The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 August 1988 — Page 1

Milford 658-4111 & Syracuse 457-3666

VOLUME 27

Dave Carey's move makes school board race wide open

By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer

As reported in-this newspaper last week, Wawasee Community School Corporation patrons will be dgcjdingwho will fill the two positions available in the fall election. The seits currently held by Bill Little and Carol Swartzendruber will become vacant on December 31. Mrs. Swartzendruber resides in Turkey Creek Township (district fwo) and Little resides in Van Buren/Jefferson East Township (district three). The relocation of another board member has opened the fall election to any resident in the school district. Matters regarding this issue were addressed during last night’s meeting of the WCSC board of trustees. The issue was brought up after Dave Carey, board member from Tippecanoe Township (district one), moved from that district to Papakeechie Lake into Turkey Creek Township (district two). Robert Reed, attorney for the school board, publicly briefed the board on the corporation’s policy and the status of the vacant seats. Reed stated that the plan of the school board organization is to have five persons on the board from the following districts: District one, Tippecanoe Township; district two, Turkey Creek Township; and district three, Van Buren and Jefferson East. The policy also states that not more than two persons can serve in one district. Currently, there are two board members from district three (Bill Little and Bill Troup), two from district two (Carol Swartzendruber and Carey), and one from district one (Curt Jordan). The board’s attorney stated that any person in the corporation may seek the positions. The only requirement to become a

Wawasee Family Fishing area open

The new Wawasee'Family Fishing area, located on the southeast shore of Lake Wawasee, Syracuse, opened to the public Monday, Aug. 8. Director of the Department of Natural Resources, Jim Ridenour, made the announcement.

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candidate, according to Reed, is the person must be a resident of the state for two years and a resident in the school district for one year. It was noted that the two highest vote getters may not win the seats open if they are from the same district. But the winner may be the firsthand third highest vote getter ff they are not from the same district. An example would be: six persons seek the two school board positions, with each district having two persons in the running. Following the election, the two top vote getters are from district one and the third highest vote getter from district two. The new board member would be the top vote getter from district one and the candidate from district two. Milk Bids Burger Dairy Products, New Paris, was awarded the contract for milk during the next school year. The local business was one of three submitting bids on milk and dairy products. The bids from Burger Dairy Products were: $.135 per one-half pint of two-percent milk; $.139 per one-half pint of whole milk; $1.54 per gallon of two percent; $2.71 per gallon of white shake mix; $2.76 per gallon of chocolate shake mix; and $4.30 per 80 ounce of cottage cheese. Bids were also received from Allen Dairy, Fort Wayne; and ScheftkeJ All Star Dairy, Him-, tingtdh. During other business, the board gave approval for the hot lunch application for the 1988-1989 year with the state. Comment was made regarding the hot lunch program in that the corporation’s lunch prices were not out of line compared with surrounding schools. The comparison was with 20 schools and the average lunch price was $.91 for elementary; $.99 for middle school/junior high; $1.02 for the high school; and $1.57 for adults. Lunch prices for Wawasee are $1 for elementary; $1.05 for middle school/junior high; $1.20 for high school; and $1.|70 for adult. Othejf Business Richard Barton, architect,

first portion of a two-phase convert the old Wawasee Fisfi Hatchery into a family fishing area was completed recently and opened Monday. Workers filled in the hatchery ponds, completed landscaping, installed public restroom facilities and constructed a bftat launching ramp.

briefly gave a review of the new middle school plan development and noted the project is moving along smoothly. He stated they are working on the cost comparison on the pool between six and eight lanes. Dr. Thornton noted a meeting on the Syracuse School project was held with contractors earlier that day and the two rooms needing to be completed by August 23 have the roof on, ceiling tile in, lights and paint. The carpet will be laid approximately two to three weeks after school starts. The resignation of Susan Jones, special education teacher at North Webster, was accepted as was the request by Darcy Mock to continue her maternity leave through the first semester of the 1988-1989 school year. It was noted that Suzie Yeager will be replacing" Cynthia Kaiser, assistant principal at Milford, as the gifted and talented teacher/coordinator. Mrs. Yeager was a third grade teacher at Milford. The board accepted the

School registration begins today Bt, Thornton, superintendent of schools, has anregistration dates for students attending Thursday, Aug. 18,8 a.m.-4 p.m. decision must provide, when registering a student, fye written documentation to support this assignment. * * Immunization Health Record Immunization health records must be provided for all new students on the day of registration for enrollment purposes. All returning students who were notified during the previous school year of needing to provide immunization health records must do so on the day of registering. Failure to provide this information will result-in delaying school entry until this is done. Public Law 20-8.1-7-10.1.

