The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 42, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 December 1987 — Page 5
Hiler-Ward ire-match assured
f By GLEN LONG I Staff Writer With the announcement by Rep. John P. Hiler in Walkerton Tuesday, Dec 1, that he will seek a fifth term as 3rd District representative to Congress, a rematch has been created with Democrat Thomas W. Ward, who is seeking the congressional seat again. In 1986 Ward and Hiler were locked in the closest congressional race in the country, with Hiler winning by 47 votes after Ward had called for a recount. The original vote count had shown Hiler to be a winner by 66 votes, with 151,911 votes having been cast. Immediately after the lengthy recount that ended in late
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GOP SENATE CANDIDATE — Robert L. Meeks of LaGrange was in the lakes area last week to announce his candidacy for the state senate from District 13, a post held for the past 12 years by John B. Augsburger of Syracuse. Meeks is best known as a former Ist sergeant with the Indiana State Police, retiring in iwn. Since then he has been associated with Hand industries and with an area travel agency. Since 1985 he has had his own detective agency in LaGrange, known as Meeks Agency, Inc. At 53 years of age Meeks is president of the Lakeland School Board of Trustees. He will be a candidate in the May 1988 primary election. The 13th district includes five townships in northern Kosciusko County, all of Noble and LaGrange counties, and three townships in DeKalb County.
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR STATE SENATE — Dennis J. Sprunger, Kendallville, has announced his candidacy on the Democratic ticket for the Indiana State Senate in District 13. Senator John Augsbnrger, Syracuse, currently holds the district 13 seat and has stated be will not seek re-election. Sprunger, 33, is a teacher in the East Noble School Corporation where he has taught for nine years. He is also president of the East Noble Education Association, state representative for N.E.A. National Convention, representative for I.S.T.A. State Convention, and has served on I.S.T.A. Instruction and Professional Development. He served in voluntary service in Bolivia, South Africa, where he established an elementary school, initiated a visiting nurse program and developed agricultural programs. Sprunger was born and raised in the Mennonite heritage near Berne and is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Kendallville. Sprunger and his wife of 11 years, Karen, have two daughters, Jessica, eight; and Casey, six.
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January, 1987, Ward announced that he would run again. After the recount he resumed his private law practice in Knox. Ward, 33, is a 1970 graduate of Notre Dame and the Law School in Denver, Colo., where he graduated in 1974. He graduated Cum Laude from Notre Dame and was first in his law class at Colorado. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army after having served two years
Beauty as it is trod on
| By GLORIA J. LEER I Guest Feature Writer There are those who walk life’s paths looking straight ahead or with noses slightly up that never see beauty that some of us humbler humans find beneath our feet. The strange thing about the completely beautiful specimens polished into jewelry is that they began the transformation as a mud caked pebble that someone found interesting, picked up, wet either by washing, or if in the field, licking, and if it held a shine for a while from the dampness, stuck it in a rock bag. The ability to hold a shine differentiates the gem stone from the field stone. Most of the common gem stones found in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan are of the hardness of quartz, jasper, flint — however, the hardest of all, diamonds — have been found in some of the southern Indiana streams. During the ice age, the glaciers moved much of the gem stones into Indiana, ending its movement slightly below the latitude of Milan. In Michigan, we find several very high quality gemstones — top of which might be the rare “Isle Royale” greenstone — small pebbles are occasionally washed up on Lake Superior beaches, along with Lake Superior agates and Thompsonite. Some of the Lake Superior agate will feature a chatoyancy (a play of lights and shadows) as the stone is turned, or interesting color bands or fortifications. Another good source of the Lake Superior agate is at Muscatine, lowa, in the gravel pits. One of the most unusual stones the rockhound finite is in Utah — dinosaur bone* — the drab dark grey when it is cut reveals red and black pathways that carried the fluids through the system of the host. Montana offers us the Picture agates, and jade similar in quality to the finest British Columbian or Alaskan varieties. From Arizona primarily, comes the beautiful turquoise used by the Indians in trading, ornamentation, and envied by all us non-Indian fanciers. There is an ever present danger facing rock hounds. As we move up slopes or down into gullies to remote places, we are usually liable to encounter a rattler or two, so it is well to wear protective leggings and watch before placing a hand some place for support. After the trip is finished, the rock hound becomes a participant in the lapidary arts. The stones are washed, slabbed on a rock saw with a diamond blade (diamond will cut any other stone) and then a round or oval form is marked out using the most advantageous part of the pattern for beauty of the final product. The stone is dopped (attached to a stick with high temperature wax), is moved along several degrees of coarseness grinding stones to the desired shape, then washed and finally onto the polishing wheel, which might have been treated with tin oxide or jeweler’s rouge. There we have a beautiful cabachon which is ready to mount in a machine or handmade bezel pendant or ring, vastly changed from the humble beginning in the field.
