The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 January 1990 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., January 31,1990

Editorial

Milford parents send message Milford Middle School parents sent a message to the Wawasee School Corporation last week. Hopefully the message was received loud and clear —a small school setting where individual attention is given to students is still desirable. Responding to a survey sent home with students, parents of 138 children expressed their intent to have them attend Milford School next year. Sixty-four students within the Milford district will attend Wawasee Middle School while two are still undecided. Travel arrangements drew concern from many parents during three meetings outlining the two school’s programs and may have been a large factor in the decisions. However, many parents also expressed their desire to keep their children in a setting where academics hold precedence over facilities and where faculty members have drawn praise for their teaching methods. Wawasee Middle School will also provide a quality education if all the indications are correct. Now school board members have the difficult task of assuring that both schools are provided equal attention. While Milford School will be four times smaller, the tools are there to keep it on an equal footing. Hopefully those 138 students entering Milford School for the 1990-91 school year will prove what the Milford majority has been saying all along — total consolidation is not the answer. Let's crash the Grand Old Party The Grand Old Party has been hosting an endless wing-ding in Kosciusko County for as long as anyone can remember. The gathering is for Republicans only and it hands out door prizes, i.e. political offices, to those who attend and wish to serve in local government. The lonely Kosciusko County Democrats peer anxiously through the gates of the rival blow-out. They wonder, “Gee, how come no one ever wants to come to our party? Don’t we throw a swell one? ’ ’ In fact, the few who do attend often wind up gate-crashing the Republicans. People who want to get things done in local government know the only avenue currently open is patrolled by elephants. So prospective office-holders stroll away from their Democrat roots — just to take a peek, mind you. All too often, they don’t return. Safely tucked in comfortable folds of Republican party power, they’d rather switch than fight. Besides, they just might get stomped by a big old elephant foot on he way out. That’s too bad. What Kosciusko County needs is a good political brawl. The Republican strangle hold on local offices could be yanked loose by a tough, fearless assault led by candidates proud to seek office as Democrats. The 1990 election is the perfect time for some wiley donkeys to nip at the heels of the happy elephants. After all, the Republicans have been hosting their grand old party for a long time. The food must be stale, the drink flat, the favors tarnished. A novel theme from the Democrats, a menu of fresh ideas and new approaches, will invite candidates and voters alike to its door. What a grand new party that could be. Learning is better than winning f Wawasee High School students, parents and teachers must be proud that their Academic Decathlon team has qualified to participate in state competition next month. However, more important than clearing the first hurdle on the path to academic glory, the students who comprise the team are gaining knowledge. Knowledge that will stick with them long after they’ve forgotten the excitement of competition. The decathlon teams are a good mix of A — honor, B — scholastic and C — varsity students. That composition assures that all types of kids are represented, not just the leaders of the pack. In fact, the smartest kids are not always the best students. A “C” student with a passion for reading may show grace under pressure and lead the team to victory. Ultimately, the true prize participation in the academic decathlon will bring is learning. Areas students must be familiar with include economics, fine arts, language and literature, mathematics, science, social science, essay, interview and planned and impromptu speech. The knowledge gained in these diverse areas will stay with them forever, helping them enjoy life more fully. Winning in the state competition will be a great achievement for Wawasee Decathlon students. We wish them luck. The knowledge they gain, however, will take them far beyond a single contest.

