The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 33, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 August 1986 — Page 1

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Milford 658-4111 & Syracuse 457-3666

VOLUME 23

Wawasee Schools to ' . ’ ■ .. • ... open on August 25

The Wawasee community schools are set to reopen, with the first student dav Monday, Aug, 25. Registration in grades K-8 at Milford, Syracuse and North Webster schools began Aug. 12, and will continue through Aug. 15. Registration at Wawasee High School is slated for Aug. 18-20. Registration on Wednesday. Aug. 13. will be from 8-11:30 a m. and 12:30-4 p.m. for any student at Milford; grades three, four and five at North Webster; and new students grades K-5. second and sixth grades at Syracuse Registration on Thursday. Aug. 14. will be at the same times as Wednesday, for any student at Milford; grades six, seven and eight at North Webster; and grades one. five and seven at Syracuse. On Friday. Aug. 15. registra-

BZA may file injunction

When the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals August meeting convened in the old court room of the courthouse on Monday, most of the people in the audience were there due to interest and opposition case. This was the petition of Steven Hobbs et al for an exception for the purpose of commercial parking in a residential district on the northeast side of Wawasee Lake. Steve Snyder. Syracuse attorney, represented the petitioner and presented his client's position that the 15 ft. wide by 750 ft. long strip of land along a channel should be designated for parking to allow a seawall and piers to be built so boaters could park to patronize The Other Side restaurant and bar Snyder cited other commercial operations in the channel area to show compatibility of Hobbs' operation with the area. He presented a petition with 269 signatures asking for approval of the petition. He stated, “We want to do it right and want your permission to do it right.”

Republican convention date changed —

Hughes, Myrick to seek re-election at Syracuse

Syracuse town Republicans are scheduled to meet in convention at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28. at the Syracuse Town Hall, to select candidates to run in the November 4 city election for two seats on the Syracuse Town Board. Only two of the five town board seats will fall vacant at the end of the year. The seats falling vacant are: Ward 1, held by James J Hughes, and Ward 2. held by Carl Myrick. Both Hughes, who is the current town board president, and Myrick. a former board president. have expressed an interest in seeking re-election to the board. No other names have been mentioned as of this date. In 1980 the Indiana General Assembly provided for staggered town board terms, and members elected that year were for only two years. This was later extended to three years. Thus, only two seats on the Syracuuse Town Board are being vacated at the end of this year; the other three, held by Bill Hess, Joe Morgenthaler and Steve Butt, have another year to run. Hughes and Myrick James J. Hughes is a resident of 47 North Shore Drive, and at 65 years of age is a retired Goshen High School teacher He taught briefly in Syracuse High School when Glen Longenecker was principal and Cal Beck was trustee He was first elected to

tion will be from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. for students at all three schools who have not previously registered. Registration will be from 8 a m.-4 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 18. and Tuesday, Aug. 19. and from 11 a m.-7 p.m. on Wednesday. Aug. 20. for all high school students. The evening hours are for anyone who cannot come in at the regular hours to take care of their child’s enrollment. Families with more than one child attending one of the schools may complete the registration for all their children. All pertinent information for each of the area schools can be found in the Wawasee Community Schools Reporter. Those who have not received a copy of the reporter and would like to have a copy are asked to call the Wawasee School Corporation offices, 457-3188.

After Mike Armey, attorney, spoke in remonstrance as representative of Leon Vance, who lives beside the area in question, several individuals rose to tell of the problems they have each summer weekend with disruptive revelry and loud boat noises well after midnight as boaters use the channel as they go to and from the restaurant and bar. several spoke of the problem of revelers mistaking their yards and bushes for outhouses. Vance told of one instance when about 30 strangers were partying on his private deck late at night. He said when asked why they were there they said because there was no more room at the bar. Concerns of the remonstrators also included dangerous boating practices, trash left in the channel and on their property and disruption of wildlife in the area. In addition to wanting these practices stopped the remonstrators felt that petition approval would, in fact, increase (Continued on page 2)

