The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 April 1989 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., April 19,1989

Editorial

Celebrate sober The Governor’s task force to reduce drimk driving is making an all-out effort to remind high school students that they have a license to drive, not a license to kill. Drinking and driving don’t mix. “Spring,” says a release from Governor Evan Bayh’s Task Force to Reduce Drunk Driving, “is the traditional time to celebrate proms and graduation but, all too often, alcohol and other drugs become part of those celebrations. In fact, in a recent survey of teen-agers aged 16-18, nearly 80 percent of those polled admitted they attended parties where alcohol is served.” These figures are shocking and most of us will say they don’t apply to the Lakeland area. However, if we admit the truth, the figures are probably just as true here as they are anywhere else in the state of Indiana. The release continues by saying that last year in Indiana the number of young people killed in alcohol-related crashes increased by 26 percent. “Furthermore,” Jeffrey Modisett, executive assistant for public safety and drug abuse prevention, said, “teen-agers represented 37 percent of the drunk driving fatalities in 1988, while comprising only 18 percent of the driving population. Impaired driving,” he said, “is more than a concern. It’s a matter of life and death.” Modisett reminds all that drunk driving continues to be the number one killer of young Hoosiers. “The battle to end substance abuse among all Indiana citizens can not be won alone.” He’s right. While the state is launching “It’s A License to Drive, Not a License to Kill” public service advertising, newspapers are running articles and editorials, television is running commercial spots featuring popular students urging others not to drink, SADD members are holding campaigns in schools and parents who care are talking to their teens about drinking and driving, but none of it will do any good unless the teen-agers remember the idea behind the new state advertising. Drivers’ licenses are a privilege, not a right; a privilege to drive and not one to drink, drive and possibly kill someone — maybe that special someone who is in the car with them. Please kids, don't drink and drive! Geography One of the failings of U.S. schools in recent years is the failure to require basic courses. Much is heard about math. English and science. Geography is also overlooked. Recently a 10-grade teacher gave students a test on geography. Many didn’t know whether France was a country or a city. Many didn’t know what continent Germany was on. etc. The teacher found such ignorance incredible. Earlier generations of Americans studied geography for a year at about the fourth grade level. Geography enables one to read maps, to understand the world better, to analyze foreign policy, and to better understand the world’s peoples and problems. In many of today’s "modern” schools, one finds early courses in theater, social subjects, etc., etc. Students are often into these subjects as early as the 3rd grade. Students ought first to learn to write, to read, to perform math in their head, to learn geography and other basics. The exotic, arty, or social subjects, if taught, can come later.

What others say — If the shoe fits . . . too bad! Since before most of us can remember, an organization called the ‘‘Gideons" has been placing Bibles in classrooms, hotel rooms and other public places. Their theory was that the Bible offered solid guidance for living, and they have placed millions of Bibles, at no charge. The Gideons never forced anyone to read the Bibles they placed. They made no comment on the beliefs of anyone who might pick up one of their Bibles. They never expoused any particular denomination or creed They simply put Bibles where people could pick them up and read them if they wanted. And millions of people will testify to the changes those Bibles brought about in their lives. Countless people, who had checked into anonymous hotels and motels with the sole intention of doing away with themselves because their lives had become hopeless, tell of finding a Gideon Bible in the nightstand and changing their minds. Instead of ending their lives, they found the courage and guidance necessary to try one more time. Others, who found themselves in similar, nondescript hotel rooms, tell of finding just the right word of guidance for their own situations in a Gideon Bible. Servicemen tell of carrying their small Gideon Servicemen's Bibles into battlefields the world over, and finding comfort in the dark night of war. Each of these people have a story to tell, but almost every story ends the same way lives have beep changed, for the better, thanks to the work of an organization which never forces anyone to believe but simply offers a choice. Sounds like a pretty good deal. At least to some. A number of years ago, a group of people decided that Gideon Bibles passed out in schools offended their sense of freedom (Keep in mind that the Gideons never forced anyone to accept their gifts.) Through court action, the Gideons were restrained from placing Bibles in the hands of school children around the nation. The Gideons didn’t force the issue. They accepted the restraints and concentrated their efforts elsewhere. Now there is another movement afoot aimed at restricting the Gideons even furSeems there are a number of people who check into motels and hotels who are uncomfortable if-they have to share the room with a Gideon Bible. Even though there is no one in the rooms forcing them to even so much as pick up these Bibles, or preventing them from hiding the Bibles in a drawer if they so choose, these people are uncomfortable. They claim that just knowing the Bible condemns their “if it feels good do it” “alternative” lifestyles, makes them feel despised and discriminated against. That must be some powerful book, if.it can make a person uncomfortable without so much as being opened. If these people are made uncomfortable by a book without even seeing it, maybe that should tell them something. Most of us assume that, if we are doing something wrong and our consciences nag us, we should examine our actions and make correction. In most circles that is called moral guidance. And this world could use a lot more of it. It is what the Bible is all about ’ ... Considering that the Bible’s wisdom has been around a lot longer than man s freewheeling theories about life, we suggest that those people who find themselves uncomfortable around Bibles might just think about the old adage if the shoe fits... and makes you uncomfortable, 100 bad! — THE WAKARUSA TRIBUNE

