The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 September 1987 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., September 23,1987

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Editorial

A step in the right direction The resolution adopted by the Wawasee Property Owners Association on August 15 appears to be a step in the right direction. It is a step that urges and encourages improvements at the old fish hatchery site, including a boat launch for the lake. It alsosfeeks to make the facilities available to all, not just a few. WPOA president Wiley W. (“Bill”) Spurgeon said, “We think regulation of the site is important to maintain the family fishing and recreational concept. We understand a fishing pier is planned. Access to the area is important for Indiana citizens wishing to use the site, regardless of the time of day they arrive.” The association wants the boat ramp supervised and urges that it not be for the sole purpose of moving the current problem from the town of Syracuse to the shores of Lake Wawasee. Parking at the site is limited. The WPOA, therefore, seeks on-site supervision to control parking and to insure that if a family with children arrive at mid-day they will not be denied access to the lake. This newspaper’s letters to the editor column and our sister publication, ‘the PAPER’S’ Speak Out column have carried both sides of the bass fishing story this summer. The bass fishermen have spoken out, but so have the residents of the community. Bass tournaments seem to bring out the best and the worst in many. Yes, all should be able to use the lakes of the state of Indiana. Yes, bass fishermen pay to use the lakes. Yes, the bass clubs do good things and there are good men and women who belong to them and who take part in the tournaments. Likewise, there are some members in these organizations, as in all organizations, who give the entire group a bad name. They are inconsiderate. They are the ones who “take over.” The ones who litter. The ones who disregard the rights of others. The ones who spoil it for the good guys in the organization. Human nature being what people tend to remember one bad thing, just as they overlook or soon forget 20 good things. Yes. bass fishermen should be allowed to launch their boats at the Wawasee boat ramp if and wnen it is instaneu. ism, tney shonni do so only under the supervision of an officer of the state and they should not be allowed to block traffic along the busy road that runs past the hatchery site. In their rush to get on the waters and catch the fish, they need to have some consideration for others. This week a letter is being published from James M. Ridenour, director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. It proves his department has received a copy of the WPOA resolution and is worth the time it will take to read. It, too, has a positive note. It, too, is a step in the right direction. Highway signs reading “slow” are put there for your protection whether you obey them or not. Progress will come to an end when children agree with the views of their parents. Fall memories September brings with it (in most parts of the country) the first cool winds, school, football, burning leaves and nostalgia. ' Why is it autumn produces such a tug on the memory? Perhaps it’s because growth, and a summer, is dying and the end of a life cycle is visible. It’s a beautiful death — red and yellow, in field and forest. Colder weather is coming on, the end of a year as well as a season, and naturally one looks back. This is good in our fast-moving world, when so few take time to remember the old days, the good friends, the cherished moments — and dear ones gone or far away.

What others say — Diminish the bureaucracy \ There are two essential ingredi'ehtsin education — teachers and students. All else is superfluous. — Dr. A. D. PinckiTdy~ Ponder this statistic: Between 1960 and 1984, while the number of public school teachers in America grew by 57 percent, the number of curriculum specialists, supervisors of instruction and other central-office bureaucrats grew by almost 500 percent. This nation’s education problems won’t be solved with one simple change. But a major analysis of state and local educational bureaucracies would be a good start. The quote from Pinckney, who is with the Indianapolis NAACP, gets to the nut of the issue. A good education requires very little except good people to do the educating. Find them, pay them a fair wage, then get out of the way and let them go to work. That’s the diet school systems should be on. Instead, state and local boards of education employ additional educrats and give them such titles as “curriculum development coordinator” and “implementation evaluation specialist.” These positions siphon money and authority out of the classroom and into an administrative office somewhere. Much of this growth is simply empire-building by education administrators whose egos are tied to their department’s budget size. The natural bureaucratic tendency toward centralized control is especially insidious in school systems. Teachers are required to fill out an endless stream of forms required by local, state and federal regulations. The bureaucracy grows and grows, smothering initiative and creativity in the classroom. The root of this centralization is a lack of faith in the ability of teachers. Teachers are often not allowed, for instance, to choose which basic textbooks their students will use. That decision comes from on high. “What matters in American education today,” writes columnist Rushworth Kidder, “is not that some courses are not as good as they should be. What matters is that education has been taken away from local educators, parents and children and delivered to distant ranges of administrators. It has become a process of securing conformity.” Evidence is teachers are often handicapped by administrative bureaucracies and theoretical pedagogues whose main goal is to “do it by the manual.” As state and local boards attempt to advance educational reform, they should give attention to reforming or diminishing the non-teaching bureaucracies that get in the way of good teachers. — THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS

