The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 28, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 July 1986 — Page 5

Letters to the editor

4-H fish fry successful Dear Editor: I wish that I could personally thank each and every one of you who came to our first annual Kosciusko County 4-H Fish Fry. Because of you, it was a big success. We served 1,750 pounds of fish. The money that we made will be spent for 4-H champion rosette ribbons in the homemaking and conservation projects at the 4-H fair, for 4-H activities, and 50 cents from each ticket sold went to the local 4-H clubs. Also, I would like to thank those who donated items for the fry and if it weren’t for my committee chairpeople, everything would not have gone so smoothly. Each and every one of them deserves a pat on the back. , Thanks also goes to the 4-H /parents and 4-H’ers who helped. I There are no words that can say it all except, “I thank each and every one of you so much for helping our County 4-H Club.” May God bless each and every one of you. See you next year, Linda L. Stroup Chairman Red Cross ends fiscal year Dear Editor: As our fiscal year comes to a close, we wish to express our appreciation to all those people who helped make this past year a success at the American Red Cross. Hundreds of volunteers make our total services possible, and ■ without them we would be unable to function. Our sincere and deepfelt thanks goes to all churches, organizations, community groups, clubs, KCH Auxiliary, schools and individuals who have given of their time, talents, use of their vehicles and all other kindnesses; but most of all, for their caring about others and their needs. We reached 90 percent of our goal for the blood we collected in Kosciusko County; a tremendous effort on the part of the donors, making it possible to keep the necessary blood supply available. We also want to thank those donors who wish to remain anonymous; your contributions support the efforts of your American Red Cross. Every citizen should feel they are a part of this organization, and your caring makes it possible for us to serve you and your neighbors. Sincerely, Norma J. Anglin Executive director American Red Cross Kosciusko County Chapter Abhors alcohol use Dear Editor: • . I am appalled and heart broken over the destruction of life in our country because of alcohol I Please would you consider running (or commenting upon) my letter to Mrs. Ronald Reagan, regarding alcohol? The clippings from the MailJournal was a picture of a wrecked automobile in which a young man was killed, another seriously injured. The driver was a seventeen year old girl who had been drinking. The other, a twentythree year old fellow was arrested for drunk driving in an accident involving the North Webster girl. The Fort Wayne article was an item about one of the major league baseball clubs and the problems they are having with drunks at the ball games. Pat Robertson’s card said calls to the 700 Club for help from alcoholism has increased 41 %! I realize that banning the advertisement of beer and wine is not “THE” answer — but, at least, it would be a start! Thank you for your time and attention and God Bless you, your kids — and AMERICA! Very sober, Betty Jane Stauffer Menefee Dear Mrs. Reagan: I have great admiration for you because of your work with young Americans on drugs and alcohol. I had no idea how very serious this problem is until last weekend. I am enclosing two clippings from the (Milford) Mail Journal. I understand Miss Kissinger of North Webster has leukemia besides the injuries and is now in a coma. These clippings reflect the destruction of young lives in our country, alcohol being the main contributing factor. I wrote two letters today. The first was to sixteen year old Darren who is in a Koala Rehabilita- ■' tion Center — because of alcohol, basically His mother showed me his room and it is decorated with beer cans and beer advertisements. The second letter was to Christy. She will be celebrating (?) her sixteenth Birthday confined to the Indiana Giris School. Her pro-

blem — beer and drugs. Her mother told me she has pancreatitis caused by alcohol. Several years ago someone got the “smarts” and the advertising of “hard” liquor was barred from television. I only wonder why beer and wine were not included. I guess at that time they didn’t believe anyone could become addicted to these low-alcohol content beverages. NOT true — everyone has surely heard of winos, and I guess “beeraholics” were then referred to as just plain “drunks” Next our diligent lawmakers saw fit to ban cigarette advertising. I’ll grant you, smoking is a filthy, unhealthy habit. My fortyseven years of smoking attributed to my heart problem and emphysema. But there is no way it can start to compete with booze in heartbreak, misery and murder! The beer commercials are becoming more brazen every year. In 1985 WGN Television in Chicago started airing a Budweiser commercial which I call: “Harry Caray’s Bud Man” commercial. I believe it was clearly aimed at young people and I think this season’s commercial is even worse. July 13,19851 wrote Mr. Caray. Here is an excerpt from the letter: “It is your prerogative to be a ‘Bud Man’ but does that give you the privilege to entice