during the Vietnam era. Isis strong race against Hiler was his first political race. Hiler, 34, first captured the 3rd District in 1980, when he defeated Democrat incumbent John Brademas. He won a close reelection contest against Richard Bodine, a former speaker of the Indiana House, in 1982 and then defeated popular St. Joseph County prosecuting attorney Mike Barnes by a wider margin in 1984. Hiler bad been mentioned as a likely candidate for the nomination as lieutenant governor of Indiana, but said he decided he can serve his Indiana district more by being in Washington. He said the problems faced in the 3rd District are coming more from Washington, D.C., than from Indianapolis and he wants to play a constructive role in solving those
Next time you find yourself along some quiet shore, or meandering along some remote stream, or cutting through some private owner’s land where you have been lucky enough to be granted permission, take the time to see*what treasure might possibly be,beneath your feet. And please — respect the privilege so that the opportunity is never lost to others. Police officer sfl unconscious, driver charged James L. Davis, 36, of Louisville, Ohio, was charged with attempted murder Tuesday morning, Dec. 2, by Kosciusko County Prosecutor Michael Miner. Miner noted, “Essentially Davis drove one of the police vehicles over officer Fred Headv. He (Davis) was intoxicated at the time.” The incident happened early Thanksgiving morning on US 30. The high speed chase started west of Warsaw near the Pick-N-Patch Market close to Hoffman Lake and ended after Warsaw Police Officers set up two different road blocks to stop the vehicle. Officials stated that they’re not sure why Davis started running though he does have a prior police record. He will be charged with up to five felony charges, two misdemeanor charges and a number of traffic violations. Both Davis and Officer Heady remain in Fort Wayne hospitals, where Heady has not yet regained consciousness. Davis will not be arrested until he’s released from the hospital. At that time a hearing date win be scheduled. SAC meeting to be Dec. 9 Joan B. McNagny and Dr. John Harrold will be guest speakers at the December 9 meeting of the Syracuse School Advisory Committee. Mrs. McNagny is a member of the Indiana State School Board, and Dr. Harrold, is director of the curriculum division for the Indiana State Department of Education. The guest speakers will address the current thinking of the Indiana .State Department of Education on the long-term direction of'curriculum development in middle school education. Also invited to attend the meeting are members of the Wawasee Community School Board and Central Administration, Syracuse Building Curriculum Committee, and the building principals and representatives from each school in the corporation. Hijacker WASHINGTON - A Lebanese man accused of masterminding the 1985 hijacking of a Jordanian airliner was lured aboard Aboat manned by FBI agents inthe Mediterranean Sea, arrested ana returned to the United States, the Justice Department announced.
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The Waco Dancing Pavilion, new and enlarged, was completed about 1923 and to meet the requirements for more parking space, the road was moved back to its present location, and sand was pumped from the lake for fill. In the 1930’s great bands of the era were booked, including Wayne King, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Cab Calloway, Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington, Spike Jones, Ted Weems, and Jan Garber. The Waco became famous nationally. The pavilion was used in its later years as a roller skating rink and in 1956 was purchased by Harold Van Orman of Fort Wayne who planned to built a new
Elks Lodge, VFW Post among placed burglarized
Syracuse Police were kept busy over the Thanksgiving holiday, with incidents of burglary, criminal trespass, theft, unlawful entry, and vandalism being reported. The burglary of the Eagles Lodge in Syracuse was reported Former Milford area resident injured in accident Paul Haney, formerly of rural Milford, was severely injured on Friday, Nov. 20, in an accident in a parking lot in Elkhart, where he now resides. He was taken to Elkhart Hospital, where it was determined he had suffered several fractures of the hip and pelvis. Haney’s wife, Mildred, who has been an invalid for several years has been cared for at home by her husband during her long illness. She has now been moved to Fountainview Place of Elkhart, 1001 Hively Ave., Elkhart.
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r LIBRARY MOVE IS SCHEDULED — The North Webster Tip- ' pecanoe Township Library will soon be moving across the street into the new North Webster Community Building. In order to make the sufficient funds for setting up the area are needed, and once agiuu the mayoral race monies will be coming fas just iu time. ' t Shown in the photo is library president Philip Holliday, on the left, rereiving a check from mayoral race chairman Richard Long. (Photo by Carla Gaff)
Monday, Nov. 30, after it was discovered that a window on the east side of the building had been forced open. A door on the north side of the building was also found open. The only thing found missing was seven to eight single dollar bills. The incident, which is believed to have occurred between 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, and 1:25 p.m. Monday, is still under investigation. Also under investigation is the unlawful entry of the VFW Lodge. Someone entered the lodge between 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, and 1:45 p.m. Monday and took $30.90 from under a cash register. The burglary of the Kenneth H. Hall residence on East Pittsburg Street was also reported Monday afternoon when Hall discovered a shotgun had been removed from his bedroom. The gun, valued at $430, was taken sometime between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday. The incident remains under investigation. Criminal trespass was reported
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resort hotel on the former site. By November 1967 the Waco building and other structures were being cleared. Shown in the photo is the interior of the Waco Dancing Pavilion as it appeared on a number of postcards during that era. The post card was loaned to us by Dixie Simmons. If anyone else can provide additional information on the Waco Pavilion they may contact the Syracuse office of The Mai]-Journal lie Rast Main street
by the Town of Syracuse Police Department when an officer discovered that an unknown subject(s) drove through the alley at the rear of the town ball and broke the right window of a patrol car, possibly with a pellet gun. The incident occurred sometime between 8:15 p.m. and 8:35 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, and caused S2OO in damage. The theft of a tree was reported from the Alice Stefanski residence in Syracuse. Stefanski noted that the tree had been taken from her yard on East
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Henry Street sometime between Thursday, Nov. 26, and Saturday, Nov. 28. Loss was set at S3O. Jack Stoeling, Syracuse, reported an incident of vandalism at 7:04 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, after be discovered someone had broken the driver’s side window of his 1977 Ford Granada while it was parked at his residence, causing an unestimated amount <rf damage. In a similar incident, Bret A. Hite, North Webster, noted that the passenger side window of his Z2B had been broken while it was
parked on the 400 Mock at saam Main Street. The incident, wiridi was reported at 11:22 pjn. last Wednesday, Nov. 25, also resulted in a cracked windshield. A damage estimate was unknown.
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