The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 April 1989 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., April 12,1989

Milford board learns —

New state EPA regulations may be costly

I By MARY JANE LORTON Staff Writer Reporting for the utilities department, Dallas Winchester II informed the Milford Town Board that he received notification from the EPA about new state regulations that may require certain - additional testing and equipment for the sewer department which together would cost approximately $6,000. Winchester told the board, during the town board s monthly meeting Monday. April 10. that the proposals from the EPA involve ammonia sampling and adding a dechlorination device to the sewer department. Winchester added that every city and town is being forced to coolly with these new regulations. In addition. he said that while they would have to start with the ammonia sampling right away, they are given 36 months to set up the dechlorination facility. In other utility news. Winchester informed the board that the Meadowview sewer project is moving a little slower than planned because of the weather. The commissioner also reported that dates have been set for Milford s Spring clean-up May 8 through May 19 are the dates designated for the cleaning, and Winchester would like to remind Milford residents to put their garbage and other junk out by the tree lawn or the alley during this time Residents may want to call the street depart-

Until May —

BZA tables request for mobile home park at Milford

I By GLEN LONG Staff Writer The petition of George (Dick) Casto, Milford, for a zoning exception to build a mobile home park in an agricultural district west of Milford was presented to the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals by attorney Steve Snyder on April 11. The property is located on the south side of CR 1250 N and about three quarters of a mile west of SR 15. The attorney presented a preliminary drawing of the planned park, but. since complete preliminary information on drainage and other factors was not included, the board continued the case until its May meeting Snyder said Casto has planned the project with every facet one step better than minimum requirement for mobile home parks. It includes plans for 160 lots with 40 foot wide streets, paved and curbed He said the smallest lot will be 7.500 square feet, with the average size 8,000 square feet. The park will include 8.5 acres of recreation area, much more than the minimum one acre required. Howard Haab. whose farm adjoins the area on the south, told the board that he has sheep and

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ment to remind them of pick-up. Finally, the board approved Winchester's proposal to hire a part-time person to assist with mowing and other street department jobs. Discharging BB Guns Prohibited Reporting for the police department, Aaron Rovenstine. deputy, asked the board to remind people to keep their dogs under control on their own property. He added that the police department has had a number of complaints about barking dogs, and from March 10 to April 7 they impounded six dogs. Rovenstine also reminded the board that a town ordinance prohibits the discharging of any weapons, namely BB guns, within town limits. The deputy said that many parents may not be aware of this ordinance and he would like to publicize its existence. Following Rovenstines report. Bob Phillips, town board president. commended the Milford Police Department for its work in the recent drug busts. He added, "it is important that the town know that we take a definite stance against drug use.'' Letter Sent Building commissioner Bill Durbin told the board that he did write a letter to Ron Davidhizar about a property on 312 E. Fourth St. Durbin said that Davidhizar would fix up the property this summer, but he can not and will not do this while windows are constantly being broken. According to Durbin. Davidhizar continued by saying that he did not want to invest money in a house that is constantly being vandalized Durbin told the board that he

cattle on his farm and that a chain link fence should be installed by Casto to keep dogs and children off his property. .Garry Miller pointed out that Delbert Dippon owns the farm to the west and Steve Bowler said he lives across the road and also has livestock. After discussion, in which Snyder pointed out it is Haab's responsibility to keep his animals contained by a fence, the board informed Snyder that when he brings his preliminary drawings in next month they should include six-foot high chain link fence on the south, west and some of the east sides of the mobile home park. Haab had countered Snyder's argument with "He's mpving into my area. I'm not moving into his. I'm not against it. I just want protection " The board granted a variance to Marvin Ward to construct a residence 15 feet from a road right-of-way and 20 feet from a channel in Oakwood Park at Lake Wawasee. The variance stipulated that Ward must comply with existing Oakwood Park conditions Ward had asked to locate the building 14 feet from the road and plans on a two-story house. Harold Hazenfield. a neighbor, told the board he prefers that only a one story, building be built and pointed out that the streets in Oakwood are private and restric-

