The Independent-News, Volume 103, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 January 1978 — Page 1

THE _ INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 103; NUMBER 32

Town Os Walkerton To Comply With Pollution Control Schedule

The Town of Walkerton has been ordered by the State of Indiana before the Stream Pollution Control Board to comply with the schedule as hereto set forth in settling the matter of the sewage system. The schedule is as follows: 1, finalize plans and specifications and submit to Indiana State Board of Health on March 1, 1978; 2, start construction, July 1. 1978; 3, complete construction and place facility in operation, November 1, 1978. In consideration of failure to meet the compliance schedule the Town of Walkerton shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $2,500. The Town of Walkerton, permittee of the Walkerton water treatment plant, and the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board stipulate to the following findings of fact and on June 3, 1975 a permit was issued by the United States En-

Everly Receives Ambulance Fees 15-25 Years For Set For All Williams Murder Non-Members

Sentencing by Superior Court Judge William A. Hosinski, recommended by the jury last month, was read on Wednesday. January 4. for Lewis A. Everly, 48, of 506 Virginia Street. Walkerton, to 15 to 25 years in prison on his conviction of sec-ond-degree murder. The jury found Everly guilty of the August 26 shooting of Benjamin Williams, Jr., 38, Route 3, Walkerton, outside the Star Case. Walkerton. The judge also fined Everly $122 for court costs. SCHEDULE FOR PURCHASING LICENSE PLATES The Walkerton License Bureau announced that the schedule for purchasing your license plates is as follows for those who live in St. Joseph County. January expirations — all cor poration or company owned cars and ail leased cars. February expirations — All trucks, tractors, trailers, motorcycles plus all passenger cars and house cars whose owner’s last name begins with the initials A. B or C. March — cars whose owner s last name begins with the initials D thru H. April — cars whose owner’s last name begins with the initials I thru N. May — Cars whose owner’s last name begins with the initials 0 thru S. June — Cars whose owner's last name begins with the initials T thru Z You may buy your driver’s license in any county in the state of Indiana. The Bureau office hours are from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Mondays. Tuesday, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:30 am. to 4:30 p.m. Closed on Saturdays. Most everyone admires a good loser — except the loser’s wife.

vironmental Protection Agency to the town covering the discharge of filter backwash water to the Pine Creek from the Walkerton water treatment plant. At that time a schedule of compliance for construction of facilities was issued to be met with final effluent limitations falling due on January 1, 1977. The tow n failed to meet the dates contained in said schedule and the town couldn't without the construction of facilities which arc the subject of such compliance schedule. That failure to meet such compliance schedule constitures a violation of NPDES Permit No. IN 0032662, federal and State pollution laws and regulations, so the agreed order that both the tow n and the pollution control board being desirious of settling the matter without formal administrative adjudication agree as the above schedule of completion of construction by November 1, 1978.

The Walkerton, Polk. Lincoln. Johnson Ambulance Service committee has set the following fees to be charged for non-members: S4O 00 base call SI.OO per loaded mile $5.00 for emergency, red light $5.00 for oxygen $5.00 for first aid Memberships can still be purchased at the Walkerton clerktreasurer’s office for $25.00 per family. The phone number for the ambulance is 586-2011. Shamrocks To Visit Glenn On Friday Night The old rivalry of North Liberty and Walkerton will be renewed twice in the coming week, but the first is the regular season basketball game between North Liberty and John Glenn at the Falcons home court on Friday night. Both teams are off to a slow start this year, each having only one victory to their credit. In recent years, records meant nothing when these two teams met, but this year one of the two schools will double their win total while the other slides just a little further back in the 19"7-"8 efforts. The B-Tcam game will also feature two teams with similar records, but these two are both winners. This action will start at 6.30 p.m. Both the varsitys and the reserve teams will meet each other next week m their respective divisions of the Bi-County Tourney. The Shamrocks will also have a game on Saturday night as they w ill be at home to host the LaC rosse team with B-Team action starting at 7 :00 p.m. Confidence is the foundation of any sound business.

WALKERTON, INDIANA THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1978

Bi-County Tourney Plans Are Announced The annual Bi-County Basketball Tournament will pit John Glenn and North Liberty in the second game on Wednesday evening, January 18, at the LaVille High School, at 8:00 p.m. The opening game at 6:30 p.m. will have the LaVille Lancers and the Bremen Lions fighting it out. On Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m., The Argos Dragons and Culver Community High School will play followed by the New Prairie and Culver Military Acad emy game at 8:00 p.m. The semi-finals will be played on Friday , January 20 and the championship game will be at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday with the B-Team finals at 5:15 p.m. and the girls championship game set for 6:30 p m., also on Saturday Tickets may be purchased at the various high schools, $5.00 for the season ticket, or they may be purchased at the door (if available) each night for $2.00 per session The 1978 girls Bi-County tourna ment will be held on Monday and Tuesday , January 16 and 17 as well as the B-Team tourney. The St. Joseph County opponents are John Glenn, North Liberty. LaVille and New Prairie. The Marshall County teams are Bremen. Culver Academy for Girls, Argos and Culver Community. The B-Team pairings are as follows: John Glenn and North Liberty will play on Monday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the John Glenn High School followed at 7:45 p.m. by the New Prairie and LaVille game. On Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. will be the semi-finals. The winner of the St. Joseph County brackets will meet the winner of the Marshall County bracket on Saturday. January 21 at 5:15 p.m. at LaVille High School. The St. Joseph County girls tourney will be played ?.t the Walkerton Elementary School gym with New Prairie and LaVille playing first at 6:30 p.m. The John Glenn Falconettes will then play North Liberty at 7:45 p.m. The semifinals will be held at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday at John Glenn High School. The winner of the St. Joseph County meet will play the winner of the Marshall County meet on Saturday , January 21. at 6:30 p.m. at LaVille High School. Admission to the B-Team games and the girls brackets are SI.OO per session for both students and adults. The B-Team match-up in Marshall County are Bremen and Culver Military Academy followed bv the Argos and Culver Community game. In the girls tourney the match up will be Argos and Culver followed by the Bremen and Culver Academy for Girls game. WALKERTON, POLK, UNCOLN, JOHNSON AMBULANCE PHONE 586-2011

