The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 May 1986 — Page 4
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Editorials
Imagine, achieve, dream, become
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. The motto of the class of 1986 has a lot to say to those young men and women of Wawasee High School who are about to step into a new world. It is a world that thrives on men and women achieving things that were not even thought of a few years ago. People like Leonardo de Vinci could only dream about flying; he could only imagine what it might be like to soar like a bird. Today people are flying all over the world at unbelievable speeds and because of the dreams of some, man has walked on the moon. If Noah Webster had written the class motto it might have read as follows: If you can form an idea of it, you can do it If you have a fanciful vision of it in your conscious mind, it can grow to be. You, the class of ’B6, have completed your secondary education. Some of you have finished your schooling; others have four, six, eight more years of studies ahead of you. Those who have finished their formal education should always remember they can learn something new each day. No one is ever too old to learn. Follow those dreams, there is nothing you can not do if you will but apply yourselves and the things you have learned and will learn in the future will help. But, remember, most great things do not happen over night. They take time. As you go forth into the world imagine, achieve, dream and become. . . people this world will be proud of.
Poppies help vets
Just as ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever 4 is a part of the soul of America, the poppy is the soul and fabric of the American Legion Auxiliary . Just as the great emblem of our country, the stars and stripes of the flag of the United States, is a part of every community and every phase of life, the memorial poppy flower too has become a symbol of what is good in this country. Just by wearing a poppy, we honor the more than half-million Americans who died and nearly one million wounded during both World Wars, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Poppies are a part of the American scene. In towns, cities, and hamlets all over this country, the distribution of poppies takes place every year. Because more than 25 million poppies made by disabled veterans are distributed throughout this country, the poppy has been accepted as a symbol of the American Legion Auxililary. When something becomes a symbol, a tradition, or a legend in its own time, then it deserves continued support and honor. I Truth is an interesting objective for human research, but it is what many people fear the most.
What others say —
Independent Americanism
Politics in America are often extremely devisive. Conservatives are selfish, uncaring, and dangerously militant... according to liberals. Liberals are shortsighted, fiscally wasteful, and demagoguish... according to conservatives. Beyond those with sincere differences of opinion, there are also specialinterest groups which have found they can be more successful if they take hardline stands. Big Business, Big Labor, Big Money (banks, etc.), Big Crime (mafia, etc.), Big Welfare, Big Government itself, and Big Politics (the major political parties), are all power monopolies which fight among themselves for increased power, but which trample the common American citizenry underfoot for their own purposes. But professional politics keep citizens too polarized to rationally confront the many issues with any kind of united front. Sometime, somehow we need someone like the crazed newsman on the movie “Network” to help us deliver the message to those who play with political power that we’re “mad as hell and not going to take it any more!” In polarizing the populace, the power mongers try to paint their opposition in as black a tone as they think the public will believe. They try to paint themselves as pure and white as possible. Think about that for a moment. Are answers always black or white, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican? If several hundred intelligent men with information gathered by thousands of trained researchers split essentially in half on complex issues, how black or white can these issues be? ' Unions have done a lot of good for our country — and bad. Big business has done a lot of good for our country — and bad. Republicans and Democrats have done a lot of good — and bad. Victorious political candidates we have supported are never as brilliant and effective as we thought they would be. And politicians we have fervantly opposed are seldom as bad as we thought they would be. But while politicians keejHhe public polarized, they turn right around and compromise on just about every issue so that all the political special interest will have much of what they demand. The power mongers retain power, but the citizens do not necessarily achieve effective government. Instead of dueling with black and white rhetoric, it is