The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 32, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 September 1989 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., September 20,1989

Editorial

Community is master of master plan Inspired by the efforts of the Syracuse Park Department, the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce has taken steps toward developing a master plan for the future edification and beautification of community. Hoping to give a “sense of direction’’ to the chamber, the master plan will include steps toward assuring a more appealing city. Hopefully such efforts will be welcomed from the community as well as local officials. Chamber of Commerce member Bill Beemer has stated that a committee comprised of community members as well as members of the Syracuse City Council will be corralled for suggestions. Chamber members have already met with an architect and park board president Kip Schumm for tips on proceeding with the project. The park board helped set a precedent by developing its own master plan and may have provided a healthy boost toward other entities intent on improving the Syracuse surroundings. For the Chamber of Commerce efforts to be realized residents and business leaders must provide input. Afterall, this is their community and they should have a strong say in what project should receive precedence in any plan of attack designed to improve it. With a growing community needing a plan to assure that facilities are appropriate for that growth, the chamber of commerce effort should be applauded. However, it should also be monitored by those who ultimately hold the purse strings for Syracuse. EMS in need of daytime technicians Governor Evan Bayh was to present a proclamation recognizing the dedication of personnel comprising Indiana's Emergency Medical Services System this morning on the steps of the State Capitol. Coincidentally, the morning and afternoon hours comprise the time frame lacking Emergency Medical Technicians. Cities and towns throughout Indiana are experiencing a shortage of EMTs during the standard working hours. "A lot of our EMTs work days and just can t get away from their jobs for runs, laments Cheryl Brunjes, captain of the Milford EMS. Milford currently has 11 certified EMTs and ID drivers, although only three of those certified technicians are available during the day. The Milford service had an open house in April but. sadly, there was no response. While Brunjes admits that Milford is better off than many communities, daytime EMTs are still needed. Syracuse EMS Captain Howard Berkel notes that only two of his six certified EMTs are available during the day. Syracuse also has four drivers. “Having at least eight EMTs available during the day would be great, although just five would be fine." Berkel says. North Webster is in “fairly good shape" where day help is concerned, according to EMS Captain Sue Mitchell. The Kosciusko County community has 15 EMTs and 10 drivers. However, "too many is never enough," according to Mitchell. The North Webster EMS will host an open house September 24 to better acquaint residents with its services and spur interest. Countless incidents have proven the value of EMS programs and now is the time to help those programs grow. Local employers need to allow current EMTs to respond to daytime calls — it may be their life or a loved one's life that they're saving. Community members over 18 years of age should also be encouraged to inquire about their local EMS program and may want to actively pursue the schooling necessary to become a qualified EMT. It takes few hours and the rewards are many. Philharmonic to play here On Sunday, Sept. 24. area concert goers will be treated to an evening of music that will take them from Venice to the Brigadoon; with plenty of stops in between. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic will be presenting a Fall Pops concert at 2 p.m. in the Wawasee High School Auditorium and music lovers of all tastes should find something to please them. During the first part of the concert, with Ronald Ondrejka (musical director of the philharmonic) at the helm, the audience will experience a musical tour of the world, with stops in many countries. The philharmonic will fly home for the second half of the concert and bring with it the sounds of American contemporary music.

What others say — Common sense costs A roaring battle seems certain when Congress settles down to earnest business later this month. “What else is new you say. This one is different. The subject is the catastrophic health care plan attached to Medicare which seems to have become its own political catastrophe. It is a bitter dosage for those in the executive department and the Congress who thought they were doing something good. It hurts when the urge to help someone is throw n back at you in anger. ' . • The plan itself was and is needed. It is an attempt to prevent a catastrophic illness from wiping out the financial resources of retired Americans, from destroying their material assets. Our two-term governor. Otis R. Bowen, M.D., produced the plan during his tenure as secretary of health and human services. He had a hard time selling it to his colleagues in the Reagan administration but eventually he received the backing he needed Then it was received well in Congress. Too well. All sorts of things were added. It was amended and rewritten and the result is a very expensive premium That premium is figured on a retiree’s income tax and amounts to a surtax. It is costly and drew an angry reaction from those it is designed to help It is very unpopular and members of Congress have gotten a pounding for it during their summer recess. They return to Washington determined to make changes. Angry senior citizens can vote as well as anyone and tend to do so in commendable percentages. Obviously, the question is “what changes?" There are so many modifications and alterations being discussed that it is almost impossible to sort them out. Be certain of one thing. It is the hour for a plan to protect older persons from ruination when a major disease strikes. It is as legitimate a health care issue as 3ny other. So join us in following the developments in the paper as the debate heats up. There must be minds in Congress who can produce a program that will not break either the retiree or the national treasury, It will cost everybody something, but we cannot believe that it is impossible. i - SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

