The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 24, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 July 1988 — Page 2
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GROUNDBREAKING FOR NEW STORE — Augsburger’s Super Valu has broken ground for a new store to be located in Village of College Green, US 33E, Goshen. The new $1.3 million store will be a full-service facility with a deli and bakery and will cover 25,656 square feet. Owner John Augsburger and Jim Evans, executive vice president and general manager, have grocery stores in Syracuse and North Webster. Shown, left to right, are Bud Beller, of the Goshen Chamber of
Syracuse residents upset over increased sewer bills
(Continued from page 1) has already requested for a computer analyst to come from Rockwell International to Syracuse as soon as possible to check the computer billing programs and procedures for possible errors. Tim Yoder, Wawasee Heights resident, said he has heard of many inconsistencies in sewage and water bills and that his normal S4O sewage bill increased to SBS. This was based on water usage of 12,000 gal. in a 49-day period and his normal usage is about 6,000 gal. in a 30-day period. He said he knows of people who filled their swimming pools whose bills remained in the $35 range. Yoder stated the notices of rate changes in newspapers were not seen by all because he and other people do not read the entire paper every week. He suggested that in the future the notice of increased rates should be included with a sewage or water bill. Mike Liberti agreed, saying that up-
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coming rate changes can be printed on the computer generated bills. Hughes agreed that bill notification of changes could likely be done in the future, but pointed out that mailing costs would go up if envelopes were mailed instead of the present post card bills. Michelle Spitler gave the board a petition containing over 200 names which asked the town board to investigate fully the sewage billing procedures and make adjustments where they are due. Margaret Nichols, Medusa Street, said her normal 30-day water usage is 600 gallon and this month she was billed for 35,000 gallons, a situation she called an obvious error someplace. Jack Turner, Wawasee Heights, said his bill went from a normal S3B to slsl in July and Nancy Blade stated her sewage bill was based on 19,200 gallons, far more than she ever used. She added that her $5 surcharge is in her bill only on some months. Kathy VanDiepenbos stated
Commerce; Goshen Mayor Mike Puro; Burl Troyer, loan officer with Trust Corp.; Lloyd Troyer of Leßoy Troyer and Associates of Goshen and Mishawaka, architect and designer for the projebt,; Evans; Dave Brown, a member of Leßoy Troyer and Associates; and Rod Beer of Beer and Slabaugh, Nappanee. Village of College Green, developers, Adlai Schrock, and Lloyd S. Troyer feel Augsburger’s Super Valu will provide a needed service for the south part of Goshen.
she had been told at the clerk’s office that special rates are no longer being given for pool fills and that sprinkling rates are no longer available. Another lady said her bill went from $37 to S2BO in July, which included filling her pool, and she had been on sprinkling rate for several years. She added that her pool does not empty into the sewer system and therefore should have no effect on her sewer charges. Another question pertained to new flat usage rates compared instead of graduated rates based on water usage volume. Bob Reed, town attorney, pointed out that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) dictated use of the flat rates as part of the town’s grant procedures. When asked if a resident can put down his own well and make a flat monthly sewer rate of $25, Hughes said this is possible. Board member Hess cautioned that if this is done it is necessary to avoid cross-connect with the town’s water supply so pollution cannot occur from a private well. After all comments were made from the floor, Hughes asked Tatman to call Rockwell International to hurry up their analyst visit. He also said that any residents with bill problems should contact the town clerk’s office so their bills can be investigated and adjustments made if warranted. Hess added that some people are getting bad information either at the sewage department office, where answers are normally stated from town ordinances, or the clerk’s office. Board member Kenny Johnson said, “I will work very hard to find errors. We want to treat everyone fairly.” Other Business After an intermission, during which most of the audience departed, the board voted in a split vote of 3-2 to install four-way stop signs at the intersection of
