The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 45, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 November 1986 — Page 1

DAN QUAYLE US Senate

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Milford 658-4111 & Syracuse 457-3666

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Quayle-Ward-Bayh, Mauzy Robinson victorious Tuesday

CBv LESLIE MILLER Staff Writer As expected. Kosciusko County upheld its “reputation of voting Republican, with nearly 71 percent voting a straight ticket. This strong Republican \u p p o r t, however, was not\riough to keep the Democrats nut of the offices of United States Representative in the 3rd district and secretary of state. It was a tight race statewide between incumbent John Hiler and his Democratic opponent Thomas Ward for the congressional seat The unofficial results show Ward winning by only a narrow margin. In Kosciusko County the choice was much more clear cut Hiler took an easy 71 percent of the votes with a total of 8.726. Ward, on the other hand, only received 3,469 votes, capturing 28 percent. Another closely watched race was that of secretary of state for Indiana, in which the Democrats ran away with a much greater margin to win. This race between Democrat Evan Bayh.. son of former Senator Birch Bayn and Republican Robert Bowen, son of former Indiana Governor Otis Bowen, was the one which is felt to have.caused many Republicans m the state to vote a split ticket That is evidenced in Kosciusko County, also, as the Republican margin dropped nearly 20 percent. which was in turn picked up

24 Vote difference — > Myrick and Hughes returned to Syracuse Town Board

I By GLEX LOXG Stuff Writer ♦ 0 With a strong effort to communicate with and influence Syracuse voters, Shanda Blue gave incumbent Carl Myrick a good battle for Syracuse trustee from Ward two. However, with, apparent support of the improvements made during his tenure on the town board, the voters supported Myrick for another term. When contacted this morning, Blue said she is personally not considering a recount of the election in light of the small Myrick plurality of 24 votes. She said, however, that she wants to discuss this with the Syracuse Democrat Central Committee before ruling it out completely. Blue, running on the Democrat ticket, announced her candidacy after the May primary election and ran on her major party platform of combatting the local drug problem Myrick, incumbent member of the Syracuse Town Board for 10 years, six of them as board president. Blue gained 65 votes on her opponent with the counting of the last Turkey Creek township precinct, which was precinct two. However, this fell 24 votes short

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by the Democrats in the race for the secretary of state. v Even so, Bowen held the majority with 57 votes. Bayh was slightly under at 41 percent. The total count in the county was 8,353 votes for Bowen and 6,031 for Bayh. The one race which held no surprises in this election was that of the United States Senator in which Republican incumbent Dan Quayle held an easy victory over Democrat Jill Long, city councilwoman from Valparaiso. In keeping with the unofficial state totals, Quayle was by far the leader early on in the race with over 75 percent of the votes cast in the county. Those figures break down to 10.979 votes in favor of Quayle and only 3.430 for Long. In other races. Thames Mauzy percent victory over Democrat Arthur Chaney s 3,421 votes for the position of Indiana State Representative for the 18th who has held that titleNbr the Republicans since 1966. jvas the projected winner early on in the campaign. The race for Kosciusko County sheriff has had the county locking horns over who would emerge as the winner. Captain Ron Robinson of the county sheriffs department. running on the Republican ticket, got the support he needed by securing 67 percent of the votes Jerry Johnson, who is presently serving as county jailer for the sheriffs department, fell short of that with only 33 percent. Total vote count was 9.731 for Republican Robinson and 4.798 for Democrat Johnson.

as Myrick garnered 492 Vbtes and Blue received 468. In precinct three, home precinct of both candidates. Blue received 59 percent of the vote and Myrick 40 percent. Myrick will now have the opportunity to follow through on his stated reason for running again, which is to help see completion of the sewer improvement project and some other town projects. He said he was pleased that so many voters went to the polls because he feels that high voter interest is healthy for a town. Jim Hughes, who was unopposed for his town board seat, said O’ \ CARL MYRICK

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Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

