The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 19, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 June 1987 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., June 24,1987

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Editorial

WOW! $41,170.08 They thought $20,000 would be a good amount from the Mayor’s race at Syracuse. They raised that and more. In fact, the eight people participating raised a total of $41,170.08. That’s fantastic! Last year Milford and New Paris each held a Mayor’s race to raise money to pay sesquicentennial bills. Both held successful campaigns. Last week North Webster named a mayor and city council members in a like campaign with funds from that “election” going to the town’s library. It was all in fun. None of the mayors had or will have any official authority, although we seem to remember Mayor Elsie Free at Milford receiving a number of calls last spring when something went wrong in town. All of her friends called her to “fix the problem.” Mayor Elsie, like North,Webster’s Mayor Bob Goebel, was given the honor of presiding as grand marshal for the sesquicentennial parade. Ernie Rogers will share the grand marshal honors with descendant of Samuel Crosson’s in the Syracuse parade. Rogers, it should be noted raised some $16,000 of the $41,170 total. J The sesquicentennial committee has promised all funds remaining after bills are paid will go to the museum in the proposed addition to the Syracuse Library. All in all, the mayor’s race seems to be a fun way to raise money for area projects. Who knows, maybe someday one of these towns will have another project and someone else will be the second ever mayor of Syracuse, North Webster or Milford. For now, however, we feel a need to congratulate all of the per- \ sons who campaigned at both North Webster and Syracuse to raise x - needed funds for their town’s separate projects. We're against beer tent, too . . '1 Vie can’t remember when anything has brought such a flurry of Letters to the Editor as the proposed Jaycee beer tent in the uptown parking lot during Syracuse sesquicentennial week. They are good, sensible letters founded on true beliefs. They come from prominent local citizens: Clayton Mock, Gayle L. Wight, Rick Wilson, Jim and Kari Edwards, Arlene P. Schaefer, Mr. and Mrs. Carmon Wenger, Jon Evans and Mr. and Mrs. James C. Evans. They object to the positioning of the beer tent, particularly since it is so close to three local churches, and, more, across the road from the town’s oldest church, the Church of God. These people aren’t objecting to anyone legally eligible to drink beer from doing so, but that this group of dedicated young citizens (the Jaycees) have apparently not thought this thing out. It’s especially galling since the community has just successfully completed its Just Say No campaign against drugs and alcohol in the community and its schools. We’re against the situating of the beer tent in the uptown parking lot, too. Perhaps the complaints are coming late, but late is better than never. So, Jaycees, do your community and yourselves a favor. Relocate your beer tent, if having a beer tent you must. Let’s not darken such a celebrated week of remembrance with this black mark. Relocate. Do not envy the fellow who makes a success at an early age; usually he has paid for it, one way or another. St. John and St. Peter The feast of St. John the Baptist is one of the oldest in both Greek and Latin churches. No one knows when John was born, but it’s known he was about six months older than Jesus, so agreement has been reached to celebrate June 24 as his birthday anniversary. John was imprisoned by the authorities of his day for denouncing members of the royal family. He was beheaded because Herodias, a consort of Herod, persuaded her daughter, Salome, to ask for the head of Johh on a dish. Salome, a dancer, had so captivated Herod with her curves that he had promised her anything she wished. St. Peter’s Day (and death) is celebrated three days later, on the 29th. Peter’s original name was Simon, and he was a fisherman from Galilee. It was Peter who saw Jesus as Christ, the Son of God, and after Jesus’ crucifixion he continued to preach Jesus’ gospel. Many legends abound about him and both Catholics and Protestants assume he came as far west as Rome, near where he was himself crucified on Nero’s orders. His remains are thought to lie beneath St. Peter’s in Rome to this day. The older one grow, generally speaking, the more he appreciates order, manners, and friendships.

What others say — ' Annual of secrecy Secrecy fits awkwardly at best within a government system whose pride is openness. The legitimate occasions upon which it is necessary to hold information about public business utterly confidential are unfortunately not exactly rare. But, in principle, they should be kept to an absolute minimum. In practice, though, it is just the opposite. Secrecy is a terrible temptation. And government officials are not known for having the willpower to overcome it. The latest example is an absurb one. The Pentagon attempted to render secrets which had already been made public-grandly public-in open testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. - It involved testimony by two administration officials concerning nuclear weapons testing. The and attended by some members of the press. But, when tfcerrecord of the Rearing was published, a number of the answers and;.tothe horror of some senators on the committee- even some of the questions^ere deleted. Pentagon said it was all a mistake. The people who deleted the information were under the misimpression that the hearing had been closed. The point, though, is that though officials ought not to be erring on the side of keeping the public in the dark, that is the direction almost all errors of secrecy go. . ’ '' ’ —(CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