From the Syracuse Police log —

Four subjects on roof of stand

The following information was obtained from the log of the Syracuse Police and Fire Department: July 3 9:42 a.m. — Party advised of accident on Pickwick Road by curve. 3:56 p.m. — Ambulance needed at Shrimpboat. 4:17 p.m. — Ambulance needed at 77 E. Shore Dr. 6:26 p.m. — Officer requested dispatch to contact Noble County reference subject incarcerated. 6:27 p.m. — Subject advised yard on Pickwick Road has not been mowed and the weeds are very high. 6:45 p.m. — Subject on station reference intoxicated pedestrian by Anchor Bar. 7:11 p.m. — Dispatch advised officer of very intoxicated pedestrian going past station. 7:49 p.m. — Report of kids jumping off bridge at landing. 8:06 p.m. — Subject advised he found a large tame white rabbit. July 4 12:20 a.m. — Warsaw Alarm Co. advised of fire alarm at residence on Hess Drive. 12:54 a.m. — Subject on station found red bike. « 1:12 a.m. — Subject on station advised motorcycle property damage accident at North Shore and East Shore Drives. 11:36 a.m. — Party on station advised 288 feet extension ladder was stolen. 11:37 a.m. — Officer advised of property damage accident in Woodland Acres. 2:27 p.m. — Party on station advised of a tree at boat ramp that’s split. 3:39 p.m. — Subject advised of vehicle parked in alley most of day at Front and Carroll Streets. 5:07 p.m. — Report of blue Camaro involved in reckless driving and speeding on East Chicago Street. 5:09 p.m. — Report of illegal fireworks being shot on Pickwick Road. 7:07p.m. — Report of four subjects on roof of concession stand. 7:22 p.m. — Subject has disabled vehicle on North Shore Drive. 8:44 p.m. — Lockout at Augsburger’s parking lot. 8:48 p.m. — Subject on station reference vehicles parked on SR 13N curve. 9:16 p.m. — Report of subjects

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millions of young children who love, admire and look up to you into drinking ‘Bud’ and possibly becoming alcoholics?” At least once — usually two or three times during his telecast he repeats: “I’m a Cubs fan and I’m a Bud man, and I hope you are too! ” July 2, 1986 I wrote Dallas Green of the Cubs and told him I think God hates that commercial and that is why the Cubs lose more games than they win! Mrs. Reagan, at this point I think being a ‘Bud Man’ is Mr. Caray’s problem but it makes me mad for him trying to coax my nieces, nephews and all the kids I love into following in his footsteps. Please tell me what I can do to try to put a stop to this. Who could I write to start a crusade against beer and wine commercials and advertisements? Sure, beer and wine commercials brings in billions of dollars to the networks, etc. and in tax revenue. Is it worth more than the millions of lives that are ruined each year because of it? I realize that prohibition is not the answer, however; I wonder how Christy and Darren are going to feel when they are released and again on their own — free to “be a Bud man, have a Stroh’s, Miller’s, Wine Cooler”, or what have you and see the tempting, inviting commercials! God help

shooting rockets in yard, set field onfire. 10:11 p.m. — Subject advised of some type of fire on Medusa Street. 10:15 p.m. — Officer advised of brush fire. 10:17 p.m. — Boat fire reported. 10:21 p.m. — Officer advised of property damage accident at Lake and Main Streets. 11:12 p.m. — Subject advised he lost a wallet at park. 11:24 p.m. — Subject on station advised of stolen vehicle from Anchor Bar. 11:25 p.m. — Subject called reference missing person from Camp Mack. 11:56 p.m. — Subject advised of loud party east of fire station. July 5 7:32 a.m. — Kosciusko County requested Syracuse watch for white and red Bronco heading north on SR 13 from North Webster. 8:43 a.m. — Lockout at Pier 594. 8:47 a.m. — Lockout at Harris Funeral Home. 3:43 p.m. — Report of property damage accident at Auer’s. 3:47 p.m. — Lockout at park by first entrance. 6:03 p.m. — Kosciusko dispatch called reference robbery at Pierceton approximately 30 minutes ago. 6:49 p.m. — Report of subject crawling through window, possible burglary. 7:46 p.m. — Report of kids laying black marks in bowling alley parking lot. 9:39 p.m. — Lockout at Pier 481, Lake Wawasee. 10:27 p.m. of several dogs barking at South Main Street. 10:33 p.m. — Subject requested wrecker at Runaway Bay. 10:37 p.m. — Report of hit-skip at fish hatchery. 10:39 p.m. — Report of boat sunk in middle of sandbar. July 6 1:09 a.m. — Tree fire on Warner Road. 4:25 a.m. — Ambulance needed at Pier 698. 8:54 a.m. — Subject reported a boat in channel at Front and Medusa Streets. 12:47 p.m. — Subject called for an ambulance at CR 450 and CR 1000, subject laying face down in yard.

