The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 24, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 June 1986 — Page 5
Under the... jaS' I Courthouse JBU I Dome By Ron Sharp
ANOTHER BITE FROM YOUR PAYCHECK. In case you have forgotten, the local option tax increases July 1. The rate goes from .002 to .003. This will siphon an additional $400,000 out of the county residents’ buying power during the year. (We lost about SBOO,OOO in 1985-86.) The take for 1966-87 will be $1,200,000. This means you can do without: 120 new autos or 150 down payments on new homes 30,000 pair of shoes 6,000 meals for two at your favorite restaurant 8,000 men’s suits (with two par of pants) 2,400,000 cans of your favorite drink (soft) 150,000 theater tickets Or 732 one-way tickets to China The Kosciusko County Council of Norman DeGood, Larry Teghtmeyer, George Klinger, Katherine Teel, Dennis Polk, Carl Latta and Tom Anglin passed the tax last year. The rate will increase by .001 each year in July until it reaches .006. At that time it will take from county taxpayers more than $2,000,000 per year. > . “ o— SYRACUSE PROPERTY TAXPAYERS HARDEST HIT. In comparing 1966 with 1985 we find that Syracuse property owners’ payments will increase by 19.8 percent. The average increase for the county was 15 percent. f Second highest is Wayne Township with 17.4%. Etna Green residents actually will pay less in taxes this year than in 1985. They had a reduction of .008%. Listed below are those taxing units that will have an increase of more than 15%. (Key to which unit will receive the money: State (s). County (c), School (sc). Township and Library (t), Towns and Warsaw (tw). Local Option Tax (lo). SYRACUSE paid $1,441,375 in 1985 as compared to $1,718,225 in 1986. 1986 Breakdown where money will go: (s) $2,129; (c) $202,613; (SC) $868,189, (t) $23,859; (tw) $578,892; (lo) $42,543. WAYNE TOWNSHIP 1985 - $2,133,094. 1986 - $2,498,654. Breakdown: (s) $4,538; (c) $431,987; (sc) $1,701,947, (t) $293,815, (10) $66,367. HARRISON TOWNSHIP 1985 - $694,819. 1986 - $807,094. Breakdown: (s) $1,390; (c) $132,312; (sc) $598,614; (t) $67,560; (1) $7,218. , • WINONA LAKE 1985 - $615,087. 1986 - $711,576. Breakdown: (s)$817; (c) $77,747; (sc) $306,307; (t) $38,425; (tw) $266,397; (lo) $21,883. SEWARD TOWNSHIP 1985 - $487,414. 1986 - $564,680 Breakdown: (s) $1,038; (c) $96,797; (sc) $446,984; (t) $16,480; (lo) $1,381. WARSAW 1985 — $6,991,728. 1986 — $8,056,618. Breakdown: (S) $8,986; (C) $855,407, (SC) $3,370,140; (t) $422,762; Uc) $3,143,080; (lo) $256,243. NOT THE WORST. Old-line politicians thought the 1986 primary was the worst in voting record, when only 6,169 people voted in the Republican primary. By contrast in 1978 less than 5,800 persons voted for Republican candidates. On the other hand, Demos may have set a record by having only 1,203 persons ask for a Democrat ballot. About 1,300 Demo ballots were requested in 1978. The best showing was in 1966 when people requested 8.231 Republican ad 2,921 Democrat ballots. ; In 1982 6,469 Republicans and 1.844 Democrats asked for ballots. DID APPOINTMENT REMOVE DEMO CANDIDATE Mayor Jeff Plank’s recommendation that Virginia Summy be appointed to a state board may have removed this fiesty lady from the 1987 mayoral contest. Summy, who is president of Warsaw City Council, has been thought by many as a possible candidate. Mrs. Summy is one of the three Democrats on the council. However, her credentials outrank the other two. Bob Richmond is a ’‘galvanized” Democrat. (He was a part of Mayor Plank’s primary campaign team and is considered a Republican. He was named by the Democrat City Chairman to fill the ticket in 1983. Both Bob Gast, third Democrat on the Council, and Richmond won Council posts that year.) DOING THEIR SHARE — According to a news release from the Warsaw Community Schools’ administrative office, the school system has 600-plus persons on its payroll at present. Figures from the State Board of Education reveal a 39% increase in WCSC employment in the past ten years. In 1976-77 the school system had 433 employees. Seventy-nine percent of this increase came since 1982-83. This makes the Warsaw Community Schools one of the fastest growing employers in the county as compared to industrialexpansion. The increase came even though the student population has dropped 6% since 1976-77. MINORITY GOP CHAIRMAN. The county GOP organization selected Rex Reed as its chairman. Only 53 persons were on hand to elect him. In past years to have a quorum, the organization had to have at least one person over one half of the precinct committeemen on hand, which would be 64 persons. According to those in the know, this is not the first time that a chairman has been selected without a quorum being present. Local politicians believe Reed might just be the man to weld the party beck together again, rejuvinate the Republican Women’s Club, and re-establish the steering committee. FALLOUT FROM CAMPAIGN AD. One signer of the J. D. Geiger ad for State Representative got into hot water with his wife. He had the ad reading “Mr. and Mrs.” In on uncertain terms she let it be known that she voted for Thames Mauzy.