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Ernie Rogers. Syracuse Mayor

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Brad A. Lecount, 23, Milford, $50.50, plea bargain; Patricia A. Leemon, 29, Milford, $55.50; Ronald J. Frick, 38, Syracuse, $80.50; Dorothy M. Steffen, 56, Syracuse, $50.50 No registration plate — Jon C. Adams, 30, Syracuse, $41.50 Disregarding automatic signal — Mary D. Ingram, 17, Milford, $50.50 Criminal conversion — Ralph W. Wiedan, 44, Milford, dismissed Illegal consumption of alcohol — Regina K. Stocklin, 16, Syracuse, dismissed Illegal possession of alcohol — Regina K. Stocklin, 16, Syracuse, dismissed -a County Court The following persons have paid fines in Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: Operating motor vehicle while intoxicated — Donald J. Northrup, 34, North Webster, $264, license restricted 180 days, 6 days KCJ; Donald L. Kintzel, 25, Leesburg, $264, license probation 180 days, 6 days KCJ; Matthew P. Fry, 26, Syracuse, $2Bl, license suspended 90 days, 6 days KCJ; Clarke Timothy Rutledge, 25, Leesburg, $431, license suspended 180 days, 12 days KCJ; Matthew L. Wagner, 24, North Webster, $296, license restricted 180 days, 6 days KCJ; Jack L. Turner, 43, Syracuse, $331, license restricted 180 days, 6 days KCJ. Illegal consumption — Paying SB9 were: Erik David Sharp, 18, Milford; Joseph Albert Melendez, 19, Milford. Reckless driving — Joseph L. Burr, 21, Syracuse, $67.50. Public intoxication — Paying SB9 was: Todd C. Jordan, Cromwell. Furnishing false evidence of identification — David Melendez, 22, Syracuse, SB9. Driving while suspended — Brian R. Stouder, 22, Syracuse, $lO6, license suspended like period. Check deception — Tom Bradley, Leesburg, $57, 1 year KCJ suspended, 1 year probation, restitution. Failure to display watercraft registration — John C. Kirkwood, 30, Syracuse, S7O. Operating recreational vehicle without operator’s license — Edward Burchard, 22, North Webster, S7B. Speeding — Paying S6B were: James Cripe, 20, Milford; Paul Morel, 17, Syracuse; Stephen Schmall, 18, Syracuse; Thomas Hughes, 17, Syracuse; Anne M. Ballinger, 17, Syracuse; Peggy Bailey, 35, Syracuse. Paying $53 were: Mark Parrish, 26, North Webster; Alan Chervitz, 25, North Webster; Craig Bontrager, Leesburg; Fredonna R. Custer, 59, Milford. Disregarding automatic signal — Bradley R. Brindle, 20, North Webster, $53. . Disregarding stop sign — Robert Brooks, 19, Milford, $53. No (egistrajion —J Michael Webster, $53. Elkhart Division The following fines plus court costs have levied and paid in Elkhart County Court, Goshen Division: Speeding — Anna C. Wong, 35, Syracuse, $50.50; Randy W. Shipley, 30, Syracuse, $52.50; David M. Hampton, 19, Milford, $57.50 Following too closely — Roger A. Butt, 35, Syracuse, $50.50 Over declared gross weight — Ernest C. Yoder, 55, Milford, $127.50 Circuit Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Complaint For Damages Anne Hoy versus Daryle W. Fritz, r 3 Ligonier. The plaintiff is seeking judgment against the defendant for the sum of $2,200 plus pre-judgment interest, attorney’s fees and all costs of action, for damges received in an automobile accident Nov. 18, 1986

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Bob Goebel North Webster Mayor

