The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 May 1988 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., May 4,1988

Editorial

Mother's Day The observance of Mother’s Day in the United States is a recent one, beginning only in 1907. Then it was the idea of Miss Anna M. Jarvis, a Philadelphia school teacher, formerly of Grafton, West Virginia. Miss Jarvis arranged for a special church service and suggested white carnations be worn by those attending. The observance, on the second Sunday in May, has rapidly spread to every part of the United States. It became custom in all the states only four years after it had been suggested. In later years, the custom of wearing a white carnation on Mother’s Day was modified and those whose mothers were still alive wore red flowers. First observed in the United States, Mother’s Day has become an international occasion and mothers in every area of the world are now honored each year on Mother’s Day. More than anyone, the mother who cares for home and her children is destined to influence the character and future of the country. Often this responsibility is combined with a back-breaking and steady ordeal of sewing, washing, mending, cleaning, and teaching It is to this mother, who dedicates her life to her home, family and children, that the country owes a debt of gratitude. A tribute to Jennifer We would be in error if we did not take a minute to congratulate the WHS Future Problem Solving team of Brad Gerstner, Dawn Speicher and David Schmahl on their second place finish in the State Bowl last Saturday in Indianapolis. They dedicated their performance to their teammate, Jennifer Carty, who was killed in an auto accident recently. They came in second in the state. “At first it was a real blow,’’ said David. “I know I didn’t want to take the trophy.” They now, however, admit their second place finish is a tribute to Jennifer. David said, “It shows that we did the best we could, and we couldn’t win. We just couldn’t do it without her.” The three Wawasee High School students competed against 14 four-member teams and were able to overcome all of the odds except for one in trying to fill up the hole that was left when Jennifer died. As noted in a news item on the school pages of this paper, the team members spent the days prior to the State Bowl studying at least three times as hard for the tournament as they ever had before, in an attempt to fill the empty space. They did an excellent job. However, three people trying to do the work of four in a fight against the clock was as impossible task. A task which they almost overcame. They felt the loss of their teammate. Their second place honor is both a tribute to Jennifer, whose loss was felt, and to the three who carried on to make up the loss and do it for her. They deserve congratulations from the entire community for a job well done! V-E Day As time races on, V-E Day falls further into history’s background. Most Americans today have no memory of that memorable Tuesday in May — the Bth, in 1945. The Second World War ended for most of the world that day. For Americans, May 8, 1945, came after a hard winter, and brought new hope to all the world. The hope was that the world could avoid another war of such magnitude. So far, we’ve managed that, but the United States has suffered two costly, long wars in Asia. But the hope lives on in 1988, reenforced by the beginning of nuclear disarmament. Disease? The debate continues — whether alcoholism is a disease. Now some are saying compulsory gambling is a disease. Others claim compulsory shopping is a disease. There are many who now argue that the use of tobacco is a disease. Etc. Are these habits and addictions really diseases? Or are they merely habits and addictions which afflict those without the will power and self control to discipline their activities? One argument in favor of concluding that these habits and addictions are diseases is psychological- Experts tell us when victims are not confronted with guilt or criticism, they accept treatment and efforts to break bad habits far more readily. In fact, many experts say some who are cured from so-called alcoholism, or tobacco addiction, etc., have been cured only because they were convinced they had a disease, which should and could be treated. Thus they accepted treatment (correction) with an open mind, unsaddled with a guilt complex. Thus the recent claim by one expert that none of these bad habits and addictions are actually diseases in the usual sense of the word may or may not be helpful. If one is cured by being convinced he has a disease, that he is not to blame, well and good. The end result is the most important thing.

What others say — With a grain of salt From an anonymous correspondent came a story that I could hardly believe. But, one phone call to Libbey High School in Toledo, Ohio, is all it took to confirm it. Dave Bourland, a science teacher there who has been trying to teach his students skepticism, last year described to them what would happen when the United States converted to the metric system. He told them they would have to send their watches and calculators to the state capital to be converted. No one questioned him. Clock faces, he said, would have to be changed so that hours would be 100 minutes long. After the conversion, he went on, there would be ten hours of daylight each day and only ten months in a year. When none of that provoked a question, he told them their summer vacations would be reduced to 20 days. “And those of you born in July and August,” he said, “will have your birthdays cancelled.” That would get a rise out of them, Bourland thought, But, no. “Not one student,” he said, “sat down with a pencil and tried to figure it out. No one came up with the fact that it would not have worked. They said later that some questions had crossed their minds, but they didn’t ask.” Bourland has known this for a long time, and for the occasional skeptic, it must be fun to be in his class, never knowing when he will tell a whopper. One year, he solemnly told a class that people did not have the ability to see colors until the invention of color television. To be entirely fair to the students, it should be noted that some of them did discuss the forthcoming metric conversion with their parents. Bourland knows that because some parents telephoned the school to ask when metric time would take effect. - CLARENCE PETERSEN, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Remember your mother on Sunday, May 8.