SRM make Flotilla plans
(Continued from page 1) Flotilla Backs Give-Away The Retail Merchants will also be sponsoring another promotion with a new twist during the Flotilla Weekend. This activity has been named the “Flotilla Bucks Give-Away.” It is a coupon promotion where shoppers can fill out coupons and place them in the coupon containers at any of the participating merchants’ stores. One name will be drawn from each store and placed into the grand prize drawing. Winners in the drawing will receive several hundred dollars in Flotilla Bucks, which can be redeemed at any of the participating merchants’ stores for merchandise of equivalent value. Information concerning the details on the give-away will be announced upon confirmation. Sidewalk Days The upcoming Sidewalk Days was briefly discussed during the meeting. Tentative dates are set for August 7,8, and 9. Because of the good success both towns have had by joining together for Sidewalk Days, the merchants are hoping that North Webster will again join in.
Christa Francis, director at the Lakeland Youth Center, who attended the meeting, is hoping to coordinate several children’s activities to correspond with the Sidewalk Days sale. The idea is to entertain the children while the parents shop. Monthly News Letter Due to the high costs for mailing the monthly report to the over 250 area merchants, it was decided to check into the possibility of limiting the mailing list to only those merchants who wish to receive the letter. As with each month’s mailing, volunteers were asked to pay for this month’s mailing costs. Bob Pilcher of Pilcher’s Shoe Store and Donna Conder of Leisure Pools consentedto split the costs. Special Meeting A special meeting will be held at Cocinero’s in Syracuse on Monday, June 16, to finalize plans for “The Great Flotilla Pig Out.” Area merchants interested in showing their support are welcome to attend. Next month’s regular meeting will be held on Friday, July 11, at 9 a.m. at the Syracuse Town Hall, when election for the coming year’s officers will get underway.
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ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS — Pictured are the students from Syracuse Middle School who were recognized with the Academic Award for their achievementrm a particular area of study. The awards were presented during a ceremony on Thursday, May 29. Pictured in the front row are Mike Tuttle, social studies and publications; Scott Berkey, science; Teresa Coy, social studies; and David Hilker, publications. In the back row are Russell Anderson, science; Tonya Perzanowski, publications; David Schmahl, algebra and language arts; Tina Liberti, science; and Cuong Reed, mathematics and physical education. Not pictured were Kari Timm, language arts; and Angela Kistler, physical education.