Complaint On Note Foreclose Real Estate Mortgage First National Bank of Warsaw versus Earnest C. Bailey, Jr., and Mary E. Bailey, P.O. Box 554 Milford. The plaintiff is seeking foreclosure and sale of real estate to satisfy judgment against the defendants in the amount of $33,535.84 plus pre-judgment interest, attorney’s, fees and all costs of action. Small Claims The following judgments have been awarded in Small Claims Division, Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: L. Investments versus Steve Metzger; defendant ordered to pay $160.50 plus costs. L. Investments versus Tim Vice; defendant ordered to pay $675 plus costs. Chris Leiter versus Gordon Calhoun; defendant ordered to pay $2,081.90 plus costs. American Fletcher Financial Services versus Chuck F. Delp; defendant ordered to pay $1,680.88 plus costs. Counting House Bank versus Kay D. Cross; defendant ordered to pay $1,595.12 plus costs. Counting House Bank versus Joe A. Reagan; defendant ordered to pay $7,725.47 plus costs. Counting House Bank versus Scott E. Reiter; defendant ordered to pay $5,307.21 plus costs. Irvin B. Miller versus James Hensley; defendant ordered to pay $178.13 plus costs. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Bornman-Bowers Nathaniel Shawn Henry Bornman, 21, r 2 box 390, Syracuse, and Melissa Diane Bowers, 18, r 5 box 353, Warsaw Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: [, Schultz — Lori Ann Schultz, no address given, and Timothy Paul Schultz, Warsaw. The couple was married Oct. 4, 1986, and Separated May 11, 1987. There are two minor children. Yoder — Dorothy Elizabeth Yoder, P.O. Box 246 Syracuse, and Stephan Eugene Yoder, P.O. Box 246 Syracuse. The couple was married Aug. 13, 1966, and separated April 14, 1987. There are three minor children. Migrain headache relief class at Bowen Center Bowen Center Staff Psychologist Bryan Ciula will lead a workshop for individuals who suffer with migraine headaches. The class offers an explanation for migraines and teaches biofeedback and other relaxation techniques for effective treatment. The three-day workshop will be held on Tuesdays, July 7, 14, 21, 6-7 p.m. in the Video Studio of the Bowen Center, 850 N. Harrison Street, Warsaw. For more information or to register call 267-7169 or toll free 1-800-342-5653, ext. 279.

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"CRUZIN .AROUND’ 'CUSE"

By ARCH BAUMGARTNER SUCH UNUSUAL talent we have around Syracuse! And we plan to put it to good use whenever we have occasion. One such occasion arose during the past two weeks when we prevailed on three “locals” to fill this column “with anything you desire to write about. We have reference to the column on June 10 co-authored by Judy Schmahl and Clare Baumgardt, and the column last week by Carolyn Anderson. Both columns provided a good change of pace. We’re grateful to this trio for their handiwork. Judy and Clare provided a potpourri of gems that are of interest to them, principally their work at the Enchanted Hills Playhouse, while Carolyn did a history of her husband’s family roots that are sunk deep into the soil of this community. Both articles are worth reading, if you haven’t done so already, THE PAST two weeks Della and I have been exploring the terrain and beauty of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, something we’ve been wanting to do for a good long while. We weren’t deluded into thinking we would run across Nelson Eddy in his bright red Royal Canadian uniform with his broad-rimmed Boy Scout hat, sitting astride his horse and singing “By A Waterfall” or “Rosemarie, I Love You,” to Jeanette McDonald. But the ideas we had of this portion of the famous Canadian Rockies were brought into sharp focus and were more delightful to see in reality than we had expected. We flew United from O’Hare Airport in Chicago to Calgary, Canada, arriving much after midnight, rented a small Topaz and drove into a friendly but strange city to spend the remainder of the night. What we discovered in the daylight of the following day was a busy industrial city of 540,000 people. It might have been a cow town, as some said, 80 to 100 years ago, but today it takes its place in an industrial society. We had to have dinner in the revolving din- “ ning room from which vantage point we could see the entire city, with its many highrises. We discovered its “Plus 15” —»a series of second floor walkways between stores. Calgary in June is busy but nothing like it will be in what they call “High Season” — July and August. The July Stampede Days will bring thousands into this hub city. What’s more, Calgary is bracing for the XV Winter Olympic Games, to be held there in February of 1988. The eity has spent tens of millions of dollars for buildings to house these games, and impressed the International Olympic Committee sufficiently to receive a positive ruling on their bid for the games. We headed north from Calgary on wide and uncrowded roads for the small town of Banff of some 4,000 winter residents (which burgeons to about 15,000 in the two busy summer months). The little town is a stringtown community ringed with high snow-capped mountains, and yet people walk around in short sleeved shirts and flowing skirts. The little stores, restaurants, motels and ice cream parlors give Banff a charm all its own. It is located in the storied Banff National Park.

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Banff was so named by senior Director of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Lord Strathcona, since it reminded him of his birthplace and homeland, Branffshire, Scotland. We drove northward a short distance to fabled Lake Louise, so named for Princess Louise, wife of Marquis of Lome, Governor General of Canada and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria of England. Fronting the small lake (estimated to be about the size of Syracuse Lake) is the Chateau Lake Louise, a hotel complex exquisitely designed and appointed which compares favorably with the Banff Springs Hotel. Rates are testy, we found, but then, when one thinks an American dollar fetches $1.31 Canadian, a little ciphering reveals the cost is not as much as one first imagines. Sitting on the plush green lawn amid all sorts of flowers and well-trimmed shrubs and looking at the emerald green lake with high mountains topped with snow is enriching if not revealing. No motor boats, just a few canoes, giving the lake a restful serenity. All about one is a freshness coming from the melting snow, and the communities and roadsides appear picked up. The lake is 5,680 feet above sea level, but the little town of Louise is tip — nothing there — but a long look at this by-now historic lake is worth it all. Lake Louise is in the Jasper National Park, as is the small town of Jasper itself. It’s such a thrill to drive our little car down this cavernous road with high mountains on either side.

