 budget. A follow-up letter urging funds to be received in the immediate future will be mailed by March 1. Bill Beemer, chairman, stressed the committee needs to

receive funds now instead of trying to think of how funds can be generated. Funds received prior to the celebration will assist in purchasing needed items, such as souvenirs, banners, flags, cost of publicity and so on. It was announced there is a Speaker’s Bureau for the Sesquicentennial Committee available for programs. Programs have already been presented to the SyracuseWawasee Ministerial Association and Syracuse Lions Club. Any organization wishing to know more about the Sesquicentennial Slans can contact Beemer, eanne Gardiner or Deb Patterson to make arrangements for a program. Donna Conder, representing the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Syracuse, asked if there would be away to recognize businesses donating towards the celebration fund. The committee decided those donating over SIOO will be recognized in a special section in the brochure which will be available by October 1986.

Stuckmans file trespassing suit

Gary and Angela Stuckman, r 2 Syracuse, have filed suit against Gary Lewis; Reub Williams & Sons, Inc., owners of The Times Union, Warsaw; Dan Richard; and Kosciusko County. The suit was filed last week in Kosciusko Superior Court. The plaintiffs are seeking judgment for damages suffered as a result of trespassing on private property and from an alleged assault; and for punitive damages to deter defendants from wrongful conduct. A jury trial and change of venue from Kosciusko County is also being sought by Stuckmans. No dollar amount for the damages suffered has been set. When the claim was originally filed in 1984 Rex Reed, county attorney, stated the claim had been turned over to one of the county’s insurance carriers to proceed. The county had until November 10, 1984, to reply to the claim

Mitchells

Richard D. Mitchell and Sue Ann Mitchell, both of North Webster, have announced their candidacy in the upcoming election. Mitchell is seeking reelection for his third term as Tippecanoe Township Trustee on the Democratic Party Ticket. Mrs. Mitchell, currently deputy Kelly Brooks Girls' Stater Ancil Geiger, Unit 226 of Milford American Legion Auxiliary, has chosen Kelly M. Brooks as its delegate to Hoosier Girls’ State. S> A ■ * 11 KELLY BROOKS Kelly is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks of Milford. She is a junior at Wawasee High School where she has been a member of the basketball team for three years and a member of the volleyball team and band. Kelly is a member of Milford United Methodist Church. ■ Jr VICKIE WISE Vickie Wise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wise, Milford, has been chosen as alternate delegate to Hoosier Girls’ State. Vickie is also a junior at Wawasee High School and is in the upper third of her class. She is in the vocational class at Fairfield High School studying printing and graffic arts. Hoosier Girls’ State is sponsored by the Indiana Department of the American Legion Auxiliary. It will be held June 15-22 on the campus of Indiana State University at Terre Haute.

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before Stuckman’s could file the suit in court, according to state statute. A notice of an intent to file suit against Kosciusko County and Daniel Richard of the Area Plan Commission from an incident which occurred on February 15, 1964, on private property was filed on August 10, 1984. The Stuckmans were then asking for $250,000 in damages against the county and Richard. The Claim The claim states the incident occurred next to the entrance to Stuckman Salvage Yard, Papakeechie Lake, where no trespassing signs were posted with a chain across the entrance, also with a no trespassing sign. That at approximately 2:30 p.m. on February 15, Mrs. Stuckman came out of the garage at her property and saw a man walking out of the salvage yard property. The person, who was identified as Gary Lewis, a reporter employed

seek re-election, new position

assessor for Tippecanoe Township, will be seeking the position of Township Assessor on the Republican Ticket. She is seeking her first elected position. The Mitchells filed for candidacy on Friday, Feb. 14, which was also their fifth wedding anniversary. The Tippecanoe Township Assessor’s position has previously been the responsibility of Mitchell with her serving as his first deputy. The Tippecanoe Township Advisory Board has determined there is a need to separate the two offices due to the large work load. Tippecanoe Township assesses more boating items than any other township in the State of Indiana. Mitchell, who has served as township trustee since 1979, was chairman of the Emergency Medical Service Lane Sign Project for Tippecanoe, Webster and the Barbee Chain. He is a 20-year Lions Club member and has served with the North Webster/Tippecanoe Township Fire Department for over 20 years. He was also instrumental in helping establish North Webster/Tippecanoe Township EMS approximately 10 years ago. Mitchell is one of the founding fathers of the Lakeland Snowmobile Club which is one of the first snowmobile clubs in the State of Indiana. He is one of three incorporating officers that started the Indiana Snowmobile Association. He is the father of Bruce Mitchell, Milford, and Sarah Mitchell, North Webster. Authors Book Mrs. Mitchell has worked as the deputy assessor for the last 9% years, worked under the previous Trustee Republican John Kussmaul and the current trustee. She was requested by the Indiana Township Association, Inc., to author a book covering the assessing of personal property. The work was completed in January 1985 and distributed throughout the State of Indiana to the 896 Trustee/Assessors. She has conducted classes for the last two years at the Indiana Township Association, Inc., annual educational seminar. Mrs. Mitchell has attended educational seminars hosted by the State Board of Tax Commissioners and the Indiana Assessor’s Association. In addition to her duties as the deputy assessor, she has also carried the responsibilities of the Tippecanoe Township Clerk. In that capacity she has been CHILD’S PHOTO CONTEST!!! March 17-22 Let Your Child Win A SSO U.S. Savings Bond And A 16x20 For You Dress your child like Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, a Clown, Fireman, Doctor, etc. Many more big prizes to win. Call for entry details, rules, and entry forms. Creative Touch Studio

