The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 April 1990 — Page 18

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., April 18,1990

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THE PHOTO at the top of this column shows Joey Losee, young son of Glen and Sue Losee of Milford with Evans Wilkinson of Fort Wayne at the Milford Lions hearing screening for preschoolers in May of 1988. The Lions will again sponsor a screening for children from 3 1 ■• to sixyears of age in the elementary school from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2-1. The screening is being held in cooperation with the Lions of 25-B and is offered at no charge A qualified audiologist will supervise the screening program. —o— VAN BUREN Township Trustee Baumgartner notes the next food distribution will be held on Thursday. May 17. at the Wawasee Community Bible church. Mrs. Baumgartner said there should be twice as many commodities available for the May distribution so they should not run out this time. The items available will be butter, honey, flour, peanutbutter and vegetarian beans —o—“BE KIND to Animals Week" and "National Pet Week” is just around the corner. Now is the time to get busy taking pictures of your animals for the Pet W eek Photo Contest. Show your kindness to animals through

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photographic abilities. Entries for the photo contest must reach the following address by Friday, May 4th: Photo Contest, P.O. Box 306. Milford, 46542. Entries should include a snapshot. no larger than 5x7, and a paragraph of 100 words or less explaining why your pet is special. Both the photo and the paragraph should be mounted on an Bxlo poster board with the owner's name, pet's name, address, phone number and age (if 18 or under i. listed on the back. Entries will be judged in two divisions: pet owner's 18 years old or younger; and pet owner's older than 18 years. The contest is limited to amateur photographers and is sponsored by the Milford Small Animal Clinic. —o— DURING LAST week's meeting of the Milford Town Council the council accepted a claim of $3,000 from the insurance company settling on damages to the old police car Also, a floating holiday was approved for last Friday. April 13, for the utilities' department The fee for holding a garage sale will be waived for the weekend of .Milford-Fest. Those holding a sale on May 26. 27 or 28 will not have to pay the normal $2 fee, nor will this garage sale count as one of the two garage sales residents are allowed to have each year. (However, it is being asked that these people make a donation to the EMS.

The council also approved paying approximately SIOO to add an insurance rider for May 26 for Milford-Fest. The added insurance covers activities on Main Street. During the meeting council members voted to amend the sewer accounts of Milford residents, Howard Haab and Gary Leer. And discussion on the new town hall was tabled until next month's meeting. The next meeting of the council will be May 14, at 6:30 p.m. in the Milford Town Hall. —o— GLEN PRICE called last week from Fort Wayne to give us yet additional information on the old band photo from 1935. Price said he is in the photo and is the snare drummer. He remembers the band visiting the then popular Claypool Hotel in downtown Indianapolis and visiting many carnivals that year. At the time. Price was 17 years old and the youngest member of the band. —o— IN' RECOGNITION of their excellence in dairy farming and breeding Jersey cattle as well as their activity in programs of the American Jersey Cattle Club, brothers Scott and Troy Snider of New Paris have been awarded the American Jersey Cattle Club's 1990 Young Jersey Dairyman Award. They will be among the eight winners across the United States who will be honored at an awards' breakfast June 23 during the organization's 122nd annual meeting in Boise. Idaho. The Sniders are well-known in this community, with manyrelatives living in the Milford area, including the young men's grandfather, Marshall Miller, of r 1. Scott and Troy are third generation Jersey breeders at Klay Knoll Farm. The 1,060-acre farm is owned in partnership by the two brothers and an older brother. David, and their mother. Nancy. Troy and Scott are solely responsible for the dairy operation with Troy doing the majority of the milking and Scott filling in most of the other areas including feeding, breeding and registering the animals. Michael Riggs, past president of the Indiana Jersey Cattle Club, says. "Their involvement is not only local, state and national Jersey activities but also their active participation in communi-

ty, farm and church organizations set a sterling example for other young breeders in In diana.” Scott and his wife, Anna, have a 2-year-old son, Dustin, and are expecting their second child this summer. Troy and his wife, Sandy, have a daughter, Tara, 3 yearspld. —o— AS PART of the church’s fund raising activities, Wawasee Community Bible Church will be spon-

S {island >0 • —ln- jb» SL WAWASEE i = Si 8 4- 55SL 1 -* / LXIJjIL . z / zz/2*<_a ■?! >; > ’.'ja ’. fe -ST PROPOSED SEAWALL CONSTRUCTION — Buttermilk Bay Developers has applied for a federal permit to install a concrete seawall at Lake Wawasee. The company also wants to place backfill and place clean sand on the lake bottom, in Section 24, T34N, R7E, Turkey Creek Township.

Buttermilk Bay Developers apply for construction permit

Stephen R. Snyder, on behalf of Joseph K. Todd, c/o Buttermilk Bay Developers, 111 Pickwick Place, Syracuse, has applied for a federal permit to install a concrete seawall and backfill and place clean sand on the lake bottom at Lake Wawasee. The applicant proposes to construct a 106’ x 3.5' poured concrete (29 cubic yards) seawall and backfill with 20 cubic yards of washed sand. Also, into a 106' x 50' x 6’’ shoreward area, discharge approximately 98.0 cubic yards of clean sand All material dredged will be placed in a known upland location above the OHWM (Ordinary High Water Mark) and contained not to re-enter any waterway or wetland. The purpose of the work is to prevent erosion and establish a beach area. This notice is being published in compliance with Title 33 Code