We wanted to visit the Alberta capital city of Edmonton for several reasons, not the least of which was to see the “world’s largest shopping mall.” And this we did — twice! Our trip was out of the mountain range, Through what some call prairie country, flat to be sure, to our Mayfield Hotel, just about two miles from the enormous West Edmonton Mall. Edmonton boasts of 740,000 people, but any resident of rival Calgary will tell you, “Yeah, but that takes in all their suburbs!” They claim Edmonton is actually smaller tkan Calgary, but who are we to take sides? The big mall is something else. The brainchild of an Iranian family attracted to the area by oil and gold some 20 years ago, the mall covers 80 acres, or 11 football fields, and has 320 stores of every imaginable type. It has 20 theaters, 100 restaurants, an ice skating rink, an enormous swimming pool with toboggans, a Fantasyland amusement park, and the Fantasyland Hotel with 360 rooms. It even has an auto sales room. The parking lot holds 3,000 cars. Someone said it cost sl.l billion, another $1.3 billion. What’s the difference? If one knows the area, we drove south from Edmonton on Highway 2 to Red Deer, then west to the Columbia Icefields. We had to take the ride on one of their specially built conveyances with its huge steel-lugged rubber tires. It was raining when we got out, thus slippery as all get out. The Snobus took us to the center of the icefield, a virtual river of ice that melts ih the summer but regenerates itself in the winter, so its presence appears constant. The many millions of tons of ice seem constant in size. We stayed the night in Banff, making our second visit to this quaint little town, before going back to Calgary for an additional night. From there it was on to Vancouver by train, on what was to be an overnight ride. Just outside Banff (our third visit there) there was a freight train derailment which held our passenger train up for nearly 12 hours. Actually, it proved a blessing in disguise. What was to be a night time ride through this beautiful mountain range turned out to be a daytime ride. We wouldn’t have missed it for anything. Our slow-moving train lumbered around sharp turns and through tunnels, usually along a river bank, bringing to mind the Chinese coolies who shaped the railroads of the early West. A good many of their progeny now run the restaurants and other small businesses of . this area. A tunnel in the area now under construction is estimated to cost S6BO million, we were told. The train had two observation cars and we found ourselves there much of the time for this t memorable trip. After a night in the Sheridan-Landmark Hotel in Vancouver, we took the ferry to Vancouver Island and the capital city of Victoria. The ferry could accommodate 400 cars, and provided the only means of travel between the mainland and the thriving island. We stayed at the old and ornate Empress Hotel, located just across the James Bay from the Parliament building where we found the onehouse legislature debating the appointment of a new housing director. Our informants weren’t telling all the truth when they said they had no unemployment and no sub-standard housing. A city tour took us to the principal parts of Victoria including the uplands, which is a large area of super-plush homes well shrubbed, with manicured lawns. Everyone in Victoria spoke of the famous Butchart Gardens, so we took that tour, too. The story was told of one Robert Butchart who did well in the cement business “back east,” and hoped to duplicate his success in the same business in Victoria. His company — the Portland Cement Company — would you believe, just like the old cement company in Syracuse? The limestone ran out and his company faced closing its doors. The Butcharts were world travelers and Mrs. Butchart took a fancy to all types of' Howers. They kept on their 400-odd employees, hauling in untold tons of top soil, then planting the stark area into beautiful flowered gardens. The 130-acre estate easily ranks among the best floral displays of its type in the world. (k Proof of this are the many hundreds (if not* thousands) who come there on a daily basis. Across the road from the Empress Hotel in Victoria are usually one or more troubadors with their instruments playing for anyone who will stop and listen — and/or drop a few coins in their open valise. A real sight to behold, however, was the nighttime view of the Parliament Building outlined with over 3,300 light bulbs, originally set into place for the Queen Victoria Jubilee celebration. The sight was so impressive and so aweinspiring to the constant flow of visitors that the lights were kept in place as a permanent fixture. If the word “romantic” could be applied to any scene, it would easily fit into this bayside setting. We should mention that gasoline is over $2.00 per gallon, reason enough for the small can, and cigarettes are something like $3.10 a pack — reason enough not to smoke. And newspapers: 50 cents per newsstand copy. Aside from that bit of gloom, our trip through the Canadian Rockies is one of our most memorable, topped off by a jet trip from Vancouver to Chicago, then a short motor ride home. THIS MIGHT be classed as a fish story. Gerald and Dina Hnbartt (Love Furniture) were fishing on Syracuse Lake, with absolutely no results, at the time the earth tremor hit — at about 7:36 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Gerald said his fish locator showed “absolutely nothing.” (Continued on page 5)