The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 13, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 May 1989 — Page 5

"CRUZIN aroundCUSE"

(Continued from page 4) Committee members. Bob Pilcher and Tim Kroh, finalized information for the flyer and registration form which will soon be printed. Tshirts, sporting the chamber logo on the front and a sponsor’s logo on the back, will be available for every runner. They will be printed by Butler Signs. Several new ideas for promotion and community involvement were settled upon. The committee is encouraging “corporate challenges’’ in which businesses may enter 5-6 runners, with a combined age of, say, 210 years. The times of the runners will be totalled, by company, and the highest total will receive a special prize. Also new this year is that registered runners will be eligible for drawings of 20 items with a total value of SI,OOO. The runners/walkers will be sorted out by the usual age and male/female group classification and wHI either run in the 8 mile or 3.3. mile event, or walk in the 3.3 event. Prizes will be awarded to the top three of each age group. The committee will be endeavoring to make contact with as many retail merchants as possible to determine interest in participation either through purchasing a number of T-shirts and having their business name imprinted, or by providing items or gift certificates for the drawing. Those interested may contact either Pilcher or Kroh early. —O'MAY 12-14 finds us observing several special events: Kiwanis Prayer Week, with a purpose of encouraging Kiwanis clubs to promote religious activities throughout their communities and recognizing individuals for their contributions to spiritual welfare. National Police Week, which is an event honored by some 21,000 police departments nationwide. Memorial ceremonies are held, and events which show what law enforcement officers can do to help the public. National Tourism Week with the goal of promoting the awareness of the economic, social and cultural importance of tourism — which is the second largest employer in the USA. —O'ANU SO we take a break. This writer is heading back to the University of Colorado at Boulder for the second, and final, year at the

Ralph Neff celebrates 90 years

Born just three miles northwest of Milford on May 25. 1899. Ralph Neff is going to be celebrating his 90th birthday and his daughters are inviting friends to celebrate with him. His daughters. Jean Niles. Syracuse and Darlene Hawkins, Nappanee, are holding an open house on Sunday. May 21. from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the

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School of Bank Marketing. Two weeks in the “high lands” — fresh air, early morning tennis, hiking all over campus, bookwork, computers You will be pleased to lear n that for the next three weeks this column will he written by some very special people. The May 17 column belongs to the talents of Ron Baumgartner, son of Arch and Della, ardent runner and indomitable newspaperman. On May 22, Dick Bunnell, personable pastor of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, is at the helm. And, the May 29 column v.’ill find Dr. David Robinson sharing an exciting S CUBA adventure. Have a happy May . . , and remember Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 1 4th!!! —o—--JOG MILLER'S MERRY Manor. Inc., at Pickwick Road and Darkless Drive. Syracuse, will be hosting a discussion on the changes in medicare and how to shop for long term health insurance. Eric Dellinger, he althcare specialist, will lead the discussion. The event has been entitl ed "Get The Eacts: Long term health care . . . Nursing home insurance and Medicare." The discussion will be Wednesday, May 17, at 7 p.m., in the facility. The public is invited to attend. JUST DECIDED Monday evening by the Lakeland Daycare Center Bioard of Directors: There will be a summer day camp for children ages six to 12 years. The day camp will be in the Syracuse Scout Cabin. Carol Hurd, Lakeland Daycare Center Director, noted the group is looking forward to working with the REAL Ser ,ices Nutrition Site. The day camp will begin J une 5 and continue through August 18. from 5:30 a.in. to 6 p.m. Mrs. Hurd noted the daycare center hopes to enroll up to 50 children. Catarina Palacios, who is currently assisting with the Latchkey Program at Syracuse School will be coordinating the ever t. More information will be made available lai er or the daycare center can be contacted for further information.

Milford Christian Church Fellowship Hall. Reared in the country. Neff attended school at the Clayton School which he describes as a country brick school house. On July 19, 1919, he married his wife. Grace. At first, the couple lived with Neff’s parents, but they later "took a chance, and started

keeping h ouse two and a half miles southeast of Milford” on the third clay of March. 1920. Neff still lives Lit this same address. The Neffs farmed 80 acres and during the winter, when there were only "some chores to take care of," N eff started driving the school bus. Neff explains that when he began in 1920, the bus was called a "kid hack” and was powered by a team of horses. Neff adds, that horses were also used to farm at that time. In September of 1920, Neff "hauled about 20 plus pupils, on wheels, not rubber though, and it wasn't enc losed. there was a door at the side and one at the back.” In 1922, Neff drove the first motorized truck hauling students to school. Neff retired from driving the bu 5 after 48 years, which gives him the distinction of "holding tl le Indiana state record of longest bus driver." After re tiring. Neff soon rejoined the work force by driving a truck for Barth. He describes that job a s picking up equipment in this art a that companies could not ship d irectly to Barth. He also involved himself in the development of the Big Boulder Golf Course. ■ W jfXx yr ' \ X ' IRALPH NEFF For th' ■ past nine or ten years, Neff ha ■; devoted five days a week, ai d at least two or three hours ea<:h day to volunteering at the Lakeland Loving Care Center. Performing a variety of duties, N If still volunteers at the center Basically. Neff sums up a descriptii ?mpf himself and his life as one “g.lways on the go." As he points upward. Neff credits his ability to do ill of what he has to “that Man up there r don't leave. Him out