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soring a fish fry Friday, May 4, from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Milford School. The proceeds from the event will go toward the church’s building fund. Expansion work to the church, located on the Mil ford/Syracuse Road, is scheduled to begin this summer. —o— EXCITEMENTJSaiLthe air as the rematch Ixjsketballgame has been set for7p m - 24, between the Milford Tbwn

of Federal Regulation Parts 320-330. Any interested parties and agencies desiring to express their views concerning the proposed work may do so by written comment to the District Engineer. Detroit District Corps of Engineers, Box 1027, Detroit. Mich. 48231. The letter should be postmarked. or delivered in person, no later than April 28. Comments of a positive or negative nature may be submitted. A lack of response Will be interpreted as meaning that there is no objection to the permit application. Any person may request, in writing, within the comment period specified in this notice, that a public hearing be held to consider this application. Request for public hearings shall state, with particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.

employees and employees of The Papers Incorporated. Rumor has it ‘the PAPER’ team members will be sporting new jerseys when they appear on the Milford School gym floor next Tuesday night. There have also been reports the town’s roster will have an additional player — Jay Rigdon, town attorney. With the previous game ending in a one-point victory for the town, next week’s game promises to be an exciting event for local spectators! Milford woman charged Kelly J. Sierk, 20, r 2 box 142, Milford, was one of two adults charged in connection with a break-in of the Eagles Lodge, Warsaw, early Monday morning, April 16. Sierk has been charged with theft and forced entry into a business. No bond has been set. Also charged in connection with the break-in were Scott Allen Freeman, 19, 1520 East Sheridan St., Warsaw, and six juveniles. Freemen was charged with forced entry and the juveniles held on various charges including burglary and theft. Warsaw Police made the arrest after an officer? Joe Hawn, spotted a suspicious vehicle behind the Eagles Lodge, at 4:30 a.m. Upon investigation police discovered several cases of beer and an assortment of liquor in the trunk. A small hole in the Eagles building was also found. A typewriter was found in Sierk’s vehicle, but police are not sure if it was stolen. They also confiscated some musical equipment and have not determined who owns it. The stolen items, six cases of beer and 32 fifths of various kinds of alcohol were recovered and damage to the building was in excess of SSOO,

Milford Fest committee seeks help

Suggestions are being sought on who can paint several banners promoting Milford-Fest, Saturday, May 26, by members of the committee. Because the group has very limited funds for this event the committee needs volunteers and names of persons who may volunteer time to do the painting. The group met Tuesday evening in the Emergency Medical Service building to further discuss the events. Events as planned at this time include: An all town garage sale. To take place all day Saturday at the homes of those town residents wishing to host a garage sale that day. The Milford TownJ/ouncil has waved the $3 fee'as wen as the sale not counting towards a person s two garage sales a year. However, the committee is asking those persons participating in

j- ; ' ■ .... .:xss>» k. * K ■ EASTER SMILES —. Little Megan Walker, 21 months, took just enough time out of her Easter egg hunting to say “cheese” for the camera. Megan, was one of approximately 60 younsters who turned out for last Saturday's Easter egg hunt at the Milford School. Despite the cold, rainy morning, Henry Smith, president of the Milford Kiwanis Club which sponsored the event, said the turnout of children ages six and under was great. Each of the children turned in his or her finds for cash prizes. Megan is the daughter of Kevin and Cheryl Walker, Milford. Megan's proud grandparents are Don and Nancy Arnold, also of Milford, and Stu Walker of South Bend, and Diane Walker of Warsaw. (Photo by Stacey Lesch)

Tax rates set The tax rates to be paid by Kosciusko County residents in 1990. first installment due May 10, have been set. The rates for Lakeland area taxing units follow with the 1990 rates listed first for each unit: Jefferson East — $5.19. The rate for 1989 tax payment was $5.70. Milford - $7.21. The rate for 1989 was $7.98. North Webster — $7.78. The rate for 1989 was $9.05. Syracuse — $7.46. The rate for 1989 tax payment was $8.49. Tippecanoe Twp. — $5.16. The rate for 1989 $5.85. Turkey Creek Twp. — $5.36. The 1989 rate was $5.96. Van Buren Twp. — $5.28. The rate for 1989 was $5.97. The above rates include all rates for the county, charged for the year 1989 and payable in 1990. Included in the figures is the rate for Wawasee schools. In 1990 that will be $4.18. In 1989 it was $4.56.

the all town garage sale make a donation to the Milford Emergency Medical Service that day. Applications for the garage sale participation will be out soon. Those forms filled out and returned will allow the participant to have his/her location placed on a map. Space for craft booths for town residents will be on the lot next to the Milford Community Building. A small fee will be charged for the booths and spaces can be rented by calling Dennis Replogle or Barb Richardson. There will be a sausage and pancake breakfast from 6-9 a m. A volleyball tournament is being planned by Kay Amsden to begin at 8 a m.. on the north side of the middle school. There is a registration fee per team. There will be men's, women's and co-ed

teams with trophies to be presented. Also, tournaments for the Youth League and girls’ major and minor leagues are slated. The tournaments will begin at 9:30 a m. and end at 3:30 p.m. This event will take place on the Youth League diamond. Other events include a home run derby from 2-6 p.m., at the Pony League diamond; a food booth from 4-8 p.m., up town Milford, sponsored by the Milford Kiwanis; and an ice cream social from 5-9 p.m., sponsored by the Milford at the Milford Community Building. The group will meet again next Tuesday at 7 p.m., in the EMS building. For more information call Barbara Richardson at 658-4483 or Dennis Replogle at 658-4886.