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Court news-.

County Court The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court. Judge James Jarrett presiding: Speeding — Ana M. Custer. 36. Milford. $65. Robbie C Hare. 20. Syracuse. $80: Casey J. Call, 28. Syracuse. $65. Unsafe Start — Den ice Berkeypile, 19, Milford, S6O. Improper Passing — John R Rhodes, 17; North Webster, S6O. Disregarding Stop Sign — Kirk Stidam, 30. North Webster, S6O Expired Plates — Barbara (■ Cochern, 41, Syracuse. S6O Unsafe Vehicle — Daniel J Willour. 26. Leesburg. S6O. ■—« False Identification — Jay W Anglin. 19. Leesburg. $lO3 Public Intoxication — Roger Reed. 33. Syracuse. $l2B Failure To Properly Tag Deer — I Elva Kissell. 31. Leesburg. $l2B, SSOO replacement fee Public Indecency — John F. Tooker, 42. Leesburg, $203, K.C.J. one year Illegal Possession — David C Rader. 18. Syracuse, dismissed; Elmer W. Steele, no age. Syracuse, $153. Illegal Consumption — David C Rader. 18. Syracuse, $153. Fleeing Law Enforcement — Elmer W Steele, no age, Syracuse, dismissed. Marriage Licenses The following couples, have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Miller-Schroeder Robert A Miller,A97TKFS>Har rison, Syracuse, and Caralee S ■Schroeder, 45, r 2 box 296. Syracuse. Deßoard-Long Gerald William Deßoard, 21. 900 E. Greenhaus Dr . Apt 6, Syracuse, and Brenda Louzelle Long. 21. 418 S. Main, Syracuse. Blackburn-Blackburn Tony Alan Blackburn. 23, r I box 253 C. Milford, and Angie Joan Blackburn, 20. r 1 box 25.3 C. Milford Circuit Court The following petition has been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court. Judge Richard Sand presiding Legal Separation Morene Latam Tillotson. 751 S Summit St . Nappanee, and Den nis Tillotson, 807 Smith St.. Nap panee The couple was married July 26, 1976, and separated Sept 30. 1988 There are two minor children

