The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 31, Milford, Kosciusko County, 30 July 1986 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., July 30,1986

Editorials

'TOUGHLOVE' is away of life “TOUGHLOVE” is becoming away of life in Kosciusko County. More and more parents are seeing the need to get tough with their teenagers as more and more families are being affected by teens using drugs, alcohol or having the feeling that they can do what they want without regard of others. “TOUGHLOVE,” according to the manual, is “the same kind of loving approach we used when our little children had to take medicine. We knew they did not like it, but we insisted on their taking it anyway, no matter how badly we felt about coercing them to accept their medicine.” “TOUGHLOVE” notes that parents have been led to believe that tender loving care will solve all family problems. It will work for some. For others, it will not. It is for those who will not accept TLC that “TOUGHLOVE” was formed. Parents who are having problems with their children are urged, to aettend the weekly meetings, held on Thursday p.m. at the youth center in Syracuse. Many have founds that “TOUGHLOVE” has helped their children. Who knows, it might be the answer to your problems, too. \ Would repeal 22d amendment There’s some talk — and that’s all it is at the present time —of repealing the 22d amendment to the U.S. Constitution limiting the U.S. presidency to two terms in office. This would be to allow President Reagan to run for a third term. Reagan is perhaps the most popular president since Franklin Roosevelt, who won a third and fourth term in that office. These latter two terms so incensed Republicans, that when they came to control the congress with its 80th session, one of their first acts on the agenda was to limit any president to two terms. Ironically, it is the Republicans who have had two presidents since that time who could have won more than two terms — Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, both popular presidents. A strong case has been built against FDR’s fourth term, when he was obviously ill, and not at all well prepared to deal with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill at Yalta in February of 1945. In those deliberations, FDR allowed Stalin to take Berlin, Vienna and Prague, when advancing U.S. forces could have easily overrun them first. A basic principal of the Constitution is that any amendment should not benefit any single individual, thus making a repeal of the two-term amendment virtually impossible. Any talk of repealing the 22d amendment to the Constitution is just that — talk. Has the Supreme gone too far? The recent 5 to 4 decision of the United States Supreme Court in upholding a Georgia sodomy law, and thus probing what occurs behind the bedroom door, might be going a bit too far. Far or not, it is such a delicate subject as to cause considerable editorializing in the media and the usage of many tons of newsprint and ink. You won’t find us here taking issue with such an august body as the Supreme Court, but what constitutes “legal” as opposed to “illegal” sex can be a very fine line indeed. The entire issue is a shot at the homosexual community, and it is this group that is raising all the fuss. Most of us couldn’t care less. The Georgia sodomy law makes no distinction between homosexual and heterosexual conduct. The Georgia case that came before the Supreme Court was brought by one Michael Hardwick, a homosexual who asked the federal courts to declare the state law unconstitutional. Columnist Anthony Lewis viewed it this way: “If the Georgia authorities had prosecuted and convicted a married couple under the sodomy law, the Supreme Court would surely have had to face the real issue: the state’s intrusion into the bedroom.” A long sentence for either a homosexual or heterosexual under this law would raise a question of cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, said Justice Lewis F. Powell. We agree. And wonder, in its final analysis, just what the Supreme Court ruling was worth anyway.

What others say —

Likewise Some people, we’re told, are bom with a knack for managing. Others are more comfortable in positions which require skill rather than responsibility. “Some have it, others don’t want it” and nearly every shop has its story of a happy, competent machinist who developed ulcers when promoted to foreman and of the character with two left feet who turned out to be a crackerjack people handler. All that aside, we believe the so-called art of managing is mostly a matter of letting people learn from their mistakes. In final analysis there is no other way. The skilled craftsman who tries to train and supervise is hamstrung by the fact it is easier for him to do the job than show others how. What he needs, we * suspect, is an ability to explain the job, then turn away, grit his teeth and let others learn by doing, just as he did. That calls for courage, particularly on the part of a new supervisor who feels a responsibility for all that occurs under his control. It takes courage, but the alternative is to end up with underlings who take all the credit, none of the blame, and who rely on the Boss to make even minor decisions. Nearly 2000 years ago a Man in Galilee set out to build an organization. The dozen individuals He chose were by most standards a motley crew; unlearned fishermen, a congenital pessimist and skeptic, a political rebel, a traitorous tax collector and one individual whom He knew in advance would be a turncoat. For approximately 30 months Jesus of Nazareth worked with these men, picking up pieces as they learned by watching and doing. Then, having shown how the job must be done, He left them to transform the world, assuring them He would be available if needed. Somewhere in all of this there is the method for management which is worth exploring. Next time it seems easier to do it all yourself, remember you can ’ t! —’Even the Lord Himself didn’t try that. Donald E. Wood, Editor and Publisher Automatic Machining, July 1986

