The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 May 1986 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., May 28, ISM

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Editorials

Something to be proud of

The new Syracuse Town Hall is something the entire community can be proud of. It is a modern, efficient building which is currently being used by many people. The town hall holds offices for the town board and clerktreasurer as well as the Turkey Creek Township assessor’s office and the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce office. An open house is being held on Sunday, June 1, between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m. to allow the Syracuse and Turkey Creek Township residents a chance to tour the new building. The town hall project dates back to 1977 when the town purchased the property from Syracuse Rubber. Since that time it has been a long, rough road for town board members, all of whom spent many, many hours studying plans and bids to give the community the best town hall possible for the least amount of dollars. The plans for the building were accepted and on January 29, 1985, bids were accepted. It wasn’t until April 30,1985, however, that then town board president Carl Myrick turned the first shovel of dirt at the ground breaking ceremonies. The building was occupied in December of 1985. Now, all departments are settled in and the town officials are inviting the public to join in the celebration and to tour the new facilities.

Jealous?

Os all the emotions which afflict us, the most sinister might be jealousy. Not one among us is completely free of this reaction, though all realize it’s the root of much unbecoming emotion. Generally speaking, we tend to be jealous of others who receive acclaim, money, or success — especially at a young age. If we happen to have been a competitor, or to have sought success in the same field, sometimes the temptation to be jealous is great. Jealousy often demeans those who are jealous. In many cases jealousy is unjustified, the result of suspicion, envy or misunderstanding. The happiest among us are those who have developed a philosophy which enables them to applaud the success of others.

Drowning

Already drownings are occurring in the oceans, lakes and streams of the nation. A precaution swimmers might observe is to swim in groups, especially in the ocean. This provides a swimmer in distress immediate help and protection from sharks and barracudas. Sharks are quite often very close to ocean swimmers, despite notions to the contrary. If this is doubted, try fishing for them in the surf. It’s always shocking to read of persons unable to swim going out in boats without life preservers and many drown in this way every year. Others underestimate currents or their ability or distance. Such mistakes are sometimes paid for with life itself.

Priority

It’s good for the average citizen to keep up with national and international affairs. It’s a better idea for him or her to give priority to personal affairs. Among these, one would include business interests and the development of personality, often neglected. An individual can accomplish little in solving problems which baffle statesmen, but can accomplish much in regard to his, or her, personal advancement and development. Despite the elements of luck and fate, this is usually accomplished by hard work and the use of intelligence.

What others say

the noose

The following is a column by JoAnn McNaughton-Kade on the Effingham (DI.) Daily News, written February 24. The article reads: The U. S Postal Service has placed a noose around the neck of the small-town newspaper. Now, with hardly a pause for last words from the victim, the postal governors are tightening the knot and preparing to release the gallows’ trap door. In this space last Tuesday, I outlined how the U. S. Postal Service is endangering the continued existence of small-town newspapers through huge rate hikes for second-class mailing —a principal means by which most papers circulate their publications. Over the last 15 years, second-class postage has risen more than 1,000 percent — despite an inflation rate for that same period of “only” 288 percent. Then, on Jan. 1, the rates went up again —by 40 to 60 percent for some categories of the complex second-class rate structure, to as much as 116 percent for another. The day after that column appeared — we presume it was coincidence — we received a tetter from our local post office informing us of yet another rate hike that may take effect on March 9. (Ed. Note: Since that statement was written, the increase has occurred as predicted). I use the word “may” because these hikes have been delayed before. If past practice prevails, though, we’ll receive word of this rate hike’s approval on about March 7, just before it becomes law. The latest rate hike would affect all “incounty” mailings — meaning, for instance, all issues of the Effingham Daily News sent to mailboxes in Effingham County. In the space of one month, we send out more than 50,000 papers in-county. If the March 9 rate hike takes effect, the cost of mailing a single copy of our newspaper to a home in Effingham County will have gone up from 1.5 cents (in December) to 3 cents — or 3.2 cents; the Postal Service has actually offered two proposals for the March 9 increase —for an increase of 100 percent in just 2 months. (Ed. Note: The actual rate now is 3.1 cents). Last year, before the most recent increases, ttas newspaper spent $70,000 to mail issues of the