Court news

County Court The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court, Judge Janies Jarrett presiding: Check Deception — Jeffrey N. Reed, no age, Syracuse, dismissed; Charles E. Knowles, Jr., no age, North Webster, < counts, all dismissed. Goshen Division The following fines plus court costs have been levied and paid in the Elkhart County Court, Goshen Division: Sean R. Mock, 20, Syracuse, violated probation, Court extends probation six months and orders the defendent to complete all original Court orders entered Mar. 9,1987. The Court orders the defendent to complete program at Family Learning Center within 60 days and follow the recommendations The following fines plus court costsbave been levied and paid in the filkhart County Court, Goshen Division: Speeding — John F. Call, 52, Syracuse, $53; Richard L. Coy, Jr., 19, Syracuse, $63; Robert G. Buhrt, 59, Syracuse, SSB; Christina A. Davis, 19, Syracuse, $53; Francis Korenstra, 56, Syracuse, $53 Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Wells-Lang David Lee Wells, 40, r 3 box 257, Syracuse, and Jean Marie (Weaver) Lang, 28, r 172123 CR9, Nappanee. Brown-Sprague Charles Edward Brown, 19, r 5 box 273, Syracuse, and Rose Marie Sprague, 18, r 5 box 273, Syracuse. Johnson-Lackey Gary Lee Johnson, 33, r 2 box 110, North Webster, and Patsy Lackey, 38, r 2 box 110, North Webster. Fink-Oswald Paul Eugene Fink, 20, 618 E. Baltimore, Syracuse, and Janet Marie Oswald, 32, 618-1 E. Baltimore, Syracuse. Jackson-Mclntire David Jackson, 25, r 1 box 525, North Webster, and Cheryl E. Mclntire, 29, r 1 box 525, North Webster.

Letter to the editor

Looking for concerned parents

Dear Editor: At the end of the 1987-88 school year, the Milford Christian School will close. Because of the many benefits of providing quality Christian education in our own area, several concerned parents are seeking to unite with others to establish an independent school based on traditional Christian values. This new school will maintain a high standard of academic excellence and a Christ-centered curriculum in a disciplined, loving atmosphere. Any persons with preschool and/or elementary-aged children who desire that their children receive personal attention while Sea Nymph changes ownership The ownership of Sea Nymph Inc., corner of Seventh and Chicago Streets, changed hands last Friday, with Outboard Marine, Waukegon, 111., taking over the operation. According to officials at Sea Nymph, there are no planned changes in the management or 320 people currently employed with the company.

Marriage Dissolutions /The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in the Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Devine — Paul Michael Devine, Box 41, Leesburg, and Vicki Dale Devine, r 1 box 157-U, Milford. The couple was married Jan. 15, 1983 and separated Dec. 10,1987. Circuit Court The following petiWbns have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding. Complaint On Account First National Bank of Warsaw versus William E. Knowles and Patricia A. Knowles, 302 S. Elm St., Milford. Plaintiff seeks $1,343.35 plus costs. Complaint To Foreclose Real Estate Mortgage First National Bank of Warsaw versus Dennis L. Pinkerton, Doralee Pinkerton, United States of America, acting through Farms Home Administration, Leesburg Mill and Little & Clark Insurance Agency. Plaintiff seeks $30,539.59 plus interest, attorney fees, tax and assessment costs, court costs, foreclosure of real estate mortgage. Superior Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu versus Barbara J. Porter, r 3 box 468-A, Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks $245.51 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Arthur Langsett, Wisconsin, versus Douglas Brinegar and Debbie Brinegar, Box 116, North Webster. Plaintiff seeks on Count I — $1,450 plus interest and costs ; Count II — $1,750 plus interest and costs. City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Richard A. Miller, 19, Milford, S6B; Byron R. Noff, 19, Syracuse, S6B; Drew A. Rosenberry, 21, Syracuse, $73 No registration plate — Richard D. Stoller, 40, Syracuse, $54 Violation of seat belt law — Ricky A. Harris, 30, Syracuse, $25