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Daniel S. Haifley, 20, Syracuse, $57.50; Doral e’ Haab. 42, Milford, $67.50; Robbie C. Hare, 18, Syracuse, license impounded for 10 days No muffler — Jean A. Stump, 19, Milford, $38.50 No bumper when required — David D. Zentz, 17, Syracuse, $38.50 Unlawful riding — Regina K. Stocklin, Syracuse, $35 County Court The following fines plus court costs have been levied and paid in the Elkhart County Court, Goshen Division: Expired license plate — Shanda G. Blue, 38, Syracuse, $45.50 Expired driver’s license — Shanda G. Blue, 38, Syracuse, $45.50 Speeding — Cindy L. LeCount, 16, Milford, $49.50 Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Shell-Hand Kevin Clark Shell, 26, P.O. Box 189 North Webster, and Corrie S. Hand, 22, P.O. Box 189 North Webster Kiser-Packer Mark Alan Kiser, 20, box 564 Milford, and Mary Eliza beeth Packer, 23, r 1 box 471, North Webster Alfano-Jones Mark Alan Alfano, 23, r 1 box 164 D, Leesburg, and Kristi Kay Jones, 20, r 1 Bremen Rhodes-Rollins Timothy Joe Rhodes, 24, P.O. Box 187 North Webster and Pamela Sue Rollins, 18, P.O Box 187 North Webster Speicher-Wolfe Patrick James Speicher, 22. r 1 box 217, Milford, and Angela Renae Wolfe, 22. P.O Box 82 Sidney Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Wray — Charles C. Wray, Jr and Diane M. Wray, no addresses given. The couple was married May 15, 1982. and separated July 4. 1986. There are no children. Robinson — Penelope Marla Robinson, no address given, and Francis Eugene Robinson, Syracuse. The couple was married Sept. 5, 1981, and separated June 18. 1986. There are no children. Superior Court The following complaints have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court. Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint On Judgment Jim Griffith versus Richard Dickerhoff, doing business as Dickerhoff Garage. Federal Prison Camp. Terre Haute. The plaintiff is seeking to recover judgment of $3,475.05 plus interest. attorney's fees and all costs of action, for a judgment THE MAIL-JOURNAL (U.S.P S. 3258-4000) Published by the Mail 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, 522 outside county POSTMASTERS: Send change ot ad dress forms to The Mail Journal, P O. Box 188. Milford, Indiana46s42

by DON CULLIMORE One has to be somewhat masochistic and slightly thick of skin, if not mind, to offer himself up as editor of a weekly newspaper in a rural area. The criteria, if someone cares to apply, are long hours, modest —sometimes less than modest—pay, and a willingness to be endlessly besieged by a never-ending stream of people demanding the editor’s time and support and some space in his newspaper. You also must be willing to regularly submit to verbal abuse because you didn’t provide enough of your time, support or newspaper space for someone’s cause. Or because someone didn’t like the way a story or editorial was written. Journalists have more Monday-morning quarterbacks on any given day then the whole National Football League does in a season. And these critics are generally less charitable in judgments against the former than judgments against the latter. Country editors are always on trial. Our big city cousins at least enjoy some anonymity in the crowds. They aren’t likely to be assaulted at home after hours by an outraged reader who thinks nothing of phoning at midnight to flay you with a sharp tongue, with words better suited to someone in a sailors’ waterfront bar. City journalists aren’t likely to be stopped on Main Street—nobody knows you on Main Street in Megalopolis—and upbraided because the story about Aunt Nellie’s 50th wedding anniversary wasn’t in last week’s edition of the paper. Or hauled over the coals by an elected official who thought his ill-considered remarks in a recent public meeting should not have been made public through the pages of your paper, and especially because be thought you were his “friend.” Or accused of