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County Court Goshen Division The following fines have been levied and paid in the Elkhart County Court. Goshen Division: Speeding — Beth A. Cotner. 26. North Webster, $63; Ray A. Shanklin. 64. Syracuse, $56 City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: V iolation of seat belt law — Cindy L. Gafrftge. WSyraWse, $25; Richard W. Colvin, 22, Syracuse, $25 Speeding — Christie K Vanderveer, 22, Syracuse, S6B; Octavio R. Ramos, 20. Milford. S6B Disregarding automatic signal — Carol A. Coleman. 18, Syracuse. $63 No operator's license in possession — Troy P Ropp. 19, Syracuse, $54, plea bargained from driving while license suspended Two-car collision in Milford A two-car collision occurred at the intersection of SR 15 and Emeline Street in Milford last Wednesday. April 12. at 4 p.m. Joyce A. Eades. 36. Milford, driving a 1986 Ford Escort, had stopped just south of the stoplight on SR 15 to turn into Bruce's Marathon when a 1982 Chevrolet Citation, driven by Scott A. Brown. 26. r 1 box 139A, Etna Green, turned left onto SR 15 from Emeline following a vehicle through the light at the intersection That vehicle went around the Eades car on the right side berm Brown's auto then struck her car in the back side while swerving to the right Damage was estimated at between SI.OOO-$2,500 to Eades' vehicle and S2OO-S!,(MX) to Brown's auto by Milford Deputy Aaron Rovenstine. Theft of moped Herman E Miller. Syracuse, reported to Elkhart County police that a moped was stolen from a garage where it was kept at 302 S. 27th St., Goshen The chrome Murray moped was valued at $250 The thief pried a window and mesh screen to enter the garage The moped’s throttle cable was missing Pop, money are reported missing John Weyler, r 1 box 165-E, Pierceton, notified the Kosciusko County Sheriff 's Department that someone had broken into the pop machine at Grassy Creek Restaurant. The incident was reported Sunday. April 16 Weyler stated that several cases of pop were taken from the machine and several dollars in change The theft is believed to have occurred during the evening ■of April 15-16

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ONGRATULATIONS AND good luck to Augsburger’s Supervalu of Goshen. This is the third and newest store

opened by the local chain and is located on College Avenue, near Greencroft Retirement Center and near several new residential areas, in the new College Green Shopping Center. The 26,000 square foot store will be landscaped to give it a warm residential feel and to complement the area. A pre-ribbon cutting VIP open house was held last Friday at the Goshen store with all the store representatives wearing tuxedos. In the photo, from left to right, are: Jim and Kim (Augsburger) Evans; Oweita and John Augsburger; Angie (Augsburger) and Bob Wright; and Dian and Ron Schwartz. Jim is general manager of the Augsburger stores; Oweita and John are owners; and Ron is the store director for Goshen. Appropriately timed, was a change in dress code at all Augsburger stores. Each employee will now wear white dress shirts with black bow ties and a red apron (and slacks or skirt, of course). —o— SYRACUSE WAS booming last weekend. The warm weather turned folks thoughts toward the lakes area and the out-of-doors. So many headed up to check things out The local eating establishments appeared to be filled to capacity and traffic was almost as bad as during the summer. —o— SPEAKING OF traffic, there are several intersections from which it is either dangerous or nearly impossible to pull out of from side streets. One, of course, is at SR 13 and Chicago Street; another is at SR 13 and Railroad Street right at the crossing; still another is anywhere in the uptown block of SR 13 when attempting to pull out from a side street with parked cars blocking the view. —o— WELCOME HOME to some of our "snowbirds” Bob and Betty Deahl and Bob and Mary Jane Knudsen. Nice to see your smiling faces. —o— ALSO, WELCOME “home'' to Pauline Ziller, 75-year-old mother of Chief Bob Ziller The Zillers picked her up at her home in Munster, (near East Chicago). She will be heading back this weekend but hopes that she ll get to ride in the boat before she goes (come on. chief, get that boat in the water). The senior Mrs. Ziller enjoys reading and walking as well as boating and visiting the lakes area on a regular basis. —o— BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS are cropping up all over town! Vince Leo. who recently purchased the house south of his case, is fixing it up and painting it a "Caribbean blue.” and The Country Mouse has fresh new siding. Looking good. —O—- £> ADVENTURES OF a "Harting” boy. Ed “the barber” Harting-knew just what kind of cap top he wanted for his pickup He had the measurements taken (7'2”) and was ready when he found the one going up for auction. He took out his handy tape measure and measured the item. Seventy-two inches. Perfect, he thought, and stayed for the bidding Most of the other caps went “dirt cheap” but when his came up there were three bidders and he had to work for it. Awarded the winning bid. he asked for some assistance in placing the cap on his truck —a foot too short. He sought out one of the fellas who had bid against him and asked if he was still interested at his last bidding price. So, a few dollars lighter, and nd truck top, Ed left the auction, wondering just how he could have made such an error in measurement. Finally, the light dawned He had so firmly fixed “seven, two” in his mind that when he saw that the measurement on the tape at the abction read “seventy-two” he was convinced that -all was right Now that the story is told, you may find this writer wandering around town with a bald and shiny head, because that was the promise if any more was said!