time that government representatives began seeking creative and rational solutions to all of the problems which concern us. Most of us have within us a mixture of conservative and progressive values. We care about people. We want to help people in need. But we don’t want to get ripped off, and we won’t mortgage our homes to buy color TV’s for the poor and needy. At the same time, we care about security. We don’t want the Chinese to invade the West Coast, nor do we want the Soviets to shower us with nuclear warheads. But, again, most of us are not so insecure with current defense capabilities that we would mortgage our homes to build fall-out shelters. But while we would not mortgage our homes in throwing money at these problems, the politicians will do it for us. You may not know it, but besides your family debts, you owe more than SB,OOO for every member of your family because of unrestrained spending of the U.S. government. If left unrestrained, each taxpayer’s share of the federal debt could surpass $150,000 within 15 years. The Gramm-Rudman Act, which is designed to help stop the spending spiral, is admission that the politicians do not have the creativity or will power to solve the nation’s problems without spending the country into bankruptcy. So when, as expected, the politicians Cannot reach an acceptable compromise, the legislation dictates that the government bureaucrats determine where to cut the budget. It is easy for the Democrats to blame President Reagan for the nation’s woes, and it is easy for the Republicans to blame the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives which originates all fiscal legislation. But the politicians must snare the blame for putting the pursuit of power over the search for solutions. Too many of them are willing to give in to the opposition’s costly programs, if the opposition will yield to their costly programs. It is time for a new “Independent Americanism.” It is time for citizens to become actively involved in the political process — NOT as party promoters or union members or part of some other special interest — but to understand the issues themselves and to insist on rational and responsible government action. — KEN HARVEY
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Court news
County Court The following fines plus court costs have been levied and paid in the Elkhart County Court, Goshen Division: Speeding — Rhonda L. Amsden, 18, Milford, $49.50; Henrietta Haberichter, 69, Syracuse, $47.50 City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Driving while intoxicated — Richard J. Bedard, 22, Milford, $377,60 days in jail, suspended on condition defendant abide by all court orders, not commit an alcohol or drug-related offense for one year, license suspended for 30 days, probationary License for 180 days, six months probation, pay user’s fees Improper headlights — William J. Schrader, 1», Syracuse, $38.50 Speeding — James W. Adams, 18, Syracuse, $52.50; Geneva D. Wench, 29, Syracuse, $52.50 Improper passing — Estella A. Heckaman, 74, Syracuse, $42.50, plea bargain Rear plate not illuminated — William J. Schrader, 18, Syracuse, $38.50 Circuit Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Claim On Check AndOn Account Cheyenne Charter, Inc. versus
Letters to the editor
Where ore all the'bad kids?'
Dear Editor: On the weekend of April 25-28,1 was privileged to chaperone the choir, orchestra and varsity singer group to New York city. I would like to say that I have never seen a more well behaved group of young people. The bus trip out and back was very tiring, but it never affected the kids. When they were given instructions that was the way it went. After I arrived back home I was asked to help chaperone the
Syracuse robber Touira guury
Walter Dean Brown, 24, of St. Charles, Mo., was found guilty of robbery, a Class B felony, on May 9 in Kosciusko Circuit Court. The jury returned the guilty verdict in a little over two hours. Brown and his brother, William Jones Brown, 26, were arrested by county police for the December 1, 1985, break-in of a home on Kern Road near Syracuse. William has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to the same charge on March 25. Judge Richard Sand has scheduled the sentencing of Brown for June 9 am. The Class B felony has a fixed term of 10 years, but another 10 years could be added due to aggravating circumstances. Also, four years could be subtracted from the term due to mitigating circumstfliiccs. In the Kern Road robbery, residents Brian Knisley, Rod Bartman and Craig Eby were tied up with duct tape while the robbery, which lasted about one hour, was in progress. Police said Walter Brown held a shotgun on the residents and William Brown displayed a handgun, but neither gun was fired. Safety The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued new guidelines to reduce workplace exposure to methylene chloride, a solvent shown to cause liver, lung and blood cancers in laboratory mice and listed by the government as a probable human carcinogen.
