The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 July 1986 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., July 16, 1986

Editorials

Boys and girls: The responsibility is yours This editorial is directed to the hoys and girls of the Lakeland area who own bicycles. With that ownership comes responsibilities. Not only do you have to learn to take care of the bicycle, you also have to learn to ride it safely and to obey the law. This newspaper commends the Syracuse Police Department and the Syracuse Civil Defense for the program currently underway to teach bicycle safety to the citizens of that community. Something also needs to be done for the youngsters in Milford, North Webster and other communities. The Syracuse program is free to all Syracuse bicycle owners. It will continue July 17 and 31 at the Syracuse Junior High School from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to noon on July 24. Why an editorial on the subject? It’s dull reading, right? Right! However, doing news items like we did last year on one young man who was killed when he rode his bike into the path of a train and one a short time later on an eight-year-old who was killed when his bike was struck by a car is not our idea something we like to do. We would much rather youngsters read this editorial and heed its warning than end up a statistic. Motorists in this area care and most keep a watchful eye out for boys and girls on bicycles. But boys and girls must take some of the responsibility for their own safety. < Recently one very small child was seen riding her bicycle in circles on a busy street. She wasn’t paying any attention to the cars. Drivers had to try and dodge their way around her. Many stopped to tell her that she was going to get hurt. She paid little, if any, attention to their warning. For some reason or another many youngsters on bicycles feel stop signs are not for them, only the cars. WRONG! Not stopping for a stop sign could prove fatal. You, the bike rider, could be hurt or someone in a car where the driver has to put on the brakes quickly to avoid hitting you, may be hurt. So come on kids, accept some responsibility. If you are old enough to ride a bike, you are old enough to learn how to do it properly and take some responsibility for your own safety. If you live in Syracuse attend the bicycle safety course being offered. If you live in Milford or North Webster, maybe someone will start a class for you soon. Liberty Statue fizz As columnist Georgie Geyer aptly pointed out recently, the celebration on July 4th centering around the statue of liberty was partly appropriate and partly orchestrated by pressure groups. The idea was sold in ads, in speeches, on TV and in other ways that this country is a country that welcomes exiles ad immigrants — and should. But that time is past. The nation now has eight million unemployed and can’t handle the flood of immigrants coming in, many illegally. There is no free and open land left to give new arrivals, and no jobs. The theme of the Statue of Liberty, by the way, is liberty — as the name implies. The original inscribed theme was “Liberty — Enlightening The World.” Only later did the worship of immigrants develop. And today’s immigrants are often not like those who came for freedom and opportunity a century ago. Today’s immigrants come to get on welfare rolls or to deal in drugs or to join ethnic communities not seeking to integrate and become Americanized. Many today come in with false passports or forged marriage certificates. Instead of being grateful, they are often cynical, looking for federal and state freebies. The idea that we can still be a land open to the oppressed and exiled of the world is nonsense. Fidel Castro is still laughing about our acceptance of habitual criminals from Cuban jails during the Carter Administration. Liberty and open immigration are separate things. The statue was conceived as representing liberty. Only later was that famous poem about Europe’s tired masses inscribed on it. The July 4th celebration was spectacular. But immigration is a major U.S. problem today, threatening the wetfare of every American. That should be kept in mind — and something must be done about it by a Congress which has played politics with the issue for a decade.

