The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 October 1986 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., October 22,1986

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Editorial

Where are the Milford police? We heard several reports of a brutal fight on Milford’s Main Street in the early hours of Sunday morning a week ago. An unsigned letter to the editor detailed the incident in its bloodiest detail. The letter spoke of “six boys, probably 17-19 years old with two girls ’ having beer brought out to tnem from the Turf Bar about 2:30 a.m. The letter commented on a street fight, noting “I never saw such brutal actions in all my life.” The letter reported, “a puddle of blood as big as a bushel basket, and another where the smaller man laid.” It continued, “I do not believe that a town like Milford can let six boys and two girls take over the town and do things like that. There was no policeman around although I know one lives right there in town, not too far from there. “It is things like this that cause riots and more beatings. I can imagine the two men will be back with help. Milford uses the state curfew, why isn’t it enforced? The 17-year-olds should not have been on the streets after 1 a.m. “ The question we’re being asked: Where are the Milford police late at night or earfy morning when these incidents occur? Perhaps the Milford Town Board members should see that the town officers patrol the streets of Milford more frequently, particularly during the early weekend hours. It should be noted on the Saturday-Sunday in question, Milford Town Marshal David Hobbs was on call 24-hours both Friday and Saturday and Deputy Marshal Aaron Rovenstine was on call 24-hours both Sunday and Monday. Hobbs went off duty at 2 a.m. on Sunday and Rovenstine began his tour of duty at that time. When the policemen are on 24-hour shifts, Kosciusko County serves as back up. Calls going into the Milford Police Department ring in at the county sheriff’s department. The department then contacts the Milford officer on duty. The standard work day for the Milford Police Department is “12 hours per shift — eight hours on duty, four hours on call. Officers are to shuffle eight hours through shift so that no set pattern can be determined by criminal element. Includes meal-breaks at officer’s discretion and work dictates and location up to officer’s discretion.” The work week for the Milford Police Department is five days on duty, two days off duty, with a written schedule presented to the clerk-treasurer and each member of the town board. One thing is sure: Something needs to be done as many people are afraid to be in downtown Milford during the evening hours. Another problem r a If 4 WHERE IS THE SIDEWALK? — Persons walking from the railroad west to Main Street, on Catherine Street in downtown Milford, are forced to walk in the street due to the absence of a sidewalk and the water at the Walter Drug and Sharp Hardware parking lot, which is also a haven for mosquitos and other insects. Congratulations Warriors Congratulations are due the Wawasee Warriors on their 9-0 victory over Goshen on Friday. That victory gave WHS its first ever undisputed undefeated season and the Northern Lakes Conference Championship. Only once before in the history of the school have the Warriors gone undefeated. In 1973 the Warriors went undefeated and then had to forfeit to Warsaw and share the NLC crown in order to take part in the playoffs. Wawasee finished the season No. 1 in the AP’s 3A poll. They will host Concordia Friday at 7:30 p.m. with hopes of making a return trip to Indianapolis in a few weeks. What others say — __ Factors ... and residence ■■ ■ ■ ■ - ■ ■ . ■ ■ : ' ■ ■ / . ■. Living in Indiana may be hazardous to your health. Indiana residents lead the nation in the following behaviors that increase risks for cardiovascular disease and other health patterns. Residents of Indiana increased their binge drinking (five or more drinks at a single session) in 1985. Hoosiers had the highest rate of overweight, were a close second in sedentary lifestyle and a leader in the percentage of residents who currently are smokers. These are the findings of a study of the behavioral risk factors of residents in 21 states and the District of Columbia conducted by state health departments and the Centers for Disease Control during 1965. Among the behaviors, the study found there was a substantial increase in seatbelt use for residents of Ohio, North Carolina and Illinois (both N.C. and 111. engaged seatbelt laws in 1985). Prevalence of driving after drinking decreased for residents of 14 of the 15 states studied and binge drinking (five or more drinks at one session) decreased in 12 of the 15 states. Increases in driving/drinking were reported for south Carolina and in binge drinking in Indiana, Utah and West Virginia. In the assessment of cardiovascular-related behavioral risk-factor rates, the survey found that residents of Indiana had the highest rate of overweight (27.5%); residents of Tennessee had the highest rate of sedentary lifestyle (67.8%) — with Indiana’s close second of 64.5%. Residents of West Virginia had the highest rate of uncontrolled hypertension (2.5%) and residents of Indiana, the highest rate of smoking (32.2%). - JOURNAL OF AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AUGUST 1986

