The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 33, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 September 1989 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., September 27,1989

Editorial

$670,000 is short of need The United Way of Kosciusko County, along with other United Way organizations across the country, is once more engaged in its annual fund-raising campaign. This year, the local goal is $670,000. That’s a lot of money. However, it falls far short of what the county’s member agencies need: $823,000. The member agencies cover a wide array of social and human services across the county. In the last decade or so, United Way has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to agencies in the Lakeland area. For example, Lakeland Community Day Care Center has received $245,100, while Lakeland Youth Center has been granted $249,950. Turkey Creek Senior Citizens have been allocated $4,445 and the Milford Senior Citizens have been given $7,398. In North Webster, the Park Board has benefitted by $7,500 and North Webster Day Care Center by $41,000, in special grants. This funding comes from members of the community. It comes back to them as well, through the member agencies. As a result, giving to the United Way is far more than charity; it’s an investment. Making it makes good business sense. The returns are high for all. This year, when you have an opportunity to give to the United Way, do it. You’ll be helping others; you’ll be helping yourself. Other countries' laws deserve o look Harry decided to celebrate his impending wedding date with a few drinks at a bar. Meeting a few pals from his high school days, the middle-aged professional celebrated a bit more than originally intended before finally being urged to leave. However. Harry made the mistake of climbing into the driver’s seat of his car. Spotted swerving down the street. Harry was stopped and arrested by a police officer. Instead of spending his wedding day at the altar, Harry spent it in front of a firing squad, executed for his drinking and driving escapade. While that opening scenario may seem a bit harsh by U.S. standards, El Salvador has made more than a few drivers think after drinking by guaranteeing that “your first DUI will be your last” in that country. Bulgaria is a bit more lenient. A second conviction of drunk driving brings a death penalty. Similar deterrents have been taken by other countries, with Milford resident Berniece Dwyer sending an August newsclip that outlines the penalties for drinking and driving in 16 different countries. While execution may not be the answer for preventing drinking and driving offenses, other strict measures seem in order for the U.S. Israel has had an effective policy that states that convicted drunk drivers will serve a two-year prison term. In 1980, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said that Israel rarely prosecutes more than one drunk driver a year as a result. In the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden, drunk drivers receive automatic jail terms of one year, while South Africa gives a 10-year prison sentence, a SIO,OOO fine, or both. Those with spouses who drink and drive in Malaya will have some company in the jail cell. If a man is married, his wife is also jailed, while those drinking and driving in Turkey are taken, by police, 20 miles from town and forced to walk back under escort. Similar embarrassing sentences are imposed on Australian offenders, where the names of those convicted are boldly published in local newspapers. The U.S. must take a stronger stand against drunk drivers if it is going to see a decline in the thousands of lives taken each year. Hefty fines and healthy jail sentences may provide the incentive necessary. Notional 4-H week The 4-H organization often provides the basis for many adults’ fondest memories and next week those memories will be put to the test when National 4-H Week is observed. 'One of the oldest and largest non-traditional efforts in public education in the U.S., 4-H has existed for nearly 80 years to help young people become mature, competent adults while nurturing various skills. It is important that residents of Kosciusko County continue to support this youth program and help it grow by actively involving other youths. Currently, 943 youths aged 10 to 19 help form Kosciusko County’s varied 4-H program. Helping those youths to discover their strengths and weaknesses and exposing them to activities in a variety of career fields, 4-H is for urbarrand rural youths alike. Kosciusko County will see a new 4-H project begin during National 4-H Week, with 4-H Shooting Sports getting its start with an organizational meeting next Tuesday. Shooting Sports is a project to help young people learn safe and responsible use of firearms, gain an understanding of natural resource concepts and enhance their development of a positive self-concept, character and personal growth. Several other 4-H programs are afoot and it’s important that parents continue to show their support and help fuel memories for their own children.

What others say — America lost its voice America is fat with music, and the death of Irving Berlin cost us not an ounce. We still have music in every flavor, through every known technology. We can listen to it almost anywhere and anytime we want. So why mourn the death of a 101-year-old tunesmith who had been in retirement for decades? He had a f ull life, was universally acclaimed, made a fortune and died in his sleep. We still have his songs, and they’ll probably still be sung centuries from now. Why not celebrate Berlin’s life and music and go on to the new composers like him? Because there aren’t any new composers like him. There can't be. Berlin was the Songwriter for a different America than exists today. That America was more self-confident, like the Russian-born immigrant who made his fortune in the New World selling songs. It was a more romantic America, where the culture soft-pedaled sex and idealized love. It was more patriotic, winning two world wars for human rights and democracy. And its generations — its teen-agers, young adults and elderly — were not the sharply separated target markets of radio stations selling top 40, golden oldies or the music of your life. Today’s America has many songwriters but no Songwriter. We can celebrate the great abundance of music, but it is worth mourning that “God Bless America” does not unite us as it once did. Whether we have suffered a loss of values or simply an end of innocence can be debated elsewhere, but it’s apparent there is no one now who can bring us together in song the way Irving Berlin did long ago. That’s why we mourn, even though Berlin’s tunes survive. We no longer have his spirit, and we no longer have as much spirit of our own. - FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

