The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 42, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 December 1987 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed.. December 2,1987

Editorial (

More positive actions at Syracuse ♦u o nce . again the Syracuse Town Board has taken positive actions that continue to give the police department an upgraded effect. Approval of a book of rules and regulations governing the operation of the police department came at the November 17 meeting. The book is the work of Syracuse Town Marshal Bob Ziller. He had submitted it at the October meeting. The board made some changes in the book but was quick to praise Ziller on his initiative in putting the rules and regulations together. The book is just one of many improvements made for and by the Syracuse Police Department since Ziller took over the helm. We feel these improvements are good and are marked improvements for the town of Syracuse. Congratulations Irene Abts Congratulations go to Irene Abts who was named Red Cross “Volunteer of the Year.” A resident of Lake Wawasee, she was among those honored at the 70th annual appreciation dinner meeting of the American Red Cross. Irene has been a Red Cross volunteer for 48 years and recorded 4,096 hours this year. ‘She is always available to help,” said Red Cross executive director Norma J. Anglin. “She is one person we can call on any time for anything.” The Lake Wawasee resident said’ “I don’t think I deserve anything special. Over the years I have found working with the Red Cross very fulfilling. I think it’s important for us all to help other people. ’ ’ Irene is one of those special people who go that extra mile to help others and expect nothing in return. She deserves all of the praise she has received. It's beginning to look . .. Yesterday, Dec. 1, the weather was cold and there was snow on the ground during the early morning hours. Traveling country roads during the early morning hours, drivers found Christmas lights were burning bright at some of the homes they passed. Santa had made a visit last weekend to Syracuse and is scheduled to be in North Webster this weekend. Truly, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. If you haven’t caught that spirit as yet, why not plan to join others on the Syracuse-Wawasee Garden Club’s Christmas Bell Walk this Sunday. Hours will be from 1 to 4 p.m. and each home on the walk has been decorated in a grand style for the many visitors expected. Homes on the list include those of Wade and Nancv Logan. Arthur and Elaine Schenick, Ronald and Vicki Stoll, Tom and Patti Jackson, Larry and Linda Harkleroad, Dave and Sally Bidinger and Ron and Arlene Corson. One of the purposes of the tour is to encourage others to decbrate for the holiday season. Proceeds will be used to promote the projects of thegarden club, including civic projects. It would be well worth one’s time and money to invest in this walk and really get into the spirit of the season. Hidden dates In drug and grocery stores the consumer is often baffled by a product label which gives an expiration date of the product’s freshness in code. Why a code? That deprives the customer of this vital information. It allows customers to buy stale and deteriorated food and drug products. Retailers want this information in code. They claim that they remove all overaged products from shelves, regularly. Not all do. Countless consumers caij testify that they’ve bought many “expired” products even when the date is plainly marked on the package. More often, inevitably, they buy overaged products whose expiration dates are hidden in coded lines. Congress, which manages to accomplish so little, ought to be able to eijact legislation to protect consumers from stale shelf products. Easily understandable expiration dates for all grocery and drug products should be made mandatory in packaging. Get outside This winter take advantage of clear air, open woods and cold weather to enjoy the outdoors. One must, of course, dress appropriately. Hiking and walking through the forests can be a unique pleasure. In many ways winter hiking is preferable to summer outings. There’s no poison ivy or oak, no snakes. One can see more and appreciate the topography. Boundary markers can be found, bird nests and animal habitats can be spotted, and when there is snow, wildlife can be easily tracked. Rare trees and plants can more easily be found. Because it’s cold, many in today’s world of modern comfort remain indoors all winter. Dressed properly, one can enjoy the outdoors as much in winter as in summer.