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Pickwick Road and Harkless Drive as has been requested for several months by local citizens. With board members tied 2-2, the clerk-treasurer cast the tiebreaking vote to approve the motion. Linda Neff was appointed to the Syracuse Park Board to replace Alan Kitson, who has resigned. After a budget presentation by Kip Schumm, park board president, the board approved the 1989 park board budget of $36,096, an increase of 48.372 percent over 1988. Hughes said, “I, as a board member, appreciate all the work being done by the park board. I’m interested in a ‘Friends of the Park’ group and will make a SIOO personal donation when the group is started.” Schumm also reported that the park board master plan has been accepted by the state and will be returned to the board soon. The board voted to implement a checklist to be submitted by groups and organizations who want to use town property for events. The form is for the purpose of making sure adequate insurance coverages are in force. The forms are available at the clerk’s office and must be completed and turned in 60 days prior to the planned event. The board accepted the bid of Phend and Brown, Milford, in the amount of $99,385.60, for repairs to Syracuse streets this year. The bid will be studied by Joe Dock, utilities superintendent before an acceptance vote is taken. The board approved the use of the beach area at Lakeside Park by the Indiana Boating Association on Sunday, Aug, 14, for a holding area for power boats in its boat race event. Approval is contingent on proof of insurance being furnished or the association endorsing on the town’s policy and paying the cost of insurance. There will be a special budget meeting at the Town hall on Thursday, July 28.
4-H King and Queen to be crowned Saturday night
(Continued from page 1) will be at 2-2:30 p.m. in the Home and Family Arts building. Joy McDonald, portraying a message through song, will be in the activity tent at 3 p.m. Supreme showmanship will be in the show arena at 3 p.m. From 4-8 p.m. balloon rides will be given near the Shrine building. The mellow sounds of the Melloaires will start to echo through the activity tent at 5 p.m., followed by the Presbyterian Puppets at 6 p.m. The open rabbit show will also be at 6 p.m. in the rabbit tent. Lions Academy of Karate will be giving demonstrations at 7 p.m. in the activity tent. In the Home and Family Arts building from 7-7:30 p.m. will be a “Learning Experience.” Then at 7:30 p.m. the H 011 a n der s, a top 40 rock/bluegrass group, will be performing in the grandstand.
Wawasee PO's annual meeting The 39th Annual Meeting of the Wawasee Property Owners Association will be held Friday, Aug. 5, at the South Shore Golf Club pavilion. Cocktails will be at 6:30 p.m. with a roast beef buffet at 7 p.m. The annual meeting will include a financial review, the election of four WPOA directors, and questions from the floor. All officers and directors will be on hand. The featured guest speaker will be James M. Ridenour, director, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, for the last eight years. Ridenour oversees all state parks and public lakes, among other duties. Reservations for members and guests should be sent to WPOA, PO Box 427, Syracuse, or by phone to 457-4655, by Tuesday, Aug. 2.
The Wawasee Community School* El REPORTER MH* t **••« - »«>■> - raMw •»* MOPlt fttoha WWbfiliHa SCHOOLS »■ Wawasee Community School* To Open Firat Student Day Augu*t 23 Reporter mailed The Wawasee Community Schools ;Reporter was mailed today (Wednesday) to area residents. The first day of school for the Wawasee community is Tuesday, Aug. 23. During the new school year, the four schools in the corporation, Milford, North Webster, Syracuse, and Wawasee will serve over 3,400 students. Included in the Reporter are listings of school activities, textbook rental and consumable supply fee information, information on free lunches and free textbooks, local, state, and federal guidelines, school bus discipline procedure, sports calendars, members of each school’s staff, and registration dates. If anyone doesn’t receive a copy of the Reporter, call the Wawasee High School office at 457-3188.
Friday’s activities begin at 9 a.m. with 4-H and open horses at halter in the horse arena. The popular livestock auction will be held at 10 a.m. in the show arena. The Home and Family Arts exhibits are open from 10 a.m.-lO p.m. A “Learning Experience” will be from 2-2:30 p.m. in the Home and Family Arts building. From 4-8 p.m. will be the balloon rides. In the activity tent at 4:30 p.m. will be the Presbyterian Puppets, at 5:30 p.m. an aerobics exhibition, Scrambled Egg Band at 6 p.m., and Grassy Creek Cloggers at 7 p.m. From 7-7:30 p.m. in the Home and Family Arts building will be a “Learning Experience.” Another aerobics exhibition will be at 7:30 p.m. in the activity tent. Then at 8 p.m. “Coda,” a high energy rock band, will be performing in the grandstand. Closing out the evening at 9 p.m.