Stockey Hols terns. Inc. and Darla C. Stockey, r 2 Leesburg. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants for $3,000 on a check returned, and $1,539.03 due on account, plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action. i Complaint Holiday Rambler Corp, versus Howard Johnson, r 2 box 431, Leesburg. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $51,349.64 plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for a past due account. Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint David R. Richter versus Phend & Brown, Inc., P.O. Box 246 Milford, and Larry L. Sellers, r 4 box 320, Warsaw. The pkintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $150,000 plus attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for injuries and damages received in a traffic accident June 29,1964. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Meck-Stickel Brian Allen Meek, 19, r 1 Pierceton, and Lisa Marie Shekel, 18, r 1 box 527, North Webster
after prom party. Again the kids were a delight and a great time was had by all. I keep wondering where are all of the “bad kids” we hear so much about? Certainly not in the two groups I have been associated with in the last three weeks. Thank you Wawasee High School for allowing me to participate in these events. Sincerely, Beverly Hathaway
VOmDinCU efforts
Dear Editor: Our Second Annual PTO Talent Show at North Webster School was a success due to all the combined efforts of our 70 students wbo performed that evening and all the parents, relatives and friends who came to support them. And we are so grateful for the kids that made our night shine bright. They’re all “stars” to us. Special recognition should be made to all parents, students, school staff, PTO members and businesses who helped in various ways with the show, and office staff and teachers who attended. Once again to you parents for giving your children that extra support so that they could be stars for a night. With our sincere gratitude, Barb Sledge, Chairwoman And The Talent Show Committee
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FOR THOSE interested in such tilings as Fourth of July fireworks, this is the year of the Big Bang. The Big Bang will be in the center of Lake Wawasee, at 14:15 p.m. Saturday, July 5, and it is being billed as the biggest aerial fireworks ever to be displayed in the state of Indiana. It amounts to 800 missiles, fired electronically, ranging from two-inch to 12-inch mortars. This word comes from the small group interested in the Big Lake for a long period of time. The idea of the Big Bang has been germinating in their collective mind for some time. Last Thursday three large 12’ by 30’ pontoons were moved with police escort from their home at the South Huntington Street plant of Sea Nymph, lac.. to the Griffith Wawasee Marina on the east side of Lake Wawasee. It made quite a spectacle with deputy sheriff Mike Hobbs riding in front in the county sheriff’s car, followed by officer Bob Hauser in the Syracuse police car, then the three large pontoons, followed by a local police car. As the contingent moved south of town on SR 13, one knew instantly something big was up. The whole idea of the Big Bang fireworks display was that of Nick Litchin. a resident of Fort Wayne and Lake Wawasee. Nick is interested in the seed corn business, owns a beer distributorship in Ohio, has real estate interests and owns a Fort Wayne computer business. * “Nick Litchin is a real, genuine entrepreneur,” said one of those interested in this project, adding, “and he thinks big. ’ ’ And “big” this fireworks is destined to be. Making all technical arrangements will be the Big Bang Boom Displays of Dwyer, Indiana, and it represents their biggest attempt at such a display. “We re doing all this for the people of Lake Wawasee, ” said one member of the group, but anyone is welcome to witness the display. “It will be visible for many miles around, ’ ’ said another. All this is going to cost plenty of money: $16,000, in fact, and all of it has not been raised as yet. The fireworks are under the sponsorship of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, with chamber member John F. Kroh heading up the small funding committee. <Any one interested in making a contribution — small — can do so by sending their Aeck to: SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce, c/o Tom Tuttle, South Shore Country Club, R 3, Box 90. Syracuse, IN 46567. Others pushing the project besides those named include Paul Phillabaum and Mike Umbaugh. All of this, as spectacular as it promises to be. will have nothing to do with the regularly scheduled Syracuse city fireworks (also headed up by chamber member John Kroh) and the fireworks of the Cromwell Fire Department. The latter fireworks will be held at 9 p.m. that same night (Sat., July 5) at the fish hatchery site, as in previous years. And the Syracuse city fireworks will be held at the Lakeside City Park, also as in previous years. More information on the Big Bang Fireworks will be forthcoming later on. FROM OUR “Tid Bits” Department: Laucks and Lois Xanders are home from a winter at their Naples, Fla., home ... A farmer’s lament, as heard in a local coffee shop: one farmer was complaining to another that the air conditioning unit in his tractor was out of order... It’s not well known that Wawasee School Corporation Superintendent Ken Webster is an old car buff. He owns a replica of a 1931 Ford touring car, powered by a Volkswagen engine, that he’ll be riding in the forthcoming Milford Sesquicentennial Parade, Saturday, June 7, and in the car with the superintendent will be the school board members ... Seen in uptown Syracuse, a license plate proclaiming, A WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN THE MAIL . . . Mrs. Mary Umbaugh, r 2 Ligonier, 46767, will be 85 years of age on Monday, May 19. Friends will want to send her a card Herb and Roine Dickerson are back in their channel home following a winter in their Englewood, Florida, home . . . Mark (“Sam”) Spade of Fort Wayne, marketing representative for Campbell Sales and well known in the Syracuse community, was elected the 57th president of Indiana Jaycees, the second time a Fort Wayne Jaycee has ever attained the honored position. His election was at Evansville on Saturday, May 16. President Spade was in Syracuse Monday visiting with Robert Westfall, himself a Jaycee state official. NEW YORK Times columnist Tom Wicker is only one of the horde of journalists jumping on the anti-David Stockman bandwagon following the publication of his own anti-Reagan Administration book. Wicker ends a recent column thus: “Stockman’s experience taught him what has been the basic fact of American politics, though
No injures when vehicles collide
Driver inattention contributed to two accidents in Milford last Thursday, May 8. No injuries or arrests were reported in either of the incidents, according to Milford Police. Anthony G. Davis, 23, 535 E. Center St., Warsaw, was traveling north on SR 15 when a vehicle driven by Raymond R. Pinkerton, 79, 107 N. Main St., Milford, entered his path from Catherine Street at 6:57 a.m. Thursday.