After the polls closed last evening (Tuesday). Robinson commented that he was "tickled to death” and that one of his main priorities as sheriff will be combating the drug problem that the county is faced with. “We've always had a concern about drugs and will continue to work on that problem.” he said. In a separate interview. Johnson stated that by entering the sheriff's race after the primaries, he probably didn't receive the publicity needed across the county to gain more votes. He was. however, pleased with the voter turnout and hoped that his name being on the ballot had something to do with it. "I can see that we need candidates

56.99% of voters cast ballots

IB' (.LEX LONG Staff Writer Kosciusko County voters came to the fore yesterday and exercised their voting rights to the tune of 14.885 votes cast. This was 56.99 percent of the registered voters and compared very favorably with the disappointing turnout in the primary election last May After the last precinct was counted and verified. Rex Reed. Republican county chairman, was asked to comment on the election. He stated that he realizes the Republican party being in place and strong in the county is a big advantage. Os the 121 candidates on the ballot

this morning that he. too. is looking forward to seeing the muchneeded sewer improvement project completed. He said the Community Improvement Program (CIP) grant is a real shot in the arm for the project. Hughes pointed out that the $400,000 grant could have gone by had not the town board, chamber of commerce president and interested citizens gone after it diligently. Hughes also said he was pleased at the large voter turnout in Turkey Creek Township. JIM HUGHES

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on the ballot for all offices possible.” said Johnson. "This helps an entire party slate " Richard Sands running for the circuit court judge -of the 54th judicial circuit, received the highest number ot votes for an unopposed Republican position in this year s race His 11.494 votes was closely followed by Michael Miner's 11. 451 votes for prosecuting attorney Os local interest is the Indiana State Representative post in the 22nd district, in which Republican Greg Mishler of Bremen ran unopposed. He received a total of 2.047 votes in his district. Mishler is the son of Wade Mishler jaf Milford and is a graduate of Milford High School

almost 75 percent were unopposed The voter percentage did not come up to Reed s hoped for 60 percent turnout He said he was naturally disappointed on the Hiler and Bowen losses and that a larger vote in the county could have helped their races even more when added to the district totals Reed expressed appreciation for those who did vote When asked about the publicity Ward used in his race in saying there are employment problems in the district Hiler had not helped minimize. Reed said that WABO to elect officers IB' \|ARK WEIXSTEIX Staff Writer Several Syracuse merchants representing the Wawasee Area Business Owners organization conducted its second meeting Monday, Nov. 3, at Fisher’s Lawn and Garden. Several topics were discussed although no major decisions were made. Highlighting the evening was the groups decision to vote at its next meeting, Monday, Dec. 1, for its 1987 officers. After the election of officers, the group plans on applying to the state for a non-profit organization charter. The latter cannot be completed without a board of officers. “We need some chiefs to lead all us Indians," said Bill Fisher, leader of the group. “We have some good ideas, now we just need move forward. ’’ In other action, the group decided to bring speakers in to address their meetings, beginning with a tax consultant next month. Besides the initial tax consultant, Fisher plans on inviting a bank official and advertising representative to speak at a meeting. The Syracuse-based organization is geared to bring new small businesses into Syracuse, and help established ones grow. Businesses in North Webster and Milford are welcome to join the organization. “Our purpose is to promote new businesses into our area," added Fisher. “We plan on working in adjacent to the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, not in competiton with it.”

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The 1986 general election also posed the question of whether or not to keep Judge William I. Garrard in the justice of court appeals for the 3rd district. The voters overwhelming voted in his favor — 7.377 to 2.562. Garrard is from Warsaw. More voting results from the county and the townships located in the greater Lakeland area can be found inside this week's issue. Results from Turkey Creek Township. Kosciusko County, and the Wawasee Community School Corporation school board can be found on page 2. Tippecanoe and Van Buren township results are on page 5. Listed on page 12 are the Jefferson and Plain township results.

