The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 April 1989 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., April 19,1989

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Seek to start lakes area band

| By STACEY LESCH z Staff Writer Ron Stoll moved to Syracuse just three years ago, leaving behind his chair in the brass instrument section of the Elkhart Municipal Band. But ever since, he has thought seriously about starting a band involving persons from all over the lakes areas. “I just want to play my trombone, again,” he says. Now, with the cooperation of the Syracuse Friends of the Park board, Ron’s hopes are becoming reality. Area residents have heard talk that the park board was trying to establish a band to bring music entertainment to Lakeside Park in Syracuse. Many thought Ron was put.in charge of establishing the band, but Ron says, “It’s purely coincidental that I was trying to gat a band together at the same time.” Now, Ron and the park board have joined forces and plans for the musical entertainment are underway.

According to Kip Schumm, president of the park department and member of the Syracuse Friends of the Park, a gazebo band stand now located in Lakeside Park, will be removed in order to provide a setting for a band shell which is hoped to be completed by mid to late summer. Talk of a band in the lakes area began seriously last summer after plans for the band stand were completed by Sam Leman, Syracuse architect. Kip estimates that construction of the shell will be in the mid-$20,000 range. Although Ron does not have any finalized plans for the lake area band, the Elkhart Municipal Band has offered to sell them 75 adult-size, uniforms for just $1,500. Rossi says he has heard from 20 people who say they are seriously committed to joining the lakes area band, but he is hoping to have at least 30 more. “With 75 uniforms, we obviously have growth capacity,” he says. Ron is especially pleased with all of the support the Elkhart band is offering him. Besides the uniforms, the band has agreed to

go through its library of music and give the lakes area band any duplicate copies it has. “It’s not uncommon to pay S9O for a tune, so we really appreciate that,” Ron says of the offer. Also, the Elkhart band has invited Ron and his band to perform with the Elkhart Municipal Band at a few of their weekly summer concerts. In turn, Ron and the Syracuse park board have invited the Elkhart band to play on Thursday, June 22, in the Lakeside Park. Ron says he isn’t sure if the lakes area band will be performing at that time as well. As a community effort, Ron has asked the administration at Wawasee High School if facilities and percussion instruments could be made available for the band to practice. Ron says the school has not yet offered a response to his request. Because the band will not have any stable financial backing to note, Ron says free-will support is always welcomed. The lakes area band is, at present, working to raise the necessary funds to purchase the 75 band uniforms. After the purchase, new emblems will be needed to replace the Elkhart Municipal Band patches which are now on the uniforms. Because the entire lakes area band will need to discuss plans for the free entertainment, Ron says he isn’t sure just how many concerts will be performed, “But, 1 envision probably two a month.” Besides the June 22 concert at Lakeside Park, the band has been invited to attend the

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(Continued from page 1) be reached by August 1990. The contractor noted all would be completed but the pool and part of the gymnasium, unless there was an extremely bad winter. Commenting about Trans Tech's bid, Barton commented he received an overnight letter the next day indicating an error was made that would increase his firm’s bid. The company asked to either be allowed to add to the bid or withdraw without penalty. Robert Reed, board attorney, informed the board of alternatives before a decision was made. The options available were to go ahead and take the proposal of the low bidder as bid; not

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(Continued from page 1) within a franchised area. The Cable Subscriber Bill of Rights states that MCAA members believe the cable systems are operating without effective competition and are therefore afforded monopoly status by the Deregulation Act of 1984. After the meeting, Stoddard declared that Syracuse is the first municipality in Indiana to sign the resolution and about the 35th in the country, joining many, larger cities such as Cincinnati and Mobile, Ala. He declared that news of the board's decision would be sent to a contact in California for airing to 40 countries by Wednesday, April 19. “This is definitely a move in the right direction to protect our First Amendment rights,” stated Stoddard The board voted to accept the joint plan of Cotton and Cotton Insurance and McClain Insurance to provide health insurance coverage for town employees, replacing the Blue Cross-Blue Shield policy. Dave Cotton explained that some benefits will increase and the SIOO deductible clause needs not be increased to $250 as Blue Cross proposed. The new plan is to start May 1 provided no employee has a medical situation which would cause his coverage to lapse. In this case the

Sewer district receives approval from IDEM to advertise for bids

Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District has reached a milestone The long awaited approval from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management on design has come Now the board is awaiting the formal letter from IDEM giving the board approval to advertise for bids This was announced during the sewer district s monthly meeting Monday evening, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. Verbal approval has been received by the sewer district board and the official written approval is expected to be received within days. Bids are expected to be received as early as June with construction to begin by Labor Day weekend During the next several months the sewer district board will be working on use. rate and bond ordinances, as well as sell ing bonds Tm extremely happy about it," noted Richard Green, legal counsel for the sewer district He

summer series at the Elco Theatre on April 23. The concert is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. and admission is free.