The United Way its working Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: ’ Speeding — Cheryll L. Martin, 42, Syracuse, $54; Ryan L. Stuckman, 17, Syracuse, $63; Kimberly S. Bolles, 25, Syracuse, S6B; Kristin E. Robbins, 17, Syracuse, S6B; Michael P. Surso, 50, Syracuse, S6B; Anita M. Hasse, 25, Syracuse. S6B Violation of child restraint law — Freeman J. Fry. 25. Syracuse. $25 Failure to yield right of way—- — L. Beer, 46, Milford, $53 Expired license plate — Anita M. Hasse, 25, Syracuse, $54 Disobedience to an official traffic control device — Landa L. Mishler. 23. Syracuse. SSB County Court The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court. Judge James Jarrett presiding: Expired Driver’s I.icense — George A Lantz. 59. Milford. S6O. Operating Motorboat With Expired Registration — Randall V. Rolf. 37. Syracuse. S6O. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Riccardi-Smith Joseph Michael Riccardi, 24, New York, and Gretchen Joan Smith, 24, rural route, Syracuse Hepler-Lockhart Donald James Hepler, 30. rural route. Leesburg, and Penny Marie Lockhart. 28. rural route. Leesburg. Goshen Division The following fines have been levied and paid in the Elkhart County Court. Goshen Division: Speeding — Clay Rassi, 16. Milford, $63

ANGLE EXPLAINS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN TO ROTARY — Ruth Angle, Wawasee High School guidance counselor, spoke to the Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary Club at their Tuesday noon meeting at Gropp’s, Syracuse. Angle is on the committee for the 1989 National Red Ribbon Campaign. She told the members how to get involved with the campaign, which will have scheduled activities for the week of Oct. 22-29. The purpose of the campaign is “to present a unified and visible commitment toward the creation of a Drug Free America." The campaign is designed to create awareness about drug problems facing the communities, establish effective parent/community teams across America, and support drug-free, healthy lifestyles. Pictured are Ruth Angle, and Robert Hampton, program chairman for the day.(Photo by Lewis Immel)

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Disregard stop sign — Antomo P. Fuetes, Jr., 24, Milford, SSB Disregard stop sign at railroad crossing — Larry R. Kaiser, 33, Milford. S6B Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in the Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Andrews — Marlene L. Andrews. rural route, Syracuse, and Lee F. Andrews, no address given. The couple was married April 19, 1958, and separated Aug. 27. 1989. Wright — Robert Allen Wright, East Boston, Syracuse, and Mary Patricia Wright, Richmond, Ind. The couple was married Dec. 27, 1988, and separated April 16,1989. Superior Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court. Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint Wawasee Service Center versus Michael A. Kolesiak. rural route. Warsaw. Petitioner seeks $245 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger s Super Valu versus Judy E. Myers, d/b/a Lakeside Marathon, Petitioner *seeks $671.81 plus $55 in court costs. Holcomb booked at jail The following person was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail recently: Mark Allen Holcomb. 30, P.O. Box 253, Syracuse, was charged with public intoxication and released on his own recogmzence..

Serving our country GREGORYS. HENDERSON Second Lt. Gregory S. Henderson, son of R. Keith Henderson and Sylvia L Henderson, both of Syracuse,'has been awarded the aeronautical rating of navigator following graduation from United States Air Force navigator training at Mather Air Force Base, Calif The lieutenant is a -1982 graduate of Wawasee High School, and a 1987 graduate of West Virginia State College.

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OIS SCHLEETER, 213 S. Huntington Street, has a gigantic yellow tomato plant.