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feels, “we should work with him (Davidhizar) in getting this property fixed up '' New Business In new business, representatives from the fire department and Van Buren Township Board of Trustees came to open discussion on the fife department contracts. Although according to Monica Bice, clerk-treasurer, contracts are not signed until the end of the year, the three parties wanted to get together and discuss the possibility of having one contract. Right now. both the town of Milford and the township sign individual contracts with the fire department. In addition, the town signs a contract with the township. Regardless of how many contracts are drawn up, according to Harry Doty, township board member., "it can't read like it does now." Presently, the town and township pay a percentage of the cost based on the assessed valuation of the town and township respectively. Assessed valuation, according to Doty, has meant that the "township has paid a 20 percent increase while the town only paid a five percent increase." Marcia Baumgartner, trustee for the township board, added, "assessed value is meaningless" since the town "has not paid attention to it ( contract ) since it was signed " The town board suggested that maybe the percentage of payment could be based on the proportion of town runs to township runs. For example, if 60 percent of the fires were in the township, then the township should pay 60

tions must be met Gene Trout wine, who had built a deck 3.95 feet into the road right-of-way on the south side ot Lakeview Drive on the south side of Dewart Lake in Van Buren Township, was ordered to remove all structure back to within five feet of the right-of-way. It also came to light during investigation of his petition that a house addition had been built with no permit in 1978 which extended into the right-of-way This

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(Continued from page 1) if the grant should not cover this change the town would have to pay the bill. The president also alerted members to a letter from TenEch. which recommends that the planned water rate study be deferred until the new sewage plant is in operation for at least a year Hughes reminded the board that citizens, who attended a meeting with water cost problems last summer, may be expecting the study to begin sooner An old 1968 agreement with Liberty Homes Inc relative to a sewer line which runs under the Liberty building is being searched for by Clerk Treasurer Mark

percent. Doug Ruch, fire department treasurer, said that he doubted that this method would work. , After a lengthy discussion, the three parties decided to set up a meeting to work out a budget for the fire department. The meeting will be held Monday, June 19, ift 6:30 p.m. at the fire department in Milford. In other new business, Linda Arnold, marketing director for the County. Convention and Visitors Bureau addressed the town board. She said she wanted to work with Milford to make it a stopping point for tourists in Kosciusko County. In order to do this, she asked the town board to provide her with contact persons in Milford who will inform her when special events are happening in the town. In addition, Arnold said she was encouraging each town to have a brochure and she noted that Milford’s brochure was being updated. Arnold closed by saying. "I want- to bring money into your area.” Monica Bice will attend the Clerk-Treasurers' Convention in Muncie, on April 19 through April 21. Bice said that a coordinator for a six-mile walk for cystic fibrosis is needed. The walk will take place on May 21. Interested persons can speak with Mrs. Bice at the clerk-treasurer’s office. Finally, map plats of the town are at the town hall and are ready for the address project. Bice said that she has instructions on how : to set it up. The next regular meeting of the town board will be held on Monday. May 8, at 6:30 p.m.

was also ordered removed to the five foot line, with no time frame stipulated for completion. Phend and Brown Inc. was granted an exception for the purpose of expansion of a granted exception use by adding a concrete plant in an agricultural district The property is located on the west side of Old SR 15 and south of CR 600 N in Plain Township. The board noted that the company* will have to secure all necessary state permits.