sometimes obscured, since the Great Depression —that the electorate doesn’t want pure capitalism but ‘a moderate social democracy to shield it from capitalism’s rougher edges.* Neither Ronald Reagan’s preachments nor David Stockman’s budget perversions could alter that truth.” CATCHING A one-pound bluegill might not mean much for an old seasoned fisherman, but to three-year-old Ty Smith was a whopper of a deal! Ty was with his uncle, John Christian, of 712 Pittsburgh Street, fishing near the old Chinese Gardens near Kale Island, when he got the strike. Uncle John said he had to help Ty a little, but allowed that Ty landed the fish himself and was eager to get home and eat it. FROM FISH to birds. Lucy Schwab was as excited as she could be recently when she called friends’ attention to a pair of beautiful finches and their five young ones, nested in a hanging flower pot on the porch of her 113 John Street home. Lucy called them “a sight to see,” adding that they had been at her home for the past three or four weeks. But on Saturday they were gone, sad to say. She said they were purple finches, sometimes called “house finches.” They had purple breasts, kind of reddish, is the way she described them. It’s that time of year, when nature shows us all its wonderful colors. ALL THAT was hurt, really, was John Naab’s pride. He called it “sheer stupidity,” adding that “the only thing hurt was my pride.” Naab, principal of the Syracuse Elementary/Junior High Schools, was riding in the S-W Rotary Club’s annual Bike-A-Thon Saturday morning when he hit a small stick on Front Street, causing him to experience a nasty fall. He was on his 28th or 29th mile and riding alongside Sue Ganshorn (apparently paying more attention to Sue than to any roadway obstacles), when he spilled. It was enough to have Dr. Robert Craig recommend x-rays on Monday morning. That done, Naab was back at his principal’s desk in short order — and it turned out he was right: his pride was the only real damage! Also riding for the school, which collected 70% of the loot for their own projects, were fourth grade teacher Bill Lantz, special ed. teacher Diane Elliott and her hubby Steve, and superintendent Dr. Ken Webster, who brought his bike to the starting gate in his aforementioned 1931 Ford touring car. The full amount collected for the school has not been tabulated as yet. LOOK FOR a new business, coming to Syracuse before Memorial Day. Deborah A. Moyer of Kendallville will locate Tom’s Donuts in the Village, on a lot located between Vintage Instant Print and PJ’s Pizza and Stabs. They also own a similar business in Angola. The new enterprise will be housed in a mobile home manufactured in Nappanee, it was learned. IF ANYONE happens past the Paul and Ann Van Dyke home at 503 North Hiawatha Drive, just off North Shore Drive, yet today or tomorrow they’ll see a large 18-foot Indian teepee in their yard. Both Van Dykes are preparing to take the colorful teepee to Middlebury where they’ll participate in the Festival of the Wild Rose Moon, to be held June 7 and 8 three miles south of Bonneyville Mills. About three hundred are expected to attend. Paul Van Dyke, chairman of the affair, is a Muzzle Loader, a national organization and the event is to celebrate spring planting time for the Indians.
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THEY DON'T come too small to ride in the Rotary Club-sponsored Bike-A-Thon. Saturday morning 24-year-old Tommy Westfall showed up with his mother Pam and stayed with it for a full 26-mile ride. It was later learned that Tommy did the solicitation for the $75 that was garnered for the cause in his behalf. Pam was only the propellant in this instant, as Tommy waved to the crowds along the line of travel like a regular trooper.
Pinkerton claimed his view was obstructed by telephone poles, trees, and a fence at the corner of the intersection. Up to SI,OOO damage was caused to the Davis vehicle, while the 1984 Mercury Pinkerton was driving suffered up to $2,500 in damages Helen R. Kilmer, 25, ribox 138, Milford, was traveling west on Emetine Street when her vehicle struck the passenger side of a
1985 Cadillac, driven by William E. Knowles, P. O. Box 654, Milford, after passing through the SR 15 intersection. Knowles, who was traveling north on SR 15, stated that tbd signal was green when he approached the intersection. Kilmer also claimed the Emetine Street signal was green. Up to $5,000 damage was caused to the 1980 Chevrolet Kilmer was driving.