daily paper to its subscribers. In addition, we spent another $71,000 in third-class postage to deliver the Weekly Advertiser. These are huge expenditures, but they may seem like peanuts when we add up the bill for 1986. If you think I exaggerate when I say that the postal system is putting a noose around our necks, talk to the publishers of your local weeklies. We spoke to the managers and publishers of more than a dozen local dailies and weeklies last week. All of them expressed great concern about the futures of their paper in light of the “postal squeeze.” Almost all of them have already raised the cost of mail subscriptions, or will shortly be doing so. Most of them are furious not just over the postage increases, but also because the delivery service they receive is less dependable now than ever before. P. J. Ryan speaks well for the rest of his colleagues. Ryan is publisher of the Beecher County Journal, as well as the Stewardson Clipper. The Beecher City Journal has been in Ryan’s family for 71 years. Its circulation of roughly 1,200 is delivered almost solely by second-class mail. He notes that “we’ll be forced to raise our rates” for subscriptions.... ... he called the postage increases “the biggest threat” to the existence his paper has ever faced. That’s a strong statement when one considers that, in 71 years, his family has contended with the likes of the Ku Klux Klan, the Great Depression and the technological change from “hot type” to “arid type.” In Ryan’s view, the issue posed by the postage increases is not simply that people will have to pay more for their newspapers. Rather, as the small papers fold, there will be “fewer and fewer and fewer sources of information ... It gets scary,” he said. The postage increases, in other words, threaten not just the livelihood of newspapers. The Postal Service is also threatening the people’s right to know what goes on in their communities. The government, in the form of the semi-independent Postal Service, is not just launching a further, if unwitting, assault on small business. It’s threatening an integral component of democracy.

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Open house Sunday

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Disregarding stop sign — Dana L. Yontz, 21, Syracuse, $lO Failure to use sidewalk when provided — Brenda L. Long, 18, Syracuse, $47.50 Disregarding automatic signal — Gregory K. Kitson, 16, Syracuse, $47.50 Driving left of center — Robert A. Larkins, 21, Syracuse, $47.50 Expired plate — Roberto A. Belchak, 25, Milford, $37.50 County Court The following persons have been assessed fines and have paid those fines in Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: Illegal consumption—Deborah Kern, 19, Syracuse, SB6, 60 days KCJ suspended, 180 days probation; Michael Cannon, 17, Syracuse, $36 Criminal mischief — Seth McMillan, 19, Leesburg, $37 Illegal possession of alcohol — Michael Cannon, 17, Syracuse, SB6, 60 days KCJ suspended, one year probation; Tamara J. Grawcock, 18, Syracuse, SB6, 60 days KCJ suspended, 180 days probation Public intoxication — Michael Sirey, 39, North Webster, SB6 Conversion — Myra Mae Newton, North Webster, $53, 60 days KCJ with good time credit; Beverly Ann Stabler, Syracuse, $203, 12 days KCJ with good time credit Disorderly conduct — Marilyn Kay Rowe, 41, Syracuse, $37 Contributing to the delinquency of a minor — Tamara J. Grawcock, 18, Syracuse, $153 Criminal trespass — Seth. McMillan, 19, Leesburg, $lO3, one year IDC suspended, one year probation, restitution, 12 days KCJ with good time credit Unsafe lane movement — Stephen C. Jarrells, 21, Syracuse, $49.50 Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint On Foreign Judgment Ashley Aluminum, Inc. versus Joel W. Burdick, r 2 box 320, Leesburg. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the plaintiff for enforcement of a judgment received July 10, 1985, in

