The Independent-News, Volume 107, Number 21, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 October 1981 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 107; NUMBER 21

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD NEWS I he Walkerton Town Board met regular session on Monday, (i lober 19, with all members and e clerk-treasurer and town atrney present. After the minutes re read and approved, several rrespondences were read and iken care of by the board. I he Corporate Resolution setting i the HUD account for the new mt that has been issued to Walkon was signed. A service agreent with the Northern Indiana !’ iblic Service Company to provide r a new delivery point labeled No. was signed after acceptance by e board. An ordinance adopted the City of Plymouth concerning noke detectors for multi-family sellings was presented. This finance w ill be studied to see if it .i similar one could be adapted to e Town of Walkerton. \ crossing permit from the Nork & Western Railroad has been filed until further information can obtained concerning this matter. \ resident of Washington Street. Plight Lemert. questioned the ard on why he had been excluded >m the Sewer Project. Board : resident Jack Rizek related to the cent trip to Indianapolis to meet s ith the State Board of Health conrning the federal grant for the ewer project that stated Washingin Street would have to be exiuded in order for the grant to be accepted. It was added that if they w ished to keep Washington Street i the sewer project, they would oe to begin all over again and ssibly lose the entire grant. It as then asked by Russell Ruby if e board could at least check into ic possibility of repair to what is "w in existence. The board said ’hey would look into this matter nth Clyde E. Williams & AsMates, the engineer for the proi Rizek added that he had been ntactcd by the Stale Board of Health over some matters that have i vet been solved on the grant, all ’ which the Williams firm says as on route to Indianapolis at that me. B F Williams, developer of the Hickory Lanes subdivision, his at nicy and engineer, were present discuss the drainage of Williams bdivision. The new set of plans ■Us for five storage drainage • sms. three in the Hickory Lanes bdivision. one next to Victor hultz. and one outside the city "its on property belonging to Mr Williams. Many questions were •used from residents concerning c time element involved and soil sting. It was asked by Jim New, resident of Glenn-L Estates, if s drainage could also be used for e Glenn-L addition. Mr. Will”ts said he was not the developer 1 Glenn-L and that this system old not help them out. When discussion was completed 1 the drainage plans, a motion ‘s made to allow two building rmits to Mr. Williams. Mr 'voie chose to amend the motion read: The Town of Walkerton •uld like to give tentative approv'd the preliminary revised drain ' plans with the following under ‘tiding and or stipulations 1 Onwcrship maintenance and b‘t\ responsibilities for all de Bion storage areas must be arly established It should be the subdivider s

WALKERTON, INDIANA 46574 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1961

Falcons Add Redskins To Their List Ihe John Glenn Falcons won their seventh straight game of the season Friday night as the big play and the normally strong defense combined to account for the 27-0 victory over the Knox Redskins. A big 83 yard kickoff return by Jeff O’Connor on the opening play opened the door that found Glenn not able to sustain drives as well as normal, but behind a solid defense and with the big plav on offense they raised their season record to 7-2 with the shutout victory. JG Statistics K 10 First Dow ns 9 179 Rushing 75 130 Passing 42 13 Passes Attempted 17 5 Passes Completed 6 2 Had Intercepted 1 45 Return Yards 5 I Punts 5 33 Average Yards 28 3 Fumbles 3 1 Fumbles Lost 3 70 Yards Penalized 35 51 Offensive Plays 60 The big opening kickoff return by O'Connor came before a lot of the fans were settled in their seats on the brisk October night. The 83 yard run found the speedy back breaking into the open around the 35 and winning any race that might be on for the score. Kevin Phelps kicked the extra point and Glenn had a 7-0 lead after just 11 seconds had elapsed. This tixik care of all the scoring in the first quarter and the two teams traded the ball back and forth a couple of times until a hard hit by Wade Boise jarred loose a football that Jeff Tinkey recovered in the early second quarter. From their own 15 yard line, the drive started with O'Connor ripping off 20 sards on the first down on a play that found him in the open only to (continued on page 2) responsibility to obtain approval of the County Drainage Board, or joint Counts Boards of this project in relationship to the legal drains referred to as the Goppert Tile and Beale Ditch. 3. It should be the subdividcr's responsibility to obtain approval of the State Highwas Department for installation of an additional culvert under State Road 23. 4 Official approval by the town of the revised drainage plan will be subject to submission of final design plans and calculations. On this basis, the two building permits w ill be issued to Mr Williams. The motion was carried by the board. A meeting was set on October 26 to studs the Glenn-L problem The proposals from Shilts. Graves A Associates concerning Hydrogeological Study of the Williams Hickory Lanes subdivision and Soil Borings. Glenn-L sub division, have been accepted bv the board. Half of (he cost of the Hv drogeological study will be handled I y Mr. Williams. Williams then askeil the police chief to consider speed limit signs in the Hickorv I anes subdivision. Ihe police chief also inquired from the hoard, information con itruing the purchase of animal licenses and bicycle tags in the future and two electric shotgun holders