Ii OU wondered about all the sirens going the other day, it was just Chief Ziller and other members Os the Syracuse Police Department making friends with the kids at St. Andrew’s Nursery School. The children heard about police work, were given coloring books about “good touch-bad touch” and Officer Friendly on "Just Say No to Drugs.” The highlight of the visit, however, was the ride in the squad car complete with lights and sirens going. SOMETHING NEW going on in the Village. The lot between Borney's Bait and Stouder’s Boat Sales on SR 13 has seen a lot of action in the past few weeks with trucks hauling fill and dozers leveling the land. Tom McClain, who has owned the land for some years, verified that a building is going up. but information about planned use is not ready for release at this time. —o— WE THOUGHT McDonald's was going underground what with the huge hole that was being dug. but now it appears that the business will be a high rise. At least built on a high rise of earth. The land is in a flood plain and the building must be situated a specified number of feet above that level. Looks like a lot more was involved than just razing a building and putting up a new one. —o—' WE'VE FOUND another two-generation family operation in Syracuse. Bud’s Body Shop, in business for 30 years, is-run by Bud Slabaugh and son, Mike. That makes thirty-one of these special businesses. —o— THE CREATION of a community band is getting some close scrutiny. Monday evening, several interested representatives from the Syracuse-Wawasee area travelled to Elkhart to meet with reps from their municipal band. Ron Stoll, the Syracuse instigator;. Bill Brisco, local musician and owner of Johnson Bay Marina; and Kip Schumm, representing the park board, will have a great deal of information to share with potential band members as they work together to form a local group. —o— THERE'S A new bed and breakfast in the area. Just opened is Lake Breeze, located on Dewart Lake and owned and operated by J.C. and Jerry Rumple. Lake Breeze offers swimming, sunbathing and boating in the warm months; paddle boating and quiet walks in the fall; and a glass-enclosed porch for enjoying wintery views; or a fireplace pit for warming up after trekking in the snow. Those who know J.C. and Jerry are aware of the warm and welcome greetings and care visitors will receive. Lake Breeze becomes the third bed and breakfast to be established in our area. The Anchor Inn, on SR 13 near South Shore Golf Club; and Tara, on Lake Wawasee, being the other two. —o— CHARLIE AND Sandy Rock were cleaning out some things the other day and thoughtfully set aside several items for the coming Syracuse Museum. Being held for safekeeping at the State Bank of Syracuse are: an old cookbook, produced by “Methodist Church, Syracuse, Ind ”; an original watercolor, signed “Sprague ’04"; a March 24, 1898 edition of The Syracuse Register — which includes a boxed caption next to the masthead which states “The Register is a live, up-to-date newspaper. Gives all the news and is reliable.” There is also a September 24, 1885, issue of The Toledo’Weekly Hlade; and a copy of the Mishawaka Women's Club Cookbook, published in 1925. —o--JOG RUMORS AR£ running rampant about who will be applying for the position of new school corporation middle school principal and now that WHS principal Ned Speicher is leaving, who will replace him Henry Smith, assistant superintendent for instruction, is one name rumors have high on the list. (Continued on page 5)