The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 November 1986 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., November 12,1986

Editorial

Don't look the other way The Department on Aging and Community Services in Indianapolis, has put together a packet entitled “Someone You Know May Need Your Help. Don’t Look The Other Way/’ It carries the following message from Robert D. Orr, Governor of Indiana: “Hoosiers have long been known for selfreliance and compassion. We prefer to be responsible for our own well-being, with a willingness to recognize a neighbor in need. “A concern identified as adult abuse recently received much notice in Indiana, as well as nationally. This truly is an area that deserves our compassionate attention, and one in which we have the opportunity to help a neighbor. “The 1985 Indiana General Assembly enacted the Adult Protective Services Law with an effective date of September 1,1985. Pursuant to this law, older or handicapped persons can be provided protection from neglect, abuse or exploitation. It is likely that almost everyone will observe at some time a situation wherein a helpless person is endangered. Each of us has a responsibility to be aware of our neighbor’s needs and to be ready to assist when necessary...” We would like to say, “It doesn’t happen here.” That would be like saying, “We don’t have drugs in the Lakeland area — other places do, but not here. ” The state agency officials urge that if you know of someone who needs help, think about the difference you could make in his or her life. “Just letting someone know you care can make a little difference.” The adult protection services hotline is 1-800-992-6978. Report the name of the endangered adult, his or her address and phone number; the age and impairments, if known; the nature and extent of neglect, battery or exploitation; identity of alleged perpetrator; and any additional pertinent information which would be helpful in establishing cause of abuse, neglect or exploitation. It’s not an interesting subject to read about, but it is a necessary one. Looking back It’s now time, after the elections, to look back at pre-election forecasts of the major political pollsters. On the television program “Meet The Press” nine days before the elections, Patrick Caddell, who polls for the Democrats, and Richard Worthlin, who polls for the Republicans, gave their forecasts. The greatest interest was in the U.S. Senate race. Caddell was quite confident Democrats would win control of the Senate. Worthlin, on the other hand, said he felt Senate numbers would remain about the same — the Republicans would retain control. This was one time viewers knew one was wrong. Isn’t it interesting that each pollster came up with poll results favorable to his client? November 17 Most Americans don’t know it but Congress had had many homes. The new. 100th Congress will meet next January, where all have convened since 1800. But in the beginning, Congress met in several U.S. cities. When George Washington was inaugurated as the country’s first president. Congress was sitting in New York. It’s first convening had been in Philadelphia, the country’s largest city. After that, it sat in York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at Princeton, New Jersey r and at Baltimore and Anapolis in Maryland, and then returned to Philadelphia. Philadelphia expected to be the permanent home of Congress, and built a president’s house on that presumption. But to produce agreement on paying the war debts of the States, the capital moved south to the banks of the Potomac, where Congress first met on Nov. 17 — though only the north wing of the Capitol had by then been completed. Olivia's regrets Olivia de Havilland, a film star who has stayed the course from “Gone With The Wind” to the recent TV series “North and South” was recently interviewed about her career and times. Respected by many because she fled the Hollywood scene when its lifestyle deteriorated in many ways, including a descent into drug abuse, she spoke out on this threat to the United States. She believes outside forces are attempting to destroy “this great country ” with drugs The U.S. drug epidemic, she feels, is so un-American, so alien to the traditional American character. But de Havilland regrets more than the current drug scene. She recalls the days in this country when manners and elegance were in vogue. In the glory days of Hollywood stars, up to the early 1950’5, she recalls, she went out every night in a long gown, wearing long gloves. She rode in limousines, escorted by “gentlemen” dressed in white tie and tails, and often danced until dawn. There was, then, she recalls, lovely manners, a certain civilized elegance. By the fifties, she regrets, all that was gone. And, if she were a young actress today, she wouldn’t go into the entertainment business. It’s advice worth thinking about. What others say - How did Bayh do it? By last count, Sen. Dan Quayle carried Indiana by a 340,000 vote plurality — a historic landslide. And that ought to have been enough to have earned every Republican dogcatcher in the state into office by a comfortable margin. Certainly in many Republican strongholds in the state, that was the case. It was the case in the state offices — except for the secretary of state race. Evan Bayh’s victory over Rob Bowen, the quintessential Republican of his generation, was an amazing feat, something every Democrat who lost his or her race ought to study microscopically. . Os course, the broad outlines of Bayh’s success are pretty obvious. In this state, his name recognition must be at least as good as IBM. He began running for secretary of state about two years ago: He must have been about the only person in Indiana who even realized an election was coming. He’s bright and articulate, as they say of such candidates. Bayh also had the good sense to assemble an excellent organization that got him to his appointments with newspaper editors, etc., on time. And he spent a lot of money on TV ads and all the rest. But Bayh had a clear a compelling message to voters. Probably everybody who paid any attention to the election could have recited it by rote by Election Day — he’s going to act as a one-man loyal opposition within state government. Most Hoosiers will be glad if he fulfills that role. Democrats, meantime, can take heart that this state is not owned lock, stock and barrel by any party — Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

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If you suspect Adult Abuse take a closer look.

