The Independent-News, Volume 107, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 10 December 1981 — Page 9

HAPPY ADS GOOD LUCK JEFF DRAKE On Your PIZZA MAKING CONTEST In Ft. Wayne Saturday Love MOM. bAD & KEN Happy Anniversary CINDY Love KENNY Happiness Is Getting A New Sewing Machine FOR CHRISTMAS CALL Duane Sewing Machine & Sweeper Shop 586-3304 Happiness Was WORKING FOR Wally & Leah AT J.A.W. Oil, Inc. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES Love SHIRLEY A TIM Can’t Wait To See You MA, DAD & WART Love YOUR SISTER SUEY Happiness Is Getting A Puppy FOR CHRISTMAS MIXED DACHSHUND $5.00 CALL DUANE FREEMAN 656-3304

LYNN BAKER & COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR A NICE Christmas Party AMERICAN ROLLER EMPLOYEES Happy 18th Birthday DIANE Love Ya DAD A MOM John Glenn Band Boosters Will Be Serving Refreshments At STUNTZ HOCHSTETLER PINE FOREST SATURDAY A SUNDAY DEC 12-13 Also A BAKE SALE DECEMBER 12 With Texas Manor Fruit Cakes Offered With Delivery About December 21 Order For Gift Giving On Dec. 12 Donations From Band Booster Familicss Are Needed Or $5.00 Donation Happiness Is Discussing Your FAVORITE BASKETBALL TEAM THE FALCONS OR THE BOBCATS Over A Drink And A Snack At Bob’s By The Lake NORTH LIBERTY DECO RAU N G COM MIITEE THANK YOU Claude & Gladys Sheneman FOR THE Flowers For Our Christmas Decorations Congratulations SHANE G DENNIS C. JERRY C. TIM M. You Got Off The Bench And Got To Play Ball

Happiness Is HAVING ALL STATE PLAYERS In Your Hxitball Program Congratulations MIKE ELKIN ALL STATE LINEBACKER KELLY CORDELL ALI STATE DEFENSIVE END ( OACHES HOST HAWSER. HAU. RIPPY A GROVES Happiness Is Buying Baked Goods And Christmas Ornaments At The BEAVER (REEK WFSSLEYAN YOUTH Bake Sale & Ornament Sale Sat., Dec. 12 8:30 ■ 12:00 NORTH LIBERTY COMMUNITY STATE BANK Happy Birthday DAD We love You' DIANE A DFB Happy Birthday MOM Love SUF A 808 THE TOWN OF NORIH LIBERTY SAYS THANK YOU TO JANET & LARRY HILER For The Pine Boughs Donated For Our Christmas Decorations HAVE SOME FUN WITH US Sat., Dec. 12 8:00 p.m. FEATHER PARTY AT Bob’s by the Lake

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good luck CHARLEY In Your NEW COUNSELING JOB! We Are So Proud Os You And We Love You! Love MOM A DAD ROBERT, ROSALIE. BYRON I ADEN A JEREMY DAVID ALAN Happy 18th Birthday I Hope You Have HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIFE ALWAYS N FOREVER Congratulations KAREN & JUDY For Making The HONOR ROLL At Washington High School S A R A J A 4 T'S TO THE Staff At North Liberty School THANK YOU For The LOVELY CHRISTMAS PRESENT And A VI RY MERRY CHRISTMAS To You And Your Family CHARLOTTE SENIOR BOWLING RESULTS twenty of our senior bowlers were out lasi Wednesday and in going over (he scores there is quite an improvement from one week to the next which is encouraging, es penally tor the newcomers. Helen ( owood and Celia Grover I hex have been bowling just a tew short weeks and are making good progress. We hope they will be in the winners circle before too long. We were glad to see Loretta Kacrcher back after several weeks absence due to illness. Also, Jim and Joan Connally were with us on the 18th and we hope they will be out often especially since Joan was winner of the ladies handicap game with a score ot IM'’, not bad for the first dax of bowling this season Lou Dipert came in second with 183; Bud Weinman was the men’s handicap winner that day with 229 and Harry Nowaczxk was a very close second w ith 228 On November 25. Dick Dipert was handicap game winner with 222 arul Stan Labno was second with 200 lou Dipert was the ladies handicap winner with 193 and Helen Kaleth came in with a 18'1 game to take second place On December 2 Dick Crane was back after an absence of sex oral weeks and went home with the pn/e for the men’s handicap game with a 225 game and Stan Labno was runner up again with 203 We

hope the ( ranes. Dick and Doris, will he out every Wednesday from now on. Salix Barna won the ladies handicap game with 205 and Helen ( owimk! and Eleanor Knight tied for second place with 108 ga mes. We generally have a few spectators each week and are glad to see them. If you are in the neighborhood on Wednesdax afternoons between two and four o'clock, stop in at the Walkerton Lanes and watch the howlers. W e will be happv to see xou and are quite sure you will enjox spending a little time with us. LAPORTE HOSPITAL TO RAISE RATES LaPorte Hospital has been grant ed permission to increase its room rates and other charges effective January 1. 1982. by the Indiana Rate Review Program Committee. The basic nxim charge will be $125.00, a $19.00 increase oxer the 1981 rate of $106.00. Private room rates at LaPorte Hospital will continue to be among the lowest in the state, according to the annual report. “Hospital Daily Service Charges ", a national survey of nongovernment operated acute care, short stay hospitals prepared bx the Equitable Life Assurance Soc iety of the United States. Os the 73 responding hospitals in Indiana. LaPorte’s rates are the third lowest for private rooms and the sixth lowest when compared with semi prix ate room rates. The intensive care bed rates are the eleventh lowest in the state. When comparing LaPorte Hospital rates to state and national axerages. 1 aPorte is 22.63 percent below state prix ate rates; 19 39 percent below semi prix ate rates and 2‘ 7 .'’5 percent below intensive care rates. Compared nationally, the rate is 30.49 percent below prix ate rates; 29.8 percent below semi prix ate rates and 34.55 percent below the average rate for intensive care beds The new intensive care bed rate will be $265.00, an increase of S4O.(X) from the present rate of $225.(X). ( oronarx care bed rate will increase from 5245.00 to $290.(X). These rates are the daily charges which include the room, meals, nursing care, housekeeping and maintenance and all other services which are not itemized separately such as medication or testing. Other special room rates, such as the intermediate care (telemetry), nursery. pediatric multi-bed nxims and the Stress Center, as well as other charges for clinical services will also be adjusted. The overall percentage of increase is 15 6". according to Ron Rusk, vice president, fiscal serv ices “Basically the rate increase will offset price increases that we expect in 1982. primanlv due to inflation". said Rusk He added that he expects a 10 percent inflation rate on hospital supplies and services and that the other 5 percent portion of the increase will be (bed to increase the hospital’s operating gain, a necessary measure to insure that laPorte Hospital will be able to replace obsolete and outmmled equipment LaPorte Hospital is one ot onlv five in the state certified bv the Voluntary Effort task force tor its cost containment efforts Ihe Indiana Hospital Rate Review Program granted the increase to I aPorte Hospital after examining its budget and supporting information. weighing such factors as utilization, employee to patient ratio, approved capital expenses, current economic conditions, community needs and comparison with similar sized hospitals in Indiana The rate review program was the nation’s first state wide inflation control sv stem for hospitals. Since 1960 the committee reviews and approves hospital budgets and rate increases as representatives of the consumer

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