What others say — Cookout Caution Last weekend we happened by a cookout where some alums were having a great time. We watched a fellow take a can of highly flammable charcoal lighter and spray it on a pile of coals that weren’t burning well enough. It made us wince. It also brought to mind the following essay which had appeared as a Letter to the Editor in The Ridgefield (Connecticut) Press over 20 years ago. To be sure what follows isn’t a pleasant subject, but, then, editorial columns shouldn’t be limited to all that’s nice, if they are to be meaningful. PCC Last week I saw a man die. He had suffered unimaginable torture. Seconddegree and third-degree burns covered 40 percent of his body. For five days and six nights he had fought off the inevitable before he drew his last rasping breath. Old friends had spent the weekend at his house, and on Sunday night they were to have a giant steak, charcoal-broiled on his outdoor grill. When the coals did not flare quickly enough, he gave them another squirt from a large can of fluid. There was a vapor-puff explosion. You may have seen one like it. There is a flash of light, but very little sound — only a quick phffft, and it is all over. This time it was not over. As he released the thumb pressure on the can, a tiny bit of flaming vapor was sucked back into the can. It exploded. The bottom bled out and drenched him with flaming liquid. He rolled on the ground, got up quickly, ran toward the river, stumbled and fell, got up and hurled himself into the water. There was no scream. There was little sound of any kind. Even the exploding can made little noise. He said, “Oh, my God!” twice in an agonized undertone, and one of his dogs howled. In less than 30 seconds it was over, and 30 minutes later he lay in a hospital bed, bandaged like a mummy. I went over the ground later and saw the burned grass and the burned branches of the cedar tree above. I picked up the remains of the can. It bore a name familiar to all of us, and it contained a fluid I have often used. One of the purposes for which it is sold is the starting of charcoal fires. The still readable directions were clear. If used on charcoal, wait before you light it. Never add more after the fire is started. But how often have you fpllowed these directions, if you have read them at all? If you light charcoal this way, please don’t ever invite me to a cookout at your house. I never want to see another man die. — THE VERMONT STANDARD

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Jessica Likens walks bike across imitation railroad tracks

Court news

Circuit Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Complaint Jerrod J. Gerard versus Robert C. Hueni, Jr., r 2 Leesburg. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $33,359.05 plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for alleged breach of real estate contract. Complaint To Foreclose Mortgage The Federal Land Bank of Louisville versus Ray Burkholder, Elizabeth Lorraine Burkholder, International MultiFoods Corp., Farmers Home Administration, and Treasurer of Kosciusko County. The plaintiff is seeking a sheriff’s sale of real estate to satisfy judgment in the amount of $27,464.15 plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action. Change Os Name Roxann Arnott, r 2 box 216-2, Leesburg, has petitioned the court to change the name of her minor child, Nicole Lynn Mato, to Nicole Lynn Arnott. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirkk: Gwilt-Clemens Richard Howard Gwilt, 32, 974 Eagle Lane, Syracuse, and Mary Ann Clemens, 31, r 3 box 326, Syracuse Knedle-Timm Lawrence Henry Knedle, 41, r 3 box 284, Syracuse, and Lynn Christine Timm, 33, r 3 box 284, Syracuse Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Starner — Kimberly S. Starner, no address given, and Edward Starner, r 1 Leesburg. The couple was married July 20, 1984, and separated May 30, 1986. There are no children. Arnott — Roxann Arnott, r 2 box 216-2, Leesburg, and David W. Arnott, r 3 Syracuse. The couple was married Aug. 16, 1980, and separated May 24, 1986. There is one minor child. Small Claims The following judgments have been awarded in Small Claims Division, Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: State Bank of Syracuse versus Peggy J. Currier; defendant ordered to pay $625.29 plus costs. State Bank of Syracuse versus Leslie Fay and David McDow; defendants ordered to pay $848.50 plus costs. State Bank of Syracuse versus Mary Jane Meyers; defendant ordered to pay $550 plus costs. Susan Jordy versus L & L Body Shop; defendant ordered to pay SIO,OOO plus costs. William K. Nellans versus Thomas L. Jackson, doing business as T.L. Jackson Construction; defendant ordered to pay $217.18 plus costs. Judith Hartman versus John Zeoli; defendant ordered to pay $2,252.64 plus costs. James Tennant versus George Pavel, doing business as Barbee Hotel/Restaurant & Lounge; defendant ordered to pay SIBO plus costs. Patricia Shaske versus Lester Miller ; defendant ordered to pay $811.03 plus costs. Jullie Powell versus Angle Fuller ; defendant ordered to pay $750 plus costs. G.R. Casto versus David Hostetler; defendant ordered to pay $395 plus costs. G.R. Casto versus Kimberly Waddell; defendant ordered to pay $78.59 plus costs. Don pickerhoff versus Thomas Kreiter, doing business as The Hine Line; defendant ordered to pay $831.62 plus costs. Mary Jane Crouse versus Kevin Wright; defendant ordered to pay $189.62 plus costs. Mary Utter versus Brian Scrivnens; defendant ordered to*

