The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 April 1990 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., April 18,1990

Editorial A matter of dollars and 'sense' The tax man giveth and the tax man taketh away. Problem is he takes more time to “taketh” than he does to “giveth away”. Seems those expecting a return from the Internal Revenue Service are able to apply for a lengthy extension before having to file for their 1989 return. However, those owing the government must have had their tax forms postmarked by midnight Monday. Such generous offers by the IRS are in keeping with its overall perception by the public. Seems when money is owed, the government is always slower in distributing it then it is in taking it. Then again, who isn’t? On the local scene, a Milford resident is still grumbling about a bill sent to him from the county treasurer’s office for outstanding taxes owed on his personal property. Seems when the resident was figuring his combined property tax and personal property tax owed last year he did a bit of misfigurikg.JS.eems4he resident owed two more cents then he paid. Thus, the county sent a notice demanding payment, saying that if the charge owed wasn’t settled within three days, the resident’s property would be subject to a sheriff’s sale. While the county should be commended for its thriftiness, two cents seems a bit excessive to threaten a taxpayer’s homestead. And, as we understand it, the Milford resident wasn’t the only one in the county who received a bill for payment of two cents. A similar incident occurred two years ago and we suggested that the county keep a piggy bank on hand for such incidents, much like the penny boxes many convenience stores keep on hand for those customers who may be a few pennies short occasionally. However, such a system could also backfire, with residents taking advantage of the penny ante and shortchanging the county a few * pennies each year. Afterall, a few pennies from each of the county’s residents could add up to a lot of dollars. Nevertheless, some system needs to be devised. Especially when one considers that the certified letter apprising the Milford resident of his two penny shortage cost the county two dollars to send and the cost to the taxpayers for the bookkeeping and paper involved in the transaction. It’s just a matter of using dollars and “sense.” Those who live at high tension usually blow a fuse. Susan Bayh encourages communities to participate in Arbor Day First Lady Susan Bayh will lead more than 1,700 schools and communities in planting trees on April 20 in her new role as 1990 Indiana Arbor Day spokesperson. As Arbor Day spokesperson, Bayh will help plant a white oak sapling during a special Arbor Day ceremony on the State House lawn in Indianapolis. More than 280 schoolchildren will join Bayh, Patrick R. Ralston, Department of Natural Resources director, and Smokey Bear, in celebrating the event. Arbor Day is the main event during Arbor Week, which is April 15-21. Indiana Arbor Day recognizes the importance of planting trees and their benefits to our lives and communities. Tree are essential to recreation, beautification, food products and other items we use every day. Trees also are the foundation for more than 50,000 Hoosier jobs; over 1,000 forest products businesses make their homes here. The DNR’s Division of Forestry hosts the state’s Arbor Day ceremony each year and distributes free tree seedlings to Indiana schools. Through passage of legislation by the Indiana General Assembly, the DNR now offers Hoosier third graders free seedlings as well. The Division of Forestry provides free information to Hoosiers to suggest ways to develop Arbor Day programs through tree planting celebrations, fun , fairs, recycling efforts and school projects. You can contact the Division of Forestry at 613 State Office Building, Indianapolis 46204; 317/232-4105.

i What others say — 1 M>MMHM—im——■ ■«■■■■■—I_■■_II^W—■WMMMI ; We could work wonders : with debt-service funds ; • ' So why does it matter that this country owes $3.1 trillion? The economy still ; performs adequately. Neither recession nor inflation seem imminent. ■ Statistics from a recent Congressional Quarterly article offer reason to be : concerned, despite the present calm. Thee article notes that because of the federal debt, we’ll be paying this year an estimated $175.6 billion in interest. It’s the third-largest category of national spending, led only by defense and Social . Security. The amount we spend on interest is more than most of the major domestic programs combined. As the magazine points out, this year’s interest payment would buy any one of the following: • Housing assistance for 32 million families. • 25 years worth of federal Medicaid payments. • Six to eight manned space stations. : • Pell grants for 76.5 million needy students. • 586 B-2 “Stealth” bombers. • 146 Trident submarines. This year’s interest payment also would pay off the entire federal deficit for • the current fiscal year, with enough left to cover the natural resources and j environmental-protection budget. i The Congressional Quarterly article doesn’t mention less quantifiable needs • — fighting the drug war, helping Poland, Czechoslovakia and Nicaragua achieve • their democratic hopes, upgrading the nation’s infrastructure, putting the nar tion’s public education on a par with Japan’s. The burden of debt and the •; unavoidable interest payment forces us to pay lip service to such needs and ; plead poverty. The burden of debt also makes us beholden to foreign investment; we have to ; lure foreign capital to make ends meet. That’s demeaning — and potentially » dangerous. » A prediction made by David Stockman, former Reagan administration J budget director, has come true less than a decade after he made it: “By turning • ourselves into a debtor nation for the first tijne since World War I, we have » sacrificed future living standards in order to service the debts we have already ! incurred.” » - THE EVANSVILLE PRESS

A matter of dollars and 'sense'

