The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 13, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 May 1989 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed.. May 10. 1989

Effective immediately — Carey resigns from school board

I By DEB PATTERSOX Staff Writer ‘‘lt is with regret I tender my resignation as trustee of the Wawasee Community School Board, but due to my business and relocation of our home in Warsaw I find it necessary.” This was the opening comment in Dave Carey's letter of resignation last night during the Wawasee Community School Corporation Board of Trustees meeting. DAVID CAREY Carey submitted his letter of resignation to Curt Jordan, president of the board, just prior to the board’s adjournment His resignation was not a total surprise to the board, as they had been aware of his intentions However, the fact the resignation was submitted that evening and to be effective immediately seemed somewhat of a surprise. The board will now be taking the necessary steps to fill the vacancy. An open meeting will be conducted to allow the four remaining board members to appoint a '.'suitable " replacement. Xo mention as to a meeting date was given It will be up to the four board members to decide how to go about naming a replacement. "T,he board has complete authority and control. ” noted Robert Reed this morning Wednesday > The public can contact the board members with suggestions on replacements. The person who will be appointed must be from either District 1 1 Tippecanoe Township

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or District 2 (Turkey Creek Township), where only one board seat is occupied in each district. No one can be appointed from District 3 (Van Buren Township and a the east portion of Jefferson Township), as both board seats are occupied. Current board members are: Curtis Jordan. District 1; Carol Swartzendruber, Distrct 2; and Dennis Mikel and Bill Troup. District 3. Because there is one year remaining on Carey's term, the person appointed will be subject to election in November 1990 Carey's letter stated the following: “The past 10 years have been very exciting and educational for me and I certainly have been the benefactor from this positive experience. It has been great to have had the opportunity of working with administrators and school board members. It is memories such as these that will not be forgotten. “Even though there have been rough times for our school corporation, the end results have been very positive: such as. our new superintendent, the feeling of trust between administration and staff on negotiations, and the excitement of the construction of our new middle school; all three of which have taken a lot of hard work from dedicated people within our school community. "The school corporation will es ; fectively survive only through the continued efforts of staff, administration. school board, and patrons in our community who will be dedicated to the criteria of educating our children. I have full confidence within the integrity of the existing administration and school board and want to wish them well with the job before them. "I want to thank all of those people who have made my tenure on the school board an enjoyable experience, and the patrons of the community who have put their trust in me through the years." Bids Aw arded Michael T Robinson and Associates. Inc . Madison. Wis.. was awarded the asbestos abatement project for the school cor-

poration at a» total cost of $213,225,000. This includes reinsulation in some areas. The recommendation is also contingent upon assurance from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management that the company is certified in the state for this type of work and the additional appropriation is approved by the state board of tax commissioners. Work will begin by June 12 and be completed in 48 days. There were no school patroris voicing objections to the $558,120 additional appropriation during the hearing on the transfer. These funds, if approved by the state, will be used for professional services, building improvements including the asbestos abatement, purchase of computer instructional equipment and lease rental of buildings. ISTEP Results There will be 45 students this year eligible for summer remediation instruction following the receipt of the ISTEP Testing Results. This is up from 21 students last year. Henry Smith, assistant superintendent for instruction. noted this is due to the fact that this was the first year readiness students were required to be tested with grade one students. The classes will be held in North Webster School from June 12 through July 10 from 8 a m. to 12p.m. Grade totals are: 28 from grade one. 24 are readiness students; three from grade two; five from grade three: seven from grade six; and two from grade eight. Out of the 45. Milford will have 13 students; North Webster. 15 students; and Syracuse 17. Enrollment figures for the third grading period were released during the meeting in which the total attendance percentage was 92.77 percent for the. corporation The total enrollment for the corporation has increased by 10 students since the start of school to 3.433. Syracuse had the highest attendance percentage for kindergarten students at 93.06 percent; North Webster for elementary .with 93.74 percent; and Syracuse for junior high at 92 99 percent The attendance percentage for the high school was 92.54 percent. Personnel Actions Board members took action on a number of personnel recommendations last evening,, including the hiring of some of the summer school instructors. The contract for Gary Goshert as head basketball coach was renewed for two years by the board. Resignations were accepted from Daryl Embower, high school mathematics teacher; Pat Bartow, paraprofessional at Syracuse Elementary; and Jane Fry as deputy treasurer/bookkeeper The retirement of Lura Hoover, after 25 years of teaching fourth grade students at Milford.