Kaye Gardner is feather of ffe month

Roy and Ruth Clow of Syracuse must be very proud parents these days. Their daughter, Kaye Gardner, was recently named Pasadena Independent School District Teacher of the Year. Gardner is a home economics teacher at Plano East Senior High School in Plano, Texas, which is located in the Houston Metropolitan area. By being named teacher of the year, Gardner was one of 11 teachers to receive Perot Excellence in Teaching Awards, funded by interest from a donation of $50,000 from the H. Ross Perot Foundation. Her teaching areas include classes in home management, consumer education, clothing and textiles, home furnishings, foods and nutrition, child development and family living.

Area IUSB students honored

Awards for outstanding achievement presented Sunday, April 20, to Indiana University at South Bend students during the annual Honors Day ceremony in Northside Auditorium. recipients of major scholarships, and several other academic awards were announced, the speaker at the ceremony was Lester C. Lamon, professor of history and chairman of the division art and sciences at IUSB. IUSB recognized the following students for superior academic achievement during one or both Human error MOSCOW —The Moscow Communist Party boss hinted to West German television that human error caused the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe and the Soviets gave permission for American specialists to monitor radiation levels in the capital.

Hillsborough County Court, Hillsborough, Fla., in the amount of $3,816.32 plus interest to date of costs of action. Circuit Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Reciprocal Support Dee Ann Friend versus James Allien Friend, r 1 box 226, North Webster, for reciprocal support. Complaint For Damages Dennis A. Davis versus James P. Hartsough, r 2 box 48A, Middlebury. In a case venued from Elkhart Superior Court 111, the plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for a sum equal to damages received June 18, 1984, when the motorcycle plaintiff was riding was struck by a motorcycle ridden by the defendant. Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Hernandez — Carole Hernandez, no address given, and Rudy Hernandez, 800 E. Greenhouse Dr., Syracuse. The couple was married Aug. 27,1983, and separated May 20, 1986. There are two minor children. Gooding — William Rex Gooding, no address given, and Jeannette Nadine Gooding, r 1 box 663, North Webster. The couple was married May 6,1972, and separated March 10, 1986. There is one minor child. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Byrd-Pifer Billy Steven Byrd, 28, r 1 box 17F, Milford, and Connie Marguerite Pifer, 22, r 3 box 570, Syracuse Cnyler-Vaughn George J. Cuyler, 71, P.O. Box 31 Syracuse, and Iris J. Vaughn, 56,2601 Oakland, Elkhart Lambert-Miller William Floyd Lambert, 27, r 5 Syracuse, and Shari Anne Miller, 24, r 5 box 314, Syracuse Hauser-Hunter Daniel John Hauser, 23, Gridley, 111., and Brenda Kay Hunter, 23, r 1 box 622, Leesburg

Gardner also sponsors the local chapter of the Future Homemakers of America Gardner’s teaching career did not begin until 1975. She started out as a consumer representative for the Houston Natural Gas Corporation in 1972. Three years later, Gardner accepted her first teaching position at J. Frank Dobie High School. Then she moved to Irving, where she instructed high school and junior high school students during the 1978-79 academic year. Then Gardner moved to Plano and taught at Plano Senior High through 1982. Since then, she has taught at Piano East. She received $825 for being named teacher of the year. Gardner earned a bachelor’s degree in home economics from Purdue University and a master’s in the same area from North Texas State University.

semesters of the 1985-86 academic year: Syracuse — Cheryll Lynne Martin and Dennis Allen Rude. Warsaw — Jodi Kay Keeton.