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court : Speeding — Dennis A. Schwartz. 28. Milford, plea bargain. $57.50 Disregarding automatic signal — Douglas J. Weiss. 20, Milford, $47.50 Disregarding traffic control device — Edward D Lindahl, 27, Syracuse, $42.50 County Court The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court, Judge Janies Jarrette presiding: Speeding — Craig S. Bale, 21, Syracuse, $65; Linda S. Wine. 37, Syracuse, SSO; Kimberly K. Evans, 29, Syracuse, SSO; Kevin A. Grindle, 17, Syracuse, $45 Expired registration plates — Paying SSO fines and costs were: Joanne R. Sult, 37, North Webster; Armando Vuittonet, 26, North Webster False registration — Paying SSO fines and costs were: Dale Suver, 36, North Webster; Charles E. LeCount, 31, Leesburg No operator’s license — Donald. W. Greene, 22, Syracuse, SSO Disregarding automatic signal — Andrew Miller, 17. Syracuse. SSO Failure to obey traffic control device — Eddie J Gladieux. 30. Leesburg, SSO No motorcycle endorsement — Paying SSO fines and costs were: Guy D. Cox. 20, Syracuse: Nathan R. Myers. 16, Syracuse Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Webb-Priser Thomas M. Webb, 33, r 2 Leesburg, and Bonnie J. Priser, 35, r2box 446A, Leesburg Bucher-Bucher Wayne Bucher, Jr.. 46. 211 S. Henry, Milford, and Sandra J. Bucher. 45,211 S. Henry, Milford, remarriage Earl-Beezley Arvillee H. Earl, 40, r 5 lot 630. Warsaw, and Carroll Ann Beezley, 32. 719 McClintoc. Syracuse * Small Claims The following judgments and costs have been awarded in Small Claims Division, Kosciusko County Court: Eugene R. Koser has received the following judgments: Richard L. and Debra S. Railsback, $68.94; Stephen R. and James K. Shipman, $23.60 D.M. Motors versus Dale E. Delap; defendant ordered to pay $245.75 plus costs. State of Indiana has received the following judgments: Paul E. Beyer, $10.50; Theodore J. Gilbert, $25.50; Phillip J. Hall, $10.50; Anthony G. Holloway, $10.50; Geraldine Mackey, $10.50; John A. Miller, $10.50; Jon S. Platt, $10.50; Belinda J. Spears, $10.50; Martin J. Wagner, $10.50. Rockhill, Pinnick, Pequignot, Helm & Landis versus Macks S. Swick; defendant ordered to pay $799 plus costs. State Bank of Syracuse versus Alexi R. Vice; defendant ordered to pay $374.49 plus costs. Tranter Graphics versus Direct Image; defendant ordered to pay $1,697.82 plus costs. Ford Motor Credit Co. versus Ralph H. McDonald; defendant ordered to pay $1,116.29 plus costs. Rockhill, Pinnick, Pequignot, Helm & Landis versus Daniel Alderfer; defendant ordered to pay S4OO plus costs. American Industries versus James Himmegar; defendant ordered to pay $488.65 plus costs. Anthony and Marilyn Schaffer versus Rex Lewallen; defendant ordered to pay $193.89 plus costs.