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Disregarding stop sign — Kerwin D. Miller, 17, Milford, $47.50 Driving while intoxicated — Paul E. Fink, 18, Syracuse, $227, 60 days in jail suspended, no alcohol while on probation, license suspended for 90 days, one year probation, pay user’s fees, attend Substance Abuse classes Speeding — Bradford L. Jackson, 23, Syracuse, $82.55 Circuit Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Complaint Susan J. Laßue versus Bob Long and JoAnn Long, r 1 Leesburg. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendants to have a contract to purchase The Flower Shop in North Webster declared void, all monies paid to defendants returned to plaintiff, plus compensatory and punitive damages in an amount to fully compensate plaintiff for loss, plus attorney’s fees and all costs of action. Plaintiff contends the defendants misrepresented the financial security of the business during the sale, failed to meet agreements of the contract, and spread rumors regarding the business following the completion of the sale agreement. Superior Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint On Note First National Bank of Warsaw, trustee of Angus McDonald Trust, versus Tad E. Ritchison, r 8 box 189, Leesburg. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $2,105.69 plus interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for an unpaid promissory note. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Miller-Miller Homer Miller, 22. r 3 box 252, Nappanee, and Naomi Miller, 19. r 2 box 132. Milford Eldridge-Eyer Bradley Charles Eldridge, 30. 211 E. 9th St., Mishawaka, and Pamela Kay Eyer, 29, r 2 Meadow Court, Milford Hasse-Eby Steven Frederick Hasse, 31, r 2 box 553, Syracuse, and Debra Sue Eby, 26, r 2 box 553, Syracuse Small Claims The following judgments have been awarded in Small Claims Division, Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: The State of Indiana has been awarded judgments, plus court costs, against the following persons: Troy B. Young, $10.50, David E. Kern, $25.50; Sean R. Twaits, $10.50; Robert L. Clark. $5.50; Ray C. Redington, $25.50; Bruce L. Avery. $10.50; Steven R. Anderson, $10.50; Gary P. Butsky, $10.50; Sara J. Carroll. $10.50; John D. Eldridge, $25.50; David J. Ellis, $10.50; Jacqueline M. Gannon, $10.50; Tina M. Velarde, $25.50. Town of Claypool versus Kay Vaughn; defendant ordered to pay $76.71. Rockhill, Pinnick, Pequignot. Helm & Landis Attorneys has received judgments against the following persons: Mark Johnson, $370; Robin A. Fry, $863.75; Sally Harter, $515. State Bank of Syracuse versus Robert and Patricia Dean; defendants ordered to pay $1,314.94 plus costs. United Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company versus Sandra A. Stafford; defendant ordered to pay $564.38 plus costs. Beachwood versus Bill Krachinski; defendant ordered to pay $2,511.16 plus costs. North East Indiana Water Service, Inc. versus Jeffrey and Patty Roberts; defendants ordered to pay $1,411.65 plus costs. Carl Bibler versus Annette Wappas; defendant ordered to pay $215 plus costs. Collection Bureau of Warsaw versus Arthur S. Garza; defendant ordered to pay $95.30 plus costs. Virgil R. Shirey versus Lewis VanDoren; defendant ordered to pay $350 plus costs. Iris Dickerhoff has received judgments, plus costs, against the following persons; Rich Nash, doing business as Nash Lumber, $1,295.17, Ron Correll, doing business as C & R Leasing, $1,229.44; John Meyers, $1,565; John Norm, doing business as South Chicago Disposal, $2,199.75; Larry Harder, $1,534.68; John Johnson, doing business as Custom, $327.40; Jay Rusthoven, doing business as JBR Equipment, $1,200. Naswa Vires versus Sadie Teeter ; defendant ordered to pay SBS plus costs.