What others say

Sound education

There is a cure for young minds that think Nebraska is in Siberia, Andrew Jackson was Michael Jackson’s father and money grows on trees, and Indiana students may eventually be getting it. I All Hoosier public school students would be required by 1997 to take courses in Geography, Economics and World History under a proposal before the Indiana Department of Education. The recommendations were contained in a report submitted to Superintendent of Public Instruction H. Dean Evans by a task force he appointed in the fall of 1988 to develop a plan for improving geography education. There is a need to assure that the state has enough teachers properly licensed to teach the three subjects and that the schools of education provide them. The task force report and recommendations will be shared with the General Assembly and educational community for further review. Evans said making each of the three subjects a required course will limit the number of electives. That is a small price to pay for a better basic education. Responsible Hoosiers must shard the disgust at reports that show young Americans rank at or near the bottom on international surveys of knowledge in which they demonstrate “an astonishing lack of awareness of the world around them.” Gilbert M. Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society, recently announced results of a Gallup Organization Inc. survey in which only about a third of Americans could locate Vietnam, only one in four could locate the Persian Gulf, less than half could find Japan and one in seven could not identify the United States on a world map. Grosvenor commented, “We are all interconnected. We share the same world, not only environmentally but economically. If we are to resolve problems of global pollution, deforestation, hunger, nuclear arms control and population » balance, we must be geographically literate.” It should be added that if wo arp stay nut of economic quicksand, we must be economically literate, and if we are to avoid the mistakes of the past, we must know what they are —we must be historically literate. Incorporating the task force’s recommendations into Indiana’s public school can provide that needed literacy. - THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR

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Democrats urged to crash GOP

Court news

City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: False and fictitious registration — Christine L. McDaniel, 22, Milford, $53 Disregarding automatic signal — Jon C. Adams, 33, Syracuse, $63 County Court Goshen Division The following resident has had fines levied and paid in the Elkhart County Court: Making illegal U-turn — Raul GarclsXMivo. 31, Milford, SSB The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court. Judge James Jarrette presiding: Speeding — William Scarberry, 18, Syracuse, $65. No Valid Fishing License — William Signorelli, 22, Leesburg, S6O. Failure To Yield — Glenda Foy, 38, North Webster, S6O. Driving While Suspended — James W. Poe, no age, Leesburg, dismissed. Superior Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Clara A. Gorman, CR 200N, Warsaw. Petitioner seeks $786.65 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Mildred M. Dovey, Fort Wayne. Petitioner seeks $843.53 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Earl Beer, rural route, Milford. Petitioner seeks $384.33 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Mary Elizabeth Anderson, rural route, Pierceton. Petitioner seeks $302.53 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Tammy J. Yoder, CR 133. Syracuse. Petitioner seeks $654.97 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Jennifer L. Saul, PO Box, North Webster. Petitioner seeks $1.629.15 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Randy Kruetzer, Ligonier. Petitioner seeks $919.43 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Mary Elizabeth Anderson, rural route, Pierceton. Petitioner seeks $386.01 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Wes D. Keller, rural route. Syracuse Petitioner seeks $979.55 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Clara A. Gorman, CR 200N, Warsaw. Petitioner seeks $655 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Theresa L. Neal. Kimmell. Petitioner seeks $420.98 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Nancy J. Meyer, PO Box. North Webster. Petitioner seeks $657.97 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs Tonya L. Craft, rural route, Syracuse. Petitioner seeks $433.65 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Augsburger’s Super Valu vs April D. McGill, rural route, Warsaw. Petitioner seeks $294.61 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Wawasee Service Center ver-

