The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 42, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 November 1989 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed.. November 29,1989

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Regional sewer district: A 12-year struggle

| By MARYJANE LORTON Staff Writer (EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is the second part of a two-part series on the history of the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District.) One of the first tasks undertaken by the first board of trustees .of the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District was to decide on engineers for the sewer project. The board screened seven firms, and on March 27. 1978. chose Howard Needles. Tamman & Bergendoff of Indianapolis as the district engineer HNTB and the board then petitioned the state to be placed on the state discharger inventory list. In addition, they petitioned the ERA to receive grant money to build a new sewer system to aid in alleviating pollution problems in the lakes. Affected Areas During the transition period between attempts to form a conservancy district and the establishment of the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District, studies were continually con ducted on the lake to determine areas of contamination. Eventually, a lake study fund was created so that periodic studies could continue These files of lake studies “serve as a basis for determining the grade of the lake.'' said Dr V Logan Love, secretary of the

SI,OOO damage as rocks are thrown at vehicle

Syracuse Police investigated the following thefts and vandalisms during the past week: Damage was estimated up to SI,OOO to a 1987 Chevrolet truck owned by Asurco, Inc . Syracuse, after someone had thrown rocks at the vehicle, denting the hood, fender and breaking the windshield. Jeffrey Weaver. Syracuse, notified police at 11:10 am., Monday. Nov 27. of the vandalism. The incident occurred over the weekend of Nt -ember 25.

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district. While the original intention of the district was to sewer the entire lake area, the results from the lake studies were sent to EPA and “they (officials from EPA) decided which areas would be served (would be potential areas for sewering),” he said. EPA made decisions on which areas would be sewered as one of their prerequisites for potential federal funding for the project. While the district itself actually encompasses virtually all of Lake Wawasee. half of Syracuse Lake, all of Papakeechie Lake, all of Bonar Lake and part of TurkeyCreek, not all of these areas will tie included in the project as dictated by EPA specifications. The areas to be served by the project are Ogden Island, Venetian Isles. Kanata Manayunk. Willow Grove. Pickwick Park and Kale Island (including offwater and channel areas). These areas will be connected to the Syracuse system. Other areas to be served are Highland View Gardens. Hess Addition, Leeland Addition. Marineland Gardens. Bayshore and Cottingham Beach, Morrison Island, and Natti Crow Beach These latter areas will be served by what is now known as the W awasee Water and Sewer Company. which has been acquired by the district and will be modernized. (Acquiring this company was mandated by the state.) Requirements It took a lot of hard work and determination on the part of

Susan Blackburn, Nappanee, notified police on Saturday, Nov 25, that she had dropped a money clip with an undisclosed amount of cash at a business. Several minutes after realizing it was missing she went back to the location where it had dropped and it was gone. Two American flags and a com puter were stolen from the home of Tom Stiver, Syracuse. Stiver reported the theft of Wednesday. Nov. 22. after it had occurred on Monday. Nov. 6 The computer and two flags were valued at $673. A stolen moped was recovered several days later. Don Burkholder, Syracuse, reported Tuesday. Nov. 21. that between 11-midnight on Monday. Nov 20. a moped was taken from his home At 11 a m.. Thursday. Nov. 23. Larry D Lindstrom. Syracuse, reported finding the moped in his back yard The moped was placed in the yard between 6 p.m.. Wednesday, Nov 22. and 11 am. ThursdayBurkholder was notified of the recovery.

board members to get the project where it is today. Dr. Love talks about being told the board needed to determine the number of houses in the district. In addition, the district was to find out when each house was built and how many persons inhabit each home. Since the district was without funds to hire people to complete this task, board members did this information gathering themselves by phone and going door to door. The fact that many of the homes were inhabited by seasonal residents made the board’s task even more difficult. When it appeared the district had all of the information it needed, Dr. Love said the board would be asked to find out more. This of course pushed the project’s starting date farther and and farther away. As the date was pushed back, costs moved up, as all required information had to be continually updated. Sewer Plan The first sewer plan was rejected by the EPA. It was learned the district “had to do a conventional system, and it had to be cost effective.” said Dr. Love. "They (EPA) were looking for innovative technology,” he added. Federal funds do not build sewers for the purpose of conduits for sewage. ” Dr. Love said, adding. "EPA is interested in plants and treatment facilities, getting the sewage there is different. unless you ygg innovative technology" That is where engineers came up with the idea of treating the sewage on site by providing each user with a separate septic tank. Small diameter sewer mains will carry the effluent flow from each of these tanks. "Once they accepted the innovative design, we had to update all of the inforfhation,” said Dr Love Descriptions for individual easements were prepared by the surveyors and the process of acquiring easements for each property to be served then began. On Thursday, Oct. 29. 1987. the town of Syracuse and the district signed an intermunicipal agreement. As a result of this resolution, Syracuse could begin its own sewage improvement project Signing of the intermunicipal agreement allowed access to the Syracuse processing plant from sewer lines planned for construc-