What others say — Ex-presidents' perks Nice work if you can get it. We’re talking about one of the world’s most regal arrangements: the pampered life of a former American president. Whether he’s teeing off on a Palm Springs golf course or hitting the ski slopes at Vail, Gerald Ford is accompanied by a small legion of Secret Service agents. Similar throngs of security men shadow Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon. In all, taxpayers fork over nearly S3O million yearly for the aid and comfort of these three former chief executives. The perks only start with life-long Secret Service protection. There are also the expansive offices each man gets, for life. And $300,000 a year for attendants. Some of this can be justified. Some degree of security, for at least a short period after a president has left office, is surely appropriate. But when the transformation to private life is complete, Secret Service resources should be redirected to where there is real and present need. It is hard to justify underwriting office space and staff through the remainder of an ex-president’s life. Paychecks from publishers ought to be more than adequate to cover these costs, making raids on the Treasury unnecessary. Sen. Lawton Chiles, D-Fla., agrees. His Former Presidents Act of 1987 would force ex-chief executives to rely much more on their own means. Asked what kind of government the Constitutional Convention had fashioned, Benjamin Franklin delivered the famous reply, “A republic, if you can keep it.” Chiles’ bill would affirm that we are still dedicated to republican principles by depriving former White House residents of expense accounts fit for kings. -DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS . - . '■ ■ *

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Cynthia D Hasse, 22, Syracuse, $96; Steven W. Yoder, 26, Syracuse, $63 Disregarding stop sign — John S. Kozun, 33, Syracuse, $63 Small Claims The following judgments have been awarded in Small ClainS Division, Kosciusko County Court , Judge James Jarrett presiding: Paradise Music, Inc., Joe Ousley Jr. vs Mike Jackson. Judgment for plaintiff $124.50 plus costs. Kurt Adler, Inc. vs Glenda Eisehauer d/b/a Country Carriage Shoppe. Judgment for plaintiff $2,934.07 plus costs. Desmond Jackson vs Brian Sawyer. Judgment for Plaintiff $791.30 plus costs. Mike’s Auto Sales vs Phillip Goodman. Judgment for plaintiff $935.80 plus costs. North Shore Public Utilities, Inc. vs Edward and Sherie Haman. Judgment for plaintiff $155.05. County Court The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrett presiding: Disobey Automatic Signal — Charles Stuckman, 24, Syracuse, S6O. Expired License Plate — Jeffery Sorensen, 22, Milford, S6O. Speeding — Denny Simmons, 31, Syracuse, $65. Expired Temporary Plate — David Culbertson, 23, Syracuse, S6O. Goshen Division Speeding — Jeffery S. Warstler, 32, Syracuse, SSB; Donald E. Stahly, 45, Syracuse, $54 Driving with BAC in excess of .1 percent — Richard Donald Cain, Jr., 41, Syracuse, $350 plus costs, 60 days in jail suspended on the condition the defendant be on non-reporting probation for one year, follow standard probation terms, attend alcohol education meetings, and driver’s license suspended 90 days Superior Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Petition For Support Affadavit And Motion For Provisional Orders Sharon Sue Grosch, Kosciusko Co., vs Rick Wayne Grosch, 21867 Christopher Dr., Elkhart. Plaintiff seeks: Count I - Orders for support; orders for reimbursement of Indiana State Department of Public Welfare; costs and all relief proper. Count H - Court to enter provisional orders upon obligated parent for support and all relief proper. Complaint Consolidation Services International, Inc. vs Floyd Thompson, d/b/a Thompson Agri-Builders and Thompson Custom Fabricating. Plaintiff seeks: A. $4,287, B. Prejudgment interest and unpaid balance at eight percent per annum from July 29, 1987, to date of judgment. C. Post judgment interest on unpaid balance with interest at 12 percent per annum until judgment with interest is paid in full. D. Costs. E. All Just and proper relief. Complaint On Account Collection Bureau Os Warsaw vs G. Edward Teeple and Ann Teeple. Plaintiff seeks $1,405 plus costs and all proper relief. Proceedings Supplemental State Os Indiana Department Os Revenue vs Shirley A. Clevenger, r 1, box 637A, North Webster. Plaintiff seeks the court to order the defendant to appear to answer as to any non-exempt property which can be applied to satisfy judgment. Complaint State Bank Os Syracuse vs Andrew Young, r 1, box 208, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks $1,672.17 plus costs and all proper relief. Complaint Steven Toller and Kim Toller vs Jack D. Oakes and Geraldine Oakes, 8750 Vern Rd., St. Chaiies, Mich, and The Harborside Condominium Homeowners’ Association, Inc., r 1, ox 93, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks: Count I - Compensation for loss of pool right and lake access, for all damages in the amount of $7,500 plus costs and all further And proper relief. Count II - Punitive damages of $25,000 plus costs and all further proper relief. Complaint

Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Becky S. Johnson, r 2, box 176, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks $532.72 pins $55 court costs and all other proper relief. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Chaiies E. Knowles Jr., r 2, box 119, North Webster. Plaintiff seeks $517.24 plus $55 court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Sarah Pauley, 871 Excalibur Place, Cromwell. Plaintiff seeks $435.07 phis $55 court costs.

Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Steven Kiser, 113 E. Shore Dr., Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks $453.37 plus court costs of $55. Complaint Classic Car Center, Inc. vs North Webster Marine, Inc. c/o Dennis Schaaf, r 1, box 246, North Webster. Plaintiff seeks $1,859.95 plus pre-judgment interest, costs of collection, attorney’s fees, post judgment interest and all further and proper relief. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Timothy Adkins, M-Dee Acres, Apt. 28, Nappanee. Plaintiff seeks $230 plus costs of $55. * Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Evon Beattie, 2629 Frances Ave., Elkhart. Plaintiff seeks $415.42 plus costs of $55. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Lori J. Elliott, r 3, Apt. 1, Pierceton. Plaintiff seeks $407.74 plust costs of $55. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Albert Fowler, r 1, box 88, Kimmel. Plaintiff seeks $326.93 plus costs of $55. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Sandra Fowler, r 1, box 88, Kimmel Plaintiff seeks $268.58 plus costs of $55. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Nancy Ostrander, r 1, Kimmel. Plaintiff seeks $340.79 plus costs of $55. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs William K. Wight, r 3 , box 639, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks $480.97 plus costs of $55. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Stephenson - Hammock Chris Edward Stephenson, 24, Leesburg and Margaret M. Hammock, 23, P.O. B ox 605, Pierceton. Ridenour - Shupe Timothy Michael Ridenour, 23, r 5, box 97F, Syracuse and Kristine Gail Shupe, 20, r 5, box 97F, Syracuse. Marriage Dissolutions The following «spuples have filed for marriage, dissolutions in the Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: /\ Sparks — Judy Sparks, Warsaw and Donald Sparfcs_Kos, Co. The couple was married March 9, 1987 and seperated November 13, 1987. Holloway — Linda Holloway, Syracuse and Ashley Holloway, Syracuse. The couple was married August 6,1983 and seperated March 17,1987. Beene — Jeffrey Beene, North Webster and Lisa Beene, Swayzee. The couple was married July 2, 1987 and seperated October 16,1987. Koher — Christian Koher, Syracuse and Donna Koher, Fort Wayne. The couple was married May 25, 1979 and seperated October 31, 1987. There are two minor children , . NIPSCO plans to moderate spending Northern Indiana Public Service Company says its construction spending will moderate over the next five years since its major building program is over for this decade. The company’s recently approved five-year construction budget calls for $573 million in investments for electric and gas equipment and facilities from 1988-1992. NIPSCO’s peak five-year budget was about $2.6 billion from 1979-1984. During 1988, the construction budget is set at about sll2 million, a decrease of about $53 million from the 1987 budget. The 1987 budget was originally fixed at $l9O million but was reduced to $165 million later in the year in conjunction with the company’s cost control program. The five-year budget includes improvements in gas and electric distribution lines and other facilities to serve customers. In addition, about sll million of the five-year budget is allocated for environmental control equipment. Many of the expenditures are related to controlling emissions and improving air quality.