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Circuit Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Complaint On Contract Household Finance Corporation, no address given, vs. Terry L. Tyler, 124 W. Boston, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks judgement of $401.13 plus costs. Complaint In Mortgage Foreclosure the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States vs. Maurice D. Yoder and Phyllis J. Yoder, Box 36, Topeka; Summit Bank of Kendallville; Midwest Commerce Banking Company, 121 W. Franklin St., Elkhart; Cromwell State Bank, Cromwell; First National Bank of Warsaw, 102 S. Buffalo St., Warsaw; Edson Finkenbiner and Valencia Finkenbiner, P.O. Box 295, Warsaw ; Linda C. Yoder, c/o Michael M. Yoder, P.O. Box 157, Topeka; Jon A. Roberts,d/b/a Roberts Farms, R.R. 3 Box 476, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks judgement against (A.) Maurice D. and Phyllis J. Yoder for: unpaid prin- 4 ciple balance of each of the notes, unpaid accrued interest on each noie, interest on unpaid principal balance, reasonable attorney fees, costs, payments for preservation of real estate or on account of taxes, assessments, payments or other charges arising. (B.) That mortgages be adjusted to constitute a valid first lien. (C.) Foreclosure of mortgages and liens against the Yoders, and all persons claiming under or through the Yoders, be barred and foreclosed of all right, title, interest, estate or equity or right of redemption. (D.) Interests of holders of each of the other liens of the real estate be determined to be junior in priority and subordinate to each of the plaintiff mortgages. (E.) Foreclosure of mortgages be determined to discharge forever the lien, if any, or other liens, on real estate, and parties or entities named in each of the other liens, and all persons or entities claiming from, under or through such party or entity be forever barred and foreclosed of all right, title and interest estate or equity or right of redemption in or to the real estate. (F. > A receiver be appointed to take possession of the real estate, collect rents, issues, income and profits and apply to payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums and repairs required to preserve real estate as security for the plaintiff and undertake other actions ad ordered by the court. (G.) Costs, attorneys’ fees, title evidence fees and all other relief. Complaint On Account Home Lumber and Supply Company, Inc., vs Mark Minnick, doing business as Mark Minnick Construction Company, P.O. Box 7, North Webster. Plaintiff seeks judgment of $10,718.61, interest and cost. County Court The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: Speeding — Terry L. Bair, 36, Ligonier, $65; John J. Nemeth, 18, Syracuse, S6O. Check Deception — Curt Houlihan, no age given, Nappanee, dismissed. Illegal Consumption — Allan D. Delagrange, 16, Syracuse, KCJ 60 days suspended, one-year probation, fined $153. Conversion — Darlehe Marie Vetor, no age given, KCJ oneyear suspended sentence, oneyear probation, KCJ 10 days. Driving While Suspended — James Roa, 22, Milford, driver’s license suspended six months, fined $153. Speeding — Elmer W. Steele, 19, Syracuse, SBO False registration — Michael Pena, 20, Milford, S6O Purchasing alcohol from a nonpermittee — David D. Poe, 22, Leesburg, S7B Goshen Division The following fines plus court costs have levied and paid in Elkhart County Court, Goshen Division: Speeding— Joseph L. Burr, 21, Syracuse, SSB; Philip B. Hoover, 38, Syracuse, $56; Mary S. Mcßroom, 40, Milford; $63; Craig S. Hardy, 20, Syracuse, $56; Eddie J. Hutchison, 25, Syracuse, $63; Angela M. McClure, 18, North Webster, SSB; Derbert Bradley, 39, Milford, $56 Driving while intoxicated — Carolyn O. Flores, 28, Milford, SI,OOO plus costs with S7OO suspended, two years at the In-