County Court The following persons have paid fines and costs in Kosciusko County Court, Judge James Jarrette presiding: Speeding — Bruce Rogers, 111, 30, Milford, $80; Barbara Seemeyer, 37, Milford. $80; Raymond Norris, 17, North Webster, $80; Barbara K. Foyle, no age, Syracuse, $65. False Registration — James R. Rider, 33, North Webster, S6O. Expired Plates — Belinda Hollar. 21, North Webster, S6O. Public Intoxication — Amos Poe, 47, Leesburg. $163. Illegal Consumption — Jerry D. Newton, no age, Leesburg. $163. Operating While Intoxicated — Stephen Reed, no age, Syracuse, $383, driver's license suspended 90days, K.C.J. six days. Reckless Driving — Jason Kramer, 19. Leesburg, $163. Goshen Division The following area residents have had fines levied and paid in the Elkhart County Court: Speeding — Sean R. Mock, 22, Syracuse, $73; Charles S. Lynch, 25, Leesburg, SSB Improper use of transport plate — Frank V. Avalos, 54, Milford, $54 Expired driver's license — Donald G. Mershman. 38. Syracuse.ss4

Area residents booked

The following persons were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail recently: Toby Allen Cross, 38, 206' 2 South Huntington Street. Syracuse, was charged with public intoxication and held on $175 bond. Stephen Craig “Dog” Rohdy, 38, r 5 box 459, Syracuse, was ar rested and charged with nonpayment of alimohy or support and held on $30,000 bond. He was transferred to Elkhart County.

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City Court The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — John M. Price, 23, Syracuse,s6B Violation of seat belt law — Trinda M. Wegener, 39, Syracuse,sso Superior Court The following petitions have been filed in Kosciusko Superior Court, Judge Robert Burner presiding: Complaint Champion Supply Company, Inc., Fort Wayne, versus Carl M. Siler d/b/a C.M. Siler Company, PO Box. North Webster. Petitioner seeks $3,777.18, interest. Marriage Dissolutions The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in the Kosciusko Superior and Circuit Courts: Mollette — Robert L. Mollette, rural route, Milford, and Myrtle L. Mollette, address unknown. The couple was married Sept. 16, 1968, and separated Dec. 10, 1989. There is one minor child. Douglas — Cinda L. Douglas, no address given, and Ronald C. Douglas, rural route, Syracuse. The couple was married June 2, 1970, and separated April 2, 1990. There is one minor child. Dull — Larry D. Dull, rural route, Syracuse, and Wanda J. Dull. Syracuse. The couple was married Feb. 24, 1990, and separated March 31,1990.

Jorge Cervantes, 20, P.O. Box 97, Van Buren, Leesburg, was charged with illegal possession and consumption of alcohol and held on $175. Richard Floyd “High Noon” Valentine, 59. r 2 box 96, Syracuse, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and public intoxication and released on $350 bond., Jimmy Ronald Hamby, 41, 725 South Fourth Street, Syracuse, was charged with battery and held on $250 bond.

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T WAS moving day last Thursday at Syracuse Public Library. The move - was made in preparation

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for construction of the new addition. However, not everything was moved and placed into storage. The library will remain open during construction and offer many of its same services; however, space will be limited. The moving came earlier than expected for the librarians and a number of volunteers assisted in the packing of various items and moving some of the furniture. Among the volunteers were some members of Wawasee Kiwanis, Friends of the Library, library board members, and staff. Also assisting were: Betty Eaton, Jeanne Jones, Sally Wamsley, Phyllis White, Jacqie Kuilema, Pam Pletcher and daughters, Judy Allen. Mary Fisher, Helen Bunnell, Lana Walton, Mary English. Bob Jones and Jill Kline. Shown in the photo, moving out a filing cabinet, is Marvin Whitacre. Behind the cabinet are Brian Rose and Bob Cripe. The items are being stored by George Hickman Moving and Storage, Inc., North Webster. Among the items that have been placed into storage, at least until the end of construction, included old issues of magazines, old publications of the Syracuse-Wawasee Journal and Syracuse Journal. Also the micro-fiche service that has been offered in the past is temporarily not available. Current publications and 1989 and 1990 magazines, as well as children’s magazines, can still be found in the library. Removed from the children’s section of the library are one-half of the non-fiction books, biographies, and books pertaining to the United States, foreign countries and history. In the upstairs portion of the library, books that have been placed in storage include history, travel, juvenile non-fiction and large print books. There are numerous other items that have been placed into storage that were housed in the basement of the library. Construction workers will be knocking out the south walls of the library and installing temporary construction walls. Due to this'construction, the items needed to be placed in storage. Also due to the construction, Diane Evans, children's librarian, has had to cancel the summer reading program. However, the “Story Telling in the Park” will continue and is an alternative for the children. Registration will be between May 28 and June 8. Originally, removal of the walls was not planned until late August. THE STORY Telling in the Park will be featured at Lakeside Park for children aged five through 12. Some of the programs include: the library junior volunteers presenting stories; simple crafts; Noble Roman’s pizza toss, and gymnastics demonstrations. —O'LLOYD AND Lucy Kammerdiener, North Harrison Street, Syracuse, entertained at an Easter dinner on Sunday for members of their family. Those who came to their home included: Tonda Hewitt and daughter, Lisa ; Mr. and Mrs. David Partin, Syracuse; Amy Kammerdiener, Muncie; George Lewallen, New Paris, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tincher, Goshen. —o — THE LIQUOR Locker on South Harrison Street’is getting a facelift in preparation for summer business. The store has received new ceiling tile and paneling on the exterior and the counter has been relocated inside to give more space. Also, owner Tai Smith has installed an office above the store. —o— THE FUTURE of the Syracuse Antique Mall will be determined Thursday, as officials go before the Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals to discuss parking spaces. —o— MARK YOUR calendars for 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, for a Police Public Auction, at the Syracuse Police Department. Among the items to be auctioned’ off by auctioneer John Conley, Warsaw, will be a 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria police car. Other items include bicycles, radios, fishing equipment, a television and other miscellaneous items. All items will be sold “as is”. —o— PIER THREE Forty Three is the new name of the condominiums being built near the old fish hatchery. Joe Todd, part owner of the condominiums, noted the pilings are in and footers for the modulars will be poured in the near future. The modulars will tentatively be placed on the foundation around April 30 and the 21 units will be ready for occupancy by July 1, if all goes according to plan. —o— NOTE SHOULD be made that Todd Realty