was accepted. The employment of Pamela Unruh as deputy treasurer/bookkeeper was accepted. Summer school contracts were approved for Rhonda Steiner, English; William Kitson, math/science; Don Storey, keyboarding; Ron Corson, government and economics; David Blackwell, high school band; David Sand, middle school music; Robert Kitson, middle school science enrichment; and Tom Williams, Elaine Bokhart, Tony Clouse, Richard Welborn and Story as driver education instructors. Approximately 70 students are expected to participate in this year’s summer school. Instructors for orchestra and the five ISTEP instructors are still being sought. The recommendations for the 1989-1995 reading/handwriting textbooks presented by that committee were accepted by the board. Silver Burdett and Ginn publications will be «used for reading in grades kindergarten through eight and Zaner-Bloser publications for handwriting for grades kindergarten through five. The high school’s developmental reading program recommendations were also accepted. All textbooks are on display in the corporation's central office for public review. GED certificates were approved for Rhoda Gibson Wright. Darleen D. (Dovey) Pletcher, and Mabel Artruse (Bickel) Shawven The board will be looking into a matter mentioned by Deb Hurley, a Meadowview Addition resident. Mrs. Hurley asked the board to look into possible access to the school from that addition, other than SR 15. This would be for students walking or riding bikes to school for various recreational activities.

Mrs. Ulrich seeks town's help

i Continued from page 11 utilities commissioner, on the project Snyder said it will take two lift stations instead-of one. He added. "We re trying to cooperate and as far as we know we have the concurrence of the Milford coittmunity. After we have a sewer plan drawn we will meet with the Milford Town Board “ This comment was made after board member Robert J. Beer took Snyder to task for not having yet secured approval from the Milford Town Board During the exchange between Snyder and Beer. The attorney pointed out. “If we can't hook on to the. Milford sewer system we ll withdraw our petition The state would not allow otherwise" Petition Being Circulated Jeff Dippon. who has been carrying petitions for signatures of area people who are against the building of the mobile home park, said he is concerned about drainage from a mobile home park He said surface water “will run off“ into the Coppes Ditch, seep into my land and I ll have to pump it into another ditch," Dippon had previously offered no specific reasons for his opposition. but had said "I just don't want it there" and followed with the question, “Would you want one in your back yard?" Casto's petition was on the BZA schedule for Tuesday, May 9,

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NO SERIOUS INJURIES — There were no serious injuries in a two-car accident at Higbee (SR 15) and Catherine streets, Milford, on Tuesday morning, May 9. Milford Marshal David Hobbs, stated he came upon the accident at 7:4ft a.m. Shaunna L. Searfoss, five, Milford, a passenger in one of the vehicles suffered a bump to her right cheek and was treated and released by her doctor. Marshal Hobbs reported Keith Bice, 16, Milford, was eastbound on Catherine Street, in a 1985 Ford, and had stopped at the intersection. A

Deny rezoning of Wawasee Lake property for ice cream sales

(By GLEN LONG Staff Writer About a dozen residents from the southeast side of Wawasee Lake were present at the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission meeting Justice Building on May 3 to express their remonstrance to the rezoning of 2.2 acres of land from a residential to a commercial district as petitioned by Elmer Yoder. His property is located on theeast side of the road behind Runaway Bay Condos and north of the old Wawasee fish hatcheries. Yoder, who operates a mobile home park on the property, said

after it had been continued from the April BZA meeting When attorney Steve Snyder presented Casto's petition in April. Howard Haab. whose farm adjoins Casto on the south, remonstrated, saying Casto ’should put chain link fence around his park to keep dogs and children from his land where he keeps livestock Garry Miller stated that Delbert Dippon owns the farm to the west and Steve Bowler, who lives across the road, said he was MAD to finalize BBQ plans The May meeting of MAD (Milford Area Development Council. Inc > will be held this Saturday beginning at 9 a m. in the Milford Community Building The MAD council will be finalizing plans on Saturday for its annual chicken barbecue (to be held on May 29) and all MAD members, as well as interested persons, are encouraged by John Replogle. MAD President, to attend the meeting. *>

his plan was to put in a soft ice cream operation and then maybe in the future close the mobile home park and replace it with a campground. Steve Snyder, attorney, stated the remonstrances of Runaway Bay Property Owners Association. Wawasee Property Owners Association and himself, personally. After referring to five elements in a state statute on zoning considerations, Snyder showed a 25-minute video of the area which purported to show unsafe conditions and high traffic volume on the road. The video actually showed 40 cars, one bicycle and one walker. Snyder stated he and his clients are also concerned about possible future use of a commercially-

also concerned for his livestock. After that meeting Casto had said he would gladly install a chain link fence as asked. Scott Township Case Wilfred Blessing, Nappanee, was given 30 days to clean old machinery and trash from the property on which he had placed a mobile home 35 feet from the