Behind the headlines —
The 'Chernobyl Syndrome'
By PHILIP C. CLARKE Predictably, the Chernobyl accident provided the anti-nuclear lobbyists with a powerful new rallying cry, helped along by lurid — and in many instances — unsubstantiated — media accounts of prolonged disaster threatening millions of lives in the Soviet Union and elsewhere. The inevitable parallel drawn by the critics was, of course, to Three Mile Island, the 1979 U.S. nuclear accident. However, despite the hysteria created by that human mistake, and the controversy maintained in the media ever since, there simply is ho comparison between Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. At Cher nobyl, an explosion, meltdown and fire released radioactive material from a plant that, like most Soviet nuclear facilities, s Jacked built-in safeguards com-
Letters to the editor
A different Contra view
Dear Editor : The letter of Chancey L. Ben nett of New Paris deserves an answer. First, the Nicaraguan air force does not. contrary to Mr. Bennett’s claim, have any MIG-21 or any other MIG aircraft Its helicopters are necessary to counter the contra terrorists. Nicaragua's neighbors. Honduras. Guatemala and El Salvador all have air forces equipped with F-4 war jets and with far greater offensive capability. The Reagan administration charges of Nicaragua’s ag gressiveness is a smokescreen to cover up and justify the ad ministration’s own aggression against Nicaragua — the mining of Nicaragua’s harbors and the continuing support of the contra terrorists by the CIA. The past several years I have listened to dozens of people who have traveled to and lived in Nicaragua. Some of these speak fluent Spanish and have spent years living there. Their experiences flatly contradict Mr. Bennett's statements that "most Sandinistas are communists," that the “Sandinistas have betrayed the Nicaraguan people" and his off-handed reference to “all the murdering, etc., the Sandinistas are doing.” But Mr. Bennett’s “understanding” that “Sandinistas are dressing up like
Seek names of class of 1961
Dear Editor: The Class of 1961 of Syracuse High School would like to use your open forum to inform readers in your area of our. forthcoming 25th Class Reunion. .Perhaps members of other SHS and other area high school classes that graduated in our era would like to attend. Also, we’d enjoy seeing any former or current high school faculty. The SHS Class of 1961 25th reunion will be Saturday, July 5, at the Warsaw Holiday Inn. We ll have a reception at 6 p.m. (no charge), dinner at 7 p.m. and program at 8 p.m. (no charge). Guests are welcome to attend any or all of the evening’s proceeding. Anyone who wants to attend the dinner should contact Janet (Grady) Dorsey, 505 Park View Court, Nappanee, Ind., 46550. She was class treasurer in 1961. If you decide to attend at- the last minute, walk-ins are welcome. In addition, the class will have
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mon in the West. At Three Mile Island, fail-safe devices, including power plants, prevented any life-threatening disaster. Indeed, the U.S. nuclear-power industry. contrary to its “bad press,” has the best safety record of all of the nation’s energy.pnb ducers. Unlike coal mining and hydroelectric dams, for example, no lives have been lost in nuclearenergy production in the United States. Moreover, there is no comparison between the U.S. and Soviet systems of managing nuclear energy. The Soviet system is run by the same supersecret body that handles that country’s nuclear-weapons program. Public safety has been of secondary concern. By contrast, in our wide-open society, nuclear energy is under constant public scrutiny.
Contra's" to commit atrocities is absurd and without any basis in fact. Given the well known history of contra atrocities, documented by former contras and many, many others, the San dinistas have no need to prove contra atrocities exist. They are obvious to both Nicaraguans and to the rest of the world. The American people are being sold a lie. a lie so big that it would be expected of a totalitarian dictator. This lie has been perpetrated by the Reagan administration and assisted by the voices and votes of our representatives Senators Lugar and Quayle and Representative Hillis. The lie is that Nicaragua, one of the poorest nations on earth, is an enemy of the American people, that it is a threat to our national security. $ It is unfortunate that some of us have bought this lie. Americans were also sold a similar lie about Vietnam. Our involvement there helped create a national debt out of control. If the money and lives spent on that war had been used toward modernizing our industry, we would still be competitive in world markets today. More important, many American, Cambodian and Vietnamese families would have been spared the tragic loss of their loved ones. Sincerely, Michael D. Brown