A master plan should help Syracuse.

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Sally J. Cleveland. 17. Milford. $73 Expired license plate — Patrick J. Speicher. 25. Milford, dismissed County Court The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court. Judge James Jarrett presiding: Speeding — Laura L Manthey, 25, Leesburg. $80; Vicki L. Shepherd. 43, Leesburg. $65: Clarke T. Rutledge. 28. Leesburg. SBO. Violation Seatbelt Law — Mark L. MiHer. 29. North Webster. S2O; David E Osbun. 27. Leesburg. S2O. Insufficient Life Savers — Dean L. Anderson. 25. Syracuse, S6O Dangerous Operation — Jon K. Lippe. 23. North Webster, $213. Operating While Intoxicated — Jack Russel Trammel. 34. Syracuse. $303. driver's license suspended 90 days, K.C.J. six days. Illegal Consumption — Daryle Lee Hill. 20. Syracuse. $153; Drake F. Sladky. 18, North Webster. $153. Possession Os Paraphenalia — Rodney O. Jessop, no age. Syracuse. $153. Illegal Possession — Rodney O. Jessop, no age. Syracuse. $153 Goshen Division The following fines have been levied and paid in the Elkhart County Court. Goshen Division. No operator’s license in possession — Ronald J. Bjella. 25 Milford, dismissed No registration — Michelle J Poth, Milford. $54 New Claims Mehl. Mehl and Beeson. N Main St.. Goshen vs Lisa Webber, N. Lake St.. Syracuse. Plaintiff seeks $750 plus interest and costs Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have tiled for marriage dissolutions in the Kosciusko Superior and ( ircuit Courts: Reynolds — Karla J Reynolds. RFD, Leesburg, and Brad A. Reynolds. Worthington. Ind. The couple was married Feb 13. 1937. and separated Aug 5. 1989 Junghans —Carol J. Junghans. no address given, and Russell W Junghans, rural route. Syracuse The cpuple was married May 31. 1975. and separated Aug 25. 1989 There are two minor children Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage license in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Nelson-Williams Darren W. Nelson. 25, rural route, Leesburg, and Candra IL Williams, 27. rural route. Leesburg Fitzpatrick-Zartman Roger Allen Fitzpatrick. 27. East Prairie, Leesburg, and Shelley Ruth Zartman. 29. East Prairie. Leesburg Hyden-Thom pson William David Hyden. 20. PO Box. Milford, and Melinda Jo Thompson. 20, PO Box. Milford Two drivers cited Two drivers were cited for failure to yield the right of way in separate accident® last Wednes day in Goshen At 11:37 am.. on Lincolnway East near Reynolds Street.GNDang. 44, 72854 CR 139, Syracuse, was driving a 1984 AJC Jeep which collided with a 1983 Audi 5000 driven by Shirley K Clark 42 , 68412 CR 31, Goshen. No one was injured and damage was set at more than $3,500 by Capt Ross Albert In the second accident which occurred on the same day at 12 04 p.m., a 1986 Mercury Sable driven by Arthur J Gall. 58.19417 CR 56, Milford, was struck by a 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass being driven by Emily L. Robie. 17. 64962 CR 19, Goshen Robie was cited for fajlure to yield The accident happened at Pike and Denver Streets and was in vestigated by Goshen police