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A The plant was planted in a small dirt area, near the Methodist Thrift Shop, next to her home. The area is about one-half foot wide and is surrounded by cement. (It’s believed this spot is where kerosene was sold at the old gas station). The photo above shows Lois with the large vining plant, which has yielded more tomatoes than she can handle. —o—HATS OFF to the Syracuse Jaycees for beautifying a portion of our town. The group recently cleaned out weeds and deadwood from around the chamber of commerce sign, south of town. In the future the club plans to clean-up the ditch area at Main Street and Syracuse-Milford Road. This area has debris remaining from an accident which happened over a year ago when a train struck a semi-trailer. It appears the cleanup efforts, by the proper group, are at a stalemate. —o— LIBERTI’S SHOE Repair has moved back into the home of Mike and Pat I.iberti on West Main Street. The move was made on September 14. Pat Liberti stated the move back to the home was due to overhead being too high. They had moved the business out to Wawasee Village last November hoping to get more exposure. Liberti's will still maintain the same services, shoe repair and dry cleaning. —o— CONGRATULATIONS TO Star Builders, Woodburn, which also has an office in Syracuse. The group received overall second place and first place in interior design in the 1989 Parade of Homes in Fort Wayne. The overall second place award was for the home entitled “Classic Spirit.” The awards were presented by the Home Builders Association of Fort Wayne. i —o— THE ANNUAL Michigan golf outing was held last Wednesday and Thursday by 15 local residents. This two-day golf outing to Point of Woods Country Club in the Benton Harbor area, was organized by Merl Smith. Point of Woods is one of the top 50 courses in the United States and ranked third in the State of Michigan. It is also where the Western Open is held. Dick Bunnell, who was one of the 15. stated it is "one of the finest tests of golf in the midwest.” Those on the annual outing were; Smith. Bunnell. John Kroh. George Walbridge, Jim Hughes. Paul Phillabaum, Red Long, Jerry Johnson, Bud Slabaugh, Dennis Sharp, J.R. Koher, Bob Carlson, Ev Ganz, Monroe Yoder and Carl Straley. Straley is from Fort Wayne. —o— OBSERVED DURING the lunch hours, two to tfiree United Parcel Service vans were parked, at Subway. Area drivers must pre-arrange their lunch times. —o— LAST WEEK we published a picture of the Syracuse School receiving a DARE flag from the Syracuse Police Department. It should be noted that the police department donated the flag to the school in recognition of National DARE Day on September 14. Syracuse fifth grade students will begin the DARE program next week. This year some of the materials needed to start the program, such as the books were donated from DARE America. Grants can also be obtained for the program from the Bureau of Justice Assistance and Criminal Justice Planning. However, local donations are also needed to fund some of the needed supplies. Julie Wanggaard, who is a member of the Syracuse Police Department, stated the community’s response has been good, but more funds are needed. Nancy Pratt, also a member of the Syracuse Police Department, is an assistant to the program —o— SOME PEOPLE may remember former Lakeland Youth Center Director Jill Stanley. She was one of the two Elkhart County Health Department employees suspended last week by Dr. Robert Tomchik, county health officer.

Stanley and Glenford Kauffman are being investigated for alleged employee misconduct. Stanley, who is volunteer coordinator, has filed assault charges against Dr. Tomchik, after he allegedly assaulted her as she was trying to leave the Children and Youth Health Center, 320 W. High Street, Elkhart. Both Stanley and Kauffman have been suspended without pay for an indefinite period of time. Charges are that the pair removed and copied health department personnel documents. Since their suspension the two have begun a four-step grievance procedure. —o— LOCAL RESIDENT Jon Sroufe just missed Hurricane Hugo. Sroufe went to the Carolinas last week to see a customer of Sroufe Manufacturing. He left the local area on Tuesday, Sept. 19, going to the Charlotte area and then to Atlanta, Ga., for a two-day Bobbin Show, an annual sewing trades show. He returned to Syracuse on September 21. the day Hugo hit Charlotte, N.C. —O—SPEAKING OF Hugo, while he didn't reach Indiana, he did affect plans for Jeanne Gardiner. Jeanne had to cancel her trip to Boston. Mass., to attend a niece's wedding. She was to leave Friday afternoon. She said she called off the trip for three reasons: She was flying on US Air (the same company that had that plane go off the runway and into the East River in New York), flying into Hugo's path, and the boat ride across the Boston Harbor to the wedding site wouldn't be the smoothest. The cancellation of her trip, also meant the cancellation of her son’s trip. Rennie Orr, Corpus Christi, Texas, was going to«meet his mother in Boston. —o— UNITED WAYS’ Fund Drive ifTSyracuse is off to a pretty good start, according to Jeff Wells, area coordinator. Already after one week of soliciting, Syracuse has reached 20 percent of its goal. The local goal has been set at $9,000. Wells noted that if persons have donated in the past, to expect someone to be calling on them during the next week to 10 days. The local campaign is expected to be wrapped up by October 10. United Way funds come back to Syracuse for use by the Lakeland Daycare Center, Lakeland Youth Center, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, nutrition sites and mobile meals. It should also be noted that when called upon to make a donation, persons can ask to have their pledge billed to them after the first of the year, at any point and time. —o— THE LATCH Key Program of the Lakeland Community Daycare Center proved itself a benefit the foggy morning of Sept. 19 when school opening was delayed. Through cooperative efforts of the Wawasee School Corporation and the Daycare Center, the 22 families who had previously enrolled their children in this program were able to go on to work and not worry about their children. They were fed breakfast, kept busy with crafts, games and exercise, then sent to their classes when school began. —o— MILLER'S MERRY Manor received emergency residents in the middle of the night on Sept. 11, due to a fire at the corporation’s Columbia City home. Some of these residents are still in Syracuse. The Clyde Murray family noted these actions as their family was also being tended to by the nursing home due to their own personal loss at that same time. —o— CAROL SHAUM will be taking over ownership of the Shrimp Boat the beginning of October. The restaurant will close Sunday. Oct. 1 for a day of major clean-up. trim and face-lift, to be opened again for business Oct. 2 Carol noted a lot of the local folks have asked if they can help with the clean-up! There will be some new items on the menu, and Friday and Saturday night hours will be extended to midnight. The new owner is busy planning a Halloween party, a family-style Thanksgiving dinner, a style show. etc. for the future. Bwfore coming to Shrimp Boat, she worked at the Holiday Inn in Goshen for four years. She said her parents owned a restaurant, so she has been in the restaurant business a long time.