The Independent-News, Volume 105, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 July 1979 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 105; NUMBER 5

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD NEWS The Board of Trustees of the Town of Walkerton met in regular session on Monday, July 2, with members O. C. White, Gladys Prentis and Jack Rizek present. The minutes of the June 18 meeting were read and approved. The monthly report of the Walkerton Volunteer Fire Department was presented by chief Gene Brems with four fires, one training meeting, one pool filling and a total of 56 J /« man hours in the month. The Fire Department also spent $250.00 in that month. The township’s new grass unit is now in service and it has a 300 gallon per minute pump on the rear. The department is still waiting for parts for the 1937 truck that was struck in an accident earlier this year. The chief and Lincoln Township trustee went to Syracuse, Indiana, recently to look at two fire pumpers that are going to be on sale. They will go up for bid in October. The fire department was been working on a grant application for the purchase of “Jaws of Life”, an extracting tool. The total cost of the tool will be approximately $6,600 with the state furnishing $4,400 and the town the rest. The department would like to know if the town would accept this responsibility. It was decided the board would have to check finances and at the same time thought the fire department should check with the township trustees for any possible aid. The matter will be discussed further at future meetings. Police chief John Marek gave his monthly report. The police department has been issuing a number of tickets in the last month and have collected over S7OO in fines. Marek informed the board that he had purchased a 1977 State Police car in Indianapolis for $666.67. He has put $250.00 into the automobile and he would now like to sell the blue police car. The police department also had two scanners donated to the department. The Indiana Police Academy has given a waiver to officer Wallace requiring him to spend one day in class for his certification to be final. Officer Delmas Burch will be sent to the academy in October. Utilities superintendent Marvin Williams has purchased the water pipe to be installed along side State Highway 23 in the south part of Walkerton. He also discussed the idea of changing transformers in the Industrial Park for new proposed factories. Dick Taylor, engineer and consultant from Taylor Palm Associates assisted in opening the bids for the Tyler Street Project. The town received bids from Walsh & Kelly, Haskins, Rieth-Riley and Murcock & Sons. All bids appeared to be in proper order. Mr. Taylor will tabulate the bids and mail the tabulations to the bidders and board members. The bids will then be decided upon at the next regular board meeting. Bids were opened for improvements on Van Buren, Virgina and Georgia Streets. These bids were received from United Blacktop Pavers, Walsh & Kelly and RiethRiley. These bids all appeared to be in order and will also be tabulated by Taylor Palm Associates and decided upon at the July 16th board meeting. Bob Sante consultant from (continued on back page)

N.L.H.S. BAND TAKES FIRST TT TV 7li r _ Lt J mW-i 188 The North Liberty High School Band placed first in the Class “B” division of the band contest held on June 30 in conjunction with the 34th annual Mermaid Festival, North Webster. The band received a trophy and a check for $500.00 and SIOO.OO for travel money. They performed to 35,000 persons. Pictured is Dr. Arden Walgamuth, band contest director: Ann Porter, 1978 Queen of Lakes; Kim Perkins: Kim Lambert: Dick VanderHagen, director of the North Liberty band; and Tim Moser, executive director of the International Palace of Sports Youth Foundation who is presenting the check to Mr. VandereHagen. TENNIS TOURNEY CHAMPS ' ~ — photo by Michael Pearish The first annual Walkerton Junior Tennis Tournament was held last Monday and Tuesday at the John Glenn High School tennis courts. The finals were played on Wednesday, July 4. In the finals Tammy Tuttle defeated Patty Gaw 7-6, 6-4 and Fred Krick defeated Zane Hathaway 6-4, 6-3 in the age group of 14-16. In the 11-13 division, Jill Bolze defeated Cindy Hostetler 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and Tim Legge defeated Trey Hardesty 6-0, 6-2. Each of the winners received a championship trophy. This tournament concluded the summer recreation tennis clinic in which more than 40 boys and girls participated. Mr. Kickbush, director of the tennis clinic, hopes that more boys and girls will participate next year and that the tournament will become a part of the Walkerton 4th of July festivities. Pictured left to right front row: Tim Legge, Dick Kickbush and Jill Bolze. Back row, from the left: Fred Krick and Tammy Tuttle.

NOTE OF APPRECIATION We. the merchants of North Liberty would like to take this opportunity to thank the firemen who worked so hard to make our 4th of July a day to remember here in good old North Liberty. We especially want to thank Bill Doan who was in charge of the parade as several thousand people from the surrounding community attended and said it was a great parade, and to see Santa Claus in July was really a treat. The fireworks was also enjoyed by a huge crowd so again we want to say thanks to our fireman for making it a great day and one to be remembered in North Liberty.

