The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 December 1990 — Page 5

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ASSISTANCE GROWS for the poor. Figures from both the Food Stamp Program and Township Trustees show a decided increase in assistance for the poor in Kosciusko County during 1990. Total assistance in these two programs will reach the $1.4 million for the year. This will be the largest amount spent for aid to the poor/n recent history. The previous record was $1.3 in 1985. 1 Projected figures for 1990: / Food Stamps $1,188,820 / Trustee 205,940 ' Total 1,394,760 The 1989 figures: Food Stamps 848,603 * Trustee 172,945 Total 1,021,548 The 1985 figures: Food Stamps 1,125,362 Trustee 207,830 Total 1,333,192 Not included in the above are funds provided by Project Safe, an energy assistance program for the poor. This year assistance has been given to 630 households. This has amounted to about $171,000 ($225 maximum for heat and SSO for electricity). Township trustees provide for food, utilities, some medical, rent and other miscellaneous items. Also not included is the funds provided by the Salvation Army, United Way, and various church and civic groups. Total of this assistance could vary from $350,000 to $750,000 per year. This would bring the total assistance to the poor in our county to nearly two million dollars and probably reach as much as $2,125,000 by the end of 1990. If the unemployment in the county should go as high as six or seven percent, it could result in our poor relief agencies being swamped. A united effort should be made by various governmental agencies and social groups to work out a plan to assist the poor not only with finances but also with how to handle their money. There are people who have not had to face the problem of being without a weekly paycheck. Now they do. Some of these need guidance on how to prepare inexpensive meals and make a dollar stretch. A volunteer group from those who have gone through a downturn would be very helpful. WHERE DID THE FUNDS GO? Syracuse Park Board 1990 budget contained a $25,000 capital improvement request. (Total budget for the town parks this year was $57,510). The $25,000 item was reported to be used as matching funds to build a seawall in the Henry Ward Park. (The total cost for the seawall construction was to be $70,000). This same item was requested in the 1991 budget. This prompted a citizen in a recent town council meeting to ask what happened to the $25,000. (No explanation about the seawall or the funds was given). By transferring funds the park board actually spent $28,842.28 for capital improvement. Further examination of expenditures on the parks in 1990 reveals the following: Lakeside (parking) $7,263.50 Henry Ward (parking) 6,130.00 Three flagpoles 3,689.62 Two picnic tables 360.00 Lighting 1,112.42 Install Paver Brick 6,760.00 ($2,200 of this was paid by the Syracuse Park Foundation) Replace broken storm tile around gazebo 1,162.00 Four redwood benches 789.89 Chelsea copper lantern 1,253.00 Plaques & signs 791.71 Tree removal 900.00 Professional services 645.00 Other misc. items 185.14 Balance left in the capital improvement is $4,952.72 with a possibility of another S7OO being spent for a gate to the parking area. The park board requested and received a budget of $64,225 for 1991. It also plans to ask for any balances in any of the accounts from 1990 be transferred into 1991. This maneuver would give that board about $70,000 to spend next year. NEED MORE INFORMATION — To the lady who wrote a tip to me (on notepaper with flowers in the right-hand corner) — It looks promising, but needs further information on the M item.

How to send mail to soldiers in Persian Gulf

Hoosiers wishing to send mail to soldiers in the Middle East should use the addresses listed below. “Our troops deserve our support, and I encourage Hoosiers to help ensure that they know we are thinking of them,” said Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN). Materials destined for general distribution to any service member should be sent to the following addresses: Navy or Marine Corps — Any Service Member, Operation Desert Shield, FPO, N.Y. 09866-0006 Army or Air Force — Any Service Member, Operation Desert Area residents booked at jail The following persons were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail recently: Stephen Maxwell Barr, 22, Kuhn Park, Leesburg, was charged with disorderly conduct and held on $175 bond. Jason Hart Bleile, 18, West Prairie, Leesburg, was charged with illegal consumption. He was later released on $175 bond. Steven Craig Neibert r 1, Leesburg, was charged with battery and later released on $250 bond. Michael Duane Gulley, 31, r 1, North Webster, was charged with driving while intoxicated/ He was later released on $450 bond. Donald Travis Pemey, 31, r 5, Syracuse, was charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a property damage accident He was later released after posting $450 bond. Debra Lynne Cassidy, 25, W. Boston St., Syracuse, was charged with check deception. She was later released on SI,OOO bond. Roger Lee Northrup, 33, Leesburg, was charged with contempt of court and conversion and held on $250 bond. Gregory Lewis Wiggs, 30, r 1, North Webster, was charged with driving while intoxicated, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. He was held on bond.