a casual reception on Friday. July 4, at the summer home of Charles Crow on the east shore of Lake Wawasee near the old fish hatcheries. Again, old friends are welcome. It is likely this class may not' have a reunion for several years in the future, so we are attempting to "drum up” a big turn-out this time, and so far, it looks successful. Many class members and classmates who moved to other schools before graduation will be attending. For further information, contact local classmates Kay Brown McCulloch, Jackie Jones Dunithan, Charmaine Kitson Egolf or Dan Caskey. Also, Class Vice President Tom Firestone of Nappanee or Class President Chuck Crow of Noblesville. Our thanks to all the class members who have helped so far in planning this event. Sincerely, Donna ?uoots Lyon Secretary, Class of 1961, SHS
Although no new nuclear plants have been ordered in the United States since 1978 — primarily because of costly regulatory delays, plentiful conventional energy supplies and the lobbying efforts of anti-nuclear groups — 101 nuclear plants now generate 15 percent of our electrical power, up from 4 percent in 1973. Also, there are proposals before Congress to encourage standardized plants and a simplified licensing process to cut costs and the present 12-year period now required before the average nuclear-power facility can go “on line.” Commenting on the furore over Chernobyl. Scott Peters of the Atomic Energy Forum asks. “Why should 15 percent of our electrical capacity be shut down (as recommended by the Coalition of Environment/Safe Energy Organizations) because of something that happened with a different kind of reactor without a containment structure?” It’s a good question, one that the critics of safe, efficient and potentially cheap nuclear energy have yet to answer. Looking to the future. The Economist of Londo has stated the issue squarely: “Only by investing heavily in nuclear power today can the world be sure of avoiding high-cost energy in the 1990 s and beyond. " i Distributed by America s Future. Inc . Xcw KncheHe. N Y. > Tidy up Placing a peg board panel behind the working area for hanging small tools, etc., will help tidy up the area.
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LIBRARY ENHANCED — Pictured is part of the 69-volume set of writings of major American authors being awarded to the Milford Public Library. The gift of the set, published by The Library of America, was made possible through grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Mr. and I Hrs. Arch Baumgartner of Milford. The first books will be available this summer, with new titles shipped regularly over the next four rears.
Books donated to Milford Library
The Milford Public Library has b?en awarded a 66-volume set of “ITie Library of America.” the series that American Heritage magazine called. “The most ambitious effort ever undertaken to put the best of American literature into the hands of the general reader.” The library received notificat on of the award after submitting an application to the Library of America and obtaining a pledge < f SSOO from Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baumgartner. Milford. Milford’s library is one of nearly 1,000 across the country that ; re acquiring this collection of American literature with funds Irom the Andrew W’. , Mellon Foundation and matching funds pledged in local communities. Each SSOO raised locally is being matched by the Mellon Foundaion Grant as part of a national irogram to help libraries acquire he Library of America series. The Milford Public Library will eceive the 30 volumes already published in the Library of America, over 40.000 pages of the best writing our country has produced. with the remaining 30 volumes being sent in regular shipments over the next four years for a total of seven volumes a year. s Each volume will have a bookplate, acknowledging the donation from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Baumgartners. The Library of America is a non-profit publishing program that began in 1982 in an effort to restore America’s literary heritage by publishing the col-
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lected works of America’s major authors in a uniform, hardcover series. Seed money for the program was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ford Foundation. Volumes already published include the works of Henry Adams, James Fenimore Cooper. Stephen Crane, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Faulkner, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and William Dean Howells. Also. Washington Irving. Henry James. Thomas Jefferson. Jack London. Herman Melville. Francis Parkman, Edgar Allan Poe. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Henry David Thoreau. Mark Twain. Edith Wharton, and Walt Whitman. Soon to appear in the series are W E B. Dußois. Frank Norris.
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Willa Cather, Flannery O’Connor. William James, and Benjamin Franklin. Each volume in the series includes a number of works by a single author and contains between 1,000 and 1.600 pages. In many cases, an author’s complete writings will be published in as few as three or four compact volumes. The books are printed on acidfree paper, have sewn bindings covered in cloth, and are extremely durable. Accepting the Baumgartners share of the gift were Milford Public Library Board Members: Maxine Brembeck and Julie Myers, co-presidents; Elmer Hartter. treasurer; Terry Beatty. secretary; Phil Beer; Bill Leemon. and Carol Keiper.
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