learning a feeling of self-worth and the training to deal with peer pressure and wish to keep them in our own community, call 658-4469, days, or 658-9592, evenings. It is very important people call immediately for more information and to reserve a place for their children. Books and supplies need to be ordered, teachers hired and the rooms put in order before the fall semester begins. Concerned parents for Christian education Peg Custer

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APPY MOTHER’S Day to all you Moms — be it natural or adopted — you provide that special touch

hat all families need to strike a lealthy balance! Honoring mothers on a special day has been going on for centuries — in Europe, and more recently, in the U.S.A. Julia Ward Howe made the first recorded suggestion for a Mother’s Day in the U.S. in 1872. She selected June 2 to observe Mother’s Day and as a day dedicated to peace. Three years later, Anna Jarvis of Grafton, West Virginia and Philadelphia, began a campaign for a nationwide observance — recommending the second Sunday in May as the observance date. Mother’s Day received national recognition on May 9, 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson signed a joint resplution of Congress recommending that Congress and the executive departments of the government observe Mother’s Day. The following year, the President was authorized to proclaim Mother’s Day as an annual national observance. Today, the second Sunday in May is set apart in honor of motherhood. Some people follow the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother’s Day —a colored carnation means that a person’s mother is living, a white carnation that a person’s mother is dead. (A special thanks to Roselyn Jones of the Syracuse Library for her research assistance on Mother’s Day!) —o—J I* MONEY AND THEN there are children. Do you ever wonder what ever became of so-and-so after graduation? Here’s a happy report on a 1967 Syracuse High School grad — daughter of ( Fredettaand the late Earl Money — Deborah K. Money. Deborah has been selected as a recipient of the Washington Award for Excellence in Education. An award program enacted by the 1986 Washington State Legislature, she will be recognized as “a public school teacher of outstanding leadership, contributions, and commitment to education.” Nominated for the honor by her school principal, Deborah, a second grade teacher, will receive her award at a ceremony at the State Capitol Building in Olympia, Washington on May 25. The award provides teachers tuition and fee waivers for one academic year as well as up to SI,OOO for costs associated with one year of schooling — or the award may be substituted with a grant of up to SI,OOO to be used for education purposes by the school which employs the recipient. A graduate of Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio, in 1971, Deborah studied at the University of Pisa (Italy) her junior year. She also earned her medical therapy degree from the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Cleveland. In 1987, Deborah was chosen to attend teaching seminars in Australia and New Zealand for six weeks. Deborah and her daughter, Rachael, a high school sophomore, have an exchange student from Finland staying with them this year. Rachael has been chosen as an exchange student for the school year 1988-1989. Got any more where-are-they-now success stories? Let’s show the current Wawasee Community School Corporation students the good things that happen‘when you study, plan and work toward a goal! MAY IS National Older Americans Month. According to the recent Miller’s Merry Manor newsletter, the American Health Care Association has declared May 8-14 as the 1988 National Nursing Home Week. This year’s theme is “RESPECT: The Heart of Caring.” Syracuse’s Miller’s Merry Manor has planned some special events for this week and the team is encouraging the community to visit their home and help celebrate. WE HAVE the beginning of our own “pin collection!” Remember that Mark Tatman, town clerk, responded to a request from a Canadian for a pin representing our town and he sent a “Wander Indiana” pin as that was all that was available? He recently received a nice thank you note and a pin from Sackville, New Brunswick. Mark has turned the pin over to the chamber