Shield, APO, N.Y. 09848-0006 People interested in sending mail to a specific soldier should call the installation where they were based before deployment and ask for the soldier’s latest deployment address. Mail sent to individuals using the above APO/FPO “clearing house” addresses may not reach the proper destination. County police investigate one-car mishap Driver inattention and frost on the roadway caused a one-vehicle mishap Thursday, Dec. 20, on Epworth Forest Road, east of Hass Hill Road. Bobbie A. Aistrop, 17, rural route, North Webster, was traveling southbound in her 1986 Oldsmobile when she lost control of the vehicle rounding a curve. She told police when the vehicle started to slide, she locked the brakes and slid into a tree. A passenger in the vehicle, Orlando Vallejo, no age given, rural route, North Webster, suffered minor bleeding to the face, but refused medical treatment. Damage to the vehicle was estimated up to SI,OOO. Backing accident A driver backing his vehicle from a private driveway collided with another vehicle on Sunday, Dec. 12, at3:o9p.m. Harvey J. Manges, 20, South Walnut Street, New Paris, was backing his 1950 Jeep from a private driveway when it collided with a 1984 Buick Rivera driven by Ronald L. Baumgartner, 47, Beer Road, Milford. The accident occurred on CR 21, near CR 42 in Elkhart County. Damage to the vehicles was estimated at less than $2,000.

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

(Continued from page 4) Now amid all the joys of this evening’s delights, We’ve come to honor some of the club's starry knights • Nor why is it we celebrate these several Rotarians? Surely not ’cause they’re as gentle as bookish librarians, Nor ’cause they’re as unvoracious as strict vegetarians, Nor as noble or regal as 12 ancient Caesarians, Nor ’cause they’re as unorthodox as heretical Arians, Nor are they, politically, antidisestablishmentarians, These guys have seen years as they've traveled their course, When the ultimate put-down was, “Hey, get ahorse!” ) In their youth they got quite an incredible thrill, When Teddy Roosevelt charged up a bill. And while we are into this historical reviewing, They know the Roaring Twenties when they were yet mewing. They wondered in awe at Ford’s novel tinlizzy. And remember a time when Dean and Guiliespie weren’t Dizzy. They know of Johnny Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, And Hopalong Cassidy when he was just. William Boyd. They know a time when checkers was fun and a good cigar was a nickel. When you could sit in a store, reach into a barrel and pull out a pickle. They can remember when Hoover was a president, not a vacuum cleaner or a dam, And when a hairless symbol of our nation was a pre-pubescent uncle Sam. They were familiar with the Gold Dust Twins, Burma Shave, and the useful mustache cup, They remember an unmarried Mickey Rooney, and when Hector was a pup. They recall with fondness Chaplin’s “little tramp,” and amateur hour’s Major Bows, When McDonald’s, not a restaurant, was a musical farm with lots of e-i-o’s. They knew an age when films were silent and the Charleston was a dance. When “Wrong Way” flew to Ireland and Lindbergh flew to France. They all knew a time when to get into a club was a plot To speak-easy, “Joe, sent me.” whether he had or had not. They all lived through a time when depression was real, And not just something you occasionally feel. They knew “Little Lulu” before she was born, And the gigantic Sousaphone when it was merely a horn. They remember balanced budgets, when taxes were a breeze, When the moon was not a landing place, but just a hunk of cheese. They knew the schooner Hesparus before she was a wreck, And Rhett Butler sometime before he didn’t give a heck, They remember when the necessary room’s appointment was a catalog from Sears. In short, these guys have lived a gosh awful lotta years. Now who are these knights who have lived such a long time? Paul Penn, Varner Chance, and, of course, Donald Kime.