pay $183.04 plus costs. Norma Ewing versus David M. Shaffer; defendant ordered to pay $504 plus costs. Mary Utter versus Sam Slone; defendant ordered to pay $117.11 plus costs. Stephen G. Smith, doing business as Smith Excavating, versus Ewell Saylor; defendant ordered to pay $2,029.66 plus costs. Vera Maddox versus Randy Creamer; defendant ordered to pay $32 court costs. Dave Bartley versus Iris Fitch; defendant ordered to pay SIOB plus costs. . Patricia Shaske versus Lisa Regenos; defendant ordered to pay $571.48 plus costs. Patricia Shaske versus Ron Ousley; defendant ordered to pay $1,195.55 plus costs. J&J Service, John Jewell versus Sherman Pritchett; defendant ordered to pay $l4O plus costs. J&J Service, John Jewell versus Vic Eherenman; defendant ordered to pay $408.03 plus costs. J&J Service, John Jewell versus Roger Walton; defendant ordered to pay $622.57 plus costs. J&J Service, John Jewell versus Victor Duke; defendant ordered to pay $321.83 plus costs. Butterfly, Inc. versus Mark Finken; defendant ordered to pay $171.45 plus costs. Butterfly, Inc. versus Jack McClure; defendant ordered to pay $59.95 plus costs. Ray B. Frost versus Scott McCombs; defendant ordered to pay $22 court costs. Ray B. Frost versus Cecelia Darrenkamp; defendant ordered to pay $135 plus costs. Ray B. Frost versus David Cobbs; defendant ordered to pay $327.75 plus costs. Collection Bureau of Warsaw has received the following judgments. Howard Bright, $32; James and June Johnson, $236.80; Lewis VanDoren, $69.50, Connie J. Blankenship, $120.63; Donald and Tamela Garber, $167.22; Billy G. and Donna Patrick, $155.35; John H. Mullins, $105; Harold E. Hoile, $66; Ira Hyde, Sr., $240.28; Judi Cantu, $268.16; Alan B. Coplin, $86.44; Arlene Engstrand, $67.91; Cheryl Morehouse, $181.03. David L. Lock versus Michael Dacquisto; defendant ordered to pay $674.60 plus costs. Chris Clark, Mike Byland versus Mark Schambers; defendant ordered to pay $114.99 plus costs. Patricia Shaske versus Lori A. Grubbs; defendant ordered to pay $2,005.83 plus costs. Patricia Shaske versus Sam Hamman; defendant ordered to pay $1,044.85 plus costs. Patricia Shaske versus James W. Hapner; defendant ordered to pay $428.09 plus costs. Patricia Shaske versus Jack and Jackie Hackworth; defendants ordered to pay $2,929.59 plus costs. Reed & Earhart versus Bart Hoile; defendant ordered to pay $1,143 plus costs. Badskey Realty versus James A. and Meledie Maxwell; defendants ordered to pay S7OO plus costs. Kim Leasure versus Vickie Prater; defendant ordered to pay $525 plus costs. Westhaven Estates versus Rhonda Stull and Paul Knight; defendants ordered to pay $214.50 plus costs. Russ Fahl Park versus Stacey and Panessia Burke; defendants ordered to pay $521.94 plus costs. THE MAIL-JOURNAL (U.S.P.S. 3258-4000) Published by the Mall-Journal every Wednesday and entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse, Indiana 46567 Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main Street, Syracuse, Indiana 46567 and at additional entry offices. Subscription: sl6 per year in Kosciusko County; $22 outside county. POSTMASTERS: Send change of address forms to The Mail-Journal, P.O. Box IM, Milford. Indiana 46542 (IP