Tatman and attorney Bob Reed The line is in need of repair and TenEch is recommending a newline instead Os installation of a liner asdiad been planned Ron Conley, street and water department head, said he will present* a resolution at the next meeting for the board to sign. It will state that Syracuse will participate in National Safe Drinking Water Week in May. Seeks to condemn (Continued from page 1) pany like NIPSCO maKes a small landowner feel very helpless to resist and pointed out that if the land is condemned they, she and Donald, will still have to main tain and pay taxes on the ground even though they can't use it "The lease will go on forever and they ’NIPSCO) don't want to pay for the land they ruin It should be a renewable leaser” said Mrs Wolterman The Haab farm is located part ly in Kosciusko and partly in Elkhart County, north of the CSX <B & oT'Railroad '. We are ac tually being sued in both counties,’’ said Marceil Haab She added that the power line will interfere with the new® irrigation system her husband planned to .install. • "We re farm people and would like the opportunity to earn money on our crops, " she stated? "We feel we re being deprived of it through no fault of our own We have four beautiful children to raise on our farm /frostyX I DELITE 1 Milford - /S WRENS APRILuTh/ 1 Open Daily 1 J

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BIKE-A-THON COMMITTEE MEETS — Committee chairmen and prize committee members met recently to plan the Rotarysponsored Bike-a-Thon, which will be held Saturday, May 6. The first prize will be a Nintendo entertainment system. Riders are needed for the annual event. One-third of each rider’s collection will be donated to the Syracuse Public Library, one-third will be given to a church or civic organization as designated by the

At Syracuse —

Latchkey Program to continue at Syracuse

I By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer The Lakeland Community Daycare Center Latchkey Program at Syracuse School will continue for another year, contingent upon it being another pilot year and space is available. The implementation of a summer program and expansion of the program to include services for kindergarten students during non-enrolled sdfftol hours was tabled. This was the outcome following a lengthy discussion at last night 4 Wawasee Community School Corporation Board of Trustees meeting. A policy addressing the latchkey program will be worked on by the board in a study session to discuss the issue and making recommendations to a committee. Favorable reports on the first year of the program were given, noting 41 families and 64 students were served. Comments were heard from the Latchkey committee members. Shanda Blue. Carol Hurd. Rev. David Hyndman. Lisa Rinker. John Naab and Henry SmithSmith. WCSC assistant superintendent for instruction, noted there are three areas of concern: the summer program due to the asbestos abatement program, classroom availability for the kindergarten students and transportation of those students. He stated he has talked with the daycare center board on these problems and there was a willingness to work together. Dr Thornton. WCSC superintendent, urged the board to "take some time and study the during school program as it had not been addressed before. He noted this was an important item that merits careful consideration and time is needed to think it through. The discussion became a little heated after the board learned a decision on the before and after school program was needed that Test Plot snows aerial application works Purdue University 1988 Test Plot Statistics -show that due to the aerial application of pesticides for spider mites, there was a six-bushel per acre increase in the yield on an estimated 1.5 million acres of soybeans sprayed in' Indiana's fields lasj year. At the 1988 average price per bushel for Indiana's soybean crop, the bushels saved translated into $69 million additional gross income for the Indiana farmer through the use of emergency aerial application of pesticides —a big boost for the Indiana agri economy.

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night so the daycare officials could write the needed grants. Dave Carey asked why the request was made at the last minute. “We’re backed into a corner to make a decision.” Carol Hurd, director of the center, noted when the pilot program was set up the April meeting was set to review the program for the next year. Dr. Thornton recommended the board take time to study the summer and kindergarten issue. Carey later apologized to those whose feelings were hurt, noting he does not like to make rash decisions. Later in the meeting a guideline to use for future latchkey programs in the corporation was presented by the existing latchkey committee. Curtis Jordan, board president, noted this document was the foundation for the policy formation and a study type document to start with. Dennis Mikel suggested the boa,pd meet in a study session to give a direction to formulating a policy. The committee to devise the policy will be the existing Latchkey Committee along with some board members. August was suggested as a time to have the study session. Mrs. Blue voiced her concern that if the board does not discuss the matter until August, the committee would be accused of pushing the board again. An attempt to begin the discussion will be scheduled for the May or June meeting. Reports Smith presented the 1988-1989 ISTEP Writing results for grades three, six, eight, nine and 11, in which the outcome left a comfortable feeling, but not a satisfied feeling. He noted procedures are underway to be implemented to improve the scores the next time around. Noting that the state wide average is 35-4.4, Wawasee’s average ranged between 3.8-4.5. The best possible score is a 6.0 and the lowest possible score is 1.0. The writing assessment included holistic results, the overall effectiveness of student in writing, and analytic, an analysis given to part effectiveness in focus, organization and development. Smith also presented, for information only, a guideline for school procedure for dealing with tragedy impacting a school such as a student or teacher suicide or death. He noted this suggested procedure is the result of the corporation’s guidance council feeling the need to have a written outline giving direction for each building level. j The goals of the school board were also presented for review and placed on record. The goals deal with community relations, personnel, instructional programs, facilities, and finance. Jordan noted these goals for 1989 do not replace past unachieved goals but are an addition to those goals. A fall open house of the new