John Glenn Band To March In State Contest The John Glenn High School marching band will be competiting in the State Band Contest this Saturday. October 31, at Terre Haute. This is the ninth annual contest representing 106 bands who survived previous district competitions and over 18.(MX) students will be on hand to participate. Ihe Falcon band will be marching at 9:30 a.m. in the contest. An additional class has been added to this year's contest for schools with small enrollments, making it the largest number of bands to compete in the history of the event. For the fifith year in a row , Hook Drugs. Inc. is sponsoring all awards persented at the contest and giving each hand which makes it to the final evening competition a video tape of their performance. Hook's is also sponsoring a onehour program highlighting the contest on WSBT-TV. Channel 22. South Bend, on Saturday. November 7. beginning at 3:00 p.m. Ihe John Glenn band is in Class D bands and will he playing at lerre Haute West Vigo High School. The awards ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m. The top ten bands in each class will be invited to participate in Hook's Indiana All State High School Marching Band which performs each year in the ’‘soo" Festival Parade, in Indianapolis. Gala Evening Planned For Community Club Friday. November 6. has been designated as ■‘Gentlemen's Evening". but "Ladies Night", for the Woman s Communitv Club, and the men will be the hosts. They are working hard to make this an exciting evening with fine fix'd and special entertainment. Dinner has been scheduled for 6:30 p. m. at the l ions Youth Building and the cost is $4 00. There will be a door prize. Members are asked to bring their table service for self and guests. Beginning Thursday. October 29, the men will be calling for reservations. Roman Brehm is the dinner committee chairman and serving with him are Walter Rockwell, George Behnke, Basil Curl. Kenneth Chapman and Stanley Karn. Vic Schmidt is entertainment committee chairman and assisting him will be Albert Brenner. James ( raft and Donald King LEAF PICK UP SET IN WALKERTON Leaves will be picked up bv the town employees on Thursday and Friday. October 29 and 30. If you are burning leaves this year, please do not burn them on the blacktop paving. SENIOR FELLOWSHIP TO MEET NOVEMBER 2 Ihe Senior Fellow ship Club will meet on Monday. November 2. at 12 o'clock nixm. in the Walkerton Communitv Building for their reg uiar luncheon and program Hosts for the day will be Weltha and Wilder Burnside and Dorothy Walsh.

