The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 35, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 October 1988 — Page 1
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PRESENTS SSOO DONATION — Tlie Business and Professional Women of Syracuse presented the Syracuse Fire Department with a donation of >SOO Tuesday evening which will be used to purchase a new JAWS unit for the department. The BPW held a “Spring Preview” style show which helped towards the donation. t Shown in the front, left to right, are Gerry Byland, social and civic chairman of the club; Jerry Byrd, Syracuse Fire Chief, who is accep-
Ward-Hiler forum Oct. 22
IBy MITCHELL STINSON Staff Writer Everything is going smoothly in the preparation for the upcoming Ward-Hilerforum, according to Jaycees president Mike Flumbaum. “Both gentlemen are very eager to meet and talk to thepeo-
EMS Banquet update given at MAD meeting
I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Staff Writer An update on the EMS Banquet, which is to be held on Satur-
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pie of Syracuse,” said Flumbaum. The Jaycees, who are sponsoring the event, urged Lakeland area residents to send in questions for the Third District congressional hopefuls to-address and the response was overwhelm ing.
day, Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at Milford School, was the focus of a report given by MAD President John Replogle during MAD’s October meeting Saturday morning.
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ting the check from Linda Jaggers, treasurer; and Bessie Stetler, president. In the back are Gloria Hodler, secretary, and Jan Bowler, social and civic chairman. Not present is Carol Smith, vice president. Chief Byrd stated that with this donation, the department is half way towards its goal of $11,500 that is needed to replace the present JAWS with a new unit. (Photo by Linda Musselman)
“It was a great response,” Flumbaum said. “We had many, many questions. Unfortunately, we can’t use them all.” Republican incumbent John Hiler and his Democratic opponent Tom Ward are scheduled to address seven of the mailed-in questions on Oct. 22 at the Wawasee High School
Replogle noted that aoout 200 tickets have been sold thus far for the banquet which will honor local past and present members of the EMS. Tickets for the dinner will continue to be sold until next Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the following locations: Dolls Decorating, Stan’s Drive In, First National Bank, Milford Insurance Center, Jones Food Center in Leesburg and from Milford Lions Club members. Replogle added that tickets will not be sold at the door for the banquet and that the $lO for the ticket will be used to pay for the dinner ($5 from each ticket) and to donate to the EMS (the other $5 minus expenses). The doors for the banquet will open at 6:30 p.m. on the 22nd with the dinner beginning at 7 p.m. Dr. Rheinheimer will serve as master of ceremonies for the program with John Perry and EMS President Cheryl Brunjes also
Expect to name Milford town attorney next month
(By MARK HUFFMAN Staff Writer The Milford Town Board released the names of three candidates for the town attorney position left vacant by William Leemon last month. A replacement is expected to be announced at the board’s next regular meeting, Nov. 14, after the board meets with the candidates October 24 and 28. Board president Dennis Wuthrich noted that Jay Rigdon, a Warsaw attorney, and David Cates, Syracuse, had both expressed interest, while board member John Lehman also entered Kosciusko County Prosecutor Michael Miner’s name in the pool. Whoever’s name fills the position can be sure of being asked to keep the town abreast of its legal limits regarding action that may be taken to assure that sewage dumping cease from Newcomer Trailer Park. The trailer park, located on the south side Os Ulrich Drive on the southern edge of Milford, has been entangled in litigation between owner Jim Newcomer and former owner Al Graff. The two
auditorium. Things kick off at 4:30 p.m. and admission is free. After addressing the questions, which were screened by the Jaycees board of directors, the two men will speak on two topics of the;r owUfCboosing Tbay will conclude with a 30-minute ques- ' - / ' (Continued on page 2)
scheduled to speak. Replogle stated that the committee members for the banquet, Cap and Mary Ann Beer, Bill Steiglitz, Bob Groves and Dennis Schori have done an excellent job, adding that the communities of Milford and Leesburg should support the local EMS members who do such an outstanding job in the area. In other business during Saturday’s monthly MAD meeting, treasurer Don Arnold reported that approximately $2,600 had been raised for the Christmas decoration project for Milford. “We received a great response from the community and we appreciate their support,” Arnold commented, adding that the approximate $1,300 leftover after the purchase of the original Christmas lights will be used to buy additional lights in the future and to repair the current lights.