Vehicle strikes tree limb

Three area residents were involved in separate accidents last week in Elkhart CountyOn Tuesday. Nov. 21, at 3:08 p.m.. John K. Longenbaugh. 42. Syracuse, fell asleep and his 1985 Pontiac Sunbird went across a yard and struck a tree limb on the Elam Weaver property Longenbaugh was traveling east on CR 50, west of CR 17 in Union Township. Damage was set at more than SI,OOO by Elkhart County Sheriff’s Ptl. Ron Harvey A Syracuse child received bruises and contusions to the head when the car she was riding in struck another vehicle in the rear Kristin Workman, three, 540 Lakeview Drive. Syracuse, was a passenger in a 1984 Plymouth Voyager which was being driven by Cecil A Steele. 73, 225 N Lake, Syracuse. Steele’s vehicle rammed into the back of a 1981 Ford Granada being driven byTheodore A Bower. 63, 26399 South Drive, Elkhart, who had slowed to make a right turn into a driveway. The accident occurred at*2:ll p.m. Wednesday on US 33

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tion on the north,-side of Wawasee. Many of the state and federal requirements, that were needed in order to secure some grant funding, served as temporary setbacks for the sewer project. As dates were pushed back other (fata changed also, including the cost of the project. From May--1986 to November 1988, for example. project costs jumped $2,245,609. These changes in cost reflect the district’s having “to update all of the information,” collected previously, stated Dr. Love. Recent Setback The most recent setback of the district occurred when actual construction bids came in higher than engineer's estimates for the project. The district’s already approved application to based the engineer's estimates In order to make up for the differences in the two applications, the district applied for a grant amendment on July 17. While IDEM has approved the amendment, the district is still awaiting a decision from the EPA. Informing The Public Throughout the entire lifetime of the TCRSD. efforts have continually been made to keep residents of the district informed. Public hearings and other special meetings have often been added to the regularly slated monthlymeeting of the district. Occasional mailings to the district's residents have been another strategy of keeping the public informed of the status of the project. Also. Rita Ball was named recording secretary for the district. The Wawasee Property Owners Association has included updates on the projects in its newsletter. Members of the board of the TCRSD have often been asked to join meetings of the property owners to give follow-ups and to answer questions “They (members of the property association) have always been our biggest backslapper.” said Dr. Love. Conclusion "The only reason we are here today is because we agreed we wouldn’t quit.” said Dr Love With the goal of saving the lakes. Dr Love remarked. "They could tell us no. but we wouldn’t go away. We would stick with it and finally it happened.”

southeast of Mall Drive. Dunlap Sheriff's Ptl. Julie Mattern set damage at more than S4OO. A 1986 Ford Bronco, driven byJohn C Burger. 19. 18167 South County Line Road. Syracuse, was rammed from behind by a 1985 Chevrolet SlO pickup truck driven by Antonio S. Garza. 19. New Paris. Friday at 11:20p m Burger was driving southeast on US 33, braked for a vehicle at CR 15. Dunlap, when the accident occurred. No one was injured Damage was set at more than $1,200 by Sheriff's Ptl. Scot Homan. Detector Missing A Cobra Trapshooter radar detector, valued at $l5O, was reported stolen by Sean Butt. 72742 CR 143. Syracuse. According to police, the thief unlocked the vehicle door with a piece of metal A witness described the thief as talk with dark drown hair and wearing a baseball cap. Value of the detector, which was taken Friday evening, was listed at $150.. The vehicle was parked in a lot at 1020 Lincoln East.

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LIONS LEAVE — The weather in McAllen. Texas, the first part of the week was warm and sunny, a welcomed relief from the soft snow that was falling in Zionsville on Thanksgiving morning as over 40 members of Indiana Lions clubs headed toward their ambulances and the first leg of a journey that will take both men and machines to the Central American country of Guatemala. They crossed the border on Tuesday for the long, hard drive through Mexico. A total of 12 ambulances were in the caravan when it left the Zionsville Lions’ park Thanksgiving morning. A 13th ambulance developed problems which were taken care of on Friday morning before its driver headed south to catch up with the caravan prior to