The boat launching ramp,'according to several people using the facility on opening day, was exceptional. “It is great, probably one of the best that I have seen,” said Jimmy West, a resident qf Elkhart. “Someone knew what he was doing when they built the ramp.”

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employment of Stephen K. Hunsberger as guidance counselor at Wawasee; Deborah J. Gaby as third grade teacher at Milford; Mary K. Ridings to temporarily fill in for Mrs. Mock; Kathy Motter as special education teacher, North Webster; and Sharon Richcreek a paraprofessional at North Webster. The GED certificate of Christine StOuder was also ash proved. Comment was made during the meeting regarding the increased sewer and water bill from the Town of Syracuse due to the increase in sewage rates. Roger Kryder, business manager, noted the large bill related to the watering of the football and baseball fields, and that areas to reduce those costs were being looked into. The next meeting of the board will be Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 5 p.m. in the board room. The meeting will be a hearing on the 1988 budget.

Although many praised the new ramp, there were some dissenting votes about the new facility. Requesting anonymity, the area residents thought the water where boats enter the lake was too shallow and the ramp, too steep. “The ramp was designed with

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ON SCHEDULE — Interior and exterior work on Fisher’s Big Wheel, SR 13N, Syracuse is right on schedule according to Glynn Evett, construction supervisor for the company and Harley Kirker, foreman for the general contractor. Work is 85 percent completed on the exterior and finishing touches are being added to the interior. Completion date is set for September 24. This week workers are laying carpet, working on the office area and windows for the front entrance are expected to be installed today

After controversy — Commissioners name Brown » *ljv ■ ■ , '• to Milford Library Board

After a lengthy discussion, Robert W. Brown of Milford was named to the Milford Public Library Board at an August 4 meeting of the Kosciusko County Commissioners. The controversy developed after Maurice Beer, president of the county commissioners, stated that on the advice of an attorney he had signed a document appointing Helen Leemop to the board. This advice was determined to be incorrect. The appointment in question concerned a seat vacated by Bill Leemon, a

the normal lake water level in mind,” said Robert Millar, assistant manager at Tri-County. “Right now the lake is about two feet below normal.” As for the steep grade of the ramp, Millar only suggested that the engineers and designers of the ramp are experts in their field and believes the ramp is sufficient. He doesn’t expect any problems with the ramp. “We are beginners when it comes to boating, but we didn’t have any trouble bringing the boat out of the water,” said West, with his wife, Billie Sue echoing (Continued page. 2)

Beach area to close during race • The American Power Boat Association, associated with the Northern Indiana Boat Manufacturers Regatta, will host the second-annual power boat races on Syracuse Lake, Sunday, Aug. 14, beginning at 1 p.m. The race is expected to last at least four hours. The swimming area at Syracuse’s Lakeside Park will be closed during race hours. Spectators may watch the races from special locations on the lake, along the shoreline or at Syracuse Park. There >yill be no admission charge. The event is sponsored by the Outboard Performance Craft, a division of the American Power Boat Association. The Great Lakes Boat Club, Waukegan, 111., will host the event. Local sponsorship will include the Sleepy Owl.

Milford attorney. Leemon wanted his mother, Helen Leemon, to take his place on the board. His term expired July 31. The Milford Library Board members had objected to the appointment, because they wanted the decision to be made by all of the county commissioners. They also wanted the position being vacated by a man to be filled by a man in order to keep balance on the board. The library board had set forth its own candidate — Robert W. Brown. A letter signed by board members Terry Beatty, president; Lynne Beer; Della Baumgartner; and Julie Myers and librarian Mary Jurss, states, “The Milford Public” Library Board op Trustees hereby submits the name of Robert W. Brown as a cartdidate to the

Milford's own Watergate?