NORTH LIBERTY TOWN BOARD NEWS Ihe North Liberty Town Board met on October 17 at the Tow n Hall at 7:00 p.m. with president William Limerick presiding. Town marshal Ed Bracich presented his monthly police report. He also asked for electrical outlets to be installed at the Police Station which was okaved by the board. A discussion was held on the telephone bill and the possibility of another telephone line into the station which was tabled. A proposal for police radio maintenance was presented by Tom Devon, of Advance Communications. covering service parts and labor at $52.00 a month. Also cur rent charges for transferring equipment from car to car for S9O.(X). After the present contract expires the maintenance will be handled bv Advance. A letter from the Humane Society was read stating that the 1982 contract would be $150.00. William Limerick, John Gouker and John Peddycord attended a Public Service Commission hearing in Indianapolis on October 6 in regards to the 58 percent water rate increase. They reported that the PSCI staff accountants figures agreed with H. J. Umbaugh’s audit report with some minor changes and that the decision of the Commission should be received in three to four weeks. Attorney Peddycord presented a revised Ordinance 1981-6 regulating semi and truck travel and parking on streets within the town. This amended the original ordinance by adding south Jefferson between west Center and south State street to the allowable streets. After discussion this was tabled until the next meeting to add a two-hour truck parking limit on all streets and also allow travel and parking on the following streets: 100 bkxk west Harrison. 100 block north Jefferson. 100 bhxk north Lafavette. and HX) blink east Harrison that would allow trucks to pull off the main street for lunch, etc. Also the State Highway Depart ment is to be contacted in re gards to the two-hour truck parking on State Road 23 and State Road 4 In other business Peddycord presented a petition from Mr and Mrs. Robert Jackson and nine neighbors to close an eight foot alley from south Henry Street to the Stoffer ditch. This was ap proved. Utility director Gouker presented a list of corrections that should be made in Ihe Meadows in regards to the sewage lift station, fire hydrants. curb boxes, storm sewers and street signs. This was turned over to the tow n attorney. Fire chief Gouker also had figures on insulation and bl<Kking windows at the fire station at a cost of $2,000 which was approved bv (he board At the sewage plant Gouker stated that it was nominal ed for a safety award but lost some points due to the fact that it does not have sell contained breathing apparatus for the chlorine room. OSH A has outlawed canister tvpe gas masks and that two units need to he purchased, one for sewage and one for water, at a cost of SBOO each Bills were submitted and approved Ihe meeting adjourned at 9 33 p.m

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North Liberty Trick Or Treat Night October 31 Ihe North Liberty P T O and the Town Board of North I ibertv jointly announce the official time for "Trick or Treating" will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Oc tober 31. Walkerton Halloween Party Nov. 1 Ihe Lown of Walkerton's annual Halloweeen Parts will be held on Sunday. November I. All ghosts and goblins will parade from the Walkerton Fire Station and will be led by the Walkerton Fire Depart merit Ihe parade will proceed to the Walkerton Elementary School where judging of the costumed children will be held in the gymnasium at I 45 p.m. There will be five age groups judged I he official Trick-Or-Treat time in Walkerton will be from 2 30 to 5:00 p.m. Ihe parade and costume parts is sponsored annually by the Walker ton Jaycees. Pie Baking Contest To Be Held At J.G. Eberly's Orchard is donating apples and sponsoring an apple pie baking contest for the John Glenn senior home economics classes at 2 o’clock. Tuesday afternoon, November 3. in the John Glenn home economics room. Eighteen boys and 2" girls are participating on teams Prizes will be awarded to the winning pie baking team Apple cider will be donated to all participants bv fiber lv 's Fruit Farm New Law On Tinted Windows Into Effect Jan. 1 Indiana State Police Superintendent John T. Shettle reminds motorists of the new law prohibit mg vehicles with tinted windows after December 31, 1981 The new law states that no person shall drive any motor vehicle which has (I) windshield; (2) side wing; or (3) side window which is part of a front door; which is tinted to the extent, or manufactured tn such a wav. that the txcupants of the vehicle <annot be easily identified through that window from out side the vehicle. 1 he law provides better visibility for the driver as well as allowing other motorists lo observe the dnv er s actions Hv being able to see the other driver, motorists can often determine intended vehicle movement In addition, the law provides unrestricted vision of drivers and passengers bv Police Officers as they approach the vehicle during traffic stops The tinted window law applies to all vehicles and a violator is subject to a maximum fine of SSOO 00 upon conviction