Women booked on theft charges

Two women, Rosemary Anderson, 32, r 2 box 494, Syracuse, and Amanda L. Brown, 34, 1360 Vernon St., Apt. 2, Wabash, were booked for theft this weekend at the Kosciusko County Jail. The arrests were made .after Syracuse Detective Robert Houser observed the women removing items from the Living

as the beginning of a collection — which just may be framed and hung in the new museum. RACQUETS FOR kids. What do you do with a cast-off but still useable tennis racquet? One suggestion is to dig it out of the back of your closet and take it to the Syracuse Elementary/Junior High School so that the budding tennis pro’s will have some equipment to practice with. Sue Ganshorn, through her spokesman, Warren Benson, tells us that although there is a large interest in tennis at the school, there are only 20 racquets to go around! Who knows, your bld tennis racquet just may wind up in the hands of another Lindl! —o— CHECKING THE BRICKWORK. That’s what they called it, anyway, when we spotted some Neff Masonry workers chipping away at the facing bricks on Jim Howard’s new office on Main Street (formerly NIPSCO). Things are looking pretty good — and other half of the “checking” having been done on the The MailJournal office a year or so ago. YOUR CHAMBER has joined with the Builders Association of Kosciusko County and the Warsaw Area Chamber in sending recommendations to the state on the proposed residential septic regulations. We are in unison asking that the state look at the potential ground water pollution on a regional basis, as Kosciusko County has only had a two percent septic failure rate over the last four years. As a result, we feel that heavy-handefl*regulations are not required for our county. —o— SPOTTED MICHAEL Liberti zipping along Huntington Street in his motorized wheelchair with a billboard on the rear advertising his shoe repair business, located on West Main Street. —o— IN HONOR of Hoosier Celebration ’BB, the three cement planters on the southeast side of East Main Street have been planted with red, white and blue flowers. The bank and Bales have their planters filled, and Benson will be planting his yearly moss rose soon. That’s the “three B’s” heard from so far — who’s next? —o— THE WINDS of change are blowing. After 15 years with Todd Realty, a consistent top salesperson, office manager, and Realtor of the Year, Clare Baumgardt has wrapped up her last real estate sale and has moved on to power and sail-boats, that is. She has begun her new duties with Wawasee vl Boat Company with responsibilities covering their three “ship stores” which will carry clothing, water skis, and boat accessories. Down the road, duties may expand to sales coordinator, marketing and public relations for the Doug and Carolyn Anderson conglomerate which includes also South East Bay Marina and That Sailboat Place. Clare is a “winner” because she gives her all to whatever she has made a commitment. We are positive that this multi-talented lady will be a plus to her new company! REV. DONALD Kime tried to sell me a new typewriter. It’s made by a subsidiary of IBM and is called a Reagan. It has no memory, no colon, and for correcting mistakes, you don’t use a pencil eraser with a brush, you use one with a bush! —o— MOSQUITOS ON the prowl — on the fly, actually. The town has received many calls about the clouds of mosquitos that are beginning to form here and there about town. Some research shows that the majority of these little pests are spawned in old tires, which provide just the right environment for breeding —a water basin, which is warmed by the sun on the black rubber, and cooled by the inner ring through which air circulates. Perhaps now is the time to check out ouroroperties for old tires, low-lying water pockets formed in the ground and other collection points of shallow water, and do some cleaning up, filling in, and throwing out. What with the great concern for ground water pollution, air pollution and such, a massive clean up is the best all around environmental control solution over using pesticides! —o—--JOG THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE Rotary Club is sponsoring a bike-a-thon on May 7 at 9 a.m. at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Syracuse. Registration for the six mile course is at 8:30 a.m. the day of the race. Prizes will be awarded to persons raising the most money; first, 10 speed bike; second, S2OO savings bond; third, SIOO savings bond; and fourth, SSO savings bond. There will also be a random drawing so every person will have the chance to win. The drawing will be held at 10 a.m., May 28, in front of the Syracuse library. Every rider will receive a T-shirt. Anyone wishing to ride in the bike-a-thon can pick up a sponsor sheet at the area schools, churches, Augsburgers, Precision Automotive, State Bank of Syracuse, The Mail-Journal, First Federal or see any Rotary Club member. All monies raised will be used for SyracuseWawasee community service projects.

. Quarters in Wawasee Village at 6:53 p.m. Sunday, May 1. Detective Houser had been patrolling the area in an unmarked squad car and saw the women loading the items into their car. Stolen were three patio chairs which had been fastened to the outside of the building with a wire cable. The cable was cut by the

women to allow for removal of the chairs, which were valued at $l3O each. After contacting the owners, Linda and Mark Phillabaum, it was determined that no one had been given permission to take or pick up any items from the store. The women were then arrested and transported to jail.