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

Hbm p i'll a ' 1 !■ ■ly uJ» UNIVERSITY COLORS didn’t go unnoticed along Lake Wawasee’s shoreline during the recent flotilla. Clear evidence of this was at the home of Mike aid Carol Kiley at Pickwick Park, where the flags of Purdue, Notre Dame and I.U. fluttered in a strong gale underneath the Americ in flag. In tie above photo Mike Kiley steadies himself in the flag pole, waving to the passing flotilla units, as Sam and Marilyn Cole look on. Asked about the flags, Kiley said the Purdue flag is for Carol's alma mater where she graduated in 1956; the Notre Dame flag Mike claims for his own, for he graduated from ND in 1956; aid the I.U. flag is for son Dan who graduated in 1984. Son Matt, a junior at St. Joseph College in Renssek er, doesn’t qualify for a flag as yet, but daughter Ann claims the Notre Dame flag, inasmuch as she graduated from St. Mary’s College in HBl. Kiley noted that the American flag traditionally flies high on the staff, while others are posted below. “Whichever school wins its most recent ball game qualifies to have its flag on top," is the way Kiley explained it. And what if two or more schools win at the same time? Kiley supplied no answer for this dilemma. The Kileys are from Marion but are long time summei residents on Lake Wawasee. Lake residents seem to agree that there are more school flags on display around the lake this year than in previous years, with rivals Purdue and Ind ana University dominating the field. THERE’S MORE to being a township trustee than just handling poor relief. This word comes from Lou Kuilema, who will complete his first (and only) term as Turkey Creek Township Trustee at midnight, December 31. Kuilema claims to have given a lot of time to the trustee’s job, and no one would deny this. About lis successor: Alice Johnson ran for the job unopposed on the Republican ticket in the spring, and will go unopposed iff the fall election it would appear And so her chances of being the next trustee are very good, indeed. On<»of the jobs the trustee has to handle is that of mail taining the cemeteries, says Kuilema, and he has seven of them to look after. They are the Mock, ’ Veybright, Byers, Cable, Union, Tamarack and Bethel cemeteries. The Syracuse cemetery has its own cemetery board, and this cemetery is not a township responsibility. All of this on a skimpy $5,0 0 annual cemetery budget. Wlat brought this topic to mind is the work being done on the Weybright cemetery, located on the Coi mty Line Road, northeast of Syracuse, one of the oldest cemeteries. One of its earliest marke -s lists the date 1836! This was a year before Syracuse became a town. A new road has been added so vehicles could come in off the highway, grass has been planted, and tn es will soon be added. The cemetery will be enlarg id with 25 to 30 more burial lots. “AU our cemeteries are filling up or are already full," said trustee Kuilema, about a subject m >st people don’t think much about. Soma new fence will be put up around the Weybiight cemetery. A good share of one year’s budge is going into this one cemetery alone. Kuileria said the Byers cemetery at 1250E, forme iy affiliated with the Methodist Church, is full an 1 will need enlarging as well. Ti ustee Kuilema said, “Most people have no idea h >w much work a township trustee has to do for hi: $2,500 per year." His salary is soon to be raised to $3,000, however. N< > one will deny trustee Kuilema has been a busy nan. He is in the process of overseeing a large addition to the Syracuse/Turkey Creek Towns hip fire station on South Main Street. He has been < ne of the most active trustees this township has se jn in a long time. No one will dispute this. G DOD TO see Dave Smith of 139 No. Shore Drive out and about following his recent

