The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 47, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 November 1986 — Page 5

— „ >1 IT’S BAD NEWS FOR WARSAW TAXPAYERS - Net assessed valuation of personal and real property for city of Warsaw in 1986 dropped almost $1,500,000 below the assessments in 1985 The county assessment figures used to determine 1987 taxes were recently released. The decrease in assessed value is believed in most part caused by inventory reductions in the city's industrial and business areas. County Assessor Avis Gunter stated that the granting of tax abatement programs resulted in the drop. She stated the method used to secure industrial expansion in our area has resulted in the improvement not being carried on current tax rolls. She said these improvements will be added to the tax rolls sometime in the future. The largest increase was registered by Plain Township. In 1986 it posted $2,500,000 more than in 1985. Syracuse again showed a huge increase with almost a $2,000,000 gain. The county as a whole increased $6,144,080. The total assessed property real and personal for 1987 tax purposes in the county was listed at $389,025,220. Listed below is the increase or decrease and total assessment for each unit. Unit — Or + Total 1987 Township Clay 4- 38,390 6,271,830 Etna 4- 34,500 4,575,290 Frank + 18,900 6,920,230 Harrison -I- 539,400 14,437,700 Jackson 4- 5,570 5,153,500 Jefferson E. + 17,670 3,574,870 Jefferson W. 4- 159,280 3,557,140 Lake - 447,600 5,811,070 Monroe 4- 22,440 4,475,020 Plain -2,548,540 31,931,890 Prairie - 32,900 10,565,970 Scott 4- 57,380 5,163,440 Seward 4- 57,440 10,435,270 Tippecanoe 4-1,042,020 28,144,170 Turkey Creek 4- 782,100 34,349,290 Van Buren 4- 331,600 12,518,730 Washington 4- 90,710 9,320,670 . Wayne 4- 785,890 46,162,670 Total 6,051,430 243,367,830 Towns Burket 4- 16,640 631,130 Claypool - 23,550 704,390 Etna Green 4- 50,000 1,413,490 Leesburg 4- 60,480 1,867,270 Mentone Franklin - 130,920 1,007,660 Mentone Harrison 4- 84,820 2,418,90 Milford , - 775,850 8.224,720 North Webster 4- 89,560 4,805,890 Pierceton V, - 560 2,881,260 Sidney 1- 2.090 299,670 Silver Lake 4- 42,070 1,417,820 Syracuse 1.805,310 23,088,100 Warsaw Plain ( 4- 85,170 219,000 Winona Lake • 4- 244,990 8,411,640 Warsaw -1,453,420 88.266,360 Total Towns 92.650 145.657,390 Grand Total 6,144.080 389,025,220 KOSCIUSKO COUNTY GOP — Officers are putting a bite on officeholders to kick in five percent of their wages. But the state GOP requires only two percent from the state employees. Why the five? Needless to say, there is no one rushing to get on this five percent band wagon. (Officerholders received an SBOO dollar raise in most cases for 1987. If you had a SIO,OOO salary you would be paying SSOO to the good ole GOP.) STATE PULLED OUT ALL STOPS — State officeholders, most of whom are GOP. did not miss a bet. Constituents received newsletters from their General Assembly members a few da vs prior to election (which were paid by you). Did you notice that Warsaw and Syracuse received grants for improvements a few days preceding the election? (Warsaw for a hotel-motel complex and Syracuse for sanitary sewer plant improvement). State officials took the credit. WARSAW CITY OFFICIALS have a report in their possession that would call for a $3,000,000 expenditure if sewer trunk lines are run to plants on State Road 15 and expanded to include a U.S. 30 industrial corridor. KOSCIUSKO COUNTY HISTORICAL Society has a number of old law books that they wish to depose of. If you’re interested, you can pick them up at the jail museum on Saturday afternoons MEASURED PHONE SERVICE — Telephone companies in Indiana are gearing up to stick patrons with a local measured service. Charges are per mile and number of minutes you talk (even if you talk to your Neighbor). The old song is being sung. This wilt cost those who lise the telephone. The minimum rate would remain about the same. But, for those who must have the telephone (small businesses, the elderly and the handicapped), it could result in their suffering financial distress.