L. Investments has received judgments, plus costs, against the following persons: Yolanda Bussard, $430; Theresa Shafer. $146.50; Kay Prater, sls; Brian Shoemaker, $101; Douglas Caudill, $145; Max Beavis, S4OO. William L. Elsbury versus CBS Company, Inc.; defendant ordered to pay $1,223.33 plus costs. Sonny Nellans versus Dave Tuttle; defendant ordered to pay $225.77 plus costs. Donald Kollmann versus Patricia S. Burkholder; defendant ordered to pay $2,320 plus costs. James Breece versus Joe and Virginia Littlejohn; defendants ordered to pay S2OO plus costs. Doyle Butler versus Dennis Lemburg; defendant ordered to pay $1,410.08 plus costs. Suburban Acres versus Kathy Dawson; defendant ordered to pay $648 plus costs. Nelson Felts versus American Legion Wawasee Post 223; defendant ordered to pay $554.85 plus costs. Red Cross policies At a recent meeting of the American Red Cross, Kosciusko County Chapter, the following policies were approved by the board of directors: “It shall be the policy of the American Red Cross. Kosciusko County Chapter, that requests for provision of first aid stations or classes must be given to the chapter office at least 30 days in advance of requested date/time to allow sufficient time for the chapter to obtain trained volunteers to provide the service.” “Safety classes are held at the chapter site. 501 N. Lake St.. Warsaw. Indiana, unless arrangements are made at least three days prior to the date of the class. Classes are limited in size. We cannot register a student without payment of class fee at time of registration. Checks are payable to American Red Cross, Safety Services. “We will not call to confirm a reservation unless there is a change made in the date or place of class. Class fees cannot be refunded if a student misses a class without notice; however, with two or more days’ notice, student may transfer to another class if there is room. Only two changes will be honored." Fee schedules were also set for the following classes: Multimedia First Aid, eight hours; CPR Modular Instruction, eight hours; CPR Review, monitor class and skills test, four hours; Standard First Aid. 24 hours; Advanced First Aid. 70 hours . Basic First Aid. For information on these class fees, contact the American Red Cross. Kosciusko County Chapter, 501 N. Lake St., Warsaw. or phone 267-5244. Two thefts at Syracuse Two thefts were reported in Syracuse over the weekend, with one incident still under investigation by Syracuse Police. Dave Granger, Syracuse, reported the theft of hubcaps from a 1986 Nissan while it was parked at his residence between 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, and 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. The loss was set at SIOO. In a separate incident at Chessie Systems Railroad depot in Syracuse, a chainsaw and fivegallon safety gasoline can were stolen from the depot’s storage room, with no forced entry evident, while one rail saw was stolen from a truck cap on the grounds by prying the cap’s door open. Value of the stolen goods was set at $1,845, while damage to the truck cap was estimated at SIOO. The incident, which is still under investigation, happened sometime between Friday night and Monday morning, Oct. 20. Do you? Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head. — W.O.W. Magazine. 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 4«67 and at additional entry offices. Subscription: sl6 per year in Kosciusko County; $22 outside county POSTMASTERS: Send change of ad dress forms to The Mail Journal. P O. Box 188. Milford. Indiana 46542 Op

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE”

firidtor By WRKIBe RESIDENTS OF Syracuse who open their doors from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in response to trick or treaters will be pleasantly surprised to see some ghoulish faces and costumes carrying bright bags for their “loot.” A facsimile of the bag is shown above. About a thousand youngsters who take part in this ritual each year at Halloween time have Syracuse Chief of Police Robert Ziller to thank for the bags. Last week he gave them out through the Syracuse Elementary School, to the pre-schoolers at the St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, and at the Lakeland Daycare Center. Last night (Tuesday) the Syracuse Town Board acted favorably on Chief Ziller’s recommendation to have trick-or-treat night at the above prescribed time. Milford and North Webster have adopted the same night — Milford from 6 to 8 p.m.. and North Webster from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. —o— SPEAKING OF Chief Ziller, he’s pleased with the response he has been receiving from his Neighborhood Crime Watch Program. He has been showing a film and speaking to people from the town’s five wards on what they can do to help local police to prevent crime. He has already had programs for Wards 1 and 2 and for the Greenhaus Apartments. He will speak to the WHS Key Club, a youth group sponsored by the Wawasee Kiwanis Club, on Thursday, Oct. 23. and will speak before Ward 3 citizens on the 28th. When he has made the official rounds. Chief Ziller plans to present a similar program before area service clubs. And where did he get the funds it takes for such a wide community program — and for that matter for the trick-or-treat Halloween bags? Fair question. He said he sent letters to several local organizations, and they responded generously. He cites the Wawasee American Legion Post 223. Lakeland Eagles 3760, the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs, the Business & Professional Women’s Club, and Augsburger's Super Valu Store for their contributions. —o— KOSCIUSKO COUNTY is destined to see some "real growth, in the years ahead.” according to Ron Sharp, a member since January of this year of the Kosciusko Area Plan Commission. Sharp took the seat vacated by Dee Stiver on the Plan Commission. Just a week ago the Plan Commission recommended to the Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners (for consideration at their December meeting) the re-zoning of a 1.600-acre tract, located on both sides of U.S. 30 by-pass from S.R. 13 west to 350 West, from farm land to industrial. It has been pegged as a growth area by a number of the county’s prime movers, including Warsaw Mayor Jeff Plank. It could have gone to the commissioners early, charges Sharp, if the Warsaw mayor hadn't been dragging his feet. “We were ready to approve the change some time ago.” Sharp said. Another strip of land rezoned, from farm land to residential, is a 40-acre tract on the southwest corner of Gwin’s Corners just south of Nappanee but in Kosciusko County. This land, owned by Gordon (“Short”) McCormick. Nappanee auto agent, was turned down for re-zoning for industrial use, and recently approved for residential. ‘.All of this is a part of the growth pattern in Kosciusko County, Sharp contends. He contends industrial growth must parallel residential growth; if not, an increased tax burden will fall on home owners. “NO, ABSOLUTELY not. The South Shore is not for sale.” This statement comes from Tom Tuttle late last week, when this column began checking on a statement heard that it had been sold. Tuttle said he heard the rumor himself. He added that in the 18 years he has owned the golf club, a similar rumor had surfaced at least five times. Tuttle said he did make inquiry with a local realtor about how the new tax law would affect his taxes at the club, “and there it goes.” Eugene Hasenfus, the 45-year-old American soldier of fortune who was shot down over Nicaragua in a helicopter carrying contraband, needed all the luck his name implies when he faced a People’s Anti-Somocista Tribunal in Managua on Tuesday of this week. Hasenfus is a German name, which when translated into English, means rabbit’s foot. There’s a stroke of irony here, and Hasenfus may have to put considerable reliance in the original meaning of his name to walk away a free man. THE CLOSING of Thornburg Drugs store at Grant Street and St. Joseph Avenue in Niles,