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"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE”

| NE READS all kinds of 111 stories this time of year la ■ about how business is, | following Thanksgiving, but all of this can’t be taken at face value. ' Some accounts call the day following Thanksgiving the biggest single shopping day of the year, others that retailers do as much as half their annual business between Thanksgiving and the new year. Fred Byland, Syracuse uptown jeweler since 1968, questions these figures. He predicted his store would do perhaps 25 percent of its annual volume the last two weeks of the year. Byland, however, said the uptown area needs more retail businesses, and was concerned that the Chamber of Commerce move to fill the building next to his to be vacated with the closing of Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Also in uptown Syracuse Dina Hubartt of Love Furniture said she thinks more people are entertaining in their homes, and are looking for quality merchandise for their homes. She called this investment buying, and that her customers are looking for quality. Love Furniture has enjoyed some good years in the 22 years it has been located on Hnntington Street in uptown Syracuse. They hope to make a considerable amount of deliveries just before Christmas. The store, owned by Dina, her husband Gerald, and son Richard, has always done a good lay-away business and this year is no exception. Don Melton, manager of Ben Franklin on Pickwick Road in the Village, called his store’s sales as good as last year, perhaps enjoying a two percent increase over a year ago. The store had good weekend traffic, and Melton, too, said his business would do the bulk of the holiday business the last 15 days of the year. “After all,” he said, “there are still some 110,000 million people working and drawing good paychecks ” He said he doesn’t think the stock market slump has much to do with shopping in stores such as his. Bob Curtis of Curtis TV, also on Pickwick Road in the "Village, said his business was “nothing extra,” but acknowledged that there are a lot of people around after Thanksgiving. Bob said his sales are big ticket items and would necessarily move slower. He added that there is not a lot of commitment, that he expects a good season, equally as good as last year, most of it coming from the second week in December through the second week of January. MARISE SMITH, owner of Marise’s Ladies’ & Children’s Apparel in Wawasee Village, has an outstanding line of merchandise for preChristmas sales. She advertises widely to attract aibroadening clientele to her shop. Marise says she has felt no postThanksgiving rush of business, but will find her heaviest flow of business the week or 10 days prior to Christmas. "This is the way it’s always been,” she commented. People must understand this is a summer town, and it is during the summer months when business at Marise’s peaks. She credits her late husband, Gene, with working with her to establish the business to the successful store it is today. Marise’s Ladies’ and Children’s Apparel will be 29 years old early next year. Another merchant said a little snow wouldn’t hurt in getting us an the holiday spirit. “It might have a good effect on retail sales,” he noted, but what they buy early they won’t buy later. For the most part, the community is looking for a good Christmas 1987. GARY SMITH, home with his wife Beverly for a long weekend with Gary’s parents, Merl and Maggie Smith, is able to keep his local friends regaled with tales of his Marching minettes, at various University of Illinois athletic events like football, basketball and, surprisingly enough, soccer. His 18-year experience as Director of Marching Bands at Champaign has brought Gary golden opportunities to appear before great events. His talents were honed earlier in Fort Wayne, St. Joe College at Rensselaer and Indiana State University at Terre Haute. His success in that field is becoming legendary, but his experiences as an American business entrepreneur in Mexico is another story. He has teamed up with others to open a light industrial manufacturing facility in Mexico City, an experience he would gladly like to withdraw from, if it can be done with any grace and capital-saving at all. Two reasons for the ill experience are cited by Gary: corruption in the marketplace and inflation that ranges over 100 percent per year. “One never knows for sure where he stands,” is a rather modest observation of a venture gone awry, Gary states. THE SYRACUSE Case Geezers were all atwitter. Ordinarily, they’re free to offer friendly advice on most any subject one would care to bring up. But this changed — quickly — on several occasions last week when an unknown lady sat down at the table thought of as a men’s-only table. She didn’t say anything... just looked and listened! This was enough to tongue-tie the most vocal of the group. “Who was that,” they chorused once the lady had paid her bill and vacated the premises. Now they ’re wondering who put her up to this sly maneuver.