Zydek-Zoski Richard J. Zydek, 34, rural route. North Webster, and Ann M. Zoski. 33. Clinic Street. Warsaw Wise-Moser Randy Lee Wise. 24. East Chicago Street. Syracuse, and Theresa Lynn Moser. 20, East i 'hicago Street. Syracuse. Superior Court I'he following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court. Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu versus Dennis L. Bender, rural route. Syracuse. Petitioner seeks $289.82 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu versus Joyce Pfefferle. rural route, Syracuse. Petitioner seeks $647.04 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu versus Cindy J Poe. rural route. Syracuse Petitioner seeks $370 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint PJ.s Pizza versus Shellie Jones. PO Box. Syracuse. Petitioner seeks $238.28 plus $55 in court costs. New Subscribers Sean Anderson Vincennes University Harrison Hall, Room 155 Vincennes, Ind. 17591 l oin Mangas Indiana University Foster-Magee. Room 006 Bloomington. Ind. 17105 Tim Mangas DePauu University \T<> 510 W . Seminary Greencastle, Ind. 16135 Vicki Holderread 5217 N. Clinton Fort Wayne. Ind. 16825 Eugene Fincher 105 W . Emeline St. Milford. Ind. 16512 Hal Rogers R 3 Box 662 Leesburg.lnd.46s3B Urgent care clinic coming to Syracuse An ' Urgent Care Center" is slated to open in Syracuse early next spring Dunlap Medical Park, also known as Dunlap Urgent Care Center, is now in the process of purchasing The Ivy Hut Restaurant. SR 13 in Wawasee Village, where the new center will be established. The purchase is expected to be finalized later this month According to Priscilla Juday, sales agent -for Logan-Rogers Realty, the clinic will be offering extended medical services seven days, a week Dr. Neil Harris, Goshen, will be one of the doctors at the clinic Carl and Audrey Reinholt, current owners of the Ivy Hut Restaurant, expect to keep the restaurant open 30 days after the sale is complete Realty World Professional Group and LoganRogers Realty are handling the transaction

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RAFFIC IS being detoured around Syracuse this week as workers with CSX Transportation “renew the

ties and rails" on the railroad crossing. The SR 13 crossing was officially closed Monday and should be reopened the first of next week. Carl Gorsuch. foreman for the job, stated the new ties and rails will be placed on the north track. This is the same work that was done two years ago. Gorsuch couldn't answer why a new rubber crossing was not being installed, like at Nappanee. He did state, however, that the rubberized crossing (which makes it easier on vehicles) will be placed at a crossing in Milford next year. While most of the major traffic is being detoured via state highways, a lot of traffic has been seen on Medusa, Seventh. Chicago, Railroad and Main Streets. So use caution when traveling about town until the crossing is reopened. —o— START SEPARATING your recyclable trash Containers for recyclable items will be placed in the parking lot at Thornburg Drugs. The containers should be in place by October 24. According to Bob Knudsen all proceeds from the sale collected items will go towards the annual Fourth of July Fireworks fund. —o— IT SEEMS the rumors of a convenience store at US 6 and SR 13 are unfounded. Audrey Ruth, with Star Realty, stated the fill placed on the property is in preparation for a potential buyer There are no plans for that property , which is still up for sale. —o— LYNN JOHNSON, owner of the local Dairy Queen, is bursting with pride. The local restaurant was the recent recipient of the company's "Golden Cone Award.” This award is based on the amount of soft ice cream sales. Johnson said the high sales of soft ice cream is from the enhanced sales of DQ’s ice cream cakes. —o— THE SIGN for Tom s Donuts is among the missing. Was it stolen? No. owners Ed and Sharon Batesla have taken the sign down, A wooden frame is being built to place the lighted sign in. This should detour vandals from walking away with it. —O—AN INFORMATIVE presentation on how the county’s three economic development agencies interface or work together is being planned for Thursday. Sept. 28, at 4 p.m. The event will be in the Shrine Building on the county fairgrounds in Warsaw. Discussion will include how the agencies' corporate philosophies are set and results ol cooperative efforts such as programs, administration, and resources. In addition the focus of each corporation, their relationship to each other and how that relationship results in savings to the business community and taxpayers in general. Results of the meeting will be used in guiding economic development efforts of the county and to determine the ability of businesses to make a profit. The three agencies being discussed are the Greater Warsaw Area Chamber of Commerce. Kosciusko County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and Kosciusko Development. Inc. —o— TODD BRILL, Elkhart, nephew of Virginia Wixon and grand-nephew of Josephine George, both of Syracuse, will be appearing on an upcoming episode of "911.” Brill rescue 1 two people from a vehicle submerged in water over one year ago in the South Bend Area. Earlier this year he was the. recipient of a Carnegie Award. His greatest reward, however, was when one of those he rescued, a mother to-be. named her baby boy after Todd While Todd will not re-enact the rescue efforts himself, he will be shown at the end of that episode. The program "911" is on Tuesday evenings on Cfihnnel 22 (CBS) at 7 p.m —o— CONGRATULATIONS TO the five members of the Rhythm Band from Calvary United Methodist Church. The volunteer group was recipient of the “Volunteers of the Year" award for District II of the Indiana Health Case Association.

