The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 September 1987 — Page 5

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0 (Continued from page 4) munition and to seek out the services of a country doctor. An example of this was when three men awakened the late Dr. Leslie Laird, a North Webster general practitioner and father of Bob Laird of r 3 Syracuse, one night to patch up a gun shot wound of one of the trio. There had been a South Bend bank robbery that night and one man had been wounded. It was assumed, therefore, that Dr. Laird’s patient was one of the men who took part in the bank robbery. (Note: Other children of Dr. Laird are Frances (Mrs. Dean) Shirey, 42 Mid-lakes Park, North Webster and Nancy (Mrs. Gerold) Baker, r 3 Syracuse. Dr. Laird did what he could, as two other members of the group waited in the car outside Laird’s Office, located on the west side of SR 13 in the downtown business block. It .was presumed that one of the men in the waiting car was Dillinger. When he finished bandaging up his patient, one of them hit Dr. Laird over the head with the butt of a gun, and he fell to the floor unconscious,

Under the . . . Courthouse OS Dome • By Ron Sharp ||

ONE OUT OF SIX — A free lunch is served to one student out of every six in the school systems in Kosciusko County. . the Indiana Department of Education shows that out of 10,303 students served on a school day an average of 1 534 were free or partially free to the student. This is in line with the state average of one out of six. State and federal assistance programs resulted in the local schools collecting $630,699 during the 1986-87 school year (Sept. 1986 to June iyo//. The state and federal programs paid the full rate of $1 225 per meal for 1,229 students, partially paid at .825 per meal for 305 students and 13 per meal for 8,769 students. Below is a chart listing schools and fully paid students (PS) students with free meals (FM), students with partially free meals \FF),ai»dUu»ii,iuufcuU(TC). School PS FM PF TS Warsaw 2,800 462 102 3,364 Wawasee 1,716 197 39 Tippecanoe 987 200 40 <227 Whltko 1,218 196 45 1,459 WaNee 1,609 126 71 1,806 Triton 439 48 8 495 Tota ’ a -a, 8 ’ 769 1 ’ 229 305 10,303 Funds received from federal and state subsidized programs: Wariv W xT s2(^ 4 £L Wawase€ Tippecanoe $88,903, Whitko 96,448 WaNee $97,898, Triton $27,389. Total: Federal $524,968, State $105,731. WHERE ARE THE PRIORITIES'? In the Iran-Contra hearings the committee conducting the hearing have cost the taxpayers of this nation an estimated $4 million. The special prosecutor handling this has leased posh offices in Washington through 1988 with an option for another year. Estimated cost of his investigation if $lO to S2O million all footed from your income tax. The diversion of the Iran-Contra funds cost the taxpayer nothing Why isn’t Congress investigating the Chicago Housing Authority problem in which millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money has apparently been mishandled or disappeared? SUGGESTION — President Reagan pardon both North and Poindexter at once. (Then the special prosecutor’s office could be shut down, saving us millions of dollars.) Also, Reagan could appoint Col. North to run the Chicago Housing Authority. He might even operate it at a profit! I ERRED ON MISHLER — In my August column I reported that the only state legislative member from this area to vote against the state income tax increase was Senator John Augsburger. * .. reports House Member Gregory Mishler. Mishler states that he did not see the need for a tax increase, was very vocal about this, and voted against the tax. Mishler is planning to seek Senator Augsburger’s seat Augsburger has announced that he will not seek re-election in 1988 Both legislators are Republicans. SOME QUESTIONS LINGER ON - The State Board of Accounts report on Kosciusko County Treasurer Vicky Shoemaker’s office for 1986 raises a number of questions. ? — Why wasn’t Mrs. Shoemaker required to pay the $2,257.13 shortage when discovered instead of waiting until the end of her term in 1988? Others have had to pay at once. ? — Bank Overdraft. Noticeably absent from bank overdraft list is the Lake City Bank. Did this bank receive more favorable treatment by the treasurer than the Counting House, the First National, and the Syracuse bank? ? — How did the auditor’s office compile the 1987 budget figures, when the bank and treasurer’s records were not reconciled? (The 1987 budget was advertised in August 1986. The 1987 budget includes cost of operation until the end of June 1986. The reconciliation for June 1986 was not done until Sept. 1986) ? — How much money has been lost by the treasurer’s not filing the overdue personal property assessments with the county clerk? When filed in the clerk’s office they become liens against the individual and are collectable. (No one has any idea of how much this failure cost the taxpayer.) LAST BUT NOT LEAST - Why was Mrs. Shoemaker given a $1,242 raise by the Kosciusko County Council for 1988? Her new salary will be $21,940. This represents a 6 percent increase. This is the same increase granted to most of the county’s employees and officeholders who have received high marks from the state board of accounts. According to an observer who attended the council budget review early this month, the county treasurer showed up late for the budget hearing. Nothing was said about her entire budget except to ask her if she had enough days in her extra help line item. County treasurer has passed off the state audit report — she was not ‘ ‘overly concerned. ’ ’ By gum, I believe her. She ain’t. RUMOR — Has been floating about that Mrs. Shoemaker will resign. A replacement if she resigns would be named by County Republican precinct officers. _ o _ REVERSED TREND —ln July 19851 wrote a column concerning a trend in which Kosciusko County was lagging behind in labor force available for manufacturing. At that time Kosciusko County was showing a labor force increase of only 7.9 percent as compared to counties around us of more than 18 percent. Also pointed out was the foresight of Deb Wiggins, president of the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce and head of the Kosciusko Development, Inc. She advocated a program of working with existing industries for keeping them in the county and expanding their facilities . Wgim’ efforts have paid off. In July 1987 figures released by the Indiana Employment Security Division showed that Kosciusko County has increased its labor force since 1985 by 13.3 percent This compares with an area increase of only 3.2 percent. Statistics on the labor market are shown below (July 1987, persons available and percent of increase or decrease from 1985): Fulton 9,780, decrease of 6 percent Huntington 19,750, Increase of 4 percent Marshall 23,450, decrease of 6.4 percent Noble 20,650, decrease of 2 percent Wabash 17,725, decrease of 4.7 percent Whitley 14,450, increase of 7.3 percent Kosciusko 35,800, Increase of 13.3 percent Elkhart 94,000 increase of 5.4 percent Area Total: 835,606, increase of 3.8 percent