MY, HOW time flies! That «reme the gist of the conversations heard at the SyracuseWawasee Rotary Chib recently. The chib was formed at a meeting of community leaden on December 10,1987. And so the latti of imvtnwuh the club, which has proved to be a leadenldp factor in the community, will be 40 years of age The Rotary Club will observe the occasion with a meeting at Maxweiton Country CM on Thursday, Dec. 10, with a dinner at 7p.m. (Pat: Happy Hew begins at 8:30p.m.) Current president of the Rotary Chib is Jim Evans. And Lewis Immel, a member in good standing for a good many yean, plans to nut together a history of the dub for next wank tion, with two memorable photos. A few of the “founding fathen” who are around today could be classified as old Geezers, but not those who hold the reigns today. QUOTE OF the week: A local businessman leaving his friends in a coffee shop with this remark: “Well, fellas, I have to go grovel at the altar of commerce.” SOMETIMES WE surprise ourselves with the number of local pictures we print in our weekly edition of The Mail-Jairnal Last week, for instance, we carried 51 local pictures (an unusual amount for a small, local weekly newspaper), and if a picture is the same as 18,880 words as the Chinese claim, the 51 photos amount to 1,100,008 words. We set our composing room to counting the number of words (including legals) in la«t week’s 22-page edition. It came out to map? words. This amounts to 1,178482 words, and all of it means a lot of local reading! what A little digging won’t produce! Our article in this column about Beaver Dtu» and Syracuse being the only Kosciusko County towns to have basketball teams go to the Sweet Sixteen play-offs at Indianapolis produced a letter from Bob Williams, sports information director for the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Williams wrote us that Syracuse played in the coveted Sweet Sixteen in both 1921 and 1926. He stated their IHSAA files have very little information except for the final scores. Syracuse lost to Huntington by a 20-16 score in 1921, when the tourney was played at the Indianapolis Coliseum, then Syracuse lost to Bedford by a 33-22 score in 1926 when the tourney was played in the Indianapolis Exposition Building. The 1921 tourney was played on March 18-19, and the 1926 tourney was on March 19-20. We also learned along the course of our inquiry that the Syracuse basketball team at one time played under the name of the Syracuse Muskrats. Thank goodness they changed it to the Yellowjackets. THE BAND played on at a Venice, Florida, bee-bop joint, and Sandy Paxson, daughter of Lois Schleeter, kept tapping her foot to the snappy tunes of the small band. Finally a bearded fellow who Lois said would qualify as an “Old Geezer” stepped up and started dancing with Sandy. The old fellow wore a white cap, a heavy white beard and mustache, and both he and Sandy were in short sleeve shirts and shorts. And, wouldn’t you know it, there appeared from nowhere a photographer named McCarthy from the Venice editisn of the New York Timesowned Sarasota fferaJd-nibeae to snap their photo. The two-column photo landed on the front page of the daily in its September Sth issue, with a one-line caption: Sandy Paxson and Dale McNeil can’t stop while the music hops. WELL KNOWN Tom Prickett will be 53 years of age on Tuesday, Dec. 8, and we’ll miss our guess by a wide mark if the folks at LoganRogers Realty, where Tom works, haven’t some kind of surprise for him. SYRACUSE TOWN Board President James Hughes recently received a letter he is proud of. It’s from Thomas G. Yeung, mayor of Syracuse, New York. He offers congratulations on behalf of the people of Syracuse, N.Y. to the town for its sesquicentennial, then writes*. "As we were founded within a few short years of one another, Pm sure our histories would he fen to compare. And having been to New Orleans this past March, where your Hoosiers enjoyed a last ifcsui victory over our Orangemen, I imagine basketball might provide a good deal for ns to toft about, too. “Please extend our City’s greetings to your citizens. And if Syracuse and Indiana meet next year in Kansas City, I hope we’ll have the opportunity to meet. •‘Till then, I hope you enjoy your 158th anniversary, and grew and flourish as a community.” CAROL KOBLE and Mark Tatman believe in on-the-job training. Carol 16 a newly (unopposed) Syracuse Town Board member and Mark is the town’s new clerk-treasurer, and they attended the November 17th meeting of the town board as a learning experience. With Mark was his mother Elgia, an accountant in her own right, who will assist Mark in manning the clerktreasurer’s office.