hospitalization due to a heart attack while golfing at Maxwelton golf course. Dave is submitting to a regimen of walking and other mild exercise to repair heart damage done by the attack. OUR LOCAL Willard Scott who keeps track of such things as local rainfall has been unavailable to give us his best shot on the extent of last Thursday’s downpour One report we heard but could not confirm is that over two inches fell during the night, which raised the water level on Lake Wawasee five inches! Could be, but it seems an awfully lot. The reason given, is that streams feeding into the lake contribute heavily to the lake’s level during a heavy rain. CALL THEM Jerry’s Kids — or whatever — but these young local Jaycee members were out in force Saturday morning in uptown Syracuse stopping cars for voluntary contributions to the annual Jerry Lewis muscular dystrophy fund drive. From all appearances they did all right. When they quit, they reported taking in $321.86 on the highway, but they began the day with contributions in the amount of $33 from their own club at its morning meeting. The Syracuse Jaycee unit has 35 members and meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Eagles Lodge building on Sycamore Street. Age limits for Jaycee membership is 18 to 35 years. The Jaycees were totally integrated two years ago, one member confides, outdistancing their more chauvinistic brethren in the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary clubs. As a matter of fact, one lady Jaycee member, Nancy Donahoe, was doing very well Saturday morning collecting money for Jerry’s Kids. Others on the job were Casey Call, Darle Hoover, Mike Murray, and Roger Shipley. WE’RE GLAD to add Philip J. Troyer of Palatine, 111., to our family of subscribers. Troyer, whose father Crist lives on the “S” curve on 13A at the east end of Lake Wawasee, has been gone from the community for 25 years and is now a counselor at the Center for New Students and Adult Services at the William Rainey Harper College at Palatine. SYRACUSE MIGHT eventually have a historical home, if everything goes as planned during its 1987 sesquicentennial celebration. The site in mind: the Barbara Scantlin home on West Main Street in Syracuse. The attractive home, built the year Syracuse became a town (1837), was originally located on East Pearl Street, and was completely and tastefully remodeled by Mrs. Scantlin prior to her moving to the Bay Area in California. Those active on the sesquicentennial committee who have the establishment of a local historical site in mind, want to earmark any excess funds for the purchase of the building, to eventually be operated by the Kosciusko County Historical Society. The possibility of receiving some sort of matching fund grant for the project has not escaped their planning. A report early this week from Jane Nearing is that the original 400 boxes of Abbott’s candy (of Hagerstown) have been sold, and that 400 additional boxes were received. A minimal amount of sales effort has been made to dispose of the first 400, and the soft sell will no doubt work again on the additional 400 boxes. Also going well are the small and large sesquicentennial T-shirts. The medium sizes: "got plenty of them left,” says Jeanne Gardiner. An additional 50 shirts have been received. Only to prove that things are off the ground and running, we can report that the committee has (as of June 11) $5,444 in its bank account. THE FIFTEENTH annual Sounds of Hope completed a highly successful European tour and arrived home last Thursday, July 10. The jewel in the crown of these events each summer is a local dinner and concert, put on by the sponsoring Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club. The dinner was held at the large Oakwood Park Hotel dining room Friday night which some 300 attended. Bob Troutman, outgoing Rotary Club president, spoke for president Bob Westfall, who could not be present. Troutman introduced a list of special guests, headed by Varner M. Chance, whose brainchild the people-to-people Sounds of Hope has been over these years. Later some 500 to 600 music-lovers met at the high school auditorium to hear a program of music, much like that presented at a number of European location during the three-week tour. Actually, countries visited include Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium and England. Sixty-eight accomplished musicians made the trip. Sounds of Hope was founded for the purpose of providing its members an opportunity to use their talents in the area of international understanding and/ to acquire first-hand knowledge of the cultures of other peoples. It seeks (1) to share with people of other countries a concern for a clearer understanding through the language of music which is universally understood; (2) to encourage American people to actively participate in human relations through their involvement in the SOUNDS OF HOPE concert tours; (3) to maintain high musical, moral and ethical standards in all activities. KEN BOWTON, of 116 East Shore Drive, Syracuse, decided to “hang it up" as of March 1, and turn his chores of the past 36 years over to his son Greg of Fort Wayne. Ken was a Wabash lawyer in the early 69s when he was franchised to conduct; the popular Dale Carnegie public speaking classes, and the business grew tothopfftet where he and Greg were conducting the classes hi 35 locations. Greg has been with Ken for the past IS years, and is well qualified by training to conduct the profitable but ■ demanding business. (Continued on page 5)