diana Department of Corrections, with all except five days suspended, the suspensions on the condition the defendant be on probation for two years, follow standard probation terms, pay user’s fees, comply with the recommendations of the ECADAP assessment, and driver’s license suspended 18 months. Small Claims The following judgments have been awarded in Small Claims Division, Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: AVCO Financial Services, Inc., vs Terry Smith. Judgment for $455.46. Hoffman Implement Sales, vs Jim Stackhouse and Deborah Stackhouse. Judgment for $95.06. Superior Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint Beer Realtors, Syracuse, vs Terry Cassidy, Cromwell, and Debra L. Cassidy, r 2, box 32, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks judgment of $379.42 and an order granting possession of property plus costs and other relief. Complaint Margaret Agnes Wiedman, as Executrix of the estate of Donald Ervan Wiedman, deceased, no address shown, vs Dennis Schaaf, P.O. Box 136, North Webster, d/b/a North Webster Marina, Inc., Box 139, North Webster. Plaintiff seeks judgment of $12,799 plus $1,639, plus interest at 12%. plus costs and relief. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: DeLeon-Jackson Fernando DeLeon, 20, r 3, box 265, Syracuse and Geraldine Jackson, r 3, box 265, Syracuse White-Larimer Thomas Rhea White, 49, r 3, box 626A, Syracuse and Karen Sue Larimer, 40, r 3, box 626A, Syracuse. Pinnick-Wagoner Mark Brooks Pinnick, 36, 201 Lakeside Dr., Winona Lake and Cara Lynn Wagoner, 28, P.O. Box 72, North Webster. Holderman-Sauer Paul Allen Holderman, 28, r 1, box 11C, Leesburg and Melinda Lue Sauer, 23, r 1, box 11C, Leesburg. Shear-Wozniak James Edward Shear, 27, r 3 box 450, Leesburg, and Jennifer Jo Wozniak, 23* r 1 box 315, Warsaw. Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Werker — Candy S. Werker, Leesburg and Charles R. Werker, Leesburg. The couple was married June 21, 1986 and separated August 30,1987. Teeple — Roy Allen Teeple, r 2, box 64, Milford, and Cynthia Lee Teeple, Hideaway Hills, Apt. 4, Warsaw. The coupe was married August 2, 1980 and separated September 1,1987. Richards — Terry Richards, r 1, North Webster, and Penny Jo Richards, r 5 box 401, Syracuse. The couple was married November 3,1984, and separated July 25, 1987. There is one minor child. Try almonds Toast one tablespoon of slivered almonds in butter and toss with freshly cooked string beans for a distinctive taste change.

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d _ Jh fl ■ i fl & ' MB fl IT WAS a big day for the congregation of the Calvary United Methodist Church, south of Syracuse, when they laid the cornerstone for their new church addition, Sunday, Sept. 17. The event was duly recorded in this paper last week, and as photographers gather around, some wondered just what did the cornerstone contain. No one made much mention of this, and yet a list of the entries was properly placed in the church’s archives. Setting the heavy cornerstone in place, in the above photo is masonry contractor Dick Neff of 630 South Front Street, Syracuse, as Grandin Godley, a member of the church’s building committee, looks on. Ron Sharp turns up as the longtime church historian, and it fell to him to gather appropriate items to be placed in the cornerstone for a future generation to uncover. We asked Sharp foolist" of the items, and this is what he produced/ 1. List of those who participatted--in Calvary’s program in Aug. 1987. 2. Church History 3. Picture of church prior to new construction. 4. Following pictures (in color). a. Building Committee. b. All classes taken in 1986 c. Picture of ground-breaking. (1) Plow (2) Afternoon program -> d. Pictures of Choirs (1) Children (2) Chancel e. Dedication of present church building Oct. 22,1961 f. ALAFFclass g. Children’s Christmas program 1986 h. Choir singing at 150th anniversary of Syracuse i. Art entered in Flotilla Parade 1987 5. United Methodist Women’s 1987 Yearbook. 6. Lists of Sunday Schoo] teachers and classes (from attendance records) in Aug. 1987. 7. Following lists of various organizations: a. Acolytes b. United Methodist Men c. Questors Fellowship 8. Program for ground-breaking ceremony 9. Program for cornerstone-laying 10. Newsletter of week before cornerstonelaying 11. 1982 Pictorial Directory of Calvary Church. 12. List of 1987 Calvary Church officers 13. Oldest songbook we have. 14. One copy of HUM (Hoosier United Methodist publication). 15. Treasurer’s report of May-June 1987. 16. Tape of Sermon July 26. 17. Tape of Chancel Choir’s Summer Concert. 18. LAFF Program. 19. T-Shirt from UMYF (youth fellowship) 20. A copy of the 1984 United Methodist Church Dicipline 21. Minutes of Building Committee. 22. Folder on windows in the sanctuary, “The Life of Christ in stained Glass” 23. Folder on current United Methodist theme: “Catch the Spirit” . 24. Mobile Meals folder 25. Folder on current tithing program 26. Folder on Calvary’s present program year: “1987 Program, Staff and Studies, Something for Everyone” 27. Administrative Board minutes 1987. 28. Good News Bible 29. Coins: 1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, and one dollar. 30. History of the box containing the above items 31. Poem on Calvary’s new addition by our “Poet Laureate,” Betty Eaton AEROBICS ARE the “in” thing, and little shops are springing up all over. A new one, going in at North Webster soon, is "Just For You,” in the Land O’ Lakes building at the south edge of North Webster, owned and operated by Ann Bell Kaiser. Right now the building is being redecorated in a country motif by Ann and her husband Wesley, preparing for an October 1 opening. Recently, Ann has been employed at Byland’s Jewelers in Syracuse. She Is a former Kosciusko County 4-H Queen. FRED BYLAND is back at his old stand at Byland’s Jewelry and Jerry is back at her deck at the State Bank of Syracuse trust department, following a 7,400-mile motor trip through thd western states. They admitted to a "lot' of miles" on their two-week trip, which took them to the national park in the Washington “thumb," and down through the centuries-old California Redwoods. Coming home they touched tinseltown Las Vegas and other points of general interest. Fred boasted of nearly 30 miles per gallon on his new Thunderbird. JOHN SUDLOW comes now with a treasure trove of old glass negatives of homes and retail store buildings, apparently of this northern Indiana area. But they are all unidentified, and are