owners remain in a legal tangle over who’s responsible for dumped sewage from the park into Little Bear Creek. The trailer park has until October 29 to alleviate a .problem with bad septic units. “After that date we will notify him (Newcomer) that we are going to start billing him,” Clerktreasurer Monica Bice said. While a third party may be involved in buying the property, Utilities Commissioner Dallas Winchester II noted that the board should “make sure we have a letter from that person (absolving) the town from (an obligation to provide) sewage hook-up.” The board confirmed that it would “proceed with action on its ordinance,” unless it received letters from the three parties confirming that a transaction has been made. “But we don’t want to back down from enforcing our ordinance (against dumping raw sewage),” Wuthrich added. In other business Stanley Custer, who recently purchased the property formerly housing Evans Variety Store on Main Street, queried the board on its feelings about putting an apart-
621 choose middle school
I By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer Middle School Survey results were announced during last night’s (Tuesday) board meeting of the Wawasee Community School Corporation Board of Trustees. Results indicate 621 students will attend the new middle school and 89 attend Milford. “The numbers have us,” commented Bill Little, board president, following School Superintendent Dr. Roger Thornton’s announcement. A major concern was noted on the need to provide adequate curriculum at both sites. “Based on this survey, it appears we need to do an evaluation to fulfill this commitment,” commented board member Curtis Jordan. The need of trying to keep the Milford curriculum at the same level it is at the present led to an approved motion to have the impact of the survey evaluated to gain further needed information and a curriculum adapted to offer an enrollment of 100 students. This would then be brought back to the board for discussion. The board approved that Milford Principal Russ Mikel and Assistant Principal Cynthia Kaiser, other building principals and affected administrators work on this. “The reason for this motion is the effort to fulfill the commitment to the communities we made at that time,” noted Jordan. December was targeted as
In maintenance business, Arnold stated that the ovens in the Community Building had been repaired (new jets put in) and that Village Plumbing had been contacted about checking the ladies’ room in the building because of problems with the toilet. MAD members also decided to have a local pest control service start a spraying program in the Community Building. Replogle noted that a committee to revise the guidelines for use of the Community Building has met one time but that they haven’t finalized any specifics yet. He added that the committee plans to meet again and hopefully have any changes for the current guidelines ready to be put into effect by January, 1989. The November meeting of MAD is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 12, at 9 a.m. in the Milford Community Building.
ment building in the area. Custer said that one option he is examining is to build an apartment house on the lot for elderly or handicapped individuals. “It would be ideal for those who may not be able to drive or get out much,” he said, referring to the access of several businesses in the area. Custer stated that he wasn’t committed to the idea, while the board noted that it wasn’t opposed to it, but reserved any final approval. “We would have to see what businesses, and other community members, in the area think about the idea,” Lehman confirmed. The board also tabled a decision to allow Filadelfia Assembly of God Church members to place a Mexican food stand within the town environs. The church has purchased land at Milford Junction and is attempting to raise funds to build a church next year. It had hoped to run the food stand on Friday and Saturday afternoons next spring, withchurch representatives assuring the board that they had a permit from the Kosciusko County Health Department and that they (Continued on page 2)
the date the committee will report to the board on the curriculum. Dr. Thornton noted when the new middle school was decided there was a need to let parents decide which school to send their students. A parents advisory committee formed a letter to be sent to parents of Milford, North Webster and Syracuse, fourth, fifth and sixth grade students of the 1988-1989 school year. This letter described the new
From Leesburg to Topeka —
NIPSCO power line may cause problems for Milford couple
I By GLEN LONG Staff Writer The south side of Milford is very near the diagonal route Northern Indiana Public Service Company will take as it proceeds to increase electrical power to the small town of Topeka, north of Ligonier in LaGrange County. NIPSCO is in the process of securing 130 foot wide easements from 85 to 90 landowners on the 24-mile route of this large power line. ■J*. - ' '■ ,/ The possibility of leasing such an easement to NIPSCO is causing some special problems for one Milford couple, Don and Sue, Wolferman. On Oct. 5, the Wolfermans were successful in securing the recommendation of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission to rezone 97.25 acres of land south of Milford from an agricultural to a residential district. Final approval of the rezoning rests with the county commissioners. With plans to plat their field into a residential development for middle income housing, they now have to contend with the possibility of losing use of some of their field to a NIPSCO power easement because homes cannot be built on the right-of-way easement.