B aw C 1 EM*— ~ iM y -■ # If y-j ” UNIFORMS AVAILABLE — Ron Stoll, left, Syracuse resident and former member of the Elkhart Municipal Band, and Bill Heinhuis, long-time member and past president of the Elkhart band, model the uniforms that are being made available to the lakes area band. Ron left the Elkhart band three years ago when he moved to Syracuse. He says he has missed playing in the band and is now working with the Syracuse park board to form a band consisting of residents all over the lakes area. The Elkhart band has agreed to sell 75 adult-size uniforms to the lakes area band for a total of $1,500. (Photo by Stacey Lesch)

award the contract to them; or allow the low bidder to withdraw provided the board get compensation out of the bond submitted. Dave Carey, noted he was not in favor of a suit against the bonding company and did not want to force the company to do a project where “we’re going to loose in the deal.” The board voted not to go with the low bidder without penalty. Concerning the sewer construction, Dr. Roger Thornton, superintendent, noted he received a telephone call from Richard Green, attorney for Turkey Creek s Regional Sewer District that verbal approval from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has been received

start of the new coverage will be deferred another month. Board members agreed they do not want any employee to suffer because of the coverage change. The board approved a change order for $49,441.24 to pay for improvements to South Main Street not covered by the EPA grant. Randy Lindley said this will be funded by the community improvement grant from the state. Another change order of $18,700 was approved to Adams Robinson Construction for some needed additions at the new sewage treatment plant. Lindley affirmed that these changes do not alter the plan to

Retail merchants to sponsor 1989 Flotilla Road Race

I By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer The Syracuse-Wawasee Retail Merchants Division of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce will sponsor this year’s Flotilla Road Race, July X?Xspecial meeting will be callea in the near future to discuss prizes and promotions. “We need to come up with what to give out now and worry about

said the sewer district board has been working towards this goal since its formation on October 18, 1977 To date the sewer district has obtained 1,027 easements for tanks, lift stations and man holes A number of special meetings will be called once the written approval is received. The next regular meeting will be May 15. at 7:30 p.m.. in the Syracuse Town Hall meeting room. FOP to meet Syracuse/Wawasee Friends of the Park will a meeting Wednesday, April 26. at 7 p.m . in the Syracuse Town Hall Election of officers and board of directors will be voted upon All interested individuals are urged to attend For more information, or if anyone is interested but cannot attend, call Sally Cotton. 457-2557. or Belinda Clabaugh. 457-5447

Anyone wanting to play for the band or offer any other type of support, is encouraged to leave a message at 457-5546.

and bids should be received late in June. The board approved Phend and Brown's bid contingent upon the corporation deciding to accept or reject the alternate bid by January 1. Other Business Dr. Thornton reported the rumor mills in the community are in full operation. He commented Henry Smith is in an assignment where he (Thornton) expects him to remain and that he will not be returning to a principalship. “He is not a candidate -for either position,” stated Thornton referring to the new middle school principal position and the principal position at Wawasee High School.

start flow into the new plant on April 24. The board approved accepting the $16,211.16 bid of Don’s Excavating to move the sewer line at the new McDonald’s restaurant on Pa.lm Drive when the construction time is right. McDonald’s has agreed to pay SIO,OOO toward the cost. Approval was given to Conley to make needed repairs to the number two high service water pump at an estimated cost of $5,000 to $5,500. Member Carol Koble reported that Friends of the Park will meet at the town hall on Wednesday, April 26. at 7 p.m.

getting it later. If it is handled like last year, 150-200 runners, this thing will never grow. I’d like to see 500 people there," commented Bob Pilcher, Retail Merchants President. He suggested offering cash prizes over presenting trophies or medallions and sought ideas on how to promote the race to get a larger crowd participating. A meeting with Tony Clouse, who organizes the race each year, will be called to get input from him on needed changes. In other business, those merchants present decided additional chamber maps need to be printed The group will recom mend to the chamber board several thousand more maps be printed Ways to revamp the existing map were also discussed with a brainstorming session set for the next meeting. May 5. Ideas that were suggested included changing the advertising to one line ads. categorizing businesses, put in the lake depths. remove topography, and enlarge the Lake Wawasee map Merchants were encouraged to present suggestions to help formulate a new map at the next meeting Suggestions of locations to take pictures to use on postcards were given to Judy Moser, Creative Touch Studio The Retail Merchants Division is supporting her efforts to provide postcards of the Syracuse-Wawasee area Printing costs for the postcards will be presented at the May meeting The next scheduled meeting for the Retail Merchants Division will be Friday. May 5. at 8 am, in Pilcher Shoe Store