was responsible for bringing Kreider Nursery into Syracuse. SYRACUSE RESIDENTS Terry and Kathy West recently purchased Joann’s Hallmark Store in downtown Ligonier from Joe and Joann Rex. Kathy, who was a receptionist in the office of Dr. Robert Stone, M.D., Ligonier, is operating the store. According to Kathy, she has no plans on making major changes at the store, with the exception of a minor change in the name (yet keeping it known as Joann’s). Terry’s middle name is Joe and Kathy’s middle name is Ann, thus, the name “Joann’s” still fits. As far as the items carried in the store, Kathy noted she is basically keeping it the same, with cards and gifts, and the addition of Christian books, which she hopes to have by summer. A May 5 grand opening is being planned. Kathy and her husband, Terry, on the south edge of Syracuse, on the southwest side of Lake Wawasee, with their three children. Terry is employed with Tower Advertising, Topeka. —o— THERE SEEMS to be some confusion about an ordinance in Syracuse that town attorney Robert Reed will be rewording in regards to pick-up of limbs, leaves and grass clippings. The ordinance being discussed deals only in relation to garbage pick-up. Ron Conley, street department supervisor, noted that the town’s street department will continue to pick-up limbs, leaves and grass clippings that are placed along the street. However, he confirmed that the ordinance, relating to the town’s pick-up. does stipulate the size and quantity of these items. —o— ACCORDING TO a newsletter, published by a local real estate firm, last year was a record year for real estate on Lake Wawasee, with property selling as high as $1,070,006 and as low as $157,500, with South Shore Drive being the highest priced area. The newsletter pointed out the reassessment on all lake front was made at the same rate, but, as evident in the marketplace, not all lake front is equal in value. It has been determined that top areas are at $4,250 a front foot, while some other areas are not that high. It was interesting to see that channel properties have begun to increase in value and there are certain areas very popular, but the newsletter does not state what areas. —o—- -*» SATURDAY, APRIL 21 and 28 will find Cub Scouts at Augsburger’s handing out collection bags for people to donate food items for the Syracuse Community Food Pantry. A list of items needed was in the April 11 issue of The Mail-Journal. A drop box will be placed at the entrance of Augsburger’s until May 4, or food can be taken to the Lakeland Youth Center during the week of April 23. —o— ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of Marilyn Gawthrop Ebert, a 1950 graduate of Syracuse High School, is encouraged to contact Mrs. Charles (Nancy) Searfoss at 457-4596. This class is urging members to attend this year’s alumni banquet, not only because it is the 40th year since the class graduated from high school, but this year's banquet will be the last one held in the old Syracuse High School gym. The banquet will be held on Saturday, May 26, with a social time at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. —o— A SPRING cleanup for the town is being planned by the chamber of commerce for May 12, according to Chad Smyth, representative for the project. Beginning at approximately 9 a.m., the chamber is asking for volunteers to turn out and make a day of cleaning. Scouts, churches and individuals are all asked to participate. Smyth said they are hoping to get the trash cleaned up on the roadway of SR 13 south and north, in the parks, and around the railroad area. There will be grab-bag gifts for volunteers as an extra incentive, but the best reason is to “help make our town look better,” Chad said. The chamber is also asking for donations from local businesses for the grab-bag gift items, such as pencils, tablets, or any promotional-type items. —o— THE L.A.F.F. program begins again Thursday, April 19, and will run every Thursday through May 17, with varied programs of interest to the public. Fun begins at 8:30 a.m., fora social time, then classes begin and last uritil noon, all held at Calvary United Methodist Church. —o— MANY OF the “seasonal” folks have returned from their warm winter stays in Florida and other southern locations. Now, if a warm spring would just come in, perhaps outdoor activities could begin.