Mich., will have no effect on the drug chain’s other six stores. Steve Kroh, vice president of said. “We can’t make money here. We’re an Indiana corporation and Michigan Medicaid is so unorganized. That’s a large percentage of our business. When it takes eight weeks to get your money, it’s not worth it.” Their Niles store is smaller than their other stores, making it difficult to gain sufficient volume there. The original drug store at thatloca- , tion was opened by Peter Krajci in 1963,then sold to Hook’s Drugs. Hooks closed it in order to eliminate competition. Thornburg’s then leased the building from Krajci and re-opened it August 1, 1985. The store was a neighborhood drug store with a soda fountain like many similar stores had in years past. * Thornburg’s, headquartered in Syracuse, has stores in Syracuse, North Webster, Warsaw. Columbia City, Nappanee and at North Village Mall in South Bend. SEA NYMPH production manager Pete Melendez is home from Caracas, Venezuela, where he helped a company set up a boat assembly line. He worked with Nauti-Apure at San Fernando De Apure. about 375 miles from Colombia and Brazil. Most of his work was with assembly line procedures. Melendez said Nauti-Apure bought 14K. UK and 143 X model sub-assembly boats from Sea Nymph and will be assembling them in Caracas. His trip was arranged by Frank Reynolds. Sea* Nymph’s international sales rep and president of International Projects in Toledo, O. In 1983 Melendez went to the Sea Nymph plant in Woodland, Calif., to assist in production of JB 163 models. —o— WHY? THIS is a question asked this column during the past week, concerning local high gasoline prices. Self-service regular gas at local stations is 77.9 cents per gallon, and 82.9 cents per gallon for unleaded. Kokomo and Indianapolis have unleaded gas for 67.9 cents per gallon, or 15 - cents difference. ALL WAWASEE School Board members, interim superintendent Howard J. Hull, assistant superintendent Roger Kryder, Syracuse Elementary/Junior High School principal John A. Naab, and Courtney Blue, chairman of the construction sub-committee of the Syracuse Advisory Committee, will visit four schools Thursday afternoon that are new or recently remodeled buildings. They will make the visitations at tne Chamberlain Middle School in Goshen and the Concord Junior High School, Concord West Side School, and Concord South Side School, as guests of two members of the architectural firm of Barton & Coe Associates of Fort Wayne. The Syracuse Advisory Committee concluded a study and issued a 200-page recommendation of what to do with the Syracuse Junior High School due to acute overcrowding. The committee’s report made four possible recommendations to the school board. The Thursday Aour is to see what can be done by remodeling the old building, and to visit a completely new structure. The committee had 20 members, including seven citizens, four students, four teachers, two ex-officio members, and three administrators, and was chaired by James C. Stucky, a former school board president. . Its recommendation to the school board given at its January meeting has pretty well been kept under wraps. DAVID AND Joan Robinson of r 5 Syracuse have in their winter plans a week’s Caribbean cruise, which will take them to Nassau, San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. and home again. All this aboard the Song of America, a new luxury liner. / David is a psychologist with the North Central Indiana Special Education Co-Op. and Joan is employed at the Syracuse Public Library. THE NEED for the Syracuse Sesquicentennial Committee to find a home for its proposed permanent museum might hurry along the quiet but long-standing aims of the Syracuse Public Library board to expand its uptown property. This was a topic of discussion of the Sesqui Committee Monday night, and they were pleased to find the library board receptive to having the museum there. Library board president Billie Rigdon states her board has met with architects and is currently investigating area libraries that have expanded, in order to profit from their efforts and/or mistakes. The need for expansion is apparent, Mrs. Rigdon states, citing a survey that reveals, for the size of the town and number of patrons, the present library is only half the size it should be. (Continued on page 5)