where he laid for about three hours. Date: Summertime, 1934. Bob Laird, who supplied us this information, was then a junior in North Webster High School. Dr. Laird moved to Richmond, Ind., in 1947 where he became superintendent of the state hospital, a post he held until his death, on January 31,1960. NEEDY FAMILIES will get a lift from Indiana bakers, as they initiate their 13-day drive, Breadfest ’B7: A Bakers Dozen Days. Their prograrrf’is to get as much flour as possible for delivery to Gleaner’s Food Bank in Indianapolis for distribution. “It’s a first of its kind,” says Randy Good, president of Midwest Bakers Assn. Their goal: 2,000 lbs. of flour, Good said, 100 lb. bags of flour at sl2. Last year Gleaners released 5.4 million pounds of food to charitable organizations.

Letters to the editor DNR director comments on hatchery site (EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter from James M.. Ridenour, director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, was directed to Bill Spurgeon, President of the Wawasee Property Owners’ Association, Inc., and sent to The Mail-Journal for our use as a Let ter to the Editor.) Dear Bill: Your letter of September 16 and the attached resolution of the Wawasee Property Owners’ Association, Inc., is viewed as a very positive step in resolving the differences in opinion over the use of the old state hatchery property located on Wawasee. We all agree that the old hatchery site is a beautiful part of Indiana and a piece of our common heritage — well known to many Hoosiers. I can assure you that we do not want to do anything that would reflect poorly on that image. We are in the process of doing those things we need to do in order to preserve that beautiful but aging brick building. The winters have not been kind to the structure and we are in the beginning of a program that will insure that the building will be restored the place of prominence it deserves. We are also in the design phase of the construction of restroom facilities. It has long been my contention that we should have proper restroom facilities if we are going to encourage family picnics, playgrounders, etc ... It is my understanding that the homeowners on the lake realize the need for the availability of public restrooms. I have had a number of people comment on that subject. Also, we have planned for the inclusion of some sort of a pier type access to the lake —a place where the family could enjoy some shore fishing even if they didn’t have a boat. I have asked our people to make sure that it is done in such away as to provide access to the Lake for the handicapped. The sticking point has always been the public access ramp. I am pleased to see that the Association has recognized the value of a ramp in making Indiana’s largest natural lake available to our citizens. Obviously, I would not want the ramp put in place until the other facilities such as the restrooms and picnicking facilities are in place. We would plan to have staff on the property from Memorial Day through Labor Day and on other days as necessary. In the “off season” we would take care of the grounds by use of other DNR staff located in close proximity to the hatchery site. You mentioned the problems associated with congestion around tournament fishing. We agree and understand that this can become a problem. We are presently encouraging the Michigan DNR to drop their season that limits bass fishing. Our biologists see no scientific reason to close a bass season but Michigan has long had a closed season and tradition dies hard. If we can get some relief from Michigan that would help the early season problems that caused such a headache in Syracuse.

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A monument was dedicated September 17, 1937, in the city park commemorating an event, 100 years earlier, when Indians who had resided for many years near Lake Wawasee, granted the white settlers and pioneers a treaty and land grant conveying the lakes and a large area of land to the white people. The commemoration was featured at the Second Annual Lake Mardi Gras with an Indian pageant on the second day. There was also a large exhibit of Indiana’s Indian relics displayed and a showing of a newly-constructed miniature model of the state’s first capital, located at Corydon and first state map of Indiana. There were teepees or tents erected on Main Street with Indians in their colorful attire. Dwight H. Green, former United States District Attorney of the Northern District of Illinois and a native of Ligonier, conducted the dedication ceremony. Other speakers included Samuel Jackson, Fort Wayne attorney, Col.