of a period long past. He picked them up at a public sale, he said. They seem to be perfectly etched on glass plates measuring 6'4xß'/ 2 . They predate the flexible film as we know it today. If anyone has an interest in looking at the negatives and trying his luck at identifying them, call John. He’s more than happy to show them. ‘PAWS,’ THE cat Bill Fisher rescued from a metal awning in front of Bales Butcher Shop in uptown Syracuse, has found a good home, according to Marsha Fisher, Bill’s wife. She said the cat went to two young Miller boys, Travis, five years of age and a kindergartener, and his brother, Eddie, six and a first grader. They are the sons of Tom and Jill Miller bf Maple Grove Street (r 4 Mrs. Fisher characterized the kitten as "funloving, ’‘►“friendly,” and “inquisitive, and was satisfied the young Miller brothers will provide it a good home. She said the boys even plan to take “Paws” to school for a show and tell program. THE 43-MEMBER Wawasee Kiwanis Club is seeing a new year come in as they prepare for their installation of new officers and ladies’ night, to be held at Pier II (Wawasee Golf Club) on Friday, Oct 2. Their new officers will be: Phil Hoover,"' president; Larry Martindale, vice president; Terry McDonald, secretary; and Ted Monensmith, treasurer. Installing officer will be Lt. Governor Denny Yoder of Bremen. ' WE DO NOT & gJ ‘--Wl HAVE K H CHICKEN fIiER BHhk REMEMBER THE old song, ‘*¥es, We Have No Bananas?” Quite a twist. The Syracuse Kentucky Fried Chicken at 900 South Huntington Street used the same twist to let its customers know it does not sell Chicken Littles. What’s that... a Chicken Little? It turns out, a Chicken Little is a bite-sized chicken sandwich that KFC is promoting in its franchised stores over the country. But the local outlet declined to enter the promotion. Syracuse’s KFC is owned by Plymouth optometrist Robert Vore, who also owns the Nappanee KFC. AN ARTICLE last week in The Miami Herald by columnist Bob Swift caught our eye. He wrote he had been caught up in the current mode of acronyms, beginning with YUPies, coined to mean Young Urban Professionals. He wrote: ANGLO refers to Anyone Not Glaringly Latin or Otherwise. Then he came up with DINK — Double Income, No Kids, referring to a growing group of couples who enjoy the affluence of two paychecks without the expense of rearing children. A marketing professor said of DINKS: “They are sure they don’t want children. Maybe they feel they aren’t family people or maybe they believe children cost too much. Some .. . are a breed of self-centered accumulators— a greed breed.” Swift went on to write, “It never occurred to people of my generation that we could choose not to have kids. Nobody told us that instead of having kids we could take a trip to Paris or get naked in hot tubs filled with Cool Whip or buy large foreign cars. And, of course, nobody hinted that orthodontia, jeans, tuitions or collect calls lay ahead. “If they had, we might have opted for gerbils instead. As it was, we opted for children and got gerbils, too, as well as turtles, tropical fish, white mice, etc.” He ends by writing, “But personally ... I think it’s rinky-dink to be a DINK. I couldn’t imagine not having kids. I wouldn’t swap my kids for anything. Oh, maybe a long, powerful speed boat.” ' . LAST WEEK’S Letter to the Editor from Nathaniel Crow Fick, Sr., disputing the fact that Hoosier desperado John Dillinger ever lived at the Crows Nest on the east side of Lake Wawasee, brought to mind a number of Dillinger stories by area old timers. Fick wrote in his letter, “We heard several rumors that Crows Nest had been searched by authorities looking for Dillinger, and that John Dillinger had visited Crows Nest... but isn’t that much different than living there? ’ ’ In that mid-308 era, when America lay idle and slumbered in the midst of the Great Depression, John Dillinger and his escapades were big news. So many Indiana towns laid claim to his paying a midnight visit to retrieve guns and am(Continued on page 5)