sometimes the perception of a problem is as bad as the problem. He added he does not believe the problems in the third district are as severe as Ward publicized. Reed said that one TV campaign ad by the Evan Bayh campaign which stated that Bowen was using license branch funds for his campaign was very harmful to Bowen's cause. Democrats Leroy Miller. Kosciusko County Democtrat chairman, commented to his party faithfuls after the election. "Keep your faith. 1988 will be a very good year for our party as I see it on the national level." He said the party has much w ork to do and as usual in Kosciusko County it will be an uphill battle. Miller said his party plans to have as many candidates as possible in the next Warsaw city election. He.added that he was naturally pleased at the outcome of the’Ward/Hiler race and the Bayh/Bowen contest. Miller said the race for the Syracuse Town Board spot by Shanda Blue was a fine effort, but it Was a shame she came so close without a victory. Retail Merchants to meet on Friday The Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Division will be meeting on Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 a.m. in the town hall. Discussed will be plans for the upcoming Christmas promotion. LKENSERRANCH WB I The Syracuse license branch will be eleaeel IwWWBHT BB BRw Day. Roxanne Hadley, taranch tnana|£eir would also lifce to CUStOfIMS'S tfeSd SOW •a ebeck Mtarir db.Beav’wlii**— an refore going. They can renew Now. mrrr 75years oO numoers ava&drie. ~,,,,,,,

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A f \ o w* J a. Fi. Je M ■Wj I ? »’ V’ ’ SYRACUSE TO GET CIP GRANT — The announcement of a >400,000 Community Improvement Program award to Syracuse from the Indiana Department of Commerce by Indiana Senator John B. Augstrauger was welcome news at the Syracuse town hall last Thursday, Oct. 30. The funds will be used for sewer plant improvements. Shown seated from the left are Jennifer Lewis, town clerk-treasurer; Sen. Augsburger; and Jim Hughes, town boarg president. Standing from the left are Joe Dock, utilities superintendent; Bob Westfall, former Chamber of Commerce president; and Bill Hess, town board member. See story on page 14. (Photo by Glen Long)

Carey, Jordan, Troup on Wawasee School Board

IBy JERI SEELY Editor. The Mail-Journal David L. Carey, Curtis E. Jordan and William O. Troup were elected by the voters of the Wawasee Community School Corporation to serve four-year terms as members of the school board. Carey and Jordan are both from District 1 (Tippecanoe Township) Troup is from District 3 (Van Buren and the east half of Jefferson townships. Carey was the top vote getter, receiving a total of 1,991 votes. Jordan received 1,181 votes and Troup received 1,176 votes. They will take office on January 1,1987. Other members of the school board are President Bill Little and Carol Schwartzendruber Little is from District 3 and Mrs. Schwartzendruber is from District 2. Carey, the only incumbent seeking re-election, far outdistanced the field of newcomers in the race with the number of votes he received. Current board members should be able to consider this a vote of confidence for recent actions taken by the board. In all, eight men sought the three seats available on the Wawasee School Board. Finishing in fourth place was Courtney Blue of District 2. He received a total of 1,122 votes. Stephen O. Arnold of District 2 received a total of 927 votes, Charles Beck of District 2 received 792 votes, Randall Dewart of District 3 received a total of 654 votes and Randall Pollen of District 3 received a total of 500 votes. Carey Carey, d 2, is currently vice president oi the school board. He is president of Dave Carey Ex cavation and Construction, Inc., located at the north edge of Warsaw and is a resident of r 2 North Webster

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In each of the 13 voting precincts, Carey received more votes than any other candidate. He was first elected to the board in 1978 and re-elected in 1982. A 1962 graduate of North Webster High School, he and his * wife, the former Beverly Ferverda. are the parents of three

i GRIM REMINDER — A downtrodden Anthony Clark avoids watching last minute action during the final game of his high school career Friday night, as the Panthers of North Wood served notice on 19 Wawasee seniors, 144. More photos and a story can he found on page 8. (Photoby Mark Huffman)

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children, Mrs. Max (Debbie) Sumpter; Beth, 18; and Jeff, 15. .They have two grandchildren. When asked why he wanted to serve on the school board Carey stated. "I have had the privilege of serving on the school board for the past 7 1 z years and during that (Continued on page 2)