It happened . . . in Milford

10 YEARS AGO, DEC. 24,1980 William Leemon and Max Duncan were re-elected to fire chief and first assistant chief by members of the Milford Fire Department. Also elected were Jim Amsden, second assistant fire chief; Harry Doty, secretary; and Robert “Hap” Ruch, treasurer. A pot luck Christmas dinner was held by the staff of the Lakeland Loving Care Center, Milford, in the Milford Apostolic Christian Church Fellowship Hall, Friday, Dec. 19. Employees of the center presented gifts to John Perry, Orville Kilmer, Glennis Stump and Jim Snyder. The volunteers were recognized and presented with a gift. The volunteers present were Priscilla Myers, Grace Shearer, Luella Walls and Ralph Neff. The first and second grade students presented a program at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, Dec. 23. Some of the first grade students at Milford Elementary who took part in portraying individuals in the nativity scene were Bobby Cross, Mason Robbins, Kerri Speicher, Tyson Barnett, Doug Free, Debbie Shirk, Shantel Miller and Erika Aechleman. 20 YEARS AGO, DEC. 23,1970 Last Wednesday’s snow, the first of the season to amount to anything, saw a host of snowmen spring up over the area. The one pictured this week is the handiwork of Joani, 6, and her sister,

Who lived through a time when arthritis was just an ache and a fever? They’re Dick Ditmer, Lew Immel, and our own Jimmy Weaver. Who have mastered the art of living adroitly aqd deftly? They’re Cable, Levernier, Colpitts, and Peffley. Who have navigated three score and nine years and above? They’re Hank Whelan, Bill Fowler, and young Logan Love. Now I’ve done some mathematics with these illustrious peers, And determined their ages total 981 years. If you put all their ages in one continuous line, We’d get as far back as the year 1009. It falls to my duty some myths to relate, then debunk, ’Cause if they’re all true, these guys are entirely sunk. But this tale is true, and I’d bet my next dinner, Paul Penn can remember when Purdue was a winner. But it’s not true that when language was just gurgles and cants, Music was invented by our own Varner Chance. Nor is it true that Kime and Colpitts by luck’ 5 Knew the first Methodists, the Wesley’s, John and Chuck. I’ll give you my unquestionable personal assurance, Dick Ditmer didn’t carry the Titanic’s insurance. Nor is it true that when apparel was just fig leaves and thread. Our Jim was the first Weaver of clothing instead. It’s also a lie that in our country’s first innings, Pocahontas gave Cable his first seed corn beginnings. Nor is it true that when Levernier invented his polish it got musty, ’Cause he had to wait years before anything was pitted and rusty. And it’s an untruth that when Peffley was about to retire, NIPSCO was just attempting to get a patent on fire. Nor is it true that Henry Whelan had his first pair of glasses, Before anyone thought of even inventing molasses. And it’s not true that broadcasting was Bill Fowler’s intention A full decade before Marconi’s invention. And it’s an untruth and a damnable lie, if you please, The Doc Love was in practice three years before they discovered disease Now I hope I have put you all straight about this libelous swill, But myths have some truth in them, so believe what you will. It’s commonly thought that advancing years are not fatter but leanier. But these guys have put the senor in senior. They deserve to be honored for what they still do. They’ve made this a better place for both me and for you. They’ve committed their persons and their well-gotten pelf, And done it with service, and that above self. So if you agree with this glory and lauding, Stand up with me and commence your applauding.

Jacqui, 3, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz of Milford, with a little assistance from their mother. Mr. and Mrs. Dane Rumfelt of r 1 Milford entertained Sunday for the Biller Christmas. Miss Kathy McFarren was guest of honor at a slumber party given Friday, Dec. 18, by her sister, Mrs. James Orn of Fort Wayne, in the McFarren home at Milford. The birthday observed was her 12th birthday which was December 16. Those present were Dawn Price, Diane Kesler, Roxann Sawyer, Sara Gaskill, Beverly Zimmerman, Cheryl Sk>->ton and Joyce Manns. Mrs. Arch Baumgartner, Milford, escaped injury Monday evening when a deer ran from the Tri-County game preserve north of North Webster and into the path of her car. Approximate damages were listed at $241.00 to her 1970 Chevrolet Impala. Max Rarick, a senior at Le Tourneau College, Longview, Texas, is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dane Rarick. 30 YEARS AGO, DEC. 22,1960 The Mail made an unofficial survey of Milford business houses, as to whether they would be open Monday, December 26, the day after Christmas, and found that all of them would be closed. Charles Mishler, a former Milford teacher and presently