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Door still open for Milford utility service
Stating that they don’t want to “close the door” on the idea of providing utility service to land which is to be developed west of Lakeland Loving Care Center, Milford Town Board members asked the developers for more information at a special meeting Monday, July 25. John Perry and Orvil Kilmer have proposed a subdivision to be built between CR 1250 N and Fourth Street extended, north of Elm Street. While they haven’t decided the nature of the housing to be placed in that area, the duo is currently having the land plotted. ‘‘We can’t really give definite plans because we don’t
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will be a pizza eating contest in the activity tent. Saturday, Aug. 6, is the last day of the fair. It begins at 8 a.m. with 4-H and open horses — riding — in the horse arena. -- Fitness nuts will not be left out as from 9-9:45 a.m. registration will be held in the office for the 5K foot race. Awards will follow the completion of the race, approximately 10 a.m., in the activity tent. In the show arena at 10 a.m. will be the open dairy show. From 10 a.m.-10 p.m., the Home and Family Arts exhibits will be open. At noon in the goat tent will be the open sheep show. Fiddlers can rosin up their bows and enter an old time fiddlers’ contest to be held at 1 p.m. in the activity tent. From 2-2:30 p.m. a “Learning Experience” will be held in the Home and Family Arts building.
know ourselves — we may have to develop the land ourselves, depending if the lots sell,” Perry said. Objecting to the way the matter was initially handled, he noted, “The way it came out in the paper it sounded like we were trying to get something for nothing. When we came to the first board meeting (about the matter) it was indicated that the town was going to run lines, and at the next meeting it came out that you weren’t going to do it that way.” Kilmer added, “We want to make money out of it, of course, but we also want to see the town enhanced. We should see if there’s some way we can work together so we both get something out of it.” Hoping to reach a “common ground,” the board decided to wait until the plot map can be reviewed before making any final decisions. “We don’t want to tie our money up when we could be using it to put in other services, but we don’t want to say no because we have some ideas that would benefit you and the town both,” Board President Dennis Wuthrich stated. The two parties will meet again after the 20 to 25 lots are divided.
In other business, the board reestablished a cumulative capital
In the activity area at 2 p.m. there will be log sawing, goat milking, watermelon eating, and watermelon seed spitting contests. Balloon rides near the Shrine building will be given from 4-8 p.m. At 6 p.m. m the activity tent, the New Covenant Gospel Quartet will be performing. Auto racing will begin at 6 p.m. in the grandstand. From 7- p.m., a “Learning Experience” will be held in the Home and Family Arts building. Dark Horse Band, country rock, will be in the activity tent from 8- p.m. The last activity of the fair will be the drawing of merchants’ gifts in the office area at 11 p.m. The Kosciusko County fair is a major area event that is sure to attract families with members from eight months to eighty years.
improvement fund after having advertised the new rate the past two weeks. A tax of 10 cents to be levied on each SIOO of taxable real and personal property within the taxing district, payable in 1989 and annually thereafter for three years, was unanimously accepted. The board also welcomed Milford resident Robert Roa as an intern for the police department. The Indiana State University, Terre Haute, student will spend 120 hours (15 complete tours) observing police procedures. In a final matter, Utilities Commissioner Dallas Winchester II was allowed $125 for the purpose of purchasing a desk for his department. The board will meet again in regular session at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, in the Milford Town’ Hall. Poor math skills WASHINGTON - The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported that almost half the 17-year-old students tested in 1985-86 proved that American students are doing miserably in math, and experts laid some df the blame on the redundant, slowpaced way math is taught in most schools.