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THE CHARITY-minded Wawasee Kiwanis Club did it again! They pulled off a pancake and sausage breakfast Saturday morning at the Lakeland Youth Center, and were not disappointed in the big crowd that showed up. It was good watching those club members man the grill and welcome the hungry patrons. Among the continuing flow of people were Donna Long, Mary Weaver, Dick Weaver and Bob Long waiting their turn as Len Foyle and Phil Hoover put the final browning touch to the pancakes. Among the guests was former Indiana Kiwanis Governor Dave Holderman of Goshen and his family. But in the spirit of the occasion, happy Jack Oswald wandered around dispensing coffee and saying such literary gems like “We sell no pancakes before their time! ” WAWASEE HIGH School American History teacher Vera Zurcher described it as “history in the making.” He was referring to the appearance of some 28 of his history students in the Hands Across America celebration on Sunday. Zurcher and his wife Vera sponsored the students, all juniors, for the day’s outing. He added, “It was so fantastic . .. well worth it ... a positive experience,” things like that. The students ami the Zurchers, along with their daughter Melinie and her husband William Brian, went to Denver, Ind., a tiny town just north of Peru with a population of three to four hundred people, to do their hand holding. As everyone must know by now, it was a nation-wide focus on the nation’s some 20 million poor people and an attempt to feed and house them. Each student paid $lO to participate and five of the group paid $25. It was a real media experience, too, Zurcher said. Both the print and electronic media were at Denver en masse. The WHS students were interviewed by the major media and Zurcher himself was interviewed by USA Today. Several of the interviews appeared on Channel 33, Fort Wayne. The students took brown bag lunches along and had planned a tail gate party, hut rain intervened. They were invited on the porch of a resident for their lunch due to the rain, and later formed the letters USA with their prone bodies on the lawn. Denver was considered a “typical American small town,” and received attention from entertainer Kenny Rogers in his appearance at Fort Wayne. Zurcher said, “I can’t tell you how proud 1 am of our young folks.” He met the Denver sponsor, Rev. Richard Bennett, whom he knew as a Larwill minister, and Bennett commented on the orderliness of the young folks. Zurcher said there was no trash, no mess to clean up afterwards, and there was an abundance of pride in America. Mrs. Zurcher told her husband Denver reminded her of the mythical town on television, Mayberry RFD. The Wawasee High School students who participated were: Shelly Daniels and her twin sister Sherry, Tressa Littleton, Nathan Rhoades, Michael Neterer, Dara Worthington, Mike Eastman, Todd Roberts, Becky Flannery, Jodi Lawson, Tyna Haney, Scott Kleeman, Steve Ensinger, Ann Vitaniemi, Kristina Lange, Jan Stetler, Kelly Brooks, and Chris Cotton. Katie Doll, Todd Dawes and Drew Parr were three students who paid to enter the celebration, but could not attend. A HEAD of steam has been a-building around “ the proposed fifth of July fireworks at the center of Lake Wawasee, which is being billed as “the biggest fireworks Indiana has ever seen.” That notwithstanding, there continues to be a small shortage of funds to make the event as big as promised. There are a number of corporate sponsors who have given generously, but it takes this and more. to More than just corporate sponsors, residents and property owners around the Big Lake have been “invited” to participate. If there is such a i thing as a direct beneficiary, it would have to be those people living on the shores of Lake Wawasee. Here are the corporate sponsors, as released this week: the State Bank of Syracuse, Sea Nymph Corp., South Shore Golf Chib, Inc., Barth, Inc., of Milford, Augsburger’s Super Valu Market, Inc., Miller’s Merry Manor, Anderson’s Wawasee Boat Co., Griffith’s Wawasee Marina, and Holly Park, Inc. They’re giving until it hurts, then some. The big event is to begin promptly at 18:15 p.m. Saturday, July 5, and will he a main feature of the Fourth of July week end. This will be one of the big events that week end; another win be the annual Lake Wawasee Flotilla, scheduled to begin at Ip.m. Sunday, July 6. The fireworks will consist of 800 missites, fired electronically, ranging from two-inch to 12-inch mortars. All this at a cost of SIO,OOO. Another $6,000 is being spent for three large pontoons from which the fireworks win ascend, but this is a one-time shot.