them all! Would it help you to know that at the age of seventeen I threatened to leave home if my Mother didn’t sign a note stating that I was twenty-one so I could “booze”, also that alcohol has caused me more misery than anything else in my sixty-two years of life. I’ve had five hospitalizations because I’m “manic-depressive”. I don’t know what caused that, although I was drinking when I had my first one, but not last. Maybe that’s why I feel so close to these kids. I’m enclosing part of my 700 Club Card with the note from Pat Robertson, along with an item from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette sports section which I hope you will read. I’m sure you or Pat Robertson couldn’t — but why can’t I write “Letters to the Editors” of a few newspapers advising parents of alcoholic children to write letters of protest to the breweries and distilleries? The Lord asked me that question, so, I guess I will! Mrs. Reagan, Pat Robertson, can either of you help me to help others? Thank you for your time and attention and God bless you and your families. I’ll keep praying for God’s guidance in this fight.! Yours in Christian love, Betty Jane Stauffer Menefee

4:45 p.m. — Ambulance needed at 313 Medusa St. 8:28 p.m. — Ambulance needed at Oakwood Park. 10:08 p.m. — Subject on station reference subjects lighting firecrackers in uptown parking lot. 10:42 p.m. — Report of kids causing disturbance at Brooklyn and Main Streets. 11:13 p.m. — Subject advised of kids with orange spray paint at Lakeside Park. 11:17 p.m. — Subject advised of kids milling around on Medusa Street. July 7 10:37 a.m. — Subject on station with an injury to his arm. 10:45 a.m. — Subject on station reported he lost his billfold. 11:45 a.m. — Subject on station reported he lost his billfold. 1:55 p.m. — Lockout on Maple Grove. 11:33 p.m. — Kosciusko County advised of subject with possible stolen boat. July 8 9:57 a.m. — Subject on station reported that someone was taking mail out of her mailbox. 11:09 a.m. — Ambulance needed at Miller Realty. 2:09 p.m. — Lockout next to new shop. 5:11 p.m. — Subject advised there is a bike set at easement on 312 Front St. 7:50 p.m. — Party advised of vandalism at 625 Pittsburg St. July 9 12:27 a.m. — Subject on station reference possible breaking and entering in progress on Third Street. •

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North Webster News by mary lee willman

FOL to hold sole Aug. 23 North Webster Friends of the Library met June 2 in Fellowship Hall at North Webster Church of

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NEW BOOKS at the library are: adult nonfiction: Noah’s Arc: I Touched It by Fernand Navarra; Families by Jane Howard; Soldier by Anthony Herbert; My Life in the Mafia by Vincent Teresa; Landscaping by Time Life; The Show Business Nobody Knows by Earl Wilson; Dear Me by Peter Ustinov; Elizabeth Taylor, The Last Star by Kitty Kelley ; Josh by Joshua Logan; Long Live the King by Lyn Tornabene; Down the Seine ► and Up the Potomac by Art ’ Buchwald; The Life of the Party f by Bennett Cerf ; The Woman 1 Warrior by Maxine Kingston; Times to Remember by Rose > Kennedy and A Surgeon’s World by William Nolen. Adult fiction: Stained Glass by William F. Buckley; The Fifth Horseman by Larry Collins; Give Us This Day and God is an Englishman by R. F. Delderfied; Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett; Portraits by Cynthia Freeman; The Healers by Gerald Green; The Ladycat by Nancy Greenwald; Scruples by Judith Krantz; Day of Judgement by Jack Higgins; Making Ends Meet by Barbara Howard; Kid Rodelo by Louie L’Amour; The Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer; First Blood by David Morrell; The Last Convertable by Anton Myrer; Eroca by Mara Rostov; The Great American Novel by Phillip Roth; Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger; The R Document by Erving Wallace. THE NORTH Webster Day Care Center, being sponsored by North Webster United Methodist i Rice prices t The prevailing world market prices of rice, loan rate basis, is: , Long grain whole kernels, 5.78 cents per pound; medium grain whole kernels, 4.79 cents per , pound; short grain whole kernels, 4.79 cents per pound; broken kernels, 2.89 cents per pound. Based on the world prices announced May 27, the per hundredweight repayment rates for 1985-crop farm-stored loans are $3.51 for long grain rice, $2.98 for medium grain rice, and $2.98 for short grain rice. Ordered WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger has ordered a probe of allegations that hundreds of classified i documents have been mishandl--1 ed or are missing from aircraft I plants operated by the Lockheed Corp.