v— —r - JAMES J. HUGHES * the board in the fall of 1982, and has proved to be a progressive board member. His initial service on the board was to fill an unexpired term of Cliff Boyer. Carl Myrick, a resident of 418 South Harrison Street, is a customer quality control officer at the Dana Corporation in Syracuse. He is 59 years of age, and became a member of the Syracuse Town Board in 1972 to fill out the unexpired term of Louis Kuilema, then lost the seat to James C. Tranter in the spring of 1975. He was elected to the board in 1980 for a “short term” and for a four-year term in 1982.

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYR ACUSE-WAW ASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

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SIMPLE STATEMENT — Karen Smith, standing, at right, an employed secretary of the Wawasee School Corporation, addresses a written statement to the school board at Tuesday's meeting. The short statement focused on the concerns of the corporation's support staff, and the desire for the board to be aware of them.

Standing next to Smith is Sue Kraft, also a secretary. (Photo by Dave Straub)

Secretaries voice concerns at Wawasee board meeting

By DAVE STRAUB Staff Writer It was crowded at Tuesday’s Wawasee School Board meeting. Crowded mainly with secretaries, who carne to show moral support for a written Statement, which was delivered by Karen Smith at the administrative building That statement requested that the board should entertain future concerns from the corporation's support staff, which include secretaries, aids, custodial workers and cafeteria employees After Smith completed her statement. Board President Bill Little said, “We take note of your request. And we will have to ad dress it." Smith, who is the wife of school board trustee Henry Smith as well as an employed secretary of the corporation, did not elaborate on the statement. Nor did any of the large number of secretaries

A k >4/ w / -M* -- I CARL MYRICK Myrick is in his seventh year on the board. Both potential candidates for re-election have said they want to see some ongoing projects through to completion, one being the rehabilitation of the town’s sewage disposal system Betty Dust is Syracuse city Republican chairman. Indiana law requires that at least 20 registered voters attend the August 28 convention No interest has been expressed by Syracuse Democratic voters in holding such a convention to nominate candidates for the two town board seats.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1986

who attended the meeting What reportedly sparked this large turnout was an obvious dissatisfaction about hiring and placement policies of people on the support staff “There isn't a set wage scale for years of service or experience." said Nancy Arnold, one of the corporation secretaries "A person with five years previous experience gets paid the same as a person with 15 or 20 years experience.’’ Arnold added that “there must have been some reason why (Smithi didn’t go into detail on her statement " "I think she. as well as all of us. wants the board to be aware of the support staff’s concerns, " Arnold said.

Secretaries unite

A meeting was held Monday evening in the Lakeland Youth Center to see if there was interest in an organization to represent the secretaries and other noncertified employees of the Wawasee Community School Corporation Discussions were held on formation of a union or other organization to put together a package for job descriptions and represent the group in negotiations for wages and benefits in contract differences. Those present at Monday’s meeting concluded that nothing should be done until the school board was informed. This was done at Tuesday’s meeting No officers were elected Monday. It is expected a second meeting will be held in a week or so, with formal organization being done at that time. On one person will take credit for Monday’s meeting. It was, this newspaper was told, the outcome of interest from a number of secretaries and aids. Invited to the meeting were the secretaries and aids from the several schools in the corporation. Reports are that between 85 and 90 percent of those invited

$5.09 per vote in state in primary election

The Indiana State Election Board announced the voter turnout and cost comparison statistics Friday, Aug. 8, resulting from the May 6, 1986, primary election for the state of Indiana. While Indiana’s 92 counties reported a total voter registration figure of 3,075,806. The number of voters actually participating in the primary was reported at 868,614, down from 1,010,089 people voting in the 1982 primary, which was a similar election