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sus Carla Clawson, Ligonier. Petitioner seeks $375 plus $55 in court costs. Complaint Wawasee Service Center versus Randy Kreutzer, Ligonier. Petitioner seeks $458 plus $55 in court costs. Circuit Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Judge Richard Sand presiding: Complaint Ameritrust National Bank, Michiana, f/k/a First National Bank, 301 S. Main Street, Elkhart, versus Devon Poe and Cindy Poe, rural route, Syracuse. Petitioner seeks: Count I — $19,444.91, interest and costs; Count II — possession of manufactured home, costs. Complaint On Account Productive Services versus Joseph Martin d/b/a Martin Electric, Syracuse. Petitioner seeks $1,992.29 plus costs. Complaint For Damages Antonio Fuentes, Jr., and Mary Rose Fuentes, PO Box, Milford, versus Carolyn Wagner, rural route, Syracuse. Petitioners seek compensation for losses and costs on two separate counts. Marriage Licenses The following couples have applied for a marriage license in Elkhart County Court, Goshen Division: Herman-Senders Kenneth Daniel Herman, 25, Chapman Rd., Warsaw and Teri Suzzanne Senders, 27, CR 29, Syracuse Stouder-Lambert Timothy Lee Stouder, 45. CR 40, Goshen and Kathy Sue Lambert, 35, N. Mills, Syracuse The following couples have applied for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk Jeanne Weirick: Shoemaker-Deafenbaugh Richard A. Shoemaker, 34, rural route. Leesburg, and Linda Deafenbaugh, 32, rural route, Leesburg. Beatty-Miller Barry R. Beatty, 40, Yvonna Street, Leesburg, and Carolyn S. Miller, 31, Yvonna Street, Leesburg. CarrolLCheesman Dennis Gene Carroll, 37, LaPoint Drive, Milford, and Mary Beth Cheesman, 36, LaPoint Drive, Milford. Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in the Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Flores — Maruja M. Flores, Church Street, Leesburg, and Jose A. Flores, Church Street, Leesburg. The couple was married May 14, 1988, and separated Jan. 11,1990. Miller — Debra L. Miller, rural route, Milford, and Dennis A. Miller, rural route, Milford. The couple was married July 30,1983, and separated Jan. 12,1990. Pebley — Carla M. Pebley, Pickwick Place, Syracuse, and Wallace Pebley, Ohio. The couple was married June 11, 1982, and separated Feb. 26, 1989. Petitioner seeks restoration of former name. New Subscribers CRS Roofing P.O. Box 155 Syracuse, Ind. 46567 Bob Anweiler 630 Broadway New Haven. Ind. 46774

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ORK IS progressing on the remodeling of the former Ivy Hut Restaurant in preparation for the planned

April opening of Lake Area Urgent Care. A sign was erected earlier this month Green Construction, Inc., Syracuse, is general contractor with Village Plumbing and Heating, Inc., handling the plumbing and heating aspects. Tom’s Electric will do the electrical work. All three companies are from Syracuse. Dr. Jeffrey P. Bolduan, Goshen, who owns a home,in Syracuse, is one of the doctors involved with the center. Once opened the urgent care center will handle emergency care, as well as family care, seven days a week from approximately 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. ANOTHER WINTER Carnival has come and gone — without the cooperation of Old Man Winter. It seems he is the only one who does not want the Winter Carnival to have such events as snowmobile racing, sledding races, ice skating and other such activities that call for snow and good ice. In spite of the uncooperative weather, the events that were held were well attended. There were 52 runners in the road run, six teams in the volleyball competition, a lot of partakers for a horse and buggy ride and the walls at the American Legion were bursting at the seams for the dance. While many did not venture out for the fireworks Saturday evening, a large number watched from the comforts of nearby homes. Several comments have been heard about this year’s Winter Carnival Fireworks being the best ever, lasting close to an hour. CUSTOMERS OF Lake City Bank may have noticed some of the staff moving a little slow on Monday. The Lake City Bank volleyball team, consisting of Jeanne Gardiner, Bill Henthorn, Charlie Smith, Dennis Cultice, Nancy Crain and Carol Rogers, walked away with the championship trophy. It seems age and wisdom won out, as this team was the oldest when it came to ages of members. Jeanne Gardiner, nominated as the team’s captain, said they had to play one more game than other teams participating, but they are ‘‘smiling through their pain,” over the win. ■ \ A RECEPTION is being planned Tuesday, Feb. 6. for four employees of Ameritrust Bank in Syracuse who have taken early retirement. Millie Ginger, branch manager of the Village Branch, retired December 28. She has become a float teller for First National Bank, a position she took on January 15. Kate Mock, branch manager for the Fish Hatchery Branch, also retired on December 28. Gloria Marks, teller at the Main Street bank in Syracuse, will leave "On Friday, Feb. 2, and take on a position with Lake City Bank. Commercial Loan Clerk Barbara Matney will retire from her position on February 24. FAVORABLE COMMENTS are being heard by some members of the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors regarding their proposed business directory. The comments are coming from the business community itself. SYRACUSE HASN’T lost yet in its efforts to have Amtrak train service in town. It has been learned that officials made a decision on Monday not to have that service stop in Syracuse. But, that decision was withdrawn as new information was provided to top ranking officials on why Syracuse would be an ideal location for the service. LAST WEEK mention was made that Syracuse Police Chief Robert Ziller and Officer