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Flotilla Road Race to include corporation team competition

(By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer The 12th Annual Flotilla Road Race will have something new added to it this year. A corporation team competition. Corporations or businesses are encouraged to enter a team of five persons with the combined running age of 210. This idea was one of several discussed Monday evening bet«ween Tony Clouse, race coordinator, and members of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Division. The retail merchants will be sponsoring this year’s race on July 1. Members of the retail merchants group will be contacting 12 retail businesses to purchase 12

Landfill woes: Rates go up

By KATE WOLFORD Staff Writer Unpleasant it may be, but garbage disposal is big business and it recently became an issue in this area when rates per cubic yard of compacted trash at the EL-KO Landfill, Inc., located east of Nappanee, were raised from $3 to $5 per cubic yard. Noncompacted is at $4.50 per cubic yard. Why the increase? Harlan Beer, owner of the 24-acre private landfill, explains that his landfill site is basically used up. As he has not been able to get a permit to set up another landfill, he is expecting to close his business in about three months. However, one just can’t up and close a landfill. According to Beer, he has had to give the Indiana Department of Environmental Resources (IDEM), an irrevocable commercial letter of credit in the sum of $250,000. He says, “They (the state) figure it's going to cost me that to close it up." Also, the money is a guarantee that he’ll close it ac-

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T-shirts each. These T-Shirts will be given to participants. The shirts will have on the front the chamber logo, event name and date, and on the back the logo and/or name of the sponsoring merchants. Those shirts left over after the road race will be returned to the sponsoring merchant. Clouse noted that 300 runners are expected. Again this year the race will begin at 8 a.m. and include the Eight-Mile,. 3.3-Mile run, and 3.3 mile Fun Walk. Awards will be given to the first male and female across the line, as well as to the first three finishers in each age division. Awards will also be given to the top five walkers. The group is also looking into purchasing mementos to give all participates in addition to the Tshirts.

cording to state regulations. Add an additional fine, the cost of monitoring wells that will be in place for five years after the landfill closes, general costs of closing and the desire (on Beer’s part) for some income before closing and the reader will have the reason behind the increase. Beer acknowledges that sanitation companies will likely dump elsewhere, but says, “I’ve got more than I can handle now.” There’s no doubt that area trash haulers are going to be affected by the rate change. How,

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The age divisions for men and women in the Eight-Mile will be: 13-15, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 25-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-59, and 60 pjus. The age divisions for men and women in the 3.3-Mile race will be identical with the addition of a 12 and under age group. Clouse will be having the entry forms printed this week and ready for distribution in the very near future. Friday’s Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the retail merchants group was briefly conducted Friday morning. Price quotes on the printing of additional Syracuse maps and colored post cards are still being sought. ne next regular meeting will Friday, June 9, at 8 a.m., at Pilcher Shoes.

and to what extent, varies. Bruce Rogers, of Rogers Sanitation, Inc., Milford, termed the rate change a “dramatic increase” and expressed a wish that he would have been notified about the increase in December of last year so het could have put the cost into his container prices. Beer explained that in December of 1988, “I didn’t know I’d have to do all this to close the site.” In fact, Beer believes it will cost him more to close the site than $250,000. Rogers’ greatest concern,

Wed., May 10,1989 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

Isliu - IM r y uIbII- / ' wHSHI MHBBS PASSING THE GAVEL — The gavel was officially passed from the past to the present Wawasee flotilla king on Wednesday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at the Maxwelton Golf Club, Syracuse. This year’s flotilla parade is slated for Sunday, June 2, at 1 p.m. Shown are Everardo (Ev) Ganz, present king, and Max Ganshorn, past king. (Photo by Mary Jane Lorton)

however, was that smaller sanitation companies will be forced to go out of business or yield to bigger companies as a result of this rate increase. Sanitation company customers can expect to see Changes in their bills as a result of the EL-KO in-

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crease Linda Stuckman of Stuckman’s Tri Lakes Sanitation Service, Cromwell says the ELKo increase has forced that company to implement an increase of its own. saying, “We’ve already increased our rates for residential effective June 1.”

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