“The statement they made was within the guidelines of common policy." said Schools Superintendent Dr. Kenneth E. Webster “We meet with these people on a monthly basis, so we re in contact with them .” “They're good people." Little said of the support staff. "I don’t think they wanted to take more time than necessary to voice their concerns, and they were professional about it.” Though no secretaries had anything mpre to say during the Miller, a cafeteria worker, did. "There are people who have worked one year who are getting the same pay as those who have worked 20 years. It’s not fair," she said.

were in attendance. Others were out of town and unable to be present but voiced support. Had they, too. been at the meeting the percentage figure would have jumped to 95. The corporation has approximately 32 secretaries and aids. Other non-certified personnel and two teachers’ representatives were also in attendance at Monday’s meeting 3 seats up for election in November The Wawasee School Board oi Trustees will have three seats up for election come Nov. 4,1986. Those interested in running must file for petition of nomina tion with Clerk of Circuit Court bj noon on Sept. 5. The first day for filing was Aug. 6. Trustees whose terms will ex pire by Dec. 31 are Marguerite Hoerr, Henry Smith and Dave Carey. Hoerr has decided not to run for re-election while Smith is undecided. Carey, however, will definitely defend his seat.

In comparison, the combine 1 cost for all 92 Indiana counties t > conduct a primary election, as mandated by law, was $4,423,139. The estimated cost per voter, based upon the overall cost of the 1986 primary election for the ertire state, was $5.09. Voter turnout in primary elections traditionally represents a substantial drop-off from voter turnout figures for a November general election. In the spring of 1986 about 28 per cent of the voters cast their ballots in the r party’s nominating process.

Sub-standard homes on Milford board agenda

By MARK HUFFMAN Staff Writer The Milford Town Board agreed to take measures toward condemning two houses within the town limits at its monthly meeting Monday night, Aug. 11. The two houses in question, owned by the same landlord, have caused concern among several area residents and after discussion it was agreed that health officials would be contacted to investigate the matter within the week. In other business, clerktreasurer Monica Bice announced that all meters in the basements of area homes would have to be read by town employees next Monday, Aug 18 Randy Veach, acting-utilities superintendent, who has endured much of the added workload since the former superintendent’s departure was granted a 50-cent per hour raise, retroactive to July 15. Veach reported the purchase of a 20-inch three-horse gasoline lawn mower for $l2O and announced that a main-horse subpump was installed at the main lift station on Emeline Street at a cost of $168.50. Concluding his report. Veach asked that eight no-parking signs be purchased for Main Street. Currently the signs posted state that there is no parking between 2 am. and 6 a m. during snow removal, causing the street department to dodge cars during its weekly sweeping The board agreed to purchase the signs, banning parking between 2 a m. and 6 a m. year-round in the business district. Vandalism Spurs Concern Reporting for the police department, David Hobbs, town mar-

SUNKEN CRAFT SHOWS LITTLE DAMAGE

Recovery of sunken boat on Lake Wawasee has happy ending

“This has been a busy summer on Lake Wawasee,” so said Doug Anderson, owner/operator of Wawasee Boat C0.,0n Friday. Anderson might have been referring to business around his boat company, but. actually he was making poignant reference to two accidents on the lake. 1 Recover Boat It was Thursday afternoon when searchers found the sunken boat that went down ‘.‘in the middle of the lake’’ the previous Saturday afternoon. The boat had been the victim of a violent storm, but the eight passengers aboard the boat escaped uninjured, although a little shaken, thanks to a nearby boatman who came to their rescue. The sinking and recovery of the boat reminded Anderson of the small Piper aircraft that went down in the lake at 8:30 a m. Monday, June 23, claiming the life of Lewis H. Schlechtweg, a 63-year-old Fountaintown resident. That ill-fated aircraft was recovered by most of the very same recovery team that retrieved the boat this past Thursday. The airplane was totally demolished, the accident thought to be due to the poor judgment of the pilot who was tipping the wing of his small plane to friends on the lake’With whom he had spent the weekend. Search For Boat Anderson said the boat that went down in 77 feet of water, thought to be the deepest point on Lake Wawasee, was a Hunter 23, owned by David Lewis of Fort Wayne. Lewis and the other seven members of his