received June 4, 1985, in Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit, Crawford County, 111. Complaint Ivo H. Osterloh versus Stookey Holsteins, Inc., Jack E. Stookey, r 2 Leesburg. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for an amount to be determined at time of entry of judgment, plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for default on a contract. Milford man found guilty A Kosciusko Circuit Court jury last week found Milford resident Doral E. Haab, 42, guilty of four child molesting charges. Haab was arrested by Milford Town Marshal David Hobbs on Oct. 18, 1985. charged with having sexual intercourse with a girl younger than the age of 12, a class B felony; fondling and touching a girl younger than the age of 12, a class C felony; sexual intercourse with a girl between the ages of 12 and 16, a class C felony and fondling and touchinga-girl between the ages of 12 and 16, a class D felony. I Two girls, who were ll and 13 years of age at the time: testified that Haab had sexual intercourse and molested them on several occasions from Jan. 1 to Oct. 18, 1985. The trial began Tuesday afternoon and ended at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The jury of eight men and four women took three hours to make a decision in the case after having received copies of a 1975 paternity suit which alleged that Haab was the father of a child born to a 14-year-old girl. County prosecutor Michael Miner stated that Haab will face a prison term of between six and 20 years. No sentencing date has yet been set. Motorcycle rider escapes injury Cyclist George Harwood, 68, r 5 box 425. Syracuse, escaped unscathed after a motorcycle-car collision on SR 13, 11:15 a.m. Saturday, July 26. Harwood was traveling south on SR 13 when he collided with a 1976 Ford, driven by Doris M. Naylor. 80, 2401 W Southern, Tempe. Ariz., which had attempted a U-turn after missing a driveway 30 feet north of South Shore Drive North An unestimated amount of damage was done to the 1980 Honda. driven by Harwood, and the Naylor vehicle No arrests were made in the incident, according to the Kosciusko County Sheriff Dept. Vandals break glass from door An unestimated amount of damage was caused to the window of a Ford pickup owned by Max R. Clipfell, Syracuse, sometime between 11 p.m. Friday. July 25, and 7 a.m., Saturday. July 26. Glass was broken from the driver’s door of the vehicle when it was parked at East Main and Huntington Streets, according to Syracuse Police, who are still investigating the case. Retail Merchants meet at town hall The Retail Merchants Division of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Friday, Aug. 1, instead of the following week. Meeting time will remain at 9 a.m. in the Syracuse Town Hall. All interested merchants from the area wishing to help with plans for sidewalk days and other upcoming events are encouraged to attend.

"CRUZIN AROUND Z CUSE"

sit - X - --~-~ - Vi - - >-■ • ? ILmm Im— THE WEED problem along the south side of the old post office building in uptown Syracuse was quickly remedied last week following publication of this column of a photo of the weeds. We don't know who I o thank for the quick action, but it was noticed by a good many townspeople who pass that point daily and have commented adversely on the weed situation. Good. Now for another problem. For months the four corners in the uptown square have been littered by an accumulation of sane and dirt. perhaps a residue of winters past. It would appear that this is a problem for the town’s street department. One of the corners did receive some attention last week, but this leaves three other corners where a few moments on a push broom coul i accomplish wonders. The sand is much too heavy for the street sweeper. In fact, two catch basins on SR 43 are completely filled and thus rendered useless, with the accumulation of sand. See above photo of one of them. ; This latter situation is a problem for the State Highway Department no doubt, but it would seem it is incumbent on the town fathers to call highway department officials' attention to these clogged catch basins. ’ We think the accumulation of sand the clogged catch basins are something that need immediate attention, if the community is to continue to point with pride to the many and varied assets of the town to its summer visitors. —O’not TO belabor the point, but to point out that this paper is not the only one who thinks the town needs tidying up, we reprint comments from “a concerned resident,” on the very subject, received late last week: I would like to take this opportunity to address a situation which, I feel, requires immediate attention. I v ould like to draw the community’s attention to the general condition of the town of Syracuse. Taking daily walks throughout the town, I see first hand some of the things I would like to point out. First of all, the streets in the uptown area are littered with all kinds of dirt and

You have to be a little masochistic to edit a weekly censorship because you didn’t print someone’s libelous letter to editor. The list of sins for which editors are routinely keelhauled by their readers is never-ending. There’s another sice of the coin for country journalists. In addition to serving as scapegoats and punching bags for frustrated reader, the editor is often looked on by others as a' Father C onfessor figure, or as a personal confidant, or as a journalistic Don Quixote —someone to be called on in all circu instances to mount his white horse and sally forth to right all perceived wrongs. There are a lot of windmills out there, indeed. As a journalist on the sparsely populated north Oregon coast, I became privy to the behind the scenes ups and downs in the lives oi many people in the community. If I didn’t learn about tl em through the public records (divorces, damage si its, arrests for drunk driving, etc.), their plight was usually brought to my attention by their neighbors and “frier ds” who thought the local reportereditor “ought to knew” about who was doing what to whom. It’s dangerous to ake much of this information too seriously. Generally it’s libelous and almost always, by the time it passes th rough the mouths of several people.