participating rider or riderssssssss and one-third will go to the Rotary Club for use on other community projects. Interested riders should contact any Syracuse Rotary Club "member or dr. Richard Brungardt. Pictured are J.R. Howard, Jim Evans, Roger Thornton, Don Kime, Dr. Brungardt, D. Conroy, Jim Caskey and Roger Kryder. (Photo bv Lewis Immel)

Syracuse School addition will be planned. Dr. Thornton asked the board’s opinion, stating he had hoped to have an open house this spring. The board was given the choice of having the spring open house with a disclaimer regarding the flooring problem, or to wait until it is completed. Other Business In other business, the board approved the intent to retire requests of Tom Robinson, vocational education mechanics teacher; Lee Troyer, vo-ed automobile and agriculture mechanics instructor; Mary Lou Troyer, paraprofessional; and Esther Rider, guidance

Search begins today

(Continued from page 1) as issued by the Indiana Department of Education. A screening committee will be established consisting of four parents, six teachers, assistant superintendent and business manager. The committee would screen the candidates narrowing the selection to five for recommendation to the superintendent. The selection would be narrowed by the superintendent to two or three for board interview. University placement offices in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois will be notified of the opening. Advertising will also be done in trade publications. Other Business Approval was given to advertise for bidding, the specifications to complete up to 13 abatement actions within the corporation to comply with requirements for Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. The bids will be opened on May 1 at 12 noon for (he work at Milford, Syracuse, North Webster and Wawasee High Schools. Work will be done during the summer break June 10-August 1. Roger Kryder, business manager, noted many of the projects can be taken care of this summer. The estimated cost is $325,000. The management plan was also approved and will be submitted to the Indiana Department QLEnvironmental Management. J 457-2561

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secretary. Robinson has been with the corporation 21 years; Troyer, 16 years; Mrs. Troyer, 12 years; and Mrs. Rider, 23 years. The resignation of Rhonda Steiner as half-time English teacher at Wawasee High School was accepted. Employment of Nancy Kosteck as orchestra teacher and James Rhodes as bus driver for bus 35. were also approved. The board approved the GED Certificate for Kathy Hougey and adoption of the tutoring policy. The next regular meeting of the board will be Tuesday, May 9, at 7 p.m., in the Milford School Cafeteria.

Also, the board approved the advertisement of additional appropriations from the cumulative building fund totaling $558,120. These funds will go towards the AHERA compliance, building improvements in the industrial arts area and lease rental of the building at Epworth Forest for North Webster kindergarten students. Barton-Coe-Vi la maa was employed, at a six percent fee, for architectural services for the summer projects. These projects include changing lighting and modifying the' heating and ventilation system at Syracuse. The opening of bids for the middle school project will be Thursday, April 13. at 3 p.m., in Room 130 in Wawasee High School. A special meeting has been called for Tuesday, April 18, at 4:30 p.m.. in the board room for the awarding of bids. A special executive session will be conducted following regarding job evaluations and official appointment consideration.

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