Billed as the Big Bang Fireworks, contributions are to be sent to: Tom Tuttle, South Shore Country Club, R 3, P.O. Box 98, Syracuse. IN 46567. EVEN JANE Nearing has been surprised at the speed with which her sesquicentennial caramel candy has been selling. She said nearly half of the 500 four dollar boxes of candy haw “gone like hotcakes.” It’s easy to see the group will have to re-order. And maybe we know one reason why. At the North Shore Drive home of Ernie and Julie Rogers a box of the delicious candies were put out in a candy dish. When they mysteriously came up missing, it was discovered their daughter’s dog did away with them, wrappers and all. FRANCIS CAMPBELL Gray, Jr., of Orlando, Fla., has been elected and accepted as Bishop Coajudor of the Episcopal Church of Northern Indiana, relieving Bishop Sheridan of South Bend who will retire in January. Gray will be ordained in October and assume his new responsibilities in January, making his home in the Bishop’s quarters in South Bend. Bishop Coajudor Gray is a nephew to Joe Gray of Lake Wawasee and is the third Bishop in the Gray family in four generations. His greatgrandfather, William Gray, was the Bishop of South Florida, and his grandfather. Campbell Gray was the Bishop of Northern Indiana. His father, Francis Campbell Gray, was the Dean of Cathedral of South Florida. There are six generations of Episcopal clergymen in the Gray family, according to Joe Gray. IT WAS “Happy Birthday” Tuesday morning at the Syracuse Case for Lois Schleeter of 213 South Huntington Street. She appeared proudly with a bright boutonniere in the lapel of her smart jacket and took her regular place at the long table among friends. The boutonniere gave it all away, and soon Lois admitted to her 80 years, adding that she was proud of it. And well she should be. THE OCCUPANTS of the new Syracuse Town Hall on South Huntington Street are gearing up for its open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 1. Over 200 invitations were sent out, according to clerk-treasurer Jennifer Lewis, and everything points to a good crowd of visitors, local and otherwise. The occupants began moving in in early December, and soon had the building filled. Among the occupants besides the Syracuse Town Board and clerk-treasurer are the Turkey Creek Township Trustee, the Turkey Creek Township Assessor, the Syracuse Police Department, the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce, and quarters shared by the Syracuse Park Board and the Kosciusko County Probation Department. DICK MARESH, president of Wawasee Electronics in the Syracuse Industrial Park on West Chicago Street, is raising quite a fuss in the Cable television industry. He has taken it upon himself to send bills to CNN Headline News, MTV (music) and HBO Cineamax for parking their signal on his property, calling it “trespassing.’ ’ He told tv entrepreneur Ted Turner what he intended to do when he met the Atlanta native at a recent trade show. Turner said, other Cable companies are forcing him to scramble, but that he personally was against it. To prove his point, Turner mailed Maresh a company check for $25, the amount Maresh billed him, signed May 16,1986. “It washes out,” Maresh commented, “since this is the amount I’m paying him.” (Note: Dick probably won’t cash the check, but will probably frame it as a momenta of the occasion.) Correspondent Midge Pierce did the following piece for a Cable magazine, which was published May 15th: Before Captain Midnight, there was Richard Maresh. Like Midnight, who protested HBO’s scrambling by jamming HBO’s signal, Maresh is also angry at HBO. But what he is trying to do is get HBO’s signal out of his dish, unless, of course, HBO pays Maresh for the privilege and then only if the price is right. Maresh, president of Wawasee Electronics in Syracuse, Ind., claims HBO is violating his property rights. “Their signal is landing on my land, my house, my building and my parking tot,” he says, and incidentally on the dish he built with his own hands to receive satellite programming in the first place. “HBO has a license to transmit, not trespass,” argues Maresh. “Anyone who allows the signal to land on his property is waiving his rights.” Maresh adds, it’s like parking your car on a private lot “Can yon drive your car onto a park(Continued on page 5)