God. The meeting was called to order by lelen Wichern. Phillip Holiday displayed a rough-sketch map of the lakes area. It depicted points of interest as well as roads. The FOL is considering publication of such

Church, will open July 14 at 6 a m. Ca U the church office for further i iformation. RON %ND Carolyn Patty will be presenting a concert on July 20 during tie 9:30 a.m. worship service at North Webster Church of God. EPWORTH FOREST summer worship schedule: Rev. Tom Frost, director of Mission Marketing, Inc., July 13; Rev. Steven Ades, former director Wesley Foundation, Ball State, July 20 Rev. Richard Crispell, chaplaii, Methodist Hospital, Gary, July 27; Carol, Dan, and David Marty, sermon in song, August 3; Rev. Hunter Colpitts, retired UM pastor, Syracuse, August 10; Rev. Warren Otter, pastor, College Ave. UMC, Muncie, Aui;ust 17; Rev. Greg Parris, pastor Union Chapel UMC, August 24; Rev. Warren Lear, retire! UM pastor, North Webster, August 31. MR. AND Mrs. Jim Lowery, Annett Bradly, and A. Matthew Bradly Bunker Hill, were Fourth of July guests at the home of Ruth Boyer, Barbee Lake. The day was sjient swimming, boating, and ph nicking. GRA NDMOTHER SAYS, “The second verse of the first chapter of Proverbs tells why King Solomon wrote Proverbs ... to teach lis people how to live — how to act in every circumstance, for ho wanted them to be understanding, just and fair in everything they did. ‘I want to make the simple-minded wise!’ he sail. ‘I want to warn young men about some problems they will face. I want those already wiseti become wiser and become leader > by exploring the depths of meaning in these nuggets of truth. ” NORTH WEBSTER UMW members and guests will celebrate Christmas in July on the 15 with a noon luncheon served in t le church dining room. ACCORDING TO Dean McFadden, librarian, the North Webster childr en’s reading contest is exceeding all expectations? On Tuesday, July 1, there were 168 books checked out. The library was closed during Mermaid Festi’ al week but is now observing regular hours.

looms of Hope! li— HOMECOMING CONCERT — I I n Friday, July 11 I IA) 8:00 P.M. I I Wawasee High School I I Auditorium A I — Syracuse — j II Admission: 3 Per Person I Sponsored By: THE SYRACUSE/WAWASEE N ROTARY CLUB

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a map in the near future. Dean McFadden reported that much interest is being shown in the summer reading contest for children. Awards for the contest are being donated by businesses and interested individuals and

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SADIE REYNOLDS spent the Fourth of July weekend visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Reynolds and family, Fort Wayne. JAIMEE SMITH has just returned home following a twoweek vacation at Litchfield Beach, S.C. SANDY KOENIGSHOF, Indianapolis, former Barbee Lake resident, and Peggy Willman, Barbee Lake, spent the Fourth of July weekend vacationing at Montague, Mich. THE CAT didn’t appreciate the Fourth of July celebration with all its loud noises and flashing lights. Stoker, our 17-year-old kitty, couldn’t hear what was going on and napped as usual. Fooler, our year-old cat, flattened himself on the floor behind the rocking settee and tried to look like he wasn’t there. It was obvious from the way he rolled his eyes, he thought each breath would be his last. He recovered quickly. This morning he ate a hearty breakfast and couldn’t wait to go outdoors. TILL NEXT week . ..

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will be presented at the end of the summer. It was announced that the FOL is planning a garage and bake sale to be held August 23 in conjunction with Lakeland Kiwanis Club flea market. All funds raised by the FOL will go to support the local library. Donations of garage sale items and baked goods are welcomed. Virginia Perry and Betty Hinton were hostesses for the meeting. The FOL meets the first Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at North Webster Church of God. Visitors and prospective members are always welcome. Tippy Lee Club holds July meeting Juanita Allen presided during the July 2 meeting of Tippy Lee Club held at the home of Mary Strong''with Veva Sheperd as assistant hostess. Pat Long presented "Hot tips for beating the heat.” Cheryl Criswell discussed “Out Lady,” the renovation of the Statue Os Liberty. Marilyn Hartman gave a history of the Winona Lake community. Mrs. Allen led group singing and gave meditations entitled “The Shrine.” Roll call response was “My vacation plans.” Individual projects for the Christmas bazaar were discussed. Ideas were shared for making hospital tray favors. Plans were finalized for the group’s Leesburg Days food booth. The lessons were given by Mrs. Allen: “Collecting Antiques” and “Etiquette and Entertaining ' Made Easy . ” Ann Langham and Mrs. Long received the door prizes. The club’s anniversary dinner party is scheduled for September. Refreshments of frozen fruit salad and crackers were served by Mrs. Strong and Mrs. Sheperd.

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