SERVICE AWARDS — Two area Lions were among five from j District 25-G to receive service awards from Past District Governor S. ||||| EE Glenn Yoder of Millersburg during the district’s Banner Night iBKL JEB festivities held in the Brook Dale Club at Elkhart last Saturday night. ggfl; Pictured above is Yoder presenting a service award to Charles I ; Haffner of Syracuse. F ictured to the right is Past District Governor D. KrnK G. (“Bud”) Seely of Milford who also received a service award. Other service awards went to Jim Baton of the Granger Lionp Club, Past District Governor Richard Powers of South Bend and International Director James Cameron of Urbana. ' Conrad Neff of New Paris receive a special award for serving as ■ district pianist and th« New Paris and Mid-Lakes Lions Clubs won top I awards in their zone. ■
school and was mailed to parents of 783 students. Dr. Thornton stated at the start of the school year 51 percent of the response was received, indicating 345 students at the new school and 47 at Milford. “We didn’t feel 51 percent was adequate,” commented the superintendent. Surveys were then sent to the homes to those who had not returned the surveys through the schools. This resulted in the 90.68 percent response.
Chris Combs, spokeswoman in the public relations department of NIPSCO’s corporate offices in Hammond, verified that a 345,000 volt electric power line is planned from the sub-station west of Leesburg northeast to a new substation west of Topeka. “This line will strengthen our electric system in the northeast part of our service area,” stated Combs. “It will provide us with more reliable transmission of power to the Topeka area.” Combs said the power lines will be supported on vertical steel poles with a crossarm. These “H---frame” towers will be from 120 to 170 feet high and will maintain a . .
79.25 acres —
Wolferman land rezoned to residential district
I ByGLENLONG Staff Writer The development of a residential area just south of Milford came one step closer at the Oct. 5 meeting of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission as Don and Sue Wolferman received an APC approval to rezone 79.25 of land from an agricultural
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He noted the administration at this time could not state how many persons responded from each community, nor the figures per grade levels. “We will continue to work on it.” “We frankly expected higher enrollment at the Milford site,” mentioned Dr. Thornton, adding the corporation may well be looking at a potential student body of 100 students at Milford as only 90 percent response has been received. He stressed that the names of the students, and parents will remain confidential.
minimum height of the power line of 40 feet above the ground. The representative said the towers will be made of “weathering steel,” which appears to rust, but instead turns black and requires no maintenance painting. She added that use of this type tower will save about five months of construction time. Combs further stated that the towers will stand about 1,200 feet apart and NIPSCO has no plans to install a gas line on the right-of-way. She said NIPSCO plans to start construction in the spring of 1989 and has a target completion date of August, 1990.
to a residential district. The property is located on the north side of CRIISON, east of Old SR 15. Don Wolferman informed the APC members that about 20 residential lots with a minimum size of 100x200 feet will be platted along the north side of CR 1150 N east to the Camp Mack Road. He said additional developments will be platted north of the first row of (Continued on page 2)
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