shal. announced that 217 complaints had been received bet ween July 8 and Monday, accounting for eight traffic accidents, with damages totaling $13,000 Twelve warnings were also issued, while 2,511 miles were logged at a cost of $127. Hobbs displayed his irritation with four vandalism cases during the month, noting that all four incidents involved the spray painting of property Asking the town board to act after witnessing a computer demonstration last week, Bice acknowledged that the town's computer consultant, Kenneth Murray, heartily endorsed Fund Balance <Micro Arizala Systems, Inc.) of Ann Arbor, Mich., for its software selection “We do have the money in the budget for it (computer pur chase) and would be foolish not to act now,” said Jean Treesh, president. Bice noted that ledgers would be included in the software package (with utility billing), giving the town the option to pay for that segment next year Voting on the matter, the board unanimously agreed to adopt Fundßalance as its software supplier while Bice will contact computer hardware companies for their bids In other matters it was agreed that the board would pay Wallace & Tiernan, Newark, N T, $451 for the inspection of its town town water tank, upon the recommendation of the town engineer Also, board member Dennis Wuthrich will participate in the Indiana Main Street program at 1.30 p.m Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Viewpoint Restaurant in Warsaw and the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns Town Day, September 16 in Merrillville It was acknowledged that

party were taken to shore after the storm subsided and no one was reported injured. The search for the sunken boat went on at some length, even involving a helicopter, in what Anderson called “the great Wawasee sea search.” When it was found, resting upright, the full mast standing upright as if the craft were on the water, Anderson said. Anderson credited Sue Gaugler, who is employed at the boat company and who has Coast Guard safety and rescue experience, with providing the key to locating the boat on Thursday morning, and said Tom Kitch of the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department’s lake patrol team “did a super job” of dragging the lake for the sunken boat. An X-16 Lawrence depth finder was purchased by the boat company, at a retail cost of $1,200, to pinpoint the boat Anderson said, “This is something we needed around the lake anyway.” Working with Kitch were Jerry Yoder, Tom Brindle. Steve Knispel and Dick Waterson, until the boat was finally located. Divers hooked a recovery line onto the boat and dragged the sunken craft to shore ni what was a two-hour <?hore Working on the final recovery were boat company crewmen Russell and Kieth Anderson, Brian Glaser and Roger Martin. i Very Little Damage Doug Anderson said, unlike the small airplane tharthe Fountaintown man rode to his death, the recovered boat had very little damage. “Oh, it might amount to $2,000,” he said, “but all or most of it was water damage. ” Also, unlike the earlier airplane accident, the sinking of the Hunter 23 had a happy ending.

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Veach had received his sewer provisional license, while Bice announced that Bonar & Associates Inc . Fort Wayne, had sent the town a status report on the storm-sewer project, noting thatj'ield check plans were being completed KertkHarns, 307 E. Fourth St., also received approval from the town to build a double-wide mobile home on his property and a 10 per cent wage increase for town attorney Bill Leemon was endorsed by the board After signing the register of claims the meeting was closed, with r ßice. reminding board members that a public meeting will be held Monday, Aug 18, at 4 p.m. in the town hall concerning the town’s outlaying budget. This meeting will be followed by another, Monday, Aug 25, at 4 pm, at which time the board is expected to officially adopt the budget for 1987 Sesquicentennial meeting at North Webster Aug. 18 There will be an organizational meeting for the planning of the North Webster Sesquicentennial, which occurs in 1987, at 7 p.m., 1 Monday. Aug 18, in Camelot Hall The first meeting was held August 4, at which time committee chairmen were elected. A chairperson, secretary and treasurer were not elected, and people are needed for these positions as well as to fill the committees. The North Webster Chamber of Commerce is asking that all interested in helping to be part of the sesquicentennial events attend the meeting