Members include Priscilla Juday, Lillian Disher. Betty Eaton, Shirley Bobeck and Rosalyn Jones. The group has been performing for residents of the Lakeland Loving Care Center. Milford, for eight years. The award was presented Monday during the Indiana Health Care Association Volunteer of the Year Luncheon in the Hoosier Dome. —O'CHARLENE KNISPEL, Turkey Creek Township Assessor, wants to make sure every one receives the notification of reassessment values. This is why she is urging residents to notify her office of address changes. The major concern conies with those residents who had their addresses changed over I*2 years ago by the post office. Unless notified of the new addresses, the notifications will be returned. f So Charlene asks residents to please notify her office of the address changes, it will only hurt the property owner in the end. Her office will also need to be notified after the new rural numbering project has been completed and ■ numbers in place. —o— PROPOSALS ON the master plan for the beautification project of the chamber of commerce are expected this week. Chamber committee members. Bill Beemer. Kip Schumm. and Mike Tallon met with Pat Brown of SiteScapes. Mishawaka, earlier this week. Brown will be coming up with the master plan that ties in with the recent Ball State University Study calling for minor revamping. The urgency of the master plan is in the fact that a number of local businesses are planning renovations. With a plan available, these businesses can work with the beautification program. A public meeting will be called to receive input from businesses and community. A committee will be formed with representatives from the uptown and village businesses and hopefully representatives from the town board and park hoard. —o— HIGH LEVEL of interest was shown in the new wing at Syracuse School during the open house festivities Monday evening. John Naab. principal."noted there was an excellent turn-out. Naab also noted the students are proud of the new addition and enjoyed the opportunity to guide their parents through it. —o— MERL AND Maggie Smith returned Sunday from a week's vacation in Maggieville, N.C The Smiths stayed at a golf resort there and spent all week golfing and enjoying the weather. According to Smith, there was some occasional rain, but it didn’t disturb the golf game. The Smiths found it was quite different play ing golf in the mountains and report their games were "just mediocre." —o— LOCAL BUSINESS owners received a letter from the Syracuse Police Department this week. Chief Robert Ziller mailed the letters after his office received calls from businesses inquiring about some telephone solicitations. The letter states: "Some of these organizations claim to be soliciting funds to combat dj’ug abuse.” others state that their funds “benefit y our local police department." Although some of these organizations may be legitimate. Chief Ziller stated the local police department has never received funds from any organization of this type. He indicates that any agency or organization authorized to solicit funds within the town limits will have a letter in the solicitor’s possession authorizing them to do so. and the letter w ill bear his signature. , “I do not authorize soliciting by telephone." commented the chief. He asks that businesses who are contacted for donations and have questions about legitimacy of the request to call him at 457-5333. —o— THE POLICE Officers seen directing traffic at Pizza Hut were not on taxpayer’s time. Don Trammel, district supervisor for Pizza Hut. went to the local police chief to seek the officers’ help in directing traffic and in studying the flow of traffic. The officers were scheduled on their offduty hours and received compensation from the business. The officers will assist with traffic the remainder of this week during peak lunch and dinner hours —o— NO PLANS have been made at this time on what will be done with the property acquired by Main Channel Marine on Pickwick Road. According to Troy Webb, plans for its use have not been made. (Continued on page 51