* Carl Likens versus Jeri Grisso; defendant ordered to pay $1,193.26 plus costs. Dian Adkins has received the following judgments: Richard Wagner, $47.02; Jeffrey A. Hatfield, $21.24. Devoe and Phyllis Huff versus Tom and Carol Cherokee; defendants ordered to pay $473 plus costs. Surface Plumbing and Heating versus Dave Croussore; defendant ordered to pay costs. Willis Cripe versus Lowell S. and Shelby J. Husted; defendants ordered to pay $3Ol plus costs. William E. Browning versus Donald L. Bretthorst; defendant ordered to pay $1,614 plus costs. Robert M. Newman versus Jackie Young, defendant ordered to pay $645.60 plus costs. Steve and Helen Dzuba versus David H. and Ethel Eherenman; defendants ordered to pay SB6O plus costs. John Jewell, doing business as J&J Service, versus James Mettler; defendant ordered to pay $57.29-plus costs. Roberta E. Rose. M.D., Inc. has received the following judgments: Randy Bays, $139; Penney Quiedo, $143; Charles Seitner, $141; Jesse Floyd, SIOO. Gast Fuel and Service, Inc. has received the following judgments: Van Doren Enterprises, $1,614.83; Louie Van Doren, $134.08. Letter to the editor Bowl-For-Life a success Dear Editor: The St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Bowl-For-Life has been completed. It was an outstanding success, from you and the citizens of the Syracuse, Milford, North Webster towns. I am extremely proud of the 26 bowlers, the hard-working volunteers, and the people at Wawasee Bowl. All gave of their time to help save the lives of thousands of children. Because the people of the community were so caring and giving, we raised over $1,580. This will go for patient care and research and because the diseases that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is battling can strike any child any where, it will be helping save the Jives of children throughout the world. It’s a heart-warming feeling, knowing that our citizens of this Community are so concerned about children, particularly those stricken with cancer. This great work of St. Jude can continue, helping children live everywhere. On behalf of the children at St. Jude, I appreciate all from the bottom of my heart. Sincerely. Linda Brower, chairman P.S. Thanks to all at The MailJournal for your space in your paper.

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WE’RE TALKING easy living now. We’re talking miles of white sandy beaches — well, anyway, blocks of white sandy beaches — where northerners of various shades from lily white to sunbaked skin come to spend a week or two soaking up a driving,’ penetrating sun . . . we’re talking about friendly natives of both sexes, easily detected by their dark skin, offering tourists native rum-laced drinks with such far-away names as pina colada ..... and we’re talking about a place uninterrupted by such things as radio, television and newspapers and magazines. We re also talking about brightly-lit casinos where the din of rows upon rows of avaricious slot machines eat up American coins of all denominations with an unbelievable appetite, all loud enough to make normal conversation difficult if not impossible. The roulette, craps, poker and keno tables are busy with furrow-browed, studied players exchanging American dollars at a feverish pace. Man has devised fewer, more painless ways of separating a gullible American from his hardearned money than the rooms commonly known as casinos. , J We re also talking about a myriad of eating establishments running from La Paloma, the Old Dutch Mill, the Buccaneer, names like that, where the food is excellent, running from a low, catch-of-the-day of $10.50 per plate to $22.50 for top of the bill like lobster Drinks are $3.00 each, regardless, and a 15 percent gratuity is figured into the bill. All of this is taking place each day on the tiny island of Aruba, nestled in the Netherlands Antilles deep in the Caribbean Sea. only 15 miles from the Venezuelan shores. We’ve heard of Aruba for years, and have had a hankering for a long time to go there to see for ourselves. The occasion arose when the Indianapolis travel club, Ambassadair. announced it had a tour there the first week in November. Then we heard Bonnie Brandon, cosmotologist at Thornburgs Drugs. extol the sunnv virtues of Aruba, and this heightened our interest further. And so we signed on. and Aruba it was. Early November is what they call the beginning of the "high season," and it was good that we chose that time to visit Aruba, for the sun was bearable, temperatures ranging from 82 to 95 degrees, and the northwesterly winds were soft enough to make the heat tolerable. "The crowds are not here yet." we were told. The little island is only 19.6 miles long and at its widest point is just 6.5 miles wide. Original inhabitants were .the Arawak Indians, the island is the westernmost ''of the Netherland ' Antilles Leeward Islands, discovered first-by the Spaniard Alonso de Ojeda in 1499. The Dutch took it over in 1636 following the 80 Year War between Spain and Holland. The English took control of the island for a ten-year period during the Napoleonic Wars, then in 1816 the Dutch returned. Everyone in Aruba speaks Papiamento. a blend of Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Indian and a little English. Everyone also speaks Dutch, their first compulsory language in school, then English. There’s no trouble on the busy little island of being understood. Natives all speak a minimum of four languages, and their local newspapers and radio stations predominantly use Papiemento. Literacy rate is near 109 percent, but the island has no universities. Deserving students are sent to Holland or the United States for university training at the government’s expense. Such indebtedness must be repaid to Aruba in equal-time service. After that, many leave this job-dry little country for employment elsewhere. Few return, for the island is devoid of industry to put one’s new education to full use. For centuries gold brought an influx of settlers to Aruba, but this played out. as did the large Exxon oil refinery at San Nicholas, the island’s second city, which closed two years ago. In 1929 Lago Oil opened one of the world’s largest refineries at San Nicholas to refine Venezuelan oil. employing 1,399 people and bringing much-needed money to this tropical island. When depression hit the oil industry, the refinery was no longer profitable and it was closed, leaving San Nicholas devastated. We were met at the refinery’s front gate by a uniformed guard who told us the story. Tens of millions of dollars in equipment is sitting idle at this site. The little shops in San Nicholas, having seen a real hevdey, are now boarded up. It s not a pretty sight to see. About ail anyone talks about seeing in San Nicholas is Charlie’s Bar. It’s a sort of Sloppy Joe’s Bar as seen in Havana in pre-Castro times, but much smaller. Charlie is there to meet ail visitors his legendary name attracts. The little corner, open-air establishment is loaded with old license plates from most every state and nation, color Polaroid photos of Charlie and "friends." name cards, all this tacked on the back bar. walls and ceiling in a kaleidoscope that is mind-