Fitness center burglarized

■®PERS Crime Stoppers, a non-profit organization involving the police, the media and the public in the fight against crime, offers anonymity and cash rewards to persons who furnish information leading to the arrest and the filing of criminal charges against felony offenders and the capture of fugitives. * The following “Crime of the Week” was furnished by the Kosciusko County Crime Stop-

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pers organization: The burglary of a fitness club in Warsaw is the “Crime of the Week.” On November 4, a burglary was reported by the owner of the Warsaw Health and Fitness Center in Warsaw. Entry was made by prying open a side door. Once inside, the intruders removed a large quantity of weight lifting equipment. These included brands of USA, National and Olympic. Value of the items has been set at over $2,500. Persons with information concerning this burglary are asked to contact Crime Stoppers, tollfree at 1-800-342-STOP. Crime Stoppers will pay up to SI,OOO if the information leads to an arrest or indictment. Callers will be assigned a code number and will not have to reveal their names.

DONNA (MOOTS) LYON Former resident elected Warren County clerk For the first time in 22 years, Democrats were elected to courthouse posts in Warren County. One of the victorious Democrats is Donna (Mrs. Don) Lyon, 8 Center St., Williamsport, a former resident of the Lakeland area. On November 4, Mrs. Lyon was elected clerk of the Warren Circuit Court. Warren County is situated between Lafayette and Danville, 111., with the county seat being Williamsport. A complex office, the clerk handles everything from court proceedings to the entire county election process. Mrs. Lyon, 43, is a 1961 graduate of Syracuse High School and received an AB degree in communications from Indiana University in 1966. She was a reporter for The Mail-Journal during the summer of 1963 while a journalism student at IU. After college she worked in social service, education, radio, public TV and newspapers. She has lived in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Wisconsin. The family returned to her husband’s native area in 1979. For five years she was editor/chief reporter for the The ReviewRepublican, the county’s only newspaper. During that time she ran for the clerk post in 1982 and lost. She “threw her hat in the ring” again in 1986 and helped the county party to re-organize. Though the party had only a slate of six of the 13 candidates, all were elected with several trustee positions going Democrat. She is the daughter of the late Vance and Eleanor Moots of Papakeechie Lake.

Plans to widen roads in Milford

The town of Milford, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and the Indiana Department of Highways, is developing plans for the reconstruction and widening of Syracuse Street and Old State Road 15 North. The proposed project would begin on Syracuse Street at the easterly edge of the pavement of SR 15 and extend easterly for a distance of 2,316 feet, thence northerly on Old State Road 15 North for a distance of 2,600 feet to approximately CRI3OON, for a total project length of 0.923 mile. The proposed improvements will consist of reconstructing the existing pavement from SR 15 east to approximately James Street to provide for two, 12-foot travel lanes with two-foot combined curb and gutter. A five-foot sidewalk will be constructed along the south side only of Syracuse Street from SR 15 to Main Street. The remaining portion of the project will consist of widening and resurfacing the existing pavement to provide two, 11-foot

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(Continued from page 4) might be in for a rude awakening. Wildlife officials have covered some foam deer with real deer hide, set them up as “decoys”, and will have officers hiding nearby to apprehend those hunting “illegally.” Another note about deer is the damage that they can cause to landowners who might be trying to start young trees in a wooded area. Popular foods in a woods for deer include poison ivy, sumac, honeysuckle, sassafras, acorns and wild fruit. In the early part of fall, bucks will “spar” with saplings and bushes to rub off the velvet covering from their hard antlers and to polish them. JOHN CALL, local architect, is a man with considerable wunderlust in his system, who decided to do something about it. He and his wife Karen sold their Kale Island home, bought a large boat and toured the high seas, making some interesting ports of call. John admits to having a little of the spirit of Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh in his veins. Gauguin is the Frenchman who gave up a considerable brokerage business to settle in Tahiti as the vagabond painter, painting native nude women. Well, our friend John didn’t go that far! Anyway, Calls craft is now for sale, resting in the dock at Annapolis, Maryland, the Calls are making their home at the Harborside Condominiums. John sums it all up this way: “I was born to be a millionaire’s kid, but my dad didn’t quite make it.” A LOCAL realtor tells this column to be on the lookout for two new businesses to open shop in uptown Syracuse in the very near future, but won't speculate any further than that. A LARGE group of friends of Dr. Kenneth Webster and his wife Ruth attended an informal going-away party at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Steve Conrad, at their home at 500 Front Street, Sunday evening.