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD NEWS The Walkerton Town Board met in regular session on Monday. January 9, with all members present. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting were dispensed with after being accepted by the board. Claims numbers I to 42 were approved by the board. The monthly financial statement from the clerk-treasurer was presented to the board. The board discussed the Economic Development Commission yet to be formed. A request by Ray Chapman and Wayne Burch was made to delay the appointment of such commission until the first board meeting in February. The delay was granted. The Planning Commission contract with the Hughes Associates was signed by the board president. It was noted that information on the long delayed Sewer Treatment Plant was presented to 3rd District Congressman John Brademas on his visit to Walkerton on Saturdav, January ". He assured the group that he would study the problems of this project. Gene Brenis, newly elected fire chief, and George Laizure, thanked the board for their cooperation with the department last year Their report for 1977 was 4b fires. 5 rescues, 10 assists to other departments, 2 street cleanings and 12 training meetings. This totaled 839' j man hours. Thev also reported on the expenses of the fire department and the ladies auxiliary for last year. The two groups spent $7,950 as follows: $6,600 for pagers. $350 for paint and supplies for the fire station, $650 for a drop tank and $350 for the auxiliary presentation of two air tanks. They also presented to the board, items of necessity for the coming year They arc: six tires for the 1953 truck. 500 feet of 2‘ i inch hose. 200 feet of 1 1 j meh hose, gate valves replaced or repaired, 2 float docks and 1 pipe pullhead. The board instructed them to get prices on the items and then proceed with the purchase of the tires. John Zenon, representing the Senior Citizens group in Walkerton, wanted to know what the policy was going to be on the renting of the Community Building and the Youth Building. After a lengthy discussion it was decided that dues-paying organizations and pn vate parties, such as reunions, receptions, etc., would be required to pay for the use of the buildings A letter was presented to the board from John Tallmadge, administrator of Miller’s Merry Manor, Inc., Walkerton, on the feasibility of establishing a day care center on their grounds Ihe board stated they would be in favor of such if Mr Tallmadge could get the necessary approval from the State. Ihe Snell Environmental Group requested to be paid for services performed in 1976. The clerk treasurer informed the board that she had talked with the group con cerning a check that had been issued to theim tn Fcbruarv and had not been cashed. A cancella lion was put on that check and the clerk treasurer stated that a claim would have to be submitted in order to justify the payment It was noted that an original claim had never been made for that

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 12:00 noon — Walkerton Chamber of Commerce. 4:30 p.m. — John Glenn girls basketball team to travel to Culver Academv for Girls. 6:00 p.m. — John Glenn wrestlers to travel to LaVille 6:00 p.m. — North Liberty wrestlers to travel to South Central 8:00 p.m. - K ofC. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 6:30 p.m. — The John Glenn Falcons will host the North Libertv Shamrocks in basketball. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 8:30 a.m. — North Libertv wrest lers to participate in the Bremen tourney. 9:00 a m. — North Libertv to host the Freshman basketball tour ney. 9:00 a m. — Urey to host the bth grade basketball tourney. 10:30 - 11:30 a m — Storv hour at the Walkerton Public Librarv " 00 p.m. — The North Liberty Shamrocks will host LaCrosse in basketball. MONDAY, JANUARY 16 500 p m. — Urey basketball teams to travel to Oregon Davis 6:30 p.m. — The John Glenn and North Liberty B-Teams to open the St Joseph Counts portion of the B Team Bi-County tournev to be played at the John Glenn High School. "45 p.m — New Prairie and laVille B-Teams to plav in the Bi County tournev at John Glenn "45 p.m. — John Glenn Falcon ettes and the North Liberty girls basketball teams to plav in the Bi County tourney. St Joseph Counts division, at the Walkerton Elementary School. At 6:30 p m New Praine and LaVille girls teams will play. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 6:30 p.m. — The B Team semi finals of the Bi-County will be played at the John Glenn High School " 45 p.m. — The girls basketball semi-finals of the Bi-Counts will be played at the John Glrnn High School. P-L J School Board to meet Walkerton Order of Fasten Star to meet. Walkerton Jascees to meet WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 18 6:30 p.m. — LaVille versus Bre men sarsits basketball squads to open the Bi Counts tournev at LaVille High School 8:00 pm. — North Libertv and JohnGienn will plas in the Bi-Coun tv tournev at LaVille THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 6:30 p.m — Culver will play Argos in the Bi Counts Tournes at LaVille 800 p.m — New Prairie and Culver military Academv will play in the final game of the first round ot the Bi Counts Tournev service The board held a hearing on Fed eral Revenue Sharing monev to be spent in 19"8. The resolution that had been legally advertised fix this use was adopted and signed by all board members This includes salaries for the control center, contractual services for the plan ning commission and pavment on the fire truck totaling $1".950 00 Police chief. F Clifford Ward, submitted his letter of resignation to the board It will be effective April 30. 19"8. at midnight.