boggling. If you tell anyone you were in San Nicholas, the usual response is, "Were you at Charlie’s Bar?’’ As of January Ist 1986, Aruba became autonomous gaining equal status as member within the Dutch Kingdom. This new political structure, called “Status Aparte ”, gives Aruba the right to fully administer its internal affairs while the Netherlands take care of Aruba’s foreign affairs and defense. Arubans have the Dutch nationality and share the same rights as the inhabitants of the Netherlands, the mother country. There is an excellent relationship between Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles (Curacao. Bonaire. Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius) on political as well as on financial and economic matters. Aruba is now governed by the Council of Ministers and the Prime Minister. This government is controlled by the Legislative Council (Staten) consisting of 21 members elected every 4 years by free elections. The Dutch Kingdom is represented by a Governor, appointed by the Queen. fl ■ ■ While some members of our 109-odd party rented cars to tour the island, we opted for a motor coach with a guide to point out the sights and explain the island's history. He took us to the town of Noord and to the Catholic Church of Santa Anna with its 115-year-old oak altar, carved in Holland. The guide told us it’s impossible to lose our way back to the Americana Hotel where we were staying. “Just follow the divi-divi trees.” he said. The divi-divi tree is an odd-looking, usually small, tree bent completely sideways by the prevailing northwesterly wind. The centuries of wind have given most of the island a hard, rocky shoreline, except for the northwesterly section with its sandy beaches. That's where all the resort hotels are to be found. The guide took us to the rocky part where the natural bridge is found, providing excellent photo opportunities. And finally to the island’s highest point. 617-foot Jamanota. In the center of the island is Hooiberg, better known .as "Haystack Mountain,” so-called for its shape and measuring 541 feet to the top. the second highest elevation on the island and most visible natural landmark. For the most part. Aruba is flat. We motored through the elite section of the island and what we called the "tacky” section. There are a lot of stone fences to be found, sans mortar between the stones. It would seem high winds would continually knock them over, but this isn’t the case. The fences remind one of Ireland and its mortared stone fences. There are also a lot of natural cacti, which some home owners have used as fences. And plenty of scrawny wild goats, coaming at will. There's no absence of junk cars rusting out in front yards and along the highways. Aruba is badly in need of a junk car ordinance! Aruba’s capital city is Oranjestad, getting its name from the House of Orange, was founded in 1790. We got there by bus from the Americana. round trip $1.50 each, something of a bargain when compared to taxi prices, its main attraction is its fine shops along Lloyd G. Smith Boulevard (named for a former general manager of the Lago Refinery), and the Arnold Shuttestraat. It’s easy to see why tourism has replaced the oil refinery in supplying local employipent. The clerks are friendly and helpful and prices are modest. All sorts of memorabilia, including the übiquitous colorful T-shirts, are available in large quantities. Fort Zoutman. Aruba’s oldest building, constructed in 1796. is near the shopping center. It saw action against the British and Curacao troops, our literature informed us. The William 111 tower, named for a Dutch monarch, was added in 1868. It was there that each Thursday evening the Bon Bini (meaning Welcome) Festival is held. So much little handcraft work and specialty Aruban foods are offered for sale, proceeds going to local charities. A colorful dance group from the Aruban Dance Theater performed a number of dances to the delight of an appreciative intercontinental audience. s As our bus pulled up to the Oranjestad bus stop, there was a loud .Aruban band playing at curbside, right near the McDonald's. McDonald's carried a Chinese motif, for reasons unknown to us. There food was not exactly "Americanized" and their heavy’, black coffee was not at all acceptable. But just across the street was docked the S.S. Royal Princess, the luxury liner made famous for its use as a setting for the television show "Love Boat ”, It made a one-day. stop on its Caribbean cruise. Since dining out is a favorite pastime of vacationers at Aruba, learning the menus is important; their faire is wide-ranging, from all sorts of sea food to steaks. Prices are quoted in American dollars and guilders and florins, the Netherland Antilles' unit of money, subdivided into 199 cents, going by the symbol NAfl. Official rate: U.S, $1 equals NAfl 1.77. (Continued on page 5)