Area residents booked at jail

The following persons- were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail recently: Dnvid Willis’*} 49 419 Front St., Syracuse, was charged with driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and held on $350 bond. Charles Robert Wood, also known as C.R., 18, 72643 CR 29, Syracuse, was charged with driv-

Calvin Cline will be presenting a drug program to the Lakeland Eagles on February 15. This date was incorrect. The program on cocaine and drug abuse will be on Thursday, Feb. 22. The public is invited to attend. NORTH SHORE Drive residents R. G. “Jerry” and Donna Johnson recently spent a week sailing in the area of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands. The Johnsons sailed to the islands of Jost Van Dyke and Totolla. A chartered 35-foot sailboat was their home for the week. “It was something we both have always wanted to do,” commented Donna. Last summer they both took sailing lessons and sailed Lake Michigan. Donna noted it was beautiful and with the islands so close together “you can’t get lost.” PATRICK ADAMS, at Nice Stuff, has expanded his business by moving into the space vacated by Cake Classics. By adding shelves and display racks, he will be able to show more new and antique items. WARREN BENSON and wife, Pat, spent several days in Chattanooga, Tenn., with old friends recently. A tradition began many years ago of spending time with the Carl Kleinfelters, originally from Etna Green (now living in Chattanooga), and Bill and Avis Fackler, of Etna Green. THURSDAY, JAN. 25, was a weatherman’s circus, as we experienced every possible kind of weather from cloudy to pouring rain which turned to sleet and hail, along with thunder and lightening. Later, the winds picked up to 50-60 miles per hour, blowing snow for several hours. And just to make this a better story, the sun peeped out for a few minutes at some point during that strange day? DURING THAT unusual weather, Glenda Smith, who resides on Cedar Point on the east Side of Wawasee, saw her first red-breasted robin of the season. Glenda is an avid birdwatcher, and gave advice that the birds really love the black sunflower seeds. Since Hurricane Hugo back in the fall, she said she has seen Carolina wrens, as if they “blew up here” from that powerful wind. This southern wren is different from our “Jenny” wren, in that it is larger and has a white marking over its eyebrows. TERRY MILLER, temporarily residing near Miami, called to tell us about a friend’s mother who happened to “miss” the Avianca flight that crashed last Thursday. She is a writer in Medillin, Colombia, and unfinished business prevented her from getting on that flight, thereby saving her from that misfortune. The plane crashed in a sparsely populated area of Cove Neck, New York, where two of Terry’s friends live. The Geisingers and Brenners were able to be of some help, assisting people, even taking some into their homes while they waited for transportation. Terry is enjoying the art galleries and shows in Miami, recently attending an “Art Deco” weekend. He said the weather there has been unpredictable — he uses the fireplace one day and - ceiling fans the next. When health and weather permit, he does phone work that serves the terminally ill in the area, and is also working to protest the proposed county-wide funding cut to the indigent and dying by the Health and Rehabilitation Services. Friends can write to Terry at 3057 New York Street in Coconut Grove, Fla., 33133. z THE EXECUTIVE Committee of the Syracuse Alumni Association met Monday night, Jan. 29, in the home of Priscilla Rhode to plan the upcoming alumni banquet for 1990. It will be held on May 26. Those present for the planning were Priscilla, Ralph Coy, Susie Tytler, Jean Insley and Marsha Fisher. Mailings will go out in April with information and reservation forms. Persons who want to be on the mailing list should contact Susie Tytler at 457-3355.

ing a vehicle while his license was suspended and held on $225 bond. «-ul IQ r K 04 444 44 k. 4 4^9444k. J 4 4V4.V .. —j , ,w - , - box 164, Syracuse, was booked on a charge of theft and parole violation. No bond has been set Steven Timothy Hatcher, 24, r 2 box 56-2, Leesburg, was sentenced to one of two weekends for a

charge of operating a vehicle wiiiie ihioxieated. Robby Ray Daffron, 18, r 3, Syracuse, - ,vas charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor. He was held on $225 bond. Patrick Allen Vanaman, 33, r 4 box 384, Syracuse, was charged with failure to appear. No bond was set.