principal of the Swayzee public schools, will bring the sermon on Sunday, January 1, at the First Brethren church. Mark Anthony was born to Mr. and Mrs. Steven Baumgartner Friday morning, December 16, at 7:40 at Goshen General hospital. The son weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces, and has 7 a brother, Samuel James, l*/ 2 years old. Milford’s Trojans racked up a hefty 102 points against 42 points for visiting Silver Lake in Friday night’s game. Steve Kaiser was high with 29 points, Crafton next with 23. Mrs. Noble Neff is substituting this week at the elementary school for Mr. Kegebein, 4th grade teacher. West Side Merry Maidens and their leader, Mrs. Don Davidsen, held their first meeting of the new year Monday evening at the home of Donna Davidsen. The first thing of business was to elect officers which are as follows: Ann Tusing, pres.; Donna Davidsen, vice pres.; Nancy Wilson, sec.; Connie Waldbeser, ass’t. sec.; DiAnn Fisher, treas.; Connie Waldbeser, reporter; Rebecca Brown, Kay Kaiser, H and S; Betty Sorensen, song leader; Ann Tusing, Donna Davidsen and Gloria Rapp, book corner. Large mammals Fifty-year-old blue whales have been known to reach a length of 100 feet.

Build Indiana Council announces support for lottery distribution

The Build Indiana Council’s Executive Director, James A. Purucker, announced his organization’s support for the Bayh administration's distribution formula for lottery proceeds. Purucker stated, “The state has made tremendous investments in technical experts throughout state government and it makes sense to use that expertise when deciding where to spend the limited infrastructure dollars that are available. ” The Build Indiana Council views Indiana’s infrastructure as many systems working together. There are systems of prisons and jails, wastewater plants, sewers, airports and roads, both local and state. Purucker continued to state, “It is imperative that the State look at an entire system when making decisions on how to spend lottery proceeds. “Unless there is an amount of money that will adequately rebuild and maintain our entire deficit infrastructure we have to be as prudent as we can with lottery proceeds.” The Bayh admihistration has endorsed, through the Capitol Projects Review Committee, a method of spending lottery proceeds allowing existing state agencies a say in how Build Indiana Funds should be spent. Purucker went on to say, “We must take a systematic approach or we will be much further behind.” Several leaders in the Legislature want to specify specific projects through the budget process. “The idea of the Build Indiana Fund is great and we are hopeful the philosophy of the Fund will continue to remain intact.” It is the Build Indiana Council’s opinion that unless the lottery is handled the correct way we will see it used for every quick fix which comes along, like the excise tax relief of 1990. The 1990 excise tax relief package will take more than SBO million per year in lottery proceeds and put it into a fund to reduce the auto excise tax for those Hoosiers driving new cars. Purucker went on to state, “It is not proper for those Hoosiers who are playing the lottery to cut the tax burden for people driving new cars. Lottery proceeds should be spent on projects that have met criteria established by the state and federal government, rather than being spent for pure political reasons.” The Build Indiana Council feels that the only threat to spending lottery proceeds in this manner is the ease of which lottery proceeds could replace general fund expenditures.

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Purucker stated, ‘‘lf the general fund is presently making expenditures on infrastructure, it should continue to make those expenditures. The lottery should not be replacing those dollars. The citizens of Indiana were told when the lottery was established, funds would not replace existing monies being spent and I am hopeful this will continue to be the case.” , Purucker added, “The technical personnel in state government are familiarized in working with very complicated funding formulas and have the ability to work with the federal government in maximizing the return in federal dollars. The state will be better served if those individuals are taking that into consideration when the decision on spending lottery proceeds is made. The technical personnel in state government are also very competent in working with construction timetables and will probably have a better grasp on whether or not a project is suitable for, and timely in, it’s request for Build Indiana Fund monies.” ** . Purucker concluded his statement with this comment, “The Build Indiana Council is afraid this pot of lottery proceeds will be a political football each and

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every year it is debated. Unless some provisions can be established for dedicating this money to areas of infrastructure, we will see the type of pork barrel guided legislation that has contributed to Congress’ inability to address budgetary issues.” Milford man sustains nose injury A Milford man sustained a swollen nose when his 1980 Pontiac Sunbird went off Kercher Road at Island View Drive, Goshen, Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 6:21 p.m. Vernon Mullet, 48, r 1 box 1648, told police that his car went off the road after he looked at his speedometer momentarily. He lost control of the auto, causing it to strike a fence and a cable boy. Mullet was treated and released at Goshen General Hospital. Damage was estimated to his vehicle at less than SI,OOO. Bright sunset An apple with an astronomicallike name, the Elstar is the color of a bright sunset. Great for out-of-hand eating with a sweet-tart flavor, it originated in Holland.

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