$5,000 damage as van rolls over

Kosciusko County Police investigated the following accidents during the past week: Deborah I. Young. 29. r 2 box 314. Mid-Lake Trailer Court, Number 25. North Webster, was -cited for having no .operator’s license following a one-vehicle accident Monday. Nov. 27. at 4:40 pm, on CR6SON, east of Country Club Drive. Young told police she was driving her 1978 Pontiac Bonneville east on CR 650 N when it went off the south side of the road into some trees. Damage was estimated up to $2,500 to the vehicle. Angela S Pifer, 20. 2005 W. Wildwood Trail. Warsaw, suffered a fracture/dislocation to the hip? upper leg area in a Onevehicle accident Friday, Nov. 24, at 1 45 am., on CR 450 N, east of CR 375E. She was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital: According to police, she was driving a 1984 Mercury west on CR 450. N when she apparently asleep. The vehicle went off the right side of the road hitting a mailbox owned by Richard Bellman, r 1 box 645. Leesburg. The vehicle then crossed the roadway,- hitting a United Telephone junction box. becoming airborne for 81 feet before landing in a field where it rolled over several times. Pifer was thrown from the vehicle and was able to get help at a nearby home. The vehicle rolled 128 feet and traveled 399 feet from where it first left the road and where it landed on its wheels Damage was estimated up to SS.(XX) to the vehicle and up to SI,(XX) to "both the junction box and mailbox A cat caused a one-vehicle accident Saturday, Nov. 25. at 11:58 p m., on CR 400E, north of CR 200N. Douglas A. Hatfield. 19. r 1 box 109. Mentone, was traveling south on CR 400E in a 1980 Chevrolet Citation when a cat ran out in front of him. He swerved the vehicle to miss the animal, causing him to loose control of the vehicle going off the side of the road and through a fence and yard Damage to the vehicle was estimated up to $2,500 and up to SI.OOO to the fence and yard owned by Warren Rohrer, CR 400 N, Warsaw. Police investigated a car/deer accident Saturday. Nov. 25, gt 6:11 p.m.. on CR 100E, north of CR 350 N. Bryan L. Hampshire. 16. r 1 box 659 A, Leesburg, was traveling north on CR 100E in a 1982 Chevrolet when two deer ran across the road in front of his vehicle. He was able to swerve to miss the first deer, but due to oncoming traffic, could not avoid hitting the second deer. Damage was est imated up to $2,500. Lisa R. Miller. 16, r 2 box 3, Ulrich Dr., Milford, was not injured when her car went into a ditch at 2:55 am., Thursday, Nov. 23, on CR 1250 N. east of Old SR 15. Miller was driving a 1980 Dodge Colt south on CR 1250 N when she lost control of her vehicle. The ditch contained threefour feet of water. Damage was estimated up to SI,OOO. Harold J. Clark. 54, Crestview Dr., North Manchester, was not injured when his 1987 Ford Aerostar rolled over-when he attempted to’avoid another vehicle. The accident occurred at 4:43 p.m., Tuesday, Nov 21, on CR 800 N, west of the Syra-Web Road. Clark told police when he topped

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the hill he saw a vehicle, driven by Cindy Foder, r 2 box 104, North Webster, pulling out of another road. He applied the brakes, causing the vehicle to slid and go off to the right The van went up an embankment and rolled over. Foder, whose vehicle was not involved in the accident, said she pulled up to the intersection, looked and did not see any other vehicle coming, when she started to pull out onto CR 800 N she saw the

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NAVAL SHIPS, THEN AND NOW — On the left is the USS North Hampton CCI, which was part of the Marshal Islands Task Force. This was the first Naval ship of communications class. It is now moored in “Ships Graveyard,” Philadelpia shipyards. On the right is the USS Mount Whitney LCC-20 communications/command ship stationed out of Naval Operations Base, Norfolk. Va. (Photos by M. Lynn Gray)

Pearl Harbor: A personal view

(Continued from page 1) ty), and the aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise. The destination of this mighty fleet was the Marshal Islands, where the enemy was engaged. This encounter with the enemy resulted in the first shell fired by American forces in World War 11. The Dunlap bombarded a Japanese airfield on the island of Wojie during this altercation. The USS Dunlap went on to engage in 16 major battles during the war. These confrontations included Midway, Guadalcanal, and the Battle of Coral Sea. The Dunlap and three other destroyers replaced a squadron of PT boats, including PT 109, under the command of Lt. John F. Kennedy. The PT boats were inadequate to stop the “Tokyo Express” in the Vellia Gulf. The "Express” was stopped when the American destroyers sank three heavy cruisers, four destroyers, and three or four barges. None of the American ships reported damage or casualties. For their part in this victory, the Dunlap and the other ships received letters of recommendation signed by Douglas MacArthur, secretary of the Navy, Knox, and President Roosevelt. During World War 11, USS Dunlap 384 sank 24 enemy vessels. She received 14 battle stars presented for her performance in 14 major battles. Bill Bone spent s‘/z years of his nearly 10-year Naval enlistment on the Dunlap. Through this period of time, he spent 69* 2 months on sea duty, either at sea or stationed overseas. His longest time at sea with no sighting of