debris. Secondly, the building west of the theater is an eyesore. It seems that nothing has been done to this building since it caught fire almost two years ago. The empty lot adjacent to this building is overgrown with grass and weeds. This makes the uptown area very unattractive, not only for the resident, but also for others just passing through. As I write this letter, the lawn in front of the fire station appears not to have been mowed in some time. Also, there are several potholes on West Chicago Street that have been there since early Spring. These are just a few of the things that I have observed. These conditions lead me to believe that there are others that also need attention. We should take more pride in our community. This being a resort area, we should strive to ’ create a more pleasant atmosphere. Unless something is done immediately, these conditions can only become worse. —o— NOT EVERYONE knows that Readers’ Digest pays cash for the clever little anecdotes printed in its various departments. Dora Giggy of 804 Cooper Drive. Howe, knows it does, for she recently received a check for S3OO in the mail from the RD offices in Pleasantville, N. Y., for one she submitted to its “Life In These United States” department. Here it is: “One woman in our tour group was a strict vegetarian. When she talked about her cat, though, she admitted that she fed her pampered pet expensive canned meats. ‘Why is it all right for your cat to eat meat if-it isn’t for you?’ I finally asked her. ‘My cat and I don’t have the same beliefs,’’’shereplied. i THE .ANCHOR Inn, the area’s first bed and breakfast home, is now open and had its first guests last Thursday night. Robert and Jean Kennedy moved to the area from Anchorage. .Alaska, purchased the large, former farm home from Nick and Roberta King last October, and knew all along what they intended to do with it. Their first guests were Shuk and Linda Rashidi, who reside 50 miles north of Lansing, Mich. Their son is on an accelerated study program at Manchester College, and when they passed the Anchor Inn two weeks ago, they noted it would be a good place to stop over. Mr. Rashidi is in charge of marketing for Hitachi, a Japanese manufacturing firm. When interviewed by this column Friday morning, just before leaving the area, Mr. Rashidi spoke in superlative terms of the Anchor Inn. “It was an absolute treat for us,” he commented, “to become a part of this family for 24 hours.” He said, "1 travel a lot and found this place an absolute ecstasy.” and he spoke of the Kerfnedys’ “professionalism.” The Kennedys plan to keep the Anchor Inn open the year around, closed only on Sundays. A LOCAL couple, reportedly good friends, are having fun having slightly off-color T-shirts made, one for the other. 1 —o— THE NEWLY elected Retail Merchants’ Division of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce is raising high hopes for an expanded year of activities. Under the leadership of Mike Skevington, one of the first items on the retail group’s agenda is an expansion of its membership. Working with Mike as president are: Donna Leisure Pools as vice president. Carol Wallace of JA Business Service as secretary, and the return of Jeanne Gardiner as treasurer 0 9 ‘ President Mike wants to expand membership in order to get broader involvement in the activities olanned for the coming year. He commented to this column on the unexpected success of the Great Flotilla Pig-Out at the Lakeland Youth Center during the Fourth of July weekend, calling it “a sell-out.” The retail group is making plans for its annual pre-school Sidewalk Days, scheduled for Thurs.-Sat., Aug. 7-9. and wants to broaden participation in this event, too. > The Syracuse Town Board is receiving wide support for its 78 percent increase in the budget for the Syracuse Park Board, and the retailers organization has supported this as well. The meetings are held at 6 a.m. the second Friday of each month at the Syracuse Town Hall. WITH THE beginning of the annual Kosciusko County 4-H Fair at the county fairgrounds on Monday, many are reminded of the Elkhart County Fair which closed Saturday night following a successful 10-day event. (Continued on page 5)

completely distorted. And. more importantly, even if true, it’s no one’s business, especially a reporter’s. A good reporter or editor will always stick to the facts and to public record information. That’s both a moral and ethical responsibility. Many of the stories people came to me with were patently absurd, or concocted for self-serving purposes. One individual told me he was convinced that all of the attorneys of a given community were engaged in a major drug-ring operation. . . . [Another] tried to recruit me as an investigative reporter who would expose his exwife as an embezzler. He. I soon found out, was out for vengeance because his former spouse had gotten a property settlement (out of the divorce) that went against his grain. ■— Some of the stories told me were plausible, some I knew to be true. But I could do nothing as a journalist, because no one had pressed charges against the individual suspected of a crime, or no one who knew about what had happened wanted to come forth and make a public statement or serve as a witness in court. And then I had a group of people engaged in a battle to save a wetland. Because 1 had been an editor of conservation magazines, they were convinced I would slant my reporting to favor their cause. Again, bad journalism. I reported the issue by reporting the position of all sides in the wetland battle Editorials should be on the editorial page Perhaps in final judgment of what journalists are and ought to be I should bow to Mark TWain’s witty characterization: “. . . journalists and other riffraff.” Don Cullimore is former editor of the Eureka Springs (Ark.) Times-Echo, in which this first appeared.