New town hall shows visitors that Syracuse people care about their town

< Continued from page 1) the town that the people of Syracuse care about their town. " Charlene Knispel, Turkey Creek Assessor, said her old offices in the Todd Building were fine, but added that her centralized location is much more convenient for everyone. "Town and township.offices are all at one place and convenient for taxpayers and certainly for us,” she stated. "We sure do like having all the room we now have." Town Clerk-Treasurer Mark Tatman agreed that Syracuse residents can be proud of their town hall facility. "It’s good to have offices in the same building for convenience of the public,” he said. “The building obviously cost a lot of money, but it sure

RC Cola truck was parked at ET Auto Sales and obstructed the view of Bice, so that when he pulled out to cross Higbee he drove his vehicle into the path of a northbound 1987 Plymouth. The other vehicle was driven by Brian Searfoss, 25, Milford. Bice could not stop in time to avoid the collision. Shown in the photo are the Searfoss-driven vehicle, registered to Derria Hili, Milford, and Bice’s vehicle. Damage to both vehicles was estimated up to $9,000 each. (Photo by Deb Patterson)

zoned area and the adverse effect of a commercial area on existing property values. He said the present mobile home park is the best use for the property. Before the board voted, Yoder, in the face of such strong opposition, offered to withdraw his petition. Snyder responded that he and his clients wanted a decision to be made so the petition could not be presented for at least a year. The board voted five-to-one to not recommend that the commissioners approve the zoning petition. Hal Strong, who had supported Yoder's request to withdraw, was the dissenting vote. The petition of Donald Beer. Milford, for preliminary plat ap-

road right-of way. His property is located on the west side of SR 19 and 85 feet south of CR 1050 N in Scott Township. The extension was given after Dan Richard showed pictures of the' area and said a good number of junk vehicles have been removed by Blessing. Blessing was clearly told

adds to the town." As the town board planned for the open house at the town hall on June 1, 1986, Board Member Bill Hess smiled and stated. “Looking back over past years this is like a palace to be in." The Syracuse Town Hall was

Mobile home park on hold

i Continued from page 1 > bin. Durbin also talked to neighbors to this property, and they offered “to keep an eye on what’sgoingon." Durbin brought the board s attention to three other properties that need improvements. In an effort to enforce ordinances con cerning the junk problem, the board voted to send a notice to John Selles who owns a property on Henry Street. The notice orders Selles to demolish the garage on the property which has been slowly falling apart, according to Durbin. As for the other junk problems, Winchester suggested encouraging the owners of these properties to participate in the Spring Clean-Up "x In other action, the board approved a motion to pay a claim for $5,389.51 to Bonar and Associates. “We've put them off long enough." said Bice. The

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proval for a residential subdivision on a 9.77 acre tract of ground north of Milford was approved unanimously. Beer was represented by Larry Long, engineer, who informed the board that six lots over one and one-third acre in size are planned in the wooded area on the south side of CR 1300 N and one-half mile west of CR 100E in Van Buren Township. The subdivision is to be accessed by two drives off the county road. One of these is in place and one will be built to the west. Both drives will be built to county highway specifications. Long said his client plans to have restrictions on the lots to be sold which include minimum size of houses and guidelines on outbuildings and outside storage.

several times that if the area is not cleaned this time his mobile home variance will be denied and he must remove it. He said he is perturbed and told the board that everyone sees art differently and so his land is viewed differently by other people. He was told by chairman Jim Hart that his area is certainly not art.

the culmination of several years of concerns and decisions by town board members and their associates. It dated back to December 1977, when the Town of Syracuse signed an agreement to pay Syracuse Rubber Company $87,000 for the old building where the town hall now stands.

money will be refunded to the town after the town is audited, according to Bice. Bice informed the board of a round table discussion to be held at Millersburg on June 14. "It is important someone goes to that" she said as she encouraged the board to sigpup by June 7. A letter from the Public Safety Animal Control came to the attention of Bice The letter stated that the group would charge the town for animal pick-ups. It will cost the town $lB per call, and $5 per animal. A call from Brian Wilcox, youth minister of the Milford Christian Church, was also brought to the attention of the board by Bice. She explained Wilcox's request to involve his church youth group in the community and in community projects. Finally. Bice noted a chairperson is still needed for the Cystic Fibrosis Walk-A-Thon. Interested persons can contact Bice at the clerk-treasurer s office.