crossing the Mexican border the first of this week. Two ambulances joined the caravan in Missouri and the 16th, an ambulance from the Lions of Sweden, was added in Houston. Under the leadership of International Director James Cameron of Urbana, the Lions are expected to reach Guatemala City sometime next weekend. This is Cameron’s fifth trip to the country which did not have an ambulance prior to 1985. Guatemala now has 24 ambulances, all gifts of the Indiana Lions. This year that number will grow by 16 with Lions in other states and the country of Sweden joining in the project. (Photo by Jeri Seely)

other vehicle top the hill. She stopped and tried to back up, but the van had already rolled over. Damage to the van was estimated up to $5,000 and was registered to Sears Roebuck. Inc., 3102 Brooklyn Ave., Fort Wayne. No one was injured in an accident Tuesday, Nov. 21, at Doswell Boulevard and Honeycomb Lane. Enchanted Hills, at 1:15 a.m. Ed-

land for three months. When Bill decided to leave the Navy, he was a 2nd Class Water Tender, or in today’s Naval jargon, a 2nd Class Boiler Tech. Several years ago. Bill and his Santa's Village comes to Warsaw Sponsored by the Tri Kappa service sorority, the 14th annual “Santa’s Village” will be held in Warsaw this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, and from 9 a m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Children can visit the village where they will complete their Christmas shopping for mom and dad. meet Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, and the hardworking Christmas elves, and enjoy lots of special treats. In the approximately one hour the children will be in Santa's Village, they will first visit the Enchanted Forest where they can sing and meet a talking tree. To be held at the First United Methodist Church on South Indiana Street, the adventure continues Santa's Village with a trip to Santa’s Workshop where the children will create a craft project. Then, it’s on to the Gumdrop Theatre where children can enjoy Christmas videos until one of Santa’s elves calls them for the shopping spree. A Secret Buying Room allows the children — with mom and dad unable to peek — to purchase gifts ranging from 75 cents to $6. Two more stops are sure to thrill the children as they first visit with Mrs. Claus. She will * have plenty of cookies to munch on and stories to listen to while they wait to tell their' own Christmas wishes to Santa. Upon their departure, each child will receive from Santa a balloon and ring, and for a minimal fee, they can have their pictures taken with the Big Man himself Tickets are required to enter the village for a small fee, but are redeemable for a hamburger and French fries from Penquin Point. • All proceeds will go to charity

die C. Shuherk, 61, 351 Street of Dreams. Cromwell, fell asleep briefly while driving his 1989 Chevrolet SlO. He was traveling north on Honeycomb Lane and went across Doswell Boulevard. When he woke up. he realized he was not going to make the turn onto Memorial Parkway and applied the brakes, skidding 10 feet, before hitting a culvert, causing the truck ,to roll over. Damage was estimated up to $2,500.

wife, Nelda, traveled to Pearl Harbor. It was the first time in 40 years since that fateful day in 1941. The couple visited all the sights and paid homage at the USS Arizona War Memorial. Sunk by the Japanese during the onslaught, the Arizona still belches out oil from her holds and cradles nearly 1,900 American servicemen in their watery graves. Over the years, several at-' tempts have been made to raise the Arizona, but these efforts have failed because she is mired in heavy mud. The combination of water, mud, and escaping oil have made the attempts hazardous and have resulted in the deaths of 12 Navy divers. The Arizona remains submerged as a living reminder of the lives lost and others destroyed on that sunny Sunday morning in Pearl Harbor. Bill and his wife, recently of North Webster, now have residence in Indianapolis. Bill is a member of the Herbert Kuhn American Legion Post of North Webster. M Lynn Gray, this week's guest feature writer, resides in Leesburg.

Contest deadline extended The deadline for calling in to be eligible for judging in this year’s Christmas Decorating Contest in Syracuse is noon on December 18. The contest, sponsored by the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce will feature two categories for judging. Those categories are businesses and residences. All participants will be judged by members of " the Wawasee High School art department. Those interested in participating in this year’s contest should call the chamber office at 457-5637. ■Winners will be announced in the December 27 issue of The Mail-Journal.