by the Times-Union newspaper, was asked what he had been doing and admittedly stated he had been back on the Stuckman Salvage Yard property taking pictures. Mrs. Stuckman demanded the film and according to the claim “Gary Lewis assaulted and battered Angela Stuckman by shoving his hands against her shoulder and pushing her back. ” Lewis tried fleeing from the scene and in order to stop him, Mrs. Stuckman tried to restrain him but he was able to flee and enter a waiting car, also located on the claimant’s property. At that point, Daniel Richard, an employee of Kosciusko County, got out of the waiting car and confronted Mrs. Stuckman. After Mrs. Stuckman adamantly demanded to receive the film, Richard turned over a roll of film to her before Richard and Lewis left the scene. The claim also stated in addition to trespass, assault and bat-

responsible for billing for the North Webster/Tippecanoe Township EMS as well as other township duties. Mrs. Mitchell and her husband were instrumental in establishing the EMS lane numbering system for Webster Lake, Tippecanoe Lake and the Barbee Chain. Mrs. Mitchell came to North Webster in 1970 from Anderson. She and her husband reside at r 1 Warsaw with her two children, Alyssa and Jason Ray. She is a 1964 graduate of Anderson High School and the Academy of Applied Business Machines in Indianapolis. She was employed by Laymen Life Insurance Company and Guide Lamp Division of General Motors as a key punch operator prior to moving to this area. Mrs. Mitchell has been active with the North Webster Girl Democrats coming Kosciusko County Democratic Central Committee Chairman Leßoy F. Miller, Warsaw, has announced that Evan Bayh, Jill Long and Tom Ward will all be in attendance at the JeffersonJackson Day Dinner on Saturday, March 22. Bayh, son of former senator Birch Bayh, Jr., is a candidate for Indiana’s Secretary of State. Long, who was born in Warsaw and raised in Whitley County, is running for the U. S. Senatorial seat currently held by Dand Quayle. Ward is th& Pemocratic Third District Congressional candidate. The Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner will be held in the Shring Building at Warsaw with a social hour beginning at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m.

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tery, the action of Lewis and Richard was harassment of Gary Stuckman who was a defendant in a Kosciusko Circuit Court case between the county board of zoning appeals versus Ned Stuckman, Bertha Stuckman and Stuckman, a case in which Richard was intimately involved as an agent of the plaintiff. The initial claim listed the injuries Mrs. Stuckman suffered as being an injury to her left shoulder, pain and suffering; general nervous shock and extreme emotional injury to Mrs. Stuckman and to Stuckman after learning of the incident. Also listed as injuries and damages is the lost of enjoyment of life and loss of normalcy within the home and family of the Stuckmans including emotional strain, distress and discord. Prior to the filing of the claim Stuckman had contacted the county prosecutors office with the intention of filing assault and battery charges on Lewis and Stuckman.

Scouts and Cub Scouts. She has served as the chairwoman of the Mermaid Festival Queen of Lakes Pageant for five years. She is the outgoing president of the North Webster Lady Lions and the current president of the North Webster Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. She is also a certified Emergency Medical Technician serving in that capacity for the past four years. Todd Realty seeking name Todd Realty in Syracuse is seeking assistance in naming its new condominium project across the channel from the Shrimpboat Restaurant in its Name That Condo Contest. Anyone with a name to suggest should contact Todd Realty, P.O. Box 307, Syracuse, Ind., 46567.

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From the Syracuse Police log —

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The following information was obtained from the log of the Syracuse Police and Fire Departments. February 13 11:04 p.m. — Subject on station for an accident report 11:53 a.m. — Kosciusko County officer reported the arms at the Pickwick crossing were not working right 4:03 p.m. — Party advised there has been a dog shot February 14 7:12 a.m. — North Webster Police Department wanted to know if we have a Jefferson Street in town 8:14 p.m. — Report of a property damage accident at the Phillips 66 station 8:16 a.m. — Subject reported that someone broke a glass out of a store 12:20 p.m. — Subject called to report people running the stop sign at Main and Brooklyn Streets 4:21 p.m. — Property damage accident reported on Boston Street 11:59 p.m. — Subject advised of domestic problems at the trailer court behind Rock Church February 15 11:42 a.m. — Subject on station for information 12:26 p.m. — Subject on station reporting a property damage accident on SR 13 across from Auto Pro February 16 8:15 a.m. — North Webster Ambulance advised it was going to Goshen Hospital through town

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7:30 p.m. — Street department employees reported they were going out to sand but there are two cars parked in the way and they can’t get through February 17 5:48 a.m. — Official at the high school reported there is no school 6:39 a.m. — Kosciusko County advised six to seven cars off the road on North Huntington north of the “Y” 6:44 a.m. — Subject requested abrasives in Harrison Court 7:11 a.m. — Property damage accident reported on Syra-Web Road in front of Dana 7:16 a.m. — Subject on station advised of several cars in the ditch on CR 29 7:35 a.m. — Subject advised of a car stuck at Harrison Court, car is running, keys are locked in the car 10 a.m. — Officer requested dispatcher contact the street department reference truck and chain needed in the alley along Washington Street 12:15 p.m. — Subject advised of obscene phone calls February 18 1:36 a.m. — Subject requested to speak to an officer 6:59 a.m. — 23 calls reference school 7:40 a.m. — Subject requested information reference sand bags 11:48 a.m. — Subject advised a vehicle has over extended the two hour parking on Main Street 12:50 p.m. — Subject advised dog deposited waste on his porch 6:01 p.m. — Trespassing in Wawasee Heights reported

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