WALKERTON, INDIANA THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1979

LOCAL GOSPEL GROUP TO BE ON THE RADIO The Sounds of Joy, from the Walkerton Methodist Church, will carry their musical ministry to the radio. They will be appearing on the Sunday School of the air originating from the Central Methodist Church in South Bend. Rev. Fred Wintie is the presiding minister. The broadcast will be on WSBT Radio Sunday, July 22, 1979, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. NOTICE In iisling the winners of the Merchants’ Appreciation Days we omitted the winner at the J&J Restaurant, who was Mrs. Janet Nichols, North Liberty. Sorry.

Adult Tennis Lessons To Be Offered Here Adult classes in tennis will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. beginning on Tuesday, July 17 at the John Glenn High School tennis courts. Classes will end on Thursday, August 2. Registration will be held on Monday, July 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the John Glenn tennis courts or you may make your registration with Mr. Dick Kickbush at Kabelin Hardware. A registration fee of $3.00 per lesson or $15.00 for all six sessions is payable at the time of registration. Classes will be limited to 12 adults per class. Legionnaires Donate Funds During the opening ceremonies of The Special Olympics at Terre Haute on June 28, the Indiana Department of The American Legion donated $9,000.00 for this year's expenses of The Olympics. Department Commander H. Melvin Napier, of Liberty, and the Legion’s Special Olympics Chairman Terry Smith, of Columbia City, made the presentation to Dennis Schmidt, Director of the Special Olympics in Indiana. Taken on as a project by the Legion late in 1978, Special Olympics will be an on-going program for Indiana Legionnaires in future years. While $9,000 in cash is being donated, it by no means represents the total contribution by Legionnaires. In many of the communities of Indiana, Legionnaires have been responsible for conducting the Olympic preliminaries; financing trips to various regional Olympics and giving money to various local projects held in conjunction with the Olympics. FINAL MEETING OF LINCOLN TWP. 4-H CLUBS The final meeting of the Lincoln Township 4-H Cub before the St. Joseph County Fair will be held on Thursday, July 19 at the Community Building beginning at 7:00 p.m. If you have any questions regarding your projects we will help you at this meeting. All members are urged to attend. RE-ELECT OFFICERS The Walkerton Boy Scout Troop 293 held election of officers recently with the re-election of officers being voted upon as follows, Senior Patrol Leader, Kevin O’Neal; assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Pat Bridwell; Russell Watson, Patrol Leader; Mark Weldon, scribe; Todd Creech, Quartermaster; and Rick Creech, historian. The boys went on a camping trip and hiked to the Indian graves at Stuntz-Hochstetler Pines and then camped on the floor of the forest. OREGON TWP. SENIOR CITIZENS TO MEET The Oregon Township Senior Citizens will meet on Thursday, July 19 at 12:30 p.m. at the Koontz Lake Conservation Cub House. All members are to bring a covered dish. “A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.'' Goethe

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PLJ School Board Elects New Officers The Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Board met in regular session on Tuesday, July 3. This being the first meeting of the fiscal year, the board reorganized with the following members being elected to offices: president, Marvin L. Bouse; vice-president, Joseph D. Bottorff; secretary, Lynn L. Stull; assistant secretary, William E. Ochs; and member, Earl L. Smith. The corporation attorney is Kenneth H. Lukenbill, from the law firm of Stevens, Wampler, Travis and Fortin, of Plymouth. The corporation treasurer is Mavis Shank. The board will continue to meet as in the past, on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the administration building. The annual salary for the board members will remain at SBOO.OO. The board proposed a play to reestablish the existing Cumulative Building Fund at 25 cents payable in 1980 and continuing through 1984. This rate of 25 cents is the same as the past five years. A public hearing to adopt the proposed plan will be held on Tuesday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the administration building. Daniel Slabaugh. a graduate of Goshen High School and Bail State University, was appointed by the board as vocal music instructor for the 1979-80 school year. He was a member of the University Singers who made a tour of Russia and Poland last summer. The superintendent announced that two vacancies for bus drivers still exist. Both routes are mainly in the Polk Township area. The board also interviewed two applicants for the maintenance personnel positon. They will make their final decision at the next meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the administration building. WALKERTON LITTLE LEAGUE STANDINGS Minor League White Sox 6 2 0 Yankees 520 Angels 4 3 0 Athletics 5 2 0 Tigers 440 Royals 1 6 1 Twins 0 6 1 Scores Royals 21, Twins 16 Tigers 11, Athletics 10 Angels 7, Yankees 4 White Sox 16, Royals 2 M^jor League Giants 71 1 Cubs 5 2 1 Pirates 5 4 0 Dodgers 3 4 2 Reds 090 Scores Cubs 8, Giants 5 Pirates 10, Reds 4 Pirates 8, Dodgers 2 Dodgers 12. Reds 2 PRIZE WINNERS Prize winners of the recently held Little League benefit are Ed. Phelps. Mishawaka, color TV; Robert Beckwith, 128 Grissom, Walkerton, received the black and w hite TV and Chris Jones, 204 S. Williams, North Liberty, won the clock radio. » There is as much iron in the average man's body as in a three-inch nail.