Ward asks for full recount

I By LESLIE MILLER Staff Writer In just under the wire, Democrat Thomas Ward filed for a total recount of the 450 precincts in the 3rd district on Tuesday, Nov. 18, one day before the November 19 deadline. Ward lost to three-term incumbent John Hiler earlier this month when Secretary of State Edwin Simcox certified Hiler as the winner by 66 votes. The request for a recount was made when Michael Marshall,

travel lanes with three-foot shoulders. Removal of the roadway section on Syracuse Street between SR 15 and James Street will require the road to be closed during the construction period. The remainder of the roadway resurfacing will be done with the roadway open to traffic. Approximately 75 percent of the total costs, estimated at about $1,387,100, will be defrayed by the Federal Highway Administration, with the Indiana Department of Highways serving in a liaison capacity between local authorities and the federal agency. It's the same Select color, texture and shapes in decorating a room as you would correlate an attractive costume. Use oil Be sure to clean off any accumulated dirt and rub the metal parts with oil to prevent rusting before storing your small yard tools.

Dr. Webster, former Wawasee School Corporation superintendent, left Tuesday for Clearwater, Florida, where he has his application in with several school districts for placement. Mrs. Webster has employment as an elementary teacher in a Clearwater school and will leave December 21 for her new job. WITH THE Syracuse and North Webster sesquicentennial celebration scheduled for next year, the call has gone out for any old photos and memorabilia relating to the history of the two communities. The response has been good, and we hope it will be better. We plan to use as many old pictures along with historical comments as we can during 1987. Last week Herb Shoemaker of North Webster turned up with a cache of old color postal cards he bought several years ago from one Tom Barker of Huntington. Barker served as a fireman on the old Pennsylvania Railroad with Shoemaker, who was the engineer, on the Chicago to Crestline, 0., run. Most of the cards were mailed to (and kept by) the late Walter E. (“Ducky”) Long of Pierceton. Long was a Spanish-American War veteran and an uncle of Barker’s. We hope to use some of the pictures on the cards during the coming year. Also in the group was an Bxlo photo of the old North Webster city band, taken in the 1915-1920 era, according to Maurice Dorsey of that community. Dorsey's grandfather, William Gerard, was drum major. We ran that old photo on November 17, 1982, and will probably run it again later. CALVIN E. Beck, a resident of the Kenney Retirement Center at Ligonier, marked his 93d birthday last Wednesday, Nov. 12, according to his son Charles, a Lake Wawasee resident. He noted that the senior Beck’s sister, Mabie Snyder of Cromwell, turned 99 last Thursday. Charlie, a retired principal and coach himself, and an unsuccessful school board candidate, thinks this family line of longevity might portend something for himself.

manager for the Ward campaign, and attorney Joe Donnelly filed with the secretary of state. The $4,500 necessary to complete the recount, $lO per precinct, was paid in cash on that day. In view of Ward’s decision to conduct a total recount, it will not be necessary for Hiler to file a counter petition. Ward chose to take this course of action so that there will be no more controversy over the election once the recount is completed. The State Recount Commis-

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sion, headed by Simcox, will meet on Thursday, Nov. 20, to review the situation. It is doubtful, however, that the actual recount will begin until early December. The commission has no set deadline to complete its recount, but it is expected to continue into late December. If by January 6, when Congress reconvenes, the recount is still in progress, Hiler intends to present himself to the House of Representatives to be sworn in.

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NEW LOCATION FOR BUSINESS - J. A. Business Service. Syracuse, has recently moved from its location at Pickwick Square to the former location of “My Store,” in Pickwick Block. Shown in the photo are Judy Wallace and Joe Todd, Todd Realty, who handled the sale.

National Bible Week

National Bible Week is the week of November 23. John B. Carter, president and chief executive officer of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United Stated, is the national chairman for the 46th annual interfaith observance of the week. His appointment was announced by Dr. Victor W. Eimicke, president of the Laymen’s National Bible Committee, which sponsors

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National Bible Week. The purpose of National Bible Week is to remind all Americans of the Bible’s importance, to motivate Bible reading and study and to reaffirm the founding principles of the United States. The Laymen’s National Bible committee is an inter-faith laity organization whose main purpose is to motivate Bible reading and study by Americans of all faiths.

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