It is encouraging to see the way Syracuse people are searching for answers to their concerns in a positive manner. I heard many thoughts on how problems of scheduling and congestion might be worked out when a group of Syracuse residents attended the Legislative Natural Resources Study Committee last week. All states are going through this same sort of discussion. We are not unique — and we, at the DNR don’t claim to have all the knowledge about how to address what has become more of a social problem. We encourage further dialogue between and among our citizens and our legislators. We will be glad to swap thoughts with any who would like to talk with us. The cooperative attitudes that are developing among the bass clubs and the Syracuse people is encouraging and I commend them for their patience. Bill, we received SIOO,OOO from this past legislature to get going on this project. We can’t accomplish everything we want to do for SIOO,OOO but we can get started. Thank you for your letter and expression of support. Let’s keep the channels of communication open. Sincerely, James M. Ridenour Director Remembers days in North Webster Dear Editor: My son and family were in Indiana this weekend and happened to pick up a newspaper while there. Os course, I read it cover-to-cover and in Mary Lee Willman’s column, under “Tales and superstitions from the past,” I agree threshing was hot, hard work. I lived in Tippecanoe Township a good many years and as I remember, yes, Sam Whissler did thresh, but in our area, it was Jesse Kuhn (not Will Kuhn) and Frank Horn who threshed. I rode on Frank Horn’s steam engine many times and' my brother

drove the water tank. He is Lewis Streby and lives southeast of North Webster. My dad worked for “Bud” Mock. He did sawmill work, but his engine stayed there as I remember. My mom always helped with the big dinners on threshing and butchering days. Our neighbors were the Frank Horns, John Chaneys, Pearl Loutzenhizers, Dude Bennetts, Milt Millers, Bill Kuhns, Bill Wrights, Joe Paynes, Jesse Kuhns and others I can’t recall right now. Do these names ring a bell for any readers? I would love to read Kip Sullivan’s book about North Webster. I enjoyed your paper very much. Sincerely, Audrey (Streby) Harman Red Cross thanks volunteers Dear Editor: The Mt. Tabor Church of God was host to the American Red Cross Bloodmobile recently near Etna Green. This is a hew site this year and the Kosciusko County Chapter of Red Cross wishes to thank all the volunteers from the church, Pastor Lee Culp, not to forget the volunteer blood donors. We did not meet our goal that day of 75 pints; however, 48 persons presented themselves and 40 units were drawn. The eight deferrals were for medical reasons. Those receiving special recognition were Wayne Helmuth, having donated four gallon; and Kenneth R. Miller, one gallon. Welcome to the Red Cross Bloodmobile family! Sincerely, Norma J. Anglin Executive Director

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' Harry D. Abells and Major Edward Bouma of the Morgan Park Military Academy in Chicago, and Professor Ross Lochridge of Indiana University. The Syracuse-Wawasee Community Chamber of Commerce made the plans for what was considered one of the greatest Indian pageants ever held in the State of Indiana. This photo, loaned to us by John Sudlow, shows Green, in the center, being admitted to the tribe of Indians represented. He was permitted to don a war bonnet and smoke a pipe of piece. On Green’s left is Chief Thundercloud and to his right is Chief Robert Redwing. Accounts of the Indiana Journal on September 23, 1937, do not indicate which tribes the Indians present represented. The stone shown in the photo still stands at Lakeside Park.

About good kids Dear Editor: I want to add to what John Replogle said — there are some good kids. A few weeks ago, I had just pushed my lawn mower out on the driveway in preparation for mowing my lawn. A couple boys were riding by on bicycles and one of them whipped his bicycle into my driveway and said, “Can I help you start that?” I said, “If you’d like to.” He started my mower and hopped on his bike and took off. I was so surprised I called “thank you” to him, but I’m not sure he heard me. I do not know who he was, but I wish I did. He looked to be about 10 years old, was blonde and nicelooking. He’ll never know how much that helped me because for this “old lady,” that’s the hardest part about mowing. Darlene Miller Felony warrants to be issued for criminal mischief Detective Robert E. Houser of the Syracuse Police Department reports that felony warrants for criminal mischief will be issued for two adults and one juvenile. The three are suspects in the vandalism of a new home under construction by George Vitaniemi, a teacher at Wawasee High School. The Syracuse Police Department conducted an investigation into the September 10 vandalism, where approximately $4,000 in damage was done to the home. Several windows were shot with BB guns, while the driveway and brick exterior of the house were spray painted with red and black paint. Warrants will be issued by the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office.

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