I By MARK HUFFMAN Staff Writer n |

Miscommunication was again the key word to apply to proceedings at the Milford Town Hall Monday night, Aug. 8, as scenes bringing back memories of Watergate enveloped the town board. While no missing tapes were reported, the type of mixed rela-

Sidewalk sales this weekend in Syracuse, North Webster

The annual sidewalk sales in Syracuse were the main topic of discussion at the August 5 meeting of the SyracuseWawasee Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Division. The sidewalk sales will be August 11-13. Sidewalk sales in North Webster will also beheld during this time. Discussion was held on radio promotions for the event with the group voting to advertise on WKAM, Goshen and WBTU, KenN dallville. Bob Pilcher, retail merchant president, announced that the total sidewalk sales advertising budget would be raised to approximately $1,300 by accepting both radio station’s proposals. The advertising budget also included television coverage. A question was raised during

(Wednesday). Evett stated that by the first of next week electricity and painting of the sales floor should be completed. The telephone wiring, tiling and ceiling work has already been completed. It is estimated that the Syracuse Big Wheel store will be equal to or larger than the store in Warsaw. Kirker stated there is 48,000 square feet to the building with 40,000 square feet being for the showroom. The photo shows work that is currently going on in the interior of the building. (Photo by Deb Patterson)

Library Board of Trustees for the term of four years beginning August 1, 1988 through July 31, 1992. “The Public Library Law of 1947 specifically empowers the board to manage and control all the affairs of the library.” At the commissioners’ meeting, a question was raised by Beer as to the veracity of the signatures contained in the letter. Library board member Lynne Beer is Maurice Beer’s daughter-in-law. The signatures were verified. All three commissioners agreed that Bob Brown would be a good candidate. Beer, however, voiced the opinion that tending to libraries was, “a woman’s job.” Following the meeting, Jurss took issue with that statement, saying, “I think there should be a

tions that earmarked the Nixon era spooked the board, with board member John Lehman questioning whether it was being properly notified of proceedings. “I get sick of this stuff. You hear (everything) by rumors,” Lehman said, referring to the way information was being forwarded to the board. Initially questioning why $950 was being allotted to the police department, Lehman was notified that the allocation was for fees for a pending legal mat-

the meeting about inviting the North Webster merchants to join the local retail merchants organization as it appears they do not have their own organization. Donna Condor stated she would contact North Webster merchants about the possibility. It was noted that many Syracuse merchants have businesses in North Webster also. Those present voted that sales in North Webster and Syracuse would be advertised on one of the radio promotions. It was announced that Channel 28 will be in Syracuse on Thursday, to take footage of sidewalk sale action at each store to use in next year’s promotion and that Dan Caskey from WKAM will be broadcasting liv6 in Syracuse during the sidewalk sales.

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balance on the board. It’s not a women’s board. I’d like to have it equal.” Rex Reed checked on whether or not Beer could be held to the commitment. It was determined that official action should be taken by the board as a whole. As a result, in Mr. Beer’s words, “that appointment (of Helen Leemon) is void.” The new board member is a life-long resident of Milford. He is president of Phend and Brown Inc. In another matter, the commissioners appproved the designation of an All zoning district. The new district will help protect desirable farm land, while controlling residential growth in rural areas. Sales of land, no less than one acre in size will be unlimited. The ordinance would take effect September 1.

ter involving the town. Town Marshal David Hobbs and Town Attorney Bill Leemon are the subjects of a lawsuit by Milford resident Doral Haab, according to Hobbs. ' “When there’s a SI,OOO bill coming in I think we ought to know what it’s for ahead of time,” Lehman said. While Hobbs had told Clerktreasurer’ Monica Bice about the pending litigation, Lehman contended that he hadn’t been (Continued page 2)

A chicken barbecue fundraiser, by the retail merchants group, during sidewalk sales was approved. This was, however, later postponed due to the Syracuse Fire and Emergency Medical Service Pork Chop Barbecue. Upcoming activities were announced during the meeting. Events include the quarterly chamber luncheon on August 17 with an Indiana Department of Natural Resources representative speaking on lake pollution; Fort Wayne Community Band concert on August 30 to kick-off the 1989 season of “Music in the Park,” and the annual Retail Merchants ’ Halloween Parade and Halloween Madness Sales in October. The next meeting of the group will be September 9.

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